[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dolbnya, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Bf3 Na5 12. Kh1 Nc4 13. Bc1 Re8 14. Nde2 Rb8 15.
b3 Na5 16. Bd2 Bf8 17. g4 g6 18. g5 Nd7 19. f5 exf5 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. exf5 Bg7
22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. gxf6 Bxf6 25. Bd5+ Be6 26. Bxe6+ Rxe6 27. Nf4
Re8 28. Qf3 Nc6 29. Nxg6 hxg6 30. Qxf6 Ne5 31. Bc3 Qd7 32. Bxe5 Qc6+ 33. Kg1
dxe5 34. Qxc6 bxc6 35. Rf6 Rbc8 36. Rxg6+ Kf7 37. Rg3 Ke6 38. Rf1 Rcd8 39. Rg6+
Kd5 40. Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dolbnya, Dmitry"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Bg5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. e5 Ne8
15. Nd5 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Qe2 Rc5 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Nb3 Re8 20. Qd2 Rc8 21.
g4 f5 22. h3 Bc6 23. Rhe1 Re5 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Kb1 Kf7 26. c4 Bxd5 27. cxd5
Qd6 28. Qd3 fxg4 29. hxg4 Ke7 30. Nd2 Qb4 31. Ne4 Qc4 32. Qa3+ Kd8 33. Qd6+ Ke8
34. Qe6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Butylkin, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. Re1 Nge7 7. Na3 O-O 8. Nc2
d6 9. d3 h6 10. Bc4 Kh7 11. h4 f5 12. g3 f4 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 fxg3 15. fxg3
Qd7 16. Kf2 Qh3 17. Bf1 Qh2+ 18. Bg2 Bg4 19. Re3 exd4 20. Rd3 Be5 21. Bf4 Bxf4
22. Nxh2 Bxd1 23. Raxd1 Be3+ 24. Ke1 Rf2 25. Rxe3 dxe3 26. Nxe3 Rxb2 27. Rxd6
Rf8 28. Nhg4 Kg7 29. Rd7 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. e5 Rxa2 32. Be4 Nec6 33. Bxc6
Nxc6 34. Nc4 b5 35. Nd6 b4 36. e6 b3 37. Nc4 b2 38. Nd2 Ra1+ 39. Ke2 b1=Q 40.
Nxb1 Rxb1 41. Kd2 Rg1 42. Ne3 Rxg3 43. h5 Rxe3 44. Kxe3 gxh5 45. Ke4 Kf6 46.
Kd5 Nd8 47. Kd6 Nxe6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Penkov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. c4
Nc6 9. Nc3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 Ng4 12. Qd2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Bd3 Bc5 16. Qh3 Qh4 17. Qxh4 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Nxh4 19. f5 Bd4 20. Rf4 Bxc3 21.
Bxc3 Nxg2 22. Rd4 Nh4 23. Rf1 Rfe8 24. Bd2 Re4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Be3 Re8 27.
Rd7 Bc8 28. Rxa7 Nxf5 29. Bxb6 e3 30. Kg2 g5 31. Kf3 Nh4+ 32. Kg3 f5 33. h3 f4+
34. Rxf4 gxf4+ 35. Kxh4 e2 36. Bf2 e1=Q 37. Bxe1 Rxe1 38. Ra8 Rc1 39. b4 Rc3
40. b5 Kg7 41. Kg5 f3 42. Ra7+ Kg8 43. Ra4 Rc5+ 44. Kh6 f2 45. Rf4 Rf5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Malofeev, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Bg4 9. Re1 Nd7 10. c3 Qc7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Nh4 c5 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. Qb3 Rfd8 16. Be3 f5 17. Bg5 Nf6 18. Re2 Rac8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qc4 Kg7
21. b3 cxd4 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. cxd4 Bf8 24. Bc4 Rxd4 25. a4 f4 26. Ree1 Bc5 27.
Rad1 Rcd7 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Kf1 f5 30. Re2 g5 31. Re5 b6 32. Rxf5 Rd2 33. Ke1
Rb2 34. Rxg5+ Kf6 35. Rd5 Bxf2+ 36. Kf1 Be3 37. h4 a6 38. h5 Kg7 39. Rf5 f6 40.
Rd5 Kh6 41. Be2 Rxb3 42. Bxa6 Rb1+ 43. Ke2 Rb2+ 44. Kf3 Rf2+ 45. Ke4 Rxg2 46.
Rf5 Kg7 47. Bb5 Rh2 48. Kf3 Rh3+ 49. Ke4 Bc1 50. Kd4 Bb2+ 51. Kd5 Bc1 52. Kd4
Kf7 53. Bc4+ Ke7 54. Rd5 Bb2+ 55. Ke4 Be5 56. a5 bxa5 57. Rxa5 Rxh5 58. Be2 Rh1
59. Ra6 Rb1 60. Ra7+ Kd6 61. Ra6+ Kc5 62. Ra5+ Kb6 63. Ra6+ Kb7 64. Ra3 Rb2 65.
Bc4 Kc6 66. Rb3 Rc2 67. Bd3 Rc1 68. Be2 Re1 69. Kf3 Kd5 70. Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. f3 d5 8. e3
Bb7 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. Ne2 Rc8 11. c5 bxc5 12. dxc5 e5 13. Bf5 Rd8 14. O-O g6 15.
Bh3 Ba6 16. Re1 Bc8 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. b4 c6 19. Ng3 Nbd7 20. e4 d4 21. Qd3 Kg7
22. f4 Rd8 23. f5 Ng8 24. Rf1 f6 25. h4 Qe8 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Qf3 Qe6 28. Bd2
Ne7 29. Rf2 Rh8 30. h5 g5 31. Raf1 Raf8 32. Qd3 a5 33. Qc2 Rh7 34. bxa5 Qg4 35.
Rf3 Rfh8 36. a6 Qe6 37. Ba5 g4 38. Rf5 Nxf5 39. Nxf5+ Kf7 40. h6 Rxh6 41. Nxh6+
Rxh6 42. a7 Rh8 43. Rf5 g3 44. Bc7 Ra8 45. Bb6 Rh8 46. Qd3 Qa2 47. Rf3 Qa1+ 48.
Rf1 Qc3 49. Qxc3 dxc3 50. Rc1 Ra8 51. Rxc3 Nf8 52. Rxg3 Ne6 53. Rd3 Nd4 54. Kf2
Kg6 55. Rg3+ Kf7 56. a4 Ne6 57. Ke3 Ng5 58. Kd3 Ke7 59. Re3 Ne6 60. Kc4 Nd8 61.
Kb4 Nb7 62. Rh3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gaprindashvili, Nona1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Ne5 c5 7. Qa4+ Nbd7 8. cxd5
Bxd5 9. Bxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 N5f6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Bd6 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Nc3 O-O
15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Be3 a6 17. Qc6 Rfc8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Ne5 21.
Rxb6 Nc4 22. Rb3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Rab8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Rb1 Kf8 26. b4 Rc8 27.
Rb3 Rc4 28. a4 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Rc4 32. b6 Rc8 33. Kf2
Ke7 34. Kf3 Kd6 35. Ke4 Rb8 36. b7 Kc6 37. Ke5 Kc7 38. g4 Kc6 39. g5 Kc7 40. h4
Kd7 41. h5 Ke7 42. h6 f6+ 43. Kd4 fxg5 44. hxg7 Kf7 45. Ke5 h5 46. g8=Q+ Kxg8
47. Kxe6 g4 48. Rb5 g3 49. Rg5+ Kf8 50. Rf5+ Kg8 51. Rg5+ Kf8 52. Rxg3 Rxb7 53.
Rf3+ Ke8 54. Rh3 Rh7 55. e4 Rh6+ 56. Kf5 Ke7 57. Kg5 Rh8 58. Kf5 h4 59. Ra3 h3
60. Ra7+ Kf8 61. Kg6 Rh4 62. Rf7+ Ke8 63. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bagrunov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 f5 12. f3 g5 13. Bf2 f4 14. Nd3 Nf6 15. c5 h5
16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5 a6 18. Na7 Bd7 19. Qb3 Qb8 20. Qb6 g4 21. Rac1 Ne8 22.
Rc3 Bh6 23. fxg4 hxg4 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Qxh6 Rf7 26. d6 Qxd6 27. Qxd6 Nxd6 28.
Rd1 f3 29. Rxd6 fxe2 30. Rxd7 Raf8 31. Rf3 gxf3 32. g3 Nc8 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34.
Nxc8 Rxc8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Toporov, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Nf3 Qd7 7. Be2 Ne7 8. h4
Bb7 9. h5 h6 10. Be3 Nbc6 11. O-O Nf5 12. Nh4 O-O-O 13. Bd3 Nxh4 14. Qxh4 Be7
15. Qg4 f5 16. Qg3 Rdg8 17. a3 Qe8 18. Qh3 g5 19. hxg6 Qxg6 20. Nxd5 Bg5 21. f4
Bd8 22. c4 Kb8 23. Rf3 Rh7 24. Nc3 Rd7 25. d5 Ne7 26. Bc2 exd5 27. cxd5 Nxd5
28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Bxf5 Qg7 30. Bxd7 Bxf3 31. Qxf3 Qxd7 32. f5 Qb5 33. Bd4 Be7
34. Re1 Qc4 35. Bf2 Bh4 36. Bxh4 Qxh4 37. Qf2 Qg4 38. e6 Re8 39. f6 Rxe6 40.
Rxe6 Qxe6 41. f7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zamyshlyaev, Vladimir A"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. exd5 exd5 7. O-O c4 8.
Re1+ Nge7 9. Bf1 O-O 10. a3 Bd6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 Bg4 13. Be2 Nf5 14. Bg3 Nxg3
15. hxg3 Bc7 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Rad1 Qd7 18. Nh2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Ba5 20. Nf1 Rxe2
21. Qxe2 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Re8 23. Qf3 Re4 24. Ne3 Qe6 25. Rb1 b6 26. a4 Ne7 27. a5
g5 28. axb6 axb6 29. Qh5 Kg7 30. Ra1 Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Ra7 Ke8 33. g4 h6
34. Kf1 Re6 35. g3 Re4 36. Kg2 Re6 37. Kf3 Kd8 38. Ra8+ Kd7 39. Rh8 b5 40. Rxh6
Ra6 41. Ke2 Re6 42. Kd2 Kc7 43. f4 Kd7 44. Rh7 Ke8 45. Rh5 b4 46. cxb4 gxf4 47.
gxf4 Re4 48. c3 Rxf4 49. Ke2 Ng6 50. Rxd5 Rxg4 51. Rf5 Rf4 52. Rxf4 Nxf4+ 53.
Kf3 Ne6 54. Nxc4 Nc7 55. Ne3 Nb5 56. Nd5 Kf7 57. Ke3 Ke6 58. c4 Nd6 59. Kd3 Nc8
60. b5 Na7 61. Nb4 Nc8 62. c5 Kd7 63. Nd5 f5 64. Nb6+ Nxb6 65. cxb6 Kc8 66. d5
Kb7 67. d6 Kxb6 68. Ke3 Kb7 69. Kf4 Kc8 70. b6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 d6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qe2 b5 13. a3 Rb8 14. g4 b4 15. axb4
Nxb4 16. g5 Ng4 17. Bc1 Qa7+ 18. Kh1 h5 19. h3 Qb6 20. Bf3 Rc8 21. Kg2 Bb5 22.
Nxb5 Rxc2 23. Bd2 Ne3+ 24. Kh1 Nxf1 25. Qxf1 axb5 26. Ra8+ Bd8 27. Bxb4 O-O 28.
Qd1 Qf2 29. Nd2 Bb6 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. e5 Rxb2 32. Qc1 g6 33. Bc3 Rc2 34. Qa1
Rxc3 35. exd6 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Airapetov, Garriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bf4 Nxe4 8.
Nxe4 d5 9. Bxc7 Qxc7 10. Bxd5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Bb3 Nc6 13. O-O Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Rxd4 15. Qe2 e5 16. Qb5 Qd8 17. Bd5 Qe7 18. a3 Bf5 19. Ne2 Rd2 20. Ng3
Bxc2 21. Qa5 Rd4 22. Ne2 b6 23. Qb5 Ba4 24. Qa6 Rxd5 25. Qxa4 Rd2 26. Qe4 Rad8
27. b4 f5 28. Qc4+ Qf7 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rfe1 e4 31. Rac1 R8d7 32. Rb1 Ra2 33.
Rb3 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timchenko, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 Bd6 7. f4 Ne7 8. c4 c6
9. Nc3 h5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 Nf5 12. e3 Bc7 13. Bd2 h4 14. g4 h3 15. Bxe4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe5 17. gxf5 dxe4 18. Qb5+ Kf8 19. Qxe5 Qh4 20. Bb4+ Kg8 21.
Qxe4 Qg4+ 22. Kf2 Bxf5 23. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Efremova, Daria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 Ned7 11. Be3 c6 12. Qd2 a6 13. Rfc1 cxd5 14. cxd5 b5
15. b4 Nb6 16. Bh6 Rc8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f3 Nc4 19. Qd4 Qb6 20. Nxb5 axb5 21.
Rxc4 Qb7 22. Rcc1 Kg8 23. Qd3 Rb8 24. Rc2 Qd7 25. Rac1 Qa7+ 26. Kf1 Rb7 27. Rd2
Ra8 28. Rcc2 Nd7 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Ne5 31. f4 Nd7 32. Kf2 h6 33. Ke3 Kg7
34. Rdd2 Ra4 35. Rb2 Nb8 36. Bd1 Ra3+ 37. Rd3 Ra6 38. a4 bxa4 39. Ra3 Rab6 40.
Rxa4 Na6 41. b5 Nc5 42. Rab4 Rb8 43. Kd4 R8b7 44. Be2 Rb8 45. Ra2 R8b7 46. Rb1
Rc7 47. Ra3 Rcb7 48. Rc1 Rc7 49. Rcc3 Rcb7 50. e5 Rc7 51. g3 Kh7 52. Bd3 Kg7
53. g4 Kh7 54. h4 Kg7 55. Be2 Rcb7 56. Rxc5 dxc5+ 57. Kxc5 f6 58. Ra6 Rxa6 59.
bxa6 Rb8 60. a7 Rd8 61. Bb5 fxe5 62. fxe5 Ra8 63. Kb6 Rd8 64. Bc6 Kf7 65. a8=Q
Rxa8 66. Bxa8 g5 67. h5 Ke8 68. e6 Kd8 69. Bc6 Kc8 70. d6 Kd8 71. Kc5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Domnin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. e5 Ne8 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5
Nc6 9. cxd6 exd6 10. Be2 Bg4 11. O-O dxe5 12. Nd5 e4 13. Ng5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd6
15. Be3 h6 16. Nh3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Nf2 Rc8 19. Rac1 e3 20. Ng4 Nxc4 21.
Rxc4 Qxd5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rd1 Qe4 24. Re1 Rc2 25. Qf3 e2+ 26. Nf2 Rc1 27. Qc3
Bxc3 28. Nxe4 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Abramov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 a6 9. Ba4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. g4 Be6
15. Ba3 Bh6 16. Nf1 Nc4 17. Bc1 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Nb2 19. Qc2 Nxa4 20. Qxa4 Bxg4
21. Re3 e6 22. Rg3 b5 23. Qc2 Bf5 24. Qd2 f6 25. f4 fxe5 26. fxe5 Rc8 27. Ne3
Qh4 28. Ng2 Qe7 29. Nf4 Kh8 30. Rf1 Rg8 31. Nd3 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Rcf8 33. Rdf3 Rf5
34. Rg3 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Rf8+ 36. Kg2 Qh4 37. Qe3 Rf4 38. a4 bxa4 39. Qe2 Rf8 40.
Rg4 Rf2+ 41. Qxf2 Qxg4+ 42. Kh1 Qf5 43. Qe2 Qe4+ 44. Qxe4 dxe4 45. Kg2 a3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. Qd2 a6 10. Nc1 c6 11. Nb3 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. a4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Nxb5 Rxa1+ 16. Nxa1 Qa8 17. Na3 Rb8 18. Bc4 Nh5 19. Nb3 f5 20. Nb1 Qa4 21. Qc3
fxe4 22. fxe4 Nf4 23. Rg1 Bb5 24. N3d2 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Rb4 26. b3 Qa2 27. Qf1
Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Qxb1+ 29. Kd2 Qb2+ 30. Ke1 Qb1+ 31. Kd2 Qxe4 32. Bxf4 exf4 33.
Qd3 Qb4+ 34. Ke2 Qc5 35. Rd1 Nf5 36. Qe4 Be5 37. Kf3 Nd4+ 38. Kg4 Qc8+ 39. Kg5
Qd8+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Smirnov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Ndb5 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. e3 Rd8 14. Qf3
Qg6 15. Be2 Qc2 16. O-O Qxb2 17. Rfc1 Be6 18. Qe4 Rd2 19. Qb1 Rad8 20. Qxb2
Rxb2 21. Rab1 Rdd2 22. Rxb2 Rxb2 23. Bf3 Ne5 24. Be4 Rb3 25. a4 b6 26. h3 g6
27. a5 bxa5 28. Bb1 Rb4 29. Ba2 Bxa2 30. Nxa2 Rb2 31. Ra1 Nd3 32. Nc1 Nxf2 33.
Rxa5 Nd1 34. Nd3 Rd2 35. Ne1 Rd7 36. Nc2 Nc3 37. Nd4 Nd1 38. Nc6 Nxe3 39. Kf2
Nf5 40. Rxa7 Rd2+ 41. Kg1 Nh4 42. g4 Nf3+ 43. Kf1 Rh2 44. Ra3 Ng5 45. Kg1 Rxh3
46. Rxh3 Nxh3+ 47. Kh2 Ng5 48. Kg3 Ne6 49. Ne5 Kg7 50. Nf3 Kf6 51. Nd2 Ke5 52.
Kf3 Ng5+ 53. Ke3 f5 54. gxf5 Kxf5 55. Nf1 Ne4 56. Kf3 g5 57. Ne3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vunder, Yakov"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
Bg5+ Ke8 9. Nb5 Na6 10. O-O-O Bf6 11. Be3 c6 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. b4 e4 14. b5 cxb5
15. cxb5 Nb4 16. Bc5 Nxa2+ 17. Kc2 Ke6 18. Nh3 g5 19. Ne8 Kf7 20. Nxf6 Nxf6 21.
Kb2 b6 22. Ba3 g4 23. Nf4 Bd7 24. Kxa2 Bxb5 25. Rc1 Rac8 26. h3 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Rd8 28. Bb4 a5 29. Bc3 Rc8 30. Kb2 a4 31. Rd1 a3+ 32. Kb3 e3 33. Bxf6 gxh3 34.
Bxh3 Kxf6 35. Nd5+ Kf7 36. Nxe3 Ra8 37. Ra1 f4 38. gxf4 Bxe2 39. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 40.
Kxa3 b5 41. Kb4 Kg6 42. Bf5+ Kg7 43. Be6 h5 44. Nc2 Kf6 45. Nd4 Bf1 46. Bd5 h4
47. Nc2 h3 48. Ne3 Be2 49. Kc3 Bh5 50. Be4 Be2 51. Kd2 Bh5 52. Nd5+ Kg7 53. Ke3
h2 54. f5 Bd1 55. Nb4 Kf6 56. Kf4 Bb3 57. Bh1 Bc4 58. Nc2 Ba2 59. Ne3 b4 60.
Ng4+ Ke7 61. Nxh2 Kd6 62. Be4 b3 63. Nf3 b2 64. Nd2 Ke7 65. Ke5 Kf8 66. Kd4 Bg8
67. Kc3 Ke7 68. Kxb2 Kf8 69. Kc3 Bf7 70. Kd4 Ke7 71. Ke5 Kf8 72. Bd5 Be8 73. f6
Bd7 74. Ne4 Bc8 75. Ng5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Churikov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Bc4 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. Re1+ Ne7 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nf3 Ng6 14.
Bd2 Rfe8 15. g3 Qf5 16. Kg2 h6 17. h4 Re6 18. b4 Bb6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Nh2 Rc8
21. h5 Ne7 22. g4 Qf6 23. f4 e5 24. g5 hxg5 25. fxg5 Qe6 26. Qe2 Rxc2 27. Rf1
Nf5 28. Rc1 Ne3+ 29. Kh1 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 e4 31. Qf2 exd3 32. Qg3 Bc7 33. Qf2
Bxh2 34. Qxh2 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Qg4+ 36. Kf2 Qe2+ 37. Kg3 Nf1+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2005.09.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kiuttu, Roope"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. a3
b5 9. Be3 Bb7 10. f4 Bc5 11. e5 Qb6 12. exf6 Nxd4 13. fxg7 Nxe2+ 14. Kh1 Rg8
15. Bxc5 Rxg7 16. Qxe2 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2005.09.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Strzemiecki, Zbigniew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 f6 9. O-O-O fxe5 10. dxe5 O-O 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh7 d4 13. Qe2 dxc3 14. Nf6+
gxf6 15. Bh7+ Kxh7 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. exf6 cxb2+ 18. Kb1 Kg6 19. h4 e5 20. f4
Rd4 21. Rf1 Rxf4 22. Rxf4 exf4 23. Qe8+ Kxf6 24. Qh8+ Kg6 25. Qe8+ Kg7 26. h5
Ne7 27. Qa4 Bc3 28. Qxf4 Bf6 29. Qg3+ Kf7 30. c3 Be6 31. Kxb2 Rg8 32. Qf2 b6
33. Ka3 Rg5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2005.09.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ashiku, Franc"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e4
Bg4 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Re8 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. b3 Nc5 15.
Qc2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qf6 17. b4 Qxf3 18. bxc5 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxc3 20. Rab1 Rab8 21.
cxd6 cxd6 22. Rb3 Bd4 23. Re1 f5 24. Rd3 Bc5 25. e5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Rb3
Kf7 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 Kd6 30. f3 h6 31. Kd3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vardanian, Haik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nxd5 Nxe5 6. Nc3 Nec6 7. Bc4 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 Nd4 12. Ne4 Nbc6 13. c3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Ne5
15. Qg3 Nxc4 16. Bh6 Bf6 17. dxc4 Kh8 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Be3 b6 20. a5 Bh4 21.
Qd6 Bb7 22. Ng3 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 bxa5 24. Rb6 Bxg3 25. fxg3 Be4 26. Bxc5 Rfc8 27.
Bd4 Kg8 28. Ra1 Rxc4 29. Rxa5 Rc6 30. Raxa6 Rxb6 31. Rxb6 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8. f3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Kb1 Bb7 11. g4 d6 12. Bg5 b4 13. Nce2 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rc8
15. c3 e5 16. Qg1 bxc3 17. Nxc3 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Bxg5 19. Bd3 O-O 20. h4 Bf4 21.
g5 Qa5 22. Qe1 Qb6 23. Bc2 Be3 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Bd4 26. b3 Qc5 27. Qe4 g6
28. Rh3 f5 29. gxf6 Rxf6 30. Bd3 Qc3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tamazyan, Haik G"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
Nd2 h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 f5 11. Bc4+ e6 12. h4 f4 13. Bh2 b5 14. Bb3 Qf6 15.
Qe2 fxe3 16. fxe3 gxh4 17. Rf1 Qg6 18. O-O-O b4 19. cxb4 a5 20. bxa5 Nc6 21.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Bxc7 Bb4 23. Qc4 Bd7 24. d5 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Rc8 26. Bc7 Bd6 27.
dxe6 Be8 28. Bxd6 Rxc4+ 29. Bxc4 Qxg2 30. a6 Qg5 31. a7 Qa5 32. Rg1+ Kh7 33. e7
Bg6 34. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2005.09.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O d6 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. Be3 Qh4 10. N1d2 Nf6 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. f3 e5 13. Nc4 Ke7 14. Qe3 Be6 15.
Nca5 Rha8 16. Bc4 Nd8 17. Qb6 Nd7 18. Qe3 b6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nc4 b5 21. Nb6
Nxb6 22. Qxb6 Rb7 23. Qe3 Nc6 24. Rad1 Qf4 25. Qd3 Rd8 26. g3 Qf8 27. f4 Qg8
28. Qd2 b4 29. fxe5 Nxe5 30. Qg5+ Ke8 31. Qh5+ g6 32. Qe2 Rb6 33. Rf6 Ke7 34.
Rdf1 Rc6 35. Nd4 Rc4 36. Nxe6 Qh8 37. Rf7+ Ke8 38. Ng7+ Qxg7 39. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2005.09.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Nf6 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qh6 Qxd4 8.
O-O-O Rg6 9. Qh4 Rg4 10. Qh6 Bf8 11. Qxf8+ Kxf8 12. Bh6+ Ke7 13. Rxd4 Nc6 14.
Rd2 e5 15. h3 Rg6 16. Be3 Be6 17. a3 a6 18. g3 h5 19. Bc5+ Ke8 20. Bg2 Nd7 21.
Be3 f5 22. Nge2 Rg7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 13th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krivonosov, Oleg"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "2005.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 Bd7 13. Be3 cxd5 14. Bxd5
Nc6 15. Ng5 Nd8 16. O-O-O Bc6 17. Kb1 h6 18. Nf3 b6 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Rd6 Re6
21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Kc2 Nc6 25. a4 Kf7 26. Kc3 g5 27.
h3 Ke7 28. Kc4 Kd7 29. b4 Kc7 30. Bd2 Nb8 31. Bc3 Nd7 32. Ne1 Bf8 33. Nd3 Bd6
34. f3 h5 35. Bd2 Be7 36. Be3 Bf6 37. b5 Nb8 38. Bd2 Nd7 39. Bb4 Bd8 40. Kc3 g4
41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Nb2 gxf3 43. gxf3 Bh4 44. Nd3 Bg3 45. Kd2 Bh2 46. Be7 Bg1 47.
Kc3 Be3 48. Kc4 Bd2 49. Ba3 Bg5 50. Bb2 Kd6 51. Bc3 Be3 52. Be1 Bg5 53. Bg3 Be3
54. Be1 Bg5 55. Bb4+ Kc7 56. Bc3 Kd6 57. Nb4 Nb8 58. Be1 Kc7 59. Bg3 Kd6 60.
Bf2 Bd2 61. Nd3 Nd7 62. Bh4 Nb8 63. Bf2 Nd7 64. Kb3 Bg5 65. Kc3 Bd8 66. Be3 Bh4
67. Kc4 Kc7 68. Nb4 Nb8 69. Bd2 Be7 70. Nd3 Nd7 71. Be3 Bd6 72. Bg5 Nc5 73. Nb2
Kc8 74. Bd2 Kc7 75. a5 Bf8 76. a6 Bd6 77. Be3 Be7 78. Bf2 Bd6 79. Bg3 Kc8 80.
Nd1 Nd7 81. Ne3 Bc7 82. Ng4 Kd8 83. Bh4+ Ke8 84. Nf2 Bd8 85. Bg3 Bc7 86. Nd3
Bd6 87. Bf2 Ke7 88. Bh4+ Ke8 89. Be1 Ke7 90. Bb4 Bxb4 91. Nxb4 Nb8 92. Nd3 Nd7
93. Nb4 Nb8 94. Nc2 Nd7 95. Kd3 Nb8 96. Kc4 Nd7 97. Ne1 Kd6 98. Ng2 Ke7 99. Ne3
Nb8 100. Kc3 Nd7 101. Nc4 Ke8 102. Kd2 Ke7 103. Ke3 Kd8 104. Kf2 Kc7 105. Kg3
Kd8 106. Kg4 Ke7 107. Kg5 Ke8 108. Kg6 Ke7 109. Kg7 Nf6 110. Nxe5 Ne8+ 111. Kg6
Nd6 112. Nc6+ Kd7 113. Nxa7 Kc7 114. Kf6 Kb8 115. Kxe6 Nc4 116. Nc6+ Ka8 117.
Nd4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 13th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nikitinyh, Boris Aleksandrovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e5 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 cxd4 8. Nb5 Bc7
9. Nbxd4 Nc6 10. Bb2 Nge7 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. g3 c5 14. bxc5 Ba5+ 15.
Kf1 Rb8 16. Bd4 Bd7 17. Kg2 Bc6 18. Qe2 O-O 19. h4 Re8 20. Ng5 Nf8 21. Qh5 g6
22. Qh6 Rb7 23. h5 Bd2 24. f4 Bc3 25. Bxc3 d4+ 26. Be4 Bxe4+ 27. Nxe4 Qd5 28.
Rhe1 f5 29. exf6 dxc3 30. Rad1 Qf5 31. Rd3 Rc7 32. Nd6 Qxc5 33. hxg6 hxg6 34.
Rh1 Qc6+ 35. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 13th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Be3
c6 9. Re1 Ng4 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. h3 exd4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. hxg4 Qxa4 14. Be7 Re8 15.
Bxd6 Qb5 16. e5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. a4 Qxb2 19. Bxe5 c5 20. Qc1 Qc3 21. Qf4
1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 13th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Achang, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bd3 Bg4 9. c3 Qb6 10. Be2 e6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5
Qc7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Rd3 Nd5 17. Bc1 Rfe8 18. Rg3 g6 19. Rf3 f5 20. c4 Nf6 21.
Bf4 Qc8 22. Rd3 c5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Rfd1 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Ne4 26. Qe3 Qa5 27. Rd7
Qxa2 28. h4 Qxb2 29. Nd3 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Qa4 31. Rxb7 Qxc4 32. Qxa7 e5 33. Bxe5
Qe6 34. f4 Nf6 35. Nf2 Kf8 36. Bb2 Bd6 37. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 13th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akimov, Ivan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nb3 Ra8 13. Be3 f5 14. f3 b6 15. a4
Nc5 16. a5 Kh8 17. axb6 Rxa1 18. Nxa1 cxb6 19. Nb3 Ng8 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Qa4
Nf6 22. Qc6 fxe4 23. fxe4 Ng4 24. Bxg4 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Bxg4 26. h3 Bc8 27. Bg5
Qf8+ 28. Kg1 h6 29. Bd2 Qd8 30. Nb5 Bf8 31. Qa8 Be7 32. Bxh6 Kh7 33. Bd2 Bg5
34. Bxg5 Qxg5 35. Qa3 Qf6 36. Qa8 Bxh3 37. Qa7+ Kh6 38. Nxd6 Qxd6 39. gxh3 Qf8
40. Qa3 Qf4 41. Qd3 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qg5+ 43. Kf2 Qf4+ 44. Ke2 g5 45. d6 Qh2+ 46.
Kd1 Qg1+ 47. Kc2 Qg2+ 48. Kb3 g4 49. hxg4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 13th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Buitenen, Herbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bf3 Nbd7 9. Nc4 Nb6 10. Ne5 Nbd5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. c4 a6 14. Nc3 Nb4
15. Be3 Rd8 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. Qa4 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Rad1 Rf8 20. Rfe1 Rb8
21. a3 Nc6 22. b4 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Nxe5 24. b5 Bd7 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Rfc8 27.
f4 Rxc4 28. Qa5 Rxe4 29. fxe5 b6 30. Qxa6 Be8 31. Qa7 Rc8 32. Qb7 Rec4 33. Qxb6
1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 13th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.10.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grigoriev, E."]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nc6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. a3 a5 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O
d6 9. d4 Ba7 10. d5 Nb8 11. b4 e4 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 axb4 15.
axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Nbd7 17. c5 Nf8 18. Ra7 Qb8 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Qb6 Re7 21. b5
Qc7 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. h3 h5 24. b6 Rc4 25. Nb5 Nxd5 26. Nxd6 Rb4 27. Bd4 Be6
28. Rxb7 Nd7 29. Bxe4 N5xb6 30. Bc6 Rb3 31. Ne8 f6 32. Nc7 Bc4 33. Kg2 Kh7 34.
Ne8 Bf7 35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. Bxd7 Rb8 37. Bf5+ Bg6 38. Nd6 Rd8 39. Bxg6+ Kxg6 40.
Ne4 Kf5 41. Kf3 Ke6 42. g4 hxg4+ 43. hxg4 Rf8 44. Ng3 g6 45. Ne4 f5 46. Nc5+
Kd5 47. g5 Rf7 48. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 13th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.10.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Zakharchenko, Arnold"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2005.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 11. Nxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 13th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.10.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tchernyi, Viktor"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2005.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 b6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Bd3 Qf6 8. c3
Nxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Nh6 11. h4 Qd8 12. Nd2 f5 13. e5 Nf7 14. Nc4 g5 15.
Ne3 gxh4 16. d5 Bc5 17. Nxf5 Bxd5 18. Nxh4 Qg5 19. Qe2 O-O-O 20. Be4 Rhg8 21.
Rh2 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qd2 23. Qe2 Qxe2+ 24. Kxe2 d6 25. Rc1 Kb7 26. Nf3 dxe5 27.
Rxh7 Rd7 28. Rd1 Rc7 29. g3 e4 30. Ne5 Nd6 31. Rxc7+ Kxc7 32. Bd4 Bxd4 33. Rxd4
Rg5 34. Rxd6 Rxe5 35. Rd4 Kc6 36. Ke3 Rf5 37. Rxe4 Kd5 38. Rd4+ Kc6 39. Rc4+
Kd6 40. g4 Re5+ 41. Re4 Ra5 42. Rd4+ Ke5 43. Ra4 Rc5 44. f4+ Kf6 45. Rxa7 e5
46. f5 Rc3+ 47. Kf2 e4 48. Rb7 Kg5 49. Re7 Kxg4 50. f6 Rf3+ 51. Ke2 Rxf6 52.
Rxe4+ Kf5 53. Kd3 Rd6+ 54. Rd4 Rc6 55. Rh4 Kg5 56. Rc4 Rd6+ 57. Kc3 Kf6 58. Re4
Rd5 59. Kc4 Rc5+ 60. Kb4 Kf7 61. a4 Rd5 62. Re3 Rf5 63. Rc3 Ke7 64. Rc6 Kd7 65.
Rxb6 Kc7 66. Rh6 Kb7 67. Rh7+ Ka6 68. Rh6+ Kb7 69. a5 Rf4+ 70. Kb5 Rf5+ 71. Ka4
Rf4+ 72. b4 1-0

[Event "Hyderabad op 1st"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2006.02.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ramanbabu, B."]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Re8 11. h4 Rc8 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. h5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Bh6 Nxe4 17. Qe2 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 Bxd4 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Nxe4 Qb6
21. b3 e6 22. Bg5 Rf8 23. Qd3 d5 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Qxg6 Ba3+ 26. Kd2 Qd4+ 27.
Ke2 Qg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Bh6+ Kg6 30. Bxf8 Bxf8 31. Rh4 d4 32. g4 Bb5+ 33.
Kf2 Be7 34. Rh1 e5 35. a4 Bc6 36. Rd1 Bg5 37. Ke2 h6 38. Rf1 b5 39. a5 b4 40.
Ra1 Bb5+ 41. Kf2 a6 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. Kg3 Ke6 44. Re1 Kd5 45. Re4 d3 46. cxd3
Bxd3 47. Rxb4 Bb5 48. Re4 Bd2 49. g5 hxg5 50. Kg4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Hyderabad op 1st"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2006.02.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Swati, Ghate"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2006.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. d5 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxd2+ 8.
Nxd2 a5 9. Bd3 Na6 10. a3 Nc5 11. Bc2 a4 12. Ngf3 Ne7 13. O-O c6 14. dxc6 dxc6
15. e5 O-O-O 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 h6 18. Rac1 c5 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Rfd1 g5
21. h3 Nc6 22. Kf1 Na5 23. Ke2 Kc7 24. g3 Kc6 25. h4 g4 26. Nh2 Rxd1 27. Kxd1
Rd8+ 28. Ke2 Rd4 29. Rc2 Nxc4 30. f4 gxf3+ 31. Nxf3 Re4+ 32. Kf2 Nxe5 33. Nd2
Rd4 34. Nf1 Ng4+ 35. Kg2 h5 36. Re2 Kd5 37. Rc2 b5 38. Re2 e5 39. Nd2 e4 40.
Nf1 f5 41. Nd2 b4 42. axb4 cxb4 43. Nf1 b3 44. Nd2 Ne3+ 45. Kg1 Nc4 46. Nf1 Rd1
47. Kg2 Ke5 48. Kg1 a3 49. bxa3 b2 50. Rxb2 Nxb2 51. Kf2 Nc4 52. a4 Ra1 53. a5
Rxa5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2006.09.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Draskovic, Davor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Re8 13. h4 h5 14. g4 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 hxg4 18. h5 a5 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Qh2 Kf7 21.
Ne6 Bxe6 22. dxe6+ Kxe6 23. Qe2 Qc8 24. Rh7 Kf7 25. Bh6 Rg8 26. Bxg7 Rxg7 27.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qxe7+ Kh6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2006.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vazquez Torres, Adrian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2006.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bc5 9. Qd1 a6 10. Qf3 Bd6 11. Qe2 Bxh2+ 12. Kh1 Be5 13. f4 Nh5 14. Qxh5
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc4 16. Qf3 b5 17. f5 Bb7 18. f6 g6 19. Re1 d5 20. Qg3 O-O-O 21.
Qe5 dxe4 22. Bf4 Bd5 23. Qb8+ Kd7 24. Qd6+ Kc8 25. Qb8+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2006.09.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Apresyan, Zohrak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Rc8 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. b3 Re8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
Rac1 Qb8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Rc7 18. Bb5 Nfd7 19. h3 a6 20. Bxa6 Nc5 21. Bb5
Ned7 22. b4 Nb7 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Nd8 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Qc3 Qb7 27. Rc1 e5
28. Be3 Re7 29. Qc8 Qxc8 30. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2006.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andreev, Sasho"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2006.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bd3 Nbd5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rc1 c6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bb1
Qd7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qd3 g6 17. Qf3 Be7 18. h3 b6 19. Be4 Bg5 20. Rcd1 Rfd8
21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Nc3 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Be7 24. Nc3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2006.09.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Agasaryan, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. h4 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Ne5 14. Qe3 Nc6 15.
Bb6 Qd7 16. f4 Rb8 17. Bg2 Qb7 18. Bd4 Bd7 19. h5 Rfc8 20. g6 fxg6 21. hxg6 h6
22. e5 d5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Bxd5+ Kf8 25. Rxh6 gxh6 26. g7+ Kxg7 27. Rg1+ Bg5
28. fxg5 Bf5 29. e6+ Kf8 30. Bc5+ Kg7 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2006.09.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Danilenko, Dmitriy"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2006.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 dxe4 5. Qxe4 Nf6 6. Qh4 Nbd7 7. Bd2 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Qf2 O-O 11. Nge2 c5 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Ng3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5
15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Qh4 g6
21. Kb1 Rfd8 22. Qf6 Qd4 23. Qg5 Rd5 24. Qc1 Rcd8 25. h4 Ba6 26. h5 Bxd3 27.
Rxd3 Qf6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Rd1 Qd8 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32. a3 e5 33.
Qg5 Qd1+ 34. Ka2 e4 35. fxe4 Qxc2 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qd5 Qc7 38. g4 Kg7 39. g5
Kf8 40. Qd4 Ke7 41. Qf6+ Ke8 42. Qh8+ Kd7 43. Qd4+ Kc8 44. Qd5 Qb7 45. Kb3
Qxd5+ 46. exd5 Kd7 47. Kc4 Ke7 48. Kb5 Kd6 49. Ka6 Kxd5 50. Kxa7 f5 51. gxf6
Ke6 52. Kxb6 Kxf6 53. Kc5 Ke5 54. b4 g5 55. b5 Ke6 56. Kd4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2006.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 b5 8. f3
b4 9. Na4 d5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. f4 Nc6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15.
b3 Bxa4 16. bxa4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Kh1 O-O 19. Rab1 Qc3 20. Qf2 Nc5 21.
Rfd1 Rfc8 22. a5 Rab8 23. h3 g6 24. Qf1 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Qa3 26. Rd2 Qxa5 27. g4
d4 28. Qf2 Qd5+ 29. Kh2 Rc3 30. h4 a5 31. h5 Rbc8 32. Re1 Rc1 33. Re4 Ra1 34.
hxg6 hxg6 35. Kg3 Rcc1 36. Qxd4 Rg1+ 37. Kh4 Qa8 38. Kg5 Kg7 39. Rh2 Rg2 40. f5
Rxh2 41. f6+ Kh7 42. Qxa1 Qf8 43. Kf4 Qh6+ 44. g5 Qh4+ 45. Ke3 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2006.09.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Abdullayev, Shamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. h4 Be7 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. f3 Ne5 14. Qg2 Bb7 15.
f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Bd4 O-O 18. h5 Rac8 19. g6 h6 20. Bxg7 f5 21. Bxh6 b4
22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. g7 bxc3 24. h6 cxb2+ 25. Kb1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2006.09.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lortkipanidze, Nodar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2006.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. c3
Qb6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Nbd4 Nbc6 12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Qe2 e5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Nc6 17. Qh5 Rh6 18. Qd1 Re8+ 19. Be2 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qd6
21. Kf1 Rhe6 22. Bd3 Qb4 23. a3 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qc3 25. Be2 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2006.10.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Hambartsumyan, Gevorg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O c5 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. Qd3 g6
15. Rcd1 Bg7 16. h4 Nf6 17. g3 cxd4 18. exd4 Ne4 19. Nd2 f5 20. Ne2 Qd6 21. Kg2
Rce8 22. f3 Nxd2 23. Rxd2 Re7 24. Rf2 Rfe8 25. h5 Bc8 26. hxg6 Qxg6 27. Nf4 Qd6
28. Qb3 Be6 29. a3 Bf6 30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Qd3 Rf8 32. Rfe2 Qd6 33. Qxf5 Rg7 34.
Qe6+ Qxe6 35. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2006.10.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dangadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3
O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. Bf2 Ba6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Rad1 b5 14. d4 b4 15.
Ne2 cxd4 16. Nexd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 e5 18. Ne2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 a5 20. b3 f5 21. Qe3
fxe4 22. Bxe4 d5 23. Bg2 e4 24. Qb6 Rc8 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Bb6 Rc6 27. Bxa5 Rb8
28. Bh3 Rc5 29. Bd8 Rxd8 30. Rxe4 Nc6 31. Be6+ Kf8 32. Ree1 Nd4 33. Bg4 Nxc2
34. Re2 Re8 35. Red2 Ne3 36. Bd7 Re7 37. Re1 Bc3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Khatenever, Feliks"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne5 c5 11. dxc5 Qd5 12. Qe2 Qxc5 13. a3 a5 14. b4 Qa7
15. Be3 Qb8 16. Bf4 Qa7 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Rab1 Qxa3 19. Bg5 Ra4 20. c4 Rb4 21.
Ra1 Qb2 22. Bd2 Rb6 23. c5 Bxc5 24. Nc4 Qb5 25. Ra5 Qc6 26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27. Be3
Qe7 28. Nxb6 e5 29. Rc1 e4 30. Nxc8 Qd7 31. Bb5 Qe6 32. Nb6 h5 33. Qc4 Qd6 34.
Qc5 Qe6 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rc8+ Qxc8 37. Nxc8 Nd5 38. Bc5+ Kg8 39. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2006.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. c3
Qb6 9. f4 Bd7 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Nd4 Nbc6 12. Ngf3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b6 14. Bd3 Nc6
15. Qf2 Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Ke3 Raf8 19. g3 Be8 20. Rhf1 Bh5
21. Nd4 Ne7 22. Nb5 Nc6 23. Nd4 Ne7 24. a4 Bg6 25. Rfe1 Nf5+ 26. Bxf5 Bxf5 27.
a5 Rh6 28. axb6 axb6 29. Re2 Bg4 30. Rd2 Rh5 31. Ra7 e5 32. fxe5 Rxe5+ 33. Kd3
Bh5 34. Rg2 Bg6+ 35. Kd2 Rf1 36. Re2 Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Rh1 38. h4 Rh2+ 39. Ke3
Rxb2 40. Ne6 Rg2 41. Rxg7+ Kh8 42. Rb7 Kg8 43. Kf4 Rf2+ 44. Ke5 Ra2 45. Rxb6
Ra3 46. Kf6 Ra8 47. Rd6 Be4 48. Rd7 Re8 49. h5 h6 50. Rd8 Rxd8 51. Nxd8 Kh7 52.
Ne6 Bf3 53. Nf4 Bg4 54. Nxd5 Bxh5 55. c4 Bf3 56. Ne7 h5 57. c5 h4 58. gxh4 Kh6
59. Kf5 Kh5 60. Kf4 Bb7 61. Kg3 Kh6 62. c6 Bxc6 63. Nxc6 Kg7 64. Kg4 Kh8 65.
Kg5 Kg7 66. h5 Kh8 67. Kg6 Kg8 68. Ne5 Kh8 69. h6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gantsevich, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 a6 10. g4 Rb8 11. Nd2 Nh7 12. Be2 Ndf6 13. b4 Ne8 14. Rc1 f5 15. gxf5
gxf5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nde4 Qh4 18. Bg4 Bg6 19. Be6+ Bf7 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7 21. Qg4
Qxg4 22. hxg4 Nef6 23. Rh4 Rbf8 24. Ke2 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Nf6 26. Kd3 Nxe4 27. Kxe4
Rf6 28. c5 Rg6 29. a4 Bf6 30. Rxh6 Rg7 31. Rch1 Kf7 32. Rh7 Rxh7 33. Rxh7+ Bg7
34. Bh6 Kg6 35. Rxg7+ Kxh6 36. Rxc7 Rf4+ 37. Ke3 Rxb4 38. cxd6 Rb6 39. d7 Rd6
40. Ke4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kryschilovskij, Andrej"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2006.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
a5 9. Be3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Re8 11. Re1 c6 12. h3 a4 13. Nxa4 Rxe4 14. Rxe4 Nxe4
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Qf6 17. b3 Nec5 18. Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Biriukov, Oleg V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. a4 Qc7 7. Nc4 Nc6 8. d3
Be6 9. Ne3 g6 10. g3 Rd8 11. b3 Bg7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Bg2 Nd4 14. O-O b5 15. axb5
axb5 16. Ne2 Nh5 17. Rb1 c4 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rb7 Qc5 21. Nxd4
Rxd4 22. Qb1 cxd3 23. cxd3 Rc8 24. Rd1 Nf6 25. Rb8 Rxb8 26. Qxb8+ Kg7 27. Ra1
Nd7 28. Qb2 Ne5 29. Be4 Rb4 30. Rc1 Qd6 31. Qa1 f6 32. h4 Nxd3 33. Rc6 Qd7 34.
Rxe6 Nc5 35. Rxe7+ Qxe7 36. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chernov, Vladimir Ermolaevic"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2006.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 c5 14. a4 c4
15. Ba2 a6 16. O-O Nd7 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Nd2 Rec8 19. Rac1 Bf8 20. Rc2 Bc5 21.
Bxc5 Nxc5 22. a5 Nd3 23. Bb1 Rc5 24. Rd1 Rac8 25. g3 f5 26. f3 f4 27. g4 g5 28.
Kg2 Kf7 29. h3 Ke7 30. Rf1 h5 31. Rd1 Kd6 32. Nf1 R5c7 33. Re2 Nc5 34. Ba2 Rh8
35. Rc1 Bc8 36. Rc3 Nb7 37. b4 cxb3 38. Rxc7 Kxc7 39. Bxb3 Nxa5 40. Rc2+ Kd6
41. Ba2 hxg4 42. hxg4 Bd7 43. Nd2 Nb7 44. Bb3 a5 45. Ra2 Rc8 46. Rc2 Rxc2 47.
Bxc2 Kc5 48. Kf2 a4 49. Ke2 b4 50. Kd1 Na5 51. Kc1 b3 52. Bd1 Kb4 53. Kb2 Nc4+
54. Nxc4 Kxc4 55. Ka3 Kc3 56. d6 b2 57. Ka2 Be6+ 58. Kb1 a3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gorovykh, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nd2 b4 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 e6 6. O-O d5 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 Nd7 11. Ne5 N7f6 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Qh3 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5
15. Bd3 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Nd7 Nf4 18. Qg3 Qh6 19. Bf1 Rf7 20. Nxb8 Rf6 21.
d5 Bxd5 22. Rad1 Rg6 23. Rxd5 Nh3+ 24. Qxh3 Qxh3 25. Rxe6 Qh4 26. Rxg6 hxg6 27.
Rd3 a5 28. Nd7 Qe7 29. Rd1 g5 30. Bc4+ Kh7 31. Kf1 c6 32. Bb3 g4 33. Rd3 Kh6
34. h3 gxh3 35. Rxh3+ Kg5 36. Rg3+ Kh6 37. Rd3 g5 38. Nb6 Qc5 39. Nc8 Qe5 40.
Nd6 Qf4 41. g3 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qxb2 43. Nxf5+ Kh7 44. g4 Kg6 45. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.11.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bogdanov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2006.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 b6 8. a4
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Nb8 11. Ba3 Qc7 12. Re1 O-O 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. c4 dxc4
15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Nxc4 Nb6 17. Nd6 Rad8 18. Qg4 Ng6 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Re4 a6 21.
Nd4 Qc7 22. Nf3 Rd5 23. Rae1 Rfd8 24. h4 h6 25. Bc1 Kh7 26. Qh5 Qd7 27. Bg5 Rb8
28. Nh2 Rh8 29. Ng4 Kg8 30. Bc1 Qe7 31. Ba3 Kh7 32. Bc1 Nd7 33. Bg5 Qe8 34. c4
Rd3 35. Rb1 Kg8 36. Be3 Qa8 37. f3 Qc6 38. Nf2 Ra3 39. Rd1 Qxa4 40. Rd6 Ne7 41.
Rxe6 fxe6 42. Qe8+ Nf8 43. Qxe7 Qd7 44. Qxc5 Ra1+ 45. Kh2 a5 46. Rd4 Qe8 47.
Ne4 Qh5 48. Ng3 Qf7 49. Rf4 Qe8 50. Ne4 Ng6 51. Nd6 Qb8 52. Rg4 Qb1 53. Qc8+
Kh7 54. Qxe6 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch U11 20th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Manikandan, SS."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
cxd5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 exd5 10. Qb3 Rd8 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Bg4 14. Be2
Rd6 15. Ng1 Bf5 16. Kf1 Rad8 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Rb1 b6 20. Rb5 Bg6 21.
h4 h6 22. h5 Bh7 23. Bd3 Na5 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Ke2 Rd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Qd3+
Kg8 28. Rh4 c5 29. Re4 Qd7 30. g4 c4 31. Qc2 Qb5 32. a4 Qd7 33. Ne5 Qc8 34. Rf4
c3 35. Kd1 b5 36. axb5 Rxb5 37. Nxf7 Qc6 38. f3 Rb2 39. Ne5 Rxc2 40. Nxc6 Rd2+
41. Ke1 Nxc6 42. Rf5 Nb4 43. Rb5 Nd3+ 44. Kf1 c2 45. Rb8+ Kh7 46. Rc8 c1=Q+ 47.
Rxc1 Nxc1 48. Ke1 Rd3 49. e4 a5 50. d5 a4 51. d6 Rxd6 52. e5 Re6 53. Kd1 a3 54.
Kxc1 Rxe5 55. Kb1 Re3 56. f4 Kg8 57. g5 hxg5 58. fxg5 Kf7 59. h6 gxh6 60. gxh6
Rh3 61. Ka2 Rxh6 62. Kxa3 Rb6 63. Ka4 Ke6 64. Ka5 Rb1 65. Ka4 Kd5 66. Ka5 Kc5
67. Ka4 Rb5 68. Ka3 Rb4 69. Ka2 Kc4 70. Ka3 Kc3 71. Ka2 Ra4+ 72. Kb1 Ra3 73.
Kc1 Ra1# 0-1

[Event "IND-ch U11 20th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2006.11.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Jayavel, Mughil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Be3 Qa6 13. b3 Nb6 14. Rfd1 Qa3 15.
c5 Nbd7 16. Na4 Qb4 17. Nd2 Bf8 18. a3 Qa5 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. b4 Nb8 21. Bg5 Be7
22. Nab6 Nbd7 23. Nxa8 Qb8 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxa8 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27. Rxf6
Be6 28. Rf3 Rd8 29. Rd3 f5 30. Rad1 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 fxe4 32. Qxe4 Qb8 33. Rd6 b6
34. Rxe6 Kf7 35. Qxc6 bxc5 36. Qd7+ Kf8 37. Bd5 cxb4 38. Rf6# 1-0

[Event "IND-ch U11 20th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2006.11.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karma, Pandya"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "1787"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Nd4 8. Nge2
Ne7 9. Nd1 Nxe2 10. Qxe2 Nc6 11. c3 Rb8 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 Qc7 14. Nf2 b5 15.
Rfd1 Na5 16. Rac1 c4 17. d4 Nc6 18. e5 d5 19. g4 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. g5 Bg7
22. Ng4 Bd7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Rf7 25. h4 Rbf8 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rxf1+
28. Kxf1 Be8 29. Bf4 Qf7 30. Qf2 Qf5 31. Kg1 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qxa2 33. Bf3 Qa6 34.
Bg4 Bf7 35. Qe2 Qb7 36. Qd1 a5 37. Qa1 Qc7 38. Bd2 Bf8 39. Kg3 Be7 40. Qd1 Qd8
41. Qh1 Qe8 42. Qh3 Bd8 43. Qf1 Kg7 44. Qf4 Bg8 45. Bf3 Qf7 46. Qe3 Be7 47. Qe2
Qf5 48. Bg4 Qc2 49. h5 Bf7 50. hxg6 hxg6 51. Qh2 Kg8 52. Bf4 Qd3+ 53. Bf3 b4
54. Qd2 Qxd2 55. Bxd2 b3 56. Bc1 Kf8 57. Kf2 Ke8 58. Ke1 Kd7 59. Kd1 a4 60. Be2
Kc6 61. Bf3 Kb5 62. Bg4 a3 63. bxa3 Ka4 64. Bb2 Bxa3 65. Kc1 Be7 66. Kb1 Bxg5
67. Ka1 Bd2 68. Kb1 g5 69. Ka1 Kb5 70. Kb1 Bg6+ 71. Ka1 Bf5 0-1

[Event "IND-ch U11 20th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2006.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. a4 Nb6 12. Ba2 Nbd5 13. Rfe1 Ra7 14. Rad1 b6
15. Ne5 Rc7 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Bb1 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Na2 Qd6 20. Qe2 Bf8 21. Bxf8
Kxf8 22. Qd2 Kg7 23. Nc3 Rec8 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Re3 Qf8 26. Rh3 Kg8 27. Re1 Qg7
28. f4 Nd7 29. Rf1 a5 30. Rg3 f5 31. Qe3 Nxe5 32. fxe5 Qf8 33. h4 Qb4 34. h5
Rg7 35. b3 Rcc7 36. h6 Rgf7 37. Rd1 f4 38. Rxg6+ hxg6 39. Qd3 Rf5 40. Qh3 Rg5
41. Qh4 Rxg2+ 42. Kf1 Qe7 43. h7+ Kh8 44. Qxe7 Rxe7 45. Rc1 Rxh7 46. Rc8+ Kg7
47. Rc7+ Kh6 48. Rc3 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Baltic Sea Chess Stars"]
[Site "Narva"]
[Date "2006.11.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Lapidus, Mark"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.11.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e3
Re8 9. b3 exd4 10. exd4 Nf8 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rfe1 c6 14. Rad1 a6 15.
a4 Qc7 16. h3 Qb6 17. g4 Bd7 18. Qc2 h5 19. g5 Bf5 20. Qc1 N6h7 21. Ba3 Qxb3
22. Bxd6 Qxc4 23. Bf1 Qb3 24. Nd2 Qc2 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qxc2 Bxc2 27. Rc1 Bf5
28. Nf3 Rd8 29. Bc5 Ne6 30. Bb6 Rd7 31. h4 Nxd4 32. Bxd4 Bxd4 33. Ne2 Bb2 34.
Re1 Be4 35. Bg2 Nf8 36. Nf4 Bf5 37. Re8 Kg7 38. Ne5 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Re1 0-1

[Event "Baltic Sea Chess Stars"]
[Site "Narva"]
[Date "2006.11.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Virgus, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.11.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. h3
a6 9. a4 b6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Qd2 Nh5 15. Bh2
Ne5 16. Be2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Nf6 18. e5 Nd7 19. exd6 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qd8 21. Qf4
Qf8 22. Re7 Bf6 23. Qe4 Bxe7 24. dxe7 Qe8 25. d6 Ra7 26. Nd5 Bb7 27. Nc7 Bxe4
28. Nxe8 Bxf3 29. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Baltic Sea Chess Stars"]
[Site "Narva"]
[Date "2006.11.09"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.11.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3
Bb4 9. a3 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Ng4 14. Be2 Nxe3 15.
Qxe3 b5 16. Kh1 Bb7 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Rae1 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. e5 Bxf3 21.
Rxf3 d5 22. Rf2 Rfc8 23. Ree2 Bd8 24. g3 R5c6 25. Rg2 f5 26. Nd1 Kf7 27. c3 g5
28. Ne3 gxf4 29. gxf4 Bb6 30. Nc2 Rc4 31. Rgf2 Bxf2 32. Rxf2 Re4 33. h3 a5 34.
Nd4 Rb8 35. Nc6 Ra8 36. Nd4 b4 37. Nb5 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Rb8 39. a4 bxc3 40. bxc3
Ra1 41. Rb2 Ke7 42. Rf2 Rxa4 43. Nd4 Rg8+ 44. Kf3 Rc4 45. Rc2 h5 46. Nb5 h4 47.
Nd6 Rxc3+ 48. Rxc3 Rg3+ 49. Ke2 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Baltic Sea Chess Stars"]
[Site "Narva"]
[Date "2006.11.10"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Setala, Ilmo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2006.11.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be3 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Qd2
h5 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Kb1 Rd8 13. Rhe1 Ne5 14. Bg5 Nc6
15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. Qf4 O-O 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxf6
Rfe8 21. Qxg6+ Kf8 22. Qh7 Re6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qg7+ Ke8 26. Qg8+
Ke7 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. e5 d5 29. Rd4 Ke8 30. Rf4 Qh7 31. Rf8+ Kxf8 32. Qxd8+ Kf7
33. Qf6+ Ke8 34. Qxe6+ Qe7 35. Qxe7+ Kxe7 36. c3 Bd7 37. e6 Bxe6 38. Kc2 Kd6
39. Rxe6+ Kxe6 40. Kd3 Ke5 41. g3 b6 42. Ke3 Kf5 43. Kd4 Ke6 44. h3 Kd6 45. f4
Ke6 46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4 a5 48. a4 Kd6 49. f5 Ke7 50. Kxd5 Kf6 51. Ke4 Kf7 52.
Ke5 Ke7 53. g5 Kf7 54. g6+ Kg7 55. c4 Kf8 56. f6 Ke8 57. f7+ Kf8 58. Kf6 b5 59.
g7# 1-0

[Event "Baltic Sea Chess Stars"]
[Site "Narva"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.11.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Qf3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qg3 O-O 14. f5 Rfe8 15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. Nd4 Nf8 17. Be3 Bc8 18. Nf3 Ng6 19. e5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Ne4
Nd5 22. Bh6 Bf8 23. Bd2 g6 24. Ng5 Nf4 25. Be4 Bb7 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. Bxf4 exf4
28. Qxf4 Bh6 29. Qe4 Qxe4 30. Nxe4 Bg7 31. c3 Rad8 32. g3 Rd5 33. Rae1 Rf8 34.
Kg2 a5 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Kf3 Rf5+ 37. Ke2 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. cxb4 Rb5 40.
Nc5 Rxb4 41. Nxe6+ Kg8 42. Nxg7 Rxb2+ 43. Kf3 Kxg7 44. Re7+ Kg8 45. h4 Rb4 46.
Rc7 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Sea Chess Stars"]
[Site "Narva"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.11.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. O-O c5 7. c3 d6 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. h3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5
15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Ng5 g6 17. Qg4 Ne7 18. Bxg6 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 fxg6+ 20. Kg1 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kudriavtsev, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qd2 Nxc5 11. Bd3 b5 12. O-O Nxd3 13. cxd3 O-O 14. Ne2 Bd7
15. Ned4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 f6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1
fxe5 21. fxe5 Qh4 22. Nf3 Qa4 23. Qc7 b4 24. b3 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Bxc6 26. Kf2 h6
27. Ke3 Kf7 28. Kd4 Bb5 29. Kc5 Bxd3 30. Nd4 Bb1 31. Kxb4 Bxa2 32. Kc5 Kg6 33.
Kd6 Kf7 34. b4 Bc4 35. Nxe6 g5 36. Nd4 Ke8 37. e6 Kd8 38. e7+ Ke8 39. Ne6 Bb5
40. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomberg, Dmitrii"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Kh1 h6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. f4 Bd7 13. f5 e5 14. Nb3 Nb4 15. Qd2
Kh7 16. g4 d5 17. exd5 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bd3 Kg8 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. f6
Nxf6 22. Rxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxh6 Qc6+ 24. Kg1 e4 25. g5 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 c6 10. Qc2 g6 11. O-O b6 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. b5
cxb5 16. c6 b4 17. axb4 Nf6 18. b5 Ra7 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Na4 Bc7 21. g3 Ne4 22.
f3 Nd6 23. Qd3 Re8 24. Rfe1 Kg7 25. Kg2 h5 26. Re2 h4 27. Rae1 hxg3 28. hxg3
Rh8 29. Rh1 Rxh1 30. Kxh1 Nf5 31. Kg2 Ra8 32. Re1 Qd6 33. g4 Qb4 34. Nc3 Nxd4
35. Rb1 Nb3 36. Ne2 a4 37. Qc3 Qxc3 38. Nxc3 Nc5 39. Ra1 g5 40. Nd7 Nxd7 41.
cxd7 gxf4 42. Nxa4 Bd8 43. Kf1 Kf6 44. Ke2 e5 45. Kd3 Ke6 46. Nc5+ bxc5 47.
Rxa8 Kxd7 48. Ra7+ Kd6 49. Rxf7 c4+ 50. Kc2 d4 51. g5 d3+ 52. Kd1 c3 53. b6 c2+
54. Kc1 Ke6 55. b7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Utkin, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
c6 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. f3 a5 13. Rfe1 Nc5 14. b3 Nh5 15.
Bf1 Be5 16. g3 Bg7 17. Bg2 Nf6 18. h3 Nh5 19. g4 Nf6 20. f4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Nxg4
22. Bf2 Qf6 23. Bg3 h5 24. Qe2 Qxd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lanin, Alexsej"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Rb1 dxc3 13. Qd3 d4 14. Rg1
Nf5 15. g4 Nh4 16. Qh7 Nf3+ 17. Kf2 O-O-O 18. Kxf3 f6 19. exf6 d3 20. cxd3 c2
21. Rb2 Ne5+ 22. Kf2 Nxg4+ 23. Rxg4 Rxg4 24. f7 Qc5+ 25. d4 Qe7 26. h3 Rh4 27.
Rxc2+ Bc6 28. Qg7 Kb8 29. Qg5 Qxg5 30. fxg5 Be4 31. Bf4+ Ka8 32. Rc7 Bg6 33.
Bg2 Bxf7 34. Bxb7+ Kb8 35. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Barhudarian, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3
c6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Rad1 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Rfe1 a6 13. b4 d5 14. exd5 exd4 15.
Nxd4 cxd5 16. c5 b6 17. Bf3 bxc5 18. Nc6 Qf8 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bb7 21. Bf3
Rac8 22. Ne7+ Rxe7 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Bc6 Ne5 25. Bd5 Qe8 26. bxc5 Rb2 27. Qc1
Qb5 28. c6 Rc7 29. Bf4 Nd3 30. Rxd3 Qxd3 31. Bxc7 Qxd5 32. Bg3 Qf5 33. c7 Rc2
34. Qxc2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Davydov, Andrey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxe4 6. a3 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
Nxe4 Be7 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. O-O-O b6 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 c6 13. Qf4 Qb8 14. Qg4 O-O
15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Qf3 h6 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. h4 Rab8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Nf4 Rfd8 21.
Qg4 Bxd4 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 c5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.07.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. O-O Nfd7 8. Be3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nc6 10. d5 Na5 11. Be2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. f4 Nc6
15. c5 Qe7 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Rb1 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qa4 Rac8 20. Bg4 Kg7 21.
Qc4 Rce8 22. e5 g5 23. Bh5 Rd8 24. fxg5 Nxe5 25. Qe4 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qxg5 27.
Qxb7+ Kh8 28. Bf3 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Nxf3 30. Qxf3 Qxf3 31. gxf3 Rd3 32. Re1 Rxc3 33.
Rxe6 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Rc2+ 35. Kg3 Rxa2 36. Rc6 Ra5 37. Rc7 a6 38. Kf4 Rb5 39. Ke5
a5 40. f4 Rb8 41. Ra7 c4 42. Rxa5 Rc8 43. Ra2 c3 44. Rc2 Kg7 45. h4 Kf7 46. h5
Rc5+ 47. Kd4 Rf5 48. Ke4 Rc5 49. h6 Kf6 50. Kd4 Rc8 51. Rxc3 Rxc3 52. Kxc3 Kf5
53. Kd3 Kxf4 54. Ke2 Kg5 55. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.07.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Turikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O c5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e4
d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc8 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. f4 Re8 13. Rc1 Bf8 14. b4 e5 15.
Nf5 Qb8 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qc7 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21.
Bf4 Bd6 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. d6 Qd7 25. Rxc5 Bxg2 26. Qg4 Qb7 27.
Rxe5 g6 28. Qd4 gxf5 29. d7 Bc6 30. d8=Q+ Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Kg7 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33.
Qd8+ Kg7 34. Rxf5 Be4 35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Rf1 f5 37. Rd1 Qb6 38. Qxb6 axb6 39.
Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bogdanov, Andrei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2007.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rad1 O-O 11. Rfe1 Qc7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Rxe5 Rfd8 14. Qe3
Be8 15. Rd3 Rxd3 16. cxd3 Ng4 17. Qf4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duzhakov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. g4 h6 14. Be2 Rc8
15. h4 Nb6 16. Qa5 Qc7 17. c3 Bd8 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Nfxd5 21.
Rh8+ Ke7 22. Bxb6 Nxb6 23. g6 fxg6 24. f4 Nd7 25. Qd5 Nf6 26. Qg2 Kf7 27. fxe5
dxe5 28. Nd2 b5 29. Bd1 Qd7 30. Bb3+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bazeev, German"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2007.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Bd2 Ne7 7. dxc5 a6 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. b4 Bc7 10. Bf4 f6 11. exf6 Bxf4 12. fxe7 Qxe7 13. g3 Bc7 14. Bg2 Qf6 15.
Nd4 O-O 16. O-O Kh8 17. f4 Nb8 18. Nce2 Nc6 19. c4 Rd8 20. Nxc6 bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kosov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Be2 Qxg2 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. O-O-O a5 11. Bc3 Ngf6 12. Bf3 Qg6 13. Ne2 Ne4 14.
Bxe4 Qxe4 15. Bxg7 Qxc4+ 16. Nc3 Rg8 17. Rhg1 e5 18. Bxe5 Rg6 19. b3 Qc5 20.
Bd6 Qf5 21. Rxg6 fxg6 22. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Toder, Denis"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rc1 h6 15.
Bh4 Nh5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 g5 18. Bb1 Qg7 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. Qd3 Rf7 21. Qe3
Raf8 22. a3 Bb8 23. b4 Ba7 24. Rxc6 Bxc6 25. Ne5 Rc7 26. g4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zubritskiy, Artyom"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2007.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. d5 Ne5 5. f4 Ng4 6. h3 N4f6 7. e4 e6 8. Bxc4
exd5 9. Bxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Qh4+ 11. Kf1 c6 12. Qe5+ Qe7 13. Nf3 Qxe5 14. Nxe5
Nf6 15. Kf2 Bb4 16. Kf3 O-O 17. Rd1 Re8 18. Bd2 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Shmagin, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "1970"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2007.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. Be2 a5 13. b5 c5 14. O-O Nd7 15.
Qb3 c4 16. Qb1 Re8 17. Nd2 Nf8 18. Bf3 Rb8 19. g3 Qd7 20. h4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sichinava, Zviad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 axb5 6. Bxb5 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. e4 Nc7 11. Bc4 d6 12. Re1 Ba6 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. h3 Rfb8 15.
Qc2 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Re3 Nd7 19. a4 Qa6 20. Bd2 Bd4 21. Rb3
Rxb3 22. Qxb3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Serov, Maksim"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Rc1 Ng6 8.
Bg3 e5 9. dxe5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ncxe5 13. Be2 c6 14.
Rg1 Nd7 15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 O-O-O 17. Kd2 f5 18. Kc2 Rde8 19. f4 Nc5 20. h4
Ne4 21. Bc4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fateev, Michail"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f6 11. Kg2 O-O 12. Bd3 Kh8 13. Ne2 Be7 14. h4 f5 15.
a3 Qd8 16. Nc3 Nb6 17. Ng5 Bd7 18. Qh5 h6 19. Qg6 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Be8 21. Rxh6+
gxh6 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qxe6+ Rf7 24. g6 Nxd4 25. gxf7+ Bxf7 26. Qh6 Qf8 27. Qh3
Qg7 28. Bxf5 Nxf5 29. Qxf5 Rf8 30. Qd3 d4 31. Qxd4 Qh7 32. Bd2 Be8 33. Ne4 Bc6
34. Re1 Nd5 35. Kg1 Qh3 36. Re2 Qh5 37. Qd3 Ne7 38. Bb4 Bxe4 39. Qxe4 Re8 40.
Bxe7 Rxe7 41. Qd5+ Kf8 42. Rh2 Qf7 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qh8+ Kg6 45. Qh5+ Kg7 46.
Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Azimova, Karina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. a4 Bg4 8. c3
d5 9. Bb3 d4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 Bc5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Nf1 Bg6 14. Ng3 Nh5 15.
Nxh5 Bxh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bd5 Kh8 18. h4 h5 19. Ng5 hxg4 20. Qxg4 Qf6 21. h5 Bh7
22. Nxh7 Kxh7 23. Bg5 Qd6 24. b4 Bxb4 25. cxb4 f5 26. Qg2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Androsov, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Be2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Re1 Nd7 15.
g3 Bb7 16. Bg2 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qe2 e5 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. f4 h5 21. h3 h4
22. gxh4 exf4 23. Qf3 Qc5+ 24. Kh2 a5 25. Qxf4 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Nd5 Bxd5
28. exd5 Qxc2 29. Rd2 Qc5 30. Rf2 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. h5 Re5 33. h6 Rh5 34.
Rf1 Rxh6 35. Rc1 Qe3 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Qxb4 Qf2 38. Rc4 Nxd5 39. Qb7 Ne3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Toder, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Nf4 h6 8. Nxg6
Nxg6 9. Bd3 Nh4 10. O-O c5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. f4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Rc8 14. Qxa7 Bb4
15. Qxb7 O-O 16. Bxc6 Rb8 17. Qa6 Rb6 18. Qa4 Qc7 19. Be3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc6
21. Bd4 Rxc3 22. Bxc3 Qxc3 23. Rab1 Qe3+ 24. Rf2 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nh4+ 26. Kf1 Rc8
27. Qb5 Rc4 28. Qb6 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Rxf4 30. Qb3 Nf3+ 31. Kh1 Qxg4 32. Rbf1 Nh4
33. Qg3 Rxf2 34. Rxf2 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Nf5 36. Qf4 Qe1+ 37. Rf1 Qc3 38. Qf2 Qxe5
39. a4 d4 40. Qf4 Qc5 41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Qb5 Qxc2 43. a5 Ne3 44. Qb1 d3 45. Qxc2
dxc2 46. Rc1 f5 47. a6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. d3 c5 7. Qe1 Nc6 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Qd2 Nxf3+ 12. Rxf3 Qd4+ 13. Kh1 c4 14. Qe1 exf4
15. gxf4 Bg4 16. Rg3 Qd7 17. h3 Bh5 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Qf2 Ne8 20. e5 Nc7 21. Rf1
f5 22. Bxa7 Nb5 23. Bb6 Nxc3 24. Rxc3 Rdc8 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Rxa2 27. Rxc4
Rxc4 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Bxc4 Ra8 30. b3 h6 31. Kg2 Kh7 32. Ra1 Rxa1 33. Bxa1 g5
34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Bd3 Kg6 36. c4 Bd1 37. b4 Bb3 38. c5 Bf8 39. Bd4 Bd5+ 40. Kg3
Be6 41. b5 Bd5 42. b6 Be7 43. Bb5 f4+ 44. Kf2 Bd8 45. Bd7 Kf7 46. e6+ Bxe6 47.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 48. c6 bxc6 49. b7 Bc7 50. Ba7 Kd5 51. b8=Q Bxb8 52. Bxb8 c5 53. Bc7
Ke4 54. Bd8 Kf5 55. Kf3 c4 56. Ba5 Kg6 57. Kg4 Kf7 58. Bd8 Kg6 59. Bxg5 f3 60.
Be3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 exd4 8.
Ne2 Nf6 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nb5 Qg5 11. h4 Qh6 12. Nxc7 Bg4 13. Be2 Rad8 14. Qc2
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Ne4 16. Nb5 Rfe8 17. Rh3 Qg6 18. Kf1 h5 19. Be1 Ne5 20. Nc3 Nc5
21. Kg1 Ng4 22. Rf3 Nd3 23. Rd1 Qa6 24. e4 Nge5 25. Re3 Nf4 26. Qxa6 bxa6 27.
g3 Nfd3 28. b3 Nxe1 29. Rdxe1 Rd2 30. R1e2 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Rc8 32. Nd5 Rc1+ 33.
Kg2 Kf8 34. Nf4 g6 35. Rd2 Ke7 36. Nd5+ Ke6 37. Ne3 f6 38. Rd4 Rc5 39. Nc4 Nc6
40. Rd6+ Ke7 41. Rd2 Ke6 42. f4 Ke7 43. Kf3 a5 44. a4 Nb4 45. Ke3 Rc8 46. e5
fxe5 47. fxe5 Nc6 48. Ke4 Nd8 49. Rd6 Ne6 50. Kd5 Rc5+ 51. Ke4 Rc8 52. Ne3 Nc5+
53. Kf3 Rf8+ 54. Ke2 Rb8 55. Rxg6 Rxb3 56. Nf5+ Kf7 57. Rf6+ Ke8 58. e6 Ne4 59.
Ng7+ Kd8 60. Rf8+ Kc7 61. e7 Nxg3+ 62. Kd1 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Maslyakov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 a6 6. c5 O-O 7. e3 Re8 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. h4 Nf8 10. Ne5 N6d7 11. Qc2 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 b6 13. cxb6 cxb6 14. O-O-O b5
15. Kb1 Bd7 16. g4 Qa5 17. Qd2 b4 18. Ne2 Bb5 19. g5 Qb6 20. h5 Bxd3+ 21. Qxd3
Bd6 22. g6 fxg6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Nf4 g5 26. Ng6 Nd7 27. Rh5 Nf6
28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Ne5+ Ke7 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qg6 Rg8 32. Rc1 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gnidenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Na6 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. f3 Ne8 11. f4 Nec7 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Qd2 e5 14. Nc2 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Be5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh4 Nc5 18. b4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nxe4 20. Qd4 Qe8 21. Rbe1
f5 22. Bd3 d5 23. Ne3 dxc4 24. Bxc4+ Be6 25. Ng4 fxg4 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Qxe4
Bxc4 28. Qxc4+ Qf7 29. Rc1 Rf8 30. Qxc7 Qxa2 31. Qxb7 Qb3 32. Qe4 Rb8 33. Qc4+
Qxc4 34. Rxc4 h5 35. Rd4 Rb5 36. Bd8 Kf7 37. Ba5 Ke6 38. Re4+ Kf6 39. Rc4 Rb7
40. Rc7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikitinyh, Boris Aleksandrovic"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b6 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Rc3 Bb7
15. f3 Bc6 16. b4 a5 17. b5 Bb7 18. Qe1 Nc5 19. Bd1 Qd8 20. Bc2 Nxa4 21. Bxa4
Bf6 22. Qe3 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qc7 24. Rd1 Rfd8 25. Rcd3 Rac8 26. Bb3 Kf8 27. a4 f6
28. Qf2 Ke7 29. Kf1 Qc5 30. Qg3 Qg5 31. Qxg5 fxg5 32. Kf2 Rc5 33. Ke3 e5 34.
Rh1 Rf8 35. h4 gxh4 36. Rxh4 h6 37. Rg4 g5 38. Rg3 Bc8 39. Rd1 Rf6 40. Rh1 Kf8
41. Kd3 Kg7 42. f4 exf4 43. Rf3 h5 44. Kc3 h4 45. Rd3 Kf8 46. Rd4 Ke7 47. Bd1
Rh6 48. Be2 h3 49. gxh3 Rxh3+ 50. Rxh3 Bxh3 51. Kd2 Be6 52. Ke1 Bf7 53. Kf2 Ke6
54. Rd1 Ke5 55. Rg1 Kxe4 56. Bf3+ Kf5 57. Bg4+ Kf6 58. Rd1 Ke7 59. Re1+ Re5 60.
c5 Rxe1 61. cxb6 Kd8 62. Kxe1 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 15th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duzhakov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Qc7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nd7 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Kh2 Qc5 14. c3 Re8 15.
f4 Nc4 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. a4 Bd7 18. Qd3 Rac8 19. Nd2 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxc4
bxc4 22. Qe3 Rb8 23. Ra7 Rb7 24. Rxb7 Qxb7 25. Qe4 Qb5 26. g4 e6 27. dxe6 fxe6
28. Qb7 Qxb7 29. Bxb7 d5 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 Rb8 32. fxe6 Rxb7 33. exd7 Rxd7
34. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 15th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Butuc, Maria"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2007.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 a5 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. b3 Nfd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Qc2 a4 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. f4 Ned7 18. Bf2 Qb4 19. Rb1 axb3 20. axb3 Ra3 21. Na2
Qa5 22. Re2 Nd3 23. Qxd3 Rxa2 24. b4 Qa4 25. Rxa2 Qxa2 26. Qb3 Qa8 27. Qc2 h5
28. Kh2 h4 29. g4 Qb8 30. Nf3 Nf6 31. Nxh4 Bd7 32. Re1 b5 33. c5 dxc5 34. e5
Nd5 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36. Bxc5 Qb7 37. Nf3 d4 38. Nxd4 Ra8 39. Qg2 Qb8 40. Qd5 Be8
41. Re2 Ra3 42. Ra2 Rxa2+ 43. Qxa2 g5 44. Nf5 gxf4 45. Nxg7 Kxg7 46. Qb2 Qb7
47. e6+ Kg8 48. e7 Qf3 49. Qf2 Qxf2+ 50. Bxf2 f6 51. Bc5 Kf7 52. Bd6 Bc6 53. h4
Ke8 54. h5 Kf7 55. h6 f3 56. Kg3 Kg6 57. Bf4 Kh7 58. g5 fxg5 59. Bxg5 Kg6 60.
Be3 Kf7 61. Kh4 f2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 15th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Savchuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2007.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O d6 9. f3 O-O 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Rac8 12. Rad1 Rfe8 13. f4 Ng4 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. Bd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Qc5 17. Rfe1 b6 18. h3 Nh6 19. g4 Qxd4+ 20. Rxd4
Kg7 21. a4 Red8 22. Red1 Re8 23. a5 b5 24. g5 Ng8 25. h4 e5 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27.
Rf1 Be8 28. Rxd6 h6 29. Rd5 Re7 30. e5 Rb8 31. Rc5 Bd7 32. Ne4 Be6 33. Bxe6
Rxe6 34. Nd6 Re7 35. b4 a6 36. Rc3 Rd8 37. Rcf3 Rdd7 38. Kh1 hxg5 39. hxg5 Rxe5
40. Rxf7+ Rxf7 41. Rxf7+ Kh8 42. Ra7 Rd5 43. Nf7+ Kg7 44. Nh6+ Kh8 45. Ra8 Kh7
46. Nxg8 Rd1+ 47. Kg2 Rd2+ 48. Kf3 Rxc2 49. Nf6+ Kg7 50. Rxa6 Rc3+ 51. Kf4 Rc4+
52. Ke5 Rc1 53. Rb6 Rg1 54. Rb7+ Kf8 55. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 15th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chehlov, Aleksander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 f6 8. exf6
Nxf6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O Qc7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 b6 13. a3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Qh4 Rae8 18. Rad1 Ne4 19. f4 Bf6 20. Qh5 Bc6 21. Bc1
Qf7 22. Qg4 h5 23. Qf3 d4 24. cxd4 c4 25. Bc2 Bd5 26. Nc3 Nxc3 27. Qxc3 Re2 28.
Rf2 Qe7 29. Rdf1 Re8 30. Bg6 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Qe1+ 32. Rf1 Qe2 33. Rf2 Qd1+ 34.
Kh2 Re1 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 15th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Lelekova, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. f3
O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Bb3 Rfc8 12. h4 Ne5 13. h5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. hxg6 fxg6 16. g4 Rac8 17. Nb3 Qa6 18. e5 Ne8 19. Qh2 h5 20. Bd4 b5 21. gxh5
b4 22. hxg6 bxc3 23. e6 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Bxe6 25. Rh4 cxb2+ 26. Kb1 Kf8 27. Rh8+
Bg8 28. Rxg8+ Kxg8 29. Nd4 Qc4 30. Nf5 Rc5 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Qh8+ Kxg6 33. Qh7+
Kf6 34. Rh6+ Ke5 35. Qxe7+ Kd5 36. Qf7+ Kc6 37. Qxe8+ Kb7 38. Rh7+ Ka6 39. Qe4
Qf1+ 40. Kxb2 Rb5+ 41. Kc3 Qa1+ 42. Kd2 Qxa2 43. Qc6+ Rb6 44. Qc8+ Kb5 45. Qe8+
Rc6 46. Rb7+ Kc5 47. Qe3+ Kd5 48. Qe4+ Kc5 49. Qb4+ Kd5 50. Rb5+ Ke6 51. Qe4+
1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 15th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Movsesian, Julia"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2007.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nge7 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qd1 Be7 11. Bf4 d6 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Nd1 O-O 14. h4 h6
15. h5 b5 16. Ne3 Bb7 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. c3 Qc5 20. Ng4 a5 21. Nxe5
dxe5 22. Be3 Qc6 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. Kh2 Bc5 25. Bc1 b4 26. c4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Bd4
28. b3 Rf8 29. Qh4 f5 30. Be3 fxe4 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. Rxd4 Rxf2 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34.
Qg4 Rf6 35. Rd4 Qe8 36. Bxe4+ Bxe4 37. Qxe4+ Kg8 38. Qe2 Qf8 39. Kg2 Qa8+ 40.
Qe4 Qxe4+ 41. Rxe4 Rf5 42. Rxe6 Rxh5 43. Re2 Kf7 44. Kf3 Rg5 45. Kf4 Kf6 46. g4
Rc5 47. Re8 Rg5 48. Rf8+ Ke6 49. Rf5 Rxf5+ 50. gxf5+ Kd6 51. Kg4 Ke5 52. c5 h5+
53. Kg5 h4 54. c6 Kd6 55. Kxh4 Kxc6 56. Kg4 Kd5 57. Kg5 Ke5 58. Kg4 Ke4 59. Kg5
Kf3 60. Kh5 Kg3 61. Kg5 Kf3 62. Kh5 Ke3 63. Kg5 Ke4 64. Kg4 Ke3 65. Kg5 Kd4 66.
Kg6 Ke4 67. Kg5 Ke3 68. Kg4 Ke4 69. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 15th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vyatkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 d6 6. b4 f5 7. b5 Nce7 8. e3 Nf6
9. d4 e4 10. Qb3 Be6 11. d5 Bc8 12. Nge2 Nd7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Qc2 Ng8 15. Na4
Nf6 16. Ba3 Nfd7 17. Nd4 Qe7 18. Nc3 Ne5 19. Nce2 g5 20. Bc1 g4 21. Rd1 Ned3
22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. exf4 h5 24. Nb3 Nxb3 25. Rxb3 b6 26. Re3 Kf7 27. h4 gxh3 28.
Bxh3 h4 29. g4 fxg4 30. Bg2 Qf6 31. Bxe4 Rh6 32. Rde1 Bd7 33. Bh7 Rh8 34. Re7+
Qxe7 35. Bg6+ Kf8 36. Rxe7 Kxe7 37. f5 Bf6 38. Qe4+ Kf8 39. Bxh6+ Rxh6 40. Qxg4
h3 41. f4 Rh4 42. Qg3 Ke7 43. Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 15th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kozlov, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
h5 9. gxh5 d5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne2 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qd5 13. Ng3 Nxh5 14. Rg1 Nxg3
15. hxg3 Qe4+ 16. Qe2 Qxf5 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. O-O-O Rc8 19. Be1 Be7 20. Kb1 Rh6
21. g4 Qe6 22. g5 Rh2 23. g6 f5 24. Rxd4 e4 25. Qd1 Bf6 26. Rd6 Qe5 27. c3 Rc7
28. Bc4 Rxc4 29. Rxd7 Rc7 30. Rd5 Qe7 31. Qa4+ Rd7 32. Rxf5 e3 33. Qc4 Kd8 34.
Qf4 Qd6 35. Qxe3 Qd1+ 36. Qc1 Qe2 37. Bd2 Rxd2 38. Rxf6 Rh5 39. Rf8+ Ke7 40.
Re1 Rxb2+ 41. Qxb2 Qxe1+ 42. Qc1 Rb5+ 43. Kc2 Qe4+ 44. Kd1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 15th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Orlov, Oleg"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b4
Re8 9. b5 e4 10. Nd2 Nf8 11. a4 h5 12. a5 N8h7 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. d5 Ng5 15. Nb3
Qd7 16. c5 dxc5 17. f3 exf3 18. gxf3 Bh3 19. e4 Bxf1 20. Bxf1 Nh3+ 21. Bxh3
Qxh3 22. Nxc5 Ng4 23. fxg4 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Qxc5 25. gxh5 Bxc3 26. hxg6 fxg6 27.
Rc1 Qb4 28. Bxc3 Qxe4+ 29. Kg1 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Rad8 32. Qf1 Qe3+ 33.
Kh1 Rf8 34. Qe1 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Qg4+ 36. Kh1 Rxd5 37. Bd2 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Rd4 39.
Qe6+ Rf7 40. Rc4 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2007.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2007.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. Nc3 axb5 7. d6 exd6 8. Nxb5
Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. e3 d5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Bd3 Na6 14. Na4 Qc6 15.
O-O d6 16. a3 Bg4 17. Nc3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qc8 19. Kg2 Re8 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Rfe1
Re5 22. Ne2 Rh5 23. Ng3 Rh4 24. h3 Qc8 25. Rh1 Qe6 26. Rae1 Rc4 27. Qd3 Nd7 28.
b4 Ne5 29. Qb3 Rh4 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. Bc3 Rha4 32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Rd1 c4 34. Qb7
R4a5 35. Qb4 Rxa3 36. f4 Bf6 37. Qb7 R3a5 38. Rb1 R5a7 39. Qb6 c3 40. Rhc1 Ra2
41. f5 Qe5 42. fxg6 hxg6 43. Qd4 Qxd4 44. exd4 c2 45. Rb3 Bg5 46. Re3 Bxe3 47.
fxe3 Rb8 48. Ne2 Rb1 49. Kf3 Rxc1 50. Nxc1 Ra1 51. Nb3 Rb1 52. Nd2 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2007.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Padsalgikar, Bhausaheb"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Qc2 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. Nd2 e5 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
h6 9. h3 Be6 10. Re1 d4 11. c4 Ne8 12. Nf1 Nd6 13. Ng3 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Ne4
b6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Qc1 Rf7 18. a3 Raf8 19. Rf1 Nd6 20. Nh2 Nxe4 21. dxe4 Bh4
22. f4 exf4 23. Bh5 Rf6 24. Ng4 Bxg4 25. Bxg4 Qd6 26. Bf5 g5 27. Be1 Bxe1 28.
Qxe1 Ne5 29. b3 d3 30. Rd1 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 a5 32. Rd2 a4 33. Qd1 axb3 34. Qxb3
Qxc4 35. Rxd3 Qxb3 36. Rxb3 Nc4 37. Rd1 Ne3 38. Rd7 c4 39. Rb5 c3 40. Rc7 c2
41. Bh7+ Kh8 42. Bf5 Rd6 43. Rd5 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Sravya, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2007.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 a5 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 f5 13. Qc2 Qf6 14. d5 Na6 15.
e5 Qg6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Be2 Nc5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Ne4 20. Rd4 Ng5 21. Nxg5
Qxg5 22. f4 Qe7 23. d6 cxd6 24. Rxd6 Rb8 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Rfc8 27. Rfd3
Rb7 28. g3 Rbc7 29. R3d4 Rc6 30. Qd3 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Rb8 32. Qd4 Qf8 33. Rxb6
Rxb6 34. Qxb6 Qc8 35. c5 Qa8 36. Qa5 Qd5 37. Qa1 Qc4 38. Qb2 Qb5 39. Qd2 Qa4
40. Qc3 Qb5 41. Kf2 Kf7 42. h3 Ke8 43. g4 g6 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. h4 h6 46. h5 Kd8
47. Qd4 Kc7 48. Qd6+ Kb7 49. Ke3 Kc8 50. Qd4 Kc7 51. Kd2 Kc8 52. Kc3 Kb7 53.
Qd6 Kc8 54. Qd1 Kb7 55. Qd2 Kc6 56. Qd6+ Kb7 57. Qb6+ Qxb6 58. cxb6 Kxb6 59.
Kc4 Kc6 60. b5+ Kb6 61. Kb4 Kb7 62. Kc5 Kc7 63. b6+ Kb7 64. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2007.12.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saravana, Krishnan P"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Rc8 12. c3 b5 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Nd7
15. Be3 Qa5 16. a4 b4 17. Qb3 Nb6 18. Rfd1 Nc4 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Bf1 Na5 21. Qd3
Rfd8 22. Be3 Nc4 23. a5 Qb8 24. Bc1 Qc7 25. a6 Nb6 26. Bg5 h6 27. Rac1 Qd7 28.
Bd2 d5 29. Bxb4 dxe4 30. Qxe4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 e6 32. Rd1 Bxd4 33. Rd2 e5 34. Bc5
Qf5 35. Qxf5 gxf5 36. b4 Kg7 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. f4 Nd5 39. fxe5+ Bxe5 40. Kf3 Bb8
41. Bc4 Ke6 42. b5 Rd7 43. Rxd5 Rxd5 44. b6 axb6 45. Bxb6 Kd6 46. Bxd5 Kxd5 47.
a7 Bxa7 48. Bxa7 Ke5 49. Be3 h5 50. h4 f6 51. Bc1 Kd5 52. Kf4 Ke6 53. Bb2 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2007.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Anjana Krishna, Sreela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
Re8 9. O-O Qa5 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bd3 h6 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 c5 16. Bc3 Nf6 17. Rfe1 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qc7 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Rd3 Bf8
21. Red1 f6 22. Bxf6 a5 23. Be5 Qc5 24. Qg6 Qe7 25. Bd6 Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27.
Ne5+ Kg8 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Rd8 b6 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rd8+ Ke7 32. Nc6+ Kf7 33.
f3 Kf6 34. Rf8+ Kg5 35. Rf7 Kg6 36. Ne5+ Kh7 37. Re7 a4 38. b4 Kg8 39. Re8+ Kh7
40. a3 b5 41. h4 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2007.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sharma, R Preetham"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "223"]
[EventDate "2007.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Be2 c6 10. Qh4 Nc7 11. d4 f6 12. O-O Nba6 13. a3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. Bd2 Nc7 16. exf6 exf6 17. Qg3 Bb5 18. Bxb5 Nxb5 19. Bb4 Re8 20. a4 Nc7 21.
h4 Na6 22. Bd2 Qd7 23. Bc3 Qc7 24. Qxc7 Nxc7 25. Ra3 Kf7 26. Rb3 Rab8 27. Rc1
Ne6 28. Bd2 Bf8 29. g3 Red8 30. Be3 Rd7 31. Nd2 Be7 32. Kf1 Bf8 33. Ke2 Be7 34.
Kd3 Bf8 35. Nb1 Be7 36. Nc3 Bf8 37. Rb5 Rbd8 38. Ne2 h5 39. Rc3 b6 40. Rbb3 Bd6
41. Rc1 Rc7 42. Rxc7+ Bxc7 43. Rc3 Ke7 44. Rc1 Bd6 45. f3 Kd7 46. Bf2 Rc8 47.
Rh1 Ke7 48. Nc3 Nc7 49. g4 Kf7 50. Be3 Re8 51. Rc1 Rh8 52. Bf2 Re8 53. Rg1 Rh8
54. Rg2 Rh7 55. Ke2 Rh8 56. Kf1 Re8 57. Rg1 Re6 58. Kg2 Re8 59. Rc1 Bf4 60. Rc2
Bd6 61. Rc1 Bf4 62. Rd1 Bd6 63. Ra1 Re7 64. Kf1 Re8 65. Rb1 Re7 66. b4 Re8 67.
b5 Re7 68. Rc1 Re8 69. Rc2 Re7 70. Kg2 Re8 71. Ra2 Bb4 72. Ne2 Bd6 73. Rc2 Ne6
74. Bg3 Bxg3 75. Kxg3 Ke7 76. Rc6 Kd7 77. Nf4 Nxf4 78. Kxf4 Re6 79. gxh5 gxh5
80. Rc1 Re2 81. Rg1 Ke6 82. Rg7 Rd2 83. Ke3 Ra2 84. Rxa7 Kf5 85. Ra6 Ra3+ 86.
Kd2 Rxf3 87. Rxb6 Rf4 88. Kc3 Rxh4 89. a5 Rh1 90. a6 Ra1 91. Rd6 h4 92. Rxd5+
Kg6 93. Rd8 Kg7 94. Re8 f5 95. d5 f4 96. Re4 f3 97. Rxh4 f2 98. Rf4 f1=Q 99.
Rxf1 Rxf1 100. b6 Rb1 101. a7 Ra1 102. b7 Rxa7 103. b8=Q Rd7 104. Kd4 Kf7 105.
Qe5 Re7 106. Qf5+ Ke8 107. d6 Rd7 108. Qe6+ Kf8 109. Qxd7 Kg8 110. Ke5 Kh8 111.
Kf6 Kg8 112. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2007.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Jaydeep, Sharma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rc1 c5 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Qb1 Re8
15. Bf5 g6 16. Bd3 Bf8 17. Bb5 Bg7 18. Ne5 g5 19. Bg3 a6 20. Bd3 Nh5 21. Bh7+
Kf8 22. Nxd7+ Qxd7 23. Bf5 Re6 24. Qd3 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Rc4 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Ne2
Qc6 28. b3 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Qd6 30. g4 Qd7 31. f3 Kg8 32. Ng3 Bf8 33. Nf5 a5 34.
a4 Qe6 35. Qe3 Qf6 36. Qe8 h5 37. Rc7 hxg4 38. fxg4 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2007.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Imocha, Laisram"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2007.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nb6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nd4 c6 11. e4 cxd5 12. exd5 Nac4 13. a4 a6 14. b3 Nd6 15.
Ba3 Nf5 16. Nde2 Bd7 17. Qd4 Nc8 18. Rad1 Ncd6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Nd6 21.
Qb4 a5 22. Qf4 Qb6 23. Rd3 Rac8 24. g4 Rfe8 25. Re3 Rc2 26. Re1 Ra2 27. Bc1 Qb4
28. Qxb4 axb4 29. h3 b5 30. a5 Rxa5 31. Bd2 Ra1 32. Rxa1 Bxa1 33. Bxb4 Kf8 34.
Ng3 Rc8 35. Bf1 Bd4 36. Re2 Bc3 37. Ba3 b4 38. Bc1 Bb5 39. Bh6+ Ke8 40. Re3
Bxf1 41. Kxf1 Kd7 42. Rd3 Nb5 43. Ne4 Be5 44. Bd2 Nc3 45. Ng5 f6 46. Ne6 Nxd5
47. Nd4 Bxd4 48. Rxd4 e6 49. Bxb4 Rb8 50. Bd2 Rxb3 51. Kg2 g5 52. Re4 Rb2 53.
Rd4 Kc6 54. Rd3 Kb5 55. Be3 Kc4 56. Ra3 Rb3 57. Rxb3 Kxb3 58. Bc5 Kc4 59. Ba7
Kd3 60. Kg3 Ke2 61. Bd4 f5 62. gxf5 exf5 63. h4 f4+ 64. Kg4 gxh4 65. Kxh4 f3
66. Kg5 Nb4 67. Kh6 Nd3 68. Kxh7 Nxf2 69. Ba7 Ng4 70. Bg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2007.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Joshi, GB."]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2007.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. a3 Nc6 8. Bc4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. b4 Re8 13. Qb3 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nf4
15. Bb2 Qb6 16. Bf1 Red8 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Rac1 Be8 19. Qe3 Nd5 20. Qe4 b5 21.
Bd3 g6 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Bxb5 Qf4 25. Qxf4 Nxf4 26. Bf6 Rd5 27.
Ba6 Rb8 28. b5 Rbxb5 29. Bxb5 Rxb5 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Nd5 32. Ba1 f6 33. Nd4
Nxd4 34. Bxd4 a6 35. Rb8 Kf7 36. Rb7+ Kg8 37. f4 h5 38. g3 Bb5 39. Kf2 Kf8 40.
Ra7 Kg8 41. Kf3 Kf8 42. Ke4 Kg8 43. Ba1 Kf8 44. Kd4 Ne7 45. Kc5 Nf5 46. Bxf6
Ke8 47. Kb4 Kf8 48. a4 Bf1 49. Kc5 Ke8 50. a5 Bb5 51. Kb6 Nd6 52. Rxa6 Bxa6 53.
Kxa6 Kd7 54. Be5 Nc4 55. Kb5 Na3+ 56. Kc5 Kc8 57. a6 Nc2 58. Bd6 Ne3 59. Kc6
Nc2 60. a7 Nd4+ 61. Kb6 Kd7 62. Be5 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2007.12.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Pratyusha, Bodda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2007.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. Be2 Bb4 8. O-O
Bb7 9. a4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Rb1 Nd5 12. Qc2 a6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Nxc4 Nd7 15.
Nd6 Qc7 16. c4 N5f6 17. Nxe8 Nxe8 18. Bf3 e5 19. Rfc1 exd4 20. exd4 bxc4 21.
Qxc4 Rc8 22. Rc3 Ndf6 23. Bb4 Nd7 24. Bg4 Nef6 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Belenkaya, Dina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Kh1 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. c4
Bf6 15. Be3 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. b3 a6 19. f3 h6 20. Qf2 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Qc2 Rd6 23. Kg1 Qd7 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Bxd2 Kf8
27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Ke2 Kd7 29. Kd3 Be7 30. a4 Kc6 31. g4 Bd8 32. Ke4 Kc5 33. f4
Bf6 34. Kd3 Kc6 35. b4 b5 36. axb5+ axb5 37. cxb5+ Kxb5 38. Bc3 Bxc3 39. Kxc3
f6 40. h4 e5 41. fxe5 fxe5 42. h5 e4 43. Kd4 Kxb4 44. Kxe4 Kc3 45. Kf5 Kd4 46.
Kg6 Ke4 47. Kxg7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 a6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 13. f4 Re8 14. Qb3 Nd7 15.
Rad1 Bf6 16. Na4 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qc7 19. Qd3 Bf6 20. Rf3 Bc6 21. Nc3
Nc5 22. Qb1 Qb7 23. Bd3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 f5 25. Re3 e5 26. fxe5 f4 27. Re2 dxe5
28. Nb3 Red8 29. Nxc5 bxc5 30. Qxb7 Bxb7 31. Red2 Kf7 32. Bc2 Ke7 33. h4 Rxd2
34. Rxd2 Rd8 35. Rxd8 Kxd8 36. g3 h6 37. g4 Kc7 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Zhukov, Klim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 c6 8. a4 a5
9. Be3 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Nf8 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. f4 Rad8 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Bb6 Ra8 18. Bd4 Qc7 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. gxf4 Nh5 21.
Bf3 Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Bxh3 23. Kh2 Bd7 24. Bxh5 gxh5 25. f5 Re5 26. Red1 Bxf5 27.
exf5 Rxf5 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8 Kg7 30. Nd4 Re5 31. Rb8 c5 32. Nde2 Re7 33. Ng3
Rd7 34. Nxh5+ Kg6 35. Rxf8 Kxh5 36. Kg3 Kg6 37. Rg8+ Kf5 38. Rg7 h6 39. Kf3 b6
40. Ne4 Re7 41. Rg4 Ke5 42. Nd2 f5 43. Rh4 Re6 44. Nc4+ Kd5 45. Ne3+ Ke5 46.
Rh5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kashtanov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. d4 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Nbd4 Bg4 14. h3
Bh5 15. Be2 a6 16. Nh4 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5 19. Nhf3 Bf6 20. Rad1 Ng6
21. Qd2 Rfd8 22. Rfe1 Rd7 23. g3 Re7 24. Nf5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qd7 26. Qd3 Rd8 27.
Kg2 h5 28. Rd1 Qa4 29. Ne3 Ne7 30. a3 h4 31. Ng4 Rd6 32. Nxf6+ Rxf6 33. Nxh4
Qe4+ 34. Qxe4 dxe4 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Re8 Re6 37. Kf1 e3 38. Nf3 f6 39. Nd4 Re5
40. f4 Re4 41. Ke2 Kg6 42. Kf3 f5 43. Ke2 b6 44. a4 a5 45. Rd8 Kh5 46. Rd6 g5
47. fxg5 f4 48. Nf3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gnidenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 Na6 7. h3 c5 8. O-O
Rb8 9. a4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Be3 a5 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Kh2 Ne8 14. f4 e5 15.
fxe5 Bxe5 16. Nf3 Ne6 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. Rxf6 Qxf6 20. Nd5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bocharov, Leonid"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4 7. Nde2 Nf6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd4 Nc6 11. Kh1 d6 12. f4 Bd7 13. Be3 b5 14. h3 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Bc6 16. g4 Qb7 17. Qf3 b4 18. g5 Nd7 19. Ne2 e5 20. Be3 f5 21. gxf6 Nxf6
22. Ng3 Rac8 23. Rae1 Kh8 24. Bc1 d5 25. fxe5 Nxe4 26. Qb3 Bh4 27. Nxe4 dxe4
28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rf1 Rf3 30. Qe6 h5 31. Qg6 Qb5 32. Qxh5+ Kg8 33. Rg1 Bf6 34.
Qg4 Qxe5 35. Re1 Qc7 36. Bg5 Bxg5 37. Qxg5 Rg3 38. Qh4 Rg6 39. Re3 Qb6 40. Qf4
Rf6 41. Qg5 Qd4 42. Rg3 Rf7 43. c3 bxc3 44. bxc3 Qd7 45. Kh2 Qd6 46. Qe3 Qe5
47. Qd4 Qf4 48. Qe3 Qe5 49. Qd4 Qxd4 50. cxd4 Rf2 51. Rg6 Bd5 52. Rd6 Bc4 53.
Kg3 e3 54. d5 Rf5 55. Rb6 e2 56. Rb1 Rf1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Rutman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2008.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. cxd5 Qxb3 7. axb3 cxd5 8.
Na3 Nc6 9. Bg2 e6 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 O-O 13. e3 Nb4 14. Na3
Nd3+ 15. Ke2 Nxb2 16. Ra2 Nd3 17. Nc2 Rfc8 18. Rha1 Nxf2 19. Nb4 N2e4 20. Bxe4
Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxa7 Rab8 23. Kd2 g5 24. R1a5 Kg7 25. Rb5 Rc7 26. Rba5
Rbc8 27. Ra8 Kf6 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Ra7 Rb8 30. Ke2 h5 31. Ra5 Ke7 32. Ra7 Kd6
33. Kd2 h4 34. Ke2 hxg3 35. hxg3 g4 36. Kd2 f6 37. Ke2 e5 38. Kd2 Ke6 39. Ke2
Kf5 40. Nd3 Rc8 41. Nc5 b6 42. Nb7 Rc2+ 43. Kd1 Rg2 44. Nd6+ Kg6 45. Nxe4 dxe4
46. dxe5 fxe5 47. Rb7 Rxg3 48. Ke2 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 Rb2 50. Rxb6+ Kf5 51. Rb8 g3
52. Rg8 Rxb3 53. Rxg3 Ke6 54. Ke2 Kd5 55. Rg8 Rb6 56. Rd8+ Rd6 57. Re8 Rh6 58.
Rd8+ Kc5 59. Rc8+ Rc6 60. Re8 Kd5 61. Rd8+ Kc4 62. Re8 Rh6 63. Rc8+ Kd5 64.
Rd8+ Kc6 65. Rc8+ Kd7 66. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
Re8 9. Bh2 b6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bc4 h6 12. Nbd2 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. e4 Qc7 15.
Qe2 Re7 16. Rfd1 Nh5 17. Nf1 Nf4 18. Qd2 Na5 19. Bd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Nc4 21. Qe2
Nd6 22. N1d2 Rae8 23. Ne4 f5 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. a4 f4 26. Qa6 Bc8 27. Qb5 Bd7
28. Qa6 g5 29. a5 g4 30. Nd2 gxh3 31. Qc4 e4 32. Re1 b5 33. Qe2 Qg6 34. g3 e3
35. Nf1 f3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Churkin, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2008.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne7 7. Nc3 Nbc6 8.
Nxc6 Nxc6 9. Re1 a6 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qh5 Be7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bc4 O-O 14. Re3 Ne5
15. Rh3 h6 16. Bb3 Rfc8 17. Rg3 Kf8 18. Rxg7 Kxg7 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Bxe5 dxe5
21. Rd3 Bh4 22. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Hilversum op"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van den Bergh, Ben G"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
Bxc3 O-O 9. d3 Qe7 10. a4 Bb4 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Be2 Be6 13. Qc2 Na5 14. Bxb4
Qxb4+ 15. Qc3 c5 16. Nf3 Nxb3 17. Qxb4 cxb4 18. Rc7 Rac8 19. Rxb7 Rc1+ 20. Bd1
Nc5 21. Rxa7 Nxd3+ 22. Ke2 b3 0-1

[Event "Hilversum op"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2008.04.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Oosten, Arend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. h4 Qe7 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Nc6 15.
Qf4 Ne7 16. Qf6 Rf8 17. Rab1 O-O-O 18. Rb4 Nc6 19. Rb5 Qa3 20. Rb3 Qc5 21. Nb5
Kb8 22. Nd6 Na5 23. Rb4 Bc8 24. Rhb1 Qc7 25. Ra4 Ka8 26. Nb5 Qb6 27. Rbb4 a6
28. Ke2 Nc6 29. Rb3 Rd7 30. Nd4 Nxd4+ 31. cxd4 Qd8 32. Qxd8 Rfxd8 33. Rc3 Kb8
34. Rb4 Rc7 35. Rxc7 Kxc7 36. Rb1 Bd7 37. h5 g5 38. g4 Bb5 39. Bxb5 axb5 40. f4
gxf4 41. Rf1 Ra8 42. Rxf4 Rxa2 43. Rxf7+ Kc6 44. Re7 b4 45. Kd3 Ra3+ 46. Kd2
Rg3 47. Rxe6+ Kb5 48. Rxh6 Rxg4 49. Ke3 Kc4 50. Rb6 Re4+ 51. Kf3 Rxd4 52. e6
1-0

[Event "Hilversum op"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2008.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Qe2 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Qd4 17. Qc7 Bb6 18. Qxb7 O-O 19. Be3 Qa4 20. a3 Rfc8 21.
Rd2 Nd5 22. Nf5 Rab8 23. Ne7+ Nxe7 24. Qxe7 Ba5 25. Re2 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Hilversum op"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2008.04.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ceko, Jovan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nb8 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Nc2 Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Qc7 15.
Rc1 Rac8 16. Re1 Qb8 17. Bf1 Rfe8 18. Kh1 Bd8 19. Qd2 Bc7 20. g3 h5 21. Bg2 h4
22. g4 d5 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Bf4 26. Ne3 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Nf6
28. Qf2 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Bxd5 31. Qd1 Qc7 32. Bxf4 Qxf4 33. h3 Qd6
34. Qe1 g5 35. Qe3 f6 36. Kg1 Qc5 37. Qxc5 bxc5 38. f4 Be6 39. Bf1 Bc8 40. Kf2
a5 41. Bc4+ Kf8 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. Ke3 Bb7 44. Be2 Ke7 45. Bf3 Bc8 46. Ke4 Ke6
47. Ke3 Ke5 48. Bh1 Ba6 49. Bg2 Bb5 50. Bb7 Bf1 51. Kf3 Kd4 52. Bc6 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Hilversum op"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2008.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Schroer, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 c5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nb5 Be7 11. Nbxd4 d6 12. Bc3 a6 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc8
15. Qd3 Nbd7 16. Qe3 Ne5 17. Ndf3 Nxf3 18. Nxf3 Qb7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Rfd8
21. h3 h6 22. Bd4 b5 23. cxb5 Nd5 24. Qd2 axb5 25. Ba1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bg5 27. e3
Bf6 28. e4 Bxa1 29. exd5 Bf6 30. Rc6 exd5 31. Qxd5 Qa8 32. Qxb5 Qxa2 33. Qd5
Rb8 34. Rc7 Qxb3 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Hilversum op"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6
9. a4 axb5 10. Bxb5 Ba6 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Nge2 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 c4 14. Be3 Ne5 15.
O-O Qd7 16. Bd4 Rfc8 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Nec3 h5 19. Kh1 Ra6 20. Rad1 Ne8 21. Qg5
Bf6 22. Qe3 Nd6 23. f4 exf4 24. Qxf4 Qg4 25. Qe3 Be5 26. Nd4 Rc7 27. h3 Qh4 28.
Rde1 Rb7 29. Nf3 Qf6 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Re2 Kg7 32. Qf4 f6 33. Qxe5 fxe5 34. Kg1
Rab6 35. Rff2 Rb3 36. Rc2 h4 37. Rfe2 Ra7 38. Kf2 Ra8 39. Ke1 Nb7 40. Nd1 Rxa4
41. Ne3 Nd6 42. Ng4 Nf7 43. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hilversum op"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2008.04.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Miedema, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Ne2 f6 7. Ng3 fxe5 8. Bb5
exd4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nxd4 Qd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qe5 Bg7 14. Qxe4
O-O 15. Bc4 Kh8 16. O-O e5 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Bxa7 Rf4 19. Qxf4 exf4 20. Rad1 Qe7
21. Bxb8 Be5 22. Ba7 f3 23. Rfe1 c5 24. g3 Kg7 25. b4 Qg5 26. Bxc5 Bf6 27. Re8
Qg4 28. Bf8+ 1-0

[Event "Hilversum op"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2008.04.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 h5 13. e5 Ng4 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
15. Ne4 Be7 16. b3 Qc6 17. Bb2 h4 18. Rae1 g6 19. Qf3 Nh6 20. c4 Rc8 21. Rc1 b4
22. c5 O-O 23. Rc4 a5 24. g4 hxg3 25. hxg3 Nf5 26. Rd1 Kg7 27. g4 Nh4 28. Qe3
Rh8 29. Kg1 Rh7 30. Rd6 Qa8 31. Rxd7 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hilversum op"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2008.04.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was my first win against a Grandmaster. At the same time it was my first
serious tournament in Holland and it was there that I played my first game
against a grandmaster.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 {I didn't particularly
expect a Queen's Indian, but anyway, I knew some ideas there.} 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3
{This is the main line. Now people also play 5.Qc2!? a lot.} Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7.
Bg2 d5 {Not the main move order.} 8. O-O $5 {Transposing to the main line.} (8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qc2 {is another popular line.}) 8... c6 9.
Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Bc3 O-O 12. Nd2 {This is the main position of the
whole line.} f5 $5 {Not the most popular, but an aggressive move. I don't
actually know how White can get anything special after 12...Rc8, but at least
I knew, that I could press there without risk. This was of course what I
wanted and what my opponent wanted to avoid.} 13. Re1 (13. a4 {is another
interesting plan. White wants to open the a-file or shut in the bishop with 14.
a5 b5!? 15.c5, after which Black can sacrifice his pawn with 15...b4!? opening
up his bishop.} Nf6 14. a5 b5 (14... Bd6 {might be better and was the choice
of Hou Yifan.}) 15. c5 b4 {is what I meant.}) 13... Rc8 14. Rc1 (14. a4 {
is still possible.}) 14... Nf6 15. Bb2 {A good prophylactic move.} Qe8 {
This was was a novelty, but a logical one.} (15... Bd6 {is good and also
typical for this variation.}) 16. f3 {Objectively this move is not so great,
but it gives White an oportunity to play actively and I don't have to look for
a plan anymore, as e4! is my plan now.} (16. e3 {was a safer choice.} Bd6 {
and actually I don't like White's position that much. I couldn't find a clear
plan.} 17. Rc2 $5 {trying to double} Rf7 $1 18. Qc1 Rfc7 {and Black is OK, as}
19. Ba3 {is answered with} c5 $1 {Black is not worse here, possibly even
slightly better.}) 16... Qg6 {The most logical and I think the best.} (16...
Qf7 {trying to prevent e4 was also possible.} 17. e4 $5 (17. e3 {is also
possible, slowly improving first, and keeping e4 for later.}) 17... fxe4 18.
fxe4 dxe4 19. Kh1 $1 {with unclear balanced play.}) 17. e4 $5 {I was also
thinking about e3, but then I decided to play sharply with e4!?.} (17. e3 {
was probably worse.} Bd6 18. a3 $5 {preparing b4 and some counterplay there.}
h5 $5 (18... Rc7 19. b4 {and White has got some play on the queenside. The
position is about equal.}) 19. f4 (19. c5 $5 {looking for counterplay!} Be7 20.
f4 Ne4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Bh3 Bd3 {and Black is slightly better.}) 19... h4 20.
gxh4 Qh6 21. c5 Be7 $5 {might be better.} (21... Bb8 22. Nf3 {the position is
totally unclear, but about equal, I think.}) 22. b4 {is also unclear.}) 17...
fxe4 {This was a very pleasant surprise for me, as everything I calculated was
connected with the idea f4! The text move is in fact very good and might be
the best choice, but after f4!? or dxe4 fxe4 f4!? White's task would be much
more difficult over the board. Even the best computers get confused here!} (
17... dxe4 18. fxe4 f4 $5 {here White has some alternatives.} 19. Bh3 $1 {
If I am not mistaken, this was my original intention. It is best, though very
tricky. With precise play White defends and then creates a counterattack.} (19.
gxf4 $5 {A brave, but probably bad decision.} Nh5 20. f5 exf5 $1 (20... Qh6 {
is also not bad, but exf is much better.}) 21. e5 (21. exf5 $2 {is losing
immediately.} Rxf5 22. Rxe7 Nf4 23. Qf3 Nxg2 24. Qe4 Ne3+ 25. Kh1 Ng4 26. Qe6+
Qxe6 27. Rxe6 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Nd3 $19 {and White loses materia,l for example} 29.
Rb1 Rg5+ 30. Kf1 Rf8+ 31. Ke2 Nf4+ $19) 21... Nf4 22. Qf3 Qh6 {and Black is
better, though it does not look that clear, as White has a strong centre. Play
may continue} 23. Nf1 g5 24. h3 $6 (24. Rc2 g4 25. Qc3 Rcd8 26. e6 Rxd4 $1 {
and Black is much better.}) 24... g4 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Qxg4+ Kh8 27. Re4 Nd3
28. Rc3 Nf2 (28... Nxb2 29. Rh3 Qg5 30. Qe2 Rxf1+ (30... Ba3 31. Rg4 Qe7 32.
Be4 $18) 31. Kxf1 Nxc4 32. bxc4 Rg8 33. Rc3 b5 34. Kg1 $16) 29. Qe2 Nxe4 30.
Qxe4 Rf4 31. Qe2 Qg6 32. Rf3 Rcf8 33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34. e6 Kg8 35. Qe5 Rf6 36. Qb8+
Rf8 37. Qe5 b5 {and Black has a big advantage and an attack.}) (19. Qf3 $5 {
The safest move, but it is not that promising for White.} fxg3 {Black might
have some alternatives.} 20. Qxg3 Qh6 {The following line is not forced, but
it shows Black's possibilities in the endgame.} 21. Qe3 Qxe3+ 22. Rxe3 e5 $1
23. Nf3 exd4 24. Nxd4 Bc5 25. Bh3 Rcd8 26. Rd1 Nh5 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Bf5 Nf4 29.
Kf2 Ng6 30. Ke1 Rd6 31. Rg3 Rfd8 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33. Rgd3 Re8 34. Re3 b5 $1 {
activating the bishop and having some slight advantage.}) 19... fxg3 20. Bxe6+
Kh8 21. Bf5 $1 (21. Bxc8 $2 Bxc8 $1 $19 {and Black's attack is unstoppable.})
21... Qg5 (21... gxh2+ {is also possible} 22. Kh1 Qh6 23. Rc2 $1 {preparing
Nf3!} (23. Nf3 $4 {immediately was wrong due to} Nh5 $1 $19) 23... Rcd8 (23...
Nh5 {is now answered by} 24. Nf1 $1 {with advantage}) 24. Nf3 Bd6 25. Bc1 Qh5
26. Rg2 {White has consolidated and is already thinking about counterattack.})
22. Nf3 gxh2+ 23. Kh1 {and now wherever the black queen goes, White keeps some
initiative. "Counter-initiative" is probably the right word.} Qh5 $1 (23... Qg3
24. Ne5 Qg5 25. Re2 (25. Bxc8 Bxc8) 25... Nh5 26. Rc3) (23... Qf4 24. Ne5 c5
25. Rc2) 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. Qxh5 (25. Re2 {is another possibility} Bc8 26. Bxc8
Rcxc8 27. Rxh2 Qxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Kg8 29. Re2 $14 {with some advantage for White.})
25... Nxh5 26. Kxh2 Bc8 27. Rf1 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. exf5 Nf6 30. Kg2 $14 {
and White is better.}) (17... f4 $5 {The most unpleasant. But in fact it isn't
that dangerous for White.} 18. exd5 $1 {Clearly the best.} (18. Bh3 {Here this
move isn't strong. It is just bad.The difference compared to the line where
Black first takes on c4 is that White's centre isn't so strong here.} fxg3 19.
Bxe6+ Kh8 20. exd5 {Other moves are possible, but they are probably not so
good either.} gxh2+ 21. Kh1 Rce8 {The safest move.} 22. Qc2 (22. dxc6 {is also
bad} Nh5 23. d5 (23. Bg4 {loses by force.} Ng3+ 24. Kxh2 Bd6 25. Re5 Nf5 {
and Black is winning.}) 23... Nf4 24. Bg4 Bc8 {with a big advantage. Black is
close to winning.}) 22... Qxc2 {Again the safest way to get an advantage.} 23.
Rxc2 cxd5 24. Kxh2 Bd6+ 25. Kg1 b5 $1 $17 {with a big advantage.}) (18. g4 {
A bit passive, but it looks relatively safe.} Rfe8 19. Qe2 Nd7 $1 20. Qf2 Qh6
$1 $17 {and Black has the advantage.}) 18... fxg3 (18... cxd5 19. Bh3 fxg3 20.
Bxe6+ Rf7 21. cxd5 gxh2+ 22. Kh1 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 $16) 19. Rxe6 $1 {and now
Black's attack looks dangerous, but I couldn't find anything good for him. I
might be mistaken in the following variations, because it is really difficult
to analyze.} (19. hxg3 cxd5 $17) 19... gxh2+ (19... Bb4 20. dxc6 gxh2+ 21. Kh1
Qg5 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Qh4 24. Ne4 Nh5 25. d5 $16) 20. Kh1 Rce8 21. dxc6 Bb4
22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Ne4 Nh5 24. Bc3 Nf4 (24... Bd6 25. Be1 Bc8 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27.
f4 Nxf4 28. Bg3 Qh6 29. Qf3 Nxg2 30. Rf1 $1 $16) 25. Qd2 Bd6 26. Bb4 Bxb4 27.
Qxf4 Qxc6 28. a3 $1 $16) 18. fxe4 dxc4 {now White is safely better.} (18... Bb4
$1 {This was the best. And the position will become pretty dry and equal.} 19.
Bc3 {This is slightly more ambitious than exd.} (19. exd5 exd5 20. a3 Bxd2 21.
Qxd2 Rce8 22. cxd5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nxd5 24. Be4 Qf7 25. a4 Re8 26. Qf2 {with
equality.}) 19... Ba3 {The most precise I think. Bxc3 is also possible.} 20.
Rb1 c5 {Again, Black had a choice, but I like this move the most.} 21. exd5
exd5 22. cxd5 Bb7 23. Nc4 Nxd5 24. Bd2 Bb4 25. Ne5 (25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Qd2 Ba8 {
is also equal. The c3 square fully compensates for White's passed pawn on d4.})
25... Qxb1 $1 {The easiest way to draw!} 26. Qxb1 Bxd2 27. Nd7 Rf7 28. Ne5 Rff8
{and it is probably best for both players to repeat moves.}) 19. Bh3 $1 {
A very strong intermediate move! Otherwise Black would be fine.} Qf7 20. Nxc4 (
20. bxc4 {was possible, but I didn't like the ending which arises after} Nd7
21. Rf1 (21. Qe2 $5 {This was the possibility I underestimated. Black has no
useful moves. But his position is pretty solid.}) 21... Qg6 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23.
Bxg4 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Nf8 {and this ending indeed does not look dangerous for
Black.}) 20... Bxc4 (20... Bb4 {was an alternative, but not a very promising
one.} 21. Rf1 Qd7 22. Qe2 {and Black has no useful moves, while White might
just improve his position, for example with Rf2, Raf1 or something like this,
and at some point prepare e5!}) 21. bxc4 Nd7 22. Kh1 {I wanted to play the
middlegame, not the ending.} (22. Rf1 Qg6 23. Qg4 Qxg4 24. Bxg4 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1
Nf8 {Again, I was not that confident about the ending, though of course it is
better for White.}) 22... Bb4 (22... Rce8 {is another possibility.} 23. Rf1 Qg6
24. Qe2 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rf8 26. Rd1 {with advantage-White will prepare and play
d5 at some point.}) 23. d5 {I liked this move a lot.} (23. Rf1 Qg6 24. Qg4 Qxg4
25. Bxg4 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Nf8 {Again the same ending.}) 23... Nc5 24. Rf1 Qg6 25.
Qe2 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 cxd5 27. a3 $1 {Again a nice intermezzo!} Ba5 {Now the
bishop is totally out of play.} (27... Nxe4 {doesn't work. The 2 bishops will
be unstoppable.} 28. axb4 Rxc4 29. Qf3 Rc8 30. Qe3 {threatening Rf6!!} Re8 31.
b5 {with a big advantage.}) 28. exd5 Rf8 29. Bxe6+ {I saw some ideas in the
ending and I decided to go for it, as in the worst case, a draw is still
relatively satisfactory for me.} (29. d6 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Kf7 {is not so clear,
though White is obviously better.}) (29. Kg1 {was another promising
possibility, but with precise play I think Black can hold.} Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 exd5
31. Qe5 Qf7 (31... dxc4 32. Bxc4+ Kf8 33. Bb5 Qb1+ 34. Bf1 Qg6 35. Qb8+ $16)
32. cxd5 Nd7 33. Qe4 Nf6 (33... Nc5 34. Qe3 $16) 34. Bxf6 Qxf6 35. d6 g6 36.
Bc4+ Kf8 37. Qd5 Kg7 38. Kg2 b5 $1 {and it looks like Black can hold.}) 29...
Nxe6 30. Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxf8+ {Again an intermediate move!! How many of them
did I play in this game??} Kxf8 32. dxe6 {Here is a very important moment.} a6
$2 {Loses easily.} (32... Bd2 $1 {was the only move. Now White has a wide
choice, and every time I look at this position I find another promising
possibility for White...and then I refute it! I haven't found a win, but maybe
it is there! The "main" line was chosen randomly. All White's possibilities
deserve attention and I think there are some additional tricks that I have
missed.} 33. a4 $5 (33. e7+ {An attempt to win immediatley, but probably it
just doesn't work.} Kxe7 34. Bxg7 a6 $3 {I think this is the only move to draw,
but even if I am mistaken, it is clearly the easiest one.} (34... Bc1 35. a4
Be3 36. Kg2 Kd6 37. Kf3 Bg1 38. h4 $1 Kc5 39. g4 Kxc4 40. Ke4 $1 $18 {was
White's main idea.}) 35. a4 (35. Bd4 {doesn't give anything either} b5 36. cxb5
axb5 37. Bc5+ Ke6 38. Kg2 (38. g4 Bg5 $1 39. Kg2 Kd5 40. Bf8 Kc4 41. Kg3 Kb3
42. h4 Bc1 43. h5 Bxa3 $11) 38... Kd5 39. Be7 Kc4 40. Kf3 Kb3 $11) (35. Kg2 b5
36. cxb5 axb5 37. Bb2 b4 $11) 35... Kd6 36. Bd4 Kc6 37. Kg2 b5 38. axb5+ axb5
39. cxb5+ Kxb5 40. Kf3 {Black has won a tempo compared to the game.} Kc6 41.
Be3 $5 {Cutting the black bishop off from the c1-h6 diagonal!} (41. Ke4 Kd6 42.
Kf5 Ke7 {and Black is in time! I laugh at happy Rybka, which says +-2.00 in
this position...}) 41... Bc3 $1 42. Kg4 Kd7 43. Kh5 (43. Kg5 Bg7) 43... Bg7 44.
Bh6 Bd4 45. Bf4 Bg7 {and Black holds again.}) (33. Kg2 {might be the most
promising from a practical point of view.} Bh6 34. Kf3 (34. Bd4 Ke7 35. c5 b5
$11) 34... Ke7 35. Ke4 Kxe6 36. Be5 g5 $5 (36... g6 37. Bb8 a6 38. a4 Kd7 39.
Kd5 $14) 37. g4 (37. Bb8 a6 38. a4 Kd7 39. Kd5 (39. Be5 Kc6 $11) 39... g4 $11)
37... Bf8 38. Bb2 $14 {Now we get to the same ending as in the main line , but
Black had to find 36...g5!! in order to reach it.}) (33. Bd4 Bg5 $1 {The best
move! Bf6 is the idea at some point.} 34. Kg2 (34. a4 Bf6 $1 {and Black holds
everywhere.} 35. Bf2 (35. Be3 Be7 36. a5 bxa5 $1 $11) 35... Bd8) 34... Bf6 35.
Bxf6 gxf6 36. Kf3 Ke7 {and Black probably saves this ending without much
problem.}) (33. Be5 Be3 34. a4 Bc5 (34... Ke7 35. Bxg7 Kxe6 36. Kg2 Kd6 37. Kf3
Bg1 38. h4 Kc5 39. g4 Kxc4 40. Ke4 $1 {again White seems to be winning.}) 35.
g4 $1 g5 36. Bf6 (36. Kg2 Ke7 37. Kf3 Kxe6 38. Ke4 Bd6 {will lead to a draw.
Both sides will promote and white will have an extra pawn, but according to
the Nalimov Tablebase, it will be a draw.}) 36... Be7 37. Bc3 Bc5 38. Kg2 Ke7
39. Kf3 Kxe6 40. Ke4 $14 {I think Black can hold this, but White can still try,
as Black's structure is not that good on both flanks and his king more passive
than its counterpart. The position is more dangerous for Black than it
actually looks. I think if White can manage to scare his opponent with some
sort of zugzwang, and provoke the move h6?, he will have some chances to win.}
Bd6 41. h3 Bc5 42. Bd2 $1 Be7 43. Be3 $1 {Looks like a small zugzwang.} h6 (
43... Bd8 44. c5 {Otherwise I don't see any plan for White.} bxc5 45. Bxc5 a6
46. Kd4 Bf6+ 47. Kc4 Bd8 48. Bd4 Kd6 49. Bg7 Bb6 50. Bh6 Be3 51. h4 {with
problems for Black. Probably Black is not forced to allow all this, but this
variation at least shows some of the ideas White has.}) 44. Bf2 $5 {Again a
mini-zugzwang} (44. Bd2 a5 $1 {with the same idea as in the main line.}) 44...
Bc5 $1 (44... Bd6 45. h4 $1 gxh4 46. Bxh4 {and the weakness on h6 already
gives White a big advantage.}) 45. Be1 Be7 46. Bg3 $1 {Looks like a zugzwang,
but...} a5 $1 {This totally illogical move saves Black (as far as I can see).
The idea is to attack the white bishop with Bd6, c5, b4! when it gets to e1.}
47. Bc7 Bc5 48. Bd8 Kd7 49. Bf6 Ke6 50. Bg7 Kf7 51. Bd4 Ke6 {and it seems that
Black can hold. But anyway in a practical game it is difficult to make moves
like h6 or a5!. Here White's plan might be connected with h4. The only way to
excecute this is to let the king help it!! Warning!: this plan works only
against computers.} 52. Bb2 Bd6 53. Bc1 Bc5 54. Bd2 Bb4 55. Be3 Bc5 56. Bc1 Bf2
57. Kf3 Bc5 58. Bb2 Kf7 59. Kg2 Kg6 60. Be5 Kf7 61. Kg3 Ke6 62. Bb2 Ke7 (62...
Bd6+ $1 {is an obvious improvement, but for a computer it is exactly the same
as 62...Ke7?.}) 63. h4 gxh4+ 64. Kxh4 {is the way you can trick your computer 
(I played White, engine Black), but not a Grandmaster :) I am sure Black could
improve on every move but the moves he played were best according to the
computer. In this position White will enjoy some new chances which might still
not be enough for a win, but might also be suffice :).}) (33. h4 $5 g5 $1 34.
Bf6 gxh4 35. Bxh4 Bc1 36. a4 Ba3 37. Kg2 Be7 38. Kf3 Bxh4 39. gxh4 Ke7 40. Kf4
Kxe6 41. Kg5 h5 $1 $11) 33... Bb4 $1 34. Be5 Bc5 35. g4 g5 36. Bf6 Be7 37. Bc3
Bc5 38. Bd2 h6 39. Kg2 (39. h4 gxh4 40. Bxh6+ Ke7 41. Kg2 Kxe6 42. Bf4 Kf6 43.
Kh3 Bf2 44. Bb8 a6 45. Bf4 $22 a5 {is the same}) 39... Ke7 40. h4 gxh4 (40...
Kf6 41. h5) 41. Bxh6 Kxe6 42. Bf4 Bd4 43. Kh3 Bf2 44. Bb8 a6 45. Ba7 a5 46. Bb8
{and I don't know whether White is winning or not, but he is obviously close.})
33. a4 $18 {Now it is over.} Ke7 (33... Bb4 $1 {would be the last try.} 34. g4
$1 g5 (34... g6 35. Bf6 $18) 35. Bc1 h6 36. Be3 Ba5 37. Kg2 Ke7 38. Kf3 Kxe6
39. Ke4 $22 $18) 34. Bxg7 Kxe6 35. Kg2 Kd6 36. Bd4 Kc6 37. Kf3 b5 38. axb5+
axb5 39. cxb5+ Kxb5 40. Ke4 {Black is just too late.} Kc4 (40... Kc6 41. Ke5 $1
Kd7 (41... Bd2 42. Ke6 $18) 42. Kf6 $18) 41. Be3 {Now I slowly promoted my
pawns.} Be1 42. Bf4 Bc3 43. Bd6 Be1 44. h4 Bf2 45. h5 Kb5 46. Kd5 {This was
probably not necessary, but it is good to cut off the black king even further
away.} Be3 47. g4 Bg5 48. Bc5 Ka4 49. Ke6 {Finally the king goes to help the
pawns promote.} Kb5 50. Be7 Bd2 51. g5 Kc6 52. g6 hxg6 53. hxg6 Bh6 54. Kf7 {
It was nice to beat my first Grandmaster in such a convincing way.} 1-0

[Event "Bussum op"]
[Site "Bussum"]
[Date "2008.05.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van der Veen, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Re1 Bc5 13. Nb3 Ba7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
Rxe3 Ne7 16. Nbd4 c5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. b4 Rc8 19. bxc5 Rxc5 20. h3 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 Kd7 22. a4 b4 23. Rb1 Rf8 24. Qe2 Qc8 25. Rxb4 Nc6 26. Rb6 Nd4 27. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Bussum op"]
[Site "Bussum"]
[Date "2008.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balke, Bert"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E98"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. b4 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. Bd2 Ng6 15. Rc1
Rf7 16. Be1 h5 17. Qc2 g4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nb5 Qb6+ 20. Bf2 Qxb5 21. Nxe5 Qe8
22. Nxg6 gxf3 23. Bxf3 Ng4 24. e5 Bf5 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Bxe5 27. Nh4 Bb2
28. Qg6+ Rg7 29. Qxe8+ Rxe8 30. Nf5 Bxc1 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Rxc1 Re2 33. Bxa7
Rxa2 34. Bb8 Ne3 35. Bxd6 Rxg2+ 36. Kh1 f3 37. Bc5 Ng4 38. h3 Rh2+ 39. Kg1 Rxh3
40. d6 Rg3+ 41. Kf1 f2 42. Ke2 Ra3 43. Bd4+ Kf7 44. Rf1 Ke6 45. Bxf2 Ra2+ 46.
Ke1 Ra1+ 47. Ke2 Rxf1 0-1

[Event "Bussum op"]
[Site "Bussum"]
[Date "2008.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qc2
Bd7 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Rad1 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Bg5 exd4
15. Bxd5 c6 16. c5 cxd5 17. cxd6 Bb5 18. Rfe1 Bxe2 19. Rc1 Qxd6 20. Qc7 Qxc7
21. Rxc7 Ba6 22. Rce7 Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Rc8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nb3 d3 26. Kg2 a4 27.
Nd2 Rc2 28. Nf1 Re2 29. Ne3 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Bussum op"]
[Site "Bussum"]
[Date "2008.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alienkin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 Kh8 11. h3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 f5 14. Qd1 Nf6 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. Bxb7 Rae8 18. Bf3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Be3 Bf3 21.
Qd2 Be5 22. Rfe1 Qf5 23. Bd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Qxh3 26. Bxe5+ Rxe5 27.
Rxe5 Qg4+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bussum op"]
[Site "Bussum"]
[Date "2008.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Klein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. a3 Nc6 8. Be3
Bd7 9. O-O Re8 10. f4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. b4 Bxd4+
15. Qxd4 Qf6 16. Rad1 Qxd4+ 17. Rxd4 Nf8 18. b5 Bd7 19. Nd5 Ne6 20. Rd2 Red8
21. f5 Nc5 22. Nxc7 Rac8 23. Nd5 Kg7 24. Ne7 Rb8 25. c4 Kf8 26. Nd5 a6 27. Nc3
axb5 28. cxb5 Be8 29. Rfd1 Ke7 30. e5 gxf5 31. exd6+ Kf6 32. Rd5 Ne6 33. d7 1-0

[Event "Bussum op"]
[Site "Bussum"]
[Date "2008.05.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wempe, Joost"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
9. Nd2 Qe8 10. O-O Kh8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bg4 Bg5 13. Bxc8 Qxc8 14. Nf3 Bh6 15.
Ne1 Qb8 16. Rb1 Qa7 17. a3 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. b4 Rf4 20. c5 axb4 21. axb4
Nxb4 22. cxd6 Raf8 23. Nf3 cxd6 24. Qe2 Qa6 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. Nxb5 Rd8 27. Rfd1
Na6 28. Rb3 Rc4 29. g3 Rc2 30. Rdb1 Nc5 31. Rc3 Rxc3 32. Nxc3 e4 33. Nd4 e3 34.
Ne6 Rc8 35. Nb5 Ne4 36. fxe3 Bxe3+ 37. Kh1 Rc2 38. Nbd4 Bxd4 39. Nxd4 Rd2 40.
Ne6 Nc5 41. Nxc5 dxc5 42. Rxb7 Rxd5 43. Rc7 h5 44. h4 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bussum op"]
[Site "Bussum"]
[Date "2008.05.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wustefeld, Emile"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2008.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Qxc5
Nxc5 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Kb1 Bc6 17. Ne2 b5 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. a3 Rae8 20. Rhe1 f6 21.
g3 Re7 22. Re3 Ne4 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. f5 Rd8 26. fxe6 Rxe6 27. c3
Kf7 28. Rf1 Red6 29. Rf4 R8d7 30. b4 Kg6 31. Rg4+ Kf7 32. Rf4 Kg6 33. Kc2 f5
34. Re2 Rd5 35. Rff2 R7d6 36. Re1 Bc8 37. Kc1 Kg5 38. Ref1 a5 39. bxa5 Ra6 40.
Rd2 Rc5 41. Kb2 Re5 42. Nc2 Be6 43. Nb4 Bc4 44. Re1 Ra8 45. Re3 f4 46. gxf4+
Kxf4 47. Nc2 Ree8 48. Rf2+ Ke5 49. Rh3 Re7 50. Ne3 Ke6 51. a6 Kd7 52. Rh6 Be6
53. Rd2+ Ke8 54. Rd6 Bg8 55. Rh5 Rd8 56. Nf5 Re5 57. Rxd8+ Kxd8 58. a7 Bd5 59.
Ne3 1-0

[Event "Leiden LCT op 2nd"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2008.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kubbenga, Michael"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. g4 b5 10. Ng3 e5 11. Nce2 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. cxb5 axb5
15. Be2 c5 16. Nc2 Bc6 17. O-O-O Ra8 18. Qxd6 Qa5 19. Qxc5 Qxa2 20. Rd3 Nd7 21.
Qb4 Bh6+ 22. Ne3 Rfc8 23. Kd2 Ne5 24. Ra3 Rxa3 25. Qxa3 Rd8+ 0-1

[Event "Leiden LCT op 2nd"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Schroer, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. e3 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. Qc2 e4 15.
Nd2 Nf6 16. Bb3 Bd7 17. Rc5 Rae8 18. Re5 Qb4 19. Nxe4 Rxe5 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21.
Qg6+ Kh8 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Leiden LCT op 2nd"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2008.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2008.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qd4 Nc6 12. Qb6 Qxb6 13. Bxb6 Bxc3 14. bxc3
d5 15. Nc5 O-O 16. Bc7 Ra7 17. Bb6 Ra8 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. c4 bxc4
21. Bxc4 Rfb8 22. Bc5 dxc4 23. Rxd7 Rb5 24. Bd4 Rg5 25. g3 h5 26. Bc3 Ne5 27.
h4 Nxd7 28. hxg5 Rb8 29. Rxh5 Rb5 30. g4 Nb6 31. f4 Na4 32. Rh3 Rb7 33. Be5 Nc5
34. Re3 Rb5 35. Kd2 Ra5 36. a3 Ra4 37. Bd4 c3+ 38. Kxc3 Rxa3+ 39. Kb4 Rxe3 40.
Bxe3 Nxe4 41. Ka5 Kf8 42. c4 Ke8 43. c5 Kd7 44. Kb6 Kc8 45. Bd4 a5 46. Bxg7 a4
47. Bb2 Nf2 48. f5 Nxg4 49. fxe6 fxe6 50. g6 e5 51. g7 Nh6 52. Bxe5 a3 53. Kc6
a2 54. Kd6 Kd8 55. Kc6 Kc8 56. Kd6 Kd8 57. Ke6 Kc8 58. Ke7 Nf5+ 59. Ke6 Nh6 60.
Kf6 Kd7 61. Kg6 Ng8 62. Kh7 Ne7 63. Bf6 Nd5 64. Ba1 Ne7 65. Bb2 Kc6 66. Bf6 Nd5
67. Be5 Ne7 68. Bd4 Kd7 69. Bc3 Kc6 70. Ba1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leiden LCT op 2nd"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2008.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gutman, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Rxd4 Be7 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Bf3 Bc6 14. Rhd1
h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bh5 Rg8 17. g3 Rc8 18. a4 Kf8 19. Re1 Bd8 20. Rxd6 Ba5 21.
Rd3 Ke7 22. b3 Bxa4 23. bxa4 Bxc3 24. Ree3 Ba5 25. Rb3 Rc7 26. Rb2 Rd8 27. Kb1
Rd4 28. Reb3 b6 29. Be2 Rxe4 30. c4 Rc5 31. Rc2 f5 32. Ka2 e5 33. fxe5 Rcxe5
34. Bf3 Re3 35. Rxe3 Rxe3 36. Re2 Rxe2+ 37. Bxe2 Bb4 38. Kb3 a5 39. Kc2 Bc5 40.
Kd3 Ke6 41. Bf3 Ke5 42. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leiden LCT op 2nd"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2008.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Qf2 Rb8 13. g4 d6 14. g5 Nfd7
15. Rg1 b4 16. Ne2 Nc4 17. Bc1 a5 18. Ned4 Ndb6 19. f4 a4 20. Nd2 Bd7 21. Rg3
O-O 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23. f5 Rfc8 24. f6 Bf8 25. g6 hxg6 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27. Rxg6 e5
28. Rxg7+ Bxg7 29. Qg3 Bg4 30. Qxg4 Kf8 31. Qxg7+ Ke8 32. b3 axb3 33. axb3 Qxd4
34. Rxd4 exd4 35. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Leiden LCT op 2nd"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2008.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meijer, Dolf"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bc4 d5 6. exd5 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Nb6 9. Bb3 a5 10. a3 a4 11. Ba2 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. c3 c6 14. Qe2 Bg4 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 e6 17. Bd2 h5 18. g3 Qb6 19. Be1 Qc7 20. Rd1 Rfd8 21. Rd2 Bf6
22. Qf1 Kg7 23. Rg2 Rh8 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rh7 26. Bg3 Rah8 27. Bh2 c5 28.
Qf2 Bh4 29. Qe2 cxd4 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. f5 Qb6 32. fxg6 dxc3+ 33. Qe3 Qxe3+ 34.
Rxe3 Kxg6 35. Rxc3 d4 36. Rc4 Bg5 37. Be5 Be3+ 38. Kf1 d3 39. Rg3 Rh1+ 40. Kg2
R8h2+ 0-1

[Event "Leiden LCT op 2nd"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Ne4 Bxd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4
8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Qd2 d5 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Qxd5 Bf5 12. Ng5 Qxf2 13. Qf3 Qh4 14.
Qg3 Qa4 15. e4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Bd3 Qa4 18. h4 Qxa2 19. h5 Qa1+ 20. Kd2
Qa5+ 21. Ke2 Nc6 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Bxg6 Qe5+ 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. Be4 Rad8 26.
Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Ra1 Nc4 28. Rxa7 Rd4 29. Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leiden LCT op 2nd"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2008.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2008.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 d5 5. dxe5 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Nc5 8.
Bc2 Bg4 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enschede op"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2008.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van der Velden, Bram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 Bf6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Ne4 h5 14. Qg3 Kf8
15. Be3 h4 16. Bc5+ Kg8 17. Qf3 Be7 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nd6 Bd7 21.
Rxe5 f6 22. Re3 e5 23. Rb3 Qe6 24. Rb7 Rh7 25. Ne4 Be8 26. Rd6 Qxa2 27. h3 Qb1+
28. Kh2 Qxc2 29. Rxf6 Bh5 30. Qf5 Qc4 31. Ng5 Rh8 32. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Enschede op"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Filippov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2008.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Qc2 Nbd7
8. b4 a5 9. Bb2 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1+ 11. Bxa1 b5 12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2 Be4 14. Qc1
bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nb6 16. Qb3 Nbd5 17. O-O Qa8 18. Bc3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Nd5 20. Qc4
Rb8 21. b5 Qa5 22. Rc1 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 Rxb5 24. Nd2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 f5 26. Nf3 h6
27. h4 Kf7 28. Ra1 Kf6 29. Ra8 Rb2 30. Kf1 Rc2 31. Rf8+ Ke7 32. Rg8 Kf7 33. Rc8
Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Rc4 35. Kg1 Nf6 36. Kg2 Ne4 37. Ng1 Rc2 38. Kf1 Rc4 39. Kg2 g5 40.
hxg5 hxg5 41. f3 Nc3 42. Rh8 g4 43. Kf2 Nd5 44. fxg4 fxg4 45. e4 Rc2+ 46. Ke1
Rc1+ 47. Kd2 Rxg1 48. exd5 exd5 49. Rh7+ Ke6 50. Rxc7 Rxg3 51. Ke2 Ra3 52. Rg7
Kf5 53. Rd7 Ke4 54. Rxd6 Ra2+ 55. Kf1 Kxd4 56. Rg6 Ke3 57. Re6+ Kf3 58. Rf6+
Kg3 59. Rd6 Ra1+ 60. Ke2 Kh2 61. Rxd5 g3 62. Rd6 g2 63. Rh6+ Kg1 64. Re6 Ra5
65. Re7 Rh5 66. Ke1 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Enschede op"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bitalzadeh, Ali"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. c5 Nxc5 15. b4
Na6 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. a4 h5 18. Nxa7 g4 19. fxg4 f3 20. Bxf3 hxg4 21. Bxg4 Rxf2
22. Rxf2 Rxa7 23. Qf3 Qg5 24. Qf7+ Kh7 25. Bf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Qxc1
28. Rh5+ Qh6 29. g4 Qxh5 30. gxh5 Nh4 31. Qf2 Ra8 32. Qxh4 Rf8 33. Qg3 Rf4 34.
Nf3 Kh8 35. Nh4 Rxe4 36. Nf5 Bf8 37. Qg6 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Nxb4 39. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Enschede op"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2008.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 g6 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. Rad1 O-O 13. Bb1 Qc7 14. f4 e5 15.
fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nc2 b5 17. cxb5 d5 18. Rxf6 Bxf6 19. exd5 Rfe8 20. Kh1 Bg7 21. h3
Nd7 22. Qd2 Nf6 23. bxa6 Bxa6 24. d6 Qd7 25. Ne3 Bb7 26. Kg1 Bh6 27. Ned5 Bg7
28. Nb6 Qc6 29. Nxa8 Bh6 30. Qc2 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Qe3 32. Qd3 Qf2 33. Qf1 Qxb2 34.
Na4 Qe5 35. d7 Rd8 36. N8b6 Nh5 37. Re1 Ng3+ 38. Kg1 Be3+ 39. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 40.
Qf2 Ne2+ 41. Kf1 Ng3+ 42. Kg1 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Nf1+ 44. Kg1 Ne3+ 45. Kh2 Qc7+ 46.
Kg1 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Bxg2 48. Kg3 Qc7+ 49. Kh4 Qe5 50. Bd3 h6 0-1

[Event "Enschede op"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 Na6 7. Bg5 Qe8 8. g4 c5
9. d5 e6 10. Qe2 exd5 11. exd5 Qd8 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. a3 b5 15. Ne4
Qxd2+ 16. Nfxd2 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Nxd6 fxg4 19. cxb5 Nc7 20. Be3 Rfb8 21.
hxg4 Nxb5 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. Rd2 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rb5 25. d6 Rd8 26. d7 Bf6 27. f4
Bg7 28. Rg1 Bf6 29. Rf1 Rb7 30. Rfd1 c4 31. Bd4 Be7 32. Bc3 Kf7 33. Ba5 c3 34.
Bxc3 Bc5 35. Ba5 Bb6 36. Bxb6 axb6 37. g5 Ke6 38. Kc2 Kf5 39. Rd4 Rc7+ 40. Kb3
Kg4 41. Kb4 Rc5 42. Rc4 Rf5 43. Rc8 Rxf4+ 44. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Enschede op"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2008.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. h3 g5 15. Nf1
h6 16. Ng3 g4 17. h4 Nh7 18. h5 Qh4 19. Nd1 Ng5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Ne3 Bd7 22.
a5 b5 23. axb6 Rxb6 24. Rxa6 Rxb2 25. Qd1 Bf8 26. Ra7 Bg7 27. Ra6 Bf8 28. Ra7
Reb8 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 Bg7 31. Rxd7 Rxf2 32. e5 Rbb2 33. Bf1 Bxe5 34. Re4
Rf4 35. Rxe5 Qxe5 36. Qd3 Rf3 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Nf5+ Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Enschede op"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedov, Nidjat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. e6 f6 12. Nfd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 g6 14. Qb3 Bg7
15. Nc3 O-O 16. h4 f5 17. Ne2 Qd6 18. h5 f4 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qf3 g5 21. Qg4
Rf6 22. Qxg5 Raf8 23. a3 Be8 24. Bb4 Qd8 25. Nc3 Bc6 26. a4 Kh7 27. Re5 Bh6 28.
Qh4 Rg8 29. Rh5 Rgg6 30. Re1 Qg8 31. Qh3 f3 32. Bxe7 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Rxg2+ 34.
Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enschede op"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2008.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iotov, Valentin Dimitrov"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2008.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Nd2
Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. a4 Bb7 13. a5 e6 14. Nc4 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 exd5 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Nb6 Rad8 19. Nd2 e4 20. Qc2 Be5 21. g3
f5 22. Rac1 Rf6 23. Nb3 c4 24. Rfd1 Kg7 25. f4 exf3 26. Bxf3 Rxb6 27. axb6
Qxb6+ 28. Kg2 cxb3 29. Qc5 Qf6 30. Qa7 Rd7 31. Rd3 Bxg3 32. Rxb3 Be5 33. Rc2
Qg5+ 34. Kf1 Qf4 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. Rxe3 d4 37. Rxe5 d3 38. Rd2 Bxf3 39. Kf2 Be4
40. Re6 a5 41. Re5 Ra7 42. Ke3 Kf6 43. Rc5 a4 44. Rc1 g5 45. Rc4 a3 46. bxa3
Rxa3 47. Rb2 Ra6 48. Rcb4 Re6 49. Rb6 f4+ 50. Kd4 Bg6 51. Rxe6+ Kxe6 52. Rb6+
Kf5 53. Kxd3 Kg4+ 54. Ke2 Kh3 55. Kf3 Bh5+ 56. Kf2 Kg4 57. Rb5 Bg6 58. Rb3 Be4
59. Rb4 Bg6 60. Rb3 h5 61. Rb6 Bf5 62. Rb5 Be4 63. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Beckhuis, Gernod"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21.
hxg4 Bd7 22. Re3 Be7 23. Bb3 Bg5 24. Rd3 Be6 25. Rxd6 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qxc3 27.
Raxa6 Rxa6 28. Rxa6 Qxb4 29. Qd5 h6 30. Ra7 Re7 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Rb8 Qe1 33.
Rxb5 Re6 34. Qc5 Qxe4 35. Qb4 Qb1 36. Rb6 Rxb6 37. Qxb6 Qe4 38. Qc7 Kg6 39. Qc4
Qd4 40. Qxd4 exd4 41. Ng3 Be7 42. Kf1 d3 43. f3 Kf6 44. f4 Ke6 45. Nf5 Bf8 46.
Kf2 h5 47. Ke3 hxg4 48. Nd4+ Kd5 49. Kxd3 g6 50. Nc2 f5 51. g3 Bc5 52. Ne3+ Ke6
53. Ke2 Be7 54. Kd3 Bc5 55. Nd1 Bg1 56. Ke2 Bc5 57. Nb2 Bd6 58. Nd3 g5 59. Ke3
gxf4+ 60. Nxf4+ Ke5 61. b4 Bc7 62. Kd3 Kd6 63. b5 Bb6 64. Ke2 Kc5 65. Ng2 Bc7
66. Ne3 Bxg3 67. Nxf5 Bc7 68. Ne3 g3 69. Kf3 Kxb5 70. Nf5 Kc6 71. Nxg3 Bxg3 72.
Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2008.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nfd7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nf3 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Bd2 b5 14. Bxb5 Bxc3
15. Bxd7 Bxd2 16. Bxe8 Be3+ 17. Kh1 Qxe8 18. g3 f5 19. e5 Nxd5 20. Rad1 Bd4 21.
Nxd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 dxe5 23. fxe5 Be6 24. Re1 Qf7 25. Kg1 Rf8 26. Qf2 f4 27. Ra4
Qe8 28. b3 fxg3 29. Qxg3 Qf7 30. h4 Nc3 31. Qxc3 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Bd5+ 33. Rae4
Bxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Bf4 Nh4 12. Nd2 Bb4 13. Nce4 Bxd2 14.
Nxd2 Be6 15. Nb3 b6 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. g4 Rf8 19. Bg3 Nf3+ 20. Kg2
Rd8 21. Rad1 g5 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Rd1+ Ke7 24. c3 a5 25. Rh1 Kd7 26. h4 gxh4
27. Bxh4 Nxe5 28. Bg3 Nxg4 29. Rxh7+ Kc6 30. c4 b5 31. Rxc7+ Kb6 32. Re7 bxc4
33. Rxe6+ Kb5 34. f4 c3 35. bxc3 Kc4 36. Kf3 Nf6 37. f5 Nd5 38. Kg4 Kxc3 39.
Be5+ Kd3 40. f6 c4 41. Kf5 Nxf6 42. Bxf6 c3 43. Rd6+ Ke3 44. Rc6 Kd2 45. Ke4
Re8+ 46. Kd4 c2 47. Bg5+ Kd1 48. Rh6 Re1 49. Rc6 Rg1 50. Be3 Rg3 51. a4 Rg4+
52. Kc3 c1=Q+ 53. Bxc1 Kxc1 54. Rc5 Rg3+ 55. Kc4 Kb2 56. Kb5 Rb3+ 57. Kxa5 Ka3
58. Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schneider Zinner, Harald"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd1 Be6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5
Nd7 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxa2 17. Rfe1 Nc5 18. Rc2 Qa5 19. Rd1 Qd8 20. b4 Nd7
21. Bf1 a5 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Rb2 Rc7 24. Rdb1 Qc8 25. f4 Nf6 26. h3 Qa8 27. Kh2
Qa7 28. Qd2 Ra3 29. Rb3 Ra2 30. R1b2 Ra1 31. Rb1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Qa3 33. Re1 Nh5
34. Qf2 Qc3 35. Re4 f5 36. Re6 Nf6 37. Qb6 Ne8 38. Be2 Qd2 39. Re3 Nf6 40. Rf3
Rd7 41. Bd3 h5 42. Qd4 Ne4 43. Re3 h4 44. Rxe4 fxe4 45. Qxe4 Kf8 46. Qd4 Kg8
47. Qe4 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Pachta, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. h4 Ne5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Kb1 Re8
15. h5 Qa5 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 e6 18. Nf4 Rc3 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 a5 21.
Ne2 Rc6 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Rc5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. g3 Kg7 26. Kb2 Rec8 27. f4
b5 28. Nf3 Rh8 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. Ng5 Kg7 31. Rh2 Be8 32. d4 Rc8 33. e5 dxe5 34.
dxe5 Kf8 35. Ne4 Ke7 36. Rh8 Bd7 37. Rxc8 Bxc8 38. Nd6 Bd7 39. b4 1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 5. Qc2 Na6 6. a3 e6 7. e4 exd5 8. cxd5
Qe7 9. Nbd2 c4 10. Be2 Nc5 11. O-O Nfxe4 12. Nd4 Nd6 13. b4 Na4 14. Nxc4 bxc4
15. Qxa4 g6 16. Nb5 Bg7 17. Bg5 Qe5 18. Rae1 O-O 19. Bf3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 a6 21.
Bh4 axb5 22. Qxb5 Ba6 23. Qxd7 c3 24. b5 Bc8 25. Qc6 Bf5 26. Bg3 Qd4 27. Bxf5
gxf5 28. Bc7 Ra4 29. Bd6 Rc4 30. Qe8 Rc8 31. Bxf8 Rxe8 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Rxe8
Qxd5 34. Rc8 Qb3 35. Rc1 Qxa3 36. R8xc3 Qb2 37. Rc5 f4 38. Re1 Qb4 39. Rce5 f3
40. g3 h5 41. h4 f5 42. b6 f4 43. R5e4 Qd2 44. gxf4 Qa5 45. Re5 Qxb6 46. Re7+
Kf6 47. R7e6+ Qxe6 48. Rxe6+ Kxe6 49. Kh2 Kf5 50. Kg3 Ke4 51. f5 Ke5 52. Kxf3
Kxf5 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. f4+ Kd5 55. Kd3 Kd6 56. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2008.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kreisl, Robert"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. a4
b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Rc8 11. e5 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Ng4 13. Bd4 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bc5 15.
Ne4 O-O 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Bc3 Ne3 18. Qe2 Nd5 19. Qxa6 Nxc3 20. bxc3 c4 21. Qa7
Nb6 22. a5 Nd5 23. Qd4 Ra8 24. a6 Nc7 25. Qxc4 Qb8 26. O-O Qb6+ 27. Qd4 Rxa6
28. Rxa6 Qxa6 29. Ng5 Qa3 30. Qe4 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 f5 32. Qd4 Qe7 33. Qd6 Qxg5 34.
Qxc7 f4 35. Qd6 Qg4 36. h3 Qg6 37. c4 f3 38. Rxf3 Rxf3 39. gxf3 Qf5 40. Qb8+
Kf7 41. Qb7+ Kg6 42. Qe4 Qxe4 43. fxe4 Kf7 44. h4 g6 45. h5 gxh5 46. Kh2 Ke7
47. Kh3 Kd7 48. Kh4 Kc6 49. Kxh5 Kc5 50. Kg5 Kxc4 51. Kf6 h5 52. Kxe6 h4 53.
Kd6 h3 54. e6 h2 55. e7 h1=Q 56. e8=Q Kc3 57. Qc6+ Kb2 58. e5 Qh6+ 59. e6 Qd2+
60. Kc7 Qh2+ 61. Kd7 Qh3 62. Qc4 Kc1 63. Qd3 Qg4 64. c4 Kb2 65. c5 Ka1 66. c6
Qa4 67. e7 Qa7+ 68. c7 Qa4+ 69. Kd8 Qa8+ 70. c8=Q Qa5+ 71. Qc7 Qa8+ 72. Kd7
Qa4+ 73. Qc6 Qa7+ 74. Ke6 Qa2+ 75. Qcc4 Qb3 76. Qdc3+ 1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2008.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Schroll, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Nb3 c5 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qf4 Qb8 17. Qh4 cxd4 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Na5 Bd5 20. Rxd4 Nf8 21. e4
Qb6 22. exd5 Qxa5 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Rg4+ Ng6 25. Bh3 Qxa2 26. Re1 Rd6 27. Qh5
Rad8 28. Nd4 f5 29. Rxg6+ hxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Kf7 32. Bxf5 e5 33. Qh7+
Kf8 34. Rxe5 Bf6 35. Ne6+ Rxe6 36. Bxe6 Qa1+ 37. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2008.08.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be2 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. O-O Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. a4 Qc7 14. a5 Qc6
15. Bf3 Rfc8 16. Rfd1 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Na5 Qc7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nc4
21. Nxc4 Qxc4 22. c3 a5 23. Be2 Qb3 24. Ra3 Qb7 25. c4 Rab8 26. Rxa5 Qxb2 27.
Qxb2 Rxb2 28. Kf1 Rbb8 29. c5 Bd8 30. Rb5 Ne4 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. cxd6 Nxd6 33.
Rc1 Bb6 34. Rb1 Ba7 35. Rxb8+ Bxb8 36. g4 f6 37. Bc5 Nf7 38. h4 Bd6 39. Bb6 g6
40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Bd3 Nh6 42. f3 Ng8 43. Bd8 Kf7 44. Bb5 Ne7 45. h5 gxh5 46. gxh5
Nxd5 47. Bc4 Ke8 48. Bxd5 Kxd8 49. Be4 h6 50. Kg3 Bc5 51. Kg4 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 0809"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2008.09.27"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jens, Jelmer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Calder HMC"]
[BlackTeam "Utrecht"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bh5 Bg7 14. f5 O-O
15. Ne2 Ne7 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. Be2 d5 18. e5 exf5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rae1 Qxa2 21.
Bd3 Rfe8 22. Nh5 Qb2 23. Rb1 Qc3 24. Qh6 Ng6 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Bg7 27.
Nxg7 Qxg7 28. Qd2 d4 29. Rbf1 Re7 30. c3 d3 31. Nd4 Rxd4 32. cxd4 Re2 33. Qxd3
Nf4 34. Qf3 Rxg2+ 35. Kh1 Rxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Qh6+ 37. Kg3 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 0809"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2009.02.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Homburg Apeldoorn"]
[BlackTeam "Calder HMC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. O-O-O Ng4 11. Be1 Rxh2 12. Rxh2 Nxh2 13. Be2 Qg5 14. g3 Ng4
15. cxd5 exd5 16. Ne4 dxe4 17. Qxe4+ Kf8 18. Qxg4 Qxg4 19. Bxg4 f5 20. Bf3 Kf7
21. Bc3 Rh8 22. Rh1 Rxh1+ 23. Bxh1 Nf6 24. Kc2 g5 25. Kd3 g4 26. b4 a6 27. a4
Nd5 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Nxc3 30. Kxc3 cxb5 31. Bxb7 g5 32. Bc8 f4 33. gxf4
gxf4 34. Bxg4 fxe3 35. fxe3 Ke7 36. Be2 Bc7 37. Bxb5 Kd6 38. e4 Bb6 39. Kd3 Ba7
40. e5+ Ke7 41. Ke4 Bb6 42. d5 Bc7 43. Kf5 Bb8 44. Ba4 Bc7 45. d6+ Bxd6 46.
exd6+ Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 0809"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2009.03.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wiersma, Eelke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Calder HMC"]
[BlackTeam "Leiden LSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 Bg7 5. Nf4 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d6
9. exf5 Bxf5 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Ne8 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. a4 Kh8 14. a5 Qc8 15. Kh2
cxd5 16. a6 bxa6 17. Ncxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rb8 19. Ne3 Bd7 20. c4 Nc6 21. Ra3 Nd4
22. Qd1 Bc6 23. Nd5 Qb7 24. Rd3 Nb3 25. Bg5 Rf7 26. Kg1 Nc5 27. Re3 e6 28. Nf4
Bxg2 29. Nxg2 Ne4 30. h4 d5 31. cxd5 exd5 32. Bf4 Rc8 33. Rb3 Qc6 34. Rd3 d4
35. h5 g5 36. Bc1 Nxf2 37. Rxf2 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 Qxc1 39. h6 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 Qxd1+
41. Rxd1 Bf6 42. Ne1 Rxb2 43. Rc1 Kg8 44. Rc7 Rh2 45. Rxa7 Rxh6 46. Rxa6 Kg7
47. Ra7+ Kg6 48. Kg2 Kf5 49. Nd3 Ke4 50. Nf2+ Kd5 51. Kf3 Bh8 52. Ng4 Rb6 53.
Rxh7 Rb3+ 54. Kg2 Be5 55. Nxe5 Kxe5 56. Re7+ Kf5 57. Re2 d3 58. Ra2 Rc3 59. Ra4
Ke5 60. Kf3 d2+ 61. Ke2 Rd3 62. Kd1 Kf5 63. g4+ Ke5 64. Rb4 Kd5 65. Rb5+ Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 0809"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2008.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[BlackTeam "Calder HMC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 a5 8. a3 Bd7
9. Bg5 a4 10. Nd2 Qc8 11. c5 dxc5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. Rc1 Na6 15. Ne4
Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Qxa4 c6 18. Ne3 Qe6 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Rxc4 Be7 21. g4 f5
1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 0809"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2009.04.18"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Voerendaal"]
[BlackTeam "Calder HMC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Qf4 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. g4 Nc5 15.
g5 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qg4 f5 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Ba3 Rce8 21.
Bxd6 Qc6 22. Qd5 Qc8 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qh6 Bg7 25. Qh4 Nxd6 26. Rxd6 Re4 27. Qg5
Rxe2 28. Rcd1 h6 29. Qxg6 Bxf3 30. Bxf3 Re5 31. R6d5 Re6 32. Qg3 Qe8 33. Rd6
Be5 34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Bg4 Qf6 36. Qg2 Rg8 37. Kh1 Qh4 38. f3 h5 39. Qe2 Bf4 40.
Rd7 Qf6 41. Bxh5 Bxh2 42. Bg6 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 0809"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Hoolt, Sarah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Calder HMC"]
[BlackTeam "Enschede ESGOO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Na5
15. d5 e5 16. Ng3 c4 17. Bc2 b6 18. d6 Qd8 19. f4 Qe8 20. f5 f6 21. h4 Kh8 22.
fxg6 hxg6 23. h5 g5 24. h6 Bxh6 25. Kf2 Rf7 26. Rh1 Rh7 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. exf5
Qc6 29. Rh2 Kg7 30. Rbh1 Rch8 31. Qd1 Nb7 32. Qh5 Nxd6 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34. Rxh6
Rxh6 35. Rxh6 Rxh6 36. Qxh6+ Ke7 37. Qh7+ Nf7 38. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "Nagpur"]
[Date "2008.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Akshat, Khamparia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2008.09.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Rac1 Qb8 12. h3 b6 13. Rd2 Nf8 14. c5 dxc5 15.
dxe5 N6d7 16. Bf4 Qb7 17. Bg3 Ng6 18. Bc4 b5 19. Qb3 bxc4 20. Qxb7 Bxb7 21.
Rxd7 Bc8 22. Rc7 Be6 23. Rxc6 Reb8 24. Rc2 Rb7 25. Nd5 Rab8 26. Rxa6 Rxb2 27.
Rxc4 Bf8 28. Ng5 Rb1+ 29. Kh2 Ra1 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 Rxa2 32. Rb6 Rxb6 33.
Nxb6 h5 34. h4 Kf7 35. Na4 Be7 36. Nxc5 Bxh4 37. Bxh4 Nxh4 38. Nd3 g5 39. Rc7+
Ke6 40. Rc6+ Ke7 41. g3 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 g4 43. Rc1 Rd2 44. Nf4 Nxe5 45. Rc5 Nf3
46. Kf1 Nh2+ 47. Kg2 Nf3 48. Kf1 Nh2+ 49. Kg2 Nf3 50. Ng6+ Kf6 51. Nh4 Ne5 52.
Ra5 Re2 53. Ra6+ Kf7 54. Kf1 Rxe4 55. Rh6 Nf3 56. Nxf3 gxf3 57. Rxh5 Kg6 58.
Rh4 Rxh4 59. gxh4 Kh5 60. Ke1 Kxh4 61. Kd2 Kg5 62. Ke3 Kf6 63. Kxf3 Kf5 64. Ke3
Ke5 65. f4+ Kf5 66. Kf3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "Nagpur"]
[Date "2008.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Priyadharshan, Kannappan"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2008.09.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8
15. h4 h6 16. g4 Qc7 17. g5 h5 18. Bc4 Red8 19. Qf2 a5 20. a4 Rab8 21. b3 Qb7
22. Qe1 Qc7 23. Rh2 Rd7 24. Rhd2 Rbd8 25. Rd3 Kh8 26. R1d2 Qb8 27. Rd1 Qc7 28.
Ba3 Bf5 29. R3d2 Qa7 30. Bb2 Nb4 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Bc3 Bxe4 34.
Bxb4 Bxf3 35. Bxa5 e4 36. Bc3 Bd4 37. a5 c5 38. a6 Kg8 39. Bd2 Qe7 40. c3 Be5
41. Be3 Bb8 42. Qf2 Qe5 43. Kb2 Ba7 44. Qd2 Bg4 45. Qd5 Qe7 46. Qc6 Kg7 47. Qb7
Kf8 48. Qxe7+ Kxe7 49. b4 Bd7 50. Kb3 Bc6 51. b5 Ba8 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "Nagpur"]
[Date "2008.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Santhosbaala, RS."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.09.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 c6 10. Ne1 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. Rxb4 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nd7 14. Nd3 f5 15.
f3 f4 16. a4 g5 17. Ba3 Ng6 18. Rb1 Nf6 19. Qb3 Ne8 20. Qb6 Qf6 21. Rfc1 h5 22.
Nb5 Ra6 23. Qf2 Bd7 24. Nb2 g4 25. Nc7 g3 26. hxg3 fxg3 27. Qxg3 Bh6 28. Nxe8
Rxe8 29. Rc7 Bf4 30. Qe1 Qg5 31. Rxd7 Bd2 32. Qxd2 Qxd2 33. Bxa6 bxa6 34. Nc4
Qd4+ 35. Kh2 Qxc4 36. Rbb7 Re7 37. Rxe7 Nxe7 38. Rxe7 Qc3 39. Bxd6 Qe1 40. Rxe5
Qh4+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qh4+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "Nagpur"]
[Date "2008.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anantharam, RU."]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1782"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.09.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. g4 Be6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. a3 Rab8 13. h4 Rfc8 14. Nd5 Qxd2+
15. Rxd2 Bxd5 16. exd5 b5 17. Bxa7 Ra8 18. Bd4 b4 19. Rd3 bxa3 20. bxa3 Ra5 21.
Kb2 Rxd5 22. c3 Rb5+ 23. Ka2 Ra5 24. Bb6 Ra6 25. Rxd6 exd6 26. Bxa6 Rc6 27. Rb1
Nd5 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "Nagpur"]
[Date "2008.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Ramakrishna, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.09.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. c4 d6 4. e4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Nc3 Ngf6 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O
Nf8 9. Ne1 Ng6 10. a4 Nd7 11. Nd3 Bg5 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Qc1 Qe7 14. a5 Nf6 15.
Qe3 O-O 16. Na4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. f3 Bd7 19. Nb6 Rae8 20. b4 cxb4 21. Nxb4
f5 22. Nd3 Rf6 23. Rac1 Ref8 24. c5 f4 25. Qf2 Bb5 26. Rfd1 dxc5 27. Nxc5 h6
28. Ne6 Rxe6 29. dxe6 Qxe6 30. Qc5 Kh7 31. Rd6 Qe7 32. Nd5 Qf7 33. Qc7 Bc6 34.
Qxf7 Rxf7 35. Nb6 Re7 36. Kf2 Nf8 37. Rc5 Kg8 38. Nd5 Rf7 39. Nb4 Nd7 40. Rc1
Nf6 41. Nxc6 bxc6 42. Rcxc6 Rb7 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "Nagpur"]
[Date "2008.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Joshi, Pankaj"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.09.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. e4 c6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 cxd5 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15.
Nxd5 Qd8 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. Qb3 Rf7 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "Nagpur"]
[Date "2008.10.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Sangma, Rahul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.09.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bc3 dxc4 11. bxc4 Bxc4 12. Ne5 Bb5 13. a4 Ba6 14. Bxc6 Nxc6
15. Nxc6 Qd7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bb2 Rfc8 18. Qd2 Ne4 19. Qd3 Nd6 20. Na3 Qd7
21. d5 exd5 22. Qxd5 Ne8 23. Rfd1 Qxa4 24. Rd4 Qc6 25. e4 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "Nagpur"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Nadig, Kruttika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.09.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. h4 h5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Be5 Nc6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Bc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. Nh2 Bf5
15. O-O cxd4 16. exd4 Rfd8 17. Qb2 Qc7 18. Bb3 e5 19. Rad1 Kg8 20. Nf3 e4 21.
Ng5 Rd7 22. Rfe1 Re8 23. d5 Na5 24. Ba4 b5 25. Qxb5 Nc4 26. Ne6 fxe6 27. Qxd7
Re7 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. dxe6 Bxe6 30. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "Nagpur"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "West, Guy"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2008.09.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Qe1
Na5 9. Qh4 e6 10. f5 d5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Ng4 14. Qh3 exf5 15.
Bxd5 c4 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Qh4 Qb6+ 18. d4 Kg7 19. Qg5 Rae8 20. Nd1 Qd6 21. h3
Nf6 22. Nh4 Bxc2 23. Bf3 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Re5 25. Qg3 Rh8 26. Nf2 Rxh4 27. Ng4
Rxg4 28. Bxg4 Nxg4 29. Rf4 Re4 30. Rxg4 Rxg4 31. hxg4 Nc6 32. Re1 Be4 33. g5
Bd5 34. Re8 b5 35. Qh3 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qh5 37. Kg1 Qxh3 38. gxh3 b4 39. Kf2 c3 40.
bxc3 bxc3 41. Ke3 Bxa2 42. Kd3 Be6 43. h4 Ne5+ 44. Kxc3 Nf3 45. Kd3 Nxh4 46.
Ke4 Nf5 47. Ra8 Nd6+ 48. Kd4 Bf5 49. Ke5 Nb5 50. Rb8 Nc7 51. Rb7 Ne6 52. Rxa7
Nxg5 53. Kf4 Kf6 54. Kg3 Ne6 55. Kh4 Ng7 56. Ra6+ Be6 57. Ra5 Nf5+ 58. Kg4 g5
59. Kf3 Kg6 60. Ke4 Nd6+ 61. Kf3 Nc4 62. Rc5 f5 63. Kg3 Nd2 64. Ra5 f4+ 65. Kf2
g4 66. Ke2 Nb3 67. Ra3 Kf5 68. Kf2 g3+ 69. Kg2 Kg4 70. Ra4 Bd5+ 71. Kg1 Nd2 72.
Rxf4+ Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Rb1 Rfc8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5
Bd7 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. a3 b5 17. Bd3 b4 18. axb4 Ra2 19. Kf1 Bd4 20. b5 f6 21.
Be2 Bb6 22. Bd2 f5 23. e5 dxe5 24. Bc3 e4 25. d6 e6 26. Rbc1 Kf7 27. Be5 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Ra8 29. f3 exf3 30. gxf3 g5 31. h4 h6 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Kg2 Rc8 34.
Rh1 Kg6 35. Bc3 Bd8 36. f4 g4 37. Kg3 Bf6 38. Bxf6 Kxf6 39. Rh7 Rd8 40. Bc4 b6
41. Re7 Bc8 42. Rc7 Bd7 43. Rb7 e5 44. Rxb6 Rh8 45. Rb7 exf4+ 46. Kxf4 Rh3 47.
Be2 Ke6 48. b4 Kxd6 49. Rb6+ Kc7 50. Rf6 Rb3 51. b6+ Kb7 52. b5 Rb4+ 53. Kg3
Rb3+ 54. Kf4 Bxb5 55. Bd1 Rb4+ 56. Kxf5 Rd4 57. Bc2 Bc6 58. Ke5 Rb4 59. Rg6 Rc4
60. Bd1 Re4+ 61. Kf6 Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Graf, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Qa5 10. Ra2 Qb6 11. g3 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bg2 Ra7 14. Ne2 Ne4 15. Qd1
c4 16. O-O Bd6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. a4 Bb8 21. axb5 axb5
22. Rxa7 Qxa7 23. Nxb5 Qb6 24. Nc3 O-O 25. Qd2 Bd6 26. Nd1 Ng4 27. Bh3 Rxf1+
28. Kxf1 Nxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Be7 30. c3 Bd7 31. Nf2 Bf6 32. Qe2 Qd6 33. Kg1 Kf8 34.
Bg2 Be8 35. Bf3 Bg6 36. Ng4 Bf5 37. Ne5 Bxe5 38. Qxe5 Qxe5 39. dxe5 Ke7 40. Kf2
Kd7 41. Ke3 Kc6 42. Kd4 h6 43. Bh5 g6 44. Bd1 Kb5 45. h4 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47.
Bh5 Bh3 48. Bf3 Ka4 49. Bd1+ Kb5 50. b3 cxb3 51. Bxb3 Kc6 52. Bd1 Bf5 53. Bf3
Kd7 54. Kc5 Ke7 55. Kb6 Be4 56. Bh5 Bg2 57. Be2 Be4 58. Kc5 Kd7 59. Kd4 Bf5 60.
Kc5 Be4 61. Bg4 Bg6 62. c4 dxc4 63. Kxc4 Bf5 64. Bf3 Kc7 65. Kc5 Kd7 66. Be2
Ke7 67. Bb5 Bg4 68. Kd4 Kf7 69. Ke4 Ke7 70. Ke3 Kf7 71. Bd3 Ke7 72. Be4 Kf7 73.
Bf3 Bf5 74. Be2 Ke7 75. Bf3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 Nc6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Qxb6+ 13. Kh1 h5 14. Qe2 Ng4 15.
Bd2 Bb7 16. Rae1 Bf6 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Bc3 Bh4 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Bc3 Bxe1 21. Qxe1
Qe7 22. h3 Nf6 23. Qf2 h4 24. Nb6 Rd8 25. Re1 Nd7 26. Nd5 exd5 27. exd5 Nce5
28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. c4 Rg3 31. Nc5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Rxd5 33. b4 Rgxd3
34. Nxd3 Rxd3 35. Qf5 Rd5 36. Qc8+ Qd8 37. Qxa6 Qd7 38. Qf6 Qe7 39. Qh8+ Kd7
40. Rc1 Qd8 41. Qg7 Ke8 42. Rf1 Qe7 43. Ra1 Qc7 44. Qh8+ Kd7 45. Qf6 e4 46.
Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2
Bb7 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f4 Nc5 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Rae1 O-O 13. Rf3 Re8 14. Rh3 g6 15.
e5 Nd5 16. Rf1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Rc8 18. Ne4 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nc3 20. Bxc3 Bxe4 21.
dxe4 Rxc3 22. Nxe6 Qc8 23. Nf4 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Rxh3 25. Nxh3 Rxe5 26. Nf4 Qb7 27.
Re1 Bf8 28. Nd3 Re8 29. e5 Bg7 30. h3 Qd5 31. Qf3 Qxf3 32. gxf3 Rd8 33. Re3 Rd4
34. f4 Bh6 35. Rf3 Kf8 36. Kg2 Ke7 37. Kf2 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. Nf2 Bg7 40. Ke2
Bh6 41. f5 Rd2+ 42. Ke1 Rxa2 43. e6 Ra1+ 44. Ke2 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 fxe6 46. Rd3+ Ke5
47. Ng4+ Ke4 48. fxe6 Kxd3 49. Ne5+ Ke3 50. e7 Rf2+ 51. Ke1 Rf8 52. Nc4+ Kd3
53. exf8=B Bxf8 54. Nxb6 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.11.30"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Ng5 Ke7 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Nce4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Bb4 15. Bb5 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 Rhd8 17. Rad1 a6 18. Nc5 Be8 19. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.12.13"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Meissner, Bernd"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen "]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Re8 10. c4 Nf8 11. Nc3 Ne6 12. Bc2 g6 13. d5 Ng7 14. Nd4 Bd7
15. Qf3 h5 16. b3 Nh7 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Qd3 Be5 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Nd4 Be5 21. Nf3
Bf6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Re1 Qf8 24. Bc1 Nf5 25. Ne4 Bg7 26. Neg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Teske, Henrik"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Bg7 9. b3 Qa5 10. Bb2 Qh5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Qd4+ f6 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Qxa7 Qxe2 19. Qxb7 Bf5 20. a4 Rc2
21. Qb4 Kf7 22. Qd4 Ra2 23. h4 Bc2 24. Qc3 Qe5 25. Qb4 Qb2 26. Qe1 Qe5 27. Qb4
Qb2 28. Qf4 Bxb3 29. Qh6 f5 30. h5 Qg7 31. Qe3 Bxa4 32. Re1 Kf8 33. Kh2 Be8 34.
Rc1 gxh5 35. Rc8 h4 36. gxh4 Ra4 37. Bh3 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.02.28"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. f3 Rf7 13. Qc2 g5 14. Bf2 f5 15. O-O-O
fxe4 16. Ndxe4 Nf5 17. Bd3 b6 18. Ng3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Nce2 g4 21. Bg6 Rf8
22. Nxh5 d3 23. Rxd3 Ne5 24. Rd2 gxf3 25. gxf3 Nxf3 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Bh5 Ne5
28. Rg1+ Kh8 29. Rd4 Bf5 30. Qd2 Bh7 31. Nf4 Qf6 32. Be2 Rg8 33. Rf1 Raf8 34.
Qc3 Qh6 35. Qd2 Rf6 36. Nd3 Rxf1+ 37. Bxf1 Qxd2+ 38. Kxd2 Nf3+ 39. Kc3 Nxd4 40.
Kxd4 Rg1 41. Be2 Bxd3 42. Bxd3 Rg2 43. Kc3 Rxh2 44. a4 Kg7 45. b4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.03.01"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 Qe8 10. Ng3 Rd8 11. h3 a6 12. Ba4 Kh8 13. Bc2 Qe7 14. d4 Rde8 15.
Be3 Ng8 16. Qd2 Na5 17. b3 Nc6 18. b4 Qd8 19. a4 exd4 20. cxd4 a5 21. b5 Nb4
22. Bb3 c6 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Bf4 Be6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Rac1 Qd7 27. h4 h5 28.
e5 Nd5 29. Bg5 dxe5 30. dxe5 Rfe8 31. Ne4 Bf8 32. Nc5 Bxc5 33. Rxc5 f6 34. Be3
fxe5 35. Rxa5 Qg7 36. Bc5 Nge7 37. Ng5 Rf6 38. Rxe5 Rf4 39. Bd4 Rb8 40. Re4
Rb1+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qc3 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bg2 Rb8 13. O-O Be7 14. Re1 Bg6 15.
Nh4 Qc7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. b3 Nc6 18. Bb2 Nb4 19. Qd2 O-O 20. h4 Rfd8 21. Qe2
Nc6 22. h5 gxh5 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Qxh5 g6 25. Qh6 Bf8 26. Qh4 Bg7 27. Rad1 d6
28. Rd2 Rd7 29. Red1 Rbd8 30. exd6 Bxb2 31. Rxb2 Kg7 32. Re2 Qf3 33. Qe4 Qxe4
34. Rxe4 Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 36. Re5 Rc6 37. f3 Kf6 38. f4 Ke7 39. Kf2 a5 40.
Kf3 Rc8 41. g4 f5 42. Kg3 Kd6 43. Kh4 Rh8+ 44. Kg5 fxg4 45. Kxg4 Rh2 46. Kg5
Rh5+ 47. Kf6 Rf5+ 48. Rxf5 gxf5 49. a3 Kd7 50. Kf7 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "15.6"]
[White "Berndt, Stephan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SF"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Na4 Qc7 12. c4 d6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Qd2
Bd7 15. Nc3 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Be2 Be8 18. Qe3 Qa5 19. a3 Bc6 20. Rd4 e5
21. Rdd1 Qc5 22. Qxc5 dxc5 23. f3 Kf8 24. b4 a5 25. Rb1 axb4 26. axb4 cxb4 27.
Rxb4 Nd7 28. Kf2 Nc5 29. Rbb1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Ra8 31. Nd5 Ra2 32. Nb4 Rb2 33. Nd3
Nxd3+ 34. Rxd3 Ra2 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. g3 g5 37. h4 gxh4 38. gxh4 h6 39. Rd1 Ra3+
40. Kf2 Ra2 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 Ra8 43. Ke3 Rg8 44. Kf2 Rf8 45. Ke3 f5 46.
exf5 Rxf5 47. Rg1 Kf6 48. Rg3 h5 49. Rg8 Kf7 50. Rg1 Kf6 51. Rg8 Kf7 52. Rg1
Kf6 53. Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Pon, Matt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "1544"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. f4 f5 11. Nd3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 a6 15.
Qb3 Kh8 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. c5 Nf6 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. Bf3 Nexd5 21.
Nxd5 Qxe5 22. Rfe1 Ne4 23. Qc2 Re8 24. b4 Bd7 25. Nb6 Bc6 26. Nxa8 Rxa8 27.
Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Rd7+ Kh8 29. Qd2 Rg8 30. Qh6 Rg7 31. Red1 Qb2 32. Rd8+ Rg8 33.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Qf8+ Ke6 36. Qe8+ Kf6 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qxb2 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Enkhnar, Enkhbaatar"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Qb2 Rb8
15. Rfd1 b5 16. Bd5 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rbc8 18. Rc5 Nb4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bd2 e6 21.
Bxb4 Qa4 22. Rd2 a5 23. Bc5 exd5 24. Rc2 dxe4 25. fxe4 Bg4 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27.
axb3 Re8 28. Ng3 Bd1 29. Ra2 Ra8 30. b4 a4 31. Kf2 Bb3 32. Ra3 Rd8 33. e5 f6
34. Be7 Rxd4 35. exf6 Bxf6 36. Ne2 Rd7 37. Bxf6 Rf7 38. Nd4 Rxf6+ 39. Ke3 Bc4
40. Nf3 Re6+ 41. Kd4 Re2 42. Ne5 Bb3 43. g3 Rxh2 44. Kc5 Rh5 45. Kd6 Rg5 46.
Nd7 Rxg3 47. Kc5 Rg5+ 48. Kb6 h5 49. Nc5 Bc4 50. Ne4 Re5 51. Nd6 Be2 52. Rg3
Kg7 53. Rc3 h4 54. Rc7+ Kf6 55. Rh7 Rh5 56. Ne8+ Kg5 57. Re7 h3 58. Rxe2 h2 59.
Rg2+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Mirzaei, Saleh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Qa4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Be2 f5 11. O-O d6 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Nd7
15. Qc6 Nf6 16. d5 e5 17. Ng5 Qd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Ne6 Rfc8 20. f4 g6 21. b4
a5 22. a3 Nf8 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. e4 Ke7 27. Ke3 f4+
28. Kf2 g5 29. h3 h5 30. Rfc1 Kd7 31. b5 a4 32. c5 Rfb8 33. Rab1 bxc5 34. Rxc5
Ra5 35. Rb4 Kd6 36. Rc6+ Kd7 37. Rg6 Raxb5 38. Rxb5 Rxb5 39. Rxg5 Rb3 40. Rxe5
Rxa3 41. Rxh5 Re3 42. Rh8 Rxe4 43. Ra8 Rd4 44. Ra5 Kd6 45. h4 Rxd5 46. Rxa4 Ke5
47. Rc4 c5 48. Kf3 Rd3+ 49. Ke2 Rd5 50. h5 Kf6 51. Rxf4+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Velikanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. c4 Qc6 12. Bb2 Re8 13. f3 Nbd7 14. Qe1 a5
15. Kh1 b6 16. Qg3 Ba6 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. Rae1 Qd6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 f6 21.
Rg4 Re7 22. Bc1 Nf8 23. Bh6 Rdd7 24. Rb1 f5 25. Bxf5 Qxh6 26. Bxd7 Nxd7 27. Rd1
Qf6 28. Rh4 Nf8 29. Qg4 Bb7 30. c5 bxc5 31. Qc4+ Kh8 32. Rd8 e4 33. h3 exf3 34.
Rf4 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Qxd8 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Le, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Qa4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 N7f6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nc6
Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Qa5 16. Bf4 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Rac8 18. Qe4 Bf6 19. Qc2 c4 20. a4 c3
21. b3 Rfd8 22. Red1 g6 23. e3 Kg7 24. Rac1 Qb4 25. Bf1 h6 26. Ba6 Rb8 27. Bc4
Qc5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd1 Re8 30. Rd7 Re7 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. Kg2 Qc5 33. h3 Kf8
34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Kg2 g5 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. Qe4 Qa3 38. Qb7+ Kf8 39. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.10.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nguyen, Hung Cuong"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D72"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 e5 8. d5
O-O 9. O-O c6 10. Nbc3 cxd5 11. exd5 Bg4 12. h3 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Re8 14. Be3 Nc8
15. Rac1 Nd6 16. Nb5 Na6 17. Rfd1 f5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Qb5 Re7 20. Bg5 Rd7 21.
Bf3 Rf7 22. Rc4 Kh8 23. Rdc1 Raf8 24. Rc8 Nc7 25. Qxb7 Ne6 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27.
Bf6+ Kg8 28. dxe6 Rxb7 29. Bxb7 Qxe6 30. Rc6 Qf7 31. Bc8 Be7 32. Be6 Bxf6 33.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. Rc7+ Be7 35. Rxa7 e4 36. Kf1 Ke6 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. Ke2 Kd6 39.
b4 g5 40. a4 f4 41. a5 Kc6 42. a6 Kb6 43. b5 h5 44. gxf4 gxf4 45. Kd2 h4 46.
Kc3 Ka7 47. Kd4 e3 48. Kd3 exf2 49. Ke2 Kb6 50. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kowsarinia, Amir"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Qa5 8.
Nd2 Ne4 9. Ndxe4 dxe4 10. Bh4 Bb4 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Be2 Kh8 13. a3 f5 14. O-O Bd6
15. b4 Qc7 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Nf6 18. Rfc1 a6 19. a4 Be6 20. Qb2 Qd6 21. b5
a5 22. Rab1 Rfb8 23. Rc2 Bf7 24. Qc1 h6 25. Nd1 Bd5 26. Nb2 Rc8 27. Nc4 Bxc4
28. Rxc4 Nd5 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Rc5 Qd7 31. Bc4 Nb4 32. Qd1 g6 33. Qb3 Qd6 34.
Rc1 Re8 35. Qa3 Re7 36. Be2 Rd7 37. g4 Qf6 38. Re5 fxg4 39. Rxe4 h5 40. Rc5 Rd5
41. Qc3 g5 42. Re5 Rf8 43. f3 g3 44. e4 Rxe5 45. dxe5 Qg7 46. Rxa5 Rb8 47. Qd4
Rb7 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qe8 Kh6 50. Ra8 h4 51. Qe6+ Kh7 52. Qf5+ Kh6 53. f4 Qg6
54. Rh8+ Rh7 55. fxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Pamatmat, Jarod John Munda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "1971"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 c5 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qf5 Qe6
15. Bd3 Ne5 16. Ng5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 h6 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 d4 21.
exd4 Bxf3 22. dxc5 a6 23. Nd6 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Ba7 25. b4 Ne8 26. Nc4 a5 27. a3
axb4 28. axb4 Rb8 29. Bc3 Nc7 30. Rd7 Nb5 31. Be5 Rbd8 32. Nd6 Rde8 33. Nxe8
Rxe8 34. Bd3 Na3 35. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Le, Huu Thai"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Qc2 d6 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Bd3 dxe5 12. dxe5 h6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Rfd1
Bd7 15. Nd4 Ba4 16. Nb3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Be7 18. Qg3 Kf8 19. Rd4 Bc6 20. Rad1 g6
21. Be3 Kg7 22. h4 a5 23. Rf4 Rad8 24. Nd4 Be8 25. Rf6 Kg8 26. Qf4 Bxf6 27.
Qxf6 Rd5 28. c4 Rd7 29. Rc1 Qd8 30. Qf4 Rc7 31. Ne2 Rc8 32. Ng3 Bc6 33. Bc5 Kg7
34. Rc3 h5 35. Bd6 g5 36. hxg5 h4 37. Nf1 Rh5 38. Qf6+ Qxf6 39. gxf6+ Kg6 40.
Kh2 Rg5 41. f3 Rf5 42. Ne3 Rf4 43. Kh3 Kh5 44. c5 Rg8 45. Nc2 Ra4 46. a3 Rf4
47. Kh2 h3 48. g4+ Kh4 49. Ne1 Rgxg4 50. fxg4 Rf2+ 51. Kg1 h2+ 52. Kxf2 h1=Q
53. Ke2 Qh2+ 54. Kd1 Qb2 55. Rc1 Qxa3 56. Kd2 Qb4+ 57. Rc3 a4 58. Nc2 Qf4+ 59.
Ne3 Qd4+ 60. Kc2 Be4+ 61. Kb2 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Akhmetov, Ayan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 Bb7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 h6
15. Be3 Nb6 16. b3 Bb4 17. g3 Rc8 18. Qe2 Bc3 19. Rac1 Qe7 20. Bb1 f5 21. exf6
Qxf6 22. Qd3 Bb2 23. Ne5 Rfd8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Ng4 Qf7 26. Nxh6 gxh6 27. Bxh6+
Ke7 28. Bg5+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Qg8 30. Qf6+ Qf7 31. Bh6+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Bg6
Qd7 34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Rce1 Rc7 36. Re3 Qd6 37. Qg5 Bxd4 38. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Vung Tau"]
[Date "2008.10.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yang, Darwin"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "VIE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 O-O 7. Bxc4 Bg4 8.
Qd3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. e5 Nb6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Na5 13. Bb3 Nxb3+ 14. axb3
a5 15. f4 a4 16. bxa4 Nxa4 17. f5 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 f6 19. Be3 Qd5 20. fxg6 hxg6
21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Qd3 Ra1+ 23. Kd2 Ra2 24. Rb1 Rb6 25. Rhc1 Rbxb2+ 26. Rxb2
Rxb2+ 27. Rc2 Rxc2+ 28. Qxc2 Bxd4 29. Qxg6+ Bg7+ 30. Ke2 Qa2+ 31. Kd1 Qa4+ 32.
Ke1 Qa5+ 33. Kd1 Qd5+ 34. Ke2 Qf7 35. Qg4 Qa2+ 36. Kf1 Qa6+ 37. Kg1 Qc6 38. h4
Kf7 39. h5 Qe6 40. Qf3+ Bf6 41. h6 Kg6 42. Qxb7 Qg4+ 43. Kf1 Qd1+ 44. Kg2 Qg4+
45. Kh1 Qh5+ 46. Kg1 Qd1+ 47. Kg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Internet qual"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Nd7 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4
exd4 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Nb3 Ne6 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Nc5 O-O 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bf4 Qd7
15. b4 Nxb4 16. Rb1 c5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Qe7 19. a3 Nc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21.
h4 f6 22. Re2 Rfe8 23. Reb2 Qf7 24. Rb7 Qg6 25. h5 Qg4 26. Qxg4 Bxg4 27. h6
gxh6 28. Rc7 Be2 29. Rb3 Bf3 30. Kf1 Re6 31. Rbb7 Be2+ 32. Ke1 Bxd3+ 33. Kd2
Bg6 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Rge7 Rxe7 36. Rxe7 a6 37. Bd6 d3 38. Bxc5 Rb8 39. Bd4 Kg8
40. Bxf6 Rb3 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. Ra7 Rb1 43. Rxa6 Kf7 44. Rxc6 Be4 45. Rd6 Rb3 46.
Bc3 Rxa3 47. f3 Ra2+ 48. Ke3 Re2+ 49. Kf4 Bg6 50. Rd4 Rc2 51. Bb4 Ke6 52. Rd6+
Kf7 53. Rd7+ Ke6 54. Rd6+ Kf7 55. Rd4 Ke6 56. Rd6+ Kf7 57. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Internet qual"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nd2 Qa5 6. c3 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Nd7 8. e4
g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Bh6 O-O 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O Bg4 14. Ne1 Bd7 15.
Nc2 Rfe8 16. f3 Bb5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 18. Ne3 Rad8 19. a4 Qa6 20. c4 b6 21. b3 Qb7
22. Qc3 Kg8 23. g4 h5 24. g5 Nh7 25. h4 f6 26. f4 fxg5 27. fxg5 e5 28. Rf3 Rf8
29. Raf1 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 Qe7 31. Qe1 Rf8 32. Qf2 Rxf3 33. Qxf3 Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7
35. Kf2 Nf8 36. Nd1 a5 37. Nc3 Ke7 38. Nb5 Kd7 39. Ke3 Nh7 40. Nc3 Nf8 41. Ne2
Ke7 42. Ng3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Internet qual"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O Nd7 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4
exd4 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 Nc5 11. b4 Ne6 12. a3 Bf6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bb2 a6 15.
Qd2 Bd7 16. a4 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. f4 Bf6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Rxa1 21. Bxa1
Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Ne7 23. Bxb7 Nf5 24. Be4 h5 25. Qf2 h4 26. Nxd4 hxg3 27. hxg3
Nh6 28. Nb3 Ng4 29. Qc5 Bxa1 30. Nxa1 Qf6 31. Nc2 Qh6 32. Bg2 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Qxg3
34. Bd5 Qxd3+ 35. Ke1 Qxc2 36. Bf3 Qc1+ 37. Ke2 Qxf4 38. Qe7 Qe5+ 39. Qxe5 Nxe5
40. Bd5 c6 41. bxc6 Bxc6 0-1

[Event "Corus Internet qual"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2008.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 g6 8. h3
Bg7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 e6 13. Bh2 Qe7 14. Ne5 Rfc8 15.
Na4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd2 Kg8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1 Qd8 21.
Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Qc3 Qd8 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Qxc5 Kg7 25. b3 h5 26. a4 Qd7 27. h4 Qd8
28. g3 Qd7 29. Kg2 Qd8 30. Kg1 Kh6 31. Kg2 g5 32. hxg5+ Kxg5 33. Kh3 Kg6 34.
Qc2+ f5 35. Qc5 h4 36. gxh4 Kh5 37. Kg2 Kg4 38. Kf1 Qxh4 39. Ke2 Kh3 40. Qc1
Qg4+ 41. Kd3 Kg2 42. f4 Qf3 43. Qd2+ Kf1 44. Qc1+ Kf2 45. Qd2+ Kf1 46. Qc1+ Kg2
47. Qd2+ Kh3 48. a5 Qf1+ 49. Kc3 Qa1+ 50. Kb4 Qf1 51. Kc5 Qb5+ 52. Kd6 Qc6+ 53.
Ke7 Kg3 54. Qe2 Qc7+ 55. Kxe6 Qxa5 56. Kxf5 Qb6 57. Qd3 Kh4 58. Ke5 Qc7+ 59.
Kxd5 Qc6+ 60. Ke5 Qe8+ 61. Kd5 Qd7+ 62. Ke4 Qh7+ 63. f5 Kg5 64. Qf1 Qe7+ 65.
Kd3 Qb4 66. Qf4+ Kf6 67. Qe5+ Kf7 68. Qd5+ Kf6 69. e4 a5 70. Qe6+ Kg5 71. Qg6+
Kf4 72. Qh6+ Kf3 73. Qh3+ Kf2 74. Qh2+ Kf3 75. Qh3+ Kf4 76. Qh4+ Kf3 77. Qh3+
Kf2 78. Qh2+ Kf1 79. Qh1+ Kf2 80. Qh2+ Kf3 81. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars 6th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2008.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. d3 Ng6 7. e5 f6 8.
exf6 Qxf6 9. Nc3 d5 10. Bg5 Qf5 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Ne4 h6 13. Nh4 Nxh4 14. Bxh4 e5
15. Qa5 Rb6 16. Nxc5 g5 17. Bg3 Rb5 18. Qc7 Bxc5 19. Bxe5 Rh7 20. Qxc6+ Qd7 21.
Qg6+ Qf7 22. Qc6+ Qd7 23. Qg6+ Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars 6th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bukavshin, Ivan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Nh5 11. Bh2 f5 12. Be2 f4 13. O-O Qe7 14. exf4 Nxf4 15.
Re1 Nd7 16. Bxa6 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf1 Bd7 20. Qe1 Rae8 21.
Qxe5 Rxe5 22. a5 g5 23. f3 Kf7 24. h4 h6 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bc4 Ke7 27. Bg3 Bc8
28. Kf2 g4 29. Rh1 Rh5 30. Re1+ Kd8 31. Re4 gxf3 32. Rxf4 Rxf4 33. Bxf4 fxg2
34. Kxg2 Ke7 35. Nb5 Bd7 36. Nxd6 Rh8 37. Nxb7 Ra8 38. a6 Bf5 39. d6+ Kd7 40.
Bb5+ Ke6 41. d7 1-0

[Event "World Youth Stars 6th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2008.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Be7
15. c4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 c5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne5 f5 20. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars 6th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2008.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Ra3 Rb8 22.
Bh6 Nh7 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Qe2 Bc8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rea1 Rb7 27. Kh2 Bd7 28. Nf1
Nf6 29. N1d2 Bf8 30. Kh1 Bg7 31. Qd1 Reb8 32. R3a2 b4 33. cxb4 Rxb4 34. Ra7 Qc8
35. Kg1 Nd3 36. Bxd3 cxd3 37. Rc1 Qe8 38. b3 R8b7 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Ne1 Bb5 41.
Rc3 Kh7 42. Qc1 h4 43. Nxd3 Nh5 44. Nf3 Bf6 45. Bg5 Qe7 46. Qe3 Bxg5 47. Qxg5
Qxg5 48. Nxg5+ Kh6 49. Nf3 f5 50. Nd2 Bxd3 51. Rxd3 Nf4 52. Re3 fxe4 53. Nxe4
Rb6 54. Rc3 Ne2+ 55. Kf1 Nxc3 56. Nxc3 Rxb3 57. Ne4 Rd3 58. Nxd6 Rxd5 59. Ne4
g5 60. g3 Rd4 61. f3 hxg3 62. Kg2 Kg6 63. Kxg3 Kf5 64. Nf2 Ra4 65. Kg2 Ra3 66.
Kg3 Rb3 67. Ne4 Rd3 68. Nf2 Rd4 69. Ng4 Ke6 70. Nf2 Kd5 71. Ng4 Rf4 72. Nf2 Kd4
73. Ng4 Rf5 74. Nh6 Rf6 75. Ng4 Ra6 76. Nf2 Ra3 77. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars 6th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Firat, Burak"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2008.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Ne4 Ngf6 14. Nd6+ Ke7
15. Nc4 Bxd2+ 16. Nfxd2 Qc7 17. O-O-O Rhc8 18. Rhe1 Kf8 19. Ne5 c5 20. Nxd7+
Qxd7 21. Ne4 cxd4 22. Nxf6 gxf6 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Ke7 25. Red1 Rc7 26. Rg4
Rac8 27. c3 Rc5 28. Rgd4 R8c7 29. g4 Rc4 30. f3 b5 31. Kc2 e5 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33.
Kd3 Ke6 34. Ke3 b4 35. cxb4 Rxb4 36. b3 a5 37. Rc1 Rb6 38. Rc4 f5 39. gxf5+
Kxf5 40. Rc5 a4 41. bxa4 Rb2 42. f4 Rxa2 43. fxe5 Rxa4 44. e6+ Kxe6 45. Rc6+
Ke5 46. Rxh6 Ra3+ 47. Kf2 f5 48. Rb6 Kf4 49. Rb4+ Kg5 50. Rb5 Kg4 51. h6 Ra2+
52. Kg1 Ra1+ 53. Kh2 Ra6 54. Kg2 Rxh6 55. Rb4+ f4 56. Rb8 Re6 57. Rg8+ Kf5 58.
Kf3 Re3+ 59. Kf2 Re5 60. Kf3 Re3+ 61. Kf2 Ke4 62. Re8+ Kd3 63. Rd8+ Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars 6th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aghasaryan, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Re8 10. f4 e5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb5 Rf8 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Rxf5 a6
15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Qe2 Re8 17. a4 g6 18. Rf4 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Rd4 Nxc3 21.
Rxd8 Nxe2 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bxe2 Bf6 24. Bf2 Nc6 25. Bf3 Nd4 26. Bxb7 Nxc2 27.
Rf1 a5 28. b3 Nb4 29. h3 Rb8 30. Bf3 Nd3 31. Ba7 Rd8 32. Bb6 Rb8 33. Bxa5 Nc5
34. b4 Nb3 35. Bd5 Nxa5 36. bxa5 Bd4 37. Rxf7 Kh8 38. a6 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 1-0

[Event "World Youth Stars 6th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 e6 3. Nbc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Ne8 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. a3 e5 14. h4 Be6 15.
Qf2 Nd6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 a5 18. Qg3 Rfd8 19. Bg2 b4 20. Na4 c5 21. Rd2 Rd7
22. Rhd1 Rad8 23. Qe3 c4 24. Qc5 bxa3 25. Qxa3 Qa7 26. Qc5 c3 27. bxc3 Qb8 28.
Nb6 Rc7 29. Qxa5 Ra7 30. Qb4 Ra1+ 31. Kb2 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Qxb6 33. Bxd6 Rxd6 34.
Rxd6 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "World Youth Stars 6th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2008.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2008.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd2
Ng4 9. Nd5 Nxe3 10. Nxe3 Be6 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Nd5 Rc8
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. c4 Be7 19. b3 Rf6 20. Qe2 Rcf8 21.
Rac1 Qc5 22. Rc3 Qa5 23. Rc2 Bd8 24. Nf3 Bb6 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Bc5 27. Ne1
a5 28. g3 Kf7 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. f3 g5 31. Nd3 Bd4 32. h3 h5 33. g4 Rh6 34. gxh5
Rxh5 35. a4 Rh4 36. Rb1 Rfh8 37. Rh1 R4h7 38. Rdd1 Rc8 39. Rc1 Kf6 40. Rhe1
Rhc7 41. Red1 Rc6 42. Kg3 Kg6 43. Re1 R6c7 44. Rc2 Kf6 45. Rcc1 Ra8 46. Nf2 Rh7
47. Rh1 Rc8 48. Ng4+ Ke7 49. Rb1 Rch8 50. Kg2 Kd8 51. b4 axb4 52. Rxb4 Kc7 53.
a5 Ra8 54. Rb5 Kc6 55. Rhb1 b6 56. axb6 Rb7 57. Kg3 Rxb6 58. Nf6 Rba6 59. Rb7
R6a7 60. Rxa7 Bxa7 61. Kg4 Be3 62. Nh7 Rg8 63. Ra1 Rh8 64. Nxg5 Bxg5 65. Kxg5
Rxh3 66. Kf6 Rxf3+ 67. Kxe6 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars 6th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2008.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2008.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Bf5 11. e4 Be6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qh5 14. f3 a6 15.
Rac1 Rfc8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bh3 18. Rfe1 Bf6 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Rc7 22. Qd4 Qh6 23. Rce3 Re8 24. Qb6 Rd7 25. a4 Qg7 26. a5 Kf8 27. R1e2
Rc8 28. Qb4 Qf6 29. Re4 Rb8 30. Qb6 Qc3 31. R4e3 Qf6 32. Rd3 Kg7 33. Rde3 Kf8
34. Re4 Qc3 35. g4 Rc8 36. h4 h6 37. R4e3 Qf6 38. Kg3 g5 39. h5 Qa1 40. Kg2 Qf6
41. Rc2 Rdc7 42. Re4 Qa1 43. f4 gxf4 44. Qf2 Qg7 45. Qxf4 Qg5 46. Qf3 f6 47.
Rf4 Kf7 48. Rf5 Qh4 49. Re2 Rg8 50. Re4 Rg5 51. Kf1 Rc8 52. Rxg5 Qxg5 53. Re3
Qg7 54. Qf5 Rc7 55. Ke2 Kf8 56. Kd3 Qf7 57. Kd4 Kg7 58. b4 Qe8 59. Re6 Qa4 60.
Qg6+ Kf8 61. Qxh6+ Ke8 62. Qg6+ Kd8 63. Qb1 Qe8 64. Qc2 Qh8 65. c5 Qh6 66. Re4
f5 67. gxf5 Qf6+ 68. Kc4 Qxf5 69. Qg2 Qxh5 70. Qg8+ Qe8 71. Qxe8+ Kxe8 72. Rh4
Kd7 73. Rh8 Rc8 74. Rxc8 Kxc8 75. c6 e5 76. b5 axb5+ 77. Kxb5 Kc7 78. cxb7 Kxb7
79. Kc4 Ka6 80. Kb4 e4 81. Kc4 Kxa5 82. Kd4 Kb4 83. Kxe4 Kc5 84. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars 6th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2008.11.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Paikidze, Nazi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Rg1
Qe7 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. e4 e5 12. g5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 Rf8 14. f4 exd4 15.
Ne2 b5 16. Nxd4 Nb8 17. Be2 Bc5 18. Qd3 Ra7 19. e5 Rd7 20. Ngf3 Bxd4 21. Nxd4
Nd5 22. Nf5 Qc5 23. Qg3 g6 24. Nd6+ Rxd6 25. exd6 Bf5 26. Bg4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4 Nd7
28. Rg2 Kd8 29. Re2 f5 30. Qxg6 N5f6 31. Rc1 Qxd6 32. Qxf5 Qd4 33. Kd1 c5 34.
b3 Nd5 35. Qe4 Rxf4 36. Qxd4 Rxd4 37. Kc2 Kc7 38. Rd1 Kd6 39. Be1 1-0

[Event "World Youth Stars 6th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2008.11.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ganichev, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Bb7 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Bg5 Nc5 15.
Nh4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nf5 Qb4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Ng5 21.
Qxe5 f6 22. Qg3 Ra7 23. Rae1 g6 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Ng4 Re7 26. c3 Rxe1 27. Rxe1
Qxb2 28. h4 Nf7 29. h5 Qd2 30. Re7 Qg5 31. h6+ Kg8 32. Re6 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 f5 34.
Nf6+ Kh8 35. Re3 Qd2 36. Qf4 Nxh6 37. Qg5 Qd6+ 38. Kh1 Qxf6 39. Qxh6 Rd8 40.
Re2 Kg8 41. Qh3 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Qd6+ 43. g3 Qc6 44. Rg2 Qxc3 45. Qh4 Qc1 0-1

[Event "Groningen op-A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Klein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2008.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6
15. Ne3 Qa5+ 16. c3 Nf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bxc3+ 18. Kd1 Qa4+ 19. Nc2 Bxb2 20. Rc1 Bxc1
21. Qf6 Kd7 22. Kxc1 Rac8 23. Bd3 Rhe8 24. Rd1 Nd4 25. Rd2 Rc3 26. Bg6 e5 27.
Bxe8+ Kxe8 28. Qg6+ Ke7 29. Kd1 Qc4 30. Rxd4 exd4 31. Kd2 Qd5 32. Nb4 Qe6 33.
Qg7+ Ke8 34. Qh8+ Kd7 35. Qg7+ Kc8 36. Qh8+ Kd7 37. Qxd4 Rc4 38. Qb6 Rc7 39. a3
Kc8 40. Qd4 Rc4 41. Qh8+ Kc7 42. Qh7+ Kc8 43. Qh8+ Kc7 44. Qg7+ Kc8 45. f3 a5
46. Nd3 Rc7 47. Qh8+ Kd7 48. Qd4 Qa2+ 49. Ke3 Qe6+ 50. Kf2 Qa2+ 51. Kg1 Qxa3
52. Kh2 h5 53. Ne5+ Ke6 54. Qe4 Qb4 55. Nc4+ Kd7 56. Bxd6 Qxc4 57. Qe7+ Kc6 58.
Qxc7+ Kd5 59. Qf7+ Kd4 60. Qxb7 Ke3 61. Qa7+ Ke2 62. Qxa5 Kf1 63. Bg3 Qd4 64.
Qe1# 1-0

[Event "Groningen op-A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2008.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Assendelft, Floris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 b6 8. a5 b5
9. Qe2 e5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ne3 Nc6 12. c4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nxa5 15. Ra4
Rb8 16. Bd2 Nb3 17. Rxb4 Rxb4 18. Bxb4 Nd4 19. Qd1 Bd7 20. Nd2 a5 21. Bc3 Nb5
22. Qb3 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Be7 24. Bb5 O-O 25. Ra1 Bg5 26. Nf3 Bg4 27. Be2 Qc7 28.
Qb5 Bd8 29. c4 Bd7 30. Qa6 Qc5 31. Qb7 Be8 32. Rb1 f5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. h4 h6
35. g3 e4 36. Ne1 f4 37. Qb3 a4 38. Qc3 Ba5 0-1

[Event "Groningen op-A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2008.12.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15.
Ng5 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qb3 a5 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Rfc1 Nb8 20. Qd1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Qd7 22. Qg4 Nc6 23. h4 h6 24. Nh3 Qf7 25. Nf4 Kh7 26. g3 Qf5 27. Qe2 Be7 28.
Qb5 g5 29. hxg5 Bxg5 30. Qxb7 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Bxf4 32. gxf4 Qg6+ 33. Kh2 Qh5+ 34.
Kg3 Qg6+ 35. Kh2 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op-A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2008.12.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. b3 Ne4
9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bg4 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e6 14. Bb4 Re8 15.
Qd2 Nc6 16. Bc5 b6 17. Ba3 Qd7 18. Be2 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Rc2
Qd6 22. Rac1 a5 23. h4 Ne7 24. g3 h5 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Bd3 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rc8 28.
Qc1 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Nc6 30. Qc3 Nb4 31. Bb1 Nc6 32. Bd3 Nb4 33. Bb1 Qc6 34. Qd2
Qc7 35. Bd3 Nxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op-A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2008.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bc2 Nc6 7. d4 b6 8. Ba4
Qc7 9. O-O Ba6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bc2 Rc8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bf4 h6 14. Bg3 Be7 15.
a3 Bb7 16. Nbd2 a6 17. Nb3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Rc1 Rd8 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. Qg4
Kf8 22. Rcd1 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Be7 24. h4 h5 25. Qf4 Kg8 26. Re3 Bc6 27. Bb1 g6 28.
Rf3 Rf8 29. Rc1 Kg7 30. Qd2 Rc8 31. Bf4 Bd7 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 33. Bg5 Bxg5 34. Qxg5
Qd8 35. Rf6 Qe8 36. b4 Bd7 37. Bd3 Bc6 38. Be2 Qc8 39. g4 hxg4 40. Bxg4 Be8 41.
Rf3 Qc2 42. h5 Rh6 43. Qf6+ Kf8 44. Qf4 Kg7 45. Qf6+ Kf8 46. Rf4 Rh7 47. Kg2
gxh5 48. Bxe6 Rg7+ 49. Kh2 Qc1 50. Bxd5 Qg1+ 51. Kh3 h4 52. Rxh4 Bd7+ 0-1

[Event "Groningen op-A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Swinkels, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Bc3 Nd7 15.
Qb2 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. dxc5 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Nxc5 20. Rdc1 Qb7 21.
Qc2 Be4 22. Ng5 Bxc2 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. R1xc2 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Nc5 26. b4 Na6 27.
a3 h6 28. Nf3 f6 29. e3 e5 30. g4 Kf7 31. Nh4 g6 32. Kg2 Rd7 33. f4 exf4 34.
exf4 Nc7 35. Kg3 Nb5 36. Re3 Rc7 37. Nf3 Rc4 38. Rd3 Ke7 39. Nh4 Kf7 40. Nf3
Rc3 41. Rxc3 Nxc3 42. Nd4 Nb1 43. a4 a5 44. bxa5 bxa5 45. Nb3 Nc3 46. Nxa5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op-A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bojkov, Dejan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Ne3 Nc6 15. Bd5
Bxd5 16. exd5 Nb8 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Nbd7 19. c4 g6 20. Bb2 bxc4 21. dxc4 a5
22. c5 axb4 23. cxd6 Bxd6 24. Nc4 Rxa1 25. Bxa1 Qc7 26. Nfxe5 Re8 27. Nxd7
Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Nxd7 29. Qe4 Qa7 30. Bb2 Bf8 31. Ne5 f5 32. Qc4 Qc5 33. Qd3 Nxe5
34. Bxe5 Kf7 35. g3 Bd6 36. Bb2 Be7 37. Qb3 Bd6 38. g4 Qc8 39. Qd3 Bc5 40. Qd2
Qc7 41. Kg2 Qe7 42. Kf1 Qe4 43. d6 Qb1+ 44. Kg2 Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op-A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2008.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Ne8 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. h4 e5 14. h5 Be6 15.
Qh2 Bb4 16. a3 Bd6 17. g6 h6 18. Bh3 Qe7 19. Rhg1 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Rd3 a5 23. Rgd1 b4 24. Ne2 bxa3 25. Rxa3 a4 26. Qg1 Qb4 27. Qe1 Qe7
28. Qc3 Qg5+ 29. Kb1 Nf6 30. Qxc6 Rae8 31. Rxa4 Nxh5 32. Ra7 Qxg6 33. Rh1 Qg2
34. Rxh5 Qxe2 35. Qd7 Qg2 36. Rxh6 Qg1+ 37. Ka2 Qxa7+ 0-1

[Event "Groningen op-A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2008.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2008.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Delft Prinsenstad op-A"]
[Site "Delft"]
[Date "2009.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Speck, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O c6 8.
c4 Qh5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. d5 e5 11. Rd1 c5 12. Nb5 Kd7 13. Qc2 a6 14. Nxd6 Kxd6 15.
b4 Nfd7 16. Ba3 cxb4 17. Bxb4+ Kc7 18. c5 a5 19. c6 Qg6 20. d6+ Kb6 21. cxb7
Ra6 22. Qc7+ Ka7 23. Bc5+ Nxc5 24. Qxc5+ Kxb7 25. Rab1+ Ka8 26. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Delft Prinsenstad op-A"]
[Site "Delft"]
[Date "2009.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meulenbroek, Kim"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O g6 8. a4 Bg7
9. Nbc3 O-O 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qh4 12. f4 Bg4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qe1 Qxe1 15.
Raxe1 f6 16. Ng3 Be6 17. Bc1 Bf7 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Be3 Be6 20. Re2 Bf6 21. Ref2
Be7 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Rf2 Rb8 24. Nf1 Be7 25. Nd2 Kg7 26. Nc4 h5 27. g3 Bh3
28. Bd2 Rd8 29. Na5 Rc8 30. Nc4 Rh8 31. Bc3 Kg8 32. Na5 Bd7 33. h4 g5 34. hxg5
Bxg5 35. Nc4 Be7 36. Ne3 h4 37. gxh4 Bxh4 38. Rg2+ Kf7 39. Nc4 Be7 40. Ba5 Bh3
41. Rg3 Rh6 42. Bd2 Rh7 43. Bg5 Bd7 44. Bd2 Be6 45. Be1 Ke8 46. Rg6 Kf7 47. Rg3
Rh6 48. Bd2 Rh8 49. Be1 Ke8 50. Rg6 Kf7 51. Rg3 Rh5 52. Na5 Bd7 53. Nc4 Be6 54.
Na5 Bd7 55. Nc4 Rh8 56. Kg2 Ke8 57. Bd2 Rh7 58. Bg5 Bf8 59. Be3 Be6 60. Rg6 Kf7
61. Rg3 Rh5 62. Na5 Bd7 63. Nc4 Be7 64. Bd2 Rh7 0-1

[Event "Delft Prinsenstad op-A"]
[Site "Delft"]
[Date "2009.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Steffens, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Na6 2. e4 c6 3. Nc3 Nc7 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. h3 d6 7. Be3 f5 8. Qd2
fxe4 9. Nxe4 Nd5 10. Bg5 Bf5 11. O-O Qd7 12. c4 Ndf6 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. Nh4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf6 17. Nxg6 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Rg8 19. Nxe7 Bxe7 20. Rae1
O-O-O 21. Rxe7 Qxh3 22. f4 Rdf8 23. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Delft Prinsenstad op-A"]
[Site "Delft"]
[Date "2009.01.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Broekmeulen, Jasper"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. c3 Nc6 10. a3 Rc8 11. b4 Qc7 12. b5 Na5 13. c4 Nd7 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15. Nf1
Rcd8 16. Ne3 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. h4 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. e5 Nd7 21. d4 cxd4
22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Nf5 Nxe5 24. Qxd4 Nb3 25. Qb2 Nxc1 26. Rxe5 d4 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8
28. Qxc1 Bxf3 29. Bxf3 Qe5 30. Qc6 Rd8 31. Be4 g6 32. f4 Qe8 33. Nxd4 Qe7 34.
Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Delft Prinsenstad op-A"]
[Site "Delft"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. a3 bxa3 10. Nxa3 e5 11. Nb5 a5 12. h3 b6 13. Qb3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 e4 15.
Nd2 Nb4 16. Nc3 Re8 17. Na2 Nxa2 18. Qxa2 d5 19. b3 Qd6 20. Rdc1 Rec8 21. c5
Qc6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. b4 a4 24. b5 Qxb5 25. cxb6 Qd7 26. Rc5 Rxb6 27. Qxa4 Rbc6
28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Nb3 Rc8 30. Qxd7 Nxd7 31. Ra7 Nf6 32. Nc5 Rd8 33. Kh2 g5 34.
Kg3 Rd6 35. f3 exf3 36. gxf3 h6 37. Nd3 Nh5+ 38. Kg4 Ng7 39. h4 f6 40. hxg5
hxg5 41. f4 Re6 42. Nb4 gxf4 43. Kxf4 Rd6 44. Ra5 Kf7 45. Nxd5 Ne6+ 46. Kg4 Rd7
47. Kf3 Ng5+ 48. Kf4 Ne6+ 49. Ke4 Ng5+ 50. Kf5 Ne6 51. Ke4 Ng5+ 52. Kd3 Ne6 53.
Nc3 Ng5 54. Ra6 Ne6 55. Ne4 Rd8 56. Ra5 Rb8 57. Rf5 Rb3+ 58. Ke2 Rb4 59. Kd3
Rb3+ 60. Kd2 Rb2+ 61. Kc3 Re2 62. Kd3 Ra2 63. Rxf6+ Ke7 64. Rf1 Ra3+ 65. Nc3
Nc7 66. Rf5 Ke6 67. Rc5 Na6 68. Rc6+ Kd7 69. Rc4 Nc7 70. e4 Nb5 71. Rc5 Nd6 72.
e5 Nf7 73. Rb5 Ke6 74. Rb6+ Ke7 75. Kc4 Ra1 76. Rb7+ Ke8 77. Ne4 Ra4+ 78. Kd5
Ra5+ 79. Nc5 Nd8 80. Rb8 Ke7 81. Rxd8 Kxd8 82. Kc6 Ra1 83. d5 Re1 84. e6 Re2
85. Kd6 Re1 86. Nd7 Re2 87. Ne5 Ke8 88. Nc6 Rh2 89. Kc7 Rh7+ 90. Kc8 Rh6 1-0

[Event "Delft Prinsenstad op-A"]
[Site "Delft"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. a3
Be7 9. f4 d6 10. g4 Nd7 11. g5 b5 12. O-O Bb7 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3
Nb6 16. f6 gxf6 17. gxf6 Bf8 18. Kh1 Rg8 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Nd5 Qc5 21. b4 Qc8
22. Rf2 Qh3 23. Nc7+ Kd8 24. Nxa8 Qh4 25. Qf1 Bxa8 26. Bf3 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Nd2 c3 8. bxc3
bxc3 9. Nb1 Qa5 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Ba3 e5 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. Bxa6 Bxa6 14. dxe5 Rb8
15. Nxc3 Qxe5 16. Nge2 Bxe2 17. Kxe2 Nf6 18. Rab1 g6 19. Rxb8+ Qxb8 20. Rb1
Qxh2 21. Ne4 Qh5+ 22. f3 Nxe4 23. Qb2 Kg8 24. Qd4 Qh2 25. fxe4 h5 26. Qf6 Qxg2+
27. Kd3 Kh7 28. Rb7 Rf8 29. Rxf7+ Rxf7 30. Qxf7+ Kh6 31. Qf8+ Kh7 32. Qe7+ Kh6
33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Qf7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bitalzadeh, Ali"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qb3 Qb8 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Qa3 Nb6 13. Nfe5 Nxc4 14. Nxc4
Nd5 15. e4 Nb6 16. Na5 Bd6 17. Qb3 O-O 18. f4 Rd8 19. Be3 Bc7 20. g4 Nd5 21.
Nc4 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 Ba5+ 23. Ke2 Rxd4 24. Rad1 Rb4 25. Qa3 Qxf4 26. Qxa5 Rxb2+
27. Rd2 Rxd2+ 28. Qxd2 Bg6 29. Qd7 h5 30. Rb1 b6 31. Qxc6 Rd8 32. Qc2 Kh7 33.
Rf1 Qb8 34. Rc1 Rd4 35. Qc7 Qe8 36. Qe5 Qa4 37. gxh5 Bxe4 38. h6 f6 39. Qg3 g5
40. Bxe4+ Rxe4 41. Qd6 Qb5+ 42. Qd3 Qxd3+ 43. Kxd3 Ra4 44. Rc6 Ra3+ 45. Kd4
Ra4+ 46. Kd3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Bd6 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 g6 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Ne5 Bf5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Qc7 17. g3 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Be7 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. h4 Bf6 21. h5
Rd7 22. Kg2 Rfd8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rh1 Bxd4 25. Qd2 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 e5 27. Rxe5
Rd4 28. Qe2 c5 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qe3 Qc6+ 32. f3 Qf6 33. Qh6+ Kg8
34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Qxh8 36. Rxh8+ Ke7 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. Kf2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. O-O e5 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nh4
Bc5 9. c4 O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 Bb6 12. Nf5 Nc5 13. Nc3 Ne7 14. Ne3 Ne6 15.
Nc4 Bc7 16. b4 Qd7 17. Rb1 b5 18. Nd2 a5 19. a3 f5 20. Nf3 Nd4 21. Bg5 axb4 22.
axb4 Ra3 23. Rc1 Bxf3 24. exf3 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Nd5 26. Bd2 Nxc3 27. Bxc3 f4 28.
Re1 fxg3 29. fxg3 Nf5 30. Kh2 Qf7 31. Re4 Qg6 32. Qe1 Nh6 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34.
Rxe5 Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 {An
extremely daring choice.} 8. Qb3 b5 $6 ({An extremely daring choice. Does
Black really have enough after the capture on b5? Giri decides to believe his
opponent and play things positionally.} 8... Qb6 {would be the normal move.})
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd2 a5 12. O-O-O $2 ({Really a case of castling
into it.} 12. Bd3 {looks much safer.}) 12... Be7 13. g4 Na6 14. Qc2 a4 15. h4
Nb4 16. Qb1 a3 17. b3 Qd6 18. Be2 Rc8 19. h5 gxh5 20. gxh5 Qe6 21. f4 $2 c5 $1
22. h6 Rxh6 23. Rxh6 gxh6 24. Bxb5+ Kd8 {An original position. The black king
turns out to be as safe as houses on d8, whereas the white monarch is facing
extinction.} 25. Bd3 cxd4 26. exd4 Qh3 27. Bc4 ({Desperation, as he cannot
save material. If} 27. Be1 Qe3+ {mates.}) 27... dxc4 28. bxc4 Rxc4 29. Qb3 Rc8
30. Be1 Nfd5 31. Qa4 Rxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Be2 Re8 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4
8. O-O d6 9. f3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Re1 b6 12. a4 a5 13. Nf2 h6 14. Bh4 Nf8
15. Ne4 g5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bf2 Bf5 18. Qd2 Qg6 19. Rac1 Rad8 20. h4 f6 21.
b3 Kg7 22. Bb5 Bd7 23. Bd3 Qf7 24. Bd4 Qh5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. g4 Qh4 27. Qf2 Qh3
28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Ng6 30. Kg3 Nf4 31. Bf1 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Re8 33. Rxe8 Bxe8
34. Be3 Bg6 35. Bxf4 gxf4+ 36. Kxf4 Bxc2 37. Bc4 c6 38. Ke3 d5 39. Kd2 dxc4 40.
Kxc2 cxb3+ 41. Kxb3 f5 42. Kc4 Kf6 43. Kd4 b5 44. axb5 cxb5 45. c4 bxc4 46.
Kxc4 fxg4 47. fxg4 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1
Qf7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. Qc2 Ndf6 12. e3 c6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15.
e4 f4 16. Nf3 Nh5 17. e5 Bf5 18. Qd2 Bg4 19. exd6 Bxf3 20. dxe7 Bxg2 21.
exf8=Q+ Rxf8 22. Kxg2 Qf5 23. Kh1 Qh3 24. Rg1 f3 25. Qg5 Nf6 26. Qh4 Qf5 27. g4
Qc2 28. Ba3 Ne4 29. Rgf1 g5 30. Qh3 Rf7 31. Rae1 Nxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qxf2 33. Re8+
Bf8 34. Bxf8 Rxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. a4 a5 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5 c6
9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bh3 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. c3 e5 15.
dxe5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxe5 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Bg2 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Kf2 Bc7 21. Bf1
Red8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Be2 Bb3 24. f4 h5 25. Bd4 h4 26. Be3 hxg3+ 27. hxg3 Kg7
28. Bd4+ f6 29. Bf3 Rh8 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Ra3 Be6 32. Ra1 Rd8 33. Rh1 Kg7 34. Re1
Kf7 35. Rh1 Kg7 36. Re1 Re8 37. Kf2 Bf7 38. Rxe8 Bxe8 39. b4 Bd7 40. Bd1 Kf7
41. Ke3 Bd6 42. Bc5 Bxc5+ 43. bxc5 g5 44. Bh5+ Ke7 45. Ke4 gxf4 46. gxf4 Be6
47. Bd1 Bg8 48. Kd4 Bh7 49. Bb3 Bf5 50. Ke3 Kf8 51. Kd4 Kg7 52. Ke3 Bb1 53. Kf3
Kg6 54. Kg4 Bf5+ 55. Kf3 Bd3 56. Kg4 Be2+ 57. Kg3 Bd3 58. Kg4 Be2+ 59. Kg3 Kf5
60. Bc2+ Ke6 61. Bb3+ Kd7 62. Kf2 Bg4 63. Ke3 Bf5 64. Kd4 Kc7 65. Bd1 Be6 66.
Bc2 Bd5 67. Bd1 Kd7 68. Bg4+ Ke7 69. Bd1 Kf7 70. Bc2 Ke6 71. Ke3 Bg2 72. Kd4
Bh3 73. Bd3 Bg4 74. Bc2 Bh5 75. Kc4 Be2+ 76. Kd4 Bg4 77. Kc4 Bf5 78. Bd1 Be4
79. Bg4+ Kf7 80. Bh5+ Kg7 81. Bd1 Kg6 82. Kd4 Kf5 83. Ke3 Bd5 84. Bc2+ Kg4 85.
Bd1+ Kg3 86. Bc2 Be6 87. Bd1 Kg2 88. Bc2 Kf1 89. Kf3 Ke1 90. Ke3 Bg4 91. Bg6
Bd1 92. Kd3 Bxa4 93. c4 Kf2 94. Bf7 Kf3 95. f5 Kf4 96. Be6 Bd1 97. Bc8 Bf3 98.
Kc3 Ke5 99. Be6 Be4 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I had a great tournament in Wijk aan Zee. It was already a great pleasure for
me to play there, not only because it is really nice tournament and place
itself, but also because I didn't qualify via the Internet qualifier, and
instead was invited in place of someone else. It was the first time that I
played in such a strong closed tournament and it was even more pleasant for me
that I scored my 3rd GM norm there. My tournament did not start that well. I
played relatively well, but I didn't have a lot of luck, and after round 7, I
had only 3 out of 7, without having won a single game. But after that,
something happened and I won 5 games in a row. Obviously it was not without
luck, but anyway it was very good to beat five strong players, one after the
other.  This game was against Dutch IM Roeland Pruijssers. I lost to him once
in the year 2008 and of course I wanted to take revenge.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 {The King's Indian. I expected this opening from my opponent
and prepared very well...or so I thought.} 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 {The Classical
system, the most principled line against the King's Indian.} e5 7. Be3 {
The main move is 7.0-0, but this line is also quite popular and was played by
many strong players. However in this game I chose this move just to transpose
to another line which arises after 7.0-0 Na6 8.Be3.} Na6 {Not the main move,
but a very logical one. Black develops his knight, without blocking his bishop,
but what is more important, he protects his pawn on c7. The main move here is
Ng4 and very complicated play arises, with a lot of theory.} 8. O-O Ng4 {
By far the most popular move. Black wants to exploit the drawbacks of 7.Be3.}
9. Bg5 Qe8 {Now it is very important that the pawn on c7 is protected. For
example, if Black's knight were on d7 instead of a6, White would have Nd(b)5
winning immediately. This position is basically the starting position of the
Na6 line. White has tried a lot of moves here, such as 10.dxe5, 10.h3 and 10.
Re1, but the move I choose is the most tricky attempt. As I already said, I
prepared it..} 10. c5 $5 {This time White wants to exploit the bad sides of
Na6. White wants to damage Black's structure with Bxa6, and also to use some
tricks with Nd5 threatening Bxa6 and Nxc7. Here I actually expected my
opponent either to reply immediately or to think for about 30 minutes. But
very surprisingly for me, my opponent thought 10 minutes and then replied.}
exd4 {The most popular move here, together with 10...h6. As I already said, my
opponent thought here for 10 minutes and normally, when some top grandmaster
thinks for 10 minutes in the opening about just one move, it does not mean
that he never saw such a position or something like this, but means that he is
trying to remember or check some of his analysis or even choose one of moves
he had analyzed. But I thought, somehow, that my opponent didn't know the move
10.c5 and now just made a move, which he found over the board.} (10... h6 {
is the other main move.} 11. Bh4 exd4 {and now both Nd5 and Nxd4 are possible,
with a very complicated game.} 12. Nd5 $13 (12. Nxd4 $13)) 11. Nd5 {This is
the point. As I already said, there are tricks with the pawn hanging on c7.}
Qxe4 {This is the main line, according to the statistics. But the problem was,
that I had a long analysis, which I rechecked and I spend most of my time
analysing lines, which I thought were the most critical and give White some
problems in achieving an advantage. This main line I just checked once and I
remembered I had a big advantage at the end of the line. Objectively I think
this move is already a mistake.} (11... dxc5 {is the other possibility. I
think this is better than Qxe4.} 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Rc1 (13. Nxc7)) (11... h6 {
is possible as well.} 12. Bh4 {transposes to 10...h6 11.Bh4 exd 12.Nd5}) 12.
Ne7+ {Actually, at the board, I thought Qxe4 was a new move and I was sure
there is a refutation of it. I started to think of the refutation... And I
spent a lot of time on my next three theoretical moves. This can happen if you
think that you prepared well, but in fact you didn't.} Kh8 {Here, immediately
after my opponent played Qxe4, I thought I may win an exchange with Nxc8 Rxc8
and Nd2 following by Bxg4-c8, but of course after one minute's thought I
recognized, that after Nxc8 Black will just play Nxc5! and be better. So I had
no choice but to play cxd. It sounds so easy now, but I was still wanting to
refute my opponent's "novelty" and really spent a lot of time.} 13. cxd6 (13.
Nxc8 $2 Nxc5 14. Nd2 Qe5 15. Bxg4 Qxg5 $17) 13... Nc5 {A good and nice move.
d3 is the idea.} (13... cxd6 $2 14. Nxc8 Raxc8 15. Nd2 Qe5 16. Bxg4 Qxg5 17.
Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 $16) 14. Bc4 {The most logical and the best move, but I was
also considering all other possible moves in this position...} ({for example} 
14. Bb5 d3 15. Rc1 Qb4 $1 {and Black stands excellently.}) 14... d3 {The only
move. Re1 was the threat. And here I was thinking about the move I had in my
analysis - Rc1! However, the problem was that I totally missed that after 15.
Rc1 Ne5 16.Re1 Nxf3+ 17.gxf Black has Qd4! saving his queen. It is of course
very easy, but I calculated this "refutation of his novelty" a couple of moves
ago and I did not see anything better on the way. Actually if you continue the
line with dxc you will see that White is just much better and in that analysis
I had, the line continued even a couple moves further, until it was a clear +/
-, but I was thinking during the game, that it is very dangerous to open up
your king with moves like gxf, which is not very necessary.} 15. Bd5 $5 {
This move although not the best, is not so bad either.} (15. Rc1 $1 Ne5 16. Re1
Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qd4 18. dxc7 $16 {The pawn on c7 will become a monster very
soon. Actually it is already a monster. This position, which arises by force
after Qxe, is the reason why I think Qxe4 is bad.}) 15... Qe2 $6 {This move
looks good, but it isn't.} (15... Qb4 $1 {was the only move to prove that Bd5
is not so good. Black is almost equal here.} 16. dxc7 Ne6 {Maybe other moves
are possible as well, but I like this one best, as it forces White to exchange
everything.} 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qxd3 Rxc7 {and now due to the
pawn structure, White should be better. However, the problem for him is that
the pawn on b2 is also very weak, and all of Black's pieces are very good. I
think the position is equal.}) (15... Qa4 {is strange-looking and weak.} 16.
Qxa4 Nxa4 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bc6 Nc5 20. dxc7 Rb6 21. Bd5 $16 {
and the two bishops, with such a pawn on c7, will decide.}) 16. dxc7 {Now very
surprisingly, the position is close to lost for Black. Here is my analysis,
which is trying to prove my evaluation.} Ne6 (16... f6 {Logical - the knight
on e7 is not protected anymore after this move.} 17. Nxc8 fxg5 18. Nd6 Qe7 (
18... Bxb2 19. Rb1 Be5 20. Nxb7 $16) 19. c8=Q Raxc8 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 (20... Qd7
21. b4 $1 Qxd5 (21... Rxc8) 22. Ne7 Qd6 23. bxc5 Qxe7 24. Rb1 $16) 21. b4 $1
Qd6 (21... Ne4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Rc1 $16) 22. Rc1 $1 Qxd5 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24.
bxc5 $16 {White is just an exchange up.}) (16... h6 17. Bh4 $1 {This time
White should keep the bishop.} g5 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. Bg3 $16 {The position is
just very good for White - he has a got a nice, well-protected pawn on c7 and
a much better king.}) (16... Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qa3 18. Qc1 $1 Qa5 19. Qc4 Qxc7 20.
Nxc8 Qxc8 21. Rfc1 $18 {and White wins a piece.}) (16... Nf6 $5 {possibly the
best.} 17. Qxe2 $1 (17. Re1 Qxb2 18. Rc1 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 b6 20. Be7 Bf5 21. Bxf8
Bxf8 22. Ne7 Bxe7 23. Rxe7 Kg7 $11 {was how one correspondence game went.
Black had no problems by this point and later the game was drawn.}) 17... dxe2
18. Rfe1 Nxd5 (18... Re8 19. Rxe2 Nxd5 20. Nxg6+ hxg6 21. Rxe8+ Kh7 22. Rc1
Nxc7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc5 Bxb2 25. g3 Ba3 26. Rc4 {threatening Bf4 and Bf6!}
b5 27. Rc6 Bb4 28. Nd4 Ba5 29. Nxb5 $18) 19. Nxd5 Re8 (19... Be6 20. Nf4 f6 21.
Bh4 Bg4 22. Bg3 $16 {The white pawn on c7 is still alive.}) 20. Be3 $1 (20. Be7
Be6 21. Bxc5 Bxd5 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Bxa7 Bc6 24. Bb6 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Re6 $11)
20... b6 (20... Be6 21. Nb4 Bxb2 22. Bxc5 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 $16 {White is up on
material.}) 21. Rxe2 Bb7 22. Rd1 Rac8 23. Rc2 Ne6 24. h3 Kg8 25. Ng5 Be5 26.
Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Bh6 f5 28. Bg5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxc7 30. f4 Ree8 31. Rd7 Bb8 32.
Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Kf2 $16 {and White is much better, though material is equal.})
17. Nxc8 $2 {Here, I finally decided to start to play quickly, as a big part
of my time was already gone, but it was a wrong decision. I should have
calculated Bxe6! to the end. Instead I just evaluated the position after Bxe6
as not good, due to Black's powerful bishops and the strong pawn on d3. I
understimated my chances connected with the pawn on c7.} (17. Bxe6 $1 $18 {
This was the winning move already. Again I will give all the lines, just to
show that I was winning.} Bxe6 (17... Qxe6 18. Qxd3 $18) 18. h3 $1 h6 {
Everything else loses as well. It is really difficult to believe that Black is
lost and for me during the game it was even difficult to believe that I was
better. Black's pieces look good and the pawn on c7 does not look that
dangerous, as the c8 square is well protected, but... I can't explain why, but
White is winning.. So here I will just give all lines. There is no comment
needed I think. Some moves are not that obvious and I can't explain them, but
they are strong.} (18... Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qc2 (19... Qc3 20. c8=Q $1 Bxc8 21. Nxc8
Raxc8 22. hxg4 $18) 20. Rxb7 (20. c8=Q) 20... Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxc2 dxc2
23. Rc1 $18 {The pawn on c2 falls and the one on c7 promotes.}) (18... Ne5 19.
Nd4 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Bd7 21. Rac1 Rfe8 22. Nd5 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Ne7 Bxb2 25.
Rc5 $18 {Black is lost anyhow here. One of White's threats is...hmm, in fact
White doesn't have a threat, but will just win, taking on d3 and c6 etc. Black
is helpless.}) (18... Nf6 19. Nd4 Qe5 (19... Qxb2 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qxd3 Qe5
22. Rac1 Qxg5 23. c8=Q Raxc8 24. Rxc8 $18) 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Rc1
$18 {with c8 to follow. White is not even in a hurry to play that move.}) (
18... f6 19. Bh4 Ne5 20. Nd4 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 Bf7 22. f4 $18 {The pawn on d3
will fall and White is winning.}) 19. hxg4 Qxd1 (19... hxg5 20. Re1 Qxd1 (20...
Qxb2 21. Qxd3 $18) 21. Raxd1) 20. Raxd1 hxg5 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. c8=Q Raxc8 (
22... Bxc8 23. Nxg6+ $18) 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Nxg5 Bxa2 25. Rxd3 Bxb2 26. Re2
Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Rb1 28. Rd7 $18 {with an exchange up and an attack.}) 17... Raxc8
18. Bxe6 {This was my idea. I wanted to play Bd8 and try to use the plusses of
my c7-pawn. But if Black plays well he can equalise.} Qxe6 {Not a mistake yet,
but fxe would have been much more unpleasant for me.} (18... fxe6 $5 {opens
the rook and keeps the queen active. I was afraid that my opponent would play
this move, but I felt he was going to play Qxe6.} 19. Bd8 (19. Qxe2 dxe2 20.
Rfe1 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Bc3 22. Rxe2 Rxc7 23. Rxe6 $11 {is just equal.}) 19... Qe4
$1 {Black transfers his queen to the centre, to d5. b2 is hanging now and the
Ne5-c6 maneuvre is in the air. Black is fine after this move. Other moves
don't equalise. For example.} (19... Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bf6 (20... Be5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5
22. Qb3 d2 23. Qxb7 Rcxd8 24. cxd8=Q Rxd8 25. Rfd1 Rf8 (25... Nd3 26. Qf7 Ra8
27. h3 $18) 26. Qxa7 Nc4 (26... Nd3 27. Qe3 Rxf2 28. Qxe2 Rxe2 29. a4 $18 Re1+
30. Rxe1 dxe1=Q+ 31. Rxe1 Nxe1 32. a5 $18) 27. f3 $16) 21. Qa4 $1 $16) 20. h3 (
20. Rb1 Qd5 $1 $11) 20... Ne5 21. Ng5 Qd5 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Nc6 24. Rfd1 (
24. Nxe6 Re8 25. Rae1 d2 26. Re3 Kg8 $11) 24... Bxb2 25. Rab1 Bd4 26. Rxd3 e5
$1 27. Ne6 Re8 28. Nxd4 exd4 $11) 19. Bd8 {The whole point of my exchanges. My
opponent said after the game that he totally missed this idea.} Ne5 (19...
Rcxd8 $5 {would be strong, if not for a small combination that I had planned:}
20. cxd8=Q Rxd8 21. Ng5 (21. Qa4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxa7 Qd5 24. Qb6 d2 $44)
21... Qf5 22. Nxf7+ {the little combination.} Qxf7 23. Qxg4 Bxb2 24. Rab1 $14 {
White is better here, though Black still has a lot of chances. It is important
for the future endings, that White has an extra pawn on the kingside.}) (19...
Qd5 $1 {Again this centralisation was an equalizer.} 20. Re1 (20. Qb3 {does
not give White anything either.} Qxb3 21. axb3 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxa7 Bxc7
24. Bf6+ Kg8 25. Rxb7 Rfe8 26. g3 Be5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Rd7 Rc2 29. Rxd3 Rxb2
$11) 20... Kg8 $1 (20... Rcxd8 {This time the exchange sac is not so good
either. The problem is that Black's knight on g4 is a bit misplaced.} 21.
cxd8=Q Rxd8 22. Qb3 $14 {and White is better.}) 21. Qb3 Qc5 22. Rf1 Ne5 23.
Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rac1 Qb6 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. Rfd1 Bxb2 27. Rc4 Re8 28. a4 Re5 29.
f4 Rd5 30. Kf2 Bd4+ 31. Ke1 b5 $1 32. axb5 Bb6 $11 {Of course this line is not
forced, but Black is fine everywhere.}) 20. Re1 $6 {I played this move
instantly, without thinking as I planned it couple of moves earlier. But
surprisingly neither I nor my opponent had seen a very easy way of winning a
pawn, even when we analysed after the game.} (20. Nxe5 $1 {I didn't consider
this move, because it is totally illogical, but it just wins a pawn in a
really simple way.} Bxe5 21. Qxd3 Bxc7 22. Bxc7 Rxc7 23. Qd4+ {The point.} Kg8
24. Qxa7 $16 {White is just a simple pawn up and though there will still be
some fight, White is indubitably much better.}) 20... Qd5 21. Nxe5 $6 {Again I
didn't think about this move because I calculated it a couple of moves ago. In
fact I miscalculated something (see my note to Black's 22nd move).} (21. Re3 $5
{Now the position is not as clear as on the previous move, but still this was
a better try than the move in the game. And I think White will get an
advantage here, but only with very precise moves.} d2 $5 {This is a tricky try.
} (21... Rcxd8 {This sacrifice looks more than logical, but it seems that if
White plays the best moves, he will get an advantage.} 22. cxd8=Q Rxd8 23. Nxe5
Bxe5 24. Qf3 $1 {Offering the exchange of queens.} Qxf3 {Black has to exchange
queens anyway.} (24... d2 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Rd1 Bxb2 27. Rb3 Bg7 28. g3 $16 {
and then White will play Kf1 and at some point f4! cutting off the bishop on
h6 (which is now on g7) from protecting the pawn on d2.}) 25. Rxf3 Bxb2 {
at least grabbing a second pawn.} 26. Rd1 d2 27. Rb3 $1 (27. Rxf7 $4 {would be
a huge blunder.} Re8 $17) 27... Bf6 28. Kf1 $16 {again with g3-f4 if necessary.
White will at some point win the d2 pawn and have a virtually winning ending.}
(28. Rxb7 {would be again a blunder.} Re8 $1 $15)) 22. Nxe5 (22. Nxd2 Nc6 (
22... Rcxd8 23. cxd8=Q Rxd8 24. Re2 $16 {and White holds.}) 23. Nf1 Qxd1 24.
Rxd1 Nxd8 (24... Bxb2 25. Red3 Be5 26. Rd7 $18 {and the white pawn on c7 will
decide, once White activates his knight from f1.}) 25. cxd8=Q Rcxd8 26. Rxd8
Rxd8 27. Re7 {now it looks as though White has an advantage...but} Rb8 $1 28.
Rxf7 Bxb2 29. Ne3 a5 $1 $11 {with counterplay and some sort of equality.})
22... Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxd2 Re8 (24... Rxc7 $2 {This move just gives up
a pawn.} 25. Bxc7 Qxc7 26. Qd4+ {Again the same "trick".} Kg8 27. Qxa7 $16) 25.
Rc1 {and White keeps some pressure, but it seems that if Black plays precisely
he can hold. But over the board it would be difficult to play such a position
with Black.} (25. h4 {This would be a very strong move if it were not for the
reply...} Rxc7 $1 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 {and now the same "trick" doesn't work} 27.
Qd4+ Qe5 $11) 25... Kg7 26. h3 (26. h4 {is also possible.}) 26... Qe2 (26... a6
{looks OK as well.}) 27. Qd7 Qe6 28. Qa4 Rexd8 {might be a good try. Black
gives up a pawn, but in return gets some activity.} (28... a6 29. Rd1 {keeping
some pressure.}) 29. cxd8=Q Rxd8 30. Qxa7 Rd2 31. b3 b6 32. Rf1 Qd6 {and White
can try to improve, but Black's activity looks sufficient.}) 21... Bxe5 22. Qd2
{This was my idea. I thought I would be in time with Rac1 and I would enjoy
some advantage, but I missed an easy trick.} Bxc7 $4 {A huge blunder. My
opponent thought my intention was to "win" a piece with 23.Qc3+, but in fact
my idea was simpler - just to give mate.} (22... Kg8 $1 23. Re3 (23. Rac1 $6 {
was my original intention, I totally missed the following idea. But as I
calculated this move something like five moves ago, I think I might be
forgiven for this blunder.} Bxb2 $1 $15) 23... Bxc7 24. Rxd3 Qc6 25. Bxc7 Rxc7
$11) 23. Bf6+ {With Qh6 and mate to follow. It was a nice game which was
spoiled by my 20th and 21th moves. Instead if I had found 20.Nxe5! the game
could have finished logically. But fortunately for me my opponent blundered
and the game was decided in my favour.} (23. Qc3+ $2 {what my opponent thought
was my intention.} Kg8 24. Bxc7 Qd7 25. Rec1 (25. Red1 $11) 25... d2 $11 {
was an idea of my opponent.} (25... Rfe8 $1 $17 {was actually even stronger.}))
1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. dxc5 N6d7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Bb5 Nxc5 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 Bf5
15. Qd5 Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Nd3 17. Bxc6 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Bxb2 19. Rc5 Rad8 20. h3 Be6
21. Bxb7 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Ba3 23. Ra5 Bb4 24. Rb5 a6 25. Bxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rxb4 Rd1+
27. Kh2 Rf6 28. h4 Rg6 29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Be5+ Kf7 31. Bd4 Rd6 32. hxg5 hxg5 33.
Nxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. g4 dxc4 13. g5 Nd5 14. h4 c5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. Bg2 cxd4 17. exd4 Nb6 18. h5 c3 19. bxc3 Ba3+ 20. Kb1 Qd6 21. Rh4
Nc4 22. Bf4 Qb6+ 23. Qb3 Qc6 24. Rdh1 Rfe8 25. Bc1 Rad8 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Qc2
Bxc1 28. Qxc1 Re2 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. Rxd8 Qb6+ 31. Ka1 Qxd8 32. Qb1 Qd7 33. Bf1
Na3 34. Qd3 Rxf2 35. Bh3 Qe7 36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1+ Ke8 38. Qc1 Nc4 39. Qb1
Qxg5 40. Qb5+ Kf8 41. Qb4+ Qe7 42. Kb1 Qxb4+ 43. cxb4 Ke7 44. Kc2 Nd6 45. Kd3
Nf5 46. a4 Ke6 47. Bg4 g5 48. Bh5 Ne7 49. Bg4+ Kd6 50. b5 b6 51. Ke3 g6 52. Bh3
Nf5+ 53. Kd3 Nh6 54. Ke3 g4 55. Bf1 Nf5+ 56. Kd3 g3 57. Bh3 g5 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I had already achieved my third GM norm in the previous round, but still I
was already pretty ambitious, as I was "only" one point ahead of the second
placed player and there were still two rounds to go.} 1. d4 {Usually I play
both e4 and d4, but in Wijk I played only d4.} d6 {This was already a slight
surprise for me, though I had prepared for this move as well.} 2. Nf3 {Aimed
against e5.} (2. c4 {would avoid 2...Bg4, but would allow something else:} e5
3. Nf3 e4 {This is the point of an early d6-e5 setup.} 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nc3 Be7 6.
Nh3 Nf6 {The position is quite unclear and I did not want to play it.}) 2...
Bg4 {The principled move, seeking to "punish" White for 2.Nf3.} (2... Nf6 3. c4
{is a transposition of moves, but White has avoided the line with e5 and e4.})
3. g3 (3. e4 {is the most principled continuation.} Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 {with a
solid but passive position for Black...} 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2 c6 {The main move,
aimed against Qb5+.} (6... Be7 {A very rare move, but perfectly playable in my
opinion.} 7. Qb5+ {The idea of Qe2.} (7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 {is also possible,
keeping Qb5+ for later.}) 7... Nbd7 8. Qxb7 O-O {and White is a pawn up, but
Black has a lead in development.}) 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 {with initiative.}) (3. c4 {
The main move, which I prepared for this game.} Nd7 4. Qb3 (4. g3 $5 {The move
order I should have chosen.} Bxf3 5. exf3 {transposing into the game.}) 4...
Rb8 5. g3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. exf3 {This was the position I wanted to
go for in my short preparation (it was not the main weapon of my opponent).
But at the board I was thinking that h3 is a loss of tempo, Qb3 is not
necessary and finally Rb8 is not that bad. So I decided to save a couple of
tempi.}) 3... Bxf3 4. exf3 g6 (4... d5 {definitely deserved attention and
would have been unpleasant for me. The position is closed and a loss of tempo 
(d7-d6-d5) is not that important.}) (4... e6 {with the same idea as d5, but it
allows White an extra possibility.} 5. d5 $5 exd5 6. Qxd5 c6 7. Qb3 {with the
initiative and 2 bishops, which compensate for the slightly worse pawn
structure.} (7. Qd4 $5 {also deserves attention, as the queen in the centre
would be more active, though it doesn't win a tempo compared to 7.Qb3.})) 5. c4
$1 {5.Bg2 is the main move here, but it allows Black to play d5 once again.}
Nd7 (5... Bg7 $5 {would be more flexible. ...Bg7 is always useful, but ...Nd7
might wait.} 6. Bg2 (6. Nc3 $5) 6... c6 $5 {fighting for the d5 square.}) 6.
Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O c6 {A useful move, taking control of the square d5.} (7... Nh6 {
might be stronger and was played by Adams himself! The knight goes to f5, the
perfect square.} 8. g4 {The most principled try.} (8. Nc3 Nf5 9. d5 O-O {
and Black is totally fine - e7 is protected and the knight is ready to move to
d4 at some point, as well as the second knight to e5 or c5.}) (8. Bxh6 Bxh6 9.
f4 c6 10. Nc3 Bg7 {with equality.}) 8... O-O 9. Be3 f5 10. Qd2 Nf7 {with
unclear play. Similar positions could occur after 8...Nh6! as well.}) 8. Nc3
Nb6 {Not obvious, but a strong-looking move. However, it might be a mistake,
in view of my next very strong move.} (8... Ngf6 {is the standard move, but
White gets an advantage with} 9. d5 {and now the pawn on e7 is weak forever
and ideas like f4-f5 and h4-h5 would be possible all the time.} O-O 10. f4 cxd5
(10... c5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qc2 a6 13. a4 {Black has no play at all, whilst
White might improve his position with Bf3, Kg2,h4-h5 or f5 and if neccesary
White can also activate his second rook with Bd2, Re2 and Rae1 or Rh1.}) 11.
cxd5 Rc8 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Re1 {The positon is similar to the position we will
have in the game. White is better because of the weakness on e7.}) (8... Nh6 $1
{A strong move, the knight goes to the ideal square f5, from where it will
protect e7 and attack d4.} 9. g4 {Cutting out the possibility of ...Nf5. I
prefer this move to the alternative Bh3!?.} (9. Bh3 $5 {deserves attention.
White wants to exchange the knight on f5.} O-O (9... Nf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Re1
O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Qd2 {with initiative for White. The black king is not so
safe without the g6 pawn.}) 10. Re1 $5 {probably best.} (10. Bg5 f5 $1 {
freeing the f7 square for the knight. Black is fine here.}) (10. Qd3 f5 11. Be3
Nf7 {and Black is fine, as White can't fix the e7-pawn. For example} 12. f4 e6
$1 13. d5 e5 {and Black is OK.} (13... cxd5 {is also possible.} 14. cxd5 e5 {
Black is fine here as well. Once again, it is all because the e7-pawn is not
fixed.})) 10... f5 11. Be3 Nf7 12. Bg2 {the position is unclear. Once Black
plays e5, he will have no potential e7 weakness, but White can enjoy the
bishop pair.}) 9... f5 {Sooner or later Black must play this move in order to
give the f7-square to the knight.} 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Nf7 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. f4
{with unclear play, but I prefer White, as he might have some chances on the
g-file, and the f5-pawn can become weak at some point (after White plays d5).})
9. d5 $1 {Surprisingly this is a novelty! This move kills Black's idea of
playing d6-d5, which would be perfect for Black, as the d4 pawn will then be
incredibly weak.} (9. Qd3 d5 {was Black's idea.} 10. c5 (10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5
Qxd5 {and Black is not worse.}) 10... Nd7 {The position is unclear, but I did
not want to go in for it, as my d4 pawn is very weak and I don't have a clear
plan.}) 9... Rc8 {Black had a wide choice.} (9... Bxc3 {damages White's pawn
structure, but gives away a very important bishop.} 10. bxc3 c5 $1 (10... cxd5
$2 11. cxd5 Qc7 (11... Nf6 12. Bh6 $16 {and Black's king position is hopeless.}
) 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Bh6 $16 {The black king is stuck in the centre and White is
better. Even if Black castles long, he will have a lot of problems there as
well, after c4 or/and a4 with advantage for White.}) 11. a4 $5 (11. Re1 Kf8 $1
12. Qd3 Kg7 {and Black is not that badly off, as his king is pretty safe now.
Nevertheless, White is still better.}) 11... Nxc4 (11... Kf8 $5 {might be
safer.} 12. a5 Nd7 {White has won a tempo compared to the 11.Re1 line, but it
is not that important.}) 12. Qe2 Na5 13. c4 Kf8 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. g4 h6 16. f4 {
with initiative.}) (9... cxd5 10. Nxd5 $1 {Keeping the h1-a8 diagonal open for
the white bishop on g2.} Nf6 11. Nxf6+ $5 (11. Nxb6 Qxb6 12. Be3 $14) 11...
Bxf6 12. Rb1 $1 {and the two strong bishops secure White's advantage.}) (9...
Nf6 {possibly the best.} 10. dxc6 $5 {Opens up the bishop on g2.} bxc6 11. Qd3
O-O 12. f4 Qc7 (12... d5 {striking in the centre.} 13. cxd5 Nfxd5 14. Qc2 $1 {
and thanks to the bishop pair and the weak pawn on c6, White is better.} (14.
Ne4 $2 {would be a blunder.} Nxf4 $1 15. Qxd8 Ne2+ $15)) 13. Be3 {White is
slightly better due to his bishop pair, but Black remains very solid.}) (9...
Nxc4 {The pawn was hanging, so why not take it?!} 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 Nb6 12.
Qxc6+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {That's why! White is better due to his bishop pair,
and pawn majority on queenside.}) 10. Qd3 (10. dxc6 $5 {Another possibility. I
thought it leads to a position, similar to that which arises after 9...Nf6,
but after 11.Bh3!? (which I missed) the play is totally different and very
sharp.} bxc6 $1 {It was because of this move that I chose Qd3.} (10... Rxc6 11.
Qb3 $1 {was my intention during the game.} Nxc4 (11... Rxc4 $6 12. Be3 d5 13.
Rfd1 Bxc3 (13... e6 14. Bf1 $16) 14. bxc3 Nf6 15. Bf1 $1 Rc8 16. Bh6 {and
White has a huge advantage, because the black king will never be safe.}) 12. f4
Rc5 13. Qxb7 {with advantage for White.}) 11. Bh3 $5 {An interesting
possibility which I missed.} (11. Qd3 {would lead to the position we saw
earlier, where White enjoys a slight advantage - but I already wanted more.})
11... e6 $1 {A strong move.} (11... f5 12. Qe2 (12. g4 $5 {might be possible
immediately. The play is interesting and complicated.}) 12... Nf6 13. g4 $5
fxg4 14. fxg4 O-O 15. g5 Nfd7 16. Be6+ Kh8 17. Be3 {and White is going to
attack, though Black has some defensive resources.}) 12. c5 $5 {trying to
damage Black's pawn structure.} dxc5 13. Ne4 Nd5 (13... Bd4 {is wrong due to}
14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Rad1 Nbd5 17. Nxc5 {with advantage.}) 14. Qc2 Nge7
15. Qxc5 O-O 16. Qxa7 Ra8 17. Qc5 Qc7 18. Rd1 {and White is a pawn up, but
Black has some counterplay, in the spirit of Benko/Volga Gambit.}) 10... Nf6 (
10... cxd5 11. cxd5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Bh6 {and once again due
to Black's bad king, White is better.}) 11. Be3 cxd5 (11... O-O 12. Bd4 $5 {
A strong idea, which I considered during the game.} (12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Rad1 $14
{and White is slightly better.}) 12... cxd5 (12... c5 13. Be3 {White has lost
two tempi, but Black has no counterplay and his knight on b6 looks awkward.})
13. cxd5 {the position is similar to that which we will have in the game.
Black has to exchange dark-squared bishops anyway.}) (11... Nfd7 $5 {During
the game, I thought this was interesting.} 12. dxc6 Ne5 $5 (12... Rxc6 13. b3
d5 14. Nxd5 $1 Bxa1 15. Rxa1 {and White has more than enough compensation for
the exchange. I would even say White is much better.}) (12... bxc6 13. f4 {
and as usual in such positions, White is better.}) 13. Qe2 Nxc6 14. Rac1 $1 {
not allowing Black to damage the white structure.} Nd7 $1 {The best.} (14...
O-O 15. Rfd1 {and White has a big advantage due to his two strong bishops 
(after f4!).}) (14... Nd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. b3 Bxc3 {Black should exchange
this bishop anyway and forget about his dreams of making a draw, due to
opposite-coloured bishops.} (16... a6 17. Rfd1 Bg7 18. Ne4 O-O 19. c5 Na8 20.
f4 {and here White is not afraid of having opposite-coloured bishops, as he is
winning.}) 17. Rxc3 O-O 18. f4 {and though the position is simple, White is
much better, because his bishop is massively stronger than Black's knight and
the h4-h5 plan is not without danger to Black.}) 15. Rfd1 Qa5 16. f4 {and
White is better, since his two bishops are happy.}) 12. cxd5 Nfd7 {With ideas
of moving to c5 and e5.} 13. Bd4 {Even though White must exchange one of his
bishops, this exchange is good for him.} Bxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O 15. Rfe1 {Thus, the
position has clarified. White has a clear plan of improving his position: Re2,
Rae1, f4, Bf3, h4, h5 with attack. Black, on the other hand, must create some
counterplay on the c-file, but it is very difficult, because Black must
protect his weak pawn on e7 and White has no weaknesses on the queenside. So I
think, and thought during the game, that White is much better.} Nf6 16. Re2 Rc4
{Black at least tries to do something.} 17. Qd3 a6 (17... Qd7 {is another
"plan", trying not to spend tempi on moves like a6, but it doesn't change the
evaluation.} 18. Rae1 Re8 19. f4 Rc5 20. Bf3 Nc4 21. h4 b5 22. h5 {and White
is much further with his attack than black with his "counterplay".}) 18. Rae1
Rc7 (18... Re8 {was probably better, but it doesn't change anything.} 19. f4
Rc5 20. Bf3 Qd7 21. Kg2 Nc4 22. Qd4 {and Qxf6 is the threat, whilst after
Black defends, h4-h5 is an idea for White.}) 19. f4 Nc4 {A mistake, but
otherwise Black can't disturb White at all.} (19... Re8 20. Qd4 $1 Nbd7 (20...
Rc4 $4 21. Qxf6 $18) 21. a4 $1 {and Black is totally paralysed.}) 20. b3 {
An inaccuracy. I missed ...Qc8! after 20...Na3 21.Qd4? and I thought that Na3
is wrong. But even so, White is much better.} (20. Qd4 $1 {was stronger.} b5
21. Nb1 $1 {protecting a3 and preparing b3.} (21. b3 $6 Na3 $1 22. Qb4 Qb8 $1 {
and Black is back in the game.}) 21... Rb7 22. b3 Nb6 {and now any move with
the knight gives White a huge advantage. Back's counterplay has only created
weaknesses, for example, on c6.}) 20... Na3 21. Bh3 $1 {I understood my
mistake and played a strong move. The square c8 is covered protected and f5 is
a threat!} (21. Qd4 $2 Qc8 $1) 21... Rc5 {A trap...} (21... b5 22. f5 Qc8 23.
Ne4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 {and White's attack is crushing.}) (21... Re8 22. f5 $1 {
with attack.}) 22. Ne4 $1 {Exchanging the last defender! Black is already lost
here.} (22. Rxe7 $6 {was a mistake} Rxc3 $1 {The point of the trap.} 23. Qxc3
Nxd5 24. Qb2 Nxe7 25. Qxa3 {and White is still better, but Black is back in
the game, and I am sure would love to play such a position.}) 22... Nxe4 (22...
Rc7 {didn't help either, for example} 23. f5 Qd7 $6 24. Qd2 Rc2 $2 25. Qh6 Qb5
26. Nxf6+ exf6 27. Rxc2 Nxc2 28. Re4 $18 {Black was not forced to play Qd7 and
Re2, but all other moves were bad for him as well.}) 23. Rxe4 {Not only f5,
but b4 is also a threat now.} Rc7 (23... a5 {was better, but White is much
better here as well.} 24. R4e2 $1 {with f5 to follow, getting a strong attack.}
) 24. f5 Nb5 {The last mistake, but it is already lost anyway.} 25. fxg6 hxg6
26. a4 $1 {A precise move! Now the square d4 will be available for the white
queen.} Na7 27. Qd4 b5 28. Rh4 f6 29. Qe3 g5 30. Qe4 $1 {A nice maneuvre, and
the fastest way to win.} f5 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Qh6+ Kf7 33. Bxf5 {A good game in
my opinion, without any big obvious mistakes. I got a strategic advantage, as
a result of creative play by both of us, and then I converted it into a win in
a pretty good way, I think. I hope you liked it!} (33. Qh5+ {was even faster,
but I decided to take a pawn - greed!)}) 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. h3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. Be2 e5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Qb3 Bd6
15. a4 Rb8 16. a5 Nbd7 17. Qc2 Nc5 18. Bf3 O-O 19. Na4 Nce4 20. Bc3 Nxc3 21.
Nxc3 a6 22. Qa4 b5 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. exd4 Rfe8+ 25. Kf1 c5 26. dxc5 Bxc5 27. g4
Rbd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Rd8 30. Ke2 Bb4 31. Nc3 Re8+ 32. Kd2 Ne4+ 33. Bxe4
Rxe4 34. Kd3 Re6 35. Rc1 Rd6+ 36. Ke3 Rc6 37. Ne2 Re6+ 38. Kd3 Rf6 39. Rc8+ Kh7
40. Ng3 Rf3+ 41. Ke2 Rb3 42. Ne4 Rxb2+ 43. Kf3 Be7 44. Rc6 f5 45. gxf5 gxf5 46.
Nd6 b4 47. Rxa6 Ra2 48. Nxf5 Bc5 49. Ne3 b3 50. Ra8 Ra4 51. Rb8 Rb4 52. Rxb4
Bxb4 53. a6 b2 54. a7 b1=Q 55. a8=Q Qh1+ 56. Ng2 Qxh3+ 57. Ke2 Qg4+ 58. Qf3
Qe6+ 59. Qe3 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Neckar op-A 13th"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Deglmann, Ludwig"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. Qe1 Bd6 8. e4
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Qe2 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nd7 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Qc4 b6 20. c3 Bf8 21. Be3 Nc5
22. h4 h5 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. Ng3 hxg4 25. h5 Bh7 26. Qxg4 Nf6 27. Qh4 Bc5 28. Bg5
Nd7 29. Bh3 Nf8 30. h6 g6 31. Bf6 Ne6 32. Rd2 b5 33. Rad1 Nf4 34. Bg4 bxa4 35.
Rd7 Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qb6+ 37. Kf1 Qxb2 38. Ne2 Nxe2 39. Bxe2 Qb3 40. Be7 Qxc3 41.
R1d3 1-0

[Event "Neckar op-A 13th"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "2009.04.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miedema, David"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Qxe4 e5 10. dxe5 O-O 11. exd6 Re8 12. Qxe8+ Qxe8+ 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Bd3
c5 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Kb1 Qc8 17. Ne5 Ng4 18. Nxg4 Bxg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Rhe1 Rb8
21. Bf4 Qd7 22. g4 b5 23. Rc1 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 g5 26. Be5 f6 27. Bg3
Qb5 28. Rc2 Qd3 29. d7 Rf8 30. Re7 c4 31. Kc1 Qxf3 32. Re8 Qf1+ 33. Be1 Kf7 34.
Rxf8+ Kg7 35. Re8 1-0

[Event "Bussum op"]
[Site "Bussum"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blom, Vincent"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O h6 6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5 Qa6
9. Nc3 b6 10. cxb6 axb6 11. Ne5 Be7 12. f3 Bh7 13. e4 O-O 14. Be3 b5 15. exd5
exd5 16. Rfc1 Nfd7 17. f4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 b4 19. Bf1 Qb6 20. Ne2 Na6 21. Nf4 Nc7
22. Bh3 Rad8 23. a3 Nb5 24. axb4 Be4 25. Nd3 Nxd4 26. Qd1 Qb5 27. Bxd4 Bxd3 28.
Ra7 Bxb4 29. e6 c5 30. Be5 Qb6 31. Qg4 g5 32. Rc7 Kh7 33. Rf1 c4+ 34. Kh1 Be4+
35. Bg2 Bxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Kg8 37. exf7+ Kh7 38. Rf6 Qxf6 39. Bxf6 Kg6 40. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Bussum op"]
[Site "Bussum"]
[Date "2009.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bodicker, Rob"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O e6 8.
Ne5 Rc8 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be1 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Qg5 14. Rf4
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Rc1 16. Qb4 b6 17. Kf1 a5 18. Qd4 Rfc8 19. Be2 Rxe1+ 20. Kxe1
Rc1+ 21. Bd1 Qxg2 22. b3 Qg1+ 23. Rf1 Qxh2 24. Nd2 Qg3+ 25. Ke2 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "Bussum op"]
[Site "Bussum"]
[Date "2009.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Picard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Nxe5 10. Nxd5 Bc5 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. Qe1 Bxd4 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Qxe5 c6
15. Qe4 Be6 16. Nf4 Re8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Qf4 Qb6 20. Bh3 Re7 21.
Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Na6 23. Re7 Rf8 24. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Bussum op"]
[Site "Bussum"]
[Date "2009.05.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wantola, Ivo"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 13. Bxg4 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. d5
exd5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. O-O-O Rxg4 19. Rxd5 Nd7 20. Re1+ Kd8 21.
Red1 Rd4 22. R1xd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Rc8 24. h5 Rc6 25. Kc2 Ra6 26. b3 cxb3+ 27.
Kxb3 Ra5 28. Bh4+ Kc7 29. g4 Kc6 30. Rc4+ Kb5 31. Rc7 Rxa4 32. Rxd7 Ra3+ 33.
Kb2 Rf3 34. Rxa7 Bc5 35. Rb7+ Kc4 36. Rc7 Kb5 37. Bg3 f5 38. Rxc5+ Kxc5 39. g5
f4 40. g6 fxg3 41. g7 gxf2 42. g8=Q f1=Q 43. Qc8+ Kd4 44. Qh8+ Ke3 45. Qxh6+
Kf2 46. Qb6+ Kg2 47. Qg6+ Kh1 48. h6 Qe2+ 49. Qc2 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Bussum op"]
[Site "Bussum"]
[Date "2009.06.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Danin, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Rc1 e5 13. dxc5 Be6 14. c4 bxc5
15. Bxc5 Bh6 16. Rc3 Re8 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qg5 19. Qc1 Red8 20. Kh1 Nb7 21.
c5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 Rxd3 23. Nf4 Rd6 24. Qa1 Rad8 25. Rxe5 Qg4 26. h3 Qg3 27. Qe1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bussum op"]
[Site "Bussum"]
[Date "2009.06.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2009.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Nb3 d5 8.
N1d2 Ng6 9. exd5 exd5 10. c4 Be6 11. Nf3 dxc4 12. Nbd4 Bd5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Bg5 Qa5 15. Qd4 f6 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. Bc3 Bd6 18. Bxc4 Ne7 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qg4
O-O 21. Rfe1 Qc8 22. Re6 Ng6 23. h3 Bc5 24. Rae1 Ra7 25. Bd4 Rb7 26. Rxa6 Qxg4
27. hxg4 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Rxb2 29. Ra7 Rfb8 30. Nf5 R2b7 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Rxb7
Re1+ 33. Kh2 Re2 34. Kg3 Rxa2 35. Rxg7+ Kf8 36. Rxh7 Ne5 37. f3 Rd2 38. Nd6 Rc2
39. Rb7 Kg8 40. Nf5 Kf8 41. Ra7 Rd2 42. Nd6 Kg8 43. Ne8 Nc6 44. Nxf6+ Kf8 45.
Rh7 Ne7 46. Nd7+ Ke8 47. Ne5 Kd8 48. f4 d4 49. Rh8+ Kc7 50. Rh7 Kd8 51. Rh1 Nd5
52. Nf3 Rd3 53. g5 Ne3 54. Rb1 Ke7 55. Rb6 Rd1 56. g6 d3 57. Rb7+ Kf6 58. Rd7
d2 59. g7 Nf5+ 60. Kf2 Nxg7 61. Nxd2 Ra1 62. Nf3 Ne6 63. g3 Ra2+ 64. Rd2 Ra3
65. Re2 Ra4 66. Ke3 Ra3+ 67. Kf2 Ra4 68. Rb2 Nxf4 69. gxf4 Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Utrecht OKU op"]
[Site "Utrecht"]
[Date "2009.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sanijs, Frans"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 d6 11. a4 Bd7 12. Nb3 b6 13. Bf3 Bc8 14. Qe2 Bb7 15.
Rad1 Rfe8 16. Qf2 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Rab8 18. Bc1 Nc5 19. Nd2 Ba8 20. Nc4 b5 21. axb5
axb5 22. Ne3 b4 23. Ne2 Na5 24. Ng3 Bh4 25. Nef1 b3 26. c3 e5 27. f5 Nc4 28.
Qe2 d5 29. exd5 Nd6 30. Bh5 e4 31. Ne3 Bb7 32. Qg4 Bf6 33. Qh3 Bg5 34. Be2 f6
35. Qg4 Bc8 36. h4 Bh6 37. Nh5 Kh8 38. Nf4 Bxf4 39. Qxf4 Bd7 40. g4 Nd3 41.
Bxd3 exd3 42. Rxd3 Re4 43. Qg3 Rbe8 44. Rdd1 Qc5 45. Ng2 Rxe1+ 46. Rxe1 Qxd5
47. Bf4 Nc4 48. Bc1 Rxe1+ 49. Qxe1 Bc6 50. Qe2 Ne5 51. g5 Nd3 52. gxf6 gxf6 53.
Bh6 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Utrecht OKU op"]
[Site "Utrecht"]
[Date "2009.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Hirth, Ulrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 b5 9. c5 Ba5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 e3 13. fxe3 Nd5 14. Ne4 Bc7
15. Nd6 f5 16. e4 fxe4 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Bxe4 g6 19. Bg5 Qg7 20. Rf1 Bxd6 21.
cxd6 Bd7 22. Qf2 Rf8 23. Bf6 Qh6 24. Qxa7 Ne3 25. Qxd7 Nxf1 26. Qxe6+ Rf7 27.
d7 Qe3+ 28. Kxf1 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Qd2+ 30. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Utrecht OKU op"]
[Site "Utrecht"]
[Date "2009.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. a4 Na6 12. g4 Nb4 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. g5 Nd7 15. f4
exf4 16. Bxf4 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. Rg1 Qa8 19. Be3 Rc7 20. Bb6 Rc6 21. Bd4
Rcc8 22. Rg3 d5 23. exd5 Bf5 24. Rc1 Rfd8 25. Qe2 Bd6 26. Bh3 Re8 27. Qf3 Nxc2
28. Bxf5 Nxd4 29. Bxh7+ Kf8 30. Qf2 Bxg3 31. hxg3 Qa7 32. Bg6 Rc7 33. d6 Rd7
34. Rh1 Kg8 35. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Utrecht OKU op"]
[Site "Utrecht"]
[Date "2009.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Groffen, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2009.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nd2
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. b4 b6 11. O-O bxc5 12. bxc5 Re8 13. Bg3 Qc8 14. Nb3 Bd8 15.
f3 Bc7 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. g4 1-0

[Event "Utrecht OKU op"]
[Site "Utrecht"]
[Date "2009.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuipers, Stefan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2009.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 h5 10. Qf2 d6 11. h3 b5 12. Bd3 b4 13. Nce2 Ne5 14. Kb1 d5 15.
Bf4 Bd6 16. Qg3 O-O 17. Qg5 Bb7 18. Ng3 Nh7 19. Qxh5 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "Utrecht OKU op"]
[Site "Utrecht"]
[Date "2009.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Be6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Ncxd5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Kh8 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Qe4 g6 19. Nxf6 Qxd1 20. Qf4
g5 21. Qf5 Kg7 22. Qe5 Kh8 23. f4 Qc2 24. fxg5 Rd1 25. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 26. Kf2 hxg5
27. h3 Qa4 28. Nh5+ f6 29. Qe7 Rg8 30. Qxf6+ Kh7 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Nf6 Qc2+ 33.
Kg3 Rc8 34. Ne8 Qxb2 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kh6 37. Qe6+ Kh7 38. Qxc8 Qe5+ 39.
Kf2 Qb2+ 40. Kf3 Qxa2 41. Qd7+ Kg6 42. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Sort op 5th"]
[Site "Sort"]
[Date "2009.06.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Canals Bacardit, Josep"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 1-0

[Event "Sort op 5th"]
[Site "Sort"]
[Date "2009.06.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Movsziszian, Karen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. f4 Qc7 14. Be3 b6 15.
h3 Be6 16. g4 Rad8 17. g5 Nd7 18. Kg2 f6 19. f5 Bf7 20. Rf1 gxf5 21. exf5 fxg5
22. Bxg5 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qc1 Kh8 25. Qh6 Bd5+ 26. Bf3 Bxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Qg7+
28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rg3+ Kf7 30. Kh1 Rd4 31. Rag1 Rg8 32. Rxg8 Nxg8 33. Re1 Ne7
34. Re6 Rf4 35. Rh6 Kg7 36. Re6 Nxf5 37. Rxc6 Rf2 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Rxa7 Rxb2
40. Rb7 Nd4 41. Kg1 b5 42. Rc7 c4 43. Kf1 Rc2 44. Nd5 Rxa2 45. h4 h6 46. Rc5
Kf7 47. Nc3 Ra1+ 48. Kf2 b4 49. Rxc4 bxc3 50. Rxc3 Nf5 51. Rc4 Rh1 52. Rf4 Kg6
53. Rg4+ Kh5 54. Rg8 Rh2+ 55. Kg1 Rd2 56. Ra8 Kxh4 57. Ra3 h5 58. Rb3 Kg4 59.
Ra3 h4 60. Rb3 h3 61. Ra3 Rg2+ 62. Kh1 Ng3+ 63. Rxg3+ Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Sort op 5th"]
[Site "Sort"]
[Date "2009.06.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pujari, Rucha"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. Qe1 Nf6
9. Qg3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Nd1 Rc8 12. c3 dxc3 13. bxc3 h5 14. f5 h4 15. Qg5
e5 16. a4 bxa4 17. c4 h3 18. g4 Be7 19. Qd2 d5 20. Qb2 Qc7 21. exd5 a3 22. Qb3
Rb8 23. Qa4+ Nd7 24. Bxa3 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Bxa3 26. Rxa3 Qd4 27. Bf3 Ke7 28. Qb4+
Nc5 29. Qd2 f6 30. Qf2 Qxf2 31. Nxf2 Kd6 32. Ra5 Nb3 33. Ne4+ Ke7 34. Ra3 Nd4
35. Bd1 Rhd8 36. g5 Bc8 37. Bg4 Rb2 38. d6+ Rxd6 39. Bxh3 Rd8 40. gxf6+ gxf6
41. Rf2 Rb1+ 42. Rf1 Rb2 43. Rf2 Nc2 44. Rc3 Rb1+ 45. Rf1 Rxf1+ 46. Bxf1 Ne3
47. Bh3 Bb7 48. Bg2 Nxg2 49. Kxg2 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Sort op 5th"]
[Site "Sort"]
[Date "2009.06.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Anuprita, Patil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Na4 Qa5+ 8.
Bd2 Qd8 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. e3 e6 11. a3 Bd6 12. Bd3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. O-O e5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bf6 18. Bb1 Bd7 19. Nc5 Bb5 20. Rfd1 b6 21.
Nd3 Ba4 22. Re1 Qd6 23. Nb4 Rfd8 24. Ba2 d4 25. e4 d3 26. Bd5 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Rac8
28. Nxd3 a5 29. Nf2 Bc5 30. Nd3 Bb3 31. Bxb3 Qxd3 32. Qxd3 Rxd3 33. Bd5 Re8 34.
Red1 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Kf8 36. g3 Ke7 37. Kg2 Be3 38. Kf3 Bc5 39. Rc1 Rd8 40. Rc4
f6 41. h3 Rd7 42. h4 Rc7 43. e5 fxe5 44. fxe5 Rc8 45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 Rf8+ 47.
Ke4 Bf2 48. Rc7+ Ke8 49. e6 Rf6 50. Bc6+ Kd8 51. e7+ Kxc7 52. e8=Q Rxc6 53.
Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Sort op 5th"]
[Site "Sort"]
[Date "2009.06.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Priyadharshan, Kannappan"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nce7 9. Nb4 Nf6 10. c4 bxc4 11. Bxc4 Rb8 12. Nxa6 Rb6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Nb5 Nc8
15. Nbc7+ Ke7 16. Qa5 Bc6 17. Bg5 Kd7 18. Bxf7 Ke7 19. Bc4 Rxb2 20. Nd5+ Bxd5
21. Qxd5 Qe8 22. Rc1 Kd8 23. Bb3 Qh5 24. Bxf6+ gxf6 25. O-O Qg4 26. Qb7 Rxb3
27. Qc7+ Ke8 28. Qxc8+ Qxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kf7 30. axb3 1-0

[Event "Sort op 5th"]
[Site "Sort"]
[Date "2009.06.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Abhishek, Kelkar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Rc1
Rc8 9. Qb3 Bb4 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Rxc6 13. Qa3 Qb6 14. f3 Rfc8
15. Be2 Nh5 16. Bg5 e5 17. Kf2 f6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Nf4 20. Rhe1 Nxe2 21. Rxe2
exd4 22. exd4 Bd3 23. Re3 Qa6 24. Qe7 Qxa2+ 25. Kg1 Bg6 26. Qxb7 Rxc3 27. Rcxc3
Rxc3 28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Re7+ Bf7 30. Qb7 Rc1+ 31. Be1 Kg6 32. h4 Qd2 33. h5+ Kxh5
34. Kh2 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 Qf4+ 36. g3 Qd2+ 37. Kh3 Kg6 38. Qb1+ Kg7 39. Re7 Qxd4
40. Qb7 Qd3 41. Rxf7+ Kg6 42. Rg7+ Kh6 43. Rc7 Qf1+ 44. Kg4 f5+ 45. Kxf5 Qxf3+
46. Ke6 Qe3+ 47. Kf7 Qe4 48. Rc6+ Kh5 49. Qd7 g4 50. Rf6 Kg5 51. Qd8 Kh5 52.
Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Sort op 5th"]
[Site "Sort"]
[Date "2009.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Roeder, Mathias"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg7
8. Bf4 c6 9. Kc2 Nd7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. a4 f5 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. Be6 fxe4 14. Bg3 e3
15. fxe3 Nf6 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. Raf1 Ng4 18. Kd3 Bh6 19. Nc4 Kg8 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8
21. Ke2 b5 22. h3 Nf6 23. Nd2 Nd5 24. Bf2 bxa4 25. Ra1 Nb6 26. Bg3 Rf5 27. Bb8
Nd7 28. Bxa7 Ra5 29. Bd4 c5 30. b4 cxb4 31. cxb4 Ra8 32. Nc4 Kf7 33. Nb6 Nxb6
34. Bxb6 Bg7 35. Ra2 a3 36. Kd3 Ke8 37. Kc4 Kd7 38. Kb3 Kc6 39. Bc5 Bb2 40. Kc4
e5 41. b5+ Kd7 42. Kb3 Ra5 43. Bxa3 Bxa3 44. Rxa3 Rxb5+ 45. Kc4 Rb2 46. Kd5
Rb5+ 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. Ra6+ Ke7 49. g4 Kf7 50. Rd6 h5 51. g5 Rb4+ 52. Kxe5 Rh4
53. Rd7+ Ke8 54. Rh7 Rxh3 55. Kf6 Rxe3 56. Rh8+ Kd7 57. Kxg6 Re6+ 58. Kxh5 Ke7
59. Rh6 Re1 60. Rf6 Rh1+ 61. Kg6 Rg1 62. Rf3 Ke8 63. Kh6 Ke7 64. g6 Ke8 65. Kh7
Ke7 66. g7 Rg2 67. Rh3 Kf7 68. g8=Q+ Rxg8 69. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "Sort op 5th"]
[Site "Sort"]
[Date "2009.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Deepthamsh, Reddy M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nbd2 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 Bg4 12. Nd3 Na6 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15.
e4 Nd7 16. a3 Qb6 17. a4 Ndc5 18. Ne1 b3 19. a5 Qb4 20. Ra3 b5 21. axb6 Qxb6
22. Qe2 Rfc8 23. g5 Rf8 24. h4 f6 25. h5 Be8 26. gxf6 Rxf6 27. Bh3 Rb8 28. Ng2
Qd8 29. f4 exf4 30. Nxf4 Bd7 31. Bxd7 Qxd7 32. Ne6 Qf7 33. Rfa1 Rb6 34. Nxc5
dxc5 35. e5 Rg6+ 36. hxg6 Rxg6+ 37. Qg2 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qg6+ 39. Kf2 Qf5+ 40.
Nf3 Nb4 41. Rxa7 Nd3+ 42. Ke3 Nxe5 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. R8a7+ Ke8 45. Ra8+ Ke7 46.
R1a7+ Nd7 47. Ra6 g5 48. Re6+ Kf7 49. Ra7 Qf4+ 50. Kf2 g4 51. Rxd7+ Kf8 52.
Rd8+ Kf7 53. Rd7+ Kf8 54. Rd8+ Kf7 55. Rd7+ Kf8 56. Re3 g3+ 57. Ke2 Qxc4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sort op 5th"]
[Site "Sort"]
[Date "2009.07.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Saranya, J."]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 d5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. Qb3 Nexd5 13. Rfe1 c6 14. Rad1
Qb6 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. Bf5 Bh5 18. Re5 Bg6 19. Rde1 Rad8 20. h3 Nf4
21. g3 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 N4d5 23. Ne5 Qc8 24. Kg2 Rde8 25. Rf3 Re6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27.
Rxe4 Rh6 28. Ng4 Rh5 29. Re5 Rxe5 30. Nxe5 f6 31. Nc4 Qe6 32. Na5 Rf7 33. Nb3
b6 34. Qf5 Qxf5 35. Rxf5 Re7 36. Kf1 Kf7 37. Rf3 a5 38. Rd3 a4 39. Nc1 Ke6 40.
Ke2 Kd6+ 41. Kd2 b5 42. Ne2 Nb6 43. Nc3 h5 44. h4 g5 45. Rf3 Nc4+ 46. Kc2 Ke6
47. Ne4 gxh4 48. gxh4 Kd5 49. Nxf6+ Kxd4 50. Rd3+ Ke5 51. Nxh5 Rh7 52. Ng3 Rxh4
53. Rf3 Rd4 54. Nf1 Rd8 55. Rf7 Ke6 56. Rf4 c5 57. Ne3 Na5 58. Re4+ Kf6 59.
Rf4+ Kg6 60. Rg4+ Kh5 61. f4 Nb3 62. Rg5+ Kh4 63. Nf5+ Kh3 64. Ne3 Rd2+ 65. Kc3
Re2 66. Re5 Re1 67. f5 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hilversum op"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2009.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Galje, Hans"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Bg5
O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 Qe8 11. Nge2 h5 12. Nc1 Nbd7 13. Be2 Ne5 14. O-O Bd7 15.
h3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Rb8 20. Be2 Nh7 21. b3
c4 22. bxc4 Rb2 23. Qe3 Nxg5 24. Qxg5 Qa7+ 25. Kh1 f6 26. Qh4 Qe3 27. Qf2 Bh6
28. f4 Nxc4 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Nb6 31. Re1 Na4 32. Nd3 Rd2 33. Bf1 Nc3 34.
Rc1 Nd1 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. Rc7+ Ke8 37. Rh7 Kf8 38. f5 Be3 39. fxg6 Bd4 40. Rxh5
Ne3 41. Nf4 Nxf1 42. Rh8+ Kg7 43. Rh7+ Kg8 44. Ng2 Ng3+ 45. Kh2 Ne2 0-1

[Event "Hilversum op"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2009.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Eijk, Sander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. e3 a6 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Nc4 Nbd7 11. a5 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nb6 O-O 14. Qd3 Re8 15.
Be2 Ra7 16. Bd1 Bf8 17. Nd2 Bc8 18. O-O g6 19. e4 Bg7 20. Ba4 Bd7 21. Bc6 Bxc6
22. dxc6 Qc7 23. f3 Nh5 24. Ndc4 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Qxc6 26. Nd5 Bg7 27. Rad1 Rd7 28.
Qc2 Rdd8 29. Rd3 Nf6 30. Ndb6 d5 31. Rfd1 d4 32. R3d2 Nh5 33. Nd5 Bh6 34. Re2
f5 35. Ncb6 fxe4 36. Rxe4 Qd6 37. Rde1 Ng7 38. Qc4 Kh8 39. Qxa6 Be3 40. Qb5 Qf8
41. Rxe8 Rxe8 42. a6 Nf5 43. Qxe8 Qxe8 44. a7 Qe5 45. a8=Q+ Kg7 46. Nxe3 dxe3
47. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Hilversum op"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2009.06.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. Bd2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Na4 Bd6 11. Bc3 O-O 12. Be2 Ne4 13. O-O b5 14. Be1 Ne5 15.
Nc3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Be6 17. Ne2 Ng5 18. Nd4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qd7 20. Qe2 Rfc8 21.
Bd2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. b3 Be5 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Qd3 g6 27. h3
Qc6 28. Kf1 h5 29. Ke2 Qc5 30. Kd1 Kg7 31. Qc2 Qxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Bd6 33. Bc3+ Kf8
34. a4 Ke7 35. axb5 axb5 36. Kd3 Ke6 37. Ba5 Be5 38. Bb4 Bg7 39. Bc5 Be5 40.
Bd4 Bd6 41. f3 f5 42. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hilversum op"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2009.06.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne8 13. g4 Nc7 14. g5 b5 15. h4
b4 16. Ne2 Nb5 17. Kg2 c4 18. Rb1 Qa5 19. h5 Qxa2 20. Be3 Rfe8 21. hxg6 hxg6
22. Rh1 Rab8 23. Kg3 c3 24. bxc3 Nxc3 25. Nxc3 bxc3 26. Ra1 Qc4 27. Ra4 Rb4 28.
Rxa7 Nc5 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 30. Qa1 c2 31. Re7 Rxe7 32. Qa8+ Bf8 33. Rh8+ Kxh8 34.
Qxf8+ Kh7 35. Qxe7 Qd4 36. Bh5 Rb3+ 37. Kh4 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Hilversum op"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2009.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bitalzadeh, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2009.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 d6 11. O-O e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. c5 Nd7 14. cxd6 cxd6
15. Qc7 Re8 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Ne4 Rd7 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Bf5 21.
Rc7 Rab8 22. Nd2 Kf8 23. f4 Rdc8 24. Rdc1 exf4 25. gxf4 f6 26. Nb3 Na8 27. R7c4
Nb6 28. Rc7 Na8 29. R7c3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rc8 31. e4 Bd7 32. e5 Rxc3 33. bxc3 fxe5
34. fxe5 dxe5 35. c4 Nc7 36. Nc5 Bf5 37. Nxb7 e4 38. Kf2 Na6 39. Bf1 Nb4 40.
Ke3 Ke7 41. a3 Nc2+ 42. Kd2 e3+ 43. Kc3 Nxa3 44. c5 Kd7 45. c6+ Kc7 46. Kd4 Kb6
47. Kxe3 a5 48. Bg2 Nc2+ 49. Kf4 g6 50. d6 Nd4 51. Nxa5 Kxa5 52. Ke5 Nxc6+ 53.
Bxc6 Kb6 54. Be8 Kb7 55. Kf6 Kb6 56. d7 Kc7 57. Ke7 Bxd7 58. Bxd7 g5 59. Be8
Kc8 60. Bh5 Kc7 61. Be8 h6 62. Kf6 Kd6 63. Bf7 Kd7 64. h3 Kd8 65. Kg6 Ke7 66.
Kg7 Kd6 67. Kxh6 Ke7 68. Kg7 Kd8 69. Kf6 Kd7 70. Kxg5 Ke7 71. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Hilversum op"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2009.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hopman, Pieter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. a4 Qa5 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Nxd2 e5 9. Nxc4 Qb4 10. Nxe5 Qxb2 11. Rc1 Bb4 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 O-O 14. e3
Nd7 15. Nd3 Ba5 16. Kc2 Nf6 17. Kb2 Bf5 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. Rhd1 Rac8 20. Na2 Be4
21. Bf3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 c5 23. Rdd1 cxd4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. exd4 Ne8 26. Kb3 Kf8
27. Nb4 Bxb4 28. Kxb4 Nd6 29. Rd2 a5+ 30. Kb3 Rc4 31. Be2 Rb4+ 32. Ka3 Ke7 33.
Rd1 Nf5 34. d5 Kd6 35. Bd3 Rd4 36. Bc2 Rxd1 37. Bxd1 Nd4 38. Kb2 Kxd5 39. Kc3
b5 40. axb5 Nxb5+ 41. Kd3 f6 42. f4 Kc5 43. g4 g5 44. fxg5 fxg5 45. Bb3 Nd6 46.
h3 h6 0-1

[Event "Hilversum op"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2009.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. c5 dxc5 12. Qb3+ e6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Ne5 cxd4
15. cxd4 Qd8 16. Qc2 g5 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxg5 Qxd4 20. Rfd1 Qc3
21. Qa4 h6 22. Rd3 Qe5 23. Bf4 Qxe2 24. Rbd1 Kh7 25. Bf3 Qb2 26. Bc1 Qe5 27.
Qh4 Qf6 28. Qh5 Rg8 29. Rd6 Qg6 30. Rd8 Qxh5 31. Bxh5 Bf6 32. Rxg8 Kxg8 33.
Bxh6 c5 34. Bf4 Kg7 35. Bd6 c4 36. Rc1 c3 37. Bb4 Bd7 38. Bxc3 Bc6 39. Bd2 a5
40. Be3 a4 41. Be2 Rd8 42. f3 Bb2 43. Rc5 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hilversum op"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2009.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Ne5 Bh5 13. h3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7
15. Qc3 Qc7 16. Nc4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. e4 Qa5 19. Bd2 Qxc3 20. Bxc3 f5 21.
exf5 exf5 22. Bb4 Rfe8 23. Re3 Rad8 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Rc1 Rd4 26. b3 axb3 27.
Rxb3 Bf7 28. Rb2 f4 29. gxf4 Rxf4 30. Rcb1 Rxe5 31. Rxb7 h6 32. R7b4 Rf6 33.
Rc1 Re2 34. Rxc6 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Rxf2 36. Kg3 Ra2 37. Be4 g6 38. Kf4 Rxa3 39. Bxg6
Rf1+ 40. Ke4 Bxg6+ 41. Rxg6+ Kh7 42. Rg4 Ra7 43. h4 Re7+ 44. Kd3 Rd1+ 45. Kc2
Rd5 46. Rbd4 Rde5 47. Kd3 Re3+ 48. Kd2 Re2+ 49. Kd3 R7e3+ 50. Kc4 Rc2+ 51. Kd5
Rc7 52. Rge4 Ra3 53. Ra4 Rd3+ 54. Rad4 Rh3 55. Rg4 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balaguer op 14th"]
[Site "Balaguer"]
[Date "2009.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mateo, Ramon"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. e3 cxd5 8.
Qb3 e6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Bg5
15. Rf3 Bc6 16. Ne2 f6 17. Raf1 Qe7 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. exf4 Rff8
21. Re3 Qf6 22. Qb4 Kh8 23. Re5 Rfe8 24. Qe1 Bd7 25. Qe3 Rf8 26. g3 a6 27. h4
Rc6 28. h5 Be8 29. h6 Bf7 30. Qd2 Rfc8 31. a3 Qd8 32. Re2 Qf6 33. Qe3 Kg8 34.
g4 R6c7 35. Rff2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balaguer op 14th"]
[Site "Balaguer"]
[Date "2009.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Ndf3 Qc7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. c5 Be7 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Nd3 Nd7
15. e3 g5 16. Be5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bf6 18. f4 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Bg6 20. b4 b6 21. Qc1
Rb8 22. Rb1 Qe7 23. Rb3 b5 24. Ra3 Rb7 25. Ra6 Rc7 26. a4 bxa4 27. Rxa4 Rb8 28.
Qd2 Rcb7 29. Rfa1 a5 30. Rxa5 Rxb4 31. Ra7 Qf8 32. R7a2 Rb1+ 33. Bf1 f4 34.
exf4 gxf4 35. Qxf4 Qxf4 36. gxf4 Bd3 37. Rxb1 Rxb1 38. Rf2 Rd1 39. Kg2 Bf5 40.
Rb2 Rxd4 41. Rb6 Rxf4 42. Rxc6 Ra4 43. Rc8+ Kf7 44. c6 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Rc2 46. c7
Kg7 1-0

[Event "Balaguer op 14th"]
[Site "Balaguer"]
[Date "2009.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Haslinger, Stewart"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nd2 Nb4 13. Nf3 c5 14. Bg2 d5 15.
O-O Rae8 16. a3 Nc6 17. Nd2 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd4 19. Qd1 Qxe5 20. Bxd5 Ne2+ 21.
Kg2 Nc3 22. Re1 Qd4 23. Qc2 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Bd3 25. Qc1 Qxd5+ 26. Kg1 Bf5 27. Qc3
Rd8 28. Nf1 Bh3 29. Ne3 Qf3 30. Qc2 Rd4 31. Qe2 Qb7 32. Rab1 Rfd8 33. Rb2 h5
34. f3 Rd3 35. Rd1 c4 36. b4 Re8 37. Rxd3 cxd3 38. Qf2 Qc6 39. Rb1 d2 40. Qxd2
0-1

[Event "Balaguer op 14th"]
[Site "Balaguer"]
[Date "2009.07.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Javakhadze, Zurab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2009.07.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4 Be6 13. c5 b6 14. cxb6 axb6
15. Ne5 Qa3 16. Qc2 c5 17. Be2 Rc8 18. Qd2 c4 19. O-O Na6 20. f4 Bf5 21. Bf3
Nb4 22. g4 c3 23. Qg2 c2 24. gxf5 c1=Q 25. f6 Qaxe3+ 26. Kh1 g5 27. fxg5 hxg5
28. Bxd5 Qxa1 29. Bxf7+ Kh8 30. Rxa1 Rc1+ 31. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 32. Qg1 Qxg1+ 33. Kxg1
Rd8 34. Bb3 Kh7 35. a3 Na6 36. Nf7 Rxd4 37. Nxg5+ Kg6 38. f7 Rf4 39. Nh3 Rf6
40. Nf2 Nc5 41. Ng4 Rf4 42. Ne5+ Kg7 43. Bc2 Rf6 44. a4 Re6 45. Nd3 Re3 46. Nf4
Kxf7 47. Kf2 Ra3 48. Ke2 Nxa4 49. Kd2 Nc3 50. h4 Nb5 51. h5 Nd4 52. Bg6+ Kg7
53. Nd5 b5 54. Kc1 Ra2 55. Kb1 Rh2 56. Nb4 Kf6 57. Kc1 Ne2+ 58. Kb1 Nd4 59. Kc1
Ne6 60. Be8 Nc7 61. Bg6 Ke5 62. Kb1 Nd5 63. Nc6+ Kd6 64. Nd4 Kc5 65. Nf3 Rh1+
66. Kb2 Nf4 67. Be8 Nxh5 68. Nd2 Nf6 69. Bf7 Rh2 70. Kc1 Kb4 71. Be6 Kc3 72.
Nb1+ Kd3 73. Bf5+ Kd4 74. Nd2 Rf2 75. Bg6 b4 76. Bc2 Nd5 77. Bh7 Ne3 78. Bg6
Nc4 79. Nb1 b3 80. Kd1 Rg2 81. Bh7 Rg7 0-1

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "2009.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "De Groote, Ewoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 exd4 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Re1 Re8
15. Bc2 c5 16. Nxb5 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Ng4 18. Rf1 d5 19. Bf4 Rb7 20. e5 g5 21. Bg3
h5 22. e6 Qf6 23. Nf5 Bxe6 24. Nd6 Rd8 25. Nxb7 h4 26. Qf3 hxg3 27. Qxf6 Nxf6
28. Nxd8 gxf2+ 29. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "2009.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bezemer, Arno J"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 h6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. Qb5 Qe7 16. a5 a6 17. Qd3 g5 18. Ra4 Rac8 19. h4 gxh4 20. Qg6 Rxf3 21. gxf3
Nf8 22. Qg4 Kh7 23. f4 g6 24. Kh1 Rc2 25. f5 exf5 26. Qf4 Kg8 27. Qxh6 Rc4 28.
Bg5 Qg7 29. Qxh4 Ne6 30. Rd1 Nxg5 31. Qxg5 Be7 32. Qg2 Qh6+ 33. Kg1 Rxa4 34.
Qxd5+ Kf8 35. Qxb7 Qg5+ 36. Kf1 Qg4 37. f3 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Bg5 39. Qb3 Bf4 40. Kf2
Qh2+ 41. Kf1 Bg3 42. Qe3 f4 0-1

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "2009.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. g5 Bb7 14. a3 Qc7 15.
Bh3 Ne5 16. Qg2 Nc6 17. Be3 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. g6 hxg6 20. h5 Bf6 21. hxg6
Bxc3 22. Bxe6 Rfb8 23. Rh8+ Kxh8 24. Bxf7 Bxb2+ 25. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "2009.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Bf4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Nd4 Nf6
15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qb3 Rc8 18. a4 Rc5 19. a5 Qc8 20. axb6 Rxc3 21.
Qb2 Bxd4 22. exd4 Rc2 23. Qb1 axb6 24. Qxb6 Qf5 25. Rf1 Bc6 26. Rac1 Rxc1 27.
Rxc1 Bd7 28. Re1 Be6 29. Re5 Qd3 30. Bxd5 Bh3 31. Re1 Qd2 32. Rb1 Re8 33. Bg2
Re1+ 34. Bf1 h6 35. Rxe1 Qxe1 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Qb5 Kg6 38. Qe2 Qc1 39. g4 f5
40. Qe6+ Kh7 41. Qxf5+ Kh8 42. Qb5 Qa1 43. g5 Be6 44. d5 Bg8 45. d6 Qd4 46. Qd3
Qg4+ 47. Qg3 Qd4 48. h3 hxg5 49. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 h5 10. Qf2 d6 11. h3 b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd3 h4 14. Kb1 b4 15.
Ne2 e5 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Qe3 Qc5 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Rhf1 Be6 21. f4 a5
22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Qg5 {Black is ready to start an attack on the queenside.
Nijboer is trying to create confusion:} Rh5 $1 24. Qd2 ({He cannot touch the
pawn:} 24. Qxg7 Ne8 25. Qg8 {the only square left for the queen.} f5 26. Qg6
Bf7 {and the lady is lost!}) 24... Rd8 25. Qc1 a4 26. Rf3 Rd6 (26... Nxe4 27.
Bxe4 Qc4 {threatening ...Qxa2#} 28. b3 Qxe4 29. Rxd8 Kxd8 30. Rd3+ {Anish Giri
said that he did not trust this variation entirely: "I thought it was
dangerous and could ruin my attack. Frisor was already in time trouble and
could not do much, so I decided to keep the pressure on."}) 27. Re1 Kf8 28. b3
Nd7 29. Ref1 f6 30. Qe1 Kf7 31. Rg1 Rh8 32. g3 Rc8 33. gxh4 {Has White managed
to create counterplay on the g-file? "No, I am much faster," said Giri.} axb3
34. Qg3 Rxd3 (34... Rxd3 35. Qxg7+ Ke8 36. Qh8+ Nf8 37. Qh5+ Bf7 {and Black
will now mate his opponent.}) 0-1

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "2009.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. g3 O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qc2 Qa5 14. a3 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 Qh5 16. Kg2 c5 17. Be2 Qh7 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bc4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "2009.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15.
Nf5 Bf8 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qd7 19. Ne3 c5 20. a4 Bb7 21. axb5
axb5 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Qf5 Qxf5 24. Nxf5 Ng6 25. Bxb5 Rd8 26. Ne3 Nxf4 27. gxf4
Bd6 28. Bc6 Bxf4 29. Rc1 Bxc6 30. dxc6 Bd6 31. Nf5 Bf8 32. Ra1 Rc8 33. Ra6 f6
34. Ne3 Kf7 35. Nc4 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "2009.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Miedema, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Qb1 Rb6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Bf4 h6 15.
e4 Bd6 16. Be3 Nb4 17. d5 Rb8 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Bd4 c5 20. Bc3 Nc6 21. e5 Ncxe5
22. Re1 Qc7 23. Ba5 Qa7 24. Bc3 c4 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxf2 27. Kh1 Rxd2 28.
Qe1 Rd3 29. bxc4 Qc7 30. Re4 Bb7 31. Rxe6 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qxc4 33. Rxa6 Qd5+ 34.
Kh3 Qh5+ 35. Kg2 Qf3+ 36. Kh3 Rd5 37. Rxh6 Qf5+ 38. g4 Rd3+ 39. Kh4 g5+ 0-1

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "2009.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lalith, Babu MR"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "234"]
[EventDate "2009.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bd7 7. g3 e6 8. e4
Bb4 9. Bg2 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qxc4 Qa5 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. Qd3 O-O
15. Bg5 Rfd8 16. Qe2 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. Rfd1 Be8 20. Rdc1 Ne5 21.
Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Rc2 a6 23. Qb6 Ba5 24. Qb3 Rc7 25. Rac1 Rd4 26. h3 Bc6 27. Kh2
Rcd7 28. Re2 Rd3 29. Qc2 R7d4 30. f4 Qc5 31. e5 f5 32. Bxc6 Qxc6 33. Rg2 Qf3
34. Rcg1 Bb6 35. Qb3 Ba7 36. Qc2 Kh7 37. Ne2 Re4 38. Ra1 Qe3 39. Ra3 Rxa3 40.
bxa3 Qf3 41. Qc7 Kg7 42. Qxb7 h5 43. Qxa7 Rxe2 44. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 45. Kg1 Qd1+ 46.
Kh2 Qc2+ 47. Kg1 Qb1+ 48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. Kg1 Qf3 50. Kh2 Qe2+ 51. Kg1 Qd1+ 52.
Kh2 Qd2+ 53. Kg1 h4 54. Qf2 Qc1+ 55. Kh2 Qxa3 56. gxh4 Qxa4 57. Qg2+ Kh7 58.
Qg5 Qa2+ 59. Kh1 Qb1+ 60. Kh2 Qc2+ 61. Kh1 Qc6+ 62. Kh2 Qc2+ 63. Kh1 Qd1+ 64.
Kh2 Qe2+ 65. Kh1 Qf3+ 66. Kh2 a5 67. h5 Qe2+ 68. Kg3 Qe3+ 69. Kg2 Qd2+ 70. Kf1
Qd3+ 71. Kg2 Qc2+ 72. Kf1 Qc1+ 73. Ke2 Qc2+ 74. Kf1 Qc4+ 75. Kf2 a4 76. h6 Qc5+
77. Ke2 Qf8 78. Kd3 Qxh6 79. Qg3 Qh5 80. Kd2 Qg6 81. Qh4+ Qh6 82. Qg3 f6 83.
Kc3 Qg7 84. Qh4+ Kg6 85. Kd4 fxe5+ 86. fxe5 Qa7+ 87. Kc4 Qc7+ 88. Kd4 Qb6+ 89.
Kd3 Qb1+ 90. Kd2 Qb2+ 91. Kd3 Qb5+ 92. Kd2 Qd5+ 93. Kc1 Qxe5 94. Qxa4 Qe1+ 95.
Kc2 Kg5 96. Qa7 Kf4 97. Qc7+ Qe5 98. Qh7 Qe2+ 99. Kc3 Qe3+ 100. Kc2 Kg3 101. h4
Qe4+ 102. Kd2 Qd4+ 103. Kc2 Qxh4 104. Qg6+ Kf2 105. Qg7 Qc4+ 106. Kd2 Qd5+ 107.
Kc2 Qc5+ 108. Kd2 e5 109. Qh7 Qb4+ 110. Kc2 Qe4+ 111. Kc1 Qf4+ 112. Kc2 e4 113.
Qa7+ e3 114. Qb6 Qe4+ 115. Kc3 Kf1 116. Qb5+ e2 117. Qa6 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Enschede Twente op"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2009.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Assendelft, Floris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. h3 Nf6 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Bb7 17. g4 c5 18. f3 Qd7 19. Bg2 Qe6 20. f4 Bxg2 21. Qxg2
Rd8 22. O-O Kf8 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Kg8 25. Qf1 h5 26. Rd8+ Bf8 27. Bxf6
Qxf6 28. Rd5 hxg4 29. Rxg5+ Bg7 30. Rxg4 Qd4+ 31. Kg2 f5 32. Rg5 Rh6 33. Qd3
Qxf4 34. Rxf5 Rg6+ 35. Kh1 Qc1+ 36. Rf1 Qg5 37. Qd5+ Qxd5+ 38. Nxd5 Re6 39. Nf4
Rd6 40. Re1 Rd2 41. Re2 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 Bxb2 43. Rxe7 Bc1 44. Re4 Bxf4 45. Rxf4
Rd2+ 46. Rf2 Rd4 47. Kf3 Ra4 48. Ke3 Rxa2 49. Ke4 Ra4+ 50. Kd5 Ra3 51. Kxc5
Rxh3 52. c4 Rh6 53. Kd5 Rh7 54. c5 Rf7 55. Rxf7 Kxf7 56. Kc6 Ke7 57. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Enschede Twente op"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. e4 Qc8 12. Bb2 O-O 13. h3 Rd8 14. Rac1 Qc7 15. Nh2
Rac8 16. Ng4 Bf8 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Ba3 Ba8 19. Rc2 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Rcc1
e5 22. Qd2 Qa5 23. Nb1 Qxd2 24. Nxd2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 d5 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. exd5
Bxd5 28. Nf1 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Ra8 30. Rc2 Ke7 31. Ne3 Ke6 32. Rc6+ Kd7 33. Rc2 Ke6
34. Rc6+ Kd7 35. Rb6 Rxa2 36. Kf3 Ne8 37. Rxb5 Nd6 38. Rxe5 Rb2 39. Rh5 h6 40.
Kg2 Rxb3 41. Ra5 g6 42. g4 Rb5 43. Ra8 h5 44. Ra7+ Ke6 45. Ra6 Kd7 46. Ra7+ Ke6
47. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enschede Twente op"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Burg, Twan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 O-O 10. c4 Bd6 11. g3 Nxe4 12. Bf3 f5 13. c5 Be5 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Qc2 Qd8 18. Rad1 d5 19. cxd6 Rxb6 20. Bxb6 Qxb6
21. Qxe4 Bf6 22. d7 Bb7 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Rfe1 h6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Re8 Qd8 27.
Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Enschede Twente op"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2009.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melia, Salome"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 h5 10. Qf2 d6 11. h3 b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd3 h4 14. Kb1 b4 15.
Ne2 e5 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. g3 Qc5 19. Qg2 hxg3 20. Qxg3 Nf6 21. f4
Be6 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Rdf1 Nh5 24. Qf3 Qa5 25. b3 Qc5 26. Rhg1 g6 27. Rg5 a5
28. Bc4 Rhf8 29. Nc1 Bxc4 30. bxc4 f6 31. Rxg6 Qxc4 32. Rd1 Rac8 33. Qxh5 Qxc2+
34. Ka1 Qc3+ 35. Kb1 Qc2+ 36. Ka1 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enschede Twente op"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2009.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kleijn, Christov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. g5 Bxd4 13. Rxd4 O-O 14. Be2 Bb7
15. Rhd1 Nc5 16. a3 Rac8 17. Kb1 Na4 18. Nxa4 Qxc2+ 19. Ka1 bxa4 20. Bd3 Qc5
21. Bb1 Rfd8 22. Qg3 Qb6 23. Qd3 Rc6 24. Qh3 Rc1 25. Qd3 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 d5 27.
Qd3 Qb5 28. Qh3 Qc5 29. Rb4 Bc8 30. exd5 g6 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. bxc3 Rxd5 33. Rc4
Bd7 34. Rd4 Bb5 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. Ba2 Bc6 37. Kb2 Kf8 38. Kc2 Ke7 39. Kd3 a5
40. c4 Ke6 41. c5 Kf5 42. Kd4 Ke6 43. Bb1 Bb5 44. Bd3 Bc6 45. Ke3 Bd7 46. Bf1
Bc6 47. Bh3+ Ke7 48. Bg4 f6 49. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Enschede Twente op"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2009.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd4 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Re8
15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 c5 17. dxc5 Qa5 18. Bf3 Qxc5 19. Rac1 Be6 20. Nxd5 Qxc2
21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Rxc2 Rac8 23. Rd2 Bxa2 24. Ra1 Bc4 25. Rd4 Bb5 26. b4 Rc4
27. Rxc4 Bxc4 28. Rc1 Bb5 29. Bd5 Rd8 30. Rc5 Kg7 31. g4 Rd7 32. Kh2 Re7 33.
Kg3 Re5 34. f3 Bd7 35. Bb7 Rxc5 36. bxc5 a5 37. c6 Be6 38. f4 a4 39. f5 Bd5 40.
Ba8 Bc4 41. Bb7 Bb5 42. c7 Bd7 43. Bc6 Bc8 44. Bxa4 Kf8 45. Kh4 Kg7 46. Kh5 Kh7
47. Bb3 Kg7 48. Bd5 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enschede Twente op"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2009.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gopal, Geetha Narayanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Qh4 a6 13. b3 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15.
g4 e6 16. Bf4 Ne8 17. Bh6 b5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. g5 bxc4 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Rd4
Bxf3 22. exf3 Ne5 23. Kg2 d5 24. f4 Nc6 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Nxd5 Qb7 27. Kf1 Ne7
28. Nf6+ Nxf6 29. gxf6 Nf5 30. Bxf5 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Re8+ 32. Kd2 Qd5+ 33. Kc3
cxb3+ 0-1

[Event "Enschede Twente op"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2009.08.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Oosterom, Chiel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Qg5 d6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. f4 Bd4 14. e5 dxe5
15. Ne2 f5 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qe7 Qc6 18. b3 Nc5 19. Bb2 Re8 20. Qh4 Nxd3 21.
cxd3 Qd6 22. Rf3 b5 23. Rg3 Ra7 24. Qf6 Rd7 25. Rf1 Rf8 26. Qe5 Qxe5 27. fxe5
Bb7 0-1

[Event "Enschede Twente op"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2009.08.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Nc4 16. a4 Be6 17. Ng5 Bd7 18. Ng3 Rfe8 19. Qe2 Bf8 20. Bd3 Na5 21. Nh5 Be7
22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qh5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 f6 26. Bc1 Nb3 27. Rxa8 Rxa8
28. Qe2 Ra1 29. Be3 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Nc5 31. Bc2 Nxe4 32. Qb1 f5 33. f3 Ng3 34.
Kh2 Qc4 35. Bd3 Qf7 36. Kxg3 f4+ 37. Kf2 fxe3+ 38. Kxe3 Qf4+ 39. Ke2 h5 40.
Qa2+ Kf8 41. Qa7 Qf7 42. Qc7 Qe6 43. Qd8+ Kf7 44. h4 g6 45. Kf2 d5 46. Qc7 Qe7
47. g3 d4 48. cxd4 exd4 49. Qf4+ Qf6 50. Qxf6+ Kxf6 51. b4 g5 52. f4 gxf4 53.
gxf4 Bc6 54. Be2 Kf5 55. Kg3 Be8 56. Bd3+ Kf6 57. Be4 Bg6 58. Bc6 d3 59. Bxb5
d2 60. Ba4 Bf5 61. Kf2 Bg4 62. b5 Bd7 63. Bd1 Bxb5 64. Bc2 Bd3 65. Bd1 Bb5 66.
Kf3 Bc4 67. Ke3 Kf5 68. Bxh5 Bb3 69. Kxd2 Kxf4 70. Be2 Bf7 71. Kd3 Kg3 72. h5
Bxh5 73. Bxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Jubilee op"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Pein,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 {#} a6 {A very
flexible system. Black may enter the Taimanov Siclians with an early b5 or the
Scheveningen with d6 and Nf6 or something else depending what White plays.
White also has to watch out for Bf8-b4, another line. Black avoids some of the
nasty stuff that can be thrown at his position involving an early g2-g4} 7. Qd2
Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f3 h5 {That puts paid to g4 for a while. For a good
example of this plan in a Najdorf setting see Eggeleston-Gordon from last
week's British Championships #} 10. Qf2 d6 11. Kb1 Ne5 12. h3 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14.
Nce2 h4 15. Nb3 Nfd7 {Covering b6 and perhaps contemplating g7-g5 securing the
Ne5} 16. f4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 a5 18. Rc1 Qb7 {Black is justifiably claiming both
his rooks are in play ! #} 19. g4 a4 (19... hxg3 {May be OK but gives White
some chances to attack for example} 20. Qxg3 Qa6 21. Rhd1 a4 22. Nbd4 Bb7 23.
Qxg7 Rxh3 24. f5 e5 25. Qg8+ Bf8 26. Ne6 $1) 20. Nd2 Qa6 21. Nc4 d5 $1 {
When Black plays this liberating move in the Sicilian it is nearly always good
#} 22. exd5 exd5 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. fxe5 b3 (24... Qxd3+ 25. Ka1 a3 26. b3 O-O
27. Nd4 {with Rc7 coming did not appeal instead Giri finds an exquisite
combination}) 25. a3 Qxd3+ 26. Ka1 {#} Bxa3 $3 27. Rc3 (27. bxa3 b2+ 28. Kxb2
Rb8+ 29. Bb6 Qb3+ 30. Ka1 Qxa3+ 31. Kb1 Rh6 {would be an amusing finish I told
you those rooks were actually playing}) 27... Bxb2+ $1 28. Kxb2 a3+ 29. Ka1 Ba6
({A lovely idea but these confounded computers tell us it was not objectively
correct} 29... b2+ 30. Ka2 Qe4 31. Rf1 O-O {with Ba6 to follow should win}) 30.
Rxd3 Bxd3 31. Rd1 ({The beastie proposes} 31. Bd4 O-O 32. Qe3 b2+ 33. Ka2 Bc4+
34. Kb1 Rfb8 35. Kc2 {But we can forgive both players for deciding they had
had enough excitement and presumably time was a big factor as well.}) 31... b2+
32. Ka2 Bc4+ 33. Kb1 Bd3+ 34. Ka2 Bc4+ 35. Kb1 Bd3+ {#} (35... Bd3+ 36. Rxd3
a2+ 37. Kxb2 a1=Q+ {leads to mate}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Jubilee op"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4
b6 9. Be2 Ba6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Bf4 d6 12. f3 Ne5 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. cxb5 Ng6 15.
Be3 d5 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. b4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qb2 d4 20. Bd2 d3 21. Bd1 Qd7
22. a4 O-O 23. g3 h5 24. Kg2 h4 25. Bb3 hxg3 26. hxg3 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Qg4 28. Kh2
Nh4 29. Qxe5 Nf3+ 30. Rxf3 Qxf3 31. Qf4 Qe2+ 32. Kg1 Rc2 33. Bxc2 dxc2 34. Re1
Qd1 35. Kf2 Rd8 36. Bc1 Qd4+ 37. Be3 Qxb4 38. Rc1 Qxa4 39. Qc7 Re8 40. Qc6 Qxe4
41. Qxe4 Rxe4 42. Rxc2 Rb4 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Rc7 f6 45. Rxa7 Rxb5 46. Bd4 Kg6
47. Ra6 Rd5 48. Be3 b5 49. Rb6 Rf5+ 50. Kg2 Rd5 51. Rb7 Kh7 52. Kf3 Rf5+ 53.
Kg4 Rd5 54. Kf4 Rg5 55. Rc7 Kg8 56. Rc5 Rxc5 57. Bxc5 Kf7 58. Ke4 Ke6 59. g4
Kf7 60. Bb4 Ke6 61. Kd4 Kf7 62. Bd2 Ke6 63. Ke4 Kf7 64. Kd5 Kg6 65. Ke4 Kf7 66.
Kf4 Ke6 67. Bc3 g6 68. Ke3 f5 69. g5 Kd5 70. Kd3 Kc5 71. Bd2 Kd5 72. Bc3 Kc5
73. Bd2 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Jubilee op"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jurek, Josef"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Nbd7 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bg6 11. e4 b5 12. Qxc6 b4 13. e5 Rc8 14. Qa6 bxc3
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. bxc3 Rxc3 17. a3 Be4 18. Be3 Qd6 19. Qxd6 Bxd6 20. Nd2 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 h6 22. Rec1 Rfc8 23. Nb3 Nd5 24. Bd2 Rc2 25. Kf1 R8c7 26. Ke1 Rxc1+
27. Nxc1 Rc4 28. Nb3 Ra4 29. Bc1 Kf8 30. Kd2 Ke7 31. Kd3 Ra6 32. Bb2 Rb6 33.
Kc2 Nf6 34. f3 Nd5 35. Na5 Ne3+ 36. Kc3 Rb5 37. Nc6+ Kd7 38. Ne5+ Bxe5 39. dxe5
Rd5 40. Re1 Nd1+ 41. Kc2 Nxb2 42. Kxb2 Rd2+ 43. Kc3 Rxh2 44. Rd1+ Ke7 45. Rb1
g5 46. Rb7+ Kf8 47. Kd3 h5 48. Rxa7 Rg2 49. Ke3 Rxg3 50. Kf2 Rh3 51. Kg2 Rh4
52. a4 Kg7 53. a5 Ra4 54. Ra8 Ra3 55. a6 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Jubilee op"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e4 g6 12. h4 Bg7 13. e5 d6 14. h5 gxh5 15. exd6
cxd6 16. Nc3 Nd7 17. d5 Nc5 18. Rad1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 e5 20. Nh4 f5 21. f4 e4 22.
Qe3 Bc8 23. Rf2 Ra7 24. Bf1 Rg7 25. Rg2 Kh7 26. Kh2 Rfg8 27. Be2 Qf6 28. Rd2
Bd7 29. Kh3 Rb8 30. Bxh5 b5 31. Be2 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Bb5 33. Bxb5 Rxb5 34. b3 Qf7
35. g4 fxg4+ 36. Kg3 a4 37. Rh2 Qf6 38. f5 Rg5 39. bxa4 Rb1 40. Qd4 Qxd4 41.
Rxd4 Rc1 42. Rf2 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 g3 44. Rf4 Rc2+ 45. Kg1 g2 46. Rd1 Nd3 47. Rxe4
Nf2 48. Re3 Nxd1 49. Re7+ Kg8 50. f6 Nc3 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Jubilee op"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Das, Arghyadip"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Ngf6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Qe1 a5 12. a3 dxe4 13. dxe4 b5 14. Nh4 a4 15. b4
c5 16. c3 c4 17. Ndf3 Qb6 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Bc1 Qc6 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. g4 Bg6 22.
N3h4 Nb6 23. Qe2 Na8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qd7 27. Qxd7 Nxd7 28.
Bf3 h6 29. Ng2 f6 30. h4 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Jubilee op"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Scalcione, Michelangelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. h3 Nc6 7. d5 Nd8 8. g4
Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 b6 11. Qc2 Bg7 12. Nh4 Ng8 13. O-O-O Bh6 14. Bxh6 Nxh6 15.
g5 Ng8 16. f4 exf4 17. Qf2 f6 18. Qxf4 Nf7 19. Nf3 Qd8 20. h4 h6 21. gxh6 Rxh6
22. Bh3 Bxh3 23. Rxh3 Ne5 24. Nd4 a6 25. Ne6 Qd7 26. b3 c5 27. Kb1 Rb8 28. a4
g5 29. Qf2 Qh7 30. Rg1 Ne7 31. Rxg5 Kd7 32. Rg7 Qh8 33. Rhg3 Rxh4 34. Qxf6 Re8
35. Nf8+ Qxf8 36. Qxh4 Qf1+ 37. Ka2 Qf2+ 38. Ka3 b5 39. cxb5 axb5 40. Nxb5 Qe1
41. Rxe7+ Rxe7 42. Qh3+ Kd8 43. Rg8+ Re8 44. Rxe8+ Kxe8 45. Nxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Jubilee op"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. e4 Qc7 13. Qe2 Ncd7 14. Bg5 Ng4 15.
h3 Nge5 16. Ba2 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Ne5 18. Qe2 Nc6 19. Rfd1 Bc5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21.
Qxe3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NBSB-chA"]
[Site "Roosendaal"]
[Date "2009.08.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Boogaard, Sander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2009.08.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Be7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O a6 11. Rfd1 Bb7 12. Rac1 Qb6 13. Ne5 Bd8 14. Nxd7 Nxd7
15. Bxd8 Raxd8 16. Ne4 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Qc3 Qc7 19. b4 Qe7 20. h3 Rd5 21.
Nc5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bc8 23. Qd4 Re8 24. a3 h6 25. Kf1 Qc7 26. Qd6 Qb6 27. Rd4
Nc4 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 a5 30. Kg1 Rd8 31. Na4 Rxd6 32. Nxb6 Ba6 33. Rd4
Rxd4 34. exd4 axb4 35. axb4 Kf8 36. d5 cxd5 37. Nxd5 Bc4 38. Ne3 Bb5 39. Kh2 g6
40. Kg3 Ke7 41. Ng4 f5 42. Ne3 Ke6 43. f4 g5 44. h4 Bd3 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. fxg5
Ke5 47. Kf3 f4 48. Ng4+ Kf5 49. Nf2 Bb5 50. Nh3 Bc6+ 51. Kf2 Bb5 52. g6 Kxg6
53. Nxf4+ Kf5 54. Ke3 Ke5 55. g3 Bd7 56. Nd3+ Kd5 57. Nc5 Be8 58. Ne4 Bg6 59.
Nd2 Bf5 60. b5 Kc5 61. Ne4+ Kb6 62. Kd4 Bg4 63. Nc3 Bf3 64. Kc4 Bg4 65. Kb4 Be6
66. Na4+ Kc7 67. Kc5 Bh3 68. Nc3 Bg2 69. Nd5+ Kb7 70. b6 Bf3 71. Nc3 Kc8 72.
Nd5 Kb7 73. Ne3 Kc8 74. g4 Bb7 75. Kd6 Be4 76. Nd5 Kb7 77. g5 Bg6 78. Kc5 Be4
79. Ne7 1-0

[Event "NBSB-chA"]
[Site "Roosendaal"]
[Date "2009.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Colijn, Stefan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.08.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qb3 a5 10. Rd1 O-O 11. h3 h6 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Bxd2 15.
Rxd2 Nc5 16. Qa3 Ne4 17. Rdd1 Qh4 18. Rf1 Nd2 19. Rfc1 Bxh3 20. Bd3 Bf5 21. f3
Bh3 22. Nf4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Qxf3+ 25. Kh2 Qf2+ 26. Kh1 Bg4 27. Be4
g5 28. Ng2 f5 29. Rc2 Qg3 30. Bd3 Bf3 31. Qb3 Rae8 32. Bf1 Re7 33. Qc3 h5 34.
Qc5 Rff7 35. Qe5 h4 36. Kg1 Qg4 37. Qh2 h3 0-1

[Event "NBSB-chA"]
[Site "Roosendaal"]
[Date "2009.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.08.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Be6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ng5 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. d5
h6 9. Nh3 g5 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. e4 a6 12. a4 Bg7 13. Nf2 Qc7 14. Be3 Rg8 15. Be2
Kf8 16. Qd2 Rd8 17. h4 gxh4 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Rxh4 Bg6 20. Bxh6 Rh8 21. Bg5 Rxh4
22. Bxh4 Nc6 23. Bd1 Qh2 24. Nh3 Nd4 25. Kf2 Nh5 26. f4 Bf6 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28.
f5 Bh7 29. Qf4 Qxf4+ 30. Nxf4 Nd7 31. Nce2 Nxe2 32. Bxe2 Rb8 33. g4 f6 34. g5
fxg5 35. Ne6+ Kf7 36. Rh1 Bg8 37. Rh6 b5 38. Bh5# 1-0

[Event "NBSB-chA"]
[Site "Roosendaal"]
[Date "2009.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sprangers, Remco"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.08.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. a3 Rad8
15. Rad1 Rd7 16. Bf3 Qd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 Be7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. exd6 Bxd6
21. Ne4 Rd7 22. Qd3 Qc7 23. f5 exf5 24. Rxf5 Re8 25. Rd5 Rde7 26. Rxd6 Kf8 27.
Ng3 Re3 28. Qd2 h5 29. Rd7 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Qxd7 32. Nxh5 Qf5 33.
Qd1 1-0

[Event "NBSB-chA"]
[Site "Roosendaal"]
[Date "2009.08.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Broekmeulen, Jasper"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.08.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf5 Nc6 8. fxe5
Nxe4 9. Nxg7+ Bxg7 10. Nxe4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bc3 Nd4 14. Rd1
Nxe2 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe2 Bf5 17. Bf3 Rad8 18. O-O Rfe8 19. Ng5 Bxc2 20. Rd2
Bg6 21. Bxb7 h6 22. Ne4 Rb8 23. Bd5 Kg7 24. b3 Rb4 25. Ng3 Rf4 26. Ne2 Rxf1+
27. Kxf1 h5 28. g3 h4 29. Kf2 Rh8 30. Kg2 a5 31. Nd4 Re8 32. a3 Bf6 33. b4 axb4
34. axb4 hxg3 35. hxg3 Re3 36. b5 Rd3 37. Nf3 Bd8 38. Rxd3 Bxd3 39. Bc6 Bb6 40.
Ng5 Kf6 41. Ne4+ Ke5 42. Kf3 Bc2 43. Ng5 f6 44. Nh3 d5 45. Nf2 f5 46. g4 Be4+
47. Ke2 Bd8 48. gxf5 Bxf5 49. Nd3+ Kd6 50. Nf4 d4 51. Nd3 Bg4+ 52. Kd2 Ba5+ 53.
Kc2 Bf5 54. Bf3 Kc7 55. Bc6 Kb6 56. Bf3 Kxb5 57. Be2 Kc4 0-1

[Event "NBSB-chA"]
[Site "Roosendaal"]
[Date "2009.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.08.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e4 b5 5. a4 c6 6. Nc3 b4 7. Nb1 Nf6 8. e5 Nd5
9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bxc4 c5 12. dxc5 Bb7 13. Bb5+ Bc6 14. Nbd2 O-O 15.
Qc2 Rc8 16. Nb3 Bb7 17. Na5 Rxc5 18. Qd2 Ba6 19. Nb3 Rxb5 20. axb5 Bxb5 21.
Nfd4 Ba6 22. f3 Qc7 23. Kf2 Qxe5 24. g3 Bc8 25. Rhc1 Bd7 26. Ra5 Qd6 27. Qc2
Na6 28. Rca1 Rc8 29. Qd2 Nb8 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. Rac5 h6 32. Qd3 Qb6 33. Kg2 a6 34.
Kh1 Qd6 35. Na5 Qb6 36. Nab3 Ne7 37. Qe4 Ba4 38. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch64"]
[Site "Haaksbergen"]
[Date "2009.09.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2009.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Nb8 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Re1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c5 15.
dxc6 Nxc6 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Rad1 a6 18. Qd2 Na5 19. Be2 Nc6 20. Bg5 Qe6 21. Bf1
Rcd8 22. Bd3 Ne5 23. Bb1 Nc4 24. Qe2 Rc8 25. Ba2 b5 26. Bf4 Red8 27. e5 dxe5
28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 bxc4 30. Bxe5 Nd7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Re4 Nb6 33. Red4
Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Rc6 35. g4 Nc8 36. Nd5 Nb6 37. Nc3 Nc8 38. a4 Nd6 39. Nd5 h6 40.
Ne7 Rc7 41. Rxd6 Rxe7 42. Rxa6 Rb7 43. Rc6 Rxb2 44. Rxc4 Ra2 45. h4 g5 46. h5
f5 47. gxf5 Kf6 48. Kg2 Kxf5 49. Kg3 Ra1 50. Rc5+ Ke4 51. f3+ Kd4 52. Ra5 Rg1+
53. Kf2 Ra1 54. Kg3 Rg1+ 55. Kf2 Ra1 56. Kg2 Ke3 57. Re5+ Kf4 58. Re4+ Kf5 59.
Rb4 Ke5 60. Kf2 Kf5 61. Re4 Ra2+ 62. Kg3 Ra1 63. Rc4 Rg1+ 64. Kh2 Rf1 65. Kg2
Ra1 66. Rb4 Ke5 67. Rb6 Rxa4 68. Rxh6 g4 69. fxg4 Rxg4+ 70. Kf3 Ra4 71. Rb6 Kf5
72. h6 Ra3+ 73. Kg2 Ra7 74. Kg3 Kg5 75. Kf3 Re7 76. Rd6 Rh7 77. Ke4 Rxh6 78.
Rxh6 Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch64"]
[Site "Haaksbergen"]
[Date "2009.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bitalzadeh, Ali"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. e4 Bb7 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rc8
15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nf5 exf5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rfd8
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. e6 Bc5 23. Re1 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Qf7 25. Qe5 f4 26. gxf4 Qg6+
27. Kf1 Qd3+ 28. Kg2 Qg6+ 29. Kf1 Qg4 30. Qe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch64"]
[Site "Haaksbergen"]
[Date "2009.09.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Swinkels, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Qb6 9. f3 Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Be7 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14.
c4 Rb8 15. Be2 Nc5 16. Nb6 Rd8 17. Rhd1 e5 18. R4d2 Ne6 19. Nd5+ Ke8 20. Ne3
Nd4 21. Nc2 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Be6 23. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch64"]
[Site "Haaksbergen"]
[Date "2009.09.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miedema, David"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Bd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 Be7 12. g5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 c5 14. dxc5 b4 15.
Na4 Rh4 16. c6 Rc8 17. cxd7+ Nxd7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qb3 Rxe4 20. Rg1 Qa5 21.
Kf1 Rxe2 22. Kxe2 Ne5 23. Rg3 Qb5+ 24. Ke1 Ba6 0-1

[Event "NED-ch64"]
[Site "Haaksbergen"]
[Date "2009.09.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Cuijpers, Frans Andre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bg6 12. Be2 Qb6 13. f4 f5 14. O-O fxe4
15. f5 Bf7 16. Bh5 g6 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Rxf7 Rxh5 19. Rf2 Nf6 20. Be3 O-O-O 21.
Qe2 Qb3 22. d5 Nxd5 23. Qg4+ Kb8 24. Qxg6 Rh8 25. Bd4 Rh6 26. Qxe4 e5 27. Qxe5+
Bd6 28. Qg5 Bxh2+ 29. Kf1 Qc4+ 30. Ne2 Rhh8 31. Rc1 Qd3 32. Rf3 Qe4 33. Bxh8
Rxh8 34. Ng3 Bxg3 35. Qxg3+ Ka8 36. Kg1 Qxa4 37. Qg7 Rb8 38. Rf8 Qe4 39. Ra1 a4
40. Qe5 1-0

[Event "NED-ch64"]
[Site "Haaksbergen"]
[Date "2009.09.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. Nb5
a6 16. cxd6 axb5 17. dxc7 Qd7 18. Bb4 g4 19. Nc5 Qxc7 20. Ne6 Qf7 21. Bxb5 gxf3
22. Ng5 fxg2 23. Rf2 Bg4 24. Qb3 Rfc8 25. Rfc2 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Nh4 27. Nxf7 Kxf7
28. Rc7+ Kg6 29. h3 f3 30. Be1 Bh6 31. Bxh4 Rxa2 32. Qxa2 Be3+ 33. Bf2 Bxf2+
34. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 35. Kg1 Ng5 36. Bd3+ Kf6 37. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "NED-ch64"]
[Site "Haaksbergen"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Qc7 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Re1 d6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. Nd4 Ra7 14. c4 Re8 15.
Bf1 Qc8 16. h3 Rc7 17. Qd2 Nbd7 18. Nc6 Nc5 19. Be3 e5 20. b4 Ncd7 21. a4 Ne4
22. Qc2 f5 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rxa5 Nef6 25. Qa2 f4 26. Bc1 Nb8 27. c5 Bf8 28. Nxb8
Qxb8 29. Bd2 Rf7 30. Rxa6 f3 31. g3 e4 32. Rb6 Qc8 33. Be3 h5 34. cxd6 Qf5 35.
d7 Nxd7 36. Re6 Rb8 37. b5 Bc5 38. d6 Rbf8 39. Qc4 Bxe3 40. Rxe3 Nf6 41. Re7
Kg7 42. b6 Rxe7 43. dxe7 Re8 44. b7 Qe5 45. Qc8 Qb2 46. Rc3 Qb1 47. g4 hxg4 48.
hxg4 g5 49. Qf5 Qa1 50. Rc8 e3 51. Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "NED-ch64"]
[Site "Haaksbergen"]
[Date "2009.09.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2009.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. d3 a6 10. Qa3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ng5 Rc8 14. Be3 Ne5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Akhisar Manisa ol U16"]
[Site "Akhisar Manisa"]
[Date "2009.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Egodage, Keshan"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Bg3 Ne4 7. Nbd2 Nxg3 8.
fxg3 Nd7 9. O-O c6 10. c3 Qe7 11. Rc1 g5 12. c4 Bg6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Bd3 f5 15.
Ne1 O-O 16. Nc2 g4 17. Rf2 h5 18. Nf1 Kg7 19. Qc3 Nf6 20. c5 Bc7 21. b4 Rh8 22.
Na1 h4 23. gxh4 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Ne4 25. g3 Nxc3 26. Rxc3 Rh6 27. Nb3 Rbh8 28.
Kg2 Rxh4 29. gxh4 Qxh4 30. Rf4 Qh3+ 31. Kf2 g3+ 32. Nxg3 Qh2+ 33. Ke1 Qxg3+ 34.
Kd2 Rh2+ 35. Be2 Bh5 36. Nc1 Bxe2 37. Kc2 Bc4+ 38. Kb1 Qg2 0-1

[Event "Akhisar Manisa ol U16"]
[Site "Akhisar Manisa"]
[Date "2009.09.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Sathyanandha, Saravanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 a6 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Bd4 Rfe8 13. Re1 Rac8 14. Bf1 exd5 15.
cxd5 h5 16. h3 Nh7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nb3 Qg5 19. Nd4 Nhf6 20. g3 Qh6 21. h4 Nc5
22. Bg2 Ng4 23. b4 Nd7 24. Rc1 b5 25. Nb3 c5 26. dxc6 Bxc6 27. f4 Ndf6 28. Qd4
Kg8 29. Na5 Qg7 30. Nxc6 Rxc6 31. Qd2 Rc4 32. Qxd6 Nd5 33. Ne2 Rxc1 34. Rxc1
Qb2 35. Bf3 Nde3 36. Qd3 Nc4 37. Qc3 Qd2 38. Qxd2 Nxd2 39. Bxg4 hxg4 40. e5 Nc4
41. Kf2 Rd8 42. Ke1 Rd3 43. Rc3 Rxc3 44. Nxc3 Nxa3 45. Nd5 Nc2+ 46. Kd2 Nd4 47.
Ke3 Nf5+ 48. Kf2 Kf8 49. Nc7 Ke7 50. Nxa6 Nd4 51. Nc7 Nc2 52. Nxb5 Nxb4 53. Nd4
Nd5 54. Ke2 f5 55. h5 gxh5 56. Nxf5+ Kf7 57. Ne3 Nb4 58. Kd2 Ke6 59. Kc3 Nc6
60. Kd3 Ne7 61. Ke4 h4 62. gxh4 g3 63. f5+ Nxf5 64. Nxf5 g2 65. Nd4+ 1-0

[Event "Akhisar Manisa ol U16"]
[Site "Akhisar Manisa"]
[Date "2009.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topak, Engin"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2009.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Bd2 a5 11. Rfd1 O-O 12. h3 Qe7 13. Nh4 Bh5 14. g4 Bxc3 15.
Bxc3 Ne4 16. Ng2 Bg6 17. Be1 e5 18. f3 Nd6 19. Bh4 Qe8 20. Ba2 e4 21. f4 h6 22.
f5 Bh7 23. Nf4 Kh8 24. Rac1 Bg8 25. Bg3 g6 26. Rc5 Kh7 27. Re5 Qd8 28. fxg6+
fxg6 29. Bxg8+ Rxg8 30. Ne6 Qc8 31. Ng5+ hxg5 32. Re7+ Kh6 33. Bxd6 Nf6 34. Rf1
Nd5 35. Ref7 Qe6 36. Bf8+ Raxf8 37. Rxf8 Nf4 38. R1xf4 gxf4 39. Rxf4 Kg7 40.
Qf2 Rh8 41. Kg2 Rc8 42. Qc2 Re8 43. Qc5 Qd5 44. Qc2 Qe6 45. Qf2 Qe7 46. Qe1 Qd8
47. Qg3 Qe7 48. Rf2 Rd8 49. Qf4 Re8 50. g5 Kg8 51. Qf6 Qh7 52. Rf4 Qg7 53. Kg3
Qh7 54. h4 Qg7 55. Qd6 Kh8 56. Rf6 Kh7 57. h5 Qe7 58. Qxe7+ Rxe7 59. Rxg6 Rf7
60. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Akhisar Manisa ol U16"]
[Site "Akhisar Manisa"]
[Date "2009.09.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Guliyev, Murrat"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2009.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. c3 O-O 11. Qe2 a5 12. a4 Re8 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nf1 Rad8 15.
b3 Qb6 16. N1d2 Nf8 17. Rb1 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 20. Nxe4 Rxd1
21. g4 Bg6 22. Nfd2 Rd8 23. Ra1 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Ne6 25. Bf3 R1d3 26. Be3 Nf4 27.
Bxf4 exf4 28. Re1 Kf8 29. h4 b6 30. g5 Re8 31. Re2 c5 32. Bg4 Re5 33. Bf3 h6
34. Rb2 hxg5 35. hxg5 Re3 36. Re2 Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 f5 38. gxf6 gxf6 39. Kd2 f5
40. Nd6 Kg7 41. Nc4 Re6 42. Bd5 Rh6 43. Ke2 Kf6 44. Kf2 Kg5 45. Kg2 f3+ 46.
Kxf3 Rh3+ 47. Kg2 Rxc3 48. Nxb6 Kf4 49. Bc4 Rc2+ 50. Kf1 Kg3 51. Nd7 f4 52.
Nxc5 f3 53. Ne4+ Kf4 54. Nf6 Rb2 55. Kg1 Rg2+ 56. Kf1 Rg6 57. Nd5+ Kg3 58. Ne3
Rg5 59. Ke1 Re5 60. Kd2 f2 61. Nf1+ Kf3 62. Nh2+ Kg3 63. Nf1+ Kg2 64. Ne3+ Kf3
65. Nf1 Re1 66. Bd5+ Kg4 67. Bc4 Kf4 68. Bb5 Ke4 69. Bc4 Kd4 70. Nh2 Kc5 71.
Nf1 Kd4 72. Nh2 Ra1 73. Ke2 Ra2+ 74. Kf3 Kc3 75. Ng4 f1=Q+ 76. Bxf1 Kxb3 77.
Bb5 Rxa4 78. Bxa4+ Kxa4 79. Ke2 Kb3 80. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Akhisar Manisa ol U16"]
[Site "Akhisar Manisa"]
[Date "2009.10.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Csirik, Andras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. h3 h6 11. e3 g5 12. Bh2 O-O 13. b4 a6 14. Be2 Rfe8 15. g4
Be4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Ne5 Nef6 18. Bd3 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. f4
e6 22. h4 Rh8 23. Kf2 f6 24. Rh3 Nf8 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rxh8 Kxh8 27. Rh1+ Kg7
28. Rh5 gxf4 29. exf4 Re8 30. Kf3 Re7 31. Rh1 Re8 32. Re1 Kf7 33. g5 f5 34. Rh1
Kg7 35. Kg3 Ng6 36. Be2 Ne7 37. Bh5 Rh8 38. Bf3 Rd8 39. Re1 1-0

[Event "Akhisar Manisa ol U16"]
[Site "Akhisar Manisa"]
[Date "2009.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Tigran S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1
Qf6 9. Rxg4 Qxf3 10. Rxg7 Nf6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Ke7 14. c5 Bc7
15. f4 b6 16. b4 a5 17. b5 bxc5 18. Ba3 cxb5 19. Bxb5 Rag8 20. Rxg8 Rxg8 21.
O-O-O Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Kd7 23. dxc5 Ne4 24. Nd4 Rg3 25. f5 Rxe3 26. fxe6+ fxe6 27.
c6+ Kc8 28. Bb2 Ng3 29. Nb5 Nf5 30. Rg1 Bg3 31. Kd2 Re4 32. Bc3 a4 33. Ba5 Bf4+
34. Kc2 Ne7 35. c7 Kb7 36. Rg7 Nc8 37. Nc3 Rc4 38. Kd3 Ka6 39. Rg8 Kxa5 40.
Rxc8 Rxc7 41. Ra8+ Kb6 42. Re8 Rc6 43. Nxa4+ Ka5 44. Ra8+ Kb4 45. Nb2 e5 46.
Rb8+ Kc5 47. Na4+ Kd6 48. Rd8+ Ke6 49. Nc3 Rd6 50. Rxd6+ Kxd6 51. a4 d4 52.
Ne4+ Kc6 53. Kc4 h6 54. Nc5 Bg5 55. Nb3 Bf6 56. a5 Be7 57. Nxd4+ exd4 58. Kxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Akhisar Manisa ol U16"]
[Site "Akhisar Manisa"]
[Date "2009.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Arig, Busra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 b6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Bb7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bd3 Rd8 11. O-O Nb4 12. Bb1 c5 13. a3 cxd4 14. exd4
Nd5 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rc3 Rac8 18. Qc2 Be4 19. Qxe4 Nf8 20. Rce3
Qf6 21. Ne5 Rc7 22. Rf3 Qg5 23. h4 Qd2 24. Nd3 Qh6 25. Rd1 Rdc8 26. g3 Nd7 27.
Ne5 Nf6 28. Qd3 Rc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kg2 Rc7 31. Re3 Nd5 32. Re1 g6 33. Ba2
Nf6 34. Qf3 Qg7 35. Nxf7 Rxf7 36. Rxe6 Kh8 37. d5 h6 38. d6 Kh7 39. Re2 Rd7 40.
Qc6 h5 41. Be6 Rd8 42. Qc7 Rf8 43. Bh3 Rf7 44. Qc4 Ng4 45. Bxg4 hxg4 46. Qxg4
Rd7 47. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 0910"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2009.09.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Maenhout, Thibaut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.09.26"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Calder HMC"]
[BlackTeam "Sas van Gent"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 d6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qe1 Ne5 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Ndb5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Qc6
15. Nd4 Qc8 16. Bc1 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Kh1 Re8 19. Bd3 a6 20. b3 Nxa3 21. f5 Nb5
22. Nxb5 axb5 23. f6 Bf8 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Rd3 Ra4 27. bxa4 Qc4
28. Qh5 g6 29. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 0910"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2009.10.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Feygin, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.09.26"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Calder HMC"]
[BlackTeam "Enschede Braceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4
Nd7 15. O-O Ne5 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Bg5 Qd6 20. Rb1
Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Be5 23. Qe4 f6 24. Bh6 Rd8 25. f4 Bd4 26. b3 Qxd5
27. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 0910"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2010.02.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Klip, Hans"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2009.09.26"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nijmegen"]
[BlackTeam "Calder HMC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 e5 8. d4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. d5 c4 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bh4 g6 15. h3
Kg7 16. Nf1 Bd8 17. a4 Qb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ne3 Bb6 20. Kh1 Nh5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8
22. Qd2 Rh8 23. Ra1 Bb7 24. Ng1 Nc5 25. Ne2 Bc8 26. f3 Bd7 27. g4 Nf6 28. Kg2
Bd8 29. Bf2 h5 30. Ng3 Be7 31. Nef1 Qc8 32. Ne3 Bd8 33. Qe2 Ng8 34. Rh1 hxg4
35. hxg4 Rxh1 36. Kxh1 Bg5 37. Nd1 Nf6 38. Be3 Nh7 39. Kg2 Qa8 40. Qd2 f6 41.
Nh1 Qa1 42. Nhf2 Bxe3 43. Qxe3 g5 44. Nh3 Kh6 45. Ng1 Nf8 46. Ne2 Nd3 47. Qd2
Nf4+ 48. Nxf4 gxf4 49. b3 Ng6 50. Qf2 Qc1 51. b4 Kg5 52. Kh3 Bc8 53. Kg2 Nh4+
54. Kh3 Nxf3 55. Qxf3 Qxc2 56. Nf2 Qd2 57. Kg2 Qe3 58. Qh3 Qxh3+ 59. Kxh3 Bd7
0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nelis, Jean Francois"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monte Carlo"]
[BlackTeam "Calder HMC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNC"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. a3 Nde5 11. g4 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Bg6 13. h4 h5 14. g5 a6 15.
O-O Qd7 16. Kh2 O-O-O 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg3 f5 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Bb3 Be8 21. Kg2
Ne7 22. Qe3 Ng6 23. Ng5 Qe7 24. f3 Bd7 25. Kh2 Rdf8 26. Bd5 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Qxg5
28. hxg5 h4 29. Be1 Nf4 30. Rd1 Rh5 31. Bd2 Rxg5 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Rg1 Rg3 34.
Rdf1 Rf6 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Eljanov,P"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[BlackTeam "Calder HMC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 {I had played this
already against Inarkiev and Ivanchuk in two Grand Prix tournaments.} Bd7 $5 7.
e4 e6 8. Bxc4 $1 {The only way to fight for an advantage. Practice shows that
Black is ok in other cases.} Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Qxh4 10. Qf3 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 f5 $1 {
A novelty and clearly the strongest move in my opinion as White simply has a
very powerful initiative if Black plays passively.} (11... h6 12. Bf4 O-O 13.
Be5 f5 14. Ng3 Na6 15. Nh5 Nc5 16. Nxg7 Ne4 17. Rd1 Ng5 18. Qb3 Ne4 19. g3 Qh3+
20. Kg1 a5 21. f3 Nd2 22. Rxd2 Bxd2 23. Bf1 {[%emt 0:33:27] 1-0 Romanishin,O 
(2542) -Libiszewski,F (2459)/Calvia 2006/ EXT}) (11... Qe7 12. Bg5 Qf8 13. Qg3
f5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Rc1 Qb4 17. h4 O-O 18. h5 b5 19. h6 Qxb2 20.
hxg7 Qxg7 21. Be2 Na6 22. Qh4 e5 23. Rd1 Be6 24. Rd6 Bd5 25. axb5 Nc5 26. bxc6
Ne6 27. Rxd5 {1-0 Moiseenko,A (2643) -Ivanov,V (2495)/Moscow 2008/CBM 122 Extra
}) 12. Ng5 Qxd4 13. Qh5+ Kd8 14. Qe2 {... and this position looks critical!}
Kc8 $6 {Too passive.} ({Black has many possibilities but it's rather difficult
to choose the best one even after some help from Rybka! I did not analyse here
too deeply but intuitively I would prefer} 14... Kc7 {for example} 15. g3 ({or
} 15. Be3 Qf6 16. Bf4+ Bd6 17. Bxd6+ Kxd6 $13) 15... Re8 16. Be3 Qg4 17. f3 Qh5
{and the position remains very unclear.}) (14... Re8 {is another possibility.})
15. Nxe6 Qe4 (15... Bxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kc7 17. Bxf5 {White is clearly better.}) 16.
Nxg7 Na6 17. Qxe4 {This is a good practical decision but I had a very
interesting alternative:} (17. f3 $5 Qd4 (17... Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 {This kind of
endgame is much better for White due to the f5-weakness.}) 18. Ne6 Qf6 19. Bg5
Qg6 {and I stopped my calculations here as this position looks completely
unclear. But I have the strong idea} 20. h4 $1 Re8 (20... h6 21. h5 Qh7 22. Bd2
Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Re8 24. Re1 Nc7 25. Nxc7 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Kxc7 27. Qe5+ $16) 21. h5
Qg8 22. Rd1 $1 {The key move! But Black's positon not so horrible as it looks.}
Nc5 $1 (22... Rb8 23. Rh4 Nc5 24. Bf4 Bxe6 25. Bxb8 $16) 23. Nxc5 Qxg5 24. Qd3
Re7 $3 25. Nxd7 Kc7 {Despite an extra knight now the white positon looks
rather dangerous.} 26. Ne5 $1 (26. Be6 Rxe6 (26... Rae8 $5) 27. Nc5 Bxc5 28.
Qd7+ Kb6 29. Qxe6 Rg8 30. Qe2 a5 {and here despite Rybka saying that White is
much better, I think Black has very good compensation.}) 26... Qg3 $1 (26...
Rxe5 27. Qd7+ Kb6 28. Qd4+ Rc5 29. a5+ $3 Bxa5 (29... Kxa5 30. Be2 b5 31. Rh4)
30. Be2 Rg8 31. Rh2 $16 {After b4 Black has not enough compensation.}) (26...
Qf4 27. Qb3) 27. f4 Qxf4+ 28. Nf3 Rae8 29. Rh4 Qg3 {What is this? It looks
like White is in deep trouble. But Rybka is just laughing as usual!} (29...
Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Kf2 Qc1 32. Rd4 Re7 33. Kg3 Rg7+ 34. Kh2 Qxb2 (34...
Bd6+ 35. Rxd6 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qxd6 37. Qxf5 $16) 35. Qe2 $16) 30. Be6 $1 Bc5 31.
Qc2 $1 b6 32. b4 $1 Rxe6 33. bxc5 Re2 34. Qxe2 Rxe2 35. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 36. Ke3 $16
{But of course, all these variations are very risky for White and I don't know
who could work them out, except our silicon friends. Maybe a guy who had
studied hundreds of diabolically difficult Dvoretsky exercises!?}) ({Far from
clear is} 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Qxa6+ Kc7 19. Bh6) 17... fxe4 18. Nh5 Kc7 $2 ({
Anish had strictly one possiblity to keep the balance:} 18... Nc5 19. Nf6 Nd3
$1 (19... Bf5 20. g4 Bg6 21. h4 $36) 20. Nxe4 (20. Bh6 Nxb2) 20... Nxc1 21.
Rxc1 Kc7 {Black has a typical two bishops compensation and this is the case
when chess is a draw :)}) 19. Nf6 Bf5 20. g4 $1 {Now everything works well for
White!} Rhf8 21. gxf5 Rxf6 22. Rg1 Rxf5 23. Rg7+ Kb6 $2 {The decisive mistake.}
({Much better was} 23... Kd6 {beware a trap!} 24. Bg5 $1 (24. Rxb7 Bc5 $1 25.
Bxa6 $4 Rxf2+ 26. Ke1 Rg8 $19) 24... Ke5 25. Bh4 Nc5 26. Rd1 {This should be
lost for Black as everything is hanging now.}) 24. Be3+ Nc5 25. a5+ $1 {
It was a big pleasure for me to find this nice combination!} Bxa5 26. Rxb7+ $1
(26. Ra4 $4 Bd2 $17) 26... Kxb7 27. Rxa5 Raf8 28. Bxc5 Rxf2+ 29. Bxf2 e3 30. b3
$1 {Now everything is over for Black. My opponent made 30 moves more, which
was unnecessary.} Rxf2+ 31. Kg1 Rc2 32. Re5 Rc3 33. Kg2 Kb6 34. h4 a5 35. Bg8
h6 36. Kf3 e2+ 37. Kxe2 Rh3 38. Re4 Kc5 39. Kd2 Rh2+ 40. Kc3 Rh3+ 41. Kb2 Rh2+
42. Ka3 Rh1 43. Bf7 Ra1+ 44. Kb2 Rf1 45. Rc4+ Kb5 46. Bg6 Rf2+ 47. Kc3 Rf3+ 48.
Bd3 Kb6 49. Rg4 Rh3 50. Kd4 Rh2 51. Rf4 Rh3 52. Re4 Rg3 53. h5 Rh3 54. Re5 Rh4+
55. Be4 Rh3 56. Kc4 Rh4 57. Re6 Rxh5 58. Rxc6+ Ka7 59. Rc5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Calder HMC"]
[BlackTeam "Zalaegerszeg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Qe7 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Nh5 13. Bh2 f5 14. Nd2 Nhf6 15.
Nc4 Ne8 16. a5 Ne5 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Ra3 Nf6 19. Re1 Nfd7 20. Rb3 Nxb6 21. Rxb6
g5 22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. Bf1 Rxa5 24. f4 Nd7 25. Rb5 Rxb5 26. Bxb5 gxf4 27. exf4 Qf7
28. Bg3 Bd4+ 29. Kh2 Re8 30. Bh4 Rxe1 31. Qxe1 Nf6 32. Ne2 Bxb2 33. Qb1 Qg7 34.
Ng3 Qh6 35. Bg5 Ng4+ 36. Kh1 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Nxh3+ 38. gxh3 Qxh3 39. Qxb2 Qxg3+
40. Qg2 Qxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Kf7 42. Bd8 c4 43. Kf2 c3 44. Ke3 b6 45. Bxb6 Bb7 46.
Bc4 Kg6 47. Bd8 Kh5 48. Be2+ Kg6 49. Bf3 Ba6 50. Be7 h5 51. Bxd6 h4 52. Kf2 c2
53. Ba3 Kf6 54. Kg2 Bd3 55. Kh3 Be4 56. Bxe4 fxe4 57. Bc1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wiedenkeller, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Calder HMC"]
[BlackTeam "Echternach Sprenger"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Bd3 Bxh2+ 16. Kf1 Bf4 17. g3 Rd8 18. c3 Bh6 19. Qh5 Bg7 20. Bxh7+ Kf8
21. Rad1 Bd7 22. Kg1 Rac8 23. Be4 Rb8 24. Bf3 b6 25. Kg2 f5 26. Qg5 Ba4 27. b3
Be8 28. Rxe6 Bxd4 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. cxd4 Qd6 31. Rh1 Qg6 32. Qf4 Rbd8 33. d5
Qg7 34. Rh5 Qe5 35. Qh6+ Ke7 36. Qxb6 Qd6 37. Qe3+ Kd7 38. Qa7+ Kc8 39. Rh4 Re7
40. Qa8+ Kc7 41. Qa7+ Kc8 42. Rc4+ Rc7 43. Rxc7+ Qxc7 44. Qxa6+ Qb7 45. Qf6 Qd7
46. a4 Rg8 47. d6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Wegerle, Joerg"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen SG"]
[BlackTeam "Calder HMC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nc6 9. O-O h6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rac1 Bf5 13. Rfd1 Na5 14. Bd3
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nc6 16. Qf3 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Ne7 18. d5 Nexd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qf3
c6 21. Nc3 Qa5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Rfd8 25. Rdc5 Rd2 26. R5c4
Rad8 27. Kf1 g5 28. Ke1 R2d5 29. Rc8 Re5+ 30. Kf1 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Kg7 32. Rc7 b5
33. f3 a5 34. Kf2 Kg6 35. a3 a4 36. b3 axb3 37. Rc3 h5 38. h3 h4 39. Rxb3 Rc5
40. Rb4 Kf5 41. a4 bxa4 42. Rxa4 f6 43. Re4 Rc1 44. Ra4 Rc5 45. Re4 Rd5 46. Ra4
Rd2+ 47. Kg1 Re2 48. Kf1 Rb2 49. Re4 Rd2 50. Kg1 Kg6 51. Ra4 Kf7 52. f4 Ke6 53.
fxg5 fxg5 54. Ra5 Rd5 55. Rxd5 Kxd5 56. g3 Kd4 57. gxh4 gxh4 58. Kf2 Ke4 59.
Ke2 Kf4 60. Kf2 Ke4 61. Ke2 Kf4 62. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Calder HMC"]
[BlackTeam "Gran Vesnianka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Qe7 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Qxd2 O-O 9. Nc3 e5 10. c5 Nc6 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. d5 Nb4 13. e4 Na6 14. Rfc1 Nc5
15. Ne1 Bd7 16. Nd3 Rfc8 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. Rab1 Qd8 19. Bf1 Rac8 20. f3 b5 21.
Bd3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sodoma, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Calder HMC"]
[BlackTeam "Ennis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qc7 14. Bg2 b4 15. d6
Qb6 16. Ne4 O-O-O 17. O-O Bd5 18. Qe2 Bxd6 19. a3 b3 20. Rfd1 Bc7 21. Rac1 Ne5
22. Be3 Nd3 23. Rxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 Qb7 25. Bxc5 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. Bxe4 Rd2
28. Be3 Rd7 29. Rc3 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Kd7 31. Bf3 Rb1 32. Rd3+ Kc8 33. Rxb3 a5 34.
Bb7+ Kd7 35. Rd3+ Ke8 36. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6 12. axb4 Bxb4+ 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Bxb4
Qxb4+ 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Qa5 f5 17. Bd3 c5 18. Bb5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qxa5+ 20. Rxa5
cxd4 21. O-O Ke7 22. Bc6 Rac8 23. Bxd7 Kxd7 24. Rd1 Rc7 25. Rxd4+ Ke7 26. Rda4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 e5 11. a3 Bd6 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nfd2 O-O 14. Nc3 Bd7 15.
Nxc4 Nc8 16. f4 Qe7 17. f5 f6 18. Ne4 b5 19. Ncd2 Nb6 20. g4 Rad8 21. Rc1 Kh8
22. Nf3 Be8 23. Nh4 Bf7 24. g5 Nxd5 25. gxh6 Nxe3 26. hxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qf3 Nxf1
28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Rxf1 Bc5+ 30. Kh1 Rd3 31. Ng6+ Bxg6 32. fxg6 Kg7 33. Nxc5 Qxc5
34. Qh4 Kxg6 35. Be4+ f5 36. Bxd3 e4 37. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.02.06"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Firman, Nazar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. Bf1 Bd6 18. c4 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Qe4 20. Be3 b6 21. Rd1
Qe7 22. c5 bxc5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Rc1 Qd6 26. Bc4 Bd7 27. Rd1 Re8
28. Qf1 Qe7 29. Bd5 Nb8 30. Rb1 a6 31. Rb7 Bb5 32. Qc1 Rc8 33. Qf4 Be8 34. Qc4
Qd6 35. Ra7 Kf8 36. Ra8 Rd8 37. Be4 Bb5 38. Qc3 Re8 39. Qc2 c5 40. Ra7 Re7 41.
Ra8 Re8 42. Ra7 c4 43. a4 Qc5 44. Rb7 Bc6 45. Bxc6 Qxc6 46. Rb4 c3 47. Rb3 Qxa4
48. Qxc3 Nd7 49. Rb1 Kg8 50. Nd4 a5 51. Ra1 Qb4 52. Qxb4 axb4 53. Rb1 Nc5 54.
Rxb4 Re1+ 55. Kh2 Nd3 56. Rb8+ Kh7 57. Kg3 Re4 58. Rd8 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.02.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Ne5
Nb6 15. Ba5 Rd5 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. c4 Rd8 18. f4 Bd6 19. Rhe1 Rhe8 20. Qf3 c5
21. Ne2 b5 22. Nc3 cxd4 23. Nxb5 Qc5 24. Kb1 Rf8 25. Rxd4 Bb8 26. Red1 Rxd4 27.
Rxd4 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Nxf7+ Kc8 30. Qd1 Nd7 31. Nfd6+ Bxd6 32. Nxd6+ Kc7
33. Ne8+ Kd8 34. Nxg7 Qxc4 35. Ka1 Ke7 36. f5 e5 37. Ne6 e4 38. Nf4 Nf6 39. Qe1
Kf7 40. a3 Nd5 41. Nxd5 Qxd5 42. Qg3 Qxf5 43. Qc7+ Kf6 44. Qd8+ Ke5 45. Qh8+
Kd5 46. Qg8+ Kc5 47. g4 Qf1+ 48. Ka2 e3 49. Qc8+ Kd4 50. Qd7+ Kc4 51. Qe6+ Kd3
52. Qd5+ Kc2 53. Qb3+ Kd2 54. g5 e2 55. Qc3+ Kd1 56. Qd4+ Kc2 57. Qc3+ Kd1 58.
Qd3+ Kc1 59. Qc4+ Kd2 60. Qd4+ Kc2 61. Qe4+ Kd2 62. Qd4+ Kc2 63. Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.02.27"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Remagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rd2 Nc6 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Qxb2
15. Rb1 Qxc3 16. Rxb7 Nd4 17. Qd1 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qxc4 19. Qb1 h6 20. Kg2 a5 21.
Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Bxa8 Qb4 23. Qxb4 axb4 24. Bb7 c4 25. Rc6 c3 26. Ba6 Ke7 27. Bc4
Kd7 28. Bb5 Ke7 29. Bc4 Kd7 30. Bb5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.02.28"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Bb5 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfc1 Rfc8 12. Ne5 Rab8 13. Na4 Bd6 14. f4 Ne4
15. Qd1 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Kf2 Rc2+ 19. Rxc2 Bxc2 20. Nc5 a6
21. Rc1 Bxc5 22. dxc5 axb5 23. Rxc2 Ra8 24. c6 bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qh4 O-O 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bf3 Rb4
15. Qg5 Bd4 16. Rd1 h6 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Ne4 Rc4 19. b3 Bxa1 20. bxc4 Ba4 21. Qd6
Qc8 22. Rf1 Qxc4 23. Ba3 Rc8 24. Rc1 Bc2 25. Nd2 Qxa2 26. Nf1 Be5 27. Qa6 Rc3
28. Qxa7 Qxa3 29. Qxa3 Rxa3 30. Rxc2 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Ginsburg, Gennadij"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Handschuhsheim"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 Nf6 $5 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 {White goes for a positional line,
trying to get a slight advantage without risk...} dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 {The
immideate Nd7 falls for Nxf7!} 6. c4 $6 {Logical but bad, due to} Nb4 $1 {
Now Black is slightly better, since White is practically forced to move his
knight to the edge (a3).} 7. Be3 (7. a3 $2 Qxd4 $1 {is the point.}) 7... Bf5 8.
Na3 (8. Nd3 {Would be okay for White if not for} e5 $1 {with advantage for
Black, since the pawn is untouchable in any way.}) 8... Nd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10.
Be2 {#} e5 $5 {A new move, and an ambitious, but also a somewhat risky try.} ({
I remembered that after} 10... e6 {Black is slightly better, but I was a bit
afraid that White may equalise with} 11. O-O Be7 12. c5 $1 {bringing his
knight to c4. I must add, however, that after} b5 $1 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Nc4 Qc7
{Black remains slightly better.}) 11. O-O (11. dxe5 $5 {Was at least an
alternative, but somehow we both were not really considering it.} Nd3+ (11...
O-O-O $5) 12. Bxd3 Bxd3 {Seems to be very good for Black, but White has} (12...
Qxd3 {is also possible. Black has compensation, but White is a pawn up.}) 13.
Qb3 $1 {, which I missed, with idea to castle long.}) 11... exd4 ({I didn't
like} 11... O-O-O {because of} 12. d5 $1) 12. Qxd4 $2 {From now on White has
to suffer in a horrible endgame with the dead knight on a3.} (12. Bxd4 {
was much better. Black has a choice, but in any case the position remains
ballanced.} O-O-O {was the most logical follow-up, but here} ({The slow} 12...
b6 $5 {is a good option, followed by long castle.}) 13. Bxa7 Qe6 14. Qe1 $1 (
14. Qa4 Qxe2 15. Bb6 Na6 16. Bxd8 Bxa3 $1 {was what I has calculated.}) 14...
Nd3 {does not win any material since after} 15. Bxd3 Bxd3 {Black has the
intermezzo} 16. Qxe6+ {and the rook will move to c1. However, Black will have
some compensation, due to his bishop pair and again, that knight on a3.}) 12...
Qxd4 13. Bxd4 {#} O-O-O $6 {This is in fact a mistake, but it was hard not to
make such a move.} (13... b6 $5) (13... f6 $1 {was my original intention and
was a good move, but I had failed to see that after} 14. Bh5+ $5 {I can simply
move my king to c7 via d7 or d8.} Kd7 15. Rfd1 Kc7 {with advantage.}) 14. Rfd1
$2 (14. Bxa7 $1 {has to be tried, no matter what. I had planned} Rd2 15. Rfe1
Rxb2 16. c5 $1 Be6 $1 {winning the a2 pawn. However White has} 17. Nc4 Rxa2 18.
Nb6+ Kd8 19. Nc4 $1 {and black probably has to repeat, since White is ready to
start some kind of attack on the black king.}) 14... b6 $1 15. Bf3 f6 $1 {
#With the last two moves Black has killed all White's ideas, and now is ready
to pick up the a2 pawn, which is doomed.} 16. Be3 Bc5 $1 17. Bxc5 bxc5 {
It is clear that doubled pawns are not a weakness here, but a strength, since
they control the important squares.} 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 {giving the a2
pawn, which would be lost anyway.} Rd4 $1 ({The simple} 19... Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1
Nxa2 {is also possible, but I wanted to leave White no chances.}) 20. Kf1 Kd7
21. Ke2 Kd6 22. Ke3 Ke5 23. g3 {#} Nxa2 {Now that White can't get his knight
into the game I pick up the pawn.} 24. Be2 g5 $1 25. f3 Nb4 26. Rf1 Bd3 $1 27.
Rf2 a5 28. h3 f5 29. f4+ gxf4+ 30. gxf4+ Kf6 31. Bf3 Bxc4 {#Taking the second
pawn. The rest is clear.} 32. Nxc4 Rxc4 33. Rd2 Ke6 34. Rd8 Nd5+ 35. Kf2 Rxf4
36. Rh8 Nf6 37. Rc8 Kd7 38. Rf8 Ke7 39. Rc8 Nd7 40. Kg3 Rb4 41. Bxc6 Ne5 42.
Bd5 h5 $1 {The last touch.} 43. Rxc5 h4+ 44. Kg2 Rxb2+ 45. Kf1 a4 46. Ra5 Rb4
47. Ke2 Kf6 48. Bg8 Re4+ 49. Kf2 Kg5 50. Bh7 Kf4 51. Ra6 Nd3+ 52. Kg2 Re2+ 53.
Kg1 {#} Re7 {Now the point is that after Rxa4 I play Kg3 threatening both,
mate and the bishop.} (53... Kg3 {would mate, but I saw the win already some
six moves ago, so I played without thinking.}) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.04.10"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Trier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 h5 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2 b5 14. Nd4 Bd7
15. Rc1 e5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 d5 18. Bd3 O-O 19. Qe1 e4 20. Be2 Qe5 21. Qg1
Rfd8 22. Rd1 Rac8 23. Bd4 Qxf5 24. g4 Qh7 25. gxh5 exf3 26. Bd3 Qh6 27. Qg3 Bc5
28. Be5 f2 29. Qh4 Re8 30. Bd4 Ne4 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Qxf2 Qxh5 33. Rhg1 Bxd4
34. Rxd4 Rc6 35. Re1 Rf6 36. Qg3 Rfe6 37. a4 Qc5 38. c3 bxa4 39. Rxa4 f5 40.
Rd4 Qe5 41. Qg2 Rd6 42. Qf1 Rxd4 43. cxd4 Qb5 44. Qxb5 axb5 45. Kc2 Kf7 46. Kc3
Kf6 47. Kb4 f4 48. Kc5 e3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.04.11"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 O-O 8.
c3 Re8 9. Bc2 b6 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nc4 Nbd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
Bg3 Ne4 16. Nfd2 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Nf6 18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qe7 20. Qxe7 Bxe7 21.
Ne3 Bf8 22. Nf5 Re8 23. Bd3 g4 24. Kf2 Bc8 25. Re1 Rxe1 26. Kxe1 gxh3 27. gxh3
Nd5 28. Ke2 Ne7 29. Nxe7+ Bxe7 30. h4 Bg4+ 31. Ke3 d5 32. Nf1 f5 33. Nh2 Bd6
34. Nxg4 fxg4 35. Kf2 Kg7 36. Bf5 h5 37. Be6 c5 38. Bxd5 cxd4 39. cxd4 Kh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 13th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2009.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8.
Be2 Qa5 9. O-O c4 10. Nd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc3 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rc1
Qa5 15. Bd2 Qf5 16. Rxc4 O-O 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. Rc5 Qg6 19. Rg5 Qc6 20. Rc5 Qg6
21. Rg5 Qc6 22. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 13th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2009.10.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Ne8 13. Qd3 a6 14. Nc7 Rc8 15.
Nxa6 Ra8 16. Nc7 Rxa2 17. Qb3 Ra5 18. Bd2 Ra7 19. Nb5 Ra8 20. Bb4 Ba6 21. Ne5
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bc5 23. Na3 Bxb4 24. Qxb4 Bxe2 25. Rfe1 Ba6 26. Rc6 Rb8 27. Nc2
Bc8 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Ra1 Rb7 30. Rc3 g6 31. g4 Ng7 32. h3 f6 33. Qd6 fxe5 34.
Qxe5 Qb8 35. Nf3 b5 36. Rac1 Qxe5 37. Nxe5 Ne8 38. Rc5 Kg7 39. Re1 Kf6 40. h4
Ng7 41. b4 Rfb8 42. Rc3 Ke7 43. Ra1 Ne8 44. Nd3 Rc7 45. Nc5 Nf6 46. Re1 Kd6 47.
g5 Ne8 48. Bh3 Bc8 49. Bxe6 Re7 50. Rce3 Ng7 51. Bxc8 Rxe3 52. fxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 13th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2009.10.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2009.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Be7 6. O-O Nc5 7. Be2 O-O 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Nd4 Qc7 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Bd3 Ndc5 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Bxe4
dxe4 15. Nd2 Qxb2 16. Ndxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bf5 18. Nd6 Qxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 13th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bb5
Nd7 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. Nh4 Be4 11. O-O a6 12. Rac1 Be7 13. f3 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rc2 c5 17. Rfc1 c4 18. e4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. exd5 Qxh2+ 21.
Kf1 Qh1+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+ 23. g3 Qh2+ 24. Ke3 Qh6+ 25. Kf2 Qh2+ 26. Ke3 Qh6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 13th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qf5 Nf6 12. e4 g6 13. Qf4 O-O 14. e5 Nh5 15.
Qg4 Ng7 16. Nc3 Ne6 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Nd5 Nb4 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Rd2 h5 21. Qc4
b5 22. Qe2 c4 23. Rad1 Nd3 24. Ne1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Nxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Rb7 27. a3 b4
28. axb4 Qxb4 29. Qe2 Rc7 30. Qf3 Qb7 31. Qxb7 Rxb7 32. Ra1 Rfb8 33. Rc2 Rxb2
34. Rxc4 R8b5 35. Rxa7 Rxe5 36. Bc1 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 13th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Ng5 O-O 8.
Ncxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bf5 10. Qf3 Bxe4 11. dxe4 Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bc4 b5 14. Be2
Qe7 15. c3 Rfd8 16. g3 Rab8 17. h4 h6 18. Rd1 Bc7 19. Be3 Na4 20. Bc1 Bb6 21.
Rb1 b4 22. Kg2 bxc3 23. bxc3 Qe6 24. Rb4 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Nc5 26. Be2 Qe7 27. Bc4
Rd8 28. Rb2 Nb7 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Bxd2 Na5 31. Be2 Qe6 32. Qg4 Qxg4 33. Bxg4 Nc4
34. Be1 Ba5 35. Bd7 c5 36. Kf3 Nd6 37. Ke3 Bb6 38. f4 Kf8 39. Bc6 Ke7 40. Bd5
c4+ 41. Kf3 f6 42. h5 Ba5 43. a4 Bb6 44. Bd2 Ba5 45. fxe5 fxe5 46. g4 Kf6 47.
g5+ hxg5 48. Kg4 g6 49. Bxg5+ Kg7 50. Bd2 Bb6 51. Bc1 Ba5 52. Bd2 Bb6 53. Be1
Ba5 54. Kg5 Bd8+ 55. Kg4 Ba5 56. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2009.11.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Vicas, Marijus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. b3 Bf8 10. Bb2 g6 11. Rad1 Bg7 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. Rd6 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. Qe3 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 Red8 22. Qe3 Bf8 23. R6d3 Be7 24. Bc3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rd8 26. f4 Rd7 27. Qd2
Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Qd8 29. Qf3 Qd7 30. a4 a6 31. a5 Qc6 32. Kf2 Bh4+ 33. Ke2 Be7 34.
g4 Kf8 35. Qxc6 bxc6 36. Kf3 Ke8 37. Ke4 Kd7 38. f5 g5 39. f6 Bf8 40. Bd2 h6
41. Kf3 Kd8 42. Kg3 Kd7 43. h4 Kd8 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Bxg5 Kd7 46. Bd2 Ke8 47.
Kh4 Kd8 48. Kh5 Kd7 49. g5 Kd8 50. g6 fxg6+ 51. Kxg6 Ke8 52. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2009.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khamidov, Komil"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Na5 8. Bb3
c6 9. d4 exd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. O-O b4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nb1 Be7 14. Qxb4 c5 15.
Qd2 c4 16. Ba4 Rb8 17. c3 Nb7 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. Na3 Be6 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. b4 cxb3
22. Nxe6 bxc2 23. Qxc2 fxe6 24. Nc4 Bg5 25. Ne3 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Krishnan, Varun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Na4 Qd7 16. Kh2 Rab8 17. a3 Qb7 18. b4 a5 19. bxa5 Bxa3 20. Ra1 Bb4 21. Nc5
Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Qa6 23. Qd3 Bc8 24. Rfe1 Rb2 25. Bf3 Ne4 26. Bd4 Rd2 27. Bxe4
Rxd3 28. Bxd3 Qa8 29. a6 c5 30. Bxc5 Bxh3 31. Bd4 Bd7 32. a7 Bc6 33. Be3 g6 34.
Rab1 Bb7 35. Rec1 Bc6 36. Rxc6 Rd8 37. Rcb6 Qxa7 38. Rxg6+ fxg6 39. Bxa7 d4 40.
Rb4 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2009.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Kh1 d6 9. f4 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Qe2 h5 13. Qf3 h4 14. Qh3 Nh5 15.
Rf2 Bf6 16. Nde2 O-O-O 17. Kg1 Kb8 18. Nd1 Nc5 19. Qe3 e5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21.
Ndc3 h3 22. g3 Nf6 23. Qf3 Qc6 24. Bg5 Nfxe4 25. Nxe4 f6 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. Be3
Bxf3 28. Bxc5 Bxe2 29. Bxb6 Bg4 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. c3 Bc8 32. Bf5 Bxf5 33. Rxf5
g6 34. Rf2 Rc8 35. Kf1 f5 36. Ke2 Kc7 37. Kd3 Kc6 38. Rg1 Kd5 39. g4 f4 40. Rf3
Rh8 41. b4 Rh4 42. c4+ Kc6 43. b5+ axb5 44. cxb5+ Kb6 45. Kc4 Ka5 46. Kd5 Rh8
47. Rb1 Rb8 48. Rxh3 g5 49. Rh5 Kxa4 50. b6 Ka5 51. b7 Ka6 52. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Ng4 14. h3 Nh2
15. c5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Be7 17. Qg3 Qd8 18. Rad1 Qd5 19. Qe3 g6 20. Qe5 Qxa2 21.
Ra1 Qd5 22. Qg3 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2009.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. d4 Nxe4 10. dxe5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd3 14. Rf1 c5
15. Nf3 Nxc1 16. Rxc1 Rc8 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Qd3 g6 19. Rcd1 Rc7 20. Qd2 Kg7 21.
Nd4 Rd7 22. Kh1 Qb6 23. Qf4 Be7 24. Rc1 Rc7 25. Rcd1 a5 26. h4 a4 27. Bc2 Rc4
28. h5 Rfc8 29. h6+ Kg8 30. Bb1 Bf8 31. Kg1 Qc5 32. Qd2 Qb4 33. Qd3 Qxb2 34.
Nxe6 fxe6 35. Qh3 Re8 36. Bd3 Rc3 37. Qg4 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 Qxe5 39. Re3 Qf5 40.
Qe2 Bxh6 41. Qxb5 Rf8 42. Rf3 Qe4 43. Rxf8+ Bxf8 44. Qa5 a3 45. Re1 Qf5 46. Qc7
d4 47. Qc4 d3 48. Rxe6 Kg7 49. Qc3+ Kg8 50. Re3 Bc5 51. Rf3 Qd5 52. Qd2 Qe5 53.
Qxd3 Qa1+ 54. Kh2 Qe5+ 55. g3 Kg7 56. Qc3 Qxc3 57. Rxc3 Bd6 58. Kg2 h5 59. Kf3
Kf6 60. Ke4 Bb4 61. Rc6+ Kf7 62. f4 Be1 63. Ra6 Bb4 64. f5 g5 65. Rh6 h4 66.
gxh4 gxh4 67. Rxh4 Bc3 68. Rh7+ Kf6 69. Rh6+ Kg7 70. Ra6 Bb2 71. Kd5 Kf7 72.
Kc4 Ke7 73. Kb3 Kf7 74. Rxa3 Bxa3 75. Kxa3 Kf6 76. Kb4 Kxf5 77. Kc5 Ke6 78. Kc6
Ke7 79. a4 Kd8 80. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Huber, Martin Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bd3 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qe5 18. f4 Qh5 19. Qf5 Qxf5 20. Nxf5 Bf8
21. Nb5 Bb4 22. Rf1 Ng4 23. Nxg7 Rxe3 24. Nf5 Ba6 25. Rf3 Re2 26. Bc3 Bc5+ 27.
Nbd4 Kf8 28. h3 Nf6 29. b4 Bxd4+ 30. Nxd4 Rxa2 31. b5 Bb7 32. Nc6 Bxc6 33. Bxf6
Rd6 34. Be5 Rg6 35. bxc6 Rgxg2+ 36. Kf1 Rh2 37. Rg3 Rh1+ 38. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2009.11.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2009.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. h3 Bb7 11. c3 bxc3 12. Nxc3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nd7 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Bf6 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Bc2 Rb4 19. Qa5 Qb8 20. Qf5 Rd8 21. b3 g6
22. Qf3 Bg7 23. Bd2 Rb6 24. b4 Ne5 25. Qe2 Qa8 26. a5 Rbb8 27. Bb3 Qa7 28. Be3
Qb7 29. Bd5 c6 30. Ba2 Qb5 31. f4 Qxe2 32. Rxe2 Nd7 33. Rc2 c5 34. bxc5 Rxb1+
35. Bxb1 Nxc5 36. e5 Ne6 37. Bb6 Rd7 38. Rd2 d5 39. g3 Bf8 40. Ba2 d4 41. Bc4
Bb4 42. Rd1 Kg7 43. Rb1 d3 44. Kf1 d2 45. Ke2 Nc5 46. Bxc5 Bxc5 47. Bxa6 Bb4
48. Bb5 Rd4 49. Ba4 Bxa5 50. Bd1 Re4+ 51. Kd3 Re1 52. Kc2 Re3 53. Rb3 Rxb3 54.
Kxb3 Bb6 55. Kc2 Bf2 56. Kxd2 Bxg3 57. Ke3 h5 58. Bb3 Kf8 59. Ke4 h4 60. f5 g5
61. Bd1 f6 62. e6 Ke7 63. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2009.11.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Xu, Xianliang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2009.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Qe7 9. e4 dxc4 10. e5 Bc7 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qb4 15.
Bb3 Bd8 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nc5 Be8 20. Qc4 Qxc4 21.
Bxc4 b6 22. Ne4 Rd8 23. Ne5 g5 24. Rfe1 Kg7 25. Ng3 Bd6 26. Nh5+ Kh8 27. Nf6
Kg7 28. Nxe8+ Rfxe8 29. Nxc6 Rc8 30. d5 exd5 31. Bxd5 Bc5 32. b4 Bd6 33. b5 Kf6
34. g3 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Rc7 36. Bb3 Bc5 37. Rd1 Kf5 38. Kg2 f6 39. f3 Kg6 40. Be6
Rh7 41. g4 Rc7 42. Rd7 Rxd7 43. Bxd7 Kf7 44. Kf1 Bd6 45. h3 Bf4 46. Ke2 Bd6 47.
Kd3 Bc5 48. Ke4 Bd6 49. Kd5 Bf4 50. Bf5 Be3 51. Nxa7 Ke7 52. Nc6+ Kf7 53. a4
Bd2 54. a5 bxa5 55. b6 Bf4 56. Nxa5 Kg7 57. Nc6 Bg3 58. b7 Kf7 59. b8=Q Bxb8
60. Nxb8 Ke7 61. Nc6+ Kf7 62. Kd6 Kg7 63. Ke7 Kh8 64. Kxf6 h5 65. gxh5 g4 66.
hxg4 Kg8 67. h6 Kh8 68. Ne5 Kg8 69. h7+ Kh8 70. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Popov, Andrey V"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Nb4 7. d3 Nbxd5 8. a3
O-O 9. Nge2 c6 10. O-O Bb6 11. Qc2 Be6 12. Rd1 Re8 13. Na4 Rc8 14. b4 Bg4 15.
Bb2 Bh5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Nd7 18. Rdc1 Nxc5 19. g4 Bxg4 20. e4 Nf6 21. f3
Nxd3 22. fxg4 Nxg4 23. Rd1 Qb6+ 24. Bd4 exd4 25. Qxd3 c5 26. Rab1 Qc7 27. Ng3
Ne3 28. Rdc1 Rcd8 29. Qb5 b6 30. Re1 Nc2 31. Nf5 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 d3 33. Rd1 c4
34. Ne3 c3 35. Rxd3 c2 36. Nxc2 Qxc2 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Shen, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 exd4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nc5 13. Qxd4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Qf6 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Be4 18. Rad1 Be5 19. Nb5 Rfd8 20. d6 b6
21. Rfe1 Bxb2 22. Bg5 f6 23. Rxe4 fxg5 24. Nc7 Rab8 25. d7 Kf7 26. Ne6 Bf6 27.
Nxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rc4 Ke7 29. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Haye Kramer Zeskamp"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2009.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Qd4 f6 14. Ne3 Bg6
15. a5 a6 16. O-O Rd8 17. Qa4 Bc5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. f4 gxf4 20. gxf4 Nd7 21. Qc4
Qb8 22. Kh1 Kf8 23. Rad1 Qa7 24. Rd4 Kg7 25. Ng3 Rhe8 26. Nef5+ Kf8 27. Nh6 Kg7
28. Ngf5+ Bxf5 29. Nxf5+ Kf8 30. Nh6 Kg7 31. Qf7+ Kxh6 32. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Haye Kramer Zeskamp"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6 Rxf3 17. Bxh5 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Rf5 19. Bg6 Bd6 20. Bxf5 exf5 21.
Rae1 Qf7 22. Bg3 Bb4 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. a3 Bf8 25. Rfe1 Re8 26. Qd2 Be7 27. Be5
Bg5 28. Nf4 Nd8 29. g3 Ne6 30. Kg2 Bc6 31. Rc3 Bxf4 32. gxf4 Nf8 33. Rg3 Ng6
34. Kg1 Kh7 35. Ree3 Re6 36. Rg2 Nxe5 37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. fxe5 f4 39. Qc2+ g6 40.
f3 h5 41. Qc5 Kg7 42. Qd6 Bd7 43. Qc7 Bc6 44. Qd8 Bd7 45. Re2 Qf5 46. Qe7+ Qf7
47. Qg5 Qf5 48. Qe7+ Qf7 49. Qd6 Be6 50. Kf2 Qf5 51. Qe7+ Kh6 52. Qf6 Qg5 53.
Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Haye Kramer Zeskamp"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Jong, Migchiel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bc2 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Bb3 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Bg5 Be6
15. Qd2 f6 16. Bh6 fxe5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qa5 20. Rad1 Rad8
21. f4 Bf5 22. Qe3 Be4 23. Rd4 b5 24. Rfd1 Qb6 25. a4 bxa4 26. Bxa4 Rc8 27. Kh2
Qb2 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Rd7 Qa3 30. Qxa7 Rfe8 31. e6 Kg8 32. Bb5 Rxc3 33. f5 gxf5
34. Qf2 Qc5 35. Qf4 Qxb5 36. Rxe7 Rxh3+ 37. Kxh3 Qd3+ 38. Kh4 Rxe7 39. Qb8+ Kg7
40. Qe5+ Kg6 41. Qf4 h6 42. g4 Qd5 43. g5 Qd8 44. Qg3 Rh7 45. e7 0-1

[Event "Haye Kramer Zeskamp"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2009.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van der Werf, Mark"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Qe2 a6 13. Bc4 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15.
Rad1 Nbd5 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Rd3 h6 18. Bc1 b4 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qd1 Rc7 21. Bd2
Nf6 22. Ne5 Kh8 23. Bf4 Nd5 24. Bd2 Bg5 25. Rg3 Bxd2 26. Qxd2 a5 27. Ng4 Qg5
28. Ne3 Qd8 29. Ng4 Qg5 30. Ne3 Qd8 31. Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haye Kramer Zeskamp"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2009.11.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. d4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Bf4
h6 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Nd2 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rc1 Bg5
15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. d5 Qxd5 17. Nxc7 Nxc7 18. Rxc7 Rfd8 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. a3 Rac8
21. Rec1 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op-A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Thompson, Ian D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2009.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Bc3 Rd8 14. Ng3 Nf8 15.
Re1 Qf7 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Qb1 Be8 19. Re3 Bf4 20. Re2 Bb8 21. Rde1
a6 22. a3 Qd7 23. h3 Bf7 24. Kh1 Qe8 25. Bd2 Ba7 26. Bc3 Rd7 27. b4 Re7 28. b5
axb5 29. Bxb5 Ng6 30. Re3 Qd8 31. a4 Bb8 32. Bb2 Bd6 33. Ba3 Bxa3 34. Rxa3 Na5
35. Qb4 b6 36. Bf1 Rc6 37. Rc3 Rxc3 38. Qxc3 Rc7 39. Qb4 Rc6 40. Kg1 Qc7 41.
Rb1 Nc4 42. Ne2 Be8 43. h4 Qe7 44. Qxe7 Nxe7 45. Nf4 Rd6 46. Ra1 Nc6 47. g3 Bf7
48. Re1 Nd8 49. Rc1 Rc6 50. Bxc4 Rxc4 51. Rb1 Rxa4 52. Rxb6 Ra8 53. Ne5 Rc8 54.
Rd6 Kf8 55. Kg2 Ke7 56. Rd7+ Kf6 57. Ng4+ Kf5 58. f3 h5 59. Ne5 Kf6 60. g4 hxg4
61. fxg4 Be8 62. Rd6 g5 63. hxg5+ Kxg5 64. Rxd8 Rc2+ 65. Kg3 Rc3+ 66. Nf3+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen op-A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Burg, Twan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qa5 13. Qe4 Qa4 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qh4 Rd8 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bb3 Bg7
21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Bxa4 Bd7 23. Rfd1 Ne5 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Rd4 Nf6 26. Kf1 Rxd4
27. Nxd4 Rc8 28. Ne2 Rc4 29. Rb1 Ra4 30. Rb2 b6 31. Ke1 Kg6 32. f3 Nd5 33. Kd2
b5 34. g3 a6 35. Nd4 Rc4 36. Ne2 e5 37. Rb1 Ra4 38. Rb2 Nb6 39. Ke1 Nc4 40. Rc2
Ne3 41. Rd2 Nc4 42. Rc2 f5 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. h4 e4 45. fxe4 fxe4 46. g4 Na3 47.
Rc1 Nc4 48. Rg1 Rxa2 49. g5+ Kg6 50. Rg2 Rd2 51. Kg3 Rd7 52. Kf4 e3 53. h5+
Kxh5 54. g6 Kh6 55. Nd4 Nd6 56. Ne6 e2 57. Rxe2 Re7 58. g7 Rf7+ 59. Ke5 Nc4+
60. Kd4 Rxg7 61. Rh2+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen op-A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Assendelft, Floris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h5 8. g5
Ng4 9. Bc1 Qb6 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nb3 Nbc6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f4 Nd7 14. g6 fxg6 15.
Rg1 Be7 16. Rxg6 Bh4+ 17. Kd2 Bf6 18. Be2 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Nf6 20. Bd3 e5 21. Qg1
exf4 22. Bb6 Qd7 23. Rxg7 Ne7 24. Nd4 Rg8 25. e5 dxe5 26. Bg6+ Kf8 27. Rf7+ Ke8
28. Rxf6+ Rxg6 29. Rxg6 exd4 30. Rg8+ Nxg8 31. Qxg8+ Ke7 32. Re1+ Kd6 33. Qf8+
Kd5 34. Qc5# 1-0

[Event "Groningen op-A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berkovich, Mark A"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2009.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. c3 Bh5 10. a4 Bg6 11. exd5 cxd5 12. a5 a6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15.
Nb3 Rc8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Bd4 h6 18. h4 Rfd8 19. Qe2 Qb8 20. h5 Bf5 21. g4 Bh7
22. f4 b5 23. axb6 Nxb6 24. Rxa6 Nc4 25. Na5 Qb5 26. Ra7 Bc5 27. Nxc4 Bxa7 28.
Bxa7 Qxc4 29. Bd4 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 Ra8 31. Kf2 Bd3 32. Rd2 Bb5 33. Bf3 Ra2 34. Ke3
Bc4 35. Bc5 Rb8 36. Ba3 Ra1 37. g5 Kh7 38. Bd1 Bb3 39. Bf3 Rc8 40. Rg2 hxg5 41.
fxg5 Re1+ 42. Kd2 Rxe5 43. Bd6 Rf5 44. g6+ fxg6 45. hxg6+ Kg8 46. Bg4 Rf6 47.
Be2 d4 48. Be5 dxc3+ 49. Bxc3 e5 50. Ke3 Bc4 51. Bh5 Rd8 52. Rg5 Rd5 53. Bxe5
Rf1 54. Bg4 Re1+ 55. Kf4 Rb5 56. Bh3 Rh1 57. Bg2 Rh4+ 58. Ke3 Be6 59. Be4 Rh3+
60. Kd2 Rhb3 61. Kc1 Re3 62. Bd4 Rxg5 0-1

[Event "Groningen op-A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Genov, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Qxd2 Qe7 9. Nc3 e5 10. h3 Re8 11. e4 Nc6 12. d5 Nb8 13. Ne1 Na6 14. Nc2 Bd7 15.
Rae1 Nc5 16. Kh2 Rab8 17. b3 b5 18. cxb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Rxb5 20. Re3 Ra8 21. Rc1
Rb7 22. Na3 Qe8 23. Nc4 Qb5 24. Qc2 Ncd7 25. Qd1 Nb6 26. Na3 Qb4 27. Nc2 Qc5
28. Ne1 Qb5 29. Rc6 a4 30. Nc2 Qa5 31. b4 Qa7 32. Qe1 Nc8 33. Bf1 Ne7 34. Ra6
Qb8 35. Rxa8 Qxa8 36. Rc3 Nd7 37. Ne3 Rxb4 38. Rxc7 Rb7 39. Rxb7 Qxb7 40. Qa5
Qb8 41. Nc4 g6 42. Qxa4 Nc5 43. Qc2 Qc7 44. a4 f5 45. exf5 Nxf5 46. a5 Nd4 47.
Qa2 Nb5 48. a6 Na7 49. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Groningen op-A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
e3 Be6 9. Rd1 Na6 10. b3 exd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Qd2 Nc7 13. Nge2 d5 14. cxd5
Ncxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Bxd5 17. O-O Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rxd2 20.
Rxd2 Kf8 21. Nc3 Ke7 22. f4 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op-A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. a5 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Bc5 14. Bc4 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxd4 16. h3 h6 17. Kf1 Bc6 18. g4 Bxb2 19. Bxb2 Rxd2 20. Bd3 Bb5 21. Bxb5
axb5 22. Re2 Rxe2 23. Kxe2 Nxe4 24. Bxe5 c5 25. Ke3 Ng5 26. a6 f6 27. Bd6 Re8+
28. Kd3 Ne4 29. Bg3 Nxg3 30. fxg3 Kf7 31. a7 Ra8 32. Ke4 Ke6 33. Ra6+ Kd7 34.
Kd5 c4 35. Ra5 b3 36. cxb3 cxb3 37. Rxb5 Rxa7 38. Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op-A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "2009.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Qe4 Bd7 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. Nc3 Qh5 15.
Bf4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Be2 Qg6 19. Bg3 Bf5 20. Rfd1 Be4 21. Qc3
Bd8 22. b4 Bb6 23. Rd2 h6 24. Ne1 Qf6 25. Rad1 Re6 26. f3 Bg6 27. Bf2 Nxd4 28.
Bxd4 Rfe8 29. Kf1 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxe2 32. R4d2 R2e3 33. Nd3 Bf7
34. b5 Rc8 35. Kf2 d4 36. Nb4 Ra3 37. Rxd4 Rc5 38. R1d3 Rxd3 39. Nxd3 Rxb5 40.
a4 Rd5 41. Ke3 Kf8 42. Rb4 b6 43. h4 Bg6 44. Nb2 Rc5 45. Rd4 Rc3+ 46. Kf4 Rb3
47. Rxd6 Rxb2 48. Rxg6 Rb4+ 49. Ke5 Rxa4 50. Rc6 Kf7 51. Rc7+ Kg8 52. g4 b5 53.
g5 hxg5 54. hxg5 Ra6 55. Rb7 Rb6 56. Rxa7 b4 57. g6 Rb8 58. Kd4 b3 59. Ra1 Kf8
60. Kc3 Ke7 61. Rb1 Rf8 62. Rf1 Kf6 63. Kxb3 Rc8 64. Rg1 Kf5 65. Rg4 Rc1 66.
Kb2 Rf1 67. Kc2 Rxf3 68. Rg1 Re3 69. Kd2 Re6 70. Kd3 Kf4 71. Rf1+ Kg4 72. Rg1+
Kf3 73. Kd4 Kf4 74. Rf1+ Kg4 75. Rg1+ Kf5 76. Kd3 Rxg6 77. Rf1+ Kg5 78. Rg1+
Kf6 79. Rf1+ Ke7 80. Re1+ Kf7 81. Rf1+ Rf6 82. Rg1 Re6 83. Kd4 g6 84. Rf1+ Kg7
85. Rg1 Kf6 86. Rf1+ Kg5 87. Rg1+ Kf4 88. Rf1+ Kg4 89. Rg1+ Kf4 90. Rf1+ Kg3
91. Kd5 Ra6 92. Ke5 g5 93. Rg1+ Kh4 94. Rh1+ Kg4 95. Rg1+ Kh5 96. Rh1+ Kg6 97.
Ke4 Rf6 98. Ke3 Rf4 99. Rh3 Ra4 100. Kf2 Kf5 101. Rb3 Kg4 102. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op-A"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2009.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2009.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Ne5 Nb4 12. Qd1 N8c6 13. a3 Nxe5 14. axb4
cxb4 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. O-O Bf6 17. Re1 d5 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Qb3 a5 20. Be3 d4 21.
Bf4 d3 22. e4 g5 23. Bd2 Rd8 24. h3 h6 25. f4 Qc8 26. Kh2 Nd4 27. Qd1 Qc2 28.
e5 Be7 29. Rf1 Nb3 30. Rf2 Nxa1 31. Qxa1 gxf4 32. gxf4 Kh8 33. e6 Qc5 34. b3+
f6 35. Rg2 Rg8 36. Qh1 Qh5 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Qg2+ Kh8 39. Qa8+ Kg7 40. Qg2+
Kf8 41. Qa8+ Qe8 42. Qd5 Kg7 43. h4 f5 44. Qe5+ Bf6 45. Qxf5 Qg6 46. Qd5 Bxh4
47. Qe5+ Bf6 48. Qc7+ Kg8 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Qd7+ Kh8 51. Qc8+ Qg8 52. Qd7 Qg4
53. Qe8+ Kh7 54. Qd7+ Kh8 55. Qe8+ Qg8 56. Qd7 Qd8 57. Qf7 Qe7 58. Qg6 Bg7 59.
Kh3 Qf6 60. Qe4 Bf8 61. Be3 Kg8 62. Bd4 Qe7 63. f5 Qg5 64. f6 Qh5+ 65. Kg2 Qe2+
66. Qxe2 dxe2 67. f7+ Kh7 68. Kf2 Kg6 69. Bxb6 Kf6 70. Bxa5 Kxe6 71. Kxe2 Kxf7
72. Bxb4 Bxb4 73. Kf3 Kg6 74. Kg2 Kg5 75. Kh1 Kg4 76. Kg2 h5 77. Kh1 h4 78. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4
Nd5 9. Bd2 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qxd4 11. e4 $146 {This, we believe, is a new move
uncorked by the 15-year-old GM. It has got to be home prep.} Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3
13. Ra2 Bxe4 (13... Bg6 14. Qb3 {with a double attack on the bBc3 and the bPb7.
} b5 15. Bxc3 bxc4 16. Qxb8+ Rxb8 17. Bxd4 {wins for White.}) (13... Bh3 14.
Qb3 (14. Bxh3 Qxc4) 14... Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Qc5 17. Qxb7 O-O 18.
Qxa8 Qxc4 19. Qxa7 {leaves White an exchange up and a very promising game.})
14. Qc1 Bd3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 {White has a piece for three
pawns. Our chess engines evaluate the position as around two pawns better for
White.} O-O 18. Ke2 b6 19. Rd1 Na6 20. Rd6 Rfc8 21. Ne5 c5 22. a5 Nc7 23. axb6
Nb5 24. Rd3 axb6 25. Rb2 Nc7 26. Nc4 Re8 27. Nxb6 Ra6 28. Kd2 e5 29. Nd5 Ne6
30. Bxe5 c4 31. Nb4 Ra1 32. Re3 Rd8+ 33. Kc2 Rh1 34. Re2 Rdd1 35. Kc3 Rdf1 36.
f4 h5 37. Kxc4 h4 38. Nd5 Rc1+ 39. Rbc2 hxg3 40. hxg3 Rxc2+ 41. Rxc2 f6 42. f5
Nf8 43. Bf4 g6 44. fxg6 Kg7 45. Ra2 Kxg6 46. Ra6 Nh7 47. Kd3 Re1 48. Ne3 Nf8
49. Ke4 Nd7 50. Rd6 Nf8 51. Kf3 Rb1 52. Kg4 Re1 53. Nd5 Nh7 54. Bg5 Re5 55.
Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d4 Bf6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd4 Re8 11. Na3 Nf5 12. Nac2 Nc5 13. Nb3 Bd7 14. Nxc5 dxc5
15. Bd3 a5 16. Rb1 h6 17. Bd2 b6 18. Qf3 Nd6 19. b3 Be5 20. h3 f5 21. Rfe1 Qf6
22. Re2 Re7 23. Rbe1 Rae8 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qf3 Nf7 26. Bf4 Kg7 27. Qg3 Bxf4 28.
Qxf4 Ne5 29. Qd2 f4 30. Be4 Bxh3 31. Qc3 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 d5 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Ne5
Ne4 9. Ndf3 b6 10. Nd3 Bd6 11. Nfe5 Bb7 12. f3 Nf6 13. b3 Nbd7 14. Bf4 Qe7 15.
Qd2 c5 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. cxd5 Nxd3 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qxd3 Qxd5
21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 g5 25. f4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 gxf4
27. gxf4 Kg7 28. Kf3 Rf7 29. Rc6 Kf6 30. e4 fxe4+ 31. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 h6 11. Kb1 Bf6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14.
Qxd4 O-O 15. Be2 Rae8 16. Bf3 Qb5 17. g4 b6 18. Qd2 f6 19. Rhe1 Bf7 20. Be4 d5
21. Bd3 Qa5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. b3 Qc5 24. h5 Kf8 25. Kb2 d4 26. Bf5 dxc3+ 27.
Qxc3 Qxc3+ 28. Kxc3 a5 29. a4 Re5 30. Rd8+ Re8 31. Rd3 Re5 32. Rd8+ Re8 33. Rd3
Re5 34. Rh3 Ke7 35. f4 Rc5+ 36. Kb2 Rd5 37. Kc3 Rc5+ 38. Kb2 Rd5 39. Kc3 Rc5+
40. Kd3 Rd5+ 41. Ke2 Rd4 42. Re3+ Kd8 43. Be4 Kd7 44. Bf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 f5 14. e5
Be6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 O-O 17. Ke2 Rad8 18. Rb1 Rd5 19. a4 Rfd8 20. g3 h6
21. h4 Na5 22. Rc7 R5d7 23. Rc5 Rd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Rb6 Kf7 26. Bd2 Bf8 27.
Bc3 e6 28. Ne1 Be7 29. Nc2 Bd8 30. Bxa5 Rxa5 31. Rxb7+ Ke8 32. Rb4 Rd5 33. Rc4
Rd7 34. Rc6 Kf7 35. Rxa6 Rb7 36. a5 Rb2 37. Kd3 Ra2 38. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. O-O-O Qb6 14. Qa4
a5 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Bb4 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Qa3+ Qb4 20. Qe3 c5
21. d5 Kd6 22. a3 Qa4 23. Rd3 b5 24. Rc3 Rhc8 25. Be2 Ne5 26. Kd2 b4 27. Rc2
bxa3 28. bxa3 Rab8 29. Rhc1 c4 30. Rc3 Rb2+ 31. R1c2 Qb5 32. Rxb2 Qxb2+ 33. Rc2
Qb1 34. Qc3 Rc5 35. g3 f5 36. Rb2 Qxe4 37. Kc1 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ne1 Be7 12. Nc4 Rd8 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Nxa3
Rxd1 15. Rxd1 Bd7 16. Nd3 Be8 17. Nb5 Na5 18. Nd6 Rb8 19. Nc5 b6 20. Nxe8 Rxe8
21. Nb3 Nxb3 22. axb3 g5 23. c4 Rc8 24. Bb7 Rc7 25. Ba6 Nd7 26. Bb5 Nc5 27. b4
Nb7 28. Ba6 Kf8 29. Bxb7 Rxb7 30. c5 bxc5 31. bxc5 Ke7 32. Ra1 Kf6 33. Ra4 Ke5
34. e4 g4 35. h3 h5 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Kg2 Rc7 38. Kf1 f6 39. Kg2 Rxc5 40. Rxa7
Kxe4 41. Ra2 e5 42. Ra4+ Kf5 43. Ra2 Rc3 44. Rb2 Rd3 45. Ra2 Ke4 46. Rb2 f5 47.
Re2+ Kd4 48. Ra2 Rc3 49. Rd2+ Ke4 50. Rd8 Rc2 51. Rf8 Rc5 52. Rd8 Rd5 53. Rf8
Rd2 54. Ra8 f4 55. gxf4 exf4 56. Re8+ Kd3 57. Rg8 g3 58. Rd8+ Ke2 59. Rxd2+
Kxd2 60. fxg3 fxg3 61. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 f5 14. Bc4 Qa4 15.
Qe2 b5 16. Bxb5 Qxe4 17. dxe6 (17. Qxe4 fxe4 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Nd2 a6 20. Ba4
Nd7 21. O-O Nf6 22. c4 Bd7 23. Bc2 Bf5 24. h3 Nh5 25. Be3 Bd4 26. Nxe4 Bxe3 27.
fxe3 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Ra7 29. Bd5+ Kg7 30. Rb1 Nf6 31. e4 Re7 32. Rb6 Nxd5 33.
exd5 Re4 34. Rb7+ Kh6 35. Rff7 Rxc4 36. Rxh7+ Kg5 37. Rb6 Rf4 38. d6 Rd4 39.
Rc7 R8xd6 40. Rxc5+ Kh6 41. Rxd6 Rxd6 42. Ra5 Rf6 43. Kh2 Rc6 44. h4 Rd6 45.
Kh3 Rc6 46. g3 Rd6 47. Kg4 Rc6 48. Ra4 Rf6 49. Ra3 Rc6 50. Kf4 Kh5 51. Ra5+ Kh6
52. Re5 Rc4+ 53. Re4 Rc5 54. g4 Ra5 55. a4 Rd5 56. Rc4 Rd1 57. Ke5 Rh1 58. Kf6
Rf1+ 59. Ke7 Rh1 60. g5+ Kh5 61. Kf7 Rb1 62. a5 Rb5 63. Rc6 Rxa5 64. Rxg6 Kxh4
65. Kf6 Kg4 66. Rg8 Rf5+ 67. Ke6 Rxg5 {1/2-1/2 Moiseenko,A (2694)-Petrosian,T 
(2602)/Ohrid 2009/CBM}) 17... Bxe6 18. Ng5 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Bxa2 20. Ra1 {
At this point, Fritz 12 was already announcing a near-decisive advantage for
White, as Black cannot avoid serious trouble on the a2-g8 diagonal. An
additional irony was that Giri's clock showed 1:44 at this point, some four
minutes more than he started the game with!} Bf7 21. Rhd1 Rc8 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23.
Bc4+ Ke8 24. Be6 Nc6 25. Ra6 Ne7 26. Bd7+ Kf8 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxa7 Bxc3 29.
Bg5 Nc6 30. Rxh7 Be5 {White is clearly winning comfortably.} 31. Rdd7 c4 32.
Bf4 Bb2 33. Rc7 Nd4+ 34. Kd2 Rxc7 35. Rxc7 c3+ 36. Kd3 Ne6 37. Bd6+ Kg8 38.
Rc8+ Kf7 39. Be5 Ba3 40. Kxc3 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Muzychuk,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 9th round. At that very moment my opponent was
leading, 1.5 points ahead of his closest rivals. So, our game was not decisive,
but as a rule the games between young players are often interesting and not at
all humdrum.} 1. e4 c5 {I have to admit that already the 1st move was a little
surprise for me. In all other 4 games at this tournament after 1.e4 Anish
replied with 1.. .e5. The Petroff Defence had lately became the main weapon of
Giri and most of all I also expected the reply of 1...e5 in my game. The
choice of the Sicilian meant that Black did not intend to play just for
equality.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Bg4
$146 {According to my database this move is a novelty. Black wants to take the
knight on f3 and make weaknesses in the pawn structure} ({A similar idea with .
..Bg4 was seen in the game Girinath,P-Zhang Zhong/Kuala Lumpur 2007. In that
game Black continued with} 7... Rc8 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 (9. Nc3 {here or 9.Nfd2
is also possible}) 9... Nf6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 g6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bg7 14.
Ndf3 O-O 15. Qh4 Bc6 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. Ndxc6 bxc6 18. Re2 Rfd8 19. Be3 Qb7 20.
Bc5 $14 {0-1 Girinath,P-Zhang Zhong/Kuala Lumpur 2007/CBM 120 ext (56)}) (7...
b5 $5 {was played against me by Vugar Gashimov in a rapid game, just a month
before my game with Anish.} 8. Nc3 bxc4 9. Qxc4 e6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Be3 Ng6 12.
b4 $6 (12. Bd4 $14) 12... Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. b5 Bf6 15. Bd4 Nf4 16. b6 $4 Rc8
17. Qb4 Rxc3 $19 18. e5 Rxf3 19. exf6 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Rf4 21. Rfd1 e5 22. Qxd6
Rxd4 23. Qxe5 Re8 {0-1 Muzychuk,A-Gashimov,V/Warsaw POL 2009/The Week in Chess
789}) (7... e5 $5 8. Qd3 b5 9. Na3 Qb6 10. O-O h6 11. b3 Nf6 12. Re1 Be7 13.
Nd2 O-O 14. Nf1 Bc6 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Be3 Qb7 17. Nc2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rfc8 {
1-0 Tiviakov, S-Babula,V/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (41). Later on White won the
game, but the current position is quite ok for Black.}) ({The simple} 7... Nf6
{may be also a good option} 8. Bg5 (8. Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. b3 Rc8
12. Rac1 Kh8 13. Rfe1 Bc6 14. Qd3 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mednis,E-Giorgadze,T/Lugano
1985/EXT 2000 (41)}) 8... Bc6 9. Nc3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Rad1 Qa5
13. Qd2 Qb6 $2 (13... Qc5 $11) 14. Nd5 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Girinath,P-Sitanggang,S/
Singapore SIN 2007/The Week in Chess 685 (49)}) 8. Nc3 e6 9. Be3 Nf6 ({Quite
an unusual position could happen after} 9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nf6 {White has an
advantage in development, but Black has the better pawn structure. As it is
just the opening, this position needs to be analysed more deeply.}) (9... Ne7 {
with the idea of ...Nc6 and then ...Be7 was also an interesting try.}) 10. Nd2
$1 ({The sharp move} 10. e5 {did not give anything and after} dxe5 11. Nxe5
Qxd4 12. Bxd4 Bf5 {Black has a good position with the advantage of 2 bishops.})
10... Be7 11. h3 e5 ({Now Black faces some problems with the bishop on g4. If
he played} 11... Bh5 {then I was going to continue with} 12. f4 (12. g4 {
was over-optimistic as after} Bg6 13. f4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Qxe5 O-O {
Black has more than good compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 12... e5 13.
fxe5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 O-O 15. O-O Bd6 (15... Bg6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf6 18.
Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. c5 {with an obvious advantage for White.}) 16. Qd4
Re8 17. Nd5 Nd7 18. Rae1 {and in my opinion, here the compensation for the
pawn is insufficient.}) 12. Qb6 ({In this position I spent quite lot of time
while choosing between 12.Qb6 and 12.Qd3. To keep the queens on the board was
more in my style of playing but I could not estimate the position after} 12.
Qd3 Be6 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nd7 {Now I think that} 16. Nd5 {
has to give a slight advantage for White, but in the game I preferred another
move.}) 12... Qxb6 13. Bxb6 Be6 $6 (13... Bd7 {was a better move with the
following ...Bd8 as the position should be about equal. The main idea is that
now after 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Black does not have to make one more move with a
bishop as in the case with 13...Be6?!}) 14. Nd5 Bxd5 $6 ({Still I would prefer
} 14... Bd8 15. Bxd8 Kxd8) ({or} 14... Rc8) 15. cxd5 Bd8 16. Bxd8 Kxd8 17. Rc1
{Now it is clear, that White has an advantage in the endgame, but it is quite
difficult to transform it into a full point.} b5 $2 ({The move ...b7-b5 seems
to be a mistake. Black weakens the important c6-square and gives one more move
for White to improve the position. Anish wanted to prevent me from playing Nc4
at some moment, but the simple} 17... Rc8 {was stronger:} 18. Ke2 Ke7 19. Ke3
Nd7 20. Nb3 b6 {not allowing Na5 and it should not be difficult for Black to
hold the position. Even though after} 21. Nd2 {there are still some problems.})
18. Ke2 Kd7 19. Rc6 Rhc8 20. Rhc1 Rxc6 $2 ({It may be difficult to state, but
as Anish and I realised after the game, the position after 20...Rxc6 is almost
lost for Black. The correct move was} 20... Ng8 $1 {with the following lines:}
21. a4 Ne7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 (22... Nxc8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rc3 {and there are
still problems with the b5-pawn.}) 23. Rxc8 Kxc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Kd3 Kc7 26.
Kc3 Ng6 27. Kb4 Kb6 $1 (27... Nf4 $2 28. Kxb5 Nxg2 29. b4 Nf4 30. Ka6 {the
b-pawn is very dangerous.}) 28. g3 Nf8 29. Nb1 Nd7 30. Nc3 Nc5 31. Nxb5 Nd3+ (
31... Nxe4 32. f3 Nxg3 33. Nxd6 {threatening to take the pawn on f7, or in the
event of 33...f6 34.Nc4, followed by Kc5 White has chances to win the game as
the b- and d-pawns will cause many problems.}) 32. Kc3 Nxf2 33. Nxd6 Kc5 34.
Nxf7 Nxe4+ {and the game should end in a draw.}) 21. Rxc6 Ng8 22. a4 $1 Ne7 23.
Rb6 {This is the difference! Without the exchange of rooks this move was
impossible due to the hanging rook on c1.} Kc7 24. a5 Ra7 25. Nf3 {The idea is
26.Nxe5 dxe5 27.d6+ or, if Black replies with 25...Kd7, then 26.Ng5, that is
why} f6 26. Ne1 {now the knight changes direction, coming closer to the
b4-square.} Nc8 27. Rc6+ Kd7 28. Nd3 Ne7 29. Rc3 {The rook was forced to leave
the 6th rank, but the black pieces are remaining passive. 29...Rc7 is bad in
view of 30.Nb4, so the black rook cannot move, the king and knight must
control the c-line. The next plan of White is to create new weaknesses in the
position of Black, but on the other side.} f5 30. f3 f4 31. Kf2 Ra8 32. h4 g6
33. g3 fxg3+ 34. Kxg3 {Now lines on the king's side are going to be opened. My
next idea is to play f4 at the right moment and then transform the pieces to
the king's side, while Black will not have enough time for consolidation.} g5 {
It is not easy to say, whether this move is good or a mistake. To be objective
White is easily winning after 34...g5, but from the practical point of view
Black tries to make the game being more unclear.} 35. hxg5 Rg8 36. Kh4 h6 37.
gxh6 Rg1 (37... Rg2 {would be met by} 38. f4 exf4 39. Nxf4 {and now there is
the possibility to play Rh3 after ...Rh2.}) 38. Rc1 ({Compared with 37...Rg2,
now} 38. f4 {is not that effective as after} Ng6+ {the move Kh3 does not
threaten to take the rook. But still after} 39. Kh5 exf4 40. Nf2 {the position
is winning.}) 38... Rg6 39. f4 ({During the game I spent about 20 minutes on
calculating} 39. Kh5 {which was the most logical move and the easiest way to
win the game:} Rg3 (39... Rg2 40. Rh1 Ng6 41. h7 Nh8 (41... Ke7 42. Rc1 $18)
42. Rc1 Rg7 43. Rc6 $18) 40. Nb4 (40. Nf2 {is winning very easily, but for
some reason this move did not come to my mind.}) 40... Ng6 41. Nxa6 Nf4+ 42.
Kh4 Rg2 43. Rc7+ Ke8 44. Rg7 Ng6+ 45. Rxg6 Rxg6 46. Kh5 Rg2 47. Nc7+ Kd7 48.
Ne6 {and White is winning, but in the game I decided that 39.f4 is safer.
Unfortunately, the general rule, that after a long time of thinking the best
move is rarely made, was true in my case.}) (39. Nb4 {is not so clear because
of} Rxh6+ 40. Kg3 Rh8 {and after} 41. Nxa6 {Black takes the pawn back.} Ra8)
39... Rxh6+ 40. Kg3 exf4+ 41. Nxf4 Ng6 42. Ne6 (42. Rc6 {could give good
chances for Black:} Nxf4 43. Kxf4 Rh2 44. Rxa6 Rf2+ 45. Ke3 Rxb2 {and as is
well known, there is a tendency in rook endings with pawns that there are lots
of positions which can be saved.}) (42. Nd3 {was also an interesting idea as
after} Ne5 43. Nxe5+ dxe5 44. Rc6 Rh1 (44... Rxc6 45. dxc6+ Kxc6 46. b4 {
White is winning}) 45. Rxa6 Rb1 46. Kg4 Rf1 47. Rb6 {in this rook ending I
will have 2 pawns more. But the problem is that Black can play 42...Rh4!})
42... Ke7 43. Nd4 Kf6 44. Nf5 (44. Rc6 {was one more move, but the following
line should have been calculated until the very end:} Ke5 45. Nf3+ Kxe4 46.
Rxd6 Ne7 {(this tricky move I saw in the game and stopped looking at this line)
} 47. Ng5+ Ke3 48. Rxh6 Nf5+ 49. Kh3 Nxh6 50. d6 {and nothing can prevent the
d-pawn from becoming a queen.}) 44... Rh5 45. Rc8 Rg5+ 46. Kf3 (46. Kf2 Ke5 47.
Re8+ Kf4 48. Nxd6 Rh5 49. Re6 {is also winning, but I did not want to give
Black this initiative with an active king.}) 46... Rg1 47. Nxd6 Rb1 (47... Ke5
48. Nf5 {and Re8.}) (47... Ne5+ 48. Ke3 $18) 48. Re8 Rxb2 49. Re6+ Kg5 (49...
Kg7 50. Ne8+ Kf7 51. Rf6+ $18) 50. Nf7+ Kh5 51. Ke3 Rb3+ 52. Kd4 Rb4+ 53. Kc5
Rc4+ 54. Kb6 b4 (54... Rd4 55. Kxa6 b4 56. Kb7 b3 57. Rb6 Rxe4 58. d6 (58. Rxb3
$2 Re7+)) 55. Rxg6 {Black resigned in view of 55...Kxg6 56.Ne5+.} 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. d5
Nc5 15. Qf4 Qf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Bb3 Nxd4 20. Rxd4
Rc7 21. Rfd1 Re8 22. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bd6 15.
Ba3 Kh8 16. Qb2 Ne7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng6 19. f3 Nxe5 20. Bf1 Qf6 21. fxe4
fxe4 22. Kh1 b5 23. Nb3 Qh4 24. Qd2 Rf5 25. Nd4 Rh5 26. h3 Rf8 27. Re3 Rf2 28.
Qe1 Qf6 29. Kg1 Rf4 30. hxg4 Nxg4 31. Rh3 Rxh3 32. gxh3 Nf2 33. Qe3 Qg5+ 34.
Bg2 Nd1 35. Qc1 Qg3 36. Ne2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "239"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bd3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 d5 11. h5 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Qe2 Qa5+
15. c3 Nd7 16. a3 h6 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Rhg1 Rhf8 19. Kb1 Kb8 20. Ned2 Ka8 21.
Rde1 Qd5 22. Nc4 Qb5 23. Nfe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 c5 26. dxc5 Bxc5 27.
Kc2 Kb8 28. Rg2 Bd6 29. Nd3 Rh8 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Rd6 32. g5 Rhd8 33. f4
Kc7 34. gxh6 gxh6 35. Rg7 R8d7 36. Rc5+ Kb6 37. b4 Rd2+ 38. Kb3 R2d5 39. Rxd5
Rxd5 40. Rxf7 Rxh5 41. Re7 Rf5 42. Rxe6+ Kc7 43. Rxh6 Rxf4 44. Rh7+ Kc6 45. a4
a6 46. Rh6+ Kc7 47. a5 Rg4 48. Re6 Rh4 49. Kc2 Rh3 50. Re4 Rg3 51. Kb3 Rg6 52.
Kc4 Kc6 53. Rf4 Rh6 54. Kd3 Rh3+ 55. Kd4 Rh6 56. Ke5 Rh5+ 57. Kd4 Rh6 58. Rg4
Kd6 59. c4 Kc6 60. Rf4 Rd6+ 61. Kc3 Rh6 62. Re4 Rh3+ 63. Kd4 Rh6 64. Re5 Rh4+
65. Kd3 Rh3+ 66. Re3 Rh6 67. Rg3 Rd6+ 68. Kc3 Rh6 69. Kb3 Rf6 70. Rg5 Rf3+ 71.
Ka4 Rf4 72. Rc5+ Kd6 73. Rd5+ Kc6 74. Kb3 Rf3+ 75. Kc2 Ra3 76. Rd3 Ra2+ 77. Kc3
Rh2 78. Rg3 Rh6 79. Kb3 Rf6 80. Re3 Rh6 81. Rf3 Rg6 82. Rf4 Rg1 83. Rf6+ Kc7
84. Kc3 Rg3+ 85. Kd4 Rg4+ 86. Kd5 Rg5+ 87. Ke4 Rg4+ 88. Rf4 Rg1 89. Kd4 Rd1+
90. Kc5 Rd7 91. Rf5 Rh7 92. Rd5 Rg7 93. Re5 Re7 94. Kd5 Rd7+ 95. Kc5 Rh7 96.
Kd4 Rd7+ 97. Rd5 Rh7 98. b5 axb5 99. cxb5 Rh4+ 100. Kc5 b6+ 101. axb6+ Kb7 102.
Rd7+ Kb8 103. Rg7 Rh5+ 104. Kb4 Rh4+ 105. Ka5 Rh1 106. b7 Rh6 107. Rd7 Rg6 108.
Kb4 Rg4+ 109. Kc5 Rg5+ 110. Kb6 Rg6+ 111. Ka5 Rh6 112. Rg7 Rf6 113. Rh7 Rg6
114. Kb4 Rg4+ 115. Kc5 Rg5+ 116. Kb6 Rg6+ 117. Ka5 Rf6 118. b6 Rf5+ 119. Ka6
Ra5+ 120. Kxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. h3 h6
15. Bg3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qe6 17. Rad1 d4 18. Qb5 dxc3 19. bxc3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 b6
21. Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kanarek, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 f5 12. dxc5 fxe4 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Be2
O-O-O 15. Nb3 Qa4 16. O-O Ne5 17. Bd4 Bf6 18. Rb1 Bf5 19. Qb2 Nc6 20. Bxf6 exf6
21. Nd4 Rd7 22. Bd1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jovanovic, Zoran2"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nc3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Re8 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 b6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qf8 20. Qb3 h6 21.
Qxd5 Be6 22. Qb5 Bxa2 23. c4 Qa3 24. h4 Qc3 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Qxe8+ Kh7 27.
Qe4+ Kg8 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Qe4+ Kg8 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Berczes, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 Be6 8. b3 c5
9. Rb1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc8 11. O-O a6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15.
Bc4 Qa5 16. Qc1 e5 17. b4 Qb6 18. Nf3 h6 19. b5 Bf5 20. bxa6 Bxb1 21. Qxb1 Rxa6
22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. Bb2 Nc6 24. Rd1 Qb5 25. e4 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. Qc2 Nc6 28.
g3 Qa6 29. Ba1 Qa3 30. Kg2 Bf6 31. Qc4 Qa6 32. Qd5 Nb4 33. Qd7 Qc6 34. Qxc6
Nxc6 35. Kf1 Kf8 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Kd3 b5 38. Bc3 Kd6 39. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stern, Rene"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 b6 5. f3 O-O 6. e4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e5
Ne8 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 cxd4
15. cxd4 Nc7 16. Be3 f5 17. Rc1 Ne7 18. O-O Qd7 19. Qb3 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. e4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Be6 13. Kc2 Bc4 14. Be3
Bxf1 15. Rhxf1 Nd7 16. e6 fxe6 17. Rab1 e5 18. b4 e6 19. bxa5 Bc5 20. Bd2 O-O-O
21. Nd1 Bd4 22. Ne3 Nc5 23. Nc4 Kb8 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. Rfd1 Ka7 26. Bh4 Ka6 27.
Rd2 h5 28. h3 Rh7 29. Rb6+ Ka7 30. Rb4 Ka6 31. Rb6+ Ka7 32. Rb1 Ka6 33. Bg3 h4
34. Bh2 Rh5 35. Rbd1 Rf7 36. Bg1 Rg5 37. Be3 Rg3 38. Re1 Nxa4 39. Rb1 Nc3 40.
Rb6+ Bxb6 41. axb6 Nxe4 42. fxe4 Rf1 43. Re2 Kb5 44. Nd6+ Ka6 45. Kc3 c5 46.
Nc4 Rc1+ 47. Kd3 Rd1+ 48. Kc3 Rc1+ 49. Kd3 Rd1+ 50. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Llaneza Vega, Marcos"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. f4 Rc8 10. Qf3 Ngf6 11. O-O g6 12. Qh3 Nc5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 dxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Bc5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5
21. Rf2 Ke7 22. Rd1 Rhc8 23. Rdd2 Rc4 24. Kf1 h6 25. g3 g5 26. Kg2 gxf4 27.
gxf4 Kf6 28. c3 Kf5 29. Rd3 Rg8+ 30. Rg3 Rg6 31. Rxg6 fxg6 32. Kg3 a5 33. Rd2
Rxf4 34. Rd8 Rc4 35. Rf8+ Ke5 36. Rh8 h5 37. Rg8 Rg4+ 38. Kf3 Kd5 39. Rd8+ Kc4
40. Rc8+ Kd5 41. Rd8+ Kc4 42. Rc8+ Kb3 43. Rc5 Ka4 44. b4 g5 45. Rc6 axb4 46.
axb4 Rc4 47. Rxc4 bxc4 48. h3 Kb5 49. Ke4 h4 50. Ke3 e5 51. Kf3 Kc6 52. Kf2 Kd6
53. Kf3 Kd5 54. Kf2 e4 55. Kf1 g4 56. hxg4 h3 57. g5 h2 58. Kg2 e3 59. g6 Ke6
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 Nc6 12. Bg5 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Rd7
15. Qb2 Ne5 16. Be2 c4 17. O-O e6 18. Rfd1 exd5 19. exd5 b6 20. d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szabo, Gergely Andras"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Be7 6. O-O Nc5 7. Be2 Ne6 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Be3 f6 12. f4 fxe5 13. fxe5 Be6 14. Rxf8+
Qxf8 15. Rf1 Qe8 16. Bf3 Nd7 17. Ne2 Bc5 18. Qf4 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Bf7 20. e6 Qxe6
21. Qxe6 Bxe6 22. Nd4 Nf8 23. b4 Rd8 24. a4 Bf7 25. Re1 Re8 26. Rxe8 Bxe8 27.
Nf5 Bd7 28. Nd6 b6 29. b5 Ng6 30. bxc6 Bxc6 31. Nc8 Kf8 32. Nxa7 Bxa4 33. Nc8
Bxc2 34. Nxb6 d4 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Nc4 Bd3 37. Na5 Kd6 38. Nb3 Ke5 39. Nd2 Bc2
40. Ba8 Bd1 41. Ke1 Bh5 42. h3 Ne7 43. g4 Bf7 44. Nf3+ Kf4 45. Nxd4 Kg3 46. Ke2
Kxh3 47. Kf3 g5 48. Be4 h6 49. Bb7 Be8 50. Be4 Bd7 51. Nf5 Nxf5 52. gxf5 g4+
53. Kf4 g3 54. f6 Be8 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4
O-O 9. Kf2 c5 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bxe4 12. Ba3 Bd5 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. Bxc5 Rfc8 16. a5 b6 17. Bb4 Qc7 18. Qd2 h6 19. Ba6 Bb7 20. Be2 Nd5 21. c4
Nf4 22. Bf1 Ba6 23. axb6 axb6 24. d5 exd5 25. g3 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. e4 {This is a relatively unknown line in the Grünfeld with few top
games.} Nb6 {This seems to be the most principled continuation, trying to grab
the initiative from the start. I think that after this game not many people
will try to repeat this line with the white pieces.} 10. Bb3 {This move might
be the first step in the wrong direction, the next five moves seem completely
logical and still White experiences difficulties.} (10. Be2 {may not bring any
opening advantage but at least White's position remains solid and he can hope
to outplay his opponent later in the game.} Bg4 11. a4 a5 12. Bg5 Ne8 13. Qb3
Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxd4 15. Rad1 Ng7 16. Ne2 c5 17. e5 Qc7 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qb5 Ne6
20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Bxe7 Rfe8 23. Bd6 Nf4 24. e6 Nxe6 {Gelfand,B 
(2733)-Nisipeanu,L (2690)/Fuegen 2006/CBM 115/1/2-1/2 (39)}) 10... Bg4 11. Be3
e5 {An interesting novelty by Almasi, leaving White no options, but to accept
the temporary sacrifice.} 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. e6 {Giri probably thought that
four moves later after 17.f4 his weakened pawn structure will not prove to be
a weakness. However, Almasi saw (analysed) a bit further.} fxe6 14. Qd6 (14. h3
Bxf3 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. gxf3 Qe7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. f4 Nc5 19. e5 Rad8 20. Qg4
Nd3 21. Rfd1 Nxb2 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Ne4 Nc4 24. Bc5 Qe8 25. Bxa7) 14... Bxf3
15. gxf3 Ne5 16. Qxe6+ $2 {There was still time to exchange the queens and
hope to defend a slightly worse position.} ({Correct was} 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17.
Qxd8 Nxf3+ 18. Kh1 Raxd8 19. Rad1 {where White can hope that his pair of
bishops will compensate Black's initiative.}) 16... Kh8 17. f4 {This was the
move that White was relying on, and at first sight it looks like it solves all
his problems and removes the strong knight from the centre. However, the next
strong move from Black changes the assessment of the position.} Qh4 $1 $17 {
Very beautiful response, taking advantage of the rather awkward placement of
White's queen on e6.} 18. Kg2 (18. fxe5 Rae8 19. Qd6 Bxe5 $19) 18... Nd3 19.
Ne2 $2 ({A bit more stubborn was} 19. f3 $5 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 21. Kg3 Nxe6
22. Bxe6 Be5+ 23. Kg2 $17 {not giving away the pawn, although this position
would be very hard to defend because of the shattered pawn structure and
Black's excellent bishop on e5.}) 19... Rae8 20. Qh3 Qxh3+ 21. Kxh3 Rxe4 22.
Kg2 Nxb2 $19 {Black is practically 2 pawns up on the queenside, which makes
the rest just a matter of technique.} 23. Ng3 Ree8 24. Bc5 Nd3 25. Bxf8 Bxa1
26. Bd6 Nc8 $2 {The only explanation behind this passive move could be time
trouble.} (26... Bf6 27. Rd1 Nb2 {was perfectly satisfying with the intention
of N6c4 and b5-a5.}) 27. Bb8 $6 {Returning the favour, giving Black the
c5-square for his knight to retreat. Instead Rd1, activating the rook, was
called for.} (27. Rd1 $1 Nxd6 28. Rxd3 {making White's life much easier.})
27... Bf6 28. f5 Kg7 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. f4 Nc5 31. f5 (31. Bc2 {was not
possible due to} Na6 $1 {leaving White with no good squares for his bishop to
retreat.}) 31... Nxb3 32. axb3 a6 33. fxg6 Kxg6 34. Kf3 Ne7 35. Ba7 Nf5 36. Bf2
Re5 37. Ne4 Rb5 38. Rb1 Nd4+ 39. Bxd4 Bxd4 {Black has managed to achieve a
completely winning position and White could as well have resigned. But hope
never dies...} 40. Ke2 Be5 41. h3 Kf5 42. Nd2 Bf4 43. Nf3 Ke4 44. Ra1 Rb4 45.
Ra3 c5 46. Ne1 Bc1 47. Ra5 Be3 48. Ra3 Bd4 49. Nd3 Rb6 50. Ra4 Kd5 51. Ra3 Re6+
52. Kd2 Be3+ 53. Kc2 Rh6 54. b4 c4 55. Nc1 Bxc1 56. Kxc1 Rb6 57. Ra4 Kd4 58.
Kc2 Rg6 59. Ra3 Rg2+ 60. Kc1 c3 61. Ra5 Kc4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e4
Nbd7 9. c3 c5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 b5 12. h3 Bh5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5
15. Qe2 Qb6 16. a4 a6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. g4 Bg6 20. Ne5 Rd8 21.
Rd1 b4 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Be3 Qe6 25. Qf3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 bxc3 27.
bxc3 Qc6 28. Qd4 Rc8 29. Qxd5 Qxc3 30. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2010.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.03.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. b5 axb5 12. Nxb5 c5 13. a4 Be7 14. Ba3 Nbd7 15.
Qc2 Rc8 16. Na7 Ra8 17. Nb5 g6 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. Rfb1 Re8 20. Nc3 Bf8 21. Bb5 Bb7
22. Nf3 Qc7 23. Qb3 Rec8 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. dxc5 Bg7 26. Nd4 Nxc5 27. Qd1 Qd8
28. Bb2 Ba6 29. Ncb5 Qd7 30. h3 Ne4 31. Rc1 Rc4 32. Rxc4 dxc4 33. Nc3 Nc5 34.
Qc2 Nd3 35. Nce2 Bb7 36. Bc3 Re8 37. Bd2 Qd5 38. f3 Qg5 39. Qxc4 Ne5 40. Qb5
Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2010.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.03.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 b6 13. a3 Nh5 14. Re1 Nf4 15.
Bf1 h5 16. b4 c4 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Bxc4 Qg5 19. Qf3 Bh6 20. Kh2 Qh4 21. Bf1 g5
22. Qg3 Kh7 23. Red1 Rad8 24. a4 Ng6 25. Bb5 Bc8 26. a5 g4 27. Qxh4 Nxh4 28.
Bxh6 Kxh6 29. hxg4 bxa5 30. bxa5 hxg4 31. Na4 Kg5 32. d6 Rh8 33. Kg1 Bb7 34.
Nc5 Ba8 35. Kf1 Rh6 36. d7 f5 37. Ne6+ Rxe6 38. Rc8 Bxe4 39. Rxd8 Bxg2+ 40. Kg1
Be4 41. Rg8+ Kf4 42. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2010.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.03.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8.
Be2 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 f6 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. c4 Be6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nc3 Bc6
15. Qc2 Rg6 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Bd5 Qe8 19. Rf3 Re6 20. Rh3 Rh6 21.
Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rf3 Re6 23. Bd4 Rd8 24. Rdf1 Bf8 25. Rh3 h6 26. Be5 Nd7 27. Bd4
c5 28. f5 Rb6 29. Bf2 Nf6 30. Re3 Qh5 31. Re2 Rb4 32. Bg3 Bd6 33. Qd3 Qg4 34.
Be5 Kh7 35. h3 Bxe5 36. Qxd8 Qg3 37. Rxe5 Qxe5 38. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2010.04.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.03.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. dxc5
Qxd1 9. Bxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bd6 12. Re1 e5 13. e4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5
15. Nd2 Be6 16. Bb3 Ke7 17. Nf3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Nd7 19. Bd2 f6 20. b4 Bd6 21. Nh4
g6 22. g3 Nb6 23. Ng2 Nc4 24. Bc3 Rac8 25. Kf1 Ke6 26. Red1 Bc7 27. f3 Bb6 28.
Ke2 Rc6 29. f4 Rhc8 30. Rd5 Rd6 31. Rad1 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Bg1 33. h3 g5 34. fxg5
Rg8 35. Rd1 Bb6 36. Nh4 Nd6 37. gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2010.05.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2010.03.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. b3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Bb2 Bf5
15. g4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 e6 17. Rfd1 Rd5 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. f4 h6 20. Rf1 Qe7 21.
Kh1 R5d7 22. Qf3 g5 23. fxg5 Qxg5 24. Rc5 Qg6 25. Bd1 Nd5 26. Bc2 Qf6 27. Qe2
Qg5 28. Bc1 Qh4 29. Qf3 Nf6 30. Rg1 Rd5 31. b4 b6 32. Rxc6 h5 33. gxh5 Rxh5 34.
Qg3 Qxg3 35. Rxg3 Nd5 36. a3 Kf8 37. Be4 Bf6 38. Rc2 Ke7 39. Rf3 Bg7 40. Rg2
Rc8 41. Bd2 Bh6 42. Rgf2 Kd6 43. Bxd5 Kxd5 44. Rxf7 Ke4 45. Rxa7 Kd3 46. Rh7
Bxe3 47. Rxh5 Bxf2 48. Bf4 Bxd4 49. Be5 Rg8 50. Rh3+ Ke4 51. Bxd4 Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2010.05.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.03.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. Bb1 b5 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Qd3 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. Qf3 Bf6 19. Be4 Qe7 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21.
Qf4 Bh8 22. Ng4 f6 23. Rc7 e5 24. Qc1 Qe6 25. h3 exd4 26. Bf8 Rec8 27. Qc5 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2010.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Swapnil, S Dhopade"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
Qe8 9. Bg5 c6 10. d5 c5 11. Qc1 Bd7 12. Rf1 Kh8 13. Ne1 Ng8 14. Nd3 f5 15. f3
f4 16. Nb5 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bf2 Qg6 19. a4 h5 20. b4 b6 21. a5 g4 22. Nxa7 g3
23. Be1 bxa5 24. b5 Rxa7 25. Rxa5 Rfa8 26. Qa1 Bc8 27. bxa6 Rxa6 28. Rxa6 Bxa6
29. h3 Qe8 30. Qa2 Bb5 31. Qb3 Bd7 32. Bc3 Rb8 33. Qa2 Ra8 34. Qb3 Rb8 35. Qa2
Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2010.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Satyapragyan, Swayangsu"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. d6 Be6 15. dxe7
Qxe7 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Qf3 Ne8 18. Nf1 f6 19. b3 c5 20. Ne3 Nc6 21. Nd5 Qf8 22.
Be3 Rac8 23. Rac1 Nc7 24. Red1 b4 25. Bd3 bxc3 26. Nxc7 Rxc7 27. Rxc3 Nd4 28.
Bxd4 exd4 29. Rc2 Qd6 30. Rdc1 a5 31. Qh5 g6 32. Qh6 Rdc8 33. Bc4 Bxc4 34. Rxc4
Qe5 35. Qd2 Qxe4 36. Qxa5 Qd5 37. Qd2 Rc6 38. Qd3 Kg7 39. R4c2 R8c7 40. Rc4 Rc8
41. Re1 Re6 42. Rec1 Rec6 43. Re1 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2010.05.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Paciencia, Enrique Rivas"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E96"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 Qe7 10. Rb1 a5 11. d5 Ne8 12. a3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nd4 c5 15. Ne6
Rf7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Na4 Nc5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxg7 Nxg7 21. f4 Ne4
22. Rxb4 Qc7 23. Be3 exf4 24. Bd4 Bd7 25. Qf3 Re8 26. Qxf4 Bc8 27. Rb3 Nh5 28.
Qh6 Nhf6 29. h3 Qd8 30. Rf3 Ref8 31. Bd3 Rg7 32. Bxe4 Rg6 33. Qf4 Nxe4 34. Rxe4
fxe4 35. Qxf8+ Qxf8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Nxc8 Ke8 38. Kf2 Kd8 39. Nb6 Rg8 40. c5
Kc7 41. g4 Rf8+ 42. Ke3 Rf3+ 43. Kxe4 Rxh3 44. cxd6+ Kxd6 45. Be5+ Kc5 46. d6
Rh4 47. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2010.05.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lalith, Babu MR"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 Nxf4 8. exf4
g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Qd2 b6 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Bb7 13. cxb6 c5 14. Be2 cxd4 15. Nxd4
Qxb6 16. Rd1 Nc5 17. h4 O-O 18. h5 Qf6 19. Bf3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. h6 Bh8 22.
Qe3 e5 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Nde2 Rac8 25. Rh3 Rc7 26. Qg3 f5 27. Qxe5 Bxe5 28. a4
f4 29. Nd5 Rcf7 30. Rb3 f3 31. gxf3 exf3 32. Ng1 Bd6 33. Kf1 g5 34. Rbd3 g4 35.
Ne3 Bf4 36. Nxg4 Bc8 37. Ne3 Bxh6 38. Nc4 Be6 39. Nxa5 Ra8 40. Rd6 Rf6 41. Ra6
Re8 42. Rad6 Bf4 43. Rd8 Kf8 44. Rxe8+ Kxe8 45. Rd4 h5 46. Nc6 Bc7 47. Re4 Kd7
48. Ne5+ Bxe5 49. Rxe5 Bg4 50. a5 Rd6 51. Re3 Rd5 52. Nxf3 Rxb5 53. Ne5+ Kc7
54. Nxg4 hxg4 55. Ra3 Rb4 56. a6 Kb8 57. a7+ Ka8 58. Kg2 Rc4 59. Kg3 Rb4 60.
Ra5 Rc4 61. Rg5 Kxa7 62. Rxg4 Rc3+ 63. Kg2 Kb6 64. Rd4 Rc8 65. f4 Kc5 66. Rd1
Rg8+ 67. Kf3 Rf8 68. Kg4 Rg8+ 69. Kh5 Rh8+ 70. Kg5 Rg8+ 71. Kh6 Rf8 72. Rf1 Kd6
73. Kg7 Rf5 74. Kg6 Rf8 75. f5 Rg8+ 76. Kf7 Rg2 77. f6 Kd7 78. Rd1+ Kc7 79. Rd3
Kc8 80. Kf8 Rf2 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe m1"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2010.05.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. d4 d5 5. Nc3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Ne3 10. Bxe3 fxe3 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Qxe3 Nb4 13. Rae1 Nxd3 14.
Qxd3 c6 15. Kh1 Be6 16. Ne4 Qa5 17. Neg5 Bf5 18. Qc4 Bf6 19. c3 Bg6 20. Ne4
Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Rae8 22. Rfe1 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Rd8 24. g4 h6 25. h4 Qc7 26. Kg2 g6
27. Qe2 Kf8 28. Qe3 Bg7 29. Ne5 Qd6 30. a4 c5 31. dxc5 Qd2+ 32. Qf2 Bxe5 33.
Rxe5 Qd1 34. Re2 Qxa4 35. Qf3 Qc4 36. Kh2 Qxc5 37. Qxb7 Rd1 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39.
Qg3 Qd5 40. Qe5+ Qxe5+ 41. Rxe5 Rd2+ 42. Kg3 Rxb2 43. Ra5 Rb7 44. Ra6 g5 45.
hxg5 hxg5 46. c4 Rc7 47. Kf3 Kf8 48. c5 Re7 49. c6 Ke8 50. Ra5 f6 51. Rf5 Kf7
52. Rc5 Rc7 53. Ke4 Ke6 54. Ra5 Kd6 55. Kf5 Ke7 56. Ra2 Kf7 57. Rh2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe m1"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2010.05.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bc1 f5 14. Ng5 f4 15. Ne6
fxg3 16. f4 Ndf6 17. f5 Bxe6 18. dxe6 gxf5 19. Rxf5 Kh8 20. e4 Qxe6 21. Be3 d5
22. Bxc5 dxe4 23. Qf1 Rfe8 24. Re1 Rad8 25. Nxe4 Rd5 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27. Rd1 Qc6
28. Qf5 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Qxh5 Re8 31. b4 b6 32. Be7 Rg8 33. Qd5 Qg6 34.
Rd2 h6 35. Kg2 Re8 36. Re2 Kh7 37. Qf3 h5 38. b5 Rc8 39. Qxg3 Qf5 40. Qg5 Qxg5+
41. Bxg5 Rc5 42. h4 Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe m1"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.05.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 e6 5. Qf3 c5 6. O-O-O a6 7. Nge2 Qa5 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nd7 11. Nf4 cxd4 12. Ncxd5 exd5 13. Qxd5 Ra7 14. Bh3
Be7 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. Nh5 f6 17. Be6+ Kh8 18. Qxa7 Bc5 19. Qa8 Ne5 20. gxf6 gxf6
21. Qg2 Ng6 22. Qc6 Bb4 23. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe m1"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.05.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. c4 Qd6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Rb1 b6 13. Bb4 c5 14. dxc6 Qxd1+
15. Rxd1 Nxc6 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. Bd6 Nd4 18. c5 bxc5 19. Rxd4 cxd4 20. Bb5+ Nd7
21. Rg1 a6 22. Ba4 g6 23. Ke2 f6 24. Rc1 dxe3 25. fxe3 h5 26. Rc7 Rh7 27. Kd3
Re7 28. Ke4 Kf7 29. Bxe7 Kxe7 30. Kd5 f5 31. Rxd7+ Rxd7+ 32. Bxd7 Kxd7 33. Kxe5
Ke7 34. h4 g5 35. Kxf5 gxh4 36. Kf4 Kf6 37. e4 a5 38. a4 Kg6 39. Ke3 Kg5 40.
Kf2 Kf4 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Bhubaneswar op 2nd"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2010.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. d6 h6 14. Bf4 Qb6 15.
Ne5 Be6 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Bxb5 Nh5 18. Bxe8 Rxe8 19. Nd3 c4 20. Be5 cxd3 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rxd3 Nf6 23. f3 Nb4 24. Rd2 Nbd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Rad1 Bxa2 27.
Ra1 Bd5 28. Ra5 Rd8 29. Rxa7 Kf8 30. h4 b6 31. d7 Be6 32. Rb7 Rxd7 33. Rdxd7
Nxd7 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Ke3 Kd6 36. Kd4 h5 37. Ra7 Ne5 38. Ra1 Bd5 39. Re1 f6 40.
Rc1 b5 41. Rc2 Bc4 42. Rc1 Ke6 43. Ke4 Nd7 44. Kd4 Kf5 45. g3 Ne5 46. Rc3 g5
47. hxg5 fxg5 48. b3 h4 49. gxh4 gxh4 50. bxc4 Nxc4 51. Rb3 Kf4 52. Rxb5 Nd2
53. Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 18th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2010.05.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6 7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd2 Qb8 14. Rac1 Rd8
15. Be1 Ne5 16. Bxh7+ Nxh7 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Nxe5 Qg5 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. Rd1 Ng5
21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. e4 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bd2 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. h3 b4 27.
Na4 Bf8 28. b3 Qd4 29. Qe3 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Bd6+ 31. f4 Qb1 32. Nb6 Bxe4 33. Nc4
Bf8 34. Qd4 Bd5 35. Qe3 Qf1 36. Qg1 Bxc4 37. bxc4 Qxg1+ 38. Kxg1 b3 39. Bc1
Bc5+ 40. Kf1 Bd4 41. c5 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 18th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qxd4 8.
Bxb4 Qxe5 9. Na3 b5 10. Bd6 Qxb2 11. O-O Nd5 12. e4 Nc3 13. Qg4 h5 14. Qg5 Ne2+
15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Qd2 e5 17. Bxb8 Nd4 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. f4 Qc5 21.
Nc2 h4 22. f5 hxg3 23. h3 Qe7 24. e5 Nd8 25. f6 gxf6 26. exf6 Qc7 27. Rfe1+ Ne6
28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Nxe6 Bxe6 30. Qg5 Rf8 31. Rxe6+ fxe6 32. Qg6+ Qf7 33. Bxc6# 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 18th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. Bb2 Nd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Nh4 Nc5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qe2 a5 12. f3 e5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Rg1 d4 15. Nd1
Be7 16. h4 Ne6 17. Bh3 Nhf4 18. exf4 Nxf4 19. Qf1 Rxh4 20. Nf2 a4 21. b4 a3 22.
Bc1 d3 23. Rb1 Qd4 24. Rh1 Qxc4 25. Bd7+ Kxd7 26. Rxh4 Qxa2 27. Rxf4 Qxb1 28.
Rxf7 Qxc1+ 29. Nd1 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 18th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2010.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Be2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd3 d5 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. g3 c6 14. Bd2
Qe6 15. Qh5 Qh3 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bg6+ Kg8 18. Bh7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 18th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2010.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2010.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 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.
Bg5 Nbd7 16. Nbd2 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nb3 Rc8 19. Rd1 Bd5 20. Ne1 {Anish Giri:
"I think I was better prepared than my opponent with this move."} Qe7 21. Nd3
Bxb3 22. axb3 c5 {"Not a bad choice by Jon Ludvig."} 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5
Qxc5 {Anish: "He definitely should have taken with the rook."} 25. Bb7 $1 {
"Perhaps he missed this move."} Qxc1 26. Rdxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rb8 28. Bxa6 $1 {
"I had to make sure my bishop would not be trapped. I thought for a long time
about it, and decided that with Rc8+! and Ra8 I would be able to get it out."}
Rb6 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Ra8 Ne4 31. Bc8 g6 32. Ra7 Kg7 33. Rc7 Kf8 34. Bd7 h5 35.
b4 g5 36. f3 Nd6 37. Kf2 Ra6 38. Rc5 ({"I was counting on} 38. Rc6 {thinking
that the bishop-knight ending was won. However then I realized it wasn't
winning, or at least not easily, so I had to play Rc5."}) 38... Ra2 {"Now I
was winning.} ({If he had played} 38... Ra4 39. Bxb5 Rxb4 40. Bd3 f5 $1 {
I would be a pawn up and thought I had a winning plan of Ke1-d2 etc. But he
has e5! and e4 quickly, so he should hold."}) 39. Bxb5 h4 40. b3 hxg3+ 41. hxg3
g4 42. Ba4 gxf3 43. Kxf3 Rd2 44. Rc7 Nf5 45. b5 Rd6 46. g4 Ne7 47. Rc2 Rb6 48.
Ke4 Ke8 49. Kd4 Rb8 50. Ke5 Nd5 51. e4 Ne7 52. Rc7 Rb6 53. Kd4 Kd8 54. Rxe7
Kxe7 55. Kc5 Rb8 56. b6 Kd8 57. e5 Rc8+ 58. Bc6 Rb8 59. b4 Kc8 60. b5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Guingamp"]
[Date "2010.06.03"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 (3. Nxe5 {la grande ligne} d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 (5.
d3 Nf6 (5... Be7 {Une gaffe célèbre et le deuxième volume de l'échiquier
français raconte qu'Alapin notait machinalement sans regarder l'échiquier et
en pensant que 5.d4 avait été joué,il a répondu Be7 machinalement!} 6. dxe4 {
Tarrasch,S-Alapin,S DSB-06.Kongress 1889 (14) 1-0}))) 3... Nxe4 4. dxe5 (4. Bd3
{la grande ligne}) 4... d5 5. Nbd2 (5. Bd3 Nc5 6. O-O Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. Be3 Nc6
{Shirov,A (2726)-Gelfand,B (2719) EU-Cup 24th Kallithea 2008 (4) 1/2}) 5... Nc5
$5 {Empêche Bd3 et il est difficile pour les blancs de profiter des pertes de
temps du N} (5... Nxd2) 6. Nb3 ({RR} 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nb3 Nxb3 9. axb3
c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. h3 h6 15. Bg3 Bxd3 16.
Qxd3 Qe6 17. Rad1 d4 18. Qb5 dxc3 19. bxc3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 b6 {Negi,P (2621)
-Giri,A (2588)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/Mega2010 Update 07/1/2-1/2}) 6... Ne6 7. h4 $5
$146 ({RR} 7. Nbd4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bd3 ({RR} 9. Bf4 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. c3
Be6 12. Bd3 h6 13. h3 Qd7 14. Qd2 O-O-O 15. O-O-O d4 16. c4 {1/2-1/2 Gashimov,
V (2758)-Li,C (2596)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009/CBM 134}) 9... c5 10. Nf5 O-O 11.
Nxg7 Kxg7 12. Qh5 Rh8 13. Bh6+ Kg8 14. e6 fxe6 15. Qg4+ Kf7 16. Qg7+ {1-0
Gashimov,V (2740)-Gelfand,B (2756)/Lugo 2009/CBM 133}) ({RR} 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nd7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nbd4 Nb6 12. Ng5 Ke7 13. b3 Nd5 14. Ba3+
Ke8 15. Bb2 Ke7 16. Ba3+ Ke8 17. Bb2 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Vachier Lagrave,M (2718)
-Gelfand,B (2758)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009/CBM 134}) 7... c5 8. c4 dxc4 {Transpose
dans une finale agréable а jouer pour les blancs} (8... d4 {[%csl Gd4]} 9. Bd3
Be7 10. h5 $14 h6) 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Nbd2 (10. Bxc4 $142 {Plus naturel} Nbc6
11. Be3 $16 {[%cal Ge3c5,Gb3c5]}) 10... Nbc6 11. Nxc4 {[%csl Gd6]} Ne6 12. Bd2
(12. Bd3 Be7) 12... Ned4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Rc1 (14. O-O-O $142) 14... Be6 15.
Bd3 O-O-O 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Rxd6 18. Rxc5+ Nc6 19. Be2 Bxa2 20. Rh3 Rhd8 (
20... b6) 21. Bf4 Rd4 22. Be5 Re4 23. Bxg7 Rg8 24. Bc3 Rxg2 25. Kf1 Rg8 26. Bd3
Re6 27. Rg3 Rxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Guingamp"]
[Date "2010.06.04"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Housieaux, David"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Noyon"]
[BlackTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qd3 d6 10. Nd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. g4 Qe7 14. a4 a5 15.
Rh2 e5 16. Qf5 Nf6 17. Be2 e4 18. Qb5+ Kf8 19. Nf1 Bc8 20. f4 Bd7 21. Qb1 gxf4
22. g5 Nh7 23. Rxh6 fxe3 24. g6 fxg6 25. Rxg6 Ng5 26. Nxe3 Rh1+ 27. Bf1 Qf7 28.
Rxg5 Qf4 29. Ke2 Qxg5 30. Qxe4 Re8 31. Qf3+ Kg7 32. Kd3 Rh6 33. Re1 Rf6 34. Qd5
Rf5 35. Qb7 Rf2 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Guingamp"]
[Date "2010.06.05"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Marseille Echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bb3 d5 7. Qe2 h6 8. Nbd2
dxe4 9. dxe4 Nh5 10. g3 Bh3 11. Nh4 Nf6 12. f3 Na5 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. Nf5 a6 15.
Nc4 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qd7 17. Nd2 Ba7 18. Qd3 Nd5 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20. Bb3 Nce7 21. g4
Nf4 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Ke2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1 27.
Kxd1 Kf8 28. f6 Ng6 29. Ke2 Be3 30. Bd5 b6 31. g5 hxg5 32. fxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nxg5
Ne5 34. b4 Kg6 35. h4 a5 36. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Guingamp"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 Nc6 12. h4 e6 13. h5 exd5 14. hxg6 fxg6
15. exd5 Be6 16. c4 Bf5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Nh4 Bd7 19. Bxc5 Rac8 20. Bxa7 Bb5
21. g3 Re8+ 22. Be3 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. d6 Bf8 25. Rb1 Bxd6 26. a4 Bc7 27.
Nf3 Ba5+ 28. Nd2 Bd3 29. Ra1 Rcd8 30. Ra2 Bc3 31. Kd1 Bc4 0-1

[Event "NED-ch65"]
[Site "Eindhoven"]
[Date "2010.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2010.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. e4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Be6 13. Kc2 Bc4 14. Be3
Bxf1 15. Rhxf1 Nc4 16. Bd4 O-O-O 17. Rfd1 e6 18. Kb3 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Nxe5 20. Rc1
g5 21. Nb5 Rg8 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Kc7 24. Rcd1 h5 25. g3 Nxf3 26. Rd7+ Kb6
27. Rxf7 Nxh2 28. Rh1 Ng4 29. Rxh5 Ne5 30. Re7 Nd3 31. Rhh7 Nc5+ 32. Kc4 Rb8
33. b4 Nxe4 34. Rxe6 Nxg3 35. bxa5+ Kxa5 36. Re3 Nf1 37. Re5+ b5+ 38. Kc5 Kxa4
39. Re2 Rf8 40. Rh3 Rf5+ 41. Kxc6 g4 42. Re4+ b4 43. Rxg4 Nd2 44. Rhh4 Rf6+ 45.
Kc7 Rf7+ 46. Kd6 Rf6+ 47. Ke5 Rb6 48. Kd5 Rb8 49. Kc6 Ka3 50. Kc7 Rb5 51. Kc6
Rb8 52. Rd4 Nb3 53. Rd3 Rc8+ 54. Kb5 Rc5+ 55. Kb6 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch65"]
[Site "Eindhoven"]
[Date "2010.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2010.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Rb8 12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd6 14. Qc4
Qa5 15. Be3 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch65"]
[Site "Eindhoven"]
[Date "2010.06.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. Qe5 Rab8 17. Re1 b5 18. Qxd5 Nb4+ 19. Kb1 exd5 20. Ne5
bxa4 21. Nd7 Rfe8 22. Be2 Rbd8 23. Bf3 Nd3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Kc2 Nf4 26. Kd2
Ne6 27. Rc1 Rd8 28. Nc5 Rb8 29. Nd3 Nd4 30. Bd1 Kf8 31. Bxa4 Rb6 32. Ke3 Nf5+
33. Kf4 Ne7 34. Ke5 Ke8 35. Kd6 Kd8 36. Re1 Nc8+ 37. Kc5 Kd7 38. b3 Nd6 39.
Ne5+ Kc7 40. Nxc6 Ne4+ 41. Kd4 Rxc6 42. Bxc6 Kxc6 43. Ra1 Nd2 44. Ra6+ Kb7 45.
Ra2 Nxb3+ 46. Kxd5 a5 47. Kc4 a4 48. Rxa4 Nd2+ 49. Kd3 Nf1 50. Rh4 1-0

[Event "NED-ch65"]
[Site "Eindhoven"]
[Date "2010.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 e5 7. Nxe5 Ng4 8. f4
dxc4 9. Bb2 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Be6 11. Na3 Nd7 12. Qc1 cxb3 13. Nc4 O-O 14. d4 bxa2
15. Ba3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qd4+ 17. Ne3 Qxe5 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Nc2 Qc5+ 20. e3 Bxa1
21. Nxa1 Qxc1 22. Rxc1 Rd8 23. Bf3 Rd2 24. Rc2 Rxc2 25. Nxc2 Bd5 26. e4 Be6 27.
Kf2 b5 28. Na1 b4 29. Bd1 c5 30. Ke3 c4 31. Kd4 b3 32. Kc3 f6 0-1

[Event "NED-ch65"]
[Site "Eindhoven"]
[Date "2010.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 f6 17. f5 Nc6 18. Bb5 Ne5 19. Nxd4 a6 20. Ba4 Qe7 21. Rac1
Rd8 22. Bb3 Ra7 23. Be6 Bb7 24. Bd5 Bc8 25. Be6 Bb7 26. Qe3 Qd6 27. fxg6 hxg6
28. Rfd1 Qe7 29. Bh3 Kh7 30. Qf2 Nc6 31. Qh4+ Kg8 32. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Bxc6
34. e5 Bd7 35. Qc4+ Kh8 36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "NED-ch65"]
[Site "Eindhoven"]
[Date "2010.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2010.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 O-O 9. c5 Be7 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c6 12. Bf4 b6 13. cxb6 axb6 14. a4 Bf6
15. Qb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch65"]
[Site "Eindhoven"]
[Date "2010.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2010.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Ng5 Nb6 13. Rb5 Qa3 14. Rb3 Qa5
15. Rb5 Qa3 16. Rb3 Qa5 17. dxc5 Na4 18. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch65"]
[Site "Eindhoven"]
[Date "2010.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Rb8 13. a5 Qc7 14. h3 b5 15. axb6
Nxb6 16. Re1 Nfd7 17. Nb3 Ne5 18. f4 c4 19. Na5 Qc5+ 20. Kf1 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3
22. Qxd3 Bd7 23. Nc6 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qb5+ 25. Kg1 Bxc6 26. dxc6 Rec8 27. Ra5 Qxc6
28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxa6 Rc2 30. f5 Rbc8 31. Rxb6 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kf2
Rc2+ 34. Kf3 gxf5 35. exf5 Kg7 36. g4 Rh2 37. Kg3 Rd2 38. g5 h6 39. h4 hxg5 40.
hxg5 Rd4 41. Rb7 Kg8 42. b4 Rd3+ 43. Kf4 Rd4+ 44. Kf3 Rd5 45. Ke4 Re5+ 46. Kf4
Re1 47. b5 Rf1+ 48. Ke4 Re1+ 49. Kd3 Rd1+ 50. Kc2 Rd5 51. b6 Rxf5 52. g6 Rb5
53. gxf7+ Kg7 54. Kc3 d5 55. Kd4 Kf8 56. Ke5 Kg7 57. Ke6 1-0

[Event "NED-ch65"]
[Site "Eindhoven"]
[Date "2010.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Re1
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. e4 Nc6 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qa4 b6 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Ng5 c6 19. c5 Qc7 20. Bb4 Kh8 21. Bxa5
bxa5 22. Bxc6 Bc2 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Qc4 Kf8 25. Ng5 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Rab8 27. Bxe8
Kxe8 28. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. c5 Na6 14. Rac1 Nxc5
15. Nxe5 Bf5 16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. exd3 Rfe8 18. d4 Rac8 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. h4 h6 21.
Kh2 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qd8 23. Re3 Bd7 24. Qb4 b6 25. Qc3 a5 26. Be4 Qf6 27. Kg2 g6
28. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "217"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
Nd4 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Be2 Nd7 13. f4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Re8 15.
Rae1 a5 16. Bd3 a4 17. Nf3 c6 18. Re2 cxd5 19. cxd5 Qa5 20. Qb1 Rac8 21. Rd1
Nd7 22. h3 b5 23. Bc2 Nb6 24. Rde1 Nc4 25. e5 Ne3 26. e6 f5 27. g4 b4 28. gxf5
{# The young Russian has played very well and is close to winning now.
Unfortunately, with} Rxc2 $2 {Black misses his chance to increase his
advantage.} ({Had he instead played} 28... Nxd5 $1 29. f6 (29. fxg6 $6 Nxf4 $1
30. Rh2 Kh8 31. gxh7 a3 32. bxa3 d3 $1 33. Bd1 ({If} 33. Bxd3 $2 Rc3 34. Be4
Qxa3 35. Rf1 d5 $19 {and either the bishop or knight is falling.}) (33. Bb3 Qf5
34. Rf1 bxa3 35. Qe1 d5 {and Rxe6 combined with the threats around the king
are insurmountable.})) 29... Nxf6 30. f5 Qd5 $1 31. Rf1 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 (32. Qxc2
d3) 32... Qxf5 33. Rg2 Qxe6 $19) 29. Rxe3 Qc5 30. Rd3 gxf5 31. Nh4 b3 32. axb3
axb3 33. Qd1 Qxd5 34. Qf3 Qxf3 $2 {A serious mistake.} ({Black had to play} 
34... Qa5 35. Kf1 Qb5 36. Kg1 Qb4 37. Kf1 Qc4 38. Nxf5 Rxe6 39. Rxe6 Qxe6 40.
Qa8+ Kf7 41. Qa7+ Kg6 42. Qxg7+ (42. Nxg7 Qe2+ 43. Kg1 Qg2#) 42... Kxf5 $17)
35. Rxf3 {And with} d3 $2 {Black is now worse.} 36. Rxd3 Bxb2 37. Nxf5 Rc1 38.
Rxc1 Bxc1 39. Rg3+ Kf8 40. e7+ Rxe7 41. Nxe7 b2 42. Rb3 Kxe7 43. Kf2 Bxf4 44.
Rxb2 Kf6 45. Kf3 Be5 46. Rg2 Kf5 47. Rg8 h5 48. Rf8+ Kg6 49. Ke4 h4 {#Even
without the d-pawn, this position is a theoretical draw, and no fancy
maneuvers required to hold it. So is the young Nepalese-Russian-Dutchman
justified in pressing on? Unquestionably. The reason is psychological rather
than a hope that his opponent is lacking in technique. After building up a
huge position, to then miss more than one opportunity to put his opponent away,
and now be forced to play an endgame down an exchange. More than one player
has collapsed as a result, playing otherwise incomprehensible blunders they
would never normally commit. Andreikin shows his ability to recover even after
such an unpleasant turnaround, and holds his nerve while being forced to play
on for the next 60 moves.} 50. Kd5 Bg3 51. Ke6 Kg5 52. Rf5+ Kg6 53. Ra5 Be5 54.
Ra4 Bg3 55. Rg4+ Kh6 56. Kf6 Be5+ 57. Kf7 Bg3 58. Rg6+ Kh7 59. Kf6 Be5+ 60. Kg5
Bf4+ 61. Kh5 Bg3 62. Rg4 Be1 63. Rf4 Kg7 64. Rf5 Bg3 65. Rf1 d5 66. Rd1 Kf6 67.
Rxd5 Ke6 68. Rd1 Ke5 69. Rf1 Ke4 70. Rf8 Ke5 71. Kg6 Ke6 72. Re8+ Kd7 73. Re2
Kd6 74. Kf5 Kd5 75. Rd2+ Kc5 76. Ke6 Kc4 77. Rd5 Bh2 78. Rd8 Bg3 79. Rd5 Bh2
80. Rf5 Bg3 81. Kf6 Kd4 82. Rg5 Ke4 83. Ke6 Kd4 84. Ra5 Kc4 85. Ra8 Kd4 86. Rc8
Bh2 87. Rc1 Bg3 88. Rc2 Kd3 89. Rc1 Kd4 90. Rf1 Kc4 91. Rf5 Kd4 92. Ra5 Kc4 93.
Ra4+ Kc5 94. Re4 Bf2 95. Re2 Bg3 96. Rd2 Kc4 97. Kf5 Kc5 98. Ke4 Kc6 99. Rd5
Bh2 100. Rh5 Bg3 101. Rh6+ Kc5 102. Rh5+ Kd6 103. Kd4 Bf2+ 104. Kd3 Bg3 105.
Kc4 Ke6 106. Rh6+ Ke5 107. Kd3 Kd5 108. Rh5+ Kd6 109. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Qe1 Bb4 10. Qe3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. c4 Re8 13. Ne5 Nd6 14. cxd5
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. Bf4 Re8 18. c4 b6 19. Rac1 Nb7 20. Qg3 Rc8
21. Rfe1 Nd6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. h4 Nf5 24. Qg4 Qe4 25. f3 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Nd6 27.
Bh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. c5 g4 12. Nh4 Nc6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. dxe5 fxe5 15.
O-O Nd4 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Ne2 Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Qd2 Nf4 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. f3
Qg5 22. Nc3 Rc6 23. Kh1 Ne6 24. Qxg5 Nxg5 25. fxg4 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Nxg4 27. Nf5
Nf6 28. Re1 Ne6 29. Rd1 Ne8 30. Bf2 a6 31. g3 h5 32. Kg2 Kh7 33. Be3 Bf8 34.
Kf3 Kg6 35. g4 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Nf6+ 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. Rd2 Ng7 39. Ng3 Ne6 40. a3
b5 41. Nf5 Nc7 42. Bg5 Nd7 43. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
({The most recent examples with} 8. a4 {seem to confirm this alternative as
rather harmless:} Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 (10... Bd5 {is also good enough:}
11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. Qc4 cxd4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd4 Bxd4
17. Rxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc6 19. Rd7 Rab8 20. Qf4 Qb6 21. Rb1 Ne5 $1 $11 {
1/2,Meier,G (2648)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2699)/ESP-chT Sestao/2010/}) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Qb3 ({White tries to prevent, or at least delay
Black's a5, but it doesn't seem worth the trouble. Perhaps somewhat more
promising is} 14. e3 a5 15. b4 $5 axb4 16. Qxb4 Ra7 17. a5 Nd7 18. Rfb1 Be7 19.
Qc4 Nf6 20. a6 bxa6 21. Bxc6 Qc8 22. Rb6 a5 $132 {Gustafsson,J (2643)-Matlakov,
M (2603)/ESP-chT Sestao/2010/}) 14... Ra7 (14... Qc7 15. Rfd1 Rd8 $5 (15... a5
16. Rac1 (16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rac1 Na6 18. e3 Nb4 19. Qc4 g6 20. Nc5 Kg7 21. Nd3 h5
22. h4 Rfd8 23. Kg2 Ra6 24. b3 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Rb6 26. Qc2 Ra6 $11 {Ghaem
Maghami,E (2604)-Karpov,A (2644)/Teheran blitz m/2009/}) 16... Rd8 $6 (16...
Nd7 17. d5 Nc5 18. Qc4 Qb6 $132) 17. Ne4 (17. d5 $1 $36 {/\} Bxc3 18. d6 $1
Rxd6 19. Rxd6 Qxd6 $2 20. Qxb7 Bxb2 21. Rb1 $18) 17... Be7 18. d5 exd5 19. Rxd5
Rxd5 20. Qxd5 Nd7 21. Qb3 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. b3 Nd5 $11 {Aronian,L (2739)
-Leko,P (2753)/Nice rpd/2008/}) 16. Ne4 Nd7 17. a5 Be7 18. e3 Rab8 19. Nd2 Nf6
20. Nc4 Ne8 21. Nb6 Nd6 22. Rac1 Nb5 23. Be2 Qd6 24. Qa2 Bf6 25. Bc4 Qb4 26.
Bb3 Nd6 27. Kg2 Kh8 28. Bc2 Nc8 29. Nc4 Nd6 $11 {/+/=(),Aronian,L (2783)-Wang
Hao (2724)/Shanghai/2010/ and it's very difficult for White to make any
inroads despite his space advantage, as Black's setup is very solid.}) 15. Ne4
(15. a5 Bxd4 16. Rfd1 b5 17. e3 Qf6 18. Nxb5 Bxb2 19. Nxa7 Bxa1 20. Kg2 Bc3 21.
Qb7 Qe5 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Qxc6 {1/2,Gelfand,B (2739)-Giri,A (2672)/Amsterdam/
2010/} Qxa5 24. Be2 $11) 15... Bxd4 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Qd3 c5 18. e3 Be5 19. Rac1
Nc6 20. Nxc5 Rd8 21. Nd7 Qxb2 22. Qc4 Rxd7 $1 (22... b5 $2 23. axb5 axb5 24.
Qxc6 Raxd7 25. Qxd7 $1 Rxd7 26. Rc8+ Kh7 27. Rxd7 Kg6 28. h4 $36 {->,Nielsen,P
(2700)-Giri,A (2672)/Amsterdam/2010/}) 23. Rxd7 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qxc6 Rxd7
$11) 8... b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 {Nowadays White rarely plays anything else in
this position - other seemingly more active B moves} (10. Bf4 {and}) (10. Bg5 {
are too soft and allow Black to get in a quick, effective and equalising ...c5.
}) 10... Be4 {Although Black still plays this more often than anything else,
recently} (10... Bd6 {has also become popular even on the highest level:} 11.
Re1 (11. Ng5 $5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 (12... h6 13. Nf3 Nbd7 14. e4 e5 15. Nc3 c5
16. d5 c4 17. Nh4 Nc5 18. f3 Qd7 19. Nd1 Rfc8 20. Nf2 Na4 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Rac1
b4 23. b3 $14 {Hillarp Persson,T (2581)-Skovgaard,P (2279)/Bronshoj/2010/}) 13.
Nc3 $5 (13. e4 Qb7 14. Re1 Nbd7 15. Nf3 e5 $132 {Caruana,F (2646)-Short,N 
(2663)/Wijk aan Zee/2009/ is complex and far from clear.}) 13... Qb7+ 14. f3
Nbd7 15. Rac1 Rac8 (15... e5 $5 $13) 16. Rfd1 c5 17. Nce4 Be7 (17... Nxe4 $2
18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Nxe4 Be7 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bb4 $18) 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bc3
Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Nxe4 Be3 22. Rb1 $6 (22. Bd2 $14) (22. Nd6 Rc6 23. Bd2
$14) 22... Nb6 23. Bb4 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bc5 Nd5 26. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 27. Kg1
Rc8 28. Nc3 Kf8 29. Kf2 Nc4 $11 {Grandelius,N (2476)-Hammer,J (2610)/Malmö/
2010/}) 11... Be4 12. Qc1 Bb7 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Nbd2 c5 $5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nb3
c4 $1 $146 (16... Qb6 17. Qh6 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Bf8 19. Qh5 a5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21.
Ng5 fxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kh8 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Bxb7 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Qxb7
27. Qf4 $14 {/=,Dominguez Perez,L (2713)-Alekseev,E (2700)/Havana/2010/ For
more details about the whole line see the notes to this game in CBM 137.}) 17.
Nbd2 Rc8 18. a3 (18. Nh4 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Bb4 20. Rd1 f5 21. Nf3 Nf6 22. d5 Nxd5
23. Ne3 c3 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Qh6 Qe7 26. bxc3 Bxc3 27. Rac1 Qe6 {1/2,Volokitin,
A (2661)-Sakaev,K (2607)/SRB-chT Vrnjacka Banja/2010/} 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Rd3 h6
30. Qe3 Bg7 $11 {/=/+}) 18... Qa5 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 c3 21. Ne4 cxb2 22.
Nxf6+ (22. Qxb2 Be7 {[%cal Yd7b6,Yb6c4] /\Nb6-c4=/+|^<<}) 22... Nxf6 23. Qg5+
Kh8 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ {1/2,Caruana,F (2697)-Zhigalko,S (2656)
/ESP=chT Sestao-2010/}) 11. Qc1 Bb7 {Removes the B from its exposed outpost.
Introduced by Karpov in the 1980s, this is still Black's main continuation.} ({
Another line, in which Black is very close to equality, but must navigate
through some pitfalls, is} 11... Qc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 (12... c5 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14.
dxc5 Qxc5 15. Qxc5 (15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Rd1 Bd5 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. Bg5
Bxg2 20. Kxg2 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ng4 Bg5 23. f4 Be7 24. Ne5 Bf6 25. Ng4 Be7
26. Ne5 {1/2,Avrukh,B (2642)-Roiz,M (2579)/Beer-Sheba rpd/2005/}) 15... Bxc5
16. Rfc1 Bb6 (16... Nbd7 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rxc5 Rad8 20. Kxg2 $5
Rxd2 21. Kf3 $36 {/\} Rxb2 $2 22. Nd3 Rd2 23. Ke3 $16) (16... Bd6 17. Bxf6 gxf6
18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bb4 20. Ne4 Bxe1 21. Rxe1 f5 {Avrukh,B (2641)-Jenni,F 
(2481)/Biel/2006/} 22. Nc5 $14 {Avrukh}) 17. a4 $5 (17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ne1 {
1/2,Ehlvest,J (2597)-Bruzon Bautista,L (2648)/Merida/2006/}) 17... Nbd7 18. a5
Bd8 19. Nb3 Ne4 20. Bf4 Bd5 21. Nfd2 Nxd2 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Bxd2 $14 {[%csl
Ra6,Rd5] ק,Avrukh}) 13. Qf4 Bb7 14. Rc1 Bd6 15. Qh4 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nbd2
Re8 18. e4 (18. Rc2 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxg2 $1 $132 {/\} 21. Nxf7 $2 Qf5
$1 $19) 18... Nd7 19. Nb3 a5 20. a4 $1 (20. Nc5 Be7 21. Qf4 {Kramnik,V (2769)
-Leko,P (2751)/WCh Mexico City/2007/} Nxc5 22. dxc5 e5 $1 $15 {- see notes by
Marin in CBM 120.}) 20... bxa4 21. Rxa4 Qb8 $5 (21... Bb4 22. Qf4 c5 $5 23.
Nxc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Re7 $1 25. Ne5 Rc7 $11 {Kramnik}) 22. Rxa5 (22. Nxa5 c5 $44)
22... Rxa5 23. Nxa5 c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. Rd1 Be7 27. Qh5 Qxb2 28.
Ne5 g6 29. Nxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qxh6+ Qg7 $13 {Ruck,R (2561)-Prohaszka,
P (2508)/HUN-ch Szeged/2009/}) (11... Nbd7 12. Ba5 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Ba8 14. Qc2 ({
or} 14. a3 $5 {, as in Huzman-Wells below.}) {has fallen out of favour with
the elite. One of the reasons is the following example:} 14... Qe8 15. b4 Nd5
16. a3 f5 17. Rae1 Qh5 18. Qb3 Rce8 19. e4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Qg6 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22.
bxc5 Bf6 23. Bd2 Re7 24. Re2 h6 25. Rfe1 Qf7 26. h4 Bb7 27. g4 Ree8 28. g5 $36
{Ftacnik,L (2533)-Ribli,Z (2603)/Bundesliga 0405/2005/}) 12. a3 $5 {[%csl Rc7]
[%cal Yd2b4,Yb2b4][%mdl 32] A rare idea, of which we could see more in the
near future. White's strategic plan can be fixing the ><c7 with b4 (possibly
even Bb4) without having to isolate his B on a5. Once he has achieved this, a
possible way to further increase the pressure is Ra2-c2.} ({The text move
might become popular also because after the more usual continuation} 12. Bf4
Nd5 13. Nc3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Qd6 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 {Black has lately been
doing fine with} Nd7 $5 ({The older move} 16... c5 {gives White a long-lasting
pull after} 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rfd1 Ra7 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Ne4 f6 21. Nd3 Rd7 22.
Qf3 a5 23. Nf4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 f5 25. Nc3 Rc8 26. e4 b4 27. Nce2 $14 {Georgiev,K
(2660)-Iordachescu,V (2587)/Valjevo/2007/}) 17. Rac1 (17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rfd1
Rac8 19. Qf3 Rfd8 20. Rac1 h6 21. e3 b4 22. Ne4 Qa4 23. Ra1 Rd5 $11 {Dominguez
Perez,L (2713)-Carlsen,M (2813)/Nice blindfold rpd/2010/}) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5
Qb6 19. Ne4 Rad8 20. Rfd1 c5 21. Nd6 c4 22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 a5 24. Rd3 a4 25.
bxa4 bxa4 26. Qxa4 Bxd6 27. Rb3 Qxb3 28. Qxb3 Bxe5 $11 {Le Quang Liem (2681)
-Kramnik,V (2790)/Dortmund/2010/ With P only on the >> White can't convert his
small material advantage.}) (12. Rd1 {is rather insipid:} Qc8 13. b4 Nc6 14. a3
(14. Qb2 a5 $1 15. bxa5 Nxa5 16. Bxa5 (16. Qxb5 Ba6 {/\Be2}) 16... Rxa5 17.
Nbd2 Bd6 18. Nb3 {Chetverik,M (2397)-Kreindl,H (2219)/Zalakaros/2004/} Ba3 19.
Qd2 Ra4 $11) 14... a5 15. Nc3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Nxb4 18. Nxb5 c5 19.
Qb2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qd7 21. dxc5 Qxb5 22. Qxb4 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. Bc3 Be7 25.
Bxf6 Bxf6 $11 {1/2,Mamedyarov,S (2763)-Ponomariov,R (2733)/Astrakhan/2010/})
12... Qc8 (12... Nc6 13. Rd1 Bd6 14. Bg5 Na5 15. Nbd2 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qc3
Nc6 {Suba,M (2532)-Pilgaard,K (2413)/Burgas/2001/} 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Ne5 $1 $16)
(12... Bd6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bf4 (14. b4 $5 Nbd7 15. Nc3 {is more in keeping
with White's 12th move and gives him some chances for a small advantage.})
14... Rc8 15. Nc3 (15. b4 a5 $1) 15... c5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. e4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 (
18. e5 Qc5 19. Nxd4 Bxg2 20. exf6 Bb7 21. fxg7 Rd8 $132) 18... Qe5 19. f4 Qc5
20. e5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd5 22. Ne4 Qf8 23. Qd2 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Rac1 Rxc1
26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Nd6 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Qa8 $132 {David,A (2622)-Batsiashvili,N 
(2383)/Paleochora/2010/}) (12... Nbd7 13. Ba5 (13. b4 Nb6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal
Rb6c4] /\Nc4<=>}) 13... Rc8 (13... Bd6 14. Nbd2 Qc8 15. b4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17.
Nxe5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bxe5 19. Ra2 Bd6 20. Rc2 Qb7+ 21. Kg1 Rac8 22. Nb3 Rfe8 23.
Rd1 Ne4 24. f3 Nf6 25. e4 Rcd8 26. Nc5 Qc8 27. Kg2 h5 28. Nd3 Qa8 29. Nf2 $16 {
Kachiani Gersinska,K (2416)-Seps,M (2173)/EU-chTW Gothenburg/2005/ A model
game from White's viewpoint.}) {is very similar to the 11...Nbd7 line
mentioned above and can in fact even transpose into it later on. White
retained pressure after} 14. Nbd2 Qe8 15. b4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qe3 Bd5 18.
Rac1 Bd6 19. Ne5 f5 (19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 c6 22. Rfd1 f6 23. exf6
Nxf6 24. f3 Nd5 25. Qb3 Qg6 26. e4 Nf4+ 27. Kh1 Nh3 28. Bb6 Ng5 29. Rd3 $16 {
Donnelly,M (2460)-Pedersen,E (2416)/corr/2004/ White effectively neutralised
Black's >> tactical chances.}) 20. Rfe1 (20. Bxd5 exd5 21. f4 Nf6 22. Rc2 c6
23. Rfc1 h5 24. Bb6 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Ne4 26. Bd4 Qg6 27. Kh1 Rfe8 28. a4 Re6 29.
axb5 axb5 30. Ra2 Rc7 31. Qf3 Kh7 32. Rg1 Qf7 33. h3 Rh6 $132 {Suba,M (2525)
-Psakhis,L (2605)/Andorra/1994/}) (20. f3 $5 {/\Rc3, Rfc1}) 20... Nf6 (20...
Bxg2 $5 21. Kxg2 Nf6) 21. f3 Nd7 22. Rc2 Nb6 23. Bxb6 cxb6 24. Rec1 Rxc2 25.
Rxc2 a5 26. f4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 axb4 28. axb4 Bxb4 29. Rc6 Qe7 30. Qb3 $16 {
Huzman,A (2591)-Wells,P (2499)/EU-ch Dresden/2007/ This game actually featured
the 11...Nbd7 move-order.}) 13. b4 (13. Bb4 $5 {is also interesting, White is
willing to sacrifice a P for a << bind:} Bxb4 14. axb4 Nc6 15. Nbd2 Nxb4 16.
Qc5 Nbd5 17. Rfc1 Qd8 18. Nb3 (18. Ne5 $5 $44) 18... Ne4 19. Qc2 Nb4 20. Qxc7
Bd5 21. Ne5 Rc8 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Bxe4 Bxb3 24. e3 Bd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rc3
f6 27. Nf3 Ra8 $1 $14 {/<=>,Cmilyte,V (2498)-Xu Yuhua (2479)/RUS-chTW Dagomys/
2009/}) 13... Nc6 $6 $146 {Black's reaction is a novelty, but it seems dubious.
} ({More to the point is} 13... Nbd7 $142 {Here White has tried more moves
with mixed results, but there is still not enough practical material to give
any categorical evaluations:} 14. Ra2 $5 (14. Bc3 Ne4 15. Nbd2 Bd5 16. Qc2 Nxd2
17. Bxd2 Qb7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. e4 Bxe4 20. Ng5 Bxc2 21. Bxb7 Bd3 22. Rfe1 Bc4
23. Bxc8 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Rxc8 25. f3 f6 $11 {Aronian,L (2750)-Carlsen,M (2776)/
Linares/2009/ Black's light-squared fortress is invincible.}) (14. Bf4 Bd6 15.
Nc3 Bc6 16. Re1 Qb7 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Qf4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 d5 20. Na2 Nb6 21. Nc1
Nc4 22. Nb3 Qb6 23. g4 Ra7 24. h4 Nd7 $11 {Rodshtein,M (2517)-Magalashvili,D 
(2459)/WChJ Yerevan/2006/}) (14. Rd1 Bd6 15. Bc3 Ne4 16. Nbd2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2
Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. f3 f5 20. Nb3 Rae8 21. Nc5 Qc6 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Qc2 f4
24. Qe4 Qe7 25. Rac1 fxg3 26. hxg3 Qg5 27. Be1 Rf6 28. e3 Ref8 29. f4 Qd5 30.
Qxd5 exd5 31. Rc6 Ra8 $11 {[%csl Re1] /+/=,Hillarp Persson,T (2581)
-Kjartansson,G (2391)/Reykjavik/2010/ Black's setup is passive, but very solid
and White has problems activating his B to create any inroads.}) 14... Bd6 (
14... Nb6 $5) 15. Bf4 Re8 (15... a5 $142 $13) 16. Nbd2 (16. Nc3 e5 $132) 16...
e5 $6 (16... a5 $5 {was still a better choice}) 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19.
Rc2 Bd6 20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 a5 22. N2f3 Qb7 23. Qg5 Be5 24. Nc6 h6 25. Qf5 g6
{Soors,S (2222)-Nijs,N (2242)/Brasschaat/2009/} 26. Qd3 $16) 14. Qb2 a5 (14...
Rd8 15. Rc1 $14 {is pleasant for White, but this was not Giri's intention.})
15. bxa5 $5 {Rodshtein accepts the challenge.} ({Although} 15. Nc3 axb4 16.
axb4 Nxb4 17. Nxb5 c5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Rc1 Na6 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Be3 {looks
dangerous, after} Nfd7 ({or} 21... Qc6 {White still doesn't have anything
concrete and Black can gradually untangle.})) 15... Nxa5 16. Qxb5 Bc6 (16... c5
17. Bxa5 (17. dxc5 Bc6 18. Qb2 Bxc5 {[%cal Ya5c4,Ya8b8] /\Rb8, Nc4 gives Black
more play for the P.}) 17... Bc6 18. Qb6 Nd5 19. Qb2 Rxa5 20. Nbd2 $14 {
and although Black's forces are active, he can hardly claim full compensation
for the P.}) 17. Qb2 Rb8 18. Bb4 $1 {[%csl Gb1] The only way to retain the
tension - White must develop his Nb1.} (18. Qc3 Nb3 (18... Nd5 $5) 19. Qxc6 (
19. Ra2 Be4 20. Ne5 c5 $36 {/\} 21. dxc5 Nd5 22. Qc4 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Nxd2 24.
Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Rxd2 Qxe5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Rxd5 Qc7 $17) 19... Nxa1 20. Qc4 Nb3
21. Bb4 c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Nd4 Nd5 24. Bxd5 (24. Nc3 Nxb4 25. axb4 Qa6 26.
Qxa6 Nxa6 27. Nc6 Rb7 (27... Bxb4 28. Nxb8 Rxb8 $11) 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. b5 Nc5
$11 {/=/+}) 24... exd5 25. Qxd5 Rd8 26. Nc6 Rxd5 27. Nxe7+ Kh8 28. Nxc8 Rxc8
29. Nc3 $11) 18... Bd5 (18... Nd5 19. Qc2 Nxb4 (19... Bxb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21.
Qc3 Qa6 22. Nbd2 $16) 20. axb4 Bxf3 $8 (20... Bxb4 $2 21. Ng5 $18) 21. bxa5 (
21. Bxf3 Bxb4 22. Nc3 $36 {/\} c5 23. Na2 $1 $16) 21... Bxg2 22. Kxg2 c5 (22...
Bf6 23. Ra4 $16) 23. dxc5 Rb5 24. a6 $16) 19. Nc3 Nc6 (19... Nc4 20. Qc2 (20.
Nxd5 exd5 21. Qc2 Bxb4 22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Ne5 Qe6 $14) 20... Bxb4 21. axb4 Rxb4
(21... Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Rxb4 $2 23. Na2 $18) 22. e4 Bc6 23. Rfb1 $1 $36) (19...
Bxb4 20. axb4 Nc4 21. Qc2 {-19...Nc4}) ({Interesting is} 19... c5 $5 20. dxc5
Bxc5 $14 {, when Black has chances to win back the P, or at least simplify
into an _|_ with 4:3P on the >>.}) 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 $6 (20... exd5 $5 21. Qa2 Nxb4
22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Ne5 $14 (23. Rfc1 $36)) 21. Rfc1 Ncxb4 22. axb4 Rxb4 (22...
Nxb4 23. Qc3 $36 {/\} c5 24. dxc5 Rb5 25. c6 Rc5 26. Qxc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 $16
Nxc6 28. Ne1 $18) 23. Qc2 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ye2e4,Yf3e5,Ye5c6] /\e4, Ne5-c6,
><c7 Black has regained the P, but White is still clearly better due to his
superior P-structure.} c5 24. e3 $5 {[%csl Rc5]} ({This is even more
convincing, than the similar} 24. dxc5 Rb5 (24... Bf6 25. Ra4 Rb2 26. Qc4 $16)
25. c6 Rc5 26. Qxc5 $36) 24... Rb8 (24... c4 25. Ne5 $16 {[%csl Rc4]}) ({
It's difficult to suggest an improvement, as, e.g.,} 24... Qe8 25. dxc5 Rb5 26.
c6 Rc5 27. Qxc5 {runs into the same motif we have already mentioned.}) 25. dxc5
Rb5 26. c6 {[%csl Gc6]} Rc5 {Otherwise White has just a strong extra o^.} 27.
Qxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (27. Qa4 $2 Nc3 $13 {only causes White problems, but we
have already mentioned this natural sacrifice, which is very convincing.})
27... Bxc5 28. Rxc5 $18 {[%csl Gc6] /+/- The o^ is fully supported by all
White's pieces and will cost Black more material in the long run.} Qb8 29. Nd4
Nc7 30. Rcc1 Qb4 31. Rcb1 Qc5 ({More resilient is} 31... Qd6 {, but after} 32.
Nb5 $1 {White gradually wins anyway.} (32. Rb7 Rc8)) 32. Rb7 Nd5 $6 {Without
the blockading N White quickly wraps up the game.} 33. Bxd5 Qxd5 (33... exd5
34. c7 h5 35. Nb5 $18 {[%cal Rb7b8] /\Rb8}) 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. Rcb1 {Exchanges
the R as well, the o^ marches through.} g6 36. Rb8 Qd8 37. Rxc8 Qxc8 38. Rc1
Kg7 (38... Qc7 39. Nb5) 39. c7 {[%cal Rd4b5,Rb5a7] /\Nb5-a7} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Bd2 e5
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rae1 a6 17. Qd1 e4 18. h3 h5 19. Ne2 Qb6 20. Qc1 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nab4
15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Qb3 h6 17. e4 Nd7 18. Nc4 Nf6 19. f3 c6 20. Bf4 Nd7 21. Rd2 Nb6
22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Nc4 Nb6 24. Be3 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Qd7 26. f4 f5 27. exf5 Nd5 28.
Nxd5 exd5 29. Qd3 Qxf5 30. Qxf5 Rxf5 31. Rd3 Bb4 32. Bd2 Bxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8.
d3 e4 9. Nd4 exd3 10. exd3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Rfe1 c6
15. Bg5 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. h3 Qe1+ 19. Kh2 Bxh3 20. Bxf6
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 dxc4 22. Qxb7 gxf6 23. Qc8+ Kg7 24. Qg4+ Kf8 25. dxc4 Qe6 26. Qf4
Kg7 27. c5 a5 28. a4 Kf8 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qf4 Kf8 31. Kh2 f5 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33.
Qd8 Qh6+ 34. Kg2 f4 35. Qh4 Qxh4 36. gxh4 Kf6 37. Kf1 Kf5 38. f3 h5 39. Ke2 Ke6
40. Kd3 Kf5 41. Kc3 Kf6 42. Kc2 Ke6 43. Kd2 Kf6 44. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. Nh4 {In a symmetrical position White is hoping to
activate his pieces and advance the f2-pawn at a suitable moment.} O-O 11. Nf5
Bc5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Na3 $5 {This new move makes a very good impression. The
knight will fight the strong b6-bishop and attack the vulnerable d6-square.} (
13. Nd6 Qc7 14. Nc4 a5 15. Nxb6 Nxb6 16. c3 Nfd7 17. Nd2 f6 18. a3 c5 19. bxa5
Rxa5 20. Rb1 Ra4 21. f4 Bf7 22. Rf2 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Qd1 {1/2-1/2
Minasian,A (2600)-Yagupov,I (2449)/Linares 2000 (52)} b5 $15) (13. Bb2 a5 14.
a3 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Qa8 17. Nd2 Qa2 18. Qb1 Ra8 19. Nd6 Qe6 20. N6c4
Bc7 21. Re1 Bg6 22. Bc3 b5 23. Ne3 Nb6 24. Qb3 $11 {0-1 Jurkiewicz,K (2303)
-Kuczynski,R (2492)/Ustron 2003 (27)}) 13... Bg6 14. Nc4 Bxf5 {In order to
complete the development in a harmonious way Giri is ready to part with the
bishop.} (14... Bc7 15. Bb2 $14) 15. exf5 Qe7 16. a4 {An interesting moment in
the game as Nguyen is not eager to exchange the second bishop. The nature of
White's pawn structure would definitely complicate the real activation of the
bishops.} (16. Nxb6 axb6 17. a3 b5 $11) 16... Nd5 17. Rb1 (17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. Rd1
Bc7 $11) 17... e4 (17... Rfe8 18. Rb3 e4 $11) 18. a5 Bd4 $2 {Black was already
struggling with some problems, but the centralisation of the bishop is
tactically dubious.} (18... Bc7 19. b5 Rfe8 20. a6 Qc5 21. axb7 Rab8 22. Nd2
cxb5 23. Nxe4 Qc4 24. Bb2 $14) 19. Qxe4 $1 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Nc3 21. Bb2 Bxf2+ {
Black might have been hoping to get away from trouble with the help of this
move. Unfortunately for him the resulting position is not equal.} (21... Nxb1
22. Bxd4 b5 23. Rxb1 bxc4 24. Bxc6 Rad8 25. Bxa7 $18) 22. Rxf2 $5 (22. Kxf2
Nxe4+ 23. Kf3 Rfe8 24. Rbd1 Ndf6 25. Rfe1 $14) 22... Nxe4 23. Re2 Nxg3 (23...
Ndf6 24. Kg2 Rad8 25. Rbe1 Rfe8 26. h4 $16) 24. Re7 Nf6 (24... Rad8 25. Rd1 Nf6
26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxb7 $16) 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Kf2 (26. Rxb7 $6 Rfd8 $14) 26...
Nxf5 27. Rg1+ Kh8 (27... Ng7 $2 28. Nd6 $18) 28. Rxb7 {Black is struggling in
this endgame despite the nominal advantage of the pawn. His king is passive,
all the pawns are isolated and pieces are not sufficiently active.} Rab8 (28...
Rfd8 29. Rxf7 c5 (29... Rd4 30. Rg4 Rxc4 (30... Rxg4 31. hxg4 Nh6 32. Rc7 Nxg4+
33. Kf3 h5 34. Rxc6 $16) 31. Rxc4 Nd6 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. Rxc6 $16) 30. Ne3 Nxe3
31. Kxe3 Rg8 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Rb7 cxb4 34. a6 $16) 29. a6 $1 Rxb7 (29... Rfd8
30. Rg4 $1 $16) 30. axb7 Rb8 31. Na5 Nd6 {The pesky b7 pawn has to be
eliminated at all costs.} 32. Rd1 Nxb7 33. Nxc6 Rc8 (33... Re8 34. Nxa7 $16)
34. b5 Kg7 35. Kf3 {The virtue of Asian people is usually patience. White is
ignoring the active line with some tricky ideas. It would try to win the pawn
on a7 quickly.} (35. Rd7 Nc5 36. Nxa7 $1 (36. Rxa7 Ne4+ 37. Kg2 Nd6 $11) 36...
Ra8 37. Rc7 Ne6 38. b6 $16) 35... Rc7 (35... Kf8 36. Rd7 Nc5 37. Rxa7 $18) 36.
Rd5 $1 {[%mdl 4096] The knight on b7 is completely dominated.} f5 (36... Kf8
37. c4 Ke8 38. Ke4 $16) 37. c4 Kf6 38. c5 Ke6 39. Re5+ Kf6 {The poor black
king could not really help his passive pieces on the queenside.} (39... Kd7 40.
Re7+ Kc8 41. Nxa7+ Kd8 42. Nc6+ Kc8 43. Re8+ Kd7 44. Re5 $18) 40. Kf4 Rd7 (
40... Kg7 41. Rd5 Kf6 42. Rxf5+ Kg6 43. Rg5+ Kf6 44. Rd5 Ke6 45. Re5+ Kf6 46.
Ke4 $18) 41. Rxf5+ Ke6 42. Re5+ Kf6 43. Rh5 Nd8 {The knight has to try for
freedom, otherwise the defence has no chance for success.} (43... Kg6 44. Ne5+
Kxh5 45. Nxd7 $18) (43... Kg7 44. Ke4 Nd8 45. Nxd8 Rxd8 46. c6 $18) (43... Rd1
44. Nxa7 Ra1 45. Nc8 $18) 44. Rf5+ Ke6 45. Re5+ Kf6 46. Nxd8 Rxd8 47. c6 {
The situation is still very bad for the defender, since the king is unable to
help with blockading c6 pawn.} Rd1 (47... Rg8 48. Rd5 Rb8 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. Kd4
Rg8 51. Rd7 Ra8 52. Kc5 $18) 48. Re8 $1 Rf1+ (48... Rc1 49. Ra8 Rc5 50. Ke4 $18
) 49. Kg4 Rc1 50. Kf3 $1 h5 51. Ra8 Rc5 (51... Ke6 52. Rxa7 Rc3+ 53. Kf4 Rc4+
54. Ke3 Rb4 55. Rb7 $18) 52. Ke4 {The fight is clearly over as Black will not
be able to keep the rook on the critical square c5.} Re5+ (52... Ke6 53. Kd4
Rd5+ 54. Kc4 $18) 53. Kd4 Re7 54. Kd5 Re5+ 55. Kd6 Rxb5 (55... Re1 56. c7 $18)
56. c7 Rb1 57. c8=Q Rd1+ 58. Kc5 Rc1+ 59. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
Qa4 Nc7 9. d3 Nc6 10. Ne4 Ne6 11. Be3 Ncd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxc5 Nxe2+ 14. Kh1
a5 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Qxa5 Bxb3 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. axb3 Rxd3 20. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nd4 22. Bf4 e5 23. Rxd4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Be5 25. Rc4 b6 26. Rc2 Rd8
27. Bf1 Rd1 28. Kg2 Rb1 29. Re2 Bf6 30. Rd2 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Qb3 Ra7
15. a5 Bxd4 16. Rfd1 b5 17. e3 Qf6 18. Nxb5 Bxb2 19. Nxa7 Bxa1 20. Kg2 Bc3 21.
Qb7 Qe5 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 c5 7. Na3 cxd4 8.
Naxc4 Ra7 9. Bd2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bxb7 Rxb7 12. Rc1 Bc5 13. b4 Be7 14. Be3
O-O 15. Bxd4 Nd5 16. a3 f6 17. Nf3 e5 18. Qb3 exd4 19. Nxd4 Rf7 20. Rfd1 Rd7
21. Nf5 b5 22. Na5 Bf8 23. e4 Nb6 24. Nb7 Qe8 25. Nbd6 Bxd6 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27.
Rxd6 Nc4 28. Rxc4 bxc4 29. Qxc4 Kf8 30. Qc5 Re7 31. a4 Nd7 32. Qd5 Re5 33. Qd3
Re7 34. Kg2 Ne5 35. Qxa6 Qh5 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Qc3 Qe2 38. Rd4 Rd7 39. Rxd7+
Nxd7 40. Qb3+ Ke7 41. Qd5 Ne5 42. a5 h5 43. Qb7+ Kf8 44. a6 Nd3 45. Qa8+ Kf7
46. Qd5+ Ke7 47. Qb7+ Kf8 48. Qa8+ Kf7 49. Qd5+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{For this game against my well-known compatriot I was especially motivated.
Not only that I wanted to start my winning series in the tournament (and
recover from a horrible game against Ljubojevic), but also I wanted to take
revenge for the Dutch Championship, the game that I played very badly and lost,
which was very important for the outcome of the whole tournament. But now
let's start with the game.} 1. c4 {In our earlier above mentioned encounter
Loek went for my centred move - 1.d4!} c6 2. Nf3 (2. e4 {is usually played by
people who have Slavophobia. Or Panovomania.}) 2... d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5.
b3 {This unprincipled way of playing was a surprise for me. Not only that it's
not exactly in the style of Loek, but also that he has hardly played it before
and in such a variation, it's experience that matters.} Nbd7 6. Bb2 {Already
on move six my opponent makes a very doubtful decision. How normal the move
may seem, it allows Black to take the centre. As it turned out in the
post-mortem, my opponent wanted to trick me, saving on the move Qc2. In fact
later Peter Svidler did manage to trick me with some other move order, but in
that game I managed to solve my opening problems rather easily as well.} (6.
Qc2 {is much more usual and probably more strong. The point being} e5 $6 (6...
Bd6 {is usual and then after} 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2 {Black has a huge choice and
whatever he chooses the position remains balanced. In the above mentioned game
against Peter Svidler we went through a different move order and I choose the
most popular b6 Bb7 setup and equalised.}) (6... a6 7. d4 $1 {not allowing e5
anymore.}) 7. cxd5 cxd5 $2 8. Nb5 $1 Bc5 9. b4 $18 (9. Nxe5)) 6... e5 $5 {
Strangely enough almost all the top-players don't allow this possibility,
while when they get the chance to play it themselves they avoid it... I am
talking about among others such giants as Kramnik and Gelfand.} 7. Qc2 {
Threatening that Nb5 idea, but now Black has a sound reply.} (7. d4 e4 8. Nd2 {
is a way to play the position, pretending that you have the black pieces and
are happy to play a French Defence.}) (7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qc1 $5 {is another
interesting possibility with the idea to exchange the future bad bishop.} a6 9.
Ba3 Be7 10. Be2 {was played in game Eingorn-Delchev in 2001, with a balanced
position. In that game Black somehow managed to outplay White easily.}) 7... a6
8. cxd5 ({Here again} 8. d4 {was an option} e4 9. Nd2 {with a French structure.
But it wasn't appealing to Loek that day.}) 8... cxd5 9. g4 $6 {It is pretty
logical to try to exploit the better development of the white pieces, but in
fact I was very happy with this move. To be honest, I was already sure that if
I made a couple of good moves, I would take over the initiative.} h6 {A
typical reaction. The well-known point of meeting g4 with h6 is that after h4
White will have to waste one more tempo to play g5 and take back with a pawn.
In this position, White simply can't afford that.} 10. Rg1 $6 {This natural
move turned out to be another inaccuracy, but it's hard to suggest anything
good for White already. Whatever he does, if Black defends precisely he just
takes over.} (10. g5 {is very logical, but it may be that such opening of the
h- and g-file will benefit Black.} hxg5 11. Nxg5 Nc5 {should be actually
better for Black. White isn't mating or anything, so in a couple of moves he
will have to turn back to defence.} (11... g6 $2 12. Ne6 $1 {is a line I saw
during the game, it stimulated me not to lose my sense of danger completely...}
)) (10. h3 {Simply protecting the g-pawn forever is probably the best, but
after the simple developing} Bd6 {it's not clear what White is doing. He may
try to continue developing and slowly prepare g4, or a knight manoeuvre like
Nh4-f5.}) 10... e4 11. Nxd5 {A practical try. To be honest, I actually
intended to play ...e4 quickly, then I suddenly noticed this move had a little
shock; but then realising that it isn't in any way dangerous for Black, I
confidently went ...e4.} (11. Nd4 Ne5 12. h3 (12. g5 $2 hxg5 13. Rxg5 Nfg4 $1)
12... Bc5 13. Be2 {is clearly worse for White. Black may take on d4, or just
continue developing, in any case White's position seems a bit ugly.} (13. Ncb5
$2 Bb6 $1)) 11... Nxd5 12. Qxe4+ Ne7 {Now Black has two defensive ideas - Nc5
and Nf6. It is impossible to parry both.} 13. Rc1 (13. Bc4 Nc5 14. Ne5 {
is losing in a funny way -} Qxd2+ $1) 13... Nf6 $1 {This move is actually a
very strong defensive idea. Black's doubled pawns will be very good protection
of the squares and the monarch himself.} 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bc4 {Somewhere here
I must say I was even overestimating my position a bit. I thought that after a
couple of moves my opponent will resign, so I countinued playing quickly.
Though I played reasonable, I believe I might have had a more precise way to
convert the advantage.} Bg7 (15... Qd6 $5 {may be actually more precise.}) 16.
h4 Qd6 (16... O-O $2 {is what the engine screams first, but it's obviously
very dangerous -} 17. g5 $1 hxg5 18. hxg5 f5 19. Qh4 Ng6 20. Qh5 Qd6 21. Rh1
Re8 22. Nh4 {with some attack.}) (16... Kf8 {however was my initial intention
and was maybe even more precise.}) 17. Nd4 Kf8 18. f4 $2 {A weird looking move
that in fact was a big strategic mistake. White should have gone Nf5
immediately followed by d4, trying to build up some sort of fortress. In that
case I might have had harder time winning this game.} (18. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 19. gxf5
{followed by d4 with only a slight advantage for Black. However in long run
after transferring the bishop to the f8-b4 diagonal one day, Black should
crack White's position. I also must add that I should have not given my
opponent this chance, and perhaps played 16...Kf8 instantly.}) 18... h5 {
A strong move, trying to open the position. Usually the side with an extra
piece benefits from it. However even stronger was the other way to open it up.}
(18... f5 $1 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 Rd8 21. Rc2 b5 22. Be2 Nd5 {and after ...
Bf6 and ...Rg8, the extra piece will tell.}) 19. Nf5 (19. f5 {was the move I
considered mostly. Now I thought that Black gets a big advantage with} hxg4 (
19... Rb8 $5 {was more patient and maybe even stronger.}) 20. Qxg4 Rh7 $1)
19... Bxf5 20. gxf5 Rd8 21. Ke2 $5 {A clever move. It was a big and unpleasant
surprise for me, but luckily enough, I managed to find the refutation of it.} (
{Anything else would lose easily - e.g.} 21. d4 Qd7 22. Bd3 Nd5 23. Kd2 Re8 24.
Qg2 Bh6 25. Rce1 Qd6 {and everything that stands on a dark square will slowly
drop, one piece after another.}) 21... b5 $1 (21... Qxd2+ $6 22. Kf3 {would be
pretty mutual with Black having to watch out for all the Bxf7 and Rxg7 tricks.}
) 22. Bd3 Nd5 {Now White can't defend from all the threats.} 23. Kf3 Nxf4 $1
24. Qxf4 Qxd3 25. Rg2 Re8 $1 {This is in any case winning, but I did not like
to allow Qe4, which would make my task more a bit more difficult.} 26. Rcg1 Rh7
27. Qb4+ Kg8 28. Qc5 ({After I knew all I had to do is avoid the most logical
and my first intention} 28. Qf4 Kh8 $4 {because of ... find it yourself!} (
28... Re5 29. Rc1 Rh8 $1 {is the easiest win for Black.})) 28... Kh8 {Now I
had accomplished my plan. ...Bh6 and ...Rg7 will follow and suddenly there are
no ugly pieces anymore and the "bad" bishop on g7, turns out to be not so bad
as it looks.} 29. b4 Bh6 30. Rc1 Rg7 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. Rg1+ Kh7 33. Qa7 Qxf5+
34. Ke2 Qe6 {And here my opponent decided that it was time for dinner.  I was
very happy with the game, especially considering its importance for my
tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qb3 Ne4 11. e3 Nc6 12. Ne5 Nd6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
dxc5 Qxc5 16. Bd4 Qa5 17. Nxc6 Qc7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ Kg8 20. Na5 Rab8 21.
Rfc1 Rfc8 22. Qe5 Bh3 23. Nab3 Rb4 24. c5 Qb7 25. f3 Nb5 26. Kf2 Be6 27. Rc2
Na3 28. Rc3 Nb5 29. Rc2 Na3 30. Rc3 Nb5 31. Rd3 Qa6 32. Ne4 Nd6 33. Nxd6 Qxd3
34. Nxc8 Bxc8 35. Re1 Rc4 36. Nd4 Ba6 37. Qxe7 Rc1 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rac8 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qh4 c5 16. Rfe1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Rfd8 19. Red1 Bc5 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Qf4 h6 22. h3 a5 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. h4 Bd6 27.
Qd4 Qc7 28. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Giri plays this only rarely.} c5 {Gelfand decides to repay the surprise.
In Amsterdam he was already twice successful with} (1... e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {
, but the Petroff belongs also to Giri's repertoire.}) 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 $5 {The surprises continue, although Gelfand
used to be an avid Najdorf fan, he has never used the text-move previously. It
was also a topic of an opening survey in CBM 135 by Alex Kuzmin. This
continuation has recently become a serious alternative to the standard} (6...
e6 7. f4 {, to which it can in fact often transpose. At this crossroads Black
has numerous options:} {The most often played move is} Be7 (7... Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. g4 $5 ({This is a recent try to limit Black's options with a tricky
move-order.} 9. O-O-O {is the main line.}) 9... b5 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. g5 Nd7 12.
O-O-O {Now Black should probably play the circumspect} Be7 (12... b4 13. Nd5 $1
exd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Qe4+ Be7 16. Nf5 Nc5 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. Qd4 Rg8 19. Nf5 b3
20. Bc4 bxc2 21. Rde1 $36 {Radjabov,T (2728)-Volokitin,A (2662)/Biel/2006/ see
notes by Ftacnik in CBM 114.}) (12... Nc5 13. a3 Rb8 $6 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nd5 $1
exd5 16. exd5 Be7 17. Re1 Ne5 18. fxe5 Bxg5+ 19. Kb1 dxe5 20. Nc6 Bf6 21. Bd3
h5 22. Rxe5+ $1 Bxe5 23. Re1 $40 {Nakamura,H (2708)-Van Wely,L (2641)/Wijk aan
Zee/2010/ see notes by Postny in CBM 135}) {Play has transposed into a
position from the 7...Be7 line and remains very tense and complex. After} 13.
f5 ({Too soft is} 13. Kb1 b4 14. Nce2 Nc5 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. Qe3 g6 17. h4 Rf8 18.
Rd2 Qb6 19. Ng3 Na4 20. Qb3 Nc5 21. Qe3 Na4 22. Qb3 {1/2,Bromberger,S (2537)
-Abreu Delgado,A (2474)/Badalona/2010/}) 13... Bxg5+ ({The other main line is} 
13... Nc5 $13) 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Qd8 16. h4 ({Black must be prepared also
for the alternatives} 16. Rg1) (16. fxe6 {and especially}) (16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17.
fxe6) 16... Bf6 17. fxe6 O-O 18. Bh3 fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Nd5 Bb7 $5 (20...
Nc4 $143 21. Nc6 $14) 21. Qe2 (21. Rdf1 $5 Qe8 $13) 21... Nc4 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23.
Bxc4 bxc4 24. Nf5 Rab8 25. b3 cxb3 26. axb3 d5 $11 {Luther,T (2541)-Suvrajit,S
(2380)/Bhubaneswar/2010/ Black has a lot of <=>.}) ({The Poisoned pawn is less
popular nowadays, than some 2-3 years ago, when everyone played the line} 7...
Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 (10... h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 g5 $5
$13) 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bh4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5
17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Nc6 21. O-O {This position is
fully playable for Black:} Nce5 (21... f5 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 23. Nd6 Ne5 $5 $13) 22.
Bxf8 Nxf8 23. Nd6 {Even safer seems to be} f6 $5 (23... Bd7 24. Nxb7 Qb4 25.
Nc5 (25. Nd6 Bc6 26. Rd4 Qa5 27. Nc4 Nxc4 28. Rxc4 Bb5 29. Rcf4 Bxe2 30. Qxe2
f6 $11 {Geetha,N (2604)-So,W (2665)/Olongapo City/2010/}) 25... a5 $5 (25...
Bb5 $6 26. c3 Ng4 27. cxb4 Nxe3 28. Ra1 Rb8 29. Nxa6 $16 {So,W (2540)-Wu Xibin
(2351)/Dubai/2008/} {/\} Bxa6 30. Rxa6 Rxb4 $2 31. Rd8 $18) 26. Rf4 (26. c3 Qb6
27. Qxe5 Rc8 $11) 26... Qb6 27. Qxe5 Ng6 28. Qd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Nxf4 30. Bf3 Rc8
31. Nxd7 Rxc2 32. Ra6 g5 33. Rxa5 f5 $14 {/<=> and Black should be able to
hold this _|_.}) 24. c4 Qc7 25. Ne8 Qe7 26. Nd6 Qc7 27. Ne8 Qe7 28. Nd6 Qc7 {
1/2,Vorobiov,E (2606)-Kokarev,D (2630)/Ulan Ude/2009/}) 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O {
here an independent line is} h6 (9... Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 {
-7...Nbd7}) 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Be2 ({Another important line is} 11. Bd3 g5 12.
fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 $132) 11... b5 12. Bxf6 (12. e5 Bb7 13. exf6 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Bxf6 (14... d5 $5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bh5+ g6 $1 17. Bxg6+ Kf8 18. fxe7+ Kg7
19. Bg3 b4 $13) 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 $5 (15... Rc8 $143 16. Bxg7 Rh7 {, when all
engines quickly show the dangerous sacrifice} 17. f5 $1 $44 {|^}) 16. Bxa8 d5
17. Bc6+ Ke7 18. g3 Rd8 19. Rhe1 b4 20. Nce2 Ne4 21. Kb1 Qb6 22. Ba4 Rc8 23.
Bb3 g6 $14 {/~~,Van Kampen,R (2481)-Ftacnik,L (2543)/Amsterdam/2010/ Although
White is ahead on material, Black's pieces are well coordinated and his set-up
is very solid. He even ended up winning the game.}) 12... Nxf6 13. e5 Bb7 14.
Qg3 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd5 ({Unclear, but rather dangerous is} 15... Nd7 16. Nxe6
fxe6 17. Bh5+ Kd8 18. Qxg7 Rf8 19. Bg4 $44) (15... Ne4 16. Nxe6 Qxc3 17. Nxg7+
Kf8 18. Ne6+ Ke8 19. Qxc3 Nxc3 20. Nc7+ Kf8 21. bxc3 Rc8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5
Rg8 24. Bf3 $14) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qg6+ Kd7 18. Bg4 Qxe5 19. Nxd5 Qg5+ (19...
Bxd5 $2 20. Rxd5+ Qxd5 21. Rd1 $18 {[%csl Rd7] and White continues his ->
against the exposed K.}) 20. Nf4+ (20. Qxg5 Bxg5+ 21. Kb1 Bxd5 22. Rxd5+ Kc6
23. Re5 Rhe8 24. Rhe1 Rad8 25. a3 Rd6 26. Bxe6 Kc7 {Achilles,E (2440)-Ibarra
Padron,J (2438)/corr/2006/ and the ^- give the _|_ a drawish character.}) 20...
Kc7 21. Qxe6 Qxf4+ 22. Kb1 Kb8 23. Rd7 Bd8 24. Rxb7+ Kxb7 25. Bf3+ Ka7 26. Bxa8
Kxa8 27. Qxa6+ Kb8 28. Qxb5+ Ka7 29. Rf1 Qd6 30. Rf7+ Bc7 $11 {Manduch,M (2463)
-Guzy,G (2471)/corr/2006/ Although the defence hangs on a thin thread, here
Black seems to hold.}) 7. Bc4 ({Apart from this White often plays} 7. f4 {
Here Black has other options, if he doesn't want to go for the abovementioned
lines with 7...e6:} {More reliable is} Qc7 $5 {, recommended also by A.Kuzmin.}
(7... Qb6 $6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bxf6 {is very risky and even the new}
Nxf6 (10... gxf6 11. Nd5 $36 {/\} Rb8 $6 12. Rb3 Qa4 13. Bxa6 $3 {Vitolinsh}
bxa6 $2 14. Qc3 $18) 11. e5 dxe5 (11... Ng4 12. Nd5 $40) 12. fxe5 Ng4 (12...
Nd7 $2 13. Nd5 Qc5 14. Nb3 Qc6 15. Na5 Qc5 16. Nxb7 Qc6 17. Rb6 $1 {1-0,
Nakamura,H (2729)-Van Wely,L (2677)/Amsterdam/2010/} Nxb6 18. Nf6+ exf6 19.
Qd8# {This game was played on the same day as ours!}) 13. Nd5 Qc5 14. Nb3 Qc6
15. Qa5 {Kavalek} (15. Na5 Qd7 16. Nc4 e6 17. Ncb6 $2 (17. Ndb6 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2
Rb8 19. Be2 $36) (17. Nd6+ $5 Bxd6 18. Nb6 Qc6 19. exd6 $40) 17... Qc6 18. Nxa8
exd5 19. Be2 b5 20. Qa5 Ne3 21. Nc7+ Kd7 22. Nxb5 {Smith,B (2468)-Laznicka,V 
(2636)/Philadelphia/2010/} Qc5 $1 23. Qa4 axb5 24. Rxb5 Qa3 $15) 15... b6 16.
Nd4 (16. Bb5 $5 $36) 16... bxa5 17. Nxc6 e6 18. Nc7+ Kd7 19. Nxa8 Kxc6 20. Rb6+
$14 {/+/-}) 8. Qf3 (8. Qe2 e5 $1 9. Nf5 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Ne3 exf4 12. Ned5
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rb8 16. Nxf4 Be7 17. Bc4 Bg5 18. Raf1
Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Kd3 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Rf8 $11 {Radjabov,T (2756)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2746)/Bazna/2009/}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 (9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. f5 Qc5 (10... e5 11. fxe6
fxe6 $132) 11. O-O-O g5 $5 $13 {should be OK for Black; White misses his
light-squared B.}) 9... g5 $5 ({More modest, but also playable is} 9... e5) 10.
fxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Qc5 12. Nf5 (12. Be3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Neg4 14. Bg1 Bh6 $44) 12...
e6 13. Bxf6 (13. Be3 $6 Qb4 14. O-O-O exf5 15. Qxf5 Rh5 16. Qf3 Be7 17. Be2 Ne5
18. Qf4 Bg4 19. Bxg4 $2 Nc4 $1 20. Rd3 Qxb2+ 21. Kd1 Qa1+ 22. Bc1 Nb2+ 23. Ke2
Nxd3 24. cxd3 Qxc3 25. Bxh5 Nxh5 26. Qh6 Qg7 {0-1,Kanovsky,D (2489)-Navara,D 
(2718)/CZE-ch Ostrava/2010/}) 13... Nxf6 14. Nxd6+ (14. Ne3 Nd7 15. Ng4 Bg7 16.
O-O-O Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Be2 Bd7 $44 {Narmontas,M (2370)-Bogner,S (2504)/
Kemer/2009/}) 14... Bxd6 15. Qxf6 Bg3+ 16. Ke2 Rh4 $5 $13 {Black has
reasonable compensation, although it's too early to speak about an advantage.})
(7. Qd2 {is the usual square for the Q in the Rauzer, here it's less effective
and after} e6 ({or even} 7... b5 $5 $132 {Black is doing fine.})) 7... Qb6 8.
Bb3 ({Here already} 8. Qd2 $6 Qxb2 ({Inconsistent is} 8... e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10.
f4 $14) 9. Rb1 Qa3 {leads to a better version of the Poisoned pawn lines. After
} 10. O-O {Black doesn't have to play} Qa5 (10... e6 $5 $15) 11. Nd5 Qxd2 12.
Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nde6+ fxe6 14. Nxe6+ Ke8 15. Nc7+ $11 {1/2,Luther,T (2551)
-Bischoff,K (2554)/AUT-chT/2002/}) 8... e6 {Here Black has already no reason
to postpone this natural move.} 9. Bxf6 {This exchange aims to disrupt Black's
natural development with Be7 and Nc5. Other alternatives are:} (9. f4 {
transposes into a position, which often arises via the move-order 6...e6 7.f4
Nbd7 8.Bc4 Qb6 9.Bb3. After} Be7 10. f5 Nc5 11. Qf3 ({This try for a while
replaced the older} 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15.
Bxe6 Qe5 16. Bxf6 Qxe4+ 17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Bxf6 $11 {Radjabov,T (2682)
-Gelfand,B (2724)/ESP-chT Merida/2005/}) 11... Nxb3 $1 (11... Ncxe4 $6 12. Nxe4
Qxd4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. c3 Qb6 15. O-O-O d5 16. fxe6 dxe4 17. exf7+ Kf8 18. Qxe4
$40 {Gashimov,V (2717)-Volokitin,A (2672)/Poikovsky/2008/}) 12. Nxb3 Qc7 13.
fxe6 fxe6 14. O-O O-O 15. Qg3 b5 16. a3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Nh5 {[%csl Gd7,Ge7] ^^}
18. Qh4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Nf6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rxf6 Qd8
24. Ne4 Bc6 25. Qg4 Bxe4 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Rf1 Qg5 $36 {Kurnosov,I (2602)
-Areshchenko,A (2673)/EU-ch Budva/2009/}) (9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Rhe1 (
11. f3 Qc7 12. Kb1 O-O (12... b5 $5 $13) 13. g4 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15. h4 Bd7 16. h5
$5 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g5 Bd8 18. h5 a5 19. g6 {Shirov,A (2723)-Dominguez Perez,
L (2712)/Wijk aan Zee/2010/} h6 $15 (19... Bf6 $5)) 16... Rfc8 $5 $13 (16... h6
$2 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Nh7 19. g5 $1 $40) (16... a5 17. h6 g6 18. Qf4 e5 19.
Bxf6 $1 exf4 20. Nd5 Bxf6 21. Nxc7 $13 {/+/=})) 11... Qc7 12. f4 h6 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. Kb1 Bd7 $5 {[%cal Ye8c8] /\0-0-0~~} (14... O-O 15. Nf3 Be7 16. g4 b5
17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Bd7 19. Rg1 Bxg5 20. Rxg5 f6 21. Rg3 b4 22. Rdg1 Rf7 23.
Nd5 $1 $40 {Kratochvil,J (2289)-Babula,V (2533)/Pardubice op/2010/}) 15. Nf5 $6
exf5 16. Nd5 Qd8 $17) (9. O-O Be7 {can again transpose to other lines, after}
10. Be3 Nc5 11. f4 Qc7 {we reach a position from the 6.Bc4 system with an
extra move due to the manoeuvres Bg5-e3 and Qb6-c7. Now} 12. Qf3 {allows even}
b5 $5 (12... O-O {is the more usual choice.}) {/\} 13. e5 $6 Bb7 14. Qg3 dxe5
15. fxe5 Nh5 16. Qf2 O-O 17. g4 b4 $36 {Black is doing fine in the
complications, even if White wins a piece for some P, his K will suffer on the
/^a8-h1.}) 9... Nxf6 10. f4 e5 {A radical reaction.} ({However, even the simple
} 10... Be7 {deserves attention:} {Consistent is} 11. f5 {as now Black doesn't
have Nc5. However,} (11. Qd2 Nd7 $1 12. O-O-O (12. f5 Bf6 $11 (12... Nc5 $6 13.
fxe6 fxe6 14. Na4 $14) (12... Bh4+ $5 13. g3 Bf6)) 12... Nc5 13. g4 Qc7 14. f5
b5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Rhf1 Bd7 17. Kb1 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Rf8 $1 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20.
b4 Qb7 21. g5 Kg8 22. Rf1 a5 $15 {Tukhaev,A (2534)-Borovikov,V (2599)/Alushta/
2010/}) 11... e5 (11... O-O $5) 12. Nf3 (12. Nde2 $2 Ng4 $1) 12... Bd7 $132 {
seems OK for him.}) 11. Ba4+ {Giri wants to profit from the weakening of the
light squares, less testing is} (11. Nde2 exf4 12. Nxf4 Qe3+ 13. Nfe2 Be7 14.
Qd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 g6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rad1 Ng4 18. h3 {Beliavsky,A (2650)
-Gelfand,B (2685)/Linares/1994/} Ne5 19. Nd5 Bd8 $11) 11... Ke7 $1 {Modern
chess is extremely concrete and this is a good example. The exchage of the
light-squared B is disadvantegous for Black so he boldly leaves K in the [+]
instead.} (11... Bd7 $143 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (12... Kxd7 $5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nf5+
Kc8 $14 {is possible, but still only an inferior version of the idea behind 11.
..Ke7!}) 13. Nde2 (13. Nd5 Qa5+ (13... Qxd4 14. Qxd4 exd4 15. Nc7+ Kd8 16. Nxa8
Kc8 17. O-O-O Kb8 18. Rxd4 Kxa8 19. e5 $16) 14. b4 Qd8 15. Ne2 $14) 13... Rc8 (
13... exf4 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Qd4 Ne5 16. O-O Be7 17. Nexf4 O-O 18. Rad1 Rc8 19.
c3 Rc4 20. Qa7 $16 {Timman,J (2569)-Klein,D (2236)/Dieren/2009/}) 14. Nd5 Qxb2
15. O-O $44 {gives White reasonable compensation and -> chances for the P:} Qa3
16. Kh1 Be7 17. Rb1 b5 18. Rb3 Qa5 19. Rg3 g6 20. f5 Bd8 21. Qc1 g5 $2 {
Tukhaev,A (2518)-Borovikov,V (2601)/Kavala/2010/} 22. Ra3 $1 Rxc2 23. Rxa5 Rxc1
24. Rxc1 Bxa5 25. Rc8+ Bd8 26. Nc7+ Ke7 27. Nd5+ Ke8 28. Nec3 $1 $18) 12. Nde2
(12. fxe5 $6 dxe5 13. Nde2 Be6 $32 {|^}) 12... exf4 13. Bb3 (13. Nxf4 Qe3+ 14.
Nfe2 Be6 {[%cal Yg7g6] /\g6 Black will finish his development and is doing
fine.}) 13... Be6 14. Nd4 g6 15. Qd2 Bh6 $146 {[%mdl 8] A natural novelty. If
Black wants to transfer his K to g7, then} (15... h5 16. O-O-O Bxb3 17. axb3
Bh6 {only loses a tempo, after} 18. Kb1 Kf8 19. Rhf1 Kg7 $6 (19... Re8 $5 $13)
20. g3 $1 f3 (20... fxg3 21. Qd3 $36 {/\Rf6}) 21. Qf2 Qc7 22. Qxf3 Qe7 23. Nde2
Rae8 24. Nf4 Rhf8 $2 (24... Bxf4 $142 $14) 25. Nfd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 $36 {
Naiditsch,A (2693)-Sjugirov,S (2562)/Moscow/2009/}) 16. O-O-O Bxb3 (16... Ng4
17. Qe1 $5 (17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Nd5+ exd5 19. Qxd5 Kd8 20. Qe6 Kc7 $11) 17... Bg5
(17... f3+ 18. Kb1 fxg2 19. Rg1 {[%csl Rg4,Rh6] פg4,Bh6 and Black's pieces
are exposed.}) 18. e5 dxe5 (18... Nxe5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Ne4 $40) 19. Na4 Qc7
20. Qb4+ Kf6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Nc5 $44 {|^ is very dangerous for Black.}) 17.
axb3 Rhc8 $5 {Contrary to Sjugirov, Gelfand doesn't hurry to his K with} (17...
Kf8 18. g3 Kg7 19. gxf4 Rhe8 $132) 18. h4 $5 (18. g3 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 (19. bxc3
Nxe4 20. Rhe1 d5 21. gxf4 Qc7 $15 {/-/+}) 19... Ng4 $5 {and White probably
does best to force a draw with} 20. Kb1 (20. Qf3 Nf2 $1) 20... Nf2 21. e5 $1
Bg7 $5 (21... Nxd1 22. exd6+ Qxd6 23. Rxd1 $36) 22. Nf5+ gxf5 23. Rxd6 Qb5 24.
Qc7+ Kf8 25. gxf4 Nxh1 26. Rd7 Kg8 $8 (26... Qf1+ $2 27. Ka2 Kg8 28. e6 $1 $18)
27. Rd8+ (27. e6 Bf8 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ $11) 27... Rxd8 28.
Qxd8+ Bf8 29. Qg5+ $11) (18. Kb1 Kf8 19. g3 Re8 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ye8e7,Ya8e8] /
\Re7,Rae8<=> probably seemed too slow to Giri.}) 18... Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]
Gelfand lashes out with a positional exchange sacrifice.} ({White's idea was} 
18... Kf8 $6 19. h5 $1 {/\} Nxh5 $2 20. g4 $18) 19. Qxc3 (19. bxc3 $143 $6 Nxe4
$36) 19... f3+ (19... Nxe4 $5 20. Rhe1 f5 {also can't be discarded outright,
but Gelfand wants to keep the [+] closed for the time being.}) 20. Kb1 fxg2 ({
Now White protects the Pe4, but} 20... Nxe4 $2 {fails to} 21. Rhe1 $18) 21.
Rhe1 Bf4 {Aims to stop motifs with e5. For the exchange Black has strengthened
his control of the weakened dark squares.} 22. Qh3 (22. Qf3 Be5 $44 {, so
White wants to keep f3 free for his N.}) (22. Rg1 {doesn't fit in well with
White's previous move and} Be5 ({or even} 22... a5 $5 $132 {gives Black <=>.}))
22... Be5 23. Nf3 Qf2 24. Rg1 {White must of course eliminate the o^g2.} ({
This is already difficult to achieve after} 24. Nxe5 $2 dxe5 25. Qc3 (25. Rg1
Rd8 $1 $19) 25... Kf8 $36) 24... Qg3 {The Q-swap safeguards the K in the [+].}
({For this reason dangerous is} 24... Nxe4 $6 25. Nxe5 dxe5 26. Rxg2 $40 {
[%csl Re7]}) 25. Qxg3 Bxg3 26. Rxg2 Bf4 27. Re1 Nd7 28. c3 (28. h5 Rg8 $5 $44 {
and Black's >>P can become strong.}) 28... h5 29. Kc2 Ne5 $44 {Black has fixed
the ><h4, controls the [+] and can claim equality even in an _|_, as White's R
still have no open<-> to show their strength.} 30. Nd4 (30. Nxe5 dxe5 $13 (
30... Bxe5 $44)) 30... Ng4 31. Kd3 Re8 32. b4 Be5 33. Rh1 Bf6 34. Ne2 d5 $5 {
An attempt to enliven the position.} ({Black can hold the balance with the
simple} 34... Ne5+ 35. Kc2 Ng4 $11) 35. exd5 Kd6 36. Rf1 (36. c4 Re3+ 37. Kc2
Re5 {can lead to repetition after} 38. Kb3 Ne3 39. Rf2 Ng4 $11) (36. Ng3 Kxd5
$13 (36... Re3+ $5)) 36... Bxh4 37. Rxg4 {Giri releases the tension.} ({
He is not interested in continuing the complex struggle with} 37. c4 $5 Bg5 (
37... Ne3 $6 38. c5+ Kxd5 39. Nf4+ Kc6 40. Re2 Nxf1 41. Rxe8 $14 {activates
White's forces and gives him winning chances.}) (37... b5 $5 $13) 38. Rxg4 hxg4
39. Rxf7 Re7 (39... Re3+ 40. Kd4 Rxe2 $4 41. c5#) 40. Rxe7 Kxe7 41. c5 Kd7 42.
Kc4 Bh4 43. b5 axb5+ 44. Kxb5 g3 45. Nf4 Bf6 $11) 37... hxg4 38. Rxf7 b5 (38...
g3 39. Rxb7 (39. Rf4 g5 40. Rg4 Kxd5 $11 {/=/+}) 39... g5 40. Ra7 g2 41. Rxa6+
Kxd5 42. Ra1 Rf8 43. Rg1 {catches the o^, leading to a draw after} Rf3+ 44. Kd2
Rf2 45. Kd3 (45. Ke3 Kc4 46. b3+ Kxb3 47. b5 $11) 45... Rf3+ $11) 39. Rf4 g5 (
39... Bd8 $5 40. Rxg4 g5 $11) 40. Rxg4 Kxd5 41. Rd4+ ({After} 41. Nd4 Rf8 42.
b3 Rf1 $11 {Black gets sufficient <=>.}) 41... Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 {Wenn die
Stellung nach 14 Zügen die Konsequenz von 7.Qc2 ist, taugt die Variante nicht
viel.} dxc4 8. e3 b5 9. a4 (9. Nxb5 $5) 9... Bb7 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 Bb4+
12. Nc3 (12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc7 e5 $13) 12... O-O 13. Be2 Rc8 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rfc1
{Das ist eine Stellung, die scheinbar ganz ordentlich für Weiß aussieht und
immer wieder angestrebt wird, aber die Resultate sind nicht besonders gut. Es
ist wohl so, dass, wenn Weiß c4 wirklich erobert, Schwarz inzwischen zu viel
Spiel bekommt.} a5 16. Qd1 e5 $1 17. Na4 Qg6 18. Bxc4 exd4 19. exd4 Rd8 20. Qb3
({Der Computer gibt diese interessante Variante an:} 20. Nc3 Ne5 21. Bd5 Bxd5
22. dxe5 {, aber Schwarz hat auch hier genug Kompensation für den Bauern.})
20... Qf5 21. Ne1 {Das ist riskant.} ({Nach} 21. d5 {würde dieser Bauer
vielleicht verloren gehen, aber nur mit Abtausch und ausgeglichener Stellung.})
21... Rab8 22. Nc2 Bd2 $1 23. Rd1 ({Nach} 23. Ne3 $2 Qg5 $1 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 {
sieht es nicht gut für Weiß aus.}) 23... Bxg2 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Qe6 $2 {
Das führt zu einer sehr schlechten Stellung.} ({Nach} 25. Qg3 {ist die Lage
schwierig, aber nicht hoffnungslos.}) 25... Qxc2 26. Kxg2 Nf6 {Jetzt behindert
der Bd2 das Zusammenspiel der weißen Figuren enorm.} 27. Qc4 Qe4+ 28. f3 Qh4 ({
Genauer ist} 28... Qf4 $1) 29. Kh1 $2 ({Weitaus zäher ist} 29. Qe2 $1 {und z.B.
} Rxd4 30. Kh1 Rbd8 $140 $6 (30... Bb4 $17 {[%csl Gc5]}) 31. Nc5 $1 Bf4 32.
Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Ne6 $1 Rd2 34. Nf8 Rxe2 35. Ng6+ {mit Dauerschach.}) 29... Ne4 $1
$19 30. Rg1 (30. fxe4 Qxe4+ 31. Kg1 Be3+ 32. Kf1 Qf3+ 33. Ke1 Qf2#) 30... Nf2+
31. Kg2 Rxd4 32. Qe6 Bf4 33. Kf1 Nd1 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 b5 8. e5 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15.
Qg4 Qe7 16. Bg2 Kd8 17. Qxg6 Bg7 18. Ne4 Kc7 19. Ng5 Nf8 20. Qf7 Qxf7 21. Nxf7
Bd7 22. Rh5 Ne7 23. Rg5 Nfg6 24. Be4 Rf8 25. Bxg6 Nxg6 26. Nd6 Rh8 27. Ke2 Rh6
28. Nf7 Be8 29. Nxh6 Bxh6 30. Rg4 c5 31. Rh1 Bf8 32. Rh7+ Kb6 33. dxc5+ Bxc5
34. Rh6 Nf8 35. Rg8 b4 36. Rf6 c3 37. bxc3 bxc3 38. Kd3 Bb4 39. Rxe6+ Nxe6 40.
Rxe8 Nc5+ 41. Kc2 Kc7 42. f4 Ne4 43. f5 Nxg3 44. a3 Bxa3 45. f6 Ne2 46. e6 Kd6
47. e7 Ke6 48. Rg8 Bxe7 49. fxe7 Kxe7 50. Rg4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In this game I had to make a draw to more or less secure my first place in
the NH tournament and thus get a ticket to Amber. However the previous round
was a very painful one for me. I let Loek van Wely escape in a completely,
totally winning position, and that wasn't especially helping me for this game.
Nevertheless I played reasonably and it was only a horrible blunder when all
the troubles seemed to be over, that spoiled my game and the tournament as
well.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 {I didn't mind the Catalan and was
very curious about what my opponent would show me in the main-line.} Be7 5. Bg2
O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 {Lately this move has become very popular.
Perhaps due to the fact that White constantly fails to find any advantage in
the main line.} (8. Qxc4 {is the main-line, with the tabia starting after} b5
9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2) 8... Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 {Exactly the same line
Gelfand played against me. I wasn't worried, since I had spent quite a lot of
time on this line as well.} (10. Bf4 {is another try.}) (10. Nc3 {seems to be
the most logical move, but it's considered to be imprecise in view of} b5 $1)
10... h6 {The modern idea. Black just wants to exchange everything and get a
rock solid position.} (10... Bd5 {Followed by ...c5 at some point is the old
main-line.}) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 $1 {It's considered to be good to give
away the poor bishop. However it makes sense, since after e4, the bishop on c6
will become poor anyway.} 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Qb3 {And yet, my opponent is
repeating the choice of Boris.} (14. Rfd1 {is one of the other tries. Recently
Carlsen tried it against Ponomariov, with the idea of playing e4 e5 quickly
and giving a mate. Ponomariov however guessed his opponent's intention and
managed to equalise.}) 14... Ra7 $5 {I was thinking that my opponent had some
idea in mind, but nevertheless I decided to be dumb and follow my game against
Gelfand. However it was not so clever, since I knew that I have a lot of other
ways to meet this harmless idea.} (14... Qc7 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Ne4 $1 Be7 17. a5
Nd7 18. e3 Rab8 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Nc4 Ne8 $1 21. Nb6 Nd6 22. Rac1 Nb5 $1 23. Be2
Qd6 24. Qa2 Bf6 25. Bc4 Qb4 26. Bb3 Nd6 27. Kg2 Kh8 28. Bc2 Nc8 29. Nc4 Nd6 {
led to total equality in Aronian-Wang Hao played a couple of weeks after my
game versus Nielsen. Sadly enough I already knew this nice equalising
manoeuvre before my game against Nielsen, Nf6-e8-d6-b5, but as I said I was
just to curious about my opponent's intention.}) 15. Ne4 $1 {Here I was so
much blaming myself for being too naive that I decided to stay principled.}
Bxd4 ({I could and maybe should have stayed solid -} 15... Be7 {but I thought
it wasn't a good combination with Ra7.}) 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Qd3 c5 $2 {I didn't
see this move when I took on d4, but when I saw it, I got very enthusiastic
about it. It seems that after ...Nc6 I solve all my problems, but when I got
deeper into the position I realised that it was here where I messed it up for
the first time.} (17... Be5 $1 {would probably lead to a fine position, but it
was actually pretty hard to see the following sequence in advance.} 18. a5 Qb4
$1 (18... Qc7 $6 19. Qe3 Ra8 20. Nc5 {and it's hard to develop anything for
Black.}) 19. Qe3 b6 $1 (19... Ra8 20. Ra3 $1 $16) 20. axb6 Rd7 21. Qc5 Qb3 $1 {
and Black seems to be holding, though still a few precise moves are required.}
22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Qxc6 Nb8 $1 24. Qb7 (24. Qc5 Nd7 $11) 24... Bd4 $11) 18. e3
Be5 19. Rac1 Nc6 20. Nxc5 {Here I already realised fully how bad it all is and
it took me a lot of time to actually find the way to at least not to collapse
without any fight.} Rd8 $1 21. Nd7 {Maybe not the best objectively, but
reasonably tricky.} (21. Qc4 {was worrying me more behind the board.} {I was
intending -} Rxd1+ $6 (21... Bxb2 $1 {was the only way to survive -} 22. Rxd8+
(22. Rb1 Ne5 $1 $11) 22... Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qc8 24. Nd7 Ba3 25. Nb6 (25. Ne5 Bb2 $1
26. Nxc6 bxc6 $11) 25... Qb8 {followed by a5 should be holding too, though
it's clear that Black is always on the range.}) 22. Rxd1 Na5 23. Qe4 $1 {
I saw this move, but underestimated that after} Bxb2 24. Qc2 Be5 25. Rd7 {
will be very strong and Black is under huge pressure.}) (21. Qc2 {was also
very tricky. Here too I failed to see all the nuances at the the board, though
I must say I was working pretty hard there...} Rxd1+ $1 (21... Qxb2 {was my
initial intention, but I underestimated -} 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Qd1 $1 Bf6 24.
Ne4 Ra8 25. Rb1 Qa3 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Rc1 {and it's not the most pleasant
position, though Black may survive it.}) 22. Rxd1 Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Bxb2 24. Rb1
Ne5 {and again Black seems to have escaped!}) 21... Qxb2 $1 {Only move. Over
the board I was very proud of such a fearless one. I actually first thought
that I had just survived it all and it would be a draw soon.} (21... Qc7 $4 {
seems rather safe, but in fact loses instantly to} 22. b4 $1) 22. Qc4 $2 {
To be honest, while my opponent was thinking, I in fact realized that after
the very strong 22.Kg2! I might still be in trouble. I got pretty unhappy and
depressed again, especially because I had just 30 minutes for 18 moves, which
in such a position are just nothing. Strangely enough my opponent failed to
spot this move.} (22. Kg2 $1 {an easy move, if you ask your self what do I
want, and what does my opponent want.} Qa2 $1 {covering the key c4-square was
the saving move.} (22... Qb4 {was my initial intention, but then I realised
that I might end up in an unpleasant ending after Qc4. However White has an
even stronger move} 23. Qc2 $1 (23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Bxe4 Bc7 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26.
Rxc6 {leads to a pleasant edge for White.}) 23... Bb2 24. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 25. Ne5
$1 Raa8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rb1 Rd2 28. Qxc6 Qc3 29. Qxc3 Bxc3 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31.
Nxf7 {and Black's chances to survive aren't that big.}) 23. Qe4 Bc7 24. Qh4 {
and White keeps an edge, but Black is still in the game.}) 22... b5 $2 {
The point was that after Qc4 I for a moment thought that I am in trouble.
However the way my opponent made a move and his expression at the moment
clearly showed me that there is some equaliser in the position! So I "found"
it, and impatiently played it. If I would have thought for half a minute more,
I would most probably find the right way. Great pity, but chess is chess!} (
22... Rxd7 {is not hard, but if you don't see the problem with ...b5 then why
would you try to find it?} 23. Rxd7 b5 24. Qxc6 Rxd7 {with dead equality.}) 23.
axb5 {My opponent played this move too quickly. I already felt something is
wrong, but I couldn't stop my hand from replying.} axb5 $2 {After I saw Qxd7!
I realized that it was actually here that I missed my last chance to save the
game and the tournament.} (23... Raxd7 $1 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. bxc6 Rd8 $1 {
and I actually think that after this important move Black is simply holding.}
26. Be4 (26. c7 $2 Rc8 {is the point}) 26... Bc7 {I don't see how White is
going to break the fortress after I set up something like Qe5, a5 and go with
rook to b8-d8, though of course he can try for a while.}) 24. Qxc6 Raxd7 25.
Qxd7 $1 {It's like in a famous game when Karpov blundered against Kasparov in
one of their games. Hopefully this blunder will not be the only thing in
common between me and the World Champion Anatoly Karpov.} Rxd7 26. Rc8+ Kh7 27.
Rxd7 {Now it's all over.} Kg6 (27... f5 {isn't helping since after} 28. Bh5 {
Black is in a mating net and the e6-pawn is too weak.}) 28. h4 Qa3 29. Kg2 Kf6
30. Rb7 Qd6 31. Ra8 b4 32. Raa7 Qf8 33. h5 Bd6 34. Rd7 Be5 35. Rab7 Qe8 36. Bd1
Bc3 37. Bb3 (37. f4 {wins on the spot, but Black is so hopeless that White can
do whatever he wants anyway.}) 37... Bd2 38. Kf1 Bc3 39. Ke2 Qg8 (39... g6 40.
hxg6 Kxg6 41. Kf1 {followed by Bd1 wins.}) 40. Bc2 Qe8 41. f4 {Finally White
decided to force the win.} g5 42. hxg6 fxg6 43. e4 g5 44. e5+ Bxe5 45. Rf7+ $1
Qxf7 46. fxe5+ Kg7 47. Rxf7+ Kxf7 {And the following moves were unnecessary.}
48. g4 Kg7 49. Kf3 Kf7 50. Bb3 Ke7 51. Ke4 Kf7 52. Bd1 Kg7 53. Kd4 Kg6 54. Kc4
h5 55. gxh5+ Kf5 56. h6 Kg6 57. Bg4 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th playoff"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.08.22"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 h6 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5
Qxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. b4 Nh5 11. Bc7 Nd7 12. b5 cxb5 13. Nxb5 Rc8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6
15. Bxd6 Nhf6 16. f3 Nb8 17. Ne2 Kd7 18. Nc3 Ne8 19. Bf4 Nc6 20. Na4 Ke7 21.
Kd2 f6 22. g4 Bg6 23. Kc3 e5 24. Bg3 Nc7 25. h4 Rcd8 26. f4 Be4 27. Rh2 exd4+
28. exd4 Nb5+ 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. Nb6 b4+ 31. Kb3 Nxd4+ 32. Kxb4 Nc2+ 33. Rxc2
Bxc2 34. Ra7 f5 35. Rxb7+ Ke6 36. Kc3 Bb1 37. Kd4 fxg4 38. b4 Rhe8 39. c6 Kd6
40. c7 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th playoff"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2010.08.22"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. a3 b5 15. b4
Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Rxc4 17. Rd3 e5 18. Bg5 e4 19. Rxd5 Qb6+ 20. Kf1 Nxd5 21. Nxd5
Rxc2 22. Nxb6 exf3 23. Nxd7 fxg2+ 24. Kf2 Re8 25. Be3 Bc8 26. Nc5 Bg4 0-1

[Event "IND-ch U15"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2010.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Anshuman, Srivas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "1675"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be3 N8d7 11. Qb3 Nf6 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Rac1
Rac8 15. h3 Rfd8 16. a4 Qb8 17. Ng5 Bc4 18. a5 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Nbd7 20. e5 Nd5
21. e6 fxe6 22. Nxe6 Re8 23. Bf4 Nxf4 24. N2xf4 Qd6 25. Qb3 Kh8 26. Rc3 g5 27.
Nxg5 Qxf4 28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Rf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 e6 31. Nd6 1-0

[Event "IND-ch U15"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kathirvel, M."]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. Qd1 Rc8 14. Qe2 Re8 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. f4 Nc5 19. Bb1 b4 20. Nd1 a5 21. Qg4
Ba6 22. Rf2 Ne4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rd2 Rc1 26. h3 Bd3 27. Kh2 Qc5
28. Qh4 Rc2 29. Qf2 a4 30. b3 a3 31. Qe1 Kh7 32. Nf2 Qc3 33. Nxd3 Rxd2 34. Nc5
Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qxe1 36. Nxe4 Qxe3 37. Nd6 Qxf4 38. Nc4 Qxc4 39. Kg3 Qxb3+ 40.
axb3 a2 41. h4 a1=Q 42. h5 Qxe5+ 43. Kh3 Qxh5+ 44. Kg3 e5 45. Kf2 Qh3 46. Ke2
e4 47. Kf2 Qxb3 48. Ke2 Qd3+ 49. Ke1 Qc2 50. Kf1 b3 51. Ke1 b2 52. Kf1 b1=R#
0-1

[Event "IND-ch U15"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 exd4 7. Nxd4 Ngf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. f3 Nc5 11. Qd2 Ne6 12. Rad1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. b3 c6
15. Bf2 Nh5 16. Bd4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Qg5 18. Qd2 Nf4 19. g3 Nxe2+ 20. Nxe2 Qc5+
21. Qd4 Qa5 22. Rd2 a6 23. Rfd1 Rad8 24. Nf4 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. h4 b4 27. h5
Qg5 28. Kg2 d5 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Qxb4 h5 31. Qc5 h4 32. Qf2 Bc8 33. exd5 Rf8
34. Rd4 cxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Qf6 37. Qd4 Qxd4 38. Rxd4 g5 39. Ng6 h3+
40. Kh2 Re8 41. Ne7+ Rxe7 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. Rxc8 Re2+ 44. Kxh3 Rxa2 45. Kg4 Ra3
46. Rb8 Ra5 47. b4 Rd5 48. b5 Kg6 49. Rg8+ Kf6 50. b6 Rb5 51. b7 Rxb7 52. Rxg5
Rb4+ 53. f4 Kf7 54. Ra5 Rb3 55. Ra6 Kg7 56. f5 Rc3 57. Kf4 Kf7 58. g4 Rc4+ 59.
Kg5 Rc8 60. Ra7+ Kg8 61. Kg6 Kh8 62. g5 Rg8+ 63. Kh6 Rf8 64. f6 Kg8 65. Kg6 Kh8
66. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "IND-ch U15"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bf5 3. f3 e6 4. e4 Bg6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. e5 Nge7 8. Nge2
Nf5 9. Bf2 Ba5 10. Qd2 Nb4 11. Nf4 Nxd3+ 12. Nxd3 Bb6 13. Ne2 Qd7 14. c3 a6 15.
Nef4 Ne7 16. h4 O-O-O 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. a4 f6 19. b4 Rdf8 20. a5 Ba7 21. Qe2 g5
22. O-O-O gxh4 23. Bxh4 Ng6 24. Bg3 f5 25. Kb2 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Qe7 27. f4 Qf7 28.
Be1 Rh8 29. Rxh8+ Nxh8 30. Bh4 Qg6 31. Be7 Nf7 32. Bc5 b6 33. Nc1 Kb7 34. Be7
Qh6 35. Qf1 Qh2 36. Nb3 Nh6 37. b5 Ng4 38. bxa6+ Kc6 39. Qf3 Qg1 40. axb6 cxb6
41. Nd2 Qe1 42. Kc2 b5 43. Bc5 Bxc5 44. dxc5 Ne3+ 45. Kd3 Nc4 46. Nxc4 bxc4+
47. Kc2 Kxc5 48. a7 Qa1 49. Qe3+ Kc6 50. Qd4 Qa5 51. Qe3 g6 52. Qg3 Qxa7 53.
Qxg6 Qf2+ 54. Kb1 Qe1+ 55. Kc2 Qe2+ 56. Kb1 Qd1+ 57. Kb2 Qb3+ 58. Kc1 Qxc3+ 59.
Kb1 Qe1+ 60. Ka2 Qd2+ 61. Kb1 c3 62. Qxe6+ Kc5 63. Qc8+ Kd4 64. e6 Qb2# 0-1

[Event "IND-ch U15"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "G, Akash"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 e6 8. e4
exd5 9. exd5 d6 10. c4 g6 11. Qe2+ Kd8 12. Qc2 Bg7 13. Bd3 Re8+ 14. Ne2 Na6 15.
a3 Ke7 16. O-O Kf8 17. Kh1 Qd8 18. Nbc3 Nc7 19. Ng3 Kg8 20. Bf4 b5 21. Rad1
bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rb8 23. b3 a6 24. a4 h6 25. Qc1 g5 26. Bd2 Qd7 27. Nce4 Nh7 28.
Nh5 f5 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Bc3+ Kg6 31. Ng3 Qf7 32. Bb2 h5 33. Qc3 h4 34. Ne4
fxe4 35. fxe4 Qg8 36. e5 Rxe5 37. Qa5 Ne8 38. Bxe5 dxe5 39. d6 Be6 40. Bxe6
Qxe6 41. d7 Nef6 42. d8=Q Rxd8 43. Qxd8 e4 44. Rd6 Qe5 45. Qg8+ Kh6 46. Re6 Qc3
47. Qf7 1-0

[Event "IND-ch U15"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Be3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qd2
Bg6 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. a3 Na6 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. O-O-O O-O
15. Rhe1 Nc5 16. Qc4 a6 17. g4 b5 18. Qe2 Nb7 19. Nd4 Rfe8 20. Qf3 Na5 21. Nc6
Nc4 22. Bd4 Nh7 23. Ne4 Ng5 24. Qf4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Bf8 26. Rde1 a5 27. h4 a4 28.
h5 gxh5 29. gxh5 Qh3 30. Rg1 Rxe4 31. Qxe4 Qh2 32. Ne7+ Bxe7 33. Rxg7+ Kf8 34.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qg6+ Kf8 36. Bg7+ Kg8 37. Bh6+ Kh8 38. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "IND-ch U15"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2010.09.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Shashaank, DS."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b5 12. Qb3 c6 13. e4 a6 14. Nd2 Bd6 15.
Be3 Bc7 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Qb1 Qc8 18. f4 f5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. c4 Kh8
22. cxd5 Rd8 23. Rc2 Ba5 24. Rec1 Kh7 25. Nb1 Qd6 26. Bf2 Nd7 27. Qd3 g6 28.
Qa3 Qxa3 29. Nxa3 Nf6 30. Re2 Re8 31. Re5 Kg8 32. d6 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Bb4 34. Nb1
Bxd6 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Rc6 Ne4 37. d5 Ra8 38. Nc3 Nxc3 39. Rxc3 Kf7 40. Rc6
Ke7 41. Bd4 a5 42. Rb6 Rb8 43. Rxd6 Kxd6 44. Be5+ Kxd5 45. Bxb8 b4 46. Kf3 a4
47. Ke3 Kc4 48. Be5 h5 49. h4 Kd5 50. Kd3 Kc5 51. Bf6 a3 52. Be7+ Kb5 53. Kc2
1-0

[Event "IND-ch U15"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2010.09.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Antonio, Viani D'Cunha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 f5 6. h5 d6 7. Ne2 Nd7 8. Nf4
c6 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. c3 Nf6 11. Be2 g5 12. h6 Bf8 13. Nh5 Bxh6 14. Ng3 Bg7 15. Qc2
f4 16. exf4 gxf4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qe6 19. Qxf4 O-O-O 20. Kf1 h5 21. Bd3
Nd5 22. Qf3 Kb8 23. a4 Qg4 24. Bf5 Qxf3 25. Nxf3 Bf6 26. Be4 Nf4 27. g3 Ne6 28.
Nh4 d5 29. Bf5 Ng7 30. Bd3 c5 31. dxc5 Ne6 32. Nf5 Nxc5 33. Be2 d4 34. cxd4 Nb3
35. Rd1 Nxd4 36. Nxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Bxd4 38. b3 Rc8 39. Bc4 Rc5 40. Rh4 Bf6 41.
Rf4 Bd8 42. Bxf7 Kc7 43. Kg2 Be7 44. Kh3 a6 45. Re4 Bd8 46. f4 1-0

[Event "IND-ch U15"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2010.09.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c3 Qd7 6. a4 Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Kh8 10. h3 Be6 11. b4 Ng8 12. Nf1 f5 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. exf5 Qxf5 15.
b5 Nd8 16. Ng3 Qg6 17. Be3 Ne6 18. c4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Re4 Raf8 21. Rxf4
Rxf4 22. Qe2 Rf8 23. Qe3 Ra8 24. Ne4 Bf6 25. c5 d5 26. Nxf6 gxf6 27. d4 e4 28.
Nh4 Qg5 29. Qxg5 fxg5 30. Nf5 Rf8 31. g4 Rf6 32. Rb1 h6 33. c6 bxc6 34. Rc1
cxb5 35. axb5 Rf7 36. Rc6 Kh7 37. Ra6 Nf6 38. Rxa7 Kg6 39. Ra6 Kh7 40. Rc6 h5
41. Ne3 hxg4 42. hxg4 Kg7 43. Kf1 Rd7 44. Ke2 Kf7 45. Kd2 Ne8 46. Kc3 Ng7 47.
Rh6 Rd8 48. Rc6 Ne6 49. Kb4 Ke7 50. b6 Kd7 51. bxc7 Kxc6 52. cxd8=Q Nxd8 53.
Kc3 Ne6 54. Nf5 Nf4 55. Kd2 Nh3 56. Ke3 Ng1 57. Ng3 Nf3 58. Nxe4 dxe4 59. Kxe4
Nh4 60. f4 gxf4 61. Kxf4 Kd5 62. g5 Kxd4 63. Kg4 Ng6 64. Kf5 Ne5 65. g6 Nxg6
66. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch U15"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2010.09.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. a3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Bd6 7. Bg2 Be5 8. Bd2 Na6
9. Nh3 Nc5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nf4 a5 12. O-O a4 13. Rad1 Qe8 14. Be3 Bxf4 15. Bxf4
d6 16. Be3 e5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Qxf5 Nxd5 19. Qc2 Nxc3 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. bxc3
Rxb7 22. Rb1 Rxb1 23. Qxb1 Qb8 24. e3 Qb3 25. Qxb3 axb3 26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Kf1 Kf7
28. e4 Ke6 29. Ke2 g5 30. Rb2 g4 31. Ke3 c6 32. Kd3 h5 33. Rb1 Kd7 34. Rb2 Kc7
35. Kd2 d5 36. cxd5 c4 37. Kc1 cxd5 38. exd5 Kd6 39. Rd2 Rb5 40. Kb2 Rxd5 41.
Re2 Rd3 42. a4 Kd5 43. a5 Ke6 44. a6 Rd6 45. Kb1 Rxa6 46. f4 gxf3 47. Re3 f2
48. Rf3 Ra2 49. h3 Re2 50. g4 hxg4 51. hxg4 e4 0-1

[Event "IND-ch U15"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2010.09.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Anurag, Mhamal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "230"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nd3 Qe7 12. e3 Rac8 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Rac1 c5 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qc2 Qf8 20. Rd2 Be7 21.
Rcd1 Qe8 22. a4 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rd8 24. a5 Nc8 25. Bf1 Bf6 26. Be2 Qe7 27. Bc3
Qc7 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qb2 Nd6 30. b4 Qc7 31. bxc5 Qxc5 32. Nd7 Bxc3 33. Qxc3
Qc7 34. Ne5 Ba6 35. Qd4 h6 36. h4 Nb7 37. Qxa7 Qxa5 38. Qb8+ Qd8 39. Qxd8+ Nxd8
40. Kf1 Kf8 41. c5 Bxe2+ 42. Kxe2 Ke7 43. Kd2 Nb7 44. c6 Nd6 45. Kc3 Nc8 46. h5
Kd6 47. Kd4 Na7 48. g4 Nb5+ 49. Kc4 Nc7 50. Ng6 Kxc6 51. gxf5 exf5 52. Ne7+ Kd6
53. Nxf5+ Ke5 54. Ng3 Ne6 55. Ne2 Nf8 56. Nf4 Nd7 57. Kc3 Nf6 58. Kd2 Kf5 59.
Ke2 Kg4 60. Kf1 Nxh5 61. Ng6 Kf5 62. Ne7+ Ke6 63. Nc6 Nf6 64. Kg2 g5 65. Nd8+
Ke7 66. Nc6+ Ke6 67. Nd8+ Ke7 68. Nc6+ Ke6 69. Nd8+ Kf5 70. Nf7 Kg6 71. Ne5+
Kf5 72. Nf7 h5 73. Nd6+ Kg4 74. Nf7 h4 75. Nh6+ Kh5 76. Nf5 Nd7 77. Nd6 Nc5 78.
Kh3 g4+ 79. Kh2 Kg5 80. Kg2 Kf6 81. Kh2 Nd3 82. Kg2 Ke5 83. Nf7+ Ke6 84. Ng5+
Kf5 85. Nf7 Ne1+ 86. Kf1 h3 87. Kg1 Nf3+ 88. Kh1 Ke6 89. Nd8+ Kd5 90. Ne6 Ne5
91. Ng5 Nd3 92. Kg1 Ne1 93. Kh1 Ke5 94. Nf7+ Ke6 95. Nh6 Nd3 96. Nxg4 Kf5 97.
Nh6+ Kg6 98. Ng4 Kg5 99. Nh2 Nxf2+ 100. Kg1 Nd1 101. Nf1 Kg4 102. Nd2 Nc3 103.
Kh2 Kh4 104. Kg1 Kg3 105. Kh1 Kg4 106. Kh2 Kh4 107. Kg1 Ne2+ 108. Kf2 Ng3 109.
Kg1 Kg4 110. Kh2 Kh4 111. Kg1 Ne2+ 112. Kh2 Nc3 113. Kg1 Kg3 114. Kh1 h2 115.
Nxe4+ Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Infante Guerrero, Miguel Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Dominican Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DOM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rab1 Na6 13. a3 Rac8 14. Qc2 Rfd8 15.
e4 Bc6 16. Qe2 h6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Nd2 Bf8 21. Qd3
Qc7 22. Ne4 Bg4 23. f3 Bh5 24. Bh3 Bg6 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26. Rd2 Nc7 27. Re1 Ne6
28. Be3 Qc6 29. Qd5 Qc7 30. Bf2 Rb8 31. f4 Bh7 32. f5 Nd4 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. b4
Rc8 35. Rxd4 Qb6 36. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Genba, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia IV"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. c4 e5 8. Nc3
Re8 9. Qc2 h5 10. O-O-O c6 11. h3 a6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ng5 Qa5 14. a3 Nf8 15.
Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Qc3 Qxc3+ 18. Nxc3 b5 19. c5 h4 20. b4 e4 21. Nb1 a5
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nc3 Nd7 24. Kb2 Ne5 25. Rd4 Ra7 26. Rhd1 Rea8 27. Rd6 axb4
28. axb4 Ra3 29. R1d4 R8a7 30. Bf1 Kf8 31. Rd1 Ke7 32. Rb1 Be6 33. Kc2 f5 34.
Be2 g5 35. f4 exf3 36. Bxf3 R7a6 37. Be2 Bf7 38. Bd3 Be6 39. Be2 f4 40. exf4
Bf5+ 41. Kd2 Nf7 42. Bd3 Nxd6 43. cxd6+ Kf6 44. fxg5+ Kxg5 45. Rf1 Bxd3 46.
Kxd3 c5 47. bxc5 b4 48. Kd4 Rxc3 49. d7 Ra8 50. Kd5 Rd3+ 51. Ke6 b3 52. Ke7
Re3+ 53. Kd6 Rd3+ 54. Ke7 b2 55. Rb1 Re3+ 56. Kd6 Kf6 57. c6 Rd3+ 58. Kc7 Rd2
59. Kb7 Ra1 60. c7 Rxd7 61. Rxb2 Rc1 62. Rb6+ Ke5 63. Rc6 Rxc6 64. Kxc6 Rd1 65.
c8=R Rc1+ 66. Kd7 Rxc8 67. Kxc8 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Jurcik, Marian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 a5 10. a3 Be7 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Be3 Qa6 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Ne5 a4 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. Red1 Nxe5
21. dxe5 Qa5 22. Qe4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 b5
27. Kf1 h5 28. Ke2 Kh7 29. cxb5 cxb5 30. Ke3 Kg6 31. Ke4 f5+ 32. exf6 gxf6 33.
f4 f5+ 34. Kd3 Kf7 35. Be3 Ke8 36. Bd2 Bd6 37. g3 Kd7 38. Bb4 Bc7 39. Bc5 Kc6
40. Bd4 Kd5 41. Be3 e5 42. Bd2 e4+ 43. Ke2 Bb6 44. Be3 Bxe3 45. Kxe3 Kc5 46. h3
Kd5 47. Kd2 Kd4 48. Ke2 e3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 c5 4. Bxc4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Qc7 6. Bb3 dxe3 7. Bxe3 e6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nb5 Qa5 11. Nfd4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rc1 a6 14. Nd6+
Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Ne4 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Ba3 Qg5 18. f4 Qd8 19. Qe1 h5 20. h3 h4 21.
Kh2 Qd3 22. f5 Qg3+ 23. Kg1 Qxe1 24. Rfxe1 exf5 25. Rc5 Kd7 26. Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
$5 {This move is not the most common and it came as a surprise for me.} ({
Much more popular are both} 8. Rc1) ({and} 8. Qb3 {.}) 8... dxc4 9. O-O $1 {
The point of the previous move. With the bishop on d3, White would be forced
to take on c4. Here we have an extra opportunity for White.} c5 ({The
alternative was} 9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 b5 11. a4 c6 12. Ne5 a6 13. Bf3 {but I
believe White has serious compensation for the pawn.}) 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Bxc4 ({
It was also possible to try} 11. a3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 (12. axb4 d3) 12... Ba5 {
but I believe Black shouldn't be worse here.}) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Rd8 $6 ({
This natural move is probably not very good. Black should think about
development of bishop and knight first, rooks aren't so important at this
moment. Probably best was} 12... Bd7 {(preparing Nb8-c6) and it's not so easy
to show what White really has for Black's pair of bishops, eg.} 13. a3 (13. Qb3
Nc6) 13... Ba5 14. Qh5 Nc6 $1 {and Black is extremely fine.}) ({Also possible,
but I believe slightly suspicious is the move} 12... e5 13. Nb3 ({Probably
White has nothing for achieving control over the d5-square after} 13. Nb5 Rd8
14. Qb3 a6 15. Nbc3 Bxc3 16. Nxc3 b5 17. Bd5 Bb7) 13... Nd7 14. a3 Nb6 15. Bd3
(15. Be2 Rd8) 15... f5 16. axb4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxb4) 13. Qh5 $1 {I believe this
move was prepared by Anish. The idea of this move is very simple - White wants
to create an attack before Black develops his pieces. The other very important
factor is that the queen from h5 takes the a5-square under control.} Qf8 $5 {
At the first sight this move looks stupid, but it's not so sensless. Black
wants to keep his pair of bishops on the board and frees the square e7 for the
bishop.} ({I can't believe that} 13... Qc7 {was a real alternative. After the
logical} 14. Rac1 Nc6 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 {Black has a
worse structure and must suffer.} 18. Rc4 Be7 19. Rfc1 Rd5 20. Qe2 Rad8 21. f4
$5 $14) 14. f4 {It was not a surprise for me when Anish played that move. The
f-pawn is getting really annoying!} Nc6 {During the game I considered this
move as the only option, because Black must hurry up with development. Of
course, Black will have a very bad structure, but White also has some problems
with e3 now.} 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. g4 $6 {This move is very risky and objectively
simply weak. White is going to mate Black, but at the same time the white king
is getting very weak.} ({The natural} 16. Rad1 Be7 17. Qe5 $5 {was much better
for White.}) 16... Rd5 $5 {Well... when I realised that this move is not
totally stupid, I couldn't stop my hands. I was pretty sure that Black's
compensation - a strong centre, the bishop pair and a weak white king - would
be enough in a practical game.} ({However, much better was the simple, but not
obvious} 16... Bd2 $1 17. Nxd2 (17. Rf3 Qb4 $1) 17... Rxd2 {and Black is fine.}
) 17. g5 $1 ({The strongest reaction. The immediate capture was not correct:} 
17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Ng3 (18. Nf2 Ba6) 18... Bd2 19. Rf3 Qb4 {and Black's
position is superb.}) 17... f5 $2 ({This move is a mistake. I thought that the
pawn on f5 will allow Black to keep the centre under serious control. However,
there is a serious drawback - the black king will be also very weak. The
correct decision was} 17... Be7 $1 {and now White should make a move like Rf2
because after} 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nd2 hxg5 20. fxg5 g6 21. Qh4 Rb8 22. b3 Qd8 {
Black has a fine position.}) 18. Bxd5 exd5 (18... cxd5 {was completely
sensless, as well as after} 19. Nf2 Ba6 20. Rfc1 {Black would be mated quickly.
}) 19. Ng3 {Starting from here my opponent started to play a bit strangely. In
fact I was not surprised - this is not a position which is easy to play -
White is better, but it's not so simple to decide how to play. You must be
also very careful - one wrong move can lose the game when Black has such
strong bishops!} Kh7 $1 {The only move. Black wants to have the opportunity to
play g6 after gxh6.} 20. Qf3 $2 ({The first strange move. Computers indicates
that quick action against the black king should be decisive:} 20. Rf3 $1 Bd7
21. Ne2 $1 Re8 22. Rg3 Bc5 (22... g6 23. Qxh6+ Qxh6 24. gxh6 {is hopeless.})
23. Kf2 Re6 {and Black is not losing by force, but problems are visible.})
20... Bd7 21. Kh1 $2 {Anish wanted to put his rooks on the g-file, but the
king in the corner is not really well placed, when the opponent's
white-squared bishop is still on the board! However, it's not so easy to find
a logical plan anymore.} Re8 22. Rad1 g6 {This move is always useful.} 23. gxh6
Qe7 {At this moment I liked my position, I even thought that I might be better.
Black has some threats (a weak e3-pawn, plan of opening the h1-a8 diagonal)
and at the same time White is just moving pieces without any idea.} 24. Rd3 Bc8
$1 {The bishop is not only intending to attack the rooks from a6, but also
visit the b7-square (which is protected!) one day.} 25. Rg1 c5 $1 {This is
what I wanted to play, when Anish put his king to h1.} 26. Rxd5 ({There's
nothing else to do, you can only lose playing moves like} 26. a3 {after the
simple} d4) 26... Bb7 27. Rgd1 ({There is nothing better than this.} 27. Qg2 {
is losing because of} Qf7 28. Rgd1 (28. e4 fxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 $1 30. Rd7 Re7)
28... Rxe3 29. Kg1 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Bxe1) ({, but also possible was} 27. Kg2 Bd2
28. Rd1 Bxe3 29. Rd7 Bxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Bd4 31. Rxe7+ Rxe7 {with more or less
equal chances.}) 27... c4 $4 ({What a pity! I played this game in very
interesting fashion and at the final moment I couldn't find the move. The idea
of moving c5-c4 is correct - the bishop from b4 must be included in the game.
The problem is, that the moment is wrong! I should have played the "obvious"} 
27... Rd8 $1 {and after} 28. e4 $2 ({The correct move is} 28. Kg2 Rxd5 29. Rxd5
Bd2 {with a, probably, drawish endgame.}) 28... fxe4 29. Qxe4 {Black has a
fantastic blow:} c4 $3 {Right now! The bishop is entering the game again,
defending the queen. The game for White is over, as well as after} 30. Kg1 {
Black has another beautiful trick:} Qc5+ $1) 28. e4 $1 {I overlooked many
things here (also Kg2 was ok) but this move is best.} fxe4 29. Qe3 $1 {White
gives the exchange back, but now all black pawns are extremely weak.} Bxd5 30.
Rxd5 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Qxe4 {This endgame is probably lost. Usually Q+N
cooperate better than Q+B and this is not an exception.} Qd1+ ({The "smart"} 
32... c3 {does not help:} 33. Qxb4 c2 34. Qc3 $1) 33. Kg2 Qd2+ 34. Kh3 Bd6 35.
Kg4 Kxh6 36. Qxc4 {White is two pawns up, so the rest is simple.} Qd1+ 37. Qe2
Qd5 38. b3 Qd4 39. Qe4 Qa1 40. Qd5 Bf8 41. f5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia II"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Ng5 g6 16. Qh4 h5 17. Be2 c4 18. Bd2 Bg4 19. f3 Bf5 20. Bc3 Rae8 21. Rd5
Bc5 22. Kh1 Bxe3 23. Qg3 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 f6 25. Qg3 Rd8 26. Rad1 Rxd5 27. Rxd5
Re8 28. Qh4 Be6 29. Rd1 Qf7 30. a5 Bf5 31. Rd6 g5 32. Qd4 Bd3 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34.
h3 Re6 35. Rd8+ Re8 36. Rd6 Re6 37. Rd8+ Re8 38. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Nb5 cxd4 11. Nbxd4 Bb6 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. b4 a6 14. Nbd4 Bc7
15. Qc2 Nb6 16. Bb3 e5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 e4 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Bxe5 21.
Bb2 Rac8 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. f4 exf3 26. gxf3 Ne7 27.
f4 Bc7 28. Kg2 Ne4 29. Ba2 Nd6 30. Kf3 Kf8 31. e4 Ke8 32. e5 Ndf5 33. Nxf5 Nxf5
34. Bd5 b6 35. Ke4 g6 36. Bc3 h6 37. Be1 Ne7 38. Bb7 a5 39. bxa5 bxa5 40. Bf2
Nf5 41. Ba6 Bd8 42. Bb5+ Kf8 43. Bd7 Be7 44. a4 Ng7 45. Be1 Bd8 46. Kd5 Ke7 47.
Bg4 f5 48. exf6+ Kxf6 49. Bh4+ g5 50. fxg5+ hxg5 51. Be1 Nf5 52. Bc3+ Kg6 53.
Bd2 Kf6 54. h3 Ng3 55. Be1 Nf1 56. Bc3+ Ke7 57. Bd4 Bc7 58. Be2 Ng3 59. Bg4 Nf1
60. Kc4 Bf4 61. Kd3 Bd6 62. Ke2 Ng3+ 63. Kf3 Nf1 64. Bf5 Ng3 65. Bc8 Bc7 66.
Bf2 Nh5 67. Kg4 Nf6+ 68. Kf5 Nd5 69. Bb7 Nf4 70. Kg4 Kf6 71. Be3 Ne6 72. Bc8
Bf4 73. Bb6 Bc7 74. Bf2 Bf4 75. Bd7 Ke7 76. Bb5 Bd2 77. Kf5 Nf4 78. Bc5+ Kf7
79. Bf1 Kg7 80. Bd4+ Kh6 81. Kg4 Nd5 82. Bd3 Be3 83. Bb2 Bd2 84. Be4 Bc3 85.
Bc1 Nf6+ 86. Kf5 Nxe4 87. Kxe4 Kh5 88. Kf5 Kh4 89. Bxg5+ Kxh3 90. Bd8 Be1 91.
Bc7 Bb4 92. Kf4 Kh4 93. Kf5 Kh5 94. Bf4 Be1 95. Be3 Bb4 96. Bb6 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. Qa4+
Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Be3 Rhd8 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Bb5+ Kd6 19. Rad1 Kc5 20.
Re5+ Kd6 21. Ree1 Kc5 22. Re5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Khamrakulov, Djurabek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 b4 15. Qf1
Bd5 16. Be1 h6 17. Nbd2 a5 18. a4 bxa3 19. bxa3 a4 20. Nc4 Nb8 21. Nfe5 Nbd7
22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Na5 Bd6 24. Nec6 Ra6 25. Qb5 Nb8 26. Bb4 Nxc6 27. Rxc6 Ra7
28. Rac1 Rb8 29. Qxa4 Nd7 30. R1c3 Nb6 31. Qc2 Nc4 32. Nxc4 Bxb4 33. Ne5 Bxc3
34. Rxc3 Rxa3 35. Rxa3 Qxa3 36. Qxc7 Rf8 37. Qd7 Qa8 38. Nc6 Kh8 39. Kg2 Re8
40. h4 Qc8 41. Qxd5 Qb7 42. Qc4 Ra8 43. d5 Qb1 44. Qb4 Qd3 45. Qd4 Qb1 46. d6
Qb7 47. Qd5 Ra5 48. Qxa5 Qxc6+ 49. Kh2 Qxd6 50. Qa8+ Kh7 51. Qe4+ g6 52. h5 f5
53. Qc4 Qd7 54. hxg6+ Kxg6 55. Qg8+ Kf6 56. Qa8 h5 57. Kg2 Qd6 58. Qh8+ Kg6 59.
Qg8+ Kf6 60. Qc4 Kg6 61. Kh2 Qd2 62. Qe6+ Kg5 63. Kg2 Qc2 64. Qd6 Qe4+ 65. f3
Qa8 66. Qe6 Qb7 67. e4 f4 68. Qd5+ Qxd5 69. exd5 fxg3 70. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. h3 h6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Bd3
O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. Re2 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Rde1 Bb4 19. Qxb4 Rxe2 20.
Rxe2 Qxf4 21. a3 Qd6 22. Qe1 Rf8 23. Re5 Kd7 24. Qa5 c6 25. Re3 Re8 26. Qb6 Qb8
27. Rb3 Kc8 28. Rg3 g6 29. Qb4 Qc7 30. Qd2 h5 31. Rf3 Kb8 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4
Ka7 34. g5 Re4 35. Rf6 Re6 36. Rf3 Qe7 37. Qc3 f6 38. gxf6 Rxf6 39. Re3 Qd6 40.
f3 Re6 41. Re5 Rf6 42. a4 Rf8 43. a5 Ka8 44. Ka2 Qf6 45. Re3 Qd6 46. Qb3 Qf4
47. Qc3 g5 48. Re6 Rb8 49. Rg6 Rf8 50. Re6 Rb8 51. Qd3 Rf8 52. Qa3 Rb8 53. Qc3
g4 54. fxg4 Qxg4 55. Re1 Qg6 56. Qc5 Qf5 57. Ka3 Qf2 58. Qc3 Qf8+ 59. Ka2 Qf2
60. Re6 Qf8 61. Re5 Qf1 62. b3 Qf2 63. Kb2 Qf4 64. Re3 Qf6 65. Rf3 Qg7 66. Qc5
Rd8 67. Re3 Qh8 68. Re7 Qf8 69. Rd7 Qg8 70. Rc7 Rc8 71. Rxc8+ Qxc8 72. c4 Qe6
73. cxd5 Qxd5 74. Qxd5 cxd5 75. Ka3 b6 76. Kb4 Kb7 77. axb6 Kxb6 78. Ka4 a5 79.
b4 axb4 80. Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vuckovic, Bojan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qf4 O-O 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Ra7
15. Nd4 Rc7 16. b3 Re8 17. e3 Qc8 18. Qb1 Nd7 19. a4 Rc5 20. Ra2 Bf6 21. Rad2
Be7 22. Rc2 Ne5 23. h3 g6 24. Qa2 Bf8 25. f4 Nd7 26. b4 Rc7 27. b5 a5 28. Nc6
Nb8 29. Qb3 Nxc6 30. bxc6 Rxc6 31. Bxc6 Qxc6 32. Kf2 Rc8 33. Rcc1 Be7 34. Qb5
h5 35. Qxc6 Rxc6 36. Ke2 Kf8 37. Kd3 Ke8 38. e4 Kd7 39. Rb1 f5 40. Re1 Bf6 41.
Rb5 e5 42. fxe5 dxe5 43. c5 bxc5 44. Kc4 Rd6 45. Rxc5 Rd4+ 46. Kb5 fxe4 47. Rc4
Rd5+ 48. Kb6 Bd8+ 49. Ka6 Be7 50. Rexe4 Bb4 51. g4 hxg4 52. Rxg4 Rd6+ 53. Kb7
Ke7 54. Rc6 Ke6 55. Kb6 Kd5 56. Rxd6+ Kxd6 57. Rxg6+ Kd5 58. h4 e4 59. Rg8 e3
60. Re8 Kd4 61. h5 Kd3 62. h6 e2 63. h7 Bc3 64. Ka6 Kd2 65. Rd8+ Kc2 66. Rc8
e1=Q 67. h8=Q Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 1011"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ree, Hans"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2010.09.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Amsterdam Caissa"]
[BlackTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 Bxf3 6. exf3 e6 7. Bg2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Ba3 h5 10. Nc3 h4 11. f4 Bf8 12. Bb2 Be7 13. g4 h3 14. Bf3 {.....}
1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 1011"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Wessel, Rudy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2010.09.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[BlackTeam "Leiden LSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Qe1 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 O-O 14. h3 d4 15.
cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Bc3 Qf4 18. Ba5 Rd7 19. Qe2 c5 20. Rad1 c4 21. Bc2
Bc5 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. e6 Bxe6 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Qh6 26. Qxc5 Rc8 27. Qe5
Qg6 28. Rd1 Rc6 29. Rd4 Qf5 30. Qg3 Bc8 31. Bc3 Rg6 32. Qe3 Qg5 33. Qe4 Bf5 34.
Qf3 Bd3 35. Rf4 f6 36. Kh2 Qc5 37. Rh4+ Rh6 38. Rg4 Rg6 39. Rh4+ Rh6 40. Rxh6+
Kxh6 41. a3 a5 42. Qf4+ Qg5 43. Qb8 Kg6 44. Bxa5 Qe5+ 45. Qxe5 fxe5 46. g4 Kf6
47. h4 g6 48. f3 Be2 49. Kg3 Bd1 50. Bd2 Kf7 51. Bh6 Kf6 52. Bf8 Kf7 53. Bb4
Kf6 54. Ba5 Kf7 55. Be1 Kf6 56. Ba5 Kf7 57. Bc3 Ke6 58. Kf2 Bc2 59. Ke3 Bd1 60.
Be1 Kd5 61. Ba5 Ke6 62. Bd8 Kd5 63. Bf6 Ke6 64. Bg7 Kd5 65. h5 gxh5 66. gxh5
Bc2 67. Kd2 Bh7 68. Kc3 e4 69. f4 Bf5 70. Kb4 Kc6 71. Bd4 Bh7 72. Be3 Bf5 73.
h6 Bg6 74. a4 bxa4 75. Kxc4 Kd6 76. Kb4 Ke6 77. Kxa4 Kf7 78. b4 Bf5 79. b5 Bd7
80. Kb4 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 1011"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2011.01.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Braun, Christian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2010.09.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Voerendaal"]
[BlackTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 Qc7 8.
Qf3 b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Bd3 e6 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g4 Nd7 14. Qe3 b4
15. Nce2 g6 16. Ng3 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nf3 Qxe3+ 19. Rxe3 h5 20. g5 h4 21.
Nf1 Rc8 22. N1d2 Be7 23. Nc4 Rc5 24. Be2 a5 25. Nd6+ Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Ke7 27. Rd2
Nb6 28. Ne1 Rc7 29. Nf3 Rc5 30. Ne1 Rc7 31. Nf3 Rh5 32. a3 Nd7 33. axb4 axb4
34. Rb3 Bxe4 35. Rxb4 Nc5 36. Nxe5 Rxg5 37. Nf3 Rg4 38. Ne5 Rg5 39. Nf3 Rg2 40.
Rc4 Bb7 41. b4 Ne6 42. Rxc7+ Nxc7 43. Nxh4 Rxh2 44. Nf3 Rh1+ 45. Kb2 Nd5 46.
Ne5 Rh2 47. Kb3 Ba8 48. Nc4 Nf4 49. Bg4 Rxd2 50. Nxd2 Ne6 51. Kc4 g5 52. b5 Kd6
53. Bxe6 Kxe6 54. Kd4 g4 55. Ke3 g3 56. c4 Kd6 57. Nf3 Kc5 58. Ne5 f5 59. Nd3+
Kxc4 60. Ne1 Kc3 61. Kf4 Kd2 62. Kxg3 Kxe1 63. Kf4 Be4 64. b6 Kd2 65. b7 Bxb7
66. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 1011"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Zaragatski, Ilja"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.09.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Homburg Apeldoorn"]
[BlackTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 c6 4. Nc3 d6 5. a4 a5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Nd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. c3 Nf6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Bg5 Rd8
15. Bh4 Bg4 16. Bxf6 Bxe2 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfe1 Ba6 19. Re5 Rab8 20. Qa3 e6
21. h4 Qd6 22. b4 b6 23. b5 Qxa3 24. Rxa3 Bc8 25. f4 Rb7 26. Kf2 Rc7 27. Ke2
Bd7 28. Nf3 f6 29. Re3 h5 30. Kd2 Kf7 31. Ra1 Ke7 32. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 1011"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2011.04.09"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bosch, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.09.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[BlackTeam "Calder HMC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 15.
g4 hxg4 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Rxh5 gxh5 18. Nd5 Rxd5 19. Bxd5 Qb6 20. Bb3 e6 21. Qh2
a5 22. a4 Qc5 23. Qxh5 Nxf3 24. Nxf3 gxf3 25. Qg4 Qe5 26. c3 b5 27. Bc2 bxa4
28. Bf4 Qf6 29. e5 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 1011"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2011.05.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vandevoort, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.09.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[BlackTeam "Rotterdam"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Ng4 9. e3 Nge5 10. b3 d6 11. Nde2 Bf5 12. e4 Bd7 13. h3 f5 14. f4 Nf7 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Qd2 Qc8 18. Kh2 Nh6 19. g4 Nf7 20. Ng3 e6 21. Rad1
Ne7 22. Nce4 d5 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Bc6 26. Qb2 Nd8 27. Nd6 Qc7
28. Qe5 Qg7 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. f5 Nc6 32. Nxb7 gxf5 33. gxf5 Ne5
34. Nc5 Nf3+ 35. Rxf3 Bxf3 36. Nxe6+ Kf6 37. Rd3 1-0

[Event "IND-ch U19 40th"]
[Site "Puri"]
[Date "2010.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lokesh, P."]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. h3 Bf8 15. d4
Qc7 16. Nf1 h6 17. b3 Nc6 18. d5 Ne7 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. d6 Qb7 21. dxe7 Bxe7 22.
Qf3 Nh7 23. Be3 Nf8 24. Ng3 Ng6 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. Qg3 Ra8 27. h4 Rxa1 28. Rxa1
Bxf5 29. exf5 Nf4 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Qxf4 Re2 32. Bd3 Rb2 33. f6 g6 34. Be4 Qd7
35. Ra8 Qd2 36. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "IND-ch U19 40th"]
[Site "Puri"]
[Date "2010.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2010.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bd5 Be7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. c4 O-O 10. N1c3 a6 11. Na3 Rc8 12. Nc2 Na5 13. Ne3 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7
15. Qd3 b5 16. b4 Nc4 17. Nf5 Bf6 18. Ng3 g6 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nce2
h5 22. Rfc1 f5 23. exf5 h4 24. f6+ Rxf6 25. Ne4 Rf7 26. a4 Qb6 27. a5 Qa7 28.
N2c3 Bf5 29. Qe2 Rcf8 30. Rf1 Qe7 31. Rae1 Bc8 32. f3 Kg8 33. h3 g5 34. Kh2 Rg7
35. Rf2 Qf7 36. Rff1 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Rc7 38. Qf2 Qf5 39. Qe2 Qg6 40. Rc1 Bf5 41.
Rfd1 Rfc8 42. Qe1 Nb2 43. Rd2 Na4 44. Rdc2 Bxe4 45. fxe4 Rc4 46. Qd2 Rf8 47.
Nxa4 Rd4 48. Qe1 Rxe4 49. Re2 Rxe2 50. Qxe2 bxa4 51. Qxa6 Qe4 52. Qc4 Qe3+ 53.
Kh1 a3 54. a6 e4 55. b5 g4 56. Qc2 g3 57. a7 Qf4 58. Qd1 a2 59. b6 e3 60. Qf3
Qa4 61. Qxe3 a1=Q 62. Qg5+ Qg7 63. Qe3 Qa6 64. Kg1 Kh8 65. Rb1 Qaa1 66. Qc1
Qac3 0-1

[Event "IND-ch U19 40th"]
[Site "Puri"]
[Date "2010.10.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Muthu, Alagappan M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Rc1
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Qa4 Ndf6 16. Qxa7 Nxf2 17. Re1 Qc7 18. Na4 Ra8 19. Qxb6 Qxb6 20. Nxb6 Rxa2
21. Na4 N2e4 22. dxc5 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Rxa4 24. Bd3 Rc8 25. c6 Nd6 26. Nd4 Nfe8 27.
b3 Rb4 28. Rc5 Nc7 29. Ra1 Ne6 30. Rxd5 Nxd4 31. exd4 Rxb3 32. Rxd6 Rxd3 33. d5
Rc3 34. Rd7 Rc2 35. h3 Re8 36. c7 Ree2 37. Kh1 Kh7 38. Rg1 f5 39. d6 Rc6 40.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. d7 1-0

[Event "IND-ch U19 40th"]
[Site "Puri"]
[Date "2010.10.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anwesh, Upadhyaya"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2010.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. d4 exd4 10. e5 Ne4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nc3 Bf5 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Qd5 18. Re1 Nc6 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Rc1 Rf7 21.
h3 h6 22. b3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Re8+ Rf8 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27.
Re7 Rc8 28. Re6 c5 29. Rxa6 c4 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Ra3 Kf7 32. Kf1 Ke6 33. Ke2
Kd5 34. Re3 g5 35. Rc2 Rc6 36. g3 Kc5 37. a3 Rdd6 38. Re4 Kd5 39. f3 Re6 40.
Rd2+ Kc5 41. Rdd4 Rxe4+ 42. Rxe4 Rd6 43. f4 c3 44. Re8 gxf4 45. Rc8+ Kd4 46.
gxf4 Ra6 47. f5 Rf6 48. Rd8+ Kc4 49. Rc8+ Kd4 50. Rd8+ Kc4 51. Rc8+ Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.10.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Griesheim"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Rc4 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd2 Rc6 15.
Nf1 Rc8 16. h3 g6 17. Re2 Kg7 18. Rd2 h5 19. Qe1 Qd8 20. Qb1 Rc4 21. Rd1 Qc7
22. Bd2 Qd8 23. Ra4 R4c6 24. Ne3 Qe8 25. Ncd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 R6c7 27. Ra3 Nh7
28. c4 Bg5 29. Be2 h4 30. b4 f5 31. c5 dxc5 32. d6 Rc6 33. b5 Rxd6 34. Nc4 Rd4
35. Bxg5 Nxg5 36. bxa6 bxa6 37. Nd6 Qf8 38. Nxc8 Qxc8 39. Rb3 Ne4 40. Rxd4 cxd4
41. Rb2 Nc3 42. Qd3 Nxe2+ 43. Qxe2 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 d3 45. Qxd3 Qxb2 46. Qxd7+ Kh6
47. Qe7 Qd4 48. Qf6 Qxf2 49. Qxe5 Qd2 50. Qf6 Qf4+ 51. Kh1 Qc1+ 52. Kh2 Qc7+
53. Kh1 Qc1+ 54. Kh2 Qf4+ 55. Kh1 Qf1+ 56. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.10.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Trier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Qb4 17. Rc2 Rfc8 18. Qc1 Qb6 19. Bf1 h5 20. g3 Kh7 21.
Bg2 Qd8 22. Qd2 Qf8 23. Re1 f5 24. Bh3 e6 25. exf5 exf5 26. Bg2 Re8 27. Rcc1
Re6 28. Ne2 Rae8 29. Nd4 R6e7 30. Nxc6 bxc6 31. Bf1 Qf6 32. Bg5 Qd4+ 33. Kg2
Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Rxe1 35. Qxe1 Nd3 36. Qd2 Nb4 37. a3 Na6 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Qc3
40. c5 Nb8 41. cxd6 Qxd2+ 42. Bxd2 Be5 43. Bf4 Bxf4 44. gxf4 Kg7 45. Kg3 Kf6
46. Bc4 Nd7 47. Kf2 Nb6 48. Bb3 Nd7 49. Ke3 c5 50. h4 cxb4 51. Kd4 Nf8 52. Kc5
Ne6+ 53. Kb6 Nd4 54. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7
15. e3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Ba6 17. Rac1 Nf6 18. Ne4 c5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. d5 exd5 21.
Bxd5 Rd7 22. a4 Rfd8 23. Qf3 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bf6 26. Kg2 g6 27. Rxd7
Qxd7 28. a5 Qa4 29. axb6 Qxc4 30. bxa7 Qa2 31. Qb7 c4 32. Rb6 Bh4 33. Kh3 c3
34. Qb8 Be7 35. Qb7 Bh4 36. Ra6 Qxf2 37. a8=Q c2 38. Qc6 Rxa8 39. Rxa8+ Kg7 40.
Rc8 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.11.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Nf3 h6 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Qb3
Rab8 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Rad1 a6 17. a3 Bf8 18. d5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Ne4 Qg6
21. Qf3 Rd7 22. h4 h5 23. Ng3 Bd6 24. Nf5 Re8 25. Re4 f6 26. Kh1 Qh7 27. Rc4 g6
28. Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Rdc1 Qf7 30. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 Rc8
15. Nc1 d5 16. Bb6 Qe8 17. Nxd5 Nxe4 18. Qe1 f5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. b3 Bf7 21.
c4 Rfe8 22. Nd3 Bh5 23. f3 Ng5 24. Qf1 e4 25. Ne1 Rc6 26. Rd2 Rg6 27. fxe4 fxe4
28. Qf5 Rf8 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. h4 Nh3+ 31. Kh2 Qxh4 32. Qd8 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Rgf6 34.
Nc2 h6 35. Bc7 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Remagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. d5
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Bb4 10. Nd4 e5 11. Nc2 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 d6 13. e4 Nd7 14. Ne3 a5 15.
O-O Nc5 16. f4 f6 17. f5 Bc8 18. b3 Bd7 19. a4 g5 20. Bf3 Kg7 21. h4 h6 22. Kf2
Qe7 23. Rh1 Rh8 24. Rh3 Rag8 25. Rah1 Be8 26. Qc2 Qf8 27. Qd1 Kf7 28. hxg5 Rxg5
29. Rh4 Ke7 30. R1h3 Qg7 31. Nf1 Bf7 32. Qc2 Kd8 33. Bd1 Ke7 34. Qe2 Kd8 35.
Qf3 Ke7 36. Qe3 Ke8 37. Nh2 Kf8 38. Ng4 h5 39. Nh2 Rg8 40. Nf1 Rh8 41. Rh1 Qh6
42. R1h3 Rgg8 43. Nh2 Qxe3+ 44. Kxe3 Rh7 45. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.02.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 Na6 8. e4
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e5 Ne4 11. O-O c5 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rad1 Qd7 14. h4 Rfe8 15.
Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Qf5 18. Qd1 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rxc3 20. Bxd5 Bxd5
21. Rxd5 Rcc8 22. Rd7 Nb8 23. Rxa7 Nc6 24. Qd7 Qxd7 25. Rxd7 Nxe5 26. Rb7 Rc2
27. Rc1 Rxa2 28. Rcc7 Raa8 29. Bf4 Re6 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. g6 Rf8 32. gxf7+ Kh8
33. Rxb6 g6 34. Rf6 Kg7 35. Rf3 Re6 36. Kg2 Rf6 37. Rxf6 Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.02.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Heberla, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Delmenhorst"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. g3 Re8 7. Bg2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 e4 9. Ng5 exd3 10. Qxd3 h6 11. Nf3 d6 12. O-O Ne4 13. Rfe1 Bg4 14. Nd4 Nc5
15. Qc2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Ne6 17. Bc3 Qc8 18. h3 Bh5 19. f4 Bg6 20. e4 Nc5 21. b4
Nd7 22. Qd2 a5 23. bxa5 f6 24. e5 fxe5 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Qd5+ Bf7 27. Qxb7 Qxb7
28. Bxb7 Ra7 29. a6 Bxc4 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. Re1 Bxa6 33. Bd5+ Kf8
34. Rxe5 Bc8 35. Bc6 Bxh3 36. a4 Kf7 37. a5 Kf6 38. Rb5 Be6 39. Rc5 Ke7 40. Bf3
Bd7 41. Kf2 c6 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Kd4 Rb7 44. a6 Rb4+ 45. Rc4 Rb6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.02.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. a3 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Qd8 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qc2 a5 12. Rd1 e5 13. Be3 a4 14. Nc1 Ng4 15. Bxg4
Bxg4 16. N1e2 f5 17. Nd5 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qd5+ Be6 21. Qxd6
Qf7 22. Bb6 Bxc4 23. Qd2 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. O-O Rae8 26. Nxd4 Bxf1 27. Rxf1
Rd8 28. Qb4 Qf4 29. Nc2 Qxb4 30. Nxb4 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.02.26"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Aue Nickelhuette"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bd7 7. Qxc4 Na5 8.
Qc2 Rc8 9. Ne5 c5 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nc3 b5 13. O-O a6 14. Bg5 O-O
15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Qb1 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 Ba7 19. Rd7 Qxd7 20. Nxf6+ Kg7
21. Nxd7 Rfd8 22. Rd1 Rc7 23. Nf6 Rcc8 24. Nh5+ Kf8 25. b3 Bd4 26. e3 Bc3 27.
Bf3 Ke7 28. Kg2 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 Rd8 30. Nf4 Rd2 31. Qc1 b4 32. Ne2 Nb7 33. Nxc3
bxc3 34. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.02.27"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Bromberger, Stefan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. Nb3 exf4 11. Bxf4 Be6 12. Kh1 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nxd5 Ndxe5
15. c4 Bg5 16. Bg3 Bh4 17. Bf4 Bg5 18. Bg3 Bh4 19. Bf4 Bg5 20. Bg3 Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Poleg, Matan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. f3 Nf6 6. Nd2 Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Bd3 b6 10. c3 Qd7 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. f4 c5 14. Ngf3 Nc6 15.
O-O O-O 16. Kh1 Rfb8 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 c4 19. Bc2 b5 20. Rf4 a5 21. Raf1
Nd8 22. Qh5 b4 23. Rg4 Kh8 24. Rf6 g6 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aghaei, Alireza"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nge2 c6 8. Ng3
e5 9. d5 h6 10. Be3 cxd5 11. cxd5 h5 12. Bd3 h4 13. Nge2 Nh5 14. Qd2 a6 15. O-O
Re8 16. a4 b6 17. Na2 Nc5 18. Bc2 Bd7 19. Nb4 Rc8 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22.
dxc6 Rxc6 23. Nc3 Ne6 24. Bb3 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Nb5 Rc5 27. Nxd4 Be5 28.
Rac1 Bf4 29. Qd3 Bxc1 30. e5 Nf4 31. Qe4 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. d5 Nb8 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nd4 e5 14. Nc2 c6
15. O-O Be6 16. Ne3 Na6 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Rd3 Rf6 19. b4 Nc7 20. a4 a6 21. Qb2
Rdf8 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Qf7 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rxd6 Rxf2 26. Qc1 Rxf1+ 27.
Qxf1 Qe7 28. Qd1 Bd5 29. c5 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Nb5 31. Rxc6 Nd4 32. Rd6 Qf7 33. Qe1
Qb7+ 34. Nd5 Nf5 35. e4 Nxd6 36. cxd6 Rd8 37. Qc3 Rxd6 38. Qxe5 Rd8 39. Ne7+
Kh8 40. Nf5 Qf7 41. h4 Re8 42. Qd4 h5 43. Nd6 Qa2+ 44. Kh3 Qe6+ 45. Kh2 Rf8 46.
Nf5 Qg6 47. Qd1 Re8 48. Qf3 Kh7 49. Qf4 Re6 50. Kh3 Qf6 51. Kg2 Qb2+ 52. Kh3
Qe2 53. Ne3 Rf6 54. Nf5 Qd1 55. Kh2 Rf7 56. g4 Qe2+ 57. Kg3 Rd7 58. Ne3 Rd3 59.
Qf5+ Kg8 60. Qe6+ Kf8 61. Qc8+ Ke7 62. Qc5+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Monev, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 f5 8. Nge2
Nbc6 9. exf5 Nxf5 10. O-O Qc8 11. Ne4 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 Ncd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. f4
Qd8 15. b4 Qe7 16. Rab1 a5 17. b5 Rae8 18. Rbe1 h6 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Qd1 Qa3 21.
Qd2 Re7 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Ref7 25. Re4 Nf5 26. Rfe1 Kh7 27.
h4 Rf6 28. Kh3 Rg6 29. Rg1 Nd6 30. Ree1 Rgf6 31. Ne4 Rf5 32. Nxd6 cxd6 33. Re3
Rc5 34. a4 g6 35. Rd1 Kg7 36. Kg2 h5 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Rde1 Rfc8 39. Rd1 d5 40.
Re5 dxc4 41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42. dxc4 Ke7 43. Rd4 d5 44. cxd5 exd5 45. Rd3 Kd6 46.
Re3 Rc4 47. Re8 Rxa4 48. Rg8 Re4 49. Rxg6+ Kc5 50. f5 a4 51. Rg7 Kxb5 52. Ra7
Kb4 53. f6 Re6 54. f7 Rf6+ 55. Ke3 b5 56. Kd4 Rf5 57. Re7 a3 58. g4 hxg4 59. h5
a2 60. Ra7 Kb3 61. h6 Rxf7 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Boscolo, Federico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. g3 Qh6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 d6 9. Nh3 Na6 10. a4 O-O 11. c3 Nc7 12. Nf4 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. O-O Rb8
15. a5 Bd7 16. Rd1 Bc6 17. Qc2 Rfd8 18. e3 d5 19. c4 d4 20. e4 Rf8 21. Nd3 Na6
22. f4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 e5 24. Qd2 exf4 25. Nxf4 Rbe8 26. Re1 Re7 27. Nf2 Rfe8 28.
Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Re1 Qd6 30. Bd5+ Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Qe5 33. Qxe5 Bxe5
34. Nd3 Bg7 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Kf3 Bh6 37. N5f4 Ke7 38. h4 Kd6 39. g4 Nb8 40. g5
Bf8 41. Nd5 Nc6 42. a6 b5 43. cxb5 Kxd5 44. Nf4+ Kd6 45. bxc6 Kxc6 46. h5 Be7
47. g6 hxg6 48. hxg6 Bf6 49. Ke4 c4 50. Nh5 Bh8 51. g7 Bxg7 52. Nxg7 c3 53.
bxc3 dxc3 54. Kd3 Kb6 55. Kxc3 Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grandadam, Patrick"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 a5 11. Nd3 f5 12. g4 f4 13. h4 Kf7 14. Nxf4 exf4 15. Bxf4
Kg8 16. Bg3 Nc5 17. Qc2 h5 18. g5 Qd7 19. Rad1 Qh3 20. Kf2 Bg4 21. f4 Bxc3 22.
bxc3 Nf5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bd3 Nxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Bxd3 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. c4 Be4 8. f3
Bxb1 9. Rxb1 c5 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. f4 Qxc5+ 12. e3 Na6 13. Qb3 Nb4 14. Bd2 Nc6
15. cxd5 Nxe5 16. Bb4 Qc7 17. Rbc1 Qb8 18. Bxe7 Ned7 19. d6 Nb6 20. Rc7 Nfd7
21. a4 Re8 22. a5 Rxe7 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rfc1 Nc5 25. R1xc5 Re6 26. Rc1 Qf8 27.
Bd5 Qxd6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rxb7 Rd8 30. Rxb6 Qd2 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Rbc6 Bxb2
33. Rc8 Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kg7 35. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Lamard, Guillaume"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 c6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e3 Bd6 6. d4 Ne4 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O Nd7
9. Ne5 O-O 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Be7 15.
Rf3 Bd7 16. Raf1 Be8 17. Rh3 Bg6 18. Bc3 a5 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. Kh1 b5 21. c5 a4
22. b4 Bg5 23. Be1 Qe7 24. Rff3 Rf7 25. Bg3 Raf8 26. Bf4 Bh4 27. Rf1 Qd8 28. a3
Qe7 29. Rg1 Bh5 30. Bg3 Bxg3 31. hxg3 Bg4 32. Rh2 Qg5 33. Qf2 g6 34. Re1 Kg7
35. Kg1 h5 36. Qf4 Qxf4 37. gxf4 Rb8 38. Kf2 Rff8 39. Reh1 Rh8 40. Rh4 Rbd8 41.
Be2 Rhf8 42. Bf3 Rf7 43. Ke2 Rff8 44. Kf2 Rf7 45. Bd1 Rff8 46. Bc2 Rd7 47. g3
Ra8 48. Bb1 Rad8 49. Ba2 Kf7 50. R4h2 Ke7 51. Rc1 Rc7 52. Bb1 Rcc8 53. Bd3 Rb8
54. Rh4 Rf8 55. Kg2 Rh8 56. Rch1 Kf7 57. Kf2 Kg7 58. Be2 Rhf8 59. Bf3 Rbd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grib, Roman"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. c3 d5 10. d4 exd4 11. e5 Ne4 12. cxd4 Na5 13. Bc2 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15.
Nc3 Re8 16. Bf4 Nc4 17. Qb1 Qe7 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rf8 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rad8 23. Qc1 Qe6 24. b3 Nb6 25. Bg3 Nd5 26. Qc5 Rd7 27. Rc1
Ne7 28. Bh4 Nf5 29. Bg5 h6 30. Be3 Ne7 31. a4 c6 32. b4 Rfd8 33. Kh2 Rd5 34.
Qb6 bxa4 35. Rc5 Rd1 36. Qxa6 Qa2 37. Qc4+ Qxc4 38. Rexc4 Ra1 39. Ra5 Nf5 40.
Bc5 Rdd1 41. g3 a3 42. Rc2 h5 43. Re2 g5 44. Kg2 g4 45. f3 Rd3 46. fxg4 Rxg3+
47. Kf2 hxg4 48. hxg4 Rxg4 49. e6 Rag1 50. Ra8+ Kh7 51. e7 R1g2+ 52. Ke1 Rxe2+
53. Kxe2 Nxe7 54. Ra7 Rg7 55. Rxe7 Rxe7+ 56. Bxe7 Kg6 57. Bc5 Kf5 58. Kd3 a2
59. Bd4 Ke6 60. Kc4 Kd6 61. Kb3 Kd5 62. Bc3 Kd6 63. Kxa2 c5 64. b5 c4 65. Ka3
Kc5 66. Ka4 Kb6 67. Kb4 Kb7 68. Kxc4 Kb6 69. Bd4+ Kb7 70. Kc5 Kc7 71. b6+ Kb7
72. Kb5 Ka8 73. Kc6 Kb8 74. Be5+ Kc8 75. b7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Qd2 e5 7. d5 c5 8. dxc6
bxc6 9. O-O-O Ne8 10. h4 Be6 11. h5 Nd7 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Nh3 Kh8 14. Ng5 Bg8
15. g4 Ndf6 16. Qh2 Qe7 17. Bd3 Nc7 18. Rdg1 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Rg3 Qf7 21.
Rh3 Rfe8 22. Bg5 a5 23. Bc4 Qa7 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Bxg8 Kxg8 26. Rxh7 Bg7 27.
Qe2 Qf7 28. R7h3 a4 29. a3 d5 30. exd5 cxd5 31. Qh2 Qe6 32. Rh8+ Kf7 33. Rxe8
Kxe8 34. Rd1 Ra5 35. Kb1 Kf8 36. Qd2 d4 37. Ne4 Rb5 38. c3 Qb3 39. Qc2 Kg8 40.
c4 Rb8 41. c5 Qxf3 42. c6 Rc8 43. Rc1 Rc7 44. Qc4+ Qf7 45. Nd6 Qxc4 46. Rxc4 d3
47. Nb5 Rc8 48. c7 e4 49. Rxe4 d2 50. Kc2 Bxb2 51. Rc4 Be5 52. Kxd2 Kf8 53. Rc5
Bf4+ 54. Kc3 Ke7 55. Kb4 Bd6 56. Nxd6 Kxd6 57. Kb5 Rxc7 58. Rxc7 Kxc7 59. Kxa4
g5 60. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Petrov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxf3 6. exf3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d5 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. f4 O-O 10. Bg2 c6 11. b3 Qe7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Rfe1 Qb4
15. f5 exf5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Nf6 20. Bf3 Rfe8
21. Red1 Red8 22. d5 Rd6 23. Rd4 Kf8 24. Rc4 Rxc4 25. bxc4 Nd7 26. Kf1 Nc5 27.
Ke2 Ke7 28. Ke3 Rd7 29. Kd4 Kd6 30. Re1 Re7 31. Rxe7 Kxe7 32. Bd1 Kd6 33. Bc2
g6 34. f3 f6 35. h4 Ke7 36. h5 Kd6 37. h6 Nb7 38. g4 Nd8 39. gxf5 g5 40. Bd1
Nf7 41. f4 gxf4 42. Ke4 Nxh6 43. Kxf4 Kc5 44. Bh5 Ng8 45. Ke4 Ne7 46. Be2 Nc8
47. a3 Nd6+ 48. Kf4 b5 49. cxb5 Nxb5 50. Kg4 Nxa3 51. Bf3 Nb5 52. Kh5 Nc3 53.
Kh6 a5 54. Kg7 a4 55. Kxf6 a3 56. Ke7 Nxd5+ 57. Bxd5 Kxd5 58. f6 a2 59. f7 a1=Q
60. f8=Q Qa3+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 14th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2010.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2010.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Qh5 Qf6 9. Nc3 Qxd4 10. Be3 Qe5 11. Qxe5+ Bxe5 12. Nxd5 Nf6 13. Rfe1 O-O 14.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 14th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2010.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Bb4 12. O-O Qe7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. d5
e5 16. a4 a6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 O-O 20. Bf3 Ra7 21. axb5 axb5
22. Qf5 Re8 23. Rfd1 Qd6 24. h4 gxh4 25. Bxh4 Nf8 26. Be4 Bb6 27. Rxa7 Bxa7 28.
Ra1 Bc5 29. b4 cxb3 30. Rb1 Ng6 31. Bf6 Bb6 32. Rxb3 Bd8 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34. Rxb5
Qc7 35. Qf3 Kg7 36. Bxg6 fxg6 37. g3 Rd7 38. Qe4 Qd6 39. Qb1 Qe7 40. Qb2 Kh7
41. Qc2 e4 42. Qb3 Qf7 43. Rb4 Qxd5 44. Qxd5 Rxd5 45. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 14th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2010.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2010.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 a5 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
h3 Ba6 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Be3 b4 18. axb4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 axb4 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Na4
c5 22. Bxc5 Qc6 23. b3 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxb4 f5 26. Rd5 Bf6 27. Ba5 Rc8
28. Bb6 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 f4 30. Rd3 Bh4 31. g3 fxg3+ 32. fxg3 Rc2+ 33. Kg1 Bxg3 34.
Bd4 h5 35. Nc3 Bh2+ 36. Kf1 Nd2+ 37. Kg2 Nxb3+ 38. Bf2 Nc5 39. Rd5 Bg3 40. Kxg3
Rxc3+ 41. Kh4 Ne4 42. Bd4 Rd3 43. Rd7 g6 44. Rg7+ Kf8 45. Rxg6 Rxd4 46. Kxh5
Kf7 47. Ra6 Nc5 48. Ra1 Ne6 49. Rf1+ Kg7 50. Rg1+ Kf6 51. Rf1+ Ke5 52. Kg6 Nf4+
53. Kg5 Nxh3+ 54. Kg6 Nf4+ 55. Kg5 Ne6+ 56. Kg6 Rg4+ 57. Kf7 Rg7+ 58. Ke8 Nf4
59. Re1+ Kd6 60. Rd1+ Nd5 61. Kf8 Rg3 62. Kf7 Rb3 63. Kg7 Ke6 64. Ra1 Re3 65.
Ra6+ Kf5 66. Ra5 Re7+ 67. Kf8 Rd7 68. Ra1 Ne7 69. Ke8 Rb7 70. Kd8 Ke6 71. Ra6+
Kd5 72. Rh6 Nf5 73. Rh1 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 14th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rd1 Be6 12. O-O a4 13. f4 Qa5 14. Bd4 Rfe8
15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Qe3 Rc8 18. h3 Bc6 19. e5 Nd7 20. exd6 exd6 21.
Qf2 Nf6 22. f5 g5 23. h4 g4 24. h5 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4
Bxe4 28. Bxg4 Rxc4 29. Be2 Rc6 30. Qh4 Qe5 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. f6+ Kh6 33. Qf8+
Kg5 34. Qg8+ Bg6 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Qxf7 Qxe2 37. Qd5+ Kg4 38. Rf3 Qe1+ 39. Kh2
Qh4+ 40. Rh3 Qxf6 41. Qe4+ Qf4+ 42. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 14th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. f4 c5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Bc3 Ne7 14. Ng3 Ne4 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qh3 c4 18. d5 Bc5 19. Rad1 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Nxd5 21. Nxf5
Bxf4 22. Nh6+ gxh6 23. Qe6+ Kg7 24. Nc6+ Nxc3 25. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 14th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 Bg4 13. a4 c6 14. a5 Nc4 15. a6 Rb8
16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 cxd5 18. exd5 Nf5 19. d6 Ncxd6 20. axb7 Nxb7 21. Qxd8
Rexd8 22. Rxa7 Nc5 23. Bd5 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Kg2 Nd4 26. Rd1 Nc5 27. b4
Nce6 28. Na2 Bf8 29. Bd2 Rd8 30. Bc4 Nc2 31. Bb3 Ncd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Remco Heite 3rd"]
[Site "Wolvega"]
[Date "2010.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2010.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qf3 Qe5 12. Rad1 Nc6 13. Nde2 O-O-O 14.
a3 Bd6 15. g3 h5 16. h4 Rhg8 17. b4 Rg4 18. Qe3 Be7 19. f4 Qc7 20. Kh2 a6 21.
Ba2 Kb8 22. b5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Qa5 24. Nd6 Bc8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd7 Rc7 27. Rxc7
Kxc7 28. Qc3 Qxa3 29. Qxa3 Bxa3 30. Kh3 b5 31. f5 Rxe4 32. Nc3 Re5 33. fxe6
fxe6 34. Rxf6 b4 35. Nb1 Nd4 36. Rf4 Bb2 37. Nd2 Re2 38. Nb3 e5 39. Nxd4 Bxd4
40. Rf7+ Kc6 41. Bc4 Re3 42. Rf6+ Kc5 43. Bf7 b3 44. Rf1 e4 45. Bxh5 Be5 46.
Kg4 Rxg3+ 47. Kf5 Kd4 48. Be2 Bg7 49. Rd1+ Ke3 50. Bc4 b2 51. Ba2 Ke2 52. Rh1
e3 53. h5 Kf2 54. h6 Bh8 55. Kf4 e2 56. Bd5 e1=Q 57. Rh2+ Kf1 58. Rh1+ Rg1 59.
Bc4+ Kf2 60. Rh3 Qe5# 0-1

[Event "Remco Heite 3rd"]
[Site "Wolvega"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. d4 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. c4 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 b6 14. Be2 Na6
15. O-O Nb4 16. a3 Na2 17. Rc2 Nc3 18. Bf3 exd5 19. cxd5 Ba6 20. Re1 Bd3 21.
Rcc1 Be5 22. g3 Na2 23. Ra1 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Nc3 25. Bg5 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Re1
Re8 28. Rc1 Ne4 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Rd1 Kf7 32. d6 h6 33. Bxh6 Rd4
34. Rxd4 cxd4 35. h4 Ke6 36. Bf4 b5 37. Kf1 a5 38. Ke2 b4 39. Bc1 Rc8 40. Kd1
Rxc1+ 41. Kxc1 bxa3 42. h5 d3 43. h6 a2 0-1

[Event "Remco Heite 3rd"]
[Site "Wolvega"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15.
Ng5 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. a5 Rc8 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. Ra4 Nf8 20. Be3 h6 21. Qf7+
Qxf7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Rxb4 Re7 24. Bd2 Rc2 25. Bc3 Rc7 26. g3 Ke8 27. a6 b6
28. Ra1 Rf7 29. Rxb6 axb6 30. a7 Rc1+ 31. Rxc1 Rxa7 32. Bb4 Nd7 33. Rc8+ Kf7
34. h4 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Rd8 g4 37. Kf1 Rb7 38. Bd6 b5 39. b3 b4 40. Ke2 Nb6
41. Kd3 Kg6 42. Re8 Kf7 43. Rh8 Kg6 44. Ke3 Ra7 45. Bc5 Rb7 46. Bd6 Ra7 47. Rb8
Nd7 48. Re8 Ra3 49. Kf4 Rxb3 50. Kxg4 Rd3 51. Rxe6+ Kh7 52. Re7 Rxd4+ 53. Kg5
b3 54. Rxd7 Rb4 55. e6 b2 56. e7 1-0

[Event "Remco Heite 3rd"]
[Site "Wolvega"]
[Date "2010.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be5 14.
Be2 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Kb8 16. h5 h6 17. Bf3 f6 18. Qb4 c6 19. Rd2 Qc7 20. c4 Rhe8
21. Rhd1 Qb6 22. Qc3 Qc5 23. b3 Bf7 24. g4 Kc7 25. Rd4 Qa3 26. Bg2 Bg8 27. Bf1
Bh7 28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Re5 30. Qd2 Ra5 31. c3 Re5 32. f4 Re6 33. Re1 Rde8
34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Rd3 Qc5 36. Rd4 Qa3 37. Rd3 Qc5 38. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Remco Heite 3rd"]
[Site "Wolvega"]
[Date "2010.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2010.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 Nb6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Rd1 O-O 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Ne8 11. Be3 Nd6 12. a4 Qe8 13. Ra1 a5 14. Rfd1 f6
15. e5 Nf5 16. Bc1 Qg6 17. exf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. e4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nb3 Na5 13. Be2 Bc6 14. Qxd8 Bxd8
15. Nd2 Be7 16. f3 Bb4 17. Rfc1 Nd7 18. Rab1 Nc5 19. b3 Rfc8 20. Rc2 Be8 21.
Nb5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Ncxb3 24. Rdb2 Nc5 25. Ra2 b6 26. Rc2 Nab7 27.
e5 Nd7 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. f4 Ndc5 30. Rd1 Kf8 31. Bf3 Na5 32. g4 Ke8 33. Rc1
Rc7 34. Kg2 Kd8 35. Rc2 Nd7 36. Rxc7 Kxc7 37. Be2 Nc5 38. h4 Kd7 39. h5 Ke7 40.
Kf3 Nab7 41. Bd4 Kf8 42. f5 exf5 43. gxf5 g6 44. Kf4 gxf5 45. Kxf5 h6 46. Bc4
Nd8 47. Be3 Kg7 48. Bxc5 bxc5 49. Ke4 Kf8 50. Kd5 Ke7 51. Kxc5 Kd7 52. Kb4 Ne6
53. Bxe6+ Kxe6 54. Ka5 Kd5 55. Ka6 Kc5 56. Ka5 Kc4 57. Ka6 Kc5 58. Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Bf4 Bh6 20. Bd6 $146 Bf8 {
Inviting his young opponent to a draw by repetition.} 21. Be7 Bxe7 22. fxe7 {
In the first (previous) round, Smeets had won against Shirov practically
without spending time over the board. Now, once again, the game took a similar
course: Giri slowly entered into time trouble, while Smeets more or less
maintained his initially awarded time for a long sequence of moves. Yet, the
younger player displayed better practical skills and managed to survive his
opponent's home preparation.} Rde8 23. Qd4 Rh6 24. b3 Rxe7 25. Rfc1 Ne5 26. Nc5
c3 27. Rxa7 Nc6 28. Qg4+ Rhe6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 {The position is highly irrational.
Despite his material advantage, White has to be careful not to allow a massive
advance of the enemy pawns.} 30. Ra4 Qc5 31. Qg8+ Kd7 32. Bf1 d4 33. Bc4 Na5
34. Qb8 Qc6 35. f3 Nxc4 36. Rxb4 Nb6 37. Rxd4+ Nd5 38. Qe5 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qd2 $6 {A very strange move. I still believe
that it was a "lapsus manus": Carlsen intended to play the theoretical} (11.
Qe2) 11... e5 12. d5 Nb4 13. e4 c6 14. a3 cxd5 $1 {Quite an obvious refutation
of White's play.} 15. axb4 axb4 16. Rxa8 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nxa8 18. exd5 $6 (18.
Qxd5 $142 Nb6 (18... Qxd5 19. exd5 Nb6 20. Nd2 {[%cal Yc3c4]}) 19. Qa5 {
although Black, controlling the crucial c4-square, keeps a small edge after}
Qf6 20. Bg5 Qc6 {[%csl Gc4]}) 18... Nb6 {[%csl Rd5]} 19. Rd1 $6 (19. d6 Re6 (
19... Nc4 $5)) (19. c4 $5 Nxc4 20. Qb4 Nd6 21. Be3 {getting some activity for
the missing pawn although Black is obviously better.}) 19... e4 20. Ng5 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] Just blundering a piece in a poor position.} (20. Ne1 Bg4 21. f3 e3
22. Qe2 Bd7 23. Bxe3 (23. c4 Nxc4 $1 24. Qxc4 e2 25. Rd2 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Qf2 $19)
23... Ba4 {[%cal Yb6d5]} 24. Rd2 Bxc3 $19) (20. Nh4 h6 $19 {[%cal Rg6g5]}) ({
It was relatively better (but hopeless enough) just to give up the d5-pawn:} 
20. Nd4 Qxd5 $19) 20... e3 21. Qb2 Qxg5 22. Bxe3 (22. Qxb6 e2 23. Re1 Qxc1 24.
Rxc1 e1=Q+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Bf1 Bh3 $19) 22... Qg4 (22... Qg4 23. f3 Nc4) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bc1 O-O 12. Bg2 d6 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. O-O Rd8
15. Bb4 Qb6 16. a4 Na5 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Bxa5 Qxa5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bd5 Rbc8
21. Qf3 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qa6 23. Qe4 Rc6 24. c5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Qxe5 Qb7
27. Rb1 Bf6 28. Qf5 Qc6 29. Nxa7 Qxa4 30. Qxc5 Qa2 31. Re1 Qd2 32. Kf1 Bxc3 33.
Rb1 Bd4 34. Qe7 Bxa7 35. Qxa7 Qd5 36. Kg1 Qa8 37. Qxa8 Rxa8 38. Rb5 f6 39. h4
Re8 40. Kf1 g6 41. g4 Re4 42. f3 Ra4 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Rb7+ Kg8 45. Kf2 Ra5 46.
Kg3 h6 47. Rd7 h5 48. gxh5 Rxh5 49. e4 g5 50. hxg5 Rxg5+ 51. Kf4 Ra5 52. Rc7
Kf8 53. Rd7 Kg8 54. Rd5 Ra3 55. Kg4 Re3 56. Rd7 Kf8 57. Ra7 Kg8 58. f4 Rxe4 59.
Kf5 Re8 60. Kg6 f5 61. Rg7+ Kh8 62. Rh7+ Kg8 63. Rg7+ Kh8 64. Rf7 Kg8 65. Rxf5
Re7 66. Rg5 Rf7 67. Kh6+ Kf8 68. f5 Rf6+ 69. Kh5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {Nachdem Schwarz sich in
fast allen Varianten der Russischen Partie erfolgreich verteidigt hat, greifen
die Spieler sehr oft zu dieser relativ harmlosen, aber auch absolut
risikofreien Abwicklung.} ({Die alte klassische Spielweise nach} 5. d4 d5 6.
Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Be2 O-O 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6
13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 $11 {führt zu einer Stellung, die mit
Hilfe des Computers fast bis zum Ende ausanalysiert wurde und wo Ausgleich als
Diagnose festgestellt wurde.}) 5... Nxc3 (5... d5 $6 {Ein Versuch direkt zu
kontern endet mit Misserfolg:} 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qxe4 O-O 9. Bc4 Re8
10. Ne5 $1 $18) 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 (8. Qd5 $5 {Eine interessante
und nicht zu oft gespielte Fortsetzung. Bringt allerdings auch keinen Vorteil.}
Be6 {Dieser Zug scheint sehr logisch.} 9. Qb5 Qc8 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qa4 {
In allen gespielten Partien hatte Schwarz keine große Mühe, um Ausgleich zu
erzielen.} O-O (11... Qd7 12. h4 Ne5 13. Qf4 Nxf3 14. Qxf3 $11 {Ohne Springer
konnte Weiß nichts erreichen in Volokitin - Eljanov (Sochi, 2006)}) (11... Bd7
12. Qf4 Nd8 13. Qg3 Ne6 $11 {Volokitin - Kritz (Mainz, 2006)}) 12. Qf4 Bf6 13.
Bd3 Ne5 14. Bd4 Bg4 15. Be4 Ng6 16. Qg3 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Bf5 $11 {Karjakin -
Erenburg (Sochi, 2006)}) 8... Be6 9. Ng5 (9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Ng5 (10. Bb5 a6 11.
Ba4 O-O 12. Rhe1 b5 13. Bb3 Na5 $1 (13... Bxb3 14. axb3 a5 15. Qd5 $14 {
Karjakin - Kritz (Gothenburg, 2005)}) 14. Bxe6 fxe6 $132 15. b3 Nc6 $11) (10.
Kb1 Bf6 {Im selben Turnier, aber früher spielte Wang Yue zuerst 10...a6 und
erst danach Bf6. Wahrscheinlich hat die häusliche Analyse gezeigt, dass man
vor Bb5 keine Angst haben muss.} (10... O-O-O 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 Bf6 13. Bd4
Bxd4 14. cxd4 Bd5 $11 {Belov - Belozerov (Tomsk, 2006)}) 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. Nd4
(12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 $11 {Die Stellung wurde schon hundert mal gespielt,
Weiß verfügt über einen symbolischen Vorteil, Schwarz sollte jedoch problemlos
ein Remis schaffen.}) 12... Bxd4 $1 {Die beste Fortsetzung, hier hat Weiß
überhaupt keinen Vorteil.} (12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 c5 15. Qf4 d5 16.
Bf3 $36 {Obwohl die Stellung für Schwarz noch im grünen Bereich liegt, hat
Weiß doch einen gewissen Druck aufbauen können.}) 13. cxd4 (13. Bxd4 f6 14. Be3
$11 {Man kommt wieder in diese Stellung rein, die sehr remislich ist.}) 13...
d5 {Dominguez Perez - Wang Yue (Sofia, 2009)}) (10. h4 h6 11. Nd4 {
Typischerweise vereinfacht sich das Spiel nach dem Springertausch, so dass
Remis ein 99% Ergebnis ist.} (11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rhg8 14. h5
c5 15. Be3 Qc6 $11 {Adams - Nielsen (Dortmund, 2005)}) (11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 b5
$5 13. Bb3 Bf6 14. Bd5 O-O-O $1 $11 (14... Rb8 15. Kb1 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 $14 {
Zawadzka - Socko (Karpacz, 2008)} Ne7 17. Qd3 Qf5 $11)) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 (
12. cxd4 d5 $11) 12... Rg8 13. c4 (13. Bd3 c5 14. Be3 O-O-O $11 {Demnächst
spielt Schwarz d5.}) 13... O-O-O $11 {Dominguez Perez - Wang Yue (Linares,
2009)}) 10... Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Be3 O-O-O $11 {Der Vorteil des Läuferpaares
ist nicht auszunutzen.}) 9... Bxg5 10. Bxg5 Qd7 11. Be2 O-O {Schwarz kann kurz
oder lang rochieren, die Stellung bleibt in jedem Fall ausgeglichen.} (11... f6
12. Be3 O-O-O $11) 12. O-O-O f6 13. Be3 Ne7 {Weiss hat zwar das Laeuferpaar,
aber beide seine Laeufer haben wenig zu tun. Die Stellung sieht nur offen aus,
eigentlich ist die Bauernstruktur ziemlich geschlossen und die Laeufer
geniessen keine Freiheit.} 14. b3 {Es gibt viele Möglichkeiten, wie Schwarz
spielen kann. Eine riskante aber forcierte ist 14....Nf5. Die klassische
Spielweise würde jedoch empfehlen, die Bauern auf a5 und b6 zu stellen, und
danach versuchen alle möglichen Figuren abzutauschen.} Rfd8 (14... Nf5 15. Bf4
g5 $5 {Man nimmt sofort den Laeufer, doch der Koenig wird geschwaecht.} 16. Bg3
Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rae8 $13 {Alle schwarze Figuren stehen neben ihrem König, es
müsste nicht viel passieren.}) (14... a5 15. a4 b6 16. Bb5 Qc8 17. Rhe1 Rf7 $11
) 15. Rde1 $2 {Das ist sicherlich kein guter Zug. Wenn schon, dann musste man
den anderen Turm auf die e-Linie bringen. Auch 15.Bf3 war eine gute
Alternative.} (15. Bf3 c6 (15... d5 16. Rhe1 b6 {Verteidigung gegen Bc5} 17.
Bf4 c6 18. Qe2 Kf7 $14) 16. c4 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Qxg4 18. f3 Qf5 19. Rhe1 $36) 15...
Nd5 16. Bf3 c6 $1 {Das Nehmen auf e3 verliert einen Bauer. stattdessen geht
der Springer nach c7, von wo er das Feld e6 kontrollieren wird.} (16... Nxe3 $2
17. Qxe3 Re8 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Qf3 Bg4 20. Bd5+ $18) 17. Bd4 {Nun wollte
Schwarz den Läufer nehmen.} Nc7 (17... c5 $4 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxf6 Bxg2 20.
Rhg1 gxf6 21. Rxg2+ Kh8 22. Qh6 Qf7 23. Re6 $18) 18. g4 $1 {Weiß hat nur
diesen einzigen Plan.} Nb5 $1 {Der Bauer ist tabu.} (18... Bxg4 $4 19. Bxg4
Qxg4 20. Bxf6 $1 Rd7 21. Rhg1 Qf5 22. Bxg7 Rxg7 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. Re7+ $18)
19. Rhg1 {Weiß kann den Läufer nicht zurückziehen.} (19. Be3 Bxg4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4
$17) 19... Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Re8 $1 {Richtig - Schwarz muss Figuren tauschen.} 21.
Kb2 $6 {Sehr langsam. Schwarz bekommt Zeit, um sich zu konsolidieren. Der
beste Chance war 21.g5!?} (21. g5 $5 fxg5 (21... f5 22. g6 h6 23. Re3 $16) 22.
Rxg5 $36 {und nun kann Schwarz nicht Bf5 spielen:} Bf5 $2 23. Rxe8+ (23. Reg1
Re7 $11) 23... Rxe8 24. Qxa7 Re1+ 25. Kb2 $14) 21... a6 $1 {Gute Prophylaxe.
Nun hängt der Bauer a7 nicht mehr und Schwarz kann die Türme tauschen.} 22. h4
(22. g5 fxg5 23. Rxg5 Bf5 $11) 22... Rad8 (22... Bf7 23. Rd1 Rad8 24. g5 fxg5
25. Rxg5 $14) 23. h5 $5 (23. g5 fxg5 24. Rxg5 Bf5 25. Reg1 Re7 $11 {Weiß kann
nicht vorankommen.}) 23... h6 24. Be4 {Weiß spielt seine besten Karten aus. Er
muss den Läufer nach g6 stellen und versuchen, mittels f4-g5 den schwarzen
König anzugreifen. Doch Schwarz hat genug Zeit für sein Gegenspiel.} c5 $1 (
24... Bxg4 $4 25. Rxg4 Qxg4 26. Bh7+ $18) 25. Qd1 d5 26. Bg6 Bf7 27. f4 {
Weiß ist sehr nah dran, aber er kommt zu spät.} Bxg6 28. hxg6 d4 $1 29. c4 Rxe1
30. Rxe1 Re8 {Es wird zu viel getauscht, und die Stellung vereinfacht sich.}
31. g5 fxg5 32. fxg5 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Qc6 34. gxh6 gxh6 35. Qe7 Qxg6 36. Qxb7 {
Schwarz riskiert nichts mit dem entfernten Freibauern.} Qd6 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38.
Qg4+ Kf7 39. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Rc1 (9. Qd2 {looks more accurate to me.}) 9... Bxf3 {The most
"primitive" approach - and it works!} (9... Qa5 {is usually played.}) 10. gxf3
cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. f4 $146 (12. Qd2 {looks the most logical but Black
manages to attack the d4 pawn:} e6 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. f4
Nf5 17. O-O Re8 18. Rfd1 Nd6 $15 {1/2 Sundararajan,K (2449)-Gopal,G (2609)/New
Delhi IND 2010/The Week in Chess 840 (37)}) ({I am curious about what Black
had prepared against} 12. Bc4 $5 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 Nc6 14. d5 Ne5 15. Bb3 Rac8 16.
Kg2 Qa6 17. Qd2 b5 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Qb4 $14 {
1/2 Gligoric,S (2565)-Beliavsky,A (2590)/Vienna 1980/MCL (75)}) 12... e6 13.
Bg2 Nc6 14. e5 (14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. O-O Nf5 {[%cal Yf5d6] , and White
must probably liquidate into an equal ending by means of} 17. d6 Qxd6 18. Bxb7
Rab8 19. Qxd6 Nxd6 20. Bf3 {- Black's better pawn structure compensates for
White's bishop pair.}) 14... Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qa6 16. Qe2 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qa6 18. Bf1
$6 {Absolutely unjustified. After e4-e5 White has no advantage whatsoever, and
he should have accepted a draw.} Qa4 19. Rc4 Qb5 20. Rc5 (20. Be2 Ne7 $15)
20... Qb1+ 21. Ke2 Qe4 22. f3 Qf5 23. h4 (23. Kf2 Rfd8 $15) 23... Qh5 24. Bf2
$2 {Not a good idea - to leave the king on e2.} (24. Kf2) (24. d5 exd5 25. Rxd5
Rfd8 26. Kf2 $11) 24... Rfd8 {[%mdl 128]} 25. Bh3 Bf8 26. Bg4 {The bishop can
achieve nothing here.} Qh6 27. Rc4 Rd5 {Black quickly creates a decisive
attack on the d4-pawn.} 28. h5 Rad8 29. Rh3 Bc5 30. hxg6 Qxg6 31. f5 exf5 32.
Bh5 Nxd4+ $1 33. Kf1 (33. Rxd4 Qa6+) (33. Bxd4 Qg2+) 33... Nxf3 $1 34. Qxd5
Rxd5 35. Bxf3 (35. Bxg6 Nd2+ 36. Kg2 Nxc4 37. Bxh7+ Kg7 $19) 35... Bxf2 36.
Bxd5 Qg1+ 37. Ke2 Qe1+ 38. Kf3 Qf1 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8.
Qb3 O-O 9. Be3 c5 ({Black usually starts with} 9... b6 {here, then ...Bc8-b7
and only later ...c7-c5.}) 10. d5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (10. Rd1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6
12. Nf3 (12. d5 $142) 12... Qd6 13. a3 Bg4 14. e5 Qd7 15. Be2 {1-0 Jorczik,J 
(2381)-Strache,M (2218)/Saarbruecken 2009/CBM 128 Extra (40)} Rad8 $15 {
[%cal Yg4e6,Ye6d5]}) 10... e6 $5 11. Bc4 $1 (11. Bxc5 $6 Qc7 $1 12. Qa3 exd5 $1
13. exd5 Nd7 $1 14. Bd4 $8 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Re8+ $17) 11... exd5 12. Bxd5 Qc7 (
12... Na6 $5 {[%cal Ya6c7]}) 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. O-O $14 {[%csl Gd5]}
c4 (15... Rb8 {[%cal Yb7b5]} 16. a4 Bd7 17. Rfd1 $14) 16. Qb4 Re8 17. Bg3 Rb8
$5 {Black gives up a pawn to ease White´s pressure.} 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. Bxc4 Bd7
20. Rfd1 Nxc4 (20... Bc6 21. Bd5) 21. Bxb8 (21. Rxd7 $143 Rbd8 22. Rad1 Rxd7
23. Rxd7 Rxe4) 21... Ba4 22. Bxa7 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096]} Rxe4 (23... f5 $5
{In both cases Black regains one of the pawns with good drawing chances due to
White´s poor pawn structure.}) 24. Rd8+ Bf8 25. Bc5 Rxe2 26. g4 Rxa2 (26... Kg7
$5 27. Bxf8+ Kf6 28. Rd4 Ne5 29. Kg2 {[%cal Rd4d6]} h5 $1 30. Rd6+ Kg5 31. gxh5
gxh5 {, and White can hardly convert his advantage.}) 27. g5 $5 Ne5 $6 (27...
b6 28. Bxf8 f5 $1 29. gxf6 Kf7 30. Be7 h5 {The f6 pawn is now weak rather than
strong, and Black should not lose.}) 28. Bxf8 f6 $6 {The last inaccuracy. It
was still better to play} (28... Nc6 $1 29. Rc8 f5 $1 {, although White can
now reply} 30. Be7+ $1 Kf7 31. Bf6 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rh7][%cal Yc8c7] restricting
Black´s knight and then attacking his b7- and h7-pawns.}) 29. Be7+ Kf7 30. Bxf6
{[%csl Rb7,Gf6,Rh7] White has gained a pawn once again, setting up his bishop
on a strong position; Black's b7- and h7-pawns are weak.} Ra5 31. Kg2 Ng4 32.
Rd7+ Ke6 33. Re7+ Kf5 34. Bd4 Kxg5 35. Rxh7 {[%cal Rh7b7,Rg2g3]} Ne5 36. Rxb7 {
, and White converted two extra pawns without major problems:} Nc4 37. Rc7 Nd6
38. Be3+ Kf5 39. Kf3 Ra4 40. Bd4 Ke6 41. Rg7 Kf5 42. Ra7 Rxa7 43. Bxa7 Nc4 44.
Bb8 Nb2 45. Bg3 Nc4 46. h3 g5 47. Ke2 Ke4 48. f3+ Kd5 49. Bc7 Ke6 50. Kd3 Kd5
51. f4 gxf4 52. Bxf4 Nb2+ 53. Kc2 Nc4 54. h4 Ke4 55. Bc1 Ne5 56. h5 Nd7 57. h6
Nf6 58. c4 Nh7 59. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 $1 {A strong move which will cast doubt on this line.}
dxc4 $6 $146 {This would not solve Black's problems either.} (10... e5 $6 11.
cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 exd4 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nf6 15. Rc1 $1 $146 (15. Bg5 $6 h6
16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Re4 Bd7 18. Rxd4 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R (2602)-Godena,M 
(2548)/Switzerland 2009/EXT 2011}) 15... Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bg5 $1 h6 18. Bxf6
Qxf6 19. g4 Bg6 20. Rc4 $14 {1-0 Sasikiran,K (2688)-Moradiabadi,E (2575)/
Guangzhou 2010/CB00_2011 (50)}) 11. bxc4 b6 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. a4 a5 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Bb7 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bc3 Rab8 (17... Bb4 18. c5 $1 (18. Bxb4 $2 axb4 19.
Rxb4 f5 20. Bd3 c5 $132) 18... bxc5 19. dxc5 {[%csl Rb7]} Bxc3 (19... Bxc5 20.
Qb2 {[%csl Rb7,Rg7]}) 20. Qxc3 Nf6 21. Bc2 Nd5 22. Qe5 $1 $16) (17... Rfd8 18.
h3 Bb4 19. c5 $14) 18. Red1 Ba6 19. Bh7+ $1 {An important intermediate move.}
Kh8 20. Bd3 f5 21. g3 Bb4 $2 {Right plan, wrong execution!} 22. Bxb4 ({Simpler
was} 22. Nh4 $1 Rf6 23. d5 Bxc3 24. dxe6 Nc5 25. Qxc3 Nxa4 26. Qc2 Nc5 27. Bxf5
Nxe6 28. e4 c5 29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. Bxe6+ Rxe6 31. Nf4 Ree8 32. Nd5 $16 {and
White's initiative would seal Black's fate soon!}) 22... axb4 23. Rxb4 c5 24.
Rbb1 cxd4 25. exd4 Bb7 26. d5 $1 Nc5 27. Bf1 Rbd8 28. Bg2 Rf6 29. Nd4 exd5 30.
Nb5 Qf7 31. cxd5 f4 32. a5 $1 Rc8 33. Na7 $18 Rf8 34. Rxb6 fxg3 35. Rxf6 Qxf6
36. hxg3 Nd7 37. Nc6 Qd6 38. Re1 Ba6 39. Qc3 Nc5 40. Ne5 Kg8 41. Ng6 Rf6 42.
Nf4 {A fine victory by a series of fine moves executed by Anish Giri.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 $5 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 (6. Ne2 Bg7 7. Nec3
O-O 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O exd5 10. cxd5 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nd2 d5 $1
$36 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S (2719)-Carlsen,M (2801)/Moscow 2009/EXT 2010 (29)}) 6...
Bg7 7. f4 Ned7 8. Nh3 (8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Nc5 11. Bc2 Qb6 12. Kh1 Bg4
13. Rb1 a5 14. Be3 Nfd7 15. Qe2 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Vitiugov,N (2709)-Tomashevsky,E 
(2695)/Moscow 2011/CB06_2011}) 8... O-O 9. Be2 Nc5 10. Nf2 e6 $146 (10... Re8
11. O-O e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Bf3 Bc6 15. Bd2 a5 {[%csl Gc5]} 16.
Rfe1 Nfd7 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. b3 Qf8 19. Nb5 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A (2771)
-Kurnosov,I (2676)/Moscow 2010/CB00_2011 (41)}) 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 c6 13.
dxc6 (13. Be3 {would not work, as a result of overload on the e-file} Nfxe4 14.
Nfxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Re8 16. Bf3 Bf5 17. dxc6 Bxe4 18. cxb7 Bxb7 $1 19. Bxb7 Rb8
20. Bd5 Rxe3 21. f5 Qh4 22. fxg6 Bd4 $1 23. Kh1 (23. gxf7+ $4 {loses to} Kf8
24. Kh1 Be5 25. g3 Bxg3 26. Qd2 Bxh2 $19) 23... Be5 24. g3 Bxg3 25. Qc2 Bxh2
26. Rxf7 Be5+ 27. Kg1 Rg3+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+ 29. Bg2 Qe6 {and Black is better.})
13... bxc6 14. Bf3 Qe7 15. Be3 d5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. b4 Ne6 18. b5 Nb6 19. f5 (19.
Rc1 d4 20. Bxd4 Rd8 21. Ne2 c5 22. Bxa8 Nxa8 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Qc2 Bf8 25. Rfd1
Nb6 $132) 19... gxf5 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. bxc6 Bxe5 22. Nxd5 Qh4 23. g3 Qg5 24.
Bg2 (24. Nd3 Bxa1 25. Qxa1 Qg7 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Qxg7+ Nxg7 28. Ne5 $44) 24...
Ba6 $5 25. Re1 Bd4 26. Rc1 Bb5 (26... Rad8 {is too complicated to assess!} 27.
Qf3 $1 (27. c7 Rd7 28. Qa4 Qd2 29. Qxd7 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Bxe1 31. c8=Q Bxc8 32.
Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Kg7 34. Ne7 Kf6 35. Nd5+ Kg7 $11) 27... Rfe8 28. Kh1 $14)
27. c7 Rxa2 28. c8=Q (28. Rc2 $2 Ba4 29. Qxd4 Nxd4 30. Rxa2 Bb3 31. Nh3 Qh6 32.
Ra8 Rxa8 33. Ne7+ Kg7 34. Bxa8 Qd2 35. Rf1 Be6 $17) 28... Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 Rxc8
30. Rxc8+ Kg7 31. Rxe6 (31. Qb1 Ra5 32. Rd1 Bd4 {should be better for White.
It is not obvious whether Black has sufficient compensation for the sacrificed
exchange, even though he has got two pawns in return.}) 31... fxe6 32. Nf4 Kh6
$1 33. Qb1 Ra5 34. Nxe6 $4 {A terrible blunder!} Qf6 {[%csl Ra1,Re6]} 35. Qc1+
f4 36. Rc3 Be3 $4 {Returns the favour!} 37. Qe1 Bf2 ({IvanHoe 9.47b x64:} 37...
Qxe6 38. gxf4 Bd7 39. Rxe3 Qf6 40. Rc3 Rc5 41. Rd3 Bc6 42. Qd1 Kg7 43. Rg3+ Kf8
44. Kg1 Bxg2 45. Kxg2 b5 46. Qd7 h5 47. Qb7 Rc2+ 48. Kh1 Qc6+ 49. Qxc6 Rxc6 50.
Rb3 Rc5 51. Kg2 Ke7 52. Kf3 Kf6 53. Ke4 Ke6 54. Re3 {[%eval -13,26]}) 38. Qc1
Be3 39. Qe1 Qxe6 40. gxf4 Qf6 41. Qxe3 Ra1+ 42. Rc1 Bd7 43. h3 Rxc1+ 44. Qxc1
Qd4 45. Qc7 Bf5 46. Qe7 Qxf4 47. Qf6+ Kh5 48. Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2
fxg3 15. hxg3 Kb8 16. O-O-O Bb4 17. Na2 Bc5 18. e3 a5 19. Kb1 Bb6 20. Nc3 Nc5
21. Nd4 h6 22. Rh5 Na6 23. Na2 Nc5 24. Nc3 Na6 25. Na2 Nc5 26. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 h6 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bb3 Bf6 14. Qe2
$146 (14. Bd5 {Zawadzka,J (2389)-Socko,M (2473)/Karpacz 2008/CBM 126 Extra (1/
2, 76)}) 14... O-O-O 15. c4 {This seemingly active continuation will result
into the loss of a pawn, without really questioning the enemy king's safety.}
Na5 16. c5 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Qc6 18. cxd6 Bxb3 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxd6 21. Rxd6
cxd6 22. Rd1 {The presence of opposite coloured bishops and Black's imperfect
structure make a draw the most probable result.} Be6 23. Qd3 Rd8 24. f3 Rd7 25.
Bf4 Kb7 26. Bxd6 g6 27. Qe4 Bf5 28. Qxc6+ Kxc6 29. Bf4 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 h5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. e4 c5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Surprisingly, this move, which can hardly be regarded as unusual or
paradoxical, had apparently been never seen in practice!} (12... e5 {is
usually played.}) ({Other known options:} 12... Qe7) (12... Rd8) (12... a6) 13.
d5 (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. e5 {is harmless, e.g.} Qe7 15. b4 $6 Nd7 {[%csl Rb4,Re5]}
) 13... Nb6 14. b3 exd5 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. h3 {Black needs his light-squared
bishop to fight for the d5 square; therefore it made sense not to prevent ...
Bc8-g4:} (16. Qe2 Bg4 17. Rfd1) 16... Nxc4 17. bxc4 Re8 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Qd2 Rc8
20. Qf4 b5 $5 {[%mdl 32] It is logical to open up the position for Black's
bishops.} 21. e5 g5 $5 22. Qg3 (22. Qe3 $5) (22. Qe4 $5) 22... bxc4 23. Red1
Rc6 $1 {[%csl Gc6] The most useful position of the rook: it protects the
kingside and retains the possibility of attacking the e5-pawn by means of ...
Rc6-e6.} 24. Ne3 (24. Rxc4 Qb8 $15) 24... Qc7 25. Nxc4 $6 {This modest capture
allows Black to comfortably arrange his pieces and seize the initiative.} (25.
h4 g4 $1) (25. Nd5 $5 Qb7 26. Ne3 $11 Be6 $6 27. h4) 25... Be6 $15 26. h4 $6 {
This move makes little sense when Black can reply ...g5-g4.} (26. Nd6 {is not
dangerous either due to} Rd8 {[%cal Rg7e5]} (26... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Gb8b2]})) (26.
Rd6 $5 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxd6 (27... Bxe5 28. Rxc6 Bxg3 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. Rxc5 Bb6
31. Rc2 $15) 28. exd6 Qc6 29. h4 $15) 26... g4 27. Nfd2 Rd8 28. Re1 Rd4 29. Qe3
Qd8 30. g3 Qd5 31. Na5 Rc8 (31... Ra6 $142 $1 {[%csl Ga6] A.Korotylev} 32. Ndc4
Bf8 $17) 32. Ndc4 {White is keeping a blockading setup.} Rb8 33. Qe2 Bf8 34.
Ne3 Qe4 35. Nb3 {Giving up a pawn but getting rid of Black's bishop pair. In
the resulting position White will have some compensation due to the weakness
of Black's kingside.} Bxb3 36. axb3 Rxb3 (36... Qxe5 37. Qa2 $15) 37. Qa2 Qb7
38. Qc2 Rb2 39. Qf5 Qe4 40. Qxe4 Rxe4 41. Ra1 $6 (41. Red1 $142 $15) 41... c4 {
[%csl Gf1]} 42. Rxa7 Bc5 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Rf1 c3 45. Rc8 Bd4 46. Rc7 Rxe5 47.
Rxf7+ Kg6 48. Rd7 Bxe3 49. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096]} Rd2 $2 (49... Rb6 $1 {, and
Black should win by exploiting both his passed pawn and White's pawn
weaknesses (e3, g3), e.g.} 50. Rc7 (50. Rd4 h5 51. e4 Rc5 52. Rdd1 c2 53. Rc1
Rf6 $1 54. Rfe1 Rf3 $19) 50... Rxe3 51. Rf4 $1 {A.Korotylev} h5 $1 (51... Rxg3+
$143 52. Kf2 Rd3 53. Rxg4+ Kf6 54. Rf4+ Ke5 55. Rfc4 Rb2+ 56. Ke1) 52. Kf2 Rd3
53. Rc5 Rb2+ 54. Kg1 Rd1+ 55. Rf1 Rxf1+ 56. Kxf1 c2 57. Ke1 Rb1+ 58. Kd2 Rg1
59. Rxc2 Rxg3 60. Rc6+ Kf5 61. Rc5+ Kf4 62. Rxh5 Ra3 63. Ke2 Ra2+ 64. Kf1 Kg3
$19) 50. Rc7 {[%cal Rc7c6,Rc7c3]} (50. Rc7 c2 51. Rc6+ $11 Kh5 $140 52. Rff6)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. e4 dxc4 15.
Bf4 Bb4 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. bxc4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. a3 Bc5 21. Na4
Rfe8 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Rdc1 Rcd8 24. Be3 Qe7 25. h3 Ng6 26. Re1 Nxe4 27. h4 Nf6
28. Bxc6 Ne5 29. Bg2 Qc7 30. Rec1 Neg4 31. Bf4 Qc5 32. Rab1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Na4 Be7 10. d4 exd4 11. Rd1 c5 12. e3 dxe3 13. Bxe3 Qc7 14. Nc3 a6
15. g4 h6 16. h4 d6 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Nh7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Bxc5
Nxg5 22. Bg2 Bg4 23. Rd2 Ne6 24. Ba3 Nf4 25. c5 Bh4 26. Nd5 Be6 27. Qe3 Bxd5
28. Qxf4 Bg5 29. Qxg5 Qxg5 30. Rxd5 Qg4 31. cxd6 Rfd8 32. Re1 Rbc8 33. Re4 Rc1+
34. Kh2 Qg6 35. d7 Qh6+ 36. Kg3 Rg1 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Rxd8 Qg6+ 39. Kf4 Qf6+ 40.
Ke3 Qxd8 41. Be4+ g6 42. f3 Rg5 43. Be7 Qb6+ 44. Rd4 Qa5 45. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 46. Kf2
Qd8 47. Bxb7 a5 48. a3 Kg7 49. b4 axb4 50. axb4 f5 51. b5 f4 52. Be4 g5 53. Ke2
Kf6 54. Rd5 Ke6 55. b6 g4 56. fxg4 Kf6 57. b7 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rd4 d5 14. Ne5 Nce4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rd7 Bf6 18. Rad1 Bd5 19. Qa4 Bxe5 20. cxd5 Bxf4 21.
gxf4 exd5 22. e3 Qc4 23. Qxc4 dxc4 24. R1d4 b5 25. Rxe4 Rfd8 26. Rb7 a6 27.
Ree7 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Rf8 29. a4 bxa4 30. Rb4 Rb1 31. Rxc4 Rxb2 32. Rxa4 Rb6 33.
Ra7 Rg6+ 34. Kh1 Rc8 35. Ra1 h5 36. R7xa6 Rxa6 37. Rxa6 Rc5 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39.
Ra7 Kg8 40. Re7 g6 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Re5 Rc2 43. Re7 Ra2 44. Rb7 Rc2 45. Ra7 Rb2
46. Kf3 Rd2 47. Rc7 Rb2 48. h3 Ra2 49. Rd7 Rb2 50. e4 Rb3+ 51. Kg2 Rb4 52. f3
h4 53. Rd2 Rb1 54. Rc2 Ra1 55. Rb2 Rc1 56. Rb7 Rc2+ 57. Kg1 Rc1+ 58. Kf2 Rh1
59. Kg2 Ra1 60. Kf2 Ra2+ 61. Ke3 Ra3+ 62. Ke2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bg2 Qe5+ 12. Be3 Qh2 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxh4+ 15. Bf2 Qd8 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. O-O-O+ Kc7 18. Rd3 Bd6 19. Bg3 Rd8 20.
Rgd1 f6 21. f5 e5 22. Be1 a5 23. Rd5 e4 24. Kb1 e3 25. Bf1 Re8 26. Rxd6 e2 27.
Bxe2 Rxe2 28. Bg3 Rg2 29. Bf4 Rxg4 30. Rd7+ Kc6 31. R1d6+ Kb5 32. a4+ Kxa4 33.
Rb6 Rxf4 34. Ka2 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. b3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxe5 14. Bb2 c6
15. Rd2 Bf5 16. Rad1 Bf6 17. h3 h5 18. Kh2 Be5 19. Kg1 Bf6 20. Bf1 Kf8 21. Kg2
Rad8 22. Ba3+ Kg8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. e4 Be6 26. Ne2 Nc8 27. Nf4
Bd7 28. Nd3 Be7 29. Bc5 Kf8 30. f4 b6 31. Be3 Nd6 32. Ne5 Be8 33. Bd3 c5 34.
Kf3 f6 35. Nc4 Bc6 36. Nxd6 Bxd6 37. Bd2 b5 38. Bc3 Kf7 39. Ke3 a6 40. Be2 Bd7
41. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf1 Bf6 15.
Be3 Bb7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Bb1 Re8 19. Qd2 Qa5 20. e5 cxd4 21. Rxc6
Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Bxc6 23. exf6 Bxf3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. gxf3 d5 26. b3 Ne5 27. Kf1
Nxf3 28. Bb4 Re6 29. Ne2 Rxf6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Kg3 g5 32. Kg2 Nh4+ 33. Kf1 Rc6
34. Ba3 Nf3 35. Bb4 Kf6 36. Kg2 Nh4+ 37. Kg3 Ke5 38. Bd2 Rf6 39. f4+ gxf4+ 40.
Bxf4+ Rxf4 41. Nxf4 Ng6 42. Nxg6+ fxg6 43. Bd3 b4 44. Kg4 a5 45. h4 Kf6 46. Kf4
h6 47. Kg4 Kf7 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Kg3 Kf7 50. Kg4 Kg7 51. h5 g5 52. Kf5 Kf7 53.
Be2 Ke7 54. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 b6
9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. Rfd1 Rac8 12. d4 cxd4 13. exd4 Rfd8 14. Ne5 Qe8 15.
Qf3 Bb7 16. Qf4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Na5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. d5 exd5 20. Ne3 Bd6 21. Qf3
Be5 22. Nexd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Qc6 24. Rad1 Re8 25. Nb5 Bxb2 26. Nxa7 Qf6 27. Qxf6
Bxf6 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Rb5 Rc6 30. b4 Kf8 31. Rbd5 Ke8 32. a4 Be7 33. a5 bxa5
34. bxa5 Nd6 35. Rb1 Kd7 36. Rb8 Ra6 37. h4 Bd8 38. Rbb5 f6 39. Rb8 Bxa5 40.
Rg8 Ke6 41. Rd1 Kf7 42. Rh8 h6 43. Ra1 Ne8 44. h5 Ra7 45. Kg2 Bb6 46. Rxa7+
Bxa7 47. g4 Bb8 48. f3 Bd6 49. Kh3 Bf8 50. f4 Nc7 51. Kg3 Nd5 52. Kf3 Ne7 53.
g5 fxg5 54. fxg5 hxg5 55. Kg4 Ng8 56. Kxg5 Be7+ 57. Kf5 Bf6 58. Rxg8 Kxg8 59.
Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 Be6 15.
b3 a5 16. Bf2 c5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Rae1 Ra7 20. Bd1 Re7 21. Kh1 Kh8
22. Bh4 Qe8 23. f4 e4 24. Nf2 Nd4 25. h3 Rd7 26. Na4 Ra7 27. Qe3 Qc6 28. Nc3 d5
29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. cxd5 Bxd5 31. Rg1 Bg8 32. g4 Re7 33. Kh2 Nf3+ 34. Bxf3 exf3
35. Qd2 Rd7 36. Qc2 Qd6 37. Qc1 Qd2 38. Qxd2 Rxd2 39. Ncd1 Bh4 40. Rgf1 Rxa2
41. Re3 c4 42. Rxf3 cxb3 43. Nc3 Rc2 44. Kg1 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 h6 12. b3 O-O-O 13. Nd4 a6 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. g4 Ne5 16. Be2 Qc6 17. f4 Ng6 18. h5 Bxc3 19. Qd3 Ne7 20. Bc1 d5 21.
Bf3 e5 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Bf6 25. Rhg1 Rhf8 26. Rde1 Bxg5 27.
Rxg5 Qf6 28. Bg4+ Kb8 29. Rge5 Nc6 30. Rxd5 Nb4 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Qf3 Qh6 33.
Qe4 Nc6 34. Bf3 Qf6 35. Qe3 Nd4 36. Rd1 Nxf3 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Qxf3 Qd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. Nb5
Rf7 16. Ba5 b6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Be1 a6 19. Nc3 a5 20. a4 Bf8 21. Nf2 h5 22. h3
Rg7 23. Nb5 Nh4 24. Rc3 Rb8 25. Qc2 g4 26. fxg4 hxg4 27. Nxg4 Nxg4 28. Bxg4
Bxg4 29. hxg4 Rxg4 30. Bxh4 Qxh4 31. Rff3 Qe1+ 32. Rf1 Qh4 33. Rff3 Qe1+ 34.
Rf1 Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qa5 9. exf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxg5 11. fxg7 Qxg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bxc4 Bd7 14. O-O
Nc6 15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Qe3 Ne7 17. Ne5 Ng6 18. f4 Rac8 19. Bd3 Rxc3 20. Qd4 Nh4
21. Be4 Rc7 22. Qd6 Rc2 23. Qe7 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. f4 Rb8 14. Kf2
b5 15. Qb3 a5 16. Rac1 a4 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. Rc2 Bd6 19. Rhc1 b4 20. Qc4 Qa7 21.
e3 Ba6 22. Qc6 b3 23. axb3 axb3 24. Rc3 Bb7 25. Qc4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qa2 27. R1c2
Qa8+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. c5 Kh8 11. Qb3 h6 12. Rd1 g5 13. Bd2 a6 14. Be1 Qe8 15. d6
exd6 16. cxd6 c6 17. Na4 e4 18. Nc5 f4 19. Bc3 e3 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. d7 exf2+
22. Kf1 Bxd7 23. Nxd7 Re6 24. Nb6 Re3 25. Qc4 Rb8 26. Rd7 fxg3 27. hxg3 Qh5 28.
Kxf2 Rbe8 29. Re1 Qh2 30. Qg4 R3e6 31. Rd3 h5 32. Qxg5 Rf6+ 33. Rf3 Rxf3+ 34.
Kxf3 Rf8+ 35. Ke3 Qxg2 36. Kd3 Qf2 37. Rh1 Qd4+ 38. Kc2 Qxb2+ 39. Kd1 Qb1+ 40.
Kd2 Qxh1 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14.
Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Bg5+ f6 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Be3 Ke6 18. O-O-O Bb4 19. Kb1 Rhc8 20.
a3 Bc5 21. Rhe1 Bxe3 22. Rxe3+ Kd6 23. Rde1 Rc4 24. h3 Rd8 25. Re6+ Kc7 26. Rc1
Rd6 27. Re8 Rxc1+ 28. Kxc1 Rc6+ 29. Kd2 Kd6 30. Ra8 Rc7 31. Ke3 Ke5 32. f4+ Kf5
33. Rd8 Re7+ 34. Kf3 Ke6 35. Ke3 Kf5+ 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Ke3 Kf5+ 38. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. h3 exd5 7. cxd5 Nf6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15.
Ra2 Ra8 16. b3 Nfd7 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Qf6 19. Ra2 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Nf3
Qc3 22. Re3 Qf6 23. Bf1 Bd7 24. Ra5 Bb5 25. Qc1 Nd7 26. Bc4 Rab8 27. Qf1 Ne5
28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. Rxb5 Ra8 31. g3 Ra1 32. Re1 Rea8 33. Kg2 Qc3
34. Rb8+ Rxb8 35. Rxa1 Rxb3 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Qa1 Qxa1 38. Rxa1 f5 39. Ra6 fxe4
40. Rxd6 Rd3 41. Kf1 Kf7 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Rc6 Rxd5 44. Rc7+ Kd6 45. Rxh7 c4 46.
Rh6 c3 47. Rxg6+ Kc5 48. Rg8 Rd3 49. h4 Kd4 50. Rd8+ Kc4 51. Rc8+ Kd4 52. Rd8+
Kc4 53. Rc8+ Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 f5 {An unusual way of transposing
from an accelerated Bogo-Indian to a Dutch Defence. Had White captured with
the knight on d2, Black would have had better possibilities of setting up the
Dutch dark-squared plan with ...Nc6 and ...e5, because White would have had no
pressure in the centre at all.} 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O Qe7 9.
Nc3 c6 $5 {A relatively new plan. Instead of playing on the dark squares,
Black transposes to a Stonewall, which may seem paradoxical given the fact
that the dark-squared bishops have been exchanged. The subtlety justifying
such an approach is that White has developed his queen's knight on a square
far away from Black's main weakness, e5. Of course, he can initiate the
typical manoeuvre e3, Ne2-f4-d3, but this is time consuming, allowing Black
catching up in development. I was surprised to notice how important a single
tempo can be in what looks like a "slow" position. More about it later.} ({
It has long been established that Black's slight delay in development makes
the plan of opening the centre quite risky. Here is a classic example:} 9...
Nc6 10. Rfe1 e5 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rad1 e4 14. Ng5 $36 {Botvinnik,
M-Ilyin Zhenevsky,A/Leningrad 1930/EXT 99 (1-0, 39)}) 10. Rfe1 ({Carlsen had
played this line before:} 10. Rad1 d5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rfe1 ({As proved by the
main game, defending the pawn with} 12. b3 {may allow a later freeing
operation based on ...dxc4, bxc4 ...c5.} b6 13. cxd5 {After b2-b3, which
prevents the actication of the queen with Qa4, this does not look too scary.}
cxd5 14. Qb2 Ba6 {Since the white queen has no access to the a-file the
bishops stands well here. One may ask, why should this bishop be "worse" than
its rival?} 15. Rd2 Rac8 16. Rc1 Rc7 17. Rdc2 Rfc8 18. Nd1 Qd6 $11 {Haik,A 
(2475)-Ivkov,B (2525)/Cannes 1986/MCL (1/2, 41). Black has no problems at all.}
) 12... Ne4 (12... dxc4 $6 {offers White a strong initiative after} 13. e4 f4
14. Ne2 $14 {To be compared with the similar line given in a later note, in
which the queen rook would be on a1 still.}) 13. e3 Nd6 14. c5 Nf7 {Black is
ready to open the centre with ...e5. Although this will leave White with the
control of d4, the kingside initiative should not be neglected.} 15. b4 e5 16.
dxe5 Nfxe5 17. Nd4 Nf6 18. Na4 Kh8 19. Qb3 Bd7 20. a3 Rae8 21. Nb2 g5 22. f4
Ng6 23. Nd3 gxf4 24. exf4 Ne4 25. Nf3 Qf6 26. Nde5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Bc8 28. Qe3 h5
$132 {Maiwald,J (2508)-Carlsen,M (2786)/Germany 2008/CBM 127 Extra (0-1, 38).
It is curious that computers give White a clear advantage in this position. I
would be rather worried by Black's attack, without seeing a clear queenside
plan to compensate for it.}) (10. Rae1 d5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. f4 {This brutal way
of occupying the e5-square is not too promising.} Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nxd7
Bxd7 15. c5 Be8 {The position has been stabilised, Black development is
entirely satisfactory and once again one would ask: whose bishop is better?}
16. e3 Bh5 17. h3 Rad8 18. Qf2 g5 {Displaying some ambitions already.} 19. fxg5
Qxg5 (19... e5 $5 20. dxe5 Qxc5 $132) 20. Qf4 Qg7 21. Rf2 Bg6 22. Ref1 Rfe8 23.
Qg5 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. g4 fxg4 26. hxg4 e5 $132 {Gyimesi,Z (2592)-Glek,I 
(2512)/Germany 2009/CBM 128 Extra (1-0, 39). Black later lost only as a
consequence of an endgame blunder.}) 10... d5 11. e3 {Preparing Ne2-f4-d3.} (
11. Qc2 Ne4 (11... Nbd7 $5) 12. Rab1 (12. e3 Bd7 $6 {This is too slow,
allowing White to regroup in time. He should have chosen Carlsen's plan from
the previous game.} 13. Ne2 Be8 14. Nf4 Nd7 15. Nd3 Ndf6 16. Nfe5 $16 {
Kharitonov,A (2585)-Ovetchkin,R (2475)/Moscow 1998/CBM 063/[Tyomkin,D] (1-0,
44). White is in complete control of the position.}) 12... Nd7 13. b4 $6 {
This attacking move only creates weaknesses.} Nd6 $1 14. cxd5 $6 (14. c5 $5)
14... cxd5 15. Ne5 Kh8 $1 (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nc4 $2 17. Nxd5 $1 $18) 16. f4 (
16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Qd8 18. Nc7 Nb6 19. Nxa8 Nxa8 $132) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5
Nc4 18. Qd3 Bd7 19. e4 {This not only fails to shake Black's stability, but
also clears an important diagonal for the "bad" bishop.} fxe4 20. Nxe4 Be8 21.
Nc5 Bg6 22. Be4 $8 b6 (22... Nxe5 23. fxe5 dxe4 $15) 23. Bxg6 bxc5 24. Bxh7 g5
$132 {Nikolaidis,K (2308)-Glek,I (2553)/Korinthos 2000/EXT 2001 (0-1, 36)})
11... Nbd7 12. b3 $146 {This kind of queenside tension offers Black additional
ideas for counterplay.} ({Quite possibly, Giri did not like} 12. Qc2 {because
of} dxc4 $5 $146 (12... b6 $6 13. cxd5 $1 {With the d1-a4 diagonal open, this
move is strong.} cxd5 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Qa4 a6 16. Ne2 Rfc8 17. Nf4 Ne4 18. Nd3
g5 19. Nfe5 Ndf6 20. Qb3 Qd6 21. Red1 g4 22. Nf4 $16 {with complete domination
on dark squares, Krizsany,L (2430)-Hardicsay,P (2395)/Hungary 1996/EXT 2000 
(1-0, 32)}) 13. e4 ({The attempt to retrieve the pawn releases the pressure in
the centre, allowing Black adequate counterplay:} 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Bf1 e5 15.
Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4+ Be6 17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Qb3+ Rf7 20. Rad1 Re8
$11) 13... f4 $5 14. Ne2 (14. gxf4 Nh5 $36) 14... fxg3 15. hxg3 b5 16. b3 {
White has obvious compensation for the pawn, but apparently not more than that.
We have to continue the line for many more moves in order to illustrate one
possible difference if compared to the position with the extra tempo Rad1
mentioned above.} Ba6 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Nf4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21.
Bf1 Kh8 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 {White has retrieved the pawn and has the more
compact structure. Black should hurry with his counterplay.} Ng4 $1 24. Qxc6
Nxf2 $1 25. Kxf2 {In the aforementioned line, White would win with 25.Rd5!,
which is not available now.} g5 26. Qd5 Qg7 $13) (12. Qe2 Ne4 {leaves White
without the possibility of continuing his knight maneouvre.}) 12... b6 13. Ne2
Bb7 14. Nf4 {White has completed his regrouping, but Black has a harmonious
dveelopment and can open play to his favour.} dxc4 $5 (14... Ne4 15. Qb2 c5
$132 {is another possible continuation.}) 15. bxc4 c5 $132 16. Ng5 $6 {This
over-optimistic move hands over the initiative.} Bxg2 17. Kxg2 e5 18. Nfe6 (18.
dxe5 Nxe5 $15 {[%cal Ge7b7]}) 18... Ne4 $1 19. Nxe4 Qxe6 20. Ng5 $6 {Losing a
pawn without compensation.} (20. d5 Qh6 21. Nc3 e4 $15 {The weakness of the
f3-square is more important than that of the e6-square for two main reasons.
First, a knight on f3 would be closer to the king. Secondly, the e6-knight can
be removed with an exchange sacrifice.} 22. Ne2 Ne5 23. Qc3 Rae8 24. Nf4 g5 25.
Ne6 Rxe6 26. dxe6 Qxe6 {The c4-pawn is in danger and the kingside attack
remains a permanent danger.}) 20... Qxc4 21. dxc5 (21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Rac1 Rad8
$1 $19) 21... Nxc5 22. Rec1 Qd3 $17 {Black has parried any infiltration of
White's pieces and converting the pawn remains a matter of technique.} 23. Qxd3
Nxd3 24. Rc7 h6 25. Nf3 Rf7 26. Rc3 Rd7 27. a4 Rad8 28. Rb1 Rd5 29. Rc7 R8d7
30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rb5 Rd6 32. a5 e4 33. Nd4 g6 34. Rb1 Kf7 35. h3 Ke7 36. Nb5
Rd5 37. axb6 axb6 38. Nd4 Rd6 39. Nb5 Rf6 40. f3 exf3+ 41. Kxf3 Ne5+ 42. Ke2
Nd7 43. Nd4 Rd6 44. g4 fxg4 45. hxg4 Ne5 46. Nb5 Rf6 47. Rb4 Rf2+ 48. Kxf2 Nd3+
49. Kf3 Nxb4 50. Kf4 Kf6 51. Nc3 Nd3+ 52. Ke4 Nc5+ 53. Kf4 g5+ 54. Kf3 Ke5 55.
Nb5 Ne4 56. Na7 Nd2+ 57. Ke2 Nc4 58. Nc6+ Ke4 59. Ne7 Nxe3 60. Nc8 Nxg4 61.
Nxb6 Ne5 62. Kf2 h5 63. Kg3 h4+ 64. Kh3 Kf3 65. Nc8 Nd3 66. Nd6 Nf4+ 67. Kh2 g4
68. Nf5 g3+ 69. Kh1 g2+ 70. Kh2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Qd2 exd5 9. Qe3+ Kf8 10. Qf4 Bf6 11. h4 h6 12. Nf3 Kg7 13. g3 c6 14. Bg2 Na6
15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Qe3 Bf5 17. Ne5 Rae8 18. f4 Bd8 19. Qf3 h5 20. Bh3 f6 21.
Bxf5 fxe5 22. Bc2 exd4 23. Rxd4 Bf6 24. Qd3 Qf7 25. e4 Nc5 26. Qe3 dxe4 27. Rd6
Nd3+ 28. Bxd3 exd3 29. Qxd3 Rd8 30. Re1 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Re8 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Kd2
Kf7 34. Kd3 Bxc3 35. bxc3 Qe6 36. Qc7+ Qe7 37. Qb8 Qd7+ 38. Kc2 b6 39. Qa8 Qf5+
40. Kc1 Qd7 41. f5 gxf5 42. Qh8 Qd3 43. Qxh5+ Kg7 44. Qg5+ Kf7 45. Kb2 Qb5+ 46.
Kc2 Qd5 47. Kb2 Qb5+ 48. Kc1 Qd3 49. Kb2 Qb5+ 50. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. Rc1 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nd4 Ne4 12. Bf4 Re8 13. f3 Nexc5 14. Be2
Ne5 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Ng6 17. Bg3 Rxe3 18. O-O Bf5 19. Bf2 Re7 20. Qd2 Qc7
21. Rfe1 Qf4 22. Qxf4 Nxf4 23. Bf1 Re6 24. Red1 a6 25. b4 h6 26. Bg3 Ne2+ 27.
Bxe2 Rxe2 28. Rxd5 Be6 29. Rd4 a5 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. Re4 Rxe4 32. fxe4 Bd7 33.
Rc2 Bc6 34. e5 Rc5 35. c4 Be4 36. Rc3 Ra5 37. Re3 Bf5 38. Be1 Ra2 39. c5 Be6
40. Rd3 Kh7 41. h3 Ra1 42. Kf2 Rb1 43. Bc3 Rc1 44. Kg3 g5 45. h4 Kg6 46. hxg5
hxg5 47. Rf3 Bd5 48. Rf6+ Kh5 49. Bd2 Rc2 50. Rf2 Be6 51. Be3 Rc3 52. Kf3 Bd5+
53. Ke2 Kg4 54. Kd2 Ra3 55. Rf1 Ra2+ 56. Kd3 Rxg2 57. Rg1 Rxg1 58. Bxg1 Kf3 59.
Kd2 g4 60. Bd4 g3 61. Ke1 Bc4 62. e6 Bxe6 63. Bf6 Bc4 64. Kd2 Kf2 65. Bh4 f5
66. Kc3 f4 67. Kxc4 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3
Bd6 9. Qe2 c5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 c4 14. b3 Qc8
15. Qxc8 Rfxc8 16. Bd2 a6 17. a4 Bb4 18. Rdb1 cxb3 19. Rxb3 Rc4 20. Nb1 Bd6 21.
Ne1 Rac8 22. f3 h5 23. h3 h4 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. Nc3 Ke6 27. Rab1 Nh5
28. Kd3 f5 29. Nc2 Nhf6 30. Nb4 Bxb4 31. Rxb4 Rxb4 32. Rxb4 g5 33. Rb1 Rg8 34.
Rc1 Rc8 35. e4 dxe4+ 36. fxe4 Nxe4 37. Nxe4 fxe4+ 38. Kxe4 Nf6+ 39. Kd3 Rxc1
40. Bxc1 Kf5 41. Kc4 g4 42. hxg4+ Kxg4 43. Bd2 Kf5 44. Be1 Kg4 45. d5 b5+ 46.
axb5 axb5+ 47. Kd4 Nxd5 48. Kxd5 h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 f6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nb1 Bd5 15.
Nd2 c5 16. bxc6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 bxc6 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rab1 Re8 20. Rfc1 a4 21.
Qa2 c5 22. Ba1 Bf8 23. Nf3 Nd5 24. Rb7 Qd6 25. Rc2 g5 26. e4 dxe3 27. Nxg5 Kg8
28. Ne4 Qe6 29. Rd7 Rad8 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5+ Rxd5 32. Nxf6+ Kf7 33. Nxd5 e2
34. Bc3 e1=Q 35. Bxe1 Rxe1 36. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 a6 8.
Bf4 Nc6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. e3 Rc8 11. Be2 Na7 12. O-O Nb5 13. Be5 Be6 14. d5 Bd7
15. Qb3 Nd6 16. Nd4 Rb8 17. h3 c5 18. Ne6 fxe6 19. dxe6 Kh8 20. exd7 Qxd7 21.
Qb6 Qc6 22. Qxc6 bxc6 23. b3 Nfe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe5 25. Nxc5 Ra8 26. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. O-O-O d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Kb1
Bf6 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne5 18. Qf5 Nc4 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 g6
21. Qxd5 Rac8 22. Qe4 b5 23. h4 a5 24. h5 a4 25. Nc1 Rfe8 26. Qd3 Qe5 27. hxg6
hxg6 28. c3 Kg7 29. Rd5 Qf4 30. Qd4+ Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc5 32. Rhd1 Rf5 33. f3 Ne3
34. Re1 Re6 35. Rd2 Nc4 36. Rde2 Rd6 37. Na2 g5 38. Nb4 g4 39. fxg4 Rf4 40. Nc2
Rxg4 41. Nd4 Rd5 42. Rf2 Kg6 43. Re8 Rdg5 44. Nf3 Rf5 45. Rg8+ Kh5 46. Rh8+ Kg6
47. Rg8+ Kh5 48. Rh8+ Kg6 49. Re2 Kf6 50. Rb8 Rd5 51. Nd4 Rdg5 52. Rf2+ Kg6 53.
Rxb5 Rxg2 54. Rxg5+ Rxg5 55. Kc2 f5 56. Ne6 Rg4 57. Nc5 Ne5 58. Kd2 Kf6 59. Nd3
Nc4+ 60. Ke2 Re4+ 61. Kd1 Ne3+ 62. Kd2 Nc4+ 63. Kc2 Rh4 64. Nc5 Ne5 65. b3
axb3+ 66. Kxb3 Rh8 67. Rf4 Rc8 68. Ne4+ Ke6 69. Ng5+ Kf6 70. Ne4+ Ke6 71. Ng3
Rb8+ 72. Rb4 Rf8 73. Ne2 Nd3 74. Rd4 Rb8+ 75. Kc2 Nc5 76. Rb4 Rc8 77. Nf4+ Ke5
78. Rc4 Ra8 79. Ng6+ Kf6 80. Nf4 Ke5 81. Ne2 Kd5 82. Rd4+ Kc6 83. Rf4 Rxa3 84.
Nd4+ Kd5 85. Nxf5 Ra2+ 86. Kb1 Rh2 87. Ne3+ Kc6 88. Nc2 Rh1+ 89. Ka2 Rh2 90.
Rf6+ Kb5 91. Kb2 Na4+ 92. Kb3 Nc5+ 93. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Re1 $5 {An odd choice by Anand. It is clear that the World Champion had
something in mind.} Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14.
Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Re8 {Nothing new for Giri so far. He had examined the same
position in an encounter not long time before this game} 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3
b6 18. Rab1 $1 $146 {A good novelty by Anand. It creates the greatest amount
of difficulty for Black. Nevertheless, Black should be able to hold. The other
continuations have not created any difficulties for Black.} (18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.
Re1 Qf8 20. Qb3 h6 21. Qxd5 Be6 22. Qb5 Bxa2 23. c4 Qa3 24. h4 Qc3 25. Re8+
Rxe8 26. Qxe8+ Kh7 27. Qe4+ Kg8 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Qe4+ Kg8 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qe4+
{1/2-1/2 (31) Jovanovic,Z (2526)-Giri,A (2624)/Rijeka 2010/CBM 136}) (18. h3 h6
19. Rab1 Qc6 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Re1 Qf8 22. Qa4 Be6 23. Re3 {1/2-1/2 (23)
Dominguez Perez,L (2712)-Kramnik,V (2788)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135}) 18... Qd8
$2 {Giri blunders away a pawn instantly.} (18... Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qc6 20. Re7 $5
(20. c4 $5 dxc4 21. d5 Qd7 22. d6 h6 23. h3 (23. Re7 Qf5 24. h3 Be6 {Black is
just safe}) 23... Qb5 24. Nd4 Qd5 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Qf3 Qxd4 27. Qxa8 Qd1+ 28.
Kh2 Qxd6+ 29. Kg1 Be6 {and Black is far from any danger.}) 20... f6 {[%csl Ge5]
} 21. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1e3]} Bd7 22. Nf1 a5 23. Ne3 Be6 24. h4 Rc8 25. h5
h6 26. c4 Kh8 (26... dxc4 $4 27. d5 Bxd5 28. Nf5 $18) 27. Qd3 Qd6 28. Rxg7 Kxg7
29. Qg6+ Kh8 (29... Kf8 $4 30. Qxf6+ Ke8 31. Nf5 $18) 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+
Kh8 32. Qxf6+ Kh7 (32... Kg8 $4 33. Nf5 $18) 33. Nf5 Qd7 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Qh6+
Kg8 $11 {Even though this exciting line is not all that forced, however it
reveals the strength behind Anand's novelty and the difficulties Black might
face in this line.}) 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Rxb6 Bg4 21. Rb7 Bxf3 22. gxf3 h6 23.
Rxa7 Rxa7 $2 {The last and final mistake. 23...Rc8 was mandatory, the rest is
just a piece of cake for Anand.} 24. Qxa7 Qc8 25. Kg2 Qc6 26. Qb8+ Kh7 27. Qb1+
Kg8 28. Qf5 Qc4 29. a4 $1 Qxa4 30. Qxd5 Qa6 31. Qe4 Qc4 32. d5 Qxc3 33. Qe8+
Kh7 34. Qxf7 Qe5 35. h4 h5 36. Qe6 Qxe6 37. dxe6 Kg6 38. f4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maletin, Pavel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 c5 8. e3
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Nf3 h6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Bd5 Re8 16. O-O Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Qb3 Re7 20. Rc5 Bxf3 21.
Bxf3 Rd8 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qa4 Rd6 24. Qe4 Ree6 25. b4 Rd2 26. Ra5 Rd7 27. g3
g6 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. h4 h5 30. Qf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 e4+ 32. Kg2 Rf6 33. Re5 Rd3 34.
Ra5 c5 35. bxc5 Rf5 36. Rxa7 Rxc5 37. Re7 Rxa3 38. Rxe4 Rc2 39. Rb1 Raa2 40.
Rf4 Rcb2 41. Rxb2 Rxb2 42. Ra4 f5 43. Kf3 Kh6 44. Ra7 Rc2 45. Rf7 Ra2 46. Rd7
Rb2 47. Rd1 Ra2 48. Re1 Ra4 49. Re2 Kg7 50. Rd2 Kh6 51. Ke2 Ra3 52. f3 Kg7 53.
Kf2 Kf6 54. Rd6+ Kf7 55. g4 hxg4 56. fxg4 fxg4 57. Rd4 g3+ 58. Kf3 g2 59. Rf4+
Kg7 60. Rg4 Ra4 61. e4 Ra3+ 62. Kxg2 Kf6 63. Rg3 Ra5 64. Kf3 Rh5 65. Kg4 Re5
66. Re3 Ke6 67. Re1 Kf6 68. Kf4 Rh5 69. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist SSSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nc6 13. O-O a6 14. Qd2 Bd7 15.
Rfd1 Rc8 16. b3 Ne5 17. e4 e6 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Qe3 Qe7 21. Bh5 b5
22. cxb5 axb5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Nxa4 Rc7 25. Nb6 Bg7 26. Nc4 Rd8 27. e5 dxe5 28.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Nxe5 Be8 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Nc4 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Qb6 Bf8 34.
Qb8 Qb5 35. Qd8 Kg7 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37. Qd8 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgorod BelGu"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. c3 O-O 6. a4 h6 7. Bh4 Qe8 8. e4
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 Nh5 11. O-O Kh8 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Nb3 a5 14. Bb5 f6 15.
Nbd2 Be6 16. Bg3 Rd8 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Nc4 b6 19. Ne3 Ne7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Qc4
Nc8 22. Qc6 Ne7 23. Qc4 Nc8 24. Qc6 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grishchenko, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Desnogorsk Atom"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. d4 Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. e4 d4 14. e5 Ng4 15. Qe4
f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Qd3 Ng4 18. c5 e5 19. h3 Nh6 20. Ne4 Nf7 21. Nfd2 Bb8 22.
Nc4 Bc7 23. Bc1 h6 24. Bd2 Be6 25. Rfe1 Qd7 26. h4 Rf8 27. a4 Ne7 28. Ned6 Bd5
29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Bxd5+ Nxd5 31. Rxe5 Bxd6 32. Rxd5 Qf7 33. Qxd4 Bc7 34. Rd7
Be5 35. Rxf7 Bxd4 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Rf1 Rf3 38. Be3 Bxe3 39. Kg2 Rf5 40. fxe3
Re5 41. Rc1 Rxe3 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 Re7 44. c6 bxc6 45. bxc6 Rc7 46. Kf3 Kf7
47. Ke4 Ke6 48. h5 Re7 49. c7 Kd7+ 50. Kf5 Kc8 51. g4 Rd7 52. Kg6 Rd5 53. Kxg7
Rg5+ 54. Kxh6 Rxg4 55. Rc6 Rg8 56. Kh7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8.
Rd1 a6 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 14. O-O
Nf6 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. f3 Rac8 18. Bb3 Rc5 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Rxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Mikhail Chigorin CC"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Qd2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 Qa5 14. Bf2 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Qb4 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. a3 Qb3 18. Bd3 Rad8 19. Bc2 Qc4 20. b3 Qa6 21. b4 b6
22. cxb6 axb6 23. Bb3 Bf5 24. a4 Qb7 25. b5 h5 26. Qb2 Re6 27. Re1 Ne8 28. Ne2
Qe7 29. Rad1 Bxd4+ 30. Rxd4 Nf6 31. Qd2 Re8 32. Kf2 Qc5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sitnikov, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kemerovo"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nf6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. f4 Nbd7 13. Bf2 g6 14. h3 Rfe8 15.
e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nh5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qf3 Qc7 19. g4 Ng7 20. Bg3 Qc4 21. Nc6
Rac8 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Rad1 Nc5 24. Rf1 Ne8 25. Bh4 Ra7 26. b3 Qb4 27. Be1 Qa3
28. Qf4 Rac7 29. Rf2 Nb7 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. Bb4 Qh4 32. Ng5 Qh6 33. c4 a5 34. Ba3
Rd8 35. Rxd8 Nxd8 36. Nxe6 Qxf4 37. Nxf4 Nc6 38. Nd5 Rd7 39. Rf6 Nxe5 40. Rxb6
Rd8 41. Kf2 f5 42. Re6 Nd7 43. g5 Rb8 44. Re7 Nf8 45. Nf6+ Nxf6 46. gxf6 Rb6
47. Rg7+ Kh8 48. Bb2 Rxb3 49. Be5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zolotukhin, Valery"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yamal"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O Be6 11. Bb3 b5 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Bg5 Rfc8 14. Rac1 Bc4
15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Qxc4 Rxc4 17. Nd2 Rc7 18. Nf1 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ne3 Rc6
21. Ncd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Bg5 23. c3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Kf8 25. Rcd1 Ke7 26. Kf2 h5 27.
Ke2 Ke6 28. R1d2 Rb8 29. a3 Rbb6 30. Rd1 Rc4 31. Kf3 g6 32. R5d2 a5 33. Re1 h4
34. h3 Ra6 35. Red1 f5 36. exf5+ gxf5 37. g3 hxg3 38. Kxg3 b4 39. cxb4 axb4 40.
axb4 Rxb4 41. Rb1 Rab6 42. Kf2 Rh4 43. Kg3 Re4 44. Rd3 d5 45. Kf3 Reb4 46. Rd2
Rh4 47. Kg3 Re4 48. Rd3 Rxe3+ 49. Rxe3 f4+ 50. Kf3 fxe3 51. b4 d4 52. b5 Kd5
53. h4 Rf6+ 54. Kg2 e2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lipetsk EGU-Perspektiva"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. g4 h6 5. h3 e5 6. Nge2 c6 7. Be3 b5 8. Ng3
Bb7 9. Bg2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. Rad1 a6 13. b3 Rd8 14. a4 b4 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Nb1 c5 17. Qc1 a5 18. c3 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 c4 22.
cxb4 Qxb4 23. Qc3 Qxb3 24. Qxb3 cxb3 25. Nd2 b2 26. Rb1 Rc2 27. Nb3 O-O 28. Re2
Rc4 29. Rbxb2 Rxa4 30. Ra2 Rb4 31. Nxa5 Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Red2 Nf6 34. Nc6
Re8 35. Ra5 h5 36. g5 Nh7 37. Ra7 Rxe3 38. fxe3 Nxg5 39. h4 Nf3 40. Rdd7 Rf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2011.05.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[BlackTeam "Lutece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 a5 8. a3
Na6 9. Ne5 d6 10. Nd3 bxa3 11. Nxa3 Re8 12. Nb5 Nc7 13. Qb3 Nxb5 14. Qxb5 b6
15. O-O Ba6 16. Qa4 Rc8 17. Rfc1 e5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. b3 Qe7 20. b4 Rxc4 21.
Rxc4 Bxc4 22. bxa5 Bxd3 23. Bxd3 bxa5 24. Qxa5 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2011.05.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "De Rueil Malmaison"]
[BlackTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf5 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bg4 b6 17. Rc3 a5 18. Ne1 Bg7 19. Nc2 h5 20. Bh3 Bh6 21. Re1 Kh7
22. Ng3 Qg5 23. Rf3 Bd7 24. b3 Rf7 25. Re4 Raf8 26. Re1 Qe7 27. Ne4 Bf4 28. Rd3
Bh6 29. Rf3 Qe8 30. a4 g5 31. Bxf5+ Bxf5 32. Ng3 Bg6 33. Rxf7+ Qxf7 34. f3 g4
35. Rf1 Kh8 36. Qe2 Qh7 37. Ne1 h4 38. Nh1 g3 39. hxg3 hxg3 40. Nxg3 Bf4 41.
Nh1 Qh2+ 42. Kf2 e4 43. Rg1 Re8 44. Kf1 exf3 45. Qb2+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2011.05.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[BlackTeam "Guingamp"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
b6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Nd2 Nd5 12. Nxc4 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bb7 14. e3 Rc8
15. Qe2 Ba6 16. Rfd1 g6 17. a3 Qc7 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. b4 Qb8 20. Qa2 Bb7 21. Bg2
Nf6 22. Qb3 Nd5 23. Ne4 Ba8 24. Ne5 Kg7 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26. fxg5 Rc7 27. e4 Nf4
28. Bf1 c5 29. Qe3 Nh5 30. dxc5 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 bxc5 32. bxc5 Qb2 33. Nc4 Qc2 34.
Qd4+ f6 35. Rd3 Qc1 36. h4 Qf4 37. Qd6 Bxe4 38. gxf6+ Kxf6 39. Qd4+ Ke7 40.
Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2011.05.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Nc6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 Na5 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15.
a3 b4 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. Ra4 Nd5 18. Bg5 f6 19. e4 fxg5 20. exd5 c5 21. dxc5
Bxc5 22. Qa1 Bb6 23. dxe6 Qc7 24. Rf1 Bd5 25. e7 Rf5 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Rxa5 Bxg2
28. Rxf5 Bxf1 29. Qa2+ Bc4 30. Nxc4 Qxe7 31. Nd6+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nxg5+
Kh8 34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Nd6+ Kh8 36. Nxc8 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Rf3 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2011.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aguettaz, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Noyon"]
[BlackTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 h6
15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bc2 Re7 17. Rab1 Ne8 18. Rfe1 Nd6 19. a4 Bd7 20. Ne5 Be8 21.
g4 g5 22. h3 b5 23. a5 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. f4 f6 26. Red1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2011.05.31"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
Qxc4 Qd5 9. Qd3 Qf5 10. Qxf5 exf5 11. O-O Be6 12. Rc1 Bd5 13. e3 Ne4 14. Be1
O-O 15. Nfd2 Rfe8 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxg2 18. cxb4 Bd5 19. b5 Nb4 20. a3 Nd3
21. Rc3 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 c6 23. Rb1 g5 24. f3 g4 25. Kf2 h5 26. h4 a4 27. Rb4 Kg7
28. Rc5 Ra5 29. bxc6 Raa8 30. Nc4 bxc6 1-0

[Event "Bhubaneswar op 3rd"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2011.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Laxman, Rajaram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8.
Nc3 e5 9. O-O c6 10. e4 Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nbd7 14. Rac1
Rfc8 15. Rc2 Rc7 16. Rfc1 a6 17. b4 Qd8 18. Nd1 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Rc8 20. Ne3 Rxc2
21. Qxc2 g6 22. a3 Nb6 23. Be2 Qd7 24. Kg2 h5 25. h4 Kf8 26. Bd3 Ne8 27. Qc3
Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bhubaneswar op 3rd"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2011.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Satyapragyan, Swayangsu"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2011.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Ba2 Re8 13. Nf1 Nc5 14. Ng5 Rf8 15.
f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 h6 17. Nf3 Ne6 18. Bh2 d5 19. e5 Nh7 20. d4 Nhg5 21. c3 c5 22.
Nxg5 Bxg5 23. Qd3 Qb6 24. Rad1 cxd4 25. cxd4 g6 26. Ne3 Rfd8 27. Ng4 Kg7 28.
Kh1 Rac8 29. Rf1 Rc7 30. Bb1 Rf8 31. Nf6 Qc6 32. Bg1 Qc4 33. Qg3 Qe2 34. Qb3
Bxf6 35. exf6+ Kg8 36. Qg3 Qh5 37. Bf5 Qg5 38. Bg4 h5 39. Be3 h4 40. Qf3 Nxd4
41. Bxd4 Re8 42. Qf4 Qxf4 43. Rxf4 Rc2 44. Rf2 Rc4 45. Bf3 Re6 46. Rfd2 Kh7 47.
Kg1 a5 48. b3 Rc7 49. Re2 Rxe2 50. Bxe2 b4 51. axb4 axb4 52. Bd3 Bc8 53. Kf2
Be6 54. Ke3 Rc8 55. Ra1 Kh6 56. Ra4 Rb8 57. Kf4 g5+ 58. Ke5 g4 59. hxg4 Bxg4
60. Ra7 Be6 61. Re7 Rf8 62. Rxe6 fxe6 63. Kxe6 Re8+ 64. Kd7 Rf8 65. Ke7 Rb8 66.
f7 Rb7+ 67. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Bhubaneswar op 3rd"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2011.06.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Sriram, Jha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6
9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Ne5 a5 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Nd3 Na6 13. Nf3 c5 14. e3 Nb4 15. dxc5
bxc5 16. a3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Bd5 20. Qc2 a4 21. Bxf6
Qxf6 22. bxa4 Rab8 23. Re1 Bb3 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Bxa4 26. Rec1 h6 27. Ne1
Be7 28. Bf1 Bb3 29. Nd3 c4 30. Nb4 Bxb4 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. Bxc4 Bxc4 33. Rxc4
Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Kf7 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. h3 g5 37. g4 Rd6 38. Rc8 Ra6 39. Kg3 Ra4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bhubaneswar op 3rd"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2011.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lalith, Babu MR"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Be2 c5 8. d5 h6
9. Bd2 Nc7 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. h4 Bg4 12. Be3 a6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 15. Nxe2
Ne4 16. Nd3 b5 17. Ndf4 Nd6 18. cxb5 Ncxb5 19. Qc2 Kg8 20. Bxc5 Rc8 21. Rc1 Qd7
22. O-O Qg4 23. b4 Qxh4 24. Qd3 g5 25. g3 Qg4 26. Ng2 Qd7 27. Ne3 f5 28. a4 Nc7
29. Bxd6 exd6 30. f4 Qxa4 31. Nxf5 Qd7 32. Nxg7 Qxg7 33. Rc6 Nb5 34. Rxa6 gxf4
35. Rxf4 Rxf4 36. Nxf4 Nd4 37. Rxd6 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Rc2+ 39. Kh3 Kf8 40. Ng6+ Kg8
41. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Bhubaneswar op 3rd"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2011.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O c5 6. Na3 Qb6 7. c4 a6 8. Be3 d5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 b4
15. Nab5 O-O 16. Rc7 Ba6 17. Nd6 g6 18. Re1 Nbd7 19. Nc6 Nb6 20. b3 Nc8 21.
Nxc8 Bxc8 22. Nxb4 Bd7 23. Rc2 Ra3 24. Rd1 Bb5 25. Rdd2 Rb8 26. Nd3 Bxd3 27.
Rxd3 Rb6 28. h4 Kg7 29. Rdd2 h6 30. Rb2 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. e3 Ng4 33. e4 dxe4
34. Bxe4 f5 35. Bf3 Ne5 36. Be2 Kf6 37. Rbc2 Nc6 38. Bc4 Nb4 39. Rb2 e5 40. Kg2
g4 41. Re2 e4 42. Rbd2 Ke5 43. Kf1 Rd6 44. Ke1 Rh6 45. Kd1 Rh1+ 46. Re1 Rh7 47.
Kc1 Rha7 48. Ree2 Nxa2+ 49. Kb2 Nb4 50. Kc3 Na2+ 51. Kb2 Nb4 52. Rd8 Ra2+ 53.
Kc3 Rxe2 54. Bxe2 Nd5+ 55. Kb2 Rh7 56. Bc4 Nf6 57. Rd2 Rh2 58. f4+ exf3 59.
Rxh2 Ne4 60. b4 Kd4 61. Rc2 Nxg3 62. b5 Ne4 63. b6 Nc5 64. Bb5 Nb7 65. Bc6 Nd6
66. Rd2+ Kc5 67. b7 Nxb7 68. Bxb7 f4 69. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Bhubaneswar op 3rd"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Swapnil, S Dhopade"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2011.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3
Qxc5 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rac1 Nd7 13. Qf2 Nc5 14. Bb1 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Na4 16. Nd1 e6 17. a3 Qc7 18. b4 a5 19. Qd2 e5 20. Kh1 Nd4 21. Ba2
axb4 22. axb4 Kh8 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. c5 f5 25. Bd5 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Nb3 27. Qc2
Nxc1 28. Qxc1 Rfd8 29. Nf2 Rd4 30. Nd3 Rxe4 31. fxe4 Qc6 32. Nf2 Qb5 33. Rd1
Rf8 34. Qd2 Qc4 35. Rc1 Qb5 36. Kg2 Qc6 37. Qe2 Qe6 38. b5 Qb3 39. c6 bxc6 40.
bxc6 Nb6 41. c7 Nc8 42. Bc5 Rg8 43. Qc4 Qb7 44. Qf7 Qc6 45. Be3 Qe8 46. Qd5 Qe7
47. Qc6 Qf7 48. Rd1 Rf8 49. Bc5 Qf3+ 50. Kg1 Rg8 51. Rd8 Qf7 52. Qd5 Qxd5 53.
exd5 Bf6 54. Rxg8+ Kxg8 55. d6 Nxd6 56. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Vienna Clock sim U20"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Halvax, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 a6 5. b3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. e3 Bb7
9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 c5 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. Ba1 Na7 15.
Rb1 Bc6 16. d4 Rab8 17. a4 Ba8 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxa6 Nb4 21. Qc4
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bf6 23. Nb5 Nxb5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qg4+ Kf8 26. Rd7 Qc8 27. axb5
h5 28. Qf4 Kg7 29. Ne5 Nd5 30. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Vienna Clock sim U20"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Menezes, Christoph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. a4 a6 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. d4 O-O 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Bg5 Rfe8
15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. b4 Nf6 18. e3 e5 19. Ne2 Nd5 20. Qb2 e4 21.
Rdc1 f5 22. Rc5 Rd8 23. Nc3 Rc7 24. Rc1 bxa4 25. Nxa4 Qa7 26. Qb3 Rcd7 27. Bf1
Kh8 28. Bc4 g6 29. h4 Kg7 30. Qb2 1-0

[Event "Vienna Clock sim U20"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Newrkla, Katharina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
c5 9. dxc5 g5 10. Bg3 dxc5 11. h3 Nf6 12. e5 Nh5 13. Bh2 Nc6 14. Bd3 Nb4 15.
Be4 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bb1 Qxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Be6 19. a3 Nc6 20. Ne3 Nh5 21. Ra2
Rad8 22. Be4 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Nd4 26. Nd2 Rdf8 27. Rf1
b5 28. b3 e6 29. dxe6 Nxe6 30. Rc2 Rd8 31. g3 Rfd4 32. Ke2 R4d7 33. Nf5 Nd4+
34. Nxd4 Re8+ 35. Kd1 Bxd4 36. Kc1 Rf7 37. f4 gxf4 38. gxf4 Rxf4 39. Kd1 Rxf1+
40. Nxf1 Kf7 41. Rg2 a5 42. Kd2 a4 43. bxa4 bxa4 44. Rg4 Rb8 45. Ng3 Rb3 46.
Nf5 h5 47. Rh4 Rxa3 48. Nxd4 cxd4 49. Rxh5 Rb3 50. Rd5 a3 51. Rxd4 a2 52. Ra4
Rxh3 53. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Clock sim U20"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Poetz, Florian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2011.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. a3 a5 14. Ne1 Bb6 15.
Rc1 Rc8 16. Nd3 d4 17. Qa4 Qe7 18. Qb5 Ba7 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Qd7 21. Qb5
Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Qf7 23. Rc5 Bb3 24. Rdc1 a4 25. Qd3 Bd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Qc4
Rxc5 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rxc5 Re8 30. Kf1 Ke6 31. Rb5 Re7 32. h4 Kf7 33. g4 Ke8
34. g5 fxg5 35. hxg5 Kf7 36. Bg3 Kg6 37. Bf4 Rf7 38. Bd2 Kh5 39. Ke1 g6 40. Rd5
Kg4 41. Kf1 Re7 42. Rb5 Kh3 43. e3 dxe3 44. Bxe3 Kg4 45. Kg2 Rd7 46. b3 axb3
47. Rxb3 Kf5 48. Rb5+ Ke4 49. a4 Kd3 50. a5 Nd4 51. Rb1 Kc4 52. Rc1+ Kd3 53.
Rd1+ Ke4 54. Rb1 Nf5 55. Rb4+ Kd3 56. Bb6 Ke2 57. Re4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Clock sim U20"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hartl, Daniel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2011.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. h3
a6 9. e4 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Be3 b4 13. Ne2 b3 14. axb3 Nb4 15.
Qd1 Nxe4 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. Ne1 c6 18. Ra7 Be6 19. Kh2 Nbd5 20. Bg5 Qb6 21. Ra3
Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bxb3 23. Qe2 Rfe8 24. Nc2 Bd5 25. Rfa1 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 c5 27. Kh2
cxd4 28. cxd4 Qb5 29. Qe3 Qf5 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Ne1 Qd5 32. Nf3 Kg7 33. h4 Rb5
34. Rc1 Reb8 35. Rac3 h6 36. Rc8 Rb3 37. R1c3 Rxc3 38. Rxc3 Rb4 39. Rd3 Rb2 40.
Ra3 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. g4 Rb1 43. Qd3 Qb5 44. Kg3 Qxd3 45. Rxd3 Rb4 46. Kg2
d5 47. Kf1 e6 48. Ke2 Kg6 49. Ke3 Rb7 50. Rc3 Kg7 51. Rc8 Be7 52. Rc6 Kf6 53.
Ra6 Bd8 54. Ne5 Kg7 55. Nf3 Rb3+ 56. Ke2 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Rb7 58. Rc6 Kf6 59. Ne5
Bc7 60. Nd7+ Ke7 61. Ne5 Bxe5 62. dxe5 Rb3+ 63. Ke2 Rb2+ 64. Ke3 Rb1 65. f3
Re1+ 66. Kd4 Kf8 67. Rc8+ Kg7 68. Rc7 Ra1 69. Rc6 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Vienna Clock sim U20"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nolz, Tom"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2011.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. f4
Nf6 9. Bf3 Qc7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nf5 g6 13. Ne3 exf4 14. Ned5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. exd5+ Ne5 17. Bxf4 Bg7 18. Kh1 O-O 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. c3 Rab8
21. Rfe1 Kg7 22. Rac1 Rfe8 23. Qd2 Qd8 24. g3 Rc8 25. Kg2 Rc4 26. Be2 Rc7 27.
Bf3 h5 28. Re2 h4 29. Rce1 Qf6 30. Bg4 Rc4 31. Rf2 Qe7 32. Be2 Rc7 33. Bf3 Rh8
34. g4 h3+ 35. Kh1 Re8 36. Rfe2 Qf6 37. Qd3 Rce7 38. Be4 Qh4 39. Qf3 Bf6 40.
Rf1 Qg5 41. Rfe1 Be5 42. Rf1 Qh4 43. Ref2 Rf8 44. Bc2 Rc7 45. Re2 Qg5 46. Re4
Rcc8 47. Re2 Rc4 48. Re4 Rcc8 49. Re2 Rb8 50. Ref2 Rb7 51. Bd1 a5 52. Qd3 b4
53. axb4 axb4 54. c4 Ra7 55. b3 Ra1 56. Be2 Ra2 57. Qxh3 Ra7 58. Bd1 Rh8 59.
Qf3 f6 60. Re1 Ra1 61. Ref1 Ra5 62. Re1 Rh4 63. Rg2 Ra1 64. Rf1 Qh6 65. Qe2 Qc1
66. Qd2 Bxh2 67. Qxc1 Be5+ 68. Kg1 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Vienna Clock sim U20"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Platzgummer, Fabian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2011.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Qa4 Bxc4 13. Nxc6 b5 14. Qa6 Rxc6
15. Qxc6 Qa5 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Bxe2 18. Rc1 Bc4 19. Qa3 Qb6 20. Qe3 e5 21.
b3 exd4 22. Qd2 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Qe2 d3 26. Qxe4 Qb2 27. Nd2
Qxd2 28. Rxc4 Nf6 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. fxe3 h5 31. Rd1 Ng4 32. Re4 Rc8 33. h3 Nf6
34. Ra4 Rc3 35. Rd4 Rc2 36. a4 g6 37. R1xd3 Kg7 38. Rd2 Rc3 39. Kf2 Nh7 40. Rb2
Ra3 41. Rb5 Kh6 42. Ke2 Ra2+ 43. Kd3 Ra3+ 44. Ke2 Ra2+ 45. Kd1 Ng5 46. Ra5 Nxh3
47. Rxa7 Nf2+ 48. Kc1 Ng4 49. Rxf7 Nxe3 50. Kb1 Rg2 51. Rf3 Nf5 52. Rdd3 Re2
53. a5 Re7 54. a6 Ra7 55. Ra3 Nd4 56. Rfd3 Nb5 57. Ra5 Nc7 58. Rd6 Na8 59. Rc6
Rf7 60. a7 Rf8 61. Kc2 Rf2+ 62. Kd1 Rf8 63. Ke2 Re8+ 64. Kd3 Rf8 65. Ke4 Re8+
66. Re5 Rg8 67. Re7 Kg5 68. Rb7 Re8+ 69. Kf3 Rf8+ 70. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Vienna Clock sim U20"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schnegg, Anna Lena"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rfc1 Rc8 13. Bf1 Qd8 14. Qf2 Nbd7 15.
Kh1 Rab8 16. Rab1 Kh8 17. a3 Qe8 18. b4 Ne5 19. Qa2 Bd8 20. Qb3 Ba8 21. Qa4
Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Qxa6 d5 24. e5 Nd7 25. f4 f6 26. Ndb5 Qg6 27. Bd4 Bc6
28. Qa4 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 19th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2011.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4
Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nfxg4 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qb2 Qf6 18. Qa3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Rac1
Qd7 21. Nf3 Nf6 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Nd3 Qe4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Re8 26. Nc5 Qe7
27. Qb2 Rc8 28. Nd3 Rc7 29. Rc2 h6 30. Qc1 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Qe4 32. Qc3 Nd7 33. h3
Nf8 34. Nf4 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qxa2 36. Nxd5 Qxf2 37. Qc8 Qh4 38. Qxb7 Qg5 39. Ne7+
Kh7 40. Qe4+ Ng6 41. Nxg6 Qxg6 42. Qd5 Qf6 43. b4 g6 44. b5 axb5 45. Qxb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 19th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nd2 Bd6 12. Qg4 Qg5 13. Qh3 Bf4 14. Be4 Bxe4 15.
Nxe4 Qg6 16. Bxf4 Qxe4 17. Qg3 Nf6 18. Rfe1 Qf5 19. Bxc7 O-O 20. Re5 Qc2 21.
Re3 Ne4 22. Qf3 Rac8 23. Be5 Ng5 24. Qg3 f6 25. Bd6 Rfd8 26. Rae1 Kh7 27. c5
bxc5 28. Bxc5 e5 29. R3e2 Qa4 30. h4 Ne6 31. Be7 Rd5 32. dxe5 f5 33. Bb4 Rc4
34. Qf3 Nf4 35. Re3 Qc6 36. e6 Qe8 37. g3 Qg6 38. e7 Nh3+ 39. Kh2 Re4 40. Rxe4
fxe4 41. Qxe4 Rf5 42. Kxh3 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 19th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2011.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Nbd7
8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. c4 d4 12. Ba4 b6 13. b4 Bb7 14. c5 bxc5
15. bxc5 Qc7 16. Rc1 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nc4 Qxc5 19. Ncxe5 Qd5 20. Nxd7 Nxd7
21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qa4 h6 23. h3 Rd8 24. Qxa7 Ra8 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Nxd4 Rxa2
27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Nf3 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 Ra5 30. d4 g6 31. Rd8 Ra7 32. d5 Kg7 33. d6
Kf6 34. Nd4 Rb7 35. f4 Nc5 36. Rc8 Ne4 37. Rc6 Rd7 38. Nb5 Ke6 39. Nc7+ Kf5 40.
Nb5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 19th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2011.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "221"]
[EventDate "2011.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qc1 Be6 14. Ne4 Bb4
15. a5 O-O 16. a6 b5 17. Na3 Qb6 18. Be3 c5 19. Nc2 Nc4 20. Nxb4 Nxe3 21. Nxc5
Nxg2 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Kxg2 Qd4 24. Qc6 Re7 25. Qxb5 Bc4 26. Qf5 Re5 27. Qc2
Bxe2 28. Rfe1 Rfe8 29. Qb3+ Kh8 30. Nc2 Qd6 31. Kg1 h5 32. Qb4 Qd3 33. Qc3 Qd7
34. Nd4 Bxa6 35. Rxe5 fxe5 36. Qc6 Qxc6 37. Nxc6 Bb7 38. Nxa7 Rd8 39. b4 Rd2
40. b5 Rb2 41. Re1 Bf3 42. Nc8 g5 43. Nd6 Kg7 44. Nc4 Rxb5 45. Nxe5 Bb7 46. Nc4
Rb4 47. Nd2 Rb2 48. Nc4 Rb4 49. Rc1 Kf6 50. Ne3 Bf3 51. Kf1 Rb2 52. Nc2 Be4 53.
Ne1 g4 54. Rc3 Ra2 55. Rc5 Kg6 56. Rb5 Rd2 57. Rb3 Kf5 58. Rc3 Kg6 59. Re3 Kf5
60. Ra3 Kg6 61. Ra1 Kf5 62. Ng2 Bxg2+ 63. Kxg2 Kg6 64. Ra6+ Kg5 65. Ra8 Rb2 66.
Rf8 Ra2 67. Rg8+ Kh6 68. Rf8 Kg5 69. h3 Ra4 70. Rg8+ Kh6 71. Rd8 Kg6 72. Rd6+
Kg7 73. Re6 Rb4 74. Re1 Kg6 75. Rd1 Ra4 76. h4 Ra2 77. Rd6+ Kg7 78. Kf1 Rb2 79.
Ke1 Ra2 80. Rd2 Ra3 81. Ke2 Kg6 82. Rd3 Ra6 83. Rd5 Re6+ 84. Kd3 Rf6 85. Rg5+
Kh6 86. Ke3 Re6+ 87. Kd4 Rf6 88. Ke3 Re6+ 89. Kd2 Rf6 90. Ke2 Re6+ 91. Kf1 Ra6
92. Rd5 Kg6 93. Rd3 Re6 94. Rd2 Ra6 95. Ke2 Re6+ 96. Kd3 Rd6+ 97. Ke3 Re6+ 98.
Kf4 Rf6+ 99. Ke5 Rf5+ 100. Ke4 Rf6 101. Kd5 Rf5+ 102. Kc6 Rf8 103. Re2 Rd8 104.
Re6+ Kg7 105. Re5 Kg6 106. Rg5+ Kh6 107. Rd5 Re8 108. Kd7 Re2 109. Rf5 Kg6 110.
Rg5+ Kh6 111. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 19th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2011.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 e6 11. Qc1 b6 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. cxb6 axb6
15. f3 Ne5 16. Bd4 Nc4 17. a4 Rfd8 18. Rd1 Ba6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21.
Qd1 Bxb5 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. axb5 Rd2 24. Kf2 Rb2 25. Ra4 Ne5 26. Ke3 Rxb5 27.
Rb4 Ra5 28. f4 Nd7 29. Rd4 Ra7 30. g3 Kf8 31. Nc1 e5 32. Rb4 Rc7 33. Rb3 exf4+
34. gxf4 Rc5 35. Nd3 Rh5 36. Rb2 Ke7 37. Kd4 Ra5 38. Nb4 Kd6 39. c4 Ra4 40. e5+
Kc7 41. Nd5+ Kc6 42. Ne7+ Kc7 43. Nd5+ Kc6 44. Ne7+ Kb7 45. Nd5 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-chB 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Be3 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. fxe6 O-O 18. Nd5 Qa7 19. Bh3 fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8
21. Rhf1 Bh6 22. Nc3 b4 23. Ne2 Qe3 24. Ng3 g6 25. Qh3 Nf3 26. Ka1 Nd4 27. Bb3
Bg7 28. Qd7 Nb5 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Qe6 Qf3 31. Rg1 Bxb2+ 32. Kxb2 Qc3+ 33. Kb1
Na3+ 34. Kc1 Qe3+ 35. Kb2 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "IND-chB 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Lahiri, Atanu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2011.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rd1 e5 9. c3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 f6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nc4 Bf8 15.
Qc2 Qd7 16. Nfd2 Rad8 17. Ne4 Kh8 18. a3 b5 19. Ne3 Nb6 20. g4 Bf7 21. Nf5 Be6
22. Be3 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Qxf5 24. Nxc5 Ne7 25. Qb3 Ng6 26. Qxb5 Nh4 27. Qc6 Bxc5
28. Bxc5 Nxg2 29. Qxg2 Qxd3 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. Re4 f5 32. Rh4 Re6 33. Kh2 Qd6
34. Rg1 e4+ 35. Kh1 Qe7 36. a4 g6 37. Rf4 Red6 38. h4 Qe5 39. Qg5 Rd3 40. h5
Rg8 41. Rh4 Rd6 42. Rg3 Qf6 43. Qxf6+ Rxf6 44. hxg6 Rfxg6 45. Rxg6 Rxg6 46. Rh5
Rf6 47. c4 Kg7 48. b4 Kg6 49. Rh3 f4 50. Rc3 Kf5 51. c5 bxc5 52. b5 Rd6 53. a5
Rd1+ 54. Kh2 Rd2 55. Kg1 Rd1+ 56. Kh2 Rd2 57. Kg1 Rd1+ 58. Kg2 f3+ 59. Kh2 Kg4
60. b6 Rd2 61. a6 Rxf2+ 62. Kg1 Rb2 63. b7 Kg3 64. Rc1 e3 65. a7 Rg2+ 66. Kf1
Rf2+ 67. Kg1 Rg2+ 68. Kf1 Rf2+ 69. Kg1 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-chB 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Pandian"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 a6 10. a3 Qe7 11. Re1 b5 12. c5 dxc5 13. Nxe5 Bb7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. d5
Rad8 16. d6 Qe6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. Bxc5 Nc4 21. Qc2 Qe5
22. b4 Nxd6 23. f4 Qe6 24. Re2 Nc4 25. a4 Rd7 26. Rf1 Red8 27. axb5 axb5 28.
Rff2 Rd3 29. Kh2 Na3 30. Qb2 Nc4 31. Qc2 Na3 32. Qb2 Nc4 33. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-chB 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Saptarshi, Roy Chowdhury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. d4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. O-O c5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. e3 h6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bb4 19. Nce4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 f5 21.
Rd4 Be7 22. Nc3 Bf6 23. Rd3 b4 24. Nb1 Qc6+ 25. Kg1 Rfd8 26. b3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3
a5 28. Nd2 Qd5 29. Qa6 Rc2 30. Nc4 Rxa2 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Nb6 Qd6 33. Nc4 Qd5
34. Nb6 Qd6 35. Nc4 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-chB 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Udeshi, Aditya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Re1 Qd7 10. Qf3 Be7 11. Qg3 Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15.
Ne2 Kh8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nf4 e5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 f5 21. Qh3
Ng6 22. g3 Qd8 23. Qh5 Qf6 24. c3 Ne7 25. Re2 g5 26. Ne1 g4 27. Ng2 Qg7 28. Ne3
Nf6 29. Qh4 Ng6 30. Nxf5 Nxh4 31. Nxg7 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Kxg7 33. Bc2 Rac8 34. h4 h5
35. a3 Rc5 36. Bb3 a5 37. Ba2 Ra8 38. Re3 b4 39. c4 bxa3 40. bxa3 Rb8 41. Re2
Nd4 42. Red2 Ne4 0-1

[Event "IND-chB 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Thejkumar, MS."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. Ng3 Bd6 8.
Nxe5 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Re8 11. d4 c5 12. Qf3 cxd4 13. Nc6 Bg4 14. Nxd8
Bxf3 15. Nc6 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Be2 17. Re1 Bb5 18. Ne5 c5 19. Bf4 h6 20. f3 Re6 21.
g4 Rae8 22. Bg3 g5 23. Kf2 h5 24. gxh5 Nxh5 25. Bh2 Nf4 26. Bxf4 gxf4 27. Nd3
Bxd3 28. cxd3 Re3 29. Rxe3 dxe3+ 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Rc1 Rg8 32. Kf1 Rc8 33. Ke2
Ke6 34. g3 Rb8 35. b3 Rh8 36. g4 Rh2+ 37. Kd1 Rf2 38. Rxc5 Ke5 39. Ra5 Rxf3 40.
Ra4 Rf1+ 41. Ke2 Rf2+ 42. Ke1 f3 43. Rxa7 Rh2 44. Kd1 Kd4 45. Rf7 Kxd3 46. Kc1
Rh1+ 47. Kb2 f2 0-1

[Event "IND-chB 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.06.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Akshat, Chandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2011.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. Nd2 Nd7 8.
Ne2 f5 9. O-O Nf6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Bc7 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nd3 Rc8
15. b4 Bd6 16. Rfc1 Nb6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Nd5 19. Qa4 a6 20. Rab1 Qe7 21.
Rb2 g6 22. Rcb1 Rc7 23. Qc2 Kg7 24. Nc1 Nf6 25. Nd3 Rd8 26. Ne5 h5 27. f3 Nd7
28. Nd3 Nf6 29. Qf2 Bc8 30. Re1 Be6 31. a3 Bc8 32. Ne5 Nd7 33. Nc4 Nf6 34. h3
Be6 35. Ne5 Nd7 36. Nd3 Nf6 37. Rd2 Qd7 38. Ne5 Qe7 39. e4 fxe4 40. fxe4 Nd7
41. Nd3 Qf6 42. Nf4 Nf8 43. Rf1 Kg8 44. d5 cxd5 45. exd5 g5 46. Nxh5 Qxf2+ 47.
Rdxf2 Bc8 48. Nf6+ Kg7 49. c6 bxc6 50. dxc6 Be6 51. Rb1 Nh7 52. Nxh7 Kxh7 53.
Rb7 Rdc8 54. Rxc7 Rxc7 55. Rb2 Kg7 56. Rb7 Rc8 57. Ra7 Bc4 58. a4 Kf6 59. Kf2
Ke5 60. Ke3 f6 61. Rd7 Be6 62. Rb7 Bc4 63. h4 gxh4 64. gxh4 Rh8 65. Re7+ Kd6
66. Re4 Be6 67. Rd4+ Ke5 68. Bf3 f5 69. h5 Rb8 70. Rh4 f4+ 71. Kd2 Rb2+ 72. Kc1
Rb8 73. h6 Bf5 74. Rh5 Kf6 75. h7 Rh8 76. Rxf5+ Kxf5 77. c7 Rc8 78. Kd2 Ke5 79.
Bg4 1-0

[Event "IND-chB 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.06.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Stany, George Anthony"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 h6 16. Ng3 Re8 17. Nh4 Kh8 18. Nhf5 Bf8 19. Qf3 Ng8 20. Ne3 Be6 21. Nd5 Nc4
22. Rd1 Rec8 23. b3 Nb6 24. Be3 Nd7 25. Rac1 Qb7 26. Bd3 g6 27. c4 Bxd5 28.
cxd5 Ngf6 29. Qe2 Nc5 30. Qd2 Kh7 31. Rf1 Nxd3 32. Qxd3 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Rc8 34.
Qd2 Nd7 35. Rc2 Nb8 36. Qc1 Rxc2 37. Qxc2 Be7 38. Ne2 Bd8 39. b4 Qc7 40. Qxc7
Bxc7 41. Nc3 Nd7 42. a4 bxa4 43. Nxa4 f5 44. f3 Kg7 45. Kf2 f4 46. Ba7 Kf7 47.
Ke2 Ke7 48. Bf2 Kd8 49. g3 fxg3 50. Bxg3 Nf6 51. Bh4 g5 52. Bf2 Nh5 53. Be3 Kc8
54. Nb2 Kd7 55. Nd3 Bd8 56. Bf2 Bf6 57. Kd2 Kc7 58. Be3 Kb7 59. Nb2 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-chB 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.06.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Palit, Somak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2011.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Boxtel"]
[Date "2011.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15.
e5 Qb6 16. Ne4 O-O-O 17. Nd6+ Kb8 18. b3 c3 19. a4 f6 20. axb5 Nxe5 21. Nxb7
Kxb7 22. Qc2 Qxd4 23. bxc6+ Nxc6 24. Bf3 Qd3 25. Qa2 Rd5 26. b4 Qb5 27. Rfe1 g4
28. Bxg4 Rd2 29. Qxe6 Kb8 30. Be2 Qd5 31. Qe3 Qe5 32. Bf3 Nd4 33. Qxh6 Nxf3+
34. gxf3 Qg5+ 35. Qxg5 fxg5 36. Kg2 g4 37. fxg4 Rdxf2+ 38. Kg1 c2 39. Re8+ Rxe8
40. Kxf2 Re4 41. Kg3 Rxb4 42. Rc1 Rc4 43. h4 Kc7 44. h5 Kd6 45. h6 Rc7 46. g5
Ke6 47. g6 Rc3+ 48. Kh2 Rc8 49. Rf1 Rh8 50. h7 a5 51. Kg3 c1=Q 52. Rxc1 Kf6 53.
Rc6+ Kg7 54. Kf4 Rb8 55. Kf5 Rb5+ 56. Ke6 Rb8 57. Kd7 a4 58. Ra6 a3 59. Ke7 a2
60. Rxa2 Kxg6 61. h8=N+ Rxh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Boxtel"]
[Date "2011.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nc3 b6 10. d4 Nbd7 11. e4 Bb7 12. Rd1 a6 13. a3 Qb8 14. Bf4 Nh5 15.
Be3 Nhf6 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Be3 Nhf6 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Qb1 b5 20. b4 Nb6 21. Bf1
Rd8 22. h3 Qa7 23. Nd2 Rac8 24. Nb3 Qa8 25. f3 Nfd7 26. Na5 e5 27. Ne2 Bf8 28.
Bg2 exd4 29. Nxd4 Ne5 30. Bg5 Re8 31. Nxb7 Qxb7 32. f4 Nec4 33. e5 c6 34. Qe4
f6 35. Bh4 g5 36. fxg5 Rxe5 37. Qf4 fxg5 38. Bxg5 Nd5 39. Qg4 h5 40. Qxh5 Nde3
41. Nf3 c5 42. Qg6+ Bg7 43. Rxc4 bxc4 44. Bxe3 Rxe3 45. Ne5 1-0

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Boxtel"]
[Date "2011.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. Bd3 e6 11. Nf3 b5 12. a3 Nc4 13. O-O Be7 14. h3 a5 15.
Qe2 Nxa3 16. Nxb5 Nxb5 17. Bxb5 Qb6 18. Bd3 O-O 19. Ne5 Be8 20. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 21.
Rxc1 Ba4 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bh4 Rb8 24. Ng4 Qd8 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27.
Rc5 Qd8 28. e4 Bb3 29. e5 Rb4 30. Qd2 Bc4 31. Qc1 Qb8 32. Bc2 a4 33. Ra5 Bb3
34. Bd3 Bc4 35. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Boxtel"]
[Date "2011.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. Nbd2
Nc6 9. Re1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. e4 fxe4 14. Ng5 h6
15. Nxe4 Nd4 16. c3 Ne6 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Nd2 Nd8 19. Nc4 Rb8 20. Rad1 Nf7 21.
Bd5 Be6 22. Na5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 e4 24. Re3 Ne5 25. h3 Re6 26. Bc1 b6 27. Nc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Boxtel"]
[Date "2011.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Be2 Qc5
15. Rhe1 Be6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qc6 20. Rd2 e6 21.
Qd3 f5 22. Red1 Rd8 23. Qe2 Ke7 24. Qh5 Rhg8 25. Qe2 Qc7 26. Re1 Bf6 27. Bh2 b5
28. a3 Qc4 29. Qxc4 bxc4 30. f3 Bg7 31. Na4 h5 32. Kb1 g4 33. hxg4 hxg4 34.
fxg4 Bh6 35. Rxd7+ Rxd7 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Bxe5 Kf7 38. Rf1 Kg6 39. Nb6 Re7 40.
Nxc4 Rc8 41. Bd6 Re6 42. Ne5+ Kg7 43. Rd1 Bf4 44. Nf7 Be3 45. Ne5 Bf4 46. Nf7
Rc4 47. Bxf4 Rxf4 48. Nd6 Rf2 49. g3 Kg6 50. b4 Ree2 51. Rc1 Rf3 52. a4 Rxg3
53. Rf1 Re5 54. Kb2 Rd5 55. Nb7 Rd4 56. c3 Rdd3 57. Rc1 f4 58. Nc5 Rd6 59. Kb3
Kf5 60. b5 axb5 61. axb5 f3 62. Kb4 f2 63. Rf1 Rd2 64. Nb3 Rb2 65. b6 Rg1 66.
Rxf2+ Rxf2 67. Kc5 Rb1 68. Nd4+ Ke5 69. Nb5 Rxb5+ 0-1

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Boxtel"]
[Date "2011.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2
Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd2 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5
15. Nd5 Be6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rf2 b5 19. b3 Qc7 20. Qe3 Rd7 21.
Rfd2 h6 22. Qf2 f6 23. Rd4 Rc8 24. Qd2 Nf7 25. Kh1 Qxc2 26. Bxd6 a5 27. Bf1 b4
28. Bb5 Rdd8 29. Qxc2 Rxc2 30. Bf4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxa2 32. Ba4 Rc2 33. Rd3 g5
34. Bd2 Ne5 35. Rd6 Nf3 0-1

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Boxtel"]
[Date "2011.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Swinkels, Robin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Qb4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. Rd1 Rfd8
15. g3 Rac8 16. Bg4 Nc5 17. Qc2 e6 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. Qxa4 cxd5 21.
exd5 Nc4 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rac1 Ne5 24. Be3 1-0

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Boxtel"]
[Date "2011.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. b3 Ne4 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. d3
Nd6 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 e5 11. c4 d4 12. a3 a5 13. e3 dxe3 14. fxe3 Nf5 15. Qe2
Bh6 16. Ne4 Bxe3+ 17. Kh1 Ncd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. g4 Nh4 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Bc1
Ra6 22. Bxe3 dxe3 23. g5 Nf5 24. Be4 h6 25. gxh6+ Kxf6 26. Qxe3 Ke7 27. Qg1 Rh8
28. Rbe1 Nxh6 29. Bd5 Nf5 30. Rxe5+ Kf8 31. Qg2 Rf6 32. Rfe1 Kg7 33. Qb2 Qb6
34. c5 Qxc5 35. Bxf7 Ng3+ 36. Kg2 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Boxtel"]
[Date "2011.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Bd2 c5 13. Ne4 c4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15.
Be2 Bb7 16. b3 Rfc8 17. bxc4 Be4 18. Qc3 bxc4 19. Qa5 Rab8 20. Ne5 Bd5 21. Nxd7
Nxd7 22. f3 Rb5 23. Qc3 f5 24. Rdc1 Nb6 25. a4 Rb3 26. Qa5 Nd7 27. Bd1 Rb7 28.
Be1 e5 29. Bg3 Qe6 30. dxe5 Nc5 31. Rab1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Nb3 33. Qc3 Bc6 34. Rxb3
cxb3 35. Bxb3 Bd5 36. Bxd5 Rxc3 37. Bxe6+ Kf8 38. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Leiden LCT m 5th"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2011.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.07.07"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 dxc4 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nb6 12. e4 Qc7 13. e5 Nfd5 14. Ne4 Rad8
15. a4 a5 16. Bd2 Nb4 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. a5 Nd5 19. Qxc4 Ra8 20. Nc5 e6 21. Bxd5
cxd5 22. Qxb4 Rfb8 23. Qb6 Qc6 24. b4 Bf8 25. b5 Qc8 26. Rdc1 Bh6 27. Rc3 Bd2
28. Rc2 Bg5 29. Raa2 Bd8 30. Qd6 Bc7 31. Qe7 Rxa5 32. Na4 Qd8 33. Qxc7 Qxc7 34.
Rxc7 Rba8 35. Rxb7 Rxa4 36. Rxa4 Rxa4 37. b6 Rxd4 38. Rd7 Rb4 39. b7 Kg7 40. f4
h5 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Rb2 43. f5 1-0

[Event "Leiden LCT m 5th"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2011.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2011.07.07"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. O-O a5 8. d3 Na6
9. Nbd2 a4 10. Bc3 axb3 11. axb3 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. Qc2 c5 14. bxc5 bxc5 15.
Rfb1 Qc7 16. Qb2 Bc6 17. Be5 Qc8 18. Ra5 d4 19. Nb3 Qd8 20. Qa1 Qc8 21. Qb2 Qd8
22. Qa1 Qc8 23. Qa3 Nd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ra1 Bb7 26. h4 e5 27. h5 Re8 28. Nh4
Bxg2 29. Nxg2 Qb7 30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Qxa6 Qxb3 32. Qc6 Rd8 33. Nh4 Qb6 34. Qd5
Qc7 35. h6+ Kf8 36. Qf3 Qb6 37. Ra8 Rxa8 38. Qxa8+ Ke7 39. Qh8 Nf6 40. Nf3 e4
41. Ng5 exd3 42. exd3 Qb1+ 43. Kg2 Qxd3 44. Qb8 Qf5 45. Qb7+ Nd7 46. Nxh7 g5
47. Nxg5 Qxg5 48. Qe4+ Qe5 49. Qh4+ Kd6 50. h7 Qh8 51. Qf4+ Ne5 52. Qe4 Ng6 53.
Qd5+ Ke7 54. Qxc5+ Kd7 55. Qd5+ Ke7 56. c5 Qxh7 57. Qd6+ Ke8 58. c6 Qh5 59. c7
Nf4+ 60. Qxf4 Kd7 61. Qxd4+ Kxc7 62. g4 Qg6 63. Kg3 Qe6 64. f3 Qe1+ 65. Kf4
Qc1+ 66. Kf5 Qc6 67. Qe4 Qg6+ 68. Kf4 Qf6+ 69. Kg3 Qg7 70. Qd5 Qf6 71. f4 Qc3+
72. Qf3 Qe1+ 73. Kh3 Qe7 74. g5 Qe1 75. Qd5 Qe3+ 76. Kg4 Qe2+ 77. Kf5 Qh5 78.
Kf6 Qg6+ 79. Ke7 Qa6 80. Qd7+ Kb8 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 c6 9. h3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. O-O Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc2 Re7
15. Rb1 Bd7 16. b4 b6 17. b5 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Bc8 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Rfc1 Ne4 21. Qa4
f5 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. g3 a6 24. Nc3 b5 25. Qb3 Rc8 26. Ne2 Rc4 27. h4 Rec7 28. Rc2
Nf8 29. Nf4 h6 30. h5 Qe8 31. Rbc1 Nd7 32. a4 bxa4 33. Qb2 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 Qc8
35. Ne1 Ndf6 36. Qb6 Rc6 37. Qa5 Rxc2 38. Nxc2 Qe8 39. Be2 Kh7 40. Kg2 Qe7 41.
Bd3 Qd7 42. Qb4 Nd6 43. Ne1 Bc8 44. Nf3 a5 45. Qxa5 Nc4 46. Qc5 a3 47. Nh4 a2
48. Bxf5+ Qxf5 49. Nxf5 a1=Q 50. Qxc8 Nd2 51. Nh4 Qf1+ 52. Kh2 Qxf2+ 53. Kh3
Qf1+ 54. Kh2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rd1 {Probably White will not play this again,
after the present game, since Black easily solves all of his opening problems.}
({I would advise White to look into} 11. e4 $5 {since he has few other active
plans.} e5 12. h3 Re8 (12... exd4 {is not dangerous:} 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Rd1 $1 {
and everything is under control}) 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16.
Be3 a6 17. a4 Rac8 18. Rac1 {White's moves look very logical. Black still has
some problems with the Bb7} Qe7 19. f3 Bb8 20. Qf2 g6 21. Ne2 Nd7 {and here,
for example, it is worth considering} 22. f4 $5 $14 ({together with} 22. b3 {
1/2 Sasikiran,K (2676)-Negi,P (2622)/New Delhi IND 2011 (48)})) 11... b4 $1
$146 {A strong idea. Black wants to solve the problems of activating the Bb7
as soon as possible. For some reason, until now, this has only been played in
computer games, with such strong GMs as Shirov, Kramnik, Grachev, Potkin, etc
preferring otehr moves, as I had noted in my preparation.} (11... a6 {
transposes to 9...a6}) (11... Qe7) (11... Qc7) (11... Qb8) (11... Rc8) 12. Na4
({On} 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 {Black woudl even have more possibilities} Nf6 ({
But also interesting is} 13... f5 $5 14. Bd3 (14. Bxc6 $4 Rc8) 14... c5 {
although things are no so simple. White also has an object of attack in the
pawn e6. But he should play very energetically, eg.} 15. e4 $1 Rc8 (15... Qe8
16. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gg5e6,Gd3c4]}) 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Bc4 (17. exf5 Bxf3
18. Qxf3 Ne5) 17... Bxe4 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Nxd4 Qe7 20. f3 Bc5 21. Bb3 Qe5 22.
Be3 Bb7 23. Qd2 $1 $14 {and although all this is not forced, of course, it
well illustrates both sides' possibilities.}) 14. Bd3 c5 15. dxc5 Rc8 16. Qe2
Rxc5 {leads to a transposition into the game.}) ({During the game, I also
thought about the active} 12. e4 $6 bxc3 13. e5 {but after the simple} cxb2 14.
Bxb2 (14. Qxb2 $6 Rb8 15. exd6 c5 $1 $36) 14... Be7 15. exf6 Nxf6 $15 {Black
has an extra pawn and his game seems easier to play.}) 12... c5 {This is the
idea of Black's previous move, otherwise there was no point in weakening his
pawn structure. Admittedly, for some reason, Anish spent some time on it.
Maybe he was checking something in the complications?} 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. Qe2 {
I could not see anything that good for White, so I decided to play simply and
solidly.} ({White only brings problems down on his own head by} 14. Ng5 Bxh2+
$1 {The simplest} ({although there is also the cunning} 14... Kh8 $5) 15. Kxh2
Ng4+ 16. Kg1 Qxg5 $36 {[%csl Rg1,Rg2][%cal Gb7g2,Gg5g2,Gg4e3]} {After} 17.
Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Rxd7 Bc6 19. Rd4 Qh4 $19 {the computer thinks White can already
resign!}) ({If White tries to win a pawn by} 14. Bxh7+ Nxh7 15. Rxd6 {then}
Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qg5+ 17. Kf1 ({Or} 17. Kh1 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Qe2 Rfc8 20.
Bd2 Qh5 $1 $44) 17... Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 $36 {and in both cases Black has more
than enough compensation for the pawn, as White has still not completed the
development of his queenside, and the pawn protection of his king is damaged.})
14... Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Rxc5 16. Bd2 {White already has to be accurate, and this
is at the very start of the game!} ({For example, after} 16. e4 $6 {there is
the tactical blow} Nxe4 $1 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 {although by finding some unlikely
moves, White can maintain the balance and not fall into a bad position:} 18.
Rxd6 $1 (18. Qxe4 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qxd1 $17) 18... Bxf3 19. Qd2 $8 Rd5 20. Rxd5
Bxd5 21. Qxb4 $11) 16... a5 ({Black gets nothing from} 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rd5
18. Be1 $1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qxd3 21. Bxb4 {and material is still
equal.}) ({But there is the interesting} 16... Qa8 $5 17. e4 (17. Bxb4 $4 Bxf3
$19) 17... Rh5 $5 {Preventing e4-e5.} 18. Re1 a5 {and Black has quite an
active position and pressure on the long diagonal.}) 17. e4 Qb8 ({After} 17...
Rh5 18. h3 Qa8 {White is not obliged to spend a tempo on Re1 and can play} 19.
Be3 $1 {Preparing Nd2} g6 (19... Bxe4 $2 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Ng5 $1) 20. Nd2 Be5
21. f3 $1 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Be5 23. Nc4 {with god compensation for the pawn, since
the balck pieces are temporarily uncoordinated.}) 18. h3 Bf4 $6 {If Black has
played the opening superbly, and solved all of his problems easily, and even
having some chance of hoping for more, then starting from this moment, his
play gives rise to many questions. For example: why exchange dark-squared
bishops, when White is a little cramped and exchanges help him?} ({For example,
he could have played the simple} 18... Rd8 19. a3 Rcc8 $1 {and I do not think
that Black can have any problems at all. White cannot attack the weak pawn on
b4, becauser he must think the whole time about his pawn pawn on e4.}) 19. a3
$1 $14 {Creating counterplay on the queenside. Even so, it is surprising that
Anish lost this position in a few moves.} Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Ba8 $6 {Another
strange move. Why limit his own bishop, which has fewer squares from a8 than
from b7?} ({Of course, compared with a move ago, now Black has definite
problems with the defence of his queenside, eg.} 20... bxa3 21. Rxa3 Rd8 (21...
Ba8 22. Nb3 Re5 23. Rxa5) 22. Nb3 Rcc8 23. Rda1 $1 {and the pawn on a5 cannot
be saved.} (23. Nxa5 Bxe4) {But even here, the most White can get is an ending
with an extra exchange after} 23... Qf4 24. g3 Qe5 25. Nxa5 Bxe4 26. Re1 Rxd3
27. Qxd3 Qxb2 28. Nc4 Bxd3 29. Nxb2 Bb5 {which should objectively be drawn
because all the pawns are on one side.}) ({Another more accurate move than the
text was} 20... h6) ({or} 20... Qf4) 21. Qe3 Rc7 22. a4 $1 {Whilst Black
cannot attack the e4-pawn, White fixews the weakness on a5. Now Black has no
objects of attack, as the e4-pawn is no longer a weakness, but splendidly
shuts out the black bishop and restricts the Nf6. The b-file is now closed,
which means that the black queen will not be able to get at the b2-pawn either.
Black faces a long and cheerless defence, because of the chronic weakness of
his queenside.} Bc6 {It is already hard to know what to advise Black.} ({
For example,} 22... Rd8 23. f3 $1 Rcd7 24. Nc4 Qc7 25. Rac1 {and White's
position is much easier to play.}) 23. Nb3 Qa7 ({Keeping queens does not
change the seriousness of the situation:} 23... Qa8 24. Rdc1 Rfc8 25. Rc5 $1
$16 {[%csl Ra5]}) 24. Qxa7 Rxa7 25. f3 $1 {All according to plan.} Rd8 $2 {
The decisive mistake. Now Black simply loses by force.} ({Even though it was
passive, he had to play} 25... Rb8 26. Rdc1 Be8 27. Rc5 $140 Nd7 {and White
wins material}) 26. Bb5 Rxd1+ ({Nor is there any help from the strange-looking
} 26... Bd7 27. Rd4 Kf8 28. Rad1 Ke7 29. Nc5 e5 30. Rd6 $18 Rc7 31. Nxd7 Nxd7
32. R1d5 f6 33. Kf2 {and Black will soon be in zugzwang.}) 27. Rxd1 {Now we
see how much better it would have been if Black had created luft for his king
at move 20, instead of the pointless manoeuvre he played.} Bxb5 28. axb5 Kf8
29. Nc5 $1 $18 Ra8 ({He also loses after} 29... Rc7 30. b6 Rxc5 31. b7 Rb5 32.
Rd8+ Ke7 33. b8=Q Rxb8 34. Rxb8 Kd6 35. Rb5 Nd7 36. Rxa5 $18) 30. b6 Ke7 31. b7
Rb8 32. e5 ({It was also possible to play for domination:} 32. b3 $5 {after
which Black has no constructive moves. But the text wins by force.}) 32... Nd5
33. Ra1 Kd8 34. Rxa5 (34. Rxa5 Kc7 35. Na6+) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6
15. Qxc6 a6 16. e3 b5 17. Qc2 Qc8 18. Qd3 Qc4 19. Bf1 Ne4 20. Be1 Rfc8 21. b3
Qxd3 22. Bxd3 e5 23. a4 exd4 24. exd4 b4 25. a5 Ng5 26. Be2 Rc2 27. Kf1 Rb2 28.
Rd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 g6 30. h4 Ne6 31. Nf3 Kf8 32. Rc1 Ke8 33. Bd2 Bd8 34. Ra1 Be7
35. Ra4 Nb8 36. Bxb4 Bxb4 37. Rxb4 Nc6 38. Ra4 Ke7 39. Ke1 f6 40. Kd2 Nc7 41.
Ne1 Nb5 42. Nc2 Kd6 43. Kd3 Re8 44. Bf3 Rc8 45. Kd2 f5 46. h5 Rc7 47. Be2 Ra7
48. h6 Ra8 49. Bd3 Ra7 50. Bf1 Ra8 51. Be2 Ra7 52. Bd3 Ra8 53. f3 Ra7 54. Bf1
Ra8 55. Be2 Ra7 56. Bd3 Ra8 57. Ke3 Re8+ 58. Kd2 Ra8 59. Ke3 Re8+ 60. Kf2 Ra8
61. Kg2 Ke6 62. f4 Kd6 63. g4 fxg4 64. Kg3 Nc3 65. Ra1 Ne4+ 66. Bxe4 dxe4 67.
Kxg4 Rb8 68. Rb1 Nxa5 69. Ra1 Nc6 70. Rxa6 Rxb3 71. d5 Kxd5 72. Rxc6 Kxc6 73.
Nd4+ Kd5 74. Nxb3 e3 75. Nc1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Rc1 h6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bd7 15.
Qb3 Bc6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. a3 Rfc8 18. h3 Qd7 19. Qa2 Ne8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. e3
Nd6 22. b3 Rc7 23. Qb2 Kg8 24. Rc2 Rac8 25. Rdc1 Qd8 26. Na2 Be8 27. Rxc7 Rxc7
28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Nxc3 Nb5 31. Nxb5 Bxb5 32. f4 f5 33. Bf3 h5 34.
Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke1 Ke7 36. Kd2 Kd6 37. Kc3 a5 38. h4 b6 39. Bd1 Kc7 40. b4 a4 41.
Bc2 Kd6 42. Kd2 Kc7 43. Ke1 Kd6 44. Kf2 Kc7 45. Ke1 Kd6 46. Kd2 Kc7 47. Ke1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 (7. Nf3
c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O $132 {
is the line White is trying to avoid - see the notes to Akobian-Negi, Wijk aan
Zee B 2010.}) 7... c5 8. Qd2 ({Until January 2011 Kramnik preferred the move
order} 8. Rc1 O-O (8... Qa5 9. Qd2 {transposes into our game}) 9. Nf3 (9. Qd2
e5 $5 10. dxe5 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 b6 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. f3 Bxe5 14. Ne2 Nc6 15. Bd5
Rad8 16. Kc2 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rcd1 Na5 19. Nf4 Nc4 20. Bc1 f5 $11 {
/=/+,Babula,V (2569)-Anand,V (2788)/HUN-chT/2009/}) 9... Bg4 $5 10. Be2 (10.
Qd2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 e6 13. Bb5 Nc6 $5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rxc6 Qd7
$132) 10... Qa5 {However, he was possibly discouraged by his game against
Vachier-Lagrave:} 11. O-O (11. Qd2 e6 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Nd7 (13... c4 $142
$5 $132) 14. c4 Qa3 15. O-O Rae8 (15... Rfe8 $142 $1 {/\} 16. h3 Bf5 $1 17. g4
Be4 18. Ng5 Bb2 19. Rcd1 Bc3 20. Qc1 Bb2 $11) 16. Rfe1 f5 $2 (16... b6 $14) (
16... Bf5 $142 $5) 17. d6 $1 Kh8 18. h3 Bxf3 $6 19. Bxf3 Ne5 20. Bg5 $1 $18 {
Volkov,S (2621)-Sutovsky,E (2692)/EU-ch Aix-les-Bains/2011/ - see the notes to
this game by Krasenkow in CBM 142.}) 11... Qxa2 12. Bg5 Qe6 13. Re1 Qd7 14. d5
e5 15. Qb3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Na6 17. Be2 c4 18. Qxc4 Qd6 19. Bg4 f5 20. exf5 gxf5
21. Bh5 Nc5 22. Rcd1 Rac8 23. Qh4 $13 {1/2,Kramnik,V (2784)-Vachier-Lagrave,M 
(2715)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) 8... Qa5 ({An independent alternative is} 8... cxd4
9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bg4 $5 11. Be2 (11. f3 Bd7 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bd4 O-O 14. f4
Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 $132) 11... Bxe2 12. Nxe2 O-O (12... Na5 13. Rc1 (13. Qb4 O-O
14. O-O b6 15. d5 Qd6 16. Qb5 Qe5 17. Rd4 Qb8 18. Ra4 Rc8 19. Nd4 Rc5 $11 {
Lputian,S (2605)-Kasparov,G (2851)/Wijk aan Zee/2000/}) 13... O-O 14. O-O b5
15. Qb4 a6 16. a4 Nc4 17. axb5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 axb5 (18... Rb8 $142 $5 19. Rc5 e5
20. d5 Re8 {/\Bf8~~, Kasparov}) 19. Qxb5 Ra3 20. Rf3 Bh6 21. Rc3 Ra1+ 22. Rf1
Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 $14 {Kramnik,V (2785)-Aronian,L (2808)/Monte Carlo rpd/2011/ -
see the notes to this game by Marin in CBM 142.}) 13. O-O e6 $5 (13... Na5 {
-12...Na5}) 14. d5 (14. Bh6 Qa5 15. Qe3 Qxa2 $5 (15... Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qxa2 17.
Nf4 Ne7 18. Qg5 f6 19. Qb5 b6 20. Ra1 Qc2 21. Nxe6 $16 {Roiz,M (2658)-Avrukh,B
(2641)/Netanya/2009/}) {and White doesn't seem to have more than} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Nf4 Rfe8 18. d5 exd5 19. Nh5+ gxh5 20. Qg5+ Kh8 (20... Kf8 21. Qh6+ Ke7 22.
Qg5+ Kd7 23. Rxd5+ Kc7 24. Qf4+ Kb6 25. Qe3+ Kc7 $11) 21. Qf6+ {1/2, Iskusnyh,
S (2471)-Jaracz,P (2539)/Kalamaria/2009/} Kg8 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ {1/2,
Iskusnyh,S (2471)-Jaracz,P (2539)/Kalamaria/2009/}) 14... exd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16.
Qb4 Qd7 17. Qb3 (17. d6 $5 Rfc8 $132 {Kasparov}) 17... Rfe8 18. h3 b5 19. Nd4
a6 20. Bf4 Nc4 21. Qf3 (21. Nc6 Re4 22. Bg3 Rae8 23. Nb4 Re2 $17 {Kozul,Z 
(2605)-Avrukh,B (2575)/Belgrade/1999/}) 21... Nb2 22. Rd2 Nc4 $11) (8... O-O 9.
Nf3 Qa5 10. Rc1 Rd8 $5 {is the main line - see Pashikian-Zhou Jianchao,
Kramnik-Howell and Pashikian-Cornette.}) 9. Rc1 (9. Rb1 {went out of fashion
due to} b6 {/\Ba6} ({Also viable is} 9... cxd4 $5 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 O-O
12. Nf3 Rd8 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. d5 Na5 15. Bg5 f5 16. Bxe7 Bh6+ 17. Bg5 fxe4 18.
Bxe4 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Rxd5+ 20. Bd3 Bxg5+ 21. Nxg5 Rad8 22. Rhd1 $11 {Sanikidze,T 
(2524)-Le Quang,L (2687)/FRA-chT Mulhouse/2011/ We have already mentioned
White is trying to avoid this type of _|_, in which his K can be exposed in
the [+].}) 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Be2 Bc6 $132) 9... cxd4 {Giri opts for the _|_, in
which Black has been doing quite well recently.} ({The transposition} 9... O-O
10. Nf3 Rd8 $5 $13 {is still possible.}) 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 {Nowadays the
main move.} ({White has gradually started to refrain from exposing his c with
the committal} 11. Kxd2 O-O 12. Bb5 ({Pleasant for Black is} 12. Bd3 Rd8 13.
Ne2 Nc6 14. Rc4 f5 $1 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Rb1 Rd7 18. Ke1 Rad8 19.
Kf1 Kf7 20. Rc5 e6 21. g3 Ne7 $11 {/=/+,Aronian,L (2783)-Mamedyarov,S (2756)/
Khanty Mansiysk ol/2010/}) (12. Nf3 Nc6 $132 {once again leads to to
Akobian-Negi, Wijk aan Zee B 2010.}) 12... Rd8 13. Ne2 Nc6 $5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Rhd1 (15. f3 e5 16. Rxc6 exd4 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Nf4 Re5 $1 19. h4 (19. Rhc1 $142
$1 $11) 19... Ra5 20. Ra1 Bb7 21. Rc7 d3 $36 {Graf,A (2661)-Ruck,R (2575)/
Budapest/2004/}) (15. Rc5 $2 e5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 exd4 18. Bxd4 Ba6 19. Rd1
Rd6 20. Ke3 Bxe2 21. Kxe2 Rad8 22. Ke3 Bf8 {0-1,Hjartarson,J (2400)-Stohl,I 
(2305)/WChJ Copenhagen/1982/}) (15. Rxc6 Bb7 16. Rc7 Bxe4 17. f3 Bf5 18. Rd1
Kf8 19. Ke1 Ke8 20. d5 Rd7 21. Rc5 Rb7 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Nc6 Rc8 $15 {[%csl Gd7,
Gg7] ^^,Kelecevic,N (2390)-Smejkal,J (2570)/Sarajevo/1982/}) 15... Rb8 16. Ke1
Rb2 17. Rxc6 Bb7 18. Rc7 Bxe4 19. f3 Bd5 20. Rxa7 Bxa2 $11 {Grabowski,P (2260)
-Coenen,N (2379)/NRW Liga 0607/2007/}) 11... O-O (11... Nc6 12. d5 Nd4 13. Nf3
f5 14. Bc3 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Bxc3+ 16. Rxc3 fxe4 17. fxe4 Rf8 18. f3 Bd7 19. Kf2
Kd8 20. Ke3 $36 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Gf3] [+],Zugic,I (2450)-Ftacnik,L (2602)/
Montreal/2002/ Despite simplification White's [+]P are a major factor.}) 12.
Nf3 ({A drawish _|_ arises after} 12. d5 e6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. dxe6
fxe6 16. Nf3 Rfc8 17. Ke2 Nc5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Be3 hxg5 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Bxc5 g4
$1 $11 {Schmidt,W-Jansa,V/Vrnjacka Banja/1983/}) 12... e6 ({Here an important
alternative is the more straightforward} 12... Bg4 13. Be3 (13. Rc7 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Bxd4 15. Rxb7 Nc6 $32 16. Ba6 {1/2,Kramnik,V (2770)-Svidler,P (2727)/
Dortmund/2004/} Rab8 $11) (13. d5 Nd7 14. Ng5 Nb6 15. h3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rfc8 (
16... h6 17. Nf3 e6 18. d6 Bc6 19. O-O Rad8 20. Bb4 Rfe8 21. Rfd1 e5 22. Nd2
Bf8 23. Nc4 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Rd7 $11 {Lybin,D (2576)-Hamarat,T (2630)/corr/2001/})
17. O-O Na4 18. Bb4 h6 19. Nf3 e6 $132 {Pinter,J (2512)-Shirov,A (2726)/EU Cup
Izmir/2004/}) (13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nc6 15. f4 Rfd8 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Be2 h5
18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. Ke2 $11 {1/2,Gehret,A (2378)-Bernad Suarez,A (2190)/corr/
2000/}) 13... Nc6 (13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 e6 (14... Nc6 {-13...Nc6}) 15. Bc4 (15.
Bb5 $1 $14) 15... Nc6 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Nb4 18. Bxb7 Nd3+ 19. Ke2 Nxc1+ 20.
Rxc1 Rab8 21. Rb1 Rbd8 22. Bxa7 Bd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Ke3 Ra4 25. Bd5 $11 {
Sargissian,G (2667)-Navara,D (2708)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) (13... Nd7 14. Rc7 e5
15. d5 Rfc8 $1 16. Rxb7 Nc5 17. Rb4 Bf8 18. Nxe5 Nd7 19. Nd3 Bxb4+ 20. Nxb4
Rcb8 $132 {Rodshtein,M (2637)-Kovchan,A (2554)/Biel op/2011/}) 14. d5 Bxf3 (
14... Na5 15. Bd3 (15. Be2 $142 $5 {/\} e6 16. h3 $14) 15... e6 16. Bd2 b6 17.
O-O exd5 18. exd5 Rad8 19. Bxa5 bxa5 20. Rc5 a4 21. Bc2 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bd4 $11 {
Ragger,M (2628)-Areshchenko,A (2664)/Bundesliga 1011/2011/}) 15. gxf3 Nd4 16.
Bh3 f5 17. Kf1 Rfc8 $5 (17... e6 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Rd1 Rad8 21.
Rxd8 Nxd8 22. Kg2 (22. Bxa7 $5) 22... Nc6 23. Rd1 $14 {Sargissian,G (2667)-Li,
C (2649)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) 18. Kg2 Kf8 19. Rxc8+ (19. Rhd1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 f4
21. Bd2 Be5 $11) 19... Rxc8 20. Rd1 Rc4 $132) 13. h4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An
interesting novelty, prepared already for the match against Kasparov in 2000.}
(13. Bb5 Nc6 (13... a6 $2 14. Bb4 $16) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. O-O (15. Ne5 Bb7 16.
Bb4 Rfd8 17. Bc5 f6 18. Nc4 Ba6 19. Na5 Rac8 20. f3 Bh6 21. Rc2 Be3 22. Nb3 f5
23. e5 Bb5 24. Rc3 f4 $36 {[%csl Re1] עe1,Lazarev,V (2440)-Ernst,T (2525)/
Oberwart/1991/}) 15... Ba6 16. Rfe1 Bb5 17. Bb4 Rfd8 18. Bc5 a5 19. h4 a4 20.
Rc3 f6 21. e5 fxe5 22. Nxe5 Rd5 23. f4 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Rd7 $11 {[%csl Gb5,Gc5] /
+/=,Kramnik,V (2790)-Mamedyarov,S (2761)/Moscow/2010/ White's edge is more or
less platonic, the ^- are a strong neutralizing factor.}) 13... Nc6 {A logical
reaction.} ({Rather artificial is} 13... Bd7 14. h5 Bc6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bd3
$14) 14. e5 {[%csl Rg7] White's idea is to limit the Bg7.} Bd7 ({It's
difficult to take the engine suggestion} 14... Rd8 15. Bg5 Rd5 16. Bc4 Ra5 {
[%csl Ra5] seriously, as Black can have problems with his exposed R.}) ({
The direct} 14... f6 {was perhaps a better choice:} 15. Bc4 (15. exf6 {is
inconsistent:} Bxf6 $11) (15. Bc3 fxe5 16. dxe5 Rf4 $13) (15. h5 $5 $44) 15...
fxe5 (15... Rd8 16. Bc3 {[%csl Re6] keeps Black under pressure, ><e6 is
vulnerable (we will see this later in the game as well).}) 16. d5 e4 $5 17.
dxe6 Re8 18. Ng5 h6 $132) (14... h6 $6 {tries to keep the <->h closed, but
Black has to reckon with} 15. h5 g5 16. Nxg5 $1 Rd8 (16... hxg5 17. h6 Bh8 18.
h7+ Kg7 19. Bxg5 $16 {->}) 17. Ne4 $16) ({The radical} 14... h5 $5 {also
deserves attention.}) 15. Rb1 (15. h5 Rfc8 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Rb1 Rc7 18. Bg5
Be8 $13 {[%cal Yc7d7,Yc6e7,Ye7d5] /\Rd7,Ne7-d5<=> It's difficult for White to
transfer his Rb1 to the <->h and Black has <=> in the [+] and on the <<.})
15... b6 $6 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5,Rb7] ><a6,<<} (15... Rfd8 $142 $5 16. h5 (16. Rxb7
Bc8 $11) (16. Bg5 Rdb8 $13 {and due to} 17. h5 h6 {White can't open the <->h
so easily.}) 16... Be8 $132) 16. h5 Ne7 17. hxg6 fxg6 $6 {[%mdl 32] Now
Kramnik gets a permanent strategic advantage, which he will convert very
smoothly.} ({Giri was obviously afraid to play} 17... hxg6 18. Ng5 $5 $36 {
[%cal Gh1h8] Although White's -> is more dangerous than in the previous note,
Black still retains defensive resources.}) 18. Bc4 Rac8 19. Bb3 Nd5 20. Ng5 $16
{White can develop his initiative with natural moves.} h6 (20... h5 21. f3 $16
{[%csl Gg5][%cal Yg2g4] ><g5,/\g4 and White will gradually prepare the opening
of the >>.}) 21. Ne4 g5 {[%csl Rh6] ><h6} (21... h5 {was possibly slightly
more resilient.}) 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. Ke2 $1 Rd8 24. Rh3 {[%cal Yb1h1,Rh3h6] /
\Rbh1,Rh6->} Bc6 25. Rbh1 Rf8 26. Rc1 $5 {[%cal Rb3d5] /\Yd5} ({More
consistent was} 26. Rxh6 $1 Bxh6 27. Rxh6 $16 {/+- , but Kramnik's move is
also strong.}) 26... Bd7 $8 27. Rxc7 Nxc7 28. Rc3 {White combines play on both
flanks, the Nd6 exerts unbearable pressure.} Na6 (28... Nb5 29. Nxb5 Bxb5+ 30.
Ke3 Re8 31. Rc7 $18) (28... Nd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rc7 Rd8 31. Ke3 {[%cal Rd6b7]
/\Nb7+-}) 29. g3 $1 {[%cal Yf2f4] /\f4} (29. d5 exd5 30. Bxd5+ Kh7 31. e6 Bxc3
32. Bxc3 $16 {is good enough, but White doesn't need to hurry.}) 29... Rd8 (
29... g4 30. Rc1 $1 {[%csl Rh6] /\Rh1, ><h6 and White targets the >> again.})
30. f4 Bf8 (30... gxf4 31. gxf4 {[%cal Yc3g3] gives White an extra attacking
option Rg3.}) 31. f5 Bxd6 32. exd6 Bb5+ {The rest is just agony, as e6 is
indefensible.} (32... Re8 $2 33. fxe6 Bxe6 34. d7 $18) 33. Ke3 Rxd6 34. fxe6
Kf8 35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. d5 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. d6 Nc5 39. Bd5 {[%cal Re3d4,
Rd4f6] /\Kd4-e5-f6} Bd7 40. exd7 Kxd7 41. Kd4 Kxd6 42. Bb4 a5 43. Bxc5+ bxc5+
44. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. c4 h6
15. Bd2 Ng4 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Ngf6 18. Qe2 Qc6 19. a4 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Qe4 21.
Be3 Rc7 22. a5 Rfc8 23. Nd2 Qf5 24. axb6 axb6 25. f3 e5 26. Rcb1 exd4 27. Bxd4
Qf4 28. Qf2 Rc6 29. Re1 Rd6 30. Be3 Qf5 31. Bxh6 Rdc6 32. Be3 Ne5 33. Red1 Nfd7
34. Ra7 Qc2 35. Rda1 Nf8 36. h3 Nxc4 37. Nxc4 Rxc4 38. Qxc2 Rxc2 39. Bxb6 Rb2
40. Bc7 Ne6 41. Ra8 Rxa8 42. Rxa8+ Kh7 43. Be5 Re2 44. Ra5 g5 45. Rb5 Kg6 46.
Kf1 Rc2 47. Rb2 Rxb2 48. Bxb2 f5 49. g3 g4 50. fxg4 fxg4 51. h4 Nc5 52. Ke2 Ne4
53. Be5 Kf5 54. Bc7 Nf6 55. Kd3 Ne4 56. Bb8 Nf6 57. Kd4 Ne4 58. Bf4 Nf6 59. Be5
Ne4 60. Kd5 Nd2 61. Bf4 Nf1 62. h5 Nxg3 63. h6 Nh5 64. Bc7 Kg6 65. Ke4 Kxh6 66.
Kf5 g3 67. Bb6 g2 68. Bg1 Ng3+ 69. Kf4 Ne2+ 70. Kf3 Nxg1+ 71. Kf2 Nf3 72. Kxg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 {This line was examined in CBM 138, annotations to Mamedyarov-Kramnik by
GM M.Marin.} 15. Qc2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] This simple idea - just to capture the
d5 pawn avoiding the pin along the d-file - is surprisingly new!} (15. O-O {
was usually played:} Rfd8 $5 (15... Qxb2 16. Qxd5 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Qf6 18. Qd4 Qe7
19. Qb4 Rfd8 20. h3 (20. Rd4 $5) (20. a4 $5) 20... b6 21. a4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8
23. Rd4 {1/2 Erdos,V (2591)-Nielsen,P (2687)/Germany 2009/CBM 133 Extra.}) (
15... Rad8 16. Rc1 $1 (16. Qd4 $6 Qxd4 17. exd4 Ne4 18. Rfd1 f5 {1/2 Kunte,A 
(2513)-Mas,H (2421)/Parramatta 2009/CBM 129 Extra}) 16... Ne6 17. Qb3 d4 18.
Qxb7 $14 {M.Marin}) 16. Rc1 Ne6 17. Qb3 d4 18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qxa7 Rxb2 20. Qa6
g6 21. a4 Kg7 $44 {1/2 Mamedyarov,S (2761)-Kramnik,V (2790)/Dortmund 2010/CBM
138/[Marin,M] (31)}) ({The other moves are harmless:} 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Rc2 Ne4
17. O-O Qe5 18. Qc1 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 Ng5 20. Be2 Ne6 21. Bd3 g6 22. Rc1 Rd8 $11 {
1/2 Vorobiov,E (2592)-Grover,S (2411)/Kavala 2010/CBM 137 Extra (33)}) (15. Rb1
Rad8 16. O-O d4 17. Qc2 b6 18. exd4 Rxd4 19. Rbd1 Rfd8 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Rd1 g6
{1/2 Kunte,A (2527)-Maheswaran,P (2297)/Gurgon 2009/CBM 128 Extra}) 15... Rac8
(15... Qxb2 $6 16. Qxb2 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 Nxb2 18. Bxd5 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Gd5]}) 16.
Bxd5 Rfd8 {After this White eventually keeps his extra pawn.} (16... Ne6 17.
Qa4 $1 (17. Qe2 $6 Nd4 $1 18. exd4 Rfe8 19. Be4 Qxd4 20. f3 f5) (17. Qd2 Rfd8
18. O-O Nc7 19. e4 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rc5 21. Rad1 Qd6 22. Rfe1 g6 $11 {[%cal Yc5d5]
}) 17... Nc5 18. Qb5 Qf5 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. e4 Nxe4 21. O-O $14) 17. Rd1 Qe5 18.
Qc4 b5 (18... Qxb2 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. O-O Qxa3 21. Ra1 $16) (18... Ne6 19. Qb3
Nc5 20. Qa2) 19. Qa2 Rd7 20. O-O Na4 21. Bb3 (21. Be6 $1 {was probably even
better as after} Rxd1 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd1 Nxb2 24. Rb1 Na4 25. Qe6 {White's
kingside two-pawn advantage increases the importance of his bishop and
therefore his winning chances.}) 21... Rdc7 {Of course, evading} (21... Rxd1
22. Rxd1 Nxb2 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 {, which leads to the line from the previous
annotation.}) 22. Rd4 (22. Rd5 $143 Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Nxb2 24. Rxb5 Nc4) 22... Nb6
23. Rfd1 g6 24. Qb1 Kg7 25. g3 Nc4 26. Kg2 Qf6 27. Bxc4 {Of course, is it
difficult to convert White's extra pawn without minor pieces on the board but
Black's knight was too strong.} bxc4 28. Qe4 Re7 29. Qd5 c3 30. bxc3 Rxc3 31.
Rf4 Qc6 32. Qxc6 Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096]} 33. Rdd4 Rc2 34. Rd5 h5 35. Ra5 Rb7 36. h3
Ra2 37. Rfa4 Rbb2 38. Rf4 Rb7 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Rc7 41. Kg3 Rb2 42. g5 Rb1
43. Kg2 Rb2 44. Rfa4 Rcc2 45. Rf4 Rb7 46. Kg3 Rc1 47. Rd4 Rb2 48. Rf4 Rb7 49.
Rd4 Rb2 50. f3 a6 {Black must use tactical means to stay in the game.} (50...
Rb7 $5 51. Rda4 Rg1+ 52. Kf4 Rb2 53. Rb4 $1 (53. Rxa7 Rf2 {[%cal Yg1f1]}) 53...
Rh2 54. Ke4 Rc2) 51. Rxa6 Rb5 $2 (51... Rg1+ $8 52. Kf4 Rb5 {regaining the
g5-pawn and keeping some chances to survive, e.g.} 53. e4 Rgxg5 54. Ra7 Rg2 $1
55. Rdd7 $140 g5+ 56. Ke3 Rb3+) 52. f4 Rb3 53. Re4 Rcc3 54. a4 Rxe3+ 55. Rxe3
Rxe3+ {This way Black has regained one of the missing pawns as well but the
resulting endgame is lost for him as his king is caged in the corner.} 56. Kf2
Ra3 57. Ra7 Kf8 58. a5 Ke8 59. a6 Kf8 60. Ke2 Ke8 (60... Kg7 61. Kd2 Ra4 62.
Kc3 Rxf4 63. Rd7 Ra4 64. a7 $18 {- Black has no moves on the kingside, and
White's king goes forward.}) 61. Ra8+ Kd7 62. a7 Kc6 63. Rc8+ Kb7 64. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Qe2
b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Nb4 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nc6 Nxc6 13. Bxc6 Rb6 14. Qf3 Bb4
15. Bd2 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 O-O 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Ne4 Qd5 19. Qf4 f6 20. Nc5 e5 21.
Qh4 exd4 22. exd4 g5 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Nxe4 Re8 25. f3 h6 26. Rfe1 Kf7 27. Kf2
f5 28. Nc5 Rd8 29. Ke3 Rbd6 30. Red1 f4+ 31. gxf4 gxf4+ 32. Kxf4 Rxd4+ 33. Rxd4
Rxd4+ 34. Ke5 Rd6 35. b4 Ke7 36. Rg1 Kf7 37. Rc1 Ke7 38. Rg1 Kf7 39. Rc1 Rc6
40. f4 Rf6 41. Ra1 Ke7 42. Rg1 Kf7 43. Ra1 Rd6 44. Rc1 Rd8 45. f5 c6 46. Ne6
Rd5+ 47. Ke4 Bxe6 48. fxe6+ Kxe6 49. Rxc6+ Rd6 50. Rc7 Kf6 51. h4 Kg6 52. Rc5
Rd1 53. Rc6+ Kh5 54. Rxa6 Rb1 55. Rb6 Rxb4+ 56. Kf3 Rb3+ 57. Ke2 Rb2+ 58. Ke3
Rb1 59. Ke2 b4 60. Kf2 b3 61. Kg3 Rb2 62. Kh3 Rb1 63. Kg3 b2 64. Rb5+ Kg6 65.
h5+ Kf6 66. Kg2 Ke6 67. Kh2 Kf6 68. Kg2 Ke6 69. Kh2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4
dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nc5 17. Qf3 Qe8 18. Nc3 Na4 19. Nxa4 Qxa4 20. b3
Qa3 21. Rd7 Bc5 22. Qe2 a5 23. Rad1 a4 24. Bc1 Qb4 25. Bd2 Qa3 26. Bc1 Qb4 27.
Bd2 Qa3 28. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qb2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Ne4 15.
Be1 Bf6 16. e3 Qc7 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qb8 19. cxd5 cxd4 20. exd4 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nc3 Qb7 24. Qe3 Nb8 25. Qf3 Rcd8 26. b4 Bg5 27. Bd2
Bxd2 28. Rxd2 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ra2 Na6 31. Ra5 Nc7 32. Qd3 Ra8 33. Rca1
Rxa5 34. Rxa5 Rb8 35. Ne2 Ne6 36. Nc3 Nc7 37. Ne2 Ne6 38. Nc3 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20 50th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2011.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bukhalaf, Khalil"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Rb1 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. b5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Qc8 12. Nb3 Bh3 13. a4 Nh7 14. Qc2 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 f5 16. e3 f4 17. exf4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. gxf4 Qg4+ 20. Kh1 Qf3+ 21.
Kg1 Qxf4 22. Ne2 Qf3 23. Rfe1 Nf5 24. Ng3 Nh4 25. Kf1 Qg2+ 26. Ke2 Nf3 27. Kd1
Nxe1 28. Kxe1 Re8+ 29. Kd1 Qg1+ 30. Kd2 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U20 50th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2011.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Kb1 h5 14. Bd3
Bh6 15. Qf2 Qa7 16. Qg3 Qc5 17. Rhf1 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. f4 a4 20. Qf2 Qxf2 21.
Rxf2 Ke7 22. Ng3 Rag8 23. Nf1 d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. g3 Rd8 26. Ne3 Bc6 27. Be2
Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Bg7 29. Re2 Be4 30. Rd2 f5 31. Be2 a3 32. Nc4 axb2 33. Ne5 Bxe5
34. fxe5 Rg8 35. Rd4 Rxg3 36. Kxb2 Re3 37. Bxh5 f4 38. Rc4 f3 39. Rc7+ Kd8 40.
Rxf7 Bf5 41. Rf8+ Kc7 42. Be8 f2 43. Bb5 Rxe5 44. Bc4 Rc5 45. Bd3 Rc3 46. Rf7+
Kb6 47. Bf1 Rxc2+ 48. Kb3 Rc1 49. Be2 Re1 50. Bc4 Rb1+ 51. Ka4 Bc2+ 52. Bb3
Bxb3+ 53. axb3 f1=Q 54. Kxb4 0-1

[Event "Wch U20 50th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2011.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Prasannaa, S."]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. f3 b5 12. h4 h6 13. Be3 h5 14. Ne2 Qc7
15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Rhe1 Rb8 17. Bg5 a5 18. Re2 b4 19. Nf5 exf5 20. exf5 Kf8 21.
Rde1 Bd8 22. Qf4 Qc5 23. Bc4 Rc8 24. b3 d5 25. Ba6 Bc7 26. Qd2 Ra8 27. Bb7 Rb8
28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Bxd5 Be5 30. Rxe5 fxe5 31. f6 Qd4 32. Qe2 Qxd5 33. Qa6 Rc8
34. Rd1 Qc6 35. Qd3 Rh6 36. Rd2 Be6 37. Qe3 Rxf6 38. Qxe5 Qc3 39. Qd6+ Kg8 40.
Re2 Qa1+ 41. Kd2 Rxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U20 50th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2011.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Ramnath, Bhuvanesh R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. c5 c6 10. a3 Qe7 11. b4 b6 12. cxb6 axb6 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. O-O c5 15. Qb3
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Ng5 Bc6 18. b5 Bb7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rd2 h6 21. Nxf7
Rxf7 22. Rfd1 Bc8 23. Rd6 Rdf8 24. Re6 Qd8 25. Rxg6 Qe7 26. Re6 Qd8 27. Rc6 Bb7
28. Rcd6 Bc8 29. Be6 Qe8 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Rxd7 h5 32. a4 1-0

[Event "Wch U20 50th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2011.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 13. d4 Qc7 14. Ne3 Bf8 15. b3
Bd7 16. h3 g6 17. Bb2 Bg7 18. Qd2 Bc6 19. d5 Bd7 20. c4 Rab8 21. Bd3 Qb6 22.
Rab1 b4 23. Kh2 Nh5 24. g3 Nb7 25. Ng4 Kh7 26. Bc1 Rh8 27. Nxh6 Bxh6 28. Qxh6+
Kg8 29. Qd2 Qd8 30. Bf1 Qf6 31. Ng5 Qe7 32. Bg2 f6 33. Nf3 Nd8 34. Kg1 g5 35.
Nh2 Qh7 36. Qe2 Bxh3 37. Bxh3 Nf4 38. Bxf4 Qxh3 39. f3 exf4 40. gxf4 Qg3+ 41.
Kh1 Rb7 0-1

[Event "Wch U20 50th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2011.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. b3 c6 10. a4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Na3 Nc6 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Nb5 Rac8 15.
Bc3 Qb8 16. e3 Ne4 17. Bb2 Nb4 18. Qe2 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qb2 Bb7 21. Qe5 a6
22. Nc3 Qa8 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Qf4 d4 25. exd4 cxd4 26. Ne2 d3 27. Ned4 Nfd5 28.
Qg4 Nf6 29. Qf4 Be4 30. Nf5 Rc5 31. N3h4 Bxg2 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Qxb4 Re5 34.
Nxg2 Re8 35. Rxd3 R5xe7 36. Rad1 Re2 37. Re3 R8xe3 38. Nxe3 h5 39. Qf4 Qc6 40.
Nf5 Qc2 41. Rc1 Qe4 42. Qg5 Qg4 43. Nh6 Qf3 44. Nxf7+ Kh7 45. Qf4 Qxf4 46. gxf4
Kg6 47. Ng5 Kf5 48. Rc4 Nd5 49. Rc5 Rd2 50. Kg2 Kxf4 51. Ne6+ Ke4 52. Rc4+ Ke5
53. Rc6 a5 54. Nxg7 h4 55. Rc5 Rd3 56. Nh5 h3+ 57. Kf1 Ke4 58. Rxd5 Kxd5 59.
Nf4+ Ke4 60. Nxd3 Kxd3 61. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Wch U20 50th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2011.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Re1
Bf6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Ra5 Qc8 17. Qa1 h5 18. Ra7 Rb7 19. Rxb7 Qxb7 20. Qc1 Qc8
21. Bg5 Qd8 22. h4 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Qxg5 24. hxg5 Re8 25. Ra1 Re7 26. Ra7 Be8 27.
f4 Kh7 28. Kf2 Kg6 29. c3 h4 30. g4 hxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Kf5 32. Bd1 Re3+ 33. Bf3 f6
34. gxf6 gxf6 35. Kf2 Kxf4 36. Be2 dxc3 37. bxc3 Bg6 38. Rxc7 Bxd3 39. Bh5 Re5
40. Bf3 Be4 41. Be2 Rxd5 42. Ke1 f5 43. Rg7 Bf3 44. Bf1 Ke3 45. Re7+ Be4 46.
Ra7 f4 47. c4 bxc4 48. Bxc4 Rc5 49. Ra3+ Kd4 50. Be2 Rc3 51. Ra6 d5 52. Kd2
Rc2+ 53. Kd1 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Wch U20 50th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2011.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. h4 c5 11. e6 c4 12. Qd1 Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. h5 Nc6 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Ng5 Nxd4 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4
21. a3 a5 22. Rh7+ Kf6 23. Rd1 Be5 24. g3 b4 25. f4 Bxc3+ 26. bxc3 b3 27. Bh3
Bxh3 28. Rxh3 Kf5 29. Rh7 Ra7 30. Kf2 Na4 31. Kf3 Nxc3 32. Re1 g5 33. g4+ Kg6
34. Reh1 gxf4 35. R1h6+ Kg5 36. Re6 1-0

[Event "Wch U20 50th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2011.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. e4
Be7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 h6 13. Nh2 Re8 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qg4
Bg5 16. f4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 f5 18. Qh5 Be7 19. g4 Rf8 20. g5 Qe8 21. g6 Kh8 22.
Nf3 Rg8 23. Ba3 c5 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. fxg5 Bxg2 26. gxh6 Nf8 27. h7 Bb7 28.
hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 29. Kh2 b4 30. cxb4 Qxa4 31. Qe2 cxb4 32. Qxc4 a5 33. Bb2 Qd7 34.
Rg1 Rc8 35. Qe2 a4 36. Rad1 a3 37. Bc1 Qa4 38. Rd2 b3 39. Qf2 Bd5 40. Re1 Rc3
41. Qh4 b2 42. Bxb2 axb2 43. Rxb2 Rc2+ 44. Re2 Rxb2 45. Rxb2 Qa1 46. Qf2 f4 0-1

[Event "Wch U20 50th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2011.08.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Qd7
15. Nbd2 h6 16. Nf1 Rf7 17. Qd3 Bf8 18. Ng3 d5 19. e5 Nh7 20. Bd2 Be7 21. Rec1
b4 22. Ra6 Nd8 23. b3 c6 24. Ne2 Nf8 25. Be3 Qc8 26. Nf4 Ra8 27. Rca1 Rxa6 28.
Qxa6 Qc7 29. Nd3 g5 30. Qa5 Qb8 31. Nfe1 Ng6 32. Nc2 Nf4 33. Bxf4 gxf4 34. f3
Bf8 35. Ncxb4 Rg7 36. Ra4 Nb7 37. Qa8 Qc7 38. Nxf4 Qf7 39. Nbd3 Kh7 40. Qc8 c5
41. Qxe6 cxd4 42. Qxf7 Rxf7 43. Rxd4 Na5 44. Rxd5 Nxb3 45. e6 Rg7 46. Rd7 Na5
47. Ne5 Bc5+ 48. Kf1 Kg8 49. Nd5 Rxd7 50. exd7 Nb7 51. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Wch U20 50th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2011.08.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Rasulov, Vugar Ural Oglu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. c3 Qb6 7. e4 d6 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. a4 b4 10. Bb5 bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Nc4 g6 13. e5 Bg7 14. e6 Bxc3+ 15.
Kf1 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 O-O 17. exd7 Bxd7 18. h4 Bxb5 19. axb5 Qb7 20. Ne3 Qxb5+ 21.
Kg1 Rfb8 22. Kh2 Qb4 23. g3 a5 24. h5 Qe4 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Ng5 Qe5 27. Qxe5
dxe5 28. Kg2 h5 29. g4 a4 30. gxh5 a3 31. hxg6 Kg7 32. Ne6+ Kxg6 33. Nc2 a2 34.
Na1 c4 35. Rh3 Rb3 36. Nxb3 cxb3 37. Rg3+ Kf5 38. Rf3+ Ke4 39. Nc5+ Kxd5 40.
Nxb3 Rg8+ 41. Kh2 Rb8 42. Na1 Rb1 43. Ra3 Rxa1 44. Kg2 e4 45. Ra4 Kc5 46. Kh2
Kb5 47. Ra7 Kc4 48. Kg2 e5 49. Ra3 Kb4 50. Ra8 Kb3 51. Rb8+ Kc2 52. Ra8 Kd2 53.
Ra3 e3 54. fxe3 e4 55. Kh2 Kc1 56. Ra8 Rb1 57. Rxa2 Rb2+ 58. Rxb2 Kxb2 59. Kg2
Kc2 60. Kg3 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Wch U20 50th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2011.08.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nf2
h5 16. h3 Rf7 17. Qc2 Ng6 18. Rfc1 Bf8 19. Nb5 Ne8 20. a4 a6 21. Na3 Rg7 22.
Nc4 Bd7 23. Ba5 Qe7 24. Nb6 Rb8 25. Ra3 Nh4 26. Rc3 Rf7 27. Bd1 Bg7 28. Nxd7
Qxd7 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Qxc8 Bf6 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 32. Rc8 Kf7 33. Bb6 Ng7 34. a5 Kg6
35. Ba4 Rf7 36. Rc7 Rxc7 37. Bxc7 Be7 38. Bd7 Kf7 39. Bc8 Ne8 40. Bb6 Nf6 41.
Bxb7 Nd7 42. Bc7 Nc5 43. Bc8 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. Nxg4 Nd3 46. Bxa6 Nxb2 47.
Bb5 Nd1 48. a6 Nc3 49. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Wch U20 50th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2011.08.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. d4 Bf6 10. d5 Ne7 11. c4 a5 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Bc2 g6 14. Nf1 Bg7 15. Ng3
f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Ne4 b6 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Qe2 Qf7 20. Rad1 Bd7 21. Bc1 Rae8
22. b3 h6 23. Bb2 Ne7 24. Nfd2 Nf5 25. Nf3 Ne7 26. Nfd2 Nf5 27. Nf3 Ne7 28.
Nfd2 Nf5 29. Nf3 Ne7 30. Nfd2 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 1112"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2011.09.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "De Jong, Jan Willem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.09.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Calder HMC"]
[BlackTeam "Leiden LSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Ne5 Nd4 11. e3 Nf5 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Nf3 b6 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Nxf5
gxf5 16. Qa4 a6 17. Rab1 e6 18. d4 cxd4 19. exd4 Qc7 20. Ba3 Rd8 21. Be7 Re8
22. Qb4 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Rfe1 Bb7 25. d5 Rfe8 26. Ne2 b5 27. Nf4 Qxc4 28.
Qd6 Nf8 29. Nh5 Qd4 30. Rbd1 Qb2 31. Qf4 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34.
Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Nf6 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 1112"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2012.03.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Markus, John Raymond"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.09.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[BlackTeam "Calder HMC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. c3 O-O 10. a4 a6 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. g3 f5 15.
Ne5 Qe8 16. f4 Nf6 17. Ndc4 Nc8 18. Rae1 Kh8 19. b3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nd2
Nd6 22. c4 b4 23. Ra1 Nde4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. c5 Bd5 27. Ndc4 Kh7
28. Nd6 Qe7 29. g4 Bxb3 30. g5 Bd5 31. Ra1 b3 32. h4 Rb8 33. Kh2 Qf8 34. Rg1 b2
35. Rb1 Nh5 36. g6+ Kg8 37. f5 Nf6 38. Rxb2 e3 39. Rxb8 Qxb8 40. fxe6 dxe6 41.
Kg3 Qb1 42. Qxe3 Qf1 43. Nd3 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "NED-chT 1112"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2012.04.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.09.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rotterdam"]
[BlackTeam "Calder HMC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. a4 a6 11. e4 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qb3 e6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15.
h4 Rab8 16. Bb1 Ba8 17. Qc4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qe2 b4 20. e5 bxc3 21. exf6
cxd2 22. Qxd2 Bxf6 23. Qxh6 Bg7 24. Qg5 Qd8 25. Qg4 Bxf3 26. gxf3 cxd4 27. h5
Rb5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bawart, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Invest"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Qh5 7. d5 Ne5 8.
Nxe5 Qxe5 9. Nc3 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 O-O-O 11. O-O e6 12. Bf4 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 14.
Nd4 a6 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Bc1 Qc5 17. Nb3 Qb4 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. h3 Rhe8 20. c5 Bf8
21. Bd2 Qe4 22. Qb2 Rd3 23. Rfe1 Qa4 24. Na5 Bxc5 25. Qxb7+ Kd7 26. Nb3 Bd6 27.
Rbc1 Nd5 28. Qa7 Qxa2 29. Nc5+ Bxc5 30. Qxc5 Rxd2 31. Qc6+ Kd8 32. Re5 Qa5 33.
Qa8+ Kd7 34. Qc6+ Kd8 35. Qa8+ Kd7 36. Qc6+ Kd8 37. Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oslo Schakseskap"]
[BlackTeam "SHSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 Na5 14. Ne5 d6 15.
b4 Qe8 16. bxa5 dxe5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rab1 Qc6 19. Bf1 Bxa3 20. Nb5 Bc5 21.
Na7 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Nxc8 Bxb1 24. Nxb6 Bc2 25. Rc1 Bxb6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27.
Rxc2 Rc8 28. g4 h5 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kg7 31. Bd3 Rc7 32. Kg2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "DAN DZO & PGMB"]
[BlackTeam "SHSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rf3 Rc8 14. Rd1 h5
15. Kh1 h4 16. e5 f5 17. exd6 Bg7 18. Re3 Kf8 19. Nb1 Qb4 20. c4 b5 21. cxb5
axb5 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Nc5 Bd4 24. Rb3 Qxd2 25. Nxd7+ Rxd7 26. Nxd2 Rxd6 27. Bxb5
Na5 28. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Ugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bb4+ 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Qh4 11. g3 Qe4 12. Qf3 Qg6 13. a3 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nd7
15. Qg2 b6 16. Bd3 Qh6 17. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "SHSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Nbd7 8. Bg2
b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 a5 12. Bd2 Nc5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. c3 Bxe4 15.
Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qe2 Nxd2 17. Qb5+ Ke7 18. Nxd2 Rd8 19. Nc4 Qf3 20. cxb4 Ke6 21.
bxa5 Be7 22. a6 h5 23. Ra3 Qg4 24. f4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Qd1+ 26. Rf1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Thorfinnsson, Bragi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Bolungarvik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qf4 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Ke7 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nc6
15. Nce4 Rad8 16. Nxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 f5 18. Qh4+ Ke8 19. Nf6+ Kf8 20. e4 Ne5 21.
exf5 Qxc4 22. Rd4 Qe2 23. Nxh7+ Ke8 24. Nf6+ Ke7 25. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist"]
[BlackTeam "SHSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Nh4
Bc8 9. e3 Bg4 10. f3 Bc8 11. f4 c5 12. Bxc4 e6 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nf3 cxd4 15.
exd4 Be7 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Rad1 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qb6 20. Kh1 Qxb2 21.
Ne5 Qb6 22. Qh3 h6 23. Rd3 Qb4 24. Na2 Qxa4 25. Nc3 Qb4 26. Na2 Qa4 27. Nc3 Qb4
28. Na2 Qa4 29. Nc3 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-chA 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Arun Prasad, Subramanian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 Rc8
15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. a3 O-O 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rd3 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Rfd1 h6 21.
f5 Bd6 22. Qe2 Bc5 23. Bf2 Rxd3 24. cxd3 Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Ng4 26. Qa7 Qf4 27. h3
Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qf4+ 29. Kg1 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Qh1+ 31. Qg1 Ne3+ 32. Ke2 Qxg1 33. Rxg1
Nxf5 34. g4 Nd4+ 35. Ke3 Nc2+ 36. Kd2 Nb4 37. Rf1 Rd8 38. Rf3 Kf8 39. Ne4 Ke7
40. Kc3 Nd5+ 41. Kc4 Rc8+ 42. Kb3 f6 43. d4 Rb8+ 44. Ka3 Nb4 45. Rc3 Nd5 46.
Rc6 Rb6 47. Rc8 f5 48. Nc5 f4 49. Nd3 Rd6 50. Ne5 Ne3 51. Rc7+ Ke8 52. Rc8+ Rd8
53. Rc6 Rxd4 54. Rxe6+ Kf8 55. Rxa6 Nc4+ 56. Nxc4 Rxc4 57. Rd6 Ke7 58. Rd3 Ke6
59. b4 Ke5 60. b5 Rc7 61. Kb4 Rf7 62. b6 f3 63. Kc3 f2 64. b7 Rxb7 65. Rf3 Rb1
66. Rxf2 Rh1 67. Rf5+ Ke4 68. Rh5 Kf4 69. Kd4 Kg3 70. g5 Rxh3 71. Rxh3+ Kxh3
72. gxh6 gxh6 73. Ke3 Kg3 74. Ke2 Kg2 75. Ke3 h5 0-1

[Event "IND-chA 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krishna, CRG."]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. b3 b6 10. Bc3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Qb2 Rfe8 14. Rc1 Bf8 15.
e3 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. Ne5 Qa8 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21.
Nc4 Qh5 22. a4 Red8 23. Kg2 a6 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Bd4 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ne5
f6 28. Nd3 Nxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 e5 31. Qc7 Qe8 0-1

[Event "IND-chA 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. Nc3 c6 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Be2
Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. h3 Qc7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. O-O dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb6
15. Be2 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf6 19. Bc1 Nd5 20. Qc2 c5 21.
dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. a3 Rdc8 24. Bd3 Nb6 25. Be4 R5c7 26. b3 Nd7 27. Bd2
Nc5 28. Bc2 Na4 29. Be4 Nc5 30. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-chA 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Pandian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nd5 Bg7 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bf6 Bxf6 10. Nxf6+ Kf8 11. O-O Nf5 12. Nd5 Ng7 13. Nxd4 b5 14. Bb3
Na5 15. f4 c5 16. f5 g5 17. Nf3 c4 18. Ne5 Nc6 19. Ng6+ Kg8 20. e5 Ne8 21. Nxh8
Nxe5 22. Qh5 Bb7 23. Rae1 Bxd5 24. Rxe5 Nf6 25. Qxh6 Ng4 26. Qd6 Nxe5 27. Qxe5
Bb7 28. Qd4 Qe7 29. Qg4 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Kxh8 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qh6 Qd2 33. Rg1 Re8
34. h4 Re4 35. hxg5 Qf2 36. Qh2 Rh4 0-1

[Event "IND-chA 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 b5 10. Kb1 Be7 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 h5 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. f4 Qb6 19. Nf3 a4 20. Rhe1 a3 21. Bc4 Bc6
22. f5 e5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. b3 Qc5 25. Qe2 Bd8 26. Rd3 Bb6 27. Red1 Rd8 28. c3
Ke7 29. cxb4 Qxb4 30. Rc1 Bc5 31. Bd5 Bb5 32. Bc4 Bc6 33. Ne1 Rb8 34. Rg3 Qb7
35. Bd3 Rhg8 36. Rxg8 Rxg8 37. Qxh5 Bxe4 38. Qe2 Bd5 39. Ba6 Qb6 40. Bc4 Bb7
41. Rd1 Rg3 42. Rd3 Rxd3 43. Qxd3 e4 44. Qd1 d5 45. Be2 Bd6 46. Nc2 Qf2 47. h5
Qxf5 48. h6 Qe5 49. Nd4 Bc5 50. h7 f5 51. Ba6 Qxd4 52. Qxd4 Bxd4 53. Bxb7 Kd6
54. g3 Bf6 55. b4 d4 56. Kc2 Ke5 57. Kd2 d3 58. Ke3 Bg5+ 59. Kf2 Bf6 60. Ke3
Bg7 61. b5 Bh6+ 62. Kf2 Bg7 63. b6 Kd4 64. Bxe4 fxe4 65. b7 e3+ 66. Kg2 e2 67.
Kf2 Kc4 68. b8=Q Bd4+ 69. Kg2 e1=Q 70. Qb3+ Kc5 71. Qxa3+ Kd5 72. Qa8+ Kd6 73.
Qd8+ Kc5 74. Qc7+ Kb4 75. Qb7+ Kc3 76. Qb3+ Kd2 77. Qb4+ Bc3 78. Qf4+ Qe3 79.
Qxf7 Kc1 80. Qf1+ Kc2 81. Qf5 Kb2 82. Qb5+ Kc1 83. Qc6 Qd4 84. Qh6+ d2 0-1

[Event "IND-chA 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Udeshi, Aditya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Qb4 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 11. Kd2 b6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. Kc3 Na6 14. Rhd1
c5 15. Ne1 cxd4+ 16. Rxd4 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Rc8 18. e4 Nc5 19. f3 b5 20. b4 Nb7 21.
Ne3 Ke7 22. Rad1 Rc7 23. Kb3 a6 24. R4d2 bxc4+ 25. Nxc4 Rb8 26. Nd6 Nxd6 27.
Rxd6 a5 28. a3 axb4 29. axb4 Rcb7 30. R6d4 Ra8 31. f4 Ra6 32. R1d2 d6 33. Ra2
Rab6 34. Ra8 h5 35. Ra5 g6 36. Rc4 Kd7 37. Ka4 Ke7 38. b5 Kd7 39. Rb4 d5 40.
exd5 exd5 41. Ra6 Kd6 42. Ka5 Kc5 43. Rxb6 Rxb6 44. Rb1 Rb8 45. Rc1+ Kd4 46. b6
Ke3 47. Ka6 h4 48. Ka7 Rd8 49. b7 h3 50. Rc7 f5 51. Rc6 d4 52. Rxg6 d3 53. b8=Q
Rxb8 54. Kxb8 d2 55. Rd6 Ke2 56. Kc7 d1=Q 57. Rxd1 Kxd1 58. Kd6 Ke2 59. Ke5 Kf3
60. Kxf5 Kg2 61. g4 Kxh2 62. g5 Kg3 63. g6 h2 64. g7 h1=Q 65. g8=Q+ Kf2 66.
Qa2+ Ke3 67. Qb3+ Kd4 68. Qb2+ Kd3 69. Kg5 Qg1+ 70. Kf6 Qg8 71. Qe5 Qf8+ 72.
Kg5 Qg8+ 73. Kh4 Qh7+ 74. Kg4 Qh2 75. Qd5+ Ke3 76. Qf3+ Kd4 77. Kg5 Qh7 78. Qc6
Qg8+ 79. Qg6 Qd5+ 80. f5 Qg2+ 81. Kh6 Qh2+ 82. Kg7 Qc7+ 83. Kg8 Qd8+ 84. Kh7
Qh4+ 85. Qh6 Qe4 86. Qd6+ Kc3 87. Qe6 Qh4+ 88. Kg6 Qg4+ 89. Kf7 Qh5+ 90. Qg6
Qf3 91. f6 Qd5+ 92. Kf8 Qd6+ 93. Kg8 Qe6+ 94. Kh7 Kb2 95. f7 Qh3+ 96. Kg8 Qb3
97. Kg7 Qb7 98. Kh8 Qb8+ 99. Kh7 Ka3 100. Qd3+ Ka4 101. Qe4+ Ka3 102. Qf3+ Ka4
103. f8=Q Qh2+ 104. Kg8 Qg1+ 105. Qg7 Qc5 106. Qa1+ Kb5 107. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "IND-chA 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shyam, Sundar M"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 Bd7 13. Bc2 Na5 14. b4 Nb7 15. Bb2
c6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. c4 Qc7 18. c5 Rad8 19. Bb3 Nh5 20. Ng5 hxg5 21. Qxh5 Bxh3
22. Nf3 Be6 23. Nxg5 Bxc5 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Nxe6+ fxe6 27. bxc5
Nxc5 28. Re3 1-0

[Event "IND-chA 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Be2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Bd2
Bd7 15. Bf3 Rab8 16. h3 Bd6 17. Ne2 h6 18. Bc3 Nh7 19. Nf4 Qg5 20. Rad1 Bf5 21.
Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rfe8 23. Qf3 Nf6 24. b3 Be5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Rd3 c6 27. Rfd1
Qa5 28. a4 Rbd8 29. b4 Qc7 30. a5 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-chA 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.10.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. h3 g6 12. Bh6 Ne6 13. Ne5 Ng7 14. g4 Nd7 15.
f4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bh4 17. Rf3 Be6 18. Raf1 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Kh2 Rac8 21.
Qf2 Qe7 22. Rf6 Red8 23. Ne2 Ne8 24. Rf3 Rc7 25. Ng3 Qh4 26. Rf4 b6 27. Qf3
Rdd7 28. Qg2 Qg5 29. Ne2 c5 30. Qg3 cxd4 31. exd4 Qe7 32. a3 Rd8 33. R4f2 Rdc8
34. Qe3 Ng7 35. Qh6 b5 36. Ng3 b4 37. Nf5 Qf8 38. Qxg7+ Qxg7 39. Nxg7 Kxg7 40.
axb4 Rc1 41. b5 Kf8 42. Kg3 Ke7 43. g5 R8c7 44. h4 Kd8 45. Kf4 Bh3 46. Rxc1
Rxc1 47. Ke3 Be6 48. Rf1 Rxf1 49. Bxf1 Kc7 50. Kd2 Kb6 51. Kc3 Ka5 52. Bd3 Bd7
53. Be2 Bf5 54. h5 Bd7 55. h6 Bf5 56. Bf1 Bd7 57. Kb3 Bg4 58. Ka3 Bd7 59. Be2
Be6 60. b3 Bd7 61. b4+ Kb6 62. Bf3 Be6 63. Ka4 Kc7 64. Ka5 Kb7 65. Bg2 Kb8 66.
b6 Kb7 67. bxa7 Kxa7 68. Kb5 1-0

[Event "IND-chA 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Narayanan, Srinath"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Nxe4 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8
15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Nc4 Bb7 17. Nfd2 Qc7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qf3 Nd7 20. Re1 Kg7 21.
Re2 h5 22. Bc2 a5 23. Qf4 Bxd5 24. Be4 Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Be5 26. Qd2 Rb8 27. b3 a4
28. Bc2 axb3 29. Bxb3 Re8 30. Nxd6 Re7 31. Nc4 Bh2+ 32. Kh1 Bf4 33. Qb2+ Nf6
34. g3 Bc1 35. Qc2 Rxe2 36. Qxe2 h4 37. g4 Qf4 38. Kg2 Ne4 39. Qf3 Qxf3+ 40.
Kxf3 Nd2+ 41. Nxd2 Bxd2 42. Ke4 Be1 43. f3 Kf6 44. a4 g5 45. Kd5 Bb4 46. Bc4
Be1 47. Ke4 Bd2 48. Bb3 Ke7 49. Kd5 Kd7 50. Kxc5 Kc7 51. Bxf7 Kb7 52. Kb5 Ka7
53. a5 Bc1 54. a6 Bf4 55. Bc4 Bc1 56. Kc6 Bd2 57. Kd5 Bc1 58. Ke4 Bd2 59. Kd3
Bc1 60. Ke2 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-chA 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.10.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Swapnil, S Dhopade"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Nd2 Bg7 10. Nc4 O-O 11. Bf4 Ne8 12. g3 f5 13. Bg2 Na6 14. O-O Rd8 15.
Rac1 Qb8 16. a3 Kh8 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Nac7 19. Qb3 b6 20. h4 Rd7 21. h5 Qd8
22. hxg6 hxg6 23. e4 b5 24. Na5 Qf6 25. exf5 Qxf5 26. Nc6 a6 27. Rce1 Bf6 28.
Be4 Qh5 29. Kg2 c4 30. Qc2 Nxd5 31. Bc1 Kg8 32. Rh1 Nf4+ 33. Bxf4 Qc5 34. Be3
1-0

[Event "IND-chA 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.10.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nc6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. Qa4 c5 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. Qa3 Qc7 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 h6
15. Ne4 Bc6 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Rfd1 e6 19. Nc3 Nc4 20. Qc1 Nb6 21.
Bxh6 Rc8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qa3 Qf6 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rxb7 Rc2 27.
Qe7 Rxa2 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Qxa7 Re8 30. e3 Re4 31. Rxd5 Rc4 32. Rd1 Rc2 33. Rf1
Kh7 34. Qb7 Rb2 35. Qe4 Ra2 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Qf3 Qe6 38. Rd1 Ra5 39. Rd8 Rh5 40.
h4 Ra5 41. Qf4 Qc6+ 42. Kh2 Rf5 43. Qd4+ Rf6 44. e4 Qc2 45. Kg2 Qc6 46. g4 Qb6
47. Qxb6 Rxb6 48. Kg3 Rb3+ 49. f3 Rb1 50. Rd5 Rg1+ 51. Kf4 Rh1 52. h5 gxh5 53.
Rxh5 Rf1 54. Ra5 Kg6 55. Ra6+ Kg7 56. g5 Rf2 57. Kg4 Rf1 58. f4 Rb1 59. Kf5
Rb5+ 60. e5 Rb4 61. g6 fxg6+ 62. Rxg6+ Kf7 63. Rh6 Kg7 64. Ra6 Rb7 65. Ke6 1-0

[Event "IND-chA 49th"]
[Site "Aurangabad"]
[Date "2011.10.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Rathnakaran, Kantholi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Qa4+ Nbd7 8.
Bf4 a6 9. e4 Nh5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Kf7 12. Be2 b5 13. Qc2 Ng7 14. O-O h5 15.
Nd2 Ne5 16. h3 Kg8 17. f4 Nf7 18. Nf3 g5 19. fxg5 fxg5 20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxg5
Nxg5 22. Qg6 Bd7 23. Ne4 Rh6 24. Qxh6 Nxe4 25. Bd3 Qh4 26. Qg6 Qg3 27. Qxe4 Bf5
28. Rxf5 Nxf5 29. Bf2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.02.04"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bf4 a6 12. Ne4 Nbd7 13. Nfd2 Nd5 14. Bh2 f5
15. Ng3 g6 16. Qf3 b5 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Bxf5 Nf8 19. c4 bxc4 20. Nxc4 c6 21.
Bxd6 Bxd6 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Nxd6 Qe7 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Rd1 a5 26. Rd3 Ba6 27.
Rf3 Qg7 28. Qh4 Qf6 29. Qxf6+ Nxf6 30. Nf7+ Kg7 31. Ne5 Ra7 32. Nxc6 Rb7 33.
Ra3 Rxb2 34. Rg3+ Kf7 35. Ra3 Rb6 36. Ne5+ Ke7 37. Rxa5 Ne6 38. Nf3 Kd6 39.
Bxe6 Kxe6 40. Re5+ Kd7 41. Rf5 Ke7 42. Re5+ Kd7 43. Rf5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.02.05"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 Nge7 6. Rb1 O-O 7. b4 a6 8. e3
Rb8 9. Nge2 d6 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. Kh2 b5 14. a3 f5 15. Bb2
a5 16. Bc3 axb4 17. axb4 Nc8 18. f4 N6a7 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe5 Rxf1 21. Qxf1
Bxd5 22. cxd5 exd3 23. e6 dxe2 24. Qxe2 Qe7 25. Bxg7 Qxg7 26. Rf1 Nb6 27. Rf7
Qc3 28. Qe4 Re8 29. Qh4 Qh8 30. Rxc7 Nac8 31. Qf4 Rf8 32. Rf7 Re8 33. Qf1 Qe5
34. Qxb5 Rf8 35. Qf1 Re8 36. Qc1 Re7 37. Qf1 Re8 38. Rb7 Rf8 39. Rf7 Re8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.02.25"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "225"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. Bc2 O-O-O 13. Ng5 Nb6 14. a4 h6 15. Nxf7
Qxf7 16. axb5 a5 17. Qf3 Bd6 18. Qh3 Qh5 19. Qxh5 Nxh5 20. dxe6 g5 21. Rxa5 Ng7
22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. b4 Nxe6 25. b6 Nd4 26. bxc5 Bf4 27. Bd3 Nb3 28.
Ra7 Kb8 29. Ba3 Bc6 30. Bc2 Nd4 31. Ba4 Bxa4 32. Rxa4 Nc6 33. Bc1 Rhf8 34. Re4
Rd5 35. h4 Kb7 36. g3 Bxc1 37. Rxc1 Rd2 38. Rf1 Rf7 39. Kg2 Rc2 40. hxg5 hxg5
41. Kh3 Rxc5 42. Kg4 Ne5+ 43. Kh3 Nf3 44. Ra1 Rf6 45. Ra7+ Kxb6 46. Rea4 Rh6+
47. Kg2 Ne1+ 48. Kg1 Nf3+ 49. Kg2 Ne1+ 50. Kg1 Rh8 51. R4a6+ Kb5 52. Ra5+ Kc6
53. Rxc5+ Kxc5 54. Rg7 Kd4 55. Kf1 Nf3 56. Kg2 Rf8 57. Re7 g4 58. Rd7+ Ke4 59.
Ra7 Rd8 60. Ra1 Rd2 61. Ra4+ Rd4 62. Ra1 Kd3 63. Ra3+ Kd2 64. Ra8 Re4 65. Ra2+
Ke1 66. Ra1+ Ke2 67. Ra2+ Nd2 68. Ra8 Nf3 69. Ra2+ Kd3 70. Ra3+ Kd4 71. Ra4+
Ke5 72. Ra5+ Kf6 73. Ra6+ Kf5 74. Ra5+ Re5 75. Ra4 Rb5 76. Ra1 Rb2 77. Ra5+ Ne5
78. Ra3 Rc2 79. Rb3 Ra2 80. Rb5 Ke4 81. Rb4+ Kd5 82. Rb5+ Kd4 83. Rb4+ Kc5 84.
Rf4 Kd5 85. Kf1 Rc2 86. Kg2 Rc4 87. Rf8 Nd3 88. Rd8+ Ke4 89. Re8+ Kd4 90. Rg8
Kc3 91. f4 Kd4 92. Rxg4 Rc2+ 93. Kg1 Ke3 94. Rg8 Kf3 95. Ra8 Kxg3 96. Rg8+ Kf3
97. Ra8 Rc3 98. Kh2 Nf2 99. f5 Ne4 100. f6 Nxf6 101. Ra1 Ng4+ 102. Kh3 Rc5 103.
Rf1+ Nf2+ 104. Kh4 Ra5 105. Rb1 Ne4 106. Rf1+ Ke3 107. Re1+ Kf4 108. Rf1+ Ke5
109. Kg4 Ra4 110. Rf5+ Ke6 111. Rf4 Nf6+ 112. Kf3 Rxf4+ 113. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.02.26"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Remagen"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 8. c3
Ng8 9. d4 f5 10. dxe5 fxe4 11. Rxe4 Rxf3 12. gxf3 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8
Bxd8 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Bg4 18. Kg2 Bh4 19. f3 Bh5 20. Be3 Rd8
21. b4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.03.17"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Cyborowski, Lukasz"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trier"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. d4
e6 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Ne7 13. a4 a5 14. Qb3 Bd7 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Rac1 Ng4 18. Nb5 Nf5 19. Bh3 h5 20. Qf3 Nxf2 21.
Kxf2 Nd6 22. Qd3 Ra6 23. e3 Rc6 24. Bf1 Ne4+ 25. Kg2 Qb8 26. Rc2 Rfc8 27. Rdc1
Bf8 28. Qd1 Bb4 29. Bd3 Bd2 30. Rb1 Bxe3 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Rc3 Bxf4 33. gxf4
Qxf4 34. Qe2 f5 35. Kh1 Kh7 36. Rf1 Qh4 37. Qg2 Rxc3 38. bxc3 Qg4 39. Qg3 Qxg3
40. hxg3 Kh6 41. Rc1 Rc4 42. Nd6 Rxa4 43. Nxb7 Ra2 44. c4 a4 45. c5 Rd2 46. c6
e3 47. Kg1 e2 48. Re1 Rxd4 49. Rxe2 Rc4 50. Nd8 a3 51. Ra2 Rc3 52. Kf2 e5 53.
Nf7+ Kg7 54. Nxe5 Kf6 55. Nf3 Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.03.18"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. Be1 Qe7 13. Nbd2 Rfc8 14. e4 Bb4 15.
e5 Ne8 16. Nf1 Bxe1 17. Rxe1 Bb7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qd2 a5 20. Ne3 Nb8 21. Bf1
Ba6 22. Rec1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 15th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3
{- Kramnik,V (2781)-Giri,A (2701)/Dortmund/2011/ See the notes to this game in
CBM 144. This time Kramnik tries a different approach...}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 Bg7 ({Kramnik indicated his plans against} 3... d5 {a few rounds later by}
4. Qa4+ {- see Kramnik,V (2791)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2715)/Hoogeveen/2011/ Giri
said he was inspired by Nakamura's recent games against Kramnik and doesn't
mind entering King's Indian territory. However, his opponent was certainly
prepared, as Anish has already played this opening earlier this year.}) 4. e4
d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O (7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Qd2 d5 11.
exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 Qa5 (13... Rxe3 $5 14. Qxe3 Qf8 $44 {was
introduced in the last K-K match in 1990.}) 14. Bf2 Nxd4 $6 (14... a6 $142) 15.
Bxd4 Qb4 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. a3 Qb3 18. Bd3 Rad8 19. Bc2 Qc4 20. b3 Qa6 21. b4 b6
{Popov,V (2565)-Giri,A (2690)/RUS-chT Olginka/2011/} 22. Bd3 Qb7 23. Rab1 $36)
7... Nc6 {Kramnik has been playing the Classical line for two decades and has
vast experience with it.} ({The less usual} 7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 {also had
some recent outings:} 9. f3 c6 (9... Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nf4
13. Be3 Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 f5 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Ng3 Qf7 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. b3 a5 19. a4
Be5 20. Bf4 Bg7 21. Kh1 b6 $11 {Kramnik,V (2788)-Radjabov,T (2744)/Kazan/2011/
Later in the nervous tie-break White managed to outplay his opponent, but from
the opening Black was doing OK.}) 10. Kh1 Nbd7 (10... Nh5 $5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Bf4
h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rg1 Ne5 17. Qe1 Nf8 18. Qf2 a6 19.
Nb3 Be6 20. c5 Rad8 21. cxd6 Rxd6 $13 {Gelfand - Griscuk, Monaco rapid 2011}
22. Qc5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nfd7 $11 {Gelfand,B (2733)-Grischuk,A (2747)/Monte Carlo
rpd blindfold/2011/}) 11. Be3 ({More usual is} 11. Bg5 {already played by
Kramnik in the past:} Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 13. Qd2 a4 14. Be3 c5 $6 15. Nc1 Ne5 16.
Rb1 Be6 17. b3 axb3 18. axb3 Qa5 19. Rd1 Red8 20. Nb5 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Ne8 22. Na2
f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rbd1 Nc6 25. g4 Be6 26. Nac3 Na5 27. Rb1 b6 28. Kg2 h6 29.
Bd3 g5 30. Be4 Bxc3 31. Nxc3 Rac8 32. h4 $16 {Kramnik,V (2770)-Polgar,J (2670)/
Dortmund/1997/}) 11... a6 $5 (11... d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ndb5 $1 $36) 12. Nc2
$146 (12. Bg1 {/\} d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Qb3 $1 $14 {Ponomariov}) (
12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Nc2 Be6 15. b3 Rad8 16. f4 Neg4 17. Bg1 Bc8 18. h3
Nh6 19. Qd3 $2 (19. Bf3 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. e5 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Bd4 Nf5
24. Nxe4 f6 $132) 19... Nxe4 $1 20. Nxe4 Bf5 $17 {Korolev,A (2235)-Domogaev,S 
(2469)/Bogoroditsk/2011/}) 12... Ne5 13. f4 Neg4 14. Bg1 h5 $5 15. Bf3 (15. h3
Nxe4 $1 $44) 15... Be6 16. b3 $6 (16. Qd3 $142 $1) 16... Qa5 17. Qe1 b5 $6 ({
Pocitacove} 17... Bf5 18. h3 Qd8 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf6e4] /\Ne4}) 18. c5 $6 (18. h3
$1 $14) 18... b4 19. Na4 Bc4 $2 (19... Nxe4 $1 $36) 20. Qxb4 Qxb4 21. Nxb4 Bxf1
22. Rxf1 Nxe4 23. Nb6 Ra7 24. cxd6 Nxd6 25. Bxc6 Re2 26. N6d5 $14 {Kramnik,V 
(2781)-Ponomariov,R (2764)/Dortmund/2011/ For more details see the notes by
Ponomariov to this game in CBM 144.}) 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 ({Although this line is
Kramnik's trademark, lately he has also played} 9. Nd2 {, albeit without much
success:} a5 (9... Ne8 10. b4 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. a4 f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. Ba3 g4 $6
15. cxd6 cxd6 16. b5 Ne8 17. Bxg4 Qc7 18. Be2 f3 19. b6 axb6 20. Nb5 fxe2 21.
Qxe2 Qd8 22. Nbxd6 Nxd6 23. Bxd6 Rf7 24. Bxe5 $36 {/+/-,Kramnik,V (2780)
-Nakamura,H (2733)/Khanty Mansiysk olm/ 2010/ In the later course of the game
Black managed to escape - see the notes by Krasenkow in CBM 139.}) ({Fischer's
move} 9... c5 {is not too popular nowadays, here both} 10. Rb1 ({and} 10. dxc6
bxc6 11. b4 {allow White to fight for an edge.})) 10. a3 Kh8 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. b4
f5 13. f3 f4 (13... Ng8 {[%cal Yg8f6] /\Ngf6 was introduced by Kasparov and is
played more often.}) 14. Nb5 b6 15. Qc2 (15. c5 $5 $44) 15... a4 $5 {A
paradoxical new idea, which takes b3 away from the N and thus greatly
complicates the c5 break.} 16. Rd1 ({Kramnik was worried about} 16. Nc3 g5 17.
Nxa4 Nf6 18. c5 g4 $13 {, but it's not so clear how strong the -> really is.
Therefore this was a more testing and principled reaction.}) 16... g5 17. g4 h5
18. h3 Rf6 19. Bb2 Rh6 20. Kg2 Ng6 21. Rh1 Bf8 22. Kf2 Nf6 23. c5 dxc5 24. Nc4
Bd6 25. Bc3 Kg7 26. Qb2 cxb4 27. axb4 Qe7 28. Rbg1 Bd7 29. Nbxd6 cxd6 {[%cal
Ra8h8] /\Rah8->,Kramnik,V (2785)-Nakamura,H (2774)/Monte Carlo 2011 - see
notes to this game by Krasenkow in CBM 142.}) ({Giri's own recent game
featured the older main line} 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 fxe4 ({Unusual,} 
11... Nf6 12. f3 f4 $13 {is the standard continuation.}) 12. Nxe4 Nf5 13. Rc1 (
13. Bc3 $5) 13... Nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bg4 b6 17. Rc3 a5 18. Ne1
Bg7 19. Nc2 h5 20. Bh3 Bh6 21. Re1 Kh7 22. Ng3 Qg5 23. Rf3 Bd7 24. b3 Rf7 25.
Re4 Raf8 $15 {Renet,O (2497)-Giri,A (2687)/FRA-chT Mulhouse/2011/}) 9... Nh5
10. g3 {The older alternative, played already in the 1950s.} ({If only
statistically speaking the main move here is} 10. Re1 {, but Kramnik played
this a lot in the past. Suffice to say that after he beat Kasparov in Novgorod
1997 in this line the latter stopped playing the KID in classical games.
However, lately Kramnik has been doing some experimenting in the Bayonet
Attack. His recent choice here has been} f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 (12. f3 {
was played in no less than 5 (!) Van Wely-Radjabov games. The last one from
2009, annotated by Van Wely in CBM 129, illustrates the problems Black has to
face after} Kh8 13. Rb1 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6) 12... c6 13. Ba3 (13. Be3 {
is a move, introduced by Kramnik in the late 1990s. However, here extensive
practice has shown that} h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4
d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bc2 b6 $11 {doesn't give White an advantage.}) 13... h6
14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. Bxe4 $5 (16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5
19. b5 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxe7 Re8 {is known to lead to a drawish _|_.})
16... d5 $142 $1 (16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 d5 18. Nc5 $1 Qd6 (18... e4 19. Rc1 $36)
19. Nxb7 Qxe6 20. b5 cxb5 21. cxd5 Qd7 22. d6 Nf5 23. Nc5 Qxd6 24. Qxd6 Nxd6
25. Ne4 $16 {Kramnik,V (2788)-Grischuk,A (2728)/WCh Moscow blitz/2008/}) 17.
Bc2 (17. cxd5 cxd5 18. b5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxe7 Re8 $11 {
only transposes to 16.Ne4.}) 17... Qd6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bb3 Kh7 20. Qe2 Nh5
21. Rad1 Nf4 22. Qf1 Rad8 $5 $132 (22... Rac8 23. Ne4 Qxe6 24. b5 $44) (22...
Qxe6 23. b5 Rad8 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 $14 {Chabanon,J (2455)
-Touzane,O (2287)/FRA-chT/2010/})) ({Another try is} 10. c5 Nf4 11. a4 (11. Bc4
Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Kh8 $1 14. Bf1 f5 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rc1 a5 17. a3 $6 (
17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Be2 $11) 17... axb4 18. axb4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 (19.
Qxf3 Ra3 $1 $36) 19... fxe4 20. Rxe4 Nf5 21. Rc4 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Bxc3 23. R4xc3
Ra2 24. R3c2 {Bykhovsky,A (2405)-Avrukh,B (2495)/Beersheba/1996/ - see
Avrukh's notes in CBM 53.} Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qf6 $15) 11... f5 12. Bc4 fxe4 13.
Nxe4 h6 14. Re1 $146 (14. g3 Nh5 (14... Nh3+ $5 15. Kg2 Bg4 $132) 15. Nfd2 Kh8
16. Ra3 a6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. b5 Bf5 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. Bxa6 $6 (21.
Rb3 $1 $14) 21... Nxd5 22. Bb5 Qe7 23. Bc6 Ndf4 $1 24. gxf4 Nxf4 25. Qe1 Rac8
26. Bb5 d5 27. Ng3 Bh3 $44 {|^, Bareev,E (2677)-Amonatov,F (2649)/RUS-chT
Dagomys/2008/}) 14... Bg4 15. Ra3 g5 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. g3 Rf8 19. a5
Kh8 20. Kg2 Rb8 21. Qd2 b6 22. axb6 axb6 $11 23. Nfxg5 $5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Bg6 $13
{Kramnik,V (2781)-Nakamura,H (2770)/Dortmund/2011/ Later on White misplayed
the complications and lost - see notes to this game by Krasenkow in CBM 144.})
10... f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 $5 {Natural enough, but very rare. Now we have a
position from the previous note, in which White has played g3 instead of Re1.
It's necessary to compare these lines, their pluses and respective drawbacks.}
({The older move is} 12. f3 f4 {and here White should perhaps reconsider} 13.
Kg2 $5 (13. b5 fxg3 14. hxg3 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qc8 17. Nd5 Qxe6 18. Nxc7
Qh3 19. Rf2 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Rxf2 21. Kxf2 Rf8+ 22. Ke3 Qxg3+ 23. Kd2 Rf2 24. Ne8
Qf3 $1 25. Nxd6 Bf6 26. c5 Nd5 $1 27. exd5 e4 28. Ke1 {Van Wely,L (2655)
-Stellwagen,D (2630)/Amsterdam/2009/ This game still remains the last word in
the 13.b5 line.} Bc3+ $1 29. Bd2 Qg3 30. Bxc3 e3 $19 {[%cal Rf2f1] /\Rf1})
13... h6 (13... Nh5) (13... a5 {and}) (13... c6 $5 $13 {are all viable
improvements, leading to complex play.}) 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 c6 16. b5 Qc7
17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ba3 Rfd8 19. Qa4 Qc8 20. Rab1 Kh8 21. Rfd1 Qxe6 22. Qa6 h5
23. Rb7 g5 24. Rxa7 Rab8 {Van Wely,L (2585)-Ye Jiangchuan (2535)/Biel izt/1993/
} 25. Rb7 $1 $16 {/\} Ra8 $2 26. Rxd6 $1) 12... c6 {The standard reaction.} (
12... h6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 fxe4 (14... c6 15. b5 fxe4 {-12...c6 13.b5}) 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 c6 17. Be3 (17. Qg4 d5 18. Bxg6 Nxg6 19. Qxg6 Qe8 20. Qg4
Rf6 $11) (17. b5 d5 18. Bg2 Qd6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Qb3 Qxe6 21. Ba3 $14) (17.
Qb3 $5) 17... d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bg2 Kh7 $6 (19... b6 $5 20. Qb3 Qd6 21. Rad1
Rad8 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. e7 Qxe7 24. Rxd5 $14) 20. Bc5 e4 21. Rc1 Rf6 22. Bxe7
Qxe7 23. Qxd5 Rxe6 24. Rc7 Qxc7 25. Qxe6 $16 {[%csl Re4,Gg2,Rg7] f^-,Shneider,
A (2537)-Zakurdjaeva,I (2308)/Aghios Kirykos/2008/}) ({Black usually avoids
the committal} 12... fxe4 13. Ncxe4 Nf5 $14 {, but even here White's advantage
is only small.}) 13. Ba3 $146 {Here practical examples are scarce and this is
already new.} (13. Rb1 cxd5 14. cxd5 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. Nxe4
Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bg2 Qd6 20. b5 Rad8 21. Qa4 Qxe6 22. Qxa7 Ra8 23. Qxb7
Rfb8 24. Qc7 Rc8 25. Qb7 Rcb8 {1/2,Zubov,O (2306)-Efimenko,Z (2546)/Kramatorsk/
2002/}) ({Seemingly more natural is} 13. b5 {Maybe Kramnik disliked} cxd5 (
13... h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qc7 $2 (15... fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18.
Bg2 $1 $14 {- see the 12...h6 line above.}) 16. Ba3 Rad8 17. Qb3 fxe4 18. Nxe4
Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qc8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rfd1 Qxe6 22. Bxd6 $1 $18 {Podzielny,K 
(2506)-Koch,F/Kleve /2000/}) 14. cxd5 fxe4 15. Ngxe4 Nf5 16. Bg2 Nd4 17. Ba3 (
17. a4 $5 Bf5 $132) 17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxb5 19. Qb3 a6 20. Bb2 Rf7 21. a4 Nd4
22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qb4 $44 {Podzielny,K (2456)-Klein,D (2262)/Groningen/2009/
White has about enough for the P, but can hardly claim an advantage.}) 13...
cxd5 {Giri subsequently reproached himself for this move, which gives White a
chance to change the character of the position and further complicate it.} ({
Instead he suggests} 13... h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 {Perhaps more
promising is} 16. Bxe4 $5 (16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bg2 ({
To give g3 some sense. Kramnik had intended} 19. b5 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.
Bxe7 Re8 22. Bc5 Rxe6 23. Rfd1 {Here White is a tempo up on the aforementioned
_|_, as he already has some luft with g3, However, this doesn't give anything
tangible after} a6 24. b6 Rc8 25. Be3 Re7 $11) 19... e4 $142 $1 (19... Qd6 20.
Qb3 b5 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Bc1 $1 $14 (22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. e7 Qxe7 24. Rxd5 Kh7 25.
Rxb5 e4 $44) {/\} 22... Qxe6 23. Be3) 20. b5 $5 (20. Rc1 b5 $1 {/\} 21. Rc5 Qb6
22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Rad8 24. Qxe4 Rxf2 $1 25. Rxf2 Rd2 26. Qe1 Rxf2 27. Kh1
Rf8 $15) {This worried Giri during the game, but Black is OK after} 20... Bxa1
21. Qxa1 Rc8 22. Qd4 Rc2 $1 23. Bb2 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Qd6 25. Qd2 (25. Qd4 Qb6 $5)
25... Qxe6 26. Qxh6 Nf5 $132) 16... d5 17. Bg2 Qd6 18. cxd5 Nfxd5 (18... Nexd5
19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qb3 Qxe6 (20... b5 21. Rac1 $16) 21. b5 Rfd8 22. Rac1 $14) (
18... cxd5 19. Qb3 Qxe6 20. b5 $14 {[%csl Gg2,Rg7][%cal Ya3e7,Yc3d5] /\Be7,
Nd5^-}) 19. Ne4 $5 (19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qb3 b5 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Bc1 $1 $14 {
transposes into 16.Nxe4.}) 19... Qxe6 20. b5 $44) 14. exd5 $5 ({Kramnik is
spoiling for a fight and avoids transposing into the previous note with} 14.
cxd5 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 {/\d5 - see 13...h6.}) 14... e4 15. Be2 $1 {
No fianchetto, the B doesn't belong to g2 here.} (15. Bg2 $143 h6 (15... Ng4
16. Rc1 Ne5 17. Qb3 $5 $13) 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 d5 $11 {/=/+}) 15... Ne8 $1 {
Black transfers his N to liquidate the o^ after the coming Ne6.} (15... Nfxd5
$2 {fails to} 16. Nxd5 Bxa1 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qd5+ $1 Kg7 19. Rxa1 Qxg5 20.
Bb2+ Kh6 21. Qxd6 Rf7 22. h4 Qe7 23. Qf4+ g5 24. hxg5+ Qxg5 25. Qd6+ Qg6 26.
Qd2+ Qg5 27. Qd5 $18 {[%cal Yg1g2] ->,/\Kg2}) (15... f4 {is less clear:} 16.
Ngxe4 (16. c5 $5) 16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 fxg3 18. hxg3 Bf5 19. Bd3 Bxe4 20. Bxe4
Bxa1 21. Qxa1 Nf5 22. Re1 $44) 16. Rc1 (16. Qb3 {[%cal Ya1d1] /\Rad1 is
strategically sound, but White must reckon with} Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxg5 $5 $13 (
17... Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Qxg5 19. Nf4 $1 $36)) 16... h6 {Already the first step in
the wrong direction.} ({A more circumspect move was} 16... Bf6 $5 {(Giri)} 17.
Ne6 (17. Qd2 h6 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Bg5 20. Qc2 Bxc1 21. Bxc1 $13) (17. h4 $5
h6 18. Nh3 g5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Re1 f4) 17... Bxe6 18. dxe6 Qc8 19. Nd5 (19. c5
Qxe6 20. cxd6 Nxd6 21. Nb5 Nxb5 (21... Rfd8 $5) 22. Bc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Nxa3 24.
Rc7 b5 $1 $15) 19... Qxe6 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. b5 $44 {[%csl Ga3,Ge2] ^^ gives
White compensation, but remains ~~.}) 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Nc7 $6 {A more
serious mistake.} (18... Rf6 $6 19. Nd5 $5 (19. Qb3 Rxe6 20. c5 d5 21. Nxd5
Nxd5 22. Rcd1 Nef6 23. Bc4 $14) 19... Rxe6 20. Nf4 Rf6 21. Bb2 $36) (18... Qc8
$142 $1 $13 {/\} 19. c5 Qxe6 20. cxd6 Nxd6 21. Nb5 Rfd8 $1 22. Nxd6 (22. Nc7
Qxa2 23. Nxa8 Qxa3 $15) 22... Rxd6 23. Bc4 Nd5 24. b5 Rd7 25. Qb3 Rad8 26. Rfd1
Kh7 {and White should already bail out with} 27. Bxd5 (27. Rd2 $2 e3 $17) 27...
Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 (28... Rxd5 $2 29. Rc7 e3 30. Re7 $18) 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 30. Rc7
Kg8 31. Rc8+ (31. Rxb7 $2 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Bd4 $17) 31... Kf7 32. Rc7+ $11) 19. b5
Be5 $2 {[%mdl 64] Now the tactics will work in White's favour.} (19... Nxe6
$142 20. Bxd6 $5 $14 {leads to an advantage, but the game is far from over.} (
20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Bxd6 Bxc3 (21... Rfe8 22. c5 $14) 22. Rxc3 Nd4 23. Bd1 Kf7
$11 {/+/=}) {/\} 20... Bd4 21. c5 Bxc5 $2 22. Nxe4 $16) 20. Qb3 Kg7 ({Giri
admitted he overlooked} 20... Nxe6 21. c5 d5 22. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 23. Rfd1 $16 {/\}
Nd4 $2 24. Rxd4 $1 Bxd4 25. Rd1 $18) (20... Kh7 {was more resilient, but still
unsatisfactory:} 21. Rfd1 Nxe6 22. c5 Nd4 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. cxd6 Nc8 25. Nd5 (
25. Qd5 $143 $6 Bg7) 25... Nxd6 26. Rc7+ Bg7 27. Bb2 Ne8 28. Rxb7 $16 {/+-})
21. Rfd1 Nxe6 {Black is already under heavy pressure and it's difficult to
suggest improvements.} (21... Rf6 22. Bxd6 $5 Bxd6 23. c5 Rxe6 24. Qb2 $1 Kh7
25. Bc4 $18) 22. c5 Nd4 {The following sacrifice will be both natural and very
strong, but} (22... Qd7 23. cxd6 Nc8 24. Nd5 Nxd6 25. Bb2 $18 {is no better.})
23. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd4 24. cxd6 $18 Ng8 (24... Nc8 25. Qd5 $18 (25. Nd5
Nxd6 26. Nc7 $18)) 25. Nd5 Kh8 26. Rc7 Be5 27. Bb2 $6 {A strange oversight,
but even after dropping his o^ White's -> will be too powerful.} (27. Re7 $18)
(27. Rxb7 $5 $18) 27... Qxd6 28. Rxb7 {[%csl Gb7] The R on the weak 7-th rank
decides the game.} g5 (28... Bxb2 29. Qxb2+ Nf6 30. Nf4 Rg8 31. Rf7 Raf8 32.
Rxa7 $18) 29. b6 $5 (29. Ba3 $16 {is too mundane.}) (29. Bh5 $18 {was equally
strong.}) 29... a5 {[%csl Gb6]} (29... axb6 $2 30. Rxb6 $18 {[%csl Re5]}) 30.
Bh5 {[%cal Rh5g6] /\Bg6} Rab8 31. Ra7 Bxb2 (31... a4 32. Bg6 $1 Ne7 33. Qb4
Qxd5 34. Bxe5+ Qxe5 35. Rxe7 Rxb6 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. Qxb6 Qf6 38. Rb7 $18 {
drops a piece, but now the -> breaks through.}) 32. Qxb2+ Nf6 33. Bf7 Kg7 34.
Rd7 Qc6 35. Be6+ (35. Be6+ Kg6 36. Ne7+) 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 15th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2011.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8.
Qa3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nd5 10. Bg3 Bf5 11. h4 O-O 12. e3 Bg4 13. Bc4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 e6
15. Rd2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qf6 17. Be2 h5 18. d5 Qxc3+ 19. bxc3 exd5 20. Rxd5 Bxc3
21. Rhd1 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Bxc7 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 15th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 h6 12. Bh4 Be6 13. c3 Be7 14. Re1 Re8
15. Bc2 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 Qf6 18. Qd4 Qxd4+ 19. cxd4 g6 20. Rac1 Rab8
21. a3 Nb6 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Ba4 Bd7 24. Re5 Ra8 25. Bb3 f6 26. Ree1 Kf7 27.
Kf2 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 15th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2011.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2011.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Re8 9. Qc2 Bf8 10. a3 h6 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Ne4 Qd7 14. Rfe1 Rad8
15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Nd5 17. b4 b6 18. Be3 Re6 19. Qc4 Rd6 20. Bd2 Bxf3 21.
exf3 Rf6 22. f4 exf4 23. Bxd5 fxg3 24. hxg3 Qxd5 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Rxd8 Qxc4 27.
Rxc4 Nxd8 28. Rxc7 Rd6 29. Rxa7 Rxd3 30. Be3 b5 31. Ra5 Nc6 32. Rxb5 Rxa3 33.
Rb7 Rb3 34. b5 Na5 35. Rb8 Nc4 36. Bd4 Rd3 37. Rd8 h5 38. Kg2 Rb3 39. Rd5 Kg6
40. Rc5 Nd2 41. b6 Ne4 42. Rc7 Ng5 43. Rc2 Rb4 44. Bc5 Rb5 45. Be3 Ne6 46. Rc7
Kf6 47. Kf3 g5 48. Rd7 Nf8 49. Rd8 Ne6 50. Rd7 Nf8 51. Rd6+ Ne6 52. Ke4 h4 53.
gxh4 gxh4 54. Rd1 Ke7 55. f4 f5+ 56. Kf3 Rb3 57. Rd5 h3 58. Rd2 Nc5 59. Rh2 Nd7
60. Rxh3 Nxb6 61. Rh7+ Kd6 62. Rh6+ Kc7 63. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 15th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2011.10.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. a3 h6
9. Ne1 Rb8 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Rxa7 d5 13. cxd5 Bc5 14. Ra1 Bd4 15.
Ra3 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. e3 Bc5 18. Ra1 Re8 19. Bb2 Nf6 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Qb3
Bd6 22. Rfc1 Qd7 23. Ra5 b5 24. Qa2 Qf5 25. Ra7 Rf8 26. Ne1 Bb4 27. e4 Qh5 28.
d4 Bd2 29. Ra1 b4 30. dxe5 Be6 31. Qa5 Bxe1 32. Rxe1 Ng4 33. h3 Nxf2 34. Kxf2
Rfd8 35. Re2 Bc4 36. Bf3 Qxh3 37. e6 Qxe6 38. Rc2 Bb5 39. Kg2 g5 40. Kh2 Qb3
41. Qc7 Bc4 42. Rf2 Qe3 43. Kg2 Re8 44. Bh5 Qxe4+ 45. Kh2 Rf8 46. Ra6 Be6 47.
Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 15th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2011.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2011.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 c5 7. dxc5 Ne4 8. Qc2
Na6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Rd1 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Qxe4 Nxc5 13. Qe5 Qc6 14. g3 Bf6
15. Qe3 Bxb2 16. Bg2 Qc7 17. O-O b6 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
Bb4 a6 22. Rd2 Bf6 23. Nd6 Qc6 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Rfd1 Rfd8 27. Qf3
Kf8 28. Qf4 f6 29. Nc3 Rd4 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Qxd4 Rd8 32. Qh4 Rxd1+ 33. Nxd1 h6
34. Qf4 Bxa3 35. Qb8+ Kf7 36. Qb3 Bc5 37. Qc2 Bd4 38. Qd3 Qd6 39. Nc3 Be5 40.
Qc2 Bxc3 41. Qxc3 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qxe2 43. Qd4 Ke8 44. c5 Qa2 45. Qb4 Qd5+ 46. Kg1
Kd7 47. Qb6 Qc6 48. Qa7+ Qc7 49. Qxa6 Qxc5 50. h4 Ke7 51. Qb7+ Kf8 52. Qd7 Qe7
53. Qc8+ Kf7 54. Qc6 Qa7 55. Kg2 Ke7 56. Qc8 Kf7 57. Qc6 Qd4 58. Qc7+ Kg6 59.
h5+ Kh7 60. Qf7 Qe4+ 61. Kg1 Qf5 62. Qe8 e5 63. Kg2 Qe4+ 64. Kg1 Qc4 65. Qg6+
Kh8 66. Qe8+ Qg8 67. Qe7 Kh7 68. Qd7 Qf8 69. Qf5+ Kh8 70. Qe6 Qb8 71. Kh2 Qg8
72. Qd7 Qf8 73. Qe6 Qd8 74. Kg2 Qg8 75. Qd7 Qa8+ 76. Kg1 Qb8 77. Qe6 Kh7 78.
Kh2 Qd8 79. Kg2 Qa8+ 80. Kg1 Kh8 81. Kh2 Qe4 82. Qe8+ Kh7 83. Kg1 Qf5 84. Kg2
e4 85. Kg1 Qg4 86. Kg2 f5 87. Kh2 Qg5 88. Kg2 Qf6 89. Kh2 Qg5 90. Kg2 Qf6 91.
Kh2 Qb6 92. Kg2 Qd6 93. Kh3 Qd5 94. Kh2 Qc5 95. Kg1 Qd6 96. Kg2 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2011.10.24"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Sumer, Gun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Bc2 e5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Re1 Qb4 16. Rxe5 Qxb2 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. Rb1 Qc3 19. c5+ Kh8 20. Re3 Qa5
21. Qh5 Rae8 22. Qg5 f4 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. h4 Qc7 25. h5 Rf8 26. Re1 h6 27. Qg6
Bf5 28. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2011.10.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lee Kah Meng, Elgin"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2011.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malaysia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MAS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Qe2 Bb7
15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 c5 17. Rfc1 e5 18. Qc4 e4 19. Nd2 cxd4 20. exd4 Nf6 21.
Re1 Kh8 22. Rce3 Rac8 23. Qa4 Ng4 24. R3e2 0-1

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2011.10.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2011.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2
fxg3 15. hxg3 Kb8 16. O-O h5 17. Rfb1 Bb4 18. Na2 Qb6 19. Nxb4 Qxb4 20. Ra3 Nc5
21. Rc3 Nxa4 22. Re3 Qb5 23. Ra1 Nb6 24. Rb3 Qc4 25. Rc3 Qb4 26. Raa3 Ng4 27.
e3 Rhe8 28. Bf3 Ne5 29. Be2 Rg8 30. Bxh5 Rh8 31. Be2 Rh7 32. Rab3 Rdh8 33. g4
Rh1+ 34. Kg2 Qf8 35. Rc5 R8h2+ 36. Kg3 Qh8 37. Qc3 Rg1+ 38. Kf4 Rxf2+ 39. Ke4
f6 40. Rxe5 fxe5 41. Bf3 Rxf3 42. Kxf3 Qh1+ 43. Ke2 Rg2+ 44. Kd3 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2011.10.26"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. b3 a6 11. Bg2 Rc8 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 b5 14. Rad1 Re8 15.
f4 dxc4 16. bxc4 Nb6 17. c5 Nc4 18. Nb1 Qd7 19. Bc1 Bd8 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2
Bc7 22. Bb2 Rcd8 23. Qe2 a5 24. e4 a4 25. Bc1 Ba5 26. Rd3 Qe7 27. Be3 Rd7 28.
g4 Red8 29. Rfd1 Kf8 30. Bf2 Ng8 31. e5 Rc7 32. Rh3 Qd7 33. Rh8 Bc3 34. Qd3 b4
35. Qh3 f6 36. Qh7 Qf7 37. exf6 gxf6 38. Rxg8+ Qxg8 39. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2011.10.26"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Balacek, Tadeas"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2011.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Na5 11. e4 Nac4 12. Qe2 Nd6 13. Be3 h6 14. Rac1 Bd7
15. a4 a6 16. Bc5 Re8 17. a5 Nbc8 18. Nd2 f5 19. f3 f4 20. Ba4 g5 21. Bxd7 Qxd7
22. Rc2 Bf6 23. Rfc1 Re7 24. Ba3 Rg7 25. Nb3 b6 26. Nd1 Bd8 27. Nf2 h5 28. Nd3
Qa4 29. axb6 cxb6 30. Rc3 Bf6 31. Nd2 Kh7 32. Rc6 Qd4+ 33. Kf1 Be7 34. b3 Qe3
35. Nxe5 Nb5 36. Bb2 Bc5 37. Qxe3 Be7 38. Qe2 Bc5 39. Qe3 fxe3 40. Ndc4 Bd4 41.
Rd1 Bxb2 42. Nxb2 Ne7 43. Rc4 g4 44. d6 gxf3 45. gxf3 Rag8 46. dxe7 Rg2 47. Ng4
e2+ 48. Kxg2 hxg4 1-0

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2011.10.27"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Pechac, Jergus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 b5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Bg6 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. h4 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 Nbd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. h5 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Qe7
15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Rg1 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. d4 Qe6 20. Qf3 Ke7 21.
Nb3 Qe4 22. Qg3 Nd7 23. Kd2 f6 24. Rc2 a5 25. Rgc1 a4 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Rxc6
axb3 28. Qd6+ Kd8 29. Rc7 Qxg4 30. Ra7 Ke8 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Qxd5+ Qe6 33. Qxe6+
Kxe6 34. Rxh8 bxa2 35. Ra8 f5 36. Rxa2 Nf6 37. Ra5 Nxh5 38. Rxb5 Nf6 39. Re5+
1-0

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2011.10.29"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. e4 Bd7 14. Qe2 Qc8
15. Be3 Bg4 16. Rac1 Qe6 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Bg2 Nec4 20. Bc5 Rac8 21.
b4 a5 22. f4 axb4 23. Bxb4 Nd6 24. e5 Nf5 25. Ne4 Na4 26. Qf2 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rd8
28. Ng5 Qd7 29. Kh2 f6 30. exf6 Bxf6 31. Ne4 Bd4 32. Qc2 Nb6 33. Ba5 Kg7 34.
Qb3 Qd5 35. Bxb6 Qxb3 36. Bxd4+ Nxd4 37. axb3 Nxb3 38. Rc7 Kf8 39. Rxb7 Nd4 40.
Rb2 h6 41. h4 Nf5 42. Bh3 Rd3 43. h5 1-0

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2011.10.29"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Javanbakht, Nima"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2011.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. h3 Nf8 12. Rae1 Be6 13. Ne5 N6d7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. f4 f6 16. Nf3 c5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 cxd4 19. f5 Rec8 20. Qa4 Bf7 21. Qxd4
Ne5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 fxe5 24. Nd6 Rd8 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Be4 Rd7 27. Kf2
Rad8 28. Ke3 h6 29. Rf2 Nh7 30. Rfe2 Nf6 31. Bb1 b5 32. Kf3 Rd2 33. a3 R8d4 34.
g3 e4+ 35. Kf4 a5 36. g4 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Ba2+ Ke7 39. Be6 Kd6 40. b3 Rxe2
41. Rxe2 Rd3 42. Re3 g5+ 43. fxg6 Rxe3 44. Kxe3 Kxe6 45. Kf4 Kd5 46. Ke3 Ke5
47. g7 Ng8 48. h4 Nf6 49. g5 hxg5 50. h5 Ng8 51. Ke2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2011.10.31"]
[Round "10.18"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Emiroglu, Cankut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ne4 7. Qc2 Qb4+
8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 Qe7 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rac1 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14.
Rfd1 O-O 15. Ne4 Rb8 16. Rd2 b6 17. Rcd1 Ne5 18. Nd6 Bd7 19. Qc3 f6 20. f4 Ng6
21. h4 Be8 22. Qe3 f5 23. h5 Nh8 24. Bd5 Bd7 25. Bf3 Be8 26. Qe5 Rd8 27. e4
fxe4 28. Bg4 Bd7 29. Nb7 Nf7 30. Qc7 Rb8 31. Rxd7 Qf6 32. Nd6 Nxd6 33. Qxd6
Qxb2 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. h6 Rg8 36. hxg7+ Rxg7 37. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. a3
Rb8 9. d3 Be7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 b5 13. Ne4 Nd5 14. Bb2 f6 15.
Ba1 Ndxb4 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Rfc1 Qb6 18. d4 Rfd8 19. e3 f5 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. dxc5 Rxd2 23. cxb6 Rxb6 24. Rxb4 Nd3 25. Rd4 Nxc1 26. Rxd2 Nb3 27.
Rd8+ Kf7 28. Be5 b4 29. Ra8 Ra6 30. Rb8 Rb6 31. Ra8 Ra6 32. Rb8 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Be6 8.
Ng5 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. Nxc4 e5 11. Kh1 Nfd5 12. d3 Be7 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. a3 O-O
15. b4 Kh8 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. Na5 f5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. bxc5 f4 20. Rfc1 Be8 21. Qb3
Rb8 22. Rab1 Bd7 23. Qb2 b5 24. Nb3 Rbe8 25. Ba5 Qb8 26. Nd2 fxg3 27. hxg3 Bg5
28. Ne4 Be3 $1 29. Bd2 Bd4 30. Qc2 $6 (30. Qa2 Be6 31. Qc2 $17) 30... Rf5 31.
g4 Qd8 32. Be1 Re6 33. Qd2 Rf4 34. Bf2 {[%tqu "En","","","","f4e4","",10]} Rxe4
$1 35. e3 Rxe3 36. Rb4 Rxd3 $1 37. Qxd3 $2 (37. Rxd4 Rxd2 38. Rxd2) 37... Bxf2
$19 38. Qf1 Rh6+ 39. Bh3 Qh4 40. Rb2 Ne3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1
Qa5 9. Nd2 cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qd8 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nxb6
Qxb6 15. d5 Kh8 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Ne4 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O f5 8. Qc2 a5
9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 O-O 11. Nb1 Qf6 12. Nc3 b6 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. a3 c5 15. cxd5
exd5 16. Bb5 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nf4 Nf8 20. Rfd1 Ng6 21. Nxg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. h3 Qa5 8. Nf3
Ne4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 g6 11. e3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd8 14. O-O Nd7
15. Rfc1 O-O 16. Rab1 a5 17. Na4 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Nb3 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. c3 Ng6 14. Qa4 Be7
15. c4 O-O 16. cxd5 Rxd5 17. Qxa7 Rc8 18. Qa4 Ngxe5 19. b4 Ng4 20. b5 Nxe3 21.
fxe3 Bc5 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. bxc6 Qxc6 24. Qb4 g6 25. h4 Rc1 26. Ne5 Qc5 27. Qf4
Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Qe7 29. Bc4 Rc5 30. Bb3 Qc7 31. Nf3 Qxf4 32. exf4 Kg7 33. Kf2 h6
34. Ke3 Kf6 35. Ke4 Ke7 36. Kd4 Rc1 37. g4 Rf1 38. Ke3 Rc1 39. Kd4 Rf1 40. Ke3
Rc1 41. Kd2 Rc5 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 f6 44. Kd3 Ra5 45. Ke3 Rc5 46. Kd3 Ra5 47.
Ke4 Rc5 48. gxf6+ Kxf6 49. Ne5 Rc7 50. Bc4 g5 51. fxg5+ Kxg5 52. Bxe6 Kf6 53.
Kd5 Ke7 54. Ng6+ Kd8 55. Ne5 Ke7 56. Bf5 Rc1 57. a4 Ra1 58. Bc2 Kd8 59. Kd6 Kc8
60. Nc4 Kb8 61. Kc5 Ka7 62. Kb4 Rh1 63. Bd3 Rh4 64. Bf5 Rf4 65. Bd7 Rh4 66. Bb5
Rh5 67. Ne3 Kb6 68. Bc4 Ka7 69. Nd5 Rh6 70. Bb5 Rg6 71. Kc5 Rh6 72. Nf4 Rf6 73.
Nd3 Rf5+ 74. Kd4 Kb6 75. Ne5 Ka5 76. Nc4+ Kb4 77. Nd6 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qf3 Bd6 8.
Qg4 g6 9. f4 Bb4 10. e5 d5 11. exd6 Nf6 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bd2 Bxd6 14. O-O-O Rb8
15. Bc4 Qc7 16. Rhf1 Qb7 17. b3 Bb4 18. g4 c5 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. f5 exf5 21. gxf5
Kg7 22. fxg6 Rbe8 23. Bh6+ Kxh6 24. Qd2+ Kxg6 25. Rxf6+ Kxf6 26. Nd5+ Qxd5 27.
Qxd5 Be6 28. Qf3+ Ke7 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Qb7+ Kf6 31. Rf1+ Kg6 32. Qg2+ Kh5 33.
Rg1 Rg8 34. Qh3# 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 {For this line -
see CBM 138, annotations to Nakamura - Nielsen. However, a lot of games have
been played since then.} 14. Bxa6 (14. Re1 Bf6 15. Ne5 (15. h4 Qa7 16. b5 Bb7
17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Ne5 Rac8 19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5 Rc7 21. bxc6 {1/2 Fier,A (2571)
-So,W (2673)/Moscow 2011/CBM 141}) 15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qb7 18.
cxb6 axb4 19. axb4 Nxb6 20. b5 Nc4 21. bxc6 Qxc6 $11 {1/2 Getz,N (2391)-Azarov,
S (2648)/Rogaska Slatina SLO 2011/The Week in Chess 882 (54)}) (14. Rb1 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 axb4 16. axb4 {1/2 Ding,L (2654)-Wang Yue (2709)/Hefei 2011/CBM 143
Extra}) (14. Qc2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bf6 16. Rfc1 axb4 17. axb4 bxc5 18. bxc5 Rfb8
19. Kg2 h6 20. h4 h5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Rb1 Ra3 23. Nxd5 Rxd3 24. Nxc7 Bxd4 25.
Na6 Bxc5 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27. Rb8+ Kh7 28. Rc8 Ne4 29. Rxc6 Rc3 $11 {1/2 Gonzalez
Garcia,J (2522)-Ryan,J (2267)/Barbera del Valles 2011/CBM 143 Extra (46)}) (14.
Kg2 Bf6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Qc2 Rfa8 17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 Ra3 19. Rb3 Rxb3 20.
Qxb3 Qb7 21. Rb1 h6 22. h4 h5 23. Ne5 {1/2 Radjabov,T (2744)-Kramnik,V (2790)/
Kazan 2011/CBM 143}) 14... Rxa6 15. Qe2 (15. Qd3 Rfa8 16. Rab1 axb4 17. axb4
Ra3 18. Rfc1 Bf6 19. h4 h6 20. Kg2 bxc5 21. bxc5 Qa5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Bd8
24. Rb2 Bc7 25. Qc2 Rb8 26. Rxb8+ Bxb8 27. Qb2 Bc7 28. Rc2 Qa6 29. Rc1 Qa5 30.
Rc2 Qa6 31. Rc1 {1/2 Henrichs,T (2469)-Doettling,F (2585)/Baden Baden GER 2011/
The Week in Chess 863}) 15... Rfa8 $6 {This move is put under doubt in the
present game.} (15... Ra7 16. f5 e5 17. dxe5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Re8 (18... Bxc5 19.
Na4 Re8 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Qe3 d4 $2 (21... Ne4 22. Nd4 $13) 22. Qxd4 Nb3 23.
Qg4 Qc8 (23... Nxa1 24. f6 g6 25. Qg5 $18) 24. Rad1 $18 {1-0 Adhiban,B (2530)
-Kjartansson,G (2379)/Chennai 2011/CBM 140 Extra (29)}) 19. Qc2 $6 (19. e6 $13)
19... Bxc5 20. Na4 Bf8 21. e6 fxe6 22. fxe6 Rxe6 23. Ng5 Rg6 24. h4 Ne5 $17 {
0-1 Fier,A (2583)-Ganguly,S (2631)/Jakarta INA 2011/The Week in Chess 885 (31)}
) (15... Raa8 16. Rfc1 axb4 17. axb4 Bf6 18. Rab1 bxc5 19. bxc5 Ra3 20. Qb2
Rfa8 21. Kg2 g6 22. Ra1 Qa5 23. Rxa3 Qxa3 24. Qxa3 Rxa3 25. Ne2 Kf8 $11 {
1/2 Dearing,E (2412)-Berry,N (2346)/Daventry ENG 2011/The Week in Chess 855 
(48)}) 16. b5 (16. Rab1 axb4 17. axb4 Bf6 18. Rfc1 Ra3 19. Qe1 bxc5 20. bxc5
Qa5 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Bg5 23. Rc2 Bd8 $11 {1/2 Radjabov,T (2744)-Kramnik,V
(2785)/Kazan 2011/CBM 143/[Marin] (39)}) 16... cxb5 17. Nxd5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (
17. c6 Qxc6 18. Nxb5 Qb7 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. Qb2 Ra8 22. Rc1 Qd8
23. Qc2 a4 24. Qc6 Nf8 25. Ne5 f6 26. Nd3 Ra5 27. Rb1 Ra8 28. Rc1 Ra5 29. Rb1
Ra8 30. Rc1 {1/2 Paikidze,N (2416)-Bulmaga,I (2293)/Chennai 2011/CBM 143 Extra}
) 17... exd5 18. Qxe7 Rc8 19. Rfb1 (19. c6 Nf6 $1 (19... Qxc6 $2 20. Rac1 $18)
20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Rfc1 Ne4 $11 {[%cal Ye4d6,Yd6c4]}) 19... bxc5 20. Rxb5 $14 {
[%mdl 32] It looks like Black should not have any problems due to his "better"
pawn structure; however, it is not better as his pawns are weak! White retains
unpleasant pressure.} Re6 21. Qg5 Rb6 22. a4 $1 Rxb5 23. axb5 Nf6 24. Qf5 Ra8
25. Qb1 Qb6 (25... c4 {[%csl Gc4] may be the right option.}) 26. dxc5 Qxc5 27.
Qb2 Qb6 28. Nd4 Rc8 {It was better to keep the rook on a8, behind the a-pawn.}
(28... h5 $5) 29. Ra2 $1 Rc4 (29... Ra8 $142 {"taking the wrong move back"})
30. Nc6 a4 31. Ne5 Re4 32. Kg2 Qc5 (32... h5 33. f3 $1 Re1 34. Qf2 Qxf2+ 35.
Kxf2 Rb1 36. Rxa4 Rxb5 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Nxf7 $16) 33. Qb1 Rb4 $6 {Surprisingly,
a losing move but, even more surprisingly, Black had no good defence anyway, e.
g.} (33... h6 34. Rc2 Rb4 35. Qc1 Qxb5 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Qc2+ Re4 38. Nxf7 Ne8
$8 39. Ne5 Nf6 40. Rc7 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 34. Qf5 {[%cal Ra2c2]} Qe7 (34... Rxb5
35. Rc2 Qe7 36. Rc8+ Ne8 37. Nc6 Qe1 38. Ne5 $18) (34... Rb3 35. Rc2 Rc3 36.
Rxc3 Qxc3 37. b6 $18) 35. Nc6 Qe4+ 36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. b6 Nd7 38. b7 f6 39. b8=Q+
Nxb8 40. Nxb8 Rb4 41. Nd7 Rb5 42. Rxa4 Kf7 43. Ra6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nd2 d6 8.
Be2 Qxf3 9. gxf3 Ne7 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 f5 14. Rg1 O-O
15. e5 Be6 16. Nd4 Bd5 17. exd6 cxd6 18. O-O-O Rab8 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Bxe4
21. Ne6 Rf7 22. Rxd6 Bd5 23. Ng5 Rf4 24. Bd3 Rxa4 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Rg3 Rh4 27.
Re3 Rh5 28. Rxe7 Rxg5 29. Rg6 Rh5 30. Rgxg7 Rxh2 31. b3 a4 32. bxa4 Ba2 33. c3
Bb3 34. Be4 Bxa4 35. Rh7+ Rxh7 36. Rxh7+ Kg8 37. Ra7 Bb5 38. Kd2 Kf8 39. Ke3
Rd8 40. Kf4 Re8 41. Rh7 Re7 42. Rh8+ Kf7 43. Kf5 Rd7 44. Ke5 Ke7 45. Rh6 Rd1
46. Bxc6 Bxc6 47. Rxc6 Kd7 48. Rc4 Rh1 49. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Caldas Novas"]
[Date "2011.11.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ulanowski, Karol"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "1894"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bd7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. b3
Nc6 16. d5 Ne7 17. Be3 Ng6 18. Qd2 Nh7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Nh4 21. Nxh4 Qxh4
22. a4 Qe7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bd3 Qd7 25. Qe2 c4 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Bc2 Qb5 28.
Rab1 Qxd5 29. Red1 Qa5 30. Be4 Rab8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Qxc4 Nf6 33. Bd5 Nxd5 34.
Rxd5 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qb1 36. Rd3 Ra8 37. Bxh6 d5 38. Qxd5 Ra6 39. Rd1 Qb8 40. Bd2
Qb2 41. Be3 Rd6 42. Qf3 e4 43. Qg4 Qxc3 44. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Caldas Novas"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
Qe2 a6 9. Bb3 Qc7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Rhg1 b5 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nd7 14. g5 Nc5
15. Bd5 Rb8 16. Qh5 Bd7 17. Bf6 Rfe8 18. Rg4 Qd8 19. Rf4 exd5 20. Bxg7 Be6 21.
Bf6 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Rg1 Bd7 24. g6 fxg6 25. Rxg6+ Kf8 26. Bxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Caldas Novas"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Azua Avila, Vicente"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "1870"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2011.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 Na6 13. Rad1 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Nc7 15. c4 Ne6 16. cxd5 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Rc8 18. Rd2 Bd6 19. e3 a5 20. Nc6 Qc7 21.
Rb1 g5 22. Qxb6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Rb8 24. Qb7 Qe7 25. Rb5 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 Qf6 27. Rd7
Bb4 28. fxg5 Qxg5 29. Rc2 Qg4 30. Rd4 Qg6 31. Rcc4 Qb1+ 32. Bf1 Rc8 33. Kg2 Be1
34. Bd3 Qxa2 35. Bc2 Rc7 36. Kf1 Bb4 37. Rg4+ Kf8 38. Bxh7 Bd6 39. h4 Qa1+ 40.
Kg2 Qb2 41. Rce4 f6 42. Rg8+ Kf7 43. Ree8 Re7 44. Bg6+ Ke6 45. Rxe7+ Bxe7 46.
Be4 Qe5 47. Bf3 Kf7 48. c7 Kxg8 49. c8=Q+ Kh7 50. Qg4 f5 51. Qh5+ Kg7 52. Qe8
Bd6 53. Qd7+ Kh6 54. Qa4 Qh2+ 55. Kf1 Bb4 56. h5 Qd6 57. Qe8 Qf6 58. Qb8 Bc3
59. Qf4+ Kg7 60. Be2 Bb4 61. Bd3 Bd6 62. h6+ Qxh6 63. Qxf5 Qh1+ 64. Ke2 Bb4 65.
Qg6+ Kf8 66. Qf6+ Kg8 67. Bc4+ Kh7 68. Qf5+ Kh8 69. Qc8+ Kg7 70. Qg8+ Kf6 71.
Qf7+ Kg5 72. f4+ Kh6 73. Qe6+ Kh5 74. Qf5+ Kh6 75. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Caldas Novas"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krishnan, Varun"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2011.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Ng8 13. a3 Ne7 14. Bf2 Nc8 15.
Qd4 Rb8 16. Bg3 a5 17. e5 d5 18. Nxd5 Qc6 19. Nc3 b4 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. Qxd7+
Qxd7 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Bb5+ Kc7 24. Rd1 Nb6 25. Be2 Bc5 26. Be1 Kc6 27. b3 Rd4
28. Bd3 Rhd8 29. Ne2 R4d7 30. Bxa5 Ra8 31. Be4+ Nd5 32. b4 Be3+ 33. Kb2 Rb7 34.
Ra1 Bxg5 35. c4 Rxa5 36. cxd5+ Rxd5 37. Nd4+ Kd7 38. Bxd5 exd5 39. Kc3 Bf4 40.
Ra5 Bxh2 41. Rxd5+ Kc8 42. Nb5 Re7 43. Kd4 g6 44. Nd6+ Kc7 45. Rc5+ Kd7 46. Nc4
Bg1+ 47. Ne3 f6 48. f4 fxe5+ 49. fxe5 h5 50. Ke4 h4 51. Rd5+ Ke8 52. Rd3 Bh2
53. Ng4 Bg3 54. b5 Ra7 55. b6 Ra4+ 56. Kd5 Rxg4 57. Rb3 Rg5 58. b7 Bxe5 59. Ke6
Bb8 60. Rc3 Re5+ 61. Kf6 Kd7 62. Kxg6 Rb5 63. Kh6 Bg3 64. Kg6 Ke6 65. Re3+ Kd5
66. Re7 Kd4 67. Rh7 Ke4 68. b8=Q Rxb8 69. Kg5 Kf3 70. Rf7+ Kg2 71. Ra7 h3 72.
Ra2+ Bf2 73. Ra4 h2 74. Rg4+ Bg3 75. Rc4 h1=Q 76. Rc2+ Bf2 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Caldas Novas"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Kukhmazov, Arsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Na4 c5 10. e4 cxd4 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O Be7 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15.
Ng5 Be7 16. Qg4 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qb6 18. Bh4 Kf8 19. Rac1 Bb7 20. Be4 Qa5 21. Bxd5
Qxd5 22. Rc7 h5 23. Qg5 Kg8 24. f3 Re8 25. Qf4 Rf8 26. Be7 Rc8 27. Rec1 Rxc7
28. Rxc7 Kh7 29. Qg5 Qxa2 30. Rxb7 Rc8 31. Bc5 Qb1+ 32. Kf2 Qc2+ 33. Kg3 Kg8
34. Bxd4 Qd1 35. Qe7 h4+ 36. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Caldas Novas"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Huber, Martin Christian"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2011.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6
8. Be3 e5 9. Kc2 Be6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Bc4 Kf7 12. Rad1 Be7 13. h4 h5 14. g3 Rhd8
15. Bxe6+ Kxe6 16. Nb3 a5 17. a4 b6 18. f4 Bd6 19. Rhf1 Rg8 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. b3
Rad8 22. Rf3 Be7 23. Rdf1 exf4 24. Bxf4 Rd7 25. Be3 Nd3 26. Nc4 Ne5 27. Nxe5
fxe5 28. Rf7 Bd8 29. Rxd7 Kxd7 30. Bg5 Ke6 31. Rf2 Be7 32. Rf1 Rd8 33. Rf2 c6
34. Be3 b5 35. Bb6 Rb8 36. Ba7 Rb7 37. Be3 bxa4 38. bxa4 Ba3 39. Kd3 Rb1 40.
Ra2 Be7 41. Kc4 Re1 42. Kd3 Rb1 43. Kc4 Bd6 44. Kd3 c5 45. c4 Rb3+ 46. Kd2 Be7
47. Bf2 Kd6 48. Be3 Kc6 49. Bf2 g5 50. Be1 gxh4 51. gxh4 Rh3 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reverte Albox"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. e3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. b4 O-O 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Nxf1 exd5 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. f4 c5 14. O-O c4
15. b5 a6 16. a4 Qc7 17. Qc2 axb5 18. axb5 Ra5 19. Rxa5 bxa5 20. Bc3 Ra8 21.
Ra1 Qb7 22. Qb1 a4 23. Bb4 Ne8 24. Nf5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Qxb5 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Ba3
Qb3 28. Nxd5 c3 29. Qxb3 axb3 30. Nxc3 Nb6 31. Bb2 Rxa1+ 32. Bxa1 f6 33. exf6
gxf6 34. Kf2 Nd6 35. Ke2 Ndc4 36. Nd1 Na4 37. Kd3 b2 38. Nxb2 Ncxb2+ 39. Kc2
Nc4 40. Kd3 Ncb2+ 41. Kc2 Nc4 42. Kd3 Na5 43. d5 Kg7 44. Bd4 Kf7 45. e4 Nb3 46.
Ba7 Nbc5+ 47. Ke3 Nd7 48. Bd4 Nab6 49. Kf4 Nc4 50. g4 Kg6 51. h3 Nde5 52. Bc3
Nd3+ 53. Kf3 Nc5 54. Bb4 Ne5+ 55. Ke3 Ncd7 56. Be1 Kg5 57. Bg3 Ng6 58. Kf3
Nde5+ 59. Ke3 Nc4+ 60. Kd4 Nce5 61. Ke3 Nf7 62. Kf3 Nge5+ 63. Ke3 Kg6 64. Kd4
Kg5 65. Kc5 Nd3+ 66. Kc6 Nf4 67. d6 Nxh3 68. Kd7 Kg6 69. Ke7 Nhg5 70. d7 Nxe4
71. Bh4 Neg5 72. d8=Q Nxd8 73. Kxd8 Nf3 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao"]
[BlackTeam "Colegio Marcote EIKM"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Rd8 11. a3 Bg4 12. Ne1 Bh5 13. b4 a6 14. f3 Na7
15. Nc2 Bg6 16. a4 Nc8 17. Rae1 Nd6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qd3 Re8 20. Re2 c6 21. a5
g5 22. g4 Rad8 23. h3 Nb5 24. Rh2 Nh7 25. Ne2 Nf8 26. Ng3 Qc7 27. Kf2 Ng6 28.
Rfh1 Nh4 29. Nf5 Nd6 30. Nxh4 gxh4 31. g5 Re6 32. Rg2 f5 33. gxf6 Rxf6 34. Rg4
Ne4+ 35. Kg2 Ng3 36. Rb1 Rdf8 37. Ne1 Qe7 38. Rb3 Re6 39. Nc2 Nf5 40. Kf2 Nh6
41. Rg1 Nf7 42. Kg2 Nd6 43. Rbb1 Nf5 44. Rbe1 Rg6+ 45. Kf2 Rg3 46. e4 dxe4 47.
Rxe4 Qg5 48. Rg4 {[%tqu "En","","","","g3f3","",10]} Rxf3+ $1 49. Kxf3 Ng3+ 50.
Kg2 Qd5+ 51. Re4 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 d4 13. h4 b6 14. Nxd4
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf5 16. Bb5+ Bd7 17. Qxd7+ Qxd7 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rh2 Rg4 20. h5
Rag8 21. h6 Rh8 22. Kf2 Rg6 23. h7 Rg7 24. Be3 Rgxh7 25. Rd1+ Kc6 26. Rxh7 Rxh7
27. Rd3 Rg7 28. Rxc3+ Kd5 29. Bd2 b5 30. Rd3+ Ke4 31. Rb3 a6 32. a4 Nd4 33. Rb4
a5 34. Rb2 bxa4 35. Ra2 a3 36. Rxa3 Nxc2 37. Ra4+ Nb4 38. Bxb4 axb4 39. Rxb4+
Kf5 40. Kf3 Rg8 41. Rb6 Kg6 42. g4 Ra8 43. f5+ Kg5 44. fxe6 fxe6 45. Rxe6 Ra3+
46. Ke4 Ra4+ 47. Kd5 Ra5+ 48. Kd6 Kxg4 49. Re8 Kf5 50. Rf8+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao"]
[BlackTeam "Cajacanarias"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Qc2 Ne7 8. d4
Nc6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O Bd7 11. a3 Qf6 12. Nc3 Qg6 13. Qd1 Rd8 14. b4 Bc8 15.
Bd2 Nd7 16. Bf4 e5 17. Be3 Be7 18. Nd5 Nf6 19. Nxe7 Rxd1 20. Nxg6 Rxf1+ 21.
Rxf1 hxg6 22. a4 Rh5 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Ne7 25. h4 Nfd5 26. Bd2 Bd7 $2 (26...
Bg4 27. Ra1 e4) 27. Rc1 Bxb5 28. g4 Rh7 29. Nxe5 f6 $2 (29... Bc6 30. Ra1 Nb6
$14) 30. Bxd5 $18 Nxd5 $2 (30... fxe5 31. Bxb7 Kd7) 31. Rc8+ $18 Ke7 32. Nxg6+
Kf7 33. h5 Be8 34. e4 Nb6 35. Rc7+ Nd7 36. Rxb7 Ke6 37. Nf4+ Kd6 38. Nd5 g6 39.
hxg6 Bxg6 40. f3 f5 41. Bf4+ Kc5 42. Rc7+ Kd4 43. Be3+ Ke5 44. Nf4 Kd6 45. Ra7
fxe4 46. Ra6+ Kc7 47. Nd5+ Kb7 48. Rxg6 exf3 49. Bd4 Nf8 50. Rb6+ Kc8 51. Kf2
Rd7 52. Rf6 Rd8 53. Kxf3 Kd7 54. Bc5 Ne6 55. Nb6+ Kc6 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solvay"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Nf4 Nd7 12. d5 e5 13. Nh5 Be7 14. f4
exf4 15. Bxf4 Bd6 16. Bh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 Be5 18. Bb5 Kh8 19. Rhe1 Rg8 20. Bxd7
Qg5+ 21. Qxg5 Rxg5 22. g4 Bxh2 23. Bf5 Bd6 24. Nf6 Rg7 25. Rh1 Be5 26. Nxh7 Kg8
27. Rde1 Bxd5 28. Rh5 f6 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Nf6+ Kf7 31. Nxd5 c6 32. Nb4 c5 33.
Nc6 Kf6 34. Rh6+ Kg5 35. Re6 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao"]
[BlackTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Ne4 Be7 9. Re1 Bg4 10. c3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Qd7 12. a4 a5 13. h3 Be6 14. Be3 Nd5 15.
Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Rfd8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Nf4 19. Re4 Bxb3 20. Qxb3 Ne6 21.
Ba3 c5 22. Rd1 Qc6 23. Qc4 Rd5 24. Rde1 Rad8 25. R1e3 h6 26. Re5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5
b6 28. b3 Qd7 29. Re3 Rb8 30. Qb5 Qc7 31. Bc1 Rd8 32. Qc4 Qf4 33. g3 Qf5 34.
Kg2 Ng5 35. h4 Ne6 36. Bd2 Qg6 37. Re4 Nc7 38. b4 Qc6 39. bxa5 bxa5 40. Kh2 Ne6
41. Re3 Qb7 42. Qb5 Qa8 43. Qc4 Qb7 44. Qb5 Qa8 45. Qb1 Rb8 46. Qa2 Rb6 47. Bc1
Qb7 48. Re2 Qf3 49. Be3 Qb7 50. d4 cxd4 51. cxd4 Rb3 52. Rc2 Nf8 53. d5 Ng6 54.
Rc8+ Kh7 55. Qc2 Qxd5 56. Rc5 Qd3 57. Qxd3 Rxd3 58. Rxa5 Ne7 59. Ra7 Nf5 60.
Bb6 Kg6 61. a5 Ra3 62. a6 Ra4 63. Ra8 Nd6 64. a7 Nb5 65. Be3 Ra3 66. Kg2 h5 67.
Kf1 f6 68. Ke2 Kf5 69. Kd2 g6 70. Kc2 Kg4 71. Rf8 Nxa7 72. Rxf6 Nb5 73. Rxg6+
Kf3 74. Rg5 Nd6 75. Bc5 Ra2+ 76. Kb3 Rd2 77. Bxd6 Rxd6 78. Rxh5 Kxf2 79. Rg5
Ke3 80. Kc4 Ke4 81. h5 Rc6+ 82. Kb5 Rc1 83. Kb6 Kd4 84. Kb7 Ke4 85. g4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Qd3 b5 10. f5 b4 11. Nd1 e5 12. Nb3 Bh6 13. a3 Nc6 14. c3 bxc3 15. Nxc3
Ne7 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Na1 d5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxb2 20. Rxb2 Qc1+ 21. Ke2
Qxb2+ 22. Kf3 Bb7 23. Qc5 Rg8 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. axb4 Bd2 26. Nc2 Ke7 27. Bd3 Bc3
28. Rb1 Rd8 29. Ke2 Rd6 30. Rb3 Bd4 31. Ra3 h5 32. g3 Bg1 33. h4 Bb6 34. Rc3
Rc6 35. Rxc6 Bxc6 36. Ne3 Bxe3 37. Kxe3 Bb5 38. Be2 Bxe2 39. Kxe2 Ke8 40. Kf3
Kf8 41. Kf2 Ke8 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. Kd3 Kd7 44. Kd2 Kd6 45. Ke3 Ke7 46. Ke2 Ke8 47.
Kd2 Kd8 48. Kc3 Kc7 49. Kd3 Kd7 50. Kd2 Kd8 51. Kc2 Kc7 52. Kc3 Kc6 53. Kd2 Kd7
54. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Ng5 g6 14. Qh3
h5 15. Qg3 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qd7 17. Re3 Rae8 18. Rae1 Rxe3 19. fxe3 f6 20. Nf3 Qd6
21. Qh6 Ne7 22. Nh4 f5 23. Nf3 Qf6 24. Ne5 Qg7 25. Qg5 Qf6 26. Qf4 Rd8 27. Rb1
b6 28. Rf1 Kg7 29. h3 Nc6 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Nxe5 32. dxe5 Qh4 33. gxf5 Qxf4
34. exf4 gxf5 35. Rf3 Kf7 36. Rh3 d4 37. c4 Rg8+ 38. Kf2 Rg4 39. Kf3 Rg1 40.
Rh7+ Kg6 41. Rxc7 Rf1+ 42. Kg3 Re1 43. Kh4 Rh1+ 44. Kg3 Rg1+ 45. Kf2 Rg4 46.
Kf3 Rh4 47. Rxa7 Rh2 48. Rd7 Rxc2 49. Rxd4 Rxa2 50. Rd6+ Kh5 51. Ke3 Rb2 52.
Rf6 Rb3+ 53. Kd4 Kg4 54. e6 Rb1 55. Ke5 Re1+ 56. Kd6 Kxf4 57. e7 Rd1+ 58. Kc7
Re1 59. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 a5 5. Bf4 a4 6. Qc2 Bg4 7. Ne5 Bh5 8. e3 e6
9. a3 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nc3 Bg6 12. Qd1 Qa5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Be2 Be7 15.
O-O O-O 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. h3 Bf8 18. Re1 Qa7 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Rb1 Be7 21. Qd3
Bf6 22. Red1 Qa6 23. Qxa6 Rxa6 24. b3 axb3 25. a4 Rea8 26. Rxb3 Rb6 27. Rdb1
Bd8 28. Bd6 f5 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Ba3 Raa6 32. Kd3 Rxb3 33. Rxb3 Rb6
34. Rxb6 Bxb6 35. Bb4 g5 36. Ne2 g6 37. f3 Ba7 38. g4 Bb8 39. a5 Bc7 40. Nc3
Nb8 41. Na4 Na6 42. Nc5+ Nxc5+ 43. dxc5 Bd8 44. Bc3 Be7 45. Bd4 Kd7 46. Kc2 Kc8
47. Kd3 Kb8 48. Be5+ Kc8 49. Bd4 Bd8 50. Bc3 Kd7 51. Bd2 Bf6 52. Be1 Be5 53.
Bd2 Kc8 54. Be1 Kc7 55. h4 gxh4 56. Bxh4 fxg4 57. fxg4 Kd7 58. Be1 Ke6 59. Bf2
Bh2 60. Bh4 Bc7 61. Be1 Be5 62. Bh4 Bb2 63. Bd8 Ba3 64. Kd4 Kd7 65. Bb6 Bb2+
66. Kd3 Be5 67. Ke2 Bf6 68. Kd3 Be7 69. Kd4 Ke6 70. Ba7 Bf6+ 71. Kd3 Bd8 72.
Bb6 Bxb6 73. axb6 Ke5 74. g5 Ke6 75. Kc3 Ke5 76. Kd3 Ke6 77. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Re1
Rfe8 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. a4 Rad8 18. Bc2 Qc7 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 a5
21. Re5 b6 22. Rd1 h5 23. Nb5 Bc6 24. Nd4 Bd5 25. Bd3 Rc8 26. Bb5 Red8 27. f3
g6 28. Kf2 Bb3 29. Rd2 Bd5 30. Re1 Bb7 31. Red1 Rd5 32. Nc2 Kf8 33. Ne3 Rxd2+
34. Rxd2 Ke7 35. Nc4 Nd5 36. Ne5 Nf6 37. Ke2 Rc5 38. Nc4 Nd5 39. Kf2 Rc7 40.
Ne5 Nf6 41. Nc4 Nd5 42. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Ng6 13. Nde2 Be6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15.
O-O-O Qa5 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Rxd5 Nc4 20. c3 Rc7 21. g3
b5 22. a3 e6 23. Rd1 a5 24. Nd4 Rb8 25. Rh2 Be5 26. Rg2 Kf8 27. Bg1 h5 28. Ka2
b4 29. cxb4 axb4 30. Rc1 d5 31. exd5 exd5 32. b3 Nxa3 33. Rxc7 Bxc7 34. Nc6 Ra8
35. Bc5+ Kg7 36. Nxb4 Nc2+ 37. Na6 Ne1 38. Rd2 Bxg3 39. Rxd5 Nxf3 40. b4 Nf4
41. Rd7 g4 42. hxg4 h4 43. b5 h3 44. Bxh3 Nxh3 45. Rd3 Nhg5 46. Ra3 Be5 47. b6
Rh8 48. Re3 Bf4 49. Rd3 Ne5 50. Bd4 f6 51. Rc3 Ne6 52. Bg1 Ra8 53. Ra3 Nd8 54.
Ra4 Nb7 55. Rxf4 Rxa6+ 56. Kb3 Ra1 57. Bd4 Rb1+ 58. Kc2 Rb5 59. g5 Rd5 60.
gxf6+ Kf7 61. Rh4 Nd6 62. b7 Nxb7 63. Bxe5 Rxe5 64. Rh7+ Kxf6 65. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. c4 bxc4 13. Nxc4 Kh8 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 c5 17. Qe4 Ra7 18. Bd2 Ba8 19. Rad1 f5 20. Qe6 Rf6 21. Qe5
Qc8 22. Na5 c4 23. Bxc4 Rd7 24. Bg5 Rg6 25. Bxd5 Rxg5 26. Bxa8 Qxa8 27. Nc6
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 h6 29. Qd5 f4 30. Qf3 Bf6 31. b4 Qg8 32. a4 Qa2 33. Qxf4 Qxa4 34.
Qf3 Rf5 35. Qd3 Rg5 36. Rc1 Qa2 37. Re1 Qf7 38. Qxa6 Qd5 39. g3 Qf3 40. Re8+
Kh7 41. Qc4 Rxg3+ 42. fxg3 Qxg3+ 43. Kf1 Qxh3+ 44. Ke1 Qh1+ 45. Kd2 Bg5+ 46.
Kc2 Qc1+ 47. Kb3 Qd1+ 48. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15.
e4 Bd7 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Bb5 18. Ncxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qxb6 20. Na3 Qb3 21. Rb1
Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Rb3 23. Bd2 Ra8 24. g4 Nf6 25. Bc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Rxa3 27. f4 Nc4
28. e5 dxe5 29. d6 Ra7 30. Bc6 exf4 31. d7 Nxd7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Rb8+ Bf8 34.
Bxd7 Kg7 35. Be8 Ne5 36. Rc8 Be7 37. Bc6 Kf6 38. Bd5 Kg5 39. Kg2 h5 40. gxh5
Kxh5 41. Bxf7 f3+ 42. Kf1 Nxf7 43. Rc7 Ng5 44. Rxe7 Nxh3 45. Re5+ g5 46. Rxc5
Kh4 47. Rc8 g4 48. c4 g3 49. Rg8 Ng5 50. c5 Ne4 51. Rf8 g2+ 52. Kg1 Nxc5 53.
Rxf3 Ne6 54. Rf6 Ng5 55. Kxg2 Kg4 56. Ra6 Ne4 57. Ra4 Kf4 58. Rb4 Ke3 59. Rb3+
Kf4 60. Ra3 Kg4 61. Rf3 Ng5 62. Rf8 Ne4 63. Kf1 Ng3+ 64. Kf2 Nf5 65. Ra8 Kf4
66. Ra4+ Ke5 67. Kf3 Ne7 68. Re4+ Kd6 69. Ke3 Nc6 70. Rh4 Kd5 71. Rh5+ Kd6 72.
Ke4 Ne7 73. Rh1 Nc6 74. Rd1+ Kc5 75. Rd7 Nb4 76. Rd4 Nc6 77. Rd5+ Kc4 78. Rh5
Nb4 79. Rh1 Kc5 80. Rc1+ Kd6 81. Rc4 Nc6 82. Rxc6+ Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. O-O O-O 7. Na3 a5 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. Nce5 Bd5 10. Bf4 c6 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Qc2 Nf6
15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfd8 17. Qc4 Nd5 18. Bd2 Qa6 19. Qxa6 Rxa6 20. Be1 a4 21.
e4 Nc7 22. Nf3 Nb5 23. Bb4 e6 24. Rd2 Raa8 25. Rad1 Rd7 26. Bc5 Bh6 27. Ne5
Rdd8 28. f4 Bf8 29. Nc4 f6 30. Nb6 Ra6 31. Kf3 a3 32. b4 Kf7 33. Ke3 Nc7 34.
Rc1 Nb5 35. Rcd1 Nc3 36. Rc1 Na4 37. Nxa4 Rxa4 38. Rb1 Bh6 39. b5 e5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. c3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. a4 d6
9. Na3 Nbd7 10. a5 Rc8 11. axb6 axb6 12. Nb5 Bd5 13. Re1 h6 14. b3 Be4 15. Bf1
g5 16. Bd2 Ra8 17. c4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Qa8 19. Bc3 Qxa1 20. Rxa1 Ra8 21. Rxa8+
Bxa8 22. d5 Ne4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. e3 g4 25. Bd3 Nxg3 26. Nh4 Ne5 27. Bc2 Nh5
28. Nf5+ Kf8 29. Nxh6 Bb7 30. Kg2 Bc8 31. Bf5 Nd3 32. Na7 Nc1 33. Nxc8 Nxb3 34.
Nxb6 Nd2 35. Nc8 Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Rb1 c6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6
15. Bc2 h6 16. Nh4 Qc7 17. g3 c5 18. bxc5 Qc6 19. f3 bxc5 20. Nf5 Rad8 21. Bxh6
Nh5 22. Be4 gxh6 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Qc1 Ng7 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Qxc5 Rg6 27. d5
Bd7 28. Rb7 Bf5 29. Qxa7 h5 30. Rb8 Rxb8 31. Qxb8+ Kh7 32. a4 h4 33. a5 Bh3 34.
d6 hxg3 35. hxg3 Bxf1 36. Kxf1 Rxg3 37. d7 Rxf3+ 38. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 c6 8.
e3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Be2 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 Nb6 13. Bd3 Ng7 14. Rfe1
Bf5 15. h3 Rfe8 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nf3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nf5 19. b4 a6 20. a4 Nd6 21.
b5 cxb5 22. axb5 a5 23. Nd2 Qf7 24. Ra1 Rec8 25. e4 dxe4 26. Ndxe4 Nxe4 27.
Nxe4 Rd8 28. Nc5 Nd5 29. b6 Rd6 30. Qd2 Nb4 31. Rxa5 Rxa5 32. Qxb4 Ra8 33. Nxb7
Re6 34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Nc5 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Qd6+ 37. g3 Qd5 38. g4 Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Rg1+
40. Kf4 Qd6+ 41. Ke3 Qe7+ 42. Kf3 f5 43. gxf5 Qh4 44. Qc4+ Kg7 45. Ne6+ Kh6 46.
Qc7 Qxh3+ 47. Ke2 Qg4+ 48. Kd2 Qd1+ 49. Kc3 Qc1+ 50. Kd3 Qb1+ 51. Ke3 Re1+ 52.
Kd2 Rd1+ 53. Ke3 Qd3+ 54. Kf4 Qxf5+ 55. Ke3 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Ne2 Bc5 10. Nbc3 d6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. c3 O-O 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Bc2 Nd7 15.
Bb3 g6 16. Qd2 Kg7 17. Rad1 h5 18. Ne2 h4 19. h3 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Ne3 Qf6
22. Kh1 f4 23. Nd5 Qf7 24. Ng1 Rg8 25. Nc7 Bxb3 26. axb3 Rac8 27. Nd5 Kh8 28.
Nf3 e4 29. Nxh4 Rcf8 30. b4 Ba7 31. c4 Ne5 32. c5 dxc5 33. Qc3 Bb8 34. bxc5 Qh5
35. g3 Kh7 36. Nxf4 Rxf4 37. gxf4 Nd3 38. Qxd3 Kh6 39. Nf5+ Kh7 40. Ne7 Kh8 41.
Nxg8 Kxg8 42. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Qa4 Be6 11. Bb5 Qb6 12. O-O a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Rfd8
15. Na4 Qa5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nc5 Qb6 19. a3 Be8 20. Na4 Qb7 21.
Rc1 Rdc8 22. Rfd1 g6 23. h3 a5 24. b3 Be7 25. Nc5 Qb6 26. Rd3 Ra7 27. Rc3 Rac7
28. Rb1 Qa7 29. Re1 Bf8 30. Rc1 Qb6 31. Na4 Qa6 32. Nc5 Qb6 33. Qd2 Qa7 34.
R3c2 Qb6 35. Qd3 Ra8 36. Qd1 Rac8 37. Qg4 Rb8 38. Qf4 Rd8 39. Rc3 Bd6 40. Qf6
Be7 41. Qf3 Rcc8 42. g3 Qa7 43. Kg2 Qb6 44. Qf4 Qb8 45. Qf3 Qb6 46. Qd1 Qa7 47.
Qd2 Rb8 48. Qc2 Rbc8 49. Re1 Bf6 50. Rd1 Qb6 51. Qd2 Rb8 52. Rdc1 Be7 53. Na4
Qb7 54. Qb2 Rbc8 55. Nc5 Rb8 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nge2 Na5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 Nxc4
8. dxc4 h6 9. Be3 d6 10. f3 Be6 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. O-O-O a6 13. b3 c6 14. Bb6 O-O
15. Kb2 c5 16. Qd2 Ne8 17. a4 Rc8 18. a5 Rc6 19. g4 Qh4 20. Qg2 Nf6 21. Rd3 Nd7
22. Na4 Nxb6 23. Nxb6 Rd8 24. Rhd1 Kf8 25. h3 h5 26. Rg1 Ke7 27. Qd2 g5 28. Rd1
f6 29. b4 cxb4 30. c5 Qxh3 31. cxd6+ Kf7 32. gxh5 b3 33. cxb3 Qxh5 34. d7 Qh8
35. Rc3 Rxc3 36. Qxc3 Qh2+ 37. Rd2 Qf4 38. Rd6 Qh2+ 39. Ka3 Qg1 40. Kb4 Qf1 41.
Ka3 Qg1 42. Rd3 Ke7 43. Qb4+ Kf7 44. Qd2 Qa1+ 45. Kb4 Kg6 46. Kc5 Qh1 47. Kd6
Kf7 48. Kc7 Qh8 49. Qb4 Qg8 50. Rd2 Qh8 51. Rh2 Qxh2 52. Kxd8 Kg6 53. Kc7 Bxd7
54. Nxd7 Qe2 55. Qb6 Kh5 56. Qxf6 Qc2+ 57. Kb8 Kh4 58. Nxe5 Qxb3 59. Qh6+ Kg3
60. Qxg5+ Kf2 61. Qd2+ Kg3 62. f4 Qg8+ 63. Ka7 Kh3 64. Qe3+ Kh4 65. Qe1+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. e3
h6 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O Nc6
15. Rad1 Qa5 16. a3 Ba7 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Rd5 Qc7 21.
Bf5 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rd2 Rf5 24. Ne4 Qe5 25. Rfd1 Raf8 26. Rd8 Bb8 27. g3
Ba7 28. Nd6 Bb6 29. Rc8 Rf3 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Nc4 Qc7 32. Qe4 Ba7 33. Qxe6 b5
34. Rd7 Qc5 35. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 Bc5 5. Bc4 Nxf2 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qd5+
Kg6 8. Qxc5 Nxh1 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qc4 h6 11. Nd5 Rf8 12. Qe4+ Kf7 13. Bxh6 gxh6
14. Qh7+ Ke8 15. Nxc7+ Qxc7 16. Qxc7 Na6 17. Qxd6 Bf5 18. O-O-O Rc8 19. Nd4 Rd8
20. Qxh6 Nf2 21. Qh5+ Kd7 22. e6+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 Re8 8. e3
a6 9. Bd3 Bf8 10. d6 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. a4 g5 13. Bg3 b4 14. Nb1 Nc6 15. Nbd2
Bg7 16. Nc4 Bb7 17. h4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Nfd2 Re6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qc2 Rc8
22. O-O-O b3 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Nxb3 Nb4 25. f3 Bd5 26. Nba5 Qf6 27. e4 Na2+ 28.
Kc2 Rb8 29. e5 Qd8 30. f4 gxf4 31. Bh4 Qe8 32. Rdf1 Rxe5 33. Nxe5 Rxb2+ 34. Kd1
Nc3+ 35. Kc1 Na2+ 36. Kd1 Nc3+ 37. Kc1 Na2+ 38. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Nce2 Rd8 13. Ng3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nf4
15. h4 Bb7 16. Kb1 Rac8 17. Rd2 Bc5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Ne2 Nxe2
21. Bxe2 Kf8 22. c3 Ke7 23. Rg1 Rh8 24. Kc2 h6 25. gxh6 g6 26. Rg5 d6 27. b4
Re5 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxh6 30. Rxe5 dxe5 31. b5 axb5 32. Bxb5 Bc8 33. Rh2
Bd7 34. a4 Bxb5 35. axb5 Kd6 36. Kb3 Kc5 37. Ka4 Kb6 38. Kb4 f5 39. Rd2 fxe4
40. fxe4 Rxh4 41. Rd6+ Kc7 42. Kc5 Rxe4 43. Rxe6 Rf4 44. Re7+ Kb8 45. Rxe5 Rf5
46. Rxf5 gxf5 47. Kd4 f4 48. Ke4 f3 49. Kxf3 Kc7 50. b6+ Kc6 51. Kf2 Kxb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Na4 Qc7 13. f4 Ng4 14. Nb6 Rae8
15. b4 Nh6 16. a4 Bf5 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 f6 20. Ra7 Rd8 21. Qb3
Nf5 22. bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qa4 e5 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. g4 Nh4 26. Kf2 exf4 27. exf4 f5
28. Kg3 Bxd4 29. Kxh4 Bxc5 30. Rb7 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Nd7 Rxd7 33. gxf5 gxf5
34. Kg5 Bd4 35. Kxf5 c5 36. Rf3 Bg7 37. Rh3 h6 38. Ra3 c4 39. Rg3 c3 40. Rd3 d4
41. Ba3 Ra7 42. Bb4 Rb7 43. Ba3 Rb3 44. Bd6 Rb6 45. Ba3 Ra6 46. Bb4 Ra4 47.
Bxc3 dxc3 48. Rd7+ Kg8 49. Rd8+ Kh7 50. Rc8 Ra5+ 51. Ke4 Kg6 52. Rc6+ Bf6 53.
h3 Ra4+ 54. Ke3 Kf5 55. Rc5+ Ke6 56. Rc6+ Ke7 57. Kf3 h5 58. Ke3 h4 59. f5 Ra1
60. Re6+ Kf7 61. Rc6 Rh1 62. Rc7+ Kf8 63. Ke4 Rxh3 64. Kd5 Re3 65. Rc8+ Kf7 66.
Rc7+ Re7 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 a6 12. Qe3 Rc8 13. Rac1 Re8 14. h3 Rc7
15. Ne1 Qb8 16. Qd2 b5 17. Nd5 Rcc8 18. cxb5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Qxd5 Nf6 22. Qd4 Qxb5 23. Nd3 a5 24. Qe3 Qb7 25. Qd2 Qb5 26. Nb2 d5 27. Nd3
d4 28. e3 Ne4 29. Qb2 Nc3 30. Rd2 e5 31. exd4 exd4 32. Nf4 Re4 33. Kh2 Qf5 34.
Ng2 Re2 35. Rxe2 Nxe2 36. Re1 Rc2 37. Rxe2 Rxb2 38. Rxb2 Qd3 39. Nf4 Qd1 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. O-O e5 12. Ne4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Be5 14. f4 Bc7 15.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Ne6 Qe8 17. Nxc7 Qxe4 18. Nxa8 Qxe3+ 19. Rf2 Nf6 20. Qe1 Qxe1+
21. Rxe1 Nd5 22. Re8+ Rf8 23. Rfe2 b5 24. R2e5 a6 25. f5 Bb7 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.
Rxd5 cxd5 28. Nc7 Kf7 29. Kf2 d4 30. g4 g5 31. fxg6+ Kxg6 32. Ne6 Bc8 33. Nxd4
Bxg4 34. Kg3 Kg5 35. h4+ Kh5 36. a3 Bd7 37. Nf3 Bc8 38. Ne5 Bb7 39. b4 Bc8 40.
Nc6 Bd7 41. Nb8 Bc8 42. Nc6 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. h4 dxc4 {Taking the pawn on c4 is the only sensible solution to avoid
the danger of the bishop on g6 getting trapped.} (9... Nxe5 $2 10. dxe5 Ne4 11.
Nxe4 Bxe4 12. f3 $16) 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 (11. Bxc4 Bb4 12. g5 Ne4 13. Qb3 Qe7
14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nb6 16. Bf1 e5 17. Bg2 {0-1 (41) Tregubov,P (2598)
-Inarkiev,E (2674) Olginka 2011}) 11... Nd5 12. Bxc4 Bb4 {Morozevich is hoping
to set up a position offering the potential for counterplay in the centre. The
bishop goes to b4 in order to keep the e7-square vacant for the black queen.} (
12... Be7 13. Qf3 N7b6 (13... Qc7 14. Bb3 N5b6 15. e4 Rf8 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Be3
e5 18. Rc1 exd4 19. Nb5 Bb4+ 20. Kf1 Qe5 21. Nxd4 $14 {1-0 (49) Aronian,L 
(2648)-Gustafsson,J (2572) playchess.com INT 2004}) 14. Bb3 Nb4 15. Ke2 c5 16.
Qxb7 cxd4 17. exd4 Qxd4 18. Qe4 Qxe4+ 19. Nxe4 N4d5 20. Bd2 Bb4 21. Bxb4 Nxb4
$11 {1/2 (71) Lautier,J (2653)-Chernin,A (2592) Bastia 2001}) 13. Bd2 Qe7 14.
a3 {Not a single game in this line by decent players has seen White developing
without inserting the a2-a3 move at some moment. The first player has to know,
what his opponent is planning to do with the bishop.} (14. Qf3 O-O-O 15. a3 Ba5
16. b4 Bc7 17. e4 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Rhf8 19. O-O-O a5 20. Kc2 Nb6 21. Bb3 axb4 22.
Bxb4 Bd6 23. Qc3 Bxb4 24. axb4 Kb8 25. Qg3+ $11 {1-0 (30) Dreev,A (2698)-Oms
Pallisse,J (2508) Mallorca 2004 [Atlas,V]}) (14. Be2 O-O-O 15. Qc2 Kb8 16. a3
Ba5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. a4 e5 20. a5 Bc7 $11 {0-1 (43) Milov,V (2690)
-Najer,E (2627) Baku 2008}) 14... Nxc3 (14... Ba5 15. Qc2 N7b6 (15... Nxc3 16.
Bxc3 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Nb6 18. Bb3 Qxg5 19. hxg5 Rxh1+ 20. Ke2 Rxa1 21. d5 cxd5
22. Qxg7 Rh1 23. Ba4+ Ke7 24. Bc2 Ke8 25. Qg8+ {1/2 (25) Tregubov,P (2628)
-Inarkiev,E (2676) Dagomys 2009}) 16. Be2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 e5 18. Qe4 exd4 19.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. cxd4 Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Rad8 22. Rac1 $11 {1/2 (48) Gomez Ledo,R 
(2445)-Haslinger,S (2552) Balaguer 2010}) 15. bxc3 Ba5 {The bishop from a5
will keep up the pressure against the c3-square limiting White's chances for
any real expansion.} 16. f4 (16. Be2 e5 17. Qa4 Bb6 18. Kf1 $11) 16... O-O-O
17. Qb3 (17. Be2 Nb6 18. c4 Bxd2+ 19. Qxd2 Kb8 $11) 17... Nb6 18. Bd3 Kb8 19.
Ke2 $5 {Giri has build a long pawn chain on the dark squares severely
constraining Black's forces. His king does not have a very peaceful spot
anywhere on the board, but the step towards the centre seems daring.} (19. Rb1
Rh7 20. a4 Rdh8 21. c4 Bxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Rxh4 23. Rxh4 Rxh4 24. a5 Rh2+ 25. Kc3
Nc8 26. c5 $11) 19... Qd7 20. Be4 (20. Rab1 Nc8 21. c4 Bxd2 22. Kxd2 Ne7 $11)
20... f6 $5 {Morozevich can fall back on a very solid position, but opening
the centre will give him chances to scare the enemy king.} 21. gxf6 (21. Bxg6
e5 $1 $15) 21... gxf6 22. Rag1 $6 {White is acknowledging the seriousness of
the situation by mobilising his last reserves. It was objectively better to
snap up the g6-pawn, keeping the position more or less equal.} (22. Bxg6 e5 (
22... c5 23. Be4 e5 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Raf1 Qg4+ (25... cxd4 26. cxd4 Bxd2 27.
Rf7 $18) 26. Bf3 Qd7 27. Be4 Qg4+ $11) 23. Kf2 c5 24. Rad1 exd4 25. exd4 cxd4
26. cxd4 Bxd2 27. Rxd2 Qd6 28. Qf3 f5 29. h5 Nd5 $11) 22... e5 23. fxe5 fxe5
24. Rg5 (24. Rxg6 exd4 25. cxd4 Bxd2 26. Kxd2 Rhe8 27. Bc2 Nd5 28. Re1 c5 29.
dxc5 Nf6+ 30. Kc1 Qd2+ 31. Kb2 Qxe1 32. Rxf6 Rxe3 $17) (24. Rf1 $1 Rh7 25. h5
Re7 26. hxg6 exd4 27. Rf7 dxc3 28. Bxc3 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Rxf7 30. gxf7 Qxf7 31.
Rh8 $15) 24... exd4 25. Rxa5 $2 {[%mdl 256] For the innocent bystander the
greedy grab of the a5-bishop smacks of desperation. White was not prepared to
defend a worse position with modest moves.} (25. cxd4 $1 Bxd2 26. Kxd2 Qe7 27.
Rg4 Rhf8 (27... c5 28. Rf1 Qd7 29. Rff4 cxd4 30. Rf7 dxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Qd2+ 32.
Kf3 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 $11) 28. Ke2 c5 29. Rf1 Rxf1 30. Kxf1 cxd4 31. exd4 Rxd4
32. Bf5 Rxg4 33. Bxg4 $15) 25... Rhe8 (25... Qg4+ $1 26. Bf3 d3+ 27. Kf2 Rdf8
28. Qd1 Rxh4 29. Re5 (29. Rxh4 Qxh4+ 30. Kg2 Rh8 31. Qg1 Nc4 $19) 29... Rxf3+
30. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Rxh1 $19) 26. Bg2 (26. cxd4 Rxe4 27. Kd1 Nd5 $17) 26...
dxe3 27. Bc1 Qd3+ {Black could not have hoped for such a picture only a few
moves ago. His only concern will now be to choose the most efficient winning
continuation.} (27... Qg4+ 28. Bf3 Qg3 29. Bxe3 Qf4 30. c4 Nxc4 $19) 28. Ke1 (
28. Kf3 Nc4 $19) 28... e2 {If there ever was a tempting pawn advance this
certainly can aspire to that title. Fortunately the counterplay it allows can
be parried with exact moves.} (28... Rf8 $1 29. Rh3 (29. Rf1 e2 30. Rxf8 Qd1+
$19) 29... Nc4 30. Ra4 Nd2 $19) 29. Bf4+ Ka8 30. Kf2 (30. Qxb6 Qxc3+ 31. Kf2
e1=Q+ 32. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Kf3 Qe4+ 34. Kg3 Rd3+ $19) 30... Rf8 31. Qb4 (31. Qxb6
Rxf4+ $19) 31... Nc4 32. Rxa7+ $1 {White could have resigned, but the small
scare for the opponent was impossible to resist.} Kxa7 33. Qa4+ Kb6 34. Qb4+ (
34. Rb1+ Qxb1 35. Qxc4 e1=Q+ $19) 34... Ka6 35. Qa4+ Na5 36. Bf3 b5 {The
attack has been repelled and now White will have to pay for all his middlegame
sins.} (36... b5 37. Qb4 Nc4 38. Qb1 Rxf4 39. Qxd3 Rxd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. dxc6 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Rxd2
15. Bxd2 axb5 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Bxb5 f5 18. exf5 Bd5 19. Ne2 Bxa2+ 20. Kc2 gxf5
21. Bc3 Bc4 22. Bxc4+ Nxc4 23. Nd4 Ne3+ 24. Kd3 Nxg2 25. Nxf5 Nf4+ 26. Kc4 Bxc3
27. bxc3 Kf7 28. Re1 Ng6 29. Nd4 Ra2 30. h3 Rh2 31. Ne6 Kf6 32. Nxc7 Rxh3 33.
Nd5+ Kf7 34. Rf1 Nh4 35. f4 Nf5 36. Kb4 h5 37. c4 Rd3 38. Nb6 h4 39. c5 Rd2 40.
Kc3 Rg2 41. Rh1 Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Likavsky,T"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 {The King's Indian
Defence is the good one among the openings against 1.d4 - in it Black has
counterplay usually and so he can play for victory. Of course there is one
option for White just now - to take on e5 then on d8 then to offer draw and to
look like a real clown...} 7. O-O Nc6 {Black needs the centre closed with
d4-d5. Then he can get the counterplay easily. Therefore 7...Nbd7 or 7...Na6
are not so theoretically well-founded.} 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 ({The main line
nowadays is 9.b4. But Hikaru has also been very successful there:} 9. b4 Nh5 (
9... Ne8 10. c5 f5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. a4 g5 13. Nc4 h6 14. f3 f4 15. Ba3 Ng6 16.
b5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Rf7 18. a5 h5 19. b6 g4 20. Nb5 cxb6 21. axb6 g3 22. Kh1 Bf8
23. d6 a6 24. Nc7 Rb8 25. Na5 Kh8 26. Bc4 Rg7 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. Bxe6 gxh2 29.
Nc4 Qe8 30. Bd5 h4 31. Rf2 h3 32. gxh3 Rc8 33. Ra5 Nh4 34. Kxh2 Nd7 35. Bb4 Rg3
36. Qf1 Qh5 37. Ra3 a5 38. Be1 Rxc4 39. Bxc4 Bxd6 40. Rxa5 Bc5 41. Be2 Bxb6 42.
Rb5 Bd4 43. Bd1 Bxf2 44. Bxf2 Nxf3+ 45. Bxf3 Qxf3 46. Rb1 Rg6 47. Rxb7 Nf6 48.
Rb8+ Kh7 49. Rb7+ Kh6 {0-1 Anand,V (2811)-Nakamura,H (2758)/London ENG 2011/
The Week in Chess 892}) 10. c5 Nf4 11. a4 f5 12. Bc4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 h6 14. Re1
Bg4 15. Ra3 g5 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. g3 Rf8 19. a5 Kh8 20. Kg2 Rb8 21.
Qd2 b6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Nfxg5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Bg6 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Ra7 Rc8 27.
Rxe7 Rxc4 28. f3 Rc2+ 29. Kg1 Rc8 30. Ra1 Rf7 31. Qxg6 Qxe7 32. Ng5 Kg8 {
0-1 Kramnik,V (2781)-Nakamura,H (2770)/Dortmund GER 2011/The Week in Chess 873
(50)}) 9... Nd7 10. f3 f5 {This is the move which starts the counterplay I was
speaking about. Black's plan is ...f5-f4, ...g6-g5, then later to prepare ...
g5-g4-g3 and ...Qh4...} 11. Be3 {We know the Black's plan, thus why give him
the tempo ...f5-f4? The reason is that the Be3 will carry out both attacking 
(to support c4-c5, to impact on a7 and b6) and defending duties (the well
known plan Kh1, vBe3-g1 to cover h2 in the case of the presence the black pawn
on g3 and the black queen on h4) on the /^ g1-a7.} f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 {
White wants to play c4-c5 and cxd6, so c1 is a good square for the rook.} ({
It's important to know that} 13. b4 $6 {is just a waste of time. Black would
like to play} Nf6 {anyway to help ...g5-g4, so White will not need any more
support for the advance c4-c5. It's much better to play more useful moves (Rc1,
a4,...). White still has such moves.}) ({I also don't like} 13. Nd3 {so much
for the same reason. The knight standing on e1 could protect g2 in some lines,
though now the f1-rook can move...}) (13. a4 {/\a4-a5, Nb5 is rather frequent,
when} a5 $1 {is critical.}) ({And finally} 13. g4 {with a different idea - to
close the kingside or to change the pawn structure completely (after 13...fxg3)
. The latest high level results are promising for White:} h5 (13... fxg3 14.
hxg3 Ng6 15. Ng2 Nf6 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Ne3 Ngf4 18. Kh2 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 Qf6 20. Nf5
Bxf5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. g4 Qf4+ 23. Kg2 e4 24. Nxe4 Rae8 25. Rae1 Rxe4 26. Qxe4
Be5 27. Rh1 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Nf4+ 29. Kf1 Nd3 30. Be3 Nxb2 31. Kg2 Na4 32. Bxg5
Nc5 {1-0 Ponomariov,R (2754)-Korobov,A (2660)/Kiev 2011} (32... Nc5 33. Rxe5
dxe5 34. Be7)) 14. h3 Rf6 15. Nd3 Rh6 16. Kg2 c5 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. c5 dxc5 19.
Nxc5 Nd4 20. Bc4+ Kh7 21. Nb3 Nf6 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. e5 hxg4 24. hxg4 Nxg4 25.
fxg4 Bxe5 26. Rh1 Qd7 27. Ne4 Rxh1 28. Qxh1+ Kg7 29. Qh5 Qxg4+ 30. Qxg4 Bxg4
31. Nxg5 {1-0 Ponomariov,R (2754)-Nakamura,H (2774)/Saint Louis 2011/Mega2011 
(93)}) 13... Ng6 {Understanding the ideas of White, Black does not play 13...
Nf6 and prefers 13...Ng6 as a move, which is going to be played sooner or
later anyway.} (13... Rf6 $5 {/\Rf6-h6, Qd8-e8-h5, /\Rf6-g6}) (13... Nf6 $143
$2 14. c5) 14. Nb5 {Hm, somehow I don't believe that this is good.} ({But the
logical (we already know that White doesn't want to waste time for b4 or Nd3.)
and common sacrifice} 14. c5 {is maybe out of fashion:} Nxc5 15. b4 Na6 16. Nd3
Rf7 17. Nb5 b6 $1 18. Be1 Bf6 19. Nf2 h5 20. h3 (20. a3 Qd7 21. Rc3 Bd8 22. Qc2
Nb8 23. a4 a6 24. Na3 Qe8 25. Nc4 Bb7 26. Bd2 Nd7 27. Rc1 Nf6 28. Be1 Rg7 29.
h3 Nh8 30. Nd2 Qg6 31. Nf1 Bc8 32. Nh2 Ne8 33. Kf1 Nf7 34. Qd1 Nh6 35. Rc4 Kh8
36. R1c3 Bb7 37. Qc2 Qf7 38. Bd2 Bf6 39. Ke1 b5 40. Rc6 Bxc6 41. Rxc6 Ng8 42.
axb5 axb5 43. Bxb5 g4 44. hxg4 Bh4 45. Bc3 Nef6 46. g5 Rxg5 47. Kf1 Bxf2 48.
Qxf2 Qg7 49. Ra6 Rxa6 (49... Rb8 50. Bc4 Ne7 51. Ra2 Rg8 $19) 50. Bxa6 {
1/2 Nielsen,P (2651)-Likavsky,T (2492)/Germany 2007/CBM 123 (72)}) 20... Bb7
21. Rc2 Qd7 22. Qd3 Bd8 23. Bd2 Nb8 24. Rfc1 Ba6 25. Rc3 Rg7 26. Ra3 Ne7 27.
Be1 Nc8 28. Rac3 Rh7 29. Nd1 Rg7 30. Bf2 Kh7 31. Nb2 Kh6 32. Kf1 Kh7 33. Ke1
Kh6 34. R3c2 Rf7 35. Nd1 Rg7 36. Bf1 Kh7 37. Rc3 Kg8 38. R1c2 Kh7 39. Kd2 Kg8
40. Kc1 Kh7 41. Kb2 Kg8 42. Rc1 Kh7 43. R3c2 Kg8 44. Ndc3 Qe8 45. Nb1 Bxb5 46.
Qxb5 Qf8 {1/2 Topalov,V (2813)-Radjabov,T (2757)/Nanjing 2009/CBM 133 (95)})
14... b6 $1 {Weakening c6, but gaining plenty of time.} (14... a6 $2 15. Na7 {
/\Nxc8 killing the dangerous bishop and} Rxa7 $2 {doesn't work:} 16. Bxa7 b6
17. b4 Bb7 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 $16) (14... Nf6 $6 {is also good
for White after the surprising sacrifice of a piece:} 15. c5 a6 (15... Rf7 16.
cxd6 cxd6 17. Qc2 g4 18. Nc7 g3 19. Nxa8 Bd7 20. Nc7 Nh5 21. Kh1 Qh4 22. Bg1
gxh2 23. Bf2 Ng3+ 24. Bxg3 fxg3 25. Bb5 Bxb5 26. Nxb5 Bf8 27. Nd3 Qg5 28. Nc7
h5 29. Ne6 Qe3 30. Rce1 Qb6 31. Qd2 {1-0 Lenderman,A (2581)-Haast,A (2268)/
Wijk aan Zee NED 2011/The Week in Chess 890}) 16. cxd6 axb5 17. dxc7 Qe8 18.
Qb3 $16 g4 19. Bxb5 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qxb7 (21. d6+ $5) 21... g3 22. hxg3
fxg3 23. Bxg3 Rac8 24. Qc6 Rf7 25. Nd3 {1/2 Sarkar,J (2418)-Berg,E (2627)/
Caleta 2011 (47)}) 15. b4 a6 16. Nc3 Rf7 {Very clever attacking/defending
setup. Always the same story in this game. Black has still a few good moves
like ...Bf8, ...Rg7, ...h5 to prepare ...g4, but holding the knight on d7 to
cover c5 and b6 (the white Na4 would very much like to go to b6 to take Bc8)
for some time.} (16... Nf6 17. c5 Rb8 18. Nd3 bxc5 $6 19. bxc5 h5 20. cxd6 cxd6
21. Qc2 g4 22. Rb1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 h4 24. fxg4 Nxg4 25. Nd1 h3 26. Rb8 Nxf2 27.
N1xf2 Qg5 28. Ne1 Ne7 29. Bf3 Bf6 30. Qc7 Kg7 31. Qxd6 Rh8 32. Qc7 hxg2 33.
Bxg2 $18 {1/2 Miroshnichenko,E (2651)-Mamedov,N (2587)/Konya TUR 2011/The Week
in Chess 869 (65)}) 17. Nd3 h5 18. c5 Bf8 19. cxb6 cxb6 20. b5 {Now Black can
plug the only gap, the c-file, with the patient knight - the hero of this game.
But Black was already at least fine from my point of view.} (20. Nb2 Nf6 (20...
Rg7 $5) 21. Nc4 Rb8 $132 {/\g5-g4-g3}) (20. Na4 $2 {/\Rc6} b5 $1 21. Nc3 Nf6
22. a4 Bd7 $17 {and g5-g4-g3.}) 20... a5 $1 21. Na4 {/\Rc6} Nc5 $1 {White,
understanding the problem, decided to open the position at any cost. But he
failed after all...} 22. Ndxc5 dxc5 {/\Bd6} 23. d6 $6 Be6 24. Bxc5 $2 {
Desperation or simply miscalculation.} bxc5 25. Nxc5 Bxa2 $1 26. Qa4 Bxd6 27.
Qxa2 Bxc5+ $17 28. Kh1 (28. Rxc5 $2 Qd4+) 28... Bd4 (28... Be3 $1 {should be
stronger.}) 29. Bc4 Raa7 30. Bxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qd5 $2 {The final mistake.} ({After
} 31. Rc6 $1 {White can still continue. The black king is exposed, the rook
pinned, and the white b-pawn not harmless...}) 31... Qxd5 32. exd5 $19 {
The game is over now. Black leaves his opponent with no hope in the further
course of events.} Ne7 $1 33. d6 Nf5 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Rc6 a4 $1 36. Rfc1 a3 37.
Ra6 a2 38. Rxa2 Nxd6 39. b6 Bxb6 40. Rc6 Rc7 41. Rxc7+ Bxc7 42. Ra7 Ne8 43. g3
Kg6 44. Kg2 Bd6 45. Ra6 Kf5 46. Rc6 g4 47. gxf4 exf4 48. fxg4+ hxg4 49. h3 g3
50. Kf3 Be5 51. Rh6 Ng7 52. h4 Ne6 53. Rh5+ Kf6 54. Kg2 Nd4 55. Kh3 f3 56. Rh8
g2 57. Rg8 Ne2 58. Rg6+ Kxg6 59. h5+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. c4 Bb4+ 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nb3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. a3 Bd6 14. Re1 f5
15. Qc2 Kh8 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Rae8 19. Rad1 Bh5 20. Be2 f4 21.
Bc1 a5 22. Qc4 Re7 23. h3 Rfe8 24. Kf1 h6 25. Qc2 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Bxf3 27. gxf3
Qh4+ 28. Kf1 Qxh3+ 29. Kf2 Qg3+ 30. Kf1 Re5 31. Bxf4 Qxf4 32. Qc4 Re4 33. Qb5
Qg3 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 (7...
Bxd2 {is a solid alternative.}) 8. Bg5 {[%cal Ra2a3] The most logical way to
fight for an advantage.} exd4 (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. a3 e4 {1/2 Yrjola,J 
(2366)-Vorotnikov,V (2422)/Jyvaskyla 2011/CBM 143 Extra (22)} 11. Nh4 $1 g5 12.
Bxe4 $1 gxh4 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. axb4 Bh3 15. Re1 $16) 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 (9... Ne5 {
has been played several times by Russian IM Nikolay Vlassov:} 10. a3 (10. Qc2
$5 {may be even stronger, e.g.} h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O 14.
f4 Nd7 15. Nb5 Qd8 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. e4 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Ne8 19. e5 $16 {1-0 Bosch,
J (2454)-Richards,H (2209)/Gausdal 2002/CBM 087 ext (31)}) 10... Bc5 11. Nc3
Neg4 (11... O-O 12. Nd5 (12. b3 Neg4 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Rc1 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16.
c5 dxc5 17. Nxc5 c6 $11 {1-0 Kiselev,S (2545)-Vlassov,N (2395)/Moscow 1996/CBM
056 ext (57)}) 12... Neg4 (12... Nxc4 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. Nb3 Ned7 15. Nxc5 dxc5
16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Rxc5 c6 18. Qc1 $14 {1-0 Iskusnyh,S (2460)-Vlassov,N (2380)/
Moscow 1996/EXT 2000 (62)}) 13. b4 Ba7 14. bxa5 c6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 {1/2 Neurohr,
S (2325)-Pritchett,C (2360)/Germany 1990/GER-chT (40)} 16. Bh4 $1 $14 {[%csl
Rf6]} Qxa5 $140 17. h3 Ne5 18. Bxf6) 12. Nd5 (12. Ne4 h6 (12... Bb6 13. h3 h6
14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Be3 O-O 16. b4 c6 17. Nc2 Bc7 18. b5 $14 {1-0 Zarezenko,I 
(2230)-Vlassov,N (2467)/Tomsk 2001/CBM 083 ext (42)}) 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nxc5
dxc5 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. e4 O-O 17. e5 $5 (17. Qc2 Ng4 18. h3 Ne5 19. f4 c6 20. Nc3
Nxc4 $13 {0-1 Granovski,A-Vlassov,N (2440)/Moscow 1998/EXT 2000 (63)}) 17...
Qxe5 $140 18. Re1 $36) 12... c6 (12... h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. b4 Nxd5 15. bxc5
dxc5 (15... Nf6 16. Nb5 dxc5 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rfd1+ Nd7 {1-0 Krylov,M (2404)
-Vlassov,N (2492)/Moscow 2005/EXT 2006 (34)} 19. Ra2 $16) 16. cxd5 cxd4 17.
Qxd4 O-O 18. Rfc1 Re8 19. Qc4 Re7 20. e4 $14 {0-1 Fridman,D (2559)-Vlassov,N 
(2467)/ICC INT 2001/CBM 081 ext (73)}) 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 (13... Nxf6 14. b4 $1 Bb6
15. b5 c5 16. Nc2 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ne3 $16 {0-1 Sidorova,E (2243)-Vlassov,
N (2467)/Tomsk 2001/CBM 083 ext (77)}) 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. e3 a4 16. b4 axb3 17.
Nxb3 Ne5 18. a4 Be6 19. a5 Qb4 20. Rb1 $14 {1-0 Najer,E (2500)-Vlassov,N (2440)
/Moscow 1998/EXT 2000 (32)}) (9... Bd7 {is inferior:} 10. a3 (10. Nb5 Rc8 11.
N1c3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. f4 O-O 15. Kh1 Bc5 $13 {0-1 Filippov,V 
(2530)-Vlassov,N (2380)/Moscow 1996/EXT 2000 (45)}) 10... Bc5 11. Nb5 Rc8 12.
N1c3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5 $1 (14. Qd2 Qg5 15. e3 O-O 16. Nd5 Ne5 17. Nbxc7
Nxc4 18. Qc3 b5 19. a4 Nb6 20. axb5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxb5 $13 {1/2 Kobalia,M 
(2620)-Vlassov,N (2454)/Moscow 2002/CBM 088 (52)}) 14... Qd8 15. Rb1 O-O 16. b4
axb4 17. axb4 Ba7 18. Nxa7 Nxa7 19. b5 c6 20. Nb6 $1 Qxb6 21. bxc6 Qd8 22. cxd7
Qxd7 23. Rxb7 $18 {1-0 Dreev,A (2607)-Apicella,M (2539)/Kemer 2007/CBM 121 (39)
}) 10. Qxd4 h6 {This is the idea of GM Maxim Turov.} 11. Bxf6 {Consequent.
Retreats are harmless:} (11. Bf4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. e4 Be6 14. b3 Qd7 15. Na4
Bxc4 16. Qxc4 b5 17. Qc1 bxa4 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Ra6 20. Qxc7 axb3 21. axb3
Qd3 22. Rfd1 Qxb3 23. Bf1 Ne8 24. Qc8 Ra7 25. Rd8 Re7 26. Bd4 Qe6 27. Bc5 {
1/2 Banikas,H (2598)-Turov,M (2561)/Paleochora 2009/CBM 131 Extra}) (11. Bd2
Bc5 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Nc3 Ng4 14. b3 Re8 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. h3 Ne5 17. Qc2 Nc6 18.
Nd5 Qd8 19. Bc3 Nb4 20. Qb2 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 f6 {1/2 Tunik,G (2484)-Zaiatz,E 
(2392)/Voronezh 2010/CBM 137 Extra (49)}) 11... Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 {Which is
more important: Black's bishop pair or his poor pawn structure? GM Anish Giri
proves that it is the latter.} 13. a3 (13. Rc1 c6 14. Nc3 Ke7 (14... a4 15. e3
Be6 16. Ne2 Ke7 17. Nf4 Bc5 18. Be4 Ra5 19. Rab1 Rc8 20. b4 axb3 21. axb3 Bb6
22. b4 $14 {1/2 D'Costa,L (2425)-Turov,M (2630)/Haarlem 2011/CBM 144 Extra (28)
}) 15. Na4 Be6 16. e3 {1/2 Van der Stricht,G (2400)-Motwani,P (2503)/Aalst
2005/CBM 107 ext}) 13... Bc5 14. Nc3 c6 15. e3 (15. Rac1 Be6 16. Ne4 Ke7 17.
Rfd1 Rhd8 18. e3 a4 19. Bf1 Ra5 20. Rd2 Bb6 21. Nc3 {1-0 Postny,E (2649)-Riff,
J (2487)/Evry 2008/CBM 124 Extra (31)} f5 $11) (15. Ne4 Ke7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17.
Rfd1 Be6 18. Rac1 Rhd8 19. Rd3 Rxd3 20. exd3 Rd8 21. Bf1 Rd4 $11 {1/2 Gromova,
I (2214)-Turova,I (2428)/Olginka 2011/CBM 141 Extra (33)}) 15... Ke7 (15... Be6
16. b4 $1 Ba7 17. b5 $1 Bxc4 (17... Kd7 18. Rfb1 $36) 18. bxc6 Bxf1 19. Kxf1
$36) (15... a4 $5) 16. Na4 {[%mdl 32] Preventing ...a5-a4.} h5 $6 {I don't
like this move. This pawn becomes weak very soon, and Black loses without
further obvious mistakes.} (16... Be6 $142 {with a solid position.}) 17. h4 Rg8
(17... Bg4 18. b4 $1 axb4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Rfb1 c5 21. Nb6 $16) 18. Rfc1 Ra7
19. Bf3 Bg4 (19... Rh8 {is ugly but may be more stubborn.}) 20. Bxg4 Rxg4 (
20... hxg4 $6 {[%csl Gh4]}) 21. Kf1 Ra8 22. b3 Ke6 23. Nc3 $1 {White needs
this knight to attack the h5 pawn.} Ke7 24. Ne2 Rgg8 25. Nf4 Rh8 26. Nd3 Bb6
27. Rab1 Kd7 28. Rc2 Bc7 29. Nf4 Rae8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Ra8 32. b5 Ra4 33.
Rbb2 $1 {[%cal Yb2a2]} Ra5 34. Kg2 Ra4 35. Kf3 Raa8 (35... f5 36. Ra2 Rxa2 37.
Rxa2 Bb6 38. Ra4 $1 Kc7 39. bxc6 bxc6 40. Nd3 $18 {[%cal Yf3f4]}) 36. Ra2 Rxa2
37. Rxa2 {[%cal Yf3e4,Ye4f5]} d5 $6 {Desperation, which only hastens Black's
defeat.} 38. bxc6+ bxc6 39. cxd5 c5 40. Ra6 Bxf4 41. Kxf4 Rc8 42. Rc6 $1 Rxc6
43. dxc6+ Kxc6 44. g4 c4 45. e4 Kd6 46. f3 Ke6 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. gxh5 f5 49. h6
f4+ 50. Kd2 Kf6 51. h5 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Nd7 9. g5 h6 10. g6 Ngf6 11. gxf7+ Bxf7 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Be5 O-O 14. Qg4 Nhf6
15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qg4 Nhf6 17. Qg3 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Vitiugov was in miserable form in Reggio and his opponents tried to
exploit this in a sharp struggle - he had to face 1.e4 3x in the second half
of the tournament.} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 ({Earlier Vitiugov used
to prefer} 4... Nc6 {, but this didn't necessarily always lead to a Paulsen in
his practice:} 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 d6 {leads to
a Scheveningen without a6.} 10. Ndb5 (10. Kh1 a6 11. a4 {is the main line.})
10... Qb8 11. a4 Rd8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Kh1 {1/2,Wang Hao (2715)-Vitiugov,N (2710)
/RUS-chT Dagomys/2010/} (13. Qd2 Be8 14. Rad1 a6 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Nb3 Rab8 17.
a5 Nxa5 $5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxa5 Nxe3 21. Qa3 Nxf1 22. Kxf1 Bb5+
23. Be2 Bxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Rbc8 $44 {Larsen,B (2610)-Kortschnoj,V (2650)/Lone Pine/
1981/}) (13. g4 $5 Be8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bg2 a6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qc7 18. Be3
b6 19. Kh1 Rac8 20. f5 Ne5 21. f6 Bf8 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qh3 {Barskij,A (1993)
-Sokalsky,A (2199)/Ruhrgebiet/2007/} Nc4 $13)) 5. Be2 {A rare move order.} ({
The most usual and about equally popular continuations are} 5. Nc3) ({and} 5.
Bd3) (5. c4 {is a distant third.}) 5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 {An enterprising, but
risky line.} ({One round later Vitiugov opted for the safer, but still
sufficiently complex} 6... Qc7 7. O-O Bb4 ({Black obviously relies on the
quick bishop sortie and spurns one of the Paulsen main lines} 7... Nc6 8. Be3
Bb4 9. Na4) 8. Bg5 $5 (8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Kh1 ({A more usual move is} 9. Nxc6 bxc6
10. f4 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Na4 f6 15. Bg4 f5 16. Be2 c5
17. c3 c4 18. Qc2 Be7 19. b4 g5 $132 {Filippov,A (2502)-Fedorov,A (2607)/
Tashkent/2008/}) 9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qd2 h6 $5 12. f4 d6 13. Qe1 (13.
Qd3 Nd7 14. a3 b5 15. b4 Ba7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Bb2 Bb7 18. Rxa4 O-O 19. Qg3 e5
20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Rxa6 Bd4 $44 {Vukovic,Z (2475)-Ionescu,C (2446)/Bucharest/
2000/}) 13... Bd7 14. Qg3 Bd4 15. Bf3 Qc4 16. Bd2 Bc6 17. Rae1 O-O-O 18. Be2
Qc5 (18... Qb4 $5) 19. Bd3 g5 $1 20. Qf3 Rhg8 21. Na4 $5 g4 (21... Bxa4 22. c3
g4 23. Qe2 Bf2 24. Qxf2 Qxf2 25. Rxf2 $14) 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 {
Caruana,F (2727)-Vitiugov,N (2729)/Reggio Emilia/2012/} Kb8 (24... g3 25. Qxh5
Nxh5 $13) {/\} 25. b4 Rc8 $132) 8... Bxc3 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. Rb1
$44 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qd4 e5 (13... Rg8 $142 $5) 14. Qe3 d6 15. Rb6 Qc5 16.
Qxc5 dxc5 17. Bc4 $36 {Balogh,C (2463)-Teitelbaums,A (2171)/Budva/2003/}) (6...
d6 {-B8 once again leads to a Scheveningen.}) 7. e5 (7. Qd3 Qc7 {transposes
into the above note.}) ({The P-sacrifice} 7. O-O {is not too clear either:}
Bxc3 (7... Qc7 {once again transposes to 6...Qc7.}) ({Possibly the simplest
choice is} 7... d6 $5 8. Qd3 Nbd7 9. Qg3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe4 11. Qxg7 Qf6 12.
Qxf6 Ndxf6 13. c4 e5 14. Nb3 Be6 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. f3 Nc5 17. f4 Na4 18. Ba3 e4
19. Bxd6 Nc3 20. Rfe1 Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 Bxc4 22. Ree1 Rg8 $11 {Arizmendi Martinez,
J (2510)-Vallejo Pons,F (2635)/Ayamonte/2002/ - see notes to this game in CBM
92}) 8. bxc3 Nxe4 (8... Qc7 9. Qd3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bf3 (11. Ba3 $5 $44)
11... Qxc3 12. Qxc3 Nxc3 13. Bb2 Nb5 14. Nxb5 axb5 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bf6 Rg6 17.
Bb2 Ra4 18. Rfe1 $14 f5 $4 19. Bh5 $18 {Moreno Carnero,J (2514)-Cacho Reigadas,
S (2463)/Cala Mendia/2001/}) 9. Bf3 $5 (9. Bd3 Nf6 10. Re1 (10. Ba3 d6 $13)
10... O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 (12... d6 {/\Nbd7=/+}) 13. Qf3 d5 14. Nb3 e5
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd5 Bf5 17. Qf3 Bxd3 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. cxd3 Rfd8 20. Red1
Rd5 21. Kf1 Rad8 22. Ke2 f5 23. a4 $11 {Ricardi,P (2483)-Smirin,I (2666)/ICC /
2000/}) (9. Ba3 Nxc3 10. Qd3 $5 (10. Qe1 $2 Qa5 11. Bd6 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 {
Kocur,A (2260)-Boehm,S (1980)/Leverkusen/1997/} Qd5 $17) 10... Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 {
[%csl Ga3][%cal Ra3f8] ^-} d6 12. Nf5 O-O 13. Nxd6 Qc7 14. Rad1 $44) (9. Qd3
Nc5 $142 (9... d5 10. Ba3 Qc7 (10... Qa5 11. Bb4 Qa4 12. f3 Nf6 13. Qe3 Nc6 14.
Nxc6 Qxc6 15. f4 a5 16. Ba3 Bd7 17. Rab1 Rc8 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bf3 Nd5 20. Bxd5
Qxd5 21. Rfd1 Qc6 22. f5 $40 {[%csl Re8] +-,עe8,Del Rio Angelis,S (2495)
-Djuric,S (2489)/Cutro/2002/}) 11. c4 Nc5 12. Qe3 O-O {Kayumov,S (2479)-Kotsur,
P (2586)/Doha/2003/} 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nb5 $1 axb5 15. Bxc5 $36) 10. Qg3 O-O
11. Ba3 d6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Nb3 e5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Rd5 Nd7 16. Rad1 b6 17.
Bc1 Re8 18. Rd6 Kh8 19. Bc4 (19. Rc6 $5 $44) 19... b5 20. Bf1 Nf8 21. Be3 c4
22. h4 Bf5 $15 {Gonzalez de la Torre,S (2352)-Mirzoev,A (2520)/Elgoibar/2005/})
9... d5 (9... Nc5 10. Ba3 d6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Be2 $1
$44 (14. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 dxc5 16. Bxc5 f6 17. Qe3 Kf7 18. Rd6 Rd8 $15 {
Balogh,C (2432)-Anka,E (2462)/Budapest/2002/})) 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Ba3 e5 12.
Qh5 (12. Qe2 exd4 13. Qxe4+ Be6 14. Qxb7 Nd7 15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. Qxa6 Qb6 17. Qa4
Kd8 18. cxd4 Qb5 19. Qa7 Qb6 20. Qa4 Qb5 21. Qa7 Qb6 22. Qa4 {1/2,Gutierrez
Castillo,J (2304)-Urday Caceres,H (2486)/Cali/2000/}) 12... exd4 (12... Qf6 13.
Nb3 Bf5 14. Rad1 Qg6 {Zelcic,R (2500)-Martorelli,A (2255)/Formia/1995/} 15. Qh4
f6 16. Nc5 $36) 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Rxe4 Qf6 15. Rae1 Kd8 16. Rxd4+ Nd7 17. Qc5
$44) 7... Nd5 (7... Qa5 $2 8. exf6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxc3+ 10. Qd2 $1 Qxa1 11. O-O
Nc6 12. c3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxa2 14. fxg7 Rg8 15. Bg5 d5 16. Qf6 Kd7 17. Qxf7+ Kc6
18. Qxg8 {Loef,D (2175)-Stoeckl,N (2106)/Schwarzach/2002/}) (7... Ne4 8. O-O $5
(8. Qd3 Qa5 9. O-O (9. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxa1+ 12. Bd1 Nc6 13.
Nxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Rb8 $1 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Bh6 Qxe5 17. Bf4 Qb2 18. Qg3 Rb5 $19 {
Jolly,J (2369)-Genov,P (2437)/Guingamp/2011/}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rb1
Nc6 (11... Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qd3 O-O (13... Qxe5 14. Bb2 $44) 14. f4 $44 {
()}) 12. Nxc6 dxc6 (12... bxc6 13. f4 Bb4 14. f5 g6 15. fxe6 dxe6 16. Bh6 Bf8
17. Qf3 Qc7 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Kh1 Rb8 20. Bxa6 {1-0,Ward,R-Higgs/corr/1984/}) 13.
f4 O-O 14. Rd1 $1 $44 (14. Rf3 Bb4 15. Rxb4 Qxb4 16. Ba3 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Rd8 $17 {
Heuer,V (2200)-Poutiainen,P (2430)/Tallinn/1977/})) 8... Nxc3 {leads to the
game position.}) 8. O-O $1 {[%mdl 512] Even now White sacrifices, and it won't
be just a P. Otherwise he risks running into a strategically inferior position:
} (8. Bd2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Bd3 (10. O-O d6 11. Bf4 (11. exd6 Qxd6 12. f4
Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Rb1 O-O 16. Qe1 Rb8 $15 {Hendriks,T-Doggers,
P (2189)/Vlissingen/2003/}) 11... dxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Qh5 Rf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Rad1 Qf8 18. Bd4 Qf7 19. Qe2 Nf8 20. Rfe1 Be6 $17
{Asrian,K (2566)-Yegiazarian,A (2527)/Yerevan/2000/}) 10... d6 11. f4 Qc7 12.
Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 Bf8 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Qh4 Bg7 16. O-O Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Rf3
Qc5+ (18... O-O $15) 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. f5 $5 exf5 21. Re1+ Be6 22. Bc4 O-O 23.
Rxe6 {1/2,Kotronias,V (2510)-Gheorghiu,F (2500)/Kavala/1990/} fxe6 24. Bxe6+
Rf7 $1 25. Rd3 Re8 $15) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 (9... Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Qd3
Bg5 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. f4 Qe7 14. f5 (14. c4 $14 {/\} d6 $2 15. Qa3 Rd8 16. Nb5)
14... f6 15. Qh3 (15. Qe4 $5) 15... Nc6 16. fxe6 $6 (16. exf6 $13) 16... Nxe5
17. Bd3 Nxd3 18. exd7 Bxd7 19. Qxd3 Rfe8 20. Rf3 Rac8 21. Rg3 Rc5 22. Rd1 Re5
23. h3 Re3 24. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 h6 26. Qc4+ Kh7 $36 27. Rf1 $2 Bxh3 28. gxh3
Qxh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qh4+ 33. Kg1 Re3 34. Rf2
Re1+ 35. Rf1 Re3 36. Rf2 Re1+ 37. Rf1 Qg3+ 38. Kh1 {Negi,P (2621)-Muzychuk,A 
(2523)/Wijk aan Zee/2010/} b5 $1 $19) 10. Ba3 $5 {Throws in the exchange and
Increases the tension by trapping the K in the [+].} (10. Rb1 Qc7 ({Critical is
} 10... Nc6 $142 $1 11. Nxc6 dxc6 $13) 11. Rb3 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O $2 (12... Nc6
13. Qg4 Qxe5 14. Bb2 $36) 13. Rh3 $40 Qd8 14. Bd3 g6 15. Bh6 Nc6 16. Qe3 b5 {
Zelic,M-Jerkovic,B/Bela Crkva/1983/} 17. Bg7 $1 $18) 10... Qa5 (10... Bxa1 11.
Qxa1 $44 {-> is less flexible}) 11. Bd6 Nc6 (11... Bb4 12. Nf3 (12. Nb3 Qb6 13.
Nd2 $1 $40) 12... Nc6 13. Rb1 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qd8 15. c4 Qe7 16. c5 f6 17. Rb6
fxe5 18. Bd3 Qxd6 19. cxd6 O-O 20. Be4 a5 21. a4 $16 {[%csl Rc8]
Anagnostopoulos,D (2495)-Tringov,G (2405)/Athens/1997/ Although Black managed
to save the game, it's highly unlikely anybody would voluntarily repeat this
line with the incarcerated Bc8.}) 12. Nxc6 {Makes it easier for the Bc8.
Interesting, but what is hardly fully clear is} (12. Nb3 Qd8 13. f4 Bxa1 14.
Qxa1 b6 $5 $13 (14... Ne7 15. Nd4 O-O 16. Bf3 Re8 17. c4 $44)) 12... dxc6 13.
f4 Bxa1 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Accepting the offered exchange is admittedly risky,
but otherwise the price for which Black suffers is too small.} (13... Bb4 14.
Qd4 Bxd6 15. exd6 f6 16. c4 c5 17. Qd3 Bd7 18. Bh5+ Kf8 (18... Kd8 $142 $16)
19. f5 $1 exf5 20. Rae1 g6 21. Re7 Bc6 22. Qe3 h6 23. Qe6 {1-0,Civric,Z (2206)
-Mikavica,D (2034)/EU-ch Budva/2009/}) 14. Qxa1 Qd2 15. Bd3 Qe3+ 16. Kh1 Bd7
17. Qb2 (17. Rf3 Qb6 $13 {[%cal Yc6c5,Yd7c6] /\c5, Bc6} (17... Qd2 $6 18. Qb1
$36 {[%cal Rb1b7,Rd6b4]})) 17... b5 ({The K has to stay in the [+]:} 17...
O-O-O $2 18. Bxa6 $1 Qa7 19. Qxb7+ $1 Qxb7 20. Rb1 Be8 (20... Qxa6 21. Rb8#)
21. Bxb7+ Kd7 22. Rb6 $18) 18. a4 Rc8 19. f5 exf5 $6 {Until now Black defended
well, but here he prematurely tries to resolve the tension. The text move is
extremely risky and possibly connected with a miscalculation.} (19... Qh6 20.
fxe6 Bxe6 21. Qd4 $44) (19... h6 20. Rd1 {/\c4~~}) (19... h5 $5 {[%cal Yh8h6,
Ye6f5] /\Rh6, ef5} 20. axb5 axb5 (20... cxb5 $143 21. Qa3 Qb6 22. Qc1 Rc6 (
22... Qd8 23. f6 $40 {[%csl Rh8] צh8}) 23. Qg5 Rxd6 24. exd6 Qxd6 25. fxe6
Bxe6 26. Qxg7 $36) 21. Qc3 (21. Qa1 exf5 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Bf4 (23. Qxg7 Qh6 $15)
23... Qc5 24. Qxg7 Rf8 $15 {/~~}) 21... h4 (21... exf5 $2 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Bf4
$1 Qb6 24. Qxg7 $40) 22. h3 Rh6 $13) 20. e6 Qxe6 $6 (20... fxe6 $4 21. Qxg7 $18
) ({Vitiugov probably intended to play the text move all along, but it leads
to a difficult position. It seems that Black has more counterchances after} 
20... Bxe6 $5 21. Qxg7 Kd7 22. Bf4 Rcg8 $8 (22... Rhg8 23. Qxg8 $18) (22... Qc5
23. Rd1 $18 {->}) 23. Qc3 (23. Qxg8 $2 Qxd3 $19) (23. Qa1 Qb6 24. Be5 Rxg2 $11
{is similar to 23.Qc3}) (23. Qb2 Qb6 24. Be5 Qe3 25. Bxh8 Rxg2 26. Qe5 $8 Qxe5
27. Bxe5 Bd5 28. c4 $1 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rf2+ (29... Be4 30. Bd3 Rf2+ 31. Kg1 $11)
30. Kg1 (30. Bxd5 Rxf1+ 31. Kg2 Re1 32. Bg3 Ra1 $17) 30... Rg2+ $11) 23... Qb6
(23... Qh3 24. Qd4+ $18) 24. a5 $5 (24. Be5 b4 25. Qa1 Rxg2 (25... f6 26. Bd4
c5 27. Bxf6 Rxg2 28. Kxg2 Rg8+ 29. Kf2 c4+ 30. Bd4 Qd8 31. Bf6 Qb6+ $11) 26.
Kxg2 (26. Bxh8 $2 Rf2 $19) 26... Bd5+ 27. Kh3 Qe3+ 28. Bg3 Qh6+ 29. Bh4 Qe3+
$11 (29... Rg8 $2 30. Bxf5+ Kc7 31. Qe5+ Kb7 32. Rf2 $18)) 24... Qb7 $1 (24...
Qd8 $6 25. Bxf5 $40) 25. Be5 (25. Qc5 Kc8 26. Be5 Rd8 27. Bxh8 Rxh8 28. Bxf5
Qc7 $13 {/<=>}) 25... c5 26. Rf3 (26. Rf2 f6 $1 (26... Rxg2 27. Rxg2 Rg8 28.
Bg3 f4 29. Qd2 $1 $16) 27. Bxf6 Rxg2 28. Rxg2 Rg8 29. Bf1 (29. Qd2 Bd5 30.
Bxf5+ Kc6 31. Bh3 Qf7 32. Kg1 Qxf6 33. Bd7+ (33. Rxg8 Qa1+ 34. Kf2 Qf6+ $11)
33... Kc7 34. Qxd5 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qg7+ 36. Kf2 Qxd7 37. Qxc5+ Qc6 $11) 29...
Bd5 30. Qd2 Ke6 31. Bb2 Qd7 $13 (31... Qc6 32. Kg1 Bxg2 33. Bxg2 Qd6 $132))
26... c4 $142 (26... f6 $6 27. Bxf6 c4 28. Be2 Qe4 29. Rf2 b4 30. Qd2+ Kc7 (
30... Qd5 31. Bxc4 $18) (30... Kc8 31. Qd6 $40) (30... Bd5 $2 31. Bf3 $18) 31.
Qxb4 $5 Bd5 32. Bf1 $40) 27. Bf1 $5 (27. Qd4+ Qd5 28. Qa7+ Ke8 29. Bf6 Qd7 30.
Qxa6 Rg6 31. Bxc4 (31. Bxh8 Bd5 $1 32. Bxf5 Rxa6 33. Bxd7+ Kxd7 34. Rf5 Kc6 35.
Bc3 $11) 31... bxc4 32. Qa8+ Qc8 33. Qxc8+ Bxc8 34. Bxh8 Bb7 35. Rg3 $11) (27.
Be2 Qe4 28. Rd3+ (28. Rf2 b4 $1 29. Qa1 (29. Qd2+ Bd5 {/\} 30. Bxh8 $2 Rxg2 $19
) 29... c3 $15)) 27... Bd5 28. Rf2 Qa8 (28... b4 $6 29. Qd2 c3 30. Qd3 $40) 29.
Rd2 $1 (29. Bxh8 Rxh8 30. Rxf5 Rd8 $132) 29... Ke6 30. Qe3 f6 31. Bc3+ Be4 (
31... Kf7 32. Qd4 Qc6 33. Qxd5+ Qxd5 34. Rxd5 $14 {leads to the same position})
32. Qd4 Qd8 33. Qc5 Bd5 34. Qe3+ Kf7 35. Qa7+ Qe7 36. Qxe7+ Kxe7 37. Rxd5 Ke6
38. Rd2 $13 {/+/=}) 21. Qxg7 Qxd6 22. Qxh8+ Qf8 (22... Ke7 $4 23. Re1+ Be6 24.
Qxc8 $19) 23. Qxh7 $36 {[%mdl 128] Material is equal again and White retains a
lasting attack against Black's exposed K.} Kd8 (23... bxa4 24. Bxf5 Rc7 25.
Re1+ Kd8 26. Qh4+ Kc8 27. Bxd7+ Rxd7 28. Qxa4 $16) (23... Rd8 $5 24. Re1+ (24.
Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Qe7 $132) 24... Be6 25. Bxf5 Rd6 $14) 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 (24...
Rc7 $5 25. Qh4+ (25. Rd1 Kc8 $14) 25... Kc8 26. Bd3 $36) 25. Qxf5 Kc7 26. c4 $1
{[%csl Rc7][%mdl 4096] In a major piece _|_ K safety plays a crucial role -
Giri makes the most of the עc7.} (26. Qxf7+ $6 Qxf7 27. Rxf7+ Kb6 $44 {<=>}) (
26. axb5 axb5 (26... cxb5 27. Qe5+ Kb6 28. Rf6+ Rc6 29. h4 $1 $16) 27. c4 $1
$36) 26... Kb6 (26... bxc4 $2 27. Qe5+ Kb6 28. Rb1+ Ka7 29. Qd4+ Ka8 30. Qb6
$18) 27. Rb1 (27. Qf2+ Kb7 (27... Qc5 $4 28. a5+) 28. axb5 cxb5 29. cxb5 axb5
30. Ra1 Qc5 31. Qxf7+ Rc7 $14) 27... b4 28. a5+ Kc7 (28... Ka7 $142 $5 29. Qf2+
Ka8 (29... c5 30. Rxb4) 30. Qb6 c5 31. Qxa6+ Kb8 $14 {[%csl Gb4] /+/- was more
resilient, the o^b4 promises Black at least some <=>.}) 29. c5 $1 $16 Rb8 (
29... Qe7 30. Qf4+ Kb7 31. Qxb4+ Ka8 32. h3 $18) 30. Qe5+ Kc8 31. Qf5+ Kc7 32.
Qf4+ Kc8 33. Rxb4 Rxb4 (33... Rb5 $5 $16) 34. Qxb4 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Rc8] The
Q_|_ is very tough for Black - both his P and K are vulnerable. White should
gradually win even against the best defence.} Qh6 35. Qc4 Kd8 36. h4 f5 (36...
Qe3 $5 37. Kh2 $16) 37. Qd4+ Kc8 38. Qc4 Kd8 39. Kh2 Ke7 40. Qd4 Qh5 41. Kh3
Qg6 42. Qe3+ (42. Qd6+ $2 Qxd6 43. cxd6+ Kxd6 44. Kg3 Ke5 45. Kf3 c5 46. g3 c4
47. Ke3 Kf6 48. Kd4 Kg6 49. Kxc4 Kh5 $11 {/+/= gives White only practical
chances in a better, but theoretically drawn Q_|_ after} 50. Kc5 Kg4 51. Kb6
Kxg3 52. h5 f4 53. h6 f3 54. h7 f2 55. h8=Q f1=Q) 42... Kd7 43. Qd2+ Ke8 (43...
Kc7 44. Qg5 $18) 44. Qf4 Qf6 (44... Kd7 45. g4 $1 $18) (44... Ke7 45. Qg5+ $18)
45. Qd6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc6] Black must avoid a P_|_ and this costs him the ><c6.
} Qc3+ 46. Kh2 Qxa5 (46... Qc4 {is equally hopeless.} 47. Qe5+ (47. Qxc6+ Ke7
48. g3 Qe2+ (48... Qc2+ 49. Kh3 $18) 49. Qg2 (49. Kh3 Qg4+)) 47... Kd8 48. g3
$5 Qc2+ (48... Qf1 49. Qd6+) 49. Kh3 Qc1 50. Qd6+ $18) 47. Qxc6+ Kf7 (47... Ke7
48. Qb7+ Ke8 (48... Ke6 49. Qb6+) 49. Qc8+ Ke7 50. Qxf5 $18 (50. h5 $5)) 48.
Qd5+ (48. h5 $5 Qe1 49. Qg6+ Ke7 50. Qg5+ $18) (48. Qb7+ $18 {transposes to
the game.}) 48... Kf6 49. Qd6+ Kf7 50. Qd7+ (50. h5 $5 Qb4 (50... Qe1 51. Qg6+
{-48.h5!?}) 51. Qg6+ Ke7 (51... Kf8 52. Qxf5+ $18) 52. Qg5+ Ke6 53. h6 Qxc5 54.
Qg8+ Kd7 55. Qg7+ Kc6 56. h7 Qd6+ 57. g3 Qd2+ 58. Kh3 Qe1 59. Kh4 $18 {was
even quicker, the K comfortably hides from the checks.}) 50... Kf6 51. Qc6+ Kf7
52. Qb7+ Kg8 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54. Qxf5 {[%cal Rh4h5,Rf5g5,Rh4h6] /\h5, Qg5, h6} (
54. Qxf5 Qc7+ 55. g3 a5 56. Qg4+ Kf6 57. Qf3+ Kg7 (57... Ke7 58. Qe4+ Kf6 59.
c6 $18) 58. c6 $18 {/\} a4 59. Qg4+) 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game, by beating Nikita Vitiugov, I just managed to get onto the
+1 situation and even though I was having black in this game and my opponent
was the tournament leader, I did have some small hopes to get into the fight
for the first place. Vor dieser Partie, durch den Sieg über Nikita Vitiugov,
hatte ich es gerade geschafft, in die +1-Situation zu kommen, und obwohl ich
in dieser Partie Schwarz hatte und mein Gegner der Führende im Turnier war,
hegte ich doch etwas Hoffnung, in den Kampf um den ersten Platz einzusteigen.} 
1. e4 {It was no surprise that Hikaru would go again for his beloved 1.e4,
even after his painful loss the day before to Morozevich, which started with 1.
e4 as well. Es war keine Überraschung, dass Hikaru erneut sein geliebtes 1.e4
wählen würde, selbst nach seiner schmerzlichen Niederlage am Vortag gegen
Morozevich, die ebenfalls mit 1.e4 begann.} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Normally speaking
this choice of opening suggests that Black is in a defensive mood, but somehow
I tend to win more and more games with this backhand approach (and obviously
with a bunch of luck...). Normalerweise lässt diese Eröffnungswahl darauf
schließen, dass Schwarz auf Defensive gepolt ist, aber irgendwie neige ich mit
diesem Rückhandaufschlag (und offensichtlich einem Haufen Glück...) dazu, mehr
und mehr Partien zu gewinnen.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {This line has
established itself as kind of main lately. As a result I did spend quite some
time swimming in all the variations that arise and trying to find the best
place to get out of this pool. Dieses Abspiel hat sich in letzter Zeit als
eine Art Hauptpfad etabliert. Daher verbrachte ich doch ganz erhebliche Zeit
damit, in all den entstehenden Varianten zu schwimmen und zu versuchen, den
besten Platz zu finden, aus diesem Becken herauszukommen.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7.
Be3 Nd7 $5 {Till this game I almost exclusively went for long castle (after ...
Nc6). In fact there are two types of Petroff players, once that castle short
and others that castle long. While big guys like Kramnik and Gelfand belong to
the first category, I previously belonged to the second, accompanied by
Chinese experts, Wang Yue and Li Chao. Usually my 'team' made draws after some
suffering and Kramnik with Gelfand were having more exciting times, but got
occasionally mated. After having carefully checked that Black is not getting
mated (at least not by force), I decided to try to play with the fire as well.
Bis zu dieser Partie entschied ich mich fast ausschließlich für die lange
Rochade (nach ...Nc6). Es gibt nämlich zwei Typen von Russisch-Spielern, jene,
die kurz rochieren und andere, die lang rochieren. Während schwere Jungs wie
Kramnik und Gelfand der ersten Kategorie angehören, war ich bis dato Mitglied
der zweiten, gemeinsam mit den chinesischen Experten Wang Yue und Li Chao.
Gewöhnlich schaffte mein 'Team' nach einigem Leiden Remisen, während Kramnik
und Gelfand aufregendere Zeiten hatten, aber gelegentlich auch mattgesetzt
wurden. Nachdem ich sorgsam gecheckt hatte, dass Schwarz nicht mattgesetzt
wird (zumindest nicht forciert), beschloss ich, ebenfalls mit dem Feuer zu
spielen.} 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 Re8 11. Bd3 d5 $5 {A new move and a
new idea. Previously Black has played ...Qa5 and ...Nf6, both of them were
played by noone less than Kramnik, but after both of them, Black didn't fully
solve his problems it seemed to me. I decided to wait with deciding where to
put my knight, as besides f6 it has interesting career on c5 as well as on f8.
Ein neuer Zug und eine neue Idee. Zuvor wurde von Schwarz ...Qa5 und ...Nf6
gespielt, beides von keinem Geringeren als Kramnik, doch mir schien, dass der
Nachziehende nach beiden Fortsetzungen seine Probleme nicht vollständig lösen
konnte. Ich beschloss, mit der Entscheidung zu warten, wohin mein Springer
ziehen soll, da er neben c5 auch auf c5 sowie f8 eine interessante Karriere
hat.} 12. Ng5 $6 {Hikaru decided that there is no difference and that he can
mate me by the usual scheme. Obviously now I use the flexibility of my knight
- Hikaru entschied, dass es keinen Unterschied macht und er mich mit dem
üblichen Schema mattsetzen kann. Natürlich nutze ich jetzt die Flexibilität
meines Springers -} Nf8 $1 13. h5 {I would prefer Kb1, but this is possible
too. Ich würde Kb1 bevorzugen, aber dies ist auch möglich.} Bf6 ({After Nach} 
13... h6 14. Nf3 {Black can't fully block White and thus is in some danger of
getting under either g4 or maybe even some Bxh6. kann Schwarz Weiß nicht
vollständige blockieren und schwebt damit in einiger Gefahr, entweder in g4
oder vielleicht sogar Bxh6 zu laufen.} Ne6 $6 15. g4 Ng5 $2 {fails to
scheitert an} 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. f4 $1) 14. Nf3 {Now it seems that Black has
won 2 tempi. Strictly speaking White can afford it, but he can definetely
forget about fighting for advantage this way. Nun scheint es so, dass Schwarz
zwei Tempi gewonnen hat. Streng genommen kann sich Weiß das erlauben, aber er
kann auf dieses Weise definitiv vergessen, um Vorteil zu kämpfen.} Bg4 {
Black is developping pretty harmoniously. Schwarz entwickelt sich ziemlich
harmonisch.} 15. Rde1 {A normal move, played quickly by Hikaru, but I would
prefer a more ambitious Rdg1!?. Ein normaler Zug, von Hikaru schnell gespielt,
allerdings würde ich das ehrgeizigere Rdg1!? bevorzugen.} (15. Rdg1 $5 {
Here Black lacks a clear idea in fact, so I was even thinking about ...Rc8, ...
c5 or even moves like ...b5, ...a5 which don't have a clear threat yet, but
may produce some sweat of your opponent. Hier mangelt es Schwarz im Grunde an
einer klaren Idee, daher dachte ich an ...Rc8, ...c5 oder gar Züge wie ...b5, .
..a5 , welche noch keine klare Drohung haben, aber vielleicht den Gegner ein
wenig zum Schwitzen bringen.} Bxf3 {however is not so good here as however is
not so good here as} (15... Rc8 $5) (15... b5 $5) 16. gxf3 {leads to a better
version for White. leads to a better version for White.}) 15... Bxf3 {I wanted
to create some weaknesses, as I felt that I can maybe already try to show some
ambitions of my own, thanks to my solid centre and pretty safe king, thanks to
bishop on f6 and knight on f8(e6). Ich wollte ein paar Schwächen schaffen, da
ich fühlte, dass ich vielleicht bereits versuchen kann, eigene Ambitionen zu
zeigen, dank meines soliden Zentrums und des ziemlich sicheren Königs, des
Läufers auf f6 und des Springers auf f8(e6).} 16. gxf3 {Played after 5 minutes,
so a draw offer that followed was no surprise. Nach 5 Minuten gespielt, daher
war das anschließende Remisangebot keine Überraschung.} Ne6 {I took some 10-15
minutes to make sure I am absolutely safe here and to annoy Hikaru a bit, as
for 10-15 minutes he was in an uncertain state :-). Ich nahm mir etwa 10-15
Minuten, um mich zu vergewissern, dass ich hier absolut sicher stehe, und um
Hikaru ein wenig zu ärgern, da er 10-15 Minuten lang im Ungewissen blieb :-).}
17. f4 $6 {A very ugly move to me, played with a visible confidence. Hikaru
was probably trying to regain that psychological advantage that he had given
me one move ago by offering a draw. Ein für mich potthässlicher Zug, mit
erkennbarer Zuversicht gespielt. Hikaru versuchte wahrscheinlich, den
psychologischen Vorteil zurückzuerobern, den er mir einen Zug zuvor durch das
Remisangebot verschafft hatte.} (17. Kb1 {was better. I can't imagine Black
can be any better here objectively, even though the game is complex. war
stärker. Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass Schwarz hier objektiv irgendwie
besser stehen kann, obwohl die Partie komplex ist.}) (17. h6 {was an improved
way to play Hikaru's idea, which in itself was not bad. war eine verbesserte
Umsetzung für Hikarus Idee, welche an sich nicht schlecht war.} g6 18. f4 {
and after f5 White will get rid of his doubled pawns. und nach f5 wird Weiß
seinen Doppelbauern los.} Qd6 19. f5 Nc5 {and it should be level, as Black has
a pretty safe king. und es sollte ausgeglichen sein, da Schwarz einen ziemlich
sicheren König hat.}) 17... h6 $1 {I was happy to play this move, which is
only possible once white closes the c1-h6 diagonal. The point is that after f5
I always have the weird, but very effective blocking ...Ng5. Ich war glücklich,
diesen Zug zu machen, der erst möglich ist, nachdem Weiß die Daigonale c1-h6
schließt. Die Pointe lautet, dass ich nach f5 immer den seltsamen, aber hoch
wirkamen Blockadezug ...Ng5 habe.} 18. a3 {Hikaru was worried about ...Qa5
followed by ...d4, but it anyway wasn't my intention as I thought that it
would lead to a dead equality and I was already trying to be more ambitious.
Hikaru sorgte sich wegen ...Qa5 nebst ...d4, doch dies war sowieso nicht meine
Absicht, da ich meinte, dass es zu totem Ausgleich führen würde, und ich
bereits versuchte, ehrgeiziger zu sein.} Qa5 {It took me some time to realize
that this move is good, as the previous move kind of anticipates it. In fact
White should probably anyway play Kb1, I thought, so it wouldn't matter. Ich
brauchte einige Zeit, um zu begreifen, dass diese Fortsetzung gut ist, da der
vorangegangene Zug sie ja sozusagen antizipiert. Tatsächlich sollte Weiß
vermutlich trotzdem Kb1 spielten, dachte ich, daher würde es nichts ausmachen.}
19. Qd1 {I was getting more and more happy with each move by this point, but
White is still solid enough. An diesem Punkt wurde ich mit jedem Zug
zufriedener, aber Weiß steht noch immer solide genug.} Nc5 (19... c5 $5 {
was another way to start something that could turn into an attack. war ein
weiterer Weg, etwas zu beginnen, woraus ein Angriff werden könnte.}) 20. Bf5 $5
{Played after a long think. At first I thought it was too optimistic, but
after a long think, I realized that it's not so simple. Nach langem Nachdenken
gespielt. Zuerst dachte ich, dass es zu optimistisch wäre, aber nach einigem
Brüten stellte ich fest, dass es nicht so einfach ist.} (20. Rhg1 {was another
option as after war eine weitere Möglichkeit, da ich nach} Na4 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22.
cxd4 Qb6 23. b3 Nc3 24. Qd2 {I can't win the pawn due to the Bh7+ trick. nicht
den Bauern gewinnen kann wegen des Tricks Bh7+.}) 20... Na4 21. Qd3 (21. Bd4 $5
{was practically a genius move as ...Qb5 transposes to a position discussed
later on. war praktisch ein Geniezug, da ...Qb5 zu einer Stellung führt, die
später erörtert wird.}) 21... Nc5 $5 {I think it was a right decision not to
grab the pawn. Obviously we both saw the Nxc3!? trick and even though I had
calculated all the lines pretty carefully, I just didn't trust it and decided
that with the time I have, which was less than 20 minutes for 20 moves, I
would be better off with a small but a stable edge. Ich denke, es war eine
richtige Entscheidung, den Bauern nicht zu schnappen. Natürlich sahen wir
beide den Trick Nxc3!?, und obwohl ich alle Abspiele ziemlich sorgsam
berechnet hatte, traute ich dem Braten einfach nicht und beschloss, dass ich
bei der Zeit, die ich habe, sprich weniger als 20 Minuten für 20 Züge, mit
einem geringen, aber stabilen Plus besser fahren würde.} (21... Nxc3 $1 {
obviously was the first move that came to my mind- war offensichtlich der
erste Zug, der mir in den Sinn kam -} 22. Bd2 $1 (22. bxc3 Bxc3 23. Kd1 d4 $1 {
just wins, as the bishop on f5 is also under attack after Bd2. gewinnt einfach,
da nach Bd2 auch der Läufer auf f5 angegriffen ist.}) 22... d4 $1 {Initially I
stopped here, but after a long think I realized that after for example
Ursprünglich stoppte ich hier, aber nach langem Nachdenken wurde mir klar,
dass nach beispielsweise} 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Re1 Rd8 {the position is close to
a mutual zugzwang, as Black has no threat. While I did realize that it should
be to my advantage I was worried that there is some strange idea that I could
be missing, so I decided to play it safe. die Stellung beiderseitigem Zugzwang
nahekommt, da Schwarz keine Drohung hat. Zwar verstand ich durchaus, dass dies
zu meinem Vorteil sein sollte, doch war ich besorgt, dass es irgendeine
seltsame Idee gibt, die ich vielleicht übersehe, daher beschloss ich, auf
Nummer sicher zu gehen.} 25. Re5 $5 {worried me for a while, but after machte
mir eine Zeitlang Sorge, doch nach} Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rd5 $1 {which I saw, Black
should be on top. He will probably lose the knight eventually, but he will
have too many pawns. , was ich sah, sollte Schwarz obenauf sein. Er wird
vermutlich am Ende den Springer verlieren, aber zu viele Bauern haben.}) 22.
Qd1 Qb5 $6 {During and shortly after the game I thought it was strong, but
after analyzing it carefully, things seemed 'a bit' different (as usual).
Während und kurz nach der Partie hielt ich dies für stark, doch nach
sorgfältiger Analyse sahen die Dinge 'ein bisschen' anders aus (wie üblich).} (
22... Ne4 {was also a good option, but I missed that after war ebenfalls eine
gute Möglichkeit, doch ich übersah, dass ich nach} 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 {
I have a very strong das bärenstarke} Qc7 $1 {habe.}) 23. Qe2 $6 {The only
move I had expected, but there was an evil trap, which we both missed. Even my
coolhearted Houdini takes a while to find the way for White. Der einzige Zug,
den ich erwartet hatte, es gab jedoch eine böse Falle, die wir beide übersahen.
Selbst mein kaltherziger Houdini braucht eine Weile, um den Weg für Weiß zu
finden.} (23. Bd4 $3 {- a trully genius idea, that we obviously missed - -
eine wahrlich geniale Idee, die wir offenkundig übersahen -} Na4 $2 24. b3 Nxc3
25. Bxf6 $3 {I can forgive myself for missing this one... Ich kann mir
verzeihen, dies nicht gesehen zu haben...} Nxd1 26. Reg1 {and being a queen
down White is just mating by force - und mit einer Dame weniger setzt Weiß
einfach forciert matt -} Kf8 27. Rxg7 Re6 {- otherwise Rh7 - - sonst Rh7 -} 28.
Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rhg1 {followed by Be5 and mate. To my defence I can say that 23..
.Bxd4! would equalize. nebst Be5 und Matt.  Zu meiner Verteidigung kann ich
sagen, dass 23...Bxd4! ausgleichen würde.}) (23. Bd3 {was suggested by Hikaru
after the game as a lesser evil. Maybe, but after wurde von Hikaru nach der
Partie als geringeres Übel vorgeschlagen. Mag sein, aber nach} Nxd3+ 24. Qxd3
Qxd3 25. cxd3 {Black still has a very pleasant endgame ahead of him. hat
Schwarz trotzdem ein sehr angenehmes Endspiel vor sich.}) 23... Qa4 {As I
missed the 24...Qc7! idea after 22...Ne4, I thought this was a nice way to
avoid Bd4. Da ich die Idee 24...Qc7! nach 22...Ne4 übersehen hatte, hielt ich
dies für eine schöne Methode, Bd4 zu vermeiden.} 24. Qd1 {Not needed it seems,
but the move I expected. Offenbar nicht nötig, aber der Zug, den ich erwartet
hatte.} (24. Rhg1 {was stronger, as after war stärker, da nach} Ne4 25. Qg4 {
Black can't take on c3 due to Bd3 followed by Qf5. A more solid move would
keep the position around equal, since compared to the position in the game,
White does have some ideas connected to the attack on the kingside. Schwarz
nicht auf c3 nehmen kann wegen Bd3 nebst Qf5. Ein soliderer Zug würde die
Stellung etwa im Gleichgewicht halten, da im Vergleich zu der Partiestellung
Weiß doch einige Ideen in Verbindung mit dem Angriff am Königsflügel hat.})
24... Ne4 {Now Black gets a small but stable advantage. Nun erhält Schwarz
einen geringen, aber stabilen Vorteil.} 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Rhg1 (26. f3 {
would be strong, with idea Bd4 if Black drops the rook, but it fails to mit
der Idee Bd4 wäre stark, falls Schwarz den Turm wegzieht, scheitert aber an}
Rxe3 $1 27. Rxe3 Qxf4 28. Qd2 (28. Rhe1 d4 $1) 28... Bg5 29. Rhe1 Qf5 {winning
back the exchange, ending up with a pawn more. mit Rückgewinn der Qualität,
wonach Schwarz am Ende einen Bauern mehr behält.}) 26... Rae8 27. Rg3 {Hikaru
tries to annoy me a bit on the kingside, but now Black is already solid enough.
Hikaru versucht, mich ein wenig am Königsflügel zu ärgern, aber jetzt steht
Schwarz bereits solide genug.} Kh8 28. Reg1 Qc4 $1 29. Kb1 c5 $1 {Just in time.
Now White should be careful already, as Black is ready to start some action.
Gerade rechtzeitig. Jetzt sollte Weiß bereits aufpassen, da Schwarz bereit
steht, irgendwelche Aktionen zu starten.} 30. Qd3 {Agreeing to his faith. Now
it's clear White is just hoping to suffer and survive. Fügt sich in sein
Schicksal. Jetzt ist klar, dass Weiß einfach hofft, zu leiden und zu überleben.
} (30. Qf3 $5 {was too risky, but at least it stops d4. war zu riskant,
verhindert aber immerhin ...d4.} R4e6 (30... d4 $2 31. Qg2 $1) (30... Qb5 $5
31. Qg2 Rg8 32. Bc1) 31. Qg2 Rb6 32. Bc1 Rg8 {and in view of ...d4 White is
not in time with his tricks, which could start after f5. und angesichts von ...
d4 kommt Weiß nicht rechtzeitig mit seinen Tricks, die nach f5 beginnen
könnten.}) 30... b6 31. Qxc4 {It was maybe more precise to play Rd1 first, but
then maybe Hikaru was worried that I will not change queens anymore.
Vielleicht war es genauer, erst Rd1 zu spielen, aber andererseits hatte Hikaru
vielleicht sorge, dass ich dann die Damen nicht mehr tausche.} (31. Rd1 $5 Qa4
$5) 31... Rxc4 $1 {It's better to keep the d5-d4 resource. Es ist besser, sich
die Ressource d5-d4 zu bewahren.} 32. Rd1 {Probably realizing that d5-d4
followed by ...Re2 would be too much to bare, Nakamura chose to force me to
sac an exchange in hope that the arising position will by miracle be holdable.
Vermutlich in der Erkenntnis, dass d5-d4 nebst ...Re2 nicht zu ertragen wäre,
entschied sich Nakamura dafür, mich zu einem Qualitätsopfer zu zwingen, in der
Hoffnung, dass die entstehende Stellung wie durch ein Wunder haltbar sein wird.
} d4 $1 {I saw no reason to refrain from the sequence. Ich sah keinen Grund,
von der Sequenz Abstand zu nehmen.} 33. cxd4 cxd4 34. b3 dxe3 $1 35. bxc4 exf2
36. Rf3 (36. Rh3 {is another way to stop the pawn, but after ist ein anderer
Weg, den Bauern aufzuhalten, doch nach} Re1 37. Rh1 Bh4 $1 38. f5 g5 $1 {
White is absolutely lost as well. ist Weiß ebenfalls absolut verloren.}) 36...
Re1 37. Kc1 Bd4 38. c3 Be3+ 39. Kc2 f5 $1 {Now it's clear that eventually
Black will play g6 and the h-pawn will distract White from the f-pawn. Nun ist
klar, dass Schwarz am Ende ...g6 spielen und der h-Bauer Weiß von dem f-Bauern
ablenken wird.} 40. a4 a5 41. c5 Bxc5 {...and the Petroff defense won again. ..
.und die Russische Verteidigung gewann erneut.} 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. h3
Ba7 9. Kh2 Be6 10. Nd5 Bd7 11. b3 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. d4 Nf5 14. Bb2 Re8 15.
Rc1 Rc8 16. a4 a5 17. Qd2 Bb6 18. Rc2 Qg5 19. Qd3 Qg6 20. Rd1 Rcd8 21. e4 Nxd4
22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 c5 25. dxc6 Bxc6 26. Rc4 Qh5 27. Qd2 h6
28. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 {
Rather harmless.} (7. e4 {is the main theoretical line.}) 7... Nb6 (7... e6 8.
e4 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nb6 10. Qd3 Nh5 11. Bg3 Bd6 $11 {1/2 Mamedyarov,S (2733)-Le
Quang Liem (2714)/Beijing CHN 2011/The Week in Chess 894 (35)}) (7... Bxf3 8.
gxf3 g6 9. Rd1 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. Qb3 Nh5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. e5 Kh8 14. Ne4 f6
$132 {0-1 Gonzales,J (2435)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2619)/Manila 2010/CBM 138 Extra (17)
}) 8. Qd3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nfd5 10. Be5 $6 {This move leads to material or
positional losses.} (10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 $11) 10... f6 (10... Nb4 $5 {
may be more accurate. If} 11. Qe4 {then anyway} f6) 11. Bg3 (11. Nxd5 $5 Qxd5
12. Bc7 (12. Bg3 Rd8) 12... e6 13. Bh3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. O-O-O $11) 11...
Nb4 12. Qb1 Qxd4 13. Bh3 e5 14. O-O Be7 15. Rd1 Qc4 16. e3 (16. a3 Na6 17. Bf5
g6 18. Bd3 Qe6 19. Bxa6 bxa6 {doesn't solve White's problems.}) 16... Qf7 {
Black has kept a healthy extra pawn.} 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 O-O 19. a3 N4d5 20.
Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bg3 f5 22. e4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Nf6 24. Qe5 Kh8 25. Re1 (25. Be6 Qg6
26. Bf5 Qh5 $1 27. Qxe7 Qxf5 28. Qxb7 Ne4 $36 {[%csl Rg1]} 29. Qxc6 $140 $2
Rac8 30. Qd5 Nxg3 31. fxg3 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Rc2 $19) 25... Bd8 26. Be6 Qg6 27. Qf5
Qxf5 28. Bxf5 Nd5 29. Be4 Bf6 30. Re2 Nb6 31. Rc1 Rfe8 32. f3 a5 33. b4 $6 {
White unnecessarily yields the a-file to Black.} (33. Kf1 {was more stubborn.})
33... axb4 34. axb4 Nd5 35. Be1 Nf4 $6 (35... Nc7 $142 {stopping b4-b5.}) 36.
Rec2 Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Ng5 38. Re2 (38. b5 Nxe4 39. bxc6 $1 (39. fxe4 $143 cxb5) {
was White's last chance to put Black's victory in doubt:} 39... Nd6 (39... bxc6
40. fxe4 Rxe4 41. Rxc6) (39... Bg5 $5 40. cxb7 Rab8 41. Rd1 Nf6 42. Rc7) 40.
Bb4 Be5 41. Bxd6 Bxd6 42. cxb7 Rab8 43. Rd1 Be7 44. Rd7 {keeping drawing
chances in all cases.}) 38... Nxe4 39. fxe4 Rad8 40. b5 cxb5 41. Rb1 Rd5 42.
Bg3 (42. exd5 Rxe2+ 43. Kf3 Re5) 42... Rc5 43. Bd6 Rg5+ 44. Kf3 Re6 45. Bf4 Rc5
46. e5 g5 47. exf6 Rxf6 48. Re7 Rxf4+ 49. Kg2 Rg4+ 50. Kf3 Rh4 51. Rd1 Rc8 52.
Kg3 b6 53. Rb7 Rb4 54. Rxb6 Rc7 55. h4 gxh4+ 56. Kh3 Kg7 57. Rd3 Kf7 58. Re3
Kg7 59. Rf3 Rf7 60. Rd3 Rf6 61. Rb8 Rc6 62. Rf3 Kh6 63. Rb7 Kg6 64. Rb8 Rc5 65.
Rg8+ Kh5 66. Rg7 h6 67. Rg1 Rd4 68. Kh2 b4 69. Rg8 Rc2+ 70. Kh3 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 e6 12. O-O exd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. h3 h4 15. Nh1
b5 16. Bg5 b4 17. Nb1 c4 18. Bxh4 Re8 19. f4 Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Qxd3 Rxe4
22. Nd2 Re8 23. Ng3 Qb6+ 24. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 $1 {Das ist die richtige Spielweise. In der
Hauptalternative 3...Nf6 steht Weiß etwas angenehmer.} (3... Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5.
Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O $14 {
Die Stellung ist sicherlich spielbar, doch es ist klar, dass Weiß
strategischen Vorteil besitzt.}) 4. exd5 Qxd5 {Die Variante 4...exd5 scheint
sehr solide zu sein.} (4... exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 (5... a6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Ba7
8. Bd3 Qe7+ 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 $14) 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Bg4 $132 {Schwarz hat eine gute Stellung.})
5. dxc5 $5 {Das ist eine relative neue Idee, die seit kurzem in die Praxis
eingeführt wurde. Seit Jahrzehnten hat man fast ausschließlich 5.Ngf3 gespielt.
} (5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 (10.
Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Bb3 Bc5 $11) 10... a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12.
Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 $132 {
Mit langen Varianten, die bis zum Ende analysiert wurden, und das Ergebnis ist
ganz typisch - Remis.}) 5... Qxc5 {Unklar, warum man mit der Dame nehmen muss,
wenn man mit Bxc5 gleich auch noch den Läufer entwickelt.} (5... Bxc5 6. Ngf3
Nf6 7. Bc4 (7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. b3 Ng4 10. O-O Nde5 $11) 7... Qd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nd7 $11) 6. Ne4 {Das wurde bis jetzt nur
zwei Mal gespielt. Öfters sah man 6.Ngf3, was aber auch keinen Vorteil brachte.
} (6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Ne4 Qc7 $11) 6... Qb4+ {
Das sieht logisch aus, Schwarz zwingt den weißen Springer zurückzugehen.} 7.
Nc3 Nf6 8. a3 $5 {Neue Idee.} (8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. a3 Qd6 10. Nf3 Nc5 11. Bb5+ Bd7
12. Qe2 a6 13. Bc4 Qc7 14. O-O Bd6 $11 {Timofeev - Morozevich (Taganrog, 2011)}
) (8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nc5 12. a3 Qb6 13. Be3 Qc7 14.
Nb5 Qd8 15. Bf1 Bd7 16. Nbd4 Qc7 $11 {Gorbatov - Ni Hua (Moscow, 2012)}) 8...
Qa5 {Hier kann die Dame nicht nach d6 gehen.} (8... Qd6 9. Qxd6 Bxd6 10. Nb5 $1
Ke7 11. Nxd6 Kxd6 12. Bf4+ $16 {Den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer sollte Schwarz
niemals ohne Grund aufgeben.}) 9. Bd3 a6 {Das sieht wie Zeitverlust aus. Es
ist besser zuerst die Figuren zu entwickeln.} (9... Be7 10. Nf3 (10. Bf4 Nd5 $1
11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Qb6 14. Nxd5 exd5 $11 {Schwarz hat einen sehr
guten Isolani, weil er die Kontrolle über das Feld d4 hat.}) 10... Nc6 11. O-O
O-O $11) 10. Bf4 Nbd7 (10... e5 $5 11. Bd2 $1 (11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Bd2
O-O-O $1 $11) 11... Nc6 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. O-O Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 O-O 16.
Bc3 $14) 11. Nf3 Nh5 {Schwarz hat den richtigen Weg verloren. Er macht Züge
die keinen strategischen Sinn haben.} (11... Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 $14 {
Weiß steht besser, aber die Stellung ist immer noch durchaus spielbar.}) 12. b4
$1 {Weiß nimmt das Feld c5 unter Kontrolle und kann bei Gelegenheit mit seinen
Bauern weiter marschieren.} Qd8 13. Be3 Be7 (13... Qc7 14. Qd2 Be7 15. O-O Bf6
16. Nd4 $16) 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne4 {Nun will Weiß c4-c5 spielen.} a5 16. Rb1 $6 {
Es ist fraglich, ob die Aufgabe der a-Linie gut sein kann.} (16. Qd2 f5 17. Ng3
Nxg3 18. hxg3 $16) 16... axb4 17. axb4 Qc7 $2 {Wie kann man mit dem Springer
auf h5 spielen?} (17... Nhf6 $1 {Der Springer muss zurück!} 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $14
{und schon ist die Stellung fast ausgeglichen.}) 18. Nd4 (18. Qd2 $5 Nhf6 19.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. c4 $36) 18... g6 (18... Nf4 $5 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Ned6
Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Ne5 22. Qd4 f6 $13) 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. c4 (20. Qd2 $5 f5 21. Bg5 $1
Ndf6 (21... fxe4 22. Bxe7 exd3 23. Bd6 $1 $18) 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24.
Ra1 $14) 20... f5 (20... Rd8 $5 21. Qc2 f5 22. Nec3 Nf4 23. Be2 $14 {und Weiß
hat auch Vorteil.}) 21. Nec3 (21. Ng3 $2 f4 22. Nxh5 fxe3 23. Ng3 exf2+ 24.
Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qf4+ 26. Kg1 Ra2 $17 {Plötzlich sind alle schwarzen Figuren
im Spiel.}) 21... b6 22. Be2 Ndf6 (22... Nhf6 23. Nd4 $1 Ne5 24. h3 $1 $14 {
/\f4-Nc6}) 23. Nd4 Bd7 (23... Bd6 $5 24. h3 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Bf4 26. Nc6 Qc7 27.
Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Bf3 Bb7 29. Nb5 Qg7 30. Qd6 $14) 24. Bf3 Qc7 $5 {Schwarz steht
schon ziemlich schlecht.} (24... Ra7 25. c5 $1 f4 26. Bd2 e5 27. Ndb5 $18) 25.
Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Nf3 (26. Qf3 $5 Rd8 27. Rfc1 $16 {und Weiß steht eigentlich
schon auf Gewinn, obwohl er genau spielen muss.}) 26... Qxc4 27. Qd4 (27. Ne5
Qxc3 28. Nxd7 Rd8 29. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {Der furchtbare Springer kommt zurück und
Schwarz hat etwas Kompensation.} 30. Qa4 Nd5 $44) 27... Qxd4 28. Bxd4 Rc8 {
Der Springer kann immer noch nicht ins Spiel gebracht werden.} (28... Nf4 $5
29. Ne5 Be8 30. Bxb6 Rb8 31. Be3 Rxb4 (31... N4d5 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Bc5 Bf6 34.
Rfe1 $18) 32. Bxf4 (32. Rxb4 Bxb4 33. Na2 Ne2+ 34. Kh1 Bd6 $14) 32... Rxf4 33.
Rb6 $16) 29. g3 $1 {Coole Entscheidung! Weiß braucht sich nicht zu beeilen, er
begrenzt den Springer h5 und bereitet sein Spiel vor.} b5 30. Ne5 Be8 31. Rfc1
$1 {Die Idee ein Paar Türme zu tauschen ist sehr stark - danach wird der
zweite weiße Turm auf die 7. oder 8. Reihe entscheidend eindringen.} g5 32. Kg2
Kf8 33. Ne2 Ra8 34. Bc5 {Die Stellung ist nun total verloren für Schwarz.} Nd7
35. Bxe7+ Kxe7 36. Nc6+ Kd6 37. Ned4 {Der Springer hat es bis zum Ende der
Partie nicht geschafft vom Brettrand wegzukommen.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Die Drachenvariante kommt
heute wieder öfter in der Praxis vor.} 6. Be3 {Weiß wählt die Hauptvariante,
was eindeutig richtig ist.} (6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nde2 Bd7 10. h3
Rc8 $132) (6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 $132) 6... Bg7 7. f3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 {Wieder die Hauptvariante. Hier gibt es jedoch auch eine
gute Alternative für Weiß, nämlich 9.0-0-0:} (9. O-O-O $5 d5 $1 {Schwarz muss
den Bauer opfern, in anderen Varianten steht er schlechter.} (9... Nxd4 10.
Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7 {Schwarz muss Zeit verlieren.} (11... Qa5 12. Nd5 Qxd2 13.
Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Rxd2 Rfe8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 $16) 12. h4 Rfc8 13. g4 Qa5 14.
Qg5 $1 $14) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 $1 {Weiss sollte den Opfer
nicht annehmen.} (12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qc5 (14. Qxa8 Bf5 15. Qxf8+
Kxf8 $36) 14... Qb7 15. Qa3 Bf5 $44) 12... e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 $1 {Wieder
soll Weiß nicht nach Material streben.} (14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. Nxd5 cxd5 $44) 14...
Re8 15. h4 $14 {Die weiße Stellung ist strategisch besser.}) 9... Nxd4 (9...
Bd7 {Das ist der Hauptzug.} 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 {und in dieser Stellung gibt
es viele Varianten für Schwarz:} Ne5 (11... Nxd4 $5 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 a5 14.
Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. exd5 b4 $1 $132) (11... Na5 12. Kb1 Nxb3 13. cxb3
$14) 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 $36) 10. Bxd4 Be6 $5 {Die Idee von
Schwarz ist, dass nach dem Nehmen auf e6 das Feld d5 unter Kontrolle genommen
wird.} 11. Bb3 (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Rac8 14. h4 Rc4 $132 {
Calzetta - Andersson (Villarrobledo, 1998)}) 11... Qa5 (11... Rc8 12. O-O-O
Bxb3 13. cxb3 Rc6 14. Kb1 Qd7 15. g4 Rfc8 16. h4 $40 {Svidler - Pigusov (Mainz,
2002)}) 12. O-O-O {Die Alternative 12.0-0 sieht nicht logisch aus.} (12. O-O
Rfc8 13. Rad1 Bc4 14. Rfe1 Rc6 $11 {Blehm - Markowski (Warsaw, 2001)}) 12...
Rfc8 (12... b5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qb5 16. Rhe1 a5 17. Qe2 Qxe2
18. Rxe2 a4 19. Bc4 $14 {Areshchenko - Zvjaginsev (Sochi, 2005)}) 13. Kb1 b5 (
13... Bxb3 14. cxb3 Rc6 15. h4 h5 16. a3 Rac8 17. b4 Qd8 18. g4 $40 {Antonio -
Gomez (Makati, 2002)}) 14. Bxf6 $6 {Das führt wohl sofort zu einem remislichen
Endspiel. Der Zug Rhe1 sieht besser aus.} (14. Rhe1 Bxb3 (14... b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5
16. exd5 $14) 15. cxb3 b4 16. Bxf6 bxc3 (16... Bxf6 17. Nd5 $16) 17. Bxc3 Bxc3
18. bxc3 Rxc3 19. Re3 Rac8 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Kb2 Rc5 22. Qxa5 Rxa5 $14 {
Golubev - Zazuliak (Mukachevo, 2009). Und Weiß hat Vorteil dank dem entfernten
Freibauern auf dem Damenflügel und dem aktiveren König.}) 14... Bxf6 15. Nd5
Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ {Es wäre alles gut, wenn Schwarz nun nehmen müsste, jedoch...}
Kg7 $1 {und der weiße Vorteil ist weg.} 17. Nh5+ (17. Rxd2 Kxf6 $11) 17... gxh5
18. Rxd2 Rc5 $11 {Man könnte sicherlich das Endspiel weiterspielen, aber die
Stellung von Weiß ist auf keinen Fall besser.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Nh5 9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 e6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Be2 a6 13. f4 f5 14. O-O-O c5 15.
d5 e5 16. Rh5 exf4 17. gxf4 gxf4 18. exf4 Nd7 19. Bd3 Nf6 20. Rhh1 Ng4 21. Rde1
Qf6 22. Re2 Qd4 23. Na4 Ne3 24. Rxe3 Qxe3 25. Nb6 Rb8 26. Rf1 Re8 27. Kb1 Qd4
28. Nb3 Qf6 29. Nc1 Re7 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Bxf5 Rce8 32. Be6+ Rxe6 33. dxe6 Qxe6
34. Rf2 Qe4 35. Re2 Qxc2+ 36. Kxc2 Rf8 37. Nd3 b5 38. b3 Kf7 39. Nf2 Rd8 40.
Ne4 d5 41. Nxc5 dxc4 42. Nxa6 Ra8 43. Nb4 Bf8 44. Kc3 Bg7+ 45. Kc2 Bf8 46. Kc3
Bg7+ 47. Kd2 Bf8 48. Nc2 Rxa2 49. bxc4 bxc4 50. Re4 Ra4 51. Ke2 Bc5 52. Kf3 Kf6
53. g4 Kf7 54. f5 Be7 55. Ne3 Ra3 56. Rxc4 Bg5 57. Re4 Kf6 58. Re8 Rxe3+ 59.
Rxe3 Bxe3 60. Kxe3 h5 61. gxh5 Kxf5 62. h6 Kg6 63. h7 Kg7 64. Ke2 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. Bd2 h5 11. h3 Be6 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Nd4 14. Ncd5 Bxd5 15.
cxd5 Qb5 16. Re1 Qxb2 17. Qa4+ b5 18. Qa5 Ng4+ 19. hxg4 hxg4+ 20. Kg1 Nxe2+ 21.
Kf1 Nc3 22. Bxc3 Qxc3 23. Qxb5+ Kf8 24. Rad1 f5 25. Qb1 Qb2 26. Qxb2 Bxb2 27.
Rd3 Kf7 28. Rb1 Bf6 29. Ke2 Rc5 30. Ra3 Rh2 31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Bxh1 Rc1 33. Bg2
Bd4 34. Rd3 Bc5 35. Rd1 Rc3 36. Rd3 Rc1 37. Rd1 Rc3 38. Rd2 Rc1 39. f3 gxf3+
40. Bxf3 Kf6 41. g4 Kg5 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Bg2 Kf4 44. Nf1 a5 45. Kd3 a4 46. Rc2
Rd1+ 47. Ke2 Rb1 48. Rc4+ Kg5 49. Kd3 Rb2 50. Rc2 Rb4 51. Nd2 Rg4 52. Bh1 Rd4+
53. Ke2 Rb4 54. Bf3 a3 55. Nb3 Bb6 56. Rc3 Rh4 57. Bg2 Rg4 58. Kf1 Rb4 59. Bf3
Kf6 60. Ke2 Rh4 61. Bg2 Rg4 62. Kf1 Rb4 63. Rc2 Rg4 64. Nd2 Rb4 65. Ke2 Bc5 66.
Nf3 Re4+ 67. Kd3 Re3+ 68. Kd2 Re4 69. Bf1 e6 70. dxe6 Rxe6 71. Rc4 Re8 72. Rh4
Be3+ 73. Kc2 Bc5 74. Bc4 Re3 75. Bd5 Re2+ 76. Kd3 Rf2 77. Rh6+ Kg7 78. Re6 Rf1
79. Kc4 Rd1 80. Re1 Rxe1 81. Nxe1 Kg6 82. Nd3 Ba7 83. Kb3 Kg5 84. Kxa3 f4 85.
Kb3 Kg4 86. Ne1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I especially annotated this game for my friend Levon Aronian, accidentally 
(but not really) also the winner of this year's edition of Wijk aan Zee. Since
he had been looking forward so much to see this derby, I wanted to grant him a
peek into the kitchen of the mind of those great derby warriors :)} 1. d4 Nf6
2. Bg5 $5 {For Wijk aan Zee I had a special advisor who was advising me which
opening to play. Somehow it reminded me of back in the days when I was the
second of Kamsky in his 1996 match vs Karpov, when his dad told us which
opening Gata was going to play (and needless to say, this was the opening we
had to prepare, sometimes starting from scratch). Anyway I knew my advisor had
his reasons for his choice of opening and for once I decided not to be
stubborn and tried to be unpredictable. So the Trompovsky was one of his
suggestions. Unfortunately the surprise factor wasn't that big. Prior to the
European team championships, we had a training session with the national team
and in some blitz match with both Anish and his coach Vladimir Chuchelov, I
had used this weapon quite a few times already...} c5 (2... Ne4 3. Bh4 (3. Bf4
{This is a move I faced myself recently in the 3rd division of the Dutch
League against Johnny Fluit} c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 (
7... Qf5 {is riskier but a dream compared to the boring position I got} 8. Bxb8
Rxb8 9. Qxd4 b6 10. e4 Qf4 11. Nh3 Qc7 12. e5) 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4
e5 11. Nxc6 exf4 12. Nd4 d5 13. e3 fxe3 14. Ke2 {and that day Johnny was very
solid!}) 3... c5 (3... d5 4. f3 Nd6 5. Nc3 Nf5 6. Bf2 c5 7. dxc5 d4 8. e4 {
This is how normally my games with Vladimir were going. He still doesn't
realise that Black is worse here, so I will keep on repeating it :)}) 4. f3 g5
5. fxe4 gxh4 {Another try of Vladimir, in fact I believe this line to be good
for Black, I had myself some experience here as Black against Mamedyarov. But
of course, things are tricky, especially when you are not prepared for this
kind of coffee house position.}) (2... e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 {was how my
blitz games with Anish went.}) 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. g3 ({
With hindsight I believe} 6. c4 {is better:} Bh6 $2 7. e3 f4 $2 8. exf4 Bxf4 9.
Qxf4 Qxb2 10. Ne2 Qxa1 11. Nec3 Qb2 12. d6 {and Black is in serious trouble
already} Qc2 (12... Rg8 13. Bd3 e6 14. Bxh7 Rg7 15. h4 Nc6 16. Qh6 Rxg2 17. Rf1
$18) 13. Qe3 Nc6 14. Bd3 Qb2 {Wells-Shirov 1-0}) 6... Bg7 7. c3 Qf6 8. e3 Na6 {
I am not sure the knight is so great on c7, I think I would have preferred to
put it on e5.} 9. Ne2 Nc7 ({For a while I was considering} 9... h5 10. h4 e5 {
of course it has its positional drawbacks, but at least it would have
prevented White from getting his ideal setup, like in the game}) ({Or
immediately} 9... b5 {and at least Black is also going to have some fun!}) 10.
Nf4 Bh6 11. c4 d6 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Be2 a6 14. a4 b6 15. Nh5 Qg6 16. Bf3 Rb8 17.
Ne2 {I think by now Anish must have realised something had gone wrong.} Rf8 18.
Qd2 {Threatening eventually to open up the queenside with b4.} a5 {So this is
a sad neccessity.} 19. O-O Kd8 20. Rfe1 Ne8 21. Nef4 Qg8 22. e4 Qh8 23. Qe2 (
23. Qc2 Ng7) 23... Rb7 24. e5 {Maybe it was better to leave the queens on,
however the resulting structure looked too good to be true: Black simply can't
move.} Qxe5 25. Qxe5 dxe5 26. Rxe5 Nd6 {Anish didn't see any more winning
possibilities for himself here and offered a draw. But unfortunately for him I
didn't see any losing possibilities for myself, so I refused :)} 27. b3 Rg8 28.
Rae1 Bf8 29. R5e3 Rb8 30. h4 Kc7 31. Bd1 Re8 32. Bc2 Kd8 33. R3e2 Rg4 34. Kh2
Rg8 35. f3 Kc7 36. Nd3 Rg6 {Black is forced to put his rook on h6 now. If not
then with the knight on e5 at some point White will push g4.} 37. Ne5 Rh6 38.
Nxd7 Kxd7 39. g4 e6 {Black is somehow trying to keep his position together,
but it's clear he is on the verge of a positional collapse.} 40. Re5 $6 {
In time trouble it is not such a smart idea to put your rook on the h2-b8
diagonal while your opponent is holding the dark-squared bishop!} ({Apart from
that} 40. Nf4 $1 {would have been very good, but who would take such a
decision on move 40 with little time left? Shirov? Topalov? I decided (only
this time) not to be brave (but trying to be smart!)} fxg4 41. fxg4 Be7 (41...
Rxh4+ 42. Kg3 Rh6 (42... Be7 43. dxe6+ fxe6 44. Rxe6) 43. g5) 42. dxe6+ (42. h5
) 42... fxe6 43. Rxe6 Rxe6 44. Rxe6 Rf8 45. Kg3 Bxh4+ 46. Kxh4 Rxf4 47. Rh6 Rf2
48. Rxh7+ Ke6 49. Bg6 Kf6 (49... Rb2 50. Kg5 Rxb3 51. Bf5+) 50. g5+) 40... Be7
41. Kh3 Bd8 42. R1e2 {Playing a waiting game, pretending to be very subtle,
trying to make your opponent think that he is in zugzwang or something like
that and hoping he will panic and implode.} (42. Rd1 $5 Kc7 43. dxe6 Rhxe6 44.
Rxe6 Rxe6 45. Nf4 fxg4+ 46. Kxg4 Re8 47. Rd5 {looks unpleasant for Black.})
42... Rf8 $6 {But here Black misses his only chance to break free:} (42...
fxg4+ $5 43. fxg4 f5 44. dxe6+ (44. Kg2 Rg8 (44... fxg4 45. Ng7) (44... Bxh4
45. Ng7 Rg8 46. dxe6+ Ke7 47. Nxf5+ Nxf5 48. Bxf5) 45. dxe6+ Ke8 46. Kf3 fxg4+
47. Kg3 Nc8) 44... Rhxe6 45. Rxe6 Rxe6 46. Rxe6 Kxe6 47. g5 {and compared to
the game (although Black has to defend himself) this is already a much better
version} (47. Ng7+ Kf6 48. Nxf5 Nxf5 49. Bxf5 h6 {is just a draw})) 43. Bd3 (
43. Rd2) 43... fxg4+ $2 {Based on a miscalculation.} 44. fxg4 exd5 45. Rxd5 Kc7
(45... f5 {was Anish's intention but then he realised in time that} 46. Bxf5+
Rxf5 47. gxf5 Rxh5 48. Re6 Be7 {loses due to} 49. Rxe7+ ({or} 49. Rdxd6+ Bxd6
50. Kg4) 49... Kxe7 50. f6+) 46. Bf5 Rg8 47. Re3 Rf8 48. Ree5 Rg8 49. Bc2 Rf8
50. Bd1 {After some manoeuvring White is finally showing his cards: g5 is next.
Now Black is forced to act.} Re8 51. Rxe8 Nxe8 52. g5 Rd6 53. Rxd6 {A logical
decision although} (53. Bc2 {may have been better but it was very hard to
evaluate Black's counterplay after} Rxd5 54. cxd5 b5 55. axb5 Kb6 56. Bxh7 Kxb5
57. Kg4 c4 58. bxc4+ Kxc4 59. Nf4 a4) 53... Kxd6 54. Bc2 f6 55. g6 ({Of course,
my original intention had been} 55. Kg4 fxg5 56. hxg5 {but then I got very
worried about} Ke5 $1 (56... h6 $4 {loses on the spot} 57. Bg6 $1 (57. gxh6 $4
{draws on the spot} Nf6+ 58. Nxf6 Bxf6)) 57. Bxh7 Kd4 58. Bf5 Bxg5 $1 {the
right moment to sacrifice the bishop for the dangerous g-pawn} (58... Kc3 $2
59. Bd7 {and it would be too late for that}) 59. Kxg5 Kc3 60. Nf4 Kxb3 61. Nd5
Kxc4 62. Nxb6+ Kd4 {and with little time on the clock I wasn't able to judge
this position well, it might be a win but it's going to be very very hard to
get there.}) 55... hxg6 56. Bxg6 Nc7 57. Bf5 Ne6 58. Bxe6 (58. Kg4 Nd4 59. Nf4
Ke7 60. h5 Kf7 61. h6 Kg8) 58... Kxe6 59. Ng7+ ({After} 59. Nf4+ {Black would
become very active with} Ke5 60. Nd5 f5 61. h5 Bg5 62. Nxb6 Ke4 {and I don't
think White has any realistic winning chances here.}) 59... Ke5 60. Kg4 f5+ $1
61. Nxf5 Bxh4 $1 {Lucky Anish still has this trick!} 62. Nxh4 Kd4 63. Kf3 Kc3
64. Ke3 Kxb3 65. Kd3 Kxa4 66. Kc3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 {This is a
reasonable alternative to the "Poisoned pawn" variation that starts after 6...
e6 7.f4 Qb6.} 7. Bc4 Qa5 (7... Qb6 8. Bb3 e6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. f4 e5 11. Ba4+
Ke7 12. Nde2 exf4 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Nd4 g6 15. Qd2 Bh6 16. O-O-O Bxb3 17. axb3
Rhc8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Giri,A (2672)-Gelfand,B (2739)/Amsterdam 2010/CBM 138 (41)})
8. Qd2 e6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd5 $6 {This might be good as a surprise weapon, but,
objectively, not the best option.} ({White should fight for an advantage by
more positional measures:} 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 {and here Black often plays 11.
..0-0-0.}) 10... b4 $1 {The only move.} (10... exd5 $2 {ends in a disaster for
Black.} 11. Nc6 $1 Qc7 12. exd5 Ne5 13. Rhe1 Kd7 14. Qf4 Nfg4 15. Nxe5+ Nxe5
16. Rxe5 {1-0 Tatai,S (2361)-Tseitlin,M (2419)/Thessaloniki 2011/CBM 142 Extra}
) 11. Bxa8 bxc3 12. bxc3 {White couldn't take with the queen since the Bg5 was
hanging.} Qxa2 {It's clear that Black has good compensation for the exchange,
but the position is very sharp.} 13. Qe2 Be7 {Development above all!} (13...
Nb6 $2 14. Bc6+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Nb3 $16 {1-0 Espig,L-Roberts,M/
Harrachov 1967/MCD (32)}) 14. Kd2 $6 {The idea of Ra1 is clear, but, at first
White should protect the bishop.} (14. h4 $1 {The position is very rich in
content and could be analysed for days. Here are several critical lines:} h6 (
14... Ne5 15. Kd2 (15. Bc6+ Nxc6 16. Nxc6 Bb7 17. Kd2 $1 Bxc6 18. Ra1 Nxe4+ 19.
Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxa2 f6 21. Be3 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Bd5 23. Rxa6 Kf7 $11) 15... h6 16.
Nb3 Qa4 17. Ra1 Qd7 18. f4 hxg5 19. hxg5 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Nfg4 21. Rh8+ Bf8 22.
fxe5 Nxe5 23. Nd4 Qc7 24. Nf3 $14) 15. Kd2 $1 Qa5 16. Ra1 (16. Nc6 Qc7 17. Nxe7
Kxe7 18. Be3 Ne5 $132) 16... Qc7 17. Bc6 O-O (17... hxg5 18. hxg5 Rxh1 19. Rxh1
Ng8 20. f4 $44) 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. g3 $14) {[%tqu "En","Please
enter a move for Black.","","","f6e4","",5]} 14... Nxe4+ $1 15. Qxe4 Bxg5+ 16.
f4 d5 {An important intermezzo that must have been seen before playing 14...
Nxe4.} 17. Ra1 $2 {This move practically admits the failure.} (17. Qe3 $1 Bf6 (
17... Nb6 $6 18. Bc6+ Bd7 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Ke2 $14) (17... Be7 18. Bc6 (18.
Nxe6 $6 fxe6 19. Qxe6 Kd8 20. Rhe1 Qa3 21. Qxd5 Qd6 $15) 18... O-O 19. Ra1 Qc4
20. Qd3 {White shouldn't be worse here.}) 18. Bc6 (18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kd8)
18... O-O (18... Qa3 19. Nf5 $1 O-O $140 20. Ra1 {[%csl Ra3]}) 19. Ra1 Qc4 20.
Qd3 {White shouldn't be worse here either.}) 17... Qxa1 18. Rxa1 dxe4 19. fxg5
h6 {After massive simplifications Black has a big advantage in the endgame.}
20. g6 $1 {The only chance.} f5 21. Nxe6 Ke7 22. Nf4 (22. Nxg7 $2 Nb6 23. Bc6
Rg8 24. Nh5 Rxg6 $19 {[%csl Rc6,Rg2]}) 22... Rd8 $6 {Inaccuracy. Black should
have taken control over the d5-square immediately.} (22... Nb6 23. Nd5+ Nxd5
24. Bxd5 Rd8 25. c4 Rd6 {[%csl Rg6] and Black should win.}) 23. Bd5 $2 ({
The best chance was} 23. Nd5+ $1 Ke6 24. Ke3 Ne5 25. Nb6 $1 {This way White
grabs the a-pawn.} Kf6 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxa6+ Kg5 $15) 23... Nb6 24. c4 Nxc4+
25. Kc3 Ne3 $19 26. Bf7 Rd6 27. Ra5 Bd7 28. Re5+ Kf6 29. Rc5 Kg5 {The king
invasion is decisive. White is not able to keep up the blockade.} 30. g3 Nf1
31. h4+ (31. Bd5 Nxh2 32. Bxe4 Nf1 $19) 31... Kg4 32. Rd5 Rxd5 33. Nxd5 Kxg3
34. Nf6 e3 35. Bc4 Bb5 36. Nh5+ Kf2 37. Nxg7 Bxc4 38. Kxc4 e2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 {There is
not too much theory in this position and one may find it difficult to find
one's way among apparently equivalent continuations. Black is in no immediate
danger, but has not a clear way to equalising either.} Qa5 ({The natural} 7...
Bxc5 {has been played in a few games between great champions from different
eras.} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 {plays into Black's hands,
since it reduces the pressure along the d-file.} d4 $11 {Steinitz,W-Lasker,E/
St Petersburg 1895/HCL (0-1, 39)}) 10... d4 {This seems to more or less
equalise here, too.} (10... Be6 {as played in Kortschnoj,V (2650)-Kasparov,G 
(2740)/Brussels 1986/CBM 001 (1/2, 24) leaves White some hopes for an
advantage.}) 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxd4 14. Nb5 Bb6 15. O-O Be6
16. a3 Rfd8 17. Nd6 Rd7 18. Bb5 Re7 19. Rfe1 {1/2 Kasparov,G (2740)-Karpov,A 
(2700)/Seville 1987/MainBase/[Bulletin]. White's advantage is more of a
symbolic nature.}) 8. Nf3 Rd8 (8... Bxc5 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Nb3 Qd8 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. O-O Bf6 {Volodin,A (2495)-Ehlvest,J (2594)/
Puhajarve 2011/CBM 145 Extra (1/2, 18)}) 9. Qc2 (9. Bd6 {places the bishop
under a pin:} dxc4 10. Bxc4 Ne4 11. O-O Nxd6 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Rfd1
Be7 {Anand,V (2811)-Kramnik,V (2800)/Moscow 2011/CBM 146 (1/2, 36). Black
equalised soon.}) 9... Nc6 (9... dxc4 $6 {speeds up White's development.} 10.
Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Bb3 b5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 $1 $16 {Larsen,B-Kuijpers,F/Beverwijk
1967/MCD (1-0, 32)}) 10. a3 h6 11. Be2 {All the preparatory moves have been
played and White cannot delay this anymore.} dxc4 {Now there is no
contra-indication for this, especially since there are no obvious alternatives.
} 12. Nd2 $1 {The only way to maintain some initiative in a symmetrical
position.} Qxc5 13. Nxc4 Qf5 14. Bf3 $6 {Active but careless.} (14. Qxf5 exf5
15. O-O Be6 $11 {offers Black easy play.}) (14. Bg3 $5 {would allow White
maintain his slight lead in development.} Qxc2 15. Rxc2 Bd7 16. O-O Be8 {
Black has no weaknesses and can hope to equalise gradually.}) 14... Nd4 $1 {
[%csl Gf4] White cannot even dream of an advantage now.} 15. Qxf5 Nxf3+ 16.
gxf3 exf5 17. Rg1 Kf8 18. Nb5 Ne8 {Despite White's seeming activity, Black's
position looks nicer already because of his bishop pair and better structure.}
19. Ke2 g5 20. Be5 f6 21. Bc3 Bd7 22. Nd4 Rac8 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. axb4 Ke7 25.
Rgd1 f4 26. b3 fxe3 27. fxe3 Be6 28. Ra1 a6 29. Ra5 Bxc4+ {With a white knight
on d4 controlling the weak f5-square, I would rather refrain from this
exchange.} (29... Nd6 $5) 30. bxc4 Nd6 31. c5 Nc4 32. Ra2 Kf7 33. c6 {White
has some very slight initiative at last.} Rc7 $2 {A careless move, allowing
two different tactical blows with the same idea.} (33... bxc6) 34. Ne6 (34. Nb5
$5) 34... Rxd1 35. Nxc7 Rb1 36. b5 $1 {Black's situation becomes critical now.}
Nd6 (36... axb5 $2 37. cxb7 $18) 37. bxa6 bxa6 38. e4 (38. Rxa6 Rc1 39. Nd5 f5
40. c7 Ke6 41. e4 $16) 38... f5 39. e5 (39. Nd5 $5 $16) 39... Nb5 40. Nxb5 Rxb5
41. Kd3 {Ivanchuk did not mind the exchange of knights. In fact, knights can
be tricky in the endgame, requiring a very accurate technical execution. In
the rook ending, the possibility of placing one's own rook behind the passed
pawn ensures an obvious advantage. If there is no win, too bad, but Black has
to suffer without any possibility of counterplay.} Ke6 ({If} 41... Rc5 $2 42.
Rc2 Rxc2 43. Kxc2 Ke6 44. Kd3 $18 {Black's candidates for promotion are too
slow:} h5 45. Kd4 g4 46. fxg4 fxg4 47. Kc5 a5 48. Kb6) 42. Rc2 Rb8 43. Kd4 h5
44. c7 Rc8 45. Rc6+ Kd7 46. Rh6 Rxc7 47. Rxh5 Rb7 $2 {Probably overlooking the
52nd move.} (47... Rc1 48. Rxg5 Rd1+ 49. Ke3 Ke6 50. f4 $16) 48. Rh7+ Kc8 49.
Rh8+ Kd7 50. Rh7+ Kc8 51. Rxb7 $1 Kxb7 {This ending is not easy to evaluate
and one may think that it is doube edged.} 52. f4 $1 $18 {Not after this move
anymore!} (52. e6 $2 Kc7 53. Ke5 Kd8 54. Kxf5 a5 $19) 52... gxf4 (52... g4 53.
e6 $1 {With the insertion of the previous moves, White wins, since the f-pawn
will be free to advance.} Kc8 54. Ke5 Kd8 55. Kxf5 a5 56. Kf6 Ke8 57. e7 a4 58.
Ke6 $18 {[%cal Gf4f7]}) 53. h4 a5 54. e6 Kc7 55. h5 a4 56. e7 Kd7 57. h6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Aronian,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Before this game, I had only played Giri once. At the European Team
Championship in 2011, I succeeded in winning a good game against him.} d5 {
On the advice of my wise friend Hao, I decided for the time to move into a
Queen's Gambit.} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 {The line 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4
usually leads to sharper play.} Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 {Recently, a few new
ideas have appeared in this position.} 7. Be2 {The other new line, 7.Qc2 c5 8.
Rd1 also leads to interesting play.} dxc4 8. O-O {This comparatively new idea
was thought up by me, and I used it first against Anand at the Tal Memorial in
2011. It is a bit strange to have to fight against one's own weapons. 
Krasenkow: 'A fashionable line deeply analysed by GM Evgeny Postny in CBM 146.
GM Levon Aronian (who used to play it as White!) now comes up with a fresh
idea.'} Nb6 {I decided to choose a variation that does not look all that great,
hoping that Anish would not be familiar with it.} (8... c5 {(Krasenkow) is
very logical but has not brought Black full equality in recent games:} 9. dxc5
Nxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 (10... Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. f3 (13. Rac1 a6 14.
b4 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. a3 Rfc8 17. f3 Bb7 18. e4 {1/2 Gelfand,B (2744)
-Kramnik,V (2800)/Moscow 2011/CBM 146/[Postny,E] (48)} Kf8 19. Bf1 a5 $11 {
E.Postny}) 13... Rfc8 14. Rac1 a6 15. a3 Nh5 16. Be5 Nf6 17. Bg3 Kf8 18. e4 Ke8
19. Bf1 g6 20. Bf2 (20. Rc2 $142 $14 {E.Postny}) 20... e5 21. Nc2 Nb3 22. Rb1
b5 23. Ne3 Rd8 24. a4 Nd2 25. axb5 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 Bc5 $13 {1/2 Anand,V (2811)
-Kramnik,V (2800)/London 2011/CBM 146/[Postny,E] (39)}) 11. Ne5 (11. Nd4 Bd7
12. a3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bd3 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Nf6 17. Rd1 Qb6 18.
Bc2 Rc8 19. Qb1 h6 $11 {1/2 Aronian,L (2802)-Anand,V (2811)/London 2011/CBM
146/[Postny,E] (25)}) 11... Ncd7 12. Be2 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qa5 14. Bg3 b5 15. Bf3
Ra7 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Nd4 Rd7 19. Qc2 Bd6 20. Nc6 Qb6 21. Bxd6 Rxd6
22. Rac1 $14 {[%csl Gc6] 1/2 Aronian,L (2802)-Gelfand,B (2744)/Moscow 2011/CBM
146/[Postny,E] (40)}) 9. Qc2 {This move followed immediately. In my heart of
hearts, I was hoping to get a variation looked at by Pashikyan, where Black
sacrifices the exchange. Instead of the text move, White has a wide choice.} ({
A complicated battle results from the possible line} 9. e4 c5 (9... Ne8 {
with the idea of strengthening the pawn on c4, also deserves attention.}) 10.
dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qc2) 9... Nh5 {This is the principled move.} ({After} 9... Nfd5
10. Bg3 {White plays Ne5 next move and retains slight pressure.}) 10. Be5 {
Both here and on the next move, Bg3 gives White a solid position, but he
cannot fight for a significant advantage.} f6 11. Ng5 fxg5 12. Bxh5 {By means
of this exchange, White damages the black pawn structure. In compensation,
Black keeps the extra pawn on c4 permanently.} Bd7 ({The possible} 12... Bd6 {
turned out to be extremely modest, in analysis with Arman.}) 13. Bf3 {This
move is important for the assessment of the whole variation with 8...Nb6. A
very complicated battle results from 13.Bg4.} (13. Rad1 $5 {Krasenkow} Bd6 $1)
13... Rxf3 14. gxf3 Bd6 {Analysing this position during the 2011 Tal Memorial,
Arman Pashikyan considered it pleasant for Black to play in practice. His play
is simple, whilst White has to think about how to activate his rooks.} (14...
Bc6 $5 {(Krasenkow) appears good, too.}) 15. Qe4 {It seems to me that the
transfer of the queen to g4 does not improve Black's position, and merely
gives Black a tempo for the development of his initiative. I would prefer to
bring the bishop to g3, put the knight on e4 and exchange the c4-pawn by means
of b3. In this case, White's position would also have its plusses.} (15. Bxd6
$5 {Krasenkow} cxd6 16. Qe4 Qf6 $1 17. Qxb7 Rc8 {[%cal Rd7c6]} 18. Qxa7 Qxf3
19. Qxb6 {, and Black has hardly more than a perpetual.}) 15... Bc6 16. Qg4 Qe7
17. Bxd6 ({On} 17. Ne4 {I was planning to play} h6 {White cannot keep the
bishop on e5, because after ...Be5 dxe5 Nd7, the pawn on e5 becomes very weak.}
) (17. Bg3 $142 {Krasenkow} h6 18. Ne4 $13 Nd5 $140 19. Rfc1) 17... cxd6 18.
Ne4 {It seems to me that White could maintain the dynamic balance with 18.e4,
with the idea of transferring the rook to e3. Not finding this idea, Anish
starts to play without any special plan.} h6 19. Qg3 {It looks as though, with
this plan, White has blunted the bishop on c6, but as Botvinnik showed several
times, this bishop always has its uses.} d5 20. Nc3 {This move shows that my
opponent was already dissatisfied with the course of the game.} ({It looks
very dangerous to play} 20. Nc5 {because the knight is in a very restricted
position, but in this situation, it was already essential. After} Rf8 21. b3 {
White is still in the game.}) 20... Rf8 {Now White's position is devoid of any
active ideas.} 21. Ne2 Rf5 {Preventing the advance f4.} 22. Kg2 ({On} 22. Qb8+
{as well as other moves, Black has the interesting resource} Nc8) 22... Nd7 {
Not the only good move in the position, but the most logical. When the
opponent has a cramped position, prophylaxis is often stronger than direct
tactical blows.} 23. Rh1 {After this mistake, one can boldly say that Black
has a winning position.} (23. b3 {was more stubborn.}) 23... Nf8 {The knight
goes to h4, after which White does not have to suffer much longer.} 24. h4 {
Desperation.} Ng6 {The rest does not require much commentary, of course. The
fact that the game lasted until move 40 only reflects my lack of hurriedness.}
25. f4 Nxh4+ 26. Kf1 {Of course, in this situation, many moves lead to a win,
but I wanted to play without calculating variations.} Qb4 27. Rb1 Be8 {Here, I
decided to transfer the bishop to d3, via g6.} ({A quicker win was} 27... Ba4)
28. Nc3 Qe7 {Tranferring the queen to f6. At the same time, the threat appears
of pushing the queenside pawns with b5.} 29. b4 Rf8 30. Rb2 Bg6 31. Ke1 {
Trying to evacuate the king to the queenside.} Bd3 32. fxg5 Nf3+ 33. Kd1 hxg5 {
Of course, it was also possible to exchange queens, but I wanted to end the
game with an attack.} 34. Qh3 Qf6 35. Kc1 {It might seem that White's position
has improved, but this impression is deceptive. After some thought, I decided
to expose White's weaknesses by means of e5.} Bg6 {It was also possible to
begin with ...Rd8.} 36. a4 {On 36.b5 the reply ...Qe7, with the idea of ...Qa3,
is very unpleasant.} Rd8 37. Ne2 e5 {After the exchange on d4, White has to
take with the pawn, so as not to allow the knight into d3.} 38. Qg4 exd4 39.
exd4 Re8 40. Qd7 {Allowing a beautiful finish.} c3 41. Ra2 ({On} 41. Rc2 {
the simplest win of all is} Rd8) 41... Ne1 42. Rxe1 ({After} 42. Rh3 Qxf2 43.
Nxc3 Qf4+ 44. Kd1 Nc2 {White loses a lot of material.}) 42... Qf4+ 43. Kd1 Qe4
{Since after 44.Qxe8+ Bxe8 White loses at least a rook, whilst other moves
lead to mate, my opponent resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 11th round. Following a win against Veselin
Topalov, I was highly motivated to increase my score. I also wanted to avenge
my loss against Giri, just a few weeks before, at Reggio Emilia.} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 {To be honest, I
couldn't remember much about this variation during the game, but I decided it
was important to meet ...Nfd7 with Nd3, without having to worry about ...e5.} (
{After} 8. Be2 {I vaguely remembered once looking at the following variation:}
Nfd7 9. f4 Nxe5 10. fxe5 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. e4 b4 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. exd5 {, which looks tempting for White, but I decided to be more
conservative.}) 8... a5 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 {runs into} Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 {, and
the bishop on c1 isn't happy.}) 9... Qc7 10. O-O h5 $1 {A novelty, and a good
one! Actually the idea is very simple: Black wants to play ...Bf5 without
running into g4, so it's a bit strange nobody played like this before.} ({
My main source of inspiration in this line was the following game:} 10... O-O
11. a3 Be6 12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Nd3 $1 {, and Black is really cramped and will
have to defend a miserable position for a long time. White eventually won in
Gelfand-Wang Yue, Bazna 2010.}) 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd2 (12. g4 hxg4 13. hxg4 Be6 {
gives White nothing but weaknesses.}) 12... Nbd7 {Black has achieved an ideal
setup. His bishop is securely placed on f5, he has perfect control over the
e4-square, and is ready to trade off the e5-knight.} 13. Bf3 {This was the
only move to keep any tension in the position. Surprisingly, Anish started to
look a bit uncomfortable after this move, although his position is still
perfectly fine.} (13. Be1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 {leads to a dull equality.}) 13...
h4 {An unnecessary move. White has no plans to play g4, so there isn't any
reason to fix the kingside.} ({It was most accurate to begin with} 13... Ne4
14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Be2 f6 $1 {With the queen on d1, White has no tactics like
Bxa5.} 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. a4 b4 18. Bc4 e6 19. Qb3 Ke7 {, and next ...f5 leads
to complete equality.}) 14. Qe1 {White is threatening e4, so Black's hand is
forced.} Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Be2 f6 $2 {Surprisingly, this is a blunder,
although the computer won't tell you why. Black's position was still pretty
decent, but after this careless move he is on the verge of losing.} ({After} 
16... Nxe5 {I had planned} 17. dxe5 $5 (17. fxe5 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 {gives White
nothing.}) 17... f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bc3 {, with some pressure but nothing
too dramatic. Black should hold without much problem.}) 17. Bxa5 $1 {A
tremendous and unexpected blow, which was certainly overlooked by Anish. For
the piece, White eliminates Black's entire queenside, and he will be
hard-pressed to stop the avalance of pawns.} Rxa5 $2 {It's natural to seek
chances with the queens on, but this is probably already the decisive mistake.}
({There was still a miracle chance for Black:} 17... Qxa5 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19.
Nxc6 Ra8 20. Bxb5 {, and here Black has to act fast before he is overrun:} e5
$1 {, opening up the center and starting some effective counterplay.} ({
On the other hand, a slow continuation like} 20... Be6 21. a4 f5 22. a5 Kf7 23.
a6 {obviously favors White.}) 21. b4 (21. a4 exf4 22. exf4 Be6 {, and after ...
f5 Black will have his share of the chances.}) (21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Rad1 exd4 23.
Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Ra7 25. b4 Ke7 26. a4 Ne5 {is also unclear, since White's
pawns are too vulnerable to advance.}) 21... exf4 22. exf4 Be6 23. d5 $1 {
White also has to act quickly, before Black consolidates his position with ...
Bd5 and ...f5. After this the game spins out of control, with both sides
having numerous options and no clear conclusion in sight. A possible
continuation out of many:} Bxd5 24. Rfd1 f5 25. Rac1 Be6 26. Rd6 Nf8 27. Rcd1
Bd7 28. a4 {, and White's initiative persists.}) 18. Nxc6 Ra8 ({The point of
White's combination is this:} 18... Ra6 19. Nb4 Ra5 (19... Ra8 20. Bxb5 Kf7 21.
a4 {is similar to the game. Black has no counterplay and White can just keep
rolling his pawns down the board.}) 20. Nd5 Qa7 21. a4 $1 Rxa4 (21... bxa4 22.
b4 {wins the rook.}) 22. Bxb5 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Qxa1 24. Rxa1 Kf7 25. Ra7 Rd8 26.
b4 {, and Black is helpless.}) 19. Bxb5 {Black's position is depressing to
look at. He can't make a dent in White's pawn mass, and his extra bishop is
trapped behind his own pawns.} Be6 20. a4 f5 21. Qd2 ({The simple} 21. Ne5 Bxe5
22. fxe5 Kf7 23. b4 Bd5 24. Be2 {also promised a winning advantage.}) 21... Bf6
22. d5 {Now White begins taking even more space.} Bf7 23. Rac1 Kf8 (23... O-O
24. d6 exd6 25. cxd6 {, wins a piece with Ne7 coming next.}) 24. b4 Qc8 25. d6
{Now is a perfect time to open the position, since Black is completely
uncoordinated.} exd6 26. cxd6 Qe8 27. Ne7 Be6 28. Rc7 Rh7 29. Nd5 ({I missed
an even simpler way:} 29. Bxd7 Bxd7 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Qd5 {, winning the rook
on a8 due to the mate threat Qg8.}) 29... Bd8 30. Rb7 Rc8 31. a5 {The sadistic
approach, slowly advancing the a-pawn while Black can't even move.} Kg7 32. a6
Kh6 33. a7 Qf8 34. Ne7 Nb6 35. Qf2 Rf7 ({After} 35... Qf6 {I had planned the
attractive finishing blow} 36. Bd7 $1 {, and I'm glad to see the machine
approves.}) 36. Qxh4+ Kg7 37. Qg5 {White is winning every Black pawn. Black
could have safely resigned here, but Anish decided to play on until the time
control.} Bd5 38. Qxg6+ Kh8 39. Qh5+ Kg7 40. Nxf5+ Kg8 41. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Bg5 {A relatively unexplored move.} (
11. h4 {is more common. Amusingly, in the following game both sides kept
moving their rook pawns for another 3 plies!} h6 12. a3 a6 {Leko,P (2739)
-Smeets,J (2657)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135/[Marin,M] (1-0, 45)}) 11... Qe7 12.
Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6+ {Playing for a microscopic, but, as we will see, stable
advantage.} (13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3 Ne5 15. Bxf6 Nxf3 16. Qe3 Qxf6 17. Bd5 Rb8 18.
Bc6+ Ke7 19. Qa7 Rhc8 20. Bxf3 Rb6 21. Bb7 Re8 22. Rhe1 Kf8 $11 {Black has
managed to survive the forceful atack and has little to worry about.} 23. Bxa6
$6 Qd8 $1 {The bishop is caged suddenly.} 24. a4 (24. Bb7 c6 $1) 24... bxa4 25.
Ka1 Qb8 26. Qxb8 Rexb8 $17 {Ivanchuk,V (2779)-Gashimov,V (2746)/Monte Carlo
2011/CBM 142 (0-1, 28)}) 13... bxc6 14. Qf4 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 O-O 16. Rde1 {
For some hidden reasons, Topalov decides that the king's rook may still be
useful on the h-file.} ({After} 16. Rhe1 Qd7 17. f3 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4
Rf5 20. Re2 {White would be a tempo up if compared to the game, but this line
is not forced, of course.}) 16... Qd7 17. f3 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Rf5 20.
Re2 e5 21. Rd1 {There nothing exciting in this position, for sure, but White's
play is easier. Black has no obvious way to set his central pawns in motion,
while White can increase his pressure systematically.} Qf7 22. Qb4 Qd7 23. Qa4
Kh8 24. c4 Qe8 25. Rd3 Rf4 26. Qa5 Qe7 27. c5 Rf6 28. Qc3 Qe8 29. b3 Rb8 30. a4
$14 {White has consolidated his domination and has an obvious advantage.} Ra8
31. Re4 Qc8 32. Qd2 Qf8 33. Qa5 Qe7 34. Rde3 Qd7 35. Re1 Rf5 36. Qc3 Rd8 37. g3
Rf7 38. cxd6 $1 cxd6 39. f4 $1 {Opening the position at the right moment.} exf4
40. gxf4 c5 41. Re6 Rxf4 42. Rxh6+ Kg8 43. Qd2 Rf7 44. Rg1 $16 {And now, there
is an attack going already.} c4 $2 45. Qg5 $18 {[%cal Gg5h5]} Rdf8 46. Qh5 Rf1+
47. Kb2 {According to the engines, Black can delay mate for eight moves, by
means of the "Dilaram combination" starting with ...Rb1+ and so on.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. c3 Bb6 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Nc4 Bc5 13. Kh1 Nh5 14. Bd1 Bxd1
15. Qxd1 g6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. dxc5 dxc4 19. f3 b5 20. cxb6 axb6 21.
Be3 b5 22. Qc2 Qf6 23. a4 Nf4 24. b3 cxb3 25. Qxb3 Rfd8 26. Qc2 bxa4 27. Rxa4
Rxa4 28. Qxa4 Nd3 29. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jianu, Vlad Cristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Rc1 Re8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. exf3 Qd7
15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 h6 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Rd1 Qe6 19. Qb3 b6 20. Rcc1 d4 21.
Qxe6 Rxe6 22. Bd2 d3 23. Bf1 Nd4 24. Kg2 Ne2 25. Rc7 a5 26. Rc4 g5 27. a4 Kg7
28. b4 axb4 29. Bxb4 Nd5 30. Ba3 Kg6 31. Bb2 h5 32. Kh2 Ne7 33. Rd2 h4 34. gxh4
Nf5 35. hxg5 Kxg5 36. Re4 Nh4 37. Bxe2 Rxe4 38. fxe4 dxe2 39. Rxe2 Kf4 40. Bc1+
Kf3 41. Rb2 Rg8 42. Be3 Ng2 43. Bxb6 Ne1 44. Rb3+ Ke2 45. Re3+ Kf1 46. h4 Rh8
47. Kg3 Ng2 48. Ra3 Rg8+ 49. Kf3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. Ne5 a6 8. a4 Bb7
9. O-O Be7 {A simple course in this system. Black gives up his extra pawn to
complete development.} (9... Nd5 {is the main move}) 10. axb5 (10. e4 O-O 11.
Be3 Nbd7 12. f4 b4 13. Ne2 c5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. dxc5 Rac8 $17 {0-1 Cioara,A 
(2477)-Buhmann,R (2614)/Plovdiv BUL 2012/The Week in Chess 908 (41)}) (10. Bg5
O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Qa1 Nbd7 14. Qa7 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Nxd5
Bxg5 17. Nb6 Qd4 18. Qa6 Qxb2 19. Nxa8 c3 20. Qxc6 b4 $44 {1-0 Nguyen,N (2644)
-Sandipan,C (2640)/Qinhuangdao 2011/CBM 144 Extra (73)}) 10... axb5 11. Rxa8
Bxa8 12. Nxb5 (12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Qa1 Bb7 14. Qa7 Qc8 15. Nxc4 Nxf4 16. Nb6 Nxe2+
17. Nxe2 Qc7 18. Na8 Qc8 19. Nb6 Qc7 20. Na8 Qc8 21. Nb6 {1/2 Vachier Lagrave,
M (2722)-Shirov,A (2714)/Biel 2011/CBM 144}) 12... cxb5 13. Bxa8 O-O 14. Bg2 (
14. Bf3 Nd5 15. h4 Qc7 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. e4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ne7 19. Bb4 Nbc6 20.
Bd6 Qb6 $15 {1/2 Topalov,V (2796)-Ivanchuk,V (2779)/Nice 2009/CBM 129 Extra 
(39)}) 14... Nd5 $146 {Following in Ivanchuk's footsteps.} (14... Nfd7 15. Nc6
Nxc6 16. Bxc6 b4 17. e4 Qc7 18. Qa4 Nb8 19. Bb5 c3 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. Be3 $14 {
[%csl Rc3] 1-0 Mikhalevski,V (2572)-Cobb,C (2405)/Caerleon 2005/CBM 107 ext 
(65)}) (14... Qb6 $5 15. e4 Nfd7 16. Ng4 $6 (16. Nxd7 Nxd7 $11) 16... Nc6 17.
Be3 Nb4 18. h4 Nd3 19. Qe2 h5 20. Nh2 e5 21. d5 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxh5 Nf6
24. Qg5 Qd4 25. Nf3 Qxe4 $17 {1/2 Kazhgaleyev,M (2607)-Buhmann,R (2546)/
Gonfreville 2006/CBM 111 ext (37)}) 15. f4 Bd6 (15... f6 $5 16. Ng4 Qd7) 16. e3
Bxe5 17. fxe5 Nc6 18. Qg4 $6 (18. Bd2 $5 $13 Qd7 $140 19. Qa1) 18... Qd7 19. h4
Ncb4 $1 20. h5 Nd3 (20... f5 $1 {gave Black an excellent position, e.g.} 21.
exf6 Nxf6 22. Qg5 h6 23. Qg6 Nd3 $17) 21. h6 f5 $6 {Too late. But after} (21...
g6 {the weakness of the dark squares in Black's camp guarantees White good
counterplay after, say,} 22. Bd2 Rc8 (22... Nxb2 $2 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Bb4) 23.
Be4 Nxb2 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qg5 (25. Qf4 $143 f5 26. exf6 Kf7 27. Ra1 Qd7) 25...
Qd8 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rb1 Nd3 28. Rxb5 Kf8 {with a probable draw.}) 22. exf6
Rxf6 $2 (22... Nxf6 $8 23. hxg7 Rf7 $1 24. Qg5 Ne8 $1 (24... Nd5 $143 25. e4)
25. Rxf7 Qxf7 {, and Black holds on. A possible line:} 26. Bd2 (26. Qxb5 Qf2+
27. Kh2 Nf6 $132) 26... Qf2+ (26... Nxb2 $2 27. Qxb5) 27. Kh2 Qxd2 28. Qd8 Qxe3
29. Qxe8+ Kxg7 30. Qe7+ $11) 23. Bxd5 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qf7+ 25. Bf3 Nxc1 26. d5
$1 {Black probably overlooked this move but the whole concept looked
suspicious from the beginning.} Nd3 (26... exd5 27. Kg2 {[%cal Rg4c8]} Kh8 (
27... Kf8 28. Qc8+ Ke7 29. Qc7+ Ke8 30. Qb8+ Ke7 31. Qe5+ Kf8 32. Qd6+ Ke8 33.
hxg7 Qxg7 34. Bh5+ $18) 28. Qc8+ Qg8 29. Qd7 gxh6 30. Bxd5 Qf8 31. Be6 {
[%cal Rd7d4]} Nb3 32. Qc7 {[%cal Rc7e5]} Qc5 33. Qf7 $18) (26... g6 27. dxe6 {
[%csl Ge6,Gh6] must be hopless for Black, too, e.g.} Qf6 28. Qe4 Kf8 29. Qc6
Nd3 30. Qc8+ Ke7 31. Qd7+ Kf8 32. Kg1 Qe7 (32... b4 33. Qxh7 Qxf3 34. Qg7+ Ke8
35. Qd7+ Kf8 36. Qd8#) 33. Be4 $1 Qxd7 (33... Ne5 34. Qc8+ Qe8 35. Qc5+) 34.
exd7 Ke7 35. Bxg6 Ne5 36. Bxh7 Nf7 37. Bf5 Nxh6 38. Be6 b4 39. Kf2 b3 40. Bxc4
$18) 27. dxe6 Qe7 28. Bd5 Kf8 $2 {A blunder in a lost position. Here are some
fine variations:} (28... Qf6+ 29. Kg1 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Qf1+ 31. Kh2 Qf2+ 32. Bg2
Qf6 33. e7 $1 Qxe7 34. Bd5+ Kf8 35. Qc8+ Qe8 36. hxg7+ $18 {S.Zagrebelny}) (
28... Nb4 29. e4 Qf6+ 30. Qf4 $1 Kf8 31. e7+ $1 Kxe7 32. hxg7 Nxd5 (32... Qxg7
33. Qc7+ Kf6 34. Qd6+ Kg5 35. Qxb4) 33. g8=N+ $1 Kf7 34. Nh6+ Kg6 35. exd5 $18)
(28... g6 29. Qd4 Nb4 30. e4 $18) 29. Qxg7+ (29. Qxg7+ Ke8 (29... Qxg7 30.
hxg7+ Kxg7 31. e7) 30. Be4 Qxe6 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qxh7+ Kd6 33. Bf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Stojanovic, Dalibor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6
9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14. Bb3 a6
15. Ke2 Nb8 16. Rhd1 Nc6 17. a5 Rg8 18. Bb6 Bb4 19. Rd2 Ke7 20. Rad1 Nb8 21.
Rd4 Bc5 22. Bxc5+ Rxc5 23. Rb4 Rc7 24. Ba4 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Rb6 Ke7 27.
Ke3 f6 28. Ne2 Bf7 29. Nf4 Nd7 30. Bxd7 Kxd7 31. b4 Ke7 32. h4 g5 33. hxg5 fxg5
34. Nh3 h6 35. Kd4 Kf6 36. e5+ Ke7 37. b5 axb5 38. Rxb5 Be8 39. Rb6 Bc6 40. Nf2
Bd5 41. a6 bxa6 42. Rxa6 h5 43. Nh3 g4 44. Nf4 Rc4+ 45. Ke3 gxf3 46. Nxd5+ exd5
47. gxf3 h4 48. Rh6 h3 49. Rxh3 Ke6 50. Rh5 Rc3+ 51. Kf4 Rc4+ 52. Kg3 d4 53. f4
d3 54. Kf2 Rd4 55. Rh6+ Ke7 56. Rh1 d2 57. Rd1 Ke6 58. Ke3 Ra4 59. Rxd2 Kf5 60.
Rf2 Re4+ 61. Kd3 Ra4 62. Re2 Ke6 63. Re4 Ra3+ 64. Kd4 Ra4+ 65. Ke3 Ra3+ 66. Kf2
Kf5 67. Re3 Ra4 68. e6 Ra8 69. Kf3 Re8 70. Re5+ Kf6 71. Kg4 Rg8+ 72. Rg5 Ra8
73. Re5 Rg8+ 74. Kh4 Rh8+ 75. Rh5 Rg8 76. f5 Rg7 77. Kh3 Rg8 78. Kh2 Rg7 79.
Kh1 Rg8 80. Kh2 Rg7 81. Kh3 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. d3 a6 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O Be7 8. Bd5
d6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Qxc6 Qd6 16. Qf3 Qe6 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. b3 h6 19. Nd1 Nd5 20. c4 Nb4 21. Ne3
a5 22. Bd2 Bc5 23. Rab1 f5 24. Nd5 Bd6 25. Rfd1 c6 26. Nxb4 axb4 27. Rbc1 Bf8
28. Rc2 Rbd8 29. c5 Rd4 30. Be1 Red8 31. Rdc1 e4 32. Rc4 f4 33. Rxb4 Qf5 34.
Rxd4 Rxd4 35. b4 f3 36. Qf1 Qd5 37. a4 Qa2 38. a5 Kh7 39. h3 Qa4 40. Bc3 Rd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2
Kb8 15. O-O fxg3 16. hxg3 h5 17. e3 Nc5 18. b4 Ncd3 19. b5 cxb5 20. axb5 Bc5
21. Qa4 h4 22. Qe4 h3 23. Bh1 h2+ 24. Kg2 f6 25. Rfd1 Bb4 26. Ne2 Qh7 27. Kf1
Nc5 28. Qg2 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxf5 30. Nf4 Qc2 31. Qd5 Ne4 32. Nh3 Qc4+ 33. Kg2
Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Nc3 35. Rd4 Bc5 36. Rf4 Rh6 37. Kxh2 Nxb5 38. Rh4 Rxh4 39. gxh4
a5 40. Kg3 a4 41. Bd5 Nc3 42. Be6 a3 43. h5 Bf8 44. Nf4 b5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Manea, Alexandru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 a6 12. Nd5 b5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Rc1 Qb6
15. Qd2 Nd7 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nc6 Nc5 18. Nb4 Qb7+ 19. f3 Ne4 20. Qc2 Rfc8 21.
Qxe4 Qxe4 22. fxe4 Bxb2 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Nd5 Kf8 25. Kf3 Ba3 26. Rd1 Rc2 27.
Rd3 b4 28. Rd4 Rxa2 29. Nxb4 Rb2 30. Nd3 Rxb3 31. g4 Bc1 32. Rc4 Bg5 33. Kg3
Kg7 34. Rc7 Bf6 35. Kf3 Ra3 36. Rc8 Ra5 37. Nf4 Be5 38. Re8 Bxf4 39. Kxf4 Kf6
40. Rh8 h5 41. h3 h4 42. Rg8 g5+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Na3 O-O 8. Nc2
Re8 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Ne7 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. b4 c6 13. Bd2 h6 14. e3 dxe3 15. Nxe3
Nf8 16. Bc3 Nf5 17. Nc2 Bc7 18. Qd2 f6 19. Rfe1 Ne6 20. Rad1 axb4 21. axb4 Ra2
22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Bxa1 Nd6 24. Qe2 Bd7 25. Nh4 Ng5 26. Ne3 Qc8 27. Bb2 Ndf7 28.
Qh5 f5 29. Re2 f4 30. gxf4 exf4 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Nef5 Bxf5 34.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. Qxf5 Qe1+ 36. Bf1 Qe6 37. c5 Nf3+ 38. Kh1 Qxf5 39. Nxf5 Be5 40.
Kg2 Ne1+ 41. Kh3 Bf6 42. Kg4 Nxd3 43. Bxd3 Ne5+ 44. Kxf4 Nxd3+ 45. Ke4 Nxf2+
46. Ke3 Ng4+ 47. Kf4 Nxh2 48. Nd6 Bd8 49. Nxb7 Bc7+ 50. Kf5 Ke7 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Goumas, Georgios"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 d6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
Nd7 9. Bf1 Bf6 10. Rb1 g5 11. d3 h5 12. Ne2 g4 13. Nd2 b5 14. c3 h4 15. d4 g3
16. f4 gxh2+ 17. Kxh2 e5 18. Nf3 Bg7 19. d5 Na5 20. c4 bxc4 21. fxe5 dxe5 22.
Bc3 cxb3 23. axb3 Nb7 24. Nf4 Qf6 25. Nd3 Qg6 26. Qd2 Rh5 27. Qf2 Nd6 28. Kg1
h3 29. Nxc5 Nf6 30. Qa2 Qg3 31. Qa4+ Ke7 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Nxe5 hxg2 34. Bxg2
Bh3 35. Nc6+ Kf8 36. Re2 Ng4 37. Kf1 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nd2 c6 7. Qf3 Re8 8.
Ne2 Nd7 9. h4 Nf8 10. g4 Qd7 11. Rg1 b5 12. O-O-O b4 13. e4 a5 14. exd5 cxd5
15. Qxd5 Bb7 16. Qf5 Qc7 17. g5 fxg5 18. Qxg5 g6 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Ng3 Ne6 21.
Qg4 Bxg3 22. Qxg3 Nxd4 23. h5 Ne2 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rg4 Rc5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27.
Ka1 Rh5 28. f3 Kg7 29. Re1 Rh2 30. a3 bxa3 31. bxa3 Rd8 32. Nf1 Rf2 33. Bxe2
Rxe2 34. Rxe2 Bxf3 35. Rxg6+ fxg6 36. Rf2 Bc6 37. Kb2 g5 38. Kc3 Kg6 39. Ne3
Re8 40. Kd3 Rd8+ 41. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrisor, Adrian Marian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be2 b5 6. O-O Bb7 7. a3 Nd7 8. Re1 c5
9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bf1 Nf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Nxe5 O-O 14. Nd3 Nxd3
15. Bxd3 Rfe8 16. Bf4 Nd7 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Bf1 Rc8 19. Be3 f5 20. f3 e6 21. Bd4
Bf8 22. Bf2 g5 23. Ne2 Nf6 24. Nd4 Bd5 25. c3 Kf7 26. a4 bxa4 27. Bxa6 Rc7 28.
Bb5 Rb8 29. Rc1 a3 30. bxa3 Bxa3 31. Rc2 Bc5 32. Bf1 Rb6 33. c4 Bb7 34. Nb5
Bxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Rc5 36. Rd2 Ke7 37. Red1 Ra6 38. Rd8 h5 39. Nd6 Ba8 40. Nc8+ Kf7
41. Nd6+ Kg6 42. Ne8 h4 43. Nxf6 Kxf6 44. Rf8+ Kg7 45. Rdd8 Rca5 46. Rg8+ Kf6
47. Rdf8+ Ke5 48. Rxg5 Ra1 49. Rgg8 R6a2 50. Rb8 Bc6 51. Rb6 Ba4 52. Ra6 Rc2
53. f4+ Kxf4 54. g3+ Kf3 55. gxh4 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Zontakh, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Rc1 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. Nxc4 b6 13. b4 Na4 14. e4 Nc7
15. e5 Qxd2 16. Nbxd2 Nd5 17. Nd6 Rb8 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rc7 a5 20. bxa5 bxa5
21. Nb3 Bh3 22. Nxa5 Rb2 23. Nc6 h5 24. Ne7+ Kh7 25. Nxd5 Rfb8 26. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Zontakh, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Lipetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 g5
9. Nf3 h6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nd3 Na6 12. h4 Bg7 13. Qa4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Bg6 15. Bd2
Nc7 16. g3 a5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Rxh8+ Bxh8 19. Bg2 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Ne4
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nb5 23. a4 Nd6 24. Bg2 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nc5 Rb6 27. Bc3 Nd7
28. Bxh8 Nxc5 29. Rd1 Nde4 30. Bxe4 Nxe4 31. f3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nizhniy Tagil Polytechnik"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd4 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Be3 Qc4 14. Bd5
Qa6 15. Qd3 Qxd3 16. exd3 Rd8 17. Bxb7 Bxb7 18. Rxb7 Bf6 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. Bxa7
Ra8 21. Be3 Rxa2 22. d4 Kg7 23. Rd1 e6 24. d5 exd5 25. Rxd5 h5 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27.
Rxd4 Ra1+ 28. Kg2 Ra2 29. Kg1 Ra1+ 30. Kg2 Ra2 31. Kg1 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Belorechensk Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qxb6 axb6 8.
Nc3 Bd7 9. d3 e6 10. O-O Bc5 11. a3 O-O 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. e4 Nc6 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. h3 b5 19. g4 b4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21.
Bd2 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Ra4 23. Kh2 Rca8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Rd4 26. f4 Rxf4 27.
Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rb4 29. Re5 f6 30. Re7 Ra2 31. Ree2 Ra5 32. d4 Rd5 33. Re7
b6 34. Rb7 Rb3 35. Rc7 Rb4 36. Rb7 Kh7 37. Kg2 Kg6 38. Kf3 Rdxd4 39. Rxd4 Rxd4
40. Rxb6 Rd3+ 41. Kg2 h5 42. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 20th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Re1 c6 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rad1 Bc7 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bf1 Qe7 18. b4 Red8 19. a4 Be6 20. a5 Nd7 21. Ra1
b6 22. a6 Nf8 23. Nf3 Ng6 24. g3 Bd6 25. Red1 Rac8 26. Rd2 Bc7 27. Rad1 Rxd2
28. Rxd2 Rd8 29. h4 Nf8 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Nd2 Qc8 32. Qa4 Bd6 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34.
Bxc4 b5 35. Qd1 Be7 36. Bb3 Ne6 37. Qg4 Kf8 38. Qf5 Bf6 39. g4 Ke8 40. g5 hxg5
41. hxg5 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 20th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2012.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b3 Ne4
9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bb7 11. Qc2 e6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Qb2 Nd7 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
a4 a6 16. Ne1 a5 17. b4 axb4 18. Bxb4 c5 19. Bc3 Nf6 20. Bf3 Bc6 21. Qxb6 Bxa4
22. Rdc1 Nd7 23. Qb7 Rab8 24. Qxd5 Bb3 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Bxe4 cxd4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4
28. exd4 Nf6 29. Bc6 Rfd8 30. Nf3 Nd5 31. g3 Nb4 32. Be4 f5 33. Bb1 Rbc8 34.
Re1 Rc3 35. Ne5 Rxd4 36. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 20th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2012.05.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. d4 Bf5 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Rb5 b6
15. dxc5 Bd7 16. Rxa5 bxa5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rac8 19. Bd4 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6
21. Rb1 f6 22. f4 Kf7 23. Rb7 Ra8 24. Kf2 Rcc8 25. Rb5 Ke6 26. Rxa5 a6 27. Ke3
Kd5 28. Kd3 Rcb8 29. Ra3 Kc6 30. Rb3 Rxb3 31. axb3 a5 32. c4 Rb8 33. Kc3 Re8
34. Kd3 Rb8 35. Kc3 h5 36. e4 Rd8 37. e5 fxe5 38. fxe5 e6 39. Be3 Rd1 40. h4
Rf1 41. Kb2 Rf3 42. Bf4 a4 43. bxa4 Kxc5 44. a5 Kxc4 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 20th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2012.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Nf3 c5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 Qd7 12. dxc5 Bf5 13. Qxd7 Nxd7 14. Rxb7
Nxc5 15. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 20th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2012.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nbd2 Nf6 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Qf6 12. Be3 h6 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. Qf3
Qg6 15. Qg3 Qf6 16. Qf3 Qg6 17. Bb3 Kh8 18. Qg3 Qf6 19. Qf3 Qg6 20. Qg3 Qf6 21.
Qf3 Qg6 22. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 20th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2012.05.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4
O-O 9. Kf2 Bg6 10. e4 Qc7 11. Qb3 c5 12. Na2 Nc6 13. Nxb4 cxb4 14. Be3 Rfd8 15.
Rd1 Rd7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rxd1 18. Qxd1 Qxe5 19. b3 h5 20. Qd4 Qa5 21. Be2
Rd8 22. Qxa7 Qe5 23. Qb6 Rd7 24. Qc5 Qb2 25. Bg5 Rd3 26. Qc1 Rxb3 27. Qxb2 Rxb2
28. Rc1 Ra2 29. Rc7 Bxe4 30. fxe4 Nxe4+ 31. Ke3 Nxg5 32. Rxb7 Ra3+ 33. Kf4 f6
34. Bxh5 Rxa4 35. Bg6 b3+ 36. Ke3 Kf8 37. Rxb3 Ke7 38. Rb7+ Kd6 39. Rxg7 Ke5
40. Bd3 Ne4 41. Bxe4 Rxe4+ 42. Kf3 f5 43. g4 Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 20th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2012.05.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Nb4 8. Qe2
b6 9. a3 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Bb7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Bg7 13. Rae1 a5 14. Qe3 e5 15.
f5 gxf5 16. exf5 f6 17. d4 d5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. f6 Rxf6 20. Qxe5 Rg6 21. Qf5
Bxc3 22. Re6 Rg7 23. h4 Qf8 24. Qd3 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Ba6 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.05.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[BlackTeam "Mulhouse Philidor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Qe2 Nge7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O f5 10. f4 fxe4 11. g3 Bxe3+ 12. Qxe3 Bg4 13. Be2 Nf5 14. Qxe4
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qe8 16. Qc4+ Qf7 17. Qb5 Rab8 18. Rhe1 a6 19. Qd3 Rbe8 20. a3 b5
21. Nd5 Rc8 22. Qc3 Nce7 23. Nxe7+ Nxe7 24. Qa5 Nc6 25. Qxa6 Qc4 26. Nd2 Qd5
27. c4 bxc4 28. Qxc4 Rf5 29. b4 Kf8 30. Kb2 Na7 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Nb3 Rb5 33.
Re4 d5 34. Re5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8.
O-O e5 9. b4 c6 10. Bh4 a5 11. a3 Qb6 12. Qb3 Qa7 13. b5 a4 14. Qa2 exd4 15.
cxd4 c5 16. Rfc1 b6 17. Rab1 Qb7 18. Bg3 h6 19. Bd6 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[BlackTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. h3 Rc8 12. a4 Qc7 13. a5 c5 14. axb6 axb6 15.
dxc5 dxc4 16. bxc4 Nxc5 17. Bb2 Qb8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qd6 21.
Bc4 Red8 22. Rd4 Qf6 23. Rb1 Nd7 24. Qb4 Rc5 25. Nd2 Qe5 26. Nf3 Qd6 27. Rbd1
Rdc8 28. Qb3 Ra5 29. e4 Ba6 30. Bxa6 Rxa6 31. Qe3 Ne5 32. Nxe5 Qxe5 33. f4 Qc7
34. e5 Qc3 35. Qe4 Ra3 36. d6 exd6 37. exd6 Qe3+ 38. Qxe3 Rxe3 39. Rb4 Rb8 40.
d7 Rd8 41. Rxb6 Kf8 42. Kf2 Rc3 43. Rb7 Ke7 44. Rd2 Rc6 45. Kf3 Rd6 46. Rxd6
Kxd6 47. Ke4 f5+ 48. Kd4 Rxd7 49. Rxd7+ Kxd7 50. Kd5 h6 51. h4 h5 52. Ke5 Ke7
53. g3 Kf7 54. Kd6 Kf6 55. Kd7 Kf7 56. Kd6 Kf6 57. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Deauvillais Echiquier"]
[BlackTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

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. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Bd7 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Bf4 Ne7 14. e6
Bxe6 15. Bxc7 Rc8 16. Ne4 Ng6 17. Bg3 c5 18. h4 Be7 19. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.04"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[BlackTeam "Bischwiller"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. d4
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne4 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nb6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qd3
Qd7 15. Rfc1 e6 16. e3 Nc8 17. Ba5 Nd6 18. h4 Rfc8 19. h5 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8
21. Qd1 Rc6 22. Bf1 Qc8 23. Rxc6 Qxc6 24. Bd3 Ne4 25. Kg2 Bf8 26. Be1 Ba3 27.
g4 Nf6 28. f3 Qc1 29. Qxc1 Bxc1 30. Bh4 Ne8 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Kf2 Ba3 33. Ke2
Bb4 34. e4 Kf8 35. Ke3 Be7 36. Be1 Nf6 37. e5 Nd7 38. f4 Ba3 39. f5 gxf5 40.
gxf5 Bc1+ 41. Ke2 Bb2 42. Ke3 Nb8 43. Bb4+ Ke8 44. Bb5+ Nc6 45. Bc5 a6 46. Be2
exf5 47. Bf3 Ne7 48. Bh5 Ng6 49. e6 Bc1+ 50. Kf3 Bg5 51. a4 Bd8 52. b4 b6 53.
Bd6 Bf6 54. Ke3 Bg5+ 55. Kf3 Bf6 56. Ke3 Bg5+ 57. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.05"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 h5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Nd3 Kh7 15. Rb1 g5
16. Bg3 g4 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Kh2 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Rh1 Qe8 21. Kg1 Qg6 22.
a3 Kg8 23. Qd2 Nf7 24. Rf1 Bh6 25. Qd1 Rae8 26. Ne1 e4 27. Nc2 Ne5 28. Ne3
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.06"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Marseille Echecs"]
[BlackTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 h6 12. Rd1 a6 13. e4 e5 14. h3 Qc7 15. Be3
Rfe8 16. b4 Rac8 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rac1 c5 20. bxc5 Bxc3 21. Qxc3
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Rd6 Rc4 24. Qd2 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qxd6 26. cxd6 Rxc1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2012.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. e3 a5 11. Na4 f5 12. Ne1 Qe8 13. Nd3 Bf6 14. a3 Rd8 15. Qc2
Rf7 16. Rac1 g5 17. f3 Nd6 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nc8 20. cxd5 exd5 21. f4 g4
22. Rfd1 Qe6 23. Nc3 Rfd7 24. Nb5 N8e7 25. Qd2 h5 26. Qf2 d4 27. exd4 Qxb3 28.
Qc2 Qxb5 29. Bf1 Qxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rd5 31. Rfe1 Kh7 32. e6 Kg6 33. a4 h4 34. gxh4
Rh8 35. Qf2 Rh7 36. Re3 Rd6 37. h3 Nd5 38. Rg3 Rxe6 39. hxg4 Re4 40. gxf5+ Kf7
41. Qg2 1-0

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2012.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2012.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. g4 d5 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Nxd5 Nxe5 10. Bg2 Bc5 11. Bf4 c6 12. Bxe5 Re8 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Ne3 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rxe5 18. Nc4 Re7 19. f4 Be6 20. Ne5 Rd8+
21. Nd3 Bc4 22. Bf1 Be3+ 23. Kc3 Bd5 24. Rh2 c5 25. Re1 Rde8 0-1

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2012.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Swinkels, Robin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nb5 Ne4 15.
Nbd4 Rc8 16. Rc2 Nb4 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. a3 Na6 19. Qc1 Nac5 20. Nh4 Be7 21. Ndf5
Bxh4 22. Nxg7 Bg5 23. Qd1 Bg6 24. Nxe8 Qxe8 25. Qxd5 Qe6 26. Rd1 Qxd5 27. Rxd5
Be7 28. b4 Na4 29. Ba1 Nec3 30. Rd7 Bf6 31. Kf1 b5 32. Rxa7 Kg7 33. g4 h6 34.
Bc6 Bc2 35. Ra6 Bd4 36. e3 Bd3+ 37. Ke1 Bf6 38. h4 Bc4 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5
Bxg5 41. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2012.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2012.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. e5 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 d5 8.
e6 fxe6 9. O-O Qd6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Bf4 e5 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14. Bxe5
Nf6 15. Bxd4 Bh6 16. Nc3 Kf7 17. Na4 Rhe8 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. f4 e6 20. b3 g5 21.
fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2012.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Rd8 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Ne5 Nc6
15. Rfd1 Be8 16. Qe3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rd4 Bc6 20. Bd3 a6
21. a3 Ba5 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Nd6 Bc7 24. Qd4 Qg5 25. Bf1 Qc1 26. Nc4 Bb5 27.
a4 Bxa4 28. Qc5 Bc6 29. Qe7 Bb6 30. h3 Ba7 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. g3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2012.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Na3 Ne4 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Nxd2 c3 11. Ne4 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 Bxa3 13. bxa3 Ke7 14.
Nxc3 Nc6 15. Rb1 Rd8 16. Rfc1 Rd2 17. Kf1 Nd8 18. Ke1 Rd7 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nc7
Rb8 21. Rb6 Rd6 22. Rxd6 Kxd6 23. Ne8+ Ke7 24. Nxg7 Bd7 25. Nh5 e5 26. f4 f6
27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Rc5 Nf7 29. Rc7 Nd8 30. Nf6 1-0

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
c3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 d5 12. Bd3 c6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Qf3 Bxf4
15. Qxf4 Qh4 16. Qxh4 Nxh4 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Bf1 Rfe8 19. g3 Ng6 20. f3 Kf8 21.
Kf2 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 a5 23. g4 Bd7 24. Kg3 Ne7 25. Bd3 h6 26. Nf1 b6 27. Ne3 c5
28. c4 Rc8 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. cxd5 c4 31. Bc2 b5 32. Re3 b4 33. Kf2 b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Be6 $6 {
An extremely rare (before this game!), provocative continuation. The Turkmeni
GM Handshar Odeev had been its only notable adherent.} 8. Qb5 (8. Qd3 $5 c5 9.
d5 Bc8 10. Be3 b6 11. h3 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ng5 Nc6 15. Nxe6
fxe6 16. Bc4 Kf7 17. O-O Ne8 18. Rad1 Nd6 $132 {0-1 Jakovenko,D (2722)-Svidler,
P (2749)/Moscow RUS 2012/The Week in Chess 927 (50)}) (8. d5 Bc8 {, and Black
will now undermine White's centre:} (8... Bg4 $4 9. e5 $18) 9. Be2 {is
probably where White should look for an advantage:} (9. Bg5 c6 10. Rd1 b5 (
10... cxd5 $5 11. exd5 Nbd7) 11. Qb3 (11. Qc5 $5) 11... Qa5 12. Nd2 a6 13. Be2
cxd5 14. exd5 Nbd7 15. a3 Bb7 16. O-O Qc7 17. Rfe1 Nc5 18. Qa2 Rad8 $15 {
[time] 0-1 Lima,D (2475)-Odeev,H (2405)/Moscow 1994/CBM 044 ext (38)}) (9. Bf4
c6 10. Rd1 b5 (10... Qb6 $5 11. Rd2 Qa5 12. Qb3 a6 13. d6 e6 14. Be2 Nbd7 15.
O-O e5 16. Be3 b5 17. Rc1 Bb7 18. Rdd1 Rab8 19. Nd2 c5 20. Qc2 Rfc8 $13 {
1/2 Schrancz,I (2470)-Odeev,H (2262)/ICCF 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 105 (37)})
11. Qb3 Qa5 12. Nd2 a6 13. Be2 cxd5 14. e5 Ng4 (14... Ne4 15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. Qc2
Nxd2 17. Bxd2 Nd4 18. Qd3 $18 {1-0 Budnikov,A (2525)-Odeev,H (2365)/Azov 1991/
CBM 025 (33)}) 15. Qxd5 Ra7 16. Qf3 Nxe5 17. Qg3 Nbc6 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Be3 {
1-0 Burger,H (2567)-Odeev,H (2162)/ICCF 2000/ICCF Telechess CBM 94 (57)} Nc4 $1
20. Bxa7 Qxa7 $44) 9... c6 10. O-O cxd5 11. exd5 Ne8 (11... b6 12. Qh4 Bb7 13.
Rd1 Nbd7 14. Bg5 a6 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Nd4 Qe8 17. Re1 Nxd5 18. Bxa6 Bxa6 19.
Nxd5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 f6 21. Bh6 $36 {1-0 Bendana Guerrero,G-Odeev,H/Rochade
5171-Jub15 bd08 2005/CBM 118 (32)}) (11... e6 12. dxe6 (12. d6 $5 Nbd7 13. Rd1
Nb6 14. Qc5 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Rxd5 exd5 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Bf4
Re8 20. Bd3 $44 {0-1 Cummings,N (2296)-Onder,E (2333)/IECG 2004/Telechess CBM
107 (26)}) 12... Bxe6 13. Qb4 (13. Qh4 Nd5 $5) 13... Qc8 14. Bg5 (14. Qh4 $5)
14... Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20.
Rac1 $14 {1/2 Novichkov,V (2415)-Odeev,H (2430)/Moscow 1998/EXT 1999 (51)}) 12.
Re1 Nd6 13. Qa4 (13. Qb3 $5 Nd7 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Bf4) 13... Nd7 14. Bf4 Nb6 15.
Qb3 Bg4 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Rc8 18. Rd1 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Be5 Bxe5 21.
Rxe5 b5 22. Rde1 Rfe8 $132 {1/2 Gordon,S (2539)-Howell,D (2620)/North Shields
ENG 2012/The Week in Chess 926 (62)}) 8... Bd7 9. Qc5 (9. Qb3 c5 $1) 9... b6
10. Qg5 {Hardly a good place for the queen.} c5 $1 11. dxc5 Bc6 12. Qh4 bxc5
13. Be2 e6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 14. Bg5 (14. Qf4 $5) 14... h6 $1 15. Bxh6 Nxe4 16.
Qf4 Nxc3 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. bxc3 Qf6 $11 {Black has no problems; moreover, his
more central pawns promise him a plus in the event of inaccurate play by White.
} 19. Qe3 Nd7 20. O-O Rab8 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. h3 Bd5 23. a4 (23. Rab1 $5) 23...
a5 24. Rab1 Bb3 25. Rd6 Bxa4 26. Ra1 Qe7 27. Ra6 Bb5 28. Bxb5 Rxb5 29. Ra7 {
There was no positional ground for White to push on.} (29. R6xa5 $142 $11)
29... Rdb8 30. Ne5 R8b7 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Rxa5 Qd6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A blunder,
which went unnoticed!} (32... Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Qd6 34. f4 {- game}) 33. f4 $4 (33.
Qh6+ $1 Kg8 34. Qh8+ $1 Kxh8 35. Nxf7+ Kg7 36. Nxd6 {winning a pawn and
gradually the game}) 33... Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Nxe5 35. fxe5 Qd1 {Suddenly White's
king is in trouble, and he must play accurately.} 36. Qf2 Qh1+ 37. Kg3 Rf1 38.
Qxc5 Rd1 (38... Rf5 39. Qe3 {[%csl Ge3]}) 39. Qe3 $6 (39. Qf2 $1 Rf1 $11 (39...
Rd3+ $6 40. Kh4 g5+ 41. Kxg5 Qc1+ 42. Kg4)) 39... Qf1 40. Kh2 Re1 $1 {White
probably underestimated this move.} 41. Qd2 Qg1+ 42. Kg3 Re3+ (42... Rf1 $6 43.
Qd4) (42... Rd1 $5 43. Qe2 Rf1 $36 {[%cal Yf1f5]}) 43. Kf4 $6 (43. Kg4 $1 Re4+
(43... g5 $2 44. Ra1 $1 Re4+ 45. Kf3) 44. Kf3 Re1 45. Kg3) 43... g5+ $1 44. Kg4
(44. Kxg5 Rxh3 45. Kg4 Rh6 $40) 44... Kh6 45. Ra4 $2 (45. Ra8 $1 {was the only
defence:} Re4+ (45... Rxe5 46. Rh8+ $1 Kg7 47. Rh5 $1 f5+ 48. Kxg5) 46. Kf3
Rxe5 47. Qd3 Rf5+ 48. Kg3 {, at least, not losing by force.}) 45... Rxe5 46. h4
f6 $2 {And now Black misses a brilliant win:} (46... f5+ $1 47. Kf3 Qf1+ 48.
Kg3 f4+ 49. Kg4 (49. Kh2 Re2) 49... Qb5 $3 50. Rb4 (50. Ra8 Re3 51. Rh8+ Kg7
52. Qd4+ e5 $19) (50. Qd4 Qe2+ 51. Kh3 Qh5 $1 $19) 50... Re3 $3 $19 {[%cal
Rb5f5,Re3g3]}) 47. Kf3 Qh2 48. hxg5+ fxg5 49. Re4 $4 {Another foreseeable
mistake. In fact, it is practically impossible to defend such a position, with
an absolutely bare king in a practical game, whatever a computer may say.} ({
After} 49. Rg4 {White could survive with a series of only moves:} Rf5+ 50. Ke2
Qe5+ (50... Qg1 51. Kd3 $1 Qb1+ 52. Qc2) 51. Qe3 Qb5+ 52. c4 $1 Qb2+ 53. Kd3 $1
Re5 54. Re4 Qb1+ 55. Kd4 {etc.}) 49... Rf5+ 50. Ke3 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 O-O 7. Bg2 b6 8.
O-O Bb7 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. e4 Bb7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 h6 14. Rc1 Qe7
15. a3 a5 16. Nfd2 Rad8 17. Nc4 Nb8 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 c5 20. Qg4 Bxe4 21.
Bxe4 Rc8 22. Rcd1 Nd7 23. Bb1 b5 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qb7 Rb8 26. Qa7 Ra8 27. Qb7
Rab8 28. Qa7 Ra8 29. Qc7 c4 30. Rf1 Rfc8 31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. exd6 Nf6 33. g4 g6
34. gxf5 exf5 35. e4 Nxe4 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. Rf6 Kg7 38. Re6 Rf8 39. Rxe4 Rad8
40. Re7+ Rf7 41. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game I was in excellent shape and was eager to tka advantage of
my chances with the white pieces against Bacrot. During my preparation I was
surprised to discover that the solid Etienne had recently switched to King's
Indian. I still couldn't believe that I actually would get any of my
preparation on board, but in the event of that miracle happening, I decided to
check the position carefully and choose what I would try over the board.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 {The KID is sort of back in fashion now. For
some reason, no-one bothers to take it seriously and refute it, once and for
all.} 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 {The Bayonet, known as
Kramnik's favourite. Etienne has experience in this line with both colours. I
have had mixed results after another critical move Ne1. There, both players
get selfish and hope that they will be first. If it goes wrong, however, it's
no fun to get mated.} Nh5 10. g3 {The speciality of Loek van Wely, the
spiritual leader of Dutch chess.} (10. Re1 {is the main move.}) 10... f5 11.
Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 {12.Bf3 was a new idea demonstrated by Kramnik against me. He
later on managed to win one more game against Grischuk with that move, but I
am sure that sooner or later even Kramnik will end up with no more new ideas
in this rather double edged line.} f4 13. b5 {Preparing Ne6, by covering the
c6-square. It's a very typical motive in the bayonet.} fxg3 14. hxg3 h6 15. Ne6
Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qc8 17. Nd5 {Sort of protecting the e6-pawn. Now the fun starts.}
Qxe6 18. Nxc7 Qh3 19. Rf2 $1 {All this had been invented by Loek decades ago
and has been tested by him more than once.} Rac8 $5 {An interesting move. I
had actually expected all this, as so far (and till move 24) we are following
the game Van Wely-Bacrot from a couple of months back played in the French
league.} (19... Nxe4 {is the main-line. Here Stellwagen managed to mate Loek a
couple of years back, but the improvements are being found again and again.}
20. fxe4 Rxf2 21. Kxf2 Rf8+ 22. Ke3 Qxg3+ 23. Kd2 Rf2 {is how two games of Van
Wely went. He beat Radjabov in 2008 and a year later the above mentioned mate
followed.}) 20. Rh2 $1 ({After the immediate} 20. Qxd6 {Black has at least a
draw -} Nxe4 21. fxe4 Qxg3+ 22. Rg2 Qe1+ 23. Kh2 Qh4+) 20... Qxg3+ (20... Qd7 {
is not in the spirit of the game -} 21. b6 $5 axb6 22. Nb5) 21. Rg2 Qh3 22.
Qxd6 Rf7 $1 {Defending the knight and at the same time preparing ...Nf5.} 23.
c5 Nf5 (23... Nxe4 {doesn't work -} 24. fxe4 Qc3 25. Bb2 Qxb2 26. Rd1 {and
Bg4-Be6 is going to decide the game.}) 24. exf5 Rfxc7 25. Be3 $5 {Finally a
new move. After studying the position very carefully and deeply, I came to the
conclusion that while White seems to be better with many moves, Black is
always able to hold with computer precision. All I had to do was to choose the
most unpleasant try and it seems that I (pretty much by accident) managed to
succeed in that.} (25. c6 {was played by Loek. While being critical, it was
also the move Bacrot has focussed on, so I decided to check his preparation
somewhere else.}) 25... Qxf5 $6 {It was only over the board, that I realised
that in fact this move just begs to be played. In fact it's a mistake and the
right move ...Kh8! doesn't come to mind so easily.} (25... Kh8 $1 {the best.
Now I intended to unleash the brilliant looking} 26. Bxh6 $1 {and here, unless
Black resigns right away from the shock, the game will just end in a draw after
} (26. Rf1 gxf5 $1) 26... Qxf5 $1 (26... Qxh6 {is very drawish, but not a draw
yet...} 27. Rh2 Nh5 28. Qxg6 Qxg6+ 29. fxg6 Bf6 $5 30. Rxh5+ Kg7 31. Rh7+ $1
Kxg6 32. Bd3+ Kg5 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Rc1 {and White keeps some pressure, even
though there are almost no more pieces left and the bishops are of the
opposite colour.} e4 35. Bxe4 Bd4+ 36. Kf1) 27. Bd3 e4 28. fxe4 Qxc5+ 29. Qxc5
Rxc5 30. Rxg6 Bxh6 31. Rxh6+ Kg7 {and the extra pawn has no meaning other than
just being there, so that I don't feel ashamed of my preparation. It's a draw.}
) 26. Rf1 $1 Bf8 $2 {The most natural move, but also the losing one. One of
the two prophylactical king moves should still be enough to hold on.} (26...
Rd7 $4 {made me frown, as I haven't actually looked at the position with a
human eye before the game. But it obviously loses to a nice -} 27. Bc4+ Kh7 28.
Be6 $1) (26... Kh8 {or}) (26... Kh7 27. Bd3 e4 28. fxe4 Qh3 {and Black has
tricks of his own, but obviously he is just trying to desperately hold the
balance here.}) 27. Bd3 $1 {The only move, which is, however, more than enough.
} e4 {This and the next move are forced.} 28. fxe4 Qxf1+ {At first this
worried me a little, but pretty quickly I realised that my pawns are
unstoppable.} 29. Bxf1 $6 {This just felt better, but according to the
cold-blooded machine, it's less precise.} (29. Kxf1 $1 Bxd6 30. cxd6 {now I
didn't see the exact way for Black, but somehow I felt like I had given him
too many options. The computer considers all of those options and claims that
none of them is good enough to hold.} Rc1+ $5 {was one of the reasons I didn't
take with the king. Here White wins with a beautiful and precise sequence -} (
30... Rc3 31. Rxg6+ $1 {I totally missed this idea -} (31. Ke2 Rc2+ $5 32. Bd2
Kf7 {was a funny line that I saw.}) 31... Kf7 32. e5 $1 {suddenly the rook is
protected and the knight is attacked.} Rxd3 33. Rxf6+ Ke8 34. Re6+ $1 Kf7 35.
Re7+ {and the pawns will queen.}) (30... Rf7 31. Rxg6+ Kh7 32. Rxh6+ Kg7 33.
Ke2 {this is maybe the toughest for black, objectively speaking, but after} Re8
$1 34. Rh4 Rd7 35. Bc5 {White should just be technically winning.}) 31. Bxc1
Rxc1+ 32. Ke2 Kf7 {and now the dancing starts -} 33. Kd2 $1 (33. e5 Nd7 $1)
33... Rc5 (33... Rc8 34. Ke3 $1) 34. Ke3 $1 Rc1 35. Be2 $3 Nd7 36. Kd4 $1 {
and Black can't stop the pawns from running. A very sophisticated line.}) 29...
Bxd6 30. cxd6 {Black again has plenty of moves, but I didn't see any defence
for him and felt that I should win this position. The computer, however, shows
that even though White is definitely the one having all the fun, things aren't
that easy yet.} Rc3 $2 {After a long think Etienne found an interesting idea,
but fortunately for me, it doesn't work.} ({An interesting attempt to survive
is} 30... Rf7 $5 {but after} 31. e5 Nd5 {White can avoid the trap and keep his
enormous advantage with} 32. Rxg6+ $1 (32. Bxh6 Rxf1+ $1 33. Kxf1 Kf7 {is the
trick. With the pawns blocked, Black has excellent drawing chances.}) 32... Rg7
33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Bxa7) (30... Rd7 $1 {was the right move, but it is the next
move, that is remarkable} 31. e5 g5 $3 {is the computer-style defence. I must
say I wasn't even thinking in this direction. Now Black keeps his kingside
pawns alive and manages to get control of my connected passed pawns. Still,
White has excellent winning chances, as he has two bishops for the rook and
the a7-pawn drops.} (31... Nd5 {here I actually was considering the wrong move}
32. Bxh6 $1 {is the right move and the pawns can't be stopped in the long run.}
(32. Rxg6+ $4 {was the 'winning' move that I saw. What I missed was that after
the forced} Kf7 33. Rxh6 Nxe3 34. e6+ Kg7 35. exd7 {Black doesn't have to go ..
.Rd8, which would allow Re6-e7+! manoeuvre, but he can play the clever} Rg8 $3
{and Black keeps it together.}))) 31. Bd4 Rf3 32. e5 $1 Rf4 $5 {Played
instantly. We both saw that the tempting ...Rc1 loses by force.} (32... Rc1 {
now the straightforward line wins for White -} 33. Rxg6+ Kh7 34. Rxf6 Rcxf1+
35. Kg2 (35. Kh2 $1) 35... Rxf6 {forced.} 36. exf6 {and Black can't stop the
pawns.} Rf4 37. Bc5 $1 ({not} 37. Be5 Rg4+ 38. Kf3 Rg8 39. d7 Kg6 $3 (39... Rd8
40. f7 Kg6 41. Bc7) 40. Bc7 Kxf6 41. d8=Q+ Rxd8 42. Bxd8+ Ke5 {and it starts
to look like some study...}) 37... Rxf6 38. d7 Rg6+ 39. Kf3 Rg8 40. Be7 Kg6 41.
Ke4) 33. Bb2 $1 {I was very tempted to play Be3 right away, but as I had so
much time left on my clock, I decided that some extra thinking wouldn't harm
things. And rightly so, as this move is just killing.} (33. Be3 $6 {would allow
} Rxf1+ $1 34. Kxf1 Nd5 {and here the pawns don't queen, because Black will
take the bishop and then come back with his knight to d5, covering the key
e7-square. And otherwise ...Kf7 is just in time.} 35. Bxh6 (35. e6 $2 Nxe3+ 36.
Kf2 Nd5 $1) 35... Kf7 {with excellent drawing chances.}) 33... Nh7 {All other
knight moves also lose, as the pawns are just runnning.} 34. e6 {I took some
time to calculate the precise win, but in fact nearly everything wins at this
point.} (34. d7 {also wins easily, as after} Rcf8 35. e6 Ng5 {is clever, but
not clever enough -} 36. e7 Nf3+ 37. Kf2 {I saw till here, but somehow I
thought that it's better not to allow him so many discovered checks. All of
them lose though, for example} Nh2+ 38. Ke1 $1 Re4+ 39. Re2 Rxf1+ 40. Kd2 Nf3+
41. Kd3) 34... Ng5 (34... Nf8 35. e7 Nd7 {is hopeless. I intended} 36. Rxg6+
Kf7 37. Bh3 $1) 35. Rxg5 $1 hxg5 36. d7 Rg4+ (36... Rcf8 {and here as long as
White avoids e7?? and just moves the f1 bishop first, he should win easily.}
37. Bg2 $1 (37. e7 $4 Rxf1+ 38. Kg2 R8f2+ 39. Kg3 Rf3+ 40. Kg4 Rf4+ 41. Kxg5
Kh7 $1 {and Black starts checking forever.} 42. e8=Q Rf5+ 43. Kh4 R5f4+)) 37.
Bg2 {I wish I could promote my central pawns like that more often.} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Nd1 Re8 11. Nf2 b5 12. c5 dxc5 13. Rxc5 e5 14. d5 Ne7 {
This entertaining system was thoroughly examined in CBM 148, annotations to
Caruana - Jones by GM Gawain Jones.} 15. g3 $6 $146 {A passive move, after
which Black obtains an excellent position.} (15. Nd3 c6 16. d6 Nc8 17. Ng3 (17.
Nxe5 $6 Nxe4 $1 18. fxe4 Bxe5 $17 {0-1 Mamedjarova,T (2284)-Isgandarova,K 
(2207)/Gaziantep 2008/CBM 125 Extra (32)}) (17. Nb4 Re6 (17... Bf8 18. Nxa6 Ra8
19. Nc7 Rxa2 20. Nxe8 Qxe8 {0-1 Svetushkin,D (2553)-Golubev,M (2527)/playchess.
com INT 2004/EXT 2005 (49)} 21. Nc1 Ra1 22. Bd3 Nxd6 23. b3 $14) 18. Nxc6 Bxc6
19. Rxc6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Nxd6 21. Nc3 Qc7 22. Bg5 b4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Nb5
$11 {1-0 Ermenkov,E (2471)-Pancevski,F (2241)/Struga 2002/CBM 089 ext (49)})
17... Nxd6 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 (18... Qc7 19. Bf4 Re6 $15 {G.Jones}) 19. Rxe5 Ng4 (
19... Nd5 20. Bd4 f6 21. Bc5 Nf7 22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. exd5 f5 24. Be2 Qf6 25. b4
Rd8 $44 {1/2 Caruana,F (2767)-Jones,G (2635)/Plovdiv 2012/CBM 148/[Jones,G] 
(41)}) 20. Bg5 f6 $1 21. fxg4 fxg5 22. Qxd6 Bxg4 $1 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Be2 $1 (
24. Rxg5 $4 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Bd4# {G.Jones}) 24... Bxe2 25. Re7 Bd3 26. e5 Rd5 $36)
(15. Qc1 {is crucial:} Bf8 $5 (15... Rb7 16. Rc2 Qa8 17. Nd3 c6 18. dxc6 Nxc6
19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxc6 Rc8 21. Qd6 b4 22. Nec1 $16 {1/2 Khenkin,I (2632)
-Sebenik,M (2529)/Plovdiv 2012/CBM 148 (41)}) (15... c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Rxc6
Bxc6 18. Qxc6 Qa5+ (18... Bf8 19. Qc3 Rc8 20. Qd2 Qc7 21. Nc1 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5
23. Nb3 Qb6 24. Bd3 Nh5 25. g3 $16 {1/2 Graf,A (2635)-Nunn,J (2611)/Germany
2003/CBM 094/[Hazai] (87)}) 19. Qc3 Qxa2 20. Nc1 Qa4 (20... Qa1 {1-0
Galopoulos,N (2430)-Pein,M (2382)/Neos Marmaras GRE 2012/The Week in Chess 911
(65)} 21. Be2 Rbc8 22. Qd2 Red8 23. Nfd3 $16) 21. Be2 Rec8 22. Qd2 Rc2 23. b3
Rxd2 24. bxa4 Rc2 25. axb5 axb5 $14 {G.Jones}) 16. Rxc7 Nexd5 $1 17. exd5 Bb4+
18. Rc3 Nxd5 $132 {M.Pein. This line needs more investigation.}) 15... c6 $1
16. dxc6 (16. d6 Nc8 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ye8e6,Yg7f8,Yc8d6]}) 16... Nxc6 17. Rc1 (
17. Bh3 Nd4 $1 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bf4 (19. Bxd4 $2 Bxh3 20. Nxh3 Nxe4 $1 $19)
19... Bxh3 20. Nxh3 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Nf2 Qe6 23. a3 Nd5 24. Nd3 Qh3 $36)
17... Rc8 18. Bg2 Be6 19. b3 {White can try to give up a pawn but complete
development:} (19. Qxd8 Rexd8 20. O-O {but Black can reject the gift obtaining
a positional advantage instead:} Bc4 (20... Bxa2 $143 21. Bh3 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6
23. Rc3 {with drawing chances}) 21. Rfe1 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Nd4 23. Ree1 Nc2 24. Re2
Nxe3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxe3 Rc2 $17) 19... Qxd2+ 20. Bxd2 Red8 21. Bg5 (21. Rd1
Bf8 22. O-O {may be relatively better. If} Bc5 {then} 23. Bg5 Kg7 $140 24. Rxd8
Rxd8 25. Rc1) 21... Nb4 $1 {[%csl Ra2]} 22. Nc3 Rd7 23. Ke2 $6 {The king will
be vulnerable here.} (23. O-O $142 Rdc7 24. Rfd1 $1 h6 25. Bd2 $17) 23... Rdc7
24. Bd2 Bf8 25. Bh3 Nc6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc6d4,Rf8a3] White can't defend all his
weaknesses and avoid material losses.} 26. Nd5 (26. Bxe6 Nd4+ 27. Kd1 fxe6 $19
{[%cal Rf8a3,Rd4f3]}) 26... Nxd5 27. exd5 Nd4+ 28. Ke3 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1 30.
Bxc1 Bxd5 31. Ne4 Bg7 {Black could have proceeded more energetically, winning
a second pawn:} (31... Bh6+ 32. f4 (32. Kf2 Bxe4 33. Bxh6 Nxf3 34. Bg2 $140
Nxh2 $1) 32... Nc2+ 33. Kd3 Nb4+ 34. Ke3 Bxe4 35. Kxe4 f5+ $1 36. Ke3 Nxa2 37.
Bd2 Kf7 38. Kd3 e4+ 39. Kc2 Bf8 40. Kb2 Bb4 41. Kxa2 Bxd2 {, and White is
absolutely hopeless despite the opposite-coloured bishops.}) {Of course, White
has no chances whatsoever after the text move either.} 32. g4 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5
34. Nd2 Kf7 35. Bb2 Kg6 36. Bg2 Ne6 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. a4 Bf8 39. axb5 axb5 40.
Bf1 Bb4 41. Nb1 Bc5+ 42. Kg3 Bd4 43. Bxd4 Nxd4 44. Nc3 Bxf3 45. Nxb5 f4+ 46.
Kf2 Nxb5 47. Kxf3 Nd4+ 48. Kg4 Nxb3 49. Bd3 h6 50. Bb5 Nd2 51. Bc6 Ke6 52. Bb7
Kd6 53. h4 Kc5 54. Kh5 f3 55. Kxh6 e4 56. h5 f2 57. Ba6 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Nc3 a6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Be3 b5 15. Bf1
Bb7 16. Rc1 Ne7 17. Ne5 Ned5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bd2 Qf6 20. Qh5 c5 21. a4 c4 22.
Re4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qg6 24. Qh4 Nf6 25. Ree1 Ne4 26. Bc3 Rad8 27. axb5 axb5 28.
Bb4 Nd2 29. Qg4 Qxg4 30. hxg4 Nb3 31. Rb1 Bc8 32. f3 Rd5 33. Rbd1 Red8 34. Bd6
Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Be6 36. Be2 f6 37. exf6 gxf6 38. Bf4 Rxd1+ 39. Bxd1 Kg7 40. Be3
Bf7 41. f4 Bd5 42. Kf2 b4 43. Bc2 c3 44. bxc3 bxc3 45. Bf5 Nd2 46. Bd4 Ne4+ 47.
Kg1 Kf7 48. Bxe4 Bxe4 49. Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 ({cf.} 2... e6 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 {
- E01}) 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 {The difference of this
system from the classic E01 setup is that Black's pawn is on g6 instead of g7.
That circumstance is rather unfavourable for him as his bishop can hardly go
to g7, and therefore the weakness of dark squares will be visible.} 7. Nf3 Bb4+
(7... Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O $16 {V.Tukmakov}) (7... e4 8. Nfd2 Bf5 (8... dxc4
$5) 9. Nc3 dxc4 {0-1 Krasnov,V-Moiseev,V (2410)/Tula 2000/CBM 079 ext (58)} 10.
O-O $16 {[%cal Rd2c4,Rd2e4]}) (7... d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Bg4 (9... Bc5 10. exd4
exd4 11. b4 $1 Nxb4 12. Bh6 $44) 10. Qb3 (10. exd4 $5 Nxd4 11. Nbd2) 10... Bxf3
(10... Qe7 $5 11. exd4 $140 e4) 11. Bxf3 Qd7 (11... Rb8 $142 $14) 12. Bxc6 bxc6
13. exd4 exd4 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Qf3 Ng8 16. Re1 O-O-O 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qxf7 $16
{1-0 Tukmakov,V (2560)-Beliavsky,A (2545)/Vilnius 1978/MCD (41)}) 8. Nbd2 {
A bit too passive.} (8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 e4 10. Nd4 dxc4 11. Nc3 $14 {,
played in the E01 system with Black's pawn on g7 (7...Bb4+ is a very rare move
there), is possible here, too.}) (8. Nc3 {is also interesting as} d4 {doesn't
work due to} 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Nxe5) 8... e4 (8... Nc6 {was probably simpler.})
9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nc2 Be7 11. O-O Be6 12. b3 Nc6 13. Bb2 dxc4 14. bxc4 Qb6 {
Black already feels uncomfortable due to the weakness of the long diagonal.
Still,} (14... Qa5 {was good enough for equality, e.g.} 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4
Rad8 17. Qc1 Bxc4 18. Qh6 Ne5 $1 19. Ne3 Be6 $1 20. f4 Qb6 $1 21. Bxe5 Qxe3+
22. Rf2 f6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 {, and White must give a perpetual.}) {
The text move is weaker: Black loses a pawn without sufficient compensation
although White's road to victory will be very, very long.} 15. Rb1 Qa6 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. Nxe4 Bg7 (17... Be7 18. Ne3) 18. Nc5 Qxc4 19. Nxb7 Qc3 20. Rc1 $1 Ne7
(20... Nb4 21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. Bd5 $1 $14) 21. Ne3 Qe5 22. Nc4 Qf6 23. Qa4 Rab8 (
23... Nd5 $142 24. Nc5 Rad8) 24. Nc5 Nc8 25. Qa6 Re8 26. e3 Qe7 27. Nxe6 Qxe6
28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. Rb1 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 {[%mdl 4096]} Nb6 31. Nd2 Rd6 32. Ne4 Rc6
33. Rd1 Bf8 34. h4 Kg7 35. Bf3 Rc2 36. Rd2 Rc1+ $6 {A strange decision. Black
has more drawing chances after the rook exchange:} (36... Rxd2 37. Nxd2) 37.
Rd1 $6 Rc2 38. Rd2 Rc1+ $6 39. Kg2 Bb4 40. Rb2 a5 41. Nd2 Rc3 $6 {It was still
possible to trade the rooks but Black consequently avoids that:} (41... Na4 42.
Nb3 Nxb2 43. Nxc1) 42. Nb3 Nc4 43. Re2 a4 44. Nd4 Bc5 45. Nc6 a3 46. Be4 f5 47.
Bd5 Nb2 48. Ne5 Bb4 49. Nf3 Rc5 50. e4 fxe4 $6 {After this bad move White's
pieces finally come out, and he converts his material advantage without major
technical problems.} (50... Na4 $5 51. Nd4 Nc3 $1 52. Ne6+ Kf6 53. e5+ Ke7 54.
Nxc5 Nxe2 {still led to the exchange of rooks. Despite the inferior situation
for Black (White has got a passed e5-pawn), he can put up a lot of resistance
here.}) 51. Rxe4 Rb5 52. Bb3 Rb7 53. Nd4 Nd3 54. Bc4 Nc5 55. Re3 Nd7 56. Ne6+
Kh8 57. Rd3 Be7 58. Re3 Nf6 59. Bb3 Bb4 60. Re2 Rb8 61. Rc2 Bd6 62. Rc6 Be5 63.
Ra6 Bb2 64. Ra7 Ne4 65. Rc7 Be5 66. Re7 Bf6 67. Ra7 Bb2 68. f3 Nc3 69. Kh3 h6
70. Bc4 Rc8 71. Bb3 Rb8 72. Nc5 Nb5 73. Rd7 Nd4 74. Bd5 Nf5 75. Nd3 Ne3 76. Be4
Rb6 77. Nf4 g5 78. Nh5 Kg8 79. Rd3 Bc1 80. Rc3 Bd2 81. Rxa3 Rb2 82. Bg6 Rb8 83.
Rd3 Bc1 84. Rc3 Bd2 85. Rc7 Rf8 86. Be4 gxh4 87. Kxh4 Nf5+ 88. Kg4 Nd6 89. Bd5+
Kh8 90. f4 Nf5 91. Be4 Ba5 92. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 a5 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. h3 Re8 16. Be3 Bd4 17. Rfe1 b4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa8 Bxa8
21. Na4 Re5 22. Rc1 Bb7 23. Qc4 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Ba6 25. Rc5 Rxc5 26. Nxc5 Bxd3
27. Nxd3 Nxe4 28. Nxb4 c5 29. Nc2 Kf8 30. Kf1 Nd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 {Ein seltener Gast
in heutiger Praxis, der allerdings zuletzt öfters gespielt wird.} e6 {Das
sieht am logischsten aus, aber Schwarz hat auch Alternativen.} (6... g6 7. g4
Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nde2 Nd7 11. a4 Rb8 12. Qd2 Nde5 13. b3 $132 {
mit interessantem Spiel in Fedorchuk - Volokitin (Kiev, 2012)}) (6... e5 {
Dieser Zug ist immer eine der Hauptantworten, was immer Weiß im 6. Zug spielt.}
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. f4 b5 11. b3 Nb6 12. Bb2 Qc7 $132 {
Shirov - Vachier Lagrave (Melilla, 2011)}) 7. g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 {Die
Idee der Variante ist klar - Weiß will so schnell wie möglich an den schwarzen
König rankommen. Das ist jedoch gar nicht so leicht.} b5 (9... Nc6 10. Be3 O-O
$6 {Das sieht sehr gefährlich aus.} 11. Be2 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. O-O-O $40 {
Topalov - Gelfand (Astana, 2012)}) 10. Bg2 {Eine gute Alternative ist 10.a3:} (
10. a3 Bb7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. O-O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15. Rg1 Ne5 16.
Qe3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. f4 Re8 19. f5 $40 {Vallejo Pons - Topalov (Leon,
2012)}) 10... Bb7 11. O-O {Diese ganze Idee mit Bg2 und 0-0 ist fraglich. Was
Weiß eigentlich erreicht hat, ist die Schwächung seines eigenen Königs, ohne
wesentlichen Kompensation dafür.} Nc6 12. Nxc6 {Der logische Zug Be3 hat den
Nachteil, dass Schwarz ...Ne5 spielen kann.} (12. Be3 Nce5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bc1
b4 15. Na4 Nc5 16. b3 Nxa4 17. bxc4 Qc7 $15) 12... Bxc6 13. Be3 h6 $1 {
Einfache und richtige Entscheidung - Schwarz fängt sein Spiel gegen den weißen
König an.} 14. f4 (14. gxh6 gxh6 15. h5 Rg8 $36) (14. g6 O-O $1 15. gxf7+ Rxf7
16. Ne2 Ne5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Bh3 Bf8 19. Nxe6 $2 Qxh4 $19) 14... hxg5 15. hxg5
b4 $1 {Schwarz muss schnell spielen. Seine Stellung ist gut, doch wenn er Weiß
erlaubt, seine Figuren zu entwickeln, dann kann er in Nachteil kommen.} (15...
Qc7 16. a3 $14) (15... e5 16. g6 $1 fxg6 17. Qg4 $14) 16. Ne2 e5 $1 {Jetzt
kann die Dame nicht nach g4 gehen, auch der Springer ist weit weg vom Feld d5,
daher ist die Öffnung der Stellung gut für Schwarz.} 17. a3 $1 {Weiß spielt
ebenfalls richtig.} (17. f5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxd6 Bxe4 $19) (17. g6 fxg6
$15) (17. fxe5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxd6 Bxe4 20. Rf2 Nxe5 $19) 17... a5 18.
Qd2 (18. axb4 axb4 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Ng3 g6 21. f5 $132) 18... Nc5 $6 {Ein
Fehlgriff. Nun kann Weiß die bessere Stellung bekommen.} (18... Qb8 19. axb4
axb4 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Ng3 (21. Qxb4 d5 $15) 21... exf4 22. Bxf4 Qa7+ 23. Qe3
Qxe3+ 24. Bxe3 g6 $11) 19. fxe5 bxa3 (19... dxe5 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. axb4 axb4
22. Ra5 $14) 20. Rxa3 Nxe4 (20... dxe5 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxa5 $16) 21. Nd4 $4
{Das ist offensichtlich ein Einsteller.} (21. Qd3 $1 {und Weiß würde sich
Vorteil sichern.} dxe5 (21... d5 22. Nd4 Qc7 (22... Qd7 23. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 24.
e6+ $18) 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. c4 Bxa3 25. cxd5 $18) 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 (22... Qxd3 23.
Bxc6+ $18) 23. Qxe4 Bxa3 24. Qc6+ Kf8 25. g6 f6 26. bxa3 $18) 21... dxe5 $1 {
Nun läuft die Variante forciert bis zum verlorenem Endspiel.} 22. Nxc6 Nxd2 23.
Nxd8 Nxf1 (23... Rxd8 {führt auch zum Vorteil, aber die Partiefortsetzung ist
stärker.} 24. Bc6+ Kf8 25. Rd1 Nc4 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Bc5+ Be7 28. Bxe7+ Kxe7
29. Ra4 Nxb2 30. Rxa5 $17) 24. Kxf1 (24. Bxa8 Nxe3 25. Nc6 (25. Rxe3 Bc5 $19)
25... Bxa3 $19) 24... Rxd8 25. Rxa5 $17 {Weiß hat kaum Chancen, die Stellung
zu halten.} f6 26. gxf6 $6 {Mehr Chancen hätte Weiß doch nach 26.g6!?} (26. g6
Rh4 27. Bc6+ Kf8 28. c3 Rh3 29. Bf2 Rhd3 $17) 26... gxf6 27. c4 Rh2 {Es droht
Rd1.} 28. Kg1 (28. c5 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 f5 $19) 28... Rh4 29. Bd5 Rb8 {Die weiße
Stellung fällt auseinander.} 30. c5 Rh3 31. Bf2 Rd3 32. c6 Bd8 33. Rc5 Rxb2 34.
Be4 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rdd2 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d5 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 c5 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. dxc5 Rac8 14.
Nb3 bxc5 15. Rfd1 c4 16. Nd4 c3 17. Nf5 Qb5 18. bxc3 Rxc3 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Qd2
Qxe2 21. Nxd5 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 exd5 23. Bxd5 g6 24. Bb3 Bc4 25. Rd7 Bxb3 26. axb3
Rxb3 27. Raxa7 Kg7 28. Kg2 h5 29. h4 Rb6 30. Rd3 Rf6 31. Rf3 Rxf3 32. Kxf3 Rb8
33. Ra3 Kf6 34. Ra6+ Kg7 35. Ra3 Kf6 36. Ra6+ Kg7 37. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4
a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 {is another way to reach the position from
the game. With the proper Grünfeld move order it arises one move earlier, than
via the Anglo-Grünfeld.} (10... Bb7 {is another option. White usually castles
here,} 11. e5 {is less dangerous:} Nfd7 12. Be3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O Qc7
15. f4 Bg7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 e6 18. Qc2 Bc6 19. Ra2 Qb7 20. Bc4 Rd8 21. Qe2
Qb4 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Nd7 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxa6 Bd4 26. Bc4 Qxc5 $15 {
Jakovenko,D (2729)-Sutovsky,E (2700)/RUS-chT/2012/})) 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3
d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. d4 b5 8. Qb3 {The most usual and
topical retreat.} ({A rare alternative is} 8. Qd3 Bg7 (8... c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10.
e4 Bg7 11. Be2 (11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Be2 b4 (14... Rad8 $142
15. Qb1 Nd4 16. Bd1 Qb4 $132) 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Nc4 Bxd3 18. Nxa5
Nxa5 19. Bxd3 Bxb2 20. Rd1 Bc3+ 21. Ke2 Rfd8 {Kabai,Z (2137)-Bea,B (2113)/
HUN-chT/2012/} 22. c6 Rxd5 23. c7 Rd6 24. Bf4 $16 {[%csl Gc7]}) 11... Qc7 12.
O-O Nb4 13. Qb1 Qxc5 {wins the pawn back, but gives White a lead in
development:} 14. a3 Nc6 15. Be3 Qd6 16. Rd1 Qb8 17. Qc1 Ng4 18. Bf4 $6 (18.
Bc5 Be6 19. Nd5 $36) (18. a4 $5 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 $36) 18... Qa7 19. Bg3 O-O 20. h3
Nge5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rd5 $6 (23. Nxa4 Bb5 $11) 23... Nc6 24. Rxa4
Nd4 $36 {Molchanova,T (2368)-Grandelius,N (2540)/Stockholm/2009/}) 9. g3 b4 10.
Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bc6 12. Qf4 O-O 13. Bg2 Qd6 {Kramnik,V (2791)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2715)/Hoogeveen/2011/ For more details see the notes to this game
in CBM 145. These notes are a sequel to my Anti-Grünfeld surveys from CBM 123
and 125.}) 8... c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 O-O (10... Bc6 {is also mentioned in the
notes to Kramnik-Vachier Lagrave. Here an interesting try is} 11. Ne5 O-O 12.
f3 Nfd7 $1 (12... Qd4 $6 13. Nd3 Rd8 14. Qb4 Qd7 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Rd1 Nc6 17.
Qb3 Qc7 18. a4 Na5 19. Qc2 Nc4 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bc1 Bc6 22. b3 Na5 23. b4 Nc4 24.
Nf2 Qb7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nxb5 $18 {Ilyuschenko,Y-Endsley,B (2194)/corr/2008/})
13. Nd3 Bb7 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Ne2 (15. Nb4 $5 e6 16. Rd1 Qe7 $132) 15... Na5 16.
Qc2 Nc4 17. Bd4 e5 (17... Bh6 $142 $1 $36) 18. Bf2 f5 19. Nc3 Bh6 {Kulkarni,V 
(2455)-Padhya,S (2236)/Mumbai/2012/} 20. Rd1 $1 $14) 11. Be2 Be6 (11... Bc6 {
went out of fashion mainly due to} 12. e5 Nfd7 13. Be3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
O-O e6 16. a4 $1 $14 {Gelfand,B (2733)-Svidler,P (2750)/Moscow 2006/ For more
details see Gelfand's notes in CBM 113. He also explains the difference in the
position of the bishops in comparison to the Jakovenko-Sutovsky game above and
why it favours White.}) 12. Qc2 Nbd7 {This continuation was mentioned already
in the notes to Kramnik-Vachier Lagrave; nowadays it's Black's main choice.}
13. Be3 (13. c6 Nb8 (13... Nb6 14. O-O $14) 14. Ng5 (14. O-O Nxc6 15. Nxb5 Nb4
(15... Nxe4 $5 16. Qxe4 Bd5 $11 {/=/+ is more enterprising.}) 16. Qa4 Nxa2 17.
Nbd4 Nxc1 18. Rfxc1 Bd7 19. Qc2 Qb6 20. e5 Rfc8 21. Bc4 Nd5 22. Qe4 e6 23. Bxd5
exd5 24. Qxd5 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rd8 $44 {[%csl Gd7,Gg7] /+/=,Hernandez Carmenates,
H (2573)-Mekhitarian,K (2488)/Sao Paulo/2009/}) 14... Nxc6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16.
Be3 (16. Nxb5 Rc8 17. Nc3 Nd4 18. Qd3 Nd7 19. O-O Nc5 20. Qd1 (20. Qh3 Nxe2+
21. Nxe2 Qd3 22. Qxd3 Nxd3 23. Be3 Bxb2 24. Rad1 Rc2 25. Rxd3 Rxe2 26. Rfd1 e5
27. Kf1 Rc2 28. R3d2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Bc1 30. Rd3 Bxe3 31. Rxe3 Rc8 $11 {Volkov,S
(2623)-Areshchenko,A (2688)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/}) 20... Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Qd3 22.
Re1 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Nd3 24. Kf1 Nxb2 25. Bxb2 Bxc3 26. Rd1 Bxb2 27. Rxb2 Rb8 28.
Rdb1 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Rc8 $11 {Meier,G (2656)-Le Quang,L (2715)/Dortmund/2011/})
16... Nd4 17. Qd1 Nxe2 18. Qxe2 b4 19. Na4 Qa5 20. Nc5 b3+ 21. Qd2 Qxd2+ 22.
Kxd2 Rac8 23. f3 Rfd8+ 24. Ke1 Nd7 25. Nxb3 Bxb2 26. Rd1 Rc2 27. Kf1 Kf7 28.
Rd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Rc8 $11 {Buhmann,R (2563)-Le Quang,L (2694)/Khanty-Mansiysk
olm/2010/}) 13... Rc8 (13... Ng4 $143 14. Bd4 Nde5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rd1 Qa5
17. O-O Rfd8 18. Nd5 $1 $36 (18. b3 $4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Nc6 20. Rdd1 Bxc3 21. h3
Nd4 22. Qd3 Qxa2 $19 {Ezat,M (2471)-Sutovsky,E (2657)/WChT Bursa/2010/}) {/\}
18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Rxd5 $2 20. Bc3 $18) 14. Rd1 (14. c6 Rxc6 15. Nd4 Rd6 16.
Nxe6 Rxe6 17. O-O (17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Qb1 Ne5 19. f3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Rc1 Qc6
22. Na4 Qa8 23. Nc5 Rc6 24. O-O Rfc8 25. Rfd1 Ne8 26. b3 Nd6 $11 {Volkov,S 
(2612)-Kurnosov,I (2674)/EU-ch Rijeka/2010/}) (17. f3 Qc7 (17... Qa5 $5 18. O-O
Rc8 $132) 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Qb1 Rc6 20. O-O Nb6 21. a4 {Lalic,B (2469)-Gupta,A 
(2604)/Metz/2011/} Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 $11) 17... Rc6 (17... Qc8 18. Rac1 Nxe4
19. Nxe4 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Rxe4 21. Rd1 Nf6 22. Bf3 Re6 23. g3 h5 24. h3 Ne4 25.
Kg2 f5 26. Rd7 Bf6 27. b3 $44 {Tomashevsky,E (2727)-Petrosian,T (2788)/EU-chT
Novi Sad/2009/}) 18. Qb3 Nc5 (18... Qa5 $5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rc7 $11 {
Stamenkovic}) 19. Qb4 Nd3 20. Bxd3 Qxd3 21. Rad1 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. f3 e6
24. Rd6 Ra8 25. Rfd1 Rcc8 26. Kf2 Bf8 27. R6d3 Bb4 28. a3 {Onischuk,A (2688)
-Rodshtein,M (2632)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/} Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. bxc3 e5
31. Rd6 Ne8 32. Rc6 $11 {/+/=}) (14. O-O Nxc5 15. Rad1 Qc7 $11 {/\} 16. Ng5 Ng4
$1 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. f3 Be6) 14... b4 15. Nd5 (15. Na4 Qa5 16. O-O Nxe4 17.
Qxe4 (17. c6 Nd6 18. b3 Bd5 $6 (18... Rc7 $13) (18... Bf5 19. Bd3 Bg4 20. Be2
$11) 19. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5 20. Rc1 $44 Nb8 $6 (20... Qa5 $5 21. Qd2 Nf6 22. a3 $36)
21. c7 Nd7 22. Bxa6 Ra8 {Onischuk,A (2664)-Svidler,P (2746)/Foros/2008/} 23.
Rd1 $36 (23. Qc6 $5 $36)) 17... Qxa4 18. Ng5 Nxc5 19. Qh4 h6 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21.
Bc4 Bf6 22. Qe4 Kg7 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6 Qc6 25. Qg4 Qc4 26. Qh3 h5 $11 {
Monacell,J (2465)-Rocca,H (2445)corr/2008/}) 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Nxc5 17. O-O {
A very topical position in current GM practice. Krasenkow mentions it in his
article about the D97 line of the Grünfeld in CBM 139.} (17. Bxc5 $2 Qa5 $36)
17... a5 {This solid, if slightly passive move is not the only one:} ({At the
same time as this game was played Black tried the sortie} 17... Nce4 18. Qb1 $5
(18. Qd3 Qd6 19. Qxa6 (19. g3 Rfd8 20. Bf4 Qxd5 21. Qxa6 Qa8 $11) 19... Rc2 (
19... Ra8 $5 $44) 20. Bd4 Nc5 21. Qxd6 exd6 22. Bb5 Nfe4 23. Ne1 (23. Rc1 Rxc1
24. Rxc1 Ra8 $44) 23... Rd2 24. Bxg7 Rxd1 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Nf3 Rxd5 27. Bc6
Rd3 28. Ra1 g5 $132 {Jakovenko,D (2722)-Svidler,P (2749)/RUS-ch Moscow/2012/})
(18. Qb3 Qd6 19. g3 Nc5 20. Qxb4 Nxd5 $13) 18... Nd6 (18... Qd6 19. Rd4 Nc5 20.
Rfd1 a5 21. Nd2 (21. Rc4 $5 $14) 21... Qd8 22. Rc4 Nb7 23. Bf3 Nd6 24. Rxc8
Qxc8 25. Nb3 Nf5 26. Nxa5 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Qc5 28. Nc6 {Gustafsson,J (2634)
-Schandorff,L (2497)/Helsingor/2011/} Bh6 $132) 19. Rfe1 Qa5 20. Nd4 Qxd5 21.
Bf3 (21. Nb5 Qe4 22. Nxd6 Qxb1 23. Rxb1 exd6 24. Bxa6 Rc7 25. a4 bxa3 26. bxa3
Ra8 27. Rb3 Nd7 28. Be2 Rc3 $11 {Karjakin,S (2766)-Svidler,P (2744)/RUS-chT
Sochi/2012/}) 21... Qe5 22. Nc6 Rxc6 23. Bxc6 Ng4 24. g3 Qh5 25. h4 Nxe3 26.
Rxe3 Qc5 27. Be4 Qb6 28. a4 Rc8 29. Re2 Bf6 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 $14 {
Morozevich,A (2765)-Caruana,F (2767)/RUS-chT Sochi/2012/}) (17... Qd6 18. Rc1
Qb8 $1 (18... Nfd7 $2 19. Rfd1 Qb8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 a5 22. Qd2 Qd6 23. Qe3
Nb7 24. Rc6 $18 {Dziuba,M (2581)-Huerga Leache,M (2448)/ESP-chT Padron/2012/})
19. Bxc5 (19. Rfd1 b3 20. Qb1 Qd6 21. axb3 Ng4 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Bc4 Rfc8 24.
h3 Ne5 25. Ng5 R5c7 26. Ne4 Qb6 27. Qa2 a5 28. d6 exd6 29. Rxd6 Qb4 $11 {
Antonsen,M (2457)-Schandorff,L (2494)/Helsingor/2012/}) 19... Nd7 20. Bxa6 Rxc5
21. Qd2 Qd6 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Bc4 Na4 24. Bb3 Nc5 25. Bc4 (25. Qxb4 Nxb3 26.
Qxd6 exd6 27. axb3 Rb8 $44) 25... Na4 26. Bb3 {1/2,Onischuk,A (2669)-Caruana,F
(2712)/Poikovsky/2011/}) 18. Bb5 (18. Bc4 Qd6 19. Bd4 Ncd7 (19... Ng4 $5 $11)
20. Qe2 Ng4 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. Ba6 Ra8 23. Bb5 $14 {Aronian,L (2808)-Grischuk,A
(2747)/Candidates Kazan/2011/ For more details see Krasenkow's notes to this
game in CBM 143.}) 18... Nce4 19. Bc6 Qc7 $146 {[%mdl 8] With this novelty
Black starts toying with the idea of e6, only in the game he realises it at a
very unfortunate moment.} (19... Nd6 20. Qe2 Nf5 21. Bc5 {Possibly Wang Hao
intended to play} (21. Rfe1 Qc7 22. Rc1 Ng4 23. Bc5 Nd4 (23... Nh4 $5 24. g3
Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Ne5) 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Rf1 Bf6 {1/2,Bluvshtein,M (2590)
-Mekhitarian,K (2528)/Moscow/2011/}) (21. Bg5 h6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rfe1 Qc7 24.
Bb5 Rfd8 25. Ba6 Ra8 26. Rc1 Qd6 27. Bd3 Qxd5 28. Be4 Qxa2 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 $15 {
Belov,V (2627)-Gupta,A (2565)/Kavala 2009/}) 21... Qc7 (21... Nd7 $5 $11) 22.
Rc1 {, transposing to the game.}) 20. Rc1 Nd6 21. Qe2 Nf5 22. Bc5 Bh6 {This
move will soon prove redundant.} (22... Rfd8 $142 $5 23. Qa6 ({After} 23. Rfd1
{Black can perhaps afford} e6 $5 24. dxe6 Qxc6 25. exf7+ Kh8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.
Ng5 (27. g4 Nxg4 28. Rc4 Qd7 $5 29. Bb6 Ra8 30. Rxg4 Qxf7 $11) 27... Rd5 (27...
Rc8 28. Ne6 Nd7 29. h3 $44) 28. Ne6 Nd4 29. Nxd4 Rxc5 30. Re1 Qd6 31. Qe8+ Qf8
32. Qxf8+ Bxf8 33. Ne6 Rc8 34. g3 Nd7 $15 {[%cal Yf8h6,Yd7f8] - it seems that
he can gradually untangle his position.}) 23... Nd7 $1 $132) ({An even simpler
choice is} 22... Nd7 23. Rfd1 (23. Bxe7 $2 Rfe8 24. d6 Qxd6 25. Bxd6 Rxe2 26.
Bxb4 Bxb2 27. Bxa5 Bxc1 28. Bxd7 Ra8 $15) 23... Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Rfd8 $11) 23. Rc2
Rfd8 24. Rd1 e6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now this freeing attempt is a serious tactical
error, which lands Black in a heavily compromised position.} ({He should have
retraced his steps with} 24... Bg7 $1 25. Ne1 $5 (25. Qa6 $4 Qxc6 $19) {/\}
25... e6 26. Qa6 Nd7 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Qxa5 b3 29. axb3 exd5 $14 {/<=>}) 25.
dxe6 $1 Rxd1+ (25... Qxc6 26. exf7+ Kh8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Be7 Nxe7 (28... Qb6
29. Bxd8 Qxd8 30. g4 $1 Nd6 31. g5 $18)) 26. Qxd1 fxe6 (26... Qxc6 27. exf7+
Kh8 {loses material after} 28. Be7 $1 Nxe7 29. Rxc6 Nxc6 30. Qd6 Bg7 31. f8=Q+
Rxf8 32. Qxc6 $18) 27. Ba4 $16 {[%csl Ga4,Gc5,Re6][%cal Rc5b4] With his
vulnerable pawns and king, Black can't resist the bishop pair in the long run.}
Qd8 $6 ({A more resilient way was} 27... Qb7 28. Bb3 ({/\} 28. Qe2 Ne4) (28.
Bb6 $5 Rxc2 29. Qd8+ $40) 28... Re8 29. Qe2 $16) 28. Qe2 (28. Qe1 $5 Kf7 29.
Bb6 $18) 28... Ng7 (28... Kf7 29. h3 $5 $18 {[%cal Rg2g5,Rf3e5]}) 29. Ne5 $18 {
[%cal Re5c6,Rc6e7]} Ne4 (29... Qd5 30. Nc6 $1 Rxc6 31. Bxc6 Qxc6 32. Be3 $18) (
29... Nd5 30. Nc6 Qg5 31. Qa6 $18) 30. Nc6 Rxc6 31. Bxc6 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 {
Black is a full exchange down and one of his weak pawns (a5, e6) is bound to
fall soon.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monaco"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNC"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 a6 6. g3 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. e3 Qb6 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 Be7 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Rc1 O-O 15.
Nc3 N7f6 16. a4 b4 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Ne5 Qb7 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Rc4 Rac8 21.
Rac1 Bd6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Qc4 Qb7 25. Bd2 Nb6 26. Qc6 Qxc6 27.
Nxc6 b3 28. Na5 Nxa4 29. Bc1 e5 30. Nc4 Bc7 31. dxe5 Nb6 32. Nxb6 Bxb6 33. Kf1
a5 34. Ke2 a4 35. f4 Bd4 36. Kd3 a3 37. bxa3 b2 38. Bxb2 Bxb2 39. a4 f6 40. Ke4
fxe5 41. fxe5 Bc3 42. Kd5 Kf7 43. Kd6 h5 44. h4 Ke8 45. Ke6 Be1 46. Kf5 Bxg3
47. Kg5 Bxe5 48. a5 Kd7 49. Kxh5 Ba1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O {Normally
Black wants to place his knight on f5, but if he does so right away, White can
capture on c5, after which Black has no targets in the centre to attack.
Therefore, Black usually waits for White's actions by playing some waiting
move like 7...Rc8 or prevents White from taking on c5 with 7...cxd4.} cxd4 8.
cxd4 a6 {This is a very rare continuation, the idea of which is not easy to
get (at least it wasn't easy for me): Black is preparing the a7-square for the
queen to withdraw to from b6 in case White attacks it with the knight from a4.
However, moves like these are played when there is some tension in the centre
and when Black is waiting for White's t take some action. Here are a couple of
games with the more standard 8...Nf5 and Qb6:} (8... Nf5 9. Nc3 (9. Na3 $5 Bxa3
10. bxa3 Qb6 11. Be3 $13) 9... Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 f5 13.
exf6 (13. Ne2 Qb6 $132) 13... Bxf6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Rad1 g5 17. h3
Qg7 18. Bb1 Rad8 $11 {0-1 Sandipan,C (2579)-Ni Hua (2710)/Beijing 2008/CBM 126
Extra (37)}) (8... Qb6 9. Na3 Nf5 10. Nc2 h5 {Securing the f5 outpost for the
knight by preventing White's g2-g4.} 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Ne3 $1 {Black's
kingside has become somewhat vulnerable after the advance of the h-pawn, so,
White is trying to open up the game there.} Nxe3 14. fxe3 a4 15. Rb1 axb3 16.
axb3 Ra2 17. Kh1 Nb4 18. Bc3 O-O 19. Ng1 h4 20. Nh3 Nc2 21. Bd2 Na3 22. Rc1 Rb2
23. b4 Bxb4 $4 (23... Bb5 $1 $15 {would prevent White's attack.}) 24. Bd3 $18
g6 25. Qg4 Kg7 26. Bxb4 Qxb4 27. Nf4 {1-0 Shirov,A (2726)-Kortschnoj,V (2601)/
Drammen Smartfish Masters (4) 2004 (27)}) 9. Nc3 ({Here,} 9. Na3 {[%cal Ya3c2]
is possible as well. In this case, the game would be similar to that after 8...
Qb6.}) 9... Nf5 10. Bg5 $5 {Strange as it may seem, White is provoking Black
to advance the b-pawn. In that case, the dark squares in the Black's camp will
be vulnerable and Black will not have any counterplay linked with the attack
of the b2-pawn along the b-file.} Qb6 11. Na4 Qa7 12. Be3 $1 $146 ({In the
preceding game, White tried} 12. Nc5 {,but didn't get an opening advantage:}
Bxc5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Bd3 h6 16. Bd2 O-O 17. b4 Rfd8 18. a3 Qc7 (
18... Ncd4 $1 $15 {[%cal Yd7b5]}) 19. g4 Nfe7 20. h4 Ng6 21. Re1 $44 {1-0
Podinic,V (2412)-Tasev,D (2134)/Obrenovac 2010/CBM 139 Extra (44)}) 12... b5 {
That was pretty much forced. Otherwise, White would bring the rook to c1 and
occupy the c5-spot.} 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Bd3 {[%cal Yc3e2,Ye2f4] Forcing Black to
exchange on e3 and preparing the e2-square for the queenside knight.} Nxe3 {
Once again, Black had not much choice.} (14... g6 {is not really playable,
given that Black's monarch will have to reside on the kingside.}) 15. fxe3 O-O
16. Ne2 f5 {While there is nothing particularly wrong with this move, it
allows White to steadily build up the attack.} ({I feel more comfortable with} 
16... f6 $5 {, which probably forces White to take on f6:} 17. exf6 Rxf6 18.
Nf4 Raf8 $11) ({Another reasonable alternative was} 16... Rac8 17. Nf4 Nb4 18.
Bb1 Qc7 19. Qd2 g6 $13) 17. h4 {White's plan is crystal clear: bring the
knights to f4 and g5 and strike with a g2-g4 breakthrough.} Be8 $2 {This is
definitely way off.} ({Black had to prevent White's direct attack by playing} 
17... Rac8 18. Nf4 Qb6 19. Kh2 ({Now} 19. g4 {does not work:} fxg4 20. Ng5 Bxg5
21. hxg5 Nxe5 $1) 19... g6 $13) 18. Nf4 Qd7 (18... Bf7 19. g4 g6 20. gxf5 gxf5
$14) 19. g4 $1 fxg4 $2 {This plays into White's hands, as Black has just
opened two additional diagonals, b1-h7 and d1-h5, for White's forces.} (19...
Bg6 {is not much better:} 20. h5 Bf7 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Kh2 $16 {[%cal Yf1g1]})
({Black has to play passively and more cautiously here:} 19... g6 $1 20. gxf5
gxf5 21. Kh2 $14 {although, White's advantage is undoubtful.}) 20. Ng5 Bxg5 (
20... Rxf4 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Rxf4 Bxg5 23. Rf8+ Kxh7 24. hxg5 $18) 21. hxg5 $16
{Black is suffering for free now. White is going to take back the pawn and
continue his attack on the kingside.} Nb4 22. Bb1 Bg6 $2 {Loses right away.} ({
Surprisingly, Black could still continue his resistance with} 22... g3 $1 23.
Qg4 Rc8 24. Qxg3 g6 (24... Nc2 25. Qh3 Bg6 26. Bxc2 Rxc2 27. Qxe6+ Qxe6 28.
Nxe6 $16) 25. Qh3 Bf7 26. a3 Nc2 27. Ra2 $16) 23. Nxg6 {Now it's over. If
Black takes the knight back, then there is no way to parry White's threats.}
Rxf1+ (23... hxg6 24. Bxg6 Nc6 25. Qxg4 Ne7 26. Bd3 Nf5 27. Bxf5 exf5 28. Qh5
g6 29. Qxg6+ Qg7 30. Qe6+ Qf7 31. Qd6 $18) 24. Qxf1 Qd8 25. a3 Nc6 26. Nf4 $18
{White is a piece up, so the game is over.} Qxg5 27. Kg2 Ne7 28. Bd3 Nf5 29.
Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Qd3 Qf7 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. Qd1 h5 33. Rf2 g5 34. Nd3 Qg6 35. Rxf8+
Kxf8 36. Nc5 Ke8 37. Qd3 Qf7 38. Qf1 Qg6 39. Qf6 Qc2+ 40. Kg3 Qe2 41. Qh8+ Ke7
42. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 {
This rare continuation will hardly gain new adherents.} 8. Qc2 (8. Bd3 f5 9.
Bxe4 (9. Ne5 Bf6 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. O-O g5 12. Bxe4 gxf4 13. Bd3 fxe3 14. fxe3
Kh8 15. Ne2 c6 16. Kh1 Qe7 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Qa4 a6 19. Qa5 Bg5 20. Qc7 Rfc8 21.
Qg3 Rg8 $132 {0-1 Amanov,M (2516)-Topalov,V (2752)/Istanbul TUR 2012/The Week
in Chess 931 (56)}) 9... fxe4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 b6 12. b4 a5 13. a3 bxc5
14. bxc5 Rf5 15. Bg3 Bh4 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Qc2 Qg5 $13 {1/2 Esen,B (2587)
-Ganguly,S (2629)/Vlissingen NED 2012/The Week in Chess 927 (27)}) (8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Ne5 (9. Nd2 e5 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qd5 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. Bc4 Qxe5 14.
Rc1 Bf5 $15 {1/2 Socko,M (2490)-Halkias,S (2600)/Kavala 2011/CBM 143 Extra (27)
}) 9... Nxe5 10. Bxe5 b6 11. b4 f6 12. Bg3 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15.
Qxa1 Qd5 16. Be2 bxc5 17. bxc5 e5 18. dxe5 f5 19. O-O Be6 20. Rc1 Ra8 21. Qc3 (
21. Qb1 Qd2 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Qd3 24. Rc1 Qxb1 25. Rxb1 Bxc5 $11 {1/2
Lenic,L (2633)-Grachev,B (2672)/Muelheim GER 2012/The Week in Chess 937 (28)})
21... Ra2 22. Bf1 Rd2 23. h3 Rd1 {1/2 Gagunashvili,M (2577)-Halkias,S (2593)/
Porto Carras 2011/EXT 2012}) (8. Rc1 c6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 b6
12. Qa4 bxc5 13. dxc5 Qd5 14. Bd4 Bd7 15. Be2 Qf5 16. O-O e5 17. Bc3 Bxc5 18.
Qa5 Bb6 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 Rfe8 21. Rfd1 Be6 22. Rxc6 Bxa2 $11 {1/2 Ding
Liren (2702)-So,W (2677)/St Louis USA 2012/The Week in Chess 936 (46)}) (8. h4
$5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c6 10. Bd3 f5 11. g4 fxg4 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8
15. Bg6 {1-0 Bellaiche,A (2435)-Reshetov,V (2126)/St Petersburg 2009/CBM 132
Extra (24)} b6 $132) 8... f5 (8... g5 {is crucial:} 9. Bg3 f5 10. Nxe4 (10. h3
$6 Nxg3 11. fxg3 Nf6 12. Bd3 (12. Nxg5 Nh5 $1) 12... Ne4 13. g4 Ng3 14. Rh2 c6
$15 {1-0 Forintos Gy-Csom I/Magyarorszag Inf.7/479 1969/[Florian,T] (39)}) (10.
Bd3 $5) 10... dxe4 11. Nd2 f4 12. Bc4 (12. Nxe4 Rf7 13. O-O-O Nf8 14. Be2 fxg3
15. hxg3 Bd7 16. d5 exd5 17. Rxd5 c6 $13 {1/2 Lenderman,A (2525)-Sarkar,J 
(2376)/Orlando 2011/CBM 143 Extra (38)}) 12... fxg3 13. hxg3 Qe8 $1 (13... Rf6
14. Qxe4 Nf8 15. Nf3 Rg6 16. Ne5 Rg7 17. O-O-O $16 {1-0 Ehlvest,J (2627)-Saidy,
A (2376)/Los Angeles 2000/EXT 2001 (25)}) 14. Nxe4 Qg6 15. Bd3 Qg7 16. f4 $44)
9. Bd3 (9. Ne5 Bf6 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. f3 Ng5 12. Bxg5 Bxg5 13. f4 Bf6 14. b4 g5
15. g3 Kh8 16. Be2 Rg8 $11 {1/2 Fressinet,L (2714)-Ponomariov,R (2734)/
Istanbul TUR 2012/The Week in Chess 931 (30)}) (9. h3 {is too slow:} c6 10. Bd3
(10. Be2 Bf6 11. g4 $6 b6 12. cxb6 axb6 13. Rg1 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 $15 {0-1
Kazimova,N (2209)-Batsiashvili,N (2434)/Baku AZE 2012 (28)}) 10... Bf6 11. g4
b6 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. g5 Be7 14. g6 hxg6 15. Rg1 Kh7 16. h4 c5 17. Qe2 a5 18. h5
gxh5 19. Ne5 Ndf6 $17 {0-1 Blanco Gramajo,C (2577)-Gerbich,V (2477)/Rochade
5171-Jub15 bd03 2005/CBM 118 (50)}) 9... c6 (9... g5 $5 10. Bg3 c6 {needs
checking, e.g.} 11. Ne2 $5) 10. Ne5 Bf6 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. f3 Ng5 13. Bxg5 {
White leads to a closed setup like in Fressinet-Ponomariov.} (13. Bd6 Re8 14.
f4 Nf7 15. Be5 Bxe5 16. fxe5 b6 $132 {0-1 Krivobokov,S-Goltsov,D/Tula 2002/EXT
2010 (30)}) 13... Bxg5 14. f4 Be7 15. a3 b6 16. b4 g5 17. g3 Kh8 18. Be2 gxf4 {
There was no need to open the g-file at once.} (18... Rg8 $11) 19. gxf4 Rg8 20.
Kd2 Qf8 21. Rag1 bxc5 $6 {And the opening of the b-file is wrong. It will
serve White.} (21... Rg6 $5) 22. bxc5 Rb8 23. Rb1 $6 {It was probably better
to trade both pairs of rooks:} (23. Rxg8+ Qxg8 24. Rb1 {Still, breaking down
Black's defence would be very difficult for White.}) 23... Rxb1 24. Rxb1 e5 $1
{The right reaction.} (24... Rg2 {is senseless. White's queenside attack after}
25. Qa4 {comes first.}) 25. dxe5 $6 (25. fxe5 f4 $1 $40) (25. Rb7 {was logical.
The position remained dynamically balanced.}) 25... Bxc5 26. Rb7 Bc8 27. Rb8 d4
$6 (27... Bb6 $142 {[%cal Yb6c7,Yf8h6] with an excellent position for Black})
28. exd4 Qh6 (28... Bxd4 $142 29. Ba6 Be3+ $3 (29... Qh6 30. Rxc8 Qxf4+ 31. Kd3
Qe3+ 32. Kc4 {, and White's king escapes}) 30. Kxe3 Qc5+ 31. Kf3 Bxa6 32. Rxg8+
Kxg8 33. Qd2 $14) 29. Qa4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Black probably missed this strong move.
} (29. dxc5 $4 Qxf4+ $19) 29... Bb6 (29... Qxf4+ 30. Kc2 Qxd4 (30... Bxd4 31.
Qxc6 $18) 31. Qxc6 $18) 30. Kc2 Be6 31. Rb7 (31. Rxg8+ Bxg8 32. h3 $1 $18)
31... Qxf4 32. Rxb6 $1 axb6 33. Qxc6 Rg6 34. d5 Bg8 $6 (34... Qxe5 {may be a
relatively better choice. White's strong connected pawns are quite worth a
piece.}) 35. e6 Qe5 36. Qxb6 Rg2 37. Kd3 $1 Rxh2 38. Qd4 {The endgame is
clearly winning for White. His king will support his pawns.} Rh3+ 39. Kc4 Qxd4+
40. Kxd4 {[%mdl 4096]} Kg7 41. e7 Bf7 42. d6 Rh4+ (42... Be8 43. Bb5) 43. Ke5
Be8 44. Bb5 Bxb5 45. Nxb5 Kf7 46. Nc7 Re4+ 47. Kxf5 Re1 48. a4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. b4
Bg4 9. Be2 c6 10. a4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. Ne2 exd4 13. exd4 a6 14. O-O N8d7 15.
a5 Nd5 16. b5 axb5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qb3 Nb8 19. Qxb5 Nc6 20. Ra4 Ra7 21. Rfa1
Qd7 22. Nc3 Qf5 23. Be3 Rd8 24. a6 Qd7 25. Bg5 bxa6 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Rxa6 Nxd4
28. Qxd7 Rxd7 29. Ra8+ Bf8 30. Ra5 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. e3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 O-O 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qb3
Qb6 15. Rfc1 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Rd1 Qc4 18. Bxd5 Qxb3 19. axb3 Rad8 20.
Bxb7 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rb8 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxb3 24. Ra5 Rxb2 25. Rxa7 h5 26.
h4 Kg7 27. Kg2 Kf6 28. Kg1 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 Rb2 30. Kg1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bf4
a5 9. Rc1 h6 10. a4 Ne4 11. Nfd2 Nd6 12. Bxd6 Bxd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb4 15.
c5 Nf6 16. Qc4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Kh8 18. Bg2 e5 19. d5 f5 20. dxc6 e4 21. cxb7 Bxb7
22. c6 Ba6 23. Qb3 Rc8 24. Nc3 Rxc6 25. Nd5 Bc5 26. Bf1 f4 27. Nxf4 Bxf2+ 28.
Kh1 Rb6 29. Qc2 e3 30. Bg2 Qe8 31. Qc5 Rff6 32. Rc2 g5 33. Nd5 e2 34. Qxa5
e1=Q+ 35. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Bxe1 37. Nxb6 Rxb6 38. Rc6 Rxc6 39. Bxc6 Kg7 40.
Kg2 Kf6 41. Bf3 Ke5 42. h4 Bc8 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Kf1 Bxg3 45. b4 Kd4 46. a5 Kc4
47. a6 Bb8 48. Bb7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 a6 8. Nf3
c5 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. Be4 Ne7 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Nf6 15.
Bd3 Na5 16. O-O c4 17. Bc2 b3 18. Bf5 g6 19. Bh3 Ne4 20. Bd2 Nxd2 21. Nxd2 Bg7
22. Rc1 Bxb2 23. Rxc4 O-O 24. Rb4 Qe7 25. Rb6 Rfd8 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. exd4 Rxd4
28. Qc1 Qd8 29. Qc5 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "NED-chT 1213"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Van Oosterom, Chiel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Utrecht"]
[BlackTeam "En Passant"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Rb1 Bg7 11. b4 a6 12. Nd2 e4 13. d4 e3 14. Nf3 Bf5 15. Rb3
Re8 16. fxe3 Rxe3 17. Qd2 Qe8 18. Rf2 Rc8 19. b5 Na5 20. Rb4 axb5 21. cxb5 c5
22. bxc6 Nxc6 23. Rc4 Be6 24. d5 Na5 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Nb5 Nc4 27. Qb4 Bd7 28.
Nc7 Qc8 29. Qxc4 Rc3 30. Qf4 Qxc7 31. Nd4 Rc1+ 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Be5 34.
Qd2 Kg7 35. Nb3 h5 36. Bf3 Qc4 37. Kg2 h4 38. Qd3 Qa4 39. Qd2 Bf5 40. Kf2 Bb1
41. Na5 Bf6 42. e3 b6 43. Nb7 Qa3 44. Be2 Kf8 45. Bc4 Ke7 46. Qe2 Qa4 47. g4
Be5 48. h3 Qa3 49. Bb3 Qa7 0-1

[Event "NED-chT 1213"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Solleveld, Maarten"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Apeldoorn"]
[BlackTeam "En Passant"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Qc7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Nc5 12. Qe1 Re8 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qg3 Bd8
15. Nh4 Nh5 16. Qf3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Re3 20. Rae1 Bf6
21. Rxe3 fxe3 22. Qxe3 Qc6 23. Ne4 Nxa4 24. b3 Nc3 25. Nxc3 Qxc3 26. Qb6 Rb8
27. Bc4 Qe5 28. Qb4 b5 29. Bd3 Re8 30. Qa5 Qd6 31. Re1 Rc8 32. Re4 Bc3 33. b4
Be5 34. g3 g6 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Qa2 Kg7 37. Re3 Rh8 38. Rf3 f5 39. Kg2 g5 40.
h3 g4 41. Rxf5 Qc6+ 42. Kf1 Rf8 43. hxg4 Rxf5+ 44. gxf5 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 Qxg3+ 46.
Kf1 Qf3+ 47. Kg1 Bd4+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ 49. Kh3 Be5 50. f6+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "NED-chT 1213"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2012.11.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sprenger, Jan Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "En Passant"]
[BlackTeam "De Stukkenjagers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Bf3 Nc6 12. Nxc6+ Bxc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
b3 a5 15. Nc3 Rhd8 16. Na4 Bb4 17. Bb2 Rd2 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Nb6 Rcd8 20. Nc4
Re2 21. a3 Bd6 22. Bc3 Ra8 23. Rfd1 Ne4 24. Be1 Bc7 25. f3 Nc5 26. Nd2 Nd3 27.
Bh4+ Ke8 28. Rxc6 Nb2 29. Kf1 Rxe3 30. Rb1 Be5 31. f4 Rc3 32. Rxc3 Bxc3 33. Ne4
Bd4 34. Nd6+ Kf8 35. Nb5 Be3 36. Rxb2 Bxf4 37. Bg3 Bxg3 38. hxg3 Rc8 39. a4 Ke7
40. Na3 f5 41. Rc2 Rb8 42. Nb5 Kf6 43. Rc6 g5 44. Ke2 h5 45. Ke3 h4 46. gxh4
gxh4 47. Nd4 Re8 48. Kf4 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 1213"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Driessens, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "En Passant"]
[BlackTeam "Voerendaal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g4 Nxg4 6. Rg1 Ngf6 7. Be3 c6 8.
Qd2 Qe7 9. O-O-O g6 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. a4 b6 13. Bh3 Nh5 14. Kb1 Ndf6
15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. Ne1 exd4 17. Bxd4 O-O 18. f3 Rcd8 19. Ng2 d5 20. e5 Nh7 21.
f4 c5 22. Bf2 d4 23. Ne4 Qd7 24. Nh4 Kh8 25. f5 gxf5 26. Nd6 Bxe5 27. Nxf7+ 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 1213"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2013.03.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ris, Robert"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "BSG"]
[BlackTeam "En Passant"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 a6 8. e4 Nf6
9. e5 Nd5 10. Ng5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 Bf8 14. Qh3 Be7 15. Qh6
Bf8 16. Qh3 Be7 17. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 O-O-O 13. Nxe6 Qxe6
14. Bb5 Rde8 15. c4 Qf5 16. Rhe1 g6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. b3 Kb7 19. f3 h5 20. Qb4+
Kc8 21. Qc3 Qg5 22. g3 h4 23. Re4 hxg3 24. hxg3 Qxg3 25. Qf6 Kb7 26. c5 dxc5
27. Qxf7 Ref8 28. Qd7 Qxf3 29. Re7 Rc8 30. Rf7 Qc3 31. Qe6 Rcd8 32. Rc1 Qg3 33.
Rg7 g5 34. Qg6 Rd5 35. Rf7 Rhd8 36. Rff1 Rd2 37. Qf5 R8d5 38. Qe4 Qg2 39. Qg6
Qg4 40. Rg1 Qf5 41. Qxf5 Rxf5 42. Rg3 Kb6 43. Kb2 Kb5 44. Rcg1 Rff2 45. Rc3 Rg2
46. Rf1 Rdf2 47. Re1 Re2 48. Rf1 Rgf2 49. Rg1 Re5 50. Rcg3 Rff5 51. Rg4 Kb6 52.
R1g2 Kb7 53. c4 a5 54. Ka3 Kc8 55. Ka4 Kb7 56. R4g3 Kb6 57. Rg4 Kb7 58. R4g3
Kb6 59. Rg4 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b4 Ne4
9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. Qb3 Bb7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. a4 a6 14. Ne1 Nf6 15.
Ra2 Ne4 16. Ba1 Rc8 17. Nd3 e6 18. a5 b5 19. Bf3 Qe7 20. Rd1 Nd6 21. g3 Rcd8
22. Bg2 Nc4 23. Re2 Rd6 24. Bc3 Rfd8 25. f4 Bc6 26. Qb1 Na3 27. Qa1 Nc4 28. Qb1
Na3 29. Qa1 Nc4 30. Qb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 {The main defence against the early
foray of the white queen in current tournament praxis is the idea of immediate
development of the c8-bishop after 4...dxc4. Giri was well aware that his
adversary belongs to the experts in the ensuing complications and he thus
prefers a different plan.} (4... dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5) 5. Bg5 h6 {The h-pawn
advance is a well known motif from the Botvinnik System, but in our position
the pawn on c4 is defended. Black could have tried other options striving to
finish development without undue exposure.} (5... Nbd7 6. Nc3 (6. e3 Qa5+ 7.
Nc3 Ne4 8. h4 Bd6 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. exf4 O-O 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3
Qf5 14. g3 Qe4+ 15. Be2 b6 16. Qb1 Qxb1+ 17. Rxb1 Bb7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5
Rad8 $11 {1/2 (31) Avrukh,B (2596)-Movsesian,S (2705) Sibenik 2012 (31)}) 6...
Qa5 (6... Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rd1 N5b6 12.
Qb3 e5 13. Qc2 h6 14. O-O exd4 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bg4 18. Rd2
c5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 $14 {1/2 (41) Mchedlishvili,M (2626)-Dreev,A (2698)
Plovdiv 2012 (41)}) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bd3 Nxg5 10. Nxg5 Be7 11. Nf3 O-O
12. O-O Qd8 13. Qc2 g6 14. a3 a5 15. Rab1 Bd6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Nb6 18. b5
c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 $11 {1/2 (44) Caruana,F (2770)-Kamsky,G
(2741) Achaea 2012 (44)}) (5... Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. g3 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bg2 b6
10. O-O Ba6 11. Rfd1 Nd7 12. e4 Bb7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e5 Be7 15. Ne1 Nb8 16. f4
Nc6 17. Ndf3 Rc8 18. Qe3 Qd7 19. Bh3 Nb4 20. Rd2 Ba6 $17 {1/2 (32) Erdos,V 
(2608)-Zilka,S (2517) Austria 2012 (32)}) 6. Bh4 dxc4 {At this point the swap
on c4 is connected with an older plan of advancing the -pawn as in the Catalan
Defence.} (6... Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. e3 Nd7 9. Bd3 g5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7
12. O-O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Kb1 Nd5 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Rc1 Nf6 17. Nfd2 Nxe4
18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. f4 $16 {1-0 Epishin,V (2543)-Burmakin,V (2588)/Bugibba 2011/ 
(42)}) (6... Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nbd7 (8... Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11.
Qxc3 Nd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Qe2 c5 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Ba6
Bxa6 18. Qxa6 e5 19. Qb7 exd4 20. exd4 Qf6 {1/2 (56) Nguyen,N (2662)-Nguyen,D 
(2453) Ho Chi Minh City 2012 (56)}) 9. Rd1 a6 10. a4 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O c5
13. Ne5 cxd4 14. exd4 Rb8 15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Rc1 Bxe5 18. dxe5 dxc4
19. Bxc4 Nh5 $11 {1/2 (40) Khusnutdinov,R (2492)-Maletin,P (2575)/Moscow 2012/
(40)}) 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 (8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. e4 Qa5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12.
Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Bb7 14. O-O Nd7 15. c6 Bxc6 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+
Kd8 19. Rfd1 Bc5 20. Be2 $11 {1-0 (34) Cioara,A (2477)-Roiz,M (2652)/ Plovdiv
2012/ (34)}) 8... Bb7 9. Nbd2 $5 {The quality of the opening preparation on
the highest world level is fascinating for other players who watch
developments with interest. Mamedyarov is trying to surprise the enemy by
creating the unpleasant task of assessing new positions against known
continuations.} (9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. e4 Qb6 (10... b4 11. Na4 Qa5) 11. Be2 Nh5 12.
d5 (12. O-O g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. Ne5 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 h5 17. a4 Bg7 $11
) 12... Nf4 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14. O-O-O Bb4 15. Kb1 (15. Rxd7 Kxd7 16. Ne5+ Ke8 17.
Bh5 g6 18. Nxg6 Qc5 19. e5 $16) 15... Ndc5 16. Rd6 O-O 17. Nd5 cxd5 18. Rxb6
axb6 $15 {0-1 Jobava,B (2707)-Potkin,V (2653)/Aix-les-Bains 2011/ (26)}) (9. e3
Nbd7 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 Qb6 11. Nc3 a6 12. a4 Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Qb3 Be7 15.
Rfd1 b4 16. a5 Qd8 17. Ne5 bxc3 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qxa6 cxb2 20. Rab1 Nxe5 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. dxe5 Qc7 23. Qc4 {1/2 (23) Eljanov,P (2675)-Stellwagen,D (2585)/
Wijk aan Zee 2007/}) 10... Be7 (10... Rc8 11. Qe2 b4 (11... a6 12. a4 c5 13.
O-O c4 14. Bc2 Qb6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nc3 b4 17. Na4 Qc6 18. e4 Nxe4 19. d5 exd5
20. Nd4 Qc7 21. f3 Qe5 22. fxe4 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 $14 {1/2 (99) Bologan,V (2693)
-Grigoryan,A (2595)/Moscow 2011/ (99)}) 12. O-O c5 13. a3 cxd4 14. exd4 Qa5 15.
Nbd2 bxa3 16. bxa3 Be7 17. Rab1 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 O-O 19. Rb7 Qxa3 20. d5 Nc5 21.
Rxe7 Nxd3 22. Bxf6 gxf6 $15 {0-1 (68) Izoria,Z (2593)-Ivanchuk,V (2715)/
Yerevan 2004/ (68)}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 a6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rd1 c5 15. dxc5 Nd5
16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rxa4 Nxc5 18. Ra1 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Nb4 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 $15 {1/2 (36) Romanov,E (2639)-Malakhov,V (2710)/St Petersburg 2011/ (36)}
) 9... Nbd7 10. e4 (10. e3 Rc8 11. Be2 (11. a4 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. d5 exd5 14.
Bxb5 a6 15. Be2 Ne5 16. O-O Qd7 17. e4 Rg8 18. Ra3 c4 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Rg3
Rxg3 21. fxg3 dxe4 $15 {1/2 (47) Vovk,Y (2539)-Ivanchuk,V (2764)/Warsaw 2010/ 
(47)}) 11... Be7 12. O-O c5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qb6 16. dxc5 {
1/2 (16) Izoria,Z (2489)-Galkin,A (2584)/Ohrid 2001/}) 10... Rc8 {Giri is
puting his faith in the conservative approach with the classical setup aimed
at supporting the counterplay centred around the c6-c5 advance. In retrospect
it is easy to to suggest, that the queen move 10...Qb6 deserved closer
inspection.} (10... Qb6 11. a4 Bb4 12. Bd3 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. Ne5 Qxd4 15. Nxd7
Nxd7 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. Nb3 Nxb3+ 18. Qxb3 bxa4 19. Bc4 Bd2+ 20. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 21.
Kxd2 axb3 $17 {0-1 (27) Gerber,R (2382)-Khenkin,I (2611)/Geneve 2007/ (27)})
11. Be2 a6 (11... c5 12. d5 $1 exd5 13. e5 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Bxb5 Bg7 (15...
a6 16. Ba4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bg7 18. O-O-O $14) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. O-O-O Bc6 18.
Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Qxe4 Qc8 20. h4 gxh4 21. Nxh4 c4 22. Nf5 Kf8 23. Qg4 Rg6 24. Qd4
{1-0 (24) Drozdovskij,Y (2454)-Galkin,A (2598)/chessassistantclub.com INT 2004/
}) 12. O-O c5 $2 {Chess literature is still awaiting a great work on the
importance of proper timing of any endeavour on the board, about the great
role of time in chess games in general. White is better developed and can thus
react rather violently, focusing on immediate attack.} (12... Qb6 13. Rad1 c5
14. d5 Be7 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. a4 $14) 13. d5 $1 exd5 (13... Bd6 14. dxe6 fxe6
15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. e5 $1 fxe5 18. Qg6+ Kd8 19. Ne4 $16) (13... Qb6
14. Rfe1 exd5 15. Bd3 $16) 14. e5 g5 {The fact, that Black finds it necessary
to use extreme meassures, does not bode well for the defence.} 15. Bg3 Ne4 (
15... Nh5 $2 16. e6 $18) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 h5 {The advance of the h-pawn
in such a highly critical moment adds a flavour of desperation to the
defensive attempts. Tragically, all the natural moves were already
insufficient as well.} (17... Qe7 18. Nxe4 Nxe5 19. Bg4 $1 Nxg4 (19... Rd8 20.
Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Nxc5 $18) 20. Rfe1 $16) (17... Bg7 18. Nxe4 Bxe5 19. Rad1 Bxg3
20. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 (20... Qxd7 21. Nf6+ $18) 21. Rd1+ Kc7 22. Rxd8 $18) 18. Nxe4
Rh6 (18... Bxe4 19. Qxe4 h4 20. e6 Nf6 (20... hxg3 21. exd7+ Kxd7 22. Rad1+ $18
) 21. Qb7 fxe6 22. Be5 $18) (18... h4 19. e6 $1 fxe6 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Qg6+ Ke7
22. Qg7+ $18) 19. Rad1 Be7 (19... h4 20. Bg4 hxg3 21. fxg3 Rc7 22. Nf6+ Rxf6 (
22... Ke7 23. Qd2 $18) 23. exf6 Qa8 24. Rfe1+ Kd8 25. Qe2 $18) 20. Bxh5 $1 {
Mamedyarov is one of the strongest tacticians in the chess world elite. In
this position, with Black desperately defending, his beautiful final
combination serves as a way to shorten terrible suffering.} Rxh5 (20... Bc6 21.
Bg4 c4 22. Rfe1 Kf8 23. Nf6 $18) (20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Rxh5 22. e6 $18) 21. e6 {
The players above the magic rating level 2700 rarely win in direct duels in 20
moves!} (21. e6 fxe6 (21... Bc6 22. exd7+ Bxd7 23. Rd5 Qa5 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25.
Qd1+ Kc6 26. Qxh5 $18) 22. Nd6+ Kf8 23. Qg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Nb5 Qf6
15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Be5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Rxe5 18. Qxb7 Ree8 19. Bxa6 Rab8 20. Qc6 Qxb2
21. Bd3 Nc3 22. Rde1 Rec8 23. Qa6 Nxd5 24. Rb1 Qf6 25. Qxa7 Ra8 26. Qb7 Nc3 27.
Rb3 Qd8 28. Bc4 Rc7 29. Qb6 Na4 30. Qb5 Nc3 31. Qb6 Na4 32. Qb5 Nc3 33. Qb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7
8. Bd3 Be6 9. Qe2 Qd7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 Rae8 12. h3 Bd8 13. Rhe1 Bf5 14.
Bxf5 Qxf5 15. g4 Qc8 16. Qc4 a6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 c6 19. Bf4 d5 20. Qb4 Bh4
21. Qd2 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Re3 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Qe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. f3 Kf7
27. c3 Be7 28. Kc2 Ke8 29. Kd3 Kf7 30. Ke2 Ke8 31. Kd3 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke8 33. Kd3
Kf7 34. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 h5 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 g6 14. O-O-O Nb6
15. Kb1 Nbxd5 16. Bg5 Be7 17. g3 O-O 18. f4 a5 19. Bg2 a4 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21.
Qxd5 axb3 22. Qxb3 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Qxg5 24. Rxd6 e4 25. h4 Qf5 26. a3 Rae8 27.
Re1 Re7 28. Re3 Rc8 29. Rd4 Kg7 30. Qb4 Rce8 31. Qd2 Re5 32. Qc3 Kh7 33. Qd2
Kg7 34. Qc3 Kh7 35. Qd2 Kg7 36. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Be3 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. c4 b6 11. Nc3 Ne5 12. h3 Bb7 13. a4 O-O 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
a5 h6 16. Ra3 Rfb8 17. axb6 Bxb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Na5 Nc6 20. Rda1 Nd7 21. Qd2
Nc5 22. Bc2 Qxb2 23. e5 Qb4 24. Nxb7 Nxb7 25. exd6 Nxd6 26. Qd3 g6 27. Rxa6
Rxa6 28. Rxa6 Rc8 29. Qg3 Kg7 30. Ra4 Qc5 31. Ne2 Nd4 32. Qc3 e5 33. Nxd4 exd4
34. Qa1 Nxc4 35. Bd3 Ne5 36. Qxd4 Qxd4 37. Rxd4 Nxd3 38. Rxd3 h5 39. h4 Rc4 40.
g3 Rc2 41. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. Rb1 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15.
dxe6 fxe4 16. fxe4 Nc6 17. Nd5 Ng8 18. Bd3 Nd4 19. Qg4 g5 {This line was
examined in CBM 129, annotations to Van Wely-Radjabov.} 20. c5 $146 {GM Boris
Gelfand comes up with a novelty.} (20. Qh3 c6 21. Ne3 Qf6 22. Nf5 (22. Ng4 Qe7
(22... Qxe6 23. Bxg5 Nf6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Nxf6 Qxh3 26. gxh3 Nf3+ $11 {
I.Tsesarsky}) 23. Be3 $6 Nxe6 24. g3 Qd7 25. Rf1 {0-1 Ponomariov,R (2734)
-Radjabov,T (2624)/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 120/[Tsesarsky] (38)} Nd4 $15) (22.
Rf1 Qxe6 23. Nf5 Nxf5 24. exf5 Qf6 25. Be2 d5 26. Rb3 Ne7 27. a4 e4 28. Bb2 d4
29. Re3 Ng6 30. Rxe4 Nf4 31. Rfxf4 gxf4 32. Rxf4 Qd6 $17 {0-1 Lehnen,P-Janosi,
E/LSS 2007/Telechess CBM 129 (76)}) 22... Nxe6 23. Rf1 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. c5
{I.Tsesarsky} dxc5 26. bxc5 Rab8 27. Kh1 Ne7 $15) (20. h4 Nf6 21. Qg3 Nxe6 (
21... gxh4 $2 22. Qxh4 Nxe6 23. Bxh6 Kg8 $2 (23... Nh7 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qg4+
Nhg5 26. Rf1 $40 {I.Tsesarsky}) 24. Qh3 $1 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 c6 26. Re3 $1 $18 {
1-0 Van Wely,L (2625)-Radjabov,T (2761)/Wijk aan Zee 2009/CBM 129/[Van Wely] 
(31)}) 22. hxg5 Nxd5 23. gxh6 (23. exd5 Nxg5 24. Qg4 Kg8 25. Be3 Qc8 26. Qh4
Qd8 27. Qg4 Qc8 28. Qh4 Qd8 29. Qg4 {1/2 Landa,K (2655)-Shomoev,A (2566)/Ulan
Ude 2009/CBM 132}) 23... Bf6 (23... Ndf4 24. hxg7+ Nxg7 25. Qh2+ Kg8 26. Bxf4
Rxf4 27. Re3 {1-0 Larin,I (2307)-Jones,I (2057)/Lechenicher SchachServer 2009/
Telechess CBM 135 (34)} Rh4 28. Rh3 Rxh3 29. Qxh3 Qg5 $11) 24. exd5 Bh4 25. Qg4
Bxe1 26. dxe6 Bf2+ 27. Kf1 $1 Bh4+ 28. Kg1 {1/2 Szabo,V-Rakovic,M/LSS 2007/
Telechess CBM 129}) (20. Be3 $5 {deserves serious attention:} c6 21. Rf1 (21.
h4 cxd5 22. exd5 Rf4 (22... Nf6 23. Qd1 {[%cal Re3d4]}) 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Qg6
Nf6 25. c5 $1 $44 Qe7 (25... f3 $2 26. g4 Qf8 27. Rb2 {[%cal Rg4g5] 1-0 Itter,
E (1964)-Herzog,K (1773)/Lechenicher SchachServer 2010/CBM 147}) 26. Rbc1 Rg8
$13) 21... cxd5 22. exd5 Rxf1+ (22... Nf6 23. Qh3 $44 {1-0 Arun Prasad,S (2556)
-Ashwin,J (2425)/Kavala 2009/CBM 131 Extra (38)}) 23. Rxf1 Nf6 24. Qh3 Kg8 25.
Bxd4 exd4 26. Qf5 Qe7 27. h4 gxh4 28. Rf4 $44 {1-0 Buzas,G-Simmelink,J/LSS
2007/Telechess CBM 129 (36)}) 20... c6 (20... dxc5 21. e7 $1 Nxe7 22. Bxg5 $1
$16) 21. e7 $5 (21. Ne3 dxc5 22. bxc5 b5 $1 $13) 21... Nxe7 22. Bxg5 cxd5 (
22... hxg5 {is apparently enough for equality:} 23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25.
Bc4+ Rf7 26. cxd6 Qxd6 27. Rf1 Raf8 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Qc8+ (29. Rf1 Bf6 30.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qxb7 Qe7) 29... Bf8 30. Rf1 (30. Qe8 Qf6 31. Rf1
Ne2+ $1 32. Bxe2 Qe7 $11) 30... Nf3+ $142 $1 (30... Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Nf4 32. Qf5
Qe7 33. Qxf7+ (33. g3 Nd5 $1) 33... Qxf7 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. g3 $14) 31. Kh1 Kg7
32. Bxf7 Qd3 $1 33. Ra1 Qd4 $11) 23. exd5 Qc8 24. Qe4 Nef5 25. Be7 dxc5 $6 {
Not the best reaction.} (25... Rf7 $142 26. cxd6 (26. Bxd6 $2 Qg8 $1 27. Bxe5
Re7 28. Qf4 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Nf3+ $1) 26... Qg8 27. Rf1 Bf8 $1 28. Qxe5+ Qg7 29.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Bxf8+ Rfxf8 31. Rf4 $44 {An interesting endgame, with some
chances for White.}) 26. Bxf8 {Perhaps even better than} (26. Bxc5 {[%cal
Rg2g4]} Rf6 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Rf1 (28. g4 Rg6) 28... Qe8 29. Rxf5 {, and White
keeps an extra pawn and winning chances, despite opposite-coloured bishops.})
26... Bxf8 (26... Qxf8 27. bxc5 Qxc5 28. Kh1 {[%cal Rg2g4]} h5 29. Rxb7 Rf8 30.
Rg1 $16 {[%cal Yg2g4]}) 27. Rbc1 Qc7 28. bxc5 Bxc5 29. Kh1 Re8 30. Rf1 $2 {
Regaining the material but not more than that.} (30. g4 $142 Nd6 31. Qg6 b6 (
31... e4 32. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 (33... Qh7 34. Qxh7+ Kxh7 35. Rxc5) 34.
Bxe4 Nxe4 35. Qg6+ Qg7 36. Qxe4 b6 37. Rf1 $16) 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Qg7 (
33... Kh8 $2 34. Rxc5 $1 bxc5 35. Re3 Qg7 36. Qxd6 $18) (33... Kf8 34. Rf1+ Ke7
35. Rf6 $16) 34. Rxc5 bxc5 35. Qxd6 $16) 30... b6 31. Rxf5 Nxf5 32. Qxf5 Qg7
33. Qe4 Rf8 {Black has consolidated his position; his king is more exposed but
his pieces are now active, and White can't make any progress.} 34. g3 Rf7 35.
a4 a5 36. Re1 Bd6 37. Qe3 Qg5 38. Qe2 (38. Qxb6 Qd2 39. Qe3 Rf2 40. Qxd2 Rxd2
$11) 38... Qf6 39. Kg2 Bb4 40. Rc1 Bc5 41. Qh5 Qg7 42. Rc2 Rf8 43. Re2 Bd6 44.
Re4 Rf4 45. Qh3 Rxe4 46. Bxe4 Qf6 47. Qd7 Kg8 48. Qc6 Be7 49. h4 ({The endgame
after} 49. Qxf6 Bxf6 {is drawish, e.g.} 50. d6 (50. h4 Kf7 51. Kf3 Ke7 52. Kg4
Kd6 53. Kh5 b5 $1) 50... Kf7 51. Bd5+ Ke8 52. Bc6+ Kf7 53. Kf3 Ke6 54. d7 Bd8
55. Kg4 Kf6 56. Kh5 Kg7 57. h4 Be7 58. g4 Bd8 59. g5 hxg5 60. hxg5 b5 $1 61.
axb5 (61. Bxb5 e4) 61... a4 62. Kg4 a3 63. Bd5 Kg6 64. Be4+ Kg7 65. Bb1 e4 66.
Kf4 e3 67. Kxe3 Bxg5+ 68. Ke4 Bd8 69. Kd5 Kf6 70. Kc6 Ke7 $11 {Therefore White
continues manoeuvring but fails to find any positive ideas.}) 49... Kg7 50. Qd7
Kf8 51. Qc8+ Kg7 52. Qg4+ Kf8 53. Bh7 Qf7 54. Qc8+ Kg7 55. Be4 Bc5 56. Qg4+ Kf8
57. Qc8+ Kg7 58. Qg4+ Kf8 59. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Rd1 a6 13. Qc2 b5 14. c5 Bc7 15. f4
Ba5 16. Bf3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne4 18. Kg2 f5 19. h4 Ndf6 20. Bd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Rf7
22. Rdb1 Rfb7 23. Rb2 Kf7 24. Qc2 Qc7 25. a3 Ke7 26. Bd1 Ne4 27. Bf3 Nf6 28.
Qd1 a5 29. Rab1 a4 30. Kf1 Ra7 31. Rg2 Rh8 32. Ke2 Raa8 33. Qd2 Rh6 34. Rh1
Rah8 35. Qe1 R6h7 36. g4 Kd8 37. Kd1 Ke8 38. Kc1 Kf8 39. Kb1 Ke8 40. Ka1 Kf8
41. Bd1 Qe7 42. Bf3 Qc7 43. Kb2 Ke8 44. Qg3 Qe7 45. Rgh2 Kf8 46. g5 Ne4 47.
Bxe4 fxe4 48. c4 dxc4 49. Qg2 Qf7 50. Qxe4 Qf5 51. Qxc6 Qd3 52. Qa8+ Kf7 53.
Qa7+ Ke8 54. Qa8+ Kf7 55. Qa7+ Ke8 56. Qb8+ Kf7 57. Qb7+ Kf8 58. Qc8+ Ke7 59.
Qc7+ Ke8 60. Qc6+ Ke7 61. Qd6+ Kf7 62. Qd7+ Kf8 63. Qd6+ Kf7 64. Qd7+ Kf8 65.
d5 Rxh4 66. Qd8+ Kf7 67. Qd7+ Kf8 68. Qc8+ Kf7 69. Qc7+ Kf8 70. Qb8+ Kf7 71.
dxe6+ Kxe6 72. Qe5+ Kf7 73. Rxh4 Rxh4 74. Rxh4 Qd2+ 75. Kb1 Qd1+ 76. Kb2 Qd2+
77. Kb1 Qd1+ 78. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Nd4 Bf8 13. Bf3 c6 14. b4 Nbd7
15. g3 Nb6 16. Bg2 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. a4 Nbd7 19. Nb3 Ra6 20. a5 Nc5 21. Nxc5
dxc5 22. Ra4 Nd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Bf4 Bd7 25. Raa1 Bc6 26. Bc7 Rc8 27. Bb6 Bd6
28. h4 Raa8 29. Bh3 Rcb8 30. c3 Kf8 31. h5 Re8 32. Bg2 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rc8 34.
Rd1 Be7 35. f4 f6 36. Kf2 d4 37. Bh3 Ra8 38. c4 Bd6 39. Re1 Re8 40. Be6 Re7 41.
g4 Re8 42. f5 Re7 43. Re2 Re8 44. Rb2 Ra8 45. Rb1 Ke8 46. Re1 Be5 47. g5 hxg5
48. h6 gxh6 49. Rxe5 fxe5 50. f6 Bd7 51. f7+ Ke7 52. Bxd7 Kxd7 53. Bxc5 h5 54.
f8=Q Rxf8+ 55. Bxf8 h4 56. Bh6 g4 57. Bg5 h3 58. Bh4 Kd6 59. Bg3 Ke6 60. Ke2
Kd6 61. Kd2 Kc5 62. Bxe5 Kb4 63. Kc2 Kxa5 64. Kb3 Kb6 65. Bxd4+ 1-0

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Rac1 a6 14. b4
Nce4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. a3 a5 17. f3 Bd5 18. e4 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 axb4 20. axb4 Rfc8
21. Rdc1 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 h6 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Nc6 b5 25. Rd4 Ra6 26. Nxe7 Kxe7 27.
Rd2 Nd7 28. Rc2 g5 29. Bc7 f6 30. Ba5 h5 31. h4 gxh4 32. Rc8 Ne5 33. Rc7+ Kd6
34. Rb7 h3 35. gxh3 Nxf3 36. Rxb5 Nd2+ 37. Kg2 Ra8 38. Rxh5 Rg8+ 39. Kf2 Nxe4+
40. Ke3 f5 41. Rh7 e5 42. Bc7+ Ke6 43. Kd3 Rg3+ 44. Kc4 Rc3+ 45. Kb5 f4 46.
Rh6+ Kd5 47. Bb6 f3 48. Rh8 Ra3 49. Bg1 f2 50. Bxf2 Nxf2 51. Rd8+ Ke4 52. Kc6
Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "BEL-chT 1213"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2012.12.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Michiels, Bart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.09.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Amay"]
[BlackTeam "KGSRL"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
b6 9. Nd1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Bb5 Qc8 12. Nf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Ba6 14. a4 Bxb5
15. axb5 a6 16. Qe2 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qxb5 Bc5 19. c3 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Qa5+
21. Qxa5 bxa5 22. Kd2 Ke7 23. Nd3 Rb8 24. Ra1 Rb5 25. g4 f6 26. h4 fxe5 27.
fxe5 Nb8 28. Rc1 Kd7 29. b3 Rb6 30. g5 g6 31. h5 gxh5 32. Rh1 Nc6 33. Kc3 Ke8
34. Rxh5 Kf7 35. Rxh7+ Kg6 36. Rd7 Rb8 37. Nf4+ Kf5 38. Nxe6 Rh8 39. Rxd5 Rh1
40. Rd6 Nb4 41. Kc4 1-0

[Event "BEL-chT 1213"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2013.03.24"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2012.09.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Amay"]
[BlackTeam "Wirtzfeld"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Bc8 14. O-O Nc6
15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Nbxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. exd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 e6 8. Nc3
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Re1 c6 11. e4 d6 12. Bf4 cxd5 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Na6
15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Rd1 Nc7 17. Nc2 Rc8 18. Qe2 Nh5 19. Bg5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nb5 21.
Re1 Nxc3 22. Qd2 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Rxc2 25. Re7 Rc1+ 26. Kg2 Qc6 27.
Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxa7 Kg7 29. Be3 Nf6 30. Bd4 b5 31. Ra5 Rc4 32. Ba1 Rc1 33. Bb2
Rc5 34. a4 bxa4 35. Rxc5 dxc5 36. f4 a3 37. Ba1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2
Bd6 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. Rd1 Rb8 11. Nc3 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. e4 b5 14. Qe2 h6 15. b3
b4 16. Nb1 Bb5 17. Qe1 c6 18. dxc6 Qc7 19. Bb2 Nxc6 20. Nbd2 Bc5 21. h3 Rfd8
22. Rac1 Qe7 23. Bf1 Nd4 24. Nh4 g6 25. Bxb5 Rxb5 26. Ndf3 Bb6 27. Rc4 g5 28.
Nxd4 exd4 29. Nf5 Qxe4 30. Bxd4 Qxf5 31. Bxb6 Re8 32. Rd8 Rxd8 33. Bxd8 Re5 34.
Qd1 Rd5 35. Rd4 Ne4 36. f3 Qe5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Galego, Luis"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jutes of Kent"]
[BlackTeam "SHSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 e6 8. Ne4
Nd7 9. Ng3 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Bg6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Bd2 a5 13. h4 h6 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15.
Bc3 O-O 16. a4 Rc8 17. h5 Bh7 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. Nb5 e5 20. Nd6 Rc6 21. Ndf5 d4
22. Be1 Kh8 23. Kg1 Re8 24. Kh2 Bg5 25. Bd2 Bxd2 26. Qxd2 Qf6 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Popilski, Gil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Rishon Le Zion"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e6 Bxe6
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bd3 Be7 17. Bg6+ Kd8 18. Bxe7+ Qxe7 19. O-O Nd7 20. Rf7 Qc5+
21. Kh1 Rf8 22. Rxg7 Rf6 23. Rg8+ Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. c4 Qg7 26. Bc2 Qg5 27.
Qe2 Qe5 28. Qxe5 Nxe5 29. cxd5 Rc8 30. Bb3 Nd3 31. dxe6 Rc1+ 32. Rxc1 Nxc1 33.
Bd5 b5 34. g3 a5 35. Kg2 Ke7 36. Kf3 b4 37. Ke3 a4 38. Kd2 Nxa2 39. Bxa2 b3 40.
Bxb3 axb3 41. Kc3 Kxe6 42. g4 Ke5 43. h4 Kf4 44. g5 hxg5 45. hxg5 b2 46. Kxb2
Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Zuerich SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. f3 Bc6 13. b3 Nd7 14. O-O Nc5
15. Rb1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Qd8 18. Bf1 h5 19. g3 Kh7 20. Bg2 Qf8 21. Re1
b6 22. Bf2 Ra7 23. f4 Rd7 24. f5 Be5 25. Nd5 Rb8 26. Qd1 Qg7 27. Be3 e6 28. Nf4
Kg8 29. Kh1 Re8 30. Bc1 Rde7 31. Rce2 Kh7 32. h4 Bd4 33. Kh2 Be5 34. Rf2 Kg8
35. Ree2 Bd4 36. Rf1 Be5 37. Qc2 Bb7 38. Ref2 Bd4 39. f6 Qxf6 40. Nxh5 Qh8 41.
Nf6+ Bxf6 42. Rxf6 Nd7 43. Bg5 Nxf6 44. Bxf6 Qh6 45. Bxe7 Rxe7 46. Qf2 Rd7 47.
Qxb6 Qd2 48. Rf2 Qc3 49. Qb5 Re7 50. Qg5 Rd7 51. h5 Qh8 52. Qxa5 d5 53. exd5
Qxh5+ 54. Kg1 Qd1+ 55. Bf1 exd5 56. cxd5 Bxd5 57. Qc3 Be6 58. Rh2 Qd4+ 59. Qxd4
Rxd4 60. Rb2 Rd1 61. Kf2 Kf8 62. b4 Ra1 63. b5 Bxa2 64. b6 Bd5 65. Bg2 Bxg2 66.
Kxg2 Ra8 67. Kf3 Ke7 68. b7 Rb8 69. Kf4 f6 70. Rb6 Kf7 71. Ke4 Ke7 72. Kd5 Kd7
73. Rxf6 Kc7 74. Rf7+ Kb6 75. Ke6 Ka7 76. Kf6 Rg8 77. g4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 Qc7 8. a3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Kh1 Rd8 12. f4 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Ne4 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. f5 f6 17. e6 b5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qg3 Bd6 20. Bf4 Bb7 21. Rac1
Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Qd6 23. Rc7 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 Rd2 25. Bh5 Bd5 26. Kg1 e3 27. Kf1 g6
28. Bf3 gxf5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Rf3 Re8 31. Rg3+ Kh8 32. Rxe3 f4 33. Re2 Rd6 34.
e7 Kg7 35. Kf2 Rd3 36. Rc6 Kf7 37. Rce6 a5 38. Rb6 Rb3 39. Rb7 h6 40. Ke1 a4
41. Kf2 Kg6 42. Rb6 Kf7 43. Rb7 Kg6 44. Rb6 Kf7 45. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.12.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[WhiteClock "0:13:03"]
[BlackClock "0:19:20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bd7 13. Kh1 Bc6 14. Qe2 Rac8 15.
g4 Nd7 16. g5 e5 17. Be3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. b4 b6 20. Bh3 Rce8 21. Rad1 Bd8
22. Nd5 Qa7 23. b5 Bb7 24. c4 axb5 25. axb5 Qa3 26. Bg2 Qb3 27. Ne3 Bc7 28. Nd5
Bd8 29. Ne3 Bc7 30. Nf5 Qb4 31. Rd4 Qa3 32. Rfd1 Re6 33. Qe3 Qa2 34. Qc3 Ra8
35. R4d2 Qa4 36. h3 Kf8 37. Nxd6 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Nxc4 39. R6d4 Bxf4 40. Qxc4 Qxc4
41. Rxc4 Be5 42. Rd7 Rb8 43. Bf3 Ke8 44. Bg4 Bf4 45. Rd3 Ra8 46. h4 h6 47. gxh6
Bxh6 48. Kg2 g6 49. Bd7+ Ke7 50. Bc6 Ra2+ 51. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kopylov, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 Ne4 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1
Rfd8 15. Bf4 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Bxa3 17. Nd4 Rd8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ra1 Bc5 20. Nxc6
Rc8 21. Nd4 Bc4 22. e4 Bd3 23. f3 Bb6 24. Bd2 h5 25. Kf2 g6 26. h3 Kf8 27. g4
hxg4 28. hxg4 Rc5 29. Rh1 Kg7 30. g5 Kf8 31. Kg3 Bc7+ 32. Kg4 Ba6 33. Rh8+ Ke7
34. Nc2 Be5 35. Ra8 Bc8+ 36. Kh4 a5 37. Ne3 Be6 38. c4 Bf4 39. Nd5+ Bxd5 40.
Ra7+ Ke8 41. Bxf4 Bxc4 42. Bd6 Rb5 43. Kg4 Bb3 44. Be7 a4 45. Bf6 Rb8 46. Kg3
Rc8 47. Kf4 Rb8 48. Ke5 Rb6 49. Re7+ Kf8 50. Rd7 Rb8 51. Rd2 Re8+ 52. Kd6 a3
53. Rh2 Re6+ 54. Kd7 Rxf6 55. gxf6 Kg8 56. f4 a2 57. Rh1 Bc2 58. Ra1 Bb3 59.
Kd6 Kh7 60. Rh1+ Kg8 61. Kc5 Bc2 62. Ra1 Bb3 63. Kb4 Be6 64. Rh1 Bg4 65. Kc3
Bf3 66. Ra1 Bxe4 67. Rxa2 Bf3 68. Rh2 Bh5 69. Kd4 Kh7 70. Rg2 Bf3 71. Rg5 Kh6
72. Ke3 Bd1 73. Kf2 Bb3 74. Ke3 Bc4 75. Kd4 Bb3 76. Ke5 Bc4 77. Kd6 Bb3 78. Ke7
Bc4 79. Rc5 Bb3 80. Rc3 Be6 81. Re3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Ne4 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rfc1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 O-O 20. a4 bxa4
21. Rxa4 Bc5 22. Re2 Rd8 23. Kf1 Rd1+ 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Kxe1 Bxe3 26. fxe3 a5
27. Kd2 Rb5 28. Kc2 Rc5 29. Kb3 Rb5+ 30. Ka3 Rc5 31. Re4 Kf7 32. Ka4 h5 33. h3
Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 Rb8 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. Qg3 Re5 16. Rae1 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bc4 Bc6 19. Qe3 Ra5 20. Rd1 Qf6
21. b4 Rg5 22. Qxa7 Rf8 23. Qe3 Qg6 24. g3 Kh8 25. Be2 f5 26. Qf4 Qf6 27. b5
Ba8 28. Rd7 Rg6 29. Rfd1 e3 30. fxe3 Rh6 31. h4 g5 32. Qxg5 Qxg5 33. hxg5 Rh1+
34. Kf2 Rh2+ 35. Ke1 Rh1+ 36. Kd2 Rh2 37. Rf1 Be4 38. Rf4 Rg2 39. g6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.03.16"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:23"]
[BlackClock "0:08:34"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. e3 d5 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Bg2 b5 8. O-O
bxc4 9. bxc4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. d4 Rb8 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Qa4 Bb4
15. a3 Bxc3 16. Ne4 Qf5 17. Nxc3 Nb3 18. Rad1 Qc2 19. Qxc4 Nd2 20. Qxc7 Nxf1
21. Be4 Rb7 22. Qc5 Qb2 23. Rb1 Qd2 24. Rxf1 Rb2 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Ne4 Qc2 27.
Qxf8 Qxe4 28. Qxc8 a5 29. Qc5 a4 30. Qa7 f5 31. Qxa4 Kh6 32. Qe8 Ra2 33. h4
Rxa3 34. h5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.03.17"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[WhiteClock "1:09:55"]
[BlackClock "0:34:05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb2 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. Qb5 Qxb5
15. Bxb5 exd4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxd4 Be4 18. Rac1 Bxd4 19. exd4 f6 20. Be3 Rab8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.04.05"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[WhiteClock "0:02:39"]
[BlackClock "0:40:23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5
9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Bb4 11. Bd2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qh4 15.
Rh2 Kxd7 16. Kf1 h5 17. Be1 Qf6 18. f4 hxg4 19. Bxg4 Bf5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Qf3
Qe6 22. Rhc2 Rac8 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Qg4 Nd6 25. Kg2 Rh6 26. Qxf5+ Nxf5 27. Bf2
Rch8 28. Rh1 Nd6 29. Be1 Ne4 30. h4 f6 31. Kf3 g5 32. Rg1 Rf8 33. Bb4 Rf7 34.
Rgc1 g4+ 35. Kxg4 Rg7+ 36. Kf3 Rxh4 37. Be1 Rh3+ 38. Ke2 Rg2+ 39. Kd3 Rhh2 40.
Rxg2 Rxg2 41. a4 Rb2 42. axb5 Rxb3+ 43. Kc2 Rxe3 44. bxc6+ Kxc6 45. Ra1 Kb6 46.
Rb1+ Ka7 47. Ra1 Kb6 48. Rb1+ Ka7 49. Ra1 Re2+ 50. Kb3 Kb6 51. Ba5+ Kb5 52. Bd8
Re3+ 53. Kb2 Re2+ 54. Kb3 Re3+ 55. Kb2 Rf3 56. Ra5+ Kc4 57. Ra4+ Kb5 58. Ra5+
Kc4 59. Ra4+ Kd3 60. Ra3+ Ke2 61. Ra5 Nf2 62. Bxf6 Nd1+ 63. Kc1 Rc3+ 64. Kb1
Rc6 65. Be7 Kd3 66. Ra3+ Kxd4 67. f5 Ke5 68. f6 Ke6 69. Rf3 Kf7 70. Rd3 Nc3+
71. Kb2 Na4+ 72. Kb3 Nc5+ 73. Bxc5 Rxc5 74. Rf3 Rc7 75. Kb4 Ke6 76. Rf1 Rc4+
77. Ka5 Rc8 78. Kxa6 Rf8 79. Kb5 Rxf6 80. Re1+ Kd6 81. Kb4 Rf3 82. Re2 Rh3 83.
Re1 Rg3 84. Re2 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.04.06"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Forchheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Ba7 {Eine giftige
Variante.} 7. d3 ({, z.B. handelt sich Weiß mit} 7. O-O $2 h5 $40 {sofort
Probleme ein.}) (7. a3 $5) 7... h5 $5 {Vor der weißen Rochade wirkt dieser
Ausfall zugegebenermaßen etwas absurd, aber bei näherem Betrachten stellt
h5-h4 auch hier eine lästige Drohung dar.} 8. h3 (8. h4 {schwächt das Feld g4}
Nf6 $15) 8... f5 $1 $146 {Kaffeehausschach :) Nein, Spaß bei Seite, der Zug
ist nicht so blöd, wie er aussieht, immerhin wird zunächst einmal de
positionelle Drohung h5-h4 erneuert, was den Anziehnden dazu zwingt, mit} 9. h4
{...ein Tempo zu verlieren.} (9. b3 h4) 9... Nf6 10. d4 O-O 11. b3 (11. dxe5
dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 $15) (11. O-O Ng4 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Nxd8 14. b3 Ne6)
11... f4 $1 {Die einzige Rechfertigung des vorausgegangenen aggressiven Spiels.
} 12. dxe5 (12. gxf4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 Bg4 $15) 12... f3 $1 13. Bxf3
Nxe5 14. Bg2 (14. Nf4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 c6 16. O-O (16. Nxh5 $4 Nxh5 17. Qxh5 Qf6
$19) 16... Bg4 17. Qg2 Qd7 18. Ba3 Rae8 $44) 14... Bg4 $1 15. Bxb7 $4 {Nach
den vorausgegangenen Eskapaden nahm mich Anish nicht mehr ernst. Der Bauer ist
eigentlich völlig ungenießbar.} (15. O-O Nf3+ 16. Kh1 c6 $1 (16... Nd7 $5) 17.
Qc2 $1 (17. Bb2 Nxh4 $1 18. gxh4 Nh7 19. Kg1 Qxh4 $40) 17... Nd7 $40) 15...
Nf3+ 16. Kf1 Qd7 $1 17. Kg2 Rab8 (17... Rae8 $19) 18. Bd5+ Kh8 $5 (18... Nxd5
$5 $19) 19. Bb2 Rbe8 {Ich war mir sicher, nach dem 15. Zug von Weiß auf Gewinn
zu stehen, allerdings kosteten mich die letzten 3-4 Züge recht viel Zeit: die
Wahl zwischen mehreren guten Zügen ist immer die unangenehmste!} 20. Nf4 $3 {
Aus Not geboren (es ist schwer, eine Alternative dazu vorzuschlagen), hat mich
dieser Zug ziemlich schockiert: stellt Weiß nicht die Dame ein?} (20. Rc1 Ne5
21. Kg1 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bf3 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 $19) 20... Nxh4+ $4 {Ein unglaublicher
Fehler: OK, die Folgen dieses Zuges waren in der Tat schwer zu berechnen, aber
ich schaute mich überhaupt nicht an Alternativen um, die Anziehungskraft der
Dame war einfach zu groß!} (20... Ne5 $1 {wie Anish nach der Partie zeigte,
gewann Schwarz nach} 21. Qb1 (21. f3 Nxd5 $19) 21... c6 22. Be4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4
Bf3+ 24. Kg1 Rxf4 $1 $19 {recht elementar.}) 21. Rxh4 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 $1 {
Eine weitere böse Überraschung, ich rechnete nur mit} (22. Ng6+ $2 Kh7 23.
Nxf8+ Rxf8 24. Rxd1 g5 $1 25. Rh2 Qf5 $17) 22... g5 $2 {Der letzte Fehler,
allerdings mache ich mir deswegen keinen Vorwurf: die brilliante Widerlegung
dieses Zuges kann einem schon mal entgehen.} ({Auch der schmale Weg zum
Unentschieden war nicht leicht zu finden:} 22... Nxd5 $1 23. Rxd5 $1 Kg8 24.
Rdxh5 Re5 $8 25. Rh8+ Kf7 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Ng6+ Kf7 28. Nxe5+ dxe5 29. Re4
Qd3 30. Rxe5 c6 $11) 23. Ne4 $3 $18 gxh4 24. Bxf6+ (24. Nxf6 $16) 24... Kh7 25.
Rh1 $1 (25. Bxh4 Qf5 26. Ng5+ Kh6 $13) 25... Rxe4 (25... Qf5 26. Ng5+ (26. Rxh4
Rxf6 27. Rxh5+ Kg7 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. Ne6+ Rxe6 30. Bxe6 Ra5 31. a4 $16) 26...
Kh6 27. Rxh4 Rxf6 28. Rxh5+ Kg7 29. Nge6+ Qxe6 30. Nxe6+ Rexe6 31. Bxe6 Rxe6
32. Ra5 Bc5 33. Rxa6 $18) 26. Bxe4+ Kg8 27. Bd5+ Kh7 28. Nxh5 Kg6 29. Be4+ Kf7
30. Rxh4 c6 31. Rf4 Kg8 32. Bf5 {Eine Partie, die mich noch lange nach ihrem
Ende verfolgte.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.04.07"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SF"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[WhiteClock "0:48:00"]
[BlackClock "1:33:00"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 d5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O b6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb4 a5 12. Qb3 b5 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. Nxb5 Bxb5
15. Qxb5 Rb8 16. Qa6 Rxb2 17. Ne1 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rc2 Rxc2 20. Nxc2 Nf6
21. Rb1 Nd5 22. Rb3 Qc8 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. Ne3 a4 25. Rb2 Rc1+ 26. Kg2 Nxe3+ 27.
fxe3 h5 28. Kf2 Ra1 29. h4 a3 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. d5 exd5 32. Rb5 Rxa2 33. Rxd5 g6
34. Re5 f5 35. Re7+ Kg8 36. Ra7 Kf8 37. Ra6 Kf7 38. Kf1 Ke7 39. Kf2 Kd7 40.
Rxg6 Rb2 41. Ra6 a2 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 16th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Safarli,E"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 {White chooses a solid continuation.
Recently 11.Bf4 has become extremely popular.} (11. Bf4 $5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8
13. Nc3 Bxd4 14. Nd5 c6 $5 15. Ne7+ Kf8 16. Nxc8 Qf6 17. Qb4+ c5 18. Qd2 Rxc8
19. c3 Be5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxd7 Qc7 22. Rd1 Qxd7 23. Rxd7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Nxc7
25. Bd3 h6 26. f4 Ne8 27. Kf2 Nd6 28. Ke3 Ke7 29. g3 b6 30. Be2 Ke6 31. Bg4+
Ke7 32. Be2 Ke6 33. Bg4+ Ke7 34. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2684)-Leko,P 
(2737) London ENG 2012}) 11... Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 (12... Qe8 13. Qxe8+ Nxe8 14.
Bf4 {is just very slightly better for White.}) 13. Bf4 c6 ({Of course not} 
13... d5 $4 {and White wins.}) 14. a4 $5 {is interesting. White wants to gain
more space on the queenside.} (14. Nd2 d5 15. Bd3) 14... a5 {Black is
weakening his pawn structure. It looks a bit dubious to me because a4-a5 was
not dangerous for Black. I like 14...d5. For example :} (14... d5 15. a5 (15.
Nd2 Nh4) 15... Nh4 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Nb3 h6 18. Nc5 b6 19. axb6 axb6 20. Nb7 Qf8)
15. Bc7 $5 Qf8 16. Bd3 (16. Nd2 d5 17. Nb3 Bd8 $1 $11) 16... d5 17. Bb6 (17.
Nd2 {was probably better. White's idea is just to bring his rook into the game
after Qe2, Re1 and probably Nf3 or Nb3 with a normal position where White
stands slightly better.} Nh4 ({Black doesn't have} 17... Nd6 $4 {17...Nd6 as
in the game because of} 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qe8+ Qf8 20. Bxh7+ $1 $18) (17... Bd7
18. Nb3 Bd8 19. Bxd8 Qxd8 20. Nc5 b6 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qb1 $5) 18. Qe2 Bf5 19.
Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Re1 $14) 17... Nd6 18. Nd2 Be6 ({After} 18... Bf5 {White has
some initiative:} 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Nb3 Bd8 21. Bc5 Be7 22. Qe5 $5) 19. Qb1 $5
{An interesting try.} (19. Nb3 Bd8 20. Bxd8 Qxd8 21. Nc5 Bc8 {followed by ...
b6 with an equal position}) 19... g6 20. b4 axb4 21. Qxb4 Bf5 22. Bc5 {At
first glance I thought White could take advantage of Black's weaknesses, but
now it looks like Black can hold the position.} (22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Bc5 Qc8 24.
Rb1 Kg7 $11) 22... Bxd3 23. Bxd6 Qe8 $5 (23... Qc8 24. Nb3 (24. Re1 Qd7 25. Nf3
Ba6 {followed by ...Re8 with equality}) 24... Qd7 25. Nc5 Qxd6 26. Qxb7 Rb8 27.
Qd7 Qf4 28. Nxd3 Qd2 29. Qd6 Rb3 30. Qxf6 Qxd3 $11) 24. Nf3 ({Now} 24. Nb3 $6 {
is not so good because of} b6 $1 $15 25. h3 (25. Qxb6 Rxa4 $1)) (24. Qxb7 Rxa4
25. Qb2 Rxa1+ 26. Qxa1 Bb5 $15 {/=}) 24... Ba6 25. Be5 Be7 {It seems soon the
game will end in a draw by repetition.} (25... Bd8 $5 26. Re1 Qd7 27. Bf4 (27.
Bd6 Bf6 28. Be7 Bg7 29. Ne5 Qf5) 27... Bf6 28. Qb1 Re8 29. Ne5 $11) 26. Bd6 Bf6
27. Re1 {Nakamura thought for a while and played Re1. He actually thinks that
he can play on. Well, the position was balanced, so now let's just see what
happens next.} Qd7 28. Be7 Bg7 29. Ne5 Qf5 $6 ({I think that after} 29... Qe6
$1 {Black wouldn't face any problems. It looks very strong - the black queen
controls the d6-square and will be playing ...Re8 next.} 30. Nf3 (30. Nd3 Qf5 (
30... Qd7 $6 31. Nc5 $1) 31. Nc5 Re8 32. g3 (32. Nxa6 bxa6) 32... Bf6 33. Nxa6
bxa6 34. Re3 $11) 30... Qd7 31. Ne5 Qe6 $11) 30. Qd6 $1 {Now White has a small
initiative.} (30. h3 f6 31. Ng4 (31. g4 Qc8 32. Nf3 Qd7 33. Qd6 Rd8 34. Qxd7
Rxd7) 31... h5 32. Ne3 Qd7) 30... Re8 (30... h6 31. h3 (31. Bd8 $5)) (30... f6
$4 31. g4) (30... Qe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Nd7) 31. h3 Qe6 {Black chooses a
passive defence in the endgame. It's probably a reasonable decision, since he
stands slightly weaker. However, the position is still quite defensible.} 32.
Qxe6 fxe6 $14 33. Bc5 (33. Bb4 {was better.}) 33... g5 $6 {I don't like this
move. It creates new weaknesses and also in the future White may play g4, Kg2,
Kg3, h4 or f4.} ({Probably it was better to take on e5:} 33... Bxe5 {But
anyway, playing a position like this with Black is quite tough} 34. Rxe5 Kf7
35. f3 Bc4 36. a5 $14) 34. Bb4 $5 (34. g4) 34... h6 35. Nd7 $1 Kf7 36. Re3 $1
Kg6 37. Bd6 $1 $16 h5 38. Nc5 Bf6 39. g4 ({It was possible just to take the
pawn, but White chose to play 39.g4 and slowly strengthen the position after
Kg2-Kg3 etc.} 39. Nxe6 h4 $5) 39... hxg4 40. hxg4 Kf7 41. Kg2 Ra8 42. a5 Re8
43. Re1 $6 {This move doesn't cost the advantage, but I think just 43.Kg3
would be better.} ({Black can't take the a5-pawn, for example} 43. Kg3 Bd8 44.
Rf3+ Kg7 (44... Kg8 45. Nxe6 $1) 45. Nd7 $1 Be2 (45... Bxa5 46. Be5+ Kh6 47.
Rf6+ Kh7 48. Nf8+ Kg8 49. Nxe6) 46. Be5+ Kg8 47. Re3 Bb5 48. Nf6+ Bxf6 49. Bxf6
Ra8 50. Bxg5 $18) (43. Bc7 $5 $16) 43... Bd8 $1 44. Ra1 (44. Rb1 Bxa5 45. Nxb7
Bxc3) 44... Rh8 45. Be5 Rh7 46. Bd6 Rh8 47. f3 Rh6 48. Be5 $6 (48. Rb1 Bxa5 49.
Rb3 $1 $16) 48... Rh7 49. Kg3 Rh6 $2 ({Anish didn't take his last chance. Most
probably after} 49... Be7 $1 {it was a draw.} 50. Nxb7 (50. Nxa6 bxa6 51. c4 (
51. Rb1 Bd8 $1 52. Rb7+ Kg6) 51... dxc4 52. Rc1 Bd8 53. Rxc4 Bxa5 54. Rxc6 Be1+
$1 55. Kg2 a5) 50... Bxb7 51. a6 Bxa6 52. Rxa6 c5 53. Ra7 Kg6) 50. Rb1 Bxa5 51.
Nxb7 Bxb7 (51... Bxc3 52. Nd6+ Ke7 53. Rb6 $1) 52. Rxb7+ Ke8 53. Rg7 $1 Bd8 (
53... Bxc3 54. Rxg5 Rh1 55. Rg6 Kf7 56. Rg7+ Ke8 57. Rc7 $18) 54. Kg2 $6 {
This is just a waste of time. After 54.Rg8 White could easily win.} (54. Rg8+
$1 Kd7 55. f4 gxf4+ 56. Bxf4 Rh1 57. Kg2 Rb1 58. g5 $18) 54... Be7 55. Rg8+ Kd7
56. Ra8 c5 {After White's inaccuracy on the 54th move, Black has chances to
survive again.} 57. Rg8 cxd4 58. cxd4 Rh7 59. f4 gxf4 $2 {In time trouble both
players took turns making mistakes.} (59... Rh4 $1 60. Kg3 (60. Kf3 Rh3+ $1 61.
Kf2 gxf4 62. g5 Bd6 63. Bf6 Rg3 64. g6 e5 $1) 60... gxf4+ 61. Kxf4 Rh1 62. g5
Bd6 63. Rg7+ Kc6 64. g6 Rg1 65. Rg8 Kd7 {with a draw.}) 60. g5 Bd6 (60... f3+
61. Kxf3 Rh3+ 62. Kf4 Bd6 63. Rg7+ Kc6 64. g6 $18) 61. Bf6 (61. g6 Rh6 62. Rg7+
Kc6 63. Kf3 Rh1 64. Rg8 Bxe5 65. dxe5 Rg1 66. g7 (66. Kxf4 Kc5) 66... Kb7 67.
Kxf4 d4 68. Ke4 Rg4+ 69. Kd3 Ka7 $11) 61... Be7 (61... Rf7 62. Kf3) ({Black
had good chances to save the game after} 61... f3+ $1 62. Kxf3 Rh4 $1 63. Ra8
Rf4+ 64. Kg2 Rh4 (64... Rf5 65. Ra7+ Ke8 66. Kh3) 65. Rd8+ Kc7 66. Rg8 Rf4 67.
Bh8 $5 {However, I am not sure if it's a draw} Rg4+ 68. Kh3 Rg3+ 69. Kh4) 62.
g6 f3+ 63. Kxf3 Rh5 (63... Rh3+ 64. Kg4 Bxf6 65. Kxh3 Ke7 66. Kg4 $1 Bxd4 67.
Kh5 $18) 64. Be5 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 16th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2012.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Safarli,E"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 {I think that by
selecting this variation, White simply wished to play without much preparation
- he just wanted to create problems for Black over the board. Let's see what
happens...} e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Qc7 {Black doesn't allow White to develop his
bishop on c4.} ({The main line is} 8... Be7 9. Bc4 ({or} 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O
exf4 (10... Nc5)) 9... O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Bxf4 Qb6+) 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O
11. Kh1 Nc5 (11... b6 {This was another setup for Black which is also
interesting}) 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Nh4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Ne8
$1 {After this typical manoeuvre Black doesn't have any problems.} 17. Bxe7
Qxe7 18. Nf3 ({Black is also okay after} 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 (19. exf5 Nf6)
19... Nc7) 18... f6 (18... Qd6 $5) 19. d4 Rc8 20. Rac1 ({Of course} 20. d5 {
here would be a mistake because after} Bg4 {even though White has a well
protected passed pawn, Black's position is still much better, taking into
account the strong knight on d6 and White's weaknesses on the queenside.} 21.
h3 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nd6 $15) 20... exd4 21. Nd5 Qd6 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Qc4 Be6 24.
Nxd4 Rf7 25. h3 $6 (25. Re1 $5) (25. Rd1 $5) 25... Bxd5 {Anish was playing too
fast.} ({I think after} 25... Qe5 $1 $15 {Black would have a slightly better
position without any risk.}) 26. exd5 Nc7 27. Nf5 $1 Qxd5 28. Qg4 h5 $2 {
Another mistake.} ({Black should have played} 28... Rd7 $1 29. Nxg7 Rxg7 30.
Qc8+ Kf7 31. Qxc7+ Kg6 32. Qf4 Qe5 $11 {with equality.}) 29. Qxh5 Rd7 30. Re1
$1 Kf8 $1 (30... Qf7 31. Qg4) 31. Qh8+ Qg8 32. Qh4 a5 33. Qg4 (33. Re3 Qd5 $1)
(33. b4 Qd5 $1) 33... Qf7 ({Now} 33... Qd5 $2 {is wrong because of} 34. Nxg7 $1
Rxg7 35. Qc8+ Kf7 36. Qxc7+ Kg6 37. Qc2+ f5 38. b3 $16) 34. Nh4 (34. Qf3 $1 {
was also possible and probably even better. White's attack might be strong here
} b6 35. Qa3+ Kg8 36. Qe3 Qh5 (36... Nd5 $2 37. Qg3 $1 {and White is almost
winning in this spectacular line} Qh5 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Re4 $1 $18 Qxf5 40. Rh4+
Kg6 41. Qe8+ Rf7 (41... Kg5 42. Qh5#) 42. Rg4+ $1 $18) 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38. Nc8 (
38. Qxb6 $2 Qe8 $1) 38... b5 39. axb5 Qxb5 40. Nd6 Qb8 $8 41. Qe4 $40) 34... g5
$6 {Black did not necessarily have to weaken his pawns on the queenside} ({
Better was} 34... Qd5 $1 {and it seems after} 35. Ng6+ Kf7 {Black has nothing
to worry about}) 35. Nf5 Qd5 36. Rf1 Qd3 37. Ng3 Ne8 38. Rf3 $6 ({After} 38.
Kh2 $16 {Black was supposed to defend in an unpleasant position.}) 38... Qd1+
39. Kh2 Rd3 $1 {Nice trick, after which the position gets simplified and most
probably the game is going to end in a draw.} 40. Qxg5 Rxf3 41. Qc5+ Qd6 $5 (
41... Kg8 {is possible as well} 42. gxf3 Qxf3 43. h4 Qb3 $11) 42. Qxd6+ Nxd6
43. gxf3 Nc4 44. Ne4 Nxb2 45. Nc5 Kf7 46. Nxb7 Nxa4 47. Nxa5 Kg6 48. Kg3 Nc3
49. Nb3 Ne2+ 50. Kg4 f5+ 51. Kh4 Kh6 52. Nd2 Nd4 53. Kg3 Kg5 54. Nf1 f4+ 55.
Kg2 Kh4 56. Nd2 Nc2 57. Nc4 Ne1+ 58. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 16th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2012.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6
8. Bd3 Bd7 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. O-O-O Nd5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 14.
Kb1 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Qd6 16. Be4 g6 17. c4 Qa6 18. Bd3 Rhe8 19. c5 Qa4 20. Bc2
Qb5 21. Bd3 Qa4 22. Be4 Bb5 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 24. Qe4+ Rd5 25. b3 Qb4 26. Qxf4 e5
27. Qxf6 e4 28. c6+ Kb6 29. Qf4 Qc3 30. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 16th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2012.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5
Nc6 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nb5 Na7 12. a3 Bd6 13. Nc3 b5 14. a4 Bb7 15.
axb5 Bb4 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd8 18. Kg1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxb5 20. Qc2 Qd5 21.
e4 Qd6 22. Rfc1 c5 23. Nxc4 Qc7 24. d5 exd5 25. exd5 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 16th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2012.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 dxe5 14. dxe5 Rfd8
15. h4 Be8 16. h5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. a3 Bf8 20. Qd3 g6 21.
hxg6 hxg6 22. Qxd8 Nxd8 23. Nd2 Bc6 24. Bd3 Be7 25. Ne4 b6 26. f4 Bh4 27. Kh2
Kf8 28. g4 Be7 29. Kg3 Nb7 30. b4 a5 31. Nf6 axb4 32. axb4 Ba4 33. Kf2 Kg7 34.
Ke3 Kf8 35. Ba6 Bxf6 36. exf6 Nd6 37. Be5 Nb5 38. Bb7 Na3 39. Kd3 Ke8 40. Bd4
Kd7 41. Bxb6 Bc6 42. Ba6 Bb5+ 43. Bxb5+ Nxb5 44. Bc5 Kc6 45. Ke4 Nc3+ 46. Kd4
Nb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 16th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Nc3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Nd7 15.
Rfd1 Bd6 16. Qe3 Nb6 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 Rb8 20. b3 Bd5 21. Nd2
Bb4 22. Bxd5 Bxd2 23. Qf3 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Rxd2 Rb6 26. Rda2 Ra8 27. Ra5
c6 28. g4 g5 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. h4 gxh4 31. Kh3 Rxb3+ 32. Kxh4 Rb6 33. Kg5 h6+ 34.
Kf5 Re8 35. e3 Re6 36. Kf4 Rb1 37. Ra1 Rb2 38. Kg3 Rg6 39. Rh1 Rb6 40. Kf4 Rf6+
41. Kg3 Rg6 42. Kf4 Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2012.11.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao"]
[BlackTeam "Extremadura"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Bg5 d6 8.
Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 O-O-O 11. Bb5 f6 12. Be3 Qe8 13. Nd5 Bd7 14. Rhe1
Ne5 15. Bf1 Nxd5 16. exd5 g5 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Re4 Qg6 19. Rb4 Rde8 20. a4 Re7
21. Qc3 Ng4 22. a5 Nxf2 23. axb6 c5 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Rxd6 Ne4 26. Rxc6+ Kb8
27. Qd3 bxc6 28. Ra4 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2012.11.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey1"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reverte Albox"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Be2 Bg4 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxa2 14. Ra1
Qb2 15. Rb1 Qa2 16. Ra1 Qb2 17. Rb1 Qa2 18. Ra1 Qb2 19. Rb1 Qa2 20. Ra1 Qb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2012.11.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Equigoma"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Bd2 b6 8. Rd1 c5
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qa3 a5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qxc5 Na6 13. Qa3 Nb4 14. Qb3 Bf5 15.
Nd4 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. Bc1 Bc4 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. f3 Nd7 20. Kf2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1
Ne5 22. h3 Rfe8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Kh2 Nc5 25. Nf3 Qf6 26. Nxd5 Qa6 27. Nc3 Nd3 28.
Nd4 Nxc1 29. Qxc1 Bxa2 30. Qd2 Bc4 31. Rhe1 Rcd8 32. Ra1 Qb6 33. Qf2 Ba6 34.
Rad1 Bb7 35. Rd2 Rd7 36. Ra1 Red8 37. Rad1 Ba8 38. Ndb5 Rxd2 39. Rxd2 Rxd2 40.
Qxd2 h5 41. Nd4 Qb4 42. Nb1 Qb7 43. Nc3 Qb4 44. Nb1 Qb8 45. Kg1 a4 46. Nc3 Qb4
47. Ne4 Qe7 48. Nc3 Qb4 49. Nb1 Qc4 50. Nc3 Bf6 51. Qe2 Qxe2 52. Ncxe2 Be7 53.
Nc3 a3 54. bxa3 Bxa3 55. Kf2 Bb4 56. Nce2 Bd5 57. g4 hxg4 58. hxg4 f6 59. Nf3
Kf7 60. g5 Bc5 61. Nc3 Bb7 62. gxf6 Kxf6 63. Ne5 Bb4 64. Ne2 g5 65. Nd3 Bd6 66.
Nd4 gxf4 67. exf4 Ba6 68. Ne5 Bxe5 69. fxe5+ Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2012.11.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao"]
[BlackTeam "Gros Xake Taldea"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8.
Ndb5 Qa5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 O-O 12. Qd2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. g3 d5
15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. c3 Nc6 18. O-O-O Bd7 19. Be2 Be8 20. Bg4 Nxd4 21.
Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Bg6 23. Bf3 Bf7 24. Rd3 h6 25. Re1 Rc8 26. Re5 Rc4 27. b3
Rc7 28. Kd2 Kf8 29. h4 Be8 30. Rd4 Bc6 31. a4 Rd7 32. g4 Rdf7 33. Ke3 Ke7 34.
c4 dxc4 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. bxc4 Kf8 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Rf5 39. Rxe6 Re7 40.
Rde4 Rxe6 41. Rxe6 Ra5 42. Rxc6 Rxa4 43. f5 Ra1 44. Rc8+ Ke7 45. Rc7+ Kf8 46.
c5 Rc1 47. g6 a5 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. Ke4 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2012.11.10"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solvay"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

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 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 bxc5
15. Rb1 a6 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Nb3 Rd8 18. Qc2 c4 19. Nc5 Nd3 20. Nxd3 cxd3 21.
Bxd3 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Bxc3 23. Bc4 Bd7 24. Rfc1 Bf6 25. Kf1 Bb5 26. Be2 Bd4 27.
Bxd4 Rxd4 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Rc2 Rxe4 30. Rxb5 Ra7 31. g3 Rea4 32. Rbb2 g5 33.
Kg2 Kg7 34. Re2 f6 35. Re6 Kf7 36. Rbe2 h5 37. h3 h4 38. g4 Ra3 39. Kh2 R3a6
40. Rxa6 Rxa6 41. Kg2 Ra3 42. Rb2 e5 43. Rb7+ Ke6 44. Rb6+ Kf7 45. Rb7+ Kg6 46.
Rb2 Ra6 47. Re2 Kf7 48. Rd2 Ke6 49. Rb2 Kd5 50. Rd2+ Ke4 51. Rb2 Ra4 52. Re2+
Kd5 53. Rd2+ Ke6 54. Rb2 Ra6 55. Rd2 f5 56. gxf5+ Kxf5 57. f3 Ra3 58. Re2 Ke6
59. Rd2 Kf6 60. Rb2 Ke7 61. Rd2 Ke6 62. Kf2 e4 63. fxe4 Rxh3 64. Rd5 Kf6 65. a4
Ra3 66. e5+ Ke6 67. Rd4 Kxe5 68. Rb4 Kf5 69. Rc4 Kg6 70. Kg2 Kh5 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao"]
[BlackTeam "Barcelona Uga"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bf2 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Be5 16. Rfd1 e6 17. Bf1 Qf6 18. Be1 g5 19. Ne2 Rfd8 20. Qe3 h6 21. Rd2 b5
22. Nd4 Bf4 23. Qe2 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Bb7 25. Nxb5 d5 26. cxd5 exd5 27. Qf2 d4 28.
Rd1 Ne6 29. a4 g4 30. Qg3 Qg5 31. Bd2 Qg7 32. Bc4 gxf3 33. gxf3 Qxg3+ 34. hxg3
Ng5 35. Kf2 Ra6 36. Rh1 Rf6 37. Bf4 d3 38. Ke3 d2 39. Rd1 Bc6 40. Nc3 Bb7 41.
Nd5 Bxd5 42. exd5 Re8+ 43. Kxd2 Nxf3+ 44. Kc3 Ng5 45. Kd4 Rd8 46. Bc7 Rd7 47.
Bxa5 Rf3 48. Rd3 Rf5 49. Kc5 Ne4+ 50. Kc6 Rd6+ 51. Kb5 Nf6 52. Bb4 Rd8 53. Kc6
Rc8+ 54. Kb7 Rd8 55. d6 h5 56. a5 Re5 57. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "2012.11.08"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Sokac, Marko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qb3 Bd6
15. Rfd1 c6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 a4 19. Qf3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qe7 21.
Qf5 g6 22. Qf4 Ra5 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Rxe5 25. Rxb6 Rf5 26. Qc4 Qa7 27.
Rdd6 Kh7 28. Rf6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Qe7 30. Rf3 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Kg8 32. Qxa4 Rd8 33.
Qc4 Qe7 34. b4 h5 35. b5 Rd1 36. Qb3 Rc1 37. h4 Qb7 38. a4 Rc5 39. Kh2 g5 40.
hxg5 Rxg5 41. Qe3 Rg6 42. Rf4 Re6 43. Qf3 Qe7 44. Qxh5 Kg7 45. Rh4 Qa7 46. Qh8+
Kg6 47. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "2012.11.09"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Batchelor, Peter"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. a5 Bc6 12. b4 b5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. bxc5 Rc8 15.
Nd4 Nxc5 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bc4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Rxc4 21.
Ra4 Rfc8 22. Qb3 Qc7 23. Rxc4 Qxc4 24. Qb7 Rc7 25. Qb8+ Kh7 26. Qb1 f5 27. Nd6
Qc5 28. c4 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Qxd6 30. e4 Qd4+ 31. Rf2 fxe4 32. g3 Rxc4 33. Kg2 Qd3
34. Qa1 Rc2 35. Qe1 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qxf2+ 37. Qxf2 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "2012.11.10"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Qc2 Bb7 16. Be4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nc5 19. Qc2 a5 20. Rc1 Rac8 21.
b3 g6 22. h3 e5 23. Nb5 Rcd8 24. Na3 e4 25. Nb5 Nd3 26. Rf1 Nb4 27. Qe2 Qd7 28.
Nd4 Rc8 29. Rfc1 Nd3 30. R1c2 Rc5 31. Qg4 Qxg4 32. hxg4 Rfc8 33. Rxc5 bxc5 34.
Ne2 Nb4 35. Rc4 Nxa2 36. Ra4 Nb4 37. Rxa5 Nd3 38. Ng3 Rb8 39. Nxe4 Rxb3 40. f4
Kf8 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. f5 Rb7 43. Ra6 c4 44. Kh2 Ne5 45. Kg3 Rc7 46. Nc3 Rc6 47.
Ra5 Nd7 48. Kf4 g5+ 49. Ke4 f6 50. Kd4 Rd6+ 51. Nd5+ Kf7 52. e4 Ne5 53. Ra7+
Rd7 54. Ra6 Nxg4 55. Kxc4 h5 56. Kc5 h4 57. Ra8 Kg7 58. Rc8 Ne5 59. Nc7 Rd2 60.
Ne6+ Kh7 61. Rc7+ Kh6 62. Re7 Rxg2 63. Nf8 Kh5 64. Nh7 Ng4 65. Kd5 Ra2 66. Nf8
Ne3+ 67. Kd4 Ng2 68. Nd7 Ra6 69. Re6 Ra4+ 70. Kc3 h3 71. Nxf6+ Kh4 72. Re8 h2
73. Rh8+ Kg3 74. Rh5 Nh4 75. Rxg5+ Kf3 76. Nh5 h1=Q 77. Rg3+ Kf2 0-1

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Koksal, Ege"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 c5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 Ba6 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qe2 Nc7
15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Bg5 cxd4 17. cxd4 Ne6 18. Be3 Rac8 19. d5 Nc5 20. Bd4 Na4 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rbc1 Nc3 23. Qb2 Qa4 24. h4 Qxa2 25. Qxa2 Nxa2 26. Ra1 Nc3 27.
Re1 a5 28. Kh2 Rc4 29. Rac1 b5 30. Re3 b4 31. Nd2 Rc7 32. Nb3 a4 33. Na5 Nxd5
34. Rxc7 Nxc7 35. Nc6 b3 36. Nxd8 b2 37. Rc3 b1=Q 38. Rxc7 Qb8 0-1

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "2012.11.12"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Reshef, Omer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qd6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. dxc6 Qxc6
15. Bb3 Rfd8 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Nb5 Ra8 18. Ba5 a6 19. Na3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rc8 21.
Qd3 Bf8 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Nb1 Bb4 24. Nd2 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Kg7 26. Qe2 Rd8 27.
Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Qc4 Qe7 29. a4 Ne8 30. a5 Qc7 31. Qxc7 Nxc7 32. Kf1 f5 33. Ke2
Kf6 34. Kd3 Ke7 35. Bg8 h6 36. Kc4 Kd6 37. Bh7 f4 38. exf4 exf4 39. Bxg6 Ne6
40. Be4 Nd8 41. Bd5 h5 42. g3 fxg3 43. fxg3 Nc6 44. Bxc6 Kxc6 45. g4 hxg4 46.
hxg4 Kd6 47. g5 Ke5 48. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "2012.11.12"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 O-O 7. Bxc4 Bg4 8.
Be2 Nfd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Nb6 11. e5 Qd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rad8 14. Bxc6
Qxc6 15. Qb3 a6 16. Rac1 Rd7 17. Rc2 e6 18. a4 Rfd8 19. Rfc1 Nc4 20. Nb5 Na5
21. Qb4 axb5 22. Rxc6 Nxc6 23. Qxb5 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 c6 25. Qb6 Rxd4 26. Qxb7 Bxe5
27. Re1 R4d7 28. Qb3 Bd4 29. Rc1 c5 30. a5 Rd6 31. Qb7 R6d7 32. Qb6 Rd6 33. Qb7
R6d7 34. Qb5 Ra7 35. Rxc5 Bxc5 36. Qxc5 Rb7 37. b4 Rdb8 38. a6 Rxb4 39. a7 Rb1+
40. Kh2 Ra8 41. Qc7 Rf8 42. g4 Ra1 43. h4 Ra4 44. Qb8 h5 45. gxh5 Rxh4+ 46. Kg3
Rxh5 47. Qxf8+ Kxf8 48. a8=Q+ Kg7 49. f4 Rf5 50. Qa1+ Kg8 51. Qd4 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "2012.11.14"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Akhmetov, Ayan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Qa4+ Nbd7 8.
Bf4 a6 9. e4 Rb8 10. Qc2 b5 11. Be2 Qe7 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. O-O Bg7 14. Rae1 O-O
15. h3 Bd7 16. Bh2 b4 17. Nd1 Bb5 18. Ne3 Rfe8 19. f4 Ned7 20. Bxb5 Rxb5 21. e5
dxe5 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Nf5 gxf5 24. Rxe5 Qd7 25. Qxf5 Rxe5 26. Bxe5 Qxf5 27.
Rxf5 Nd7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nc4 Rb8 30. Nd6 f6 31. Rf2 Ne5 32. Ne4 c4 33. d6 b3
34. axb3 cxb3 35. Nc5 a5 36. d7 Kf7 37. Rd2 Ke7 38. Nxb3 Nxd7 39. Nxa5 Ne5 40.
Rc2 Kd6 41. b3 Kd5 42. Rc7 Rb5 43. Nc4 Rxb3 44. Nxe5 Kxe5 45. Rxh7 Kf4 46. Rg7
Rg3 47. Rf7 f5 48. Kh2 Rg8 49. g4 Rg5 50. Rf8 Ke5 51. Kg3 fxg4 52. hxg4 Ke6 53.
Kh4 Rg7 54. Kh5 Rf7 55. Rxf7 Kxf7 56. Kh6 Kg8 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "2012.11.15"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Javanbakht, Nima"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 b6 12. f4 Na5 13. Bd3 c4 14. Bb1 f5 15.
d5 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf5 17. d6 Qxd6 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Bd4 Nc6 21.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Ng3 Bd3 23. Qg4 Qc5+ 24. Rf2 Qe3 25. Rd1 Rf8 26. Qf3 Qe6 27. h3
Rf7 28. Ne2 Bc2 29. Rd2 Bd3 30. Kh2 Ne5 31. Qg3 Nd7 32. f5 Qd6 33. Nf4 Nc5 34.
fxg6 hxg6 35. Nh5+ Kg8 36. Rxf7 Qxg3+ 37. Nxg3 Kxf7 38. Rd1 Na4 39. Rc1 e5 40.
Kg1 b5 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. Ke3 Nb6 43. Kd2 Nd5 44. Nf1 a5 45. a3 Nf6 46. Ke3 Nd5+
47. Kd2 Nf6 48. Ke3 Kd6 49. Nd2 Kc5 50. h4 Nd5+ 51. Kf3 b4 52. axb4+ axb4 53.
cxb4+ Kd4 54. g4 e4+ 55. Kg3 c3 56. Nb3+ Kc4 57. Nc5 Nxb4 58. Rxc3+ Kxc3 59.
Nxe4+ Bxe4 60. Kf4 Kd4 61. h5 gxh5 62. gxh5 Nd5+ 63. Kg5 Ke5 64. Kh6 Nf6 65.
Kg5 Bf3 66. h6 Be4 67. h7 Nxh7+ 68. Kh5 Bf5 69. Kh6 Kf6 70. Kh5 Ng5 71. Kh6
Nf7+ 72. Kh5 Ke5 73. Kh4 Kf4 74. Kh5 Be4 75. Kh4 Bf3 76. Kh3 Ne5 77. Kh4 Ng6+
78. Kh3 Ne7 79. Kh2 Ke3 80. Kg1 Ke2 81. Kh2 Kf2 82. Kh3 Nf5 83. Kh2 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "2012.11.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Eliseev, Urii"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. a5 Nfd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ne4 Nc7 18. Ra3 Nbd5 19. Nc5 Nb5 20. Rg3 Rfd8 21.
Qh5 g6 22. Qe5 Nf6 23. h4 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. h5 Qd6 26. Qf6 Qe7 27. Qe5 Qd6
28. Rgd3 Rad8 29. Kf1 Qf8 30. g3 Qg7 31. Kg2 gxh5 32. Qxh5 Rxd4 33. Qh4 R8d6
34. Qe7 Rxd3 35. Bxd3 Qe5 36. Bxh7+ Kg7 37. Rxd6 Nxd6 38. Qh4 Qxa5 39. Bc2 Kf8
40. Qf6 Qd5+ 41. Kg1 Nb5 42. Bg6 e5 43. b4 Nd4 44. Qh8+ Ke7 45. Qh4+ Kd7 46.
Be4 Qe6 47. Qh7 Kc7 48. Kg2 Kb7 49. Qg7 Nb5 50. Qg5 Nd6 51. Bf3 f6 52. Qg7+ Qf7
53. Qh8 Qe7 54. Qg8 Nb5 55. Qc4 Qd7 56. Kg1 Qd6 57. Be4 Nc7 58. Bd3 Qd5 59. Qc2
Qd4 60. Bc4 Nd5 61. Bxa6+ Kxa6 62. Qxc6+ Ka7 63. b5 f5 64. Qa6+ Kb8 65. Qd6+
Nc7 66. Qf8+ Kb7 67. Qxf5 Nxb5 68. Kg2 Nd6 69. Qd7+ Kb6 70. Qd8+ Kc5 71. Qc7+
Kb4 72. Qc1 Ne4 73. Qc2 Nd2 74. Qf5 Qd5+ 75. Kh3 Kc3 76. Kh4 Kd4 77. Qf6 Kd3
78. Qf5+ Ke2 79. f4 Qh1+ 80. Kg5 e4 81. Qb5+ Kf2 82. f5 e3 83. f6 Qh7 84. Qb2
Kf3 85. Qe5 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "2012.11.17"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Grib, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 Ne8 11. Bg3 Ndf6 12. O-O Nh5 13. Be5 f6 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15.
hxg3 Nd6 16. Ba2 c6 17. Qd3 Qa5 18. Bb1 f5 19. Ne5 Bf6 20. Nc4 Qd8 21. b4 b6
22. Ba2 Rb8 23. Ne2 Kh7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nf7 26. Qc3 Qe8 27. f4 c5 28.
bxc5 bxc5 29. Qxc5 Rb2 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 h5 32. Nd4 Nh6 33. Qc5 Rh8 34. Nf3
Ng4 35. Ng5+ Kh6 36. Qb6 h4 37. gxh4 Kh5 38. Bxe6 Bxe6 39. Qxe6 Qxe6 40. Nxe6
Rc8 41. Nxg7+ Kg6 42. Ne6 Rc4 43. Ng5 Nxe3 44. Re1 Nd5 45. e6 Ne7 46. g3 Rxa4
47. Rd1 Rc4 48. Rd7 Kf6 49. Ra7 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 Rc2+ 51. Kh3 Ra2 52. Ra8 Ra1 53.
h5 Nd5 54. Rf8+ Ke7 55. Rf7+ Ke8 56. Kg2 Ra2+ 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58. Kf2 Ne3 59. Ke2
Ng4 60. Rxf5 Re3+ 61. Kd2 Rxg3 62. Ne4 Rg2+ 63. Kd3 Ke7 64. Rg5 Kxe6 65. h6 Rh2
66. f5+ Kf7 67. Rg7+ Kf8 68. Rxg4 Rxh6 69. Kd4 a5 70. Ke5 Rh1 71. Rg6 a4 72.
Ra6 Ra1 73. Ra8+ Kg7 74. Ke6 a3 75. f6+ Kg6 76. f7 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "2012.11.18"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Rd1 Re8 13. h3 Ne4 14. Bd3 Nd6
15. Qf4 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Nb4 17. Re3 Rxe3 18. Bxe3 Nd3 19. Qa4 Nxb2 20. Qc2 Qa5
21. Ne4 Nbc4 22. Rd1 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qd8 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. e4 b6 26. Qa4 h6 27.
e5 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. d6 Qe6 30. d7 Rd8 31. Qa6 Qc6 32. Qe2 Qe6 33. Qa6 c4
34. Qb7 c3 35. Qc7 Qf6 36. Kh2 Kh7 37. Qc4 Qe7 38. Re1 Qd6+ 39. Kh1 Rxd7 40.
Qxc3 Qd2 41. Qe5 Qxa2 42. Qe8 Qf2 43. Rc1 Rd2 44. Qa8 Re2 45. Rc8 Re1+ 46. Kh2
Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Be2 Bf5 11. a3 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Nf6 14. Qb3 a5
15. a4 Re8 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Rad1 h6 19. Bf1 Be4 20. Nd2 Bg6 21. g3
c6 22. Bg2 Qc7 23. Rc1 Rad8 24. Kh2 Bh7 25. Qc3 Rd7 26. d5 Rde7 27. Nb3 Be4 28.
Qxa5 Qxa5 29. Nxa5 cxd5 30. cxd5 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Bd2 Ra8 33. Rxe7 Bxe7
34. b3 b5 35. axb5 Rb8 36. b4 f5 37. Kg2 Rxb5 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Nc6 Bf6 40. Ra8
Ke6 41. Ra6 Kd7 42. Na7 Rb7 43. b5 Nc7 44. Ra5 Bd4 45. Nc6 Bb6 46. Ra4 Nxb5 47.
Nb4 Ra7 48. Nd5 Bc5 49. Rxa7+ Bxa7 50. g4 fxg4 51. hxg4 Ke6 52. Nf4+ Kf7 53.
Kf3 Nc7 54. Ke2 Nb5 55. Kf3 Bc5 56. Nd5 Ke6 57. Nf4+ Kf7 58. Nd5 Na3 59. Be1
Ke6 60. Nf4+ Kf7 61. Nd5 Ke6 62. Nf4+ Ke7 63. Ke4 Nc2 64. Bc3 Kf7 65. f3 Na3
66. Nh5 g6 67. Nf4 Nc4 68. Kd3 Nb6 69. Ke4 Nc4 70. Kd3 Nb6 71. Ke4 Nd7 72. Nd5
Bf2 73. f4 h5 74. Kf3 Bc5 75. f5 hxg4+ 76. Kxg4 gxf5+ 77. Kxf5 Nb6 78. Nxb6
Bxb6 79. Ke4 Ke6 80. Kd3 d5 81. Bd4 Bxd4 82. Kxd4 Kd6 83. Kd3 Kc5 84. Kc3 d4+
85. Kd3 Kd5 86. Kd2 Kc4 87. Kc2 d3+ 88. Kd2 Kd4 89. Kd1 Kc4 90. Kd2 Kd4 91. Kd1
Ke3 92. Ke1 d2+ 93. Kd1 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. a4 c6 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. O-O a6
9. axb5 cxb5 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 Bb7 12. e4 Nf6 13. d5 Bd6 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15.
dxe6+ Ke8 16. e5 Bxg2 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Kxg2 Qxa1 19. Bb2 Qa4 20. Qf3 Ra7 21.
Rc1 Kd8 22. Bf6+ Be7 23. Qd5+ Nd7 24. Bd4 Rc7 25. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Be2 Qxc3 11. Rc1 Qb2 12. Nc4 Qb5 13. d5 b6 14. O-O Qd7
15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Qb3 Qe8 18. Bc7 Rc8 19. Be5 f6 20. Bb2 Rd8 21. Bg4
Nd7 22. Be6+ Kh8 23. Rcd1 Nf8 24. Bg4 Qf7 25. a4 Rab8 26. Bc3 Ba8 27. h3 h5 28.
Be2 e6 29. Ne3 e5 30. Rf1 Nd7 31. Bc4 Bh6 32. Bb2 Bb7 33. Qd3 Qf8 34. g3 Re8
35. Bb5 Rbd8 36. Ng2 Bg7 37. f4 c4 38. Qxc4 Qc5+ 39. Qxc5 bxc5 40. fxe5 fxe5
41. Rf7 Bc8 42. Nf4 Kg8 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Ne6+ Kf6 45. Rf1+ Ke7 46. Bc1 a6 47.
Bg5+ Kd6 48. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O c5 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1
Qa6 15. Rxc5 b6 16. Rc2 Qxa2 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Ra8 20. b4 Qb3
21. Rc4 a5 22. Bxb6 a4 23. Qc2 Bb2 24. Rc8+ Rxc8 25. Qxc8+ Kg7 26. Bc5 a3 27.
Bxe7 h5 28. d4 Bxd4 29. Bc5 Bxc5 30. Qxc5 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O Nc6 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Bf6 12. Nc3 Qb8 13. Qf5 Rd8 14. Bd3
Kf8 15. Qxh7 d5 16. Kb1 Ne5 17. Ba6 Bxa6 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Ng6 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. h4 Qe8 22. h5 Ne5 23. f4 Ng4 24. Rhd1 Bb5 25. h6 Nf2 26. Rd8 Nxd1 27.
Rxa8 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O b6 8. b4 Bb7
9. a4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 c6 15.
Rac1 a6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 c5 18. dxc5 Rxa3 19. c6 Nc5 20. cxb7 Qb8 21. Bc2
d4 22. Qc4 Rc3 23. Qd5 dxe3 24. fxe3 Qxb7 25. Qxb7 Nxb7 26. Ng5 Bh6 27. Bxg6
Rxc1 28. Bxf7+ Kf8 29. Nxh7+ Kg7 30. Rxc1 Bxe3+ 31. Kf1 Re7 32. Rc6 Rxf7+ 33.
Ke2 Re7 34. Nf6 Bc5+ 35. Kd3 Na5 36. Nh5+ Kh7 37. Rf6 Re3+ 38. Kd2 Nc4+ 39. Kd1
Rd3+ 40. Kc2 Rd4 41. Nf4 Ne3+ 42. Kb1 Rb4+ 43. Ka2 Bd4 44. Nd3 Rxb5 45. Rd6 Nc2
46. g4 Nb4+ 47. Ka3 Nc2+ 48. Ka2 Be3 49. Re6 Bg1 50. Re1 Nxe1 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Qc7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Be3 d5 12. Nd2 Bg7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Bf3 Be6 15.
Rfd1 Rac8 16. Bg5 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 h6 19. Be3 b6 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21.
Rxd5 Rfd8 22. Rcd1 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. Qd3 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Bf8 26. Qa8 Qd7 27.
h4 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Qe4 g4 30. f3 gxf3 31. gxf3 Bg7 32. a4 f5 33. Qc4+ Kh7
34. Qh4+ Kg8 35. Qc4+ Kh7 36. Qh4+ Kg8 37. Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 Nf6 6. Ne2 O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nd2
Be6 9. h3 Qd7 10. g4 Rfe8 11. Ng3 h6 12. a3 a5 13. Qe2 d5 14. Nf3 d4 15. g5 Nd5
16. Ne4 Qe7 17. h4 h5 18. Bh3 Nd8 19. Nfd2 b6 20. Qf3 Qd7 21. Kf1 Rc8 22. Kg2
c5 23. a4 Rc6 24. Nc4 Rf8 25. Qg3 Bxh3+ 26. Qxh3 Re6 27. Rhg1 Qc6 28. Kh2 Nb4
29. Rac1 Rfe8 30. Rg2 R8e7 31. Qf3 Kf8 32. Qe2 Qc7 33. Kh1 Ndc6 34. Rf1 Re8 35.
Ba3 Ne7 36. Kg1 Nf5 37. Rh2 Qc6 38. Bxb4 cxb4 39. Qf3 Rd8 40. Kg2 Ke7 41. Rh3
Kf8 42. Ned2 Qxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Rc6 44. Ke2 Rd7 45. e4 Ne7 46. f4 exf4 47. Rxf4 Re6
48. Kf2 Nc8 49. Rhf3 Rc7 50. Kg2 Na7 51. Rf2 Ke8 52. Nf3 Rd7 53. Ng1 Rb7 54.
Ne2 Nc6 55. R4f3 Rb8 56. Nf4 Re7 57. Nd5 Rd7 58. Ndxb6 Rc7 59. Nd5 Rd7 60. Nf6+
Bxf6 61. Rxf6 Nd8 62. Nxa5 Rc8 63. Nc4 Nb7 64. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. Bb3 a6 14. Re1
Bd6 15. h3 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Be8 20. Red1 Qe7
21. Kg1 h6 22. a3 Rac8 23. Ba2 Ba4 24. Re1 Qc7 25. Bxe6 Bxd4 26. Bxc8 Bxe3 27.
Qxb7 Rxc8 28. Qxc7 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rxc7 30. Rd4 Bb3 31. Rb4 Be6 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33.
Rb6 a5 34. a4 Nd7 35. Rb5 Nc5 36. Rd1 Nxa4 37. Rd2 Nc5 38. Rd4 a4 39. Ke3 Bb3
40. Rd6 Ne6 41. Rdb6 Kg6 42. Rb7 Rc8 43. Rb8 Rc4 44. Rb4 Rc5 45. R8b5 Rc7 46.
Rb7 Rc8 47. Rb8 Rxb8 48. Rxb8 f5 49. Rc8 Kf6 50. c4 Ke5 51. g3 g5 52. Kd3 f4
53. g4 Kd6 54. Rh8 Kc5 55. Rc8+ Kd6 56. Rh8 f3 57. Rxh6 Ke5 58. Ke3 Bxc4 59.
Kxf3 Nc5 60. Rg6 Nd3 61. Rxg5+ Kd4 62. Ra5 Nxb2 63. g5 Kc3 64. g6 Kb4 65. Ra8
a3 66. Rb8+ Kc3 67. Ra8 Kb4 68. Rb8+ Kc3 69. Ra8 Bd5+ 70. Kf4 Bxa8 71. Ke5 Nc4+
72. Ke6 Ne3 73. Ke5 a2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. O-O
Na6 9. Qd4 Qc7 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. Qh4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. e4 Rfd8 14. e5 Nd5
15. Ne4 Bxe5 16. Bg5 Bf4 17. Rfd1 Bxg5 18. Nexg5 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Nf6 20. Re1 Rd2
21. Rac1 Qd7 22. h3 Re8 23. Qc4 Qd5 24. Qh4 Rxb2 25. Rc3 Rb5 26. Rg3 Ra5 27. a4
a6 28. Ree3 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qd6 30. Ref3 Nh5 31. Rd3 Qf4 32. Qxf4 Nxf4 33. Rd7
Rxa4 34. Rxb7 h6 35. Nf3 Ne2 36. Rg4 Rxg4 37. hxg4 Nc3 38. Ra7 Ne4 39. Kg1 Nc5
40. Ne5 Kg7 41. Rc7 Ne4 42. f3 Nf6 43. Ra7 h5 44. gxh5 Nxh5 45. Rxa6 Rc8 46.
Ra7 Rc1+ 47. Kf2 Rc2+ 48. Kf1 Kf6 49. Ng4+ Ke6 50. Ra6+ Kd5 51. Ne3+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 e6 8. e5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. a5 Rd8 13. Qc1 c5 14. Nxd7 Bxd7
15. d5 g5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bg3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Re1 f5 20. Bd3 Qf7 21.
Be5 c4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bf1 f4 24. Qd2 Rd7 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Qc3+ Qf6 27. Qb4
Qd6 28. Qc3+ Qf6 29. Qb4 Qd6 30. Qc3+ Qf6 31. Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be2 c6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Qa4 Nd7
15. Rfd1 Bf6 16. Bg4 Nb6 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Qb3 Bxg4 19. hxg4 Ra6 20. Rd3 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qc8 23. f3 Be7 24. Ne2 Bc5+ 25. Kf1 Ra8 26. a3 Qe6 27.
Qd3 Qf6 28. g3 Kg7 29. Kg2 Rh8 30. b4 Be7 31. Qe3 Qe6 32. Qxb6 Qxc4 33. Rd2 Rd8
34. Qe3 Rxd2 35. Qxd2 Bg5 36. Qb2 f6 37. Kf2 Qd3 38. Kg2 Bd2 39. Ng1 Be3 40.
Nh3 h5 41. g5 Bd4 42. Qa2 f5 43. exf5 gxf5 44. Ng1 Bxg1 45. Qe6 Qe3 46. Qe7+
Kg8 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qe7+ Kg8 49. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. h3 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Re1 Be6 15.
Bf4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bg5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Qxg5 20. Nf3 Qf6 21.
Rad1 Be4 22. Qa4 Qxb2 23. Bc4 Bc6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qxa7 Qc2 26. Rd4 Bxd4 27.
Qxd4 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Qf5 29. Kg2 Qg5+ 30. Kf1 Rd8 31. Qa1 Qh4 32. Qc3 Qxh3+ 33.
Ke2 Re8+ 34. Kd2 Qd7+ 35. Kc2 Rc8 36. Kb2 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Bg5 Bd6 13. Rab1 h6 14. Bf4
Be6 15. Ne2 c5 16. c3 Re8 17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4 Rxb4 19. Rxb4 Bxb4 20. Rb1 Bd6
21. Be3 Ne4 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Rb7 Nc5 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Nf5 Be7 26. Bxh6 Bf6 27.
Nxg7 Bxg7 28. Qg4 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Qb8+ 30. f4 Qb2 31. Bxg7 Qxg7 32. Qxd7 Qd4 33.
Qg4+ Kf8 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qg4+ Kf8 36. Qc8+ Re8 37. Qf5 Re3 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39.
Qg4+ Kf8 40. Qc8+ Re8 41. Qf5 a5 42. Bb5 Re6 43. Qg4 Qe4 44. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. a4 b4 10. h3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c3 Rb8 15. d4
bxc3 16. bxc3 exd4 17. cxd4 c4 18. Qc2 Nh5 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Nf4 21. Ra3 Nd3
22. Rxd3 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Bf6 24. Qxa6 Nb3 25. Nxb3 Rxb3 26. Be3 Qa8 27. Qxd6 Qxa4
28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. d6 Re8 30. Qd5 Rb5 31. Qc6 Ra5 32. Qc7 Raa8 33. Rc1 h6 34. Kh2
Rad8 35. Rc6 Qe4 36. Rb6 Qf5 37. Qc6 Qd7 38. Qd5 Qe6 39. Qc5 Rc8 40. Qb4 Red8
41. Bf4 Qc4 42. Qd2 Qc2 43. Qe3 Qc3 44. Qe4 Qc4 45. Qe3 Re8 46. Qd2 Re2 47. d7
Rxd2 48. dxc8=Q+ Qxc8 49. Nxd2 Qc2 50. Rb8+ Kh7 51. Rb3 Bc3 52. Rxc3 Qxc3 53.
Be3 Qe5+ 54. Kg1 Qd5 55. Nf3 Kg6 56. Nh4+ Kf6 57. Nf3 Kf5 58. Nh4+ Ke4 59. Nf3
Kd3 60. Kh2 Ke2 61. Kg3 Qd6+ 62. Bf4 Qg6+ 63. Kh2 Kxf2 64. Nh4 Qf6 65. Bg3+ Kf1
66. Nf3 Qb2 67. Ne1 Qe2 68. h4 h5 69. Kh3 g5 70. hxg5 Qg4+ 71. Kh2 h4 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D99"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
e4 O-O 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Qc2 c5 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Qc7 14. Nf3 Rd8
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd4 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qa5+ 21.
Qc3 Qxc3+ 22. bxc3 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Rac8 24. Kd2 e5 25. Rb4 b6 26. c4 Rc5 27. a3
f5 28. Ke3 Kf6 29. h4 h6 30. g3 Rdc8 31. Bd3 Ra5 32. Rb3 Ba4 33. Rb2 Bd7 34.
Rb3 Ba4 35. Rb2 Bd7 36. Ra2 Be8 37. g4 Bd7 38. g5+ hxg5 39. hxg5+ Kxg5 40. Rh7
Rd8 41. Rf7 f4+ 42. Kd2 Bh3 43. Kc3 Rc5 44. Rh2 Rd7 45. Rf8 Rh7 46. Rg8 Rh6 47.
d6 Rc6 48. Rxh3 Rxh3 49. Rxg6+ Kh4 50. d7 Rxg6 51. Bxg6 Rxf3+ 52. Kd2 Kg3 53.
d8=Q Rxa3 54. Qg5+ Kf2 55. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nh6 7. Nc3 b6 8. Be3
f6 9. Qd2 Nf7 10. a3 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. Nh2 Be6 13. Kh1 Qd7 14. Rae1 Rad8 15.
b3 g5 16. g4 Nh8 17. h4 h6 18. f3 Ng6 19. h5 Nf4 20. Rg1 Rfe8 21. Nf1 Bf8 22.
Ng3 c4 23. bxc4 Bxc4 24. Nf5 Be6 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Ne2 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Qf7 28.
Nxf4 Bxa3 29. Ng6 Kh7 30. f4 Bd6 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Kg2 Be5 33. Qe2 c5 34. Rb1
Rd7 35. Rgd1 Bb8 36. Kf3 Rd5 37. Qg2 Rxf5+ 38. exf5 Qd5+ 39. Kf2 Re2+ 40. Kxe2
Qxg2+ 41. Ke3 Bg3 42. Rf1 Qxc2 43. Rbd1 a5 44. d4 Bd6 45. dxc5 Bxc5+ 46. Kf3
Kh6 47. Kg3 a4 48. Rd8 Qc3+ 49. Kg2 Qc2+ 50. Kg3 Qc3+ 51. Kg2 Kxh5 52. Rf3 Qc2+
53. Kg3 g4 54. Nf4+ Kh6 55. Ne6 Kh7 56. Rd7+ Kg8 57. Rfd3 Qf2+ 58. Kxg4 Qe2+
59. Kg3 Qf2+ 60. Kg4 Qe2+ 61. Kf4 Qe5+ 62. Kg4 Qe2+ 63. Kg3 Qf2+ 64. Kg4 Qe2+
65. Kg3 Bf2+ 66. Kf4 Qe5+ 67. Kf3 Qxf5+ 68. Nf4 Bc5 69. R3d5 Qb1 70. Kg4 a3 71.
Rb7 Qg1+ 72. Kf3 Qf1+ 73. Kg4 Qg1+ 74. Kf3 Qh1+ 75. Kg4 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 dxc4 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. e5
Nfd7 9. h5 gxh5 10. Qd3 h6 11. Qe4 c5 12. d5 f5 13. d6+ Kh8 14. Qxb7 Qb6 15.
Bd5 exd6 16. e6 Qxb7 17. Bxb7 Nb6 18. Bxa8 Nxa8 19. Nh4 Re8 20. f3 Nc6 21. fxg4
Nd4 22. gxf5 Nc2+ 23. Kd1 Nxa1 24. Nd5 Kh7 25. f6 Rxe6 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. b3 Kf7
28. Bb2 Nxb3 29. axb3 Nb6 30. Rf1+ Ke8 31. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "222"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 b6 8. Bb5
Ncb8 9. O-O Be7 10. c3 c5 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Bg5 Qd8 15.
h4 cxd4 16. Nbxd4 Nc5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qg5 Ra7 19. g3 Rc8 20. Red1 h6 21. Qe3
Rac7 22. Bxa6 Nbxa6 23. Nb5 Rd7 24. Nd6 Rf8 25. b4 axb4 26. cxb4 Nxb4 27. Rab1
Nca6 28. Qxb6 f6 29. Nb5 Rb7 30. Qe3 Nc6 31. Nbd4 Ncb4 32. exf6 Qxf6 33. Re1
Nc5 34. a5 Ncd3 35. Qxe6+ Qxe6 36. Rxe6 Ra7 37. Ra1 Rfa8 38. Nf5 Rxa5 39. Rxa5
Rxa5 40. Re7 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Ra2 42. Rxg7+ Kh8 43. N3d4 Rxf2+ 44. Kh3 Nc6 45. Rg6
Nce5 46. Rxh6+ Kg8 47. Rf6 Ra2 48. h5 Nf2+ 49. Kh4 Ne4 50. Rg6+ Kf8 51. Ne6+
Ke8 52. Neg7+ Kd7 53. Kh3 Nf2+ 54. Kg2 Ne4+ 55. Kh3 Nxg6 56. hxg6 Ra6 57. Nh4
d4 58. Ngf5 d3 59. g7 Nf6 60. Ne3 d2 61. Nhf5 Ng8 62. Nd1 Ke6 63. Nfe3 Ra1 64.
Kg4 Nf6+ 65. Kf3 Kf7 66. Ke2 Ne4 67. Kd3 Ra4 68. Nc4 Nc5+ 69. Kc3 Ne4+ 70. Kd3
Ra1 71. Kxe4 Rxd1 72. Kd3 Rg1 73. Nxd2 Rxg3+ 74. Kd4 Rxg7 75. Ne4 Ke6 76. Nc5+
Kf5 77. Kd5 Rg1 78. Kd4 Rd1+ 79. Kc4 Rd8 80. Nd3 Ke4 81. Nc5+ Ke3 82. Kb5 Rc8
83. Kc4 Rd8 84. Kb5 Rh8 85. Kc4 Rh4+ 86. Kd5 Rh5+ 87. Kc4 Rh4+ 88. Kd5 Rd4+ 89.
Ke5 Rd8 90. Ne6 Ra8 91. Kd5 Ra5+ 92. Nc5 Kf4 93. Kd4 Ra8 94. Kd5 Rd8+ 95. Kc4
Ke5 96. Nd3+ Kd6 97. Kd4 Rh8 98. Ke4 Rh5 99. Nf4 Re5+ 100. Kd4 Ra5 101. Ke4
Ra4+ 102. Kf5 Rd4 103. Ne2 Rd5+ 104. Kf4 Kc5 105. Ke4 Kc4 106. Nf4 Ra5 107. Ne6
Ra1 108. Ke5 Rd1 109. Nf4 Re1+ 110. Kf5 Kc5 111. Ne6+ Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 e5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Nc4 Be7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Ng3 Bg4 11. Qe1 Be6 12. Rd1 Re8 13. Na5 c6 14. Nc4 b6 15.
h3 h6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Nc4 Qd5 19. d3 exd3 20. Rxd3 Qg5 21. Ne5 Rac8
22. Nf3 Qg6 23. Ne5 Qg5 24. Kh2 h5 25. f4 Qh4 26. f5 Bd5 27. Rf4 Qg5 28. h4 Qh6
29. Qe1 Bd6 30. Qa1 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Ng4+ 32. Rxg4 hxg4 33. c4 Qxh4+ 34. Kg1 Bxg2
35. Kxg2 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Rcd8 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Qe1 f6 39. Bf4 Rd3 40. Qe2 Rd7 41.
e4 Kf7 42. e5 fxe5 43. Bxe5 Re7 44. Qb2 Qh6 45. Qc3 Qh8 46. Ne4 Qh4 47. Bg3 Qh6
48. Qd3 Qc1+ 49. Kg2 Qb2+ 50. Bf2 Qe5 51. Ng5+ Kg8 52. Ne6 Qb8 53. Bh4 Rf7 54.
Bg3 Qe8 55. Qe4 g6 56. fxg6 Re7 57. Qxg4 Rxe6 58. g7 Qg6 59. Qf4 Qxg7 60. Qf5
Rg6 61. Qc8+ Kh7 62. Qh3+ Rh6 63. Qf5+ Rg6 64. Qh3+ Qh6 65. Qd7+ Rg7 66. Qf5+
Kg8 67. Qc8+ Kh7 68. Qf5+ Kh8 69. Qf8+ Kh7 70. Qf5+ Qg6 71. Qh3+ Kg8 72. Qc8+
Kh7 73. Qh3+ Qh6 74. Qf5+ Rg6 75. Qd7+ Qg7 76. Qh3+ Kg8 77. Qc8+ Qf8 78. Qd7
Qf7 79. Qc8+ Kg7 80. Kh2 Qe7 81. Qf5 Qe2+ 82. Bf2 Rf6 83. Qd7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nc6 6. Na3 Nxd6 7. Nc4 Nxc4
8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Be2 Rc8 12. c3 g6 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. O-O
Bg7 15. Rfd1 e6 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 f5 18. Rd6 Be5 19. Rb6 Bc7 20. Rb4 h6 21.
Nh3 g5 22. Kg2 b5 23. f4 Nc6 24. Rb3 g4 25. Ng1 Bd6 26. c4 Na5 27. c5 Nxb3 28.
axb3 Be7 29. Rxa6 Bxc5 30. Rxe6+ Kd7 31. Re5 Bxe3 32. fxe3 Rc2+ 33. Kg3 h5 34.
Rxf5 h4+ 35. Kxg4 Rg2+ 36. Kh3 Rxg1 37. Rxb5 Re8 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. d5 Ne7 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Be3 a6 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. f3 Ne5 15.
b4 c5 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Nd5 b6 18. a4 Rb8 19. Rab1 Bd7 20. a5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 c4
22. Nd4 b5 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. Bg5 f6 25. Bh4 Rbc8 26. Rbc1 Qf7 27. f4 Nd3 28. Bxd3
cxd3 29. Qxd3 f5 30. exf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Qxf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Rc6 Rxc6 34.
dxc6 Bc3 35. Bf2 Rc8 36. Rc1 Bxb4 37. Bb6 Kf7 38. c7 Ke6 39. g3 Kd7 40. Kg2 Ba3
41. Rb1 d5 42. Rd1 Kc6 43. Kf3 Bd6 44. Rc1+ Kd7 45. Rd1 Ke6 46. Re1+ Kd7 47.
Rd1 Kc6 48. Rc1+ Kb7 49. Rd1 Bxc7 50. Bxc7 Rxc7 51. Rxd5 Rf7 52. Rd6 Ka7 53.
Ke3 Re7+ 54. Kd3 Re4 55. Rd7+ Kb8 56. Rxh7 Ra4 57. h4 Rxa5 58. h5 Ra1 59. Kd4
Rh1 60. Kc5 Kc8 61. h6 Kd8 62. Kd6 Kc8 63. Kc6 Rc1+ 64. Kb6 Rh1 65. Rh8+ Kd7
66. h7 b4 67. Ra8 b3 68. h8=Q Rxh8 69. Rxh8 b2 70. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Be7 10. Ndf3 c5 11. b3 Na6 12. Bb2 h6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. Nd3 Qb6 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Bh3 Rcd8 18. Rfe1 Ne4 19. e3 Bf8 20. Ba1 c4
21. bxc4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Bd5 23. Qc2 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Bxf3 25. Ne5 Nb4 26. Qf5 Bd5
27. a3 Be6 28. Qf3 Nd3 29. Bxe6 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 Qxe6 31. Bd4 Bxa3 32. Rc6 Qb3 33.
Rc3 Qa2 34. Re2 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Bf8 36. Rc7 Re7 37. Rxe7 Bxe7 38. Rb2 Qg6 39. Rb7
Bf6 40. Bxf6 Qxf6 41. Qxf6 gxf6 42. Rxa7 Rd2 43. Ra4 Kg7 44. Rg4+ Kf8 45. Rh4
Kg7 46. Rg4+ Kf8 47. Rh4 Kg7 48. Rg4+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qf4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Rfd1 g5 14. Qg4 Qe7
15. c5 dxc5 16. h4 Qf6 17. Qa4 O-O 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Qg4 Rfd8 20. Nxg5 Ne5 21.
Qh5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Kg7 23. f4 Ng6 24. Qf3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rh1 Rh8 27. Rxh8
Nxh8 28. Qb7 e5 29. c4 exf4 30. gxf4 Ng6 31. e3 Qe7 32. Qd5 Nh4+ 33. Kf2 Ng6
34. a3 Qc7 35. Ke2 Kf8 36. Qf5 Kg7 37. Qd5 Kf8 38. a4 Kg7 39. Ne4 Kf8 40. Nd6
Qd7 41. f5 Nh4 42. Qe5 Qxa4 43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Qxh4+ Kxd6 45. Qf6+ Kc7 46. Qxf7+
Qd7 47. Qg6 Kd8 48. Kf3 Qd3 49. Qg8+ Ke7 50. Qh7+ Kf8 51. Qh6+ Kf7 52. Qe6+ Kf8
53. Kf4 Qd2 54. f6 Qh2+ 55. Ke4 Qh7+ 56. Kd5 Qb7+ 57. Kd6 a5 58. e4 a4 59. Qd7
Qb8+ 60. Kd5 Qa8+ 61. Kd6 Qb8+ 62. Kc6 Qe8 63. e5 a3 64. e6 a2 65. Kb7 Qxd7+
66. exd7 a1=Q 67. d8=Q+ Kf7 68. Qe7+ Kg6 69. f7 Qh1+ 70. Kxb6 Qb1+ 71. Kc7 Qa2
72. f8=Q Qa7+ 73. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Bd2 Bf6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Be7 15. f4 f5 16. Be3 c6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4+ Qd5 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3
Kf7 21. e6+ Kg6 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Bxa7 Rd8 24. Be3 Kf6 25. h3 Bb4 26. Re2 Rd1+
27. Kf2 Bd6 28. Bd2 Ke7 29. g3 Bc5+ 30. Kg2 Rg1+ 31. Kh2 Rf1 32. Bc3 g6 33. Kg2
Rg1+ 34. Kh2 Rf1 35. Kg2 Rg1+ 36. Kh2 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. e4 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. Ne2 Nh5 8. g3 Bg7
9. Nbc3 O-O 10. Be3 Nd7 11. g4 Nhf6 12. Ng3 a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Be2 Ne8 15. Qd2
Nc7 16. h4 b5 17. axb5 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. h5 Ne5 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bf4 Bd7 22.
hxg6 hxg6 23. Ra7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. Bxg7 Rxg7 27. g5 Qd8 28. f4
Nf7 29. e5 fxe5 30. Ne4 Rh7 31. Nf6+ Qxf6 32. gxf6 Rxh1+ 33. Kf2 exf4 34. Qa5
Rh2+ 35. Ke1 Rh8 36. Qc7 Bf5 37. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nb4 12. Kd2 h5 13. Nd3 Nc6 14. f3 Bf5 15.
Ne5 Rfc8 16. Bb5 Nd8 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 e6 19. b4 Nd7 20. Ra2 Nb6 21. b3 a6
22. Rha1 Bf8 23. Na4 Nxa4 24. Rxa4 Rc6 25. b5 Rb6 26. Ra5 Bd6 27. Bxd6 Rxd6 28.
Nc5 Rc8 29. bxa6 b6 30. Nb7 Rd7 31. Nxd8 bxa5 32. Nb7 Rdc7 33. Nc5 Kf8 34. Rxa5
Ke7 35. b4 Kd6 36. Na4 Rc2+ 37. Kd3 Ra2 38. Nb6 Rcc2 39. Rxa2 Rxa2 40. a7 Kc6
41. a8=Q+ Rxa8 42. Nxa8 Kb7 43. e4 Kxa8 44. exd5 exd5 45. Ke3 Kb7 46. Kf4 f6
47. g4 Kc6 48. gxh5 gxh5 49. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be4 6. e3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. g3 Qe7 10. a3 g5 11. Nhf3 h5 12. Nxg5 h4 13. g4 Rg8 14. f4 O-O-O 15. c5
Bc7 16. Ngxe4 dxe4 17. Kh1 Nd5 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. g5
c5 22. Bd2 Kb8 23. Qb3 Rc8 24. Bf3 Rc6 25. Rac1 Rb6 26. Qc2 cxd4 27. exd4 Rc6
28. Qb3 Rb6 29. Qc2 Rc6 30. Qb1 Nf8 31. Rxc6 Qxc6 32. Qc1 Qd7 33. Bg2 Ng6 34.
Qd1 Qb5 35. Qe1 Re8 36. b4 Qc4 37. Qf2 Qd3 38. Rc1 h3 39. Bf1 Qxa3 40. b5 Qd6
41. Bxh3 Ndxf4 42. Bf1 Rh8 43. Qg3 Rh3 44. Bxh3 Ne2 45. Qxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Be7 9. b3 dxc4 10. bxc4 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rd1 Bf6
15. Rb1 Be6 16. Ba3 Rc8 17. Rbc1 O-O 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Qe7 20. Qa4 Ne5 21.
Nd4 Bd7 22. Qxa7 Ng4 23. Bf3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Bxd4 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27.
Qxd7 g6 28. Re1 Qh6 29. Qh3 Qxh3 30. gxh3 Rc7 31. Bd5 Kg7 32. Rc2 Rh8 33. Kg2
Rh5 34. Bb3 Rg5+ 35. Kf3 Rc6 36. Re4 Rg1 37. Rf4 Bf6 38. Kf2 Rg5 39. Kf1 Rd6
40. Rcf2 Re5 41. h4 Re3 42. Kg2 Red3 43. h5 gxh5 44. Rf5 Rc3 45. Rxh5 c4 46.
Bc2 Bd4 47. Rd2 Ra3 48. Be4 c3 49. Rc2 Bf6 50. Rf5 Ra4 51. Bf3 Rb4 52. Rd5 Rdb6
53. Bd1 Rb1 54. Rf2 R6b2 55. Rd7 Rxf2+ 56. Kxf2 Rb2+ 57. Kf3 c2 58. Rc7 cxd1=Q+
0-1

[Event "World Cities-ch GpF"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2012.12.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "El Gindy, Essam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hoogeveen"]
[BlackTeam "Cairo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Rb8 13. Qa7 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rfc8
15. Qd4 Rd8 16. h3 Qa5 17. Qd2 Kf8 18. Qf4 Bc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Na4 Qh5 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Kg7 24. Kg2 Rh8 25. Rh1 Kg6 26. e4 h5 27. Rh4
f5 28. exf5+ exf5 29. gxh5+ Rxh5 30. Rd4 Rhh8 31. Nb2 Rhd8 32. Nd3 a5 33. c5
dxc5 34. Ne5+ Kf6 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Nxc6 Rd2 37. a4 Rd3 38. Nxa5 Ke6 39. Kf1
Rd2 40. Re1+ Kd7 41. Nc4 Ra2 42. Re5 f4 43. gxf4 f6 44. Re2 Ra1+ 45. Re1 Ra2
46. f5 Bd8 47. Rd1+ Kc7 48. Kg2 Rc2 49. Rd3 Be7 50. Ne3 Rc1 51. Nd5+ Kd6 52.
Kf3 Rh1 53. Ke4 Re1+ 54. Re3 Rd1 55. Nxe7 Kxe7 56. Rd3 Rc1 57. Kd5 c4 58. bxc4
Ra1 59. Rb3 Rxa4 60. c5 Ra2 61. Rb7+ Kd8 62. f4 Ra4 63. Ke6 Rc4 64. Rd7+ Ke8
65. Rd5 Rxf4 66. Kxf6 Rc4 67. Ke6 Rc1 68. f6 Re1+ 69. Re5 Rc1 70. c6 1-0

[Event "World Cities-ch GpF"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2012.12.23"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novi Sad"]
[BlackTeam "Hoogeveen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8.
Bb5 c6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nf3 c5 11. Bb5 Qg4 12. O-O cxd4 13. Ba3 Nc6 14. cxd4 Qxe4
15. Rfe1 Qd5 16. Bc4 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Bd5 Nc6 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. Bc5 Be6 21.
Bxc6 bxc6 22. a3 a5 23. Ne5 Rac8 24. h3 f6 25. Nf3 Bf5 26. Nd2 Bd3 27. Nb3
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Ra8 29. Nxa5 Rxa5 30. Re8+ Kf7 31. Re7+ Kg8 32. Re8+ Kf7 33.
Re7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cities-ch GpF"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2012.12.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hoogeveen"]
[BlackTeam "Wu Xi"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. Qa3 dxc4 10. Qxe7 Re8 11. Qa3 Na6 12. Qa4 Qb4 13. Qd1 Bf5 14. Nd2 Be6
15. e3 Nd5 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. a3 Qe7 18. Nxc4 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 c5 20. Ne5 Bd5 21. b4
cxd4 22. exd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxd4 24. f4 Rdd8 25. Bb2 Nb8 26. Rae1 Nd7 27. Qc2
Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Qf6 30. Rfe1 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Qa6 32. Qc3 Qd6 33. Qe3
Qc6+ 34. Qe4 Rd2+ 35. Kh3 Qxe4 36. Rxe4 Kf8 37. b5 b6 38. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cities-ch KO"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2012.12.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chicago"]
[BlackTeam "Hoogeveen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Nf3 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qa5 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Qb3 Rac8 14. O-O Nd2
15. Qxb7 Bxd4 16. exd4 Rc7 17. Qa6 Qxa6 18. Bxa6 Nxf1 19. Kxf1 Rb8 20. Rc2 Rb6
21. Be2 Ba4 22. Rc1 Rxb2 23. Ke1 Kf8 24. h4 Rb4 25. h5 gxh5 26. Bd3 Rxd4 27.
Kd2 Bd7 28. Ke3 Rxd5 29. Bxh7 Rdc5 30. Kd2 f5 31. Bg6 Be8 32. Bxe8 Kxe8 33. f4
Kf7 34. g3 Kf6 35. Kd3 Kg6 36. Rc2 e6 37. Kd4 a5 38. a4 R5c6 39. Kd3 Rd7+ 40.
Ke3 Rdc7 41. Kd3 Rd6+ 0-1

[Event "World Cities-ch KO"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2012.12.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hoogeveen"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Qc2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Be6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Bd6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Qb3 h6
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxb7 Rfb8 17. Qc6 Qd8 18. Rab1 Rb6 19. Qa4 Qc7 20. g3 Rc8 21.
Qc2 Bb4 22. Rdc1 Rc6 23. Bd3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27.
Rb8+ Rc8 28. Rb3 a5 29. f4 g6 30. Kf2 Rc1 31. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cities-ch KO"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2012.12.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tashkent"]
[BlackTeam "Hoogeveen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Kh1 a6 14. Rae1 Re8
15. a4 Rb8 16. f5 Bf6 17. fxe6 Rxe6 18. Qf2 Qe7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxe1 21.
Rxe1 Qf8 22. Ba7 Ra8 23. Bh3 Ne5 24. b4 Qe8 25. Qb6 Qxa4 26. Qxb7 Rf8 27. Bg2
h5 28. Rf1 Nc4 29. Bg1 Qb5 30. Qxb5 axb5 31. Rf5 Na3 32. Be4 Rc8 33. Rf2 Rc4
34. Re2 Rxb4 35. Bd3 Kf8 36. Bb6 Nc4 37. Bc7 Be7 38. Re4 Ra4 39. Kg2 Nb2 40.
Kf3 Nxd3 41. cxd3 f5 42. Re6 Ra6 43. Kf4 Ke8 44. Kxf5 Kd7 45. Re1 b4 46. Rc1 b3
47. Bb8 b2 48. Rc7+ Kd8 49. Rb7 Bf6 50. d4 Bxd4 51. Ke6 Kc8 0-1

[Event "World Cities-ch KO"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2012.12.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.12.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hoogeveen"]
[BlackTeam "Baku"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
h4 h5 9. Ng5 c6 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. O-O Nb6 13. c4 Qa4 14. Qxa4 Nxa4
15. Ba3 Rd8 16. Nf3 e5 17. Rfd1 Bf5 18. Rxb7 e4 19. Ng5 Nc3 20. Re1 Rxd2 21.
Rxf7 Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 Nc3 23. Bc5 Rad8 24. Rxa7 Rd1 25. f3 Be5 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27.
Kf2 Rd2+ 28. Ke1 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rd2+ 30. Ke1 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Stilwerk sim"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2013.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mesaros, Florian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.01.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Auf 1.e4 hatte sich Florian nicht vorbereitet. Er war sicher, dass Giri gegen
ihn 1.d4 oder 1.Sf3 eröffnet.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be6 ({gilt als ungenau, stärker ist} 7... Be7) 8. Ng5 Bg4
9. Be2 ({Es sieht korrekt aus, den guten Läufer von Schwarz zu tauschen.
Vorteil verspricht laut Giri aber eher} 9. f3 Bh5 10. Bc4 h6 11. Nh3) 9... Bxe2
10. Qxe2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. h3 h6 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. a5
Qc4 {Der weiße Vorteil sei allenfalls optisch, so Giri. In Wahrheit sei die
Stellung praktisch ausgeglichen, und sein junger Gegner habe sie nahezu
tadellos verteidigt.} 17. Qd3 Rfd8 18. Ra4 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21.
Nd2 Rdc8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. g3 Ke8 24. Ke2 Bf8 $2 ({Der Läuferzug ist überflüssig,
zumal er nun nicht mehr nach d8 kann. Besser sofort} 24... Kd7) 25. Nf1 Ke7 26.
Ne3 Ke6 27. f4 g6 28. Kf3 h5 29. Rb4 ({Giri verwarf} 29. f5+ {wegen} gxf5 30.
exf5+ Kd7 31. Ned5 e4+ {und übersah, dass er mit} 32. Rxe4 Nxe4 33. Nxe4 {
die Qualität zurückgewinnt und im Vorteil ist.} Rxc2 34. Nb6+ Kc7 35. Nxc8 Kxc8
36. b3) 29... R8c7 30. f5+ gxf5 31. exf5+ Kd7 32. Ne4 $2 ({Damit verpasst Giri
seine letzte Chance auf Vorteil. Den versprach} 32. Ned5 e4+ 33. Rxe4 Nxe4 34.
Nxe4 Rxc2 (34... Rxa5 $5) 35. Nef6+ {usw.}) 32... Nxe4 33. Kxe4 Bh6 {Das
Problem von Weiß ist, dass sich 34.Sd5? wegen 34...Tc4+ 35. Txc4 Txc4+ 36.Kf3
e4+ verbietet.} 34. Rb6 Rc4+ ({Mit} 34... R5c6 {konnte Mesaros nun bereits um
Vorteil kämpfen, z.B.} 35. Rxc6 Rxc6 36. c3 Bxe3 {aber es ist verständlich,
dass er nach langer Verteidigung gerne eine Zugwiederholung erzwingt.}) 35.
Nxc4 Rxc4+ 36. Kd5 (36. Kf3 $4 e4+) 36... Rc5+ 37. Ke4 Rc4+ 38. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Stilwerk sim"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2013.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huber, Martin Christian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.01.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 Rd6 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Bg5 Rd6
15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Bg5 f6 {Mit der Zugwiederholung hätte Giri leben können, wäre
ihm nicht ein 8:0 vorgeschwebt.} 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Bd3 b6 19. O-O Ba6 20. Be2 {
Giri lobte diesen Zug - bevor er erfuhr, dass sein junger Gegner hier noch
drei Züge seiner Vorbereitung folgte, während er selbst schon seit drei Zügen
improvisierte.} (20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. c4 Nb4 {hätte Weiß einen Bauern gekostet.})
20... Qa4 21. c4 Na5 22. Qd3 $1 ({Giri rechnete mit} 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Re8
{und ungefährem Ausgleich, meinte aber, dass sich die schwarze Stellung
leichter spiele.}) 22... Qxa2 23. Nd2 Qa4 (23... f5 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. Qh3) 24.
Rfe1 {Ab hier war Giri später ziemlich unzufrieden mit seinen Zügen.} Qe8 25.
Qc2 exd5 26. exd5 (26. cxd5 $2 Bxe2 27. Rxe2 c4) 26... Qf7 27. Bf3 Bc8 (27...
Bb7 28. Bf4 Re8 29. Ne4) 28. Bf4 Bf8 29. Qb2 Bd7 30. Ne4 Bg7 31. Qa3 g5 (31...
Nb7 32. d6 (32. Bc7 Re8 33. d6) 32... Bc6 33. Nxf6+ Qxf6 34. Bxc6 Qxf4 35. Bxb7
Rab8 36. Qxa7 {behagte Giri nicht, aber was er nun kriegt, muss noch
schlechter sein.}) 32. Bc7 Re8 33. Nd6 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Qg6 35. g4 $1 {Erst nach
diesem starken Zug begriff Giri das Ausmaß der Schwierigkeiten, in denen er
steckte. Er ist praktisch gelähmt. Das einzige, das nichts kaputtmacht, ist
die Dame zwischen g6 und h6 hin und her zu ziehen. Sein Glück ist, dass Weiß
keinen offensichtlichen Gewinnplan hat.} (35. Re7 Qb1+) 35... Bf8 36. Qc3 Qh6 (
36... Qg7 $2 37. Ne4 Kh8 38. Nxf6) (36... f5 $2 37. Nxf5 Bxf5 38. gxf5 Qxf5 39.
d6) 37. Kg2 Qg6 {verbunden mit einem schlauen Remisgebot. Mit zwei Minuten auf
der Uhr wollte Huber nichts riskieren:} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {This line is a bit passive but a
very reliable weapon for Black.} 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. g3 {Recently,
strong players have stopped looking for a direct refutation of Black's
strategy. Usually after 7.g3 White will not fight for a big advantage, but he
has a small initiative in the middlegame and a slightly better endgame.} b6 8.
Bg2 (8. Ne5 {This move doesn't promise any advantage for White:} Bb7 (8... Qd5
$5 9. Rg1 (9. Qf3 Qxf3 10. Nxf3 Bb7 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Be2 $11) 9... Bb7 10. Bg2 (
10. c3 $5 a6 11. Bg2 Ne4 12. Qe2 $14) 10... Ne4 $6 (10... Qa5+ $1 11. Bd2 (11.
Kf1 $5 Qa6+ 12. c4 $13) 11... Qa6 12. Bf1 Qa4 13. c3 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 $11 {
Finkel A}) 11. c4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Rd8 13. Bg5 (13. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 14. Qh5 $1 Bd3+ (
14... g6 $2 15. Qh4 Bb7 16. Qf6) (14... Bg6 15. Qf3 Be7 16. h4 (16. Nc6 $6 Qa6
17. Nxd8 Qxc4+ 18. Kg2 Bxd8 $44) 16... Bf6 17. Bg5 $16) 15. Kg2 Be4+ 16. f3 Bg6
17. Qh4 Be7 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. Nc6+ Kd7 20. Nxa5 bxa5 21. Bd2 $14) 13... f6 14.
Qg4 $6 (14. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qh3 $1 $16) 14... Nxg5 15. Bxb7 fxe5
16. Qxg5 Rxd4 17. Bd5 Bc5 18. Bc6+ Kf7 19. Qxe5 Rf8 20. Rg2 {1/2-1/2 Bezgodov,
A-Polovodin,I St Petersburg 2000}) 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Qf3 $6 (10. Be2 $11) (10.
Nxc6 $2 Qd5 11. Nxa7+ Kd8 $19) 10... Rc8 11. Bxc6+ $2 (11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Ne5 (
12. d5 $2 a6 13. Be2 Rxc6 $19) 12... Bxf3 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Nxf3 Rxc2 $15)
11... Bxc6 $2 (11... Rxc6 12. Nxc6 Qc7 $19) 12. Nxc6 Qd7 13. Ne5 Qxd4 $15 {
Balogh,C-Borgo,G Pula 2003 1/2-1/2 (55)}) (8. Bb5+ {I believe that this check
is White's best chance to fight for an openning advantage} Bd7 9. Be2 (9. a4 $5
a6 10. Be2 Bc6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. a5 b5
16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. Rfd1 Rd7 18. f3 Ne7 19. Bb4 Rhd8 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Kf2 $14 {
Zhigalko,S-Stupak,K Minsk BLR 2012 1/2-1/2 (52)}) 9... Bc6 (9... c5 $6 10. Ne5
cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qh4 Qc7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bd3 Rd8 15. O-O $14 {Sjugirov,
S-Timofeev,A Irkutsk 2010 0-1 (81)}) 10. O-O Bb7 (10... Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12.
dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nd7 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Be3 Nb8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 Be4 18.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. c3 Nc6 20. h4 $14 {Vachier Lagrave,M-Meier,G Khanty-Mansiysk
2009 1/2-1/2 (67)}) 11. Ne5 a6 12. c4 Bd6 13. Bf3 Qc8 14. Bc6+ Bxc6 15. Nxc6
O-O 16. Qf3 $14 {Timofeev,A-Riazantsev,A Ulan Ude 2009 1/2-1/2 (36)}) 8... Bb7
9. O-O Bd6 {A rare, but logical move. Comparing it with 9...Be7 Black controls
better the important square e5. At the moment we don't have enough games to
make a conclusion about 9...Bd6.} (9... Be7 {I believe that after 9...Be7
Black has nothing to worry about. For example} 10. Qe2 (10. c4 O-O 11. b3 a5
12. Bb2 a4 13. Qe2 Ra6 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Bc3 Ne4 16. Be1 axb3 17. axb3 Rxa1 18.
Rxa1 Bf6 $11 {Shirov,A-Anand,V Mainz 2004 1/2-1/2 (40)}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 Qc8
12. c4 Re8 13. b3 c5 14. Bb2 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Qc7 16. Qe5 Rac8 17. Rad1 Bc6 18.
Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rec8 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Gelfand,B Moscow 2001})
10. Qe2 (10. c4 O-O 11. Be3 Ng4 (11... c5 $5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 $11 13. Bxc5 bxc5)
12. Bg5 $6 Be7 $6 (12... Bxf3 $1 13. Bxf3 Qxg5 14. Bxg4 Rad8 $15 {Sooner or
later, White will have to push d5, then Back's bishop is very well located on
c5.}) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18.
Kxg2 Rd6 19. b4 $14 {Pinter,E-Michalik,P Slovakia Ch Banska Stiavnica 2006 0-1
(40)}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 h6 $146 {A logical novelty.} (11... Qc8 $6 12. Bg5 Ne4
13. Be3 Nf6 14. a4 (14. c4 $5 h6 15. Rac1 $14) 14... a5 15. c3 $6 (15. c4 $14)
15... h6 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. h3 Be4 18. Bf1 Qb7 $11 {Nakamura,H-Grachev,B Moscow
2010 Blitz 0 -1 (39)}) 12. c4 Qe7 13. Ne5 (13. b3 Rad8 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15. Ne5
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bxe5 $11) 13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 ({Black also would
be OK if White decided to change the pawn structure by} 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bd2
Rfd8 17. Bc3 Nf8 18. Qe4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 $11) 15... Rfd8 16. Qe2 Rd7 17. Be3
Rad8 $11 {Black has managed to reach an equal game. If he could put a knight
on the square c6 or f5 he would get an advantage.} 18. Qf3 Ne8 {Black is
prepared to play 19...Nd6 20.b3 Nf5.} 19. b3 $1 Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:19] I don't
like this move.} ({I would recommend} 19... Qf6 $5 20. Qxf6 (20. Qe2 Nd6 21. d5
exd5 22. cxd5 (22. Rxd5 $4 Qxa1) 22... Qf5 $17) 20... Nxf6 $11) 20. d5 $1 {
Just in time.} Nf5 21. Re1 Qf6 22. dxe6 fxe6 (22... Qxe6 $6 23. Bg5 Nd4 24.
Rxe6 Nxf3 25. Bxd8 fxe6 26. Bxc7 Nh4+ 27. gxh4 Rxc7 28. Rd1 $16) 23. Bf4 Nh4+
24. gxh4 Rf8 25. Rad1 Rxd1 $6 {This is not the best solution. Black has got
some problems to make a draw.} (25... Rdf7 $1 26. Rd2 Qxf4 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28.
Rxe6 R8f7 $1 (28... Rxh4 $6 29. Re7 Rg4+ 30. Kf1 $16) 29. h5 R4f5 $11) 26. Rxd1
Qxf4 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28. Kg3 Rf5 (28... e5 29. Rd8+) 29. Rd8+ Kh7 (29... Rf8 30.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. h5 Ke7 {probably White could win the pawn endgame. For example}
32. Kf4 Kf6 33. Ke4 Ke7 34. b4 Kd6 35. f4 a6 36. a4 Kd7 37. Ke5 Ke7 38. f5 exf5
39. Kxf5 Kf7 40. Ke5 Ke7 41. Kd5 Kd7 42. h3 $18) 30. Rd7 Rc5 31. Re7 $1 {
White wins the e-pawn but he still has doubled h-pawns. That's why I believe
that the position is rather drawish.} Kg6 (31... e5 32. Kf3 a5 33. Ke4) 32.
Rxe6+ Kf7 33. Re4 a5 34. Kg4 Kf6 35. f4 c6 36. h5 b5 $1 37. a4 bxa4 38. bxa4
Rf5 39. Rd4 Rc5 40. h3 Ke6 41. Re4+ Kf6 42. h4 Rf5 43. Re8 Rc5 44. Ra8 Ke6 45.
Ra6 Kf6 $6 (45... Kf7 $1 {I don't see how White could win the game} 46. Kg3 Kf6
47. Kf3 Kf7 48. Ra7+ Kf8 $11 (48... Kf6 $6 49. Kg4)) 46. Ra7 $1 {Black is
forced to destroy his own fortress.} g6 (46... Rxc4 47. Rxa5 Rc1 48. Ra6 {
It is hard to say whether Black could draw here or not.}) 47. hxg6 Kxg6 48. Ra8
Kf6 $2 {The decisive mistake.} (48... h5+ $8 49. Kf3 Kf6 50. Ke3 Ke7 51. Kd4
Rf5 52. Ke4 Rc5 {It is still unclear how White wins.}) 49. Rf8+ Ke6 50. Re8+
Kf6 51. Re5 $1 Rxc4 52. Rf5+ Ke6 53. Rxa5 Kf6 54. Ra8 $18 c5 55. a5 Ra4 56. a6
c4 57. a7 Kg7 58. Kf3 c3 59. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. a3 Nb8 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Nf1 Nc5 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Ng3 g6 15.
c3 c5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. h3 Nd7 18. a4 Qb6 19. Nh2 Nf6 20. Ng4 {Giri: I thought
if he loses so much time I should punish him, and and I calculated a lot on
what if he takes, and not what if he doesn't.} Reb8 21. Re3 Qd8 22. Nf5 b4 23.
Rg3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Rb7 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Nxg4 27. Rxg4 Bf8 28. Qb7 Rb8 29.
Qd5 Nc7 ({Anand: My original idea was} 29... Nf4 {and after} 30. Bxf4 ({
At the last minute I saw} 30. Rxf4 exf4 31. Bxf8 Qxf8 32. Nxd6 {and with
enough pawns he is fine.}) 30... exf4 {the knight on f5 is basically doomed.})
30. Qc6 Ne8 31. Qxa6 Nf6 $2 ({Anand: after} 31... Qb6 {I get the game but with
two extra tempi and probably I'm just winning, or at least a better endgame.})
32. Rg5 $1 {Anand: This looks stupid, because he blocks the bishop -- blocks
everything -- but I cannot do anything with it.} Qb6 33. Qc4 Ne8 34. Rg3 Qb3
35. Qxb3 Rxb3 36. Bd2 Ra3 37. d4 Rxa4 38. dxe5 dxe5 39. Nh6+ Kg7 40. Rd3 Nf6
41. Ng4 Nxg4 42. hxg4 Rxe4 43. g5 Ra4 44. Kf1 Ra6 45. c4 Rd6 46. Ke2 Rxd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Qa4
Nd5 9. O-O Na6 10. Qxc4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Rb1 Qxc5 13. Nd4 Bf6 14. Qb3 Qa5
15. Qa3 Qc7 16. Bf3 Nc5 17. c4 Bd7 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. Qxa7 Ra8 20. Qb6 Qxb6 21.
Rxb6 Rxa2 22. Bb4 Nd3 23. Rxf6 exf6 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Bxb7 Be6 26. Bd5 Bxd5 27.
cxd5 Ke7 28. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qxd7 Nbxd7 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. e3 Bb7 14. Be2
Ne4 15. Bh4 c5 16. O-O cxd4 17. Nxd4 g5 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 a6 20. f3 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Kf2 Kg7 24. g4 Bb7 25. e4 Kf8 26. Ke3 Nf6 27.
b4 Ke7 28. Nb3 h5 29. gxh5 Nxh5 30. Nd2 f6 31. a4 Kd6 32. Bc4 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. f4 Qe6 12. Nc3 Nc4 13. Qe2 N6a5 14. Nf3 c5 15.
e5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Nf5 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Nc6 19. Ned5 Qd8 20. g3 Be6 21. Bg2
Rc8 22. Kb1 Qa5 23. Rd2 Rfd8 24. Rhd1 Kf8 25. h4 Rd7 26. h5 Rcd8 27. a3 a6 28.
hxg6 hxg6 29. Bf3 b5 30. Qf2 b4 31. axb4 Nxb4 32. Nxb4 Qxb4 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34.
Rxd7 Bxd7 35. Be4 Bh6 36. Qa7 Bb5 37. Bc2 Bc4 38. Kc1 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Nde2 Bd7 8.
Bg2 Qc8 9. h3 Bg7 10. a4 O-O 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. b3 Rb8 14. Ra2 Nc6 15.
Nd5 a5 16. c3 b5 17. axb5 Rxb5 18. Qd1 Qb8 19. Ra3 Nxd5 20. exd5 Ne5 21. O-O a4
22. Nd4 Rxb3 23. Nxb3 Nc4 24. Nc5 dxc5 25. Ra1 Qe5 26. Bf4 Qxc3 27. Qe2 Na5 28.
Rac1 Qb4 29. Bd2 Qb6 30. Bc3 Nb3 31. Qb2 a3 32. Qxa3 Nxc1 33. Rxc1 Bxc3 34.
Qxc3 Rc8 35. Qe3 Qd6 36. Re1 Re8 37. Rc1 Rc8 38. Re1 e6 39. dxe6 Bxe6 40. Bf1
c4 41. Qc3 Qf8 42. Rxe6 fxe6 43. Bxc4 Rc6 44. Qd4 Qc8 45. Be2 Rc1+ 46. Kg2 Rc2
47. Qe4 Qc6 48. Qxc6 Rxc6 49. f4 Kg7 50. h4 Rc2 51. Kf3 Rc3+ 52. Kf2 Kf6 53.
Bg4 Rc5 54. Bh3 Rc2+ 55. Ke3 Ke7 56. Bg4 Kd6 57. Bf3 Rc3+ 58. Kf2 Rc5 59. Be4
Ra5 60. Bb7 Kc5 61. Ke3 Ra3+ 62. Kf2 Kd4 63. Bc6 Ra7 64. Ke2 Rc7 65. Ba8 h6 66.
Kf2 g5 67. fxg5 hxg5 68. Kf3 gxh4 69. gxh4 Ke5 70. h5 Rh7 71. Kg4 Rg7+ 72. Kh4
Kf5 73. h6 Rg8 74. Bf3 e5 75. Bd5 Rd8 76. h7 Rh8 77. Bg8 e4 78. Kg3 Ke5 79. Kf2
Kd4 80. Ke2 e3 81. Ke1 Kd3 82. Be6 e2 83. Bg4 Ke3 84. Bxe2 Rxh7 85. Kf1 Rf7+
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. c4 {Very fashionable nowadays, and for a good reason;
the resulting positions are relatively unexplored.} Bg4 {And the most
fashionable response. Instead of developing his knight to f6, Black intends to
play e7-e6 quickly without blocking the white-squared bishop that has already
'left the house'.} 4. Qb3 {The most principled reaction, trying to disrupt
Black's setup.} Qc7 $6 ({Not the best, as we shall see. For} 4... Qb6 {I refer
to Grischuk-Morozevich, while}) (4... Bxf3 {also deserves attention. With just
a dozen games played, this line offers plenty of room for exploration!}) 5. Bg2
e6 6. O-O Nf6 {So Black has achieved his setup, but at a price. The queen is
vulnerable on c7 and after White's next move that problem has to be dealt with.
} 7. d4 Bd6 ({Anish decides to meet the threat of Bf4 directly. Alternatively} 
7... Nbd7 8. Bf4 ({I thought} 8. cxd5 $5 {would be strong here but perhaps
it's nothing} exd5 (8... cxd5 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Rc1 {looks unpleasant, the knight
on d7 is misplaced.}) 9. Bf4 Qb6 $1 10. Qe3+ Be7 11. Bd6 {during a game one
might stop here, thinking that Black looks to be in a bit of trouble, but
after the subsequent} (11. Nc3 Qd8 {followed by castling.}) 11... Qd8 $1 12.
Nbd2 Be6 $1 {Black is ready to castle and has no problems at all.}) 8... dxc4
9. Qxc4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 (10. Ne5 $5 {is interesting, with the idea} Nxe5 11. dxe5
Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 13. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 14. Qxc6+ Ke7 15. Qb7+ Nd7 16. Qb4+ Ke8
17. Qxg4 Qxb2 18. Qf3 $1 Rc8 19. Na3 Ke7 {and by placing either rook on b1
White retains some advantage.}) 10... Qxd6 11. Nbd2 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 O-O 13. Rfd1
Rad8 14. Rac1 {led to a small, risk-free advantage in Neubauer-Holt,
Philadelphia 2010}) 8. Nc3 ({It's interesting to note that the engine is very
happy to play} 8. c5 Be7 9. Bf4 {here, but I believe after} Qc8 {Black is
doing well because White doesn't really have a follow-up, which makes the
decision to release the central tension a strange one.}) 8... O-O 9. Nd2 $1 {
An important move that marks White's advantage. Any other approach would allow
Black to develop comfortably, but now e2-e4 is in the offing.} Nbd7 ({I was
expecting} 9... Bf5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ndxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd7 14.
Be3 {with a pleasant advantage for White.}) 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ndxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4
Be7 {Naturally Black wants to preserve his bishop.} 13. Bf4 Qb6 (13... e5 $6
14. dxe5 Nxe5 {runs into} 15. c5 $1 {followed by Rfe1, when the knight on e5
is shaky.}) 14. Qxb6 $1 axb6 ({I considered taking with the a-pawn to be an
automatic move because} 14... Nxb6 {is calmly met with} 15. b3 {but Black
brings his knight back in the game, stopping Nc5, after which it's not easy to
prove a real advantage:} Nd7 (15... Rad8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nc8 18. h3 Bf5
19. Rad1 {with a rather serious advantage. In the long run White's queenside
pawns, supported by the bishop pair, will be difficult to sustain him.}) 16. h3
(16. Bd6 Rfe8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nd6 Rb8 {is a much better version of the game.
I don't think Black has much to fear.}) 16... Be2 (16... Bh5 17. g4 $1 Bg6 {
and the point is White can now go} 18. Nd6 {because g7-g5 no longer wins a
piece.}) 17. Rfe1 Bd3 18. Bd6 (18. Nd6 g5 19. Be5 f6 20. Nxb7 fxe5 21. Bxc6 {
is the natural suggestion of the engine. It even tells me White is a bit
better but I would have also believed it had it claimed the opposite. In any
case, it seems strange to go for this line.}) 18... Rfe8 19. Bxe7 Bxe4 20. Rxe4
Rxe7 21. d5 {though Black still has some work to do before the position is
completely equal.}) 15. Bd6 Rfe8 {It makes little sense to take on d6 yourself
when you can have the same position with the rook slightly better placed on e7.
} 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nd6 Rb8 ({The only move, as} 17... e5 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5
$1 (19. Bxd5 Nf6 $1) 19... Nf6 20. Rfe1 Rd8 21. Nc4 Nxd5 (21... e4 22. f3 $1)
22. Nxe5 Be6 23. Rad1 $36 {is not pretty.}) ({Just to show how dangerous
Black's position is} 17... Nf6 18. Nxb7 $1 Rxb7 19. Bxc6 Rab8 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21.
a4 Kf8 22. b4 {is just lost. White's pawns are unstoppable.}) 18. b4 $6 ({
So natural, and yet, it spoils a large part of the advantage! Black intends to
trade off the strong knight on d6 with Nf6-e8 so appropriate prophylactic
measures must be taken to deal with this. First the bishop is kicked back.} 18.
h3 Bh5 (18... Bf5 19. a4 (19. d5 $5 cxd5 20. Rfe1 $1 Kf8 21. Nxf5 exf5 22. Rxe7
Kxe7 23. Bxd5 {is also not bad at all.}) 19... Nf6 20. c5 $1 bxc5 21. dxc5 Ne8
22. Rfd1 $1 {is similar to 18...Bh5}) 19. a4 $1 Nf6 20. c5 {with the pawn on
a4 Black can no longer reply with b6-b5} bxc5 (20... Ne8 21. Nxe8 Rexe8 22.
cxb6 Red8 23. g4 $1) 21. dxc5 Ne8 {and because of 18.h3! White can now play}
22. g4 {giving acces for the rook to d1, thereby securing the outpost on d6.}
Bg6 23. Rfd1 {White is ready to push the queenside pawns and strategically
speaking Black is completely busted.}) 18... Nf6 19. a4 ({Also here} 19. h3 {
had to be played.}) 19... Ne8 20. Nxe8 Rexe8 21. c5 ({Houdini likes} 21. b5 {
but after} cxb5 22. axb5 {Black has little to fear in my opinion. Most
straightforward is} e5 23. d5 (23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Bd5 Be6 $5) 23... Rec8 $1 24.
Rfc1 Kf8 {and when the king arrives on d6, who exactly is better?}) ({Note that
} 21. h3 {can now annoyingly be met with} Be2 {.}) 21... e5 $1 ({I had seen
this advance but had misjudged it. Of course} 21... bxc5 22. dxc5 {would still
be very pleasant for White.}) 22. f3 $6 ({I'm having problems to understand
why I didn't consider} 22. d5 bxc5 23. bxc5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 {when Black still
has to make a few precise moves.}) 22... Bf5 23. cxb6 exd4 24. Rfd1 Rbd8 25.
Rd2 d3 26. a5 h5 27. f4 Be4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Ra3 Red4 ({But not} 29... Rxb4
30. Raxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 g6 32. Rd7 Rb5 33. Rxb7 Rxa5 34. Rc7 {winning a pawn.})
30. Kf2 f5 ({and because of} 30... f5 31. Ke3 Re4+ 32. Kf2 Red4 {we agreed to
a draw.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Bf1 Rc8 14. g3 Qe7 15.
Rac1 h5 16. Rc2 dxc4 17. bxc4 e5 18. c5 exd4 19. exd4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21.
Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Bg2 Re7 23. Bc1 Nf6 24. Rb2 Rce8 25. Be3 Rd7 26. Rdb1 Ree7 27.
Bg5 Rxd4 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Rc4 30. Bxf6 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Bxf6 32. Bxc6 Rc2 33.
Bd5 Rxf2+ 34. Kh1 Bd4 35. c6 Rf1+ 36. Kg2 Rf2+ 37. Kh1 Rf1+ 38. Kg2 Rf2+ 39.
Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. c4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rd1 Rd8 11. Ba3 Nc6 12. Qe3 Ng4 13. Qd2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Bb2 b4 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Nd4 Nce5 18. Qxb4 Rdb8 19. Qc3 Qb7 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 21. Qg3
Qxe4 22. Nc3 Qg6 23. a4 d5 24. Ba3 Bf6 25. h3 Ne5 26. Qxg6 Nxg6 27. Rab1 e5 28.
Nde2 d4 29. Ne4 Bd8 30. N2g3 f6 31. Nc5 Bc8 32. Nge4 Be7 33. Ra1 f5 34. Nd2 Nf4
35. Nd7 Bxd7 36. Bxe7 Ra6 37. Nc4 Rg6 38. Nxe5 Rxg2+ 39. Kf1 Rh2 40. Kg1 Rg2+
41. Kf1 Rh2 42. Kg1 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Qd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc5 12. Qe2 Na5 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. O-O Nxc3
15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Bg3 Rac8 17. Nd4 Ba4 18. Qb2 Rfd8 19. Be2 h5 20. Qb4 Bxd4 21.
Qxa4 Bxc3 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 b5 24. Qd7 b4 25. h4 Rf8 26. Bf4 Nc6 27. Qc7
Qb6 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Bc7 Ra8 30. Bf3 Ra7 31. Bxb6 Ra6 32. Bxc6 Rxb6 33. Bd5 e6
34. Bb3 Rc6 35. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. g3 $5 {White steps away
from the long forced lines of the Noteboom system, adopting a Catalan setup.
There is less theory after the game move, but White's long term compensation
is beyond any doubt.} Nf6 {Quite illustrative for Caruana's policy in the
first phase of this game. He will not make any attempt to defend the c4-pawn,
prefering to get developed as soon as possible.} (6... a5 7. Ne5 {This leads
nowhere.} (7. e4 $5 {/\Bxc4} Nf6 8. Qc2 b5 9. Bg2 $44) 7... Nf6 (7... f6 8.
Nxc4 $140 Qd5) 8. Bg2 Nd5 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. e3 N8d7 11. f4 O-O 12. Ne4 f6 13. Nxd7
Qxd7 14. O-O Nd5 15. g4 b6 $15 {Seirawan,Y (2555)-Kortschnoj,V (2650)/Bad
Kissingen 1981/MCL (1/2, 32)}) (6... c5 {although this basically loses a tempo,
it is not entirely clear yet whether a2-a4 is useful or harmful for White. If
the pawn reaches the fifth or even sixth rank, then White can be happy, of
course.} 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Be3 Nge7 9. dxc5 (9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nc2 Bxc3
12. bxc3 Bd7 13. a5 $44 {Del Rio Angelis,S (2484)-Perez Candelario,M (2579)/
Leon 2012 (1/2, 61)}) 9... Nd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. O-O
Qxc5 14. Rb1 a6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qd6 $36 {Harikrishna,P (2672)
-Nyback,T (2643)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135 (1/2, 67)}) ({Taking the bull by
the horns with} 6... b5 {is not without risk, as it weakens the dark squares
chronically. One important aspect is that the b4-bishop is exposed to the
exchange by means of Ne4 followed by Bd2.} 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O a6 9. Ne5 Ne7 (
9... f6 {wins time, but weakens the e6-square.} 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. Bh3 Bxc3 12.
bxc3 Bc8 13. Ba3 $16 {Garcia Ilundain,D (2480)-Anguix Garrido,J (2340)/
Zaragoza 1993/EXT 97 (1-0, 42)}) 10. h4 {I like this move best. White
increases the pressure little by little, taking advantage of his better
mobilization.} ({Retrieving the pawn does not offer White much:} 10. axb5 $6
axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxa8 f6 14. Nf3 Nbc6 15. Bxc6+ Nxc6 $11 {
Gleizerov,E (2592)-Solovjov,S (2458)/St Petersburg 2004/CBM 102 (1/2, 22)}) (
10. Ne4 O-O 11. Bd2 {also offers White some pressure>} c5 12. dxc5 Bxd2 13.
Qxd2 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nbc6 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ne4 $14 {
Bruzon Batista,L (2691)-Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2482)/Guarenas 2012/EXT 2013 
(1-0, 62)}) 10... Nd7 11. Ne4 O-O 12. h5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 h6 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Qc1
Qc7 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. exd6 Qd7 19. e4 Nb4 20. Qc3 Nd3 21. b3 Nxf4
22. gxf4 cxb3 23. Qc5 $44 {(1-0, 33) Maze,S (2559)-Zhigalko,S (2680)/
Aix-les-Bains 2011/CBM 142}) 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Qa5 ({Deviating
from a previous game of his own:} 9... Qe7 {1-0 Sokolov,I (2638)-Caruana,F 
(2680)/Rijeka 2010/CBM 136/[Krasenkow] (66)}) (9... a5 10. Rd1 (10. e4 {
Lehtivaara,P (2370)-Apicella,M (2500)/Eupen 1997/CBM 062/[Hecht] (0-1, 49)})
10... Qe7 11. Ne5 {Atalik,S (2525)-Zhu Chen (2420)/Beijing 1996/CBM 054 ext/
[Atalik] (1/2, 33)}) 10. Na2 {It appears that even in the lines without ...
b7-b5 the exposed position of the black bishpp plays a part. White retrieves
the pawn without making any significant concession.} ({The normal developing
move} 10. Bf4 {does not put too much pressure on Black, but looks playable.}
Nd5 11. Bd2 N5f6 $6 {Black is not well enough developed to afford wasting time
like this.} (11... c5 $5) 12. e4 $6 (12. Na2 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 e5 14. Nxc4 Qc7 15.
Rad1 exd4 16. Rxd4 {retains some lead in development for White.}) 12... e5 $1
13. d5 Re8 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Na2 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 Nb6 17. Nc3 Be6 $17 {Goldin,A 
(2595)-Kaidanov,G (2550)/Philadelphia 1992/TD (0-1, 63). Black is a pawn up.})
10... Bd6 11. Qxc4 Nb6 $6 $146 {Black goes for the a4-pawn, giving up the
natural freeing idea ...e6-e5.} (11... e5 12. b3 {This looks too slow to be
dangerous.} (12. Bd2 Qc7 13. a5 $5 {looks more promissing.}) 12... Nb6 (12...
e4 13. Ng5 Qf5 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Nc3 Bb4 16. Ncxe4 h6 17. Nxf7 $1 {The knight is
taboo because of Nd6+ winning the queen.} Nxe4 18. Nxh6+ gxh6 19. Qc4+ Qf7 20.
Qxb4 $44) (12... exd4 $5) 13. Qc2 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qh5 15. e4 Bh3 $6 {This allows
White consolidate his kingside majority.} (15... Ng4 $5 {forces some
unpleasant weakening of the kingside.}) 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. f3 Be5 18. Bb2 Rfd8
19. Rad1 $14 {Ilincic,Z (2555)-Blagojevic,D (2450)/Nis 1996/EXT 1999 (1-0, 41).
White has completed his dveelopment and retains space advantage and a mobile
kingside majority.}) 12. Qc2 Qxa4 (12... Qf5 {is a manoeuvre frequently seen
in the 4.Qc2 Nimzoindian, but here it does not promis Black anything:} 13. Qb3
Qd5 (13... c5 $2 14. Nh4 Qh5 15. a5 $16) 14. Qd1 Qh5 15. Nc3 $14) 13. b3 Qa5 $6
{Black's choice is not simple. The game move intends to keep the knight pinned
just to win a tempo to transfer the queen to the relatively safe kingside area.
The problem is that the queen gets under the Bc1-d2 attack.} (13... Qb5 {
is somewhat better.} 14. e4 Be7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nc3 Qb4 17. Nf3 $14 {White can
choose the best moment to win the queen for a bishop and a rook with Bc1-a3,
retainingn the better chances because of his superior mobilization.}) 14. Ne5 {
This is not bad, but there was something even better.} (14. e4 $1 Be7 15. Ng5 {
Black can forget about his dreams of playing ...Qh5.} Nbd7 (15... h6 16. Bd2
$18) 16. e5 Nxe5 $8 $16) 14... Nbd7 (14... Bxe5 15. Bd2 Qb5 16. Nc3 Qb4 17.
dxe5 Nfd7 18. Nd5 Qg4 19. Bf3 Qh3 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Bb4 $16 {Black is
pathetically underdeveloped.}) 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Rd1 $44 {White
has excellent compensation for the sacrificed pawn. His bishops and centre are
strong and for Black it is not easy to complete his development.} e5 $6 {
Under these circumstances, opening the centre is an invitation to troubles.} (
17... a5 18. Nc3 Re8 19. Bf4 Qe7 (19... Qb4 20. Ra4 {[%cal Gd1a1]}) 20. Bc7 $14
) (17... Nb6 18. e4 $14) 18. Nc3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc1a3]} exd4 (18... Re8 19. Ba3
Qb8 (19... Qc7 20. Nb5) 20. d5 c5 21. d6 $16) 19. Ba3 c5 ({The exchange
sacrifice} 19... Qe5 {does not quite solve the developing problems:} 20. Bxf8
Nxf8 21. Ne4 Nd5 (21... Ne6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. b4 $16 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Gg2h3]
The weakness of the d4-pawn precenst Black from completing his queenside
development.}) 22. f4 Qe7 23. Rxd4 Ne3 24. Qd3 Nxg2 25. Rd8 $16) 20. e3 d3 21.
Rxd3 Qb8 (21... Qe6 22. Nb5 $16) 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 b6 24. Bb2 $18 {Black's
kingside is desperately vulnerable.} a5 25. Ra4 {Elegant and not requiring any
concrete calculating. White simply brings his last resources into the attack.}
(25. Rh5 $5 g6 (25... h6 26. Bd5 {[%cal Gc2g6]} Qd6 27. Rd1 $18) 26. Qf5 $1 $18
{[%cal Gf5g5,Gg5h6]}) 25... Re8 26. Rg5 g6 27. Bd5 Kf8 28. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc2 Nc6 8.
Nc3 d6 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 Qd7 11. Nd5 Bh3 12. Bxh3 Qxh3 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Bb2 Rfd8
15. Rc1 e6 16. Qe1 Ne7 17. Ne3 b5 18. Qa5 a6 19. Rfd1 Nc6 20. Qe1 Qb7 21. Nd3
Rac8 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nc2 Ne7 24. Ncb4 Ne4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. f3 Nf6 27. Qf2 e5
28. e4 d5 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Nxe5 dxe4 31. Ng4 Neg8 32. Nxf6 Nxf6 33. fxe4 Qxe4
34. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I had a mediocre to bad tournament in Wijk, as I lost two games (to
Harikrishna and Hou Yifan) and managed to win just one (though against Fabiano)
. Obviously I had enough reasons to be ambitious. Ich hatte ein mittelmäßiges
bis schlechtes Turnier in Wijk, denn ich verlor zwei Partien (gegen
Harikrishna und Hou Yifan) und konnte nur eine gewinnen (allerdings gegen
Fabiano). Offenkundig hatte ich allen Grund, ehrgeizig zu sein.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 g6 {I was very happy with this move as I knew that now it will be a rough
fight. I was eager to (at least try) finish the tournament on a high note
especially since I felt pretty confident towards the end. Über diesen Zug
freute ich mich sehr, denn ich wusste, dass es jetzt ein rauer Kampf werden
würde. Ich brannte darauf, das Turnier mit einem Höhepunkt abzuschließen (oder
es zumindest zu versuchen), vor allem, da ich gegen Ende ziemlich viel
Selbstvertrauen hatte.} 3. f3 $1 {Securing that abovementioned rough fight.
Sichert den oben erwähnen rauen Kampf.} d6 4. e4 e5 {A strategically risky
line, a surprising choice by Magnus. I was thinking during the game that he
might have followed some old notes of Kasparov, who had this variaiton in his
World Championship match with Karpov, but maybe I am overfantasising. Ein
strategisch riskantes Abspiel, eine überraschende Wahl von Magnus. Während der
Partie dachte ich, dass er würde womöglich irgendwelchen alten Anmerkungen von
Kasparov folgen, der diese Variante ja in seinem Weltmeisterschaftsmatch mit
Karpov hatte, aber vielleicht geht auch meine Phantasie mit mir durch.} 5. d5
Nh5 6. Be3 Bg7 {I was expecting some creative idea like ...Be7!? going for ...
Bg5, but Magnus decided to just transpose to the above mentioned old line. Ich
erwartete irgendeine kreative Idee wie ...Be7!? mit der Absicht ...Bg5, aber
Magnus beschloss, einfach zu dem oben erwähnten alten Abspiel überzuleiten.} 7.
Nc3 O-O 8. Qd2 f5 {I don't believe in this line. Black doesn't have the usual
attack on the king and then somehow this f5 push loses its strength. On the
other hand he intends to close the whole board and build some sort of a
fortress. Ich glaube nicht an dieses Abspiel. Schwarz hat nicht en üblichen
Angriff auf den König, und dann verliert dieser f5-Vorstoß irgendwie seine
Kraft. Andererseits beabsichtigt er, das ganze Brett zu schließen und eine Art
Festung zu errichten.} (8... Qh4+ $5 {is the move I have studied a little, as
after the semi-forced sequence ist der Zug, den ich ein wenig studiert habe,
denn nach der halb-forcierten Folge} 9. g3 (9. Bf2 Qf4) 9... Nxg3 $1 10. Qf2
Nxf1 11. Qxh4 Nxe3 {the position is very fascinating and unclear. ist die
Stellung sehr faszinierend und unklar.}) 9. O-O-O (9. exf5 $5 {is also very
challenging, now after ist ebenfalls recht anspruchsvoll; jetzt kann nach} gxf5
10. O-O-O {White can prepare g4 one day. The play is somewhat more dynamic
here. Weiß eines Tages g4 vorbereiten. Hier ist das Spiel etwas dynamischer.})
9... f4 $5 {I was surprised to see that Magnus would decide on this move so
fast and indeed it's a rare one. However his concept isn't as bad as I thought
at first. He intends to close the queenside with eventual ...c5 and then it
will be hard for White to break through with his usual b4 plan. Ich war
überrascht zu sehen, dass Magnus sich so schnell für diesen Zug entschied, und
in der Tat ist er auch ungewöhnlich. Allerdings ist sein Konzept nicht so
schlecht, wie ich zunächst dachte. Er beabsichtigt, den Damenflügel mit
späterem ...c5 zu schließen, und dann wird es für Weiß schwer sein, mit seinem
üblichen b4-Plan durchzubrechen.} 10. Bf2 Bf6 11. Qe1 {Preventing ...Bh4.
Verhindert ...Bh4.} Nd7 12. Kb1 Be7 13. g3 $5 {From now on I was playing in
the modern spirit. While earlier players might have played g4! Ng7 h4! and
would have written +/- due to the long term queenside plan, I feel that
nowadays such a dogmatic view is not a guarantee of victory. Instead I was
aiming for some more concrete action, now for example I want Bh3 and once the
h5-knight goes I may think of even some action like gxf and Bxd7. Von jetzt an
spielte ich im modernen Geist. Während frühere Spieler vielleicht g4! Ng7 h4!
gespielt und +/- geschrieben hätten aufgrund des langfristigen
Damenflügelplans, meine ich, dass heutzutage so eine dogmatische Sicht keine
Siegesgarantie mehr ist. Stattdessen strebte ich konkretere Handlungen an, zum
Beispiel will ich Bh3, und wenn der h5-Springer einmal weggeht, kann ich sogar
an eine Aktion wie gxf und Bxd7 denken.} c5 $2 {Too early. Magnus assumed that
he would be able to take advantage of my undeveloped kingside in the
complications but in fact his pieces lack coordination. Zu früh. Magnus nahm
an, dass er in den Komplikationen Vorteil aus meinem unterentwickelten
Königsflügel würde ziehen können, tatsächlich aber mangelt es seinen Figuren
an Koordination.} (13... a6 {followed by some waiting moves, like ...Kh8 and ..
.Rb8 would prepare ...c5 and would make my task much more difficult. , gefolgt
von ein paar Wartezügen wie ...Kh8 und ...Rb8, würde ...c5 vorbereiten und
meine Aufgabe deutlich erschweren.}) 14. dxc6 $1 bxc6 15. c5 $1 {From now on I
started to really like my position and Carlsen started to dislike his. Von
jetzt an begann ich, meine Stellung richtig zu mögen, und Carlsen begann,
seine zu verabscheuen.} dxc5 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Qc3 Rb8 {Rooks belongs on open
files, so why not? Türme gehören auf offene Linien, also warum nicht?} 18. Bh3
$1 {Simple and strong, now I threatened to take on d7 and get control of the
key c5-square. From now on the black position looks busted but after burning a
lot of time Magnus found some way to get practical chances. Einfach und stark;
jetzt drohte ich, auf d7 zu nehmen und das Schlüsselfeld c5 in den Griff zu
bekommen. Von jetzt an sieht die schwarze Stellung pleite aus, aber nachdem er
eine Menge Zeit verbraten hatte, fand Magnus einen Weg, praktische Chancen zu
bekommen.} (18. Ne2 {was another option, but the text move is better. war eine
andere Option, aber der Textzug ist besser.} Nb6 (18... Ba6 19. Nxf4 $1) (18...
Ng7 19. Nc1 Ne6 20. Nb3) 19. Nxc5 Rf7 {and Black has a better version of the
game, as my knight on e2 is causing some lack of harmony. und Schwarz hat eine
bessere Version der Partie, da mein Springer auf e2 gewissen Harmoniemangel
verursacht.}) 18... Nb6 19. Nxc5 Rf7 $2 (19... Rd8 $1 {was strong now after
the natural War stark. Nun wirkt die Stellung nach} 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Bxc8
Qd1+ 22. Qc1 Qxc1+ 23. Kxc1 Rxc8 {the position looks disastrous for Black, but
unbelievably White is unable to untangle his pieces as Ne2 can be met by fxg
hxg Rf8. So instead of that I would have had to look for something more
sophisticated. katastrophal für Schwarz, aber unglaublicherweise ist Weiß
nicht in der Lage, seine Figuren zu entwirren, da Ne2 mit fxg hxg Rf8 begegnet
werden kann. Daher würde ich stattdessen etwas Anspruchsvolleres suchen müssen.
}) 20. b3 $1 {Another simple and strong move. Now nothing works for Black.
Noch ein einfacher und starker Zug. Jetzt funktioniert nichts für Schwarz.}
fxg3 21. hxg3 Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Ng7 $1 {Black has no better move than that. Here I
have many options and perhaps I made a wrong choice practically speaking.
Schwarz hat keinen bessern Zug als diesen. Hier habe ich viele Möglichkeiten,
und ich traf, praktisch gesehen, vielleicht die falsche Wahl.} 23. Rc1 $6 (23.
f4 $5 {was suggested by computers and then many people found it suddenly very
natural. In fact it's not so easy: wurde von Computern vorgeschlagen, und
danach fanden es viele Leute plötzlich sehr natürlich. Tatsächlich ist die
Sache nicht so einfach:} exf4 24. gxf4 $1 {Frankly I didn't really consider
this one, trying to make Nf3!? or Bd4!? work. Offen gesagt hatte ich das nicht
wirklich auf der Rechnung, da ich versuchte, Nf3!? oder Bd4!? zum
Funktionieren zu bringen.} Qxf4 {Now it's forced Nun ist es forciert.} 25. Rd8+
Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Qxf8+ Kxf8 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxh7 {and White has a
fantastic endgame, but Black has some drawing chances. und Weiß hat ein
fantastisches Endspiel, allerdings besitzt Schwarz einige Remischancen.} Kg8 $1
30. Rh6 Rf8 $1) (23. Qd6 $5 {is not much, even though it's much easier to play
for White than the game. bietet nicht viel, obwohl es für Weiß viel einfacher
zu spielen ist als die Partie.} Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Bxh3 25. Rxh3 (25. Nxh3 Rxf3 26.
Bxb6 axb6 27. Ng5 Rxg3 28. Nxh7 Nh5 $1) 25... Rc7 {intending c5-c4. Shouldn't
be much but White is still better. mit der Absicht c5-c4. Sollte nicht viel
sein, aber Weiß steht trotzdem besser.} 26. Rh1 $1) 23... Be6 $3 {I missed
this very powerful resource. Now Black gets some counterplay out of absolutely
nowhere and my task becomes much more difficult. This is a rare case when the
best move is not actually the first line of the engine. Diese sehr kraftvolle
Ressource hatte ich übersehen. Nun erhält Schwarz aus dem absoluten Nichts
heraus einiges Gegenspiel, und meine Aufgabe wird deutlich schwerer. Dies ist
ein seltener Fall, wo der beste Zug tatsächlich nicht das erste Abspiel der
Engine ist.} 24. Qxc6 Qe7 {Here objectively speaking I probably have a huge
advantage but in the practical game things aren't as simple with a slightly
dubious king and no development. I feel I started losing some control.
Objektiv gesehen habe ich hier vermutlich riesigen Vorteil, aber in der
praktischen Partie sind, bei leicht heiklem König und keiner Entwicklung, die
Dinge nicht so einfach. Ich bekam das Gefühl, etwas die Kontrolle zu verlieren.
} 25. Qc5 Qf6 26. Bg2 $2 {A machine-move, but once I had made it I started to
regret it a lot. Somehow it feels too slow. Ein Maschienenzug, aber sobald ich
ihn gemacht hatte, begann ich, ihn sehr zu bereuen. Irgendwie fühlt es sich zu
langsam an.} (26. Bf1 $1 {is an even more machine-move as now I don't even
threaten to develop my knight. For example ist sogar noch maschinenmäßiger,
denn jetzt drohe ich nicht einmal, meinen Springer zu entwickeln. Zum Beispiel}
Rfb7 {now I have , und jetzt habe ich} 27. Ba6 $1 Na4 28. Qa5 $1 Rxb3+ 29. axb3
Rxb3+ 30. Kc2 Rb2+ 31. Kd1 Rxf2 32. Be2 $1 {and Black runs out of resources.
und Schwarz gehen die Mittel aus.}) 26... Rfb7 $1 {Now I started to feel
pretty uncomfortable and disappointed about the course of the game and I
decided to try to keep control of the situation. My feeling was right indeed
as after my absolutely awkward last move all my advantage is gone and the game
is becoming pretty random. Jetzt begann ich, mich ziemlich unwohl zu fühlen
und enttäuscht über den Lauf der Partie, und ich beschloss zu versuchen, die
Situation unter Kontrolle zu behalten. Mein Gefühl war in der Tat berechtigt,
denn nach meinem absolut scheußlichen letzten Zug ist mein fanzer Vorteil
futsch, und die Partie wird ziemlich zufällig.} 27. Ka1 Nd7 $2 {A mistake
objectively, but Magnus managed to bluff me (though himself he probably missed
my defence as well). Objektiv ein Fehler, aber Magnus schaffte es, mich zu
bluffen (wobei er selbst meine Verteidigung wahrscheinlich ebenfalls übersehen
hatte).} (27... a5 $1 {would have been a painful blow. I would have most
likely tried to chicken out with wäre ein unangenehmer Schlag gewesen.
Höchstwahrscheinlich hätte ich versucht, mit} 28. Ne2 $1 a4 29. b4 $1 Nd7 30.
Qc2 Rxb4 31. Rb1 {and that would probably be quite smart. Here the position is
balanced. den Schwanz einzuziehen, und das wäre wahrscheinlich ziemlich clever
gewesen. Hier ist die Stellung ausgeglichen.}) 28. Qd6 $2 (28. Qa3 $1 {seemed
too risky, but in fact everywhere I seem to have a defence - wirkte zu riskant,
tatsächlich aber scheine ich überall eine Verteidigung zu haben -} a5 $5 {
It's almost in time. Ist fast rechtzeitig.} (28... Bxb3 29. axb3 Rxb3 30. Qa2
$1 {I missed this detail. Though I wasn't really looking for it as I was happy
with the idea of pinning his bishop with my queen on the sixth rank. Dieses
Detail übersah ich. Allerdings suchte ich auch nicht direkt danach, denn ich
war zufrieden mit der Idee, seinen Läufer mit meiner Dame auf der sechsten
Reihe zu fesseln.}) 29. Ne2 a4 30. Qxa4 Qd8 $1 {but now I have an incredible
resource - , aber jetzt habe ich eine unglaubliche Ressource -} 31. Rc6 $1 Rb5
32. Rhc1 Ra5 33. Rc8 $1 {and somehow White ends up on top again. und irgendwie
ist Weiß am Ende wieder obenauf.}) 28... Ne8 $2 {Magnus could have already
taken on b3, or have played a5, but we still didn't see this Qa3-a2 idea so
the blindness continued.  Magnus hätte bereits auf b3 schlagen oder a5 spielen
können, aber wir beide sahen noch immer nicht diese Qa3-a2-Idee; die Blindheit
hielt also an.} 29. Qa6 $6 (29. Qa3 $1 a5 (29... Bxb3 30. axb3 Rxb3 31. Qa2)
30. Ne2 a4 31. Qxa4 Nb6 {Black has compensation but it shouldn't be enough.
Schwarz hat Kompensation, sie sollte allerdings nicht ausreichen.} 32. Bxb6
Rxb6 33. Rc6 Bxb3 34. Rxf6 Bxa4 35. Rxb6 Rxb6 36. Nc3) 29... Bxb3 $5 {I wasn't
too upset about it, as I was actually already seeing some sort of draw arising
in other lines. Das regte mich nicht sonderlich auf, denn ich sah bereits eine
Art von Remis, wie es in anderen Abspielen entsteht.} (29... Nc7 $5 {was my
main fear. And actually my intuition is being supported by my computer which
still needs a lot of time to realise what is what. war meine größte
Befürchtung. Und tatsächlich wird meine Intuition von meinem Computer gestützt,
der nach wie vor eine Menge Zeit braucht, um zu begreifen, was Sache ist.} 30.
Qd6 {I was trying to see whether this one forces a draw and it seems that it
does. Ich versuchte zu sehen, ob dies ein Remis forciert, und offenbar ist es
so.} (30. Qa5 Bxb3) (30. Qa4 Rb4 31. Qc6 Qe7) 30... Nb5 (30... Bxb3 $1 31. Qxd7
Qf7 $3) 31. Qa6 Nd4 {to avoid repetition but now I get a tempo um die
Wiederholung zu vermeiden, aber nun bekomme ich ein Tempo.} 32. Bh3 $1 Rb6 33.
Bxe6+ Qxe6 34. Qc4 Nxb3+ 35. axb3 Qxc4 36. Rxc4 Rxb3 37. Rc2 {with the same
drawish motif. mit demselben Remismotiv.}) 30. Qxf6 Nexf6 {Initially I was
thinking I am better in this endgame due to my two bishops but after a long
think I realised that it's not really the case and so I decided that it has
been enough fun. Anfänglich meinte ich, in diesem Endspiel aufgrund meiner
zwei Läufer besser zu stehen, aber nach langem Nachdenken begriff ich, dass
dies nicht wirklich der Fall ist, und daher beschloss ich, dass es genug Spaß
gewesen war.} 31. axb3 (31. Nh3 Be6 32. Rb1 Rxb1+ 33. Rxb1 Rc8 $1) (31. Rb1 Be6
32. Ne2 Kg7 33. Rxb7 Rxb7 34. Rb1 Nb6 {and I will have problems to answer ...
Rc7 and ...Rd7 kind of moves, threatening to enter the second rank. und ich
werde Probleme haben, Züge wie ...Rc7 und ...Rd7 zu beantworten, die drohen,
die zweite Reihe zu besetzen.}) 31... Rxb3 32. Rc2 Rb1+ 33. Ka2 R1b4 34. Ka1
Rb1+ {Neither of us can really deviate. Keiner von uns kann wirklich abweichen.
} 35. Ka2 R1b4 36. Ka1 {It's always fun with Magnus. :) Mit Magnus macht es
immer Spaß. :)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Qd3 d6 8.
Qc4 Qe7 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nd4 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14.
a4 a6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 O-O-O 17. Rf3 Rhf8 18. Raf1 Qe7 19. Qe4 g6 20. b3
Kb8 21. a5 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Qg5 23. c4 Re8 24. h3 Ka7 25. Kh2 Qe7 26. e4 Kb8 27.
Qf7 Ka7 28. b4 Kb8 29. c5 Ka7 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. Rf6 Rd7 32. Kg3 Kb8 33. Kg4 Kc8
34. Rf8+ Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Kxd8 36. cxd6 cxd6 37. Kg5 Ke7 38. Kh6 Kf6 39. h4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arngrimsson, Dagur"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. a4 Na6 11. O-O Nb4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 Ng4 14. h3 Ne5 15.
Bxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bg7 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. f5 g5 19. Nd1 Qf6 20. Ra3 h5 21. h4 gxh4
22. gxh4 Bh6 23. Rg3+ Kh7 24. Rg5 Rg8 25. Rxh5 Kg7 26. Nf4 Qd4+ 27. Qxd4+ cxd4
28. f6+ Kh7 29. Nf2 Rae8 30. Kh2 Re5 31. Bh3 Bxh3 32. Kxh3 Rxh5 33. Nxh5 d3 34.
Ng4 d2 35. Nxh6 Kxh6 36. Nf4 Re8 37. Rd1 Rxe4 38. Kg3 Rd4 39. Kf3 b6 40. b3 Nc2
41. Ne6 Rxd5 42. Ng5 Kg6 43. Ne4 Nd4+ 44. Kf4 Nxb3 45. Rg1+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Smith, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qd5 13. Be3 Qxb3 14.
axb3 Bb7 15. Rfc1 Bd6 16. Ne5 Ke7 17. Nxc6+ Bxc6 18. Rxc6 a5 19. Bd2 Rhb8 20.
Rxa5 Rxa5 21. Bxa5 Rxb3 22. Rc2 Rd3 23. Rd2 Rb3 24. Kf1 Bb4 25. Bxb4+ Rxb4 26.
Ke2 Kd6 27. Rc2 Kd5 28. Rc7 Ke4 29. Rxf7 Rxb2+ 30. Ke1 Kd3 31. Rf3+ Kxd4 32.
Rf7 Ke4 33. g3 Rb1+ 34. Ke2 Rb2+ 35. Kf1 Ke5 36. Rxh7 Kf6 37. h4 Rb5 38. Kg2
Ra5 39. g4 e5 40. f3 e4 41. g5+ Ke6 42. fxe4 Ke5 43. Rg7 Kxe4 44. Rxg6 Kf5 45.
Rf6+ Kg4 46. Rh6 Kf5 47. Kf2 Ra2+ 48. Ke3 Ra3+ 49. Kd4 Ra5 50. Kc4 Re5 51. Kb4
Rd5 52. Kc3 Rc5+ 53. Kd3 Ra5 54. Kd4 Rb5 55. g6 Kf6 56. h5 Kg7 57. Rh7+ Kg8 58.
Ke4 Ra5 59. Kf4 Rb5 60. Kg4 Rb4+ 61. Kg5 Rb5+ 62. Kh6 Rb8 63. Rd7 Ra8 64. Rd5
Rb8 65. Kg5 Ra8 66. h6 Rb8 67. h7+ Kg7 68. Rd7+ Kh8 69. Kh6 Rb7 70. g7# 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Bc5
15. Bf4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qxf4 18. Rc1 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rd7
21. b4 g6 22. h3 a6 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Qd1 Qc7 25. Bg4 Nf8 26. Qd4 h5 27. Bd1 c5
28. bxc5 Ne6 29. Qf6 Nxc5 30. Bb3 Nxb3 31. axb3 Qc5 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. Qd8+ Qf8
34. Qxd5 Qb4 35. f4 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qe3 37. f5 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 gxf5 39. exf5 Kg7 40.
Qc5 b4 41. Qd5 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qc7+ 43. Kh1 Qc3 44. Qd8 f6 45. Kh2 a5 46. Qxa5
Qxb3 47. Qc7+ Qf7 48. Qb6 Qe7 49. h4 Qe5+ 50. g3 Qb2+ 51. Kh3 Qc1 52. Qb7+ Kh6
53. Qa8 Qf1+ 54. Kh2 Qf2+ 55. Kh1 Qf1+ 56. Kh2 Qe2+ 57. Kh3 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O
Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. c4 c5 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qa4+
Qd7 15. Qe4 Rc8 16. Na3 Be7 17. Rfd1 Qc6 18. Qxc6+ Rxc6 19. Nc4 Nxe3 20. fxe3
Rc7 21. Rd3 O-O 22. Rad1 Rfc8 23. b3 h5 24. Kf2 g5 25. h3 Kg7 26. Kf3 Kg6 27.
Rd7 Bf8 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rd8 Be7 30. Rg8+ Kh6 31. Ra8 Rd7 32. Rxa6 Rd1 33. Ra7
Bf8 34. Ke2 Ra1 35. Rxf7 Rxa2+ 36. Kf3 Bg7 37. Re7 g4+ 38. hxg4 hxg4+ 39. Kg3
Ra6 40. Kxg4 Bf8 41. Rf7 Bg7 42. Rb7 Kg6 43. Kf4 Ra2 44. Re7 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. f3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nd1 a5
9. Nf2 Nbd7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Ne2 e5 12. c3 d5 13. O-O Re8 14. Bh6 bxc3 15. bxc3
Ba6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Ng3 dxe4 19. fxe4 h6 20. Rae1 Rb6 21. Nd1
exd4 22. cxd4 c5 23. Qf4 g5 24. Qf5 Rbe6 25. e5 Kh8 26. Qh3 Nh7 27. Nf5 cxd4
28. Nxh6 Rxh6 29. Qxh6 Nxe5 30. Nf2 d3 31. Qh3 Re6 32. Qg3 Qd5 33. Kh1 d2 34.
Re3 f5 35. Rb3 Kg7 36. Rbb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. c4 Bg4 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. Ne5 Be6 6. d3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
dxc4 9. dxc4 Na6 10. O-O Nh6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Na4 Rad8
15. Nxb6 Bg4 16. Bf3 Nb4 17. a3 Nc2 18. Ra2 Nd4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. b4 Nb3 21.
Nf3 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 e5 23. e3 f5 24. h3 Nh6 25. c5 Nf7 26. Nd2 Rd3 27. Kf1 e4 28.
Ke2 Ne5 29. Nbc4 Rfd8 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Nc4 Bc7 32. Rd2 Rxd2+ 33. Nxd2 Kf7 34.
g4 Rd3 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. f3 Rxa3 37. fxe4 fxe4 38. Rc4 Ra2 39. Rxe4 b6 40. Rh4
Kg6 41. cxb6 Bxb6 42. Rc4 c5 43. bxc5 Ba5 44. Rd4 Rc2 45. Rd6+ Kf7 46. c6 Ke7
47. Kd1 Kxd6 48. Kxc2 Kxc6 49. e4 Bc7 50. Kd3 Bf4 51. Nf3 Kc5 52. Kc3 Bc1 53.
Ne1 Be3 54. Kd3 Bh6 55. Ng2 Kd6 56. Ne3 Ke6 57. Ke2 Bf8 58. Nd5 Bh6 59. Kf3 Bd2
60. Nb6 Bc1 61. Nc4 Bh6 62. Ne3 Bg5 63. Ng4 Bc1 64. Nf2 Bd2 65. Nd3 Bh6 66. Kg3
Bd2 67. Kg4 Be3 68. Kh4 Bd2 69. Kg3 Be3 70. Kg4 Bd2 71. Nc5+ Ke5 72. Kf3 Bh6
73. Nd3+ Ke6 74. Nf2 Bc1 75. Kg3 Bd2 76. Ng4 Bc1 77. Kg2 Bd2 78. Kf2 Bc1 79.
Kf3 Bd2 80. Kf2 Bc1 81. Kg3 Bd2 82. Nh2 Be3 83. Nf3 Bc1 84. Kg4 Kf6 85. Kh5 Bf4
86. h4 Be3 87. Ng5 Ke5 88. Nxh7 Kxe4 89. Kg6 Ke5 90. Nf8 Kd6 91. Kf6 Bc1 92.
Ne6 Kd7 93. Kf7 Kd6 94. Ng5 Kd7 95. Ne4 Kd8 96. Nf6 Bd2 97. h5 Bc1 98. Ne4 Kd7
99. Nf2 Kd8 100. Nd3 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 dxe5 6. Qh5 e6 7. dxe5 c5 8. c3
Qd3 9. Qf3 Qxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd7 11. Bf4 a5 12. Na3 Bc6 13. O-O-O Na6 14. Nd2 a4
15. Bc2 Nd5 16. Bg3 h5 17. h4 g6 18. Ne4 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Ke7 20. Nc4 Nac7 21. Nxc5
a3 22. Nd6 axb2 23. Kxb2 Nb6 24. Bb3 Bxg2 25. Rhg1 Bd5 26. c4 Bc6 27. Rd4 Rad8
28. Rgd1 Bg7 29. Ndxb7 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Bxb7 31. Nxb7 Nd7 32. f4 f6 33. Na5 Nc5
34. Nc6+ Kf7 35. Bc2 Ra8 36. Nd8+ Ke7 37. Nc6+ Kf7 38. Bf2 N7a6 39. Rd8 Rxd8
40. Nxd8+ Ke8 41. Nc6 g5 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. fxg5 h4 44. Bxh4 Kd7 45. g6 Kxc6 46.
Bf6 Bh6 47. g7 Bxg7 48. Bxg7 Nb4 49. Bg6 Kb6 50. a3 Nc6 51. Kc3 Na4+ 52. Kc2
Kc5 53. Kd3 Nb2+ 54. Ke4 Nxc4 55. Bf8+ Kb6 56. Bd6 Nxd6+ 57. exd6 Kc5 58. d7
Kd6 59. Be8 Kc7 60. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bf5 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 Rc8 12. Qf3 b4 13. Na4 Ne4 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. a3
a5 16. Nc5+ Bxc5 17. dxc5 Ke6 18. axb4 axb4 19. Rd1 Ra8 20. Bb2 Rxa1 21. Bxa1
f6 22. cxd5+ cxd5 23. Bd4 Qd7 24. Ra1 Qb5 25. g4 h5 26. gxf5+ Kxf5 27. Ra7 Rh7
28. Be5 Qxc5 29. Qh3+ Kg6 30. Rc7 Qa5 31. f5+ Kh6 32. Bf4+ g5 33. fxg6+ Kxg6
34. Qg2+ Ng5 35. Rc1 Kf7 36. Bxg5 fxg5 37. Qg3 Rg7 38. Qe5 Kg6 39. Rc6+ Kh7 40.
Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. b4 b6
9. a4 Bb7 10. Bb2 a5 11. b5 c5 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. exd4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Qc7 15. Rc1
Rd8 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. Bf3 Ra7 18. Nc6 Nxc6 19. bxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Nb5
Qd7 22. Nxa7 Qxa7 23. Rc6 Nd5 24. Qc1 Qd7 25. Qc4 h5 26. Ba3 Qb7 27. Rd1 Nf4
28. Bc1 Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Nxc1 30. Qxc1 Bxd4 31. Qc4 Rd7 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Qc6 Qa6+
34. Qc4 Qb7 35. Qc6 Qa6+ 36. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. h3 a5 11. Qc2 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. e4 Qe7
15. Kh2 Bd7 16. Bh6 Qc5 17. Rac1 Bc6 18. Nd5 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bd6
21. Rfc1 Rad8 22. Bg5 Rc8 23. Bf4 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Rcd8 25. Rxc7 Nxd5 26. Rxb7
Nxf4 27. Rcc7 Rf8 28. Bf1 Ne6 29. Rc2 Rd5 30. Bc4 Rf5 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Kg1
Rg5+ 33. Kf1 Rh5 34. Kg2 Rg5+ 35. Kf1 Rh5 36. Kg2 Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 d6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8.
O-O e5 9. e4 a5 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Qc3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Rfe1 c6 14. b3 Bd7
15. h3 h6 16. Re3 Qc7 17. Rae1 Re7 18. f4 Rae8 19. a3 h5 20. Nc2 Bc8 21. b4
axb4 22. axb4 Ne6 23. Rf1 b6 24. Nf3 Nf8 25. Ng5 N8h7 26. Nxh7 Kxh7 27. Qd3 Kg8
28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Rfe1 c5 30. bxc5 Qxc5 31. Nb3 Qc7 32. Qd4 Bc6 33. Nd2 b5 34.
cxb5 Bxb5 35. Nb1 Qa7 36. Qxa7 Rxa7 37. Nc3 Bc6 38. Rd1 Rd7 39. Rd4 Ra8 40. Bf3
Ra3 41. Kf2 Kf8 42. Rc4 Bb7 43. e5 Ne8 44. Bxb7 Rxb7 45. Rc8 dxe5 46. Rxe5 Re7
47. Nd5 Rxe5 48. fxe5 Ra5 49. Rd8 Rc5 50. Kf3 Rc6 51. Kf4 Rc1 52. Ra8 Rf1+ 53.
Kg5 Re1 54. Kf5 Rf1+ 55. Nf4 Rf3 56. g4 hxg4 57. hxg4 Rf1 58. g5 Ke7 59. Ra7+
Kf8 60. Rd7 g6+ 61. Ke4 Re1+ 62. Kd5 Rd1+ 63. Kc6 Rxd7 64. Kxd7 Ng7 65. e6 Nf5
66. Nd5 fxe6 67. Kxe6 Nd4+ 68. Kf6 Nf3 69. Nf4 Nxg5 70. Kxg5 Kf7 71. Nxg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. a3 Nbd7 13. Ba5 Rc8 14. Nbd2 Nb6 15.
Nb3 Bd5 16. Qc2 Be4 17. Qc1 Bd5 18. Qc2 Be4 19. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. h3 Na5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qb1 exd4 14. cxd4 Nc4
15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Nxc4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Nf6
21. Bd2 Ba7 22. Re1 h6 23. b3 Qb5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Qd5 27.
Bc3 c5 28. Bb2 cxd4 29. Nd2 Qa5 30. Bxd4 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 Qxa2 32. Qxd6 a5 33.
Qd8+ Kh7 34. Qd3+ Kg8 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qd3+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Na4 Qa5 12. c5 Rd8 13. Rc1 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qa6
15. b4 b5 16. Nb2 Be6 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Nd1 Nf6 19. Bg5 Bf5 20. Qd2 h5 21. Re1
Ne4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxe7 Re8 24. Bd6 Bb7 25. f3 Qc6 26. Bf4 Re6 27. Nf2 Rce8
28. h4 Re3 29. Nh3 Ra3 30. Ng5 f6 31. Nh3 Qe6 32. Nf2 Rxa2 33. Qxd4 g5 34. c6
Bxc6 35. Qd6 Bd5 36. Qxe6+ Rxe6 37. e4 gxf4 38. exd5 Rxe1+ 39. Rxe1 f5 40. Rd1
fxg3 41. Nh3 Bc3 42. d6 Bxb4 43. Rd5 Ba5 44. d7 Bb6+ 45. Kf1 g2+ 46. Ke1 Bd8
47. Rxf5 Ba5+ 48. Kd1 Rd2+ 49. Kc1 Rxd7 50. Rxb5 Bb6 51. Rxh5 Rg7 52. Kd2 Rg3
53. Rg5+ Rxg5 54. hxg5 Kg7 55. Kd3 g1=Q 56. Nxg1 Bxg1 57. f4 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
dxc4 9. O-O Qe7 10. Bxc4 c5 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. exd4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. a3 Ba5
15. b4 Bb6 16. b5 Be8 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. d5 Nf8 19. Rad1 Bc5 20. a4 exd5 21. Qxe7
Bxe7 22. Bxd5 Rab8 23. Rfe1 Ne6 24. h4 a6 25. Bc4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rc8 27. Bf1 Nc5
28. Nf5 Bf8 29. Rb1 Nxa4 30. bxa6 bxa6 31. Bxa6 Ra8 32. Bf1 Nc5 33. Re1 Bd7 34.
N5d4 Re8 35. Rxe8 Bxe8 36. Bb5 Bxb5 37. Nxb5 Ne4 38. Ne5 h5 39. Nd3 g6 40. g3
Kg7 41. Kh1 Kh7 42. Kg1 Kg7 43. Kh1 Kh8 44. Kg1 Kg7 45. Kh1 Kh7 46. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5
Ne5 15. Rxb7 a5 16. Rxe7 a4 17. Re1 a3 18. Nxe5 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Qxe2 20. Qxe2 a2
21. Bd4 a1=Q+ 22. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 23. Qf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Bf6 25. Nc6 Bxe7 26. Nxe7+
Kg7 27. Nc6 Rc8 28. g4 h6 29. e5 Kf8 30. f4 Ra8 31. Ke2 Ra2+ 32. Kd3 Rxh2 33.
f5 gxf5 34. gxf5 Rh1 35. e6 fxe6 36. fxe6 Rd1+ 37. Ke4 h5 38. Ke5 h4 39. d6 Ke8
40. d7+ Rxd7 41. exd7+ Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Margvelashvili,G"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Usually short draws between two grandmasters are pretty uneventful.
This game was definitely an exception.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {Giri chooses
the King's Indian Defence, very aggressive but risky choice of opening against
Karjakin.} 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 {Lately the most popular choice
against 5.f3.} 7. d5 (7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 {is another main
line, but due to good development and active pieces black seem to have enough
compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) (7. Nge2 {is also possible.}) 7... e6
8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 {Now the game has transferred to the Benoni type of
positions that arise after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6. In these type of
positions, Black's main idea is to push ...b5 and develop an initiative on the
queensside, where they have a pawn majority. White tries to attack in the
center and the kingside.} 10. Nh3 a6 11. a4 {Preventing b5.} Ne5 12. Nf2 Bd7
13. h3 {Karjakin threatens f4 that would trap the e5-knight.} b5 $1 {The only
move, otherwise Giri's position would be just bad.} 14. f4 (14. axb5 $6 {
accepting the pawn sacrifice is not good for Karjakin, since after} axb5 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Bxb5 $2 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qa6 18. Na3 Rb8 {White would fall behind
in development too much, giving Black an almost winning position.}) 14... Nc4
15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. O-O Nh5 {Giri's idea is to play f5 and stop Karjakin's
advance on the kingsside.} 17. g4 Qh4 $1 {Sacrificing a piece.} (17... Ng3 $6
18. Rfe1 h5 19. f5 {and Giri's knight on g3 is in danger.}) 18. gxh5 Qg3+ 19.
Kh1 Bxh3 20. Rg1 Qh4 21. Rg2 (21. Rge1 {is another move recommended by engines.
} Rab8 22. Kh2 Bg4+ 23. Kg2 Bxh5 {leads to a very unbalanced position. This
line needs further deep analysis.}) (21. Nxh3 $4 {on the other hand, would be
just bad} Qxh3+ 22. Qh2 Qxe3) 21... Bg4+ $1 {Transferring the bishop to the
dominant f3-square.} 22. Kg1 Bf3 23. f5 {The most natural move, but it only
leads to a draw.} (23. e5 $5 {is the only way to fight for an advantage.} dxe5
24. h6 $1 Bxh6 25. fxe5 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 {with unclear play, but
here I would prefer White's position.}) 23... Be5 24. Bg5 Bh2+ $1 {Maybe
Karjakin missed this resource.} 25. Kf1 (25. Rxh2 $2 Qg3+ 26. Kf1 Qxh2 {
leads White to disaster.}) 25... Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 f6 28. Bh6 Qh4 $1
29. Kg2 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Qh4 31. Kg2 {Karjakin has no choice but to repeat the
position.} (31. Nh3 Be5 32. Qg2 Rfb8 {is too dangerous for White.}) 31... Qg3+
32. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8.
Kf1 Ne6 9. b4 cxb4 ({Relevant:} 9... g6 10. bxc5 Bg7 11. Bxe6 Bxe6 12. d4 O-O
13. Be3 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. h4 Nc6 16. h5 Qd7 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qd2 Raf8 19.
Rh4 Rh5 20. Rxh5 gxh5 21. Qd3 Bf5 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Rd1 e6 24. Rd2 Na5 25. Qb4
Nc6 26. Qc4 Qf7 27. Nb5 Bg4 28. Nd6 Qg6 29. Qd3 Qxd3+ 30. Rxd3 Bxf3 31. gxf3 b6
32. cxb6 axb6 33. d5 Nb4 34. dxe6 Nxd3 35. e7 Nb4 36. a4 Nd5 37. exf8=Q+ Bxf8
38. Nc4 Bc5 39. Kg2 {Khairullin,I (2574)-Naiditsch,A (2693) Moscow 2009 1-0})
10. Ne2 Nc5 11. Ng3 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... e6 12. d4 Ncd7 13. Bb2 Nb6
14. Bd3 Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. Qe2 f6 17. Nh5 Rf7 18. Rh3 N8d7 19. g4 Nf8 20. Rg3
Ng6 21. Rd1 Bd7 22. e5 Nd5 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Qe4 gxh5 26. gxh5+
Kf8 27. Qg6 Bd6 28. Ne5 fxe5 29. dxe5 Bb5+ 30. Kg1 Bc5 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qg5+
Kd7 33. Rxd5+ exd5 34. e6+ Kxe6 35. Qe5+ Kd7 36. Qxd5+ Bd6 37. Qxf7+ Qe7 38.
Qf5+ Kc6 39. Rg7 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Bf1+ {0-1 (40) Castiglione,M (2288)-Sakalauskas,
V (2405) Warsaw 2010}) 12. Bxe6 Qd3+ 13. Kg1 Nxe6 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. Rc1 Rd8 16.
h4 h5 17. Kh2 Nf4 18. Ne5 $5 Qb5 ({Black missed} 18... Qa6 $1) 19. Rxc6 bxc6
20. Qf3 f6 21. Qxf4 fxe5 22. Bxe5 Rd3 23. Nf5 Rg8 24. Nd4 Qc4 25. Rc1 $2 Qxc1
26. Ne6 Qc4 27. Qf5 g6 28. Nc7+ Kd8 29. Ne6+ Kd7 30. Nxf8+ Ke8 31. Nxg6 Rd7 $2
(31... Rd8 $1 $17) 32. Bb8 $2 Qf7 (32... e6 $1 {would have left White with
some activity but heavily down on material.}) 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Ne5+ Ke6 35.
Nxd7 Kxd7 36. Bxa7 Ra8 37. Bc5 Rxa2 38. Bxb4 Ra4 39. Bc5 Rxe4 40. Kh3 Ke6 41.
f3 Rc4 42. Be3 Kf5 43. Bg5 e5 44. Be3 Ra4 45. Bf2 Rc4 46. Be3 c5 47. g4+ Kg6
48. Kg3 Rc1 49. Kf2 c4 50. Bg5 Ra1 51. Ke3 Re1+ 52. Kf2 Ra1 53. Ke3 Ra4 54.
gxh5+ Kxh5 55. Bf6 Ra3+ 56. Ke4 c3 57. dxc3 Rxc3 58. Bxe5 Rxf3 59. Kxf3 Kxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
e5 9. Nf5 d4 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. c5 Qe7 15.
Rac1 a5 16. Ne4 Nb4 17. Qb1 Bf5 18. a3 Nc6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Qe6 21. b5 Ne7
22. Rfe1 Rfd8 23. Qb4 Nd5 24. Qb3 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Rac8 26. e3 Nc3 27. Qxe6 fxe6
28. exd4 exd4 29. c6 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 bxc6 31. bxc6 Rd6 32. Rd1 Rcxc6 33. Rexd4
Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Kf7 35. Rf4+ Ke7 36. Rg4 Kf7 37. Rf4+ Ke7 38. Rg4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. Qa4 Bd7 8.
Qe4 Ne6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Qxe5 Qb8 11. Qxb8+ Rxb8 12. d3 g6 13. Be3 Bg7 14. Rb1
f5 15. Kd2 a5 16. Rhc1 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Nd5 Bc6 19. Rc5 Bh6+ 20. Kd1 Kf7
21. Bf3 e5 22. Rxa5 Ra8 23. b4 Rxa5 24. bxa5 e4 25. dxe4 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Rd8 27.
Kc2 Bf8 28. a4 Bxd5 29. Bxd5+ Rxd5 30. Rxb7+ Be7 31. a6 Ra5 32. a7 Rxa4 33. Kb3
Ra5 34. Kc4 Ke6 35. Kxd4 Bc5+ 36. Ke4 Bxf2 37. Rxh7 Bxa7 38. Kf3 Rf5+ 39. Kg4
Be3 40. h4 Rf2 41. h5 g5 42. Rh8 Kf7 43. Rh7+ Kf6 44. Rh6+ Kf7 45. Rh7+ Ke6 46.
Rh8 Bd4 47. Ra8 Bf6 48. Ra6+ Kf7 49. e4 Re2 50. Kf5 Rf2+ 51. Kg4 Rh2 52. h6
Rxh6 53. e5 Bg7 54. Rxh6 Bxh6 55. Kh5 Bg7 56. Kxg5 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Masters g/20 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.06.07"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bc2 d5 12. Qe2 h6 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Ng3 Bg4 15.
Ne4 Nh7 16. h3 Be6 17. Ng3 Nf6 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Bd2 Rad8 20. Rad1 Bxa2 21. Ra1
Qe6 22. Qd1 Bd5 23. Rxa6 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Nd4 25. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Leon Masters g/20 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.06.07"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. c4 g6 6. a4 Bg7 7. a5 O-O 8. Nf3
Nb8 9. d3 a6 10. Ba4 Qxa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bc3 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. O-O Bf5 15.
Ra3 Nbd7 16. Nbd2 Bxd3 17. Ba5 Qxa5 18. Rxd3 Rad8 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Nxd7
21. Ne4 Qc7 22. Qd2 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. b3 Rd8 25. Qe3 b5 26. Qe4 Qd6 27. g3
Kg7 28. Kg2 Qd3 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Rc1 Rc3 32. Rxc3 Bxc3 33. Ng5
Bb4 34. Kf1 h6 35. Nf3 Kf6 36. Ke2 Bc3 37. Kd3 Ba1 38. Ne1 Ke6 39. Nc2 Bb2 40.
Ne3 h5 41. h3 f5 42. Ng2 Bf6 43. Ne1 Kd5 44. Nf3 c4+ 45. bxc4+ bxc4+ 46. Ke3
Kc5 47. Kd2 Kd6 48. Ke2 Kc6 49. Kd2 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Leon Masters g/20 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.06.07"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. e6 fxe6 8. Be3
Nc6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. O-O-O+ Kc7 13. Ne4 e5 14.
fxe5 b6 15. Nc3 Nxe5 16. Nd5+ Kb8 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe7 Bb7 19. Bb5 a6 20.
Nc6+ Bxc6 21. Bxc6 Ra7 22. c3 Re7 23. Bf3 Kc7 24. Kc2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26.
Rd1+ Rd7 27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Masters g/20 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.06.07"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O c5 8.
Bb2 Nc6 9. d3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Ba5 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bc7 14. Rc1 b6
15. Ncd2 Ne5 16. d4 Nxf3+ 17. Nxf3 Ne4 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 Qd6 20. f4 Bxe2
21. Qxe2 Qg6 22. Ba3 Qe4 23. Rc4 Qxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Nb3 Bb6
27. Rf2 Rd8 28. Rfc2 f5 29. Kh2 Re4 30. Rxe4 fxe4 31. Rc4 e3 32. Kg3 Re8 33.
Rc1 c4 0-1

[Event "Leon Masters g/45 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.06.07"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {Así es como se
está jugando la española en los últimos tiempos. Mucha culpa de ello tiene
el óptimo resultado que da a las negras el Gambito Marshall} d6 ({La
continuación habitual es} 6... b5 7. Bb3 O-O {pero en partidas de las
últimas semanas las blancas han cosechado algunos triunfos con la sutil} 8. a3
d6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nd5 {el tiempo dirá lo que vale esta nueva idea...}) 7. c3
O-O 8. Nbd2 h6 {El inicio de un plan típico especialmente adecuado, como se
verá, en esta posición concreta.} ({En una reciente partida jugada en el
Grand Prix de la Fide Morozevich continuó.} 8... Re8 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bf8
11. d5 b5 12. dxc6 bxa4 13. Qxa4 d5 14. e5 Ng4 15. Qd4 Rb8 16. a3 Rb6 17. h3
Nh6 18. Qc3 f6 19. e6 Rxe6 20. Nd4 Re8 21. N2b3 {y las blancas acabaron
imponiéndose en la partida Dominguez Perez,L (2723)-Morozevich,A (2760)
Salónica 2013}) 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nf1 Nh7 $1 {Esta es la maniobra que inició la
jugada 8...h6, las negras quieren cambiar el caballo blanco de f3 y tal vez
también el alfil en la casilla g5.} 11. d4 b5 $1 12. Bc2 ({Contra} 12. Bb3 {
Ivanchuk podría continuar con} Ng5 13. Bxg5 hxg5 $1 {con idea de responder a}
14. Bd5 {con} g4 $1 {por ejemplo,} 15. N3d2 exd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 $5 17. Bxa8 Qxa8
{con buena compensación por la calidad}) 12... Ng5 13. Nxg5 ({Giri comentó
que tal vez haya que jugar} 13. d5 {pero las negras no tienen problemas tras}
Na5 14. h3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bg5) 13... Bxg5 14. dxe5 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Nxe5 $1 ({
mucho mejor que} 15... dxe5 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Qf3 Qg5 18. Nd5 {con ligera
ventaja blanca}) 16. Ne3 Qg5 $1 {Ahora son las negras quienes disfrutan de una
leve iniciativa.} 17. Rf1 Nc4 $1 18. Nxc4 bxc4 {Las negras han modificado a su
favor la estructura de peones: Las piezas pesadas de Ivanchuk tienen un
objetivo en el punto "b2"} 19. Ba4 Bxa4 20. Qxa4 Qb5 $1 21. Qc2 Rfb8 {Ivanchuk
intenta sacar el máximo partido a sus torres al reservar la torre de "a" para
apoyar el avance de su peón.} 22. Rb1 a5 23. b3 Qc6 24. Rfe1 ({Sería cumplir
todos los deseos de las negras jugar} 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. Rb3 a4) 24... Rb5 $5
25. b4 $5 ({Ivanchuk hubiera sin duda respondido a} 25. bxc4 {con} Rc5 $1 {
manteniendo la torre que presionará con fuerza los débiles peones blancos})
25... axb4 26. cxb4 Ra3 {no puede permitirse que las blancas jueguen "a4"} 27.
Rec1 c3 ({Giri comentó con infantil entusiasmo en la rueda de prensa que tras
la celada} 27... Rd3 $4 {esperando} 28. Qxc4 ({Tenía en cartera la sutil} 28.
Qxd3) 28... Rd1+ $1) 28. Rb3 Rxb3 29. Qxb3 Qxe4 30. Qxc3 Rxb4 31. Qxc7 {
y la partida se encamina plácidamente hacia el empate} d5 32. g3 d4 33. Qf4
Qd5 ({Tal vez} 33... f5 $5 {sea más interesante}) 34. Qd2 Rb8 {Y el viejo
Vassili estrechó la mano de su joven adversario.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Masters g/45 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2013.06.07"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O (8.
dxe6 Bxe6 9. Ng5 Bxc4 10. Bxb7 Nbd7 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 {es sabido desde hace años
que otorga compensación más que suficiente}) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 {Tenemos
servida la defensa indo-Benoni} Re8 10. Bf4 {una de las dos continuaciones
principales} ({la otra es} 10. Nd2) 10... Na6 11. Re1 Bg4 $5 12. h3 ({Giri
comentó después que se había inspirado en la siguiente partida:} 12. Qb3 b5
$1 13. Nxb5 Rb8 14. Qa4 Qd7 15. Qxa6 Rxb5 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Bxd6 Ne4 18. Bc7
Rxb2 19. d6 Bd7 20. Rab1 c4 21. Rxb2 Bxb2 22. e3 c3 23. Nd4 f5 24. Bf1 Nd2 25.
Bd3 c2 $1 {Y las negras acabaron imponiendo la ventaja material en Grischuk,A 
(2756)-Gashimov,V (2740) Niza 2010}) 12... Bf5 $1 {Una idea fresca que Giri
confesó haber trabajado en casa con ayuda de los ordenadores. Las negras
planean jugar Ne4 o incluso Be4} ({El propio Ivanchuk ha recorrido no hace
mucho estos mismos caminos pero optando por la más habitual} 12... Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Nd7 14. e4 Qe7 15. Bg2 Nc7 16. a4 a6 17. Bf1 Rab8 {y llegando a una
posición canónica de la Benoni en Wang Yue (2738)-Ivanchuk,V (2746) Sofia
2009}) 13. Qb3 ({si} 13. Nd2 Nh5 {sería muy molesta}) ({a} 13. g4 {vendría}
Be4) ({y contra} 13. Nh4 Be4 ({Giri señaló que también es jugable} 13... Bd7
14. Bxd6 Bxh3) 14. f3 Nh5 $1 {y todo cuadra en la posición negra}) 13... b5 $1
{Giri que conocía la partida antes mencionada de Vugar Gashimov, no tuvo
especiales problemas para encontrar este golpe} 14. Nxb5 (14. Qxb5 Nb4 15. Rad1
Rb8 16. Qc4 Nc2 17. Rf1 Rxb2 {es más que satisfactorio}) 14... Rb8 15. Qa4 Qd7
16. Nc3 $5 (16. Qxa6 Rxb5 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Bxd6 Ne4 19. Bf4 Rxb2 {es una
continuación que nos llevaría a una posición casi idéntica a la de la
partida de Gashimov}) 16... Qxa4 17. Nxa4 Nxd5 18. Bxd6 Rbd8 $1 {Una jugada
muy fuerte que sin duda escapó a los cálculos de Ivanchuk, que,desmoralizado,
entrega la partida en pocas jugadas} 19. Bxc5 $4 {perdiendo una pieza} ({
Sin embargo, existía una posibilidad de supervivencia jugando} 19. e4 $3 Rxe4
({si} 19... Bxe4 20. Nxc5 Bxf3 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bxf3) 20. Rxe4 Bxe4 21. Nxc5
$1 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Rxd6 23. Nxa6 Rxa6 24. Bxd5 Bxb2 {y todo hubiera acabado en
un emocionante empate}) 19... Bd7 $1 {pero ahora las negras ganan una pieza}
20. Bxa7 Bxa4 21. Bd4 Ndb4 $1 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 {e Ivanchuk abandonó renunciando
a una resistencia, quizás inútil, pero todavía posible. Giri se anota así
el primer encuentro de los tres previstos en este XXVI Torneo Magistral Ciudad
de León.} 0-1

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. c4 d6
9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. d4 Ne4 11. d5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Bf6 14. Rc1 Bxc3 15.
Rxc3 Nf6 16. Nh4 Re8 17. Re1 Ne4 18. Rc4 Nf6 19. e4 g6 20. f4 b5 21. Rc2 Qb6
22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Rad8 25. Rd2 c4+ 26. Kf1 c3 27. e6 Rxd5 28.
Rxd5 fxe6 29. Rd4 e5 30. Nf5 Rf8 31. Rxe5 c2 32. Qxc2 Qxd4 33. Re8 Qa1+ 34. Kf2
Rxe8 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. Nf7+ Kg7 37. Qc7 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3
dxc4 9. Nxc4 Be6 10. Bb2 Bd5 11. a4 Re8 12. e3 Nb4 13. Qe2 Ra6 14. Rfd1 e6 15.
Nfe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd7 17. Nf3 Nb6 18. e4 f5 19. Ncd2 Nd7 20. Rac1 Rc6 21. Ba3
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nc6 23. exf5 exf5 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. d5 Nb6 26. Qb5 Qxd5 27. Nc4
Nxc4 28. Rxc4 Qxb5 29. axb5 Be5 30. Bd6 cxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. e3 a6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Qe2
c5 9. c4 d5 10. d4 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Rac1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rxc1
15. Rxc1 Qa8 16. Bh3 N5f6 17. N2f3 Rc8 18. Rd1 h6 19. Nh4 Nc5 20. b4 Na4 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh7 23. Qd3+ Be4 24. Bf5+ Kg8 25. Qb3+ Rc4 26. Be6+ Kh7 27.
Bxf6 Rxb4 28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. Qa3 Bxf6 30. Qxb4 Nc3 31. Rd2 Qc6 32. h3 Ne4 33. Re2
Bc4 34. Re1 Bc3 35. Qb1 Bxe1 36. Qxe1 Bd3 37. Nf3 Qc3 38. Qd1 Qc2 39. Qe1 Qe2
40. Qxe2 Bxe2 0-1

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. e4 Nh5 13. Be3 Nf6 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Nd7 16. Bg2 Nc7 17. a4 Rb8 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. b3 b5 20. Bg5 Qc8 21. Bh6 Bh8
22. f4 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Qxh3 24. e5 Qxh6 25. exd6 Qh3 26. Ne4 Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Bd4+
28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Bg4 Qh6 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Nxe8 Rxe8 32. axb5 f5 33. Bf3 Rd8
34. Rxa7 Rxd6 35. Ree7 Qh3 36. Kf2 Qh2+ 37. Bg2 d3 38. Rf7+ Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8
40. Rgd7 Rxd7 41. Rxd7 Qh6 42. b6 Qf8 43. b7 Qc5+ 44. Kf1 Qc1+ 45. Kf2 Qc5+ 46.
Kf1 Qb5 47. Rd8+ Kg7 48. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
Nd1 e5 9. Ne3 e4 10. Ng5 Nd4 11. Qxc4 c5 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 b5 14. Qd5 Qxd5
15. Nxd5 Bh3 16. Bg2 Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 Bxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Ba5 19. d3 Rfe8 20. a4 b4 21.
Nf4 Rad8 22. Re1 Nd4 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Be3 Nc2 25. Rc1 b3 26. Kf3 Re5 27. Ne2
h6 28. d4 Rf5+ 29. Ke4 Nxe3 30. Kxe3 Bb6 31. f4 cxd4+ 32. Kd3 g5 33. Rc4 gxf4
34. gxf4 Rh5 35. Nxd4 Rxh2 36. Nxb3 Rxb2 37. Nd2 h5 38. f5 Kg7 39. Nf3 Rf2 40.
Ke4 Re2+ 41. Kf4 Rg2 42. Rc6 Rg4+ 43. Ke5 h4 44. f6+ Kg6 45. Rc8 Rxa4 46. Rg8+
Kh6 47. Rh8+ Kg6 48. Nxh4+ Rxh4 49. Rxh4 Bc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Qb6 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Qd1 Rfb8
15. h3 Qa6 16. b3 c4 17. Bb2 Qc8 18. Kh2 Ra7 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. e4 Bc8 21. Na4
cxb3 22. axb3 Bd7 23. e5 Bxa4 24. exf6 Nxb3 25. Nxb3 Bxb3 26. Qd4 Ra4 27. fxe7
Bxd4 28. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Rfe1 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Re7 Ra8 33.
Rc2 h5 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Ra4 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rcc7 Rf4 38. Kg3 g5 39. Re3
Rd1 40. f3 Rd2 41. Rd7 Kg6 42. Ra3 Kf6 43. Raa7 Kg6 44. Ra6 Rf6 45. Ra3 Re6 46.
f4 gxf4+ 47. Kxf4 Rd4+ 48. Kf3 d5 49. Ra5 0-1

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. g3 b6 14. Bh6 Rd8
15. O-O e6 16. f4 Bh8 17. c4 Bd4+ 18. Kg2 exd5 19. cxd5 f5 20. Rbd1 Qf7 21. Bc4
fxe4 22. Qb3 Qf5 23. Bg5 Rd6 24. Be7 Qh3+ 25. Kh1 Qd7 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Rde1
Bf5 28. g4 Bxg4 29. Rxe4 Rf8 30. a4 Bf5 31. Ree1 Bd7 32. Qg3 Kh8 33. Re4 a6 34.
Bb3 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Rfe1 Bf5 37. Re6 Bxe6 38. dxe6 c4 39. Bd1 Bf6 40. Bg4
b4 41. Rd1 Qc6+ 42. Kg1 c3 43. Qe3 b3 44. e7 Re8 45. Rd8 Rxd8 46. exd8=Q+ Bxd8
47. Qe5+ Bf6 48. Qb8+ Kg7 49. Qa7+ Kh6 50. f5 c2 51. Qe3+ g5 0-1

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Re1 e5 8. c3 h6
9. Na3 Re8 10. Nc2 Bd7 11. Bd2 a5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bb5 Qe7 14. Qe2 Nb8 15. Ne3
Bxb5 16. Qxb5 c6 17. Qd3 Nbd7 18. Qc2 Nc5 19. Nc4 Nh5 20. Be3 Nd7 21. a4 Qe6
22. b3 f5 23. Rad1 f4 24. Bc1 Bf8 25. Ba3 Bxa3 26. Nxa3 Nb6 27. c4 Nd7 28. c5
Nhf6 29. Nc4 g5 30. Nd6 Reb8 31. Nf5 g4 32. Rd6 Qe8 33. Nxh6+ Kg7 34. Nxg4 Qh5
35. Red1 1-0

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 Re8 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 c6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. f3
Be6 15. h4 Rad8 16. g4 Rd6 17. c4 Red8 18. g5 b5 19. c5 Rd5 20. Be4 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qd7 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. cxd3 Bd7 25. d4 exd4 26. Bxd4 f5 27.
gxf6 gxf6 28. Bc2 Be6 29. Be4 Bd7 30. Bc2 Be6 31. h5 f5 32. f4 Kf7 33. b4 Bh4
34. Kb2 Be1 35. Bc3 Bf2 36. a3 a6 37. Be5 Be3 38. Bd3 Ke7 39. Kc2 Kd7 40. a4
Bf2 41. axb5 axb5 42. Kd2 Bh4 43. Ke2 Ke8 44. Kd2 Kd7 45. Ke2 Ke8 46. Kd1 Kd7
47. Kd2 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 Re8 14. Qc2 Ne4
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rfc1 Nd6 17. Ne2 Kg7 18. Nf4 Nf8 19. Nd3 Ne6 20. Nc5 Nc4 21.
Nd2 Nd6 22. b3 h5 23. Nf3 f6 24. h3 Qf7 25. Nh2 g5 26. Nf1 Qg6 27. Qxg6+ Kxg6
28. Nd2 Re7 29. Nd3 Ng7 30. a4 Ngf5 31. b4 axb4 32. Rxb4 g4 33. g3 gxh3 34. Kh2
h4 35. g4 Nh6 36. Kxh3 f5 37. Ne5+ Kf6 38. g5+ Kxg5 39. Rg1+ Kh5 40. Ng6 Ng8
41. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch U16"]
[Site "Sari"]
[Date "2013.06.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Asgarizadeh, Ahmad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. d4
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. h3 b6 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bb7 15.
Bd2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd5 17. Nf5 Be6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bc3 a5 20. Qb5 Qc7 21. Rd2
Rad8 22. Rad1 f6 23. e4 h6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qc6 Kf7 27. f4 Ke7
28. Qb7+ Kf8 29. Qc6 Ke7 30. f5 Bd7 31. Qb7 Kf8 32. e5 Bxf5 33. Qf3 Qd3 34.
Qa8+ Kf7 35. Qb7+ Kg6 36. exf6 Qe3+ 37. Kh1 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+ 40.
Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch U16"]
[Site "Sari"]
[Date "2013.06.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Lu, Chan Hung"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd7
8. d4 e6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Rb1 Be7 11. dxc5 a6 12. Bd3 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Rxb7
Na5 15. Rxd7 Kxd7 16. Be4+ Ke7 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Qd3 Rd8 19. Qxa6 Qxc3 20. Qb5
Rd5 21. Qa4 g5 22. h3 Rc5 23. Rd1 Nc6 24. Rd2 Kf6 25. Re2 Nb4 26. Nd2 Kg7 27.
Ne4 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Rc4 29. c3 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch U16"]
[Site "Sari"]
[Date "2013.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Das, Sayantan"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Ng5 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. b4 e5 17. e3 e4 18. b5 dxe3 19. bxc6 exf2+ 20. Kh1 bxc6
21. Rc1 Qf6 22. Rc2 Rae8 23. Re2 e3 24. Qb3 Qd4 25. Rd1 Qg4 26. Qd3 Re5 27. Rf1
d4 28. Qc4+ Kg7 29. Qxc6 Rh5 30. Rb2 Qxg3 31. Qd7+ Kh6 32. h3 Rff5 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch U16"]
[Site "Sari"]
[Date "2013.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 Nd7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
Qd8 9. a4 c5 10. d5 e5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bc4 Bd6 14. O-O O-O 15.
a5 f5 16. exf5 Qh4 17. g3 Qxc4 18. Ra4 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Rxf5 21. Nb6
Re8 22. Nc4 Bb8 23. Qe3 e4 24. Qxc5 e3 25. Nxe3 Rfe5 26. Nc4 Re2 27. d6 Rxc2
28. Kf1 Rc1+ 29. Kg2 Rd1 30. Qb6 Kh7 31. Qxb7 Bxd6 32. Qc6 Re2+ 33. Kh3 Be7 34.
Ne3 Rxe3 35. Qxa6 Re5 36. Qc6 Rd2 37. a6 Bc5 38. b4 Bg1 39. Qc3 Rxh2+ 40. Kg4
Re4+ 41. Kf5 Rhe2 42. Qc6 Re5+ 43. Kf4 Re6 44. Qd5 Rf2+ 45. Kg4 Rg6+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. f3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxa2 19. Ne4 Rh8 20. e6
Bxe6 21. Bxc7 b5 22. Be5 Rg8 23. Nc5 Nd5 24. f4 Bxg4 25. c4 f6 26. Rb1 Nb6 27.
Bxf6+ Kf7 28. Bg5 Nxc4 29. Re7+ Kg6 30. Rbe1 Bf5 31. Kf2 Rad8 32. Nd3 a5 33.
Rg1 Rd7 34. Bh4+ Kh7 35. Rxd7 Bxd7 36. Ne5 Nxe5 37. fxe5 Re8 38. Re1 a4 39. Kf3
a3 40. Bf2 Rf8+ 41. Kg3 Be6 42. Bc5 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. Kh1 f6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. exf6 Bxf6
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qf6 18. Kg1 Qg6 19. Bd3 Qf6 20. Be2 Qg6 21.
Bd3 Qf6 22. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Qa5
9. Bb2 e5 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. d5 e4 12. Nd4 Qe7 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Nc2
d5 16. f3 Rd7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nb5 Nc6 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Ncd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 a6
22. Nc3 Rc8 23. Na4 Rdc7 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rc1 Ne8 26. Rxc7 Bxd4+ 27. Qxd4 Nxc7
28. Qb6 Ne6 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. e3 Qd7 31. Bf1 Ng5 32. Bc4+ Kg7 33. Qd4+ Qxd4 34.
exd4 Nf3+ 35. Kf2 Nxd4 36. Nc5 Bc6 37. Nxa6 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4
c6 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Qc2 a5 13. b5 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Bb2 Bd6 16. Nce2 g6 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Qb1 Na4 19. Ba1 Be5 20. Rc1 Qe7 21. Bxe5
Qxe5 22. Qc2 Nb6 23. Qc5 Na4 24. Qc2 Nb6 25. Qc5 Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 {White's grand strategy is
built on solid ground. After the exchange of lightsquared bishops it is ideal
to put the pawns on squares of the opposite colour to that of the hero on c1.}
Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 {Kamsky is pursuing the
Maroczy setup without the burden of the light-squared bishop even though it
costs him a lot of time. Giri has the right to use the relative development
advantage for the active counterplay.} Rc8 11. b3 a6 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. a4 {
The real fight for the well prepared grandmasters begins only now. White would
sorely need the tempo for castling, but the threat of counterplay with the
advance b7-b5 was too unpleasant.} (13. Nde2 Qd8 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Na4 Qxd2+ 16.
Kxd2 Nd7 17. Nec3 e6 18. Rhd1 Kf8 19. Ke2 Ke7 20. c5 dxc5 21. Nxc5 Nd4+ 22.
Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd7 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Bxc3 $11 {1/2 (44) Macieja,B (2606)-Sasikiran,
K (2661) Khanty-Mansiysk 2007}) (13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. a4 e6 15. O-O Qd8 16. Kh1
Qa5 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Qd8 20. Be1 $11 {1-0 (59) Al Modiahki,M 
(2559)-Obodchuk,A (2434) Dresden 2008}) 13... e6 (13... Qd8 14. Nde2 Nb4 15.
O-O Nd7 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Rb1 b6 18. Rfd1 Nc6 19. Bf2 Na5 20. Qa2 {1/2 (43)
Olsarova,K (2209)-Osmanodja,F (2061) Pardubice 2010} Nc6 $11) 14. O-O d5 {
[%mdl 4] Black has prepared quite carefully for the theoretical discussion. He
thus enters the fight thanks to the immediate counterplay in the centre.} 15.
Nxc6 (15. exd5 exd5 16. Nxc6 (16. c5 Re8 17. Bf2 Rad8 18. Nce2 Nh5 19. Qd2 Be5
20. Rfe1 Bc7 21. b4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qxa4 23. g4 Ng7 24. Bf6 $14 {1-0 (29) Baklan,
V-Zayabaatar,H Duisburg 1992}) 16... bxc6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bd4 Rd8 19. Qd3 Qb7
20. Ne2 Ne8 21. Rc3 Nc7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd4 $14 {1/2 (30) Ni Hua (2625)
-Areshchenko,A (2570) Moscow 2005}) (15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. e5 Ne8 18.
f4 f6 19. Bc5 fxe5 20. fxe5 Nc7 21. Ne4 Bxe5 22. Ng5 Re8 $11 {0-1 (27) Bojkov,
D (2523)-Gaponenko,I (2422) Reykjavik 2008}) 15... bxc6 16. a5 {If Kamsky has
located his pawns on the squares of the right colour, we have to admitthat the
same feat has been achieved by his opponent. If chess logic still applies the
position should be about equal, but it does not mean the end of the fighting.}
(16. e5 Ne8 17. f4 f6 (17... Qb7 18. Bc5 Rab8 19. Rb1 Bf8 $11) 18. a5 Rab8 19.
Na4 Qe7 20. Bc5 Qf7 21. Qd3 Qb7 22. Qh3 f5 23. Rc3 $16 {1/2 (35) Meier,G (2558)
-Wojtaszek,R (2599) Germany 2009}) 16... Qe7 17. Na4 $6 {The player opening
the game is usually hoping to nurture some ambition in the opening. It can
even lead to some delusion, when he loses objectivity and finds himself in
trouble.} (17. exd5 cxd5 18. Na4 Rc6 19. Qe2 Rd8 20. Bb6 Rdc8 $11) 17... dxe4
18. Nb6 (18. Bc5 $5 Qe8 19. Nb6 (19. Qe2 Rab8 20. Nb6 exf3 21. Rxf3 Nd7 22.
Nxc8 Nxc5 23. Nb6 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 e5 25. Rcf1 f5 $13) 19... Rd8 20. Qe2 Nd7 (20...
exf3 21. Rxf3 Rab8 22. Rcf1 Nd7 23. Bd6 $14) 21. Be3 exf3 22. Rxf3 Rab8 $15)
18... Rd8 19. Qe2 (19. Qc2 Rab8 20. fxe4 Ng4 21. Bf4 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 e5 $19) 19...
Rab8 20. Kh1 {If we try to understand the language of the pieces we will
quickly realise, that White has become frustrated with his own solution. Not a
single active continuation seems to promise sufficient compensation for the
sacrificed pawn.} (20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Bf4 Nc3 22. Qf3 e5 23. Qe3 e4 24. Rxc3 Bd4
25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Bxb8 Rd3 $17) (20. Bf4 e5 21. Bg5 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Qxa5 $17)
20... exf3 21. Rxf3 (21. Qxf3 Rd3 22. Qe2 Rxb3 23. Bg5 h6 24. Qd1 R3xb6 25.
Bxf6 Bxf6 26. axb6 Rxb6 $15) 21... Ng4 $1 {Giri is exploiting the moment for
the start of active operations in the centre.} 22. Bg1 (22. Bf4 e5 23. c5 Rb7
24. Bg3 e4 25. Rff1 f5 $17) 22... Ne5 23. Rff1 (23. Rg3 Qa3 24. Rb1 Qb4 25. h3
h5 $17) 23... c5 24. b4 {Kamsky was now fully aware, that his concept has
failed. He is trying to complicate matters by means of creating an advanced
passed pawn on the c-file.} (24. Na4 Rxb3 25. Nxc5 Rbb8 26. Nxa6 Ra8 27. c5 Qb7
$17) 24... cxb4 25. c5 Qb7 (25... Nd3 26. Rc4 (26. Rcd1 Nxc5 27. Qc4 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 Bf8 $19) 26... b3 27. c6 Qc7 $19) 26. Rfd1 (26. h3 Nc6 27. Nc4 Nd4 28. Qe1
Nf5 29. Bh2 Bc3 $19) 26... Nc6 {The knight has found the ideal blockading
square, from which it can attack the weak a5-pawn as well as dream about
active operations of the other side of the board.} 27. Qf3 (27. Rb1 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 Rd8 $19) 27... Qc7 28. h3 (28. Qe2 Nxa5 29. Rb1 Nb7 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31.
Rxb4 Nxc5 32. Qc2 Bf8 $19) 28... Be5 29. Qb3 (29. Rf1 Nd4 30. Bxd4 Bxd4 31. Rc4
Bc3 32. c6 f5 $19) 29... Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rd8 31. Rf1 Nd4 $1 {White has avoided
the exchange of the rooks, but it does not amount to solving the problems of
the fight while two pawns down. Black's knight would love to land on f5 in
order to shorten the opponent's resistance.} (31... Bc3 32. Bh2 Qb7 33. Qa4 Na7
34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Nc6 $19) 32. Qxb4 (32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Qf3 Kg7 $19) 32...
Nf5 33. Rb1 {Kamsky is trying to fight even in a very difficult position and
for that he has to avoid clearly lost lines.} (33. Bf2 Bd4 34. Kg1 Bxf2+ 35.
Rxf2 Ng3 $19) 33... Ng3+ 34. Kh2 Bd4 $5 {Giri breaks the defence of the enemy
with the help of the witty exchange of the g1-bishop. Apart from the mating
threats also the pawn on c5 will lose its natural supporter.} (34... Rd3 $5 35.
Qc4 Nf5+ 36. Kh1 Qd8 37. c6 Rd1 $19) 35. Bxd4 Rxd4 36. Qe1 (36. Qxd4 Nf5+ 37.
Qd6 Nxd6 38. cxd6 Qxd6+ 39. Kh1 Qc5 $19) 36... Ne4+ {The young Dutch star is
playing for safety. It was certainly enticing to think also about the tactical
solution with the sacrifice of the knight on f1.} (36... Nf1+ $5 37. Kg1 Qh2+
38. Kxf1 Rf4+ 39. Ke2 Qxg2+ 40. Kd1 Rf1 $19) 37. Kh1 Qxc5 38. Rc1 (38. Nd7 Nf2+
39. Qxf2 Rd1+ 40. Rxd1 Qxf2 $19) 38... Qg5 (38... Nf2+ 39. Kg1 Nxh3+ 40. Kh2 (
40. gxh3 Rc4+ $19) 40... Qh5 41. gxh3 Rd3 $19) 39. Kg1 {The final part of the
game gives the the impression of play in time trouble. White is facing the
absence of any sensible ideas apart from the admission of defeat.} (39. Rc8+
Kg7 40. Rc2 Qe5 41. Kg1 Rd3 $19) 39... Kg7 40. Nc4 h5 41. Ne3 (41. Qe3 Qxe3+
42. Nxe3 Ra4 $19) 41... Rd3 42. Nf1 Nd2 43. Kh1 (43. Qe2 Qd5 $19) 43... Rxh3+
$1 {The final combination, hoping to shorten the enemy's suffering. After the
misplayed transposition to the middlegame nothing went right for the first
player.} (43... Rxh3+ $1 44. gxh3 Qd5+ 45. Kg1 Nf3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 Kh8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 f5 15.
e5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Bb4 17. e6 c6 18. Re2 Re8 19. Qc2 Qf6 20. Nc4 Nd5 21. Bd2 Rxe6
22. Rae1 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Bd7 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Ne5 Be6 26. Nd3 f4 27. Re1 f3 28.
Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Nxb4 Bf7 30. Nd3 fxg2 31. Nc5 Bd5 32. Qd2 Qf7 33. a5 h6 34. Nd3
Rf8 35. b4 Qf5 36. Nc5 Qf7 37. Nd3 Re8 38. Rxe8+ Qxe8 39. Nf4 Bc4 40. Kxg2 Qf7
41. Qd4 Qf5 42. Qxc4 Qg4+ 43. Kf1 Qd1+ 44. Kg2 Qg4+ 45. Kf1 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qg4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Be7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7
8. Ng5+ Ke8 9. Ne6 c5 10. Qd1 Qb6 11. Nxg7+ Kf7 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. O-O d5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Qxd5+ Ke8 16. Bg5 Qg6 17. Rad1 Rg8 18. f4 a5 19. e5 Qxf5 20. Qxg8 Ra6
21. Rfe1 Rg6 22. e6 1-0

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 a6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. a3 Rad8
15. Rae1 Rd7 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Rf2 Qd8 18. Ref1 Bf8 19. Rf3 g6 20. f5 exf5 21.
Rxf5 Nxe4 22. Qf4 Qe7 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Rxf7 Qxf4 26. R7xf4 Bg7
27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. g3 d5 29. Kg2 d4 30. Rd1 Re2+ 31. Rf2 Rxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rc7 33.
Rd2 Kf6 34. Re2 Rd7 35. Kf3 d3 36. Rd2 dxc2 37. Rxc2 Rd3+ 38. Kf4 Rb3 39. Rc6+
Kg7 40. Rxa6 Rxb2 41. Ra7+ Kh6 42. h4 b4 43. g4 g5+ 44. hxg5+ Kg6 45. Ra6+ Kg7
46. Ra7+ Kg6 47. Ra6+ Kg7 48. axb4 Rxb4+ 49. Kg3 Rb1 50. Kf4 Rb4+ 51. Kg3 Rb1
52. Rc6 Rg1+ 53. Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Kg2 Ra1 55. Kg3 Rg1+ 56. Kf3 Rf1+ 57. Kg2 Ra1 58.
Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
Bf4 c6 9. e4 b5 10. Qb3 c5 $5 {A rare but probably good move, solving all
Black's problems.} (10... Be6 11. Qc2 {leads to the position usually arising
after the immediate 5.Qb3 instead of 5.Qa4+}) (10... Qa5 11. e5 (11. Bd2 b4 12.
Na4 Nxe4 13. Bxb4 Qc7 14. Bd3 (14. Be2 Be6 15. Qc2 Bd5 16. O-O a5 17. Ba3 Na6
$11 {1/2 (60) Milanovic,D (2516)-Sarenac,I (2327) Obrenovac 2011}) 14... Be6
15. Qc2 (15. Qd1 Bd5 16. O-O c5 $1 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Nc6 19. Re1 Bxf3 20.
Qxf3 Nxd4 {1/2 (25) Sokolov,I (2690)-Svidler,P (2733) Baden Baden 2004 CBM 143
[Avrukh,B]}) 15... Nd6 (15... Nf6 16. O-O Bd5 17. Ne5 a5 18. Bc5 Nfd7 19. Nxd7
Nxd7 20. Bxe7 Rfe8 21. Bh4 Qf4 22. Bg3 Qxd4 $11 {0-1 (81) Nilssen,J (2356)
-Neubauer,M (2454) Turin 2006}) 16. O-O Bd5 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nc3 Qb7 19. Bxd6
exd6 20. Nxd5 {1/2 (52) Esen,B (2455)-Atakisi,U (2392) Ankara 2007} Nxe5 21.
dxe5 cxd5 22. exd6 Rad8 $11) 11... Be6 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nb4 $5 (13... Qb6
14. Be2 Nd7 15. O-O f6 16. exf6 exf6 17. Rfe1 a5 18. Bc4 Bf7 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20.
Bf1 Rfc8 21. Qd3 b4 22. Rac1 Bf8 23. Bf4 a4 24. h4 $14 {1-0 (46) Moranda,W 
(2570)-Sarenac,I (2410) Kazan RUS 2013}) (13... Nxc3 14. Bd3 Na6 15. O-O Ne2+
16. Bxe2 Qb6 17. a4 Rac8 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Qe4 Nc7 {1-0 (29) Jankovic,A (2553)
-Nedilko,V (2392) Plovdiv 2012 CBM 148 [Let's Check Training]} 20. Qh4 $36) 14.
Qc1 Qb6 15. a3 Nd5 16. h4 (16. Be2 Nd7 {[%cal Yc6c5]} 17. b4 f6 $132) 16... h5
(16... Bg4 $5) 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. Be2 Bf5 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 c5 $11 {1-0 (46)
Jankovic,A (2564)-Sarkar,J (2411) Philadelphia 2012}) 11. dxc5 Qa5 $146 (11...
Na6 $6 12. e5 Nxc5 13. Qb4 Nh5 (13... Na6 14. Qd4 $14) 14. Be3 Na6 15. Qh4 f5
16. Rd1 Qe8 17. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 18. Bxb5 $18 {1/2 (27) Slisser,T (2145)-Bezemer,A
(2375) Dieren 2004}) 12. Bd2 b4 13. Nd5 Nc6 $1 14. Bd3 (14. Nxb4 $6 Nxe4 15.
Nxc6 Qxc5 $1 {M.Golubev}) (14. Qc4 $5 Be6 $1 (14... Rfd8 $143) 15. Ng5 Rad8 $1
16. Nxe6 fxe6 {, and despite White's material advantage and better pawn
structure, he is in trouble due to his uncastled king:} 17. Nxf6+ (17. Nxb4 Rd4
$1 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Nd3 (19. Qxc6 Rxd2 $1) 19... Nb4 $1 $40) (17. Nf4 Rxd2 $1
(17... Bh6 $36) 18. Kxd2 b3+ 19. Ke2 Ng4 $17) 17... Bxf6 18. Qxe6+ Kg7 19. Qxc6
Bxb2 20. Rd1 Bc3 $1 21. Bd3 (21. Bxc3+ $4 bxc3) (21. Bc4 Bxd2+ 22. Rxd2 b3 $17)
21... Rxd3 22. Bxc3+ Rxc3 23. O-O Qxc5 $15) 14... Be6 15. Ng5 $6 (15. O-O Rfd8
$13) 15... Rad8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Anish Giri mixes up his preparation, making a
move from the 14.Qc4 line (see above).} (15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 {gave Black a
good position, e.g.} 17. O-O (17. Rc1 $6 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Qxa2) (17. Be2 Qxc5 18.
Bxb4 Qxd5 $36) 17... Qxc5 18. Bxb4 Qxd5 19. Be2 Rab8 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Ba3 Nf4
$36 {M.Golubev}) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Nxb4 {White simply wins another pawn
without compensation.} Nd4 18. Qc4 Nd7 19. Nc6 $1 ({After} 19. Na6 {Black
probably planned} Qxd2+ $5 20. Kxd2 Ne5 {but even then after} 21. Raf1 $1 Nxc4+
22. Bxc4 {White's advantage is decisive. The text move is simpler.}) 19... Qxc5
20. Nxd8 Ne5 (20... Rxd8 21. O-O Qxc4 (21... Qb6 22. Bf4) 22. Bxc4 Ne5 23. Ba5
$18) 21. Nxe6 $1 Qd6 22. Nxd4+ Nxc4 23. Bxc4+ Kh8 24. Ne6 {White has too much
material for the queen.} Rc8 25. Bd5 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Rc2 27. Rxb2 Rxb2 28. Bc3+
Kg8 (28... Kg8 29. Bxb2 Qb4+ 30. Kf1 Qxb2 31. g3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Bg6 ({Üblicher ist} 5... c5) ({
oder} 5... Nd7 {, was aber häufig nur Zugumstellung bedeutet.}) 6. O-O Nh6 {
Auch dieser Zug wird hier eher selten gespielt und beinhaltet eine Provokation,
denn Weiß kann nun mit Lxh6 die schwarze Struktur am Königsflügel entwerten.
} ({Der Springer kann auch via e7 nach f5 gelangen.} 6... Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. g4
Ne7 9. Nh4 c5 10. c3 Nbc6 11. Nxg6 Nxg6 12. Nf3 Be7 13. g5 Qb6 14. h4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bd3 fxg5 18. Re1 O-O-O 19. Rxe6 Qc7 20. Nxg5 Nxd4 21.
Rxe7 Nxe7 22. Qg4+ Qd7 23. Qxd4 Nc6 24. Qf4 Rdf8 25. Qg3 h6 26. Be2 hxg5 27.
Bg4 Rf5 28. Bxg5 Rhf8 29. Rc1 b6 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. f4 Kb7 32. h5 Nd4 33. Re1
Ne6 34. h6 Nxg5 35. fxg5 Qd8 36. Re5 Qc7 37. Re3 Qd8 38. Qg2 Rxg5 39. Rg3 Re5
40. Rg7+ Kc6 41. Qc2+ Kd6 42. Rg6+ Re6 43. Qh2+ Kc5 44. Rxe6 Qg8+ 45. Kf1 {
1-0 (45) Shirov,A (2700)-Dreev,A (2654) Loo 2013}) 7. c3 Be7 (7... Nf5 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. g4 Ne7 10. Nh4 h5 11. Nxg6 Nxg6 12. gxh5 Ne7 13. Nd2 f6 14. exf6 gxf6
15. c4 Nf5 16. Qh3 Nxd4 17. Bd1 Qe5 18. Nb3 Rg8+ 19. Kh1 Qe4+ 20. f3 Qf5 21.
Qxf5 Nxf5 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Bc2 Nc6 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Bf4 Rh8 26. Rac1 Rxh5 27.
Rfd1 Rd8 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Rd7 30. Bg3 Kf7 31. Rcd1 Ke6 32. Re1+ Kf7 33.
Red1 Ke6 34. Re1+ Kf7 {1/2-1/2 (34) Najer,E (2634)-Riazantsev,A (2705) Loo 2013
}) ({Nach} 7... Nd7 {wird eine Stellung erreicht, die meist nach 5...Sd7
entsteht, z.B.} 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Nc1 c5 12. Qd2 cxd4
13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Nd3 Kg7 15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. Nf4 Qb4 17. Rc3 Qa5 18. Nxg6 hxg6
19. Rb3 Qxd2 20. Nxd2 Rc2 21. Rxb7 Rxd2 22. Rxd7 Rxe2 23. Rxe7 Rxb2 24. g3 Rc8
25. Rxa7 g5 26. h3 h5 27. a3 Rc4 28. Rd1 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Kg2 Rcc2 31. Rf1
Rd2 32. Ra4 Ra2 33. Kg1 Rd3 34. Kg2 Rf3 35. Ra8 Rd2 36. a4 Rxd4 37. a5 Ra4 38.
a6 Rf5 39. a7 Rxe5 40. Rh1 Ra2 41. Rh4 Rg5 42. Kg1 Kf6 43. Rh6+ Ke5 44. Rh7 Rf5
45. Rh2 Ra1+ 46. Kg2 Ra2 47. Kg1 Rf3 48. Rg8 Rxa7 49. Rxg4 Ra2 50. Rg8 d4 51.
Rd8 d3 52. Kf1 Kf6 53. Ke1 e5 54. g4 e4 55. Rd4 e3 56. g5+ Kg7 {0-1 (56)
Savchenko,B (2550) -Galkin,A (2615) Konya 2012}) 8. Bxh6 gxh6 {Im Gegenzug
für die entwertete Bauernstruktur am Königsflühel erhält Schwarz Spiel auf
der g- und f-Linie.} 9. g3 {Weiß bereitet die Attacke h2-h4-h5 vor.} ({
Bekannt war bisher} 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. b3 c5 11. Qxh6 Nc6 12. Qf4 f6 13. exf6 O-O
14. Qe3 Rxf6 15. Nbd2 Bd6 16. g3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Ba3 18. Rad1 Bb2 19. Nb1 Bxb1
20. Rxb1 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Qg5+ Rg6 23. Qh5 Rf8 24. Rbd1 Qg7 25. Rd2 Nd4
26. Bd1 Nf5 27. Qe2 Kh8 28. Re1 Rgf6 29. Qe5 Ne7 30. Bc2 Ng6 31. Qg5 Qc7 32.
Qe3 a6 33. Rde2 Qg7 34. Qg5 Qf7 35. Qd2 Rg8 36. Kh1 Ne7 37. Qd4 Nc6 38. Qh4 Rg7
39. Rf1 e5 40. Bd1 e4 41. Kg1 Nd4 42. Rd2 Nf5 43. Qh5 Qg8 44. Qe2 Qe6 45. Re1
Qe5 46. Rc2 Rf8 47. Qh5 Qf6 48. Rd2 e3 49. fxe3 Nxe3 50. Qe2 d4 51. Qd3 Rd7 52.
b4 Rd5 53. Bc2 Rf5 54. Rdd1 Qg7 55. Rxe3 dxe3 56. Qxe3 Rf3 57. Qe4 R3f7 58. Re1
Qb2 59. Re2 Qc1+ 60. Re1 Rf1+ 61. Kg2 R1f2+ 62. Kg1 Qxc2 {0-1 (62) Sjugirov,S 
(2562)-Riazantsev,A (2634) Moscow 2009}) 9... O-O 10. Nbd2 a5 11. Ne1 c5 12. h4
cxd4 13. h5 Be4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Bf3 ({Nach} 15. f3 {würde die schwarze
Opferidee, wie in der Partie gespielt, funktionieren:} Bf5 16. g4 Nxd4 17. gxf5
Nxf5 18. Ng2 Bc5+ {und die Schwäche der Felder e3 und g3 garantiert Schwarz
besseres Spiel.}) 15... Bf5 $6 (15... Bxf3 16. Ndxf3 Qb6 17. Rb1 f6 $11) 16. g4
Nxd4 $2 ({Es ging noch} 16... Be4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxd4 $14) 17. gxf5 Kh8
$2 ({Besser war noch} 17... Nxf5) 18. f6 Bb4 19. Bg2 Rg8 20. Ndf3 Nc6 21. Nd3
Qb6 22. Kh1 Bc5 23. Qc1 (23. Qc1 {und der Läufer muss bis auf sein
Ausgangsfeld zurück und kann von dort auch kaum mehr aktiviert werden:} Bf8
24. Qe3 $18 (24. a3 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 d6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qa4 Nd4 11. Rad1 Bd7 12. Qa3 Nc2 13. Qxc5 b6 14. Qg5 h6 15.
Qf4 g5 16. Qe5 Rc8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bc6 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. b3 e6 21. Nd2
Nxe3 22. fxe3 b5 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Nc4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Rxc4 27. Kf2
Ra4 28. Rd2 Bc3 29. Rc2 Ba5 30. Bc6 Ra3 31. e4 Bb6+ 32. Kf1 g4 33. Bb5 Kg7 34.
Bc4 a5 35. Bb3 a4 36. Bc4 Kf6 37. Bd3 h5 38. Kg2 Bd4 39. Kf1 Ke5 40. Kg2 Bc3
41. Kf1 Bd4 42. Kg2 Be3 43. Kf1 Kf6 44. Kg2 Bh6 45. Kf1 Bf8 46. Kg2 Ke5 47. Kf1
Bd6 48. Kf2 Bb4 49. Kg2 Be7 50. Kf2 Bd6 51. Kf1 Bb4 52. Kg2 Bc3 53. Kf1 Ba1 54.
Kf2 Bd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. h4 g6 10. h5 g5 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Bb1 dxc4 13. Ne5 c5 14. O-O cxd4 15. exd4
Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 f5 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Qe2 Ba6 20. Na4 Rd8 21. Nc5 Bc8
22. Rxc4 e5 23. Ra4 Qe7 24. Bd3 Rfe8 25. g4 fxg4 26. Qe4 exd4 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28.
Bc4 Rd5 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Qc2 Kg8 31. Ra3 Rf8 32. b4 Bf5 33. Qb3 Qf7 34. Qg3
Re8 35. Rc1 Be5 36. Qg2 Bf4 37. Rd1 Kg7 38. Qf1 Qxh5 39. Rg3 Bxg3 40. fxg3 Re3
41. Rd2 Rxg3+ 42. Rg2 Qh3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. Re1 Qa5 10. Bb2 Rd8 11. e4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Qb3 Be6 14. d5 Nxd5 15.
Nc4 Ndb4 16. Nxa5 Bxb3 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. axb3 Nc2 20. Bf1 a5 21.
Bc4 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 Bd5 10. Bb2 a5 11. Ne3 Be4 12. a3 Ne8 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Nxe5
15. dxe5 c6 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Rfd1 Nc7 18. Ne3 Ne6 19. Nc4 Nc5 20. Nxa5 Ra8 21.
b4 Na4 22. Rab1 Nxb2 23. Rxb2 Bxe5 24. Rb3 c5 25. Nc4 Bd4 26. b5 Rfd8 27. Rbd3
e5 28. e3 e4 29. R3d2 Bf6 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. Nd6 Be7 33. Nxb7 c4
34. Na5 c3 35. a4 c2 36. Nb3 Bd8 37. Kf1 Kf8 38. Ke2 Ba5 39. b6 c1=Q 40. Nxc1
Bxb6 41. Nb3 Ke7 42. a5 Ba7 43. Kd2 Kd6 44. Kc3 f5 45. Kc4 Kc6 46. Nd4+ Kb7 47.
Kb5 Bb8 48. a6+ Ka8 49. Kb6 Be5 50. Nb5 Kb8 51. a7+ Ka8 52. Ka6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8.
Nc3 Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Be7 11. d4 c5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Nxb5
O-O 15. Be3 Rc8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rc1 Ng4 18. Bg5 Ne4 19. Qxc8+ Bxc8 20. Bxe7
Ngxf2 21. Rc7 h6 22. Ba3 Ba6 23. Nbd4 Qd8 24. Ra7 Qb6 25. Ra8+ Kh7 26. e3 Bb7
27. Rf8 Qc7 28. Bf1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Be7 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Nd2
O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. g4 Be6 11. Bf4 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Qb6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
a4 Rac8 16. Rc1 Nb8 17. Nb5 Na6 18. f3 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qd2 Bb4 21. Qd3
Ne8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Qc6 24. Qd1 Nac7 25. Na2 Be7 26. Qd2 Qb6 27. Nac3 h6
28. Kg2 Na6 29. Bg3 Qd8 30. f4 g6 31. Qe3 Ng7 32. h3 Nb4 33. Bf3 h5 34. Qe2 Qd7
35. Nd1 hxg4 36. hxg4 Qc6 37. Be1 b6 38. Ne3 Qd7 39. Qd2 Ne8 40. Qe2 Ng7 41.
Bd2 Nc6 42. Kf1 Bb4 43. Bc3 Bxc3 44. bxc3 Ne7 45. Ke1 Qc8 46. Kd2 Qb8 47. Ng2
f6 48. Kc2 Kf7 49. Kb2 Bd7 50. Ne3 Bc6 51. Qg2 Bxb5 52. Bxd5+ Ke8 53. Qh2 Qd6
54. axb5 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1
Bf8 9. Bf1 g6 10. Rb1 a5 11. b3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. f3 c6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4
g5 16. Bf2 Nh5 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. g3 Qg6 19. Bg2 Nf6 20. g4 Nfd7 21. Rbd1 Ne5 22.
Qc2 a4 23. b4 Na6 24. Qxa4 Nxc4 25. Qb3 Ne5 26. a3 Nc7 27. Bg3 Qf6 28. Rf1 Be6
29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. Qxe6 Nxe6 31. a4 Nc4 32. Rc1 Bg7 33. Rfd1 Bd4+ 34. Bf2 Be5
35. Rc2 Na3 36. Rcc1 Bf4 37. Ra1 Nc2 38. Rab1 Be5 39. Rdc1 Ned4 40. Rb2 Na3 41.
Ra2 Nc4 42. Kh1 b5 43. h3 Reb8 44. a5 Nb3 45. Rcc2 Nbxa5 46. Nxb5 cxb5 47. bxa5
b4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qe3 a6 12. h3 Re8 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Rab1 Ba8
15. a4 Rc5 16. Ba3 Rc8 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Qc7 19. g4 h6 20. Qf3 Ne5 21. Qf4
Qb7 22. Ne3 Nh7 23. Qe4 Qb8 24. Bb2 Ng5 25. Qg2 Ne6 26. Ned5 Nd7 27. e3 Nec5
28. Ba1 Qa8 29. h4 Qc6 30. g5 h5 31. Nf4 Ne5 32. Qxc6 Rxc6 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Ncd5
Rb8 35. Ne2 Rcc8 36. Bd4 Rb7 37. Nec3 Rcb8 38. f4 Ng4 39. Bxg7+ Kxg7 40. Kf3
Re8 41. b4 Nd7 42. a5 bxa5 43. bxa5 Ra7 44. Ne4 Kf8 45. Nb6 Nb8 46. c5 dxc5 47.
Rbc1 f5 48. Nxc5 e5 49. Ncd7+ Nxd7 50. Rxd7 Rxd7 51. Nxd7+ Kf7 52. Rc7 Re7 53.
fxe5 Ke8 54. Nf6+ Kf7 55. Rxe7+ Kxe7 56. Nd5+ Kd7 57. Kf4 Nf2 58. Nb4 Ke6 59.
Kf3 Ng4 60. Nxa6 Nxe5+ 61. Ke2 Nc4 62. Nc5+ Kd6 63. Nd3 Kc6 64. Nf4 Ne5 65. e4
fxe4 66. Ke3 Nc4+ 67. Kxe4 Nxa5 68. Nxg6 Kd6 69. Nf4 Nc4 70. Nxh5 Nd2+ 71. Kf4
Ke6 72. Ng3 Nc4 73. h5 Ne5 74. Ne4 Nd3+ 75. Ke3 Ne5 76. Ng3 Nc4+ 77. Ke4 Ne5
78. Ne2 Nc4 79. Kf4 Kf7 80. Ng3 Ke6 81. Nf5 Kf7 82. g6+ Kg8 83. h6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. h3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 b6 11. g4 Qd5 12. Bg2 Qxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. O-O
Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Ne7 16. b4 Ne8 17. b5 Ng6 18. Bb4 Nf4 19. Bf1 Nd3 20. exd3 Bxf3
21. Be7 f6 22. Ra4 Kf7 23. Ba3 Rd8 24. Kh2 Rd7 25. Kg3 Bb7 26. Kf4 a6 27. bxa6
Rxa6 28. Rxa6 Bxa6 29. Ke3 Bb7 30. Be2 Bd5 31. Bb4 Rd8 32. h4 Ra8 33. f4 c6 34.
h5 Nc7 35. g5 Nb5 36. h6 g6 37. Bd1 f5 38. Be1 Ke8 39. Bb4 Kd7 40. Bc2 Nc7 41.
Kd2 Nb5 42. Bc3 Nc7 43. Bd1 Nb5 44. Kc2 Nc7 45. Kd2 Nb5 46. Be2 Nc7 47. Ke3 Nb5
48. Bd1 Nc7 49. Bd2 Nb5 50. b3 Nc7 51. Rc4 Ra1 52. Be2 b5 53. Rc1 Rxc1 54. Bxc1
Bxb3 55. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2013.09.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.09.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Bf4 Bf6 14. h3
c6 15. Nh2 Bg5 16. Be5 b6 17. Qg3 Nc4 18. Nf3 Bh6 19. Re2 f6 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21.
Qxf4 Qd7 22. Rbe1 Rae8 23. h4 h5 24. Kf1 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Re8 26. Ng1 a5 27. f3
Rxe2 28. Nxe2 Qe7 29. Kf2 Nb2 30. Ke1 Qe8 31. Qc1 Nc4 32. Kf2 Qg6 33. Nf4 Qf5
34. Nd3 Kh7 35. Qe1 Na3 36. Qd2 Nb5 37. Kg1 Kg8 38. Qe1 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2013.09.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.09.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao"]
[BlackTeam "Extremadura"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Bg6 7. O-O Nf5 8. Nbd2
c5 9. Nb3 c4 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. f4 f6 14. f5 Bf7 15. Kh1
fxe5 16. Nf3 Qd8 17. dxe5 Be7 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. b3 O-O 20. bxc4 Nxe5 21. fxe6
Bxe6 22. Nxe6 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Qxe6 24. Bg2 Qxg4 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Qxg4 Nxg4 27.
Rb1 Rf8 28. Rxb7 Bd6 29. Rxa7 Rf1+ 30. Kg2 Rf2+ 31. Kh3 h5 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33.
Be4+ g6 34. Ra7+ Kg8 35. Kh4 Kf8 36. h3 Ne5 37. Kg5 Rf1 38. Bf4 Nxc4 39. Bxd6+
Nxd6 40. Bxg6 Rf3 41. Rd7 Nc4 42. Bxh5 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2013.09.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Almagro Llamas, Pablo"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2013.09.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Atocha VTI"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 e6 8. e3
Nf6 9. Rc1 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Ba6 Qc7 15.
Ne5 Qb8 16. f4 Na5 17. Bd3 Nb3 18. Rc2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Rc7 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Qe2
g6 22. Nd1 Ne4 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qb5 Kg7 27. Qc4
Qxc4 28. Nxc4 f6 29. Nc3 Ba6 30. Nd2 f5 31. Kf2 Bd3 32. g3 Kf7 33. Nb3 Ke8 34.
Ke1 Kd7 35. Nc1 Bc4 36. Kd2 Kc6 37. Kc2 b5 38. Nb3 Bd3+ 39. Kd2 b4 40. axb4
Bxb4 41. Kd1 h6 42. Na2 Be7 43. Kd2 Kb5 44. Nc5 Bxc5 45. dxc5 Bc4 46. c6 Kxc6
47. Nb4+ Kc5 48. Kc3 a6 49. Nc2 Bd3 50. Nd4 Kd6 51. h4 e5 52. fxe5+ Kxe5 53.
Kb4 g5 54. hxg5 hxg5 55. Kc5 Bb5 56. b3 f4 57. gxf4+ gxf4 58. exf4+ Kxf4 59.
Kb4 e3 60. Kc3 Ke4 61. Nc2 e2 62. Kd2 a5 63. Ne1 Ba6 64. Nc2 Bb5 65. Ne1 Kd4
66. Nc2+ Kc5 67. Ke3 Kd5 68. Kd2 Ba6 69. Ke3 Ke5 70. Kd2 Ke4 71. Ne1 Kf4 72.
Nc2 Ke5 73. Ke3 Kd5 74. Kd2 Kc5 75. Ke3 e1=Q+ 76. Nxe1 Kb4 77. Kd2 Kxb3 78. Kc1
a4 79. Kb1 Bb7 80. Ka1 Bd5 81. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2013.09.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2013.09.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao"]
[BlackTeam "Solvay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Ne5 Nd4 11. e3 Nf5 12. Qc2 Rb8 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Nef3 e5 15. a4
a5 16. Ne4 b6 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Rad1 Ne7 19. Nb5 Nc6 20. h4 Nb4 21. Qe2 Qe7 22.
h5 Rbd8 23. Nh4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nb8 25. e4 N8c6 26. Rh1 Rd7 27. Nc3 Nd4 28. Qe3
g5 29. h6 Bxh6 30. g4 Bg7 31. Nf5 Nxf5 32. gxf5 f6 33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. exd5 Qe8
35. Qh3 h6 36. Ra1 Rff7 37. Qh5 Rfe7 38. f3 Bf8 39. Bc3 Rd6 40. Kg3 Qxh5 41.
Rxh5 Ra7 42. Rh2 Kg7 43. Rah1 Kh7 44. Kg4 Ra8 45. Kh5 Kg7 46. Bd2 Be7 47. Re2
Kf7 48. Rhe1 Bf8 49. Be3 Rc8 50. Rb1 Be7 51. Reb2 Bd8 52. Kxh6 Bc7 53. Kh5 Rh8+
54. Kg4 Rh4+ 55. Kg3 e4 56. f4 exd3 57. Bxc5 Rd8 58. d6 Bxd6 59. Bxd6 Rxd6 60.
c5 bxc5 61. Rb7+ Ke8 62. Re1+ Kd8 63. Ree7 d2 64. Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2013.09.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2013.09.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Colon Sabadell"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. d3 a5 7. Nxe5 d6 8. Nf3
Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Bg4 10. Qg3 b5 11. Nxb5 cxb5 12. Bxb5+ Bd7 13. Bc4 Nh5 14. Qf3
Nf6 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qf3 Nf6 17. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.09.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao"]
[BlackTeam "Equigoma"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. f3 a4 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Rc2 Nd7 14. Nd5 Re8 15.
O-O Nc5 16. Rd1 f5 17. Bg5 Kf7 18. Qe3 Be6 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Rcd2 Be6 21. Qf4+
Bf5 22. Qh4 Qd8 23. Bf1 h6 24. Be3 Rc8 25. Re1 g5 26. Qf2 e6 27. Nc3 Bxc3 28.
bxc3 Qe7 29. Red1 Red8 30. h4 gxh4 31. Rd4 h3 32. g4 e5 33. R4d2 Be6 34. Bxh3
h5 35. Bg2 hxg4 36. fxg4+ Kg7 37. g5 Qf7 38. Qg3 Nd7 39. Rxd6 Rxc4 40. g6 Qf5
41. Rf1 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2013.09.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2013.09.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barcelona Escola Escacs"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 c5 4. c4 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Nc6
9. Nc3 h6 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nd5 Qd7 12. Nc2 Bh3 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ne3 Bg7 15.
Nd5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 f5 17. e4 f4 18. f3 h5 19. Rg1 Kh7 20. Kh1 fxg3 21. Rxg3 Ne7
22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Bc1 Bf6 24. Qd2 Qg7 25. Qg2 Bh4 26. Rh3 g5 27. Be3 Qf6 28.
Rg1 Rg8 29. Bf2 Raf8 30. Qf1 Rg6 31. Bxh4 gxh4 32. Rxg6 Kxg6 33. Qf2 Kh6 34. f4
exf4 35. Rf3 Qa1+ 36. Kg2 Qg7+ 37. Kh1 Qg5 38. h3 Rf6 39. Qd2 Kg7 40. Kh2 Rg6
41. Qf2 Qg3+ 42. Kh1 Qxf2 43. Rxf2 Rg3 44. Rxf4 Rxh3+ 45. Kg2 Rxd3 46. e5 h3+
47. Kh2 dxe5 48. Rf5 Re3 49. Rxh5 Kg6 50. Rh8 Kf5 51. Rh7 Re2+ 52. Kxh3 Rxa2
53. Rxb7 Ke4 54. b4 Rb2 55. b5 Kd4 56. Rxa7 Kxc4 57. Re7 Rxb5 58. Rxe5 Kd4 0-1

[Event "NED-chT 1314"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2013.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.09.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Calder HMC"]
[BlackTeam "En Passant"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qf4 13. Qf3 Qxf3 14. Nxf3
b6 15. a4 a5 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Bd4 Bc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Be2 Rd5
21. f4 Kf8 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. Rd1 Be4 24. Bd3 Bb7 25. Bb5 Be4 26. Bd3 Bb7 27.
Bb5 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 1314"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2014.04.12"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.09.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "En Passant"]
[BlackTeam "Apeldoorn"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6
8. f3 Bc5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nc2 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Nb5 Ke7 14.
Nxc7 Rac8 15. Nb5 Rc5 16. Nd4 g6 17. Be2 h5 18. Kb1 Rd8 19. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1
fxe6 21. Rc1 b5 22. b3 h4 23. bxc4 b4 24. Kb2 Nc6 25. Ra1 Ra5 26. Nc2 Nd7 27.
a3 bxa3+ 28. Nxa3 Nc5 29. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 (8... Qb6 {is another option, but normally after the exchange of queens
White can achieve a slight pull without any risk.}) 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 ({
A few rounds later Giri played another game in this line:} 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11.
O-O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 a6 14. Kb1 c5 15. dxc5 Nbd7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17.
Bxe4 Nxc5 18. Qc3 Bf6 19. Qc2 Rc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (43) Wang Hao (2736)-Giri,A 
(2737) Elancourt FRA 2013}) 10... O-O 11. Rc1 Qd7 $1 $146 {Normally this
square belongs to the queenside knight, but Black needs to move his queen away
from the x-ray of White's rook.} (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bd3
a6 15. g4 $2 (15. a4 $14 {White must fight against the strike c6-c5.}) 15... c5
16. dxc5 Nbd7 $15 {1/2-1/2 (20) Bacrot,E (2705)-Magem Badals,J (2470) Evry 2008
}) 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bh3 $6 {It makes sense to pin the e-pawn in order to
prevent the advance e6-e5. However, Black still has the idea c6-c5 at his
disposal and after opening up the position the bishop on h3 may become out of
play.} (13. Be2 {is more natural.} dxc4 14. Qxc4 Rd8 15. Nb1 $1 {At first
sight it's strange to move the knight back to its initial square, but it's
really important for White to fight against the advance c6-c5, and, at the
same time to protect the Bd2.} (15. Rd1 b5 16. Qb3 a6 17. a4 b4 18. Ne4 Nxe4
19. fxe4 c5 $132) (15. b4 $2 e5 $17) (15. Kf2 c5 16. Rhd1 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4
18. exd4 Nc6 19. Be3 Nb4 $11) 15... Na6 16. Qa4 Nc7 17. O-O {I don't claim
that White is better, but as long as he has space superiority, he keeps some
pressure.}) 13... dxc4 14. Qxc4 Rd8 {Now Black is threatening c6-c5. Actually,
it was also possible to play it immediately.} (14... c5 15. dxc5 Rd8 16. Rd1
Qc6 17. O-O Bxc5 $11) 15. b4 (15. Rd1 Na6 16. O-O c5 $11) (15. Nb1 $6 {Now
this idea is not very good as the light squared bishop is away from the
queenside.} Na6 16. Qa4 c5 $11) 15... a5 16. b5 Bb4 {[%csl Rb5]} 17. bxc6 bxc6
(17... Nxc6 18. O-O (18. Kf2 Rac8 19. Qb5 Qd6 $15) 18... Rac8 19. Qe2 Nd5 $132)
18. Na4 $6 {White doesn't have time to castle, but it was preferable to
simplify the position by 18.Ne4. Basically, Black is the side that is looking
for chances to exert pressure.} (18. Ne4 Qe7 19. O-O Nbd7 20. Rfd1 c5 $11) (18.
O-O $6 c5 $15) 18... Qe7 (18... Qa7 $1 {The queen is well placed here,
pressing along the diagonal a7-g1:} 19. Rc2 Na6 20. Ke2 (20. O-O c5 $15) 20...
c5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. dxc5 Nd5 $17) 19. Rc2 Nbd7 20. Kf2 Nd5 $6 {
It was preferable to swap bishops.} (20... Bxd2 21. Rxd2 c5 22. Rhd1 cxd4 23.
Qxd4 Rdb8 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Rb4 26. R6d4 $11) 21. Bc1 $1 ({The pawn is
untouchable:} 21. Qxc6 $4 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Qa3 23. Re1 Nb4 24. Qb5 Rab8 25. Qxa5
Ra8 $19) 21... Rab8 22. e4 (22. Qxc6 $2 {is bad again, but the variations are
more complicated:} Qe8 $1 {[%cal Gd8c8]} 23. Qc4 Rdc8 24. Qe2 (24. Qd3 $2 Ne5
$1 25. dxe5 Be1+ $1 26. Rxe1 Nb4 27. Qd6 Rxc2+ 28. Kg1 Rc6 29. Qd1 Rd8 30. Qb3
Nd3 $19) 24... Ne5 $1 {[%csl Ra4]} 25. Nc5 (25. dxe5 $2 Qxa4 26. Rb2 Nc3 27.
Qd3 Rd8 28. Qc2 Rbc8 29. Qxa4 Nxa4 30. Re2 Nc3 31. Ree1 Nxa2 $19) 25... Bxc5
26. dxc5 Qa4 $17) 22... N5b6 23. Nxb6 Nxb6 24. Qa6 Rxd4 $1 {This is an
exchange sacrifice - the best decision.} 25. Be3 c5 (25... Qd6 26. Bxd4 Qxd4+
27. Kg2 c5 $44) 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rhc1 Bc3 $44 28. Rb1 Qd8 $2 {Wrong square.
It was important to put the queen on the c-file, creating a threat along the
way.} (28... Qc7 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc3e1]} 29. Kg1 Nc4 30. Rxb8+ Qxb8 31. Bf1
Ne3 32. Rf2 Nd1 $11) 29. Bf1 {Now White is just in time to consolidate his
forces and the extra exchange becomes a serious factor.} Nd7 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31.
Qb5 Qc7 32. Bd3 Ne5 33. Ke2 Kh7 ({Here and on the next few moves it was
logical to play} 33... g5 {Later on if White plays f3-f4, his king will become
vulnerable.}) 34. Rc1 Qd6 35. Rb1 Bb4 36. Rc1 Bc3 37. Rb1 Bb4 38. f4 Nd7 (38...
Nxd3 39. Kxd3 f5 40. Rb3 fxe4+ 41. Kxe4 {The king is pretty safe in the centre
of the board! Still, it was the lesser evil for Black.}) 39. Rc1 $2 (39. h4 $1
$18 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 39... Bc3 $2 {Missing a chance in time-trouble.} ({After} 
39... Nc5 40. h4 e5 {matters could become very unclear.} 41. Qe8 exf4 42. Qxf7
Qe5 $132) 40. Rb1 Bb4 41. h4 {After the time-control is passed, Boris could
figure out the right path to victory.} e5 42. Qd5 exf4 $6 {After the exchange
of queens Black is completely lost.} ({It was more resilient was to keep the
queens on the board:} 42... Qe7 43. h5 (43. a3 Bd6) 43... g5) 43. Qxd6 Bxd6 44.
gxf4 Bxf4 45. Rb5 Ne5 46. Rxa5 f6 47. a4 {This passed pawn decides the game
easily.} g5 48. hxg5 fxg5 49. Rb5 g4 50. a5 g3 51. a6 Nxd3 52. Kxd3 g2 53. Rb1
Bb8 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6.
dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:
00:37]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11.
Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 12. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O-O {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 13. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. g3 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} Kb8 $146 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 15. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Rhe8 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} 16. Bd5 {[%emt 0:20:32]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. Qg5 {[%emt 0:
02:13]} f6 {[%emt 0:08:40]} 18. Qh4 {[%emt 0:05:55]} h6 $11 {[%emt 0:01:16]
Ponomariov was unable to obtain much against Giri's Petroff. The bishop
against knight duel really didn't favor the bishop. At least some credit has
to be given to Ponomariov as he refused a repetition in an equal position to
try to play for more. Even though he wasn't able to push through in the end it
is refreshing that at least one player wanted to play chess today.} 19. Rd2 {
[%emt 0:10:40]} Re7 {[%emt 0:06:02]} 20. b3 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 21. Kb2 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:35]} 22. Qb4 {[%emt 0:03:07]} Nc6
{[%emt 0:00:09]} 23. Qf4 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 24. Qb4 {
[%emt 0:02:36]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 26. h3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} c6 {[%emt 0:07:18]} 27. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qc7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. c4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 29. Qf5 {[%emt 0:
14:52]} Qb6 $1 {[%emt 0:06:16][%cal Gb6c5,Gc5f5]} 30. Rhd1 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Qc5
$132 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 31. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:06:17]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 32. h4 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 33. Bh3 {[%emt 0:07:37]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 34. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Nxd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. a4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} a5
{[%emt 0:03:23]} 36. Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 37. Kc1 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 38. c3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:32]
} 39. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} f5 {[%emt 0:08:14]} 40. h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} gxh5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rh1 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. Bxf5 {
[%emt 0:02:38]} Nxf2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 43. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:
03:20]} 44. Rh2 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 45. Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 46. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. Kc2 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 48. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 49. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 50. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:09] Giri was unable to breach
Tomashevsky's Spanish set-up. The Russian has shown to be unbelievably solid
in this opening and he obtained an easy draw again today.} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Ba4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 9. d3 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} d5 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 10. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11.
Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:04:26]} 12. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Na5 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} 13. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} exf4 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 14. d4 {
[%emt 0:01:32]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:30:49]} 15. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qd7 $146 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} (15... Re8 16. Qd3 f5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. dxc5 Qg6
20. Re1 Rf8 21. Re7 Be4 22. Qd1 c6 23. b4 Bd5 24. c3 h6 25. Kh2 Rf7 26. Rxf7
Qxf7 27. Ne5 Qe7 28. Qd4 Qg5 29. Nf3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Qh4 31. b3 Kh7 32. c4 Kg8
33. Kg2 Qg5+ 34. Kf1 Qh5 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Ke2 Qf7 37. Qd4 Qe7+ 38. Kf1 g5 39.
Qd6 Qe8 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Qc7+ Kg6 42. Qd6+ Kg7 43. h4 Qc8 44. Qe7+ Kg6 45. h5+ {
Topalov,V (2752)-Svidler,P (2749) Astana 2012 1-0 (101)}) 16. Qd3 {[%emt 0:08:
30]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 17. c4 {[%emt 0:22:30]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:14:43]} 18. Nc3
{[%emt 0:10:06]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:10:51]} 19. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 20. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 21. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:39]
} Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 22. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 23. Re4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 {An
over-ambitious move. White does not give up the standard plan based on c2-c3,
d2-d4 and Nb1-d2-f1(-e3-d5) at all. He actually aims to carry it out with a
gain of two tempi!. Indeed, Nc3-d5 is a much shorter route and then c3 and d4
might follow anyway. On the other hand, Nf1-e3 and especially Ne3-d5 are by
far not the only possibilities in the classical Ruy Lopez. The knight usually
goes to g3. Or if it gets to e3, it chooses the moment of moving to d5 with
greater care.} O-O 8. d3 h6 {A good prophylactic move.} (8... Bb7 {defines
Black's intentions on the queenside a bit too soon, allowing} 9. a4 (9. Bg5 h6
10. Bh4 {is not dangerous because of} Be7) 9... b4 (9... Na5 10. axb5 (10. Nxe5
Nxb3 11. cxb3 b4 {1/2 Polgar,J (2645)-Adams,M (2665)/Linares 1997/CBM 057/
[Psakhis,L] (25)}) 10... Nxb3 11. cxb3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxe5 d5 14. Bg5
Be7 15. Nxb5 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bxe4 17. Re1 (17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Re1 {1/2 Kasparov,G 
(2825)-Shirov,A (2710)/Linares 1998/CBM 064/[Wedberg] (22)}) 17... Qxd1 18.
Rxd1 Rb8 {1/2 Anand,V (2770)-Shirov,A (2710)/Linares 1998/CBM 064/[Wedberg] 
(44)}) 10. Nd5 (10. Ne2 d5 {1-0 Adams,M (2640)-Tomorhuyag,N (2305)/Moscow 1994/
CBM 044 ext/[Gagarin] (29)}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxd5 d6 12. a5 Rb8 13. c3 (13. Be3
Bxe3 14. fxe3 Ne7 15. Bb3 Ng6 16. Qe1 {1/2 Adams,M (2680)-Emms,J (2530)/Hove
1997/CBM 061/[Hecht] (48)}) 13... bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne7 15. Bc4 {1/2 Short,N (2640)
-Onischuk,A (2585)/Wijk aan Zee 1995/CBM 045/[Konikowski] (77)}) ({Or if} 8...
d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 {it would be not easy to rid himself of the pin, since} g5
11. Nxg5 {is devastating with the knight on c3.}) 9. Nd5 d6 10. c3 Rb8 {
Black remains flexible.} ({The hurried bishop development} 10... Bb7 {once
again causes some micro-problems after} 11. a4 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5
14. Qb3 b4 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qe7 18. Qc2 Nd8 19. Rfb1 c6 20.
Bc4 $14 {with an enduring white initiative, Asrian,K (2602)-Fontaine,R (2537)/
Moscow 2005/CBM 106 (1-0, 34)}) 11. d4 (11. Ne3 {as played in Lahno,K (2500)
-Carlsen,M (2625)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111/[Mikhalevski,V] (0-1, 31) does not
make so much sense if we think of White's philosophy of saving two tempi.})
11... Ba7 12. Be3 {Black has played flexibly so far, but now he has to release
the tension in the centre somehow, since the a7-bishop is sort of hanging.}
Nxd5 $146 ({Keeping the tension does not work, for instance:} 12... Re8 $2 13.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bd5 exd4 (14... Bd7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. dxe5 $18) 15. Bxc6 dxe3
16. Bxe8 $18) (12... exd4 13. Nxd4 (13. cxd4 $5) 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15.
Qxd4 c5 16. Nxf6+ Kh8 17. Qe3 Qxf6 18. Rad1 Bb7 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Qf2 a5 21. Bd5
$14 {[%csl Gd5,Gd6] Asrian,K (2611)-Yegiazarian,A (2534)/Yerevan 2005/CBM 107 
(1-0, 52)}) (12... Nxe4 13. Re1 Nf6 (13... exd4 14. Bxd4 $36 {leaves Black
hanging}) 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bxa7 Nxa7 17. Nxe5 Nc6 18. Qh5 Nxe5
19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Bb7 {Akopian,V (2698)-Harikrishna,P (2650)/Sochi 2007/
CBM 118 (1/2, 25)} 21. Rae1 $5 $14 {Giri chose a third (and new) way of
releasing the tension.}) 13. Bxd5 Ne7 14. dxe5 {Dominguez confessed that he
did not really believe that Black could play this way, so he did not hesitate
too much (seven minutes only) before grabbing the pawn} ({Otherwise, he might
have chosen the solid.} 14. Bb3) 14... Bxe3 15. fxe3 Nxd5 16. exd5 {But on
this move he spent almost half an hour, having finaly understood that Giri's
preparation was entirely sound.} ({Actually,} 16. Qxd5 Bb7 {does not look like
a tempting alternative for White.}) 16... dxe5 17. Nxe5 {After another ten
minutes.} (17. e4 Qd6 {followed by either ...f5 or ...c6 leaves Black with
comfortable play.}) 17... Bb7 18. Qd4 (18. e4 Qe7 19. Qd4 Rfe8 20. Nd3 (20.
Nxf7 Qxe4) 20... Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Nc5 Re2 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25.
Kxf2 Rb6 $11) 18... Re8 $1 {The clearest way to equality. Black should not
hurry to retrieve the pawn,.} (18... Qxd5 $2 {is simply bad} 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20.
Nd7 $18) (18... Bxd5 {allows White to maintain some pressure with} 19. Rad1 Be6
20. Nc6 Qxd4 21. cxd4 Rbe8 22. b3) 19. Rad1 Qg5 {The most accurate move.} (
19... Qe7 {allows White to retain some initiative:} 20. Nd3 Qxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Rxe3
22. Nc5 Bc8 23. d6 $36) 20. Nc6 ({With the queen on g5,} 20. Nd3 $2 {is bad
already on account of} Bxd5) 20... Bxc6 21. dxc6 {So far, Giri had played very
quickly, but now he faced problems remembering his analysis. He was sure that
at some point there was a rook lift on the sixth rank, so after a bit more
than ten minutes he played:} Rb6 $2 ({As pointed out by Dominguez} 21... Rxe3 {
would have equalised. Giri feared} 22. Rfe1 {but Black seems to be OK:} Rxe1+ (
22... Rbe8 $2 23. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Rd7) 23. Rxe1 Qg6
24. Qd7 {and maybe it is only at this point that Giri had analysed the rook
lift} Rb6 $11) 22. Rf3 $1 $16 {It suddenly appears that the threat ...Rxc6 is
relative.} Rxc6 {After the blunder, Giri took more than an hour looking for a
way to get some saving chances.} ({He mentioned briefly} 22... h5 {, but there
are many ways to deal with it. One of them would be:} 23. Qd7 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7
25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Rd7 Rxd7 27. cxd7 Rd6 28. Rxf7 Kg6 29. d8=Q Rxd8 30. Rxc7 Rd1+
31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Rxb2 33. Rc6+ Kf7 34. Rxa6 $18) 23. Qd7 Rce6 24. Qxf7+ Kh7
25. Rg3 R8e7 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 27. Rxg5 hxg5 28. Kf2 {White is a pawn up, has the
better structure and controls the open d-file. The rest is a matter of pure
technique.} Kg6 29. Rd5 Rf6+ 30. Ke2 c6 31. Rc5 Kh5 32. e4 Kg4 33. Ke3 Re6 34.
h3+ Kh4 35. g3+ Kxh3 36. Rxg5 g6 37. e5 Kg2 38. Ke4 Kf2 39. Rg4 Kg2 40. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 ({The first time I saw the original queen manoeuvre from this game was
on my first participation in an Interzonal, a quarter of a century ago:} 1. c4
c5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 $5 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Nh3
$6 Na5 $1 9. Qf4 $5 d6 $15 {Ljubojevic,L (2625)-Adorjan,A (2540) Szirak 1987
CBM 003 [Ftacnik,L] (1/2, 49). I remember that until the end of the tournament
Adorjan was trying to convince Ljubojevic that Black had had an advantage...})
1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 $5 {
This way of capturing on d4 is typical for the 2...d6 Sicilians. In that case,
...Nb8-c6 can be met with Bb5, gaining time for the development. Here, White
does not have this resource, but the idea looks playable anyway.} (7. Nxd4 {
is played almost automatically.}) 7... Nc6 8. Qh4 Qa5 (8... d6 9. O-O Bg4 10.
Bh6 Bxf3 11. exf3 {is somewhat too simplistic to equalise completely.} Qb6 12.
b3 Qd4 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 Rab8 16. Rad1 Nc6 17. Rfe1 $14 {
Shengelia,D (2547)-Miroshnichenko,E (2667) Austria 2008 (1/2, 20)}) 9. O-O Qh5
(9... Ne5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Re8 13. d6 exd6 14. Rd1 $14 {
Van Wely,L (2585)-Giardelli,S (2445) Buenos Aires 1995 CBM 049 [Ribli] (1-0,
24)}) 10. Qxh5 Nxh5 $14 {This is a typical English Maroczy position, with the
important detail that the queens are missing. Logically, this allows both
sides to advance the kingside pawns somewhat more freely than with the queens
on the board. However, the essence of the position is the same: White has a
space advantage and the better chances! Black needs some effort to build up
his counterplay, but at the same time his position is quite solid and hard to
break.} 11. Bd2 $146 (11. Nd5 {Tobisch,J-Matthews,S Kingston 1997 (0-1, 50)})
11... d6 12. Rac1 Be6 13. b3 Nf6 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. Ne1 $1 {The start of an
effective regrouping. From d3, the knight will control several important
squares.} Bd7 16. Nd3 b6 17. h3 {The start of a gradual gaining of space.} Rab8
18. f4 Be8 19. e3 a6 ({Giri criticised this move and suggested} 19... Nd7 {
However, after} 20. b4 {it is not obvious how Black should continue.}) 20. g4
h6 ({Giri's point was that with the pawn on a6} 20... Nd7 $2 {runs into} 21.
Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Nb4 $16 {winning a pawn.}) 21. Rc2 {Preparing to double rooks on
the c-file, in anticipation of the thematic break ...b6-b5.} g5 $5 {An
interesting approach. There is not much to be done in the centre yet, so
Bacrot decides to undermine the white domination with the help of his knight
pawns. Between them, he must have considered the advance of the g-pawn as less
committal. This plan will gradually reduce White's advantage and would even
offer him the chance to go wrong...} (21... b5 {would offer White a clear plan
of reacting:} 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rdc1 e6 24. Ne2 Ne7 (24... d5 25. f5 $5 $36)
25. Nb4 (25. Bb4 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Ned5 27. Bxd6 Nxe3) 25... d5 26. Bc3 $14 {
Black has not improved his position too much. White is well regrouped and
controls all the important squares. In the long run, Black has to reckon with
a dangerous white passed a-pawn.}) 22. Ne2 {Another nice regrouping move.} e6 {
Creating the additional potential threat ...d6-d5.} 23. Bc3 b5 {The tension
has reached its highest point and White has to take a decision.} 24. Nb2 ({
Both players agreed that} 24. c5 {would have been best. Giri feared that it
would be too little. Indeed, Black gets some counterplay after} d5 25. b4 a5
26. a3 {it would be not easy to break Black's fortress.} gxf4 27. exf4 Ra8 {
but this would have been the way to play.}) 24... d5 $1 {Another black pawn
reaches the fifth rank. After four minutes of thinking, Giri thought that he
had found a tactical flaw in Black's play.} 25. fxg5 (25. cxd5 $2 {runs into}
Nxd5 ({Even better than} 25... Nb4 {as analysed during the press conference.})
26. Bxd5 (26. Bxg7 Nxe3 $1 $17) 26... Nb4 $1 27. Rcd2 Bxc3 28. Nxc3 Rxc3 $17) (
25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. cxd5 Nb4 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 $132) (25. c5 $1 {would still have
been best, but White's position would be less stable than in the similar line
above after} b4 26. Be1) 25... hxg5 26. Rf1 $2 (26. c5 $11 {would still be OK.}
) 26... bxc4 $1 {White is allowed to win a piece, but this would cause him to
lose coordination completely. At the same time, all Black's pieces are very
active and in full harmony with each other.} 27. Bxf6 ({Or if} 27. bxc4 Nb4 $1
28. Rd2 dxc4 29. Bxf6 (29. Rxf6 Nxa2) 29... Bxf6 30. Rxf6 c3 31. Nxc3 Rxc3 32.
Nd1 Ra3 33. Rff2 {as analysed during the press conferecnce,} Rc8 $17 {looks
the clearest way to paralyse White.}) 27... Bxf6 28. Rxf6 Nb4 29. Rd2 ({Or if} 
29. Rc1 Nxa2 30. Ra1 cxb3 {and the black pawns are unstoppable.}) 29... c3 30.
Nxc3 Rxc3 31. Nd1 Rc1 $17 {/-+ The material is equal, but Black has the better
structure and higher activity. Both white minor pieces are very passive.
Ironically, the knights that had made some very elegant moves in the first
phase of the queenless middlegame became sort of a major problem once the
position got opened!} 32. Kh2 (32. Rf1 Bb5 33. Re1 Nc2 $19) 32... Nxa2 33. Nf2
Nc3 {The rest is not too difficult.} 34. h4 gxh4 35. g5 Rxb3 36. g6 Kg7 37.
gxf7 Bxf7 38. Rf4 Bg6 39. e4 h3 40. Nxh3 Nxe4 41. Ra2 Bf5 42. Ng1 Rb8 43. Rh4
Ng5 44. Ra3 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Bf5
{[%emt 0:00:36]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. Nh4 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. f3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. Qb3
{[%emt 0:00:08]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 10. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]}
dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 13. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 14. Kb1 {[%emt 0:02:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:06]
} 15. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 16. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Nxe4
{[%emt 0:06:04]} 17. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 18. Qc3 {
[%emt 0:06:41]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 19. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 20. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:15]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:24]} 21. Bb4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Qe5
{[%emt 0:09:33]} 22. Bc3 {[%emt 0:27:06]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:06:39]} 23. Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:01:54]} Nxe4 $146 {[%emt 0:04:27] The Chinese player decided to repeat
a line that was seen in the game Karpov-Caruana from 2008. Giri was very
familiar with the variation, and it is little wonder that he was - it is known
that Giri and Caruana have used Chuchelov as a second in previous years. Wang
Hao did not provide any clear improvement on the aforementioned game and Giri
obtained equality without issues. White had no real chances in the resulting
rook endgame.} (23... gxf6 24. Bxg6 Nd7 25. Qe4 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qg8+
Kxg8 {1/2-1/2 (29) Karpov,A (2651)-Caruana,F (2640) Cap d'Agde 2008}) 24. Qxe4
{[%emt 0:00:08]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:
07:31]} 26. h4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 27. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:19]}
Qd6 {[%emt 0:04:51]} 28. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:08:51]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:05:33]} 29. Qxc6 {
[%emt 0:10:51]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. h5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:02:
21]} 31. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 32. Rhh1 {[%emt 0:03:35]}
Kf8 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 33. Rd7 {[%emt 0:11:48]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:15:54]} 34. Ra7 {
[%emt 0:03:15]} f5 {[%emt 0:05:31]} 35. a3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} R8c7 {[%emt 0:03:
56]} 36. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:11]}
Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 38. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 39. f4 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} exf4 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 40. exf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 41. Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 42. Rd5 {[%emt 0:03:32]}
Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 43. Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bf4 c5 {A very old line, played by top players
back in the 60s-70s.} 12. Nd2 {A very uncommon and hardly dangerous move.
White ousts Black's knight from e4 but his own knight will be passive on d2.
Practice has seen:} (12. dxc5 Ndxc5 (12... Nxc3 13. Rxc3 (13. bxc3 Nxc5 14. Be5
Re8 15. Re1 Ne4 16. Qa4 a6 17. c4 Bc5 $15 {0-1 (30) Uhlmann,W (2570)-Smyslov,V
(2620) Moscow 1971}) 13... bxc5 14. Ne5 (14. Qc1 Bf6 15. Rc2 Qe7 16. Bg5 Rfe8
17. Rd1 Rac8 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11 {0-1 (34) Livshits,R (2350)-Rozentalis,E (2610)
Montreal 1995}) 14... Nb6 15. Qc2 (15. Rc2 Re8 16. b3 Rc8 17. a4 {0-1 (36)
Garcia Padron,J (2435)-Gomez Esteban,J (2425) Mesa 1992} Bd6 18. Nd3 a5 $132)
15... Bf6 (15... Qc8 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. b3 (17. Bf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3g4]}) 17... d4
18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Rf3 Qd5 20. Nc4 Qe6 21. Bc7 Rd5 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. a4 Re8 $13
{1/2 (37) Postny,E (2651)-Alekseev,E (2725) Novi Sad 2009}) 16. h4 Re8 17. Re3
Bxe5 (17... Qc8 $142 $13 {[%cal Rd5d4]}) 18. Rxe5 Rxe5 19. Bxe5 Qe7 20. Bf4 Re8
21. Bf3 h6 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Qf5 Qe6 24. Qe5 Nd7 25. Qd6 $14 {1-0 (66)
Khairullin,I (2575)-Tomashevsky,E (2646) Serpukhov 2008}) 13. Nd4 (13. Be5 a5
14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Rfd1 Qe6 16. Qb1 Rac8 17. e3 Rfd8 18. Ne2 Qf5 19. Ned4 Qd7 20.
Ne2 Qf5 $11 {0-1 (40) Johannessen,L (2520)-Landa,K (2641) Schwetzingen GER 2013
}) 13... Bf6 14. Bh3 (14. Be3 Qd7 15. h4 Rfd8 16. Kh2 Qe8 17. b4 Ne6 18. Ncb5
Nxd4 19. Nxd4 {1-0 (31) Stahlberg,G-Tan Hiong Liong Beverwijk 1963} Rac8 $11) (
14. Ndb5 {1-0 (73) Villamayor,B (2447)-Juswanto,D (2465) Shenyang 1999} Nxc3 $1
15. Nxc3 $140 g5 $1 16. Bd2 d4 $132) (14. b4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Ne6 16. Qe5 Re8 17.
Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Bd2 f6 20. Qb2 Red8 21. Be3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {
1/2 (30) Mackensy,T-Kholmov,R (2445) Moscow 1991}) (14. Nxe4 $5 dxe4 15. Nf5)
14... Re8 15. Ncb5 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Qf6 17. b4 Ne6 18. Be3 Nd6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20.
f4 Rac8 21. Qd3 Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Bd4 Qe6 {1/2 (23) Lubczynski,R (2414)
-Rozentalis,E (2599) Karpacz 2008}) (12. Nxe4 {(another frequently played move)
} dxe4 13. Nd2 f5 (13... Nf6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nb3 Be7 16. Qxd8 (16. Rc7 Bd5
17. Nd4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rc3 Rac8 $11 {1/2 (31) Wellens,J (2340)-Merino
Araguas,C (2360) ICCF 1996}) 16... Rfxd8 (16... Bxd8 17. Nd4 $1 Re8 18. Nf5 Bd5
19. a3 a5 20. Rfd1 a4 21. Nd6 $16 {1-0 (42) Dzindzichashvili,R-Furman,S Gori
1971 EXT 1999 [ChessBase]}) 17. Rc7 Rd7 18. Rfc1 Bd8 19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Nd4 Nc5
21. b4 (21. Nf5 $142 $14) 21... Ne6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. a3 a6 24. Be5 b5 25. Bd4
{1/2 (25) Adamski,J (2425)-Spassov,L (2460) Warsaw 1983}) 14. b4 (14. Nb3 Bd5
15. dxc5 {1/2 (15) Kortschnoj,V (2640)-Polugaevsky,L (2645) Moscow 1972}) (14.
Nc4 Nf6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Nxd6 Qd7 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Qb3+ Qd5 (
19... Kh8 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. Qb5 g6 22. e3 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. h3 Kg7 25. Bf1
Rd7 26. Rc6 Rc7 27. Qc4 Rxc6 28. Qxc6 Qd7 $11 {1/2 (53) Sakaev,K (2640)
-Tomashevsky,E (2646) Moscow 2008}) 20. Qxd5+ Nxd5 21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. f3 Ne3 23.
Rxd8 Rxd8 24. fxe4 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 Rd2 26. exf5 Rxe2+ 27. Kh3 Rxb2 28. Rc8+ Kf7
29. Rc7+ Kf6 30. Rxa7 h5 $11 {1/2 (40) Grachev,B (2655)-Tomashevsky,E (2664)
Budva 2009}) 14... g5 $1 (14... Kh8 15. dxc5 (15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Nc4 cxd4 17.
Qxd4 Nb6 18. Qxd8 Bxd8 19. Nd6 Bd5 20. Rc2 Be7 21. Rfc1 Rad8 22. Nb5 $14 {
1/2 (44) Meier,G (2663)-Anisimov,P (2519) Rijeka 2010}) 15... bxc5 16. Nc4 Ba6
17. bxc5 (17. Ne3 $1 cxb4 18. Nd5 $36) 17... Nxc5 18. Bd6 Rc8 $11 {1/2 (28)
Riazantsev,A (2661)-Tomashevsky,E (2708) Moscow 2009}) 15. dxc5 gxf4 16. c6 Ba6
17. b5 Nc5 18. bxa6 fxg3 19. hxg3 Qd6 20. e3 Rad8 21. Nb3 Qxc6 $11 {1/2 (32)
Andreikin,D (2705)-Tomashevsky,E (2710) Saratov 2011}) ({Other, rarely tested
continuations:} 12. Qa4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 (13. Rxc3 Nf6 $5) 13... a6 14. c4 dxc4
15. Qxc4 Rc8 16. d5 b5 17. Qc2 g5 18. d6 gxf4 19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Ng5 Qxg5 21.
Bxb7 Rc7 22. Bxa6 c4 $132 {1/2 (31) Shulman,Y (2632)-Ivanov,A (2516)
Philadelphia 2009}) (12. Ne5 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Bf6 14. e3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Re8 16.
Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxe5 {1/2 (17) Van Wely,L (2655)-Piket,J (2630) Monte Carlo
1997}) (12. Qb3 c4 13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 b5 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5
Qd7 $11 {1/2 (30) Nikolic,P (2515)-Farago,I (2535) Banja Luka 1981}) ({Two
following options deserve serious attention:} 12. Be3 $5 Ndf6 (12... Re8 $5)
13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Ne4 15. Rb3 Nxc5 16. Rc3 Bf6 17. Bd4 Ne4 18. Rc1 $14 {
1-0 (34) Arbakov,V (2471)-Zvereva,M (2254) St Petersburg 2000}) (12. Qc2 $5 Rc8
13. Rfd1 g5 $6 14. Be3 f5 15. dxc5 Ndxc5 16. Bd4 Ne6 17. Be5 Bc5 18. e3 $14 {
1-0 (41) Berg,K (2375)-Weill,R (2245) Sindelfingen 1984}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3
Rc8 (13... Nf6 {looks even more solid:} 14. dxc5 (14. Bg5 Rc8 15. e3 Qd7 16.
dxc5 bxc5 17. c4 d4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. exd4 cxd4 20. Re1 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22.
Ne4 Qc6 $11 {1/2 (32) Stein,L-Polugaevsky,L Kislovodsk 1972}) 14... Bxc5 15.
Nb3 Ba3 16. Rc2 Rc8 {1/2 (16) Petrosian,T (2640)-Karpov,A (2540) Moscow 1971})
14. Re1 Re8 15. e4 {This attempt to complicated matters is quite harmless.}
cxd4 16. cxd4 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Nf8 18. e5 Qd7 19. Qb1 Rc8 20. Be3 g6 21. h4 Qc6 {
Black has enough queenside counterplay against White's kingside attacking
attempts.} 22. Bh3 Ne6 23. Nf3 Qc2 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qb5 Rc6 $6 (25... Qc6 26.
Qf1 Qe8 {[%cal Yc8c4,Yc8c2] was more solid. After the text move White obtains
some chances.}) 26. Rc1 a6 27. Qf1 $6 (27. Rxc2 $5 axb5 28. Rxc6 Bxc6 29. Bg5
Bb4 30. Bd8 Ba5 {is hardly sufficient for a victory but White can torture
Black for a while in this ending. Instead, Anish Giri decides to continue his
kingside attack. Hardly a wise decision!}) 27... Qxa2 28. h5 Rxc1 (28... gxh5 {
was quite possible. If} 29. Bg5 {then Black can simply reject the offer to
trade the bishops:} Bf8 {White's counterplay could only be enough for a draw.})
29. Qxc1 Qc4 30. Qd1 a5 $2 {This looks like a blunder.} (30... gxh5 {was still
possible although White now had a forced draw:} 31. Ng5 Bxg5 32. Qxh5 (32. Bxg5
Bc6 $1 33. Qxh5 Qxd4) 32... Bxe3 33. Qe8+ $11) 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Qb1 $6 {
White goes for a line giving him an extra pawn.} (32. Nh4 $1 Bxh4 33. Qg4 {
(M.Golubev) was much stronger, e.g.} Qc8 34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qxh4
Qe8 37. Bh6 $1 Qf7 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Bg5 Ba6 $1 {(the only way to create
counterplay)} 40. Bf6 Be2 $1 41. Qh8+ Kg6 42. Qc8 $1 $16) 32... Kf7 33. Qxb6
Ba6 $1 34. Qxa5 {White has regained the sacrificed material with a profit but
Black creates counterplay against the opponent's king and secures a draw:} Qf1+
35. Kh2 Be2 36. Nd2 Qe1 37. Qc7 Bg4 38. Qb7 (38. Kg2 {can be met with} Bh3+ $1
{, and the king, to avoid mate, must go back to h2.}) 38... Qe2 39. Kg2 Qe1 40.
Qb8 ({In the event of} 40. Nf3 Bxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Qf1 {White can't make any
further progress since} 42. Bg5 $4 Qh1+ 43. Ke2 Qh5+ {loses a piece.}) 40...
Bh3+ 41. Kh2 Qd1 42. Qh8 Bf5 43. Kg2 Qh5 44. Qb8 {White avoids the exchange of
queens but soon he will offer it himself.} Bh3+ 45. Kg1 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Bf5 47.
Qb7 Ke8 48. Qc8+ Kf7 49. Qb7 Ke8 50. Qb5+ Kf7 51. Qf1 Qxf1 52. Nxf1 g5 53. f3
g4 54. Kg2 Kg6 55. fxg4 Bxg4 56. Nh2 Kf5 57. Nxg4 Kxg4 58. Bf2 Bf8 59. Be3 Be7
60. Bf2 Bf8 61. Be3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:01:
11]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 5. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:38]} 6. Nd5 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 7. Qf5 {[%emt 0:02:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:12:32]
} 8. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:12] In this somewhat strange
English opening Grischuk decided to quickly trade queens to cripple his
opponent's pawn structure. Giri seemed to have an ok position until he traded
his bishop for a knight on f3, which made his own knight on g6 much worse
because of the lack of access to e5. From then on White had a pleasant
advantage that kept growing until he reached a double rook endgame that was
clearly favorable to him. Grischuk converted with flawless technique in an
endgame that Giri had simply no activity} 9. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} gxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:05:03]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 11. b4 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 13.
b5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 14. d4 {[%emt 0:06:12]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:
04:00]} 15. a4 $146 {[%emt 0:21:47]} (15. h3 c6 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. O-O-O Bc7 18.
Nd2 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bb5 Re6 21. a4 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Rexa6 23. Kb1 exd4 24.
exd4 Rb8 25. Ka2 Nf4 26. Nb1 Rab6 27. Ba3 Bd6 28. Rd2 Bb4 {1/2-1/2 (28)
Gretarsson,H (2504)-Stefansson,H (2572) Reykjavik 2004}) 15... Bg4 {[%emt 0:12:
29]} 16. O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:44]} exd4 {[%emt 0:15:02]} 17. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:03:37]}
Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 18. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 19. gxf3
{[%emt 0:00:41]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 20. f4 {[%emt 0:14:11]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:05:
08]} 21. Bg2 {[%emt 0:04:03]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 22. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:36]}
Rf8 {[%emt 0:06:45]} 23. Rg1+ {[%emt 0:05:44]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Rdd1 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:04:52]} 25. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:07:55]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:
01:17]} 26. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:09:26]} 27. Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:56]
[%csl Rh7][%cal Gg3h3]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:11:31]} 28. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} (28. Rgh3
Rg1+ 29. Kb2 Rg8 30. Rxh7+ Kf8 31. Rh8 R1g2) 28... Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 29. Kd3
{[%emt 0:05:31]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 30. hxg3 $16 {[%emt 0:01:02][%csl Rc7,
Gd3,Rf6,Rf7,Rh7,Rh8][%cal Gd3e4,Ge4d5,Gd5c6]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Rxf5 {
[%emt 0:04:39]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:00]
} 33. gxh4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rh1
{[%emt 0:01:07]} 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 c5 (3... g6 {is more popular.}) 4. d5 e6 ({In the
event of} 4... g6 {White can play} 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O {transposes to the
King's Indian Sämisch Variation.}) 5. c4 exd5 6. cxd5 Be7 {The B is rather
passive here, it belongs to the long /^ in the Benoni.} (6... g6 7. Nc3 {
transposes to the A65 Benoni!}) 7. Bd3 (7. Ne2 O-O 8. Nec3 Nh5 9. f4 (9. g4 $2
{was a mistake, because of} Bh4+ 10. Ke2 Nf6 $17 {and the white K is really
bad, Black is better, Rustemov-Kramnik, ICC INT blitz 1999.}) 9... Nf6 10. Be2
{and White looks nicely placed.}) 7... O-O 8. Ne2 $146 {Novelty by Giri. This
is a very typical plan, when the white N is still on b1, White would like to
play Nec3 and then Nd2 followed by Nc4.} (8. Nc3 Re8 9. Nge2 {The N is not so
effective here.} a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Bc2 $5 (12. b3 Bd7 (12... Nxd3
13. Qxd3 Nd7 $13) 13. Be3 ({Now} 13. Bc2 {is allowing} b5 $1) 13... Rc8 14. a5
$5 (14. Bc2 b5 15. h3 b4 16. Na2 a5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Ng3 (18. Bd3 $2 {was too
optimistic, because of} Bf8 $1 {and suddenly White's central Ps are very weak,
Black is better, Antonic-Mitrovic, Belgrade 2008}) 18... c4 $132)) 12... Bd7
13. a5 $14 {and White has a comfortable position.}) 8... Nbd7 9. O-O (9. Nec3
Ne5 10. Be2 {looked more flexible.}) 9... Rb8 10. a4 (10. Nec3 a6 11. a4 {
- 10.a4}) 10... a6 (10... Ne5) 11. Nec3 $142 (11. Nbc3 {was also possible, but
I think the text move was more accurate.}) 11... Ne5 12. Be2 {Now the B has a
comfortable retreat keeping an eye on the vital f1-a6/^.} Ne8 {A typical
manoeuvre, Black prepares for f5.} 13. f4 Ng6 14. Na3 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nc4
Bf6 {Finally the B gets to the long diagonal, as in the real Benoni.} 17. Kh1
Bd4 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. Bf3 (19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Qd3 Qd7 ({or} 20... Qh4)) 19... g6 {
A useful move. Caruana frees the g7-square for his B.} ({After the natural} 
19... Nf6 {White can take one of Black's Bs with} 20. Nc2 ({or} 20. Ne2 Bxe3
21. Bxe3 Qd7) 20... Bxc2 21. Qxc2 {On the other hand Black can continue with}
Qd7 {followed by Nf5 and Black looks nicely placed.}) 20. Ne2 Bg7 21. Ra2 b5
22. axb5 axb5 23. b4 Qb6 24. Bb2 $6 {An inaccuracy.} ({Probably} 24. Ng3 {
was more accurate, but} c4 25. Ngxf5 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 {and the position is
very difficult.}) 24... Bxb2 25. Rxb2 c4 26. Qd2 Ra8 {Suddenly Black's
position became very active, now White has to play some exact moves.} 27. Nc3
Nc7 28. Re1 Rae8 (28... Bd3) 29. Be4 Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Nf5 31. Nxf5 Rxf5 (31...
gxf5 $1 {was stronger} 32. Nc3 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Qd4 34. Qg3+ Kf7 $36 {White's
pieces are out of play and the d5 P is also weak, so Black's chances are
better.}) 32. g4 $1 Rf7 33. Rbb1 {Giri played some exact moves and suddenly
Black has to face some threats after g5.} Qb8 34. g5 Qd8 $1 {Caruana finds the
best defence; he sacrifices an exchange.} 35. Nf6+ Rxf6 36. gxf6 Qxf6 37. Rxe8+
Nxe8 38. Qe3 Nc7 {Thanks to Black's activity, the d5 weakness and White's
problem with his K, Black has enough compensation.} 39. Re1 Nxd5 40. Qa7 Qf7
41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qxd6 Kh6 43. Qd8 Nxf4 44. Qh4+ Nh5 45. Qe4 Nf4 46. Rf1 g5 47.
Qf3 {The computer considers Black to have a slight advantage, but I think it
should be absolutely equal.} Qh5 48. Qa8 Ng6 49. Qc6 Qe2 50. Qg2 Qe6 51. Qf3
Qe7 52. Rg1 Nh4 53. Qd5 Qf6 54. Re1 Ng6 55. Qe4 Qf2 56. Qe3 Qf5 57. Qe4 Qf6 58.
Qg4 Qc6+ 59. Qg2 Qd7 60. Qf3 Qd2 61. Rd1 Qxb4 {Finally Black has won the 3rd P,
but now he can't avoid the perpetual checks.} 62. Qh3+ Nh4 63. Qe6+ Ng6 64.
Qh3+ Nh4 65. Qe6+ Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:04:15]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. Bd3
{[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. a3 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
13. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 14. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. Qc1 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:07:35]} 17. Qb2 $146 {[%emt 0:21:54]} (17. Bb5 Bd6
18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 a6 20. Qg5 Bg6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qg3 f6 23. Bf4 Qc4 24.
h3 c5 25. Be3 b6 26. Rac1 Qb5 27. d5 Qb3 28. d6 Rcd8 29. Bf4 Qxa3 30. Ra1 Rxe1+
31. Rxe1 Qb3 32. Qf3 Re8 33. Ra1 a5 34. Qc6 Qxc3 35. Rc1 Qd3 36. Qxb6 c4 37.
Qc7 Bf5 38. Qxa5 h6 39. Qc5 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 (39) Lang,M (2456)-Eilmes,D (2349)
ICCF email 2006}) 17... Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 18. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} cxd6 {
[%emt 0:01:01]} 19. Bb5 {[%emt 0:03:31]} d5 {[%emt 0:38:03]} 20. Ne5 {[%emt 0:
07:08]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 21. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:50]} f6 {[%emt 0:04:22]} 22.
Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 23. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxd3 {
[%emt 0:02:23]} 24. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:16] The Petroff landed the players in a truly
symmetrical position that was very much dead drawn from move 25.} 26. Rab1 {
[%emt 0:01:51]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 27. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} 28. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 29. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:02]
} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 31. Qd3 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 33. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. O-O Nxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8.
Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd7 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. g4 {[%emt 0:
02:19]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 12. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 13.
f4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} (13... b6 $5 {has been played by
Harikrishna.}) 14. Kf2 $146 {[%emt 0:00:57]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 15. f5 {
[%emt 0:04:10]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 16. c4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:32]
} 17. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 18. Nc3 {[%emt 0:05:30]} g6 {
[%emt 0:39:37]} 19. e6 {[%emt 0:05:53]} fxe6 20. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:10:34]} hxg4 $1
{[%emt 0:08:32] A very nice defensive move.'} (20... Rc8 {Romain Edouard} 21.
g5 gxf5 22. Nb5 Bf7 23. Nbxc7 Nd4 24. Nxf8 Rhxf8 25. Nb5 $16) 21. Nxc7 {
[%emt 0:03:01]} Bh6 $1 {[%emt 0:12:36]} 22. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:16:59]} (22. Bg3 $6
gxf5 $1 {is dubious for White will after}) (22. Bh2 $6 Be3+ $1 23. Kxe3 Rxh3+ {
Black is also alright, especially since} 24. Ke4 {is met by} gxf5+ 25. Kxf5
Nd4+ $1 $15) 22... Kxc7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 23. Bf4+ {[%emt 0:03:58]} Kb7 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 24. hxg4 {[%emt 0:08:00]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 25. g5 {
[%emt 0:06:43]} Rh4 $1 {[%emt 0:08:37] White seemed to be better, but actually
this move just draws by force.'} 26. Ne2 {[%emt 0:10:31]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:01:57]}
27. Rh1 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Rxh1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 28. Rxh1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxe2 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 29. Kxe2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nd4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Kd3 {
[%emt 0:07:03]} (30. Kf2 Ne6 31. Kf3 Rg8 {is a draw: White cannot breakthrough.
}) (30. Ke3 {seemed to me like the only chance, but is also a draw:} Re8+ 31.
Kf2 Re2+ (31... Ne6 $2 32. Re1 $16) 32. Kf1 (32. Kg3 Re4 $11) 32... Re4 (32...
Rxb2 $2 33. Rh7+ $16) 33. Rh4 (33. Rh7+ Ka6 34. Bb8 Nc6 35. Bd6 Rg4 $11) 33...
Nf3 34. Rh7+ Kc8 $1 (34... Ka6 $2 35. Bb8 $16) 35. g6 (35. Bc1 Rg4 $11) 35...
Rxf4 36. g7 Ne5+ $1 37. Kg2 Rg4+ 38. Kh3 Nxc4 $11) 30... Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:29]}
31. Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rd8+ {[%emt 0:02:49]} 32. Kc3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Rg8 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} 33. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 34. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 35. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
36. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Rf8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kb7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 38. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Rf8+ {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxd7 Qxd7 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 a6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5
Qc5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Qd2 b5 18. Rac1 Qa7 19. b4 bxc4 20. Rxc4 h5
21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. Rc7 Qb6 23. a4 Rab8 24. Re4 f6 25. g4 Rb7 26. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qd3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. b3 Rad8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a3 Qc7
15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Rdc1 Qb8 18. b4 Rfe8 19. b5 c5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
dxc5 Bxc5 22. Nxd5 Qe5 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Qf3 Rd2 25. Bf1 Red8 26. Qxb7 Bd4 27.
Rab1 Qf5 28. Qg2 Bb2 29. Re1 Qxb5 30. Qe4 Qc5 31. a4 f5 32. Qb7 Qb6 33. Qxb6
axb6 34. e3 Kg7 35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Bxe2 Rd2 37. Kf1 Rc2 38. Bd1 Rd2 39. Bf3 Rc2
40. Kg2 Rd2 41. Bc6 Kf6 42. h3 Ke7 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Bb7 Ke7 45. Ba6 Kf6 46. Bc4
Ke7 47. Bf1 Kf6 48. Ba6 Ke7 49. Bc4 Kf6 50. g4 fxg4+ 51. hxg4 Rc2 52. Bb3 Rd2
53. Rg1 Kg7 54. Bc4 Ba3 55. Rb1 Rc2 56. Be2 Rb2 57. Rd1 Be7 58. Rd7 Bh4 59. Rb7
Rb4 60. Bb5 Rb2 61. Be2 Rb4 62. Bb5 Rb2 63. g5 Bxg5 64. Bc4 Bh4 65. a5 Rb4 66.
Rxf7+ Kh6 67. a6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.02.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exf5 exf5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nb3 Qd6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. c3 b6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Re2 Rae8
15. Rae1 Rxe2 16. Rxe2 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Bxe8 18. Bb5 Qe6 19. Qd3 g5 20. Qe3 Qxe3
21. fxe3 Kf8 22. Kf2 Ke7 23. h3 h5 24. g3 g4 25. Ne1 h4 26. hxg4 fxg4 27. Ng2
Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. gxh4 g3+ 30. Kf3 Bh5+ 31. Kxg3 Be5+ 32. Kf2 c5 33. Be2
Bf7 34. Ne1 d4 35. exd4 cxd4 36. c4 d3 37. Nxd3 Bf6 38. b3 Bxh4+ 39. Kf1 Kd6
40. Bf3 Bg6 41. Ke2 Bxd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.02.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Belezky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qe7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Be2 Nh5 12. Nxe5 Nf6 13. Nf3 Nxe4 14. O-O Nxc3
15. Qxc3 Nd7 16. Nd4 Nf6 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Bf3 Qd8 19. Ne6 fxe6 20. dxe6 Bxe6
21. Rxe6 Rb8 22. Rae1 Rf7 23. h4 Kh8 24. h5 h6 25. Bd1 Ng8 26. Bc2 Qh4 27. g3
Qg4 28. Qd3 Nf6 29. Re8+ Rf8 30. R8e7 Rbc8 31. R1e6 Kg8 32. Kg2 Rf7 33. Rxf6
Rxf6 34. f3 Qg5 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Rd7 Ke8 37. Rxg7 Qd2+ 38. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.02.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Na3 c5 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4
8. Bxd4 e6 9. a3 b5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. e4 a6 12. f3 Bd6 13. Nd3 Bxh2 14. Bc3 Bg3+
15. Ke2 Rc8 16. Rh3 Bb8 17. Qe1 Rc4 18. Nf2 Ba7 19. Rd1 Qb6 20. Rd3 a5 21. Bxa5
Rc2+ 22. Kd1 Qc6 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. Bxc3 O-O 25. Nd3 Rc8 26. Qd2 Qc4 27. Bxf6
gxf6 28. Be2 Qd4 29. Rg3+ Kh8 30. Qh6 Rg8 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Qf4 Bc6 33. Qc7
Be8 34. Kc2 Qe3 35. Bd1 Qd4 36. Be2 Qe3 37. Bd1 Qd4 38. Qe7 Bc6 39. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.02.23"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

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 11. Ne2 Be7 12. Re1 Be6 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Bc8 15. Bf4 c5 16. Nb5 Bd8 17. e6 Bxe6 18. Rad1 Ke7 19. Nxc7 Bxc7 20. Bxc7
Rac8 21. Bd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.04.04"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4
Bb4 9. Bd3 Na5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nb3 Nc4
15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Na5 Bd7 17. Bd4 Rc8 18. Nxb7 Bc6 19. Na5 Bd5 20. Rb1 Kd7 21.
Ke2 f5 22. Rb6 g5 23. fxg5 Rhg8 24. Rg1 Rxg5 25. Rxa6 Rgg8 26. Rb6 Rb8 27. Rb4
f4 28. g3 fxg3 29. hxg3 Rxb4 30. cxb4 Nxg3+ 31. Kf2 Ne4+ 32. Ke1 Rxg1+ 33. Bxg1
Nc3 34. Bf2 Kc7 35. Bh4 Kb6 36. Kd2 Nb1+ 37. Ke3 Nxa3 38. c3 Kb5 39. Bg5 Nb1
40. Kd4 Na3 41. Ke3 Nb1 42. Kd4 h5 43. Bf6 Nd2 44. Ke3 Ne4 45. Kd4 Ng3 46. Ke3
h4 47. Kf4 Ne2+ 48. Kg4 Nxc3 49. Bxh4 Na2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.04.05"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kraemer, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "227"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin SF"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Rac8 13. Nde2 e6 14. Kh1 Qc7
15. Rb1 Rfd8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Nb4 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. b3 Qh5 20. Bg3 Qa5 21. Be1
Qc5 22. Qd2 Nc6 23. Nd5 exd5 24. cxd5 Qb6 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. b4 c5 27. Qe3 Qc6
28. Qa3 Nd7 29. Nf4 Re8 30. Qa2 Nb6 31. bxc5 Qxa4 32. Qb1 Nc4 33. cxd6 Nxd6 34.
Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Nd5 Kh7 36. Bg3 Nc4 37. Qb7 Rf8 38. h4 Qb5 39. Rb1 Qxb7 40. Rxb7
Be5 41. Bxe5 Nxe5 42. Ra7 h5 43. Rxa6 Kg7 44. Ra7 Rb8 45. Nf4 Nc6 46. Rc7 Nd8
47. Rd7 Kf8 48. Kh2 Ke8 49. Ra7 Kf8 50. Kg3 Rc8 51. Nd5 Kg7 52. Nf4 Kf6 53.
Ra6+ Kg7 54. Rd6 Nb7 55. Rd7 Nc5 56. Rd6 Rc7 57. Kh3 Ra7 58. Kh2 Rc7 59. Kg3
Ra7 60. Rc6 Nd7 61. Nd3 Ra3 62. Rd6 Nf8 63. Nf4 Ra7 64. Rc6 Rb7 65. Kf2 Rb2+
66. Kg3 Rb7 67. Rc8 Ra7 68. Re8 Rb7 69. Re5 Ra7 70. Kh3 Kf6 71. Rb5 Kg7 72. Rb8
Re7 73. Rb6 Ra7 74. Kg3 Nd7 75. Rc6 Nf8 76. Rc8 Re7 77. Nd5 Ra7 78. Nc7 Nd7 79.
Ne8+ Kf8 80. Nd6+ Ke7 81. Nb5 Rb7 82. Nc3 Nb6 83. Rc6 Kf8 84. Nb5 Nd7 85. Nd6
Ra7 86. Kf4 Kg7 87. Rc8 Nf6 88. g3 Re7 89. Ra8 Re6 90. Rd8 Re7 91. e5 Nd5+ 92.
Ke4 Nc3+ 93. Kd3 Rxe5 94. Kxc3 Re3+ 95. Kd4 Rxf3 96. Ne4 Rf1 97. Ke3 Rf5 98.
Rd7 Kf8 99. Rd8+ Kg7 100. Nd6 Re5+ 101. Kf3 Re7 102. Kf4 Re1 103. Rd7 Rf1+ 104.
Ke4 Kf8 105. Ke3 Rf6 106. Ke2 Re6+ 107. Kf2 Rf6+ 108. Kg1 Rf3 109. Kg2 Rf6 110.
Ne4 Rf5 111. Rc7 Kg8 112. Nd6 Rf6 113. Rc8+ Kh7 114. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.04.06"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Koenig Tegel"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Rd8 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Nd2 Bg4 14. f3 Nd5
15. Nc4 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Be6 17. Be4 Qc5 18. Kh1 Bg5 19. Nf1 Rab8 20. Ng3 Qe3 21.
Qb5 Rd2 22. Rxd2 Qxd2 23. Qxe5 Bf4 24. Qd4 Rd8 25. Qxd2 Rxd2 26. b3 b6 27. Bf5
Bxf5 28. Nxf5 Be5 29. Re1 Kf8 30. c4 Rxa2 31. g3 Ra1 32. Rxa1 Bxa1 33. Kg2 g6
34. Ne3 Ke7 35. Kf1 Kd6 36. Ke2 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Trygstad, Kristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Oslo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Bb2
Ne4 9. e3 Bg4 10. Qc1 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ng5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. dxc5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2
dxc5 15. Nc3 f6 16. h4 Ne6 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Kg2 Rad8 19. Qe4 Kf7 20. Rfd1 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Nxd8 23. g4 Qd6 24. Qc2 Qd7 25. Qe2 h6 26. Ne4 Ne6 27. f4
Kg8 28. Kf1 f5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Nf2 Ng7 31. Nd3 Qd6 32. Ne5 Qf6 33. Qf2 Qd6
34. Ke2 Qc7 35. Qe1 Kh7 36. Qd2 Qb6 37. Kf3 Qb8 38. Kf2 Qf8 39. Kf1 Qf6 40. Qf2
Ne8 41. Qg2 Nd6 42. h5 a6 43. Ke2 a5 44. Kd3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Lindgren, Philip"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Limhamn"]
[BlackTeam "SOCAR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Qb3 b5 10. Bxd6 Qb6 11. Be5 O-O 12. e3 c4 13. Qd1 b4 14. Nb1 Rc8 15. a3
c3 16. bxc3 b3 17. c4 Ba4 18. Bd3 Nbd7 19. Bb2 Nxd5 20. Qd2 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Nxe3
22. fxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Be2 Rxc4 24. Nbd2 Nc5 25. Kf1 Rc2 26. Qf6 Ne4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mullon, Jean Baptiste"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 a6 8. Be3
Nf6 9. h4 h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Nf5 Ne5 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6
15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Nf3 17. Rh1 Nf6 18. h5 Rc8 19. Be2 Ne5 20. Rdd1 b5 21.
h6 Neg4 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. hxg7 Rg8 24. Rh8 Ke7 25. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ugra"]
[BlackTeam "SOCAR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qc7 8. b3
d5 9. Ndb5 Qa5 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. bxc4 Qd8 12. O-O a6 13. Na3 Nc6 14. Nc2 Be6 15.
Ne3 Na5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Ncd5 Nxc4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Bh6 Qxd1 21.
Rfxd1 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxb7 a5 24. Rxc4 Bxc4 25. Rd2 Rb8 26. Bc6 Rb6 27.
Bd7 Rb1+ 28. Kg2 Ra1 29. a4 Bb3 30. Rd3 Bxa4 31. Bxa4 Rxa4 32. Rd7 Kf6 33. Ra7
g5 34. Kf3 h5 35. h3 Ra1 36. Ke4 Ra2 37. Ke3 Ra3+ 38. Ke4 Ra4+ 39. Ke3 Ra3+ 40.
Ke4 Ra2 41. Ke3 a4 42. Ra5 Kg6 43. Kf3 a3 44. h4 g4+ 45. Ke3 Ra1 46. f3 a2 47.
fxg4 hxg4 48. Ra6+ Kg7 49. Kf2 e6 50. Ra7 Kg6 51. Ra6 Kh7 52. Ra7 Kh6 53. Ra6
Kg6 54. Kg2 f6 55. Ra4 Kh5 56. Ra5+ Kh6 57. Ra6 Kh5 58. e4 Kg6 59. Ra5 e5 60.
Ra7 Kh6 61. Ra6 Kg6 62. Ra7 Re1 63. Rxa2 Rxe4 64. Ra8 Rb4 65. Ra2 Rb6 66. Ra5
Rb2+ 67. Kf1 Rb3 68. Kg2 Rb2+ 69. Kf1 Rb6 70. Kf2 Kf5 71. Ra4 Rb2+ 72. Kf1 Rd2
73. Rb4 Rd3 74. Kf2 Rd2+ 75. Kf1 Rd4 76. Rxd4 exd4 77. Ke2 Ke4 78. Kd2 f5 79.
h5 f4 80. h6 fxg3 81. h7 g2 82. h8=Q g1=Q 83. Qe8+ Kf3 84. Qc6+ Kg3 85. Qd6+
Kg2 86. Qd5+ Kf1 87. Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Novy Bor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 a6 {Not a very common line of course. Black is keen to explore
new waters, perhaps mindful of Giri's growing reputation as a theoretical
expert.} 3. Bg5 (3. c4 dxc4 {Would at least make sense of Black's second move,
as now he can transpose into a variation of the queens gambit accepted.} (3...
c6 {would transpose into the ...a6 slav after a normal move like} 4. Nc3 (4.
Bg5 $5 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. b3 cxb3 7. Qxb3 {with interesting play for the pawn})
4... Nf6)) (3. Bf4 {has also been played, with some success.}) 3... c6 {
Black wants to develop the queen to b6, to target the weakened b2 pawn, but I
don't think this idea is very successful.} (3... Bg4 $5 {had already been
tried.} 4. Qd3 ({of course this position is completely unexplored (how rare in
chess these days!) and pretty much any moves are possible here,} 4. e3) (4.
Nbd2) (4. c4 {to name a few}) 4... Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qd7 6. c4 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1
{With an unusual opening that is similar to a Chigorin defence in the game
Sasikiran,K (2700)-Socko,B (2636) Moscow 2012}) 4. e3 Qb6 $6 5. Bd3 $1 {
Preventing the bishop from reaching it's ideal square on f5.} ({the meek} 5.
Qc1 {had already been tried in a game. Of course there is nothing wrong with
this move, and White's position in general, but it's not as testing as Giri's
choice.} Bf5 $1 {it is important to take the chance to place the bishop
outside of it's pawn chain} 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be2 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Bxe7
Nxe7 {Black had more or less equalised and later won in the game Girya,O (2414)
-Shen,Y (2425) St Petersburg 2012}) 5... Qxb2 {Black is pretty much committed
to this now, otherwise his preceding moves would look ridiculous, but the
difference in qualitive development is now obvious.} 6. Nbd2 {White now has
four pieces in play to just one from black, and that is the queen as well (we
all know the early lessons about bringing our queen out too early)  If you
looked at the game without knowing the players, you'd assume that the player
with the black pieces is just a beginner. However in the computer era it is
well-known that it is possible to grab many pawns that in previous times would
have been considered almost suicidal. But four pieces to one is just too much,
even for computers, and this can safely be filed away under opening
experiments labelled "dubious"} Qa3 7. O-O Bg4 (7... Nf6 {would at least have
belatedly began the job of developing the kingside.} 8. e4 $1 {however, sets a
nasty trap;} dxe4 $2 (8... e6 {and white will have superb compensation for the
pawn after simple development with} 9. Qe2) 9. Nc4 $1 Qa4 10. Nb6 Qa5 11. Nxa8
exd3 12. Bf4 {and White wins.}) 8. Qb1 $1 {revealing the problem with the last
move, now the black queenside becomes a target.} b5 9. c4 $1 (9. Ne5 {also
looks quite strong.} Bc8 10. Bh4 $16) 9... Bxf3 (9... e6 $2 {would be one
liberty too many-} 10. Ne5 $1 ({the simple} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e4 {is also very
good}) 10... Bh5 11. cxd5 exd5 (11... cxd5 $2 12. Qxb5+ $3 (12. Bxb5+ {works
as well but is not as beautiful!}) 12... axb5 13. Bxb5+ Nc6 14. Bxc6#) {
and now the "materialistic"} 12. Bxh7 $1 {looks very strong after which White
has a multitude of threats- Qf5, Bxg8 and g4 etc.}) (9... dxc4 10. Nxc4 bxc4
11. Qb7 cxd3 12. Qxa8 {and black's entire queenside will soon be wiped out,
with the king to follow...}) 10. Nxf3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e6 12. e4 Be7 13. Bc1 Qa5 (
13... Qb4 14. Bb3 $16) 14. d5 $6 {of course when your opponents king is stuck
in the center like this, you immediately start to think of ways to wipe him
out as quickly as possible, so trying to open more lines is very natural. But
this may have been premature.  Doubtless Giri was attracted to the variation
that occurred in the game, but Black had better ways to defend as we shall see.
} (14. Bd2 $1 Qc7 15. Bd3 {was a simpler alternative. White retains superb
compensation for one measly pawn.} Nd7 16. a4 b4 17. e5 {and the white bishops
dominate the board.}) 14... exd5 $2 {Fortunately for Giri, his opponent on
this occasion was not willing to play the role of "party pooper"} ({it is
possible that both players overlooked the strength of} 14... cxd5 $142 $1 {
here.} 15. Bb3 $5 (15. exd5 $4 bxc4 16. Qb7 Qxd5 $1 {would be embarrasing}) (
15. Bd2 Qd8 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. a4 bxa4 $1 (17... dxe4 $2 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4
Qd5 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. axb5 {is just tremendous for White}) 18. Rxa4 dxe4 19.
Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 {but after the resolute} Qd5 $1 {white's compensation for
his material deficit, is much more questionable than in the game;}) 15... Nf6
16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Re1 Nc6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bf4 O-O 21. Qf5 {
is possible, with some pressure, although this is unlikely to lead to much
more than equality for white (if he is lucky) after a continuation like} Rac8
22. Rac1 Bb4 $1) ({the greedy} 14... Bf6 $2 {is of course not recommended} 15.
dxe6 bxc4 (15... fxe6 16. Bxe6 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 Qc7 18. Ba3 {resembles one of
those 19th century swashbuckling games})) 15. exd5 {now white is back on track.
} Nf6 16. d6 $1 {displacing the enemy king.} Bxd6 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. Qf5 $1 Nbd7
19. Bxf7 $3 $40 {nicely calculated.} Ne5 {White is winning by force in all
lines, for example:} (19... Kxf7 20. Ng5+ Kf8 21. Qe6 $18) (19... g6 20. Bh6+
Kxf7 21. Qe6#) 20. Rxe5 $1 Bxe5 21. Bb3 {the black king is too exposed to
survive.} Re8 (21... Bxa1 {enables White to start an old-fashioned king-hunt;}
22. Qc5+ $1 (22. Qe6 $2 Ra7 $1) 22... Ke8 23. Qxc6+ Ke7 24. Qb7+ $1 Nd7 (24...
Kd6 25. Bf4+ Kc5 26. Qe7+ Kc6 27. Qe6+ Kb7 28. Bd5+ $1 {is also deadly}) 25.
Qe4+ Kd6 26. Bf4+ Kc5 27. Qd5+ {and it's mate in four.}) 22. Be3 b4 23. Bf4 {
a nice attacking game!} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "SOCAR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Qh5 Qf6 9. Nc3 Qxd4 10. Be3 Qe5 11. Qxe5+ Bxe5 12. Nxd5 Nf6 13. Rae1 Nxd5 14.
Bd4 O-O-O 15. Bxe5 Nb4 16. Bc4 Nxc2 17. Re2 f6 18. Bc3 Bf5 19. Re7 Rd7 20. Rxd7
Kxd7 21. g4 Bg6 22. h4 h5 23. g5 Re8 24. Rd1+ Kc6 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Bxf6 Re1+
27. Rxe1 Nxe1 28. Kh2 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nd2 30. Bg8 Ne4 31. Bd4 Nd6 32. Kf3 Nf7 33.
Kf4 a6 34. a3 Kd7 35. Bg7 Ke6 36. Bf8 Kf6 37. Ke3 Bf5 38. Kd4 Nd8 39. Bh6 Nf7
40. Bf4 Kg7 41. Bxf7 Kxf7 42. Bxc7 Ke6 43. f3 Bh3 44. Ke4 Bg2 45. Bd8 Bh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.08"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 d6 8. a3 a6
9. Rb1 Rb8 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Qc1 Re8 15.
Bh6 Bh8 16. h3 d5 17. d4 Bf5 18. Rb3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxc6 exf3 21. Qxf3
Qxd4 22. Be3 Qc4 23. Bc5 Bd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Qc3 Red8 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Rb2
Rbd8 28. g4 Be6 29. e3 Rd2 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. Rb1 Ba2 32. Ra1 Bc4 33. Rb1 Bd3
34. Rb3 Bc4 35. Rb1 g5 36. Bf1 Bxf1 37. Kxf1 f6 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. Kg3 Ke6 40. f4
Rd3 41. Kf3 gxf4 42. Kxf4 Rc3 43. h4 Rc4+ 44. e4 h6 45. Rb3 Rd4 46. Rb2 Rd1 47.
Rc2 Rf1+ 48. Ke3 Rb1 49. Rc5 Rxb4 50. g5 hxg5 51. hxg5 fxg5 52. Rxg5 Rb1 53.
Kd4 b4 54. Kc4 b3 55. Rh5 Kf6 56. Rf5+ Ke6 57. Rh5 b2 58. Kc3 Re1 59. Kxb2 Rxe4
60. Kc3 Re5 61. Rh6+ Kf5 62. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jones, Richard S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 Be6 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe1 Rc8 11. d4 e4 12. Nxe4 Qb6 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. Bd2
Ne4 15. Bb4 Qf4 16. c4 dxc4 17. Ba4 Kd8 18. Ne5 Nb6 19. g3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Popilski, Gil"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Rg1 Nf4 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Na3 Ne6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. d5 Qd7 21.
Nc4 Bxe3 22. fxe3 f5 23. Qa4 Qc8 24. Rg5 fxe4 25. Rag1 Ng6 26. fxe4 Rf2 27. Qd1
Qh3 28. R5g2 Rxg2 29. Rxg2 Rf8 30. Qe2 Nh4 31. Rg1 Rf6 32. Nd2 Rg6 33. b4 Qc8
34. Rxg6 hxg6 35. Kg1 Qa8 36. Kf2 Qa1 37. c4 Qc3 38. b5 Qc2 39. Qe1 Qd3 40. Qe2
Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.11"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Rd8 13. O-O Bd7 14. e4 b5
15. Ne3 Qa5 16. a3 Rab8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Be8 19. Nc5 Nxe3 20. fxe3 b4 21. a4
Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. dxc5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 a5 25. g4 h6 26. h4 g6 27. Kf2 Kf8
28. Ke2 Rc8 29. Be4 Kg7 30. Rd6 Kf8 31. Rd1 Kg7 32. g5 h5 33. Rd6 Kf8 34. Bd3
Ke7 35. Ba6 Rc7 36. Bc4 Bd7 37. b3 Be8 38. e4 Bd7 39. Ke3 Be8 40. Kd4 Bd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tazbir, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Poland Goldies"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. e4 Qb6 14. e5 Nd5
15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Qg4 g6 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Qd4 Rh7 21.
Re1 Kf8 22. h4 Ba6 23. Be4 Qb6 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. h5 Kg7 26. hxg6 Rhh8 27. gxf7
Kxf7 28. Bd2 Rac8 29. Rad1 Rcd8 30. Rc1 Nc3 31. Bxc3 bxc3 32. Rxc3 Rd2 33. Bc2
Rc8 34. Bb3 Rd6 35. Rh3 Rh8 36. Re4 Bb7 37. Rf4+ Ke7 38. Rg3 Rh7 39. Bc2 Rf7
40. Rxf7+ Kxf7 41. Rd3 Bd5 42. Bb3 Kf6 43. Bxd5 exd5 44. Kf1 Ke5 45. Ke2 Rg6
46. Rh3 Kd4 47. Rh4+ Kc5 48. g3 Rf6 49. Ke3 b5 50. b4+ Kd6 51. a3 Kc6 52. Kd4
Re6 53. f3 Rg6 54. f4 Rxg3 55. Rxh6+ Kb7 56. Kxd5 Rxa3 57. Kc5 Rf3 58. Rf6 Rc3+
59. Kxb5 Re3 60. Rf7+ Kc8 61. f5 Re1 62. Kb6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.14"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e6 10. Qxc4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf3 c5 13. dxc5 Qc8 14. e4 Qxc5
15. Qxc5 Bxc5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rd1 Nc6 19. Rxd5 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. Bf4 h6 22. Rc1 Bd4 23. h4 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Bd4 25. Rxb7 Bb6 26. e6 fxe6 27. Be3
Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Nd8 29. Rxb6 axb6 30. Bxb6 Nc6 31. a5 Ra1 32. g4 Nxa5 33. Ne5 Nb3
34. h5 Nd2 35. Kg2 Ne4 36. f3 Ra2+ 37. Kh3 Nd2 38. Bd4 Nf1 39. Bg1 Re2 40. Nd3
e5 41. Nc5 Nd2 42. Kg3 Kf7 43. Bf2 Ke7 44. Nd3 Nb3 45. Ne1 Nd4 46. Ng2 Ra2 47.
Nh4 Kf6 48. Kg2 Kg5 49. Ng6 e4 50. Kg3 Ne2+ 51. Kh3 Nf4+ 52. Kg3 Rxf2 53. Kxf2
Nxg6 54. hxg6 exf3 55. Kxf3 Kxg6 56. Kg2 Kg5 57. Kh3 Kf4 58. Kh4 g6 59. Kh3 g5
0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 O-O 12. Nf3 e6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxd7
Nxd7 15. Rc7 Nf6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Rxb7 Rfb8 18. Rb3 Rxb3 19. axb3 Rb8 20. Ke2
Rxb3 21. Ra1 Rb7 22. Ra6 Bf8 23. Ne1 Bb4 24. Nd3 Bxd2 25. Kxd2 Nb4 26. Nxb4
Rxb4 27. Rxa7 Rxd4+ 28. Ke3 Rh4 29. h3 g5 30. Rd7 Ra4 31. Rd4 Ra3+ 32. Rd3 Ra2
33. Rd4 h5 34. Re4 Ra3+ 35. Ke2 Kg7 36. h4 g4 37. g3 Kg6 38. Rf4 Rb3 39. Rf6+
Kg7 40. Rf4 Rb5 41. Re4 Kg6 42. f4 gxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Rb1 44. Kf2 Rb7 45. Rf4 Rb5
46. Re4 Rb3 47. Rf4 Kg7 48. Re4 Kf8 49. Ra4 Rb5 50. Re4 Kg7 51. Kf3 Rb3+ 52.
Kf2 Rb2+ 53. Kf3 Kg6 54. Ra4 Rb3+ 55. Kf2 Rb2+ 56. Kf3 Rb7 57. Rf4 Rb5 58. Re4
Rb3+ 59. Kf2 Rb2+ 60. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Kb1 (13. Ne4 {
The main line} Bc7 14. c4 Qe7 15. a3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. Bb4
Bd6 19. Ba5 Bc7 20. Bb4 Bd6 $11 {Stevic,H (2637)-Brunello,S (2580) 14-th Euro
Indiv Ch Legnica POL 2013 0-1 (59)}) 13... Qc7 (13... Bxg3 14. fxg3 O-O 15. Qe2
(15. Rh4 $5 c5 16. g4 Nh7 17. g5 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. Rg4 f6 20. h6 $44)
15... Qc7 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. g4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nh7 19. Rde1 (19. Bf4 Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Rd8 $11) 19... Rd7 $11 {Gopal,G (2550) -Pantsulaia,L (2575) Istanbul 2012
0-1 (56)}) 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O-O 16. c4 Rhe8 $2 {This is not a novelty,
but the subsequent position doesn't promise anything good to Black. I don't
think that Alexander will play this line again.} (16... Nf6 {The main line.}
17. Qe2 Rhe8 18. Bc3 Kb8 19. Ne5 Ka8 20. f4 $14 {Ding Yixin-Gunina,V/Ningbo
CHN 2010 1/2-1/2 (81)}) (16... c5 17. Bc3 Nf6 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. Rc1
(20. g4 $5 Bf4 21. Nb3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. f3 Ne8 25. Nc1 $14
{Hamdouchi,H-Bauer,C/Nancy FRA 2013 1-0 (35)}) 20... Bc5 (20... Qc5 $5 21. g4
Kb8 $13) 21. Nb3 Qc6 22. f3 Rd7 $6 (22... Bd6 23. g4 Bf4 24. Rcd1 Rhe8 $11) 23.
g4 Rhd8 24. g5 Ne8 25. g6 fxg6 26. hxg6 Bb6 27. Rh4 (27. Rhe1 $1 e5 28. Qg2 $16
) 27... e5 28. Re4 Bc7 $11 {Sengupta,D (2563)-Turov, M (2630) Dresden 2011 1/2
(82)}) 17. c5 $1 Bf8 18. Bf4 Qa5 19. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 {Who would like to
have such a position after the opening?! It's obvious that Alexander has mixed
something up.} Kd7 $8 21. Rd3 $146 {Only this move is a novelty. In any case
Black is in trouble.} (21. Rh3 f6 22. Qe4 Qa4 23. b3 Qa3 24. b4 Qa4 25. Rb3 a6
26. Kb2 $16 {Gelman,C (2215)-Kantor,A Chicago 1994 1-0 (43)}) 21... f6 $8 22.
Qe4 Kc8 23. Rhd1 ({The simplest and most effective White plan is to put his
queen on f4 (g3) and his bishop on g3 (h2):} 23. Bg3 $5 Rd5 24. Qf4 e5 $8 {
The only way to continue resistance but it will not help.} 25. Qf5+ Kb8 26.
Rhd1 $1 (26. dxe5 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 fxe5 28. Qd7 Rd8 29. Bxe5+ Ka8 30. Qc7 Qd2 $132
) 26... Ka8 27. dxe5 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Be7 29. e6 Qxc5 30. Qg6 $18) 23... Qb4 24.
Rc1 $1 (24. Bg3 {too straightforward} Qc4 $1 25. Qf4 e5 26. dxe5 Rxd3 27. Qxc4
Rxd1+ 28. Kc2 $16 {White is better, but he doesn't need such complications.})
24... Rd5 25. Qg6 $5 (25. Bh2 $1 {Black hasn't any reasonable moves} Rd7 (25...
a6 26. Qg6 Red8 27. Qf7 e5 28. Rb3 $18) 26. Qf4 e5 27. Qf5 e4 28. Ra3 a6 29. d5
$18) 25... Rdd8 (25... Red8 $2 26. Qf7 e5 27. Rb3 $18) 26. Qe4 $2 ({After the
simple move} 26. Bh2 $1 {I don't see any resonably reply for Black. For example
} Re7 27. Qg3 e5 28. Qh3+ $1 Red7 (28... Kb8 29. dxe5 Rxd3 30. exf6+ $18) 29.
a3 Qa4 30. Rcd1 e4 31. R3d2 $18) 26... Rd5 ({Grischuk could have tried to
sharpen the game after} 26... e5 $5 27. Be3 $6 ({Giri should have found} 27.
Bd2 $1 Qa4 28. b3 Qb5 29. Rc4 a5 30. a4 Qa6 31. Bc3 $16) 27... Qa5 28. Rcd1 Qc7
$14) 27. Qg6 Rdd8 28. Bh2 Re7 (28... Qb5 $5 29. Ra3 a6 30. d5 $3 {I believe
that it is not so easy to find this move even for elite GMs} cxd5 (30... exd5
31. Qf5+ Rd7 32. Rb3 Qa5 33. Rxb7 $18) 31. Rb3 Qc6 32. Rb6 $18) 29. Qe4 (29.
Qg3 $5 {I think that this straightforward move might be the strongest one:} e5
$8 30. Qh3+ Red7 31. a3 Qb5 32. Rb3 Qa4 33. dxe5 fxe5 34. Re3 $18) 29... Rde8
30. Rb3 (30. a3 Qb5 (30... Qa4 31. Qf4 e5 32. Qf5+ Kb8 33. dxe5 fxe5 34. Re1
$18) 31. Re3 Qa5 32. Qf4 e5 33. Qf5+ Kb8 34. dxe5 $18) (30. Bd6 $1 {The
easiest way to the goal} f5 (30... Rd7 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Qxe6 Kc7 (32... Rfd8
33. d5) 33. d5 cxd5 34. c6 $18) 31. Qe5 Rd7 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 33. Qxe6 Rf6 34. Qg8+
Kc7 35. Re3 Qxd4 36. Re8 $18) 30... Qd2 31. Bd6 f5 $8 (31... Rf7 32. Qg6 $18) (
31... Rd7 32. Qxc6+ Kd8 (32... bxc6 33. Rb8#) 33. Rxb7 $18) 32. Qf3 Rf7 (32...
Qxd4 $5 33. Rd1 Qc4 34. Bxe7 Bxe7 35. Rc3 $16) 33. Rd1 $2 {A terrible take, as
we can see from the annotations, White could have won a lot of times. Now the
black queen goes to the kingside.} (33. Rd3 $1 Qb4 34. Bh2 f4 35. Bxf4 Be7 36.
Qe4 Bf6 37. Bd6 $18 {Black's position is completely hopeless.}) 33... Qg5 $14
34. Be5 Qg4 {Black gets rid of most his problems by trading queens. However
his position remains difficult.} 35. Qxc6+ $6 $11 ({Even now Anish Giri should
have continued the game:} 35. Rdd3 Qxf3 36. Rxf3 Be7 37. Rg3 $14 {.White has a
space advantage and he is able to launch an attack on both sides. His opponent
hasn't any real counterplay. We can't consider the d4-pawn as a real weakness.
White's king sooner or later will come into the centre and will protect it. I
believe that this endgame is quite unpleasant for Black.}) 35... bxc6 36. Rb8+
Kd7 37. Rb7+ Kd8 38. Rb8+ Ke7 39. Rb7+ Kd8 40. Rb8+ Ke7 41. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.17"]
[Round "9.33"]
[White "Rusev, Krasimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. h3 Nh5 11. Be3 Nf4 12. Rfd1 Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Re8 14. Rac1
h6 15. Nd2 f5 16. f3 Be6 17. exf5 gxf5 18. g4 Na6 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Ng3 Bxh3
21. Kf2 Nb4 22. Ke2 Rad8 23. Nde4 Be6 24. Nd6 Nxa2 25. Ra1 Re7 26. Nge4 Nb4 27.
Rxa7 Nc2 28. Rg1 Kh7 29. b3 Nd4+ 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Nxb7 Ra8 33.
Rd1 Ra2+ 34. Rd2 Rxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Kg6 36. Nbc5 Bf7 37. Nd3 h5 38. Ke2 h4 39. Kf2
Be8 40. Kg2 Bd7 41. Nf4+ Kf7 42. Nd3 Ke7 43. Nf4 Bf5 44. Nd3 Kd7 45. Ndc5+ Kc7
46. Nd3 Bf8 47. Kh2 Bd6+ 48. Kg2 Kd7 49. Ndf2 Bc7 50. Nd3 Ke7 51. Nb4 Kf7 52.
Nd3 Kg6 53. Kg1 Kh5 54. Kg2 h3+ 55. Kh1 Kh4 56. Kg1 Bg6 57. Kf2 Bh5 58. Nd2
Bg3+ 59. Kg1 Bd6 60. Kf2 c5 61. f4 Bd1 62. f5 Bc2 63. Ke2 Bxd3+ 64. Kxd3 h2 65.
Nf3+ Kh5 66. Nxh2 Bxh2 67. b4 cxb4 68. Kxd4 Bg1+ 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 1314 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2014.05.03"]
[Round "9.111"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.11.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "White Rose"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Ba2 e5 12. h3 Bf5 13. d5 Rad8 14. c4 Ne7 15.
Bb2 Ng6 16. Nh2 Ne8 17. f4 exf4 18. exf4 Nd6 19. g4 Be4 20. Qd2 f5 21. Rae1
Rde8 22. g5 h6 23. Re3 hxg5 24. Rg3 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 gxf4 26. Rxg7+ Qxg7+ 27. Bxg7
Kxg7 28. Qxf4 Rf6 29. Nf1 Rh8 30. h4 Rg6+ 31. Ng3 Nf7 32. Kf2 Rg4 33. Nxf5+
Bxf5 34. Qxf5 Rhxh4 35. Qd7 Rh2+ 36. Kf3 Rg1 37. Bb1 Rf1+ 38. Kg3 Rh5 39. Bd3
Rg5+ 40. Kh2 Rf2+ 41. Kh1 Rf6 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 1314 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2014.05.04"]
[Round "10.112"]
[White "Jackson, James P"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.11.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "e2e4.org.uk"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8.
O-O Bf8 9. h3 c6 10. a4 Na6 11. Re1 g6 12. Nde2 Nc5 13. Nf4 Bg7 14. Nd3 Ncd7
15. a5 Qc7 16. Be3 Rb8 17. f4 b5 18. axb6 axb6 19. g4 Nc5 20. Bf2 Bb7 21. Qd2
Rbd8 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. g5 Nd7 24. Na4 Nf8 25. c3 Ba6 26. Qc2 Bb5 27. h4 Ra8 28.
Red1 Ne6 29. Be3 d5 30. exd5 cxd5 31. Bxd5 Nxf4 32. Bxf4 Qxf4 33. Bxa8 Re2 34.
Rd8+ Bf8 35. Qxe2 Bxe2 36. Re8 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Qxh4+ 38. Kg2 Qxg5+ 39. Kf2 Bb5 40.
Re4 Bd6 41. c4 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 1314 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2014.05.05"]
[Round "11.112"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2013.11.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green Hilsmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 a5 7. Bg2 Na6 8. O-O Be7
9. Nd2 O-O 10. e4 Nb4 11. e5 Ne8 12. b3 b6 13. Ba3 Nc7 14. Re1 Bb7 15. cxd5
cxd5 16. Bf1 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Ncxa6 18. Ndb1 Rc8 19. Bb2 Rc6 20. Na3 Qd7 21. Qd2
Rfc8 22. Rec1 Nc7 23. Qe2 Qe8 24. Kg2 f6 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Nd1 Nca6 27. Rxc6
Rxc6 28. Ne3 Qg6 29. Rd1 Nc7 30. Kg1 h5 31. Ng2 Bg5 32. h4 Bh6 33. Ne1 Bf4 34.
Ng2 Bd6 35. Ne1 Ne8 36. Rc1 Rxc1 37. Bxc1 Qe4 38. Be3 Nf6 39. Nb5 Bf8 40. Nc3
Qf5 41. Bf4 Nc6 42. Nb5 Qe4 43. Qd1 e5 44. f3 Qf5 45. dxe5 Nxe5 46. Nd4 Bc5 47.
Kg2 Bxd4 48. Qxd4 Ned7 49. Nd3 Qe6 50. Qe3 Qc6 51. Qc1 Nc5 52. Be3 Nfd7 53. Nf4
Qd6 54. Qc3 g6 55. Qc2 Kf7 56. Bd4 Nb8 57. Bxc5 bxc5 58. Qd2 Nc6 59. Nxd5 Nd4
60. Nf4 Qb6 61. Qd3 Kg7 62. Qe4 Kf7 63. Qd5+ Kg7 64. Qd7+ Kg8 65. Qe8+ Kg7 66.
Qe7+ Kh8 67. Qf8+ Kh7 68. Nd5 1-0

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. b3 Bb7 14. Re1 Rd8
15. Bb2 Nf6 16. Qh3 Nd5 17. g3 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Be4 Nf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Qh4 Be7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qf4 Kg7 24. Qg4+ Kh7 25. Qh5 Kg7 26. Qg4+ Kh7 27. Qh5
Kg7 28. Qg4+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d6 8. c4
Ng4 9. Nc3 Nge5 10. a3 Rb8 11. Be3 a6 12. Rb1 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. b4 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 Bf6 16. Qd2 Bd4 17. Bg2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Nd4 19. Rec1 e5 20. f4 cxb4 21. axb4
Bb7 22. Ne2 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Rc8 24. Qe3 Qd7 25. Ra1 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8+
Bxc8 28. Qb6 g6 29. h3 Bb7 30. Kh2 Kg7 31. d4 exf4 32. gxf4 f5 33. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Bd7 8. Ba4
Bb6 9. Nc4 h6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bc2 Ng6 12. a4 a6 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. Re1 Re8 15.
d4 Rc8 16. Be3 b5 17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Nd2 d5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 Nd3 21. Bxd3
Bxd3 22. e5 Nd7 23. Qf3 Bh7 24. Qxd5 Nc5 25. Qxd8 Rexd8 26. Nf3 Nd3 27. Re2 Be4
28. Nd4 Nc5 29. g4 Bd3 30. Rg2 Be4 31. Rd2 Re8 32. Re1 g6 33. Bf2 Bd5 34. Nf5
gxf5 35. Rxd5 Ne6 36. Be3 fxg4 37. hxg4 Rc4 38. Rf1 b5 39. Bd2 Rd8 40. Rxd8+
Nxd8 41. Kf2 Ne6 42. b3 Rc6 43. b4 Nc7 44. Kg3 f6 45. exf6 Rxf6 46. f5 Nd5 47.
Rf3 Rc6 48. Rd3 Nf6 49. Rd4 Kf7 50. Kf3 Ke8 51. Kf4 Ke7 52. Be1 Ke8 53. Ke5
Nd7+ 54. Kd5 Rc8 55. Kd6 Nb6 56. Re4+ Kf8 57. Bf2 Na4 58. Be3 Nxc3 59. Bxh6+
Kg8 60. Re7 Rd8+ 61. Ke6 Ne4 62. Bf4 a5 63. f6 axb4 64. Kf5 Nc5 65. Bh6 1-0

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 h6 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Be5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. f4 O-O 13. Qf3 c5 14. O-O-O cxd4
15. exd4 Bb4 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qb3 a5 19. Kb1 Ra6 20. g4 Be7 21. f5
b5 22. Nf4 Bg5 23. Rhf1 Rd6 24. Ne2 Ba6 25. Rfe1 Bh4 26. Rg1 b4 27. Qe3 Re8 28.
Rc1 Bg5 29. Nf4 Rxd4 30. Nc6 Rd3 31. Qa7 Qd6 32. Nxd3 Bxd3+ 33. Ka1 Bxc1 34.
Rxc1 e3 35. Nxa5 e2 36. Qg1 Qe5 0-1

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Abdel Razik, Khaled"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O exd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc5 9. f3 a5 10. b3 Re8 11. Be3 Bf8 12. Qd2 c6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Kh8
15. Bf1 Bd7 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. g4 Nxg4 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Rc1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4
21. Bg2 Re5 22. Bf4 f6 23. Qc2 Qb6 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Nf3 Bb4 26. Red1 Re8 27.
h3 Bc8 28. Qe4 f5 29. Qh4 Be7 30. Ng5 h6 31. Qh5 Rf8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nxh6+
gxh6 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
a6 9. a4 a5 10. h3 Re8 11. Be3 b6 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rad1 Qb8 15.
Nd5 Nc5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. h4 Bc8 19. Rd3 Ra6 20. Kh2 Rb6 21. b3
Bg4 22. Bh3 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Rd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Rd6 26. Rd3 Rd4 27. Bf1 h5
28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. c5 Qb4 30. Qf3 Kg7 31. c6 Qc3 32. Qxc3 dxc3 33. Bd3 Be7 34.
Kg2 Bc5 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. f3 f6 38. Bc2 Kd6 39. Kd3 Bf2 40. g4 Bxh4
41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Kxc3 Kc5 43. Bd1 Be1+ 44. Kd3 h4 45. Be2 h3 46. Bf1 h2 47.
Bg2 Bg3 48. Bh1 Kxc6 49. Kc4 Kd6 50. Bg2 Be1 51. Bh1 Ke6 52. Kd3 Kf7 53. Ke2
Bg3 54. Kd3 Kg6 55. Kc4 Be1 56. Kd3 Kg5 57. Ke2 Bb4 58. Kd3 Kf4 59. Ke2 Bc5 60.
Kd3 Bd4 61. Ke2 c5 62. Kd3 c4+ 63. bxc4 Bc5 64. Ke2 Kg5 65. Kf1 Kg6 66. Kg2 Bg1
67. c5 Kf7 68. Kf1 Ke6 69. Ke2 Kd7 70. Kd3 Kc6 71. Kc4 Bxc5 72. Bg2 Bb6 73. Bh1
Kd6 74. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.03"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 {This line revived by Morozevich
has been tried by Giri many times with White and Black, but with very
miserable results!} 12. Nxe5 ({Vladimir has tried another principled line here
} 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2 Nc5 $146 (14... Ng4 $6) (14... fxg3 15.
hxg3 Kb8 16. O-O-O Bb4 17. Na2 Bc5 18. e3 a5 19. Kb1 Bb6 20. Nc3 Nc5 21. Nd4 h6
22. Rh5 Na6 23. Na2 Nc5 24. Nc3 Na6 25. Na2 Nc5 26. Nc3 {1/2 Giri,A (2686)
-Aronian,L (2805)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/}) (14... Kb8 15. O-O fxg3 16. hxg3 h5 17.
e3 Nc5 18. b4 Ncd3 19. b5 cxb5 20. axb5 Bc5 21. Qa4 h4 {Giri,A (2717)-Holzke,F
(2508)/Plovdiv 2012 with very sharp play.}) 15. O-O Ne6 16. Rad1 Bc5 17. Ne4
Bb4 18. Qc1 fxg3 19. hxg3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {Kramnik,V (2797)-Morozevich,A
(2749)/Astana 2001}) ({Even a very primitive solution is possible:} 12. Bxe5
Nxe5 13. Qd4 f6 14. Ne3 Bg6 15. a5 a6 16. O-O Rd8 17. Qa4 Bc5 18. Ne4 Be7 19.
f4 gxf4 20. gxf4 Nd7 21. Qc4 Qb8 22. Kh1 Kf8 23. Rad1 Qa7 24. Rd4 {Ernst,S 
(2587)-Giri,A (2585)/Leeuwarden 2009 with the initiative.}) 12... gxf4 13. Nxd7
O-O-O 14. Qd4 Qxd7 15. Qxf4 Bd6 16. Qc1 Kb8 ({A possible option was} 16... a5
17. O-O Be5 $2 (17... Kb8) 18. Nb5 $1 Qe7 19. Na7+ Kb8 20. Nxc6+ bxc6 21. Qxc6
Ka7 22. Qb5 Bc8 23. Qxa5+ Ba6 24. Rac1 $18 {Kramnik,V (2809)-Morozevich,A 
(2742)/Monaco (rapid) 2002}) 17. O-O h5 ({This is better than the slow} 17...
Qe7 18. a5 a6 19. Ra4 Bc7 20. Ne4 (20. Rh4 Rhg8 21. Kh1 Rg4 22. Rxg4 Bxg4 23.
Qh6 Qb4 24. Qxh7 Qxb2 25. Qg7 Bxe2 {Kempinski,R (2532)-Morozevich,A (2707)/
Bled 2002. Black takes the initiative.}) 20... Rd5 21. Rc4 Rxa5 22. Nc5 Bc8 (
22... Rb5 23. b4 Rd8 24. Bf3 Be6 25. Re4 Bd6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qh6 e5 28. Rd1
Rxb4 29. Rxb4 Bxb4 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Qxh7 a5 {Kandyba,L (2361)-Prizant,J 
(2470)/Tula 2004 with a very sharp endgame.}) 23. Qc2 Rb5 24. e3 {1/2 Kramnik,
V (2807)-Anand,V (2755)/Russia - ROW (rapid) 2002}) 18. h4 {Kramnik believes
that White can stop Black's initiative.} Rhg8 19. a5 a6 20. Ra4 Bc7 21. Ne4 $1
{Absolutely correct - returning the pawn. Kramnik explained that Black has
more serious weaknesses on the king's flank.} Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxa5 23. Qc5 Bc7 (
23... Qd5 {was wrong:} 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Re7 Rd2 26. Bf3 Rxb2 27. Rxf7 {
and after winning the h5-pawn, the white pawn mass will be tremendously strong.
}) 24. e3 ({Materialism was bad:} 24. Qxh5 f5 25. Re3 f4) 24... f5 25. Rd4 Qe6
26. Rfd1 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 ({Another capture was much weaker:} 27. Rxd4 Bxg3 28.
fxg3 Qxe3+ 29. Kf1 Qxg3 30. Qd6+ Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Rg4) 27... Be5 ({Kramnik
believed that the best chances for equal play were promised by} 27... Qb3 28.
Rd3 Qc2 {, but Giri intended to sacrifice on g3. And to Kramnik's surprise he
did it extremely soon!}) 28. Qb4 ({Maybe slightly better would be the other
queen retreat} 28. Qc5 Bxb2 29. Rb1 Be5 30. Bxc6) 28... Bxg3 $5 29. fxg3 Qxe3+
30. Kf1 Qxg3 31. Rd2 ({White can not give up his main weapon in the endgame -
the h4-pawn.} 31. Qd6+ Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Rg4) 31... Qg4 ({A serious option was} 
31... Rg4 32. Qf8+ Ka7 33. Qc5+ Kb8 34. Re2 Qd3 {and it is not clear how White
can improve his position.}) 32. Qd4 f4 33. Bxc6 $5 {Kramnik decides on a
forced play.} (33. Qf2 {was possible:} Rf8 34. Rd3 Qf5 35. Qd4 $14) 33... f3 $2
(33... bxc6 $2 {was also wrong:} 34. Qb6+ Ka8 35. Qxc6+ Kb8 36. Qb6+ Ka8 37.
Qxa6+ Kb8 38. Qb5+ Ka8 39. Qd5+ $3 Kb8 40. Rg2 $3 $18 {transposing into a
winning pawn ending.}) ({Kramnik said that during the game he could not
evaluate the strongest move} 33... Rc8 {which led to a draw.}) 34. Bd7 $1 Qg3
35. Qd6+ {Transferring into an easily winning endgame as White keeps his
h4-pawn.} Qxd6 36. Rxd6 Kc7 ({Or} 36... Rd8 37. Rd5) 37. Rd5 Rg2 38. b3 Rh2 39.
Rd4 $1 b5 40. Be8 Kb6 41. Bxh5 1-0

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.04"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nxe5 Nc5
15. Nd2 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 f6 17. Nd7 Re8 18. Na5 Nf5 19. Nc5 Nd6 20. Nd3 Rb8 21.
Nc6 Rb6 22. Ncxb4 Bb7 23. b3 a5 24. Na2 Be4 25. Nc3 Bg6 26. Nd5 Rc6 27. c4 Kf8
28. Rac1 Nb7 29. Kf1 Rd8 30. N3f4 Bf7 31. Nc3 Rcd6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Nfd5 c6
34. Ne4 Rd7 35. Ndc3 f5 36. Ng5 Nc5 37. Nxf7 Kxf7 38. Ke2 Nxb3 39. Rb1 Rb7 40.
Ke3 Ke7 41. h4 Kd6 42. Kf4 Kc5 43. Nd1 Kb4 44. Ne3 Kxa4 45. Nc2 Rd7 46. Rb2 Nc5
47. Rb6 Rd6 48. Kxf5 Rf6+ 49. Kg4 Nd3 50. Kg3 Nb4 51. Nd4 Rd6 52. Nf5 Rf6 53.
Nd4 Rd6 54. Nf5 Rd3+ 55. f3 g6 56. Ne7 Rd7 57. Ng8 Rf7 58. Nh6 Re7 0-1

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.05"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be2 c5 11. e6 fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. dxc5 Ne5 14. Qd5 Qxd5
15. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bb7 17. Be4 Rd8 18. Nf6 Nc6 19. Ng4 Na5 20. Bxb7 Nxb7
21. c6 Nd6 22. O-O Rac8 23. Bg5 Nf5 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rxc6 26. Bxe7 Re8 27.
Rac1 Re6 28. Bc5 Bxb2 29. Bd4+ Bxd4 30. exd4 R8e7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bh6 Rd8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h4 Nf6 14. e5 Ng4
15. d5 h5 16. Rd1 b5 17. c4 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 b4 19. Be2 a5 20. O-O a4 21. Rfd1
Rb8 22. d6 Bf5 23. dxe7 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Re8 25. Bd1 Rxe7 26. Bxa4 Nxe5 27. Nxe5
Rxe5 28. f3 Re1+ 29. Kf2 Rc1 30. Bb3 Be6 31. g4 Bxc4 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. gxh5
gxh5 34. Rd5 Rc2+ 35. Kg3 c4 36. Rb5 Rb2 37. Rc5 c3 38. a3 bxa3 39. Rxc3 a2 40.
Ra3 Kf6 41. Kf4 Ke6 42. Kg5 Rg2+ 43. Kxh5 Kd5 44. Kh6 Kc4 45. h5 Kb4 46. Rxa2
Rxa2 47. Kg7 f5 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. d5 O-O 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Bxb5 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxb5 13. h5 Qc4 14. Rh4
Qxc3+ 15. Bd2 Qd3 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Bh6 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Re8 19. Ng5 Nd7 20. Ne6
Rb8 21. Nc7 Rd8 22. Re4 Rb7 23. Bf4 Nf6 24. Rxe7 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Rc1 Rb4
27. Be3 c4 28. Bxa7 Rb7 29. Bd4 Rxc7 30. Bxf6 Rc5 31. d6 Kf7 32. Bc3 Rb5 33. a3
Rb3 34. Bb4 Bb5 35. Kd2 Rd3+ 36. Kc2 Ba4+ 37. Kb2 Rb3+ 38. Ka2 Rd3 39. Kb2 Rb3+
40. Ka1 c3 41. f4 h5 42. g3 Ke6 43. Re1+ Kd5 44. Rd1+ Kc4 45. d7 c2 46. Rd4+
Kb5 47. Rd5+ Ka6 48. Rd6+ Kb7 49. Rb6+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 e6 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5
d6 9. Na3 Be7 10. Ne2 Nh5 11. Be3 O-O 12. g4 Bh4+ 13. Bf2 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Nf6
15. Ng3 c4 16. Nxc4 Qc5+ 17. Qd4 Nxd5 18. Qxc5 dxc5 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Ne4 Nd7 21.
Ng5 h6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bd3 Rf4 24. Kg3 Raf8 25. Be4 N7f6 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27.
Ne5 h5 28. h3 b5 29. Rhe1 Kh7 30. Rd2 c4 31. a4 b4 32. cxb4 Nxb4 33. Re4 Nd3
34. Rxf4 Rxf4 35. Nxd3 Rd4 36. Kf2 cxd3 37. b3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Kg6 39. Ke3 Rb4
40. Rxd3 e5 41. Kd2 e4 42. fxe4 Rxe4 43. Rd7 Rxg4 44. Rxa7 Kf5 45. Kc3 Ke6 46.
a5 Kd5 47. Rd7+ Kc5 48. Rb7 Rg3+ 49. Kb2 Kc6 50. Rb6+ Kc7 51. Ka3 Rg5 52. Ka4
Rg1 53. b4 Rg5 54. Re6 Rg4 55. Kb5 Kb7 56. a6+ Ka7 57. Re7+ Ka8 58. Ka5 Rg6 59.
b5 Rg5 60. a7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nb6 7. Bxc4 Nfd5 8.
O-O Nxf4 9. exf4 Bd6 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. fxe5 Bd7 12. Bb3 Bc6 13. Qg4 g6 14. Rfd1
Qe7 15. Rac1 h5 16. Qh3 Rd8 17. Qe3 Bd5 18. Nb5 Rd7 19. Qc3 O-O 20. Qc5 Bxb3
21. axb3 Qxc5 22. dxc5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nd5 24. g3 a6 25. Nc3 Rd8 26. f4 Kf8 27.
Kf2 Ke7 28. Ne4 Rb8 29. Kf3 b6 30. c6 Rd8 31. Ng5 a5 32. h3 Ra8 33. g4 Rh8 34.
f5 hxg4+ 35. hxg4 gxf5 36. gxf5 Rh5 37. f6+ Ke8 38. Kg4 Ne3+ 39. Kxh5 Nxd1 40.
Ne4 Nxb2 41. Nc3 Nd3 42. Nb5 Nxe5 43. Nxc7+ Kd8 44. Na8 b5 45. c7+ Kc8 46. Kh6
Nd7 47. Kg7 a4 48. bxa4 bxa4 49. Kxf7 a3 50. Kxe6 Nxf6 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 a5 8. c4 a4
9. bxa4 dxc4 10. Na3 Qa5 11. Nxc4 Qxa4 12. Qc1 Qa6 13. a4 Be6 14. Nfd2 Nbd7 15.
e4 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Bc3 Rfd8 18. a5 Qa7 19. Qb2 Ne8 20. d5 cxd5 21. exd5
Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Nc4 Rad8 25. Nb6 Rd3 26. Qe5 e6 27. Rac1
Qa6 28. Qc5 h5 29. Nc8 Nf6 30. Rb1 R3d7 31. Nb6 Rd2 32. Nc4 Ne4 33. Qb5 R2d5
34. Qxa6 bxa6 35. Rb4 Nc3 36. Rb6 Rc5 37. Nd6 Rxa5 38. Rc6 Ne2+ 39. Kg2 Nd4 40.
Rb6 Nf5 41. Ne4 Kg7 42. Re1 Rd7 43. Ng5 Ra2 44. Rb3 a5 45. Reb1 Rdd2 46. Rf3
Rab2 47. Rc1 Rbc2 48. Rb1 Rd7 49. Ra3 Rc5 50. h4 Ra7 51. Rb8 Rd5 52. Ne4 Nd6
53. Ng5 a4 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Ndb5 Nxc3
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nxc3 Bg7 10. Bd2 Be6 11. O-O-O Ke8 12. g3 Nc6 13. Bg2 Rc8 14.
Kb1 f5 15. Nd5 Bd7 16. h4 e6 17. Nf4 e5 18. Bc3 Nd8 19. h5 Rxc3 20. bxc3 exf4
21. gxf4 Ne6 22. e3 Ke7 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rxh8 Bxh8 25. Bxb7 Nc5 26. Rh1 Bxc3
27. Bd5 Bg7 28. Kc2 Bb5 29. Rg1 Kf6 30. f3 a6 31. Kd2 Bf8 32. Rh1 Kg7 33. Rc1
Kf6 34. Rh1 Kg7 35. Rc1 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bd6 8.
Nge2 f3 9. gxf3 O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nf4 Na5 14. Rhe1
Nxb3+ 15. axb3 h6 16. Bh4 Qa5 17. Kb1 Ne4 18. fxe4 Bxh4 19. Rg1 Bg5 20. h4 Bxf4
21. Qxf4 Kh8 22. exd5 Bd7 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Rg1+ Kh7 25. Ne4 f6 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6
27. Qxf6 Bg4 28. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg7 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Nc6 11. Bf4 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bf5 14. Nc3 Na5
15. Bd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Nc6 17. Nc3 Rad8 18. g4 Bc8 19. Rac1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Nd4 f6 23. exf6 exf6 24. Ndb5 a6 25. Nd6 Be6 26. Ne8 Kf7 27.
Nxg7 Kxg7 28. f3 h6 29. Kf2 g5 30. Be3 f5 31. a3 Kf7 32. gxf5 Bxf5 33. Kg3 Nc6
34. h4 gxh4+ 35. Kxh4 Ne5 36. Bxh6 Nxf3+ 37. Kg3 Nd4 38. Be3 Ne6 39. Kf2 Ke8
40. Ke2 Kd7 41. Kd2 Kc6 42. Bf2 Bg6 43. Be3 Bf5 44. Bf2 Bg6 45. Be3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. O-O e6 8. b3
Nbd7 9. h3 Bd6 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Qd3 b5 12. e4 dxc4 13. bxc4 e5 14. Rd1 O-O 15.
Qe2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Qc7 17. Bb2 b4 18. Nb1 Rfe8 19. Nd2 Nc5 20. f3 Be5 21. Rac1
Nh5 22. Nf1 Nf4 23. Qe3 a5 24. Ba1 a4 25. Nc2 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 b3 27. axb3 axb3
28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Nb4 Qb6 30. Rb1 Qxb4 31. Qxf4 Qxc4 32. Qe3 Ra2 33. Rd1 Qe2
34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Qg5 Qf2+ 36. Kh2 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. e3 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd4 11. exd4 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qb3
Qd7 15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. h4 h5 17. a3 Kh7 18. Kh2 Kg8 19. Rfd1 Kh7 20. Re1 b6 21.
Bf1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Bb5 Qb7 24. Rc3 Kg8 25. Qc2 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Qc8 27.
Qxc8+ Bxc8 28. Bc6 Be6 29. Kg2 Kf8 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. Ke2 Kd6 32. Bb5 Bd7 33. Bd3
Ba4 34. Kd2 Kc6 35. Kc3 Bb5 36. Bc2 a5 37. Bf4 Bf8 38. Bd1 Bf1 39. Ba4+ b5 40.
Bd1 b4+ 41. axb4 Bxb4+ 42. Kc2 Bh3 43. Be2 Bd7 44. Bd2 Bf5+ 45. Kc1 Bxd2+ 46.
Kxd2 Bd7 47. Ke3 Kd6 48. Kf4 f6 49. Bd3 Be8 50. f3 Ke7 51. g4 Kd6 52. gxh5 gxh5
53. Bh7 Ke7 54. Kf5 Bb5 55. Kg6 Be2 56. f4 Bg4 57. Kh6 a4 58. Bc2 Ke6 59. Kg6
Bf3 60. f5+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Nc5 9. Nd4 e5 10. Nb3 d6 11. e4 Nfd7 12. Be3 a5 13. Nd2 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4
e4 16. g4 Qh4 17. gxf5 Nf6 18. Bf2 Qh6 19. Ndxe4 Nfxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4
Qxf4 22. Qd3 Rae8 23. Rae1 Bxb2 24. Bxb6 Qh4 25. Bf2 Qf6 26. Kh1 Be5 27. Qh3
Kh8 28. Bg1 Rg8 29. Re2 Re7 30. Rg2 Reg7 31. Rxg7 Rxg7 32. Rb1 Ba6 33. Rb8+ Rg8
34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Qg4+ Kf8 36. Bd3 Bc8 37. Be3 Bd7 38. Bg5 Qg7 39. Qh4 Qf7 40.
f6 Ke8 41. Bxh7 Kd8 42. Qh6 Kc8 43. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. e4 b5 8. e5 Nd5
9. h5 h6 10. hxg6 hxg5 11. Rxh8+ Bxh8 12. gxf7+ Kxf7 13. Nxg5+ Kg6 14. Qf3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Kxg5 16. Qf7 Qd5 17. Qxe7+ Kh6 18. Qf8+ Bg7 19. Qxc8 c5 20. Qh3+ Kg6
21. Qg4+ Kh7 22. O-O-O Nc6 23. Be2 cxd4 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. Bf3 Qxe5 26. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5 12. Nc4 Qa6 13. Nfe5 Be6 14. d5 Rfd8
15. e4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Ng4 17. Nd3 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 Qb6+ 20. Kf1 Qxb2
21. Qc1 Qf6+ 22. Qf4 Bd7 23. e5 Qxf4+ 24. gxf4 Rac8 25. Rec1 Bb5+ 26. Kf2 Rc4
27. Rab1 b6 28. Ke3 Ba6 29. a3 Ra4 30. Rc3 Bc4 31. Rd1 b5 32. Be4 Kf8 33. d6
exd6 34. exd6 Be6 35. Bb7 b4 36. axb4 Rxb4 37. Rc7 Rb6 38. Bc6 a5 39. Ke4 a4
40. Ke5 a3 41. Kf6 a2 42. d7 Bxd7 43. h4 a1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. h4 h6 8. Bf4 d6
9. Qc1 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. a3 Nf5 12. Rb1 a5 13. Nb5 Na7 14. Nxa7 Rxa7 15. e4
Ne7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 h5 18. b5 O-O 19. Bh6 e5 20. Bg5 Bc8 21. Ra1 Qc7 22.
Rxa7 Qxa7 23. Qa1 Qc7 24. Qa2 Bb7 25. Ra1 f6 26. Bd2 Ra8 27. Qb1 Rxa1 28. Qxa1
Bc8 29. Ne1 Kh7 30. Nc2 Bh6 31. Bxh6 Kxh6 32. Ne3 Kg7 33. Qa8 g5 34. Kh2 Qb7
35. Qxb7 Bxb7 36. Bh3 g4 37. Bg2 Bc8 38. f3 Kh6 39. Kg1 Be6 40. Kf2 Kg6 41. Bf1
gxf3 42. Kxf3 f5 43. Be2 fxe4+ 44. dxe4 Ng8 45. Kf2 Nf6 46. Bf3 Kh6 47. Ke2 Kg6
48. Kd3 Kh6 49. Nd1 Bh3 50. Nc3 Be6 51. Na4 Nd7 52. Be2 Kg6 53. Ke3 Kh6 54. Kf2
Kg6 55. Nc3 Nf6 56. Ke3 Kh6 57. Na4 Nd7 58. Nc3 Nf6 59. Na4 Nd7 60. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 c5 10. Bg5 a4 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc6
15. Rad1 axb3 16. axb3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc7 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Qe4
O-O 9. O-O d5 10. exd6 exd6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qh4 d5 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. Nbd2 Qg4 15.
h3 Qxh4 16. Bxh4 Be6 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. g4 Bd3 19. Rfe1 h6 20. Ngf3 d4 21. cxd4
Nb5 22. Re3 g5 23. Rxd3 gxh4 24. d5 Nb4 25. Re3 Rad8 26. Nxh4 Nxd5 27. Bxd5
Rxd5 28. Ne4 Nd4 29. Rc1 f5 30. gxf5 Nxf5 31. Nxf5 Rfxf5 32. b3 Rf7 33. Kg2
Rfd7 34. Rc2 Kh7 35. Rf3 Re7 36. Ng3 Kg6 37. Ne2 Kh7 38. Ng3 Kg6 39. a4 h5 40.
Rc4 Rde5 41. Rd3 Bf6 42. Rd6 R5e6 43. Rxe6 Rxe6 44. Ne4 Be7 45. Nc3 Bd8 46. Rc8
Bf6 47. Nd5 Be5 48. Rd8 Kf5 49. Rd7 Ke4 50. f3+ Kf5 51. Rf7+ Kg6 52. Rxb7 a5
53. Rb5 Bd6 54. Rxa5 Re2+ 55. Kf1 Rd2 56. Ne3 Bg3 57. Nc4 Rf2+ 58. Kg1 Rxf3 59.
Rb5 h4 60. a5 Rf2 61. a6 Rc2 62. Ra5 Bf2+ 63. Kf1 Ba7 64. Rb5 Ra2 65. Na5 Kf6
66. b4 Ra3 67. Rb7 Bd4 68. Nc6 Be3 69. b5 Bc5 70. a7 Bxa7 71. Rxa7 Rxh3 72. b6
Rb3 73. b7 Rb1+ 74. Kg2 Rb2+ 75. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2
Bf5 9. e3 Nd7 10. Qe2 a5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb5 Qc7
15. Rfc1 Qc6 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. Bh3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 e6 19. a4 Qb6 20. Qd1 Bf8 21.
Bf1 Bb4 22. Bb2 Nf6 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rc7 25. Bd3 Qd6 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27.
Qc2 Qxc2 28. Bxc2 g5 29. h3 h5 30. f3 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Kf2 Kf8 33. Bc1 Ke7
34. Bd3 b6 35. Bc2 Kd7 36. Bd3 Ke7 37. Bc2 Kd7 38. Bd3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 f5 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nd5 fxe4 10. dxe4 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Qd2 a5 14. Rac1 b6 15.
b3 Kh8 16. Rfd1 Rf7 17. Nec3 Raf8 18. Nb5 Ne8 19. Rf1 Ne7 20. Nbc3 Nc6 21. Nb5
Ne7 22. Nbc3 Nc6 23. Ne2 Bh3 24. a3 Nf6 25. Nec3 Nxd5 26. cxd5 Nd4 27. Bxd4
exd4 28. Ne2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Qb5 30. Nxd4 Bxd4 31. Qxd4+ Kg8 32. Qc4 Qe8 33. Qd3
Qe5 34. Qc3 Qe7 35. Qd4 g5 36. Rc2 h5 37. Rcf2 Re8 38. Re2 Qd7 39. Qd2 Rg7 40.
Rfe1 Qb5 41. Qc3 Re5 42. Qc4 Qe8 43. Qd3 Rge7 44. a4 Qf7 45. Qd2 Qg7 46. Qd3
Qf6 47. Rc2 Qg6 48. h3 g4 49. hxg4 hxg4 50. Rce2 gxf3+ 51. Qxf3 Rf7 52. Qe3 Rh5
53. Rf2 Rfh7 54. Qf3 Rh2+ 55. Kg1 Rxf2 56. Qxf2 Qh6 57. Qg2 Qf6 58. Rf1 Qe5 59.
Qf3 Rg7 60. Kg2 Qe7 61. Qf5 Qh4 62. Qf8+ Kh7 63. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Bb2 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. c4 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Rb1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Rc8
15. Re1 Ne4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rb2 Qd6 18. Nxe4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxe4 20. Rbd2 e6
21. h3 Bd5 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. f3 Rfc8 24. e4 Bxb3 25. axb3 a5 26. Ra1 e5 27. Ne2
Rb5 28. Rd3 Rc2 29. Kf1 Rb2 30. h4 R2xb3 31. Rxb3 Rxb3 32. Rxa5 Nd7 33. Rd5 Rb7
34. Nc3 f6 35. Ra5 Nf8 36. Nd5 Ne6 37. Ra6 Kf7 38. Kf2 h5 39. Kg3 Rd7 40. Kf2
Rb7 41. Ke3 Rb3+ 42. Kf2 Rb7 43. g3 Rb2+ 44. Ke1 Rb7 45. Kd2 f5 46. exf5 gxf5
47. Ne3 Nd4 48. Nc4 Nxf3+ 49. Ke2 Rb3 50. Nd6+ Ke6 51. Ne4+ Ke7 52. Ra7+ Kd8
53. Nf6 Nd4+ 54. Kf2 Rb2+ 55. Ke3 Rb3+ 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Qd2 e5 10. dxe5 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 Bxe5 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Bc4 Nd7 14. O-O
Nb6 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nb3 Na4 20. c4 b6
21. Rc2 Nc3 22. f3 Rd3 23. Re1 Rcd8 24. Nc1 Rd1 25. Kf1 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 Rd1+ 27.
Kf2 Rh1 28. Kg3 Be5+ 29. f4 Bd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Nb3 Nxe4+ 32. Kf3 d3 33. Rb2
Re1 34. g3 h5 35. Rg2 g5 36. fxg5 Nxg5+ 37. Kf4 Nh3+ 38. Kf3 Ng5+ 39. Kf4 Re2
0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Qh4 b5
15. a3 Ne5 16. Bc1 Ra7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Qxa4 e6 19. Rd6 Nfd7 20. Be3 Qc7 21.
Rxa6 Rxa6 22. Qxa6 Rb8 23. Bc1 Nc5 24. Qa3 Qc6 25. Rd1 Bf8 26. Qa2 Ne4 27. Nxe4
Qxe4 28. Bd3 Nxd3 29. cxd3 Qe2 30. Rf1 Qxd3 31. Qa7 Qb5 32. Bf4 Rc8 33. Qa1 Bg7
34. Qd1 Qxb2 35. Be3 h5 36. h3 Qb5 37. Qd2 Qd5 38. Qe2 Qc4 39. Qd2 Qc3 40. Qd7
Qc6 41. Qd2 Qc2 42. Qd7 Qc7 43. Qd2 Rd8 44. Qe2 Qd6 45. Rc1 Be5 46. Qc4 Kg7 47.
Qc2 Bh2+ 48. Kh1 Bf4 49. Bxf4 Qxf4 50. f3 Rd5 51. Qc3+ e5 52. Re1 Qd4 53. Qc2
Rc5 54. Qe2 h4 55. Rd1 Qc4 56. Qe3 Qc2 57. Re1 Rd5 58. Qg5 Qc3 59. Rg1 Qd4 60.
Qe7 Rd7 61. Qe8 Rd8 62. Qe7 Rd7 63. Qe8 Qd6 64. Ra1 Rd8 65. Qb5 Qd4 66. Re1 Rd5
67. Qe8 Qc3 68. Rg1 Qd2 69. Qe7 Qf4 70. Re1 Qf6 71. Qb7 Qd6 72. Qb3 Rd3 73. Qc2
Rd2 74. Qe4 Rd1 75. Qxh4 Qd4 76. Qxd4 Rxe1+ 77. Qg1 Rxg1+ 78. Kxg1 f5 79. Kf2
Kh6 80. g3 Kg5 81. Ke3 Kf6 82. h4 Ke6 83. g4 Kd5 84. Kd3 fxg4 85. fxg4 e4+ 86.
Ke3 Ke5 87. h5 gxh5 88. gxh5 Kf5 89. h6 Kg6 90. Kxe4 Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. e4 dxc4 15.
Nxc4 b5 16. Ne3 Qb6 17. a4 a5 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Bb2 Bb4 20. h4 c5 21. d5 exd5 22.
Nxb5 c4 23. Bd4 cxb3 24. Qxb3 Nc5 25. Qb2 Nxa4 26. Qe2 Nc5 27. e5 Nfe4 28. Bxe4
dxe4 29. Nd6 Rb8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Rac1 Qa6 32. Qxa6 Nxa6 33. Nf5 h6 34. Nd6
Rb8 35. Ba7 Ra8 36. Be3 Rb8 37. Nxb7 Rxb7 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. h5 Rb8 40. Rxb8 Nxb8
41. Rc7 a4 42. Rxf7 a3 43. Bd4 Nc6 44. Ba1 Bc5 45. Rc7 Bd4 46. Rxc6 Bxa1 47. e6
Bf6 48. Ra6 Be7 49. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. O-O d5 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. h5 Ba6 13. h6 g6 14. Bf4 a4 15. a3 bxa3
16. bxa3 Qc7 17. Qc1 Rfc8 18. Ne3 Qd8 19. Ng4 Nd4 20. Ngh2 Qc7 21. Qd2 Rab8 22.
Ra2 Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 c4 24. d4 c3 25. Qc1 Bc4 26. Ra1 Rb2 27. Bg5 Bf8 28. Bh3
Rcb8 29. Kg2 R8b6 30. Re3 Ba6 31. Qd1 Rb8 32. Nh2 R8b7 33. Rf3 R7b6 34. Ng4 Rc6
35. Bc1 Rb8 36. Bg5 Rc4 37. Ne3 Rc6 38. Bf4 Qa7 39. Bg5 Rb2 40. Rf4 Nb6 41. Qf3
Nc4 42. Ng4 Nd2 43. Nf6+ Kh8 44. Qd1 Rc4 45. Bxe6 fxe6 46. Qg4 Rb6 47. Nd7 Rc8
48. Rf7 Ne4 49. Qf4 Rbb8 50. Nxf8 Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nc6 6. c3 Nh5 7. Bg3 h6 8. Nbd2
d5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O Nxg3 11. hxg3 O-O 12. a3 a5 13. a4 Bd7 14. Bb5 Rfd8 15.
Re1 Rac8 16. Qd1 Nb8 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. Nxb3 b6 20. Nc1 Rb8 21. Re2
Rdc8 22. Nd3 b5 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Nfe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bd6 26. Nd3 c4 27. Nc1
Rcb8 28. Ra2 a4 29. Rc2 Rb3 30. g4 a3 31. bxa3 Rxa3 32. Rxa3 Bxa3 33. Ne2 Rb3
34. g3 Kf8 35. Kg2 Ke7 36. Kf3 Kd6 37. e4 f6 38. exd5 exd5 39. Ke3 Bb2 40. Kd2
g5 41. Ng1 Ke6 42. f3 f5 43. Nh3 fxg4 44. fxg4 Ba3 45. Ke2 Bb2 46. Kd2 Ba3 47.
Ke2 Bb2 48. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O a5 10. b3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bb2 c6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15.
Rad1 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. f4 Bg7 18. e4 Rad8 19. Kh1 Qc5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. f5
gxf5 22. exf5 Bd5 23. f6 Bf8 24. Qe2 Bxg2+ 25. Qxg2 Nd5 26. Ne4 Qe3 27. Bc1 Qd3
28. Ng5 Re8 29. Qh3 Re2 30. Qh5 Re7 31. Rd1 Nxf6 32. Qxf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxd3 Re7
34. Nf3 Nd5 35. Bg5 Re6 36. Rd2 Bb4 37. Rc2 h6 38. Bc1 Kg7 39. Kg2 Kg6 40. Nh4+
Kh7 41. Rf2 Kg8 42. Nf5 h5 43. Nh6+ Kg7 44. Nf5+ Kg8 45. Nh6+ Kg7 46. Nf5+ Kh7
47. Nh4 Kg8 48. Bg5 Bc5 49. Rd2 Kg7 50. Nf3 Kg6 51. Rc2 Be3 52. Re2 Kf7 53.
Bxe3 Nxe3+ 54. Kh3 Kf6 55. Nd4 Re7 56. Nc2 Nf5 57. Rf2 Kg5 58. Kg2 b5 59. h4+
Kg6 60. Rd2 c5 61. Kh3 c4 62. bxc4 bxc4 63. g4 hxg4+ 64. Kxg4 Re4+ 65. Kf3 Rxh4
66. Rf2 Kf6 67. Ke2 Ke5 68. Kd2 Rh3 69. Re2+ Kd5 70. Re8 Nd6 71. Ra8 c3+ 72.
Ke2 Ke4 73. Rxa5 Rh2+ 74. Kd1 Nc4 75. Ra4 Kd5 76. Ra8 Nb2+ 77. Kc1 Nd3+ 78. Kd1
Rd2# 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. f3
O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 15.
Rhe1 Qc8 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Re3 Qb4 20. c3 Qb6 21.
Ka1 Rc8 22. g4 hxg4 23. f4 Nc4 24. e5 Nd5 25. e6 Ndxe3 26. exd7 Rd8 27. f5 Qa5
28. Rc1 Qa3 29. Rb1 Qa5 30. Rc1 Qa3 31. Rb1 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. Be3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Rb1 c6 13. Be2 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5
15. dxc6 bxc6 16. b4 Kh8 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. Nf3 c5 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. Rxb8 Qxb8 21.
Qc2 Nd6 22. Ng5 Qc8 23. Re1 Re8 24. Qd1 Bf6 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Bxe4
Kg7 28. g3 Qa6 29. Qb3 Qb6 30. Qc2 Qb4 31. Qe2 a5 32. h4 a4 33. Kg2 Qb6 34. Qg4
Qd6 35. Bd3 Qc6+ 36. Kh2 Be7 37. h5 Qf6 38. Kg2 a3 39. Qe4 Bf8 40. hxg6 hxg6
41. Qa8 Kh6 42. Qxa3 Qc6+ 43. Kg1 Qf3 44. Qc1+ Kg7 45. Qc2 Bd6 46. a4 g5 47. a5
Qc6 48. Qa2 Qa6 49. Qa4 Kf6 50. Qd7 Be7 51. Qb5 Qxb5 52. cxb5 Bd8 53. b6 Ke5
54. Bc4 Ke4 55. b7 Bc7 56. a6 Bb8 57. Kf1 d3 58. f4 gxf4 59. gxf4 Kd4 60. Bxd3
Kxd3 61. f5 c4 62. f6 c3 63. f7 c2 64. f8=Q c1=Q+ 65. Kg2 Qg5+ 66. Kf1 Qc1+ 67.
Kg2 Qd2+ 68. Qf2 Qg5+ 69. Kf1 Qc1+ 70. Kg2 Qc6+ 71. Qf3+ Qxf3+ 72. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nbxd4 Nf6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Qxb5 12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Be3 b6 14.
Rd1 e6 15. O-O Nd5 16. Bd4 Nc5 17. g3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 a6 19. Na3 b5 20. Rfd1 Rab8
21. c4 bxc4 22. Nxc4 a5 23. Nfe5 a4 24. R1d2 Rb7 25. h4 h5 26. Rc2 Nb4 27. Re2
Nxa2 28. Nd6 Rb4 29. Red2 Kg7 30. Rxb4 Nxb4 31. Rd4 Nba6 32. Ne4 Rb8 33. Nxc5
Nxc5 34. Rc4 Rb5 35. Nc6 Nd3 36. Rxa4 Rxb2 37. f4 Rc2 38. Nd8 Rc7 39. Ra6 Nb4
40. Rxe6 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Rac1 Be8 16. c5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 gxf6 21. Rd7 Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxb7 Ra5 24. Rb2 Kg7 25. Kg2 f5 26.
Rc2 Kf6 27. Rb2 Ra3 28. e3 Kg6 29. Kf3 Ra4 30. Rc2 e5 31. h4 f6 32. Rd2 Ra3 33.
Rc2 Ra4 34. Rd2 Ra3 35. Rc2 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. a4 Bg4 11. Be2 Rad8 12. h3 e5 13. Be3 Qe6 14. Qc1 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 e4 16. Be2 Nd5 17. O-O f5 18. Bc4 Qc6 19. Ba2 Kh8 20. Bh6 Nc5 21.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qe3 f4 24. Qd4+ Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Rfe8 26. Rfd1 e3 27.
fxe3 fxe3 28. a5 e2 29. Re1 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Nd3 31. d5 Kf7 32. g4 Re5 33. Kg2 Re3
34. Kg1 Ke7 35. Ra3 Rg3+ 36. Kh2 Nxe1 37. Kxg3 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. a5 Qe7 13. Nc3 dxc4 14. e4 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 cxb3 17. Qxb3 Bc5 18. Be3 g6 19. Na4 Nfg4 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21.
Nc2 Rab8 22. Qc3 Nxe3 23. Nxe3 Rb4 24. f4 Nc4 25. Ng4 f6 26. e5 fxe5 27. Bxc6
Rd8 28. Bd5+ Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Qe6 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Qxe5+ Qxe5 33.
fxe5 Rb7 34. e6 Bb5 35. a6 Re7 36. Rb8 Bd3 37. Rb7 Kf6 38. Ra5 c4 39. Rc5 h5
40. Rxe7 Kxe7 41. Rc7+ Kxe6 42. Rxa7 c3 43. Rc7 Bxa6 44. Rc6+ Kd5 45. Rxa6 c2
46. Ra1 Kd4 47. Kf2 Kd3 48. h4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Re8 8.
O-O e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Rxe5 11. Bf4 Re8 12. h3 c5 13. Nf3 b6 14. Qc2 Bb7
15. Bb5 Rf8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Bf1 b5 18. a4 Qb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qb3 c4 21. Qb4
Bc6 22. b3 Rfc8 23. Nd4 Be8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. Qb2 Qa5 27. Be5 Ne4
28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rc1 Qa2 30. Qxa2 Rxa2 31. Ne2 Nd2 32. Nd4 Nb3 33. Rb1 Nxd4
34. cxd4 c3 35. Bd3 b4 36. Rxb4 c2 37. Bxc2 Rxc2 38. f3 f5 39. h4 Rd2 40. Rb7+
Bf7 41. Kf1 h6 42. Ra7 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Re7 Kf6 45. Re5 Bc4+ 46. Kg1 Re2
47. Rc5 Be6 48. Re5 Rd2 49. Kh2 Bf7 50. Kg1 Bg6 51. Kh2 f4 52. exf4 gxf4 53.
Rd5 Bf7 54. Rc5 Rxd4 55. Rc2 Bg6 56. Rb2 Rd8 57. g3 Rd4 58. Kh3 Bf5+ 59. Kg2
Kg5 60. gxf4+ Kxf4 61. Kf2 Be6 62. Re2 Bd5 63. Re3 Rd2+ 64. Re2 Rd3 65. Ke1 Rc3
66. Kd2 Ra3 67. Re7 Rb3 68. Kc2 Ra3 69. Kb2 Ra4 70. Kc3 Kf5 71. Rd7 Be6 72. Rd4
Ra8 73. Kd3 Ra3+ 74. Ke2 Ke5 75. Re4+ Kd5 76. Kf2 Bf5 77. Re3 Ra4 78. Kg3 Be6
79. Re4 Ra8 80. Kf4 Rf8+ 81. Ke3 Kd6 82. Rd4+ Bd5 83. Rf4 Re8+ 84. Kd4 Ra8 85.
Ke3 Ke5 86. Rd4 Ra3+ 87. Rd3 Ra5 88. Rc3 Be6 89. Rd3 Rc5 90. Ra3 Bf5 91. Rb3
Bg6 92. Ra3 Bc2 93. Ra8 Bb3 94. Re8+ Be6 95. Rd8 Bf7 96. Rd3 Bg6 97. Ra3 Bh5
98. Rb3 Kf5 99. Ra3 Re5+ 100. Kf2 Be8 101. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 b6 12. Nbd2 a5 13. Nb3 Ba6 14. Nxc5
bxc5 15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe2 18. Bxa5 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Rhc8 20. Nc4
Ra6 21. a3 Nd6 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Re1 Ra8 24. Bc3 Rad8 25. Kf1 Rd1 26. a4 Rxe1+
27. Kxe1 g6 28. g4 Kd6 29. Ke2 Kd5 30. Kd3 c4+ 31. Ke2 f5 32. f3 fxg4 33. e4+
Kc5 34. fxg4 Rd3 35. b4+ Kb6 36. Bd2 Ra3 37. Be3+ Kc6 38. b5+ Kc7 39. Bd4 Rxa4
40. Ke3 Ra3+ 41. Kf4 Rb3 42. b6+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. Bf4
a6 9. Rc1 h6 10. b3 g5 11. d5 gxf4 12. dxc6 e5 13. cxb7 Bxb7 14. Nh4 Bc8 15. c5
Rb4 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Qc2 fxg3 18. hxg3 Rxh4 19. gxh4 d5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rfd1
Be6 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qd3 Qxh4 24. Qxd5 Qg4+ 25. Qg2 Qxe2 26. Re1 Qxa2 27. Re3
Kh8 28. Rg3 Qd2 29. Rc6 Rd8 30. Kh2 Qf4 31. Rc4 e4 32. Rxe4 Qd6 33. Qh3 Qf6 34.
Rf3 Qc6 35. Qf5 Rd6 36. Rc4 Qb6 37. Rc8+ Rd8 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 39. Qxf7 Be5+ 40.
Kh3 Bg7 41. Qe6 Qd1 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ Kh8 44. Kg2 Qd7 45. Qa8+ Kh7 46. Qe4+
Kh8 47. Rd3 Qc8 48. Rg3 a5 49. Qd5 Qe8 50. Qb7 Be5 51. Qe4 Qb8 52. Rg6 Bg7 53.
Qd5 Qe8 54. Ra6 Qe7 55. Rxa5 Bf8 56. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Bb5 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bxc6 Nb6 13. Qe4 bxc6 14. Rd1
Qc7 15. Bf4 Qb7 16. Be5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Nc4 18. Qe2 Nd6 19. b3 Rad8 20. Rd3 Nb5
21. Rad1 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Rd5 23. Re1 Rfd8 24. h3 e6 25. Qc4 c5 26. Rd3 Rxd3 27.
cxd3 Qd5 28. Rc1 Qxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxd3 30. Rxc5 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Rd2 32. Ra5 Rxf2 33.
Rxa7 e5 34. Kg1 Rb2 35. g4 h6 36. Re7 Rxa2 37. Rxe5 Rb2 38. Re3 Kg7 39. Rf3 Kf8
40. Re3 Kg7 41. Rf3 Kf8 42. Re3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Na6
9. Bb2 Qc7 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. e3
a5 16. Rfe1 Bc8 17. Qb1 Rfe8 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Nf3 Ng4 20. h3 Ne5 21. Nd4 Nf7 22.
f4 Qc7 23. Kh2 Re7 24. Re2 Rde8 25. Rde1 Qb6 26. Qd1 a4 27. Nxa4 Nxa4 28. bxa4
Bd7 29. Qb3 Qa7 30. Bc3 Qa6 31. a5 Bc8 32. a4 h5 33. Nf3 Bxc3 34. Qxc3 Be6 35.
Qf6 Nh8 36. Rd2 Rf7 37. Qb2 Rd7 38. c5 d5 39. Qc3 Ra8 40. Qf6 Bf7 41. Ne5 Rc7
42. e4 fxe4 43. f5 Qxa5 44. Rde2 Qc3 45. Qd6 Re8 46. Qxc7 Qxe5 47. Qxb7 h4 48.
fxg6 Nxg6 49. Rf1 Re7 50. Qxc6 Qxg3+ 51. Kh1 Nf4 52. Rb2 Kg7 53. Rb6 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Bg2 b5 7. cxb5 Qa5+ 8. Bd2
Qxb5 9. Bc3 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Na3 Qa6 12. Ne1 Nbd7 13. e4 Nb6 14. Qc2 Na4 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nc4 Qb5 17. Nd3 Ba6 18. Rac1 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Nxb2 21.
Nxb2 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Rfb8 23. Bf1 Bd4 24. Rcc1 Rb6 25. Rb3 Rxb3 26. axb3 a5 27.
Kg2 a4 28. bxa4 Rxa4 29. Rc2 Kg7 30. Bb5 Ra1 31. Bc4 Re1 32. Kf3 Kf6 33. h4 h6
34. Bd3 Ra1 35. Ke2 g5 36. hxg5+ hxg5 37. Rd2 g4 38. Rc2 Ke5 39. Rd2 Ra3 40.
Rc2 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. dxe6 Bxe6 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. Bg2 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. a3 Be7 12. Nc3 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 O-O 14.
O-O-O Ne5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Be4 Rfc8 17. Kc2 f5 18. Bf3 Bf6 19. Rc1 Kf8 20. Rhe1
a5 21. h3 a4 22. Bg2 h5 23. f4 Nc6 24. Nxa4 h4 25. gxh4 Bxh4 26. Rf1 Nd4+ 27.
Kd3 Rd8 28. Ke3 Nb3 29. Nxb3 Bxb3 30. Nc3 Rb6 31. Bh1 Bf7 32. Rfd1 Re8+ 33. Kf3
Bh5+ 34. Kg2 Bxe2 35. Nxe2 Rxe2+ 36. Kf3 Rbe6 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Rc7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. h3
a5 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. Bc2 h6 12. Ne3 Nf4 13. Nd5 Ne6 14. Be3 Kh7 15.
Qd2 a4 16. Rad1 Na5 17. b3 axb3 18. axb3 exd4 19. cxd4 Nc6 20. b4 Na7 21. Nc3
c6 22. Ra1 d5 23. e5 Nc7 24. Ne2 Nab5 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Ng3 Na3 27. Ra1 Nc4 28.
Qc1 Qd8 29. Bf4 Ne6 30. Nh5 Rh8 31. Bg3 Kg8 32. Bh4 g5 33. Bg3 Kf8 34. Bd3 b5
35. Ra7 Be8 36. Qa1 Rg8 37. Ra8 Qe7 38. Nf6 Bxf6 39. exf6 Qxf6 40. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. Be3 Bd6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Qxd4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14.
Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rfd1 Re8 16. a4 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. c3 Red8 19. a5 Bc2 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Bxa7 Kf7 22. Kf1 Rd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxd1 24. Ke1 Bb3 25. Kd2 Ke6 26. Ke3
Kd5 27. f4 g6 28. fxe5 Kxe5 29. Bb8+ Kd5 30. Kf4 Ke6 31. Kg5 Kf7 32. Be5 Bd5
33. g3 Bg2 34. b4 Bd5 35. Kh6 Kg8 36. Bd4 Bb3 37. h4 Bc4 38. Bc5 Bd5 39. g4 Bg2
40. Kg5 Kf7 41. Bf2 Bf1 42. Bg3 Bc4 43. Kh6 Kg8 44. Be5 Be2 45. Kg5 Kf7 46. Bd4
Bc4 47. Kh6 Kg8 48. Kg5 Kf7 49. Kh6 Kg8 50. Kg5 Kf7 51. Kh6 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
O-O Re8 9. Be3 f6 10. Kh1 Be7 11. Ng1 Nf8 12. Ne2 Be6 13. b3 Qd7 14. f4 exf4
15. Nxf4 Bf7 16. Qf3 a5 17. Nh5 Ng6 18. Bd2 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Ne5 20. Qf2 b5 21.
cxb5 cxb5 22. Bc3 Bb4 23. Bb2 Qf7 24. Qh4 Bd6 25. Bc1 b4 26. Be3 a4 27. g4 Ng6
28. Qf2 Be5 29. Bd4 Qe6 30. Rg1 Rad8 31. Bxe5 Qxe5 32. Rab1 c5 33. Qf5 Qc3 34.
Qf2 c4 35. Qa7 Re7 36. Qa5 Rc8 37. Rxb4 cxd3 38. cxd3 Qxd3 39. Qf5 Rd8 40. Rxa4
Qc2 41. Ra8 Rxa8 42. Qd5+ Kf8 43. Qxa8+ Re8 44. Qa3+ Kg8 45. Ng3 Ne5 46. Rc1
Qf2 47. Qb3+ Kh8 48. Rf1 Qa7 49. Nf5 Rb8 50. Qg3 h6 51. Qg2 Qa3 52. Qc2 Qh3 53.
Ng3 Nxg4 54. Qe2 Ra8 55. Rc1 Ne5 56. Rc2 Ra3 57. Qg2 Qg4 58. Rd2 Ra4 59. Qf2
Ra8 60. Qf5 Qh4 61. Rc2 Ng4 62. Rc8+ Rxc8 63. Qxc8+ Kh7 64. Qf5+ Kg8 65. Qc8+
Kh7 66. Qf5+ Kg8 67. Qd5+ Kh8 68. Qd2 Ne5 69. a4 Qg4 70. Qe2 Qe6 71. a5 g6 72.
a6 Qb6 73. Kg2 h5 74. Nf1 Kg7 75. Ne3 Qd4 76. Nd5 f5 77. a7 Qxa7 78. Qb2 fxe4
79. Qxe5+ Kh7 80. Nf6+ Kh6 81. Ng8+ Kh7 82. Nf6+ Kh6 83. Nxe4 Qa2+ 84. Kh3 Qb3+
85. Kh4 Qg8 86. Qf4+ Kg7 87. Qc7+ Kh6 88. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. c3 Bd7 8. Nbd2
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. a4 b4 14. a5 Ba7 15. Nfd2
g4 16. Nc4 Rb8 17. Nbd2 Qf6 18. Qe2 Nf4 19. Qf1 h5 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. d4 bxc3
22. bxc3 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Nxd4 24. Ra2 d5 25. exd5 O-O 26. Be4 Qg7 27. d6 cxd6 28.
Qd3 Be6 29. Ra4 d5 30. Nb6 Nb5 31. Bxd5 Nc3 32. Rd4 Nxd5 33. Nxd5 Bxd5 34. O-O
Bc6 35. Rxf4 Bb5 36. Nc4 Rbc8 37. Re1 Rfd8 38. Qb3 Bxc4 39. Rxc4 Rxc4 40. Qxc4
Qf6 41. g3 Rd2 42. Qc5 Kg7 43. Rf1 Kg6 44. Rb1 Kg7 45. Qb6 Rd6 46. Qc5 Rd2 47.
Qb6 Rd6 48. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 c6 8.
Nc3 d5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ng5 Nbd7 11. Bg2 Qc7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ngxe4 Rad8 14. Rad1
b5 15. cxb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 cxb5 17. Qb4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 19. Bf3 Qb6 20. a4
bxa4 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. bxa4 Rd6 23. Rd2 Rc8 24. Rb1 g5 25. Rb4 g4 26. Bb7 Rc7
27. Ba6 Rc1+ 28. Kg2 h5 29. Rdb2 Kg7 30. h3 Nd5 31. Rb5 Nc7 32. Rxb6 Rxd4 33.
hxg4 hxg4 34. Be2 Rxa4 35. R6b4 Rxb4 36. Rxb4 f5 37. f3 Nd5 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39.
Rb2 gxf3+ 40. Bxf3 Ne3+ 41. Kf2 Nc4 42. Ra2 Ne5 43. Be2 Rc3 44. Kg2 Nf7 45. Bf3
Ng5 46. Ba8 Rd3 47. Bb7 Rb3 48. Ba8 Rb6 49. Rc2 Nf7 50. Bf3 Ne5 51. Be2 Nc6 52.
Rd2 Ke5 53. Ra2 Nd4 54. Bf3 Kf6 55. Be2 Kg5 56. Kf2 e5 57. Ra5 e4 58. Ra2 Rb3
59. Bd1 Rd3 60. Ra1 Rd2+ 61. Ke1 Rg2 62. Ra4 Nb5 63. Ra8 Rxg3 64. Kf2 Kf4 65.
Rd8 Nc3 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf4
Rb8 9. Rc1 h6 10. b3 g5 11. d5 gxf4 12. dxc6 fxg3 13. hxg3 b6 14. Qd3 e6 15.
Rfd1 Qe7 16. e3 Rd8 17. Nd4 Ng4 18. Qe2 h5 19. Bh3 Qg5 20. Nf3 Qh6 21. Kg2 b5
22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Ba6 24. a4 d5 25. Nfd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Nf6 27. Rcd1 Ne4
28. Qc2 Bxb5 29. axb5 Qf6 30. Qe2 h4 31. b6 Rxb6 32. Qg4+ Kh7 33. Qh5+ Kg7 34.
Qg4+ Kh7 35. Qh5+ Kg7 36. Qg4+ Kh6 37. f3 hxg3 38. Rh1 Rxb3 39. Kg1 Ng5 40. f4
Rxe3 41. Bf1+ Kg7 42. Rh5 Rh8 43. Rxg5+ Kf8 44. Ra4 Qb2 45. Ra8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. e3 Bg7 7. f4 c5 8. dxc5
N6d7 9. Na4 e5 10. Nf3 exf4 11. exf4 O-O 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O Nxc5 14. Nxc5 bxc5
15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd7 17. Rb1 Nb6 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Rb5 Qc7 20. Bg4 Rad8 21.
Qf3 f6 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Nc4 Kh8 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. Rfb1 Rd6 26. a4 Qd8 27. h3
Rg8 28. R1b2 Rd3 29. Qh5 Rxc3 30. Qxf5 Qd4+ 31. Kh2 Rc1 32. Rf2 Qa1 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Ne5 Qd4 8.
Nexc4 Nxc4 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qxc4 Qxc4 11. Nxc4 g6 12. b4 Bg7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Na5
Bc8 15. a4 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b5 cxb5 19. axb5 a6 20. Rab1 axb5
21. Rxb5 Nc3 22. Nxb7 Nxd1 23. Nxd8 Ra1 24. h3 Nc3+ 25. Kh2 Nxb5 26. Nc6 Kf8
27. Be4 Bb7 28. f3 Re1 29. Kg2 Rxe2+ 30. Kf1 Rxe4 31. fxe4 Bxc6 32. d3 e5 33.
Kf2 Nd4 34. Ke3 h5 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 g5 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Kf2 Kc5
40. Ke3 Bd7 41. Kf2 Bxg4 42. Ke3 Kb4 43. Kf2 Kc3 44. Ke3 Bf3 45. Kf2 Kxd3 46.
Kg3 Ke3 47. Kh3 Kf2 48. Kh2 f5 49. exf5 g4 50. f6 g3+ 51. Kh3 g2 52. f7 g1=Q
53. f8=Q Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6
8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 Be6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 Na5 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Ne3 Rc8 14. Bxb7
Nxb7 15. Rxb7 Bxc4 16. Rxa7 Qb6 17. Ra4 Be6 18. Qd3 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rb1
Qc7 21. c4 Rxa2 22. Qc3 Ra8 23. h4 Qc6 24. f3 Rc8 25. Kf2 Ne8 26. Qd4 f6 27. h5
Qc5 28. Qe4 Kf7 29. hxg6+ hxg6 30. Rh1 Bxc4 31. Bf8 Kxf8 32. Qxg6 Bg8 33. Rh5
Qa7 34. Qh6+ Ng7 35. Rh4 Rc3 36. Rg4 Qxe3+ 37. Qxe3 Rxe3 38. Kxe3 Nf5+ 39. Kf2
d5 40. Ra4 Nd6 41. e3 Be6 42. g4 Nc4 43. Ke2 Kf7 44. Rb4 Nd6 45. Kd3 Nc4 46.
Ke2 Ne5 47. e4 dxe4 48. fxe4 Bxg4+ 49. Ke3 Bh5 50. Rb5 Bg6 51. Rc5 Bh5 52. Rb5
Bg4 53. Rc5 Bd7 54. Rd5 Bc6 55. Rc5 Ke6 56. Rc1 Bd7 57. Ra1 Kf7 58. Rc1 Ng4+
59. Kf4 Be6 60. Rc5 Ne5 61. Ke3 Kf8 62. Rc1 Ke8 63. Rc5 Bf7 64. Rc8+ Kd7 65.
Rc1 Bg6 66. Rd1+ Ke6 67. Rg1 Kf7 68. Rc1 Nd7 69. Rc6 Nf8 0-1

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Lekic, Lazar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Bg4 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Qb3 Bxf3 6. gxf3 Nd7 7. Nc3 Ngf6
8. d4 c5 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qf6 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. f4 Qg6 14. Bc3
f6 15. Bxb7 Rd8 16. O-O-O Be7 17. Rhg1 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2013.12.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bora, Safal"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Be6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Nxc4 Bd5 8.
O-O Bg7 9. b3 Be4 10. Qd1 b5 11. Nb2 Nd5 12. d3 Nc3 13. Qe1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd4
15. Bh6 Ncxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Bxh6 17. Nd1 O-O 18. Rb1 a5 19. Ne3 Ra6 20. Bd1 Re6 21.
Qxa5 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rxe3 23. Qd2 Nf5 24. Be2 Qd4 25. Kg2 Qe5 26. Bf3 Rd8 27.
Rbe1 b4 28. Re2 Rxe2+ 29. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 30. Bxe2 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2013.12.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Brown, Michael William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. a4 e5 13. a5 exd4 14. cxd4
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Be2 Be6 17. Rc1 b6 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qe2
Rfd8 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qb5 Nc5 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. h3 Qd6 26. Rd1 Qc7
27. Rd4 Rd8 28. Qc6 Rc8 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Rd6 Na4 31. Bd1 b5 32. Bb3 g6 33. g4
Kg7 34. Kg2 Rc3 35. Bd5 Rc7 36. Kf3 Nc3 37. Bb3 Rb7 38. Rc6 b4 39. h4 Kf8 40.
g5 hxg5 41. hxg5 Rb5 42. Rf6 Nd5 43. Rd6 Nc3 44. Rf6 Nd5 45. Rd6 Nc3 46. Rf6
Nd5 47. Ra6 Nc3 48. Kg4 Ne4 49. f4 Nd2 50. Ra8+ Kg7 51. Ba4 Rb7 52. Bc6 Rb6 53.
Bd5 b3 54. Ra7 b2 55. Rxf7+ Kh8 56. Rf8+ Kg7 57. Rf7+ Kh8 58. Rf8+ Kg7 59. Rf7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2013.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Asgarizadeh, Ahmad"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Nh5 10. Nc4 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. d4 b5 13. Ncd2 Rb8 14. Re1 Ne7 15.
Qe2 c5 16. Rad1 cxd4 17. cxd4 a5 18. Bc2 a4 19. e5 d5 20. Nb1 Be6 21. Nc3 Qd7
22. a3 Rb6 23. Qd2 Ng6 24. Ne2 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Rc1 Rb7 27. Rc6 Ne7 28.
Rc2 g5 29. Rec1 Bb6 30. Rd1 h6 31. Qd3 Qe4 32. Qxe4 dxe4 33. Nd2 e3 34. fxe3
Nd5 35. Nf1 fxe3 36. Rd3 Nf4 37. Nxf4 gxf4 38. g3 Rd8 39. gxf4 Rxd4 40. Rxd4
Bxd4 41. Kg2 b4 42. Kf3 bxa3 43. bxa3 Rb2 44. Rxb2 Bxb2 45. Nxe3 Bxa3 46. Ke4
Bc1 47. Nc2 a3 48. e6 fxe6 49. Nxa3 Bxa3 50. f5 Kf7 51. fxe6+ Kxe6 52. h4 h5
53. Kf3 Kf5 54. Kg2 Kg4 55. Kh1 Kxh4 56. Kh2 Bd6+ 57. Kg2 Kg4 58. Kh1 Kh3 59.
Kg1 h4 60. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2013.12.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Salomon, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. e3 Ne7 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3
O-O 9. b4 a5 10. b5 c5 11. bxc6 Nbxc6 12. Na3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Nb5 Qd7 15.
Rb1 h6 16. Re1 Nb4 17. a3 Na6 18. Nf3 Nc6 19. Bf4 g5 20. Bd6 Rfe8 21. h4 Bg4
22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Qd2 f6 24. Nxg5 fxg5 25. Qxg5 Qf5 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Qh4+ Qh5
28. Qxh5+ Bxh5 29. Kg2 Kh7 30. Rh1 Kg6 31. Bf4 Be2 32. Nd6 Re7 33. Nxb7 Ne5 34.
Rb6+ Bf6 35. Rh6+ Kg7 36. Rbxf6 Bxd3 37. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2013.12.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5
e6 9. Nec3 exd5 10. exd5 O-O 11. O-O Na6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. a3 c4 14. Be3 Rc8 15.
d6 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Bxb7 Bd3 18. Nd2 Rf5 19. Be4 Rf6 20. Bxd3 Rxd6 21. Qc2
Rxd3 22. Rad1 Qc8 23. Nf1 Rfd8 24. Ne3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qc5 26. a4 Qa5 27. Nxc4
Rxd1 28. Nxa5 Rxe1+ 29. Kg2 Rc8 30. Nb7 Nc4 31. a5 a6 32. Qd3 Re7 33. Qd5 Rec7
34. h4 h5 35. Nd8 Kf8 36. Kg1 Kg8 37. Nxf7 Rxf7 38. Qe6 Rc5 39. Qxg6+ Kf8 40.
Qh6+ Kg8 41. Qg6+ Rg7 42. Qxa6 Nxa5 43. Qe6+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ Kh8 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46.
Qe4+ Kh8 47. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2013.12.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Wang, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. Ne1 d6 10. Nc2 a4 11. Ne3 Nd4 12. d3 Ra7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Ned5 h6 15.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. e3 Nb3 17. Bd2 f5 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Bc3 Kh7 20. Qc2 b5 21. Nb6 Be6
22. Rbd1 Rb8 23. Nd5 Rab7 24. Rf1 b4 25. Be1 Qd7 26. Kh1 Na5 27. d4 exd4 28.
exd4 bxa3 29. bxa3 Rb2 30. Qc1 Qa7 31. dxc5 Qxc5 32. Bb4 Qa7 33. Bxd6 R8b3 34.
c5 Rxa3 35. Rde1 Qf7 36. Nf4 Nb3 37. Qd1 Ra1 38. Qxa1 Nxa1 39. Nxe6 Nc2 40. Re2
a3 41. Nxg7 a2 42. Re7 Qxe7 43. Bxe7 a1=Q 44. Rxa1 Nxa1 45. Bd5 Kxg7 46. c6 Rc2
47. Bd6 Kf6 48. c7 Rc1+ 49. Kg2 g5 50. Kf3 Nc2 51. Ke2 Nb4 52. Bxb4 Rxc7 53.
Kd3 Rc1 54. Bd2 Rd1 55. Ke2 Rb1 56. Bc3+ Kg6 57. h3 Rb8 58. Kd3 Re8 59. Bd4 Re1
60. Bf3 Rc1 61. Be3 Ra1 62. Kd4 Ra5 63. Kc4 Ra4+ 64. Kd5 Ra5+ 65. Ke6 Ra2 66.
Bd5 Ra6+ 67. Ke7 Ra4 68. Bc6 Rb4 69. Ke6 Rb8 70. Ke5 Rd8 71. Bb5 Ra8 72. Bd7
Ra5+ 73. Ke6 Ra6+ 74. Ke7 Ra2 75. Be8+ Kh7 76. Bf7 f4 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2013.12.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vorontsov, Pavlo"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. h3
c6 9. Nf3 N8d7 10. Be2 e5 11. O-O exd4 12. Bxd4 Qe7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ f6
15. Rad1 Re8 16. Qe3 Nc5 17. Rfe1 Nca4 18. b3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Be6 20. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2013.12.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Sibashvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bf3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Ne5 12. Be4 Qc7 13. Rb1 a6 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2013.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wang, Yiye"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. a4 a5 14. Nc3 Ne6
15. f4 f5 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Nbd4 c5 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. b3 Bc6 20. Ba3 Rad8 21. Qd2
d4 22. Ng1 Rfe8 23. Nf3 c4 24. Ng5 Qd5 25. bxc4 Qxc4 26. e6 d3 27. e7 Rd7 28.
cxd3 Rxd3 29. Qe2 h6 30. Rac1 Qd5 31. Rcd1 Re3 32. Qc2 Qxg2+ 33. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 34.
Kxg2 hxg5 35. Rf3 gxf4 36. Rxe3 fxe3 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. Rd7 c5 39. Kxe3 Rxe7+ 40.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. Kc4 f4 43. Bc1 f3 44. Be3 g6 45. h3 Ba7 46. Bf2 Kf5
47. Kc3 Ke4 48. Kc2 Bb6 49. Kc3 Bc7 50. Kd2 Bf4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2013.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nbd2 d6 8. Bd3
c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rad1 Rc7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 Re8
15. f4 Bf8 16. Nf3 Qa8 17. Rde1 a6 18. a4 Bc6 19. Ne5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Bb4 21.
exf6 Nxf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Rf1 f5 24. Qe5 Qd8 25. Qg3+ Kh7 26. d5 Rg8 27. Qe5
Bd7 28. Nf4 Bc8 29. Nh5 Rg6 30. Kh1 Bd6 31. Qc3 e5 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 33. Rxf5 Qh4
34. Qe3 Qe7 35. Qe4 Kg8 36. Bxe5 Rc8 37. Qf4 Re8 38. Bxd6 Qe1+ 39. Qf1 Qxf1+
40. Rxf1 Rxd6 41. Ng3 Kf8 42. Kg1 Re5 43. Rf3 h5 44. Kf2 a5 45. Ne2 Rg6 46. Nd4
Re4 47. Nc2 Ke8 48. Ne3 h4 49. Ke2 Rxg2+ 50. Kd3 Rxe3+ 51. Rxe3+ Kd7 52. Re2 h3
53. Ke3 Rg1 54. Kf2 Rg2+ 55. Kf1 Rg4 56. Re3 Rh4 57. Rf3 Kd6 58. Rxf7 Kc5 59.
Kf2 Rg4 60. Kf1 Kb4 61. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Bf4 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Bh2 Be7 13. Nc3 Bd7 14.
Nd4 Nf8 15. Rd2 h5 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. a3 h4 18. Nce2 c5 19. e6 Nxe6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6
21. Bxc7 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 f6 23. Nf4 Kf7 24. Nxe6 Kxe6 25. Kf1 Rc8 26. Ba5 b6 27.
Bc3 b5 28. Re2+ Kf7 29. Rd2 Ke6 30. Re2+ Kf7 31. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. h4 g6 10. h5 cxd4 11. Qc2 Nc5 {This system was examined in CBM 157 (an
article by Dejan Antic). It is very likely that after the present game Black
will be forced to look for something else.} 12. cxd5 $5 {This move is not as
harmless as it was considered to be before this game.} (12. hxg6 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3
fxg6 14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qh3 Rf7 $15 {1/2 (84) Shulman,Y (2571)
-Kaidanov,G (2594) Saint Louis 2012}) (12. Be2 Nc6 (12... d3 $5) 13. b4 d3 14.
Bxd3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd5 17. hxg6 fxg6 $11 {1/2 (40) Ding,L (2654)
-So,W (2658) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) (12. Bf1 d3 13. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 dxc4 $6
(14... b6 $5 {D.Antic}) 15. Qe3 (15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Ne4 Nc6 18.
Bg5 $44 {1/2 (33) Fabian,G (2336)-Mareco,S (2580) Villa Martelli 2013}) 15...
g5 16. Nxc4 (16. Ne4 h6 17. Nfxg5 hxg5 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 {
1-0 (29) Cheparinov,I (2710)-Mchedlishvili,M (2639) Leon 2012} Qd3 $17) 16...
Qd5 17. Qe2 $14 {D.Antic}) 12... Nxd3+ $146 {Recommended by D.Antic.} (12...
exd5 $143 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. N2f3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. Bf4 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Qc4
18. Qxc4 dxc4 19. Rc1 $14 {1-0 (43) Smirnov,P (2628)-Landa,K (2642) Loo 2013})
13. Qxd3 Qxd5 (13... exd5 14. Nxd4 $14) 14. Ne4 Nc6 (14... Nd7 $144) 15. Bh6 (
15. Bg5 {is premature due to} Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg5) 15... Qa5+ $6 (15... Nxe5 16.
Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 Qa5+ 18. b4 $16 Bxb4+ $2 19. Kf2) (15... Re8 {should be tried.
A possible line:} 16. Bg5 $1 Nxe5 (16... Bxg5 17. Nfxg5 Qxe5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19.
Nh7 $1) 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 (17... Bxg5 18. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 19. hxg6+ hxg6 20. Rh7+ Kf8
21. Qf3+ Qf5 22. Rh8+ $18) 18. f4 Qa5+ 19. Kf2 $44) 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rd8
18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 32] A strong move, weakening the dark squares
in Black's camp.} h5 (19... Bxg5+ 20. Nfxg5 $1 h5 21. Nf6+ (21. g4 {leads to
the game continuation}) 21... Kg7 22. f4 $16) 20. g4 $6 (20. Bxe7 $142 Nxe7 21.
g4 $16) 20... Bxg5+ 21. Nfxg5 $6 (21. Nexg5 $5 hxg4 $140 22. Rh6 $1 gxf3 23.
Rah1 {(M.Notkin)}) 21... Nxe5 22. gxh5 Nc4+ (22... b5 23. hxg6 Bb7 24. Rh7 Bxe4
25. Nxe4 Rf8 26. Rah1 Nxg6 27. Rb7 Rf7 28. Rxb5 $16 {[%csl Ge4]}) 23. Ke1 Bd7 (
23... gxh5 24. Rc1 $1 Nd6 25. Rc7 Ne8 26. Re7 $16) 24. b3 Na5 $2 (24... Ne5
$142 $1 {(M.Notkin)} 25. hxg6 Bc6 26. Rh7 Rf8 27. g7 Bxe4 28. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 29.
Rh3 Nd3+ 30. Rxd3 Bxd3 31. Nxe6 Re8 32. Kd2 Rxe6 33. Kxd3 Rf6 $1 $11) 25. Rc1
$1 {[%cal Rc1c7][%mdl 128]} (25. hxg6 $143 Kg7) 25... Bc6 (25... Rac8 26. Rxc8
Rxc8 27. Rh3) 26. hxg6 $1 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Kg7 28. Rc7+ Kxg6 29. Rg1+ Kf5 30. f3
e5 $2 {This leads to a quick mate but after} (30... Rg8 31. Rxg8 Rxg8 32. Rc5+
Kf4 33. Rxa5 {White should win anyway.}) 31. Rg5+ Kf4 32. Kf2 Rf8 33. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Due to some unforseen circumstances, Anish happens to have a few rating
points more than me now. Fortunately some things never change. Also in this
game Anish proves himself to be a nice guy, all I had to do was to finish him
off...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 $1 {This must have come as a big shock to Anish, 2
years ago I used the Trompovsky against Anish as a surprise weapon, so he
definitely didn't expect me to try it again! In my preparation I had decided
to play some off-beat opening, so I was wondering which crap I was going sell
to Anish this time, finally decided to sell him the same crap again, and he
bought it, again, good boy! :)} e6 ({Last time he tried} 2... c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6
4. d5 {but in the end he didn't really enjoy the type of position he got.}) 3.
e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 {This looks like a modest move, but once I faced it
myself and understood things were not so simple at all. So I got curious how
Anish would handle this position. Spoiler alert: I didn't learn much...} d6 (
5... d5 {and}) (5... c5 {are serious, and possibbly better alternatives.
However I also played ...d6.}) 6. Bd3 e5 7. Ne2 Qd8 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 O-O 10.
Nd2 exd4 {So far so good, however here our paths are deviating, I choose to
play} (10... Nc6) 11. Nxd4 ({First I was inclined to play} 11. cxd4 {however
after} c5 12. d5 Bf6 {I wasn't so sure about this Benoni-hybrid, especially
the knight on e2 was worrying me.}) 11... Re8 $2 ({I was expecting} 11... Nc6
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nf3 {with a solid but very pleasant advantage. However what
Anish does, he is simply asking for some serious spanking. I guess he has been
a bad boy...}) 12. Qh5 (12. Bc4 Nd7 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qb3+ (14. Qh5+ Kg8 15.
Ne6 Nf6 $1) 14... Kg6 15. Ne6 Nc5 {somehow just doesn't work! Lucky Anish 
(part 36578833)}) 12... Nd7 13. Bc4 (13. e5 {was in hindsight maybe stronger,
but if you can attack f7 with tempo and force him to play ...Rf8, also looked
too good to be true} Nc5 14. Bc2 Bf8 15. Rae1 {and White can slowly build up
his attack on the black monarch.}) 13... Rf8 14. e5 Nb6 (14... Nc5) 15. Bb3 c5
16. exd6 (16. N4f3 {felt wrong because you prefer to go to f5, nevertheless
Black is still suffering, however the move I played also felt wrong, but at
least it was based on some calculations.}) 16... cxd4 $2 (16... Qxd6 $142 17.
N4f3 {and here White can still claim some plus} ({I had planned} 17. Ne4 {
but after} Qc7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Rad8 $11 {its just equal}) 17... Qxf4 $2 {
runs into} 18. Ne5 $1) (16... Bxd6 17. Nb5 $1 $36) 17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Rae1 Qd8
19. Ne4 dxc3 20. f5 $1 ({Of course I could just take back, and be better, but
am I not just killing that fish in the attack?} 20. bxc3) 20... Qd4+ 21. Kh1
cxb2 {Anish thought he was already taking over, I guess that was also the
reason why he didn't offer me a draw, what he normally does when he doesn't
see any more winning chances for himself :) After the game I told him he was
completley boned, the only question was how badly...} 22. f6 Be6 {Here I spent
most of my time, unfortunately I had 2 seemingly very good continuations.} 23.
fxg7 $2 (23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. f7+ Kh8 25. Ng5 {looked very good, till I saw} Qd5 {
and got shocked and went back to analyse fxg7} (25... Qd3 {doesn't work since}
26. Nxe6 {wins easily}) {however after I had cooled down after the game, I
came back to my senses and saw the winning} 26. h4 {immediately. It renews the
deadly threat of Qg6 and Black is helpless.}) 23... Qxg7 (23... Kxg7 $2 24. Rf6
$1) 24. Rf3 {The eternal question: which rook! To summarise it's plusses and
minusses: plus: I will defend the rook on e1 with tempo from g3; minus:
missing attacking forces.} (24. Re3 {plus: the rook is more active on f1 then
on e1; minus: rook can't be defended with tempo} Rfc8 $1 {again, which rook to
take? plus: freeing the f8-square; minus: not defending f7 anymore. In fact we
both thought it was losing because of not defending f7, but in that line Black
is winning in fact! In fact Black draws here because he is freeing the
f8-square} (24... Rac8 $2 25. Rg3 Rc1 (25... Qxg3 26. Qxh6 $1 Qe5 27. Nf6+ Qxf6
28. Qxf6 Rc1 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Rxc1 $18) 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qe5+ f6 28. Qg3+ (
28. Qf4 {now black has} Nd5 29. Bxd5 Rxf1+ 30. Qxf1 Bxd5 31. Qb1 Rc8 32. Qxb2
Bxe4 $11) 28... Kh7 29. Qf4 Rxf1+ (29... Nd5 30. Bxd5 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Bxd5 32.
Nc3 Rc8 33. Qf5+ {the difference}) 30. Qxf1 Rc8 31. Nc3 Bxb3 32. Qb1+ Kg7 33.
axb3 Rxc3 34. Qxb2 $16) 25. Rg3 Rc1 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qe5+ Kg8 28. Nf6+ Kf8 {
and White has no more than a perpetual.}) 24... Rac8 ({Here we both thought
that} 24... Rfc8 {was losing because of} 25. Bxe6 $2 (25. Rg3 Qxg3 $1 (25...
Rc1 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qe5+ Kh7 28. Nf6+ Kg6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Qxe6 $18) 26.
hxg3 Rc1 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Qe5 b1=Q 29. Nh5+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qf6+ $11)
25... Rc1 26. Rxf7 {however we both missed} Kh8 $3 {which in fact turns the
tables!}) 25. Rg3 Qxg3 $6 {I had seen this motif in a different version, still
I got caught by surprise. However it's not the best move} (25... Rc1 $1 26.
Rxg7+ (26. Bd1 {I had seen that} Qxg3 {was neccesary} ({because} 26... b1=Q {
is losing because of} 27. Qxh6 $3)) 26... Kxg7 27. Qe5+ f6 28. Qg3+ Kh8 29. Nd2
{and here we both thought that White was very good, and that's very
understandable, however my computer revealed the naked truth to me!} (29. Bd1
b1=Q 30. Qg6) 29... Bxb3 30. axb3 (30. Nxb3 Rfc8 (30... b1=Q 31. Rxc1 $11) 31.
Qe3 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rc1 33. Nxc1 b1=Q 34. h4 $11)) 26. hxg3 Rc1 27. Bd1 $2 {
Setlling for a draw.} ({With more time on the clock I should have found that} 
27. Nf6+ $1 Kg7 28. Qe5 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Rc8 ({I don't think Black can create a
fortress here} 29... Kxf6 30. Qc3+ Ke7 (30... Kg6 31. Bc2+ {is quite annoying
as well}) 31. Qxb2) 30. Nh5+ Kg8 31. Kh2 Rc1 32. Qe5 Rh1+ 33. Kxh1 b1=Q+ 34.
Kh2 Qg6 35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. Qb8+ Kf7 37. Qxb7+ Ke8 38. Qb8+ Ke7 39. Qxa7+ Nd7 40.
Qa3+ {gives White very good winning chances due to his safe king and the
passed a-pawn without any risk. Pity...}) 27... b1=Q 28. Qxh6 Nd5 29. Qg5+ Kh8
30. Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bd2 Nhf6
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qb5 Ne8 19. Qd3 Nd6 20. b3 f5 21.
Be1 Nb8 22. e3 Nc6 23. f3 Qd7 24. Nc3 Rc7 25. Rac1 Rfc8 26. Bf1 Ne8 27. Nb5 Nb4
28. Rxc7 Nxc7 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. Rc1 Ne8 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. a3 Be7 33. Nxa7 Qc1
34. Nb5 g5 35. b4 g4 36. fxg4 fxg4 37. Qc3 Qd1 38. Qd3 Qc1 39. e4 Nf6 40. Nc3
dxe4 41. Nxe4 Nd5 42. Kf2 Bf8 43. h3 Qb2+ 44. Be2 Bg7 45. hxg4 Qxd4+ 46. Kf3
Qxd3+ 47. Bxd3 Bb2 48. b5 Bxa3 49. Ng5 h6 50. Nxe6 Kf7 51. Nd4 Kf6 52. Nf5 Bc1
53. Ke4 Ne7 54. Nd6 Ba3 55. Nc4 Bc5 56. Be2 Nc8 57. Ne5 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3 h6
{All standard Giuoco Piano so far. It's interesting that Giri doesn't spend a
tempo on Bc5-a7 - a move that is often automatically played.} (8... Ba7 9. Nbd2
h6 10. Re1 {has appeared in hundreds of games.} {Now the most ambitious plan
for Black is} Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 $132) 9. Be3 (9. d4 Ba7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bc2 b5 {
followed by 12...Bb7 is okay for Black.}) 9... Bxe3 {Black, sort of, gained a
tempo by exchanging dark-squared bishops without playing Bc5-a7.} 10. fxe3 {
Now White's structure is somewhat damaged, but he hopes to make use of the
f-file.} Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Qe1 Rb8 $146 (13... Nc6 14. Nh4 Kh7 15.
Rf3 a5 16. Qf2 a4 17. Rf1 Ra7 18. Nf5 Ne8 19. Qg3 Qg5 20. Qf2 g6 21. Ng3 $11 {
0-1 (47) Velikhanli,F (2283)-Lahno,K (2450) Baku 2007}) 14. Qg3 {White will be
trying to create something on the kingside. Black, for his part, should be
careful not to come under serious attack and, at the same time, he should
develop his play on the queenside.} Nh5 15. Qf2 Nf6 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qh2 {
White is not better, but ready to continue the fight.} Qe7 18. Rf2 Bd7 19. g4
Nf6 20. Raf1 Nh7 21. Qg3 ({It makes sense to play} 21. a3 $5 {at some point.
So that after} c4 22. d4 {Black needs more time to open the b-file by
preparing the advance b5-b4.}) 21... g6 22. Nh4 $6 {This looks odd to me. The
sacrifice Nh4-f5 is unlikely to work, but then the question is what the knight
is doing on h4? It was more to the point to create pressure in the centre.} (
22. d4 {looks more to the point. Now it's not easy to choose how to defend the
Pe5. 22...f6 is an ugly move, 22...Rbe8 moves the rook away from the b-file
which Black hopes to open, while 23...Rfe8 leaves Pf7 unprotected.}) 22... c4
23. d4 b4 24. Ndf3 {[%csl Re5]} b3 $5 {This is somewhat controversial. Giri
decided not to open the b-file, but to get the c4-square and potentially
strong Pb3.} (24... Nc6 25. Bd1 (25. Ba4 $2 bxc3 26. bxc3 Nxd4 $1 27. exd4 Bxa4
28. dxe5 dxe5 29. Nxe5 Qd6 $1 $17 {[%cal Gh7g5]}) 25... bxc3 26. bxc3 Ng5 27.
Nxg5 hxg5 28. Nf3 f6 29. Nd2 Na5 $11) 25. axb3 cxb3 26. Bd3 Bb5 27. Bxb5 axb5
28. dxe5 Nc4 29. exd6 $2 (29. e6 $1 Qxe6 30. Nf5 Qxe4 31. Nxh6+ Kg7 32. Nxf7 $1
(32. Qh4 $2 f6 $17) 32... Qxe3 (32... Rxf7 $2 33. Nd2 $16 {[%csl Re4,Rf7]}) (
32... Nxe3 $2 33. Qxd6 Rxf7 34. Nd2 Rxf2 35. Qc7+ $1 Kh6 36. Rxf2 Rb7 37. Qxh7+
Rxh7 38. Nxe4 $16) 33. Re1 Qa7 34. Nxd6 Rxf3 35. Qxf3 Nxd6 {This position is
evaluated by an engine as 0.00, but from a human point of view it's a game for
three results, anything can happen.}) 29... Nxd6 {Now White is forced to swap
queens and go into an ugly endgame.} 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Nxe5 Ng5 {White has no
more play on the kingside, as the queens are off, while his pawn weaknesses
are a factor now.} 32. Rh2 (32. Kg2 Ngxe4 33. Nd7 Nxf2 34. Rxf2 Nc4 35. Nxf8
Rxf8 $17 {[%csl Rb2,Re3][%cal Gf8a8,Ga8a2]}) 32... Rb7 33. Nc6 $6 {White
shouldn't give away control over the c4-square so easily.} (33. Nhf3 Ngxe4 34.
Nd2 {with reasonable chances to hold.}) 33... Nc4 34. Nd4 b4 35. Rc1 Ra8 $6 (
35... Ne5 $1 $17 {was extremely unpleasant as practically none of White's
pieces can move.}) 36. cxb4 Rxb4 37. Nhf3 Nxf3+ 38. Nxf3 Ra2 39. Rb1 Nxe3 40.
Re2 Nc2 41. Nd2 Ra7 42. e5 (42. Nxb3 Rc7 $1 (42... Rxb3 43. Rxc2 Rxh3 44. b4
$11) 43. Rc1 Rxb3 44. Rcxc2 Rxc2 45. Rxc2 Rxh3 46. Kg2 Re3 47. Rc4 Re2+ 48. Kf3
Rxb2 {White should hold it with tenacious defence.}) 42... Nd4 43. Re3 Rc7 44.
Nf3 Ne6 $17 45. Ne1 Rd7 46. Nd3 $6 {Difficult defence for Harikrishna, it's
very easy to go astray.} (46. Nf3 {is preferable, so that White's rook always
keeps an eye on Pb3.}) 46... Rc4 47. Nf2 $6 (47. Kf2 {was better, not allowing
Black's knight to move to c5.}) 47... Nc5 {The knight is protecting the Pb3
now. Black's rooks are invading White's camp with decisive effect.} 48. Rf1 Rc2
$19 49. Kg2 Rd3 ({It was possible to capture the pawn right away:} 49... Rxb2
50. Kf3 Rb7 $19) 50. Kf3 Rxe3+ 51. Kxe3 Rxb2 52. Rd1 Kf8 53. Rd8+ Ke7 54. Rb8
Rc2 $6 {Inaccuracy.} (54... Rb1 55. Nd3 Nxd3 56. Kxd3 Rh1 $19) 55. Ne4 Nxe4 56.
Kxe4 b2 57. h4 Kd7 58. h5 g5 59. Kd5 Rd2+ 60. Kc5 Ke7 61. Rb6 Rd1 $1 {[%mdl
4096] Anish figured out that he needs to sacrifice his passed pawn in order to
get his king forward.} (61... Rg2 62. Kd5 Kd7 63. Kc5 {would make no progress.}
) 62. Rxb2 Ke6 {White's king is cut off the kingside, the position is lost.}
63. Rf2 (63. Rb6+ Kxe5 64. Rxh6 Rc1+ 65. Kb5 Rg1 66. Rh7 Ke6 $19 {[%cal Gg1g4]}
) 63... Rd5+ 64. Kc4 Rxe5 65. Kd3 f5 66. gxf5+ {[%tqu "En","What would you
choose here, 66...Rxf5 or 66...Kf6?","","","e6f6","An important nuance.",15,
"e5f5","",0]} Kf6 $1 {An important nuance.} (66... Rxf5 $2 67. Ra2 Ke5 68. Ra4
$1 Rf3+ 69. Ke2 Rh3 70. Kf2 Kf5 (70... Rxh5 71. Kg2 {This is an easy draw as
Black's rook can't come out}) 71. Ra6 Rxh5 72. Kg2 Rh4 73. Kg3 Rg4+ 74. Kh3 h5
75. Ra5+ Ke6 76. Ra6+ Kd5 77. Ra5+ Kc6 78. Rf5 Kd6 79. Ra5 $11) 67. Ra2 Kxf5
68. Ra6 Re6 69. Rxe6 Kxe6 70. Ke4 Kf6 71. Kf3 Ke5 ({It's never too late to
spoil everything:} 71... Kf5 72. Kg3 g4 $4 73. Kh4 Kf4 {Stalemate!}) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 O-O 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Be3 (13. d5 {
is rather a harmless alternative. The same can be said about the whole line
although, of course, equality doesn't mean a draw.}) 13... Rd8 (13... Nd7 14.
Bc4 (14. Rc7 e5 15. d5 Rfc8 16. Rxb7 Nc5 17. Rb4 Bf8 18. Nxe5 Nd7 $13 {1/2 (29)
Rodshtein,M (2637)-Kovchan,A (2554) Biel 2011}) 14... Rac8 15. O-O Nb6 16. Bb3
Bd7 (16... Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Ng5 e6 20. d5 exd5 21. Bxb6
axb6 22. Bxd5 $16 {1-0 (44) Hracek,Z (2627)-Bosiocic,M (2562) Plovdiv 2012})
17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Bb5 19. Rfd1 Be2 20. Rd4 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Kg7 22. e6 $14 {
1-0 (60) Kozul,Z (2606)-Grandelius,N (2544) Sarajevo 2013}) (13... Bxf3 14.
gxf3 e6 {may be even simpler:} (14... Nc6 15. d5 Nd4 16. Bh3 (16. Be2 Rac8 17.
Kd2 e6 18. Kd3 {1/2 (28) Poobesh Anand,S (2416)-Karavade,E (2321) Atul 2006}
Nxe2 19. Kxe2 exd5 20. exd5 Rcd8 $11) (16. f4 Rac8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Bd3 Nf3+
19. Ke2 Nd4+ 20. Kd2 Nf3+ 21. Ke2 Nd4+ 22. Kd2 Nf3+ 23. Ke2 {1/2 (23)
Khairullin,I (2626)-Sutovsky,E (2700) Plovdiv 2012}) (16. Rc7 e6 17. dxe6 Nxe6
18. Rxb7 Rab8 19. Rb3 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Ba6 Rfd8 22. Ke2 Rxb3 23. axb3 Be5
24. Bc4 Rd7 25. h3 Kg7 26. Rc1 Kf6 27. Rc2 Kg5 $11 {1/2 (34) Michalik,P (2508)
-Kovchan,A (2579) Groningen 2012}) (16. Bg2 $5 {needs deeper analysis. In the
following game Black didn't equalize:} Rfc8 (16... Rac8 $142 17. Kd2 f5 $5) 17.
Kd2 e6 18. Kd3 exd5 19. Bxd4 dxe4+ 20. fxe4 Rd8 (20... Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rd8 22. e5
Bxe5 23. Rc4 b5 24. Rb4 a5 25. Ke3 axb4 26. Bxe5 $16 {_|_}) 21. e5 Bxe5 22. Rc4
b5 {0-1 (56) Kotanjian,T (2560)-Pantsulaia,L (2616) Dubai 2007} 23. Rb4 $1 $16
a5 $140 24. Rxb5 Rxd4+ 25. Ke3 Re8 26. Rxe5) 16... f5 17. Kf1 (17. Bxd4 Bxd4
18. exf5 gxf5 19. Rg1+ Kh8 20. Rg5 Rad8 21. Rxf5 Rxf5 22. Bxf5 Rxd5 $15 {
1/2 (64) Nguyen,C (2389)-Le Roux,J (2571) Sautron 2013}) 17... Nxf3 (17... e6
18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Nxd8 22. Kg2 Nc6 23. Rd1 f4
24. Bc1 Ne5 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. h4 b5 27. h5 h6 28. Rd5 $14 {1/2 (42) Sargissian,
G (2667)-Li,C (2649) Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 18. exf5 gxf5 (18... Nh4 19. fxg6 Nxg6
20. Be6+ Kh8 21. Rc7 Be5 22. Rxb7 Rab8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Kg2 $14 {1/2 (71)
Nguyen,N (2639)-Firat,B (2423) Istanbul 2012}) 19. Rc7 Rad8 20. Rxe7 Rxd5 21.
Bg2 Nd2+ (21... Rd1+ 22. Ke2 Rxh1 23. Bxh1 Nd4+ 24. Kd3 Nb5 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26.
Rxb7 $16 {1-0 (46) Hracek,Z (2635)-Lalic,B (2476) Bol 2013}) 22. Ke2 Ne4 23.
Bxe4 fxe4 $11) 15. Bb5 (15. Bc4 Nc6 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Nb4 18. Bxb7 Nd3+ 19.
Ke2 Nxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rab8 21. Rb1 Rbd8 22. Bxa7 Bd4 $11 {1/2 (27) Sargissian,G 
(2667)-Navara,D (2708) Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 15... a6 16. Ba4 b5 17. Bb3 a5 18.
a4 bxa4 19. Bxa4 Na6 20. O-O Nb4 (20... Rfd8 21. d5 exd5 22. Bc6 Nb4 23. Bxa8
Rxa8 24. Rfd1 dxe4 25. fxe4 a4 26. Rc4 a3 27. Rxb4 {1/2 (27) Ragger,M (2655)
-Rakhmanov,A (2593) Moscow 2012}) 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rc7 Bf8 23. Kg2 Bd6 24. Rb7
Rdb8 25. Rd7 Rd8 26. Rb7 Rdb8 27. Rd7 Rd8 28. Rb7 Rdb8 29. Rd7 Rd8 30. Rb7 Rdb8
{1/2 (30) Wang,Y (2706)-Li,C (2693) China 2013}) (13... Nc6 14. d5 Na5 (14...
Ne5 $143 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 {0-1 (30) Van den Bersselaar,J (2211)-Swiercz,D (2585)
Bad Wiessee 2011} 16. f4) (14... Nb4 15. a3 Na2 16. Rc7 Nc3 17. h3 Bxf3 18.
gxf3 b5 19. Bxa7 Be5 20. Rxe7 Rfc8 21. Rb7 Nb1 22. Be3 Rxa3 23. f4 Bc3+ 24. Ke2
Bd2 $132 {0-1 (33) Dao,T (2523)-Li,C (2681) Jakarta 2012}) 15. Bd3 e6 16. Bd2
b6 17. O-O exd5 18. exd5 Rad8 19. Bxa5 bxa5 20. Rc5 a4 21. Bc2 Bxf3 22. gxf3
Bd4 $44 {1/2 (34) Ragger,M (2628)-Areshchenko,A (2664) Germany 2011}) 14. Be2 (
14. d5 Nd7 15. h3 (15. Nd4 Nb6 16. Nb5 Rdc8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Be2 Bd7 19. O-O
Rc2 20. Bd3 Rxa2 $15 {0-1 (32) San Segundo Carrillo,P (2528)-Mamedyarov,S 
(2503) Leon 2001}) 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rdc8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Bd3 Bd4 19. Kd2
Bxe3+ 20. fxe3 e6 21. Rb1 Nc5 22. Rc1 b6 $11 {1-0 (36) Daly,C (2285)-Gormally,
D (2520) Dublin 2012}) 14... e6 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 f6 {This is simpler than}
(16... Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc6 {although White didn't achieve anything in the
following game:} 18. f4 Rd7 19. Rhd1 Rad8 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Bc5 Kg7 22. Rc3 h5
23. Ra3 a6 24. Rc3 f6 25. exf6+ Kxf6 26. Bb6 e5 27. fxe5+ Kxe5 28. Rg3 Kxe4 29.
Rxg6 Ne5 30. Re6 Kf5 31. Rh6 Nc4 32. Be3 {1/2 (32) Carron,J (2273)-Tukmakov,V 
(2564) Lausanne 2004}) 17. Nf3 Nc6 18. Rc4 Rd7 19. h4 Rad8 20. g3 f5 $11 21. e5
h6 {Black, controlling the light squares, has no problems whatsoever; on the
other hand, it is difficult for him to make use of his queenside pawn
advantage due to his smaller amount of space on the board. In general, the
position is equal.} 22. Rb1 Bf8 23. a4 Na5 24. Rc2 Nc6 25. Kf1 Nb4 26. Rc4 Nd5
27. a5 Kf7 28. Bd2 b6 29. Ne1 Rc7 30. Rxc7+ Nxc7 {[%mdl 4096]} 31. axb6 axb6
32. Nc2 {Still keeping the tension, instead of total liquidation after} (32.
Rxb6 Rxd4) 32... Rb8 33. Ke2 b5 34. Ra1 Rb7 35. Ra5 b4 36. Na1 Be7 37. Nb3 g5 (
37... h5 $5) 38. h5 Nd5 39. Kd3 Rc7 40. f3 f4 $6 {White will play g3-g4,
gaining the e4-square, anyway but it is better for Black to exchange another
pair of pawns in that case.} (40... Rb7 $142 41. g4 fxg4 42. fxg4 Bf8) 41. g4
Bf8 42. Ra8 Be7 43. Ra6 Bf8 44. Ra1 Be7 45. Ra8 Bf8 46. Na5 Be7 47. Rb8 Bf8 (
47... Kg7 $142 48. Nb7 ({or} 48. Nc4) 48... Rc6) 48. Nc4 (48. Nb7 $142 $1)
48... Rd7 (48... Rc6 $142 {preventing Nc4-d6+}) 49. Ke4 Ra7 50. Nd6+ Bxd6 51.
exd6 {Now Black must play extremely accurately.} Nf6+ $2 (51... Kf6 $1 {
[%cal Ya7d7]} 52. Rh8 (52. Bxb4 $2 Nxb4 53. Rxb4 Ra3 54. d5 e5 $19) (52. Rd8
Rb7) (52. Rg8 Kf7 $1 $11 53. Rg6 $6 (53. Rc8 Rb7) 53... b3 54. Bc1 Nf6+ 55. Kd3
Ra2 56. Rxh6 b2 57. Bxb2 Rxb2 $17) 52... Kg7 53. Rc8 Rb7 $1 54. Bxb4 $1 Rxb4
55. Ke5 Nb6 $1 56. Rc7+ Kf8 $1 57. Rh7 (57. d7 $2 Ke7) (57. Kxe6 Rxd4 58. Rc6 (
58. Rb7 Na4 $1) 58... Nc4 59. d7 Rxd7 $1 60. Kxd7 Ne5+ 61. Kd6 Nxc6 62. Kxc6
Ke7 $11) 57... Rb3 58. d7 Nxd7+ 59. Rxd7 Rxf3 60. Kf6 Ke8 61. Rh7 Rg3 62. Rxh6
Rxg4 63. Kxe6 Kf8 64. d5 Rg2 {- Black should not lose.}) 52. Kd3 Nd7 53. Rd8 $2
(53. Rh8 $1 Ra3+ (53... Kg7 54. Re8) 54. Kc4 b3 55. Bc3 Nf8 56. Rxh6 $16) 53...
b3 54. Bc3 Rb7 55. Bb2 Nf6 56. Kc4 Rd7 (56... Rb6 $5 57. Rh8 (57. Kc5 Ra6 $1)
57... Rc6+ 58. Kxb3 Rxd6 59. Rxh6 Rb6+ 60. Kc2 Nd5 {with good drawing chances
for Black}) 57. Rxd7+ Nxd7 58. Kxb3 Nb6 $2 (58... Ke8 $1 59. d5 (59. Kc2 Kf7)
59... e5 {was correct - see below (indicated by IM Maxim Notkin)}) 59. Ba3 $2 (
{It was not easy to find} 59. d5 $3 {(M.Notkin)} exd5 (59... Nxd5 60. Bg7 $3
Nb6 61. Bxh6 Kf6 62. Bf8 $18 {[%csl Gd6,Gh5]}) 60. Kb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4b5]} Nc4
61. d7 $1 Ke7 62. Bg7 Kxd7 (62... Nd2 63. Bxh6 Nxf3 (63... Kxd7 64. Bg7 Ke7 65.
h6 Kf7 66. Bc3) 64. Bg7 Kxd7 65. h6 Nh4 66. Kc3 $18) 63. Bxh6 Ke6 64. Bxg5 Nd2
65. Bxf4 Nxf3 66. Kc3 $18 {_|_}) 59... Ke8 $1 60. Bc5 (60. d5 $1 {was still
possible but now after} e5 $1 61. Bb2 Nd7 62. Kc4 Kd8 $1 {White can't break up
Black's defence, e.g.} 63. Kd3 (63. Ba3 e4 $1 64. fxe4 Ne5+ 65. Kd4 Nxg4) (63.
Kb5 e4 $1) 63... Nc5+ 64. Kc2 Nd7 65. Ba3 Nf6 66. Kd3 Kd7 {[%cal Rf6d5]}) 60...
Nd7 61. Kc4 Nf6 62. Kd3 Kd7 {Black has properly rearranged his pieces, and his
fortress is unassailable.} 63. Bb4 Kc6 64. Kc4 Kd7 65. Kd3 Kc6 66. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 {Such an opening is not often seen in top level
events.} Nxe4 {This is considered as the most principled and recommended for
Black by old theoretical books.} 4. Qh5 (4. Nxe4 $6 d5 $15) (4. Bxf7+ $6 Kxf7
5. Nxe4 d5 {is fine for Black as well.}) 4... Nd6 5. Bb3 (5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxe7+
Bxe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (31) Rogers,I (2605)-Shirov,A (2720) Salamanca 1998}) 5...
Be7 {The most solid move, avoiding immense complications.} (5... Nc6 $5 6. Nb5
g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 {is the old theoretical
recommendation. Nowadays, an engine will certainly figure out an advantage for
White. Still, at least from a human point of view, I believe Black has decent
play for a big material deficit (after Nxb6, at some point, Black will be down
an exchange and a pawn).}) 6. Qxe5 (6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nxe5 g6 8. Qe2 Nd4 9. Qd3
Nxb3 10. axb3 Nf5 11. O-O d6 12. Nf3 c6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (33) Anand,V (2670)
-Ivanchuk,V (2720) Roquebrune 1992}) 6... O-O 7. d4 (7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qh5 g6 9.
Qf3 Nf5 $11 {0-1 (34) Kalygin,S (2511)-Bezgodov,A (2576) Moscow 1999}) ({After
} 7. Nf3 Bf6 8. Qf4 Re8+ {White is forced to lose his right to castle, even
though the position remains equal.}) 7... Nc6 8. Qf4 Na5 9. Bd5 $146 {Trying
to save the bishop.} (9. Nf3 Nxb3 10. axb3 b5 $11 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 9... Ne8 {
Typical manoeuvre: the knight is going to f6, where it won't obstruct further
development.} ({For players, desperately looking for a win as Black:} 9... c6
10. Bf3 g5 $5 {is an option to consider.}) 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Nd5 (11. d5 $6 Bd6
$132 {followed by 12...Ne5.}) ({A real tactical melee could arise after} 11.
Nge2 Nf6 12. g4 $5 h6 13. h4 d5 14. g5 Nb4 15. gxf6 Nxc2+ 16. Kd1 Bd6 17. fxg7
(17. Qd2 Qxf6 18. Rg1 $1 Qxf3 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Qg5+ {with a
perpetual check.}) 17... Bxf4 18. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 19. Kxc2 Bf5+ 20. Kd1 Bxc1 21.
Rxc1 c6 {Here White has a lot of pieces for the queen, but they are not well
coordinated.}) 11... Bd6 12. Qd2 b6 (12... Nf6 13. Ne3 Bf4 {followed by 14...
d5 would equalise easily.}) 13. Ne2 Nf6 14. Ne3 Re8 15. O-O Bf8 $6 {Black
should be more active than that.} (15... Ne4 16. Qd3 Nb4 17. Qb3 Ba6 18. c4 Nc6
$11 {[%cal Ge4g5]}) 16. c4 $14 g6 17. b3 Bg7 18. Bb2 {White is now
harmoniously developed and has clear space superiority.} Bb7 19. Rae1 d6 20.
Nc3 Qd7 21. Ned5 ({White could also try to improve his position a bit more:} 
21. Re2 Re7 22. Rfe1 Rae8 23. b4 {It's very unpleasant to handle this position
as Black; it is not so easy to find useful moves.}) 21... Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. g3 Na5 {Strange looking move, but
Black needs to swap as many pieces as possible.} 27. h4 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Nc6 29.
h5 Ne7 30. Bf3 Nf5 (30... d5 31. cxd5 Qd7 32. d6 $1 Qxd6 33. d5 Nf5 34. Qc3 f6
35. Be4 $16) 31. d5 Qf8 32. Bg4 $6 {Somewhere here Fabiano's advantage started
to slip away. White is enjoying a pair of good bishops, so he should try to
open the position as much as possible.} (32. b4 Qh6 33. Qe1 Ng7 34. hxg6 hxg6
35. c5 $5 bxc5 36. bxc5 dxc5 37. Qa5 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5] I wouldn't claim that
White's advantage is sufficient for a win here, but this is kind of play that
he should strive for.}) 32... Qh6 $1 33. Qe1 Ng7 34. Qc3 Kf8 $1 {Giri defended
well at this stage.} 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. b4 (36. Bd7 Ne8 37. Bxe8 Kxe8 {is not
much for White either.}) 36... Ne8 37. Bc1 Bg5 38. f4 Bf6 {Occupying the long
diagonal is a big relief for Anish.} 39. Qd3 Qh8 $11 40. Kg2 Bc3 41. a3 a5 42.
Bd7 axb4 43. axb4 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bg5 {In the Catalan with 6...dxc4 players do
not seem to mind wasting time by moving with the already developed
dark-squared bishops.} Nbd7 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. a5 {A strategically
double-edged move. It is nice, of course, to reduce Black's queenside mobility,
but in the long run the a5-pawn might become a comfortable target for the
black bishop.} (14. Nd2 {Tomashevsky,E (2738)-Aronian,L (2825) Moscow 2012 CBM
149 [Marin,M] (1/2, 25)}) (14. Rfd1 {Wang,H (2747)-Dominguez Perez,L (2757)
Elancourt 2013 CBM 157 [ChessBase Website] (1/2, 37)}) 14... Qe7 (14... Bxf3
15. Bxf3 c6 {as played in Wang,Y (2690)-Hou,Y (2623) Danzhou 2012 CBM 149 
[Let's Check Training] (1-0, 70) is solid, but a bit passive.}) 15. Nd2 $146 {
A very direct approach. White intends to eliminate the virtual blockade on e4
in order to set his centre in motion.} ({In the following game, White played
Nf3-d2 after some moving back and forth by both sides:} 15. Rfe1 Bb4 16. Rec1
Rfd8 17. e3 Bd6 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 c5 20. dxc5 Bxg3 21. Nf3 Bc7 $132 {
Bukavshin,I (2476)-Lysyj,I (2624) St Petersburg 2012 (1/2, 32)}) 15... Bd5 $5 {
Trying to get the most out of the piece tension.} ({The natural} 15... Bxg2 {
may have seemed like a small concession to Aronian.} 16. Kxg2 e5 ({A player
with the technical skills of Ulf Andersson may find some way to retain
microscopic pressure after} 16... c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nce4 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Nxe4
20. Qxe4 Rfd8 21. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3e5,Ge5d3,Gb2b4,Gg3g4,Gh2h4,Gh4h5]}) 17. d5 ({
The only way to fight for an advantage.} 17. dxe5 Bxe5 {yields the bishop too
much activity.}) 17... Rac8 18. Rfd1 {White cannot stop ...c7-c6, but after
the exchange on c6 he will have chances to get a dominating knight on d5, with
never ending pressure.}) 16. Bxd5 ({If} 16. Qd3 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Bxg2 17. Kxg2 c5
{the queen would be more exposed than in the similar line above.}) 16... exd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxe2 19. Ne4 {The position has simplified, but the
strong white centralisation requires some accuracy from Black.} Rab8 {This
solid move fails to neutralise White's light initiative completely.} (19... c6
$6 20. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 21. Qxd6 $14) (19... Bb4 $5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gb4d6,Gb4d2,
Gf1e1] may have been best. The bishop dominates the knight and ensures the
queen against Rfe1.} 20. Qxb7 Rab8 21. Qc6 (21. Qd5 Rfd8 $36) 21... Qxb2 $5 $11
{(not the only move).}) 20. Rfe1 $1 {By means of a temporary pawn sacrifice,
White gains some tempi for his development.} (20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Qxd6 Qxb2 22.
Rab1 Qc3 $11 {[%csl Ga5,Gd4][%cal Gf8d8]}) 20... Qxb2 21. Rab1 Qc2 22. Rec1 Qe2
23. Re1 Qc2 24. Nxd6 cxd6 (24... Rbd8 $2 {would allow three different ways of
keeping the extra knight, based on the same idea:} 25. Qf5 $1 $18 {[%csl Gc2]}
(25. Qe4 $1) (25. Qc4 $1)) 25. Rb6 Rbe8 26. Rf1 $5 {The safest way of avoiding
back rank problems in the process of queenside pawn grabbing.} Qe4 {This will
prove good enough for a draw,} ({but maybe a more clear way to equality would
have been:} 26... Re7 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Qxb7 Qd3 29. Qd5 Re8 30. Kg2 (30. Qxd6
Re4 $11) 30... Re6 $11 (30... Re4 $6 {fails to some consecutive overloadings
of the queen:} 31. Rd1 $1 {The inevitable rook exchange will leave White with
the more pleasant queen ending.} Qc2 32. Rd2 $1 Qb1 33. Rb2 $1) 31. Qa8+ ({
Time has come for White to think of a draw. If, say} 31. h4 $6 Rf6 {Black's
position starts looking too active.}) 31... Kh7 32. Qb7 Rf6 33. Qb1 $11) 27.
Qxb7 $1 ({Of course, it would not have made sense to activate the enemy rook
with} 27. Qxe4 Rxe4) 27... Qxb7 ({If} 27... Qxd4 28. Rxa6 {the a5-pawn may
prove dangerous, especially with queens on board.}) 28. Rxb7 Re4 29. Rd1 Rc8 $1
{[%cal Gc8c2,Ge4e2] The key to the counterplay. Black simply intends to double
rooks on the second rank.} 30. Rb6 Rc2 31. Rd3 {[%cal Gd3f3]} (31. Rxa6 Ree2
32. Rf1 Ra2 33. Rxd6 (33. Kg2 {[%cal Gg2f3]} d5 $1 $11) 33... Rxa5 34. Kg2 {
[%cal Gg2f3]} Ra3 $1 {[%cal Ga3d3,Ge2d2]} 35. Rc1 Raa2 36. Rf1 Ra3 $11) 31...
g5 32. h3 h5 33. Rf3 g4 34. hxg4 ({If White leaves the h5-pawn on board, he
may have the surprise that the weakness would actually turn into a source of
counterplay:} 34. Rf5 {[%csl Gh5]} Rxd4 35. Rxa6 (35. Rxh5 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 gxh3+ {
[%csl Gf2]} 37. Rxh3 Rdd2 $11) 35... h4 $5 36. gxh4 gxh3 {with a probable draw.
}) 34... hxg4 35. Rf4 ({With nothing to attack on h5,} 35. Rf5 {would just
expose the rook to the king's attack:} Rxd4 36. Rxa6 Kg7 $11 {[%csl Gf2][%cal
Gg7g6]}) 35... Rxf4 36. gxf4 Ra2 37. Rxa6 Kg7 {King activity is essential.} (
37... f5 $2 {would be an instructive mistake. Black would deprive his king of
the f5-square and weaken the seventh rank at the same time.} 38. d5 Ra4 39. Kg2
Kf7 40. Kg3 Ke7 41. Ra7+ Kd8 (41... Kf8 42. a6 Kg8 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. a7 $18 {
[%cal Gg3h4,Gh4g5,Gg5f5,Gf4f7]}) 42. a6 Kc8 43. Rf7 $18) 38. Kg2 Kg6 $1 {
Temporarily sacrificing a second pawn, again for the sake of the king's
activity.} (38... f5 $2 39. d5 $18) (38... d5 39. Kg3 $16 {/+-}) 39. Rxd6+ Kf5
40. a6 Kxf4 41. Rf6+ Kg5 42. Rb6 Kf4 43. d5 Ke5 44. d6 Ke6 45. Kg3 f5 46. d7+
Kxd7 47. Rf6 Ke7 48. Rh6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. dxc5 Na6 4. Qd4 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Nxc5 6. Bd2 Ne6 7. Qh4 g5 8.
Qg3 d5 9. e4 d4 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Nd5 Qc5 13. Nf3 Qxc2 14. O-O
Qxe4 15. Nc7+ Nxc7 16. Rfe1 Qd5 17. Qxc7 e6 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bc3 Qc5 20. Qxc5
Bxc5 21. Bxh8 f6 22. Rac1 Ke7 23. Bxf6+ Kxf6 24. Red1 Ke7 25. Rxd7+ Kxd7 26.
Rxc5 h6 27. Kf1 Rf8 28. Rc3 e5 29. Ra3 a6 30. Rd3+ Kc6 31. Rh3 Rf6 32. Ke2 Kd7
33. Rd3+ Ke7 34. Rb3 b5 35. Rc3 Rd6 36. Rc7+ Ke6 37. f3 Kf5 38. g4+ Kg6 39. Rc5
Kf6 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. b3 Kf6 42. Rc7 Ke6 43. Rc3 Rb6 44. Ke4 Rd6 45. Ke3 Rb6 46.
Rc2 Rd6 47. h4 gxh4 48. Rh2 Kd5 49. Rxh4 Rc6 50. Kd3 b4 51. Kd2 Rc3 52. Rxh6
Rxf3 53. Rxa6 Ke4 54. g5 Rg3 55. g6 Rg2+ 56. Ke1 Ke3 57. Kf1 Rg4 58. a3 bxa3
59. Rxa3 Rxg6 60. b4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Qd3 $5 {A rare plan, aimed at
immediately taking the e4-square under control, at the price of neglecting the
development.} Nb4 13. Qb1 {The rook does not stand nicely on a1, but Black
needs to do something against the strong threat e2-e4.} Nbd5 $5 $146 {Fighting
for the e4-square.} (13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c6 {is a typical solid reaction, but
with both his bishops on the board White has some chances to gradually
increase the pressure.} 15. Rd1 Bd6 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 h6 ({
Somehow,} 18... f5 {does not look like what Black would really need after
having given away his light-squared bishop:} 19. Bf3 Qf6 20. Qc1 h6 21. Qc4 g5
22. Qb3 Rf7 23. Rf1 Nd5 24. Rad1 Qg6 25. Bg2 g4 26. e4 $36 {Birnboim,N (2460)
-Shvidler,E (2200) Beersheba 1982 (1-0, 37). Carried out after thorough
preparation, this causes Black serious problems.}) 19. Bc3 Rad8 20. Bg2 Rfe8
21. Qe4 Bc7 22. e3 Rd7 23. h4 h5 24. Bf1 Bd6 25. Kg2 g6 26. Be2 Qd8 27. Bc4 Nd5
28. Qf3 Bb4 29. e4 $14 {Alburt,L (2505)-Spiridonov,N (2420) Decin 1977 (1-0,
47); and once again the well-timed advance of the e-pawn ensures White some
long term advantage.}) (13... Nfd5 $5 {makes some sense, though.} 14. Bd2 {
True, there is no simple occupation of the e4-square now, but Black may try}
Nb6 15. Rd1 (15. e4 f5 $132) 15... f5 {Black has chances for a successful
blockade on the light squares, especially since White's development is
incomplete.}) 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be4 16. Qb2 Qd5 {This is the core of
Black's idea. Apparently, there is no simple way of eliminating the pin.} ({
It is also true that other forms of counterplay would fail to equalise, too:} 
16... Ra6 17. Ne5 Rb6 18. Qa2 Bd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rab1 $14 {[%cal Gc3c4]
White's massive centre would ensure him a small, but long term advantage.}) 17.
Ne1 $6 {Too soft to cause problems.} ({Both players missed that after} 17. Ne5
$1 Bxg2 18. c4 $14 Qe4 $2 {there is} 19. f3 $3 {trapping the queen in all
lines:} Qxe2 (19... Qf5 20. g4 Nxg4 21. fxg4 Qe4 22. Rf4 $18) 20. Rf2 Bxf3 21.
Rxe2 Bxe2 22. Re1 Bh5 23. Qxb7 $16) 17... Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Rfb8 19. Rfb1 Ne4 20.
Nf4 ({White is not in time to regroup properly:} 20. Be1 Nd6 21. Ne3 Qe4 $132 {
The centre is likely to become a target soon.}) 20... Qd7 (20... Qc4 $5) 21.
Nd3 Nxd2 $6 {The correct idea, in an inaccurate move order.} (21... b5 $1 22.
axb5 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Rxb5 {would transpose to the game.}) 22. Qxd2 b5 23. axb5 {
Failing to take advantage of Black's inaccuracy.} (23. Qc2 $5 {would have
maintained some pressure. After all, the centre has not been shaken yet and
the a-pawn is safely blocked.}) 23... Rxb5 24. Rxb5 Qxb5 $11 {The a5-pawn
becomes threatening already, so White decided to liquidate to a draw:} 25. c4
Qxc4 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Qxa5 Qxd4 28. Qxc7 Qd6 29. Qc8+ Qd8 30. Qb7 Bd6 31. Kg2
h5 32. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 {Quite an original
variation, which was fashionable at the top level several decades ago.} Nd3+ ({
One famous game from those remote times went:} 6... Be6 7. Bxe6 Nd3+ 8. Kf1
fxe6 9. Ng5 Qb6 10. Qe2 c4 11. b3 h6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. bxc4 O-O-O 14. g3 g5 15.
Kg2 Qc5 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. Nb5 Qxc4 18. Qe3 Rhf8 19. Rf1 g4 20. Nh4 Nxf2 $1 {
with a decisive attack, Polugaevsky,L (2625)-Tal,M (2615)/Riga 1979/IZT (0-1,
28)}) 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8. Kf1 Ne6 9. Ne5 ({Two "twin" games were played at the 1980
Candidates matches, separated by just ten days:} 9. b4 cxb4 10. Nd5 g6 11. Bb2
Bg7 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. Nxb4 O-O 14. d4 Bg4 15. Qd2 ({In the second game, White
did not know the previous one, while Black did! It continued:} 15. Ke2 Qd6 16.
Qd2 Ne6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Ke3 f5 19. Qd3 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 21. Kxe4 Nd7 22.
Rhc1 Rf5 23. Rc7 Nf6+ 24. Kd3 a5 25. Nc2 Nd5 {with decisive threats. In
Polugaevsky,L (2635)-Kortschnoj,V (2695)/Buenos Aires 1980/Candidates (0-1, 41)
Black won the game and the match!}) 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18.
f4 e6 19. Qe3 Qf6 20. Be2 Rfd8 21. Rd1 Rab8 22. a3 Rb2 23. Kg2 Rdb8 24. Rhe1
R8b3 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Qxf4 $17 {Huebner,R (2600)-Portisch,L (2655)/Abano
Therme 1980/Candidates (1/2, 61). Black failed to win the game and eventually
lost the match.}) 9... Nc6 $6 {Black might have feared some tactics based on
Nxf7, so he aims to exchange the active knight at the cost of ruining his
structure.} ({Preparing ...Nb8-c6 with} 9... Qd6 $6 {exposes the queen too
early and is rather risky.} 10. f4 Nc6 11. Qa4 $14 (11. Nb5 Qb8 12. d4 {
Drenchev,P (2485)-Nikolov,M (2538)/Varna 2013/CBM 155 Extra (1/2, 62)}) 11...
Ned8 $2 12. d4 $40 cxd4 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Nxd4 f6 15. Ndxc6 bxc6 16. Bf7+ {
1-0 Suba,M (2555)-Sax,G (2570)/Hastings 1983/MCD} Nxf7 17. Qxc6+ Bd7 18. Qxd7#)
(9... g6 {looks like a sound alternative, though:} 10. Qa4+ Bd7 (10... Nd7 11.
d3 Bg7 $2 12. Nxf7 $1 {Hanel,R (2385)-Kottke,U/Vienna 1990/CBM 021/[Ribli] 
(1-0, 15)}) 11. Nxd7 (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qc4 Bg7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 {Benkovic,P 
(2463)-Lupulescu,C (2499)/Subotica 2003/CBM 099/[Ribli] (0-1, 20)}) 11... Qxd7
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $13 {Vigorito,D (2372)-Mikhalevski,V (2548)/Los
Angeles 2003/CBM 097 ext/[Mikhalevski,V] (1/2, 29)}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 {
A typical manoeuvre, which can be carried out at a later stage, too.} (11. d3
g6 12. Be3 Bg7 13. h4 h5 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Na4 Bd4 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. b3 $14 {
[%csl Gc5] Anastasian,A (2587)-Yegiazarian,A (2498)/Yerevan 2007/CBM 116 ext 
(0-1, 40)}) 11... Nd4 $6 $146 {I have the feeling that Giri knew little if
anything about this line; his last move looks like the fruit of the
over-the-board inspiration, rather than of thorough preparation. The
previously played games do not look too encouraging for Black, but giving the
pawn up at once hardly solves the problems.} (11... Qd6 12. d3 Nd4 13. Be3 e5
$13 {Piket,J (2659)-Ljubojevic,L (2548)/Monte Carlo 2002/CBM 087 ext (1-0, 40)}
) (11... g6 12. d3 Bg7 13. h4 Qd6 14. h5 Nd4 15. Be3 Be6 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. b3 ({
Very sophisticated. White could have taken the pawn already with} 17. Nxc5 Qxc5
18. Bxe6 {, but Suba correctly evaluated that there was no rush for it.}) 17...
O-O 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Nxc5 $1 $18 Qxc5 20. Bxe6 Qa3 21. Bc4 Qxa2 {Black has
retrieved the pawn, but with the queen so far away from the kingside the king
is completely helpless.} 22. Qg4 {with a decisive attack, Suba,M (2475)-De la
Villa Garcia,J (2490)/Zaragoza 1995/EXT 1997}) 12. Nxc5 g6 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Bxe6
Nxe6 15. Qc2 $1 {An important move, aiming to gain a tempo for completing the
development.} ({If} 15. d3 Bg7 16. h4 h5 17. g3 O-O 18. Kg2 a5 19. a4 Rb8 {
[%csl Gb2] White needs to defend the b2-pawn with his queen anyway before
completing his development.}) 15... Bg7 $5 {Looking for practical chances.} (
15... Qd6 {would be too slow, allowing White to reveal his idea:} 16. d3 Bg7
17. Be3 O-O 18. g3 Rfd8 19. Rd1 $16 {[%cal Gf1g2] with a sound extra pawn.})
16. Qxc6+ {There were no reasons to refrain from this natural pawn grabbing.} (
16. d3 O-O 17. g3 a5 18. a4 Rb8 19. Be3 f5 $44) 16... Kf8 {Having also lost
his right to castle, Black can hardly prove compensation for both pawns. He
might get one back, but not the second one.} 17. Qa6 {The necessity of moving
the queen without being attacked is questionable.} (17. h4 h5 (17... Nd4 18.
Nxd4 Bxd4 19. h5 Rc8 20. Qa4 $16 {[%cal Gh1h3]}) 18. Rh3 Rc8 (18... Kg8 19. d4
$16) 19. Qb7 Rc7 20. Qb4 Kg8 21. d4 Nxd4 22. Rd3 $16 {White is a pawn up and
his development is not worse than Black's.}) 17... Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. d3 $2
{But this uninspired move, cutting off the queen's retreat along the a6-e2
diagonal and the third rank for the rook, throws all or at least most of the
advantage away.} (19. h4 h5 20. Qe2 $5 {would have been more consequent with
17.Qa6, regrouping properly before completing the development.} Kg7 21. d3 Rc8
22. g3 Qd7 23. Kg2 $16 {It is hard to believe that Black can come up with
adequate compensation.}) 19... Kg7 20. h4 h5 21. Rh3 {With the pawn on d3,
White's coordination is very artificial now.} Qd7 $44 22. Rb1 Rhc8 23. Be3 Rc2
{At the same time, Black's play is very simple: open files, second rank, the
d4-square.} 24. Qa5 Rb8 25. b3 Rbc8 26. Kg1 Re2 (26... R8c3 27. Rd1 Bxe3 28.
Rxe3 Rc5 29. Qa3 Qc7 $44 30. b4 Rd2 $1) 27. Bxd4+ Qxd4 28. Rf3 Rcc2 29. Rf1
Rxa2 30. Qb5 ({If} 30. Qc7 Qd6 31. Qxd6 exd6 {The black rooks' activity
ensures wholly realistic drawing chances. For instance} 32. Rc1 Rec2 33. Rxc2
Rxc2 34. Kf1 ({A necessary move, placing the king on a rather unfortunate
square. If} 34. d4 Rd2 35. d5 Re2 {the draw becomes obvious, unless White
decides to keep his extra pawn and commit... suicide!} 36. Re3 $2 Rxe3 37. fxe3
Kf6 38. Kf2 Ke5 39. Kf3 a5 40. g3 f6 $19) 34... Rb2 35. d4 a5 36. Ke1 Kf8 $44 {
There is no obvious way to make progress with White.}) 30... Qd6 31. Qe8 {
White does well to use his f3-rook for some active purposes. Otherwise, his
passivity may become dangerous.} Qe6 32. Rc1 Rec2 33. Rxc2 Rxc2 34. d4 Rc1+ 35.
Kh2 Rc8 $5 {The simplest, but not the only good continuation.} 36. Rxf7+ Qxf7
37. Qxc8 Qxf2 {[%cal Gf2d4,Gf2h4]} 38. Qb7 Qxh4+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 h5 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qe3 Rb8 22.
Nf1 Bc8 23. N1d2 Bd7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra6 Rb6 26. Ra7 Qb8 27. Rea1 Qd6 28. Bd1
Bg7 29. Be2 Reb8 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Nxc4 Qe7 32. Nxb6 Rxb6 33. b4 Bf8 34. R7a5
Bb5 35. bxc5 Qxc5 36. Qxc5 Bxc5 37. c4 Nxe4 38. Rxb5 Bxf2+ 39. Kf1 Rf6 40. Rb8+
Kg7 41. Raa8 Rf4 42. d6 Bh4 43. Rg8+ Kh7 44. Rh8+ Kg7 45. Rag8+ Kf6 46. d7 Ke6
47. d8=Q Bxd8 48. Rxd8 Nf6 49. Ke2 Rxc4 50. Rc8 Rb4 51. Rc6+ Kf5 52. Rf8 Rb2+
53. Kf1 Rb7 54. Nh4+ Kg5 55. Nf3+ Kf5 56. Rc5 Ne4 57. Rxe5+ Kf4 58. Rfe8 Rb1+
59. Ne1 Ng3+ 60. Kg1 f5 61. Re3 Ne4 62. Rf3+ Kg5 63. Rf1 Rb2 64. Nf3+ Kf4 65.
Nd2+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. Be3 b4 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. Qc2 Bc6 14. Nb6 Ra7 15.
O-O Nd7 16. Rfd1 Qe8 17. Rac1 e5 18. Nc4 Rc7 19. Nd6 Qa8 20. Qb3 Nxd6 21. cxd6
Rcc8 22. Qxb4 Rb8 23. Qa3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 e4 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 exf3 27. Bxf3
Qa7 28. Rdd1 Rfc8 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Re1 Qd4 31. Kg2 Rc5 32. Re4 Qxd6 33. Qe3
Nf6 34. Rd4 Qc7 35. b4 Rc2 36. a4 Kg7 37. h3 h5 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 Qc5 40.
Bc6 Rc3 41. Rd3 Qxe3 42. Rxe3 Rc2 43. Rb3 g5 44. Ba8 Rc8 45. Bc6 g4 46. hxg4
hxg4 47. Kf1 Kf8 48. Bg2 Nd7 49. b6 Ke7 50. b7 Rb8 51. Ke2 Kd6 52. Ke3 Nc5 53.
Rb6+ Ke5 54. Rb5 Kd6 55. Kf4 Nd3+ 56. Kg3 Ne5 57. Rd5+ Ke6 58. Ra5 Kd6 59. Be4
f6 60. Kf4 Ke6 61. Ra8 Nd7 62. Bf5+ Kd6 63. Bxd7 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. c3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Re8 14. Be3 Bc7
15. Qd2 a5 16. a4 Bb6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Nfd4 Bg6 19. Kh2 Red8 20. Rad1 Kf8 21.
h4 h6 22. Qf4 Kg8 23. Rd2 Kh8 24. Nb5 Rd7 25. Rde2 Ng8 26. Re8 Rxe8 27. Rxe8
Rd8 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. dxc5 Nxe4 7. cxd6
Nxd6 8. Bf4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 Qc8 11. Rd1 Nf5 12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14.
g5 O-O 15. Qg4 e5 16. Qxh4 exf4 17. Nc3 Qf5 18. Nd5 Nc6 19. Qxf4 Qxc2 20. b4
Rae8 21. b5 Ne5 22. Re1 Ng6 23. Qf3 Qd2 24. Ne3 Ne5 25. Qxb7 Nd3 26. Rf1 Re5
27. h4 Nxf2 28. Nc4 Nh3+ 29. Kh1 Nf2+ 30. Kg2 Qe2 31. Nxe5 Ng4+ 32. Kg3 Nxe5
33. Rae1 Qg4+ 34. Kh2 Qxh4+ 35. Kg1 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qh3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 c6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Qa5+ 8.
c3 e6 9. Bf4 Qa6 10. Qb3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Nd5 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. O-O b5
15. Nd2 N7b6 16. Rfe1 Qa4 17. Ne4 a5 18. Nc5 Qxb3 19. axb3 a4 20. bxa4 bxa4 21.
Rec1 Ra7 22. Ra2 Rfa8 23. Rca1 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Nd7 25. Bd6 Ra5 26. b4 R5a7 27.
Ra3 N7f6 28. Kf1 h5 29. Ke1 g6 30. Kd2 Kh7 31. Kd3 g5 32. g3 g4 33. hxg4 Nxg4
34. R1a2 Kg6 35. Bd1 f5 36. Ke2 e5 37. Ke1 e4 38. Rxa4 Rxa4 39. Rxa4 Re8 40.
Ra6 e3 41. fxe3 Ndxe3 42. Rxc6 Re6 43. b5 Nc4+ 44. Be2 Na5 45. Ra6 Nb3 46. Bf8
Kf7 47. Rxe6 Kxe6 48. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "311"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. g4 Qb6 8. Nb3
e6 9. g5 Nd7 10. h4 Qc7 11. h5 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rh3 Nce5 14. g6 hxg6 15. f4
Nc4 16. hxg6 Rxh3 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bxh3 Nf6 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Qd3 e5 21. Nf3
Kg8 22. Ng5 exf4 23. Be6+ Rxe6 24. Nxe6 Qe7 25. Nxf8 Nxe4 26. Ng6 Qe8 27. Nd5
Nf6+ 28. Nde7+ Kf7 29. Bxf4 Be4 30. Qg3 Bxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kxe7 32. Qxe8+ Nxe8 33.
b3 Nb6 34. Kd2 Nd5 35. Bg5+ Kd7 36. a4 b4 37. a5 Nec7 38. Rf1 Ne6 39. Be3 Ke7
40. Rf5 Nec7 41. Bd4 g6 42. Rf3 Ne6 43. Be3 Nd8 44. Rg3 Kf7 45. Rg5 Nf6 46. Rg1
Nc6 47. Rh1 Nd5 48. Bb6 g5 49. Rh6 Nf6 50. Ke2 Kg7 51. Rh1 Kg6 52. Rd1 Ne4 53.
Rg1 Kf5 54. Ke3 Nf6 55. Rf1+ Ke6 56. Kd2 g4 57. Ke3 Nd5+ 58. Ke4 Ne5 59. Bd4
Nc6 60. Bb2 Nxa5 61. Rh1 Nc7 62. Rh6+ Kd7 63. Rg6 Nb7 64. Rxg4 Kc6 65. Kd3 a5
66. Rg6 Nc5+ 67. Kd2 a4 68. bxa4 Nxa4 69. Be5 Nb5 70. Bg3 Kd5 71. Rg5+ Kc6 72.
Rg4 Nc5 73. Rxb4 Nc7 74. Rd4 Nb5 75. Rh4 Nc7 76. Bf2 Nd5 77. Bd4 Ne6 78. Re4
Nxd4 79. Rxd4 Kc5 80. Rh4 Nb4 81. Kc3 Nc6 82. Rc4+ Kb5 83. Rh4 Kc5 84. Rh8 d5
85. Rc8 Kd6 86. Kb3 Kc5 87. Ka4 Kb6 88. Rh8 Nd4 89. Rc8 Nc6 90. Kb3 Kb5 91. Rc7
Kb6 92. Rd7 Kc5 93. Rh7 Nd4+ 94. Kc3 Nc6 95. Rh5 Kd6 96. Kb3 Kc5 97. Rg5 Nd4+
98. Kc3 Nc6 99. Rg8 Kd6 100. Rg4 Kc5 101. Rg6 Ne5 102. Rh6 Nc6 103. Kd2 Ne5
104. Rh5 Nc6 105. Rh8 Kd6 106. Ke3 Kc5 107. Rh4 Nb4 108. Kd2 Nc6 109. Kc3 Kd6
110. Kd3 Ne5+ 111. Kc3 Nc6 112. Rh8 Kc5 113. Rc8 Kd6 114. Kb3 Kc5 115. Ka4 Kb6
116. Kb3 Kc5 117. Ka4 Kb6 118. Rh8 Nd4 119. Rh2 Kc5 120. Ka3 Nc6 121. Kb2 Nd4
122. Kc3 Nc6 123. Kd3 Ne5+ 124. Kc3 Nc6 125. Rh1 Ne5 126. Rb1 Nc6 127. Ra1 Kd6
128. Kd2 Kc5 129. Kd3 Nb4+ 130. Kc3 Nc6 131. Rb1 Ne5 132. Rb7 Nc6 133. Rc7 Kd6
134. Rh7 Kc5 135. Rh5 Kd6 136. Rh4 Kc5 137. Kb2 Kd6 138. Rh3 Kc5 139. Rc3+ Kd6
140. Rb3 Kc5 141. Kc3 Nd4 142. Rb8 Nc6 143. Rh8 Kd6 144. Rh5 Kc5 145. Kd2 Nd4
146. Kd3 Nc6 147. c4 Ne7 148. cxd5 Ng8 149. Rf5 Nh6 150. Rh5 Ng8 151. Ke3 Kd6
152. Kd4 Nf6 153. Rh6 Ke7 154. d6+ Kf7 155. Rxf6+ Kxf6 156. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bg2
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Ne7 13. a4 a5 14. Qb3 Bd7 15.
Rfc1 Bc6 16. Nb5 Nbc8 17. e3 Nd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Be1 Rfb8 20. Qb6 Qd8 21.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rc5 f6 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Rb5 Ra7 25. Rc1 Bf8 26. Bf1 Bd6 27. g4
f5 28. Bh4 Rf8 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Be2 Rf7 31. Kf2 Be7 32. Bxe7 Rxe7 33. Rb6 Ra8
34. Bb5 Nb4 35. Rd6 Kf7 36. Rc5 Rb8 37. Rb6 Ra8 38. Rd6 Rb8 39. Kf3 b6 40. Rc3
Ra7 41. Rd7+ Rxd7 42. Bxd7 Kf6 43. Rc7 Rg8 44. Bb5 Rg7 45. Rc8 Rg1 46. Rf8+ Kg7
47. Rb8 Rb1 48. Rxb6 Rxb2 49. Rxe6 Rxh2 50. Re5 Kf6 51. Bd7 Rh3+ 52. Kg2 Rh5
53. Re6+ Kg7 54. Rb6 Kf7 55. Rb7 Kf6 56. Rb6+ Ke7 57. Bc8 Nc2 58. Re6+ Kf7 59.
Re5 Kf6 60. Re6+ Kf7 61. Re5 Kf6 62. Be6 Ne1+ 63. Kg3 Nc2 64. Bxd5 Rh6 65. Re6+
Kg7 66. Rxh6 Kxh6 67. Kf3 Kg7 68. Bb3 Nb4 69. Bd1 Kf6 70. Kf2 Nd5 71. Bb3 Nc3
72. Kf3 Ne4 73. Kg2 Nc3 74. Kg3 Ne4+ 75. Kh4 Nd2 76. Bc2 Nc4 77. e4 fxe4 78.
Bxe4 Nb6 79. Bc2 Nd5 80. Kg3 h5 81. Bb3 Ne7 82. d5 Nf5+ 83. Kh3 Ke7 84. Bd1 Kd6
85. Bxh5 Kxd5 86. Bg6 Nd4 87. Kg4 Ke6 88. Bd3 Kf6 89. Bc4 Nf5 90. Kf3 Nd6 91.
Bd3 Ke6 92. Bf1 Kd5 93. Kg4 Kc5 94. f5 Kb4 95. Bb5 Nxb5 96. axb5 Ka4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 d5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. c3 a5 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qe2 Re8 15.
b3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Rb1 Qc5 18. Nf3 e5 19. Be3 Qd6 20. Rbd1 Nf6 21. Bg5
e4 22. Bf4 Qf8 23. Ne5 g5 24. Bxg5 Rxe5 25. f4 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Bg4 27. Qd2 e3 28.
Qd3 Re7 29. Rc1 Qb6 30. f5 Rae8 31. h3 Bh5 32. g4 Bf7 33. Bh4 h6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. b3 d6 6. Bb2 e5 7. c4 c6 8. d3 Re8
9. e4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 a5 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. h3 Ne6 13. Rad1 Nh5 14. Ne2 c5 15. Nc3
Bd7 16. Nd5 b5 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Nd2 a4 19. Nc4 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Ncb6 Rb8
22. bxa4 Ba6 23. a5 Rb7 24. Nb4 Bb5 25. Qb3 Nf6 26. N4d5 Ba6 27. Nxf6+ Bxf6 28.
Rc1 Qb8 29. Rc6 Bd8 30. Rfc1 Rc7 31. Bf1 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Re7 33. Nd5 Rb7 34. Qa3
Bb5 35. Rxd6 Bxa5 36. h4 Be1 37. Rf6 Be8 38. h5 Rb1 39. Kg2 Rb2 40. Rf3 Rc2 41.
Qe7 Ba4 42. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 (5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ (6...
Be6 $5 {reminds me of an old game Polugaevsky,L-Tal,M:} 7. Bxe6 Nd3+ 8. Kf1
fxe6 9. Ng5 (9. Qb3) 9... Qb6 10. Qe2 $6 c4 11. b3 h6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. bxc4
O-O-O $44 {Polugaevsky,L (2625)-Tal,M (2615) Riga 1979 0-1 (28)}) 7. Ke2 Nf4+
8. Kf1 Ne6 9. b4 {Up to the moment, this option doesn't give anything to White.
See another classic game Polugaevsky,L-Kortschnoj,V:} (9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6
11. Na4 Nd4 $5 $146 12. Nxc5 g6 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Qc2 Bg7 16. Qxc6+
Kf8 17. Qa6 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. d3 Kg7 $44 {Nakamura,H (2789)-Giri,A (2734)
Wijk aan Zee NED 2014 1/2 (39)}) 9... cxb4 10. Nd5 g6 $1 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Bxg7
Nxg7 13. Nxb4 (13. Qc1 Nc6 14. d4 Be6 $1 15. h4 Rc8 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Qh6 Nxd4 $6
(17... a6 $1 {with the threat of ...Na5} 18. Re1 Na5 19. Bd3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qxd5
$17) 18. Nxd4 Rxc4 19. Nxe6 $6 (19. Rxh5 gxh5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rd1 exd5 22.
Qxh5+ Kf8 23. Qf3+ Kg7 24. Qg4+ $11) 19... fxe6 20. Rxh5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Qb6 $15
{Seirawan,Y (2565)-Peters,J (2445) South Bend 1981 1/2 (29)}) 13... O-O 14. d4
Bg4 15. Ke2 $2 Qd6 16. Qd2 Ne6 $17 {Polugaevsky,L (2635)-Kortschnoj,V (2695)
Buenos Aires 1980 0-1 (41)}) 5... Nxc3 ({In his game against Dmitry Andreikin,
Magnus played a rare line:} 5... g6 6. Bb5+ (6. Qb3 $5 Nxc3 $2 (6... Nc7 $6 7.
Bc4 e6 8. d4 (8. Ne4 $6 b6 $4 (8... Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. O-O Nc6
$132) 9. Qc3 $18) 8... cxd4 9. exd4 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 {White is well on
top}) (6... Nf6 {seems to be the strongest option} 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4 Bg7 {
with an unexplored position}) 7. Qxc3 f6 8. Qxc5 e5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qd5 Bxb5
11. Qxb5+ $16 {Malich,B (2470)-Tischbierek,R (2380) Halle 1981 1-0 (41)}) 6...
Bd7 7. Qb3 Nxc3 (7... Nb4 $2 8. Bc4 e6 9. a3 b5 10. Nxb5 N4c6 11. Qd3 (11. Be2
$1 a6 12. Nc3 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 $18 {White will take c5-pawn soon}) 11...
Na5 12. b3 Nxc4 13. bxc4 Bg7 14. Rb1 O-O 15. Bb2 Bxb5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. cxb5
Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Rd3 19. Ke2 $16 {1/2 (19) Witt,R (2280)-Ernst,S (2440) Amsterdam
2001}) 8. Ne5 (8. Bc4 $1 e6 9. Qxc3 f6 10. O-O $14 {I think that this position
is in the White's favour}) 8... e6 9. bxc3 Bxb5 10. Qxb5+ Nd7 11. Rb1 b6 12. c4
Bd6 $11 {Andreikin,D (2713)-Carlsen,M (2864) Moscow 2013 1/2 (34)}) 6. bxc3 Qc7
$146 {A novelty. Probably Anish Giri didn't want to play 6...g6 due to 7.h4 or
he didn't want to allow Bd3.} (6... g6 7. d4 (7. h4 $5 Bg7 8. h5 Nc6 9. Rb1 Qc7
10. d4 Bd7 11. Bd3 Rd8 12. Qc2 {Svidler,P (2740)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2702)
Nizhny Novgorod 2013 1-0 (66) CBM 157 [Gormally,D]} (12. Ng5 $1 {Gormally,D}))
7... Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ba3 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. e4 e5
14. d5 a6 15. Bb2 b5 16. a4 c4 17. Bc2 Rfe8 $14 {Rodshtein,M (2615)-Gupta,A 
(2470) Yerevan 2007 1/2 (80)}) 7. d4 g6 8. Bb5+ ({Of course, he couldn't play
8.Bd3:} 8. Bd3 $6 cxd4 9. cxd4 $4 (9. Bb5+) 9... Qc3+ $19) 8... Bd7 9. a4 ({
Another option is} 9. Rb1 $5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O) 9... Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ba3 {
It seems that White has a better position due to the strong pressure on the
queenside but after the strong reply...} b6 $1 {...he wasn't able to prove
White's superiority.} 12. dxc5 (12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Rad1 (13. h3 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Na5
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bxd7 Rxd7 17. Rxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxc5 Bxc3) 13... a6 $1 14. Bxa6
Nb8 15. Bb5 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Qc6 $11) (12. h3 Nc6 13. dxc5 (13. Qe2 {leads to the
same position as after 12.Qe2 Nc6 13.h3})) 12... bxc5 13. Qd5 Bxb5 {A normal
move. However, Giri could have played 13...a6!? with a very complicated
position:} (13... a6 $5 14. Qxa8 (14. Be2 Rc8 15. Qxa8 $2 Bc6 16. Qxc6 Nxc6 $17
) 14... axb5 15. Qd5 (15. axb5 Bxb5 16. Rfd1 Bc6) 15... Bxc3 $44 {It seems to
me that White should give the exchange back and play an equal position} 16.
Rac1 (16. axb5 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Bxb5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Bxc5 Nc6 $11) 16... b4 17.
Rxc3 bxc3 18. Qc4 Qa5 19. Rc1 Na6 $11) 14. axb5 (14. Qxa8 $4 Bc6 $19) 14... Nd7
15. Rfd1 ({Black is OK after} 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. c4 a6 $1 {the point} 17. Qc6
Rac8 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. b6 (19. bxa6 Ra8 $11) 19... Rb7 20. Bxc5 Rc8 21. Bxe7
Nxb6 22. c5 Na4 23. Bd6 Nxc5 24. Rc1 Bf8 $11) 15... Rfd8 16. Ng5 e6 $8 17. Qc6
Qxc6 ({He could have played} 17... Rac8 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Rac1 {intending to
play c4} Rb8 $1 20. c4 a6 21. bxa6 Ra8 $11) 18. bxc6 Ne5 19. c7 Rdc8 20. f4 h6
$1 (20... Nc4 $2 21. Rd7 Nb6 22. Rad1 $1 Nxd7 23. Rxd7 $16 {Despite the extra
exchange, Black's position is close to hopeless.}) 21. Ne4 Nc4 22. Rd7 {
Anyway Magnus insists on the exchange sacrifice.} (22. Bxc5 Rxc7 23. Bd4 a5 {
might be dangerous only for White}) 22... Nb6 23. Rad1 Nxd7 24. Rxd7 Bf8 25. c4
({The last chance to continue the game was the move} 25. Bxc5 $1 {In this case
Black had to find a rook sacrifice that leads to a draw.} Bxc5 $1 (25... a5 $6
{leads to a difficult rook endgame.} 26. Bd4 a4 (26... Ba3 $6 27. c4 a4 28. c5
Bb4 29. Nd6 Rf8 30. Nc4 a3 31. Nb6 $18) 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Nd5+ Bg7 29. Nb6 a3
30. Nxa8 a2 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rd1 Rxa8 33. Ra1 Rc8 34. Rxa2 Rxc7 35. Rc2 $16)
26. Nxc5 Kf8 (26... a5 $2 27. Na4 Kf8 28. Nb6 Ke8 29. Rd2 $16) 27. Na6 Ke8 28.
Rd2 Ke7 {White should hurry up otherwise Black's rooks can be dangerous} 29.
Rb2 (29. Kf2 Re8 30. Rb2 Rac8 31. Rb7 $6 (31. Rd2 $11) 31... Kd6 32. Rxa7 $2 (
32. c4 e5 33. c5+ Kc6 34. Rb8 exf4 35. exf4 Kd7 $15) 32... Ra8 $17) 29... Kd6
30. Rb8 Raxb8 $1 {Black can't wait.} (30... Re8 $2 31. Kf2 f6 32. c4 $16 {
Black hasn't any counterplay and White gradually improves his position.}) 31.
cxb8=Q+ Rxb8 32. Nxb8 {White has an extra knight but he can't win the game.} a5
33. Kf2 Kc7 $1 (33... a4 $4 34. Na6) 34. Na6+ Kb6 $11 35. Nb4 (35. Nb8 Kc7 $11
(35... a4 36. Nd7+ Kb5 37. c4+ Kxc4 38. Nb6+ Kb5 39. Nxa4 Kxa4 40. Kf3 Kb4 41.
Ke4 f6 $11)) 35... axb4 36. cxb4 Kb5 $11) 25... a5 26. Nc3 {The position is
drawish.} (26. Bb2 Bg7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Nd6 a4 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Kf2 a3 31.
Rd3 Rxc7 32. Rxa3 $11) 26... a4 27. Nb5 (27. Kf2 Re8 $1 28. Nb5 Rac8 $11) 27...
Re8 $1 28. e4 Rac8 29. Na7 (29. Kf2 $6 Re7 {and Black can think about the full
point.}) 29... Ra8 30. Nb5 Rac8 31. Na7 Ra8 32. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qa4 c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qb4 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. e3 Re4 13. Qa3 Qe7 14. Be2
$146 (14. Bb5 Nxc5 15. O-O g5 16. Bg3 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nfxd7 18. Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 
(50) Akopian,V (2696)-Alekseev,E (2716) Nalchik 2009}) (14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Be2
Bg4 16. Rb1 a6 17. O-O Rc8 18. Qb3 Rc7 19. h3 Bh5 20. c6 b5 $1 {1/2-1/2 (28)
Feller,S (2539)-Palac,M (2571) Le Port Marly 2009}) 14... Nxc5 15. O-O b6 $11
16. Rfd1 $2 g5 $6 ({Black misses an unexpected tactical resource:} 16... Rxh4
$3 17. Nxh4 Nfe4 18. f3 (18. Nf3 Nxf2 $1 $17 19. Kxf2 $2 Ne4+ {[%cal Ge7a3]})
18... Nf2 19. Rxd5 Qxe3 20. Rd8+ Kh7 21. Qc1 Nh3+ 22. Kh1 Qxe2 23. gxh3 Nd3 24.
Qf1 Nf2+ 25. Kg1 Nxh3+ 26. Kh1 Qe3 $36) 17. Bg3 Bg4 18. Rd4 (18. c4 $5 dxc4 19.
h3 Bh5 20. Bd6 Qe6 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Qxc5 $14) 18... Re8 19. h3 Bf5 20. Nd2 $6
(20. c4 $1 $14 Rxd4 21. Nxd4 Bg6 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Bb5 $36) 20... Rxd4 21. cxd4
Nce4 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bh2 Nc3 $11 25. Bf1 Re6 26. a4 a5 27. Bb8
Rc6 28. Ba7 Bc2 29. Bb5 Re6 30. Rc1 Bxa4 31. Rxc3 Bxb5 32. Rb3 Bc4 33. Rxb6
Rxb6 34. Bxb6 a4 35. Bc5 f5 36. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 {In the static lines of the Catalan this is a
typical and entirely viable "loss of time".} ({The by far more popular} 10...
a5 11. Nc3 Na6 {has also been trotted out in some recent games, for instance:}
12. Qd3 (12. Rae1 {Van Wely,L (2672)-Karjakin,S (2759) Wijk a1 (0-1, 60)an Zee
2014 CBM 159 [Marin,M]}) 12... Nb4 13. Qb1 Nbd5 {Giri,A (2734)-Karjakin,S 
(2759) Wijk aan Zee 2014 CBM 159 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 32)}) 11. Qc1 $5 {A rare
move. The queen usually goes to c1 in the lines without a2-a4 when forced by ..
.Be4.} ({The most common answer is the equally typical loss of a tempo with} 
11. Bg5 {which eventually ensured White some slight initiative in Giri,A (2734)
-Aronian,L (2812) Wijk aan Zee 2014 CBM 159 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 48)}) 11... a5
{The typical answer, blocking the queenside and preparing ...Na6-b4. Other
moves are playable, though.} (11... Nbd7 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Rd1 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Ndf6
15. Nb1 {This looks a bit more sophisticted than required by the position, but
has the advantage of offering Black choices on every move with chances to
confuse him.} (15. Ne5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 $14 {offers White a
comfortable space advantage.}) 15... Nd6 16. Nbd2 Qe7 17. Rdc1 Bd5 18. Bf1 h6
19. Qe3 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Nde4 21. f3 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 $14 {[%cal Ge2e4] After a long
manoeuvring phase, with possible improvements for both sides on the way, Black
has lost stability in the centre.} Nd7 $6 (22... b6 23. a5 $14 {[%csl Gb6,Gc6]}
) 23. Rxc7 $16 {Nielsen,P (2649)-Antonsen,M (2449) Koge 2013 (1-0, 40)}) ({
The simplistic} 11... Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Qd6 {may be not that bad and deserves
further investigation.} 13. Qxd6 (13. Nc3 $5) 13... cxd6 14. Nbd2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3
d5 16. Rfc1 Nc6 17. e3 Rfc8 $11 {Nowak,I (2330)-Bielavsky,J Warsaw 1979 (1-0,
42). Although White managed to increase his microscopic pressure and win, the
position looks rather equal.}) 12. Bd2 $5 $146 {This is not only a new move
but also the real original one in the game! By this paradoxical retreat White
attacks the a5-pawn aiming to prevent the planned knight manoeuvre to b4.} (12.
Nc3 Na6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Bxf3 ({Threatening to win the h4-bishop with ...
g7-g5. The immediate} 14... g5 $2 {loses to} 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Qxg5+) 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Kg2 Bc7 19. e3 Qe7 20. Qc2 Nb4 21. Qb3 Rd7
22. Rac1 Rfd8 23. Ne4 Bb6 $11 {Fridman,D (2600)-Boruchovsky,A (2472) Warsaw
2013 (1/2-1/2, 42)}) 12... Nbd7 {Giving up the initial plan.} ({In fact, Black
could have prepared ...Nb8-a6-b4, but only with some loss of time.} 12... b6
13. Rd1 h6 $5 {Trying to play a waiting game before retreating with the bishop.
} (13... Bb7 14. Nc3 Na6 15. Ne5 $14) 14. Bf4 (14. Nc3 Na6 15. Nb5 Bd5) 14...
Bb7 {It is not easy to find any useful waiting move.} 15. Nc3 Na6 16. Nb5 Bd5 {
with a playable position for both sides.}) 13. Rd1 Qe8 $5 {It may seem that
this move mainly sets up pressure on the generally well defended a4-plan, but
there is a lot more behind it. The queen maneoeuvre is typical for the Iljin
Zhenevsky Dutch and the game will actually transpose to a structure of that
kind.} 14. Bc3 {This bishop has surely moved a lot.} (14. Nc3 {is more natural.
} {Knowing Kramnik's plan in the game, we could suspect he would have done
something similar with} Nd5 ({If White was worried about} 14... e5 {he
probably missed} 15. e4 $1 Bxe4 (15... Nxe4 $2 16. d5 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 $18) 16.
Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Be3 $44 {White surely has more play than in the game.}) 15. Nb5 (
15. Nxd5 exd5 {may create problems only for White.}) 15... f5 $5) 14... Ne4 ({
Once again, the thematic central break would not offer complete relief:} 14...
e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bxe5 18. f3 (18. Qg5 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Ne4)
18... Ra6 19. e4 Rc6 20. Qe3 $14) 15. Nfd2 (15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc5 $132)
15... f5 $5 {Quite an ambitious way of fighting for the light squares.} ({
A safer alternative of the same kind was} 15... Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nb6
18. Qc2 f5 19. Nf3 Nd5 $11) 16. Nxe4 fxe4 {At first sight, Black has weakened
his central structure but the e4-pawn actually causes White space problems.
Although White's kingside structure is solid, the gradually building up black
pressure will be annoying.} 17. Be1 {Another bishop move with incomplete
development, but this is not completely atypical for the Catalan. Besides,
overdefending the f2-square would become necessary within a few moves anyway.}
(17. Qc2 Qh5 18. Bxe4 $2 (18. Be1) 18... Rxf2 $1 19. Kxf2 Qxh2+ {Black has a
winning attack. Here is a sample line in which the white king runs a lot
before being trapped.} 20. Ke3 Qxg3+ 21. Bf3 Bf4+ 22. Kd3 Bxf3 23. exf3 Qxf3+
24. Kc4 {The apogee of the king's incursion, now is time to retreat.} Qd5+ 25.
Kd3 Ne5+ 26. Ke2 Qg2+ 27. Ke1 Nf3#) 17... Qh5 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. h3 Rf7 20. e3
Raf8 21. Qc2 Qf5 {Both players have completed their mobilisation and Black's
position surely looks more active. The only question is whether White can take
advantage of Black's pawn weaknesses. Since e4 is well defended, White should
look for his chances on the queenside.} 22. Nb5 h5 $5 {[%cal Gf6h7,Gh7g5,Gh5h4]
Even though engines disagree with this move, I find it entirely logical and
correct. Black gives up the a5-pawn but keeps strengthening the kingside
pressure, thus obtaining at least excellent compensation.} ({There were two
entirely viable alternatives to this ambitious approach.} 22... Bb4 23. Bxb4
axb4 24. Rd2 (24. Qc4 $2 Ng4 25. hxg4 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Bd5 27. Qxb4 Qxg3) 24... h5
$132) ({Or} 22... Nd5 23. Nxd6 (23. Bxa5 $2 Bxg3 $1 24. fxg3 Nxe3 $17) 23...
cxd6 24. Rac1 Nb4 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Rf1 Qd5 $11) 23. Bxa5 Nh7 24. Nxd6 (24. Be1
Ng5) 24... cxd6 25. Bb4 {Active defence. If allowed to play Bxd6, White could
insert his bishop into the kingside battle.} Qd5 {The best way to protect the
pawn. The rooks are needed on the f-file and moreover the c6-bishop requires
protection in view of the threat a4-a5-a6.} (25... Rd8 26. a5 Ng5 $6 27. a6
Nxh3+ (27... Nf3+ 28. Kh1) 28. Bxh3 Qxh3 29. a7 Ra8 30. Bxd6 h4 31. Ra5 $16) (
25... Qxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Rxf2 27. Bxd6 R8f7 28. b4 $16) 26. Rf1 (26. Rd2 {looks
more natural, but the character of the position would not change greatly after}
Ng5 27. a5 h4 28. g4 Bb5 {White cannot make any queenside progress. Although
his kingside looks solid enough, it would probably not be pleasant to live
with Black's latent pressure on this wing.}) 26... Ng5 27. b3 (27. a5 $2 Bb5 {
[%csl Gf2][%cal Gb5f1]}) 27... Rd8 $5 {Now that he has completed the knight
manoeuvre, Black needs the queen on f5.} 28. Rac1 (28. h4 Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Rxf3
30. Kg2 Qf5 31. Rad1 Kf7 $1 {[%cal Gf7d7,Gd8g8]} 32. Rh1 Ke7 33. Rd2 Rg8 {
[%cal Gg7g5]}) 28... Nf3+ 29. Kh1 ({Maybe it would have been safer to take the
knight:} 29. Bxf3 Rxf3 30. Kg2 (30. h4 g5) 30... h4 31. g4 {Once again, White
may be able to survive the pressure by simply waiting. But this was not an
easy practical decision, of course.}) 29... Qf5 {But now, Bxf3 is not possible
anymore because of the intermediate ...Qxh3+. White has to live with the
knight on f3.} 30. Qe2 Kh7 {Still waiting before opening the centre.} (30... e5
$5) 31. Rc2 Bd5 32. Rc3 Kg6 33. Qc2 Kh7 34. Ba3 e5 {After the opening of the
d-file, Black's attack acquires more strength.} 35. dxe5 dxe5 36. b4 $6 {
I see two main drawbacks to this move. Dynamically, it delays the fight for
the open d-file. Statically, it weakens the light squares.} (36. Rd1 Rfd7 37.
Rc8 Bxb3 $5 38. Rxd7 Bxc2 39. Rcxd8 $13) 36... Be6 37. Bc1 Qg6 38. Rd1 Rxd1+
39. Qxd1 Rd7 $36 40. Qf1 (40. Qe2 Bg4 $1 41. Qf1 (41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Bxf3 gxf3
43. Qf1 Qh5+ 44. Kg1 Rd6) 41... Qf5 42. Rc2 Bxh3 $1 43. Bxh3 Qxh3+ $1 44. Qxh3
Rd1+ 45. Qf1 Rxf1+ 46. Kg2 Rg1+ 47. Kh3 g5 {with mate to follow.}) 40... Bf5 (
40... Qf7 $1 {[%cal Ge6b3,Gd7d1]} 41. Ba3 {[%cal Gc3c1]} Rd2 $19) 41. Rc2 (41.
Ba3 Qe6 42. Rc1 Rd2 $40) 41... Qe6 42. Qe2 (42. Bb2 Bxh3 43. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 44.
Qxh3 Rd1+) 42... g6 (42... Bxh3 43. Bxf3 exf3 44. Qxf3 Bg4 45. Qe4+ Bf5 46. Qc4
Rd1+ 47. Kh2 Qxc4 48. Rxc4 Bd3 49. Rc7 Be4 50. g4 (50. f3 Bxf3 51. g4 h4) 50...
Rh1+ 51. Kg3 h4#) 43. Rc4 $6 {Making things simpler for Black} Bxh3 (43... Bxh3
44. Rxe4 (44. Bxf3 exf3 45. Qxf3 Qxc4) 44... Bxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Ng5 46. Rh4 (46.
Rc4 Qh3+ 47. Kg1 e4) 46... Qc6+ {[%csl Gc1]}) 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 {Delaying the queenside attack, which is usually met
with ...a7-a5 in favour of developing.} f5 11. Rc1 {White has an extra tempo 
(a2-a3) with respect to the similar Classical Dragon variation. Since b2-b4
never really ceases being part of White's general plan, this tempo may tell.}
Kh8 (11... Bf6 12. Nd2 Kh8 13. b4 Rb8 14. Bc5 {Kamsky,G (2741)-Svidler,P (2769)
Thessaloniki 2013 CBM 155 [Stohl,I] (1-0, 43)}) (11... f4 {gains a tempo but
weakens the e4-square without offering real attacking chances.} 12. Bd2 Qd7 13.
Ne4 Rf5 (13... fxg3 {[%cal Gd2g5]} 14. hxg3 Rf5 15. Neg5 $16) 14. b4 fxg3 15.
Nxg3 $5 ({An interesting deviation from} 15. hxg3 {[%cal Ge4g5] which looks ok,
too:} h6 16. Rxc6 $5 bxc6 17. Qa1 $14) 15... Rff8 16. b5 Nd8 17. Nxe5 Qxb5 18.
f4 $14 {Wang,Y (2723)-Mamedyarov,S (2757) Beijing 2013 (1-0, 31)}) 12. b4 {
The most active continuation. After having almost completed his development,
White finally switches to the queenside plan.} (12. Na4 {is not without venom,
though.} f4 13. Nc5 Bd5 14. Bd2 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Qe7 16. Qc1 Rf7 17. b4 Bxf3 18.
Bxf3 Nd4 {(1/2-1/2, 31) Cebalo,M (2485)-Romanishin,O (2570) Taxco 1985} 19. Bc3
$1 Nb3 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Bxe5 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 fxg3 23. Bxb7 gxf2+ 24. Kf1 Re8 25.
Bg3 Ree7 26. Bf3 $14 {[%csl Gf3,Gg3]}) 12... a6 {Trying to keep stability all
over the board.} ({The typical reaction against the setup with an early b2-b4
does not work so well no that White is fully mobilised.} 12... a5 $6 13. b5 Nd4
14. Nxe5 Bxa3 15. Bxb7 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Rb8 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Nc6 Qd6 19. Nxb8
Rxb8 20. Bc6 $16 {Ivanchuk,V (2746)-Morozevich,A (2751) Leon 2009 (1/2-1/2, 38)
}) (12... Bf6 {defends e5 but allows White take over the initiative in a way
known from Botvinnik's old Dragon games.} 13. Bc5 Rf7 14. e4 Rd7 15. Qe2 Rxd3 {
Savchenko,B (2583)-Rublevsky,S (2676) Moscow 2007 (1-0, 54)} 16. exf5 Bxf5 17.
b5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Ne4 Rb3 20. Qd1 Rxb5 21. Nxf6 Qxf6 22. Bxd4 Qd6 23.
Bxb7 $16) 13. Bc5 Bg8 14. e3 $146 {A flexible move and a novelty! White sets
up some sort of hedgehog in the centre, inviting Black to permanently worry
about either d3-d4 or e3-e4.} (14. e4 {is less impressive with the black
bishop on e7 rather than f6.} f4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gf8f4,Ge7c5]} 15. Re1 Bd6 16.
Bxb6 cxb6 17. Nd5 fxg3 18. hxg3 a5 $132 {Vaganian,R (2605)-Petursson,M (2555)
Reykjavik 1990 CBM 018 [Ribli] (1/2-1/2, 29)}) 14... Bxc5 15. bxc5 Nd5 {
It would make no sense to refrain from occupying this square.} (15... Nd7 16.
d4 e4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Re1 {[%cal Gg2f1,Gc1b1,Gf1c4] would offer White some
initiative.}) 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Ne2 {A truly hypermodern way of playing with
White. Black has more space but his position could easily become over-extended
at the slightest inaccuracy. White's main policy is maintaining flexibility
and inviting Black to create some more weaknesses. The (relative) actual ones
are b7 and e5.} Rab8 18. Nh4 Qf6 (18... g5 $2 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20. e4 $16) 19. Qb2
({The thematic} 19. f4 {would allow White get some pressure along the central
files starting with} Rbd8 {[%cal Ge5e4]}) 19... g5 {Not really forced, but
Black has to take one decision or another. This makes this kind of position
difficult to play over the board.} 20. Nf3 Nde7 {A bit passive.} (20... e4 {
would fail to maintain equality:} 21. Qxf6+ Nxf6 22. dxe4 Nxe4 23. h4 h6 24.
Rfd1 $14) ({But the thematic} 20... f4 {, putting pressure on the dark squares,
looks entirely viable.} 21. Nd2 Qg6 {[%csl Ge3]} 22. Nc3 fxe3 23. Nxd5 exd2 24.
Qxd2 Rbd8 $11) 21. Rcd1 {White keeps manoeuvring, missing a good moment for
concrete action.} (21. d4 $5 e4 22. Nd2 {[%cal Gg3g4,Gf2f3]}) 21... Qg7 22. Nd2
{Remaining faithful to the safety policy.} (22. d4 {is less effective already
since after} f4 $1 {23.dxe5 would not attack the queen.}) 22... Bd5 (22... Rfd8
23. Qc2 Qf6 24. f4 $5) 23. e4 {In the absence of the dark-squared bishop this
typical reaction has an obvious drawback: it gives away the d4-square.} ({
In principle, one is afraid of exchanging his fianchetto bishop, but Black's
attack would not be easy to carry out after} 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qb3 Qf7 25. d4
e4 26. Nc3 Nxc3 27. Qxc3 Qd5 28. Rb1 {White plans Rb3 followed by R1b1. If ...
Ne7 then Nc4-e5. And finally, after} f4 $6 29. Qc4 $1 {Black would weaken his
e4-pawn for nothing, for instance} Qf5 30. d5 Ne5 31. Qxe4 $16) 23... Be6 24.
exf5 Nxf5 25. Rde1 Rfd8 {Black is fine here, but the game proved that from the
practical point of view White's play is simpler.} 26. Be4 Nfe7 (26... Nfd4 27.
Nxd4 Nxd4 28. Re3 b6 $11) 27. f3 Bf5 28. Qc2 Rd7 29. Nc4 b5 30. cxb6 cxb6 31.
Ne3 Bh3 {This leaves the e4-bishop too much freedom.} (31... Bg6 $5 $11) 32.
Rf2 Be6 33. Qb2 b5 34. Rc1 {Black starts experiencing small problems without
knowing what really went wrong for him.} Nd4 35. Rc5 Rc8 36. Nxd4 exd4 37.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 38. Nf5 Qe5 39. f4 (39. Qb4 $5 Rd8 40. Rc2 Bxf5 41. Rc5 Qg7 42. Rxf5
$16) 39... gxf4 40. Rxf4 Ne7 41. Nh4 (41. Nxe7 Rxe7 42. Qb4 Re8 43. Rf8+ $16)
41... Qc5 42. Qf2 $6 (42. Rf8+ $5 Kg7 43. Rf1 $5 {[%cal Gb2f2,Gf1c1]} Nd5 (
43... Kh8 44. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2h6]}) 44. Bf5 Re7 45. Bxe6 Rxe6 46. Nf5+ Kg8 (46...
Kh8 47. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 48. Nxd4 Re3 $2 49. Rf8+ Kg7 50. Rd8 $16) 47. Qg2 $5 (47.
Qxd4 Qxd4+ 48. Nxd4 Re3 49. Rf3 Rxf3 50. Nxf3 b4 $11) 47... Kh8 48. Qh3 $36)
42... Kg7 43. Nf5+ Bxf5 44. Bxf5 Nxf5 45. Rxf5 Qc1+ 46. Kg2 Qe3 $11 47. Qa2 Re7
48. Qd5 Qxd3 49. Rg5+ Kf6 50. Qd6+ Kxg5 51. Qxe7+ Kg6 52. Qe6+ Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Negi,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 b4 $5 {Not as popular as the typical .
..Qb6 as it doesn't seem required at first, but it has an important use when
compared to ...Qb6.} (11... Qb6 {is typically met by} 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 {
when Black has to make some unwanted commitment like ...Ra7, or ...Be7, in
order to deal with the threat of Nd5. Of course, it's still a very complicated
theoretical line, but with 11...b4, Black hopes to avoid this, while reasoning
that ...b4 should eventually turn out to be a useful move. The drawback is
that White's knight is quickly getting transferred, and perhaps he can create
new threats with f5 - Nd4/Nf4, or Ng3-Nh5.}) 12. Nce2 Qb6 13. Qe1 $6 {This
just seems to be a pointless automatic move here. Possibly, Anish was
surprised with ...b4, and decided to not take any immediate action...but
without that, Black manages to get an ideal position for these structures.} (
13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f5 {is definitely the critical line. This can be reached
after 11...Qb6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.f5 b4 as well, although 13...b4 wasn't the only
move there.} e5 (14... Bxe4 {seems too risky.} 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Qf4 d5 17.
Qxf6 Rg8 18. Nf4 Be7 19. Qh6 Bg5 20. Qh5+ Ke7 21. Bd3 $1 $16 {1-0 (43)
Naiditsch,A (2710)-Kozul,Z (2601) Bol 2013}) 15. Ng3 h5 $1 (15... Qc5 16. Nh5
Ke7 17. Bd3 Rg8 18. Rhg1 a5 (18... Rg5 19. Qe2 Bh6 20. h4 Rgg8 21. Rge1 $5 {xe3
} (21. g4 Be3 22. Rg3 Bf4 23. Nxf4 exf4 24. Rg2 a5 25. Rf1 a4 26. Qf2 a3 $13 {
Brkic,A-Nevednichy,V Zadar CRO 2005}) 21... a5 22. Bc4 a4 23. g4 a3 24. b3 $16
Rac8 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. g5+ Bxg5 27. Qh5 $18) 19. g4 a4 20. h4 (20. g5 fxg5 21.
f6+ Kd7 22. Qe2 Rc8 23. Rg3 a3 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. b3 Rg6 26. Bc4 Kc8 27. Rgd3 {
1/2-1/2 Czarnota,P -Miton,K /Warsaw POL 2005}) 20... a3 21. g5 {A} (21. Bc4 $5
Bxe4 $13) 21... fxg5 22. hxg5 Qd4 (22... axb2 $2 23. Bc4 $16) 23. Qc1 $1 (23.
c3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qb6+ $1 25. Ka1 Bh6 $1 26. Rb1 Qc5 27. Rbc1 Rab8 $17) 23...
axb2 24. Qxb2 Qc5 (24... Qxb2+ 25. Kxb2 $14 {means suffering for Black.}) 25.
Nf6 Rxg5 26. Rxg5 Kxf6 27. Rg8 h6 28. Qc1 d5 29. Rh8 Ke7 30. Qd2 d4 31. Rh7 $18
{1-0 (38) Evtushenko,S-Hamilton,D (2023) ICCF 2010}) 16. h4 {A typical
situation.} Bh6 $1 (16... Rd8 $2 17. Bc4 a5 18. Qe2 Qc5 19. b3 Ke7 20. Nxh5 $16
{Tiviakov,S-Galliamova,A/Elista 1998}) 17. Qe2 ({Accepting the pawn sacrifice
is the most common:} 17. Qxd6 Rd8 18. Qxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {but it's hard
to say if White is better in this endgame despite being even two pawns up
temporarily. The two bishops in this line are always excellent in an endgame:}
20. Nxh5 Ke7 21. Bd3 Be3 (21... a5 22. g4 Be3 23. Rh3 Bd4 {Dembo,Y-Atalik,S
Cannes FRA 2007} 24. Ng3 $16) 22. Rh3 Bf2 $5 $146 (22... Rxh5 23. Rxe3 Rxh4 24.
a3 a5 25. axb4 axb4 26. Ka2 Kd6 27. Kb3 Kc5 28. Rh3 Rg4 $11 {Bologan,
V-Kotronias,V/Warsaw POL 2005}) 23. g4 Rg8 24. Rh2 Be1 25. Rh1 Bf2 $11) 17...
Ke7 18. Nxh5 Qb7 (18... Rhd8 $5 {/\ d5 is worth considering as well.}) 19. Re1
b3 $5 20. axb3 a5 21. g4 a4 22. Rh3 a3 $13 {and we get rather insane
complications, as in Sferle,M (2530)-Yeremenko,A (2440) ICCF 2011.}) 13... Rc8
14. h4 {Not an ideal move, but I think White already realised that it's not
easy to go for the typical active plans, and decides to play more solidly. The
pawn doesn't seem to be doing much, but he wants to bring the kingside rook
into the game via h3.} (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. f5 e5 17. Nf3 Rg8 18. Qh4
Ke7 19. Rg1 h5 20. Bd3 Bh6 21. g3 a5 {and once again Black had a dream
position as White failed to generate even the slightest counterplay on the
kingside, Shirov - Kozul, Heraklio 2007.}) (14. f5 {is already not that nice
since after} e5 {White can't take Nxc6 due to ...Qxc6!}) 14... Na5 ({Of course
Black has various plans, but I don't see why he didn't just go for the usual} 
14... a5 15. Rh3 a4 {when Black seems to have a rather nice version. There is
no need to actually spend two moves to bring the knight to c4, where it's not
neccessarily better.}) 15. Nc1 {White sticks with his plan for solid play, but
he could have already tried to be more ambitious.} (15. Ng3 $1 {/\ Nh5. The
knight trip to c4 doesn't look as useful here.} Rg8 (15... h5 16. Be2 $16) (
15... Nc4 16. Nh5 Be7 17. g4 $16) 16. Nh5 Be7 17. g4 $5 $14 Rxg4 $140 18. Bh3
Rg8 19. Rg1 $16) 15... Nc4 16. Rh3 a5 {Now, Black's position looks really
commanding again. White really can't expect much unless he goes on the
offensive in this line.} 17. Bxc4 {It was hard having to put up with this
knight.} Rxc4 18. Rhd3 h5 19. g3 {The position seems to be in some kind of
dynamic balance. Black can't really break through in the centre, while it's
unimaginable to go 0-0 for now... while White's position looks really solid as
well. But now Topalov embarks on a regrouping mission, conducting the next
part of the game spectacularly!} (19. e5 {will probably open up the position
for the black bishops.} fxe5 20. fxe5 Bg7) 19... Be7 20. Qe2 Bc8 $1 {An
excellent idea. It's hard to see what White is going to do...} 21. R3d2 Ba6 22.
Qf3 {keeping 0-0 under check, but what next for White?} a4 23. Nce2 Bb7 24. Qd3
Rc5 25. c4 Kf8 $6 {Black decides to simply improve his position a bit more
before preparing a way to breakthrough.} ({Black could have already exploited
White's awkward pieces with} 25... Qa6 $1 26. Nb5 (26. b3 Qa8 $1 {is the point.
Incredibly, e4 can't be defended}) 26... Qc6 {and White has to go for} 27.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 28. Qxd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Bxe4+ 30. Ka1 O-O {with a very pleasant
endgame for Black.}) 26. b3 Rg8 {Black doesn't want to commit ...Kg7 either,
since he is understandably worried about a swift counterattack... at the same
time then the whole plan with ...Kf8 doesn't have a point.} 27. bxa4 $1 {
White doesn't want to keep suffering and shuffle around, while Black takes his
time to increase the pressure.} Qa6 28. Nb5 Kg7 {Black needs the rook. It
makes me wonder if ...Rg8 was required at all...} 29. Ned4 Qxa4 30. f5 $2 {
As it turned out, this move worked very well for White... also considering the
fact that it was undoubtedly a time pressure situation, this makes sense, but
objectively it also loses.} (30. Re1 {just holding together his position and
perhaps preparing f5 was more appropriate.}) 30... Re5 $1 31. Re1 Kh8 $4 {
Alas! Topalov continues to play slowly, but he forgets that White has some
activity too now.} (31... d5 $1 {did not require much calculation, but Black
had to realise that it was already time to break.} 32. fxe6 dxc4 33. Qxc4 Rc8
34. Qd3 fxe6 $19) 32. Nf3 $1 {Suddenly the tables are turned...it's hard to
deal with such a sudden shock, and Topalov collapses.} exf5 ({Black might have
thought about} 32... Rxg3 {but this is just met by} 33. Nxd6 {and Black's
position is just collapsing.}) 33. Nxe5 fxe5 34. Nxd6 b3 {Already, there are
multiple ways to win, but probably in something of a time scramble, Anish goes
for the safest:} 35. Nxb7 bxa2+ 36. Ka1 Qb4 37. Qe3 f4 38. gxf4 Bxh4 39. Rh1
Qxb7 40. fxe5 Rg4 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Qxh5 Qxe4 43. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Ne4 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qd3 Nce7 14. Bd2 Rc8
15. Rac1 $146 (15. Rad1 Nf5 16. Bb3 Nd6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bb4 $16
{(1-0, 51) Korneev,O (2619)-Oms Pallisse,J (2419) Dos Hermanas 2000}) 15... Ng6
16. g3 Be7 17. h4 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bb4 Ne7 20. Ne5 a5 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22.
Ba6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qd6 24. Bxb7 Bxe5 25. Rc6 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. b3 Bc5 28.
b4 axb4 29. axb4 Bxb4 30. Rxb6 Ba5 31. Rc6 g6 32. Rc8 Bd8 33. Ba6 Kg7 34. Bc4
h6 35. Kg2 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Ra8 Kf6 38. Be2 Rh8 39. Rb8 Ke7 40. Rb7+ Kf6
41. Rb8 Ke7 42. Rb7+ Ke8 43. Bb5+ Kf8 44. Rb8 Ke7 45. Rb7+ Kf6 46. Rb8 Ke7 47.
Rb7+ Kf6 48. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Negi,P"]
[PlyCount "262"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. a3 $5 {
Specifically aimed against Black's ...e5, I think this move should gain a
bigger following after this event. Even though Karjakin won both the games
with Black... it was certainly not because of the opening.} (7. O-O e5 {
is the traditional main line.} 8. d3 (8. a3 Rb8 (8... f6 9. e3) 9. Rb1 Be7 10.
b4 cxb4 11. axb4 b5 $5 {A} 12. d3 O-O 13. Be3 Be6) 8... Be7 9. Nd2 Bd7 ({
Recently, Jakovenko preferred to allow Bxc6:} 9... O-O {so maybe it has some
point as well.} 10. Nc4 ({A classic example of what can go wrong was} 10. Bxc6
bxc6 11. Nc4 Bh3 $2 (11... f6 $142) 12. Nxe5 $1 Bf6 13. Nxc6 Qd7 14. Na5 Bxf1
15. Qxf1 Rab8 16. Nd1 Rfe8 17. Nc4 Nd5 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Re6 20. Rc1 Ra6
21. a3 h5 22. Qf4 Re8 23. Nf2 $14 {1-0 (46) Ramirez,A (2595)-Molner,M (2522)
Saint Louis 2014}) 10... f6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Bd7 $5 (12... Bh3 {seems to
give White a pleasant position after} 13. Qxc6 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Qc8 15. Be3 Ne6
16. Nd5 Rf7 17. Qxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rc1 Bf8 {even though eventually Black got a
draw in Pantsulaia,L (2556)-Edouard,R (2670) Dubai 2013}) 13. Qa5 Bh3 14. Re1
Qd7 {and we had a very tense, but instructive struggle in the following game:}
15. Be3 Ne6 16. Rac1 Rab8 17. b3 Rfe8 18. f3 Bf5 19. Na4 Rb4 20. Bd2 Bd8 21.
Qa6 Rb5 22. Nc3 Rb8 23. Ne4 Bg6 24. Be3 Be7 25. Qa5 Bf7 26. Qc3 Nd4 27. Kg2 Bf8
28. g4 Bd5 29. Kf2 Kh8 30. Rg1 h6 31. Nb2 f5 32. gxf5 Qxf5 33. Rg4 Qh5 34. Rh1
Be7 $1 35. Nc4 Rf8 $17 {0-1 (38) Pantsulaia,L (2606)-Jakovenko,D (2723)
Yerevan 2014}) 10. Nc4 f6 11. f4 b5 {but this line is another question
entirely.}) 7... g6 (7... e5 {is still the most popular move, but it allows
the very annoying:} 8. b4 f6 (8... cxb4 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. Nxe5 $1 {is unpleasant
}) 9. Rb1 cxb4 (9... Bf5 10. Rb2 $1) 10. axb4 a6 11. O-O Be7 (11... Nb5 12. Bb2
) 12. b5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Nxb5 14. Rxb5 O-O (14... e4 15. Nh4 $1 (15. Ne1 Nd4 16.
Rb1 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 $1 {1/2-1/2 (38) Flores,D (2594)-Krysa,L (2411) Buenos
Aires 2013}) 15... Nd4 16. Rb1 Bg4 17. f3 $14) 15. d3 Ra5 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Be3
Be6 18. Qb1 $14 {with a typical plus, Meier,G (2641)-Timofeev,A (2677) Havana
2009}) ({Another example of White's idea:} 7... Rb8 8. b4 $1 cxb4 9. axb4 b5
10. O-O e6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Ne4 Nxb4 13. Qb1 $1 a6 14. Rc1 Nbd5 15. h4 Rc8 16.
h5 h6 17. Ne5 Rg8 18. Nc5 $18 {Wang,Y (2723)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2721) Beijing
2013}) 8. h4 {Of course, the critical move.} h6 (8... h5 {I am not certain
right away what's wrong with this, but this is usually never a favourite move
of Black.}) 9. d3 Bg7 10. Be3 (10. O-O {was faced by Karjakin again in the
tournament, in the critical last round against Caruana.}) 10... Ne6 11. O-O (
11. Na4 {seems worrying since b6 can be met by h5! but} Bd7 $1 12. O-O (12. Rc1
b6 13. b4 cxb4 14. d4 bxa3 15. d5 O-O $1 {and Black is doing well again.}) (12.
Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxc5 Bxb2 {isn't very worrying for Black:} 14. Be3 (14. Rb1 Qa5+
15. Nd2 Bg7 $11) 14... Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 {1/2-1/2 (33) Lie,K (2474)-Khalifman,A
(2669) Drammen 2005}) 12... b6 (12... O-O 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxc5 Bxb2 15. Rb1)
13. b4 Ned4 $1 (13... Bxa1 14. Qxa1) (13... cxb4 14. d4 $5) 14. Nxd4 cxd4 $11)
11... O-O (11... Bd7 $5 {would transpose to Caruana-Karjakin, - with the
intention of being able to meet Na4 with ...b6 I presume, since the c6-knight
won't be hanging.}) 12. Na4 Ncd4 (12... b6 13. h5 $1 g5 $140 {if not this,
then Black just seems to have a lousy position.} 14. Nxg5 {is the typical idea.
}) ({Since White has already 0-0} 12... Bd7 {doesn't work anymore.} 13. Nxc5
Nxc5 14. Bxc5 Bxb2 15. Rb1 $16) 13. Rc1 {Black has to play unpleasant moves to
hang on to the pawn...} Qd6 14. Nd2 $1 Bd7 (14... f5 15. Nc4 $14) 15. Bxd4 Qxd4
(15... cxd4 16. Bxb7 $16) 16. Nc3 Rab8 17. Nc4 {White has regrouped everything
rather nicely, while Black's queen on d4 is very awkward... so he had to
accept a worse structure after} Bc6 (17... Nc7 18. Ne4 $1 {the queen is still
in trouble.}) 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. e3 Qd7 20. Qc2 $14 {Now White can play on for
a long time, which is precisely what Anish was doing...} Rfd8 21. Rfd1 h5 22.
Qe2 Rb3 23. Na5 Rb6 24. Rc2 Qc7 25. Nc4 Rb3 26. Nd2 Rb7 27. Nc4 Rb3 28. Rdc1
Rb7 29. Rd2 Rb3 30. Qd1 Rdb8 31. Ne4 Qd8 32. Nc3 Qc7 33. Kg2 Qd8 34. Rdc2 R3b7
35. Qe2 Rd7 36. Rd2 Rb3 37. Qd1 Rdb7 38. Qf3 Qd7 39. Rcc2 Rb8 40. Qd1 Qd8 {
There has been almost no change in the position, and now even the time control
has been reached! But it's very clear who is trying here... Black is just
hanging on to his position, and preventing White's ideas.} 41. Kh2 Nf8 42. Ne4
Ne6 43. Kg1 R8b7 44. Kh2 Rd7 45. Nc3 Rdb7 46. Qf3 Qc7 47. Ne2 {A different
square finally... but things don't change much yet. White has ideas like Nc1,
but no clearly different plan:} Rb8 48. Qe4 Rd8 49. Nc3 Nf8 50. Kg2 Rdb8 51.
Na4 R3b5 (51... Ne6 52. f4 $1 {and suddenly f4-f5 is impossible to prevent.
Everything looks very similar, but the queen on e4 is nice!}) 52. Rd1 (52. f4
e6 (52... f5 53. Qf3 $14) 53. d4 cxd4 54. exd4 {is an interesting suggestion
by the computer, but of course its not what you want to do in a game.}) (52. g4
$5 {seems the kind of move I might play.}) 52... Bf6 53. Rb1 Nd7 54. Rh1 {
Anish is preparing g4, but this is too slow, and perhaps he missed the fact
that Black can finally change something:} Nb6 $5 {It is not easy to hang out
on to the nice structure anymore... but in return the b5-rook is a bit awkward
after} 55. Naxb6 axb6 56. Rb1 $5 {I don't know if the exchange on b6 favours
White or Black - but once again we have a strategically very tense position,
and both sides resume their trench warfare:} Qd7 57. b3 $1 {Roping off the
b5-rook.} Rd8 58. Rd2 {It's not easy to make moves here in a practical game of
course... Black tries to just keep his position intact:} Bc3 59. Rdd1 Bf6 60.
Kg1 Qc8 61. Kf1 Rd5 62. Ke2 Qd7 63. Qf3 Qe6 64. Qg2 Qg4+ 65. f3 Qe6 66. f4 Bg7
67. Qf3 Qh3 68. Rh1 Qd7 69. e4 Rd4 70. Rhd1 Qh3 71. Rh1 Qd7 72. Rhf1 {And
Anish has actually managed to accomplish a great deal without doing anything
spectacular! The rook on b5 is still stuck, and now White's creating threats
like f4-f5, which made Karjakin make the ugly decision of allowing his bishop
to be absolutely blockaded:} f5 $1 73. e5 e6 {But it has a point - now the
kingside is blockaded as well, and White doesn't have many areas to create a
point of entry.} 74. Rfd1 Qb7 75. a4 {And it's time to finally pick up the
material.} Ra5 (75... Rb4 76. Na3 $16) 76. Nxa5 bxa5 {At first White's
position looks great, but it must have come as an unpleasant surprise when
White realised that he cannot break through...} 77. Rdc1 Bf8 78. Rc3 Kf7 79.
Qh1 Ke8 80. Rc4 Kd7 81. Qe1 Qb6 82. Qc3 Be7 {A strange, but impressive
fortress... nothing much changes in the next moves as Anish embarks on another
prolonged stretch of manoeuvring:} 83. Rc1 Rd5 84. Qc2 Kc7 85. Rd1 Rd4 86. Qa2
Rd5 87. Rdc1 Kb7 88. Qa3 Qd8 89. Rd1 Rd4 90. Qc1 Qd5 91. Kf2 Qd8 92. Qc3 Qb6
93. Ke2 Kc7 94. Rd2 Kb7 95. Kd1 Kc7 96. Kc2 Bf8 97. Kb1 Be7 98. Ka2 Bf8 99. Rd1
Be7 100. Rc1 Bf8 101. Qd2 Be7 102. R1c3 Bf8 103. Qf2 Kb7 104. Qg2 Be7 105. Qh1
Bf8 106. Qf1 Be7 107. Rc2 Bf8 108. Rd2 Be7 109. Qf2 Rd5 110. Qf3 Rd4 111. Rdc2
Bf8 112. R2c3 Be7 113. Qh1 Bf8 {Probably worrying about the 50 move rule,
White decides to try another plan... after all White can't lose, right?} 114.
Rxd4 cxd4 115. Rc4 Bb4 $1 116. g4 $1 {The only breakthrough remaining...} hxg4
117. h5 gxh5 118. Qxh5 c5 119. Qf7+ Ka6 120. Rc2 {Now, it's like 120.Qd7, but
White doesn't even win the e6-pawn.} ({Actually, it seems he almost achieved
his aim...after the strong} 120. Qd7 {Black needs to find} Qb7 $1 (120... Bc3
121. Qc8+ Qb7 122. Rxc5 Qxc8 123. Rxc8 Kb7 124. Re8 Bd2 125. Rxe6 Bxf4 126. b4
$1 axb4 127. Kb3 $18 {and Black's double passed pawns mean nothing}) 121. Qxe6+
Ka7 122. Rc2 $1 Bc3 123. Qxf5 Qh1 124. Qf7+ Kb8 125. Qf8+ Kb7 {and White
doesn't seem to have more than a draw.}) 120... Qc6 121. Qg6 c4 $5 122. Rxc4
Qg2+ 123. Kb1 {Now a draw seems inevitable... I don't know who was being more
ambitious here:} Qf1+ 124. Rc1 Qxd3+ 125. Ka2 Qe2+ 126. Kb1 Qe4+ 127. Ka2 Qg2+
128. Ka1 Qd5 129. Ka2 Qg2+ 130. Kb1 Qd5 131. Rc4 $4 {Ah so careless...
tiredness has its effect. I feel tired even commenting on this game...} Bc3 $1
{Mate is inevitable.} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Bg7 5. d5 O-O 6. Nf3 {White is ready to
play the Benoni with the pawn on e3. This is a more dangerous variation than
it may seem. Since Black does not have the pressure against e4, White can
organise his plans better, he would most likely prepare b2-b4. A similar
approach can be seen in the fianchetto system, where the pawn stays on e2 for
a long time.} d6 7. h3 (7. Be2 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3
{transposes to two games played by World Champions.} Nbd7 (11... Na6 12. Bd2
Rc8 13. Qb3 c4 14. Qxb7 Nc5 15. Qb4 Rb8 16. Qa3 Rb6 17. Rab1 Qb8 18. Na4 {
Anand,V (2775)-Ragger,M (2668) Germany 2014 (1-0, 67). The position is messy
but Black did not get the best out of his compensation.}) 12. a4 a6 13. g4 c4
14. Be2 Rc8 15. g5 Ne8 16. f4 Qe7 17. Ra3 Rc5 18. Bf3 Ra5 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. Qe2
Nb3 21. Ne4 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qd8 23. Qb4 $14 {Morozevich,A (2758)-Kramnik,V (2769)
Mexico City 2007 CBM 120 [Marin,M] (1-0, 48). This is precisely the game which
caused something of a sensation and possibly launched a slight fashion trend.})
7... e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 a6 12. a4 Nh5 $146 (12...
Qc7 13. e4 Rb8 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bh2 c4 16. Bf1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5
19. a5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (61) Burmakin,V (2555)-Zontakh,A (2460) Portoroz 1995}) 13.
Be2 f5 14. Rb1 h6 15. Nd2 Ne5 $6 {This is a bit too much. Black's queenside
counterplay will be not strong enough to compensate for the kingside
weaknesses and for the missing pawn.} (15... Nhf6 16. Nc4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 (17. b3
$5 $14) 17... Rxe5 18. b4 $14) 16. f4 Nf7 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Qxh5 b5 19. Nf3 Bd7
20. Ne2 Nh8 21. axb5 axb5 22. b4 cxb4 23. Ng3 (23. Nfd4 $16) 23... Rf8 24. Nd4
$6 Bxd4 $5 25. exd4 Qf6 $132 {/+/=} 26. Rxb4 Rfe8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Kh2 Kh7
29. Rb3 Rc8 30. Ra3 Rxc1 31. Ra7 Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Nxf7 33. Rxd7 Kg6 34. Re7 b4 35.
Re6+ Kh7 36. Re7 Kg6 37. Re6+ Kh7 38. Nxf5 $6 $14 (38. Re8 Kg6 (38... b3 39.
Rb8 Rc3 40. Nxf5 $18) 39. Rg8+ Kh7 40. Rb8 Kg6 41. Rxb4 $16) 38... b3 39. Re2
h5 40. Rb2 Rc3 41. Ng3 Kg6 42. f5+ Kh6 43. Ne2 Rc2 44. Rxc2 bxc2 45. Kg3 Kg5
46. Kf3 Nh6 47. f6 Kxf6 48. Ke3 Nf5+ 49. Kd2 Kg5 50. g3 h4 51. g4 Nh6 52. Kxc2
Nxg4 53. hxg4 Kxg4 54. Ng1 Kg3 55. Kd2 Kf2 56. Nh3+ Kg3 57. Ng1 Kf2 58. Nh3+
Kg3 59. Ng5 Kf4 60. Ne6+ Ke4 61. Ng5+ Kxd4 62. Nf3+ Ke4 63. Nxh4 Ke5 64. Kd3
Kxd5 65. Nf5 Kc5 66. Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Qc7 10. Be3 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. O-O d6 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Bf3 Qb8 15.
Nd2 Rfe8 16. Bf2 Bf8 17. Bh4 Be7 18. Bf2 Bf8 19. Bh4 Be7 20. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rosmalen Calder Cup Elite"]
[Site "Rosmalen"]
[Date "2014.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. c4 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Bb7 12. Bc4 d5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bxd5
15. O-O Bb4 16. Qf2 Bxb3 17. Nc6 Qd6 18. Nxb4 Nbd7 19. Nc2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 O-O
21. Rfd1 Qb4 22. Rd4 Qb7 23. Rad1 Rac8 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. b3 Nc6 26. Rd6 Ne7 27.
Bg5 Ned5 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Kh1 a5 30. Rd3 h6 31. Ne2 Qa7 32. Nc3 Qc5 33. g3 Rc6
34. Kg2 Qe7 35. Ne2 Qc7 36. Rc3 Nd5 37. Rxc6 Qxc6 38. Rc1 Qb6 39. Nc3 Ne3+ 40.
Kh1 Nf5 41. Ne4 Rd8 42. Qe2 Qd4 43. Re1 a4 44. bxa4 Qxa4 45. Kg2 Rc8 46. Nf2
Rc2 0-1

[Event "Rosmalen Calder Cup Elite"]
[Site "Rosmalen"]
[Date "2014.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Be6 12. Qb3 Qd8 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Rac1 b5
15. a4 a6 16. a5 Rc8 17. Ne1 f5 18. Nd3 g5 19. f4 Qe7 20. Bf3 Bf7 21. Re1 Rfe8
22. g3 h5 23. Qb2 h4 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 g4 26. Bg2 Bf8 27. Rb1 h3 28. Bf1 c5
29. Bd3 Be6 30. Ne2 d4 31. bxc5 dxe3 32. Nd4 e2 33. Rxe2 Qxc5 34. Rf2 Qd5 35.
Nxe6 Qxe6 36. Qa2 Rc4 37. Bxc4 bxc4 38. Rb6 Qd5 39. Qd2 Qe4 40. Rd6 Bxd6 41.
Qxd6 Qe1+ 42. Rf1 Qe3+ 43. Rf2 Qc1+ 44. Rf1 Qe3+ 45. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rosmalen Calder Cup Elite"]
[Site "Rosmalen"]
[Date "2014.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. Be2 Ne4 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 exd5 14. O-O Bf6
15. c4 Be6 16. Bg5 dxc4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bxc4 Qc5 19. Rc1 Qxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxc4
21. Rxc4 Rfd8 22. Rb1 Rd7 23. g3 a6 24. Kg2 Rad8 25. a4 Re7 26. Rbc1 Rd5 27.
Rf4 Kg7 28. Nh4 Re6 29. Nf5+ Kf8 30. g4 Rd7 31. Rb1 Ne7 32. Rd4 Rxd4 33. Nxd4
Re5 34. Rxb7 f5 35. g5 f4 36. exf4 Re4 37. f5 1-0

[Event "Rosmalen Calder Cup Elite"]
[Site "Rosmalen"]
[Date "2014.06.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc7 14. a4 Rb8 15.
Qd2 a6 16. Reb1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. b4 cxb4 19. Na2 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Nxb4
Bxa1 22. Nc6 Qe8 23. Nxb8 Be5 24. Nc6 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Rxe2 26. Qb4 Nxd5 27. Qxd6
Nc3 28. Ra1 Re6 29. Qd8 Qxd8 30. Nxd8 Rb6 31. Ra8 Kg7 32. Ra7 Rf6 33. Rb7 Kf8
34. Rc7 Ne2+ 35. Kf1 Nxf4 36. Rc8 Kg7 37. h4 Nd3 38. Ke2 Nxf2 39. Rb8 Ne4 40.
Ke3 Nd6 41. Kd4 Nf5+ 42. Ke5 Nxh4 43. Rc8 Nf3+ 44. Ke4 Ng5+ 45. Ke5 Nf3+ 46.
Ke4 h5 47. Rc5 Nd2+ 48. Ke3 Nc4+ 49. Ke2 Nd6 50. Nc6 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Rosmalen Calder Cup Elite"]
[Site "Rosmalen"]
[Date "2014.06.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 c6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Bb7 13. Qb2 Nbd7 14. Ne1
Nb6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxc6 Rb8 17. Qxb5 Qxd4 18. Nb3 Qd8 19. Qxa5 Nfd5 20. Nd3
Qf6 21. Rcc1 Nc4 22. Rxc4 Rxb3 23. Rac1 Rbb8 24. a4 h5 25. Qd2 Rb3 26. Nc5 Rb2
27. R4c2 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Ra8 29. h4 Qd4 30. Qc4 Qb2 31. Qc2 Qd4 32. a5 Nb4 33.
Qb1 g6 34. Nxe6 Qd2 35. Ng5 Na2 36. Rd1 Qxa5 37. Rd7 Nc3 38. Qd3 Qe5 39. Nxf7
Qe4 40. Nh6+ Kf8 41. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Rosmalen Calder Cup Elite"]
[Site "Rosmalen"]
[Date "2014.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 g6 3. c4 d4 4. d3 Bg7 5. b4 e5 6. Nd2 Ne7 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O a5
9. b5 c5 10. bxc6 Nexc6 11. Rb1 Na6 12. h4 h6 13. Nh2 Kh7 14. h5 gxh5 15. Ndf3
f5 16. Kh1 Qe7 17. e3 dxe3 18. Bxe3 f4 19. gxf4 exf4 20. Bb6 Bf5 21. Rb5 h4 22.
Re1 Qf6 23. Rxf5 Qxf5 24. Nxh4 Qf6 25. Be4+ Kg8 26. Bd5+ Kh7 27. Be4+ Kg8 28.
Bd5+ Kh7 29. Be4+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rosmalen Calder Cup Elite"]
[Site "Rosmalen"]
[Date "2014.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O e5 8.
Qd3 Rc8 9. b3 b5 10. Ba3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Nf6 12. c4 Be7 13. Nbd2 Qb6 14. Nf1 b4 15.
Bb2 Bc6 16. Ng3 Bb7 17. Re1 g6 18. Bc1 O-O 19. Bg5 Rfe8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nf1
Qc6 22. Ne3 a5 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. a3 bxa3 25. Rxa3 Rb8 26. Nd2 Qc5 27. Rea1 Bc6
28. Ne3 Kg7 29. Nb1 Qd4 30. Qxd4 exd4 31. Nc2 Bxe4 32. Nxd4 Bf6 33. Nb5 Bxa1
34. Rxa1 d5 35. N1c3 dxc4 36. Nd6 cxb3 37. Ndxe4 b2 38. Rb1 a4 39. f3 a3 40.
Kf2 Rbc8 41. Na2 Rc2+ 42. Kg3 Rec8 43. Nd6 Rc1 44. Nxc1 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "Rosmalen Calder Cup Elite"]
[Site "Rosmalen"]
[Date "2014.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2014.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Nf3 h6 8.
Bh4 c5 9. e3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Bb5 O-O 12. O-O Bxb5 13. Ndxb5 Nc6 14. Qb3
Qd3 15. Nxa7 Rxa7 16. Qxb6 Bxc3 17. bxc3 g5 18. Bg3 Qxc3 19. Rfd1 Rfa8 20. h3
Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Rxa2 22. Qxb7 Ra1 23. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 24. Kh2 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rosmalen Calder Cup Elite"]
[Site "Rosmalen"]
[Date "2014.06.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Nbc6 8. Rd1
b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. b3 Nb4 11. Qe2 c5 12. Bb2 dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Nf5 15.
d5 exd5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Nc3 Qf6 18. Qe5 Nh5 19. Rab1 d4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21.
Nxd4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Na6 23. Nd5 Kg7 24. Nb5 Rfd8 25. g4 Nf6 26. Nxf6 Rxd1 27.
Rxd1 Kxf6 28. Rd7 Nc5 29. Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Nxa7 Ke5 31. Nc8 Nd7 32. Kg3 f6 33. h4
Kd4 34. h5 Kxc4 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. g5 fxg5 37. Kg4 Kb4 38. Kxg5 Ka3 39. Nxb6
Nxb6 40. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rosmalen Calder Cup Elite"]
[Site "Rosmalen"]
[Date "2014.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2014.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 O-O 12. Nf3 e6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxd7
Nxd7 15. Ke2 Rac8 16. a4 Rfd8 17. a5 e5 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rb1 exd4 20. Rxb7 Nc5
21. Rxa7 d3+ 22. Ke1 Rb8 23. Kf1 Nxe4 24. Be1 Bc3 25. Bxc3 Nxc3 26. Rd7 Rb1+
27. Ne1 Ra1 28. Rxd3 Nb5 29. Rd5 Na3 30. Rc5 Rb1 31. a6 Nb5 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33.
Rb8 Ra1 34. Rxb5 Rxa6 35. g3 Ra1 36. Re5 Kf6 37. Re3 h6 38. Kg2 Ra5 39. Nd3 Rb5
40. h4 Ra5 41. Nf4 Rb5 42. Rd3 Ra5 43. Rd6+ Kg7 44. Rd5 Ra6 45. Rb5 Rd6 46. g4
Rd4 47. Kg3 Ra4 48. Rb7 Ra3+ 49. f3 Ra5 50. h5 g5 51. Ne6+ Kg8 52. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Rosmalen Calder Cup Elite"]
[Site "Rosmalen"]
[Date "2014.06.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 a6 6. Qc2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Be6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 Nb4 11. Qd2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. exd4 f6
15. Nc4 Rc8 16. b3 Nd5 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Nxa3 b5 19. Nc2 O-O 20. Bf1 f5 21. Re1
Qc7 22. Nb4 Qa5 23. a3 Rfd8 24. Red1 Qb6 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. a4 Rcd8 27. axb5
Rxd4 28. Qe1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 axb5 31. b4 h6 32. Qc1 Bd7 33. Qc3 Qd6
34. g3 Qd1 35. Qe5 Kh7 36. Kg2 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Bc6 38. Be2 Qxe2 39. Qxf5+ Kg8 40.
Qe6+ Kf8 41. Qd6+ Kf7 42. Qc7+ Kf8 43. Qd6+ Kg8 44. Qe6+ Kh8 45. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rosmalen Calder Cup Elite"]
[Site "Rosmalen"]
[Date "2014.06.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2014.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Ba4
Ng6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bc2 c6 11. h3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nh5 14. Re1 Nhf4 15.
Nf1 f6 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Qd2 fxe5 18. Rxe5 Qf6 19. Re3 Be6 20. Rae1 Rae8 21.
Ng3 c5 22. Ne5 cxd4 23. Rf3 Qg5 24. Qb4 d3 25. Bxd3 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 {A very strange
move; Hou Yifan continues employing the unusual openings that have brought her
success in the women events.} Ngf6 7. O-O e5 8. Qe3 d5 $6 {This move is
somewhat strange. Opening the position doesn't make sense as long as Black is
underdeveloped.} 9. exd5 Bc5 $2 {Giri goes for some kind of bold sacrifice.
However where exactly his compensation is is very unclear.} (9... Nxd5 10. Qd2
N5f6 11. Nc3 $14) 10. Qd2 O-O 11. c4 e4 (11... Ne4 12. Qc2 Ndf6 13. Nc3 Nxc3
14. Qxc3 $16) 12. Nd4 Ne5 (12... Qb6 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. Nc3 $16 {This is simply a
pawn up for White.}) 13. b4 {White takes advantage of her position to grab as
much space as possible. She does not fall into passive play as there are no
threats to take care of yet.} Ba7 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. c5 $1 {A very powerful move.
White is using her extra material to shut down Black's bishop on a7 and with
that preventing any kind of counterplay. The threat of installing a powerful
passed pawn on d6 is very real.} a5 16. a3 Nxd5 $6 {Not a good move, but
Black's position was already bad.} 17. Nxe4 Bb8 18. f3 $1 {Very precise. The
Light-squared bishop does not have a good retreat.} Nf4 $2 {Some kind of
attempt to muddy the waters, but Hou Yifan has everything under control.} 19.
Nd6 $1 {This well calculated move nets a piece.} (19. Qxf4 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Bxf4
21. Bxf4 axb4 {turns the tables. White cannot recapture on b4 and the three
pieces dont have the necessary coordination yet.}) 19... Bxd6 20. cxd6 Nxe2+
21. Qxe2 {This is the point. Now both e5 and g4 are hanging.} Qxd6 22. Nb5 {
And now it is the Queen and the Bishop.} Qf6 23. fxg4 $1 (23. Bb2 Bd7 24. Bxe5
Qb6+ 25. Nd4 Rfe8 {probably wins somehow but it is not as clear.}) 23... Nf3+
24. Qxf3 Qxa1 25. Be3 (25. Bf4 {with the idea of Bd6 was also game over.})
25... Qf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Nc7 Rac8 28. Nd5 {White is up a significant amount
of material and Black has nothing to show for it. An amazing demolition of a
2750 player.} 1-0

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The Indian player Pentala Harikrishna seemed to overextend a little out of
the opening against Anish Giri. The Dutch player however seemed to be content
with a draw and offered a repetition... but Harikrishna would have none of
that! He refused a draw in a position that really held no advantage to him,
but was still very complex. Giri gradually fell under time pressure and in a
critical decision he moved his rook in the wrong direction which resulted in
catastrophe for his undefended king. Harikrishna came in and swept the full
point with a powerful attack.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3
d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 a6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Ba7 12. Rc1
O-O 13. Bxa6 Re8 14. O-O Rxe4 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Bb5 Be6 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. Nd5 Be6
19. Ne3 Bd7 20. Bc4 (20. Nd5 $11) 20... Rf8 21. Re1 Ne7 22. Qd3 c6 23. Bb3 b5
24. h3 Bb6 25. Bc2 f5 26. g4 g6 27. gxf5 Nxf5 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Bb3+ Kh7 30.
Be6 Rf6 31. d5 cxd5 32. Bxd5 Rg6+ 33. Kh1 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Qxc8 35. Nd4 Qf8 36. Ne6
Qf6 37. Qf3 Rg8 38. Nf4 Rc8 $2 (38... Rg5 {kept Giri alive.}) 39. Qh5 Bd8 40.
Rg1 Be7 41. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Meanwhile Anish Giri played a very long game against Radoslaw Wojtaszek. The
Dutch player started the game with powerful play, positionally outplaying his
Polish opponent. Slowly it seemed that Black's position just became worse and
worse and worse, but out of nowhere Giri let his attention slip and Wojtaszek
found counterchances. He even had a brilliant draw at some point in the
endgame (see the annotations below) but he was unable to find it. Exhaustion
must have gotten to him as he blundered again in a difficult to win endgame
and Anish Giri collected his first point of the tournament.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be6 9. Bg2 b5 10.
O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 Nb6 12. b3 Be7 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. a4 bxa4 15. Nxa4 Nxa4 16. Rxa4
O-O 17. Rfa1 Rfc8 18. c4 Rcb8 19. R4a3 Nd7 20. Nc3 Qc8 21. Qd1 Nf6 22. Kh2 h4
23. gxh4 Nd7 24. h5 Nc5 25. Na4 Nxa4 26. Rxa4 Rb7 27. Rc1 Rab8 28. Rc3 Rb4 29.
Rxb4 Rxb4 30. f4 Kh7 31. f5 Bd7 32. h6 g6 33. Qd5 Qe8 34. fxg6+ fxg6 35. Qd2
Be6 36. Rd3 Rb7 37. Qa5 Qc6 38. Qd2 Bf8 39. Bg5 Rf7 40. Qe1 Qb6 41. Be3 Qc7 42.
Qg3 a5 43. Bd2 a4 44. bxa4 Qxc4 45. a5 Qa2 46. Qe3 d5 47. exd5 Bf5 48. Rb3 e4
49. Qc3 Bd6+ 50. Kh1 e3 51. Qxe3 Re7 52. Qc3 Be5 53. Ra3 Bxc3 54. Rxa2 Re2 55.
a6 Bxd2 56. Bf3 Re1+ (56... Rf2 $1 57. a7 (57. d6 Rxf3 58. Rxd2 Rxh3+ 59. Kg2
Kxh6 $11) 57... Rxf3 $1 58. a8=Q Be4 $1 {White can't escape the perpetual!} 59.
Kg1 {is forced (or Kh2)} Be3+ 60. Kh2 Bf4+ 61. Kg1 Be3+) 57. Kg2 Be3 58. a7
Bxa7 59. Rxa7+ Kxh6 60. h4 Re3 61. Kf2 Rd3 62. Rf7 Rd4 63. Kg3 Bc2 64. Rf4 Rd2
65. Rb4 Bd1 66. Be4 g5 67. Rb6+ Kh5 68. Bg6+ Kh6 69. Be4+ Kh5 70. hxg5 Kxg5 71.
Rg6+ Kh5 72. Kf4 Rf2+ 73. Ke5 Re2 74. Rc6 Ba4 75. Rc8 Kh6 76. Rc7 Be8 77. Rh7+
Kg5 78. Rg7+ Kh6 79. Rg3 Re1 80. d6 Kh5 $6 (80... Bd7 $1) 81. Kf4 Kh6 82. Rg8
Ba4 $4 (82... Rd1 83. Ke5 $1 Bd7 {at least didnt lose right away.}) 83. Rg6+
Kh5 84. Re6 {Now Black is helpless against the threat of Bf3+ mating! Also
Bg6+ is up in the air.} 1-0

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. cxd5 exd5 13. f3 b5 14. Ne2 Qb6 15.
Kh1 c5 {A typical Slav battle. White has the pair of bishops but Black has
counterplay and good pieces.} 16. Qd1 Rfe8 17. g4 Rad8 18. Bd2 (18. g5 Nh5 19.
f4 {usually tends to favor White, however Giri might have been worried about
the hole left on e4.}) 18... g5 19. a4 b4 20. a5 Qb8 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Nd4 Ne5
{Black's activity keeps increasing while White's position has not made much
progress.} 23. b3 Rc8 24. Ra2 Nc6 25. Rc2 Nxa5 {Black wins a pawn, but his
knight must now remain in the rim for some time.} 26. Qb1 Bb6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28.
Nf5 Bc5 29. Qb2 Bf8 30. e4 dxe4 31. Bxg5 exf3 32. Bxf3 Qb5 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Rg1
Rd3 (34... Qd3 $1 {This controlling move was important to thwart White's
threats.} 35. Qg2 Qc3 $1 $15) 35. Qe2 Nh7 $2 {Missing White's response.} 36.
Nd4 $1 {There's no good way to keep the queen defending the rook!} Qd7 (36...
Qa6 37. Be4 $16) 37. Qxd3 Nxg5 38. Rd1 $16 {White simply has more material
here.} Bc5 39. Nc6 Qxd3 40. Rxd3 Nxc6 41. Bxc6 Ne6 42. Rd7 Bb6 43. Bd5 Nd8 44.
Re7 Kf8 45. Re4 a5 46. Kg2 g5 47. Kf3 f6 48. h3 Bc7 49. Rc4 Bb6 50. Re4 Bc7 51.
Re2 Be5 52. Ra2 Bc7 53. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {This move has been one of the biggest
headaches that White is facing against 1...e5. Should he go in for the Berlin
endgame or not? Maxime Vachier Lagrave decides not to go into that territory.}
4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 {This takes the game into a very dull and dry symmetrical
position but MVL had an idea prepared there.} (5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {is the Berlin Endgame.}) 5... Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O {The pawn structure is symmetrical and usually the games end in draws.
In fact Carlsen used this opening with White when he was already leading in
the match against Anand in 2013 and the players reached a king and pawn
endgame in just 28 moves.} 9. Nc3 {In this drawish line, this can be the most
ambitious move, as White gets the bishop pair here.} (9. d4 {is the main move
in this position. Play usually continues in the following way.} Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5
11. c3 d5 12. Bf4 c6 $11 {When the position is totally symmetrical and nothing
much is happening.}) 9... Ne8 (9... c6 $6 {preventing Nd5 is not so good.} 10.
d4 Ne8 {is too slow.} (10... Bf6 11. Re1 Nf5 12. d5 $14 {White has a nice edge.
}) 11. d5 $1 $14) 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re2 $5 $146 {This novelty looks surprising
but does have some thought put into it. The rook on a1 has absolutely nothing
to do on that square and the only open file in this position is the e-file.
Hence it makes sense to retreat the rook to e2 and keep a place for the
a1-rook to come to e1. This doesn't change the objective evaluation of the
position. It is still equal. But MVL had seen this position at home and Giri
most probably hadn't. That's a small psychological edge for White. After this
game was played on 18th July, this novelty was tried twice by two strong
players within two months.} ({The most common way to play for White was} 11.
Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 {with play
similar to the game, just that the rook is on e1 instead of e2.}) 11... c6 (
11... Nf6 {is the other way to play and the Black player equalised easily:} 12.
Ne3 Re8 13. d4 Bf8 14. Nc4 d5 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. f3 Nd6 17. Bf4 Be6 18. Qd2 c6 19.
b3 Qb6 20. Bg3 Nf5 21. Bf2 c5 22. c3 cxd4 23. cxd4 Bb4 24. Qb2 Rac8 25. Rd1 Bc3
26. Qb1 Nxd4 27. Re3 Nb5 28. a4 d4 29. Re4 Na3 30. Qc1 Qxb3 31. Bd3 Bf5 32. Rh4
Rxe5 {0-1 (32) Motylev,A (2686)-Fedoseev,V (2677) Moscow RUS 2014}) 12. Ne3 Bc7
13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 {The knight makes six moves to capture a
bishop which hasn't moved even once. This helps Black to finish his
development but White gets the long term edge of the bishop pair.} Rxc8 16. d3
{This move keeps the e4-square under control.} (16. d4 Nd6 {[%cal Gd6e4]})
16... f5 {The f-pawn can be used as a way to launch a kingside attack with
f5-f4-f3.} (16... Nd6 17. c3 Qf6 18. Qa4 a6 19. Be3 Rce8 20. Rae1 $14 {The
advantage of keeping the rook on e2.}) 17. g3 Qf6 (17... f4 {would have helped
White to activate the light-squared bishop.} 18. Bh3) 18. Bd2 Nd6 (18... Qxb2
19. Rb1 Qxa2 20. Bb4 $1 (20. Rxb7 $44) 20... Rf7 21. Ra1 Qb2 22. c3 $18) 19.
Bc3 $1 {Forcing Black to put one of his pawns on the same colour as his bishop
on c7. In this way the bishop will be hampered in the endgame by its own pawns.
} d4 $6 (19... Qf7 20. Qd2 (20. Be5 Rce8 21. Qd2 $6 Ne4 $11) 20... Nb5 21. Rae1
Nxc3 22. Qxc3 $11 {should be equal.}) 20. Bd2 Nf7 {Giri looks to activate his
knight via g5 or e5 but MVL stops it with his next move.} 21. f4 $1 {Not only
stopping the black knight but also making some room for the white king. After
Bg2 and Qf1, White intends to double his rooks on the e-file.} Rce8 22. Bg2 Nd6
23. a3 {What could be the point of this move on the side of the board? I think
MVL must have thought of the following variation.} (23. Qf1 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Re8
25. Qf2 Qe6 {Now the rook cannot come to e1 because the a2-pawn is hanging.
But the invasion on e2 can be prevented by means of} 26. Bf3 {The pawn on a2
however has to be moved if the rook wants to participate in the game and hence
it was a good decision by MVL to play the move a3 directly.}) 23... Bb6 (23...
Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Re8 25. Qf2 Qe6 26. Re1 {White is a tempo up compared to the
above variation because he did not waste time on moving the queen to f1.} Qa2
27. Bb4 $1 $16) 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Qf1 Kg8 26. Re1 Re6 27. a4 $1 {White
snatches more space on the queenside and aims to get in a5 followed by b4.} a6
28. Bf3 $1 {[%csl Gd2,Gf3][%cal Rd2e3,Rd2e1,Rf3e2] After the eventual exchange
of the rooks, the white queen can wander away now because all the points of
entry on the e-file are defended by the white bishops.} g6 29. Kg2 {Improving
the position of the king.} Kf7 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 {White has a few trumps in this
endgame.  1. He has the bishop pair.  2. He has more space on the queenside
thanks to his pawn on a4 and can grab even further space with b4. 3. The black
knight does not have any good outposts in the position.  4. The d4-pawn can
become a weakness in the future.  White's advantage might not be too huge but
it is stable and good enough to press for a few moves.} 31. Qa1 Bc5 $6 {
This move looked pretty pointless to me. It was definitely better to transfer
the bishop to another diagonal.} (31... Bd8 $5 32. b4 Bf6 {When the bishop
looks more useful than it was on b6.}) 32. b4 Bb6 33. Be1 $1 {Transferring his
bishop to f2 from where it can attack the d4-pawn.} Nc8 {Black has to make
some arrangements to meet the threat on the d4-pawn with Bf2. At the same time
if his bishop on b6 is undefended then c3 can be quite irritating. Nc8 defends
the Bb6.} 34. Bf2 Qd7 (34... Qd6 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 cxb5 37. Bxb7 $14) 35. h3
$1 {I like how MVL tries to keep his options open and threatens to play on
both sides of the board. He could have gone b5 directly but that would have
been one weakness less to worry about for Black.} h5 {This makes the g6-pawn a
little weak but g4 had to be stopped.} 36. b5 $1 {The queen now invades the
black position after this break.} axb5 (36... cxb5 37. axb5 Qxb5 38. Bxb7 a5 $5
39. Bf3 $14 {With the double bishops and the queen, White can launch an attack
on the black king. But the a-pawn must not be underestimated. It is definitely
more potent than the b-pawn that was left in the game.} (39. Bxc8 $2 Qc6+ $11))
37. axb5 cxb5 38. Qa8 Bc5 (38... Nd6 {trying to save the b7-pawn is badly
refuted with} 39. Bd5+ Ke7 40. Qg8 $18 {with a decisive attack.}) 39. Bxb7 (39.
Qxb7 Qxb7 40. Bxb7 Nd6 {This endgame is also promising for White but now the
black king feels much safer and the drawing chances are much higher.}) 39...
Nb6 (39... Nd6 40. Bd5+ $18) 40. Qa2+ Kg7 (40... Qe6 41. Qa5 {is similar to
the game.}) 41. Qa6 b4 42. Bf3 {The b4- and the d4-pawns are quite weak but
Black is clinging on. The next thing on the agenda is to now open a second
front keeping in mind the principle of two weaknesses with the move g4.} Kf8
43. Qa5 Qe7 44. Kf1 Kf7 45. Kg2 {Just probing a bit and trying to wear the
opponent down by repeating the position. This was a favourite mechanism of
Karpov in winning positions.} Kf8 46. g4 $1 hxg4 47. hxg4 fxg4 $6 ({Maybe it
was better to keep the pawn structure symmetrical and after} 47... Qd6 48. gxf5
gxf5 49. Bh4 {Black will have to worry about his king. In the game Giri tried
to retain the g6-pawn, which gave more protection to the black king but
weakened the e4-square.}) 48. Bxg4 Qc7 49. Bf3 Kg7 50. Qb5 Nc8 51. Qc4 {
Threatens the d4-pawn.} Qb6 (51... Qd6 $14 {preventing the queen invasion was
more tenacious.}) 52. Qd5 {Now the combination of White's queen threatening to
check on e5 followed by the bishop coming to d5 or Bh4 will be extremely
dangerous. Hence Giri, goes for the queen exchange but it leads to a lost
endgame.} Qd6 53. Qe5+ (53. Qxd6 $2 Nxd6 $14) 53... Qxe5 (53... Kh7 54. Qe8 $18
) 54. fxe5 {In spite of the paucity of material, this position is very
difficult for Black to hold. First of all, the e5-pawn does a fantastic job of
stopping the black king from coming to f6. Secondly, the knight too is robbed
of a nice square on d6. Now, we can witness the power of White's unopposed
bishop.} Na7 {The knight threatens to go to a3 via b5 and attack the weak
c2-pawn.} 55. Bd5 $6 (55. Bh4 {was stronger.} Nb5 56. Bf6+ Kf8 57. Bd5 Na3 58.
Bb3 $18) 55... Nb5 $2 (55... g5 $5 {was much better preventing the bishop from
being activated via h4.} 56. Kf3 Nb5 {[%cal Gb5c3]} 57. Kg4 Nc3 58. Bf3 Kg6 {
White is better but Black can hold.}) 56. Bh4 {Now things are back on track.}
g5 (56... Nc3 57. Bf6+ Kh6 58. Bb3 Nd1 59. e6 Ne3+ 60. Kf3 Nf5 61. Ke4 $18) 57.
Bxg5 Kg6 58. Bd8 Kf5 59. e6 Na3 (59... Nd6 60. e7 Kg6 61. Kf3 Kg7 62. Kf4 {
The white king entering on e5 will end the game.}) 60. Bb3 Nxc2 61. Bxc2 Kxe6 {
It is futile to continue here. White's king will make its way up to e4 and
then the black pawns will fall. A beautiful game by MVL. A nice little novelty
in the opening followed by some Capablanca like endgame play earned him the
full point.} 1-0

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. a3 Rad8
15. Rae1 Rd7 16. Bd3 Re8 17. a4 {Unusual in a common position.} b4 18. Na2 Qa5
19. Nc1 Qh5 {with the eventual plan of exchanging queens, but it doesn't
manage to fully equalize.} 20. Nb3 Qg6 21. Qh3 (21. Qxg6 hxg6 22. Na5 {
immediately was also dangerous.}) 21... Qg4 22. Qxg4 Nxg4 23. Na5 Ra8 {
something has obviously gone wrong with Black's position. She is on the verge
of losing the pair of bishops and a6 will be weak. Ra8 is already a move that
Black would rather not play.} 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Bf3 Ne8 26. c3 bxc3 27. bxc3 Bd8
28. Nxb7 Rxb7 29. e5 d5 30. c4 (30. Rb1 Rab8 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Be2 Nc7 $14)
30... Rb4 $1 31. Rc1 Rxa4 32. g3 $1 g5 $1 {Very resourceful play from both
sides! White tries to push his c-pawn or create pressure on d5, Black hurries
with her counterplay.} 33. Bg1 $1 Nc7 34. Bb6 Ne8 35. Be3 (35. Bxd8 Rxd8 36.
cxd5 exd5 37. fxg5 $16 {would have been a real problem for Black.}) 35... Nc7
36. fxg5 Rb8 37. Ba7 Rb7 38. Be3 Rb8 39. Ba7 Rb7 40. Bc5 Bxg5 41. Rc2 Rb3 42.
cxd5 (42. Bh5 {this move was more dangerous.}) 42... Nxd5 43. Bh5 f5 44. exf6
Bxf6 45. Bd6 Rc3 46. Rb2 Rc8 47. Rb7 Rd8 48. Bc5 Rc4 49. Bg1 Rf8 50. Be2 Rc6
51. Bd3 Rc7 (51... Rf7 $1 $11) 52. Bxa6 Rxb7 53. Bxb7 {Black is only
marginally worse now as most 2v1 endgames are drawn.} Kg7 54. Bc6 Rf7 55. Re1
Re7 56. Re4 Kf7 57. Rc4 Be5 58. Rh4 Kg7 59. Rh5 Bf6 60. Bxd5 exd5 61. Rxd5 {
White wins a pawn, but its irrelevant.} Re2 62. h4 Kg6 63. Rd6 Kf5 64. g4+ Ke5
65. Rd7 Bxh4 66. Rxh7 Bg5 67. Rf7 Ke6 68. Rg7 Bf6 69. Rg8 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8.
e3 Qd7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Nd2 e5 11. Nxc4 exd4 12. exd4 (12. Qa4 {has been
played before.} Nd5) 12... Qe6 13. Qa4 Rxd4 14. b3 $5 Ne4 15. Bb2 Nc5 16. Qxc6
$1 {Forced, but it's enough for the better side of equality.} bxc6 17. Bxd4 Ne4
18. Rae1 (18. Rfe1 {is much different.} f5 19. f3 Qd7 $1 $11 (19... Qd5 20.
Rad1 $16)) 18... f5 19. f3 Qd5 20. fxe4 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 Bb4 22. Rd1 Qc3 23. Rc1
Qd4 24. Rcd1 Qc3 25. Rc1 Qd4 26. Rcd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Ne2 Na6 ({I recommended} 8... Nd7 {in CBM 152; the text move is more
popular.}) 9. Bf8 Ne7 10. Bxg7 Nb4 11. Qd6 {This move allows Black to
liquidate into a quiet ending. Instead,} (11. Bxh8 e5 {leads to immense
complications.}) 11... Nd3+ $1 12. Kd2 Nf5 13. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 14. Kxd3 Nxg7 {
A well-known position considered quite satisfactory for Black. The present
game doesn't change that conclusion.} 15. Kc3 (15. Ng3 c5 (15... b6 $143 16. c5
$1 Ke7 17. Kc3 Rd8 18. f4 bxc5 19. Re1 Ne8 20. Ne4 Nf6 21. Nxf6 Kxf6 22. Bd3 h6
23. Re5 Rd5 24. Rhe1 Bb7 25. Bc4 $14 {1-0 (58) Pruess,D (2376)-Shulman,Y (2559)
Connecticut 2004}) 16. Be2 b6 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. Kc3 (18. Rad1 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7
20. Ke4 h5 21. h4 Rh6 22. f4 Rg6 23. Kf3 Rd7 $11 {1/2 (59) Van Oosterom,J 
(2655)-Tomkovich,V (2505) ICCF 1996}) 18... Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Rad1 Ke7 21.
Rhe1 Rbb8 22. a3 Rhd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. b4 Rc8 25. Ne4 cxb4+ 26. axb4 Ne8 27.
f4 Nc7 28. Kb3 Rd8 $11 {0-1 (62) Dobrov,V (2492)-Frolyanov,D (2556) Sochi 2012}
) 15... b6 {Black has other good continuations:} (15... e5 16. Re1 O-O 17. f4
Re8 (17... e4 $5 18. Nd4 f5) 18. Ng3 exf4 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. Nh5 Bf5 21. Be2
Nd6 22. Bf3 Bg6 23. Nxf4 Ne4+ 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Rd1 $14 {1/2 (56) Kharlov,A 
(2633)-Galkin,A (2569) Dubai 2002}) (15... Bd7 16. c5 (16. Ng3 $5 O-O-O 17. Ne4
) 16... e5 17. Ng3 Ne6 18. Ne4 Ke7 19. Bc4 f5 20. Bxe6 Bxe6 21. Nd6 b6 $132 {
0-1 (41) Romanko,M (2399)-Goryachkina,A (2333) Pushchino 2012}) (15... Ke7 16.
Re1 (16. Ng3 c5 17. Bd3 b6 18. Be4 Rb8 19. Rhe1 Bb7 20. Rad1 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 f5
22. Ree1 Rbd8 23. b4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. b5 Ne8 26. Nh5 Rd8 $11 {0-1 (52)
Kharlov,A (2633)-Galkin,A (2569) Batumi 2002}) 16... Bd7 17. g3 Rad8 18. Bg2 f6
19. f4 h5 20. Nc1 Be8 21. b4 Bg6 $132 {1/2 (54) Aleksandrov,A (2617)-Zhigalko,
S (2668) Minsk 2010}) (15... c5 16. g3 Bd7 (16... b6 17. Bg2 Rb8 18. Rhd1 Bb7
19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Rd3 Rd7 21. Rad1 Rxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Ke7 23. Kc2 Rb8 24. Ra3 Rb7
25. g4 h5 26. gxh5 Nxh5 27. Nc3 Nf6 28. h3 Nd7 29. Nb5 a5 $11 {1/2 (56)
Vaisser,A (2580)-Flear,G (2495) San Sebastian 1992}) 17. Bg2 O-O-O 18. Rad1 (
18. Rab1 e5 19. Rhe1 {1/2 (19) Dorfman,I (2580)-Kashlinskaya,A (2422)
Podebrady CZE 2013}) 18... Kc7 19. Nf4 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Kxc6 21. Nd3 f6 22. Rhe1
Rd6 23. Nf4 Rhd8 24. Rxd6+ Rxd6 25. a3 a6 26. b4 b5 27. Nd3 cxb4+ 28. axb4 bxc4
29. Kxc4 Ne8 30. Nc5 e5 31. Ra1 Rd4+ 32. Kb3 Nc7 33. Nxa6 Nd5 $11 {1/2 (58)
Dreev,A (2654)-Zhigalko,S (2656) Jurmala 2013}) 16. g4 {This move restricts
Black's g7 knight but allows the undermining by ...h7-h5. However, other
options are hardly promising either:} (16. g3 Bb7 17. Bg2 O-O-O 18. Rhd1 c5 19.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Ng1 Nf5 21. Nf3 f6 22. Rd2 e5 23. Re1 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4
cxd4+ 26. Kd3 Kc6 27. f4 Kd6 28. fxe5+ fxe5 29. Rf1 Ke6 $11 {1/2 (42) Gundavaa,
B (2516)-Frolyanov,D (2570) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) ({After} 16. c5 {Black now
obtains counterplay by means of} Nh5 {[%cal Yh5f6]}) 16... Bb7 17. Bg2 O-O-O
18. Rad1 h5 19. g5 c5 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. Nf4 Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 512] This temporary
pawn sacrifice solves Black's problems.} 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096]} 23. Nxh5
Rg8 $1 24. h4 (24. f4 $6 Rh8 25. Nf6 (25. Ng3 {is impossible - that's the
point behind 23...Rg8!}) 25... Rh3+) (24. Rg1 {had been already seen in
practice:} Rh8 25. Ng3 Rxh2 26. Nxf5 exf5 27. Re1 Rxf2 28. Re7+ Kc6 29. Rxf7
Rf3+ 30. Kd2 Rg3 $5 {(the simplest: Black's active rook guarantees him a draw)}
31. Rxf5 Kd6 32. Rd5+ Ke6 33. Kc2 Rg2+ 34. Kb3 Rg3+ 35. Ka4 Rg2 36. Ka3 Rg3+
37. Ka4 Rg2 38. Ka3 Rg3+ 39. b3 Rg2 40. Rd8 Rxg5 41. Ka4 Rg2 42. a3 Rg3 43. Ra8
Kd6 44. Rxa7 Kc6 $11 {1/2 (52) Timofeev,A (2641)-Frolyanov,D (2564) Tyumen 2012
}) 24... Rh8 25. Ng3 Rxh4 26. Rxh4 Nxh4 {White has a marginal space advantage
but Black easily steer the game to a draw:} 27. Ne4 Kc6 28. Kd3 Ng6 29. Ke3 Ne5
30. b3 Kd7 31. Nf6+ Ke7 32. Ke4 Nc6 33. Ng4 Nd4 34. b4 Ne2 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. a3
Nd4 37. Ne5 a6 38. f4 a5 39. a4 Ne2 40. Nc6+ Kd6 41. Nd8 (41. Nxa5 Nc3+ 42. Kd3
Nxa4 $11) 41... Ke7 42. Nb7 Nc3+ 43. Ke5 Nxa4 44. Nxa5 Nb6 45. Ke4 f6 46. Nc6+
Kf7 47. Nd8+ Kg6 48. Nxe6 fxg5 49. fxg5 Nxc4 50. Nxc5 Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. fxe4 Bb4 8.
Bd3 $5 {Giri's new idea} (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Bg4 {was eventually
ok for Black in Svidler, Peter- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime from last year in the
Paris Grand Prix}) 8... Nxe4 9. Qe2 O-O (9... f5 {is possible but surely Giri
had some prep against this.}) 10. Bxe4 Re8 11. Nf3 Bf5 {black will regain the
piece, but that's not the end of his problems.} 12. Bg5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 f6 14.
Nd2 fxg5 15. O-O {Black is up a pawn but his position is suspicious; his king
is open and his development is far from complete.} Nd7 16. Qc4+ (16. Qd3 $1 {
is stronger according to the computer.} Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Kh8 18. Rae1 $16) 16...
Be6 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Rae1 (19. Qxb7 $14) 19... c6 20. Qb3 Nb6 21.
Nf3 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qf6 23. Qe6 Qxe6 24. Rxe6 {through some help by his opponent
MVL has managed to come close to equalizing, but he doesn't find the best way
to continue now.} g4 25. Ne5 Nd5 26. c4 Nf4 27. Re7 Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Nxd4 29. Rxb7
{Black's position is clearly dangerous} a5 $6 (29... Rf8+ $1 30. Ke3 Nc2+ 31.
Kd3 Ne1+ $11) 30. Nd7 {threatening the surprisingly lethal Nf6.} Ne6 31. Kg3
Rd8 32. Nf6 Ng5 33. Kxg4 $16 h6 34. Nd7 $1 {White is controlling his
opponent's position.} Nf7 35. Kf4 g5+ 36. Ke3 Nd6 (36... Re8+ 37. Kd3 Re1 {
was the last chance for counterplay and to save the game.}) 37. Rb8 Rxb8 38.
Nxb8 $18 {the knight endgame is hopeless because of the king activity.} Nxc4+
39. Kd4 Nb6 40. Nxc6 a4 41. Kc5 Nc8 42. Kb4 Nb6 43. Kc5 Nc8 44. Kb4 Nb6 45. Kb5
Nd5 46. Kxa4 Kg7 47. Nb4 Ne3 48. Kb5 Kf7 49. a4 Ke6 50. a5 Kd7 51. a6 Kc8 52.
Kc5 1-0

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe3 Be7 13. f5 Qa5 14. Kb1
b4 15. Ne2 Qe5 16. Qb6 Qb5 17. Qf2 Qe5 18. Qb6 Qb5 19. Qf2 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Andorra"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Qb6 8. Ba4
Rd8 9. Bb3 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. d3 c4 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bd4 cxb3 14. axb3 f6 15.
dxe4 dxe4 16. Nfd2 f5 17. f3 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Rxd4 19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Rxe4 Qb6 21.
Kh1 Bf5 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Nc3 Bxe5 24. Ra4 Qd3 25. Qe1 Bg3 26. Qe2 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Matamoros Franco, Carlos S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Ecuador"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ECU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. e4 d6 7. Na4 Qh5 8. Ne2
Bh6 9. Nf4 Qe5 10. Nd3 Qh5 11. Nf4 Qe5 12. Nd5 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Nxd5 14. cxd5 O-O
15. Be2 Bd7 16. Nc3 Na6 17. O-O g5 18. Qd2 Kh8 19. Rfe1 Rfc8 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21.
Ne2 a5 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 h6 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Nc3 f5 27. exf5
Bxf5 28. g3 Bg6 29. Kf2 Kf6 30. a3 Bf7 31. h4 Bg6 32. hxg5+ hxg5 33. Nd1 Bf7
34. Ne3 Kg6 35. Qc2+ Kg7 36. Qc3 Qf6 37. f4 gxf4 38. gxf4 Kg6 39. Kf3 Kg7 40.
Nf5+ Kg6 41. Ne3 e6 42. dxe6 Bxe6 43. Qxf6+ Kxf6 44. Ke4 Bg8 45. Nd5+ Kf7 46.
f5 Kg7 47. Ne7 Ba2 48. Nc8 Bb1+ 49. Kd5 Bxf5 50. Nxa7 Kf6 51. Kxd6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Qd2
Nf6 9. f3 Be7 10. Qf2 Ne5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. Ba7 Qc7 15.
Bb6 Qb8 16. Ba7 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Na5 {This line was
examined in annotations to Carlsen-Caruana - see CBM 161.} 14. Qc1 (14. Bd4 e5
15. Bf2 Nbc4 16. Qc1 b5 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. h4 a5 19. h5 b4 20. Nce2 Ba6 $132 {
1/2 (38) Kaufman,L (2329)-Leon Magallanes,I (2127) Arlington USA 2014}) 14...
Qd6 (14... Nbc4 $5 {may be also enough to achieve sufficient counterplay:} 15.
Bd4 (15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 b5 18. Nge2 Qd6) 15... Bxd4 16. Rxd4
b5 17. Rd1 (17. Bxc4 {is now met with an intermediate} c5 $1) 17... Qd6 18.
Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Nge2 (19. h4 h5) 19... b4 $1 (19... Qf6 $143 20. h4 {1/2 (51)
Plichta,K (2257)-Schmidt,W (2345) Poznan POL 2014}) 20. Na4 Bd7 21. Qxc4 Bxa4
$36) 15. h4 Qb4 {Unexpectedly, this move proves rather senseless.} (15... Nac4
$1 $132) 16. h5 Nac4 17. hxg6 (17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Nge2 {may be a more accurate
move order.}) 17... hxg6 (17... Bxc3 $5 18. gxh7+ Kh8 19. Bxb6 Bxb2 (19... Nxb2
$6 20. Qxc3+ Qxc3 21. Bd4+ f6 22. Bxc3 Nxd1 23. Bb4) 20. Qxc4 Qxb6 21. Qb3 Qxb3
22. axb3 Bg7 {- this endgame is hard to evaluate; Black's bishop pair is quite
strong but White's h7-pawn should not be underestimated.}) 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19.
Nge2 {[%cal Ye3h6]} Nxe3 20. Qxe3 {Now Black's bishop pair is compensated for
by White's threats along the h-file.} Qb6 $1 {[%mdl 32] Of course, the
exchange of queens is favourable for Black as his king becomes safe; that's
why White avoids it.} 21. Qg5 (21. Nd4 e5 $1) 21... Qf6 22. Qg3 b5 (22... Qd6
$5 23. Qh4 b5) 23. Nd4 (23. Qxc7 Bd7 {- Black should have good compensation
for the pawn.}) 23... b4 24. Na4 (24. Nce2 a5 {[%cal Yc8a6]}) 24... Bd7 $6 (
24... Qd6 $142 {(preventing Na4-c5)} 25. Qxd6 (25. Qh4 Bd7) 25... exd6 26. Nc6
Re8 27. Nxb4 f5 $44) 25. Nc5 Qb6 (25... Qd6 26. Qxd6 cxd6 27. Nxd7 Rxd7 28. Nc6
{[%csl Gc6] now leads to a favourable position for White as his c6 knight
dominates the queenside. The text move yields White the same benefit but keeps
the queens on the board: Black aims to mount a counter-attack against White's
king. However, this plan doesn't succeed.}) 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Nc6 b3 28. a3 (
28. axb3 Qxb3 29. Rd2 e6 $132) 28... Qc5 29. Rc1 Qe3 30. Qe1 Qd3+ 31. Ka1 e6
32. dxe6 fxe6 33. e5 {[%csl Rg7]} g5 (33... Kf7 $142 34. Rc3 Qd5) 34. Rd1 $6 (
34. Rc3 $142 $1 Qd5 35. Qg3 {[%csl Rg5]} Qd1+ 36. Rc1 Qd2 37. f4 Qxf4 38. Qxb3
Re8 39. Rcd1 {with full domination. The simplifying text move may be
insufficient for a win.}) 34... Qxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096]} a5
$1 (36... Kf7 37. Rd3 Rh8 38. Rxb3 Rh1+ 39. Ka2 Re1 40. Rb7 Bxe5 41. Nxe5+ Rxe5
42. Rxc7+ Kf6 43. Kb3 {should be winning for White}) 37. Rd8+ (37. Rd7 a4 38.
Rxc7 Kh7 {is unclear, e.g.} 39. Kb1 Kg6 40. Kc1 Rf8 {[%cal Yg5g4]}) 37... Rxd8
38. Nxd8 a4 39. Nxe6 Bxe5 40. Nxg5 Bd4 41. f4 Be3 42. g3 Kg7 $2 {Black
neglects his c7-pawn, which proves crucial.} ({After} 42... c6 43. Ne4 Bd4 {
White can't bring his king into play and I don't see a way for him to make
progress. The pawn ending after} 44. Nc3 Bxc3 45. bxc3 {is obviously drawn.})
43. Ne6+ Kf6 44. Nxc7 Kf5 45. Nd5 Bf2 (45... Bd4 46. Nc3 Bxc3 47. bxc3 {
is now winning for White due to his passed c3-pawn.}) 46. Nc3 Bxg3 47. Nxa4 {
[%cal Ra4c5]} Bf2 48. Nc3 Kxf4 49. Ne2+ Ke4 50. Nc1 Kd4 51. Nxb3+ {The rest is
an easy technical task.} Kc4 52. Nc1 Bc5 53. Kb1 Kb5 54. Ne2 Be7 55. Nc3+ Kc4
56. Kc2 Bf8 57. Nb1 Be7 58. Nd2+ Kb5 59. Kb3 Bf8 60. Ne4 Bg7 61. Nc3+ Kc5 62.
Kc2 Kc4 63. b3+ Kd4 64. b4 Kc4 65. Nd1 Bf6 66. Nb2+ Kd5 67. Kb3 Bd4 68. a4 Kc6
69. Nd1 Bg1 70. Kc4 Kb6 71. Nc3 Bf2 72. Ne4 Bh4 73. Nc5 Bg5 74. Ne6 Bh4 75. a5+
Ka6 76. Nc5+ Ka7 77. b5 Bd8 78. Kb4 Bc7 79. Ka4 Bd8 80. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. f4
Ne8 9. O-O Nc7 10. a4 Rb8 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Bf2 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Ne6 14. Qd1 b6 15.
Ra2 Nd4 16. Nd5 Nc6 17. c3 f5 18. Qd2 e6 19. Ne3 Bb7 20. Raa1 Qd7 21. Rab1 Rbc8
22. Kh2 Ne7 23. a5 b5 24. a6 Bxa6 25. Ra1 Bb7 26. Rxa7 Nc6 27. Raa1 Kh8 28. Bg1
Ra8 29. Rfe1 Ne7 30. exf5 exf5 31. Bxb7 Qxb7 32. Qg2 Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Kg8 34. Kf3
Kf7 35. Ke2 Ke6 36. Kd2 Kd7 37. Bf2 Bh6 38. Kc2 Rfe8 39. Red1 g5 40. fxg5 Bxg5
41. Rxa8 Rxa8 42. Rf1 Re8 43. h4 Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O c6 7. d3 Be7 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. a3 Nc5 12. Be3 Qd8 13. Nd4 Bc8 14. h3 Ne6 15. b4
a5 16. Qb2 Nd7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f4 Bf6 19. Bf2 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 g5
22. e4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Bg7 24. Qd2 Qf6 25. Rc1 Qxf4 26. Qxf4 Rxf4 27. exd5 Ne5
28. Be4 exd5 29. Nxd5 Rf7 30. b5 Bxh3 31. Nb4 Bh6 32. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Qc2 h6 13. bxa4 Qa5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Rfc1 Qxa4 16. Qxa4 Rxa4 17. Bc4 Bd7 18. Bb3 Raa8 19. Ne4 Ra5 20. Bd4 Rfa8
21. Bc5 Kf8 22. Rc4 Nf6 23. Nxf6 gxf6 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 25. Rac1 e5 26. Rb4 Rb5
27. Rh4 Be6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. a4 Rba5 30. Rxh6 Rxa4 31. Rh7+ Kd6 32. Rd1+ Kc5
33. h4 Ra1 34. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 35. Kh2 Kd6 36. Rh8 f5 37. h5 e4 38. h6 Ke5 39. h7
Ra7 40. Kh3 Rf7 41. Kh4 Kf6 42. Kh5 Kg7 43. Re8 Kxh7 44. Rxe6 Rc7 45. g4 fxg4
46. Kxg4 c5 47. Rxe4 c4 48. Kg5 c3 49. Rh4+ Kg7 50. Rh1 Rf7 51. Rc1 Rxf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 Bb7 12. O-O Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Nc5
15. a3 Ke7 16. Ne2 Na4 17. b3 Nc5 18. Ned4 g6 19. Re2 Rac8 20. Kf2 Ne4+ 21. Ke3
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rc3 23. Ree1 h5 24. b4 Bc8 25. a4 Bd7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra7 Rb8
28. Rea1 Rb6 29. R1a5 Kd8 30. Ra8+ Ke7 31. R5a7 g5 32. f5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Nd5 13. Nc3 Bf6 14. Ne4
Nce7 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Bg5 Nfd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Ne5 b6 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. Nc6
Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Qd7 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Qd2 h6 24. g3 Rfd8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1
Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Ne7 28. Qf4 Nf5 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Be4 Qxd4 31. Bxf5+ exf5 32.
Qxa7 Qxb2 33. Qxf7 Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Qb1+ 38.
Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd7 11. Be2 Bc6 12. O-O Bf6 13. Bg3 Bh4 14. Be5 Bf6
15. b4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 a6 17. a4 Qg5 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Bd5 20. Qd4 f6 21. exf6
Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Rfc1 Kf7 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Ke1 b6 26. Ra6 bxc5 27. Rxc5
Kd7 28. Bd1 f5 29. Ba4 Bb7 30. b6+ c6 31. Raa5 Kd6 32. Kd2 Rfb8 33. Kc3 h6 34.
h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paraguay"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PAR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Na6
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

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2014.09.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2014.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Extremadura Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao Naturgas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Nc3 h6 13. h3 Nh5 14. Bc1 Nhf6 15.
Bb2 Qc7 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 cxd4 21. Bxd4
Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bf6 23. Qe3 Be7 24. Bb2 Bf6 25. Rab1 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Nc5 27. Rbd2
Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Bxb5 29. axb5 a5 30. bxa6 Nxa6 31. Ra2 Nc5 32. b4 Nd7 33. Ra8 Qc7
34. Qf4 e5 35. Rxc8+ Qxc8 36. Qd2 Qc7 37. h4 Kf8 38. Bh3 Nf6 39. Qe3 Qd6 40. c5
bxc5 41. bxc5 Qd1+ 42. Bf1 Qc2 43. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Ng4+ 45. Kf3 Nxe5+ 46.
Ke4 Nd7 47. Kd5 Ke7 48. Kc6 g6 49. Bh3 f5 50. h5 gxh5 51. Bxf5 Nxc5 52. Kxc5
Kf6 53. Bh3 Kg5 54. Kd4 h4 55. gxh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2014.09.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Equigoma"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao Naturgas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nc7 6. Ne5 e6 7. g3 Nd7 8.
Nc4 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. a4 Nf6 11. O-O Ncd5 12. Rd1 b6 13. e4 Nb4 14. d4 cxd4
15. Bf4 Ba6 16. Nb5 d3 17. Bc7 Bxb5 18. Bxd8 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rfxd8 20. Rac1 e5
21. Qb5 Bc5 22. Rxc5 bxc5 23. Qxc5 a5 24. Qxe5 Re8 25. Qf5 Ra7 26. Qc5 Ra6 27.
Qb5 Ra7 28. e5 Nd7 29. f4 Rb8 30. Qc4 Nb6 31. Qc5 Rd7 32. b3 N6d5 33. Be4 Rbd8
34. Rd2 g6 35. Qxa5 Rb8 36. Qc5 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2014.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao Naturgas"]
[BlackTeam "Barbera"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 f6 8. Be3
Ne7 9. Nbd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 Ng6 11. c4 Bd7 12. Qc2 Be7 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. b4 c6 15.
Qc3 Qe8 16. Re1 Qf7 17. h3 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21.
exd5 Qxd5 22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Bc6 24. f3 Rfe8 25. b4 Qd4+ 26. Qxd4 exd4 27.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Ne4 Bc6 29. Nd6 a5 30. bxa5 g6 31. a6 b4 32. a7 b3 33. Nc4 Bb5
34. Nd2 b2 35. Ra2 Bc6 36. Kh2 Kf7 37. Ra6 Bb7 38. Rd6 Bc8 39. Rc6 Bf5 40. Rb6
Rxa7 41. Rxb2 Ke6 42. Rb4 d3 43. Rd4 Ke5 44. Rd6 Ra4 45. Kg3 g5 46. Kf2 Ra2 47.
Ke3 Rc2 48. g4 Rxc5 49. Rb6 Bg6 50. h4 gxh4 51. f4+ Kd5 52. f5 Bf7 53. Rh6 Rc1
54. Rxh7 Be8 55. Kxd3 Bb5+ 56. Ke3 h3 57. Kf4 Rc3 58. f6 Ke6 59. Ne4 Rc4 60.
Re7+ Kd5 61. Re5+ Kc6 62. f7 h2 63. f8=Q Rxe4+ 64. Rxe4 h1=Q 65. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2014.09.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Merida"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao Naturgas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

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 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rad8 14. Rfc1 Bc8
15. h4 Na5 16. Bd3 f5 17. Bh6 e5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Qe3 cxd4 21.
cxd4 exd4 22. Qg5 Nc6 23. Nf4 Ne5 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Be6 Kf6 27.
Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Nd5+ Ke6 29. Nf4+ Kf6 30. Nd5+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2014.09.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao Naturgas"]
[BlackTeam "Barcelona"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nb5 Qb6 7. Na3 c6 8.
Nc4 Qc7 9. g3 Be6 10. Qe2 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nd7 12. Bg2 Ngf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 e6
15. a4 a5 16. c3 Qb6 17. Qe2 Qa6 18. Qc2 Rfe8 19. h4 Rad8 20. Bg5 Rc8 21. Ne5
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Ng4 23. Bf4 h5 24. f3 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Nh6 26. Bg5 Qc5 27. Qd2 Nf5
28. b4 axb4 29. cxb4 Qd4 30. Qxd4 Nxd4 31. Rad1 c5 32. bxc5 Nb3 33. Re3 Nxc5
34. Bf1 Ra8 35. Bb5 Rec8 36. Rc1 Na6 37. Rxc8+ Rxc8 38. f4 Nb4 39. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2014.09.09"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao Naturgas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. O-O Qd8 11. e5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. Qe2 Nxc5 15.
Rad1 Qe7 16. Rd6 b6 17. Rfd1 Nb7 18. R6d2 Na5 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Be4 Rad8 21. Rd6
Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Nb7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. h4 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Nc5 26. Qc2 Nxe4 27. Qxe4
Qc7 28. Qd4 Qc2 29. a3 Bf8 30. Qd2 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 a5 32. g4 Kg7 33. Kg3 a4 34.
Ne1 Be7 35. f3 b5 36. f4 Qe4 37. Nf3 Bc5 38. Qd8 Qe2 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kh7
41. Qa8 Be3 42. Qb7 Kg7 43. f5 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2014.09.10"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao Naturgas"]
[BlackTeam "Solvay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8.
Nc4 Na5 9. Nd5 Nxc4 10. Bxc4 Rc8 11. Qd3 Be7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.
Bxe6 fxe6 15. c4 O-O 16. a4 Qc7 17. b3 d5 18. cxd5 Rfd8 19. Rb1 exd5 20. exd5
Qc2 21. Rd1 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 e4 23. Rd1 Rc3 24. d6 Rd3 25. Bf4 g5 26. Bg3 Kf7 27.
f3 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 exf3 29. gxf3 Ke6 30. Rc1 h5 31. h3 b5 32. a5 g4 33. fxg4
hxg4 34. hxg4 Rg8 35. Re1+ Kd5 36. d7 Bd8 37. Re8 Rxg4 38. Kf2 Bxa5 39. d8=Q+
Bxd8 40. Rxd8+ Ke4 41. Bc7 b4 42. Bb6 Ke5 43. Kf3 Rf4+ 44. Ke2 Ke6 45. Ra8 Kd5
46. Rxa6 Rf6 47. Ra5+ Ke4 48. Rb5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lindberg, Bo"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Stockholm Viking"]
[BlackTeam "SOCAR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. b4 Qe7 11. Rb1 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nd7 14. O-O b5
15. a4 a6 16. a5 Bh4 17. Na2 Rac8 18. Nc1 f5 19. Nd3 Rf6 20. Kh1 Re8 21. Rbe1
g5 22. Rg1 Kh8 23. Bf1 Qd6 24. Bh3 Qf8 25. Rc1 Qf7 26. Qb2 Qh5 27. Bg2 f4 28.
Ne5 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Rfe6 30. Rc2 fxe3 31. fxe3 Bg3 32. h3 Bxe5 33. Qc1 Rf8 34.
Rf1 Qe8 35. f4 gxf4 36. exf4 Bxf4 37. Qd1 Be5 38. Re2 Rxf1+ 39. Qxf1 Bg7 40.
Rxe6 Qxe6 41. Bf3 Qf5 42. Kg2 Qg5+ 43. Kh1 Qf4 44. Qe2 Be5 45. Bg4 d4 46. Kg2
Kg7 47. Qf2 Qe4+ 48. Qf3 Qc2+ 49. Kf1 d3 50. Bh5 Qc1+ 51. Qd1 d2 52. Ke2 Qc4+
53. Kxd2 Bf4+ 54. Ke1 Bg3+ 55. Kd2 Bf4+ 56. Ke1 Qc3+ 57. Kf2 Qe3+ 58. Kg2 Qg3+
59. Kf1 Qxh3+ 60. Ke1 Qh1+ 61. Kf2 Qh2+ 62. Kf1 Qh1+ 63. Kf2 Qxd1 64. Bxd1 Bd6
65. Bf3 Bxb4 66. Bxc6 Bxa5 67. Kf3 Bc3 68. Ke4 Kf6 69. Be8 Ke7 70. Bh5 Kd6 71.
Kd3 Bf6 72. Bf7 Kc5 73. Kc2 a5 74. Kb3 a4+ 75. Ka3 Be7 76. Be8 Kb6+ 77. Ka2 Bf6
78. Bh5 b4 79. Bd1 Ka5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.15"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "SHSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 (6. Nxc6 {is
preferred by many top player including Caruana. In CBM 162, Postny wrote an
article about this line.}) 6... Qc7 7. O-O b5 (7... Nf6 {would be the main
move and if} 8. Be3 Bb4 (8... d6 {is a transposition to Scheveningen.}) 9. Na4
{leads to a very theoretical line.}) 8. Nxc6 dxc6 (8... Qxc6 9. Bf3 Bb7 {
and here both} 10. e5 {and} (10. Bf4 {promise White a nice initiative.})) 9. a4
{White chooses the positional plan.} (9. Be3 {and}) (9. f4 {are other plans in
connection with attacking on the K-side.}) 9... b4 {Black has to push b5-b4.
If he plays for example} (9... Bb7 $2 {Black loses after} 10. axb5 cxb5 11.
Nxb5 $1 axb5 12. Bxb5+ Ke7 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Qd3 Qd6 15. Qc3 $40 {
Horvath-Mastrovasilis, Groningen 1999}) 10. Nb1 Nf6 (10... Bc5 11. Nd2 Nf6 {
transposes to 10...Nf6.}) 11. Nd2 {In this position White's plan is Bd3
followed by Qe2 and playing on the weakened light squares.} Bc5 (11... e5 12.
Bd3 Bc5 {transposes to 11...Bc5.}) 12. Bd3 O-O ({If the typical} 12... e5 13.
Nb3 Ba7 14. h3 (14. Bg5 {is also very unpleasant}) 14... a5 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Be3
Be6 17. Bxa7 Qxa7 18. Bc4 Rfe8 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rad1 $36 {Heberla-Firman,
Warsaw 2006}) 13. Qe2 e5 14. h3 $146 {This is Giri's novelty. His move's point
is, that Black can't play Bg4 anymore.} (14. Nb3 Bg4 15. Qe1 Be7 16. Bc4 c5 17.
f3 $14 {Heberla-A.Zhigalko, Istanbul 2005}) 14... Be6 (14... a5 15. Nb3 Bb6 16.
Be3 $14 {with a small, but stable advantage.}) 15. Bc4 $1 {Preparing for Nb3
and playing for the c4 outpost.} (15. Nb3 {is not so good, because Black plays}
Bxb3 $1 16. cxb3 a5 {and his position has been improved.}) 15... Qc8 (15... Qd7
16. Nf3 $14 (16. Nb3 Bd4) (16. Bxa6 Bxh3 $1 {and the computer claims a slight
advantage for White, but this sacrifice is unpleasant.})) 16. Nf3 ({After} 16.
Nb3 $1 {it seems like White's forces coordinate better} Be7 17. Bg5 $36 {
with a nice advantage.}) 16... Nh5 {This pseudo-active move is an attempt to
generate some counterplay, but White easily repells the threats.} (16... h6 17.
Bd2 $14) 17. Kh2 {The human move. Avoiding any kind of sacrifice on h3 and
tricks in connection with Ng3.} (17. Re1 $1 {was a very deep move} Ng3 (17...
a5 18. Nxe5 $16 {the difference is that this P can be taken, but in the 17.Kh2
line Nxe5 is met by ...Bd6.}) 18. Qd3 $16) 17... Nf4 $6 {After this move,
White will have a nice position.} (17... a5 $1 {was better, but White is
slightly better after} 18. b3 $14 (18. Nxe5 Bd6)) 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rad1 h6 20.
Rd2 Ra7 21. Rfd1 Re8 22. e5 g5 23. Nd4 (23. a5 $36 {was also good.}) 23... Bxd4
24. Rxd4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Qf5 26. Rxc6 (26. Rc5 $1 {was the most exact move:
White increases his advantage after Rd6.}) 26... Qxe5 27. Qf3 $6 {And this
spoils all of the advantage.} (27. Qh5 $1 {was the most exact} Re6 (27... f3+
28. Kg1 $16) 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Rdd8 $16) 27... Kg7 28. Rdd6 Qe2 29. Rxh6 Qxf3
30. gxf3 Re2 31. Kg2 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Kxh6 33. Rc6+ Kg7 34. h4 gxh4 35. Rc4 a5 36.
Rxf4 Rc7 37. Rf5 Rc2 38. Rxa5 Rxb2 39. Rh5 Ra2 40. Rxh4 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Stubberud, Ornulf A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Oslo Schakselskap"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. h3 Nc6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rac1 Nce5 14. Rfd1 Nxf3+
15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Bb1 Be8 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Bb6 Rd7 21.
Na4 Rb8 22. f4 Nc6 23. Qf2 f5 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Rcd1 Bf8 26. Re3 fxe4 27. Nc3 Bh6
28. Nxe4 Qf8 29. g3 e5 30. Rf3 exf4 31. gxf4 Rf7 32. Nxd6 Rxf4 33. Be4 Rxf3 34.
Bxf3 Bf4 35. Bc7 Ra8 36. Nxe8 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "SOCAR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 (3... c6 {is another populat move, which may
lead to a symmetrical Grünfeld.}) 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e5 {This
system was choosed by Vishy Anand against Magnus Carlsen in the World
Championship match, so it may increase the popularity of that line.} 7. Qxc4 {
White takes the pawn back, but the vulnerable placement of White's queen gives
Black some extra tempi.} ({The following alternatives lead to an equal endgame
after:} 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qxc6+ Bd7 10. Qe4 f6 11. f4 Bf5 12. Qe3 (
12. Qc6+ Bd7 13. Qe4 Bf5 14. Qc6+ {1/2-1/2 Markowski,T (2557)-Kruppa,Y (2603)/
Koszalin 1999/CBM 073}) 12... Bh3 13. Rf3 Nh6 $1 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Qc5 Nxe5 16.
Rf2 Qe7 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $11) 7... Nge7 8. d3 h6 {Following Anand's play.} ({
Black may also deviate from wasting a tempi for that prophylactic move:} 8...
Be6 $5 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Bd2 (11. Ng5 Bd7 12. Qd1 Bc6 $11) 11... Nxf3+
12. Bxf3 c6 $11) 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd2 {White has completed a standard setup and
is ready to put some pressure along the c-file. Theresulting pawn structure is
typical for an English Opening.} Be6 {A natural developing move. Now White
should choose a square to which to retreat.} (10... Nd4 $5 11. Nxd4 exd4 12.
Ne4 c6 {was quite comfortable in the above-mentioned game:} 13. Bb4 (13. Qc1
$142 $1 Kh7 14. Bb4 Bg4 $132) 13... Be6 14. Qc1 Bd5 15. a4 b6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 $15
{1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M (2870)-Anand,V (2775)/Chennai IND 2013 (51)}) 11. Qh4 $6
$146 {An unsuccessful innovation. White's queen cannot create any threats,
while Black gets an extra tempo for developing a k-side attack.} (11. Qa4 Nd4
12. Rac1 (12. Rfc1 c6 13. Ne1 $6 Nd5 14. Kf1 Nb6 15. Qd1 a5 $15 {1/2-1/2
Loginov,V (2532)-Lukin,A (2440)/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 072 (41)}) 12... c6 13.
Qa3 {with approximate equality.}) 11... Qd7 ({The text move is much more
ambitious than} 11... Nf5 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. Rac1 Ncd4 $11) 12. Qa4 (12. Rac1
g5 13. Qa4 f5 14. Ne1 (14. Be3 b6 15. Ne1 Rad8 16. Nc2 Nd4 $36) 14... a6 15.
Nc2 b5 16. Qa3 Rfb8 $15) 12... f5 13. Rfc1 {This move looks a bit dangerous,
since there are not many defenders around the king now.} (13. Be3 Rad8 14. Ne1
Nd4 15. Qxd7 Rxd7 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bf3 Rxb2 $15) (13. Rac1 g5 14. Ne1 a6 $15)
13... Rad8 14. b4 (14. Ne1 a6 15. Be3 b5 16. Qd1 Nd4 $15) 14... a6 $1 {An
important prophylactic move, which slows down White's q-side play.} (14... Nd4
15. Qxd7 Rxd7 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Na4 b6 18. Rc2 $11) 15. Rab1 g5 {White's
position is getting quite unpleasant, since there is not much to do against
Black's k-side activity.} (15... Nd5 16. b5 axb5 17. Qxb5 e4 18. dxe4 Nxc3 19.
Bxc3 fxe4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 c6 22. Qb2 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Bxa2 24. Rb6 Qf7 25.
Qc5 Bd5 $15) 16. Be1 Nd5 17. b5 (17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rf7 $36)
17... axb5 18. Rxb5 $2 {White pieces lack coordination now.} ({The correct} 18.
Qxb5 $1 e4 19. dxe4 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 fxe4 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rf5 23. Qxb7 Nxe5
24. Rxc7 Qd6 25. Bxe4 $15 {would give White an excellent drawish chances due
to a reduced material balance.}) 18... Nb6 $1 {Anish correctly keeps all the
attacking potential on the board. Now it's not easy to find a safe square for
the queen.} 19. Qa3 Ra8 (19... Qe8 $5 20. Nd2 e4 21. Nb3 exd3 22. exd3 f4 $17)
20. Qc5 {Obviously, White's queen is in a danger.} Rfe8 $1 {A logical
continuation of previous play.} ({The greedy} 20... Bxa2 $6 21. Nxa2 Rxa2 {
allows a nice tactical trick:} 22. Nxe5 $1 (22. Ba5 Rxa5 23. Rxa5 e4 24. Ne1
Bd4 25. Qa3 Nxa5 26. Qxa5 Nd5 $17) 22... Nxe5 23. Rxb6 cxb6 24. Qd5+ Qf7 25.
Qd6 $132) 21. a4 g4 22. Nh4 (22. Nd2 Nd4 {looks hopeless for White. For
instance,} 23. Rxb6 Bf8 24. Qxe5 cxb6 25. Qf6 Bg7 26. Qh4 Rac8 $19) 22... Nd4
23. Rb2 ({The following material sacrifice didn't help White to consolidate:} 
23. Rxb6 cxb6 24. Qxb6 Rec8 25. Kf1 Rc7 $19) 23... Bf7 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Rg7f8]}
24. Qa3 $2 {Viktor's position was already bad, but his last move loses on the
spot.} ({A much more stubborn try was:} 24. Rxb6 cxb6 25. Qxb6 e4 26. dxe4 fxe4
27. e3 Nf3+ 28. Nxf3 exf3 29. Bf1 Rec8 $17 {when Black has both material and
positional advantage.}) 24... Bf8 25. Qa1 Nxa4 $19 {White cannot avoid further
loss of material.} 26. Nxa4 Rxa4 27. Qb1 Ba3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.18"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 a6
9. a4 h5 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Qd2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nbd7 13. Be2 Rb8 14. O-O c4 15. Rab1
Re8 16. b4 cxb3 17. Rxb3 Nc5 18. Rb4 Bd7 19. Rfb1 Rec8 20. Be3 h4 21. Nh1 Nh5
22. Nf2 Qd8 23. Nfd1 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. R1b2 Rc7 26. Bg5 Bf6 27. f4 Ng7 28.
Nf2 Rbc8 29. Ng4 Bxg4 30. Bxg4 Nf5 31. Rb1 a5 32. R4b2 Qf8 33. Bxf6 Qxf6 34.
Re1 Re7 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Rb1 Re8 37. Nb5 Nxa4 38. Bxf5 gxf5 39. Nd4 Nc5 40.
Ne6 Nxe6 41. dxe6 Qxe6 42. Qxa5 Qe3+ 43. Kh1 Qxf4 44. Qd5+ Kf8 45. Qxb7 h3 46.
gxh3 Qe4+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+ 48. Kh1 Qe4+ 49. Kg1 d5 50. Rf1 Re6 51. Qh7 Qd4+ 52. Kh1
Qe4+ 53. Kg1 Rf6 54. Qh8+ Kf7 55. Qh7+ Kf8 56. Qh8+ Kf7 57. Qh7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e4 h6
9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bxc4 Bb4 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. e5 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Qxc3+
15. bxc3 Ne4 16. c6 Nxc3 17. Kd2 Ne4+ 18. Ke3 Ng5 19. Nd4 bxc6 20. Rhb1 f6 21.
exf6 gxf6 22. Rb6 Rh7 23. f4 Nf7 24. Bxe6 Nd8 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxa6 Re7+ 27.
Kf3 Rd7 28. Nf5 h5 29. Rb6 Ne6 30. Rc1 Rd5 31. Rbxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Kd7 33. Ke4
Rd2 34. Rb6 Nc5+ 35. Kf3 Rxh2 36. Rxf6 Nb3 37. Rd6+ Ke8 38. Rd3 Nd2+ 39. Ke3
Nf1+ 40. Ke4 Kf7 41. Rd7+ Kf6 42. Rd6+ Kf7 43. a5 Ra2 44. a6 Ra4+ 45. Kf3 Nh2+
46. Ke2 Ng4 47. Rc6 Ra3 48. Nh6+ Kg7 49. Nxg4 hxg4 50. Rc7+ Kf6 51. a7 Kf5 52.
Kd2 Ke4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "SOCAR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. g5 Nh5 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Rg1 O-O
15. Bh3 f5 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ng3 Rf7 19. Kb1 Qc5 20. Rge1 Nh5 21.
Bg2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Ng6 23. Re3 Qg5 24. Qe2 Ne5 25. Bg2 b4 26. b3 a5 27. Re1 Nc6
28. Qd1 Qc5 29. Bf1 Ne5 30. Bg2 Bc6 31. Nh1 Bb5 32. Nf2 Rcf8 33. Nh3 Ng6 34.
Qd2 Qe5 35. Bh1 Qh5 36. Bg2 Qe5 37. Bh1 Nf4 38. Nxf4 Rxf4 39. Bg2 R4f6 40. h3
Qg5 41. Bh1 Rh6 42. Qh2 Bc6 43. R3e2 a4 44. Qd6 axb3 45. cxb3 Qb5 46. Bg2 e5
47. Qd2 Qb8 48. Rf2 Rd6 49. Qe3 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 1415"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2015.04.11"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Calder HMC"]
[BlackTeam "En Passant"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qd3
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Be3 d6 11. Qd2 e5 12. d5 Nd7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 f5 16. Bg2 Qf6 17. Bg5 Qf7 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 f4 20. Bh3 Bc8 21. a4
Bxh3 22. Qxh3 Rae8 23. a5 Rb8 24. Qe6 Qxe6 25. dxe6 Rfe8 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rfd1
Rxe6 28. Ra7 b5 29. b3 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rb4 31. Rd7 Rf6 32. R1xd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6
Rxc4 34. Rd5 fxg3 35. fxg3 e4 36. Kf2 h5 37. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.10.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Na5 7. Bb3 a6 8. d4
Nxb3 9. axb3 exd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 O-O 13. g4 Qd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. Qxd5 Qb5 16. Qf3 Rfe8 17. Kg2 Qe2 18. c3 Re4 19. Ra4 Rae8 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21.
h3 d5 22. b4 Bb6 23. f6 g5 24. Qf5 Re5 25. Qc8+ Kh7 26. Qf8 Qe4+ 27. Kg3 Qg6
28. f4 gxf4+ 29. Bxf4 Re2 30. Bxh6 Qxh6 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Rf3 Bg1 33. h4 Bh2+
34. Kh3 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2014.10.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Neg4 14. g3 Bc5 15.
Nf5 Re8 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Kg2 Nxf2 18. e5 Nd7 19. b4 Bxb4 20. Rxf2 Nxe5 21. Ne4
c5 22. Kf1 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Ng6 24. Qd5 Nxf4 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Rxf4 c4 27. Nc6 Bc3
28. Rb1 Rac8 29. Bf3 Qa6 30. Re4 Qxa2 31. Rxb5 Qxh2 32. Qd7 Rf8 33. Rh4 Qc2 34.
Rxh7+ Qxh7 35. Rh5 Qxh5 36. Bxh5 g6 37. Be2 Kg7 38. Bxc4 Rce8 39. Qxa7 Bf6 40.
Qd7 Re3 41. Kg2 Rc3 42. Qd5 Re3 43. Kf2 Ree8 44. Qd7 Re4 45. Bd5 Ree8 46. Qc7
Rc8 47. Qb7 Rce8 48. Qd7 Ra8 49. Bc4 Rae8 50. Kf3 Re1 51. Qd5 Re6 52. Qd7 Re1
53. g4 Bg5 54. Qd5 f5 55. Ne5 fxg4+ 56. Kg2 Be3 57. Qd7+ Kh6 58. Nxg4+ Kh5 59.
Nf6+ Rxf6 60. Qh3+ Kg5 61. Qg3+ Kh6 62. Qxe1 Bf4 63. Qh4+ Kg7 64. Bg8 Bh6 65.
Qd4 Bf4 66. Be6 Bb8 67. Kh3 Bf4 68. Qd7+ Kh6 69. Bg8 Be3 70. Qh7+ Kg5 71. Bd5
Bf2 72. Qe7 Bd4 73. Be4 Kf4 74. Bc2 Be5 75. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2014.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2014.10.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3
c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rac1 c4
15. Nd2 b5 16. Bf3 Qe7 17. Qa5 Bc6 18. b3 Qd6 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Nb1 Rab8 21.
Nc3 Rb3 22. Nxd5 Rxa3 23. Qc7 Qxc7 24. Nxc7 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Nb6 26. Nb5 Rb3 27.
Nxa7 c3 28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Nd5 30. Kf1 c2 31. Rc1 Nb4 32. Ke2 Rb8 33. d5
Nxd5 34. Rxc2 Ne7 35. f4 Rb7 36. Nc6 Nxc6 37. Rxc6 g6 38. f5 gxf5 39. Rxh6 Rb4
40. Kf3 Kg7 41. Rd6 Rh4 42. Kg2 Rg4+ 43. Kh1 Rb4 44. Rd4 Rb1+ 45. Kg2 Kg6 46.
Rd6+ f6 47. Rd4 Ra1 48. Kf3 Rh1 49. Rh4 Ra1 50. Rh3 Ra4 51. Rg3+ Kf7 52. Kg2
Rb4 53. Kh3 Ra4 54. f4 Ra1 55. Kh4 Ra8 56. Rg2 Re8 57. Re2 Rh8+ 58. Kg3 Rg8+
59. Kf3 Rh8 60. Rg2 Rh3+ 61. Ke2 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2014.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.10.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bd2 Rfe8 13. Rac1 a6 14. e4 e5 15.
Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bc3 Rad8 18. g3 c5 19. d5 c4 20. Ba5 Rc8 21. Nh4 g6
22. Bg4 Qe7 23. Qd2 Rb8 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. b3 cxb3 26. axb3 Rbc8 27. Bb4 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Bxd6 Qxd6 31. Qc3 Bh3 32. b4 a5 33. bxa5 b4 34.
Qc6 Qd8 35. a6 Qa5 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qxe5+ Kg8 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kg8 40.
Qe8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2014.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2014.10.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Ne5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. d5 Bxd5 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qh4 Bxc4 18. Qxf6+ Kg8 19. Qg5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2014.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.10.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 ({Viele spielen heute lieber} 3. Bb5 {weil die
Sveshnikov-Variante viel Theorie erfordert und außerdem Weiß kaum Vorteil
nachweisen kann.}) 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 ({Der andere große Variantenkpmplex entsteht nach} 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10.
Nd5) 9... Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O ({Oder:} 12... Rb8 13. a4
bxa4 14. Ncb4 Nxb4 15. cxb4 (15. Nxb4 Bd7 16. Bxa6 Qa5 17. Qxd6 Rb6 18. Qd3 Be7
19. Nd5 Rxb2 20. O-O Qc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (41) Karjakin,S (2732)-Radjabov,T (2751)
Baku 2008}) 15... O-O 16. Rxa4 a5 17. b5 Bd7 18. Nc3 d5 19. Nxd5 Be7 20. Qb3
Bb4+ 21. Nxb4 axb4 22. Bc4 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Rxb5 24. O-O $11 {0-1 (51) Dominguez
Perez,L (2755)-Grischuk,A (2789) Bilbao 2014}) 13. a4 bxa4 (13... Rb8 14. axb5
axb5 15. Bd3 $14) 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 ({
Weniger energisch ist} 18. O-O f5) 18... Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4
Bh4+ 22. Kf1 ({Der Hauptzug hier ist} 22. Kd2 Ne7 23. Kc1 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Be6 25.
Qd4+ (25. Ra2 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Qf6 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. cxd4 Bd8 29. Rah2 h5 $15 {
1-0 (50) Mista,A (2559)-Shirov,A (2726) Warsaw 2008}) 25... Kg8 26. Kb1 Bxd5
27. Qxd5 Bf6 28. Kc2 Qb6 29. Rf1 Qe3 30. Qd3 Qc5 $11 {0-1 (53) Jakovenko,D 
(2708) -Shirov,A (2699) Foros 2007}) 22... f5 23. Ra2 fxe4 24. Rah2 g5 25. Qh5
(25. Ng2 Rb7 26. Nxh4 gxh4 27. Rxh4 Rg7 28. Qh5 Be6 (28... Bf5 29. Ne3 Bg6 30.
Qd5 Ne5 31. Ke2 Nxc4 32. Qxc4 Qf6 $11 {0-1 (51) Hracek,Z (2595)-Mista,A (2489)
Czechia 2006}) 29. Qxh7+ Rxh7 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. R8h7+ Kg8 33. Rh8+
Kg7 34. R8h7+ Kg8 35. Rh8+ Kg7 {1/2-1/2 (35) Radulski,J (2552)-Spasov,V (2571)
Panagyurishte 2012}) 25... Rb7 ({Bisher wurde hier nur} 25... Ne5 {probiert:}
26. Ke2 (26. Rxh4 $2 gxh4 27. Rxh4 Rb7 28. Be2 Rg7 29. Ke1 Ng6 30. Rh1 Nxf4 31.
Nxf4 Rxf4 32. Qd5 Qg5 33. Qc6 Qc5 34. Qxc5 dxc5 35. Rh5 Rg3 36. Kd2 Rf2 37.
Rxc5 Be6 38. c4 Rh3 39. Nd1 Rxe2+ 40. Kxe2 Bg4+ {0-1 (40) Huschenbeth,N (2518)
-Jordan,J (2212) Lueneburg 2011}) 26... Nxc4 27. fxg5 Rxb3 28. Rxh4 Rb2+ 29.
Ke1 Rb1+ 30. Nd1 $16 {1/2-1/2 (69) Barski,R (2278)-Skliarov,V (2339) Lvov 2013}
) 26. Ke2 Be6 27. Qh6 {Der Lh4 gerät allmählich in Gefahr.} Bg8 28. Rg2 Rbf7
({Nach} 28... Ne5 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Rxh4 (30. Kd1 a4 31. b4 Rd7) 30... gxh4 31.
Qh5 Re8 32. Rg4 a4 {bleibt die Partie unübersichtlich.}) 29. Rxh4 gxh4 30. Nf5
h3 (30... Rxf5 31. Qg7#) 31. Nh4 $1 {Droht Sg6 Matt} Qxh4 32. Rxg8+ (32. Qxh4
$4 hxg2 $19) 32... Rxg8 33. Qxh4 Rg2+ 34. Kf1 Rh2 (34... Ne5 35. Qxh3 Rg8 $18)
35. Ne3 Rg7 36. Qf6 (36. Nf5 {gefolgt von} Z0 37. Qf6) 36... Rh1+ 37. Kf2 Rh2+
38. Ke1 Rh1+ 39. Kd2 Rh2+ 40. Kc1 Ne7 41. Nf5 Rhg2 42. Nxg7 Rxg7 43. Qf8+ Ng8
44. Bxg8 Rxg8 45. Qf6+ Rg7 46. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.01.30"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Qf3 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. f4 Neg4 11. Bg1 b4 12. Nb1 e5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf3 d6
15. Bd4 Nh5 16. Qe1 Rb8 17. Nbd2 Be6 18. Kb1 Be7 19. b3 O-O 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21.
Bb2 Rbc8 22. Nc4 Qc5 23. Bxe5 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bb2 a5 26. Be2 Nf4 27.
Qg3 g5 28. Bd3 a4 29. Rf1 a3 30. Bc1 Nxd3 31. cxd3 Qd4 32. Bxg5 Bxg5 33. Qxg5+
Kf8 34. Qe3 Qxd3+ 35. Qxd3 Rxd3 36. Kc2 Rc3+ 37. Kd2 Bxc4 38. bxc4 Rxc4 39. Kd3
Rc3+ 40. Kd2 Rc4 41. Kd3 Rc3+ 42. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.01.31"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Bxc4 10. bxc4 O-O 11. Be3 Qe7 12. c3 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. a4 a6
15. Qc2 c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qb3 b4 18. Nd2 h6 19. h3 Rfb8 20. Rfb1 Qd8 21. Nc4
Bf8 22. Bd2 Qc7 23. Rc1 Qb7 24. Rab1 Qb5 25. Rb2 Ra4 26. Rcb1 g6 27. g3 h5 28.
h4 Qa6 29. Kg2 Qc6 30. Kh2 Rba8 31. Qc2 Qb5 32. Kg2 Qb7 33. Ne3 Nf6 34. Nc4 Nd7
35. Ne3 Nf6 36. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.02.01"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. d3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 dxc4 10. dxc4 Qe7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qe3 Re8 13. Qc5 Na6 14. Qxe7
Rxe7 15. O-O-O Bf5 16. h3 h5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nc2 Rae8 19. Ne3 Bc8 20. a3 Nc7
21. b4 Re5 22. Kb2 a5 23. Rd4 axb4 24. axb4 c5 25. bxc5 Ne6 26. Rd2 Nxc5 27.
Ncd5 Be6 28. Rhd1 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Na4+ 30. Kb3 Nb6 31. Rd4 Rd8 32. d6 Nc8 33. Nc4
Rb5+ 34. Kc3 Nb6 35. Bxe4 Rc8 36. Bd3 Rbc5 37. Kb4 Nbd5+ 38. Kb3 Rb5+ 39. Kc2
Nb4+ 40. Kd2 Nc6 41. Rf4 Rd8 42. Ke1 Rc5 43. Rf5 Rxf5 44. Bxf5 g6 45. Bb1 b5
46. Nb6 Kg7 47. f4 Rb8 48. Nd5 Nxd5 49. Rxd5 Kf6 50. Rc5 Nd8 51. e4 b4 52. e5+
Ke6 53. Be4 b3 54. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 {Modern
chess is like this, weird of full transpositions. The anti-Grunfeld has turned
into a Benoni.} Bg7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Ng3 a6 10. a4 Nh5 $5 {Clearly an idea
cooked at home. The idea of doubling the pawns on the h-file is not unheard of
in the Benoni, Here Black tries to accelerate his development while at the
same time it gives him the possibility to break with f5 quickly.} (10... Nbd7 {
is far more common.}) (10... h5 $5 {has also been seen often.}) 11. Nxh5 gxh5
12. Be2 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qe7 14. h4 Nd7 15. Kf2 Ne5 16. Kg2 f5 {Black has no
complaints from the opening. He has good development and he has achieved f5.} (
16... Ng6 $5 {Was maybe even more ambitious, preparing f5 next move.}) 17. f4
Ng4 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. Re1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 fxe4 21. a5 Bf5 {Black is up a pawn,
but he will be unable to do anything with it. White on the other hand will
triple down the b-file to attack the weak b7 pawn. Black will defend it, and
no one will make progress.} 22. Be3 Rad8 23. Rb1 Rd7 24. Rb6 Qf7 25. c4 Re8 26.
Qb3 h5 27. Rb1 Ree7 28. Kf1 Kh7 29. Ke2 Kg8 30. Kd2 Kh7 31. Qd1 Kg8 32. R1b3
Kh7 33. Kc2 Kg8 34. Kb1 Kh7 35. Ka2 Qe8 36. Qc2 Qf7 37. Qc3 Qg7 38. Qc2 Qf7 39.
Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 a6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Qa5+ 12. Bc3 Bb4 13. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 14. Qd2
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 exd4 16. Nxd4 cxd5 17. Rhc1 Nf6 18. Rc7 Rd8 19. Rac1 Ne8 20.
R7c5 Kf8 21. g4 h6 22. f3 Ke7 23. h3 Kd6 24. f4 Bd7 25. Bf3 Nf6 26. Nf5+ Bxf5
27. gxf5 Rd7 28. Kd3 Re8 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Rxc8 Rc7 31. Rb8 Kc5 32. a3 a5 33.
Rf8 Kd6 34. Ra8 Rc5 35. Rf8 Rc7 36. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3
Ba6 9. b4 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Qd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Ke2 c5
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rhc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 N5b6 18. Rac1 cxb4 19. axb4 e5 20. e4 f6
21. Be3 Kf7 22. Nd2 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Ra2 Rc7 25. Nb3 Ke8 26. Kd3 Nc8 27.
f3 Rb7 28. Kc3 Rc7+ 29. Nc5 Ndb6 30. Kb3 Rc6 31. Nd3 Rd6 32. Kc3 Rd7 33. Bc5
Kd8 34. h4 Kc7 35. b5 Kb8 36. Nb4 Kb7 37. Ra1 Nd6 38. Bxd6 Rxd6 39. Nc6 Nc8 40.
Na5+ Kb8 41. Nc6+ Kb7 42. Kc2 Rd7 43. Ra6 Rc7 44. Kd3 Rd7+ 45. Ke2 Ka8 46. g4
Rb7 47. Ra5 Nd6 48. b6 Nc8 49. bxa7 Rb6 50. Rc5 Nxa7 51. Nxa7 Kxa7 52. g5 Kb7
53. Kf2 h5 54. gxh6 gxh6 55. f4 Re6 56. Kf3 h5 57. Rd5 Kc7 58. Ke3 Re8 59. Kd3
Kc6 60. fxe5 fxe5 61. Kc4 Rg8 62. Rxe5 Rg4 63. Re6+ Kd7 64. Kd5 Rxh4 65. Rh6
Rg4 66. e5 Ra4 67. Rh7+ Ke8 68. Ke6 Ra6+ 69. Kf5 Rb6 70. Rxh5 Ra6 71. Rg5 Rb6
72. Rg6 Rxg6 73. Kxg6 Ke7 74. Kf5 Kf7 75. e6+ Ke7 76. Ke5 Ke8 77. Kd6 Kd8 78.
e7+ Ke8 79. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Nd2 Nb6 8.
Nxc4 O-O 9. Ne5 c5 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 Bxc5 12. O-O Nfd5 13. b3 a5 14. a4
Bd6 15. Bb2 f6 16. Nd3 Bd7 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bc6 20. Rfc1 e5
21. Nb2 Bb4 22. Rd1 Nc3 23. Bxc3 Bxc3 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rab1 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Rab8
27. Rc1 Rb6 28. Rc5 Rfb8 29. Rxa5 Rxb3 30. Rc2 Rb2 31. Rxc6 R8b7 32. e3 Ra2 33.
Rc1 h5 34. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. Be2 c5 10. d5 e6 11. e4 exd5 12. exd5 Qb6 13. O-O Bf5 14. Qb3 Nd7
15. Be3 h5 16. Rfd1 Qxb3 17. axb3 Bc2 18. Rd2 Bxb3 19. Bb5 Rfd8 20. Ra3 c4 21.
Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Rxa7 Rad8 23. Ra5 f5 24. h4 Kf7 25. g3 Re8 26. Kg2 Bf8 27. Bc5
Bh6 28. f4 Bg7 29. Kf2 Red8 30. Bb6 Re8 31. Bd4 Bf8 32. Be5 Rc8 33. d6 Be7 34.
Ke3 Bd8 35. Ra1 Bb6+ 36. Kf3 Bc5 37. Nb5 Bb4 38. Bc3 Bc5 39. Be5 Bb4 40. Bc3
Bc5 41. Kg2 Rcd8 42. Be5 Bb4 43. Rd4 Bc5 44. Rd2 Bb4 45. Rd4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3
(14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 {was the game Radjabov played yesterday
with White.}) 14... Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19.
f3 Rd8 20. Kf2 Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Nf5 22. Rh1 Bxa2 23. Rxh5 Be6 24. g4 {The novelty.
} (24. Bxc7 Rh6 25. Rxh6 Nxh6 26. g4 {was drawn at thist m oment in the game
Alekseev-Grachev from this year.}) 24... Nd6 25. Rh7 f5 (25... Nf7 {is the
computer's suggestion, as it is not a big fan of the c7 pawn.}) 26. g5 (26.
Rxc7 Nb5 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxb7 Bxc2 {looks unwinnable, though the computer
claims W hite is better.}) 26... Nf7 27. Rh5 Rg8 {White's down a pawn but his
g5 passer is the most dangerous thing on the board. That being said it is
blocked. This game isn't going anywhere.} 28. Kg3 Rh8 29. Rxh8+ Nxh8 30. Bxc7
Ng6 31. Nc3 Kd7 32. Bb8 a5 33. Na4 Kc8 34. Bf4 b5 35. Nc5 Ba2 36. c3 a4 37. Bd6
Bd5 38. f4 Kd8 39. Kf2 Nh4 40. Ke3 Ke8 41. Nd3 Be4 42. Nf2 Bd5 43. Ba3 Kf7 44.
Kd4 Ke6 45. Nd3 Ng6 46. Nc5+ Kf7 47. Na6 Nxf4 48. Ke5 Nd3+ 49. Kxf5 c5 50. g6+
Kg8 51. Nxc5 Nxc5 52. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 {This move order gives White the chance of transposing to the
Sicilian.} 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {
Nowadays players want to avoid the well-analysed theoretical lines and play
less analysed lines. Karjakin has had many games in the usual lines, so he
decides to try something new. This Q move has been tried by many top players
like Caruana and Grischuk. White will follow up with 0-0-0 and will have ideas
in connection with Qg3, which puts pressure on the g7-pawn.} Ne5 {Black wants
to disturb White's queen and plays this typical move. This move is a novelty
at the highest level.} ({Wang Yue preferred to play} 7... b5 {and had a good
position after} 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Bd4 b4 12. Bxf6 gxf6
13. Ne2 f5 (13... Rg8 $5 $15) 14. Ng3 Bg7 15. Kb1 Qc5 $36 {Grischuk-Wang Yue,
Beijing 2013}) (7... Nf6 {is the most popular move, Caruana won a nice game
against Rublevsky in 2011} 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd4 Bd6 11. Na4 O-O
12. g3 (12. Bxf6 $5 {was also good, but Caruana preferred to keep the bishop
pair} gxf6 13. Qxf6 Be5 14. Qg5+ Bg7 15. Bd3 $14) 12... Be5 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. Qe3
$1 d5 15. f4 Bc7 16. e5 Nd7 17. Bd4 $1 $14 {Caruana-Rublevsky, Olginka 2011})
8. Qg3 h5 {Giri said "I played the worst line possible." However this move
isn't so bad. Black continues disturbing the queen and wants to chase the
queen away from its active position on g3. On the other hand 8...b5 seems more
natural, but it's hard to tell which move is better.} (8... b5 {would be the
most natural move, which has never been played, but in my opinion future
tournament practice will soon tell us a lot about the evaluation of this
position.}) 9. f3 $146 {White wants to prepare Qf2 after ...h4.} (9. O-O-O {
was played before} h4 10. Qh3 Bb4 11. f4 Ng6 12. f5 Ne5 $13 {Vucinic-To,
Kavala 2014}) 9... b5 (9... h4 {was also possible to try to be consistent and
make use of the P on h5. White's Q is active on g3, as it prevents Bb4.} 10.
Qf2 Bb4 11. Bd2 Nf6 {with unclear play.}) 10. O-O-O d6 (10... h4 {was again
possible with the same idea.}) 11. f4 $5 {White decides to start an attack in
the centre.} ({In the event of a normal move like} 11. Kb1 {Black can play} b4
12. Nce2 Nc4 {with good counterplay.}) 11... Ng4 12. e5 dxe5 $2 {This move is
a serious mistake.} (12... Nxe3 $1 {was better} 13. Qxe3 d5 {and the game is
very unclear, both sides have chances. Black will try to make use of his
strong P structure and start an attack on the queenside, while white will try
to get some initiative on the kingside.}) 13. fxe5 {White recaptures, but
there was a stronger move.} (13. Ndxb5 $1 {was even better} axb5 14. Bxb5+ Ke7
{and there is the strong} 15. fxe5 $1 $40) 13... Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bd7 {Black has
survived so far, but his position is full of weaknesses.} 15. Be2 g6 {Black
defends the h5-pawn and prepares a trick.} ({In the event of} 15... b4 {
White can play} 16. Rhf1 $1 (16. Ndb5 {is also possible, but 16.Rhf1 is
stronger} axb5 17. Nxb5 Qc6 $1 18. Rxd7 Bc5 $1 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Kxd7 21.
Bxa8 $14) 16... Nh6 (16... bxc3 17. Qf3 $18) 17. Nd5 $1 exd5 18. e6 $40) ({
If Black gives up the h5 P, White is better after} 15... Be7 16. Bxh5 $1 Nh6
17. Kb1 $16) 16. Qf3 $1 {A very strong move by Karjakin.} Rc8 17. Rhf1 Rh7 18.
Kb1 $1 {This move is always useful.} (18. a4 $5 {was also good despite being a
bit strange} Qxe5 (18... b4 19. Ne4 Qxe5 20. Bxa6 $40) 19. axb5 Bc5 (19... axb5
20. Bxb5 $18) (19... Bb4 20. b6 $18 (20. Qb7 Bxc3 21. bxc3 $16)) 20. Qe4 Qxe4
21. Nxe4 axb5 22. Bxb5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 $36) 18... Bb4 $1 {Black develops with
tempo.} (18... Qxe5 $2 {loses to} 19. Qb7 $1 $40) 19. Ne4 Qxe5 20. h4 {A very
interesting idea by Karjakin. He wants to place the knight on g5, where it
would be very strong, but Black has a way to prevent it.} (20. Qd3 $1 {was
better; White wants to play Nf3-g5, which would destroy Black's position.})
20... f5 $2 {This move is a serious mistake; it's hard to tell why Giri played
this move.} (20... Be7 $1 {was the only move to prevent Ng5, after which the
most of White's advantage evaporates} 21. Qd3 Qc7 22. Nf3 Bc6 23. Neg5 Bxf3 $1
24. Rxf3 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Ne7 $13) 21. Ng5 Re7 22. Qb7 $1 (22. c3 {was also
possible} Bc5 23. Rfe1 $36 {with great pressure against the Ps, but the move
played by Karjakin is even stronger.}) 22... Bc5 23. Ngf3 (23. Nxf5 $1 {
was also good} exf5 24. Rxd7 $40) (23. Ndf3 $5 {was also a very nice way of
developing a serious attack} Qc7 (23... Qxe2 24. Rfe1 Qc4 25. Ne5 $18) 24. Qxc7
Rxc7 25. Ne5 $40) 23... Qc7 24. Qxa6 Bxd4 $1 25. Nxd4 Kf8 $1 {At first glance
the black position is under serious pressure, but the position isn't quite so
simple. Black should have enough counterchances in the event of accurate play.
White threatened to play Nxb5, this move was directed against it.} 26. c3 Nf6
$6 {A logical move, but this move simply gives up the b5-pawn.} (26... Rb8 $1 {
was a very strong move to defend the pawn, because if White takes the pawn,
the rook will attack White's piece on b5 and will have serious threats with ...
Qc5.} 27. Nxb5 (27. Bxb5 Bxb5 28. Nxb5 Qc4 $132) 27... Qc5 $1 28. c4 Bc6 $44)
27. Bxb5 Bxb5 28. Qxb5 e5 $2 {This move would be good positionally, but there
is a refutation.} (28... Ne4 {was better and White is better, but he will have
to work hard to convert his advantage into a win.}) 29. Qa6 $1 {This is the
move missed by Giri.} Kg7 (29... Kf7 30. Nb5 $18) 30. Ne6+ Rxe6 31. Qxe6 {
White is winning, the rest is a matter of technique.} Re8 32. Qd6 Qb7 33. Rfe1
$1 Re7 34. g3 (34. a4 {was also good} Ne4 35. Qb4 $18) 34... Ne4 35. Qb4 Qxb4
36. cxb4 Nxg3 37. b5 f4 38. b6 f3 39. Rg1 (39. a4 f2 40. a5 $18) 39... Ne2 40.
Rgf1 e4 41. a4 Ng3 42. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Rd1 d6 (9... Nc6 {"gaining a tempo on the queen" is actually a bad move,
and has been known for a long time.} 10. Qf4 {starts giving White too much
pressure on d6, limiting Black's choices.}) 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Qf4 Qb8 {It's
surprising that Black can get away without playing a6, but this is modern
chess and everything is calculated to maximize effectiveness.} 12. Nb5 Ne5 13.
Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxd6 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Be5 18. c5 Qc7
19. Qe4 Qxc5 20. Rbc1 Bxd6 21. Rxc5 Bxc5 22. Qd3 {The first new move, but the
position obviously remains the same. Black is very close to simply calling th
is a fortress and shuffling his rook back and forth to achieve a draw.} (22.
Rd7 {was played last year in the Spanish team championship game between Bacrot
and Nisipeanu, so nothing here is new.}) 22... a5 23. a4 Rae8 24. Kg2 e5 25.
Qe4 Re6 26. Rd5 Rfe8 27. g4 h6 28. e3 g6 29. h4 Kg7 30. Kf1 Kg8 31. Ke2 Kg7 32.
Kf1 Kg8 33. Kg1 Kh8 34. Rd7 R6e7 35. Rd1 Kg7 36. Kg2 Re6 37. Rd5 Kh8 38. g5
hxg5 39. hxg5 Kg8 40. Kg3 Bf8 {If White doubles on the h-file, the bishop will
go to g7 to defend. If White pressures b6, it will go to c5.} 41. Rd7 R6e7 42.
Rd1 Re6 43. Kg2 Bc5 44. Rh1 Bf8 45. Qh4 Bg7 46. Qe4 Bf8 47. Rb1 Bb4 48. Rh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 {Side-stepping some theory
here. The normal move is 0-0 or d6, but d5 is logical if Black can get away
from it. Kryvoruchko tried it recently with success agaisnt Hansen.} 6. Nbd2 (
6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 {leaves White's position rather shaky. With e4
hanging and his lack of development it doesn't seem he can find a path to an
advantage, actually he should be careful not to be worse.}) 6... dxe4 7. dxe4
O-O 8. Qe2 a5 9. O-O Qe7 {The symmetrical position is not worse for Black in
this scenario.} 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. Ndf3 Nh5 12. Qc4 Na7 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Nf5 (14.
Rad1 Bxf2+ $1 15. Kxf2 $6 (15. Kh1 Qc5 $11) 15... Qb6+ $17) 14... Bxf5 15. exf5
h6 16. Rad1 Qb6 (16... Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qb6+ 18. Be3 Qxb5 19. Qxb5 Nxb5 20. Nxe5
$11) 17. Rd5 c6 18. Qxc5 Qxb5 19. Qxf8+ $1 {The only way to keep equal chances.
} (19. Qxb5 Nxb5 {leaves White's rook on d5 and White's bishop on g5 hanging.})
19... Rxf8 20. Rxb5 cxb5 21. Be3 Nc6 22. Rd1 Nf6 {Neither side can claim to
anything in this position.} 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"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.11.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 {
This variation is similar to the Kalashnikov Sicilian, but in this case White
does not have to go e4, weakening his d4 square, so he can develop his bishop
to g2. However Black hasn't yet put his knight on f6, so can play the
immediate ...f5.} 8. g3 f5 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. e4 fxe4 $146 {A logical
novelty by Jobava.} (11... O-O 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Qd7 14. Ne3 Bh3 {
(Gajovic-Cvetanovic, Paracin 2011)} 15. Ned5 $1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 $14 {and White
is slightly better, because he controls the important light squares.}) 12. Nxe4
O-O 13. b3 {White protects the c4-pawn, so he is ready to come back with his
a3-knight.} Kh8 {A typical prophylactic move. The king goes off the a2-g8
diagonal and he can play Bg4, because Nxf6 is not a check.} 14. Nc2 Bg4 15. Qd2
(15. Qd3 $5 {was more attractive for me, because the queen controls the
f3-square too.}) 15... Qd7 16. Bb2 (16. Ba3 $5 {was the alternative place for
the bishop.}) 16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bf3 {Black immediately occupies the
f3-square and he prepares for Qg4. On the other hand he can't keep the
f3-square for a long time, because White will play for Rae1-e3.} 18. Qd5 Qg4 ({
Probably} 18... Bxe4 $142 {was more accurate,} 19. Qxe4 Bd8 {followed by Bb6
and Black is also activate his bishop.}) 19. Rae1 $14 {White's position is
slightly better, because he keeps the important e4- and d5-squares and he is
ready to play for Re3.} Qh5 ({In the event of} 19... Rf6 20. Bxf3 Rxf3 ({
The endgame with} 20... Qxf3 21. Qxf3 Rxf3 22. Ne3 $16 {is clearly better for
White.}) 21. Ne3 Qh5 22. Qe4 Raf8 23. Nd5 Bd8 (23... Bg5 24. Ba3) 24. Re3 $14 {
and White looks nicely placed.}) 20. Re3 {A very logical move, but White
missed a nice tactic.} (20. Bxf3 $1 Rxf3 21. Nb4 $1 {This is the point!} Rc8 (
21... Nxb4 22. Qxb7 $16 {and White gains back the piece.}) 22. Qe4 $1 $16 {
followed by Nd5 and White is better.}) 20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 {The structure
favours White, but Black still has some practical chances on the kingside.} Rf6
22. Bc1 {A solid decision. The bishop wasn't so useful on b2, therefore Giri
tries to improve it.} (22. f4 $5 {was the aggressive reaction,} Re8 (22... Rh6
23. Re2 Rf6 24. Ref2 $14 {and White improves his rook position.}) (22... Raf8
23. Ref3 $36) 23. f5 Qh3 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 $14 {followed by g4. White is
also very nice in this endgame.}) 22... Raf8 (22... Rh6 $1 {was more precise,}
23. h4 (23. Qg2 Bg5 $132) {and only now} 23... Rf8 24. Kg2 Rg6 {and the
h4-pawn is a weakness in White's kingside.}) 23. Rd3 $1 {Now Black can't play
Rh6.} Rg6 24. Rd5 Bh4 {Jobava takes under control the g3-square, however at
the moment there are no clear threats.} 25. Ba3 ({The engine suggests the
strange} 25. f4 {, but in a practical game this looks too dangerous.}) 25...
Be7 26. Bc1 Qh3 27. Be3 Qh5 {Black can only stand and hold his position.} 28.
a3 Rg4 (28... Bg5 $1 {was the more logical to exchanges the Bs.}) 29. Qg2 Qe8 (
29... Qf5 30. Nb4 $14) 30. Nb4 h5 $6 {An ambitious move, but this pawn will be
really weak.} ({He should just hold his position with} 30... Rg6 31. Qe4 $14 {
and White has a comfortable position, but still this is a long game.}) 31. c5
$1 {A well timed break-through.} Nxb4 (31... dxc5 $2 32. Nxc6 Qxc6 33. Rxe5 $18
{and now we can see the disadvantage of h5. White is winning.}) 32. axb4 Qg6
33. Rfd1 dxc5 34. Rxe5 {Not bad, but} (34. Rd7 $1 {was the strongest reply,}
Bf6 (34... Rf7 35. h3 Rxb4 36. Rxe7 $1 Rxe7 37. Bxc5 $18) 35. Bxc5 ({or} 35.
bxc5) 35... Rf7 36. Rxb7 $18 {and Black has no hope.}) 34... Bf6 35. Bxc5 ({
The computer suggests the smart} 35. Qf3 $5 $16 {and White is better.}) 35...
Bxe5 36. Bxf8 h4 ({Maybe} 36... Rd4 {was more accurate, but} 37. Re1 Qf7 $1 38.
Bc5 Rd8 39. Qe4 {and White's chances are better.}) 37. Be7 $6 {Unfortunately
the bishop from e7 doesn't protect the f2 P.} (37. Bc5 $1 {was correct and if
we compare to the text move} hxg3 $2 {is losing now, because of} 38. Rd8+ Kh7
39. Qh3+ Qh6 40. Qxg4 Qxh2+ 41. Kf1 $18 {and the f2-pawn is protected, so
there is no Qxf2 checkmate.}) 37... hxg3 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Qh3+ Qh6 40. Qxh6+
Kxh6 41. hxg3 {Now this endgame is slightly better for White, but it is far
from winning.} Re4 42. Rd7 b5 43. Bc5 Re1+ 44. Kg2 Ra1 45. Kf3 Kh7 46. Rd3 Bb2
47. Ke4 Ba3 48. Kd5 Rc1 49. Bd6 Rc8 50. Ke6 {White has completely activated
his king, but Black is solid; it is not easy to create weakness in his
position.} Kg6 $6 {An inaccuracy. This move allows White's strong reply.} (
50... Kg8 {was tougher.}) 51. f3 $6 {Of course this is not a bad move, but he
missed the dangerous} (51. Rd4 $1 {, for example} Bb2 52. Rg4+ Kh5 (52... Kh7
53. Kf7 Bf6 54. Be5 $1 Rc6 55. Rg6 $18) 53. Kf5 {and Black is in trouble.})
51... Rc6 52. Kd7 Rc2 53. Ke6 Rc6 54. Ke7 Rc2 55. g4 Re2+ 56. Kd7 Rc2 57. Ke6 {
Giri doesn't find a good way nor any weakness in Black's position.} Re2+ 58.
Kd5 Rc2 59. f4 Kf7 60. g5 Kg6 61. Ke6 Re2+ 62. Kd7 Re4 63. Be5 {The last trick.
} Bc1 $1 $11 {The correct reply.} ({The greedy} 63... Bxb4 $2 {loses to} 64.
Ke6 $1 Bf8 65. Rd7 $18 {followed by Rf7, so Black can resign.}) 64. Rf3 Kf5 65.
Bxg7 Bxf4 66. Kc6 Kxg5 67. Kd5 Kf5 68. Bh6 Rxb4 69. Kc5 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.11.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 (5. Bh4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 g5 {doesn't
score well for White.}) 5... Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10.
Ne5 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Qb3 b6 (12... Rd8 13. Rad1 b6 14. f4 Bb7 15. Be4 Na6
16. a3 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 {held chances for both sides in Fedoseev-Negi,
Moscow 2012.}) 13. Be4 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Na6 15. a3 Rfd8 16. Rd2 c5 {Black has
achieved c5 and White is not ready for d5, so the game is equal.} 17. Rad1 (17.
d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Bxc3 {is not good for White as d2 is hanging.}) 17... cxd4 18.
exd4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nc7 20. Nc3 {Black could claim a very sligiht advantage as
he can work against the isolated pawn, but it is far from easy; c6 is weak and
d5 would always simplify into equality.} Rd7 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxd2 23.
Rxd2 Qg5 24. Rd7 Qxe5 {Black has won a pawn but now his pieces lack
coordination. It seems as if Andreikin has just enough activity to make
Black's task very difficult.} 25. g3 Na6 $6 (25... Ne8 {retained chances to
untangle.}) 26. Qd1 Rf8 27. Rxa7 Nc5 28. Qf3 Qb8 29. Nb5 Qe5 30. Nc3 Qb8 31.
Nb5 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Richardson UTD Fall op"]
[Site "Richardson"]
[Date "2014.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kadric, Denis"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Qc2 h6 8. O-O
Be6 9. b4 a6 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rfe1 Bf8 12. Bf1 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nh7 14. a4 Qf6 15.
Nc4 Ng5 16. Re3 Rad8 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Rg3 Qf6 19. Bc1 Rd7 20. Be3 Red8 21. Rf3
Qg6 22. b5 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Na5 24. Be2 Qe6 25. c4 axb5 26. axb5 b6 27. Rg3 Qf6
28. Rf3 Qe6 29. Rg3 Qf6 30. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Richardson UTD Fall op"]
[Site "Richardson"]
[Date "2014.11.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Holt, Conrad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2014.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. e3 g6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb3 Nfd7 14. f4 e6
15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Ne5 f5 19. Ng5 Nf8 20. Kh1 Qe7 21.
Nh3 Ra7 22. Rc5 Rda8 23. Nf2 Nd7 24. Rcc1 Nxe5 25. dxe5 c5 26. e4 fxe4 27. Nxe4
b6 28. Qh3 Re8 29. Rf3 Qd7 30. b3 Rc7 31. Rd3 Qc6 32. Nd6 Ree7 33. Nb5 Rc8 34.
Qh4 Bf8 35. Nd6 Rcc7 36. Ne4 Rf7 37. Qg4 Be7 38. Nd6 Bxd6 39. Qxe6 Nxf4 40.
Bxf4 Qe4 41. exd6 Qxe6 42. dxc7 Rxf4 43. Rd8+ Rf8 44. Rf1 Re8 45. h3 Kg7 46.
Rfd1 Kh6 47. Rg1 Kg5 48. Rf1 Kh6 49. Rg1 Kh5 50. Rf1 Kh4 51. Rf4+ Kg5 52. Rf1
c4 53. bxc4 Qxc4 54. Rg1 Qc6 55. Rb1 Re2 56. Rd5+ Qxd5 57. Rb5 Qxb5 58. axb5
0-1

[Event "Richardson UTD Fall op"]
[Site "Richardson"]
[Date "2014.11.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Danelia, Mariam"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2014.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 f5 5. e3 Nf6 6. f3 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2
a6 9. O-O Qe8 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. a3 Qh5 13. g3 Ne7 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4
Nf5 16. Qd2 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Nh6 19. e5 Be7 20. Nf4 Bg5 21. Qe2 Qxe2
22. Nxe2 Ng4 23. Nf4 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25. gxf4 Rf8 26. Rf1 Rf5 27. h3 Nh6 28.
Kg2 Rh5 29. d5 Nf5 30. Bc1 Kf7 31. Rd1 Rh6 32. Rd3 Rg6+ 33. Kf2 Nh4 34. d6 Rg2+
35. Kf1 c5 36. Bd2 Rh2 37. Be1 Rh1+ 38. Ke2 Nf5 39. Bf2 Rb1 40. b4 cxb4 41.
axb4 Rxb4 42. Rc3 a5 43. Kd3 a4 44. Ra3 Rb2 45. Be1 Rh2 46. Rxa4 Rxh3+ 47. Kd2
Rf3 48. Ra7 Rxf4 49. Rxd7+ Ke8 50. Rb7 Rxc4 51. Bf2 Rc6 52. Bxb6 Nxd6 53. exd6
Rxd6+ 54. Ke3 Rd7 55. Rb8+ Kf7 56. Bd4 h6 57. Ke4 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Richardson UTD Fall op"]
[Site "Richardson"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Gater, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. a3
Rb8 9. b4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. Rc1 f5 13. Ng5 Nb6 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. Ne6
Bxe6 16. dxe6 c6 17. e4 Qc8 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 Na8 20. Rfd1 b6 21. Rd7 bxc5
22. Qc2 Re8 23. Na4 Nc7 24. Nxc5 fxe4 25. Bh3 Nb5 26. a4 Nd4 27. Bxd4 exd4 28.
Nxe4 a5 29. Nd6 Qa6 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Qc5 Bf6 32. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Richardson UTD Fall op"]
[Site "Richardson"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Drozdowski, Kacper"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e4 cxd4 6. e5 g5 7. Bg3 Nd5 8. Bc4
Nb6 9. Bd3 d5 10. h4 Nc6 11. Qh5 Nd7 12. Ngf3 g4 13. Nh2 Bg7 14. Nxg4 Nc5 15.
a3 Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 Ne7 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 Nc6 19. Be5 Rg8 20. O-O Rg6 21. f4
Bd7 22. Qe2 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Qb6 24. Nf3 O-O-O 25. Qd2 Rdg8 26. Rf2 Kb8 27. b4 Qa6
28. a4 Qc6 29. b5 Qc3 30. Qxc3 dxc3 31. d4 Rc8 32. Rc2 a6 33. bxa6 bxa6 34. Ra3
a5 35. Rb3+ Ka7 36. Rbxc3 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Kb7 38. Ra3 Rg4 39. h5 Bc6 40. Kh2 Kc7
41. Kh3 Rf4 42. g3 Re4 43. g4 Bb7 44. g5 hxg5 45. Nxg5 Re1 46. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:30"]
[BlackClock "1:30:30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 c5 11. a3 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 cxd4 13. exd4 Re8+ 14.
Be3 Nf6 15. f3 Qb6 16. O-O Bd7 17. a4 a5 18. Rfc1 Rec8 19. Rc5 Qe6 20. Bf2 b6
21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. b3 Qc6 23. Be1 Ne8 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. Bd3 Qf6 26. Bf2 Qc6 27.
Re1 Qc3 28. Qe3 Rc8 29. g4 g6 30. Qe7 Be6 31. Ba6 Rb8 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Qxe6+
Kf8 34. Qxd5 Qc7 35. Bc4 Nf6 36. Qg5 Qe7 37. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:30"]
[BlackClock "1:30:30"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 Nc5 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Bh6 Nfd7 20. a5 Bc8 21. Ra3 Nb7 22.
Rea1 Ndc5 23. Nh2 Bd7 24. Be3 Bh4 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Ne2 Qc8 27. Kh2 Bg7 28. g4
Na4 29. Bxa4 bxa4 30. Ng3 Nxa5 31. Rg1 Nb3 32. Qe2 Rb8 33. Nh4 Kh8 34. Qf3 Qd8
35. Qxf7 Rf8 36. Nxg6+ hxg6 37. Qxg6 Be8 38. Qe6 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 a6 {The Dragondorf.
Personally I've always considered this a poorer relative of its parent
openings, the Dragon and the Najdorf. However a good friend of mine, Simon
Williams, swears by this opening. He's even written a book on it.} 7. f3 b5 8.
Qd2 Bb7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 {One of the critical positions for this
opening. Black delays the development of his dark-squared bishop in favour of
mobilising his queenside as quickly as possible.} 11. a3 {A useful
preventative move. It's not clear if the idea of ...b4 is good for Black
anyway, but just in case White prevents this idea altogether.} ({The immediate
} 11. h4 {is certainly playable.} b4 $1 ({Black can simply continue with} 11...
Rc8 {like in our main game if he wants;} 12. Bh3 b4 13. Nce2 e5 $1 {This is
one of the main ideas in this opening. Kick the two white knights away to
unpromising squares. That's why the bishop remains on f8, as this idea would
not be possible if the bishop was on g7 as d6 would be too weak.} 14. Nb3 Nxe4
(14... d5 15. g5 $1) 15. fxe4 Bxe4 16. Na1 $1 {with an extremely sharp game in
prospect}) 12. Nd5 (12. Nce2 $6 e5 13. Nb3 a5 {gives Black an excellent
initiative on the queenside.}) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Qxb4 e5 15. Rh2 $1
Be7 $2 (15... exd4 $1 16. Qxd4 Nf6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bg7 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20.
Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxd5 Bxh4 22. Kb1 Kd7 {Looks roughly equal}) 16. Nf5 $1 gxf5 17.
Rxd5 {And the position was far too open for Black's comfort in Pavlovic,M 
(2539)-Colin,V (2437) Deauville 2010}) 11... Rc8 12. h4 Qa5 $5 (12... Ne5 13.
Be2 h5 14. gxh5 (14. g5 Nfd7 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. f5 Bg7 18. fxg6 fxg6
19. Rhf1 Nc5 20. b3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxe4 {Gave Black reasonable play for the
exchange in Bonnet,E (2255)-Zhou,Y (2427) Paris 2012}) 14... Nxh5 15. Rhg1 Nc4
16. Bxc4 Rxc4 {Looked fine for Black in Ramnath,B (2427)-Zhou,Y (2326)
Hastings 2011}) 13. Nb3 $1 ({White can also proceed with the cold-blooded} 13.
Be2 $5 {with the idea of g5. It turns out the exchange sacrifice doesn't work
here either-} Rxc3 $6 14. Nb3 $1 (14. Qxc3 $2 Qxc3 15. bxc3 e5 16. Nb3 d5 {
when Black has typical play for the exchange.}) 14... Qc7 (14... Rxb3 15. Qxa5
Rxe3 {is refuted by} 16. Qc7 $1 {When Black pays dearly for his retarded
development} Nc5 17. b4 $18) 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 d5 17. g5 {And Black
doesn't have enough compensation.}) 13... Qc7 14. Qf2 $1 e6 $6 {An
unneccessary weakening. Perhaps Black intended to follow up later on with ...
d5, but he never gets the chance to realise this, or e;se he changes his mind
about the whole idea.} ({It was more logical to proceed with one of the few
plans that Black has available in this position-} 14... Ne5 $1 {The idea is
not just to mobilise this knight but give the other steed some valuable
breathing space on d7.} 15. Bb6 $1 ({There are some typical traps that White
should be aware of- the sleepy} 15. Be2 $2 {is quickly punished by} Nexg4 $1
16. fxg4 Nxe4 17. Qe1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Bxh1 $17) 15... Qb8 16. Bd4
Bg7 17. Bh3 g5 $1 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Kb1 {which looks rather
uncomfortable for Black - he still has problems with his king, which is
somewhat marooned in the centre, but this is surely preferable to what
occurred in the game.}) 15. Kb1 Qb8 $2 {But this is just downright bad.} (15...
d5 $2 {simply doesn't work after the logical sequence} 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5
Bxd5 18. Bd4 $1 e5 19. Bxe5 $18) ({Nevertheless} 15... Ne5 $1 {was still the
right way.} 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Bd4 Bg7 ({In a training game against my Komodo 8
from this position it played} 17... Rh7 $5 {here - such a typical computer
move! Clearly it felt that White's eventual threats on the a1-h8 diagonal
would be too treacherous if the rook remained on h8.} 18. Be2 h5 $1 19. g5 Nfd7
20. f4 Ng4 $132 {and perhaps it's not so ridiculous after all!}) 18. Rg1 g5 19.
Be2 $16) 16. Bh3 $1 {Practically forcing the following exchange sacrifice, as
the threat of g5 is becoming extremely uncomfortable for Black.} Rxc3 ({
lines like} 16... Ne5 17. Bd4 $1 Bg7 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Nh5 20. f4 Nc4 21.
Bxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Bxg7 $18 {illustrate the problems facing Black.}) 17. bxc3 {
Generally speaking in the Sicilian if Black can carry out this exchange
sacrifice on c3 then he has excellent compensation for the exchange - but this
is not the case here, as White now has a clear lead in development and
dangerous threats in the centre and on the kingside.} Qc7 18. g5 Nh5 19. Bg4 $1
(19. gxh6 $5 Ne5 (19... Bxh6 20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21. Qd2 {and Black's position
collapses}) 20. Bb6 Qb8 21. Bd4 Rxh6 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qb6 $1 {was another
very strong continuation. White has a lot of choices here.}) 19... hxg5 20.
hxg5 Be7 21. Bd4 Rg8 ({Even the more resilient} 21... Ne5 {would not have
saved Black if White had found the accurate} 22. Nd2 $1 Bxg5 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24.
f4 Ng4 25. Qg3 $18) 22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. Rxh5 $19 {To add to Black's woes, White
is rampaging down the h-file.  Giri is a member of this new super-strong
generation like Caruana who work extensively with computers. Such players
rarely make mistakes in these kind of situations.  Indeed Giri raced to 6/6 in
Qatar before the difficulty level was set on ultra-high - Black against
Kramnik.} e5 24. Be3 Qxc3 25. Bd2 Qc7 26. Ba5 Qb8 27. Bb4 Bc8 28. Rh6 Qb6 29.
Qh2 Rg6 30. Rxg6 fxg6 31. Qd2 Nc5 32. Nxc5 dxc5 33. Ba5 Qe6 34. Bd8 $1 {
Accurate to the end, Giri penetrates to the very heart of Black's position and
shatters the last line of resistance.} Bf8 35. Bf6 Bd7 36. Qa5 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:45:11"]
[BlackClock "0:30:23"]

{Giri was in excellent form in the Qatar Masters 2014. He won the first six
games in the tournament before losing the next two to Kramnik and Yu Yangyi.
This was his fourth round miniature against the Ukrainian Mikhailo Oleksienko.
} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 c5 {It seems as if Black has mixed the two
systems of the Caro-Kann with e4 c6 d4 d5 e5 c5!? and the one with 3...Bf5.
But this is a viable way to play with Black and many players have done so in
the past.} (4... h5 {is the more common way to play.}) 5. dxc5 (5. c3 {A move
like c3 which strengthens the pawn chain would be too slow and not in the
spirit of the positions. Anish's move dxc5 is more active and takes advantage
of the loss of tempo with c7-c6 followed by c6-c5.}) 5... Nc6 6. Bb5 Qc7 {
Till this point everything has been played in a few games before, the most
popular being Morozevich vs Bareev. That game witnessed Nc3. Anish deviates
with Ne2.} (6... e6 $2 {is of course a blunder as the bishop now gets trapped.}
7. Bxc6+ $1 (7. g4 {is not the most accurate as Black can wriggle out with}
Qa5+ 8. Nc3 d4 $1 9. Qxd4 Bxc2 $14 {with a minimal disadvantage.}) 7... bxc6 8.
g4 Be4 9. f3 $16) 7. Ne2 {Giri made this move to bring his opponent out of his
preparation. And it worked as from this point onwards Oleksienko started
consuming a lot of time for his moves.} (7. Qxd5 $5 {looks wrong on the
surface as you let Black develop further with tempo. No one has tried it
before but somehow the computer likes White's position.} e6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9.
Qd4 Rd8 (9... Bxc2 10. Na3 $1 Rd8 11. Qc3 Be4 12. Nf3 $14) 10. Qc3 Ne7 11. Nf3
Nd5 12. Qc4 Qa5+ 13. c3 Bxc5 14. O-O $14) (7. Nc3 e6 (7... O-O-O $6 {was
played in Morozevich-Bareev but White is just better after} 8. Bxc6 Qxc6 9. Qd4
e6 10. Be3 $16) (7... Qxe5+ 8. Be3 $36) 8. Be3 $14 {[%cal Ge3d4] White has an
edge.}) 7... Qxe5 {According to Giri taking this pawn was wrong as he could
now develop his pieces very quickly.} (7... e6 {was a safer alternative.} 8.
Be3 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Bd4 f6 11. f4 Nh6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Bxf6 Rg8 $44) 8.
Bf4 {A bold move. Anish is sure about the compensation he would get after
Black takes the b2-pawn.} (8. Nbc3 {was objectively stronger.} e6 9. Bf4 Qf6
10. Bg5 Qe5 11. Qd4 $1 Qc7 12. Ng3 Bxc2 13. Rc1 $36 {White has a huge
initiative.}) 8... Qxb2 {Taking up the challenge.} 9. Nbc3 Nf6 (9... Bxc2 $5 {
and now White has two possibilities.} 10. Qxd5 {This is more in the spirit of
the evergreen game in which White sacrifices both his rooks.} (10. Qc1 {
is too tame.} Qxc1+ 11. Rxc1 Bf5 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Nxd5 O-O-O {Black has a fine
position.}) 10... Qxa1+ 11. Kd2 Rd8 {is relatively the best move but White
keeps an edge after} (11... Be4 $2 12. Qxe4 Qb2+ 13. Ke1 $16 {White has just
too much activity for the sacrificed material.}) (11... Qxh1 {is impossible
due to} 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Kd8 14. Bc7+ Kc8 15. Bb6+ Kb8 16. Qc7#) 12.
Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Rxa1 $36) (9... Qxc2 $2 {is bad due to} 10. Qxc2
Bxc2 11. Nd4 $16) 10. O-O {[%csl Rb2,Gb5,Gc3,Ge2,Re8,Gf4,Gg1] The basic fact
that White has developed all his pieces and castled his king to safety is
going to put a lot of pressure on Black to find an accurate defence. And it is
quite possible that a defence no longer exists.} Qb4 (10... Qxc2 11. Qxc2 Bxc2
12. Nd4 $16) (10... e6 11. Ba4 $1 {with the idea of Rb1.}) 11. Rb1 {Pawns are
no longer important. White keeps bringing more pieces into the game.} Qxc5 12.
Ba4 $1 {How can Black defend the b7-pawn?} e5 {We are just 12 moves into the
game and Black is already in a desperate position. Such a move like ...e5
cannot be good as it opens the position further. But there was nothing much
anyway that Black could do.} (12... b6 13. Rb5 $1 Qc4 14. Bb3 $18) (12... O-O-O
13. Rb5 $1 Qa3 14. Qb1 Rd7 15. Rb3 Qc5 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nb5 $18 {would launch
a devasting attack.}) 13. Bxe5 Ng4 (13... Be7 14. Rxb7 $18) 14. Bg3 O-O-O 15.
Bxc6 (15. Rb5 {was also a strong move.}) 15... Qxc6 (15... bxc6 16. Nd4 $18 {
[%cal Gb1b8]}) 16. Nb5 Bc5 17. Ned4 Qf6 18. Qf3 {Material is soon going to be
lost for Black and before that happened, Oleksienko decided to throw in the
towel. A very nice win by Anish who showed the importance of development over
material.} (18. Qf3 Be6 19. Nxa7+ $1 Bxa7 20. Qc3+ Kd7 21. Rxb7+ Ke8 22. Rxa7
$18) 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:53:29"]
[BlackClock "0:39:24"]

{Open tournaments are not known to pit two 2750+ opponents against each other.
But Qatar was an exception. In the fourth round, the first seeded Anish Giri
was paired against the third seed of the event Shakriyar Mamendyarov. What
followed was a 20-move miniature win for the Dutch player.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5
3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 (4. Nd5 {makes less sense when there is no N on c6.} Nxd5 5.
cxd5 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 $15 {Black is already slightly better.}) 4... O-O 5. e4 {
White often makes this move when Black plays his bishop to b4. The pawns on e4
and c4 signify the Botvinnik structure. This structure might not be so good if
Black could put his bishop on c5. But here to do that he will have to lose a
precious tempo. Is it worth it?} Bxc3 $5 {Apparently, Giri thinks it is not!
He gives up his bishop for the knight and intends to blast the white centre
with c6 followed by d5. But I must mention that once Carlsen as Black did
waste a tempo in a similar structure against Kramnik by playing his bishop
back with Bc5 at Tal Memorial 2011.} 6. bxc3 Re8 {A quiet propylactic move so
that the rook may not be disturbed by the bishop from a3 and in general the
e8-square is a good one for the rook.} (6... c6 7. Ba3 Re8 8. Bd6 Re6 9. c5 Ne8
{also looks totally fine for Black.}) 7. d3 c6 $5 {White has the two bishops
and a strong centre but he is behind in development and Giri uses this factor
to quickly open the position.} 8. Ne2 d5 {White has no option but to exchange
twice on d5.} 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 (10. O-O $6 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nc6 $15) 10...
Nxd5 11. Rb1 Nc6 12. O-O Bg4 $1 {An irritating little pin by Giri. The threat
is of course to take the pawn on c3. White is forced to make the ugly looking
f3 move and shut in his bishop.} 13. f3 (13. Rxb7 $2 Nxc3 $19) 13... Bf5 (13...
Be6 14. Rxb7 Nb6 {traps the rook.} 15. f4 Qc8 16. Rxb6 (16. f5 Qxb7 17. fxe6
Rxe6 $17) 16... axb6 $15 {White has some compensation here and Black needs to
play accurately in order to keep his advantage} 17. f5 $5 Bxa2 18. f6 (18. c4
$2 Rd8 $19) 18... Rd8 (18... g6 $6 19. Qd2 $1 Re6 20. c4 $14) 19. fxg7 Bd5 $15)
14. Rxb7 Nb6 15. f4 e4 (15... Qc8 16. fxe5 $1 {and the drawback of keeping the
bishop on f5 becomes apparent. It is hanging right now.}) 16. Qb3 $6 (16. dxe4
Bxe4 17. Qb3 Qf6 $15 {Black's position is preferable as the white king looks a
little vulnerable but this was the best option for White.}) 16... Be6 17. Qb5
$6 (17. Qd1 {was the best but after} Bc8 18. Rxb6 axb6 $17 {Black is better.})
17... exd3 $1 {The pawn on d3 is a real monster now!} 18. Rxb6 (18. Qxc6 dxe2
19. Re1 Qd1 20. Kf2 Rad8 $19 {Black is winning.}) (18. Bxc6 Bc4 $1 {The only
move to win.} (18... dxe2 19. Qxe2 $14) 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qc5 dxe2 21. Re1 Rc8 $19
) 18... dxe2 19. Re1 Bc4 $1 {Deflecting the queen from the defence of the
b6-rook.} (19... Qxb6+ $6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Bxc6 Bc4 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 $15 {
Black is better but has lost a huge chunk of his advantage.}) (19... Nd4 $1 {
was also very strong.} 20. cxd4 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 axb6 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 $19 {[%cal
Ge6d5]}) 20. Qxc6 (20. Bxc6 Bxb5 21. Rxb5 {might be relatively better but
Black is still in the driver's seat after} Qd3 $19) (20. Qxc4 Qxb6+ 21. Kh1
Rad8 $19) 20... Qd1 $1 21. Kf2 Rad8 $1 {Mamedyarov resigned. A very smooth
game by Anish who led the tournament at this point with 5/5.} (21... Rad8 {
The threat is to take on e1 followed by ...Rd1+ so White's only defence is to
take play} 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rb2 Qd6 24. Be3 {White can prolong this game for
a while but it is clear that with a pawn on e2 and also with extra material,
Anish will not have great difficulties converting this one.} g5 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:30"]
[BlackClock "1:30:30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 d5 5. d4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Bb2 Nd5 11. e4 Nb6 12. Rb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. d5 Bxb2 15.
Rxb2 Ne5 16. Qb3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Rc8 19. h4 Qd6 20. Kg2 Qe5 21.
Qe2 f5 22. exf5 Qxd5+ 23. Qe4 Rxf5 24. Qxd5+ Nxd5 25. Rxb7 a6 26. Rb2 Kf7 27.
Nb1 Rf6 28. Re5 Rf5 29. Re4 Nf6 30. Ree2 Rcc5 31. Nd2 Rfe5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33.
Nf3 Ra5 34. Re2 Kf8 35. Nd4 Ra4 36. Nc6 Re4 37. Rb2 Nd5 38. Rd2 Re6 39. Rc2 Nf6
40. a4 h6 41. a5 Kg7 42. Kf1 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Nb4 Re5 45. Ra2 Re6 46. Re2
Ne4 47. g4 Kf7 48. Nd3 Kf6 49. Rc2 Rd6 50. Ke2 Rd5 51. Rc6+ Kf7 52. Ke3 Nf6 53.
Rxa6 Nxg4+ 54. Ke4 Rd8 55. f3 Nf6+ 56. Ke3 Nd5+ 57. Kf2 e6 58. Rc6 Rb8 59. Ne5+
Ke7 60. Rc2 Rb5 61. a6 Nb4 62. a7 Ra5 63. Rb2 Kf6 64. Ng4+ Kf5 65. Ne3+ Kf6 66.
Rxb4 Rxa7 67. Rb5 Ra4 68. Kg3 Ra6 69. Ng4+ Kg6 70. Nf2 Rd6 71. Kg4 Rd2 72.
Rxg5+ Kh6 73. Rh5+ Kg6 74. Rh2 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 ({With White always searching for ways to
combat the solid Slav, the immediate} 4. g3 {has also recently become popular:}
{Perhaps critical is} dxc4 (4... Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 (6... Qxd5 7. f3
Bxb1 8. Rxb1 e6 ({Risky, but more consistent is} 8... Qxa2 $5 9. Bd2 $44 (9.
Qc2 $5)) 9. a3 Nbd7 10. e4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Qc7 12. Nc4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. Qb3 Be7 16. Bf4 Qh5 17. g4 Qg6 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. O-O Qf6 20. Bg3 $16 {
Rombaldoni,A (2505)-Altini,N (2394)/Boscotrecase/2014/}) 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. f3 $5
Rc8 $1 (8... Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. e4 e6 11. e5 Ng8 12. Be3 (12. a3 $5 Nge7 13.
Be3 Nf5 14. Bf2 Be7 15. Be2 $14) 12... Bb4 13. Bd3 (13. Rc1 Nge7 14. a3 Bxc3+ (
14... Ba5 $5 15. g4 $5 $13) 15. Rxc3 O-O 16. Be2 Rfc8 17. Qd2 Rc7 18. O-O Rac8
19. Rfc1 Nf5 20. Bf2 Nb8 21. g4 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 $14 {Lysyj,I (2661)-Prohaszka,P 
(2575)/Iasi/2014/}) 13... Nge7 14. Bf2 (14. g4 $5 Na5 $132) 14... Nf5 15. Bc2
Rc8 16. Kf1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Na5 18. Rc1 Nc4 19. Qe2 O-O 20. Kg2 f6 (20... Rc7
$132) (20... Na3 21. Bd3 Rc6 $13) 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Bd3 b5 23. Rhf1 Qf7 $6 (
23... Ne7 $142 $1 $132) 24. Rce1 Rf8 25. g4 Ne7 26. Bg3 Ng6 27. h4 Kh8 (27...
h5 $5 28. Bxg6 Rxg6 29. g5 e5 $14) 28. h5 Nf4+ 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31.
Qxe6 $16 {Grischuk,A (2777)-Tomashevsky,E (2697)/RUS-chT Loo/2014/}) 9. g4 Bd7
10. Bf4 (10. Nxd7 Nxd7 $1 (10... Qxd7 $6 11. g5 Nh5 12. e4 e6 13. Bh3 Bb4 14.
O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O 16. c4 dxc4 17. d5 Rfd8 {Laznicka,V (2679)-Matlakov,M 
(2689)/Dubai rpd/2014/} 18. f4 g6 19. Qe1 $1 Nd4 20. Qe3 Nb5 21. a4 $16) 11.
Bf4 (11. Nxd5 $2 e6 12. Nc3 Qh4+) 11... e6 12. e3 Be7 $15 {[%cal Ye7h4,Yh7h5]})
(10. g5 Nxe5 $5 (10... Nh5 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. e4 e6 13. Bh3 Bb4 14. O-O $14) 11.
dxe5 Nh5 12. Qxd5 e6 13. Qxb7 Bc5 $44) 10... e6 11. e3 Bb4 12. Rc1 Nxe5 13.
Bxe5 O-O 14. Qb3 Qa5 15. a3 Be7 16. Bd3 Bc6 17. O-O Nd7 18. Bg3 {Melkumyan,H 
(2647)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2572)/Martuni/2014/} Qd8 $5 $11) (4... Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6.
Nh4 dxc4 (6... Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. c5 Qc7 10. Bf4 Qc8 11. e4 Be7 12.
Bg2 Nh5 (12... O-O $142 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. O-O $14) 13. Bd6 $1 Bxd6 14. cxd6 O-O
15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. e5 c5 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. f4 cxd4 19. Rd1 f6 20. g4 $16 {
Laznicka,V (2676)-Perunovic,M (2602)/Tromso olm/2014/}) 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3 Nbd7
9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 h5 11. Qd3 Qd7 12. Bd2 h4 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. f3 Bd6 15.
Rhg1 hxg3 16. hxg3 Bc7 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Bc1 Rhe8 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 $14 {
Mamedyarov,S (2764)-Tomashevsky,E (2701)/Baku/2014/ For more details about
this game see the noets by Marin in CBM 163.}) (4... g6 {is the solid
symmetrical Fianchetto Grünfeld, but not all Slav players have it in their
repertoires.}) 5. Bg2 Nbd7 {and now:} 6. Qc2 ({Ambitious, but also more
committal is to ignore the Pc4 and occupy the centre with} 6. O-O g6 7. Nc3 Bg7
8. e4 O-O 9. Qe2 Nb6 10. a4 a5 11. h3 Ne8 $5 (11... e5 $6 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. Bg5
Qe8 14. Qe3 Ra6 15. Rfd1 Nxe5 16. Rd8 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qe5 18. Rad1 Bxh3 $2 (
18... f6 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Bd6 Qe8 22. Bc7 Nd7 23. e5 fxe5 24. Be2
$40) 19. g4 $1 f5 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Rd8 Bxg4 {Avrukh,B (2585)-Motylev,A (2655)
/EU Cup Eilat/2012/} 22. Bxg4 (22. Bh6 Ra8 23. Qxb6 Rxd8 24. Qxd8 Qd6 25. Qxd6
Bxd6 26. Bxg4 fxg4 27. Be3 Kf7 28. Bb6 Bb4 29. Nd1 Bd2 30. Kf1 h5 31. Ke2 Bb4
32. Ne3 c3 33. b3 Kf6 34. Kd3 Kg5 35. Bc7 h4 36. Nd1 Bc5 37. Nxc3 Bxf2 38. Ke2
Bd4 39. Nd1 b6 40. Nf2 g3 41. Bd8+ Kh5 42. e5 g2 43. Nh3 Kg4 44. Nf2+ Kf5 45.
Nh3 g1=Q 46. Nxg1 Bxg1 47. Bxh4 Kxe5 48. Bd8 Ke4 49. Kf1 Be3 50. Ke2 g5 51. Bc7
g4 52. Bg3 Bf4 {0-1 (52) Avrukh,B (2585)-Motylev,A (2655) Eilat 2012}) 22...
fxg4 23. Bh6 Ra8 24. Qxb6 $18) 12. Rd1 Nd6 13. g4 f6 14. e5 (14. Bf4 $142 $44)
14... Ne8 15. Ne4 Be6 16. Nc5 Bd5 17. Nxb7 Qc8 18. Nc5 Nc7 19. Re1 f5 20. gxf5
Rxf5 21. Ra3 Nd7 22. Ne4 Ne6 $36 23. Ng3 $2 Rxf3 $1 24. Bxf3 Nxd4 25. Bxd5+
cxd5 26. Qd1 Nxe5 $19 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Gd5,Ge5] Manolache,M (2441)-Cheparinov,I 
(2567)/Ortigueira/2004/}) 6... Nb6 (6... b5 $5) 7. Nbd2 g6 ({Simple
development, Black is unwilling to risk} 7... Bg4 8. Nxc4 $5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qxd4
10. Na5 $32) ({or} 7... Be6 8. O-O $44) 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nxc4 Bf5 10. Qc3 Nxc4 11.
Qxc4 O-O 12. Rd1 a5 13. Qb3 Qd6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nc4 Qb4 16. Ne3 Qxb3 17. axb3
Be6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nc5 20. Ra3 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rac8 22. Bg5 e6 23. Rd6 Bxb2
24. Rxa5 Bc1 $11 {Grischuk,A (2764)-Aronian,L (2809)/London candidates/2013/
For more details about this game see the notes by Marin in CBM 154.}) 4... e6
5. g3 $5 {Kramnik goes for the Catalan, which he knows so well. His move-order
is quite rare, as White has already committed his knight to c3.} ({He is in no
mood for either} 5. e3 Nbd7) ({or} 5. Bg5 h6 {Both systems are heavily
analysed mainline theory, to catch up with the confident leader (In Qatar Giri
started with 6/6) he has to come up with something less usual.}) 5... dxc4 {
Anish picks up the gauntlet.} ({Taking on c4 sooner or later is certainly
principled, the shy} 5... Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Nd2 $5 {
[%cal Ye2e4] gives White chances for an edge without much risk - altogether in
the Catalan spirit...}) 6. Bg2 b5 {Protects his booty.} ({Black's main
alternative is} 6... Nbd7 7. a4 Bb4 (7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 e5 $5 $132 {
has a solid reputation}) 8. O-O O-O {Here Giri had a pleasant experience in
the past, but with White:} 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Na2 Bd6 11. Qxc4 Nb6 12. Qc2 Qxa4 13.
b3 Qa5 14. Ne5 Nbd7 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Rd1 e5 18. Nc3 exd4 19. Ba3
c5 20. e3 d3 21. Rxd3 Qb8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 b6 24. Bb2 a5 25. Ra4 Re8 26.
Rg5 g6 27. Bd5 Kf8 28. Rf4 {1-0, Giri,A (2720)-Caruana,F (2781)/Wijk aan Zee/
2013/ For the notes to this game by Marin see CBM 153. Naturally Black's play
can be improved, but it's no wonder that Giri prefers to avoid this particular
branch.}) 7. Ne5 a6 (7... Bb7 $2 8. Nxb5) ({Black mostly plays} 7... Nd5 {
, but holding on to the pawn means falling behind in development:} 8. e4 $5 (8.
O-O Bb7 (8... f6 9. Ng4 $5 Be7 10. e4 Nb4 $6 (10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. a4
$44 (12. e5 $5 f5 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. a4 {()})) (10... Nb6 11. a4 $32) 11. a4 bxa4
12. Ne3 Nd7 13. Qg4 $6 (13. Nxa4 $16 {[%csl Rc4,Re6]}) 13... g6 14. Nxc4 Nb6
15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qd1 O-O 17. Rxa4 Rxa4 18. Qxa4 Qxd4 19. Be3 b5 20. Bxd4 bxa4
21. Nxa4 Rd8 22. Bb6 Rd2 23. Be3 Rd8 24. Rc1 e5 $11 {Eljanov,P (2712)-Gurevich,
M (2617)/Konya/2011/}) 9. a4 a6 {and now:} 10. axb5 (10. e4 {is more popular,
but postponing the swap on b5 can later gives Black a choice to advantageously
take back with the c-pawn:} Nxc3 (10... Nf6 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 exd5 13. axb5
axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Nxb5 Bc5 16. Qa4 O-O 17. Qxa8 Qe8 18. Nc3 Qxe5 19. Bf4
Qh5 20. Bxb8 Ng4 21. h4 Nxf2 22. Qb7 $1 Ng4+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Kh2 Ng4+ 25. Kh1
Nf2+ 26. Rxf2 Bxf2 27. Bd6 $16 {Mikhalevski,V (2632)-Naiditsch,A (2637)/Heviz /
2008/ For more details about this line see the notes by Mikhalevski in CBM 123.
}) 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Qg4 g6 14. Nxd7 (14. Bh6 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 16.
Qf4 g5 17. Bxg5 O-O-O 18. Bxe7 $13 {1/2, Nielsen,P (2625)-Goloshchapov,A (2558)
/Istanbul/2003/}) 14... Qxd7 (14... h5 $5) 15. Bh6 f6 (15... e5 {/\} 16. Qxd7+
Kxd7 17. Bg7 exd4 18. Bxh8 Rxh8 19. cxd4 Kc7 $36 {[%csl Ga6,Gb5,Gc4,Gc6]}) 16.
axb5 cxb5 17. Rfe1 e5 $1 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. Bg7 Rhe8 21. Bxe5 Bc5
22. Bh3+ Kc6 23. Bf6 Kb6 24. e5 {Kortschnoj,V (2602)-Wang,Yue (2704)/Amsterdam/
2008/} a5 25. Bd7 Rf8 $15) {Safer is} 10... axb5 {, keeping the centre more
closed for the time being.} (10... cxb5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. e4 $32 Be7 (12...
dxe4 13. Qh5 Qc7 (13... g6 14. Nxg6 $16 fxg6 15. Qe5+ $16) 14. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 15.
Re1 g6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Rxe4+ Be7 18. Qd5 Ra7 19. Bh6 Nc6 20. Rae1 $16 {->})
13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Nxf7 $1 Bxf7 15. Bxa8 O-O 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Be4 Nc6 18. d5 $18
{Ben Menachem,I (2305)-Varga,Z (2480)/Ramat Hasharon/1992/}) 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12.
e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Bf4 $5 (14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Be3 Bb7 (15... c5 16. Qa1
Bb7 17. dxc5 Be7 18. Qa7 Bf6 19. e5 Bxg2 20. Qb8+ Qd8 21. Qxb5+ Qd7 22. Qb8+
Qd8 23. Qxd8+ Kxd8 24. Kxg2 Bxe5 25. Bd4 $14) 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qe2 Be7 18. Ra1 g6
19. Ra7 O-O 20. Qa2 Qc8 21. e5 Rd8 22. h4 Rd7 23. Be4 $44 {Fridman,D (2635)
-Kraemer,M (2570)/Bundesliga/2014/}) 14... Bb7 ({Deserving attention was} 14...
Be7 {/\} 15. Qg4 g6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bh6 e5 $5 18. Qf3 $5 (18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19.
Bg7 Re8 20. Bxe5 c5 $132) 18... exd4 19. Bg7 Rg8 20. Bxd4 c5 21. Bf6 Qc6 22.
Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Qf4 Rd8 $11) 15. Nxd7 (15. Qh5 g6 16. Qf3 f6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 {
1/2, Wells,P (2517)-Haslinger,S (2468)/Caerleon/2007/} 18. Ra1 Be7 19. Ra7 O-O
20. Bh3 f5 $11 {/=/+}) 15... Qxd7 16. Qg4 Qd8 17. Ra1 h5 18. Qe2 Bd6 19. e5 Be7
20. Be4 g6 21. Qf3 Qc7 22. Be3 O-O 23. h4 Kg7 24. Qf4 Rh8 25. Kh2 Qb8 26. Ra2
Qc8 27. Bc1 Qd7 28. Ra7 Bd8 29. Qf3 Be7 30. Ba3 Bxa3 $6 (30... Rb8 $1 $14) 31.
Qf6+ Kg8 32. Rxa3 $36 {Mikheev,S (2547)-Van Unen,H (2552)/email/2010/}) 8...
Nxc3 (8... Nb4 9. a3 Qxd4 10. axb4 Qxe5 11. Bf4 Qf6 12. e5 Qd8 13. O-O $1 (13.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Nxb5 Bxb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 a6 17. Kc3 Nd7 18. f4 Rb8 19.
Nd6 Ke7 20. Nxc4 Nb6 $11 {Tregubov,P (2646)-Pavasovic,D (2597)/Kallithea/2008/}
) 13... Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Bxb4 15. Nxb5 cxb5 16. Bxa8 a6 17. Bd2 Bxd2 18. Rxd2 Ke7
19. f4 Nd7 20. Rad1 f6 21. exf6+ gxf6 {Arngrimsson,D (2385)-Mihok,O (2451) /
Budapest/2013/} 22. Rd6 Nc5 23. Rc6 $36) 9. bxc3 Be7 (9... Bb7 10. Qh5 $1 {/\}
g6 11. Nxg6 fxg6 12. Qe5 $16) 10. Qg4 O-O 11. Bh6 Bf6 12. O-O Kh8 13. Be3 Bxe5
14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 Qe7 16. Qh5 b4 17. f5 (17. Qe2 $1 $14) 17... f6 (17... Nxe5
18. f6 gxf6 19. Bd4 Nd7 $5 $13) 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qh4 bxc3 20. Rae1 Ng8 21.
Qxe7 Nxe7 22. Bc5 Re8 23. g4 $36 {Nyzhnyk,I (2620)-Graf,A (2605)/Bad Wiessee/
2012/}) (7... Qb6 8. O-O Bb7 9. e4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O (10... h6 $5 11. Be3 $44)
11. Ng4 Qd8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Be7 14. Nxb5 Nd7 15. Nc3 Rb8 16. Qe2 Qb6 17.
Rad1 c5 18. d5 h5 19. Ne3 Nxe5 20. Qxh5 Qxb2 21. Rc1 $36 {Nisipeanu,L (2686)
-Van Wely,L (2685)/Canberra/2014/}) 8. O-O {[%mdl 512] Proceeds in gambit
style. Taking the pawn back releases the tension and is generally a relief for
Black.} (8. Nxc6 Qb6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. e4 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. d5 Nbd7 13. Be3 Bc5
14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. dxe6 Ne5 17. b4 Qxb4 18. Qd4 Nd3 19. Nd5 Bxd5
20. exd5 Qd6 $15 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2721)-Smeets,J (2669) Bundesliga/2010/}) (
8. a4 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 $5 (9... Nd5 {transposes to 7...Nd5 above.}) 10. axb5 axb5
11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxa8 O-O 14. Bg2 Nd5 15. f4 Bd6 16. e3 Bxe5 17.
fxe5 Nc6 18. Qg4 Qd7 19. h4 Ncb4 20. h5 {Nyzhnyk,I (2585)-Giri,A (2717)//EU-ch
Plovdiv /2012/} {Now, as Krasenkow points out in CBM 148,} f5 $1 $15 {gives
Black an excellent position.}) 8... Bb7 9. b3 $5 ({We have already had} 9. a4 {
above, Kramnik has a different approach on his mind, often championed by GM
Gleizerov.}) 9... cxb3 {Modest, but solid.} (9... b4 10. Na4 ({Interesting is
also the enterprising piece sacrifice} 10. bxc4 bxc3 11. Rb1 Ra7 12. Be3 Bd6
13. d5 c5 14. Qa4+ Nbd7 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bxb7 Bxe5 17. Bxc5 Rxb7 18. Rxb7 Qc8
19. Ra7 {Li,Chao (2697)-Ankit,R (2455)/Graz/2014/} Kf7 $13) 10... c3 11. Nc4
$32 {is very risky, Black's lag in development makes it difficult for him to
retain his powerful pawn-chain after} a5 (11... Nbd7 12. Bf4 a5 13. a3 Nd5 14.
Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Nb8 16. Bc5 Na6 17. e4 Ndc7 18. Bb6 O-O 19. Bxa5 Qe7 {
Gleizerov,E (2549)-Hovhanisian,M (2513)/Charleroi/2014/} 20. axb4 Nb5 21. e5
Nxb4 22. Bb6 Na6 23. Qd3 $36) 12. a3 Ba6 13. axb4 axb4 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5
Qxd1 (15... O-O 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Bd6 Nd7 18. e4 N5f6 19. Ra4 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Qxd1
21. Rxd1 Bxc4 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rxb4 Be2 24. Rc1 $18 {Gleizerov,E (2531)-Bruno,
F (2413)/Sibenik/2014/}) 16. Rxd1 O-O 17. Bf4 Nbd7 18. Bxc6 Bxc4 19. Rxa8 Rxa8
20. Bxa8 Bxb3 21. Rd4 $18 {Gleizerov,E (2546)-Solodovnichenko,Y (2543)/Koge/
2013/}) 10. axb3 Be7 (10... Nbd7 $5 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Bb2 Qb6 14. Ne4
Nxe5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. dxe5 Be7 17. Qe4 (17. Rd6 $5) 17... O-O 18. Bd4 Qc7 19.
Rdc1 Bb4 20. Qe3 h6 21. Bb6 Qe7 22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Rfd8 24. b4 $44 {
Melkumyan,H (2678)-Duda,J (2599)/Doha/2014/ White's compensation is just
enough to hold the balance, this game was played in Round 4.}) 11. Bb2 (11. Bg5
O-O 12. e3 Ra7 13. h4 c5 14. dxc5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Bxc5 17. Nd3
Nbd7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 Na4 21. Nxa4 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rb7 $11 {
Li,Chao (2687)-Tomashevsky,E (2733)/St Petersburg/2012/}) 11... O-O 12. Qc2 ({
A later game went} 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Qc1 (13. Nc5 $5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 $36) 13... Nd7
14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Nc5 Qc7 16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. e3 a5 18. Ba3 b4 19. Bb2 Ba6 20. e4
Nf6 21. Nxa6 Rxa6 22. Qc4 Qb6 23. Rdc1 g6 24. Qe2 Ra7 25. Rc4 Ne8 26. Qc2 (26.
e5 c5 27. Qe3 Rad7 $5 28. dxc5 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bf1 Qc6 $132) 26... Rc7
27. e5 c5 $132 {Dubov,D (2629)-Shirov,A (2675)/Moscow rpd/2014/}) 12... Nfd7 $6
$146 {This anti-developing move doesn't make a good impression.} ({Black
should have been more generous with} 12... Nbd7 $1 13. Nxc6 (13. Bxc6 Qc7 14.
Bxb7 Qxb7 $11) (13. Nd3 {or}) (13. Rfc1 {retains pressure and compensation,
but White can't justifiably claim an advantage.}) 13... Bxc6 14. Bxc6 Rc8 15.
Bxd7 (15. Rxa6 $6 b4 {[%cal Rd7b8]}) 15... Qxd7 16. Qd3 Qb7 17. f3 Rfd8 18.
Rfd1 h6 19. Ne4 e5 20. e3 exd4 21. Bxd4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. fxe4 Rc6 $15 {
Onischuk,A (2699)-Roussel Roozmon,T (2487)/Montreal/2009/}) 13. Nd3 $1 $36 {
[%csl Rb8,Rd7][%cal Yc3e4,Ye4c5,Yb3b4,Yb2a3] The congestion on the queenside
makes Black's life difficult, while White has many different motifs to improve
his position.} Qb6 14. Ne4 a5 (14... c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. b4 $16) 15. Ndc5 (15.
Nec5 $5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 $44) 15... Bc8 {Another retreat, which doesn't improve
the situation.} ({Most engines insist Black should have taken the plunge with} 
15... f5 $5 16. Nxe6 (16. Nxb7 Qxb7 (16... fxe4 17. Nc5 (17. Qxe4 Qxb7 18.
Qxe6+ Rf7 19. d5 Ra6 20. dxc6 Rxc6 $13) 17... Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxe4 Qf5
20. Qe3 Bc5 21. Qc3 Ra7 22. Rxa5 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qc5 24. Rxa7 Qxc3 25. Bxc3 Bxa7
26. Rd1 $36 {[%csl Rb8,Gc3,Gg2]}) 17. Nc3 (17. Nd2 Nb6 $13 {[%cal Yb6d5,Ya5a4]}
) 17... Na6 18. e4 $44) 16... fxe4 17. Nxf8 Nxf8 18. Qxe4 Qd8 19. Rfd1 $14 {
Although White should be on top with his central pawns, the position remains
sharp.}) 16. Qc3 $5 {[%cal Rd4d5]} b4 17. Qe3 {Kramnik has fixed Black's
queenside pawns and stopped the Na6-b4 option.} Na6 18. Rfc1 Nc7 $6 (18...
Naxc5 19. dxc5 Qc7 20. Rd1 $36 {[%cal Ye4d6,Yd1d2,Ya1d1]}) (18... Qb5 $5 $14)
19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Nc5 Be8 $8 {For the time being Black has to keep his Rf8
locked in.} (20... Bc8 21. Na4 $16) (20... Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qa7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23.
Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Rc4 e5 26. Be4 $1 Rfd8 27. Bxh7+ Kf8 28. Bg6 Be6 29.
Rh4 $18) 21. Ra2 Qb5 22. Qd3 (22. Be4 $5 $36 {[%cal Ye4d3]}) 22... Qxd3 (22...
Bxc5 $142 23. Qxb5 Nxb5 24. Rxc5 Ra6 {/\} 25. e4 {[%cal Yg2f1,Yd4d5]} Ra7 26.
Bf1 Nd6 27. f3 f5 $132) 23. Nxd3 Nd5 24. Ne5 Ra6 25. Bf1 $1 {[%cal Re2e4]} Nc3
$6 {Black will have to return at least one pawn anyway, but now the weaknesses
remain.} ({More resilient was} 25... Ra7 26. e4 (26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Rxc6 Rfa8
28. e4 Nc3 $14) 26... Nc3 27. Bxc3 bxc3 28. Rxc3 Bd7 {Here White's Pd4 is
vulnerable, winning the opposite-coloured bishops after} 29. Nxc6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6
Rd8 $14 {/+/- won't be that easy.}) ({Also better than the text was} 25... Nc7
$5 26. e3 Nb5 27. Bg2 Na3 28. Raa1 a4 $14) 26. Bxc3 bxc3 27. Rxc3 $16 {[%csl
Ra5,Rc6]} c5 $6 {Black is in serious trouble, but this is desperation.} (27...
Bf6 28. e3 $16) 28. dxc5 Bf6 29. f4 {[%csl Gc5]} Bb5 30. Bg2 Ra7 31. c6 $16 {
/+- White has a powerful extra passed pawn - the game is more or less decided.}
Be7 32. Be4 f6 (32... Rc8 33. Nf3 {[%cal Yf3d4] is similar}) 33. Nf3 Rd8 (33...
f5 34. Nd4 Ba6 35. Bf3 $18) 34. e3 e5 35. fxe5 fxe5 36. Rc1 {[%csl Re5]} a4 37.
bxa4 ({Black has had enough,} 37. bxa4 Ba6 (37... Rxa4 $2 38. Rxa4 Bxa4 39. c7)
38. Nxe5 $18 {is hopeless.}) 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Yu,Yangyi"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After seven rounds Giri and Kramnik were jointly heading the table with 6.0/7,
followed by me and UAE GM Salem with 5.5/7 each. In round eight I had to face
Giri, the top seed in this tournament and currently ranking among the world's
top 10. Giri had won his first six games but lost in round seven against
Kramnik. Prior to the game I did not think too much about all the things that
could happen. I tried to remain calm and told myself that I just wanted to
play a good game. I believe this mindset is one reason for my decent
performance. Of course, this was not the first time Giri and I had met. We
were both born in 1994 and our paths have crossed several times. My last game
against Giri at the Reykjavik Open in Iceland 2013 ended in a draw.} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 c4 9. Be2
{Up to this point we both played pretty fast. I had already played this line
of the Queens Gambit Declined (D38) quite often. However, when preparing I
noticed how well my opponent knows the openings, and I assumed he had
thoroughly analysed this line.} Bf5 $1 {A rare move, which I had analysed with
a friend. Now Giri spent quite a bit of time thinking about his response. This
indicates that he was not prepared for the unexpected 9...Bf5.} (9... g5 $5 10.
Bg3 $13) 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Rc1 (12. Nd2 g5 13. Bg3 Re8 14. a4 (14.
Be5 Nc6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11) 14... Nbd7 $13) 12... Nbd7 13. Ne5 Qb6 {So far all
the moves had been rather natural and now the position seems to be roughly
equal. White has the pair of bishops, but the position is rather closed. Black
has no major weakness and his strong bishop on f5 prevents the white rooks
from going to b1. And the pawn on c3 can easily become vulnerable. Given
White's inability to gain control over the b-file, Black can try to take
advantage of his queenside majority and simply advance his pawns, e.g. ...b5
and ...a5. All in all White's position is more difficult to play, and he can
quickly run into trouble if he proceeds carelessly.} 14. Nxd7 {I think White
should first play 14.Bf3 and avoid the exchange of minor pieces. Then it is
more difficult for Black to play ...Qc6, ...b5, ...a5 to set a strong pawn
avalanche in motion. But after 14.Bf3 Qe6 Black's position should still be
quite okay.} (14. Bf3 $5 Qe6 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Qa4 Qc6 17. Qa5 b5 18. a4 a6 $11
) 14... Nxd7 15. Qd2 (15. Bg3 Qc6 16. a4) (15. Bg4 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 Qc6 17. Rb1 b5
) 15... Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Qc6 {I assessed my position as being already very good
and much easier to play. Black's obvious and simple plan is to advance his
queenside pawns, whereas White will not be able to break through in the centre
with f3 and e4 because Black controls the key squares.} 17. f3 (17. Qb2 b5 18.
Bd1 Nb6 $15) 17... b5 18. Bf1 a5 $15 19. g4 Bg6 20. Bg3 Nb6 21. a3 Re7 22. h3
Rea7 {I was planning to sacrifice a pawn with ...b4 followed by ...Ra2. In
conjunction with the passed pawn on c4 the rook on the second rank would make
it difficult for White move.} 23. Qb2 {A strong move averting my plan to play .
..b4, as White could then re-capture on b4 with his queen.} Na4 (23... b4 24.
axb4) 24. Qd2 Nb6 25. Qb2 Bd3 $1 {Now after White prevented all good
opportunities to play ...b4 I had to find a new plan. First, I first wanted to
force White's white-squared bishop to a worse square.} 26. Bg2 (26. Bxd3 cxd3
27. Qd2 Nc4 28. Qxd3 Nxa3 29. e4 Nc4 $17) 26... Re8 $1 {My new plan was to
shift my rooks from the a- to the e-file to exert pressure on e3, and to put
my knight and my queen on squares from which they eyed the queen - and the
kingside, thus creating the dual threats of ...b4 and ...f5. It is not easy
for White to find a good defence against this plan.} 27. Ra1 Rae7 28. Qc1 Re6
29. Ra2 Qd7 30. Bf2 Na4 31. Rd2 (31. Bg3 Qe7) 31... Qd6 {Now all of Black's
pieces are perfectly-placed. I'm threatening both ...b4 and ...f5. If White
plays 32.Qa2 to prevent ...b4, I can play 32...f5, followed by ...Rg6
launching an attack on the kingside. White's pawns do not make a good
impression and they hinder White's pieces from occupying and defending
important squares.} 32. Kh1 {My opponent makes a prophylactic move on the
kingside. But this finally allows my b4-breakthrough on the queenside.} (32.
Ra2 f5 $1 {[%cal Ge6g6]}) 32... b4 $1 33. axb4 axb4 34. cxb4 Qxb4 $17 {Black
has a clear advantage and can infiltrate White's position via the a- and the
b-files.} 35. e4 $6 {Maybe my opponent had overlooked that after 35...dxe4 36.
d5 Black can play 36...e3!} dxe4 36. fxe4 (36. d5 e3 $19) 36... Bxe4 37. Rxe4
Rxe4 38. Bxe4 Rxe4 {This position must be winning for Black. He is a pawn up,
his pieces are more active, and White is still struggling to gain space.} 39.
Qc2 c3 40. Rd1 Re7 {Maybe 40...Re8 is even more precise. I had calculated 41.
d5 Qb2 42.Qxa4 attacking my rook on e8, hence I moved my rook to e7. Later,
when I was looking at the game with an engine, I saw that 42...Re2 would win
the piece back - and win the game.} (40... Re8 $1 41. d5 Qb2 $1 42. Qxa4 Re2 $1
$19 43. d6 Rxf2 44. Qa8+ Kh7 $19) 41. Rb1 {Very accurate defence.} (41. d5 $2
Qb2 $19) 41... Nb2 42. Re1 Rxe1+ (42... Qb7+ 43. Kg1 (43. Kh2 Rxe1 44. Bxe1 Nd1
$1 $19) 43... Rxe1+ 44. Bxe1 Qf3 45. Qxc3 Nd3 46. Qc8+ Kh7 $19) 43. Bxe1 Na4 $2
{I didn't spend too much time here. 43...Na4 is actually not a good move. I
deemed Black's advantage to be decisive but underestimated White's advanced
d-pawn, which quite annoyingly ties up Black's pieces. If I give up my pawn on
c3 for White's d-pawn, the resulting endgame will be a lengthy battle. The
best continuation would have been 43...Qb7+ followed by 44...Qf3. White's
awkward kingside pawns leave his king exposed, allowing Black's queen and
knight to penetrate White's kingside and create mating threats. Black will
very likely win White's bishop or at the very least the h- and the g-pawn.} (
43... Qb7+ $1 $19 44. Kg1 Qf3 45. Qxc3 Nd3 46. Qd2 (46. d5 Qe3+ 47. Kf1 Qxh3+
48. Ke2 Nf4+ $19) 46... Nf4 47. d5 Nxh3+ 48. Kh2 Qxg4 49. d6 Ng1 $19) 44. d5
Qd4 {I had initially planned 44...Qc4 but had to abandon this idea after
realising that White can simply play 45.Kg1. After long thought I decided to
go for 44...Qd4.} (44... Qc4 45. Kg1) 45. d6 {Up to here Giri had defended
remarkably well, considering the enormous pressure he had been facing during
the whole game. A true reflection of his strength.} Nc5 {Played after about 25
minutes. My initial plan after 44...Qd4 was to continue with 45...Qe3, but
then I saw that White could play 46.Kg2 after which my advantage would get
less and less. I also thought about ...Kf8 but was a bit too worried. After
the game the engines suggested that ...Kf8 is not such a bad move! The text
move leads to an endgame that is not easy to win for Black but not easy to
draw for White either. At least I wanted to maintain the pressure on White.} (
45... Qe3 $6 46. Kg2 $1) (45... Kf8 $5 46. Qf5 g6 (46... g5 47. Bf2 (47. Qc8+
Kg7 48. d7 Qe4+)) 47. Qc8+ Kg7 48. Kg2 (48. d7 Qe4+) 48... Qd5+ $19) 46. Qxc3
Qxd6 47. Qf3 Qe6 48. Bf2 Ne4 49. Be3 Qc4 50. Bf4 Qc2 51. Kg1 Qc5+ 52. Kg2 Qd4
53. Be3 Qb2+ 54. Kg1 Qb1+ 55. Kg2 Qc2+ 56. Kg1 Nc3 57. Bf2 Qd2 58. Kf1 Nd5 59.
Kg2 Nf4+ 60. Kg3 Nd5 {Here we both had less than ten minutes left though I was
a bit better on the clock. I also had the initiative and thus a psychological
edge.} 61. Kg2 Nf6 62. Qf5 Qc3 63. Qf3 Qc2 64. Qa8+ Kh7 65. Qf3 Qc4 66. Qf5+
Kg8 67. Qf3 Ne4 68. Be3 f6 69. Bf4 Kf7 70. Be3 Qd5 71. Kg1 Ke6 72. Kg2 Kd7 73.
Kg1 Kd6 74. Qe2 Ke6 75. Qf3 Qe5 76. Kh1 Kf7 77. Bf4 Qd5 78. Kg2 Kg6 79. Be3 Qe6
80. Bf4 Nc5 81. Bg3 Qc4 82. Qe3 Qc2+ {We were in the fifth hour of a mentally
and physically exhausting game. Here I had about nine minutes left on the
clock, whereas my opponent was down to one minute. Probably afraid of mistakes
in extreme time pressure he tried to find a tactical way to secure a draw.} 83.
Qf2 Qc4 84. Qe3 Ne4 85. Bf4 Qc2+ 86. Kf3 Nc3 {Right after making this move I
saw that White could play 87.Bxh6. And my opponent went for it straight away.
I was forced to remain calm and pull myself together. I said to myself that it
would be miraculously unfair to fall victim to such a tactical blow in a
position with so few pieces on the board. 87...gxh6 would of course end in a
perpetual, but Black is not forced to take the bishop. I took a sober look at
the position and after about one minute I found a response.} 87. Bxh6 $2 $138
Qh2 $1 $19 {I had calculated that this was winning for Black. After the game
the engine confirmed my assessment. My opponent had little time left. He will
lose his bishop without attaining the desired perpetual, and any attempt to
save the bishop will cost him his queen. It is fair to say, my queen and
knight harmonized very well with each other in penetrating White's exposed
king and exploiting the space advantage Black had throughout the entire game.}
88. Qe8+ (88. Bf4 Qxh3+ 89. Bg3 Qh1+) 88... Kh7 89. Bxg7 (89. Bf4 Qxh3+ 90. Bg3
Qh1+ 91. Ke3 Qg1+ 92. Kd2 Qd4+ 93. Kc2 Qxg4 $19) 89... Qh1+ $1 $19 (89... Qxh3+
90. Kf2 Kxg7 91. Qd7+ Kh6 92. g5+) 90. Kf2 Ne4+ 91. Ke2 Qg2+ {I felt relieved
and a bit lucky after this epic five hour battle. I had made a few
inaccuracies but by and large I had played a good game and was satisfied with
my performance. After the game I had dinner and went for a walk. Then I
returned to the hotel to rest and think about how to prepare for the game
against Kramnik in the final round.} 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 Be7 {In this Paulsen System, Black
often plays ...Be7 after ...Bb4, as he wants to play ...b4.} (11... Nc4 {
is the other move, when} 12. Bxc4 bxc4 {leads to a complicated position.}) 12.
Qf2 Bb7 {This is a rare move, but has the logical idea of developing the B
first.} (12... d6 {is the most common move} 13. g4 Nfd7 14. Rg1 g5 {was played
in Dominguez-Mamedyarov, Tromso ol (Men) 41st 2014.}) 13. Bb6 {White chases
away the Q and wants to play Bd4, where the B is well placed.} Qb8 14. Bd4 d6
$146 {Black wants to keep the knight on e5.} (14... Nc6 {was played before} 15.
Be3 d6 16. g4 Nd7 17. g5 Qc7 18. h4 Nce5 19. Rg1 b4 20. Na4 Nxf3 21. Qxf3 Bc6
22. Bd4 $36 {Moreno Carnero-Al Modiahki, Port Erin 2003}) 15. g4 {White plays
the most logical way. There are possibilities like a3, but this seems better.}
b4 16. Na4 $2 {This move misses a tactical shot} ({In the event of the
intermediate} 16. g5 Nfd7 (16... bxc3 $2 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxc3 $36) (16...
Nfg4 $5 17. fxg4 bxc3) 17. Ne2 Qc7 $13) (16. Bxe5 {White wants to play Na4,
but it can't be played immediately for the reasons seen in the game.} dxe5 17.
Na4 Qc7 $13) (16. Ne2 {is the most logical move} Nfd7 17. g5 Qc7 $5 {Black
prevents Na5.} 18. Rg1 O-O 19. f4 {and the game is very unclear}) 16... Nxf3 $1
{A typical motif in the Paulsen and English Attack structures.} 17. Qxf3 $2 (
17. Bxf6 $1 {is still better} Bxf6 18. Nb6 Bxe4 (18... Qa7 19. Rxd6) 19. Nxa8
Qxa8 $15 {, when Black has a very pleasant position, but all results are still
possible.}) 17... Bxe4 18. Qh3 Bxh1 19. g5 Ne4 $1 20. g6 $1 {White's only
chance is to create some counterplay.} f6 $2 {This move gives White a chance
to get a very good attack.} (20... Ng5 $1 {would be the best defensive move}
21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qg3 Qb7 $15) 21. Qxe6 $2 {This natural capture misses the
chance.} (21. Be3 $1 {would be a very strong move to prepare Nd4 and prevent
Ng5:} f5 22. Nd4 $40) 21... Ng5 $1 {Defending the f7-square.} 22. Qe3 hxg6 23.
Nb6 Ra7 (23... Rxh2 $5 {is also good with the idea of} 24. Nxa8 $2 Be4 $1 $17)
24. Bd3 Rxh2 25. Bxg6+ Kf8 26. Nc5 $5 {White finds this good practical chance.}
Bc6 $1 {Defending the d7-square, which is a key square in this position.} (
26... dxc5 $5 {was also good, but the text move is even better} 27. Bxc5 Kg8
28. Bxe7 Bf3 $15) 27. Ne6+ $1 Nxe6 28. Qxe6 Be8 29. Bd3 (29. Be4 $1 {seems
better to have the possibility of playing Bd5 and controlling the b7-square;
the importance of these facts will become clear in the 29.Bd3 Bd8 line} Qc7 (
29... Bd8 $2 30. Nc8 $1 $18 {and there is no Rb7}) 30. Qb3 $44 {and the game
is far from clear.}) 29... Rc7 (29... Bd8 $1 {is even better} 30. Nc8 Rb7 $1
$17) 30. Re1 (30. Nd5 $2 Bf7 $1 31. Qe4 (31. Nxc7 Bxe6 32. Nxe6+ Kf7 $19) 31...
Bxd5 32. Qxd5 Qb7 $19) (30. Be4 $1 {would be stronger. Black doesn't even have
Qc7, he will have to give up the exchange} Bf7 31. Nd7+ Rxd7 32. Qxd7 Bd8 $15)
30... Qd8 $2 {This is again an inaccuracy.} (30... Qb7 $1 $17 {is suprisingly
strong with the idea of ...Bf7.}) 31. Nd5 Bf7 32. Qe4 Rd7 33. Nf4 $2 {This
move can be logical - to move the knight to the weakened white squares. But
this isn't enough.} (33. Nb6 $1 {would seize the chance} Rc7 34. Nd5 $44) 33...
d5 $1 34. Ng6+ (34. Ne6+ Bxe6 35. Qxe6 Bd6 $17) 34... Bxg6 35. Qxg6 Rh6 (35...
Bd6 {is even more precise to prepare ...Re7.}) 36. Qg2 Bd6 37. Rg1 Rh4 38. Qxd5
$2 {Trying a last practical chance.} Be7 39. Qg2 Rdxd4 40. Qxg7+ Ke8 41. Qg6+
Kd7 42. Qf5+ Kc7 43. Qa5+ Kb8 44. Qxa6 Rd6 $19 45. Qa4 Qb6 46. Re1 Rg4 47. b3
Rg1 48. Bf1 Rd8 49. a3 Bf8 50. Ka2 Qc5 51. axb4 Qxb4 52. Qa6 Rg5 53. Kb2 Ra5
0-1

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Basman, Michael J"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 d5 2. h3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. c4 Be6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. f3 Ng6 8. fxe4
dxe4 9. Bxe4 Bxc4 10. Nf3 Bb4 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. h4 Nf6 13. h5 Ne7 14. h6 gxh6 15.
Bxh6 Nxg4 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Rh4 h5 18. a3 Bxc3+ 19. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 20. bxc3 f6 21.
Bd2 Kf7 22. Bc2 Rae8 23. e3 Ng6 24. Bxg6+ Kxg6 25. O-O-O 0-1

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
dxc3 Ne7 9. a4 h6 10. a5 Ng6 11. c4 Be6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. b4 Nf4 14. Re1 Qf6 15.
Bf1 g5 16. Kh2 Kh8 17. g3 Nxh3 18. Bxh3 g4 19. Bg2 gxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxc4 21. Kg2
Kg7 22. Rh1 Rh8 23. Rh4 Nf8 24. Qd2 Ne6 25. Qc3 Bb5 26. Rah1 Kf8 27. Bg4 Bc6
28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. b5 Bxb5 30. Rxh6 Rxh6 31. Rxh6 Qg4 32. f3 Qg7 33. Qxc7 a6 34.
Qxd6+ Kg8 35. Rh5 1-0

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2839"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Ne7 8. Ne2
d5 9. Ng3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Ng6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. c3 Bd6 13. Be4 Bf5 14. d3 Bxe4
15. dxe4 Bc5 16. Qe2 h6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Nf4 19. h4 Rfd8 20. Red1 Rd6 21.
g3 Ng6 22. Kg2 Rad8 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. h5 Ne7 25. Qxa7 Rd3 26. Ne1 Rd2 27. Nf3
Rd3 28. Ne1 Rd2 29. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O Ne7 13. g3 Nf5 14. Bc1 Rc8 15.
c3 b5 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. Bg5 Qc4 18. Rfd1 Be7 19. Nf4 Nd7 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Qd2 a5
22. Be2 Qc6 23. Bd3 Qb6 24. a4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Rb8 26. Bc2 Qc7 27. Rda1 g6 28.
Nd3 Nc6 29. R4a2 Nb6 30. h4 Rfe8 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Nxf4 Rec8 33. Bd1 Nc4 34. Nd3
Rb6 35. Ba4 Kg7 36. Kg2 Rc7 37. Re1 Nd8 38. Bd1 Nc6 39. Re2 h6 40. Nc5 Re7 41.
Ba4 Ra7 42. Bb3 Nd6 43. Bc2 Re7 44. Bd3 Rb8 45. Re1 Rb6 46. Bc2 Ra7 47. Rea1
Rc7 48. Re1 Ra7 49. g4 Nb5 50. Ba4 Nd6 51. Rea1 Nd8 52. Bc2 Rc7 53. Ba4 N6b7
54. Nd7 Rd6 55. Ne5 Rb6 56. Re1 Nd6 57. Nd7 Rbb7 58. Nc5 Rb6 59. Bc2 N6b7 60.
Na4 Rbc6 61. Ra3 Nd6 62. Bd3 N8b7 63. Rb3 Nc4 64. Bxc4 Rxc4 65. Ra1 R4c6 66.
Rb5 Kf6 67. Kf3 Ke7 68. Ke2 Kf6 69. Kd3 g5 70. hxg5+ Kxg5 71. f3 f5 72. gxf5
Kxf5 73. Rh1 Rh7 74. b3 h5 75. c4 Kf4 76. cxd5 exd5 77. Rxd5 h4 78. Rh3 Rg6 79.
Nc3 Rg3 80. Ne2+ Kxf3 81. Nxg3 Kg4 82. Ne4 Kxh3 83. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Bd3 d6 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4
O-O 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bf1 Bf5 14. d3 a5 15.
Bf4 axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. Nc5 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 h6 19. g4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Nxb4 21. Re5
Qf3 22. Bg3 Qxg4 23. Ne4 Nxc2 24. Qc1 Ne3 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Re4 Qg6 27. Bh3 h5
28. Rxd4 Nf5 29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Qxc7 Kg7 31. Kg2 Re8 32. Qd7 Re6 33. Qc8 Re5 34.
Qa8 Rc5 35. Rd8 Qh7 36. Qa3 Rg5 37. Qf8+ Kg6 38. Kh3 h4 39. Bxh4 Qh5 40. Qg8+
Kf5 41. Rd5+ Kf4 42. Qb8+ Kf3 43. Rxg5 fxg5 44. Qg3+ Ke2 45. Qe3+ Kd1 46. Qxg5
Qf3+ 47. Qg3 Qd5 48. Qg4+ Kc2 49. Qe2+ Kb3 50. Qd1+ Kb4 51. Be7+ Ka5 52. Qa1+
Kb6 53. Qf6+ Ka5 54. Qc3+ Kb6 55. Kg3 Qe6 56. Qf6 1-0

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 h5 8. O-O
Nf6 9. h3 Bc5 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Nd2 d6 13. Nf3 b5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15.
Bg5 b4 16. Nb1 Bb7 17. Nd2 Nh7 18. Qxh5 O-O 19. Rac1 Nxg5 20. Qxg5 Rad8 21. Nf3
Bxe4 22. Qxe5 Qb7 23. Nh4 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Bd4 25. Qe2 Bxb2 26. Rcd1 Qc6 27. Ne3
Bd4 28. Rd3 f5 29. Rfd1 e5 30. a3 a5 31. axb4 axb4 32. Ng2 Qc4 33. Qd2 Rc8 34.
Ne3 Qc5 35. Rb3 f4 36. gxf4 Rxf4 37. Qe2 Rcf8 38. Rf1 Rf3 39. Ng4 Rxb3 40. cxb3
Qc3 41. Kg2 Qxb3 42. Qe4 Qe6 43. Re1 Qd6 44. Re2 b3 45. Nxe5 Qxe5 46. Qxe5 Bxe5
47. Rxe5 Rb8 48. Re1 Kf7 49. Rb1 b2 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. h4 Kf5 52. Kg3 Ke4 53. Kg4
Kd3 54. Kg5 Rb6 0-1

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. c3 h6 8. h3
Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Ne7 12. Nb2 c6 13. a4 Ng6 14. a5 Bc7 15.
Re1 Rf7 16. Nc4 Qd7 17. Ncd2 Nf4 18. Nf1 Nh7 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4
Raf8 22. N1h2 d5 23. e5 a6 24. g3 R4f5 25. h4 Bb8 26. Ra3 Ba7 27. Rd3 Qf7 28.
Kg2 Qg6 29. Rde3 R8f7 30. Rf1 Nf8 31. Ng1 Rf4 32. h5 Qg5 33. Ngf3 Rxf3 34. Rxf3
Qxh5 35. Rxf7 Qxf7 36. Qd3 Ng6 37. Nf3 Ne7 38. Rh1 Nf5 39. g4 Ne7 40. g5 Ng6
41. Qe3 h5 42. Kf1 Ne7 43. Nh4 g6 44. Rh3 Nf5 45. Nxf5 Qxf5 46. Rf3 Qg4 47. Qf4
Qxf4 48. Rxf4 Kg7 49. Ke2 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 e5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. h3 O-O
9. Nh4 Nd4 10. Ne2 Ne8 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nf5 Bg5 13. f4 Bxf5 14. exf5 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Qb6 17. a4 Nf6 18. a5 Qc5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. a6 Rfe8 21. Ra4
Re3 22. Rf3 Rbe8 23. Rxe3 dxe3 24. Qe2 Qxf5 25. Kg2 h5 26. Rf4 Qe6 27. c4 g5
28. Rf1 Qe5 29. b4 h4 30. gxh4 gxh4 31. Qf3 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 e2 33. Re1 Re3 34. Qg2
Rg3 35. Qh2 Nh5 36. b5 Nf4 0-1

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. c4 Bf5 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bh3 14. Rfe1 e6
15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Bc2 Bf5 17. Ne5 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qa5 19. a4 Rad8 20. b4 Qc7 21. b5
Nd7 22. Nf3 Rc8 23. Rac1 Rfd8 24. d5 e5 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. bxc6 Qxc6 27. Nxe5
Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Rd4 30. a5 Rxc4 31. Qxc4 Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Re7
a6 34. Ra7 Rc6 35. g4 Kg7 36. Kg2 Kf6 37. Kg3 h6 38. h4 Ke6 39. f3 g5 40. hxg5
hxg5 41. f4 f6 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. Rg7 Kf6 44. Rb7 Ke5 45. Rf7 Rc3+ 46. Kf2 Rc5
47. Rf5+ Kd4 48. Rxc5 Kxc5 49. Ke3 Kb5 50. Ke4 Kxa5 51. Kf5 Kb5 52. Kxg5 a5 53.
Kh6 a4 54. g5 a3 55. g6 a2 56. g7 a1=Q 57. g8=Q Qh1+ 58. Kg6 Qg2+ 59. Kf7 Qd5+
60. Kg7 Qxg8+ 61. Kxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. c4 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 d6
9. Nc3 Ne4 10. d4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 a6 15.
Qf3 Ra7 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. a4 Rc7 18. Ne2 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Rd4
Rc5 22. Rcd1 Rf5 23. Qe2 h5 24. h3 Rc5 25. f4 Re8 26. Qf3 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28.
Nxb5 d5 29. Nc3 dxc4 30. b4 Rc7 31. b5 e5 32. Rd6 exf4 33. Qxf4 Qb7+ 34. Kf2
Ne4+ 35. Nxe4 Qxe4 36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. b6 Rb7 38. Ke2 Rbe7 39. Rb1 Rxe3+ 40. Kd2
Rxg3 41. b7 c3+ 42. Kc1 Rg2 43. Rd1 Ree2 44. Re1 Rxe1# 0-1

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
Nbd7 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Nd2 f5 15. f4
Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qe8 17. Rf3 Qg6 18. Raf1 h5 19. Qc2 g4 20. R3f2 Qh7 21. Re1 h4
22. Nf1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nf6 24. gxh4 Ne4 25. g3 Qg7 26. Rb1 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28.
cxb5 Nxc3 29. Rb2 Na4 30. Ra2 Qc3 31. Qd1 Qc4 32. Qa1 Qxb5 33. e4 c4 34. exf5
c3 35. Qd1 Kf7 36. Qxg4 Ke8 37. Rae2 Ra7 38. Qg6+ Kd8 39. Qg7 Qe8 40. Qd4 Ra6
41. Ne3 Qb5 42. Qg7 Re8 43. f6 exf6 44. Qxf6+ Kc7 45. Qg7+ Kc8 46. Nf5 Rxe2 47.
Ne7+ Kb8 48. Nc6+ Rxc6 49. dxc6 Qb1+ 50. Kg2 Rxf2+ 51. Kxf2 Qb6+ 52. Ke2 Qxc6
53. Qg8+ Ka7 54. Qf7+ Ka6 0-1

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d6 8. Nc2
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O Be6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc6 14. Bg5 Nxe4
15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Bc7 Na4 17. b3 Rac8 18. Bxd6 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Nc3 20. Rd2 Rxd6
21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxd6 Nxa2 23. Rf3 a5 24. Na3 Nab4 25. Nb5 Na6 26. Rd2 Nc5
27. Re3 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Nxd8 29. Nd4 Nc6 30. Nxc6 bxc6 31. Kf2 Kg6 32. Ke2 a4 33.
bxa4 Nxa4 34. Kd3 Nb2+ 35. Kd4 Nxc4 36. Rg3+ Kh7 37. Kc5 Bd5 38. Rg4 Ne3 39.
Rh4+ Kg6 40. g3 f5 41. Rf4 Kf6 42. Kd4 g5 43. Rf2 Ng4 44. Rb2 Ne5 45. Rf2 Nf3+
46. Ke3 Ke5 47. h3 f4+ 48. gxf4+ gxf4+ 49. Kd3 c5 50. Rb2 c4+ 51. Kc3 Nh4 52.
Re2+ Kf6 53. Kd4 f3 54. Rf2 0-1

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Ng5 d6 7. O-O h6 8. Nh3
e5 9. f4 Bxh3 10. gxh3 exf4 11. Bxf4 Ng6 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. c3 d5 15.
Qf3 Bd6 16. Kh1 Rb8 17. Rab1 Bxg3 18. Qxg3 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qd5 20. c4 Qd4 21. h4
Kh8 22. h5 Ne5 23. Nc3 f5 24. Ne2 Qxd3 25. Qxe5 Rbe8 26. Nf4 Qxc4 27. Ng6+ Kg8
28. Rxf5 Qd3 29. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 Bxe7 20. fxe7 Rdg8 21. Ne4
Bd3 22. Nd6+ Kc7 23. Bf4 Kb6 24. Re1 Qxa2 25. Nxf7 Qa4 26. b3 Qxb3 27. Qxd7 Qc3
28. Bc7+ Kb7 29. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 c4 13. dxc4 Nxc4 14. Nc3 d5 15.
Bxc4 bxc4 16. Bg5 d4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Rb8 19. b3 cxb3 20. cxb3 Qd5 21. Qg4
Kh8 22. b4 Rfc8 23. Rad1 Qb3 24. Qe2 Qxa3 25. Ra1 Qxb4 26. Qxa6 Qb6 27. Qa2 Qb3
28. Qa6 Qb6 29. Qa2 Qc6 30. f3 Qd7 31. Rfd1 h6 32. h3 Bg5 33. Kh2 Bf4+ 34. g3
Be3 35. Kg2 Qxf5 36. Rab1 Qd7 37. Rxb8 Rxb8 38. Nc5 Qc6 39. Nd3 e4 40. Ne5
exf3+ 41. Kh2 Qf6 42. Nd7 Qe6 0-1

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 d5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Bd2 g6 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Rae1 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf6 16. b3 a5 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Rfd8 20. a4 Qb6
21. Rd1 Rac8 22. h3 Ba6 23. Rfe1 c5 24. Qf6 Rd4 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Rd1 Bb7 27.
Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Rxd4 Qc7 29. c3 h5 30. b4 axb4 31. cxb4 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qe1 33. h4
Rf8 34. a5 Re8 35. a6 Qa1 36. b5 e5 37. Rd7 Rf8 38. fxe5 Qa4 39. e6 1-0

[Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 Nc6 7. Be2 Be7 8. dxc5
dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Bxc4 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 b5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O O-O
15. Rfd1 Nc6 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Kf8 19. Kf1 Ke8 20. g4 h6 21.
Rc1 Rc8 22. Nd2 Nb8 23. Nb3 Nbd7 24. Nb1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Ne4 26. Bb2 e5 27. Bf3
Nd6 28. Bxb7 Nxb7 29. N1d2 Nd6 30. Ke2 f6 31. Kd3 Nb6 32. Na5 Kd7 33. Ne4 Ndc4
34. Nxc4 Nxc4 35. Bc1 Kc6 36. Nd2 Nd6 37. Ne4 Nc4 38. Nd2 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nce2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
Nf3 c5 9. c3 Ba6 10. h4 Nbc6 11. a3 Na5 12. Qc2 h6 13. g3 Rc8 14. Nf4 Bxf1 15.
Kxf1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nac6 17. Nf3 Ng6 18. Nd3 f6 19. Qe2 fxe5 20. Nfxe5 Ngxe5 21.
Nxe5 d4 22. Ng6 Qd5 23. Kg1 d3 24. Qd2 e5 25. h5 Rf7 26. Rh4 Na5 27. Re1 Nb3
28. Qd1 d2 29. Rxe5 Qf3 30. Re2 Rd8 31. Rhe4 Kh7 32. Ne5 Qxh5 33. Nxf7 Qxf7 34.
Rb4 a5 35. Rxb6 a4 36. Rbe6 Rd5 37. Qc2+ g6 38. Qd1 Rd7 39. R6e4 h5 40. Kg2 Qd5
41. Kh2 Kh6 42. Rxa4 Qb5 43. Rb4 Qg5 44. Rxb3 h4 45. c4 Qh5 46. Rb5 hxg3+ 47.
Kxg3 Rd3+ 48. Kg2 Qg4+ 49. Kf1 Qh3+ 50. Kg1 Qg4+ 51. Kf1 Qh3+ 52. Kg1 Qg4+ 53.
Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2014.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qxe1 b6 14.
d3 Bb7 15. Qb4 Re8 16. Qf4 Qg6 17. Bd2 h6 18. b4 c5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Be3 Rc8
21. Rb1 Qe6 22. c4 g5 23. Qg3 Nf5 24. Qg4 Nxe3 25. Qxe6 dxe6 26. Rxb7 Nf5 27.
Rxa7 g4 28. h3 h5 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Be2 Nh6 31. Ra5 Kg7 32. a4 Kf6 33. Rb5 Ke5
34. a5 Kd4 35. a6 Ra8 36. Ra5 Ra7 37. Kh2 f5 38. Kg3 Nf7 39. f3 gxf3 40. Bxf3
Ne5 41. Be2 Nc6 42. Ra1 Nb4 43. Kf4 Rxa6 44. Rxa6 Nxa6 45. Kg5 Ke5 46. Kg6 Nb4
47. Kf7 f4 48. Bg4 Nxd3 49. Bxe6 Nb2 50. Ke7 Kd4 51. Kf6 Nd3 52. Kf5 Ke3 53.
Bd5 Nb4 54. Bg8 Nd3 55. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2014.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Qd3 Nb8 10. Qg3 O-O 11. f4 c5 12. Nf3 Nbc6 13. Qf2 Rc8 14. O-O Nf5 15.
Rac1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nfxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc4 19. Qd3 Qc7 20. c3 d4 21.
Rf3 Rc8 22. Rh3 h6 23. Qg3 Kf8 24. Re1 dxc3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. Qh4 Qc5+ 27. Kh1
Rc1 28. Rhe3 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "2014.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. f4 Ne7 14. e4 Bxe5 15.
fxe5 Qd7 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. Rcd1 b5 18. a3 Rcd8 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Be4 a6 21. Rf6
Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 gxf6 25. Nxf6+ Kg7 26. Rd6 Ng6 27.
Nh5+ Kh7 28. e6 fxe6 29. Rxa6 Rd8 30. Ra7+ Kh8 31. Nf6 Nf8 32. Rf7 Rd1+ 33. Kf2
Rd2+ 34. Ke3 Rxb2 35. Rxf8+ Kg7 36. Nd7 Rxh2 37. Rf2 Rh1 38. Ne5 Re1+ 39. Kd4
Rd1+ 40. Kc3 Rd5 41. Re2 Kf6 42. Ng4+ Kg5 43. Nf2 Kf5 44. Kb4 h5 45. Re4 e5 46.
Re3 Rd2 47. Rf3+ Ke6 48. Ne4 Re2 49. Nc3 Rb2+ 50. Kc5 Rb3 51. Re3 Kf5 52. Kd5
Kg4 53. Kxe5 h4 54. gxh4 Rxa3 55. Re4+ Kh5 56. Nd5 c3 57. Ne3 c2 58. Nxc2 Rh3
59. Rb4 Rxh4 60. Nd4 Kg6 61. Rb2 Rh5+ 62. Ke6 Rh4 63. Rg2+ Kh5 64. Nf3 Rf4 65.
Ne5 Rf1 66. Rb2 Kg5 67. Rxb5 Rf6+ 68. Kd5 Rf1 69. Rb8 Rd1+ 70. Ke6 Re1 71. Rg8+
Kh5 72. Rg2 Rf1 73. Kd5 Rd1+ 74. Ke4 Ra1 75. Kf4 Kh6 76. Rf2 Kg7 77. Kf5 Ra6
78. Rg2+ Kf8 79. Rh2 Ke7 80. Rh7+ Kd8 81. Rg7 Kc8 82. Ke4 Rd6 83. Nc4 Rd1 84.
Ke5 Kb8 85. Nd6 Rc1 86. Kd5 Rd1+ 87. Kc5 Rc1+ 88. Nc4 Kc8 89. Rf7 Rc2 90. Kd5
Rc1 91. Rh7 Kb8 92. Rg7 Kc8 93. Nd6+ Kb8 94. Nb5 Kc8 95. Kd6 Rd1+ 96. Kc6 Rc1+
97. Kb6 Kd8 98. Nc7 Rc2 99. Ne6+ Ke8 100. Kb7 Rc1 101. Nc7+ Kf8 102. Ne6+ Ke8
103. Nc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.09"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qe2 Qd6 14. Be4
Nc6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. dxe5 Rac8 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. h4 Kg7 20. h5
Rd5 21. Rxd5 Qxd5 22. Rd1 Qxa2 23. Qd2 h6 24. hxg6 Kxg6 25. Qd3+ Kg7 26. Qg3+
Kh7 27. Qd3+ Kg7 28. Qg3+ Kh7 29. Qd3+ Kg7 30. Qg3+ Kh7 31. Qd3+ Kg7 32. Qg3+
Kh7 33. Qd3+ Kg7 34. Qg3+ Kh7 35. Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.09"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Bg5 Nge7 7. Qc1 h6 8. Bd2
d5 9. Nc3 g5 10. a3 Ng6 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Nb5 Nc6 14. Qa3 Qe7 15.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. Ra2 g4 17. Ne1 Bd7 18. c4 dxc4 19. dxc4 a6 20. Nc3 Rac8 21. Ne4
Bd4 22. Nc2 Ba7 23. Rb1 Rc7 24. Bc3 Nge5 25. c5 f5 26. Nd4 Rf8 27. Nxc6+ Nxc6
28. Nd6 Bxc5 29. Nxb7 Bd4 30. Bxc6 Bxc3 31. Bxd7 Rxd7 32. Nc5 Rc7 33. Nxa6 Ra7
34. Ra4 Rd8 35. e3 Rd6 36. Nc5 Rxa4 37. Nxa4 Be5 38. Nc5 Rc6 39. Nd3 Bd6 40.
Rb3 Kf6 41. Kg2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.09"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
c3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 d5 12. Bf4 c6 13. Nd2 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6
15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Qf3 g6 18. g3 Qd7 19. Re2 Rae8 20. Rae1 Nd6 21.
Qf4 Kg7 22. Kg2 f6 23. h4 h6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 26. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.09"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e4 Be6 14. e5 g6 15.
f4 Ng7 16. Ng3 f5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Qf2 Nf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21.
Rae1 Nd7 22. h3 h5 23. Kh1 Kf7 24. Qf3 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. Qe3+
Kf7 28. Kh2 h4 29. Qf2 g5 30. Ne2 Nf6 31. Qe3 g4 32. Nc3 g3+ 33. Kg1 Qc2 34. b3
Ne4 0-1

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re2 Nf6 12. Ne3 Re8 13. b3 Bf8 14. Bb2
Re6 15. c4 c6 16. Re1 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bc4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rh6 20. Rf1 Be6
21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Qf3 Qe8 23. Rf2 Rd8 24. Raf1 Rd7 25. Qf5 Red6 26. Qc2 Rh6 27.
g3 c5 28. Rf5 b6 29. R1f2 Re6 30. Qc3 Red6 31. Qc2 Re6 32. Qc3 Red6 33. Qc2 Re6
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 ({With the mass of theory
accumulating after} 5. Bd2 {White's desire to try something less thoroughly
investigated is understandable.}) 5... O-O 6. Ngf3 {The same as in the lines
with Bc1-d2, Black will most likely lose a tempo with his bishop. As a
compensation he should make use of the knight's sub-optimal placement on d2.}
dxc4 ({Personally, I would switch to the hanging pawns, a structure for which
the d2-knight really does not stand well:} 6... b6 7. O-O Bb7 {transposing to
the QI game Lupulescu,C (2655)-Marin,M (2550) Brasov 2011 CBM 145 [Marin,M] (1/
2-1/2, 26)}) 7. Qc2 {None of the players seemed inclined to play gambit lines.}
({White had an alternative in} 7. O-O c3 8. Nc4 Nc6 9. Qd3 cxb2 10. Bxb2 $44 {
Jianu,V (2588)-Marin,M (2581) Superliga Calimanesti 2014 (3) 0-1 Kozul,Z (2560)
-Ljubojevic,L (2635) Belgrade 1989 CBM 016 [Ftacnik,L] (0-1, 42) Optically,
White has a nice position and the engines give their blessing, too. But is the
compensation real? I cannot help thinking of a similar game of mine published
in this same CBM}) 7... c5 ({And Black refrains from the brave} 7... b5 {
Gelfand,B (2700)-Almasi,Z (2676) Monte Carlo 2003 CBM 093 ext [Gelfand,B] (1-0,
37)}) (7... Nc6 {is an interesting alternative:} 8. Qxc4 {This leads to rather
static play.} (8. O-O {is more entertaining:} Bxd2 9. Bxd2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4
11. Be3 Qg4 12. h3 Qh5 13. Qxc4 $44 {Nonaka-Griffith,R Siegen 1970 (1/2-1/2,
40)}) 8... Qd5 9. O-O (9. Qd3 Rd8) 9... Bxd2 10. Qxd5 (10. Nxd2 Qxc4 11. Nxc4
Nxd4 $15) 10... exd5 11. Bxd2 Bg4 12. Be3 Rfe8 13. Rfc1 Rac8 14. h3 Bf5 $11 {
Goryachkina,A (2438)-Maletin,P (2598) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 (1/2-1/2, 59)}) 8.
dxc5 (8. Qxc4 {commits the queen too early. White should aim to take on c4
with the knight.} Nc6 9. dxc5 Qe7 10. O-O Bxc5 11. a3 e5 12. b4 Bd4 13. Nxd4
Nxd4 14. e3 Be6 15. Qd3 Bf5 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Ne2+ 18. Qxe2 Nxe4 $11 {
Kopylov,M (2449)-Tiviakov,S (2618) Haarlem 2001 (1/2-1/2, 23)}) 8... c3 {
The consequences of the structural modifications induced by this move are far
from one-sided. True, Black gets some stable squares along the c-file, but
opens the b-file for White's major pieces, turning the b7-pawn into a
comfortable target.} (8... Nc6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nxc4 Bxc5 11. Nfe5 {is more
incisive.} (11. Bf4 {This is good but probably not strongest.} Nb4 12. Qb1 (12.
Qb3 a5 13. Be3 b5 {0-1 (29) Bluvshtein,M (2520)-Tiviakov,S (2648) Montreal 2007
} 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Nce5 $14 {The position is almost symmetrical, but White
has chances of reaching a pleasant Catalan ending due to Black's queenside
weaknesses.}) 12... a5 13. a3 Nc6 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. Bg5 (15. Bd2 Bd7 16. e4 Nb6
17. e5 $14 {Haba,P (2525)-Tischbierek,R (2487) Germany 2008 (1-0, 47)}) 15...
f6 16. Bd2 b5 $6 {Anand,V (2810)-Karpov,A (2619) Madrid (rapid) 2011 (1/2-1/2,
39)} 17. Rac1 $1 $16) 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qc7 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Qxc7 Bxc7 15. Bd4
Nd5 16. Rac1 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd7 18. e4 Nb6 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. f3 $16 {[%csl Rb6,
Rc6,Ge5,Gg2] Saric,A (2514)-Zorko,J (2396) Nova Gorica 2009 (1-0, 41)}) (8...
Bxc5 {is likely to transpose above.}) 9. bxc3 Bxc5 10. O-O {The most flexible
move.} (10. Nb3 {is not that bad, either, but Giri had other plans for his
knight.} Be7 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. e4 Nc6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. c4
Nb6 17. Qe4 {with some light pressure, Gretarsson,H (2516)-Romanishin,O (2521)
Wijk aan Zee 2013 (1-0, 38)}) 10... Qc7 {A highly committal move, exposing the
queen to the white minor pieces' attack. In principle, Black should concern
himself with developing his queen's knight as soon as possible.} ({True,} 10...
Nc6 {does not contribute to consolidating the blockade on c5.} 11. Nb3 (11. Rb1
$1 $14 {[%csl Rb7]}) 11... Be7 12. Nfd4 Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. c4
Qb6 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. Rfd1 Rab8 {Grigoryan,A (2583)-Neelotpal,D (2427) Kolkata
2014 (1/2-1/2, 44). Optically, White's position is a bit more appealing, but
Black is doing fine basically.}) ({But the untested} 10... Nbd7 $5 {is worth
investigating.}) 11. Ne4 $5 $146 (11. Nc4 Nbd7 ({As dangerous as Black's
position might seem after} 11... Bxf2+ 12. Rxf2 Qxc4 {there is no clear
refutation of this pawn grabbing:} 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Raf1 Nbd7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4
Nxe4 17. Rxf7 Ndf6 18. R1xf6 gxf6 19. Rxf6 Qxc3 20. Rg6+ Kf7 21. Bxe4 Qxc2 22.
Bxc2 $44) 12. Qb3 $6 {Losing too much time.} ({Curiously, he went in for the
penny, but not for the pound...} 12. Bf4 Bxf2+ 13. Rxf2 Qxc4 14. Bd6 Re8 15.
Rd1 $44) 12... e5 13. a4 Rb8 14. Bg5 Re8 15. a5 {Kaidanov,G (2540)-Tiviakov,S 
(2520) Torcy 1991 (1/2-1/2, 31)} Ne4 16. Be3 Ndf6 $15) 11... Nxe4 (11... Be7
12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Bd6 $16) 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Bf4 {Here are the unfavourable
consequences of the early queen development.} Bd6 (13... Qa5 14. Rab1 Qxa2 (
14... Qxc3 15. Rfc1 $36) 15. Ng5 g6 (15... Nf6 16. Qd3 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gb1a1]}
Qa4 17. Be5 h6 18. Bxf6 hxg5 19. Bxg5 $32 {[%csl Ra8,Rb7,Rc8]}) 16. Qd3 $36 {
[%cal Gg5e4]}) 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Qb4 Nf6 {This move does not
contribute to the queenside defence.} ({I would have mainly considered} 16...
Nc5 $5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nb3 {Obviously the only way to fight for the initiative.
} Nxb3 19. axb3 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Rd3 {White retains some slight pressure
but it is hard to believe that Black risks losing this position. He just has
to avoid tricks such as} Rfd8 $4 22. Rxa7 $1) ({Or maybe even} 16... Nb6 $5 {
[%csl Gc4]}) 17. Nd4 a6 ({It would have been preferable to attack the queen at
once, before it gets support on the c5- and d6-squares.} 17... a5 $1 18. Qb2
Rb8 $14) 18. Nb3 a5 (18... Rb8 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Nxc5 b6 21. Rab1 $16 {[%cal
Gd1d6]}) 19. Qc5 $1 $16 {This is the difference! Black is in trouble already.}
Qb8 20. Rab1 b6 21. Qd6 $6 {Natural, but offering Black some saving chances.} (
21. Qc6 $1 Nd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nd4 $16) 21... Nd5 $1 {Black could not avoid
losing a pawn anyway, so the best thing is getting an active bishop versus
knight ending in an open position.} (21... Bb7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Nc5 Qb8 24.
Rxb6 $16) 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Nxa5 (24. Rxd5 Be6 25. Rd6 Rfd8 $14 {
[%csl Ga2,Gc3]}) 24... Bf5 25. Nc6 Bxb1 26. Nxb8 Bxa2 27. Nd7 Re8 28. Nxb6 (28.
Rd2 Bc4 29. Nxb6 Bxe2 30. Kg2 Bb5 31. Nxd5 {offers White slightly better
coordination than in the game.}) 28... Rxe2 29. c4 Kf8 30. Rxd5 Bb1 31. Rd8+
Ke7 32. Rd1 {White has won a pawn, but Black's pieces are active and the white
kingside is weak on the light squares.} Bc2 ({The natural} 32... Be4 $1 {
would have offered excellent drawing chances.} 33. Kf1 (33. Nc8+ Ke6 34. Nd6
Bc6 {offers Black a reliable fortress.}) 33... Rb2 $1 {Adams might have
overlooked this move, neutralising the dangers along the e-file.} 34. Re1 f5
$44) 33. Nc8+ Kf6 34. Rd6+ Kg5 35. Kf1 Re8 36. Rd5+ Kf6 37. Nd6 Ra8 38. Ke2 $16
{White has made a lot of progress and can hope for a win.} Ra1 $2 {A pseudo
active move, leaving the back rank undefended.} (38... Ba4 $1 {[%csl Ge8][%cal
Ga4c6,Ga8a2] would have been the start of a more effective regrouping.} 39. Kd3
Bd7 {[%cal Ga8a2]}) 39. Ne8+ Kg6 40. Rd6+ f6 41. Rd7 $18 Kh6 42. Nxg7 Ra2 43.
Ke3 Ra5 44. Re7 Rc5 45. Kd4 Re5 46. Rxe5 fxe5+ 47. Kc3 1-0

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne2 b6 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. b3 Rc8 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Ned4
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rg8 16. Nf5 c5 17. c4 Be4 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. f4 h5 20. f5 h4 21.
fxg6 hxg3 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. hxg3 Ke6 24. Kf2 Rcd8 25. Ke2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rh8
27. Bc3 c6 28. Bd2 Re8 29. Rh1 Kxe5 30. Bc3+ Kf5 31. Kf3 Kg6 32. Rd1 Rd8 33.
Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Be5 Kf7 35. Kf4 a6 36. Bb8 Ke6 37. g4 b5 38. Be5 g6 39. Ke4 Be7
40. Bf4 Bf8 41. Be3 Bd6 42. Bf4 Bf8 43. Be3 Bd6 44. Bf4 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 Nc6 11. Re1 f5 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Kh8 14. h3 Bd6
15. Re2 h6 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. Rae1 Rf6 18. Bb3 a5 19. c4 a4 20. Bc2 Bb4 21. Bc3
Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Bd7 23. d5 Qd6 24. Re5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Qc6 26. Qb4 Be6 27. Rc5 Qb6
28. Rb1 Bg8 29. Rxf5 Qxb4 30. Rxb4 Rxf5 31. Bxf5 a3 32. Bd3 Rd8 33. Rb3 b5 34.
Rxa3 Bxc4 35. Bxc4 bxc4 36. Rc3 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rd2 38. a4 Rxf2 39. Rxc4 Ra2 40.
Kg3 Kh7 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. h4 c5 43. Rxc5 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 c6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Nd5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qc7 Re8 20. Rc1 b4 21.
Bf3 h6 22. Kg2 b3 23. Qd7 Bc2 24. Ra1 Qc8 25. Qa4 Qb8 26. e4 d4 27. Qxd4 Rd8
28. Qc3 Qb7 29. Be1 Rc8 30. Ra7 Qxa7 31. Qxc8+ Kh7 32. Qc4 Bc5 33. Be2 Bd4 34.
Bd3 Qa1 35. Qxd4 Qxe1 36. Bc4 Bxe4+ 37. f3 Bc2 38. Bd3+ g6 39. Bc4 g5 40. g4 h5
41. gxh5 Kh6 42. Qd8 Qxe5 43. Qf8+ Qg7 44. Qxg7+ Kxg7 45. h4 Kh6 46. hxg5+ Kxh5
47. Kf2 Kxg5 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. f4 Kg4 50. Bb5 Kf5 51. Bc4 Kg6 52. Kf2 Kf6 53. Kf3
Kg6 54. Kf2 Bd1 55. Ke3 Kf5 56. Bb5 Kg4 57. Be8 f6 58. Bd7 Kf5 59. Bb5 Bc2 60.
Bd7 Bb1 61. Ba4 Bc2 62. Bd7 Bb1 63. Ba4 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 ({It's too early to swap queens:} 
5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Nc3 c6 {Later on Black puts the king on c7 and
has no problems. Don't believe your engine that shows an advantage for White
here, this position is equal.}) 5... Nc6 (5... exd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 {is another
story.} ({or} 6... Ne7)) 6. Bg5 {Provoking some sort of a concession.} (6. d5
Nce7 7. Be2 f5 8. exf5 Nxf5 (8... gxf5 $2 {is over optimistic. After} 9. Ng5 {
I managed to win against a strong opponent rather quickly:} Nf6 10. Bh5+ Kf8 $2
11. Bf7 $1 h6 12. Ne6+ Bxe6 13. Bxe6 $18 {1-0 (27) Postny,E (2637)-Delchev,A 
(2622) Haguenau 2013}) 9. O-O Nf6 {leads to one of the typical structures. I
believe that White should be slightly better, though it won't be easy to
establish a blockade on e4 without letting black's knight get to d4.}) 6... f6
(6... Nf6 $2 {loses material by force after} 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Bxf6
Bxf6 10. Nd5 $18 {[%csl Rc7,Rf6]}) 7. Be3 Nh6 {The knight goes to f7, which is
in harmony with Black's previous move.} 8. h3 (8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.
O-O-O+ Bd7 11. h3 Kc8 12. c5 Nf7 13. Bc4 Ncd8 14. b4 c6 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Be2 Bh6
17. Bxh6 Nxh6 18. Nc4 Ndf7 19. a4 Kc7 $11 {0-1 (60) Karpov,A (2725)-Seirawan,Y
(2600) Roquebrune 1992}) 8... Nf7 9. c5 $6 {A standad break, but too early in
this case.} ({The simple} 9. Be2 {looks like a better try for an opening
advantage.} O-O 10. O-O f5 (10... Bd7 11. c5 $1 exd4 12. Nxd4 dxc5 13. Nxc6
Bxc6 14. Bxc5 Nd6 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Bb5 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (56) Keres,P-Spassky,B
Moscow 1965}) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Ncxd8 (12... Rxd8 13. Nd5 fxe4 14. Nd2 $14
) 13. Nd5 fxe4 14. Nd2 Ne6 15. Nxe4 Nf4 16. Bf3 Nxd5 17. cxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (70)
Bhat,V (2483)-Nakamura,H (2697) Mainz 2008}) (9. d5 {is always an option, of
course. However, it seems that White can benefit more if keeps the centre
flexible, at least for a while.}) 9... dxc5 10. dxe5 (10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1
Be6 $11) 10... Nfxe5 11. Nxe5 fxe5 {Massive simplifications to follow. Black
has very little to worry about. All this has already appeared before.} 12. Bb5
(12. Bxc5 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bd7 14. Bc4 O-O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 (17) Petkov,V (2480)
-Jovanovic,Z (2543) Sibenik 2006}) 12... Bd7 (12... Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bd7 14. Bxc5
O-O-O 15. O-O Nd4 $11 {1-0 (36) Kortschnoj,V (2665)-Kagan,S (2465) Beersheba
1978}) 13. Bxc6 {Anish decided to play it safe, not allowing the knight togo
to d4 by simply eliminating it.} (13. Qd5 Nd4 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Qxb7 O-O (
15... Nc2+ $2 {is just a waste of time, as the knight will have to go back to
d4 soon.} 16. Ke2 Rd8 17. Rhd1 Nd4+ 18. Kf1 $16) 16. O-O Rfb8 17. Qa6 Rxb2 18.
Rab1 Rb6 19. Qc4+ Qe6 20. Qxc5 Rab8 {with a balanced position.}) 13... Bxc6 14.
Bxc5 Bf8 {The bishop could achieve nothing from g7.} 15. Bxf8 (15. Be3 Qxd1+
16. Rxd1 Bd6 {followed by castling to the queenside is also equal.}) 15... Rxf8
16. O-O (16. Qg4 Qf6 (16... Qe7 {is also fairly safe.}) 17. O-O-O Rd8 18. Rxd8+
Kxd8 19. Rd1+ Ke7 {White doesn't have enough resources to harass black's king.
It's important that White's knight is restricted.}) 16... Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rd8 {
The game quickly simplified into an equal endgame.} 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Rd1+ Ke7
20. Nd5+ Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Ke6 22. f3 c6 23. Rd3 Rf7 24. Kf2 Rd7 {The exchange of
rooks doesn't change the evaluation of the position as drawish.} 25. Rxd7 Kxd7
26. h4 c5 27. g3 b5 28. b3 Ke6 29. Ke3 h6 30. f4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 12. Qc4 b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qd6 Re8
15. Bg5 b4 16. Qxb4 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxg5 18. O-O Rab8 19. Qd6 Bh3 20. Nf4 Bg4 21.
Bxg4 Be5 22. Qd7 Qxf4 23. g3 Qf6 24. Rad1 Bxb2 25. Qa4 Red8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.
Qxa7 Kg7 28. Be2 Rd2 29. Qe3 Qc3 30. Qxc3+ Bxc3 31. Bc4 Bd4 32. Kh1 Rc2 33. Bb3
Rxf2 34. Rd1 Bb6 35. h4 Bc7 36. Rd3 h5 37. a4 Kh6 38. Bc4 f5 39. exf5 Rxf5 40.
Kg2 Rc5 41. Bb5 g5 42. hxg5+ Kxg5 43. Kh3 Be5 44. Re3 h4 45. gxh4+ Kf4 46. Rg3
Rc1 47. a5 Rh1+ 48. Kg2 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 {A few
month ago I read "New in Chess" magazine #8 and enjoyed Anish Giri's
annotations to the game Anand-Carlsen, Wch 2014 game #3.} Ne4 {According to
Anish, this is an ultra-modern way of playing this position. Yes, at least
here you can hope to make a novelty earlier than on the 20th move.} ({Here is
the aforementioned game:} 7... c6 {A. Giri confessed that he had nevertheless
played this particular position.} 8. Bd3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6
12. b5 cxb5 13. c6 Qc8 14. c7 b4 15. Nb5 a4 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. Ng5 Ndf6 18. Nxe4
Nxe4 19. f3 Ra5 $2 20. fxe4 $1 $146 (20. Qe2 $6 Qd7 21. fxe4 Rc8 22. exd5 exd5
23. axb4 Rxb5 24. O-O Rxb4 $15 {Aronian,L (2795)-Adams,M (2753) Bilbao 2013 1/
2-1/2 (40). Due to the strong c7-pawn White has some compensation, but Black
has the upper hand.}) 20... Rxb5 21. Qxa4 Ra5 22. Qc6 bxa3 23. exd5 Rxd5 24.
Qxb6 Qd7 25. O-O Rc8 26. Rc6 $16 {1-0 (34) Anand,V (2792)-Carlsen,M (2863)
Sochi RUS 2014}) 8. Rc1 ({Anish tried} 8. Nxe4 {but he didn't get an advantage
after} dxe4 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd7 $146 (10... b6 11. b4 f6 12. Bg3 a5 13. a3
axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Qd5 $1 16. Be2 bxc5 17. bxc5 e5 18. O-O (18. dxe5
f5) 18... Be6 19. dxe5 f5 $44 {Lenic,L (2633)-Grachev,B (2672) Germany 2012 1/
2-1/2 (28)}) 11. Be2 (11. Bc4 $5 {could be recommended as an improvement} Bf6
12. Qh5 g6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qg4 {with some pressure}) 11... Bc6 12. O-O Bf6
13. Bg3 Bh4 14. Be5 Bf6 15. b4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 a6 $11 {Giri,A (2745)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2700) Tromso NOR 2014 1/2-1/2 (34)}) (8. Qc2 {See the game
Topalov,V-Giri,A/Istanbul ol 2012. The game is annotated by M. Krasenkow, who
dislikes 7...Ne4: 'This rare continuation will hardly gain new adherents'.})
8... Nxc3 9. Rxc3 b6 10. c6 ({Anand has got nothing after} 10. b4 a5 11. a3
axb4 12. axb4 bxc5 13. bxc5 Nf6 14. Nd2 Nd7 {intending to play ...e5} 15. Nf3 {
draw offer} Nf6 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 (17) Anand,V (2793)-Caruana,F 
(2829) London ENG 2014}) 10... Nf6 11. a3 a5 12. Rc2 Ne4 (12... Ba6 $6 $146 {
Black needs to trade light-squared bishops but he should wait till after White
has played Bd3.} 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Ne5 a4 {It is not clear if Black really
needs to play a4} 15. g4 $5 (15. f3 Re8 16. Bg3 Ra8 17. O-O $14) 15... Ne4 16.
Nd7 Re8 17. Qd3 Ra5 18. O-O Nd6 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. f4 $14 {Vitiugov,N (2735)
-Raznikov,D (2494) Caleta ENG 2015 1-0 (32)}) 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Ne5
Bd6 16. Nd7 Bxf4 $5 {It wasn't necessary to sacrifice an exchange.} (16... Re8
17. O-O Bxf4 18. exf4 a4 19. Qe2 Ra8 20. g3 {Black's position is very solid.})
17. Nxf8 Bxe3 {Due to the closed character of the position and the potential
weakness of the d4-pawn, Black has some compensation for the exchange but it
seems to me that 16...Re8 was stronger then 16...Bf4.} 18. Nd7 Bg5 (18... Bh6 {
intending ...g6, ...Bg7} 19. Qh5) 19. Qd3 Ra8 20. a4 {I don't like this move.
White could have tried to prepare b4, or if Black plays ...a4, then after b4
axb3 Qxb3 White could push his a-pawn. Another drawback of 20.a4 is the weak
b4-square.} Nf6 21. h4 ({It would be good for White if he managed to open the
e-file after f4, f5 but it is not obvious how to realise this plan.} 21. Nxf6+
Bxf6 22. O-O g6 23. Rd1 (23. f4 Qd6 24. g4 $2 Qb4 $15) 23... Qd6 24. g3 h5)
21... Bh6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. h5 {Intending g3, f4.} Bg5 24. O-O (24. g3 $1)
24... Qf4 $1 25. Rd1 Bf6 {Black's position is solid and it is not clear how
White wants to profit from his extra exchange.} 26. g3 Qg4 27. Qe2 Qh3 $5 {
Did Fabiano try to win the game?!} ({After} 27... Qxe2 28. Rxe2 Kf8 29. f4 Ke7
30. Kf2 Kd6 31. Rc2 g6 $5 {the position which has arisen is roughly equal.})
28. Rc3 Be7 29. g4 Qh4 30. f4 Bd6 31. Rf1 Qf6 32. Qf2 Rb8 {Intending ...b5.}
33. Rb3 g6 {Black lacks space. That's why he opens the h-file.} 34. hxg6 hxg6
35. Kg2 {Anish prepares some activities on the h-file.} Kf8 $6 (35... Kg7 $5
36. Rh3 Rh8 37. Rxh8 Kxh8 {and due to the weak pawns White can't organise an
invasion on the h-file.}) 36. Rh3 Ke7 37. b3 Rh8 38. g5 $5 {Anish gains space
but he can't play f4-f5 anymore.} Qg7 39. Rxh8 Qxh8 40. Rh1 $14 Qg8 41. Rh3 (
41. Kf3 Qa8 42. Qc2 Qg8 {and it is not obvious if White has something.}) 41...
Qg7 42. Kf3 Qg8 43. Kg2 Kd8 44. Qh4 Qe8 45. Rc3 (45. Qh8 Qxh8 46. Rxh8+ Ke7 {
is a draw because White needs to protect the f4-pawn. If he had the king on f3
then after ...Rc8 White wins due to Zugzwang.}) 45... Kc8 46. Kf3 Kb8 47. Qh7
Qf8 48. Kg4 Ka7 49. Rf3 Qe8 50. Qg7 Qxc6 $11 51. Qxf7 Qc1 52. Qxe6 Qg1+ 53. Rg3
Qxd4 $5 {Fabiano doesn't want to finish the game.} (53... Qd1+ 54. Rf3 Qg1+ $11
) 54. Qe3 Qh8 55. Rh3 Qc8+ 56. Kh4 Qf8 57. Rf3 Qh8+ 58. Kg3 Qh5 59. Kg2 $8 Qg4+
60. Kf1 Bc5 61. Qd3 Qg1+ 62. Ke2 Bb4 63. Rf1 Qg4+ (63... Qg2+ 64. Rf2 Qh1 65.
Qxg6 Qe1+ 66. Kf3 Qd1+ 67. Kg3 Qg1+ 68. Kf3 Qd1+ $11) 64. Qf3 Qf5 65. Rd1 c6 $8
{Fabiano protects the pawn however after 66.Rh1 his king will be in danger.}
66. Rh1 $1 Bc5 67. Kf1 ({It is worth considering playing} 67. Rh7+ Ka8 68. Kf1
$1 {White wants to continue Kg2 and Qe2.} Bd6 69. Kg2 Bxf4 70. Qe2 Qc8 $8 (
70... Qxg5+ 71. Kh1 $18) 71. Kf3 Bxg5 72. Qd3 Qf5+ $11) 67... Bd6 68. Rh7+ Kb8
69. Qe3 Qxf4+ 70. Qxf4 Bxf4 71. Rg7 Bxg5 72. Rxg6 Be7 73. Rxc6 Bc5 $11 {
Black still has to play precisely but it is a fortress.} 74. Ke2 Kb7 75. Rg6
Kc7 76. Kf3 Kd7 77. Kf4 Bd4 $1 78. Kf5 Ke7 79. Rg4 Bc3 80. Rg3 Bb2 81. Rg2 Bc3
82. Rc2 Ba1 83. Rc6 Bd4 84. Rh6 Kd7 85. Re6 Kc7 86. Kf4 Kd7 87. Rh6 Kc7 88. Kf3
Kd7 89. Ke2 Bc5 90. Kf3 Bd4 91. Rh4 Bc5 92. Rg4 Kd6 93. Rg6+ Kd7 94. Rh6 Bd4
95. Kf4 Kc7 96. Kf5 Kd7 97. Rh4 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 8. h3
Ng8 9. d4 f5 10. dxe5 fxe4 11. Rxe4 Bf5 12. Re1 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Nc3 Nb4
15. Rxe5 Nxc2 16. Ra2 Bd6 17. Re2 Nb4 18. Ra1 Nc2 19. Ra2 Nb4 20. Ra1 Nc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 {The KID always
promises a complex fight.} e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 (10...
f5 {is considered to be the main line, but Nf4 is an old and playable
alternative.}) 11. Bf1 f5 12. a4 (12. Bxf4 exf4 13. e5 {is considered to be
the "refutation" of this variation. White scores about 83% from this position.
Giri surprisingly did not go for it, maybe fearing some Jobava preparation.})
12... h6 13. Nd2 g5 14. Ra3 g4 15. a5 h5 16. c5 h4 {With both sides mounting
the attack the tension is on! It is difficult to say always who is faster in
these kinds of positions. The computers always like White, but as Nakamura
once pointed out computers are not usually right in these types of position.}
17. Nc4 Neg6 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nb5 Rf6 20. g3 {This important move sets Black
back by a few tempi. Clearly he will not withdraw the knight, but he cannot
break on g3 any more.} hxg3 21. hxg3 a6 22. Nc3 (22. Nb6 $5 axb5 $1 23. Nxa8
fxe4 {is very murky.}) 22... Nh4 $1 {Marching forward! Neither knight can be
taken with impunity.} 23. Ne2 (23. gxh4 Rh6 {and Black's attack is too strong.
The threat of Qh4 is too fast.}) (23. gxf4 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Rh6 {is clearly over.})
23... Nf3+ 24. Rxf3 Nxe2+ 25. Bxe2 gxf3 26. Bxf3 {Giri sacrifices the exchange
and therefore diffuses most of the attack. However his own pressure has
somewhat dissipated as well.} Bh6 27. Nb6 Rb8 28. Kg2 Bxc1 29. Qxc1 f4 (29...
Qf8 {was maybe a touch more precise. Closing the position with f4 is always
strategically dangerous.}) 30. Rh1 Rg6 31. Rh5 Qf8 32. Qh1 Qf6 33. Qh2 Bg4 $4 {
Simply not the right time to do this.} (33... fxg3 34. fxg3 Qg7 {leaves the
game wide open. Black will trade on g4 eventually.}) 34. Bxg4 Rxg4 35. Qh3 Qg6
(35... Qg7 36. Nd7 $18 {the threat is Qxg4 and Black has no good response.})
36. Kf3 $1 {oops! The rook is trapped as it cannot go to g5.} (36. Kf3 Rg5 37.
Rh8+ Kf7 38. Rxb8 {with mating threats.}) (36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Rxb8 Qxe4+ {
leads to a perpetual!}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {These
variations with the queen on f3 are gaining some popularity. The idea is to
quickly 0-0-0 and maybe g4-g5.} Ne5 8. Qg3 h5 {Black plays to cause discomfort
for the White queen. It also prepares Ng4 in case of a quick f4.} 9. O-O-O h4
10. Qh3 b5 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 {White has lost the pair of bishops but
has a huge advantage in development. What exactly he can accomplish with this
will determine who stands better.} 13. f5 Bb7 {Sacrifices on e6 are looming
after this mo ve, but nothing seems to work just yet.} 14. Rhf1 Rc8 {Giri
continues his own develompent without yet paying attention to any of White's
threats.} 15. fxe6 (15. Nf3 $5 {with the idea of Ne5 looks somewhat illogical,
but it might not be so easy to meet.} f6 $1 {Is the computer suggestion, and
computers are very good in these positions, so it might worth a look.}) 15...
dxe6 16. Rxf7 $5 {An interesting sacrifice. Clearly this rook must be taken.
Black is being punished for his lack of development, but his pieces are still
very close to his king, providing good chances to set up a good defense.} (16.
Rd3 $5) 16... Kxf7 17. b3 (17. Nf3 {threatens Ne5+. Black has only one good
move, but it seems to be sufficient.} Rh5 18. Rd7+ Be7 19. Rxb7 Qf1+ $1 20. Nd1
Qd3 $1 {with a very murky position.}) 17... Ba3+ 18. Kb1 Qxc3 19. Qxe6+ Kf8 20.
Rf1+ Nf6 21. Rxf6+ {Now the game is a forced draw. White is getting mated and
he is running out of pieces to attack with, but his queen alone can force the
perpetual check.} gxf6 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 (24... Ke8 25.
Qg6+ Kd7 26. Qe6+ Kd8 27. Bg5+ Kc7 28. Bf4+ $11) 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a5 e5 11. Rd1 a6 12. d5 Nc5 13. Bg5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bg4 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e4 17. Bg2 Nb3 18. Ra4 cxd5 19. Rxd5 Qe6 20. Rd1 Rfe8 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. e3 Rac8 23. Bf1 Re7 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxb3 Rxa4 26. Qxa4 Qxh3 27. Qb4
Rd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qxe4 Qc7 30. c4 Kg7 31. Kg2 h6 32. Qd5 Qe7 33. e4 Qb4 34.
e5 fxe5 35. Qxe5+ Kg6 36. Qd4 Kh7 37. Qg4 Qb1 38. Qf4 Kg6 39. Qd6+ Kf5 40. Qd5+
Kg6 41. Qd6+ Kf5 42. Qf4+ Kg6 43. Qd4 Kh7 44. Qd5 Kg7 45. Kf3 Qe1 46. Qd4+ Kg8
47. Qd8+ Kg7 48. Qd5 h5 49. Kg2 Qe2 50. c5 Qb5 51. Qg5+ Kf8 52. Qh6+ Kg8 53.
Qg5+ Kf8 54. Qxh5 Qxa5 55. Qh8+ Ke7 56. Qe5+ Kf8 57. Qb8+ Kg7 58. Qxb7 Qxc5 59.
Qxa6 Qd5+ 60. Kg1 Qd1+ 61. Qf1 Qf3 62. Qc4 Qd1+ 63. Kg2 Qd2 64. Qg4+ Kf8 65.
Qe4 Qb2 66. Kf3 Kg7 67. Qg4+ Kf8 68. Qf4 Kg7 69. Kg4 Qe2+ 70. Kg5 Qb5+ 71. Kh4
Qc6 72. Qe5+ Kg6 73. Qg5+ Kh7 74. Qf5+ Kg7 75. f3 Qh6+ 76. Qh5 Qc6 77. Qe5+ Kg8
78. Kg4 Kf8 79. Qg5 Qd7+ 80. Kh4 Qd4+ 81. Kh5 Ke8 82. f4 Qh8+ 83. Kg4 Qh2 84.
Qe5+ Kf8 85. f5 Qd2 86. f6 Qd1+ 87. Kh4 Qh1+ 88. Kg5 Qc1+ 89. Qf4 Qb1 90. Qd4
Qg6+ 91. Kf4 Qh6+ 92. Kf3 Qh5+ 93. g4 Qh1+ 94. Kf4 Qf1+ 95. Kg5 Qc1+ 96. Qf4
Qb1 97. Qf3 Kg8 98. Qc3 Qg6+ 99. Kf4 Qh6+ 100. Kg3 Qg5 101. Qf3 Kh7 102. Qe4+
Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {The Berlin is as popular as ever and
even in the endgame White hasn't been able to make any significant inroads
recently. In the London Classic 2014 Black even made a plus score with it,
while the same trend continued in the events after Wijk:} (4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4
Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 h6 (9... Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11.
Bf4 (11. Rd1 Be7 12. g3 b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. a5 c5 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Bg5 Rf8 17. c4
Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ke7 20. Kg2 Nd4 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Nf3 c6 23. Rxd8
Rxd8 24. Ng5 b5 25. cxb5 cxb5 $11 {Adams,M (2745)-Anand,V (2793) London 2014
For more details see the notes to this game by M.Pavlovic in CBM 164.}) 11...
Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6
18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Rde1 Kf7 21. Kf2 Nf5 22. Rh1 Ng7 23. Ne4 Rc8 24.
Nc5 Bf5 25. c4 b6 26. Ne4 Re8 $11 {Bacrot,E (2711)-Anand,V (2797) Baden-Baden
2015}) 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bh2 Bb4 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Nfd4
Nf8 $5 $146 (15... Bd7 16. Ng3 h5 17. Ngf5 Bf8 18. Re1 Ne7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Nxe7
Bxe7 21. Bxc7 Rc8 22. Ba5 Rh6 23. Rad1 c5 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. Bd2 Rh8 26. Ne5 $36 {
Volokitin,A (2677)-Miroshnichenko,E (2651) UKR-ch Kiev 2011}) 16. g4 h5 17. Nf5
Ne6 18. Kg2 b6 19. f3 c5 20. Bg3 Bg5 {[%cal Rg7g6]} 21. h4 hxg4 $1 22. hxg5
gxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Nxg5+ 24. Kf4 Nh3+ 25. Ke4 Ng5+ 26. Kf4 Nh3+ {1/2, Caruana,F 
(2811)-Carlsen,M (2865) Baden Baden 2015}) 4... Bc5 5. Nbd2 {Each of White's
alternatives has its nuances - apart from the immediate swap on c6 they are
similar and often transpose into each other, but there are some differences as
well.} ({After} 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {Black has lately concentrated on} Be6 (
6... Bg4 7. Nb3 $146 Bd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bd2 b6 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Qd7 12. Qf3 a5
13. Bg5 Ng8 14. Nf5 f6 15. Be3 a4 16. Nd2 Bxf5 17. exf5 a3 18. b3 Bb4 19. O-O-O
Bc3 20. Ne4 Bb2+ 21. Kb1 O-O-O 22. g5 Rf8 $132 {Yu,Yangyi (2667)-Wen,Yang 
(2581) CHN-chT 2014}) 7. O-O {Possibly a more circumspect move is} Bd6 $5 (7...
Nd7 8. Nb3 Bb6 (8... Bd6 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Na5 Rb8 12. a4 O-O 13.
Nc4 b6 14. Kh1 a5 15. b3 Rbe8 16. Qh5 c5 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Qg3 f5 20.
exf5 Rxf5 21. Rae1 Qf7 22. f3 Re6 23. Qf2 Qe8 24. Re2 Rff6 25. Rfe1 $14 {
Anand,V (2785)-Radjabov,T (2724) Dubai blitz 2014}) 9. Ng5 Bxb3 (9... Nf8 10.
Qh5 Qd6 11. Kh1 Bxb3 12. axb3 Qg6 13. Qh3 h6 14. Nf3 Qd6 15. Bd2 Ng6 16. Bc3
O-O 17. Nd2 Bd4 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. g3 b5 20. Na5 {Anand,V (2792)-Howell,D (2667)
London rpd 2014}) 10. axb3 f6 11. Nf3 Nf8 12. Nd2 Ne6 (12... Qd7 $5) 13. Qh5+
$1 g6 14. Qd1 Bc5 15. Nc4 b5 $6 (15... Qe7 16. Kh1 $14 {Yu Yangyi}) 16. Na5 Qd7
17. Be3 Bb6 18. b4 O-O 19. Qd2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Qc3 f4 (21... Bxa5 22. Rxa5
f4 23. Bxa7 f3 24. Qxe5 Nf4 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Be3 $1 $16) 22. Bxb6 cxb6 23. Nxc6
$16 {Yu,Yangyi (2705)-Kramnik,V (2760) Doha 2014 See the notes to this game by
Yu Yangyi in CBM 164.}) 8. b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Bxc4 10. bxc4 O-O 11. Rb1 (11. Bg5 Be7
12. Be3 Bd6 13. g3 g6 14. Nh4 b5 15. Qg4 Nf6 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. a4 bxc4 18. dxc4
Qe7 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20. Qe2 Rfb8 21. Nf3 Rb4 22. Nd2 a5 $15 {Saric,I (2666)
-Radjabov,T (2734) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) (11. Be3 Qe7 12. c3 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14.
a4 a6 15. Qc2 c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qb3 b4 18. Nd2 h6 19. h3 Rfb8 20. Rfb1 Qd8
21. Nc4 Bf8 22. Bd2 Qc7 23. Rc1 Qb7 24. Rab1 Qb5 $11 {Adams,M (2758)-Giri,A 
(2768) Bundesliga 2015}) 11... b6 12. g3 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Qe2 (14. Be3 Qe8
15. Nd2 Qg6 16. Ne4 Raf8 17. Kg2 Nf6 18. Qe2 $2 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Rf3 $1 $17 {
[%csl Rc4,Re4] Anand,V (2785)-Aronian,L (2815) Dubai rpd 2014}) 14... Nc5 15.
Be3 Ne6 16. Nd2 Qf6 17. Qg4 Rf8 18. Ne4 Qf7 19. a4 h5 20. Qe2 Be7 21. a5 Qg6
22. axb6 axb6 23. Kh1 Rf3 $132 {Carlsen,M (2843)-Aronian,L (2816) Sao Paulo/
Bilbao 2012}) ({After} 5. O-O Nd4 $5 (5... d6 {the topical move is} 6. Re1 $5
O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3 Re8 9. Nbd2 {Here Black has been facing some practical
problems:} Nd7 (9... h6 10. Nf1 a5 (10... d5 11. Ng3 Bd6 12. b3 Nh7 13. Bb2 d4
14. Bc1 Nf8 15. Nh2 Ng6 16. Nf5 Ne7 17. Qf3 Nxf5 18. exf5 Qf6 19. g4 Bb4 20.
Re2 Bd7 21. Nf1 e4 22. Rxe4 c5 23. Ng3 Bc6 24. Bf4 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Qc6 26. h4 Kf8
27. Kg2 $44 {Van Foreest,J (2472)-Bok,B (2572) Basel 2015}) 11. Ng3 Rb8 12. b3
Bb4 13. Bd2 Ra8 14. c3 Bc5 15. d4 Bb6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. c4 Nh7 18. Qe2 Nf8 19.
Be3 c5 $6 (19... Bd4 $142 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. c5 $13 {/+/=}) 20. Rad1 Qf6 21. Nh5
Qe7 22. Nh2 Kh7 23. Qf3 f6 24. Ng4 Bxg4 25. Qxg4 Red8 26. Qf5+ Kh8 27. f4 Rxd1
28. Rxd1 exf4 29. Bxf4 Qe6 30. Rd3 $16 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Rh5g7] Carlsen,M (2862)
-Radjabov,T (2734) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 10. Nc4 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Nxb6 cxb6 (
12... Nxb6 $5 {[%cal Yf7f5]}) 13. d4 Qc7 14. Ra3 Nf8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh4 Rd8
17. Qh5 f6 18. Nf5 Be6 19. Rg3 Ng6 20. h4 $40 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Anand,V (2792)
WCh Sochi 2014 See the notes to this game by Negi in CBM 164.}) 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 {
still retains a solid reputation, a new example is} 7. c3 (7. Nd2 c6 8. Ba4 d6
9. c3 Bb6 10. Nc4 Bc7 {is similar}) 7... Bb6 8. Na3 c6 9. Ba4 d6 (9... O-O 10.
Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Re8 15. Re1 Bc7 16. Nc2 Bg4
17. Qd2 d4 18. h3 Bf5 19. Ba4 Bd7 20. Bxd7 dxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxd7 22. d4 Rc8 23.
Qb3 Ba5 24. Re2 exd4 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Nxd4 Nc5 27. Qf3 Qe4 $132 {Topalov,V 
(2785)-Andreikin,D (2709) Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates 2014}) 10. Bb3 a5 $5 $146
(10... O-O 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Ne3 g5 15. Bg3 a5 16. a4 Qd7
17. Bc2 Ng4 18. Nxg4 Bxg4 19. f3 Be6 20. d4 f6 21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Rad1 Qf7 23.
Kh1 Kg7 24. Bf2 Rfe8 25. Be3 Qe7 26. Rfe1 Bf7 27. Qf2 Qe6 28. Qf1 Qc4 $11 {
Hansen,E (2577)-Movsesian,S (2659) Doha 2014}) 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4
g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. f3 Be6 16. Ne3 h4 17. Bf2 d5 18. Re1 Kf8 19. h3 Bb6 20. Qc2
Nh5 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Nf4 23. Ng4 a4 24. Bxa4 dxe4 25. Rxe4 Bf5 26. Rd1 Kg7
27. Bb3 Qc7 28. Ne3 Bg6 $13 {Karjakin,S (2760)-Caruana,F (2811) Zurich 2015}) (
{After} 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O (6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8. d4 Bb6 9. O-O Nxe4 10.
Nxc6 Qd6 $44) {Black is still doing fine with} 6... Re8 $5 {from Anand-Carlsen
2013:} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Re1 (9. Nbd2 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd3 {Balogh,C (2637)-Rodshtein,M (2671) Tromso olm 2014} Rb8 14.
Qc2 Nh5 $132 {See the notes to this game in CBM 162.}) 9... d6 10. Nbd2 g5 $5
$146 11. Bg3 g4 12. Nh4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxh4 14. Bxh4 Qxh4 15. d4 f5 16. Ng3 f4
17. Qd3 Kg7 18. d5 fxg3 19. hxg3 Qg5 20. dxc6 Bf5 21. Qe3 b6 $11 {/=/+,
Inarkiev,E (2688)-Aronian,L (2797) Moscow 2014 See the notes to this game by
Marin in CBM 164.}) 5... Nd4 {Unlike after 5.0-0, here this sortie enables
White to get the bishop pair. However, it's an open question how objectively
significant this is (in the game it played an important role mainly due to
Black's subsequent inaccuracies).} (5... d6 6. Bxc6+ ({White can also postpone
the exchange with} 6. O-O {/\} Bd7 7. c3 O-O 8. Nc4 h6 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a5 11.
Nxb6 cxb6 12. bxa5 Nxa5 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Bxb5 15. axb5 Qxd5 16. c4 Qe6 17.
Bb2 e4 18. Re1 $36 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2757)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2706) Tashkent
2014}) 6... bxc6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 {transposes to the line from the
above note.}) (5... O-O 6. O-O Nd4 (6... d6 {is more standard, but maybe even
this untested version of}) (6... Re8 $5 {is viable:} 7. Nc4 d5 $132) 7. Nxd4
Bxd4 8. c3 Bb6 (8... Bc5 9. d4 $1 exd4 10. e5 {[%cal Yd2e4]} dxc3 $2 11. exf6
cxd2 12. fxg7 Kxg7 13. Bxd2 d6 14. Bc3+ f6 15. Qh5 Qe7 16. Bd3 Kg8 17. Rae1 Qf7
18. Qh4 h5 19. Re3 $1 Bxe3 20. fxe3 $40 {Harikrishna,P (2723)-Chirila,I (2548)
Caleta 2015}) 9. Nc4 {transposes to the game.}) 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 (7. Nf3 O-O
8. O-O Bb6 $5 (8... d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qd6 11. Qe1 (11. Re1 Ng4 $5 12.
Nxd4 exd4 13. g3 Qf6 $132) (11. Nxd4 $142 $5 exd4 12. Qf3) 11... Re8 12. Ng5
Re7 13. Kh1 h6 14. Nxf7 $2 Rxf7 15. c3 Bb6 16. f4 Nd5 17. fxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Qxf1
Qxe5 19. Bf4 Qh5 20. Re1 c6 $19 {0-1 (33) Kotronias,V (2588)-Mastrovasilis,A 
(2537) Vrachati 2011}) 9. h3 (9. Nxe5 d5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Ba4 dxe4 12. Bb3 exd3
13. Qxd3 Qxd3 14. Nxd3 Bf5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Nf4 Kg7 18. Rfe1 Bc7
19. Nh5+ Kg6 20. Ng3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bc8 $11 {Harikrishna,P (2727)-Leko,P (2723)
Beijing blitz 2014}) 9... d6 10. c3 h6 11. Ba4 c6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bc2 Nh5 (
13... d5 $5 $11) 14. d4 Qf6 15. Be3 Nf4 16. Nh2 Qh4 17. Kh1 Ng6 18. a4 Be6 19.
a5 Bc7 20. d5 Bd7 21. a6 b5 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Qg4 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Ne7 25. Nf1 $13
{/+/=, Movsesian,S (2699)-Hammer,J (2605) WCup Tromsoe 2013}) 7... Bb6 8. Nc4 (
8. O-O {was too insipid:} c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Bb3 d5 11. h3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qe7 13.
Qf3 Be6 14. Nc4 Nd7 15. Ne3 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19.
Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 h6 21. a4 Kf8 22. a5 Ke8 23. f3 Nf8 24. Bb6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1
Nd7 26. Be3 Rd8 $11 {Carlsen,M (2881)-Anand,V (2785) Dubai blitz 2014}) (8. d4
Qe7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 c6 11. Bd3 d5 (11... exd4 12. Nc4 d5 $11) 12. exd5 exd4
13. dxc6 dxc3 14. bxc3 Rd8 15. Ba3 Qc7 (15... Qe6 $5) 16. Qc2 bxc6 17. a5 Bxa5
18. Nc4 Rd5 19. Nxa5 Rh5 20. g3 Qxa5 21. Be7 Qd5 22. Rfd1 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24.
Rxa7 Re8 25. Qxf5 Rxf5 $11 {Motylev,A (2685)-Abasov,N (2516) Shamkir-B 2014})
8... O-O 9. O-O d5 (9... c6 10. Nxb6 (10. Ba4 Bc7 {[%cal Yd7d5]}) 10... axb6
11. Bc4 d5 $5 (11... d6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 d5 14. exd5 b5 15. Bb3 Nxd5 16.
Bd2 Be6 17. a3 Qb6+ 18. d4 b4 19. Bc2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qb2 (20... Rfe8 $5) 21. Qb1
Qxb1 22. Rfxb1 b5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 $14 {Baklan,V (2656)-Prohaszka,P (2588)
Koge 2014}) 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bb3 h6 14. h3 (14. d4 $5) 14... Bf5 15. Re1 Qd6
16. Qf3 Bg6 17. d4 e4 18. Qf4 Qd7 19. Qh4 Qc6 20. Qg3 Rad8 21. Bf4 Nh5 22. Qe3
Nxf4 23. Qxf4 b5 $11 {Frolyanov,D (2570)-Jakovenko,D (2713) Khanty-Mansiysk
blitz 2013}) 10. exd5 {A good attempt to limit Black's options.} ({After} 10.
Nxb6 axb6 11. exd5 {he can not only transpose into the game, but also has} Bg4
$5 (11... Nxd5 12. Re1 Ra5 (12... c6 $142 13. Bc4 Be6 $1 $11 {/\} 14. Rxe5 Nxc3
) 13. Bc4 b5 14. Bb3 Qd6 15. d4 (15. Qh5 $5) 15... exd4 16. Qxd4 Be6 17. Bg5
$36 b4 {Hachijan,A (2159)-Van Pelt,A (2055) NED-chT 2010} 18. c4 Nb6 19. Qxd6
cxd6 20. Be7 $16) 12. Qd2 Qxd5 13. Bc4 Qd6 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. h3 Be6 16. Qe2 Bxc4
17. dxc4 h6 18. Be3 Qc6 19. b3 Re6 20. a4 Ne8 21. Rad1 Rg6 22. f3 Qe6 23. Kh2
Nd6 24. Bf2 Re8 $11 {Korneev,O (2597)-Loetscher,R (2436) Lienz 2015}) 10...
Qxd5 ({Perhaps even here Black can play} 10... Bg4 11. Qe1 (11. Qc2 Qxd5 12.
Nxb6 axb6 13. Bc4 Qd6 $11) 11... Qxd5 12. Qxe5 c6 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. h3 Bh5 (
14... Be6 15. Ba4 Bc7 16. Bc2 $14) 15. Ba4 (15. g4 Bg6 16. Nxb6 Nxb6 17. Bc4
Nxc4 18. dxc4 Bd3 $11) 15... Be2 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Re1 Bxd3 18. Bb3 $11 {/+/=})
11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. Bg5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty. This natural
developing move seems more testing than the previously tried} (13. Qf3 Bg4 (
13... Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. f4 {1/2, Fedorchuk,S 
(2667)-Erdos,V (2650) CRO-chT Bol 2013} Be6 $11) 14. Qg3 Bf5 15. d4 exd4 16.
Qxd6 cxd6 17. cxd4 Rfc8 18. Bb3 Bc2 19. Bf4 Bxb3 20. axb3 Ne8 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22.
Rc1 f5 23. Kf1 Kf7 24. Ke2 Ke6 25. Kd3 Kd7 26. h3 Nc7 $11 {Fedorchuk,S (2673)
-Balogh,C (2660) Bastia 2014}) 13... Bg4 (13... Be6 14. Bxf6 Bxc4 (14... gxf6
$5 {is also playable, it's not easy to get a tangible edge here.}) 15. Bxe5 (
15. Bxg7 Qxd3 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qg5 Qg6 18. Qxg6 fxg6 19. Bxf8 Bxf1 $11) 15...
Qxe5 (15... Qxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxd3 17. Rfd1 $14) 16. dxc4 Rfe8 $14 {/=  seems
close to a draw, but Giri probably didn't want to force matters with a
committal pawn sacrifice.}) 14. Qd2 (14. f3 $143 Bf5 $5 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Rb6b5,
Ya8d8]} (14... Be6 15. Bxf6 Bxc4 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. dxc4 Rfd8 $11 {[%cal Ye5c5]}
)) 14... Nd7 {This is still a good move, but Black had other alternatives:} (
14... h6 $5 15. Bxf6 (15. Be3 Rfd8 $11 {[%cal Yg4f5,Yg4e6]}) (15. Bh4 Nh5 $5
16. f3 Be6 $11) (15. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Nh7 $15) 15... Qxf6 16. f4 Be6 (
16... b5 17. Bb3 Qb6+ 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 exf4 20. Rxf4 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6
22. Re4 Rf6 23. d4 c6) 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. d4 Qd6 $11) (14... Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Bf5
$5 (15... h6 16. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 17. Qxh6 $44 {[%cal Ye1e3,Ye3g3]}) (15... Bd7 {
[%cal Yb6b5,Yd7c6]} 16. f4 Ng4 (16... e4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Re3 $14) 17. h3 Qc5+
18. Kh1 Nf2+ 19. Kh2 e4 20. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 21. dxe4 Bc6 22. b4 Qc4 23. Qxf2 Rxe4
$44 {[%csl Gc6]}) 16. Rad1 (16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Re3 Be6 $11) (16. f4 e4) 16... c6
$132 {[%cal Yb6b5,Yf6d5]}) 15. d4 exd4 $6 {Opening the position is the first
step in the wrong direction.} ({The simplest solution is} 15... Be6 $5 16. d5 (
16. Bxe6 Qxe6 $11) 16... Bf5 $13) ({Also} 15... h6) ({and} 15... Rfe8 {are
better than the text move.}) 16. cxd4 {[%csl Gc4,Gg5][%cal Yg5f4]} Nf6 (16...
c6 $5 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 $14) 17. Bf4 Qd7 (17... Qd8 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20.
Re1 $14 (20. h3 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 $14)) 18. Be5 $1 Be6 ({The strategically
sound} 18... Nd5 $2 {costs Black a pawn after} 19. Qg5 f6 20. Bxf6 $16) 19.
Bxf6 gxf6 $8 (19... Bxc4 $4 20. Qg5 $18) 20. d5 c6 $2 ({He had to play} 20...
Bf5 {[%cal Gh7b1]} 21. Qc3 Kg7 $14 {While Black's position is unpleasant due
to his split pawns, his king is still relatively safe and the result of the
game remains open.}) 21. Qh6 $1 {[%mdl 128] Now White's attack is too powerful;
getting the bishop to the critical b1-h7/^ will cost Black material.} cxd5 (
21... Bxd5 $2 22. Bd3 f5 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Bxf5 Be6 26. Rad1 {/\}
Qc8 27. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 28. Rd4 $18) (21... Bf5 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Qxf6 $16 {
with a healthy extra pawn.}) 22. Rad1 Qe7 (22... Rfe8 23. Rd3 Bf5 (23... dxc4
24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Qxf6 $18) 24. Rxd5 $40) ({A more resilient way was} 22...
Rfc8 $142 23. Bb3 (23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd3 Qg4 25. Rg3 Qg6 $14) (23. Bd3 Bf5 24.
Qxf6 Bg6 $14) 23... Qe7 24. Rd3 (24. Rfe1 $16) 24... Kh8 25. Re1 {[%cal Rb3d5,
Rd3h3]} Qf8 $5 $16) 23. Bd3 f5 24. Rfe1 {[%cal Re1e3,Rd3f5]} Ra4 {The only way
to prolong the game.} (24... Qb4 25. Re3 Qd4 26. Bc2 Qxb2 27. Rb1 Qd4 28. Rg3+
Kh8 29. Rb4 $1 Qa1+ 30. Bb1 $18 {[%cal Rh6h7,Rb4h4]}) 25. Bxf5 $18 {White
seeks a clean solution.} (25. Re3 Kh8 26. Rh3 f6 27. Re3 {[%cal Re3e6,Rd3f5]
forces} Re4 28. Bxe4 $16 {/+- , which should also gradually win.}) 25... Rh4 $8
(25... Qh4 26. Bxh7+) 26. Qe3 Re8 (26... Qf6 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Qxe6+ Qxe6 29.
Rxe6 Rc4 30. Rxb6 $5 ({Also after} 30. Re2 $16 {/+- White's win is a matter of
technique.}) 30... Rc2 31. Rxb7 Rfxf2 32. Rxd5 Rxg2+ 33. Kf1 Rcf2+ 34. Ke1 $18)
27. Bxe6 {White has already more than one way to convert his advantage and he
sensibly doesn't complicate matters and goes for a technically won endgame.} (
27. Qg3+ Kf8 (27... Kh8 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Rd3 Bxf5 30. Rg3+ Bg6 31. Qxe7 $18)
28. Qc3 Qg5 29. Rxd5 $18 (29. g3 Rc4 30. Qh8+ Qg8 31. Qe5 $18)) 27... fxe6 28.
Rxd5 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7,Re6,Rh7]} exd5 {Otherwise White has an extra pawn with a
continuing attack, while Black's remaining pawns are weak and isolated.} 29.
Qxe7 (29. Qg3+ Kf8 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 $16) 29... Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Rc4 31. g3 Rc2 32. b3
d4 (32... Rxa2 33. Rxb7 d4 34. Rxb6 d3 35. Rd6 d2 36. Kg2 $18) 33. Rd7 (33. Rd7
Rxa2 34. Rxd4 Ra5 35. Rb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
{An important move. White has to decide, which diagonal he puts his B on.} ({
The natural} 8... Na6 $6 {is dubious, as} 9. Nd2 h6 10. Be3 {and White's
pieces are well placed.}) 9. Bh4 ({Now} 9. Be3 {could have been met by} Ng4 $1
{. Recently there was a top game with this,} 10. Bd2 f5 11. h3 Nf6 12. exf5
gxf5 13. Qc1 f4 14. g3 e4 15. Nh4 e3 16. fxe3 fxg3 17. Ng6 Rf7 18. Qc2 {
(Kramnik-Nakamura, London 2014)} Na6 $1 $132 {with a double-edged struggle.})
9... Na6 10. Nd2 Bd7 (10... Qe8 11. O-O Nh7 12. a3 Bd7 13. b3 h5 14. f3 {
transposes to the game.}) 11. O-O Qe8 {A good move. Black prepares for ...Nh7.}
12. b3 {Usually White plays on the queenside. He prepare for a3, Rb1 followed
by b4.} ({The immediate} 12. a3 $6 {is an inaccuracy, because of} a4 $1 {.})
12... Nh7 13. f3 h5 14. a3 Bh6 {The right plan by Black. The B is very active
on the c1-h6 diagonal.} 15. Rb1 (15. Kh1) ({and} 15. Bf2 {are the other main
moves.}) 15... Nc5 {At first sight this is a nice move, because Black activate
his N, on the other hand White can play for b4 without any difficulties.} ({
I think} 15... Be3+ $1 {is more accurate} 16. Kh1 (16. Bf2 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qe7
18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 h4 {with a balanced middlegame.}) 16... Bc5 {and White
can't play b4 so easily.}) 16. Qc2 f5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na4 19. Nd1 $1 $146
{A good novelty by Giri. White doesn't want to exchange the Ns and he avoids ..
.Be3 too.} (19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Be3+ 21. Kh1 f4 22. Nb3 {(Jussupow-Scheeren,
Eindhoven 1986)} Nb6 23. Na5 g5 24. Bf2 Bxf2 25. Rxf2 Qc8 $13 {with an unclear
position.}) 19... g5 20. Bf2 g4 {Black doesn't waste his time, he immediately
attacks on the kingside.} 21. fxg4 $6 {Probably it is an inaccuracy, but the
position becomes really unclear.} ({The engine suggests} 21. Ne3 Bxe3 (21... f4
$2 22. Nf5 $1) 22. Bxe3 f4 23. Bf2 Qg6 24. Bh4 Kh8 {the computer considers the
position to be to White's advantage, but in a practical game this is a
double-edged battle.}) 21... Bxd2 $2 {A mistake. Black should keep his B,
because that is very important on the dark squares.} (21... hxg4 $1 {was the
correct reply} 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Bd3 Qg6 $13 {with a complicated middlegame.})
22. Qxd2 f4 23. gxh5 {White is two Ps up, but it is not clear what Black's
counterplay is.} Ng5 (23... Nf6 24. Bf3 $16 {and White is better.}) 24. Bh4 $1
{A very strong move. White doesn't protect his e4 P, because Black can attack
with ...f3.} Nxe4 25. Qc2 Bf5 (25... Nf6 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Nf2 $16 {followed
by Ne4.}) 26. g4 $1 {This is the point! Now Black is in big trouble.} Ng3 {
Black tries to complicate the position, but it is already bad.} (26... fxg3 $2
{loses immediately, as} 27. Rxf5 $1 Rxf5 28. Qxe4 $18 {and White wins.}) (26...
Bh7 27. Bd3 {and the h5 P is not hanging.} Nf6 28. Bxh7+ Nxh7 29. Nf2 $18 {
and White has a brilliant position.}) 27. gxf5 Nxf1 28. Kxf1 e4 29. f6 (29. Bg4
$18 {was also fine.}) 29... Kh8 (29... f3 {could have been met by} 30. Bxf3 $1
exf3 31. Qg6+ Qxg6 32. hxg6 $18 {and White is winning.}) 30. Nf2 (30. Bg4 $18 {
was easier and Black has no hope.}) 30... f3 31. Bd1 Qxh5 (31... e3 {looks
dangerous, but} 32. Bxf3 exf2 33. Qg6 $18 {and White wins again.}) 32. Qxe4 Nc3
33. Qd4 $1 Rf7 {Black had to avoid f7.} (33... Nxb1 $2 {loses immediately, as}
34. f7+ Kh7 (34... Qe5 35. Bf6+ $18) 35. Bc2+ $18) 34. Qxc3 ({Probably} 34. Rb3
$1 $18 {was more accurate.}) 34... Qxh4 35. Bxf3 Ra2 $6 (35... Qxf6 36. Qxf6+
Rxf6 37. Rb3 Raf8 38. Ke2 Rf4 39. Rc3 $18) 36. Rb2 $6 {Not a bad move, but} (
36. Ng4 {was stronger,} Qh3+ 37. Ke1 ({Of course not} 37. Kg1 $4 {, because of}
Rg2+ $1 38. Kh1 Rxg4 $19 {and suddenly White can resign.}) 37... Qh4+ 38. Kd1
Qh3 39. Qd3 $18 {and White is winning.}) 36... Rxb2 37. Qxb2 Qxf6 38. Qxf6+
Rxf6 39. Kg2 {Well, this endgame is winning for White, but still he needs some
good plans.} Rf8 40. b5 Kg7 41. Ne4 b6 42. h4 Ra8 43. h5 (43. Ng5 $18) 43...
Ra2+ 44. Kf1 (44. Kg3 Kh6 45. Nf6 $18) 44... Kh6 45. Be2 {Now it will be a
long manoeuvring game, White will activate his pieces as much as possible.} Ra8
46. Kf2 Rf8+ 47. Ke3 Rf7 48. Bf3 Rf8 49. Kf2 Ra8 50. Be2 Ra3 51. Nf6 Ra8 52.
Ke3 Rf8 53. Ne4 Ra8 54. Kf4 Rf8+ 55. Kg3 (55. Kg4 Ra8 56. Ng3 $18) 55... Ra8
56. Nf2 Ra2 57. Bd1 Rb2 58. Ne4 Rb1 59. Be2 Rb2 60. Kf2 Ra2 61. Ke3 Ra8 62. Bg4
Ra4 63. Kf4 $1 {This is the final strong break-through.} Rxc4 64. Bd7 Kxh5 65.
Kf5 Kh6 66. Bc6 Kg7 67. Ng5 Rh4 68. Ke6 Kg6 69. Nf3 (69. Kd7 $18) 69... Rf4 70.
Nd2 Kg5 71. Ke7 Rf5 72. Ne4+ Kf4 73. Nf6 Ke5 74. Nd7+ Kd4 75. Kd8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {This
line has become quite topical nowadays. The queen is going to g3. At the
moment Anish Giri can be seen as the main defender of this line as Black.} Ne5
({In the latest example Giri started with the development of the kingside
knight, which is the main move:} 7... Nf6 8. O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. f4 Neg4
11. Bg1 b4 12. Nb1 e5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf3 d6 15. Bd4 Nh5 16. Qe1 Rb8 17. Nbd2
Be6 $13 {1/2-1/2 (42) Fressinet,L (2713)-Giri,A (2768) Germany 2015}) 8. Qg3 h5
9. f4 {It's curious what Anish had prepared against 9.f3. In the encounter vs
Karjakin he got a bad position right out of the opening.} (9. f3 b5 10. O-O-O
d6 (10... Nf6 $5 11. Bf4 d6 {can be considered.}) 11. f4 Ng4 12. e5 $1 dxe5 13.
fxe5 (13. Ndxb5 $3 axb5 14. Bxb5+ Ke7 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Bb6 $1 Qxb6 17. Qxe5
Nf6 18. Rhf1 $40) 13... Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bd7 15. Be2 $36 {1-0 (42) Karjakin,S 
(2767)-Giri,A (2768) Tashkent 2014}) 9... h4 10. Qh3 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4 12.
O-O-O b5 {Black has developed only one piece so far. However, he has some
long-term benefits, such as the pair of bishops.} 13. f5 (13. Kb1 Bb7 14. Nf3
Qc7 15. e5 Ne7 16. Ng5 Rc8 17. Rd2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 $15 {0-1 (63) Colmenares,
A (2331)-Bok,B (2572) Basel 2015}) 13... Bb7 14. Rhf1 ({If White seizes the
f-file by} 14. fxe6 dxe6 15. Rhf1 {then Black should reply by} Rd8 $1 {This
position is worth being checked in practice.}) 14... e5 $1 $146 {Anish
correctly deviates first from his own game vs Radjabov, played in the same
event few rounds before. In general it's recommended to close the position for
the side that is behind in development.} (14... Rc8 15. fxe6 (15. Nf3 $1 {
[%cal Gf3e5,Gf3g5] is probably the improvement that was prepared by Saric and
avoided by Giri in current game.}) 15... dxe6 16. Rxf7 Kxf7 17. b3 {[%csl Re6]}
Ba3+ 18. Kb1 Qxc3 19. Qxe6+ Kf8 20. Rf1+ Nf6 21. Rxf6+ gxf6 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23.
Qg6+ Kf8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Qf6+ {1/2-1/2 (26) Radjabov,T (2734)
-Giri,A (2784) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 15. Nb3 {[%cal Gb3a5]} (15. Nf3 $6 d6 {
Except going to d2, White's knight doesn't have further prospects here.}) 15...
Qc7 16. Bg5 {A couple of rounds later the same position arose in the
Challengers Tournament, where the winner of the "B" event tried to improve on
White's play. In fact, the choice of Ivan Saric is more logical, preventing
the smooth development of Black's knight, at least for a while.} (16. Kb1 Rc8
$2 {One and only one mistake is enough! Now White wins by force.} ({After} 
16... Nf6 {Black seems to be fine.}) 17. f6 $1 Nxf6 18. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 19. Bb6
Qc6 20. Na5 Qe6 21. Nxb7 Rb8 22. Nd5 $1 Rxb7 23. Qc3 Qc6 24. Nxf6+ Ke7 25. Bd8+
$1 {A spectacular series of punches.} Ke6 26. Qh3# {1-0 (26) Wei,Y (2675)
-Haast,A (2352) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 16... Rc8 17. Rf2 (17. f6 {is a principled
move, but Black seems to hold the balance after} gxf6 (17... b4 $4 18. fxg7
Bxg7 19. Rxf7 $1 {is crushing.}) 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rxf6 b4 20. Rxf7 $1 bxc3 21.
Rfxd7 (21. Rdxd7 cxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Qxc2+ 23. Ka1 Rc6 24. Rd2 Kxf7 25. Rxc2 Rxc2
26. Qf5+ Kg8 {and White has no more than a perpetual check.}) 21... cxb2+ 22.
Kxb2 Qxc2+ 23. Ka1 Rh6 $1 24. Qf3 Qc3+ 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. Rxb7 Rf6 {[%cal Gf6f2,
Gf8a3] with sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 17... Be7 18. Bxe7 (18. Qg4
Bxg5+ 19. Qxg5 Kf8 ({There is no point in sacrificing the pawn:} 19... Nf6 $6
20. Qxg7 Ke7 21. Qg5 Rcg8 22. Qd2 $14) 20. a3 Nf6 21. Qd2 $13 {Black's rook
will come out via h6 as in the game.}) 18... Kxe7 {Of course. The knight is
going to be developed to f6, pressing against the e4 target.} 19. Rfd2 Nf6 $11
{[%cal Gb5b4]} 20. a3 Rh6 21. Qe3 Kf8 {The king is safe now.} 22. Kb1 Kg8 23.
Rg1 ({An attempt to transfer the knight:} 23. Nc1 Qb8 24. N1a2 {[%cal Ga2b4,
Gb4d5] is easily parried by} a5 $15 {The other knight is tied to protecting
the Pe4.}) 23... Ng4 24. Qf3 Qb6 25. Re1 {Not a mistake, but it looks more
logical to double the rooks on the d-file.} (25. Rgd1 Nf6 26. Rd6 Qc7 27. Qe2
Nxe4 $5 (27... Bc6 $11) 28. Rxh6 (28. Rxd7 $6 Qxc3 $1 29. Rxb7 Qc4 $15) 28...
Nxc3+ 29. bxc3 gxh6 30. Rd3 $44) 25... Nf6 {The knight has come back, but
created some disharmony in White's camp. The rook can no longer occupy the
g-file so easily.} 26. g4 {This is White's only active plan, but now Black's
kingside rook becomes active without much of an effort.} hxg3 27. Qxg3 (27.
hxg3 b4 (27... a5 $2 28. g4 b4 29. Na4 Qb5 30. g5 Nxe4 31. Rxe4 Bxe4 32. Qxe4 {
is fine for White as there is no mate after} Qf1+ 33. Ka2 Rh1 {[%cal Gf1b1]}
34. axb4) 28. axb4 Qxb4 29. g4 Rh4 30. Qg3 (30. g5 $2 Nxe4 $19) 30... Rxg4 31.
Qxe5 Bxe4 (31... Nxe4 $4 32. Rd4 $18) 32. Nxe4 (32. Rd4 Qxb3 $17) 32... Rxe4
33. Rxe4 Nxe4 $17) 27... d6 (27... Rxc3 $6 28. Qxc3 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Bxe4 30. Qxe5
$11) 28. Rg2 Rh7 29. Qg5 {[%cal Gg5f6]} (29. Qd3 b4 30. axb4 Qxb4 $15) 29...
Kf8 30. Qd2 Rxc3 $1 {This is not even an exchange sacrifice, as Black gets the
exchange back by force.} 31. Qxc3 Nxe4 32. Qd3 $2 (32. Qb4 $1 Nc3+ 33. bxc3
Bxg2 34. Rxe5 {Thanks to the pin along the a3-f8 diagonal White has captured
an important central pawn. Black still should be better, but here the whole
fight would still lie ahead. For instance:} Rxh2 (34... Qd8 35. Re2 Rh4 36. Nd4
$15) 35. Re2 Qd8 36. Rd2 Rh4 37. Rxd6 Rxb4 38. Rxd8+ Ke7 39. cxb4 Kxd8 40. Nc5
{Black is playing for a win in this endgame, but White should hold.}) 32...
Nc3+ 33. Qxc3 Bxg2 34. Qc8+ Ke7 {Black is a healthy pawn up and his king is
fairly safe behind the central pawn chain.} 35. Qg8 Qf2 36. Rd1 (36. Rxe5+ dxe5
37. Qxh7 Kf6 $19 {[%cal Gg2e4]}) 36... Be4 37. Rd2 Qg1+ 38. Ka2 Bxf5 $19 39.
Qb8 Rh6 40. Rd5 Bd7 41. Qb7 Qg4 42. Na5 {Trying to get the knight into the
action, but Black's king escapes easily.} Kf6 $1 43. b3 Rxh2 44. Rxd6+ Be6 45.
Kb2 Qf4 46. Nc6 Rh1 {[%cal Gf4c1]} 47. Qe7+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Nf3 exf4 8.
Bxf4 O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Ng4 $146 {A logical novelty by Van Wely. The N
would like to gain a foothold on e5.} ({Two years ago Wang Hao played} 10...
Be6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. h4 h5 14. Qf4 Bxg5 15. hxg5 Qe7 16. Bb5 Nb6 17.
Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne5 $16 {with a brilliant position for White, Karjakin-Wang Hao,
Beijing 2013.}) 11. Nd5 Nce5 12. h3 ({The solid} 12. Be2 $5 {was the another
option.}) 12... Nxf3 ({The engine suggests} 12... c6 $5 13. hxg4 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3
cxd5 15. Bh6 f6 {with a double-edged battle.}) 13. gxf3 Ne5 14. Be2 Be6 {
Black has also finished his development, however White has a space advantage
and his pieces are more powerful.} 15. Bg5 ({Probably} 15. Qe3 $1 {was more
accurate. Now Black faces a lot of threats.}) 15... f6 16. Be3 c6 17. f4 $1 {
The right answer by Giri! White doesn't come back with his N, he finds
counterplay and he also attacks the opponent's N.} Nf7 ({In the event of} 17...
cxd5 18. exd5 $1 ({Of course not} 18. fxe5 $2 dxe4 $15 {and Black is slightly
better.}) 18... Bf5 19. fxe5 Rc8 (19... fxe5 20. d6 $36 {and White is active.})
20. Bd3 Qxd5 21. Bxf5 Qxd2+ ({The seemingly dangerous} 21... Qxa2 $2 {could
have been met by} 22. Qd7 $1 gxf5 23. Rhg1 $18 {and White wins.}) 22. Rxd2 gxf5
23. e6 Rc6 24. Rg1 Rxe6 25. Bc5 Rfe8 26. Rd7 Re1+ 27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Kd2 Rh1
29. Bxa7 $14 {and finally White's endgame is slightly better.}) 18. f5 $1 {
Another strong reply!} gxf5 $6 {An inaccuracy, which weakens Black's kingside
especially on the g-file.} ({Nevertheless} 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 $14 {is also
very comfortable for White.}) 19. Nf4 {This is the point of White's previous
sacrifice!} Qxd2+ 20. Bxd2 (20. Rxd2 $2 {is bad, as} Bh6 $1 {and Black looks
nicely placed.}) 20... Rae8 21. Rhg1 Kh8 {Black has to avoid the unpleasant
pin.} ({The greedy} 21... fxe4 $2 {loses because of} 22. Nh5 Ng5 23. h4 $18)
22. Rxg7 $2 {A very good-looking move, but in this position this is a mistake,
which loses the advantage.} ({The cool-blooded} 22. Kb1 {was the correct
reaction, for example} Bh6 23. Bc3 $1 Ne5 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Bb4 $16 {followed
by exf5 and White is better.}) 22... Kxg7 23. Nh5+ Kg6 $6 {Black returns the
error.} (23... Kh8 {was the only good move} 24. Bc3 Ne5 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26. Bxe5
Kg7 27. Rg1+ Kf7 28. Bh5+ Rg6 $11 {and Black is in a pin, but he can equalise
the position.}) 24. Rg1+ Ng5 25. Nf4+ {More accurate than 25.h4.} (25. h4 h6
26. hxg5 hxg5 {is also slightly better for White, but the text move was
stronger.}) 25... Kg7 26. h4 h6 27. Bh5 $6 {A good looking move, but probably
not the best.} ({The computer suggests} 27. Bb4 $5 Rf7 28. hxg5 fxg5 29. exf5 (
29. Nxe6+ Rxe6 30. Bc4 $2 Rxe4 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 $15 {and Black's three Ps are
really strong.}) 29... Bxf5 30. Bh5 $14 {and White is a piece up against two
Ps, still Black has some chances to survive.}) 27... Bf7 28. exf5 Bxh5 29.
Nxh5+ Kf7 30. hxg5 fxg5 $2 (30... hxg5 {was the correct recapture} 31. Bc3 (31.
Bb4 Rh8 $1) 31... Re3 $1 32. Bxf6 Rh3 33. Rxg5 Rxh5 34. Rxh5 Kxf6 {and
probably Black will reach the draw.}) 31. Ng3 $6 (31. Bb4 $1 {was the
strongest continuation,} Rg8 32. Bc3 $16 {and White's minor pieces are really
active, Black is in a big trouble.}) 31... Rd8 32. Rh1 Rd4 {Black couldn't
protect his P, so he tries to activate his R.} (32... Rd6 $2 33. Bb4 $18) ({or
} 32... Rh8 $2 33. Bc3 Rh7 34. Ne4 $18 {and Black can't avoid White's threats.}
) 33. Rxh6 Rfd8 34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. Rh2 Rg4 36. Ne2 (36. Be1 $5 {was also
possible.}) 36... Rd5 37. Rf2 {Usually these types of endgames are nearly
equal, because the R can hold the minor pieces. Now it is a little bit
difficult for Black, because White is active, and the g5 P is always weak.} Kf7
38. b3 b5 39. b4 c5 $2 {Black tries to play actively, but this is too
optimistic.} ({Black should play the solid} 39... a6 {.}) 40. a3 $6 (40. Nc3 $1
{was stronger} Re5 41. Nxb5 cxb4 42. Nd6+ $18 {and it should be a winning
position for White.}) 40... cxb4 41. axb4 (41. Bxb4 $5) 41... a5 42. Nc3 (42.
bxa5 $5) 42... Re5 43. bxa5 b4 44. Na2 Rxa5 45. Nxb4 ({The cool-blooded} 45.
Kb2 $5 {was also possible.}) 45... Rg1+ $6 (45... Rb5 {was tougher} 46. c3 Kf6
47. Kc2 Rh4 (47... Rxf5 $4 {lose because of} 48. Nd5+ Ke5 49. Rxf5+ Kxf5 50.
Ne3+ $18 {and White wins.}) 48. Nc6 Rc5 {and still Black has some practical
chances to survive.}) 46. Kb2 g4 47. Nd3 Rb5+ 48. Kc3 g3 49. Rf3 Rb7 50. Bf4 g2
51. Rg3 Re7 $6 {Loses immediately.} (51... Kf6 52. Be3 Ra1 53. Rxg2 {- longer
torture.}) 52. Ne5+ $1 {What an interesting game!} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "221"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 {An ambitious way, 4...Be7 is safer.} 5.
O-O ({A complicated position follows} 5. b4 Bxb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Ne5 Rb8 $1 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qxa7 Rb6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. d3 Bg4 13. Qc2 Qe7 $15 {
1/2-1/2 (32) Karjakin,S (2771)-Anand,V (2785) Dubai UAE 2014; doubled pawns in
the c-file help Black to control the centre. White's a-pawn is not very
dangerous. Black will block it by ...Ra6.}) 5... c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8.
d3 (8. Re1 Bd6 9. d3 h6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3 Re8 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Ne4
Bf8 15. c5 a4 16. Bd2 (16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. cxd6 Ra6 $13) 16... Qc7 17. Qc4 $6 b5
$1 18. cxb6 (18. Qxb5 $2 Ba6 19. Qxa4 Bxd3 $17) 18... Nxb6 19. Qc1 Nd5 $15 {
Wojtaszek,R (2724)-Oleksienko,M (2618) Lublin POL 2014 1/2-1/2 (47)}) 8... Bd6
(8... h6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. a3 a5 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Qc2 a4 14. c5 Qc7
15. Rfe1 e5 $5 (15... Ra5 16. b4 axb3 17. Nxb3 Ra4 $13) 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Rad1
Ra6 18. Re2 e4 19. Rxe4 Nxc5 20. Rh4 Rd8 $11 {Fressinet,L (2709)-Parligras,M 
(2572) Yerevan ARM 2014 1-0 (69)}) 9. Na3 e5 10. c5 (10. Re1 O-O 11. Nb5 (11.
c5 Bxc5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bxa3 $6 (13... Bg4 $5 14. Qb3 b6 $1 15. Nc4 (15.
Bxa8 $4 Qxa8 $19) 15... h6 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Rc1 Qc7 $11) 14. bxa3 Be6 15. Bb2
Qb6 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. a4 Rc7 18. Rb5 Qd6 19. Qb4 $14 {Lorparizangeneh,S (2340)
-Antal,T (2292) Gyor HUN 2014 1/2-1/2 (61)}) 11... Bb8 $1 (11... Bb4 12. Bd2
Bxd2 13. Qxd2 a6 14. Na3 Qd6 (14... Re8 15. c5 $14 {with the Nc4, Nd6 following
}) 15. c5 Qxc5 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Nfxe5 Ndxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. f4
$14 {Black's position is unpleasant.}) 12. Rb1 a6 13. Na3 Bf5 14. h3 (14. b4 e4
15. Nh4 Bg4) 14... Nd7 15. b4 a5 16. Nh4 Qf6 $6 (16... Be6 17. b5 Nb4 18. Bxb7
Ra7 19. Bg2 Nc5 20. Bf1 Nxa2 $15) 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. b5 $14 {Javakhishvili,L 
(2486)-Kuchava,A (2122) Tbilisi GEO 2015 1-0 (57)}) 10... Bxc5 ({Black should
take the pawn, if he plays} 10... Bc7 $6 {he will get a worse position after}
11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Nc4 $16 {and White's
position is much better.}) 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. Re1 $5 {An ambitious decision, as
an alternative we can examine} (12. Nfxe5 Ndxe5 13. Re1 f6 14. Bxc6+ $5 bxc6
15. Nxe5 O-O (15... fxe5 16. Rxe5+ Be7 17. Bg5 $18) 16. Qb3+ Qd5 17. Nxc6 Qxb3
18. axb3 Bd7 $44) 12... O-O $6 {For better or worse Wesley should have tried
to keep the extra pawn.} (12... f6 13. Nh4 O-O $2 (13... g6 $8 14. a3 Nb6 $1 (
14... O-O $6 15. b4 Be7 16. Bh6 Re8 17. b5 $1 (17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Rac1 $44) 17...
Ncb8 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Bf7 Nc5 20. f4 $1 Bf8 $6 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23.
Nxg6+ Kg7 24. Nxf8 Qxf8 25. fxe5 $16) 15. b4 Be7 16. b5 Nb8 17. f4 Nxc4 18.
dxc4 Nd7 19. Nf3 $44) 14. Bd5+ Kh8 15. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 16. Qg4 $18) 13. Nfxe5
Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 $14 {It is obvious that Anish could be happy with
the result of the opening.} Qb6 (15... Bd6 16. Rd5 Qb6 ({maybe he should prefer
} 16... Be6 $5 17. Rxd4 Qb6 18. Rh4 h6 19. Be3) 17. Qa4 $16 {White will get an
extra pawn.}) 16. a4 $1 {A very strong move. Black should prevent a4-a5, but
after 16...a5 the b5-square is weak and White will play Rb5 after ...Bd6.} a5 (
16... Bd7 {Black's position is unpleasant after} 17. a5 Qc7 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Re4
$16 {White will gain a pawn.}) 17. Qc2 Bb4 18. Rb5 $16 {In order to develop
the queenside Black needs to give up the b7-pawn.} Qe6 19. Bf4 Bd7 20. Bd5 $1 {
The strongest move, after} (20. Rxb7 Rac8 21. Rc7 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxc8
Rxc8 24. Qd2 Qc5 {Black has good chances to escape.}) 20... Qf6 (20... Qf5 21.
Be4 $1 Qe6 22. Rxb7 Rac8 23. Qd1 Rfe8 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qd5 $16) 21. Rxb7 {
A simple and good continuation.} ({Anish could have tried} 21. Be5 $5 Qf5 22.
Be4 Qe6 23. Rxb7 Rac8 24. Qd1 $16) 21... Rac8 22. Qd1 Be6 $6 ({It is worth
considering playing} 22... Bc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Rb5 Qc2 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. Rc1
Rxb2 27. Bd6 Re8 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. Rc4 $14 {Despite the fact that he is pawn
down, Black has good chances to draw.}) 23. Rb6 $16 ({It was even stronger to
play} 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Bd2 Bxd2 (24... Rb8 $6 25. Bxb4 Rxb7 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27.
Qh5 $18) 25. Qxd2 Rc5 26. Rb5 $18 {with excellent chances to win the game.})
23... Rfe8 24. Bxe6 (24. Bb7 $5 Qd8 25. Rb5 Rc5 26. Rxc5 Bxc5 27. Bc6 $16)
24... Rxe6 25. Rc1 Rce8 (25... Rxc1 $2 26. Rb8+ $1 $18) 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Bd2
$1 {In comparison with the line 23.Bxe6 Qxe6 24.Bd2 White's achievements
aren't so significant, but he still has a big advantage.} Bxd2 (27... Rb8 28.
Bxb4 Rxb4 29. Qh5 h6 30. Qxa5 Rxb2 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qxd4 $18) 28. Qxd2 Qf5 {
Wesley tries to create counterplay.} 29. Rc4 {This isn't the best solution.} (
29. Re1 $1 Rd8 (29... Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Kf8 31. Qe4 $18) 30. Re4 {and there is no
counterplay.}) 29... Qd5 30. b4 $6 (30. Qc1 $1 $16) 30... axb4 $6 (30... h5 $1
31. h4 (31. b5 $2 h4 32. Rc1 h3 33. f4 Qf3 34. Rf1 Qd5 {and White can't
improve his position.}) 31... Qf3 32. Rxd4 Re2 33. Rf4 $8 Qxg3+ 34. fxg3 Rxd2 {
with good chances to make a draw.}) 31. Qxb4 h5 32. Rxd4 Qf3 33. Re4 $18 Rd8
34. Re3 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Rxd3 36. Rxd3 Qxd3 {Black can create some threats, but
his position is lost.} 37. h4 g5 38. Qb8+ {Good decision.} (38. hxg5 {seems to
be the reliable way} Qd5+ 39. Kh2 Qxg5 40. a5 h4 41. gxh4 Qe5+ 42. Kg2 Qg7+ 43.
Kh3 $18) 38... Kg7 39. Qe5+ f6 40. Qe3 Qc4 41. hxg5 Qd5+ 42. Qf3 Qxg5 43. Qb7+
Kh6 44. Qa8 $1 Kg7 45. Qa7+ (45. a5 $1 h4 46. a6 hxg3 47. Qa7+ Kf8 48. Qe3 Qd5+
49. Qf3 $18) 45... Kg6 46. Qa8 Qf5 $1 (46... Kg7 47. a5 $1) 47. Qf3 Qe5 48. Kh2
{A waiting move.} Kf7 (48... h4 $2 49. Qg4+ Kf7 50. Qxh4) 49. Qb3+ Kg7 50. Qb4
Qc7 $1 {The best square for the queen.} 51. Qe4 Qc5 52. Kg2 Qg5 53. Qe7+ Kg6
54. Qe8+ Kg7 55. Qd7+ Kh6 56. Qd6 Kg6 57. Qd3+ Kg7 {Giri can't find how to
push the a-pawn.} 58. Qe4 Qc5 59. Qb7+ Kg6 60. Qb1+ Kg7 61. Qe4 Qg5 62. Qe7+ $1
{The queen is going to b5.} Kg6 63. Qe8+ Kg7 64. Qb5 Qg4 65. Qb7+ Kg6 66. Qb1+
Kg7 67. a5 h4 68. Qd3 $1 Qc8 (68... hxg3 $4 69. Qxg3) 69. a6 Qc6+ 70. Kh2 Qb6
71. Kg2 $2 {Expecting 71...Qc6+ 72.Kg2 Qb6.} (71. Kg1 hxg3 72. Qxg3+ Kf7 73.
Qd3 Kg7 74. Qd7+ Kg6 75. a7 $18) 71... h3+ $1 72. Kxh3 Qxf2 $16 {Now Wesley
has chances to save the game. White's king is misplaced on h3.} 73. Qc4 Kg6 74.
Qf4 Qg1 75. Qe4+ f5 76. Qg2 Qa1 $2 (76... Qe3 {and it is not easy to indicate
a good plan for White.} 77. Qa2 Qg1 78. a7 Qh1+ 79. Qh2 Qd1 $1 80. a8=Q Qh5+
81. Kg2 Qe2+ 82. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 77. Qc6+ Kg5 78. Kg2 Qa2+ 79. Kf3 Qa3+ 80. Ke2
Qa2+ 81. Kd3 Qb3+ 82. Qc3 Qd5+ 83. Qd4 Qb5+ 84. Qc4 Qb1+ 85. Kd2 Qb2+ 86. Ke3
Qa3+ (86... Qb6+ $5 87. Kd3 Qb1+ 88. Ke2 Qb2+ 89. Kf3 Qb1 $16) 87. Kf2 Qa5 88.
Qf4+ Kg6 89. Qd6+ Kh5 90. Ke3 (90. Qe6 $1 Kg5 91. Qe3+ Kg6 92. a7 $18) 90...
Qa4 ({The last chance was} 90... Kg4 $1 91. Kd4 Kh3 92. Kc4 Kg4 $16) 91. Kd2
Qb3 92. Qd3 Qa2+ 93. Ke3 $18 Kg5 94. Kf3 Qa1 95. Qd8+ Kh5 96. Qe8+ Kg5 97. Qe7+
Kg6 98. Qe6+ Kg5 99. Qe3+ Kf6 100. a7 Qf1+ 101. Qf2 Qh1+ 102. Ke2 Qe4+ 103. Qe3
Qc4+ 104. Ke1 Qb4+ 105. Kf1 Qb1+ 106. Kg2 Qb7+ 107. Kh2 Kf7 108. Qa3 Qa8 109.
Qb3+ Kg7 110. Qb8 Qf3 111. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 Nd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qc5 Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd7 13. Qc4 Na5 14. Qa4 c6
15. Rd1 b5 16. Qc2 a6 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Qxc6 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 Ne5 21.
Qxb5 Qxa2 22. f4 Rab8 23. Qd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Nc6 25. Rd2 Rxb2 26. Rxb2 Bxb2 27.
Kg2 Nd4 28. Bd3 Ne6 29. f5 gxf5 30. exf5 Ng7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. h3 {A prophylactic move. White protects the important g4-square
and keeps the option of castling long. However, it is too slow, and Black
should easily equalise.} (9. Nb5 {is the main line examined in a survey in CBM
153.}) 9... a6 (9... Bd7 10. Qc2 e5 11. O-O (11. d5 Nb4 12. Qb3 a5 13. a3 e4 $1
14. Nd4 Na6 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. O-O Qe7 17. Ncb5 Be5 18. b4 Nd3 19. bxa5 c6 20.
dxc6 bxc6 21. Nc3 c5 $13 {1-0 (42) Manolache,M (2549)-Doncea,V (2415) Arad 2012
}) 11... exd4 12. exd4 Qc8 (12... Nb4 13. Qd1 c6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16.
Qb3 b5 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxb4 $16 {1/2 (145) Bu,X (2710)-Naroditsky,D (2601)
Las Vegas 2014}) 13. Nb5 Bxh3 14. Nxd6 (14. gxh3 Qxh3 15. Nxd6 Qg4+ $11) 14...
Qg4 15. Ne1 Nxd4 16. f3 {1-0 (31) Mareco,S (2583)-Mekhitarian,K (2487) Santos
2011} Nxc2 17. fxg4 Nxa1 18. Nxf7 Bxg4 $13) (9... e5 $5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 a6
12. a3 {1/2 (38) Polak,T (2522)-Hainke,G (2318) Livigno 2012} c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6
$11) 10. O-O {A natural move but practice has seen other options:} (10. Be2 e5
$1 (10... Bd7 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. O-O b5 13. Ng5 e5 14. d5 (14. dxe5 $6 Qxe5 15. f4
Qe7 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. Rae1 h6 18. Nge4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Be6 20. Qc3 Bb4 21. Qxc6
Bxd2 $15 {1-0 (66) Nikolic,P (2638)-Oms Pallisse,J (2506) Barcelona 2012})
14... Na5 15. Qc2 $14) 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 Bd7 13. Qc2 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Bg5
Ng6 16. Rd1 h6 17. Be3 Qe7 18. O-O Rac8 $11 19. Qb1 b5 $15 {1/2 (25) Dobrov,V 
(2499)-Yemelin,V (2564) Serpukhov 2007}) (10. Qc2 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. a3 e5 13.
dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bf3 Qc8 16. Ne2 c5 {1/2 (16) Malakhatko,V (2562)
-Jakobsen,O (2387) Salou 2005}) (10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13.
O-O-O c6 (13... Qe7 $5) 14. f4 b5 15. Qc2 bxc4 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Qa4
Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxc6 Be6 21. Qd6 Qa5 22. Qg3 Rfd8 $11 {1/2 (30)
Guidarelli,L (2498)-Estremera Panos,S (2345) Chambery 2014}) (10. a3 h6 (10...
e5 $11) 11. O-O e5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. e4 Rh5 16. Rfe1
Ng4 $13 {0-1 (22) Thomassen,J (2332)-Sanikidze,T (2600) Novi Sad 2009}) 10...
e5 {This standard advance is the essence of Black's plan.} 11. Qc2 (11. Rad1 $6
exd4 12. exd4 Bf5 13. Ne5 Nxd4 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Be3 Nb5 17.
Nxb5 axb5 18. Qxb5 Qc8 $17 {1/2 (30) Dizdarevic,E (2540)-Sosonko,G (2515) Pula
1997}) (11. d5 Ne7 12. Qc2 h6 13. a4 Ng6 14. Bd3 Nh7 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Nh2 Bf5
{1/2 (18) Leitao,R (2620)-Saldano Dayer,H (2415) Campinas 2010}) 11... b5 (
11... exd4 {is also quite enough for equality:} 12. exd4 b5 13. Be2 Nb4 14. Qd1
(14. Qb1 Bb7 15. Bg5 Re8 $132 {1-0 (30) Iskusnyh,S (2485)-Karpeshov,O (2408)
Samara 2002}) 14... Bb7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 $11 (16. Nxa4 $143 Ne4 $1 17. Bxb4
Bxb4 18. Qc2 Ng5 19. Qb3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxd4 $17 {1/2 (42)
Yermolinsky,A (2517)-Zilberstein,D (2410) San Fransisco 2007})) 12. Be2 (12.
Bb3 $6 Bb7 (12... exd4 $5 13. exd4 Na5) 13. Ne2 exd4 14. exd4 Ne7 15. Ne5 c5 (
15... Be4 $5 16. Qc3 Nfd5) 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. dxc5 Rc8 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. b4 Bb8
20. Rad1 Qd5 21. f3 Qf5 22. Qxf5 Nxf5 23. Rfe1 Nd5 $15 {0-1 (46) Mchedlishvili,
M (2635)-Khismatullin,D (2584) Plovdiv 2008}) (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 Bb7 14.
Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. a4 b4 17. Na2 c5 18. Nc1 Rac8 19. b3 Bb8 $15 {
0-1 (34) Semcesen,D (2387)-Halkias,S (2579) Reykjavik 2008}) 12... Bb7 13. a3
Re8 14. d5 $6 {After this move Black opens up the centre and obtains pressure
due to his development advantage.} (14. Bd3 {(preventing 14...e4) is probably
the best option although it is rather White who should worry about equality:}
b4 (14... exd4 $5 15. exd4 b4) (14... Nxd4 $5 15. exd4 e4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11)
15. Ne4 exd4 16. Rfe1 $1 Ne5 $1 17. Nxe5 Bxe4 (17... Nxe4 18. exd4 Nxd2 19.
Qxd2 c5 $13) (17... Bxe5 18. Nc5 $44) 18. exd4 Bxd3 19. Nxd3 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1
bxa3 21. bxa3 Bf8 $11) 14... Ne7 15. e4 c6 $1 {[%mdl 32]} 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Be3
Nd4 $1 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nxe4 $15 20. Bf3 {After this move White's pawn
structure gets destroyed but his position was quite unpleasant in any case, e.
g.} (20. Rad1 Qg5 21. Be3 Qe5 22. f4 Qe7 $15) 20... Rc8 21. Rfe1 Nxc3 22. Rxe8+
Qxe8 23. Bxc3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qe6 25. Rd1 Rc5 26. h4 Rc4 27. Qd3 Bf8 28. Qd8 Qf5
29. Qa8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Bb4 {was not good due to} Rc8) (29. Rd4 $15 {
was a must.}) 29... Rxh4 ({It is hard to say what exactly White overlooked.
Perhaps} 29... Rxh4 30. Bb4 (30. Rd8 $4 Qb1+) 30... Qg5+ 31. Kf1 Rh1+ 32. Ke2
Qe5+) 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. d4 c6 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Re1 Qxb3 12. axb3 Be6 13. b4 Nd5 14. b5 Nb4 15.
bxc6 bxc6 16. Ra5 c5 $5 {This is the start of some wild complications!} 17. Ng5
(17. dxc5 Nc6 18. Ra3 {should somehow favor Black. It would be interesting to
see what MVL had planned against this.}) 17... cxd4 18. Nxe6 (18. Bxa8 dxc3 {
should just transpose.}) 18... fxe6 19. Bxa8 dxc3 20. bxc3 (20. Rxa7 cxb2 21.
Bxb2 Bxb2 22. Rxd7 Rxa8 23. Rxe7 {is a position that only White can win, but
the odds of that happening seem somewhat low. The two pieces should be good
enough to hold the draw.} (23. Rb7 Ba3 $1 $17) (23. Rb1 Ra1 $11)) 20... Bxc3
21. Rd1 Rxa8 22. Rxd7 Nd3 $1 {This is the point - Black is attacking that
bishop on c1 and the rook on a5. White cannot d efend both.} 23. Ra2 $1 Nxc1
24. Rc2 {A nice fork! The bishop on c3 is not under attack currently because
of Ne2+, but the knight has to move!} Nxe2+ 25. Rxe2 a5 26. Rxe6 Bf6 {And at
the end of the strange sequence we arrive to this situation. Giri is up an
exchange but Black has his powerful passed pawn on the a-file. It's a very
difficult position to win.} 27. Rb6 a4 28. Rbb7 a3 29. Ra7 Rxa7 30. Rxa7 Bb2
31. Ra6 Kf7 32. g4 h5 33. gxh5 gxh5 34. Kg2 e6 35. f4 (35. Kf3 Kf6 36. Kf4 Be5+
$11) 35... Ke7 36. Kg3 Kd7 37. Kh4 Kc7 38. Kxh5 Kb7 39. Ra4 Kc6 40. Kg6 Kb5 41.
Ra8 Kb4 {Black will win the rook and White has no time to take all the pawns.
For example:} (41... Kb4 42. Kf7 Bc1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. h3
e5 9. Nf3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bxg7 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Kxg7 13. Bb5 Nb4 14. a3 a6
15. axb4 axb5 16. Nxb5 Ra4 17. Rd4 Ra1+ 18. Rd1 Ra4 19. Rd4 Ra1+ 20. Rd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Ne7 8. O-O
Ng6 9. Ba4 c6 10. Re1 Bb6 11. Bc2 Re8 12. d4 Bc7 13. Nf1 d5 14. Bg5 dxe4 15.
Rxe4 Bf5 16. Re3 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rae1 Re7 20. Ng3 Rae8 21.
Qf5 Qxf5 22. Nxf5 Re6 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. N5h4 Nxh4 25. Nxh4 g6 26. Nf3 f6 27.
Nh4 Kf7 28. Kf1 f5 29. Nxg6 Kxg6 30. f4 Kf6 31. fxe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 f5
9. exf5 gxf5 10. Nh4 {This rare continuation was prepared by GM Evgeny
Tomashevsky for this tournament. It's main idea is to provoke the advance of
one of Black's central pawns and then establish a blockade.} (10. Ng5 {is the
main line}) (10. Bg2 {- see Timofeev - Andreikin in CBM 149.}) 10... Nf6 (10...
Nf4 11. Bd2 $5 (11. gxf4 Qxh4 12. Rg1 Nd7 (12... exf4 13. Qd4 Qe7+ 14. Be2 Kh8
15. Qxf4 Nd7 $13 16. Qg3 $6 Nc5 17. Bg5 Qf7 18. Be3 f4 19. Bxf4 Bf5 $36 {
1/2 (44) Ushenina,A (2487)-Isgandarova,K (2190) Tromso 2014}) 13. Nb5 exf4 14.
Nxc7 Ne5 $1 (14... Nc5 15. Rxg7+ Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Kd1 $16 {1-0 (27)
Cheparinov,I (2690)-Vovk,Y (2591) Warsaw 2014}) 15. Nxa8 Re8 16. Rxg7+ Kxg7 17.
Kd2 Qxf2+ 18. Kc3 Nf3 $44) 11... Qe7 12. Qc2 Na6 13. a3 Bd7 14. O-O-O Kh8 15.
Kb1 Rae8 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Rg1 Ng6 18. Nxg6+ Qxg6 19. f3 c6 20. g4 $14 {1-0 (30)
Tomashevsky,E (2716)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2705) Tbilisi GEO 2015}) (10... Qe8 {
has not been tested so far.}) 11. Bg5 {A usual manoeuvre in the Bagirov system
although not in this particular line. White restricts Black's play and wants
to provoke the weakening ...h7-h6. However, this move has a hidden drawback.} (
11. Qc2 Na6 (11... Ne8 12. f4 Qe7 13. Be2 Na6 14. O-O Nb4 15. Qd1 c5 16. a3 Na6
17. Kh2 Bd7 18. Be3 Kh8 19. Qd2 e4 20. Rg1 $14 {1/2 (40) Drenchev,P (2487)
-Cheparinov,I (2686) Kozloduy 2014}) (11... Qe8 12. Be2 Na6 13. Be3 Nb4 {
1-0 (45) Cramling,P (2507)-Kashlinskaya,A (2423) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014} 14. Qd2
$14) 12. Be2 (12. Nxf5 {1-0 (59) Babujian,L (2510)-Matta,V (2217) Hyderabad
2013} Nb4 $1 13. Qb1 (13. Qb3 Bxf5 14. Qxb4 Ne4 15. Be3 a5 16. Qb3 Nxc3 17.
Qxc3 Be4 18. Rg1 Bf3 $44) 13... Bxf5 14. Qxf5 e4 15. Kd1 Rf7 $44) 12... Nb4 13.
Qb3 a5 14. a3 Na6 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Bg5 f4 $1 $13 (16... a4 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18.
Qxf5 c6 19. Qc2 Nb3 20. Rd1 Nd4 21. Qd2 Qc8 22. Be3 $16 {1-0 (75) Panarin,M 
(2523)-Gabrielian,A (2545) Belorechensk 2012}) 17. gxf4 $140 h6) (11. Bd3 $5 {
A very logical move; Black can't protect the f5-pawn indirectly. In the
following games White was clearly on top:} e4 (11... Ne8 12. Qh5 Qf6 13. g4 e4
14. Bc2 Na6 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 Qxf5 17. Qxf5 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Rxf5 {1/2 (31)
Harika,D (2528)-Bakalchuk,J (2317) Douglas 2014} 19. Bxe4 Re5 20. f3 Nf6 21.
Bf4 $16) 12. Be2 Nfd7 13. Ng2 Ne5 14. Nf4 Na6 15. Be3 Nc5 16. O-O Ng6 17. Qd2
Nxf4 18. gxf4 $5 a5 19. Kh2 Kh8 20. Rg1 Bf6 21. Rg3 Bd7 22. Rag1 Qe7 23. Nd1 $1
b6 24. Bd4 $16 {[%cal Rd1e3] 1-0 (35) Nisipeanu,L (2652)-Vedmediuc,S (2401)
Calimanesti-Caciulata ROU 2014}) 11... Na6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Be3 Nh7 {This is the
drawback of 11.Bg5. Black's knight retreats to protect the f5-pawn but now it
has got a better square than e8.} (13... f4 14. gxf4 exf4 15. Bd4 Nb4 16. Rg1
$1 $36 {Chesspro.ru}) 14. f4 $6 {A dubious continuation. The position of
White's king becomes vulnerable, and the e-file can be seized by Black.} (14.
Qh5 {was an attempt at improvement in a later game but Black's position proved
quite solid after} e4 15. Bc2 Nb4 16. O-O-O Nxc2 17. Kxc2 Bd7 18. Bd4 Qg5 19.
Qe2 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qf6 21. Qe3 Ng5 22. Ne2 a5 23. Nf4 Kh7 24. Kb1 b6 25. Rc1
Rae8 26. Rd2 Rf7 27. Rdc2 Rfe7 {1/2 (31) Tomashevsky,E (2716)-Radjabov,T (2731)
Tbilisi GEO 2015}) 14... exf4 15. Bxf4 Ng5 16. Kf1 (16. Qd2 Nc5 17. O-O-O Nge4
$132) 16... Bd7 17. Kg2 Nc5 18. Qc2 {White gives up his bishop but takes the
e-file and the e4-square under control.} (18. Bc2 Nce4 $5) 18... Qf6 19. Rae1
Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rae8 21. Qd2 (21. Rhf1 Ne4 22. Rf3 $5 a6 $5 $36 {[%cal Yb7b5]} (
22... Nxc3 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. bxc3 Re4 $13)) 21... a6 {[%mdl 32] Black prepares
the ...b7-b5 undermining move. It is clear that he has seized the initiative
so White tries to simplify the game.} 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1 (23... Ne4 {
is harmless due to} 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Re2 b5 26. cxb5 Bxb5 27. Rf2) 24. Qxe1 b5
({Here} 24... Ne4 {was more appropriate although White should hold on after}
25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. b3) 25. Qe2 $1 bxc4 (25... Ne4 $5 26. cxb5 Nxc3 27. bxc3 axb5
28. Kh2 $1 Qxc3 $140 $4 29. Qe7) 26. Qxc4 Qe7 27. Qd3 Qf7 (27... Ne4 {was more
active here although White should hold on after} 28. Nf3) 28. Nf3 (28. Qxa6
Bxc3 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. bxc3 {looks risky but Black's compensation is probably
only enough for a draw, e.g.} Qf6 (30... Qe7 31. Qh8+) 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Nf3 g4
33. hxg4 fxg4 34. Nd4 Qh6 35. Qd8 Qd2+ $11) 28... Nxf3 29. Qxf3 Bc8 30. Kf2 Bb7
31. Qd3 {White agrees to give up a pawn to obtain a drawish endgame with
opposite-coloured bishops. Black's other attempts to make progress also fail.}
h5 32. Be3 h4 (32... Bxc3 33. bxc3 Bxd5 34. Qxa6 Bxa2 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qd8 $11
{[%cal Yd8g5]}) 33. Bd4 $6 (33. gxh4) 33... Bf8 $6 ({Both players overlooked a
tactical trick} 33... Bxd5 $1 34. Bxg7 Be4 $1 {but it was hardly enough to win
after} 35. Qd4 ({or perhaps even} 35. Qxa6 hxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Qxg7+ 37. Kf2) 35...
hxg3+ (35... Qxg7 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. gxh4) 36. Kxg3 Qxg7+ 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38.
Kf4 {[%cal Yh3h4,Rc3e4] (E.Gleizerov)}) 34. Qf3 Be7 35. Ke2 Qg6 36. gxh4 Bxh4
37. a3 Kf7 38. Kd2 Ke8 39. Bf2 Bg5+ 40. Be3 Bf6 41. Kc1 Be5 42. Bf4 Bf6 43.
Qe3+ Kd8 44. Qg3 Qxg3 45. Bxg3 Bg5+ 46. Kc2 Ke7 (46... f4 47. Bf2 {[%cal Yc2d3]
}) 47. Kd3 Kf6 48. Bf2 Kg6 49. b4 Bc8 50. Ne2 f4 51. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qb3 b6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Qxd7 Nbxd7
15. Rfc1 Ne8 16. Be2 a6 17. a4 Nd6 18. b3 Bf8 19. Kf1 Be7 20. Bd3 Kf8 21. Be1
Ke8 22. f3 Nb8 23. e4 Nc6 24. Ne2 Bg5 25. Rd1 Kd7 26. g4 Be3 27. Bb1 f6 28.
exd5 exd5 29. Ra2 Re8 30. Nc3 Nb4 31. Re2 Rac8 32. Ne4 dxe4 33. fxe4 Nxe4 34.
Rxe3 Nc3 35. Rxe8 Kxe8 36. Rc1 Nbd5 37. Bd2 Kd7 38. Bd3 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40.
Kf2 b4 41. Ra1 Rc7 42. h4 Ne7 43. Bf4 Rb7 44. Ra8 Ncd5 45. Bh2 f5 46. gxf5 Nxf5
47. Be4 Rb5 48. Ra7+ Ke6 49. Bd3 Rb6 50. Rxh7 Rc6 51. h5 Rc3 52. Be4 gxh5 53.
Rxh5 Nde3 54. d5+ Kf6 55. Bf4 Rxb3 56. d6 Ke6 57. Ke1 Rc3 58. Rh7 Rc4 59. d7
Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1
Ne4 (8... a5 {The major alternative to 8...Ne4 is 8...a5. Both moves of course
want to hinder White's advance on the queenside.} 9. d5 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3
Na6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Rfd1 Rae8 16. Be3 f4 17. Bd4 fxg3
18. hxg3 Nf6 19. Rbc1 Bf5 20. Nh4 Bc8 21. Bf3 Qe7 22. Ng2 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 (22)
Gustafsson,J (2647)-Halkias,S (2579) Reykjavik 2011}) 9. Qc2 Nxc3 (9... e5 10.
Rd1 Qf6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd7 14. c5 e4 15. Bd4 Qe7 16. Bxg7
Qxg7 17. Nd4 a5 18. Rbc1 Nf6 19. e3 g5 (19... Nd5 20. Qa3 g5 21. Rc4 Qe5 22.
Ra4 f4 23. Nc2 Bf5 24. Rdd4 fxg3 25. hxg3 h5 26. Bxe4 $2 (26. Qb3 Rf7 27. Ne1
Nf6 $11) 26... Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Qf5 28. f4 Qg4 $19) 20. Bf1 Kh8 21. Bc4 Re8 (21...
Qe7) 22. Ne2 Nd7 23. Rd6 $6 (23. Qa3 $14) 23... Nxc5 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nd4 a4
26. Rc3 Ra5 27. Kg2 h6 28. b4 axb3 29. axb3 Ra3 30. h4 Rf8 31. Be2 Na4 32. Rc1
Nb6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rh1 $2 (34. Nxc6 bxc6 35. Rcxc6 Nd7 36. Rg6+ Kf7 37. Rge6
Rxb3 38. Bd1 Rb2 39. Bh5+ Kg8 40. Rg6+ $11) 34... Rf6 35. Rh7+ Kxh7 36. Rxf6
Kg7 37. Rd6 Kf7 38. Bh5+ (38. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 39. Rxc6 Rxb3 40. Rxc8 Nxc8 41. Bc4+
$11) 38... Ke7 39. Rg6 Nd5 40. Rxg5 c5 $15 {1/2-1/2 (60) Tomashevsky,E (2733)
-Wang Hao (2739) St Petersburg 2012}) 10. bxc3 {This strengthens the position
of the d4-pawn but on the other hand it leaves a weakling on c4. Throughout
the game, this is an annoying factor for White. Taking with the queen keeps
the pawn structure harmonious, but the vis-à-vis of Bg7-Qc3 is unpleasant for
White.} (10. Qxc3 Nd7 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. c5 dxc5 13. dxc5 Nd5 14. Qb3 b6 15. Rd1
e6 $11) 10... e5 ({Relevant:} 10... Qc7 11. c5 dxc5 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Qb3+ Kh8
14. Ng5 Bf6 15. Nf7+ Kg8 16. Nd6+ Kh8 17. Nxb7 Bxb7 18. Qxb7 Na6 19. Bxc6 Rac8
20. Bd7 Rcd8 21. Bb5 g5 22. Qxa6 Qxa6 23. Bxa6 gxf4 24. dxc5 Rd5 25. c6 Rc5 26.
Bb7 Be5 27. Rfd1 fxg3 28. hxg3 f4 29. g4 Bd6 30. Rd3 Rg8 31. f3 Rgg5 32. Kf2
Kg7 33. a4 Rc4 34. Rb5 h6 35. Rxg5+ hxg5 36. a5 Kf6 37. a6 Ke5 38. c7 Rxc7 39.
Rd5+ Ke6 40. Rxg5 {Jakovenko,D (2747)-Motylev,A (2686) Yaroslavl 2014 1-0 (71)}
) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ba3 Rf7 13. Rfd1 Nd7 (13... Rd7 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nd2 e3 16.
fxe3 Bf8 17. c5 Bh6 18. Nc4 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 $14) 14. e4 Bf8 15.
Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Qd2 $146 (16. exf5 gxf5 17. Ng5 Re7 18. Rd6 Nc5 19. Qd1 Be6 20.
Qd2 Bd7 21. Qe3 b6 22. Rbd1 {1/2-1/2 (22) Moreno,A (2383)-Polsterer,H (2448)
ICCF email 2009; and now that the game really begins, the players agreed on a
draw.}) 16... Rf6 (16... f4 17. Qd6 Rf6 18. Qxf8+ Rxf8 $11) 17. exf5 gxf5 18.
Qg5+ Rg6 19. Qe3 e4 20. Nh4 Rg7 21. f3 exf3 22. Qxf3 $14 {White has the more
active position (Ra8 isn't doing anything yet) and there's the weakling on f5
to worry about. The only drawback of the white position is that in a possible
endgame the doubled isolated c-pawns are a disaster.} Nc5 23. Rd4 $6 (23. Rf1
Rf7 24. Bh3 f4 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Ng2 f3 (27... Nd3 28. Nxf4 Nxf4
29. Rxf4 Rxf4 30. Qxf4 Qxf4 31. gxf4 b6 32. Kf2 $14)) 23... Ne6 (23... Be6 $2
24. Bh3 $16) 24. Rd2 (24. Nxf5 Rg5 (24... Nxd4 $4 25. Nh6+) 25. Nd6 Qxf3 26.
Bxf3 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Ra5 28. Rb2 Bh3 29. Nxb7 Rf5 30. Bg2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Rb8 32.
Rb3 $11) 24... Ng5 25. Qf4 $14 Be6 26. Re1 (26. Rf2 Re8 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. Qxf5
Qxf5 29. Rxf5 Ne4 30. Rc1 Rd7 31. c5 h6 32. Re1 Rde7 33. Re3 $14) 26... Qf6 27.
Qd4 (27. Rde2 $14) 27... Rf8 $11 {Black is fully developed, his pieces are
active and the weakness of the f5-pawn is compensated for by White's c3 and c4.
} 28. Rf2 Rgf7 29. Qxf6 (29. Rf4 Qxd4+ 30. Rxd4 f4 $15) 29... Rxf6 30. Rf4 h6
31. a3 Kg7 32. Re5 Kg8 (32... a6 33. a4 R6f7 34. a5 Bc8 35. Bf1 Be6 $11) 33.
Bf1 a6 34. Kg2 Rd8 $6 {Black is playing for a win and avoids a possible
repetition of moves, e.g.} (34... Nf7 35. Re3 Nd6 36. Re5 Nf7 $11) 35. g4 $1
$14 {Immediately exploiting the unprotected position of the Rf6.} Rd2+ 36. Re2
Rd3 $6 {Still playing for a win, which is unwise in the present position,
where Black should strive for the balance.} (36... Rxe2+ 37. Bxe2 Ne4 38. gxf5
Nxc3 39. Rg4+ Kf8 40. Bd3 Bf7 41. Ng6+ Bxg6 42. fxg6 Kg7 43. Rd4 b5 44. Rd7+
Kg8 45. Ra7 Rd6 46. cxb5 axb5 47. Bf5 Rf6 48. Bc2 c5 49. Rc7 c4 50. Rb7 Rd6 51.
Kf3 Re6 $11) 37. gxf5 Bf7 38. Re8+ $1 {Simplifying the position and getting
rid of the active rook on d3.} Bxe8 39. Bxd3 c5 40. Rg4 Rb6 $5 {Black might
still reach a draw by swinging the other rook to an active position, but now
he has to work hard for it.} (40... Rd6 41. Be4 (41. Rg3 Bc6+ 42. Kf2 Kf7 43.
Ke3 Kf6 44. Ng2 Kf7 45. h4 Nf3 46. Be2 Ne5 47. Kf4 Rd2 48. Re3 Nd7 49. Ne1 Ra2
50. Bh5+ Kg8 51. Re8+ Nf8 52. Re7 Rf2+ 53. Ke5 Nd7+ 54. Ke6 Rf1 55. Nd3 $18)
41... Bh5 42. Rg3 Rd2+ 43. Kg1 Rd1+ 44. Kg2 Rd2+ $11) 41. Ng6 Rb2+ 42. Kg3 Bxg6
43. fxg6 Rb3 44. Bf5 $6 ({The active} 44. Kf4 $1 {gives White good chances}
Rxc3 45. Rg3 Kg7 (45... Rxa3 $2 46. Ke5 $18) 46. Ke5 b5 47. cxb5 c4 48. Bf5
Rxg3 49. hxg3 axb5 50. g4 Nh3 51. Kd4 $16) 44... Rxc3+ 45. Kg2 Rxa3 (45... Kg7
46. h4 Nf3 47. Re4 Kf6 48. Rf4 Nxh4+ 49. Rxh4 Kxf5 50. g7 Rc2+ 51. Kf1 Rc1+ 52.
Kf2 Rc2+ {and White has to acquiesce in a repetition of moves or allow the
rook to go to g2.}) 46. h4 Ra2+ $2 {This hastens the end. As so often in these
cases, Black should have adhered to the adage that it's better to keep the
king cut off than to chase him to good squares by checking him. But in the end
the game most likely couldn't be saved anyway.} (46... Nf3 47. Re4 Kf8 48. Bc8
Nd4 49. Rf4+ Kg7 50. h5 $16) 47. Kg3 $18 Ra3+ 48. Kg2 (48. Kf4) 48... Ra2+ 49.
Kg3 Ra3+ 50. Kf4 $1 Nh3+ 51. Ke5 Kg7 52. Rg2 Rf3 53. Rd2 Nf4 54. Rd7+ Kg8 55.
Rxb7 Nh5 56. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O Nce4 17. Qd3 Qd6 18. g3 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Qxd5 20. Qxa6 Qa8 21.
Qxa8 Rxa8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ne5 Nd5 24. Rd1 Rd6 25. Nxg6 Nxf4 26. Nxf4 Rxd1+
27. Bxd1 Bxb2 28. Nd3 {The game's novelty, which changes the evaluation of the
position in absolutely nothing.} (28. Bc2 Nf6 29. Nd3 Bc3 $11 {
Tomashevsky-Gris omashevsky-Grischuk, 2014.}) 28... Bc3 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. f4 h6
31. g4 f5 32. gxf5 Nd6 33. Kf3 Kf6 34. Nf2 Kxf5 35. Ng4 Kg6 36. Bc2+ Kg7 37.
Ne3 e6 38. Bb3 Nf5 39. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Ne5 8.
Qg3 h5 {Giri's favourite move.} 9. Nf5 $5 $146 {A very powerful novelty by
Mamedyarov!} ({One month ago Giri already had a game against Saric with} 9. f4
h4 10. Qh3 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4 12. O-O-O b5 13. f5 Bb7 14. Rhf1 e5 15. Nb3 Qc7
16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Rf2 Be7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Rfd2 Nf6 $132 {Iv.Saric-Giri, Wijk
aan Zee 2015, with a complicated middlegame, later Black managed to win.}) ({or
} 9. f3 b5 10. O-O-O d6 11. f4 Ng4 12. e5 {(Karjakin-Giri, Tashkent 2014) and
now} Nxe3 {was correct} 13. Qxe3 d5 {followed by ...Bc5. However after} 14. f5
{White has some initiative.}) 9... f6 $1 {The best reply! Black doesn't take
the N immediately, first he protects his e5 N, and frees the important
f7-square for his K.} ({If Black captures the N with} 9... exf5 {it involves a
dangerous attack with} 10. Nd5 Qb8 (10... Qd6 11. Bb6 $40) 11. Bb6 h4 (11...
Bd6 $2 12. Qxg7 $18) 12. Qc3 Nc6 13. Bc7 Qa7 14. O-O-O $36 {and White has a
huge initiative for the piece.}) 10. O-O-O ({The greedy} 10. Nxg7+ $2 {could
have been met by} Kf7 {and the N is trapped.}) 10... exf5 11. Nd5 Qc6 12. Bb6
fxe4 (12... Kf7 $2 {is a mistake, because of} 13. exf5 Bd6 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qb3
Kf8 16. Bc4 $40 {and Black's K has become uncomfortable, White has a strong
attack.}) 13. Nc7+ Kf7 14. Qb3+ (14. Nxa8 d5 15. Qb3 {transposes to the game.})
14... d5 15. Nxa8 Ne7 16. Nc7 Bg4 $1 {A good move. Black continues the
development, moreover with tempo, White has to move his R.} (16... Be6 $2 {
is not working, as} 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. f3 $1 $16 {and White is better.}) 17. Rd4
Nd7 18. Nxd5 ({The engine recommends} 18. Ba5 Nc5 19. Qb6 Qxb6 20. Bxb6 Ne6 21.
Nxe6 Bxe6 {and Black has some compensation for the exchange, however only
White can play for win.}) 18... Nxd5 {Black simplifies the position, which
leads an equal position.} (18... Be6 $1 {was more accurate} 19. Bc4 Nxd5 20.
Bxd5 Nxb6 21. Bxe6+ Qxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kxe6 23. Rxe4+ Kf7 {and White is the one
who has to fight for the draw.}) 19. Rxd5 Be6 20. Rxd7+ ({Of course} 20. Bc4 $2
{does not work as} Nxb6 $1 $19 {and Black wins.}) 20... Qxd7 21. Bc4 Bxc4 22.
Qxc4+ Qe6 23. Qc7+ Qe7 ({In the event of} 23... Kg6 24. Rd1 Qxa2 25. Qxb7 $14 {
and White's chances are slightly better.}) 24. Qc4+ Qe6 25. Qc7+ Qe7 26. Qc8 {
White continues the game, but Black can just finish the development.} g6 $1 {
The important move. Now White can't come with his R, he has to avoid ...Bh6+.}
27. Be3 Bg7 28. Qc4+ Qe6 29. Qc7+ Qe7 30. Qc4+ Qe6 31. Qc7+ Qe7 {and draw.
What a great struggle!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Qg4 h6 21.
Nh3 Qe4 22. Nf4 (22. Qg3 {is another idea.}) 22... Ne5 23. dxe5 Qxc4 24. e6
fxe6 {The first new move of the game. These kind of deep lines were somewhat
popular in the Petroff many years ago, but, mainly due to the popularity of 4.
Nc3, they have died off somewhat.} 25. Qxg6 Qxf4 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Rd1 Rf8 28.
f3 Qxh4 29. Rxd6 {Even though the players keep going for a while, it's almost
impossible for either side to make progress. White is pretty active, but if he
ever takes a pawn it's very likely he will run into a perpetual check, while
Black has no good way of using his rook for now, and if he does he too will
face a perpetual check.} Qg5 30. Rd7 Qc5+ 31. Kh2 Qh5+ 32. Kg1 Re8 33. Qg4 Qxg4
34. fxg4 b6 35. Rxa7 Rc8 36. Ra6 Rxc3 37. Rxb6 Rxa3 38. Kh2 Kh7 39. Rc6 Rd3 40.
Ra6 Kg8 41. Ra7 Re3 42. Rb7 Kf8 43. g5 hxg5 44. Rb5 Kf7 45. Rxg5 Kf6 46. Ra5 g5
47. g4 Rb3 48. Rf5+ Kg6 49. Kg2 Rb4 50. Kg3 Rb3+ 51. Kg2 Rb4 52. Kg3 Rb3+ 53.
Kg2 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 c5 8. d5
Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. Nd3 g6 12. b4 b6 13. a4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Nb3
Ra6 16. Bh6 Ng7 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. f3 Kh8 19. a5 Ng8 20. Be3 f5 21. axb6 Rxa1 22.
Rxa1 Qxb6 23. Qc2 Nf6 24. Nf2 Bd7 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Nd2 Qa7 27. Rxb8+ Qxb8 28. f4
exf4 29. Bxf4 fxe4 30. g4 Qf8 31. Be3 h5 32. h3 hxg4 33. hxg4 Nge8 34. Kg2 Qg7
35. Qb1 Kg8 36. Qb8 Bf8 37. Qb3 Qe7 38. Bf4 e3 39. Qxe3 Qxe3 40. Bxe3 Be7 41.
Kg3 Nh7 42. Nf3 Kg7 43. Bd3 Kf7 44. Bc2 (44. Nh4 Nf8 (44... Bxh4+ $1 45. Kxh4
Bc8 $11 {There doesn't seem to be any good way of making progress, though
Obviously White is the one pushing for a win.}) 45. Bh6 $16) 44... Kg7 45. Bd2
Nef6 46. Bc3 Kf7 47. Nh4 Nf8 48. Nf3 Bc8 49. Ng5+ Kg8 50. Nf3 Ba6 51. Bd3 Kf7
52. Ba5 Ke8 53. Kf4 Bd8 54. Bc3 Be7 55. Nd2 N6d7 56. Nd1 Bf6 57. Bxf6 Nxf6 58.
Ne3 N6d7 59. Nf3 Kf7 60. Bf1 Kf6 61. Ng5 Ke7 62. Ne4 Nh7 63. Be2 Nhf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Azerbaijan! The name is exotic and sounds like a place in a book or a movie.
The people have fierce eyes but are extremely friendly and curious about
tourists. Most of the people working with the chess event spoke perfect
English, but the village people, our drivers and bodyguards didn't. Yet these
people would talk to me in Aziri anyway and try to make themselves understood.
I would answer back in English trying to make myself understood. We would
laugh, nod and smile and everyone seemed to get a little something from the
"conversation".  Ok maybe my adjustment was helped a bit by the Filipinos (yes,
we are everywhere) who worked in the hotel. They explained a lot of things to
me, telling me that not many foreigners visit Shamkir, preferring to explore
the larger cities like Ganja and Baku, so the Shamkirites are always excited
to see tourists.   Anyway, if you make it this far, this little town is an
attractive, quiet, very clean place to base.   Yes, I was pretty excited to be
in Azerbaijan except for one dark cloud on my horizon. My first game was with
Anish Giri.   Anish Giri has always been a tough opponent for me. In previous
games when he was White he crushed me twice with 1.c4 so I figured that for
this game it was the way to go.} 1. c4 g6 {This is a favorite move by Grünfeld
players hoping for a transposition to their favorite opening after 2.d4 Nf6.}
2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 {The main move is 4.Nf3 but this looks very logical
as well.} Nxe4 5. Bd3 Bb4+ $6 {This is the obvious reply but it's a mistake
that led to a difficult position.} 6. Kf1 $1 {I have beaten Baadur Jobaava
before when I moved my king to f1 on the 5th move (1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.
Bd3 Bb4+ 5.Kf1!) and I had nice memories about that game. (1-0 (37) So,W (2744)
-Jobava,B (2713) ACP Golden Classic 2014 2014)} Nc5 7. Nf3 Ne6 8. a3 $6 {
Small mistakes like this one are unavoidable but both 8.Bh6 and 8.h4 would
have been better.} Be7 ({Black would have equalized if he went} 8... Bf8 $1 {
Next comes ...Bg7 followed by ...Nc6 with pressure on the e5-pawn. I actually
saw this move when I played 8.a3 and I was waiting impatiently for Anish's
reply. I didn't have to wait long as he soon picked up his bishop and put it
on e7.}) 9. Nc3 d6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. b4 (11. h4 {is a faster way to attack the
black king.}) 11... Bf8 {Black has to send the bishop back to g7 to fight for
the long diagonal.} (11... O-O 12. Bb2 $14) 12. Qe2 Bg7 13. Bg5 Bf6 ({After} 
13... f6 {Anish didn't like} 14. Rd1 fxg5 15. Bxg6+ hxg6 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {
and here he pointed out} 17. Nxg5 $1 Nxg5 18. Qd2+ Ke8 19. Qxg5 Bxc3 20. Qe3+
$16 {after which White's queen is stronger than the pieces as the Black king
is vulnerable.}) 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qd2 (15. Rc1 {is inferior.}) 15... O-O 16.
Re1 {The white rook enjoys the open file very much while its colleague will
find employment after h2-h4.} Qd8 (16... Qf4 17. Re3) 17. Rd1 {Preventing Nf4.
Anish said after the game that Black's position here is very difficult.} a5 18.
h4 axb4 19. axb4 ({Also very good is} 19. Nd5 {with the deadly idea of Qh6 +
Ng5 and mate. I saw this during the game but wasn't completely sure of the
complications. Anyway there is no need to hurry.}) 19... Nd7 20. h5 Nf6 (20...
g5 21. Bf5) 21. c5 ({White would simply have won after} 21. Qc1 {The point is
the black queen simply doesn't have a hiding place.} Qe7 (21... Bd7 22. Ne5)
22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Ng7 {Now White chases the queen again:} 24. Re1 Qxb4 (
24... Qd7 25. Ne5) 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Qh6 $18 {and it's more than over.}) 21...
b6 ({Black's best chance might be} 21... Nxh5 {Now White has to sacrifice more
material} 22. Rxh5 $1 (22. Qh6 Ra1 $1 {allows Black to escape.}) 22... gxh5 23.
Qh6 f5 24. Bxf5 Qxd1+ ({He has to sacrifice the queen as} 24... Qe7 25. Nd5 {
would be very bad.}) 25. Nxd1 Rxf5 26. Ne3 Ra1+ 27. Ne1 Rf7 28. Qxh5 Ng7 29.
Qe5 {and White is much better as his queen and knight are very actively placed.
}) 22. hxg6 {Not allowing Black the opportunity to take on h5 again.} fxg6 23.
Qe3 Qe7 24. Bc4 bxc5 25. b5 (25. Ng5 $2 Ng4 {would suddenly turn the tables.})
25... Rb8 {Anish started using up a lot of his time, but there was no adequate
defence.} (25... c6 26. bxc6 Ba6 {would be more stubborn but still very hard
to defend.} 27. Nb5 $16) 26. Re1 Rb6 27. Na4 Rd6 28. Nxc5 Ng4 (28... Nd5 29.
Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Nxe6 {would leave me a piece up.}) 29. Qe4 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Rd2+ 31.
Kg3 Rxf3+ 32. gxf3 {Anish resigned here as after} Qg5+ 33. Qg4 Qxc5 34. Bxe6+
Kg7 35. Bxc8 h5 36. Qf4 Qf2+ 37. Kh3 Qg2+ 38. Kh4 Qf2+ 39. Qg3 {The checks
quickly run out.} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Rfc1 Ne4 14. Be1
Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Qxc4 16. Rxc4 Nd6 17. Rcc1 Rac8 18. e3 f6 19. a4 Bf5 20. Nh4 Be4
21. f3 Bd3 22. Rc3 Be2 23. f4 g5 24. Nf3 gxf4 25. exf4 Bc4 26. Bh3 Bd5 27. Re3
Kf7 28. Bb4 Nc4 29. Bxe7 Nxe3 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Kf2 Nc4 32. b3 Nd6 33. Nd2 a5
34. Rc1 Rd8 35. Nc4 Ke7 36. Nxa5 Ra8 37. b4 Kd7 38. Bg2 h5 39. Ra1 b6 40. Bxd5
bxa5 41. Bb3 Nf5 42. bxa5 Nxd4 43. Bd1 Rxa5 44. Ke3 Nf5+ 45. Kd3 h4 46. g4 Ne7
47. Bb3 Kd6 48. Ke4 f5+ 49. gxf5 exf5+ 50. Kf3 Rc5 51. Kf2 Rc3 52. Bd1 Kc7 53.
a5 Kb7 54. Be2 Nd5 55. a6+ Ka7 56. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 h6 {One of many
opening lines, where Black deviates from an early 5...c5. Black's setup is
somewhat passive, but very solid.} 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nb3 {Putting the knight on b3
in order to prevent Black from pushing c6-c5 is White's main weapon in this
type of position.} g5 {Anish chooses the most aggressive way to handle the
position.} ({The more quiet alternatives here are:} 8... Nc8) ({and} 8... Bh7)
9. Ne1 Qc7 {This flexible move is becoming quite fashonable. Black may attack
the opponent's pawns centre by means of c6-c5 or f7-f6.} (9... c5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5
11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Bd3 {offers White a small, but stable positional edge.}) 10.
Bh5 {Anand's move looks logical - now the Black's king is stuck in the centre
for a while.} ({Black is doing well in the complex position, which arises after
} 10. f4 O-O-O ({Also quite playable is:} 10... c5 $5 11. c3 O-O-O 12. Bh5 $6
c4 13. Nd2 f6 $15 {0-1 (34) Motylev,A (2683)-Ding,L (2660)/Beijing 2012/EXT
2013}) 11. Nd3 Ng6 {For instance, after} 12. Bg4 Bxd3 13. cxd3 gxf4 14. Bxf4 $6
(14. Bh5 $142 $1 $132) 14... Nxf4 15. Rxf4 f5 $15 {Black was already better in
Nakamura,H (2798)-Shankland,S (2661)/Saint Louis USA 2015}) ({However,} 10. Nd3
$5 {deserves serious attention:} b6 (10... Bg7 11. f4 Ng6 $6 (11... O-O-O {
looks safer, though after} 12. Bh5 f6 13. Nbc5 {White's position would still
be preferable.}) 12. fxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 14. Rxf5 exf5 15. Bh5 $16 {1-0 (33)
Fedoseev,V (2661)-Dreev,A (2649)/Moscow RUS 2014}) 11. Be3 (11. f4 c5 $1 $132)
11... Bg7 12. Rc1 {with a long strategic battle, where I prefer White due to
the space advantage.}) 10... c5 {This thematic advance definitely makes sense,
since most of White's pieces are located on the 1st rank now.} (10... Bg7 11.
f4 c5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 Nxg6 14. f5 Nh4 15. c3 $14) 11. c3 $146 {A logical
novelty in a rare theoretical position.} ({After the ultra-aggressive} 11. f4
c4 12. Nd2 Qb6 (12... gxf4 $5 13. Rxf4 Qb6) 13. Ndf3 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15. Bg3
Bg7 16. Kh1 O-O {Black was completely fine and soon took the initiative over
in Nakar,E (2435)-Sjugirov,S (2678)/Jerusalem ISR 2015}) 11... Bg7 $1 {Again,
the most flexible continuation. Black's king may be hidden on both sides of
the board, while the f7-f6 advance would be on the cards in both cases.} ({
After} 11... c4 12. Nd2 Bg7 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Ne3 f6 (14... Bd3 15. Be2 Bxe2 16.
Qxe2 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Ng4 $14) 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bg6 $14 {
Black would suffer from the weak light squares around his king.}) 12. f4 ({
Black doesn't experience any problems after} 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxe5 (13...
Qxc5 14. Nf3 Bg6 $11) 14. Nf3 Bg7 $132) 12... c4 {Releasing the pressure in
the centre makes White's setup more stable. On the other hand, Black seizes a
lot of space and restricts White's minor pieces.} ({Quite an interesting,
double-edged position would arise after} 12... gxf4 13. Bxf4 Rf8 {Preparing
the q-side castling} {For instance,} 14. Rc1 O-O-O 15. c4 Kb8 16. Bf3 dxc4 17.
Rxc4 b5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. dxc5 Rxd1 21. Bxd1 Ng6 $132) 13. Nd2
gxf4 14. Ndf3 {Inviting complications.} ({The natural} 14. Rxf4 {led to more
quiet play:} O-O 15. Nf1 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Ng3 Ne4 $11) 14... Ng6 ({There
was a principal alternative:} 14... Qb6 $5 15. Bxf4 Ng6 (15... Qxb2 16. Rf2
Qxc3 17. Bd2 Qa3 18. Nh4 {led to very sharp play. White has full compensation
for 2 pawns, but hardly more.}) 16. Bc1 Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 {and now it looks
like White shouldn't deviate from} (17... Bxe5 18. Nc2 Bc7 19. Ne3 Bd3 20. Rxf7
O-O-O $132) 18. Nc2 Ng6 19. Ne3 Bd3 20. Be2 Be4 21. Bf3 Bd3 $11) 15. Bxg6 {
This looks like an achievemnt for Giri - the light-squared bishop was quite
strong.} fxg6 {The position remains complex and roughly equal.} (15... Bxg6 16.
Nh4 Be4 17. Rxf4 h5 $132) 16. Nh4 O-O $6 {This inaccuracy is the main cause of
Black's problems. The king is much more vulnerable on the k-side.} (16... O-O-O
$142 {was preferable:} 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Bxf4 Kb8 19. Nf3 Ka8 $132 {with a
long positional battle.}) 17. Rxf4 $1 {An ambitious decision by Vishy. White
doesn't mind sacrificing some material in order to fight for the initiative.} (
17. Nxf5 Rxf5 18. Rxf4 {would allow Black to swap one pair of rooks and
regroup the forces:} Rxf4 19. Bxf4 Rf8 20. Be3 Nb8 21. Qg4 Qf7 22. Nf3 Qf5 23.
Qg3 Qd3 24. Re1 Nc6 $11) 17... g5 {Anish correctly accepts the challenge.} ({
The modest-looking} 17... Nb6 {led to a passive position after} 18. Nxf5 Rxf5
19. Rxf5 gxf5 20. Be3 Qf7 21. g3 $14) 18. Nxf5 gxf4 (18... exf5 19. Rf2 {
offers White a clear advantage, so there was no choice.}) 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20.
Qg4+ Kh7 21. Qxe6 $1 {Of course, the Pe6 is much more important than any other
pawn here!} Nb6 {The knight does not have much it can achieve there, but
Black's major pieces are getting more mobile.} 22. Qh3 $1 {GM Anand is leaving
the f3-spot vacant for his pieces.} ({Black shouldn't be worse in the
following endgame:} 22. Nf3 Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Nxd7 24. Bd2 Rac8 $11) 22... Qf7 ({
Correctly deviating from} 22... Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Nxd7 24. Kf2 Kg6 25. Kf3 $14 {
White collects the second pawn and gets a better position.}) 23. g3 $1 {
Vishy manages to find an excellent way to activate all his pieces.} ({The
natural} 23. Bd2 Qf5 24. Qxf5+ Rxf5 25. Kf2 Raf8 $11 {didn't promise much.})
23... Qg6 ({It looks like} 23... fxg3 {didn't fully solve the problems either:}
24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kh8 (25... Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. hxg3 Kf7 28. Ng2 Rg8
29. Kf2 $14) 26. Qh4+ Kg8 $1 (26... Qh7 27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. hxg3 $14) 27. Qxg3+
Kh8 28. Qh3+ Qh7 29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. Ng2 $14) 24. Ng2 fxg3 ({After} 24... f3 25.
Nf4 Qe4 26. Bd2 $1 Qc2 27. Be3 Qxb2 28. Rc1 $36 {Black's king is in real
danger.}) 25. hxg3 Rf3 {This active move looks nice, but the rook isn't safe
there.} ({Possibly, a better move was:} 25... Rf7 26. Bf4 Re8 27. Re1 Qe6 $14 {
with a passive, but solid position.}) 26. Bf4 Rf8 27. Qh4 $2 {Until now, Anand
was at his best, but this mistake could have spoiled all the advantage.} ({
A much stronger one was:} 27. Qh2 $1 {leaving the h4-square vacant for the
knight:} Rd3 (27... Na4 $2 28. Nh4 Qg4 29. Nxf3 Rxf4 30. Nh4 $18) 28. Re1 Nd7 (
28... Na4 29. e6 Re8 30. e7 Nxb2 31. Nh4 Qf6 32. Qxb2 Rxe7 33. Ng2 $1 $16) 29.
Qh4 $36 {with a powerful initiative.}) 27... Nc8 $6 {Returning the favour.} ({
There was nothing wrong with a more active approach now:} 27... Na4 $1 28. Qe7+
(28. e6 Re8 29. Ne1 Rxf4 30. Qxf4 Rxe6) 28... Rf7 29. Qd8 Qe6 $11 {and Black
has no reasons for worries.}) 28. Re1 Qe6 (28... Qg7 29. e6 Ne7 30. Bd6 Re8 31.
Qh5 Rff8 32. b3 $16) 29. Qh5 $6 {One more inaccuracy.} ({The precise} 29. Ne3
$1 {could have posed Black serious problems. For instance,} Ne7 30. Kg2 R3xf4
31. gxf4 Nf5 $1 {Definitely the best.} ({The tempting} 31... Ng6 $6 32. Qg4
Nxf4+ 33. Kh2 $16 {leads to more serious problems.}) 32. Qh3 Nxe3+ 33. Rxe3
Qg6+ 34. Rg3 Qe4+ 35. Kh2 Qxf4 36. Qd7+ Qf7 37. Qxf7+ Rxf7 $14 {[%csl Ge5] The
resulting rook endgame should be holdable, but Black's task is not easy.})
29... Rd3 30. Be3 ({It was worth paying serious attention to} 30. Rb1 $5 {
with the idea of trapping the took, though after} Rf5 31. Qh4 {[%csl Rd3][%cal
Gg2e1]} Rf3 $1 {it would be not easy to make any progress.}) 30... Ne7 {
The knight is taking part in the defence now.} 31. Nf4 Qg8 32. Nxd3 ({In the
event of} 32. Kh2 Nf5 33. Qf3 Nxe3 34. Rxe3 Rd2+ 35. Re2 Rd3 36. Qg2 Qg5 $1 {
Black's activity should secure equality.}) 32... Qxg3+ 33. Kh1 Nf5 34. Bf4 Qxd3
$11 {Now White's king is exposed, so Black has sufficient counterplay.} 35. e6
Ng7 (35... Rf6 {was also possible:} 36. e7 Ng7 37. Qg4 Ne8 $11) 36. Qxh6+ Kg8
37. Kg2 (37. e7 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Kh1 Qf3+ $11) 37... Qc2+ 38. Kg1 Qf5 $1 {
The only move, but sufficient.} 39. e7 Qg4+ 40. Kh1 Qf3+ {White cannot avoid a
perpetual, so a draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be2 h6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
e6 9. O-O Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qd5 14. Qb4 b5 15.
Qa5 Rc8 16. a4 Ne4 17. Nd2 Nd6 18. Rfe1 f5 19. f3 c5 20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4 Qb7
22. axb5 Nxb5 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Qxd5 25. Re5 Qd7 26. Qa2+ Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7
28. Nc4 Ra7 29. Rae1 Kf8 30. Ba5 Nd7 31. Nb6 Nxb6 32. Bxb6 Rd7 33. Bxc5+ Kg8
34. b4 Kh7 35. Re7 Rxe7 36. Rxe7 a5 37. Rb7 Nc3 38. Ra7 axb4 39. Bxb4 Nd5 40.
Bd6 Nf6 41. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 {Fabiano has deep theoretical knowledge in
various openings, so predicting his choice is a tough task.} Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6.
Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 c5 12. a5 Rc8 {
The most popular continuation.} ({There are a couple of alternatives:} 12...
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Be1 Rc8 15. Qb2 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qb2 $14 {1-0 (31)
Tomashevsky,E (2736)-Landa,K (2645)/Sochi 2012/CBM 148}) (12... Qc8 13. cxd5
Nxd5 (13... exd5 14. Nc3 $14) 14. Nc3 N7f6 (14... Nb4 15. Qb2 bxa5 16. Rac1 Rd8
17. Bg5 $14 {1-0 (31) Gyimesi,Z (2595)-Parligras,M (2601)/Germany 2010/EXT 2012
}) 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rac1 Qe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (44)
Nielsen,P (2693)-Almasi,Z (2707)/Beijing 2011/CBM 145 Extra}) 13. Qa2 $5 $146 {
Fabiano comes up with an interesting novelty.} ({A well known theoretical
position arises after:} 13. axb6 Qxb6 {and now White may choose between
different continuations, but none of them poses Black any serious problems.
For instance,} 14. Qa2 (14. Ba5 Qb8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bc3 Bb7 17. Nbd2 dxc4 18.
bxc4 Qc7 $11) 14... Bb7 15. Ba5 (15. b4 cxb4 16. c5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. e3
Ra8 {as was played in Laznicka,V (2690)-Aronian,L (2783)/Plovdiv 2010/CBM 139
gives Black full compensation for a piece at the least.}) 15... Qa6 16. dxc5
Nxc5 17. Nbd2 (17. b4 Nce4 18. c5 Ng4 19. Nd4 Ngxf2 20. b5 Qxa5 21. Qxa5 Bxc5 {
leads to a wild position, where Black is definitely doing well.}) 17... dxc4
18. bxc4 Bd8 19. Ne5 (19. Bb4 Qxa2 20. Rxa2 Bb6 $11) 19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxa5
21. Qxa5 Qxa5 22. Rxa5 Rc7 {Wang Hao (2752)-Leko,P (2735)/Wijk aan Zee NED
2013 Black was able to neutralise the slight small pressure.}) 13... Nb8 {
The looks extremely passive, but it is not that bad.} ({I guess, Fabiano's
preparation was mainly based on:} 13... b5 14. b4 $1 {and it looks like the
resulting complications are quite promising for White:} cxd4 (14... cxb4 15. c5
Nb8 ({After} 15... Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qb2 Ne4 18. e3 $14 {Black doesn't
have sufficient compensation for a piece.}) 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Bxb4 f6 18. Nd3 Nc6
19. Qb2 $14) (14... bxc4 15. dxc5 Ne4 16. Nc3 Ndf6 17. Rab1 $14) 15. cxb5 Bxb5
16. Nxd4 Ba6 (16... Bc4 17. Qa4 Ne5 18. Na3 Ba6 19. b5 Bb7 20. Rac1 $14) 17.
Na3 Ne5 18. b5 Bb7 19. Qb2 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Bc3 Bxa3 22. Qxa3 Qg5 23. Rac1
$14) ({However, the safest seems:} 13... Bb7 $1 14. a6 (14. Nc3 dxc4 15. bxc4
cxd4 16. Nb5 (16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc7 $11) 16... a6 17. Nbxd4 Ne4 18. Be1
Bc5 19. Nb3 Qc7 $11) 14... Bc6 15. Nc3 Qe8 $1 ({A less accurate way is:} 15...
Qc7 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 (18... Nxd5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. e4
Nxc3 21. Rxd6 Nxa2 22. Rxa2 $14) 19. Rac1 $14) (15... dxc4 16. bxc4 cxd4 17.
Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rc5 19. Ncb5 Qa8+ 20. f3 $14) 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Nxc6 dxc3 18.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxc3 Rfd8 {with good chances for equality.}) 14. axb6 ({But} 14.
Nc3 {promises nothing special:} dxc4 15. bxc4 cxd4 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 Bc5
18. Be1 Qe8 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxb5 $11) 14... axb6 ({Correctly rejecting} 
14... Qxb6 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nbd2 $14 {and White is clearly better.
}) 15. Nc3 ({Another tempting continuation was} 15. Qb2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 dxc4 17.
Bf4 {Black's position looks scary now, but the precise} Nfd7 $1 18. bxc4 (18.
Rxa6 Nxa6 19. Nc6 Qe8 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bd6 Qf6 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. Bxf8 Rxf8
24. bxc4 Nc5 $11) 18... Rxc4 (18... Bf6 19. Bd6 Re8 20. e3 $14) 19. Rxa6 Nxa6
20. Nc6 Qe8 {should solve Black's problems:} 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Bd6 Qe8 23. Nd2
Rc5 24. Nb3 Rc4 25. e3 Qc8 26. Bxf8 Nxf8 $11) 15... dxc4 {This decision seems
risky - opening up the d-file gives White definite tactical resources.} ({
As in the previous note, the safer way was:} 15... Bb7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qa7
Rc7 (17... Bc6 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Qb7 $14) 18. Bf4 Rd7 19. Ne5 (19.
cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qa4 Bc6 21. Qc4 Qb6 22. Ne5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nc6 $11)
19... Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qa6 Bb7 22. Qb5 Qc8 23. Ra7 $14 {with only a small
edge for White.}) 16. Bf4 cxb3 17. Qxb3 {At the moment Black is a pawn up, but
White's pieces are much more active.} Bb7 $2 {This move leads to a major loss
of material.} ({Giri should have opted for} 17... Bc4 18. Qxc4 cxd4 19. Qb5
Rxc3 20. Nxd4 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Nf5 Bf6 24. Rab1 d4 25. Nxd4
$14) ({Or} 17... Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. dxc5 Bc4 20. Qxb6 Bxc5 21. Qb1 $14 {
In both cases White keeps a definite positional edge, but the reduced material
balance offers Black excellent drawing chances.}) 18. dxc5 Nbd7 19. Ra7 $1 {
The appearance of White's rook on the 7th rank is very unpleasant.} Bxf3 (19...
Bd5 {offered no hope:} 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. cxb6 Nxb6 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Bh3 Bxe5 24.
Bxe5 Rc4 25. Rb7 Na4 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rb4 $18) 20. Bxf3 Nxc5 ({
After} 20... Bxc5 21. Bb7 Rc7 22. Bxc7 Qxc7 23. Nb5 Qe5 24. Bf3 $18 {White
should be able to convert the material and positional advantages into a full
point.}) 21. Qb1 Ncd7 (21... Qe8 {didn't help to save material either:} 22. Nb5
Rd8 (22... Nd5 23. Bd6 $18) 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. Bxd6 $18) 22. Nb5 Rc5 23. Bc7 ({
White has missed a very clean way to a victory:} 23. Be3 $1 {Suddenly it turns
out, that Black's rook doesn't have a normal square for retreat:} Rc4 (23...
Rc8 24. Bg5 Qe8 25. Nc7 Qd8 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Nb5 $18) 24. Qa2 Rb4 25. Nc7 Qb8
26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Qxe7 Qxa7 29. Qxb4 $18) 23... Qc8 24. Bd6 $2 {
That only leads to a simplifications, which are suitable for Black.} ({Luckily
for Anish, Fabiano has failed to find} 24. Qd3 $1 Nd5 {(I hardly can see any
other reasonable move)} 25. Nd6 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 Ne5 (26... Rxc7 27. Bxd5 exd5 28.
Qxd5 Nf6 29. Qb3 $18) 27. Rxc5 Nxd3 28. Rxd5 Nb2 (28... exd5 29. Nf5 $18) 29.
Nc4 $1 Nxc4 30. Rd7 Bc5 31. Rc7 $18 {some technical work is still required,
but White's position is winning here.}) 24... Bxd6 25. Nxd6 Qd8 ({Of course,
not} 25... Qb8 $2 26. Rb7 Qd8 27. Ne4 Rd5 28. Nxf6+ Nxf6 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Ra7
$18) 26. Ne4 Rc7 {Now the Ra7 is unprotected, so Black manages to maintain the
material balance.} 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Qa1 Re8 $1 {The only, but sufficient
defence.} (28... Qc8 $2 29. Ra8 Nb8 30. Qxf6 $18) 29. Bc6 ({After} 29. Rd4 f5
$1 ({But} 29... Rxa7 {is less accurate:} 30. Qxa7 Re7 31. Bc6 Nf8 $1 32. Qa1
Qc8 33. Rg4+ Ng6 34. Qxf6 $14) 30. Bc6 Rxc6 31. Rdxd7 Qg5 32. Kg2 Rf8 {White's
advatage would be rather symbolic.}) 29... Re7 30. Ra8 ({There are no special
prospects after} 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Qa3 Nf8 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5 h6 $11) 30... Rc8
31. Rxc8 Qxc8 $11 {Black has finally consolidated.} 32. Qa3 Nc5 33. Qf3 Kg7 ({
There was also nothing wrong with} 33... f5 $5) 34. Rd4 f5 35. Rh4 {This move
isn't scary, since White cannot create any serious threats.} Ra7 36. h3 Ne4 ({
Anish could have tried} 36... Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Kg8 38. Bb5 Qb7 39. Bc6 Qc7 {
though after} 40. Bb5 {the vulnerablity of Black's king gives White sufficient
counterplay.}) 37. Bxe4 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Ra1 39. Qh1 {Liqudating into a drawish
rook ending. The remaining few moves didn't change much.} fxe4 40. Qxc1 Rxc1
41. Rxe4 b5 42. Re5 b4 43. Rb5 Rc2 44. Rxb4 Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. c6 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. O-O bxc6 14. Qe2 Rd8
15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Qc7 19. h3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 c5
21. Qa4 Qc6 22. Qxc6 Bxc6 23. Bd3 e5 24. f4 f6 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. h4 Ke6 27. g3 g5
28. hxg5 hxg5 29. fxg5 fxg5 30. Ke1 Bd5 31. a3 e4 32. Be2 Ke5 33. Kd2 Be6 34.
Ke1 Kd6 35. Kd2 Ke5 36. Ke1 Kd6 37. Kd2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nb6 12. e3 c6 13. a3 Bf8 14. b4 a5 15.
b5 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nb3 Bd6 18. Nd4 a4 19. Be2 Qf6 20. Qd3 O-O 21. O-O Rd8
22. Rfc1 Bf8 23. Qd1 Qe5 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. Bc2 Rdc8 26. Nxa4 Nxa4 27. Bxa4 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Bxa3 29. Rb1 Bc5 30. Nf3 Qd6 31. Bc2 Ra3 32. Bb3 Bf5 33. Ra1 Be4 34.
Rxa3 Bxa3 35. Bc2 Qc5 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. Nd2 Qxb5 38. Nxe4 Qe5 39. Qd3 b5 40. f4
Qe7 41. Qd4 Bb2 42. Qxb2 Qxe4 43. Qxb5 Qxe3+ 44. Kh2 gxf4 45. Qb8+ Kg7 46. gxf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Rb8 {Giri deviates from a previous game where he played
the more normal ...Qc7. The rook going to this square is very common in this
variation, perhaps to support a later ...b5, but in this particular position
it's very rare.} (10... Qc7 11. f4 (11. Qe2 Re8 12. f4 Rb8 13. Kh1 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 b6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Bb7 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Bxg2+ 19. Qxg2 Qxd6 20.
Rad1 Qc7 {Dzhumaev,M (2549)-Sasikiran,K (2669) Manila 2013, White got nothing
from the opening and later got ground down.}) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bd7 13. Kh1
Bc6 14. Qe2 Rac8 15. g4 Nd7 16. g5 e5 17. Be3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 {Zherebukh,Y 
(2628)-Giri,A (2730) Germany 2012., Giri was fine but later lost.}) ({The
immediate} 10... Bd7 {is also very common.} 11. Qe2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. a5
Nd7 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Na4 Bf6 $6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rxd6 {Leko,P (2735)-L'Ami,E 
(2627) Wijk aan Zee 2013, left White better.}) 11. f4 Qc7 12. Kh1 Bd7 (12...
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 (13. Qxd4 $5 Ng4 14. Qb6 $1) 13... Bd7 14. e5 $1 {and Black has
to retreat to a more passive square on e8. I'm not sure how bad this is after}
Ne8 15. Ne4 {but it's not exactly what Black wants.}) 13. Nb3 $1 {As White has
a space advantage it makes sense to retain as much wood on the board as
possible.} (13. g4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 {is a standard equalising idea for Black.}
15. g5 Nd7 {and he's ready to hit back in the centre with ...e5.}) 13... b6 14.
g4 h6 {as Giri lacks the usual retreat square for the knight on d7, he is
anxious to delay g5 for as long as possible. But of course moving the pawns on
the kingside like this always entails a certain amount of risk.} 15. Qe2 (15.
h4 $5 {but this is more Shirov-like than Adamsesque.}) 15... Nb4 16. Nd4 Rbc8
17. Rad1 Qc4 18. Qf3 e5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 exf4 21. Rd4 Qc7 22. Bxf4 Nxc2 $2
{But this is way too optimistic. White is clearly on the verge of building up
a potentially killing kingside attack and grabbing a fairly pointless pawn
like this, is an indulgence too far.} (22... Qc5 $1 {was essential. Perhaps
Giri lost faith in his position at this point but it doesn't seem that bad:}
23. Rd2 d5 24. Be5 (24. Be3 Qc4 $5 {should also be fine} (24... Qc7 {looks
simple and good} 25. h4 Bc5 26. g5 {now looks like a much more double-edged
attack than in the game, if nothing else Black can force an endgame with} Bxe3
27. Qxe3 Qh2+ $1 (27... Rfe8 $5 28. Qf3 Ne4 $1) 28. Kxh2 Ng4+ 29. Kg1 Nxe3 30.
Rff2 hxg5 31. hxg5 Rfd8 {with a bit of a mess}) 25. Rd4 Qc7 {when Black has
useful counterplay coming with ...Nc6-e5}) 24... Rfe8 $1 25. Bd4 (25. h4 $2 {
looks like over-extension after the blow} Ne4 $1) (25. Rfd1 {can also be met
the same way:} Ne4 $1 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Qxe4 Bg5 28. Bd6 Rxe4 29. Bxc5 Rxg4 {
looks terrible for White}) 25... Qc7 {when Black has far more of a foothold in
the centre than in the game.}) (22... Nc6 $2 23. Rc4 $18) 23. Rd2 Nb4 24. h4 $1
{I wonder if Giri underestimated Adams' attacking abilities in this game.
Perhaps he didn't believe that the Cornishman would play h4 at all. I used to
watch Adams play when I was younger and he would seemingly inevitably push his
h-pawn up the board at some point - I never really understood at the time why
this was so strong, but it always seemed to be and this way of cracking the
opposition defences was also a speciality of Fischer and Kasparov. Now White
has a terrible threat of g5 but it turns out that Black cannot prevent it for
tactical reasons.} Nh7 25. g5 $1 {This pawn is poisoned and therefore Black
can't prevent the breakthrough f6, which has catastrophic consquences for his
defensive position.} (25. Ne4 {is also strong, but it's hard to resist the
urge to break open the kingside immediately.} Bxh4 $2 26. Bxd6 Qc4 27. b3 $1)
25... Qc4 (25... hxg5 26. hxg5 Nxg5 (26... Bxg5 {loses trivially to} 27. Bxg5
Nxg5 28. Qg4 $18) 27. Qh5 {and it requires only elementary calculation to see
that Black will be promptly mated down the h-file.} Nh7 (27... f6 28. Nd5 $18)
28. Bf3 (28. Bd5 Nf6 29. Qh3 Nfxd5 30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. Rh2 $1 f6 32. Rg1 $1 {
is one neat line although hardly necessary}) 28... Nf6 29. Qh3 {with a
harrowing attack.} Rfe8 30. Rg1 $1 Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ng8 32. Qxg7#) 26. f6 $1 gxf6
27. gxf6 (27. gxh6 {is also terribly strong. Basically one glance at the
position is enough to see that things have gone really badly for Black.  The
biggest danger for White I can see is that he has such a dazzling array of
attacking possibilities that it would be easy to lose your way.} Kh8 28. Re1 $5
(28. Ne4 d5 29. Ng3 Bc5 {might not be so convincing.}) 28... Rc7 (28... Bd8 29.
Bxd6 Rg8 30. Re4 $18) (28... Nc6 {might be a better try, with the idea of
meeting} 29. Nd5 {with} Ne5 $1 {but after} 30. Qh3 {Black's defence still
looks torturous} (30. Bxe5 Qxh4+ $1 {is the clever point.})) 29. Re4 Qb3 30.
Rde2 $18) 27... Bxf6 ({After the alternative} 27... Nxf6 {if nothing else
White has the simple} 28. Bxh6 Qxh4+ 29. Qh3 Qxh3+ 30. Bxh3 {winning the
exchange while retaining a commanding position.}) 28. Ne4 Be5 29. Rxd6 $1 {
A crunching blow.} Bg7 (29... Bxd6 30. Nxd6 Qd3 (30... Qe6 31. Bh3 f5 32. Qg3+
$1 Kh8 33. Be5+ {is a massacre}) (30... Qc5 31. Qg3+ Kh8 32. Nxf7+ $1 Rxf7 33.
Be5+ Nf6 34. Rxf6 {is rather neat if straightforward.}) 31. Nxc8 $1 Qxf3 (31...
Rxc8 32. Qg4+ $18) 32. Ne7+ $18) 30. Bxh6 Bxh6 31. Rxh6 Rc6 (31... Rfe8 32.
Qg4+ Kh8 33. Nf6 $1) 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
{This way of deviating from the main theoretical lines doesn't promise White
any serious advantage, but definitely leads to fresh, playable positions.} Nc6
(8... e5 9. Nf5 d4 {is a more aggressive way to handle the position.}) 9. Nxc6
bxc6 10. Rd1 Ba6 (10... Qa5 11. b3 Ba6 {provokes White to put the knight on d2
instead of c3. That looks like a concession, but as the following game shows,
Black still has some problems to solve:} 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. Nf3 Rfd8 14. Ne5 Bb7
15. Bb2 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. e3 $14 {1-0 (46) Wojtaszek,R (2698)
-Cheparinov,I (2672)/Rhodes GRE 2013}) 11. b3 {The most flexible continuation.}
({The modest-looking} 11. Nd2 {makes Black's task easier:} Qb6 12. b3 Ng4 13.
e3 Bf6 14. Rb1 Rfd8 15. h3 Ne5 16. Bb2 Rac8 $11 {0-1 (35) Wojtkiewicz,A (2525)
-Karpov,A (2775)/Internet 1996/EXT 1998}) 11... Qb6 {The queen isn't really
safe there, but it's quite important to connect the rooks as soon as it is
possible.} 12. Be3 Bc5 ({The alternative is} 12... Qb7 {, but it looks a bit
awkward and hardly offers Black an easy equality:} 13. Bd4 dxc4 14. Nd2 c3 15.
Qxc3 Bxe2 16. Bxc6 Qa6 17. Bxa8 Bxd1 18. Bg2 $14 {0-1 (56) Romanov,E (2627)
-Azarov,S (2667)/Warsaw 2011/CBM 145 Extra}) 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd2 (14. Nc3
dxc4 15. e3 Rfd8 16. bxc4 Rab8 $11) 14... Rfd8 {Vladimir Kramnik chooses the
most natural setup for his rooks.} ({The following alternatives didn't offer
him full equality:} 14... e5 15. e3 e4 16. a3 Qb6 17. b4 Ng4 18. Rac1 Rad8 19.
b5 Bb7 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qc7 $14) (14... Rab8 15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. e3 h6 17. a3 $1
(17. Nf3 dxc4 18. Qc3 Qb6 19. bxc4 c5 $11) 17... Qb6 18. b4 $14) 15. e3 Rac8
16. Rac1 {[%csl Ra6] The position looks approximately equal, but Black has to
solve the problem of the passive bishop.} Qa5 $146 {Freeing the way for the
c-pawn.} (16... Nd7 17. Qc3 Qb6 {as was played in Bromann,T (2355)-Smirnov,I 
(2459)/Krakow 2006 doesn't look like a convincing way to equalise. For
instance,} 18. Nf3 Nc5 19. Nd4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ne2 $14 {and White's
position is preferable due to his better pawn structure.}) 17. Nf3 c5 {That
move looks very natural, but now White gets clear targets for an attack.} ({
Possibly, a more accurate move was} 17... h6 $5 {in order to meet} 18. Ne5 (18.
Qb2 dxc4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. bxc4 c5 21. Ne5 Qd2 $11) {with} 18... Nd7 19. Nxd7
Rxd7 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Kf8 {and this endgame looks drawish, though White's
position is somewhat more pleasant.}) 18. cxd5 {Anish prefers to clarify the
pawn structure.} ({That decision could be delayed:} 18. Ne5 $5 h6 19. Qb2 Qb4
20. cxd5 exd5 21. Rc2 $14 {with some pressure on Black's hanging pawns.}) 18...
Nxd5 $5 {Vladimir is trying to prove that some activity of his pieces will
compensate for a weak Pc5.} ({The alternatives were} 18... exd5 19. Ne5 Qb6 {
with a slighlty worse, but very solid position.}) ({and} 18... Rxd5 $5 {
intending to meet} 19. Nd2 {with} Be2 $1 20. Bxd5 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 exd5 $11) 19.
Ne5 (19. a3 c4 20. bxc4 Rxc4 21. Qb2 Rcc8 $1 22. Ne5 Nc3 $1 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.
Bf3 Qb6 $11) (19. Ng5 Nf6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11) 19... h6 {This prophylactic move
definitely makes sense from a human point of view, but it gives White an
important tempo for consolidating.} (19... Nb4 $1 {was stronger:} 20. Qc3 Qb6
21. Qa1 (21. Qb2 f6 22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxc4 Rd1+ 25. Bf1 Qd6 $132)
21... Nd3 22. Nxd3 Bxd3 23. Rd2 c4 $11) 20. Bf3 ({Possibly, it was better to
restrict Black's active possibilities by means of} 20. a3 $5 Qc7 21. Qb2 $14)
20... Qc7 ({It looks like here the more active approach was called for:} 20...
Nb4 $1 {would promise Black excellent chances for equality. For instance,} 21.
Qc3 Qc7 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qf6 $11) 21. Qb2 Bb7 (21... Nb4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8
23. a3 Nd5 24. Nc4 $14) 22. Rd2 {GM Giri is not in a rush.} ({There was an
interesting opportunity for changing the character of play:} 22. b4 $5 f6 (
22... Qb6 23. b5 Qc7 24. Rd2 $14) 23. Bg4 $1 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 fxe5 25. Bxe6+ Kf8
26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. bxc5 $14) 22... Nf6 23. Bxb7 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qxb7
{[%csl Rc5] The simplifications didn't really solve Black's permanent problems
with the pawn structure.} 25. Qe2 a5 {A double-edged decision. Obviously,
Vladimir was trying to swap one pair of q-side pawns, but the Pa5 is becoming
a cause of worries.} (25... Qd5 26. Nc4 Rd8 27. f3 $14) 26. Nc4 Ra8 27. Nb2 $14
{White has a small, but stable positional advantage now.} Nd7 28. f4 (28. e4 $5
{also deserved serious attention:} Qb4 29. Rc4 Qb5 30. Qe3 $14) 28... e5 29.
Nc4 $6 {For some reason, Anish allows Black to get a rid of weak Pa5 and
activate the pieces.} ({At the same time, the precise} 29. Qg2 $1 e4 (29... Qa7
30. Rd1 $14) 30. Rc4 f5 31. Qd2 $14 {would put Black under strong positional
pressure.}) 29... a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 ({After} 30... exf4 31. exf4 Rxa4 32. a3 Nf6
$11 {Black should be OK either.}) 31. fxe5 Qa6 (31... Qe4 {was also possible:}
32. Qc2 Rxc4 33. Qxc4 Qxe3+ 34. Kg2 Nxe5 35. Qxc5 Qf3+ {with an immediate draw
by perpetual.}) 32. Qd3 Qe6 33. Qb3 Ra8 34. Qb2 ({A beautiful end of this game
could be} 34. a4 Nxe5 35. Qb7 Rxa4 {(not the only, but quite an effective
response)} 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Nxe5 Rb4 38. Qc7 Rb2 39. Nc4 Qe4 40. Nxb2 Qxe3+ $11
) 34... Ra4 35. Qc2 Ra8 36. Qb2 {White has many weaknesses now, so Anish
doesn't mind calling it a day. However, it looks like Vladimir was quite
ambitious at this moment.} Qd5 ({It was possible to disturb White's king by
means of} 36... h5 37. a3 h4 38. gxh4 {but after} Ra4 39. Qc2 Qg4+ 40. Kh1 $11
{White shouldn't be in any danger.}) 37. a3 Re8 38. Qd2 {White is out of
danger.} Qc6 {After this move Black couldn't avoid an endgame anyway.} (38...
Qxd2 39. Nxd2 Kf8 40. a4 Ra8 41. e6 fxe6 42. Ra1 Ne5 43. a5 Ke7 $11) 39. Qd6
Nxe5 40. Qxc6 Nxc6 {The resulting edngame is equal, but the a-passer requires
some accuracy.} 41. Kf2 Kf8 42. Ke2 Ra8 43. Ra1 Ke7 44. a4 Na5 45. Nb6 {
Now Anish isn't satisfied with a draw!} ({After} 45. Kd3 Ke6 46. Nxa5 Rxa5 47.
Kc4 Ke5 $11 {neither side can make any progress.}) 45... Ra6 46. Nd5+ Kd6 47.
Rd1 Kc6 {There was no need to allow the transfer of opponent's knight to f5.} (
47... Ke5 $11 {was simpler.}) 48. Ne7+ Kc7 49. Rf1 {Black's kingside pawns are
in danger, but Kramnik's posiiton is still quite safe at this moment.} f6 ({
Possibly, the easiest way was connected with exchanging the knights:} 49... Nc6
50. Rxf7 Rxa4 51. h4 Ne5 52. Rxg7 Ra2+ $11) 50. Nf5 Nb3 {The first step in the
wrong direction.} (50... g6 {was better:} 51. Nxh6 Nc6 52. Ra1 c4 53. h4 Ne5
54. a5 Kb7 $132 {with sufficient counterplay.}) 51. Nxg7 c4 52. Ne8+ Kd8 53.
Nxf6 Rxa4 54. Rd1+ Kc8 {The king is far away from White's k-side pawns now.} (
54... Ke7 {was safer} 55. Nd5+ Ke6 56. Nc3 Ra8 {and Black is close to a draw
due to his activity.}) 55. Ne4 Ra2+ 56. Kf3 Rxh2 $1 {Correctly liquadating one
of the opponent's pawns.} (56... Kc7 57. h4 h5 58. Rd5 $16) 57. Nd6+ Kd7 58.
Nxc4+ Ke7 59. e4 {As a result, White is a solid pawn up now. However, the
position remains drawish due to the reduced material balance.} Nc5 60. Ne3 Ne6
61. Nd5+ $1 ({The text move is stronger than} 61. Nf5+ Kf6 62. Rd6 Ke5 63. Rd5+
Kf6 {and White cannot make progress.}) 61... Kf7 62. Ra1 Ng5+ 63. Kf4 (63. Ke3
Rg2 64. Ra7+ Kf8 65. Kf4 Nxe4 66. Kxe4 Rxg3 $11) 63... Rf2+ (63... Re2 $1 {
seems more accurate:} 64. Ra4 Kg6 65. Ne7+ Kf6 66. Ng8+ Kg6 67. Ke5 Nf3+ 68.
Ke6 Ng5+ 69. Kd5 Nf3 $11) 64. Ke5 Nf3+ 65. Kd6 Ng5 66. e5 Ne4+ 67. Kd7 Nc5+ 68.
Kc6 Rc2 $2 {Being tired from a tough defence, Vladimir commits a serious
mistake.} ({It was necessary to prevent White from activating the king:} 68...
Ne4 $1 69. Ra7+ Ke6 70. Re7+ Kf5 71. Ne3+ Kg6 72. Re6+ Kh5 73. Re8 Nxg3 74. e6
Re2 $11) 69. Ra7+ Kg6 $1 {Correctly keeping the king active. The resulting
endgame is extremely complicated, but it looks like Black still has good
drawing chances.} (69... Kf8 70. Ne7 $1 Ne4+ 71. Kd7 Kg7 (71... h5 72. Nf5 Rf2
73. Ra8+ Kf7 74. Nd6+ Nxd6 75. exd6 Rf3 76. Ra5 $18) 72. Ke8 Rb2 73. g4 Rb8+
74. Kd7 Kf8 75. e6 Nf6+ 76. Kc6 Re8 77. Ng6+ Kg8 78. Kd6 $18) 70. Ne7+ $1 (70.
Nf4+ {is less convincing:} Kf5 71. Kd5 {was more promising:} Nd7 72. e6 (72.
Rxd7 Rd2+ 73. Kc6 Rxd7 74. Kxd7 Kxe5 75. Ke7 Kf5 76. Kf7 Kg4 77. Ne2 h5 $11)
72... Nf6+ 73. Kd4 Rd2+ 74. Ke3 Rd8 75. Kf3 Ng8 76. Rd7 Ra8 77. Rf7+ Ke5 $16 {
and Black is in the game.}) 70... Kg5 71. Kd5 Nd3 $1 {Kramnik manages to find
the only way to stay in the game.} (71... Rc3 72. Ra8 $1 Kg4 73. Rc8 Na4 74.
Rg8+ Kf3 75. e6 Nb6+ 76. Kd4 Rc4+ 77. Ke5 $18) 72. Ng8 Nb4+ $1 {The best
practical chance.} ({Black correctly rejects} 72... Kg6 73. e6 Nb4+ 74. Kd6
Rd2+ 75. Kc5 Nd3+ 76. Kd4 Nc1+ 77. Ke4 Re2+ 78. Kd5 Rd2+ 79. Kc6 Rd8 80. Nxh6
$1 Kxh6 81. e7 Rb8 82. Kc7 Rg8 83. Ra3 Ne2 84. Re3 Nd4 85. e8=Q Rxe8 86. Rxe8
$18) 73. Ke6 (73. Kd6 Rc6+ 74. Kd7 {led to the same.}) 73... Rc6+ 74. Kd7 Rc3 {
This move looks natural, but actually it made White's task much easier.} (74...
Rc1 $1 {was much more stubborn:} 75. e6 Nc6 {and here the winning way isn't
trivial at all:} 76. Ra4 $1 (76. Rc7 Ne5+ 77. Kd6 Rxc7 78. Kxc7 Ng6 79. Kc6 Kg4
80. Nxh6+ Kxg3 $11) (76. Rb7 Ne5+ 77. Kd6 Nc4+ 78. Ke7 Ne3 79. Ke8 Nf5 80. Rb5
Kg6 81. Ne7+ Nxe7 82. Kxe7 Rc7+ 83. Kd6 Ra7 84. g4 Kg7 85. Rc5 Kf6 86. Rf5+ Kg7
$11) 76... h5 77. Kd6 Rc3 78. Re4 Rc1 79. Rf4 Na7 80. Nf6 Nc8+ 81. Kd7 Nb6+ 82.
Ke7 Kg6 83. Rf3 Rc6 84. Rd3 Nc8+ 85. Kd7 Kxf6 86. Kxc6 Kxe6 87. Re3+ $18) 75.
e6 Rd3+ (75... Nc6 76. Rb7 Ne5+ 77. Kd6 Nc4+ 78. Kd5 Ne3+ 79. Kd4 Rc6 80. Kxe3
Rxe6+ 81. Kf3 $18) 76. Ke8 Kg6 77. Ra4 $2 {Luckily for Vladimir, White failed
to find the most precise moves until the end.} ({Black would be helpless after
} 77. Rd7 $1 Ra3 (77... Rxg3 78. Kf8 Rf3+ 79. Rf7 $18) 78. e7 Kg7 79. Rd4 $1
Ra8+ (79... Nc6 80. Rg4+ Kh8 81. Nf6 Ra8+ 82. Kf7 Ne5+ 83. Ke6 Nxg4 84. Nxg4
Kg7 85. Nf6 Ra6+ 86. Ke5 $18) 80. Kd7 Kxg8 81. e8=Q+ Rxe8 82. Kxe8 Nc6 83. Re4
Kg7 84. Kd7 Na5 85. Rb4 $18) 77... Nd5 $11 {Now the draw is unavoidable.} 78.
Rg4+ ({Or} 78. Ne7+ Nxe7 79. Kxe7 Rxg3 80. Re4 Rd3 $11) 78... Kf5 79. Nxh6+
Kxe6 80. Re4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Jakovenko,D"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:
47]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 5. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:46]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 6. Ne5
$5 {[%emt 0:00:35] This rare line was suggested to me by my second Denis
Khismatullin. Short analysis has proven that Black, despite having a plethora
of enticing possibilities, can easily make a mistake and end up in an inferior
position.} Bd7 {[%emt 0:05:29]} 7. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:03:24]}
8. e3 {[%emt 0:04:51]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:44]} 9. a3 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Bxc3+ {
[%emt 0:04:06]} 10. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} e5 {[%emt 0:07:26] In order to
benefit from the development advantage Black is seeking an active continuation.
Fortunately for White his centre is solid enough and later on the opening of
the play will prove beneficial to him, due to the advantage of the bishop pair.
} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:05:41]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} ({
Naturally it was not possible to play} 12. O-O $4 {due to} Nxd4) 12... dxc4 {
[%emt 0:07:26]} 13. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:13:05]} ({After} 13. Bxc4 a6 {[%csl Gb2]
[%cal Gb7b5,Gc6a5] Black would be obtaining tempi in the fight for the
c4-square. Besides, White really needs to think about the potential c3-c4
advance in order to open up the bishop on b2.}) 13... Na5 {[%emt 0:09:57]} 14.
Qb4 {[%emt 0:28:15]} ({A serious alternative would have been the move} 14. Qa2
$5 {During the game I had been under impression, that after the advance c3-c4
the queen on a2 will be too passive. It is quite possible, that it was more
important to avoid blows against the exposed queen.} {In the event of} c5 15.
dxe5 Rxe5 16. c4 $14 {the initiative would belong to the white pieces.}) 14...
b6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 15. dxe5 {[%emt 0:07:43]} (15. Rd1 {would not succeed
because of} Qc6 $1 (15... Nd5 $2 16. dxe5) 16. O-O Nd5 17. Qb5 Nxc3 $1 $11)
15... Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} (15... Rxe5 $5 {deserved serious attention:} 16. c4
Rc5 $13 {not fearing the doubling of pawns on the f-file. On the other hand
also the game move does not spoil anything.}) 16. Qf4 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Nxe5 {
[%emt 0:03:21]} 17. Rd1 {[%emt 0:05:46]} Qc6 $6 {[%emt 0:12:59] The first step
in the wrong direction. Black is overestimating his possibilities trying hard
to prevent c3-c4 advance.} ({After the quiet choice} 17... Qe7 18. c4 Ng6 19.
Qf5 Rad8 (19... Ne4 $2 20. Rd7) 20. O-O Ne4 $13 {Black should in my opinion be
able to gradually reach equality due to the absence of weaknesses in his
position.}) 18. O-O {[%emt 0:00:41]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:12:34] On this and the
following move Black was still able to get off the false track, but it would
not be fully compatible with the move ...Qc6.} (18... Re7 19. c4 Rae8 20. Rd4
$14) 19. c4 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Nxc4 $6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} (19... f6 $142 $14) 20.
Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:24]} ({After} 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Qg4 g6 {White was not able to
exploit the vulnerability of the dark squares, but the pawn would still be
missing.}) 20... b5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 21. Bxc4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:16] The move
order is quite crucial.} ({In the event of the immediate} 21. f3 {Black would
be playing} Ned2 $1) 21... bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 22. f3 {[%emt 0:00:38] It
became obvious, that my opponent in the heat of grabbing the pawn did not see
this line or simply failed to appreciate the consequences. Black's knight
suddenly does not have a a suitable square for a retreat.} Nf6 {[%emt 0:13:04]}
(22... Nd6 23. Qg5 $16) (22... Nd2 $4 23. Qd4 $18) (22... Qb6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24.
fxe4 Qe6 25. Rf3 $5 $16) 23. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 24.
Bxf6 Qxf6 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 25. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:16:06]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 26.
Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:21] As a consequence of the short tactical exchange we have
reached a very complicated rook ending. Even the computer is not able to offer
real assistance since it consequently gives the false value to many positions.}
({As an example I abstained from} 26. e4 {due to} Rab8 27. Rxc7 (27. Kf2 $142 {
see 26.Kf2}) 27... Rb2 $1 28. Rxa7 Rd8 {Stockfish gives White +2 and shows the
line} 29. Kh1 Rdd2 30. Rg1 Ra2 31. h4 Rd3 32. Rc1 Raxa3 {not really
understanding, that after the exchange of a pair of rooks the endgame is
theoretically drawn.}) 26... Rab8 {[%emt 0:07:05]} 27. Rfc1 $6 {[%emt 0:02:11]
An inaccuracy, after which Black could have immediately made a draw.} ({
It was better to play} 27. e4 {[%cal Gf2g3,Gc4a4] in order to hide the king on
g3 and locate the rook on a4. Despite that Black would most likely have a way
to a safe haven:} Rb2+ 28. Kg3 Rd8 29. Rf2 ({After} 29. Rxc7 Ra2 30. Rxa7 Rd3 {
we would have reached the same theoretical drawing line with 4 against 3 pawns}
) 29... Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Rd2+ 31. Kg3 Ra2 32. Ra4 c5 33. Rxa7 c4 {when White is
not able to avoid trading the c-pawn for the a-pawn with a draw.}) 27... Rb3 $2
{[%emt 0:04:09]} ({Black could have saved hinmself with} 27... Rb2+ 28. R1c2
Reb8 29. Rxc7 a5 $1 ({During the game I was calculating only} 29... Rxc2+ 30.
Rxc2 Rb3 31. Rc6 $1 {[%cal Gc6a6] with a win} Rxa3 32. Rxf6 {and I believe,
that this position must be winning}) 30. e4 Rxc2+ 31. Rxc2 Rb3 32. Ra2 a4 $11)
28. R1c3 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Reb8 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 29. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:05:18]} a5 {
[%emt 0:01:54]} ({There was the quite interesting endgame along these lines:} 
29... Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rb2+ 31. Kg3 Ra2 {. Despite that White should gradually be
able to win:} 32. e4 a5 33. h4 Kg7 34. Kf4 a4 (34... Rxg2 35. Rc5 $18) 35. g4
h6 36. h5 Ra1 37. Ke3 Kf8 38. Kd4 Ke7 39. Kc5 Rb1 40. Rc4 Rb3 41. Rxa4 Rxf3 42.
Ra7+ Ke6 43. a4) {After the text move Black wants to play a4, trade the rooks
on c3 and play ...Rb3. Even though I did not have too much time on the clock I
have fortunately managed to find the best response.} 30. g4 $1 {[%emt 0:07:54]
The first step is to move the g-pawn from the 2nd rank...} a4 {[%emt 0:01:18]}
31. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:38] ...the white king is rushing to help its own rooks.
The humble a3-pawn seems to be the most important factor in all positions - it
has to be saved!} h5 $2 {[%emt 0:07:11] Anish was also suffering from lack of
time and committed the decisive mistake.} ({The main idea of the latest white
moves was clearly visible in the variation} 31... Rb2+ 32. Kd3 Rxh2 33. Rc8+ $1
Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kg7 35. Rc4 {and in such a position the spare pawn on the
a-file whould have been enough for win.}) ({It was still possible to prolong
the resistance with the help of} 31... Kg7 32. Kd3 Kg6 33. R7c4 Rxc3+ 34. Rxc3
f5 $16 {even though I believe, that despite that with best play on both sides
Black should not be able to save the game.}) 32. gxh5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Rb2+ {
[%emt 0:01:21]} 33. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Rd8+ {[%emt 0:01:58]} 34. Ke4 {
[%emt 0:01:20]} Rxh2 {[%emt 0:01:39]} (34... Re8+ 35. Kf5 Rb5+ 36. Kg4 Rg5+ 37.
Kh4 Ree5 38. R7c4 Rxh5+ 39. Kg3 $18) 35. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:
37]} 36. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 37. Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:44]}
Rxh5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 38. Rxa4 $18 {[%emt 0:00:36]} f5+ {[%emt 0:04:00]} 39.
Kd3 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 40. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00] My plan consisted in the idea to put
the white rook to c3 after which the black king will be cut off from the
a-pawn. Black will be left without any counterplay.} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42.
Rc6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. a4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47.
Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} ({The winning line was} 47. Ka3 Ra1+ 48. Kb4 Rb1+ 49. Rb3
Ra1 50. a5 Kc6 51. Rc3+ Kd6 (51... Kb7 52. Rc5) 52. Ra3) 47... Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 48. Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Rb3 $6 {[%emt 0:00:00]
In the period of last few moves I always had to make a choice between
different plans, each of which seemed to be 99%winning but not 100%. As a
consequence Black nearly got the chance for a draw.} (49. Kb4 $142 {see game.})
49... Re8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} ({With the help of the move} 49... Kc5 $1 {my
opponent could have seriously complicated my winning process. After} 50. Rb5+
Kc4 51. Rxf5 Rd8 {the only way to win was hidden in} 52. Re5 $1 ({The drawish
line was equally} 52. e4 Rd3+ 53. Kb2 Rd2+ 54. Kc1 Ra2 55. Rxf7 Kc3 $1 56. Rc7+
Kd3 57. Ra7 Kc3 58. Kb1 Rb2+ $1 59. Ka1 Rb4 60. e5 Rxf4 61. Ka2 Re4 62. Ka3 Kc4
$11) ({just as} 52. Rxf7 Rd3+ 53. Kb2 Rxe3 54. a5 Re2+ 55. Ka3 Re1 $1 56. Ka2
Re2+ 57. Kb1 Re1+ 58. Kc2 Re2+ 59. Kd1 Ra2 60. Rf8 Rxa5 61. Ke2 Ra3 62. Rd8 Kc5
$11) 52... Rd3+ 53. Kb2 Rd2+ 54. Kc1 Ra2 55. a5 Kc3 56. Kd1 Kd3 57. Ke1 $18
Re2+ 58. Kf1 Ra2 59. Re7 Rxa5 60. Kf2 {. Sincerely speaking I am not at all
sure that I would have been able to find a winning line after such an
unexpected turn of events.}) 50. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 51.
Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:00] Now I was returning to the correct plan and the rest is
simple.} Rb8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]}
53. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 54. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 55. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:00] Black is not able to simultaneosly
fight with my passed pawn and defend his own foot soldiers.} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 56. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 57. Rc3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Kb6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 58. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:07:42]} 59. a5+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 60. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 61. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200+30:1000/900+30:0"]
[WhiteClock "0:26:33"]
[BlackClock "0:03:54"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:02:02]} c5 {
[%emt 0:03:06]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:36]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:03] Some sort of strange Reti position, in which Black
never played d5. Giri overpressed, and despite having the pair of bishops and
some open files on the kingside, he was in danger as his structure on the
queenside was decimated and his central pawns were under attack.} 5. e4 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:34]
} 7. d3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:37]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rb8 {
[%emt 0:08:52]} (8... Bd7 9. Nd2 Nd4 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nc4 Nb4 12. f4 exf4 13.
Bxf4 Be6 14. Ne3 d5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Bd6 17. Ne2 h6 18. c3 Nc6 19. g4 Re8
20. Qd2 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 d4 22. Qf2 Qd6 23. Rae1 Rad8 24. c4 b6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26.
b3 a6 27. Qg3 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Kf2 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qf3
bxc4 33. bxc4 Qe5 34. Qg3 Qb8 35. Ne2 Qb1 36. Qf3 Kh7 37. h4 h5 38. gxh5 {
Kramnik,V (2783)-Karjakin,S (2760) Zuerich 2015 1/2-1/2}) 9. Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:
58]} Bd7 $146 {[%emt 0:13:36]} (9... b5 10. Ng4 Bxg4 11. hxg4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5
13. exd5 Nd4 14. c3 Nb5 15. Bd2 Bg5 16. Be1 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qc8 18. Qa4 Rb6 19.
Rb1 Qb7 20. Rb3 g6 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Bf6 23. Bd2 Rb8 24. Qe4 Qd7 25. g5 Bg7
26. Re1 Nc7 27. Qe7 Qxe7 28. Rxe7 Rxb3 29. axb3 Nb5 30. d4 cxd4 31. c4 Nc3 32.
Rxa7 d3 33. Ra2 Nxa2 {0-1 (33) Romanishin,O (2610)-Savon,V (2560) Kiev 1978})
10. Ng4 {[%emt 0:04:32]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:10:40]} 11. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:06:05]} Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:01:05]} 12. Kh2 {[%emt 0:10:02]} Be6 {[%emt 0:15:16]} 13. f4 {[%emt 0:
10:43]} exf4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 14. gxf4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:17]}
15. bxc3 {[%emt 0:02:07]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 16. Be3 {[%emt 0:22:33]} Qc7 {
[%emt 0:10:04]} 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:07:52]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:29:56]} 18. dxe4 {
[%emt 0:01:27]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 19. Bf2 {[%emt 0:06:42]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:
58]} 20. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:05:43]} 21. f5 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Bc6
{[%emt 0:00:57]} 22. Bh4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Rbe8 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 23. Qf4 {
[%emt 0:01:00]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:07:24]} 24. f6 {[%emt 0:12:21]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:
39]} 25. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 26. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:44]}
Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 27. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 28. Rxe4
{[%emt 0:03:16]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 29. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:
03:26]} 30. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Qc7 $6 $138 {[%emt 0:01:37] Karjakin
definitely had the better chances, and near the end instead of the safe 30...
Qc7?! he could have tried to go for the win with 30...Qxa2! taking a pawn and
asking Giri if he had any real compensation.} (30... Qxa2) 31. Qxc7 {[%emt 0:
00:41]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:
17]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. cxd4
{[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:05] All this is known as inoffensive for
Black. The last check is essential in order to prevent White from keeping his
massive centre.} 7. Nbd2 $5 {[%emt 0:00:04] A rare move, which was not tried
in the old games at all.} ({Greco's favourite was} 7. Nc3 {(see below)}) ({
while the main line goes} 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 {with
comfortable equality for Black. White's last move sacrifices a pawn and could
rightly be called "original". But just as when we speak about the rightness of
the surname Piano, everything is relative. For a player like Nakamura, who
only ten years ago used to experiment with 2.Qh5 in the open games, the whole
line can safely be considered as "classical"!}) 7... Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:57]
Kindly picking up the gauntlet.} (7... Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Nxe4 (8... d5 9. exd5 Nxd5
10. Qb3 Nce7 11. O-O $14 {offers White some pressure due to his bishop pair.})
9. d5 Ne7 10. O-O Nxd2 11. Qxd2 {would transpose to the game.}) ({Another try
is} 7... d5 8. exd5 Qe7+ (8... Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 {may cause Black some
problems. He has to either part with the bishop or face some problems of minor
piece coordination after the bishop's retreat.}) 9. Be2 Nxd5 10. O-O {The
tempo won with ...Qe7+ will soon be lost after Re1 followed by Bc4 and Black
still did not find an optimal way to consolidate his minor piece control over
the d5-square.}) 8. d5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:15] This is the spirit of the line!
White is fighting for space and advance in development. But Black has enough
resources to hold his own.} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:09:04]} 9. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:37]}
Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. d6 {
[%emt 0:01:11] Another typical move, slowing down the black queenside
development.} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08] White's superior
development surely compensates for the missing pawns, but Black does not have
to stick to his material advantage.} d5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:16] Clearing the path
for the d7-pawn and making the c8-bishop's development inevitable.} 13. Bxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:49]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} 14. Rad1 {[%emt 0:05:22]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:
08:03]} 15. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 16. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:52]
There seems to be nothing better than this, but now the game simplifies to an
ending in which only White could have slight problems.} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:44]}
17. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 18. a3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rfd8 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} 19. Rd4 $1 {[%emt 0:06:35] The most accurate.} ({If} 19. Rfd1
Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Rc8 21. h4 Kf8 {Black could hope to prove the superiority of his
bishop over the knight in an ending with an open centre and pawns on both
wings.}) 19... Rxd4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 20. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 21. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 22. f3 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Kf7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 23. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 24. Ke3 {[%emt 0:
01:27] White has achieved perfect centralisation and Black does not find
anything better than a draw by repetition.} Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Kd3 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 26. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:
30]} 27. Kd2 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 28. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Rc5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Kc3 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:07] Since we have
mentioned Greco a lot so far, it would be interesting to follow one of his
most spectacular achievements with this line:} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb4
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8.
Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:17]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 11. Ne4 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 13. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:40]} (13. Qh5 Nc6 14. Nb3 {Aronian,L (2804)-Anand,V 
(2785) Grand Slam Final 7th 2014 (6) 1-0}) 13... Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 14. Nb3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Na5 $146 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (14... Rfd8 15. a3 Ba5 16. Nd6 Be8
17. Nxe8 Qxe8 18. Nxa5 Nxa5 19. b4 Nc6 20. Qb3 Ne7 21. Rc7 Rab8 22. Be4 Nd5 23.
Rc4 Rd7 24. Rfc1 Rbd8 25. Bf3 Qe7 26. Rd4 b6 27. g3 g6 28. Rcd1 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 
(28) Gelfand,B (2747)-Leko,P (2713) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 15. Rc7 {[%emt 0:03:12]}
Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} (15... Nxb3 16. Rxb7 Rab8 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Qxb3 $14 {
Roiz}) 16. a3 {[%emt 0:14:57]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 17. Qxb3 {[%emt 0:12:23]}
Ba5 {[%emt 0:07:59]} 18. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:01:07] Gelfand "won" a pawn in this
Ragozin, but the resulting initiative allowed Giri to have a very pleasant
double rook endgame, even though he was the one with a material deficit.
Gelfand had no problems holding the draw either, though.} Ba4 {[%emt 0:04:54]}
19. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:07:20]} Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 20. Nc5 {[%emt 0:06:06]} Bb6 {
[%emt 0:04:24]} 21. Nxb3 {[%emt 0:07:51]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 22. Nd4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 23. exd4 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} 24. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 25. Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:44]
} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 26. h4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 27. g3 {
[%emt 0:01:08]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 28. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:15]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:
55]} 29. hxg5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 30. g4 {[%emt 0:05:51]}
Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 31. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rdd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. Rf1 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 33. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rdxa3 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 34. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:29]
} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. d5 {[%emt 0:02:41]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 37. Rb1 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 38. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 39. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 40. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:23]}
O-O {[%emt 0:01:11]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. e4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:53] A very provocative variation in which Black
allows White to build up a massive pawn centre just to start attacking it with
all his forces.} 7. e5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10] The modern trend is to
avoid any exchange in the centre as this would clear space for the black minor
pieces.} ({This does not necessarily mean that} 9. cxd5 {is bad, though. Here
is a revcent example in which White missed an interesting attack:} exd5 10. O-O
Nc6 11. Re1 Qb6 12. Nf1 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. b4 a5 15. Ng3 g6 16. Rb1 (16.
Nf5 $5 gxf5 17. Bxf5 Re8 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Bb2 {with dangerous threats.}) 16...
axb4 17. axb4 {In Moiseenko,A (2701)-Korobov,A (2680) Lvov 2014 (½-½, 57)
Black could have neutralised the kingside threats with} f6 18. exf6 Qxf6 {
keeping the extra pawn and reasonable development.}) ({Another example
illustrating the dangers for Black went} 9. Qc2 g6 $6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e6 fxe6
12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Qxg6+ {Riazantsev,A (2688)-Vocaturo,D (2579) Jerusalem 2015
CBM 166 [Krasenkow,M] (0-1, 85) with a powerful attack. White soon got a
winning position, but missed a few best moves and even lost.}) 9... Nc6 {
[%emt 0:01:19]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:43] White's centre looks shaky, but Black
has a big problem: there are no obvious ways to complete the development,
releasing the tension in the centre would just activate the white knights, so
the best is preventing White's normal development, too.} a5 {[%emt 0:03:12]} (
10... cxd4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc2 h6 13. b4 $14 {[%csl Gd7]}) 11. Bc2 $5 {
[%emt 0:00:25] A multi-purpose move. White clears the d-file in order to build
up pressure against Pd5 and the d3-square to create a battery along the b1-h7
diagonal. If needed, the bishop could go to a4, reducing Black's pressure in
the centre or to b3 to attack d5.} Re8 {[%emt 0:08:27] Black embarks on the
half-waiting policy initiated by White. The last move clears the f8-square for
the knight and prepares for the eventuality of an exchange on d5.} (11... b6
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nf1 {[%csl Gd5]} cxd4 14. Ba4 Ndb8 15. Ng3 Be6 16. Qd3 Qd7
17. Bh6 $1 $16 {Salem,A (2614)-Amin,B (2633) Dubai 2015 (1-0, 35)} gxh6 $2 18.
Bc2 $18) (11... Qb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bb3 Nxd4 $6 ({The critical continuation
is} 13... c4 14. Nxc4 {Otherwise White would lose the d4-pawn.} dxc4 15. Bxc4 {
White has ample compensation for the piece. Black is underdeveloped and the
potential threats d4-d5 and e5-e6 are annoying.} a4 {Clearing the a5-square
for the knight in order to meet d4-d5 with ...Na5.} 16. Ba2 $5 $44 {Black
faces the same problems about how to complete development.}) 14. Bxd5 Qd8 15.
Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Qxd4 Bf5 18. Be3 $16 {Rombaldoni,A (2507)-Markidis,K
(2322) Kavala 2014 (1-0, 51)}) ({One round later, Dominguez switched to} 11...
Qc7 {Gelfand,B (2744)-Dominguez Perez,L (2734) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 [Marin] (1/
2-1/2, 63)}) 12. h3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:24:04] In this position, a
new move, but the real novelty will arise a bit later due to transposition.} (
12... Nf8 {removes the knight from the centre too early, allowing} 13. dxc5
Bxc5 {Rombaldoni,A (2464)-Schneider,S (2312) Stockholm 2012 (1-0, 36)} 14. cxd5
exd5 (14... Qxd5 15. Be4 Qd7 16. Qc2 {[%cal Gd2c4] offers White a huge
advantage.}) 15. Nb3 Be7 (15... Ba7 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Nbd4 $14) 16. Be3 $14) 13.
cxd5 {[%emt 0:21:23]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 14. e6 $146 {[%emt 0:13:25] White
has not enough development to make this thematic break effective.} (14. Nf1 {
has the same drawback as 12...Nf8 examined above, allowing Black releasing the
tension in the centre:} cxd4 15. Bf4 {Browne,W (2530)-Ivanovic,B (2530) New
York 1988 (0-1, 79)} Nf8 {[%cal Gf8e6]}) (14. dxc5 $5 $146 Nxc5 15. Nb3 Nxb3
16. Bxb3 Be6 17. Bf4 Rad8 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Re2 d4 20. Ba4 $5 {It is not
entirely clear whether the d4-pawn is strong or weak, making the position
quite complex strategically.}) 14... fxe6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 15. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:07:35]} 16. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:15:02]} 17.
dxc5 {[%emt 0:13:21]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:26] As an effect of the somewhat
premature pawn break, Black is suddenly better developed.} 18. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:
05:06]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Nb3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} ({
The unexpected tactics initiated by} 19... Bxf2+ $5 {seem to offer approximate
equality (and in some cases just a draw by perpetual):} 20. Kxf2 a4 21. Nc5 (
21. Nbd4 $6 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxh3 $1 $40) (21. Nbd2 Qb6+ 22. Kg3 Qc7+ 23. Kf2 $11)
21... Qb6 22. Be3 Rxe3 23. Kxe3 Qxc5+ 24. Ke2 Na5 $44 {[%cal Gd7b5]}) 20. Bg5 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} (20... Ne5 21. Nbd4 (21. Bxf6 gxf6 22.
Qxd5+ Be6 23. Qd1 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Qg3+) 21... Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Be6 $11) 21. Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:02:06]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:05]} Re7 {[%emt 0:01:
03]} 23. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:21] White has managed to catch up in development and
weaken the enemy kingside, but the pressure exerted by the dark-squared bishop
is very unpleasant.} Ne5 {[%emt 0:10:34]} 24. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:12:58]} Qxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} ({Dominguez must have discarded the principled} 24... fxe5 {
on account of} 25. Qxd5+ (25. Nd2 Qc5 26. Bb3 Be6 27. Qe2 e4 $15) 25... Qxd5
26. Rxd5 {but Black has a strong initiative for the pawn despite the absence
of queens:} Bc6 27. Rd2 (27. Rd1 Rf7) 27... a4 28. Nc1 Rg7 29. g4 e4 $36) 25.
Nd2 $6 {[%emt 0:03:42]} ({It would have been safer to partly neutralise the
bishop with} 25. Nd4 {when Black would not have obvious ways to increase the
pressure.}) 25... Kh8 {[%emt 0:05:56]} 26. Qb3 {[%emt 0:11:04]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:
01:54]} (26... Qc7 $36 {[%cal Ge7g7,Ga5a4]}) 27. Nf3 {[%emt 0:05:19]} Qg3 {
[%emt 0:11:25]} (27... Qe2 $1 {would transpose to the game without the move
repetition.}) 28. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 29. Nf3 $6 {
[%emt 0:02:22]} (29. Qd3 $1) 29... Qe2 {[%emt 0:06:43]} 30. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:16]
The lesser evil.} (30. Rf1 $2 Bb5 31. Nh2 Bc4 32. Qc3 Qe5 $3 33. Qxe5 Rxe5 34.
Ng4 Re2 $19) 30... Bxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe3 $15 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 33. Rxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 34. Bf5 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:
23]} 35. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc7+ {[%emt 0:02:44]} 36. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 37. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:42] The endgame is unpleasant for
White and Black hoped to make it even more so with the next pinning move:} Rd7
$6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} ({In time trouble, moves such as} 37... h5 $15) ({or} 37...
Kg7 $15 {, improving the position slowly without forcing the events, should be
preferred.}) 38. Be4 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:01:07] An unexpected resource, exchanging
one of the irritating bishops.} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 39. Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bxb7 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 42. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 43. Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:32]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb4
{[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Bf4 {
[%emt 0:00:04] Hardly an ambitious line but quite possible, why not?} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Rc1 $146 {[%emt 0:09:44] A new move but its value is not
quite clear.} (7. e3 {is usually played. Here is a recent example:} c5 8. Be2
c4 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. b3 Bf5 14. Qb2 cxb3 15.
Qxb3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. a4 a5 $11 {1/2 (51) Vorobiov,E (2579)-Predke,A 
(2533) Kazan RUS 2015}) 7... Bf5 {[%emt 0:09:44]} (7... c5 $5 8. dxc5 Ne4 {
is probably quite possible and needs practical tests. E.g.} 9. g3 $5 {deserves
attention.}) 8. a3 {[%emt 0:18:05]} Ba5 $6 {[%emt 0:02:03] Illogical. This
bishop will waste time and finally be exchanged for its white counterpart.} (
8... Bxc3+ $142 9. Rxc3 Ne4 $1 10. Rc1 (10. Rxc7 $2 g5) 10... c6 {although
White's bishop pair guarantees him a small edge.}) 9. e3 $6 {[%emt 0:08:09]} (
9. b4 $142 Bb6 10. e3 {. If Black continues ...c7-c6 and ...Bb6-c7, he loses
yet another tempo; and} a5 11. b5 a4 {[%cal Yb6a5]} 12. Bd3 {is in White's
favour, too.}) 9... c6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 10. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:
02:14]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:34]} Re8 {[%emt 0:13:07]} 12. b4 {[%emt 0:12:08]}
Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 13. Bxc7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qxc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. b5 {
[%emt 0:04:38] Despite the tempo White gifted back to his opponent, his
minority attack is quite successful.} Qd6 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 15. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:
26]} c5 {[%emt 0:07:44]} 16. dxc5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 17.
Qb4 $14 {[%emt 0:00:08] With no activity compensating for his isolated d5-pawn,
Black is doomed to long defence.} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 18. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:02:
15]} Be6 {[%emt 0:04:02] Too passive.} (18... h6 $142) 19. h3 {[%emt 0:07:45]}
Red8 {[%emt 0:09:07]} 20. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:12:26]} 21. b6 {
[%emt 0:05:10] Generally pawn exchanges are favourable for the defender but
White must create a second object of attack (the b7-pawn in this case).} axb6 {
[%emt 0:00:48]} 22. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 23. Qb2 {
[%emt 0:06:51]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 24. Bf3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:
51]} 25. Qb4 {[%emt 0:11:18]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 26. Nce2 {[%emt 0:03:32]}
Rdc7 {[%emt 0:04:40]} 27. Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bd7 $6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} (27...
Qd7) 28. Qa5 $2 {[%emt 0:07:04] Both players overlooked that} (28. Bxd5 {
was quite possible as the tactical trick} Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Nd3 {didn't succeed
due to} 30. Ne7+ Kf8 (30... Kh8 31. Ndc6 $3 Bxc6 (31... Nxb4 32. Nxd8 $18 {
[%cal Rd8f7]}) (31... Rxc6 32. Rxc6 $1 Bxc6 33. Nxc8) 32. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 (32...
Rxc6 $144 33. Nxc6 bxc6) 33. Nxc8 Rxc8 34. Qb3 {, and White ends up with an
extra pawn}) 31. Rxc7 ({or} 31. Qd6 Qxe7 32. Qxe7+ Kxe7 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Rxd3
$16) 31... Nxb4 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 33. Ne6+ Bxe6 34. Rxd8+ Kxe7 35. Rb8 $16) 28...
Ra8 $6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} (28... Ba4 $142 29. Rf1 Be8 {successfully holding on.})
29. Qb6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ra4 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 31. Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 32. Qb4 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Qb2 $1 {[%emt 0:00:05] The d5 pawn is now
doomed...} Ne6 $2 {[%emt 0:15:25] ...but this move could have led to even
worse consequences.} (33... Be8 $2 34. Nf5) (33... Ra8 $142 34. Bxd5 Qe7) 34.
Nxd5 $6 {[%emt 0:04:26]} (34. Ndxe6 fxe6 35. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 36. Qb6 {, indicated
by a number of commentators, led to an immediate collapse of Black's position.}
) 34... Rxc1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 35. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:15]}
36. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 37. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} 38. Bc6 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 39. Rxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 40. Qc2 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 41. Qc5 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 42. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:10:00]}
Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:52] This position is difficult to hold for Black but it is a
dream for him compared to what could have happened several moves earlier.} 43.
Qc4 {[%emt 0:04:42]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:10:55]} 44. d5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:
02:01]} 45. Qd4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:07:31]} 46. Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:02]
White unnecessarily allows his opponent to stop his passed pawn on d5, and his
task becomes more difficult.} (46. Rb6 $142 {[%cal Yd5d6]}) 46... Qf8 {[%emt 0:
00:43]} (46... Rd6 $1) 47. Rc3 {[%emt 0:04:49]} (47. Rc6 $1 Qe8 48. Rb6 {
[%cal Yd5d6]}) 47... Qd6 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 48. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:13]} 49. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:07:07]} 50. g3 {[%emt 0:00:47]}
Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 51. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 52. h4 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 53. Kf3 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:
37]} 54. Qf4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 55. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Qd6
{[%emt 0:00:11]} 56. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 57. g4 {[%emt 0:
03:00] There is apparently no other way to make progress.} hxg4 {[%emt 0:02:31]
} 58. Qxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 59. h5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Re7 {
[%emt 0:05:44]} 60. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:00] Black goes for a
rook endgame. A correct decision as it should be drawish. However, Anish Giri
doesn't play it in the best way.} 61. hxg6 {[%emt 0:09:36]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:04:
36]} 62. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:56][%mdl 4096]} 63. Kf3 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:58] Shouldering White's king out of the way.
} 64. Rf4+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 65. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd7
$2 {[%emt 0:00:10] The rook should be active!} (65... Ra7 $1 66. Re8 (66. Ke3
Ra3+ 67. Kd4 Ra4+ {, and White's king must retreat}) (66. Rd4 Kf5) (66. d6 Kf6
67. Kf4 Rd7 68. Rd4 Ke6 69. Kg5 Rxd6 70. Rxd6+ Kxd6 71. Kf6 Kd5 $11) 66... Ra1
$1 {, again stopping White's king, after which he can't make progress, e.g.}
67. Ke2 Ra5 68. Rd8 Kf6 {[%cal Rf6e7,Rf6e5]}) 66. Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 67. Kf4 $2 {[%emt 0:02:05] A strange decision.} (67. Ke4 $1 Ra7
68. Re8 {, and White's king goes to the queenside. Black's rook is on the
short side of White's pawn, and it can't successfully attack White's king with
side checks. Therefore White wins.}) 67... Ra7 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 68. Rf5+ {
[%emt 0:03:34]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 69. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:08] This outflanking
should not be enough for a victory.} Ra6 {[%emt 0:02:59] Again passive!} ({
White is unlikely to win after} 69... Ra3 70. Re5+ Kf8 $1 ({but not} 70... Kd6
71. f4 Rf3 72. Re8 {, and White gradually wins the f7-pawn keeping Black's
king cut off from White's f-pawn, on its long side}) {e.g.} 71. f4 Ra4 $1 72.
f5 Ra1) 70. Re5+ {[%emt 0:03:30]} Kd7 $2 {[%emt 0:00:05] Here, too, Black's
king should not go to the d-file.} (70... Kf8 $1 {should be enough to hold on
after all.}) 71. Re2 {[%emt 0:01:20] Not the most exact retreat but it doesn't
spoil much.} (71. Re1 $1 {was more accurate.}) 71... Rg6+ {[%emt 0:00:55]} (
71... Rd6 72. f4 Rxd5+ 73. Kf6 Kd8 74. f5 Ra5 75. Rh2 $18 {[%cal Yh2h8,Yh8f8]})
72. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:05:36] An attempt to pin White's f-pawn 
(impossible in the event of 71.Re1) was insufficient after all:} (72... Rg2 73.
Kf6 Kd6 74. Rd2 Rg4 75. Kxf7 Rf4+ 76. Kg6 Rf8 77. Kg5 $1 Rg8+ 78. Kf6 Rf8+ 79.
Kg6 $22 Rg8+ (79... Rf3 80. Kg5 {[%cal Yg5g4,Yf2f4]}) 80. Kf7 Rg2 81. Kf6 Rh2
82. Kg5 Rg2+ 83. Kh4 Rh2+ 84. Kg3 Rh8 85. f4 {etc.}) 73. f4 {[%emt 0:00:39]}
Ra4 {[%emt 0:05:39]} 74. Kg5 {[%emt 0:03:09]} f6+ {[%emt 0:03:05] Otherwise
f4-f5-f6 etc.} 75. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 76. Re4 {[%emt 0:
04:32]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 77. Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]
With his king on the long side of White's pawn, Black has no chances to
survive.} 78. Re5+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 79. Re6 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} Rf8+ {[%emt 0:01:12]} 80. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rg8+ {[%emt 0:01:07]}
81. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 82. f5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke5 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 83. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:29]
} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 9. d3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} d6 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 11. Ba2 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} bxa4 $5 {[%emt 0:
01:23] Usually they go 12..b4, but Tomashevsky has been experimenting with
computer-type moves for a while now, and with good results. I must add here
that such an idea was played against me by well known GM Djuric Stefan a long
time ago, but in a worse version than this.} 13. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bc8 {
[%emt 0:01:54] Tomashevsky also played in a slightly different manner:} (13...
Bc6 14. Nf5 (14. Nh4 Bd7 15. Nhf5 Rb8 16. Qf3 Kh8 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qg4 g6 19.
Qf3 Nc6 20. c3 Nf4 21. Nxe7 Qxe7 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 f6 24. Qg3 Rb6 {1/2-1/2
(34) Caruana,F (2844)-Tomashevsky,E (2701) Baku 2014, Black is ok here}) 14...
Bd7 15. N3h4 Kh8 16. f4 Nc6 17. c3 Rb8 18. Rf1 exf4 19. Rxf4 Ne5 20. Nxe7 Qxe7
21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 c4 $1 23. Bxc4 Qa7+ 24. d4 Nxc4 25. Qf1 a3 $17 {0-1 (42)
Svidler,P (2734)-Tomashevsky,E (2749) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 14. Nh4 {[%emt 0:
01:14] Tomashevsky was under a serious challenge in the next game:} (14. Bd2
Bd7 15. Bxa5 Qxa5 16. c3 Rab8 17. Bb3 Qb6 18. Bxa4 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 Qxb2 20. Qxa6
Qxc3 21. Nf5 Rfe8 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Qxd6 $16 {1/2-1/2 (38) Dominguez Perez,L 
(2726)-Tomashevsky,E (2716) Tbilisi 2015}) 14... g6 {[%emt 0:01:51] This is a
novelty in a way because with 14...Bd7 we would have Caruana-Tomashevsky.} 15.
Nf3 {[%emt 0:07:17]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 16. Nd5 {[%emt 0:05:25]} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:03:10]} 17. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 18. Bh6 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 19. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:28] Somehow the early
...g6 gave White more motifs to count on.} Bc6 {[%emt 0:06:39]} (19... Nc6 20.
Ng5 $1 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Qa5 22. c3 $16 {White has a dangerous attack.}) 20. Bxc6 {
[%emt 0:14:16]} (20. Qc3 $5 {the computer chess idea is Bd2} Bxd5 21. exd5 Bf6
22. Re4 c4 $5 23. Rxa4 (23. dxc4 Nb7 $1 $13) 23... Nb7 $5 24. Be3 cxd3 25. Qxd3
a5 {an interesting position, White should have a slightly more pleasant
position but the potential ...f5 can give Black counterplay.}) 20... Nxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} 21. c3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:42:23]} 22. Qc2 {[%emt 0:
00:46]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 23. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Red8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24.
Bc1 {[%emt 0:13:29]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:10] It may look like equal, but Black
still didn't equalise. Due to his slightly more compromised structure White
can still hope for some play.} 25. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
26. Rae4 {[%emt 0:05:06]} f6 {[%emt 0:04:17]} (26... f5 27. R4e2 Bf6 28. Qa4
Bg7 29. Nd2 Qe6 30. f4 Rxd3 31. fxe5 $14) 27. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rbc8 {
[%emt 0:01:44]} 28. R4e3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:10:09]} 29. Nd2 $1 {
[%emt 0:03:45]} Rcd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. Nc4 {[%emt 0:06:59] That was best
what White could do at the moment, now he still has one or two more ideas.} Qe6
$6 {[%emt 0:00:23] The queen is potentially a bit exposed along the e-file.} (
30... Rb7 31. Rg3 Bf8 32. f4 (32. h4 $5 {also gives the initiative.}) 32...
exf4 33. Bxf4 {Black is close to equality} Rdd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7e7]}) 31. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:00:39]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:07:19]} 32. f4 $1 {[%emt 0:03:18] This is it!} Bc7
{[%emt 0:04:35]} 33. Rf3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 34. Qe2 {
[%emt 0:03:30]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:09:32]} 35. Qf1 $1 {[%emt 0:13:22] Now f5 is in
the air.} f5 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 36. Rfe3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:25]}
37. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 38. g4 $5 {[%emt 0:05:01]} Qh4 {
[%emt 0:00:45]} 39. gxf5 {[%emt 0:06:56]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Kh1 {
[%emt 0:00:00] Now White is clearly better.} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rg1 {
[%emt 0:28:43]} e4 {[%emt 0:17:38]} 42. Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:04:
27]} 43. Rg3 {[%emt 0:08:40]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 44. b3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} (44.
b4 $3 $18 {[%cal Gc1b2] Black is not able to maintain his structure any longer.
}) 44... Bd8 {[%emt 0:08:57]} 45. dxe4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:56]}
46. f5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 47. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:37] Here too
White reached a winning position.} Ne5 {[%emt 0:06:18]} 48. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:01:
35]} Rdd8 {[%emt 0:05:16]} 49. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 50.
Qe2 {[%emt 0:12:50]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 51. Re6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Rg8 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} 52. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Rbe8 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 53. Qg4 {
[%emt 0:02:31]} Ref8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 54. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:
00:13]} 55. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 56. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:02:
52]} Qxg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 57. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 58.
Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. Qc2 {[%emt 0:
01:10]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:29]} 8.
O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:14] This is known to lead to somewhat
one-sided play, but if Black knows what he is doing during the struggle a draw
is the most probable result.} 9. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]}
10. e4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 11. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 13. Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 14. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 15. Bh7+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 17. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 18. Bxc8 {
[%emt 0:01:24]} Rfxc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:
03:04]} 20. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 21. d6 {[%emt 0:00:15]}
Rxd6 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 22. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bd8 $146 {[%emt 0:02:21]} ({
Black deviates from an earlier game of his opponent, continuing with} 22... Bf8
{Vachier Lagrave,M (2722)-Anand,V (2783) Paris/St Petersburg 2013 (1/2-1/2, 44)
}) 23. Kf1 {[%emt 0:22:34]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 24. Rad1 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Rxd1
{[%emt 0:00:37]} 25. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 26. Bd4 {
[%emt 0:01:30]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 27. Ke2 {[%emt 0:06:16]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:
15]} 28. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 29. Rd5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} f6
{[%emt 0:01:04]} 30. Kd3 {[%emt 0:11:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 31. Bd4 {
[%emt 0:01:53]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 32. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:00] In the past this was
famously used by Petrosian in the last game of his Candidates' final with
Fischer, which turned to be the fourth defeat of the former World Champion and
sealed Fischer's advance to the match with Spassky. Nowadays, it has clearly
become "the Jobava Variation".} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} ({I have given an
overview of Jobava's ideas in my comments to Dominguez Perez,L (2760)-Jobava,B
(2713) Tromso 2014 CBM 162 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 43), continuing with} 4. Nf3)
4... Bd7 $5 {[%emt 0:02:45] A rare move.} ({Previously, Jobava had tried} 4...
Nge7 5. Nf3 Nf5 {, as examined in the notes to the aforementioned game.}) 5.
Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} a6 $5 {[%emt 0:02:38] And this is almost a novelty,
having been played only once before. Black prepares ...f7-f6 by preventing
Bf1-b5.} ({Two rounds earlier, Jobava tried} 5... Nge7 6. Ne2 Nf5 7. Ng3 Nh4 8.
c3 g6 9. Bf4 f6 (9... f5 $5) 10. Nxh4 (10. Nh5 $1 $14 gxh5 $2 11. Nxh4 $18 {
[%cal Gd1h5]}) 10... fxe5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. dxe5 Qh4 13. Ne2 O-O-O {Karjakin,S
(2753)-Jobava,B (2699) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 (1/2-1/2, 32)}) (5... f6 {is a bit
premature due to} 6. Bb5 {when Black would not be able to threaten ...fxe5 for
a long time.} a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. h4 Qd7 9. h5 O-O-O 10. Bf4 Bb4 11. Qd2 h6 12.
a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 f5 14. b3 Ne7 15. a4 Kb8 16. Bc1 $1 {The start of an elegant
double regrouping of the minor pieces in accordance with the strategic demands
of the psotiion.} Rdg8 17. Ng1 g5 18. hxg6 Nxg6 19. Ne2 Qd8 20. Bd2 h5 21.
O-O-O $14 {[%csl Rc6,Gf4,Rh5] Karjakin,S (2772)-Andreikin,D (2716) Tromsoe
2013 (1/2-1/2, 37)}) 6. a3 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:01:57] White answers with a
similar method. His main idea is preparing Bd3 followed by Ne2 without fearing
...Nb4.} (6. Ne2 {as tried in Stock,A-Bednarski,J (2360) St Ingbert 1989 (0-1,
66) is too passive, allowing} f6 {under favourable circumstances.}) (6. Be2
Nge7 {leaves White with problems re-locating his c3-knight.}) (6. Bd3 Nb4 7.
Be2 c5 $132) 6... f6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:49]} fxe5 $6 {[%emt 0:
04:21]} ({With hindsight, Black should probably have maintained the tension
with, say} 7... Qe7 8. Bf4 O-O-O 9. Qd2 Qf7) 8. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} ({
Of course,} 8. Nxe5 $6 {would clear space for Black's pieces:} Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qh4
10. O-O Nh6 $11) 8... Bc5 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:02:29]} Nge7 $6 {
[%emt 0:03:57] Quite dangerous.} ({True, Black's position would also be on the
edge after} 9... Qe7 10. b4 Ba7 (10... Bb6 11. Na4 Ba7 12. Bg5 Qf8 13. Be3 $14)
11. Rb1 Nh6 12. b5 (12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. b5 Nd4 14. bxa6 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 bxa6 {
[%csl Ga7] is not entirely clear.}) 12... Nd4 13. bxa6 bxa6 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15.
Bxh6 Bxc3 (15... gxh6 16. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Ge4f6]} dxe4 17. Bxe4 {[%csl Ga8,Gd4]}
Rd8 18. Qxd4 Bb5 19. Qe3 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 {[%cal Ge4c6]} O-O 21. Qxh6 $14) 16. Rb3
Bd4 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qg5 19. e4 d4 20. Qf3 Qxe5 21. Qf7+ Kd8 {The king is
facing some dangers, but being a pawn up Black is alive and kicking, too.}) 10.
Ne2 {[%emt 0:17:26] Slightly too slow.} (10. Ng5 $1 g6 (10... Nxe5 11. Bxh7 Rf8
12. Nge4 $36 dxe4 $6 13. Qh5+ $16 {[%csl Rc5,Re5]}) 11. Qf3 Rf8 12. Qg3 $16)
10... O-O {[%emt 0:00:36]} 11. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} h6 {[%emt 0:12:53] A loss
of time.} ({Ng5 should have been prevented with the active} 11... Nf5 $1 12. c4
dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nfd4 14. Ng5 Qe7 $13) 12. c4 $1 $36 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Nd4 {
[%emt 0:03:29]} 13. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:08:07]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 14. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:06:08]} (14. Qg4 $1 Bxe5 15. Nxe6 Qc8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qe4 Bxe6 18.
Qxe5 $14 {The bishop pair in an open position offer White the better chances.})
14... Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 15. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:07:04]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 16.
Bc2 {[%emt 0:06:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 17. Be3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qb6 {
[%emt 0:07:46]} (17... Bxe3 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. fxe3 $16) 18. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:03:
06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 19. Qd3 {[%emt 0:10:02] This tempting move should
not have produced too much effect.} ({Stabilising the positon with} 19. Bd3 $5
{was worth trying.} Rae8 (19... Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxa3 21. Rxb7 $16) 20. Qe2 (20. f4
{weakens the e3-square, which becomes relevant after} Qxb2 21. Rb1 Qxa3 22.
Rxb7 Bb5 $1 23. Bxb5 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 axb5 {and Black's positon is already more
pleasant.}) 20... g5 21. Rae1 $14 {Due to his better structure and the safer
king's position, White has some advantage, although it is not easy to make
progress.}) 19... Rf5 $2 {[%emt 0:00:06] Jobava lets himself be carried away
by some tactical mirage.} (19... Bf5 $1 20. Qb3 (20. Qd2 Qxb2 $17) (20. Qd1
Rac8 $36) 20... Qxb3 21. Bxb3 Rad8 22. Rac1 Rfe8 23. Rfe1 Kf7 $11) 20. f4 {
[%emt 0:02:52]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:18:58]} 21. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} d3+ {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 22. Rf2 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Bxd3 $1 {[%emt 0:01:38]
The strongest, but not the only good continuation.} ({After} 23. Qh3 dxc2 24.
Qc3 Ba4 25. f5 {the main point is that} Rxf5 $2 {loses to} 26. Qc8+ {,
something Jobava must have overlooked, together with Katjakin's continuation.})
23... Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01] White has a material
advantage and a dangerous kingside majority.} Qe3 $6 {[%emt 0:01:25] Just
losing another pawn.} 25. Be6+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} (25. Be6+ Kf8 26. Bxd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c6
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:08:57]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. Be2 $5 {
[%emt 0:03:52]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:08:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:
22]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:30] Another attempt to avoid heavy theory, frequently
applied by GM Vladimir Epishin. White prevents ...d5xc4 and ...b7-b5.} Qe7 {
[%emt 0:12:01] Black has a lot of other satisfactory options:} (8... b6 $5 9.
a5 Rb8 10. axb6 axb6 11. Ra7 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qc2 Qb6 15. Ra1
c5 16. Nxb5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rfc8 19. Qe2 Nc5 $44 {0-1 (31)
Riazantsev,A (2684)-Maletin,P (2571) Rostov on Don 2014}) (8... a6 9. Qc2 e5
10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Bd2 Be6 $11 (13... Nb4 $143 14. Qb3
Bf5 15. Nd4 Bg6 16. Ncb5 axb5 17. Bxb4 $14 {1/2 (75) Epishin,V (2574)-Grachev,
B (2672) St Petersburg 2012})) (8... a5 9. Qc2 Qe7 (9... Re8 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. b3
b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Qb1 c5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bb5 Red8 17. Ne2 Ne4
18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Nf6 20. Qf5 $14 {1-0 (45) Epishin,V (2635)-Navarro,S 
(2117) Bratto 2004}) (9... Bb4 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. Qb1 Ba3
14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Ne1 Qe7 16. Nd3 Ba6 17. Qc2 Rfc8 $11 {1-0 (43) Epishin,V 
(2610)-Cosma,I (2456) Marseille 2004}) 10. Bd2 b6 11. Rfe1 Bb7 12. Rad1 Rad8
13. Bd3 h6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. Qb1 Ne4 $11 {1-0 (50) Epishin,V (2561)
-Solodovnichenko,Y (2613) Bad Zwischenahn 2012}) (8... Ne4 9. a5 f5 10. a6 b6
11. Bd2 Qf6 12. cxd5 $6 (12. Be1 $13) 12... exd5 13. Rc1 b5 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15.
Ne1 Bxa6 16. f3 Qe6 17. f4 Bb7 18. Bg4 Qe7 19. Be2 {1/2 (19) Epishin,V (2599)
-Rodriguez Guerrero,E (2433) Navalmoral 2004}) (8... dxc4 9. Nd2 $5 (9. Bxc4 {
leads to a position often arising from the classic Semi-Slav after 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.
0-0 dxc4 8.Bxc4 0-0 9.a4; Black equalises by means of} a5 10. e4 e5 {as you
can see in the following example from GM practice:} 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. h3 exd4 13.
Nxd4 Bf4 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qb3 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Nde2 Rae8 {
1/2 (55) Stefansson,H (2579)-Al Modiahki,M (2575) Turin 2006}) 9... e5 10. Nxc4
Bc7 11. a5 $1 Qe7 (11... Re8 $5) 12. Qc2 (12. b3 Rd8 13. Ba3 Qe6 14. Bb2 exd4
15. exd4 Nf8 16. Bf3 Ng6 17. Re1 Qf5 $15 {1/2 (49) Suba,M (2522)-Collas,D 
(2436) Campillos 2004}) 12... Re8 13. Rd1 exd4 14. exd4 Nd5 $5 15. Nxd5 cxd5
16. Ne3 Nf6 17. Bf3 Bg4 $1 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. g3 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Qd7 $11 {1/2 (60)
Atalik,S (2541)-Wolfsteiner,H (2352) Augsburg 2005 CBM 104 ext [Atalik,S]}) 9.
a5 {[%emt 0:10:42]} ({In reply to} 9. b3 {Black can come back to the} a5 {plan.
}) 9... a6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 10. Qb3 {[%emt 0:17:21]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:42]} (
10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 $5 {is an interesting idea. If White keeps up the
tension, Black can even continue ...Ra8-b8 and ...b7-b5.}) 11. Nd2 {[%emt 0:04:
13]} (11. Nxe4 $5 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. c5 Bc7 14. Nc4 {[%cal Yf2f3] In future
White's knight can invade either b6 or d6.}) 11... f5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 12. f4 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:09:25] Black prefers to wait for the exchange on
e4 than to trade knights himself, which was seen in the following game and led
to an unclear position:} (12... Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Nf6 14. Be1 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nd5 16.
Ne2 (16. Na4 $5) 16... Bd7 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Ng1 c5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Bc3 c4 21.
Qc2 Qxe3 22. Rae1 Qd3 23. Qc1 $44 {1-0 (37) Jovanic,O (2458)-Pavasovic,D (2575)
Rijeka 2006}) 13. Ndxe4 {[%emt 0:05:10]} (13. Ncxe4 dxe4 14. c5 Bc7 15. Nc4 Nf6
16. Bd2 {was still possible but White doesn't want to play c4-c5. He prefers
to keep a d4-d5 possibility.}) 13... dxe4 {[%emt 0:12:19]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:21:
11]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:15] Very aggressive.} ({In the event of} 14... c5 15. d5 e5
16. Na4 {Black's c5-pawn becomes vulnerable.}) 15. g3 {[%emt 0:07:37]} h6 {
[%emt 0:03:43]} 16. Na4 {[%emt 0:06:12]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 17. Nb6 {[%emt 0:
05:47]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 18. Kh1 {[%emt 0:04:08]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 19.
Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be8 {[%emt 0:01:25] Black is preparing ...Be8-h5 so White
doen't want to wait.} 20. d5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:07]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:03:54] There
was no need to open up the g-file at once as it is White who can immediately
exploit it!} (20... exd5 $6 21. fxg5 {was dubious}) ({but} 20... cxd5 21. Rad1
$5 (21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Qxd5 Rd8) 21... Rd8 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. cxd5
Nxd5 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Bf7 26. Rfxf5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Bb8 {led to unclear
consequences.}) 21. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ng4 $6 {[%emt 0:00:38] This
desperate move gives White the upper hand.} (21... exd5 22. cxd5 Rd8 $5 {
[%cal Ye8f7] was still possible and hard to evaluate} (22... cxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5
24. Qxd5 Rd8 {was now bad due to} 25. Rg1)) 22. Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} fxg4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:16]} (23. c5 $142 $1 Bxc5 24. dxe6 {
[%cal Rf4f5]} Rf5 25. Rad1 $16 {[%csl Re4,Ge6]}) 23... Bg6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 24.
Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rbd8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 25. b4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} c5 {
[%emt 0:05:35]} (25... cxd5 $142 26. cxd5 Bc7) 26. bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Bxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 27. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 28. Be5 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 29. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 30.
dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 31. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:01:14]} 32. Qc2 $14 {[%emt 0:02:13] White keeps pressure, his pieces
are more powerful, and Black's king is unsafe but Alexander Grischuk was in
time-trouble and chose to offer a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01] One of the results that needed to go Jakovenko's way for
the Russian to qualify was for Caruana to lose. That did not come close to
happening - even though Giri's position was slightly preferable from the
opening, his attack on the kingside initiated with a quick g4 advance
backfired badly. Caruana had the much better position, he decided to play it
safe and draw the game, securing his place.} c5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. b4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 9. Bb2 {
[%emt 0:01:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:24]} 10. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:
05]} 11. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 12. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:11]}
dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 13. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxd8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 14. Ne4
{[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 15. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c3 {[%emt 0:
01:46]} 16. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 17. O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]}
Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 18. Bb2 $146 {[%emt 0:00:29]} (18. Rc1 Ba4 19. h4 Bb8 20.
Qb1 f5 21. g3 Nf7 22. Ba1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Bc6 24. Qc3 Nd6 25. Qc5 Bd5 26. Be5
Qd8 27. Qc2 Nf7 28. Bxb8 Qxb8 29. Nd4 Nd6 30. a4 Qc8 31. Qd1 Ne4 32. Bf1 Qc3
33. Bg2 Qxb4 34. Nxf5 Qf8 35. Bxe4 Bxe4 36. Nd4 Bd5 37. Qh5 h6 38. Qe5 Qb4 39.
f3 Qxa4 40. e4 Bc4 41. Nxe6 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qd2+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qd2+ 45. Kg1
Qd7 46. Qb8+ Kf7 47. Nf4 a5 {Wang,H (2752)-Gelfand,B (2773) Beijing 2013 1/2-1/
2 (83)}) 18... Bc6 {[%emt 0:17:27]} 19. Qb1 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:02:
53]} 20. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:59]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 21. Qa1 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Qf8
{[%emt 0:10:22]} 22. g4 $5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Bb8 {[%emt 0:05:20]} 23. g5 {
[%emt 0:06:35]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:17:47]} 24. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} f6 {[%emt 0:04:
09]} 25. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:13:20]} 26. Qb1 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Qe7
{[%emt 0:07:52]} 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 28. b5 {[%emt 0:
03:42]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 29. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} f5 {[%emt 0:08:22]} 30.
Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 31. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} bxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} 32. Rd1 {[%emt 0:15:14]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 33. Ba1 {[%emt 0:
02:23]} Be5 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 34. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:10:39]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]}
35. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Qb5 {[%emt 0:04:56]} Qc7 {
[%emt 0:02:46]} 37. Qa6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Qc6+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.05.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bischwiller"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 {Solid win in the first round, though 23...Nb4-c6!? was far more
inspiring then the Averbakh-Spassky jewel (Tweeter)} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4.
Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. h3 c6 7. Be3 Na6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Bd7 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. g4
$146 (11. O-O Ne8 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bxa7 Bh6 14. c5 Bxh3 15. Nf3 Qd7 16. Bxa6
Ra8 17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Re1 Qg4+ 19. Kf1 Rxa7 20. cxd6 Nxd6 21. Nxe5 Qh3+ 22. Ke2
Qe6 23. Qd4 Rxa6 24. Nd3 Bg7 25. e5 Re8 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Nf5 28. Qe4 Rd8
29. e6 Ra7 30. Nf4 Qg4+ 31. Ng2 Qxe4 32. Rxe4 Rd2 33. Rc1 Rxb2 34. Nf4 fxe6 35.
Nxe6 Bxc3 36. Rxc3 Raxa2 37. Rf4 Kf7 38. Rxc6 Rc2 39. Ng5+ Kg7 40. Re6 Ra1+ {
Lesiege,A (2490)-Rajlich,V (2340) North Bay 1996 1/2-1/2}) 11... cxd5 12. cxd5
Nc5 13. a3 a5 14. a4 Ne8 15. g5 f5 16. h4 Rf7 17. Nb3 Na6 18. Bb5 Nb4 19. f3
Bf8 20. Kd2 Ng7 21. Qg1 Nh5 22. Bb6 Qe8 23. Bxa5 Nc6 $5 {[%csl Gc6]} 24. dxc6
bxc6 25. Bc4 d5 26. exd5 cxd5 27. Bxd5 Be6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Qb6 Qc4 30. Qb5
Qf4+ 31. Kc2 Ng3 32. Rhd1 Qxf3 33. Qxe5 Ne4 34. Qe6 Qg2+ 35. Kb1 Rc6 36. Qe5
Rc4 37. Qd5 Rc8 38. Nxe4 fxe4 39. Ka2 Bg7 40. Rd2 Qf3 41. Re1 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.05.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Solodovnichenko, Yuri"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Bischwiller"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Nc6 (4... dxe4) 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bb6 7. Bb2
(7. Na4 dxe4 8. c3 f5 9. Ng3 e5 10. Bb2 exd4 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. cxd4 Nf6 13. Bc4
Nd5 14. Nxe4 O-O 15. Qh5 h6 16. O-O Be6 17. Ng3 f4 18. Ne4 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Rad8
20. Rac1 Nce7 21. Nc3 c6 22. b5 Bg4 23. Qe5 Ng6 24. Qe4 Kh7 25. Qc2 Bf5 26. Bd3
f3 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 30. Re3 Rdf8 31. Qc7 Qxc7 32. Rxc7
fxg2 33. f3 Nh4 34. Rcc3 g5 35. h3 b5 36. Rb3 Rxf3 {Mitkov,N (2513)-Vallejo
Pons,F (2705) Las Vegas 2011 0-1}) 7... Nge7 8. g3 h5 $5 $146 {Optimiste} (8...
e5 9. exd5 (9. dxe5 Nxe5) 9... Nxd4 10. Bg2 Bg4 11. Qd3 (11. O-O) 11... Bf5 12.
Ne4 O-O 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxd5 16. O-O Nb6 17. Qxd8 Raxd8
18. Nc5 Bxc2 19. Bxb7 Rd2 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Rd4 22. Nc5 Rfd8 23. Rac1 Rc4
24. Rxc4 Nxc4 25. Na6 Nxa3 26. Nxc7 Rd7 27. Ra1 Rxc7 28. Rxa3 Rb7 29. Kg2 Rxb4
30. Rxa7 g6 31. h4 h5 32. Rc7 Rd4 33. Ra7 Rb4 34. Rc7 Rd4 35. Ra7 Rb4 36. Rc7
Rd4 37. Ra7 {1/2-1/2 (37) Tomashevskaya,L (2232)-Bivol,A (2350) Loo 2015}) 9.
Bg2 h4 10. O-O hxg3 11. hxg3 dxe4 {[%csl Rd4]} 12. Nxe4 Nf5 13. c4 {[%csl Rb6]}
Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Ncxd4 15. Re1 e5 16. Nc5 $44 {[%csl Rb7,Re5][%cal Ge1e8]} f6 17.
Nxb7 Bxb7 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Be4 {[%csl Ge4]} Kf8 20. Qd3 g6 21. Rad1 $32 c5 22.
Bxf5 gxf5 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Qxf5 Kg7 25. Re4 $40 {[%cal Ge4g4]} (25. Kg2) 25...
Rh6 26. f4 Qc8 27. Qxc8 Rxc8 28. c5 Rch8 29. Kg2 Rh2+ 30. Kf3 Ra2 31. fxe5
Rxa3+ 32. Kf4 fxe5+ 33. Kxe5 Re8+ 34. Kf4 Rf8+ 35. Kg4 d3 36. Rd4 a5 37. b5 Rc3
38. Rd5 Rc4+ 39. Kg5 Rf3 40. b6 Rxg3+ 41. Kf5 Kf7 42. b7 Rf3+ 43. Ke5 Re3+ 44.
Kd6 Re6+ 45. Kc7 Re7+ 46. Kb8 {Une petite surprise mais Bischwiller va
néanmoins remporter le match avec le score de 4-2} 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Michiels, Bart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bischwiller"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse Echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. Rg1 $5 Bb7 (9... Ne5 10. g4 Nfxg4 11. O-O-O Nxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 Ng6
14. f4 Qh4 15. Rg2 Bd7 16. Rdg1 b5 17. Rg4 Qh6 18. h4 f5 19. Rg5 Qxh4 20. Qd1
d4 21. Rh1 Qf2 22. Rf1 Qh4 23. Rh1 Qf2 24. Rf1 Qh4 25. Rh1 Qf2 {1/2-1/2 (25)
Wojtaszek,R (2705)-Dreev,A (2710) Warsaw 2011}) 10. g4 e5 (10... Qe7) 11. g5
Ne8 12. h4 Nc7 $146 (12... e4 13. Nd4 Be5 14. d3 exd3 15. Bxd3 g6 16. Nf3 Bh8
17. h5 Nc5 18. Be2 Bc8 19. O-O-O Bf5 20. Qd2 Nd6 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Nxf5 Nxf5 23.
cxd5 cxd5 24. Kb1 d4 25. exd4 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Rxd4 Nxd4
29. Nd5 Rfd8 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nxc8 Nxe2 32. Rh1 Ke8 33. Rh8+ Kd7 34. Rxd8+ Kxd8
35. Nxa7 Kd7 36. Kc2 Ke6 37. Bf6 Nf4 38. Kd2 Nh3 39. Ke3 {1/2-1/2 (39) Papin,V
(2510)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2568) Chennai 2013}) 13. Bd3 g6 14. h5 Nc5 15. Be2 e4
16. Nxe4 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Rg8][%cal Gc2c3]} Nxe4 17. d3 Bb4+ 18. Kf1 Bc8 (18...
Nxf2 19. Kxf2) 19. dxe4 Bh3+ 20. Rg2 Ne6 (20... Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 $16) 21. a3 dxe4
22. Qxe4 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Nxg5 24. Qf4 Nxf3 25. axb4 Ng5 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Qe5
Kf7 28. f4 Ne6 29. Bg4 Qe7 30. Rh1 Nxf4+ 31. exf4 Qxe5 32. Bxe5 h5 33. Bf3 Rad8
34. Bxc6 Rd2+ 35. Kf3 Rd3+ 36. Ke4 Rxb3 37. Ra1 Rxb4 38. Rxa7+ Ke6 39. Bd5# 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons-en-champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Bischwiller"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. Bc1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Demuth, Adrien"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poitiers Migne"]
[BlackTeam "Bischwiller"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. a7 $5
(8. e5 Ne8 9. f4 d6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. e6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Ndf6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. dxe6
d5 15. Be2 Nc7 16. O-O Nxe6 17. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 (17) Moiseenko,A (2695)-Dubov,D 
(2632) Jerusalem 2015}) (8. Nf3 d6 (8... Qa5 9. Bd2 Bxa6 10. Bxa6 Qxa6 11. Qe2
e6 (11... Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2) 12. dxe6 Qxe2+ {Korobov,A (2679)-Horvath,C (2537)
CRO-chT1A Bol 2014 (4.4) 1-0})) 8... Rxa7 9. Nf3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. exd5 d6
12. O-O Na6 13. Nd2 Re8 $146 (13... Nc7 14. Nc4 Re8 15. Bf4 Ncxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5
17. Qxd5 Rxe2 18. Nxd6 Bd4 19. Qc6 Ba6 20. Be3 Rxe3 21. fxe3 Bxe3+ 22. Kh1 Bxf1
23. Rxf1 Re7 24. Nc4 Qd3 25. Nxe3 Rxe3 26. Qf6 Qd5 27. a4 Re2 28. Rg1 Rxg2 29.
Rxg2 Qd1+ 30. Rg1 Qd5+ 31. Rg2 Qd1+ 32. Rg1 Qd5+ 33. Rg2 Qd1+ {1/2-1/2 (33)
Goryachkina,A (2438)-Kovalevskaya,E (2439) Kazan 2014}) 14. Bb5 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7
16. Nc4 Nh5 17. g4 Bxc3 18. Bxd7 Bd4+ 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. Bxe8 Qxe8 21. gxh5 Nb4
22. Bf4 Nxd5 23. Nxd6 Qd7 24. Bg3 Ra6 25. Ne4 Rc6 26. Be5 f5 27. Nf2 Ne3 28.
Rfc1 Qd5 29. Rxc6 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.05"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bischwiller"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy-Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 {The exchange Queen's Gambit
Declined is getting a solid reputation, even at the top levels of chess. It
was scorned for several years as White was supposed to have a slight advantage
from almost every line, but lately it seems that Black's chances of holding
are increasing and increasing.} Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 {White has
two main development patterns: Nf3 or Ne2, and the position of the knight
usually changes his plans completely. The famous "minority attack" on the
queenside is much more likely to happen with the knight on f3, as on e2 it
does not support the attack well (on f3 it can at least go to e5 and pressure
c6). Here White will probably go f3-e4 at some point.} h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 {All the
ideas with Nh5 are the reason the exchange variation is gaining some momentum
for the black players.} 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rae1 Nb6 14.
Nc1 (14. Nf4 $5 Nxf4 15. exf4 Qd6 16. Re5 {Giri}) 14... Qg5 $146 (14... Nf6 15.
f3 c5 16. Qf2 Bd7 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Nb3 Qb4 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Rfd1 a5 21. e4 a4
22. Qd4 Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bc8 27. Kf2
Kf8 28. Rc5 Rd8 29. Ke3 g6 30. g4 Ke7 31. Kd3 Kd6 32. Rb5 Nd7 33. Rd5+ Ke7 34.
Rb5 Kd6 35. Kc4 Kc7 36. a3 Nb6+ 37. Kc3 Bd7 38. Rc5+ Kd6 39. Kb4 Rb8 40. Nb5+
Ke7 41. Nd4 Nc8 42. Nb5 Kd8 43. h4 b6 44. Rc1 {Oms Pallisse,J (2440)
-Khurtsidze,N (2375) Groningen 1998 1/2-1/2 (79)}) 15. f3 {White's plan isn't
subtle: f3, e4 and take control of the center. Black has a few ways to play
against this. In the old days it was recommended to play c5 early, but this
isn't the best when the dark-squared bishops have already been traded.} Bf5 16.
Bxf5 Qxf5 17. e4 Nc4 $1 {Anice intermediate move. Taking on f5 just ruins
White's structure, so the queen has to move to a palce where it does not cover
g5.} 18. Qe2 Qg5 {Now Nf4 can be annoying,} 19. Qf2 Nf4 20. Kh1 Qd8 21. e5 {
White has gained some space, but Black's knight are well positioned and there
is a real chance to blockade White's advances.} c5 $6 {The idea of opening the
position is not the most accurate. Fressinet should have kept waiting.} (21...
Rc8) 22. b3 $1 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Qg5 24. g3 Ne6 25. Qf2 Nb6 {Black has been driven
back, and Giri wastes no time.} 26. f4 $16 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4][%cal Gf4f5,Gf5f6]}
Qe7 27. f5 Ng5 28. Qd4 Rac8 29. Nd3 Red8 30. Nb5 $1 Nc4 $5 {Fressinet was
feeling the pressure and he decided to liquidate some pieces with some tactics,
but Giri was having none of it.} 31. Nf4 (31. bxc4 dxc4 32. Nd6 $1 cxd3 33. h4
$1 $18 (33. Nxc8 Qe8 $1 {Is almost brilliant. The strong threats of Qc6 and
Rxc8 give White a bad position.})) 31... Na3 32. Nd6 $1 {Nicely calculated
from Giri.} Nc2 (32... Rc7 33. Nxd5 {is beyond hopeless.}) 33. Nxc8 Qd7 34. Qd1
Rxc8 (34... Nxe1 35. Nd6 {and Black's knight finds itself trapped on e1!} Nef3
36. Rxf3 Nxf3 37. Qxf3 $18) 35. Qxd5 $1 $18 Qxf5 (35... Qxd5+ 36. Nxd5 {
and Black has no time to take on e1 due to threat of Ne7+, picking up the rook
on c8.}) 36. e6 $1 fxe6 37. Rxe6 {It seems like White's pieces are hanging,
but everything is under control.} Qxd5+ 38. Nxd5 Kh7 (38... Nxe6 39. Ne7+ Kh7
40. Nxc8 {is resignable, the exchange is too much.}) 39. Re7 Nd4 40. Rc7 Rd8
41. Nf4 {Black has no compensation for the lost exchange and simply resigned.}
1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.05"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[BlackTeam "Bischwiller"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c4 e6 (7...
c5 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bh6 14.
Be3 Ne5 15. Ne6 Qxd1 16. Rcxd1 Bxe3 17. Nxf8 Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Rxf8 19. e3 Rc8 20.
Rfd2 Rc7 21. Rd8+ Kg7 22. Bf1 f5 23. Be2 Bc8 24. Kf2 Bd7 25. h3 h5 26. Ke1 Kf6
27. Rd2 Be6 28. Rf8+ Kg7 29. Ra8 Nc6 30. g4 fxg4 31. hxg4 h4 32. Bd1 g5 33. Bc2
Ne5 34. Bxe4 Nxg4 35. Rg2 h3 36. Rg3 Rd7 37. Rxh3 {Nikolic,P (2653)-Polgar,J 
(2681) Kallithea 2002 0-1}) 8. Qc2 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 c5 11. Rac1 Qe7 $146 (
11... Rc8 12. Qb1 Ne4 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. dxc5 Ndxc5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qb2+ Qf6
17. Qxf6+ Nxf6 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Ndf3 Nfe4 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Ng4 Nf6 22. Ne3
Nce4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ne5 Nc3 25. Rd2 Rc5 26. Nd3 Ra5 27. Nb4 Bxg2 28. Kxg2
Rc5 29. Nd3 Nce4 30. Rb2 Rc3 31. Nd1 Rc7 32. Ne3 Nd6 33. f3 Nb5 34. Kf2 Nc3 35.
Ke1 Ncd5 36. Nd1 {1/2-1/2 (36) Vidit,S (2315)-Rajesh,V (2189) New Delhi 2007})
12. Ne5 (12. Rfd1 $142 Rac8 13. Qb1 $11) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. cxd5 exd5
15. b4 cxb4 16. Qc7 Rfe8 17. Nf3 Rab8 18. e3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5
21. Qxe5 Rxe5 22. Rc7 a5 23. Rfc1 Kf8 24. Rd7 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Rd8+ Re8
27. Rd6 Be6 28. Rxb6 Rc8 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bischwiller"]
[BlackTeam "Mulhouse Philidor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. Ne5 Be6 6. O-O Nbd7 (6... dxc4 7.
Qc2 Qd4) 7. cxd5 Bxd5 8. Nf3 c5 (8... e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O
12. Bg2 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bg5 14. Be1 Bf6 15. Qc2 g6 16. Ne4 Bg7 17. Rb1 a5 18. a3 a4
19. Bd2 Qb6 20. h4 h5 21. Rfc1 Rfd8 22. b4 axb3 23. Rxb3 Qa6 24. Rcb1 b5 25.
Rc1 Qa4 26. Nc3 Bxc3 27. Bxc3 Nc5 28. Rbb1 Qxc2 29. Rxc2 Nd7 30. Bb2 Ra6 31.
Rbc1 Rc8 32. e4 Ne7 33. f4 Re8 34. Bf3 Nb8 35. Kf2 Nd7 36. Ke3 Kh7 37. Kd2 c5
38. g4 {Petrosian,T (2648)-Malakhov,V (2716) Warsaw 2013 1-0}) 9. Nc3 Bc6 10.
d3 g6 11. Qb3 $146 (11. Bg5 Bg7 12. Re1 h6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. e4 Ng4 15. h3 Nge5
16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qd2 Bg7 19. Nd5 e6 20. Ne3 Qd4 21. b3 Rfd8 22.
Red1 b6 23. a4 Bb7 24. Kh2 Qb2 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 26. Rab1 Bd4 27. Rd2 Rd7 28. Nc4
Rad8 29. Rc2 Bg7 30. Bf1 f5 31. f3 fxe4 32. dxe4 Rd1 33. Rxd1 Rxd1 34. Be2 Re1
35. Nd6 Bc6 36. Nc8 Bd7 37. Nxa7 Bd4 38. Nb5 e5 39. Nc7 Kf8 40. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 
(40) Bauduin,E (2255)-Arnaudov,P (2489) Cappelle la Grande 2011}) 11... Qb6 12.
Nd2 Bxg2 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. Kxg2 Bg7 15. a4 Nbd5 16. Nde4 Nxc3 (16... O-O) 17.
Nxc3 Kd7 18. Be3 Rhc8 19. a5 Ng4 20. Bd2 Ne5 21. Na4 Ke8 22. Bc3 Kf8 23. Bxe5
Bxe5 24. Rfc1 Bd6 25. Rc4 Rc6 26. Ra3 b5 27. axb6 axb6 28. Rb3 Bc7 29. d4 Ra5
30. Nc3 Bd8 31. e4 e6 32. Rb5 Rxb5 33. Nxb5 Rc8 34. Na7 Rc7 35. Nb5 Rd7 36.
dxc5 bxc5 37. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bischwiller"]
[BlackTeam "Bois Colombes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nd5 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bf6 Bxf6 9. Nxf6+ Kf8 10. Qd2 d5 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. Nxd5 Bf5 13. Nxc7 Qxc7 14.
exf5 Re8+ 15. Kf1 gxf5 16. g3 Qd8 $146 (16... Kg7 17. Kg2 Re4 18. Rhe1 Rd8 19.
Nh4 Qe5 20. f3 Re3 21. Rxe3 dxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxe3 23. Nxf5+ Kg6 24. Nxe3 Rd2+ 25.
Kf1 Rxh2 26. Rd1 h5 27. Rd6+ f6 28. Ng2 Ne5 29. Kf2 Rh1 30. b3 Kf7 31. Rd8 b5
32. Rb8 Rd1 33. Rb7+ Kf8 34. Ne1 a6 35. Rb6 {1-0 (35) Navara,D (2718)-Stevic,H
(2616) Bol 2014}) 17. Qd3 Qd5 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Kg7 20. Rd1 Kf6 21. Rd2 (
21. Nxd4 Rd8 22. c3 Nxd4 $132) 21... Re4 22. Kg2 Rhe8 23. Rhd1 Re2 24. Ng1 Rxd2
25. Rxd2 Re1 (25... Rd8 $11 {[%csl Rd4]}) 26. Ne2 Rb1 27. c3 d3 28. Nf4 Ne5 29.
Nd5+ Ke6 30. Nf4+ Kf6 31. b4 b6 32. b5 Kg7 33. b4 Rb3 34. Nd5 Rb1 35. f4 Rc1
36. fxe5 Rc2 37. Rf2 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.08"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bischwiller"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 d6 7. d4 (7. O-O e5 8.
d3) 7... Qa5+ 8. Qd2 Qxd2+ 9. Nfxd2 $146 (9. Nbxd2 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. e3 a5
12. a3 h6 13. b4 Nb6 14. Rac1 axb4 15. axb4 Ra2 16. Ba1 Bf5 17. Rfe1 Rea8 18.
Bc3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 R8a3 22. Nb1 Rb3 23. Nd2 Rxc3 24.
Rxc3 Rxd2 25. c5 Nd5 26. Rb3 Ra2 27. cxd6 exd6 28. b5 c5 29. dxc5 dxc5 30. Rd3
Nc3 31. Rd8+ Bf8 32. Rb8 Nxb5 33. Rd1 Nc7 34. Rxb7 Ne6 35. h4 h5 36. Kg1 c4 37.
Rc1 Nc5 38. Rb8 Ra4 {Neiksans,A (2597)-Meskovs,N (2457) Warsaw 2015 0-1 (74)})
9... d5 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. e3 Na6 12. O-O Be6 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. a3 b6 15. Rac1 Nb8
{Le signe que les Noirs n'ont pas totalement égalisé} 16. Ba1 Bg4 17. Re1 Be6
18. Ne2 Bf5 19. Nc3 Be6 20. h3 h5 21. Red1 Kf8 22. Bf1 c5 (22... Ke8) 23. dxc5
Rxc5 24. Nf3 Rdc8 25. Na4 R5c7 26. Be5 Rb7 27. Nd4 $16 {[%csl Gd4]} Bd7 {
[%csl Rb7,Rb8,Rd7] Les pièces Noires manquent d'espace} 28. Nc3 (28. Bg2 {
[%csl Rb7]}) 28... e6 29. Bg2 Nc6 30. Bd6+ Kg8 31. cxd5 Nxd4 32. exd4 Ne8 33.
dxe6 Nxd6 34. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. Re1 b5
9. Bc2 Nf6 10. h3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Na5 13. b3 c5 14. d5 Nh5 15. Bg5 Qc7
16. Ng3 Nf4 17. Qd2 c4 18. b4 Nb7 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Ne2 a5 21. a3 Qd8 22. Qxf4
Qe7 23. Ned4 Ra6 24. h4 Rea8 25. e5 axb4 26. cxb4 dxe5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Rxe5
Qf6 29. Qxf6 Rxf6 30. g3 Kf8 31. Re3 Rfa6 32. Kg2 Nd6 33. Ne2 Bf5 34. Nd4 Bc8
35. h5 Bb7 36. Nc6 Bxc6 37. dxc6 Rxc6 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Rd1 c3 40. Rd5 Rxa3 41.
Red3 Nf5 42. g4 Ra2 43. gxf5 Rxc2 44. Rxb5 gxf5 45. Rc5 Rxc5 46. bxc5 Rd2 47.
Rxc3 Ke7 48. Kf3 Kd7 49. c6+ Kc7 50. Rc5 Ra2 51. Ke3 f4+ 52. Kf3 Rb2 53. Rc4
Ra2 54. Rc1 Rb2 55. Rc3 Ra2 56. Rc4 Rb2 57. Rxf4 Kxc6 58. Rxf7 Kd6 59. Ra7 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. Nd2
Nh5 9. Qa4+ b5 10. Nxb5 axb5 11. Qxa8 Qb6 12. e3 Nxf4 13. exf4 Bg7 14. a4 O-O
15. Bxb5 Bxb2 16. O-O Bxa1 17. Nc4 Qb7 18. Qxb7 Bxb7 19. Rxa1 Bxd5 20. Nxd6 Rd8
21. Nc4 Nc6 22. Ne3 Nd4 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Bc4 Rd6 25. a5 Nc2 26. Rc1 Nb4 27.
Bf1 Rc6 28. g3 Rc7 29. a6 c4 30. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bc2 Ba7 10. h3 Re8 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. Ngf3 Be6 13. Re1 h6 14. Nf1 d5 15.
exd5 Bxd5 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Nh4 Rad8 18. Nhf5 Kh8 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxg7 Rxe1+ 21.
Qxe1 Kxg7 22. Bxh6+ Kh8 23. Qd2 Rg8 24. Qf4 Qd6 25. Qh4 Qxg3 26. fxg3 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nb5 Bd5 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 c5 14. Bc3
Bf6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. Rad1 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qe7 19. e4 Be6 20. Qa5 c4
21. Qxa7 Qc5 22. b4 Qc7 23. Qa5 c3 24. Rc1 Ra8 25. Qb5 Rec8 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Qe2
Qc4 28. Qe3 Rxa2 29. e5 Nd5 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Bh3 33. Nf3 h6
34. Qe3 Rb2 35. Qe4 Qxe4 36. Rxe4 Rb1+ 37. Ne1 Bf5 38. Re3 Rxb4 39. f3 h5 40.
h4 b5 41. Kf2 Rb1 42. Nd3 b4 43. Nc5 Rc1 44. Nb3 Rc2+ 45. Ke1 Be6 46. Nd4 Rc1+
47. Kd2 Rc4 48. Nxe6 fxe6 49. Rd3 Kf7 50. Rd7+ Kf8 51. Rd6 Kf7 52. Rd7+ Kf8 53.
Rb7 Rc5 54. Ke3 Rxe5+ 55. Kd4 Rd5+ 56. Ke4 Ra5 57. Rxb4 Kf7 58. Rb7+ Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4
O-O 9. b3 Nf5 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ncxd4 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Qd2 e5 14. Rad1 Bg4
15. f3 Be6 16. f4 Qd7 17. Nd5 Rac8 18. Qf2 Qd8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21.
Qxf6 Qxf6 22. Rxf6 Rcd8 23. Re1 Nc6 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 b6 26. c5 Kg7 27.
Rf2 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rd1+ 29. Rf1 Rfd8 30. Rc2 R1d4 31. Rc5 Rd2 32. Ra5 Rb2 33.
Rf2 Rd1+ 34. Bf1 Rbb1 35. Kg2 Bd5+ 36. Kh3 Be6+ 37. Kg2 Bd5+ 38. Kh3 h5 39. Bc4
Bxc4 40. bxc4 Rb7 41. Rc2 Rc7 42. c5 Rd5 43. Kg2 g5 44. Ra4 Rdxc5 45. Rxc5 Rxc5
46. Rxa7 Rc2+ 47. Kg1 Kg6 48. Ra5 g4 49. a4 Ra2 50. Ra8 Kf5 51. Rh8 Rxa4 52.
Rxh5+ Ke4 53. Rb5 Ra1+ 54. Kg2 Ra2+ 55. Kg1 f5 56. Rb4+ Ke5 57. Rb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. f4 c5 11. Bf2 g5 12. Qh5 gxf4 13. O-O Bg7 14. Rae1 c4 15.
Nxd5 cxd3 16. Bh4 Qa5 17. Rxf4 O-O 18. Rg4 f6 19. exf6 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Rf7 21.
Rxe6 dxc2 22. Ne7+ Rxe7 23. Rxg7+ Rxg7 24. Re8+ Qf8 25. Rxf8+ Nxf8 26. Qc5 Rg4
27. Qxc2 Rxh4 28. Qb3+ Be6 29. Qg3+ Rg4 30. Qc7 Bf7 31. h3 Rg6 32. Qc6 Rb8 33.
b3 a5 34. Kh2 Re8 35. Qb6 Re2 36. Kh1 Rgxg2 37. Qd6 Rg6 38. a4 Re1+ 39. Kh2
Re2+ 40. Kh1 Rf2 41. Qc6 Rf1+ 42. Kh2 Rf2+ 43. Kh1 Rf5 44. Kh2 Rfxf6 45. Qc5
Be8 46. h4 Ne6 47. Qc8 Rf8 48. h5 Rgf6 49. Kg3 Bxh5 50. Qc3 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
e5 9. Na3 d6 10. Nc2 h6 11. a3 Be6 12. b4 b6 13. b5 Na5 14. c4 Nb3 15. Rb1 Nxc1
16. Qxc1 Qd7 17. Ne3 Bh3 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Kh7 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 f5 22.
f3 Rf7 23. Nc4 Raf8 24. Rf1 h5 25. Qd1 Bh6 26. Rb2 h4 27. a4 Qe7 28. Kg1 Qd8
29. Rg2 Kg7 30. Qe2 Bg5 31. f4 fxe4 32. dxe4 h3 33. Rgf2 exf4 34. Qg4 fxg3 35.
Rxf7+ Rxf7 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Qxg3 Qf6 38. Nxd6+ Kf8 39. e5 Qf4 40. Qxh3 Qd4+
41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Kf2 Qd2+ 43. Kf1 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kf1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
O-O Bf5 9. Nd2 Ndb4 10. d5 Bc2 11. Qe1 Ne5 12. a3 Na6 13. Nf3 Nc4 14. Bf4 c6
15. Qc1 Bb3 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Rab8 20. Bxc6
Rfc8 21. Bf3 Nc5 22. Rac1 Bc4 23. Be3 Nb3 24. Rcd1 Rc7 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5
Be5 27. Bh6 Nd4 28. e3 Nf5 29. Bf4 Bxf4 30. exf4 Rxb2 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 e6
33. Be4 Nd6 34. Bc6 Ra2 35. a4 Rd2 36. Rc5 Kg7 37. Ra5 Rc2 38. Ra6 h5 39. Bf3
Nf5 40. Rxa7 Ra2 41. h4 Ra1+ 42. Kg2 Ra2 43. Kg1 Ra1+ 44. Kg2 Ra2 45. Kg1 Ra1+
46. Kg2 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Qf3 Bf8 14. a5 Bd7 15.
Nb3 Bc6 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Rae1 Nd7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qh3 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Nd4
Na4 22. Nd1 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Rab8 24. f5 exf5 25. Nxf5 Bd7 26. Nh6+ gxh6 27. Qg3+
Kh8 28. Rxf7 Rb4 29. Ref1 Qd8 30. Nc3 Be6 31. Ra7 Re7 32. Rxa6 Nxc3 33. bxc3
Rbb7 34. Rxd6 Rbd7 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Bd4+ Rg7 37. Bxg7+ Rxg7 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Rb8 {Not a new
idea, but certainly in recent days players of the black pieces have been
trying to develop some new ideas in old or forgotten systems.} 7. h3 $5 {
It seems that Giri came well prepared for this game, if I am not mistaken
while watching live I had the impression that he played this move almost
instantly. Previously in another Grischuk game against Caruana White opted for
something else:} (7. c3 Nf6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Nd7 12. b3
c5 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qd2 Re8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bd4 Bf8 $5 18. Qe3 a5
19. Nd5 Ba8 (19... f5 $5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 dxc5 22. Rd1 e6 23. Nc3 Qc8 $13
) 20. Red1 Nd7 $2 (20... Bxd5 21. exd5 e5 22. dxe6 Nxe6 23. Bb2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1
d5 $14) 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Ba7 Qd8 24. Nc7 $18 {1-0 (52) Caruana,F 
(2805)-Grischuk,A (2781) Stavanger (blitz) 2015}) 7... Qc7 {The idea is to
wait till White goes for c3, but that doesn't solve the problem as we will see.
..} 8. c3 Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. c4 $1 Nb4 11. d4 cxd4 12. a3 Na6 13. Qxd4 {The
knight on a6 now is deprived of the natural c7-square. Black is already facing
difficulties in this position.} O-O (13... c5 14. Qh4 Bb7 15. Nbd2 Qb6 16. Ne4
Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Nc7 18. b4 Ne6 19. Bd2 h5 20. Rd1 $14) 14. c5 $1 d6 $6 {It is
rather difficult to find any good plan for Black here. White controls lots of
space and as soon as the knight from b1 comes to e4 Black will not be able to
find anything to challenge that.} (14... Qd8 15. Nc3 Nc7 16. Qh4 Ne6 17. Ne4 f6
18. b4 Ba6 (18... fxe5 19. Nfg5 Nxg5 20. Bxg5 Bf6 21. Rad1 $18) 19. exf6 exf6
20. Bb2 Bd3 21. Nd6 $16) 15. cxd6 exd6 16. exd6 Qb6 17. Qh4 Nc5 18. Be3 {
Not the only move, although a logical one.} (18. Nc3 Nd3 19. Re7 h5 (19... Nxc1
20. Rxc1 Qxb2 21. Rb1 $18) 20. Bg5 $16) 18... Qxb2 19. Nbd2 Nd7 20. Rab1 Qxa3
21. Rxb8 Nxb8 22. Bh6 {White is heading for an attack.} Nd7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24.
Qd4+ Kg8 25. Ne4 {Black is facing serious problems.} Re8 (25... a5 26. Nf6+
Nxf6 27. Qxf6 Qb4 28. Re7 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Bxf5 31. d7 a4 32. Ne5 Bxd7
33. Rxd7 $18) 26. Kh2 {A logical move from a human perspective, but actually
with Black's best defence this move loses a huge portion of the white
advantage.} (26. Nfg5 $1 Qa5 (26... h6 27. Nh7 $1 Kxh7 28. Ng5+ hxg5 29. Rxe8
$18) 27. Re3 Qd5 28. Qxa7 $16) 26... a5 $2 {The final mistake; a better idea
was} (26... Qa5 27. Re3 h6 $5 28. Ng3 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Kg7 30. Qd4+ Kh7 {and it
is not clear how White can profit from this position, Black it seems can
defend here.}) 27. Nfg5 $1 Rf8 28. Nf6+ Nxf6 29. Qxf6 Qa2 30. Re7 {Missing a
win at once...} (30. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 31. Re4 {with mate to follow.}) 30... Bf5 31.
Nxf7 Qxf7 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qxa5 $18 Bd7 35. Qc5 Rf5 36. Qa7 Rf7
37. g4 Kf6 38. f4 Kg7 39. Kg3 Kg8 40. Qe3 Kg7 41. h4 Kg8 42. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 b6
9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. Rfd1 Rac8 12. Nb5 Rfd8 13. Rac1 dxc4 14. bxc4 Qd3
15. Qxd3 Rxd3 16. Bf1 Rd7 17. d4 Rcd8 18. a4 Bb7 19. d5 exd5 20. Bh3 dxc4 21.
Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Nd6 Ba6 23. Nxc4 f6 24. Rd2 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 a6 26. Rc1 b5 27. axb5
axb5 28. Ba3 Kf7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Bxc5 Ne5 31. Nxe5+ fxe5 32. Bxe7 Kxe7 33.
Kf1 Kd6 34. Ke2 e4 35. Rc8 Ra7 36. Kd2 Ra2+ 37. Kc3 Rxf2 38. Rb8 Rxh2 39. Rxb5
Ke6 40. Kd4 Rg2 41. Kxe4 Rxg3 42. Kf4 Rg1 43. Rb6+ Kf7 44. e4 h5 45. Rb7+ Ke6
46. Rb6+ Kd7 47. Kf5 Kc7 48. Rb2 Kd7 49. e5 Rf1+ 50. Kg5 Ke6 51. Kxh5 Kxe5 52.
Kg4 g5 53. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 (4. d4 {is the main line.}) 4... Ngf6 5.
Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 e6 8. d4 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12.
cxd4 Rc8 $146 {The first new move in the game.} (12... Qc7 13. Nf1 Rfc8 14. Bd3
b4 15. Ng3 a5 16. Bg5 Bf8 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Be3 Qd8 19. h3 $14 {Rasik-Laznicka,
Prague 2015, and White is slightly better.}) (12... Qb6 13. b3 (13. e5 $2 {
was bad, as} dxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 $1 {should have been played} 15. Ne4 Ndxe5 16.
Nxe5 Nxe5 $15 {and Black has a healthy P up.}) 13... Rfc8 14. Bd3 {and White
looks slightly better.}) 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Be3 Rc7 16. Bd3 {White's
position is more comfortable. He has some space advantage and his pieces are
active.} e5 ({In the event of} 16... Qa8 17. Bd2 $14 {and it is obviously
favourable for White .}) 17. d5 {The right reaction. White closes the centre
and neutralises the b7-B.} Nc5 18. Bc2 b4 $6 {Giri wanted to avoid 19.b4, but
this is an inaccuracy, which involves weaknesses on Black's queenside.} (18...
Qd7 {was more solid, but} 19. Bg5 (19. b4 Na4) 19... Be7 20. Nf5 $36 {and
White has some initiative.}) 19. a3 $1 {White immediately takes advantage of
Black's previous move.} b3 20. Bxc5 {White simply accepts the P.} (20. Bd3 $5 {
was also possible.}) 20... Rxc5 21. Bxb3 Qb6 22. Bc4 (22. Ba4 {was the
alternative,} Rec8 23. b4 R5c7 24. Nd2 {and White looks nicely placed.}) 22...
Rec8 23. Bd3 g6 24. Nf1 {A logical manoeuvre, because the N on g3 was already
not very useful. White prepares for Ne3-c4.} Bh6 25. Ne3 a5 26. b4 $1 {A very
nice reply by Carlsen! The b4-P is not takeable, White's position is much
better.} (26. Nc4 $6 {was too early, as} Qc7 {and the N has to escape.}) 26...
axb4 27. axb4 R5c7 ({In the event of} 27... Rc3 28. Nc4 $1 Qxb4 (28... Qd8 29.
Na5 Ba8 30. b5 $16 {followed by Nc6.}) 29. Rab1 R8xc4 30. Bxc4 Qxc4 31. Rxb7
Rc2 32. Qxc4 Rxc4 33. h4 Nxe4 34. Rd7 $16 {and White has a hopeful endgame.})
28. b5 (28. Nc4 {was also fine,} Qxb4 29. Reb1 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 Qxc4 31. Qxc4 Rxc4
32. Rxb7 $16) 28... Qc5 29. h3 ({The engine suggests the logical} 29. Nd2 $16 {
followed by Ndc4.}) 29... Nh5 30. Qb2 Qb6 31. Qb4 {Carlsen activates his Q and
he is threatening Nc4.} Bxe3 32. Rxe3 Rc3 33. Rae1 f5 $6 {A brave attempt by
Giri. He would like to create complications, but this is too dangerous.} (33...
Nf6 {was more solid, but} 34. Ra1 {and White will slowly, but surely
consolidate and exploit the fact that he is a P up.}) 34. exf5 Nf4 35. Be4 $1
R3c5 (35... R3c4 36. Qb1 $18) ({or} 35... R8c4 36. Qb1 $18 {with a decisive
attack.}) 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Bxg6 $1 {A brilliant tactical blow by Carlsen!}
Rxb5 {Still the best practical chance.} (37... Nxg6 {could have been met by}
38. Qg4 $1 Kf7 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Nh4 $1 $18 {and mate soon.}) 38. Qe4 $6 {
Well, this was the straightforward and human reply. On the other hand White
missed a fantastic winning move!} (38. Bf7+ $3 {What a brilliant sacrifice!}
Kxf7 39. Qe4 $18 {and Black cannot prevent the threats of Qf5+ and Ng5+, even
then it is not obvious how the attack proceeds, but Black simply cannot save
himself.}) 38... Rf8 $1 39. Nxe5 $6 (39. Nh4 $1 {should have played} Bxd5 40.
Qa4 {and White should be better, but in a practical game, it is not easy yet.})
39... dxe5 40. Rg3 Rxd5 $1 {The only move to survive which Giri did. Black's
position looks very dangerous, but at this moment White doesn't have a forced
win.} 41. Qb1 {Black also had several threats, so Carlsen simplifies.} (41. Rb1
{could have been met by} Rd1+ $1 42. Kh2 Rxb1 43. Bf5+ Kh8 44. Qxe5+ Qf6 45.
Qc7 Rf7 46. Qb8+ Rf8 47. Qc7 Rf7 $11 {and repetition of moves.}) 41... Qxb1 42.
Bxb1+ Kh8 43. Be4 Rd7 44. Bxb7 Rxb7 45. Rxe5 {White has three Ps for the N,
only he has any chance to win, but objectively this is a draw.} Rh7 46. Re4
Rhf7 47. Kh2 Kh7 48. Rf3 Kg6 49. h4 Nh5 50. Rxf7 Rxf7 51. Re2 Nf4 52. Rd2 Nh5
53. g3 Nf6 54. Kg2 Rd7 55. Ra2 {Carlsen tries everything, but Black can hold.}
(55. Rxd7 Nxd7 56. g4 Ne5 $11 {is also drawish.}) 55... Rd5 56. Ra4 Re5 57. g4
Re4 58. Rxe4 Nxe4 59. Kf3 Nd6 60. Kf4 Nf7 61. Ke4 Kf6 62. f4 Nd6+ 63. Kd5 Nb5
64. h5 Nc3+ 65. Kd4 Nb5+ 66. Kc4 Nd6+ 67. Kc5 Ke6 68. Kc6 Nf7 69. Kc7 Nh6 70.
g5 Nf7 71. g6 Nh6 72. Kd8 Kf5 73. Ke7 Kxf4 74. Kf8 Kg5 75. g7 Kxh5 76. g8=Q
Nxg8 {and finally the draw!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 d5
15. e5 Ne4 16. Ra3 f6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Nc3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qxf3
21. Qxf3 Rxf3 22. Kg2 Rbf8 23. Bb3 R3f5 24. Ra2 Na5 25. Bc2 R5f6 26. Bd3 Nb7
27. Re1 Rf3 28. Rd2 Ba5 29. Bb2 c5 30. Ba6 Nd6 31. dxc5 Ne4 32. Rxd5 Rxf2+ 33.
Kg1 Rxb2 34. Bc4 Kh8 35. Rxe4 Rc2 36. Rf5 Rd8 37. Rd5 Rf8 38. Bd3 Rxc3 39. Kg2
h6 40. Ra4 Bd8 41. Re4 Bf6 42. Re6 Kg8 43. c6 Rc8 44. Rdd6 Rc5 45. Ba6 Ra8 46.
Be2 Kf7 47. Re3 Ra2 48. Kh3 Rac2 49. Bf3 R2c3 50. Bd5+ Rxd5 51. Rxf6+ Kxf6 52.
Rxc3 Rd8 53. Kg4 Rc8 54. c7 Ke6 55. Kh5 Kd6 56. Rd3+ Ke6 57. Rc3 Kd6 58. Rd3+
Ke6 59. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bc2 b6 19. Ba4 Bb7 20. Bc6 Bxc6 21.
dxc6 Rac8 22. Be3 Rxc6 23. Rad1 Re8 24. Bd4 Bf8 25. g3 Kg8 26. Kg2 Ne4 27. Rfe1
Rce6 28. Re3 Nc5 29. Ra3 a5 30. Re3 Rd8 31. Rc1 Rxe3 32. Bxe3 Nd3 33. Rc3 Nxb2
34. Bxb6 Na4 35. Bxd8 Nxc3 36. Bxa5 Nxa2 37. Nd4 Nc1 38. Bd2 Nd3 39. Nf5 h5 40.
h3 f6 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Ke2 Ne5 43. Bc3 Nc6 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 g6 46. Nd4 Nxd4+
47. Bxd4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 a6 14.
Rh3 Qb4 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Rb1 Qd6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rxb7 Bb5 19. Rb3 Rc8 20. Bxb5+
axb5 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. Rxb4 O-O 23. R7xb5 Rfd8 24. Ke2 Kg7 25. Ra4 Ra8 26. Rbb4
Rdb8 27. Nb3 Rxb4 28. Rxb4 Rxa2+ 29. Nd2 Kg6 30. g3 h5 31. Rd4 f5 32. exf5+
Kxf5 33. Rf4+ Kg6 34. Rd4 Kf5 35. Rf4+ Kg6 36. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be3 a6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bh6 O-O 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nh5 11. Bxg7 Nxg7 12. Be4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2
Ra7 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Rhe1 Nb6 17. Bc6 Ne6 18. Kc1 Nd8 19. Be4 c5 20. Nd5 Nxd5
21. Bxd5 Ne6 22. g3 c4 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. f4 Kf7 25. h4 h5 26. Rd4 Rc8 27. Red1
Ke8 28. c3 a5 29. Kc2 Rb7 30. Re4 b4 31. Rdd4 Rbc7 32. Kd2 Rc5 33. Kc2 R5c7 34.
a3 b3+ 35. Kd2 Rc5 36. Ke3 R8c7 37. Rd2 Rd5 38. Red4 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 Rc5 40. a4
Rc8 41. Re4 Kf7 42. Kd4 Kg7 43. Re2 Kf8 44. Rg2 Kg7 45. Rd2 Kf7 46. Ke4 Ke8 47.
Rd4 Rc5 48. Kf3 Kf7 49. Ke3 Ke8 50. Ke4 Rc7 51. Kf3 Rc5 52. Ke3 Rc8 53. Re4 Kf7
54. Kd4 Kg7 55. Re3 Kf7 56. Re2 Kf8 57. Rg2 Kg7 58. Ke3 Kf7 59. Rh2 Kf8 60. Kd4
Kf7 61. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 a5 $5 {[%cal Gb1c3,Gc8a6,Yb1d2,Yc8b7] I analysed this
variation in some depth close to a year ago and concluded it was a pretty
clear equaliser, and not much has changed since then, possibly because the
fashion now is to play the Bf4 systems as recommended by Avrukh. One of the
points is that this is a waiting move - Black can place the bishop on a6 after
Nc3, and on b7 in the event of a Nbd2 setup.} 11. Bc3 (11. Nc3 Ba6 {is not
threatening for Black at all.}) 11... Bb7 (11... Ne4 $5 {[%cal Yf7f5]
intending in many cases to Stonewall with ...f5 is also fine for Black, as
I've demonstrated in my analyses.}) 12. Nbd2 c5 $1 {I had previously
recommended this variation as well, trying to equalise by liquidating
everything in the centre. However Topalov had already spent a bit of clock
time by this point, so it seems he did not expect Giri to adopt the variation.}
13. Ne5 (13. e3 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 $5 {is not remotely dangerous
for Black.} (15... bxc5 $132 {[%cal Ya5a4] is also fine if Black wants more
complex play.})) 13... cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qc8 $6 {White obtains a
typical Catalan advantage after this somewhat awkward move.} (15... Ng4 {
as played previously is best, though it's fair to assume that Giri had some
idea in mind to at least ask Black some questions.} 16. Bc3 $1 (16. Bb2 Bc5 17.
e3 Qe7 18. h3 Nf6 $11) 16... Bc5 (16... Bf6 17. Ne4 $1) (16... Rc8 17. h3 Nf6
18. Qb2 $14 {also gives White steady pressure.}) 17. e3 Bxe3 $1 (17... Qe7 18.
h3 Nf6 19. Qb2 {½-½ (46) Bluebaum,M (2514)-Burg,T (2490) Bremen 2013} Rfd8
20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Ba3 23. Qc3 Rxd5 24. Ne4 Kg7 25. g4 $1 $14
{[%csl Ra3,Ye4,Rf6] would be a fairly normal continuation, giving White a very
standard advantage as Black's kingside is weak and White has the far better
minor piece.}) 18. fxe3 Nxe3 19. Qd3 Nxg2 20. Nf3 $1 dxc4 21. Qe2 Qc7 22. Kxg2
Bd5 $44 {[%csl Yd5] and Black's powerful light-squared bishop gives him good
compensation for the modest material deficit.}) 16. Rac1 {Now the queen is a
bit misplaced along the c-file, and Black has problems connecting his rooks.}
dxc4 ({It's now too late for} 16... Ng4 17. Bb2 Bc5 18. e3 $36 {[%cal Yc2c3,
Rc5e3]}) (16... Ba3 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Bxg2 20. Nd6 $1 Qa6 21.
Kxg2 $36 {[%cal Ye2e4,Ye4e5,Rd6c8] also fails to solve Black's problems; White
owns the c-file and will anchor his knight with e4-e5.}) 17. Bxf6 $1 {A
practical decision, aiming for a small but enduring advantage, which is
unpleasant for the opponent.} (17. Nxc4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. f3 b5 20. Ne3
Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Rfc8 22. Rdc1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 $14 {is also a better endgame for
White, but it's not easy for White to increase the pressure after} Ne8 $1 {
[%cal Ya5a4]}) 17... Bxf6 18. Qxc4 (18. Nxc4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc6+ 20. e4 Rfd8 21.
Nd6 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Be5 $11 {is nothing real for White.}) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2
Qb7+ 20. Qe4 $14 {[%csl Yd2,Rf6][%cal Yc1c8,Yd1d8] Even modern engines don't
fully appreciate the dangers for the side with the bishop in such positions.}
Rfb8 (20... Ra7 $143 21. Qxb7 Rxb7 22. Ne4 Bb2 23. Rc6 {and White is obviously
in control.}) ({It looks wrong to activate White's knight with} 20... Qxe4+ $5
21. Nxe4 {but after} Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Rc6 {Black's position, though
passive, seems tenable based on} Kf8 24. Nd6 Ke7 25. Nb5 Rb8 {[%cal Ye7e8,
Yd8e7,Ye7c5] and I don't see how White breaks through if Black sits tight.})
21. Rc6 $5 (21. Qxb7 Rxb7 {transposes to the game.}) 21... Qd7 (21... Rd8 22.
Rd6 $5 {is a clever trick, but it peters out to equality after} Qxe4+ 23. Nxe4
Be7 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $11 {and Black can hold this endgame.}) 22.
Rcc1 (22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Rdc1 Be7 $1 {is solid for Black as well, though White
can keep slight pressure with} 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Nc4 Bc5 26. Ne5 Qe7 27. Nd3
$14) (22. Rxb6 Rd8 $1 {pinning the knight is not what White is after.}) 22...
Qb7 23. Qxb7 Rxb7 24. Ne4 Be7 {While this position can be held, it's not
entirely trivial as Black has few prospects for active play and White can try
things here and there.} 25. Nd6 (25. Rc6 b5 $1 {with ...a4 in mind offers
counterplay, and} 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 g6 {really would be equal.}) 25... Rd7
({I would have been tempted to try my luck in the double rook endgame with} 
25... Bxd6 $5 26. Rxd6 Kf8 27. Rcc6 b5 28. e4 b4 {when the possibility of ...
a4 limits White's scope to squeeze Black, and after} 29. Ra6 Rxa6 30. Rxa6 Rb5
{[%cal Rb5c5]} 31. Rc6 g5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf2f4,Rh2h4] I don't see a clear way
for White to make inroads.}) 26. Nc4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 b5 (27... Bc5 $6 28. Rd7 a4
29. Rb7 axb3 30. axb3 {wins the b6-pawn, which Black doesn't need to allow.}) (
{It transpires that} 27... Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {is just a draw; the key
defensive setup for Black is} 29. Kf3 Kf8 30. Ke4 Ke7 31. a4 f6 32. Kd4 Kd7 33.
Nb2 Kc6 34. Kc4 g5 $1 {[%csl Yd5,Ye5,Yf4,Yf5] when with f4 covered, White has
no way through for his knight:} 35. f3 Be7 36. Nd3 h5 $11) 28. Ne5 Bf6 29. Nd7
$1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rd7f8] This is the only way to keep the game going. Now it
isn't so easy for Black to activate his king (if it could reach e7 the
position would be a trivial draw).} a4 (29... Bd8 {was probably better in
hindsight to stop the Rc1-c7 plan, and}) (29... Rc8 $5 30. Rd6 Rc7 {(preparing
...Be7)} 31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32. Ra6 Rc2 33. Rxa5 Rxe2 {also more or less kept the
balance.}) 30. Rc1 axb3 (30... Rd8 31. Rc7 a3 {[%cal Yd8d2,Yd2a2] is the
engine's recommendation, but I would be quite concerned that both a3 and b5
would become weaknesses. However, introducing the idea of ...Rd2 for when the
knight moves shouldn't be sneezed at and} 32. f4 Be7 33. Kf3 f6 34. Ke3 Kf7 $1
35. b4 Kg6 36. Nc5 Bxc5+ 37. Rxc5 Rd1 38. Rxb5 Ra1 $11 {for one looks like a
draw.}) 31. axb3 Be7 32. Rc7 {[%csl Yc7,Yd7] Now White's pressure is becoming
quite serious as he's developed something of a bind.} Rd8 {Topalov finds the
right defence.} 33. Rb7 ({Not} 33. Ne5 $4 Bd6 34. Rd7 Rxd7 35. Nxd7 f6 {
and rather comically, the knight is trapped!}) 33... Bd6 34. g4 {Naturally
White wants to fix as many of Black's pawns on dark squares as possible. Also
he can gain a lot of space on the kingside, which is quite unpleasant for the
opponent to deal with over the board.} h5 $6 {Unfortunately the 'active'
defence is not so great here as Black will lose too much time when he later
tries to regain the pawn.} (34... b4 {[%csl Rb4] is the engine's first choice,
but as mentioned I would avoid putting the pawns on dark squares if possible.})
(34... h6 35. h4 Kh7 {is the passive defence and probably best, though White
can increase the pressure with} 36. h5 (36. e3 {first would be another way to
start.}) 36... g6 $5 37. e4 Kg7 38. Kf3 Rc8 $1 39. Rb6 Rc3+ 40. Ke2 Bf4 41.
Rxb5 g5 $14 {and while Black should hold the draw with his active pieces, it's
not guaranteed by any means.}) 35. gxh5 Kh7 (35... f5 {wouldn't really be
consistent with Black's last, though it does avoid the trick in the game.}) 36.
b4 $1 {This is a nice move to keep control of the position.} Bxb4 $6 {
Continuing to aim for active play, however} (36... Kg8 $5 {makes sense now
that White has played b4. Then} 37. e3 Bxb4 38. Ne5 Rf8 39. Rxb5 Bc3 {should
still be drawable, though White can certainly press all night.}) 37. Ne5 {
Losing f7 is definitely a blow, though it may not be a decisive mistake.} Rd5
38. Nxf7 Rxh5 39. f4 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Re6,Rg7,Rh5,Rh7] Black's main problem is
that all his remaining pawns are isolated, and his bishop and rook don't
really coordinate well.} Kg6 40. Ne5+ Kh7 $2 (40... Kh6 41. Nf3 $1 (41. Rxb5
Bc3 42. Nf7+ Kg6 43. Rxh5 Kxh5 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. Nd6 Bb4 46. Nc4 Kf6 47. Kg4 Bc5
$11 {[%cal Yg7g6] is just a draw to my eyes.}) (41. e3 Bd2 42. Rxb5 Bc3 $1 43.
Kf3 Bxe5 44. Kg4 $1 Rxh2 45. Rxe5 Rg2+ 46. Kh4 Kg6 47. Rxe6+ Kf7 $11 {is also
a draw as far as I know; as least I know that it's a draw if the pawns are
moved one file to the right, and here White's king is cut off to boot.}) 41...
Rc5 42. Ng5 $1 (42. e4 Bc3 43. Ng5 {allows Black to draw with} Rxg5+ 44. fxg5+
Kxg5 45. Rxb5+ ({or} 45. Kf3 b4 46. Rb6 e5 47. Rb7 g6 $11) 45... Kf4 46. Rb6
Kxe4 47. Rxe6+ Be5 $11 {with a tablebase draw.}) 42... Rc2 43. Kf3 Rc3+ 44. Kg4
Re3 45. Rxb5 Be7 46. Re5 Rxe5 47. Nf7+ Kg6 48. Nxe5+ Kf6 {and, similar to the
41.Rxb5 note, this ending seems a fairly comfortable draw for Black.}) 41. Nf7
$2 (41. Nf3 $1 {transposes to the game. Instead Giri opts to repeat moves.})
41... Kg6 (41... Bd2 $5 42. Ng5+ Kg6 43. Nxe6 Rh4 {is a strange setup and I
think the best continuation is} 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Rb6 b4 $5 46. e4 Ke7 47. f5
Rh3+ 48. Kg4 Re3 49. Nc5 Bc3 50. Kf4 Rh3 51. e5 Rxh2 52. Ne4 Rh1 53. Rb7+ Kf8 {
and while this might be a draw, it's an extremely unnatural setup to play over
the board.}) 42. Ne5+ Kh7 (42... Kh6 $1 {as noted before seems to save Black
with best play.}) 43. Nf3 $1 $18 {[%csl Re6][%cal Yf3g5] Now that the knight
can reach g5 without allowing counterplay against the White pawns, I'm
convinced that White is winning.} Rf5 (43... Bc3 44. Ng5+ Kg6 45. Nxe6 {
clearly isn't much help.}) (43... Kg6 44. Kg3 Bc3 45. Rb6 b4 46. Kg4 $1 Rc5 47.
Ng5 {[%cal Yg5e6] is winning for White.}) 44. Ng5+ Kh6 (44... Kg8 45. e3 $1 ({
After} 45. Rb8+ Rf8 46. Rxb5 Bd2 47. Nxe6 Rf6 48. f5 g6 49. e4 gxf5 50. exf5 {
I'm assuming this is a win because Black's king is stuck on the back rank,
though I'm not 100% sure. Anyway it doesn't really matter as White has clearer
alternatives.}) 45... Bc3 46. Nxe6 b4 47. Kf3 Rh5 48. Kg3 $18 {[%cal Ye6g5,
Yg3g4,Ye3e4,Ye4e5] and with an extra pawn and better pieces, plus a passed
e-pawn, White should have few problems converting his advantage.}) 45. Kf3 $1 {
Now the game is effectively over.} Bd2 (45... e5 46. Nf7+ Kh7 47. Nxe5 {
again leaves White up a pawn and ready to roll his pawns.}) 46. e3 b4 47. Nxe6
Rh5 (47... Bc3 48. e4 Rh5 49. e5 Rxh2 50. Rxg7 {will also be winning for White,
who can combine the advance of his passers with mating threats.}) 48. Nxg7 Rxh2
49. Nf5+ Kg6 50. Ne7+ Kf6 51. Nd5+ Ke6 52. Ke4 {And just like that, b4 is gone.
} Rh3 53. Rb6+ Kd7 54. Kd3 Bc1 55. Rxb4 Kd6 56. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Re1 O-O 16. b4 Qd7 17. h3 Rfd8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bf4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Ba2 Rf8
22. b4 Ra4 23. Qd2 Nd8 24. Bg5 c5 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. bxc5 Qxc5 27. Nh4 Ne6 28.
Bb3 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 {Caruana used up too much time to get to this position. With
only minutes left on the clock (around seven or eight after Rxa1) it was
Giri's duty to find the precise moves to put pressure on Caruana. Instead the
Italian player escaped easily.} Qxe5 $2 {Simply letting Caruana off the hook.}
(29... Be4 $1 30. Re1 Ba8 31. Qxd3 Qc6 32. f3 Nc5 $1 33. Qd1 Nxb3 34. Qxb3 Qh6
{was a winning line. Giri had over an hour to figure this out.} (34... g5 $1))
30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Qxd3 b4 33. Rc1 Qf4 34. Rf1 (34. Qe3 Qxe3 35.
fxe3 Rc8 36. c4 $11) 34... b3 35. Qxg6 Qc4 36. Re1 Rf6 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qh5+ (
38. Re5 $11) 38... Rh6 39. Qe5 Rxh3 40. Qxe6 {The endgame is a draw, and with
this move Caruana completed the time control.} Qxe6 41. Rxe6 Rxc3 42. Rb6 Rc4
43. Rxb3 Rxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 {In one of my previous videos made for CBM I
explained to the reader the serious problems which Scandinavian Defence
players are facing now. So before the Dutch championship I did some serious
work in order to find a replacement to the Scandinavian Defence for strong
tournaments. And my choice fell on the line with 3...Nf6, being played by the
world's top players like Shirov, Morozevich and others.} ({Previously I had
played only} 3... dxe4) 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 {The line
chosen by me in the game against Giri is not the only one which is playable.} (
{In the last round of the Dutch championship I chose another one -} 7... Be7 {
which brought me a good position from the opening, although later I took too
much of a risk, playing g7-g5 and losing.} 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O-O
Qb6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Rxd4 a6 15. Be2 b6 $146 (15...
Nb8 $5) (15... f6) 16. b3 Ra7 17. Kb2 Rc7 18. Nd1 Bb7 19. Ne3 b5 20. a4 bxa4
21. Rxa4 g5 (21... Nc5 $14) 22. Ng4 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. fxg5 Ne4 25. Re1 Nxg5
26. Bxa6 Bxa6 27. Rxa6 Rf4 28. h3 h5 29. g3 Rf3 30. Ne5 Rxg3 31. h4 Ne4 32.
Rxe6 Kh7 33. Rc6 Rxc6 34. Nxc6 Rh3 35. Ne7 Rxh4 36. Nxd5 Kg6 37. b4 Kf5 38. Kb3
Rh3+ 39. Kc4 h4 40. b5 Rg3 41. b6 Rg7 42. Kd4 Nd6 43. c4 Rg4+ 44. Kc5 Nb7+ 45.
Kb4 Re4 46. Ne7+ Ke5 47. Ng6+ Kf5 48. Rxe4 Kxe4 49. Nxh4 Ke5 50. Kb5 Kd4 51.
Nf5+ Ke5 52. c5 Kxf5 53. c6 Nd6+ 54. Ka6 {1-0 Bok,B-Tiviakov,S/Amsterdam 2015 
(54)}) (7... a6 {is another popular option.}) 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O
a6 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 {Now we came to a very popular position with a
huge number of games played here. White can choose betewen 9 possible moves.}
13. g3 {Being surprised by my opening choice, Anish decides to go away from
the main theoretical lines and chooses a rather rare continuation. But even
with deep preparation it is not so easy to find an advantage for White. Let's
discuss the main plans for both sides. It is obvious that White should play on
the kingside, Black should try to develop the attack on the queenside. When
playing on the kingside White can choose between pushing the h- and/or g-pawns
or preparing the advance f4-f5-f6. Also attacking the pawn on e6. The latter
plan is the one chosen by my opponent in this game.} b4 {In this game Black
chooses the most typical plan beginning by pushing the queenside pawns as
quickly as possible in order to activate the 'bad' bishop on c8 by creating
the possibility to develop it to a6 if necessary.} (13... Qc7 {is another
possibility, keeping an eye on the e5-pawn , making the planned advance f4-f5
more difficult} 14. h4 (14. Qe3 Bb7 15. Bd3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qc5 17. Ne2 Rac8 18.
Rhe1 b4 19. f5 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. g4 Rfe8 22. f6 g6 23. g5 a5 24. Nb5 Red8
25. Nd6 Rc7 26. Bf1 Ba6 27. Bxa6 Nxa6 28. Rd4 Nc5 29. Rh4 Ne4 30. Nxe4 dxe4 31.
Rhxe4 Rd2 32. R4e2 Rcxc2 33. Rxd2 Rxd2 34. Rc1 h5 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rf8 Rd7 37.
b3 h4 38. h3 Rd3 39. Rxf7+ Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kf8 41. Rxg6 Rxh3 42. Rh6 Rh1+ 43. Kc2
Kg8 44. g6 Rg1 45. g7 Kf7 46. Rh8 {1-0 Ikeda,J-Schon,E/Tuggeranong 2007/CBM
116 ext (46)}) 14... Nb6 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Rh2 Rfc8 17. Ng1 b4 18. Nf3 Bf8 19. g4
Nc4 20. Qg2 Rab8 21. Bd3 Bb5 22. Ng5 h6 23. Qh3 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Re1 Na3+
26. Kc1 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Nxc2 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 30. Qxc2 hxg5 31. fxg5
Rxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Rc8+ 33. Kb3 Rc4 34. Rg1 Re4 35. Rg2 a5 36. Ka4 Rxe5 37. Kxa5
Re4 38. Kb5 f6 39. g6 Ke7 40. h5 Ke8 41. a4 bxa3 42. bxa3 d4 43. a4 Re3 44. a5
Ra3 45. a6 e5 46. g5 Ke7 47. h6 Ra1 48. h7 Rb1+ 49. Kc6 Rb8 50. a7 Rd8 51. Rh2
{1-0 Kelly,P-Hunt Grubbe,H/Sunningdale 2006/CBM 115 ext (51)}) 14. Ne2 ({
The knight on a4 is clearly far away from the main area of the game and Black
has no difficulties equalising after} 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 $11
17. Nb2 Rfc8 18. Bg2 Qc7 19. c4 bxc3 20. Rc1 c2+ 21. Ka1 a5 22. Rhe1 Nc5 23.
Re2 Ra6 24. Rexc2 Rc6 25. Kb1 Nxb3 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Rxc6 Nxd4 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8
29. Na4 Ba6 30. Kb2 Kf8 31. Nc5 Bb5 32. a4 Be2 33. Kc3 Nc6 34. Kd2 Bc4 35. Bf3
Ke7 36. Kc3 f6 37. exf6+ gxf6 38. g4 e5 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. g5 Kf7 41. Bh5+ Ke7
42. Bg4 Nd4 43. h4 Be2 44. Bxe2 Nxe2+ 45. Kd3 Nd4 46. h5 Ne6 47. Nb7 Nxg5 48.
Nxa5 Kd6 49. Nb3 Ne6 {0-1 Blair,D-Halliwell,A/England 1994/Corr Nr. 1 (49)})
14... a5 ({Besides the text move Black could have also played} 14... Qc7 $5 {
with equality. For example,} 15. Qe3 (15. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11) 15... Bb7 (15... a5
$11) 16. h4 Be7 17. h5 h6 18. Ng1 a5 19. Nf3 a4 20. g4 a3 21. b3 Rfc8 22. g5
Qxc2+ {0-1 Goldmund-BigMomma/Internet Chess Club 2006/Computer & Internet 2011
(22)}) 15. Bh3 $146 {Only this move is new.} (15. Bxc5 {was played in a game
almost 25 years ago when Black had no difficulties equalising either:} Nxc5 16.
Bg2 Qb6 $11 (16... Qc7 $11) (16... Bb7 $11) 17. Qe3 Bb7 18. Nd4 a4 19. Rhe1 Ne4
20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nf5 Qc7 22. Nd6 b3 23. axb3 axb3 24. Qxb3 Bd5 25. c4 Rfb8 26.
Qc3 Bc6 27. Kc1 Ra2 28. Nb5 Bxb5 29. cxb5 Qb6 30. Qc4 Ra1+ 31. Kc2 Raa8 32. Rd6
Qa5 33. Rxe4 Rxb5 34. Qa4 Rc5+ 35. Kb1 Qxa4 36. Rxa4 Rac8 37. Rad4 g5 38. Rd8+
Rxd8 39. Rxd8+ Kg7 40. Rd4 gxf4 41. gxf4 f6 42. b4 Rb5 43. exf6+ Kxf6 44. Kc2
Rh5 45. Kb3 Rh3+ 46. Ka4 Rxh2 47. b5 Ra2+ 48. Kb4 Rb2+ 49. Ka5 h5 50. b6 h4 {
1/2-1/2 Elseth,R-Gausel,E/Oslo 1991/CBM 023 (50)}) (15. h4 Ba6 16. h5 Qb6 17.
c3 Rfc8 18. g4 bxc3 19. Bxc3 Be3 20. Bd4 Bxd2 21. Bxb6 Bd3+ 22. Ka1 Bxe2 23.
Bxe2 Bxf4 24. Bd4 Bxe5 {0-1 Hanson,A-Amann,K/IECG email 2001/Corr 2008 (24)})
15... Qc7 (15... Re8 $5 {was also in the style of the position, not only
over-protecting the pawn on e6, but also attacking the e5-pawn when f5 exf5
would be played.}) 16. Rhe1 Re8 17. f5 {White can no longer improve the
position, so he has to make this move, connected with a temporary pawn
sacrifice.} Nxe5 ({It looks risky to take the pawn on f5 since after} 17...
exf5 18. Nf4 {White can develop an initiative. E.g.} Nb6 (18... Nxe5 19. Nxd5
$18) (18... Qc6 {is not good after} 19. Bg2 $1 (19. e6 fxe6 20. Bxf5 Nf8 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nh5+ Kh8 23. Qh6 Ra7 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ $11) (19.
Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Ra7 $11) (19. Bxf5 Nxe5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Rxe5 Rxe5 22. Bxe5 Bb7 23. Bd4 $14) 19... Nb6 20. c4 $16 {with advantage for
White}) 19. Nh5 $14 {with slightly better chances.}) 18. Bxe5 ({After} 18. Bxc5
Qxc5 19. Nf4 Nf3 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 Ng5 22. Bg2 Ne4 $11 {the ending is
equal.}) 18... Qxe5 19. Nf4 Qd6 20. Nxd5 ({The analysis engine prefers to
exchange the queens and go into an ending, although, of course, it is
difficult to believe that White can get a substantial advantage in an ending
where Black has the bishop pair in an open position.} 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Nxd5
Ra7 22. Nf4 (22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Nf4 Rd7 24. Rc1 Rd6 $11) 22... Rae7 23. fxe6
fxe6 24. Bf1 g5 25. Nd3 Bb6 26. Ne5 $14) ({After} 20. f6 {White doesn't have
enough resources to create an attack and Black has many possibilities to
neutralise white threats. E.g.} Bb7 (20... e5 21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22. Nxd5 Qe6 23.
fxg7 Red8 $11) (20... g6 21. Nxd5 Qd8 22. Ne7+ Bxe7 23. Qh6 Bxf6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8
$11) 21. fxg7 e5 22. Nxd5 Rad8 23. Bg2 Bd4 24. Ne3 Bxg2 25. Qxg2 Qg6 $11 (25...
Qe6 $11)) 20... e5 $6 (20... Bd7 $142 {would be a more simple way to equality.
After} 21. Nf6+ (21. fxe6 Bxe6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 $11 (22... fxe6 $11)) 21... gxf6
22. Qxd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 exf5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $11 {Black has nothing to worry
about.}) 21. Qe2 (21. Qg5 h6 22. Qg4 Rb8 $11 {is not dangerous for Black at
all.}) 21... Bb7 22. Bg2 ({Winning the b4-pawn, opening lines on the queenside
is very dangerous for White:} 22. Nxb4 Bd4 23. c3 Qh6 $15) 22... e4 $1 {
I was not able to foresee all the consequences of this pawn sacrifice clearly,
but made the move very quickly. Sometimes you need to trust intuition and
follow chess principles, like opening the position for the bishops and rooks 
(like in this case).} ({After} 22... Qb8 23. Qc4 $16 {White has a serious
advantage.}) 23. Nc3 $6 ({White became scared and decided to exchange one of
the black bishops, but by keeping a cool head, simply taking the pawn (a pawn
is a pawn!) he could have kept a small advantage by} 23. Bxe4 a4 ({or} 23...
Rad8 24. c4 $1 $14 (24. Ne3 $14)) 24. f6 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxe2 27.
Rxe2 Rd8 28. Rd2 Re8 29. c3 bxc3 30. bxc3 gxf6 $14 {with a better pawn
structure in an ending.}) 23... Qf6 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 ({It was possible to simply
take the pawn on f5. But in my calculations I hadn't seen the move 28...Qb5!} 
24... Qxf5 25. Qb5 (25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Bf8 $1 28. Bxb7 Qb5
$19) 25... Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Qxc5 $11) 25. Bxe4 Rac8 (25...
a4 $44 {was also possible with compensation for the pawn.}) 26. Qb5 ({Keeping
material on the board by} 26. Qc4 a4 $44 {would be risky for White since the
material advantage here is not very important but what matters is the safety
of the kings (in the positions with the opposite coloured bishops in the
presence of the major pieces). So it is better for White to exchange several
major pieces, which is exactly what my opponent is doing.}) 26... Bd4 27. Bb7
Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rf8 29. Re8 Qb6 ({or} 29... g6 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qxa5 Qe7 32. c3
bxc3 33. Qa3 $11 {with a draw}) 30. Qd7 $6 ({It was better to exchange not
only the rooks but the queens as well by} 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qxb6 Bxb6 $11 {
with an immediate draw.}) 30... Bf6 31. Bf3 h6 ({Inside my head I had already
resigned myself to a draw and failed to understand that Black was standing
better and could have continued playing for a win by} 31... g6 $142 32. Rxf8+
Kxf8 33. Bd1 Kg7 34. fxg6 hxg6 $15 {with slightly better chances despite being
a pawn down in an ending with opposite coloured bishops. What matters again is
the situation of the kings. The black king is much safer and Black can play
for an attack!}) 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qc8+ Ke7 34. Qb7+ {And here the game ended
in a draw. Without much trouble with Black I had been able to get a draw
against one of the world's strongest players, despite playing the variation
for the 1st time in my life!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2015.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Bc2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Na5 14. Nd4 c5 15.
Qd3 g6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. h4 Rg8 20. Rad1 Nc6 21. Rfe1
Bd8 22. Qh3 g5 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. Rd3 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 c4 26. Rh3 d4 27. Bg6 Rfg7
28. Be4 Rf7 29. f4 d3 30. Kh2 Rg4 31. Rh5 Rgg7 32. Bg6 Qd5 33. Rg5 Re7 34. Re3
d2 35. Reg3 Qd8 36. Bc2 Qf8 37. Rxg7 Rxg7 38. Rxg7 Qxg7 39. Qxe6 Ne7 40. Qd6 h5
41. Qxd2 Qg4 42. f5 Nd5 43. f6 1-0

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 O-O 8.
Qxc4 Nb6 9. Qc5 Bf5 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Qxc7 Nd5 12. Qxb7 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Qd6 14. Qb3
Qxf4 15. Nc3 Rab8 16. Qa3 Ng5 17. Nd5 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qd6 19. Qg3 Qd8 20. Qa3
Re8 21. Rad1 a5 22. Ne3 Be6 23. b3 Rc8 24. d5 Bd7 25. Rc1 Bb5 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27.
Rc1 Qa6 28. Nc4 a4 29. Qb4 axb3 30. axb3 Bf8 31. Qd2 Rc8 32. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2015.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2015.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. e3 Rd8 13. Na3 Bb7 14. b4 c5 15. dxc5
bxc5 16. b5 Qc7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nd4 Ne4 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. a5 Rab8 21. a6 Ba8
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nc4 Rxb5 24. Bc3 Rbb8 25. Qe2 g6 26. Qg4 Rb3 27. Ba5 Nb6 28.
Rdb1 Rxb1+ 29. Rxb1 Qc8 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. Qg5 f6 32. Qxf6 gxf5 33. Nxb6 Qb8 34.
Qe6+ Kg7 35. Qxf5 c4 36. Kg2 c3 37. Qg5+ Kf7 38. a7 Qd6 39. Nxa8 c2 40. Qf5+
Kg8 41. Ra1 Rxa8 42. Qxe4 c1=Q 43. Rxc1 Rxa7 44. Rc6 Qe7 45. Qc2 Qf7 46. Rc4
Ra6 47. e4 Ra3 48. Qe2 Ra6 49. h4 Re6 50. e5 Qb7+ 51. Kh2 Qd5 52. Qg4+ Rg6 53.
Qf4 Qf7 54. Qxf7+ Kxf7 55. f4 Re6 56. h5 Be7 57. Rc7 h6 58. Kh3 Ra6 59. Kg4 Rb6
60. Kf5 Ra6 61. g4 Kf8 62. g5 hxg5 63. fxg5 Bd8 64. Rc8 Ke7 65. h6 Ra1 66. h7
Rh1 67. Kg6 1-0

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2015.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bd3 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bb8 18. Nce2 Ne4 19. Ng3 f6 20. Rc1 Qf7 21.
Qe2 Qg6 22. Red1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qb5 Nc5 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Ba3 Be5 27. Qc2
Ne4 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Nc6 Bxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Qh5+ 31. Kg3 g5 0-1

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2015.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2015.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Ne2
Rc8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qe7 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. f3 Bd7 19. Qd4 Qe7 20. Nc3 Rfe8
21. Rfe1 h5 22. Na4 Rb8 23. Nc5 a5 24. Qc3 Rb5 25. e4 Qd6 26. e5 Qe7 27. a3 Bf5
28. Qd4 Qg5 29. Kf2 Qg6 30. Re3 Qg5 31. Rce1 Qe7 32. Rc1 Qg5 33. Rcc3 Qe7 34.
Kg1 Qg5 35. Kf1 Qe7 36. Kf2 Qg5 37. g3 Qe7 38. Kg2 Be6 39. h3 g6 40. Re1 Kg7
41. Rec1 Bc8 42. Re3 Be6 43. Re2 Kg8 44. Rd2 Bc8 45. Re2 Be6 46. Kh2 Kg7 47.
Qc3 Kg8 48. Qd4 Kg7 49. Ree1 Kg8 50. Re3 Kg7 51. Re2 Kg8 52. Rc3 Kg7 53. Rg2
Kg8 54. g4 hxg4 55. fxg4 Kg7 56. Rf2 Qg5 57. b4 axb4 58. axb4 Kg8 59. Nd3 Bd7
60. Ra3 Rbb8 61. Ra7 Be6 62. Ra6 Bd7 63. Ra7 Be6 64. Kg3 Ra8 65. h4 Qh6 66. Nf4
g5 67. Nh5 Rxa7 68. Qxa7 gxh4+ 69. Kxh4 Kh8 70. g5 Qh7 71. Qd4 Qe4+ 72. Qxe4
dxe4 73. Nf6 Rb8 74. g6 fxg6 75. Kg5 Kg7 76. Rh2 Rb5 77. Ne8+ Kf8 78. Nc7 Bc4
1-0

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2015.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2015.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Qf3 c6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6
gxf6 15. Ne2 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. b3 Rc8 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. e4 {This is one of
the most complex Catalan tabiyas. Black has won a pawn, but the strong enemy
centre is not his only problem. In fact, the c4-pwn is kind of trapped, since .
..cxb3 axb3 would retrieve the a7-pawn (...Nb8 loses a piece to Bxb8). But at
the same time for White it is by no means easy to win retrieve the pawn, since
he has to keep his optimal mobilization in order to prevent the counterplay of
the well coordinated black army. And the same applies for Black: he cannot do
much to ensure a clear extra pawn. All these require very subtle manoeuvring
and it is not easy to spot the concrete consequences of any minor novelty.} Nh5
{Karpov,A (2725)-Kortschnoj,V (2665) World Championship 29th 1978 (32) 1-0
Grischuk spent a quarter of an hour on this move. Black agrees on wasting a
tempo to make sure the bishop leaves the h2-b8 diagonal. Time is not 100%
important in this position, as none of the players should rush defining his
plans, but I do not find much positiove in this manoeuvre. I unwillingly
remember the last and decisive game of the Baguio 1978 match when a similar
loss of time left Black without counterplay:} ({Black has tried many other
moves. The most original is} 13... Qe8 $5 {evacuating the dangerous d-file in
order to prepare a counterplay with ...e6-e5. Things did not go too well for
Black in a recent game, though:} 14. Nb1 $5 {One of the possible attempts of
retrieving the pawn as soon as possible.} (14. Qe2 Bb4 15. Rac1 Ba3 16. Rb1 Bb4
17. Bd2 c5 18. e5 cxd4 19. exf6 dxc3 $13) ({The main idea of Black's previous
move is revealed afetr} 14. Nd2 e5 15. dxe5 Ng4) 14... b5 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Nc3
{This only apparently loses time. The black queen is passive on e8,
immobilizing the f8-rook at the same time, so ...Qd8 is to be expected soon,
leveling the tempi.} Bb4 (16... Qd8 17. Rab1 {would in fact transpose below to
13...b5.}) 17. Rab1 Bxc3 $6 18. Qxc3 Nxe4 19. Qa5 $16 {Cheparinov,I (2664)
-Sjugirov,S (2610) Plovdiv 2012 CBM 148 [Krasenkow,M] (0-1, 75). Black's two
extra pawns are a feeble consolation for his poor coordination.}) ({The
straightforward} 13... b5 14. bxc4 bxc4 {leads to the same structure as in the
game. Here is another recent game of Cheparinov:} 15. Rab1 Qa5 16. h3 {This is
a useful move, preventing all kind of ...Ng4 and ...e5 stuff and preparing a
slow space gain with g3-g4-g5 if anything else fails. As we will see, Giri
will get this tempo for free in the main game.} Rfd8 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Bf4 Qa5
19. Re1 {The idea of this mysterious move is over-defending the e4-pawn, a
detail which will prove useful after a few moves.} Nf8 {Black has achieved a
dead end with his piece mobilization, being in some sort of Zugzwang. But
removing the knight from the centre is not a good idea.} ({A neutral move such
as} 19... h6 {would have been preferable.}) 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. Qa4 Bb5 22. Nxb5
cxb5 23. Rxb5 {Now is the moment when the e4-pawn needs protection.} c3 24. Bf4
Qd7 25. Qb3 Ng6 26. Bc1 Qc6 27. h4 $14 {The knight has wasted two tempi to
reach a vulnerable position, Cheparinov,I (2683)-Durarbayli,V (2630) Warsaw
2015 (1-0, 62)}) ({Black is not prepared for} 13... c5 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 ({
Even stronger is} 15. e5 $1 d4 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. bxc4 Bxc4 18. Ne5 $16) 15...
Nh5 16. Be3 $14 {Izoria,Z (2565)-Balogh,C (2448) Dos Hermanas 2003 (1-0, 27)})
({During my live comments on Playchess.com, one spectator asked me what about} 
13... Ra8 {, defending a7 in order to make ...cxb3 a real threat. I could not
formulate a concrete answer, but said that removing the rook from the centre
releases the potential pressure allowing White higher freedom. Here is one
possible way to take advantage of this:} 14. Qe2 {(It is useful to compare
this line with the similar one arising after 13...Qe8 above.)} Bb4 15. Rac1 Ba3
16. Rb1 Bb4 17. Bd2 c5 18. e5 Bxc3 (18... cxd4 19. Nxd4 {[%csl Ra8,Gc6]} Bxc3
20. Bxc3 Nd5 21. Rbc1 Rc8 22. Ba1 $14 {[%cal Gb3c4]}) 19. exf6 Bxd2 20. fxg7
Kxg7 21. Nxd2 c3 22. Nc4 $36) 14. Be3 Nhf6 {Marin,M (2603)-Dobre,C (2358)
ROM-ch Calimanesti Caciulata 2015 (6) 1-0 Since this is a Catalan, I should
also mention a similar manoeuvre in a slightly different position as, for
instance, in} 15. h3 {With already known ideas.} b5 $6 {Played after another
long thought - 20 minutes. But I feel that after settling the queenside
structure the knight jumps turn into mere losses of time. Black should have
thought up a way of taking advantage there is no pressure along the h2-b8
diagonal anymore.} ({True,} 15... cxb3 $2 16. axb3 Nb8 {does not work out
properly:} 17. Bf4 Nfd7 {This is much too passive to be good.} 18. Ra2 {
[%cal Gd1a1]} Bb4 19. Rda1 c5 20. d5 Ba5 21. e5 $16) ({The thematic} 15... Bb4
$5 {is worth considering.} 16. Nd2 {Possibly premature.} Qe7 ({The critical
line is} 16... c5 $1 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Ne5 $1 {This takes full advantage of
the bishop's forced retreat to e3.} 19. f4 cxb3 20. axb3 Bd3 21. Qc1 Ned7 22.
Rxa7 c4 $132) 17. Nxc4 $6 (17. bxc4 $1 e5 18. f4 exd4 19. Bxd4 $14) 17... Bxc4
(17... Nd5 $1 18. Bd2 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 e5 $11) 18.
bxc4 e5 19. Ne2 $16 {Zontakh,A (2539)-Demianjuk,A (2342) St Petersburg 2014 
(1-0, 54)}) 16. bxc4 bxc4 {Karpov,A (2725)-Gurevich,M (2630) URS-ch55 Moscow
1988 (11) 1-0 Black has sort of stabilized his extra pawn, but he remains
passive. The a6-bishop only plays the part of defending the pawn and he cannot
open the centre easily, since ...c6-c5 usually runs into d4-d5. At the same
time, the c3-knight enjoys perfect stability. But even though he has a
dominant position, White has no simple way of retrieving the pawn, so for the
time being he should focus on preventing any form of black counterplay. The
first time I was impressed by White's treatement of this structure was when I
saw the game} 17. Rab1 Qa5 {Black develops his queen on the most active square,
controlling d5.} ({The more restrained} 17... Qc7 {would allow the interesting}
18. d5 $5 cxd5 19. exd5 exd5 (19... e5 $2 20. d6 $1 Bxd6 21. Qa4 {[%csl Ga6,
Gd6]} Bb7 22. Rxb7 $1) 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 {[%cal Ge3f4] Black's c4-pawn
looks very strong now, but White's activity is overwhelming. The immediate
threat is Bf4, almost trapping the queen and winning the knight after ...Qc6
Nd4. Moreover, there are strong kingside threats.} Rcd8 (21... Rb8 22. Rxb8
Nxb8 23. Bf4 Qc8 24. Nd4 $36 g6 25. Nb5 $36 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Gb5c7,Gb5d6]} Bxb5
$2 26. Rxb5 Nd7 27. Bb7 Qd8 28. Rd5 $18 {The helplessnes of Black's pieces is
impressive.}) 22. Bf4 Qc8 23. Ng5 g6 24. Nxh7 $1 $36 Kxh7 $2 25. Rh5+ Kg7 26.
Bh6+ Kg8 27. Bd5 $18 {[%cal Gc2g6]}) 18. Bd2 Qa3 $6 {This is asking for
trouble.} ({After White has obstructed the d-file, removing the danger of
d4-d5,} 18... Qc7 {was safer. True, White would retain the initiative, partly
because of Black's wasted time in the opening.} 19. Re1 (19. Bf1 Rfd8 20. Qa4
Bb5 $1 {[%csl Ge4]}) 19... Rfd8 (19... e5 20. Qa4 Bb5 21. Nxb5 cxb5 22. Rxb5
exd4 23. Nxd4 $14) (19... Rcd8 20. Qa4 Qc8 {may be solid, but surely looks
very passive.}) (19... Nb6 20. Bf4 Qd8 21. Bf1 Re8 22. a4 $14) 20. Qa4 Bb5 21.
Nxb5 cxb5 22. Rxb5 c3 23. Bf4 Qc6 24. d5 (24. Ra5 $5 Qxa4 25. Rxa4) 24... Qc4
25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. d6 Bf8 27. e5 Nd5 28. Bc1 {Frankly speaking, if I would get
this position with white I would think of claiming a big advantage. Engines
consider the chances about even afetr} Ra4 {but I do not really believe it.
Maybe the truth is somewhere in the middle (+/=).}) 19. Re1 $1 $146 {[%csl Ga3]
[%cal Ge1e3] This is the first move coming up to one's mind when seeing the
queen on a3.} ({True, a top level blitz game ended in a draw after} 19. g4 Rfd8
20. g5 Ne8 21. Bc1 Qa5 22. Bd2 Qa3 23. Bc1 Qa5 24. Bd2 Qa3 25. Bc1 {Anand,V 
(2788)-Leko,P (2752) Moscow 2009 ½-½}) 19... Nb6 {Black prepares a queen
sacrifice without anticipating White's 21st move.} ({But there was no way out
of trouble anyway:} 19... Rb8 20. Re3 Qa5 (20... Rxb1+ 21. Nxb1 Qd6 22. e5 $18)
21. e5 $14 {The knight has to retreat on a passive square for if} Nd5 $1 22.
Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Ng5 {[%csl Gd5,Gh7] wins the queen.}) 20. Re3 Rb8 ({
Consolidating the b6-knight with} 20... Nfd7 {would more or less forced White
to accept the sacrifice, but with the knight far from the kingside this would
have been promising:} 21. Nd5 cxd5 22. Rxa3 Bxa3 23. exd5 exd5 24. Ng5 $36) 21.
Rxb6 $5 {Not the only good move, but the most technical.} (21. e5 Nfd7 22. Nd5
cxd5 23. Rxa3 Bxa3 24. Ng5 g6 25. h4 $40) (21. Nd5 cxd5 22. Rxa3 Bxa3 23. exd5
(23. e5 $6 Ne4) 23... Nfxd5 (23... Nbxd5 $2 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Qa4 $18 {[%csl
Ga3,Ga6]}) 24. Ne5 $14 {Optically, Black is doing fine, due to his c-pawn and
the stable knights, but things are not so simple.} Rfc8 25. Bxd5 exd5 (25...
Nxd5 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Qa4 $18 {[%csl Ga3,Ga6]}) 26. Ba5 {[%csl Ra3,Ra6][%cal
Ga5b6]} f6 (26... Bf8 27. Bxb6 axb6 28. Qa4 Bb7 29. Qd7 f6 30. Qe6+ $18) 27.
Ng4 Bf8 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Qa4 Bb7 30. Rxb6 c3 31. Ne3 $18) 21... Rxb6 ({
One important point is that after} 21... axb6 22. e5 $1 Nd7 23. Nb1 $18 {
the queen does not have the a4-square for retreating.}) 22. Na4 {Not all the
kngihts are bad on the edge of the board. It is esential to control the
b2-square to try trapping the queen.} (22. Nd1 $2 {does not achieve the same
due to} c3 $1 23. Rxc3 Qb4 $17) 22... Rb1+ $5 ({But now} 22... c3 {does not
work so well, since White has} 23. Nxb6 Qb2 (23... axb6 24. Rxc3 Qb4 25. Rxc6
$16) 24. Rxc3 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 axb6 26. Ne5 c5 27. Nc6 Bd8 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Rxc5
$16) 23. Kh2 (23. Qxb1 $2 Qxa4 $15) 23... c3 $8 24. Rxc3 Qb4 25. Rxc6 Qb5 {
Black ha smanaged to retain an extra exchange out of the complications, but
his pieces are hanging.} (25... Bd3 26. Qxd3 Qxa4 27. Rc7 Bd8 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29.
Qxb1 $16) 26. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rb1,Gc6][%cal Ga4c3] Defending the rook in order
to threaten the deadly Nc3.} Ra1 {The rook does not have much space left.} 27.
Bc3 Rf1 (27... Rb1 {allows White improving the knight's placement with gain of
time:} 28. Nb2 $1 Ra1 29. Nbd3 Rb1 30. Rxa6 $18 {This did not work before the
manoeuvre, since the knight was hanging on a4.}) 28. Nb2 (28. Bxf1 Qxf1 $44 {
[%csl Ge4,Gh2]}) ({The engines' favourite is} 28. f3 {with the diea} Rd8 29.
Bxf1 Qxf1 30. Qg2 Qb5 31. Nc5 {with a sound extra pawn and a stable position.
Giri's move is more natural, but offers Black some chances for surviving.})
28... Qb7 $2 {Which Grischuk, in his usual time trouble, misses.} (28... Qe2
29. Qxe2 Bxe2 30. Bxf1 Bxf1 31. f3 Bb5 32. Rc7 Bd6 33. Rxa7 Rc8 34. Rb7 Be2 35.
Rb3 {White has two extra pawns and a stable queenside and centre, but his
b2-knight is a bit passive and the kingside is weak. Black could generate
counterplay with} Nh5 $5 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gf7f6] complicating White's
technical task.}) 29. Rxa6 $1 {The second exchange sacrifice is decisive.} Qxa6
30. Nbc4 $18 {A fantastic position: the rook is simply trapped.} Nxe4 {
Desperation.} 31. Bxe4 Rb8 (31... g6 32. Bg2 {renews the trapping issue.}) 32.
Bxh7+ Kf8 33. Qe2 Rc1 34. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:3600+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:
28]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. d5 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} exf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:01:25]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:22]
} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 10. b3 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Bb2 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 12. O-O-O {[%emt 0:05:29]} (12. Bd3 {
was Timman-Edouard, 2011.}) 12... Be6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 13. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:36]}
Rhd8 {[%emt 0:07:42]} 14. Kc2 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:07:05] Technically
the novelty of the game. 14...g6 was played in Zvjaginsev-Bukavshin back in
2011, a game that White won.} 15. Ne2 {[%emt 0:04:38]} (15. e4 $5) 15... g6 {
[%emt 0:09:48]} 16. h3 {[%emt 0:15:47]} (16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. exf4 {looks drawish,
as pointed out by Giri.}) 16... Rad8 {[%emt 0:12:36]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:01:16]}
Bc7 {[%emt 0:08:12]} 18. Ba3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 19. Ng3 {
[%emt 0:01:39]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 20. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:31] It doesn't seem
that White has made any progress. None of his last few moves created any real
threats and now that Black has completed his development he is very close to
being simply equal, perhaps by moving his pawns on the queenside.} a6 {[%emt 0:
06:17]} 21. Be5 {[%emt 0:04:29]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:40]} 22. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:11:20]
The tactics work out, but this doesn't give White any advantage.} gxf5 {
[%emt 0:04:27]} (22... Bxf5+ 23. Nxf5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 gxf5 25. exf6 Kxf6 26. Rxd7
Rxd7 {is slightly better for White, but very close to a draw.}) 23. Bxc7 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 25. Kxd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04] The game at this point
is extremely drawish.} 26. bxc4 {[%emt 0:04:52]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. Nxe4
{[%emt 0:05:37]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. h4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 29. a3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 30. f5+ {[%emt 0:00:57]}
Kxf5 {With opposite colored bishops the game is basically dead.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Qd2 {A relatively rare move in a very well known
position. Aronian wants to swing his f1-rook to c1 rather than the a1 rook.}
Bf8 11. Rfc1 h6 12. a3 Bg4 13. Ne4 Nd4 (13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3) (13... a5) 14.
Bxd4 exd4 15. Qf4 Bxf3 16. exf3 $5 {Aronian went in to the confessional booth
explaining that he thought this move "was cool, just to have some fun". The
change of structure allows him to ram the f-pawn forward and eliminates his
weakness on e2.} Nd5 17. Qg4 c6 18. f4 a5 {Aronian thought he had a large
advantage, but Giri and Stockfish think that White is better, but its nothing
special at all.} 19. Nd2 a4 20. Qd1 Nb6 21. h4 Ra5 {A strange placement for
the rook, but it does control the fifth rank.} 22. Rc2 Nd7 23. Ne4 Nc5 (23...
Rb5 {was probably better than trading the knights.}) 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Qd2 Bf8
{Giri thought he messed up with this move. Komodo thinks its fine. From a
human point of view it is clear that playing with White is more comfortable,
but breaking through is very difficult.} 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Ra8 28. Qe4 Qb6
29. Re2 $14 {White is better, but it isn't clear how much.} Qc5 30. Bf3 Rd8 31.
Kg2 Bd6 32. f5 Bf8 33. f6 (33. Kh2 Qd6 34. Rc2) (33. g4 {was Carlsen's
suggestion, trying to improve the position slowly. It might have been the
strongest options. Aronian seemed to agree after the game.}) 33... gxf6 34. Qf4
Qd6 35. Qf5 Ra8 36. Rc2 (36. Re4 Bg7 37. Rf4 Qe6 38. Qc5 f5 {is still better
for White, but the endgames should be sustainable for Black.}) 36... Bg7 37.
Rc4 Qe6 38. Qf4 Qe5 39. Rb4 Qxf4 40. gxf4 Ra7 41. f5 Bf8 42. Rxd4 Ra5 {White
has nothing in this endgame.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 {The Sveshnikov Sicilian.
It goes in and out of fashion, and Carlsen playing it might bring some
attention back to a defense that is largely overlooked, despite the fact that
there is no definite refutation of it.} 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5
Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Ne7 {One of several possibilities Black has at his
disposal. Krasenkow likes to play this move.} 12. Nc2 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Rb8 14. Nb4
Bb7 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Be2 a5 17. Nd5 b4 {Giri took some time to get to this
position, but Carlsen reached it relatively quickly. Black shouldn't have any
real problems in this position. This vriation has been played a couple of
times. White might be able to pressure slightly on the light squares but it
won't big a big deal.} 18. O-O bxc3 19. bxc3 Bg5 20. Rab1 Qd7 21. Rb3 Bc6 22.
Rfb1 Rxb3 23. Rxb3 g6 24. Rb6 Rc8 25. h3 Bxd5 {Even this move was maybe
unnecessary.} (25... h5 26. Ra6 Bxd5 {is safer:} 27. Qxd5 Rc5 $1 {a nice
intermezzo.} 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Rxc3 $11) 26. Qxd5 Rxc3 27. Rxd6 Qe7 28.
Bd1 Rc7 29. g3 Kg7 {White has a very minor amount of pressure, but this is way
closer to a draw. Black's bishop isn't the greatest but White can't create
threats, so it will eventually remaneuver.} 30. Ba4 Bc1 31. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 {This move becomes popular for a few years. White immediately
gained the initiative in the centre, however the e4 is not protected as well.}
(9. f3 {is the biggest main line.}) 9... b5 10. e5 b4 11. Ncb5 (11. exf6 {
is the another variation.}) 11... axb5 12. Nxb5 Qb8 (12... Qa5 {was also
played, but} 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxa2 16. Rd3 $1 Qa5 (16...
Qa1+ $5 17. Kd2 Ra2) 17. g3 Ne7 18. Bb6 Qa4 19. Bg2 $36 {and White has a
wonderful position, Shankland-Kovalyov, Edmonton 2014.}) 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Kb1
d5 15. Qf2 $146 {A novelty, but apparently both players knew this move well.} (
15. c4 {was leading a draw after} bxc3 16. Qxc3 Bd7 17. Bc5 O-O 18. Qg3+ Kh8
19. Qh4 Bxc5 20. Qxf6+ Kg8 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8
25. Qg5+ Kh8 {and perpetual checks, 1/2 Yu Yangyi-Cori, Kocaeli 2013.}) 15...
Ba6 16. Bb6 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Qb7 {These moves are forced, black K looks strange
and white pieces are active, but the Bs are attackable and the a2-P is always
a target for Black.} 18. Rhe1 {The most natural reply.} Rb8 19. Bxc6+ Qxc6 20.
Bd4 Ra8 {White lost his B paired and his a2-P is under pressure. On the other
hand Black will have with his K all the time, so the position is double-edged.}
21. b3 Kd7 22. a4 $5 {A very interesting move, White sacrifices his a-P, but
he closes the a-file.} ({Nevertheless} 22. Re3 {was also possible, for example}
Qa6 23. c4 bxc3 24. Rxc3 Rhc8 {with a balanced position.}) 22... bxa3 {
Probably this is a critical point.} 23. Rd3 $6 {It looks a useful continuation,
White protects the b3-P and sometimes he is ready to double on the e- or
d-file. On the other hand objectively this is an inaccuracy.} ({The natural} 
23. Ka2 {was possible,} Rhc8 24. Re2 Qb5 $13 {and it is very difficult to
evoluate this position.}) (23. Re2 {was also an option} Rhc8 24. Ka2 {to
transpose to the previous line.}) ({or even} 23. c4 $5 Ke8 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Ka2
$44 {with some compensation.}) 23... Rhc8 24. Re2 Qb5 $1 {Black is threatening
with ...a2.} 25. Qf3 ({Of course} 25. Ka2 $2 {is losing immediately, because of
} Rxc2+ $1 26. Rxc2 Qxd3 $19) 25... Ra6 $6 {A logical move, but not the most
precise!} (25... Rc6 $1 {was more accurate and now} 26. f5 $2 {is no possible,
as} e5 $1 27. Bxe5 a2+ $1 {Important intermediate move.} 28. Ka1 fxe5 29. Rxd5+
Rd6 $19 {and Black wins.}) 26. f5 $1 {Nakamura catches the best chance!} Rac6 (
{Here} 26... e5 $2 {is not working, because of} 27. Bxe5 $18) 27. fxe6+ fxe6
28. Rdd2 a2+ 29. Ka1 ({The engine suggests} 29. Kxa2 {too, but this is not a
human move to open the a-file for himself.}) 29... f5 30. Qe3 Rg8 31. c4 $1 {
The final break-through, which leads for a draw.} dxc4 32. Bc5+ Ke8 33. Bxe7
Kxe7 34. Qh6 Qb6 (34... Qa5 {was also similar,} 35. Qxh7+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ $11 {
and draw.}) 35. Qxh7+ Kf8 36. Qh4 Ke8 37. Qh5+ {Black has also some real
threats, so White has nothing better than a perpetual.} Kf8 38. Qh4 Ke8 39.
Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Bg2 {White's pair of bishops guarantees him long-term prospects, but
Black will always remain solid.} e6 10. Nd2 g5 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 Nf8 13. e4
Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 Ng6 {White's advantage in the center is somewhat
offset by Black's dark-squared control.} 16. Be3 O-O 17. d5 {White has to
break through at some point, of course.} cxd5 18. cxd5 e5 {Black wants to keep
the center closed to restrain the light square bishop.} (18... Qxd5 19. Qxd5
exd5 20. Ra4 $1 {Will eventually regain the d5 pawn, with a slight advantage.})
19. Qd2 a5 20. d6 (20. a3 {was considered by Giri, keeping the tension, but it
is unclear how to proceed after Qd6.}) 20... Qxd6 21. Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Bxg5 (22.
Rd1 Be7 23. Rd7 (23. Rc4 $1 {is some computer find that gives Giri some
opportunity for an edge.}) 23... b5 $6 (23... b6 $1 {close to equal.}) 24. Rxe7
$5 Nxe7 25. Rxe5 {with chances for the advantage as all of Black's pawns are
hanging.}) 22... Rac8 23. Re2 b6 24. Rd1 Bc5 {White's pair of bishops
unfortunately will be neutralized by a strong knight on f4. Then the opposite
colored bishops makes the position closer to a draw than anything else, even
if White retains a small advantage.} 25. Be4 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Kg2 Rfd8 28.
Red2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 g5 30. Rd7 Re8 31. Kf3 Re7 {White has no good way of making
progress.} 32. Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {This endgame
had only a couple of years of popularity a long time ago. It is very slightly
better for White, but at some point people realized that if Black goes f6 and
e5 he should equalize.} Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Be6 (9... Nd7 {
was Bogner-Li Chao from 2014. The Chinese player won that game.}) 10. Bc4 Kf7
11. Kc2 Be7 12. Rad1 {Technically the novelty of the game, though the last
time any other move was played was back in 1991...} Rd8 13. Bxe6+ Kxe6 14. Nc4
Rxd1 15. Rxd1 Nc6 16. a4 {White has very little in this endgame... perhaps not
even that. It seems that Topalov was ok with playing a position without any
kind of advantage, perhaps even heading to a draw after two consecutive losses.
} a5 17. f4 h5 18. Rf1 exf4 19. Bxf4 Ne5 20. Bxe5 fxe5 {The knight has no
advantage over the bishop, and vice versa. The game is bound to be drawn in
this position as there is nothing to attack.} 21. Rf3 b6 22. Rg3 Rg8 23. Kd3
Bh4 24. Rf3 Be7 25. Ke2 Rb8 26. Rg3 Kf6 27. Ne3 c6 28. Nc4 Bc5 29. h3 Ra8 30.
Rf3+ Ke6 31. Rg3 Kf6 32. Rf3+ Ke6 33. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Qd2 e5 $5 {An unusual approach to a known position. This double
break} 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Bc4 Nc6 {Black is close to
equality, but Whtie will retain a small pressure as he can still avoid the
trade of pieces and can install a bishop on d5 at some point.} 14. Nf3 Bg4 15.
Qxd8 Raxd8 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Rb1 (17. Ng5 {was what Kasparov thought was going
to happen.} Ne5 $6 (17... Re7 $1 18. h3 Bc8 19. Bc5 Rc7 $14) 18. Bb3 $1 (18.
Bd5 h6 19. f4 Rxd5 $1 20. exd5 Nd3 $19) 18... h6 19. f4 hxg5 20. fxe5 Be6 21.
Bxg5 Rd4 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Bf6 $16) 17... Na5 18. Bd5 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20.
Bxa7 Ra8 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxe4 {This position is very close to equal, but
somehow White finds his a-pawn hard to defend.} 23. Nf3 (23. Nb5 $11) 23... Re2
24. a4 Re4 25. Rfc1 Rxa4 26. h3 {Black is up a pawn now, after not putting in
much effort. The game is close to a draw because b7 is so weak and the
kingside is easy to attack for White, but it still involves plenty of
suffering.} Re8 27. Rc7 h6 28. Rb5 Re2 29. Ne5 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Rxf2 31. Ng4 Rff1
32. Nxh6+ Kg7 33. Ng4 Rh1+ 34. Kg3 Rhb1 35. Rd5 Rd1 36. Rb5 Rd6 37. Ne5 Rf6 {
Black is hard pressed to find something to do.} 38. Rc3 $6 (38. Ng4 {just not
releasing the pressure from the seventh rank, should be fine for White.}) 38...
Rf5 39. Rcc5 {This clearly seems artificial.} b6 $6 (39... Ra3+ $1 {keeps the
pressure up} 40. Kh2 Rb3 $1 41. Rxa5 b6 42. Rcb5 bxa5 43. Rxb3 Rxe5 {is
probably a draw, but with more chances than the game.}) 40. Rxb6 $1 {Caruana
must have thought this wasn't possible..} Rg5+ 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kf1 (42. Kf3 $1
Rgxg2 43. Rbb5 $1 $11) 42... Rgxg2 43. Rxa5 Rxa5 44. Kxg2 Rxe5 45. h4 {This
position is a draw, but Black has some chance of pushing.} Re6 46. Rb7 Kf6 47.
Ra7 Re3 48. Ra5 Re5 49. Ra7 Re4 50. Kg3 Ke6 51. Ra5 f6 52. Ra6+ Kf5 53. Ra5+
Re5 54. Ra3 Rd5 55. Rf3+ Ke6 56. Re3+ Re5 57. Ra3 Re4 58. Ra6+ Kf5 59. Ra5+ Re5
60. Ra3 Rd5 61. Rf3+ Ke6 62. Re3+ Kf7 {Black can't make any progress.} 63. Ra3
Rd4 64. Ra6 Ke7 65. Ra3 Ke6 66. Re3+ Kf5 67. Rf3+ Ke5 68. Re3+ Re4 69. Ra3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 Rb8 (12... exd4 {was seen by MVL
recently in his game against Svidler back in March. That game was drawn.}) 13.
a3 Na5 14. Ba2 exd4 (14... c5 {was Areschenko-Fedorchuk in 2012.}) 15. Bxd4 (
15. cxd4 Nxe4 16. Bxh6 {is complicated, but not necessarily better for White.})
15... Nc6 16. Bxb6 Rxb6 17. c4 {Black's position looks good, but perhaps his
next move was not the best} b4 (17... Be6 $11) 18. c5 $1 {A nice move. At the
cost of a pawn White's pieces gain activity and Black's structure really
suffers} dxc5 19. e5 Nh7 (19... Nh5 {is more active} 20. Ne4 Qe7 (20... Qxd1
21. Raxd1 b3 22. Bb1 c4 23. Nc3 Nf4 24. Re4) 21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. exf6 Qd8) 20.
Ne4 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 b3 (21... bxa3 22. bxa3 Rb2 $132 23. Bc4 Nf8 24. Nxc5 Rc2
25. Rc1 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5) 22. Bb1 c4 23. Nc3 {Slightly better for White,
despite the missing pawn. Black's structure is weak and it will take some time
to remaneuver all the pieces. However, White doesn't have anything that is
clear yet.} Nf8 24. Be4 Ne7 25. Na4 $6 {This idea simply improves Black's
position.} Rb5 26. Nd4 Ra5 {awkward but good enough, otherwise Black is just
too active.} 27. Nc3 g5 (27... Nfg6 $1 28. Nc6 Nxc6 29. Bxc6 Rf8 $15) 28. Bf3 (
28. g3 Nfg6 $1 $15) 28... Ne6 (28... Kg7 29. Be2 Rc5 $11) 29. Nc6 Nxc6 (29...
Rc5 30. Nxe7+ Rxe7 31. Nd5 Kf8 $1 {Was an idea to retain equality.}) 30. Bxc6
Rf8 31. Bd5 Nf4 32. Bxc4 Be6 33. Bxe6 Nxe6 34. Re3 Kg7 35. Ne2 Rb8 36. Nd4 Nxd4
37. Rxd4 Re8 {The rook endgame is now very drawish. Both sides have real
weaknesses.} 38. f4 gxf4 39. Rxf4 Rexe5 40. Rxb3 Rab5 41. Rbf3 f5 42. b4 a5 43.
Rc3 c5 44. bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ssegwanyi, Arthur"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "315"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. Bf3 Ra7 11. a4 Rc7 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Nde2 Qc8 15.
Ng3 Rxc4 16. Rdc1 h6 17. Bxb6 d5 18. Be3 d4 19. Nce2 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Nc5 21. Qa3
Rd8 22. e5 Ne8 23. Nf4 Qc7 24. Bxb7 Nxb7 25. Qf3 Na5 26. Bd2 Nc4 27. Qe2 Nxd2
28. Qxd2 Qxe5 29. Nd3 Qd5 30. Rc1 a5 31. Qc2 Bd6 32. Qc4 Qa8 33. f3 Bxg3 34.
hxg3 Nd6 35. Qc6 Qb8 36. Qc7 Nf5 37. g4 Ne3 38. Kf2 Nd5 39. Qxb8 Rxb8 40. Rc4
e5 41. Rc5 Nb4 42. Nxb4 Rxb4 43. Rxe5 Rxa4 44. Rd5 Ra2 45. Kg3 g5 46. b3 Ra3
47. Kf2 Kg7 48. Ke2 Kg6 49. Kd2 Rxb3 50. Rxa5 Rb2+ 51. Kd3 Rxg2 52. Ra6+ Kg7
53. Kxd4 Re2 54. Rb6 Re8 55. Ra6 Re1 56. Rb6 Re2 57. Ra6 Re8 58. Rb6 f6 59. Ra6
Kf7 60. Rb6 Re6 61. Rb8 Kg7 62. Ra8 Re2 63. Ra7+ Kg6 64. Ra6 Re8 65. Rb6 Re7
66. Ra6 Kg7 67. Rb6 Kf7 68. Ra6 Re6 69. Ra8 Kg6 70. Rg8+ Kh7 71. Ra8 Kg7 72.
Rb8 Re7 73. Rb6 Rf7 74. Ke4 Re7+ 75. Kd4 Kg6 76. Ra6 Re5 77. Rb6 Re1 78. Ra6
Kf7 79. Rb6 Re6 80. Rb8 Ra6 81. Rc8 Ra4+ 82. Ke3 Rf4 83. Rc6 Kg7 84. Ra6 h5 85.
gxh5 Kh6 86. Ra8 Kxh5 87. Rh8+ Kg6 88. Ra8 Rb4 89. Ra6 Rb2 90. Rc6 Ra2 91. Rb6
Ra5 92. Kf2 Kf5 93. Kg3 Rc5 94. Ra6 Ke5 95. Rb6 Rd5 96. Ra6 Kf5 97. Rb6 Re5 98.
Ra6 Kg6 99. Rb6 Kf5 100. Ra6 Re6 101. Ra3 Rd6 102. Rb3 Ke5 103. Re3+ Kf5 104.
Ra3 Rd1 105. Ra5+ Kg6 106. Ra6 Re1 107. Rb6 Rg1+ 108. Kf2 Ra1 109. Kg3 Ra4 110.
Rc6 Ra7 111. Rb6 Rc7 112. Ra6 Rb7 113. Rc6 Kf7 114. Ra6 f5 115. Rc6 Kg7 116.
Ra6 Re7 117. Rb6 Kf7 118. Ra6 Re6 119. Ra5 Kf6 120. Rb5 Ra6 121. Rc5 Ra3 122.
Rc6+ Ke5 123. Rc5+ Ke6 124. Kg2 Rd3 125. Ra5 Kf6 126. Rb5 f4 127. Ra5 Re3 128.
Rb5 Re5 129. Rb8 Re2+ 130. Kf1 Ra2 131. Rf8+ Ke5 132. Re8+ Kd4 133. Re4+ Kd3
134. Re5 Rd2 135. Re8 Rc2 136. Re7 Rc5 137. Kf2 Rd5 138. Re8 Kd4 139. Re7 Ra5
140. Re8 Kd5 141. Kf1 Kd6 142. Kg2 Re5 143. Ra8 Ke6 144. Kh3 Kf5 145. Rf8+ Kg6
146. Kg4 Re1 147. Rg8+ Kf6 148. Rf8+ Kg6 149. Rg8+ Kf6 150. Rf8+ Kg7 151. Rf5
Rg1+ 152. Kh5 Rg3 153. Rxg5+ Kf6 154. Ra5 Rxf3 155. Kg4 Rf1 156. Rf5+ Ke6 157.
Rxf4 Rxf4+ 158. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ssegwanyi, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. Nf3 Nd5 11. Bd2 Bf8 12. O-O h6 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bc3 Qd6
15. d4 e4 16. Ne5 f6 17. Ng6 f5 18. Nf4 Be6 19. f3 Na6 20. fxe4 Nb4 21. Bxb4
Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Qxb4 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. exf5 Rd6 25. a3 Qb6 26. Be4 Be7 27. Rf3
Kh8 28. Rcf1 Bf6 29. b4 Re8 30. Bd3 Re3 31. Kg2 Rd5 32. Rf4 Qd8 33. Qc4 Qe7 34.
R4f3 Ree5 35. Qg4 Rd4 36. Qxd4 Rxe2+ 37. R1f2 Bxd4 38. Rxe2 Qd7 39. Be4 Bf6 40.
Rd3 Qf7 41. Bf3 Kh7 42. h4 a6 43. Rde3 Qc4 44. Bh5 Qd5+ 45. Rf3 Be5 46. Kh3 g6
47. fxg6+ Kg7 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. Rf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Ng6 7. O-O f6 8. exf6
Qxf6 9. Qb3 b6 10. c4 Bd6 11. Bg5 Qf7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Rac1 h6 14. Be3 Nf4 15.
Bxf4 Bxf4 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Bf4 c5 12. Qe3 c4 13. Ba2 O-O 14. f3 Be6 15.
Rd1 Qc7 16. Nc3 b4 17. Ne2 h6 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Bg3 b3 20. Bb1 bxc2 21. Bxc2 Rxb2
22. Rac1 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Nh4 Rfe8 13. a4 a5 14. Bd2 b6 15.
Kh1 Nc5 16. g4 Nfd7 17. f4 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Ne3 Qd8 20. Nhf5 exf4 21. Nd5
Bg6 22. Bxa5 Rxa5 23. Ndxe7+ Rxe7 24. Qxa5 Re8 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Rad1 f6 27.
Rxf4 Rb8 28. Rf2 Ne5 29. g5 fxg5 30. Rd5 Ncd7 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nxg6+ hxg6 33.
Rfd2 Rb7 34. Bf1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Nb3 Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Be7 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nbxd4 Bd7 14. e5
Ng4 15. Bg3 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Re8 18. Qf3 c5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5
Bf8 21. Rad1 Qa5 22. Qf3 Rad8 23. Bc3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qc7 25. a4 Qd7 26. Qe4 b6
27. h4 a6 28. Re3 b5 29. b3 c4 30. axb5 cxb3 31. cxb3 Qxb5 32. Kh2 Bd6+ 33. g3
Bf8 34. Kg2 Rd1 35. Be1 Rd8 36. b4 Rb8 37. Rd3 Re8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Everyone knew this game would end in a draw, but just how that draw was going
to happen was still a mystery.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e6 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. g4 h6 12.
O-O-O b4 13. Nce2 Qc7 14. h4 d5 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bh2 dxe4 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5
Rxh2 19. Rxh2 exd4 20. Rh4 Ng4 (20... b3 {was Leko-Grischuk, 2012. That game
also ended in a draw but Leko had the upper hand for some time.}) 21. Rxg4 Nc5
22. Rh4 d3 23. Nd4 Bb7 24. Rh8 {Played after a little bit of thought} O-O-O {
And after this Leko finally sank into a 20 minute think. A complicated
position that Giri no doubt had deeply analyzed.} 25. g6 (25. Kb1 dxc2+ {
was Jakovenko-Artemiev, 2013. Jakovenko won that game but the computers found
a way of equalizing somewhere somehow.}) 25... fxg6 {Giri seemed to finally be
on his own here, but he played this after only thinking 10 minutes.} 26. fxe4
Bxe4 27. Nb3 Nxb3+ 28. axb3 Be7 29. Bxd3 (29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Bh3+ Kb7 31. Rg1
$1 Qb6 {should also only be equal. Black's king is exposed but White's isn't
happy either.}) 29... Rxh8 30. Bxe4 Rd8 31. Qe3 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Qc5 33. Qxc5+
Bxc5 {for example.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 (
{The once ubiquitous} 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 {is losing its adherents
nowadays. After} Bd6 $5 11. Nh4 ({More usual and testing is} 11. Re1 Be4 12.
Qc1 Bb7 13. Bg5 {Dominguez Perez,L (2713)-Alekseev,E (2700) Havana 2010 See
the notes to this game in CBM 137.}) ({or} 11. Ng5 $5) 11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8
(12... Nbd7 13. Ba5 Qc8 14. Qc6 e5 15. e3 exd4 16. exd4 Rb8 17. Nd2 Nb6 18.
Rac1 Re8 19. Rfe1 g6 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qxe8+ Nxe8 22. Rc6 Kf8 23. Nhf3 $14 {
Gupta,A (2662)-Alekseev,E (2691) New Delhi 2012}) 13. Rc1 (13. e4 Qb7 14. Re1
Nbd7 15. Nf3 Be7 16. Bg5 c5 $1 17. d5 $6 (17. e5 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. dxc5
Rfc8 $11) 17... c4 18. Nbd2 Bb4 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. b3 Ng4 (20... c3 $5) 21. bxc4
Nde5 $36 22. Nxe5 Rxf2+ 23. Kg1 Qa7 24. Nxg4 Rxd2+ 25. Be3 Rxc2 26. Bxa7 Bxe1 {
0-1, Mamedyarov,S (2735)-Zhigalko,S (2654) Kocaeli 2015}) 13... Qb7+ 14. Nf3
Rc8 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nbd7 17. Qc6 Rcb8 (17... Qxb2 $5 $13 {Sumets}) 18. Na3
Ne4 19. Qxb7 Rxb7 20. Nc4 Bf8 21. Be3 c5 22. Nfe5 (22. Ra2 $142) (22. Nce5 $5)
22... cxd4 23. Nxd7 dxe3 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 $11 {Caruana,F (2786)-Karjakin,S (2775)
Tashkent 2012/ For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 152 by
Sumets.}) 8... Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 ({Currently more popular than the
alternative} 10. Bf4 Bd6 {and now:} 11. Bg5 (11. Qc1 $5 Bxf4 $5 (11... Nbd7 12.
Nc3 b5 $5 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc8 15. axb5 Qb7+ 16. f3 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18.
Rd1 c6 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Bg5 Nd5 21. Ne4 Bf8 22. Nc5 Qa7 23. e4 Nb6 24. b3 Nd7
$11 {Donchenko,A (2567)-Fridman,D (2639) Dresden 2015}) (11... a5 12. Nc3 (12.
Bd2 Nbd7 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. Bc3 Ne4 15. Nfd2 f5 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Be1 Qh5 18. Nc3
Nf6 19. h3 Rf7 20. e3 Raf8 $132 {Giri,A (2752)-Kramnik,V (2783) Stavanger 2014.
For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 161 by Marin.}) 12... Na6
13. Rd1 (13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Bxf3 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Kg2
Bc7 19. e3 Qe7 20. Qc2 Nb4 21. Qb3 Rd7 22. Rac1 Rfd8 23. Ne4 Bb6 24. Nd2 Bc7
25. Ne4 Bb6 26. Nc3 Kh8 27. h4 f5 28. h5 Bc7 29. Na2 e5 $132 {Fridman,D (2600)
-Boruchovsky,A (2472) Warsaw 2013}) 13... Nb4 14. Be5 (14. Bg5 $5) 14... Nbd5 (
14... Nfd5 15. e4 Nb6 $132) 15. Qb1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 (16... Ne4 $5 $13) 17.
Qb3 Nb6 18. c4 Bb4 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Qc2 Bd6 22. Rab1 Bxe5 23. Nxe5
Qe7 24. Bxd5 Qxe5 25. Bxb7 $36 {Monroy,C (2436)-Egorov,K (2190) Vienna 2015})
12. Qxf4 Qd6 {seems simpler and quite adequate.} 13. Nc3 (13. Qxd6 cxd6 14.
Nbd2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 d5 16. Rfc1 Nc6 17. e3 {Nowak,I (2330)-Bielavsky,J Warsaw
1979} Nb4 $11) 13... Qxf4 14. gxf4 a5 $11 {/+/=}) 11... Nbd7 12. Nc3 h6 13.
Bxf6 Nxf6 14. a5 (14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 a5 (15... c5 $5 $11) 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17.
Nxe4 Bb4 18. Rac1 c6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Qc7 21. Rfd1 {1/2, Kuzubov,Y (2638)
-So,W (2779) Kocaeli 2015}) 14... Qe7 15. Nh4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfd8 17. e4 Bb4 18.
e5 Nd5 19. Nf5 Qd7 20. Ne3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Rfc1 c5 24. Nxd5
Rxd5 25. Rcb1 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rc8 27. Rb4 Rc4 $11 {Adams,M (2738)-Anand,V (2797)
Baden Baden 2015}) 10... Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 (12. Qc1 {prevents c5 for the
time being and seems to pose more opening problems. The most notable recent
example is} h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1 a5 15. Nbd2 Bh7 $5 16. Nb3 c6 17. Qc3 Be7
18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Ne5 Na6 20. Nxb7 $5 Qxb7 21. Bxc6 Qc7 $2 (21... Qa7 $1 22. Bxa8
Bb4 $14 {/~~}) 22. Bxa8 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rxa8 24. Nc6 Bd8 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. f3 Rc8
27. Ra3 Bg6 28. Kf2 Rb8 29. Rd2 f6 30. Raa2 Rb3 31. Rab2 Rxc3 32. Rb5 $16 {
Eljanov,P (2717)-Nakamura,H (2814) WCup Baku 2015}) 12... c5 (12... h6 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. Nc3 (14. Nbd2 Bxf3 (14... Bh7 $5 $132) 15. Nxf3 Nd7 16. Qb3 Rb8 17.
Rfd1 c6 18. a5 Qc7 19. e4 Rfd8 20. Bf1 Nf8 21. h4 Rd7 22. Bc4 Rbd8 23. e5 Be7
24. Kg2 h5 25. Rd3 $14 {Kozul,Z (2576)-Shariyazdanov,A (2592) Sibenik 2005})
14... Bh7 $5 (14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6 16. e3 a5 17. Rc1 Na6 18. h4 Nb4 19. Be4
Nd5 20. Bb1 Nxc3 21. bxc3 e5 22. f4 exd4 23. Qd3 Re8 24. exd4 Kf8 25. Rce1 g6
26. h5 gxh5 27. Qf5 $14 {Prohaszka,P (2508)-Szabo,K (2510) Szombathely 2008})
15. Qb3 (15. e4 Nc6 16. e5 Be7 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Be4 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Re1
Rad8 21. Qc1 Bd5 22. Qc3 Rfe8 23. Rac1 Rd7 24. Bh3 Be6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. b4
Red8 27. Qc4 Rd3 $15 {Bachmann,A (2589)-Lysyj,I (2661) Iasi 2014}) 15... Nc6
16. e3 (16. Rfd1 Na5 17. Qa2 Qe7 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. Rxa3 Rfd8 20. e3 c5 21. Ne2
e5 $17 {Baumegger,S (2205)-Wells,P (2530) Oberwart 1995}) 16... Na5 17. Qa3 Be7
18. Qa2 Nc6 19. Qc4 (19. Rfd1 $142 $5) 19... Na5 20. Qe2 c5 21. d5 exd5 $2 (
21... c4 $13) (21... Qb6 $5) 22. Rad1 d4 23. exd4 c4 24. Ne5 $36 {Bogdanovich,
S (2590)-Wojtaszek,R (2734) Berlin rpd 2015}) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nbd2 (14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Nbd2 Bc6 {was the move order in Nakamura-Anand, we will get to this
game yet by transposition.}) 14... Bc6 15. Ne5 ({Leko must have been well
prepared for the more usual continuation} 15. Nb3 Be7 $5 (15... Bb4 16. Ne5 $14
) 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 {and we are back in Nakamura-Anand:} 17. Na5 h6 18. Be3 Nd5 ({
Black did well in email games after} 18... Bd5 $5 19. Ne5 Nbd7 20. Nd3 e5 21.
Rfd1 (21. Nxb7 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rdb8 23. Na5 e4 24. Nc6 exd3 25. Nxe7+ (25. Nxb8
dxe2 26. Rfe1 Rxb8 $15) 25... Kf8 26. Nf5 dxe2 27. Rfe1 Rxb2 28. Bc1 Rc2 29.
Ne3 Rc7 30. Rxe2 Re8 31. h3 Nb6 32. Ba3+ {1/2, Pereverzev,A (2373)-Bykov,E 
(2199) email 2006}) 21... Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rdc8 23. b3 Nd5 (23... Rc3 24. Rac1
Rxc1 25. Nxc1 b6 26. Nc6 Bf8 27. Nd3 $14 {Lohmann,H (2554)-Nowak,I (2367) ICCF
email 2007}) 24. Nc4 Nc3 25. Rd2 Nxa4 26. Rxa4 b5 27. Ncxe5 Nxe5 28. Re4 Nc6
29. Nf4 Bf8 30. Nd5 Rd8 31. Bb6 Rd6 32. Bc5 Rdd8 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. b4 a5 $11 {
Marquardt,G (2270)-Schilling,F (2331) email 2007}) 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Bf4 Nd5 21.
Ne5 g5 (21... Nxf4 $142 $5 22. gxf4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nd7 $11) 22. Bd2 Bf6 23. Nd3
(23. Nexc6 $5 Nxc6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Rab1 Rab8 26. Rfc1 Nb4 27. Be1 $14 {Marin}
) 23... b6 24. Nc4 b5 (24... Nd7 $142 {Development is preferable, Black is
close to equality.}) 25. Bxd5 (25. axb5 $142 Bxb5 26. Ba5 $1 {/\} Bxc4 $6 27.
Bxd8 Bxd8 28. Rfc1 Bxd3 29. Rc8 Bb5 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. Rc1 $16 {[%csl Rb8][%cal
Rc1c8]}) 25... bxc4 26. Bxc4 Bxb2 27. Ra2 Bg7 28. Rc1 Be8 29. Nc5 Bf8 30. Bd3
Nc6 31. Be4 Rdc8 32. Kf1 Ra7 33. Nb3 Rac7 34. Rac2 {Nakamura,H (2814)-Anand,V 
(2816) Saint Louis 2015} Ba3 $1 35. Ra1 Bd6 $11) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Be7 $146 {
A novelty. Black wants to finish development without any concessions, but the
text move is rather passive. Other alternatives deserving full attention are:}
(16... Nbd7 17. Rc1 Nxe5 18. Rxc5 Ned7 19. Bxf6 (19. Rc1 h6 20. Bf4 e5 (20...
Rc8 $1 21. Nc4 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nd6 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qb6 $132) 21. Be3 Ng4 22.
Qb3 Ndf6 23. Rfd1 Qd5+ 24. Qxd5 Nxe3+ 25. fxe3 Nxd5 26. Nc4 $36 {Aronian,L 
(2808)-Karjakin,S (2776) Monte Carlo rpd blindfold 2011}) 19... Nxf6 20. Qc2
Rc8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qd7 (22... Qxc2 $142 23. Rxc2 Rd8 $11) 23. Nf3 Rd8
24. Qb3 h6 25. Rc4 Qe7 26. e4 e5 27. Qc3 $14 {Meier,G (2654)-Hou,Y (2676)
Dortmund 2015}) (16... Bd4 $5 17. Ndf3 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Nc6 $6 (19...
h6 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ng4 Kg7 23. Rxb7 Nc6 $132) (19... b5 $5 20.
Qxd8 Rxd8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxb5 Nbd7 23. Nc6 Re8 $11) 20. Bxf6 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1
gxf6 22. Nd7 Rfd8 23. Rxb7 f5 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Rc5 $36 {Li,C (2686)-Xiu,D 
(2534) Xinghua 2013}) 17. Rc1 Nbd7 (17... h6 $143 18. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 19. Ndf3 {
[%csl Rb8]} Nc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Rxc6 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Bxb2 23. Rb1 $14 (23. Rd7
$14)) 18. Nxd7 (18. Nd3 Qa5 $11 {[%cal Ya8c8,Yf8d8]}) (18. Bxf6 gxf6 $5 (18...
Nxf6 19. Ndc4 Rc8 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Na5 $11 {/+/=}) 19. Nd3 Rc8 $132) 18...
Qxd7 19. Nf3 (19. Nc4 Qc7 $5 (19... Qc6+ 20. f3 Rfc8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 $11 {
should also hold}) 20. Bf4 Qc6+ 21. f3 Nd5 $11) 19... Qxd1 (19... Rfd8 20. Qxd7
Rxd7 21. Ne5 ({or} 21. Rc2 {is very similar to the game - almost equal, but
Black must still play accurately.})) 20. Rfxd1 Rfc8 21. Ne5 $11 {[%mdl 32] /+/
= White has a tiny edge due to his more active pieces - it may well evaporate
after good defence. His strategy will be to further improve his pieces, to
gain more space if allowed - and try to provoke further positonal concessions.}
h6 22. Bd2 Rd8 23. Nd3 Rdc8 (23... Rac8 24. Ba5 {forces a minor one, but
nevertheless a concession:} Re8 (24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 {[%cal Gc1c8]} Rd7 26. Bb6
$14) 25. Ne5 $14) ({Komodo prefers} 23... Nd5 $5 {[%cal Yf7f5,Ya8c8] /\} 24. e4
Nf6 $132 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gd8d1]}) 24. f4 Kf8 $6 {This inconcrete move allows
White to gain some more space.} (24... Nd5 $142 25. Kf3 (25. e4 Nf6 26. Kf3
Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rd8 $132) 25... f5 $1 $11) (24... Ne4 $5 25. Be3 f5 $132 {
[%cal Ye7f6,Yg8f7]}) 25. Kf3 $14 {[%cal Yg3g4,Yh2h4,Ye2e4] ()} Nd7 26. Be3 Ke8
(26... Bf6 27. a5 (27. b3 $5) 27... Bd8 28. b4 $14) (26... f5 27. g4 $5 $14)
27. Bd4 Bf6 (27... g5 28. e4 f6 $14 {is still quite solid, but Black's minor
pieces remain passive.}) 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Ne5 {[%csl Ge5] The drawback of the
bishop swap is the dominant Ne5, which can be chased away only by a weakening
pawn move.} Ke7 30. e4 Rxc1 (30... b5 $6 31. a5 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6]}) (30... g5
$5 $14 {is more active - if the timing is right, Black can consider opening
the g-file for his own counterplay.}) 31. Rxc1 Ne8 32. Nd3 a5 (32... g5 33.
fxg5 $5 hxg5 34. h4 $14) (32... Rd8 33. Ke3 Rd7 34. a5 $14) 33. Rc5 Kd6 $6 ({
Far more resilient was} 33... Rd8 $142 $1 34. Ke3 b6 35. Rc6 Rd6 36. Rc4 (36.
Rc8 Rd8 $14) 36... f6 $14) 34. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Yd3c5,Yc3b3] Keeps the king cut
off from the queenside and creates new threats.} ({Leko hardly could have
reckoned with the cooperative} 34. Rb5 $6 Kc7 $14 {[%cal Ye8d6,Yb7b6] /=})
34... Ra6 $6 {This doesn't help, but Black was already under serious pressure
and it's difficult to find a substantial improvement.} (34... Ke7 35. Rb3 Ra7
36. e5 $16) (34... b6 35. Ne5 $16) 35. e5+ Ke7 (35... Kd5 $2 36. Rc8 $18 {
[%csl Re8]}) 36. Nc5 Rb6 37. Rd3 $1 {[%csl Re8] Suddenly Black can't prevent
the penetration of White's R to the 7th rank, moreover his knight is
absolutely dominated.} Rxb2 38. Rd7+ Kf8 39. Nxb7 {[%cal Rb7d8,Rb7a5]} Rb3+ (
39... Rc2 40. Nxa5 Nc7 41. Rd8+ Ke7 42. Rd6 $16 {/+-}) 40. Kg4 Rb4 41. Nd8 $18
{The time-trouble is over, but Black's position is beyond salvation.} Kg8 42.
Re7 $1 f5+ (42... Kf8 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 44. Re7 Kf8 45. Ra7 $18) 43. Kh5 Kh7 ({
Desperation, but after} 43... Kf8 {Black is paralysed and White has more than
one way to win:} 44. Ra7 (44. Rxe6 Rxa4 45. Kg6 $18) 44... Rb6 45. Kg6 Kg8 46.
Nb7 $1 {[%cal Ra7a8,Rb7d6]} Nc7 (46... Kf8 47. Nc5 $18) 47. Nd6 Rc6 48. Nb5 Ne8
49. Ra8 $18) 44. Rxe8 Rb2 45. h3 $8 Rh2 46. Kh4 $8 {[%csl Re6] Again forced,
but fully sufficient - Black's mating dreams are busted and the extra material
counts.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Na4 Ng4 12. Qd3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 14. Nb6 Ra7
15. Nd5 Rb7 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rad1 Rb6 19. Ne1 Nd7 20. Nd3 Nf6 21.
f3 Qc7 22. c3 a5 23. Qe3 Rc6 24. Rd2 Rb8 25. a3 Qb6 26. Qxb6 Rbxb6 27. Ra1 Rc4
28. Nf2 Kf7 29. Nd1 a4 30. Ne3 Rc8 31. Rad1 Ke7 32. h4 Nd7 33. g3 Nc5 34. Kg2
Rf8 35. h5 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 cxd5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
O-O e6 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Nd2 a5 13. b5 Na7 14. a4 Bb4 15.
Nb3 Nc8 16. Rfc1 Nb6 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. Qd1 Qd8 21.
Qe1 Nc8 22. f3 Ne7 23. Rc1 b6 24. Qc3 Rc8 25. Qd2 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qd6 27. Qc2 g6
28. Nc1 e5 29. dxe5 Qxe5 30. Qd2 Qa1 31. Bc2 d4 32. exd4 Ned5 33. Kf2 Nb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nd4 Nxc5
15. f3 Bg6 16. Nb5 Re8 17. f4 Be4 18. Nd6 Re7 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Bc6 21. Qc2
Ne6 22. Rad1 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 g6 {[#]} 24. f5 {Mit "normalen" Zügen hat Weiß
eine überlegene Stellung erreicht. Nun folgt schon die Exekution:} Nd4 25. Qd2
Nxf5 ({Es drohte} 25... Z0 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Qg5 Rd7 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Nxf7+
Rxf7 30. Qh6+ Rh7 31. Rf8+ Rxf8 32. Qxf8#) 26. Rxf5 ({Noch besser als} 26. Nxf5
{was aber auch gewinnt.}) 26... gxf5 27. Nxf5 (27. Nxf5 Ree8 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29.
Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Bb4 6. Bb2 Ne4 7. Nge2 Qf6 8. f3
Bxc3+ 9. Bxc3 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 O-O 11. f4 c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. exd4
exd5 15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. d5 Ne7 18. O-O-O Rd8 19. Bc4 Kf8 20. Rhe1 Bg4
21. Rd2 Rbc8 22. h3 Bd7 {Diagram [#] White is a pawn up and has a clearly
dominating position. The most natural move 23.d6 can be met with 23...Nf5
which Wojtaszek did not like. Hence he stopped 23...Nf5 with 23.g4 intending
to meet 23...Rxc7 with 24.d6. But he had missed something really huge!} 23. g4
$2 (23. Kb2 $1 {was a simple move which was sufficient for a very tangible
advantage. The main reason is that after 23...Rxc7 24.d6 Rxc4 is not a check!}
Nf5 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Nd6 26. Bd3 $16 {I think it is extremely difficult
for Black to defend this. White will open a second front on the kingside and
will sooner or later breakthrough.}) 23... Rxc7 $1 24. d6 {What had Radoslaw
missed?} Rxc4+ $1 $17 {From a better position Black slid into a worse game and
soon lost.} 25. bxc4 Nc6 26. c5 g6 27. Rb2 Bc8 28. Re4 Kg7 29. Kd2 h5 30. Kc3
hxg4 31. hxg4 Rh8 32. Re3 Rh1 33. Rd3 Nb8 34. g5 Rc1+ 35. Kd4 Nd7 36. Rb5 a6
37. Ra5 Nb8 38. Ke3 Bd7 39. Rb3 Bc6 40. Kd4 Nd7 41. Rc3 Rf1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 d5 11. c4 Nb6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Rhe1
Bb4 15. c3 Be7 16. Bb3 Qa5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Bc2 Rfe8 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Bc5 Bxc5
21. Nxc5 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Qe2 Kf8 25. g3 Nf6 26. Qe3 b6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 {Not really a scary system, but as the
game shows quite effective if Black insists playing in the spirit of his
favourite opening, the Grünfeld.} O-O 5. Be2 b6 {This is still OK, but the
plan behind it is the main cause for the later problems. Black can also switch
to the King's Indian or the Benoni.} (5... d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 {Svidler,P (2727)
-Karjakin,S (2762) FIDE World Cup 2015 (7.1) 1-0 would most probably lead to a
reversed version of the game}) ({Personally I would prefer} 5... c5 {when the
modern trend is} 6. d5 {transposing to the rather modest (and earlier non
existing) e2-e3 Benoni. True, over the past years White has ocasionally won at
top level, but this was mainly caused by Black's lack of experience with the
Benoni. See for instance Mamedyarov,S (2764)-Gelfand,B (2748) Tashkent 2014
CBM 163 [Szabo,Kr] (1-0, 57)}) 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 d5 $6 {As a rule, the
Grünfeld has ...d7-d5 as a reaction to Nb1-c3, but the main problem here is
that Black has wasted two tempi without preparing the standard break ...c7-c5.}
({It was safer to get some control in the centre with} 7... e6 {Sokolsky,
A-Botvinnik,M URS-ch sf Leningrad 1938 0-1 trying to transpose to a hybrid
structure known from Botvinnik's games, the most famous being} 8. b4 {The most
consistent way to cross Black's plans.} ({The other way to do so is less
effective:} 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Rb1 c6 11. Bc4 Na6 $11 {Tikkanen,H 
(2559)-Howell,D (2650) Tromso 2014 (0-1, 49)}) 8... a5 (8... d5 $5 9. c5 $2 a5
10. b5 bxc5 11. Ba3 c4 12. Bxf8 Bxf8 $44) (8... d6 $5) 9. b5 d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7
11. e4 {Yudovich,M-Yurkov,V Moscow 1965 (1-0, 25)} Re8 $11 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Ge6e5]}) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 $1 {A strong move in the spirit of the 4.Bd2 and
5.Bd2 lines, revealing the fact that Black has neglected his standard
counterplay with ...c5.} c5 $6 $146 {This runs straight into trouble, even
though from a practical point of view Black retains reasonable drawing chances.
} ({Black is not in time to prepare ...c7-c5 with} 9... Nd7 10. Nxd5 $1 (10.
Qb3 e6 11. Rfd1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qa3 Qe7 $11 {Bondarevsky,I-Taimanov,M
Leningrad 1963 (0-1, 41). As we see again and again, people were not afraid to
play ...e7-e6 in the old days.}) 10... Bxd5 11. Qc2 $1 (11. Bc3 {is too slow:}
Nf6 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Ne4 $11 {Anton Guijarro,D (2626)-Lillo
Castany,V (2312) LLucmajor 2014 (1-0, 48)}) 11... c5 12. e4 Bb7 13. d5 $14 {
Voloshin,L (2426)-Schnitzspan,L (2341) Germany 2001 (1-0, 44)}) ({But maybe
Black's best is} 9... e6 $5 {[%cal Gb8d7] tested only in a few games between
lower rated players.}) 10. dxc5 $1 {Otherwise Black would have a wonderful
position.} Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 {A thematic pawn sacrifice, aiming
to complete the development and get some stability on dark squares.} (12...
bxc5 {offers White the initiative:} 13. Qa4 ({Actually even the endgame after} 
13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rfb1 Bd5 15. Rb5 {Karpov,A (2705)-Kasparov,G (2715) World
Championship 31th-KK1 1984 (27) 1-0 is unpleasant. Compare for instance with})
13... Qc7 14. Rfd1 {and Black does not have a clear plan for developing yet,
while his kingside is also in danger in view of Qh4.}) 13. cxb6 axb6 $14 {
Polugaevsky,L (2620)-Kortschnoj,V (2645) Candidates sf1 1977 (10) 1/2 With the
dark-squared bishops on the board and the white knight on a worse square Black
would have entirely adequate compensation for the pawn. The classical game
which comes to my mind is} 14. Qd4 Qc7 15. Rfb1 Ra5 (15... Rfc8 {[%csl Gc3]
looks more natural.}) 16. Qb4 e6 ({Now or on the next move Black should have
considered exchanging on f3, thus eliminating the only piece which could fight
against the blockade on c5:} 16... Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e6 {Kasparov,G (2690)
-Kortschnoj,V (2610) Candidates sf1 1983 (1) 0-1 Once again a classical game
comes to mind, with the difference that in that case the pawns were equal.})
17. Qe7 Qd8 (17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rc8 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Bc6
20. Nd4 Ba4 21. Rdb1 e5 22. Nb3 {On b3 the knight is safe against the exchange.
Moreover, Black has weakened his kingside a bit more than he would have liked
to.} Ra7 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. c4 Bc6 25. Rb2 Kg7 26. f3 Re8 27. Kf2 $14 {The extra
pawn is by no means easy to convert but Black's position remains unpleasant.}
e4 $6 {Handing over the control over the d4-square which White immediately
takes advantage of.} 28. Nb3 $1 exf3 29. gxf3 Ba4 30. Rd1 Re5 31. Rd5 Rxd5 (
31... Re8 32. Nd4 $16 {[%cal Ge3e4] with a dominating white position.}) 32.
cxd5 Bxb3 {A necessary concession in order to prepare the king's advance.} (
32... Kf6 33. Nd2 Ke5 34. e4 f5 35. Nc4+ $16) 33. axb3 Kf6 34. f4 g5 35. Rc2
gxf4 36. exf4 Ke7 37. Rc6 Nf6 38. Bf3 Rd7 39. Rxb6 Nxd5 40. Bxd5 Rxd5 41. Kg3 {
Despite all, Black has managed to retains saving chances as "all rook endings
are drawn". But from a practical point of view, the position remains +/-} h5 $6
{Not only delaying the thematic rook activation but also unnecessarily
weakening the h-pawn.} (41... Rd2 $1 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Gd2b2] was called for
and only if} 42. h4 $6 {then} h5 $14 {In the absence of the threat Kh4, White
has problems demonstrating a concrete plan.}) 42. Kh4 Rf5 {The weakness of the
h5-pawn forces Black into keeping his rook passive.} ({It was too late for} 
42... Rd2 43. Kxh5 $1 Rxh2+ 44. Kg5 {Black is in danger on both wings. The
b-pawn is ready to run ahead and the f7-pawn is in danger.} Rd2 {[%cal Gd2d5]}
(44... Rb2 45. Rb7+ {wins the f7-pawn soon.}) 45. Rb5 Rd3 46. Kf5 Rc3 47. b4
Rc4 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. b5 Rb4 50. Kg5 $18 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 43. Rb4 Rd5 44. Rc4 Kf6
45. b4 Kg6 46. Rc6+ f6 47. Rc2 $1 {White takes advantage of the temporary
passivity of the enemy rook to put his own behind the passed pawn.} Rb5 ({
The double attack} 47... Rd4 {would allow the b-pawn to get too far:} 48. Rb2
Rxf4+ 49. Kh3 Rd4 50. b5 Rd7 51. b6 Rb7 52. Kh4 (52. Kg3 Kf5 $5) 52... f5 53.
Kg3 $1 Kf6 54. Kf4 $18) 48. Rb2 Kf5 $1 {The only chance.} ({Passive defence
would not help:} 48... Kf7 49. Kg3 Ke6 50. Kf3 Kf5 51. Rb1 Ke6 52. Ke4 $18) 49.
Kg3 Ke4 50. Rb1 $5 {Anticipating the threat ...f6-f5.} (50. Rb3 f5 51. Rb1 (51.
h4 {prevents ...h5-h4 but insures the black kingside against Kh4.} Kd4 52. Rb1
Kc3 $11) 51... h4+ $1 52. Kxh4 Kxf4 53. Kh3 Ke3 $11 {[%cal Gf5f4]}) 50... Kd3
$2 {The drawing area in chess in general and in rook endings in particular is
quite wide and only the last move is the decisive mistake.} (50... f5 $2 {
is what White had been preparing for with his last move:} 51. Re1+ Kd4 52. Re5
$18) ({But Black should have kept his king close to the f4-pawn:} 50... Ke3 $1
51. Rb3+ Ke4 52. Rb2 Ke3 53. Rb1 Ke4 {and White has nothing better than
transposing above with} 54. Rb3 f5 55. Rb1 h4+ $1 $11) 51. Kf3 Kc2 {The king
has managed to start some counterplay but will remain out of the play during
the decisive phase.} 52. Ra1 Rxb4 53. Ra5 Rb3+ 54. Ke4 h4 (54... Rh3 55. Ra2+
Kb3 56. Rf2 $18) 55. Kf5 Kd3 56. Kxf6 Ke4 57. f5 {The king is cut off
horizontally - a decisive element in rook endings.} h3 58. Ra4+ Kf3 59. Kg5 Rb5
60. Ra2 Rb4 61. f6 Rg4+ 62. Kf5 Rf4+ 63. Ke6 Re4+ 64. Kd6 Rd4+ 65. Ke7 Re4+ 66.
Kf8 Rb4 67. f7 Rf4 68. Rb2 Ra4 69. Rb6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 {Svidler did play the Ruy Lopez in Baku, but he mostly preferred
the Breyer system with} (9... Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1
(13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 c5 18. bxc5 exd4 19. c6
dxc3 20. cxb7 cxd2 21. Qxd2 Rb8 22. Bxb5 Qb6 23. Rb1 Qxb7 24. Bd3 Qa8 25. Rxb8
Rxb8 26. Bb2 Qa2 27. Re2 h6 28. Qc1 Qb3 29. Bc4 Qb7 $132 {0-1 (38) Karjakin,S 
(2762)-Svidler,P (2727) Baku 2015}) 13... Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 {Svidler
preferred the rare} Rb8 $5 ({After the standard continuation} 15... c5 16. d5
c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 {Black has lately faced some problems in
the line} 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Nf1 Nd7 22. Qe3 {Here a new idea is} Rb8 $5 (22...
Qf6 23. Ra2 Kh7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Rea1 Qf4 $6 26. g3 Qxe3 27. Nxe3 Bd6 28. h4 $1
$36 {Yu,Y (2668)-Safarli,E (2649) Tromso 2014/ For more details see the notes
to this game in CBM 162.}) 23. N1d2 Nb6 24. axb5 (24. Ra2 b4 $1) 24... axb5 25.
Ra2 Ra8 26. Rea1 Qf6 27. Qe1 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Nc8 29. b3 cxb3 30. Nxb3 c4 31. Na5
Nd6 32. Nxb7 Nxb7 33. Qa1 Qf4 34. Ra7 Nd6 $132 {Saric,I (2678)-Amin,B (2636)
WCup Baku 2015}) 16. Bd3 (16. Bd2 d5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe4
20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bf4 Qxd1 22. Raxd1 Bg7 23. Rd7 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Bb3 c5
26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. Ba2 Re7 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Bb1 Kf6 30. Bxe4 Re8 31. f3 Bxe4
32. fxe4 Rd8 33. Kf2 Ke5 {½, Timofeev,A (2664)-Tkachiev,V (2657) Dagomys 2008}
) 16... exd4 17. cxd4 c5 $132 {The exd4 motif is more typical for the Zaitsev,
in the Breyer Black mostly tends to hold on to his centre. However, Svidler
still found a plausible way to employ this idea:} 18. axb5 (18. Bf4 Qb6 (18...
c4 $5 19. Bc2 b4 $132) 19. a5 $6 (19. b4 $5 $13) 19... Qa7 20. d5 c4 21. Bc2
Nc5 22. Qd2 Ba8 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. Bh6 Qe7 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Bxf8
Rxf8 28. e5 Nxd5 29. Qxf5 Nd3 30. Ng5 f6 31. exd6 {Zhigalko,S (2668)-Kolesnik,
E (2374) Minsk 2010} Qxe1+ $1 32. Rxe1 fxg5 $17) 18... axb5 19. d5 c4 20. Bc2
Nc5 21. Bd2 Nfd7 22. Bc3 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qd2 Qb6 25. Bb4 Ra8 26. Nf1 Rxa1
27. Rxa1 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. Qc3 Bd6 30. Nd2 Bb7 31. b3 Ba6 $1 32. bxc4 bxc4
33. Nxc4 Bxc4 34. Qxc4 Nxe4 $11 {Radjabov,T (2738)-Svidler,P (2727) WCup Baku
2015}) 10. d4 Re8 (10... Nd7 {is probably not ideal:} {Kislik recommends the
more refined} 11. Bc2 $5 {, now after} (11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Re8 {transposes
back to the game.}) (11. a4 Na5 (11... Bf6 12. d5 Ne7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8
Qxa8 15. Na3 Ba6 16. Nh2 (16. Be3 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Nd7 19. c4 bxc4 20. Ba4
Bb7 21. Nxc4 cxd5 22. Nxd6 dxe4 23. Nh2 Bc6 24. b5 Bd5 25. b6 Rd8 26. Bxd7 Rxd7
27. Nxe4 $36 {Svidler,P (2690)-Gabriel,C (2555) Bad Homburg 1998}) 16... Ng6
17. Ng4 Be7 18. Ne3 Rb8 19. Nec2 Nc5 20. Nb4 Bc8 21. Nc6 Rb6 22. Bc2 Bd7 23. b4
Nb7 24. Be3 $1 $16 {Dominguez Perez,L (2726)-Svidler,P (2739) Tbilisi 2015})
12. Bc2 c5 13. d5 $142 (13. Nbd2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. d5 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bf6 (
16... Re8 17. Ra3 Bf6 18. Nh2 g6 (18... c4 19. Ng4 Bg5 $13) 19. Ng4 Bg7 20. Nf3
h5 21. Nh6+ Kf8 22. Qd2 Nf6 {De Firmian,N (2540)-Kjartansson,G (2306)
Copenhagen 2007} 23. Ng5 $1 Bxh6 24. Ne6+ fxe6 25. Qxh6+ Kf7 26. e5 $18) 17.
Nf1 c4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 {Robson,R (2596)-Bartel,M (2658) Moscow 2012}
Bxa8 $132 {[%cal Yd7c5]}) 13... c4 14. Na3 (14. Be3 $5 Qb8 15. Nbd2 Nc5 16. Ra3
Rc8 17. Qe2 Bd8 18. Rea1 Bb6 19. Nh2 Qc7 20. Kh1 {Pikula,D (2489)-Abramovic,B 
(2469) Pozarevac 2013} Rf8 {/\} 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Rae8 $132) 14... bxa4 $5
15. Bxa4 Nc5 16. Bc2 Ncb3 17. Ra2 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Qc7 19. Qe3 f5 20. Nb1 Nb3 21.
Ra4 a5 22. exf5 Bxd5 23. Be4 Qc6 24. Bxd5+ Qxd5 25. Nbd2 Nc5 26. Rxc4 Rxf5 $11
{Dominguez Perez,L (2734)-Efimenko,Z (2689) St Petersburg rpd 2012}) 11... exd4
(11... Re8 12. d5 Na5 13. Nbd2 c6 14. b4 Nc4 15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17.
Qe2 Nb6 18. a4 a5 19. b5 Bd7 20. Be3 Be6 21. Rad1 $36 {Radulski,J (2586)-Rusev,
K (2536) Bankia 2011}) 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb3 c5 14. a3 Nc6 {White still retains
the option to develop his knight more actively with} 15. Nc3 Re8 (15... Nxd4
16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Rc8 18. Nd5 Nc5 19. Ba2 $14) 16. Nd5 Bf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6
18. Be3 Rxe4 19. dxc5 (19. Bc2 Ree8 20. Qd3 g6 21. Bg5 $44) 19... Nxc5 20. Bd5
Re7 21. Rc1 $44 {White has compensation, but it's an open question if he can
claim an advantage as well.}) 11. Nbd2 exd4 {The recent fashion. Svidler faced
this new line earlier this year with White against Kjartansson, got interested
and added it to his repertoire. Also an article by Erik Kislik in the New in
Chess Yearbook didn't go unnoticed and the system started appearing at GM
level more often.} ({Until now the standard Zaitsev continuation has been} 
11... Bf8 12. a3 ({The text-move heralds a positional approach, promoted by L.
Kritz in a survey in CBM 139.} 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5
16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 $13 {is the main Zaitsev line, which has been around for
about 30 years now, since the legendary K-K matches. An article in CBM 138
sums up the developments in this branch up to October 2010. While it probably
remains playable for Black, over the board players tend to avoid it due to its
extreme complexity. Thus this tactical line has become mostly the domain of
postal, or engine encounters.}) 12... h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 Nbd7 15. Qf3 c6 16.
dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ng4 Nc5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bc2 Red8 21. Nf1 d5 22.
exd5 Bxd5 23. Ng3 Bb3 24. Bxb3 Nxb3 25. Rb1 Kh7 26. Be3 Kg6 27. f4 exf4 28.
Bxf4 Nd2 29. Rbc1 Nc4 30. Rc2 Rd3 31. Ne2 Re8 32. Bc1 Bd6 33. Rf1 Rd2 $1 $11 {
Giri,A (2798)-Ding,L (2782) Bilbao 2015}) 12. cxd4 (12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 c5
$132 {/=/+ only eases Black's task.}) 12... Nd7 (12... Na5 $6 13. Bc2 Nd7 {
enables the timely} 14. b3 $1 Bf6 15. Bb2 c5 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 18. Ne4
Nf8 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. Nfg5 (20. Ng3 $1 Ne6 21. Nf5 Rad8 22. Rad1 $14 {Kislik})
20... Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Nc6 22. Qg4 Nd4 23. Bd3 Rad8 24. Rad1 Ng6 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26.
Qxg5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 f6 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Qd5+ Ne6 30. Bf5 $44 {[%csl Gb2,Gf5]
Mihok,O (2455)-Kislik,E (2362) Budapest 2014}) 13. Nf1 {The natural reaction.}
(13. a3 $146 Bf6 14. d5 Nce5 (14... Na5 $5 15. Ba2 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 $11 {
[%cal Yc6e5,Yd7c5] /=/+ with excellent piece play.}) 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf1 (16.
Nf3 $11) 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nd2 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Nxc4 d5 21. Ne3
$2 (21. e5 dxc4 22. exf6 Qxf6 $15) 21... Rxe4 22. Rb1 h5 23. Bd2 d4 $17 {
Edouard,R (2630)-Smirin,I (2655) W Cup Baku 2015}) ({After the untested} 13. d5
Na5 14. Nd4 {Kislik recommends} Bf6 15. Nf5 Bc8 16. Bc2 Nb6 17. Ne3 c6 18. dxc6
Nxc6 $1 19. a4 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bd3 Nd7 (21... Nd4 22. Nf3 Bd7 $132) 22.
Nd5 Nc5 23. Nf3 Be6 24. Be3 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bxd5 26. exd5 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Ne5 28.
Nxe5 Bxe5 $11) 13... Na5 (13... Bf6 {[%cal Yc6a5]} 14. Qd2 $5 {stops Na5} a5 (
14... Nb6 15. Ng3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nh5 $14) 15. a4 (15. Ng3 $5 a4 16. Bd5
Nb6 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qd3 Nc4 19. Rb1 $14 {Kislik}) 15... Nb4 16. Ng3 c5 17.
Nf5 c4 $6 (17... Qb6 $5 $13) 18. Bc2 Nb6 19. axb5 Bc8 20. Ng3 g6 21. Bb1 Bd7
22. e5 Bg7 23. Ne4 $16 {Smirin,I (2652)-Urkedal,F (2469) Stockholm 2013}) 14.
Bc2 Bf6 {[%mdl 32] The critical opening position of the new line. Black has
given up the e5-point, combines the Zaitsev and Chigorin systems, possibly
striving for a Benoni-like structure. Contrary to the main line of the Zaitsev,
Black has another point in his favour - he has avoided weakening his kingside
with h6. While this is certainly not the classical Closed Ruy Lopez strategy ,
it's undoubtedly a very interesting approach! Studying this line, one must
also take into account numerous engine games - the machines have played it
more often than humans!} (14... c5 15. Ne3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 g6 (16... Bf6 17. Ndf5
Bxe4 18. Nxd6 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Re6 20. Rd1 Ra7 (20... Be5 21. Ndf5) 21. Ne4 Qe8
22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. b3 Nc6 24. Bb2 Ne7 25. a4 Rc6 26. Qe2 bxa4 27. Rxa4 $36 {
Pranjic,M (2397)-Favai,J email 2011}) 17. b3 $1 (17. Ng4 Ne5 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19.
f4 Kxh6 20. fxe5+ Kg7 21. e6 Bf6 22. exf7 Kxf7 23. Bb3+ Nc4 $36 {[%cal Rd8b6]
Pichot,A (2492)-Mekhitarian,K (2570) Buenos Aires 2015}) 17... Rc8 18. Bb2 Nc6
({Kislik also analyses this position and considers alternatives} 18... Bg5 19.
Nd5 Nb6 20. Qg4 $1 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bf6 22. Be4 Be5 (22... Bg7 23. Re2 Be5 (23...
f5 24. Bxf5 Rxe2 25. Be6+ Rxe6 26. Nxe6 Qd7 27. Nxg7 Qxg4 28. hxg4 Kf7 29. g5
Bxd5 30. Rd1 $14) 24. Rae1 Qf6 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Qd3 $16 {[%cal Yg2g3,Ye4g2,
Yf2f4]}) 23. Rad1 b4 24. Ba1 Qf6 25. Qd7 $1 (25. Bf3 Qd8 26. Be4 Qf6 $11) 25...
Qd8 (25... Ba8 26. Bf3 $14) 26. Qa4 Qb6 27. Re3 Re7 28. Bf3 $14 {[%csl Ra5]
Black's main problem is of course the offside Na5.}) (18... Bf6 19. Ng4 Bg7 20.
Qd2 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. b4 $14) 19. Nd5 Bf8 20. Ne2 Bg7 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd2 Nf6 23. Ng3 Kg8 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Rad1 Red8 26. Re2 Qe7 27.
Qe3 Ne5 28. Red2 {Mourato,M (2329)-Moreira,J (2406) email 2012}) 15. Rb1 {
White has numerous options, preparing b3 and Bb2 is one of the critical moves.}
(15. N1h2 c5 16. Ng4 (16. d5 Nc4 17. Rb1 Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 Nd7 $5 {
is an untested suggestion by Kislik, who considers the knight misplaced on g6.}
(19... Ng6 20. Be3 Bh4 21. Re2 a5 22. g4 (22. Nf1 a4 23. g3 Bf6 24. Nh2 b4 25.
Ng4 Ba6 26. Re1 b3 27. axb3 axb3 28. Bxb3 Rxe4 29. Bc2 {Sokolov,A (2563)-Baron,
T (2467) Haguenau 2013} Rb4 $11) 22... Bg3 23. Qf1 b4 (23... h6 $5 $13) 24. Qf3
Ba6 25. Rg2 Bxh2+ 26. Rxh2 Bc4 27. b3 Bb5 28. h4 a4 29. h5 $36 {Smirin,I (2663)
-Baron,T (2473) Acre 2013}) 20. Nf3 (20. Be3 $2 Bh4 21. Re2 f5 $1 22. exf5 Nf6
$17) 20... a5 21. b3 b4 22. Bb2 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Nb6 $132 {<<}) 16... cxd4 (16...
Bxd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc8 {-16...cxd4.}) 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc8 19.
Qd1 (19. Ne3 Nf6 20. f3 d5 21. exd5 Bxd5 (21... Nxd5 22. Bf5 Rc4 {De Firmian,N
(2553)-Fressinet,L (2654) Selfoss 2003} 23. Qd2 $5 $14) (21... Rxe3 $5 22.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Bxe3 Nxd5 $13) 22. Bf5 (22. Qd2 Nc6 23. b3 Be6 24. Qxd8 Rexd8
25. Bb2 Nd4 26. Bb1 b4 27. Kf1 Rc7 28. Rd1 Rcd7 29. Nc2 Nxc2 30. Bxc2 Nd5 $11 {
Kislik}) 22... Nc6 23. Qh4 $6 Be6 24. Rd1 Qb6 25. Kh1 Rcd8 26. Rf1 Nd4 27. Bxe6
Rxe6 $17 {Sautto,D (2097)-Dervishi,E (2523) Genova 2002}) (19. Re2 Ne5 (19...
Nf8 20. Qd1 Ne6 $132) 20. Ne3 Qf6 {Wang,J (2375)-Urkedal,F (2473) Reykjavik
2013} 21. Qb6 $14) 19... h5 $5 (19... Nc4 20. a4 Nc5 21. axb5 axb5 22. f3 Qb6
23. Kh1 Ne6 24. b3 Qd4 25. Ra2 Ne5 26. Ne3 Nc6 27. Bb1 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Nc5 29.
Nf5 $16 {Bauer,C (2602)-Fressinet,L (2654) Belfort 2003}) (19... d5 20. Bd2 Nf8
21. Ne3 dxe4 22. Bc3 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. f3 Ne6 26. fxe4 Nc5
27. e5 Ne4 $11) 20. Nh2 (20. Ne3 $5 Nf6 21. b4 (21. f3 d5 $11) 21... Nc6 22.
Bb3 Rxe4 23. Bb2 Ne5 24. Qd2 $44 {Kislik}) 20... Qc7 (20... d5 $1 $11) 21. Bb1
Nf6 22. Bg5 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxh5 Bg6 $6 (24... d5 $1 25. Rac1 Nc6 26.
Qg4 Qb7 27. Bf6 Bg6 $11 {Kislik}) 25. Qh4 Qc4 26. Ng4 f5 $2 (26... Rxe1+ 27.
Rxe1 Nc6 $14) 27. b3 Qf7 28. Ne3 Re4 29. Bf4 d5 30. f3 Ree8 31. Rad1 Rcd8 32.
Rc1 d4 33. Nf1 $40 {[%csl Rg6,Rg8] Svidler,P (2739)-Kjartansson,G (2468)
Caleta 2015}) ({Another important alternative is} 15. Bf4 Nf8 (15... c5 $6 16.
e5 $1 dxe5 17. dxe5 Bxf3 18. Qd3 $1 Nxe5 $2 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Ng3 Ng6 21. Nf5
Re2 22. Rxe2 Bxe2 23. Re1 Bd3 24. Nh6 Ne5 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Qxf7+ Kd6 27. Bxd3
gxh6 28. Be4 Nac6 29. Rd1+ Nd4 30. Bxa8 {1-0, Robson,R (2613)-Chirila,I (2514)
Lubbock 2013}) {The main engine continuation is} 16. Bg3 (16. Ng3 Ne6 (16... g6
17. b3 (17. Rb1 c5 18. d5 Nc4 19. Qc1 Nd7 20. Nf1 Rc8 (20... Bc8 $5 $13) 21.
N1h2 Nce5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. hxg4 c4 25. g5 Bg7 26. Bd2 a5 27. Bc3
b4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qe3 Qe7 30. f4 Qc7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 {Yu Yangyi (2736)-Svidler,
P (2740) Ningbo 2015} 32. Ba4 $14) 17... c5 18. d5 $5 {was an impressive
positional sacrifice, White quickly got a dangerous attack after} Bxa1 19. Qxa1
f6 20. Nh2 Bc8 21. Bc1 Ra7 22. Bb2 Rf7 23. f4 b4 24. Rf1 c4 25. Bd4 Qc7 26. Qd1
Bd7 27. f5 cxb3 28. axb3 Rc8 29. Bd3 Bb5 30. Ng4 $40 {Gopal,G (2575)-Narayanan,
S (2459) Kolkata 2015}) 17. Bc1 (17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bc3 c5 19. e5 dxe5 (19... cxd4
20. exf6 dxc3 21. fxg7 Qf6 22. Qd3 Qxg7 23. bxc3 $14) (19... Be7 $5) 20. dxe5
Be7 21. b3 b4 (21... Na3 22. Be4) 22. bxc4 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 bxc3
25. Ne2 Rab8 26. Nxc3 Nd4 27. Be4 Rb4 28. Bd5 Rb2 $132 {[%cal Ye7h4]} 29. Rb1
Rc2 30. Rbc1 Rb2 31. Rb1 Rc2 32. Rbc1 Rb2 {½, Motylev,A (2658)-Svidler,P 
(2739) Chita 2015}) 17... g6 18. Rb1 c5 (18... d5 $5 19. e5 Bg7 20. h4 c5 21.
dxc5 Qc7 22. b4 Nc4 $44 {is Kislik's idea.}) 19. d5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. b3
Bc8 22. Bf4 b4 $13 {Pavlidis,A (2522)-Bok,B (2591) Hoogeveen 2015}) 16... c5
17. e5 (17. dxc5 dxc5 18. e5 (18. Qb1 Qb6 19. e5 (19. Ne3 Rad8 (19... Ng6 20.
e5 Nxe5 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Ng4 Bd4 24. Qf5 Bxf3 25. gxf3 g6 26.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qxf7 Qe6 28. Qxg6 Qxg6 29. Bxg6 Re2 $44) 20. Nf5 Bc8 $5 (20...
Nc4 21. e5 Bxf3 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. gxf3 Nd2 25. Qd1 Re1+ 26. Qxe1
Nxf3+ 27. Kf1 Nxe1 28. Rxe1 $16) 21. e5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Be7 $13) 19... Be7 20.
Ne3 Rad8 21. Be4 c4 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Nf5 Bb4 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Ng6 $13 {
quaddy,h (2586)-amadeus chess,h (2648) playchess.com 2011}) 18... Qxd1 19.
Raxd1 Bd8 $5 20. Ne3 Bc7 21. Nd5 Bd8 22. b3 (22. Be4 Ne6 23. Bf4 Rb8 24. g3 c4
25. Nc3 Nc6 26. a3 Bc7 27. Rd7 Rbd8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Ng5 h6 30. Nxe6 fxe6 $15
{sweaty carpenter,h (2587)-hope,h (2558) Engine Room 2011}) 22... Ne6 23. Be4
Rc8 24. Nh4 g6 25. Nf3 Ba8 26. Nc3 Nc6 27. Re3 Kg7 28. Nd5 Ncd4 29. Nf6 Rf8 $11
{Sin Libro,C (2492)-Hope,H (2497) Engine Room 2011}) 17... dxe5 18. dxe5 {
- 17.dxc5 dxc5 18.e5}) ({The immediate} 15. b3 c5 16. Bb2 Nc6 {is too soft:}
17. Ng3 (17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Rac1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qb6 $11) 17... g6 18. Qd2 Rc8 19.
Rad1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Bb1 Qb6 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 d5 25.
Red1 Nf6 $11 {Preotu,R (2447)-Stefansson,H (2560) Reykjavik 2015}) (15. Ng3 g6
16. Bh6 (16. b3 c5 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Rc1 Nxd4 $1 (18... h5 {Gao,R (2533)-Eljanov,
P (2727) Reykjavik 2015} 19. e5 $1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. exf6 $44) 19. Nxd4
cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bg5 21. Be3 d5 22. exd5 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qb6 $11) (16. Bf4 c5 17.
Bxd6 cxd4 18. Bd3 {Hevia Alejano,C (2511)-Kjartansson,G (2451) Merida 2014} Nc4
19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 $17) 16... Rc8 $5 (16... Nc4 17. b3 Na3 18. Bd3 c5
19. Bf4 Nf8 20. e5 dxe5 {Kryvoruchko,Y (2708)-Iordachescu,V (2589) Abu Dhabi
2014} 21. Bc1 $5 b4 22. Bxa3 bxa3 23. dxc5 e4 24. Bxe4 Bxa1 25. Qxa1 $44) 17.
b3 (17. b4 Nc4 18. Bb3 Ndb6 $1 19. a4 bxa4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qxa4 Re6 $132 {
Kislik}) 17... c5 18. Rc1 ({More testing might be the generous} 18. d5 $5 Bxa1
19. Qxa1 $44) 18... cxd4 19. Nxd4 d5 20. Re2 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Nf3 Qf4 23.
exd5 Bxd5 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nxd2 Nf6 $11 {Quesada Perez,Y (2637)
-Narayanan,S (2459) Kolkata 2015} 27. Ndf1 Bb7 28. Ne3 Nc6 29. Bb1 Re7 30. Ne2
Nb4 $11 {Quesada Perez,Y (2637)-Narayanan,S (2459) Kolkata 2015}) ({Also after
} 15. Qd3 {there are only a few human games:} Nf8 (15... g6 16. N1h2 c5 17. Ng4
Nc6 18. d5 Nb4 19. Qd2 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Bg7 21. Bh6 Bxh6 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Qd2 $14
{Polovnikov,Y (2240)-Pawlowski,S (2474) email 2006}) 16. Rb1 (16. N1h2 c5 17.
Ng4 Nc6 (17... Bxd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc8 $132) 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bg5 $2
(19. d5 Nb4 $11) 19... Qg6 20. d5 Nb4 21. Qd2 h6 22. Bf4 Nxc2 23. Qxc2 Bxd5 24.
Nh4 Qf6 25. Bxd6 Bxe4 $17 {Severiukhina,Z (2332)-Kovanova,B (2398) Voronezh
2009}) (16. b4 Nc4 17. Rb1 c5 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. d5 Qa5 (19... Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5
21. Be3 Ng6 22. a4 b4 23. Bxc5 a5 $13 {1/2-1/2 (116) sparta 300,d (2313)
-knilch,e (2419) Engine Room 2013}) 20. a4 Ng6 $132) 16... c5 17. d5 Nc4 18.
N1h2 Bc8 $5 (18... h5 19. b3 Ne5 ({Kislik prefers} 19... Nb6 20. Nf1 b4 $13)
20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qd1 h4 22. Qg4 Ng6 23. Bd2 Bd4 (23... Bc8 $1 $11) 24. Qh5 Ne5
25. Re2 Bc8 26. Bg5 f6 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Rxe3 g5 29. Rf1 Kg7 30. f4 $14 {
[%csl Rg7] softescu,h (2518)-tapalov,r (2306) Engine Room 2013}) (18... Ne5 19.
Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Qd2 (21. Ng4 Bh4 $1 (21... Bg5 22. f4 $1 Bh4 23. Re2
Bc8 24. Bd2 Bxg4 25. hxg4 $14) 22. g3 Be7 23. f4 Qd7 {could be playable for
Black - Kislik.}) 21... Ng6 (21... Bc8 $5 22. f4 Bh4 $13) 22. Ng4 Bh4 23. Rf1
a5 24. Qd1 Bc8 25. a3 a4 26. f4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4 Bf6 28. Rfd1 c4 29. Bf2 Qa5 30.
g3 Rad8 31. Qf3 Qc7 32. h4 $14 {i3litz,h (2645)-rocky iii,d (2598) Engine Room
2011}) 19. b3 Nb6 (19... Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. f4 Bf6 22. Nf3 Bb7 23. e5 $36)
20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 h6 $13 {is similar to the game position.}) 15... c5 16.
d5 {[%cal Rb2b3]} (16. b4 cxb4 $5 (16... Nc4 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. d5 Bc3 19. N1d2
Nde5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Re3 Bd4 22. Rg3 Qf6 $132 {Kislik}) 17. N1h2 (17. Rxb4
$142 Nb6 $13) 17... Rc8 18. Ng4 Be7 19. d5 Nc4 20. Nd4 Bg5 (20... Nde5 $1 $15)
21. f4 Bf6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Nf5 Nc5 (23... a5 24. Rb3 $44) 24. Rxb4 Rc7 {
Iordachescu,V (2590)-Kjartansson,G (2484) Jerusalem 2015} 25. e5 $1 dxe5 26.
fxe5 Nxe5 27. Rg4 g6 28. d6 Rd7 29. Bg5 $16) 16... Nc4 $8 17. b3 (17. Ng3 g6
18. b3 Nce5 $142 (18... Ncb6 19. Bf4 $1 (19. Nh2 Bg7 20. Ng4 Ne5 21. Nh6+ Kh8
22. Bf4 Qe7 23. Qd2 (23. Ng4 $11) 23... Bc8 24. h4 b4 25. h5 a5 26. hxg6 fxg6
27. f3 a4 28. Ne2 axb3 29. axb3 Ra2 $17 {Lopez Martinez,J (2538)-Svetushkin,D 
(2581) Roquetas de Mar 2015}) 19... Ne5 (19... Qe7 20. a4 $14) 20. Nxe5 Bxe5
21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. a4 Re8 23. Nf1 b4 24. Ne3 a5 25. Bd3 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27.
Qd3 Ra8 28. Rbd1 $14 {Kislik}) 19. Nh2 Nb6 20. Rf1 a5 21. f4 Ned7 22. Ng4 Bg7
23. f5 Qh4 24. Bf4 Ne5 {is a line, analysed by Kislik:} 25. f6 $5 Nxg4 26. fxg7
Ne5 $132) 17... Nce5 18. N3h2 Ng6 {Kislik considers this inferior, but it's
not so clear, as White won't find it so simple to dislodge the defensive
knight.} (18... Nb6 19. Ng3 g6 {tranposes to the above lines.}) ({Another
plausible alternative is} 18... c4 {Untested is the better} 19. Ne3 ({
Premature is} 19. f4 $6 Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Nf3 (21. Qxd3 Nc5 22. Qf3 Bxd5
$36) 21... Nc5 22. Ng3 Bc3 23. Bd2 b4 24. Rc1 Qf6 25. Kh2 Rac8 26. e5 dxe5 27.
fxe5 Qb6 28. Bxc3 bxc3 29. Rxc3 Bxd5 $36 {Baron,T (2497)-Efimenko,Z (2695)
Plovdiv 2012}) 19... Nd3 $5 (19... cxb3 20. axb3 $14) 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Nf5 Nc5
$132) 19. Ng3 $146 (19. Bd2 Bg5 20. Ne3 Nf6 21. Nf5 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Nh5 $5 (22...
Bc8 23. g4 Ra7 24. Ng3 (24. Kh1 Rc7 25. h4 c4 26. h5 Ne5 27. Rg1 cxb3 28. Rxb3
Rc4 $132 {0-1 (44) Agopov,M (2434)-Gonda,L (2535) Germany 2013}) 24... Nd7 25.
f4 Ndf8 26. Nh5 b4 27. Bd3 f6 28. Nf3 a5 29. Bb5 Bd7 30. Bc4 $36 {Berg,E (2489)
-Pilgaard,K (2459) Gausdal 2003}) 23. g3 Bc8 24. Kg2 Ra7 25. Ng4 Nf8 $6 (25...
Nf6 $142 $13) 26. e5 Bxf5 27. Bxf5 g6 28. Bc2 dxe5 29. Nxe5 Qd6 30. Nc4 Qd8 {
Bauer,C (2639)-Svetushkin,D (2589) Leon 2012} 31. Rxe8 Qxe8 32. Ne3 $14) (19.
Ne3 Bc3 (19... Rc8 20. Nf5 Nb6 21. Ng4 c4 22. Be3 Bc3 23. Qf3 Ne5 24. Ngh6+
gxh6 25. Qg3+ Ng6 26. Bxb6 $18 {Dubreuil,J (2250)-Daurelle,H (2292) Nimes 2009}
) (19... Bc8 $5) 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Bc8 22. Nf5 Nb6 23. g4 Ra7 24. f4 b4 25.
Bd3 a5 26. Bb5 Rf8 27. Rbd1 a4 28. e5 axb3 29. axb3 dxe5 30. fxe5 Bb7 $132 {
Macieja,B (2579)-Berczes,D (2495) Las Vegas 2015}) (19. f4 $6 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 f5
$1 {/\} 21. exf5 Nh4 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Nf3 Nxf3 24. Qxf3 Nf6 $17) 19... Bc8 $1
{Improving the bishop, which has little to do on b7 in a Benoni set-up.} ({
The text-move is more natural than} 19... Bc3 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Nf6 22. f4
$14 (22. a4 $14)) 20. Rf1 $5 {Improves the rook and prevents Bg5 due to f4.} ({
Giri didn't like} 20. Ng4 Bc3 {, for example} 21. Rf1 (21. Bd2 Bxd2 22. Qxd2
Nf6 $11) 21... Nde5 22. Ne3 Nf4 23. Nef5 Neg6 24. Qf3 Be5 $132) 20... Nb6 21.
Ng4 {White had his first longer thought and he allows a swap of a pair of
minor pieces after all.} (21. f4 $5 {is an aggressive alternative, suggested
by Gleizerov. White's plan shows after} Bd7 $6 ({Less clear is} 21... a5 $142 {
/\} 22. f5 Ne5 23. Nh5 Nbd7) 22. f5 Ne5 23. Nh5 $36 {[%cal Yc1b2,Yh5f6,Yh2g4]
The bishop is misplaced on d7 and Black has difficulties holding the e5-square.
}) ({Another option is the restrained} 21. Bd2 {[%cal Yg3h5]}) 21... Bxg4 $5 {
Svidler follows his plan, started on move 19.} ({Both} 21... Bd4) ({and} 21...
Bc3 {can be met by} 22. Ne2 {Now} Bxg4 23. hxg4 Bf6 24. Ng3 {transposes back
to the game.} (24. f4 h6 $13)) 22. hxg4 (22. Qxg4 Ne5 23. Qe2 g6 {is a good
Benoni for Black - he already has queenside play and it's difficult to say,
how White should develop his own initiative.}) 22... h6 {Finally Black moves a
kingside pawn, feeling he needs this for the defence.} ({Probably he has to
play this sooner or later and} 22... Be5 23. Nf5 Nh4 24. Ne3 $14 {seems better
for White.} (24. g5 Nxf5 25. exf5 h6 $5 26. b4 $5 {[%cal Yb1b3,Yb3h3] si
interesting, but more double-edged.})) 23. Nf5 Ne7 24. Ne3 ({Giri shortly
mentions the immediate} 24. g3 {[%cal Yg1g2,Yf1h1] , but he saw White would
have a hard time breaking through:} Nxf5 25. gxf5 Nd7 $11 {seems OK for Black,
if necessary he can even escape with his king towards the centre.}) 24... b4 {
[%cal Ya6a4]} (24... Nd7 {is rather slow after} 25. g3 {, so Black starts his
active counterplay. It will succeed admirably, but the text-move gives up the
light squares and is quite committal.}) 25. g3 ({Gleizerov's prohylactic} 25.
Bd3 $1 {seems more to the point, after} Nd7 $5 (25... Qd7 26. g3 a5 27. Qe2 $14
) (25... a5 26. Bb5 Rf8 27. a4 bxa3 28. Bxa3 $36) 26. g3 $14 {White has good
control over the queenside.}) ({Giri considered also} 25. a4 $5 bxa3 26. Bxa3
$14 {, but didn't want to distract his bishop from eyeing h6.}) 25... a5 $132
26. Kg2 (26. Bd3 a4 27. Bb5 axb3 28. axb3 Rf8 $13 {[%cal Ga8a1]}) ({After} 26.
a4 {White must already reckon with the positional sacrifice} c4 $5 27. bxc4 Rc8
$44) 26... a4 27. bxa4 $6 {Gives Black too much play.} (27. Bd3 axb3 28. axb3
Ra2 29. Re1 {[%cal Ye1e2]} Qc7 30. Re2 Rea8 $11) 27... Qd7 28. Qd3 ({The way
to bail out was} 28. a3 $5 Nxa4 29. Bxa4 Rxa4 (29... Qxa4 30. Qxa4 Rxa4 31.
axb4 cxb4 32. Bd2 b3 33. Rxb3 Rxe4 $11) 30. axb4 (30. Nc4 Nc8 (30... bxa3 31.
Nb6 Qa7 32. Qxa4 Qxa4 33. Nxa4 a2 34. Bf4 axb1=Q 35. Rxb1 $11 {/+/=}) 31. Qc2
Qb5 $11) 30... Rxb4 31. Rxb4 cxb4 32. Qb3 (32. Bd2 Rb8 $11) 32... Bc3 $11)
28... Ng6 (28... Nxa4 $6 29. e5 $1 Bxe5 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Re1 $36 {is too
dangerous, especially with the approaching time-trouble.}) 29. Nf5 $6 ({Here} 
29. a3 $1 {was the best chance to hold the balance:} Ne5 (29... Nxa4 30. axb4
Ne5 31. Qd2 (31. Bxa4 Rxa4 32. Qe2 Rxb4 33. Rxb4 cxb4 $15) 31... Nxg4 32. Nc4
$13) 30. Qd1 Nxa4 31. Bxa4 Qxa4 32. axb4 cxb4 33. Nf5 $132) 29... Nxa4 30. Bxa4
$2 {Positional capitulation.} ({The attack lacks punch after} 30. g5 hxg5 31.
Rh1 Nc3 (31... Ne5 32. Qd1 g4 33. Bxa4 Rxa4 34. Nxd6 Rea8 $17) 32. Qf3 Rxa2 {/\
} 33. Qh5 Nh4+ $1 (33... Rxc2 $4 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Nxh8 36. Rxh8#) 34. gxh4
g6 35. Nh6+ Kg7 $19) ({White still had some tricks up his sleeve after} 30. Qf3
$142 $5 Nc3 (30... Qd8 31. g5 $5 Bxg5 32. Bxa4 Rxa4 33. Bb2 Bf6 34. Bxf6 Qxf6
35. Nxh6+ Kf8 36. Qxf6 gxf6 37. Nf5 Ra6 38. a3 bxa3 39. Rh1 a2 40. Rb7 a1=Q 41.
Rh7 Re7 42. Rb8+ Re8 43. Rb7 $11 {is probaly not forced, but still a pretty
line.}) 31. Nxh6+ gxh6 (31... Kf8 32. g5 $13) 32. Qxf6 Qe7 $15) 30... Rxa4 $17
{Peter was not afraid of ghosts and declined a draw at this point.} 31. Rh1 Ne7
$1 {[%mdl 256] Cool defence. Exchanging or chasing away the most dangerous
attacking piece is by far the cleanest solution.} (31... Rxa2 {invites
unecessary complications after} 32. g5 hxg5 (32... Bxg5 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. Qf3
f6 35. Rh2 $1 $44 (35. Qh5 Nh4+ 36. gxh4 Rxe4 37. Ng3 Rf4 $36)) 33. Qf3 Re5 34.
Bb2 (34. Qh5 Rxf5 35. exf5 Qxf5 $19) 34... Rxf5 35. exf5 Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Bxb2 37.
fxg6 $15) 32. g5 {The sacrifice on h6 is desperate, but so is this thrust.} (
32. a3 bxa3 33. Bxa3 Nxf5 (33... c4 $5) 34. exf5 Rxg4 $17 {/-+}) (32. Bb2 Nxf5
33. gxf5 Qe7 $17 {would prolong the game, but hardly save it.}) 32... hxg5 33.
Ne3 (33. Nxe7+ Qxe7 34. e5 Qxe5 35. Qh7+ Kf8 $19 {[%cal Re5e4]}) 33... Rxa2 $19
34. Bd2 (34. e5 Bxe5 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Ng8 $19 {is again just a couple of
checks.}) 34... Ng6 35. Nf5 (35. Rh2 Ne5 36. Rbh1 g6 $19 {and the attack is
over.}) 35... Ne5 36. Qe2 g6 (36... g4 $19) 37. Nh6+ (37. Bxg5 {White's last
ditch attempt is most convincingly parried by the pretty} Rxe2 $142 $1 (37...
Bxg5 38. Qxa2 gxf5 39. f4 Bxf4 (39... fxe4 40. fxe5 Qf5 $19) 40. gxf4 Ng6 $19)
38. Bxf6 Rxf2+ 39. Kg1 (39. Kxf2 Ng4+) 39... Rh2 $3 {[]} 40. Rxh2 Nf3+ $19)
37... Kg7 38. Nf5+ Kg8 (38... gxf5 {is possible as well, but Svidler wisely
waits until move 40.}) 39. Nh6+ Kg7 40. Nf5+ gxf5 41. Qh5 Ng6 {White's threats
are illusory and Black already has more than one way to win.} (41... Ng4 42.
Bxg5 Rxf2+ 43. Kg1 Bd4 $19) (41... Ng6 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Bxg5 Bxg5 44. Qxg5 Qe7
$19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {The Caro-Kann does seem like a strange choice for a must win game.
The reason is that White has several dull variations to play against this.} 2.
d4 d5 3. Nd2 (3. e5 Bf5 {lately leads to interesting and unbalanced play. Not
exactly what Svidler is looking for.}) 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3
{Out of the many ways you can play against the Caro-Kann, this looks like one
of the best if drawing is the same as winning.} Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 {Yes, this is
the best move, but how can Black hope to win such an endgame?} 8. dxe5 Qa5+ 9.
c3 Qxe5+ 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bf4 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Bc5 14. Bf3 O-O-O
15. O-O Nd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Rad1 {Black isn't really worse; his isolated
pawn in the middle of the board isn't that hard to protect and White can't
much progress against it. The problem is that he doesn't need to "make
progress" at all.} Nf8 18. Rfe1 Ne6 19. Be3 {Trade all the pieces!} b6 (19...
d4 20. cxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 {is simply unacceptable for Giri.}) 20. Rd3 Kb7
21. Red1 Kc6 22. Ne2 Rh4 23. Nd4+ Bxd4 24. Bxd4 b5 25. g3 Rh5 26. Bxa7 Ra8 27.
Be3 Rxa2 {Giri can try as he may, but he will never be able to create anything
in this position.} 28. R1d2 Re5 29. h4 Ra4 30. Kg2 f6 31. Bd4 Rh5 32. Re3 Kd7
33. Red3 Kd6 34. Be3 Kc6 35. Rd1 Ra2 36. R1d2 Ra8 37. Rd1 Ra4 38. R1d2 Ra2 39.
Kf1 Ra1+ 40. Rd1 Ra2 41. R1d2 Re5 42. Bd4 Rh5 43. Be3 Ra8 44. Rd1 Ra4 45. R3d2
Ra2 46. b3 Rxd2 47. Rxd2 b4 48. cxb4 Kb5 49. Bc5 Nxc5 50. bxc5 Kxc5 51. Ke2 g5
1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch rapid"]
[Site "Amstelveen"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d4 d6 8. O-O
Rb8 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. Qd2 b5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Rfd1 Qc8
15. Nd5 Bh3 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rac1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd8 19. Nef4 Qc6 20. f3 Nb7
21. e4 Rfe8 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Nd5 Qe5 24. Qe2 f5 25. Re1 Ra8 26. Rc2 Ra5 27.
f4 Qxe4+ 28. Qxe4 fxe4 29. Rxe4 Kf8 30. Nc7 Rc8 31. Ne6+ Kg8 32. Re5 c4 33. Nd4
Nd6 34. Rxe7 cxb3 35. axb3 Rxc2+ 36. Nxc2 Nf5 37. Ne3 Ra2+ 38. Kh3 Nxe7 0-1

[Event "NED-ch rapid"]
[Site "Amstelveen"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. cxd5 Qxb3 8.
axb3 Nxd5 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Kxd7 11. O-O e6 12. Na3 Nb4 13. Nc4 Be7 14. Bd2
f6 15. Bxb4 Bxb4 16. Ra4 Be7 17. Rfa1 Kc7 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Rxa7 Bc2 20. Bf3
Kb8 21. Ra1 Bxb3 22. Na5 Bc2 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Nxc6+ Kc7 25. Nxe7 Be4 26. d5
Kd6 27. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "NED-ch rapid"]
[Site "Amstelveen"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lai, Hing Ting"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 Nd4 11. Rb1 f6 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Bb2 f5 15.
Nd2 Bf6 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. Qb3 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Rbc1 c6 20. Rc5 Qxb3 21.
Nxb3 Na4 22. Rc2 Rd5 23. Bc1 Kf7 24. Bd2 g5 25. Kg2 Kg6 26. h3 h5 27. Kf3 Rd7
28. Kg2 Rde7 29. Bc1 Nc3 30. Kf1 g4 31. h4 Nd5 32. Rc4 Nb6 33. Rc5 Na4 34. Rc2
a6 35. Bf4 Nc3 36. Bd6 Rd7 37. Bc5 Na4 38. e3 dxe3 39. Rxe3 Rxe3 40. Bxe3 Rxd3
41. Na5 Rxa3 42. Nxb7 Nc3 43. Bd2 Ne4 44. Bf4 Bc3 45. Nd8 Kf6 46. Nxc6 Ke6 47.
Kg2 Ra1 48. Be3 Ra4 49. Bd4 Bxb4 50. Rc4 a5 51. Nxa5 Nd6 52. Be3 Nxc4 53. Nxc4
Bc3 54. Nd2 Kd5 0-1

[Event "NED-ch rapid"]
[Site "Amstelveen"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 d6 8. h3
Re8 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. dxc5 Ndb4 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Bg5 Nc2
15. Rxe7 Nxe7 16. Rc1 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 f6 18. Bf4 Rad8 19. Bd6 b6 20. b4 Nc8 21.
Nb5 Nxb4 22. Nfd4 Be4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. cxb6 Nxd6 25. Nf5 axb6 26. Nbxd6 Nxa2
27. Rb1 Re6 28. Rxb6 g6 29. Nh6+ Kf8 30. Nc4 Rxb6 31. Nxb6 f5 32. g4 Kg7 33. g5
Rd4 34. Nc8 Kf8 35. Na7 Nc3 36. Nc6 Rd5 37. Kg2 Ne4 38. f4 Rd2+ 39. Kf3 Rd3+
40. Ke2 Rxh3 41. Nd4 Ra3 42. Ne6+ Ke7 43. Nd4 Nc3+ 44. Kf2 Nd5 0-1

[Event "NED-ch rapid"]
[Site "Amstelveen"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Klein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2015.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb3 h6 11. Nh4 Na5 12. Ng6 Nxb3 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. axb3 Be6
15. f4 Ng4 16. Bc1 exf4 17. Bxf4 Rad8 18. Qd4 Ne5 19. Rad1 f6 20. Qb6 Rd7 21.
Rd2 Rc8 22. Rfd1 Rc6 23. Qd4 Kh7 24. Na2 Bg4 25. Rf1 Rc8 26. Nc3 Be6 27. Bg3
Rc6 28. h3 Rc8 29. Kh2 Rc6 30. Rfd1 Qf7 31. Qf2 Bg4 32. Rf1 Be6 33. Kg1 Qg6 34.
Rfd1 Qf7 35. Rd4 Qe7 36. R1d2 Kg8 37. Qe2 Kh7 38. Kh1 Kg8 39. Qd1 Kh7 40. Bh2
Kg8 41. Qf1 Kh7 42. Nd1 Rc8 43. Ne3 Rc6 44. Qd1 Kg8 45. Rf2 Kh7 46. Qf1 Kg8 47.
Bg3 Kh7 48. Rfd2 Kg8 49. c4 Qf7 50. Qd1 Qe7 51. Nf5 Bxf5 52. exf5 Kh7 53. Rd5
b5 54. Bxe5 fxe5 55. c5 Qf6 56. Rxd6 Rcxd6 57. Rxd6 Rxd6 58. cxd6 Qd8 59. d7
Kg8 60. Kg1 Kf7 61. Qd5+ Kf8 62. Qd6+ Kf7 63. Kf1 h5 64. g4 hxg4 65. hxg4 Qa8
66. d8=N+ 1-0

[Event "NED-ch rapid"]
[Site "Amstelveen"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. a3 g5 11. c5 Be7 12. b4 e5 13. Bg2 Qc7 14. O-O Nf8 15. f4
gxf4 16. exf4 exd4 17. Ne2 a5 18. f5 d3 19. Nd4 axb4 20. Bf4 Qd8 21. Re1 Rxa3
22. Rxa3 bxa3 23. Bd6 Ng8 24. Qxd3 a2 25. Qa3 Kd7 26. Qa7 Bxd6 27. cxd6 Kxd6
28. Qxb7 Ne7 29. Rc1 Nd7 30. Qb4+ c5 31. Nb5+ Kc6 32. Na7+ Kc7 33. Qa5+ Kb8 34.
Qxa2 Rh6 35. Nb5 Nc6 36. Qxd5 Qe7 37. Qd2 Nde5 38. Rb1 Nb4 39. Rd1 Nbc6 40. Qb2
Nc4 41. Qc3 Qe3+ 42. Qxe3 Nxe3 43. Rc1 Nxg2 44. Kxg2 Kb7 45. g5 Rh5 46. Nd6+
Kb6 47. Nxf7 Nd4 48. f6 gxf6 49. g6 Ne6 50. Rf1 f5 51. Kg3 Kc6 52. h4 Kd7 53.
Re1 c4 54. Ne5+ Ke7 55. Nxc4 Kf6 56. Nd6 Ng7 57. Ne8+ Nxe8 58. Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch rapid"]
[Site "Amstelveen"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2015.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nd2 e5 4. c3 Be7 5. Ngf3 exd4 6. cxd4 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8.
O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Rd1 Bf6 14. Bf4
Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Qc5 Re8 18. Bc4 Qe7 19. Rd6 Rad8 20. Rxd8
Qxd8 21. Qxa7 Qd4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Pohjala, Henri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Socar"]
[BlackTeam "Tammer Shakki"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. d3 Bg4
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Re8 12. Qc2 e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. a3 Qe7 15.
e3 Qc5 16. Rac1 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Nc7 18. Nd2 Nb5 19. Ra1 Bf8 20. Bf1 Nd6 21. Rd1
Red8 22. Nf3 Bg7 23. d4 exd4 24. Nxd4 Nf6 25. g4 Nde8 26. Bg2 Nc7 27. Rdc1 Nfe8
28. Bf3 Nd5 29. h4 Nec7 30. h5 Rd7 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rd1 Rad8 33. Kg2 Ne7 34.
Rh1 Ned5 35. Kf1 Nf4 36. exf4 Bxd4 37. Bc1 Bg7 38. f5 Nd5 39. fxg6 fxg6 40. Be2
Rf8 41. Rh3 Re8 42. Bd2 Bf8 43. Bc1 Bg7 44. Bd3 Re6 45. Kg2 b5 46. Rf3 Rf7 47.
g5 Rd7 48. Bf1 Ne7 49. a4 Rd5 50. Rh3 Nf5 51. axb5 cxb5 52. Bd2 Re8 53. Ra2 Kf7
54. Bxa5 Ra8 55. b4 Nd4 56. f4 Ne6 57. Rf2 Rf5 58. Rh4 Rh8 59. Rg4 Bd4 60. Rf3
Ba7 61. Bd3 Rd5 62. f5 gxf5 63. Rxf5+ Rxf5 64. Bxf5 Rg8 65. g6+ Kf6 66. Bd3 Bb8
67. Kf3 Ng5+ 68. Ke2 Bd6 69. Bb6 Ne6 70. Be3 Be5 71. Kf3 Bd6 72. Bf2 Ng5+ 73.
Kg2 Ne6 74. Kf3 Ng5+ 75. Ke3 Re8+ 76. Kd2 Ne6 77. g7 Bf4+ 78. Rxf4+ Nxf4 79.
Bd4+ Kf7 80. Bxb5 Rc8 81. Ba4 Ne6 82. Bb3 Re8 83. b5 Kg8 84. b6 Kh7 85. Bxe6
Rxe6 86. b7 Re8 87. Be5 Kg8 88. Kd3 Kf7 89. Kd4 Kg8 90. Kc4 Kf7 91. Kd5 Kg8 92.
Kc6 Kf7 93. Kb6 Re6+ 94. Ka7 Re7 95. Ka8 Rxe5 96. g8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Socar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{It is surprising that a solid player like Anish who hardly ever loses, should
go down to Babula who is rated nearly 250 points below him. But in chess the
best of players can blunder and when that happens nothing can be done!} 1. d4
e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 c6 {By some weird move order
we are now into one of the sharpest lines of chess called the Noteboom
Variation.} 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2
{This is all pretty well known theory. Black has those two extremely dangerous
looking passed pawns on the queenside and White has the central pawns. I would
say it is one of the most exciting and imbalanced opening positions in the
game of chess.} Nf6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Nd2 (15. Re1 Ne4 16. c5 Bc6
17. Qc2 f5 18. Bc4 Qe7 19. Bb3 Kh8 20. Red1 Qe8 21. Ba4 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Ndf6 23.
Rda1 Qb5 24. Ne5 Ng4 25. Nxg4 fxg4 26. Qxe4 Qe2 27. Rf1 Qxb2 28. Qxe6 b3 29.
Qc4 Rf6 30. Qc1 Qe2 31. c6 $4 b2 32. Qc4 Qd2 33. c7 Rc8 34. Qb3 Rcf8 35. Qd1
Rxf2 {0-1 (35) Kasimdzhanov,R (2705)-Grischuk,A (2810) Tbilisi 2015}) 15... Qc7
{A tricky move. The idea seems to be to get in the move e5 but it's more than
that. The hidden point which is not so obvious is g2. A sweet double threat!} (
15... e5 16. f4 (16. Bc2 Qc7 17. Ba4) (16. dxe5 Nxe5 $11) 16... exd4 17. exd4
Re8 18. d5 Nc5 19. Bc2 $14 {leads to different kind of position which is in
White's favour.}) 16. f4 {Preventing Black from hitting the centre with e5.
But this has left the g2 point quite soft and Black can advancce his queenside
majority which otherwise would not have been possible.} (16. e4 {This natural
central move wouldn't have helped much as Black had the typical} e5 $1 17. d5
Nc5 {[%csl Gc5] This is some sort of a dream position for Black. The central
pawns have been blocked and the queenside majority will be free to advance in
a few moves.} 18. Bc2 Nfd7 $36 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd7b6,Gb7a6,Gf7f6,Ga5a4]}) (16.
f3 $5 Bc6 17. e4 (17. Bc2 {is more circumspect.}) 17... a4 (17... e5 18. d5 Bb7
19. Bc2 Nc5 {still looks pretty comfortable for Black.}) 18. d5 Nc5 $1 19. Bc2
(19. Qc2 $6 a3 $1 20. Bxf6 {and now a strong intermediate move} Ba4 $1 21. Qb1
gxf6 $17 {[%csl Ga3,Gb4]}) (19. Qb1 $5 Bb7 20. e5 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 (21. exf6 $2
Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 exd5 24. fxg7 Rfe8 25. cxd5 a3 $19 {[%csl Ga3,Rb2,
Gb4,Gb6,Rc3,Rd4,Re5,Rf6][%cal Gb7d5]}) 21... Nxd5 $1 22. cxd5 Ba6 23. Qd4 Bxf1
24. d6 Qb7 25. Rxf1 Rfb8 $15 {[%csl Ga4,Ga8,Rb2,Gb4,Gb8,Rd2] Here the passed
pawns make the rook stronger against the two minor pieces.}) 19... b3 20. dxc6
bxc2 21. Qxc2 Qxc6 22. e5 Nfd7 $15 {[%csl Gc5,Gd7][%cal Gf8b8] with better
minor pieces.}) (16. Bc2 $5 Rfd8 (16... e5 {Now this central break is not so
effective as white has} 17. d5 Nc5 18. f4 $1) 17. f3 Bc6 {with a complicated
position.}) 16... a4 $1 {Rxa4 is met with Qc6 with an attack on a4 and g2.} 17.
Rb1 (17. Rxa4 $2 Qc6 $19) 17... Qd6 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. e4 Nc5 $1 {Anish is on
the right track until now and navigating his way around the position with
quite some precision.} 20. e5 Qc6 21. dxc5 (21. exf6 Nxd3 $15) 21... Rxd3 (
21... Ng4 22. Be4 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Bxe4 25. Bd4 Qxc4 26. Qxb4 $16 {
is another complicated variation which ends in a better position for White.})
22. exf6 Rad8 23. Nf3 Qxc5+ 24. Kh1 {Black is a piece down but has excellent
compensation. White's centre is completely demolished and the a- and b-passers
are still on the board.} (24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Rxf2 a3 26. Be5 b3 27. Nd2 b2 (
27... Ba6 28. Nxb3 Rxb3 29. Rxb3 Rd1+ 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Bxc4+ 32. Ke1 Bxb3
33. fxg7 $11) 28. Bxb2 axb2 29. Rxb2 Bc6 30. fxg7 Kxg7 $44 {This pawn down
position for Black is round about equal.}) 24... b3 $2 {A bad move by Anish
which blocks his queenside pawns. Once the a- and b-pawns have been restrained,
the extra piece will make itself felt.} (24... a3 25. Be5 b3 26. fxg7 Bxf3 (
26... Qe3 $11 {was also possible.}) 27. gxf3 Qxc4 $17 {was the right way to
continue when Black is just better.}) 25. Rbd1 $1 $18 {I wonder what Anish
missed here. a3 is not going to come here and Black is just a piece down.} R3d6
26. Be5 $6 (26. Ne5 {would have been stronger} Rxd1 (26... gxf6 27. Ng4 $18)
27. Rxd1 Rd6 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. fxg7 $18) 26... Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qa5 (27... Qb6 {
could have been tried.} 28. Ng5 (28. Nd4 b2 $1 $11 {and the rook cannot move
from d1 as the d4-knight will be left hanging.}) 28... h6 29. fxg7 $1 b2 {
Trying to create complications.} 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Bxb2 hxg5 32. Qh5 Bxg2+ 33.
Kxg2 Qd2+ 34. Kf1 Qxf4+ 35. Ke1 Qe4+ 36. Qe2 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Qf5+ 38. Kg3 Qf4+ 39.
Kg2 $18 {With a winning position.}) 28. Nd4 {White's forces co-ordinate
perfectly.} g6 29. h3 Qb6 30. Kh2 h6 (30... b2 31. Nb5 $18) 31. c5 $1 Qa6 (
31... Qxc5 32. Nxe6 $18) 32. c6 $1 Qxe2 33. Nxe2 Rxd1 34. cxb7 Rd8 35. Nc3 $1 (
35. b8=Q $2 Rxb8 36. Bxb8 b2 37. Nc3 a3 $19) 35... a3 36. Nb5 a2 37. Nd6 {
Threatening Nc8.} Rb8 38. h4 {The sad part of the story is that the black king
cannot participate in this battle.} Kh7 39. g4 {The white king will slowly
come over and clean up the pawns.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belorechensk"]
[BlackTeam "Socar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Qa5 11. Qb3 Bc6 12. Bd2 Rd8 13. c4 Qa6 14. Rac1 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Ba4 16. Qa3 Be8 17. Qxa6 Nxa6 18. c5 Bxd4 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. exd4 Rxd4
21. Be3 Rd7 22. Rc3 Rc8 23. c6 Rdc7 24. Rfc1 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Bxc6 26. h4 Kf8 27.
Bxa7 Ke8 28. Bb6 e6 29. a4 Kd7 30. a5 Re8 31. f3 h6 32. Be3 h5 33. Kf2 e5 34.
Bb6 Kd6 35. Ke3 Rg8 36. Bc5+ Ke6 37. Rd1 Bb5 38. Rd6+ Kf5 39. Bb6 Bc4 40. Rd8
Rg7 41. Rd6 Rg8 42. Rd8 Rxd8 43. Bxd8 Ke6 44. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Socar"]
[BlackTeam "Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 e5 9. Nc4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxe4 11. Nfxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Nf6 13. Nc4 c6 14. c3
Nd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Ne3 Bc5 17. Nxd5 Bg4 18. Re1 Rfd8 19. c4 Bf3 20. Bg5 Rd7
21. Be3 Bf8 22. a4 h6 23. Rac1 b6 24. Bd2 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Rxd5 26. Be3 b5 27.
axb5 Rxb5 28. Bd4 Rd8 29. Bxa7 Rxb2 30. Red1 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Be7 32. Re1 Bf6 33.
Rd1 Ra2 34. Bd4 Ra6 35. Bxf6 Rxf6 36. Rc1 g6 37. h4 h5 38. Kg2 Rf5 39. Rd1 Kh7
40. Rd6 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "Socar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nd4 Bg4 11. Bg5 Bxe2 12. Rae1 Kd7 13. Rxe2 Na6 14. Rfe1
Rhe8 15. a3 c6 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Rxe8 Nxe8 18. Be3 Nec7 19. Nde2 c5 20. Kf1 Ne6
21. b3 Nac7 22. Nb1 b5 23. c4 d5 24. Ke1 Kc6 25. Kd1 Ne8 26. cxd5+ Kxd5 27. a4
bxa4 28. Nbc3+ Kc6 29. bxa4 Nd6 30. Kc2 Bd4 31. Nf4 Bxe3 32. fxe3 Nxf4 33. exf4
Nf5 34. Nd1 Kd5 35. Nc3+ Kc6 36. Nd1 h5 37. Kc3 Kd5 38. g3 a6 39. Kd2 Kd4 40.
Nc3 c4 41. Ne2+ Kc5 42. Kc3 cxd3 43. Nc1 Kd5 44. Nxd3 a5 45. Ne5 Nd6 46. Kd3
Kc5 47. Kc3 Ne4+ 48. Kd3 Nd6 49. Kc3 Kd5 50. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Socar"]
[BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 Nbd7 15. Qf3
c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ng4 Re7 18. Nf1 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Nc5 20. Ba2 Rd7 21. Ng3 d5
22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Be3 Qd7 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. b4 Bb6 27. Red1 Rd8
28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 30. Kf1 a5 31. Ke2 Kf8 32. f3 Bd8 33. a4 axb4 34.
cxb4 bxa4 35. Rxa4 g6 36. Ra8 Ke7 37. Ne4 f5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Nc3 Rd4 40. b5
Kd7 41. Ra7+ Kc8 42. Ra4 Rd7 43. Rc4+ Kb7 44. Na4 Rd5 45. Nc3 Rd6 46. Rc5 Ba5
47. Nd5 Rg6 48. Kf1 Re6 49. Ne3 Bb6 50. Rc6 Rxc6 51. bxc6+ Kxc6 52. Nxf5 h5 53.
Ke2 Kd5 54. Kd3 Bc5 55. Ng3 h4 56. Ne4 Bb4 57. Nf2 Bc5 58. Ng4 Bb6 59. Nh2 Ba7
60. Nf1 Bb6 61. Nd2 Bc5 62. Nc4 Bd4 63. Na3 Bb6 64. Nc2 Bc5 65. Na1 Bd4 66. Nb3
Bb6 67. Nd2 Bc5 68. Ne4 Bb4 69. Ke3 Ke6 70. Kf2 Kf5 71. Kg1 Be7 72. Nc3 Bb4 73.
Ne4 Be7 74. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 {
In bekannter Position experimentiert Anand neuerdings mit diesem Zug.} (7. O-O
Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. b3 a5 10. a4 f6 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Rc1 b5 13. c3 Bf8 14. Nb2 Nc5
15. Qc2 Bg4 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nxe4 19. f3 Nd6 20. Bf2 Bd7 21.
c4 Qc8 22. Qc3 Nf5 23. Nc2 Nd6 24. Nd4 Nb7 25. c5 Nd8 26. Nb2 Ne6 27. Nc4 Bxc5
28. Nxe6 Bb4 29. Nxg7 Bxc3 30. Nxe8 Bxe8 31. Rxc3 Bf7 32. Nd2 f5 33. Rxc6 Qd7
34. Rc2 Re8 35. Nc4 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Re2 37. h3 Rd2 38. Re1 Rd1 39. Kh2 c6 {
1/2-1/2 (39) Anand,V (2816)-So,W (2779) Saint Louis 2015}) 7... Re8 8. Nc4 (8.
h3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Bd6 10. Bd2 Nf8 11. Bc3 Ng6 12. g3 b5 13. Ne3 c5 14. h4 Nf8 15.
a4 c6 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Ba5 Qd7 18. Nf5 Qc6 19. O-O Ne6 20. Ng5 Be7 21. Nxe6 {
1/2-1/2 (21) Anand,V (2803)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2710) Berlin 2015}) 8... Nd7 9. Bd2
Bd6 10. g4 {Da liegt der Hund begraben. Weiß greift am Königsflügel an.} Nf8
11. Ne3 Ne6 12. Nf5 a5 13. h4 a4 {[#] Schwarz organisiert einen
Ein-Mann-Gegenangriff, der sich prophylaktisch auch gegen eine weiße lange
Rochade richtet.} 14. Ng5 a3 15. b3 Bc5 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Qf3 Bf8 18. Ke2 c5
19. c4 Ra6 20. Bc3 Bd7 21. Ne3 Rae6 22. g5 c6 23. Ng4 R6e7 24. Ne3 b5 25. Rag1
b4 26. Ba1 Bc8 27. h5 Qd6 28. Nc2 f6 29. g6 h6 30. Ne3 Rd8 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. Nf5
Bxf5 33. Qxf5 Ree8 34. Rh3 Bd6 {[#] Welcher Läufer ist "töter" (gibt es das
Wort?)} 35. Rf3 Qe7 36. Rd2 Bc7 37. Rd1 Bd6 38. Rd2 Bc7 39. Rd1 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.
d3 Bb7 15. Qb4 Nf5 16. c3 c5 17. Qf4 h6 18. f3 g5 19. Qc7 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Bxc6 21.
Kf2 Re8 22. Bd2 f6 23. g3 Kf7 24. Be2 h5 25. Bd1 d5 26. a4 d4 27. a5 dxc3 28.
Bxc3 Bd5 29. axb6 axb6 30. Ra6 Re6 31. b4 cxb4 32. Bxb4 Nd4 33. Bd2 Kg6 34. Be3
Nf5 35. Bd2 Nd4 36. Be3 Nf5 37. Bc1 Nd4 38. g4 hxg4 39. fxg4 b5 40. Rxe6 Nxe6
41. Ke3 b4 42. Ba4 f5 43. gxf5+ Kxf5 44. Bd7 Kg4 45. Kf2 b3 46. Bb2 Kh3 47. Be5
g4 48. Bxe6 Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "343"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. Na4 {One of the popular continuations in this position, along with} (9.
Rd1) (9. c5) ({and} 9. h3) {However, it is hardly dangerous for Black.} 9...
Qxb3 (9... Qa6 10. cxd5 Qxe2 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Re1 Qa6 13. Bd2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Rxd4 15. Nc5 Qb6 16. Bc3 $1 Rd8 17. Rxe7 Qxb3 18. axb3 $16 {1-0 (29) Ding,L 
(2755)-Adhiban,B (2646) Hyderabad 2015}) 10. axb3 Na6 (10... Nbd7 11. Bf4 Ne4
12. Bc7 Re8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rfc1 b5 15. Nb6 Nxb6 16. Bxb6 a6 17. Rc7 $14 {
1-0 (57) Ivanisevic,I (2653)-Ragger,M (2698) Berlin 2015}) 11. Bf4 ({White can
also start with} 11. Nc3 {, and after} Bf5 (11... Nc7 12. Bf4 {1/2 (12)
Tkachiev,V (2634)-Kozul,Z (2630) Skopje MKD 2015} Ne6 13. Be5 $14) 12. Bf4 {
a critical position arises:} h6 (12... Ne4 13. cxd5 $5 (13. Rfc1 e6 14. h3 h5
15. c5 g5 16. Nxg5 Bxd4 17. Ngxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ra4 f5 $13 {1-0 (52)
Narayanan,S (2475)-Swiercz,D (2634) Warsaw 2015}) 13... cxd5 14. Ra5 $14 {
[%cal Ya5b5]}) (12... Nh5 $5 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Bf4 (14. h3 h5 15. Bf4 Ne8 16.
cxd5 cxd5 17. Ra5 Nac7 18. Rfa1 a6 19. Na4 Ne6 20. Nb6 Nxf4 21. gxf4 Rab8 22.
Nxd5 Be4 23. Ne5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Bxe5 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Rxe5 Rxd4 $11 {1/2 (88)
Bosiocic,M (2558)-Kreisl,R (2441) Zillertal AUT 2015}) (14. cxd5 $5 cxd5 15.
Ra5) 14... Nh5 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Rfc1 h6 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Be1 Nb8
20. e3 Nc6 $11 {1/2 (51) Grischuk,A (2781)-Caruana,F (2805) Stavanger 2015})
13. Rfc1 (13. h3 g5 14. Be5 e6 15. g4 Bc2 $6 16. Ra3 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfa1
$14 {1-0 (28) Kreisl,R (2437)-Atakisi,U (2345) Skopje 2015}) 13... g5 14. Be5
Ne4 (14... Ne8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. e3 e6 17. Ne1 Nf6 18. Bf1 Nc7 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20.
Nxd3 Nd7 21. Na4 Ne8 22. Ne5 Nef6 $11 {1/2 (30) L'Ami,E (2613)-Potkin,V (2608)
Wijk aan Zee NED 2015}) (14... e6 15. h4 g4 16. Ne1 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. e3
Nd6 19. Bf1 Nc7 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Rd1 Nd6 $11 {1-0 (43) Banusz,T (2586)-Sriram,J
(2400) Arad ROU 2015}) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ra4 Nf6 17. e3 e6 18. Nd2 Nd7 $11 {
1-0 (75) Kovalenko,I (2700)-Borisek,J (2565) Berlin 2015}) (11. cxd5 {is
harmless:} Nxd5 $1 12. Bd2 Bg4 (12... Bf5 $5) 13. e3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5 15. dxe5
Bxe5 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. bxc3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Kf8 21.
Kf1 Ke7 22. Ra1 Kd6 23. Ke1 b5 $11 {1/2 (55) Mikhalevski,V (2526)-Chandra,A 
(2496) Rockville 2015}) 11... Ne8 $146 {Preparing ...Na6-c7. This new
continuation looks a bit passive but it is quite enough for equality.} (11...
Bf5 $5 12. Rfc1 (12. Nc3 {- see above}) 12... Be4 $5 13. Nc3 (13. Be5 Bh6 14.
e3 Nd7 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e6 $11 {1-0 (69) Anic,D (2403)
-Bender,I (2301) Bol 2014}) 13... Bxf3 $1 (13... Nh5 14. Be3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 dxc4
16. g4 Nf6 17. bxc4 $14 {1-0 (54) Sebenik,M (2512)-Tomazini,A (2314) Maribor
SLO 2015}) 14. Bxf3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Rxd4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rxa6 Rxc4 18. Rca1 $11
) 12. Nc3 Nac7 13. Ra5 Be6 {Not the best arrangement of pieces. They now get
in each other's way. However, Black has a huge margin of safety.} (13... Ne6 $5
14. cxd5 Nxf4 15. gxf4 b6 16. Ra3 cxd5 17. Rfa1 a6 $11) 14. Ra4 a6 15. Rfa1 h6
16. h4 Nd6 (16... Bc8 $5 {[%cal Yc7e6]}) 17. e3 Rac8 18. Nd2 f6 19. Ra5 dxc4
20. Bxd6 exd6 21. bxc4 f5 22. R5a4 c5 23. Ne2 Rb8 24. b4 b5 25. cxb5 Nxb5 26.
bxc5 dxc5 27. Rxa6 $6 (27. Nf3 $1 {was more accurate, with a clear draw after}
Bf7 28. Rxa6 cxd4 {etc. After the text move the queenside pawns are traded,
too, but Black keeps his bishop pair and eventually wins a pawn.}) 27... cxd4
28. Nxd4 (28. Rxe6 dxe3 29. Rxg6 exd2 30. Rd1 {looks risky but may be enough
for a draw.}) 28... Nxd4 29. exd4 Bxd4 30. Rf1 Bb6 31. Re1 $8 {The knight
can't retreat due to 31...Bc4.} Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 33. Kg1 Bf7 {With two
pairs of rooks on the board, this position is not easy to defend.} 34. Ra3 Rbb2
35. Bf3 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Rae3 (37. g4 $5 fxg4 (37... f4 38. Ra5) 38. Be4 {
must be enough to save the day.}) 37... g4 38. Be2 Bd5 39. Bf1 Rh2 40. R1e2
Rh1+ 41. Kf2 Rb1 ({The pawn endgame after} 41... Rxf1+ 42. Kxf1 Bc4 43. Kf2
Bxe2 44. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 45. Kxe2 {is drawish.}) 42. Re1 Rb4 43. Re7 f4 44. Rc1 $2 {
White wants to avoid the endgame "R vs R+B" arising after} (44. gxf4 Rxf4+ 45.
Kg3 Rfxf1 46. Rxf1 Rxf1 47. Kxg4 {As a result, however, Black wins a piece
without losing his pawn...}) 44... Rb2+ $1 45. Ke1 Rb8 46. gxf4 (46. Kf2 $2
Rh2+ 47. Kg1 fxg3 $19) 46... Bg2 47. Kf2 Bxf1 48. f5 Kf8 $2 {...and blunders
it back!} (48... Bg2 $19 {Black will face some technical problems but the
position is winning for sure.}) 49. Ree1 Rb2+ 50. Kg3 Rh3+ 51. Kxg4 {[%mdl
4096] Black will get some chances in this unusual ending if he wins White's
pawn without exchanging rooks but it is not easy to achieve.} Rb4+ 52. Kg5 Rg3+
53. Kf6 Bc4 54. Rcd1 Bd3 (54... Rb6+ 55. Re6 $1) 55. Rc1 Bc4 56. Rcd1 Rb8 57.
Rd7 Bb3 58. Ree7 Rc3 59. Rd6 Kg8 60. Rg7+ Kh8 61. Rg5 Rh3 62. Ke5 Bg8 63. Kf6
Rh6+ 64. Rg6 Rh5 65. Ke5 Rb5+ 66. Kf4 $6 (66. Kd4 {[%cal Rd6d8] was quite
possible, Black had nothing more than a couple of checks:} Rh4+ 67. Kd3 Rb3+
68. Kc2 Rh2+ 69. Rd2 {, and he must exchange rooks as otherwise 70.Rxg8+ or 70.
Rd8 will follow.}) 66... Rhxf5+ 67. Kg4 Rf1 $6 (67... Bf7 $1 68. Rgf6 Rg5+) 68.
Rh6+ $6 (68. Rb6 $1 {, and Black's rook can't avoid being exchanged due to} Re5
69. Rb8 $1 Rg1+ 70. Kf4) 68... Kg7 69. Rdg6+ Kf7 70. Rb6 Re5 {Black now keeps
both rooks.} 71. Rhc6 $2 {After this move Black consolidates his position and
can win.} ({He could hardly make any progress after} 71. Rb7+ Kf8 72. Rh8 {
, e.g.} Re2 (72... Re6 73. Rb8+ Kf7 74. Rhxg8 Rg1+ 75. Kf5 Rf6+ 76. Ke5) 73.
Kg3 Re6 74. Rb8+ Kf7 75. Kg2) 71... Re7 $2 (71... Ke7 $1 {was winning on the
spot:} 72. Rb7+ Kd8 73. Rbb6 Kd7 {[%cal Rg8e6] starting a decisive hunt on
White's king.}) 72. Rc3 Kg7 73. Rbc6 $2 (73. Rf3) 73... Be6+ $2 {It was better
to activate the rook first:} (73... Re5 {[%cal Rg8e6]}) 74. Kg3 Bd7 75. Rd6 Be8
76. Rf3 Rfe1 77. Rd2 Bc6 78. Rc3 Rg1+ 79. Kh2 Rh1+ 80. Kg3 Rh6 81. Rd4 Re2 82.
Rg4+ Kf7 83. Rcc4 Rg2+ 84. Kf4 Rf6+ 85. Ke5 Re6+ 86. Kf5 Rge2 87. Rgf4 $2 (87.
Kf4) 87... Rg6 88. Rcd4 Re7 89. Rh4 Bd7+ $2 (89... Rf6+ 90. Kg4 Kg7 {[%csl Rg4]
}) 90. Kf4 Rf6+ 91. Kg3 Re3+ 92. Kh2 Re2+ 93. Kg3 Re3+ 94. Kh2 Bf5 95. Kg2 Kg6
96. Kf2 Rc3 97. Rhf4 Rc2+ 98. Kg3 Re6 99. Rd8 Ree2 100. Rg8+ Kh7 101. Rd8 Be6
102. Rdd4 $2 (102. Rd6) 102... Kg6 $2 ({A number of commentators indicated a
study-like win:} 102... Rg2+ 103. Kf3 Kg6 104. Rfe4 (104. Rd6 Kg5) 104... Rh2
$1 105. Rxe6+ Kf5 $19) 103. Rfe4 Rg2+ 104. Kf4 Rgf2+ 105. Ke5 Bf5 106. Re3 Ra2
107. Rd6+ Kg5 108. Rg3+ Bg4 109. Rd4 {Forcing the exchange of rooks.} Ra5+ 110.
Kd6 Ra6+ 111. Kc5 Rf5+ 112. Kb4 Rb6+ 113. Kc4 Rc6+ 114. Kb4 Rf4 115. Rxf4 Kxf4
{At the beginning White confidently defends this ending.} 116. Rc3 Rg6 117.
Rc4+ Ke5 118. Rc5+ Kd6 119. Rc4 Be6 120. Rd4+ Bd5 121. Kc3 Ke5 122. Rd3 Rc6+
123. Kd2 Be4 124. Rc3 Rh6 125. Ke2 Rf6 126. Ke3 Rf8 127. Ke2 Kd4 128. Ra3 Bc2
129. Rh3 Rg8 130. Kf3 Be4+ 131. Kf4 Rf8+ 132. Kg5 Ke5 133. Rg3 {The
"second-rank defence" (with the g-file instead of the 2nd rank).} Bf3 134. Kh4
Ke4 (134... Kf4 135. Rg4+ {is White's key idea.}) 135. Rg7 Rf5 136. Kg3 Ke3
137. Rg8 Rh5 138. Rg7 Be4 139. Rg8 Rh1 140. Rg5 Rf1 141. Kg4 Bf3+ 142. Kf5 Kd4
143. Ke6 Rh1 144. Rg6 Be4 145. Rf6 Rh8 146. Kd6 Ra8 147. Ke7 Ra5 148. Rd6+ Bd5
149. Kf6 Ra7 150. Kf5 Re7 151. Rf6 Re1 152. Kg5 Be6 153. Kf4 Re3 154. Rf8 Bd5
155. Rf6 Re1 156. Kf5 Re5+ 157. Kf4 Be6 158. Kf3 Re3+ 159. Kf4 Re4+ 160. Kf3
Bg4+ 161. Kg3 Ke3 162. Rg6 Bf3 163. Rg5 Ra4 164. Re5+ Be4 165. Kg4 Ra1 {
50 moves without capture have been completed, White could have already claimed
a draw. Either Ding Liren miscalculated the moment when he could do it or he
decided to test his defensive technique without any risk - not quite
successfully, by the way.} 166. Rg5 Rf1 167. Kh4 Bf5 168. Rg3+ {After this
move, surprisingly, White's line of defence breaks down.} (168. Kg3 $1 Ke4 169.
Kh4 {was the most accurate course.}) 168... Kf4 169. Rg4+ Ke5 170. Rg3 (170.
Rg2 $144 {[%cal Rh4g3]} Be4 $1 (170... Rf3 171. Kg5) 171. Rg5+ Kf6 172. Rg3 Bf5
) 170... Kf6 171. Ra3 Rg1 {Black finally manages to cut off White's king at
the edge of the board.} (171... Rh1+ 172. Kg3 Rh3+ 173. Kf4 Rxa3 {stalemate.})
172. Ra4 {This "Szen position" is also drawn but it requires more accurate
defence. Therefore Ding Liren decided it was time to claim a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 {The most
popular continuation.} ({A long time ago, Vishy has also tried:} 6... Re8 {
, but White got a better position after} 7. Ne2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10.
d4 $1 $14 {0-1 Petursson,M (2544)-Anand,V (2769)/Kopavogur 2000}) 7. Nf3 $5
$146 {Anish comes up with an interesting novelty at this early stage of the
game.} ({In most top-level games Black manages to solve his opening problems
after:} 7. Ne2 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 Re8 (11... Nb6
12. d4 Bf5 13. Rb3 (13. Rb5 $5) 13... Be6 14. d5 $6 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Ba3
Re8 17. Rxb7 Qc8 $15 {0-1 Nakamura,H (2715)-Carlsen,M (2801)/Oslo 2009/CBM 133
Extra (46)}) 12. d3 Nb6 13. Be3 Bg4 $11 {0-1 Naiditsch,A (2712)-Topalov,V 
(2768)/Porto Carras 2011/CBM 146 (37)}) ({The most ambitious} 7. d4 d6 8. Ne2
c5 {makes the Pc4 very weak and yields Black excellent counter-play à la
Nimzo:} 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qd3 b6 11. f4 Nd7 $132 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S (2747)
-Morozevich,A (2763)/Jurmala 2012/CBM 147/[Mikhalchishin,A] (44)}) ({Black is
doing reasonably well also after} 7. Ba3 d6 8. Ne2 Be6 (8... c5 $5) 9. d3 Re8
10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 Bg4 12. O-O d5 $132 {0-1 Istratescu,A (2670)-Adams,M 
(2754)/London 2013}) 7... Nxe4 {A principled reply.} ({Another move which
deserved serious attention was} 7... Re8 $5 8. O-O Nxe4 (8... d5 {is less
precise:} 9. exd5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. c4 Nf6 12. d4 $14 {and White's
bishops are getting strong.}) 9. Re1 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. d3 ({The following
complications lead to unclear consequences:} 11. c4 Nxf2 $1 12. Kxf2 e4 13.
cxd5 Na6 $132) 11... Nxc3 12. Qb3 d4 13. Nxe5 Be6 14. Qxb7 Bd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5
16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Bb2 f6 18. Nf3 Nc6 {and Black is close to equality.}) 8. O-O
d6 (8... Re8 {would transpose to the above-mentioned line.}) (8... d5 9. Nxe5 (
9. cxd5 {is quite harmless:} cxd5 10. Nxe5 Re8 $11) 9... Re8 10. d4 f6 11. Qb3
fxe5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe4 Qxb3 14. axb3 exd4 15. Re1 Be6 16. cxd4 Nd7 $11) 9.
Nxe5 {Black has a wide choice of possibilities now.} dxe5 {The most simple
approach - Black exchanges one pair of knights and opens up the d-file, so the
queen is getting more active. On the other hand, the subsequent pawn structure
definitely suits White, since now it's easier to activate the bishops.} ({
First of all,} 9... Nxg3 $2 {must be rejected:} 10. fxg3 dxe5 11. Ba3 Re8 12.
Rxf7 $1 $36 Kxf7 $140 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Be4 g6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17.
Rf1 $18) ({The same can be said about} 9... Nxf2 $2 10. Rxf2 dxe5 11. Ba3 Re8
12. Rxf7 Kxf7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Be4 g6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17. Rf1 $18)
({The somewhat awkward retreat} 9... Ng5 10. Ng4 f5 {can be strongly met by:}
11. f4 $1 fxg4 12. fxg5 Rxf1+ 13. Qxf1 Qxg5 14. d4 $36 {and White gets a
powerful initiative.}) 10. Bxe4 Be6 $6 {This natural move is connected with a
tactical blunder.} ({The more modest way of development} 10... Nd7 $142 $1 {
would lead to an acceptable position. For instance,} 11. d4 Nf6 12. Bg2 ({
White gets nothing special after} 12. Bg5 exd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Re1 Rd8 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Qd6 $11 {and Black sucessfully neutralises the
passed pawn.}) 12... exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Be3 Qd7 $11) 11. Ba3 Re8
12. Qb1 $1 {That is the point! Black cannot protect both of the hanging pawns
now.} Qxd2 $2 {Having had an unpleasant surprise, Black goes for a dubious
sacrifice in order to complicate matters.} ({Possibly, Vishy has overestimated
his troubles in the following line:} 12... Qc7 $142 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bf5 Nd7 (
14... Bxc4 $2 15. Qe4 Bxf1 16. Qh4+ Kg8 17. Qh7#) 15. Re1 Nf6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 $14
{White is better, but Black has some compensation for a missing pawn.}) 13.
Qxb7 Nd7 14. Bxc6 {Black cannot avoid further losses of material.} Reb8 ({After
} 14... Qxc3 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 {the weakness of the light squares
makes White's technical task much more difficult. However, it looks like the
precise} 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. Bb4 Qa6 19. Rd6 $1 Qxc4 20. Rad1 Qc8 21. Qd3 {
,followed by exchanging all the major pieces must still be lost for Black.})
15. Qa6 Rb6 16. Qa4 Rc8 {The queen sac was practically forced.} 17. Rad1 ({
If he rejects the ''gift'' by means of:} 17. Bd5 {Black may put up some
resistance:} Qh6 $1 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. Qxa7 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bh3 21. d6 Qf6 $1 22.
f4 Bxf1 23. Qxb6 Bh3 24. Qa5 Bd7 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. fxe5 Rxc3 $16) 17... Qxd1
18. Rxd1 Rbxc6 19. Qxa7 R6c7 20. Qe3 Rxc4 21. Bb4 $18 {White's material
advantage is too big now.} h6 (21... Ra8 {was hardly any better:} 22. a3 h6 23.
Rd6 $18) 22. a4 {The a-passer is very strong now.} Nf6 23. Qxe5 ({Most
probably, even more convincing was:} 23. a5 $1 e4 24. Rd4 R4c6 25. Qd2 Kh7 26.
Rd6 R6c7 27. Qe3 $18) 23... Re4 24. Qa5 Kh7 25. f3 Re2 {Black manages to
activate the rooks, but his minor pieces cannot disturb the opponent's king.}
26. Qb5 Ra2 27. g4 ({A simpler way was} 27. a5 Re8 28. Bc5 $18) 27... Re8 28.
Bc5 {Anish decides to put his bishop on d4, but it wouldn't support the Pa4
from there.} ({Once again, there was nothing wrong with pushing the passed
pawn:} 28. a5 Bb3 29. Qd3+ Kg8 30. Rd2 Bc4 31. Qd6 $18) 28... Kg8 29. Re1 Ra8
30. Bd4 R2xa4 {Liquidating the dangerous passer is Anand's indisputable
achievement.} 31. h4 (31. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Kg3 $18) 31... Ra2 32.
Qb1 ({It was possible to simplify matters by means of} 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qh5
Kg7 (33... Rc2 34. Qxh6 Raa2 35. Qf4 $18) 34. g5 fxg5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Qxg5+
Kf8 37. c4 Ra1 38. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 39. Kf2 {The resulting position must be winning,
but the limited material balance still gives Black some practical chances.})
32... Bd5 $6 {Allowing White to activate the queen.} ({A more stubborn try was:
} 32... Nd7 33. Qe4 R8a5) 33. Qf5 Be6 34. Qf4 $6 ({For some reason, Anish
deviates from the following natural line:} 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kh7 36. Bxf6
gxf6 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Qxf6+ Kh7 39. h5 R8a6 40. Qe7+ Kg8 41. c4 $18 {with a
completely winning position.}) 34... Nd7 35. Rf1 {The presence of Black's rook
in White's camp is rather annoying, so it makes sense to swap the rooks.} Nf8
36. Rf2 R2a5 37. Qg3 Bc4 $138 {Surprisingly enough, GM Anand runs out of time.
No doubt, the final position was lost, but Anish still had to work hard in
order to convert his material advantage into a full point.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 Nbd7 15. Qf3
c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ng4 Nc5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bc2 Red8 21. Nf1
d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Ng3 Bb3 24. Bxb3 Nxb3 25. Rb1 Kh7 26. Be3 Kg6 27. f4 exf4
28. Bxf4 Nd2 29. Rbc1 Nc4 30. Rc2 Rd3 31. Ne2 Re8 32. Bc1 Bd6 33. Rf1 Rd2 34.
Rxd2 Nxd2 35. Rd1 Rxe2 36. Rxd2 Re1+ 37. Kf2 Rxc1 38. Rxd6 Rc2+ 39. Kg1 Rxb2
40. Rxa6 Rb3 41. a4 bxa4 42. Rxa4 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. b3 Nf6 14. Bc4 Qc7
15. Qd3 a6 16. a4 Bg4 17. h3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. hxg4 bxc4 21.
bxc4 Rc8 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd1 Rc5 27.
Kf1 Be5 28. Ke2 Rxd5 29. Kd3 f5 30. Kc4 Ra5 31. Kb4 Rd5 32. Kc4 Ra5 33. Kb4 Rd5
34. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th playoff"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.11.01"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. Nge2 O-O 12. f3 Rc8 13. O-O h6 14. Bg3 Nc4
15. Bf2 Re8 16. a3 Bf8 17. Rfc1 b5 18. Rd1 a5 19. Qb1 Qc7 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nxa4
Qb8 22. Nec3 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 Qxb2 24. Nxb2 Rxc3 25. Be1 Rb3 26. Na4 Bxa4 27. Rxa4
Bb4 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. Kf2 Rb2+ 30. Kf1 Rc8 31. Raa1 Kf8 32. Rab1 Rxb1 33. Rxb1
Rb8 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kd2 Nd7 36. Kc2 e5 37. Ra1 exd4 38. exd4 Nf8 39. Ra7+ Kf6
40. Ra5 Ne6 41. Rxd5 b3+ 42. Kb2 Nf4 43. Bf1 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th playoff"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2015.11.01"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2
d6 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ng3 Qd6 15.
Nh4 Qd7 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Nhf5 Qf8 18. Bb3 Rad8 19. Nh5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Nde7 21.
Qf3 Ng6 22. Re4 Na5 23. Bc2 f5 24. Re1 Kh8 25. Ng3 Nh4 26. Qh5 Qf6 27. d4 e4
28. Bf4 Bb6 29. Qe2 Nc6 30. Nh5 Qf8 31. Bg3 Ng6 32. Qe3 Re7 33. b4 Rde8 34. Bb3
Nce5 35. Bxe5 Nxe5 36. Nf4 Kh7 37. Nd5 Nd3 38. Nxe7 Nxe1 39. Nxf5 Nxg2 40. Kxg2
Qxf5 41. Bc2 Kh8 42. Re1 Qf7 43. Bxe4 c6 44. a4 Bc7 45. Re2 Qh5 46. Qf3 Qg5+
47. Qg4 Qxg4+ 48. hxg4 a5 49. b5 Bd6 50. f3 c5 51. dxc5 Bxc5 52. Rd2 b6 53. Bg6
Rf8 54. Rd7 Rf6 55. Be4 g5 56. Kf1 Kg8 57. Ke2 Rd6 58. Rb7 Kf8 59. Rh7 Kg8 60.
Rc7 Kf8 61. c4 Ke8 62. Bd5 Kd8 63. Rh7 Rf6 64. Kd3 Bd6 65. Be4 Bc5 66. Rg7 Bf8
67. Rb7 Bc5 68. Ra7 Kc8 69. Rh7 Kd8 70. Rg7 Bf8 71. Ra7 Bc5 72. Rh7 Re6 73. Rf7
Ke8 74. Rg7 Kd8 75. Rb7 Rf6 76. Bd5 Kc8 77. Ke4 Rf4+ 78. Ke5 Rxc4 79. Rh7 Rxa4
80. Rxh6 Ra1 81. Rh7 Kd8 82. Be4 a4 83. Ke6 a3 84. Rh8+ Kc7 85. Ra8 Rd1 86.
Ra7+ Kb8 87. Ra4 Rd8 88. Kf5 Be7 89. Ra8+ Kc7 90. Ra7+ Kd6 91. Rb7 Rf8+ 92. Kg6
Bd8 93. Ra7 Kc5 94. Rxa3 Kxb5 95. Kg7 Re8 96. Rd3 Bc7 97. Rc3 Be5+ 98. Kf7 Bxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland Legends"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:52"]
[BlackClock "0:02:10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 7. e3 c6 8. Ng5
Bg4 9. Qb3 Nh5 10. h3 Bc8 11. Be5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 d4 13. Rd1 c5 14. Be2 Nc6 15.
O-O Ng7 16. Qb5 Bd7 17. exd4 cxd4 18. Bg4 a6 19. Qc5 b6 20. Qa3 e6 21. Nce4
Nxe5 22. Rxd4 f5 23. Qd6 Nc6 24. Rd2 Ra7 25. Rfd1 Qe8 26. b4 h6 27. b5 axb5 28.
cxb5 hxg5 29. bxc6 Bxc6 30. Nxg5 fxg4 31. hxg4 Ra5 32. Qc7 Rxg5 33. Rd8 Qf7 34.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Qxc6 Rxg4 36. Qxb6 Qf3 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. g3 Rc4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]
[WhiteClock "0:20:28"]
[BlackClock "0:33:20"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 a5 8. O-O Bf5
9. e3 Ne4 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Qc2 Qd7 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nc3 Bh3 14. Ng2 f5 15. Na4
Qc7 16. Nc5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc8 18. f3 b6 19. Na4 exf3+ 20. Rxf3 Nd7 21. e4 b5
22. Nc3 e6 23. Rd1 Qb7 24. Qe2 Rab8 25. Bc1 Rfe8 26. Rff1 bxc4 27. Qxc4 c5 28.
dxc5 Nxc5 29. Qxc5 Rec8 30. Qd6 Rc6 31. Qd7 Bxc3 32. Qxb7 Rxb7 33. exf5 gxf5
34. g4 Rg7 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ Kg6 37. gxf5+ exf5 38. Rd5 Rf7 39. Kh3 h6 40.
Bf4 Bb4 41. Be5 Rc5 42. Rd6+ Kh7 43. Re6 Rc2 44. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qa4
a6 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Ne5 Bxg2 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Kxg2 Nf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ne4 Be7 21.
Rd7 f5 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Rc2 24. b4 Rfc8 25. Rad1 Rxe2 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27.
Rxd8+ Kg7 28. Ra8 e5 29. Rxa6 Ra2 30. Kf3 f6 31. Ke3 Kg6 32. h4 Rb2 33. Ra5
Rb3+ 34. Ke2 Rb2+ 35. Kf1 Ra2 36. Rxb5 Rxa3 37. Rb8 f4 38. gxf4 exf4 39. Rb5 f5
40. Kg2 Rb3 41. Rb7 h6 42. Rb5 Kh5 43. Rxf5+ Kg4 44. Rf6 f3+ 45. Kh2 h5 46.
Rg6+ Kxh4 47. Rg3 Rxb4 48. Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]
[WhiteClock "1:06:20"]
[BlackClock "1:10:46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be2 Be6 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. Qb3 Be6 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Qb3 N8d7 13. e4 Be6 14. d5 Bg4
15. O-O c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Bg5 Nc5 19. Be3 Bxf3 20. Bxc5 Qe5 21.
Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Bxf3 Rad8 23. Rad1 h5 24. Ne2 Nd7 25. Nc1 Nc5 26. Nb3 Nxb3 27.
axb3 Qf6 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Qxb2 31. Qxb2 Bxb2 32. Be2 Bd4
33. Bc4 Kg7 34. Kf1 a5 35. Ke2 g5 36. f3 h4 37. h3 Be5 38. Kd3 Kf8 39. Kc2 Ke7
40. Kd3 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.17"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "231"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bb3
Ba7 9. h3 Be6 10. Bc2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Re1 Nf4 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. dxc4 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 Ne2+ 16. Kf1 Nxc1 17. Raxc1 Rae8 18. Rd7 Bb6 19. Ng5 Nb8 20. Rd2 g6
21. Re1 c6 22. Ne4 Rd8 23. Red1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. c5 Kf8 27.
Nd6 b6 28. Nc4 bxc5 29. Nxe5 Bc7 30. Nd3 Bd6 31. Ba4 c4 32. Nc1 Ke7 33. g3 Be5
34. Ne2 Kd6 35. Ng1 Nd7 36. Nf3 Bf6 37. Nd2 Kd5 38. Bd1 Be7 39. b3 Nb6 40.
bxc4+ Ke6 41. Bb3 f5 42. Nf3 c5 43. Ng1 Bg5 44. Ke2 Bf6 45. Kd2 Nc8 46. Ne2 Be5
47. Kd3 Nd6 48. f3 Kd7 49. Ba4+ Kc7 50. g4 fxg4 51. fxg4 g5 52. Nc1 Bf4 53. Nb3
Kb6 54. Bd7 h6 55. Be6 Kc6 56. a4 Ne8 57. Bc8 Nc7 58. Ke4 Kd6 59. Kf5 Be3 60.
a5 Ke7 61. Kg6 Kd8 62. Bb7 Ke7 63. Kxh6 Kf6 64. Kh7 Kf7 65. Bc6 Kf6 66. Kg8 Kg6
67. Bd7 Kf6 68. Kh7 Kf7 69. Kh6 Kf6 70. Kh5 Ke7 71. Bc8 Kf6 72. Kh6 Kf7 73. Bb7
Kf6 74. Bc6 Kf7 75. Kh7 Kf6 76. Bd7 Kf7 77. Kh6 Kf6 78. Bc8 Kf7 79. Bb7 Kf6 80.
Kh7 Kf7 81. Bg2 Kf6 82. Bc6 Kf7 83. Bb7 Kf6 84. Kh6 Kf7 85. Bc6 Kf6 86. Bd7 Kf7
87. Bf5 Kf6 88. Bc8 Kf7 89. Bb7 Kf6 90. Bg2 Kf7 91. Bf3 Kf6 92. Bb7 Kf7 93. h4
gxh4+ 94. Kh5 h3 95. Kh4 h2 96. Kg3 Bg1 97. Nd2 Kf6 98. Nf1 Kg5 99. Nd2 Kf6
100. Nf1 Kg5 101. Nxh2 Bxh2+ 102. Kxh2 Kxg4 103. Kg2 Kf4 104. Kf2 Ke5 105. Kf3
Kf5 106. Bc8+ Ke5 107. Ke3 Kd6 108. Ke4 Ne6 109. Bxa6 Ng5+ 110. Kf4 Nf7 111.
Bb7 Kc7 112. Bd5 Nd6 113. Ke5 Nc8 114. Bf3 Na7 115. Kd5 Nc6 116. Kxc5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Nf3 (9. Bc4 {was examined by GM Mihail Marin in his annotation to
the game Tomashevsky-Dominguez (see CBM 167).}) 9... Nxc5 10. Nd4 $1 {The
correct continuation preventing ...Bc8-f5, which gives Black an excellent
position in other cases:} (10. Rc1 Qb6 11. Qd2 Bf5 12. Bc4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4
14. Bb3 Rfd8 15. O-O e6 $11 {1-0 (98) Mamedyarov,S (2736)-Vidit,S (2651)
Berlin 2015}) (10. Be2 Qb6 11. Qd2 Bf5 (11... Rd8 {0-1 (50) Moiseenko,A (2711)
-Cheparinov,I (2678) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013} 12. Nd4 $1 $14) 12. Nd4 (12. Rc1
Rfd8 13. b3 Rac8 14. Nd4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Rxc1+ 16. Qxc1 Bxe4 $17 {0-1 (28)
Deutsch,E (2351)-Popilski,G (2518) Israel 2013}) (12. O-O Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14.
Bc4 Bxb2 15. Rad1 Bf6 $15 {0-1 (35) Al Sayed,M (2520)-Borisek,J (2565) Berlin
2015}) 12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Bxb2 16. Rd1 Rac8 17. O-O
Bc3 18. Qd3 Qa5 $15 {0-1 (35) Michalik,P (2508)-Van Kampen,R (2570) Groningen
2012}) {However, Black gets sufficient compensation for the pawn anyway.} 10...
Qa5 11. Bc4 (11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Be2 (12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 Rac8 $44) 12... Ne4 13.
Qb3 $6 Rac8 14. O-O Nd2 15. Qxb7 Bxd4 16. exd4 Rc7 17. Qa6 Qxa6 18. Bxa6 Nxf1
19. Kxf1 Rb8 $17 {0-1 (41) Akobian,V (2622)-Giri,A (2720) Al Ain 2012}) (11.
Bb5 a6 12. Be2 Ne4 (12... Bd7 13. O-O Rac8 14. Rb1 Na4 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. Bf3 Rfd8
17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Qa3 $14 {1/2 (42) Kuzubov,Y (2639)-Gupta,A (2630) Dubai 2014})
13. Bf3 Nxc3 14. Qd2 Bxd4 (14... Bd7 $5 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 Rac8 17. Kd2 b5
$44) 15. exd4 Bd7 16. Qxc3 Qb5 17. Qc5 Rac8 18. Qxb5 Bxb5 19. Kd2 Rc4 20. Ke3
Rfc8 $44 {1-0 (34) Kuzubov,Y (2667)-Codenotti,M (2374) Jerusalem 2015}) 11...
Qb4 12. Bb3 Bf5 $1 13. Nxf5 (13. O-O Bd3 14. Re1 Rfd8 $44) 13... Bxc3+ 14. bxc3
Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 gxf5 {Black has regained the pawn, and his knight is not worse
than White's bishop.} 16. Rc1 Ne4 {Attractive but hardly good.} (16... Qb4 $5
17. Rc4 Qb5) 17. f3 Qb2+ 18. Qc2 Qxc2+ $6 {[%mdl 32] It is better for Black to
keep queens on the board as White's king is more vulnerable. He had such an
opportunity here but probably overlooked it:} (18... Qg7 $1 $13) 19. Rxc2 Nd6
20. Rc7 $14 {This invasion underlines White's advantage in the endgame. Still,
it is difficult to break down Black's defence.} Rfe8 21. Kd3 a5 (21... Kg7 $5 {
[%cal Yg7f6]}) 22. a4 Rac8 (22... b5 $6 23. axb5 Nxb5 24. Rc5 Reb8 25. Ra1 Nd6
26. Bc2 Rb5 27. Rxb5 Nxb5 28. Ba4 Nd6 29. Bc6 $16) 23. Rhc1 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 {
[%mdl 4096]} f6 25. Kd4 Kf7 26. Bc4 Rb8 {[%mdl 256] Black defends passively,
and White fails to make progress.} (26... Rg8 $5 27. g3 h5 $132 {was an active
alternative.}) 27. Bb5 b6 28. Ra7 Rc8 29. Bc6 Rb8 30. Kd3 h5 31. Bd7 h4 32. Ke2
{White plans to create a passed h-pawn: Ke2-f2, g2-g3 h4xg3+ Kf2xg3. Hardly a
dangerous idea; besides, Black now finds a way to abandon passive defence.} Kg6
33. Bc6 Kf7 34. Kf2 b5 $5 35. axb5 Nxb5 36. Bxb5 {The rook endgame is drawn but
} (36. Rxa5 Nc3 $132 {[%cal Yb8b2] is satisfactory for Black, too.}) 36... Rxb5
37. d6 Ke6 $1 38. dxe7 Rb2+ 39. Kf1 Rb1+ 40. Ke2 Rb2+ 41. Kd3 Kf7 42. g3 Rxh2
43. gxh4 Rxh4 44. Rxa5 Rh5 45. Ra7 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]
[WhiteClock "0:35:26"]
[BlackClock "0:35:11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. O-O Re8 13. Rc1 a5 14. b5 c5 15.
Na4 c4 16. Ne5 Ra7 17. f4 Nd7 18. e4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Be7 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Qd4 c3
22. Qxc3 Bxa2 23. Qe3 Bb4 24. Rc2 Be6 25. f5 Bd5 26. Nxb6 Rae7 27. Nxd5 Rxe5
28. Qf3 Rxd5 29. Kh1 Rde5 30. Bc4 Re1 31. Rc1 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Qc7 33. Bb3 Qe5
34. f6 Qxb5 35. fxg7 Qxf1+ 36. Qxf1 Re1 37. Bxf7+ Kxg7 38. Qxe1 Bxe1 39. Bb3 h5
40. g3 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.21"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]
[WhiteClock "0:27:33"]
[BlackClock "0:15:15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Nxf3 Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. O-O Nc7 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Bd2 Rd8 14. Re4 Nd4
15. Bc3 Nb5 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Rae1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Rd5 19. b3 b5 20. Qd2 Qb6 21.
Qe3 Qa5 22. c4 bxc4 23. dxc4 Rdd8 24. Qe2 e6 25. h4 Rd7 26. h5 Rfd8 27. hxg6
hxg6 28. g3 Qc3 29. Kg2 a5 30. Re3 Rd3 31. Rd1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]
[WhiteClock "0:25:09"]
[BlackClock "0:15:09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. a5 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
a6 9. Bc4 b5 10. axb6 Nxb6 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Re1 e6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nfd5 15.
Na4 Nxa4 16. Bxa4 Nb6 17. Qg4 Qd4 18. Qxd4 cxd4 19. Bc6 Rfb8 20. h3 a5 21. b3
Nd5 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Nc4 Rba7 24. Bd2 a4 25. b4 Rb7 26. Reb1 Rb5 27. Nd6 Rb6
28. Nc4 Rb5 29. Nd6 Rb6 30. Nc4 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 $5 {The move Bb3 has become quite
popular in this c6-d5 line, but Qa4 has yet to be completely explored. Giri
sank into thought after this move. Presumably he was trying to recollect his
analysis.} Nfd7 (5... Bg7 {is the other main move here.}) 6. cxd5 Nb6 7. Qd1 (
7. Qb3 {is also possible but the queen retreat to d1 is much more popular.})
7... cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Bg7 {Saduakassova-Lei reached this position in
August 2015. One cannot be sure whether Topalov had seen this game before or
not, but he was playing fast and seemed to have come well prepared.} 10. Nge2
O-O 11. O-O Re8 (11... e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. h3 $1 $14 {The wise thing would be
not to take the pawn on d5.} (13. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 (14. Bxd5 $2 Bg4 $1 $17
{[%cal Gg4e2,Gd8d5,Ge5f3]}) 14... Qxd5 15. Bxd5 Rd8 $44)) 12. b3 {Sooner or
later White had to make some move which would allow e5.} (12. h3 e5 $1 13. dxe5
Bxe5 {and the d5-pawn cannot be taken as h3 would be left hanging.}) 12... e5
13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. h3 (14. Bb2 Bg4 15. h3 Bf3 {is something that Topalov wanted
to avoid.}) (14. Nd4 {In order to stop the Bf5-d3 idea was a possibility and
after} Bg4 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. Ba3 Nxd4 17. exd4 {Black's main problem is the
knight on b6. It is misplaced. The position is slightly more pleasant for
White.} Qf6 18. Bc5 Bf3 19. Bxf3 Qxf3 20. Rae1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Nd7 22. Be7 $14)
14... Bf5 15. Nd4 Bd3 16. Re1 Ba6 17. Qd2 {White has to make these slightly
uncomfortable moves due to the threat of the knight coming to d3. But it's
fine because the position is static in nature.} Nd3 18. Rd1 {The knight on d3
is well placed but may soon get caught. Hence, Anish decides to up the ante.}
Bxd4 (18... Nxc1 19. Raxc1 $16 {is just a huge advantage.}) 19. exd4 Qf6 20. a4
$5 {Highly creative play from the Bulgarian. Topalov sacrifices the d4-pawn in
order to activate his rook in a very original fashion.} (20. Bb2 {looked
normal as now the d4-pawn is taboo.} Rac8 {Black has no problems.} (20... Qxd4
21. Bf1 $1 $18)) 20... Qxd4 21. a5 Nd7 22. Ra4 $1 {No one would have ever
thought that the a1 rook could have been useful for a kingside attack. But
Giri had given up his dark-squared bishop, and his king looks a little weak,
hence this is an extremely logical consequence. But to find this idea of a4-a5
Ra4 you need to be somewhere around 2800!} Qe5 23. Nxd5 {White seems to have
the initiative as all his pieces are in play now. The threat is to play Re4
followed by Ne7+.} Nxc1 (23... N7c5 {was a natural move, but Giri had missed
the brilliant resource of 25.Qg5!} 24. Rh4 $1 $44 {[%cal Gd2h6]} Nxc1 (24...
Nxb3 $2 {The most natural move now loses in brilliant fashion.} 25. Qg5 $1 {
Who would think of this move when Qh6 is also possible.} (25. Qh6 Nbxc1 26.
Qxh7+ Kf8 {Black is completely safe.}) 25... Nbxc1 (25... Qxg5 26. Bxg5 {
Threatening Nf6+.} h5 27. Nc7 $18 {Everything is hanging!}) 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27.
Nd7+ $18) 25. Qxc1 {with unclear play.} Nxb3 $2 26. Qa3 $1 {A pretty unusual
knight trap!} Be2 27. Re1 Nd4 28. Qa4 Ne6 (28... Nc6 29. Re4 $18) 29. Rxe2 Qxe2
30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Qa3+ Kg7 32. Qa1 $18 {Agreed that all this is not easy to see,
yet it is completely winning.}) 24. Rxc1 $16 {White is clearly better.} Nf6 25.
Nc7 (25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Rf4 $16 {is also a very solid edge for White mainly
because the black king is weak and the bishop on a6 is firing blanks.}) 25...
Rad8 26. Qf4 g5 (26... Re7 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Nxa6 bxa6 29. Rc6 Kg7 30. Rxa6
Re1+ 31. Kh2 Rd2 32. Rf4 $16 {and now we see why the pawn on g5 is important.
It prevents Rf4.}) 27. Qb4 (27. Qxe5 {was the much more pragmatic approach.}
Rxe5 28. Nxa6 bxa6 $14 {Only one person can be better here and you don't need
to be a GM to know who!}) 27... Qb2 28. Raa1 Re2 29. Qc5 {[%cal Gc5g5,Gc5f2]} (
29. Nxa6 Rxf2 30. Bxb7 Rdd2 $19) 29... h6 30. Nxa6 bxa6 31. Rab1 (31. Qxa7 {
Winning material is often the best way to solidify your edge.} Rdd2 32. Rc8+
Kg7 33. Rf1 $16) 31... Qd2 32. Bf3 (32. b4 {was better.}) 32... Ne4 $5 33. Qxa7
$2 (33. Bxe4 Rxe4 34. Rd1 Qxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Kg2 {This will most
probably end in a draw but White is definitely not under any pressure here.})
33... Nxf2 $1 {Giri said after the game that this reminded him of his
childhood. He would be playing players rated above him and would get
completely positionally outplayed but still win in the end thanks to his
tactical awareness. Somehow this is very similar. White's position quickly
disintegrates now.} 34. Bxe2 Nxh3+ 35. Kf1 (35. Kg2 Qxe2+ 36. Kxh3 Rd2 $1 37.
Rc8+ Kg7 $19 {There is just no way to prevent mate.}) 35... Qd5 $1 {Very
accurate play and nicely spotted by Giri in spite of not having much time.
Black is a rook down but he is winning thanks to his excellent co-ordination.}
36. Bh5 (36. Ke1 {would have put up the maximum resistance.} Qh1+ 37. Bf1 Qf3
$3 {A move that is easy to understand when you see it, but very difficult to
find over the board.} 38. Bxh3 (38. Rb2 Qxg3+ 39. Rf2 Re8+ 40. Be2 Nf4 41. Rc2
Qg1+ 42. Rf1 Qxa7 $19) 38... Re8+ 39. Kd2 Re2+ 40. Kd1 Qd3#) 36... Qh1+ 37. Ke2
Qg2+ 38. Ke1 Re8+ 39. Kd1 Nf2+ 40. Kc2 Ne4+ {An unfortunate loss for Veselin
and a good start for Giri, who must not have expected to win this game after
the position he had after 20 moves.} (40... Ne4+ 41. Kd3 Qd2+ 42. Kc4 Rc8+ 43.
Qc5 Rxc5#) 0-1

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 {A quiet line, in which
White hopes to get a tiny edge due to his better bishop. However, Black has
enough time to solve that problem.} dxc4 {Other options:} (12... d4) (12... O-O
) 13. Bxc4 (13. Qxc4 Qxc4 14. Nxc4 Ke7 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Be2 Rac8 17. O-O Rhd8
$11 {1-0 (68) Medic,M (2250)-Randjelovic,D (2076) Zadar 2005}) (13. Nxc4 Ne5 $1
(13... O-O 14. Bd3 (14. b4 $5 Qg5 15. Bd3 Qxg2 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Qh3 {
1/2 (17) Johannessen,L (2531)-Riazantsev,A (2615) Evora 2007} 18. Rg1 $36)
14... h6 15. b4 (15. O-O Ne5 16. b4 Qc7 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Qc7 Qd5
20. Bc4 Qc6 21. Be2 $14 {1-0 (31) Hjartarson,J (2590)-Sokolov,A (2595) Madrid
1988}) 15... Qg5 16. f4 Qf6 17. O-O Bd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Be4 Ne7 20. Bxb7 Bb5
21. a4 Rb8 22. axb5 Rxb7 23. Nd6 $16 {1/2 (31) Irwanto,S (2362)-Zaw,W (2531)
Surabaya 2002}) 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Qd2 (16. Qb2 Rc8 17. f4 Ng6 18. Bd3
b5 $1 19. Qxg7 Ke7 $17 {0-1 (33) Gerenski,H (2284)-Kholmov,R (2427) Arco 2001})
16... Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Qb6 18. O-O Rd8 19. Qc2 O-O 20. Rfd1 Bc6 $11 {1/2 (23)
Mohota,N (2270)-Sachdev,T (2383) Chennai 2006}) 13... O-O (13... Ne5 {now
fails due to} 14. Ne4 $1 Qb6 15. Bb5+ Ke7 (15... Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7 17. Rd1 $36
) 16. Qa4 a5 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. O-O Bd7 20. Qd4 $16 {1-0 (34)
Fridman,D (2637)-Pileckis,E (2443) Liverpool 2008}) 14. b4 {White must play
energetically. Other moves seen in practice are rather harmless:} (14. O-O $143
Bd7 (14... Ne5 15. b4 Qc7 16. f4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qe7 18. Qe4 a5 19. Nf3 axb4 20.
axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 h6 $11 {1/2 (43) Markos,J (2568)-Kuzubov,Y (2578) Polanica
Zdroj 2008}) 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qc3 Nb8 18. Qe5 Bc6 19. Rfd1 {
1/2 (19) Godat,T (2314)-Nikel,B (2314) Lechenicher SchachServer 2009}) (14. Rc1
Ne5 (14... Bd7 15. Nb3 Qe7 16. Bd3 h6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qe2 Nb8 19. Bb1 e5 20.
Qd3 g6 $11 {1/2 (38) Lahiri,A (2353)-Chiaretti,R (2209) Pardubice 2010}) (14...
Rd8 15. O-O Qe7 {1/2 (15) Schlosser,P (2554)-Prusikin,M (2560) Fuegen 2006})
15. O-O Bd7 16. b4 Qc7 17. Qb2 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 Qb6 19. Rd4 Bb5 20. Rc1 Rac8 $11 {
1/2 (49) Shishkin,V (2498)-Korennoi,V (2223) Wroclaw 2009}) 14... Qe7 15. Bd3
$5 (15. O-O Rd8 16. Qb2 Bd7 17. Rac1 Be8 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Nb3 Nb8 (19... Rc7
$143 {0-1 (50) Ponomariov,R (2714)-Radjabov,T (2734) Beijing 2014} 20. b5 Nb8
21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Rc1 $14) 20. h3 Bc6 21. Nd4 Bd5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+
24. Qxc1 Qd8 $11 {1-0 (49) Leitao,R (2626)-Mekhitarian,K (2487) Campinas 2011})
15... h6 16. Qc3 $5 {[%cal Yb4b5]} a6 {This move weakens the b6-square but
otherwise Black had problems successfully parrying b4-b5.} (16... Bd7 17. b5
Nd8 18. O-O $14) (16... f6 {seriously weakens his kingside}) (16... Rd8 17. Be4
$5 $36) 17. O-O Bd7 18. Nc4 Rab8 19. Nb6 Rfd8 20. Rac1 (20. Nxd7 Rxd7 {is
hardly enough for any advantage.}) (20. Rfd1 Be8 21. Rd2 Rd6 22. Rad1 Rbd8 23.
h3 {was a way to hold the d-file but what to do next?}) 20... Be8 21. Be4 {
This move allows a comfortable rearrangement of Black's pieces but his
position was solid in any case:} (21. Rfd1 Rd6 {[%cal Yb8d8]} 22. Nc4 Rd7 23.
Be4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 $11) 21... Na7 $1 {[%cal Ya7b5]} 22. a4 (22. Qc7 $2 Qxc7
23. Rxc7 Nb5) 22... Qd6 23. Nc4 Qe7 24. Nb6 Qd6 25. Nc4 Qe7 26. Nb6 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 {Grischuk rarely shies away
from the Berlin endgame. The last time he tried something different was in
2006.} Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2
{There are many alternatives for White, all played by strong players.} ({
Restricting ourselves to the recent World Championships we can recollect that
Carlsen played} 11. Bf4 {in game 7 of the World Championship match 2014. After}
Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6
18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Kf2 Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Nf5 22. Rh1 {½-½ (122) Carlsen,
M (2863)-Anand,V (2792) Sochi 2014. White had a very tiny edge but Anand
resourcefully obtained a draw (fortress) by sacrificing a piece for 2 pawns a
few moves later.}) 11... b6 12. Bg5 (12. Nfd4 {does not bring anything because
after} Nxd4 13. Nxd4 c5 $1 14. Nb5 {Black has the key move} Kd7 $1 {[%cal
Gd7c6]}) ({Keeping the g5-square for the N did not achieve anything special
for White, as after} 12. Bf4 {[%csl Gf3,Gg5]} c5 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Ng5 {[%csl
Gh6] Kramnik cleverly used the h6-square to manoeuvre his R with} Rh6 {[%cal
Gh6g6] McShane,L (2645)-Kramnik,V (2791) London 2010 CBM 140 [Postny,E] (½-½,
139), and even took over the initiative soon.}) ({Game 9 of the World
Championship Match 2014 saw Carlsen try} 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Nf4 Bb7 14. e6 {
which looked scary at first, but Anand was well prepared and secured a short
and easy draw after} Bd6 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Ng5+ Kf6 17. Ne4+ Kf7 18. Ng5+ Kf6
19. Ne4+ Kf7 20. Ng5+ {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M (2863)-Anand,V (2792)/Sochi 2014/CBM
164}) 12... c5 {[%csl Gd4] Black controls the d4-square...} ({Previously Black
had tried} 12... Bb7 {in Grischuk vs Caruana which was well analysed by Postny.
It went} 13. Rad1 Be7 (13... c5 $142 14. Nc3 {which would transpose to the
main game of 12...c5.}) 14. Bxe7 (14. e6 $5) 14... Kxe7 15. Nf4 c5 16. Ng5 Rh6
$2 (16... Rad8 $2 17. e6 $16) (16... Rhd8 $142 $1) 17. c3 $16 {[%cal Gf1e1,
Ge5e6] 1-0 Grischuk,A (2774)-Caruana,F (2796)/Skopje 2015/CBM 169/[Postny,E] 
(49); and Grischuk went on to score an impressive victory.}) 13. Nc3 {[%csl
Gb5,Gd5] White goes for the b5- and d5-squares.} ({White did not achieve
anything more than equality when he tried to protect his pawn structure -} 13.
Rad1 Bb7 14. Rd3 Be7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxd8 Kxd8
19. Ng5 Ke7 20. Nf4 h4 {Black was very comfortable in the correspondence game
Myakutin vs Andersen, 2012, which was drawn after 37 moves.}) 13... Bb7 14.
Rad1 {[%cal Gc3b5]} Bxf3 15. gxf3 {[%cal Gc3d5,Gc3b5]} c6 {Black controls the
b5- and d5-squares...} 16. Ne4 {[%csl Gd6] White goes for the d6-square!} Be7
17. f4 Bxg5 (17... Rd8 $5) 18. fxg5 Ke7 19. Nd6 Ke6 ({Generally in the Ruy
Lopez Exchange structures, and the Berlin Variation, the pawn ending is
usually winning for White. So Black could not think about exchanging both the
rooks -} 19... Nxd6 20. Rxd6 Rhd8 21. Rfd1 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24.
f4 Ke7 25. Kf2 Ke6 26. Kf3 Kf5 27. Ke3 $18 {Eventually Black runs out of moves,
as due to his bad pawn structure on the queenside, White's 3 pawns easily
block Black's 4 pawns. Then it is just an extra pawn on the kingside for White.
Grischuk mentioned that he had studied this kind of endgame and knew it was
winning for White, although it may not be so obvious at the beginning of the
K+P ending.}) 20. f4 {Grischuk thought for 1 hour 20 minutes before making
this move!} (20. Nxf5 Kxf5 21. Rd7 Rhf8 $11 {is nothing for White. The near
perfect placement of the Black K compensates for the 7th rank placement of the
White R.}) (20. Rfe1 $2 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Gd4f3,Gd4c2] is great for Black.}) (20.
c3 Nxd6 (20... Rad8 21. Rfe1) 21. Rxd6+ (21. exd6 Kd7 $15) 21... Kxe5 $11)
20... Rad8 $2 {A mistake, but the problem for Grischuk was that having spent a
long long time working out the critical variations with 20...Nd6, he ran into
time trouble now.} (20... Ne3 $6 21. f5+ Ke7 22. f6+ $1 gxf6 23. exf6+ Kf8 24.
Nxf7 $3 ({Grischuk's first guess was} 24. Nf5 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 $14 {but it is
likely that he would have found 24.Nxf7 had the position arisen on the board.})
24... Kxf7 25. Rd7+ Kf8 (25... Ke8 26. Re7+ $18) 26. Rf3 $16 {[%csl Gf6,Gg5]
[%cal Gg5g6,Gg6g7]}) ({According to Grischuk the most critical reply was} 20...
Nxd6 {and this is the move that made him think for a long time.} 21. Rxd6+ (21.
exd6 $6 Kd7 $15) 21... Kf5 {"If White had his K on g2 here and he could play
Kf3 then Black would just have to resign, but White is not in time to achieve
this. After working out 22.Kg2 and 22.Rc6 and not finding anything, I realised
that 22.Rd7 would be my best chance here" (Grischuk)} 22. Rd7 (22. Rxc6 Rac8 $1
23. Rxc8 (23. Rd6 Rhd8 $132) 23... Rxc8 24. Kg2 Rd8 $15) (22. Kg2 Rad8 23. Kf3
Rxd6 24. exd6 Ke6 $15 (24... Rd8 25. Re1 Rxd6 26. Re7 f6 27. Rxg7 Rd4 $11))
22... Rhf8 23. Kg2 {[%cal Gg2f3]} Rad8 (23... a5 24. Kf3 Rad8 25. Rfd1 $16) 24.
Rxa7 Rd2+ 25. Rf2 Rxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Kxf4 27. Rc7 (27. e6 $5 fxe6 28. Rxg7 Rd8 29.
Ke2 (29. g6 $5) 29... Kg3 $132 {were Giri's thoughts.}) (27. a4 Kxe5 28. Rb7 b5
29. axb5 (29. a5 Ra8 30. Rxf7 Rxa5 31. Rxg7 Ra2 $11) 29... cxb5 30. Rxb5 Kd6
$11) 27... Kxe5 (27... Kxg5 $5 28. Rxc6 Rb8 29. Rc7 Rf8 $13) 28. Rxc6 Rb8 29.
Rc7 $14 {and it is still a bit unpleasant for Black. This in-depth analysis
was done over the board by Grischuk, as he showed in the press conference.}) (
20... Rhd8 21. Rfe1 Nd4 $13) 21. Rfe1 g6 (21... Nd4 22. Kh1 $5 {[%cal Gc2c3] /
\c3 as in the game.} Nxc2 $143 $2 23. f5+ Ke7 24. f6+ Ke6 (24... Kf8 25. Nf5 $1
$18 {[%csl Rd8,Rg7]}) 25. fxg7 Rhg8 26. Rf1 Nd4 (26... Rxg7 27. Rf6+ Kxe5 28.
Nc4+ Ke4 29. Rxd8 $18) 27. Rf6+ Kd5 (27... Kxe5 28. Nxf7+ $18) 28. Nxf7 Rd7 29.
Rd6+ Rxd6 30. exd6 $18) 22. Kf2 Nd4 23. c3 Nf5 24. Kf3 $16 {Black is almost
helpless now. But he has has one thing on his side - time.} Ng7 25. Rd2 Ke7 26.
Red1 Rhg8 27. a4 a6 (27... Ne6 28. h4 Ng7 29. f5 gxf5 30. Kf4 Ke6 31. Nxf5 $1
$18 {[%cal Gd2d8,Gf5g7] Grischuk}) 28. Nc4 (28. h4 $5 Nf5 29. Nxf5+ gxf5 30.
Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rxd8 Kxd8 32. a5 $1 bxa5 (32... b5 33. b4 $1 cxb4 (33... c4 34.
Ke3 $18 {is the same}) 34. cxb4 Kd7 35. Ke3 Kd8 36. Kd4 Kd7 37. Kc5 Kc7 38. e6
fxe6 39. g6 $18) 33. Ke3 Kd7 34. Kd3 Ke6 35. Kc4 Kd7 36. Kxc5 a4 37. Kb6 $18)
28... Rxd2 29. Rxd2 b5 30. Na5 Rc8 31. Rd6 bxa4 32. Rxc6 $6 ({The simplest way
was} 32. Nxc6+ $1 Ke8 33. Ke4 Nf5 (33... Ne6 34. h4 c4 35. f5 $18) 34. Kd5 $1 (
34. Rf6 $5 $18) 34... Nxd6 35. exd6 c4 36. h4 Ra8 (36... Kd7 37. Ne5+ Kd8 38.
d7 Rc7 39. Kd6 $18 {[%cal Ge5f7]}) 37. Kxc4 Kd7 38. Kd5 $18 {[%cal Gc6e5,Gc3c4,
Gc4c5]}) 32... Rd8 $5 (32... Rxc6 33. Nxc6+ $16) 33. Nc4 $6 (33. Rxa6 $142 $1
$16 Rd3+ 34. Ke4 Rxh3 35. Ra7+ Kf8 (35... Ke6 36. Nc6 $18 {[%cal Ga7e7,Gc6d8]})
36. Nc4 Nf5 37. Nd6 $18) 33... a3 34. bxa3 $6 (34. Rc7+ $142 Ke6 35. Nxa3 Rd3+
36. Ke4 Rxh3 37. Nc4 $16) 34... Rd3+ $1 $132 {Now Black gets enough
counterplay to hold the position.} 35. Ke4 Rxc3 36. Nd6 Rxa3 37. Rc7+ Ke6 38.
Rxf7 Ne8 $1 {The move that Grischuk underestimated in his time pressure. Anish
Giri "This is what happens when you use up too much time. When cheap tricks
appear on the board there is not enough time to spot them."} 39. Rf8 Nxd6+ 40.
exd6 Ra4+ 41. Ke3 Kxd6 42. Rf6+ Kd5 43. f5 Ra3+ 44. Kf4 Ra4+ 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46.
Kf4 Ra4+ 47. Ke3 {An unfortunate result for Grischuk who obtained a winning
position out of the early middlegame but could not convert it. The spectators
got a taste of Giri's sense of humour. When Daniel King asked the players to
pinpoint the moment where White missed his win, Giri replied, "I think he
missed the win when he thought for 1 hour 20 minutes for a move. If he had
thought for 1 hour 10 minutes then he would have won easily with the extra 10
minutes!"} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 Re8 {Anish had
used this move against Mamedyarov at the Qatar Masters 2014 and had won the
game. As Giri said in the press conference: I had used this move so it cannot
be bad! But I didn't really remember the analysis.} (6... c6 {was played by
Anand against Giri.}) 7. d3 c6 8. Nf3 (8. Ne2 {was played by Mamedyarov which
wasn't a great move.} d5 {Black already was completely fine.}) 8... d5 $1 {
At the post game conference, Jan Gustaffson asked Aronian a very basic
question: "I was taught since childhood that when your opponent has two
bishops you shouldn't open the position. Then Why does Black play d5 here?"
Aronian understood that Jan was asking this question for the benefit of the
audience and explained it with the following remark. Asssume that the knight
is on e2 instead of f3. Now if Black plays d6 then White would simply 0-0 and
then launch an attack with f4 which would be very strong. Hence opening the
position with d5 is a necessity and not a luxury. Besides Black is ahead in
development and must exploit it.} 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 Qc7 12.
O-O Qxc3 13. Qxc3 Nxc3 14. Bb2 Na4 15. Bxe5 Nc6 {Black has a very comfortable
position out of the opening and even though the players played 20 more moves
the result of the game was never really in doubt.} 16. Rfe1 Nb6 17. Bc7 Rxe1+
18. Rxe1 Be6 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. Bxb6 Nxe5 21. Bxa7 Nxd3 22. Rd1 Nb2 23. Ra1 b5 24.
a3 h6 25. Bd4 Nc4 26. h4 Bd7 27. Kh2 Bc6 28. Bc3 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Ne3+ 30. fxe3
Rxc3 31. Kf3 h5 32. Rb1 Rxa3 33. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3
{All this has been seen in many games at the top level. Even in the
Carlsen-Anand match from 2014. Here mainly everyone takes on g5 but Kramnik in
his game against Adams had tried a new move 14...Bc4. Giri had an improvement
on Kramnik's play and went for the same line.} Bc4 {.} 15. Rfe1 Rg6 16. Nce4
Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. b3 Bd5 19. c4 {We are still following Adams-Kramnik.
Here Kramnik took the knight on g5 with ...Bxg5. While watching that game Giri
had a logical doubt in his mind: Why not ...Nd4? Of course he worked on this
move at home and decided that it was not at all bad.} Nd4 $1 $146 (19... Bxg5
20. Nxg5 Be6 {Adams-Kramnik, London 2014.}) 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nd6+ {Maxime
goes for the most critical approach.} (21. Kg2 dxe4 22. Nxe4 {is another way
to play although after} Ra6 $11 {Black shouldn't have any problems.}) 21...
cxd6 22. exd6+ Ne6 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Be3 Kd7 25. Bxa7 Rh6 $1 {Black gets his
rook back into the game via h8.} 26. Rd1 Kxd6 27. Bb8+ Kc6 28. Rc1+ (28. Be5 {
was an option but after} Rh8 29. Bxf6 gxf6 $13 {Both sides have their trumps.
Black's structure is mangled but his pawn on d5 shepherded by the king on c5
would be very strong.}) 28... Kd7 29. Rd1 Kc6 30. Rc1+ Kd7 31. Rd1 {A very
correct game, you could say!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2850"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15.
Nbd2 Rc8 16. Bb2 Nfd7 17. Qb1 g6 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Bf6 21. Qd1
Ne5 22. Rc1 Bg5 23. Rb1 Nbd7 24. Rf1 Bf6 25. Rc1 Qb6 26. Bb1 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Nd3
28. Qxd3 Bxd4 29. Bh6 Rc8 30. Qe2 Nf8 31. g3 Ne6 32. Kg2 Bg7 33. Be3 Bd4 34.
Bd2 Qd8 35. Rc1 Rxc1 36. Bxc1 Qf6 37. a4 bxa4 38. bxa4 Nc5 39. a5 Bc3 40. Ba3
Bxa5 41. Bxc5 dxc5 42. Bd3 Bc3 43. Bxa6 Bd4 44. Bc4 Kg7 45. h4 Qb6 46. h5 Qf6
47. Ba2 gxh5 48. f4 Qg6 49. Kh3 f5 50. exf5 Qxf5+ 51. Kg2 Kh6 52. Qe6+ Qxe6 53.
Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. c3 e6 7. b4 a5 8. Qb3
f5 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. b5 Nb8 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. c6 bxc6 14. bxc6 Nb8 15.
Bb5 Qb6 16. Ba4 Qc5 17. O-O Nxc6 18. c4 Ne7 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Qa3 Qb7 21. Rc4
Rd8 22. Rb1 Qa7 23. Qc1 Ba6 24. Rc7 Rdc8 25. Rxa7 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxa7 27. Rc5
Bb7 28. Nb3 Bd5 29. Nfd2 Be5 30. Rxa5 Rxa5 31. Nxa5 Bxa2 32. Bb3 Bc3 33. Bxa2
Bxa5 34. Nf3 Bc7 35. Nd2 Ba5 36. Nf3 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Bronznik,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 ({In der letzten
Zeit erzielt Schwarz sehr gute Ergebnisse in der Variante} 6... Nc6 7. e4 dxe4
8. dxe4 e5 {, aber wahrscheinlich war die danach entstehende Position mit der
symmetrischen Bauernstruktur nicht nach Nakamuras Geschmack.}) 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
Qc7 ({Die verbreitetste Alternative zum Partiezug ist} 8... b5 9. exd5 $5 ({
Als Hauptfortsetzung gilt dann} 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 {mit dem für diese
Eröffnung typischen Spiel an gegenseitigen Flügeln in einer geschlossenen
Position}) (9. a4 $5 b4 ({zu anderen Stellungsbildern führt} 9... bxa4 {, z.B.
} 10. Rxa4 a5 11. Nf1 $5 Rb8 12. Ne3 Re8 13. exd5 exd5 14. b3 Rb4 15. Ra2 $14 {
Haub,T (2498) - Dambacher,M (2476)/BL2-West 2011}) 10. exd5 exd5 (10... Nxd5
11. Nc4 {, wie es in einigen Partien gespielt wurde, scheint dank der
Kontrolle über das Feld c4 für Weiß etwas besser zu sein}) 11. d4 cxd4 (
11... c4 $2 12. Ne5 $1 Nxd4 13. Ndxc4 Ne6 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bg5
Rd8 17. Na5 $16 {Har Zvi,R (2512) - Petrosian,T (2615)/ICC blitz 2008}) (11...
Bf5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Be4 16. a5 Bc5 17. Be3 $14
{Kabanov,N (2502)- Hou,Y (2571)/Khanty-Mansiysk Governor Cup-A 2009}) (11... h6
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Be3 Bf5 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. a5 Qc7 17. Nfd4 Be4 18.
Qd2 $14 {Petrosian,T (2671) - Svetushkin,D (2592)/Moscow Aeroflot op-A 2015})
12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Nfxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. Nb3 Qd7 17. Nxc5 Rxc5
18. Be3 Rc4 19. b3 Bf5 20. Qd2 $14 {Kiik,K (2463) - Solozhenkin,E (2511)/
FIN-chT 2008}) 9... exd5 ({die Position, die nach} 9... Nxd5 10. a4 b4 11. Nc4
$14 {entsteht, haben wir früher bei der Zugfolge 9.a4 b4 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nc4
bereits gesehen}) 10. Nb3 $5 Re8 11. h3 Qb6 12. c3 Bb7 (12... Be6 $5) (12...
Bf5 $5) (12... h6 $5) 13. Be3 Rad8 (13... Nd7 14. a4 $5 b4 15. a5 Qa6 16. d4 c4
17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 $14) 14. d4 c4 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. b4 $14 {Zvjaginsev,V 
(2655) - Lysyj,I (2686)/Kazan 2014}) 9. Qe2 $5 {Gerade diesen Zug empfiehlt GM
Emms in seinem Buch "King's Indian Attack".} ({Wie er erklärt, kann sich
Schwarz im Falle des unverzüglichen} 9. e5 {anstatt des Springerabzuges nach
d7} {für die Variante} Ng4 $5 10. Qe2 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 {entscheiden, was zwar
den Bauern e6 schwächen, dafür dem Nachziehenden aber ein freieres
Figurenspiel und mehr Raum geben würde, als es bei der Hauptfortsetzung 9...
Nd7 10.Qe2 b5 11.Nf1 der Fall ist. Aber der Partiezug hat im Vergleich zu 9.e5
noch einen Vorteil - Weiß legt die Bauernstruktur in der Mitte noch nicht
fest und bleibt dadurch bezüglich seiner weiteren Pläne flexibel!}) 9... b5
10. a4 $5 {Fast eine Neuerung - laut Mega Database wurde dieser Zug nur in
einer einzigen Partie angewendet, die zwischen zwei titellosen Spielern im
Jahr 2012 gespielt wurde.} ({Die Fortsetzung} 10. exd5 $6 {ist an dieser
Stelle nicht zu empfehlen, weil sie die e-Linie zu früh öffnet, auf der sich
gerade die weiße Dame befindet:} exd5 11. a4 bxa4 $1 12. Rxa4 Re8 13. Qd1 {
(diese Rückkehr der Dame ist ein klares Zeichen davon, dass Schwarz mit der
Eröffnung absolut zufrieden sein kann)} (13. Nb3 Bd7 14. Bf4 Nd4 $1 15. Qd2
Nxb3 16. cxb3 Qb6 $36) 13... Bd7 $1 (13... h6 14. Nb3 $13 {(/\Bf4, Ne5, Qa1)
Svidler,P (2739) - Lysyj,I (2673)/Chita 2015}) {, und jetzt funktioniert der
Plan mit Nd2-b3 nicht mehr -} 14. Nb3 $6 ({stärker ist} 14. Nf1 {, obwohl
Schwarz auch dann z.B. nach} h6 {ein bequemes Spiel hat}) 14... Nd4 (14... Qb6
$5 15. Bf4 $140 Nd4) 15. Ra1 (15. Ra3 $2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 c4 17. Bf4 Qc8 $17)
15... Nxb3 16. cxb3 Qb6 $36) ({Die Hauptvariante ist natürlich} 10. e5 {.} {
Im Vergleich zum früher besprochenen Abspiel 9.e5 Ng4 10.Q e2 f6 macht hier}
Ng4 $6 ({richtig ist} 10... Nd7) {deutlich weniger Sinn, weil in dieser
Stellung der Bauer e5 ausreichend gedeckt ist. Weiß kann sich z.B. für} 11.
h3 (11. a4 $5 b4 12. Nb3 $5) (11. c3 $5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nb3 c4 14. Nbd4)
11... Nh6 12. g4 {entscheiden, mit der Idee,} f6 {mit} 13. exf6 gxf6 14. c4 $5
$36 {zu erwidern.}) 10... b4 {Wegen Zugumstellung bekommt jetzt die Partie
noch einen weiteren Vorgänger, aber der nächste Zug von Giri ist - zumindest
entsprechend ChessBase Database - eine Neuerung.} ({Die Stellung nach} 10...
bxa4 11. Rxa4 ({aber nicht} 11. exd5 $6 exd5 {, was zur oben besprochenen
Variante 10.exd5?! exd5 11.a4 bxa4 führen würde}) {läßt sich für Weiß
dank seiner intakten Bauernstruktur leichter zu spielen, z. B.} 11... Rd8 {
(durch eine Zugumstellung kam zu dieser Position die Partie Crosa Coll,M (2225)
- Dearing,E (2295)/ Oporesa del Mar 1998)} (11... Re8 {ist natürlich spielbar,
macht aber dem Weißen bei der geschlossenen e-Linie im Vergleich zur Variante
10.exd5 exd5 11.a4 bxa4 12.Rxa4 Re8 nichts aus}) 12. b3 ({in der besagten
Partie kam statt dessen} 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nf1 a5 14. Rg4 $13) 12... Bd7 13. Ra1
a5 14. Bb2 $36 {(/\15.exd5 exd5 16.Ne5; /\ 15.exd5 exd5 16.c4)}) 11. exd5 $146
{Hier muss Weiß bei diesem Tausch nicht fürchten,  dass er später mittels
Rf8-e8 zum Rückzug Qe2-d1 gezwungen wird - jetzt hat er Zeit genug, um für
seine Dame das Feld d2 vorzubereiten.} (11. b3 Ba6 12. Bb2 Rac8 13. Rac1 (13.
Bf1 Rfe8 14. Rad1 h6 15. h4 Red8 $13 {Prates,F (2309) - Lujan,M (2394) Vicente
Lopez 2007}) (13. exd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Nd4 15. Qd1 $13) 13... Rfd8 $13 {Djosic,S 
(2238) - Pecelj,N (2165), SRB-chT Cup 2012}) 11... exd5 (11... Nxd5 12. Nc4 $14
) 12. Nb3 Re8 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. a5 Qb5 15. Qd2 Be6 $13 16. a6 {Eine
zweischneidige Entscheidung. Einerseits erweitert Giri dadurch seinen Raum am
Damenflügel (z.B. wenn jetzt der Springer c6 verschwinden sollte, entstehen
die Optionen Ra1-a5 und Nb3-a5) und verschafft sich einen sogenannten
"potentiellen Freibauern", der später - besonders je näher es zum Endspiel
wird - dem Gegner große Sorgen bereiten kann. Andererseits aber ist dieser
Bauer momentan ziemlich anfällig.  Wie dem auch sei, wenn es dem Weißen
gelingt, das Spiel für am Damenflügel bzw. die große Diagonale für seinen
weißfeldrigen Läufer zu öffnen, kann er unter Umständen eine sehr starke
Initiative bekommen.} ({Eine interessante Alternative bestand in} 16. Re2 $5 {
, um mittels Ra1-e1 Druck auf der e-Linie zu erzeugen und eventuell auf e6 die
Qualität zu opfern, z.B.:} Rac8 (16... Nh5 17. Ng5 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Bxg5 19. Qxg5
h6 (19... Rad8 $2 20. Bxd5 $1 $16) 20. Qh5 Rad8 21. f4 $36) (16... Bf8 17. Rae1
$5 (17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Rac8 20. Rae1 Qc6 21. c3 bxc3 22. bxc3
Nf6 $13) 17... Nxa5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Be5 $44 Qa6 (19... Nd7 $2 20. Ng5 $1 $16)
20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nh4 Qd6 22. d4 c4 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Qf4 Bxf5 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26.
Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Qxf5 Qe1+ 28. Bf1 Qe6 29. Qh5 Bg7 30. Bh3 Qe1+ 31. Bf1 Qe6 32.
Bh3 Qe1+ {mit Zugwiederholung}) 17. Rae1 Bf8 (17... Nxa5 $2 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19.
Ng5 Rc6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 $16) (17... Nd7) (17... h6 $2 18.
Bxh6 $1 $16 gxh6 $140 $2 19. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 20. Qxh6 Nd8 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Ng5 Qd7
23. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Bxd5 $18) 18. Bg5 Bd7 $5 (18...
Nxa5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bh3 $1 Rc6 22. Qf4 {mit gefährlicher
Kompensation}) 19. Bxf6 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 gxf6 21. Nh4 Be6 22. Qe1 Ne5 (22... Nxa5
$4 23. Rxe6 $18) 23. Nf3 (23. d4 $5 cxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxa5 25. Nhf3 $44) 23...
Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Qd7 $13) 16... Bf8 ({In seiner Express-Analyse nach der Patie
plädierte Giri für} 16... Rac8 {Dann kann man sich z.B. folgende (aber
natürlich keinesfalls forcierte) Variante vorstellen:} 17. h3 $5 ({nach} 17.
Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Bf6 {hat Schwarz bequemes Spiel}) 17... Bf8 18.
g4 $5 {(mit der Absicht 19.Ng5 Bd7 20.Nxf7! Kxf7 21.g5)} h6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20.
Bxe5 Nd7 21. Bg3 Nb6 22. d4 (22. f4) 22... c4 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25.
Be5 $44) 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Qb6 $6 ({Stärker war} 19... Rac8
$142 {, z.B.} 20. c4 $5 (20. Na5 $5 Qxa6 (20... Nb6 21. c4 $5 dxc4 22. dxc4
Nxc4 23. Qd3 Nd6 24. Qxb5 Nxb5 25. Nc6) 21. Nc4 (21. c4 $5) 21... Qc6 (21...
Qb7 22. Bd6 $1 Rcd8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Qf4 $44) 22. Rxa7 Ra8 $13) 20... dxc4 21.
Rxe6 $1 (21. dxc4 $143 Qxc4 22. Na5 Qxa6 23. Bb7 $140 Qb5 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 $15)
21... fxe6 (21... Rxe6 $2 22. dxc4 Qxc4 23. Qxd7 $16) (21... cxb3 $2 22. Bc6 $1
Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Qd1 $16) 22. dxc4 (22. Ra5 $5 Qb6 23. dxc4 e5 24. Be3
$44) 22... Qxc4 23. Na5 Qd4 24. Qe2 c4 (24... Qf6 25. Bb7 e5 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27.
Be3 $44) 25. Rd1 Qc5 26. Rxd7 Qxa5 27. Be4 $1 $44) ({Beachtenswert war auch} 
19... Rad8 $5 {, z.B.} 20. c4 dxc4 (20... bxc3 21. bxc3 $13 Qxb3 $140 $4 22.
Reb1 $18) 21. dxc4 Bxc4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Na5 Be6 24. Bc6 Qb6 25. b3 {(/\26.
Bxd7 Rd8 27.Nc4+-)} (25. Bxd7 $2 Rd8 $17) 25... Bf5 26. Qd5 (26. Bxd7 $2 Rd8
27. Nc4 Qf6 28. Be5 Qe7 $17) 26... Be6 27. Qd2 Bf5 {mit Zugwiederholung.}) (
19... Nb6 {(Giri)} 20. Ra5 Qc6 21. Be3 $5 Nd7 22. d4 $5 (22. c4 bxc3 23. Qxc3
Rac8 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Qxc5 Qxa6 $11)
22... c4 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Rab8 25. b3 c3 26. Qd4 $44 {[%csl Rb4,Rd5]}) 20.
c3 $6 ({Gleich nach der Partie wies Giri darauf hin, dass} 20. c4 $1 {
wesentlich stärker wäre, z.B.} bxc3 21. bxc3 Bd6 {(so weit Giri in seiner
Express-Analyse)} (21... Qxb3 $2 22. Reb1 $18) 22. Na5 $5 Qxa6 23. c4 Bxf4 24.
Qxf4 Nf6 25. Reb1 {mit sehr guter Kompensation}) 20... Rac8 21. Qc2 (21. cxb4
c4 $1 {(Giri)} 22. Nc5 $1 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. dxc4 Bb4 25. Qe3 Bc5 (25...
Bxe1 $2 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Rxe1 $16) 26. Qd2 Bb4 {mit Zugwiederholung.}) 21...
d4 22. Nd2 (22. Na5 $5 dxc3 (22... Qxa6 $2 23. Bb7 $16) (22... h6 $5 23. Bb7
$140 dxc3 24. bxc3 g5 25. Bd2 Bg7 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 $44) 23. bxc3 g5 $5 24. Bxg5
Bg7 25. Nc4 (25. Bd2 $6 b3 26. Qb2 Ne5 {ist für Weiß zu gefährlich}) 25...
Bxc4 26. dxc4 Bxc3 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rd1 $13) 22... h6 23. h4 dxc3 ({Giri
meinte, dass hier auch} 23... Bd6 {spielbar wäre, was in Wirklichkeit aber an}
24. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 25. Nc4 Qb8 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. cxb4 $16 {
scheitern würde. Es gibt übrigens wenig Zweifel, dass in der Partie Giri
diese Widerlegung gefunden hätte.}) (23... Nf6 24. Bb7 dxc3 25. bxc3) 24. bxc3
bxc3 $6 {Es ist wirklich ein großes Rätsel, warum ein so aggressiver Spieler
wie Nakamura auf einen Freibauern verzichtet und sich freiwillig auf eine
passive Stellung einlässt.} (24... b3 $5 25. Qb2 c4 26. Nxc4 Bxc4 27. dxc4 Nc5
{(so weit Giri)} 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Be3 Rb8 30. Bd5 Qg6 {mit ausreichender
Kompensation für den Bauern.}) (24... g5 $5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Bg7 27. Nc4
$5 (27. Bb7 $5 Bxc3 $13) 27... Bxc4 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. dxc4 Bxc3 30. Rd1 Bd4
31. Be3 b3 32. Qf5 Ne5 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. c5 Qxc5 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37.
Be4 Re6 38. Bh7+ Kh8 39. Bg6+ Kg8 40. Bh7+ $11 {mit Dauerschach.}) (24... Nf6
$5 25. Bb7 b3 $5 (25... Rcd8 26. cxb4 cxb4 27. Bc7 {- im Presse-Center endete
hier Giri die Analyse dieser Variante, aber in Wirklichkeit ist diese Stellung
alles andere als klar -} Qb5 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Nc4 b3 30. Qc3 Bc5 $44) 26. Qb1
b2 27. Ra3 Nh5 $5 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Be3 Bd5 $44) 25. Qxc3 $36 Nf6 (25... Qb4
26. Ne4 Nb6 27. Reb1 Nd5 28. Rxb4 Nxc3 29. Rb7 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Nxf4 31. gxf4 $36)
26. Nc4 Qd8 (26... Qb4 $5 27. Qc1 $5 Bf5 (27... Bd5 28. Bh3 $1 Rcd8 29. Be5 $14
) 28. Ne5 Ng4 29. Nxg4 Bxg4 30. Bb7 Rcd8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Rb1 Qd4 $14) 27. Bb7
Nd5 28. Qd2 Nxf4 29. Qxf4 Qxd3 $6 (29... Rc7 30. Na5 $5 {(Giri)} ({auch} 30.
Rab1 $5 Ree7 {[%cal Re6d5]} 31. Qf3 Rcd7 {sollte für Schwarz haltbar sein})
30... Bd7 $5 31. Qf3 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Bb5 33. Nc4 Rd7 34. Ne5 Re7 35. Rb1 Rxe5
36. Rxb5 Qd4 37. Kg2 $14 {- Weiß steht immer noch aktiver, aber Remis ist das
wahrscheinlichste Ergebnis.}) (29... Rb8 30. Na5 $36) 30. Ne5 Qd6 $6 (30... Qd4
31. Qxd4 cxd4 {(Giri)} {Stärker scheint aber das einfache} 32. Bxc8 (32. Nc6
Rxc6 $1 (32... Bc5 $2 33. Rec1 Bb6 34. Bxc8 Bxc8 35. Ne7+ {(Giri)} Rxe7 36.
Rxc8+ Kh7 37. Rc6 Bc7 38. Kf1 {- dieses Endspiel muss für Weiß gewonnen sein}
) 33. Bxc6 Rd8 {mit beträchtlichen Remischancen}) 32... Rxc8 33. Rec1 {
mit guten Erfolgsaussichten zu sein.}) 31. Rad1 $1 Qc7 (31... Qb6 32. Rb1 ({
laut Giri kann Schwarz die Stellung nach} 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. Nd7 Qxa6 {
problemlos halten, und dagegen ist nichts einzuwenden}) 32... Qd6 (32... Qc7
33. Nc6 $1 Bd6 34. Qf3 $18 {Giri}) 33. Red1 Qc7 34. Bxc8 Bxc8 35. Rb8 $3 Rxe5
36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Qxe5 c4 (37... Qxa6 $4 38. Rd8 $18) 38. Ra1 {, und der
weiße Vorteil sollte für einen vollen Punkt reichen.}) 32. Nc6 $1 (32. Bxc8
$6 Rxc8 33. Ng6 Qxf4 34. Nxf4 Bf5 $44) (32. Rd7 $6 Qa5 $1 (32... Bxd7 $4 33.
Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Ng6+ Kh7 35. Rxe8 Bxe8 (35... Rxe8 36. Nxf8+ Kh8 37. Bd5 $18) 36.
Nxf8+ Kh8 37. Qf5 $18 {(Giri)}) 33. Rdd1 $1 (33. Red1 $2 Rcd8 $1 $17 (33... Rc7
$4 {Giri} 34. Rd8 $1 $18)) (33. Rc1 $6 c4 $1 (33... f6 {Giri} 34. Nc6 $1 Rxc6
35. Bxc6 Bxd7 36. Bxd7 Re7 $11) 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Rd4 c3 {mit mehr als
ausreichender Kompensation für die Qualität}) 33... Rcd8 34. Ra1 Qc3 35. Nc6
Rd3 36. Nxa7 Bd7 $1 37. Rec1 Qb2 {(/\38...Bd6)} 38. Rcb1 Qe2 39. Nc8 $3 Bxc8
40. Bxc8 Rxc8 41. a7 Ra8 42. Rb8 Rd1+ 43. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 44. Kh2 Rxa7 45. Rxf8+
Kxf8 46. Qb8+ Ke7 47. Qxa7+ Ke6 48. Qxc5 $11) 32... Qxc6 $2 ({Die letzte, wenn
auch geringe Chance bestand in Damentausch:} 32... Qxf4 33. gxf4 Rxc6 34. Bxc6
Rb8 35. Bd5 Bg4 (35... Rb6 $6 36. f5 $1 (36. Bxe6 $6 fxe6 37. Rd7 Rxa6 {
ist weniger überzeugend}) 36... Bxf5 37. Re8 Rd6 (37... Rxa6 38. Bf3 $18) (
37... g5 38. Bc4 Rb4 39. Rc1 Kg7 40. Ra8 $18) 38. Bxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40.
Rxd6 c4 41. Kf1 $18) 36. f3 Bf5 37. h5 $1 {- auch diese Stellung ist für
Weiß wahrscheinlich gewonnen, aber der Nachziehende kämpft noch.}) (32... Qb6
{(Giri)} 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 35. Ne5 Kh8 36. Qf7 $1 Qb8 37. Qxe6 $18
) 33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34. Qa4 Rec8 $6 (34... Rcc8 {(Giri)} 35. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f5]}
Re7 (35... g6 36. h5 $18) (35... Rb8 36. Rb1 (36. f5 $6 Bb3 37. Qd7 Rec8) 36...
Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Rc8 38. Qe4 c4 39. f5 Bd7 40. Qd5 Ba4 41. Qb7 ({das Endspiel
QPPP/BBPPP, welches nach} 41. Rb7 Be8 42. Qe5 c3 43. Rc7 Rxc7 44. Qxc7 Bb5 45.
Qxa7 c2 46. Qc7 Bxa6 47. Qxc2 {entstehen würde, ist in einer praktischen
Partie vielleicht gar nicht so einfach zu gewinnen}) 41... Bc5+ 42. Kf1 Rf8 43.
Qd5 Bc2 44. Rb7 Be3 45. g4 c3 46. Qc4 $18) 36. Qb5 c4 (36... Kh7 37. f5 $1 Bxf5
38. Rxe7 Bxe7 39. Qb7 Re8 40. Re1 Be6 41. Rxe6 fxe6 42. Qd7 $18) (36... Rec7
37. f5 $1 Bxf5 38. Re8 $1 Rxe8 39. Qxe8 f6 40. Rd8 Rf7 41. Ra8 Bg6 42. Qb8 $18)
37. f5 $1 Bd7 38. Qd5 Rxe1+ 39. Rxe1 Rc7 40. Re4 c3 41. Rc4 Rxc4 42. Qxc4 $18)
{Der Partiezug verliert forciert:} 35. Rd8 $1 c4 (35... Rxa6 36. Rxf8+ $18) (
35... Rxd8 36. Qxc6 c4 37. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 38. Qxe6+ Kh8 39. Qxc4 $18) 36. Rxc8
Rxc8 37. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 38. Qd7 Rc5 39. Qxe6+ Kh7 40. Qf7 $1 Bd6 41. h5 $1 Rg5 ({
Oder} 41... Bc7 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ Kg8 45. Qa8+ Kh7 46. Qxa7
$18) 42. Kg2 c3 43. f4 (43. f4 c2 (43... Rc5 44. Qg6+ Kh8 45. Qxd6 $18) 44.
fxg5 c1=Q 45. g6+ Kh8 46. Qe8+ $18 Bf8 47. Qxf8#) 1-0

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3
Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Kf2 Rxd1
21. Nxd1 Nf5 22. Rh1 Bxa2 23. Rxh5 Be6 24. g4 Nd6 25. Rh7 Nf7 26. Ne3 b6 27.
Ng2 Rg8 28. Bxc7 Rh8 29. Rxh8+ Nxh8 30. Ne3 Nf7 31. Bg3 Nh6 32. Bf4 Nf7 33. Bg3
Nh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th Tiebreak"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 {In one of the rapid tiebreaks Anish of course puts his money on
the Berlin to defend with the black pieces.} 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 {Maxime sank
into thought here trying to remember the best setup that would suit him in
this shortened time control.} 11. Ne2 b6 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7
15. Ned4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 {Maxime tries to play in an extremely simplified
fashion. But the funny thing about the Berlin is that once you try to play
very normal moves Black has his trumps and he tends to come out on top. Like
in this case.} c5 $1 (16... g6 {Trying to stop Nf5 won't be the most accurate.}
17. f4 c5 18. Nb5 Rhc8 19. Kf2 {and White is basically a tempo up as compared
to the game.}) 17. Nb5 (17. Nf5+ $6 Ke6 18. Nxg7+ Kxe5 $19 {and the knight is
trapped in the corner.}) 17... Rhc8 $1 {...a6 or ...Bc6 is coming up next and
the knight will be kicked away.} 18. f4 Bc6 (18... a6 {was also pretty good.}
19. Nc3 Rd8 $15) 19. Nc3 Ke6 20. Kf2 h4 $1 {Let us try to understand the
reasons why Black is better here. His king is centralised, the pawn on g2 is
fixed. Also the bishop on c6 somehow dominates the knight on c3. Because of
all these reasons Black is just better.} 21. a4 Kf5 22. Ke3 (22. Nd5 $1 {
It was necessary to make this move if he wanted to have any chances of
equalising.} Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Kxf4 24. Rd7 $1 Kxe5 25. Rxf7 Rf8 26. Re1+ Kd6 27.
Ree7 Rxf7+ 28. Rxf7 g5 $11 {Black should be very slightly better but a draw
would be the most likely outcome.}) 22... Re8 $1 {A very nice move. Now Nd5
will be met with ...Rac8 and Nb5 with ...Re7. Besides ...f6 is threatened now.}
23. Nd5 Rac8 $1 24. Rd2 f6 {Giri's play is a model game for anyone who would
like to know the reasons why the Berlin should be played.} 25. Rf1 fxe5 26.
fxe5+ Kg5 $1 (26... Kxe5 {was also possible.}) 27. Nc3 Rxe5+ {Black wins a
pawn and the rest should be just a matter of technique.} 28. Kf2 Rf8+ 29. Kg1
Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rf5+ 31. Kg1 Rf4 32. Re2 Kf6 33. b3 a6 34. Nd1 Bd5 35. c4 Be6
36. a5 Rd4 37. Nf2 Bf5 38. Ra2 Rd6 39. Kf1 (39. axb6 Rxb6 $19 {[%cal Gb6b3]})
39... Ke5 40. Re2+ Kf4 41. Ra2 g5 42. Ke1 Re6+ 43. Kf1 Re3 (43... Re3 {Maxime
resigned when he realised that he would soon lose all his pawns. The onus was
now on the Frenchman to win with the black pieces.} 44. axb6 cxb6 45. Rxa6 Rxb3
46. Ra2 Rc3 47. Rb2 Rc1+ 48. Ke2 Rxc4 49. Rxb6 Kg3 $19) 0-1

[Event "London Classic 7th Tiebreak"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2015.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After scoring a win with the black pieces, Anish found himself in the
enviable situation of holding Maxime with the white pieces. Knowing the solid
player that he is this shoudn't be a very tough task.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 (6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 {is much more
common but White can be solid here with} 8. e3) 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8
10. b3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Qc2 c6 15. Rad1 Bg4 16.
f3 Be6 17. f4 Bg7 18. e4 Rad8 19. e5 Bg4 20. Bf3 (20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Ne4 $14 {
might have been a better way to continue.}) 20... Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qe2
Bxf3 23. Rxf3 f6 24. exf6 Qxe2 25. Nxe2 Bf8 (25... Rd2 26. fxg7 Rxb2 27. Nc3
Kxg7 $11) 26. Bd4 Kf7 27. Rc3 Nd5 28. Rc4 Nxf6 {Black has recovered the pawn
and the position is about equal. But Maxime needs to win and hence tries to
keep as many pieces on the board as possible.} 29. Kg2 Nd5 30. Kf3 a5 31. Bc5
Bg7 32. Bd4 Bf8 33. Bc5 Bh6 {At this point it seemed as if Giri was quite
confident that he would easily make a draw. But now he starts making mistakes
and soon lands up in a positional that is pretty irritating to defend.} 34. Rd4
Bg7 35. Rd2 a4 $1 36. Bd4 (36. b4 {might have made it easier to achieve the
draw.}) 36... Bxd4 37. Rxd4 axb3 38. axb3 Ra8 $1 {The rook takes the open file
and is threatening to penetrate to a2. It is not much but it is surely quite
unpleasant.} 39. Rd3 Ra2 40. h3 Rb2 41. Nd4 h5 42. f5 $1 {A good move by Anish.
It either exchanges a few more pawns or secures the e6 square for the knight.}
g5 43. Ne6 Kf6 44. Nd8 (44. g4 {would have been good but it is very difficult
for a human to make this move especially when your opponent can play h4.} h4
45. Nc5 Rh2 (45... Nf4 46. Ne4+ Ke5 47. Nc5 $1 Kf6 48. Ne4+ $11) 46. Ne4+ Kg7
47. Nxg5 Kh6 48. Nf7+ Kg7 49. Ng5 $11) 44... Rh2 $1 {A super accurate move by
MVL.} 45. Nxb7 Rxh3 (45... h4 $6 46. Kg4 hxg3 47. Kxg3 $11) 46. Nd6 Rh2 47. Ke4
Re2+ 48. Kd4 Ne7 49. Kc5 $6 (49. g4 $1 {was such a nice move but so difficult
to find in time pressure.} hxg4 50. Ne4+ Kf7 51. Nxg5+ $11) 49... g4 50. Kb6
Re5 51. Kc7 c5 $6 (51... Nd5+ $1 $19) 52. Nc4 Rxf5 53. Rd6+ Kg5 54. Re6 Nd5+
55. Kd6 h4 56. gxh4+ Kxh4 57. Ne5 $6 (57. Re5 {would have ensured a draw now
as after} Rxe5 58. Nxe5 Nf4 59. Nxg4 Kxg4 60. Kxc5 $11) 57... Nf4 58. Rh6+ Kg5
59. Rh8 $2 (59. Rh7 {would have preserved excellent drawing chances.}) 59...
Rxe5 $1 {As alert as ever, MVL grabbed his chance and equalised his match
forcing things into a final Armageddon game.} 0-1

[Event "London Classic 7th Tiebreak"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Maxime won the toss and decided to choose the black pieces, which meant that
he had five minutes to Anish's six but the Frenchman had the odds of the draw.
} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c5 {
All symmetrical until now. But the players slowly start to break the symmetry
now.} 8. e3 d6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 e6 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. d4 Rad8 13. Qc2 (13. e4
$1 $14 {would have given the sort of position just the kind of slight edge
that he would have been looking for in this game.}) 13... d5 14. Ne5 cxd4 15.
exd4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 (18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20.
Bxd5 Bxe5 21. Rd1 {would have led to a small edge for White.}) 18... Nxe5 19.
Qe4 Bc8 $1 20. Re1 Bf5 $17 21. Qe3 Qc5 22. Rad1 Bg4 (22... Nd3 23. Rxd3 Bxd3
24. Qxd3 Bxc3 $19 {was equally good.}) 23. Rb1 Bf5 (23... Rxd5 $1 24. Nxd5 Nf3+
25. Kg2 Qxd5 $19) 24. Be4 Nd3 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Na4 Rd2 28. Bxg7
Kxg7 {White has averted the worst possible outcome but Black is still
completely fine and to win this game is a next to impossible task.} 29. Rb2
Rfd8 30. Re2 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 c4 32. bxc4 Bd3 33. Re7 Bxc4 34. Re3 R8d6 35. a3 Bf1+
36. Kf3 Rf6+ 37. Ke4 Re6+ (37... Bg2+ 38. f3 Bxf3+ 39. Rxf3 Re6+ 40. Kf4 Rd4+
41. Kg5 h6#) 38. Kf3 Rf6+ 39. Ke4 Re6+ 40. Kf3 Rf6+ 41. Kg4 Rd4+ {[%cal Gd4a4]
The knight is lost and Giri had to resign.} 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 {This move is not as popular as the move
4.g3 but has still been played in nearly 3,000 games!} Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5
Re8 7. Qf5 {Quite an odd queen sortie! The idea is to take on f6 and cripple
the black structure on the kingside.} (7. Nxb4 Nxb4 8. Qb3 c5 9. a3 Nc6 $15)
7... d6 (7... Nxd5 8. cxd5 Ne7 (8... d6 9. Qh5 Ne7 10. Ng5 $16) 9. Qxe5 c6 10.
dxc6 dxc6 $44) 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 (8... Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 {was played by Giri with
the black pieces against Grischuk in 2013. Black got a good position but
Grischuk was finally able to win the game.}) 9. Qc2 (9. Qh5 {is another
possibility.} d5 10. Bd3 e4 11. cxd5 Bf8 $1 12. dxc6 Qxd3 $11 {Black has a
fine position.}) 9... e4 10. Ng1 d5 11. a3 Bf8 12. cxd5 Qxd5 {[%csl Ga1,Gc1,
Gf1,Gg1,Gh1] Look at the position after 12 moves! None of Giri's pieces have
been developed and Black has nearly four of his in play. Yet White is doing
okay, mainly because he has no weaknesses.} 13. Ne2 Bf5 (13... f5 {looks more
cohesive, but when you are ahead in development it always feels nice to get
even more men out!}) 14. b4 $5 {Highly ambitious play. Anish hasn't completed
his development but finds time to push another pawn!} a5 15. Nc3 Qe6 16. b5 Ne5
17. Nxe4 $1 {Making a move like Nxe4 requires a lot of belief in your
calculating abilities. f3 and d3 are coming up and hence Black doesn't have a
good discovered attack.} Nd7 18. d3 Bxe4 19. dxe4 Nc5 20. Bb2 Rad8 21. Rc1 $6 (
21. f3 $5 {would have retained an advantage for White as now Be2 followed by
0-0 is coming up and there is no really good way for Black to take advantage
of his lead in development.} f5 $2 22. Qc3 $1 $18) 21... Nxe4 22. Bd3 Nxf2 $1 {
A fine shot which puts the ball back in the Dutch GM's court. What does he do
now?} 23. Bxh7+ (23. Kxf2 $2 Qxe3+ $19 {[%cal Gd8d3]}) (23. Qxf2 Rxd3 $17)
23... Kg7 24. O-O $1 {This was the resource on which Giri had pinned his hopes.
Black has only one way to wriggle out of the mess but unfortunately for him he
is unable to find it.} Nd3 $2 (24... Ng4 $1 {would have given Black an equal
position. But this is far from easy to calculate.} 25. Rf3 (25. Bf5 Qxe3+ $1
26. Kh1 Nxh2 $1 27. Kxh2 Bd6+ 28. Kh1 Rh8+ $19) 25... Nxe3 26. Rxf6 Nxc2 27.
Rxe6+ Kxh7 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxc2 Bd6 $11) 25. Bxd3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Rxd3 (26...
Qxd3 27. Bxf6+ Kg8 28. Bxd8 $18) 27. Rxf6 $1 {A deadly discovered check is
difficult to prevent.} Kg8 28. Rcf1 Qe2 29. Qc4 $1 Rd7 30. Rg6+ {A very
interesting battle but it must be said that the Dutch super GM was surely
given a scare by his young Indian opponent.} 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 $5 {
At the London Chess Classic almost everyone retreated their knight to e2. The
knight to b3 is also one of the main moves but not as popular as Nde2.} Be6 8.
f4 Be7 (8... Nbd7 9. f5 Bxb3 10. axb3 d5 $1 {was played by Shirov against
Sutovsky and Black is already completely fine. The point is that Nxd5 is bad
as after ...Nxd5 there is a check on h4 and the direct exd5 is met with ...Bb4.
} 11. exd5 (11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Qh4+) 11... Bb4 $44 {[%cal Gd8b6,Gd7c5]}) 9.
f5 Bd7 10. Be3 b5 (10... Bc6 11. Qf3 d5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. O-O-O $16) 11. Qf3 b4
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Bd3 Bb5 16. h4 (16. O-O {could
have been more prudent. But knowing what an aggressive player Nils is, his
move with h4 is one that can be expected from him.}) 16... Qd8 17. g4 Nd7 18.
g5 $6 {According to Giri in the press conference this was an inaccuracy by
White as it allows Black to activate his rook with h6.} h6 $1 19. Rg1 (19. f6 {
Good or bad, this should have been tried.} gxf6 20. g6 $1 fxg6 21. Bxg6+ Ke7 {
Black' king looks safe on e7 but after} 22. O-O-O {White is surely the one who
can create dangerous threats in this position.}) 19... hxg5 20. hxg5 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 Rh5 $1 {It seems it is difficult for White to defend the g5 pawn as Qd2
is met by ...a5 threatening ...a4 when the knight doesn't have the d2-square
to retreat to. And Qe3 is met by ...Qb6.} 22. Qg3 Qc7 23. O-O-O Rc8 {Mate on
c2 is threatened.} 24. Rd2 a5 25. Kb1 a4 26. Nc1 Qc4 27. Qf3 Rh4 28. f6 g6 29.
Rh1 Nc5 30. Rdh2 Ne4 31. Qd1 (31. Qe3 $5 {Black has to find} Rh5 $1 32. Qa7 Kf8
$1 33. Qxa4 Nd2+ 34. Ka1 Qxc2 35. Qxc2 Rxc2 36. Rxh5 gxh5 37. Nd3 {and the
position is unclear.}) 31... Rxh2 32. Rxh2 Kd7 33. Qg1 Qxd5 34. Qa7+ Ke6 35.
Qg1 Kd7 36. Qa7+ Ke6 37. Qg1 Qc4 $1 38. Re2 (38. Qg4+ Kd5 39. Qd7 Rc7 40. Qxa4
Ke6 $17) 38... b3 39. axb3 axb3 40. cxb3 Qxe2 $1 {A very complicated game
which is quite typical of the Sicilian.} 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
b5 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Nec3 Nb6 (10... Bb7 {has been tried on the top level a
couple of times, but it doesn't seem sufficient for solving the problems:} 11.
a4 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Nf6 (12... O-O 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. O-O $14 {
1-0 Adams,M (2740)-Navara,D (2724)/Biel SUI 2015 (56)}) 13. Nxe7 (13. axb5 {
offers less:} Nxd5 14. exd5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 $132 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2876)
-Grischuk,A (2781)/Stavanger NOR 2015 (45)}) 13... Qxe7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8+
Bxa8 16. Qd3 $14) 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bg5 $146 {Anish comes up with a natural
novelty in a rare theoretical position.} ({The previously played} 12. Be3 Rb8 (
12... Nc4 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. b3 $14) 13. O-O O-O 14. b3 b4 ({Perhaps,} 14... Be6
$142 {was the more precise way of handling the position. In this case Black's
position looks quite solid.}) 15. Ne2 Nbd7 16. c4 $14 {(Salgado Lopez,I (2615)
-Asis Gargatagli,H (2487)/ Linares ESP 2015) was slightly better for White.})
12... h6 {There is no reason for delaying this move - the pin on the Nf6 is
very annoying.} ({After} 12... b4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Rb8 16.
O-O O-O 17. a3 bxa3 18. b3 Bb7 19. Qd3 $14 {Black suffers from weak pawns in
his camp.}) ({Black's position is quite passive also in the event of} 12... Bb7
13. O-O O-O (13... h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. a4 bxa4 16. Nxa4 Nxa4 17. Rxa4 O-O 18.
Qd3 $14) 14. f4 Nbd7 15. Qd2 $14) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. a4 bxa4 (14... b4 $2 {
is dubious:} 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Ra7 17. Qc6+ Bd7 18. Qb6 $16 {and Black
loses the pawn.}) 15. Nxa4 Nxa4 16. Rxa4 {White has a small, but long-lasting
advantage due to a better pawn structure.} O-O {The most natural.} ({However,} 
16... Bd7 $5 {deserved serious attention:} 17. Ra5 Qd8 {The best is} 18. Qd2 $1
({Now White achieves nothing with} 18. Rd5 O-O 19. O-O ({Black is doing well
also after} 19. Rxd6 Qa5+ 20. c3 Bb5 $132) 19... Be6 20. Rxd6 Qb8 21. b3 a5 $44
) {, and then after} 18... Bb5 19. b3 Qb6 20. c4 Bd7 21. O-O O-O 22. Rfa1 Be6 {
Black gets a slightly worse, but very solid position.}) 17. O-O Bd7 18. Ra5
Rfb8 {This move is connected with an idea of simplifying matters.} (18... Rfc8
19. Re1 Bb5 20. Qd2 Qg5 21. Re3 $14) 19. b3 Rb5 20. Qd2 $6 {This move has a
concrete drawback.} ({A much better one was} 20. Ra2 Rc5 21. Qd2 Rac8 22. Re1
Rc3 23. Re3 $14) 20... Rxa5 $6 {Returning the favour.} ({Black could have
solved all the problems by means of} 20... Qg5 $1 21. Qxg5 ({White's setup is
too passive after} 21. Qe1 Rc8 22. Ra2 a5 $11) 21... hxg5 22. Rfa1 Rxa5 23.
Rxa5 Rc8 24. Ra2 (24. c4 Rb8 25. Rxa6 Rxb3 $11) 24... a5 25. Bf1 g4 26. Bd3 Ra8
$11 {with equality.}) 21. Qxa5 Qd8 {Liquidating into an endgame wouldn't fully
solve the problems, but Black's practical task is getting somewhat easier.} (
21... Rc8 22. c4 Rc6 23. Rd1 $14) 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 $1 ({Correctly
rejecting} 23. Ra1 Rc8 24. Ra2 a5 $1 {and Black manages to consolidate.}) 23...
Bc6 24. Ra1 {Now, when the c-file is blocked by the Bc6, it makes sense to put
pressure on another weak pawn.} Ra8 25. Ra5 {A decent prophylactic move. It is
important to fix the pawn on the light square.} Bb7 26. f3 {The Pe4 is
over-proteced, so White's bishop can be used for other functions.} Rc8 27. Ra2
Rc5 {The rook is placed somewhat awkwardly here, but} ({the alternative} 27...
a5 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Bf1 Ke7 30. Ke3 Ra8 31. Bc4 $14 {just looks very passive.})
28. Kf2 a5 29. Bf1 Kf8 30. Ke3 d5 {A doubled-edged decision. Black manages to
get a rid of weak pawn, but now the c-pawn is potentially a dangerous passer.}
(30... Bc8 31. Bd3 Be6 $14) 31. exd5 Bxd5 32. c4 Be6 33. Kd2 ({Another way of
handling the position was:} 33. g4 {seizing some space on the k-side. The play
might continue:} Ke7 34. Bd3 g6 35. h4 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. f4 $14) 33... Ke7
34. Bd3 f5 35. h4 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kc3 Kf6 {GM Wojtaszek prefers to keep
his king on the k-side in order to cover some vulnerable squares along the
h-file.} ({A waiting strategy was also possible:} 37... Kd6 $5 38. Ra1 Ke7 $14
{and White cannot make any progress without major simplifications.}) 38. Ra1
Bc8 $6 {There was no reason for letting the opponent's rook come in.} ({
A better move was} 38... Ke7 39. Rh1 Rc8 40. Rh7+ Kf6 {and if} 41. Ra7 {, then}
Bd5 $1 42. Be2 Ra8 43. Rh7 Be6 {and Black is OK.}) 39. Rh1 Kg7 40. Rh5 Kg6 41.
Rh8 Kg7 42. Rd8 {Obviously, activating the rook is White's indisputable
achievement. However, it's not easy to make further progress.} Kf6 43. Rd6+ Be6
{A correct move - White cannot benefit from the pin.} (43... Ke7 $6 44. Rg6 {
led to the loss of pawn.}) 44. Ra6 Ke7 45. Rb6 Kf7 46. Ra6 Ke7 47. Be2 $1 Kf7
48. g4 {It was impossible to make any progress without this advance.} Ke7 49.
Rb6 {Now Black had to make the choice...} (49. gxf5 Bxf5 50. Bd3 Be6 $14) 49...
Kf7 $6 {Switching to active play is always a tough task.} ({A much better way
was} 49... fxg4 $1 50. fxg4 Rc8 51. Rb5 Kf6 52. Rxa5 Rh8 53. b4 Rh2 {with good
drawing chances due to activity of all the pieces.}) 50. Rd6 $6 {Returning the
favour!} ({It looks, like both players overlooked the following possibility:} 
50. gxf5 $1 Bxf5 51. Bd3 Bxd3 ({Even worse is:} 51... Be6 52. Be4 g4 53. fxg4
Bxg4 54. Bc6 Be6 55. Ra6 Ke7 56. Bb5 {and the Pa5 is gone. White's position
seems winning here, though the technical task is not easy yet.}) 52. Kxd3 Ke7
53. Ra6 Kf7 54. Ke4 {and Black's position is very difficult.}) 50... Ke7 $6 ({
Once again, a better way was} 50... fxg4 51. fxg4 Rc8 52. Ra6 Rh8 53. Rxa5 Rh3+
$14) 51. Ra6 fxg4 52. fxg4 {Now White gets access to the light squares.} Kf7
53. Ra7+ Kf6 54. Bf3 Bf7 55. Ra6+ Ke7 56. Bc6 Be6 57. Bb5 $2 {A serious
mistake, which could have spoiled all his advantage!} ({Instead, Anish had to
grab the pawn by means of} 57. Ra7+ Kd6 58. Bf3 Bd7 59. Ra6+ Ke7 60. Rg6 $16)
57... Bxg4 58. Rxa5 Bf3 $2 {Being tired from passive defence, Radoslaw doesn't
withstand the pressure.} ({At the same time, after} 58... Rc7 $1 59. b4 Bf3 {
, followed by 60...g4 Black would get sufficient counterplay.}) 59. Ra7+ Kf6
60. Bd7 $1 {That's it. The rook is trapped, so Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. O-O Na5 12. Qd3 a6 13. c4 Qc7 14. Rac1 Bd7
15. Qa3 Nxc4 16. Qxe7 Rae8 17. Qb4 b5 18. Bf4 Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Rfd1 a5 21.
Qc3 Rc8 22. Nb3 Qe7 23. Bb7 Rb8 24. Bd5 Rfc8 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxa5 Bh3 27. Qd2
Rbc8 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Be6 30. Kf2 Ra8 31. Nd4 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Bc4 33. Rc2
Kg7 34. Rb2 Kf6 35. g4 Ra3 36. h4 h6 37. Kf3 Bd5+ 38. Kf2 Bc4 39. Nxb5 Bxb5 40.
Rxb5 Rxa2 41. Rb6+ Kg7 42. e4 Ra3 43. Rb5 Rh3 44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 Kf6 46. e3
Rh1 47. Kf3 Rh4 48. Ra5 Rh1 49. Ra6+ Kg7 50. Ra5 Kf6 51. e5+ Kf5 52. Kg2 Re1
53. Kf3 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. a4 O-O 11. Nh4 a5 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Kh1 Rfe8 14. Nb3 Bb4 15.
Bd2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Red8 17. Qc3 Bg6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Rfd1 b6 20. Bf3 Nf8 21.
Kg2 Ne6 22. h4 g5 23. hxg5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nxg5 25. Qe3 Nxf3 26. Qxf3 Rd8 27.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qe2 g6 29. c3 Qd6 30. Nd2 b5 31. Nb3 bxa4 32. Nxa5 Qc5 33. Nc4
Qb5 34. Kf1 Kg7 35. Ke1 Nd7 36. f3 Qc5 37. Kf1 Qb5 38. Ke1 Qc5 39. Kf1 Nb6 40.
Na3 Qd6 41. Ke1 Qc5 42. Qf2 Qxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Kf6 44. Ke3 Kg5 45. Kd3 f5 46. exf5
gxf5 47. Nb1 e4+ 48. fxe4 fxe4+ 49. Kd4 e3 50. Kxe3 Nc4+ 51. Ke2 Nxb2 52. Na3
Kf5 53. Kd2 Ke4 54. Kc2 Nd3 55. Nc4 Nc5 56. Kb2 Kf3 57. Ne5+ Kxg3 58. Nxc6 Kf4
59. Ka3 Ne4 60. c4 Nd6 61. Na5 Nxc4+ 62. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O-O g6 13. Kb1 {The thing about
top players like Giri is that they are not only very much up to date with the
latest games but they also find improvements over them. Here the players are
following the game Anand vs Topalov from the London Chess Classic that took
place 20 days ago. Anand had won a nice game with White so Ganguly tried it
once again but Anish already had an improvement prepared.} Nc5 (13... Rc8 {
Anand-Topalov.}) 14. Qf3 Bg7 15. Nec3 b5 16. Be2 Rb8 17. a3 Bd7 {Defending the
b5-pawn and preparing a5-b4.} 18. Qe3 a5 19. b4 {While this stops b4, one
thing which is certain is that White's king is quite exposed now.} Ne6 20. g3
Nd4 21. Bd3 Be6 22. f4 axb4 23. axb4 Ra8 24. f5 gxf5 25. exf5 Nxf5 26. Bxf5
Bxf5 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Be6 {Black has won a pawn and looks
pretty solid, although White with his excellent knights does have some
compensation.} 30. g5 $6 (30. Qe4 {with the idea of Nc7 was interesting.})
30... Kf8 31. Nf6 Ra6 32. Qf3 Qc7 33. Nh7+ Ke8 34. Nf6+ Bxf6 35. gxf6 Kd7 {
Black has got rid of his bad bishop and his king is also safe. Add to it the
fact that he is a pawn up and you can realise that the rest is just a matter
of technique for a player of Giri's calibre.} 36. Rd1 Qa7 37. Kb2 Bc4 38. Qe4
Kc7 39. Nd5+ Kb8 40. Nc3 Kc7 41. Qf3 Qa8 42. Qe3 Qc6 43. Qg3 Ra8 44. Ra1 Rxa1
45. Kxa1 Qb6 46. Qh4 d5 47. Kb2 Qd6 (47... e4 48. Qg5 (48. Qf4+ Qd6 $19) 48...
Qd4 49. Qg7 Kd6 50. Qf8+ Ke5 51. Qe7+ Kf5 {would have been quite an easy win
for Anish. The king escapes the perpetual and the e-pawn marches towards the
last rank.}) 48. Kc1 Qa6 49. Qg5 Kd6 50. Qg8 Qa3+ 51. Kd2 Qa7 52. Qe8 Qd7 53.
Qg8 Qb7 54. Qe8 Qd7 (54... e4 55. Qg8 Qa7 56. Qe8 Qd7 57. Qg8 Ke5 $19 {It is
important to activate the king is in order to win. The f6-pawn will fall now.})
55. Qg8 e4 56. Qg3+ Kc6 57. Qe5 Qc7 58. Qe8+ Kb6 59. Qe7 {White has just too
much activity now.} Qf4+ 60. Kd1 Qf1+ 61. Kd2 Qf4+ 62. Kd1 e3 63. Qd8+ Ka6 64.
Qa8+ Kb6 65. Qd8+ Ka6 {Quite a depressing draw for Anish, who was better for
almost the entire game. A great result for Ganguly who was having a superb
tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+670"]
[WhiteClock "0:32:18"]
[BlackClock "0:26:39"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 {Carlsen - mit
einem halben Punkt Vorsprung in der Tabelle - scheut riskante Varianten und
versucht mit diesem System einen kleinen Vorteil zu bekommen und danach zu
drücken.} e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 (8... Nc6 $5 {war Carlsens Wahl in der
vierten Runde} 9. Qd3 Nb4 10. Qd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7
14. O-O-O Be7 15. Kb1 Be6 $15 {0-1 (42) Duda,J (2663)-Carlsen,M (2834) 2015})
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Rd1 (12. O-O-O Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 $11 {
bringt etwas Schärfe in die Stellung, doch gibt Schwarz auch einen
potentiellen Königsangriff}) 12... Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 {Diagramm [#] Ein sehr
typisches Szenario der Najdorf-Variante: Weiß hat das Feld d5 fest unter
Kontrolle und setzt nun alles daran, eine Leichtrigur, im Optimalfall den
Springer dorthin zu bringen. Mögliche Zugangsfelder sind e3 und b4, da der
Bauer auf c2 auf c3 gestellt werden muss, da er ansonsten schwer zu decken ist.
Nach e3 oder b4 kommt der Springer am besten über d2-f1-->e3 oder a1-c2 -->
e3/b4} 14. Nd2 {bringt den Springer über zweitgenannte Route auf den Weg
Richtung d5 - wo er allerdings nie ankommen wird} (14. Qc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Nf6
16. Bd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Rc8 {ist die optimale Figurenverteilung für Weiß, doch
auch hier ist der Sb3 zu weit vom Idealziel d5 entfernt - zudem kann Schwarz
schnell seine Entwicklung vollenden und mit .. .f5 das weiße Zentrum
attackieren.} 18. c3 g6 19. Ke2 Kd7 20. Rhd1 Ke6 21. Nd2 f5 22. a4 Rhd8 23. c4
Rc6 24. b3 Rf8 25. f4 exf4 26. Kf3 Rc5 27. Re1 Kd7 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. exf5 Rxf5
30. Ne4 h5 31. Nc3 g5 32. h3 Bd6 33. Nd5 Be5 34. h4 gxh4 35. Rh1 Rg5 36. Rxh4
Rg3+ 37. Ke4 Bd6 38. Rxh5 Rxb3 39. Rh6 Rb2 40. Nf6+ Kc6 41. Kf5 Bb8 42. a5 {
1/2-1/2 (42) Vachier Lagrave,M (2766)-Wojtaszek,R (2733) Biel 2014}) (14. c3 $5
O-O 15. O-O b5 16. Na1 {[%cal Ga1c2,Gc2b4,Gc2e3] wäre die Alternative gewesen:
Der Vorteil von dem Sc2 ist klar ersichtlich: Schwarz muss sich um beide
Problemfelder gleichzeitig kümmern}) 14... O-O 15. O-O (15. Nc4 $6 {
funktioniert ohne Rochade nicht} Nf6 16. Qd3 b5 17. Ne3 Qa5+ {[%csl Ga2]})
15... b5 16. c3 g6 17. a3 {mit der möglichen Drohung c4 - folgende
Konstellation wäre für Weiß gut} Rab8 (17... Rfe8 $2 18. c4 Nb6 19. Qd3 bxc4
20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 $16) 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Qa2 (19. Nf1 $2 Nf6
20. Qd3 d5 $15) 19... Nc5 20. Bf1 Bg5 21. Nb3 {spätestens hier ist klar, dass
der weiße Plan nicht aufgegangen ist, der Springer hat auf b3 keine Zukunft}
Qc6 22. Na5 Qc7 23. Nb3 Qc6 24. Rd5 Nd7 25. Rd3 Nc5 26. Rf3 $5 (26. Rd5 {
mit Remisschluss wäre eine logische Folge gewesen. Doch Carlsen findet eine
interessante Ressource, der Partie noch einmal Leben einzuhauchen.}) 26... Rd7
{Diagramm [#]} 27. Na5 Qa8 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. exd5 {Schwarz ist von seinem
Problemfeld d5 erlöst und kann nun seine Bauernmehrheit auf den Vormarsch
bringen. Weiß hingegen hat mit b4 nebst c4 und Spiel auf den weißen Feldern
einen ebenso konkreten Plan.} e4 30. Rh3 f5 31. Nc6 Rb6 32. b4 Na4 33. c4 Rc7
34. Rb3 {soweit verlief in diesem Partiestadium alles logisch, nun ist es für
beide Seiten schwer die Stellung wirklich zu verstärken ohne große Schwächen
zu kreieren.} Bd2 {gibt das Zugrecht ab, allerdings steht der Turm auf d1
schlechter als auf e1} (34... Bf6 35. f3 $13) 35. Rd1 Bg5 36. g3 Bf6 37. Rc1
Rbxc6 $5 {nicht erzwungen, da c5 wohl nicht drohte, aber aussichtsreich} (37...
Kg7 38. f3 $5 $13 (38. c5 $2 Rbxc6 39. dxc6 Rxc6 $15)) 38. dxc6 Rxc6 39. Rbb1
Bg5 40. Rc2 d5 41. c5 d4 42. Rd1 Bf6 $1 (42... d3 $2 43. Bxd3 exd3 44. Rxd3 $16
) 43. Rcd2 Nc3 {wickelt in ein Endspiel ab, dass mit etwas genauem Spiel von
Schwarz remis ist} 44. Rxd4 Nxd1 45. Rxd1 Bb2 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. Ra8 Bxa3 48.
Bxb5 Rc7 (48... axb5 $2 49. Rxa3 $16) 49. Rxa6 Bxb4 50. c6 Ke7 51. Rb6 Bd6 52.
Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Bg3 d6 13. a5 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nbd2
Rb8 16. d4 bxc3 17. bxc3 exd4 18. cxd4 Rb5 19. Qc2 Nb4 20. Qb3 d5 21. Rfc1 c6
22. Ne5 Rxa5 23. Ng6 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qb6 25. Be5 a5 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. Bxf6 gxf6
28. Qc3 Kf7 29. h4 e5 30. dxe5 Rxe5 31. Rb1 Qb5 32. Qe3 dxe4 33. Qxh6 Rh5 34.
Qf4 Qe5 35. Qg4 e3 36. fxe3 Qxe3+ 37. Kh1 Rd5 38. Nf3 Qe6 39. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bf4 e6 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Be5 Qe7 14. Rac1 Rfd8
15. Rc2 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfc1 Nd6 18. b3 Bb7 19. e3 h5 20. Ne2 h4 21. Nf4
hxg3 22. hxg3 Rd7 23. Nd3 f6 24. Qd1 Rh8 25. Qg4 Kf7 26. Qf3 Kg7 27. Qg4 Rh6
28. Nf4 Kf7 29. Nd3 Ne8 30. Qf3 Kg7 31. Qg4 Ba6 32. Bf1 Bb7 33. Nf4 f5 34. Qf3
Nd6 35. Rc7 g5 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. Nd3 Nf7 38. Qd1 Rh8 39. Qc2 Rc8 40. Qd1 Rh8
41. Qc2 Rc8 42. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 a5 7. d3 e5 8. Nd5 Nce7
9. Nc3 Nc6 10. e4 Nge7 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bd2 h6 14. Nb5 Be6 15. Nec3
b6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Na7 18. Nc3 f5 19. h4 f4 20. Bh3 b5 21. Ne2 f3 22. Nc1
h5 23. Nb3 a4 24. Na1 b4 25. axb4 cxb4 26. Qxa4 Nac6 27. Qd1 Nd4 28. Nc2 Nxc2
29. Qxc2 Rb8 30. Rfc1 Rb7 31. Qb3 Kh8 32. Rc4 Ng8 33. Rxb4 Rxb4 34. Qxb4 Bf6
35. Rc1 Qe7 36. Qb6 Bxh4 37. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 b6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Qe2 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 Qe7 14. Rfd1
Rfd8 15. Rac1 Qe6 16. Nf1 Ne4 17. N3d2 Ndf6 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Rdc1
h5 21. Qe2 h4 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. h3 Rdc8 24. Bd4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Be5
27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qg4 Qf6 30. f3 Nc3 31. a4 d4 32. Kf2 Nd1+ 33.
Ke2 Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 ({The alternative} 10... Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 {is
perfectly playable as well. I had prepared an idea, but it would hardly bring
me more than a draw.}) 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Be3 e6 13. O-O ({Engines might prefer} 
13. a4 $5 {, but Black seems to equalise after} Qa5 14. O-O b4 15. Na2 Nc6 16.
Rfd1 Nxc5 {, even though there are still some problems to be solved after both}
17. Qc4 {and} (17. Qc2 {.})) 13... Qc7 14. Rad1 (14. a4 Nxc5 15. Qb4 Nxa4 16.
Nxa4 bxa4 17. Rfc1 Qd7 $11) 14... Nxc5 15. Qa3 Ne4 $5 {This move was new to me.
} ({My knowledge of} 15... Ncd7 16. Qe7 Rc8 {was not perfect, either. At least
I had seen the following game:} 17. a4 b4 $6 (17... bxa4 $1 {Stohl}) 18. Ne4
Nf8 19. Qh4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nbd7 21. Qxb4 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Qd6 Qxb2 24. Bf3
Be5 25. Qd3 Rab8 26. Qxa6 Rc3 27. Qa5 Bc7 28. Qa7 Rc4 29. Rc1 Rbb4 30. Rxc4
Rxc4 31. g3 Qa3 32. Bd1 h5 33. Qb7 h4 34. Qb3 Rc3 35. Qxa3 Rxa3 36. Bc5 Rc3 37.
Bb4 Rc4 38. Bd2 Nd7 39. Bb3 Rd4 40. Rd1 hxg3 41. hxg3 Nc5 42. Be3 Rb4 43. Bxc5
Rxb3 44. Rd7 Ba5 45. Kg2 Rc3 46. Be7 Kg7 47. g4 Rc4 48. g5 Bc3 49. Rd3 Be5 50.
a5 Rc6 51. Ra3 Ra6 52. Bd8 Kf8 53. Kf3 Ke8 54. Bb6 Bd6 55. Ra2 Be7 56. Kg4 f5+
57. gxf6 Bxf6 58. Kf4 Kd7 59. Ke4 Bc3 60. Kd3 Bf6 61. Kc4 Kc6 62. Rc2 {1-0 (62)
Gelfand,B (2744)-Svidler,P (2734) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 CBM 167 [Stohl,I]}) 16.
Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Ng5 (17. Bc5 Rc8 18. Bd6 Qb7 $11) 17... Bc6 $1 (17... Bd5 $2 18.
Rxd5 $1 exd5 19. e6 f6 20. e7 Re8 21. Bf3 $16) (17... Bb7 $2 18. Bc5 (18. f4 $5
{might be even stronger}) 18... Qxe5 (18... Re8) 19. Bf3 $1 $16) 18. f4 Qb7 ({
I expected} 18... h6 19. Nf3 ({I also considered} 19. Nh3 {, but it should not
pose Black too many problems.}) 19... Qb7 (19... Rc8 $1 {might equalise, but
White still maintains some initiative.}) {, but White can maintain the
initiative after} 20. h4 $1 $36 {(Komodo)} {The following line demonstrates
the dangers that can await Black if he is careless:} h5 $6 (20... Rc8 $5) 21.
Ng5 $1 Bxg2 $2 22. Rf3 $3 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Nc6 24. Qc3 Rac8 25. Rc1 $16 Na5 $2 26.
Bxb7 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Nxb7 28. Rc7 Na5 29. b3 $1 $18 {and Black loses his knight.
Needless to say, I did not see anything of this.}) (18... Nd7 $2 {is plainly
bad on account of} 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. Rxc6 $1 Qxc6 21. Bf3 Qc8 22. Rc1 $1 Qb8 23.
Bxa8 Qxa8 24. Qd6 $16) 19. Bc5 ({The simple continuation} 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3
$36 {would have preserved some pressure, but I had completely different plans
and also did not feel that optimistic about 19.Bf3.}) 19... Re8 $2 ({Black
should have played} 19... h6 $1 {.} {After} 20. Nh7 $1 (20. Nf3 Rc8) (20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. Qh3 $13) 20... Rc8 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. exf6 {he seems to
hold with} Nd7 $1 ({, whereas} 22... Bxg2 $2 23. Rf2 Bd5 24. Qh3 $1 $18 {
gives White a crushing attack, the sample line being} Kh7 25. Rd3 $1 Rxc5 26.
Qxh6+ Kxh6 27. Rh3# {. Still, 22...Nd7 requires a more detailed analysis.})) (
19... Rc8 $2 {is not an improvement, as} 20. Qh3 h6 21. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Qxe6+
{gives White a strong attack.}) 20. f5 $3 exf5 {Black has to accept the
sacrifice.} 21. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 22. Bh5 Bd5 $1 {Anish choses the most tenacious
defence.} (22... Ra7 $6 23. e6 $1 fxe6 24. Bxe8 Bxe8 25. Qe3 $1 $16 {is very
bad for Black.}) (22... h6 $2 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Qh3 Bxg2 {loses to} 25. Qh5 $1
{(Komodo)} (25. Qxf5 Be4 $1) 25... Bh1 26. Bd5 $1 Bxd5 27. Qxe8+ Bg8 28. Rd8
$18) (22... Rf8 23. Bxf7+ $6 ({Much stronger is} 23. Qb3 $1 {, as pointed by
GM Igor Stohl in Ceskoslovensky sach 2/2016. He has shown all the following
lines:} Be8 (23... Bxe5) 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 (24... Bxf8 25. e6 {and the attack
breaks through}) 25. Bxf7 $1 (25. e6 {is also enough}) 25... Qa7+ 26. Kh1 Bxf7
27. Rd8+ Ke7 28. Qxf7+ Kxd8 29. Ne6+ Kc8 30. Qe8+ Kb7 31. Qe7+ Nd7 32. Qxd7+
Kb6 33. Qd6+ Ka5 34. Qa3+ Kb6 35. Qc5+ Ka5 36. b4+ Ka4 37. Qc3 {with a mate to
follow. Igor points out that this line resembles the famous Kasparov - Topalov
game from Wijk aan Zee 1999.}) 23... Rxf7 24. Rd8+ {looked crushing to me. In
fact, the game continues, but White maintains a big advantage:} Rf8 25. Qb3+ $1
({I wonder if I saw} 25. Bxf8 $4 Qb6+ {.}) 25... Bd5 26. Rxd5 Kh8 27. Bxf8 Bxf8
28. Rd8 Nc6 29. Qf7 $1 Qxf7 30. Nxf7+ Kg7 31. Rxa8 Kxf7 32. Rxa6 $16 {, as}
Nxe5 $6 (32... Bc5+ 33. Kf1 Nd4 $16) 33. Ra5 $1 {should be technically winning
for White.}) (22... Nd7 $2 {loses to} 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Qh3 h6 25. Rd6 $1 $18 (
25. Qxf5 $2 Be4 $1)) 23. Rxd5 ({After the game Anish showed me the following
line:} 23. e6 $6 Bxe6 24. Nxe6 Nc6 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 {. After} 26. Qg3+ Kh8 {
there might be a perpetual, but hardly more.}) 23... Qxd5 24. Bxf7+ Qxf7 25.
Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Qb3+ Kg6 27. Qg3+ {I still had enough time, but decided to get
closer to the time control.} ({I also considered} 27. h4 $2 {but rejected it
on account of} Rxe5 $2 (27... Bxe5 $1 {is stronger:} 28. Qd5 Bg3 29. Bb4 (29.
h5+ Kg5) 29... Nd7 30. Qxd7 Rad8 {should be fine for Black}) 28. h5+ Kf6 $2 {
. It is very hard to spot that White is winning a whole rook after} 29. Bf2 $3
$18 {, e.g.} Ke7 ({or} 29... Kg5 30. Qf7 Bh6 31. Qb7) 30. Qg8 Bf6 31. Qxh7+ Ke6
32. Qb7 {.}) 27... Kf7 28. Qb3+ ({An even stronger move was} 28. Bd4 $1 {
(Not a very natural move!)} Nc6 29. e6+ Kxe6 30. Bxg7 $16 {, as Black's king
would have remained exposed.}) 28... Kg6 29. Qg3+ Kf7 30. Qf3 $6 (30. Bd4 $1)
30... Nd7 $1 (30... Nc6 $2 {loses to} 31. Qd5+ $1 Re6 32. Qd7+ Ne7 33. Bxe7
Rxe7 34. Qd5+ $18) 31. Qd5+ Kg6 32. Qc6+ ({It was better to play} 32. Qxd7 $1
Bxe5 33. h4 {, but I could not see anything concrete after} h5 {. The
following line should be tenable for Black:} 34. Qc6+ Kg7 35. Qb7+ Kg6 36. Qb6+
Kh7 37. Bd4 Bxd4+ 38. Qxd4 Re1+ $1 39. Kh2 (39. Kf2 Rae8) 39... Re4 40. Qf6 Rg4
41. Qxf5+ Kh6 $14 {and White can hardly break through. There is naturally some
room for improvements.}) 32... Nf6 $2 ({Anish rejected} 32... Bf6 $1 {on
account of} 33. Bd4 $1 Rad8 {(My calculation had not gone that far...)} 34.
exf6 Ne5 $1 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 $2 ({, but Black can hold after} 35... Rd1+ $1 36.
Kf2 Rxe5 {. White can still try} 37. f7+ $1 (37. Qxa6 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rd3+ {
leads to a perpetual}) 37... Kxf7 38. Qh6 $1 $14 {, but I do not really
believe I could win this. I have had a bad experience with the Q:2R endgames.})
36. f7+ $1 Kg7 (36... Kxf7 37. Qc7+) 37. f8=Q+ $1 Rxf8 38. Qc7+ Kf6 39. Qd6+
$18) 33. exf6 Rac8 (33... Bxf6 $2 34. Be7 $6 ({Much stronger is} 34. Bd4 $1 Rf8
35. Bxf6 Rac8 36. Qe6 $1 {, as pointed out by Igor Stohl in Ceskoslovensky
sach 2/2016. He gives the following line:} Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Rc2+ (37... Rxf6 38.
Qg8+ {does not change anything - Stohl}) 38. Kf1 $1 Rxf6 39. Qg8+ Kh6 40. h4
Rg6 41. Qf8+ Rg7 42. g4 $1 fxg4 43. Qf4+ {and White wins the c2-rook}) 34...
Rxe7 35. Qxa8 {should be lost for Black, whose king is very weak.}) 34. Qxa6
Ra8 (34... Bxf6 35. Bd4 Rf8 36. Bxf6 (36. h3 $5) 36... Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Rxf6 38.
Qxb5 $16 {looked very promising to me.}) 35. f7+ ({In retrospect it made sense
to repeat the position, playing} 35. Qc6 Rac8 36. Qa6 Ra8 37. f7+ {. But I
still had enough time and also felt uncertain whether the game continuation
was better than 34...Bxf6.}) 35... Kxf7 36. Qxb5 Rad8 37. Qb3+ Kg6 ({After} 
37... Re6 {White can play} 38. a4 $1 (38. Bb4 $16 {is a solid option,
preserving the advantage.}) 38... Rd2 39. a5 {, not caring about the pawn.}
Bxb2 $1 (39... Rxb2 40. Qd5 $18) 40. a6 Kf6 41. Bf2 Rxf2 $1 42. Kxf2 Bd4+ 43.
Kf3 Rxa6 44. Qb4 $1 {The mighty Komodo says White is winning thanks to the
poor co-ordination of Black's pieces. It is the case, but I would still feel
uncertain about it.} Be5 (44... Ba1 45. h4 $1 {is not a big improvement for
Black.}) 45. Qf8+ Kg5 (45... Kg6 46. Qe8+ Kf6 47. Qh8+ Ke6 48. Qc8+ $18) 46.
h4+ $1 Kxh4 47. Qc5 $3 $18 {might look simple when watching online, but
actually is very difficult for a decent player. The whole line is pretty
irrelevant in practical play.}) 38. Qg3+ Kf7 39. Qb3+ (39. Qg5 Bxb2 40. Qxf5+
Kg8 {also leaves Back with a tough defensive task, but winning such a position
is still far from easy.}) 39... Kg6 40. Bd6 $2 {I went down to the last
seconds before playing this move. I wanted to restrict Black's rook, but
putting pieces en prise is usually very risky, especially with little time
left.} ({A much stronger try was} 40. h4 $1 {, a move which I had originally
planned.} {The following line includes the suggestions of giants like Anish
Giri, GM Tukmakov and Komodo.} Be5 ({I disliked} 40... Bf6 {, but} 41. Qg3+ Kf7
42. Qf3 $16 {preserves excellent winning chances.}) 41. a4 Rd2 42. a5 Rxb2 43.
Qd5 {and Black will soon have to give up some material for the a-pawn, as} Bg3
$4 {fails to} 44. Qc6+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ {. With the pawn still on f7, Black could
hope to set up a fortress with a rook against the queen, but here it looks
extremely unlikely.}) 40... Bxb2 $1 {White's advantage is gone. Black had
other good options as well.} (40... Bd4+ 41. Kf1 Re3 42. Qb4 Re4 $1 {(Giri)
would also give Black sufficient counterplay.}) 41. Qxb2 Rxd6 42. h3 Ra6 {
After the fall of the a-pawn there is nothing to play for. Except to justify
the starting fee, of course. (In fact, there are more reasons to visit Wijk
aan Zee, as it is a very nice tournament with its friendly chess atmosphere. I
would like to thank the organisers for inviting me once more, it was an honour
for me to participate in the main tournament.)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Bg5 c5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Bxd5 Rd8 16. c4 Nxc4 17. Bc6+ Kf8 18. Qc3 b4 19. Qc1 h6 20. a3 bxa3 21.
bxa3 g5 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Be4 Qa5 24. Rb7 Rg8 25. Rb3 Nd6 26. exd6 Bxb3 27. Qb2
Be6 28. Rd1 Qb5 29. Qf6 Qa4 30. Rb1 Qxe4 31. Qxd8+ Kg7 32. Qb6 g4 33. Nd2 Qd3
34. Qb2+ Kg6 35. f3 c4 36. Ne4 c3 37. Nxc3 gxf3 38. Nd1 Qxd6 39. Ne3 Qd3 40.
Qc2 Qxc2 41. Nxc2 Kf6 42. Ne1 fxg2 43. Rb6 a5 44. Ra6 Rg5 45. Nxg2 Rf5 46. h3
Rc5 47. Nf4 Kf5 48. Nxe6 fxe6 49. Kf2 h5 50. a4 e5 51. Ra8 e4 52. Ke3 Rc3+ 53.
Kd4 Rd3+ 54. Kc4 Kf4 55. Rxa5 Rxh3 56. Ra8 Rh1 57. a5 h4 58. a6 Ra1 59. a7 Ke3
60. Kb5 h3 61. Kb6 Rb1+ 62. Kc6 Ra1 63. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. g3
e5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Nd2 Bd8 15.
Nf1 Qc5 16. Ne3 Ba5 17. Bd2 Rac8 18. Ne2 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Ng4 20. Nxg4 Bxg4 21.
Rac1 b5 22. b4 Qc6 23. axb5 axb5 24. h3 Be6 25. Red1 Qc4 26. Qe1 Nf6 27. Rxd6
Nxe4 28. Rd3 Nf6 29. Re3 Bd5 30. Rxe5 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Rfe8 32. Nf4 Rxe5 33. Qxe5
Qxb4 34. Nd5 Nxd5 35. Qxd5 g6 36. c3 Qc4 37. Qxc4 Rxc4 38. Rb1 Rxc3 39. Rxb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ ({It is useful to compare the game
line with the following ones:} 4... c6 5. Bg2 Bd6 ({If} 5... Be7 6. O-O O-O 7.
Nc3 Nbd7 {White's plan indicated below does not work:} 8. Nd2 b5 $1 9. cxb5
cxb5 10. Nxb5 Qb6 {retrieving the pawn. With the bishop on d6, White would now
have Nxd6.}) 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Nd2 $1 {followed by e2-e4 when the
d6-bishop would be obviously exposed. After the Bogo check, the d2-bishop will
prevent this manoeuvre.}) 5. Bd2 Bd6 $5 {I am not really sure to which ECO
chapter this rare variation belongs. By retreating with the bishop to the
exposed d6-square Black hopes to break the centre with an early ...c7-c5 or ...
e6-e5.} ({After the normal} 5... Be7 {the position belongs to the Bogo-Indian
stricly speaking, although it looks more like a Catalan, and it can actually
transpose to it after a later Bd2-f4 ...Nh5, Bc1 ...Nhf6.}) 6. Bg2 ({White
should refrain from "gaining a tempo" with} 6. c5 {which would deprive him of
any dynamic possibiloities in the centre, offering Black a clear plan of
breaking either with ...b7-b6 and ...a7-a5 or ...e6-e5.} Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. b4 a5 10. a3 c6 11. O-O b6 12. Qc2 Ba6 {1/2-1/2 (17) Timoshenko,G 
(2518)-Jianu,V (2550) Mamaia 2013}) 6... O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 {Aimed at
maintaining a maximum of flexibility but delaying the development.} ({The main
line (if there can be such a thing in an off-beat variation) goes} 8. Qc2 c6 9.
Rd1 {White has defended the c4-pawn and taken some measures against the
central breaks by placing the rook on d1. Black has two main plans.} Qe7 {
seems the soundest continuation.} ({First of all, the standard} 9... b6 $4 {
doesn't work wth the bishop on d6:} 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qc6 $18 {[%csl Ga8,Gd6]})
(9... Ne4 $5 {Heading for a Dutch structure.} 10. Nc3 Nxd2 (10... f5 11. e3 Qe7
12. Ne2 Nxd2 13. Rxd2 Nf6 14. Rdd1 Bd7 15. Nf4 Be8 16. a3 Ne4 17. Ne5 g5 18.
Nfd3 h5 19. b4 $14 {Topalov,V (2813)-Ponomariov,R (2727) Zuerich (rapid)2009 
(1-0, 51)}) 11. Rxd2 $5 (11. Nxd2 f5 12. c5 Bc7 13. f4 b5 {Schneider,I (2488)
-Levin,F (2504) Germany 2014 (1/2-1/2, 20)}) 11... dxc4 $5 12. Ne4 Bb4 13. Rdd1
f5 (13... b5 14. Ne5 {[%csl Gd6]}) 14. Ned2 b5 15. b3 cxb3 16. Nxb3 $44 {
[%csl Gc5,Rc6,Rc8,Ge5,Re6]}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nc3 dxc4 {Now is a
good moment to start the counterplay in the centre.} (12... b6 $6 13. e4 Nxe4
14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd7 16. Ne5 Rfc8 17. c5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Be8 19. Rd6 $16 {
Fridman,D (2661)-Adams,M (2682) Germany 2010 (1/2-1/2, 39)}) 13. Nd2 e5 14. d5
Bc5 15. Nde4 cxd5 16. Rxd5 Bd4 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. e3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 $44 {
Dominguez Perez,L (2736)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2697) Linares 2015 (1/2-1/2, 31).
White has full compensation for the pawn, but not more.}) 8... dxc4 $5 $146 {
Typical for Mamedyarov's creative style. Black immediately tries taking
advantage of White's slightly delayed development. The known plans tend to
fail to equalise:} (8... c6 9. Nc3 b6 (9... dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. e3 Re8 12. Qb3
h6 13. Bc1 Rb8 14. Bb2 exd4 15. exd4 b5 16. c5 Bc7 17. Rfe1 $16 {[%csl Gb8,Gc8]
Wojtaszek,R (2663)-Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2513) Burguillos 2010 (1-0, 27)})
10. e4 Be7 (10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 $16) 11. Re1 Bb7 12. e5 Ne8 13.
cxd5 cxd5 14. Bf1 $14 {Harikrishna,P (2684)-Vazquez Igarza,R (2554) Benasque
2012 (1/2-1/2, 43)}) (8... Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxc3 {A necessary concession. Black
exchanges the knight which has already consumed two developing tempi.} (9... f5
$6 10. Nb5 $1 Be7 11. Bf4 $16) (9... Nxd2 10. Qxd2 {[%cal Gc4d5] Since d5 is
hanging, Black has no time for ...f7-f5.} c6 11. e4 $14) 10. Bxc3 c6 11. Nd2 f5
12. b4 Nf6 13. a4 $36 {Banusz,T (2612)-Tratar,M (2476) Nova Gorica 2016 (1-0,
48)}) 9. bxc4 c5 10. e3 Qc7 {Slightly hesitating.} ({The apparently risky} 
10... b6 {looks playable.} 11. Ne5 {The critical test.} (11. a4 Bb7 12. a5 cxd4
13. exd4 Qc7 14. Qb3 e5 $132 {[%csl Gc5]}) (11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Rfd1
Rc8 14. Be1 $13 {leads to complex play with level chances.}) 11... Nxe5 12.
Bxa8 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxc4 14. Bg5 Be7 $44 {The weak d4-pawn and White's slight
delay in development (he will also have to waste a tempo on retreating with
the a8-bishop) offer Black excellent compensation for the minimal material
deficit.}) 11. Qc2 (11. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3b5] looks more logical, forcing Black to
weaken his queenside.} a6 12. Qe2 $14) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 $5 (12. exd4 {
doesn't cause any problems:} b6 13. Nc3 (13. Ne5 Bb7 $11) 13... Ba6 $132) 12...
a6 13. Rc1 Rd8 $2 {A curious decision, not only wasting a tempo but also
placing the rook on an exposed square. Black should have been concerned about
developing his queenside.} (13... Rb8 $5 $11) (13... Nc5 $5 $11) 14. Nb3 $1 Rb8
{Too late.} (14... Nc5 $2 15. Ba5 $18) 15. c5 $1 Be5 16. Nd4 {Black's
development has become at least problematic, but the next move makes things
even worse.} b6 $2 17. c6 $1 $16 {[%csl Gb8,Gc8]} Nf8 {Very passive.} ({But if
} 17... Nc5 18. Na3 {[%cal Ga3c4] the knight's stability on c5 is questionable.
}) 18. Nc3 Ng6 (18... Bxd4 19. exd4 Rxd4 20. Be3 Rd8 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bxf6 gxf6
23. Rd1 $18 {[%csl Gb8,Gc8]}) 19. Rab1 $3 {A simple move, completing the
development but creating a devastating threat: Nc(d)b5!} (19. Ncb5 $2 axb5 20.
Nxb5 Qe7 21. c7 Bxc7 22. Nxc7 Bb7 $11) 19... Qe7 {This loses an exchange and
the game.} ({But after a neutral move such as} 19... h6 {the usefulness of the
rook on b1 is revealed in the line} 20. Ncb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qe7 22. Bb4 $1 {
[%cal Gb1b4]} Qe8 23. c7 Bxc7 24. Nxc7 Qd7 25. Rd1 Nd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Rxd5 {
Finally wins the queen.}) (19... b5 {doesn't help either:} 20. Ncxb5 $1 axb5
21. Nxb5 Rxb5 22. Rxb5 Re8 23. Ba5 Qa7 24. Qc5 {Material is about equal and
the c-pawn is killing.}) 20. c7 Qxc7 21. Nc6 {The rest of the game does not
require any comments. With the open files under control White has little
trouble converting his extra exchange. Mamedyarov probably played on by
inertia, not being able to admit that he got into a lost position so quickly.}
Bb7 22. Nxd8 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxd8 24. Na4 Qb7+ 25. f3 b5 26. Nc5 Qa8 27. Nd3 h5
28. Ba5 Nd5 29. Qe2 Re8 30. e4 Nde7 31. Bc3 Bb8 32. Qb2 f5 33. Qb3 fxe4 34.
Qxe6+ Kh7 35. Qxe4 Qd5 36. Rb2 Qf7 37. Re2 h4 38. Qe6 Qxe6 39. Rxe6 Rd8 40. Nf2
Nf5 41. Ne4 Rd5 42. Rxa6 hxg3 43. hxg3 Bxg3 44. Rh1+ Bh4 45. Bd2 Rd4 46. Bg5
Rb4 47. Rxg6 Rb2+ 48. Kh3 Kxg6 49. Bxh4 Rxa2 50. Rg1+ Kf7 51. Bf2 Rb2 52. Kg4
g6 53. Bc5 b4 54. Nd6+ Nxd6 55. Bxd6 Ke6 56. Bf8 Kf7 57. Bd6 Ke6 58. Bb8 b3 59.
Kf4 Kf7 60. Ke3 Rc2 61. Be5 Rc5 62. f4 Rb5 63. Bb2 Rh5 64. Rg2 Rh1 65. Kf3 Rf1+
66. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 (5... Bxf3 {is a bit of a
concession, even though after} 6. Qxf3 e6 {Black's position is very solid.}) 6.
Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 {Now, in order to hunt the light-squared bishop, White
has to weaken his kingside a bit.} Nbd7 9. h4 (9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g5 (10. a3 g5
11. c5 Be7 12. b4 e5 13. Bg2 Qc7 14. O-O Nf8 $13 {½-½ (58) Spoelman,W (2583)
-Giri,A (2798) Amstelveen 2015}) 10... Ng8 11. h4 Ne7 12. Bd2 Nf5 13. Qg4 Be7 {
[%cal Ge7g5]} 14. Rh3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qc7 16. h5 $6 ({White should play it
slowly:} 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Bb3 {hoping to make use of his pair
of bishops in the long term.}) 16... gxh5 17. Rxh5 O-O-O 18. O-O-O g6 $11 {
0-1 (41) Nyback,T (2594)-Navara,D (2730) Reykjavik 2015}) 9... dxc4 10. Nxc4 {
Again it is more principled to grab the bishop.} (10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 Nd5 12.
Bxc4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Qf3 (14. Qb3 N7b6 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. a3 Ba5 17. O-O-O
e5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Rxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (55) Caruana,F 
(2796)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2719) Tromsoe 2013}) 14... O-O-O 15. Bb3 Kb8 16. e4
$6 {Too early for this push.} (16. O-O-O {is preferable.}) 16... Nxc3 17. bxc3
Ba5 $11 {0-1 (47) Wang,H (2739)-Jakovenko,D (2736) St Petersburg 2012}) ({
White can't trap the bishop:} 10. h5 $2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 $2 Qxd1+ 12. Nxd1 (12.
Kxd1 Nxg4 $17) 12... Be4 $17) 10... h5 (10... h6 {is also possible.}) 11. g5
Nd5 {I believe that Black has already solved his opening problems. His
light-squared bishop is safe. White has got some superiority in space, but at
the same time some weak spots as well.} 12. Bg2 N5b6 13. b3 $146 (13. Na5 Qc7
$6 (13... Bb4 $1 14. Nxb7 Qc7 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qf3 Nd5 $11) 14.
Bd2 Be7 15. Rc1 $14 {1-0 (49) Ortmann,D (2321)-Keusch,H (1882) Berlin 2007})
13... Bb4 14. Bd2 e5 $1 15. a3 (15. Ne4 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Nxc4 17. bxc4 O-O $11) (
{Interesting complications could arise after} 15. O-O O-O (15... Nxc4 $6 16.
bxc4 O-O 17. Qb3 Ba5 18. Rad1 $14) 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qe7 18. a3 $1 Bxa3
19. f4 Rad8 20. f5 Bb2 21. Ne4 Bxa1 22. Qxa1 Rxd2 $1 23. Nxd2 Qd7 {[%csl Rd2,
Rf5]} 24. fxg6 Qxd2 25. gxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 $11) ({Or:} 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16.
dxe5 Qe7 17. a3 $1 (17. f4 $2 {is too greedy in view of} O-O-O $17) 17... Bxa3
18. O-O Rd8 19. Ne2 O-O (19... Bb4 20. Nd4 $1 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 c5 22. Rxa7 cxd4
23. Rxb7 Nd7 24. Qxd4 O-O 25. Bh3 Nxe5 26. Rxe7 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nxd4 28. exd4 Rxd4
$11) 20. Nf4 Bb2 21. Rxa7 Bxe5 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Qc2 Bb8 $1 24. Ra2 Kh7 {
In this double edged position I would prefer Black, as his king is actually
safer.}) 15... Nxc4 16. bxc4 Ba5 17. O-O O-O 18. c5 $5 {An interesting
decision, but also a committal one. The d4-pawn can now become vulnerable.} (
18. Ne4 {would be a safe option with approximately equal chances.}) 18... Re8
19. Ra2 $6 {The b1-square is not available for the rook, so in order to get to
the b-file, the rook has to make this awkward manoeuvre. However, it would be
more natural just to put the rook on c1.} (19. Rc1 exd4 (19... Nf8 $6 20. d5
$14) (19... Qc7 20. Ne2 Rad8 21. f4 $13) 20. exd4 Nf8 21. Bf4 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Be4
$11) 19... Qc7 20. Rb2 $6 {Logically continuing the wrong manoeuvre.} (20. Ne2
exd4 21. exd4 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Nf8 (22... Rad8 $6 23. f4 $13) 23. Qf4 (23. f4 $6
Qd7 24. Ng3 Qg4 $17) 23... Qd7 $15) 20... b6 $6 ({After the simple} 20... Rad8
{I don't see how White can hold his centre. For instance:} 21. Qa4 (21. Ne2
exd4 22. exd4 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Qa5 $17 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gd7c5]}) 21... exd4 22.
Nd5 (22. Nb5 cxb5 23. Qxa5 b6 $17) (22. exd4 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qf4 $17 {[%csl Rh4]}
) 22... cxd5 23. Bxa5 b6 24. cxb6 axb6 $17) 21. cxb6 $6 (21. Ne2 Bxd2 (21...
bxc5 $2 22. Bxa5 Qxa5 23. Bxc6) 22. Rxd2 bxc5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Ng3 {[%csl Rh5]
White is, probably, worse, but has some play.}) 21... axb6 $6 (21... Bxb6 $1
22. d5 e4 {was more challenging. The bishop has not much to do on a5 anyway.})
22. d5 e4 (22... Bxc3 23. Bxc3 cxd5 24. Bb4 e4 25. Qxd5 Ne5 26. Bd6 Qd7 27.
Rxb6 Rad8 28. Qxe5 $1 Rxe5 29. Bxe5 {Black is pressing, but when White puts
his bishop on g3, this looks to me like a fortress.}) 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. Nb5 $2
(24. Ne2 {was more flexible, as from e2 the knight can go both to d4 and the
f4-square.} Ne5 25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Nf4 Rxa3 27. Rc2 Qb5 28. Rc7 {with decent
compensation for the pawn.}) 24... Ne5 25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Nd4 Qd6 27. Ne2 {
Loek eventually came to the right manoeuvre, but too late.} Nd3 {Black's
knight is already there.} 28. Nf4 Rxa3 29. Rb5 (29. Rd2 b5 30. Nxh5 b4 31. Ng3
Qe6 32. h5 Bf5 33. f3 {was, perhaps, a better practical chance to muddy the
waters.}) 29... Qc6 30. Qb1 Nxf4 31. exf4 Qd7 $1 32. Rxb6 Qg4 $19 ({A computer
like win is as follows:} 32... e3 33. Qb2 Rd3 $1 34. fxe3 Rd2 35. Qb5 Rxg2+ $1
36. Kxg2 Qd2+ 37. Rf2 Be4+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Qf1 Qxe3 40. Rbb2 Qg3+ 41. Rg2 Bxg2
42. Rxg2 Qxh4 $19) 33. Rb8 Rxb8 34. Qxb8+ Kh7 35. Qe5 Rf3 36. f5 Bxf5 37. Re1
Rf4 38. Re3 Bg6 39. Qd6 Qxh4 {White's pawns are falling one after another.} 40.
Rg3 Rg4 41. Qe5 Rxg3 42. fxg3 Qg4 43. Kf2 Bf5 44. Qe7 Kg6 45. Qe5 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. cxd5
Qxb3 9. axb3 exd5 10. Bd2 Nc5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. b4 Ne6 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Bc3 O-O
15. N1d2 a6 16. Nf3 Rad8 17. Rfc1 Ne8 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Nd6 20. f4 Rfe8
21. Kf2 Bf8 22. Bf3 g6 23. g4 Bg7 24. h4 Bc8 25. e3 Re7 26. Rh1 Rde8 27. Rae1
h6 28. h5 g5 29. f5 Be5 30. Bd1 Bd7 31. Bb3 b6 32. Ne2 Kg7 33. Bxe5+ Rxe5 34.
Nc3 a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Ba4 Rb8 37. b3 Rb4 38. d4 Re8 39. Kf3 Reb8 40. Rc1 Kf8
41. Rh2 Ke7 42. Rhc2 R4b6 43. e4 dxe4+ 44. Nxe4 Nxe4 45. Kxe4 Kd6 46. Rc5 Ra6
47. Kd3 f6 48. R1c3 Be8 49. Ke4 Bd7 50. Kd3 Be8 51. Ke3 Rb7 52. Rc1 Rb8 53. Kd3
Bd7 54. R1c2 Be8 55. R2c3 Rb4 56. Ke4 Bd7 57. Kd3 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 cxd4 8.
Nxc4 Bc5 9. a3 a5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. e3 e5 14. exd4 Bg4
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxd4 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. b4 axb4
21. Qxb4 Qxb4 22. axb4 Rd7 23. Rc5 Re8 24. Rd1 g6 25. Rc4 d3 26. Kf1 Re6 27. g4
h6 28. h4 Re5 29. Rc5 Rxc5 30. bxc5 Rc7 31. Rxd3 Nd7 32. Rd6 Nxc5 33. Rb6 Kg7
34. Kg2 f6 35. Kg3 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Rb5 Kf7 38. Rb6 Ke7 39. Rb5 Kd6 40.
Rb6+ Ke5 41. Rb5 Kd4 42. Rb6 Rf7 43. Rd6+ Kc3 44. Rb6 Kd4 45. Rd6+ Kc4 46. Rb6
Kc3 47. Kg2 Kc4 48. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 c6 9. e3 Nd7 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Bd3 c5 13. O-O b6 14. Be4 Rb8
15. b4 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. a3 Rcc7
21. g3 cxb4 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. axb4 Rb7 24. Ra1 Rxb4 25. Rxa7 Nc5 26. Ra2 Kg7
27. Kg2 Rb7 28. Rc2 Ne4 29. Nd4 f5 30. Ne2 Rd7 31. Nd4 Rb7 32. h3 Rd7 33. Kf3
Ng5+ 34. Kg2 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 {This way of handling the position
is becoming more and more fashionable.} (4... dxc6 {usually leads to a long
strategic battle.}) 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 ({The most common
conitnuation is} 8. d4 {, but the latest tournament practice proves, that
Black is doing well after} cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 f6) 8... f5 $5 {This
aggressive move is almost unexplored.} ({Black's usual setup is connected with
} 8... f6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 {, but the subsequent positions are somewhat
passive and not to everyone's taste. For instance,} Nf7 11. Nc3 (11. Qc2 Qb6
12. Nc3 d6 13. b3 $14 {Jones,G (2635)-Agopov,M (2450)/Porto Carras 2011}) 11...
d6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Rc1 Rb8 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Bf4 Ng5 17. Nxg5 fxg5 18.
Be3 $14 {Bacrot,E (2714)-Moiseenko,A (2699)/Tromsoe 2013}) 9. e5 {No doubt,
this reaction is the most principled.} ({The modest} 9. d3 fxe4 10. dxe4 Nf7
$132 {offers Black decent counterplay along the f-file.}) 9... Nf7 10. d3 $5 {
White reasonably keeps the pawn centre flexible.} ({In the event of} 10. d4 {
Black gets an opportunity to open up the position by means of} cxd4 11. cxd4
Bb7 12. Nc3 c5 $132 {Ankit,R (2506)-Kulaots,K (2571)/Iasi 2014}) 10... Ba6 $146
{This original way of development is aimed at connecting the rooks.} ({In the
only preceding game White was somewhat better after} 10... h6 11. h4 d6 12. Bf4
$14 {Antipov,M (2529)-Sutovsky,E (2626)/Jerusalem ISR 2015}) (10... d6 {
is hardly a real improvement} 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Qe2 $14) 11. c4 $1 {Now both
Black's bishops are extremely passive.} (11. Bf4 {seems less energetic:} e6 12.
Qd2 h6 13. h4 c4 $1 14. d4 c5 $132) 11... d6 ({The ugly-looking} 11... e6 {
with an idea to meet} 12. Nc3 {with} g5 {would't fully solve the problems:} 13.
Na4 g4 14. Nh2 gxh3 (14... Nxe5 15. Nxc5 Bc8 16. hxg4 d6 17. d4 Nxg4 18. Nxg4
dxc5 19. Ne5 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 cxd4 21. b3 $14) 15. Re3 hxg2 16. Rh3 h6 17. Qh5 $36
) 12. e6 {This ambitious move is definitely connected with some material
sacrifice.} ({It was well worth considering} 12. Bf4 $5 {and if} Qb8 13. Qe2
Nd8 {, then} 14. Qd2 $1 Ne6 15. Bh6 d5 16. b3 $14) 12... Ne5 13. Nc3 (13. Nxe5
Bxe5 (13... dxe5 $6 {is unsuccessful:} 14. Nc3 Qd6 15. b3 e4 16. Bb2 exd3 17.
Qd2 $14 {Despite the extra pawn, the poor placement of the Ba6 makes Black's
position difficult.}) 14. Nd2 Bg7 15. Rb1 Bc8 16. Nf3 a5 17. Bd2 Rf6 $132)
13... Rb8 (13... Bc8 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rxe5 dxe5 16. b3 Qd6 17. Bb2 Bxe6 18.
Qe1 $44 {White gets sufficient compensation for an exchange, but possibly not
more.}) ({The same can be said about the following position:} 13... f4 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. Qf3 Qc7 16. Rxe5 dxe5 17. b3 $44) 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Na4 ({I guess,
Michael had also considered the following sacrifice:} 15. Rxe5 dxe5 16. b3 {
, but the consequences didn't look clear:} Qd6 17. Bb2 Rbd8 18. Qe1 Bc8 19. Na4
f4 20. f3 Qxd3 21. Nxc5 Qe3+ 22. Qxe3 fxe3 $132) 15... Qc7 $2 {A careless move
- now White is better prepared for the above-mentioned sacrifice.} ({A much
better try was} 15... Bd4 16. Bh6 Rf6 17. Bg5 Rf8 18. Qd2 Rb4 19. Nc3 (19. b3
$5) 19... d5 {with a very complex play, where White's chances might be
slightly preferable.}) 16. Bh6 ({There was no reason for deviating from the
most energetic} 16. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 17. b3 (17. Nxc5 Bc8 18. Qe1 f4 19. b4 $16)
17... Qd6 18. Bb2 Rbd8 19. Qe1 $16) 16... Rf6 $6 {Returning the favour.} ({
In the event of} 16... Bg7 $142 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd2 Rf6 19. Re2 h6 {Black's
position would be slightly worse, but quite solid.}) 17. Rxe5 $1 {Finally it
comes with great effect.} dxe5 18. Nxc5 Bc8 19. d4 $1 {The most effective way
of developing the initiative.} g5 $2 {Anish is trying to complicate matters,
but exposing the king that way should lead to disaster.} ({The lesser evil
would be} 19... exd4 20. Qxd4 (20. Qd2 $5 {also looks very promising.}) 20...
Qd6 21. Rd1 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxe6 23. Bg5 {offers White a big advantage in the
resulting endgame.}) ({Or} 19... Rxb2 20. dxe5 Rxe6 21. Qd4 Qb6 22. Kh2 $16)
20. Bxg5 (20. Qh5 {was also good enough:} Bxe6 21. Na6 (21. Bxg5 Bf7 22. Qh4
Rg6 23. Na6 Qb7 24. Nxb8 Bxc4 25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. Rc1 $18) 21... Qb7 22. Nxb8 Bf7
23. Qxg5+ Rg6 24. Qxf5 Qxb8 25. Be3 $18) 20... Rg6 21. Qh5 {Most of Black's
pieces cannot support their monarch, so the attack is very powerful.} Qd6 22.
Re1 $6 ({A much stronger move was} 22. Nd3 $1 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Bxe6 24. Nf4 Qxd1+
25. Qxd1 exf4 26. Bxf4 Rxb2 27. Qd8+ Kf7 28. Qh8 {with an easy win.}) 22...
Qxd4 $2 {Returning the favour.} ({Instead,} 22... e4 23. Qh4 Qxd4 24. Bxe7 Ra8
25. Re3 Bxe6 26. Nd3 Qg7 27. Nf4 Rh6 $16 {would allow Anish to stay in the
game.}) 23. Be3 $2 ({Michael missed an excellent chance:} 23. Rd1 $3 {would
decide the game in nice style:} Qxc5 24. Rd8+ Kg7 25. Bh6+ Kf6 (25... Rxh6 26.
Qf7#) 26. Be3 Qxc4 27. Qxh7 Bxe6 28. Qh8+ Rg7 29. Bh6 $18) 23... Qxc4 24. b3 $1
({Correctly rejecting} 24. Qxf5 $6 Bxe6 25. Qxe5 Rd8 $132) 24... Qb4 25. Rd1
Bxe6 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Qxf5 {White still has excellent compensation for an
exchange, but all Black's pieces are quite active now.} Rd6 28. Rc1 Qa5 $6 ({
It was better to give up the weak Pe5 in order to simplify matters:} 28... Rg6
$1 29. Qxe5 Rb5 30. Rc5 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Rxc5 32. Qxc5 Qd1 $1 33. Qxa7 Qd5 $11) 29.
Rc4 {No doubt, any simplifications are in Black's favour here. Still, the
rook's transfer to g4 would pose Black concrete problems.} ({Deserved serious
attention also} 29. Bc5 $5 Qd2 30. Rc4 Rg6 31. Qxe5 {and Black is forced to
liquidate into a difficult endgame:} Rd8 32. Qxe7 Qg5 33. Qxg5 Rxg5 34. g4 $16)
29... Rg6 30. Rg4 Rxg4 31. Qxg4+ Kh8 (31... Kf7 32. Qf5+ Ke8 33. Qxh7 $16) 32.
Qe6 Re8 33. Qxc6 Rd8 (33... Rg8 $5) 34. a4 $2 {Being under time pressure,
Michael fails to play precisely and spoils all his advantage.} ({The correct} 
34. Qb7 $1 {would have kept Black in a real danger.} {For instance,} Qa3 (34...
Re8 35. Qd7 Qd8 36. Qxa7 $18) 35. b4 Qd3 36. Qxe7 Qd6 37. Qxa7 Qxb4 38. a4 {
with great winning chances.}) 34... Qd5 $1 35. Qxd5 {Accepting a draw.} ({
Black should be OK now after} 35. Qc7 Rd7 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. b4 a6 $11) 35...
Rxd5 36. Bxa7 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. Bc5 Rxb3 39. Bxe7 $11 {The rest few moves
are of no great value - the result is clear now.} Rb2 40. Bf6+ Kg8 41. Bxe5
Rxf2 42. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. O-O c6 10. c4 a5 11. a3 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 Re8 15. Nxg6
hxg6 16. e3 Nc5 17. Qb1 d4 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Ne6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nc4 Bxb4
22. Nxe5 Bc5 23. Nc4 Qa7 24. Bc1 Rb8 25. Qb5 g5 26. Bd2 dxe3 27. fxe3 Rd8 28.
Qxb7 Qxb7 29. Bxb7 Rxd3 30. Kg2 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Ne5 Qc7 8. Ndf3
O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Qf3 Ne4 13. Nc4 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Qxf4
15. exf4 Ba6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 cxd4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Ng5 dxc3 20. O-O-O Bc4
21. b3 Bd5 22. Rhe1 Rfe8 23. Re3 Rac8 24. Rdd3 Bxg2 25. Rd7 Red8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8
27. Nxe6 Rd6 28. Ng5 Bc6 29. Rxc3 h6 30. Nh3 Bb5 31. Re3 Bf1 32. Ng1 Rd4 33.
Re1 Bg2 34. Ne2 Re4 35. Kd2 Bf3 36. Ng3 Rxf4 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Ke3 g5 39. Rh8
Kg7 40. Rc8 Bg4 41. Rc7+ Kf6 42. h3 Rf3+ 43. Kd4 Bxh3 44. Rc6+ Ke7 45. Rxh6 Bg4
46. Rg6 Rxf2 47. Rxg5 Kf7 48. b4 Rf3 49. Ne2 Rh3 50. Nc3 Rh8 51. Nd5 Re8 52. a3
Re4+ 53. Kd3 Be2+ 54. Kd2 Rd4+ 55. Kxe2 Rxd5 56. Rh5 Kg6 57. Rh8 Rd7 58. a4 Kf6
59. a5 Ke5 60. Rc8 bxa5 61. bxa5 Rd5 62. a6 Ra5 63. Rc6 Kd5 64. Rf6 Ke4 65.
Re6+ Kf4 66. Kd3 Ra4 67. Rg6 Kf3 68. Kc3 f4 69. Kb3 Ra1 70. Kb4 Ke3 71. Kb5 f3
72. Re6+ Kd4 73. Rf6 Rb1+ 74. Ka4 Rf1 75. Kb3 Ke3 76. Re6+ Kd2 77. Rd6+ Ke3 78.
Re6+ Kd4 79. Rf6 Ke4 80. Rf7 Ra1 81. Re7+ Kd4 82. Rf7 Ke3 83. Re7+ Kd2 84. Rd7+
Ke1 85. Re7+ Kf1 86. Rxa7 f2 87. Kc4 Ke2 88. Re7+ Kd2 89. Rf7 f1=Q+ 90. Rxf1
Rxf1 91. Kb5 Kc3 92. a7 Rf8 93. Kc6 Kb4 94. Kb7 Rf7+ 95. Kb6 Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 b6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Ne4 Qb6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. e4 d6 14. Qe2 Nd7
15. Rfe1 Rab8 16. Qe3 Kg7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Rfd8 20. Bf1 Bd5
21. b3 c4 22. Qxe7 cxb3 23. axb3 Rxb3 24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. c4 Be6 26. Rxa7 Rc8
27. Rc1 Rc5 28. Ra2 g5 29. h3 h5 30. Rac2 Rb6 31. Rc3 Rd6 32. g3 Rd4 33. Rd3
Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Bxh3 35. Be2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O e6 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rf2 d5
15. Rd2 Qe8 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 Nb6 18. b3 dxc4 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Qf3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3
cxb3 22. axb3 Rd5 23. Rdc2 a5 24. Rxc6 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Qd8 27. Nd6
Bf8 28. g3 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Qc2 $6 (30. Kg2 $1 Qa5 31. Kh3 $1 {and with
the king tucked in h3 White should be doing ok.}) 30... Qa5 $1 31. Kf3 $2 {
Losing on the spot.} Qd5+ $1 32. Ne4 Ra2 $1 {suddenly there is no good place
for the queen. She has to keep an eye on too many squares: d3, d1 and the rook
on c6.} 33. Qc1 (33. Ke3 Rxc2 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Nxd5 Rxc6 {doesn't work either.}
) 33... Qd3+ {White will soon be mated.} 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bg2 d4 7. Qe2+ Be6 8.
Ne4 Be7 9. d3 h6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bh3 Qd5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Re1
O-O 15. Qxe6+ Qxe6 16. Rxe6 Nb4 17. Ne1 Rac8 18. Bd2 Nd5 19. Rd1 Kf7 20. Re4
Rc6 21. Nf3 Rb6 22. b3 Rc6 23. Rde1 b5 24. Ne5+ Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rd8 26. R1e4 Rd7
27. a3 Nf6 28. Re1 c4 29. Rxb5 c3 30. Bf4 Nd5 31. Be5 a6 32. Ra5 Ne7 33. Re4
Re6 34. Rf4+ Kg6 35. Rg4+ Kf5 36. Rf4+ Kg6 37. Rg4+ Kf5 38. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Ne4 9. g3 Nd6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Kg2 g5 14. f3 Nb6 15.
b3 Qd7 16. g4 Kf8 17. Be1 Ne8 18. Rh1 g6 19. Rc1 Kg7 20. a4 Qd8 21. Rc2 Rc8 22.
Bd3 Nd7 23. Bg3 Nb8 24. Ne2 Bd6 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Bf2 Qd8 27. Bb5 Nc7 28. Bd3
Nc6 29. Bb1 Ne8 30. Qe1 Bb4 31. Qc1 a6 32. h3 Be7 33. Qb2 Qb6 34. e4 Nd6 35.
Nc3 Nb4 36. Re1 Qc6 37. exd5 Nxd5 38. Nxd5 Qxd5 39. Re5 Qc6 40. d5 Qc7 41.
Rxe6+ Kh7 42. Re1 Rc8 43. Bd4 Ne8 44. Be5 Bd6 45. Bh8 Bh2 46. Be5 Bxe5 47. Rxe5
Qd8 48. Qd2 Kg7 49. Re1 Qf6 50. Bd3 Nd6 51. Rc1 Rxc1 52. Qxc1 Qe5 53. Bc4 b5
54. axb5 axb5 55. Bf1 Qxd5 56. Qc3+ Kg8 57. Kg3 Qd1 58. Kf2 Qd5 59. Kg3 Qd1 60.
Kf2 Qd5 61. Bd3 b4 62. Qd2 Qxb3 63. Bxg6 Nc4 64. Qd8+ Kg7 65. Be4 Qe3+ 66. Kg2
Nd2 67. Ba8 Qe2+ 68. Kg1 Qe3+ 69. Kg2 b3 70. Be4 Nxe4 71. fxe4 b2 72. Qb8 Qxe4+
0-1

[Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 Qb6 8. Na3
Rd8 9. Bf1 d6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc2 f6 14. Ne3 Be6 15.
exf6 exf6 16. b3 Rac8 17. Bb2 Ne7 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qb1 Nf5 21. Rc1
Nxe3 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. fxe3 Bh6 24. Qc1 Qc6 25. Bd3 Bf5 26. g4 Bd7 27. Kg2
Qxc1 28. Bxc1 Nc3 29. Bd2 Bb5 30. Bxb5 Nxb5 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ke2 Nd6 33. Bb4 Ne4
34. Nd2 Nxd2 35. Bxd2 Ke6 36. Kf3 f5 37. Be1 fxg4+ 38. hxg4 Bg5 39. Bg3 h5 40.
gxh5 gxh5 41. a4 Kf5 42. Bb8 a6 43. Bd6 Bh6 44. Be5 Bf8 45. Bc7 Bg7 46. Bg3 Bf6
47. Bf4 Ke6 48. Kg3 Be7 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. Bg3 h4 51. Bf4 Bb4 52. Bc7 Be7 53. Be5
Bg5 54. Bc7 b5 55. axb5 axb5 56. Bd6 Bd8 57. Be5 h3 58. Bf4 Bh4 59. Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Bf3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Qc7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c3 Bg6 15.
a5 f5 16. Ra4 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Ra2 Nc4 19. Bc1 a5 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. Ra3 a4
22. c4 Bf6 {Something has clearly gone wrong for White. His development is far
from ideal, Black's position is active and he has pressure on the queenside as
well as expansion possibilities on the center/kingside. Nakamura senses the
danger and tries to change the landscape.} 23. g4 $1 {Weakning the kingside
horribly, but obtaining control over e4.} Bg5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Rc3 Nd7 $6 {
Missing a computer-like win.} (25... a3 $1 26. bxa3 (26. Rxa3 Rxa3 27. bxa3 Bh3
28. Re1 Qf7 {and there is no good way of meeting the threat of Bxd2.}) 26...
Na4 27. Rb3 Nc5 28. Rc3 Qa5 {and defending the rook on c3 is impossible.}) 26.
b4 axb3 27. Nxb3 Bxc1 28. Qxc1 Nc5 $2 {This is probably the big error in
Giri's game. He should have kept the pieces, maybe start eyeing the f4 square
with Nf6 or something similar. The trades allow Nakamura to release the
pressure and simplify into a drawn endgame.} 29. Nxc5 Qxc5 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31.
Rxe3 Rfc8 32. Be2 g6 33. f4 exf4 34. Rxf4 Re8 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Kf2 Kg7 37.
Bg4 Re5 38. Bxf5 Rxf5 39. Rxf5 gxf5 40. Ke3 Kg6 41. Kd4 Kf6 42. c5 dxc5+ 43.
Kxc5 Ke7 44. d6+ Kd7 45. Kd5 f4 46. Ke4 Kxd6 47. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 $5 {Karjakin,
S (2769)-Tomashevsky,E (2728) Tata Steel-A 78th 2016 (4) 1-0 A unusual way of
preventing the bishop's exchange with ...Na5. There is some abstract
similarity with Black's ...a7-a5 in the same opening in} ({The normal
continuation is} 7. Bb3) 7... O-O 8. Re1 h6 ({Another recent game with an
original white development went:} 8... Ba7 9. Na3 h6 {This will prove a bit
slow.} (9... Be6 $5) 10. Nc2 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. d4
exd4 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ra8 17. f3 a5 18. Ne3 $14 {So,W (2773)-Mamedyarov,
S (2747) Wijk aan Zee 2016 (1/2-1/2, 38)}) 9. h3 {I am not sure whether this
move is really necessary at this stage.} (9. Nbd2 Ba7 (9... Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 {
doesn't work here because after} 11. h3 {Black doesn't have ...Nh6 followed by
...f5.}) 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. h3 {This is more justified
now than right in the opening.} (13. d4 Bg4) ({But} 13. a5 $5 {deserves
attention.}) 13... Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 (14... fxe6 15. d4) 15. d4 (15. Nf5 d5 16.
Qb3) 15... Re8 16. dxe5 $6 (16. Qc2 $14 {[%cal Gc1e3]}) 16... dxe5 $11 {
Petrov,M (2511)-Georgiev,V (2566) Sunny Beach 2012 (1/2-1/2, 36)}) 9... Be6 $5
{Anand,V (2784)-Aronian,L (2792) Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th 2016 (1)
1-0 Anand opts for a similar structure as in his game against Aronian from the
same tournament but with reversed colours.} ({The alternative plan of
neutralising the Italian bishop is} 9... Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. a5 (11. b4 Ba7
12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nf1 d5 14. Qc2 {offers better chances for keeping some
pressure.}) 11... Qd7 (11... Bxc4 12. dxc4 (12. Nxc4 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 $15)
12... Qd7 13. Nf1 Ne7 14. Ng3 Qe6 15. b4 Ba7 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Ra2 $13) 12. Nh2
Rad8 13. Qf3 d5 $36 {Shchukin,D (2344)-Aleksandrov,A (2628) Voronezh 2011 (0-1,
31)}) 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 (12. fxe3 d5 $11) 12... Qd7 13. Nbd2
{For the time being none of the players pays any attention to the thematic
a4-a5 and ...a6-a5.} Qf7 (13... a5 14. Qb3 {[%cal Gb3b5,Gb3c4]}) 14. g3 {
The usefulness of this move is equally mysterious to me as was the case with
h2-h3.} ({White could have played} 14. a5 $5 {and only if} Nh5 {then} 15. g3 {
leaving the knight misplaced.}) 14... Nd7 15. Kg2 (15. a5 d5 $132) 15... a5 $5
(15... d5 {is entirely playable here, too.}) 16. Qc2 ({The main point behind
Black's last move is that} 16. Qb3 {can be parried with} Nc5) 16... Nc5 17. Rf1
Qd7 18. b3 {It has become clear by now that instead of a queenside space
advantage White has some weaknesses on that wing. But his position is solid
enough and chances are fairly equal.} Ne7 {The start of an ambitious but
strategically risky plan.} (18... Rf7 $11 {[%cal Ga8f8]}) 19. Nc4 b5 20. axb5
Qxb5 {Targeting b3.} 21. Rb1 Nc6 22. Ncd2 Rab8 23. d4 $1 {An action on the
wing is best answered with an attack in the centre!} exd4 24. Nxd4 $1 {
Weakening Black's defence along the c-file.} (24. cxd4 Na6 25. Rc1 Nab4 $132)
24... Nxd4 25. cxd4 $14 {A brief glance at the position reveals that Black's
ambitions have left him with a slightly worse structure and no real initiative.
} Na6 26. Qc3 $6 {This would have allowed Black to equalise.} ({It would have
been useful to strengthen the pressure on the c-file.} 26. Rc1 $14) 26... Qb6
$2 ({Missing the strong} 26... Nb4 $3 {with a far from obvious tactical
justification:} 27. Qxc7 Rbc8 28. Qxd6 Nc2 29. Qxe6+ {Grabbing one pawn after
another but things are not that simple.} Kh7 {The point is that White has to
give up the exchange since} 30. Rf3 $2 {loses to} Qe2 $19) 27. Nf3 $6 {
Probably fearing ghosts along the f-file.} (27. Nc4 {would have won the
a5-pawn without any compensation.}) 27... Nb4 28. Qc4 Rbe8 29. Rc1 Rf7 30. Nd2
{It is too late already to find a good square for this knight.} ({White should
have maintained the status quo with} 30. Rcc3 $11 {for instance} d5 31. Qc5)
30... Ref8 31. f4 $2 {This looks like an aggressive move, but it actually is
close to suicide.} (31. Qxe6 d5 $3 {[%cal Re6g8]} 32. Qxb6 (32. exd5 Qxe6 33.
dxe6 Rxf2+ 34. Kh1 Rxd2 $19) 32... Rxf2+ 33. Kh1 cxb6 $17) (31. Rf1 $5 $11)
31... e5 $1 {Suddenly Black is much better coordinated and the white centre is
about to explode.} 32. Nf3 ({White might have missed that} 32. fxe5 {would run
into} d5 $1 {[%cal Rc4g8]} 33. Qe2 (33. exd5 Rf2+) 33... Rf2+ 34. Qxf2 Rxf2+
35. Kxf2 Qxd4 $17) 32... exf4 33. gxf4 d5 $1 {A familiar issue.} 34. exd5 Qd6
$17 {White has nothing to show for his weakened king's position.} (34... Rxf4
$2 35. d6+) 35. Ne5 Rxf4 36. Kg1 Kh7 {Black has a strong attack and winning a
pawn on d5 is a pure matter of time. Actually Anand will not even care for the
latter aspect, as his killer instinct focused on the enemy king.} 37. Rg3 R8f5
38. Rg4 Qf6 39. Rxf4 Rxf4 40. Rf1 Qg5+ 41. Kh2 Re4 42. Nf3 Qf4+ 43. Kg2 Re3 44.
Qc1 Re2+ $1 {This is the right way to take advantage of the hanging white
queen as White cannot interpose the rook.} (44... Rxf3 $2 45. Qxf4) 45. Kh1 Qg3
0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 g6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Ne5 Qb4+ 12. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13. Ke2 Be7 14. f4 b6
15. Kf2 Bb7 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Be2 O-O 18. Bf3 c5 19. Ng3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ba6 21.
Ne4 Bd3 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nd5 exd5 24. Rxd3 d4 25. exd4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27.
Ke2 f6 28. Kd3 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rc8 30. Rd1 Bg5 31. Ke4 Be3 32. Rd3 Kf7 33. Ra3
Rc7 34. Be2 Ke7 35. Ra4 Bc1 36. Rxd4 Bxb2 37. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Usually top-level chess does impress me a lot. Not only the preparation, but
mainly the depth, accuracy and energy that they show in every single game.
What impresses me even more, is masterpieces being played in rapid chess games.
In the Zurich Chess Challenge 2016, the time control was 40 minutes with a 10
second increment, apparently enough time for a genius like Kramnik to create
such a beautiful strategic win against one of the toughest opponents on the
circuit today, the current number 4 in the world, Anish Giri.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3
g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 $5 {As a Grünfeld player myself, I
totally understand and approve of this setup - White simply wants to develop
and go for a long positional game, keeping all the pieces on the board, and
avoiding early contact.} O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 {The most typical setup, Black usually
plays ...a5 to create some play on the queenside, and also ...Ne4 (mostly when
White plays Nc3), in order to exchange a piece with Nxc3, and try to play ...
Be4. This plan is important, because the black light-squared bishop could
eventually look weird on f5 (White could play Nh4 if the e4-square is
controlled by a white knight on d2 or c3, and then play e4, if play retreats
the bishop to e6, let's say).} 8. c4 a5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 cxd5
{Now Black wants to play ...Ne4.} 12. Ne5 $5 Nc6 (12... Be4 {was in fact
playable, but I feel like White is supposed to have a small advantage always,
since the knight on b8 looks slightly weird and Black's queenside is somewhat
weakened.} 13. Bxe4 (13. Bh3 $5 {threatening f3} Qb6 {avoiding f3 because of ..
.Bxe5} 14. e3 $14) 13... dxe4 14. Rc1 {threatening d5} (14. d5 $2 Qc7 $1 $19 {
oops, winning a piece}) 14... Qd5 15. Nc4 Nd7 16. Ne3 $14 {followed by d5,
looks good for White.}) 13. Qd2 {White basically wants to play Rac1 and build
up pressure on the queenside. It's not that simple to play as Black, because
taking on e5 (...Nxe5) or allowing Nxc6 has its problems. I feel that Giri
made a good choice here.} a4 (13... Nxe5 $6 14. dxe5 $14 {and it's hard to
defend d5 (14...e6 looks very ugly).}) (13... Qd6 $5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. e3 $11 {
/+/= , is similar to the game and it looks somewhat preferable for White
already} (15. Bxa5 $6 Bxd4 $1 $13)) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. b4 Bc8 (15... a3 $1 {
possibly was Giri's best chance in the game. This makes it hard for White to
move the c3-bishop after Rac1 (Black could play ...Qb6 and Rab8, for example)}
16. f3 {doesn't look too threatening, now the transfer to the other diagonal
with Bc8 and Ba6 should be good} Bc8 17. Rfd1 (17. e4 {It is too early for
this. White had better prepare it with Rfd1 and Rac1} dxe4 18. fxe4 e5 19. d5
cxd5 20. exd5 $13 {now both Ba6 or Bf5 followed by Qd6 seem to be interesting
for Black, with an unclear position}) 17... Ba6 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. e3 Rab8 $13 {
the position remains unclear, but it looks better than in the game, where
White started to build an advantage and gradually improved it.}) 16. e4 $1 Ba6
17. Rfe1 dxe4 {e4-e5 should not be allowed.} 18. Bxe4 Bb5 19. Rac1 (19. a3 $5 {
It feels like this was better to avoid ...a3 once for all.}) 19... e6 (19... a3
$5 {threatening to play e6 and reach the same position as in the game, with
the difference that now White's b4 could be a possible target. White could try
and act now, but apparently Black holds with some precise moves.} 20. d5 $5
Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Qd6 $1 {threatening e6} 22. g4 $5 {threatening Rh3} (22. Rc5 e6
23. Qc3 exd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rxb5 d4 $11 {should be equal}) 22... e6 (22...
cxd5 $5 23. Rh3 Qf6 24. Bxd5 Rad8 25. Qh6 Qg7 26. Qg5 Qf6 $11 {is at least
fine for Black}) 23. Rh3 Ra7 $1 24. Qe3 Rc7 $11 {and everything is in order
for now.}) 20. a3 $1 Qd6 (20... Qb6 $5 {was another possible plan, followed by
Rad8-Rd6 and Rfd8, creating stronger counterplay against d4.}) 21. Bb2 Rfd8 22.
Red1 Rac8 (22... e5 $2 {Black is not ready for this fight} 23. d5 $1 f5 24. Bg2
e4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rc5 $16) 23. Rc5 Qb8 24. Rdc1 Qb7 25. Qg5 h6 26. Qf4 Qd7
27. Bf3 {White has been able to create a nice positional grip, but the next
step was not clear, possibly h4-h5 (and if Black plays ...h5, then maybe g4!?
- taking advantage of the fact that Black's light-squared bishop is out of
play on b5).} g5 $2 {This was not necessary at all, Black's king starts to
suffer a lot from now on.} 28. Qe3 Rc7 (28... Bf8 $2 29. d5 $1 Bxc5 30. Qe5 f6
31. Qxf6 Qh7 {White has many winning moves now} 32. Qxe6+ Qf7 33. Qxh6 Qh7 34.
Qxg5+ Kf8 35. bxc5 $18) 29. Qc3 Rdc8 30. Be4 Qd6 31. Bb1 Kf8 32. Qc2 $6 Ke7 $2
(32... Bxd4 $5 {good or bad, Black had to accept the challenge to try
something. It was hard to keep on playing while having to watch out for d5 all
the time (and it eventually happened)} 33. Rd1 (33. Re1 $5 {A truly original
computer move. It is basically suggesting that Black has no good moves at his
disposal, which is extremely bizarre with so many pieces in play} Bxc5 (33...
e5 $2 34. Rcxe5 $1 Bxb2 (34... Bxe5 35. Bxe5 $18 {is an easy win after Qh7})
35. Qxb2 $18 {with the deadly threat of Re8+ followed by Qh8#}) (33... Bxb2 $2
34. Qxb2 $18 {with decisive invasions on the kingside}) (33... Ba6 $5 $13 {
probably the only move that holds together the position - that still remains
highly complex, and I would be happy to evaluate it as unclear}) 34. bxc5 Qe7
35. Qh7 Ke8 36. Qxh6 (36. Qg8+ Qf8 37. Rxe6+ fxe6 38. Qxe6+ Qe7 39. Qg8+ {
is just a draw} Qf8 40. Qe6+ Qe7 $11) 36... Qxc5 37. Ba2 $40 {looks very
dangerous for Black}) 33... e5 34. Rxe5 (34. Qh7 Qf6 35. Bxd4 exd4 36. Rf5 $2
Qg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Rxd4 c5 $1 $17 {and suddenly Black gets the initiative,
because of the weak a3-pawn}) 34... c5 $1 35. Rde1 $1 {threatening Qh7} (35.
Rxc5 Rxc5 36. bxc5 Qxc5 37. Qf5 Qxf5 $1 (37... Bxb2 {allows} 38. Rd8+ $1 {
but after} Ke7 39. Qxc8 Qxc8 40. Rxc8 Bxa3 $14 {This should be a draw after ...
Bd6 and ...a3 (and Be8, if needed, to defend f7)}) 38. Bxf5 Rc5 $1 $11) 35...
Qf6 36. Bxd4 cxd4 37. Qd2 $36 {and White retains the initiative.}) 33. Re1 Kf8
(33... Rb8 $5 {To defend the b5-bishop and answer 34.d5 with ...Bxb2 35.Qxb2
cxd5!} 34. Qh7 Kf8 35. Bc3 {planning d5 at some point} Rbc8 36. Ba2 {This has
to be very bad for Black, but there is still some play.}) 34. d5 $1 {Now the
all the lines are open, and the pressure becomes irresistible, White is
winning by force.} e5 {Forced, because} (34... Bxb2 35. Qxb2 {with a winning
position, since 35...cxd5 loses the bishop, and...} exd5 36. Qh8#) (34... exd5
35. Bxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8#) (34... cxd5 35. Bxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qh7+ Kf8
37. Qxh6+ Ke8 38. Rxb5 $18) 35. Rc1 Bf6 36. Qf5 Bg7 37. dxc6 Bxc6 38. Qc2 Qe6
39. Qf5 Qd6 {I want to remind you that this is a rapid game, so all the missed
chances deserve much more compassion than usual. Now Kramnik makes a mistake
and gets close to wasting an impeccable game. Chess is very hard!} 40. Ba2 $2 {
Allowing Black to survive.} (40. Qd3 $1 Qe7 (40... Ke7 41. Qc4 Rd7 42. Be4 Bxe4
43. Rxc8 $18) 41. Qc3 $18 {and Black collapses.}) 40... Be8 $1 41. Qxc8 (41.
Rxc7 Rxc7 42. Rxc7 Qxc7 43. Qe4 $14 {White still would have the better chances
in the endgame, with the better king, and the better pawn structure.}) 41...
Rxc8 42. Rxc8 Qd2 $2 (42... e4 $1 {was a golden chance to keep the game
balanced, since 43.R1c7 doesn't work now} 43. Bxg7+ (43. R1c7 Qd1+ $1 44. Kg2
Qf3+ {this is the key, now the e4-pawn supports the perpetual check, forcing a
draw} 45. Kg1 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 $11) 43... Kxg7 44. Rxe8 {apparently wins a piece,
but} Qd2 $1 45. Ra1 Qb2 46. Re1 Qxa2 {and despite White's strong passed pawn
on b4, it is hard to defend the a3-weakness, since Black has f5-f4 coming as
well} 47. R8xe4 {seems to be the only chance} (47. Re3 f5 $1 $132) 47... Qxa3
48. b5 Qb3 49. Ra1 a3 50. Re3 Qxb5 51. Rexa3 $14 {Leko,P (2741)-Kramnik,V 
(2770) World Championship 2004 (1) 0-1 From what I knew, this was supposed to
be a draw, but it's funny that the very Kramnik won this exact endgame with
the rooks against Peter Leko, on the 1st game of their 2004 World Championship
match (another reference is Landa,K (2613) - Kornev,A (2511) RUS-ch Higher
League 64th Taganrog 2011):}) 43. R1c7 $1 $18 {And the game is over.} Qxb2 44.
Rxf7+ Kg8 45. Rxe8+ Kh7 46. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 c6 11. d3 O-O 12. h3 Ne5 13. Bf4 Ned7 14. d4 Bg5
15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. a4 Rab8 17. e4 Nc4 18. Qc2 Qd2 19. Rac1 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 dxe4
21. Nxe4 Ncb6 22. a5 Nd5 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Nf6 25. a6 bxa6 26. Rxc6 Rxb2
27. Rxa6 Rd2 28. d5 Rd8 29. Rb1 Nxd5 30. Rxa7 Nf6 31. Bf3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4
Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Rfd8 12. Rfc1 Qa6 13. e3 Ne4 14. Qe1 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 Be4 16. Bf1 Qf6 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Bg2 Nb8 19. e4 Be6 20. Ba5 Nc6 21.
Bxd8 Rxd8 22. e5 Qg5 23. Qe3 Qg4 {In a normal game, White is just totally
winning since he is up the exchange. In blitz, anyhing can still happen.} 24.
f4 (24. Nf3 $1 {is simpler, as Black doesn't have any of the light square
blockade he manages in the game.}) 24... g5 25. Rf1 gxf4 26. gxf4 Bh6 27. Rf3
Kh8 28. Raf1 {So far so good, Black keeps some compensation but he is slowly
being contained.} Qh4 29. Kh1 (29. Rg3 {seemed normal and good.} Bf5 30. Qf2 $1
{is annoying for Black.}) 29... Bf5 30. Rg3 e6 31. a3 {Not a bad move, but it
serves little purpose.} (31. Nf3 Qe7 32. Ng5 $16 {seemed like a better try.})
31... Rf8 32. b4 f6 33. b5 $6 Ne7 34. exf6 Qxf6 35. Bh3 Bg7 36. Re1 Qh6 (36...
Qxd4 37. Qxd4 Bxd4 {gives Black some compensation}) 37. Bg4 (37. Rc1 $1) 37...
Bf6 38. Reg1 Bh4 39. Rh3 Qf6 40. Nf3 $2 {The start of the real problems} (40.
Bxf5 Nxf5 41. Qe2 $1 {seems winning, with Nf3-e5 to follow.} (41. Qe5 $14))
40... Be4 41. Rg2 (41. Rf1 $1 $14) 41... Ng6 42. Kg1 $2 (42. f5 $1) 42... Nxf4
{and now all of White's pieces are under attack.} 43. Rd2 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Nec3 Bb7 12. a4 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Bxd5
15. exd5 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Ra5 Rab8 19. b3 e4 20. Rb1 Rb4 21.
Qe1 Rfb8 22. Rd1 h6 23. Bf1 Qf5 24. Qe3 R4b6 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Qxc5 Qe5 27. Bc4
Rd6 28. Re1 Rbd8 29. Qe3 Re8 30. Rd1 a5 31. Qc5 e3 32. Qxe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Rxe3
34. Ra1 Rf6 35. Rxa5 Re1+ 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. g4 g6 38. Bd3 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Rdf2 40.
Be4 Re2 41. Bd3 Ref2 42. Be4 Re2 43. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Ra6 12. e3 Rb6 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 Bb4 15.
Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qa8 17. e4 Qa6 18. Qf3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rb3 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
Rdb1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Qa8 23. c4 b6 24. Re1 Qe8 25. Qb3 Nd7 26. Nd3 Qe7 27. e5 f6
28. c5 bxc5 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Nf4 Qf7 31. dxc5 e5 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Nd3 Re6
34. c6 Rxc6 35. Nxe5+ Nxe5 36. Rxe5 Rc3 37. Rxa5 Ra3 38. Kf1 Ra2 39. Rf5+ Kg6
40. Rf4 c5 41. Rc4 Kf6 42. h4 Ke6 43. h5 Kd5 44. Rg4 c4 45. Rxg7 c3 46. Rc7 Kd4
47. Kg2 c2 48. g4 Kd3 49. g5 Rxa4 50. g6 hxg6 51. hxg6 Rg4+ 52. Kh3 Rxg6 53.
Rd7+ Ke2 54. Rc7 Kd2 55. Rd7+ Kc3 56. Rc7+ Kd3 57. Rd7+ Ke2 58. Rc7 Kd1 59.
Rd7+ Kc1 60. Rc7 Rf6 61. Kg3 Rd6 62. f4 Kd2 63. Kg4 Rd3 64. Rxc2+ Kxc2 65. f5
Rd1 66. f6 Rf1 67. Kg5 Kd3 68. Kg6 Ke4 69. f7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxc4 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Qb3 h6
15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Kg1 Rfd8 19. e3 Qc7 20. Nd3 Bf8
21. Nf4 g5 22. Nfe2 Bg7 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 Nd7 25. Qb4 Ne5 26. Qe4 Rxd1+
27. Nxd1 Qc8 28. g4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ndc3 Qc4 31. h3 b4 32. Qxc4 Nxc4 33.
Na2 b3 34. Nac1 Nd2 35. Nd3 e5 36. Nec1 Bf8 37. Nxe5 Bg7 38. Ned3 Kh7 39. Kg2
Kg6 40. Nc5 Bxb2 41. N1xb3 Nc4 42. Nd3 Bg7 43. Nbc5 h5 44. Ne4 hxg4 45. hxg4 f5
46. gxf5+ Kxf5 47. Ng3+ Kg6 48. Kh3 Nd6 49. Ne1 Nf7 50. Nf3 Nh6 51. Kg2 g4 52.
Nd2 Be5 53. Ne2 Nf5 54. Nc4 Bc7 55. Nb2 Nh4+ 56. Kf1 Kf5 57. Nd3 Ke4 58. Ne1
Be5 59. Ng1 g3 60. Nh3 gxf2 61. Kxf2 Bf6 62. Ke2 Kd5 63. Nf2 Ke6 64. Ned3 Nf5
65. e4 Ng3+ 66. Kf3 Nxe4 67. Nxe4 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. c4 a5 12. Be2 a4 13. Nd2 g6 14. Nb1 Bh6 15.
Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. Qd2 Rh8 18. O-O-O Kf8 19. g4 hxg4 20. fxg4 a3 21. b3
Rh3 22. g5 Rxc3+ 23. Qxc3 Ne4 24. Qh3 Nf2 25. Qf3 Nxh1 26. Rf1 f5 27. gxf6 Qd4
28. Qh3 Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Qxa2+ 30. Kc3 Qb2+ 31. Kb4 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In this game I will avoid commenting too much about the opening as it is all
well known and many games have been played in this line. But the middlegame
and the late endgame are particularly interesting.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 (8. Bd3 {is the other main
move in this position.}) 8... b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 {Just to give you an
example of what quick learners these top players are: in Zurich Chess
Challenge just a month before this game, Nakamura played this move against
Aronian. Now Aronian tries the same idea with the black pieces.} 11. Bd3 Ba6
12. O-O Qc8 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qb7 {This position had been
reached, just 15 days previously in the game of Sargissian with the black
pieces against Ding Liren. Sargissian is one of Levon's seconds and there is a
high possibility that Aronian and Sarigissian worked on this line together.}
16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Ne1 $146 {Giri's novelty, not an earth shattering one but
just improving his f3-knight.} (17. Nd2 {Aronian with the white pieces tried
to put his knight on b3 and it wasn't too successful. Giri aims for the
d3-square.}) 17... Bd8 18. Qd1 Bc7 {Black tries to exchange a few pieces,
which is the right thing to do when you are short of space.} 19. Nd3 Bxf4 20.
exf4 Ne4 21. Ne2 (21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Ne5 b5 $1 {with Nf6-d5 coming up, Black
shouldn't have any problems.}) 21... Ra2 22. Rc2 {As Anish mentioned after the
game, Black is comfortable here. He should only be careful not to allow b4-b5.
Aronian misses this threat and ends up with a very difficult position.} Rca8 $6
(22... Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Nef6 (23... Ra8 $6 24. b5 $1) (23... b5 24. Ra1 Ra8 25.
Ra5 Rxa5 26. bxa5 b4 27. Qa4 b3 28. a6 b2 29. axb7 b1=Q+ 30. Kh2 Qxb7 {is just
an illustrative variation of how complicated things can get.}) 24. Ra1 Ra8 25.
Rxa8+ Qxa8 {also seems pretty fine until you notice the queenside breakthrough!
} 26. b5 $1 cxb5 27. c6 Nf8 28. c7 Qc8 29. Nb4 Ne8 30. Na6 Ng6 31. Qc6 {
White is dominating and Black will have to be extremely accurate if he wants
to hold this position.}) (22... Ra4 {it seems better if you keep the rooks on
the board.} 23. Rcb2 b5 {Followed by Rca8 and Black should be completely fine.}
) 23. f3 Rxc2 (23... Nef6 {is also met with} 24. b5 $1 bxc5 25. dxc5 cxb5 26.
Nd4 $1 {White has quite some pressure.} (26. c6 Qb6+ $13)) 24. Qxc2 Nef6 25. b5
$1 {Aronian is now under a lot of pressure.} Rc8 (25... bxc5 26. dxc5 cxb5 27.
Nd4 $36 (27. c6 Qb6+ $11)) 26. Qa4 $1 {An extremely strong move by Anish who
threatens to play his queen to a6 here. This idea was missed by Levon. Anish
mentions that he found this idea after much deliberation and his thoughts were
mainly concerned with breaking on the kingside with f5. But when that didn't
work he turned his attention on the other wing and found this idea.} Qc7 (26...
bxc5 27. dxc5 cxb5 28. Rxb5 Qc7 29. Nd4 $16) (26... cxb5 27. Qxb5 $16 {it is
not at all easy for Black to untangle.}) 27. bxc6 Qxc6 28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. Rc1 {
While this move isn't bad, White had a way to increase the pressure with Nb4.}
(29. Nb4 $1 Rc7 30. c6 Nb8 31. Nc3 $1 {The absolute star move and hats off to
Aronian for having seen this for his opponent. It just shows how good these
guys are, always looking out for opponent's threats.} (31. Ra1 Nxc6 32. Rc1
Nxd4 33. Rxc7 Nxe2+ 34. Kf2 Nxf4 $11) (31. Rc1 Ne8 32. Nc3 Nd6 {Stopping Nb5.}
33. Ncxd5 exd5 34. Nxd5 Na6 $1 35. Nxc7 (35. Ra1 Ra7 36. Nb4 Nxb4 37. Rxa7 Nxc6
$11) 35... Nxc7 36. Ra1 Kf8 37. Ra7 Nde8 $1 38. d5 Ke7 $17) 31... Nxc6 32. Nb5
Rc8 33. Nd6 Rd8 (33... Rc7 34. Rc1 $18) 34. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 35. Nxc6 $16 {The
knight comes to e5. The position might not be 100% lost, but it is really
unpleasant to be Black here.}) 29... Rc7 (29... Rc8 30. c6 Nb8 31. Nb4 Ne8 32.
f5 $1 {Once again Aronian suggested this move. One gets the feeling that the
Armenian wanted to get up from the board and switch sides! He was seeing some
really excellent winning resources for his opponent.} Nd6 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Nf4
$16 Kf7 $2 35. c7 $1 Nd7 36. Rc6 $18) 30. Nc3 bxc5 31. dxc5 Ne8 (31... Nxc5 32.
Nb5 {Anish thought that he was winning at this point, but the computer shows
an excellent defensive resource for Black.} Nfd7 $3 {Even 2800 players can
miss such moves!} (32... Nxd3 33. Rxc7 Nxf4 34. Nd6 d4 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Nxf7 d3
37. Rh8+ Kg6 38. Ne5+ Kf5 39. Nc4 $18 {The pawn is caught.}) 33. Nxc7 Nxd3 $11
{The f4-pawn is lost and the rook cannot enter with the same force as it did
in the previous variation.}) 32. Nb5 Rc8 33. Kf2 $1 {Giri brings his last
resource into the game.} Nc7 34. Nxc7 (34. Nd6 Rd8 {threatening ...Nxc5 if the
rook moves from c1.}) 34... Rxc7 35. Ke3 {White is better here, but Black can
cling on by quickly bringing his king to the centre.} Kf8 36. Kd4 {Optically
White's position looks completely dominating but Levon's next move is pretty
strong.} (36. f5 $5 Ke7 (36... e5 $2 37. f4 $1 e4 38. Ne5 $1 Nxc5 39. Rxc5 Rxc5
40. Nd7+ $18) 37. fxe6 fxe6 38. Kd4 Nb8 39. Ne5 Nd7 40. c6 Nxe5 41. Kxe5 d4 $1
42. Kxd4 Kd6 $11) 36... Nb8 $1 {A nice move! Knights are always the best
blockaders of passed pawns. Suddenly it is not easy to make progress.} 37. Nb4
Rb7 (37... Nc6+ 38. Nxc6 Rxc6 39. f5 $16) 38. Kc3 Ke7 39. Ra1 Kd7 40. Nd3 f6 {
Aronian offered a draw at this point, but Giri saw that he will always have
some chances with the f5-break or the kingside pawn storm and hence decided to
continue the battle.} 41. Ra8 Kc6 42. h4 Kb5 43. Ra1 Nc6 44. Rb1+ Ka6 45. Re1
Re7 46. Ra1+ Kb7 47. Nb4 {The knight exchange would give White some chances in
the rook endgame because his king is active and he has a passed pawn on c5.} g5
$5 {Aronian defends actively in this position.} (47... Nxb4 $6 48. Kxb4 e5 {
Trying to create counterplay.} 49. fxe5 Rxe5 50. Kb5 d4 51. Rd1 Rd5 52. Rb1 Kc7
53. Kc4 Rh5 54. Ra1 {White has some chances in this position but with accurate
defence it should end in a draw.}) 48. fxg5 fxg5 49. h5 Rf7 {Trying to fix the
h6-weakness.} ({A very interesting variation showed by both the players was} 
49... Re8 50. Ra6 Nxb4 51. Rb6+ Kc7 52. Kxb4 Rb8 53. Kb5 {Both the players
thought this was lost for Black, but as always the computer begs to differ!}
Kc8 $1 {A passive, backward retreat and a difficult move for humans to see.} (
53... e5 {Aronian and Giri showed this line and this is really nice.} 54. Rxb8
Kxb8 55. Kc6 $1 d4 56. Kd7 d3 57. c6 d2 58. c7+ Ka7 59. c8=Q d1=Q+ 60. Ke7 {
and this endgame is completely winning for White}) 54. Rxb8+ (54. Kc6 $2 Rxb6+
55. cxb6 d4 $19) 54... Kxb8 55. Kc6 Kc8 $11 {and miraculously Black holds the
draw.}) 50. Ra6 (50. Nxc6 Kxc6 51. Ra6+ (51. Kd4 Rf4+ 52. Ke5 Kxc5 53. Kxe6 d4
$17 {starts to become risky for White.}) 51... Kxc5 52. Rxe6 g4 $1 {A key
point that had to be seen beforehand.} 53. fxg4 Rf2 $11) 50... Nxb4 51. Rb6+
Kc8 (51... Kc7 $2 {is losing. The point is that Black doesn't have ...Rb7 now.}
52. Kxb4 $1 g4 53. fxg4 Rf4+ 54. Kb5 Rxg4 55. Rxe6 Rxg2 56. Re7+ Kd8 57. Rh7
$18 {[%cal Gh7h6,Gc5c6]}) 52. Rxb4 (52. Kxb4 Rb7 $1 {This pawn ending is drawn.
} 53. Kb5 Rxb6+ 54. cxb6 d4 55. Kc4 e5 56. g3 Kb7 57. f4 exf4 58. gxf4 gxf4 59.
Kxd4 $11) 52... Rf4 $1 {The king and pawn ending is drawn. But it is not so
trivial. Aronian calculated all the details pretty well.} 53. Rxf4 gxf4 54. Kd4
Kd7 55. Ke5 Kc6 56. Kxf4 Kxc5 57. g4 {Threatening g5.} (57. Ke5 $2 d4 58. Ke4
Kc4 $19) 57... Kd6 $1 {The king rushes back to take measures against the
g5-break. Aronian knows that g6-h5 versus h6 is a theoretical draw. Hence all
he has to do is exchange his e6- and d5-pawns for the guy on f3.} 58. Ke3 (58.
g5 hxg5+ (58... Ke7 {is also a draw.}) 59. Kxg5 Ke7 (59... d4 $2 60. h6 d3 61.
h7 d2 62. h8=Q d1=Q 63. Qd8+ $18) 60. h6 Kf8 61. Kg6 Kg8 $11) 58... e5 $1 (
58... Ke7 $2 59. Kd4 $1 Kf6 60. f4 Kg7 61. Ke5 Kf7 62. f5 exf5 63. gxf5 $1 $18
(63. Kxf5 $2 d4 64. Ke4 Kf6 65. Kxd4 Kg5 $11)) 59. g5 Ke7 $1 60. g6 Kf6 61. Kd3
e4+ $1 {Aronian knows his endgame fortresses!} (61... Kg7 {was the less
dramatic way to draw.}) 62. fxe4 dxe4+ 63. Kxe4 Kg7 64. Kf5 Kg8 65. Kf6 Kf8 {
A superb game with some very nice resources found by both players. An entire
chapter on how to keep pressing your opponent and finding small nuances in
simplified positions can be written on this very game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O ({Anish opted for} 5... d5 {
against MVL in Tashkent 2014. The game ended in a comfortable draw.}) 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 {Caruana had earlier gone for 7.h3 in Malmo 2012 against Giri! Four
years later, both are players have become super strong and we are sure to see
many more battles in the years to come.} (7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 c6 10. Bd3
Ng6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nbd2 {1-0 (41) Caruana,F (2770)-Giri,A (2693) Malmo 2012})
7... Ne7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 {All this was seen in
the game Anand-Topalov from the first round of the Candidates 2016. Anand went
12.a4 in this position. Caruana prefers to break the pin immediately and plays
Qb3.} 12. Qb3 d5 {Recently Caruana himself played this with Topalov in
Sinquefeld Cup 2015 and won a nice game. Its important to note though he won
with black he still chose to play this line from white. This shows that the
top players analyze their games objectively and make use of any new ideas that
they come across, especially in their own games.} 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qd1 {[%cal
Gd1b3,Gb3d1] What's going on?!! Qd1-b3-d1? Is Caruana our of his mind? Not
really! Things in the centre are settled now and the queen doesn't mind this
backward move, mainly vacating the b3-square for the knight.} f6 $5 {
Immediately challenging the center. As Giri said during the press conference,
he thought that this line was fine for Black, but after the game he thinks
that his seconds somehow had underestimated the dangers in the position.} 15.
e6 Nb8 {Undeveloping moves seem to be the order of the day. However, to be
fair, the knight simply didn't have a good square to go to.} 16. Nb3 {Eyeing
for the c5-outpost which would force Black to part with his dark-squared
bishop. At the same time the route for the bishop to develop on d6 has been
opened.} Qd6 (16... Nbc6 {was possible but it seems as if Anish wanted to
prevent his opponent from going Bf4.}) 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nh4 Nbc6 19. Bxc6 (19.
Nxg6 Nxg6 {looks fine for Black.}) (19. Ng2 {preparing Bf4 can be an option,
but Black has a strong move in the form of} f5 $1 20. Bf4 Qb4 21. Bxc6 Nxc6 $11
) 19... Qxc6 (19... bxc6 20. Ng2 {is now a clearly better position for White
as Bf4 is threatened and there is no bishop to attack on b5 with ...Qb4.} f5
21. Bf4 Qb4 22. a3 Qa4 23. g5 $16 {Black is left without any counterplay.}) 20.
Bd2 {White is ready to give up the d4-pawn in order to get good amount of
piece activity.} (20. Bf4 {is natural but it always seems dangerous to put a
piece where a pawn fork can happen. In this case the move g7-g5.} Bc2 21. Qd2
Bxb3 22. axb3 g5 23. Bxg5 fxg5 24. Qxg5+ Kh8 {Giri showed some blistering
analysis in this position. One of the lines that was very entertaining was the
following.} 25. Qe5+ Kg8 26. Nf5 Nxf5 27. gxf5 Qd6 28. f6 Qxe5 29. dxe5 $16 {
[%csl Ge5,Ge6,Gf6] Anish gave us an example of four rows of pawns (32 pawns!)
vs all the other pieces. Truly wonderful the kind of thing these top players
like to indulge in!}) 20... Bc2 21. Qe2 Bxb3 22. axb3 Bxd4 {Although Black has
won a pawn, it doesn't really matter. The pawn on e6 is a monster and the rook
on a1 is also activated without any efforts. Giri has to play carefully here.}
23. Bb4 Bc5 (23... Rfe8 $2 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Nf5 $18) 24. Rec1 b6 25. Bxc5 bxc5
26. Ra6 (26. Ra5 {winning the c5-pawn could have been even stronger.}) 26...
Qb7 27. Rxc5 Rfe8 28. Qb5 {It was possible to play more aggressively, but
Caruana had already spent a lot of his thinking time and hence decided it was
safer to simplify the game.} (28. Nf5 $142 $1 Qxb3 29. Ra3 $1 (29. Rxc7 $2 Nxf5
30. gxf5 Qxh3 $11) 29... Qb4 30. Rxc7 $16) 28... Qxb5 29. Rxb5 d4 $1 {This
pawn is the soul of Black's position. It will create threats and give him the
necessary counterplay.} 30. Nf5 (30. f4 {looks natural.} Rad8 31. Nf3 d3 32.
Nd2 {This was Vladimir Kramnik's suggestion. White threatens f5 now, so Black
must do something about it.} f5 $1 33. gxf5 (33. Kf2 {looks stronger but after}
Rd5 {it should nevertheless be around equal.}) 33... Rd5 34. Rxd5 Nxd5 35. Rxa7
Rf8 $11) 30... Rad8 31. Rxa7 (31. Nxe7+ Rxe7 32. Kf1 d3 33. Ke1 Rde8 34. Kd2
Rxe6 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Kxd3 Rd6+ $11) 31... Nxf5 32. gxf5 d3 {Now it is just a
draw.} 33. Ra1 g6 34. Rc5 Re7 35. Rd1 gxf5 36. Rc6 Rd4 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Kf3 Kg6
39. Rc4 Rd5 40. Rc3 d2 41. Re3 Rd6 42. Re2 {An exciting game where we could
have seen even more fireworks had Caruana not been under time pressure.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bc1 {A rare continuation. The
position of White's bishop on d2 is not very fortunate but few players decide
to waste two tempi to tranfer it to b2.} ({Main theoretical lines:} 12. Rc1 {
(see e.g. Meier-Kramnik in CBM 144)}) (12. Qc2) ({Black has no problems after} 
12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. f4 (13. Rc1 Ba3 $1 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxf6 Bxc1
16. Qxc1 gxf6 17. Qh6 Qf5 $15 {1/2 (45) Sargissian,G (2702)-Tomashevsky,E 
(2728) Huaian 2016}) 13... c5 14. Kh1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nc4 {
1-0 (51) Sargissian,G (2686)-Zhigalko,S (2678) Dubai 2014} cxd4 18. Qxd4 Nf6)
12... Nbd7 (12... h6 $6 {is quite strange:} 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Rc1 a6 15. e3 Bd6
16. f4 b5 17. g4 b4 18. Ne2 Ne4 {1/2 (37) Anton Guijarro,D (2630)-Vazquez
Igarza,R (2565) Madrid 2015} 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ng3 $36) 13. Bb2 {This position
often arises from other move orders (when Black doesn't give a check on b4 but
his bishop comes to b7 in one go).} Bd6 ({After} 13... Bf8 {White launched a
kingside attack in the following game:} 14. f4 c5 15. e3 cxd4 16. exd4 Ne4 17.
Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. g4 a5 20. g5 Ba6 21. Qe3 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nd7 23. Bxe4
Nxe5 24. fxe5 $16 {1/2 (48) Anton Guijarro,D (2639)-Harikrishna,P (2755)
Caleta ENG 2016}) 14. Nd3 {A modest continuation.} (14. Nc4 {is harmless, e.g.}
Bf8 15. Ne3 c6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rad1 a5 18. Bh3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Nc4 Ba6 21.
Bg2 Re6 22. Ne3 Qe7 $132 {1/2 (53) Kosten,A (2514)-El Gindy,E (2498) Cairo 2003
}) (14. f4 $5 {deserved attention here, too:} c5 (14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16.
e3 Nf6 17. a3 c5 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qe7 20. b4 a5 21. b5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Nd7
23. Bd4 Nc5 24. f5 $16 {1-0 (27) Botvinnik,M-Padevsky,N Monte Carlo 1968}) 15.
e3 a6 (15... cxd4 16. exd4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. g4 {, like in
Anton-Harikrishna}) 16. Rc1 (16. g4 $5) 16... Rc8 17. Na4 (17. Bh3 $5) 17... b5
18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 22. Bxg7 (22. Qd4
Qf6 23. Qxc5 Qxb2 24. Qb6 Bc8 25. Qc6 Rf8 26. Qxd5 Qxa2 27. b4 $14) 22... d4
23. Bxd4 Bxg2 24. Bxc5 Bxf1 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Bd4+ f6 27. Qf5 Kg7 28. Kxf1 $14 {
1/2 (42) Rashkovsky,N (2485)-Kuzmin,G (2565) Sochi 1976}) 14... a5 {[%mdl 32]
I don't like this move when White's knight is on c3. Black can't play ...a5-a4;
moreover, he must continue ...c7-c6 to protect the b5-square, after which his
b6-pawn will become vulnerable.} (14... a6 {[%cal Yf6e4] , preventing Nc3-b5,
is more standard and quite good.}) 15. Rc1 c6 16. Na4 Rc8 17. e3 Ba6 $6 {
The bishop does nothing here.} (17... Ne4 18. f3 (18. Re1 f5) 18... Ng5 19. Re1
f5 {, preventing e3-e4, was the most solid continuation.}) 18. Re1 h5 $6 {
This prophylaxis is risky as it weakens Black's position. Sergey Karjakin
relied on his next move but it was a tactical miscalculation. However, Black
was in some trouble already:} (18... Qe7 19. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5
Qxe5 22. Nxb6 Rb8 23. Na4 $14 {[%csl Gc5] was what White hoped for}) (18... Ne4
19. f3 Ng5 20. e4 $14) (18... g6 19. f3 {[%cal Ye3e4]}) 19. Bh3 Ng4 {Otherwise
18...h5 is senseless.} 20. Nf4 $6 (20. f3 $1 {was quite possible; the
resulting complications are favourable for White:} Rxe3 $1 (20... Nxe3 21. Qd2
Bxd3 22. Bxd7 $1 ({but not} 22. Qxd3 Qg5 $1 {[%cal Rd6g3]} 23. Kh1 $6 h4 $1 {
[%cal Rh4g3]} 24. f4 Qh6 25. Rxe3 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 hxg3) 22... Qxd7 23. Qxd3 Qe7
24. Rc3 b5 $8 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 {[%cal Rb2c1] , and Black inevitably loses
a piece.}) (20... Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Ngf6 22. Re2 $16) 21. Rxe3 Nxe3 22. Qd2 Bxd3
23. Qxd3 Qg5 24. Kh1 $1 Rd8 (24... Bxg3 25. Rg1 Qf4 $1 26. hxg3 Qxf3+ 27. Rg2 {
[%cal Rd3e2]} Re8 $1 28. Qe2 Qe4 29. Bxd7 Re7 30. Bh3 Nxg2 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32.
Kxg2 b5 33. Nc3 Rxd4 34. Bc1 $16) 25. f4 $1 (25. Re1 Bxg3 26. Qxe3 Qh4) 25...
Bxf4 26. Re1 Ng4 $1 27. Bxg4 Qxg4 28. gxf4 Qxf4 29. Bc1 $16 {[%cal Ge1e8]})
20... g6 (20... Bxf4 21. exf4 f5 22. Qd2 $14) 21. Bxg4 hxg4 22. Qxg4 Nf6 {
White has won a pawn but Black has some compensation due to his bishop pair.}
23. Qg5 (23. Qf3 $142 $14) 23... Be7 24. Nxg6 (24. Qh6 Bf8 25. Qh3 {looks
illogical but after the text move White has nothing better than a perpetual.})
24... fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Nc5 ({White will finally have to settle for a
draw after other attempts, too, e.g.} 26. e4 Bb4 27. Re3 Bd2 28. Rf3 Rf8 29.
Rc2 Nxe4 {etc.}) 26... bxc5 27. dxc5 Rf8 {[%cal Rd8e8]} 28. Qh6+ (28. e4 $6 d4)
28... Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Neg4 14. g3 Re8 (
14... g6 15. Nb3 a5 16. h3 Ne5 17. f4 Nc4 18. e5 a4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Nd2 Bc5+
21. Kh2 Nd5 22. Nde4 Bd4 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Qd2 $16 {1-0 (53)
Bluebaum,M (2580)-Loiseau,Q (2419) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) (14... Bxg3 15. hxg3
Qxd4 16. Qd1 $1 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 {gives White excellent compensation for the pawn
in the endgame. Here is a typical example:} Rfe8 18. f3 Ne5 19. Be3 a5 20. Rac1
h5 21. b3 a4 22. b4 Bc8 23. Bd4 a3 24. f4 Nc4 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27.
Rd6 $16 {1/2 (41) Lenic,L (2621)-Grachev,B (2687) Legnica 2013}) (14... Bc5 15.
Nf5 Qb6 (15... Re8 $142 {transposing to the game}) 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. b4 $1 Bd4
(17... Bxb4 18. Qb2 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 f6 20. Ba3 $16 {1-0 (54) Khismatullin,D 
(2680)-Ponkratov,P (2610) Izhevsk 2014}) 18. Bb2 Be5 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Na4 Qc7
21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Nd4 a5 23. a3 Bh3 24. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 (58) Cori,J (2612)-Ankit,R
(2508) Pune 2014}) 15. Nf5 Bc5 16. Bf4 (16. Kg2 Bc8 $5) 16... Qb6 $1 {Both
sides must play actively.} (16... b4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Na4 Bf8 19. Nc5 Bc8 20.
Rad1 Qa5 21. Nd6 $16 {1-0 (48) Levin,F (2489)-Ashton,A (2395) Gallipoli 2014})
(16... Ne5 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Kg2 Bb4 19. f3 a6 20. Qb3 Bf8 21. Nd6 $14 {1/2 (21)
Gledura,B (2395)-Fodor,T (2462) Zalakaros 2014}) 17. Kg2 (17. Bxg4 {is not too
promising:} Nxg4 18. Kg2 (18. b4 $6 {is untimely now; Black grabs a pawn
without any risk:} Bxb4 19. Qb2 Bf8 20. Bd6 Bxd6 21. Nxd6 Re6 22. Rad1 Qc7 23.
Qd2 Nf6 24. Rfe1 Ne8 25. Nf5 b4 26. Na4 c5 $17 {1-0 (60) Lingnau,C (2407)
-Schreiner,T (2331) Germany 2015}) (18. Qe2 Nf6 19. e5 Bf8 20. Be3 c5 $1 21.
exf6 Qxf6 22. g4 b4 23. Nd1 g6 24. Ng3 Qc6 25. f3 Ba6 26. Qf2 Bxf1 27. Nxf1 c4
$132 {0-1 (34) Sebenik,M (2511)-Diermair,A (2426) Bad Gleichenberg 2013}) (18.
Rac1 Rad8 19. Nd1 Bf8 20. Nde3 Nxe3 21. Bxe3 c5 22. f3 g6 23. Nh4 Qe6 24. Bxc5
Bxc5+ 25. Qxc5 Qxa2 $11 {1-0 (44) Banusz,T (2585)-Pourramezanali,A (2432)
Dubai 2015}) 18... Rad8 19. f3 Ne5 20. Rad1 Bf8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qf6 23.
Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qd2 b4 25. Ne2 c5 $11 {1/2 (34) Onischuk,A (2665)-Sethuraman,S 
(2623) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 17... g6 (17... Nxf2 {proved insufficient for
equality in the following game:} 18. e5 Nd7 (18... N6g4 19. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 20.
Bxg4 Bf8 21. Bf3 Nc5 22. Be3 $1 Rxe5 23. Bd4 {[%cal Rd4e5,Rb2b4]} Qc7 $8 24.
Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Rad1 $14) 19. b4 $1 Bxb4 20. Rxf2 Nxe5 21. Ne4 (21. Nxg7 c5+ 22.
Kh3 Bc8+ 23. g4 Kxg7 24. Bxe5+ Rxe5 25. Rxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxh7+ Ke6 27. Qg6+ {
1/2 (33) Wagner,D (2481)-Shirov,A (2685) Germany 2014}) 21... c5 22. Kf1 Bxe4
23. Qxe4 Ng6 24. Qd5 Nxf4 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Rxf4 c4 27. Nc6 Bc3 28. Rb1 Rac8 29.
Bf3 $16 {1-0 (75) Giri,A (2768)-Shirov,A (2691) Hoogeveen 2014}) 18. h3 $1 Ne5
$146 {[%mdl 8]} ({The line played in the previous game looks quite decent for
Black:} 18... gxf5 19. hxg4 Bd4 $5 (19... Nxe4 20. gxf5 $14) 20. gxf5 Bxc3 (
20... Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. f3 $14 {[%cal Yf1h1]}) 21. bxc3 c5 22. f3 Rxe4 23.
Rae1 Rxf4 $1 24. gxf4 Nd5 $44 {1/2 (40) Svane,R (2543)-Shirov,A (2715) Skopje
2015}) {However, the text move is hardly worse.} 19. Nh6+ (19. Bg5 $142 {
but after} Ned7 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. f4 Bd4 22. Bf3 b4 $1 {Black's position is
satisfactory, e.g.} 23. Ne2 (23. e5 Nd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Ng4 Rac8 26. Qd2 Rc4
$13) (23. Na4 Qa6 $1 24. Be2 (24. Qb3 c5 25. Qxf7+ Kh8) 24... Qa5 25. Qc4 Rxe4
26. Qxf7+ Kh8 $13) 23... c5 24. Qb3 $1 Rf8 $13 (24... Rxe4 $143 25. Qxf7+ Kh8
26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Rae1 $1)) 19... Kg7 20. Bg5 Bd4 (20... Ned7 {is not
necessary now.}) 21. Bxf6+ {This knight should be eliminated, otherwise it can
become dangerous, e.g.} (21. f4 Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. f5 Nxe4 $1 24. Nxe4 Rxe4
25. fxg6 c5 $17) 21... Kxf6 22. f4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. f5 $1 {White must
urgently create counterplay. If Black consolidates his position, he will be
clearly better due to his bishop pair and weakness of White's king.} c5 $1 (
24... Kg7 {is risky for Black:} 25. fxg6 fxg6 (25... Kxh6 26. gxf7 $40) 26.
Rf7+ Kxh6 27. Raf1 $1 {[%cal Rc3a4]} (27. Na4 Qa5 28. Qc1+ g5 {[%csl Ra1]})
27... Be3 28. Nd1 $1 Bc8 29. R1f3 $40) 25. fxg6+ Kxg6 26. Nxf7 Rf8 27. Nd5 {
This leads to a perpetual.} (27. Kh2 $143 Rxf7 28. e5+ Kg7 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30.
Qxh7+ Ke6 {, and White has no clear draw.}) 27... Qxb2 28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. Nf5+
Kg6 30. Ne7+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ Kg6 32. Ne7+ {The game looks home-cooked, both
players probably followed their analyses (certainly Black did!).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 $5 {Anish wants to stay away from Svidler's excellent home preparation
and just have a normal game of chess.} d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4
c6 {By a transposition we have reached the popular solid variation of the
Fianchetto Grünfeld. As Peter said in the press conference: "It is funny that
people are trying to find weird move orders to force me into playing the
Grünfeld, which is clearly my strongest opening!"} 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O a5 $5 {
Svidler's main move is 7...Qb6 but he had played this once before against
Pavel Tregubov in 2004.} 8. cxd5 a4 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. Nc3 {The players could
have reached the same position with the pawn on a7 as well. What does having
the pawn on a4 mean? In some cases it can be a weakness, but it is also a
strength that confers a lot of space to Black on the queenside.} Ne4 11. Nd2
$146 (11. Nxa4 {doesn't really make sense as after} Qa5 12. Nc3 (12. b3 b5 13.
Nb2 Nc6 $44 {followed by ...Bf5 is a free flowing position for Black.}) 12...
Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Bd2 Qc4 $11) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Qc2 Bf5 $6 {
"I just blanked out!" Svidler was quite critical about this move and rightly
so. He could have kept better control on the position by playing his bishop to
e6 instead of f5.} (13... Be6 {with ...Rc8 coming up next. The opening has
gone really well for Black.}) 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd7 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Qe2 {
White definitely has a small edge now, mainly because his pieces are much
better co-ordinated. The rook on b1, the bishop on g2 and the dark squared
bishop coming to f4, it all looks pretty good for Anish.} Rfe8 18. Be3 (18. Bf4
e5 {is fine for Black.}) 18... Rab8 19. Rb4 $1 {Giri wanted to stop Black from
playing e5 at all costs but was not able to do so. But this rook lift is
excellent. It puts pressure on the a4-pawn and also prepares doubling on the
b-file.} e5 20. Rc4 (20. d5 {was definitely an option} Bxe4 21. Rxe4 $5 {
so that ...Bf8 doesn't come with a tempo.} (21. Bxe4 Bf8 22. Rxa4 Nc5 {Anish
didn't ike the solid control that Black had on the dark squares.} 23. Rb4 Nxe4
24. Rxe4 b5 $44 {Black is a pawn down but has excellent compensation.}) 21...
Nc5 (21... f5 22. Rxa4 $16) 22. Rb4 $16 {[%cal Gf1b1]}) (20. Rxa4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4
b5 22. Rb4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Nf6 25. f3 Qc3 $44) 20... Qb6 21. Rb4
Qc7 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Bf4 Bd7 $1 {A strong regrouping of pieces by Svidler.
The bishop will be well placed on c6.} 24. Rd1 Bc6 $11 {Black has absolutely
no problems now.} 25. Rbd4 Re6 26. Ng5 Ree8 27. Ne4 Re6 28. Ng5 Ree8 29. Ne4
Re6 30. Ng5 Ree8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Bronznik,V"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 $6 {As Giri shows convincingly in the game, this
daredevil move is really dubious. But we would like to understand what
convinced Topalov to use this continuation. The Grünfeld Defence is one of
Giri's main openings, something with which the Bulgarian grandmaster was
obviously familiar. Wie Giri in der Partie überzeugend zeigen wird, ist
dieser draufgängerische Zug recht zweifelhaft. Wir wollen aber verstehen, was
Topalov zu dieser Fortsetzung überhaupt bewegte. Zu einer von Giris
Haupteröffnungen gehört die Grünfeld-Indische Verteidigung, was dem
bulgarischen Großmeister selbstverständlich bekannt war.} ({From time to
time (even at the top level) attempts have been made to meet the Grünfeld
Defence with the Ab und zu versuchte man (auch auf hohem Niveau), das
Grünfeld-Indisch mit der Variante} 3. Nc3 d5 4. h4 {variation. zu bekämpfen.}
{Statistics confirm that after Die Statistik verrät uns, dass während Weiß
nach} Bg7 {White scores wonderfully well. wunderbar punktet,} ({according to
results ist seine Bilanz nach} 4... c5 {is absolutely unsatisfactory.  As
Topalov explained immediately after the game, the idea behind 3.h4 is to
deprive the opponent of the opportunity of reaching the position which would
arise after the 3.Nc3 d5 4.h4 c5 move order. absolut unbefriedigend.  Wie
Topalov gleich nach der Partie erklärte, bestand der Sinn von 3.h4 darin, dem
Gegner die Möglichkeit zu nehmen, die Position zu erreichen, die bei der
Zugfolge 3.Nc3 d5 4.h4 c5 entstehen würde.})) 3... c5 $5 {The idea behind
this continuation and the plan linked to it is to obtain a Volga Gambit type
of position so that the move h2-h4 is of no use and possibly even harmful. Die
Idee dieser Fortsetzung und des mit ihm verbundenen Plans ist, eine
"wolgagambitartige" Stellung zu bekommen, um den Zug h2-h4 möglichst unnütz,
ja sogar schädlich zu machen.} ({In the event of Im Falle von} 3... Bg7 4. Nc3
d5 {there would arise by transposition of moves the position (a rather
unpleasant one for Black!) from the 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.h4 Bg7
variation of the Grünfeld Defence, entstünde durch Zugumstellung die - für
Schwarz ziemlich unangenehme! - Position der Variante 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3
d5 4.h4 Bg7 aus der Grünfeld-Verteidigung,} ({whereas während} 4... d6 5. e4
{would lead to a rare variation of the King's Indian - 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3
Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h4. In both of these cases there appears to be much more
justification for the move h2-h4 than is the case in the Volga Gambit. zu
einer seltenen Variante 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h4 vom
Königsindisch überleiten würde - in beiden diesen Fällen scheint der Zug
h2-h4 viel mehr Berechtigung zu haben, als es im Wolga-Gambit der Fall ist.}))
(3... d5 $6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 $140 $6 5. h5 $36) 4. d5 (4. dxc5 Na6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6.
Be3 Ng4 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8. Nh3 d6 9. e3 Nf6 (9... Ne5 $5) 10. Nf4 Nfe4 $1 (10...
O-O 11. h5 $13) 11. Rc1 O-O (11... h5 $5) 12. Be2 Bf5 (12... a5 $5) 13. h5 g5
14. Nfd5 h6 15. b4 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nd7 17. Nb5 {(Ivanisevic,I (2645) - Neubauer,
M (2413)/Plovdiv 2012)} a6 18. Nd4 Bh7 19. O-O e6 20. Nc3 Ne5 $36 {[%cal Rg5g4,
Rd8h4,Ra8c8]}) 4... b5 $1 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 d6 $1 $146 {
Black sticks to the idea of reaching a typical Volga Gambit setup. Schwarz
hält sich an die Idee, einen typischen Wolga-Gambit-Aufbau zu erreichen.} (
8... e6 {(this move is playable but not so strong as 8...d6) (dieser Zug ist
spielbar, aber nicht so stark, wie 8...d6)} 9. dxe6 (9. Nf3 $5 exd5 $140 10. e5
) 9... fxe6 $6 {(an interesting but at the same time very risky continuation) 
(eine interessante, aber gleichzeitig sehr riskante Fortsetzung)} (9... dxe6
10. Qxd8 Rxd8 $44) 10. e5 $1 {(Notkin)} (10. Bg5 $6 Qa5 $44 {Korobov,A (2713)
- Jumabayev,R (2607)/Moscow Aeroflot op-A 2016; with very good compensation.
mit sehr guter Kompensation.}) 10... Nh5 (10... Ne8 $2 11. h5 $1 $16 {/+- /+-})
11. g4 Nf4 12. Qf3 Nd5 13. Qg2 Rxa6 $1 (13... Bxa6 $143 14. Nxd5) 14. Bxa6 Bxa6
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. Rh3 Nc6 18. Bd2 Nxe5 19. Bc3 Bc4 20. Qd6 Rf6 (
20... Nxg4 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. O-O-O $16) 21. Qxc5 Rc6 22. Qa5 {, and in my
opinion it does not look as if Black has sufficient compensation. , und nach
einer ausreichenden schwarzen Kompensation sieht es m. E. nicht aus.}) ({
After Bei} 8... Bxa6 $2 9. e5 Ne8 10. Nf3 d6 11. e6 $1 fxe6 12. h5 $1 $16 {
White's handling of the opening would have been completely justified. hätte
sich die weiße Eröffnungsbehandlung völlig gerechtfertigt.}) ({In the case
of Auch im Falle von} 8... Nxa6 $6 {too, the first player's h2-h4 can make
sense. kann der Anziehende seinem h2-h4 einen Sinn geben:} 9. e5 (9. h5 $5 Nxh5
10. Be2 Nf6 $140 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nf3 d6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nge4 $36) 9... Ne8 10. h5
$1 (10. Nf3 d6 11. h5 Nb4 12. e6 gxh5 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Bc4 Bf5 $13) 10...
Bxe5 11. Bh6 Ng7 12. Nf3 Bf6 13. Qd2 $36) 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bxa6 {Giri's
opening plan has worked completely. One could think that the position had
arisen from a Volga Gambit, and then one would be wondering what White's
h-pawn is doing on h4. It must not be overlooked that the move h2-h4 has been
more harmful than useful for White: apart from it having cost valuable time,
it has weakened the g4-square. On the other hand the possibility cannot be
excluded that in some variations White will play h4-h5, but with his lag in
development and the fact that his rooks are not in touch with each other, he
would really need a lot of luck for such an advance to prove dangerous to his
opponent.  Giris Eröffnungskonzept ist voll und ganz aufgegangen. Man könnte
denken, die Position entstand aus dem Wolga-Gambit, und dann würde man sich
fragen, was denn der weiße h-Bauer auf h4 macht. Es ist nicht zu übersehen,
dass der Zug h2-h4 dem Weißen mehr Schaden als Nützen gebracht hat: außer
dass er wertvolle Zeit kostete, hat er das Feld g4 geschwächt. Andererseits
ist es natürlich nicht ausgeschlossen, dass Weiß in einigen Varianten h4-h5
spielt, aber bei seinem Entwicklungsrückstand und den getrennten Türmen muss
er wirklich viel Glück haben, damit sich dieser Vorstoß für den Gegner als
gefährlich erweist.} 11. Qc2 {As Topalov explained at the press conference,
his idea consisted of the manoeuvre Nc3-d1-e3. Wie Topalov auf der
Pressekonferenz erklärte, bestand seine Idee im Manöver Nc3-d1-e3.} (11. Bxa6
$5 Qxa6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 {(Topalov)} (12... Re8 13. Qxa6 Nxa6 14. O-O Nb4 {
(according to Giri at the press conference) (soweit Giri auf der
Pressekonferenz)} 15. a4 Reb8 16. Rfb1 {[%cal Yf3e1]} Nc2 17. Ra2 Nb4 18. Raa1
Nc2 {with a repetition of moves mit Zugwiederholung}) 13. Qxa6 Rxa6 {[%csl Rg4]
[%cal Rf8b8,Rf6g4,Rg4e5,Re8a8] with at least sufficient compensation, but in
return White has no problems with his king - he can castle short or play
Ke1-e2. mit mindestens ausreichender Kompensation, dafür aber hat Weiß keine
Probleme mit seinem König - er kann kurz rochieren oder Ke1-e2 spielen.}) (11.
Be2 $6 Qb4 $1 {(Giri)} 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qe2 (13. Qc2 $2 Qc4 $1 $19 {[%csl Re1]
[%cal Ra6b4,Rf8b8,Rf6g4]}) 13... Qxb2 14. Rb1 (14. O-O Qa3) 14... Qa3 15. Rb3
Qa5 16. O-O Ng4 $36 {[%cal Rf8b8]}) 11... Nbd7 ({I prefer Besser gefällt mir} 
11... Bxf1 $5 12. Kxf1 Na6 $5 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ra6b4,Ra5a6] , e.g. , z. B.} 13.
Kg1 ({or oder} 13. g3 Nb4 14. Qb1 Qa6+ 15. Kg2 Ng4 16. Rf1 Rfb8) (13. Nd1 Qb5+
14. Kg1 Nb4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16. Nd2 Bh6 17. Ne3 Qd4 $1) 13... Nb4 14. Qb1 Qa6 {
[%cal Rf8b8,Rb4d3,Rf6g4] - in all variations he has wonderful compensation for
the pawn he has sacrificed. - in allen Varianten mit traumhafter Kompensation
für den geopferten Bauern.}) 12. Ne2 $5 {[%cal Yd2c3,Yh4h5] Topalov is
planning Bd2-c3 followed by h4-h5, which in the event of a future Nf6xh5 would
allow him to swap off the dangerous Bg7 and even to hope to be able to use the
opened h-file for counterplay. In certain circumstances either Ne2-g3 or
Ne2-f4 is possible. But there is also a disadvantage - the white king is still
left in the middle. Topalov plant Bd2-c3 gefolgt von h4-h5, was um Falle des
weiteren Nf6xh5 ihm erlauben würde, den gefährlichen Bg7 abzutauschen und
sogar zu hoffen, die geöffnete h-Linie fürs Gegenspiel zu benützen. Unter
Umständen ist auch Ne2-g3 oder Ne2-f4 möglich. Es gibt dabei aber auch einen
Nachteil - der weiße König bleibt nach wie vor in der Mitte.} ({A "normal"
continuation might be Eine "normale" Fortsetzung wäre} 12. Na4 Qd8 $5 (12...
Bxf1 13. Bxa5 Bxg2 {During the game Topalov did not particularly like this
position, but let us continue the variation: Während der Partie hat Topalov
diese Position nicht besonders gefallen, aber setzen wir die Variante fort:}
14. Nd2 Bxh1 15. Bc3 Bh6 $5 {[%cal Rh6d2,Rh1e4]} 16. Ke2 Bg2 (16... Bxd2 $6 17.
Rxh1) 17. Rg1 Bh3 {- it is far from easy to correctly evaluate this position.
My computer prefers White here but I am not sure it is correct. In any case
this line seems to be very playable for White. - es ist alles andere als
leicht, diese Stellung richtig einzuschätzen. Mein Computer bevorzugt hier
Weiß, aber ich bin mir nicht sicher, dass er recht hat. In jedem Fall scheint
diese Linie für Weiß mindestens gut spielbar zu sein.}) (12... Qc7 13. Bxa6
Rxa6 14. O-O e6 $5 $44) 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. O-O Qa8 15. Nc3 Rb8 $44 {- in this
and in the previous variation (12...Qc7) the position of the white h-remains
unfavourable, but at least White has castled. - in dieser und in der
vorherigen Variante (12...Qc7) ist die Lage des weißen h-Bauern nach wie vor
ungünstig, aber Weiß hat zumindest rochiert.}) (12. Nd1 Qb6 {(Giri)} (12...
Bxf1 $2 13. Bxa5 Bxg2 14. Nd2 Bxh1 15. Bc3 $16 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Rd1e3,Rf2f3]})
13. Bc4 $5 (13. Ne3 $6 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 (14. Kxf1 Qa6+ 15. Kg1 Qa4 $1 $17 {
[%csl Re4]}) (14. Nxf1 Ng4 15. Bc3 Bd4 $1 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3
Ra4 19. Nd2 Qa6 $17) 14... Qa6 $1 $17 {[%csl Re1][%cal Re7e6]}) 13... Bxc4 14.
Qxc4 Qa6 $1 15. Qxa6 Rxa6 16. Nc3 Nb6 {[%cal Rb6a4,Rf8a8] - once again with
very good compensation. - wiederum mit sehr guter Kompensation.}) 12... Qb6 13.
Bc3 h5 $6 {Giri's desire to exclude the idea of h4-h5 once and for all,can be
easily achieved; on the other hand, he now gives his opponent time to
consolidate his position. Black has the following reasonable alternatives:
Giris Wunsch, die Idee h4-h5 für immer und ewig auszuschließen, kann man
leicht nachvollziehen, andererseits gibt er jetzt dem Gegner Zeit, seine
Stellung zu konsolidieren. Dabei hatte Schwarz folgende sinnvolle Alternativen:
} (13... e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Rd6d5]} 15. h5 $5 (15. Ng3 $6 d5 $1) 15...
Nxh5 (15... d5 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Nf4 $13) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nc3 {- Black is no
longer behind on material and according to the computer he is somewhat better;
but in return White can finally breathe again - he is planning by means of 
Qc2-d2 to bring his queen to an active position, thanks to the absence of the
Bg7 queenside castling can be considered, the semi-open h-file promises
counter-chances in many variations, the exchange sacrifice on h5 is in the air
- all in all White feels much happier in this variation than a few moves
previously in the game. - Schwarz hat keinen materiellen Nachteil mehr und
steht laut Computer etwas besser, dafür aber kann der Anziehende jetzt
endlich aufatmen - er plant, mittels Qc2-d2 seine Dame auf eine aktive
Position zu bringen, dank der Abwesenheit des Bg7 kommt die lange Rochade in
Betracht, die halboffene h-Linie verspricht in vielen Varianten Gegenchancen,
das Qualitätsopfer auf h5 hängt in der Luft - alles in allem fühlt sich
Weiß in dieser Variante viel besser, als ein paar Züge zuvor in der Partie.})
({Analysis shows that Die Analyse zeigt, dass} 13... c4 $5 {[%cal Rd7c5,Rf6g4]
- despite giving up control of the d4-square - was well worth considering, e.g.
- trotz die Aufgabe der Kontrolle über das Feld d4 - sehr beachtenswert war,
z. B.} 14. Ned4 (14. Ng3 Ng4 $1 {[%csl Re1,Rf1] This option was also missed by
both players when discussing the game - together with the queen, the knight
ensures that White will have major problems with his further development.
Diese Option ist auch bei der gemeinsamen Besprechung der Partie beiden
Spielern entgangen - der Springer sorgt zusammen mit der Dame dafür, dass
Weiß große Probleme mit seiner weiteren Entwicklung hat.} ({Giri only
considered Giri zog nur} 14... Nc5 {but on acoount of in Betracht, was aber
wegen} 15. Be2 {[%cal Ye1g1,Yh1f1] (Topalov) followed by 0-0 does not appear
totally convincing. gefolgt von 0-0 nicht ganz überzeugend aussieht.}) {
For example Zum Beispiel:} 15. h5 Nc5 (15... Bf6 $5 16. Bxf6 $140 exf6 $5 $17 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Rf8e8,Rd7c5]}) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rh4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Qd2
Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 cxd3 $17 {[%cal Ra8c8]}) (14. Bd4 Nc5 15. Nc3 Qa5 {[%csl Re4] -
Black's activity counts for more than his opponent's extra pawn - die schwarze
Aktivität wiegt mehr, als der gegnerische Mehrbauer}) 14... Nc5 15. Nd2 e6 $1
16. Nxc4 (16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Nxc4 Qc7 18. Nd2 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Qb7 20. f3 Nh5 $17 {
[%csl Re1,Rf4,Rh4]}) 16... Bxc4 (16... Qc7 $5 17. Ba5 Qd7) 17. Bxc4 Nfxe4 18.
dxe6 (18. O-O Ra4 $1 19. b3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Ne4 21. Qc2 Rxc4 22. bxc4 Qxd4 $17)
18... fxe6 19. Nxe6 d5 $1 20. Nxf8 (20. Bxd5 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Rae8 22. O-O Nxe6
$17) 20... dxc4 21. O-O Nxc3 22. Nxh7 Kxh7 23. bxc3 Nd3 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Rb6c6,
Rd3f4] , and despite White's material advantage he has to struggle for a draw.
But firstly he has considerable chances of achieving one and secondly no-one
could could have calculated over the board the complications which lead to
this position.  Thus we can easily comprehend that Giri, who very much liked
his position, during the game evaluated the 13...c4 continuation as
double-edged and for that reason rejected it. , und trotz seines materiellen
Vorteiles muss Weiß ums Remis kämpfen. Aber erstens hat er beträchtliche
Chancen dies zu erreichen und zweitens hätte kein Mensch die zu dieser
Position führenden Komplikationen am Brett berechnen können.  Somit können
wir leicht nachvollziehen, dass Giri, dem seine Stellung sehr gefiel, die
Fortsetzung 13...c4 während der Partie als zweischneidig bewertete und aus
diesem Grund verwarf.}) (13... Rfb8 $5 {(Topalov)} {The best reply is
presumably Die beste Antwort ist vermutlich} 14. a4 $1 {[%cal Ya1a2] , e.g. ,
z. B.} (14. h5 $2 Nxh5 $17 15. Bxg7 $140 $6 Kxg7 {[%cal Rb6b2]} 16. b3 Qb4+ 17.
Nc3 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 c4 19. Rc1 cxb3 20. axb3 Qxb3 $17 {/-+. /-+.}) (14. Ng3 {
The immediate Stärker ist das unverzügliche} Ng4 $1 {is stronger, e.g. , z.
B.} ({Topalov's suggestion das von Topalov angebotene} 14... Bxf1 {does not
appear to be the best continuation: scheint nicht die beste Fortsetzung zu
sein:} {But Zu bevorzugen ist} 15. Nxf1 $1 {is preferable (the knight gets
back into the game) (der Springer kommt wieder ins Spiel)} ({at the press
conference Topalov showed only auf der Pressekonferenz zeigte Topalov nur} 15.
Kxf1 {(in reality it is a mistake) (in Wirklichkeit ist es ein Fehler)} Ng4 {
, which is in fact very bad for White, e.g. , was für Weiß in der Tat ganz
schlecht ist, z. B.} 16. Nh2 (16. h5 Bxc3 $1 17. bxc3 Qb2 $1 18. Qxb2 Rxb2 19.
hxg6 hxg6 20. Ne2 Raxa2 21. Rxa2 Rxa2 $19) 16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nge5 18. a4 c4 {
[%csl Rf1]} 19. Nf3 Nd3 20. Nd4 N7e5 21. f3 (21. Kg1 Qa5 {[%cal Rb8b2]} 22. Ra2
Ng4 23. f3 Ngf2 24. Rh2 Rb3 $19) 21... Nc5 $17 {[%cal Rc5b3] /-+ /-+}) 15...
Ng4 16. N1d2 {, even if here after , auch wenn Schwarz auch hier nach} Bxc3 17.
bxc3 Qa6 {Black has more than sufficient compensation for the pawn. eine mehr
als ausreichende Kompensation für den Bauern hat.}) 15. Bxg7 (15. a4 Bd4 $5
$17) (15. Bxa6 Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Qxa6 17. h5 Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 $17 19. hxg6 $140
$6 fxg6 $1 {[%cal Rc8f8]}) 15... Bxf1 $1 16. Rxf1 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gf1f2]} (16.
Nxf1 $6 Kxg7 {[%cal Rb6b2]} 17. b3 c4 $1 18. bxc4 Ra3 19. N1h2 Qb4+ 20. Qd2 (
20. Nd2 Rc3 21. Qd1 Nge5 22. Nhf3 Nd3+ 23. Kf1 Nf6 {[%cal Rf6g4]} 24. Ne1 Qc5
$19) 20... Nxh2 21. Rxh2 Qxc4 22. Qd4+ Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Rb4 24. Nc2 Rxe4+ 25. Kf1
Ra5 26. Ne3 Nf6 $19) (16. Kxf1 Kxg7 17. b3 c4 $1 18. Rd1 (18. bxc4 Qb2 $1 19.
Qxb2+ Rxb2 $17 {/-+ /-+}) 18... Nc5 $1 19. Nh2 (19. bxc4 $2 Qb2 $19) 19... Ne5
20. Nf3 (20. bxc4 $2 Qb2 $19) 20... cxb3 21. axb3 Nxf3 22. gxf3 Qxb3 23. Qxb3
Rxb3 24. Kg2 Ra2 $17) 16... Kxg7 17. b3 Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 Ng4 {(at
this point White can once again rue his decision to play 3.h4?!) (an dieser
Stelle darf Weiß seine Entscheidung 3.h4?! ein weiteres Mal bereuen)} 20. Rf3
(20. Ne2 f6 {[%cal Rg4e3]} 21. Rf3 Ra3 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Re1]}) 20... f6 {[%cal
Ra8a3]} (20... c4 $5 {[%cal Rb6g1]}) 21. Qc1 Ra7 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Re1][%cal
Rc5c4]}) (14. b3 c4 $5 ({Another good move is gut ist auch} 14... Ng4 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 {, once again with wonderful compensation for the pawn , wiederum mit
wunderbarer Kompensation für den Bauern}) 15. b4 Bb5 16. Bd4 (16. h5 $2 Ba4
17. Qb1 Nc5 $1 $19) 16... Ba4 17. Qxc4 Qb7 18. Nc3 Rc8 19. Qd3 Qxb4 {[%cal
Rf6d5,Rf6e4]} 20. Qd2 Ne5 $1 21. Rb1 (21. Nxe5 $2 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Nxe4 $1 $19) (
21. Bxe5 $2 dxe5 $19 {[%cal Rc8c3,Rf6e4]}) 21... Qa5 22. Bd3 (22. Nxe5 dxe5 23.
Bxe5 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe5 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 $17 {/-+ /-+}) 22... Nxf3+ (22... Nxd5 $5
23. Nxd5 Nxd3+ 24. Kf1 Qxd2 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Nxd2 Rc2 28. Ke2
Nxf2 $17) 23. gxf3 Nxe4 $1 24. Bxe4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxc3+ 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 $17)
14... Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ra2 Nde5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Nc3 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Qa6+
20. Qe2 Nd3 21. Rh3 $1 Nxb2 22. h5 Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 $15 {- White has returned
the pawn, but in return consolidated his position and although he is still
filling the role of the defender he has realistic chances of holding this
endgame. - Weiß hat den Bauern zurückgegeben, dafür aber seine Stellung
konsolidiert, und obwohl er sich immer noch in der Rolle des Verteidigers
befindet, verfügt er über realistische Chancen, dieses Endspiel zu halten.})
14. Ng3 Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Ne2 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. O-O (19.
Rh3 $5 {(Notkin)}) 19... Qd3 20. Qxd3 (20. Rfc1 $5) 20... Nxd3 21. b3 {Of
cours Black still has good compensation for the pawn, but White's position is
nowhere near as critical as it was before 13... h5. Natürlich hat Schwarz
immer noch gute Kompensation für den Bauern, aber die weiße Stellung ist
nicht annähernd so kritisch, wie sie vor 13... h5 war.} Rfb8 ({After Nach} 
21... Ra3 22. Rfd1 Nb4 23. Rd2 Rfa8 24. Nc1 {(Topalov) White protects all his
weaknesses and it is hardly possible to imagine any other result than a draw.
deckt Weiß all seine Schwächen, und ein anderes Ergebnis als Remis kann man
sich hier kaum vorstellen.}) 22. Rfd1 Ne5 23. f3 Ra3 24. Kh2 {So that the king
can protect the pawn on h4 (which becomes vulnerable after f7-f5, e4xf5, gxf5).
Damit der König den Bauern h4 (der nach f7-f5, e4xf5, gxf5 anfällig wird)
decken kann.} Rba8 25. Nc1 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Rb1 Rb8 28. Rb2 Rb4 29. Kh3 c4
30. Re2 ({M. Notkin's recommended Genauer ist das von M. Notkin empfohlene} 30.
Rbd2 $1 {is more accurate (White prophylactically overprotects his d5-pawn), e.
g. (Weiß überdeckt seinen schwachen Bauern d5 im Voraus), z. B.} cxb3 31.
axb3 Kf6 (31... Ng6 32. Rd4 {- according to Notkin - - soweit Notkin -} Rxd4
33. Rxd4 Ra1 34. Ne2 {- White certainly does not lose this position - diese
Stellung verliert Weiß bestimmt nicht}) 32. Kg3 Ng6 33. Rd4 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Ra1
35. Ne2 Ra2 36. Nc1 Ke5 37. Rd1 Ra5 38. Nd3+ Kf6 39. Nb4 Ra3 40. Rb1 Ra5 {
[%cal Ra5b5]} 41. Rd1 {and there is no more than a draw in it for Black. und
mehr als das Unentschieden ist für Schwarz nicht drin.}) 30... cxb3 31. Nxb3
$6 ({A better impression is made by Einen besseren Eindruck macht} 31. axb3 {
, which would maintain control over the a4-square. , was die Kontrolle über
das Feld a4 behalten würde, z. B.} Ra1 (31... Kf6 $5) 32. Nd3 Rxd1 33. Nxb4
Kf7 (33... Rd4 $2 34. Nc6) 34. Nc6 Rxd5 35. Nxe5+ dxe5 {with an obvious draw.
mit offensichtlichem Remis.}) {After the move in the game Black gets the
option of rapidly restoring material equality, so that he can continue to
torment his opponent. Nach dem Partiezug bekommt Schwarz die Möglichkeit, das
materielle Gleichgewicht schnell wiederherzustellen, um dann den Gegner weiter
zu quälen.} 31... Ng6 32. Kg3 (32. g3 $2 Rxh4+ 33. gxh4 Nf4+ 34. Kh2 Nxe2 35.
Rd2 Nc3 36. Nc1 Ra5 $17) 32... Raa4 (32... Rxh4 $6 {allows White to draw with
childlike ease. erlaubt dem Anziehenden, kinderleicht zu remisieren:} 33. Rxe7+
Nxe7 34. Kxh4 Rxa2 35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Nxd2 Kg6 37. g3 Nxd5 38. Nc4) 33. Red2 Kf6
({Or Oder} 33... Rxh4 34. Nd4 Kf6 35. Ne6 Ra5 $15 {[%cal Rh4a4]}) 34. Kf2 ({
After Nach} 34. Nd4 Rc4 $1 {(Giri/Topalov) White is in zugzwang - every move
would lose material. befindet sich Weiß im Zugzwang - jeder Zug würde
Material verlieren.}) (34. Rd4 $5 Rxd4 35. Nxd4 Rxa2 $15 {[%csl Rd5,Rh4]})
34... Rb5 $5 (34... Rxh4 35. Nd4 Ra5 36. Nb3 Rb5 $15 {[%csl Rd5]}) 35. Rh1 ({
The position after Die Stellung nach} 35. g3 $6 f4 $1 36. gxf4 Nxh4 37. Rh1
Rxf4 {[%csl Ra2,Rd5,Rf3] looks rather suspect for White. sieht für Weiß
ziemlich verdächtig aus.}) 35... Rxh4 36. Rxh4 Nxh4 {[%cal Rf5f4]} 37. f4 Ng6
38. g3 h4 (38... Nf8 $5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Rf8d7,Rd7b6]}) 39. Rd3 ({After Auf} 
39. Rd4 $5 {(Notkin) then ist} hxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Nf8 {[%cal Rf8d7,Rd7b6] is
unpleasant, e.g. unangenehm, z. B.} 41. Rd3 Nd7 42. a4 Rb4 43. a5 Nb8 44. Rc3
Na6 {[%cal Rb4b5,Ra6c7] , and the d5-pawn is lost. , und der Bauer d5 geht
verloren.}) 39... hxg3+ ({There is the very interesting recommendation of M.
Notkin: Sehr interessant ist die Empfehlung von M. Notkin} 39... Rb8 $5 {
[%cal Rb8h8] - from here The white rook can continue according to need to h8,
g8, c8 or a8. - von hier aus kann sich der Turm je nach Bedarf weiter nach h8,
g8, c8 oder a8 begeben.}) 40. Kxg3 Nf8 41. Kf3 Nd7 42. a4 Rb4 43. a5 Nf8 {
[%cal Rf8g6]} ({After the game Giri showed the variation Nach der Partie
zeigte Giri die Variante} 43... Ra4 44. Rd4 Ra3 45. Rd3 {[%cal Rb3c5]} Nb8 46.
Ke3 Na6 47. Nc5 Rxa5 48. Nxa6 Rxa6 {and evaluated this endgame as drawn.
Topalov agreed with this evaluation. und bewertete dieses Endspiel als Remis.
Topalov stimmte dieser Einschätzung zu.}) 44. Nd4 ({It was worth considering
Beachtung verdiente} 44. Nd2 $5 {(Notkin)} Ra4 (44... Ng6 45. Ra3 {[%csl Ga5] 
(Notkin)} Nxf4 46. a6 Nxd5 47. a7 Nb6 48. a8=Q Nxa8 49. Rxa8 {with a draw mit
Remis}) 45. Nb3 {, and if Black wins the a5-pawn, but in doing so exhcanges
knights, the result is the rook ending from the previous note, e.g. , und wenn
Schwarz den Bauern a5 gewinnt, aber dabei die Springer abtauscht, kommt es zum
Turmendspiel aus der vorherigen Anmerkung, z. B.} Nd7 46. Rc3 Nb8 47. Ke3 Na6
48. Rd3 Nc7 49. Kf3 Ra3 50. Ke3 Nb5 51. Kf3 Nd4+ 52. Rxd4 Rxb3+ 53. Ke2 Ra3 54.
Rd3 Rxa5 55. Kf3) 44... Ng6 45. a6 ({At the press conference the players
analysed the continuation Auf der Pressekonferenz analysierten die Gegner die
Fortsetzung} 45. Ke3 Ra4 {. .} 46. Nc6 {and came to the conclusion that the
position after und kamen zum Schluss, dass die Stellung nach} Re4+ $1 ({
in the event of im Falle von} 46... Nxf4 $2 47. Rd4 $1 {(according to Giri) 
(soweit Giri)} Ng2+ 48. Kd3 Ra3+ 49. Kc4 {White obtains sufficient counterplay
for a draw. erhält Weiß zum Remis ausreichendes Gegenspiel}) 47. Kd2 Nxf4 48.
Ra3 Nxd5 49. a6 Rc4 50. a7 Nc7 {would be won for Black. für Schwarz gewonnen
wäre.}) (45. Ra3 Rxd4 46. a6 Rxf4+ 47. Kg3 Rc4 48. a7 Rc8 49. a8=Q Rxa8 50.
Rxa8 Ke5 $19 {[%cal Rg6f4,Rf4d5] Giri}) ({Giri was worried anout the
continuation Giri machte sich Sorgen über die Fortsetzung} 45. Ne6 $5 {
, which would deprive his Ng6 of the f8-square. , was seinem Ng6 das Feld f8
nehmen würde.}) 45... Ra4 46. Ne2 Rxa6 47. Nd4 Nf8 48. Nc2 Nd7 49. Ne3 Ra2 50.
Rd1 Rh2 51. Rg1 Rh3+ 52. Rg3 Rxg3+ {After the game Giri expressed the opinion
that he ought to play on with the rooks. From a practical point of view that
may well be correct but Black could hardly make progress without the help of
his opponent.  Nach der Partie äußerte Giri die Meinung, dass er mit der
Türmen weiter spielen sollte. Aus praktischer Sicht mag es durchaus stimmen,
aber ohne gegnerische Hilfe käme Schwarz auch dann nicht weiter.} 53. Kxg3 Nc5
54. Kf3 e6 55. dxe6 Kxe6 56. Nc2 Kd5 57. Ne3+ Ke6 58. Nc2 Nb3 59. Ne3 Nd4+ 60.
Kf2 Nc6 ({After the game Giri demonstrated the variation Nach der Partie
demonstrierte Giri die Variante} 60... d5 61. Ng2 Nc6 62. Nh4 d4 63. Ke2 Ne7
64. Kd2 Kd6 65. Kc2 (65. Kd3 $2 Kd5 $22 $19) 65... Kc5 66. Kd2 Kc4 67. Kc2 {
with a draw mit Remis} {( (} d3+ 68. Kd2 {) )}) 61. Ke2 Nb4 62. Kd2 Nd5 63. Ng2
Ne7 64. Kd3 Nc6 65. Nh4 Nb4+ 66. Kd4 Nc6+ 67. Kc4 Nb8 68. Nxf5 {During the
online commentary by GM S. Shipov a spectator spoke and said that according to
the 7-piece Tablebases (which have unfortunately so far only been available to
selected people) Black could win the knight ending. On Shipov's request for
more specific information, there was (at least during the broadcast) no
reaction. Thus we must decide for ourselves whether to take this suggestion
seriously or as a joke. Während der Online-Kommentare von GM S. Shipov
meldete sich ein Zuschauer und teilte mit, dass laut 7-Figuren-Tablebases (die
bis jetzt leider nur für Auserwählte zugänglich sind) Schwarz das
Springerendspiel gewinnen könnte. Auf Shipovs Bitte, eine konkretere
Information zu geben, gab es (zumindest während der Sendung) keine Reaktion,
somit dürfen wir selbst entscheiden, ob wir diesen Hinweis ernst nehmen oder
als einen Scherz betrachten wollen.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 {Is this going to become the
main line? Up to the moment, 5.Bg5, 5.Bf4 and 5.cxd5 have been more popular.}
Bb4 {This is a very rare line, that reminds one of the Ragozin Variation.
Including Qc2 and ...Bb4 seems to be in White's favour, however Vishy has
played it twice and he could be satisfied with the results of the openings.} (
5... dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bxc4 Qc7 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O Bd6 (10... b5 11.
Bd3 (11. Bb3 $1) 11... Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 (13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rac1 Qb8 15.
Rfd1 Ne5 16. g3 Bd7 $13) 13... g5 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 g4 16. Nh4 Bb7 $132 {
Khismatullin,D (2674)-Shariyazdanov,A (2572) 1-0 (35)Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 11.
Bb3 O-O 12. Rd1 Ne5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bf4 Rad8 15. Bg3 $14 {Bukavshin,I (2657)
-Khismatullin,D (2654) 1-0 (35) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2015}) (5... c6 {leads to
the Slav Defence.}) (5... Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 c6 {leads to the Queen's
Gambit Declined. Thanks to his bishop on f4, White can get an extra tempo. I
consider this line in White's favour.}) 6. a3 (6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 (7. Bg5 c6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 {It seems that White is doing well. He has an
extra tempo compared with theoretical lines.} 11. O-O ({I think that White
should have tried} 11. h3 {or even 11.0-0-0}) 11... Re8 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 Ne4
14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. Bxe4 (17. Ra1 $5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Nd6
19. h3 {White is slightly better}) 17... dxe4 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Nb3
Qxb4 21. Nc5 Qa5 22. N3xe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qa2 24. Rb2 Qd5 25. Nc5 Bf5 26. Qc3
Qd6 27. f3 Be6 28. Ne4 {Four years later Alexander Beliavsky tried to find an
improvement but he didn't succeed.} (28. Rbb1 Ra2 29. Ra1 Rea8 30. Ne4 Qa3 31.
Rxa2 Qxa2 32. h4 Ra3 33. Qe1 Qb2 34. Kh2 Bd5 $17 {Beliavsky,A (2626)-Koneru,H 
(2537) 1/2 (60) Wijk aan Zee 2006}) 28... Qe7 29. Ng3 Ra3 30. Qe1 Bc4 31. e4
Qa7 32. Rd2 Rd8 33. Nf5 Be6 $15 {Sasikiran,K (2650)-Koneru,H (2473) 1/2 (45)
Torquay 2002}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e3 (10. Bf4 {looks a bit
dangerous for White:} c5) 10... Re8 11. b3 c6 12. Bd3 Nf8 {Black's
light-squared bishop is heading to f5 and we can state that Black has got a
comfortable position.} 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. O-O Qf6 $1 15. Ne5 Nd6 16. Rae1 Bxd3 17.
Nxd3 (17. Qxd3 Qe6 18. f3 f6 19. Ng4 Ng6 $11) 17... Qg6 18. f3 f6 19. a4 Ne6
20. Qd2 h5 21. Ba3 Nf5 $15 {Topalov,V (2780)-Anand,V (2762) 1/2 (51) Moscow
RUS 2016}) (6. Bg5 c5 (6... h6 7. Bxf6 Bxc3+ (7... Nxf6 $4 8. Qa4+ $18) 8. Qxc3
Nxf6 9. e3 $14) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bf4 Nb6 $2
(11... c4 12. b3 b5 13. a4 Ba6 14. axb5 Bxb5 15. e3 Nb6 16. Be2 Qd7 (16... a6
17. O-O Rc8 $13) 17. Be5 Ng4 18. Bg3 Rfc8 19. bxc4 $6 (19. Qa5 $1 Nf6 20. O-O
Qc6 21. Rfb1 $16) 19... dxc4 $2 (19... Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Qa5
Nf6 23. O-O Ne4 $11) 20. O-O $16 {Dreev,A (2682)-Milov,V (2632) 1-0 (69)
playchess.com INT 2004}) (11... b6 $5 12. e3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc5 14. Be5 Ne6 15.
Qh4 Nd7 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Bc3 Ndc5 {Black is OK.}) 12. a4 $2 (12. dxc5 $1 d4
13. Qd3 Nbd5 14. Bd6 Re8 15. Qxd4 Ne7 16. g4 $1 b6 17. Rg1 $16) 12... Bg4 13.
e3 c4 $6 (13... Ne4 $1 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. dxc5 (15. Qxc5 Rc8 16. Qd6 Nd5 17.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Bg3 Nb4 $17) 15... Nd5 16. Qd2 Nxf4 17. exf4 Qc7 18. Bc4 Rfd8
19. Qc3 Rac8 20. O-O (20. b4 a5 21. O-O axb4 22. Qxb4 Qxc5 $11) 20... Qxc5 $11)
14. a5 (14. h3 Bh5 15. a5 Nbd7 16. b3 $14) 14... Nbd7 15. f3 Bf5 16. Be2 Re8
17. g4 Bh7 18. O-O Qe7 $132 {(35) Sachdev,T (2422)-Bakre,T (2452) 0-1 Pune 2014
}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O ({Black can't get an equal position after} 7... Ne4
8. Qc2 O-O 9. g3 {(e3 and Bd3 would look natural)} c6 (9... b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. O-O $14) 10. Bg2 f5 11. O-O Qe7 12. b3 Kh8 13. a4 Qf6 14. Bf4 $16
{Jussupow,A (2555)-Handoko,E (2420)1-0 (41) Indonesia 1983}) 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4
c5 10. e3 cxd4 $146 (10... b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. Rc1 {It is not
easy to evaluate a computer game but I would recommend Bb5:} (13. Bb5 Qe6 14.
O-O a6 15. Be2 Bb7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Rfc1 $14)
13... Qe6 14. Bd3 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. O-O Nxg3 17. hxg3 c4 18. Be2 Nf6 $13 {
Rajlich (2600)-New Man (2618) 1/2 (87) playchess.com INT 2007}) 11. Qxd4 Re8
12. Bxf6 $11 {Anish didn't want to check Anand's preparation after 12.cxd5 e5
and went for a dull, drawish endgame. In fact he proposed a draw after 12.Bxf6.
} (12. cxd5 e5 $1 {If Black doesn't want to play a worse position, this is the
only choice. White can choose between 13.Qc3, 13.Qd2, 13.Qd1 and 13.Bxf6. The
resulting positions are very complicated. I believe that White has better
chances and Black's strategy is risky.} ({Black shouldn't play} 12... Qa5+ $6
13. b4 Qxd5 {White has many pleasant options. For instance} 14. Be2 e5 15. Qb2
Ne4 16. O-O Nb6 17. Rfd1 $14) (12... exd5 $6 13. Bd3 $16) 13. Bxf6 (13. Qc3
Nxd5 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Bc7 Nd5 16. Rc1 Nxc7 17. Rxc7 {It seems that
White has an advantage but everything isn't so easy.} Nb6 $1 18. Bb5 Rd8 19.
Ke2 Bf5 (19... Be6 $5 20. Rxb7 Nc4 21. Rc7 $6 (21. Ba6 $6 e4 22. Nd4 Bg4+ 23.
f3 exf3+ 24. gxf3 Bc8 $17) (21. Ba4 Nb6 22. Bb5 (22. Bd1 Bc4+ 23. Ke1 Rac8 24.
Nxe5 Ba6 25. Rxa7 Rc1 $17) 22... Nc4 $11) 21... Rab8 $1 22. Bxc4 Rxb2+ 23. Kf1
Rc2 24. Bxe6 Rxc7 $17) 20. Rhc1 Rd5 (20... Nd5 21. R7c5 b6 22. R5c4 f6 23. Bc6
Ne7 24. Bxa8 Bd3+ 25. Ke1 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxa8 27. Rc7 $14) 21. R1c5 Rxc5 22.
Rxc5 f6 $11) (15. Bh4 Ne4 16. Rd1 a6 17. Bd3 Ndc5 $11) 15... Rxd8 16. Rd1 Rf8
$8 17. Bb5 Nc5 18. Nxe5 Be6 19. O-O Rac8 $44) (13. Qd2 g5 14. Bg3 g4 15. Nh4
Ne4 16. Qc2 Ndf6 {The position which has arisen is very complicated. White can
try 17.Bd3 or 17.Bc4:} 17. Bd3 (17. Bc4 b5 (17... Qd6 $5 18. O-O Bd7 19. Rad1
Rac8 $44 {Due to White's knight on h4, Black has compensation for the pawn})
18. Bd3 Qxd5 19. O-O Be6 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. Qe2 Qc5 22. Bxb5 Red8 $44) 17...
Qxd5 18. f3 (18. Rd1 Be6 19. O-O Rac8 20. Qb1 $13) 18... Nxg3 19. Bc4 Qxc4 $8
20. Qxc4 Nxh1 21. Kf1 Be6 22. Qe2 e4 23. Kg1 exf3 24. gxf3 Bd5 25. Kxh1 Re5 $44
) (13. Qd1 {I think White should choose between 13.Qd1 and 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qb4.
} Qa5+ (13... Qb6 $5 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Bc4 Nfe4 16. Qb4 Nd6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Be2
Bf5 19. O-O Nb3 20. Rae1 Be4 $44) 14. Qd2 $1 (14. b4 Qxd5 15. Qc2 (15. Qxd5 $6
Nxd5 16. Nd2 N7b6 17. Rc1 Be6 18. Ne4 Rec8 $15 {White can't finish his
development}) 15... Qe4 16. Rc1 (16. Bd3 $6 Qg4 {White is in trouble.}) 16...
Qxc2 17. Rxc2 a5 $132) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Nxd5 16. Rc1 N7b6 17. Ne4 f6 18.
Nc5 Re7 19. Bd3 Rc7 20. Ke2 $14) 13... Qxf6 14. Qb4 $5 {White is intending to
play e4} (14. Qc3 Qg6 15. h4 $5 {The h-pawn can help White to finish his
development.} (15. Nd2 Nf6 16. d6 Bd7 17. Rd1 Rac8 18. Qd3 e4 19. Qd4 Rc2 $44)
15... e4 16. h5 Qf5 17. Nd4 Qg5 (17... Qxd5 $4 18. Nb5 $18) 18. d6 Ne5 $5 (
18... Nf6 19. Qb3 Qa5+ (19... Bg4 $6 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Nxb5 Rad8 22. Nxa7 Rxd6
23. Nb5 Rc6 24. Nd4 Rb6 25. b4 Bxh5 26. b5 $16) 20. Qb4 Qxb4+ 21. axb4 Rd8 22.
Nb5 a6 23. Rh4 Bg4 24. Nc3 Bxh5 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxh5 Rxd6 27. Re5 $14) 19.
Bb5 Rd8 (19... Qxg2 $6 20. O-O-O Bg4 (20... Rd8 $2 21. Rdg1 Qxf2 22. Ne6 $1
Bxe6 23. Qxe5 $18) 21. Rdg1 Qxf2 22. Bxe8 $16) 20. Qc2 Qxg2 21. O-O-O Bh3 $1
22. Rhg1 Rac8 23. Rxg2 Rxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Bxg2 25. Nf5 Bf3 26. Rd5 f6 27. Nd4 Bg4
$11) 14... Qg6 15. Nd2 Nb6 (15... Nf6 16. e4 Bd7 17. g3 $16) (15... e4 16. g3
Nb6 17. d6 Bd7 18. Nc4 $16) 16. e4 f5 17. Bb5 Qxg2 18. O-O-O Bd7 19. Bxd7 Nxd7
20. f3 $14) 12... Nxf6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 {It seems to me this continuation is a
little bit stronger than 13...Qd5 but I don't think that Vishy would lose the
position after} (13... Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb5 Re7 $11) 14. Be2 Nf6 (14...
e5 $5 15. Qc5 (15. Nxe5 Qa5+ 16. b4 (16. Kf1 Nxe3+ 17. fxe3 Rxe5 18. Kf2 Bf5
$15) 16... Nxe3 $1 17. fxe3 (17. Qxe3 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 19. f3 Be6 20. Kf2 $11
) 17... Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 19. Kf2 $11) 15... e4 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Nd4 Qg5 18. g3
Bh3 {seems to be good for Black.}) 15. Qxd8 {Other continuations don't promise
any advantage to White.} (15. O-O Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. Rac1 e5 18. Nf3 Bc6 $11
) (15. Qe5 Bd7 16. O-O Qb6 17. Rac1 Rac8 $11) (15. Qb4 Nd5 16. Qd2 b6 (16...
Nf6 $11) 17. O-O Bb7 18. Rac1 Qe7 $11) 15... Rxd8 16. O-O {White can't finish
his development with the king in the centre.} Bd7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Kf1 Kf8 19.
Ke1 Ke7 $11 20. Ne5 Rxc1+ {It's time to trade rooks.} 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8
Bxc8 {Now it's time to offer a draw.} 23. f4 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Kd2 Kd6 26.
Kc3 e5 27. g3 b6 28. Bc4 f6 29. b4 g5 30. h4 gxh4 31. gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 g6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Ne5 Qb4+ 12. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13. Ke2 Be7 14. f3 {
Im 14. Zug weicht Aronian von der unlängst zwischen beiden Partnern in
Zürich gespielten Partie ab. Alles in allem ist hier kein Kampfgeist
erkennbar - bei beiden nicht!} (14. f4 b6 15. Kf2 Bb7 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Be2 O-O
18. Bf3 c5 19. Ng3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ba6 21. Ne4 Bd3 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nd5 exd5 24.
Rxd3 d4 25. exd4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27. Ke2 f6 28. Kd3 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rc8 30.
Rd1 Bg5 31. Ke4 Be3 32. Rd3 Kf7 33. Ra3 Rc7 34. Be2 Ke7 35. Ra4 Bc1 36. Rxd4
Bxb2 37. Rc4 {1/2-1/2 (37) Aronian,L (2792)-Giri,A (2798) Zuerich 2016}) 14...
Rg8 15. Rc1 f5 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Nd2 b6 18. Kf2 Bb7 19. h4 Rac8 20. f4 {
Diagramm [#] Die Stellung ist vollkommen ausgeglichen, doch Schwarz hat
immerhin noch das Läuferpaar und die eine oder andere Hebelmöglichkeit - er
könnte den Anziehenden noch ein wenig ärgern.} Bf6 21. b4 Rg7 22. Be2 g5 23.
hxg5 hxg5 24. fxg5 (24. Rh6 Ke7 25. g3 {war ebenfalls gut.}) 24... Bxg5 25. Bf3
Ba6 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 f4 28. e4 Be7 29. a3 e5 {Diagramm [#] Dies kann
jetzt eigentlich nur noch eines werden: Giris achtes Remis in der achten
Partie.} 30. dxe5 Ke6 31. Ke2 Kxe5 32. Rh5+ Bg5 33. Bg4 Rd8 34. Rxc6 Kxe4 35.
Re6+ Kd4 36. Rh3 Kc4 37. Re5 Kd4 38. Re6 Kc4 39. Bf5 Re7 40. Rxe7 Bxe7 41. Rh7
Bd6 42. Rxa7 Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Wagner,D"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In round 9 of the Candidates Tournament attention was especially drawnd to
the game of Giri agianst Caruana, because the latter implemented a completely
fresh and surprising idea with Black in one of the sharpest lines against the
Grünfeld.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3
O-O 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 Na6 $5 {Caruana's team decided to
spring a surprise with this concrete approach. Though probably Black won't
gain full equality if confronted with the best possible play he hopes for the
practical value of the innovation and the complicated character of the
resulting position.} (11... N8d7 $1 {is the normal move.}) 12. h5 Nb4 13. hxg6
(13. Bc5 $6 N4xd5 14. Bxf8 Bxf8 $11) 13... Bf5 $1 {The strong and consistent
follow-up. Black gives up all his kingside pawns, but is able to initiate his
own counterplay afterwards.} (13... fxg6 14. Bc5 N4xd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc4
Be6 17. Rd1 $16) (13... hxg6 14. g4 $18) 14. gxh7+ Kh8 15. Rd1 $1 {Not
surprisingly Giri was already out of book, but nevertheless he finds all the
critical moves.} (15. g4 Nc2+ 16. Kf2 Bg6 17. Rd1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rc8 19. d6 f5
$132) (15. Ne4 $2 N6xd5 $1 (15... N4xd5 16. Bc5 $14) 16. Bc5 Qa5 $1 17. Bxf8
Bxf8 $19) 15... Nc2+ (15... Rc8 $5 {can be considered.} 16. Nh3 Nc2+ 17. Kf2
Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Na4 {transposition.}) 16. Kf2 Nxe3 (16... Rc8 17. Bh6 $1) 17.
Qxe3 Bd7 (17... Rc8 $5 18. Nh3 (18. Be2 $5 Bc2 (18... Bd7 19. Nh3 f5 20. Kg1
$14) 19. Rd2 Bg6 20. Nh3 f5 21. f4 $14) 18... Na4 19. Nxa4 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 Qxa4
21. Rd2 $1 Qxa2 22. g4 Bd7 (22... Bg6 23. Bd3 f5 24. Ng5 $16) 23. Ng5 Qb1 (
23... f5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Bd3 Rc1+ 26. Kh2 Rxh1+ 27. Kxh1 $16) 24. Ne4 f5 25.
gxf5 Bxf5 26. Nc3 Qa1 27. Kg2 $16) 18. Nh3 f5 ({In the interview after the
game Caruana mentioned} 18... Rc8 {as the right move and explained that he had
mixed up his analysis. But there too White stays on top.} 19. Kg1 f5 20. Nf2 (
20. f4 Qc7 $1) 20... Qf6 (20... e4 21. fxe4 f4 22. Qf3 $18) 21. Bd3 Qd6 22. Rh5
Qg6 23. Qg5 $14) 19. f4 $1 {a good response. The black pawns are blocked and
White intends to consolidate his pieces.} Rc8 (19... e4 20. Ng5 $16 {[%cal
Gg2g3,Gf1e2] is strategically bad for Black.}) 20. g3 Nc4 $2 (20... e4 21. Ng5
{is no fun for Black, of course, but the text move should lose the game.} Bf6
22. d6 Qe8 23. Rd2 Qg6 24. Kg2 $16) 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. fxe5 f4 23. Nxf4 Qg5 24.
Rd4 $2 {Unfortunately for Giri, who had already spent a huge amount of time,
he couldn´t come up with the most convincing solution.} (24. Ke1 $1 Bxe5 (
24... Rf5 25. Rh5) 25. Ng6+ Qxg6 26. Qxe5+ Qf6 27. Qxf6+ Rxf6 28. Rd2 $18 {
is technically much easier.}) 24... Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxe5 26. Qb4 Rf7 27. Nce2 Bg4
28. Qe4 $16 {Here too White is pretty close to winning with three extra pawns!
But Black still has the pair of bishops and the "safer king" for the moment,
so White's task is still not trivial.} Qf6 29. Rh4 Bf5 30. Qe3 b6 (30... Bxb2
31. Qxa7) 31. b3 Re7 32. Qd2 $6 {This retreat is a bit modest and doesn't
exploit the concrete circumstances of the position well enough.} (32. Rh5 $1
Bxh7 33. Kg1 $18 {Now the Black king is pretty jeopardised and White should
eventually break through.}) (32. Nh5 $5 Qf8 33. Qf3 Rxh7 34. Re4 $1 Qc5+ 35.
Re3 $18) 32... Rc7 33. d6 $6 {Understandably Giri wants to activate his queen,
but there was no need to give up the pawn.} (33. Kf3 $5 Bxh7 (33... Rc2 34. Qe3
Rc7 35. g4 $18) (33... Rxh7 34. Rxh7+ Kxh7 35. g4 Bb1 36. Qc1 $18) 34. Qe3 Kg8
35. Nd4 $18) 33... Bxd6 (33... Qxd6 $5 34. Qxd6 Bxd6 35. g4 Be4 {will also be
a difficult technical job against the two bishops.} 36. Ne6 Rf7+ 37. Ke3 Bb7
38. g5 Re7 39. N2d4 Rxh7 40. Rxh7+ Kxh7 41. Nf4 $14) 34. Qd5 Rf7 35. Kg2 Bc5 $6
(35... Rg7 $1 {is more precise, allowing the defence of the back rank with Qf8.
} 36. Qa8+ Qf8 37. Qxf8+ Bxf8 38. Nd4 Be4+ 39. Kh3 Be7 40. Rh5 Bf6 $14) 36. Rh5
Bg4 37. Rh6 {Exchanging the rooks should make the task easier for White, but
he could have created more practical problems.} (37. Rg5 $1 Bxe2 (37... Bf5 38.
Nc3 Bf8 39. Rg8+ Kxh7 40. Rg5 Kh8 41. Rh5+ Kg8 42. Ne4 Bxe4+ 43. Qxe4 $18) 38.
Qa8+ Rf8 39. Rg8+ Kxh7 40. Rxf8 Bxf8 41. Nxe2 $16 {should be nearly winning
with his queen and strong knight.}) 37... Qxh6 38. Qxf7 Qc6+ 39. Nd5 Be6 40.
Qf6+ Kxh7 41. Qh4+ Kg7 42. Qg5+ Kf8 {Even without rooks it's difficult to make
progress against the two bishops.} 43. Qf6+ (43. Nef4 $5) 43... Kg8 (43... Ke8
44. Qxe6+ Qxe6 45. Nc7+ Kd7 46. Nxe6 Kxe6 47. Nf4+ Kf5 48. Kf3 Bd6 49. g4+ Ke5
50. Ng6+ Kf6 51. Nh4 Kg5 52. Nf5 Bc5 53. Ng3 Kg6 54. Ne4 $18) 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45.
Qh6+ Kg8 46. Qg5+ Kf8 47. Nef4 Bf7 48. Qe5 Kg8 49. Kh3 Qd6 50. Nf6+ Kf8 51. Qf5
Ke7 52. N6d5+ Kf8 53. Kg4 $1 {activating the king!} Bd4 54. Nc7 (54. Qc8+ Kg7
55. Qb7 a5 56. Ne7 $1 {maximizing the coordination of the knights!} Be6+ 57.
Kf3 Kf8 58. Neg6+ Kg8 59. Nxe6 {It´s better to exchange the light-coloured
bishop, because the weakness of the light squares on the kingside is more
easily felt.} Qxe6 60. Nf4 $1 $18) 54... Be5 55. Ncd5 a5 56. Qc8+ Kg7 57. Ne3
Kh7 58. Qb7 (58. Nf5 $1 Qd1+ (58... Qf6 59. Qd7 Kg8 60. Kf3 Bxf4 61. Kxf4 $16)
59. Kg5 $18) 58... Kg8 59. Qa8+ Qb8 60. Qe4 Qd6 61. Nf5 Qd1+ 62. Ne2 (62. Qf3
Qxf3+ 63. Kxf3 Kh7 {should be drawn.}) (62. Kh3 $1 Qf1+ 63. Kh2 Qf2+ 64. Ng2 {
For the moment White needs to retreat with his pieces in order to activate
them with even more force after consolidation. Of course it´s difficult to
decide on such a way of play during a practical game.} Bf6 65. Kh3 Kh7 66. Ngh4
Qf1+ 67. Kg4) (62. Kg5 Qd8+ $1) 62... Bg7 63. Nxg7 $2 {I don't like this
exchange at this specific moment. In general it's good to halve the opponent's
pair of bishops, but the problem is that the remaining White knight is
currently pinned and it's difficult to restore coordination in the white camp.}
(63. Kh3 $1 Qf1+ 64. Kh4 $16 {should be preferred.}) 63... Kxg7 64. Qe5+ Kg6
65. Kf3 (65. Qe7 Kg7 66. Kf3 Qd3+ 67. Qe3 Qf5+ 68. Kg2 Qc2 69. Qc3+ Qxc3 70.
Nxc3 Kf6 71. Kf2 Ke5 72. Ke3 Be6 {with enough activity for a draw.}) 65... Qd3+
66. Kf2 Qc2 67. Qd6+ Kg7 68. Qd4+ Kg8 69. Qg4+ Kf8 70. Qa4 Be8 (70... Qd2 71.
g4 Kg8 $11) 71. Qa3+ Kg8 72. Qe7 Bf7 73. Qd8+ Kg7 74. Qd4+ Kg8 75. Qa4 Qd2 (
75... Kg7 $11 {is easier.}) 76. Qg4+ Kf8 77. Qc8+ $1 Ke7 (77... Be8 $5 78. a3
Qb2 79. Qe6 Qxa3 80. Qxb6 Qb2 $11) 78. Qc7+ Kf8 79. a3 $1 Bxb3 80. Qb8+ Kf7 81.
Qb7+ Kg8 82. Qxb6 Qa2 83. Qd8+ Kf7 84. Qd7+ Kg8 85. Qe8+ Kg7 86. Qe7+ Bf7 87.
g4 Qd2 {White still cannot make real progress.} 88. Qc5 (88. Qe3 Qxe3+ 89. Kxe3
Kf6 {the main problem is that the ending is drawn without queens.} 90. Nd4 a4
91. Kf4 Bb3 92. g5+ Kg6 93. Nf3 Bc2 94. Ne5+ Kg7) 88... Be6 89. Qe5+ Kf7 90. g5
Qa2 91. Qf6+ Ke8 {White suffers from his weak king and lacks activity. He has
no chance of converting his extra pawn.} 92. Qh8+ (92. g6 Bc4) (92. Ke3 Qxa3+
93. Kf4 Qd6+) (92. Qc3 Bc4) 92... Ke7 93. Qh7+ Kf8 94. Qh8+ Ke7 95. Qg7+ Ke8
96. Qh8+ {Giri reacted pretty well in the opening. Had he made the decisive
blow on move 24 he would have definitely won the game. After this inaccuracy
Caruana defended very tenaciously and deservedly reached a draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 a5 13. Qb3 e5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 g6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bb2 a4 19. Qc2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qe7 21.
Qc2 Rfe8 22. Bf3 c5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. bxc5 Re5 25. Rfc1 Qc6 26. Rab1 Rxc5 27.
Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Kf1 h5 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31. Kf3 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {The Giuoco Piano, (or Italian Opening) has become
quite fashionable lately, running away from forced lines of the Ruy Lopez (or
Spanish) with 3.Bb5. And White has been doing very well, as did Giri in this
game.} Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 {Normally White plays 7.Bb3 to
save the bishop (from a possible ...Na5). But this is a standard alternative
as well.} O-O 8. Re1 (8. Bg5 $5 {isn't supposed to be a great move here,
because Black plays h6-g5 quickly, but I think the sacrifice on g5 is
underrated and could be interesting for White:} h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Nxg5 (10. Bg3
$13 {this is what we see normally after h6-g5, with a complex game}) 10... hxg5
11. Bxg5 Kg7 12. Qf3 {and I feel like there is a lot to be explored here. I
mean, it could be just bad for White, but it doesn't look easy for Black, and
it's weird that there haven't been any games with 10.Nxg5. White's dream plan
could be Nd2-Kh1-Qg3-f4.}) 8... Ba7 9. h3 (9. Na3 $5 {Carlsen,M (2844)-Adams,M
(2744) Tata Steel-A 78th 2016 (9) 1-0 it's not easy to find the reference
games, because either White or Black could have some minor piece placed
somewhere else compared to the other games, but this Na3 has been used a lot,
following with Nc2 and Ne3. Wesley So was able to keep a slight edge, and
there was also a great win from the world champion Magnus Carlsen in Wijk an
Zee 2016:} h6 10. Nc2 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. d4 (14.
Ne3 $5 {would be in the same spirit as Carlsen's game, first putting the
knight on f5 and only then d4}) 14... exd4 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ra8 17. f3
a5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Red1 b6 20. Qc4 Rae8 21. Qb5 Qc8 22. b4 Qa8 23. Qd3 c6 24.
bxa5 bxa5 25. c4 g6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (38) So,W (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2747) Wijk aan
Zee 2016. White probably had something earlier, here Black should be ok.}) 9...
h6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 {Black places his knight on g6 trying to eliminate this
problem (the knight on c6 sometimes becomes an awkard piece) and equalise the
game. Nevertheless, White is always one tempo ahead in the centre for playing
d4.} (10... Re8 {would be a solid alternative, played by the current Women's
World Chess Champion} 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 d5 15.
Qc2 Qd7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Nf5 Qe8 18. b4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nd2 Ne7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (31) Muzychuk,M (2554)-Hou,Y (2673) Lvov 2016}) 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6
13. Ba2 Be6 (13... d5 {it is always somewhat risky to try getting the
initiative with Black. For example:} 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4 $1 (15. Nxe5 $2 {
is a typical trap in these positions} Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Bxf2+ $1 17. Kxf2 Qf6+ $17)
15... exd4 16. Nxd4 $14 {as Black I wouldn't be happy here, White has a slight
but comfortable edge because of having the rook already developed to e1.}) 14.
Bxe6 fxe6 15. d4 $1 $14 {Securing an advantage for White. Black already
doesn't have an easy life.} exd4 (15... Qe7 $5 {keeping the structure was an
alternative. dxe5 is not scary for Black:} 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Be3
Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Rad8 20. Qb3 $14 {White probably maintains a slight edge here as
well.}) 16. cxd4 d5 17. exd5 $1 {Suddenly Black starts getting into trouble,
there is no good way to take the pawn back.} (17. e5 {did not make much sense,
because Black plays ...Nd7 and prepares ...c5 soon, opening up routes for all
his pieces} Nd7 $132) 17... exd5 (17... Qxd5 18. Qc2 Ne7 19. Ne2 $1 Qd7 20. Nf4
Ned5 21. Nd3 $16 {when White probably is going to play Bd2, double on the
e-file and decide when and how to use the c5- and e5-squares for his knights.})
(17... Nxd5 $6 {just loses a pawn} 18. Rxe6 Nh4 19. Ra3 $1 $16 {An important
move. Now it is clear that 7.a4 helped a lot!}) 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Bd2 Bb8 {
Positionally Black is supposed to be fine, but the pressure on the e-file
starts to become stronger every move.} 20. Bb4 $16 Bd6 21. Bxd6 (21. Qa3 $5 Nc8
22. Bc5 {(threatening Re6)} Re8 23. Ne5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 $40 {Avoiding 24...Nd6
and threatening Nf5. On the other hand, this gives a passed d5-pawn for Black.
White has the advantage naturally, but there is a lot of play.}) 21... Qxd6 22.
Re3 Rae8 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. b4 Nc8 25. Rc1 Qd8 $6 (25... Nd6 $1 {was a good
defensive resource, had Black followed this line precisely:} 26. b5 axb5 27.
axb5 Nc4 $1 28. Rxc4 {has to be tried, but probably Black defends himself:} (
28. Nxc4 cxb5 $1 $15 {this is the key move, making use of the pin on c1, Black
is suddenly better.}) 28... dxc4 29. Qxc4+ Nd5 30. Re4 Kh7 31. bxc6 bxc6 $13)
26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Qxb5 $16 {Now White has a big advantage, with
nicely placed pieces, and Black has a horrible pawn structure and a weakened
king. But probably both players were approaching time trouble, so it wasn't
easy to be precise. Besides, this is the kind of position that I personally
think is one of the most difficult in chess. Maybe not only for me, but for
everybody. The reason is that there are no pawn breaks, and the board is wide
open with major pieces on it, meaning there are a lot (and by that I mean a
lot!) of options in every single move, and we, humans, can not find patterns
in such positions. Even with a computer, it is very hard to analyse and come
to a sensible explanation about what is going on. In any case, it goes to show
how strong these players are, because the game maintains a good level, despite
the difficulty of the position, and the probable time trouble they were under.}
Nd6 {.} 29. Qb3 b5 30. Rce1 Qa5 31. Qb1 Qb6 32. Qg6 $6 {This gives Black a
golden opportunity to fight for equality.} (32. Qb4 $1 {keeping the pressure,
possibly releasing it at some point with Ng6. For example:} Re7 33. Ng6 Rxe3
34. Rxe3 Rd8 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Re6 $16) 32... Qc7 $2 (32... Qxd4 $1 {and White
doesn't have anything decisive. For example:} 33. Nc6 (33. Nh5 Nxh5 (33... Qa7
$5 $11) 34. Qxd6 Rf6 35. Qc7 Qf4 $11) 33... Rxe3 34. Rxe3 (34. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 35.
Kh2 Nfe8 $13 {still looks hard to evaluate, but this is definitely not bad for
Black}) 34... Qc5 35. Ne7+ Kh8 $11) 33. Qd3 Re6 34. Ne2 Rfe8 (34... Nh5 $5 $14
{a weird way to stop ...Nf4, but it looks acceptable.}) 35. Nf4 R6e7 36. Nfg6
Re6 37. Qb1 Qb7 38. Qb4 Nf5 39. Rf3 Ne7 40. Nf4 Nc6 41. Qb2 R6e7 $6 (41... Rd6
$1 {this had to be played} 42. Rfe3 Qb6 43. Nxc6 Rxe3 44. Rxe3 Rxc6 45. Re5 $14
) 42. Rfe3 $1 $16 {Creating strong pressure on the e-file, and threatening
Nfg6 followed by Nxc6 winning (White has ideas with Ne7+ after the massive
exchanges). To defend this, Black has to make an awkard move like ...Na7 in
the game.} Na7 43. Qb3 Nc8 44. Qb4 Nd7 45. h4 Nxe5 46. dxe5 Rf7 47. Nh5 Qe7 48.
Qd4 Ref8 49. e6 Rf5 50. Nxg7 $2 {After a great series of moves by Giri, he
allows Nakamura to escape.} (50. Re5 $1 Nd6 51. Rxf5 Nxf5 52. Qxd5 Nxh4 53.
Qxb5 $16 {and White should win this, but there is still work to be done.})
50... Qxg7 51. Rg3 Rg5 $1 {And there is nothing decisive.} 52. Rxg5 hxg5 53.
Qxd5 (53. Qxd5 {a draw was agreed. For example:} Ne7 54. Qxb5 gxh4 55. Qh5 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 (10. b5 Nd4 11. Nxe5 Bb3 $19) 10... f6 11. d3 {
In this position Black has two ways to continue. One is to go directly Nd4 and
other one is to include a5 and b5 before playing Nd4. Anish chooses the latter.
} a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 {Defending the b7 pawn.} 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 a4 16.
Rd1 Nd6 $146 {The first new move of the game but it seemed as if both were
already out of their preparation. The plans in this position are pretty well
established and both the players are following them. A move here or there
doesn't really change the character of the game.} 17. Nde4 $5 {An interesting
idea by Peter who doesn't mind giving up an exchange to Bb3.} Nxe4 (17... Bb3
18. Rxb3 axb3 19. Qxb3+ $44) 18. Nxe4 (18. dxe4 Bb3 19. Rxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3+ Kh8
{With the bishop closed on g2 this doesn't look great.}) 18... Bd5 {Giri is
always well aware of the dangers and chooses the most solid way to play.} (
18... Bb3 $6 {This wins an exchange but gives White excellent light square
control.} 19. Rxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3+ $44 Kh8 {White can now continue either with
his light square strategy with Nc3 or break in the centre with d4.}) 19. Nc5
Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Qe6 $1 {At this point the position might be round
about equal but it seems like Black has much easier play thanks to his knight
having more scope against the bishop.} 22. Bb2 (22. Qxc7 $2 Nd5 23. Qc2 (23.
Qxb7 Rfb8 24. Qc6 Qxc6 25. bxc6 Rxb1 $19) 23... Rfc8 $19 {With the knight
coming to c3 this is just winning for Black.}) (22. e4 {Svidler wanted to play
this but was afraid of} f5 {White should be fine after} (22... Rf7 23. Be3 {
And the bishop is much better posted on e3 than in the game.}) 23. Bb2 Rae8 24.
exf5 Qxf5 25. Rd2 {White is not getting mated here and should have a decent
position.}) 22... Rf7 23. Bc3 Rd7 24. Bb4 Rad8 (24... h5 {Giri was thinking
about this move here.} 25. h4 Rad8 26. e4 f5 27. exf5 Qxf5 28. Re1 Rf7 $17 {
When the insertion of h4 and h5 looks to be in Black's favour and he doesn't
have any back rank problems now.} 29. Rxe5 $2 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Nd7 $19) 25. e4 f5
26. exf5 $6 (26. Rbc1 {Keeping the position was better.}) 26... Qxf5 {Black
has some initiative now because White's kingside is weak and the rook is
coming to the f-file and the knight is joining in via d5.} 27. Re1 Nd5 $1 (
27... Qxd3 28. Rbd1 $36) (27... Rxd3 28. Qxc7 $16) 28. Qc4 Rf7 29. Rb2 h6 {
This looks a little bit too slow.} (29... Qf3+ {According to the computer this
was the best move. Giri had seen it but he wasn't sure if it was any good.} 30.
Kg1 Nxb4 31. Qxb4 Rd4 (31... Rxd3 32. Qxa4 $11) 32. Qc5 Rxd3 $17 {Engines
claim this is just better but Anish thought it was extremely drawish. Well
what can we say? When it comes to evaluating drawn positions you cannot argue
with a man who made 14/14 draws in the tournament.}) 30. Qe4 Qd7 31. Qxe5 Qxb5
{This exchange of the b5-pawn for e5 is in Black's favour.} 32. Qe4 (32. Be7 $2
Qc6 $1 {was the point missed by Peter.} 33. Bxd8 Nf4+ $19) 32... Qd7 (32... c5
33. Bc3 Qc6 34. Be5 b5 $15 {looks to be in Black's favour with his queenside
pawns rolling down, although one cannot underestimate the power of the e5
bishop which has finally found a good square.}) 33. Qe6 Qxe6 (33... b6 34. Qxd7
Rdxd7 35. Bd2 {With the idea of later Bf4 if the knight moves seems fine for
White. In any case these positions are always slightly more pleasant for Black.
}) 34. Rxe6 Nxb4 35. Rxb4 Rxd3 36. f4 (36. Rxa4 Rd2 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Rf4 Rxf4
39. gxf4 Kg6 $15 {This might well be a draw but during the game Peter thought
that this was really bad for him.}) 36... Rxa3 37. Rxb7 Ra2+ 38. Kh3 Rc2 39.
Ra6 Rf5 40. Rxa4 Rh5+ 41. Kg4 Rhxh2 42. Ra8+ (42. Raa7 h5+ 43. Kg5 Rc3 44. Rxc7
Rxg3+ 45. Kf5 Kh7 $17) 42... Kh7 43. Rbb8 Rc4 $1 {A strong move by Anish which
keeps the game going although it should be a draw.} 44. Rf8 (44. Re8 {was
surely better to keep the option of giving a check on e6.} Kg6 45. Re6+ Kf7 46.
Rae8 $11) 44... Kg6 45. Rae8 h5+ 46. Kf3 Rcc2 47. Re6+ Kh7 48. Re3 Rhf2+ 49.
Ke4 Rc6 50. Rf5 Kh6 51. Rd5 (51. Re5 $2 h4 52. gxh4 Rc4+ 53. Kd3 Rfxf4 54. h5
Rfd4+ 55. Ke2 Rc2+ 56. Kf3 Rh4 $19) 51... h4 52. gxh4 Rc4+ 53. Kd3 Rfxf4 (53...
Rcxf4 54. Re6+ Rf6 55. Rxf6+ Rxf6 56. Rc5 c6 57. Ke4 $11) 54. Re6+ Kh7 55. Rh5+
(55. Re7 {was the easier way to draw.} Rxh4 56. Rdd7 Rhg4 57. Rxg7+ Rxg7 58.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 59. Kxc4 $11) 55... Kg8 56. Re7 Rfd4+ 57. Ke3 Rd1 58. Ke2 Rg1 59.
Rg5 Rxg5 60. hxg5 Kh7 (60... Kf8 61. Rd7 Re4+ 62. Kf3 Re7 {is also drawn but
there are some more chances.}) 61. Ke3 Kg6 62. Rd7 {The rest of the game is
not so important. White has sufficient defensive resources.} Rc5 63. Re7 Rc1
64. Kd2 Rc6 65. Ke2 Rc3 66. Kd2 Rc4 67. Kd3 Rc5 68. Ke3 c6 69. Rc7 Re5+ 70. Kf4
Rf5+ 71. Ke4 Rf1 72. Ke3 Re1+ 73. Kf3 Rc1 74. Kg4 Rc3 75. Kf4 Rc4+ 76. Kf3 Rc2
77. Kg4 Rc1 78. Kf4 c5 79. Kg4 c4 80. Rc6+ Kf7 81. Kf5 Rf1+ 82. Ke5 Re1+ 83.
Kf5 g6+ 84. Kf4 Rf1+ 85. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 ({Even after} 6...
h6 {White can try the analogous} 7. a4 a5 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Re1 Ba7 11.
Be3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxa7 Nxa7 14. Bc4 Be6 (14... Nc8 15. Ne3 Nb6 16. Bb3 c6
17. h3 Be6 18. Bc2 Qc7 19. d4 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Rad1 Be6 23.
Qe3 b6 24. Nd2 c5 25. Bd3 Re7 26. d5 Bd7 27. Ra1 Nh5 28. b4 Nf4 29. bxa5 bxa5
30. Reb1 Rf8 31. Bb5 Bc8 32. Bf1 f5 33. c4 Ref7 34. Ra3 fxe4 35. Nxe4 Bf5 36.
Rab3 $14 {Caruana,F (2794)-Topalov,V (2780) Moscow 2016}) 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Ne3
Nc8 17. Nf5 Ne7 18. d4 exd4 19. N3xd4 Re5 $2 (19... Rxe4 $1 20. Rxe4 Nxe4 21.
Qg4 Ng5 22. h4 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Ne6 24. Nxh6+ Kf8 25. Nf5 Qf6 $11) 20. Ng3 Ng6 21.
Qc2 c6 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Ndf5 Rd8 24. Qd2 $16 {Carlsen,M (2844)-Adams,M (2744)
Wijk aan Zee 2016 For more details see the notes to this game by Carlsen in
CBM 171.}) (6... O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 g4 10. Nh4 Nh5 11. a4 a6 12.
Na3 Qg5 13. Nc2 Ba7 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. d4 Qg7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nef5 Bxf5 18. exf5
Bc5 {Muzychuk,M (2554)-Hou,Y (2673) WChW Lvov 2016} 19. f6 $1 $36) 7. a4 $5 {
A new wrinkle instead of the more common} (7. Nbd2 {and}) (7. Bb3 {White keeps
open various options to develop his Nb1; it doesn't necessarily have to go via
d2...}) 7... Ba7 (7... O-O 8. Re1 ({After} 8. Na3 {White has to reckon with}
Na5 $5 $132) 8... Ba7 (8... h6 $5 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3
Qd7 13. Nbd2 Qf7 14. g3 Nd7 15. Kg2 a5 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Rf1 Qd7 18. b3 Ne7 19.
Nc4 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Rb1 Nc6 $132 {Giri,A (2798)-Anand,V (2784) Zuerich
rpd 2016}) 9. h3 (9. Na3 h6 10. Nc2 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7
14. d4 exd4 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ra8 17. f3 a5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Red1 b6 20.
Qc4 Rae8 21. Qb5 Qc8 22. b4 Qa8 $11 {So,W (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2747) Wijk aan
Zee 2016}) (9. Nbd2 Ng4 $1 10. Re2 Kh8 {[%cal Yf7f5]} 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nf1 f5 13.
Bxh6 gxh6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bd5 Bg6 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Ng3 Qf4 18. Qxf4 Rxf4 19.
Be4 Bf7 20. Bxc6 bxc6 $132 {/=/+, Movsesian,S (2624)-Morozevich,A (2718)
Prague rpd 2002}) 9... h6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 ({The immediate} 10... Be6 {seems
stronger than the knight manoeuvre:} 11. b4 (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf1 Qe7 13. Be3
Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Nh5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nf4 $15 {Gundogan,S (1795)-Unlu,A (1575)
Kemer 2014}) (11. Bb3 Re8 12. Nf1 d5 13. Bc2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 {½, Wang,Y 
(2445)-Maiorov,N (2558) Moscow 2016}) 11... Qd7 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nf1 Nh5 14.
Be3 Nf4 15. b5 Ne7 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Neg6 19. N1h2 a5 20. h4
Qf7 21. g3 Nh5 22. Rc1 Nf6 23. Qc2 Bb6 24. Nd2 d5 25. e5 Nd7 26. Nb3 Ne7 27. f3
Nf5 $132 {½, Karthikeyan,M (2435)-Vaibhav,S (2535) Mumbai 2013}) ({Another
solid option is} 10... Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 d5
15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Nf5 Qe8 18. b4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nd2 Ne7 21.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Nb3 dxe4 23. dxe4 Red6 $11 {Muzychuk,M (2554)-Hou,Y (2673) WChW
Lvov 2016}) 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. Ba2 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. d4 $1 exd4 16.
cxd4 d5 ({Playing for the better B has concrete drawbacks, but the engine move
} 16... c5 17. Be3 $14 {is also pleasant for White.} (17. Qb3 $5)) 17. exd5 $1
exd5 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Bd2 Bb8 20. Bb4 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Re3 Rae8 23. Ne5 $36
{Giri,A (2793)-Nakamura,H (2790) Moscow 2016}) 8. Na3 Ne7 (8... O-O 9. Bg5 h6
10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 (11. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 12. Bxg5 $44 {[%cal Yd1f3,Yb3c2,Yc2e3] is
probably a good version of the positional sacrifice, White's Na3 can quickly
join the attack.}) 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qe2 Ne7 14. Nc2 Ng6 15. Ne3 Kh7 16.
Nf5 Ne7 17. Ne3 Ng6 18. Nf5 {½, Chocenka,D (2403)-Jasinski,M (2393) email 2014
}) (8... h6 9. Nc2 O-O 10. Ne3 Ne7 11. a5 (11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nf5 d5 13. Qc2 Be6
14. Be3 c5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. N3h4 Nxh4 17. Nxh4 c4 18. dxc4 dxc4 19. Ba2 Bxe3
20. fxe3 Qc5 21. Rde1 Rfd8 $17 {Arakhamia Grant,K (2363)-Kantane,A (2280)
Germany 2016}) 11... c6 12. Bb3 Be6 (12... Ng6) 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qb3 Qd7 15.
Nc4 Ng6 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Qd1 Ngf4 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. g3 Ng6 21. d4
exd4 22. Ne1 Nf6 23. Qxd4 Raa8 24. Qxd6 $16 {Siebarth,M (1788)-Ritter,U (1740)
GER email 2012}) 9. Bg5 $146 {Anand decides to change tack and deviates from
his earlier win against Aronian. The players now enter uncharted territory
with a full board of pieces and an interesting position.} (9. Nc2 Ng6 10. Be3 (
10. h3 O-O 11. Re1 c6 12. Ba2 Re8 13. d4 exd4 14. Ncxd4 Nxe4 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16.
Rxe4 Rxe4 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Nxe4 d5 19. Ng3 Qf6 20. Be3 Bd7 21. Qb3 {Pacher,M 
(2502)-Kantor,G (2418) Budapest 2016} Rb8 $11) 10... O-O 11. Bxa7 (11. a5 $5)
11... Rxa7 12. Ne3 Ng4 ({Black wants to simplify the position, but} 12... a5
$142 {[%cal Yc7c6,Yd6d5] gives him better chances to gradually neutralise
White's pressure.}) 13. Qd2 a5 14. d4 $1 Ra8 15. dxe5 N4xe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17.
Bb3 Nd7 18. Bc2 Re8 19. f3 $1 b6 20. Rfd1 Nc5 21. b4 Nd7 22. Bb3 Nf6 23. Qd4
Qe7 $6 (23... Bd7 $142 $14 {/\} 24. Nd5 Be6) 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Ra7 26. b5
Bb7 27. c4 Qe5 28. Rac1 Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 $16 {[%csl Ra7] Anand,V (2762)-Aronian,
L (2786) Moscow 2016/ Suddenly as if out of nowhere White has strong pressure
- to reanimate the Ra7 Black will sooner or later have to take on d5.}) 9... c6
{Giri is not worried about the doubled pawns.} (9... Ng6 {seems more
consistent, when Anand possibly intended} 10. Nh4 c6 (10... Nxh4 11. Bxh4 h6
12. d4 $5 $13) 11. Nf5 Bxf5 (11... O-O 12. Qf3 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 d5 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Ba2 $14) 12. exf5 Ne7 $13) 10. Nc2 O-O (10... Ng6 11. Nh4 Nf4 $5 12. Bxf4
exf4 $13 {/\} 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Qxf4 $2 Nh5 $19) 11. Nh4 (11. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 12. d4
{is principled, but far from clear and White might miss his dark
squared-bishop further on:} Bg4 (12... d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Ba2 Qd6 (14... e4
15. Nh4 f5 16. Qh5 f4 17. f3 (17. Qg5+ $6 Ng6 $15) 17... e3 18. g3 $36) 15. Ne3
Rd8 16. g3 Kh8 $132) 13. Ne3 (13. Re1 d5 14. Ba2 f5 $13) (13. Bb3 Kh8 $13)
13... Bh5 14. Be2 Kh8 15. Nh4 Bg6 $132) (11. Ne3 Ng6 {[%csl Yh7][%cal Yh7h6]}
12. Nh4 Nf4 $1 $15) 11... d5 $1 12. exd5 (12. Ba2 Qd6 {is comfortable for
Black.}) 12... Nexd5 (12... cxd5 $142 $1 13. Ba2 (13. Bxf6 dxc4 14. Bxe5 Nc6
$17) 13... Bg4 14. Qd2 Qd6 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] seems stronger, if anyone is better
here it's Black with his centre.}) 13. Nf3 (13. Bxd5 $5 cxd5 14. Qf3 {is
interesting:} h6 ({A cooperative line is} 14... Be6 15. Nf5 e4 16. Qh3 Qd7 (
16... h6 17. Bh4 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxf5 21. Rxf5 Ng4 22.
Re1 exd3 23. Rxd5 $14) 17. Nce3 Ne8 18. dxe4 Nd6 19. Nxd5 Nxe4 (19... Nxf5 $2
20. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 21. Bxf6 h6 22. exf5 $18) 20. Nde7+ Kh8 21. Qg4 Nxg5 22. Qxg5
Bxf5 23. Nxf5 $14) 15. Bxf6 $8 (15. Be3 d4 $36) 15... Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. d4
$13 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ya1d1,Yc2e3] /+/=}) 13... Qd6 (13... Bg4 $143 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 {is pleasant for White.}) ({However,} 13... Qc7 $5 {is at least
equivalent to the text move.}) 14. Re1 Bg4 (14... Re8 15. d4 exd4 (15... e4 16.
Ne5 $14) 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Ncxd4 $32 {+/=}) 15. Bh4 (15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3
Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Nd5 $11 {/=/+}) (15. h3 Bh5 {/\} 16. g4 $2 e4 $1 $36 {[%cal
Rd6g3]}) 15... Rae8 16. h3 (16. Bg3 Nh5 $15) 16... Bh5 17. Bg3 Nf4 18. Bxf4
exf4 19. d4 c5 {[%csl Ga7,Gh5] Black's active piece play fully compensates for
the doubled pawns - Anand must tread with care.} 20. Be2 ({It's safer to
simplify and seek equality with} 20. Rxe8 $5 Rxe8 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qd4 Ne4 (
22... Bxf3 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. gxf3 $11) 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. Nfd4 $11) 20... cxd4
21. Ncxd4 (21. Nfxd4 Bg6 $15) 21... Re4 22. Qc2 Rc8 (22... Bxd4 $1 23. Nxd4
Rfe8 (23... Qe5 24. Qd2 Re8 25. Kf1 Bxe2+ 26. Nxe2 $1 (26. Rxe2 f3 $40)) 24.
Red1 Bxe2 25. Nxe2 Qc5 26. Nd4 f3 $1 27. b4 (27. Nxf3 $2 Re2) (27. g3 Qh5 $36)
27... Qc7 (27... Qa7 28. g3 {[%csl Rf3]}) 28. Nxf3 Rxb4 $15) 23. Rad1 Bxf3 (
23... Qc7 24. Ng5 Rxe2 (24... Rxd4 25. Bxh5) 25. Rxe2 (25. Nxe2 $2 Qc5) 25...
Bxe2 26. Qxe2 $11) 24. Nxf3 Bxf2+ $6 {[%mdl 576] This tempting sacrifice is
the point behind Black's two previous moves, but objectively the tactics
should have worked well for White.} (24... Qc5 $142 25. Bd3 Rxe1+ $11) 25. Kxf2
Qb6+ 26. Kf1 (26. Nd4 $2 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxd4+ $17) 26... Nh5 27. g4 $1 ({
White can already fight for more than} 27. Nd4 Ng3+ 28. Kg1 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qxd4+
30. cxd4 Rxc2 31. Bxa6 g5 32. Bxb7 Rxb2 33. Bd5 $132) 27... fxg3 28. Bd3 {
Anand repays the favour.} (28. Rd4 $142 $1 Rce8 $5 (28... Rxd4 29. Nxd4 Nf4 (
29... Qxd4 30. Bxh5 $18) 30. Qf5 $18) 29. a5 $1 (29. Bd1 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Qe6 31.
Ng2 $14 {/+/- /\} Qxh3 $2 32. Rh4) 29... Qc6 (29... Qc5 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Rd8+
Qf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Bd1 $18) 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Qd2 Nf4 (31... h6 32. Bd1
Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 $16) 32. Bd1 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Qd7 34. Qd2 Qxh3+ 35. Kg1 Ne6 36.
Bb3 $16 ({or} 36. Qd7 $5 $16 {Although Black has 3 pawns for the piece, they
are not too threatening, while White's pieces are very active - he has great
winning chances.})) 28... Rxe1+ (28... Rf4 $6 29. Kg2 {leads nowhere.}) 29.
Rxe1 Nf4 (29... g6 30. Re4 Rd8 31. Bc4 $36) 30. Nd4 (30. Bxh7+ Kh8 31. Nd4 g6
32. Qe4 Qc7 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Qe7 Qxe7 35. Rxe7 Rc4 $11) 30... g6 31. Be4 $6 {
White has two better tries to keep an edge:} (31. Qd2 Qf6 (31... g2+ 32. Kg1
Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Qxb2 34. Qf3 $14) 32. Re3 $1 Nxd3+ (32... Qh4 33. Be4 Qxh3+ 34.
Bg2 Qd7 35. a5 $14) 33. Rf3 Qh4 34. Rxd3 Qxh3+ 35. Qg2 Qh6 36. Qxg3 Re8 (36...
Qc1+ 37. Qe1 Qxb2 38. Nf5 $1 Qc2 39. Rf3) 37. Kg2 $14) (31. Re3 $5 Qf6 (31...
Nxh3 32. Bf5 $1 $16) (31... g2+ 32. Kg1 $16) 32. Qd2 {transposes to 31.Qd2.} (
32. Rf3 Qh4 33. Qd2 Qxh3+ 34. Kg1 Nxd3 35. Rxd3 Rc5 $132)) 31... Qf6 32. Bf3 (
32. Kg1 {gives Black at least a draw with} Nxh3+ ({, but he can even play for
more with} 32... Re8 $1 $36) 33. Kg2 Nf4+ 34. Kxg3 Qg5+ 35. Kf3 Qh5+ $11) ({
Maybe the safest is} 32. Nf3 $5 Qb6 (32... Qe6 33. Qd2 $5) 33. Nd4 $11) 32...
g2+ {Wins the exchange and leads to a roughly equal endgame.} (32... Qxd4 $2
33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Rxc8 Qe3 35. Bg2 Nd3 36. Re8 $1 Qxe8 37. Qxd3 $16) (32... Rc5
33. Qe4 $1 {with the computer-like idea} g2+ 34. Kg1 Rg5 (34... Nxh3+ 35. Kxg2
$16) 35. Bg4 h5 36. Bf5 $1 Qd6 37. h4 Rxf5 38. Nxf5 gxf5 39. Qd4 $16) 33. Bxg2
(33. Kg1 $2 Qxd4+ $19) 33... Nd3+ 34. Nf3 (34. Ke2 $2 Nxe1 35. Kxe1 Qxd4 $19)
34... Nxe1 35. Kxe1 $132 b5 (35... Re8+ 36. Kf2 Qf4 $5 {seems more testing,
Black keeps the a-pawn on the board as a possible target.} 37. a5 Qc7) 36. axb5
axb5 37. Qe4 Rb8 (37... Qa6 38. Kf2 Qa2 39. Qb4 {[%cal Yf3d4]}) (37... Rd8 38.
Bf1 $11) 38. Qd4 Qe6+ 39. Kf2 Qb3 40. Ne5 {A plausible pawn sacrifice, but
White had other ways to hold the balance:} (40. Qd2 b4 41. Nd4 Qc4 42. Qe2 $11)
(40. Qb4 Qc2+ (40... Qxb4 41. cxb4 Rc8 42. Nd4 {/\} Rc4 43. Ke3 Rxb4 $2 44. b3
$18 {[%csl Rb4]}) 41. Kg3 Qe2 42. Qf4 Re8 43. Ng5 Re7 (43... Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qe5
45. Kg3 Qxf4+ 46. Kxf4 Re2 47. Bd5 $11) 44. Bf3 $11 {/\} Qxb2 $2 45. Qb8+ Kg7
46. Qd6 Re1 47. Qd4+ $40) 40... Qxb2+ 41. Kg1 (41. Kg3 $2 b4 $19) 41... Rc8 (
41... b4 42. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 (42... bxc3 $2 43. Nh6+ Kf8 44. Qf6+ Ke8 45. Bc6#)
43. Qa7+ Kf6 44. Qxb8 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 bxc3 $11) 42. Qf4 (42. Qd7 $2 Qc1+ 43. Bf1 (
43. Kh2 Qf4+ {[%cal Rc8c3]}) 43... Qg5+ 44. Kh1 Qf5 $17) (42. Nc6 $5 Re8 $5 (
42... Qb1+ 43. Kh2 (43. Kf2 Qf5+ 44. Kg1 Qe6 $15) 43... Qe1 44. c4 bxc4 45. Ne5
$11 {[%cal Yg2d5,Ye5g4]}) 43. Ne7+ Rxe7 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qxe7 Qxc3 $11 {/=/+})
42... Qa2 43. c4 Qa7+ 44. Kh2 bxc4 45. Bd5 Rf8 $6 {Throws away any winning
chances. A trickier line was} (45... Rc5 $5 46. Qd4 $1 (46. Bxf7+ Kg7 47. Bxc4
Qc7 48. Nxg6 Qxf4+ 49. Nxf4 Rxc4 $19) 46... Rc7 47. Qxa7 Rxa7 48. Bxc4 Kg7 49.
Nxf7 (49. Bxf7 $2 Kf6) 49... Rc7 (49... Rxf7 50. Bxf7 Kxf7 51. Kg3 Kf6 52. Kg4
$8 (52. Kf4 $2 g5+ 53. Kg4 Kg6 54. Kg3 Kf5 55. Kf3 h5 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. Kf3 Kd4
$19) 52... h6 53. Kf4 Ke6 54. Ke4 $11 {is a TB draw}) 50. Nd6 $1 (50. Bd5 $2
Rc5 51. Bb3 Rc3 52. Bd5 Rd3 53. Bc4 Rd4 54. Bb3 Rd2+ 55. Kg1 Rd3 56. Be6 Kf6
57. Bc4 Rxh3 $19) 50... Rc6 51. Ne8+ Kf8 52. Bb5 Rc2+ 53. Kg3 Ke7 54. Kf3 $15 {
/= looks dangerous, but Black has no obvious way to exploit the position of
White's minor pieces.}) (45... Kg7 46. Nxf7 Qa2+ 47. Bg2 $1 (47. Kg3 Qa3+ 48.
Kg2 Qb2+ 49. Kg3 Qc3+ 50. Bf3 (50. Kh2 Qc2+ 51. Bg2 Qf5 $19) 50... Qf6 $19)
47... Rf8 48. Qe5+ Kxf7 49. Kg3 Qb3+ (49... Qa3+ 50. Kh2 Qe7 51. Bd5+ Ke8 52.
Bc6+ $11) 50. Kh4 $1 g5+ (50... Rd8 51. Qc7+) 51. Kh5 Qd1+ 52. Kh6 Rd8 $8 53.
Qf5+ Ke7 54. Qxg5+ Ke6 55. Qe3+ Kd6 56. Qb6+ Ke7 57. Qe3+ $11) 46. Qf6 {
[%cal Ye5g6,Ye5g4] This guarantees a draw, Black can only get into trouble, if
he wants more.} ({Also sufficient is} 46. Bxc4 Kg7 47. Nxf7 Rxf7 48. Bxf7 Qxf7
49. Qxf7+ Kxf7 50. Kg3 $11) 46... Qa2+ (46... c3 47. Nxg6 Qc7+ (47... Qb8+ $2
48. Kg2 hxg6 49. Qxg6+ Kh8 50. Qh6+ Kg8 51. Be4 $19) (47... hxg6 48. Qxg6+ $11)
48. Ne5 (48. Kg2 hxg6 49. Qxg6+ $11) 48... c2 49. Qg5+ $11) 47. Kg3 Qa7 $8 (
47... Qa3+ $4 48. Kh4 Qa7 49. Ng4 $18) 48. Kg2 (48. Kf3 Qa3+ 49. Ke4 Qa7 50.
Bxc4 Qa4 51. Kf4 {already forces Black to find} Qb4 $1 $11 {[]}) (48. Ng4 Qg1+
49. Bg2 h5 50. Nh6+ Kh7 51. Nf5 gxf5 52. Qxf5+ Kh6 53. Qf6+ $11) 48... Qa2+ 49.
Kf3 Qa3+ 50. Kg4 Qa7 51. Kf3 Qa3+ 52. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nxc4 Rd8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Rb8 14. f4 e5
15. f5 Nd4 16. g4 b6 17. Rc1 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Kf2 h6 20. h4 g5 21. fxg6
fxg6 22. Rhg1 Ne6 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Nh7 25. Ne4 Kg7 26. Rc6 Nd4 27. Rc3 Ne6
28. Rc6 Nd4 29. Rc3 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Nd7 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 Qd7 13. Rhg1 a5 14. g4 Bxg4
15. Rg3 Ng6 16. Rdg1 Bh5 17. Qf1 Bf8 18. Ne3 Nf4 19. Nf5 g6 20. Bxf4 exf4 21.
Rh3 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Kh8 23. Qg2 Qf7 24. Nh4 Bd6 25. Rh3 g5 26. Nf5 a4 27. Rh6 Rg8
28. Qf3 Rg6 29. h4 Rxh6 30. Nxh6 Qg6 31. Nf5 a3 32. b3 Rg8 33. hxg5 fxg5 34.
Qg4 c5 35. Rh1 Qf6 36. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bd5 Bb7
15. Qd2 Rab8 16. O-O h6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. a5 Ne7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qe3 Rc8 21.
Rd2 Rc6 22. g3 Qe6 23. Kg2 Rbc7 24. Rad1 Kh7 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. cxb3 Nc8 27. Rd3
Rc2 28. R1d2 R2c5 29. Rd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Rc2 31. Nd2 Rxb2 32. Nc4 Rxb3 33. Nxd6
Rc3 34. Nxf7 b3 35. Rd7 b2 36. Rb7 Rc7 37. Rxb2 Rxf7 38. Rc2 Nd6 39. f3 Nb5 40.
Rc6 Rf6 41. Rc5 Re6 42. Kf2 Kg6 43. Ke3 Kf6 44. f4 g5 45. f5 Rd6 46. Rc8 Nd4
47. Rf8+ Ke7 48. Rh8 Nb3 49. Rh7+ Kf8 50. Kf3 Nxa5 51. Kg4 Nc4 52. Kh5 Nd2 53.
Rh8+ Kg7 54. Re8 Nxe4 55. Re7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. g3 Qd7
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 a5 17. Kh1 b6 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Rad8 20. f5 Nc5 21.
Qf3 Qd4 22. Rab1 Rfe8 23. Rg1 Rd7 24. Rg3 Ree7 25. Rbg1 Kf8 26. Qh5 Nxe4 27.
dxe4 Qxe4+ 28. Ng2 h6 29. c4 Re5 30. Re3 Qxf5 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. Qg4 f5 33. Rf1
Rf7 34. Qd1 Kg8 35. Qd2 Kh7 36. Re1 Qf6 37. Nf4 Qh4 38. Ne6 Qg4 39. Qd3 b5 40.
Rf1 a4 41. cxb5 cxb5 42. Nd4 Rd7 43. Qxf5+ Qxf5 44. Nxf5 axb3 45. Rf3 Rd1+ 46.
Kg2 Rd2+ 47. Rf2 Rd5 48. Ng3 c5 49. Ne4 c4 50. Rd2 Re5 51. Nd6 Rc5 52. Rd4 c3
53. bxc3 Rxc3 54. Rb4 Rc2+ 55. Kg3 Rc3+ 56. Kg2 Rc2+ 57. Kg3 Rc3+ 58. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd3 Be6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne8 13. c4 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5
15. Na5 b6 16. Nc6 a5 17. b3 f5 18. f4 exf4 19. Qd4 Nef6 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. Rxf4
g6 22. Rff1 Rae8 23. Rae1 Ne4 24. Bf3 Nd2 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rd1 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3
Kf7 28. Kf2 Kf6 29. a3 g5 30. Nd4 Ne5 31. Nb5 Nf7 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Ra8 34.
Re1 Ne5 35. Re2 Rd8 36. Kg2 Nxc4 37. Re6+ Kf7 38. Nd4 Re8 39. Rxe8 Kxe8 40.
Nxf5 Kf7 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Nh6 Kg6 43. Ng8 Kf7 44. Nh6+ Kg6 45. Ng8 b5 46. Ke2
Kf7 47. Nh6+ Kg6 48. Ng8 Nb6 49. Ne7+ Kf6 50. Nc6 Nxd5 51. Na7 Nxb4 52. Nxb5
Ke5 53. Ke3 Nd5+ 54. Kd3 Nf4+ 55. Ke3 Ne6 56. Na7 Nd4 57. Nc8 d5 58. Ne7 Nf5+
0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Be7 8. d3
b6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. Nc4 O-O 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 d5 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. Bg3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qd5 21.
Bh4 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 Nd5 23. Rf2 Re6 24. h3 Rae8 25. Kh2 f6 26. Bg3 Nb4 27. Rd1
Re2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Kf7 30. d4 cxd4 31. Bf2 d3 32. c3 Nc6 33. Rxd3 Re2
34. Bxb6 Ne5 35. Rd6 Rxb2 36. Bd4 Nc4 37. Rxa6 h5 38. Kg3 h4+ 39. Kf3 Kg6 40.
Rc6 Nd2+ 41. Kf4 Ra2 42. Ra6 Nb3 43. Kf3 Kf5 44. Ra7 Nd2+ 45. Ke3 Nf1+ 46. Kf3
Nh2+ 47. Ke3 Rxg2 48. a5 g5 49. Ra6 g4 50. Rxf6+ Kg5 51. Rf8 Ra2 52. Rg8+ Kf5
53. Rf8+ Ke6 54. hxg4 h3 55. Kf4 Nf1 56. Rh8 h2 57. Rh6+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 exf3 11. Rxf3 c5 12. Ne3 Nc6 13. Qf1 Nd4 14. Rf4 Be6 15.
b3 Rab8 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. e3 Nc2 18. Rb1 b5 19. Nb2 a6 20. Nd3 c4 21. Nf2 cxb3
22. axb3 Nxe3 23. dxe3 Qxc3 24. Bb2 Qxe3 25. Bd4 Qd2 26. Kh1 Qc2 27. Ne4 Nxe4
28. Bxe4 Qc7 29. Rc1 Qa5 30. Qd3 g6 31. Ra1 Qc7 32. Rxa6 Bg5 33. Rf2 Rfe8 34.
Bb2 Rbd8 35. Qxb5 Be3 36. Rc2 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Qd8 38. Kf3 Bd4 39. Bxd4 Rxd4 40.
Qc5 Rxe4 41. Kxe4 Bc8+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. a3 Qc7 14. h3 Rad8
15. Nf3 Bd6 16. b4 Ne5 17. Nd2 Ng6 18. Qc2 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Bf4 20. Nde4 Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 Bc6 22. b5 Bxb5 23. Qb3 Bxe3 24. cxb5 Bd4 25. Rac1 Qb6 26. Rc2 axb5 27.
Bxb5 Nf4 28. a4 Nd5 29. Qf3 Nf6 30. Ng3 Rd6 31. Rec1 Rfd8 32. Kg1 Be5 33. Nf1
Nd5 34. Nd2 Nb4 35. Nc4 Qc7 36. Nxd6 Nxc2 37. Qxf7+ Qxf7 38. Nxf7 Kxf7 39. Rxc2
Rd1+ 40. Bf1 b6 41. g3 Rb1 42. Kg2 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb5 Be6 10. Nd4 Bc8 11. Nb5 Be6 12. Nd4 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 Qe7 (10... f6 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Ne6
14. Kh1 Qd7 15. Qg4 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (72) Nakamura,H (2787)-Kramnik,V (2801)
Zuerich 2016}) 11. Bd2 (11. Kh1 f6 12. Nf3 Nc5 13. Nh4 Ne6 14. Qg4 O-O-O 15. f4
exf4 16. Bxf4 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (54) Sethuraman,S (2622)-Karthikeyan,P (2400)
Kottayam 2014}) 11... O-O-O {Castling queenside is a bit careless - White can
quickly drum up an attack.} 12. b4 Kb8 13. c4 Bd4 14. Nf3 Nf8 (14... Bxb2 15.
Ra2 Bd4 16. Qa4 a6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. b5 $40) 15. Qa4 (15. Nxd4 Rxd4 (15... exd4
16. b5 cxb5 17. cxb5 {followed by} Z0 18. Qa4 $18) 16. Be3 $18) 15... a6 {
A move Black would prefer not to make but how else to defend a7? [#]} 16. b5
cxb5 17. cxb5 Qd7 18. bxa6 Qxa4 19. Rxa4 Ne6 20. axb7 Nc5 21. Ra3 Bxb2 22. Ra2
Nxd3 (22... Bd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Rb1 $18 {is not much fun for Black.} Nxb7 25.
Rab2 $18) 23. Rb1 c5 (23... c5 24. Ne1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a5 $5 {
An unorthodox approach. I found an old game played by Spassky! This means that
the idea can't be taken lightly. The usual move is 7...a6 and indeed Eljanov
didn't repeat this experiment at a later stage of the tournament, but simply
went ...a6.} 8. Bg5 {Considering that any move is possible, this one is
probably the sharpest.} (8. Nbd2 Kh8 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Ng3 Bb6 12. Be3
Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Ne7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. d4 Nc6 16. a4 Rfe8 17. h3 Kg8 {1/2-1/2 (22)
Ehlvest,J (2620)-Spassky,B (2580) Clermont Ferrand 1989. Black has a solid
position.}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Na3 $1 {Using the fact that the
b5-square is now vacant.} Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nc2 Bg6 {There are other ideas as
well:} (13... Nd7 {(with the idea ...Qf6)} 14. Ne3 Bxe3 $5 15. Rxe3 Nb6 16. Bb3
a4 17. Bc2 f5 (17... d5 $5 18. Bh2 f6 $13) 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4
Rf7 21. a3 Qf8 22. Qd3 Qg7 23. Rae1 Raf8 {Ok. That is one possible interesting
line which would lead us to chances for both sides.}) 14. Bh2 Nh5 15. d4 {
The knight on c2 supports the d4-pawn, also having in mind Ne3 at some point,
but there is one problem: the pawn on e4 is not well defended.} Nf6 $1 16. dxe5
Nxe4 {An alternative was very much possibe but required really good
calculation:} (16... dxe5 17. Bd5 g4 18. hxg4 (18. Bxc6 gxf3 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20.
Bxe5 Rd2 21. Ne3 Bxe4 22. Ba4 Nd5 {doesn't look bad for Black}) 18... Nxg4 19.
Bg3 Ne7 20. Bc4 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 Rfd8 22. Nd2 h5 23. Kf1 Rd7 24. Ke2 Rad8 25. Rf1
{with f3 in mind and perhaps some small advantage for White.}) 17. Ne3 Nxe5 ({
Another idea is} 17... dxe5 18. Qc2 $1 Kh7 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bxg6+ fxg6 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qd3 23. Bd4 $14) 18. Nxe5 {Logical and good.} (18. Bxe5 dxe5 19.
Qc2 $5 Kg7 20. Nxe5 (20. Bd3 g4 $1 (20... Nxf2 21. Bxg6 e4 22. Bf5 Nd3 23. Bxe4
Nxe1 24. Rxe1 $14) 21. hxg4 Nxf2 22. Qxf2 Qxd3 $15) 20... Qd2 21. Qxd2 Nxd2 22.
Bd5 c6 23. Rad1 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Rad8 25. Rxd2 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 cxd5 27. Nxg6 fxg6 {
After one of many possible long sequences of moves we have reached an equal
endgame.}) 18... dxe5 19. Ng4 h5 $6 (19... Kh7 20. Bd5 (20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Rxe4
Bxe4 22. Nf6+ Kg6 23. Nxe4 f5 24. Ng3 Rd2 $17) 20... Nf6 21. Bxe5 Nxg4 (21...
Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Nxd5+ f6 25. Bg3 $16) 22. hxg4 c6 23. Bf3
Qxd1 24. Raxd1 Rfe8 $11 25. Rd7 $2 Bb8 $17) 20. Rxe4 $1 Bxe4 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8 22.
Nf6+ Kg7 (22... Kf8 23. Nxe4 f5 24. Nxg5 Rd2 25. Rf1 $18) 23. Nxe4 f6 {This
structure is bad because Black lacks the possibility to make progress.} 24. g4
$1 h4 25. a4 {Engines give the position as equal, but we know that it is not
like that. Black has no entry point for either of the rooks and a slow
build-up will eventually prevail.} c6 26. Kf1 Kg6 27. Ke2 Rab8 28. Be6 Kg7 29.
f3 Re8 30. Bc4 Red8 31. Bd3 {Black is runing out of useful moves...} Kf7 32.
Nd2 Ke7 $6 {A mistake that loses at once.} (32... Ra8 33. Nc4 Bc5 34. Bg1 Bxg1
35. Rxg1 $16) 33. Nc4 Rd5 34. Be4 Rc5 35. Nd2 {The rook is trapped in the
middle of the board.} b5 36. Bg1 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 {Anish goes for it!
A very unexpected but principled decision. For some reason I had had a look at
my notes not long before the game so I still had a few fresh memories of how
to play this position.} e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 {One of the issues of the
move order I chose to enter the Poisoned Pawn as the bishop can come back to
f2 in the event of ...Nc6. The lines are thus less forcing but nonetheless
very sharp, but I generally don't mind that.} Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 ({
I had chosen} 11... b5 {against Sasha Grischuk at the London Chess Classic.}
12. g4 Nc6 (12... Bb7 $2 13. g5 hxg5 14. fxg5 Nfd7 15. g6 $16) 13. Nxc6 (13.
O-O-O Bb7 14. h4 d5 $1) 13... Qxc6 14. O-O-O Bb7 15. Bd3 {would have been a
bit dodgy though as my cherished d5 break is not possible anymore.} d5 (15...
g5 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Bd4) 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Be4 {with a big advantage.}) 12.
O-O-O b5 13. g4 g5 (13... Bb7 14. Bg2 (14. h4 Nc5 15. Bd3 d5 16. e5 Nfe4 {
looks good for Black.}) 14... g5 {is the other option but I prefer to keep the
bishop on c8 for now to keep control of the e6-square in case of f5.}) 14. h4 (
14. Bg2 Rb8 15. Qh3 $5 b4 $1 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. fxg5 Nxg4 $1 {could become very
double-edged as} 18. Qxg4 Bxg5+ 19. Kb1 (19. Rd2 Ne5 20. Qg3 Nc4) 19... Qxc3
20. Nb3 Qc7 {looks good for Black.}) 14... gxf4 15. Be2 $1 {A great idea,
already seen in correspondence chess. But I wasn't aware of that.} Rg8 {
After a while, I decided in favor of this move, most importantly because it
contained a subtle trap.} (15... Ne5 16. Qxf4 Nexg4 {is the direct option but
it leads to a very unpleasant position after the more or less forced sequence:}
17. Bxg4 e5 18. Nd5 $1 (18. Qxf6 $2 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nc6 Bxg4 {wouldn't be
as smart as it looks.}) 18... Nxd5 19. Qf3 Bxg4 (19... Nf4 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21.
Rd2 {followed by Nf5 is worrisome.}) 20. Qxg4 Nf6 21. Qf3 exd4 22. Bxd4 Rg8 23.
Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxf6 Rc8 25. Rh2 Rg6 26. Qf4 {and White has a definite pull on
the position.}) (15... h5 16. g5 Ng4 17. Qxf4 $1 e5 18. Nd5 Qb7 19. Qg3 {
is awful.} Nxf2 20. Qxf2 exd4 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Qxd4) (15... Bb7 {is
objectively best. My main concern was having to surrender the h-file but
apparently it's not the end of the world after} 16. g5 Ne5 17. Qxf4 Ng6 18. Qf3
(18. Qe3 hxg5 19. hxg5 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Nd7 21. Rh7 Qc5) 18... hxg5 19. hxg5 Rxh1
20. Rxh1 Nd7 21. Be3 Nde5 22. Qf2 O-O-O {and no sacrifice on b5 works quite
yet. Still things are a bit dodgy as there's no further plan available.}) (
15... d5 16. g5 $1 {I didn't measure the strength of this move as 16.exd5 was
more of a concern to me.} (16. exd5 Ne5 $1 (16... Bb7 17. dxe6 $1 Bxf3 18.
exd7+ {would give White tremendous play for the queen and never quite appealed
to me.} Kf8 $5 (18... Qxd7 19. Bxf3 O-O-O 20. Nc6 Qc7 21. g5) 19. Bxf3 Rd8 20.
g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Ng8 23. g6 $1 Qxd7 24. Bd5 Qxd5 $6 (24... Nf6
25. Bxf7 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 $14) 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Rh7 $1 fxg6 27. Ne6+ Ke8 28.
Nc7+) 17. d6 {scared me but maybe without any good reason as after} (17. Ncxb5
$2 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qb8 19. Qc3 Ne4 $3 {The great defensive shot I missed,
completely turning the tables.} (19... Nxd5 $4 20. Rxd5) 20. Nc7+ Kf8 21. Qxe5
Bf6) 17... Nxf3 18. dxc7 Ne5 19. Ndxb5 axb5 20. Bd4 Nc6 21. Bxb5 Bb7 {Black
should be fine:} 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Nd5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Be5
Kd7 27. Bxf4 Bd6) 16... Ne5 17. Qg2 Nxe4 (17... Rg8 18. exd5 Bb7 19. Qh3 $1
Nxd5 20. Nxe6 {with a winning attack.}) 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Bb7 20. Nxe6 $1
fxe6 21. Bh5+ Kf8 22. Qxf4+ Kg8 23. Bf7+ Kh7 24. g6+ Kg7 25. Bd4 Bf6 26. Rhf1
Nd3+ 27. Rxd3 Qxf4+ 28. Rxf4 e5 29. Rxf6 Kxf6 30. Bc3 {and Black ends up with
a very difficult endgame to hold.}) 16. Rdg1 $2 {Now my break attempt is much
more powerful as the rook has left the d-file. But Anish wanted to keep his
rook on the h-file in case it opened.} (16. g5 $1 {was the most principled,
and it seems to work:} Ne5 (16... hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxg5 18. Rh8+ Rg8 19. Rxg8+
Nxg8 20. e5 Bb7 21. Nxe6 {would win on the spot, and I didn't need to
calculate lines to realise that.} fxe6 22. Qh5+ Kf8 (22... Kd8 23. exd6 Bxd6
24. Qf7 Ne7 25. Qxe6) 23. Rg1 dxe5 24. Qh8 Ndf6 25. Bh5 $1 Bd6 26. Bh4 {
all wins}) 17. Qxf4 hxg5 (17... Nfg4 {was the move that concerned Anish. But
it fails to} 18. Bxg4 $1 (18. gxh6 Nxf2 19. Qxf2 Rh8 {would also be better but
doesn't look so clear.}) 18... hxg5 19. Qg3 gxh4 20. Rxh4 Bxh4 21. Qxh4 Nxg4 (
21... Rxg4 22. Qh8+ Kd7 23. Ndxb5 axb5 24. Qxe5) 22. Rg1 {and White wins
material.}) 18. hxg5 Nfd7 (18... Nfg4 19. Bh4) (18... Nh7 19. Ncxb5 $1 {
the most precise move order for what will follow.} axb5 20. Rxh7 Bxg5 21. Qxg5
$1 Rxg5 22. Rh8+ Ke7 23. Bh4 {leaving Black defenceless:} f6 24. Bxg5 fxg5 25.
Rh7+ Nf7 26. Rf1 Kf8 27. Nxb5) 19. Nxe6 $1 {The shot that I underestimated, as
otherwise if my knights get to g6 and e5 things aren't that brutal.} fxe6 20.
Rh7 $1 Bb7 (20... Bxg5 21. Bh5+ Nf7 (21... Kd8 22. Bh4) 22. Rxf7 $1 Bxf4+ 23.
Rxf4+ Kd8 24. Bh4+) 21. Bh5+ Kd8 22. g6 {and I'm too cramped to defend:} Bf6 (
22... Qc6 23. Rxe7) (22... Nxg6 23. Bxg6 Rxg6 24. Rh8+ Nf8 25. Rxf8+ Kd7 26.
Rf7) 23. Bg4 $1 (23. Bh4 Bxh4 24. Qxh4+ Kc8 25. Qe7 Kb8 26. Rxd6 Ka7 {would
still be bad but I'd have a fighting chance.}) 23... Nxg6 (23... Nxg4 24. Qxg4
{and there are too many weaknesses to take care of.}) 24. Rxd7+ $1 Qxd7 25.
Qxf6+ Kc7 26. Bc5 $1 Raf8 27. Qd4 Rd8 28. Bb6+ Kb8 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Qf6 {
with a technically winning position.}) (16. Qxf4 $1 {Actually worked as well.}
e5 (16... Ne5 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 {would be the same after} Nfd7 19. Nxe6 $1)
17. Qxh6 exd4 (17... Rg6 18. Ne6 $1 {is crushing after} Qb7 19. Ng7+ Kd8 20.
Qh8+ Bf8 21. g5) 18. Bxd4 Bb7 19. Rhf1 {and Black is in trouble again:} Nxg4 (
19... Rg6 20. Qf4 O-O-O 21. g5) 20. Bxg4 Rxg4 21. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 22. Qh5+ Rg6 23.
Qh7+ Ke8 24. Qxg6+ Kd8 25. Qg8+ Nf8 26. Rf1 {with a terrifying attack.}) 16...
d5 $1 {Now this break works much better.} 17. exd5 ({I thought} 17. g5 {
was the only way to complicate matters. I calculated all the following:} Ne5
18. Qh3 Nxe4 19. gxh6 Rh8 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. h7 Rxh7 22. Rg8+ Bf8 {but wasn't
as certain as the computer that White has no real resources here.}) 17... Ne5 (
17... Bb7 {would also work, but allowing the queen sacrifice again felt
unnecessary:} 18. dxe6 (18. Nc6 Bf8 $1) 18... Bxf3 19. exd7+ Qxd7 20. Bxf3 Rc8
21. g5 Rxc3 $1 22. bxc3 Nd5 23. gxh6 Rh8 {but Black still has the upper hand.})
18. Qh3 (18. Ndxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qb8 20. Qc3 Nxd5 {wouldn't work at all.})
18... exd5 19. Re1 (19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 Rxg1+ 21. Rxg1 O-O-O $1 (21... Bc5 {
was my intention but it gives White the opportunity to make his life easier:}
22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rg8+ Ke7 25. Rxa8 f3 26. f6+ Kxf6 27. Rxa6+ Ke7
28. Bxf3 Qe3+ 29. Kb1 Nc7 $1 30. Rxh6 Qxh6 {And White is still in definite
trouble but the reduced number of pawns works in his favour especially if the
queens get exchanged at some point, as two knights will not win if all the
pawns get exchanged.}) 22. Kb1 Bc5) (19. Bf3 $1 {isn't too natural but might
have been a good resource, forcing me once again to find} Kf8 $1 (19... h5 20.
Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 hxg4 22. Bxa8 gxh3 23. Rxg8+ $13) (19... Bxg4 $6 20. Nxd5
Nxd5 21. Bxg4) (19... Nxf3 20. Qxf3 Bb7 21. g5 hxg5 22. Rxg5 O-O-O 23. Rf5 $1
$11) (19... Qd6 $1 {could also be good to just pick up the pawn on g4. But
that doesn't look good at first sight...}) 20. Kb1 h5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5
Bxg4 23. Qh2 Rd8 {with a clear advantage after the forced line} 24. Qxf4 Rxd5
25. Rxg4 Rxg4 26. Ne6+ Kg8 27. Nxc7 Rxf4 28. Nxd5 Rxf2 29. Nxe7+ Kg7 {but
White might be able to hold this.}) (19. Qg2 Bb7 {followed by ...Ne4 wouldn't
be good.}) 19... Kf8 $5 {Not needed according to the computer, but preventing
any sacrifice on b5 looked good to me, as now the Re1 looks stupid.} (19... h5
20. Bxb5+ axb5 21. Ndxb5 Qb8 22. Bd4 Nexg4) 20. Nf5 (20. Qg2 Bxg4 21. Nxd5 Qb7
$1 {would win a piece after} 22. Nxf4 Qxg2 23. Nxg2 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Rxg2 25. Rxe5
Rxf2) 20... Bxf5 21. gxf5 Bc5 $1 {Getting complete control over the dark
squares. If White could consolidate his king now, things wouldn't be so
terrible yet, but here he's just not in time not to get rolled over. It was
actually quite unexpected to me how fast things got really bad for White, but
all my pieces are suddenly in the right place.} 22. Qf1 (22. Bxc5+ Qxc5 {
followed by either ...d4 or ...Rg3 would be the start of a mating attack.}) (
22. Nxb5 axb5 23. Qc3 Be3+) 22... d4 23. Nb1 (23. Nd1 Rc8 24. Bd3 Nfg4 25. Kb1
Ne3 {would be really bad as well.}) 23... Ne4 24. Bf3 Nxf2 $1 {Winning on the
spot, in more than one way.} 25. Bxa8 Ned3+ (25... d3 26. Nc3 d2+ 27. Kxd2 Be3+
{was also more than enough but I had my preferences for the text move, as it
was completely forcing and I liked the final position.}) 26. Kd2 (26. cxd3
Bxa3+ 27. Kd2 Bb4+ 28. Ke2 f3+ $1 29. Kxf3 (29. Bxf3 Qc2+) 29... Qg3+ 30. Ke2
Qe3#) 26... Nxe1 27. Qxf2 d3 $1 28. Qxe1 Be3+ (28... Be3+ 29. Kxd3 Qc4#) 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Qa4 Rb8 14. Nb3 c5
15. Ba3 Bd7 16. Qa5 Qxa5 17. Nxa5 Rfc8 18. Nb3 Bg4 19. Bxc5 Rc7 20. Bd4 Nd7 21.
e3 e5 22. Bb2 Rxc4 23. Rfc1 Be6 24. Rxc4 Bxc4 25. Na5 Bd3 26. Nb3 Bc4 27. Rd1
Nb6 28. Na5 Bxa2 29. Nc6 Re8 30. Ra1 Bd5 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Rxa7 e4 33. Rd7 Bxb2
34. Rxd5 h5 35. h3 Kg7 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Rc8 38. Na7 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Kf6 40.
Rb5 Be5 41. Rb4 Rc7 42. Rb6+ Kg5 43. Nc6 Rxc6 44. Rxc6 Kxg4 45. Rc4 Kf5 46. f3
exf3+ 47. Kxf3 g5 48. e4+ Ke6 49. Rc6+ Bd6 50. Ra6 f6 51. Rb6 Kd7 52. Kg4 Ke6
53. Rb5 Bc7 54. Kh5 Bd6 55. Rf5 Be5 56. Kg4 Bf4 57. Rxf4 gxf4 58. Kxf4 Ke7 59.
e5 fxe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Qc8 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Qb7 15. b5
cxb5 16. Nxb5 Rfc8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rc6 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. Bg3 Qc8 21. e4 Nf6
22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Qe4 Nf6 24. Qf3 Bb7 25. cxb6 Rxb6 26. Qe2 Qc6 27. f3 Nd5 28.
Rbc1 Qd7 29. Nc7 Rc8 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Kh2 Bd6 32. Rxc8+ Qxc8 33. Bxd6 Rxd6 34.
Rb1 Qd8 35. Qe5 Rb6 36. Rxb6 Qxb6 37. Be4 f6 38. Qf4 Bxe4 39. Qxe4 Kf7 40. Qf4
h5 41. h4 Ke7 42. Qe4 Qc7+ 43. Kh3 Kf7 44. d5 Qd7 45. dxe6+ Qxe6+ 46. Kg3 Qxe4
47. fxe4 g5 48. hxg5 fxg5 49. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5
h6 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Re1 Ba7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15.
b4 cxb4 16. Nxb4 Qc7 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. h3 Be6 20. d4 Qc7 21. Bb3
Rfe8 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. a4 exd4 24. Qxd4 bxa4 25. Qxa4 Rbe8 26. Qxa6 Rxe4 27.
Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Qd3 Re8 29. Nd4 d5 30. Nf5 Qf4 31. g3 Qe4 32. Rd1 Qxd3 33. Rxd3
Kf8 34. f3 Ra8 35. g4 Ra3 36. Kf2 h5 37. Ke3 g6 38. Nd4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Nd7 40.
Nb5 Rb3 41. Rxd5 Nb6 42. Rc5 Na4 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. Rc4 Nb6 45. Rc5 Na4 46. Rc4
Nb6 47. Rc5 Na4 48. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O {
A curious approach. In the traditional main lines Black tries to obtain some
queenside counterplay before defining his intentions regarding his king. By
castling short so soon Black takes a certain risk but his plan is to wait
until White develops his king's bishop in order to exchange it with ...b6 and .
..Ba6 thus reducing the impact of White's attack.} 8. Qd2 b6 9. Nd1 (9. Be2 Nc6
10. O-O f5 {Bente,B (2312)-Prusikin,M (2536) Bayerisch Eisenstein 2015 EXT
2016 [Prusikin,M] (0-1, 47)}) ({The double-edged} 9. O-O-O {leads to
interesting play:} Nc6 10. Kb1 c4 11. f5 b5 $5 12. Nxb5 $6 {This offers Black
time and the b-file for his attack.} (12. f6 $5 gxf6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bh6 Kh8
15. Qf4 b4 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Na4 {Black surely has compensation for the
exchange due to his compact structure and the strong dark-squared bishop, but
the final evaluation is not too clear. After all, it looks as if only White
could start an attack now.}) 12... Rb8 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. exd6 Nf6 15. Bg5 Qb6
16. Qc3 Ne4 17. Qa3 exf5 $19 {Saric,I (2628)-Svane,R (2467) Kozloduy 2013 (0-1,
26)}) 9... a5 {Consequently waiting for White to develop his bishop.} (9... Ba6
{Bromberger,S (2532)-Nisipeanu,L (2683) Austria 2016 (1/2-1/2, 30)} 10. Bxa6
Nxa6 11. O-O {offers White some extra time.}) 10. c3 ({Black is well prepared
if White tries to change the character of the position with} 10. c4 Bb7 11. Nc3
dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6 ({It makes slightly more sense
to develop the queen with gain of time before moving with the knight:} 14...
Qc7 15. Be2 Nc6 16. Nb5 Qb7) 15. Be3 Bh4+ (15... Qc7 $5) 16. Ke2 Qc8 17. Ne4
Ndxe5 $2 {An unsound sacrifice.} ({Due to his somewhat planless play Black is
under some pressure but he would retain a normal position by regrouping with} 
17... Be7) 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Bb5 $18 {Vovk,A (2622)-Svane,R (2501) Metz 2014 
(1-0, 28)}) 10... a4 11. Bd3 {White could have continued the half-waiting game
by delaying the bishop's development.} (11. Bf2 Nc6 12. Bb5 Ndb8 13. O-O Ba6
14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Ne3 Qd7 16. g4 {It is hard to evaluate if White has an
advantage but his position certainly looks more harmonious than in our main
game.} b5 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. f5 b4 19. f6 gxf6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. g5 Bg7 22. Ng4
bxc3 (22... a3 $5) 23. bxc3 e5 $13 {Ochsner,B (2413)-Svane,R (2519) Vaxjo 2015
(1/2-1/2, 32)}) ({To me, the most constructive move looks to be} 11. Nf2 $5
$146) 11... Ba6 12. O-O Nc6 (12... Qc8 {0-1 (37) Asgarizadeh,A (2412)-Svane,R 
(2509) Moscow 2015} 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. f5 Nc6 (14... exf5 15. Bg5) 15. Bh6 $5
gxh6 16. Qxh6 Qd3 17. fxe6 (17. f6 Qg6) 17... Ndb8 18. Ne3 Qg6 19. exf7+ Rxf7
20. Qxg6+ hxg6 21. Nxd5 $44) 13. Bxa6 $6 {This looks like a small concession.}
({Giri must have rejected the most natural} 13. f5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 {because it
exposes the white queen to a later ...Nb4.} a3 15. b3 (15. fxe6 {is a similar
concession as in the game, leading to an absolutely fine position for Black:}
fxe6 16. b3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Qe2 Nb8) 15... cxd4 16. cxd4 (16. Bxd4 Nc5
17. Qc2 Ne4 $15) 16... Nb4 17. Qe2 $1 ({The attempt to keep the pawn with} 17.
Qb1 {leaves the queen too passive.} Qc8 18. Rf2 Nb8 {[%csl Gf5]} 19. f6 (19. g4
f6 $17) 19... gxf6 20. Bh6 N8c6 $1 {A thematic exchange sacrifice and one
which is already familiar to us .} (20... Rd8 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Ne3 N8c6 23.
Ng4 Be7 24. Bg5 $40) 21. exf6 (21. Bxf8 Qxf8 $17 {Black has a firm control
over the dark squares and is better coordinated despite the lost exchange.})
21... Bxf6 22. Ne3 Nxd4 23. Qd1 Nb5 24. Rc1 Nc3 25. Qd2 Nbxa2 26. Ng4 Be7 27.
Re1 (27. Qd4 f6 28. Nge5 $5 Ne2+ $1 29. Rxe2 Qxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Nxc1 $19 {[%csl
Ge2][%cal Ge7c5,Ga3a2]}) 27... Ne4 28. Qxa2 Nxf2 29. Qxf2 Kh8 {[%csl Ga3]
White's attack had come to a dead end and the a-pawn is very threatening.})
17... exf5 (17... Nb8 18. f6 gxf6 19. Bh6 {offers White a much stronger attack
than with the queen on b1.}) 18. Bd2 $44 Nb8 {A typical regrouping improving
the placement of the passive knight.} 19. Ne3 Qd7 $2 (19... g6 20. g4 $44) 20.
Bxb4 $6 {Exchanging an important attacking piece.} (20. Nh4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gb4]}
g6 $6 21. Nhxf5 gxf5 22. Nxf5 Kh8 23. Bh6 Rg8 24. e6 $1 {[%cal Ge2e5]} Qxe6 25.
Qxe6 fxe6 26. Nxe7 Re8 27. Rf7 $18) 20... Bxb4 21. Nh4 $6 {It is not the same
now.} (21. Ng5 h6 22. Nh3 g6 23. Nf4 Ra5 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Rac1 $36) 21... g6 22.
Qf3 Be7 23. Nhxf5 $2 gxf5 24. Nxf5 Kh8 {Baskin,R (2329)-Neef,M (2406) Germany
2016 (0-1, 32)}) 13... Rxa6 14. f5 b5 (14... exf5 15. Qd3 $36 {[%csl Ga6,Gf5]})
15. fxe6 {(?) While I was watching the game I considered this to be a serious
mistake, as White abandons any hopes for an attack and dooms himself to play
the defender's part. But since it is the engines' favourite I have inserted my
evaluation between brackets. In fact, the question mark should apply to
White's previous play, preventing him from keeping the tension or insisting
with the attack under optimal circumstances.} (15. g4 {looks too slow:} Nb6 16.
Qg2 Nc4 17. Kh1 b4 $36) ({The only consequent move was} 15. f6 $5 gxf6 16. exf6
(16. Bh6 fxe5 {leaves Black with two pawns for the exchange.}) 16... Nxf6 17.
Bh6 Ne4 18. Qe1 f5 {[%cal Gf8f6]} (18... Re8 19. Nf2 $36 {[%cal Ge1g3]}) 19.
Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Nf2 {Black has wonderful compensation for the exchange but the
position remains double-edged.}) 15... fxe6 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Nf2 a3 18. b3 b4
$36 {Nimzowitsch would be proud of Black's position: he has managed to attack
the pawn chain from its base. White seems to have defensive resources, but
Giri will not exploit them.} 19. dxc5 {This helps Black in activating his
pieces.} (19. cxb4 $5 Nxb4 (19... cxd4 20. Nxd4 $14 {[%csl Ga6]}) 20. Nd3 Qb5
21. Rad1) 19... Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. c4 Ne4 22. cxd5 $2 {For far from
obvious reasons, White should have kept his pawn on c4.} (22. Kh1 Nc3 ({
The point is that} 22... Nxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Nxe5 $2 {fails to} 24. c5 $1 $18) 23.
Qd3 Ne7 24. Nd4 $15) 22... exd5 23. e6 {This looks like desperation but the
e5-pawn was in trouble anyway.} ({Now the line} 23. Kh1 Nxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Nxe5 {
works perfectly for Black.}) 23... Ne7 (23... Raa8 $5 $17 {[%cal Ga8e8]}) 24.
Kh1 Nc3 25. Qd3 {[%cal Gf3g5]} h6 {Black is in complete control of the
position. It may be early for speaking about a decisive advantage, but in the
game White will not be able to create any complications.} 26. Nd1 Qb5 27. Qxb5
Nxb5 28. Nf2 Rxe6 29. Nd3 Nc6 30. Rfc1 Nc3 31. Nxb4 Nxb4 32. Rxc3 {Retrieving
the pawn is a passing joy due to the second rank invasion.} Re2 33. Rc7 Ra8 $1
$19 (33... Rxa2 34. Rxa2 Nxa2 35. Ra7) 34. Nd4 Rxa2 35. Rf1 Rd2 36. h3 a2 {
The pawn is unstoppable so White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 f6 10. Rc1 Be6 11. Ne4 Bd5 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qb1 Nxa2 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Qxa2 e4 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. Qb1 Rae8 18. e3 c6 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Bf7
21. Nc3 Bg6 22. Qa3 Qxd2 23. Nb1 Qd7 24. Qxa7 Nd5 25. Qc5 Rf6 26. Nc3 Nxc3 27.
Qxc3 Rd6 28. b4 h6 29. Rfe1 Kh8 30. Qc2 Rd3 31. Bf1 Bh5 32. f4 Rd2 33. Qc3 Bd1
34. b5 c5 35. Qxc5 Ra8 36. Qb4 Bf3 37. Rc7 Rxh2 38. Rxd7 Rh1+ 39. Kf2 Rh2+ 40.
Bg2 Rxg2+ 41. Kf1 Rh2 42. Rd2 Rh1+ 43. Kf2 Rh2+ 44. Kf1 Rh1+ 45. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. a4 e5 10. Bxc4 exd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. a5 h6 15.
Bh4 Qc8 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. a6 Rb8 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Ne4 Bc7 20. Nc5 Nb4 21. Qd2
Nxa6 22. Ne4 Bd5 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Bxf6 Qf5 25. Qxh6 Qh7 26. Qg5+ Qg6 27. Qh4
Qh7 28. Qg5+ Qg6 29. Qh4 Qh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D84"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Bxc7 Na6 9. Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 bxa6 12. Rc1 f6 13. Rg1 Rf7 14. b3
Bb7 15. Ke2 Bf8 16. Ba5 e6 17. Nd2 Re8 18. h4 e5 19. h5 exd4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21.
Rxg6+ Kh7 22. Rg3 Bh6 23. Nc4 Re6 24. Rd1 dxe3 25. Rd6 Re4 26. fxe3 Rh4 27. Rd8
Bf8 28. Nd2 Bc6 29. Kd3 Rh5 30. Bc3 Be7 31. Rc8 Bb5+ 32. Kc2 Bf8 33. a4 Bd7 34.
Rd8 Bf5+ 35. Kb2 Rh2 36. Rf3 Be7 37. Rd4 Bg6 38. Rdf4 Bc5 39. b4 Rb7 40. Ka3
Be7 41. Nb3 Rc7 42. Bxf6 Rcc2 43. Rh4+ Rxh4 44. Bxh4 Bxh4 45. Rh3 Bf7 46. Rxh4+
Kg7 47. Rh1 Rc3 48. Rb1 Rxe3 49. a5 Bc4 50. b5 axb5 51. a6 Kf6 52. Kb4 Bd3 53.
Rc1 Re4+ 54. Kc3 Be2 55. Kb2 Rb4 56. Rc6+ Ke5 57. Kc3 Rh4 58. Rc7 b4+ 59. Kb2
Bxa6 60. Na5 Kd5 61. Rxa7 Bb5 62. Rg7 Ba4 63. Rg2 Rh3 64. Rg5+ Ke6 65. Rg6+ Kf5
66. Rb6 Rh2+ 67. Ka1 Rh4 68. Nc6 b3 69. Na5 Rh1+ 70. Kb2 Rh2+ 71. Kb1 Rh1+ 72.
Kb2 Rh2+ 73. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8.
dxe5 Ndb4 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Na3 Bg4 11. Bd2 Nbc6 12. Bc3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 a6 14.
Nc2 e6 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Be4 Be7 17. f4 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. f5 Ne7
21. O-O-O exf5 22. Bf3 Rc7 23. Kb1 Ndc6 24. Bh5+ Ng6 25. Ne3 Nce7 26. Nd5 Nxd5
27. Rxd5 f4 28. Rd4 O-O 29. Rg1 Rg7 30. Bxg6 Rxg6 31. Rxg6+ hxg6 32. Rxf4 Kg7
33. Kc2 Kh6 34. Kd3 Kg5 35. Rb4 b5 36. a4 Rd8+ 37. Ke4 Rh8 38. Ke3 Rh3+ 39. f3
bxa4 40. Rg4+ Kh5 41. Rxa4 Rxh2 42. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 a5 7. d3 e5 8. e4 h5 9.
h4 Bh6 10. Bh3 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 12. Bxc8 Rxc8 13. Nge2 O-O 14. O-O Qd7 15. Kg2
Kg7 16. f3 Nd4 17. Rf2 b6 18. a4 Rb8 19. b3 Rb7 20. Rb1 Rbb8 21. Qd2 Rbe8 22.
Qb2 Qb7 23. Rbf1 Ng8 24. Nd5 Ne7 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Nf4 Qd7 27. Re2 Nc6 28. Qd2
Nb4 29. Rfe1 Re5 30. Nh3 Re7 31. f4 f6 32. Qd1 Rh8 33. Kh2 Qg4 34. Kg2 {
Up to about this point the game had been as uneventful as imaginable. As you
can see from the pawn structure, it is extremely locked up and highly unlikely
something actually happens. However, Karjakin lets his guard down for just a
second, and that turns out to be more than enough.} Rhe8 $4 {The decisive
mistake. Karjakin underestimated the problems he was about to get into, or
more likely, didn't even see it coming.} 35. f5 $1 {The threat is clear: Nf2
wins the queen.} gxf5 36. Nf2 Qg6 37. exf5 {Black now faces a very unpleasant
choice} Rxe2 (37... Qf7 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. Rxe7 Qxe7 40. Qxh5 $18 {looks truly
hopeless. Black is down a pawn, and in the knight endgames the double pawns on
the d-file don't make a good impression. If Black doesn't trade queens, his
king is very weak.}) 38. fxg6 Rxe1 39. Qxh5 {From a material point of view
Black is ok, but it is clear that his king is not.} Rh8 40. Qf3 Re3 (40... Kxg6
41. Ne4 f5 42. Nxd6 $18) 41. Qg4 Re5 42. Qd7+ Kxg6 43. Ne4 Nxd3 44. Qg4+ Kh6 (
44... Kf7 45. Nxd6+ Ke7 46. Qg7+ Kxd6 47. Qxf6+ {followed by Qxh8 looks very
unappetizing, but it's the computer's top choice to try to defend.}) 45. Nxd6
Rf8 46. Nf5+ Rxf5 47. Qxf5 {Now Black is down material, and the knight and
rook cannot hope to compete with the queen.} Ne5 48. Qe6 d3 49. Qxb6 Rf7 50.
Qxa5 Rd7 51. Qd2+ Kg7 52. a5 {The white pawns march now that the queen is
forced to be in a passive position. That, however, will only be temporary.} Nc6
53. a6 Kf7 54. h5 Nb4 55. h6 Kg6 56. Qf4 (56. Qe3 {seemed way easier. For
example} d2 57. Qe8+ Rf7 58. Qg8+ Kxh6 59. Qxf7 $1 (59. Qd8 {also works, for
those that don't want to calculate.}) 59... d1=Q 60. Qxf6+ Kh7 61. Qf7+ Kh6 62.
a7 Qe2+ 63. Kh3 {and there is no perpetual. Actually there are no more checks.}
) 56... Rd4 57. h7 $1 {It's important to find this move.} Rxf4 58. h8=Q d2 59.
Qe8+ Kh6 60. Qh8+ Kg6 61. Qe8+ {Repeat to gain time: always wise.} Kh6 62. Qe2
(62. a7 {is some nonesense computer line. What Giri chose is very easy.}) 62...
Rd4 63. a7 d1=Q 64. Qxd1 Rxd1 65. a8=Q {The passed d-pawn has been eliminated,
and now Black can't hold on to his c-pawn. The knight is too short range of a
piece.} Rd2+ 66. Kf3 Rd3+ 67. Kf4 Rxb3 68. Kf5 {Black's getting mated.} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Be2 {Diagramm [#]} ({
Giri spielt diese Variante nicht zum ersten Mal:} 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Nb3 Na5 15.
Rc7 Rfd8 16. a3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Ba5 18. Rxb7 Ba4 19. Rxe7 Bxb3 20. Nc5 Bb6 21.
Nxb3 Rxd3 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. exd4 Rb8 24. Rxa7 Rxb2 25. Ra4 Ra2 26. h4 g6 27. g3
Kg7 28. Kg2 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. g4 Kf6 31. Re1 Rdd2 32. Rf1 Rd3 33. Re1 Rdxa3
34. Rxa3 Rxa3 35. Rd1 Ke7 36. d5 e5 37. Rb1 Rd3 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39. Rb6+ Ke7 40.
Rb7+ {1/2-1/2 (40) Gelfand,B (2744)-Giri,A (2776) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 13...
Nc6 14. a3 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Ba5 16. Qc5 Bd8 17. Bf3 Bc6 18. Rfd1 Bxe4 19. Qxe7
Bxe7 20. Bxe4 Bf6 {Diagramm [#] Vollkommen spannungsfreie Strukturen, die
Damen sind getauscht, ungleiche Läufer - eine Partie mit vorhersagbarem
Ergebnis.} 21. b4 Rad8 22. g3 Bb2 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rc7 Bxa3 25. Rxb7 Kf8 26.
Rxa7 Bxb4 27. Ra8 Rxa8 28. Bxa8 Bc5 29. Kg2 Bb4 30. Be4 Bc5 31. h3 Bb4 32. Bf3
g5 33. g4 Bc5 34. Be4 Bb4 35. Bf3 Bc5 36. Be4 Bb4 37. Bf3 Bc5 38. Be4 Bb4 39.
Bf3 Bc5 40. Be4 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 {The first major deviation from
the popular theory. The old-fashioned 11.Bc4!? could lead to some very
complicated middlegame positions.} b6 (11... Nc6 12. Be2 $5 (12. Bb5 Bd7 13.
O-O Ne5 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Rc8 16. d5 Qf6 17. Qa5 exd5 18. exd5 a6 {
1/2-1/2 Banikas,H (2633)-Bacrot,E (2749)/Warsaw POL 2013}) (12. Bc4 b6 13. d5
Na5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Be2 $1 (15. Qxd8 $6 Rxd8 16. Ne5 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Ba6 18.
Rc7 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Kd2 Rc5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gajewski,G (2647)-Harikrishna,
P (2743)/Czech Republic CZE 2016}) 15... Bb7 16. Qe3 $14) 12... Qb6 (12... Na5
13. O-O b6 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Qd6 17. Ng5 $14) 13. O-O Rd8 14.
Rc4 $1 (14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Be6 16. d6 Ne7 17. Rb1 Qxd6 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Rxb7
Ng6 20. g3 Bxa2 21. Ra1 Bd5 22. Rbxa7 Rxa7 23. Rxa7 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rd8 25. Kg2
Ne5 26. Ra8 {1/2-1/2 Ding Liren (2766)-Harikrishna,P (2753)/Huai'an CHN 2016})
14... Bd7 15. Rfc1 $14) 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O h6 (13... Nd7 14. Qe3 $5 Nf6 $1 (
14... Rc8 15. e5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qh4 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. f4 {1-0 Aronian,L (2809)
-Kramnik,V (2801)/Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS 2013}) 15. Ne5 Qe7 16. f3 Rac8
17. Bb5 $14) (13... Nc6 14. d5 $1 {A typical motif in these positions, even if
it results in a pawn sacrifice. White's price - activating the bishop on d3!}
Na5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. e5 $14) 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. h4 $5 {
[%csl Yg6][%cal Gh4h5,Gg7g6,Gd3h7] Giri is slowly improving his positions and
preparing the d4-d5 central push.} (15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. h4 Ne7 17. h5 Qd6 18. d5
Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Re1 Rc3 21. Qd2 Rc5 22. Bb1 Kf8 $11 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S 
(2756)-Kramnik,V (2783)/Shamkir AZE 2015}) 15... Rc8 16. h5 Qe7 $6 {At first,
this may seem as an insignificant mistake at best. However, further analysis
proves that without the Qd7-Qg4 defensive manoeuvre, White's attack becomes
almost unstoppable!} (16... Qd7 $1 {[%csl Yg4,Rh5][%cal Gd7g4,Gg4h5]} 17. Rfd1
Rfd8 18. d5 (18. Bb1 Na5 19. d5 exd5 20. e5 Qg4 21. Qd3 Qe4 22. Qa3 Qg4 23. Qd3
Qe4 $11) 18... exd5 19. exd5 (19. e5 $2 Qg4 $1 $17) 19... Nb4 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21.
d6 Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Ne5 Bd5 $11) 17. Bb1 Rfd8 18. d5 $1 exd5 $6 (18... Nb8
$1 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Ne5 Qc5 22. Ng6 Nd7 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Rd1
Rc7 25. f3 $14 {Close to draw, yet a possible practical nightmare to defend -
18...Nb8! still remains Harikrishna's best defensive option.}) (18... Nb4 $5)
19. e5 $1 {At this point in the game, defence becomes a problematic task!} Ba6
(19... Nb4 20. Nd4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Re1 $1 $40) (19... Kf8 20. Rfe1 Re8
21. Rcd1 $1 Nd8 22. Qd3 Ne6 23. Qh7 Qb4 24. Bf5 $16) 20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. Qf4 Ne7
22. Nd4 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 $1 {[%csl Ye1][%cal Ge5e6]} (23. Rxc1 $6 Rc8 $132) 23...
Qa4 $6 (23... Rc8 $1 24. Qa3 Bc4 25. Qg3 $40 {[%csl Yb1,Yd4,Ye1,Gg3,Rg8][%cal
Ge5e6] Even though such a position is still playable in the eyes of the
computer, it is a complete nightmare to be played viewed from a human's
perspective.}) 24. e6 $1 Qxd4 $4 (24... Rf8 $8 25. exf7+ Rxf7 26. Ne6 $16) 25.
exf7+ Kxf7 26. Qc7 Re8 (26... Rf8 27. Qxe7+ Kg8 28. Bh7+ Kxh7 29. Qxf8 $18) 27.
Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {A very common response from White, to avoid the
main theoretical Sicilian battles.} Nd7 {An ambitious approach, aiming to
avoid simplifications, or if White wants to exchange, Black will get the
bishop pair.} (3... Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 {now White can choose between
many moves, like c3, c4, Re1 and Qe2, for example.}) (3... Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 {
is a different line, where Black delays the kingside development, but gets a
more natural piece setup on the queenside (comparing to the ...Nd7 line).
Nevertheless, White also can claim an opening advantage by playing with the
initiative} 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 {now both Ba4 and Bf1 are interesting.} 7. Bf1
Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 (8... Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 $1 $36) 9. Qxf3 $14 {achieving a
small, but enduring positional advantage with the bishop pair.}) 4. c4 {
A rare idea, aiming to build a strong centre.} Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Ba4
(7. d4 {looked more logical} cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxd7 Bxd7 10. b3 $11 {with a
standard position, White has more space, Black has the bishop pair and
possibilities of counterplay.}) 7... O-O 8. h3 (8. d4 {was the last chance to
make this move} cxd4 9. Nxd4 $11) 8... Nb6 {When I first saw the game, this
weird move surprised me a lot, but the white bishop also will be weirdly
placed on b3. Besides, Black will follow with ...e5 next, and is much better
prepared for f5. But Giri starts to take some risks by being too ambitious.} 9.
Bb3 (9. d4 $2 {but now it is too late} Nxa4 10. Qxa4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxe4 $17)
9... e5 10. d3 Ne8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 f5 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Bg5 Qd7
16. exf5 gxf5 17. a4 a5 18. Nb5 Kh8 $2 (18... Nc7 $1 {with ...Ne6 next,
attacking the bishop, and also reinforcing the control on f4} 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 $11
{is also fine for Black.}) 19. Re1 (19. Nh4 $1 {was strong, followed by f4,
fighting for the centre:} Bf6 (19... f4 $6 20. d4 $1 {a strong tactical blow
that may have been missed by White} exd4 (20... cxd4 21. Qh5 $18 {with
decisive threats, for example:} Qf7 22. Qxf7 Rxf7 23. c5 $1 {forces Black to
resign}) 21. Re1 {threatening the decisive Re7} Be5 22. Qh5 Qf7 23. Qh6 {
Black loses control with many weaknesses around his camp} Bg7 24. Nxd6 $1 Nxd6
25. Qxd6 $16) 20. Bxf6+ Nxf6 21. f4 e4 22. Qd2 $1 {preparing both Rad1 and Qc3}
Qe7 (22... exd3 23. Qxd3 Ne4 24. Rae1 {threatening Nxf5} Qe7 25. Nf3 $16 {
Ng5 is coming and Black will be in serious trouble}) 23. Qc3 Kg8 24. Rae1 $16 {
Re3-Rg3 coming and pressure on e4, very annoying for Black} Bd7 25. Re3 Nh5 26.
Qe1 Bc6) 19... Bf6 20. Bxf6+ (20. d4 $5 {was still possible here} Bxg5 (20...
exd4 21. Qd2 $44 {with moves like Qf4, and doubling the rooks on the e-file,
White can create strong play for the sacrificed pawn}) 21. Nxg5 Qg7 22. f4 $13
{with an unclear position.}) 20... Nxf6 21. d4 $5 {Better late than never!} e4
$2 (21... cxd4 $2 22. c5 $1 dxc5 23. Nxe5 Qg7 24. Nd6 $16) (21... exd4 $1 22.
Nfxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Qg7 (23... Ra6 {is just depressing for Black, now many
moves are possible, like Re3, Rad1, c5} 24. Rad1 $44) 24. Qxb6 Rg8 $132 {
suddenly the initiative switches to Black.}) 22. dxc5 $2 (22. Nh4 $1 {keeping
the centre flexible} Ne8 (22... Qe7 23. dxc5 $1 dxc5 24. Qd6 $1 {is very
annoying} Qxd6 25. Nxd6 {and Black's weaknesses are under fire} Ne8 26. Rad1
Nxd6 27. Rxd6 Ra6 28. f3 $16 {with a very sad position for Black}) 23. Qd2 Qe7
24. Qc3 Ng7 (24... Qxh4 $2 25. dxc5+ $18 {winning}) 25. dxc5 dxc5 26. Nf3 $16 {
followed by Rad1.}) 22... dxc5 23. Qxd7 $2 {Improving Black's only bad piece.}
(23. Nh4 $1 {was still better than the game.}) 23... Nbxd7 24. Nd2 $6 Ne5 {
Now Black gets a positional advantage and goes on to increase it move by move.}
25. Bc2 Bd7 26. f3 $6 Rad8 $1 27. Rad1 (27. fxe4 $2 {loses a piece} Bxb5 28.
axb5 Rxd2 $19) 27... Rg8 $1 28. Kh2 (28. fxe4 $5 {also loses a piece, but it
could be more resilient than what happened in the game} Bxb5 29. cxb5 Rxd2 30.
Rxd2 Nf3+ 31. Kf2 Nxd2 32. exf5 {suddenly White has three pawns for the piece,
and Black's knights are badly coordinated}) 28... Be8 $1 29. Nc7 $6 (29. fxe4
$2 Bh5 {is simply losing for White} 30. g4 fxg4 $19) (29. f4 Nd3 30. Bxd3 Rxd3
{threatening Bxb5 followed by Rgd8} 31. Nf1 Nh5 $1 32. Rxd3 exd3 33. g3 Bc6 34.
Rd1 Nxf4 $1 35. Nc3 (35. gxf4 $2 Rg2+ $19 {wins right away}) 35... Ng6 $1 $17 {
followed by ...Ne5, looks very bad for White.}) 29... Bh5 $19 {With some bad
moves, White has handed over the initiative and is in deep trouble now - Giri
was very precise in the last moves and is already winning.} 30. Ne6 Rde8 31.
Nc7 (31. Nxc5 exf3 32. gxf3 Bxf3 $1 $19 {forcing instant resignation.}) 31...
Re7 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. cxd5 exf3 34. d6 Reg7 35. g4 Nxg4+ $1 36. hxg4 Rxg4 {
Threatening mate on h4.} 37. Nxf3 (37. Kh3 Rg3+ 38. Kh2 Rg2+ 39. Kh1 f2 40. Rf1
Bxd1 41. Bxd1 Rg1+ 42. Kh2 R8g2+ 43. Kh3 Rg6 $1 $19 {and White may resign.})
37... Rg2+ 38. Kh3 Bxf3 39. Bb3 R8g3+ 40. Kh4 Rg4+ 41. Kh3 Bxd1 42. d7 R4g3+
43. Kh4 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. O-O Nd7 6. d4 e6 7. c4 Ngf6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Ne5 Qxb3 12. axb3 a6 13. g4 Bg6 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. e4 dxe4 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bd6 19. Be3 f5 20. gxf6 Ndxf6 21.
Rfd1 O-O-O 22. Ra5 Bc7 23. Ne7+ Kb8 24. Raa1 Rhe8 25. Nxg6 Nd5 26. Bg5 Rd6 27.
Ra4 Rxg6 28. Rxd5 Nf4 29. Bxf4 Bxf4 30. Rb4 e3 31. fxe3 Bxe3+ 32. Kh1 b5 33.
Re4 Rxe4 34. Bxe4 Rg1+ 35. Kh2 Rf1 36. Kg3 Kc7 37. b4 Rf4 38. Re5 Kd6 39. Re8
g5 40. Bb7 Bc1 41. Bxa6 Rxb4 42. Rb8 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 {Another Open Spanish, this time an old line was tried.} Be7 10. Rd1
O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8 $1 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nd4 {
This move has attracted recently attracted some more attention.} c5 {Not the
most popular move, but surely an interesting one.} ({The alternative is} 16...
Qb6 17. Na3 c5 (17... Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Rab8 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. f3 Nc5 21. Rac1 Nd7
22. Rxc7 Nxe5 23. b3 g5 24. Nb1 Rfb8 25. Nc3 $16 {1/2-1/2 (39) Hansen,E (2574)
-Mikhalevski,V (2550) Hoogeveen 2014}) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. f3 Ng5 20. Rxd5 exd5
21. Bxd5+ Ne6 22. b4 Qxb4 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Rb1 Qd4 25. Qxd4 cxd4 26. Bd7 $44 {
1-0 (37) Perez Ponsa,F (2533)-Gonzalez Vidal,Y (2550) Montevideo (rapid) 2015})
17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f3 c4 19. fxe4 (19. Bc2 Qxb2 $19) 19... cxb3 20. exd5 bxa2 $5
{Black failed to equalise fully in the following line:} (20... Nc4 21. Qd4 Qa7
(21... bxa2 22. Qxc4 axb1=Q 23. Raxb1 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Rac8 25. Qa2 exd5 26. Qxd5+
Kh8 27. e6 $36 {1/2-1/2 (61) Heilemann Paul (GER) (2530)-Sapundjiev Ing Georgi
(BUL) (2529) corr. 1988}) 22. Qxa7 Rxa7 23. axb3 Ne3 24. Rc1 Raf7 25. Na3 $5 (
25. Nd2 exd5 $5 (25... Rf2 26. Nc4 Nxd5 27. Rxa6 Re2 28. Rxe6 Nf4 29. Rd6 Rxg2+
30. Kh1 Re2 31. Rf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (50) Kosteniuk,A (2489)-Muzychuk,A (2594)
Belgrade 2013}) 26. Nf3 Nxg2 27. Ng5 Rf5 28. Ne6 Nf4 $1 $11) 25... exd5 26. Nc2
Nxc2 27. Rxc2 Re8 28. Rxa6 Rxe5 29. Rc8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Kf2 $14) 21.
Rxa2 Nc4 22. Qd4 Qb3 {The alternative looks better:} (22... Nxe5 23. d6 $1 (23.
Nc3 exd5 24. b4 Qa7 25. Qxa7 Rxa7 26. Nxd5 Rb8 $11) 23... Rf5 24. Nc3 Qb3 25.
h3 a5 {Again White's pressure doesn't look that much.}) 23. Nc3 Rac8 24. Rb1 (
24. dxe6 Nxb2 25. e7 (25. Rb1 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. Raxb2 Rc6 28. Rb6 Rxb6 29.
Rxb6 Ra8 $11) 25... Rfe8 26. Qd5+ Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxc3 28. Rxb2 Rxe7 $11) 24...
Ne3 $1 25. Qxe3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxa2 27. Rd1 exd5 28. Qd4 Re8 $6 {Obviously
played to control the e-pawn, but actually activity was essential:} (28... Rb8
$1 29. Rc1 (29. e6 Rxb2 30. Qxd5 Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Kf8 $11) 29... h6 30. h3 (30. e6
Kh7 31. e7 Re8 $1 {should be ok for Black}) 30... Kh7 31. Qd3+ Kh8 32. Qd2 Kh7
{It is not clear how to improve from here.}) 29. Rc1 h6 30. h3 {Now with a
slightly passive rook on e8 it is more unpleasant for Black to defend.} Kh8 31.
e6 Rxe6 $2 (31... Qb3 32. Rc6 a5 33. e7 Kh7 34. Qe5 d4 35. Qe4+ Kg8 36. Qxd4
Qf7 37. Rc2 Qxe7 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Qxa5 Qe3+ 40. Kh1 {Pawn up for White, but
still far from any real chances to play for win at least for the moment.}) 32.
Rc8+ Kh7 33. Qd3+ Re4 34. Qf1 Re5 35. Qd3+ $2 (35. Qf7 $1 {Simply wins and
Caruana didn't see it for a few moves more!} Qxb2 (35... Qa4 36. Kh2 $1 {
Black is in some kind of zugzwang!}) 36. Qg8+ Kg6 37. Rc6+ $1 Kf5 38. Qf7+ Ke4
39. Qf3+ Kd4 40. Qd1+ Ke4 41. Kh2 $18 {Black can't survive with such a king in
the centre.}) 35... Re4 36. Qf1 Re5 37. Qd3+ Re4 38. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 {This
old reply to the Ragozin Defence has recently gained popularity.} c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bxc3+ (9... cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Be6 13. e3
Ke7 14. Nd4 Nd7 15. Kd2 a6 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Ra5 Rc7 18. Rb1 $14 {1/2 (32)
Bacrot,E (2714)-Moiseenko,A (2699) Biel 2013}) 10. Qxc3 Nd7 (10... c4 11. b3
Be6 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. e4 $14) (10... b6 11. e3 O-O 12. dxc5 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 bxc5
14. O-O-O Be6 15. c4 dxc4 16. Ne5 c3 17. Kc2 Rc8 18. Rd6 Kf8 19. Be2 a6 20.
Rhd1 $16 {1/2 (45) Kasimdzhanov,R (2681)-Vitiugov,N (2709) Moscow 2011}) 11. g3
{Fianchetto is the most ambitious way of developing White's bishop in this
structure; however, Black has enough counterplay in any case.} (11. Qe3+ Qe7
12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 {is not too promising for White as he can't
establish firm control of the d4-square due to his poor development. A recent
example:} 14. Rc1 Kd6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. f3 Rac8 17. Kd2 Ne6 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19.
Nxe6 fxe6 20. e3 e5 $11 {1/2 (30) Nakamura,H (2764)-Radjabov,T (2726) Tashkent
2014}) (11. e3 {is the most popular continuation but recently Black has been
doing well in this line, e.g.} O-O 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rac1 c4 15. Nd2
b5 16. Bf3 Qe7 17. Qa5 Bc6 18. b3 Qd6 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Nb1 Rab8 21. Nc3 Rb3
22. Nxd5 Rxa3 23. Qc7 Qxc7 24. Nxc7 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Nb6 26. Nb5 Rb3 27. Nxa7 c3
$44 {1/2 (61) Shirov,A (2691)-Giri,A (2768) Hoogeveen 2014}) 11... O-O 12. Bg2
Re8 (12... b6 $5 13. O-O Bb7 (13... Ba6 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. Bh3 Rc7 16. Rac1 Rd8
17. Qe3 c4 18. Bg2 b5 19. Qc3 Qb6 $132 {0-1 (48) Garcia Ilundain,D (2500)
-Mitkov,N (2475) Pula 1997}) 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Qe6 16. e3 c4 17. b3 b5 18.
a4 a6 19. Nd2 {1/2 (19) Herraiz Hidalgo,H (2415)-Kolev,A (2582) Mallorca 2000})
13. e3 (13. O-O {is possible but White's compensation for the pawn will only
be enough to maintain the balance:} Rxe2 14. Rae1 (14. Rfe1 Re6 15. Bh3 cxd4
16. Nxd4 Re4 17. Rxe4 dxe4 18. Bf5 Qe5 19. Re1 Nc5 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. b4 Rd8 22.
Nb5 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 Rd3 $11 {0-1 (54) Ulko,J (2325)-Gorelov,S (2485) Moscow 1996}
) 14... Re6 15. Bh3 Re4 16. Nd2 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Qd8 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bg2 Na4 20.
Qb4 Nb6 21. Nb3 $44 {1/2 (78) Vaganian,R (2662)-Aleksandrov,A (2645) Moscow
2002}) 13... b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rfc1 (15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Ne1 Nf8 17. Qb3 cxd4
18. exd4 Ne6 19. Nf3 Rc4 20. Qe3 Rc2 21. Rd2 Rec8 22. h4 Qf5 $11 {1-0 (33)
Browne,W (2484)-Baginskaite,C (2360) Seattle 2003}) 15... a5 {Black agrees to
obtain an isolated central pawn and exchange queens. Not the best idea as this
pawn has more dynamic possibilities in the middlegame, and now it will just
restrict Black's b7-bishop.} (15... c4 {is not enough for equality either:} 16.
b3 (16. Nd2 Bc6 17. b3 b5 18. a4 a6 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Qa5 Qd6 21. Nb1 Nf6 22.
Nc3 Rab8 23. Rcb1 Ba8 24. Bf3 g6 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rb1 Rxb1+ 27. Nxb1 Kg7 28.
Nc3 Qa3 29. Kg2 Bb7 30. h4 h5 {1/2 (30) Sakaev,K (2619)-Lastin,A (2643) Moscow
2009}) 16... b5 17. Nd2 Rab8 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qb4 Qb6 21. Ra5 Bc6
22. Rca1 Ra8 23. Nb1 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 cxb3 25. Ra3 b2 26. Rb3 Ra8 27. Rxb2 $14 {
1/2 (46) Renman,N (2405)-Wiedenkeller,M (2385) Karlskrona 1983}) (15... Qe7 {
, avoiding the queen exchange, looks more appropriate:} 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. b4 c4
{This passed pawn gives Black counterplay, e.g.} 18. Rd1 Nf6 19. Qd4 a5 20. b5
a4 21. Nd2 Rad8 22. Nb1 Ne4 23. Nc3 Nxc3 (23... Nc5 $2 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5
Nb3 26. Qxc4 Nxa1 27. Rxa1 $16 {Komljenovic,D (2409)-Peralta,F (2612)
Navalmoral 2012}) 24. Qxc3 d4 $1 25. exd4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qb7+ $11) 16. dxc5 Qxc3
17. Rxc3 Nxc5 (17... bxc5 {loses a pawn after} 18. Bh3) 18. Rac1 Kf8 19. Nd4
Rad8 20. Bf1 Re7 21. Bb5 $14 {White starts torturing his opponent; however,
the Women's World Champion defends well.} g6 {[%mdl 256]} 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4
Ne4 24. Rc7 Nd6 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 26. Rc7+ Kf8 27. Bd3 Rb8 28. g4 Ke8 29. Bb5+ Kf8
30. Bd7 Bc8 31. h3 Bxd7 32. Rxd7 Ne4 33. Nc6 Ra8 {Black gives up the f7-pawn
but activates her rook.} 34. Ne5 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Ra2 36. Rxf7+ Kg8 37. h4 Rb2 38.
Rf4 Kg7 39. Nc6 b5 40. Nd8 (40. h5 $1 g5 41. Rf5 {was more promising although
after} Nc3 {Black's defences remained solid.}) 40... Rxb4 41. Ne6+ Kg8 42. Rf8+
(42. Nc7 g5 43. Nxd5 (43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Rf5 Rb2 45. Nxd5 Kg7) 43... gxf4 44.
Nxb4 fxe3 45. fxe3 h5 $1 {- this endgame is hardly winning for White.}) 42...
Kh7 43. Rf7+ Kh8 44. Rf8+ Kh7 45. Rf7+ Kh8 46. f3 Rb2+ 47. Kh3 Re2 $5 {An
interesting concept. Black sacrifices a piece but it will be difficult for
White to keep his pawns.} 48. Rf8+ Kh7 49. Rf7+ Kh8 50. Rf8+ Kh7 51. fxe4 Rxe3+
52. Kh2 Rxe4 53. Rf7+ Kh8 54. Rf8+ Kh7 55. Rf7+ Kh8 56. Nc7 Kg8 57. Rd7 Rxg4
58. Kh3 Rc4 59. Nxd5 Kf8 60. Nf6 Rc6 61. Ng4 Rb6 62. Nxh6 b4 {[%csl Gb4]} 63.
Rf7+ Ke8 64. Rf2 b3 65. Rb2 Ke7 {White can't make progress without giving up
his last pawn.} 66. Ng4 Ke6 67. Re2+ Kf7 68. Rb2 Ke6 69. Kg3 Rb5 70. Nf2 Kf6
71. Ne4+ Kg7 72. Ng5 Kh6 73. Nf3 Rb4 74. Kf2 Kh5 75. Ke3 Rb8 76. Ke4 Rb4+ 77.
Kd5 Kg4 78. Ne5+ Kh5 (78... Kxh4 {was quite possible, of course.}) 79. Nf3 Kg4
80. Kc5 Rb8 81. Ne5+ Kh5 82. Nc6 Rb7 83. Na5 Rb8 84. Nc6 Rb7 85. Ne5 Rb8 86.
Kc4 Rc8+ 87. Kd4 Rb8 88. Kc3 Rb5 89. Nf3 Rb8 90. Nd4 Kxh4 91. Nxb3 g5 92. Rh2+
Kg3 93. Rh7 g4 94. Nd2 Rg8 95. Kd3 Kg2 96. Nc4 Rf8 97. Nd2 g3 98. Rg7 Ra8 99.
Ke3 Ra3+ 100. Kf4 Kg1 101. Nc4 g2 102. Nxa3 Kf2 103. Rxg2+ Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 b6 8. a4
c5 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. a5 bxa5 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be3 Qxb3 14. Bxc5 Qxd1
15. Rfxd1 Rfe8 16. Rxa5 a6 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Bb6 Rb8 19. Ba7 Rbd8 20. Bb6 Rb8
21. Bd4 e6 22. e3 Red8 23. Bb6 Rdc8 24. Ba7 Ra8 25. Bd4 Rc7 26. Rda1 Nd7 27.
Nxd7 Rxd7 28. Bf1 e5 29. Bc5 d4 30. cxd4 exd4 31. Bxa6 Rxa6 32. Rxa6 Bxa6 33.
Rxa6 f5 34. exd4 Bxd4 35. b4 Bxc5 36. bxc5 {A NARROW PATH (the more active
king) White's advantage may be evident, but when the various subtleties are
taken into account, the handling of this position - admittedly especially on
the part of the attacking side - demands great accuracy, since the border
between a draw and a win/loss is very porous! Although some typical ideas and
plans are adequately well known, the varying little details are always what
make the handling of positions like this so complicated even for the leading
members of our guild. BLACK TO MOVE (Position after 36.b4xc5) In the present
case, apart from his passed pawn White has no other point in his favour with
the positions occupied by rooks, kings and pawns, meaning that Black may
absolutely harbour some hope of saving the game. EIN SCHMALER GRAT (der
aktivere König) Zwar ist der weiße Vorteil evident, aber in Anbetracht
diverser Finessen verlangt die Stellungsbehandlung - freilich insbesondere vom
Verteidiger - große Genauigkeit, da die Grenze zwischen Remis und Gewinn/
Verlust sehr schmal ist! Obwohl einige typische Ideen und Pläne hinlänglich
bekannt sind, sind es stets die unterschiedlichen, kleinen Details, welche die
Behandlung derartiger Stellungen selbst für die Großen unserer Zunft so
kompliziert gestalten. SCHWARZ AM ZUG (Stellung nach 36.b4xc5) Im vorliegenden
Fall verfügt Weiß außer über seinen Freibauern bei der Turm-, Königs- und
Bauernstellung über keinen weiteren Pluspunkt, so dass Schwarz sich durchaus
Hoffnung auf Rettung machen kann.} Rd1+ $2 {So that in standard fashion - true
to the Tarrasch rule - he can immediately post his rook behind the passed pawn,
which, however, is not always the best plan. Here it costs him vital time,
which Black would first of all do better to use for other activities,
especially for the mobilisation of his king. However, the defender should on
no account allow the white rook to be able to support its passed pawn from
behind. Interesting alternatives: Um in Standardmanier den Turm - getreu der
Tarrasch-Regel - sofort hinter dem Freibauern zu postieren, was aber nicht
immer am besten ist. Hier kostet dies vitale Zeit, die Schwarz zunächst
besser für andere Aktivitäten, insbesondere für die Mobilisierung seines
Königs, nutzen sollte. Allerdings darf der Verteidiger es keinesfalls
zulassen, dass der weiße Turm seinen Freibauern von hinten unterstützen kann.
Interessante Alternativen:} ({(1)} 36... Rc7 $5 37. c6 Kf7 38. Kg2 Ke6 39. Kf3
Ke5 $1 {Apparently the only defence with which Black can hold back the
opposing king and prevent the creation of some sort of zugzwang situation.
Allem Anschein nach die einzige Verteidigung, mit der Schwarz den gegnerischen
König zurückhält und die Schaffung etwaiger Zugzwangsituationen unterbindet
.} (39... Kd5 $2 40. Kf4 {This forces a fatal loosening of Black's pawn
structure. Erzwingt eine verhängnisvolle Lockerung der schwarzen
Bauernstruktur.} h6 41. h4 Ke6 42. Kf3 Kd6 43. Rb6 Ke6 (43... Rxc6 $2 44. Rxc6+
Kxc6 45. Kf4 Kd5 46. h5 $18) (43... Kc5 44. Rb1 Kd6 45. Rc1 $18 {and with the
active rook behind his passed pawn White wins easily: und mit dem aktiven Turm
hinter seinem Freibauern siegt Weiß leicht:} Ke5 46. Ke3 Kd5 47. Rc2 Ke5 48.
Rc5+ Kd6 49. Kd4 Ke6 50. Rc2 Kd6 51. Rc3 g5 (51... Ke6 52. Kc5 $18) 52. hxg5
hxg5 53. Rc5 Ke6 54. Kc4 {/\Kb5+-}) 44. Ke3 Kd5 45. Ra6 Ke5 (45... Re7+ 46. Kf3
$1 Rc7 (46... Ke5 47. c7 $1 {The simplest. am einfachsten} (47. Ra5+ Ke6 (47...
Kd6 48. h5 $18) (47... Kf6 48. Rc5 Rc7 49. Ke3 Ke6 50. Kd4 Kd6 51. Rc2 h5 52.
Rc1 Ke6 53. Kc5 $18) 48. Rc5 Rc7 49. Ke3 {etc. +- usw. +-}) 47... Rxc7 48. Rxg6
Rh7 49. Ra6 h5 50. Ra5+ Ke6 (50... Kf6 51. Kf4 $18) 51. Kf4 $18) 47. h5 $1 gxh5
(47... g5 48. Ra5+ Ke6 (48... Kxc6 49. Rxf5 Rh7 50. Rf6+ Kd5 51. Kg4 $18) 49.
Rc5 Kf6 50. Ke3 $18 {/\Kd4 etc. +-}) 48. Ra5+ Kxc6 (48... Kd6 49. Rxf5 $18) (
48... Ke6 49. Rc5 $18) 49. Rxf5 Rh7 50. Rxh5 Rf7+ 51. Kg2 (51. Kg4 $2 Rxf2 52.
Rxh6+ Kd7 $11) 51... Rf6 52. Re5 Kd6 53. f4 $18 {with the winning plan of
marching the king to h5 plus g3-g4 mit dem gewinnbringenden Plan der
Königswanderung nach h5 plus g3-g4}) 46. h5 $1 g5 47. Ra5+ Ke6 48. Rc5 $18) (
39... Kf6 $2 40. Kf4 $1 g5+ (40... Rc8 41. c7+ Ke7 42. Rc6 $18) (40... h6 41.
h4 Ke6 42. Rb6 Kf6 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. h5 $1 gxh5 (44... g5 45. Rb5+ Kd6 (45... Ke6
46. Rc5 $18) (45... Kf6 46. Rc5 $18) 46. Rxf5 $18) 45. Rb5+ Kd6 (45... Kf6 46.
Rc5 $18) (45... Ke6 46. Rc5 $18) 46. Rxf5 Ke7 47. Rc5 $18) 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. Ra5+
Kd6 (42... Ke6 43. Rc5 $18) 43. Rxf5 $18) (39... g5 $2 40. g4 $1 f4 (40... Kf6
41. gxf5 Kxf5 42. Ra5+ Kf6 43. Rc5 $18) (40... h6 41. gxf5+ Kxf5 42. Ra5+ Ke6
43. Rc5 $18) 41. Ra5 Rxc6 42. Rxg5 $18) (39... Rc8 $2 40. c7+ (40. Kf4) 40...
Kd7 41. Ra7 $18) 40. h4 (40. Rb6 Rc8) 40... Rc8 41. Ke3 Rc7 42. h5 $5 {There
is no other way to make progress here. Anders ist hier kein Fortschritt zu
erzielen.} (42. Rb6 Rc8) 42... gxh5 (42... Rc8 $2 43. h6 $1 Rc7 44. Rb6 Rc8 45.
Rb5+ Kd6 46. Rb7 Rh8 47. Kd4 Kxc6 48. Ra7 Kd6 49. Ra6+ Ke7 50. Ke5 $18) 43.
Ra5+ (43. Kf3 $6 Kd6 (43... Ke6 44. Kf4 h6) 44. Kf4 h6 45. Kxf5 Rf7+ 46. Kg6
Rxf2 $11) 43... Kd6 $1 (43... Ke6 $2 {This again lets the opposing rook get
behind its passed pawn with the well-known consequences: Lässt den
gegnerischen Turm wieder hinter seinen Freibauern mit den bekannten
Konsequenzen:} 44. Rc5 Kd6 45. Kd4 f4 46. Rxh5 fxg3 (46... Rxc6 47. Rh6+ Kd7
48. Rxc6 Kxc6 49. g4 $8 $18) (46... Kxc6 47. Rc5+ Kd6 48. Rxc7 Kxc7 49. g4 $8
$18) 47. Rh6+ Ke7 48. fxg3 $18) 44. Rxf5 (44. Kf4 Rxc6 45. Kxf5 h6 46. Kf6 h4
47. gxh4 Kd7+ 48. Kf5 Ke7 $14 {/= /=}) 44... Kxc6 {and - as so often in this
type of endgame with f- and g-pawns against h-pawn - the defending side can
hold out here too, e.g.: und - wie so oft in diesem Endspieltyp mit f- und
g-Bauern gegen h-Bauer - kann die Verteidigung sich auch hier behaupten, z.B.:}
45. Rxh5 (45. Kf4 Kd6 46. Kg5 Ke7 (46... Ke6 47. Rf4 Ke7 48. Kxh5 (48. Kh6 Ke8
$11) 48... Rc6 $11) 47. Kxh5 (47. Kh6 Ke8 (47... h4 $1 48. gxh4 Rc4 49. h5 Ke6
$11) 48. Kxh5 (48. Rxh5 Kf8) 48... Rc6 $11) 47... Rc6 $11) 45... Kd6 $1 {
When Tablebase is asked about 7 piece endings, this is the only way for Black
to hold the draw!! Wie eine Tablebase-Anfrage für 7-Steiner ergab, hält
Schwarz allein hiermit das Remis!} 46. Kf4 (46. Rh6+ Ke5 47. f4+ Kf5) 46...
Rf7+ (46... Rg7) 47. Kg5 (47. Rf5 Rg7 48. g4 Ke6 49. Kg3 Ra7 50. Kh4 Ke7 51. f4
(51. Kh5 Ra6) 51... Ra1 52. Rh5 Kf6 53. Rh6+ Kg7 54. Kg5 Ra5+ 55. f5 Rb5 56.
Ra6 Rc5 57. Ra7+ Kg8 58. Ra6 Rc4 $11) 47... Ke7 48. f4 Kf8 49. Rh6 Kg7 50. Ra6
Rc7 51. g4 Rc5+ 52. f5 Rb5 53. Ra7+ Kg8 {and as previously = und wie zuvor =})
({(2)} 36... Rd5 $5 {also seems to work: scheint auch zu funktionieren:} 37.
Rc6 (37. c6 $6 {is relatively weak and allows Black to get his rook to an
ideal position without any loss of tempo: ist relativ schwach und erlaubt es
Schwarz, seinen Turm ohne Tempoverlust in eine Idealstellung zu bringen:} Rc5 {
and e.g. und z.B.} 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. Ra7+ (39. Kf3 Ke6 40. Kf4 Rc2 $11) 39... Ke6
40. Rc7 Ke5 41. h4 $11 (41. Kf3 Rc3+ 42. Ke2 Kd6 $11)) 37... Kf7 38. Rc7+ Ke6
39. Kg2 (39. Kf1 $6 f4 $1 $132 (39... Re5 $143 40. f4 Rd5 41. Ke2)) 39... f4 $5
40. gxf4 Kf5 41. Kf3 Rd3+ 42. Ke2 Rc3 43. Kd2 Rh3 44. Rf7+ Ke6 45. c6 Rxh2 46.
Ke2 Rh1 47. c7 Rc1 48. Rxh7 Kd6 (48... Rc2+ 49. Kd3 Rc1) 49. Rg7 (49. Kf3 Ke6)
49... Ke6 50. Kd3 (50. Rxg6+ $2 Kf7 $11) 50... Rc5 51. Kd4 Rc1 $14) 37. Kg2 Rc1
38. Rc6 Kf7 39. Kf3 g5 {In the despairing search for counterplay the text move
is just as typical for this position as it is provocative. Moreover Black is
probably fighting for a lost cause! In any case, the following apparently
"sounder" defences turn out in the long run to be insufficient: Auf der
verzweifelten Suche nach Gegenspiel ist der Textzug für diese Stellung ebenso
typisch wie provokant. Indes kämpft Schwarz vermutlich bereits für eine
verlorene Sache! Jedenfalls erweisen sich auch die folgenden scheinbar
"solideren" Verteidigungen am Ende als unzureichend:} ({(1)} 39... Ke7 40. Rc7+
(40. Kf4 $2 {is premature on account of  ist voreilig wegen} Kd7 41. Ra6 {
, see 41.Ra6 etc. , siehe 41.Ra6 etc.} (41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. Rc6 Kd7 43. Ra6 {
, see 41.Ra6 etc. , siehe 41.Ra6 etc.}) 41... Rxc5 42. Kg5 (42. Ra7+ Ke6 43.
Rxh7 Kf6 $14 {/=}) 42... f4+ $1 43. Kxf4 Rh5 44. h4 Ke7 $14 {/= /=}) 40... Kf6
41. Ke3 Ke5 42. h4 Rc3+ 43. Kd2 {and then e.g.: und nun z.B.:} Rc4 (43... Rf3
44. Re7+ Kf6 (44... Kd5 45. Ke2 Rc3 46. Rxh7 f4 (46... Rxc5 47. Re7 $1 Rc6 48.
Kf3 $18) 47. gxf4 Rxc5 48. Re7 $1 Rc1 (48... Kd6 49. Rg7) 49. Kf3 Rh1 50. Rg7
Rxh4 51. Rxg6 $18) 45. Re2 Ra3 46. Re3 $1 {and with the manoeuvre Re2-e3-c3
things have practically worked out again: und mit dem Manöver Re2-e3-c3 ist
die Chose praktisch wieder gelaufen:} Ra5 47. c6 Ra2+ 48. Kc1 Ra7 49. Rc3 Rc7
50. Kd2 {etc. +-}) 44. Kd3 Rc1 45. c6 Ke6 (45... Kd6 46. Rxh7 Rxc6 47. h5 Ke6 (
47... gxh5 48. Rh6+ Kd7 49. Rxc6 Kxc6 50. Kd4 f4 (50... Kd6 51. f4 $8 Ke6 52.
Kc5 $18) 51. Ke5 $1 $18) 48. Rh6 Kf7 49. Rxg6 Rxg6 50. hxg6+ Kxg6 51. f4 $18)
46. Rxh7 Rxc6 47. h5 $18) ({(2)} 39... Rc2 40. Ke3 Ke7 41. Rc7+ Ke6 42. h4 {
and then e.g.: und nun z.B.:} Ke5 (42... f4+ 43. gxf4 h5 (43... Kd5 44. Rd7+
Ke6 45. Rd6+ Ke7 46. Kd4 $18 {and things continue: und weiter:} Rxf2 47. Ke5
Rh2 (47... Rc2 48. Kd5) 48. Rb6 Re2+ (48... Rxh4 49. Rb7+ Kd8 50. Kd6 Ke8 51.
c6) 49. Kd5 Rd2+ 50. Kc6 Rf2 51. Rb7+ Ke6 52. Rxh7 Rxf4 53. Kb5 Rf1 54. c6) 44.
Rc6+ Kf5 45. Rc8 $18 {Things might continue: Weiter könnte folgen:} Kf6 (45...
Kg4 46. c6 Kxh4 47. c7 Kg4 (47... Rc1 48. Ke4) 48. f5) 46. Kd4 Ke6 47. c6 Rc1 (
47... Kd6 48. Rg8) 48. f5+ gxf5 (48... Kxf5 49. Kd5) 49. Rh8) 43. f4+ Kd5 44.
Rd7+ Ke6 45. Rd6+ Ke7 46. Kd4 Rg2 47. Ra6 Rxg3 48. Ra7+ Ke6 49. Rxh7 $18 {
and wins, e.g. und gewinnt, z.B.} Rg1 (49... Rg4 50. c6 Rxf4+ 51. Kc5 Rf1 52.
c7 Rc1+ 53. Kb6 Rb1+ 54. Ka7 Rc1 55. Kb7 Rb1+ 56. Kc8 Rb4 57. Rh6 Kf7 58. h5
gxh5 59. Kd7 Rd4+ 60. Rd6 $18) 50. Kc4 Rc1+ 51. Kb5 Rb1+ 52. Kc6 Rb4 53. Rh6
Rxf4 (53... Kf7 54. h5) 54. Rxg6+ Kf7 55. Rd6 Rxh4 56. Kd7 $8 Rc4 57. c6 $8 f4
58. c7 f3 59. Rd3 {etc. usw.}) 40. Ke3 Rc3+ (40... Rc2 41. Rc7+ Kf6 42. c6 Ke5
(42... h6 43. Kd3 Rc5 (43... Rc1 44. Kd4 $18) 44. f4 $18 (44. Kd4 $18)) 43.
Re7+ Kd5 44. Rxh7 Rc3+ 45. Kd2 Rxc6 46. Rh5 Rg6 47. f4 $18) 41. Kd4 $1 {
The invasion by the white monarch cannot be stopped. It is noticeable how, in
comparison to the variations above, its counterpart remains stuck on the 7th/
8th ranks. leads to the game by transposition of moves. Die Invasion des
weißen Monarchen ist nicht zu stoppen. Es ist auffällig, wie hier sein
Antagonist im Vergleich zu den obigen Varianten auf der 7./8. Reihe stecken
bleibt. führt unter Zugumstellung zur Partie.} ({But not Jedoch nicht} 41. Kd2
$2 {on account of wegen} Rf3 42. Ke2 Rc3 43. Rc7+ Ke6 44. c6 Ke5 (44... h5) 45.
Re7+ Kd4 (45... Kd6 $2 46. Rxh7) 46. c7 h6 $14) 41... Rf3 42. Ke5 $1 (42. Rh6
$2 Rxf2 43. c6 f4 44. Rxh7+ Kg6 45. Rh8 Rc2 $11) 42... Rxf2 43. Rf6+ Ke8 ({
More resistance can be offered with Mehr Gegenwehr leistet} 43... Ke7 $142 {
, for instance: , man sehe:} 44. Rh6 (44. Rxf5 $2 Rxh2 45. Rxg5 Kd7 $11) 44...
Kf7 (44... f4 45. Rxh7+ Kd8 46. Rh5 Re2+ (46... f3 47. Ke4 g4 48. Kf4 $18) 47.
Kd6 Rd2+ 48. Kc6 $18) 45. c6 f4 (45... Rc2 46. Kxf5 $18) 46. gxf4 gxf4 47. c7
Rc2 {and now?  und nun?} 48. Rh3 $8 {!!} (48. Kd6 $2 f3 49. Rxh7+ Kg6 50. Rh3
f2 51. Rg3+ Kh5 52. Rf3 Rd2+ 53. Ke7 Re2+ 54. Kd7 Rd2+ 55. Kc8 Rc2 $11) (48.
Rxh7+ $2 Kg6 49. Rd7 f3 50. Rd6+ Kg5 51. Rd5 f2 52. Kd6+ Kg4 53. Rc5 Rxc5 54.
Kxc5 f1=Q 55. c8=Q+ Qf5+ $11) 48... Ke8 (48... h5 49. Kd6 Kg6 50. Rd3 $18) 49.
Kd6 Rd2+ 50. Kc6 Rc2+ 51. Kb7 Rb2+ 52. Kc8 $18 {and then, e.g. und weiter z.B.}
Rb1 53. Rh5 Ke7 (53... f3 54. Re5+ Kf7 55. Rf5+) 54. Rxh7+ Ke6 55. Kd8 Rd1+ 56.
Ke8 Rc1 57. Re7+ Kf6 58. Kd8 Rc3 59. Rd7) 44. Rxf5 Rxh2 45. Kd6 $8 $18 (45.
Rxg5 $2 Kd7 $11 {as usual. wie gehabt.}) 45... Rd2+ 46. Kc7 Rd7+ 47. Kb6 g4 48.
Re5+ Kd8 49. Rg5 Rd3 50. Rg8+ Ke7 51. Rxg4 Rb3+ 52. Kc7 Kf6 53. c6 {A highly
interesting and extremely instructive study of this endgame with the extra
pawn on c5 or c6. Eine hochinteressante, äußerst instruktive Studie zu
diesem Turmendspiel mit dem Mehrbauern auf c5 bzw. c6.} 1-0

[Event "Mumbai Mayors Cup 9th"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2016.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bartakke, Amardeep S"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 b5 8. Bc2 Bg7
9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. d5 Na5 12. a4 Bd7 13. axb5 axb5 14. b4 Nc4 15. Rxa8
Rxa8 16. Bd3 c6 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Qxc4 cxd5 19. exd5 Ba4 20. Re1 Qb7 21. Nbd2
Nxd5 22. Ne4 Ra6 23. Bg5 f5 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Qc6 26. Qh4 Bb3 27. Qg5 Qxc3
28. h4 Ra1 29. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 30. Kh2 Qa7 31. b5 Bc4 32. h5 Qf7 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34.
Nxe5 Qc7 35. f4 Bxb5 36. hxg6 h6 37. Qxf5 Kg7 38. Qe4 Nf6 39. Qd4 h5 40. g4
Qc2+ 41. Kg1 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qc2+ 43. Kg1 Qa4 44. Qxa4 Bxa4 45. gxh5 Nxh5 46. Kf2
Nxf4 47. Ke3 Ne6 48. Ke4 Kf6 49. Ng4+ Kxg6 50. Ke5 Ng5 51. Ne3 Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mumbai Mayors Cup 9th"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2084"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Nxe4 7. d4 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rac1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 Kf7 20. c4 b4
21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Rd2 Ke8 24. Kf1 a5 25. Bd4 Rg5 26. g3 Bf6 27. Be3
Rh5 28. h4 a4 29. Ke2 Ra5 30. Kf3 Ra8 31. Ke4 Rb8 32. Bf4 b3 33. a3 Rb6 34. Be5
c5 35. f4 h5 36. Rd3 Rc6 37. Rd2 Ke7 38. Rd3 Ra6 39. Rd2 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mumbai Mayors Cup 9th"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2016.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Singh, S Vikramjit"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Qa4+ Nd7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qxc4 c5 11. Be2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 e5 14. Be7
Re8 15. Bb4 Qd8 16. h4 Nb6 17. Qc5 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nd5 19. Bf3 Nxb4 20. Qxb4 a5
21. Qd2 Ra6 22. h5 Rd6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rc1 b5 25. g3 b4 26. Kg2 Qd7 27. Rc6
Rxc6 28. Bxc6 Bb7 29. Bf3 Bxf3+ 30. Nxf3 Qxd2 31. Nxd2 Rc8 32. Nb3 a4 33. Nd4
Kf8 34. Kf3 Ke7 35. Rd1 Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Rb8 37. Rd2 b3 38. axb3 axb3 39. Rb2 Kd6
40. Ke4 Kc5 41. Kd3 Kb4 42. Kd2 Ka3 0-1

[Event "Mumbai Mayors Cup 9th"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Aradhya, Garg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nd2 Qb6 6. Qb3 Bf5 7. dxc5 Qxb3 8.
axb3 e5 9. Bg3 Bxc5 10. b4 Bd6 11. b5 Nb8 12. Ngf3 Nbd7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O
Rfe8 15. Ra2 Bc7 16. Rfa1 Bb6 17. c4 Rac8 18. b4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Be6 20. Nxb6
axb6 21. Rb2 Bc4 22. Rd1 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Rc4 24. Rb2 g6 25. h3 e4 26. Nd4 Ne5 27.
Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Ra2 Re7 29. Ra8+ Kg7 30. Rd8 Rxb4 31. Rd6 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33.
Nc2 Rb2 34. Rxd7 Rxc2 35. Rxb7 h5 36. h4 Kf6 37. g3 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Rb1 39. Rxb6+
Kf5 40. Rb7 f6 41. b6 Rb2 42. Rb8 Rb3 43. b7 Rb1 44. Kh2 Rb6 45. Kh3 Rb2 46. f3
exf3 47. e4+ Kxe4 48. Re8+ Kd3 49. b8=Q Rxb8 50. Rxb8 Ke2 51. Rb2+ Kf1 52. g4
hxg4+ 1-0

[Event "Mumbai Mayors Cup 9th"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Swapnil, S Dhopade"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Nd2 Qxb2 6. Nxe4 Qb4+ 7. c3 Qxe4 8.
e3 e6 9. dxe6 Qxe6 10. Be2 Be7 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Ne2 d6 13. O-O Na6 14. Qd3 Nc7
15. c4 Rb8 16. Nc3 b6 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Qf6 20. a4 Be6 21. Ra2
Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Qe6 23. Qd3 Rd7 24. Rad2 Rbd8 25. Qb3 Bf6 26. Rd5 Be5 27. Bg5 Bf6
28. Bf4 Be5 29. Bg5 Bf6 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. e4 Re7 32. Qd3 g6 33. f3 Re6 34. Qd2
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mumbai Mayors Cup 9th"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2016.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Prajesh, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. d5 Qb6 6. Nc3 Qxb2 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. e4
d6 9. f4 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nbd7 12. e5 Ng8 13. Nf3 Nh6 14. Rb1 Qa6 15.
Nb5 O-O-O 16. Rb3 Qxa2 17. O-O a6 18. Na7+ Kc7 19. Bc3 Ra8 20. Ra1 Qxa1+ 21.
Bxa1 Rxa7 22. c4 f6 23. e6 Nb8 24. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Mumbai Mayors Cup 9th"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2016.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. c4 a5 7. b5 c5 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nbd7 10. Be2 Re8 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rc1 N7b6 14. O-O
Nf6 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. Qb2 Qd6 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 Be6 19. Rd4 Qb6 20. Ng5 Rad8
21. Rfd1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc8 23. g4 h6 24. Nxe6+ Qxe6 25. Bf3 Rc5 26. b6 Qe5 27.
a4 Rc4 28. h3 Rxd4 29. exd4 Qd6 30. Bxb7 Nd7 31. d5+ Qf6 32. Qb5 Nxb6 33. Bc6
Qa1+ 34. Kg2 Qd4 35. Qxa5 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 Qd4 37. Qe1 Nxa4 38. Qxe7 Nb6 39. Qd6
Nc4 40. Qb4 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qd4 42. Qb3 Nd6 43. Qg3 Qf6 44. Qe3 Nc4 45. Qd3 Qf4
46. Qc3+ Kg8 47. Bb5 Nd6 48. Bd3 Kh7 49. Bc2 Kg8 50. Bd3 Kh7 51. Bc2 Kg8 52.
Qe3 Qxe3 53. fxe3 Kg7 54. Kf3 Kf6 55. Kf4 g5+ 56. Kf3 Ke5 57. e4 Kd4 58. Ke2 f6
59. Bd3 Nf7 60. Kd2 Ne5 61. Bc2 Nc4+ 62. Ke2 Ne5 63. Ba4 Kxe4 64. d6 Nf7 65. d7
Nd8 66. Bc2+ Ke5 67. Ke3 Kd6 68. Ba4 Ke5 69. Bc2 Kd6 70. Bf5 Ke5 71. Kd3 Kd5
72. Kc3 Kc5 73. Kd3 Kd5 74. Ke3 Ke5 75. Kf3 Kd5 76. Bc2 Kd6 77. Ba4 Kd5 78. Ke2
Ke4 79. Kd2 Kd4 80. Bb3 Ke5 81. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Kg2 Bf6 15. Qc2
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qb7 17. Rfc1 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Ra8 20. Qb1 h6 21. Ne5
Bxe5 22. fxe5 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 bxc5 24. bxc5 Nf8 25. Qb1 Qa6 26. Nd1 Qc4 27. Qa1
Qd3 28. Ne3 Ng6 29. h4 Ne7 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qe8 Nf5 32. Nxf5 Qxf5 33. Qxc6 Qe4+
34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3
15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Bxb4 19. Rec1 Bd2 20. Bxd2 Rxd2
21. b4 f6 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Bb7 Bc8 24. Rxc7 Bxb7 25. Rxb7 Re8 26. Rc1 h5 27.
Rcc7 Re1+ 28. Kxg2 Ree2 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Rh7+ Kg8 31. Rhc7 Rxf2+ 32. Kg3 Rg2+
33. Kf3 Rdf2+ 34. Ke4 Re2+ 35. Kd5 Re8 36. a5 Rxh2 37. b5 Rd2+ 38. Kc5 Re5+ 39.
Kb6 Rxb5+ 40. Kxa6 Rxb7 41. Kxb7 Rb2+ 42. Kc6 Ra2 43. Kb6 Rb2+ 44. Kc6 Ra2 45.
Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 d4 8. e3 Nc6
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 f6 13. Re1 e5 14. Ba3 Nd6 15. d3
Nf7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. b4 Bd7 19. c5 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qf3 Qxf3
22. Nxf3 b6 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. Nd2 bxc5 25. bxc5 Ng5 26. c6 Rc7 27. f4 Nf7 28.
Nb3 Rac8 29. Na5 g5 30. Rc4 gxf4 31. gxf4 exf4 32. Rxd4 Ne5 33. Kf2 Nxc6 34.
Nxc6 Rxc6 35. Re7 R6c7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 Nxc4 8.
dxc4 h6 9. Qd3 d6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. a5 a6 12. Ng3 Rb8 13. b3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nc5
15. Rad1 Ne6 16. Nd5 Nd4 17. Rd2 b5 18. axb6 c6 19. Nc3 Qxb6 20. h3 f5 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. Ne4 Qc7 24. c3 Nxb3 25. Rxd6 Na5 26. Qd3 Rf7 27. c5 Nb7
28. Rg6 a5 29. Qa6 Rc8 30. Rb1 Qd7 31. Rg3 Rc7 32. Rd3 Qf5 33. f3 Kh7 34. Rbd1
Qe6 35. Kh2 Qb3 36. R3d2 Qb5 37. Qb6 a4 38. Rb1 Qxb6 39. cxb6 Rc8 40. Ra2 Ra8
41. Rb4 Nd8 42. Raxa4 Rxa4 43. Rxa4 Rb7 44. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Na3 Bf6 12. Nc4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bb5 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. a4 Ba6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Bxd5 Rcd8 18. e4 exd5 19. exd5 Qg5 20. d6 b5 21.
axb5 Qxb5 22. Re1 Qc6 23. Na5 Qxd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Rc6 Rxc6 26. Nxc6 g6 27.
b4 Bb7 28. Nxa7 Rd8 29. b5 Rd2 30. Nc6 Bxc6 31. bxc6 Rc2 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Rc8
h5 34. Kg2 Kf6 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Rc7+ Ke6 37. h4 Rc4 38. Ke3 Rc2 39. f4 Rc3+ 40.
Kd4 Rc1 41. Rc8 Kd6 42. f5 gxf5 43. c7 Ke7 44. Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 d6 9. f3 {Diagramm [#]} ({Das auf den ersten Blick natürlich erscheinende
} 9. Qd2 $2 {funktioniert nicht:} Nxe4 10. Bxd8 Nxd2) 9... Be6 10. Bb5 a6 (
10... O-O {ist besser.}) 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qe2 g5 $6 (12... O-O $1) 13. Bf2
Bxf2+ 14. Qxf2 Qe7 $6 (14... Nd7 15. Z0 Qf6 16. Z0 Ne5 {hätte eine bessere
Positionierung der schwarzen Figuren ergeben.}) 15. O-O-O a5 $2 {Dieser
Vorstoß bringt nichts mehr ein.} 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. h4 g4 18. Nf5 Qe5 (18... Bxf5
{war notwendig, aber Weiß hätte klaren Vorteil behalten:} 19. exf5 O-O 20.
Rhe1 Qd8 21. Qg3 h5 22. Qf4) 19. f4 Nxe4 $4 {Diagramm [#]} (19... Qc5 20. Qxc5
dxc5 21. Ne3 {hätte das sofortige Ende vermieden, aber Spaß hätte Schwarz
an dieser Stellung sicher auch nicht gehabt.}) 20. Nxd6+ $1 Qxd6 (20... cxd6
21. Nxe4 {ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos.}) 21. Nxe4 Qe7 22. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 Nxc4 8.
dxc4 a5 9. Qd3 d6 10. b3 Be6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Rad1 f5 13. f4 b6 14. Kh1 Kh8 15.
Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe3 exf4 17. Nxf4 fxe4 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Qxe4 Nc5
21. Qc6 Rc8 22. Kg1 Qf4 23. Nd5 Qe4 24. Rf1 h6 25. h3 Qd4+ 26. Kh2 Qe5+ 27. Kg1
Qd4+ 28. Kh2 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ng4 14. Bd4
c5 15. Bxc5 Re8 16. O-O b6 17. Bd4 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Rxe3 19. Qf2 Re8 20. Rad1 Qf6
21. Qd4 Qxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Bf5 23. Rfd1 g6 24. Ba6 Kg7 25. Kf2 Re7 26. a3 Rae8 27.
Rc1 h5 28. Bb5 Re4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Rc4 Re7 31. Rc3 Re4 32. Rc4 Re7 33. Rc3
Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5
h6 9. c3 O-O 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bd5 Bd7 12. Rg1 Qd8 13. g4 Kh8 14. g5 g6 15.
gxh6 Rb8 16. b4 Bb6 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. h4 f6 19. Nf3 Qe8 20. Qe2 Nd8 21. Be3 Be6
22. Kd2 c6 23. Bb3 c5 24. Rg3 cxb4 25. cxb4 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Qf7 27. Rag1 Bxb3
28. axb3 Qxb3 29. Rxg6 Ne6 30. Qa7 Qxb4+ 31. Ke3 Ra8 32. Qe7 Qc5+ 33. Ke2 Qc2+
34. Ke3 Qc5+ 35. Ke2 Qc2+ 36. Ke3 Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 d6 6. d3 g6 7. a3 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O
9. Rb1 a6 10. b4 b5 11. Be3 cxb4 12. axb4 h6 13. h3 Be6 14. d4 Bc4 15. Re1 Rc8
16. Qd2 Kh7 17. g4 d5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxd2
22. Bxd2 Bxe5 23. Bxg6+ fxg6 24. Rxe5 Rf7 25. Be3 Rd8 26. Ra1 Rd6 27. c3 g5 28.
Bd4 Kg6 29. Re8 Rf3 30. Kh2 h5 31. Ra8 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rf4 {Diagramm [#]} 33.
Rg8+ $4 {Offenbar in höchster Zeitnot gespielt.} ({Nach} 33. Be5 $1 Rxf2+ 34.
Kg3 {hätte Schwarz zunächst eine Qualität verloren. Anschließend wäre
noch das Schlagen auf a6 gefolgt und Weiß hätte die Partie gewonnen.}) 33...
Bxg8 34. Be5 Rxf2+ 35. Kg3 Rdd2 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Ngf3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Nh5 9. Be5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. h4 Bg7 14. hxg5 hxg5
15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Qh5 Bf6 17. Ndf3 a6 18. Bxd7+ Bxd7 19. Nxg5 O-O-O 20. f4 Rh8
21. Nh7 Bxe5 22. dxe5 f5 23. exf6 Qxh7 24. Qxh7 Rxh7 25. g4 Rh8 26. Kf2 Kd8 27.
g5 Be8 28. e4 dxe4 29. b4 cxb4 30. cxb4 Bg6 31. Rd1+ Kc7 32. Rc1+ Kd7 33. Rd1+
Kc7 34. Rc1+ Kd7 35. Rd1+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 a5
9. Nc3 Ne4 10. e3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Qe2 e6 13. Rfc1 Nd7 14. Bf1 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Nf6 16. Qe2 Ne4 17. Be1 Re8 18. Bg2 Nd6 19. Rab1 h5 20. h4 Qd7 21. a4 Bf8
22. Qd3 Bg7 23. Qc2 Bf6 24. Bh3 Qd8 25. Qd1 Kg7 26. Bg2 Qd7 27. Bf1 Rec8 28.
cxd5 exd5 29. b4 axb4 30. Bxb4 Ne4 31. Be1 Bd8 32. Rb2 Ba5 33. Rcb1 Nd6 34. Bb4
Bxb4 35. Rxb4 Ra7 36. Kh2 Qe7 37. Bd3 Rca8 38. Bc2 Qf6 39. Kg2 Qe7 40. Qf3 Qf6
41. Qe2 Ra5 42. Rb6 R5a7 43. R6b4 Ra5 44. Qf3 Qxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Kf6 46. Ke2 Ke7
47. f3 R8a7 48. Rb6 Kd8 49. e4 dxe4 50. fxe4 Kc7 51. R6b2 b5 52. axb5 Nxb5 53.
Kd3 Ra3+ 54. Rb3 Ra2 55. Rf1 Kd8 56. d5 Rd7 57. Bb1 Ra5 58. Ke3 cxd5 59. exd5
Nc7 60. d6 Re5+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. O-O Qe7 13. Be2 b6 14. Qb3
Rac8 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Qb2 c5 17. a4 Rfd8 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Bb5 Rc7 20. Bxe8 Qxe8
21. Qb5 f6 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. Nd3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rec8 25. h4 Kf7 26. h5 Rc3 27.
Nf4 Nb3 28. Ra2 Rc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Rc4 31. Kg3 e5 32. dxe5 fxe5 33. Nd3
Ke6 34. Rb2 Rc3 35. Ne1 Nc5 36. a5 bxa5 37. Rb5 a4 38. Nf3 Ne4+ 39. Kh2 Rc5 40.
Rb7 Ra5 41. Rxg7 a3 42. Rg6+ Nf6 43. Ne1 a2 44. Nc2 Rc5 45. Na1 Rc1 46. Nb3 Rb1
47. Nc5+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 a6 8. Ba4
h6 9. Bh4 b5 10. Bc2 g5 11. Bg3 d6 12. Nbd2 Bb6 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Kh1 Kg7 16. Re1 Nh7 17. Nf1 h5 18. h4 g4 19. N3h2 Ne7 20. d4 Ng6 21. Ne3 Be6
22. Nf5+ Kh8 23. f3 exd4 24. cxd4 Bxf5 25. exf5 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Ngf8 27. fxg4
hxg4 28. Nxg4 Nf6 29. Qd1 Nxg4 30. Qxg4 Qf6 31. Rd1 Nh7 32. Bf2 Qh6 33. Kg1 Rg8
34. Qf3 Nf6 35. Bb3 Rg7 36. Re1 Qd2 37. Qe2 Qf4 38. d5 Ng4 39. Bxb6 Qh2+ 40.
Kf1 Qh1+ 41. Bg1 Nh2+ 42. Kf2 Rxg2+ 43. Ke3 Rxe2+ 44. Kxe2 Qf3+ 45. Kd2 Qxb3
46. Bd4+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 e6 7. Qf3 Nbd7 8. Bb5
Bg7 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. Qxb7 O-O 11. Nc3 Be8 12. Nc6 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 Nd5 14. Nxd5
exd5 15. O-O Rc8 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. c3 Qb7 18. Re1 Rc6 19. Re2 Rb6 20. Qc2 Rb8 21.
Rb1 Qa6 22. Bf4 Rc8 23. b3 c4 24. bxc4 dxc4 25. d4 Rxb1+ 26. Qxb1 h5 27. h4 Qa5
28. Re3 Qd5 29. Qe4 Qd7 30. d5 Bf6 31. g3 Qg4 32. d6 Kh7 33. Qd5 Rb8 34. Qxf7+
1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1
Bc5 9. a4 b4 10. c3 Qc7 11. Nd2 d6 12. N2b3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Nbd7 14. Bg5 Ba7 15.
Bd2 Ne5 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Rab1 Rab8 18. h3 Nfd7 19. Kh2 Nc4 20. Bc1 Ba8 21. Qc2
Rfc8 22. Nd2 Nce5 23. Rxb8 Nxb8 24. N2b3 Qxc3 25. Qd1 Qc4 26. Be3 Qxa4 27. Qe2
Qd7 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. Na5 Qc7 30. Rc1 Qd7 31. Rb1 Bc5 32. f4 Nec6 33. Nab3 Nxd4
34. Nxd4 Qa7 35. Qd3 Nd7 36. Ra1 Bb7 37. Bg1 Nf6 38. e5 dxe5 39. fxe5 Nd5 40.
h4 Qb6 41. Rb1 Qc7 42. Qb3 Ba8 43. Re1 h6 44. Qb2 Rb8 45. Qa1 a5 46. Rc1 Qb6
47. Be4 Qb2+ 48. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 49. Kh3 Bf8 50. Rc8 Nf4+ 51. gxf4 Bxe4 52. Nxe6
Bf5+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. e3 e5 13. Nb5 Nc5 14. Qa3 Be6 15.
Nd2 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Nc6 17. Nc3 e4 18. Rab1 Qa5 19. Ncxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Qxa3 22. Bxa3 Bxc4 23. Nd6 Bxa2 24. Rd2 Be6 25. Nxb7 Ne5 26. Bc5 a6 27. f4
Nc4 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Nxd8 Bf8 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Ba7 a5 32. Bc6 Kf7 33. Kf2 Bb4
34. e4 Nd6 35. Ke2 Nc8 36. Bd4 Ne7 37. Ba4 Nc8 38. h4 Nd6 39. Bc6 h5 40. Kf3
Nc8 41. Ba4 Nd6 42. Bc6 Nc8 43. g4 hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Ne7 45. Ba4 Bd2 46. Bb3 Nc6
47. Bc5 Kf6 48. Ba4 Nb4 49. Be8 Nd3 50. Bd6 e5 51. fxe5+ Nxe5+ 52. Bxe5+ Kxe5
53. Bxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O dxe4 8.
dxe4 Qe7 9. b4 Bd6 10. a3 Nd8 11. Re1 c6 12. Bf1 Bc7 13. g3 a5 14. Rb1 axb4 15.
cxb4 Ne6 16. Bb2 Rd8 17. Qc2 h6 18. Rbd1 Ng5 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Nc4 Bg4 21. Be2
Bh3 22. Bf1 Bg4 23. Be2 Bh3 24. Bf1 Bg4 25. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nbd7 7. d3 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Bg2 Qe7 11. a4 O-O 12. Qe2 a5 13. Nd2 Rfd8 14. Nb3 Bb6 15.
Bd2 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Be1 Nd7 19. h4 Bb6 20. Qc4 Nc5 21. b3 Ne6
22. c3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Qe2 Qa3 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Qd1 Bb6 27. Bh3 Nc5 28.
Bc8 Qb2 29. Kf1 Nxe4 30. Bf5 Nxf2 31. Qd7 g6 32. Be6 fxe6 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Qe7+
Kg8 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 Nd7 10. Re1 N5f6 11. Nc3 c5 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Qe2 Bc5 15.
Ncb5 a6 16. Rad1 axb5 17. Nxe6 Qe7 18. Nxf8 Kxf8 19. Bd4 b4 20. f4 Bxd4+ 21.
Rxd4 Qc5 22. Qe3 Nfg4 23. Qd2 Nc6 24. Rd1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. Rb1 Nge7 7. b4 d6 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. Ba1 Rxb1 13. Qxb1 Ba6 14. d3 Qa5
15. Ne4 Rb8 16. Qc1 Nf5 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Ng5 Nd8 19. Ngxh7 e5 20. f4 Ne6 21.
fxe5 Ned4 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Qg5 dxe5 24. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Qe7 9. Bd3 g5 10. Bg3 d5 11. Qe2 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bd7 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Qf6 16. f3 Rhe8 17. Kb1 Bf5 18. Bxf5+ Qxf5 19. Qxe8 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bf5 5. e3 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Qxd7 7. Be2 e6 8. d3
Nf6 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. Nf3 Bb4+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. h3 Nd7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15.
Qc2 a5 16. c4 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 O-O 18. h4 Be7 19. h5 gxh5 20. Rxh5 Bf6 21. g4 g6
22. Rh3 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. f4 Nd7 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Ke1 Kg7
28. Kd2 Rac8 29. g5 Rh8 30. Rxh8 Kxh8 31. Rb1 Kg7 32. b4 axb4 33. Rxb4 Nc5 34.
Rb5 Kf8 35. Bf3 Rc7 36. d4 Nd7 37. Be2 Ke7 38. Ra5 Nb6 39. Ra7 Nc8 40. Ra3 Nd6
41. Bd3 Nc4+ 42. Bxc4 Rxc4 43. Rb3 Rc7 44. a4 Kd7 45. Rb5 Kd6 46. Kd3 Kd7 47.
a5 Kd6 48. e4 dxe4+ 49. Kxe4 Rd7 50. Rc5 Rd8 51. Rb5 Rd7 52. Rb1 Rc7 53. Rb6+
Ke7 54. Ke5 Rd7 55. Rb5 Rc7 56. d5 exd5 57. Kxd5 f6 58. Rb6 Rd7+ 59. Kc5 fxg5
60. fxg5 Kf7 61. Rf6+ Kg7 62. Rd6 Re7 63. Kb6 Kf7 64. Rf6+ Kg7 65. Rf1 Re5 66.
Ra1 Rxg5 67. Kxb7 Rb5+ 68. Kc6 Rb8 69. a6 Kf6 70. a7 Ra8 71. Kb7 Rxa7+ 72. Kxa7
Ke5 73. Kb6 g5 74. Kc5 g4 75. Re1+ Kf4 76. Kd4 g3 77. Rf1+ Kg4 78. Ke3 Kh3 79.
Ra1 Kh2 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. c4 Bd7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a4 a5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Qb8 15.
Nb5 Rd8 16. f4 b6 17. e5 Bxg2 18. exd6 Bc6 19. dxe7 Re8 20. Nd4 Be4 21. Nxe6
Rxe7 22. Nxg7 Qb7 23. Bd4 Bh1 24. Qf2 Rae8 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Re1 Be4 27. f5 f6
28. Qf4 Qc6 29. Re3 Nc5 30. Rae1 Nd3 31. Qg4+ Kf8 32. R1e2 Nc5 33. h4 Re7 34.
Qf4 Nd3 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36. Rxd3 Qxc4 37. Qxf6+ Ke8 38. Qh8+ Kd7 39. Rdd2 Kc7 40.
Qf6 Rd7 41. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O b6 14. a4 O-O 15.
c3 Nh7 16. a5 b5 17. Nc1 Bf6 18. Nd3 Bg5 19. Nb4 f5 20. Nc6 Qf6 21. b4 Bxe3+
22. Qxe3 h4 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 h3 25. g3 f4 26. Qe2 Ng5 27. Kh1 Rae8 28. Qb2
fxg3 29. hxg3 Qf5 30. b5 axb5 31. Be2 Ne4 32. Rg1 Nf2+ 33. Kh2 e4 34. Rgf1 Nf6
35. Nd4 Qe5 36. Qd2 exf3 37. Bxf3 N6g4+ 38. Bxg4 Nxg4+ 39. Kh1 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Ng4 12. e6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14.
Nxe4 Rc8 15. Bd2 Be7 16. Ke2 Kf7 17. Rac1 h6 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20.
Bxc1 Nf6 21. Nc3 e5 22. f3 Ke6 23. Kd3 Nd7 24. Be3 a6 25. Ne4 Kd5 26. g4 Bh4
27. Bd2 Be7 28. Be3 Bh4 29. Nc3+ Ke6 30. a4 Be1 31. Ne4 Kd5 32. b3 Bb4 33. h4
Nf8 34. h5 Ne6 35. Ng3 Be7 36. Ne4 Bb4 37. Ng3 Be7 38. Ne4 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Ne2 c5 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd6 12. Rc1 b5 13. Bd3 c4 14. Bb1 Bb7 15.
Nf4 Bd5 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. f4 Nf6 19. h3 Rac8 20. Qe1 Nfe4 21. g4 b4
22. Rc2 c3 23. Rg2 Nd2 24. Rxd2 cxd2 25. Qxd2 Ne4 26. Qg2 Qe6 27. Kh2 Rc7 28.
Nd3 fxg4 29. hxg4 g5 30. f5 Qd6+ 31. Ne5 Nf6 32. Kg1 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Qxd7 34. Bc2
Kg7 35. Bb3 Qe7 36. Qf3 Rd7 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38. Qxd5 Qxe3+ 39. Rf2 Qg3+ 40. Qg2
Qe3 41. Qd5 Qg3+ 42. Qg2 Qe3 43. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Ba3 O-O 8.
d4 b6 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. Qe2 bxc5 14. Qe3 Bg4
15. Rfc1 Rfd8 16. Bf1 Rab8 17. Qxc5 Rdc8 18. Qxe7 Qxe7 19. Bxe7 Bxc3 20. Rab1
Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Re8 22. Bb4 Bxb4 23. Rxb4 Nc6 24. Rc4 Bd7 25. h4 h6 26. Nd2 Rb8
27. Nb3 Kf8 28. Rc5 Ke7 29. Bb5 Rb6 30. f3 a6 31. Bxc6 Bxc6 32. h5 Bd7 33. hxg6
fxg6 34. Kh2 Be6 35. Rc7+ Kd6 36. Rh7 h5 37. Kg3 Bxb3 38. axb3 Kc5 39. Kf4 Kb4
40. Kg5 Kxb3 41. f4 a5 42. f5 gxf5 43. exf5 a4 44. Ra7 Rb5 45. Kg6 a3 46. f6
Rb6 47. Ra5 a2 48. Kg5 h4 49. f7 Rb8 50. Kf6 Kb2 51. Kg7 a1=Q 52. Rxa1 Kxa1 53.
f8=Q Rxf8 54. Kxf8 Kb2 55. Kg7 Kc3 56. Kf6 Kd4 57. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 d5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nf1 d4 15. b5
Ne7 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Ng3 Rd8 20. Red1 axb5 21. axb5
Ne8 22. Rab1 b6 23. d4 exd4 24. Rxd4 Qc8 25. Ne2 Rxd4 26. Nxd4 Re5 27. f4 Rc5
28. Nc6 Rxc6 29. bxc6 Qe6 30. Rc1 Nf6 31. e5 Nfd5 32. Bd2 h5 33. Kh2 g6 34. Qc4
Qf5 35. Qd4 Qe6 36. Qc4 Qf5 37. Rd1 b5 38. Qxb5 Qc2 39. Qb1 Qxc6 40. Qe4 Qe6
41. Bb4 Kh7 42. Bxe7 Nxe7 43. Rc1 c6 44. Qc4 Nd5 45. g3 Qe7 46. Qxc6 Qa3 47.
Rg1 Ne3 48. e6 Qb2+ 49. Kh1 fxe6 50. g4 hxg4 51. Qd7+ Kh8 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qe7+
Kh8 54. Qf8+ Kh7 55. Qf7+ Kh8 56. Qe8+ Kg7 57. Qe7+ Kh8 58. Qxe6 Qf2 59. Qe8+
Kg7 60. Qe7+ Kh6 61. Qf8+ Kh7 62. Qe7+ Kh6 63. Qg5+ Kh7 64. Qe7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 g6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O {Diagramm [#]} 10. h4 $6 {Das geht nach hinten los.} (10.
Be2 Qc7 11. O-O {war adäquat.}) 10... Nc6 11. Ba3 $2 (11. Be2 $1) 11... Be6
12. Qxb7 $6 (12. Qb2 $1) 12... Bd5 $6 (12... Qa5 $1 $17) 13. Qa6 Qc7 14. Bc5 $2
(14. Rc1 $1) 14... e5 ({Das überraschende} 14... Nb8 {war stark. Nach} 15. Qa3
Nd7 {hätte Weiß richtig schlecht gestanden.}) 15. Bc4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 exd4 17.
Bxf8 (17. O-O Rfd8 $19) 17... Rxf8 18. Kf1 (18. cxd4 Nb4) 18... dxc3 {Diagramm
[#] Schwarz hat Gewinnstellung erlangt, und ein Giri lässt sich das auch
nicht mehr nehmen.} 19. Re1 Ne5 20. Bd5 c2 21. Kg2 Bh6 22. Qe2 c1=Q 23. Rxc1
Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxc1 25. Qxe5 Qc8 26. Bb3 Qf5 27. Qc7 a5 28. Qe7 Kg7 29. a4 Rc8
30. Qb7 Rc5 31. Qa7 Re5 32. Qd4 Qf6 33. Qg4 Rf5 34. Kg3 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nf1 Bb6 10. Ng3 Na5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. d4 Nc6 14. h3 Rad8 15.
d5 Ne7 16. Nh4 c6 17. c4 cxd5 18. cxd5 Rc8 19. Qd3 Kh7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 a6
22. Rac1 Red8 23. b3 Ng6 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. f3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rc3 Qd8 28.
Ne2 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Qb6+ 30. Kf1 Nh5 31. b4 Qb5 32. Ke1 g5 33. a3 Nf4 34. Nxf4
gxf4 35. Qc8 Qd3 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nd4 Nfd7 10. bxc3 Nxc5 11. Bg5 Nba6 12. Rb1 Re8 13. Nc4 h6 14. Be3 Bg4
15. Qc1 e5 16. h3 exd4 17. cxd4 Bxe2 18. dxc5 Bxf1 19. Qxf1 Rxe3 20. Nxe3 Nxc5
21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Rxb7 Rc8 23. Qb5 Rc1+ 24. Kg2 Rc7 25. Qa5 Rc8 26. Rxa7 Bd4
27. Qxd8+ Rxd8 28. Ra3 Bc5 29. Rc3 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Rd2 31. a3 h5 32. h4 Kg7 33.
Kf3 Ra2 34. Rd3 f6 35. Rd7+ Kh6 36. Ra7 g5 37. Ra6 gxh4 38. gxh4 Kg6 39. Ra8
Rc2 40. Ra4 Kf5 41. Rf4+ Ke5 42. Re4+ Kf5 43. a4 Ra2 44. Rf4+ Ke5 45. Kg3 Ra3+
46. f3 Ra1 47. Rb4 Rg1+ 48. Kf2 Ra1 49. Rb5+ Kf4 50. Rb4+ Ke5 51. Kg2 f5 52.
Kf2 f4 53. Re4+ Kf5 54. Rc4 Ra2+ 55. Kg1 Ra1+ 56. Kf2 Ra2+ 57. Ke1 Ke5 58. Kd1
Ra3 59. Ke2 Re3+ 60. Kf2 Ra3 61. Re4+ Kf5 62. Rb4 Ke5 63. Kg2 Ra2+ 64. Kh3 Ra1
65. Rb5+ Kd4 66. Rxh5 Ke3 67. Kg4 Rg1+ 68. Kf5 Ra1 69. Rh8 Kxf3 70. Rb8 Rxa4
71. Rb3+ Kg2 72. h5 f3 73. h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 ({Since in this game White will play
a2-a4, it is worth mentioning the following games with a slightly different
setup:} 4... d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 (7... O-O {Giri,A (2798)-Anand,V 
(2784) Zuerich 2016 [Marin,M] (0-1, 45)}) 8. Na3 {Anand,V (2762)-Aronian,L 
(2786) Moscow 2016 [Marin,M] (1-0, 67). As we can see a fortunate setup for
Anand and less so for Giri.}) 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 a5 $5 {A relatively
new and unusual idea, since the pawn is supposed to advance only one step.} 8.
a4 ({Deviating from} 8. h3 {Karjakin,S (2769)-Tomashevsky,E (2728) Wijk aan
Zee 2016 [Marin,M] (1-0, 36)}) 8... Be6 {The simplest but not necessarily the
only good continuation, immediately neutralising the c4-bishop.} ({But Black
can also play more ambitiously with:} 8... Ba7 9. Bb3 (9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 c6 11.
Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Ba2 d5 $11 {Korneev,O (2572)-Basso,P (2429) Tortoreto
2015 (1/2-1/2, 26)}) 9... Nh5 10. Nc4 Qf6 {[%cal Gc8g4]} 11. Nfxe5 Nxe5 12.
Nxe5 Qxe5 13. d4 Qxe4 14. Qxh5 Be6 15. Ra3 c5 $11 {Speelman,J (2605)-Gulko,B 
(2600) Novi Sad 1990 (1/2-1/2, 23)}) ({In the comments to the previous game
with this line I suggested} 8... h6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 {
[%csl Ga4]}) 9. Bxe6 fxe6 {For the time being the doubled pawns are not at all
weak. The e6-pawn defends d5 and f5 against the knight's intrusion while the
open f-file offers Black some counterplay,} 10. Nc4 Qe8 $5 $146 {A subtle
novelty anticipating Qb3, but also preparing ...Qf7 or ...Qh5.} (10... Ba7 11.
Re1 ({The critical move is} 11. Qb3 $5 {forcing Black to slightly misplace one
of his major pieces.}) 11... Ng4 12. Ne3 Nxe3 13. Bxe3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Qf6 15.
Qb3 {Schlingensiepen,C (2340)-Baumgartner,H (2300) Austria 1999 (1/2-1/2, 35)})
11. Be3 ({One possible point of Giri's movelty is that} 11. Qb3 {can be
answered with the flexible} Nd7 {when} 12. Qxb7 $2 Nb6 $19 {[%csl Gc6][%cal
Ga8a7] traps the queen.}) 11... Bxe3 12. Nxe3 b6 {Black can be satisfied with
the outcome of the opening, but the position is not as dull as it might seem.}
13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qe2 Qf7 {[%cal Gf6h5]} 15. Nd2 {A flexible display of the
knights, keeping White ready to react against most of Black's plans.} d5 {
[%csl Ge5] Black had no reasons to refrain from this active move, but play
tends to become more concrete now.} ({A neutral move such as} 15... h6 {
would leave White short of constructive plans.}) ({But if Black had ambitions
already,} 15... Nh5 {might have been a safer way of displaying them.}) 16. Nc2
{anticipating the positional threat ...d5-d4.} Rd7 ({The point is that after} 
16... d4 17. cxd4 {Black cannot keep the control of the d4-square with pieces:}
Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 $2 19. Nf3 {[%csl Re5]}) 17. Nf3 {[%csl Ge5] Re-adjusting
the regrouping according to the new circumstances.} ({The idea carried out one
move later would hve been premature here:} 17. b4 $6 d4 18. b5 (18. cxd4 axb4)
18... dxc3 19. bxc6 cxd2 $15) 17... Re8 $6 {Aimed at playing solidly but in
fact offering White unexpected chances.} ({The best defence would as usual
have been the counter-attack:} 17... Nh5 $5 18. Ng5 (18. exd5 exd5 19. Nxe5 $2
Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 Nf4 22. Ne3 Nxd3 $19) 18... Qg6 19. Nh3 dxe4 20.
dxe4 Nf4 21. Nxf4 exf4 $11) 18. b4 $1 {Suddenly the threat b4-b5, undermining
the chronic weakness on e5 is very hard to meet.} Qh5 (18... dxe4 19. dxe4 Qh5
20. Qc4 $16) (18... axb4 $2 19. Nxb4 $1 Nxb4 20. Nxe5 $18) 19. exd5 Nxd5 (19...
exd5 20. b5 Nd8 21. Nxe5 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Rde7 23. d4 $16 Nf7 24. f4) 20. b5 {
Not only forcing the main defender of the e5-pawn to retreat but also blocking
the queenside in a strategically favourable way for White.} Nd8 21. Qxe5 (21.
Nxe5 $5 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Nxc3 23. Ree1 Rd6 24. Ne3 $14 {[%csl Gc7,Ge6]}) 21... Qg6
(21... Qxe5 22. Nxe5 $16 {[%csl Rc3,Gd7]}) 22. c4 {This will eventually yield
White a rapid win, but it is not the only good continuation and possibly not
the strongest.} (22. Rad1 $5 $14) (22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Nxc3 24. Rc4 Nd5 25.
Ne5 Rd6 26. Ne3 $14) 22... Nf6 $2 {In vain accepting playing with a tempo down.
} ({After} 22... Qxd3 23. cxd5 Qxc2 $14 {White is more active and has the
better structure but the fight would be very much on.}) 23. Qb2 $1 {Defending
the d3-pawn indirectly in view of the fork on e5.} Nf7 24. d4 {The game is
basically over but Black's next move loses even more material.} e5 $2 25. dxe5
Nh5 26. e6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Bb4+ {Quite a rare move, but
Magnus already had some experience (not really positive) in this line before.}
6. c3 ({His previous game} 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. O-O Ba5 8. Nb3 Bc7 9. Ne1 f6 ({
Perhaps,} 9... Ne7 $5 {is a definite improvement.}) 10. Bh5+ g6 11. Be2 g5 12.
Bd3 Bg6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qg4 $36 {Sjugirov,S - Carlsen,M / Khanty-Mansiysk
2010, White has got a dangerous initiative and eventually won the game.}) 6...
Ba5 7. O-O Nd7 8. a4 $146 {Anish comes up with an interesting novelty: this
advance yields White an additional opportunity of developing the knight via a3.
} (8. Nbd2 {was recently tested on the top level as well:} Bc7 9. Re1 (9. Ne1
Ne7 10. Nd3 O-O 11. Nf3 h6 $11 {Grischuk,A - Andreikin,D / ICC INT 2016}) 9...
h6 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Nh4 Bh7 13. f4 c5 14. Bd3 $14 {1-0 (35)
Grischuk,A - Andreikin,D ICC INT 2016}) 8... Bc7 (8... Ne7 $6 {can be
effectively met by} 9. Nh4 $1 c5 10. Nxf5 Nxf5 11. Bd3 $36) 9. Nbd2 {This move
seems inaccurate: now Black is able to challenge the centre, so the artificial
manoeuvre Bb4-a5-c7 is justified.} ({The correct move was} 9. Re1 $1 {now
White is well prepared for} f6 (9... h6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Ng3 Bg6
13. b4 $14 {offers White a pleasant space advantage}) 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. exf6
Qxf6 12. Qxd3 h6 13. Qe2 $36) 9... f6 10. Re1 (10. exf6 {doesn't pose Black
any problems:} Ngxf6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nxf5 exf5 $11) 10... Nh6 (10...
fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne7 13. Bh5+ Bg6 $132) 11. Nf1 fxe5 12. dxe5 ({
The intermediate} 12. Bg5 {could bother Black too:} Qb8 $1 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 O-O $132) 12... O-O 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qd4 $2 {This awkward
way of protecting the central pawn is a serious concession.} ({It was possible
to maintain the balance by means of} 14. Ng3 $1 Nxe5 ({After} 14... Bg6 15. Nd4
Qe7 16. Bg4 Nxe5 17. Nxe6 Rf6 18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. Nh5 {White's position is not
worse, at the least}) 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Bd3 Qf6 18. Qf3 $11 {
In the subsequent position with bishops of different colours Black's extra
pawn is of a symbolic value.}) 14... Be4 {As a result, the Pe5 would fall in a
worse situation.} 15. Ng3 ({In case of} 15. N1d2 Bb6 16. Qb4 a5 17. Qd6 Bf5 $1
18. Qa3 Qb8 $1 19. Bf1 Qa7 $17 {White would lose a pawn anyway.}) 15... c5 ({
Another decent way of collecting the pawn was} 15... Bxf3 $5 16. Bxf3 Qg5 17.
h4 Qg6 18. Bh5 Qg7 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. Bxg4 Rae8 $17) 16. Qe3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qg5 $5
{Magnus reasonably prefers to simplify matters.} (17... Nxe5 18. Bg4 Qf6 19.
Bh3 Rae8 $17) 18. Qxg5+ $2 {Alas, Anish fails to provide proper resistance -
there was no reason for improving Black's pawn structure.} (18. Rad1 Qxe3 19.
Rxe3 Nxe5 20. Bh5 c4 $17) 18... hxg5 19. Bg4 Rae8 20. Re2 Nxe5 21. Bh5 Rd8 22.
Rd1 ({The most stubborn was} 22. b3 Kg7 23. h3 Rf6 24. Rd1 {and Black still
has to find a way to make progress.}) 22... c4 $1 {Now Black manages to secure
an excellent spot in the opponent's camp.} 23. Nf1 Nd3 ({White resigns in view
of} 23... Nd3 24. Rxe6 Nxb2 25. Rb1 Nxa4 26. Rxb7 Nc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 c5 14. bxc5 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Rxb5 Nd5 18. Rxc5 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Qh5 20. f4 Qf3+ 21.
Kg1 Qg4+ 22. Kh1 Qf3+ 23. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5
dxc4 9. Qa4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. d5 O-O 12. dxc6 Be6 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4
Qc7 15. O-O Rfc8 16. Nxe4 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 Rxc6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Rd1 Rc2 20. Rb1
h6 21. a4 Rb8 22. g3 Bg5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. b3 Ra2 25. Kg2 Rb6 26. Rd5 Rf6 27.
Rf1 Rb6 28. Rxg5 g6 29. Rg4 Rxb3 30. Rc1 a5 31. Rcc4 Rbb2 32. Rgf4 Rc2 33. Rce4
Re2 34. Rxe2 Rxe2 35. Kf3 Ra2 36. h4 Kg7 37. Ke3 Ra3+ 38. Kd2 f5 39. Kc2 Kf6
40. Kd2 Ra2+ 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. Kf1 Ra1+ 44. Kg2 Rb1 45. g4 fxg4 46.
Rxg4 Kf6 47. f3 Ra1 48. Rc4 Rb1 49. Kf2 Rb3 50. Kg3 Rb4 51. Rg4 Kf7 52. Kf2
Rb2+ 53. Ke3 Rb3+ 54. Ke2 Rb2+ 55. Kd3 Rb3+ 56. Ke2 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Rb3+ 58. Kf2
Rb2+ 59. Kg3 Rb4 60. Re4 Kg7 61. Kf4 Rb3 62. Rc4 Kh6 63. Kg4 Rb4 64. Re4 Rb1
65. Kf4 Rb3 66. Kg3 Rb4 67. Kg4 Rb1 68. Re6 Rb4+ 69. f4 Rb1 70. Re5 Rg1+ 71.
Kh3 Rh1+ 72. Kg3 Rg1+ 73. Kf3 Rf1+ 74. Kg3 Rg1+ 75. Kf2 Rg4 76. Kf3 Rxh4 77.
Rxa5 Rh3+ 78. Ke4 Ra3 79. Ke5 Ra1 80. Ra8 Kh5 81. a5 Kg4 82. a6 Ra5+ 83. Kf6
Kxf4 84. Kxg6 Ke5 85. a7 Ra6+ 86. Kg5 Ra5 87. Kg4 Ra4+ 88. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Bh7 9. c4 c6 10. a3 a5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bc3 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Qb2 Qb6 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 Ra4 17. Rac1 Rfa8 18. Rc2 Ne8 19. e4 Ndf6 20. Ne5 Qb7 21. Re1 Rd8
22. Nb3 dxe4 23. Na5 Qc7 24. dxe4 Bf8 25. Nec6 Ra8 26. Rd2 Nd7 27. Red1 Nb6 28.
e5 Rc8 29. h4 h5 30. Rd8 Nc4 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Rd8 Qa6 34. Rxe8
1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bb6 8. Bb3
Ne7 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 h6 12. d4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 exd4 15.
Nf5 dxc3 16. bxc3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Rxe4 dxe4 19. Qg4 Kh7 20. Qxe4 Qc7 21. Bf4
Nxf4 22. Qxf4 f6 23. Nh4 Qxe5 24. Bc2+ Kg8 25. Bb3+ Kh7 26. Bc2+ Kg8 27. Bb3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Kb1 Qd7 13. Ng5 f6 14. Nxe6
Nxe6 15. Nf5 g6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. g3 Nd4 18. Qf1 Qg4 19. Be3 Qf3 20. h4 d5 21.
exd5 Qxd5 22. h5 g5 23. h6 Rad8 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. f4 Re3 26. fxg5 Qxg5 27. g4
Rde8 28. Rh2 Kf7 29. a3 Qxg4 30. Rc1 Rf3 31. Qh1 Ree3 32. Rh4 Qd7 33. Rg1 Rg3
34. Rf4 Qh3 35. Rxd4 Qxh1 36. Rxh1 Ke7 37. a4 Re2 38. Rb4 b6 39. Rc4 c5 40. b4
Re5 41. a5 Rg6 42. Kb2 Kd6 43. axb6 axb6 44. bxc5+ Rxc5 45. Rb4 b5 46. Rf4 f5
47. Rh5 Rg2 48. Rhxf5 Rgxc2+ 49. Kb3 R2c3+ 50. Kb4 Rxf5 51. Rxf5 Rxd3 52. Rf7
Ke6 53. Rxh7 Rh3 54. Rb7 Kf5 55. h7 Kg6 56. Kxb5 Rxh7 57. Rxh7 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 e6 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 g5 11. O-O Be7 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Nf3 Ne4 14. Ne5 f6 15.
Nd3 Ng6 16. f3 Ng3 17. Re1 f5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qf2 Bd6 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 f4
22. d5 Bc7 23. Qc2 O-O 24. Nc5 Bb6 25. Kh2 f3 26. e5 Nh4 27. Kxg3 fxg2 28. d6
Rf3+ 29. Kh2 Rf1 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Be3 Qf8 32. Rxf1 gxf1=Q 33. Rxf1 Qe8 34. e6
Qg6 35. d7 Bc7+ 36. Kg1 Bd6 37. Qd4 Be7 38. Rf7 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 Qc2+ 40. Kf1 Qb1+
41. Ke2 Qc2+ 42. Qd2 Qc4+ 43. Qd3 Qxa2 44. Rxe7 Qxb2+ 45. Bd2 Qe5+ 46. Ne4 Rf8
47. Re8 Qh2+ 48. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
a5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Ne4 Na7 13. h3 Bh5 14. d4 Nxb5 15.
axb5 exd4 16. Nxd6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxd6 18. Rd1 Rfe8 19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Qxb7 dxc3
21. bxc3 Rac8 22. Qc6 Qxc6 23. bxc6 Re6 24. Bxc7 Rxc6 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Rxa5 h6
27. Ra7 Rxc3 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Rxf7 Rcc6 30. Rff8 Rf6 31. Rh8+ Kg6 32. f3 Rfd6
33. Kh2 Rxd8 34. Rxd8 Kf6 35. Rd4 Rb2 36. h4 h5 37. Kg3 g6 38. Ra4 Kg7 39. Ra6
Kf7 40. Ra1 Kf6 41. Rf1 Kf5 42. Rf2 Rb3 43. Ra2 Rb4 44. Re2 Kf6 45. Kh3 Ra4 46.
g3 Ra3 47. Kg2 Ra4 48. Kf2 Ra3 49. Rd2 Kf5 50. Ke2 Kf6 51. Rd3 Ra1 52. Ke3 Ra4
53. Rd4 Ra5 54. Rc4 Kf7 55. Ke4 Kf6 56. Rb4 Re5+ 57. Kf4 Rf5+ 58. Ke3 Re5+ 59.
Re4 Ra5 60. Rc4 Re5+ 61. Kd3 Re1 62. Rf4+ Kg7 63. Re4 Rg1 64. g4 hxg4 65. fxg4
Rh1 66. g5 Kf7 67. Kd4 Ra1 68. Ke5 Ra5+ 69. Kf4 Rb5 70. Ra4 Rf5+ 71. Kg4 Rb5
72. Ra7+ Kg8 73. Ra4 Kf7 74. Re4 Ra5 75. Rf4+ Kg7 76. Rd4 Kf7 77. Kf4 Rf5+ 78.
Ke4 Ra5 79. Rc4 Rb5 80. Kd4 Ra5 81. Ke4 Rb5 82. Rc7+ Kg8 83. Rd7 Rb4+ 84. Ke5
Rxh4 85. Kf6 Ra4 86. Rd8+ Kh7 87. Rd7+ Kg8 88. Kxg6 Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 a5 7. Na3 Bc5 8. Nb5
O-O 9. Bg5 Be7 10. e3 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Bf5 12. d4 exd4 13. Nfxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Be4
15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qc2 Ng5 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Qf5 Bf6 19. Bxg5 Qxf5 20. Nxf5 Bxg5
21. Rd7 Rac8 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. R7d5 a4 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxg5+ Kf6 26. Rgd5
Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Re8 28. Kf1 Re4 29. b3 axb3 30. axb3 Re6 31. h4 Rb6 32. Rb5 Rxb5
33. cxb5 Ke5 34. h5 Kd4 35. g4 Ke4 36. Kg2 Kf4 37. f3 h6 38. Kf2 f5 39. gxf5
Kxf5 40. Ke3 Kg5 41. Ke4 Kxh5 42. Kf5 Kh4 43. f4 h5 44. Ke5 Kg3 45. f5 h4 46.
f6 h3 47. f7 h2 48. f8=Q h1=Q 49. Qf4+ Kh3 50. Qh6+ Kg2 51. Qxh1+ Kxh1 52. Ke6
Kg2 53. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2
c5 9. Na3 Nc6 10. c3 a6 11. Nc2 Rb8 12. h3 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Ne3 Be6 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Qe2 d5 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Bd6 20. Ra6 Ra8 21. Rea1
Rxa6 22. Rxa6 Qb7 23. Ra1 c4 24. d4 Re8 25. exd5 exd5 26. Bf4 Qe7 27. dxe5 Bxe5
28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Rb8 d4 33. cxd4 Rd5
34. f3 h6 35. Kf2 Rxd4 36. Rxb5 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Rc2 38. Rb4 Kg6 39. f4 Kf7 40. Kf3
c3 41. bxc3 Rxc3+ 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Rc3+ 44. Kh4 Rc2 45. Kh3 Rc3+ 46. g3 Rc5
47. Rb6 Ra5 48. Kh4 Rc5 49. g5 hxg5+ 50. fxg5 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8. a3 h6
9. Nd5 Rb8 10. h3 Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. c3 Ba7 15. Be3
c5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. a4 Bb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 Qc8 21. Ra2 c4
22. d4 Qb7 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. Rd1 Rbe8 25. Raa1 f6 26. Qg6 Re7 27. Rd2 Rfe8 28.
Re1 exd4 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 d5 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32. exd5 Rxe1+ 33. Kh2 Rd8 34.
Qf7 Rd1 35. Qe7 R1xd5 36. h4 h5 37. Kg3 R8d7 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. f3 Rd8 40. Qe4+
Kh8 41. Qe7 Kg8 42. Kh3 Kh7 43. Qe4+ Kh8 44. Qe7 R8d7 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qe4+ g6
47. Qe6 Kg7 48. Qc6 R7d6 49. Qb7+ Rd7 50. Qc6 Kf7 51. Kg3 g5 52. hxg5 Rxg5+ 53.
Kh3 Rgd5 54. Kh4 Kg7 55. f4 R7d6 56. Qb7+ Rd7 57. Qc6 R7d6 58. Qb7+ Rd7 59. Qc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. b4 Ba7 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qe8
15. Ra2 Nf6 16. h3 a5 17. b5 Nb8 18. g4 Nbd7 19. Rg2 Nc5 20. h4 Nfd7 21. g5
Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxf3 23. gxh6 Rf7 24. Qe2 Nf6 25. Nd2 Kh8 26. hxg7+ Rxg7 27. Rxg7
Kxg7 28. Kh2 Qh5 29. Qxh5 Nxh5 30. b6 Nf6 31. Rg1+ Kh7 32. Rf1 Kg6 33. Rg1+ Kh6
34. Rf1 Kg6 35. Rg1+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Ba7 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ba2 Re8 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15.
d4 Qd7 16. Be3 Ree8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bxa7 Rxa7 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Rad1 Nc5 21.
a5 Raa8 22. b4 Na4 23. Ne2 Rad8 24. Kf1 f6 25. g3 Ne7 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Rd8
28. Nc4 Rd3 29. Rc1 Nc8 30. Ke1 b5 31. axb6 cxb6 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kxd1 Kf7 34.
Kc2 Ke6 35. Ne3 Nd6 36. f3 b5 37. Nc1 Nc4 38. Nf5 Kf7 39. g4 Nab6 40. Nb3 Nd7
41. Kd3 Nb2+ 42. Kc2 Nc4 43. Kd3 Nb2+ 44. Kc2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Rc8 13. Qd3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Bb5 15. Qxb5 Qxd4 16. Qxb7 Ba3 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Be4 Rfd8 20. Bd3
g6 21. Kg2 Kf8 22. Rb1 Ke7 23. f4 Rc3 24. g4 f5 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Kf3 Rdc8 27.
Rbd1 Rc1 28. Bc4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Bd3 Rc8 31. Bc4 Rd8 32. Bd5 b5 33. Rd3
Kf6 34. h3 b4 35. e3 Bc1 36. Ke2 h6 37. Rd1 Ba3 38. Rd2 g5 39. Rd1 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. c4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Be2 Be5 12. Bf3 Re8 13. Na3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Bd7 17. Nc2 Ne4 18. Rfe1 a5 19. Ne3 Bc6 20. Rac1 Kf8 21.
Rc2 Rad8 22. Rec1 Ng5 23. Be2 Ne6 24. Rd1 g6 25. g3 f5 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. Ng2 g5
28. Ne1 g4 29. Ng2 h5 30. f3 Rd7 31. Nh4 Rf7 32. f4 Kf6 33. Kf2 Rfe7 34. Rcd2
Nxd4 35. Bf1 Ne6 36. Bd3 Ng7 37. Bf1 Ne6 38. Bd3 Nd4 39. Bf1 Nb5 40. Nxf5 Kxf5
41. Bxb5 Kf6 42. Bf1 Re3 43. Rd3 R3e7 44. R3d2 Re3 45. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. h3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. c3 Bg5 13. Na3 Bxc1 14. Qxc1 Bf5
15. Qf4 Bg6 16. Re3 a6 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. Nb1 Rad8 19. Nd2 Qd6 20. Qg4 Nb8 21. h4
Nd7 22. Qg5 Nf6 23. f3 h6 24. Qe5 Qb6 25. b4 a5 26. b5 Qd6 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. g4
Rdd8 29. Re7 Rfe8 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Rxe7 32. Rxe7 Ne8 33. b6 Kf8 34. bxc7
Kxe7 35. cxd8=Q+ Kxd8 36. c4 Nc7 37. Kf2 a4 38. Ke3 dxc4 39. Nxc4 Nd5+ 40. Kd2
Bb1 41. a3 f6 42. gxf6 gxf6 43. Nb2 Nb6 44. Bb5 Ba2 45. Nxa4 Nxa4 46. Bxa4 Bd5
47. Ke3 b6 48. Bc2 Ke7 49. Be4 Be6 50. Kd3 Kd6 51. Kc3 Bd7 52. Kd2 Be6 53. Ke3
Bd7 54. Kf4 Ke7 55. Bf5 Bc6 56. Bd3 Bd5 57. Be4 Be6 58. Ke3 Kd6 59. Kd2 Bd7 60.
Ke3 Be6 61. Bb7 Bd7 62. Kf4 Be6 63. Ke4 Bd7 64. Ba6 Bc6+ 65. Ke3 Bd7 66. Bc4
Bc6 67. Bg8 Bb7 68. Kf4 Bc6 69. Kg4 Bb7 70. f4 Be4 71. Kh5 Ke7 72. Kh6 Kf8 73.
Be6 Ke7 74. f5 Bc2 75. Kg7 Bb1 76. d5 b5 77. d6+ Kxd6 78. Kxf6 Bc2 79. Kg5 Ke5
80. Bd7 Bxf5 81. Bxf5 Kd4 82. Bd7 Kc4 83. Be6+ Kc3 84. Bd7 Kb2 85. Bxb5 Kxa3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qd3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 a6 8. Bg5
c5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. d5 Bb7 11. dxe6 Qxd3 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. exd3 Rg8 14. a4 Nc6
15. axb5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Ne2 axb5 18. Rxa8 Bb4+ 19. Kd1 Rxa8 20. Nxd4 Bd5
21. Kc2 Bc5 22. Nxb5 Bxf2 23. Nc3 Bc6 24. d4 Bxd4 25. Bc4+ Kg6 26. Bd5 Bxd5 27.
Nxd5 Re8 28. b4 Re5 29. Nf4+ Kg5 30. g3 Kg4 31. Rd1 Be3 32. Nd5 Bg5 33. b5 Re2+
34. Kb3 Rxh2 35. b6 Re2 36. b7 Re8 37. Nb6 Rb8 38. Rd7 h5 39. Nd5 Kxg3 40. Ne7
Bf4 41. Nc6 Rh8 42. Rg7+ Kf2 43. Rf7 h4 44. Rxf6 Kg3 45. Rg6+ Kf2 46. Rf6 Kg3
47. Rg6+ Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 c6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qb3 Ne4 11. e3 Nc6 12. Ne5 Ng5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qxb6 axb6
15. Bxc6 Ra6 16. Nd2 Bh3 17. Rfc1 Rd8 18. Nb3 Bg4 19. h4 Rd6 20. Bb7 Ra7 21.
hxg5 Rxb7 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nxc5 Rb2 25. Nb3 Ra6 26. c5 Rc6 27.
Rcb1 Rxb1+ 28. Rxb1 e5 29. f4 f6 30. Rc1 h5 31. gxh6+ Kxh6 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. e4
Kg5 34. a4 Be6 35. Rc3 Kg4 36. a5 g5 37. Kg2 Bxb3 38. Rxb3 Rxc5 39. Ra3 Rc2+
40. Kf1 Rc1+ 41. Ke2 Rc2+ 42. Kd1 Rc7 43. a6 Ra7 44. Ke2 Kh3 45. Kf2 g4 46. Kg1
Ra8 47. a7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. a4 Bg7 7. O-O e6 8. f5
exf5 9. d3 Nge7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qh4 f6 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. Nb5 Be8 14. Bh6 Ne5 15.
Rae1 g5 16. Nxg5 fxg5 17. Bxg5 N5g6 18. Qh3 f4 19. g3 Bxb5 20. axb5 f3 21. c3
Qe8 22. Be6 Ne5 23. Re3 b6 24. Kh1 a6 25. bxa6 Rxa6 26. g4 b5 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28.
Bf5 h6 29. d4 cxd4 30. cxd4 Nc6 31. g5 Nxd4 32. gxh6 Be5 33. Qh5 Ra2 34. Rexf3
Nxf3 35. Rxf3 Rg8 36. Bg6 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Qe6 38. Rg3 Bxg3 39. Bf7 Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Be3
Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Nxe5 Bxe2 12. Nxf7 Bxd1 13. Nxd8 Bg4 14. Ne6 Bxe6
15. dxe6 Nc4 16. O-O-O Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rf6 19. Rd7 Rxe6 20. Rxc7
Rxe4 21. Kd2 b6 22. Kd3 Re5 23. Rf1 Rd8+ 24. Kc4 a5 25. Rf3 b5+ 26. Kb3 Rd3 27.
e4 Rd2 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Rcf8 Rxe4 30. R3f7+ Kh6 31. Rh8 Kh5 32. Rhxh7+ Kg4 33.
Rxe7 Rc4 34. Re5 a4+ 35. Ka3 Rc2 36. Rg5+ Kf4 37. Rf7+ Ke4 38. Rg4+ Kd5 39.
Rd7+ Ke6 40. Rxc4 bxc4 41. Rd4 Rxc3+ 42. Kxa4 Rc2 43. a3 c3 44. Kb3 Rxg2 45.
Kxc3 g5 46. hxg5 Rxg5 47. a4 Rg1 48. a5 Ra1 49. Kb4 Rb1+ 50. Kc5 Ra1 51. Kb6
Rb1+ 52. Kc6 Rc1+ 53. Kb7 Rb1+ 54. Kc6 Rc1+ 55. Kb6 Rb1+ 56. Ka7 Ke7 57. a6 Rb2
58. Ka8 Rb1 59. a7 Rb2 60. Rh4 Kd7 61. Rh8 Kc7 62. Rb8 Rd2 63. Rb7+ Kc8 64. Rb1
Rc2 65. Rh1 Rb2 66. Rh8+ Kc7 67. Rb8 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. c4 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. O-O-O Bf5
14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Bd3 e6 16. Kb1 Be5 17. f4 Bd6 18. Bf6 Rg8 19. h3 Ke8 20. e4
Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxf4 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Bc7 24. Re1+ Kf8 25. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Bb3 c6 12. h3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxe5 Bxf2+
15. Kxf2 Nxe5 16. d4 Ng6 17. Kg1 Qh4 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. Qf3 Rae8 20. Ng3 Re6 21.
Nh5 Rfe8 22. Rf1 Qe7 23. Qg3 Re2 24. Rae1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qh4 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.
Qxh4 Nxh4 {[#] Mit dem Läuferpaar hat Weiß Endspielvorteil und geht nun im
Zentrum vor.} 28. c4 Ne7 29. Kf2 Nhf5 30. d5 Nd4 31. Ba2 cxd5 32. cxd5 Bxa4 33.
Bc3 Bb3 34. d6 Nec6 35. Bxd4 ({Ein anderer Versuch war} 35. Bxb3 $5 Nxb3 36.
Nxg7 f6 37. Nf5 Kf7 38. Nxh6+ Ke6 39. Ng8) 35... Bxa2 36. Bxg7 Kh7 37. Bc3 Be6
{[#]} 38. Nf6+ (38. g4 $5 {um den König zu mobilisieren.} b5 39. Ke3 b4 40.
Bf6) 38... Kg6 39. d7 a5 40. g4 b5 41. h4 b4 42. Be5 a4 43. h5+ Kg7 44. Ne4+
Kh7 45. Bd6 f5 46. Nc5 a3 47. bxa3 b3 48. Be5 Bxd7 49. Bc3 Bc8 50. Nxb3 fxg4
51. Kg3 Ne7 52. Nc5 Nf5+ 53. Kxg4 Nd4+ 54. Kh4 Nf5+ 55. Kh3 Ng7+ 56. Kh4 Nf5+
57. Kh3 Ng7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
{This fresh idea recently has recently gained some popularity at the highest
level.} a6 ({The more consistent way to secure the bishop -} 8... a5 {was
tested by Levon Aronian and was well known for Anish, since he was on White's
side:} 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 Bd6 13. Re1 Na7 14. d4 Nxb5
15. axb5 exd4 16. Nxd6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxd6 18. Rd1 Rfe8 19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Qxb7
dxc3 21. bxc3 $14 {Giri,A (2782)-Aronian,L (2792) Leuven BEL 2016}) 9. a5 ({
Possibly,} 9. Nbd2 $5 {is a more promising way of handling the position.
Indeed, in the following games Black was unable to equalize:} Nb6 10. Ba2 Qxd3
(10... Bf5 11. a5 Nc8 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Re1 $14 {Vitiugov,N (2724)-Zhukova,N 
(2488) Doha QAT 2015}) 11. a5 Nd7 12. Bb1 Qd6 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Qc2 Ne7 15. Nge4
Bf5 16. Nxd6 Bxc2 17. Nxb7 Bxb1 18. Nxc5 $14 {Cornette,M (2583)-Naroditsky,D 
(2634) Ajaccio FRA 2016}) 9... b5 {This advance is connected with a
significant strategic risk, but I guess it was still a part of Giri's
preparation.} ({Still, quite logical seems} 9... Bf5 $5 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. b4 Ba7
12. Qc2 h6 {with complex battle.}) 10. axb6 Nxb6 11. Bb3 Bg4 $146 {A logical
innovation - the pin of Nf3 causes White definite problems.} ({In one
preceding game Black didn't get compensation for the exposed kingside pawn
structure:} 11... Bf5 12. Bc2 Qd7 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Nbd2 a5 15. Ne4 Bf8 16. Ng3
Be6 17. Ng5 Bd5 18. Qh5 h6 19. N5e4 $14 {Piorun,K (2591)-Lampert,J (2469)
Dresden GER 2016}) 12. Qe2 {This move seems somewhat slow - Black gets an
important tempo for protecting the Pe5.} ({It looks like the energetical} 12.
h3 Bh5 13. Bg5 $1 {would pose Black some problems:} Be7 (13... Qd6 14. Nbd2 $1
Qxd3 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxh5 $14) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Nbd2 Qxd3) 12...
Kh8 $1 13. Be3 (13. h3 Bh5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 f6 16. Nbd2 a5 $132) 13... Bd6
$5 {An ambitious choice. Anish's play is mainly based on the k-side attack, so
he prefers to keep more pieces on the board.} ({The more quiet way of handling
the position was:} 13... Bxe3 14. Qxe3 f6 15. Nbd2 a5 $11) 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 {
Quite a risky continuation, but it was hard to do with a pin of Nf3 any longer.
} (15. Nbd2 f5 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Bd5 Qc7 18. Qe3 Rae8 19. Rxa6 (19. Bxc6 Qxc6
20. Rxa6 Bc7 $44) 19... Nb8 20. Ra4 Nd7 $44) 15... Bg6 16. Nbd2 Be7 $1 {
An excellent prophylactic move. Now, when the g5-spot is under control, Black
feels free to touch the f-pawn.} ({Premature seems} 16... f5 17. Ng5 Qe8 18. h4
$1 fxg4 19. Nde4 $36) 17. Ne4 f5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Kh2 {The control over
e4-spot allows Sergey to maintain the ballance.} Qe8 (19... Nd5 $5 20. Ba4 Qe8
$132) 20. Nfd2 ({The more aggressive} 20. Nfg5 $5 Nd8 21. f4 {would force
Anish to play very precisely in order to neutralize the activity of White's
knights:} Qb5 $1 (21... h6 22. fxe5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Nc6 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Rf4 $40
) 22. Ba2 exf4 23. Rxf4 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Raf1 Ne6 $11) 20... Qd7 21. Rg1
Bxh3 $2 {This time Anish doesn't trust his excellent sense of danger and grabs
the ''poisoned pawn''!} ({Correct was} 21... a5 22. Qf3 Bg6 23. Qg3 Nd5 24. Ba4
Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rab8 $132 {with very complex, double-edged play.}) 22. Qh5 ({
Another way to admit the lack of harmony in Black's camp was:} 22. Rg3 $5 Be6
23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Rag1 g6 (24... Nd5 25. Rxg7 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. R7g3 $16)
25. Nf3 Nd5 26. Rh3 Qd7 27. Nfg5 Bxg5 28. Nxg5 Nf6 29. Bc5 $16) 22... Bf5 23.
Rxg7 $2 {This decision was definitely connected with miscalculation!} ({
At the same time, another tactical resourse} 23. Bh6 $1 Rg8 {The lesser evil} (
23... gxh6 24. Qxh6 Bg4 25. f3 Rf4 26. fxg4 $18) (23... g6 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25.
Qh6 $18) 24. Rxa6 $1 ({Less offers} 24. Bxg8 Rxg8 25. Bg5 Rf8 $14) 24... Rab8
25. Bxg8 Rxg8 26. Qf7 Bg4 27. Be3 $16 {would let Sergey to acquire the
material advantage and keep all his pieces very active.}) 23... Kxg7 24. Rg1+
Kh8 25. Qh6 Bd6 ({Correctly rejecting} 25... Rg8 $2 26. Ng5 Rg7 27. Nf7+ Rxf7
28. Bxf7 Bg4 29. Bg6 Bf8 30. Qh4 $18) 26. Bxb6 $2 {One more wrong decision -
there was no reason for exchanging such a powerful bishop.} (26. Nxd6 cxd6 27.
Bxb6 Qe7 28. Bd5 Rf6 29. Qh4 {would force Black to accept a draw:} Rg6 30. Qxe7
Rh6+ 31. Kg3 Nxe7 32. Bxa8 Rg6+ 33. Kh2 Rh6+ $11) 26... Bxe4 27. Nxe4 cxb6 28.
Rg6 Na5 $2 {Returning the favour!} ({Anish has a golden opportunity of
converting his material advantage into a full point:} 28... Bc5 $1 29. Rxc6 Rf4
30. Qg5 (30. Rf6 Rxf6 31. Qxf6+ Qg7 $19) 30... Qxc6 31. Qxe5+ Rf6 32. Qxf6+
Qxf6 33. Nxf6 Bxf2 $19) 29. Rxd6 Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rd7+ Kh8 32. Be6 {
Despite the limited material ballance, the activity of White's pieces offers
full compensation for the exchange now.} h6 $6 {Anish is playing with fire!} ({
He had to force a draw by repetition:} 32... Rad8 33. Ra7 Ra8) 33. b4 Nc6 34.
Bd5 Rac8 35. Rb7 $6 ({Stronger was} 35. Nd6 $1 Rcd8 ({After} 35... Nb8 36. Nf7+
Kg7 37. Rb7 Rxc3 38. Nxe5+ Kf6 39. f4 $18 {White is just dominating over the
board!}) 36. Bxc6 Rxd7 37. Bxd7 Rxf2+ 38. Kg3 Rd2 $14 {- The a-pawn offers
Black decent drawing chances, but White's advantage is undisputable!}) 35... b5
36. Kh3 {All White's pieces are perfectly placed, but it's hard to make
further progress.} Rf4 37. Kg2 (37. Kg3 $5 {was more tricky, avoiding the
rook's transfer to g7. In this case Black should have played:} a5 $1 38. bxa5
Nxa5 39. Rxb5 Nc6 40. Rb7 Rff8 41. Kg4 Nb8 $1 {(It's tough to find such a
defensive idea!)} 42. Kh5 Na6 $1 43. Rb6 Nc7 44. Rxh6+ Kg7 45. Rg6+ Kh8 $11)
37... Rg4+ 38. Kf1 Rg7 39. Rb6 Ne7 40. Rxh6+ Rh7 41. Rd6 Nxd5 42. Rxd5 Re7 {
Black was able to consolidate, so the position is drawn now.} 43. Rd6 Ra8 44.
Kg2 Rf7 45. Kf1 Re7 46. Ke2 a5 {Inviting further simplifications.} 47. bxa5
Rxa5 48. Rb6 Rc7 49. Ke3 Kg8 50. Re6 b4 51. cxb4 Rb5 52. Nc5 Ra7 ({Of course,
not} 52... Rxb4 $2 53. Na6 $18) 53. Rxe5 Rxb4 54. Ne4 Kf7 55. f4 Ra1 56. f5
Re1+ 57. Kd2 Rf1 58. Nd6+ Kf8 59. Re8+ Kg7 60. Re6 Rbf4 61. f6+ Kg6 62. f7+ Kg7
63. Re8 Rf6 64. Rg8+ Kh7 65. Rd8 Kg7 66. Ke2 R6f2+ 67. Ke3 Rxf7 68. Nxf7 Kxf7
$11 {The rest of the moves are of no special interest.} 69. Rd4 Ke6 70. Rf4
Rxf4 71. Kxf4 Kd5 72. Ke3 Ke5 73. d4+ Kd5 74. Kd3 Kd6 75. Kc4 Kc6 76. d5+ Kd6
77. Kd4 Kd7 78. Ke5 Ke7 79. d6+ Kd7 80. Kd5 Kd8 81. Ke6 Ke8 82. d7+ Kd8 83. Kd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 a6 7. a4 Ng4 8. Rf1
h6 9. c3 d6 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. h3 Nf6 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Nf1 Qf6 14. Ne3 Nf4 15. Ng4
Qg6 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. d4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Qxg4 19. Qd3 Ne7 20. Re2 Rad8 21. b4 Bb8
22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 c6 24. Rb1 d5 25. Ba2 dxe4 26. Rxe4 Bd6 27. bxc6 bxc6 28.
Rxe7 Bxe7 29. Ne5 Qg5 30. Qc4 Qf6 31. Rb7 c5 32. Nd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 cxd4 34.
Rxd4 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Qe4 Be7 37. Qd4 Qxd4 38. cxd4 Bf6 39. d5 Be7 40. f3
Bc5+ 41. Kf1 Kf8 42. Bc4 Ke7 43. Bb5 Kd6 44. Be8 f6 45. Bf7 Ke5 46. Be6 f5 47.
Bd7 Kf6 48. Ke2 g6 49. Be8 g5 50. Bd7 Bb6 51. Kf1 Ba7 52. Ke2 Bc5 53. Kf1 h5
54. Be8 h4 55. Bd7 Ke5 56. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. a3 a5 12. e4 e5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. g3 Rfe8 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bg5 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Be5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bg4 Rad8 20. Bf5 Bc8 21.
Bxc8 Qxc8 22. Ne2 a4 23. f4 Bb8 24. Kg2 Ba7 25. h3 h5 26. f5 Qc7 27. h4 Qe5 28.
Kf3 Rd5 29. Nf4 Rc5 30. Qe2 Rc4 31. Re1 Rd4 32. Nxh5 Red8 33. Rad1 Rxd1 34.
Rxd1 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Bd4 36. Qc1 Kh7 37. Qxc6 Bxb2 38. Qb7 Qc3+ 39. Kg2 Qc4 40.
Nf4 Be5 41. Ne6 Kh6 42. Qa8 Qe2+ 43. Kh3 Qf1+ 44. Kg4 Qd1+ 45. Kh3 Qh1+ 46. Kg4
Qd1+ 47. Kh3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 {Magnus, as usual, stays away from the
main theoretical lines.} 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nc6 (7... Nf6 8. g4 Bg6 9.
Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bf1 $1 {is a typical idea. The bishop is going to
g2 and White normally has slight, but stable advantage.}) 8. O-O Nf6 9. b3 (9.
a3 Bd6 10. b4 {is a bit more active way to handle this position.}) ({Another
option is} 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Rd1) 9... Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Be2 Qe7 12. Rc1 (12.
Ne5 Bxe2 13. Nxc6 Bxd1 14. Nxe7+ Bxe7 15. Rfxd1 $11) (12. Nh4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2
Rad8 14. Nf3 Nd5 15. e4 Nf4 16. Qe3 e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Rad1 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Ne6
$11 {1/2-1/2 (30) Stojanovic,M (2509)-Edouard,R (2620) Switzerland 2016}) (12.
Nd2 {is also an option, but Black doesn't have problems to equalize.}) 12...
Rad8 13. Ne5 (13. Na4 Ne4 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15. Nxc6 Bxd1 16. Nxe7+ Bxe7 17. Rfxd1 {
is extremely safe for White, though it's objectively equal.}) 13... Nxe5 (13...
Bxe2 14. Nxc6 Bxd1 15. Nxe7+ Bxe7 16. Rfxd1 {is again equal, but Magnus wants
to keep more pieces on the board.}) 14. Bxh5 Ng6 15. Bxg6 $146 {It's not a
mistake, but I wouldn't give my bishop for no reason.} (15. Bf3 c6 16. Ne4 Bb8
17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Be4 Ne7 19. Qf3 (19. g3 $142 {[%cal Ge4g2]}) 19... Qh6 20.
Rc4 Bd6 21. Bb1 f5 $11 {1-0 (64) Guichard,P (2342)-Velten,P (2422) Condom 2013}
) 15... hxg6 16. Qf3 {An inaccuracy.} (16. Qc2 c6 (16... e5 $6 17. Ne4 {
and White is suddenly better.}) 17. Rfd1 Bb8 ({In case of} 17... e5 $6 18. d5 {
the white queen doesn't get into the e5-e4 kick, as after 16.Qf3.}) 18. e4 Ba7
$11) 16... c6 17. Rfd1 (17. e4 $6 e5 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 e4 {
followed by 21...f5 with pleasant prospects for Black.}) (17. Na4 {makes sense.
} e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nc5 {I wouldn't say that White is
pressing, but at least it's a constructive idea for him.}) 17... e5 18. dxe5 (
18. Ne4 $6 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qc2 e4 {is better for Black thanks to space
advantage and superior bishop.}) 18... Bxe5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 b5 $1 {
After a series of slight inaccuracies Giri found himself in a position where
he has to be cautious.} 21. g3 $6 {There were more useful moves than this.} ({
The pawn is taboo:} 21. Qxc6 $4 b4 {and Black is winning material.}) ({For
instance} 21. Qe2 {would be accurate enough.}) 21... Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 (22. Nxd1
$2 Bxb2 23. Nxb2 Qd7 {[%cal Gd7d2,Gd7h3] underlines the drawback of 21.g3.})
22... c5 {Black's pawn majority on the queenside is now a factor.} 23. Qd3 Kh7
$1 {Hiding the king away from possible check on d8.} ({The following line
gives a clear hint why 23...Kh7 is useful:} 23... Qe6 $6 24. Qd8+ Kh7 {[%tqu
"En","How should White continue?","","","c3e4","",5]} 25. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 26. Qh4+
Kg8 27. Qd8+ {and White delivers a perpetual check.}) 24. Nd1 Bxb2 25. Nxb2 Qe6
26. g4 Qc6 {[%cal Gc6f3]} 27. Qe2 Ne4 28. Qc2 (28. f3 {looks safer.}) 28... Ng5
29. f4 Ne6 ({The knight will not come out after} 29... Nxh3+ $2 30. Kh2 Qf3 $2
31. Qg2 $1) 30. Qg2 Qd6 31. Qe2 Qd5 (31... g5 32. Qd3+ Qxd3 33. Nxd3 c4 34.
bxc4 bxc4 35. Nb4 gxf4 36. Nxa6 fxe3 37. Nb4 {White will not have problems to
hold, as his a-pawn will distract the black knight, while White's king is
close to Black's passed pawns.}) 32. Qg2 Qd6 33. h4 {I am surprised that Anish
didn't repeat moves by 33.Qe2. Perhaps, he got concerned about 33...g5.} Nc7
34. h5 gxh5 35. gxh5 Qe7 (35... Qd5 36. Qxd5 Nxd5 37. Kf2 Nc3 38. Nd3 Nxa2 39.
Nxc5 a5 40. Ke2 Kh6 41. Kd2 Nb4 42. Nb7 a4 43. bxa4 bxa4 44. Nd6 Kxh5 45. Nxf7
{Very few material left, so White holds.} Nd5 46. e4 (46. Ne5 $2 Nxe3 $1) 46...
Nxf4 47. Kc3 Kg4 ({Black can't win also after} 47... Kg6 48. Nd6) 48. Kb4 Nd3+
49. Kxa4 $11) 36. Qf3 Qd7 37. Nd1 Qd5 38. Qe2 ({After} 38. Qxd5 $2 Nxd5 39. Kf2
Kh6 {White will lose a pawn and his knight is still passive.}) 38... Qf5 39.
Nf2 Nd5 40. Kg2 (40. e4 $2 Nxf4 $19 {[%csl Re2]}) 40... c4 41. bxc4 bxc4 42.
Kg3 $1 c3 43. Qxa6 c2 (43... Nb4 44. Qc4 c2 45. a3 Nd5 46. Qd3 Ne7 {The same
position arose in the game, just with White's pawn on a2. This makes no
difference.}) 44. Qd3 Ne7 (44... Qxd3 45. Nxd3 Nxe3 46. Kf3 Nd5 47. Nc1 Kh6 48.
Ke4 Nb6 49. Kd3 Kxh5 50. Kxc2 Kg4 51. Nd3 $11) 45. Qc4 Qxh5 46. Qxc2+ Nf5+ 47.
Kg2 Qg6+ 48. Kh2 Qg3+ 49. Kh1 g6 50. Qe2 Nxe3 51. Ne4 $1 Qxf4 52. Qh2+ {
A queen exchange is a huge relief for Giri.} Qxh2+ 53. Kxh2 Nc4 54. Kg3 Kg7 55.
a4 f5 56. Ng5 Kf6 57. Kh4 {Black's knight has to guard the a-pawn and
therefore can't help to break the blockade on the kingside.} Na5 58. Nh7+ Kg7
59. Ng5 Nc6 60. Ne6+ Kf6 61. Ng5 Ke5 62. Nh3 {Anish played for a draw since
the opening, got himself into trouble, but defended tenaciously and eventually
got away with half a point.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 {The Berlin endgame is so popular that it is now considered as
one of the best defences for Black against 1.e4. Together with the Najdorf
Sicilian and the Spanish Marshall Attack they build a trio that gives a
serious challenge for White how to claim an advantage after the most dangerous
and direct move 1.e4.} 9. h3 h5 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Rad1+ Kc8 {Trying
to profit from the fact that White gave a check on d1 one move later than
usual.} ({The alternative is considered best, played by all including Anand
and the world champion:} 12... Ke8 {I will give here one of the latest
examples:} 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. f3 Bxc3 18.
bxc3 Bxa2 19. Ne4 Rh8 20. e6 Bxe6 21. Bxc7 Nd5 22. Be5 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 (65)
Vachier Lagrave,M (2788)-Carlsen,M (2851) Stavanger 2016. The world champion
got a good position.}) 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 b6 {In my opinion the alternative
looks more to the point.} (14... c5 $1 15. Ne2 b6 16. g4 (16. Rfe1 Kb7 17. a3
Rae8 $132) 16... Bc4 17. Rfe1 hxg4 18. hxg4 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Nd4 20. Re3 Kb7 {
This is fine for Black.}) 15. g4 $1 hxg4 16. hxg4 Nh4 17. Bxh4 Rxh4 18. f3 Kb7
19. Kg2 Rah8 20. Rh1 Rxh1 21. Rxh1 Rxh1 22. Kxh1 c5 {The alternative is
interesting as Black wants to stop the Ne4 idea, it seems that it is possible
to do just that.} (22... Bd5 23. Kg2 (23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. f4 Kc6 25. f5 a5 26.
Kg2 (26. g5 Kd7 $17) 26... g5 $1 27. Kf3 Kd7 {would lead to an equal pawn
endgame.}) 23... Kc8 24. Kg3 g5 {again with equal chances.}) 23. Kg2 Kc6 24. a4
a6 25. Kg3 b5 26. axb5+ axb5 27. f4 b4 28. Ne4 {This endgame is clearly in
White's favor.} Ba2 29. Nd2 Kd5 30. c3 bxc3 (30... g5 31. c4+ Kd4 32. e6 $1 $18
) 31. bxc3 g5 32. Kf3 {White could have won with a nice idea...} (32. c4+ $1
Kd4 33. e6 $1 $18 {Exellent motiv!}) 32... Ke6 $2 {The alternative would
prolonge the game, but the outcome would be the same.} (32... c4 33. Ke3 Ke6
34. Ne4 gxf4+ 35. Kxf4 Bb1 36. Nc5+ Ke7 37. Ke3 Bc2 38. Kd4 Bd1 39. g5 Be2 40.
Kd5 Bf1 41. Kc6 Be2 42. Kxc7 Bf1 43. Kc6 {Coming back wih the king and then
having the knight on e3 let's say will win for White.}) 33. c4 $18 {The bishop
is trapped and the game is over.} gxf4 34. Kxf4 f6 35. exf6 Kxf6 36. g5+ Kg6
37. Kg4 Kh7 38. g6+ Kg7 39. Kg5 c6 40. Kh5 Kg8 41. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 (10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14.
gxf4 Qc7 15. e3 {1-0 (55) Wang,Y (2718)-Harikrishna,P (2753) Huaian 2016})
10... cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Nc3 Nh5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16.
Nxg5 Qb8 (16... Nhf6 17. e3 a6 18. Rc1 Qc7 19. Bf1 Rc8 20. Nf3 Ne4 21. Bd3 Qd8
22. Ne2 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 g6 24. Ne2 Qf6 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Ne5 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 (26)
Straka,Z (2547)-Pessoa,F (2566) ICCF email 2013}) 17. e3 Nhf6 18. Bf1 Rc8 19.
a4 h6 20. Nf3 Ne4 21. a5 Bc6 22. Ba6 bxa5 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. Rxa5 Bxa6 25. Rxa6
Rc7 26. Kg2 Qb4 27. Ra4 Qb7 28. Ra3 Nb6 29. Ne5 Nc4 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Qe2 Nxc3
32. bxc3 Qe7 33. Qa2 Rc7 34. Ra5 g6 35. h4 h5 36. Qa3 Qxa3 37. Rxa3 a5 38. Rxa5
Rxc3 {[#] Close to the finish line the black and white pawns do their best to
form a nice symmetrical pattern.} 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Ra5 Kg8 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Ra5
Kg8 43. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 {It is interesting
that the players repeat the opening which they played with the reversed
colours in round 3 of the same tournament. Re1 is a comparitively rare move,
tried by Caruana and Anand in blitz games previously but now it is being used
by the young guns in longer versions of the game. The most common move here is
6.c3 while 6.Bg5, 6.Nc3, 6.Nbd2 etc. are also quite popular.} Ng4 ({Black's
main response here has been} 6... d6 {Now after} 7. c3 a6 (7... Bb6 {was
played in the blitz game between Anand and Giri in June 2016. It went} 8. Bb3
Ne7 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 h6 {and here Anand sharpened the play with
a pawn sacrifice with} 12. d4 $5 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 exd4 15. Nf5 dxc3 16.
bxc3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2770)-Giri,A (2782)/Leuven 2016 (27)}) 8. a4 Ba7 {
So Wesley vs Mamedyarov at Wijk Aan Zee 2016 saw} 9. Na3 ({while another blitz
game, Caruana vs So Wesley went} 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Bb3 d5
13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Caruana,F (2795)-So,W 
(2773)/Saint Louis USA 2016 (42)} (15... Ndf4 $5) (15... Ngf4 $5)) 9... h6 10.
Nc2 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16.
Qxd4 Ra8 17. f3 {1/2-1/2 So,W (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2747)/Wijk aan Zee 2016/CBM
171 (38), with a very slight pull for White due to space.}) ({The
aforementioned round 3 game between the two players went} 6... a6 7. a4 Ng4 8.
Rf1 h6 9. c3 d6 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. h3 Nf6 12. Re1 $5 Nh5 13. Nf1 Qf6 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Giri,A (2785)-So,W (2770)/Bilbao ESP 2016 (56)}) 7. Re2 (7. Be3 {
is hardly a challenge} Nxe3 8. fxe3 Be7 (8... d6 $5) 9. Nc3 d6 10. a3 Be6 11.
Bd5 Qd7 $11 {1-0 Dgebuadze,A (2562)-Campelo Bermudez,J (1870)/Ortigueira 2008 
(46)}) 7... Kh8 ({A different plan was tried in a couple of games..} 7... Nd4
$5 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. h3 Nf6 10. Nd2 (10. c3 Bb6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 d6
14. Re1 h5 15. d4 $5 h4 16. Bh2 Qe7 17. Nd2 g4 $13 {1-0 Saric,I (2500)-Sakaev,
K (2649)/Plovdiv 2008 (38)}) 10... d6 11. Nf3 Bb6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Bb3 $11 {
0-1 Brkic,A (2606)-Filippov,A (2606)/Sibenik 2011 (51)}) 8. h3 f5 $1 9. Nc3
$146 {Played quickly.} (9. hxg4 $2 fxg4 10. Ng5 (10. Ne1 Qf6 $19) 10... Qf6 (
10... g3 $5 $40) 11. Qf1 (11. c3 Bxf2+ $19) (11. Nf7+ Rxf7 12. Bxf7 g3 $17 {
[%cal Gf6h4]}) 11... Nd4 12. Be3 (12. Rd2 $2 Qxg5 $19) (12. Nf7+ Rxf7 13. Bxf7
Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Qxf7 $17 {[%csl Rf2]}) 12... Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 h6 15.
Nf7+ Rxf7 16. Bxf7 Qxf7 $17) (9. c3 fxe4 (9... Nxf2 10. Rxf2) 10. dxe4 Rxf3 $5
11. hxg4 (11. gxf3 $142) 11... Rg3 $1 12. g5 d6 13. b4 Bb6 14. Rc2 Rg4 15. Bd3
Be6 $17 {0-1 Jandourek,L (2192)-Londyn,R (2380)/Czech Republic 2015 (37)}) (9.
exf5 Nxf2 10. Rxf2 d5 11. Bg5 (11. Bb3 Rxf5 $132) 11... Qd6 $15 {1-0 Tapia
Fuentes,J (2183)-Abarca Gonzalez,N (2267)/Santiago CHI 2014 (64)} (11... Bxf2+
12. Kxf2 Qd7 $17)) 9... Nf6 (9... d6 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. hxg4 Bxg4 $13) 10. Be3 (
{Principled is} 10. Bg5 $5 {although Black seems to be doing fine...} fxe4 (
10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 $14) (10... d6 11. Nd5 $14) 11. Nxe4 (11. dxe4
h6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 (13. fxe3 {could be similar to the game}) 13... d6 14.
a3 Nh5 $13) (11. Rxe4 $5) 11... Be7 12. Nc3 (12. Ng3) 12... d6 $13) (10. Ng5
Nd4 $132) 10... Bxe3 11. fxe3 (11. Rxe3 d6 {seems like giving Black good
prospects on the >>} ({or} 11... f4 $5 12. Re1 d6)) 11... fxe4 12. dxe4 (12.
Nxe4 d5 13. Nxf6 dxc4 $15 14. Ne4 cxd3 15. cxd3 Bxh3) 12... d6 {[%csl Ge3,Ge4]
The doubled pawns have their plusses and minuses. They control important
squares but they can also become targets. The advantage for Black though,
seems to be a possiblility of taking initiative on the >> quickly.} 13. a3 {
[%cal Gc4a2]} (13. Qd3 Na5 $36) 13... Qe8 14. Qd3 Nd8 $5 {Giri aims for a B
exchange with ...Be6 which allows White to consolidate.} ({A sharper and
ambitious approach would be} 14... Qg6 $142 $5 {[%cal Gc8h3]} 15. Kh1 Nh5 ({or
} 15... Nd8 {/\Ne6-g5}) ({or} 15... Qh6 {[%cal Gg7g5]})) 15. Rf2 Be6 16. Raf1
a6 (16... Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Ne6 $11 (17... c6 $11)) 17. Nd2 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gd2e4,
Gc3d5]} ({Worth considering was the use of f5-d5 squares with} 17. Nh4 $5 {
but then Black could target the e4-pawn, for example} b5 (17... Qd7 18. Nd5)
18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Nf5 $5 (19. Nd5 Nc5 20. Qe2 Ncxe4 $11 {[%csl Rc7,Rf2]}) 19...
Nc5 20. Qe2 Rd8 $11 (20... Ncxe4 $2 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxd6 $1 $18)) 17... b5
18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Nd5 Nd7 20. Rxf8+ Ndxf8 21. c4 c6 {Black chooses to play
with a P-weakness on d6 rather than bear the strong N on d5. The position
remains objectively equal, though White keeps better practical chances of
creating the play.} 22. Nc3 Qe7 23. b4 Nd7 24. Nb3 Nf6 (24... Nb6 25. Na5 Qc7 (
25... Qd7 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. a4 $1 bxa4 $6 28. c5 $36) 26. Rc1 $14) 25. Na5 Qc7 (
25... Qd7 $5) 26. Rc1 Qd7 ({A nice idea was} 26... Nc5 $5 {[%cal Gc7a5]} 27.
Qc2 (27. bxc5 Qxa5 28. Qxd6 (28. cxd6 Qxa3 {[%csl Rc1]}) 28... Qxa3 29. Rf1 $8
Qxc3 30. Rxf6 $11) 27... Nb7 (27... Qb6 28. bxc5 Qxa5 29. cxd6 Rd8 $11) 28.
Nxb7 Qxb7 $11 {with solid defense.}) 27. cxb5 axb5 28. a4 bxa4 $6 ({Black
should have kept a solid position with} 28... Rc8 $142 29. axb5 (29. Rd1 {
[%csl Rb5,Rd6]} Ng5 $11 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Ngxe4 32. Nxe4 Nxe4) 29... cxb5
30. Rf1 Ng5 $11) ({Also interesting was the imaginary and counterattacking} 
28... Ng5 $5 {[%csl Re4,Rh3] gaining a very important tempo} 29. Kh2 (29. axb5
Nxh3+ 30. gxh3 Qxh3 $11 31. Rc2 (31. Kf2 d5) 31... Qg3+ 32. Rg2 (32. Kh1 $2
Qh4+ 33. Kg1 Ng4 $19) 32... Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qh4+ $11) (29. h4 $6 Nh3+ $1 30. gxh3
Qxh3 $40 {[%cal Gf6g4,Gh3g3]}) 29... bxa4 30. Nxa4 Rf8 $11 {[%csl Gg5][%cal
Ge6g5,Rg1h2] Compared to the game, Black has already inserted his desired move,
giving him a decent position.}) 29. Nxa4 Rf8 (29... Qa7 $5 30. Kh2 $14 (30.
Nxc6 $2 Qxa4) (30. Rxc6 Nf4)) 30. Nb6 Qf7 31. Nxc6 $2 ({White had to go for
the d6-pawn with} 31. Nbc4 $1 {although further accuracy would be demanded,
for example after} Ng5 (31... Ng4 32. Rf1 $18) (31... Ne8 32. Nxd6 (32. Nd2 $16
) 32... Nxd6 (32... Qf2+ 33. Kh1 $16) 33. Qxd6 Ng5 34. Qd2 Nxe4 35. Qc2 $16 {
[%csl Rc6]}) 32. Nxd6 Qg6 33. Kh2 (33. Kh1 $6 Qh6 $1 $132) 33... Nfxe4 34. Nxe4
Nxe4 (34... Qxe4 35. Qxe4 Nxe4 36. Rxc6 $18) {The key move would be the
prophylactic} 35. Kg1 $1 $16 {[%csl Re4] stopping Black from playing ...Qg3.} (
35. Rxc6 $2 Qg3+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Nd2 $19) ({While} 35. Nxc6 $6 Qg3+ 36.
Kg1 Ng5 $132)) (31. Qxd6 $2 Nxe4 $19) 31... Ng5 32. Rf1 Qc7 $1 ({We see the
prophylactic move again after} 32... Qg6 33. Kh2 Ngxe4 34. Kg1 $1 $14 Qg3 $2
35. Qxe4 {[%cal Gf1f8]}) 33. Qb5 Ngxe4 $2 (33... Qb7 $142 $1 {[%csl Rb6,Rc6]
[%cal Gb7b5] pinning the b6-knight} 34. Kh2 (34. Ra1 Nd7 35. Ra6 Ne6 {[%cal
Ge6c7]} 36. Na5 Qxe4 37. Nxd7 Qxe3+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 34... Ngxe4 35. Na5 Qf7
$11) 34. Nd5 $1 $14 {[%csl Gb4,Rd6]} Qd7 (34... Qf7 $142 35. Nce7 $1 (35. Nxf6
gxf6 {[%csl Rd5]}) 35... Qe8 (35... Nc3 $5 36. Qd3 Ncxd5 37. Nxd5 Qe6 38. b5
Rb8 39. Nxf6 gxf6 40. Rc1 $36) 36. Qa6 $14) 35. Nxf6 gxf6 $5 {[%cal Gf8g8,
Gg8g1] Looking for kingside counterplay, which is probably Black's best
practical chance. But...} ({Objectively better was} 35... Nxf6 {but after} 36.
Qa6 $16 {[%cal Gb4b8] White is clearly better.}) (35... Rxf6 $4 36. Qb8+ $18)
36. Qd5 $1 {[%csl Re4] White gives no time.} Nc3 (36... f5 37. Nxe5 $18) 37.
Qc4 Na4 38. b5 Nb6 39. Qd3 Rg8 (39... d5 40. Nxe5 $18 {[%cal Gf1f8]}) (39... f5
40. g4 $18) 40. e4 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Ge4,Rf6]} Qe6 41. Rd1 Nd7 42. Kh2 (42. Qxd6
Qxh3) 42... Nc5 43. Qxd6 Qxd6 44. Rxd6 Nxe4 45. Re6 Nc5 (45... Kg7 46. b6 Nc5
47. Re7+ $18) 46. Rxf6 e4 47. Rf5 Nb7 (47... Nd3 $5 48. Rf7 (48. b6 e3 49. Nd4
Rb8 (49... Re8 50. b7) 50. Rb5 Nf2 (50... Nf4 51. Kg3 e2 52. Kf2 $18) 51. Nf5
$1 e2 52. Re5 {[%csl Rh8]} h5 53. Rxe2 $18 {[%csl Rf2]}) 48... Re8 49. b6 e3
50. Re7 Rxe7 51. Nxe7 e2 52. b7 e1=Q 53. b8=Q+ Kg7 54. Qg8+ Kf6 55. Qf8+ Ke5
56. Qf5+ Kd4 57. Nc6+ Ke3 58. Qxh7 $18) 48. Re5 Nd6 49. Nd4 Rb8 50. g4 Kg8 51.
Kg3 Kf7 52. Nf5 Kf6 (52... Nxb5 53. Rxb5 Rxb5 54. Nd6+ $18) (52... Nxf5+ 53.
Rxf5+ Ke6 54. Kf4 $18) 53. Kf4 Nxb5 (53... Rxb5 54. g5+ $18) 54. g5+ Kg6 (54...
Kf7 55. Rxb5 Rxb5 56. Nd6+ $18) 55. Re7 Rh8 (55... Rg8 56. Nh4+ Kh5 57. Rxh7#)
56. Kg4 $1 h5+ 57. Kf4 (57. Kf4 h4 (57... Rg8 58. Nh4#) 58. Kg4 $18 {[%cal
Ge7g7]} Rh7 59. Re6+ Kf7 60. g6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 {This system, a combination of London, Colle and similar ideas,
is getting popular nowadays.} Bf5 {I will give here one recent example:} (2...
c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bb5 {Recently this
move replaced the usual 8.Bd3.} Ne7 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Rb1 Ng6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12.
Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Ne5 b6 14. Qf3 Ba6 15. h4 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. h5 g5 18. h6 f6
19. Qh5 Bd3 $132 {0-1 (38) Gelfand,B (2734)-Inarkiev,E (2730) Magas (rapid)
2016}) 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 {The world champion is playing cautios.} (4. c4 Bxb1 5.
Qxb1 Bb4+ 6. Kd1 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Bg3 c5 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Nf3 Bxg3 11. hxg3
Nf6 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 g6 14. Ke2 Kg7 15. Rac1 $14 {1-0 (70) Georgiev,K 
(2628)-Godena,M (2495) Padova 2014. This is just one example how the game may
continue.}) 4... Bxd3 5. Qxd3 c6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nbd7
10. a4 c5 (10... a5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qb6 14. c4 {with
similar play to the Slav Defence where White is doing the same thing with Bd3
and early exchange of the bishops.}) 11. a5 c4 {I am not so sure about this
move, after that White knows exactly what to do.} (11... Rc8 12. c3 Rc6 {
with balanced play.}) 12. Qe2 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. Ne5 $1 {Of course, White's
play is straingtforward in a way.} Nxe5 (14... Qc8 15. e4 Rd8 16. c3 b5 17. Bg5
Qb7 {looks solid for Black, but so is White's position.}) 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Qg4
Re8 (16... Qc7 17. Nf3 Kh8 18. h4 Ra5 19. h5 h6 20. Nd4 Rfa8 21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22.
Bg3 Ra2 23. f4 {Such type of play I guess Carlsen would do. The position is
interesting, perhaps easier to play with White.}) 17. h4 f5 (17... Rxa1 18.
Rxa1 Bxh4 19. Bh6 g6 20. Nf3 Be7 21. Ra7 $44) 18. Qh3 {With the idea to play
g4.} Rxa1 19. Rxa1 c3 $6 20. bxc3 Qc7 21. c4 Nxe5 $2 (21... dxc4 $13) 22. Qg3
$1 Bd6 (22... Bf6 23. Kh1 $1 {/\ Nf3}) 23. cxd5 (23. c5 $1 bxc5 24. Ra6 Rd8 25.
Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Bxe5 $16) 23... exd5 24. Nb3 {It is clear now that Black
misplayed the position somehow. White is better.} Qxc2 25. Nd4 Qc8 26. h5 Qd7
27. Rb1 Bc7 28. f3 Qf7 29. Ra1 Bd6 30. Ra6 Qxh5 31. Rxb6 Nc4 32. Rxd6 Nxd6 33.
Bxd6 $16 {White managed to take control of a game and result is two pieces
against rook where pieces are really at good places.} Rxe3 34. Be5 Qg6 35. Qf4
Re1+ 36. Kf2 Ra1 37. Qd2 Ra8 $2 (37... Qa6 $142) 38. Nxf5 $1 $18 Qe6 39. Qg5 g6
40. Nh6+ Kf8 41. Ng4 Ke8 42. Nf6+ Kf7 43. Nxh7 Ra4 44. Qd8 Ra2+ 45. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O a6 11. Rc1 Ba7 12. Ne5 Ne7 13. Bg5 d4 14. exd4
Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Nf3 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Ned5 18. Rc4 h6 19. Bd2 b5 20. Rd4 Re8
21. Re1 Ne7 22. Bd3 Be6 23. a4 Nf5 24. Rf4 Nd6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rd4 Nc4 27.
Bc3 Rac8 28. Rb1 Bd5 29. Nd2 Nxd2 30. Bxd2 Be4 31. Bc3 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Ne4 33. h3
Nxc3 34. bxc3 Rc5 35. Rd2 Rxc3 36. Rxb5 Rc7 37. Rb1 Rec8 38. Rbd1 Rc1 39. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 40. Kh2 g6 41. g4 g5 42. Kg2 Rc3 43. Rd6 Kg7 44. Rb6 Rd3 45. Rc6 Rb3 46.
Ra6 Rd3 47. Rc6 Rb3 48. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice Czech op-A 27th"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2016.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 b5 8. Ne5
Qb6 9. e4 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Be3 Bb7 12. e5 Qc7 13. b3 c3 14. b4 a5 15. Nc2
O-O 16. a3 Nb6 17. Qd3 Nd5 18. f4 Bc8 19. Bf2 Bf5 20. Be4 Qd7 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22.
Qxf5 gxf5 23. Rfc1 e6 24. Be1 Rfd8 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Nb4 Nxb4 27. Bxc3 Ra4 28.
axb4 Rda8 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. Be1 Ra6 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Bc3 Ra3 33. Bd2 Ra6 34. Bc3
Ke8 35. Ra1 Ra4 36. Ke3 Kd7 37. Kd3 Bf8 38. Rxa4 bxa4 39. Kc4 Kc7 40. Bb2 Kb6
41. Bc1 Be7 42. Bb2 h5 43. h4 f6 44. exf6 Bxf6 45. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice Czech op-A 27th"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2016.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 10. e5 Nb4 11. Nh3 Be6 12. Kb1 Qd7 13. Nf4 a5 14. d5 N6xd5 15.
Ncxd5 Bxe5 16. Bc4 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Kh8 18. Bd4 Qd6 19. Rhe1 Bxd4 20. Qxd4+ e5 21.
Qxe5+ Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Rad8 23. Ree1 b5 24. Nxb4 bxc4 25. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Pardubice Czech op-A 27th"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2016.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Commercon, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. f4 Qb6 8. Rb1
Qa5 9. a3 c4 10. Bc2 Nb6 11. Ngf3 Bd7 12. Ne5 Ba4 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4 Bxc2 15.
Qxc2 Qa4 16. Qc1 Bd6 17. Rf3 Nfd7 18. e4 O-O 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nf1 f6 21. Ng6
Rfe8 22. f5 Nf8 23. Bxf6 Nxg6 24. fxg6 Re6 25. Ne3 Rf8 26. Ng4 Qd7 27. Qxh6
gxf6 28. Qh5 f5 29. Rh3 fxg4 30. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Pardubice Czech op-A 27th"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2016.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chekletsov, Ilya"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2016.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. dxc6 Bxd4 8.
cxb7 Bxb7 9. Nf3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Qd2 O-O 12. c4 Nc6 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. e3
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rab8 16. Bg2 Nxc4 17. O-O e6 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. f4 Nd2 20. a4 a5
21. Rc6 Kf8 22. Rac1 Rxc6 23. Bxc6 Rc8 24. Kg2 Ne4 25. Kf3 Nf6 26. Rc4 Ke7 27.
e4 Nd7 28. e5 Nb6 29. Rc2 Rc7 30. Ke4 Nc8 31. Kd3 Na7 32. Bb5 Nxb5 33. axb5
Rd7+ 34. Kc4 Kd8 35. Ra2 Kc8 36. Rxa5 Kb7 37. Ra2 Rd1 38. Kc5 Re1 39. Kd6 Re4
40. Rd2 Rxf4 41. Kc5 Rf5 42. Rd7+ Kc8 43. Kc6 Rxf2 44. Rc7+ Kd8 45. b6 Rc2+ 46.
Kb7 Rf2 47. Kb8 h5 48. h4 Rf4 49. b7 Rxh4 50. Rxf7 Ra4 51. Rg7 h4 52. Rxg6 Kd7
53. Rg7+ Kc6 54. Kc8 Rb4 55. b8=Q Rxb8+ 56. Kxb8 Kd5 57. Rg5 h3 58. Rh5 h2 59.
Kc7 h1=Q 60. Rxh1 Kxe5 61. Re1+ Kd5 62. Rd1+ Kc5 63. Kd7 e5 64. Ke6 e4 65. Ke5
e3 66. Re1 1-0

[Event "Pardubice Czech op-A 27th"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2016.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Jedlicka, Ales"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 f5 6. h5 d6 7. c3 c6 8. Nd2
Be6 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. Nf4 Qe7 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. Qa4 Kb8 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Qa5 Bf6
15. Kb1 d5 16. Rc1 g5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. c4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Rd5 21.
Qd2 Rhd8 22. Rhc1 e5 23. Bxf5 exd4 24. e4 Rb5 25. Qd3 h6 26. g3 Be5 27. R4c2
Qd6 28. Qxb5 d3 29. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Pardubice Czech op-A 27th"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2016.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Semjonovs, Ilja"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. c3 O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. e5 dxe5
15. dxe5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Ng4 17. Ra7 Bh4 18. g3 c4 19. gxh4 cxb3 20. Bf4 Be6 21.
Nc3 b4 22. Ne4 Rb5 23. Ng5 Bc8 24. Rc1 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Nxf7 Re4 27. Rcc7
Rg4+ 28. Kf1 Rg6 29. Ne5 Bh3+ 30. Ke2 Rg2 31. Ke3 Bf5 32. Re7 Bc2 33. Rab7 Rg1
34. Nf3 Rg4 35. Ng5 Rxh4 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37. Rge7 Rxh2 38. Rxb4 Rhxf2 39. Rh4 Rf1
40. Kd2 Rd1+ 41. Kc3 Rdf1 42. Nxh7 R1f3+ 43. Kd2 Rf2+ 44. Ke1 Rf1+ 45. Kd2
R1f2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice Czech op-A 27th"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2016.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Gahan, MG."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bd6 8. Bg3
Bd7 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Be2 Bc6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. f4 b5 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. O-O O-O 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qc7 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. f5 e5 20. Rae1 Rbe8 21.
Qf2 Re7 22. Re2 Rfe8 23. Rfe1 Nd5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27.
Qd4 Qh6 28. Bxe5 Qc1+ 29. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Pardubice Czech op-A 27th"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Novikov, Stanislav"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2016.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Ngf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1
e5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 Re8 11. Ng5 Nb6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qf3 Qd5 14. Nd6 Re7
15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. g4 Qxf3 17. Nxf3 c4 18. Bf4 cxd3 19. cxd3 Rce8 20. Bg5 Re6
21. Rac1 h6 22. Be3 Rd8 23. g5 Rxd3 24. gxh6 Bxh6 25. Bxh6 Rxf3 26. Be3 Kg7 27.
Red1 Rh3 28. Rd8 Rh8 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. b3 Kg7 31. a4 Kf6 32. a5 Nc8 33. Rc4 Ke7
34. Rb4 Kd6 35. a6 Re7 36. Rb8 Rc7 37. b4 Kd7 38. Rb7 Nd6 39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40.
Bxa7 Kc8 41. Kg2 Nb5 42. Bb6 Nc3 43. Kg3 Nd5 44. Bc5 Nc7 45. a7 Kb7 46. Bd6 Ne6
47. Bxe5 Kxa7 48. f4 f5 49. h4 Kb6 50. h5 gxh5 51. Kh4 Kb5 52. Kxh5 Kxb4 53.
Kg6 c5 54. Kxf5 Nxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Anish Giri must have been very well prepared for this game since MVL
plays the Najdorf almost exclusively.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 {There we are!} 6. Be3 Ng4 {MVL has a number of games here too, most
notably against Ivanchuk in Tata Steel 2015. This move gained respect and
found its way into theory books thanks to Kasparov's games in 1990s.} 7. Bc1 {
Draw? Or Giri is trying to force English attack?} Nf6 8. f3 {No one likes a
short draw of course! Anish forces the game into the English attack.} e5 9. Nb3
Be6 {Both parties are developing their pieces according to very well-known
theory of this opening.} 10. Be3 Be7 (10... Nbd7 {followed by h5 is a less
theoretic, yet riskier choice.}) 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Nbd7 {[#] The players
follow the most popular and most direct continuation. The following moves are
more or less forced.} 13. g4 b5 14. g5 b4 15. gxf6 (15. Ne2 {used to be the
main line when I was a 'young GM'. However, recent theoretical improvements
have shown that this is just a draw!} Ne8 16. f4 a5 17. f5 a4 18. fxe6 axb3 19.
exf7+ Rxf7 20. cxb3 Rxa2 21. Ng3 Rxf1 22. Rhxf1 Ra1+ 23. Kc2 Qc8+ 24. Kd3 Qa6+
25. Kc2 Qc6+ 26. Kd3 Qa6+ 27. Kc2 Qc6+ 28. Kd3 Qa6+ {1/2-1/2 (26) Lu,S (2619)
-Wen,Y (2614) Xinghua 2016}) 15... bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxf6 17. Na5 Rc8 18. Nc6 Qe8 (
18... Qd7) (18... Qc7) 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qa5 {We are still following the most
popular continuation. There is nothing new to talk about, yet!} Rc6 21. Kb1
Rfc8 22. Rd2 {Ok, now we only have 46 games, according to ChessBase Online
database!} Nh5 23. Rg1 Qh4 $146 {According to my database this move is novelty.
The idea seems very simple. Black wants to mate white in the back rank!
However, jokes aside, black plans to activate his pieces in a move active
manner compared to when the queen is on f6.} (23... Qf6) (23... g6) (23... h6 {
have been played}) 24. Be2 $1 {The h2 pawn is of coure a taboo. Giri's
reaction is deep. He transfers his bishop to d1 in order to cover both f3 and
c2, as well as his back-rank.} Nf4 (24... Qxh2 $4 25. Bxa6) 25. Bd1 $1 f5 $6 {
Computers do not like this move but black has to do something here and this
move is a typical reaction in this sort of positions.} (25... h6 {is one of
many suggestions of engines.}) 26. exf5 Bxf5 27. Ka1 d5 {This is also a forced
move. Otherwise white would play c3 and Bb3 with an unplesant attack for white,
on both sides! MVL correctly tries to diminish the material on the board.} (
27... Bxc2 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Bxc2 Rxc2 30. Qa4 $1 {[%cal Ra4e8,Ra4c2]} Rc8 31.
Qd7 {[%cal Rd7g7,Rd7c8]}) 28. c3 Rg6 $1 {This does not change the evaluation
of the position but it is a good practical decision.} 29. Rxg6 hxg6 30. Bxf4
Qxf4 31. Qxd5+ {Ok, white is a pawn up but he is far from winning. All of
black's pieces are active and white still needs to do something about his weak
back rank.} Kh7 32. Bb3 a5 33. a4 $1 {Giri is very accurate!} Re8 {Now Giri is
closest to win than ever, however, his next move throws the win away on spot.}
34. Ka2 $4 (34. Qb5 Re7 (34... Qxd2 35. Qxe8 Qc1+ 36. Ka2 Qb1+ 37. Ka3 Qa1+ 38.
Ba2 Qe1 39. f4 $18 {black has to give up queen or let white to mate him on g8
and then h8.}) 35. Rd6 Qxf3 36. Ka2 Qe4 (36... e4 37. Qb8 e3 38. h4 {and mate
follows}) 37. Ka3 {Now white's king is safe and black's back rank is so weak.
White's attack will be decisive.}) 34... Be6 $1 35. Qc6 {This is forced.} Bxb3+
36. Kxb3 Rb8+ 37. Kc2 Rxb2+ {There we are, white's advantage is all gone. I
wonder if Anish had missed this move or he just forgot about Be6.} 38. Kxb2
Qxd2+ 39. Kb3 Qxh2 40. Qd5 Qe2 41. Qxa5 Qd1+ 42. Kb2 Qd2+ 43. Kb3 Qd1+ 44. Kb2
Qd2+ 45. Ka3 Qc1+ 46. Kb4 Qb1+ 47. Ka3 {A good day for MVL, when his opening
adventure went astray. Anish Giri had only one bad move in this game,
unfortunately, it was enough for MVL to make a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4 Qa5 8. Bd2
c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O (10... Qc5 {- see Moiseenko - Sjugirov in CBM 139,
where the whole line was examined in detail. Here is a later game:} 11. Bb5+
Bd7 12. Nb3 Qd6 ({the immediate} 12... Qc7 $5 {may be better and deserves
serious attention}) 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 a6 17. Bxc6
Bxc6 18. e5 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Nd7 20. Re1 $14 {1-0 (73) Parligras,M (2581)
-Posedaru,B (2388) Iasi 2015}) 11. Nc2 {This move has lately become quite
popular, but it can hardly be regarded as promising.} (11. Qe2 {was played
more often in previous years:} Nbd7 (11... Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Bb7 (13...
e5 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Rfd1 $14 (15. Qh5 $6 Nb6 16. Bb3 Ba6 $132 {1/2 (64)
Salgado Lopez,I (2595)-Anton Guijarro,D (2403) El Sauzal 2010})) 14. Rfd1 Nd7
15. Na2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Ne5 18. Be2 c5 19. f3 Nc6 20. Rc1 Nd4 {
1-0 Sriram,J (2497)-Sundararajan,K (2516)/Mumbai 2009/CBM 133 Extra (73)} 21.
Rc3 $14) (11... Rd8 $5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. e5 Nd5 14. O-O Nc6 15. f4 Nxc3 16. bxc3
Bf8 17. a5 Bd7 18. Kh1 Ne7 19. Nd4 Nf5 20. Bd3 Bc5 $13 {1/2 (70) Iturrizaga
Bonelli,E (2628)-Arnold,M (2529) Philadelphia 2012}) 12. Nc2 (12. O-O Ne5 13.
Ba2 Bd7 14. Nc2 Rfd8 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. f4 Nc6 17. e5 Nd4 $13 {0-1 (48) Edouard,
R (2636)-Inarkiev,E (2667) Barcelona 2010}) 12... Ne5 13. Ba2 (13. f4 Nxc4 14.
Qxc4 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qa6 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. O-O-O Bb7 19. Rhe1 Rfc8
20. b3 Rab8 21. Kb2 Kf8 $13 {1/2 (37) Ding,L (2547)-Yu,Y (2585) Danzhou 2010})
13... Rd8 14. O-O b6 (14... Nc6 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. Nd5 Qxb2 17. Rfb1 Qe5 18. Bc3
Qg5 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rb3 $44 {1-0 (31) Vitiugov,N (2733)-Chadaev,N (2577)
Taganrog 2011}) 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. Rfd1 (16. Bg5 a5 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Ba6
19. Qc2 {1/2 (19) Shulman,Y (2617)-Potkin,V (2682) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 16...
Bb7 17. Be1 Rxd1 (17... Nxe4 18. Nd5 $1 Qxa4 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Bd5 Qxa1 21. Rxa1
exd5 22. f3 $16 {1-0 (29) Belous,V (2518)-Reshetnikov,A (2521) Moscow 2012})
18. Rxd1 Nxe4 19. f3 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Ng6 $13) 11... Nc6 {The
simplest} (11... Qc7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. e5 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc6 15. O-O b6 16. Nb5 Qb8
17. Ncd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. Be3 Re8 20. Rad1 a6 21. b4 $1 Bf8 22. f5 $40 {
1-0 (28) Potkin,V (2682)-Shirov,A (2714) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) (11... Nbd7 12.
O-O b6 $4 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bc6 Rb8 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. Nd5 Qd4 17. Bf4 Qxd1 18.
Ne7+ Kh8 19. Rfxd1 e5 20. Bg3 $18 {1-0 (31) Izzat,K (2480)-Schon,E (2332)
Melbourne AUS 2016}) (11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qg5 13. Qe2 $6 (13. Qf3 $5) 13... e5
({why not} 13... Qxg2 {?}) 14. f3 Nh5 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nc6 17. g3 Be6 18.
Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ke3 $14 {1-0 (40) Wojtaszek,R (2726)-Kempinski,R (2597) Czechia
2011}) 12. Nxb4 Qxb4 13. b3 Qe7 14. O-O Rd8 15. Re1 Ne5 $11 {Black comfortably
develops his pieces, and White's bishop pair is useless.} 16. Bf1 Bd7 {Since
Black sets his bishop on the long diagonal anyway,} (16... b6 $5 {looks more
logical:} 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. f3 Rac8 19. Be3 Bxe4 $5 (19... Nc6 20. Red1 Nd7 21.
Rac1 Nb4 22. Qb1 Nc5 23. Na2 Nxa2 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxa2 Nd3 26. Rd1 Nb4 27.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Bxd2 $14 {1-0 (68) Chadaev,N (2577)-Reshetnikov,A 
(2487) Moscow 2011}) (19... h6 $5) 20. fxe4 Qc7 {[%cal Re5g4,Rc7c3]} 21. Bc4 $8
Nxc4 (21... Neg4 22. g3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Qc5 24. Qe2 Ng4 25. Re1) 22. bxc4 Ng4 23.
g3 Qxc4 24. h3 $1 Ne5 25. Red1 $1 h5 $5 $44) 17. Qe2 Bc6 18. Bg5 (18. f3 $142
Rd3 19. Kh1 Rad8 20. Red1 {[%cal Yd2f4]}) 18... h6 19. Bh4 Ng6 20. Bg3 Rd7 $6 {
This superficial move allows White to consolidate his position, after which
his bishops gain power.} (20... Qb4 $1 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Nh5 $11) 21. f3 {
[%mdl 32]} Rad8 22. Qe3 a6 23. Rab1 Qb4 $6 {Too late. Now it is just a loss of
time.} (23... e5 $5 24. Red1 Nf4 25. Bf2 $14) 24. Rec1 e5 25. Be1 $1 Qe7 (25...
Qd4 26. Nd1 $5) 26. Na2 $1 {[%cal Ra2b4,Ye1a5]} Rd4 (26... Rc8 27. Nb4 Rd6 {
is very passive. Black is ready to sacrifice material in order to obtain
counterchances}) 27. Ba5 R8d7 28. Bc3 ({It was more appropriate to refrain
from material gains:} 28. Bb6 $5 Rd2 (28... Nxe4 $2 29. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 30. Bxd4
$18) (28... Bxe4 29. fxe4 Rxe4 30. Qc5 $18) 29. Bc5 Qe6 30. Nb4 Nf4 31. Nxc6
bxc6 32. Bb4 Ra2 33. Kh1 N6h5 34. Rd1 $14) 28... Bxe4 $2 {[%mdl 512] The wrong
sacrifice! The bishop is more precious than the knight!} (28... Nxe4 $142 $1
29. fxe4 (29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Qe1 d3 31. Rxc6 bxc6 32. Qxe4 (32. fxe4 $2 d2 33.
Qd1 Qxe4 $19) 32... Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Qc2 $1 34. Ra1 Qb2 35. Rd1 Qxa2 36. Qxc6 Qxb3
37. Qxd7 Qxd1 38. Qxd3 Qxa4 39. Qxa6 $11) 29... Rxe4 30. Qg3 h5 $44) 29. fxe4
Rxe4 30. Qa7 b5 (30... Nf4 31. Re1 $16) 31. Qxa6 {White simply collects
material. Black's attack is not too dangerous and can be parried.} Ng4 32. h3 (
32. Rb2 $5 Qc5+ $140 33. Kh1 Nf2+ 34. Rxf2 Qxf2 35. Qa8+ $18) 32... Qc5+ 33.
Kh1 Nf2+ 34. Kh2 Qe3 (34... Rh4 {[%cal Rf2g4]} 35. Be1 $1) 35. Re1 Qf4+ 36. g3
Qf5 37. Bg2 Rh4 {Desperation.} (37... Rxe1 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Rxe1 $18) 38. Qa8+
Kh7 39. Qf3 $2 ({The cool-blooded} 39. gxh4 Rd3 40. Rb2 {would be decisive.
After the text move White loses his whole material advantage.}) 39... Rxh3+ 40.
Kg1 Qxf3 41. Bxf3 Nd3 $2 {A wrong retreat.} (41... Ng4 $1 42. Bxg4 Rxg3+ 43.
Kf2 Rxg4 {, and Black should not lose.}) 42. Re3 $1 Rxg3+ 43. Kh2 Rxf3 {
This is insufficient. White consolidates his position and converts his extra
rook. But in case of} (43... Rg5 {[%csl Rg5] this rook is out of play, and
after} 44. Rd1 Nc5 45. Rxd7 Nxd7 46. a5 {White's a-pawn decides the game.}) 44.
Rxf3 bxa4 45. bxa4 e4 46. Rf5 Nh4 47. Rfb5 Nf4 48. R5b4 Rd3 ({Or} 48... Nf3+
49. Kg3 Ne2+ (49... Nh5+ 50. Kf2 Ng5 51. a5) 50. Kf2 Nxc3 51. Nxc3 f5 52. a5 {
, and White should gradually win.}) 49. Rxe4 g5 50. Rxf4 gxf4 51. Rf1 Nf3+ 52.
Kh1 Kg6 53. a5 Kf5 54. a6 Ng5 55. a7 Rh3+ 56. Kg1 Rg3+ 57. Kf2 Ne4+ 58. Ke1 Rg8
59. Bd4 Kg4 60. Be5 $1 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Na5 {Ding Liren continues to play his favourite move.} ({The most popular move
here is} 8... O-O) 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nh4 {This was Caruana's novelty
at Wijk aan Zee in January 2016. Before that, top level chess had seen two
other moves here, but Black got good play after both of them.} ({Anand's
choice was} 11. Bg5 c4 12. Nd2 $5 O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 e4
$132 {1/2-1/2 Anand-Ding Liren, Bilbao 2015 (34)}) ({while Topalov and Wei Yi
chose} 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 (12. b4 Nc6 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Bb2 O-O 15. a4 b4
$132 {1/2-1/2 Wei Yi-Ding Liren, Baku 2015 (34)}) 12... Nc6 13. Ng3 O-O 14. c3
Qd7 15. Qe2 Rad8 (15... a5 $5) 16. Rd1 d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Topalov-Svidler, Baku
2015 (42)}) 11... O-O ({The trend-setting game between Caruana and Ding Liren
went} 11... c4 $5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 O-O (13... Rc8 $5) 14. dxc4 Nxc4 15.
Bxc4 bxc4 16. Bg5 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4] A standard idea, thematically taking
control of the light squares.} Rb8 17. Rb1 $14 {1-0 Caruana - Ding Liren, Wijk
aan Zee 2016 (83)}) 12. Nf5 Rc8 (12... Bxf5 13. exf5 Qd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5
Rac8 16. Qf3 c4 (16... Nc6 $5) 17. Be3 $14 {0-1 Pavlidis,A (2536)-Kelires,A 
(2464)/Kavala GRE 2016/The Week in Chess 1134 (58)}) (12... Nc6 13. Ne3 (13.
Bg5 Bxa2 14. Rxa2 Ne8 15. Be3 Bg5 16. Nd5 Bxe3 17. Nfxe3 (17. fxe3 $5) 17...
Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Hovhannisyan,R (2632)-Piorun,K (2681)/Gjakova 2016/CBM 173}) 13...
Nd7 14. Nf5 Nf6 15. Ne3 Nd7 16. Ncd5 Bg5 17. g3 Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Kh8 19. b4 Ne7
20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. c3 f5 $132 {0-1 Timofeev,A (2598)-Matlakov,M (2693)/Sochi
2016/CBM 173 (56)}) 13. Bg5 ({A game that was played after this encounter took
place, but before it was published saw} 13. g4 Nc6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne8 16.
Nd5 {and here Black missed a tactical point ...} Bg5 $2 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nde7+
$1 Nxe7 19. h4 {[%csl Re7]} Nxf5 (19... Qf6 20. g5 Qe5 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Bxe6
$16) 20. hxg5 $18 {1-0 Sadzikowski-Banusz, Abu Dhabi 2016 (32)}) 13... Bxf5 14.
exf5 Ne8 (14... Nc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 $14 {White maintains a very tiny
edge.}) 15. Be3 {Making sure that if Black wants to exchange the Bs then at
least White will improve his P-structure.} (15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bd5 Nf6 17. Qf3 {
[%csl Gd4]} Qd7 $11) 15... Bg5 (15... Nf6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 $14) 16. Bd5
Bxe3 17. fxe3 Nf6 18. Qf3 Re8 ({Giri considered} 18... c4 {as a good move for
Black, trying to use the b3-square if needed.}) 19. b3 (19. Be4 c4 20. Nd5 cxd3
21. cxd3 Nb3 22. Rad1 Nc5 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Bd5 Na4 $132) 19... h6 (19... c4
$2 20. dxc4 bxc4 21. b4 $16) 20. Be4 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc3d5] It seems that
with his space advantage, better placed pieces and with the N coming to d5,
White is going to strangle Black slowly. But in this grim looking situation,
Ding Liren finds a neat resource...} ({Although White had a tiny edge, making
progress was not easy. Yet the best could probably have been waiting with} 20.
Rf2 $142 {keeping options in hand.}) 20... c4 $1 {The exchange sacrifice that
this move envisages, is the only way for Black to stay in the game. And not
just stay in the game but even look for the initiative if White falters! This
is the trick that Giri missed while going for Be4.} 21. dxc4 Nxc4 $1 (21...
bxc4 $2 22. b4 {[%csl Ra5]} Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Nc6 24. f6 $1 g6 25. Nd5 $18) 22.
bxc4 Rxc4 23. Bc6 Rxc3 24. Bxe8 Qxe8 25. Qb7 Ng4 ({It was worth considering} 
25... Qc6 $5 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 $15 {with evil intentions of torturing White in the
endgame.} 27. a4 {does not work so well} b4 28. a5 (28. Rab1 a5 $15) 28... Nd5
$1 (28... Rxc2 29. Rfb1 Rc4 30. Rb3 {[%csl Rb4,Rd5][%cal Ga1b1,Gb3d3,Gb1d1]}
Nd5 31. Rd3 Rc5 32. e4 Ne7 33. Rxd6) 29. Rfb1 e4 $15) 26. f6 (26. Qxa6 Nxe3 $15
) (26. e4 $5 Qd8 $5 {[%cal Gd8h4]} (26... d5 27. exd5 (27. Qxd5 Rxc2 $36) 27...
e4 28. h3 Ne3 29. Rf2 Nxc2 $13) (26... Qc6 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Rfb1 {[%cal Ga3a4]
}) 27. h3 Ne3 28. Rf2 Qg5 $132 29. Qxa6 Nxg2 30. Rxg2 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Qxh3+ $11)
26... Nxf6 (26... Nxe3 27. Rf3 {[%cal Ga1e1]} Qe6 28. Re1 Nd5 29. Rxc3 Nxc3 30.
Re3 Nd5 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. fxg7 Kxg7 33. Rg3+ $16) ({Ding Liren again missed a
chance for a favourable Q exchange.} 26... Qc8 $142 27. Qxc8+ Rxc8 28. fxg7
Nxe3 $15 {with a very tiny edge. For example} 29. Rf3 Nc4 (29... Nxc2 30. Raf1
Rc7 31. Rc1 Rc5 32. Rcf1 $11) 30. a4 Nd2 31. Rd3 Ne4 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rd5 Rxc2
34. Rxb5 Kxg7) 27. Qxa6 Qd7 28. Rab1 Rc5 29. a4 (29. Rb2 $6 Nd5 30. Rfb1 (30.
Rd1 Nxe3 31. Qxd6 (31. Rxd6 Qf5 $19) 31... Qg4 {[%csl Rd1,Rg2]} 32. Rd2 Rd5 $1
$17) 30... Nc3 $15) (29. Rb3 $5 Kh7 (29... Nd5 $6 30. Rd3 {[%csl Rd6]}) 30.
Rfb1 Ng4 31. Rxb5 Rxc2 $132 {[%cal Gd7f5] gives Black enough counterplay.}) (
29. c4 bxc4 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Rxf6 gxf6 32. Qa8 Qc6 33. Rh8+ Kg6 34. Qg8+ Kf5
35. Qxf7 $13 {Giri thought that this was a better version for Black because of
the strong c4-P with the major pieces behind it, but he realised during the
post-mortem that this would have been equal because the major pices are also
blocked by the same pawn.}) 29... bxa4 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Rxf6 $6 {Objectively a
wrong sacrifice.} ({The best was} 31. Rb7 $142 {when Black would be forced to
find ways to make a draw.} Qe6 (31... Qc8 32. Qxd6 Rxc2 33. Rxf7 Rxg2+ $1 34.
Kxg2 Qg4+ 35. Kh1 (35. Kf2 Ne4+ $19) 35... Qe4+ 36. Kg1 Qg4+ $11) 32. Qxa4 Rc3
33. e4 Qc8 34. Qa7 (34. Rxf7 Qc5+ 35. Kh1 Ra3 $1) 34... Rxc2 35. Rxf6 Qg4 36.
Rf2 Rc1+ 37. Rf1 Rc2 $11) 31... gxf6 32. Qa8 Qc6 $1 (32... Kg6 33. Rg8+ Kf5 34.
g4+ Ke6 35. Re8+ $18) 33. Rh8+ Kg6 34. Qg8+ Kf5 35. Qxf7 (35. Qh7+ Ke6 36. Rf8
Qb7 37. Re8+ Kd7 38. Qxf7+ Kc6 39. Qa2 Qb4 $17) 35... Rxc2 $6 {Ding Liren
misses his chance. He considered it as a draw anyway and so played ...Rc2.} ({
What was called for at this point were bravery and courage...} 35... Ke4 $142
$1 36. Qxf6 (36. Rxh6 Rxc2 37. Rxf6 Kd3 $19 {[%csl Ga4]} (37... Kxe3 38. Rf3+
Kd4 $19)) ({Ding Liren saw 35...Ke4 but he admitted that he had missed that
after} 36. Qg6+ {he had the simple} f5 $19 (36... Kd5 37. Qf7+ (37. Qd3+ Ke6
38. Qg6 $11))) 36... Rxc2 37. Qf3+ Kd3 38. e4+ Kd4 $19 39. Rxh6 Qc5 {[%cal
Gc5d6,Gc5a3]} 40. h4 a3 $19 {and Black's a-P would not fail his king.}) 36.
Qh7+ Ke6 37. Qg8+ Kf5 38. Qh7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 a5 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Bb2 f5 13. e3 Ba6 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15.
Nxa3 b5 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Nb1 b4 19. Qb2 Rfc8 20. Ne1 h5 21. Rxc8+
Rxc8 22. Rc1 Qd8 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 h4 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Qc2 Qxc2 27. Nxc2
hxg3 28. hxg3 g5 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. a3 bxa3 31. Nbxa3 Nc3+ 32. Kd2 Ne4+ 33. Ke2
Ndf6 34. b4 a4 35. Ne1 Ke7 36. Nd3 Nd7 37. Kd1 Nb6 38. Kc2 Nc4 39. Nxc4 dxc4
40. Nb2 Nxf2 41. Nxa4 Ne4 42. Nb6 c3 43. Na4 Nxg3 44. Kxc3 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 c6 14. f4 f5
15. e4 Rf7 16. Bh3 Bb4 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nc4 19. Qd3 c5 20. Qxc4 Qxd4+ 21.
Qxd4 cxd4 22. Ne4 Re8 23. a3 Rxe4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rbe1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rxf5 27.
Rd1 Rc5 28. Rxd4 Rc1+ 29. Kg2 Rc2+ 30. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. e4 Ndb4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e5 Bb6 12. a3 Nd5 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Rd1 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Qc7 16. a4 Ne7 17. Ng5 Bc6 18. Ba3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bc5 20. Qe4 Ng6 21. Bxc5
Qxc5 22. Nf3 b6 23. Rd7 Qxc3 24. Rad1 Rac8 25. Rxa7 Rc4 26. Qb7 Rcc8 27. Re1
Rb8 28. Qe4 Qc5 29. Rb1 b5 30. Ra5 Qc4 31. Qxc4 bxc4 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Rc5 Rb4
34. a5 Ra4 35. Nd2 c3 36. Rc8+ Nf8 37. Nb3 g5 38. Rxc3 Ra3 39. Kf3 Ng6 40. Rc8+
Kg7 41. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5
8. e4 Qd6 9. h3 a5 10. Be2 Nd7 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. Be3 Ne6 13. O-O O-O 14. b3 Rd8
15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. Qb2 Be8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 b5 20. Qa3 Qxb4 21.
Qxb4 Nxb4 22. Nxe5 f6 23. Bg4 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Nf3 Nxd3 26. Rxc7 Rd6 27.
Rb7 h5 28. Bf5 g6 29. e5 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 gxf5 31. Rb8 Kf8 32. Ng6+ Kf7 33. Nf4 h4
34. g3 Bc6 35. gxh4 Rd4 36. Rb6 Rc4 37. h5 Kg7 38. Kh2 b4 39. Nd3 Rc3 40. Nxb4
Be4 41. Rd6 Rf3 42. Nd5 Rxf2+ 43. Kg3 Rf3+ 44. Kh4 Bxd5 45. Rxd5 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 (7...
Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 {This is most popular choice here and line that is played a lot.
} {One recent example:} 9. Na4 Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. Rfd1 Ne8 13.
cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Ne1 Be6 16. h3 h6 17. g4 g5 18. Bg3 h5 19. gxh5 Nf6
20. Nf3 Nxh5 21. Nxg5 Nxg3 22. Nxe6 Nxe2+ 23. Nxe2 fxe6 24. Rac1 Nc6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (26) Brunello,S (2573)-Areshchenko,A (2667) Gjakova 2016. The position
is around equal.}) 8. Qxc4 Bf5 9. Rd1 (9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Re1 Qxb3 12.
axb3 Be6 13. b4 Nd5 14. b5 Nb4 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Ra5 c5 17. Ng5 cxd4 18. Nxe6
fxe6 19. Bxa8 dxc3 20. bxc3 Bxc3 21. Rd1 Rxa8 22. Rxd7 Nd3 23. Ra2 Nxc1 24. Rc2
Nxe2+ 25. Rxe2 a5 26. Rxe6 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 (41) Giri,A (2797)-Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2775) Tbilisi 2015. Almost forced after 16...c5 , White is better, but didn't
manage to win.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nh4 $5 {A new idea.} Nb6 11. Qb3 Bg4 12. Nc3
Nfd5 13. Nf3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd5 15. Ba3 Rfe8 16. Ne5 $6 (16. Re1 Qb5 17. e4 Be6
18. Qc2 Qa4 19. Qxa4 Nxa4 20. Rec1 Rac8 {with a complicated endgame ahead of
us.}) 16... Qxb3 17. axb3 Bxe2 18. Rd2 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Bg4 20. c4 {White
sacrificed a pawn, but the compensation is not obvious.} a5 21. Bc5 Nd7 22. Bd4
Ra6 {We will see from a later stage that Black could go much faster with his
main plan...} (22... Rec8 23. f4 Be6 24. Bf2 b6 25. Bf3 h5 26. Kg2 Ra7 27. h3
c5 $15) 23. Rda2 Rea8 24. f4 Be6 {The position stabilised, Black can't do much,
but White as well, still a pawn is a pawn...} 25. Bf1 b6 26. Be3 Kf8 27. Ra4 c5
{Obviously any other ideas connected with ...b5 are out of question, so Black
shifts to another plan...} 28. Bg2 Re8 29. Bc6 Ra7 30. Bb5 Rc8 31. Rd1 Rac7 32.
Ra2 Kg7 33. Rad2 Nb8 34. Rd8 Nc6 {Ok, here is the desired position.} 35. Rxc8
Rxc8 36. Rd2 h5 37. Kg2 Bf5 38. h3 f6 39. exf6+ Kxf6 {Opposite coloured
bishops are dangerous for White due to the permanent b3-weakness.} 40. Ba4 Nd8
$1 {Nice idea transferring the knight to d6.} 41. Bd7 Bxd7 42. Rxd7 Ke6 43. Rd1
Nf7 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Ra8 46. Bf2 Nd6 {It is clear now that Black is
heading to a victory here, ...a4 is in the air and later on the c4-pawn is in
danger, on the other hand White has nothing active to do, but to wait.} 47.
Re1+ Kf7 48. Rh1 a4 49. bxa4 Rxa4 50. Rh7+ Kf8 51. Rh8+ Kg7 52. Rb8 Nxc4 $19 {
The rest is technique.} 53. Kf3 Kf7 54. Bh4 e5 55. f5 gxf5 56. gxf5 Nd6 57.
Rxb6 Rf4+ 58. Ke2 Nxf5 59. Bg5 Ng3+ 60. Ke3 Rg4 61. Bd8 Nf5+ 62. Kf3 Rf4+ 63.
Ke2 Nd4+ 64. Ke3 Ne6 65. Rb7+ Kg6 66. Ba5 Ra4 67. Bc3 Kf6 68. Kd3 Nf4+ 69. Kc2
Nd5 70. Bb2 c4 71. Rd7 Ke6 72. Rh7 c3 73. Rh6+ Kf5 74. Rh5+ Kf6 75. Bxc3 Rc4
76. Kd3 Rxc3+ 77. Ke4 Rc4+ 78. Kxd5 Rd4+ 79. Kc5 Rd1 80. Kc4 e4 81. Kc3 e3 82.
Rh2 Kf5 83. Kc2 Rd8 84. Rh7 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {The Open Ruy Lopez is
very popular nowadays even on the top level too.} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 (9. c3) (9. Nbd2) ({and} 9. Be3 {are the alternative systems.}) 9...
Nc5 (9... Be7) ({or} 9... Bc5 {are the other main lines.}) 10. Rd1 Nxb3 11.
cxb3 (11. axb3 {is far more popular, for example} Be7 12. c4 b4 13. cxd5 Bxd5
14. Qd3 Be4 15. Qe2 Bd5 16. Qd3 Be4 17. Qe2 Bd5 18. Qd3 {1/2 Yu Yangyi-Wei Yi,
Taizhou 2015, and a draw.}) 11... Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Qd7 14. h3 $146 {
The first new move in the game.} (14. Rac1 Rad8 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17.
Nf3 Rfe8 18. h3 d4 19. Ne4 Bd5 {A.Sokolov-Hellers, Stockholm 1989, and Black
looks fine.}) 14... Rad8 15. Rd2 f6 16. Rad1 ({In case of} 16. exf6 Bxf6 17.
Re1 Rfe8 {the position is balanced.}) 16... Nxe5 (16... fxe5 {is similar to
the text move,} 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 {should be an equal
position.}) 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Qc2 $1
{The best way to activate the queen.} c5 22. g3 (22. Qe4 {was the alternative
choice:} Rfd8 23. Qf5 R8d6 {.}) 22... Kh8 $6 {A dubious move, Black starts a
bad plan.} (22... g6 $1 {was correct followed by ...Rfd8.} 23. Qe4 Rfd8 24. h4
Bf6 $11 {and Black holds his position.}) 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Qe4 h6 $2 {A mistake,
now the light-squares are becoming weak on the kingside.} (24... g6 {was
important to avoid h5,} 25. Qg4 R5d6 26. Kg2 $14 {and still it won't be easy
to break Black's fortress.}) 25. Kg2 Bf6 26. Kh3 h5 27. a4 $1 {White tries to
weaken Black's queenside pawns.} (27. Qg6 e4 $1 {and still Black can hope to
survive.}) 27... Rd3 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qg6 e4 {Black tries to activate his
bishop.} (29... Rxb3 30. Qxh5+ Kg8 31. g4 $1 $18 {is also unpleasant for Black,
because he can't avoid g5-g6.}) 30. Qxh5+ Kg8 31. Qf5 Bxb2 32. Qxe4 c4 (32...
Rxb3 $4 {loses the rook after} 33. Qe6+ $18) ({Probably} 32... R3d5 {was
tougher, but} 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Bg5 R8d7 35. Qe2 Bd4 36. f4 {also looks
unpleasant for Black.}) 33. bxc4 bxc4 34. Qxc4+ R3d5 35. g4 $1 {The best move:
White puts his pawns on dark squares, so he limits the black bishop's moves.}
Kh8 36. g5 Bd4 37. Bxd4 Rxd4 38. Qf7 $1 $18 {The queen and two pawns are
winning against two rooks.} R8d7 ({In the event of} 38... R8d5 39. Kg3 Kh7 40.
f4 $18 {White wins easily.}) 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. g6 Re4 42. Qh7+ Kf8
43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Qxg7+ Ke6 45. Qh8 Rd3+ 46. Kh2 {Nice game by Caruana!} 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 23rd"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2016.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Ngf3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Ng3 d5 13. Qe2 a6 14. a4 Qc7
15. Rae1 g6 16. h4 Qf4 17. h5 Kg7 18. Qc2 Bd6 19. Re3 Qf6 20. Nh2 Bf4 21. Rf3
e5 22. Ne2 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qg5 24. Rg3 Qxh5+ 25. Rh3 Qg4 26. Qd2 h5 27. f3 Qd7
28. Ng3 Rh8 29. Qg5 Kf8 30. Qf6 Rg8 31. dxe5 Qe7 32. Qxe7+ Kxe7 33. f4 Bc8 34.
Rh4 Bg4 35. Be2 Bxe2 36. Nxe2 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rh3 Ra2 39. Rb1 Rga8 40. Rd3
Ke6 41. Kg3 R8a4 42. Kf3 h4 43. Rbd1 Rxb2 44. Rxd5 Ke7 45. Rd7+ Ke8 46. Rc7 Rc4
47. Rdd7 g5 48. e6 fxe6 49. Rh7 Kd8 50. Rcg7 Kc8 51. Rg8+ Nd8 52. Rhh8 Rd2 53.
Nd4 Rxc3+ 54. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 23rd"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb1 Nhf6 12. b4 Re8 13. Rc1 Nf8 14. b5 c5
15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. h3 Qd6 17. a3 Be6 18. Qb4 Qd8 19. Ne2 N8d7 20. Ned4 Rc8 21.
a4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Qb8 23. a5 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qe7 Qe8 27.
Qd6 g6 28. a6 b6 29. Nd4 Nc5 30. Be2 Nfe4 31. Qc7 Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Nc6
Ke8 34. Nxa7 Kd7 35. Nc6 Kc7 36. Nd8 Kb8 37. f4 Nd6 38. g4 Nc8 39. Nc6+ Kc7 40.
Nd4 Kd6 41. g5 Na7 42. h4 Ne4 43. Kg2 Kd7 44. Bg4 Nc5 45. h5 Kd6 46. hxg6 hxg6
47. Be2 Nd7 48. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 23rd"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2016.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 Nc6 7. g3 e5 8. Bg2
Nxc3 9. bxc3 e4 10. Ng1 O-O 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Bxe4 Re8 13. Bg2 Bf5 14. Ba3 Qd3
15. Kf1 Qa6 16. Bc5 Rad8 17. Qc1 Ne5 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Nf3 Nxe3+ 20. fxe3 c5 21.
Kf2 b5 22. a3 Qd6 23. Rh4 a5 24. Qh1 Qe7 25. Re1 Bc2 26. Qh3 Rxd2 27. e4 Rd1
28. Rxd1 Bxd1 29. e5 Bb3 30. Re4 Bd5 31. Re3 Be6 32. Qh1 Rd8 33. Qb1 b4 34.
axb4 axb4 35. Kg1 Bf5 36. Qb3 Bh6 37. cxb4 cxb4 38. Rd3 Bxd3 39. exd3 Be3+ 40.
Kh2 Bd4 41. e6 Qxe6 42. Qxb4 Bf6 43. Qe4 Qd6 44. Bf1 Rb8 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. Be2
Rb2 47. Kf2 Rb4 48. Qe8 Qc5+ 49. Kg2 Rb7 50. Qa4 Re7 51. Bf1 Qc3 52. Qf4 Qb2+
53. Qd2 Rb7 54. Qf2 Qc3 55. Be2 Rb2 56. Qe3 Rb7 57. Qf2 Qc2 58. Ne1 Qa2 59. Nf3
Rb2 60. Kf1 Qb1+ 61. Kg2 Qc1 62. Nh2 Qd2 63. Kf1 Rb1+ 64. Kg2 Qc1 65. Bf1 Bc3
66. Nf3 Kg8 67. Kg1 Qd1 68. d4 Rb4 69. Qe2 Bxd4+ 70. Kh1 Qxe2 71. Bxe2 Be3 72.
Kg2 Rb2 73. Kf1 Kg7 74. Ne5 Bd4 75. Nd3 Ra2 76. Nb4 Rd2 77. Nd3 Kf6 78. Ne1 Be5
79. Nf3 Rb2 80. g4 Bf4 81. Kf2 Ke6 82. Nd4+ Kd5 83. Nb5 Be5 84. Na3 Ke4 85. Nc4
Bd4+ 86. Ke1 Ra2 87. Nd6+ Ke3 88. Nc4+ Kf4 89. Nd6 Bc5 90. Nc4 Ke4 91. Nd2+ Ke3
92. Nc4+ Kd4 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 23rd"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Senthil, Maran K"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. a4 a5 7. O-O Nb6 8. Qc2
g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Nf3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Bxd4 16. Bh6 e5 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Kg2 Qb4 19. Ra2 Nd7 20. h4 Qb3 21.
Qb1 Nc5 22. Rh1 Nd3 23. h5 Nxf2 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Rf1 Rf8 26. Rxf2 Bxf2 27. Ra3
Qb6 28. Qc2 Bd4 29. Qxc4+ Kg7 30. Rb3 Qc7 31. Qe6 Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Rxf7 33. g4 Kh6
34. Kg3 Kg5 35. Bg2 b6 36. Bf3 Rf6 37. Be2 Rf2 38. Ba6 Rxb2 39. Rxb2 Bxb2 40.
Bb7 b5 41. Bxc6 b4 42. Kf3 Bc1 43. Bd5 Bf4 44. Be6 Kf6 45. Bg8 h5 46. Bb3 h4
47. Kg2 Ke7 48. Kh3 g5 49. Kg2 Kd6 50. Kf3 h3 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 23rd"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2016.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Igonin, Temur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Nh4 Re8 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. Nb3 Nb6 14. g4 Bg6
15. Bg5 Nc4 16. a4 a5 17. Qe2 b5 18. c3 Qb6 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Red8 21. Qe2
Rdb8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Ne3 Qe6 25. Nd5 Bd6 26. Rfd1 Rb7 27. Rd3
h6 28. Rad1 Be7 29. Qd2 Bf8 30. Ne3 Qc6 31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. exf5 e4 33. Qf4 Re8
34. Rd4 Rbe7 35. Re1 Re5 36. Rdxe4 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Rxe4 38. Bxe4 Qd6 39. Qe3 b4
40. Kg2 bxc3 41. Qxc3 Qe5 42. Qc4 Qxb2 43. Bd5 Qb4 44. Bxf7+ Kg7 45. Qd5 Qd6
46. Qa2 Qa3 47. Qe6 Qe7 48. Be8 Qxe6 49. fxe6 f5 50. f4 Kf6 51. Bd7 fxg4 52.
hxg4 a4 53. Bxa4 Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 23rd"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2016.08.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu Sameer"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2016.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nge2 Nf6
8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Qd2 e6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qxd6 Rd8 13. Qg3 Rc8 14.
Kb1 O-O 15. Nd4 Qc5 16. Qe3 b5 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Qxc5 Rxc5 19. Ne2 Rfc8 20. Rd2
b4 21. Rhd1 h5 22. Nc1 Rc4 23. Re2 a5 24. b3 R4c6 25. e5 Bg5 26. Rd7 R8c7 27.
Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Nd3 Rd7 29. Re4 Kf8 30. Rc4 Bd8 31. Kb2 Bb6 32. a3 Bd4+ 33. Ka2
bxa3 34. Kxa3 g5 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rc6 Kf8 37. Ka4 Ke7 38. Ra6 Bc3 39. Rc6 Bd4
40. f3 h4 41. h3 Rd5 42. c4 Rd7 43. Rd6 Rxd6 44. exd6+ Kxd6 45. Kxa5 e5 46. Kb5
f5 47. c5+ Kd5 48. c6 Kd6 49. Nxe5 Bxe5 50. Kb6 g4 51. fxg4 fxg4 52. hxg4 Ke7
53. b4 Kf6 54. b5 Kg5 55. c7 Bxc7+ 56. Kxc7 Kxg4 57. b6 Kg3 58. b7 Kxg2 59.
b8=Q h3 60. Qg8+ Kh1 61. Qd5+ Kg1 62. Qg5+ Kh1 63. Qf5 Kg2 64. Qg4+ Kh2 65. Kd6
1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 23rd"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2016.08.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Fawzy, Adham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. f3 Nf6 8. Nd2
c4 9. Qc2 e5 10. Bg5 exd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Be2 h6 15.
Be3 Ba3 16. bxa3 Rxe3 17. Ndf1 Re7 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Ne3 Rae8 20. Ngf1 Nh5 21. g3
Bh3 22. Nxd5 Rxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Bxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qb2 26. Re1 Nf6 27.
Re2 Qxa3 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Kg2 Qxc3 30. Rhe1 Nxd4 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. R1e3 Qd2+
33. Kh3 Nxf3 34. Rxf3 Qd7+ 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 23rd"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2016.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mohota, Nisha"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e5 7. c3 Be7 8. Bf1
O-O 9. d4 Qc7 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. c4 Rd8 13. Qc2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5
15. Bxb5 h6 16. Bc4 Ba6 17. Na3 Qb7 18. f3 Rdb8 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. Nc4 Qe6 21.
b3 Ne8 22. Bb2 f6 23. Red1 Nc7 24. Ne3 Nb5 25. Qc4 Qxc4 26. Nxc4 Nd4 27. Rd2
Ra6 28. Kf2 Rba8 29. Ke1 Kf7 30. Kd1 Ke6 31. Ne3 g6 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. Nd5 Bd6
34. Ke2 f5 35. Rc2 Ra3 36. Rb2 R8a5 37. Nb6 Bb4 38. Nc4 Bc3 39. Nxa5 Rxa5 40.
Rab1 Kd6 41. Rc2 Ra3 42. Kd3 Kc5 43. Rbc1 Kb4 44. g4 f4 45. h4 Ra6 46. Rb1 Ra8
47. a4 Ra6 48. Ra2 Ra5 49. Rg2 Ra6 50. Rh2 Ra8 51. g5 h5 52. Rc2 Ra6 53. Ra2
Ra5 54. Rc2 Ra6 55. Re2 Ra8 56. Rc2 Ra6 57. Re2 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Morocco"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MAR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rfe1 Bf6 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Rad1 Bb7
15. Bf4 Rd8 16. h4 Kh8 17. Rd3 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Rd1 Qc7 21.
a3 g6 22. Ng5 Bc8 23. Qd3 Be7 24. Qe2 Nf6 25. Rd3 h6 26. Nf3 Kg7 27. Nb1 Bc5
28. Nh2 a5 29. c3 Ba6 30. Rf3 Qc6 31. Nd2 a4 32. Bc2 b4 33. Qe1 bxa3 34. bxa3
Rd8 35. Ndf1 Bxa3 36. Qa1 Bc5 37. Bxa4 Qxe4 38. Ng3 Qxh4 39. Bc6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "ICCD"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Nbd7 9. a4 Be7 10. Bg2 b6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Rb8 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Qd2 Rc8 15.
h4 Nf6 16. Qd3 O-O 17. O-O Qd7 18. Bg5 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Rd2 Kf8 21. Rad1
Rc6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nd5 Be7 24. Qe3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Bf1 Rc5 27. Nxe7
Kxe7 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Kxd6 30. b4 Rc7 31. Qb6+ Bc6 32. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Vietnam"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VIE"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 Bf5 ({The better alternative!?} 
5... dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. O-O e6 $15) 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 $6 (7... h6
8. Nd2 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 {Unfortunately, a necessary
decision which leaves Black without the bishop pair and almost no counterplay.}
(11... O-O 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. Qb3 {[%csl Gd6]} Qb6 16.
Qc3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Be5 $16) 12. Bxe4 Nd7 13. Bg2 Nf6 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Bf4
O-O 16. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl Yc4,Yd4,Gf4,Gg2] 1-0 Zhou Jianchao (2609)-Kazhgaleyev,
M (2595)/Zaozhuang CHN 2012} (16. Rac1 $5)) 8. Nh4 $1 {White's main idea in
this position - take the bishop pair while preparing for the central e4-push!}
Bg6 (8... Bg4 $6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Ne4 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 cxd5 13. gxh5 Qxh4
14. Rb1 b5 15. a4 $16) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxg6 (10. f3 $1 Be7 11. e4 dxe4 12.
Nxg6 hxg6 13. fxe4 Qb6 $1 {[%csl Gb6,Ye5,Rg1][%cal Gb6g1,Ge4e5]} 14. Bf4 O-O
15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rad1 $16 {[%csl Yd4,Ye4,Gf4,Gg2]}) 10... hxg6 11. e4 $5 dxe4 (
11... Nxe4 12. Re1 $1 Be7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Qb3 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 O-O
17. Qxb7 Bf6 18. Qxc6 Bxd4 19. Re2 $16) 12. d5 $1 {Opens up the centre while
the black king is still a long way from castling. That, in combination with
the bishop pair could lead to some very serious practical problems!} (12. Bf4
Be7 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Nc5 16. Bxe4 Rh5 17. Qxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bf3
Rf5 $132) 12... cxd5 13. Nxd5 Rh5 $6 (13... Nc5 $1 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qc2 Bd6
16. Bxe4 O-O 17. Bd5 Rac8 $132) 14. Nc3 Nc5 (14... Re5 15. Bf4 Re6 16. Bh3 Rc6
17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. Bg2 $16 {[%csl Re4]}) 15. b4 Ne6 (15... Qxd1 16.
Rxd1 Nd3 17. Nxe4 Nxc1 18. Raxc1 Bxb4 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bxb7 Rd8 21. Bxa6
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Re5 23. Kg2 $16 {[%csl Ga2,Gh2] Most likely, a winning endgame
due the possibility of a second passed pawn on the kingside.}) 16. Nxe4 Be7 (
16... Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Bxb4 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bc6+ Kf8 21. Rb1 $16)
17. Rb1 (17. Qe2 $142 Kf8 (17... Nd4 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qe4 $18) 18. Be3 Bxb4
19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bxa6 Bc5 22. Rab1 $16) 17... Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxd1
19. Rxd1 Rb5 20. a3 $6 (20. Be3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ge4b7]}) 20... a5 $1
$132 21. Rd5 Rxd5 22. Bxd5 O-O-O 23. Bxe6+ fxe6 $11 {White has indeed the
better pawn structure, but not enough material to make it count.} 24. Bf4 axb4
25. Rc1+ Kd7 26. axb4 (26. Rc7+ Ke8 27. axb4 Rd7 $11) 26... Ke8 27. b5 Bd6 (
27... Rd5 $142 28. Rc8+ (28. b6 Bc5 $11) 28... Bd8 29. Rb8 Rxb5 30. Bc7 Rd5 $11
) 28. Be3 Be5 $6 (28... Ra8 $1 {[%cal Ga8a1]} 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Rd1 e5 31. Kf3
Ke6 $132) 29. Rc4 Kf7 $6 {No longer protecting the d7-square which makes it a
lot more difficult for Black to transfer the bishop to d8.} (29... Rd5 $142 30.
b6 Bf6 $1 31. Kg2 Bd8 32. h4 {[%csl Rg6]} Rd6 33. Rb4 Kd7 34. Kf3 Rc6 35. Ke4
Ke8 $132 {Even though White is undeniably better, it is unclear of how he must
proceed in relation to his b6-weakness.}) 30. Kg2 Rd5 31. b6 Ke7 (31... Ke8 $1
{[%csl Rb6][%cal Ge5f6,Gf6d8,Gd8b6]} 32. h4 Bf6 33. Ra4 Bd8 34. Ra7 Rd7 35. Ra8
Kf7 36. Kf3 Rd6 37. Rb8 Rd7 38. Ke4 Bf6 39. Rc8 Bd8 $132) 32. h4 Bd6 33. Rg4
Kf7 34. Ra4 Be5 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Ra7 Rd7 37. Ke4 Kd6 {[%cal Ge5f6,Gf6d8]
Ultimately, on d6 the king is dangerously misplaced, which could easily lead
to some unexpected motifs!} (37... Bf6 $142) 38. Ra8 (38. g4 Bf6 39. Ra3 $141
$5 Ke7 (39... Bd8 $2 40. Rd3+ Ke7 41. Bg5+ Ke8 42. Rxd7 Kxd7 43. Bxd8 Kxd8 44.
Ke5 Ke7 45. f3 Kd7 46. Kf4 Kc6 47. Kg5 Kxb6 48. Kxg6 Kc7 49. Kxg7 b5 50. h5 b4
51. h6 b3 52. h7 b2 53. h8=Q b1=Q 54. Qf8 $18) 40. g5 Bb2 41. Rb3 Ba1 42. Bc5+
Kd8 43. Ra3 Rd1 44. Ra7 Kc8 45. Be3 Bb2 $132) 38... Bf6 39. g4 Rd8 40. Ra7 Kc6
41. Ra2 Rh8 $4 {[%csl Rh8] Neglecting everything that's important in the
position just to threaten a pawn that's not even all that important.} (41...
Kd7 42. Rd2+ Ke8 43. Rc2 Rd7 44. Rc8+ Kf7 45. Rc7 Ke8 46. g5 Bb2 $132) 42. Rc2+
Kb5 43. g5 Rxh4+ 44. f4 Bd8 45. Rc5+ Kb4 46. Re5 $18 {[%csl Rg6,Rg7][%cal
Ge5e6,Ge6g6,Gg6g7] Giri has finally managed to get close to Black's weaknesses.
.. Game over!} Kc4 47. Kf3 Be7 48. Rxe6 Ba3 49. Rxg6 Kd5 50. Bf2 Rh7 51. f5 Bd6
52. Kg4 Be5 53. Bg3 Bd4 54. Rd6+ Ke4 55. Rd7 Bxb6 56. g6 Rh1 57. Rxg7 Rg1 58.
Re7+ Kd3 59. Rxb7 Bf2 60. Rb3+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Rb7 13. a4 b4 14. c3 a5 15.
cxb4 Rxb4 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nd4 20. Bd2 Rxb2 21.
Bxa5 Qd7 22. Rfd1 Rc8 23. Be1 h5 24. a5 Rc5 25. Qa8+ Rc8 26. Qd5 Rc5 27. Qa8+
Rc8 28. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nh5 12. g3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Nf6 14. a5 Qe7 15.
Nbd2 Kh8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 e5 18. d5 Na7 19. Nc4 Nb5 20. Na3 c6 21. Nxb5
axb5 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. a6 Ra7 24. Qc2 c5 25. Ra5 Qd7 26. Qd3 Rb8 27. g4 Qc6 28.
Re1 c4 29. Qa3 b4 30. Qa4 Qxa4 31. Rxa4 Nd7 32. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Be6 9. Bg2 b5 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Be7 13. a4 b4 14. O-O O-O 15.
Re1 Rb8 16. Nc1 Nc5 17. Be3 h4 18. g4 Nfd7 19. Qd2 f5 20. gxf5 Rxf5 21. Nd3 Bg5
22. f4 exf4 23. Nxf4 Qf6 24. Ne6 Bxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Qxb2 26. Qd4 Qxd4+ 27. Nxd4 Rf4
28. Nc6 Rbf8 29. Reb1 g5 30. a5 g4 31. hxg4 b3 32. cxb3 Rxg4 33. Kh1 Rg3 34.
Rf1 h3 35. Rxf8+ Nxf8 36. Bf1 Rxb3 37. Kh2 Ng6 38. Bxh3 Nf4 39. Be6+ Kg7 40.
Rg1+ Kf6 41. Rf1 Ncd3 42. Bc8 Kg5 43. Nd4 Rb8 44. Bxa6 Rh8+ 45. Kg1 Nh3+ 46.
Kg2 Nhf4+ 47. Kg1 Nh3+ 48. Kg2 Nhf4+ 49. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. Nd5 Nc6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Bxb2
15. Rb1 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Bf6 17. Rxb7 O-O 18. Nxe7+ Kg7 19. Nxc6 Rfe8+ 20. Kd1 Qxa2
21. Nb4 Qa1+ 22. Qc1 Qd4+ 23. Qd2 Qa1+ 24. Qc1 Qd4+ 25. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Nxf6 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Nd2 c5 16. Bf3 d6 17. Rhe1 Rde8 18. Bc6 Nd7 19. Ne4 Bxc4 20. Nxc5
Nxc5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bxe8 Nd3+ 23. Rxd3 Bxd3 24. Bc6 Bf5 25. b4 a6 26. a4
Bd7 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 Bd4 29. f4 Bf5 30. Kd2 Kb8 31. Bd8 Kc8 32. Be7 Kb8 33.
h3 h5 34. Bd8 Kc8 35. Bh4 Kb8 36. Bd8 Kc8 37. Bh4 Kb8 38. Ke2 Ka7 39. Kf3 Kb6
40. g4 hxg4+ 41. hxg4 Bd3 42. Be4 Bxe4+ 43. Kxe4 Kc5 44. Bd8 d5+ 45. Kd3 Bg7
46. Bxc7 Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
O-O Qa5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd2 Qa6 11. b3 Bg4 12. Qe1 Rac8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. h3 Bd7
15. e4 c5 16. f4 Bc6 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. e6 Bd4+ 20. Kh2 Ne5 21. exf7+
Rxf7 22. Rxf7 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Kxf7 24. Qe4 Qc6 25. Rf1+ Kg7 26. Nd5 e6 27. Qh4
exd5 28. Qe7+ Kg8 29. Bh6 dxc4+ 30. Kh2 Nd7 31. Rf7 Qd5 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Rxh7+
Kg8 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Rg7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.12"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Ne5 Qe7 7. Be2 Nfd7 8.
Nxd7 Nxd7 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. c4 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. Qb3 Qb4 13. Qc3 c6 14. Rfc1
Qe7 15. a3 Nf6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 h5 19. Qc5 Qe6 20. b5 cxb5
21. Qxb5 Qe7 22. h3 g6 23. Bf3 Qd7 24. Qb6 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Qc6 26. Qxc6 bxc6 27.
Ra6 Rc8 28. Nb3 Kg7 29. h4 Bg4 30. Nc5 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Ng8 32. Ra7 Nh6 33. Nd7
Re8 34. Ra6 Rc8 35. e4 Re8 36. Nc5 dxe4 37. fxe4 Rd8 38. Ra7 Kf6 39. Ra4 g5 40.
Ra6 Rxd4 41. Rxc6+ Kg7 42. hxg5 Ng4 43. f3 Ne5 44. Rf6 Rc4 45. Nb7 Nxf3+ 46.
Rxf3 Rxe4 47. Nd6 Rg4+ 48. Kh2 Rxg5 49. Nxf7 Rd5 50. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. a3 Qd5 8.
Bh4 e3 9. fxe3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. g4 Bxg4 12. Bg2 Bf5 13. O-O Be4 14. Qe1 f6
15. Rc1 e6 16. Bh3 Bf5 17. Bg2 Be4 18. Bh3 Bf5 19. Bg2 Be4 20. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "264"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Be3 Nd7 14. b3 Qa5 15.
Rab1 Nc5 16. Qc2 Ne6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Nd4 19. Qd3 c5 20. f4 f5 21. Kh1 h5
22. Rbe1 Kh7 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 Rxf5 26. Rxe7 Rcf8 27. g3 h4
28. Nb2 hxg3 29. Kg2 g5 30. Kxg3 gxf4+ 31. Kf2 Ra5 32. Rg1 Rg8 33. Nd3 Kh8 34.
Kf3 Bf6 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Re2 Kf7 37. Kxf4 Rh5 38. Kg4 Rh4+ 39. Kg3 Rh5 40.
Re4 d5 41. cxd5 Rxd5 42. Re2 Rh5 43. Rc2 Be7 44. Kg4 Rh4+ 45. Kg3 Re4 46. Rf2+
Ke6 47. Nf4+ Kd7 48. Kf3 Re3+ 49. Kg4 Bd6 50. Kf5 d3 51. Nd5 Re5+ 52. Kf4 Rxd5+
53. Ke4 Rh5 54. Kxd3 Rxh3+ 55. Kc4 Rh4+ 56. Kd3 Kc6 57. Rc2+ Kb5 58. Rc8 Bc5
59. Rb8+ Bb6 60. Kc3 Rh3+ 61. Kb2 a5 62. Rc8 Bd4+ 63. Kb1 Rh1+ 64. Kc2 Rh2+ 65.
Kd3 Bb6 66. a3 Rh3+ 67. Kc2 Rh2+ 68. Kd3 Ra2 69. a4+ Ka6 70. Kc3 Rh2 71. Rc4
Rh3+ 72. Kc2 Rh2+ 73. Kb1 Be3 74. b4 axb4 75. Rxb4 Ka5 76. Rc4 Bd2 77. Kc2 Bb4+
78. Kd3 Rd2+ 79. Ke3 Rd6 80. Ke4 Kxa4 81. Rd4 Rh6 82. Rd5 Kb3 83. Kf3 Kc4 84.
Rd7 Bc5 85. Rb7 Kd5 86. Rb5 Rh3+ 87. Kg4 Re3 88. Kh5 Rg3 89. Ra5 Kc6 90. Kh4
Bf2 91. Kh5 Kd6 92. Rg5 Rf3 93. Ra5 Ke6 94. Ra6+ Ke5 95. Ra5+ Kf4 96. Ra4+ Kf5
97. Ra5+ Ke4 98. Ra4+ Bd4 99. Kh4 Rf8 100. Kg4 Rg8+ 101. Kh4 Ke3 102. Kh5 Be5
103. Rg4 Rh8+ 104. Kg5 Bf4+ 105. Kf5 Rh5+ 106. Ke6 Ke4 107. Rg1 Rh6+ 108. Kd7
Rd6+ 109. Ke7 Kf5 110. Rf1 Rd2 111. Kf7 Rd7+ 112. Kf8 Ra7 113. Rf2 Ke5 114. Kg8
Bg5 115. Rf7 Ra6 116. Rf1 Bf6 117. Kf7 Ra7+ 118. Kg6 Rg7+ 119. Kh6 Rg4 120. Kh5
Rg3 121. Kh6 Ke6 122. Kh5 Kf7 123. Rf4 Rg2 124. Rf1 Rg5+ 125. Kh6 Rg4 126. Rf5
Ke6 127. Rf1 Kf7 128. Rf5 Rg3 129. Kh5 Kg7 130. Rf4 Kf7 131. Rf5 Ke6 132. Rf1
Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Re1 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 c5 14. Be3 Rb8
15. b3 Qa5 16. Re2 Rfc8 17. Rc1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qa6 19. Rec2 Ne5 20. Qe2 Qb7 21.
f4 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Nd7 23. Nc6 Re8 24. Nxa7 Qxe4 25. Nb5 Nf6 26. Rc4 Qb1+ 27. Rc1
Qf5 28. Nd4 Qe4 29. Qf3 Qd3 30. Rd1 Qa6 31. a4 Rc8 32. Qf1 Qa8 33. Qf3 Nd5 34.
Nb5 e6 35. Bf2 Qa6 36. Qe4 h5 37. Bd4 Bxd4+ 38. Qxd4 Rc2 39. Rd2 Rc1+ 40. Rd1
Rc2 41. Rd2 Rc1+ 42. Rd1 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 b5 12. h4 gxh4 13. Bxh4 Nge5 14. Nd5 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nc1 Be6 17. Ne2 Rb8 18. Rb1 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. Bg3 Qc8 21. Nc3
Qf5 22. Kf1 h5 23. Qe2 Kf8 24. b3 Ng6 25. Ne4 Qxd5 26. Rd1 Qe6 27. Nxd6 h4 28.
Bh2 cxb3 29. axb3 Rd8 30. Nf5 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qc8 32. Qd3 Bf6 33. Bg1 e6 34. Nd6
Qc6 35. Ne4 Be7 36. f3 Rh5 37. Be3 Rd5 38. Qe2 Re5 39. Bd4 Rd5 40. Be3 Re5 41.
Bd4 Rd5 42. Be3 Re5 43. Bd4 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Ng1
Nbd7 9. Nf3 b5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O Nc5 13. f4 Qc7 14. a3 Rc8 15.
Qe1 O-O 16. Qg3 Nfd7 17. Kh1 Bf6 18. f5 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Nc5 20. Qf3 Nb3 21. Qxh5
Bxg5 22. Bxg5 f6 23. Be3 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 Qf7 25. Qg4 d5 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Re1
Rfd8 28. Bb6 Rd6 29. Ba5 Bb7 30. Qg3 Qd7 31. Ne4 Bxe4 32. dxe4 Rd1 33. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. Ne3 Re8 11. Bb2 f6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bf7 14. f3 Bf8
15. Qe2 a5 16. a4 Ne5 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Ndf5 Qe6 19. Nd4 Qc8 20. Nef5 c5 21. Nb5
c4 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. bxc4 Qxf5 24. Nxc7 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Qc5+ 26. Rf2 Qxc7 27.
Rfd2 Re8 28. Qd3 Bxc4 29. Qd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 b5 31. axb5 Bxb5 32. R7d5 Be2 33.
Ra1 Bb4 34. h3 Bc4 35. Rdd1 h6 36. Kh2 Re3 37. Rdc1 Rc3 38. Kg3 Kh7 39. Kf4 Bc5
40. Kg3 Ba3 41. Rd1 Bb4 42. Rdc1 Kg6 43. Kf4 h5 44. Ke4 Be6 45. Kd4 h4 46. Rab1
Bf5 47. Rb2 Kg5 48. Rb3 Rxc2 49. Rxc2 Bxc2 50. Rb2 Bf5 51. Ke3 Bc5+ 52. Ke2 Kf4
53. Rb7 g5 54. Rc7 Bb4 55. Rc6 Ke5 56. Rb6 Be6 57. Kd3 Bd5 58. Rb8 Bc6 59. Ke3
Bc5+ 60. Kd3 a4 61. Rc8 Bb5+ 62. Kc2 Bd6 63. Ra8 Bf1 64. Rxa4 Bxg2 65. f4+ gxf4
66. Kd3 Bf1+ 67. Kd2 Bxh3 68. Ke2 Bg4+ 69. Kf1 h3 70. Kg1 Be6 71. Kh2 Bc5 72.
Ra5 Kd4 73. Ra6 Kd5 74. Ra8 f3 75. Kg3 f2 76. Rd8+ Ke4 77. Rd1 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. e3 Nh5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 g5 13. g4 gxh4 14. gxh5 Bb4
15. Bd3 Qe7 16. a3 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 b6 18. Ba6 Rg8 19. Nd2 Qd6 20. Rc1 Rb8 21.
Qc2 Rg7 22. h6 Rg6 23. Bd3 Rxh6 24. Rg1 Kf7 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 Rb7 27. Rc3
b5 28. b3 e5 29. Rc5 exd4 30. exd4 Rh5 31. f4 a6 32. Be4 Ke7 33. Bxd5 Rb8 34.
Rg7+ Kd8 35. Bf3 Rxc5 36. dxc5 b4 37. a4 Be6 38. c6 Rc8 39. Ne4 Rxc6 40. Nxf6
Rc3 41. Bg4 Bxg4 42. Rxg4 Nxb3 43. Rg8+ Ke7 44. Nd5+ Kf7 45. Rb8 Rc1+ 46. Kf2
Rc2+ 47. Ke3 a5 48. f5 Nc5 49. Rc8 b3 50. Rc7+ Kf8 51. Nf6 b2 52. Nxh7+ Ke8 53.
f6 Ne6 54. Rb7 Rc7 55. f7+ Rxf7 56. Rb8+ Kd7 57. Rxb2 Rxh7 58. Rb5 Rg7 59. Rd5+
Ke7 60. Rxa5 Rg2 61. Kf3 Rxh2 62. Kg4 Nf8 63. Rh5 Ng6 64. Kf5 Rg2 65. a5 Kd7
66. a6 Kc7 67. Rh7+ Kb8 68. a7+ Ka8 69. Kf6 Rg4 70. Kf5 Rg3 71. Ke4 Ra3 72. Rh6
Ra6 73. Rh7 Rxa7 74. Rh6 Ra6 75. Rh7 Rf6 76. Ke3 Kb8 77. Ke4 Kc8 78. Ke3 Kd8
79. Ke4 Ke8 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Nh4 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. Nf5 Bxb3 15.
axb3 Nc5 16. Rae1 Ne6 17. Ne3 Rac8 18. h3 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Qd8 22. b4 Nf4 23. Nxf4 exf4 24. c3 Qf6 25. Qd5 f3 26. g3 Rc7 27. Re3 Re8
28. Qd3 Re5 29. Rd1 Rd7 30. Rxf3 Qe6 31. Kg2 Rxe4 32. Rf6 Qxf6 33. Qxe4 Qe6 34.
Qd5 Kf8 35. Qd4 Kg8 36. Rd3 Re7 37. Qxd6 Qxd6 38. Rxd6 Re2 39. Rb6 Rxb2 40.
Rxb7 a5 41. b5 a4 42. c4 Rb4 43. c5 a3 44. b6 Rc4 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. b7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 Bg4 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Qxb7 Nf6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. O-O
Qa5 15. Qa6 Qc7 16. Rab1 Rab8 17. Bc4 Kg7 18. Rb3 Rfc8 19. Rfb1 Rb6 20. Rxb6
axb6 21. Bb3 e5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Rd1 Rc7 24. c4 h5 25. Qb5 Be7 26. Rd5 Qxb5
27. Rxb5 Bc5 28. a4 Ra7 29. Bc2 Kf6 30. g3 Ke6 31. Kg2 Ra5 32. Rb1 Ra7 33. g4
hxg4 34. hxg4 Rd7 35. Be4 Rd2 36. Bd5+ Ke7 37. a5 bxa5 38. Rb7+ Kd6 39. Kg3 f5
40. Rg7 f4+ 41. Kf3 fxe3 42. Rxg6+ Kd7 43. fxe3 Rd3 44. Ke4 Rxe3+ 45. Kf5 Re1
46. g5 Bd4 47. Ra6 Rf1+ 48. Kg4 Rg1+ 49. Kh5 Be3 50. g6 Ke7 51. Re6+ Kf8 52.
Rf6+ Ke8 53. Re6+ Kf8 54. Rxe5 Bd4 55. Rf5+ Ke7 56. Rf4 Be5 57. Rf5 Bd4 58. Bf7
a4 59. c5 a3 60. c6 Rc1 61. Rf4 Rc5+ 62. Kg4 Bb2 63. Re4+ Kd6 64. Re6+ Kc7 65.
Re2 Rxc6 66. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
a6 9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. Re1 f6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c6
15. a5 Qd6 16. g3 Bh3 17. Qf3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qb4 19. Qe2 Bg4 20. Qf1 Rae8 21.
Be3 Qxb2 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Reb1 Qc2 24. Rxb7 Be2 25. Qb1 Qc8 26. Ra7 Rg8 27.
Qb7 Qf5 28. Qd7 Qh5 29. h3 Bd3 30. Qg4 Qxg4 31. hxg4 Ra8 32. Rd7 Rgd8 33. Rc7
Rdc8 34. Rac1 Rxc7 35. Rxc7 h6 36. Rc5 Bc4 37. Rc6 Ra7 38. f3 Rb7 39. Rb6 Rc7
40. Rb1 Bb5 41. Rc1 Bc4 42. Rb1 Be2 43. Kf2 Rc2 44. Rb7 Bd1+ 45. Ke1 Bxf3 46.
Bf4 Bxg4 47. Ra7 Be2 48. Bd6 Bc4 49. Bf8 Re2+ 50. Kd1 Re4 51. Bxg7+ Kh7 52.
Bxf6+ Kg6 53. Be5 h5 54. Kd2 Kf5 55. Kc3 Re1 56. Kb4 Rb1+ 57. Kc3 Rb5 58. Rxa6
Rb3+ 59. Kc2 Bxa6 60. Kxb3 Ke6 61. Kb4 Kd7 62. Kc5 Bc4 63. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Bg5 Ne5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rac1
Rd8 15. Na4 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Bd7 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Rd1 Kf8 19. a3 Nc6 20. Rcd2 Ke7
21. Nd4 e5 22. Nb5 Be6 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24. Rc1 Nc6 25. Kf1 Rd8 26. Ke1 f5 27.
exf5 Bxf5 28. Rd1 Rg8 29. g3 Be6 30. Kd2 f5 31. Ke3 f4+ 32. gxf4 exf4+ 33. Kxf4
Rg2 34. Ke3 Rxh2 35. Nc3 Rh3+ 36. f3 Rh5 37. Rg1 Bf7 38. b4 Ne5 39. Ne4 Nd7 40.
f4 Rh2 41. Rc1 Bd5 42. Nc3 Bc6 43. Rg1 Nf6 44. Rg7+ Kd6 45. Bd3 Rh3+ 46. Kd4
Rh4 47. Ne2 b5 48. Rg5 Nd5 49. Rf5 Nc7 50. Rf7 Ne6+ 51. Kc3 h5 52. Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Prasanna,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 {A tournament in which
Gelfand had to endure a painful number of losses and was in poor form.} 6. e3 (
6. Nf3 d5 {was probably what Anish intended.} (6... d6 {leads to the Panno
King's Indian.})) 6... d6 ({The direct move 6...e5 could be considered for
theroretical purposes and probably allows Black to equalise more comfortably.} 
6... e5 $1 7. Nge2 (7. d5 Ne7) (7. Bxc6 exd4 $1) 7... exd4 8. exd4 Ne7 (8... d5
9. cxd5 Ne7) 9. O-O d5 10. b3 Re8 11. Re1 c6 {Black achieves similar positions
to those in the game with an extra tempo.}) 7. Nge2 e5 8. O-O exd4 9. exd4 Ne7
(9... Bf5 {has been played most often.} 10. h3 h5 (10... Re8 11. g4 Bd7 (11...
Be4 12. f3) 12. Nf4 $14) 11. f3 $5 {appears to be a strong idea that works for
White.} (11. Bg5 {This is a model game for White but arose from a different
opening and White chose a different move order for the plan.} Qd7 12. Kh2 Rfe8
13. Qd2 Rab8 14. Rad1 Nb4 15. a3 Na6 16. f3 Nh7 17. Bh4 c5 18. g4 cxd4 19. Nxd4
Be6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. gxh5 gxh5 22. f4 Qxc4 23. Bd5 Qc5 24. Rg1 Qe3 25. Qg2
Qxf4+ 26. Kh1 Qh6 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rxd6 Nf6 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Qd5+ {1-0 (30)
Khismatullin,D (2657)-Bosiocic,M (2577) Rijeka CRO 2010}) 11... d5 12. g4 Be6
13. Bg5 Qd6 14. c5 Qd7 15. Rb1 $14) 10. Bf4 {White wants to exchange the
dark-squared bishops and the bishop is also ideally placed on f4.} Nf5 (10...
d5) (10... h6 {was an interesting possibilty for Black, planning to dislodge
the bishop from the diagonal and also playing against the idea of Qc1-Bh6:} 11.
Qc1 (11. d5 Re8 12. h3 Bd7 $13) (11. h3 g5 12. Be3 d5 13. b3 {I believe
Black's chances are not worse}) 11... Nf5 12. h3 g5 13. Bd2 Re8 {with a
balanced game.}) 11. Qc1 (11. h3 c6 (11... h5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Qd3 c6 14. b4)
12. g4 Nh4 13. Bh1) 11... Re8 12. h3 c6 (12... h5 13. Bg5 c6 14. g4 (14. Qd2
Qc7 15. b3) 14... hxg4 15. hxg4 Ne7 16. f3 d5 17. c5 b6) 13. g4 Ne7 14. Bh6 d5
15. c5 b6 16. cxb6 $6 {A very strange decision.} ({The more obvious} 16. b4 {
would be better} Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Bc4 19. a4 {Even though the black
bishop is outside the pawn chain on c4 White has slightly better chances
because of the extra space.}) 16... axb6 17. Re1 Bh8 18. Qf4 Nd7 19. Qd2 Nf8
20. Nf4 Ne6 21. Nce2 c5 $6 {An interesting but objectively dubious
continuation. White did not cope with the complications in the game.} 22. dxc5
bxc5 23. Nxd5 $6 (23. Nc3 $1 Ra7 (23... Nxf4 24. Bxf4 $14) 24. Rac1 d4 25. Ne4
$16 {In all variations White is able to curtail Black's activity and end up in
a better position.}) 23... Bb7 24. Nec3 (24. Nf6+ {is White's emergency exit
to a draw and probably should have been played.} Bxf6 25. Bxb7 Ra7 26. Bg2 Qxd2
27. Bxd2 Bxb2 28. Rab1 Rxa2 29. Nc3 Bxc3 30. Bxc3 $11) 24... Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bd4
26. Nc3 $2 (26. Nf4 {was best} Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qb6 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Qc2 Bxb2 $11
) 26... Bxg2 27. Kxg2 g5 $1 {Anish Giri is exceptionally precise after this
and does not give any opportunities to Gelfand.} 28. h4 gxh4 29. Ne4 Qd5 30. f3
Rad8 31. Rad1 Kh8 32. Bg5 f5 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34. gxf5 (34. Qh6 h3+ 35. Kh1 fxe4
36. Rxe4 {is White's best try to keep the game going but his position is far
from enviable.}) 34... Qxf5 35. Kh1 Rg8 36. Rf1 Be5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is one of the decisive games in the exciting round 3 of this
star-studded event.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 {The London System has become
very popular even among top-level players lately especially this year.} b6 ({
The more popular line is} 3... d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 (6... Be7)) 4.
e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c3 cxd4 {Taking now or later and
placing the d-pawn on d6 characterises the Queen's Indian setup.} 9. exd4 d6
10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bh2 a6 13. a4 Nf8 {All of the previous moves have
been seen before and White now normally continues with 14.Nc4, but Anish has
other plans...} 14. Ng5 $5 {With the idea to provoke a weakening on Black's
kingside and place a knight on e4.} Qd7 {Technically this is the novelty of
the game. Tomashevsky may not have been familiar with the Ng5 idea.} ({
Previously. what was played was} 14... Ng6 15. Nde4 (15. Nge4 $6 Nd5 16. Nf3 {
0-1 (39) Stevanovic,V (2287)-Mladenovic,S (2124) Valjevo 2011, and here Black
could've played the natural} Ndf4 17. Bf1 Bc6 18. g3 $6 Nd5 $15 {[%cal Gb6b5]
and b6-b5 minority attack will be next.}) 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 $6 {this is
exactly what White wants} (16... Nh4 $1 17. f3 Bc6 {with a long positional
struggle ahead, where both sides can fight for an edge.}) (16... Bf8 17. Qh5) (
{or} 16... Bc6 17. Qh5 {is easier to play for White.}) 17. Nd2 Bf8 18. Bc4 Qf6
19. Bf1 $1 (19. Nf3 Kh8 20. Qe2 f4 $1 {Black is fine and even won later: 0-1 
(38) Olejarczyk,B (2178)-Przybylski,W (2326) Warsaw 2010}) 19... Rab8 (19...
Bd5 20. Nc4 Qd8 21. a5 $14) 20. Nc4 Qd8 21. a5 b5 22. Nb6 $14) 15. Qe2 $1 {
Not allowing Black to realise his plan on the queenside.} Bc6 16. Bxa6 Bxa4 17.
Bd3 Bc6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Na3 Qb7 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. Nf3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. Rxa8
Bxa8 24. Na3 Bc6 25. Bb5 Ne8 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Qb5 Qxb5 28. Nxb5 Nd7 29. Kf1 f6
30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Ne1 Nb8 32. Na7 $1 {Restricting the b8-knight.} ({Another good
idea is} 32. Nc2 Nc6 33. d5 $1 exd5 34. Bf4 Ke6 35. Be3 Bd8 36. Ncd4+ Nxd4+ 37.
Nxd4+ Kd7 38. f4 $16 {with a nice bind.}) 32... Bd8 33. Nc2 Ke7 34. Nb4 Kd7 35.
d5 $1 {Black couldn't do anything to stop this thrust.} exd5 (35... e5 $2 {
only gives White an outpost on c6 and less space for Black's pieces.} 36. f4 $1
(36. f3 f5 37. Bg1 Kc7 38. Kd3 Kb7 39. Nac6 Bc7 $14) 36... Kc7 37. Kd3 Kb7 38.
Nac6 Bc7 39. Nxb8 $1 {otherwise he'll go Nd7-c5} Bxb8 40. Nc6 Bc7 41. Ke4 g6 (
41... b5 42. Kf5) 42. f5 $1 Ng7 43. Ne7 g5 44. Bg1 {with the idea of creating
another weakness on the kingside with h3-h4, and later followed by creating a
passed pawn on the queenside.}) 36. Nxd5 {White now has a long-term advantage
and we see him putting pressure on Black for the rest of the game.} Nc6 37. Nb5
$1 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6] Avoiding trades is favorable for the side with more space
and vice versa! In addition to this, White needs his knight to attack
weaknesses on d6 & b6.} Ne7 38. Ne3 (38. Nb4 d5 (38... Nc6 39. Nxc6 Kxc6 40.
Nd4+ Kd7 41. f4 d5 42. f5 Bc7 43. Bg1 $14) 39. Bf4 (39. Kd3 Nc7 40. Nd4 Ne6 41.
f3 Nc5+) 39... Nc7 40. Na3 Ne6 41. Be3 Bc7 {and it looks like it's Black who
improved his position more.}) 38... d5 39. Kd3 Nc7 40. Nd4 g6 (40... Ne6 {
is a better defence:} 41. b4 (41. Nxe6 Kxe6 42. Kd4 (42. f4 Bc7) 42... Nc6+) (
41. c4 Nxd4 42. Kxd4 dxc4 43. Kxc4 Kc6) 41... Nxd4 42. Kxd4 Kc6 {with good
chances to hold} 43. c4 dxc4 44. Nxc4 Nf5+ $11) 41. c4 $5 {A good practical
decision, White allows Black to rid himself of his IQP to activate his king
and exert pressure on the b-pawn. Changing the structure of the game can also
be unpleasant for the defender especially when he doesn't expect it!} (41. b4
Ne6) 41... dxc4+ 42. Kxc4 Nc6 43. Bxc7 Bxc7 44. Nf3 $1 {White wants to place
his king on b5 or a6. The best analyst in the world (Komodo 10), assesses this
as equal but this is deceiving because it doesn't take into account 2 things:
1) The engine is the most resourceful defender 2) a human will feel pressure
and see "ghosts" in such positions.} Bd8 (44... Na7 {is also possible but the
knight here is misplaced. Therefore a logical way to continue is to create
play on the other side of the board!} 45. g4 $1 Bd8 46. Nd5 {with Nd4, f4-f5
next.}) (44... Ne5+ 45. Nxe5+ Bxe5 46. b4 Kc6 47. b5+ Kd6 (47... Kc7 48. Nd5+
Kb7 49. g4 Bb2 50. Ne3 Kc7 51. Kd5 Kd7 52. Nc4 $18) 48. Nd5 $16) 45. Kb5 {
Mission accomplished. Now, Black has to be very accurate.} Kc7 ({The best
analyst recommends that the best defence is to invite the king to a6 and give
up the b-pawn, which is very counter-intuitive.} 45... Na7+ 46. Ka6 Nc6 47. Nd5
f5 48. Nxb6+ Kd6 {and I doubt any human would be willing to go for this.}) 46.
Nd5+ Kb7 {White has gained good ground for his pieces, and will proceed to fix
the weak b6 and create threats with his steeds.} 47. b4 f5 48. Kc4 Kc8 49. Nf4
Bc7 50. Ne6 Bd6 51. b5 Ne7 52. Nfg5 h5 53. Nf7 Bh2 54. Nf8 Bg1 55. f4 Be3 56.
Ne5 g5 57. fxg5 Bxg5 58. Nfg6 Nxg6 59. Nxg6 {White has successfully executed
another transformation, this time to a very favourable minor piece ending!} Kd7
60. Kd5 {With a much more active king and weak enemy pawns on both sides, the
rest is "a matter of technique" for a top player like Giri.} Be3 61. Nh4 f4 62.
Ng6 Bc1 63. Ne5+ Ke7 64. Nc4 Be3 65. g3 $1 {Giri skillfully uses all of his
resources here, a small pice of tactics!} Bc1 {.} 66. gxf4 Bxf4 67. Nxb6 Bg3
68. Nc4 Kd7 69. b6 h4 70. Kc5 Kc8 71. Kc6 {At this moment, both players are
playing with more or less a minute left on their clock. While this should be
winning for White he still has some work to do.} Kb8 72. Kb5 Kc8 73. Kc6 $1 {
White decides to move his king back to improve his knight first while also
gaining time on the clock! Great practical technique by Anish.} ({With little
time left on the clock, Anish wasn't sure yet if things were going to work if
he went to a6 and carefully, patiently makes the necessary preparation. Let's
check:} 73. Ka6 Kd7 74. b7 Ke6 75. Ne3 (75. Ka7 Kf5 76. Ne3+ Ke4 77. Ng2 Kf3
78. Nxh4+ $18) 75... Kf6 76. Ka7 Kg5 77. Ng2 $18 {But of course it's easy to
determine this when one is only watching and without being under time pressure!
}) 73... Kb8 74. Nd2 Bf4 75. Ne4 Bg3 76. Nc5 Bh2 77. Kb5 Bg1 78. Nb3 Bh2 79.
Ka6 {Now White decides to execute what is probably the only winning plan.} Bg3
80. Nd4 Kc8 81. b7+ Kd7 82. Ka7 {Seeing that his king cannot even make any
headway towards White's kingside, Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 {GM Peter Svidler has rich experience in
various systems of the English Opening. This time he enters into a closed type
of position.} Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e5 (6... e6 {is another common continuation.
}) 7. a3 Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Bg5 ({The most popular line starts with} 
10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne3 Nde7 14. Nc4 {and leads to an
interesting position à la reversed Marocy, where White's active piece play
compensates for a lack of space.}) 10... f6 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Ne1 {The knight is
heading to d5, so Black shouldn't hesitate.} ({Another way of preparing the
b2-b4 advance isn't effective:} 12. Na4 Rb8 13. b4 $6 axb4 14. axb4 cxb4 15.
Bxb4 b5 $1 $15 {Plomp,G-Meulders,R (2285) Belgium 1995}) 12... d5 13. cxd5 (13.
Na4 {would lead only to simplifications:} b6 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 cxb4 16. Bxb4
Nxb4 17. Rxb4 Rb8 $11) 13... Nxd5 14. Qb3 $6 {This ambitious move was
connected with a blunder.} ({After} 14. Nc2 f5 15. Ne3 Nde7 $1 {Black should
be able to neutralise White's play on the queenside.} ({A less precise try is} 
15... Nb6 16. b3 Rb8 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Nb5 Ra8 19. e3 $14 {Kramnik,V (2766)-Leko,
P (2749) Monte Carlo 2007}) {For instance,} 16. Na4 b6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 f4
19. Nc4 Rb8 $15 {Bedia,M (2164)-Zakhartsov,V (2534) Krasnodar 2004. However,
it still was the best way of handling the position.}) 14... Nc7 15. Qb6 $146 {
This is the only way to justify White's previous move. However, the queen is
in big danger now.} ({In the event of} 15. Qd1 Qe7 $1 $15 {White would be
doomed to a passive defence.} ({The previously played} 15... Nd4 {is weaker:}
16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 cxb4 $6 (17... c4 $1 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bg2 f5 $44) 18. Rxb4
Na6 19. Rxb7 Nc5 20. Rb1 $14 {Valdes,L (2365)-Mendoza,R (2382) Guayaquil 2003})
) ({Also after} 15. Qxb7 Nd4 16. Nf3 Rb8 17. Qe4 Qd7 18. Qe3 Rfc8 $36 {Despite
the extra pawn, White's position seems unpleasant.}) 15... Nd4 16. Nf3 $6 {
Peter is inviting new troubles.} ({The lesser evil would be} 16. f4 f5 $1 (
16... exf4 17. Bxb7 $1 ({The more natural} 17. Bxf4 $6 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19.
Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. e4 Qd7 21. Qxc5 f5 $36 {leaves White under strong positional
pressure}) 17... Rb8 (17... Nd5 18. Qxc5 Nb3 19. Qc6 Nxd2 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21.
Bxd5 Re8 22. Qh3 Nxb1 23. Bxa8 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Qxa8 25. Qg2 $13) 18. Bxf4 Rf7 19.
e3 Ncb5 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nxb5 Ne2+ 22. Kf2 Nxf4 23. Bc6 Nxd3+ 24. Nxd3 Rxd3
25. Rfd1 Rb3 26. Rd2 $11) 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxc5 Bg7 $36 {The vulnerable
placement of the Qc5 yields Black a powerful initiative, but at least White is
a pawn up.}) 16... Ra6 $1 17. Qxb7 Nxe2+ 18. Kh1 ({Of course, not} 18. Nxe2 Bd5
{[%csl Rb7] and the queen is trapped} 19. Qxa6 Nxa6 $19) 18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 {
Now, when the Ne2 is gone, White's monarch is going to be be exposed till end
of the game.} Bd5 (19... c4 $5 20. d4 Bd5 21. Qb2 Qa8 22. Ne1 exd4 23. cxd4 f5
$17) 20. Qb2 Qa8 21. Ne1 Rd6 {Starting to put pressure on White's weaknesses.}
22. d4 {Peter isn't prepared to sit and wait, but this move leads to the loss
of a pawn.} (22. Be3 Ne6 23. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 24. Kg1 f5 25. c4 Qa8 $17) 22... Rfd8 (
22... Bxg2+ 23. Nxg2 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rxd4 $17 {would lead to the same character
of play.}) 23. Kg1 cxd4 24. cxd4 Bxg2 25. Nxg2 Rxd4 {So, now Black is a pawn
up, but White's pieces get some activity.} 26. Bc3 (26. Be3 Rd3 27. Bb6 R8d7
$17) 26... R4d7 (26... Rd3 $5) 27. Ne3 Nd5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. a4 {Now the Pa5
is fixed, so Black's pieces are tied to protecting it. On the other hand,
White's king is still in danger.} h5 $1 {Exploiting the main drawback of his
opponent's position.} 30. h4 (30. Qb3 $5 {deserved to be considered:} Kh7 31.
Rfd1 Rc5 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Be1 $17) 30... Qc6 31. Qb3 ({It makes sense to swap
the queenside pawns:} 31. Rbc1 $5 Qxa4 32. Ra1 Qg4 33. Rxa5 Rd3 34. Ra7 $17)
31... Kh7 32. Rfc1 {Now, when the last piece has moved from the kingside, the
advance of Black's pawns is becoming dangerous.} Qd7 (32... Rd3 $1 {was
stronger:} 33. Qb5 Qf3 34. Be1 e4 $19 {and Black's pieces are dominating over
the board.}) 33. Be1 e4 34. Qb7 {A temporary pawn sacrifice.} Qxa4 35. Ra1 Qe8
36. Rc7 R5d7 37. Rxd7 $2 {Alas, Peter chooses the wrong way of regaining the
pawn.} ({The correct} 37. Rxa5 Rxc7 38. Qxc7 Rd1 39. Kf1 $17 {would offer him
definite drawing chances.}) 37... Rxd7 38. Qb3 ({The most stubborn was} 38. Qb5
{, but after} e3 $1 39. Rxa5 exf2+ 40. Kxf2 f5 41. Kf1 Qf7 {Black would slowly
develop a decisive attack.}) 38... Rd3 39. Qc4 Qd7 $6 {A loss of tempo. This
inaccuracy makes Black's task tougher.} ({Anish had to play} 39... f5 $1 40.
Rxa5 Rd1 41. Qb4 e3 42. Ra7 Kh8 43. Kh2 exf2 44. Bxf2 Qc6 45. Bg1 Qc2+ 46. Kh3
Qd3 $19) 40. Rxa5 f5 41. Kg2 Rd1 42. Qe2 Rb1 43. Rc5 $2 ({The only way to
put-up resistance was} 43. Ra3 Qe7 44. Re3 Qb7 45. Qc4 Rd1 46. Qb4 $17 {
, and it's not easy to make further progress.}) 43... Qb7 $2 (43... e3 $1 {
was winning on the spot:} 44. fxe3 Qe7 45. Rb5 Qe4+ 46. Kh2 Rc1 $19) 44. Kh2 f4
45. gxf4 Qe7 46. Rc4 Qxh4+ 47. Kg2 Qxf4 48. Qxe4 Qg5+ 49. Kf3 $2 {It is only
after this mistake that the result of the game becomes predictable.} ({Had
Peter played} 49. Kf1 $1 Ra1 (49... Qb5 50. Qd3 Be5 51. Kg2 $17) 50. Qd3 Qb5
51. Rd4 $17 {the limited material balance would still offer drawing chances.})
49... Rb5 $1 50. Qd3 Qg1 $19 {Now the monarch is helpless.} 51. Re4 Rb2 52. Qc4
(52. Rh4 {offered no hope either:} Qxe1 53. Rxh5+ Kg8 54. Qc4+ Kf8 55. Qf4+ Ke8
56. Qa4+ Kf7 57. Qf4+ Bf6 58. Rh7+ Kg8 $19) 52... Qh1+ 53. Kg3 Rb1 54. Qe2 Qg1+
55. Kh3 Rb3+ 56. f3 g5 57. Bf2 g4+ 58. Kh4 Qh2+ 59. Kg5 Rxf3 {Impressive
positional play by GM Anish Giri!} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O Nce4 17. Qd3 Qd6 18. Qxa6 Rc2 19. Bd4 Nc5 20. Qxd6 exd6 21.
Bb5 Nfe4 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Ra8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ra1 Na4 26. Bc6 Ra7 27.
Bxa4 Rxa4 28. Nd4 Nf6 29. Kf1 Nxd5 30. g3 Nb6 31. Nc2 Ra5 32. Nxb4 Nc4 33. Rd1
Ra4 34. b3 Rxb4 35. bxc4 Rxc4 36. Rxd6 Rc2 37. Ra6 g5 38. g4 f6 39. Ra3 h5 40.
h3 Rc4 41. gxh5 Kh6 42. Rf3 Kxh5 43. a3 Kg6 44. Ke2 Rd4 45. Rd3 Re4+ 46. Kd1
Rf4 47. Ke2 Re4+ 48. Kd1 Rf4 49. Ke1 Re4+ 50. Re3 Rd4 51. Rf3 Kf7 52. Rb3 Kg6
53. Kf1 Ra4 54. Rf3 Re4 55. Re3 Ra4 56. Ke2 Rd4 57. Rf3 Kf7 58. Rd3 Re4+ 59.
Kd1 Rf4 60. Rd2 Ra4 61. Ra2 Ke6 62. Kc2 Kd6 63. Kb3 Rh4 64. a4 Rxh3+ 65. Kc4
Kc6 66. a5 Kb7 67. a6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 ({Giri
apparently did not find a convincing improvement over Aronian's previous
experience with} 6... Be7 7. d4 {Aronian,L (2792)-Fressinet,L (2687) Paris
2016 CBM 173 [Marin,M] (1-0, 49)}) 7. d3 ({The main alternative is} 7. b3 Be7 (
7... Bd6 {Aronian,L (2773)-Shirov,A (2730) Bilbao 2009 CBM 132 [Marin,M] (1-0,
43)}) 8. Bb2 {Nakamura,H (2802)-Hammer,J (2677) Stavanger 2015 CBM 167 [Sagar
Shah] (1-0, 53)}) ({And of course} 7. Nc3 {would just transpose to the main
lines but this is not what White usually wants when choosing this move order.})
7... Be7 8. Be3 $5 {The bishop frequently lands on e3 in the reversed Dragon
English, but mostly with a knight on c3. Aronian's plan, even though not
completely new, is rather exotic.} ({The normal line goes} 8. Nbd2 O-O ({
The extravagant} 8... g5 {in Korchnoi's style was also tried in Bischoff,K 
(2559)-Vallejo Pons,F (2678) Germany 2005 CBM 106 [Ribli] (1-0, 31)}) 9. a3 a5
10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 f6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Bf8 {[%csl Gb3][%cal
Gd7f7] Portisch,L (2533)-Almasi,Z (2646) Szekesfehervar 2006 CBM 112 [Ribli] 
(0-1, 42). Black is perfectly regrouped and even though White's position looks
flexible, too, the weakness of the b3-pawn restricts his active possibilities.}
) 8... O-O (8... Nd5 {is not too annoying yet as the bishop has a square to
which to retreat.} 9. Bd2 (9. Nc3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. d4 {is a double edged
alternative. White is better developed and has some initiative but if Black
consolidates the central pawns may become weak.}) 9... O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Rc1
f6 ({It may have been better to delay this move with, for instance} 11... Qd7
12. Ne4 f6) 12. Qb3 {[%csl Gb7,Gd5] Suddenly Black has concrete problems.} Na5
$6 (12... Rb8 $6 13. Ng5 $1) (12... Nf4 $2 {is known to lose material from
similar Dragon positions with reversed colours. Here the line is a bit more
complex.} 13. Qxb7 Na5 14. Qa6 c6 {Hoping to trap the queen with ...Bc8.} 15.
Ne4 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Nxc1 17. Rxc1 $16 {The a5-knight is lost.}) ({the best
defence was} 12... Bb4 {but after} 13. Qc2 {the bishop would be misplaced. All
in all, Black would probably lose a tempo.}) 13. Qb5 c6 14. Qa4 Nb4 15. Ne4 Qb6
{Dizdarevic,E (2498)-Ascic,P (2293) Bosnjaci 2013 (1-0, 41) The awful
placement of Black's knights allowed} 16. Nc5 $1 (16. Rc5 $1 {is similar.})
16... Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxb4 $18) 9. Nbd2 {Quite a daring move ignoring
the threat ...Nd5.} (9. Qc1 Re8 10. Nbd2 {[%csl Gc5] is more cautious but in
principle White would prefer placing a rook on c1, as Aronian later did.} Bg4
11. Bc5 f5 12. Nb3 Bf6 $13 {Azmaiparashvili,Z (2670)-Vallejo Pons,F (2559)
Ohrid 2001 (0-1, 42)}) ({This was the last moment when White could have
transposed to a main line branch with} 9. Nc3) 9... Be6 {Not really a bad move,
but it helps White reach a natural position.} ({The critical test is} 9... Nd5
10. Nc4 ({With reversed colours, Black would probably not mind a structure
such as arose after} 10. Rc1 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Be6 12. a3 a5 13. Ne4 {but with
White the requirements are higher, so personally I would not play like this.})
10... Nxe3 11. Nxe3 Re8 12. Rc1 ({Starting the knight dance on the available
squares with} 12. Nc4 f6 13. Nfd2 {looks more to the point. It remains an open
question whether Black can use his bishop for more than the modest aim of
defending c5.}) 12... Bf8 13. Rxc6 $5 {Interesting but not really adequate.}
bxc6 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. b3 Bd7 {Artemiev,V (2663)-Matlakov,M (2691) Sochi 2016 
(½-½, 61), and White never entirely got adequate compensation for the
exchange.}) 10. Rc1 {[%cal Gd2e4,Gd2b3,Ge3c5] Now everything is in the right
place, White always has Bc5 in the event of an emergency.} Qd7 (10... Nd5 11.
Bc5 f6 12. d4 $5 Bxc5 (12... exd4 13. Nb3 $14) 13. Rxc5 Qe7 14. Qc1 exd4 15.
Rxc6 $1 bxc6 16. Nxd4 $44 {with clearer compensation than in the game quoted
above. White will at least get one pawn while retaining the better structure.})
11. a3 Bh3 $2 {A serious misunderstanding of the position. Exchanging the
bishops is good only if Black gets attacking chances as otherwise his control
in the centre and on the queenside diminishes.} ({Once again} 11... Nd5 {
is more normal, although White has fluent play after} 12. Bc5 f6 13. Bxe7 Ndxe7
14. b4) 12. Bxh3 $1 {Distracting the queen from the centre.} Qxh3 13. b4 {
Suddenly the c7- and e5-pawns are hanging.} Bd6 (13... a6 {loses a pawn to} 14.
Bxb6 cxb6 15. Nc4 {[%csl Gb6,Ge5]}) ({Even though admitting that the exchange
of bishops has been among others a mere loss of time,} 13... Qd7 {deserves
attention.} 14. Ne4 (14. b5 Na5 {[%csl Gb5] is not entirely clear}) 14... Rfd8
15. Bc5 Bd6 16. Qb3 $14) 14. Qb3 {With the light-squared bishops on the board
the queen would not have that much mobility on the queenside.} Ne7 {Black's
play looks somewhat chaotic as his moves do not make part of a coherent plan.}
({But the more natural} 14... Rad8 15. Ne4 $14 {[%cal Gf1d1,Gd3d4] also looks
pleasant for White.}) 15. d4 {A logical reaction to the passive knight retreat
but not the only good plan.} (15. Bc5 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gf3e5]} Qd7 (15... Rfe8
$2 16. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 17. Ng5+) (15... Rae8 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Rc7 $16) 16. Ne4
$36 {[%cal Gf1d1,Gd3d4]}) 15... exd4 16. Bxd4 $14 {[%cal Gd2e4,Ge4d6,Ge4c5]
White has emerged out of the opening with a dream position. He has a promising
queenside minority attack and a kingside majority which could become dangerous
if put into motion. All these are sustained by his superior piece activity.}
Nc6 17. Ne4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qd7 {This looks like one of the least favourable
moments to return with the queen.} (18... Be5 19. Nf3 Rae8 20. Nc5 Qc8 {
is more coherent, but White retains unpleasant pressure after, say,} 21. Rfd1
$14 {anyway.}) 19. Rfd1 {Completing the development and putting pressure on
the errant queen.} Be5 (19... Rad8 20. Qf3 $1 $16 {[%csl Yb7][%cal Gd4f5,Ye4d6]
}) 20. Nc6 Qe8 21. Na5 Rb8 22. Nc5 {With precise play, White should already
count on a technical win. But Aronian shows us that perfect technique implies
a bit of accurate calculating, too.} Qc8 23. Qf3 c6 24. b5 $1 {Destroying
Black's queenside fortress.} Bb2 (24... cxb5 25. Nd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27.
Nxb7 $18) 25. bxc6 $1 ({Even stronger than} 25. Rc2 cxb5 26. Qd3 Bf6 27. Ncxb7
Qe6 28. Qxb5 {when White is "only" a pawn up.}) 25... Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Qc7 (26...
bxc6 27. Nxc6 {[%cal Gc6e7,Gc6b8] retrieves the exchange and retains the extra
pawn and clear domination.}) 27. cxb7 {This pawn, sustained by the knights,
will end the game soon.} Na4 (27... Rfe8 28. Qc3 {[%cal Gc5a6]}) 28. Ncb3 Qe7 (
28... Qb6 29. Qc6 $5 Nb2 30. Nc5 $1 Qxa5 31. Nd7 Rxb7 32. Qxb7 Re8 33. Rc8 Qe1+
34. Kg2 Qxe2 35. Qa8 $18) 29. Nd4 Qg5 30. Qf4 $1 {The start of the final
combination.} Qxa5 (30... Qxf4 31. gxf4 {[%cal Gd4c6]}) 31. Qxb8 $1 Rxb8 32.
Rc8+ Qd8 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8 34. Nc6 (34. Nc6 {the point is that after} Re8 {
White does not have to content himself with an extra pawn in the knight ending,
which would make resignation a bit premature, but can promote his pawn with}
35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. Nc8 $1) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O
Rac8 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Nd4 Ne6 17. Qd3 Nxd4 18. Bxg4 Ne6 19. Qb3 Rc4 20. Bf3
Rb4 21. Qa3 d4 22. Rd3 a5 23. Qxa5 Rxb2 24. Qe5 Qb4 25. exd4 Rxd4 26. a3 Qc4
27. Rdd1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qb3 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Qd6 Qc2 31. Qd3+ Qxd3 32. Rxd3 Nc5
33. Rd1 g5 34. h4 b6 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Rd6 Kg7 37. g3 f5 38. g4 f4 39. Bc6 Rb1+
40. Kg2 Rb3 41. Rd5 Kh6 42. Rd6+ Kg7 43. Rd5 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a6 9. Nf1 Na5 10. b4 Nxc4 11. bxc5 Na5 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. a4 b5 14. axb5 axb5
15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Bd2 Re8 17. h3 Nb7 18. Nh4 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Rxb5 Nxc3 21.
Bxc3 Qxc3 22. Nf3 Ra5 23. Rxa5 Qxa5 24. Qd2 Qb5 25. Qc3 f6 26. d4 exd4 27. Nxd4
Qd7 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Ne3 Nd6 30. Qc5 Qe5 31. Qxe5 fxe5 32. Nc6 e4 33. Kh2 Kf7
34. Kg3 g5 35. h4 Nf5+ 36. Nxf5 Bxf5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Ne5+ Kf6 39. Nc4 Be6 40.
Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. e3 e5 10. Nb3 g5 11. Bg3 Nc6 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 dxc4 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Bxc4 Ne4 16. f3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Kg7 18. Ke2 b6 19. e4 Ne7 20. Rhd1 Bd7
21. Rd2 Ba4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nd2 h5 24. Ke3 h4 25. gxh4 gxh4 26. Bf1 Ng6 27.
c4 Rc8 28. Nb1 Bd7 29. Nc3 Be6 30. Nb5 a6 31. Nd6 Rc6 32. Rd1 Kf6 33. Ne8+ Ke7
34. Ng7 Bxc4 35. Nf5+ Kf6 36. Bxc4 Rxc4 37. Rd6+ Kg5 38. Rxb6 Nf4 39. Nh6 Nxg2+
40. Kf2 Rc2+ 41. Kg1 Ne3 42. Nxf7+ Kf4 43. Rxa6 Nc4 44. a4 Ra2 45. a5 Kxf3 46.
Rc6 Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.02.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 c6 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. d4 e6 8. O-O
b5 9. cxb5 cxb5 10. Rd1 a6 11. a4 b4 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e4 Nc6 15.
exd5 Nxd4 16. dxe6 Nxb3 17. exd7+ Kd8 18. Bxa8 Nxa1 19. Nd2 Kc7 20. Rc1+ Kb8
21. Bg2 Bxb2 22. Rc4 Bc3 23. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.02.19"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 c6 8. Bg2
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 Qe7 13. Qb3 f5 14. Nc3 c5 15.
Rhd1 Nc6 16. a3 Ba5 17. dxc5 e5 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Kf1 f4 20. gxf4 Bg4 21. h3 Bh5
22. Qc2 Rae8 23. b4 e4 24. Nd4 Bc7 25. Bxe4 Bxf4 26. Nf5 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Bg5 28.
b5 Bg6 29. Nde3 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Bxf5 31. bxc6 Bxh3+ 32. Kg1 Bg4 33. Rd3 bxc6 34.
Re1 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.04.08"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Ne5 Be6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Na3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. f3 Qb6 11. Kh1 Rd8 12. e4 Be6 13. Nec4 Qa6 14. Ne3 Nc5 15.
e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Rxd5 17. f4 Nd3 18. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 19. Kg1 O-O 20. Nc2 Rd8 21. b3
f5 22. Ba3 Be4 23. Qd2 c5 24. dxc5 g5 25. fxg5 Bxe5 26. Rad1 Qg6 27. Qe3 h6 28.
Bc1 Kh7 29. h4 hxg5 30. Qxg5 Rg8 31. Rxd3 Bxd3 32. Re1 Bf6 33. Qxg6+ Rxg6 34.
Nb4 Be4 35. Re2 a5 36. h5 Rxg3+ 37. Kh2 Be5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.04.09"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trier"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. Ne1 b6
9. Nd3 Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Nd2 Rac8 13. a4 c5 14. a5 b5 15. b4 Bxf4
16. gxf4 dxc4 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Nf3 Nh5 21. Qd2 Qe4
22. Ng5 Qxf4 23. Qe3 Rf6 24. Nf3 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Nf4 26. Rg1 Nd5 27. Qe5 Qe4 28.
a6 c3 29. Rad1 Rg6 30. Rxg6 hxg6 31. Rc1 Nxb4 32. Rxc3 Nxa6 33. Qd6 Qc6 34. Qg3
b4 35. Rc1 e5 36. Kg1 Qe4 37. Nxe5 Rxc5 38. Qb3+ Qd5 39. Qxd5+ Rxd5 40. Rc8+
Kh7 41. Nf7 g5 42. Rc6 f4 43. Rxa6 b3 44. Rxa7 b2 45. Rb7 Rd1+ 46. Kg2 b1=Q 47.
Nxg5+ Kg6 48. Rxb1 Rxb1 49. Nf3 Rb2 50. Kf1 Kf5 51. h3 Ke4 52. Ng5+ Kd5 53. Nf3
Rb6 54. Kg2 Rg6+ 55. Kf1 Re6 56. Ne1 Rh6 57. Kg2 Ke4 58. Nf3 Rg6+ 59. Kf1 Ra6
60. Kg2 Ra3 61. Ng5+ Kd5 62. Nf3 Ra2 63. Kf1 Kc4 64. Ng5 Kd4 65. Ne6+ Ke5 66.
Ng5 Kf5 67. Nf3 Ke4 68. Ng5+ Ke5 69. Nf3+ Kd5 70. Ng5 Ra6 71. Nf3 Kc4 72. Nd2+
Kc3 73. Ne4+ Kd4 74. Ng5 Rg6 75. Nf3+ Kc3 76. Ne5 Rg5 77. Nf3 Rg6 78. Ne5 Rh6
79. Kg2 Kd2 80. e3 fxe3 81. Nc4+ Ke2 82. Nxe3 Rf6 83. Ng4 Rf3 84. h4 g6 85. Kh2
Kf1 86. Ne5 Rxf2+ 87. Kg3 Rf6 88. Kg4 Ke2 89. Kg5 Rf5+ 90. Kxg6 Rxe5 91. h5 Kf3
92. h6 Kg4 93. h7 Re8 94. Kg7 Kg5 95. h8=Q Rxh8 96. Kxh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Papp, Gabor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Baia Mare"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 cxb6 17. Na3 Rfd8 18. Nc2 Na5 19. Nb4 Nc4 20. Rab1 Nc5 21.
Nc6 Re8 22. Nfd4 Rac8 23. h3 Bd7 24. Nb4 Rxe5 25. Nf3 Ree8 26. Nxd5 b5 27. Bxc4
bxc4 28. Nb6 Bf5 29. Nxc8 Bxb1 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Rxb1 Rxd6 32. Rc1 h6 33. Rxc4
Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Nd3 35. Ra4 Rf1 36. Rxa6 Rxf2 37. b3 Nc1 38. b4 Nxa2 39. b5 Nc3
40. b6 Rb2 41. Ne5 Nd5 42. Nd7 Kh7 43. Nf8+ Kg8 44. Nd7 Kh7 45. h4 h5 46. Kg3
g6 47. Ra7 Nxb6 48. Ne5 Rb3+ 49. Kh2 Nd5 50. Rd7 Ne3 51. Rxf7+ Kg8 52. Rf3 Ng4+
53. Nxg4 Rxf3 54. gxf3 hxg4 55. fxg4 Kh8 56. Kg2 Kg8 57. Kf2 Kf8 58. Ke2 Ke8
59. Kd2 Kd8 60. Kc2 Ke8 61. Kc3 Ke7 62. Kd2 Kd6 63. Ke3 Ke7 64. Kf4 Kf6 65. Ke4
Ke6 66. Kf3 Kf7 67. Kf4 Kf6 68. g5+ Ke6 69. Kg4 Kf7 70. Kf4 Ke6 71. Ke4 Kd6 72.
Kf3 Ke6 73. Kf4 Kf7 74. Kg4 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow SHSM Legacy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8.
Ndb5 a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Qxd6 f6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Bb6 Nf5 13. Qb4 Nc6 14. Qc5 d6
15. Bxd8 dxc5 16. Bb6 e5 17. O-O-O Ncd4 18. Bxc5 Bd7 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Bxd4 Nxd4
21. f4 Bg4 22. Rde1 Nc6 23. Be4 O-O 24. g3 Rfe8 25. Kb1 exf4 26. gxf4 Bh5 27.
Re3 Kf8 28. Rhe1 Bg6 29. b3 Re7 30. Bxg6 hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Odlar Yurdu"]
[BlackTeam "Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5
15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Qd5 18. c4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qa5+ 20. Rd2 O-O 21.
Bd6 f5 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 23. Nd6 Nbd7 24. Bf3 Rb8 25. Kf2 Qc5 26. Rb1 b6 27. Qxc5
Nxc5 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxb6 Ncd7 30. Rxa6 Rxc4 31. Ra7 Kf7 32. Rdxd7+ Nxd7 33.
Rxd7+ Kf6 34. h3 g6 35. g3 h5 36. h4 g5 37. hxg5+ Kxg5 38. Rg7+ Kf6 39. Rh7 f4
40. gxf4 Rxf4 41. Rxh5 Rf5 42. Rh6+ Ke7 43. Ke3 Ra5 44. Bg4 Ra3+ 45. Kf4 Ra4+
46. Kg5 Re4 47. Rh7+ Kd6 48. Ra7 Re1 49. Kg6 Re4 50. Kg5 Re1 51. Bh5 Rg1+ 52.
Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. c4 $5 {Threatening to take on d5
and achieve a good version of the Catalan Opening, or provoking black into
going for a Benoni with reversed colors.} (5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 {is a
different kind of position from what White could have chosen} 7. Nb3 Be6 {
this line is considered to be ok for Black. It is a Grünfeld with reversed
colors, with an additional tempo for White (because Black played e6-e5). But
on the other hand, White had to retreat the knight to b3 (normally Nxc6!
exchanging these knights is the correct reaction, but Black has not yet
developed the knight to c6)}) 5... d4 (5... Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 (6... Nxd5 7. d4
$14 {and White has an amazing Catalan-type of position; he is certainly
looking for an advantage by opening the centre with his better development}) 7.
d4 $14 {The main line of the Tarrasch Defence, supposed to be always slightly
difficult for Black.}) 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 {This kind of position is
dangerous for Black, White has a lot of initiative. Naturally, if Black
manages to control the position, he may claim an advantage, due to this
spatial advantage. But Giri plays with a lot of energy.} Nd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Na3
$1 {[%cal Ga3c2]} e5 (10... Bxa3 $6 11. bxa3 O-O 12. a4 $1 $16 {followed by
Ba3, Rb1, Nd2, with excellent play.}) 11. Nc2 a5 12. a3 O-O (12... f6 $5 {
a rather ambitious try from the computer. The idea is simple, Black wants to
play ...Nc5 as soon as possible, trying to stabilise the queenside.} 13. Bd2 $2
{following Giri's idea in the game wouldn't be smart now:} (13. Rb1 a4 14. Bd2
Nc5 15. Bb4 O-O 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. b4 axb3 18. Rxb3 $13 {and now White seeks
strong play on the light squares with Nd2, Qe2 (or even Qh5)}) 13... Nc5 $1 $17
{[%csl Rd3]}) 13. Bd2 $1 $146 {Preparing b4.} (13. Rb1 {has been played before,
but since Black's reaction will be most likely ...a4, it is much better to
play Giri's 13.Bd2 since then Pb4 is already supported} a4 14. Bd2 f6 $1 (14...
Bd6 $2 15. Nb4 Ndb8 16. Ng5 $36 {1/2-1/2 (41) Kreisl,R (2400)-Drenchev,P (2499)
Plovdiv 2012}) 15. Nb4 Nc5 $1 $15 {[%cal Gc8f5] and Black is in time to
consolidate a fine position.}) 13... a4 (13... Rb8 $2 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 b5 {
is a typical reaction, but here Black is not ready} 16. Nh4 $1 {[%csl Rc6]
[%cal Gh4f5]} Qc7 17. Nf5 Bf6 18. cxb5 Rxb5 19. Na3 $1 Rb6 20. b5 $18 {
followed by Ba5, winning the exchange.}) 14. Nb4 $1 {Another typical Benoni
idea.} (14. Bb4 $1 {is also typical and would be very strong.}) 14... Bd6 15.
Ng5 $1 Nc5 16. Ne4 $1 Nb3 $6 {Black goes for an exchange sacrifice to avoid a
passive position.} (16... Nxb4 $6 17. Nxc5 $1 Bxc5 (17... Na6 18. Nxa4 $16) 18.
axb4 Bd6 {is simply horrible for Black} 19. c5 Bc7 20. b5 $1 $18 {winning the
a4-pawn without allowing any blockade on b5.}) (16... Nxe4 $1 {was the best
choice, but White has every reason to feel very happy after the opening} 17.
Bxe4 Bd7 18. Nd5 $14) 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bb4 $1 Qf6 (19... c5 {
wouldn't solve Black's problems:} 20. Bxa8 Nxa1 (20... cxb4 21. axb4 Nxa1 22.
Qxa4 $1 $18) 21. Qxa4 $1 $18) 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 (20... Nxa1 21. Bb4 $1 Nb3 22. f4
$18 {[%csl Ge8] followed by Rxe5, with a devastating position}) 21. Rb1 Bf5 22.
Qf3 Re8 23. Rbd1 Re6 {After organizing his own pieces, Giri thinks about
simplifying into a won endgame.} 24. g4 $1 Bg6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Be4 Bxe4 27.
Rxe4 $16 {And the endgame is very difficult for Black.} Nc5 28. Re2 $6 (28.
Ree1 $1 {comparing this with the analysis following Black's 28th move, one can
explain why this is the correct square for the rook.} Re8 29. f4 Ne6 $2 30.
fxe5 $18) 28... Kg7 $6 (28... Re8 $1 {[%cal Gc5e6,Ge6f4,Ge8b8] trying to setup
a strong blockade on f4} 29. f4 (29. Kf1 Ne6 {it doesn't seem easy for White
to create concrete play, maybe c5-Rc1-Rc4} 30. c5 $5 $36) 29... Ne6 $1 (29...
exf4 $2 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Kf2 $18 {with an easy win}) 30. fxe5 (30. Rf1 $2 {
trying to win the pawn endgame backfires} Nxf4 31. Rxf4 exf4 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33.
Kf2 Ke7 34. Kf3 f5 $1 35. gxf5 c5 $1 36. Kxf4 f6 37. Ke4 Kd6 $11) 30... Nf4 $16
{followed by ...fxe5, and Black has a very solid position.}) 29. h4 h5 {
Trying to get active play, but it gives White two important passed pawns on
the h-file.} 30. gxh5 f5 31. f4 $1 {Breaking Black's pawn structure at all
costs.} exf4 (31... e4 $2 {doesn't work since the d4-pawn is hanging} 32. dxe4
fxe4 (32... d3 33. Rg2+ $1 $18 {followed by exf5 or e5}) 33. Rxd4 $18) 32. Rf2
Re5 33. Rxf4 Ne6 34. Rf3 f4 35. Kf2 Rxh5 36. Rg1+ Kf6 37. Rh3 $18 {A move like
Rg8 is threatened; now White is clearly winning.} Rh8 38. h5 Rb8 39. Rb1 Rh8 (
39... Ng5 {wouldn't help} 40. Rh4 Kf5 41. h6 $18) 40. b4 $1 {Creating a second
passed pawn (a very important one!).} axb3 41. Rxb3 Kg7 (41... Nc5 42. Rb6 $18)
42. a4 Re8 43. h6+ Kh7 44. a5 Ng5 45. Rh5 Re5 46. Ra3 $1 {The simplest, now
Black is forced to go into a lost rook endgame.} Ne4+ 47. dxe4 Rxh5 48. a6 d3
49. a7 Rh2+ 50. Ke1 Rh1+ 51. Kd2 Rh2+ 52. Kc3 (52. Kxd3 $4 {it is never late
to go wrong} Rh3+ $19 {[%cal Gh3a3] and Black wins.}) 52... d2 53. Kc2 f3 54.
a8=Q f2 55. Rf3 {A nice win from Giri, showing great energy and initiative in
all three phases of the game. And a reminder that the Benoni is very dangerous
with reversed colors, since White can use that extra tempo to create quick and
strong play against Black, as happened in this game.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. e3 Rc8 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. O-O
c6 15. b4 a6 16. Rfc1 b5 17. Qc3 Nb6 18. Ne5 Nc4 19. a4 Nb6 20. a5 Nc4 21. Nd7
Qd8 22. Nc5 f5 23. Qd3 Qf6 24. Nd7 Qe6 25. Nc5 Qf7 26. Re1 Re8 27. Re2 Re7 28.
Rae1 Nd6 29. Qc2 Qf6 30. h3 g6 31. Nd3 Nc4 32. f4 Rae8 33. Ne5 h5 34. g3 g5 35.
Rg2 Rg7 36. Qe2 Qh6 37. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O {This position arises from various
openings (mostly from the Tarrasch Defence with 4.e3).} Nxd4 (11... a6 {
is another popular move here.}) 12. Qxd4 Be5 13. Qd3 (13. Qh4 Bf5 14. Rac1 d4 {
1/2 (14) Uhlmann,W-Gligoric,S Havana 1969}) (13. Qd2 Bg4 (13... Ne4 14. Nxe4
Bxb2 15. Rad1 Ba3 16. Qxd5 $16 {1-0 (50) Bisguier,A-Burger,R San Francisco 1961
}) (13... Bd7 14. Rfd1 Bc6 15. Bf3 Qb8 16. Kh1 {1/2 (16) Rajkovic,D-Parma,B
Sarajevo 1973}) (13... d4 $5 14. Rad1 (14. exd4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Bf3 Rb8
17. Rfd1 Be5 18. Na4 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 Bg4 $11 {1/2 (24) Winants,L (2480)-Giddins,
S (2345) Antwerp 1995}) 14... Ng4 15. g3 $5 (15. h3 Qh4 16. exd4 Bh2+ 17. Kh1
Bd6 18. Bb5 Re3 19. f4 {1-0 (24) Khismatullin,D (2657)-Ionov,S (2548) Dagomys
2010} Rg3 $40) 15... Nxh2 16. Rfe1 $13) 14. Bxg4 (14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16.
Rad1 Rac8 17. Na4 Qf5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. exd4 Rc2 $15 {1/2 (36)
Van der Sterren,P (2560)-Van der Wiel,J (2570) Wijk aan Zee 1995}) 14... Nxg4 (
14... Bxh2+ $2 15. Kxh2 Nxg4+ 16. Kh3 $1 Qg5 17. Qd4 $1 Qh5+ 18. Kg3 Nh6 19.
Rh1 $1 Nf5+ 20. Kf4 Qg6 21. Qxd5 Re6 {1-0 (40) Miles,A (2565)-Ljubojevic,L 
(2605) Bugojno 1978 MCL [Bulletin]} 22. g4 Ne7 23. Qd1 $16) 15. h3 Nf6 16. Rfd1
Rc8 17. Rac1 Rc6 18. Nb5 (18. Na4 Ne4 19. Qe2 Bb8 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Qg4 g6 22.
h4 h5 23. Qh3 Be5 $15 {0-1 (32) Ivanov,J (2420)-Korneev,O (2600) Tenerife 2001}
) 18... Ne4 19. Qe2 Bb8 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Qg4 g6 22. Nd4 Qf6 23. Qe2 Qd6 24.
Nf3 Ng5 25. Kf1 $13 {0-1 (29) Brunner,L (2530)-Timman,J (2590) Biel 1995})
13... Ne4 14. Nxe4 (14. Na4 $6 Bxh2+ $5 (14... Bxb2 15. Nxb2 Qg5 16. Bf3 Qe5
17. Na4 Bf5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qc3 Qe7 $11 {1/2 (25) Mozetic,D (2440)-Pavlovic,
M (2461) Novi Sad 2000}) 15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Kg1 Re6 17. Qd4 Rg6 18. g3 Qh3 $1 (
18... Qxg3+ 19. fxg3 Rxg3+ 20. Kh2 Rh3+ 21. Kg2 Rg3+ $10) {and now White has
the only way to survive:} 19. Qxd5 $1 (19. Qe5 Bg4 $19 {->: 1-0 (31) Chekhov,V
(2535)-Novikov,I (2420) Lvov 1984 URS-ch [Chekhov]}) 19... Bf5 20. Rad1 $1 (20.
Bf3 $4 Rh6) 20... Rf8 (20... Re8 21. Qd8) 21. Qe5 f6 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Qe7 {
forcing} Rxg3+ 24. fxg3 Qxg3+ $11) 14... Bxb2 15. Rad1 Bf5 16. Qd2 Bxe4 17.
Qxb2 {The position has been simplified, and Black's isolani becomes a serious
drawback. Still, the position of White's pawn on b3 (instead of b2) makes his
advantage less significant due to the weakness of the c3-square and lack of
space for queen manoeuvres on the queenside.} Rc8 (17... Qg5 18. g3 h5 $132 {
V.Chekhov, I.Novikov}) 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Rfd1 h6 20. Qd2 Red8 21. Bd3 Qg6 $6 {
[%mdl 16384]} (21... g6 $142 {If White plays f2-f3 forcing ...Be4xd3 then his
e3-pawn and the position of his king become weak, which guarantees Black a
sufficient defence. Of course,} 22. Bxe4 dxe4 {is harmless.}) 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 {
This recapture is now forced, which is a big achievement for White: the
weakness of Black's d5-pawn becomes very serious.} (22... dxe4 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8
24. Rxd8+ {is clearly bad for Black.}) 23. g3 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qf5 (24... Qe7 $5 {
preventing Qc1-c5, and then ...f7-f5 preventing the possible e3-e4. However,
in any case Black's position remains difficult.}) 25. Qc5 b6 26. Qc7 Qd7 27.
Qe5 Qe6 28. Qd4 {[%cal Re3e4]} f5 29. h4 $1 Rd7 30. Qc3 Kf7 31. h5 Qf6 32. Rd4
Ke7 33. a4 $1 {White creates a new weakness on the queenside.} Qe5 34. a5 bxa5
35. Qxa5 {[%csl Ra7,Rd5,Rf5]} Qe6 36. Rf4 Qe5 37. Qc5+ Ke6 38. Qc8 Ke7 39. Qc5+
Ke6 40. Qc6+ Ke7 41. Qg6 Qf6 42. Rxf5 Qxg6 43. hxg6 {White has won a pawn and
gradually converts his material advantage in the rook ending:} Ke6 44. Rf8 h5
45. Kg2 d4 46. exd4 Rxd4 47. f4 Rd5 48. Rf7 Rb5 49. Rxg7 Kf6 50. Rxa7 Kxg6 51.
Ra6+ Kg7 52. Kh3 Rxb3 53. Ra5 (53. Ra5 Kg6 54. Kh4 $18 {[%cal Ra5g5]}) 1-0

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Be6 9. Bg2 b5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. f4 Rc8 15.
c3 Bh7 16. a4 O-O 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra6 exf4 19. Nxf4 h4 20. Bd4 Ne5 21. Nh5
Bg6 22. Nf4 Bh7 23. Nh5 Bg6 24. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qa5 8.
O-O Qh5 9. Qe5 Qxe5 10. Nxe5 Nc6 11. Nd3 b6 12. Bg5 Ba6 13. b3 h6 14. Bd2 Rac8
15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 e6 17. Bf4 Ne8 18. h4 Bf8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bg7 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. a4 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. e3 Nf6 25. Rd6 Kf8 26. Rcd1 Rc5 27. Na2
Bc8 28. Nb4 Re8 29. Nd3 Ra5 30. Nb2 Rc5 31. Nd3 Ra5 32. Nb2 Rc5 33. R6d2 g4 34.
Nd3 Rc7 35. Ne5 Ke7 36. a5 bxa5 37. Ra2 Bb7 38. Rxa5 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Rb8 40. Ra3
Rc5 41. Nd3 Rc7 42. Ne5 Rc5 43. Nd3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Qd3 Rc8 9. O-O h6 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Nf1 Nf6 14. Ne3 Be7
15. a4 O-O 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. Be1 d5 18. Nexd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bb4 20. Kh1 Bxc3 21.
Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Bxc3 Nxd5 23. Bxe5 Ne3 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rc1 f6 26. Bc3 Nxc2 27.
Kg1 Nd4 28. Kf2 Nb3 29. Re1 Nc5 30. Re7 b6 31. a5 bxa5 32. Bxa5 Rb8 33. Bc3
Nd3+ 34. Ke2 Nxb2 35. Re4 Rc8 36. Bxb2 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 Rxb2 38. g4 Rb3+ 39. Kf4
Kf7 40. Ra4 Rb6 41. h4 g6 42. h5 g5+ 43. Ke4 Re6+ 44. Kd4 Ke7 45. Ra5 Kd7 46.
Kc4 Kc7 47. Kb4 Rc6 48. Rf5 Re6 49. Kc4 Kb7 50. Kb4 Kb6 51. Rd5 Rc6 52. Rf5 Rd6
53. Kc4 a5 54. Kb3 Ka6 55. Kb2 Rb6+ 56. Ka3 Rc6 57. Kb2 Kb6 58. Kb3 Rd6 59. Kb2
Ka6 60. Kb3 Rb6+ 61. Ka3 Kb7 62. Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 {Last year in Berlin at the World Rapid and Blitz
Championships both Carlsen and Kramnik begun to employ the London System (they
had trained together before that event). Their successes have inspired many
followers since then. Under Magnus' reign there has been a strong tendency to
look for structures as White where preparation matters less than strategic
ideas and general understanding. Then the trick becomes choosing the type of
position that your opponent would be most uncomfortable with, rather than
trying to prove an advantage right from the start.} c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 ({
After} 5... Qb6 $6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 {an engine will tell you that Black
is doing alright, but} 8. Bb5 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. N2b3 Bxc5 (11...
O-O 12. Bd3 e5 13. Nb5 Qb4 14. a3 Qa4 15. Bg5 {exerts pressure; the queen is
misplaced.}) 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Bd3 $1 Nxd4 14. exd4 Qxd4 15. Bd6 {is certainly
no pleasure to handle as Black, whose king will not find safety.}) 6. c3 cxd4
$5 (6... Bd6 {A lot of top players have chosen this line against the London
System already, so Anish must have spent most of his preparation coming up
with an idea here. And of course he had one more reason to expect his opponent
to go down this road, since Wesley had just won a beautiful game at the
Olympiad:} 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. e4 Be7 12. e5 Nh5
13. a3 g6 14. Nf1 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ne3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxg3 19.
hxg3 Rxe5 20. Bc4 b5 21. Bxb5 Qb6 22. O-O Kg7 $36 {0-1 (34) Sedlak,N-So,W Baku
2016.  This reminded me of a cunning strategy Alexei Shirov likes to employ:
He would look for lines where the opponent scored very well (if he won
brilliantly even better), and then see if he could dig up an unpleasant
surprise for them there, expecting that he could put it to use with near
certainty.}) 7. exd4 Nh5 {The tournament leader goes for an original position,
certainly not anticipated by Anish.} 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Bd6 {White would love to
move his c-pawn to c4 and the knight to c3, but as it stands there is no way
to put pressure on Black.} 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 f5 {Justifying the h5-knight.}
12. Ne5 $2 {Anish clearly lost the thread here, misevaluating coming events.} (
12. Ng5 Qe8 13. f4 {would keep a balanced position.}) 12... f4 $1 13. Qxh5 fxe3
14. fxe3 Nxe5 (14... Bxe5 $1 15. dxe5 Bd7 {was stronger still, keeping the
pace up. ...Qb6 and ..Rf5 are in the air. White faces a grim defence, as
trying to relieve the pressure by} 16. Qe2 Nxe5 17. Nf3 {falls short to} Nxf3+
18. Bxf3 Qa5 $1 {/\ ...Bb5} 19. a4 b5) 15. dxe5 Bc5 16. Rf1 $1 {Exchanges to
ease the pressure.} Bxe3 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 {The worries
about the white king are gone, but certainly Wesley had liked the prospect of
this position as it could become quite passive for White if he were tied to
the defence of the Pe5 (say by a bishop from c7).} Bd7 20. Rd1 Rf8 (20... Bb6 {
may be very precise, since} 21. c4 {is strongly met by} Rc8 22. cxd5 Rc2) 21.
c4 $1 {Anish is correct in trying to liquidate in the position as long as he
still can.} (21. Ke2 Bb6 22. c4 {leaves Black a lot of options, and I can
imagine how one could get irritated by something like} Rf7 $5 (22... Kf7 23.
Nd4 dxc4 24. Rf1+ Ke7 25. Rxf8 Kxf8 26. Ke3 Bc7 27. Bxb7 Bxe5 28. Ba6 {would
be quite a defence as well.}) 23. cxd5 Bb5+ 24. Ke1 exd5 25. Rxd5 Bc4 {but
White has a strong rejoinder:} 26. Nd2 $1 Bxa2 27. b3) 21... Bc6 22. Nd4 $2 ({
But here} 22. Ke2 $1 Bb6 23. Nd4 {would simply be a better version of the game:
} Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rf5 25. cxd5 Rxe5+ 26. Kd3 exd5 27. Rf4 $1 {shutting the Black
king out and safeguarding the 2nd rank next} Re1 28. Rf2 {and White's perfect
coordination neutralises the extra pawn.}) 22... Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rf5 24. g4 {
This looks somewhat loose, on g4 the pawn may prove to be exposed.} (24. Rf4
Rxe5+ 25. Kd2 g5 26. Rf2 {should have been considered, again trying to lock
the Black king out.}) 24... Rxe5+ 25. Kf2 Kf7 $17 26. b4 {White tries to
create some action on the queenside, hoping to liquidate as many pawns as
possible.} Ke7 27. b5 Bd7 28. b6 dxc4 29. Rxc4 axb6 30. Rc7 Rb5 31. Rxb7 Kd6 {
It looks like Black is establishing control, but with so few pawns left, there
are always chances for a succesful defence.} 32. Kg3 h6 33. Rb8 Rb2 {Natural,
but not best.} ({Nr. 1 rule when converting a static advantage: Keep an eye on
counterplay at all times!} 33... Rb4 $1 {with the idea to play ...b5, then ...
Ra4 and not letting the white a-pawn run amok, as in the game.} 34. Rg8 Ra4 35.
Rxg7 Ra3+ 36. Kf2 Rxa2+ 37. Kg3 Ra3+ 38. Kf2 b5 {does not inspire any hope for
White.}) 34. Bf3 b5 $6 35. a4 $1 b4 36. a5 Rb3 37. Kg2 $1 {After this precise
move White is holding.} (37. Kf2 $2 Kc5 38. a6 Ra3 39. Rb7 Bb5 $19 40. a7 Rxf3+
$1) 37... Bc6 $6 {Giving in a bit too early.} (37... Kc5 38. a6 Ra3 39. Rb7) ({
After} 37... g5 38. a6 Ra3 {Black could still try for a bit}) 38. Bxc6 Kxc6 39.
a6 Ra3 40. Rxb4 Rxa6 41. h4 {This required no more effort from Anish. On one
side 3 vs 2 promises nothing.} e5 42. Kf3 Kd5 43. Rb5+ Ke6 44. Rb7 Kf6 45. g5+
hxg5 46. hxg5+ Kg6 47. Re7 Ra5 48. Ke3 Rb5 49. Kf3 Rb3+ 50. Kf2 Rb5 51. Kf3 Rd5
52. Ke3 e4 53. Kxe4 Rxg5 54. Kf3 Kh5 55. Re1 Rg4 56. Rh1+ Kg5 {A refreshing
display from Wesley in the opening, but Anish put up a defence and took his
last chance to escape.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Rc2 b5 15.
Ne3 Rxc2 16. Nxc2 Qa5 17. Qa1 Qd2 18. Qd1 Qa5 19. Qa1 Qd2 20. Qd1 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {Anand likes this
line; he has already won some nice games with White against Topalov, Vachier
Lagrave.} e6 ({4 rounds before Vachier Lagrave played} 6... e5 {against Anand,}
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 Nbd7 9. g4 Rc8 10. f5 Bxb3 11. axb3 Rxc3 $5 {was an
interesting sacrifice,} (11... d5 $6 12. exd5 Bb4 13. Bg2 Qb6 14. Bd2 e4 15.
Qe2 $16 {Anand-Vachier Lagrave, London 2016, and White looks nicely placed.})
12. bxc3 Nxe4 13. h4 $1 Be7 14. g5 Qb6 15. Qf3 d5 $132 {with a complicated
middlegame.}) 7. g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qd2 O-O
13. O-O-O Nc5 $146 {A novelty by Giri. In this type of middlegame, the knight
is very rarely on c5. Probably Giri wanted to exert pressure on e4.} (13...
Nxd4 {is the most popular move,} 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15. Rg1 Ne5 16. Qe3 Nc4 17. Bxc4
Rxc4 18. f4 Re8 19. f5 Bf8 20. f6 $40 {Vallejo Pons-Topalov, Leon rapid 2012,
and White has a strong attack.}) (13... Rc8 {is the another option,} 14. Nxc6
Rxc6 15. Kb1 Ne5 16. Rh3 Nc4 17. Qe1 Qa5 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Bb6 Qd7
21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Re3 $14 {Nepomniachtchi-Lu Shanglei, Moscow 2016, and White
is more comfortable.}) 14. f3 Rb8 15. Rg1 Qc7 16. b4 $6 {A smart and ambitious
move, but this is an inaccuracy. This move incurs the weakness of White's
queenside.} ({The natural} 16. Kb1) ({or} 16. h5 {was better to continue the
attack on the kingside.}) 16... Nd7 ({The engine suggests the brilliant seeming
} 16... Ne5 $5 17. f4 (17. bxc5 $6 dxc5 $36) 17... Rbd8 $132 {with a
double-edged fight.}) 17. Ndxb5 $6 {The point of White's previous move. This
is a typical knight sacrifice for three pawns, but now the white king is
becoming weak.} axb5 18. Nxb5 Qc8 19. Nxd6 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Rd8 {Black protects
his pieces and now he has a lot of threats.} 21. b5 Nde5 $1 {A nice
intermediate move!} 22. Qc5 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Nxf3 $1 {Black has to give back the
piece, but he can continue his attack.} 24. bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rg3 Rb1+ $2 {A
tempting move, but after this White can escape.} (25... Qd8+ $1 {or 25...Qd7
was correct,} 26. Ke2 (26. Bd3 Bxe4 27. Ke2 Bxd3+ 28. cxd3 Nxh4 $17) 26... Bxe4
27. Rxf3 Rb1 $1 $19 {This is the point! Probably Giri didn't see this move.
White is without hope.}) 26. Ke2 Qa6+ ({Still} 26... Nxh4 $5 {meant keeping
the tension.}) 27. Kxf3 Qxf1+ 28. Bf2 Qh1+ 29. Ke3 Qc1+ 30. Kf3 (30. Ke2 $11 {
was also enough to hold.}) 30... Qd1+ 31. Ke3 Qc1+ 32. Kf3 Qh1+ 33. Ke3 Qxe4+
34. Kd2 Qf4+ ({In the event of} 34... Rb8 35. Rd3 {and the white king is safe.}
) 35. Kc3 $1 Rb8 36. Rd3 $1 {Very precise play by Anand.} (36. Qxc6 $2 {
was bad, because of} Qxf2 $17 {and suddenly the white king is very weak again.}
) 36... Rc8 37. Kb2 $1 h5 {...and a draw, because the white king is safe.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. O-O Qc8 13. Rb1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 axb4 15. axb4
Qb7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Ne1 Bd8 18. Qd1 Bc7 19. Nd3 b5 20. Ra1 Ne4 21. Ne2 Bd8
22. f3 Nef6 23. Nc3 Nf8 24. Rc2 Ng6 25. Rca2 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Ra8 27. Qa1 Rxa2 28.
Qxa2 Nxf4 29. exf4 Nd7 30. Ne2 Bc7 31. h4 Nb8 32. h5 Qa6 33. Qb2 f6 34. g4 Nd7
35. Kf2 Qa8 36. Ke1 Kf7 37. Kd2 Kg8 38. Kd1 Kf7 39. Kc2 Qa4+ 40. Kc1 Qa8 41.
Kb1 Qa7 42. Qc1 Qa8 43. Kb2 Bd8 44. Qg1 Be7 45. Nec1 Bd8 46. Nb3 Qb7 47. Qe3
Qa8 48. Qc1 Qa4 49. Qe1 Qa8 50. Qd2 Qa4 51. Nf2 Qa8 52. Nh3 Qc8 53. Qc2 Nf8 54.
Nc1 Kg8 55. Nd3 Nh7 56. Qe2 Nf8 57. Qe3 Qd7 58. Ng1 Qe8 59. Ne2 Bc7 60. Nec1
Kf7 61. Nb3 Ke7 62. Qe1 Kd7 63. Nbc1 Kc8 64. Ne2 Nd7 65. Ng3 Qf7 66. Qe3 Kb7
67. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Prasanna,V"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kramnik has started with this move quite a number of times in 2016 so
it must not have been a complete surprise for Anish Giri. Kramnik in the past
has mentioned he likes to try to outplay his younger opponents in a positional
struggle and this game is no different.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 {The most popular modern Sicilian Najdorf is on the board. It is not a
surprise as Anish has been using it with Black in his past 10 games against e4.
} 6. g3 {Even though the game started with the Sicilian Kramnik opts for one
of the quietest responses against the Najdorf.} e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. Bg2 h5 {
Anish shows the depth of his preparation. Even though ...h5 is no longer a
surprise idea in the Najdorf. It has never been played in the position and it
is usually played to hinder White's g4-plan.} 9. Bg5 {Kramnik refuses to
transpose to familiar theory and keeps the position fresh and novel.} (9. h3 {
transposes to the 6.h3 Fischer variation.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Qd2 Be7 11. a4 Rc8
12. O-O Nf8 13. Bxf6 {Kramnik tries to keep the position under control and in
positional territory.} (13. a5 N8h7 $1 (13... h4 14. Bxh4 Rxh4 15. gxh4 Ng6 16.
f4 Nxh4 17. Nd5 (17. Kh1 Nxg2 18. Kxg2)) 14. Be3 h4 15. f4 Nf8 {leads to a
dynamically balanced position with chances for both sides. Facing a new idea
at the board, Kramnik's decision is both practical and sound.}) (13. Rfd1 N8h7
14. Be3 Ng4) 13... Bxf6 14. Rfd1 {The game moves into the slow manoeuvring
phase.} Be7 15. Nd5 h4 16. Nec3 (16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. Ra3 hxg3 18. hxg3 Bg4 19. f3
Be6 20. Rd3 Bc4 21. Rxd6 Ne6) 16... Nh7 (16... Rc6 17. Ra3 Nd7 18. Rb3 Qc8) 17.
Ra3 Rc6 18. Rb3 Qb8 19. Na2 (19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. Nd5+ Bxd5 21. exd5 Rc4 (21...
Rc7) 22. Re1 hxg3 23. hxg3 Qc8 24. f4) 19... Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qc8 21. Nb4 Nf6 22.
Qd2 Rc5 23. Rc1 hxg3 24. hxg3 g6 25. Rd3 Kf8 26. c3 Kg7 27. Rd1 Qd7 28. b3 Qg4
29. c4 Nxe4 {An interesting decision. Anish decides to solve his positions
dynamically instead of with passive defence.} (29... Rcc8 {was also okay for
Black.} 30. Nc2 Qh5 31. Ne3 Ng4 32. Nxg4) 30. f3 Nxd2 31. fxg4 Nxc4 32. bxc4
Rxc4 33. Nd5 Bd8 34. Ra1 (34. Rb1 {could have given White some chances. It was
important to stay active and on the offensive. After the move in the game
Black has no troubles whatsoever.} Rxg4 35. Rxb7 Rxa4 36. Rf3 Rf8 37. Bh3 $1 {
[%csl Re6]} e4 38. Rf1 Ra3 39. Nf4 Kg8 40. Kg2 Ra2+ 41. Rf2 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 {
Of course the most likely result is a draw but Black still has to be careful.})
34... Rxg4 35. a5 e4 36. Rb3 Rh5 37. Ne3 Rgg5 38. Kf2 Rxa5 39. Rxa5 Rxa5 40.
Bxe4 b5 41. Rd3 Be7 42. Kf3 Ra1 43. Nd5 Bd8 44. Nf4 Be7 45. Rc3 d5 46. Bxd5 Ra3
{White has absolutely no objective chances after the exchange of rooks - a
draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. a3 b5 15.
axb4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxb4 17. Ra1 Bb5 18. Nd4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 a5 20. Rfc1 Nd7 21.
Nb3 Qg5 22. c5 Nxc5 23. Nxa5 Ne4 24. Nc6 Bc5 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 Rxc1+ 27.
Rxc1 e5 28. Bb2 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 h5 31. Qd3 Nf6 32. h3 e4 33. Qd8+
Kh7 34. Qe7 Qg6 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Qc5 Kg7 37. Qd5 f5 38. Qe5+ Qf6 39. Qg3+ Kh7
40. Kh2 Qe7 41. Qf4 Kg6 42. Kg3 Qd8 43. Qe5 Qg5+ 44. Kh2 Qd8 45. Qg3+ Kh7 46.
Qf4 Kg6 47. Qe5 Qd2 48. Qg3+ Kh6 49. Qf4+ Kg6 50. Qg3+ Kh6 51. Qh4 Qd6+ 52.
Qf4+ Qxf4+ 53. exf4 Kg6 54. Kg1 Kg7 55. Kf1 Kf6 56. Ke2 Ke6 57. Kd2 Kd6 58. Ke2
Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. a3 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Be7 {[%emt 0:12:18]
} 8. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 9. Ba2 {[%emt 0:02:24]} O-O {
[%emt 0:09:45]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:
13:49]} Re8 {[%emt 0:04:32]} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:27:17]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 13.
Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:12:55]} 14. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:13:44]} Nxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} 15. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 16. Nd5 {[%emt 0:
16:22]} bxa3 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 17. bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:10:06]}
18. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 19. g3 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Qd7 {
[%emt 0:02:11]} 20. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:16:21]} 21. h4 {[%emt 0:
03:31]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 22. Reb1 {[%emt 0:07:47]} Reb8 {[%emt 0:00:48]}
23. Rb3 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:09:15]} 24. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} g6 {
[%emt 0:02:12]} 25. Rab1 {[%emt 0:05:20]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 26. Rxb3 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 27. a4 {[%emt 0:04:53]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:01:
37]} 28. Kg2 {[%emt 0:02:29]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 29. Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rxb3
{[%emt 0:06:34]} 30. cxb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 31. Nf1 {
[%emt 0:01:32]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 32. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Qc3+ {[%emt 0:00:
25]} 33. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc2+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 34. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Qc3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:
01:59]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6
{[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 8. Nc3
{[%emt 0:00:14]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be6 $146 {
[%emt 0:09:30]} (9... Bf5 10. Na4 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nbd7 12. Rfc1 Be4 13. Be1 Ne8
14. e3 Nd6 15. Bb4 a5 16. Be1 e6 17. Ra2 b5 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5
Rdc8 21. Bd2 Nf5 22. Bxa5 b4 23. c6 Ne7 24. c7 Bf6 25. Rca1 Ra7 26. Nd4 Bxd4
27. exd4 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rb7 29. Rc1 Nf5 30. Ra4 Kf8 31. Rxb4 Rxb4 32. Bxb4+ Ke8
33. Bc5 Rxc7 34. Ra1 Kd7 35. b4 Nd6 36. b3 f6 37. Ra6 Rc6 38. Ra7+ Rc7 39. Ra6
{Chandra,A (2464)-Zierk,S (2488) Saint Louis 2016 1/2-1/2 (76)}) 10. Na4 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:08:15]} 11. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 12. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 13. Ba5 {[%emt 0:09:28]}
b6 {[%emt 0:17:39]} 14. Be1 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 15. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:19:13]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:05:28]} 16. b4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} e5 {[%emt 0:15:
31]} 17. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:04:36]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 18. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 19. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:07:31]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 20. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:10:27]} 21. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:02:
33]} 22. Na4 {[%emt 0:20:57]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 23. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:06:35]}
Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 24. Ra2 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:05:34]} 25. Na4 {
[%emt 0:04:03]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:07:23]} 26. b3 {[%emt 0:08:49]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} 27. Rd2 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rad7 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 28. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:00:41]}
Rd6 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 29. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 30. Rxd6 {
[%emt 0:01:10]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:
01]} 32. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Bb2 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 33. Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Bd4
{[%emt 0:01:23]} 34. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 35. bxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. h4 {[%emt 0:04:23]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:35]
} 37. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 38. g4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} h5 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} 39. gxh5 {[%emt 0:02:24]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Be3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 41. Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:
15]} 42. b4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:34]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Nh4 {[%emt 0:
00:25]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. f3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 8. Qb3
{[%emt 0:00:22]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 9. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:
17]} 10. g3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:28]} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} dxc4
{[%emt 0:00:12]} 12. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 13. Nxg6 {
[%emt 0:01:47]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:01:59]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:
10]} 15. d5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:12:16]} 16. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} b5 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 18. Nxb5 {
[%emt 0:00:47]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 19. b4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:
47]} 20. Qc6 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Rfb8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 21. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:18:50]}
Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 22. a3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:20:10]} 23. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:11:25]} d4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 24. Na4 {[%emt 0:06:28]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 25. Bc4 {[%emt 0:07:15]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 26. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:08:41]}
Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:06:25]} 28. Nb2 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} d3 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 29. Be3 {[%emt 0:10:59]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:05:
28]} 30. Kf2 {[%emt 0:10:21]} f5 {[%emt 0:12:15]} 31. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:07]} fxe4
{[%emt 0:08:45]} 32. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:04:59]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 33. Rcd1 {
[%emt 0:05:15]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 34. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:
09:02]} 35. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 37. Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 38. Rc1
{[%emt 0:01:57]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 39. Rc8+ {[%emt 0:03:06]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 40. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxe4+ {[%emt 0:04:34]} 41. Kg2 {[%emt 0:03:16]
} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:05:29]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I had been off to a slow start and before this game I was mentally prepared
to finally get things going.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {One of the most
aggressive weapons in my repertoire. Against the Spanish Dmitry employs the
ever-solid Berlin Defence.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 $5 {a rare line that Dmitry
previously has never employed. The main point of the variation is that Black
often transposes to 4...Bc5 line (after 5.Nxc6 Bc5!? or 5.Be3 Bc5), having
avoided some extra options. Needless to say, this move order gives White other
options, one of which I played in the game.} 5. Nf3 $5 {You don't have to be
Einstein to realize that 5.Nb5 is the most challenging move. This timid move
has some point too. White just wants to finish his development and it is to be
seen whether the queen on f6 is in fact so well placed.} Bb4+ $5 {Taking away
the c3-square from the knight. A good move, that my opponent most likely found
over the board.} 6. c3 Bc5 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Nge7 {Black develops in the most
logical way. In view of what happened in the game, there is also something to
be said for h6 or a6(5) on this move or on the previous one, besides other
possible alternatives.} (8... a6 9. Nbd2 Qe7) 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bg5 $1 {The most
challenging move.} Qg6 11. Bh4 $1 (11. Nbd2 {is natural but is well met with}
Bh3 $1 {fortunately I had seen this motif before, otherwise I am afraid it's
pretty easy to miss it.}) 11... Qh6 $6 {This felt dubious. It wasn't that easy
to find a move for Black, as 0-0 fails to b5!, but I am sure it is possible to
find one that is better than ...Qh6.} 12. Nbd2 Ng6 (12... Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14.
Nf3 {looks nice for White.}) 13. Bg3 $1 {An important move. Now it becomes
clear that White has emerged with something of an opening advantage.} (13. Bg5
Qh5 14. Nc4 {was tempting but then it turns out that after} Bg4 {it's not easy
for White to get rid of the unpleasant pin.}) 13... O-O (13... Nce5 {was what
I had expected. At least Black wouldn't have any huge structural problems here.
Still, after for example} 14. a4 a6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. a5 Ba7 17. Kh1 O-O 18. f4
{White is having a good time.}) 14. a4 a5 (14... a6 15. Nc4 Ba7 {doesn't avoid
structural weaknesses-} 16. b5 $1 Nce7 17. b6 $1 {and White is obviously on
top.}) 15. Nc4 axb4 16. cxb4 Nf4 {Giving pup the bishop on b6 is a sign of
things having gone quite badly wrong; still Black remains reasonably solid and
stays in the game.} 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Bb5 {There are various ways to play, but
what I did makes sense.} Bg4 19. Qc1 {Here I went for the position with only
major pieces on the board, which seemed extremely promising to me.} Bxf3 20.
gxf3 g5 21. Bxf4 gxf4 22. Bxc6 Rfc8 23. b5 $6 {Although I felt it was better
to have more open files, considering the potential attack on the black king,
but it seems that it was better to play without including this.} (23. Kh1 $1
Rxc6 24. Qb2 Rac8 25. Rg1+ Kf8 26. Rad1 {With the king coming to e7 I was
under the impression that it is better to have the b-file open, but it seems
that ...Ke7 can anyway be met with e5! and the weak b6 pawn is a target for
the future as well.} Rc3 27. Rd3 $1) 23... bxc6 24. bxc6 Ra5 $1 25. Kh1 Rc5 26.
Qb2 R8xc6 27. Rg1+ Kf8 {So far both sides have played very logical moves. Here
comes my idea:} 28. a5 $5 {It was only after I made this move that I saw that
Black can force a draw here. Nevertheless it is probably the best shot by now.}
Qh3 29. axb6 Qxf3+ 30. Rg2 {It is important that 30...Rg5 fails here to Qh8+
and Ra7+, that's why it was important to take on b6 and not play 29.a6!.} Ra5
$2 {A clever resource, but there was a better one.} (30... Ke7 $1 {I thought
once we reached this position this move would no longer be hard to find, but
for some reason it escaped the attention of my opponent.}) 31. b7 Rxa1+ 32.
Qxa1 Rb6 33. h4 $1 {I took quite some time here, choosing between this and 33.
h3. At the end of the game I lacked some time, so in hindsight it was not a
good decision. Still, if 33.h3 were the way, it would have been a pity not to
have given it a thought. Chess can be a complicated game!} (33. h3 Qxh3+ (33...
Qb3 34. Qa8+ Ke7 35. Kh2 Qb2 $5 (35... Rxb7 36. Rg8 {White wins.}) 36. Rg8 $3
Qxf2+ 37. Rg2 {is a beautiful finish.}) 34. Kg1 Qh5 $1 {is the most
straightforward way to draw.} (34... Qb3 {loses-} 35. Qa8+ Ke7 36. Rg8 Qd1+ 37.
Kg2 f3+ 38. Kh2) 35. b8=Q+ Rxb8 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qxb8 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qh5+ {
with a perpetual.}) 33... Qb3 34. Kh2 {I assumed 34...Rxb7 would lose to Qf6,
so felt that 34.Kh2 was anyway a better way to start.} (34. Qa8+ Ke7 35. Kh2 {
is another critical path. Now Black's only chance is} Qb2 $1 (35... Rxb7 36.
Rg8 {is lights out-} Qb6 37. Kg2 $1 {the most precise, eventually White's
attack will decide.}) 36. e5 $3 dxe5 37. f3 $1 {and now the machine spits out
an insane variation, where Black, as it seems is holding-} Qb4 38. Re2 Qd6 39.
Qc8 $1 h5 40. Qc3 Rb5 41. Rb2 Rxb2+ 42. Qxb2 Qb8 43. Qb3 $1 f6 44. Qb5 Kd6 45.
Qb6+ Ke7 46. Qc6 Qa7 {and Black holds suddenly.}) 34... Rxb7 $6 (34... Ke7 {
is now met with} 35. e5 $1) (34... Qb2 $1 35. Qa8+ Ke7 {transpose to the line
discussed above, in which Black seems to be holding.}) 35. Qf6 Qb6 $1 36. f3 $6
{A human way to play.} (36. Rg4 $3 {is insane!} Qxf2+ (36... d5 $1 {offers
some good survival chances.}) 37. Rg2 Qb6 38. Rc2 Rb8 39. e5 $1 {and White
wins.}) 36... Rb8 $2 {This felt wrong, but unfortunately having less than a
minute on the clock I missed a pretty chance.} (36... Qc7 $1 {in fact holds.}
37. h5 {can be met with} Rb5 $1) 37. Rd2 $2 (37. e5 $1 {this only works due to
the fact that the rook on b8 is vulnerable after ...dxe5 Qh8+ ...Ke7 Qxe5+.} d5
38. e6 $1 Qxe6 39. Qh8+ {wins a rook.}) 37... Re8 38. Qh6+ $2 {Now I thought
the idea of e5 wins, but I missed the defence:} (38. Rb2 $1 Qc7 39. Qh6+ Ke7
40. Qxh7 {keeps excellent winning chances.}) 38... Ke7 39. e5 Rg8 $1 {Now it's
just a draw. The king is going to be safe on d7 after exd6 while White has to
defend against the nasty threat of ...Qg1+. There is nothing better than just
trading down to a simple rook ending.} 40. Qxd6+ Qxd6 41. exd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. h4 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
8. Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:34]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxd3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 11. f4 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 12. Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 13.
fxe5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bxh4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 14. O-O-O {[%emt 0:09:14]} Bxg3 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} 15. Qxg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 16. Bb4 {
[%emt 0:19:39]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:12:45]} 17. Qf4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:
42]} 18. Qf2 $146 {[%emt 0:07:46]} (18. Qf3 g4 19. Qxg4 Qd5 20. Qh5 O-O-O 21.
Rh3 Qxg2 22. Rd2 Qg1+ 23. Rd1 Qg5+ 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Rxh8 Rxh8 26. Bc3 g4 27.
Rg1 g3 28. Kd2 Rh4 29. Kd3 b5 30. a3 Kd7 31. b3 Rf4 32. Bb2 Rf3+ 33. Ke2 Rf2+
34. Kd3 g2 35. Bc3 Rf3+ 36. Kd2 Nh4 {0-1 (36) Puranik,A (2475)-Melkumyan,H 
(2640) Warsaw 2016}) 18... g4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 19. c4 {[%emt 0:16:52]} Qb6 {
[%emt 0:11:55]} 20. Bc5 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 21. b3 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} g3 {[%emt 0:07:07]} 22. Qd2 {[%emt 0:05:38]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:17:46]} 23.
Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} b6 {[%emt 0:05:38]} 24. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxd6 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 25. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Qf4 {
[%emt 0:14:28]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 27. d5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:07:
27]} 28. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} exd5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 29. Qg4 {[%emt 0:01:49]}
Qb7 {[%emt 0:16:30]} 30. Qf4 {[%emt 0:15:45]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:11:11]} 31. Qf6 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 32. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:
02:02]} 33. Qxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 34. Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:
05]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Qf3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:05:18]} 36.
Qd3+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 37. Qd4 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Ka6 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} 38. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 39. Qc4+ {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 40. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:
26]} 41. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 42. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 43. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. a4 (9. O-O {is the other main line.}) 9... b6 10. Nd5 (10. h3 {is a
more common move.}) 10... Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Rb8 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O Bb7 ({2 years
ago} 13... Nf6 {was played by Naiditsch against Carlsen,} 14. Qd3 Be6 15. Qxa6
$1 Qc7 16. Qe2 Bc4 17. Qf3 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 $44 {Carlsen-Naiditsch, Baden Baden
2015, with great compensation.}) 14. Qd1 Rc8 15. Re1 $146 {A novelty by Giri.}
({Or} 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. Bg5 Rc5 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. h4 Be7 20. Rd2 Qa8
21. Rad1 Rfc8 $11 {A.Ivanov-Najer, Moscow 2004, with a balanced middlegame.})
15... h6 $6 {An inaccuracy, this move involves some problems for Black, which
we will see after 2 moves.} ({The solid} 15... Qc7 {was a natural continuation.
}) 16. Bh3 $1 {The best reply, White is threatening Bxh6 followed by Qg4.} Rc6
(16... Rc7 17. Be3 {is also unpleasant for Black.}) 17. Bxh6 $1 {This is the
point of White's previous move.} gxh6 18. Qg4+ Bg5 19. Qxd7 Qxd7 20. Bxd7 Rc7
21. Bf5 Bd2 22. Red1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 $14 {White is a P up, but the c-Ps are weak
enough. The most important is the b-file for White, he will continue with Rab1.
} Rd8 ({In the event of} 23... Rxc3 24. Rxd6 Rxc2 25. Rxb6 $16 {and White is a
healthy P up.}) 24. Rab1 Rc6 25. f4 $1 {Black just protected himself and now
White continues the pressure.} exf4 $6 ({Probably the passive} 25... Rf8 {
was tougher.}) 26. e5 Bc8 27. Be4 Rxc3 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. exd6 {Black wins back
the material, but the strong d-P is too dangerous for him.} Rc4 30. Bd3 Rc6 (
30... Rxa4 31. Rxb6 $16 {and White is better.}) 31. Rd1 $1 Kf8 $6 {Loses
immediately, but Black's position was already difficult.} ({Of course} 31...
Rxd6 $4 {could have been met by} 32. Bh7+ $1 $18) (31... fxg3 {was the best
practical chance,} 32. Bxa6 $1 Rxc2 33. d7 Bxd7 34. Rxd7 gxh2+ 35. Kh1 Rc6 {
followed by ...Rg6 and still Black can hope for something.}) 32. Bxa6 $1 fxg3 (
32... Bxa6 33. d7 $18) 33. hxg3 {and Black didn't want to continue this
hopeless endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2840"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "245"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. b3 {
White plays a kind of "Anti-Meran 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3" with reversed colours. Of
course, it is not too dangerous for Black.} O-O 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Bd6 {
A strange idea. This loss of a tempo was not forced at all.} (10... Qc7 {
[%cal Ye6e5]} 11. c4 Rad8 12. Rac1 Rfe8 13. Rfd1 Bd6 {(now timely)} 14. cxd5
exd5 15. Ba6 Qc8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qf1 h6 19. h3 Bb8 $11 {1/2 (33)
Kaszowski,D (2283)-Barglowski,F (2335) Ustron 2004}) (10... Ne4 11. Rfd1 f5 (
11... cxd4 12. exd4 Nxd2 13. Rxd2 Rc8 $11) 12. c4 a6 13. Nf1 Qe8 14. Ne5 Bh4
15. Ng3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Qg6 $13 {1-0 (43) Eliskases,E-Engels,L Bad
Oeynhausen 1938}) 11. c4 {This position arose in a number of games in which
White's c4-pawn and Black's d6-bishop reached their positions in one go.} cxd4
(11... Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Ndf6 (14... cxd4 15. Bxd4 Ndc5
16. Qe2 Re8 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Bb2 Ne6 19. Nf1 Rad8 20. Ng3 g6 21. Rac1 Ba3 22.
Qc2 $14 {1/2 (60) Doettling,F (2360)-Vatter,H (2385) Karlsbad Auerbach 1998})
15. h3 Re8 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. Rd2 Bd6 {
1/2 (24) Koneru,H (2575)-Ushenina,A (2458) Hancheng 2016} 21. g3 $5) 12. exd4
Qe7 13. Ne5 (13. a3 Bf4 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. a4 Bd6 $5 {[%csl Rb4]} 16. a5 Bb4 17.
axb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ra1 Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1 Qd8 21. Qd1 Qa8 22. Bf1 h6 23.
Qc1 {1/2 (22) Bruno,F (2436)-Godena,M (2495) Boscotrecase 2014}) 13... Ba3 {
The exchange of bishops is desirable for Black: it weakens White's d4-pawn and
generally, simplifications are favourable for the side fighting against
hanging pawns.} 14. Bxa3 (14. Bc3 Bb4 15. Bb2 Ba3 {1/2 Minev,N-Tolush,A Warsaw
1961}) 14... Qxa3 15. f4 Qb2 $1 16. Nef3 (16. Qe3 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ng4 $1 18. Qf4
Qc3 $132) 16... dxc4 17. bxc4 Bxf3 {Too straightforward.} (17... Rad8 $5 18. a4
Nb8 19. a5 Nc6) 18. Nxf3 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 Rac8 20. a4 Rc7 $6 {Just a loss of an
important tempo.} (20... Nb8 $142 $1 21. a5 Nc6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra6 Rfd8 24.
Rd1 Ne4 {[%cal Re4c3]} 25. Bf1 Rb8 $11) 21. a5 Rd8 22. axb6 Nxb6 (22... axb6
23. Ra6 {- Black has no time to transfer his passive d7-knight to c6 anymore.})
23. Rfc1 (23. Ra3 $142 $1 {[%cal Yf1a1]} Nxc4 $4 24. Rc3) 23... Nc8 {This
knight finds some good squares now.} 24. g3 Ne7 25. Ra4 Nc6 (25... Kf8 $142 26.
c5 Nfd5) 26. c5 {[%cal Ye2b5]} Nd5 27. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 32] The exchange of
knights is favourable for White, whose knight is less active.} Nde7 (27... Nxe5
28. fxe5 $14) 28. Rcc4 (28. Rd1 {was quite possible. If} Nb8 {then} 29. Bf3 f6
30. Nc4) 28... Nxe5 (28... Nb8 $5 {[%cal Yf7f6]} 29. Rc1 f6 30. Nf3 Nbc6) 29.
fxe5 f6 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Bf3 e5 32. dxe5 fxe5 {[%csl Re5] Black has got
another weakness in his camp, and White has a chance to outmanoeuvre him.} 33.
c6 Nf5 (33... Rdc8 34. Ra5 $1 Nxc6 $2 35. Rac5) 34. Ra5 Re8 35. Rcc5 Nd4 36.
Be4 Kf7 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Ra2 Ke6 $6 {Black´s king will now be in danger, too.}
(38... Rec8 $142) 39. Rca5 Ree7 (39... Rec8 40. Rxa7 Nxc6 41. R7a6 Ke7 42. Rf2
$18 {[%cal Re4h7]} Ke8 43. h4 $22) (39... Ra8 $5) 40. Rf2 Rg7 (40... Nxc6 41.
Ra6 Kd7 42. Bxc6+ Rxc6 43. Rd2+ Kc7 44. Rxa7+ $18) (40... Kd6 41. Rd5+ Ke6 42.
Rd8 Rg7 43. Bd5+ Ke7 44. Rff8 $18) 41. h4 h5 42. Kh2 $22 a6 (42... Rce7 43.
Bd5+ Kd6 44. Rf6+ Ne6 45. c7 $18) (42... Rge7 43. Bd5+ Kd6 44. Rf6+ Ne6 45. g4
hxg4 46. Kg3 $18 {[%cal Yh4h5,Yh5h6]}) 43. Bd5+ Ke7 44. Rxa6 Kd6 45. Bg2 $1 {
White has won a pawn, the rest should be a matter of technique.} (45. Be4 $143
Rg4 $1) 45... Rge7 (45... Rg6 46. Rf8) 46. Ra5 (46. Be4 $1 {was now
appropriate, e.g.} Re6 47. Rf8 Nxc6 48. Rf2 $1 Rh6 49. Rc2 Kd7 {Black is
totally tied up and loses after} 50. g4 $1 hxg4 51. Kg3 {etc.}) 46... Nxc6 47.
Rf6+ Re6 48. Rd5+ Ke7 49. Rf5 e4 $6 {Desperation.} (49... Rh6 {was more
stubborn although after} 50. Be4 {Black's position remained poor.}) 50. Rxh5 e3
51. Rh7+ Ke8 (51... Kf8 52. Rxc7 e2 53. Rf5+ Ke8 54. Bxc6+ Kd8 55. Ra7 $18) 52.
Rxc7 e2 53. Bf3 $1 {The refutation of Black's idea.} e1=Q 54. Bh5+ Kf8 55. Rf5+
Kg8 56. Bf7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] White played this move without thinking, missing
a simple mate:} (56. Rc8+ Kg7 57. Rf7+ Kh6 58. Rh8#) 56... Kh8 $1 57. Rh5+ Kg7
58. Bxe6+ Kf6 {Suddenly it is not easy for White to consolidate his pieces.}
59. Rh6+ $2 (59. Bc4 $1 {was the right way but it was not easy to calculate
the following variations:} Ne5 60. Rh6+ $1 Kf5 61. Bd3+ $1 Nxd3 (61... Kg4 62.
Rg7+ Kf3 63. Rf6+ Ke3 64. Bf1 Nf3+ 65. Rxf3+ Kxf3 66. Bg2+ Kf2 67. Rf7+ $18)
62. Rf7+ Kg4 (62... Ke4 63. Re6+ Ne5 64. Rxe5+ Kxe5 65. Re7+ $18) 63. Rg7+ Kf3
(63... Kf5 64. Rg5+ Ke4 65. Re6+) 64. Rf6+ Ke4 65. Re6+ Ne5 66. Rxe5+ Kxe5 67.
Re7+ $18) 59... Ke5 60. Bh3 (60. Rh5+ $142 Kd6 (60... Kf6 61. Bc4 $1) 61. Rxc6+
Kxc6 62. Bd5+ Kd6 63. Rf5 {cutting off Black's king.}) 60... Qd2+ 61. Bg2 Qxh6
62. Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] This endgame is theoretically drawn.} Qh7 $6 (62... Qe3
$142) 63. Rc4 {White misses another chance to cut off Black's king and keep
more winning chances:} (63. Bh3 {[%cal Yc6e6]}) 63... Kf6 64. Rg4 $6 {This
cut-off is insufficient.} (64. Rc6+ Ke5 65. Bh3) 64... Qd7 {, and Black
successfully held his ground:} 65. Rg5 Qc7 66. Rb5 Qc2 67. Rb6+ Kg7 68. Re6 Qa2
69. Re7+ Kf6 70. Re4 Kg7 71. Kh3 Qf7 72. Re2 Qf5+ 73. Kh2 Qf6 74. Be4 Qf1 75.
Rc2 Qe1 76. Bf3 Qf1 77. Bg2 Qe1 78. Rc7+ Kh8 79. Rc4 Qe2 80. Re4 Qd2 81. Re6
Qa2 82. Re8+ Kg7 83. Re7+ Kh8 84. Re3 Qd2 85. Rf3 Qd7 86. Rb3 Qe6 87. Rb2 Qe5
88. Rf2 Qe6 89. Bf3 Qe5 90. Kg2 Qf6 91. Re2 Qd8 92. Ra2 Qf6 93. Rc2 Qe7 94. Rc6
Qd8 95. Rc2 Qe7 96. Rc8+ Kg7 97. Rc6 Kh8 98. Rh6+ Kg7 99. Rh5 Qe1 100. Rd5 Qe7
101. Rb5 Qe1 102. Rb7+ Kh8 103. Rd7 Qe8 104. Rd1 Qc8 105. Re1 Qc3 106. Rf1 Qd2+
107. Kh3 Qd7+ 108. g4 {White finally starts moving his kingside pawns but
exposes his king.} Qd3 109. Kg2 Qd2+ 110. Rf2 Qe1 111. h5 Kg7 112. Re2 Qa5 113.
Re4 Kf6 114. Rf4+ Kg5 115. Rf5+ Qxf5 116. gxf5 Kxf5 117. Kg3 Kg5 118. Bg4 Kh6
119. Kh4 Kg7 120. Kg5 Kh8 121. h6 Kh7 122. Be6 Kh8 123. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Aronian,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the previous round against Karjakin I played, as we say in my country,
"like a tropical ram" and had to accept defeat, whereas Giri with the help of
some of his trademark magic was drawing against Carlsen.  In der vorherigen
Runde spielte ich gegen Karjakin, wie man es bei uns sagt, "wie ein tropischer
Widder" und musste eine Niederlage einstecken, während Giri seinerseits mit
Hilfe seiner Zauberfähigkeiten gegen Carlsen remisierte.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 {It has been a long time since I used the Catalan in a
tournament game and I thought it was a good idea to start the new year with
the old song. Katalanisch habe ich in Turnierpartien bereits seit langem nicht
mehr angewendet, und dachte mir nun, dass es eine gute Idee sei, das neue Jahr
mit dem alten Lied anzufangen.} Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 {In chess one quite often
discovers beauty in everyday things. I can well imagine the satisfaction of
the first person to understand that the bishop which has been developed to d2
was worse placed there than on its original square.  Im Schach kann man
Schönheit ziemlich oft auch in gewöhnlichen Sachen entdecken. Ich kann mir
gut vorstellen, welche Genugtuung derjenige verspürte, der als Erster begriff,
dass der nach d2 entwickelte Läufer dort schlechter steht als auf seinem
Geburtsfeld.} 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 ({In the second round against me Wei Yi
decided to play In der zweiten Runde entschied sich Wei Yi gegen mich für} 
7... Nbd7 {and after und nach} 8. a4 a5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Rc1 {and the position
which arose was not typical of the Catalan Opening. There, as we shall soon
see, just as in the present encounter I tried to prevent Bc8-b7, so that Black
plays f7-f5 and the game takes on characteristics of the Stonewall. entstand
eine für die Katalanische Eröffnung untypische Position. Dort, genauso (wie
wir es bald sehen werden) wie in der aktuellen Begegnung, versuchte ich Bc8-b7
zu verhindern, damit Schwarz f7-f5 spielt und die Partie "Stonewallumrisse"
bekommt.}) 8. Na3 {Last summer I showed this idea to my good friend Boris
Gelfand when he was visiting me in San Sebastian. As I remember, the master of
opening revelations was not particularly enthusiastic about my "oddball" idea.
In fact the knight is developed to a square on which its only prospects are to
return and go to a point where it will be more or less involved in the play 
(that means - to d2 or c3). On the other hand, with this transformation of his
steed into a donkey, White completes certain global tasks: thanks to the
subsequent rapid development of the rook to c1 the c4-pawn is protected; in
the event of Bc8-b7 play becomes concrete, which happens more rarely in the 8.
Qc2 or 8.Bf4 lines. Be that as it may: despite its success on its first outing
it is only future games which will show the true worth of the move 8.Na3. Im
letzten Sommer zeigte ich diese Idee meinem guten Freund Boris Gelfand, als er
bei mir in San Sebastian zu Besuch war. Wie ich mich erinnere, war der Meister
der Eröffnungsoffenbarungen von meiner etwas "krummen" Idee nicht sonderlich
begeistert. In der Tat, der Springer wird auf ein Feld entwickelt, auf dem er
keine anderen Perspektiven hat, als zurückzukehren und dorthin zu gehen, wo
er am Spiel mehr oder weniger beteiligt sein wird (das heißt - nach d2 oder
c3). Andererseits erfüllt Weiß mit dieser Verwandlung seines Rosses in einen
Esel einige globale Aufgaben: Dank der nachfolgenden schnellen Entwicklung des
Turmes nach c1 wird der Bauer c4 gedeckt; im Falle von Bc8-b7 wird das Spiel
konkret, was in den Varianten 8.Qc2 oder 8.Bf4 seltener vorkommt. Wie dem auch
sei: Trotz der gelungenen Premiere können nur die zukünftigen Partien den
wahren Wert des Zuges 8.Na3 zeigen.} Nbd7 {This is a typical, but not the
critical, continuation. Das ist eine typische, aber nicht die kritische
Fortsetzung.} ({I was mainly paying attention to the position after Mein
Hauptaugenmerk richtete ich auf die Stellung nach} 8... b6 {, which, as I said,
would give rise to really concrete play. , was, wie gesagt, zu einem recht
konkreten Spiel führen würde.}) ({And Nicht schlecht ist} 8... Na6 {is not
bad, intending after mit der Idee, nach} 9. Rc1 Ne4 {to prepare the sortie
Nc6-b4. den Ausfall Nc6-b4 vorzubereiten.}) 9. Rc1 Ne4 (9... b6 {was still
possible, but now looked somewhat less logical than on the previous move. war
immer noch möglich, sah aber jetzt etwas weniger logisch aus, als im
vorherigen Zug.}) 10. Be3 {Black's setup suggests that he will follow up with
f7-f5. For that reason it would not be particularly clever to develop this
bishop to f4, because then the typical thrust g7-g5 would be played with gain
of tempo. Giving up the dark-squared bishops for the opposing knights is
anti-positional for positions of this sort; on the other hand, the bishop
would be too passively placed on e1. Then it will have to got to e3 and wait
to see what fate has in store for it. Der Aufbau des Schwarzen spricht dafür,
dass er f7-f5 folgen lässt. Aus diesem Grund wäre es nicht besonders klug,
diesen Läufer nach f4 zu entwickeln, weil dann der typischer Vorstoß g7-g5
mit Tempogewinn verbunden wäre. Die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer für die
gegnerischen Springer zu geben, ist für diese Stellungsart anti-positionell,
andererseits stünde der Läufer auf e1 zu passiv. Na gut, dann soll er halt
auf e3 stehen und auf den Ruf seines Schicksals warten.} Bxa3 {An unfortunate
decision. Black exchanges his good bishop for a passive piece and is left with
a bad bishop on c8 - this plan is too original and (as often happens) is
refuted in a natural manner. Eine unglückliche Entscheidung. Schwarz tauscht
seinen guten Läufer gegen eine passive Figur und verbleibt mit einem
schlechten Läufer auf c8 - diese Vorgehensweise ist zu originell und (wie es
auch oft geschieht) wird auf eine natürliche Art und Weise widerlegt.} ({
The natural Das natürliche} 10... f5 {led to a slow moving game in which both
sides would find themselves manoeuvring. führte zu einem zähfließenden
Spiel, bei dem für beide Seiten Lavieren angesagt wäre.}) 11. bxa3 Nd6 12. c5
({The idea of freeing the Bc8 with Den Bc8 mit eigenen Händen durch} 12. cxd5
exd5 {off my own bat. zu befreien}) ({or after oder mit} 12. Nd2 {of allowing
my opponent to swap off the Be3 by dem Gegner zu erlauben, den Be3 mittels} Nf5
{was not really my cup of tea. abzutauschen, gehört nicht zu meinen
Prinzipien.}) 12... Nc4 {There is nothing left for Black to do other than
continue the plan he started with 10...Bxa3. Dem Schwarzen bleibt nichts
anderes übrig, als den mit 10...Bxa3 angefangenen Plan fortzusetzen.} ({
In the event of Im Falle von} 12... Nf5 13. Bf4 {White has a big advantage
because the second player cannot develop his queenside forces and above all
the Bc8, without it costing him material. hat Weiß großen Vorteil, weil der
Nachziehende die Kräfte seines Damenflügels, und in erster Linie den Bc8,
nicht entwickeln kann, ohne dabei Material zu verlieren.}) 13. Rxc4 {The
simplest continuation. I had taken note that after a future 14.Qc2 Black gets
development problems and then did not bother to take a closer look at the
remarkable alternative 13.Bf4. Die einfachste Fortsetzung. Ich hatte
registriert, dass nach dem weiteren 14.Qc2 Schwarz Entwicklungsprobleme
bekommt, und habe dann darauf verzichtet, mir die bemerkenswerte Alternative
13.Bf4 näher anzuschauen.} dxc4 14. Qc2 {With this move Whte gains a tempo -
the opponent cannot allow the move Nf3-g5, which would lead to disharmony in
the black position (g7-g6 would then weaken the king, whilst after Nd7-f6 the
advance e6-e5 would no longer be possible). Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß ein
Tempo - den Zug Nf3-g5, der zur Disharmonie in der schwarzen Stellung führen
würde (g7-g6 würde dann den König schwächen, während nach Nd7-f6 der
Vorstoß e6-e5 nicht mehr möglich wäre) darf der Gegner nicht erlauben.} h6
15. Qxc4 ({By means of Mittels} 15. Nd2 {I could have brought my knight to d6,
but I decided in such a splendid position to play simply and quickly. hätte
ich meinen Springer nach d6 bringen können, aber ich beschloss, in so einer
herrlichen Stellung schlicht und schnell zu spielen.}) 15... b6 {The decisive
mistake - there is no way Black should allow the transfer of the Be3 to d6.
Der entscheidende Fehler - die Überführung des Be3 nach d6 durfte Schwarz
keinesfalls erlauben.} ({The only possible way of staying in the game was Die
einzige Möglichkeit, im Spiel zu bleiben bestand in} 15... e5 {, although
then too after , obwohl Weiß auch dann nach} 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Qc3 Re8 18. Rd1
{White has the better chances. über die besseren Chancen verfügt.}) 16. Bf4 {
The bishop on d6 will be worth at least a rook and a pawn. Der Läufer auf d6
wird mindestens einen Turm und einen Bauern wert sein.} Re8 17. Bd6 Bb7 18. Ne5
{After the exchange of knights Black can abandon all hopes of any activity; in
addition, he also then gets problems with the defence of his king. Nach dem
Springertausch kann Schwarz alle Hoffnungen auf Aktivität aufgeben, außerdem
bekommt er danach Probleme mit der Verteidigung seines Königs.} bxc5 ({
After Nach} 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 {it is difficult for Black to come up with
anything against the plan of Be4, f4-f5. ist es für Schwarz schwierig, dem
Plan Be4, f4-f5 etwas entgegenzusetzen.}) 19. dxc5 ({The variation Die Variante
} 19. Nxd7 cxd4 20. Nc5 Qxd6 21. Nxb7 {winning material did not attract me
because Black would then gain hopes of becoming active. mit materiellen
Eroberungen hat mich nicht angezogen, weil Schwarz dann Hoffnungen bekäme,
aktiv zu werden.}) 19... Nxe5 20. Bxe5 {After the opening of the files Black
has even more worries than previously. On account of the potential
vulnerability of his king and the weakness of the c6-pawn he has no time to
activate the Bb7. Nach dem Öffnen der Linien hat Schwarz noch mehr Sorgen,
als zuvor. Wegen der potentiellen Anfälligkeit seines Königs und der
Schwäche des Bauern c6 hat er keine Zeit, den Bb7 zu aktivieren.} a5 21. Rb1
Ra7 ({After Nach} 21... Ba6 22. Qc2 Qd7 23. a4 {it becomes quite clear that
the freedom of the black bishop is in reality illusory. wird ganz klar, dass
die Freiheit des schwarzen Läufers in Wirklichkeit illusorisch ist.}) 22. Qc3
{The simplest. On account of the weakened position of his king it is difficult
for Black to coordinate his pieces. Das einfachste. Wegen der geschwächten
Position seines Königs ist es für Schwarz schwierig, die Figuren zu
koordinieren.} f6 23. Bd6 Ba8 24. Be4 {As one of the classics once wrote,
"with inevitable further progress". Wie jemand von den Klassikern schrieb,
"mit unvermeidlichem weiteren Progress".} f5 25. Bc2 {White prepares e2-e4 in
order to open the diagonal for the Bc2. Weiß bereitet e2-e4 vor, um die
Diagonalen für den Bc2 zu öffnen.} Rb7 ({After Auf} 25... Rd7 {the plan was
war} 26. Rb8 Qxb8 27. Bxb8 Rxb8 28. Qe5 Re8 29. Bxf5 Rd5 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Qc7
{. geplant.}) 26. Rd1 {This rook will be of good use for the attack. Diesen
Turm wird man beim Angriff noch gut gebrauchen.} Rd7 27. e4 Qf6 28. Qc4 {
I decided to maintain the tension rather than hurry to gain material. Ich habe
mich entschieden, die Spannung aufrechtzuerhalten, statt mich mit
Materialgewinn zu beeilen.} Kh8 29. Re1 Qf7 30. Qd3 f4 {Anish did not feel
like being torutred any longer and now tries to fish in troubled waters. Anish
hatte keine Lust mehr, seine Qualen weiter zu leiden, und versucht nun, im
Trüben zu fischen.} ({I suspect that the specialists in fortress construction
would instead with imperturbable calm play Ich vermute, die Spezialisten im
Festungsbau würden stattdessen mit unerschütterlicher Seelenruhe} 30... Rdd8
{and wait to see what further action White would take. ziehen und auf weitere
Handlungen von Weiß warten.}) 31. gxf4 e5 32. Qh3 {One of the safest ways to
win. Because his rook on d7 is hanging, Black loses material. Einer der
sichersten Gewinnwege. Aufgrund der "hängenden" Lage der Turmes d7 verliert
Schwarz Material.} Rxd6 (32... exf4 33. e5 {looked just as dismal for Black.
sah für Schwarz genauso traurig aus.}) 33. cxd6 Qg6+ ({It would have been a
little more resilient to play Ein klein wenig hartnäckiger wäre} 33... Qxf4)
34. Qg3 Qxd6 35. Rd1 {The e5-pawn cannot be held. Der Bauer e5 lässt sich
nicht halten.} Qc5 {This hastens the end. Beschleunigt das Ende.} ({But the
ending after Aber auch das Endspiel nach} 35... exf4 {would also be hopeless
for Black. wäre für Schwarz hoffnungslos.}) 36. Rd7 Rg8 37. Bb3 exf4 38. Qg6
f3 39. h4 Qc3 40. Bxg8 {It is always pleasant to let your king take a walk
among friends. Es ist immer angenehm, dem eigenen König einen Spaziergang im
Freundeskreis zu gönnen.} Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxf2+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:40]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb7
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} 6. Bd2 {[%emt 0:
00:19]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:02:46]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Bf4
{[%emt 0:04:56]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} 10. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 11. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:36]}
d6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:07:06]} (12. Qd3 Nd7 13. e4 Bf6 14. Be3 g6
15. Rad1 Bg7 16. Rfe1 e5 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Qd2 f6 19. Bh6 Qf7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
h4 Rae8 22. b3 Re7 23. h5 g5 24. h6+ Kxh6 25. Nh4 Ree8 26. Nf5+ Kg6 27. Bf3 h5
28. Kg2 Rh8 29. Qe2 h4 30. d5 h3+ 31. Kh2 Bc8 32. a3 Nc5 33. b4 Nb3 34. Bg4
Bxf5 35. Bxf5+ Kg7 36. Qg4 axb4 37. axb4 Nd4 38. c5 bxc5 39. bxc5 dxc5 40. Rc1
Qe7 41. f4 exf4 {Ding,L (2781)-Wang,Y (2729) Shenzhen 2015 0-1}) 12... f5 {
[%emt 0:14:20]} 13. Rad1 $146 {[%emt 0:04:43]} (13. Rfd1 Bf6 14. c5 bxc5 15.
dxc5 Be4 16. Qb3 d5 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Ra7 19. Qe3 Re8 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5
Nc6 22. Qc3 Qf6 23. Rac1 Qxc3 24. Rxc3 Rb7 25. Nd3 e5 26. e3 Kf7 27. Rd2 g5 28.
f4 e4 29. Nc1 g4 30. b3 Ke6 31. h3 h5 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Ne2 Rbb8 34. Rc1 Rh8
35. Rcd1 Nb4 36. Nd4+ Kf6 37. Rh1 Rxh1 38. Kxh1 Rh8+ 39. Kg2 Nd3 40. Rd1 Nb4
41. Rd2 Nd3 42. Rd1 Nb4 {Jianu,V (2563)-Marin,M (2580) Mamaia 2015 1/2-1/2})
13... Be4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 14. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 15.
Qe3 {[%emt 0:18:02]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:07:55]} 16. c5 {[%emt 0:18:42]} bxc5 {
[%emt 0:12:16]} 17. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e5 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 18. Qb3+ {
[%emt 0:02:54]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:07:54]} 19. Bg5 {[%emt 0:04:31]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:06:
13]} 20. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h6 {[%emt 0:09:52]} 21. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:00]}
Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. cxd6 {[%emt 0:02:54]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 23. Nd2 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 24. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:
03:26]} 25. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 26. f4 {[%emt 0:02:55]}
Nxb3 {[%emt 0:07:28]} 27. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:04:03]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 28. Nxd6
{[%emt 0:00:05]} exf4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 29. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:05:28]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:
01:30]} 30. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:04:31]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 31. Kf2 {[%emt 0:06:59]}
Nc1 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 32. Rc4 {[%emt 0:07:49]} Nxe2 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 33. Rc8+ {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 34. Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Nc3+ {[%emt 0:00:
55]} 35. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nd1 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 36. b3 {[%emt 0:00:54]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} c6
{[%emt 0:00:48]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:39]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 6. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:
03:06]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. g3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 8.
Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:46]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:01:06]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:04:32]} 10. e3 {[%emt 0:14:39]} (10. Ne4 Qf5 11. Ned2 e5 12. e4 Qh5 13.
Nxc4 exd4 14. Qxd4 Qc5 15. e5 O-O 16. Qe4 Nb6 17. Ne3 Qb4 18. Nd4 Rd8 19. Rad1
Qxb2 20. e6 Bxe6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bh3 Kh8 23. Bxe6 g5 24. Ng4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1
Qg7 26. Ne5 Qf6 27. Bb3 Kg7 28. Ng4 {1-0 (28) Mamedyarov,S (2761)-Gelfand,B 
(2743) Moscow 2016}) 10... O-O {[%emt 0:05:48]} 11. Nd2 {[%emt 0:06:32]} Nb6 {
[%emt 0:04:28]} 12. a4 {[%emt 0:11:37]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 13. f4 $146 {
[%emt 0:02:12]} (13. Nce4 Qg6 14. f4 f5 15. Nc3 c5 16. Nf3 Qh5 17. Qe2 Rd8 18.
Rfd1 Bd7 19. Kh1 Bc6 20. e4 fxe4 21. Ne5 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 Bxa4 23. Rd2 e3 {
0-1 (23) Joergensen,B (2285)-Klausen,T (2335) corr 1997}) 13... Bb4 {[%emt 0:
03:27]} 14. Qe2 {[%emt 0:04:29]} c5 {[%emt 0:15:59]} 15. dxc5 {[%emt 0:05:34]}
Bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 16. Nce4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 17. Nxc5 {
[%emt 0:04:13]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 18. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:
14:56]} 19. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 20. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:
34]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 21. Rd1 {[%emt 0:11:56]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 22.
Rcd4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rxd8 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 25. Bxb7 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Be4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} g6 {[%emt 0:09:
38]} 27. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 28. Qd2 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Bb5
{[%emt 0:06:26]} 29. Bf3 {[%emt 0:03:50]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:
05:00]} exf4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 31. gxf4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:05:18]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nxc1+ (
7... Nf4+ 8. Kf1 Nd3 {was So's choice against Aronian in the London Classic.})
8. Rxc1 a6 {Not the most popular, but in my view more logical than ...Nc6,
which allows Bb5.} 9. d4 b5 10. Bd5 Ra7 11. dxc5 e6 12. c6 $1 {A novelty, an
improvement over Jakovenko-Nepomniachtchi. The sacrifice of the piece is
logical in a sense, as Black is very underdeveloped and the c6-pawn is worth
quite a bit.} b4 {Played after a 30 minute think.} (12... exd5 13. Nxd5 {
forces Black to find some ugly, forced moves.} Rc7 14. Qd4 Rxc6 (14... Nxc6 15.
Qb6 $1 $18) 15. Qe5+ Be6 16. Rhd1 $1 Nd7 17. Nc7+ Qxc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Rxc7 {
and the endgame is just horrible for Black due to his lack of development.})
13. Qd4 Rc7 14. Na4 $1 exd5 15. exd5 Be7 16. Qxg7 Bf6 17. Qh6 $16 {White's
three pawns, especially those in the centre, easily compensate for the piece.}
Re7+ 18. Kf1 Qxd5 {Giving back material seems like a practical chance.} 19.
Qxf6 Rg8 20. h3 $6 (20. g3 $1 {was cleaner, seeking to develop as rapidly as
possible.}) 20... Re6 21. Qf4 Nxc6 22. Nc5 Re7 23. g3 Rg6 24. Kg2 Qd6 25. Qc4
Qf6 26. Rce1 Qxb2 27. Na4 (27. Qf4 $1 $18) 27... Qa3 28. Nb6 $4 {In time
trouble, Giri goes very wrong.} (28. Nc5 {still keeps some tension in the game.
} Qb2 29. Qf4 {is winning, as it was last time they had this position.}) 28...
Bb7 $1 29. Nd5 Rge6 $2 {Returning the favour, but that's what happens when you
have no time!} (29... Rd6 $3 30. Nxe7 {what else?} Ne5 $1 {and Black is
crashing through on the long diagonal:} 31. Qb3 Nxf3 32. Qxa3 Nxe1+ 33. Kh2
bxa3 {and Black is just winning, for example:} 34. Rxe1 Rd2) 30. Qc5 Rxe1 $2
31. Rxe1 Rxe1 32. Nxe1 $2 (32. Qd6 $1 {a surprisingly powerful move,
threatening mate on f6 or c7.} Ne7 33. Qb8+ Bc8 34. Nxe1 $16 {and Black's king
is still very weak.}) 32... Qxa2 33. Nf3 Kd7 34. Kh2 Qe2 35. Nf6+ Kc7 36. Nd5+
{Peace was agreed before someone blundered something again.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 2. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:59]} 3. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. exd5
{[%emt 0:00:34]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:36]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 8. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:08:06]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. f4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} f6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} (9... Bxc3 10. Nxc3 O-O 11. f5 f6 12. Qg4 Nd4 13. Rf2 c5 14.
Be3 b6 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Bc1 c4 17. Re3 Ba8 18. Rh3 Rf7 19. Qh5 h6 20. dxc4 Rd7
21. Rg3 Rxc4 22. Bxh6 b5 23. Rd2 Rcc7 24. Nxb5 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Nxc2 26. h3 Ne1
27. Nd6 Qb6+ 28. Kh2 Qxd6 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Qg6+ Kg8 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qxa8 Nd3
33. Be3 Nf4 34. Rg4 g5 35. fxg6+ Nxg6 36. Qe4 Qd3 37. Qf3 f5 38. Rg3 Nf4 39.
Bxf4 {Hamdouchi,H (2592)-Ipatov,A (2512) Salou 2011 1-0}) 10. fxe5 {[%emt 0:02:
42]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 11. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12.
c3 {[%emt 0:05:09]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:13:31]} 13. Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} 14. d4 {[%emt 0:08:19]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:09:29]} 15. Qa4 {[%emt 0:11:58]}
a6 {[%emt 0:06:52]} 16. Qb3 {[%emt 0:24:14]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:10:09]} 17. axb3 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:07:26]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} 19. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:05:40]} 20. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]
} Rde8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 21. h3 {[%emt 0:03:10]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 22. Rf5 {
[%emt 0:05:44]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 23. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:03:
30]} 24. Raf1 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:07:26]} 25. Rxe2 {[%emt 0:02:55]}
Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:01:41]} 27. Rf1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Re2 {[%emt 0:18:35]} 28. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 29. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:06:46]} 30. Kxf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 31. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 32. Kf3 {
[%emt 0:04:27]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 33. c4 {[%emt 0:04:52]} b6 {[%emt 0:03:38]}
34. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb7
{[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:13]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8.
Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 9. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {
[%emt 0:01:20]} 10. b3 {[%emt 0:11:25]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 11. Bb2 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} Be4 {[%emt 0:03:57]} (11... a5 12. Rad1 Qe8 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Ne1 Bxg2
15. Nxg2 a4 16. e4 b5 17. e5 axb3 18. axb3 dxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Nf4 Nb6 21.
cxb5 Qxb5 22. Qxc7 Bg5 23. Bd4 Bxf4 24. Qxb6 Qxb6 25. Bxb6 Bxe5 26. Bc5 Rfb8
27. b4 h5 28. Rd7 Rb5 29. Rc1 Ra3 30. Rc4 Rb8 31. Kg2 Rb3 32. Rh4 g6 33. Re4
Bf6 34. h4 Rd8 35. Rb7 Rd5 36. Rc7 g5 37. hxg5 Rxg5 38. Rf4 Kg7 39. Rf3 Rb1 40.
Bf8+ Kg6 41. Be7 {Batchuluun,T (2523)-Matlakov,M (2692) St Petersburg 2014 1/
2-1/2}) 12. Bh3 {[%emt 0:08:43]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:12:18]} 13. Rad1 $146 {[%emt 0:
03:23]} (13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Qd3 e5 15. Qf5 Bc8 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. Ne4 Re8 18. Nxf6+
Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Bxc8 Rbxc8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Rfd1 Ne4 23. Rd5 f6 24.
Rad1 a5 25. e3 c6 26. Rd7 Nc5 27. R7d2 Ne4 28. Rd7 Nc5 29. R7d2 {1/2-1/2 (29)
Ashwin,J (2465)-Arun Prasad,S (2491) Rockville 2016}) 13... Qe7 {[%emt 0:06:28]
} 14. Rd2 {[%emt 0:16:43]} a5 {[%emt 0:09:31]} 15. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Bb7 {
[%emt 0:02:09]} 16. d5 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 17. dxe6 {
[%emt 0:05:49]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:27:42]} 18. exd7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Qxe3 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 19. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 20. Nd4 {[%emt 0:05:01]
} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. exd4 {[%emt 0:17:29]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 22. c5 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 23. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 24. cxb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} cxb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]
} d5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 26. Rc6 {[%emt 0:04:49]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 27. Rdc2 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 28. Kf2 {[%emt 0:10:19]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:07:
55]} 29. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 30. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:00:25]}
Ke6 {[%emt 0:03:48]} 31. a3 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Rbd8 {[%emt 0:08:23]} 32. Kf4 {
[%emt 0:04:36]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:06:21]} 33. R2c6 {[%emt 0:03:09]} g5+ {[%emt 0:02:
17]} 34. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 35. b4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} axb4
{[%emt 0:03:29]} 36. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 37. Rxc6+ {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:10:16]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 39. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Ra3+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 40. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 41. Rf6 {[%emt 0:06:10]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:17:04]} 42. h4 {
[%emt 0:15:49]} Kxd4 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 43. hxg5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:
00:35]} 44. Rxf7 {[%emt 0:10:17]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 45. Rh7 {[%emt 0:03:30]}
Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 46. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 47. Rh4 {
[%emt 0:06:45]} d4 {[%emt 0:07:07]} 48. Kf3 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:02:
36]} 49. Kf2 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 50. Re4 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Kf5
{[%emt 0:00:15]} 51. Rf4+ {[%emt 0:01:36]} Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 52. Ke1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:03:41]} 53. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:
40]} 54. Rf3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 55. Rf4+ {[%emt 0:01:52]}
Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 56. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 57. Rd3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 58. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:
26]} 59. Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:04:26]} 60. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Ra3+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} 61. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 62. Rf5 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 63. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kh1
d4 22. cxd4 c4 23. b3 Bc5 24. bxc4 Rxd4 25. Qf3 bxc4 26. Rfd1 g6 27. Rxd4 Bxd4
28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Qxa8+ Kg7 30. Qb7+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Qc7 12. Kh1 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5
Qxe5 15. f4 Qc5 16. Bd3 Rd8 17. Qf3 Be6 18. h3 Rxd3 19. Qxd3 Bc4 20. Qd2 Bxf1
21. Rxf1 Re8 22. Rd1 Qb4 23. a3 Qc4 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Re7 26. e5 Nd7 27. g3
Kf8 28. Kg2 Nc5 29. Kf3 f6 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. Kxe4 fxe5 33. fxe5 Re8
34. Rd7+ Re7 35. Rd8 Re8 36. Rd7+ Re7 37. Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Nd5
f5 15. Na5 Bh6+ 16. Kb1 Kf8 17. Nb3 Kg7 18. Rhe1 Rhd8 19. Nc3 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1
Kf6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Nf2 Rc4 23. Re2 b6 24. Nc1 Bf8 25. Ncd3 Bd6 26. b3 Rc8
27. g4 Bd5 28. Ne1 Bb4 29. gxf5 Kxf5 30. Ng2 Ba8 31. c4 f6 32. Ne4 Ke6 33. Ne3
f5 34. Ng5+ Kf6 35. Rg2 Rc7 36. Nc2 Bc5 37. b4 Bf8 38. Nh3 Bxf3 39. Rg8 Bh6 40.
c5 bxc5 41. b5 Rb7 42. a4 a6 43. Rc8 axb5 44. a5 Ra7 45. Rxc5 Rxa5 46. Nf2 Bf8
47. Rc7 Be7 48. Ne3 f4 49. Neg4+ Bxg4 50. Nxg4+ Ke6 51. Nf2 Ra4 52. Rb7 Rb4+
53. Kc2 f3 54. Nd3 Rc4+ 55. Kd1 Rd4 56. Kc2 b4 0-1

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Rc1
Nd7 9. Be2 Bg7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 a6 12. a4 Qd6 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 Nb6 15.
O-O Be6 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Na4 O-O 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Bd7 20. Rfc1 Ra7 21. Ne1
Rfa8 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Nd3 Ra1 24. Qd1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 h5 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Qxa1
Qb8 28. Nc5 Be8 29. g3 Bf8 30. Qc1 Bd6 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 {This position usually
arises from another move order: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nxd4
Nxd5.} 6. e4 Nf6 (6... Nb4 {is the main alternative here.}) 7. Bb5+ (7. Nc3 {
is played more often.}) 7... Bd7 (7... Nfd7 $6 8. O-O a6 9. Ba4 g6 10. e5 $1 e6
(10... Bg7 $2 11. e6 $18) 11. f4 $14 {1-0 (21) Alekhine,A-Rellstab,L/Bad
Nauheim (03) 1936}) 8. Qe2 {A rare, hardly promising continuation.} (8. e5 {
is not dangerous:} Bxb5 9. Nxb5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nd5 11. N1c3 Nc6 $1 12. Nxd5
O-O-O 13. Nbc3 e6 14. Bd2 exd5 $11 {1-0 (37) Szalanczy,E (2335)-Szuhai,B
Budapest 1982}) (8. Nc3 e5 {leads to a position usually arising after 7.Nc3 e5
8.Bb5+ Bd7}) (8. Bxd7+ {is probably the most appropriate:} Nbxd7 (8... Qxd7 9.
e5) 9. Nc3 e5 10. Nf5 (10. Ndb5 Nc5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Bg5 a6 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14.
N7d5 Nxd5 $5 15. Rd1 Rc8 16. Nxd5 Ke6 $11) 10... Nc5 11. Qxd8+ (11. Qf3 Qd3 12.
Qxd3 Nxd3+ 13. Ke2 {1-0 (34) Alekhine,A-Blum,M Bern 1922} Nc5 $14) 11... Rxd8
12. Bg5 Nd3+ 13. Ke2 Nf4+ 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Rhd1 g6 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Nd7
18. Nd6 $14 {1/2 (40) Yrjola,J (2413)-Salmensuu,O (2428) Finland 2002}) 8... e5
(8... a6 $143 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. O-O e6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Bg5 Bd6 13. Rac1 Bxh2+
14. Kh1 Be5 15. f4 Bxd4 16. Nb5 $40 {1-0 (47) Udovcic,M-Karaklajic,N Sarajevo
1951}) 9. Nf3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nbxd2 Qb6 {Black has simplified the game
to his favour but now his queen comes under attack.} (11... Qe7 {looks more
solid and close to equality.}) 12. a4 a6 (12... Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ $5 Nc6 14. Nc4)
13. Nc4 Qc5 14. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 Rac8 (16... Rad8 $142 {
, and Black holds on, e.g.} 17. Rd2 (17. Rac1 Qb4 {[%cal Yd7c5]}) 17... Qb4 18.
Rad1 Rc8 19. Nd6 Rc7) 17. Nd6 Rc6 18. Qd2 $1 Qb6 19. b4 Qc7 20. Rac1 $16 Nb6
21. Rxc6 Qxc6 (21... bxc6 22. a5 Nbd5 (22... Nbd7 23. Ng5 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 23.
exd5 Qxd6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Nxe5 $16) 22. Nxe5 Qxa4 23. Rc1 Qb3 24. Qd4 Qe6 25.
Nxb7 $18 {White has won a pawn while keeping an excellent position.} Re8 26. f4
Nbd7 27. Nd6 Rf8 28. Nc6 Nb8 29. Na5 Nbd7 30. Nc6 Nb8 31. Na5 Nbd7 32. Rd1 Nh5
33. e5 (33. f5 Qe5 34. Nc6 $18 {is simpler}) 33... Qg4 34. Rf1 g5 {Desperation.
.. and White fails to find a refutation!} 35. h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Nc6 $1
Nxf4 36. Ne7+ Kh8 (36... Kg7 37. e6+ f6 38. Nef5+ Kg6 39. Rxf4 Qxf4 40. exd7
Qc1+ 41. Kf2 $18) 37. e6+ f6 38. Rxf4 gxf4 (38... Qxe6 39. Re4 $18) 39. Nf7+ (
39. exd7 Qe6 40. Kf1 Qxe7 41. Nb7 {is quite enough, too}) 39... Kg7 (39... Rxf7
40. exd7) 40. Qxd7 Rxf7 (40... f3 41. Nf5+ Kg6 42. Ne5+ fxe5 43. Qg7+ Kxf5 44.
Qxf8+ $18) 41. h3 $1 Qg5 42. Nf5+ Qxf5 43. Qxf7+ Kh6 44. e7 $18) 35... Nxf4 $1
36. hxg4 Ne2+ 37. Kf2 (37. Kh2 $142) 37... Nxd4 38. Rd1 (38. Ke3 $142 Nc2+ 39.
Ke4 Nxb4 40. Rf3 $44) 38... f6 $1 {A move certainly overlooked by Anish Giri.}
(38... Ne6 39. Ndc4 Nb8 40. Rd6 $16) 39. e6 (39. Nf5 $142 fxe5 40. Ke1 $1 {
with a probable draw.}) ({After} 39. e6 Nxe6 {White must fight for survival a
pawn down but Peter Svidler was happy with a miraculous rescue.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.03.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Qb1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. e4 Bb7 13. b4 h6 14. Re1 Qc8 15.
b5 a6 16. a4 Rd8 17. Bc3 axb5 18. axb5 c5 19. bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Bd2
Qa4 22. d5 exd5 23. exd5 Bf8 24. Be3 Ra5 25. d6 Be4 26. Qc1 Bxd6 27. Qc8+ Bf8
28. Bh3 Bxf3 29. Bxd7 b5 30. Qb8 Ra8 31. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.03.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. a4 {Ding is
coming up wih a novelty, as it is not at all easy to recapture the pawn and
keep some chances for an advantage at the same time.} (7. Na3 Nb6 8. Ne5 Ng4 (
8... O-O 9. Naxc4 Nxc4 10. Nxc4 Be6 11. Na5 c5 12. Nxb7 Qxd4 13. Be3 Qxb2 14.
Bxc5 Rab8 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Bxe7 Rfe8 17. Bd6 Rbc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (80) Barcza,
G-Prins,L Saltsjobaden 1952}) 9. Nxg4 (9. Nf3 e5 (9... O-O 10. e4 Be6 11. h3
Nf6 12. Qe2 c6 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Kh2 Rd8 15. Bf4 Ne8 16. Rac1 Nd6 17. Ng5 h6 18.
Nxe6 Qxe6 19. h4 $11 {0-1 (56) Schreiner,P (2432)-Lampert,J (2461) Skopje 2015}
) 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nxe5 12. Nb5 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Be5 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. gxf4
Ke7 16. Nxc7 Rb8 17. a4 Be6 18. a5 Nd7 19. a6 bxa6 20. Rxa6 $16 {1-0 (37)
Dragun,K (2586)-Lampert,J (2448) Biel 2015}) 9... Bxg4 10. Bxb7 (10. Nxc4 Nxc4
11. Qa4+ c6 12. Qxc4 Be6 13. Qc2 O-O 14. e3 Qb6 15. b3 Bf5 16. Qe2 e5 17. e4
Be6 18. d5 cxd5 19. exd5 Bd7 20. Be3 $11 {1-0 (41) Chirila,I (2522)-Rambaldi,F
(2559) Saint Louis 2017}) 10... O-O 11. Nc2 (11. Be3 Bh3 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Bf3
Qd7 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qc2 h5 16. Red1 Bf5 17. Qd2 Qa4 18. Qe1 Be6 19. Nxc4 Nxc4
20. b3 Qa5 21. Qxa5 Nxa5 $15 {0-1 (71) Moussard,J (2571)-Wagner,D (2548)
Zuerich 2016}) 11... Rb8 12. Bg2 Qd7 13. f3 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. a4 Qd7 16. a5
Na4 17. Ra2 Rfd8 18. Kg2 c5 19. Ne3 Rb4 20. dxc5 Nxc5 $15 {1/2-1/2 (108)
Fressinet,L (2672)-Svane,R (2555) Doha 2016}) (7. Qa4 O-O 8. Qxc4 Nb6 9. Qc5 (
9. Qc2 Bf5 10. Qb3 a5 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. a4 c6 13. Rd1 Nd6 14. Ne1 Be6 15. d5 cxd5
16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc8 19. Bf4 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Nxc4 21. Nd3 $11
{1/2-1/2 (26) Kunte,A (2515)-Sethuraman,S (2651) Thiruvarur 2015}) (9. Qb3 Be6
10. Qd1 Qc8 11. Ng5 (11. Re1 Rd8 12. Ng5 c5 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Bxb7 Rab8 15. Bg2
cxd4 16. Nd2 Qf5 17. h3 e5 18. e3 dxe3 19. Rxe3 Nc4 $17 {0-1 (41) Rantanen,
M-Poulsen,C Saltsjobaden 1948}) 11... Bg4 12. Nc3 h6 13. Nf3 Rd8 14. Ne5 Be6
15. Qc2 Rxd4 16. Nb5 Rd8 17. Qxc7 Nfd5 18. Qxc8 Raxc8 19. f4 Nb4 $15 {1-0 (41)
Gutman,L (2428)-Rogic,D (2524) St Veit 2016}) 9... Bf5 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Qxc7 Nd5
12. Qxb7 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Qd6 14. Qb3 Qxf4 15. Nc3 Rab8 16. Qa3 Ng5 17. Nd5 Nxf3+
18. Qxf3 Qd6 19. Qg3 Qd8 $15 {1/2-1/2 (32) Van Wely,L (2647)-Giri,A (2791)
Amsterdam 2015}) (7. Nbd2 Nb6 8. Nxc4 Nxc4 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Qxc4 Be6 (10... O-O
11. b3 Be6 12. Qb4 Qc7 13. Ng5 Bc8 14. Ba3 h6 15. Nf3 Re8 16. Rac1 Be6 17. Rfd1
Bd5 18. Bb2 a5 19. Qc5 a4 20. Ne5 e6 21. Bxd5 exd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 (37) Kremer,
L-Foltys,J Jurata 1937}) 11. Qb4 Qc8 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Bf4 a5 14. Qa3 Qd8 15. Qd3
Nd6 16. Ng5 Bc4 17. Qc2 Ba6 18. Be5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 
(33) Pirc,V-Fine,R USA 1950}) 7... a5 8. Qc2 (8. Nc3 O-O 9. e4 c6 10. Qe2 Nb6
11. Rd1 $11) 8... Nb6 9. e4 O-O 10. Rd1 {It may not be too surprising that
Black has a sporting prospect of equal chances. Despite that some caution will
be required.} (10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 e5 13. dxe5 Nfd7 14. Be3 Qe7
$11) 10... c6 11. Na3 Be6 12. h3 Ne8 (12... Qc8 13. Kh2 Ne8 14. Ng5 $11) 13.
Ng5 Bc8 $1 {Giri is too strong to believe he can part with bishop pair without
serious consequences.} (13... Qc8 $6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Rb1 $1 f5 16. b4 fxe4
17. bxa5 Nc8 18. Nxc4 Ned6 19. Bf1 $16) 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 e5 16. Nf3 $1 {
The retreat of the knight, that has no further function on the territory of
the opponent.} (16. d5 Nd6 17. Qc2 h6 18. dxc6 Ra6 19. c7 Qd7 20. Nf3 Rc6 $11)
16... exd4 17. Nxd4 {In the tense struggle between two very strong opponents
it is no wonder that the attention can easily slip. It was much more
unpleasant to irritate Black the bishop move.} (17. Bg5 $1 Nd6 18. Qc2 Qe8 19.
Nxd4 $14) 17... Nc7 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Qc1 Qb4 {In a clear analogy with ideas
from the King's Indian Defence Giri is trying to exploit the hole on b4. Many
lesser players would consider the idea, but would use the knight for the
purpose.} (19... Na6 20. f4 Nb4 $11) 20. Ra3 Re8 21. Rc3 Be6 (21... Qxa4 22.
Rc4 Qa2 23. b3 Bxd4 24. Rcxd4 Nb5 25. R4d3 Qa3 26. Qc2 $11) 22. b3 Na6 23. Rdd3
{The Chinese star decided to keep the rook on c3, but it seems more natural to
double along the d-file, since ...Nc5 is not scary for White.} (23. Rcd3 $5 Nc5
24. Nxe6 Nxe6 (24... Nxd3 $2 25. Rxd3 Rxe6 26. Bc5 Bb2 27. Qe3 $18) 25. Qd2 Bf8
$11) 23... Qe7 24. Bg5 Qf8 25. Be3 Rad8 $6 {Black should have worried about
equality and inserted the knight move to b4.} (25... Nb4 $1 26. Rd2 Rad8 27.
Nxe6 Rxe6 28. Rc4 $11) 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Qd1 {Ding is not playing very well
with his dark squared bishop and once again misses its unpleasant move.} (27.
Bb6 $1 Rdd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rf3 Rd7 30. Bf1 $14) 27... Red6 28. Bf4 (28. Rxd6
Qxd6 29. Qxd6 Rxd6 30. Rc1 Nb4 31. Bf3 $11) 28... Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3
Nc5 31. Qd1 (31. Qc4 Ne6 32. Bf1 $11) 31... Ne6 32. Be3 $6 {[%mdl 2048] White
never really got to grips with the soul of his dark bishop. In this position
centralisation will be challenged by the Giri's clever trick.} (32. Bf1 $1 $11)
32... Bd4 $1 33. Bd2 {The plight of the bishop becomes the central story of
the whole game. It was still possble to fight for equality after the exchange
of the bishops.} (33. Bxd4 Qd6 34. h4 $1 Qxd4 35. Qf3 Nc5 36. h5 $11) 33... Qc5
34. Qf3 Qc2 {Giri slips and the opponent will finally try to do something
sensible with his bishop.} (34... Kg7 $1 35. Bf1 Qc2 36. Qd3 Qb2 37. Be3 Bxe3
38. Qxe3 Qd4 $17) 35. Bh6 $1 Bg7 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Bf1 Qc5 $6 {It was not easy
to decide where to place the queen. Black made a bet on queen on the 5th rank,
but it gave White the chance to finally solve his problems.} (37... Qd2 $1 38.
e5 Kg8 39. Kg2 Qd4 $17) 38. Bc4 Ng5 39. Qc3+ (39. Qd3 $5 Qe7 40. Qc3+ f6 41. h4
Nxe4 42. Qxa5 $11) 39... f6 40. Qd3 Qe7 41. h4 Nxe4 42. Qe3 $1 {The weakness
of the a5-pawn is limiting Black's chances to cash in on the extra pawn.} Qe5 (
42... f5 43. Qb6 Qc5 44. Qc7+ Kh6 45. Qf4+ $11) 43. Qb6 Kh6 44. Qe3+ g5 45. Bd3
$1 Nc5 46. hxg5+ Qxg5 47. f4 {The black position is now compromised as his
pawn structure and king have become vulnerable.} Qg4 (47... Qg8 48. Bc2 b6 49.
Qf3 $11) 48. Be2 Qf5 (48... Qe6 49. Qxc5 Qxe2 50. Qf8+ Kg6 51. Qg8+ $11) 49.
Qe7 $1 {The tragedy has been averted, White will save himself with counterplay
against the exposed black king.} Qe6 (49... Ne6 50. Kh2 $11) 50. Qf8+ (50. Qxc5
Qxe2 51. Qf8+ $11) 50... Kg6 51. Bc4 (51. f5+ Qxf5 52. Qg8+ Kh6 53. Qf8+ Kg5
54. Qe8 $11) 51... Qe3+ 52. Kg2 Qe4+ 53. Kh2 Qd4 54. Qg8+ Kh6 55. Qf8+ Kg6 56.
Qg8+ Kh6 57. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 Qb4 14.
Rh3 a6 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Rb1 Qd6 17. Rc3 O-O 18. h5 Rd8 19. Qb3 Bd7 20. Rd1 Qf8
21. Rc7 Qh6 22. Rxb7 Qf4 23. g3 Qxe4 24. f3 Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. h6 Kf8 27.
Rc1 Nc4 28. Kf2 Nd6 29. Rb6 Bb5 30. Rc5 Rab8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Rxd5 Rb6 33. g4
Bxe2 34. Nxe2 f5 35. g5 f6 36. gxf6 Nf7 37. Ng3 Rxf6 38. Nxf5 Nxh6 39. Rd8+ Kf7
40. Ne3 Nf5 41. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. a4 e5 10. Bxc4 exd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. a5 Qc8 16. Bxf6 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 gxf6 18. a6 Rab8 19. Bd3 Rfd8 20. Rfc1 bxa6
21. Rxa6 Rxb2 22. Rxa7 Bg4 23. Ne1 Re8 24. h3 Be6 25. Raa1 Rb3 26. Rab1 Ra3 27.
Ra1 Rb3 28. Rab1 Ra3 29. Ra1 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 Nd6 9. c3 Bf5 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Re1 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 a5 13. a4 Ne4 14. Be3 Qc8
15. Ne5 Bd6 16. f3 Nf6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Re2 Re8 19. Rae1 Nd7 20. Bf2 Rxe2 21.
Qxe2 Qb7 22. Nc1 Rb8 23. Nd3 Qb3 24. Bg3 h6 25. Bxd6 cxd6 26. Qe7 Qc2 27. Qxd7
Qxd3 28. h3 Qd2 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Qxe8+ Kh7 31. Qxf7 Qxb2 32. Qf5+ Kh8 33. Qf8+
Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kh8 35. Qc8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jonsson, Gauti Pall"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Kh1 b5 13. f4 b4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Bxg2+ 17. Qxg2 Ng4 18. Bd4 bxc3 19. Qe4 h5 20. h3 Nh6 21. Bxc3
Nf5 22. Rf3 Rad8 23. Rg1 Bc5 24. Rg2 Rd1+ 25. Kh2 Qb6 26. Be1 Qxb2 27. g4 Qd4
28. Qe2 Ne3 29. Bf2 Qxe5+ 30. Bg3 Qa1 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d6 7. b3 a5 8. Bb2 Ne4
9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nd7 11. a4 d5 12. e3 c6 13. Rfc1 Bd6 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Qf6 17. b4 axb4 18. Qxb4 Qd8 19. a5 Rf6 20. Ne1 Qf8 21. Nd3
Qxb4 22. Nxb4 Kf8 23. a6 bxa6 24. Nxc6 Rd6 25. Rb3 Nf6 26. Na5 Bd7 27. Bf1 Ke7
28. Bd3 g6 29. Rb7 Ke8 30. Kg2 Rc8 31. Rc5 Ra8 32. h3 Kd8 33. Rb1 Ke7 34. Rb7
Ke8 35. Be2 Kd8 36. Bf3 Ke8 37. Rb1 Bb5 38. g4 Ra7 39. Rc8+ Rd8 40. Rxd8+ Kxd8
41. Rxb5 axb5 42. Nc6+ Kc7 43. Nxa7 Kb6 44. g5 Ne8 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Rb8 12. Nd2 Na5 13. Qa4 b6 14. Qb5 Qf5
15. a4 c6 16. Qb4 Ba6 17. e4 Qg5 18. f4 Qd8 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Qa3 c5 21. d5 exd5
22. exd5 Nb7 23. Nf3 Nd6 24. Ne5 Rbe8 25. Rfe1 Re7 26. Nc6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Re8
28. Re5 Bc8 29. Qc1 Bd7 30. Qe3 Kf8 31. h3 f6 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8 33. g4 Bf7 34. h4
Qd7 35. h5 Qe8 36. Qg3 Ne4 37. Bxe4 Qxe4 38. f5 Kg8 39. Qc7 Qxg4+ 40. Kh2 Qh4+
41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qf2+ 43. Kh3 Qf3+ 44. Kh4 Qxh5+ 45. Kg3 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. b3 Re8
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 b6 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. f4 Rad8 14. Bf3 c5 15. g4
cxd4 16. exd4 a6 17. Qg2 Nf8 18. f5 exf5 19. gxf5 Qd6 20. fxg6 Nxg6 21. Nxd5
Nh4 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bxb7 Nxg2 24. Rxf6 Bxf6 25. Ng4 Bg7 26. Bxg2 Re2 27. Ba1
Rxa2 28. Ne3 Rd6 29. Bd5 Rg6+ 30. Kh1 Rh6 31. Ng2 Rh3 32. Rf1 Kh8 33. Re1 Kg8
34. Rf1 Kh8 35. c5 bxc5 36. b4 Rd2 37. bxc5 Bxd4 38. Bxd4+ Rxd4 39. Bxf7 Rc3
40. Nf4 Rd8 41. Ne6 Rc8 42. Rg1 h6 43. Rg6 Kh7 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Rg6 Kh7 46.
Rg7+ Kh8 47. Bg6 Rb8 48. Rh7+ Kg8 49. Ra7 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 Rc3 51. Kg1 Rc1+ 52. Kf2
a5 53. Bh7+ Kh8 54. Nf4 Rf8 55. Ke3 Rxf4 56. Kxf4 Rxc5 57. Bf5 Kg8 58. Ra6 a4
59. Rxa4 Kg7 60. Ra7+ Kg8 61. Ra6 Rc7 62. Rxh6 Kg7 63. Kg5 Rf7 64. Ra6 Rc7 65.
h3 Re7 66. Rg6+ Kh8 67. Rh6+ Kg8 68. Rh4 Rg7+ 69. Bg6 Ra7 70. Kh6 Kh8 71. Rd4
Rh7+ 72. Kg5 Ra7 73. Rd8+ Kg7 74. Bf5 Rf7 75. Be6 Re7 76. Kf5 Ra7 77. Rg8+ Kh7
78. Kf6 Rb7 79. Ra8 Rb6 80. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Nb5 Be6 10. Nd4 Bc8 11. Nb5 Be6 12. Nd4 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2017.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. f4 Kf8 18. Kf2 Rb8 19. Rc5 Ne4+ 20. Bxe4
Rxd4 21. Ke3 Rb4 22. b3 Be6 23. Rac1 b6 24. Rc7 a5 25. Ra7 a4 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27.
bxa4 Bxa2 28. Rc7 Rd8 29. Bc6 Rd6 30. Bb5 f6 31. g4 Be6 32. g5 fxg5 33. fxg5
Kf7 34. h4 Bb3 35. Rb7 Bd5 36. Rb8 Kg7 37. Re8 Kf7 38. Rc8 Kg7 39. Rc7 Kf7 40.
Kf4 Re6 41. Bd3 Rc6 42. Rxc6 Bxc6 43. Bc4+ e6 44. Bb3 Ke7 45. Ke5 Bd7 46. e4
Bc6 47. Kd4 Kd6 48. e5+ Kd7 49. Kc3 Bf3 50. Bc4 Bg4 51. Bb5+ Kd8 52. Kb4 Bf5
53. Be2 Kc7 54. h5 gxh5 55. Bxh5 Kc6 56. Bf3+ Kc7 57. Kc3 Kd7 58. Be2 Kc6 59.
Kd4 Kd7 60. Bb5+ Kd8 61. Kc4 Kc7 62. Kb4 Kb7 63. Be2 Kc6 64. Bf3+ Kc7 65. Bg2
Kd7 66. Kb5 Kc7 67. Bf1 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2017.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5
9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nbd7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. O-O-O c5 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxf1
15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Rhxf1 b5 17. Re4 g6 18. Bh6+ Bg7 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qb2+ Qf6
21. Re7 Nb6 22. d6 Qxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Rhd8 24. Rd1 Nc8 25. Rc7 Nxd6 26. Ng5 Kg8 27.
Rxc5 h6 28. Rcd5 hxg5 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Kg7 31. f3 Rh8 32. Rd2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qa4 Nc7 14. Bf1 Qe8 15.
Kg2 Nb8 16. Qxa7 Ba8 17. Qxb6 Nc6 18. Qb3 f6 19. Qe3 Qf7 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Kg1
Rce8 22. Qf4 g5 23. Nxg5 Qg7 24. Nh3 Nxd4 25. Bd3 e5 26. Qe3 e4 27. Bb1 Nce6
28. Kh1 Kh8 29. a4 Qg4 30. Nf4 Nxf4 31. Qxf4 Qg7 32. Qe3 Bg5 33. f4 Bf6 34. Ra3
Nf5 35. Qb6 Bd4 36. Qb5 Bf2 37. Rf1 Ba7 38. Ba2 d4 39. Bd5 Rb8 40. Qc4 Rfc8 41.
Qa2 Ne3 42. Rxe3 dxe3 43. Nxe4 Qf7 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2017.04.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. O-O b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. Rae1 O-O 15.
Qh3 Rfe8 16. Bd3 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Re3 Nf8 19. Ne2 Qd7 20. Rf5 Qe6 21. Nd2
N6d7 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Nb3 g6 24. Qg3 Nf6 25. Rf1 N8d7 26. Qe1 Kg7 27. Ng3 h5
28. Ne2 Rh8 29. h3 Qb6 30. Ng1 h4 31. Nf3 Ree8 32. Kh2 Rh5 33. Re2 Reh8 34. Qf2
Qxf2 35. Rfxf2 g5 36. Rf1 g4 37. Nfd2 Rg5 38. c4 Nh5 39. cxb5 axb5 40. Bxb5
Ndf6 41. Nc5 Bc8 42. Ree1 Nf4 43. hxg4 Nxg4+ 44. Kh1 Nf6 45. Nd3 Rg3 46. Rf3
Bg4 47. Rfe3 Rxg2 48. Nc4 Rc2 49. Ndxe5 N6h5 50. Kg1 Ng3 51. Rxg3 hxg3 52. Ne3
Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2017.04.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 a6 7. a4 b4 8. Nb3
Nbd7 9. Na5 Qc8 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxb7 Qxb7 13. Bg2 c3 14. bxc3
bxc3 15. O-O Bb4 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. a5 Rb8 18. Qa4+ Qb5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nc6 O-O
21. Rfb1 Qc4 22. Rxb4 Rxb4 23. Nxb4 Rb8 24. Nc2 Qe2 25. Ne1 h6 26. Qc2 Qc4 27.
Nd3 Rb3 28. Kg2 g6 29. Nc5 Rb2 30. Qd3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2017.05.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Tatarstan Rook"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nec6 7. Be3 Nxd4 8.
Bxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. c3 b5 12. f4 Bb7 13. Nf3 Na5 14. b3 Qc7 15.
Rc1 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Kh1 Qe3 18. Ne5 Nc6 19. Rf3 Qa7 20. Ng4 f5 21. exf5
exf5 22. Ne3 Ne7 23. Rg3 Rae8 24. b4 Qb8 25. Qf1 Ng6 26. Nxf5 Be4 27. Bxe4 Rxe4
28. Nd4 Rexf4 29. Rf3 Rxf3 30. Nxf3 Ne5 31. Qd1 Nxf3 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. gxf3 Qe8
34. Rc2 h6 35. Qe4 Qh5 36. Rd2 Rxf3 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qe4+ Rf5 39. Rd5 Qf3+ 40.
Qxf3 Rxf3 41. Rd6 Rxc3 42. Rxa6 Kg8 43. Ra5 Kf7 44. Rxb5 Rc1+ 45. Kg2 Rc2+ 46.
Kg3 Rxa2 47. Rb6 Rd2 48. b5 Rd3+ 49. Kg2 h5 50. Rb8 g5 51. Rd8 Ke6 52. Rg8 Rd2+
53. Kg3 Rd3+ 54. Kg2 Kf5 55. Rf8+ Ke5 56. Rg8 Kf6 57. Rf8+ Ke5 58. Rg8 Kf4 59.
Rf8+ Kg4 60. Rf2 Rd6 61. h3+ Kh4 62. Rb2 Rb6 63. Rb4+ g4 64. hxg4 hxg4 65. Rd4
Rxb5 66. Rxd7 Rb2+ 67. Kg1 Kh3 68. Rd3+ g3 69. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2017.05.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. e3 O-O 8.
N5c3 Bf5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxd5 13. Bb2 Qb6 14. Nb3
N5f6 15. c4 Rfd8 16. Qc1 a5 17. Rd1 a4 18. Nd2 Bg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Ne4 Nc5
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. h3 Nf6 24. Qc3 Ne4 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Rd2
27. f3 f6 28. fxe4 fxe5 29. Rb1 Rxa2 30. Rxb7 Rc2 31. Rc7 a3 32. Ra7 a2 33. Kh2
Kf8 34. c5 Ke8 35. c6 Kd8 36. Kg3 g5 37. Kf3 h5 38. g4 h4 39. c7+ Kc8 40. Rxa2
Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2017.05.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Legacy Square"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. f3 Be6 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Rc6 16. g4 Kf8 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nd5 Rcc8 19. Nf4 Bd7 20. g5 Ng8 21. Nd5
e6 22. Nb6 Rd8 23. Rhd1 Ne7 24. Kc2 Be8 25. b4 f5 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27. Kb3 Bf7 28.
f4 Ke8 29. Ka3 Nc6 30. b5 axb5 31. cxb5 Ra8+ 32. Kb3 e5+ 33. Nd5 exf4 34. Bb6
Rdc8 35. Bc4 Na5+ 36. Bxa5 Bxd5 37. Bxd5 Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Rxa5 39. a4 Bd8 40. Bxb7
Ra7 41. Bc6+ Ke7 42. Rf1 g5 43. h4 h6 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Rh1 Kf6 46. Rh8 Ba5 47.
Rh6+ Ke5 48. Rg6 f3 49. Rxg5+ Kf4 50. Rf5+ Ke3 51. e5 dxe5 52. Rxe5+ Kf4 53.
Re4+ Kg5 54. Re3 f2 55. Rg3+ Kh4 56. Rf3 Bb6 57. Bd5 Kg4 58. Rf8 Kg3 59. Bc4
Rc7 60. Rf6 Ba5 61. Rc6 Rxc6 62. bxc6 Kf4 63. Bf1 Ke5 64. Kc4 Kd6 65. Kb5 Bd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2017.05.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Zhiguli"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. a4 Qb8 12. Nd2 Bd8 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Bxb6 15.
h3 Bd4 16. Na4 h6 17. Nf1 Rc8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 a5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5
Ra7 22. Re3 Rc4 23. Rd3 Ra6 24. b3 Rb4 25. Nc3 e4 26. Rd4 Nc5 27. Qd2 Qe8 28.
Rxb4 axb4 29. Rxa6 bxc3 30. Qxd6 Nxa6 31. Qxa6 Qd8 32. Qe2 Qd2 33. Bf1 e3 34.
fxe3 Nd5 35. e4 Ne3 36. Kf2 Kf8 37. e5 Ke7 38. g4 g6 39. Qxd2 cxd2 40. Be2 d1=Q
41. Bxd1 Nxd1+ 42. Ke2 Nc3+ 43. Kd3 Nd1 44. b4 Nf2+ 45. Ke3 Nxh3 46. b5 gxf5
47. gxf5 Ng5 48. Kf4 Nh7 49. b6 Nf8 50. b7 Nd7 51. c4 Kd8 52. e6 fxe6 53. fxe6
Nb8 54. Ke5 Kc7 55. e7 Nc6+ 56. Ke6 Nxe7 57. Kxe7 Kxb7 58. Kd7 Kb6 59. Kd6 Kb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2017.05.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg SHSH"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. a3
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 c6 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. Qb3 Ne6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Ba3 c5 15.
Rad1 c4 16. Qb2 Re8 17. b5 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. e3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Nc7 21. e4
dxe4 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Nxc4 Rbd8 25. Ne5 a6 26. Rc1 Ne6 27. bxa6
Bxa6 28. Nc6 Rd6 29. Bxe4 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Bd3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2017.05.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Central Federal District"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Be3 c6 8. Be2 e5
9. d5 Nh5 10. Nd2 Nf4 11. Bf1 f5 12. g3 Ne6 13. exf5 gxf5 14. dxe6 f4 15. Nde4
fxe3 16. fxe3 Bxe6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Nxd6 Rf3 19. Nde4 Nb4 20. Ng5 Nc2+ 21. Kd2
Rf2+ 22. Be2 Bxc4 23. Raf1 Rxe2+ 24. Nxe2 Nb4 25. Kc3 Bxe2 26. Kxb4 Bxf1 27.
Rxf1 Bh6 28. Rf5 Rf8 29. Rxe5 Bg7 30. Ra5 Re8 31. Rxa7 h6 32. Nf3 Rxe3 33. Nh4
Bf8+ 34. Ka5 Re5+ 35. Ka4 Rb5 36. b3 Rb4+ 37. Ka5 Kf7 38. Nf3 Rb5+ 39. Ka4 Rb4+
40. Ka5 Bc5 41. Ra8 Ke6 42. Nd2 Rb5+ 43. Ka4 Be7 44. Nf3 Rb4+ 45. Ka5 Kd7 46.
Nd2 Kc7 47. Nf3 Re4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. h3 Bh5 5. O-O Nd7 6. d4 e6 7. c4 Be7 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nc3 Ngf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Rfd8 12. g4 Bg6 13. c5 Qxb3 14. axb3 Rdc8
15. b4 a6 16. Nd2 Bd8 17. Nb3 Bc7 18. Bxc7 Rxc7 19. f4 Rb8 20. e3 Be4 21. g5
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nh5 23. Nc1 f5 24. Nd3 Kf7 25. Kf3 g6 26. h4 Ng7 27. Rh1 h5 28.
Ke2 Ne8 29. Kd2 Rcc8 30. Ne2 Nc7 31. Ng1 Ke7 32. Nf3 Rg8 33. Nfe5 Nxe5 34. Nxe5
Rbc8 35. Ra5 Rg7 36. Rha1 Rgg8 37. Kd3 Rg7 38. Kd2 Kd8 39. Kd3 Ke8 40. Kd2 Kd8
41. Kd3 Ke8 42. Kd2 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rac8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qh4 c5 16. Rfe1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Rfd8 19. Qe3 h6 20. Qe2 Bb4 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 e5 24. g3 e4 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Bxe4 Bc5 27.
Qe2 g6 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Bd5 h5 30. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Bd7 13. Bg5 Rfd8 14.
Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Na5 Rac8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Nb7 h6 19. Nd6 Rb8 20.
Be3 Bb6 21. Rb1 Nd5 22. Bxb6 Rxb6 23. Rc1 Rb2 24. e4 Nb6 25. a4 Ra2 26. c4 Rxa4
27. c5 Nd7 28. Rb1 Nxc5 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. Nxf7 Nxe4 31. Rh8+ Kg6 32. Ne5+ Kf5
33. Nxc6 a5 34. Kg2 Ra2 35. Rf8+ Kg6 36. h4 a4 37. Rf4 Rxf2+ 38. Rxf2 Nxf2 39.
Kxf2 a3 40. Nb4 Kf5 41. Kf3 h5 42. Na2 e5 43. Nc3 e4+ 44. Kg2 Kg4 45. Nd1 Kf5
46. Ne3+ Ke6 47. Kf2 a2 48. Nc2 Kf5 49. Ne3+ Kf6 50. Nc2 Ke5 51. Ke2 Kd6 52.
Ke3 Ke5 53. Ke2 g5 54. hxg5 Kf5 55. Kf2 Kxg5 56. Kg2 Kf6 57. Kf2 Kf5 58. Ne3+
Kf6 59. Nc2 Kg5 60. Kg2 Kg4 61. Ne3+ Kg5 62. Nc2 Kf6 63. Kf2 Kf5 64. Ne3+ Ke6
65. Nc2 Kd6 66. Ke3 Ke5 67. Ke2 Kf5 68. Kf2 Kg5 69. Kg2 Kf6 70. Kf2 Kf5 71.
Ne3+ Kg5 72. Nc2 Kf5 73. Ne3+ Kg5 74. Nc2 h4 75. gxh4+ Kxh4 76. Ke3 a1=Q 77.
Nxa1 Kg4 78. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O
Nge7 9. b3 O-O 10. Ba3 b6 11. Rc1 Ba6 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. Rc2 Nf5 15.
e3 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nd6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nb5 21.
Ne2 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Rc8 23. Qd2 a5 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qc7 26. Qxc7 Nxc7 27.
Nd4 Ke7 28. f4 Kd7 29. Kf2 b5 30. a3 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Kf3 Na6 33. g4 Nc5
34. h3 Ke7 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. Ke2 Kd7 38. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Ngf6 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Rfe8 14. Kh1 Bb4
15. c3 Bf8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 Nc5 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21.
Be3 Ne6 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Qe2 Bc5 24. Bd4 Qb6 25. Qf2 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rc8 27. f5
Ng5 28. h4 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. e6 fxe6 31. fxg6 Qd8 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Qf4 Qd5
34. Rde1 e5 35. Qf5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 d5 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
cxd3 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. Rc1 Qb6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Rfe8 13. Bg3 Rad8 14. a3
Nh5 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Qc3 g5 17. b4 f6 18. Nb3 e5 19. Qc2 f5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Rxe5 22. b5 Qxb5 23. Rb1 Qa4 24. Qc3 Rde7 25. Nc5 Qh4 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27.
Qxe5 Rf7 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Ne6+ Kf6 30. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. e5
Nd7 9. Re1 b5 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Re8 15. Ne3
Bb7 16. h5 Bf8 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. c4 dxc4 19. dxc4 Qc7 20. Qxa4 Nd4 21. Nd2 Bxg2
22. Nxg2 Ra8 23. Qd1 Rxa3 24. h6 g6 25. Nh4 Qc6 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Bg5 Nxe5 28.
Bxe7 Nef3+ 29. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 30. Kf1 Nxe1 31. Qxe1 f5 32. Bxc5 Rd3 33. Nf6+ Kf7
34. Nxe8 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qf3+ 36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qf3+ 38. Kf1 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Be7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bd3
b6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Bxb5
15. Qxb5 f5 16. Nb3 Ng6 17. Qc4 Qg5 18. Qxe6+ Kh7 19. Nd2 Nh4 20. g3 Qg4 21.
Qd6 Qh3 22. gxh4 Rf6 23. Qg3 Rg6 24. Kh1 Rxg3 25. fxg3 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27.
dxc5 bxc5 28. Rad1 Re8 29. Nc4 Re7 30. Rf2 Qg4 31. Rd5 f4 32. gxf4 gxf4 33.
Rxf4 Qe2 34. Rh4+ Kg6 35. Ne5+ Rxe5 36. Rd6+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. h5 a4 13. h6 g6 14. Bf4 a3 15. b3 Bb7 16.
N1h2 Rc8 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Ng4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Qd1 Rc6 21. Rc1 Qc7 22. Nh2
Rc8 23. Nf3 Rxc2 24. Nxd4 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Ba6 26. Bf4 Qc3 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Kh2
Nf8 29. Re3 Qc2 30. Qg4 Bxd3 31. Bg5 Bf5 32. Qh4 Bxg5 33. Qxg5 Qxf2 34. Rf3
Qxa2 35. Rxf5 Rc2 36. Kh3 Rxg2 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Qd8+ Kf7 39. Qd7+ Kf8 40.
Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qd7+ Kf8 42. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 a5 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O Bb4 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Be2 Ng6 16. f4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qe7 18. Bf3 Rae8 19. e5 Nd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21.
Rad1 Nh4 22. Qe2 f6 23. Rxd5 fxe5 24. Rxe5 Nf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qxe5 26. fxe5 Rxf3 27.
Bd4 Rxh3 28. Rb1 Re7 29. Rb5 Rh6 30. Rxa5 Ra6 31. Rd5 Rxa4 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. f4
Ke6 34. Rd8 Ra1 35. Kf3 Rf1+ 36. Ke4 Re1+ 37. Be3 g6 38. Rf8 Rc7 39. Kd3 Rd1+
40. Ke2 Rd5 41. Bd4 Rf7 42. Re8+ Kd7 43. Rh8 Rxf4 44. Rxh7+ Kc6 45. Rg7 Rg4 46.
Kf3 Rg5 47. Kf4 Rf5+ 48. Ke4 Rg5 49. Kf4 Rf5+ 50. Ke4 Rg5 51. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. h5 a4 13. h6 g6 14. Bf4 a3 15. b3 Bb7 16.
Qd2 Rc8 17. Rac1 Re8 18. N1h2 Qc7 19. Ng4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Bg5 Bf8 22. Qf4
Qc3 23. Bf6 Qb2 24. Bg7 Be7 25. Bf6 Bf8 26. Bg7 Be7 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. exf6 Rxc2
29. Rxc2 Qxc2 30. Qxd4 Qc3 31. Qe3 d4 32. Qe2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Nc5 34. Qe5 Nxd3
35. Qb5 Nxe1+ 36. Kh3 Rc8 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 d6 6. e4 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O e5 9. c3 Qe8 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Nc4 Bf6 12. Ne3 Bxh4 13. Nxh4 Nf4 14. Bf1 Nf6
15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. Nd2 Rae8 19. Re3 h5 20. Rae1 h4 21.
g3 Qg5 22. Kh1 Nh5 23. Be2 hxg3 24. hxg3 Kg7 25. Kg1 Rh8 26. Bxg4 Qxg4 27. Qd1
Qh3 28. g4 Ng3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nh5 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4
g6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3 O-O 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nb1 Qb6 15.
Qe2 Na5 16. Nc3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. e4 dxe4 19. Qxc4 exf3 20. d5 fxg2 21.
Rfe1 Rc8 22. Qe4 e5 23. d6 Bxd6 24. Nd5 Qxb2 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Nxf6+ Nxf6 27.
Bxf6 Be6 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Kf7 31. Kxg2 Kf6 32. f4 Bd7 33.
Kf2 Bc6 34. Ke3 a6 35. h4 h6 36. Kd4 Bf3 37. Kc5 Bc6 38. Kd6 Kf7 39. f5 g5 40.
hxg5 hxg5 41. Re6 g4 42. Rg6 g3 43. Ke5 g2 44. Rg5 b5 45. f6 a5 46. Rg7+ Kf8
47. Ke6 b4 48. axb4 axb4 49. Rf7+ Kg8 50. Rg7+ Kf8 51. Rf7+ Ke8 52. Rg7 Kf8 53.
Rg3 b3 54. f7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Re1 e5 8. c3
Nh5 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Ncxe5 dxe5 12. h3 Bd7 13. Bc4 Qe7 14. Bg5 Bf6
15. Be3 b6 16. a4 a5 17. Kh2 Rad8 18. Qe2 Bg7 19. g3 Kh8 20. Kg2 Bc6 21. Bg5 f6
22. Bd2 f5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Ne6 Bxe4+ 25. Kh2 Ba8 26. Nxf8 Rxf8 27. Rad1 f4 28.
g4 f3 29. Qe3 e4 30. gxh5 Be5+ 31. Kh1 Bf4 32. Qd4+ Be5 33. Qe3 Bf4 34. Qd4+
Be5 35. Rxe4 Bxe4 36. Qxe4 Rd8 37. Qxg6 Rd6 38. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qc1 Bd7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Nc2 Rac8 14. Rb1 Qa6
15. Bc3 b6 16. Ne3 Rfd8 17. Qb2 Be6 18. Nd5 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Rfc1 Nf5 21.
Nb3 Nd6 22. Nd2 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Ne3 Rdd8 26. Ng4 Nd4 27.
Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Ne3 Nf5 29. Nxf5 Qxf5 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. Rd1 Qe6 32. h4 h5 33. Rd3
f6 34. Re3 Qd6 35. Rd3 Qc6 36. Qb3+ Kg7 37. Re3 Kf8 38. Qd3 Kf7 39. Qb3+ Qc4
40. Qxc4+ Rxc4 41. Ra3 a5 42. Rb3 Rb4 43. Rxb4 axb4 44. Kf1 g5 45. Ke1 Ke6 46.
e3 Kf5 47. f3 gxh4 48. gxh4 e5 49. Ke2 e4 50. Kf2 Ke5 51. Ke2 Kd5 52. fxe4+
Kxe4 53. Kf2 Kd3 54. Kf3 Kc3 55. Kf4 Kb2 56. Kf5 Kxa2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
e5 9. c3 a5 10. Qc2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. f4 Qb8 14. Kh1 a4 15.
Rae1 Ra5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nc4 Rd5 18. Nxe5 Qc8 19. Qxa4 Ng4 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21.
Be4 Rh5 22. Bg3 Qe7 23. Bf3 Qd7 24. Rd1 Qf5 25. Qxc6 Ne3 26. Rfe1 Nxd1 27. Rxd1
Qc2 28. Bxh5 gxh5 29. Qf3 Qxb2 30. Qxh5 Qxa2 31. f5 Qc4 32. f6 Bxf6 33. Qxh6
Bg7 34. Qe3 Qxc3 35. Qxc3 Bxc3 36. Bxc7 Rc8 37. Bf4 Bg7 38. h4 Rc4 39. Rf1 Bh6
40. Bg3 Kg7 41. Kh2 Kg6 42. Rf3 f5 43. Bf2 Rf4 44. Kg3 Rxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Bf8 46.
Bg3 Bb4 47. Be5 Ba3 48. g3 Bb4 49. Bd4 Bd6 50. g4 fxg4+ 51. Kxg4 Kh7 52. Be5
Bxe5 53. h5 Kh6 54. Kf3 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Ngf6 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. a4 a5 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nd2 Bb4 13. c3 Bc5 14. Nb3 Bb6 15.
Be3 Re8 16. Nf5 Qc7 17. g4 Bg6 18. Rd1 Bxf5 19. exf5 h6 20. Nd2 Bxe3 21. Qxe3
Nb6 22. Qg3 Nxa4 23. b3 Nb6 24. h4 Rad8 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Nh5 27. Qg4 Nf4
28. Ne4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Re1 Nbd5 31. c4 Nxg2 32. Kxg2 Nf4+ 33. Kg3 Rd3+
34. f3 Qd8 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nh7+ Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Nh7+ Kg8 39. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Ne4 Qb6 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. c3 d6 10. Qd2 g5 11. e3 g4 12. Ng1 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. Bb5+ Bd7
15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Ne2 Rd8 17. Rc1 h5 18. h4 gxh3 19. Rxh3 Qe6 20. Qb4 Qxa2 21.
Ng3 Qe6 22. Nxh5 Qg6 23. Nf4 Qg7 24. Nd5 Nb6 25. Qb5+ Kf8 26. Rxh8+ Qxh8 27.
Nxb6 axb6 28. Qxb6 Qh1+ 29. Kd2 Qh4 30. g3 Qf6 31. f4 exd4 32. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 33.
exd4 Rd7 34. Kd3 f5 35. Rh1 Rg7 36. Rh5 Rxg3+ 37. Kc4 Ke7 38. b4 Rf3 39. Rxf5
Ke6 40. Rf8 Ke7 41. Rb8 Rxf4 42. Rxb7+ Ke6 43. b5 Rf1 44. d5+ Kf6 45. b6 Rb1
46. Rb8 Kg7 47. b7 Rb2 48. Kd4 Rb1 49. Ke4 Rb5 50. Kf4 Kh7 51. Rd8 Rxb7 52. Kf5
Re7 53. Kf6 Re1 54. Rxd6 Rf1+ 55. Ke7 Rd1 56. Rd8 Kg7 57. d6 Re1+ 58. Kd7 Kf7
59. Ra8 Rd1 60. Ra2 Kf6 61. Rf2+ Ke5 62. Ke7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. h3 Bh5 5. O-O Nd7 6. c4 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Ne5 8.
Qb3 Qb6 9. cxd5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nxf3+ 11. exf3 cxd5 12. Nc3 e6 13. Nb5 Kd7 14.
Rxa7 Rxa7 15. Nxa7 Ne7 16. d3 Nf5 17. Kg2 Bc5 18. Nb5 Rc8 19. Bd2 Nd4 20. Nxd4
Bxd4 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Kc6 23. Kf1 Kb5 24. Bd2 Bxb2 25. Ke2 Bd4 26. f4 f5
27. f3 g6 28. g4 Bc5 29. Kd1 d4 30. Kc2 Bb4 31. Bc1 Kc5 32. Kd1 b5 33. Ke2 h5
34. g5 Kd5 35. Kd1 Ba5 36. Ke2 Kc5 37. Ba3+ Bb4 38. Bc1 Kd5 39. Kd1 Ba5 40. Ke2
Bc7 41. Bd2 Bd6 42. b4 Bc7 43. Kf1 Bd6 44. Kg2 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 h5 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 g6 14. Be2 Bg7 15.
O-O b6 16. c4 O-O 17. h3 Nh7 18. g4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bf6 20. Kg2 Bg5 21. Rh1 Bxe3
22. Qxe3 Qg5 23. Kf2 Qxe3+ 24. Kxe3 Kg7 25. Nd2 Ng5 26. b4 a5 27. a3 Ra7 28.
Bd3 Rfa8 29. Nb3 Nf6 30. bxa5 bxa5 31. Rab1 e4 32. Bxe4 Re8 33. Nd2 Ngxe4 34.
fxe4 Nxe4 35. Nxe4 Rae7 36. Rh3 Rxe4+ 37. Kd3 Rxg4 38. Rb6 Ree4 39. Rc6 g5 40.
Rf3 f6 41. Rxd6 Rd4+ 42. Ke3 Rxc4 43. Rfxf6 Rg3+ 44. Kf2 Rxa3 45. Rg6+ Kf7 46.
Rgf6+ Kg7 47. Rg6+ Kf7 48. Rgf6+ Kg7 49. Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Qc8 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Qb7 15. Re1
Rfc8 16. Bc2 Bd8 17. Qd2 Bc7 18. Ra1 Bc4 19. Reb1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bxf4 21. exf4
Ra8 22. Qc1 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Ne8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Nc7 26. g3 Kf8 27. Qa3 bxc5
28. bxc5 Qa6 29. Qxa6 Nxa6 30. f4 Ke7 31. Kf2 f6 32. h4 Nb4 33. Bd1 Bd3 34. Ke3
Bc2 35. Na2 Nxa2 36. Bxc2 Nc3 37. g4 fxe5 38. dxe5 Na2 39. Kd4 Nb4 40. Ba4 Kd7
41. f5 Ke7 42. Bd1 Na6 43. Ba4 Nb8 44. Bc2 Nd7 45. Ba4 Nb8 46. Ke3 Nd7 47. Kd4
Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Qc2 g6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. c4 Bf6 14. Bb2 Rb8 15. d5
Ne5 16. Be2 exd5 17. cxd5 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qd6 19. g3 Bd7 20. Bg2 Rfe8 21. e4
Bxb2 22. Qxb2 f5 23. Re1 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Re7 25. Bg2 Rbe8 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. h4 b5
28. Rc1 c4 29. a4 a6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qd4 Rf7 32. Ra1 Qf6 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Qc5
g5 35. hxg5 Qxg5 36. Ra7 Qe5 37. f4 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qd1 39. d6 Qg4 40. Qe5+ Kh6
41. Rxd7 Rxd7 42. Bh3 Qd1 43. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Bxh4 9. Qb3 g5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bh2 Bxg4 12. Qxb7 Qe7 13. Qxe7+ Nxe7 14. Be2 Bxe2
15. Kxe2 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nf5 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Kf7 20. Rxc6 Nd5 21.
Rc5 Rad8 22. Nxh4 Nxh4 23. Nd6+ Ke6 24. Nb5 Rd7 25. Re1 Rhd8 26. Nc7+ Kf7 27.
Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Rc7+ R8d7 29. Rxd7+ Rxd7 30. Rd1 Ke6 31. Kd3 Nf3 32. Bb8 Rxd4+
33. Ke2 Rxd1 34. Kxd1 a6 35. Ke2 Nd4+ 36. Ke3 Nc6 37. Bh2 Kd5 38. f4 g4 39. f5
h5 40. Bc7 h4 41. Kf4 g3 42. Bb6 Nd4 43. Ke3 Nxf5+ 44. Kf3 h3 45. b3 h2 46. Kg2
Nh4+ 47. Kh1 Ke4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Bd3 b6 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. O-O h6 14. Qh3 Bd6
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 O-O 17. Bc2 Bf4 18. Qd3 g6 19. Rfe1 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Bf4 21.
Re4 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Kg7 23. Rae1 Bd7 24. Rg4 Rbc8 25. Re3 f5 26. Rh4 g5 27. Rhh3
Rf6 28. Re5 Qd6 29. Rhe3 b5 30. Bb3 f4 31. Re1 f3 32. g3 Qf8 33. Kg1 Qf7 34.
Qd3 Re8 35. R1e3 Rf5 36. Rxf5 Qxf5 37. Rxf3 Qxd3 38. Rxd3 Kf6 39. Rf3+ Ke7 40.
Re3 Kd6 41. Kf1 e5 42. Rf3 exd4 43. cxd4 Bh3+ 44. Kg1 Re1+ 45. Kh2 Bg4 46. Rf6+
Ke7 47. Rf7+ Kd6 48. Rf6+ Ke7 49. Rf7+ Kd6 50. Rf6+ Ke7 51. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. d4 c6 8. Nc3
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. f4 Re8 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qd2 f6
15. exf6 Qxf6 16. b4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qe3 a5 19. b5 cxb5 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21.
Qxb5 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Bg4 23. Rae1 Qd2 24. h3 Be6 25. a3 Qe3 26. Kh2 b6 27. f5 Bf7
28. f6 g6 29. Rc1 Kg8 30. Rc7 Rf8 31. Re7 Qxa3 32. Qg5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 f5 14. e5
O-O 15. Bc4+ e6 16. Ke2 Bd7 17. h4 Rac8 18. Bd2 h6 19. Bb3 Kf7 20. Rhg1 Rfd8
21. g4 Ne7 22. g5 h5 23. Ba5 Re8 24. Bb4 Bf8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxe7 Bxe7 27.
Rd1 Bb5+ 28. Ke1 Rc3 29. Nd2 Rh3 30. Bc4 Rxh4 31. Bxb5 axb5 32. Nf3 Rh1+ 33.
Ke2 Rxd1 34. Kxd1 Ke8 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. Ke3 Kc6 37. Kf4 Ba3 38. Nh4 Bc1+ 39. Kg3
Bxg5 40. Nxg6 Kd5 41. f4 Bd8 42. Nf8 b4 43. Kh3 b5 44. Kg3 h4+ 45. Kh3 b3 46.
axb3 b4 47. Nd7 Kxd4 48. Nf8 Kd5 49. Nd7 Be7 50. Nb8 Ke4 51. Nc6 Bc5 52. Nd8
Kd5 53. Nb7 Be3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Rc8 13. Qd3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6
15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qc7 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Qxc6 Rxc6 19. Rac1 a6 20. Rxc6 bxc6
21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Bc5 Kf8 23. Kg2 h5 24. Kf3 g6 25. h3 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Ke7 27. g4
hxg4+ 28. hxg4 f6 29. Ra5 Ra8 30. g5 f5 31. e4 Kd6 32. e5+ Kc7 33. Ra4 c5 34.
Rh4 Kc6 35. Ke3 a5 36. Rh6 Kd5 37. Rxg6 a4 38. Rg7 axb3 39. Rd7+ Kc4 40. axb3+
Kxb3 41. g6 c4 42. g7 c3 43. Rb7+ Kc2 44. Rc7 Rg8 45. Kf4 Kd2 46. Kg5 c2 47.
Kf6 c1=Q 48. Rxc1 Kxc1 49. Kf7 Ra8 50. f4 Kd2 51. Kxe6 Ke3 52. Kxf5 Rg8 53. Kf6
Kxf4 54. e6 Ra8 55. e7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 {Gelfand himself, as a Sveshnikov player, has
played 3...e5 in this position numerous times, avoiding the Open Sicilian. But
he had something different in mind for this game. He has tried the Accelerated
Dragon in a couple of games recently, and he does it again.} (3... e5 $5) 4. d4
cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d5 $5 {This idea was invented
back in 1960 by Livo Nei, a notable Estonian chess player and former second of
world champion Boris Spassky in his match against Fischer.} 9. exd5 Na5 10. Qd2
(10. Qf3 $5 {is another critical line played by Karjakin, a notable 1.e4 expert
} Nxb3 (10... Bg4 11. Qg3 Bh5 $5) 11. axb3 Bg4 12. Qg3 Bh5 13. d6 $5 $146 Ng4
14. O-O-O Qa5 15. dxe7 Rfe8 16. Rde1 (16. Qd6 $5 {played by Ponomariov against
Gelfand in a rapid game in 2016} Be5 (16... Nxe3 {was critical} 17. fxe3 Bxd1
18. Rxd1 Be5 19. Qd7 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxb2 21. Nd5 $13 {with a bizarre position,
the computer gives equality (what a surprise!)}) 17. Qd5 Qc7 $2 (17... Qxd5 18.
Nxd5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 $13 {would also be unclear}) 18. Rd3 Rxe7 19.
h3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 {threatening g4} g5 21. Nf5 Re6 22. Ne4 Bg6 23. g4 $16 {
1-0 (36) Ponomariov,R (2709)-Gelfand,B (2743) Tashkent 2016, and White has a
great advantage already.}) 16... Rxe7 (16... Nxe3 $5 {with big compensation
for Black}) 17. Kb1 Rae8 18. h3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 g5 $44 {1-0 (50) Karjakin,S 
(2766)-Dubov,D (2655) Doha 2015}) 10... Nxb3 11. Nxb3 b5 $1 {It's amazing that
Nei played this move 57 years ago!} 12. Nxb5 (12. O-O-O $6 b4 13. Na4 a5 $6 (
13... Bf5 $1 $40 {[%csl Rc2] with a quick ...Rc8, White may end up in trouble})
14. Nbc5 Ba6 15. Nxa6 Rxa6 16. Nc5 Rb6 17. f3 $13 Qa8 $2 18. Ne6 $1 $16 {
1-0 (29) Gabrielian,A (2526)-Matjushin,G (2419) Taganrog 2017}) 12... Qxd5 (
12... Ne4 $5 {a challenging move} 13. Qb4 a6 14. Na7 $1 {not obvious, but
logical - apart from Qxe4, Nc6 is a serious threat} (14. Qxe4 $2 axb5 15. Bd4
Ra4 $1 16. c3 Bb7 {Black is already better} 17. Qc2 Qxd5 18. f3 Bxd4 19. cxd4
Rc8 20. Qd3 b4 $17 21. Kf2 Ba6 22. Qd1 Bc4 23. Re1 $4 Rxa2 $1 {0-1 (23)
Timofeev,A (2584)-Smirnov,P (2595) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 14... Qxd5 15. Rd1
Qb7 (15... Qe6 $5 $44) 16. Qxb7 Bxb7 17. Na5 Nc3 18. Nxb7 Nxd1 19. Kxd1 Rfb8
$13 {followed by ...Rxb2, with a weird endgame.}) (12... Bf5 $2 13. c4 $1 Ne4
14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Bd4 Nf6 16. Nc3 e5 17. Be3 $18 {1-0 (28) Kondratiev,P-Nei,I
Leningrad 1960 The opening experiment has clearly failed, but still, it was
very impressive to find the idea until 11...b5! so long ago.}) 13. Qxd5 Nxd5
14. Bd4 Nb4 $146 (14... Rb8 {was the precedent from 2015, and also the move
Gelfand himself played two days after this game with Giri!} 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
Na3 Nb4 17. O-O-O (17. O-O e5 $6 (17... Nc6 $1 $146 {this very
counter-intuitive move followed by ...a5 (and ...Bf5) is strong, and solves
Black's opening problems}) 18. f4 $6 (18. Nc5 $1 $16 {controlling d3, and
following with c3, gives White the advantage}) 18... Bf5 19. fxe5 Nxc2 20. Nxc2
Bxc2 21. Rf3 Bxb3 22. Rxb3 Rxb3 23. axb3 Rb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (42) Saric,I (2647)
-Yakovich,Y (2515) Sochi 2015}) 17... Nxa2+ 18. Kb1 Nb4 19. Rhe1 Re8 20. Rd2
Bb7 21. c3 Nd5 22. Kc2 Rec8 23. Rd4 Ba8 $11 {½-½ (43) Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2795)-Gelfand,B (2724) Moscow 2017, and Black equalised without much trouble.}
) 15. O-O-O $6 (15. Bxg7 $1 {would be the same position as in the game,
without allowing 15...Bh6+!} Kxg7 16. O-O-O Nxa2+ 17. Kb1 Nb4 18. Rhe1 {
-- 15.0-0-0}) 15... Nxa2+ $6 (15... Bh6+ $1 16. Kb1 Bf5 17. Na3 (17. Na1 Rfb8
$1 (17... Rfc8 $5) 18. Nc7 (18. Nc3 a5 $1 $36) 18... Nxc2 19. Nxc2 Rc8 20. Nxa8
Bxc2+ 21. Ka1 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 $1 (22... Rxa8 $2 23. Bc5 $16 {and White is
better, with b4 to come, and a dangerous kingside pawn majority}) 23. Nc7 Bg7
$11 {with a balanced endgame.}) 17... Rfc8 18. Bc3 Rab8 $36 {looked very scary
for White, ...a5 is the next move.}) 16. Kb1 Nb4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rhe1 {
Black has won the pawn back, but Giri retains a small initiative.} Bf5 (18...
Kf6 $5) 19. N3d4 Kf6 20. Nxf5 gxf5 {This is the critical position, if White
wants to try something for a win. As the game was played, Gelfand was able to
equalise.} 21. Rd4 $6 (21. c3 $1 Nc6 22. Nc7 Rad8 23. Nd5+ Kg7 24. Kc2 e6 25.
Ne3 $16 {with good prospects for White - the pawn majority on the queenside,
added to the good placement of his own pieces, would have given Giri chances
to play for a win slowly.}) 21... a5 22. g4 $6 {White tries to create some
initiative, but Gelfand correctly stops it.} Rg8 (22... Rad8 $1 $11 {was also
fine.}) 23. h3 (23. gxf5 Rg2 $132 {with enough counterplay.}) 23... h5 $1 24.
gxf5 Rad8 $1 25. Rf4 Rd5 26. Nc3 Rxf5 27. Ne4+ Kg6 28. Rxf5 Kxf5 29. Ng3+ Kg6
30. Rxe7 {White wins a pawn, but Black becomes very active.} Rd8 $1 31. Kc1 (
31. Re1 Rd2 32. c3 Nd3 33. Re2 Rxe2 34. Nxe2 Nxf2 $11 {with a weird endgame,
that should be a draw.}) 31... Na2+ 32. Kb1 Nb4 33. Kc1 Na2+ 34. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
h3 f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 c5 12. dxc5 Bb7 13. Nc3 e6 14. Be3 Rb8 15.
Bd4 h5 16. h4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxh4 18. Rad1 g5 19. g3 Qh3 20. b3 g4 21. Qg2 Ng5
22. Qxh3 Nxh3+ 23. Kg2 Ng5 24. Rh1 Nf3 25. Rxh5 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Bxe5 27. Rxd7
Bxc3 28. Rg5+ Kh8 29. Rh5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
e5 {This move leads to many simplifications, but I think that White has
chances to play for a win in a technical position with a tiny advantage
without any risk. So it's safe to say that Black is hoping to put up a solid
defence and seek the draw.} (8... b6 {is the main line.}) 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5
Bb4+ (10... Bb8 {is bad} 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Rc1 e4 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. Nc7 Bxc7 15.
Qxc7 Qxc7 16. Rxc7 $14) 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 {
Black has simplified a lot, but in return, White has the classical position
against the isolani, with the knight occupying the good blockading square on
d4. So it's fair to say that he has practical chances.} Bg4 $1 {An interesting
point about this position: in general, the side with the isolani must avoid
exchanges, but in this case Black achieves some more space for his pieces, and
can use good squares like d3 or e4 with the knights.} ({Recently, I've played
this position and my opponent opted for overprotecting the pawn} 14... Be6 15.
O-O Rc8 16. Qb2 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Rfc1 Qb6 19. Nf3 Rfc8 20. Nd4 Rc5 21. f3
Qc7 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. b4 Qc3 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. Kf2 {Quintiliano,R (2483)
-Zapata Arbelaez,E (2202) Continental das Américas - Medellín (2.30) 1-0 and
White managed to win the endgame}) 15. Bxg4 Nfxg4 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qf5 g6 $1 {
It is good to divert White's queen from protecting the d3-square.} 18. Qf4 Re8
({With} 18... Qe7 {there's a good technical example by Beliavsky} 19. Rfd1 Nf6
20. N2f3 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Rc5 22. Rac1 $1 {in his annotations for that game,
Mikhalchishin correctly indicates that in such positions it is a good strategy
exchange one pair of rooks, to decrease the opponent's counterplay} Rfc8 23.
Rxc5 Rxc5 24. h4 Rc8 (24... Rc2 25. g4 $5 $36) 25. Nd4 Ne4 26. f3 (26. h5 $5)
26... Nc3 27. Rc1 h5 $6 28. Qg5 $5 Qe8 29. a4 b5 $2 {this move allows White to
activate his passive rook} 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra1 $1 Ra8 32. Rxa8 Qxa8 33. Qf6
$1 $16 {[%cal Yd4c6];Beliavsky,A (2609)-Perunovic,M (2614) Istanbul ol (Men)
40th 2012 (5.2) 1-0 and suddenly White has some annoying threats -}) (18... h5
$6 {is a pseudo-active idea in which I don't really believe} 19. h3 Nd3 {
Hebert,J (2410)-Kraiouchkine,N (2204) CAN-ch Montreal 2012 (2) 1/2} 20. Qg3
Nge5 $8 (20... Nf6 21. Ne6 $1) 21. N2f3 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 {and Black achieved
exactly nothing with his strange 18...h5?!}) 19. Rad1 {I'm pretty sure that
White would like to play this rook to c1, but this is impossible due the fork
on d3.} ({I like} 19. N2f3 Qc7 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Nf3 $5 {White takes advantage
of the isolani in another interesting way: exchanging all the minor pieces and
exerting maximum pressure along the d-file} Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Qe5 23. Rad1 Red8
24. Rd2 Rc6 25. Rfd1 Kg7 26. h3 Rcd6 27. Rd4 $1 $14 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Yd1d2,
Yf3d1];Cyborowski,L (2532)-Kolosowski,M (2423) POL-chT1 Szklarska Poreba 2013 
(9) 1-0 sooner or later, Black is forced to play f5 in order to avoid e4. Then
White starts to pay attention to the weaknesses around the black king, which
actually was the decisive factor -}) 19... Nf6 20. Qg5 Ne4 $1 {Excellent play
by Vallejo, again inviting exchanges, but the remaining black pieces are very
active.} 21. Qxd8 Rexd8 22. N2f3 {Surprisingly, this is the first new move!} ({
Previously White played} 22. Nb1 $5 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Yf2f3] which seems
interesting, the knight stays passive for a while, but protecting c3 and
preparing f3} Kg7 23. f3 Nc3 24. Rd2 Re8 25. Kf2 Nxb1 $6 {this was not forced,
and it's bad} 26. Rxb1 Rc5 $2 27. Ne2 $1 Nc6 28. Nf4 Ne7 29. Rbd1 Rec8 30. g4 {
Enchev,I (2419)-Aginian,N (2254) Golden Sands Europe op 1st 2012 (6) 1-0 and
White is pressing -}) 22... Nxf3+ (22... Nc6 {was an option, if} 23. Nxc6 bxc6
$1 {is good for Black.}) 23. gxf3 $1 {A good decision, driving the black
knight from e4 and keeping the seventh rank under control.} (23. Nxf3 $6 Rc2
$132) 23... Nf6 $11 24. Kg2 (24. Rc1 {was another idea, fighting immediately
for the open file} Kf8 25. Rfd1 Ke7) 24... Kf8 25. Rd2 Rd7 26. b4 {White tries
to do something, but this only gives the c4-square to the black rook.} (26.
Rfd1 Rdc7 27. Ne2 Rc2 28. Nf4 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rc5 $11) 26... Rc4 27. Rb1 Rd6 28.
Rdb2 b6 29. Rd1 Ne8 30. b5 a5 $1 {It's important avoid open lines for the
enemy pieces, as for now Black is controlling the only open file.} (30... axb5
$2 {just would leave Black with two weaknesses and the White pieces ideally
placed to attack them} 31. Nxb5 Rd8 32. Rd3 $14 {[%csl Gb6,Gd5][%cal Yb5c3]})
31. Rc2 Rd7 $1 {[%cal Ye8d6] Playing very precisely, Black now vacates the
d6-square for the knight.} 32. Rdc1 (32. Rxc4 dxc4 33. Rc1 Rd5 (33... Nd6 34.
a4 g5 $11) 34. Rxc4 Nd6 $1) 32... Nd6 33. Rxc4 Nxc4 34. Nc6 Na3 35. Ne5 {
This can be a bit risky...} (35. Nd4 Nc4 $11) 35... Rb7 36. Rc6 $2 {But this
definitely was a mistake.} (36. Rd1 Nxb5 37. Rxd5 Nc3 38. Rd2 b5 {now seems
that Black is the one who is playing for a win with his majority in queenside,
but with some accurate moves White can equalise} 39. Nc6 $1 a4 40. Rc2 Nd5 41.
Rc5 Rc7 $1 (41... Nf6 42. Nb4 $1) 42. Rxd5 Rxc6 43. Rxb5 Rc2 $11) 36... Ke7 $1
{Black wins a pawn.} (36... Nxb5 37. a4 (37. Rxb6 $2 Rxb6 38. Nd7+ Ke7 39. Nxb6
Nc3 {[%csl Rb6] the White knight is trapped!} 40. e4 Kd6 41. exd5 Kc5 42. Nd7+
Kxd5 43. Nf6+ Kc4 44. Nxh7 Nxa2 $19 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Ga5a1]}) 37... Na7 38. Rd6
(38. Rxb6 Rxb6 39. Nd7+ Ke7 40. Nxb6 Kd6 {[%csl Gb6] trapped again...} 41. e4
d4 42. Kf1 Kc5 43. Nd5 Kc4 $19) 38... Ke7 39. Rxd5 b5 $15) 37. Ng4 Nxb5 38. Nf6
Nc7 $17 {And this very well played game by the black side suddenly ends in a
draw, but he is the only one with chances here, advancing the queenside pawns
slowly and carefully. White is in a sort of zugzwang so Black can keep things
more or less in control for a while. This game probably added more useful
defensive ideas to the black side than seeing the white side get any tangible
advantage in this variation.} ({Black was probably close to reaching the time
control in this position and did not have much time to analyse} 38... d4 $1 39.
Nd5+ (39. exd4 Nxd4 40. Nd5+ Kd7 41. Rxb6 (41. Rf6 b5 $1) 41... Rxb6 42. Nxb6+
Kc6 43. Nc4 Kb5 {the black king is coming very quickly to win the a2-pawn} 44.
Nd6+ Kb4 45. Nxf7 a4 46. Ne5 Ka3 $19) 39... Kd7 40. Rf6 (40. Rxb6 Rxb6 41.
Nxb6+ Kc6 42. Nc4 a4 43. Kf1 Kc5 44. Ne5 Kb4 $19) 40... Nc3 $1 41. Nxb6+ (41.
Rxf7+ Kc6 42. Rxb7 Kxb7 43. Nf4 Nxa2 $19) 41... Ke7 42. Rc6 Nxa2 43. Nd5+ Kd7
44. Rc5 d3 45. Nf4 $8 Rb3 46. Rxa5 Nb4 47. Ra1 Kc6 $17 {[%csl Gd3] Black
definitely has good chances in this endgame.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2
Na6 9. O-O Be7 10. d4 exd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Qe3 Bd6 13. Rd1 Re8 14. Qd4 Bc7 15.
Bf4 Qh5 16. Bxc7 Nxc7 17. f3 Ne6 18. Qf2 Ng5 19. g4 Qg6 20. Ne3 h5 21. h4 Ne6
22. g5 Nf4 23. Rd4 N6d5 24. Ncxd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Rxd5 Be6 27. Rd2 Rad8
28. e4 f5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qxa7 Qf7 31. Qa5 Qd7 32. Qe5 fxe4 33. fxe4 Bh3 34.
Qd5+ Qxd5 35. exd5 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Rxd5 37. Rf1 Rd4 38. Kg3 Rg4+ 39. Kh3 Kh7 40.
Rf7 Rb4 41. b3 Kg6 42. Rc7 Rd4 43. Rxb7 Rd3+ 44. Kg2 Rd2+ 45. Kf3 Rxa2 46. Rb4
Kf5 47. Ke3 Rg2 48. Kd3 Rg3+ 49. Kc2 Ke5 50. Rc4 Kd5 51. Kb2 Rh3 52. Ka3 Rg3
53. Ka4 Rh3 54. Rb4 Ke6 55. Kb5 Kd5 56. Ka5 Kd6 57. Rb7 Rxh4 58. Rxg7 Rh1 59.
g6 h4 60. Rh7 Ke6 61. Rc7 h3 62. g7 Rg1 63. Rc3 h2 64. Rh3 Rxg7 65. Rxh2 Kd7
66. Rc2 Rg8 67. b4 Ra8+ 68. Kb5 Rb8+ 69. Ka4 Ra8+ 70. Kb3 Rc8 71. Rxc8 Kxc8 72.
Kc4 Kb8 73. Kd5 Kb7 74. Kc5 Kc7 75. b5 Kb7 76. b6 Kb8 77. Kc6 Kc8 78. b7+ Kb8
79. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3
Ba7 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bc2 h6 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ng3 Qd7 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Re7 17. Nh4 g6 18. c4 Be6 19. Qf3 Kg7 20. Ba4 Qd4 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. Qxc6 Rae8 23. Nf3 Qxb2 24. Rae1 Qxa2 25. Nxe5 Bd5 26. cxd5 Rxe5 27.
Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Bf5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. e4 Bd7 15.
a4 Na6 16. Nc4 Nc7 17. f4 b5 18. axb5 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Nxb5 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5
Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bxc3 23. d6 Qe6 24. Bd5 Bxa1 25. Bxe6 Bxe6 26. Qxa1 Bxc4 27. Rc1
Bd5+ 28. Kg1 c4 29. Qa5 Be6 30. Rb1 Rec8 31. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 {In this line White goes after
the f8-bishop.} c5 {The question is, can Black find a different plan?} ({
The answer is, yes.} 5... Nd7 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Be2 f6 $5 (7... c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9.
Nxc5 Qxc5 {Rublevsky-Bologan, 2012, is essentually the same thing as in the
game.}) 8. O-O fxe5 9. dxe5 O-O-O {has been tried by two American GMs,
Lenderman and his coach, Kacheishvili.}) 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nxc5 Qa5+ 8. c3 Qxc5
9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Ne7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Nf3 Nbc6 13. O-O $14 Na5 $6 {This isn't
going to accomplish anything.} ({Black must seeks exchanges, so} 13... Be4 14.
Nd2 Bg6 15. Nb3 Na5 {Rublevsky-Dreev, 2012, appears more logical.}) 14. Bf2 a6
15. Rc1 Rac8 16. b3 $1 Nac6 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. b4 $1 Be4 19. a4 {Black is devoid
of a meaningful plan, and clearly stands worse.} Nf5 20. g4 Nfe7 21. Ng5 Bg6
22. Bc5 Rd7 23. Nf3 ({A more accurate way is} 23. Qe3 h6 24. Nf3 $16 Be4 25.
Nd2 Bh7 26. Nb3) 23... Na5 $6 {Salem is seeking counterplay, but Giri has a
direct response.} (23... Be4 24. Ng5 Bg6 25. Qe3) 24. Nd4 $1 Nc4 25. Bxc4 dxc4
26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. f5 exf5 28. gxf5 Bh5 29. Qg5 g6 {[#]} 30. e6 $2 (30. f6 Qxe5
31. Nf5 $1 Re6 32. Rce1 Be2 33. Rf2 {is just curtains.}) 30... f6 $1 {Salem
fights like a lion.} 31. Qxf6 Rg7 32. Rc2 Bg4 $1 33. Qh4 $6 ({Giri was a bit
low on time, and couldn't quite see the end of the following line,} 33. Re1
Bxf5 34. e7 Qd7 $1 (34... Re8 35. Nxf5 gxf5+ 36. Rg2 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Qc6+ 38.
Qxc6 bxc6 39. Kf3 Kf7 40. Kf4 {is easy.}) 35. Nxf5 gxf5+ 36. Rg2 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2
Qd2+ 38. Kf1 Qf4+ 39. Ke2 Qxh2+ 40. Kd1 Re8 41. Qd4 {The white king has
escaped, but its black counterpart won't.}) 33... Bxf5 34. Rg2 Re8 35. Re1 a5
$1 {A remarkable move.} 36. bxa5 (36. b5 Qc5 {and how does White make progress.
}) 36... Qxa5 37. Nxf5 $6 Qxf5 38. Qxc4 Rge7 39. Rf2 Qa5 $6 {Just before the
time control Salem spoils his great defensive effort.} ({The correct} 39...
Qg5+ 40. Kh1 Rd8 {would ensure Black gets to trade queens on d5, with a draw
in sight.}) 40. Rf7 $1 Qb6+ 41. Kg2 Qc6+ {A tough choice. The queens come off,
but now White has a passed a-pawn.} 42. Qxc6 bxc6 43. Rxe7 Rxe7 {It's not the
first time in this tournament a winning position transformed into a borderline
drawn rook endgame. Anish Giri makes sure it's not the case here.} 44. Kf3 Kf8
45. a5 Ra7 46. Re5 Ke7 47. Ke4 Rb7 {Played by the book: rook activity above
everything else.} ({Truth to tell, a passive defence wouldn't cut it. After} 
47... Ra8 48. Kd4 Ra6 (48... h6 49. Kc4 g5 50. Kb4 Ra7 51. Re3 h5 52. c4 Ra8
53. Re1 $1 (53. Re5 Kf6) 53... Ra7 54. Re5 $18) 49. Kc4 Ra8 50. Kb4 Ra6 51. Re3
Ra7 52. c4 {Black finds himself in zugzwang, and must weaken his kingside
defences.} Ra8 (52... h6 53. Rg3 Kf6 54. e7 $1) 53. Rh3 Kxe6 54. Rxh7 Kd6 55.
c5+ Ke6 56. Rg7 Rb8+ 57. Kc4 Kf5 58. Rc7 Ra8 59. Kb4 Ra6 60. Rb7 {etc.}) 48.
Kd3 $1 (48. a6 $2 {blows the win:} Ra7 49. Ra5 Kxe6 50. Kd4 Kd6 51. Kc4 Kc7 $1
(51... g5 52. Kb4 g4 53. Ra4 h5 54. Ka5 Kc5 55. Rf4 $18) 52. Kc5 g5 {and the
advancing kingside pawns will deflect the white rook from the protection of
the a6-pawn.}) ({It's unnecessary to allow} 48. Kd4 Rb2) 48... Rb1 (48... Rb2
49. Re2) 49. Kc2 Ra1 50. Kb2 Ra4 51. Kb3 Ra1 52. Kb2 Ra4 53. Kb3 Ra1 54. c4 h6
55. Kb4 g5 56. Re3 $1 {Anish demonstrates the winning plan.} c5+ (56... g4 57.
Ra3 c5+ 58. Ka4 Rb1 59. a6) 57. Kb5 g4 58. h3 (58. a6 h5 59. Kb6 h4 60. a7 Ra2
61. Re4 g3 62. hxg3 hxg3 63. Rg4 g2 64. Rxg2) 58... gxh3 59. Rxh3 Kxe6 60.
Rxh6+ Kd7 61. a6 $1 {Anish prepares an elegant finish, but it's not the only
way.} ({The notoriouis f+h pawns ending with the defender's king cut off on
the back rank,} 61. Kb6 Rb1+ 62. Kxc5 Kc7 63. Rh7+ Kb8 64. Kc6 Ra1 65. c5 {
is theoretically winning.}) 61... Kc7 62. Rh8 $1 Kd6 (62... Ra2 63. a7 Rxa7 64.
Rh7+ Kb8 65. Rxa7 Kxa7 66. Kxc5 Kb7 67. Kd6 {is the point.}) 63. a7 Rxa7 64.
Rh6+ Ke5 65. Kxc5 Ra8 66. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Silver,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 a5 11. Bc3 Ne4 (11... Bb7 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Rac1 c5 14.
Bb2 dxc4 15. Nxc4 b5 16. Nce5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {0-1 (55) Inarkiev,E
(2727)-Jakovenko,D (2718) Poikovsky 2017}) 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bxd5
$146 (14. Bg2 Nf7 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. e3 Qd7 17. a4 Rac8 18. Qb2 {1-0 (90) Mesaros,
F (2373)-Martinovic,S (2550) Germany 2017}) 14... exd5 15. dxe5 f4 $1 16. cxd5
cxd5 17. Bd4 Ba6 $1 18. Qc6 Bxe2 19. Re1 ({The tempting looking} 19. Bxb6 $2 {
would be a serious mistake after} Qc8 $1 20. Qxc8 Rfxc8 {and suddenly the
white rook has nowhere to go. Ex:} 21. Re1 Bb4 22. Rxe2 f3 $1 {and White will
lose material to protect against the back rank mate threats.}) 19... Qc8 20.
Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Nc3 ({Neither} 21. Bxb6 $2 Ra6 $19) ({nor} 21. Rxe2 $2 Qc1+ 22.
Kg2 f3+ 23. Qxf3 Rxf3) 21... Ba6 22. e6 Rd8 $1 23. Qe4 Bb7 $1 {Both players
had calculated the final sequence well before making for a swift, though
spectacular pas-de-deux.} 24. Qxf4 Qc6 25. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 26. Qf7+ $1 Kh8 27.
Ne4 Qe8 28. Ng5 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b4 Nxd5 6. bxc5 Nf6 7. Nf3 Qe7 8.
Be2 e4 9. Nd4 Na6 10. g4 Nxc5 11. Nf5 Qf8 12. g5 d6 13. Ng3 Nfd7 14. Qc2 Qe7
15. Bb2 Ne5 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. f3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4+
Nxe4 21. Rg1 O-O 22. Bd4 f6 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Ke2 b6 25. a4 a5 26. Raf1 Nh5 27.
e4 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. e5 Ke7 31. Kf3 dxe5 32. Bxe5 Kd7 33. d4
Nf6 34. Kf4 Ne8 35. Ke4 Nd6+ 36. Kd3 g6 37. Bf4 Nf5 38. Bd2 Nd6 39. c5 Nb7 40.
Be3 bxc5 41. dxc5 Kc6 42. Kc4 Nd8 43. Bd2 Nb7 44. Be3 g5 45. Bxg5 Nxc5 46. Bd2
Nxa4 47. Bxa5 Nb6+ 48. Kd4 Kd6 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. Kd4 Kf5 51. Kc5 Kg4 52. Kc6 Kh3
53. Kxc7 Nc4 54. Bc3 Kxh2 55. Kc6 Ne3 56. Bd2 Ng4 57. Kd5 h5 58. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bhubaneswar op 10th"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2017.05.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Krishnater, Kushager"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Walkover}  0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8.
Qd3 Rc8 9. c4 b5 10. b3 h6 11. Nc3 bxc4 12. bxc4 Nf6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rab1 O-O
15. h3 Qc7 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Rb3 Bc6 18. Rfb1 Rxb3 19. axb3 a5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
cxd5 Bd7 22. Ra1 Rc8 23. Qa6 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Qxa5 Qc2 26. Qa7 Bf8 27. Qb7
Qd3 28. Nc4 Re8 29. Kh2 Be4 30. Qd7 Re7 31. Qxd6 Qxd5 32. Qxd5+ Bxd5 33. Ra5
Bf7 34. Ra8 Re8 35. Rxe8 Bxe8 36. Kg1 e4 37. Kf1 Kf7 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Kd2 Bb4+
40. Kc2 Bb5 41. Bd4 g6 42. Be3 h5 43. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a3 a5 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Ne5 Rd8 14. Nd3 Nc6 15.
Nxc5 bxc5 16. e3 Ba6 17. Re1 a4 18. bxa4 Bd3 19. Qb3 Bg6 20. e4 Nc7 21. Nf3
Rab8 22. Qc3 Nd4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Qd2 Na6 25. Rad1 e5 26. f4 f6 27. Ba1 Nc5
28. a5 Nb3 29. Qe2 Qc5 30. Kh1 Nxa1 31. Rxa1 d3 32. Qd2 Ra8 33. fxe5 Qxe5 34.
Rac1 Rxa5 35. Rc3 h5 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Qxd3 Kh7 38. Rc1 Qb2 39. Qc3 Qxa3 40.
Qxa3 Rxa3 41. Re1 Ra5 42. h4 Re5 43. Kg1 f5 44. Kf2 fxe4 45. Re2 Bf5 46. Ke3
Bg4 47. Rd2 Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e4 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. a4 Rc8 8. d3
Nf6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Bg5 a6 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. Bc4 f5 13. c3 fxe4 14. dxe4 Na5 15.
Qd3 Re8 16. Ne3 Bc6 17. Bd5 Qb6 18. Qc2 Re7 19. Rad1 Rce8 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21.
Rxd6 Rxe4 22. Red1 Bh6 23. Nd5 Qb3 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qxb3 Nxb3
27. Rxc6 Re2 28. g3 Rxb2 29. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Rfc1 e6 13. h3 h5 14. e3 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bd6 Rfc8 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8
21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nf3 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Rc2 24. Ne1 Rd2 25. Nf3 Rc2 26. Ne1 Rd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 c6 7. Nc3 Nb8 8. h3
O-O 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc1 Re8 12. Bh2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ng5 Bf5
15. g4 e5 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. gxf5 exd4 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. Bg4 Nf6 20. Bg3 Qh6 21.
fxg6+ Qxg6 22. exd4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Qxg4 24. c3 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Re4 26. Re1 Rae8 27.
Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Qd1 h5 29. Qf3+ Bf6 30. Qh1 Qf5 31. Kf1 h4 32. Be5 Bxe5 33. dxe5
h3 34. Rd1 Rf4 35. Qh2 Rg4 36. e6+ Qxe6 37. Rd3 Re4 38. Qc7+ Kg6 39. Rg3+ Rg4
40. Rxh3 d4 41. Qh7+ Kg5 42. Qg7+ Kf5 43. Rh5+ Kf4 44. Qxd4+ Qe4 45. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5
9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Ne1 Qd7 13. f4 Rfd8 14. Rd1 Na5 15.
Bxb7 Qxb7 16. d3 a6 17. a4 Ne8 18. f5 Bf6 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Ng2 Qd7 21. Nf4 Nc6
22. Nh5 Be5 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Ba3 Nd6 25. Qg4 Nf5 26. Rf3 Kh8 27. Ng5 Rf8 28.
Rdf1 Nxe3 29. Rxe3 Bd4 30. Bc1 Ne5 31. Qh4 Ng6 32. Qg4 Ne5 33. Qh4 h6 34. Ne4
Qxh4 35. gxh4 Ng4 36. Rfe1 Rf3 37. Kg2 Rxe3 38. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 39. Kf3 Rf8+ 40. Ke2
Nc2 41. Rb1 Nb4 42. Nhg3 Rf4 43. Nd2 Rxh4 44. Nf3 Rf4 45. Ne4 Nxd3 46. Nxd4
Rxe4+ 47. Kxd3 Rxd4+ 48. Kc3 Rd6 49. Re1 Kg8 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Ne5
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 h5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. g4 Rfd8 17. gxh5 Nxh5 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Rhe1 Bf6 20. Rg1 Bxe5
21. dxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rg1 Ng7 24. h5 Nxh5 25. e6 Qd6 26. exf7+ Kxf7
27. a3 Qe6 28. Qf3+ Ke8 29. Qh1 Rd5 30. Be3 a6 31. Bc1 Qf5 32. Qg2 Kf7 33. Re1
Rd4 34. f3 Rd6 35. Rg1 c5 36. Qe2 Qe6 37. Qf2 Rd5 38. Re1 Re5 39. Rd1 b6 40.
Qf1 Re2 41. Rd8 Re1 42. Qd3 Ng7 43. Qd2 Nf5 44. Qh2 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. a4 a5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Qc2
Nb6 9. e4 O-O 10. Rd1 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. b3 c5 13. dxc5 Nfd7 14. cxb6 Bxa1
15. Nxc4 Ne5 16. Nfxe5 Bxd1 17. Qxd1 Rd8 18. Qe1 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qc2 20. Bf3 Qxb3
21. Be3 Qxa4 22. Kg2 Qb4 23. Qa1 Rac8 24. Qa2 e6 25. Ng4 h5 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. e5
Rc3 28. Bd2 Qb3 29. Qxb3 Rxb3 30. Bxa5 Ra8 31. Bd2 Ra2 32. Bg5 Rxb6 33. g4 hxg4
34. Nxg4 Rb4 35. Bh6+ Kg8 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Be4 Rb5 38. Bf4 Rb4 39. h4 b5 40.
Be3 Rc4 41. Kg3 b4 42. h5 gxh5 43. Kh4 b3 44. Kxh5 b2 45. Bh7 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 b5 8. a4
Bb7 9. Bc2 c4 10. d4 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc5 12. Qe2 bxa4 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Be7
15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Rxa4 Nxa4 17. Bxa4+ Kf8 18. Na3 Bxa3 19. bxa3 Ke7 20. Qb2 a5
21. Be3 Kf8 22. c4 h5 23. Bg5 Ne4 24. Rd8+ Qxd8 25. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 b6 9. Nh3 Bh6 10. Bg5 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Qd5 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qb4 Qd5 14. Qxc4
Qxc4 15. Bxc4 e6 16. Be2 Nd7 17. a4 Ke7 18. a5 c6 19. Kd2 b5 20. Rab1 Rab8 21.
Rb2 f5 22. Rhb1 Kd6 23. f3 e5 24. c4 exd4 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Bxb5 dxe3+ 27. Kxe3
{Let us start looking at the game here. Before this, it was a Grünfeld and we
have got to this position which, though perhaps almost equal, does hold a bit
of danger for Black. Bishops are superior to knights, and the kingside pawns
will be vulnerable to an attack by the light-squared diagonal user. This
endgame is a bit reminiscent of what Fischer called the "minor exchange".} Nf6
28. Bc4 Rxb2 (28... Rhe8+ 29. Kd4 Rbd8 $1 {was the unnatural, but best way, to
hold. The point is that the rooks create an unsafe environment for the kings,
which makes it difficult for White to make progress.} 30. Rb7 Kc6+ 31. Kc3 Re3+
32. Kc2 Rd4 {for example.}) 29. Rxb2 Re8+ 30. Kd4 {Notice how Black's knight
is uncomfortably controlled compared to White's bishop.} Re7 31. Rb8 Rd7 32.
Rc8 Rb7 33. a6 $1 {Putting in the squeeze. The rook can't stay on the seventh
rank, but there isn't enough time to create counterplay.} Rb4 (33... Re7 34.
Bb5 {and the surprising checkmate on c6 is not so easy to parry.}) 34. Kc3 Ra4
35. Kb3 Nd7 36. Bb5 (36. Kxa4 Nb6+ 37. Kb5 Nxc8 38. Bg8 h6 {is not dangerous
for Black as there is no penetration square once the knight reaches e7.}) 36...
Ra5 37. Kb4 Ra1 38. Rd8 Rb1+ 39. Ka5 Ra1+ 40. Kb4 Rb1+ 41. Ka4 Ra1+ 42. Kb3
Rb1+ 43. Kc4 Rc1+ 44. Kd3 Rc7 45. Kd4 {Black has stabilised for now, but he is
far from out of danger.} Ke7 46. Ra8 Kd6 47. h4 $1 {Now phase two, if you will:
White advances a bit on the kingside to create threats.} Ke7 $2 {Unfortunate
timing.} (47... Nb6 48. Rh8 Ke6 49. Re8+ Kd6 50. h5 {is still very hard to
hold.}) 48. Bxd7 $1 {Nakamura does not miss his chances. The rook endgame is
hopeless.} Rxd7+ (48... Kxd7 49. Kd5 Ke7 50. Rh8 Kf6 51. Kd6 {and everything
falls apart} Rc2 {! the only way to resist} 52. Rxh7 Rxg2 53. Rxa7) 49. Ke5 Kf7
50. Rb8 {This is the killing manoeuvre. Any rook trade is hopeless.} Re7+ 51.
Kd5 Kf6 52. Rb7 Re5+ 53. Kd4 Ra5 54. Rxa7 {This endgame is sometimes a draw,
but not in this csae, with a weak kingside and the pawn on the sixth and not
the seventh, and you will soon find out why!} f4 55. Kc4 Ra2 56. Kc5 h5 57. Ra8
Rc2+ 58. Kb6 Rb2+ 59. Kc5 Rc2+ 60. Kb6 Rb2+ 61. Ka7 Rxg2 62. Rb8 Rf2 63. Rb6+
Kg7 64. Kb7 Rxf3 65. a7 Ra3 66. Ra6 Rb3+ 67. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. a3 Bf6 14. Nf3
Qe7 15. h3 g6 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. b4 a6 19. Rc2 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Bf5 21.
Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Bb6 Qe4 24. Rd1 Bd8 25. Bc5 Bc7 26. Qd3 Rad8 27. Rcd2
Qxd3 28. Rxd3 f6 29. b5 axb5 30. Rb3 b6 31. Bd4 Nxd4 32. Nxd4 Bd6 33. Rxb5 Bxa3
34. Rxb6 Kf7 35. Rb5 h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Rc8 38. Kg2 Bf8 39. Kf3 Rcc7 40.
Ne2 Rc5 41. Rb6 Rc8 42. Nf4 Rcd8 43. g5 Rd6 44. Rb7+ R8d7 45. Rxd7+ Rxd7 46.
gxf6 Kxf6 47. Kg4 d4 48. exd4 Bc5 49. Ne2 Rd5 50. Kf3 Rf5+ 51. Ke3 Bf8 52. Ng3
Ra5 53. Kf3 Ra3+ 54. Kg4 Ra4 55. Ne4+ Kf7 56. f3 Be7 57. d5 Bf6 58. Rb1 Rd4 59.
Rb7+ Kf8 60. Rb5 Be7 61. Kf4 Rd3 62. Nc5 Bd6+ 63. Ke4 Rd1 64. Nd7+ Ke7 65. Rb7
Re1+ 66. Kd3 Bh2 67. Nb6+ Kf6 68. Rh7 Bf4 69. Nc4 Kg5 70. Rf7 Rd1+ 71. Ke4 Re1+
72. Kd4 Rd1+ 73. Kc5 Rc1 74. Kd4 Rd1+ 75. Kc5 Rc1 76. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2
a6 9. h3 Bd6 10. a3 Bd7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 h6 13. O-O e5 14. Rae1 Qe7 15.
Nh4 Qd8 16. Qb3 Rf8 17. Qd1 b5 18. Ba2 Kh8 19. Bc1 {Aronian's last move seems
timid, but actually it provokes Black into a strong reaction. Black has two
logical ways of exploiting the knight's position on h4.} g5 $6 (19... e4 20.
Qc2 g5 21. f3 $5 {is a huge mess. Here are some lines as an example:} gxh4 (
21... Nh5 22. fxe4 (22. Bd5 $1) 22... g4 $1 $40) 22. fxe4 Rg8 (22... Bxh3 23.
Re2 $1 $13 (23. e5 Rg8 24. Rxf6 Rxg2+ 25. Qxg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Bxe5
28. Rxh6+ Kg7 29. e4 $13)) 23. Re2 Bxh3 24. Bxf7 $1 $13) 20. dxe5 $1 (20. Nf3
g4 {gives Black some attacking chances, and was Giri's point.}) 20... Nxe5 21.
f4 {And we have a mess on our hands. Black has to take the knight on h4.} gxh4
(21... Nc6 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Nd5 $18) (21... gxf4 22. exf4 {is not much better.
}) 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. e4 $1 {White is down a pawn, but this is inconsequential.
He has plenty of targets on the kingside to attack. Both sides must hurry to
create threats.} Rg8 24. Bxf7 $6 {Tempting but perhaps not the most precise.
The f7 pawn was not a key part of Black's defence or offence.} (24. Bf4 $1 Bxf4
(24... Bxh3 25. Bxe5 Rxg2+ 26. Kh1 {leads to nothing}) (24... Qe7 25. Qf3 $16)
25. Rxf4 Bxh3 26. Qxd8 Raxd8 27. Kh2 $1 Nh5 $1 {Otherwise Black loses material}
28. Rxh4 Bg4 29. Bxf7 Rg5 30. Nd5 $36 {with pressure on Black's kingside.})
24... Rg7 25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 Bxh3 27. Kh2 (27. Qxd8+ Rxd8 28. Re3 $1 (28.
Kh2 Rxf7 29. Kxh3 $11) 28... Bxg2 (28... Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 {and Black can't save
both of his pieces, nor create a mating threat}) 29. Rxf6 $16) 27... Bd7 28.
Be6 $1 {Covering g4.} Ng4+ 29. Rxg4 Bxe6 30. Qxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxh4 Kh7 {
Unfortunately at the end of the day we have reached an endgame that is not
much for either side, though Black is to be preferred because of the bishop.}
32. Re2 Rd4 33. Rf2 Rf7 34. Rxf7+ Bxf7 35. Rf4 Kg7 36. Rf5 Rc4 37. Kg3 c5 38.
Kf3 b4 39. axb4 cxb4 40. Nd5 b3 41. Ne3 Rd4 42. Ra5 Bg6 43. Nf5+ Bxf5 44. exf5
Rd2 45. Rxa6 Rxb2 {the draw is now trivial} 46. Rg6+ Kh7 47. Rb6 Rb1 48. Rb7+
Kg8 49. g3 b2 50. Kg2 Kf8 51. Kh2 Kg8 52. Kg2 Kf8 53. Kh2 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b4 {Anish doesn't quit on his
ideas.} Nxd5 6. bxc5 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 {The old lion smells the trap.} ({
Giri-Grischuk, Moscow Grand Prix 2017, went} 7... Qe7 8. Be2 $1 e4 9. Nd4 Na6 {
and here Anish missed a great idea} 10. O-O $1 ({Instead he went crazy with} 
10. g4 {and soon was forced to fight for a draw in an endgame a pawn down.})
10... Nxc5 11. Nf5 $3 Qe5 12. Nxg7+ Kf8 13. Rb1 Kxg7 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. f3 {
with a huge attack against the hopelessly pinned Nf6.}) 8. Be2 O-O 9. Bb2 d6 {
By playing like this Black simply accepts a slightly worse position.} 10. cxd6
cxd6 11. O-O Re8 12. a4 b6 13. d3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 Rc8 17.
Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bf3 g5 (18... Nd7 19. Ba3 Qf6 20. Bd5) 19. Bg2 Nd7 20. f4 gxf4
21. exf4 Nc5 {One of those small mistakes that lead to grave consequences.} ({
Black had to prevent the white bishop from coming to d5, and that could have
been accomplished by} 21... Qh4 $1 22. fxe5 Ndxe5 23. Qd2 Qg3 {Eventually
White will have to trade queens and be content with a mere endgame advantage.})
22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Bd5 Rf8 (23... Re7 24. Qf3 Qc7 25. g5 $16) 24. Qf3 Qd7 25.
Bc3 Ne6 26. Rae1 Ne7 27. Rxe5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxa4 29. g5 $6 {Very consistent,
yet inaccurate.} ({A player with an eye for a king hunt would quickly spot} 29.
Rh5 $1 Rc5 30. Be5 f6 31. Qf5 Ng5 32. d4 {winning the exchange and the game in
short order.}) 29... Rc5 (29... Qa3 30. Bf6 {favours White, but it's a game.})
30. h4 Rxd5 31. cxd5 Nc5 $2 {Vishy appears to be off his best form.} ({The
only way to continue was} 31... Qxh4 32. dxe6 Qxg5+ 33. Qg2 Qe3+ 34. Rf2 Qc1+
35. Qf1 Qg5+ {and it doesn't seem to be totally hopeless.}) 32. g6 $18 Qd7 (
32... Qxh4 33. gxf7+ Kh7 34. Kg2 Qg5+ 35. Kf2) 33. Bb4 {Now White will win by
playing d3-d4.} 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 Ba7
9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b4 Nh5 12. Nf1 Qf6 13. Ne3 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Nf4 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. fxe3 Ng6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Nce7 19. Qb3 d5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Ncd2
c6 22. d4 Qd6 23. Qb2 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Qd5 25. Ned2 cxb5 26. e4 Qc6 27. Kh1 Rc8
28. d5 Qxc3 29. Qxb5 Qc7 30. Rb1 f5 31. Qb4 fxe4 32. d6 Nd5 33. dxc7 Nxb4 34.
Rxb4 exf3 35. Rxb7 f2 36. g3 Kh7 37. Kg2 Ne7 38. Kxf2 Nd5 39. Nc4 Rxc7 40. Rxc7
Nxc7 41. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Yuffa,D"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Anish has liked the English of late: his brilliant game against Anand in the
same tournament has shown it.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3
e6 {The most popular according to the database.} 6. h4 ({Spicy.} 6. O-O {
is more calm} Nge7 {White can play a cat and mouse game in centre:} 7. d3 ({
An interesting interpretation by Daniil Dubov:} 7. a3 d5 8. b4 $5 cxb4 $6 (8...
dxc4 $1 9. bxc5 e5 {remains complicated}) 9. axb4 dxc4 10. b5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4
12. Qa4 $16 {Dubov-Sychev, 1-0, 2016}) (7. d4 cxd4 8. Nb5 O-O 9. Nbxd4 d5 $11 {
and it's getting a bit boring}) (7. e3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 {similar to
the option above}) 7... O-O 8. Bd2 d5 9. a3 b6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4
dxc4 13. dxc4 Rc8 14. c5 bxc5 15. bxc5 Na5 $11 {Petrosian-Fischer, 0-1, 1970})
6... Nf6 (6... h6 {is the most popular continuation.} 7. d3 Nge7 8. Bd2 (8. h5
$6 g5 9. Nxg5 $2 hxg5 10. Bxg5 f6 11. Be3 d6 12. h6 Bf8 13. g4 Ne5 $19 {
Romanishin-Ribli, 0-1, 1978})) (6... d5 $5 {is the most logical and concrete:}
7. h5 Nge7 $1 8. d3 (8. h6 Bf6 {and due to the pawn centre Black has an
exellent position.}) 8... h6 $5 {a non-typical but extremely strong decision
concerning the pawn structure} 9. hxg6 fxg6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 (11. e4 d4
12. Ne2 g5 $15 {White's steeds have remained in their stalls}) 11... b6 $5 (
11... Bg4 $5 {is a tempation:} 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qa6 Qd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Nh2 Be6
$44 {with good compensation for a pawn}) 12. d4 $5 Bg4 $5 {White is under
pressure.}) 7. d4 (7. d3 {does not look so timid:} d5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6
10. Nd2 O-O ({after} 10... d4 {White has a very promising King's Indian
structure:} 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nce4 Be7 13. f4 {and despite the couple of
bishops I'd play White.})) 7... cxd4 (7... O-O {does not equalise because of}
8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bf4 Rd8 (9... Qxc5 10. Bd6 Qxc4 11. Bxf8 Bxf8 12. O-O d5 13. a3
$14 {it's just a exchange for a pawn, nothing special}) 10. O-O Qxc5 11. Bc7
Re8 12. Nb5 {and White's boa is constricting.}) 8. Nxd4 O-O $146 (8... d5 {
has been played once, but, unsuccessfully.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxc6 (10. cxd5 exd5
11. Be3 Re8 {the h4-pawn is an evident defect in White's position} 12. Nb3 $6
Rxe3 $5 $36 {a typical sacrifice}) 10... bxc6 11. Qa4 Qb6 $15 {Le Roux-Vallin,
1-0, 2001. Black was better.}) 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 $6 ({I'd prefer} 10...
exd5 {leading to variations above. Now the h4-pawn suddenly becomes useful
after...}) 11. Nxc6 $6 ({...} 11. Bg5 $1 f6 (11... Qa5 12. Nb3 {taking on d5
and playing with no risk}) 12. Bc1 Nxd4 13. Nxd5 Nc6 14. Nc3 $14 {A nice
pendulum entices Black to push the f-pawn and leave his bishop stuck for a
moment.}) 11... bxc6 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6 15. Qc2 Qa5 {
Amazingly even such a solid player as Wesley Sohas given White a chance in
this dry position.} 16. Rfd1 Qc5 {An inaccuracy.} (16... Rad8 17. Bxc6 Rc8 {
leads to a dead draw.}) 17. Rd7 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rxd7 19. Rxd7 Bc4 20. Qd2 (20. a4
Bd5 21. Qd2 a5 {Obviously White is pressing but I don't see anything forced.})
20... a5 21. Bf3 Qa3 22. h5 Qxa2 23. Qd4 c5 $6 {A mistake.} ({Despite the
visual risk it was neccessary to bare the king by} 23... gxh5 $1 24. Qh4 Qb1+
$1 ({of course not} 24... Qa1+ $4 25. Kg2 Qxc3 26. Rd4 $1 Bd5 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28.
Qf6+ Kg8 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Rg4+ $18) 25. Kg2 Qb5 26. Bxh5 Qe5 $11 ({or} 26...
Bxe2)) 24. Qe3 a4 (24... Qa4 25. Rc7 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 $16 {leaves Black's problems
unsolved.}) 25. Kg2 Qb1 26. h6 Qf5 27. g4 Qf6 28. Qxc5 Bd5 29. e4 Ba8 30. Ra7
e5 31. Rxa4 Qf4 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Rc8 ({The brave attempt to play} 33... g5
{would suffer a relapse:} 34. Be2 Bc6 35. Ra5 Re8 36. Kf3 Bd7 37. Bc4 Kf8 38.
Bd5 Ke7 39. c4 Be6 40. c5 Rc8 41. Bxe6 Kxe6 42. Ke2 Rd8 43. Ra6+ Ke7 44. Rc6
$22 Ke8 45. Rc7 Kf8 46. Rb7 Ke8 47. Rb2 Rc8 48. Rb5 Rd8 49. c6 $18) 34. Ra5 Kf8
35. Kg3 Bc6 36. c4 $6 ({Anish played an exellent game previously.} 36. Rxe5 $1
{leads to a technical position after} Bd7 37. Ra5 Rxc3 38. Ra8+ Rc8 39. Ra7 Be6
40. Kf4 Rc5 41. e5 Bc8 42. Bd1 Be6 43. Ba4 Rc8 44. Kg5 $18 {combining the
threats.}) 36... Bd7 37. Be2 ({A smart move.} 37. Rxe5 Rxc4 38. g5 Bc6 39. Kf4
Rc1 40. Ra5 Rf1 41. Rc5 Bd7 42. Rc7 Bb5 43. Kg3 Rg1+ {Black's rook is too
active on the 1st rank unlike the variant above}) 37... Be6 38. Rxe5 Bxc4 39.
Bxc4 $6 {Now it's a draw.} ({The last chance was} 39. Bf3 $5 f6 (39... Re8 40.
Rc5 Be6 41. g5 Ke7 42. Rc7+ Kd6 43. Ra7 Rc8 44. Kf4 $18 {with the idea of e5
and Re7}) 40. Ra5 Re8 41. Kf4 Bd3 42. g5 $1 {seems to be winning} (42. Ra7 Re7
$1 {no fear!} 43. Rxe7 (43. Ra8+ Re8 44. Ra3 Bb5 {it's not an immediate draw,
but it's not lost}) 43... Kxe7 44. Bd1 g5+ 45. Kf5 Bc4 46. e5 Be6+ 47. Ke4 Kf7
48. Kd4 Bc8 49. Bb3+ Ke7 50. Bc2 Bxg4 51. Bxh7 fxe5+ 52. Kxe5 Kf7 {looks
fantastic, but it's a draw} 53. Bf5 Bd1 54. Kd6 (54. e4 Bc2 55. Kd4 Bxe4) 54...
g4 $11) 42... fxg5+ 43. Rxg5 {and, step by step, combining the threats White
will push the pawns and transfer the bishop to d5 which should decide the game.
}) 39... Rxc4 40. Kf4 Rc6 41. g5 Rc1 42. Ra5 Ke7 43. Ke5 (43. Ra8 Rf1+ 44. Ke5
Rg1 45. Ra7+ Kf8 46. Rb7 Rg2 47. Kd5 Rd2+ $11) 43... Rc7 44. Rb5 Ra7 45. Rc5
Rb7 46. Ra5 Rc7 47. Ra8 Rc5+ 48. Kf4 Rc1 49. Ra7+ Ke6 50. Ra6+ Ke7 51. e5 Rf1+
52. Ke4 Rg1 53. Ra8 Rxg5 54. Ra7+ Ke6 55. Ra6+ Ke7 56. Kd5 Rh5 57. Ra7+ Kf8 58.
Ra8+ Ke7 59. Ra7+ Kf8 {A very complicated game that all the way through has
demonstrated the importance of every move.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 $1 {Giri was clearly trying to play differently
from usual in Stavanger, and despite a sad loss to Kramnik in the last round,
and the 50% score, his games were very interesting and combative. If my
research is correct, in this game he played the Accelerated Dragon (in
classical games) for the first time in no less than 9 years! Surely this was a
big surprise to Vachier-Lagrave, as well to the entire chess world watching.}
4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 ({Exactly 1 month
before this game, against Gelfand, MVL faced} 8... d5 $5 {and failed to get
any advantage} 9. exd5 Na5 10. Qd2 Nxb3 11. Nxb3 b5 $1 {Gelfand came very well
prepared to explore Black's counter-chances} 12. Nxb5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14.
Bd4 Rb8 (14... Nb4 {was the move that Gelfand played two days earlier against..
. Giri!} 15. O-O-O Nxa2+ 16. Kb1 Nb4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rhe1 Bf5 19. N3d4 Kf6
20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Rd4 a5 $11 {Giri,A (2785)-Gelfand,B (2724) Moscow FIDE GP
2017 (1) 1/2}) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Na3 Nb4 17. O-O-O Nxa2+ 18. Kb1 Nb4 $11 {
Vachier Lagrave,M (2795)-Gelfand,B (2724) Moscow FIDE GP 2017 (3) 1/2}) 9. f3
Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 (10... Rc8 {would have transposed to pure Dragon positions.})
11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 (12. h4 {is the most played and MVL played it in his
previous encounter against this variation} a5 13. a4 (13. h5 {is more
aggressive, but Black is not going to be mated} a4 14. Bd5 (14. Bxf6 exf6 $1 {
[%csl Gh6] It is important to keep control of h6} 15. Bd5 b4 $1 16. Ne2 Rc8 $1
{transposing to 14.Bxf6}) 14... b4 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18.
g4 {[%cal Ye2f4,Yd2h2] White has plans to transfer his queen to the kingside
and starts a dangerous attack, but now} Be6 $1 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nf4 Re8 21.
Nxg6 Qc7 $44 {Vavulin,M (2604)-Mamedov,R (2688) Moscow Aeroflot op-A 16th 2017
(4) 0-1 and Black is very active taking the initiative for the first time;
actually he won a nice game -}) 13... bxa4 ({I'm not sure if Giri was going to
play} 13... b4 $5 {[%csl Ya5] because a difference is that the a5-square is
not available to his queen now}) 14. Nxa4 h5 15. Nb6 Ra6 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. Bc4 Ra8 19. Qd4+ {Vachier Lagrave,M (2795)-Radjabov,T (2710) Moscow
FIDE GP 2017 (7) 1/2 and an early draw was agreed -}) 12... b4 $1 {This move
will probably become the most popular after this game - we must admit that
this is more in the spirit of Dragon positions.} (12... bxa4 {is how I was
used to see Black to play here, but it always seemed slightly better for White,
due to his better pawn structure} 13. Bxa4 Bxa4 14. Rxa4 $14) 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
Bxg7 $1 {Usually, this exchange is good to put the black king on a more
exposed square - although this allows another defensive idea for Black also.}
Kxg7 15. exd5 {[%csl Gd5,Ye7] Also, usually White recaptures with exd5, thus
fixing the e7-pawn as a potential target, as moves like e6 or e5 will lead to
the creation of more weaknesses.} (15. Bxd5 Rc8 {and White is not exerting any
pressure here.}) 15... Qb6 {I like this move, just developing the queen and
taking away the d4-square, which is useful for White to gain a tempo with
check some time.} (15... a5 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. h4 (17. O-O $5) 17... e5 18. dxe6
Bxe6 19. O-O-O Bxb3 20. cxb3 $14 {[%cal Yc1b1,Yb1a2] seems always to leave
White with an easier game, hiding his king on a2, with possibilities to play
against the weak d6-pawn, and create threats against the black king}) (15...
Qa5 16. O-O $5 {an interesting approach, focussing on the e7-pawn instead of
an attack on the kingside} Qc5+ 17. Kh1 a5 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Re4 e5 {more or
less forced, as Rfe1 was coming} 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Rfe1 Bd7 {Karjakin,S (2775)
-Radjabov,T (2793) Beijing Sportaccord blitz 2012 (3) 1-0} 22. Re7 Bc6 23. h3 {
and Black is ok, but again in practice it seems like White has the easier game.
}) 16. h4 h5 ({During the game I was wondering if} 16... h6 {could be better,
to control more squares and avoid the tense positions that arise when White
plays g4, but after} 17. O-O-O Qa5 18. h5 g5 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. f4 $1 g4 (20...
f6 21. Qe4 {[%cal Ge4g6,Ge4e7]}) 21. f5 $1 $40 {Kokarev,D (2623)-Kovalenko,I 
(2595) RUS Cup final 2012 (1.1) 1-0 White is even coming faster, with a
winning attack already -}) 17. O-O-O Qa5 {[%csl Ga4] And there it is, Black is
winning the a4-pawn by force.} 18. g4 {The most principled reaction.} (18. Qd4+
{it is also interesting, trying to improve the queen before to launch the
attack} Kg8 19. g4 Bxa4 20. Bxa4 (20. Kb1 Bxb3 21. cxb3 Qc5 $1 {gaining time
to launch the counter-attack on the queenside} 22. Qe4 a5 23. gxh5 a4 24. Rhg1
axb3 25. hxg6 {Soumya,S (2271)-Bollengier,A (2253) Istanbul ol (Women) 40th
2012 (11.4) 1-0} Rac8 $3 {such a cold-blooded move is difficult to find with
everything attacking you on the opposite side} 26. gxf7+ (26. Rc1 Qa7 $1) 26...
Kh8 27. Qd4+ Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxf7 $11) 20... Qxa4 21. Kb1 (21. gxh5 Rac8 22. Rh2
Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qa2 $13 {[%cal Yc8c5]}) 21... Rac8 22. b3 Qd7 23. gxh5 Qf5 $1 24.
Rd3 Qxh5 25. Qxb4 Rc5 {Kulaots,K (2575)-Braeuning,R (2348) Cappelle op 26th
2010 (5) 1/2 and Black is fine -}) 18... Bxa4 19. Kb1 $146 {This is the new
move, but don't seems a good one, as Black can organise his defences, which
Giri does very well.} (19. Qd4+ {would transpose to the lines analysed in the
previous move} Kg8 20. Bxa4 (20. Kb1)) 19... Bxb3 20. cxb3 Rh8 $1 {The
difference is that now this move comes to consolidate Black's position on the
kingside.} 21. Rc1 $6 {White is already thinking about playing with the
positional compensation for the pawn, and this is not wrong, but probably Giri
breathed a sigh of relief now} ({However, it was interesting to test Black's
position in the old Sicilian style} 21. f4 $1 hxg4 (21... e5 {is the computer
choice, but seems difficult to spot} 22. dxe6 hxg4 23. Qd4+ Kh7 24. exf7 Qf5+
$1 25. Ka2 Qa5+ 26. Kb1 Qf5+ $11) 22. f5 $1 Rh5 {necessary to stop h5} (22...
gxf5 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. h5 $1 {can be dangerous}) 23. Qd4+ (23. fxg6 fxg6 24.
Rhg1 Rf8 25. Rxg4 Rf6) 23... Kh6 $1 24. fxg6 e5 $1 {in my opinion a difficult
move to see, but after this Black should be able to hold the attack} 25. Qxg4 (
25. dxe6 Qf5+ {is the point, now the queen can join the defence}) 25... f5 $1
26. Qh3 Qb5 $13 {and the position is very complicated.}) 21... Rae8 $1 {
a very good move, as now the rook is supporting the e5-ideas} 22. Rc6 (22. Qd4+
{for example} e5 $1 23. dxe6+ Qe5 24. Qxe5+ dxe5 25. exf7 Kxf7 $11) (22. Rc4 e5
$1 23. Rc6 Qd8 24. g5 a5 $15) 22... Qb5 {[%cal Ya7a5,Ya5a4] After protecting
the important points in his position, Giri starts to think about counterplay
on queenside.} 23. Rc7 $6 {Strangely, from now Vachier-Lagrave started to play
some unsound moves, which only helped Giri to stabilise his advantage.} (23.
Qd4+ {first} Kg8 {and then} 24. g5 {looks better, to disturb Black's pieces a
bit} Qe2 (24... a5 25. Re1 Kh7 26. Qc4 $5 Qxc4 27. bxc4 $44 {[%csl Ge7][%cal
Yc6c7,Yc6a6,Gb1c2,Gc2b3]}) 25. Rc7 $1 Qxf3 26. Re1 {and White's active
position should at least compensate for the pawns; actually he is going to
recover one of them by force.}) 23... a5 24. g5 $2 {And after this, Black can
always answer the check with ...Kh7, without disturbing the connection between
the rooks.} (24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. g5 Qe2 26. Qd1 $5 {still had offered chances.})
24... a4 $1 {After succesfully containing White's attack, Giri now starts his
own operations against his rival's monarch.} 25. Qd4+ {Too late...} Kh7 26.
bxa4 Qxa4 27. Re1 Rhf8 $1 {Another accurate and necessary move.} 28. Ra7 (28.
Rexe7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Kg8 {[%cal Yf8a8,Yf8c8] and Black is totally free now to
attack White's king} 30. Re4 Rc8 $17 {any experienced player knows how
desperate is White's position in a practical game.}) 28... Qb5 29. f4 Kg8 $19 {
Black is just winning as White cannot prevent the black rooks from invading on
the queenside.} 30. f5 {The last attempt to open some lines, but.} gxf5 $1 31.
Kc2 (31. g6 fxg6 32. Rexe7 (32. Re6 Rf6 $1) 32... Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Rf7 $19) 31...
b3+ 32. Kd1 Rc8 33. g6 Rc5 {A good win for Giri, which showed good points
about this 12... b4 variation.} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. b3 b6 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Ne1 a5 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Rc1
Kf8 15. Nc4 Ba6 16. Nc2 Nd5 17. Rfd1 Nb4 18. a3 Nxc2 19. Rxc2 Nf6 20. Rdc1 Bxc4
21. Rxc4 Rd2 22. R1c2 Rad8 23. Kf1 Ne4 24. Ke1 f6 25. Rxd2 Nxd2 26. Rc3 Ne4 27.
Rd3 Nd6 28. Rd1 Ke7 29. Bd3 h6 30. Rb1 Rc8 31. Ke2 Rc7 32. f4 Nb7 33. b4 axb4
34. axb4 Bxb4 35. Bxf6+ Kxf6 36. Rxb4 Nc5 37. Rxb6 Rb7 38. Rxb7 Nxb7 39. Kf3
Nd6 40. Kg4 e5 41. h4 exf4 42. exf4 g6 43. h5 g5 44. fxg5+ hxg5 45. h6 Nf7 46.
Kh5 Ne5 47. Bb5 Nf7 48. Bc4 Ne5 49. Bd5 Nd7 50. Be4 Ne5 51. h7 Kg7 52. Kxg5
Nf7+ 53. Kf4 Nh8 54. Bd3 Nf7 55. Bc2 Nh8 56. Ke5 Nf7+ 57. Kf4 Nh8 58. Bb1 Nf7
59. Bf5 Nh8 60. Kg4 Nf7 61. Kg3 Nh8 62. Bc2 Nf7 63. Kf4 Nh8 64. Bd1 Ng6+ 65.
Kg5 Ne5 66. Bc2 Nf7+ 67. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. O-O c4 $5 {A relatively obscure idea
that has a lot of ambition behind it. Black goes for space at the cost of
relieving pressure against the d4-pawn.} 6. Be2 b5 7. b3 Bb7 8. Nc3 $6 {
A provocative reply from Vladimir.} (8. a4 a6 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Ba3
O-O 12. Qc2 {Kuraica-Bareev, 2003, which ended in an upset win by the Bosnian
veteran.}) 8... b4 {Anish doesn't hesitate to go for a space grab.} ({
Rakhmanov-Vallejo Pons, 2013 saw a more subtle approach by Black:} 8... a6 9.
Ne5 (9. bxc4 dxc4 $1) 9... Qc7 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. f4 Bd6 12. Bf3 Ne7 13. Rb1 {
and only now} b4 $1 {Here White missed his last chance to make a game out of
his dubious setup.} 14. Nxd5 $5 exd5 15. bxc4 a5 $1 (15... dxc4 16. Bxb7 Qxb7
17. Nxc4 Qc7 18. Nxd6+ Qxd6 19. Bxb4 Qc6 20. Qd3 Qe4 21. f5 {White isn't in
such a bad way here.}) 16. a3 O-O 17. c5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Ne4 19. axb4 axb4 20.
Rxb4 {but Black is probably better here.}) 9. Na4 c3 10. Ne5 Bd6 $2 ({The
correct} 10... Nc6 11. a3 a5 12. Bb5 Qc7 {would practically compel White to
try the highly speculative} 13. e4 {because otherwise his Bc1 would have no
way out.} Nxe4 14. Qg4 h5 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Be3 $15) 11. a3 ({Also,} 11. Bb5+ {
right away has its points.} Kf8 12. Nc5 Qb6 (12... Bxc5 {is depressing. After}
13. dxc5 Qa5 14. a4 Qc7 15. Qd4 {White has full control of the dark squares.})
13. Nxb7 Qxb7 14. Qd3 a6 15. Ba4 {How does Black develop here? It won't take
White long to prepare e3-e4.}) 11... a5 (11... O-O {would be a major
concession. White simply goes} 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. Ba3 a5 14. Nc5 Qc7 15. Bxb4
axb4 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Qd3 Nc6 18. f4 {and he has all the play on the a-file
and against the weak b4-pawn. That's the problem with attempting to grab space:
it only works when we get to push his pieces back. Once the opponent finds his
way around the advancing pawns (Na4-c5 in this case), they become terribly
weak.}) 12. Bb5+ Kf8 ({The same story unfolds in the event of} 12... Nbd7 13.
Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. axb4 axb4 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Qd4 O-O
19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxb4 $18) 13. Nc5 Qb6 14. Nxb7 Qxb7 15. Qe2 {The black king
is in more trouble than it seems, and, of course, the black rooks aren't
coordinated.} g6 {One of those "positional" moves that at times can meet with
a direct tactical refutation.} (15... h5 16. f3 h4 17. e4 Qb6 18. Kh1 Qxd4 19.
Bf4 {is quite dangerous for Black, yet, it seemed a better choice.}) 16. e4
Nxe4 (16... dxe4 17. Bh6+ Kg8 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. f3) (16... Kg7 17. Nxf7 $1 {
Perhaps, Anish missed that one.} Kxf7 18. e5 $18) 17. Bh6+ Ke7 (17... Kg8 18.
Ng4 Be7 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. f3 Nf6 22. Qe5 $18) 18. f3 $18 {
Black won't last long here.} Nd2 ({Some spectacular lines Anish Giri decided
to leave in the dark:} 18... Bxe5 19. fxe4 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 dxe4 21. Rad1 e5 22.
Qc4) ({or} 18... Nf6 19. Rfe1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nfd7 21. axb4 axb4 22. Rxa8 Qxa8
23. Qf2 Qa5 24. Qh4+ Ke8 25. Qf6 Rg8 26. Bg5) 19. Rfe1 Kd8 20. Bf4 (20. Bf4 Kc7
21. axb4 axb4 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Nxf7 Bxf4 24. Qxe6 Rc8 25. Qf6 $1) 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Qb6 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Qa4+ Nbd7 11. d3 O-O 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Nc3
Nb6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qc2 Bh3 17. Qb3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. Kg1 Rfd8 20. Be5
Nh5 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. Qb5 Qe6 23. Qc4 Qc6 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Nxe4 Ne6 26. Rfc1 f5
27. Nc3 Kf7 28. Rab1 b5 29. Nxb5 Rxa2 30. Rc3 Ra4 31. Kg2 Rb4 32. Na3 Kf6 33.
Nc2 Rb5 34. Na3 Rb4 35. Nc2 Rb5 36. e3 Ra8 37. b4 Ra2 38. Rc4 Nd8 39. d4 cxd4
40. Nxd4 Rd5 41. Rc5 Rd6 42. Ra5 Ra6 43. Rxa6+ bxa6 44. Rc1 Nf7 45. Rc6+ Nd6
46. b5 axb5 47. Nxb5 Ke6 48. Nxd6 exd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Kh1
O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f5 a5 12. Qe1 Ba6 13. Qh4 a4 14. Bh6 Bxd3 15.
cxd3 Qb6 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Rab1 a3 18. b4 Qd4 19. Ne2 Qxd3 20. Ng3 Bxh6 21.
Qxh6 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Rb3 Qc4 24. Rbf3 Rab8 25. Rf4 Qc3 26. Rh4 Qg7 27.
Qe3 e5 28. Qxa3 d5 29. Qc1 d4 30. a3 Rbc8 31. Qc4 Rfe8 32. Re4 Qf8 33. h4 Kg7
34. h5 f5 35. hxg6 Qf6 36. Kg1 Re6 37. Rh4 Qxg6 38. b5 Rb8 39. a4 Rb7 40. Qc5
Qg5 41. Rh3 Rbe7 42. bxc6 Rc7 43. Qd5 Rcxc6 44. Kh2 f4 45. Rb1 Qe7 46. Rb8 Rcd6
47. Qb5 Rc6 48. Qb3 Qf7 49. Rbh8 Kf6 50. R3h7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Nh4 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. b3
g5 9. Bb2 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nb8 11. Qc2 gxh4 12. Bxe4 Re8 13. Bxh7+ Kf8 14. Qc4 Na6
15. gxh4 Re5 16. Qf4 Qe7 17. Rg1 Rxe2+ 18. Kd1 Rxd2+ 19. Qxd2 Qxh4 20. Rg8+ Ke7
21. Qe3+ Be6 22. dxe6 Qh5+ 23. Kc1 Rxg8 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Qf4+ Ke8 26. Bxg8
Nc5 27. Bc4 d5 28. Bb5+ c6 29. Qxb4 Qg5+ 30. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. Bg2 h6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Qc2 Be6 9. b3 Qd7 10. e4 Bh3 11. Ne1 O-O 12. f3 Nh7 13. Be3 b6 14. Rd1 Bxg2 15.
Nxg2 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Ne7 19. Qe4 Re8 20. Qb7 Nc6 21. Nd5
Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 Nxd4
15. Bxd5 Nxc2 16. Bxb7 Nxa1 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Rxa1 fxg5 20. Rc1 g4
21. Ne1 Bf6 22. Rc2 Rd8 23. Kf1 Kh7 24. Ke2 Kg6 25. Nd3 e5 26. Rc7 Kf5 27. Rxa7
e4 28. Nb4 Bg5 29. Rf7+ Kg6 30. Rb7 Rd2+ 31. Kf1 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 Rd2+ 33. Kf1 Rd1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. b4 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Nf1 c6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Ra2 d5 15. Ng3
Be6 16. Rd2 Qc7 17. c4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 a5 20. b5 Bc5 21. Rd3 Rad8
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qc2 f6 24. Rd1 Kh7 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Ne1 Qd7 27. Qd2 Qc7 28.
Nc2 Nf8 29. Ne3 Nd7 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Bd1 Qd6 32. Qc2 Ba3 33. c5 Bxc5 34. Bg4
Bxg4 35. hxg4 Bd4 36. Bd2 Bxe3 37. Bxe3 c5 38. f3 Qc6 39. Qc4 Qb6 40. Qf7 Qb1+
41. Kh2 Qe1 42. Qxd7 Qh4+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Re8 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bc1 Nd7 11. h3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ngf6 13. Be3 b6 14. Qd2 h5 15.
Bh6 Bb7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qe3 Nc5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 Qd6 20. Qxd6 exd6 21.
Rfd1 d5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxh5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 gxh5 26. Rd2 Kf6 27.
Rad1 Re4 28. b4 Ne6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc8 32. a4 a5 33. Rd6
Rc4 34. Rxb6 Rxb4 35. Rxb4 axb4 36. a5 b3 37. a6 b2 38. a7 b1=Q 39. a8=Q Qg6+
40. Kh2 Qf5 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Qb6 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Bxf6 gxf6
8. Nb3 Bg4 9. c3 e6 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. O-O Rg8 12. Nh4 f5 13. f3 Bh3 14. f4 Qc7
15. Kh1 Be7 16. gxh3 Bxh4 17. Nc5 Be7 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. Bh5 Rg7 20. Qf3 Rdg8 21.
Rg1 Rxg1+ 22. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 23. Kxg1 Qe7 24. Qg3 Qf8 25. Kf1 Ne7 26. h4 Ng6 27.
Bf3 Kd7 28. h5 Nxf4 29. Ne5+ Bxe5 30. dxe5 Nd3 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Qxd3 Ke6 33.
Qe3 b6 34. Qg5 Qh8 35. Qh6+ Kxe5 36. Qe3+ Kd6 37. Qh6+ Kd7 38. Qf4 Ke6 39. Qh6+
Qf6 40. Qxh7 Qg5 41. h6 Qc1+ 42. Ke2 Qxb2+ 43. Kd3 Qb1+ 44. Kd2 Qxa2+ 45. Kc1
Qa3+ 46. Kc2 Qa4+ 47. Kb2 Qb5+ 48. Kc1 Qf1+ 49. Kb2 Qe2+ 50. Ka3 Qa6+ 51. Kb2
Qb5+ 52. Kc1 d4 53. cxd4 Qc4+ 54. Kb1 Qd3+ 55. Ka2 Qc2+ 56. Ka1 Qc3+ 57. Ka2
Qd2+ 58. Kb1 Qd3+ 59. Ka2 Qe2+ 60. Kb3 Qf3+ 61. Ka2 Qg2+ 62. Kb3 Qf3+ 63. Ka2
Qe2+ 64. Kb1 Qd1+ 65. Ka2 Qa4+ 66. Kb1 Qb3+ 67. Ka1 Qd1+ 68. Ka2 Qd2+ 69. Kb1
Qb4+ 70. Ka2 Qc4+ 71. Kb1 Qb5+ 72. Ka2 Qe2+ 73. Kb3 Qb5+ 74. Kc3 Qc6+ 75. Kb3
Qf3+ 76. Ka2 Qf2+ 77. Kb3 Qxd4 78. Qg7 Qe3+ 79. Ka4 Qe4+ 80. Kb3 Qd3+ 81. Kb2
Qe2+ 82. Ka3 Qe3+ 83. Ka2 Qf2+ 84. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qc2 c5 4. a3 Bxc3 5. Qxc3 Qf6 6. Qxf6 Nxf6 7. b4 b6 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Rb1 d6 10. e3 e5 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. d3 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4 14. Be2 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Ke7 16. Be3 Rhb8 17. Kd2 Rb6 18. Rb5 Ne8 19. Rhb1 Rab8 20. Bd1 Nc7 21.
Rxb6 axb6 22. f4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Ne6 24. Be3 Ne5 25. a4 Nc6 26. Kc3 f6 27. Bg4
Ned4 28. Bd1 Kd8 29. Rb2 Kc7 30. Rf2 h5 31. g3 Rh8 32. h4 Kb7 33. Rg2 Rh7 34.
Rf2 Kc7 35. Rf1 Kb7 36. Rf2 Ka6 37. Rf1 Kb7 38. Rf2 Rh8 39. Rf1 Kc7 40. Rf2 Ra8
41. Rf1 Kd8 42. Rf2 Kd7 43. Rb2 Ra6 44. Rg2 Ke7 45. g4 hxg4 46. Rxg4 Ne6 47. h5
Ra8 48. Rg2 Ne5 49. Rb2 Nd7 50. Rg2 Rh8 51. Ra2 Ne5 52. Rb2 Nd7 53. Ra2 Ra8 54.
Rg2 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. h3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 O-O 13. Bg5 Qd8 14. Re1 Qc7
15. Qf3 Bb4 16. Bc2 Qa5 17. h4 Rfe8 18. a3 Bf8 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. b4 a5 21. b5
cxb5 22. Nxb5 Rac8 23. Bd3 e5 24. c5 Qc6 25. Qh3 Rcd8 26. d5 Qxc5 27. Rc1 Qb6
28. Nc7 Bc5 29. Nxe8 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Rxe8 31. Rb1 Qa7 32. Rf1 e4 33. Bb5 Nh5 34.
Qxd7 Ng3+ 35. Kh2 Re5 36. Rfc1 Kh7 37. Rc8 Rxg5 38. Qe8 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D84"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Bxc7 Na6 9. Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 bxa6 12. Rc1 f6 13. Rg1 Rf7 14. b3
Bf8 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Ke2 Re8 17. f3 e5 18. dxe5 Bb4 19. Ne4 fxe5 20. Ng5 Rfe7
21. Rgd1 Rc8 22. Rd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxd8 Rd7 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 h6 26. Ne4 Bxe4
27. fxe4 Kf7 28. Bc7 Ke6 29. Ke2 g5 30. h3 h5 31. Kf3 Be7 32. Ba5 Kd7 33. Bc3
Bd6 34. Ba5 Bc7 35. Bb4 a5 36. Bc3 a4 37. bxa4 Kc6 38. Ke2 Kc5 39. Kd3 g4 40.
hxg4 hxg4 41. Be1 Bd6 42. a3 Kc6 43. Bg3 a6 44. Bh2 Kd7 45. Ke2 Ke6 46. Kf2 Kf6
47. Kg3 Kg5 48. Kg2 Kg6 49. Kg3 Kh5 50. Kg2 Kg5 51. Bg3 Kf6 52. Bh4+ Kg6 53.
Kg3 Bxa3 54. Kxg4 Bc5 55. Bg3 Bd6 56. Be1 Bc5 57. Bc3 Kf6 58. Kf3 Ke6 59. Ke2
Kd6 60. Kd3 Bb6 61. Bb4+ Kd7 62. Kc4 Kc6 63. Bc3 Bc7 64. Be1 Bb6 65. Bg3 Bc7
66. Be1 Bb6 67. Bc3 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 f5 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qd2 Be6 12. b3 Rb8 13. Rae1 Qd7 14. Nd5 b5 15.
Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 bxc4
21. dxc4 Kh8 22. Kg2 Qc7 23. Bd5 a5 24. Re2 Qc5 25. Be6 a4 26. bxa4 exf4 27.
Rxf4 Rb2 28. Qd3 Qc6+ 29. Kh3 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Qe8 31. Rf1 Rf6 32. Re1 f4 33. Bd5
Qc8+ 34. g4 Qc5 35. Kg2 f3+ 36. Bxf3 Rf8 37. Rb1 Qa3 38. Bc6 Be5 39. Rb7 Qc5
40. Be4 Bg7 41. Rb5 Qd4 42. Rd5 Qc3 43. Rh5 h6 44. g5 Qa5 45. gxh6 Be5 46. Rg5
Qd8 47. Rg4 Qf6 48. h7 Qh6 49. h3 Bd4 50. Bf3 Bg7 51. a5 Rb8 52. Be4 Qc1 53.
Bc2 Qb2 54. a6 Ra8 55. Qe4 d5 56. cxd5 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D84"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Bxc7 Na6 9. Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 bxa6 12. Rc1 a5 13. Ne5 a4 14. a3
f6 15. Nc6 Bb7 16. O-O Kf7 17. Rc3 Rfc8 18. Na5 Bf3 19. Re1 e5 20. dxe5 fxe5
21. e4 Bg4 22. Nc4 Kg8 23. Bxe5 Bf8 24. Kg2 Rc5 25. Ne3 Rxe5 26. Nxg4 Rg5 27.
Rg3 Rb5 28. Re2 Rab8 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nd7 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Nxf8 Kxf8 33.
Rc3 Rb3 34. Rc7 h5 35. Rxa7 Rxa3 36. h4 Ra1 37. Kf3 Rh1 38. Kg3 Rg1+ 39. Kh3
Rh1+ 40. Kg3 Rg1+ 41. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nh4 Bc8 14. h3 Ng6 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nf4 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Ne4 Be5 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxc6 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Nd3 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Qxb5 Ne5 26. Be2 h6 27.
Rd1 Rc8 28. Qa4 Rc7 29. Bf1 Bg5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Qe4 Qe8 32. a4 Re7 33. Bb5
Qc8 34. Qb4 Rc7 35. Qd2 f6 36. Qd8+ Qxd8 37. Rxd8+ Kf7 38. Kh2 Ke7 39. Re8+ Kd6
40. Kg3 Kd5 41. f3 Kc5 42. h4 gxh4+ 43. Kxh4 Nc4 44. Bxc4 Kxc4 45. Kh5 Kb3 46.
a5 Rc5 47. Kg6 Rxa5 48. Re7 Ra2 49. g4 a5 50. Kxg7 Rf2 51. Kxf6 Rxf3 52. g5 a4
53. g6 a3 54. g7 Rg3 55. Kf7 a2 56. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. e4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nxe4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qe3 O-O 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. c6 Nf6 12. Bb5 a6 13. Be2 bxc6 14. Nh3
Rb8 15. Rd2 e5 16. c4 Qb4 17. Rhd1 Be6 18. Rc2 h6 19. Qc3 Qc5 20. Qe3 Qa5 21.
Kb1 Rfd8 22. Rcd2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Qb6 24. Bf1 e3 25. fxe3 Ne4 26. Qc2 Qxe3 27.
Ka1 Bg4 28. Rc1 Rd8 29. c5 Be6 30. Bxa6 Rd2 31. Qb1 Nxc5 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. Rxc4
Nd3 34. Rc2 e4 35. a3 c5 36. Rxd2 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Bf4 g5 11. Be3 f5 12. Nc3 Nd6 13. b3 Bf6 14. Qc1 h6 15. h4
Nf7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Na4 Qe7 18. Nb2 b6 19. Nd3 Bb7 20. Rb1 a5 21. Nde5 Ndxe5
22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxg5 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Qe3 Kf7 27. Qxb6 Ra6
28. Qe3 Ra8 29. Rd4 Rh8 30. cxd5 cxd5 31. Rc1 Rfh6 32. Qe5 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Bxc8
34. Rd3 Bd7 35. Rc3 Rh8 36. Qxh8 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. h4 e6 10. f3 h6 11. e4 Bh7 12. Be3 Nfd7 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Bf2 O-O 15.
Qb3 Qe7 16. g4 Kh8 17. Be2 f5 18. gxf5 exf5 19. e5 Bb4 20. Kf1 f4 21. Nxb4 axb4
22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Nd6 Qe6 24. Kg1 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Ne4 Rae8 27. Re1 Re6 28.
Bd3 Ne3 29. Rh2 Rg6+ 30. Kh1 Qh5 31. Rh3 Rg3 32. Rxg3 fxg3 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 Ba7
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 a5 15.
Rb1 axb4 16. cxb4 d5 17. b5 Nd4 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21.
Re4 Qd5 22. Rc1 c6 23. bxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. h3 b5 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Re1
Rd8 28. Qe2 f6 29. Qa2+ Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 a5 12. Qd3 h6 13. Qc2 Bb4 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15.
Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qe7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. e4 c6 19. Na2 f5 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. Re1
fxe4 22. Qxe4 Rce8 23. a5 Nf6 24. Qe2 Nd5 25. Be5 Rf7 26. Rf1 Ref8 27. a6 bxa6
28. Qxa6 Qd7 29. Rac1 Ne7 30. Qc4 Ng6 31. Qxc6 Nxe5 32. dxe5 Qd2 33. Qxe6 Kh8
34. Qb6 Qxb2 35. e6 Re7 36. Rb1 Qe2 37. Qxb4 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Rxe6 39. Rb3 Qf7 40.
Qc4 Re1 41. Qc2 Qe6 42. Rb1 Re2 43. Qc5 Qf5 44. Qb6 Qc2 45. Rbc1 Rfxf2 46. Qxf2
Rxf2 47. Rxc2 Rxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. f3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxa2 19. Ne4 Rh8 20. e6
Nd5 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Bxc7 Nxc7 23. Rd7+ Kg6 24. Rxc7 Bd5 25. Nd2 Rhe8 26.
Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Kf2 a5 28. Rxb7 Ra8 29. Rb6 a4 30. c4 Be6 31. Rxc6 Kf7 32. Rb6 a3
33. Rb1 a2 34. Ra1 Ra3 35. Kg3 g5 36. Ne4 Kg6 37. Nd6 Kf6 38. Ne4+ Ke5 39. Nxg5
Bxc4 40. Ne4 Bd5 41. c3 Bxe4 42. fxe4 Kxe4 43. g5 Rxc3+ 44. Kg4 Rc2 45. g6 Rg2+
46. Kh5 Kf5 47. Rf1+ Ke6 48. Kh6 Kd5 49. g7 Rh2+ 50. Kg6 Rg2+ 51. Kf7 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 Qb6 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. h3
Qb6 9. Qc2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Nd2 Bg7 12. Nb3 Nf6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Rac1 O-O
15. c5 dxc5 16. Bxc5 b6 17. Bd4 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Bb7 19. f3 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Ne8 21.
Kf2 Kf8 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nd4 Kf8 24. b4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 e5 26. Nb3 Rc8 27. Rxc8
Bxc8 28. Nd2 Ke7 29. Ke3 f6 30. a3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 a5 9. c4 Ba6 10. g3 Nb6 11. Nd2 d5 12. exd6 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 cxd6 14. b3 Be7
15. Bb2 O-O 16. O-O d5 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. Bf3 a4 19. Rfd1 axb3 20. axb3 Bb4 21.
cxd5 cxd5 22. Bd4 Rab8 23. Rc6 Re6 24. Rxb6 Rexb6 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Bxd5 Kf8
27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. bxc4 Bc5 29. Rd2 Ra6 30. Kg2 h5 31. Rb2 Rb6 32. Ra2 Rb8 33.
Ra5 Rc8 34. Rb5 Rc7 35. Rb8+ Ke7 36. Rh8 Bd4 37. Rxh5 g6 38. Rg5 Ra7 39. Rg4
Bc5 40. Re4+ Kf8 41. g4 Kg7 42. g5 f6 43. gxf6+ Kxf6 44. Re6+ Kg7 45. Rc6 Bd4
46. Be4 Bf6 47. Kh3 Ra3+ 48. f3 Ra1 49. c5 Rh1+ 50. Kg3 Rg1+ 51. Kh3 Rh1+ 52.
Kg2 Rc1 53. Rc7+ Kh6 54. c6 Bxh4 55. Rf7 Bd8 56. Rf8 Ba5 57. Ra8 Rc5 58. Rg8 g5
59. Kh3 Rc1 60. Kg4 Rg1+ 61. Kf5 Rc1 62. Rg6+ Kh7 63. Rxg5 Kh8 64. Ke6 Bd8 65.
Rg2 Rc5 66. Rc2 Rxc2 67. Bxc2 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Nc3 h6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Na4 Be7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rc1 Bf8 14. Bc5 Bxc5
15. Nxc5 Qb6 16. Na4 Qa6 17. Nc3 Bg4 18. Nd4 Rad8 19. Re1 Ne4 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21.
Qa4 Qb6 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qxc6 Qxb2 24. Qc2 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 e3 26. fxe3 Rxe3 27.
Kf2 Ra3 28. Rec1 Be6 29. Rb2 g5 30. Rc7 Bxa2 31. Be4 Be6 32. Bd3 Rd6 33. Rb8+
Kg7 34. Ra8 a5 35. Rca7 Rd5 36. Ra6 Re5 37. R8a7 h5 38. Rc6 Ra4 39. Rb6 h4 40.
Rb8 h3 41. Raa8 Ra1 42. Rb1 Rxb1 43. Bxb1 Bb3 44. g4 a4 45. Bf5 Rc5 46. Bd7 Rc4
47. Kg3 Rd4 48. Bc6 Kf6 49. Kxh3 Ke5 50. Kg3 Kd6 51. Be8 Kc5 52. h4 gxh4+ 53.
Kxh4 Kb4 54. Rb8+ Kc3 55. Rc8+ Kb2 56. Rb8 Kc3 57. Rc8+ Kd2 58. Ra8 Kxe2 59.
Kg5 Kd2 60. Ra7 Be6 61. Rxa4 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 a5 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5 c6
9. Na4 Nfd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Nb2 c5 12. c4 dxc4 13. bxc4 b4 14. a3 Bb7 15. axb4
axb4 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Nd3 cxd4 18. Nxb4 Nc5 19. Nd3 Ne4 20. Qc2 Nc6 21. e3 Nc3
22. Bb2 e5 23. exd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxg2 25. Ne6 Qa8 26. Ra1 Qe4 27. Re1 Qf3 28.
Ng5 Qa8 29. Bxc3 h6 30. f3 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. a3 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4
c5 9. Nc3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Be2 Bg4 13. Rc1 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qb6
15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Nb5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8 20. Kf1 Kf8
21. Ne5 Bxe2+ 22. Kxe2 h5 23. f3 Ke7 24. e4 a6 25. Nc3 Nb6 26. b3 Nfd7 27. Nd3
Kd6 28. Ke3 e5 29. Nd1 Nc5 30. Nxc5 Kxc5 31. Nf2 Kd6 32. f4 Nd7 33. Nd3 f6 34.
Nb2 g5 35. Nc4+ Kc6 36. fxe5 Nxe5 37. Nxe5+ fxe5 38. g4 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qd5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rfc1
f6 15. Nd2 Kf7 16. Rc2 a5 17. Qc4 Bb7 18. Nb3 Ba6 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. Nxa5 Bd3
21. Rc3 Bb5 22. Nb3 Bc4 23. Nc1 Rhc8 24. a3 e5 25. Nd3 Ke6 26. Rac1 Rcb8 27. b4
Ra6 28. f4 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Rba8 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. fxe5 Rxa3 32. Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 O-O 8.
d4 Nf5 9. c3 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 d6 11. Re1 d5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Qf3 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Qd6
15. Qxd6 Nxd6 16. Nd2 c6 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Re5 Nd6 20. Rae1 Rfe8
21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. Kd3 Nc7 26. Nf3 Ne6
27. g3 f6 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. Ne1 g6 30. Nd3 Ke7 31. Nf4 g5 32. Nxe6 Kxe6 33. g4 h6
34. h3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
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{Who would have thought that out of a so-called boring opening, we would get
into very sharp play at some point, I managed to outcalculate my opponent in
the sharp struggle. Anyway, let's look at the game!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 c6 $5 {
Not the most usual way to play this position, Black normally starts with ...b6.
Here Anish started to think longer, remembering what was the difference and he
remembered it right, but we considered the ensuing position as normal for
Black.} 10. Qc2 {Came after a long think.} h6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Ne5 {This idea
makes all the difference, otherwise the game would follow the normal path by
g3.} Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bd7 (13... b6 {instead of the text move deserves attention,
but we thought that it's a possible way for Black, not showing his cards
earlier than needed.}) 14. a3 {White can start with f4, b4 and so on.} b6 15.
b4 bxc5 16. bxc5 f6 17. f4 Rab8 {This was all going by my notes, Black should
not rush with ...f5 or ...f6xe5 and keep the tension in the centre as much as
he can. ...Qa5 comes next and White should decide what he is doing, Anish
spent a lot of time here, maybe around an hour!} 18. g3 Qa5 19. Ne2 {Here
Anish offered a draw, which in normal circumstances and normal time, I would
probably accept, but in these conditions where he had less time and probably
felt uncomfortable playing this position, I decided that it was my chance and
that I had to play on.} Be8 (19... Bc8 $5 {The computer's suggestion is
probably even easier, Black goes for ...Ba6 and the position is always good
for Black.}) 20. Bg6 $2 {This is already a real mistake, which came quite fast
from Giri, I did not expect this move. White should probably play calmly or go
for exf6} (20. h3 {I was expecting this more, but maybe exf6 is the right way
for White,}) (20. exf6 $1 Bxf6 21. g4 $1 {and even although the position is
unclear of course, White is by no means worse.}) 20... Bxg6 21. Qxg6 Qd2 $1 {
An important manoeuvre, the queen is very annoying on e3. Now Black has the
upper hand: around 1 hour more on the clock and all the pleasures of deciding
between the middlegame or pleasant endgames with the b-file occupied.} 22. Rf2
Qe3 {White is already in serious trouble practically; the centre is hanging
totally.} 23. Qg4 {I would call it a mistake if practically this would be easy
to face. I saw ...Kf7 here as well as ...Rf7, but I concentrated my
calculations on ...Kh8 and ...Kh7 somehow. I was sure I had to keep the queens
on, which is a mistake, but in the game it proved to be a crucial decision!} (
23. Rc1 {Practically maybe the way, but a very hard move to play, a3 is
hanging and even ...Qe4 secures a stable advantage for Black.} Qe4 $1 $15 (
23... Qxa3 24. Kg2 {with chances to save the game.})) 23... Kh7 $2 {This
played out nicely in the game but objectively it's a mistake.} ({I
miscalculated the line after} 23... Kf7 $5 {The most simple to play the
position without risk and just press for the rest of the game with easy plans
like ...Rb2-Rfb8 and Bd8-a5} 24. f5 (24. Qh5+ g6 $1 $17) (24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Rxf3
Rb2 26. Nc1 Rfb8 $15) 24... fxe5 25. Qg6+ Kg8 $19) (23... Rf7 $5 {could have
been even stronger, but when I saw the line over the board, I could not
somehow believe it works. But it does!} 24. Qxe6 Rb2 25. Re1 Bd8 $1 {and here
I told my self why? Why go for this when I am not sure if it works or not, if
I have a stable advantage with ...Kh7 and ...Kf7.}) 24. Qxe6 Rbe8 25. a4 $4 {
Blunder. This came as a complete surprise, but in time pressure it's not easy
to make the right decisions. Anish probably missed the queen move that came
later.} (25. Qxc6 fxe5 26. Qxd5 exd4 27. Rd1 {Here in my calculations I saw
that I have ...Rd8 but thought that ...d3 was good, when White can just take
with the rook!!! and avoid the pin on the g1-a7 diagonal by ...Bxc5!} Rd8 (
27... d3 28. Rxd3 $1 {Of course!} (28. Qxd3+ Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Bxc5 $19)) 28. Qe5
Qxe5 29. fxe5 Bxc5 30. Rxf8 Bxf8 {Slightly better still, but it's not the kind
of convertible advantage.}) (25. Qf5+ {was also much better than the move in
the game:} Kh8 {I was planning this. I thought I was slightly better. But in
fact I have to make a draw.} (25... g6 26. Qd7 fxe5 27. Raf1 exd4 28. f5 {
and it ends in a draw, but Black should be accurate}) 26. e6 Bd8 27. Rd1 Rxe6
28. Rd3 Qe4 29. Qxe4 dxe4 30. Rb3 f5 $11) 25... fxe5 26. Qxe5 Qd3 $1 $19 {
Now the white queen is trapped and the position is hopeless due to the fact
that the knight on e2 and the d4-pawn together with White's king are extremely
weak and impossible to defend. Also the queen is almost trapped.} 27. Qh5 Bf6
28. Raf1 {Here it was maybe easier to play simple moves, but I thought I was
winning by force, which proved to be correct, otherwise ...Kg8 or ...Re3 or
some other move putting more pressure on White to make decisions, would be
just winning calmly.} g6 29. Qg4 h5 30. Qd7+ Re7 31. Qd6 {This is all forced!}
Kg7 $1 32. Nc1 Qf5 $1 {An important move, I was playing to trap the white
queen, which in the end was not successful, but White had to weaken his king
in order to protect the queen on d6.} 33. Rd1 {To play Re2 next and try to
rescue the queen.} Rfe8 $5 {But I was very excited by the idea of ...Bxd4!!} (
33... h4 $3 {The computer suggests this as easier, but probably any black move
is enough to win the game. It is impossible to play this position as White, d4
hanging, the king weak, the queen almost trapped and the knight is completely
out of play. There is nothing to do here with White, ...hxg3, ...Qh3 are
threatening.}) 34. Qxc6 Re1+ 35. Rf1 Bxd4+ $3 (35... Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Qc2 {
Possible but hard to know if it's completely winning.}) (35... Rxf1+ $5 36.
Rxf1 Bxd4+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kh3 Kh6 $3 $19 {and Black goes for ...Qf5, ...Re3
and ...h4 with a winning position.}) 36. Rxd4 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 (37. Kg2 Ree1 $19
(37... Qc2+ 38. Kh3 (38. Kxf1 Qxc1+ 39. Kg2 Re2+ 40. Kh3 Kh6 $19) 38... Rh1 $19
)) 37... Qh3+ 38. Kf2 Qxh2+ 39. Kf1 Qh1+ 40. Kf2 Re1 {White can't escape with
the king, ...Qf1 is threatening mate, or ...Qg1, ...Re3. I was very happy
about this game. Starting the tournament with a win is a great pleasure and
for a long time I had not had such a start! It proved to be important for my
overall result I think!} 0-1

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 (7... g5
{is the other main continuation.}) 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 (9... g5 10. Bg3 O-O
11. O-O Nh7 12. h3 h5 $132 {Topalov-So Wesley, London 2016, with a complicated
middlegame.}) 10. b4 Bd7 $146 {A novelty by Giri.} (10... g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12.
Nf1 Be6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 a5 16. b5 Ne7 $11 {
Vocaturo-Romanov, Gjakova 2016, with a balanced position.}) 11. Rb1 g5 12. Bg3
Nh5 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 Na5 15. Bd5 Nxg3 (15... O-O $5) 16. hxg3 Qf6 {Black
protects the h6-pawn and is threatening with ...g4.} ({Or} 16... c6 17. bxc6
bxc6 18. Ba2 {with a similar position to that after the text move.}) 17. Qe2
O-O 18. Nh2 c6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ba2 Kg7 (20... Rab8 21. O-O Kg7 {is also fine
for Black.}) 21. Ndf1 $6 {White postpones castling, first he would like to
improve his knight. Moreover he is threatening Ne3, Nhg4 to exert pressure on
h6. Nevertheless this is an inaccuracy, because Black can gain the initiative.}
(21. O-O {was the most natural.}) 21... Rfb8 22. Ne3 Bxe3 {Of course the
knight has to be taken, otherwise Nhg4.} 23. Qxe3 Be6 {A logical continuation.}
({The smart} 23... Nc4 $1 {was the strongest reply,} 24. dxc4 Rxa2 25. O-O (25.
Rxb8 Ra1+ 26. Ke2 Rxh1 $17) 25... Rxb1 26. Rxb1 c5 $15 {and White's pawn
structure is weak.}) 24. Qe2 Bxa2 25. Rxb8 (25. Qxa2 $2 {loses immediately,
because of} Nc4 $1 26. Qc2 Na3 $19) 25... Rxb8 26. Qxa2 Qe6 27. Qa1 $6 {
Too passive.} (27. Qxe6 {was important,} fxe6 28. Ke2) ({or} 27. Qc2 $11 {
followed by 0-0 and White can hold his position.}) 27... Nb3 $1 28. Qd1 Nc5 {
This was a good knight manoeuvre, now the c3- and d3-pawns are weak.} 29. O-O
Rb3 30. Qc2 Ra3 $1 {Giri continues the pressure with very deep moves!} 31. Rb1
$6 ({Still} 31. d4 {was more accurate, but after} Qb3 $1 $15 {Black's chances
are better.}) 31... Qa2 $1 32. Qxa2 Rxa2 {Now White loses a pawn.} 33. Ng4 (33.
Rd1 Ra3 $17) 33... Rd2 ({The immediate} 33... Nxd3 {could have been met by} 34.
Rd1 {and it is still not easy.}) 34. Ne3 Rxd3 35. Nf5+ Kf6 36. f3 g4 37. Kf2
gxf3 38. gxf3 d5 $1 39. Rb6 dxe4 40. Ne3 Rd2+ 41. Ke1 Rd6 42. fxe4 Nxe4 43. g4
Kg5 0-1

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 Nb4 16. Bc4 Qc6 17. e4 Qxe4 18. Rd7 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 Bf6 20. Rxb7 Bxb2 21.
Rd1 Nc6 22. Rdd7 Na5 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 h6 25. Ra6 Rb8 26. Nd2 Bc3 27. Nc4
Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Rb7 29. h4 g6 30. Bb5 Ba5 31. Ra8+ Kg7 32. Re8 h5 33. f3 Kf6 34.
g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Re7 36. g5+ Ke6 37. Bc4+ Kd6 38. Rh8 Ke5 39. Rh7 Kf4 40. Rxf7+
Rxf7 41. Bxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Qc1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. O-O Qc8
15. h4 Bh3 16. Qc2 Rd8 17. Nf3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nh5 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Rfd1 Qg4 21.
Rab1 Ne6 22. e3 Nc5 23. Rd4 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Nd2 Rfe8 13. f4 g6 14. g4 a6 15. h4
b5 16. a3 Na5 17. h5 Nc4 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Qg4 Ng7 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22.
Bxg6 Nf5 23. Nf3 Qg7 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. b3 Na5 26. b4 Nb3 27. Rb1 Nxc1 28. Rbxc1
Qg6 29. Re2 Bc8 30. Rce1 Rf8 31. Rh2 Bd7 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. Rxe5 Ng7 34. Re1 Qf5
35. Qxf5 Rxf5 36. Rf1 Be8 37. Rh6 Rf8 38. Rf2 Bd7 39. g6 Rf6 40. Rfh2 Kf8 41.
Rg2 Kg8 42. Rgh2 Kf8 43. Rh8+ Ke7 44. Ra8 Rxg6+ 45. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. h3 e5 11. Bd2 e4 12. Ng5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bf5 14. f3 Nbd5 15.
Ngxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rae8 17. Qd1 Bxe4 18. fxe4 Qxe4 19. Bc2 Qh4 20. Qf3 Bb4 21.
Bxb4 Nxb4 22. Bb3 Nd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rac1 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. Be2 d5 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qh4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Be6 13. Be2 Nd5 14. Bb5+
Kf8 15. Qe4 Bd7 16. Qc4 Be6 17. Qe4 Bd7 18. Qc4 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. Qe1 {The line with 10.Qe1 is a dangerous weapon in the
Scheveningen Variation. Black will get counterplay, but White's concentrated
pieces on the kingside will represent great attacking potential.} (10. a4 Nc6
11. Be3 Re8) 10... Nc6 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. a3 Rad8 15.
Rae1 Bc6 16. Bd3 Qd7 $5 {A very interesting development in a well known
position. Attention shas hifted from the older move 16...Qb7 to the clever
idea 16...Rd7 followed by ...Qd8 to this clever move. Black players are
getting very good results with counterplay in the centre.} (16... Qb7) (16...
Rd7) 17. Rf3 (17. Ne2 g6 18. Qe3 Ng4 19. Qg3 Nf6 20. Qf3 Ne8 21. Qe3 Bf6 22.
Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nd4 $15 {1/2-1/2 (58) Dragun,K (2594)-Grachev,B (2639) Moscow
2016}) (17. Nd1 Nh5 (17... g6 18. Ne3 Nh5 19. Qh3 Nxf4 20. Rxf4 e5 21. Qh6 f6
22. Rg4 $18 {1/2-1/2 (38) Schroeder,J (2521)-Korneev,O (2582) Heusenstamm 2016}
) 18. Qg4 Nf6 (18... g6 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. Qf3 Qc7 21. f5 e5 22. Bc3 Kh8 23. Ng4
Nxg4 24. Qxg4 $11 {0-1 (32) Brkic,A (2584)-Bosiocic,M (2567) Mali Losinj 2016})
19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qh3 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 e5 22. Rg4 exd4 23. e5 g6 24. e6 Qe8 $15 {
0-1 (37) Liu,Q (2510)-Popov,I (2653) China 2015}) (17. b4 Nh5 18. Qg4 (18. Qh3
Nxf4 19. Rxf4 e5 20. Rg4 exd4 21. e5 g6 22. e6 Qe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (60) Saveliev,
A (2369)-Grachev,B (2658) Sochi 2017}) 18... Nf6 19. Qh3 e5 20. fxe5 Qxh3 21.
gxh3 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Rfe8 23. Bg3 $11 {1-0 (41) Kosteniuk,A (2537)-Charochkina,D
(2366) Sochi 2016}) (17. Na2 Nh5 18. Qf2 e5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Nf6 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. e5 Be7 23. Nb4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (62) Harika,D (2535)-Ushenina,A (2458)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 17... e5 $1 {This counterblow was enabled by the
location of the black queen. Black hopes to get enough compensation for the
pawn.} (17... g6 18. f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 Ne8 20. a4 (20. Rf3 Ng7 21. Ref1 $14)
20... Ng7 21. axb5 axb5 22. b4 Rde8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bxb5 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 Bf6
$14 {1/2-1/2 (60) Stukopin,A (2586)-Ramirez,A (2550) Saint Louis 2017}) 18.
fxe5 Nh5 19. Qh3 (19. Qf2 dxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Bg3 Nxg3+ 22. Rxg3 Bd6 $11)
19... Qxh3 20. Rxh3 Nf4 21. Rf3 Nxd3 22. cxd3 (22. Rxd3 dxe5 23. Bxe5 f5 24.
Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Bd6 Re8 $11) 22... dxe5 23. Bxe5 {The landscape has changed
radically. Instead of defending against White's attack Black will be hoping to
prove full compensation with active pieces and the bishop pair.} b4 (23... Rfe8
24. Bc7 Rd7 25. Ba5 Bf6 $11) 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Rc1 Rc8 (25... a5 26. Kg1 Rfe8
$11) 26. h3 (26. Ne2 $1 Bb5 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bc3 Bc5 29. Rg3 $14) 26... f6 27.
Bg3 (27. Na2 Bxe4 $1 28. dxe4 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 fxe5 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $11) 27...
Rfd8 28. Bf2 Bb7 29. Kh2 {Hou is a bit helpless and thus moves the king away
from the a8-h1 diagonal.} (29. Be1 Rd7 $11) 29... f5 $1 {The dynamic potential
of Black's position is substantial, now White must be careful not to lose the
extra pawn.} 30. Ra1 (30. Rxf5 Rxd3 31. Rf3 Rd2 $15) 30... fxe4 31. dxe4 Rd2
32. Nd5 Bf8 {Giri had probably started dreaming about turning the tables and
was not satisfied with a small advantage after grabbing the b2-pawn.} (32...
Rxb2 33. Nxb4 Rxb4 34. Rd1 Bxe4 35. Rf4 Rb2 36. Rxe4 Rxf2 37. Re7 $15) 33. b4 (
33. Rf1 Bxd5 34. exd5 Rxb2 35. Rd3 Rcc2 36. Bg3 Rxg2+ 37. Kh1 Rgd2 38. Re3 $11)
33... h6 34. Bc5 $6 {The old wisdom in chess suggests putting your opponent
under pressure, as even the best players may crack. The former world champion
wants to limit the pressure at the cost of a pawn.} (34. Be3 Re2 35. Rd1 Bxd5
36. exd5 Rcc2 37. Bc5 Rxg2+ 38. Kh1 $11) 34... Bxc5 35. bxc5 Rxc5 36. Rb3 {
[%mdl 4096] Black will have an extra pawn, but limited chances to hope for
more than the better side of a draw.} (36. Rfa3 Rd4 37. Rb1 Bxd5 38. exd5 a5
39. Rb7 Rdxd5 40. Ra7 $15) 36... Bxd5 37. exd5 a5 38. d6 (38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Ra8
Rdxd5 40. h4 $15) 38... Rxd6 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40. Ra8 Rdd5 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. Ra3 (
42. h4 $1 h5 43. Ra3 $11) 42... Rh5 $5 43. Ra4 Rb5 44. h4 {Both players
understood that getting the pawn to h4 would seriously help White.} (44. Ra3
Kh7 $15) 44... Rb4 45. R4xa5 Rhxh4+ 46. Kg3 Kh7 47. Ra3 (47. R5a6 Rhg4+ 48. Kh3
h5 $15) 47... h5 48. Rf7 Rh1 49. Re3 $2 {All players know the slippery feeling
when defending a worse position. The situation may not get better, but any
serious inacuracy will multiply the burden. White had to find 49.Rf4! with
excellent drawing chances.} (49. Rf4 $1 Rb2 50. Rd3 Kh6 51. Rfd4 $15) 49... h4+
$1 50. Kf2 Rbb1 51. Ree7 $6 {When it rains it pours, Hou did not realise how
difficult the defence would be in the plain rook ending.} (51. Rc7 Kh6 52. Re6+
g6 53. Rc2 Rhf1+ 54. Ke3 Kh5 $17) 51... Rhf1+ 52. Ke2 Rbe1+ 53. Kd3 (53. Kd2
Rxe7 54. Rxf1 Kg6 55. Rh1 Kg5 56. Rh3 Kg4 57. Ra3 g5 $19) 53... Rxf7 54. Rxf7 (
54. Rxe1 Rd7+ 55. Kc2 Kg6 $19) 54... Kh6 55. Kd2 (55. Ra7 g5 $19) 55... Re6 56.
Rf4 Kh5 (56... g5 57. Rf3 Kh5 58. Ra3 Re4 59. Ra2 Kg6 $19) 57. Rf7 Rg6 $1 58.
Rf2 Kg4 59. Ke1 (59. Re2 Kg3 60. Ke1 Ra6 $19) 59... Re6+ 60. Kf1 Rf6 $1 {
Transitioning to a pawn ending is mostly trivial for very strong players. The
defence becomes hopeless as it is fairly easy to force a theoretically won
position.} 61. Rxf6 gxf6 62. Kf2 (62. Kg1 h3 $19) 62... Kf4 63. Kg1 Kg3 64. Kf1
h3 65. Kg1 (65. gxh3 Kxh3 66. Kf2 Kg4 67. Ke3 f5 68. Kf2 Kf4 $19) 65... Kg4 66.
gxh3+ Kxh3 67. Kf2 Kg4 68. Kg2 Kf4 (68... Kf4 69. Kf2 f5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qc2 Qc5 10. Qa4 Qb4 11. Qd1 Be7 12. a3 Qb6 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. b4 O-O 15.
Be3 Qd8 16. Nd4 Re8 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Qd2 a5 20. Rab1 axb4 21. axb4 h6
22. f4 Bd6 23. f5 Bh7 24. Bf4 Ne5 25. Kh1 Qe7 26. Nc2 Kh8 27. b5 Rad8 28. bxc6
bxc6 29. Qe1 d4 30. Nxd4 Nxd3 31. exd3 Qxe1 32. Rbxe1 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Bxf4 34.
Nce2 c5 35. Nxf4 Rxd4 36. Rf1 Bg8 37. Kh2 Kh7 38. Rf3 Nd7 39. Kg3 Ne5 40. Re3
f6 41. Be4 Bf7 42. h4 Kg8 43. Re1 c4 44. dxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wenzhou m"]
[Site "Wenzhou"]
[Date "2017.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.08.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. h3
Rc8 16. Bg3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nh5 18. Bh2 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. d5 Bd7 21. Re1 Bf6
22. e5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Nf3 Re8 25. axb5 axb5 26. d6 Nc6 27. Rxa8 Qxa8
28. Be4 Qa4 29. Bxc6 Qxd1 30. Rxd1 Bxc6 31. d7 Rd8 32. Nxe5 Ba8 33. Rd6 Kf8 34.
f3 Ke7 35. Rb6 g5 36. Rxh6 f6 37. Rh7+ Ke6 38. Nd3 Kd6 39. h4 Rxd7 40. Rh8 Bd5
41. b4 Rg7 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. Rh6+ Kc7 44. Rf6 Bc4 45. Nc5 g4 46. Rxf4 gxf3 47.
Rxf3 Bd5 48. Rf2 Rg4 49. Rd2 Kc6 50. Nd3 Kd6 51. Kf1 Bc4 52. Kf2 Bxd3 53. Rxd3+
Ke5 54. Rb3 Kf5 55. Rf3+ Ke5 56. Rb3 Kf5 57. Kf3 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wenzhou m"]
[Site "Wenzhou"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.08.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O {The popularity of the Giuoco Piano
remains unabated, with various move-orders being refined and explored in depth.
Last year I commented on Anand-Giri, Moscow Candidates 2016 and
Karjakin-Navara, Baku olm 2016; Carlsen also mostly prefers immediate castling.
I'll follow up on my earlier notes from CBM 172 and 175 respectively.} ({
However, despite the numerous transpositional options, there can be some
differences between the text-move and} 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 {, when Black is at a
crossroads:} {In CBM 176 we analysed Topalov-So, London 2016, which went} a6 (
5... O-O {I have mentioned} 6. O-O (6. a4 a5 (6... a6 {is less committal, after
} 7. O-O d5 $5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Ba2 Qxd3 13.
a5 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nc8 16. b4 Ba7 17. Re1 {Black returned the pawn
and readily equalised with} Nd6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.
Kf1 Ne4 22. Bd5 c6 $11 {Anand,V (2786)-So,W (2812) Stavanger 2017}) 7. Bg5 h6
8. Bh4 Be7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Bg3 Nh7 11. O-O Kh8 12. Qb3 Qe8 13. Rfe1 Bf6 14. Nf1
Ng5 15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. d4 f6 18. f3 Rb8 19. Bf1 Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Bd7
21. Ree1 b5 22. axb5 Bxb5 23. Qa3 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qb5 25. Rf2 f5 26. Rd2 fxe4 27.
fxe4 Ng6 28. h3 {Karjakin,S (2773)-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis blitz 2017} Qc6
29. d5 Qb6+ 30. Bf2 Rxf2 $1 31. Rxf2 Nf4 32. Qxa5 Ne2+ 33. Kf1 Ng3+ $11) (6.
Bg5 h6 (6... d6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bh4 g5 $2 {is unlikely to be repeated, after} 9.
Nxg5 $1 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Kg7 11. Qf3 Be6 {Carlsen,M (2840)-Karjakin,S (2785) Wijk
aan Zee 2017} 12. Bd5 $1 $16 {White would have a powerful attack. For details
see the notes in CBM 177 by G.Meier.}) 7. Bh4 {is well met by} Be7 8. Bg3 (8.
Nbd2 d6 9. a4 Nh5 $5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nb8 12. Nf1 c6 13. Ne3 Na6 14. g4
Nc7 15. Nf5 d5 16. Bb3 Bf6 17. Qe2 Ne6 18. g3 Re8 19. Kf1 b6 20. Kg2 Bb7 21.
Rh2 c5 $132 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2783)-Kramnik,V (2789) Leuven rpd 2017}) 8...
d6 9. Nbd2 Na5 (9... g6 10. a3 Nh5 11. Nf1 Kh7 12. Ne3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. d4
f4 15. Nh4 Nxg3 16. Qc2+ Kh8 17. Ng6+ Kg7 18. Nxf8 Qxf8 19. fxg3 fxe3 20. Rf1
Bf6 21. Qe4 exd4 22. Bd3 Qf7 23. O-O-O e2 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qxh6+ Ke7 $13 {
Salem,A (2633)-Inarkiev,E (2727) Moscow 2017}) (9... Nh5 10. Nxe5 $5 $14) 10.
Bb5 Nh5 $1 (10... a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. Ne3 Re8 15. O-O Bf8
16. Re1 Rc8 17. Bh4 c4 18. Nd2 $1 g5 19. Bg3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. dxc4 Nf4 22.
cxb5 axb5 23. Be4 Nd3 24. Bxd3 Qxd3 {Anand,V (2783)-Le,Q (2739) Saint Louis
blitz 2017} 25. Ng4 $16) 11. O-O (11. d4 Nxg3 12. hxg3 exd4 $11 {/=/+}) 11...
Nxg3 12. hxg3 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bc2 c5 15. Re1 Be6 16. d4 Qc7 (16... exd4 $142
$1 17. cxd4 Bg4 $132) 17. d5 Bd7 18. b3 Nb7 19. Qe2 Rfc8 20. a4 c4 21. b4 a5 $6
(21... g6 $11) 22. axb5 axb4 {Anand,V (2783)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint
Louis blitz 2017} 23. b6 $1 $36) 6... d5 $5 {Last year, here an important game
went} 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 (8. Nbd2 Nb6 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4
f5 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd7 15. Bd2 a6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. c4 Na4
19. Bc1 Rad8 20. Nf1 Nc5 $17 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint
Louis blitz 2017}) 8... Nb6 9. Bb5 Ne7 10. Nxe5 c6 11. Bc4 Bd6 12. a5 $1 Bxe5 (
12... Nxc4 $5 13. Nxc4 Bc7 $44) 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Qh5 Bd6 16. Nd2
Nd5 17. Ne4 Be6 18. d4 Rfe8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bd3 Nf6 {Anton Guijarro,D (2660)
-Howell,D (2684) Minsk 2017} 21. Qf3 Bg4 22. Bf4 $1 $14 {For details see the
notes in CBM 179 by Roiz.}) ({After} 5... d6 {White can already play} 6. O-O {
without hesitation, possibly transposing into lines from our game.} (6. a4 a6
7. Bg5 {- 5...a6})) 6. a4 d6 7. Bg5 ({The bishop sortie doesn't promise White
an advantage, but} 7. O-O {is Kramnik-Navara again, after} Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3
{we transpose into our game!}) 7... Ba7 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Bh4 {So played} g5 ({
A viable alternative is} 9... Qe7 10. b4 (10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 Nd7 12. d4 h5 13.
h4 g4 14. Ne1 exd4 15. Nd3 dxc3 16. bxc3 Nce5 17. Nf4 c6 18. Ba2 Nc5 19. Nc4
Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Nd7 21. Nd3 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. a5 Be6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Rb1
Qe7 26. Qb3 O-O-O 27. Bxe5 Rh6 28. Bf4 Re6 $11 {/=/+, Demchenko,A (2645)
-Ragger,M (2656) Linares 2017}) 10... Bd7 11. Rb1 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. b5 axb5
14. axb5 Na5 15. Bd5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qf6 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Nh2 c6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20.
Ba2 Kg7 21. Ndf1 Rfb8 22. Ne3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Be6 24. Qe2 Bxa2 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26.
Qxa2 Qe6 $11 {/=/+, Salem,A (2638)-Giri,A (2775) Geneve 2017}) 10. Bg3 O-O 11.
O-O Nh7 $5 {and even later Black did well with this idea:} 12. h3 (12. Kh1 Kh8
13. b4 (13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Qb3 Bxd4 18.
Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qxa6 h5 20. f4 Rxb2 21. Rad1 h4 22. Bf2 Bg7 $36 {Swiercz,D (2647)
-Bacrot,E (2695) chess.com INT rpd 2017}) 13... f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. b5 Ne7 (
15... Na5 $142 $5) 16. bxa6 (16. Nxe5 $5 $44) 16... bxa6 17. d4 e4 18. Ne1 Bg6
19. Nc2 Nf6 20. Ne3 a5 21. Bb3 Qd7 $13 {Sethuraman,S (2619)-Yu,Y (2750) Fufeng
2017}) 12... h5 (12... Kh8 $5 13. d4 g4 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15. Be2 (15. dxe5 $5 Nxe5
16. Be2 $13) 15... Rg8 16. Kh1 Qf6 17. d5 Ne7 18. Bh4 Ng5 19. Nh2 Bc8 20. Bg4
Qg6 21. Bh5 Qg7 22. g3 Bh3 $17 {Salem,A (2656)-Ding,L (2760) Sharjah 2017}) 13.
Ne1 ({Topalov played} 13. d4) 13... g4 14. h4 Kg7 (14... Ne7 $5 $13 {[%cal
Ye7g6] /=/+}) 15. d4 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nb3 exd4 $6 (17... Nf6 $142 $1 $13 {
[%cal Yf6e4]}) 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Qf6 20. Nc2 Rae8 21. Ne3 Be4 22. Qb3 Bxd4
23. Rad1 (23. Bd5 $1 $14) 23... Bc5 $2 (23... Bxe3 24. fxe3 Qe7 $13) 24. Nd5
Bxd5 25. Rxd5 $40 {Bartel,M (2641)-Brkic,A (2569) Zurich 2016}) 4... Nf6 5. d3
O-O {In this game Giri sucessfully opposed the light-squared bishop with Be6,
but this is not a universally valid method:} (5... d6 6. c3 Be6 $6 7. Bxe6 fxe6
8. b4 Bb6 9. Nbd2 a6 10. a4 Qd7 11. Ba3 Ba7 12. b5 Na5 13. Bb4 Bb6 14. Rb1 O-O
15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 axb5 17. axb5 Rfd8 18. Qe2 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]} d5 $6 (18...
c5 19. bxc6 Nxc6 20. Bc3 $36) 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Qd5 22. Qc2 Qc4
23. Rfc1 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Rb6] Fedoseev,V (2726)-Wang Yue (2699)
Dortmund 2017 Black has no compensation for his pawn, moreover his minor
pieces are misplaced.}) 6. h3 {Ding wants to limit Black's options.} ({For} 6.
c3 d5 $5 {see above} ({Naturally Black also has the restrained} 6... d6)) 6...
d6 {This is the main alternative.} ({However, even} 6... d5 {doesn't deserve
unequivocal condemnation:} 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 (8. a4 f6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Nb3
Be7 11. Re1 Kh8 12. Bd2 Bg8 13. d4 {Carlsen,M (2832)-Karjakin,S (2781) Paris
rpd 2017} Bd6 $11) 8... Be6 $142 $5 (8... Re8 $6 9. Ng5 ({or even} 9. d4 $5 {
gives White a notable pull.})) 9. c3 (9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Bb3 f6 11. Nc4 Qd7 12.
Qe2 Rad8 13. c3 Rfe8 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Bc2 Kh8 16. Kh1 Bf5 17. Kg1 g5 18. Nh2
Nf4 $36 {Van Foreest,L (2350)-Gustafsson,J (2628) Germany 2017}) (9. Nxe5 $2
Nxe5 10. Rxe5 Bxf2+ $1 $17) 9... Bb6 10. Bb3 f6 $2 {Karjakin,S (2785)-Aronian,
L (2780) Wijk aan Zee 2017} (10... Re8 11. Ng5 Qf6 $13) 11. c4 $1 $18 {[%cal
Rc4c5]}) 7. c3 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Re1 {Ding ignores the bishop sortie and goes
for a manoeuvring struggle.} (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 ({But} 11. Nxg5 {
is unconvincing:} hxg5 12. Bxg5 Kg7 13. Qf3 Rh8 14. Nd2 Kg6 (14... Qe7 $5 {
and White must still prove his compensation.}) 15. Be3 Kg7 16. Bg5 Kg6 17. Be3
Kg7 18. Rae1 ({White wants more than repetition after} 18. Bg5) 18... Be6 $6 (
18... Bxe3 19. Qg3+ Kf8 20. fxe3 Rh6 $15) 19. Qg3+ Kf8 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Bxa7
Rxa7 22. f4 Rg8 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Fressinet,L (2672) Doha rpd 2016} 23.
Qf2 $44) 11... Nh5 12. Bh2 Nf4 (12... Ng7 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 f5
16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nc3 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Be2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qh4 21. Ne2 Nxd4
22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bxa6 Rxb2 24. Ra3 {½, Johnson,B (2269)-Gabris,V (2343)
email 2010} Nxe2 25. Bxe2 Rxf2 26. Rh3 Qg5 $11) 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14. Nbd2 Qf6 15.
Kh2 Bd7 16. a5 Kh8 17. Qe2 Rg8 18. b4 Ne7 19. Rg1 Rg7 20. Ra2 Rag8 21. Qf1 Ng6
22. Bb3 c6 $132 {Semmler,R (2212)-Mueller,A (2130) email 2011}) 9... h6 {
Giri already played this standard move in 2017.} ({Recently in St Louis Black
tested the less usual} 9... b5 $5 10. Bb3 (10. Ba2 b4 11. Bg5 (11. d4 bxc3 12.
bxc3 Re8 13. Be3 h6 14. Nbd2 Na5 15. Rb1 Be6 16. Qc2 Bxa2 17. Qxa2 Bb6 18. Qc2
Nd7 19. Qd3 Qe7 20. Rb2 Nc6 21. Qc4 Na5 22. Qd3 Nc6 {½, Karjakin,S (2773)
-Aronian,L (2809) Saint Louis 2017}) 11... Rb8 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Bc4
g5 15. Bg3 Na5 $6 (15... Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Re8 $13) 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. d4 bxc3 18.
bxc3 Nh5 19. Bh2 exd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Re3 Rb7 23. Nb3 e5 24. Nxe5
dxe5 25. Qxh5 Kh7 26. Rec3 Nxd4 27. Bxe5 Rxf2 {Harikrishna,P (2737)-Mamedyarov,
S (2800) Geneve 2017} 28. Nc5 $1 $18) 10... b4 $5 (10... h6 11. axb5 axb5 12.
Be3 Bd7 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Nbd2 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Nh5 16. Nf1 Qf6 17. Qd1 b4 18. d4
bxc3 19. bxc3 Nf4 20. Ne3 Qg6 21. Kh2 Re8 (21... exd4 22. cxd4 Nb4 $132) 22.
Ba4 $1 $14 {So,W (2810)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017}) 11. a5 Rb8 12.
Nbd2 Be6 13. Bc2 $5 (13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nc4 Qe8 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qg6 17.
Ncd2 Nh5 18. Qf1 Rb5 19. Kh2 Qh6 20. Kg1 Qg6 21. Kh2 Qh6 22. Kg1 Kh8 23. d4 Nf4
24. h4 g5 $1 25. hxg5 Qh5 26. Qc4 exd4 27. cxd4 Nxa5 {Jakovenko,D (2703)
-Aronian,L (2809) Geneve 2017} 28. Qxc7 Rxg5 29. Nxg5 Qxg5 30. Rg3 $132) (13.
Bc4 Qc8 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Nc4 Rb5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxa5 19.
Rxa5 Nxa5 20. Qa4 {½, Shankland,S (2676)-Tari,A (2593) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}
Nb7 $11) 13... h6 14. Nf1 d5 (14... b3 15. Bb1 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Be3 Bxe3
18. Nxe3 Qd6 19. Ra4 Rb5 {Anand,V (2783)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis rpd 2017
} 20. d4 $1 $13 {/+/=}) 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 b3 17. Bb1 Qd6 18. Qe2 Rbe8 19.
Ra3 f5 20. Nxe5 Bd7 (20... Bc5 $5) 21. d4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxb3 {Vachier
Lagrave,M (2791)-Aronian,L (2809) Saint Louis 2017} Bxe5 $132) ({Black has
lately faced some problems after the other main move} 9... Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11.
Nbd2 c6 (11... h6 {- 9...h6 & 10...Ne7}) 12. Bf1 (12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bc2 h6 14.
Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. d5 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Be3 Bb6 20. Rxa8
Qxa8 21. b4 Qa7 22. Qa1 Qc7 23. Bxh6 cxb4 24. Bxg7 Qxc2 25. Qxf6 {Kramnik,V 
(2808)-Carlsen,M (2832) Stavanger 2017} Bxf2+ 26. Kh2 Qc3 $14 {/~~}) 12... Re8
13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qc2 b5 15. b4 Be6 16. Nb3 Qe7 17. Bd2 h6 18. c4 Rac8 19. c5
Bb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra6 Red8 22. Na5 Qe8 23. Bc3 Nh7 24. g3 Nhf8 25. Rb6 Kh7
26. Rxb8 $1 Rxb8 27. Nxe5 $44 {/+/-, So,W (2812)-Karjakin,S (2781) Stavanger
2017}) 10. Nbd2 Be6 $5 {[%mdl 2080] Black seeks active counterplay even at the
cost of disrupting his pawn structure.} (10... Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4 Re8 13.
Bc2 Bd7 (13... b5 14. b4 Bb7 15. Bb2 Qd7 16. c4 exd4 17. cxb5 d3 18. Bxd3 Nf4
19. Bf1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. bxa6 Qf5 22. Ra3 $1 $16 {Karjakin,S (2773)
-Svidler,P (2749) Saint Louis 2017}) 14. a5 c6 (14... Bc6 $142 $5) 15. dxe5 $1
dxe5 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Nxd6 Re6 19. Rd1 Rb8 20. Kf1 Re7 21. Nc4 Rbe8
22. b3 Be6 23. Nb6 (23. Ba3 $5 $14) 23... Bxb6 24. axb6 Rd7 25. Be3 Rc8 26. c4
Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 c5 28. Ne1 {1-0 (43) Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)-So,W (2810) Saint
Louis 2017} Nf4 $1 $11) (10... Re8 11. b4 (11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 $11 {
is too soft}) 11... Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 (13. Nf1 Ne7 14. Ng3 Ng6 15. d4
Qd7 16. d5 Ree8 17. a5 c6 18. c4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Rac8 20. Qd3 Rc7 21. Bd2 Rec8
22. Nf5 Rc4 23. Rac1 Rxe4 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Qd7 $15 {
Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris blitz 2017}) 13... Qd7 ({
again leads to Karjakin-Navara, where Black's defensive task is far from
simple:} 13... d5 14. Nb3 Ne7 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. c4 Qd6 17. Nc5 $5 Bxc5 18. bxc5
Qxc5 19. Ba3 Qa5 20. d4 Ng6 21. Bb2 e4 $146 22. d5 Ree8 23. Nd2 e3 24. Rxe3
Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qc5 26. Bd4 Qe7 27. Qf5 c5 28. Bxf6 Qxe3+ 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2
gxf6 31. Rb1 Rb8 32. Ne4 Ne5 33. Nxc5 Rc8 34. Nxb7 Rxc4 35. a5 $36 {Fressinet,
L (2662)-Amin,B (2660) Sharjah 2017}) (13... Ne7 14. d4 $5 $146 ({More
energetic than} 14. Nf1) 14... Ng6 15. Bb2 c6 16. a5 Qe7 17. c4 exd4 18. Bxd4
Qc7 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. c5 $1 $36 Ra8 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. e5 $1 $16 {Areshchenko,A
(2649)-Onischuk,A (2685) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017} {/\} Nxe5 $2 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24.
Nc4) 14. Nf1 Ree8 (14... d5 15. Be3 $1 (15. Ng3 Rd8 16. Qb3 Ne7 17. c4 dxc4 18.
dxc4 Nc6 19. Bb2 Qd3 20. Qc3 a5 21. bxa5 Bc5 22. Rab1 Bb4 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 24.
Red1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Re8 $15 {Sethuraman,S (2623)-Inarkiev,E (2723) Moscow 2017}
) 15... Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Rd8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Ne7 19. c4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Ng6 21.
Ra7 $36 {Anand,V (2786)-So,W (2812) Leuven blitz 2017}) 15. Ng3 $5 (15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Nd8 17. Nc4 Ne6 18. a5 Rad8 19. Rad1 Nf4 20. Kh2 Qc6 21. Qb3 Ng6
22. Kg1 d5 23. exd5 Qxd5 24. d4 exd4 25. Rxd4 Qf5 26. Nce5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Qc8
$11 {Van Foreest,J (2551)-Tkachiev,V (2660) Stockholm 2016}) 15... a5 (15...
Ne7 16. a5 Rad8 17. c4 c6 18. Bb2 Ng6 19. d4 Bb8 20. Rad1 Qc8 21. Nf5 Bc7 22.
Rc1 Qb8 23. d5 Nf4 24. g3 Ng6 25. Qd3 {(), Chigaev,M (2531)-Sychev,K (2449)
Moscow 2017}) ({Now is maybe the right moment for} 15... d5 $5 $132) 16. b5 Ne7
17. d4 Ng6 18. Be3 Qe6 19. c4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Qe7 21. Ndf5 Qe6 22. Bxa7 Rxa7 23.
c5 $36 {Pruijssers,R (2529)-Michalik,P (2584) Germany 2014}) 11. Bxe6 {
Accepting the challenge is probably the only way to fight for an edge.} (11. b4
Nh5 12. Nf1 Qf6 13. Ne3 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Nf4 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Ng6 17. b5 axb5
18. axb5 Nce7 19. Qb3 d5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Ncd2 c6 22. d4 Qd6 $132 {Carlsen,M 
(2832)-Giri,A (2771) Stavanger 2017}) 11... fxe6 12. Nf1 (12. b4 Qe8 $5 (12...
Nh5 13. Ra2 $5 $146 (13. Nf1 Nf4 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Qf6 16. b5 Ne7 17. d4
Neg6 18. Kh2 axb5 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Nh4 21. Nxh4 Qxh4 22. Qa2 exd4 23.
cxd4 {Leko,P (2693)-Kobalia,M (2628) Tallinn blitz 2016} Qg5 24. g3 Qxb5 $11)
13... Qf6 14. Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]} b5 15. Ne3 Bb6 16. Ng4 Qe7 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3
Rab8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 Nd8 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Nf7 23. Qc2 Nf6 24. Nxf6+
Qxf6 25. Rc6 Ng5 $132 {Anand,V (2786)-Carlsen,M (2832) Stavanger 2017}) 13. Nf1
Nh5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nf4 16. Rb1 b5 17. Ra1 Qg6 18. Ng3 Qf6 19. Ne2 Ng6
20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Rf1 Rab8 22. g3 Qf7 (22... Nf4 $1 23. gxf4 Qg6+ $36) 23. Nh2 d5
24. Rf3 Qd7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kg2 Rxf3 27. Nxf3 Rf8 28. Neg1 Ra8 29. Rc1 Qd6
30. Ne1 Nge7 31. Ngf3 Ng8 32. Nc2 Nf6 33. Re1 Rf8 34. Na3 Rb8 35. Nc2 Rf8 $11 {
Karjakin,S (2773)-So,W (2810) Saint Louis 2017 This game was played one day
later than Ding Liren-Giri.}) 12... Nh5 13. Be3 $146 (13. d4 Qf6 14. Be3 Nf4
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxa7 Rxa7 18. Re3 Raa8 19. Nh2 Rf7 20. Nf3 Qc5
21. b4 Qh5 22. a5 Raf8 23. Nd4 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 e5 25. Nf5 Kh7 26. Ree1 g6 $11 {
Wen,Y (2614)-Lin,C (2526) China 2016}) (13. b4 $5 {prevents the following move,
but after} Qe8 {we are back in Karjakin-So.}) 13... a5 $5 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. d4
{Central expansion is usually laudable, but this allows the knight to f4,
where it will be a nuisance.} ({Another move deserving attention was} 15. g3 $1
{After} Qf6 16. N1d2 Qg6 17. Kh2 {[%cal Yd1e2,Ye1f1] White will first
consolidate his kingside and only then contemplate central or flank activity.
However, the position remains balanced after} Raa8 $132) 15... Qf6 16. Re3 (16.
dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxf2+ (17... Qxe5 $5 18. g3 $11) 18. Kh1 Qxf1+ 19. Rxf1
Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 Ng3+ 21. Kg1 Nxf1 22. Kxf1 dxe5 23. Rd1 $44 {/=}) 16... Nf4 {
[%csl Gf4]} 17. h4 {To prepare g3, White must soften his kingside.} Qg6 18. g3
Raa8 $5 {Even though the doubled pawns could be real weakness in the future,
Giri has sufficient trust in his piece coordination to keep his central
outpost.} ({That said, even giving up the centre with} 18... exd4 19. cxd4 Nb4
$13 ({or} 19... Ra6 $5 {is far from clear.})) 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 {
[%cal Rf4h3]} 21. f3 Rad8 22. Qc2 Nh5 23. Kh2 Rf6 24. Rd1 Rdf8 $1 {[%csl Rf3,
Rg3,Rh4] White's kingside is vulnerable, so Black retains the major pieces to
create more pressure.} 25. Rdd3 (25. Kg2 Rf4 $1 $15 {[%cal Rf4h4]}) 25... Qf7
26. Qd1 $6 {[%cal Yd1d8] White seeks play on the d-file, but it's ineffective
and the text move just loses time.} ({It was safer to huddle closer to the >>
with} 26. Qg2 {However, Black still has} g5 $5 (26... Rg6 27. Qf2 Qe7 28. Rd1 {
and} Rxg3 $6 {leads nowhere after} 29. Nxg3 Qxh4+ 30. Kg2 Nf4+ 31. Kf1 Rf6 32.
Ne2 Qh1+ 33. Qg1 Qh3+ 34. Ke1 $14) 27. hxg5 hxg5 (27... Rg6 28. Qd2 Rxg5 29.
Rd8 Nxg3 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Nxg3 Qf4 32. Qf2 Rxg3 33. Qxg3 Qxe3 34. Qxe5 Qf2+
35. Kh3 Qxf3+ 36. Kh2 $15 {/<=> should probably be enough for a draw.}) 28. Kg1
g4 29. Nh2 gxf3 30. Rxf3 Qg6 $15 {with nagging pressure.}) (26. Qf2 g5 $36)
26... Rg6 27. Qe1 {A sad necessity - active moves fail:} (27. Rd7 $2 Qf6 {
[%cal Rh5g3]} 28. Qe1 Nxg3 $1 (28... Rd8 29. Rxd8+ (29. Rxc7 $2 Nxg3 30. Nxg3
Qxh4+ 31. Kg2 Rd1 $1 32. Qxd1 Qxg3+ 33. Kf1 Qg1+ 34. Ke2 Rg2+ $19) 29... Qxd8
$11) 29. Nxg3 Qxh4+ 30. Kg2 Rg5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf8f6,Rf6g6]}) (27. Rd8 $2 Nxg3
28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Nxg3 Qf4 30. Qe1 Qxh4+ 31. Kg2 h5 32. Qf2 (32. Rd3 Qg5 $19 {
[%cal Rh5h4]}) 32... Qf4 33. Kh3 Rxg3+ 34. Qxg3 Qxe3 $17) 27... Qe7 28. Kh3 $2
{This allows a powerful sacrifice.} ({A far more resilient defence was} 28. Qf2
$142 Rxg3 $1 (28... Nf6 {[%cal Rf6g4]} 29. Qe1 Nh5 $11) (28... Nxg3 29. Nxg3
Rf4 (29... Qxh4+ 30. Kg2 {[%cal Yd3d1,Yd1h1]}) 30. Kg2 Rxh4 31. Rd1 Rh5 32. f4
(32. Rh1 Rxg3+ 33. Qxg3 Rg5 $17) 32... exf4 33. Qxf4 e5 34. Qf3 Qh4 35. Qe2 Kh7
$44) 29. Nxg3 Qxh4+ 30. Kg2 Qg5 $1 {[%cal Rf8f6,Rf6g6]} (30... Nf4+ 31. Kf1 Rf6
32. Ne2 Qh1+ 33. Qg1 Qh3+ 34. Ke1 Nxd3+ 35. Rxd3 Rxf3 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rd7 Qh4+
38. Kd2 $16) 31. Kf1 (31. Kh2 Rf4 32. Nxh5 Rh4+ 33. Qxh4 Qxh4+ 34. Kg2 Qxh5 $17
) 31... Nxg3+ 32. Ke1 Nh5 $15 (32... h5 33. Kd1 h4 34. Kc2 $132)) (28. Rd2 $2
Nxg3 $1 (28... Rxg3 $2 29. Nxg3 Qxh4+ 30. Kg1 $1 Nxg3 31. Rh2 Qf4 32. Rh3 $19)
29. Nxg3 Qxh4+ 30. Kg2 Rff6 $19 {[%cal Rg6g5,Rf6g6]}) 28... Rxg3+ $1 {[%mdl
512]} 29. Nxg3 Nf4+ 30. Kh2 (30. Kg4 $4 Qf6 {[%cal Rf6g6]} 31. h5 Qg5#) 30...
Qxh4+ 31. Kg1 Rf6 32. Rd8+ ({The K can't escape from the danger zone:} 32. Kf2
$2 Qh2+) 32... Kh7 33. Rd2 Rg6 34. Rg2 h5 $1 (34... Qh3 $2 35. Rh2 Qxg3+ 36.
Qxg3 Rxg3+ 37. Kf2 $16) 35. Rh2 {Giving up the knight prolongs the game.} (35.
Kf2 Qh3 $1 36. Qg1 h4 $19) (35. b3 Nxg2 36. Kxg2 Qg5 $19 {[%cal Rh5h4]} (36...
Qf4 37. Kh3 Rxg3+ $19)) 35... Rxg3+ 36. Kh1 Qg5 37. Qf1 h4 38. Re1 h3 39. Rd1
Qh5 $19 40. Rd7 (40. Rf2 Rg2 41. Rdd2 Qh4 42. Rc2 c5 43. b3 Kg6 $22 44. Ra2 Kg5
45. Rfc2 Qg3 $19) 40... Qxf3+ (40... Rxf3 41. Qg1 (41. Rf2 Rg3) 41... Ng2 $19)
41. Qxf3 Rxf3 {[%cal Rf3f1]} 42. Rhd2 Kh6 43. Rd8 (43. Rxc7 g5 {[%cal Rg5g2]}
44. Rdd7 Rf1+ 45. Kh2 Rf2+ 46. Kg1 Rg2+ 47. Kf1 (47. Kh1 Nh5 $1 $19) 47... Kh5
$19) 43... Kh5 44. Rh8+ Kg4 45. Rd1 Ne2 (45... Ne2 46. Rg8 g5 47. Rgd8 Rf2 48.
R8d2 Kh4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Wenzhou m"]
[Site "Wenzhou"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.08.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qe2 a5 13. Rd1 Ba6 14. Qf3 Qc8 15.
Bg5 c5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bd5 Rb8 18. c4 Rb6 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. Nb3 Be7 21. Nc1 Bc8
22. Nd3 Rg6 23. Qe3 h5 24. b3 h4 25. Ra2 Bd6 26. f3 Qe7 27. Rf2 Qg5 28. Qxg5
Rxg5 29. Re1 Re8 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ree2 f6 32. Ke1 Ke7 33. Kd1 Kd7 34. Kc2 Kc7
35. Re1 Re7 36. Ree2 Rh5 37. Re1 Rh8 38. Rfe2 g6 39. Kd2 Kb6 40. Kc2 Rc7 41.
Rf2 Re7 42. Rfe2 Rhe8 43. Kd2 Rh7 44. Kc2 Bf8 45. Rf2 Bh6 46. Rfe2 Bg5 47. Kd1
Ree7 48. Rg1 Rh5 49. Ke1 Bf4 50. Rh1 g5 51. h3 Rh8 52. Kd1 Rd8 53. Kc2 f5 54.
Nxf4 gxf4 55. Rd1 fxe4 56. Bxe4 Rd4 57. Rxd4 exd4 58. Kd2 Kc7 59. Re1 Kd6 60.
Re2 Re5 61. Re1 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wenzhou m"]
[Site "Wenzhou"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.08.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. d3 e5 5. a3 a5 6. b5 Ne7 7. e3 dxe3 8. fxe3 Nf5
9. g4 Nd6 10. Rg1 Be6 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. d4 e4 13. Nh4 f5 14. Ng2 fxg4 15. c5 Nf7
16. Nd2 Be7 17. Nxe4 a4 18. Bb2 Bb3 19. Qe2 h5 20. Nd2 Bh4+ 21. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 22.
Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Ng5 24. Bg2 O-O+ 25. Ke2 Nf3 26. Bxf3 gxf3+ 27. Kd3 Ra5 28.
Bc3 Rxb5 29. Bb4 c6 30. Raf1 b6 31. Nxb3 axb3 32. cxb6 Rf7 33. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Ne7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qd3 Rb8 12. b3 c5 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Rad1 Nc6
15. Ne4 f6 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. Rxd7 Ne5 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Be3 Nd7
21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. Rd5 Kf7 23. Bh3 Ke7 24. Bxc5+ Nxc5 25. Rxc5 Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Kd6
27. Ra5 Ra8 28. c5+ Ke7 29. Bg4 a6 30. Bf3 Ra7 31. b4 Rc1 32. Bc6 Rc4 33. a3
Rc3 34. f4 g5 35. fxg5 fxg5 36. Kf2 Kd8 37. Ke1 Re3 38. b5 Re6 39. Bd5 Rh6 40.
c6 Rf6 41. bxa6 Ke7 42. Be4 h6 43. h3 Re6 44. Bd5 Re3 45. Kf2 Rc3 46. Be4 Ke6
47. a4 Ra3 48. h4 gxh4 49. gxh4 Kf6 50. Bd3 Kg7 51. Rd5 Rxa4 52. Rd7+ Kf6 53.
Kg3 Ra3 54. Kg4 Ra4+ 55. Kh5 Ra5+ 56. Kxh6 Rc5 57. Rg7 Rh5+ 58. Kxh5 Kxg7 59.
Kg5 Ra8 60. h5 Rd8 61. h6+ Kf8 62. a7 Ra8 63. Kf6 Kg8 64. h7+ Kh8 65. Ke7 Rxa7
66. Kd7 Kg7 67. Kc8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. b3 cxb3 8. Qxb3
e5 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Qc4 Bd6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Ne6 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Be4 O-O 16. Qc2 h6 17. d3 Rb8 18. Be3 a5 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bc5 Rb8 21. Ba7
Ra8 22. Bc5 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Bf6 10. Re2 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2
d6 15. a4 a6 16. c3 Qd7 17. a5 b5 18. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Bg5 Qa5 13. a3 Rfe8 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 h6 17. Qf4 d5 18. g4 Qd8 19. Be2 Qg5 20. Qxg5
hxg5 21. Bf3 Kf8 22. Bxd5 Bxg4 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rg1 Bf5 25. Rxg5 g6 26. Bc4
Re1+ 27. Kd2 Rh1 28. Bd3 Rxh2 29. Ke3 Rh3+ 30. f3 Bxd3 31. cxd3 b6 32. b4 cxb4
33. axb4 Ke7 34. b5 Rh1 35. c4 Re1+ 36. Kf4 Ke6 37. Rg2 Ra1 38. Re2+ Kd6 39.
Kg5 a6 40. bxa6 Rxa6 41. Kf6 Ra5 42. Kxf7 Rf5+ 43. Kxg6 Rxf3 44. d4 Rc3 45. c5+
bxc5 46. dxc5+ Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3
Nc6 9. Qd2 Ne5 10. Be2 b5 11. a4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. O-O O-O 14. b4 cxb3 15.
cxb3 Bb7 16. b4 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. Bf2 Ne5 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. b5 Nc4 21. Qe2
Bh6 22. Ra1 e6 23. Nb3 Qe7 24. Nd4 Rfe8 25. Rab1 Qg5 26. bxa6 Bxa6 27. Ncb5
Red8 28. h4 Qe7 29. Nc2 Rd7 30. Nb4 Bb7 31. Na7 Rcc7 32. Nb5 Rc8 33. Na7 Rcc7
34. Nb5 Rc8 35. Na7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Be3 c6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Rfe1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. h3
O-O 15. b3 Be6 16. Bf4 Bf5 17. Re2 d5 18. Ne5 Bb4 19. Qe3 Re8 20. a3 Bf8 21.
Bh2 Bh7 22. Qd2 Qa5 23. Qe1 c5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. b4 Qc8 26. Rd1 a5 27. Na4 Ra6
28. bxa5 Rae6 29. Nb6 Qc5 30. Qb4 Qxc2 31. Rxc2 Bxb4 32. axb4 Bxc2 33. Rd2 Bb3
34. f4 Rxb6 35. axb6 Re6 36. Rb2 Bc4 37. Kf2 Rxb6 38. Ke3 Ra6 39. Kd4 Bf1 40.
f5 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O g6 8.
Re1 Bg7 9. a4 O-O 10. h3 Nc5 11. Bf1 Bd7 12. a5 Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 b5 15.
b4 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Nd5 g5 18. Bg3 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Bxa1 21. c4
bxc4 22. Rxc4 e6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxd6 Rec8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Bc5 Rc6 27. Bb6
Rc1 28. b5 axb5 29. a6 Be5 30. a7 Ra1 31. f4 gxf4 32. Kf2 b4 33. Bc4 Kg7 34.
Ke2 Kf6 35. Bd8+ Kg7 36. Bb6 Kf6 37. Bd8+ Kg6 38. Bb6 Bc3 39. Kf3 Bd2 40. Bb5
Be3 41. Bc6 Bxb6 42. a8=Q Rxa8 43. Bxa8 f5 44. Bc6 b3 45. Ba4 b2 46. Bc2 Bc7
47. Ke2 e5 48. Kd3 e4+ 49. Kd4 Be5+ 50. Kxe5 e3 51. Bxf5+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. f3 c5 12. Ng3 h5 13. Rb1 b6 14. Kh1 Qc7 15.
Qe1 c4 16. Bc2 Nb3 17. Qf2 Qe7 18. Re1 Nxc1 19. Rbxc1 Qxa3 20. h3 Kf8 21. e4 h4
22. Nf1 dxe4 23. fxe4 Bb7 24. Qxh4 Bxe4 25. Ng3 Bxc2 26. Qh8+ Ng8 27. Nh5 Re4
28. Qxg7+ Ke7 29. Rxe4+ Bxe4 30. Re1 Qxc3 31. Rxe4+ Kd6 32. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 h6
9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Nf1 Ree8 15.
Ng3 b5 16. Qc2 d5 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Bd2 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qe6 20. Rec1 Qc4 21. Be1
Bb6 22. Nd2 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 24. Nf3 bxa4 25. Rxa4 a5 26. Kf1 axb4 27. cxb4
Nd4 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 29. f3 g6 30. Ke2 Rdd8 31. Bd2 h5 32. Bg5 Rd6 33. Bxf6 Rxf6
34. Nf1 Rd6 35. Nd2 Red8 36. Ra2 Rb8 37. Rcc2 Bd4 38. Ra4 Bb6 39. Rca2 Rc6 40.
Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Rc8 13. c4 g6 14. Rac1 Ne8
15. Qd2 Ng7 16. Na5 Nf5 17. Nxb7 Qc7 18. Na5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bg5 20. b4 Qb6 21.
Rf3 f5 22. Nc6 f4 23. Qc2 fxe3 24. Rg3 Bh4 25. Rxg6+ Kh8 26. Rxd6 Nf6 27. g3
Qc7 28. Re6 Bxg3 29. hxg3 Qg7 30. Bf3 e2 31. g4 Nxd5 32. Qxe2 Nf4 33. Qxe5 Nxe6
34. Qxe6 Rce8 35. Qd5 Rf4 36. Rf1 Re3 37. Qd8+ Rf8 38. Qd5 Rf4 39. Rf2 Re1+ 40.
Kh2 Qh6+ 41. Kg2 Qh4 42. Qd7 Rxc4 43. Qc8+ Kg7 44. Qd7+ Kh8 45. Nd4 h5 46. Rf1
hxg4 47. Bxg4 Rxf1 48. Kxf1 Qf6+ 49. Nf3 Rxb4 50. Qc8+ Kg7 51. Qc7+ Kh6 52.
Qh2+ Kg7 53. Qc7+ Kh6 54. Qc1+ Kg7 55. Qd1 Rxg4 56. Qd7+ Kf8 57. Qc8+ Ke7 58.
Qxg4 Qa1+ 59. Kg2 Qxa2+ 60. Kg3 Qe6 61. Qg7+ Kd6 62. Qa7 Qg6+ 63. Kf4 Qf6+ 64.
Ke3 Qc3+ 65. Ke4 Qb4+ 66. Nd4 Qe1+ 67. Kd3 Qd1+ 68. Kc3 Qa1+ 69. Kc2 Qa2+ 70.
Kd3 Qb1+ 71. Ke3 Qg1+ 72. Kd2 Qf2+ 73. Kc3 Qe1+ 74. Kb2 Qb4+ 75. Nb3 a5 76.
Qa6+ Kc7 77. Qxa5+ Qxa5 78. Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Nbd2
Ng6 9. Re1 c6 10. Bb3 Bb6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. d4 d5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. Bf4 Re6 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nf5 Nc5 20. Nd4 Rg6 21. Be3
Ne4 22. Qh5 Qc7 23. Rad1 Re8 24. f4 f6 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Qf3 Ne4 27. g4 Rf6 28.
f5 Rff8 29. Qg2 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 g6 31. c4 b6 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Re3 Qf7 34. Rf1 h6
35. b3 Kh7 36. fxg6+ Qxg6 37. Ref3 Rxf3 38. Qxf3 Ng5 39. Qxd5 Nxh3+ 40. Kh2 Ng5
41. Qd7+ Kg8 42. Rf5 Rf8 43. Qd5+ Ne6 44. Be3 Rf7 45. Qf3 Ng5 46. Bxg5 hxg5 47.
Qd5 Qh6+ 48. Kg2 Qf8 49. Rxg5+ Kh8 50. Qe5+ Rg7 51. Qxg7+ Qxg7 52. Rxg7 Kxg7
53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Kf4 Kg6 55. g5 Kg7 56. Kf5 Kf7 57. g6+ Kg7 58. Kg5 Kg8 59. Kf6
Kf8 60. g7+ Kg8 61. Kg6 b5 62. b4 a6 63. a3 a5 64. bxa5 b4 65. a6 bxa3 66. a7
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Sethuraman,SP"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After the second crazy game where I had a thousand ways to win and I didn't,
it was really painful not to have finished the match and having to enter the
tiebreaks. Even more was losing the first game in the tiebreaks from a decent
position with the black pieces. So I was all charged up for the second one!} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {The Najdorf was a surprise
to me from Anish since I thought he would shift gear and play 1...e5 as he
required only a draw to win the match. Nevertheless it is quite understandable
that Anish wants to stick to his plans and his preparation.} 6. h3 (6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd3 {happened in the second classical game.}) 6... e6
7. g4 Nfd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 $5 {A forgotten line. Anand played
this interesting idea way back in 2014! So I thought it's time to employ it
again and revive it.} Nde5 11. g5 Bd7 12. Nxc6 $1 (12. f4 Nc4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 $1)
12... Bxc6 (12... bxc6 13. Qe2 $1) 13. Qd4 $1 {An improvement over the game of
Anand-Topalov just restricting the knight on e5 and preparing to castle long.}
(13. b3 f5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 fxe4 17. O-O-O d5 18. Nxe4 Ba3+ 19.
Kb1 Qe7 20. Nf2 Bc5 21. Qg3 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 O-O 23. Qd4 Rf5 24. Rde1 Raf8 25.
Rhf1 $14 {1-0 (57) Anand,V (2770)-Topalov,V (2785) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 13...
O-O 14. O-O-O {I was very happy with the outcome of the opening. White is
clearly better here with a very strong attack coming!} b5 15. f4 Nc4 16. Kb1 e5
(16... Rc8 17. Bc1 $16) (16... Nxe3 17. Qxe3 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. h5 $16) 17. Qd3
exf4 (17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 exf4 19. Qxf4 {and Black is just doomed to passivity.
}) 18. Bxf4 Re8 19. Qg3 Qa5 20. Bc1 b4 21. Ne2 (21. Nd5 $142 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qc7
23. h5 $16) 21... Rab8 (21... Qe5 $142 22. Qd3 $1 (22. Nf4 Rab8 $1 {[%cal
Gc4a3]} 23. Ka1 a5) 22... Bb5 23. Qf3 $16 {[%csl Rb5]}) 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. h5 Qe5
24. Bf4 Qc5 25. Rhf1 (25. Bh3 $142 $1) 25... Rec8 26. Rf2 $1 {Safety first!
Now White's attack is just unstoppable.} (26. g6 fxg6 27. hxg6 Bf6) 26... a5
27. Bc1 (27. Nf5 $5 {I didn't consider this move during the game but let me
just give some amazing inhuman lines to bear witness to the beauty of chess!}
Bxf5 28. exf5 Na3+ 29. bxa3 bxa3+ 30. Ka1 Rb2 31. Bd5 Rxc2 (31... Rcb8 32. Rff1
$1 Qb4 33. Bb3 a4 34. f6 axb3 35. axb3 Bf8 (35... Qc5 36. Rd2 $1) 36. g6 $18)
32. Rff1 (32. Rxc2 Qxc2 33. Qb3 Qxf5) 32... h6 $3 {An amazing resource from
the computer!} 33. f6 hxg5 34. fxe7 gxf4 35. Qb3 (35. Qd3 Rc3 36. Qe4 Re3 37.
e8=Q+ Rxe8 38. Qc4 Qxc4 39. Bxc4 R8e4 $13) 35... Re8 $3 36. Bxf7+ Kh8 37. Bd5
a4 38. Qd3 Rxe7 $132) (27. Bf1 $1 {trying to exchange the active knight on c4
which is creating counterplay for Black is the simplest way to increase the
advantage:} Na3+ (27... a4 28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29. g6 $16) 28. Ka1 $18) 27... a4 28.
g6 fxg6 29. hxg6 h5 $4 (29... Qh5 $1 {I completely missed this strong resource
and my opponent as well - it could have made things difficult} 30. gxh7+ Kh8
31. Bf3 Qe5 $14 {/+/-}) 30. Bh3 $1 Bxh3 31. Qxh3 Qe5 32. Rf5 Qxe4 33. Rxh5 Na3+
34. Ka1 {It was nice to finally win a game and level the score in this
mini-match but Anish proved far superior in the 10 min tiebreaks and snatched
the victory away from me.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Ne5 Rc8
15. Nxc5 Rxc5 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bg2 a5 19. Rfd1 Rac7 20. Qc3 Qf6
21. Rd6 Qe5 22. Rad1 Nf6 23. e4 Qh5 24. h3 Qg6 25. e5 Ne4 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Qe3
f5 28. exf6 Nxf6 29. Qxe6 c3 30. bxc3 Rxc3 31. R1d4 h5 32. Be4 Nxe4 33. Rh8+
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. a4
d6 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Bg3 g6 11. d4 Bf6 12. d5 Ne7 13. Qc2 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
Rd1 Kg7 16. O-O Nxg3 17. hxg3 h5 18. Rfe1 Ng8 19. b4 Nh6 20. b5 cxb5 21. axb5
Qc7 22. Bd5 Rb8 23. c4 Rxb5 24. Ra1 Rb8 25. Nb1 Ng4 26. Nc3 a6 27. Reb1 Bd8 28.
Rxb8 Qxb8 29. Rb1 Qa7 30. Na4 Bd7 31. Nb2 Nxf2 32. c5 Ng4 33. Nd3 Bb5 34. Rc1
Bxd3 35. Qxd3 Bb6 36. Qe2 Bxc5+ 37. Kh1 Nf2+ 38. Kh2 Ng4+ 39. Kh1 a5 40. Rb1
Nf2+ 41. Kh2 Ng4+ 42. Kh1 Rb8 43. Rf1 Nf2+ 44. Kh2 Ng4+ 45. Kh1 Ne3 46. Ng5
Nxf1 47. Qxf1 Qe7 48. Qc1 Ba3 49. Qd2 Rb2 50. Qe3 Rb1+ 51. Kh2 Bc5 52. Qf3 Bg1+
53. Kh3 Be3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05] Giri,A: 'Everybody still remembers
the King's Gambit game that Carlsen won, and I think there is no doubt Magnus
wants to keep his 100% score there, so...'} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00] Giri,A: '!'}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06] It seems as if the Berlin has been replaced by the Petroff
as everyone's favourite drawing weapon at the World Cup 2017.} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:
02:01]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 5.
Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 6. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxd7 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} (7... Qh4 $5 {
has lost its popularity nowadays, though my Dutch teammate Jan Smeets (I am
still in Olympiad mode...) tried it against Tiviakov in Corus 2010.}) 8. Qh5 $5
{[%emt 0:00:16] This queen sortie looks very weird. What exactly are we doing?
Attacking the d5-pawn. Why can it not be just defended with ...c6?} ({Giri,A:
'Statistically the main move'} 8. c4 {is considered to be the main variation.})
8... Qf6 {[%emt 0:02:32] Anish tried to recollect his move and made it. He has
already played two games before with this move. And he has annotated
Carlsen-Wang,Y 2010, in which 8...Nf6 was played.} (8... c6 9. Nd2 (9. Bxe4
dxe4 10. Nd2 {might be something to look into for White.}) (9. Nc3 $5 Nf6 10.
Re1+ Kf8 $13) 9... Nf6 10. Re1+ Kf8 11. Qh4 $14) ({This was annotated by Anish
Giri in detail. Reproduced here is the opening phase of the game.} 8... Nf6 {
Giri,A: 'The d-pawn was attacked, but now'} 9. Re1+ {Giri,A: 'The point. Now
Black has a choice'} Kf8 {Giri,A: 'Strange looking, but main. Black trusts his
better development and hopes it will compensate for the uncomfortable position
of the king. After this game though, I think this trust may be weakened.'} (
9... Be7 {is more solid, but still, life is not so easy after let's say} 10.
Qe2 Be6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. f4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 {and Tiviakov
got some (practical) advantage against Socko this year. In the game Black
managed to escape.}) 10. Qe2 {Giri,A: '!'} (10. Qh4 {is played more often, but
Black has a simple way to equalise:} Ng4 $1 {and White has to change the
queens. The resulting endgame is dead equal.}) 10... Ng4 {Giri,A: 'Perhaps
this logical move, which was also considered to be main, is a bit
over-optimistic after all..'} ({The solid} 10... c6 $5 {deserves attention and
should be studied by those who are interested. Still after the critical} 11.
Nd2 Qc7 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Qe3 $1 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 15. Kf1 Bd6 16. Bg5 {
played twice by Sutovsky - maybe not without reason... Life isn't that simple.}
) 11. h3 Qh4 12. Qf3 Bh2+ (12... Nf6 {is mainstream and more solid, but I
believe after} 13. Nc3 c6 14. Ne2 {Black has no attack, but a little bit
uncomfortable king, so White should be slightly better with no risk.}) 13. Kf1
Nxf2 {Giri,A: 'The whole operation is conducted in the spirit of the position,
with the white queenside still undevelopped, but in fact the black pieces are
also not perfect with the rook on h8 and the king on f8, eager to swap places.'
} 14. Qxf2 Bg3 15. Qd2 Qf6+ 16. Kg1 Bxe1 17. Qxe1 Qxd4+ 18. Kh2 Re8 19. Qg3 Qe5
{Giri,A: 'Leads to a lost endgame, which though at first sight seems
interesting for Black. However there was already no way back, because if White
develops, the position is just lost for Black.'} 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21. Bf4 {
Giri,A: '!'} Re1 22. Bxc7 {Giri,A: 'Here I first thought that the computer
doesn't understand that his queenside is stuck, but then I realized that in
fact the threat is Ba5-d2 followed by Be2 kicking out or winning the rook.'} a6
{Giri,A: 'Only try. Black wants to change the potentially dangerous d3 bishop,
but White has a logical antidote:'} 23. Ba5 Rd1 24. a4 {Giri,A: '!'} Ke7 25.
Bd2 Rc8 26. c3 {Giri,A: '!'} d4 27. c4 g6 28. Be2 {1-0 (38) Carlsen,M (2826)
-Wang,Y (2732) Nanjing 2010}) 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:37:50] Ivanchuk thought for over
half an hour at the board and found this new move.} (9. Qxd5 Bc6 10. Qh5 Qxd4
$11) 9... O-O-O $6 {[%emt 0:34:01] Anish was in a fighting mood and goes for
0-0-0. But objectively this was not the best.} (9... Bf5 $5 $11 {This might
have been a better option.} 10. f3 g6 11. Qh6 Bf8 12. Qf4 Bd6 $11) 10. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:06:15] A strong human move. I call it human because Qxd5 is the one
that computers would prefer.} (10. Qxd5 $5 {was now possible, Ivanchuk must
have thought that the bishop on c6 will be dangerous in future.} Bc6 11. Qh5
$16 {[%cal Gc6g2] Objectively this would have been the best. White is a pawn
up and there is nothing much that Black can do here.}) 10... Nxc3 {[%emt 0:12:
47]} 11. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:09][%cal Ga1b1,Gb1b7,Ge3g5] White is better here.
Mainly he has the b-file open towards the black king and also threats like Bg5
are in the air.} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:02:24]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:
53]} 13. Bd2 {[%emt 0:14:04]} Qg8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 14. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:04]
Ivanchuk makes logical moves and mounts the pressure. Both his rooks are on
open files and if he can open up the position in the centre whenever he wants
to with c4.} Kb8 {[%emt 0:09:50]} 15. h3 $6 {[%emt 0:06:46] This move is not
in the spirit of the position.} (15. Qf3 $1 b6 16. Ba6 Bc8 17. Bxc8 Kxc8 18. a4
Kb8 19. c4 dxc4 20. a5 $14 {with a strong attack coming up.}) 15... b6 {
[%emt 0:01:34]} (15... Bc8 $5) 16. Ba6 {[%emt 0:02:07]} g5 {[%emt 0:05:10]} 17.
Qf3 $2 {[%emt 0:05:40]} (17. c4 $5 {looks tricky} dxc4 18. Qf3 Bc8 $5 {Black
should be fine} (18... c6 19. Qxf6 $16) 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. a4 g4 {This comes in
time to create counterplay against White's king.} 21. hxg4 h5 22. gxh5 (22. a5
hxg4 23. Qc6 Qh7 $17 {Black is faster.}) 22... Qh7 $132) 17... g4 $1 {[%emt 0:
03:01] Anish finds the best way to create play.} 18. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxg4
{[%emt 0:03:37]} 19. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 20. Qh4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} h5 $6 {[%emt 0:01:59]} (20... Qg6 21. Bd3 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23.
Re2 Rhg8 {[%cal Gf8f2,Gg8g2]} 24. Rbe1 Kb7 $17 {Black has a great position,
all his pieces are aiming towards White's king, whereas Black's king is safe.})
(20... Rf5 $1 {is also very strong with the threat of Rh5.} 21. Be2 Bxe2 22.
Rxe2 Qg6 $17) 21. Bg5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:02:18]} (21... Qg6 {
was strong. The idea is ...Rhg8 with powerful attack. White must do something
about it.} 22. Bd3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Re2 Kb7 $15) 22. Re3 {[%emt 0:05:08]}
Bc8 $6 {[%emt 0:10:36] Exchanging the strong a6 bishop seems logical but it
turns out to be in White's favour. He doesn't have to worry any more about his
king.} (22... Bf5 $1 {was good, at some point this bishop can come on e4
stopping white's rooks in their tracks.} 23. Rbe1 Rg7 24. f4 Be4 {this is the
point of Black's ...Bf5 move.} 25. g3 Qf7 $11 {The game is still on.}) 23. Bxc8
{[%emt 0:01:56]} Kxc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Rbe1 {[%emt 0:01:48] White is
consolidating. Soon he would be a pawn up for no compensation. Black has to
hurry up.} Qg6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 25. Be7 {[%emt 0:05:07]} Bxe7 {[%emt 0:03:06]}
26. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxc2 $2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} (26... Kb7 27. Qh2 Rxe7 28.
Rxe7 Rc8 $13 {gives Black good drawing chances.}) 27. Qg3 $1 {[%emt 0:02:16]
This strong move gives White a huge advantage.} Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. Rxe7
{[%emt 0:00:04] A queen exchange becomes mandatory in order to avoid getting
checkmated.} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]
} 30. f3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} (30. Qxf4 Rxf4 31. Kg3 $18 {was more accurate.})
30... a5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 31. Re5 $2 {[%emt 0:02:53]} (31. Rh7 $1 $16 {was
strong and now it's difficult for Black to protect the h-pawn}) (31. Qxf4 Rxf4
32. Re5 $16 {was also good for White.}) 31... Qf7 $6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} (31...
Qd2 $1 {would have given Black a great hope to fight on equal terms.} 32. Re7
Qxc3 $11) 32. Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Rxh5 $2 {[%emt 0:
00:37]} a4 $6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} (33... Qf4+ $1 34. Qg3 Qd2 $1 {Black has
excellent counterplay.} 35. Rh7 Rc8 $17) 34. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qf4+ $2 {
[%emt 0:01:32] Anish makes quite a big mistake. From here his position is
irreparable.} (34... Qe8 $13) 35. Qg3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:01] Now ...Qd2 is no
longer possible because of the c7-pawn falling.} a3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Qxf4 {
[%emt 0:01:06]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:
10]} 38. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rh6+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} 39. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:12]}
Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 40. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 41. f5 {
[%emt 0:03:14] White's pawns are just too fast. Ivanchuk's opening idea with
Be3 was new, but not very dangerous if Giri would have replied with ...Bf5.
But the way Anish played in the game gave Vassily a clear advantge.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
a6 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Re1 Ne5 12. b3 c5 13. Nf3 Nfg4 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Bb2 Nc6 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Rad1 Bg4 18. f3 Be6 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Bxb2 21.
Rxb2 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nd4 23. f4 a5 24. Kf2 f6 25. h4 Re7 26. g4 h6 27. Ke3 f5 28.
Kd3 fxg4 29. e5 Kg7 30. Re4 Nf5 31. Kc4 Ra6 32. a3 h5 33. Ree2 Nd4 34. Re4 b5+
35. Kc3 b4+ 36. Kc4 bxa3 37. Ra2 Rb7 38. Rxa3 Nf5 39. Kc3 Rab6 40. Bf1 g3 41.
Bh3 Nd4 42. Kd2 Nxb3+ 43. Kd3 Nd4 44. exd6 Rxd6 45. Kc4 Rb4+ 46. Kxc5 Rdb6 47.
Rxd4 R6b5+ 48. Kc6 Rb6+ 49. Kc5 R6b5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Fjolnir"]
[BlackTeam "Globus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 g6 14. O-O-O Bg7
15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Nd2 f5 17. g4 hxg4 18. fxg4 e4 19. Qa3 Qc7 20. Rc1 Rh3 21. gxf5
gxf5 22. Rhg1 Be5 23. Rg6 Nf6 24. Rh6 Rxh6 25. Bxh6 Qh7 26. Bg5 Nxd5 27. Qb3
Rc5 28. c4 e3 29. Ne4 fxe4 30. cxd5 e2 31. Qe3 Rxc1+ 32. Kxc1 Qxh2 33. Kd2 Qg2
34. b3 Bb2 35. Bh4 e1=B+ 36. Kxe1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Globus"]
[BlackTeam "Baia Mare"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2
f5 15. Nf2 a5 16. c4 Nb4 17. Rhc1 c5 18. Be3 a4 19. g4 g6 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Bd2
Nc6 22. Nd3 Rg8 23. Rg1 Rxg1 24. Rxg1 Kf7 25. Be3 Ra5 26. h4 h5 27. Kd2 Be7 28.
Kc3 Nd8 29. Rd1 Ke8 30. Ne1 Nc6 31. Nd3 Nd8 32. Rg1 Kf7 33. Bf2 Nc6 34. Rh1 Kf8
35. Rb1 Ke8 36. Rd1 Nd8 37. Rg1 Kf7 38. Ne1 Nc6 39. Nf3 a3 40. b3 Nb4 41. Ra1
Ra6 42. Kd2 Ke8 43. Ke2 Nc2 44. Rc1 Nb4 45. Ra1 Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.10"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "Globus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. a4 Rfc8 13. h3 h6 14. Nc1 Bd8 15.
N1e2 Qb8 16. Ng3 Ba5 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Rb1 Nb6 19. b4 Nc4 20. Bc1 Bb6 21. a5 Ba7
22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Rb3 b6 24. Nf5 Nxd5 25. Nxh6+ gxh6 26. exd5 Bd7 27. Bh5 Qh4 28.
Rg3+ Kh8 29. Qf3 f5 30. Rg6 bxa5 31. Rxh6+ Kg7 32. Rg6+ Kh7 33. Rh6+ Kg7 34.
Rg6+ Kh7 35. Rh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Podlesnik, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Globus"]
[BlackTeam "Gambit Aseko See"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 e5
9. Nbd2 Re8 10. a4 Bf8 11. Nc4 h6 12. a5 Be6 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Bd2 Rab8 15. b4
Bh3 16. b5 Nd8 17. b6 a6 18. Qxd7 Bxd7 19. Nh4 g5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Nd7 22.
f4 f6 23. h4 gxh4 24. gxh4 Nc6 25. Bd5+ Kh7 26. Be6 Red8 27. Ne3 Ne7 28. Nd5
Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Bg7 30. Kf2 Rh8 31. Rg1 Rhe8 32. Rae1 Re7 33. Kf3 Nf8 34. Kg4 Rd8
35. Kh5 Red7 36. Rg2 Re7 37. fxe5 dxe5 38. c4 Rdd7 39. Reg1 Rd8 40. Be3 Rc8 41.
Bxh6 Bxh6 42. Bg8+ Kh8 43. Kxh6 Nd7 44. Rg7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.12"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Globus"]
[BlackTeam "Odlar Yurdu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a6 9. a4 Re8 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 d5 17. g3 Qd7 18. Kh2 Rd8 19. c4 c6 20. Rab1 Ree8 21. Rbd1
Qe6 22. a5 Rd7 23. Nd2 dxe4 24. dxe4 Red8 25. Nb3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1 27. Nxd1
Qd6 28. c5 Qe6 29. Ne3 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxb3 31. Nf5 Qe6 32. Nd6 Ne7 33. Nxb7 Qd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.13"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Globus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. dxc5
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Rac1 Ba7 13. Ng5 Rfd8 14. Nce4
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Be8 16. Be1 Rxd1 17. Bxd1 Ne5 18. Be2 Bc6 19. Bc3 Bxe4 20. Bxe5
f6 21. Bc3 Bd5 22. a3 Rc8 23. Kf1 Kf7 24. Bd2 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 e5 26. Bd2 Ke6 27.
h4 Bc5 28. Bc3 b5 29. Bd1 g6 30. g3 h6 31. Ke2 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. g4 Bg2 34.
Bc2 e4 35. Bb3+ Ke7 36. Bd5 Bf3+ 37. Kd2 Bxg4 38. Bxe4 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Globus"]
[BlackTeam "Legacy Square Capital"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Be6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. Nf4 Nc8 13. f3 h5 14. h4
Bd6 15. Nce2 Bd7 16. Kf2 Ne7 17. Ng3 Bxf4 18. exf4 O-O-O 19. Rhe1 Rde8 20. Re3
Kd8 21. Rae1 a6 22. b4 Nc8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. a4 Bd7 25. a5 Nd6 26. f5 Bc8 27.
Re2 Kc7 28. Ke3 b6 29. axb6+ Kxb6 30. Kf4 a5 31. bxa5+ Kxa5 32. Re7 Rg8 33.
Nxh5 Rxg2 34. Nxf6 Rd2 35. Re3 Nc4 36. Bxc4 dxc4 37. h5 Kb4 38. h6 Rh2 39. h7
c3 40. Kg5 c2 41. Re1 Kb3 42. Rc1 Bd7 43. Nh5 f6+ 44. Nxf6 Be8 45. Nxe8 Rxh7
46. f6 Kb2 47. Rxc2+ Kxc2 48. Kg6 Rh3 49. f4 Rg3+ 50. Kf5 Rg8 51. f7 Rf8 52.
Kg6 Kd3 53. Kg7 Rxf7+ 54. Kxf7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. Bg2
h5 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qd2 Nf8 13. a5 N8h7 14. Be3 h4 15.
gxh4 Nf8 16. f4 Rxh4 17. Ng3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ng6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Nxf4 21.
Rxf4 Rxf4 22. Qxf4 b5 23. Qh4 Rc5 24. Re1 Re5 25. Qh8+ Bf8 26. Bc6+ Ke7 27. Qh4
Qxa5 28. Nd5+ Kd8 29. b4 Qa2 30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. Qxf6+ Kc7 33.
Qxe5+ Kxc6 34. Qe8+ Kc7 35. Qxf8 Qb1+ 36. Kf2 Qxc2+ 37. Ke3 Qc3+ 38. Kf4 Qd2+
39. Ke5 Qb2+ 40. Kd5 Qd2+ 41. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3
Nbd7 (8... cxd4 {is Black's main reply to the retreat of White's bishop to d3.}
) 9. a4 c4 {A double-edged move. Black releases the pressure on White's centre
but obtains a queenside pawn advantage, which can become a serious trump.} (
9... cxd4 $6 {is not good now due to} 10. axb5) (9... b4 {yields White the b3-
and c4-squares, and he gets comfortable play after} 10. Nbd2) (9... bxa4 $5 {
is rarely played but deserves serious attention.}) 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. e4 (11. b3
cxb3 12. Bxb3 b4 (12... Be7 $5 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Bb2 bxa4 15. Bxa4 Nb6 16. Bc2
Nbd5 17. Rfc1 Nb4 18. Bb3 a5 19. Ne5 Ba6 20. Ndc4 Bd6 21. Qd1 Bc7 {1/2 (21)
Moiseenko,A (2618)-Markowski,T (2610) Plovdiv 2003}) 13. Nbd2 Be7 14. a5 O-O
15. Bb2 Qb8 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. Bc4 h6 18. e4 Qa7 19. Bd3 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21.
Nb3 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Qa8 23. Nfd2 Qc8 $11 {1-0 (44) Kotanjian,T (2545)
-Karpatchev,A (2445) Beirut 2014}) (11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. b3 (13.
Nbd2 $6 Be7 14. e4 O-O 15. Re1 Rd8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 Nb4 $15 {0-1 (60)
Kupchik,A-Capablanca,J New York,NY 1913}) 13... cxb3 14. Bxb3 Be7 15. Qxb5 Bxf3
16. gxf3 Qxf3 17. Nd2 Qg4+ 18. Kh1 O-O $11 {1/2 (29) Jurka,M (2358)-Velicka,P 
(2464) Czechia 2000}) 11... Be7 (11... Qc7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. Bg5
(14. d5 $5) 14... Be7 15. Nbd2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd4 Qc5 18. Nf5 $14 {
1-0 (39) Byrne,R-Rossetto,H Santa Fe 1961}) 12. Nc3 (12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. e5 Nd5
14. Ne4 Nb4 15. Bb1 Qc6 16. Re1 Nb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. Bg5 Bf8
$13 {0-1 (42) Euwe,M-Przepiorka,D The Hague 1928}) (12. Rd1 O-O 13. Nbd2 Qc7
14. Nf1 Rfe8 15. Ng3 b4 $132 {1-0 (39) Shimanov,A (2519)-Wallner,J (2269)
Oberwart 2010}) (12. Bg5 O-O 13. Nbd2 h6 (13... Re8 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ne4 f5 {
1-0 (40) Epishin,V (2430)-Graf,A (2415) Tashkent 1987} 16. Nd6 $16) 14. Bh4 Nh5
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qe3 e5 17. h3 Rfc8 $11 {1/2 (45) Jussupow,A (2640)-Salov,V 
(2655) Paris 1992}) 12... b4 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. bxc3 Bxf3 {[%mdl 32]
The simplest way to equalise. White's knight is a dangerous piece so it is
useful for Black to get rid of it.} 16. Qxf3 Nd5 (16... O-O 17. Rb1 (17. Bf4
Nd5 {[%cal Ye7d6]}) 17... Rb8 18. Bf4 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Qa8 20. Qb7 Nd5 21. Qxa8
Rxa8 22. Bd2 Bd6 23. Kf1 Rb8 $11 {1/2 (28) Szabo,V (2276)-Khan,V (2137)
Lechenicher SchachServer 2014}) 17. a5 O-O 18. Qh3 f5 {Black's e6-pawn now
becomes weak. However, the weakness of White's c3-pawn is sufficient
compensation for that defect.} (18... g6 $2 {loses an exchange after} 19. Bh6
Re8 20. Ba4) 19. Re1 Rf6 (19... Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Ba4 $36) 20. Bg5 Rg6 21.
Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Qf3 Nd5 23. Re5 Rf6 24. g3 Rb8 25. Bd1 (25. Rae1 Qd6 $11) 25...
Qc8 $132 (25... Qd6 26. Be2 Qc6 27. Qg2 {[%cal Yg2f1,Ye2f3]}) 26. h4 Rb5 {
Black starts a wrong idea.} (26... Rb2 $142 $132) 27. Kh2 {White creates a
threat that Black overlooks.} h6 $2 (27... Rb2 $132 28. Ba4 $6 Rd2 {[%cal
Rd2d3]}) 28. Ba4 $1 Rb8 (28... Rxa5 $2 29. Bd7 $1 {, and the a1 rook can't be
taken with a check!}) (28... Rb2 29. Rae1 {[%cal Re5e6]}) 29. Rae1 {The
positioning of Black's pieces (especially the queen) is very unfortunate, and
he has no good defence.} Kh8 (29... Kh7 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Qxf5+ Rg6 32. Bd7 Qf8
33. h5 $18) 30. Kg2 (30. Rxd5 $1 exd5 31. Re8+ Qxe8 32. Bxe8 Rxe8 33. Qxd5 Rc8
34. h5 {and White must win due to his passed pawn and Black's numerous
weaknesses (a6, c4, f5). However, Anish Giri prefers not to hurry.}) 30... Ra8
31. Kg1 Rb8 32. Kh2 Ra8 33. Bc2 $6 {That was the last moment for} (33. Rxd5)
33... Qd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] An expected blunder.} (33... g6 {was quite possible,
with a stubborn defence.}) 34. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 35. Qxf5 g6 36. Qxe6 Qxe6 37. Rxe6
Nxc3 38. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Na5 Rc8 15.
Nd5 {White is more or less forced to justify his knight move to a5 with a pawn
sacrifice.} (15. Nb7 Qc7 16. Na5 Rfe8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxa5
20. Bd3 g6 21. c4 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Rhe1 Rc5 24. Qd4 Rxg5 25. Qxf4 b4 26.
Be4 Kg7 27. Bc6 Rg2 28. Bxe8 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 (63) Szelag,M (2461)-Jakubowski,K 
(2508) Dzwirzyno 2004} 29. Rxd6 $16) 15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18.
c4 {[%mdl 4] It seems very logical to exploit the misplaced nature of the
black pieces on a5 and h5.The downside of the operation lies in the fact, that
White is weakening the paan cover of his king on the queenside.} (18. Bh3 Rc4
19. Bg4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Qb7 Bxg5 22. Rxd6 e4 23. Qd5 Bf6 $17 {0-1 (35)
Moradi,B (2195)-Darini,P (2527) Hamedan 2016}) 18... Nf4 (18... Rb8 19. Bd3 g6
20. h4 (20. Rc1 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. cxb5 axb5 23. h4 Ra8 24. Bxb5 Rab8 25. a4
Rbc8 26. h5 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Qd8 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bd3 {1-0 (29) Ponomariov,R 
(2721)-Almagro Mazariegos,S (2311) Villarrobledo 2006}) 20... Qb4 21. Bd2 Qc5
22. Qxc5 dxc5 23. Rhe1 f6 24. f4 Rbd8 25. Ba5 Rd4 26. fxe5 fxg5 27. cxb5 Nf4
28. Bf1 axb5 $11 {1-0 (49) Sokolov,A (2580)-King,D (2535) Switzerland 1997})
19. Bxf4 exf4 20. cxb5 {Good old Nimzowitsch insisted that often the threat is
stronger than its execution. The slightly more challenging move 20.h4 has to
be treated with care, but the chances would remain balanced.} (20. h4 Qa4 (
20... Rc5 21. Qd4 Rd8 (21... bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rfc8 23. Bb3 Bf8 24. Qxf4 Rf5 25.
Qe4 Rcc5 26. Qa8 Qc7 27. Qxa6 Rxf3 {1-0 (31) Guennigmann,M (2133)-Antipov,M 
(2208) Moscow 2009} 28. Rhf1 $16) 22. Qxf4 d5 $11) 21. b3 Qb4 22. Bd3 bxc4 23.
Qe4 g6 24. Bxc4 Qc3 25. Rc1 Qe5 26. Rhe1 Rfe8 27. Qxe5 dxe5 28. Rxe5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 (47) Kryvoruchko,Y (2693)-Van Wely,L (2674) Monzon 2016}) (20. Bd3 g6
21. cxb5 axb5 22. h4 Rc5 23. Qe4 Ra8 24. a3 Bf8 25. Qxf4 Bg7 26. Qb4 Qb6 27.
Be4 Ra4 28. Qb3 $11 {1-0 (35) Predein,V (2386)-Ivanov,S (2003) Izhevsk 2014})
20... axb5 21. h4 {Very few players would be brave enough to contemplate
taking on b5 as it opens up access to the white king.} (21. Qxb5 $6 Qc7 22. Bd3
Rb8 23. Qc4 Qb6 24. b3 Bxg5 $15) 21... Rc5 22. Qb3 {Leko prefers a cautious
retreat as the ctralisation of the queen loses control of the a2-square.} (22.
Qd4 Ra8 23. a3 Qa7 24. Bd3 b4 $17) 22... d5 23. Be2 (23. Rh2 Rfc8 24. a3 $11)
23... Rd8 {In our times the computer knows best and indeed the suggestion of
improvement with 23...b4! could indeed create some problems for White.} (23...
b4 $1 24. Rhe1 Rfc8 25. Bd3 Bf8 $15) 24. Rd4 Qb6 (24... Qc7 25. Bxb5 f6 $1 $11)
25. Rhd1 h6 {Giri manages to activate his kingside and compensate for the
pressure against his pawns on b5 and d5.} 26. Rxf4 (26. Rxd5 $2 Qg6+ $1 27.
R5d3 hxg5 $15) 26... hxg5 27. hxg5 Bxg5 28. Rb4 Rdc8 {Silicon engine brain
prefers ...Qc7, but Black is doing fine with normal active moves.} (28... Qc7
29. a3 g6 30. Bxb5 Qh2 $11) 29. a3 Rc1+ 30. Ka2 Qf2 31. Bxb5 Rxd1 {Black has
missed the most exact move with 31...Be7, but the fight terminated with a draw
by agreement just after 30 move rule.} (31... Be7 $142 $1 32. Bd7 Bxb4 33. Bxc8
Rxd1 34. Qxd1 Bxa3 35. Kxa3 Qa7+ $11) (31... Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Rd8 33. Bd3 $14)
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. c4 Rd8 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 16. Rac1 a5 17. a4 Be8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. c5 bxc5
21. Nxc5 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Bxc5 24. Nd6 Bxa4 25. Nb7 Bb4 26. Bc7 Bb5
27. Bxa5 Bxa5 28. Nxa5 e5 29. e3 Kf8 30. Bc6 Bd3 31. Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. a3 a5 8. d3 Nge7
9. Bd2 O-O 10. Rb1 Be6 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. Nb5 f5 13. Nf3 h6 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
b6 16. Ne1 Be6 17. Nc2 Rb8 18. Nc3 Kh8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rxb8 Qxb8 21. Na3 Qa7
22. Nab5 Qd7 23. Qa4 Rb8 24. Qa6 Qd8 25. Bxc6 Rb6 26. Qa8 Rb8 27. Ra1 Rxa8 28.
Rxa8 Bc8 29. Bg2 Kh7 30. Nd5 Nc6 31. h4 e4 32. dxe4 Qd7 33. Nb6 Qb7 34. Rxc8
Qxb6 35. exf5 Nd4 36. fxg6+ Kxg6 37. Be4+ Kf7 38. Rc7+ Kg8 39. Ra7 d5 40. Bxd5+
Kh7 41. Be4+ Kg8 42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. Bd5+ Kg6 44. Re8 Bf6 45. h5+ Kh7 46. Nxd4
cxd4 47. Bf4 Bg5 48. Re6 Qb1+ 49. Kg2 Qd1 50. Bxg5 hxg5 51. h6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 c6 11. Bf4 Nac4 12. b3 Bxc3 13. bxc4 Bxa1 14. Qxa1
Nxc4 15. Bh6 f6 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Bf1 Nd6 20. Rxc6
Rc8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. e5 Nf7 23. exf6 exf6 24. h4 Kg7 25. Ng5 Nxg5 26. hxg5 Qd8
27. Qb2 Kf7 28. gxf6 Qxf6 29. Qb7+ Qe7 30. Qf3+ Kg8 31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. Qe4 Qd7
33. Qe5+ Kf7 34. Qf4+ Kg8 35. a4 a5 36. Bc4 Bxc4 37. Qxc4+ Qf7 38. Qc8+ Qf8 39.
Qe6+ Qf7 40. Qc8+ Qf8 41. Qc4+ Qf7 42. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 (6. c3 {is the most
common continuation.}) 6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 h6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11.
a4 $146 {The new move in the game. This is a typical move in the Archangelsk
System, because White would like to create a target on b5.} (11. Nf1 {is the
most straightforward continuation.}) 11... b4 (11... Rb8) ({and} 11... Bb7 {
are also natural replies.}) 12. d4 bxc3 13. bxc3 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15. Re3 $5 {
An original idea to come with the rook to the 3rd rank.} (15. Ba3 {was also an
interesting option.}) 15... Ng6 16. h3 a5 17. Qc2 (17. e5 $5 {was more
ambitious,} dxe5 18. Nxe5 ({but not} 18. dxe5 Nd5 {.}) 18... Qxd4 19. Bb2 $1 {
What a smart move!} Qxd2 (19... Qxb2 20. Ndc4 {and the queen is trapped.}) 20.
Nxg6 $44 {with good compensation for the pawn.}) 17... Nf4 18. Nf1 Be6 (18...
d5 $5 {is also possible,} 19. e5 N6h5 $13 {and Black's knights are strong on
the kingside.}) 19. d5 Bd7 20. Bb2 Bc5 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Rb8 23. Nc6 {
White changes the structure.} ({The solid} 23. Rc3 {kept the tension and
continued the pressure on c7.}) 23... Bxc6 24. dxc6 (24. Qxc6 $2 {is bad,
because of} Rxb3 $1 25. Rxb3 Ne2+ 26. Kh2 Nd4 27. Qc3 Nxb3 28. Qxb3 Nxe4 $17 {
and Black is a clear pawn up.}) 24... Qe7 (24... Re8 $5) 25. Rae1 Qe5 26. Nd2
Rfe8 27. Nf3 Qc5 $1 {The right move!} 28. Qxc5 $6 {After this exchange Black's
pawn structure seems weak. On the other hand, just the black c-pawn will be
strong, and the white pawns c6 and a4 are weaker.} ({White should have played} 
28. Qd2 $1 {to keep the queens, for example:} Rb4 29. e5 dxe5 30. Qa2 $132 {
with a complicated position.}) 28... dxc5 29. e5 N6d5 30. Bxd5 Nxd5 31. Rd3 Nf4
32. Rc3 $6 {Too passive.} (32. Rd7 {would be better,} Ne6 33. Nd2 {and still
White has some chances to survive.}) 32... Red8 $1 {Now both black rooks gain
the opened files.} 33. g3 (33. Rxc5 $2 Nd3 $19) 33... Ne6 ({The greedy} 33...
Nxh3+ $2 {is a mistake, as} 34. Kg2 Ng5 35. Nxg5 hxg5 36. Rxc5 $14 {and now
Black has to fight for the draw.}) 34. Rc2 Rb4 35. Ra1 Rd3 36. Ne1 Rd5 37. Rca2
(37. f4 Rb3 38. Kf2 g5 $19 {and White will lose some of his pawns.}) 37... c4
38. Nc2 Rb3 39. Ne3 Rc5 40. Rd1 c3 41. Kg2 Rxc6 42. Rc2 Rb2 43. Rxb2 cxb2 44.
Rb1 Rb6 45. Nd1 (45. Nc4 $2 {could have been met by} Rb4 46. Nxb2 c5 $19 {
followed by ...c4-c3.}) 45... Rb4 46. Rxb2 Rxa4 47. f4 Rb4 48. Ra2 ({In the
event of} 48. Rc2 a4 49. f5 Nd4 50. Rxc7 Nxf5 $19 {should be winning too.})
48... a4 49. Nc3 Nc5 50. Nd5 Rb3 $1 $19 {The most accurate move, Black is
already winning.} 51. Rc2 (51. Nxc7 a3 52. Nd5 Ne4 $19 {is also hopeless for
White.}) 51... Ne4 52. Rc4 Rb2+ 53. Kg1 a3 $1 54. Rxe4 a2 55. Ra4 c5 $1 {
Black doesn't have to hurry with ...Rb1, so first he saves his c-pawn.} 56.
Ra8+ Kh7 57. f5 Rb1+ 58. Kf2 a1=Q 59. Rxa1 Rxa1 60. e6 fxe6 61. fxe6 Kg8 62. h4
Rd1 63. Nb6 Kf8 64. Nd7+ Rxd7 65. exd7 Ke7 {Nice victory by Giri!} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Solak, Dragan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. f3
g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. g4 Be6 14. Qd2 Nb6 15.
b3 c5 16. Rad1 c4 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qd6 19. Rb1 Rfc8 20. Qd2 cxb3 21. axb3
Qb4 22. Rfc1 Rc7 23. Rc2 Rac8 24. Na2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 a5 26. e3 h5 27. h3 hxg4
28. hxg4 f5 29. g5 f4 30. exf4 Bf5 31. Ra1 Rc2 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. Bf1 Rd2 34.
Nc3 Rxd4 35. Rxa5 Rxf4 36. Rb5 Rxf3 37. Ne2 Nd7 38. Bg2 Rd3 39. Bxd5+ e6 40.
Bc4 Rd1+ 41. Kf2 Kf8 42. b4 Ke7 43. Rb7 Kd8 44. Bb5 Ne5 45. Ng3 Rd4 46. Be2
Nd3+ 47. Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 (6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5
8. Bg3 b5 {is the sharper main line in the Moscow Variation.}) 6... Qxf6 7. e3
g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 dxc4 (10... dxe4 {is another possibility.}) 11.
Bxc4 Qd8 (11... Nd7 {is more common.}) 12. e5 c5 {Black immediately attacks
White's centre. He has the bishop pair, so he wants to open the position.} 13.
dxc5 Nd7 14. Qe2 Nxc5 15. Rfd1 ({3 years ago Giri had a game with} 15. Rad1 {,}
Qe7 16. Rd6 b6 17. Rfd1 Nb7 18. R6d2 Na5 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Be4 Rad8 21. Rd6 Bxe4
22. Nxe4 Nb7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {Bacrot-Giri, Linares 2014; with an equal
position; later Black managed to win.}) 15... Qe7 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nd6 a5 $6
$146 {A novelty, but this is a dubious move, because he weakens the light
squares.} (17... Bc6 {was important,} 18. Nd4 Qg5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. b4 $1 (20.
Re1 $6 {is dubious, as} Nd7 21. Qe4 Nxe5 22. f4 Nf3+ $1 23. Kh1 Qc5 24. Qxf3
Qxd6 $17 {Lupulescu-Mamedyarov, Baku 2016; and Black looks nicely placed.})
20... Na4 21. Re1 Nc3 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Nd5 $11 {with an equal position.})
18. Qe3 b6 19. Nd4 Rad8 20. Rd2 f6 $5 {White is very active, so Black tries to
complicate the position. Nevertheless White already has an advantage.} 21. Nb3
fxe5 ({In the event of} 21... Nxb3 22. Qxb3 fxe5 (22... Rb8 $2 {could have
been met by the brilliant} 23. Nf5 $3 gxf5 24. Rxd7 $1 $18 {and White is
winning.}) 23. Qxb6 $16) 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Qxc5 Rf4 24. Qc7 {Threatening Bxe6.}
({The immediate} 24. Qxa5 $16 {was also better for White.}) 24... Kf8 25. Qxa5
Rd4 26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Ne4 d3 (27... Kg8 28. Nc5 $16 {is also unpleasant for
Black.}) 28. Rd1 $1 {The most accurate reply.} Bc6 (28... Bxb2 {is also
hopeless, because of} 29. Rxd3 $18) 29. Nc5 Bd5 30. b3 $1 {A safe and a good
move.} ({The greedy} 30. Rxd3 $6 {could have been met by} Rc8 $1 31. Bxd5 Qxc5
32. Qxc5+ Rxc5 33. Bf3 Bxb2 {still Black has some chances to survive.}) 30...
Bd4 31. Nxd3 Be4 {Black keeps the bishop pair and tries to create some threats.
} 32. Qe1 $1 {A professional move, White protects everything and avoids
Black's threats.} Bf5 33. g3 ({Probably} 33. Ne5 $1 $18 {was stronger, as
suggested by the engine.}) 33... Qa7 34. Qe2 Kg7 ({Even} 34... h5 $5 {gave the
best practical chance.}) 35. g4 $1 $18 {Another strong move, White forces the
exchange of part of the bishop pair.} Bxd3 36. Bxd3 (36. Rxd3 $1 {was more
accurate, for example:} Rf8 37. Qxe6 $1 Bxf2+ ({or} 37... Rxf2 38. Qg8+ Kf6 39.
Qh8+ $18 {wins.}) 38. Kg2 $18 {and Black has to resign.}) 36... Rf8 37. Rf1 e5
38. Kg2 Qb6 39. Be4 Rf7 40. Qd2 ({The immediate} 40. f3 $18 {was also fine.})
40... Rf4 41. f3 Rf7 42. Rb1 {Prepares for a4.} Be3 43. Qc3 Bf4 44. Qc6 {
The best practical move to exchange the queens.} Qxc6 45. Bxc6 Rc7 46. Be4 Rd7
47. Rb2 {White has to defend against ...Rd2.} h5 48. h4 Rd2+ 49. Rxd2 Bxd2 {
White is two pawns up; moreover they are connected passed pawns on the
queenside, so Black has no chance to survive.} 50. Kf2 {Otherwise ...Be1.} Bb4
51. g5 $1 {As the principle says: In opposite coloured bishop endgames the
stronger side has to fix the pawns on the same colour as that of the opposing
bishop.} Kf7 52. a4 Ba5 53. Ke2 Bb4 54. Kd3 {White has to sacrifice the
h4-pawn.} Be1 55. Kc4 Bxh4 56. a5 Bxg5 {White has sacrificed his g- and h-pawn
to advance his queenside pawns.} 57. a6 (57. b4 $18) 57... Be3 58. Kd5 h4 59.
Bd3 h3 60. Bf1 h2 61. Bg2 Kf6 62. b4 Kf5 63. Kc6 Kf4 64. b5 Kg3 65. Bh1 Kf2 66.
b6 Kg1 67. a7 Kxh1 68. a8=Q Kg2 69. b7 h1=Q 70. b8=Q Bf4 71. Qc8 {A smart
solution.} Qc1+ ({There is a nice way of winning after} 71... Kxf3 {,} 72. Kc5+
e4 73. Qxe4+ $1 Kxe4 74. Qc6+ $18 {.}) 72. Kd7 Qd2+ 73. Ke8 g5 74. Qg4+ Kf2 75.
Qa1 {A nice victory by Lenic!} 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 {A rare continuation, to which
Black replies with a new plan.} Nc6 (5... Be7 {or}) (5... d5 {are usually
played. The latter line can lead to a theoretical position from the classical
Queen's Gambit with 5.Bf4:} 6. e3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O) 6. Nc3 Ne7 $5 7. h3 Nf5 8. d5
{Standard but unsuccessful here.} (8. Qd3 $5 {[%cal Ye2e4]} Bd6 9. Bd2 Bxf3 10.
gxf3 c5 $5) 8... Bd6 9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. O-O-O Re8 $11 {Black has
comfortably developed his pieces.} 12. e3 {A risky continuation. White's
doubled pawns can be a serious defect in the future.} Bxf4 13. exf4 Ne7 14. Bc4
b5 $1 15. Bb3 a5 16. Nxb5 a4 17. Bc2 Nexd5 18. Rhe1 d6 19. Nfd4 Rxe1 (19... g6
$5 20. f5 Qd7) 20. Rxe1 Nb6 21. Nf5 Qd7 22. Nc3 Re8 23. g4 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 g6
25. Ng3 (25. g5 $5 $13) 25... Nfd5 26. f5 Nxc3 27. Qxc3 Qd8 28. Kb1 Bg2 29. f4
d5 $6 {[%mdl 16384] The advance of the d-pawn doesn't bring Black any profit.}
(29... Qh4 $132 30. g5 (30. f6 Nd5) (30. fxg6 hxg6 31. f5 Qxh3 32. fxg6 fxg6
33. Qe3 Qxg4 34. Qe8+ $11) 30... Nd5 31. Qe1 Qxf4 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. f6+ Nxf6 34.
gxf6+ Qxf6 35. Qe3 Bc6 $13) 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. f5 d4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A losing
blunder.} (31... Qd6 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. h4 $36) 32. Qd2 {[%cal Rd2g2,Rf5g6]} d3
33. Qxg2 Qd4 $6 (33... dxc2+ 34. Qxc2 {, and White must gradually convert his
extra pawn. But anyway, that was better than giving up a piece.}) 34. Bd1 Nc4
35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Qb7 $1 Nd2+ 37. Ka2 Qc4+ 38. b3 Qc1 39. Qd5+ (39. bxa4 {
was even more accurate:} Qxd1 40. Qc8+ Kg7 41. Qxc7+ Kh6 42. Qf4+ Kh7 43. Qf7+
Kh6 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qe7+ Kg8 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qxd3 $18) 39... Kg7 40. Qd7+ Kf8
41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qd7+ Kf8 43. Qxd3 Qxd1 44. bxa4 c5 (44... Qe1 45. Ne2 $18) 45.
Ne4 $1 Nxe4 46. Qxd1 Nc3+ 47. Kb3 Nxd1 {[%mdl 4096] White's pawns easily
defeat Black's knight.} 48. a5 Ne3 49. a6 c4+ 50. Kc3 Nd5+ 51. Kxc4 Nc7 52. a7
g5 53. Kc5 Ke7 54. Kc6 Na8 55. Kd5 $1 Kf6 56. Kd6 Kf7 57. Ke5 Kg6 58. Ke6 Nb6
59. a4 Na8 60. a5 Kg7 61. Kf5 Kh6 62. Kf6 (62. Kf6 Nc7 63. Ke7 Kg6 64. Kd7 Na8
65. Kc8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 Be7 {This has always been Maxime's choice.} ({He tried} 9... Nbd7 {
only once, against Caruana in 2011}) 10. Bf2 {This retreat was the reason
Black stayed away from 7...h6 for many years. Recent developments, however,
showed that Black's position is quite playable.} ({Another Caruana-MVL battle,
Sinquefield Cup, 2017, saw Fabiano's innovation} 10. Qd3) 10... Qc7 11. Qf3
Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 ({One of the first games that brought this line
into the spotlight was the battle between the same players in Norway Chess,
2016. Maxime played the thematic} 13... g5 {Anish countered with} 14. h4 gxf4
15. Be2 {but hesitated at the critical moment after} Rg8 {Everybody agreed} ({
Later the same year Caruana-Nakamura, London Classic 2016, saw} 15... b4 16.
axb4 Ne5 17. Qxf4 Nexg4 18. Bxg4 e5 {and here Fabiano's brilliant find} 19.
Qxf6 $3 {brought him a great victory.}) 16. g5 {leading to a crushing attack
for White in many lines, for example} ({instead of} 16. Rdg1 $2 {which allowed
Maxime to strike first with} d5 $1) 16... hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxg5 18. Rh8+ Rg8 19.
Rxg8+ Nxg8 20. Qg2 Ngf6 21. e5 Bb7 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qg6+ Kd8 24. exf6 Nxf6 25.
Bd4 $18) 14. h4 ({The poisonous little move} 14. Bg2 {brought White success in
another high-profile game, Nakamura-Vachier Lagrave, London Classic, 2016.
It's amazing how the top players of today are willing to play the same
positions with either colour. there is no emotional attachment to "my moves".
They'll play anything as long as it works!} Rc8 15. Kb1 g5 ({the line} 15... g6
16. Rhe1 e5 17. h4 $3 exd4 18. Bxd4 {illustrates well how powerful White's
attack can be.}) 16. Qh3 $1 Nc5 17. Rhe1 h5 18. Nf5 $1 {and Hikaru broke
through.}) 14... Nc5 ({There's another one for you:} 14... d5 15. e5 Ne4 {
Caruana-Vachier Lagrave, Grenke 2017.}) 15. Bd3 h5 16. g5 Ng4 {It is important
for Black to put at least a temporary hold on White's offensive. The knight on
g4 accomplishes that, but Giri won't hesitate to remove the obstacle.} 17. Rhg1
$5 (17. f5 {seems thematic, but, in reality, it's Black who may take over the
initiative after} Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 O-O 19. Kb1 d5 $1 20. exd5 b4 21. axb4 Bxb4
22. Rc1 Qb6) 17... g6 ({Now} 17... Nxd3+ {will be answered by} 18. Rxd3 {
because the e5-square is still under White's control.}) 18. Rxg4 hxg4 19. Qxg4
{Black faces no mean task to keep his king safe. Castling short right into
White's pawn storm is not recommended, and f4-f5 is in the air.} e5 $5 {
Probably, the best move.} ({Oh, I almost forgot to mention} 19... O-O-O $2 20.
Nd5 $18) 20. Nf3 Rc8 ({It seems logical to bring the queen closer, but after} 
20... Qd7 21. Qg3 Qe6 22. Nd5 Rc8 23. Kb1 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qf5 26.
fxe5 {White gets the second pawn and may be able to to keep his edge in the
endgame:} dxe5 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 Bd6 29. Nc6 {etc.}) 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Kb1
$1 ({The tempting} 22. Nxe5 $6 Qxe5 23. Bd4 {gets turned back by} Bxg5+ $1 (
23... Qxd4 24. Bxb5+ axb5 25. Rxd4 Ne6 26. Rd2 (26. Rd3 Rxh4 $1) 26... b4 27.
axb4 Bxb4 28. e5 Bxc3 29. bxc3 {is OK for Black, but White isn't worse.}) 24.
hxg5 Nxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Rh1+ 26. Kd2 Qh2+ 27. Ne2 Qh4 {where White is forced to
trade queens to try to survive the bad ending.}) 22... Rd8 23. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 24.
exd5 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 O-O {Up to this point Anish played a nearly perfect game.}
26. h5 $6 {Just a bit too eager.} ({Instead, he had} 26. Bg3 Bd6 (26... Qc4 27.
Nxe5 Qxg4 28. Nxg4 $16) 27. Nd2 {where the threat of occupying f6 with that
knight compels Black to open up his king:} f6 28. gxf6 Rxf6 29. h5 {Defending
this one would have been extremely difficult, if not outright impossible.})
26... Qc4 $1 {Now MVL can breathe a sigh of relief.} 27. Qh3 Qc8 28. Qxc8 Rxc8
29. Nxe5 Bxg5 30. d6 Bf4 31. d7 {Seeing an equal endgame coming up after White
gets the exchange back, the players agreed to a draw. What a great battle.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. b3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Qxe4 Bb4 16. Rf1 Bd6 17. Ne5 f5 18. Qf3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bc5 20. Bc3 a5 21.
Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {These days White is having a nice
streak of success in the Anti-Grünfeld setups.} 5. d3 ({Also, the immediate} 
5. h4 {has been seen a lot lately.}) 5... Bg7 6. Bd2 O-O 7. g3 c5 {I'm not a
big fan of this move here. For one thing, this is not a developing move. If
you look at the similar position with reversed colours, Black is doing quite
well with this ...Bd7 and ...Qc8 thing, and here with an extra tempo White can
really cause problems for the black king.} ({Both} 7... Nc6 8. Bg2 Nb6) ({and} 
7... e5 8. Bg2 Ne7 {seem more suitable to meet White's h2-h4 offensive.}) 8. h4
$1 {Officially, a novelty. I mentioned in my previous reports how Aronian's
opening preparation blends with his style of play. Levon seems to be getting
his kind of positions nearly every time he has White.} Nc6 ({Surrendering the
g5-square is unpleasant:} 8... h5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Ng5 Nc7 {and now White can
even try} 11. Bxc6 $5) (8... h6 {on the other hand, gives White a tempo} 9. Qc1
Kh7 10. h5 g5 11. Bg2 {and how does Black protect his c5-pawn now?}) (8... Bg4
$5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Qa4 Nf6 {may be Black's best option. At least, he's well
mobilised, as can be seen from a sample line} 11. Be3 Rc8 $1 12. Bxc5 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Ne5) 9. h5 Nxc3 ({I wonder if Black can get away with} 9... b6 10. hxg6
hxg6 11. Bg2 (11. Qa4 Nd4) 11... Bb7 12. Ne4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 {or some such
play.}) 10. bxc3 c4 $1 {An interesting concept from Anish. Too bad he didn't
follow through on his ideas a couple of moves later.} 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Qa4 {
Aronian is very good in setting his opponents up with positional riddles.} ({
The immediate} 12. d4 {allows Black to strike in the centre with} e5 {and
there's d4-d5 in reply to it.}) 12... Na5 $2 {That's exactly what Levon hoped
to see.} ({The principled reply} 12... cxd3 {was most likely turned down
because of} 13. Qh4 {Indeed, this had to be the idea behind White's previous
move. It takes a lot of nerve to dismiss the other guy's ideas when he happens
to be the World's #2. Still,} f6 $1 {was fully playable. Never mind the danger
to the king: we're destroying White's centre! The most direct attacking line,}
14. Bh6 (14. exd3 {meets with} Kf7 $1 {and Black is ready to counter on the
h-file, while his light-squared bishop covers the king from e6. You know what?
White may be worse here.}) 14... Qa5 15. Qc4+ Rf7 16. Bxg7 {is countered by a
nice shot} Be6 $1 ({Anyway, from the theoretical point of view even} 16... Kxg7
17. Rh7+ Kxh7 18. Qxf7+ Kh6 {is good enough, because White is forced to give a
perpetual.}) 17. Bxf6 $5 exf6 18. Qxd3 Bf5 19. Qd2 Rd8 20. Qb2 Re7 {It looks
like Black has a lot of compensation for a pawn.}) 13. d4 $1 {Now, as the
black knight has moved away from the centre, Aronian stakes his claim in the
middle of the board.} b6 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Qc2 {If Black could only have his
c-pawn back on c5, he would have had a normal Grünfeld. As it is, he has no
counterplay to speak of.} Qd5 16. Nh4 Qd7 17. e4 e5 18. d5 Bc8 {Giri just
cleared the b7-square for his knight, but he won't be given the time to
complete his manoeuvring.} 19. f4 $1 Qe7 (19... exf4 20. gxf4 Nb7 21. Be3 $1
Nc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Bf3 {followed by e4-e5 and, of course, Qh2 is decisive.})
({or} 19... Nb7 20. Be3 Qd6 21. Nf3 exf4 22. gxf4 Nc5 23. e5 Bf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5
25. exd6 Bxc3+ 26. Ke2 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Rfe8 28. Ne5 $18) 20. f5 $1 {The most
energetic.} g5 21. Qd1 $3 {Levon is in the zone!} gxh4 22. Rxh4 Rd8 (22... f6
23. Qh5 Rf7 24. Qg6 {and White only needs to bring the other rook to the
h-file to force resignation.}) 23. Qh5 Kf8 (23... Qd6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Bh6 Bxh6
26. Rxh6 $18) 24. Rg4 $6 {This is the one and only slip-up from Aronian in
this brilliant game.} ({The somewhat counter-intuitive} 24. Qg4 $1 {would wrap
it up soon:} Bf6 25. Rh7 Ke8 26. Bh6 Nb7 (26... Kd7 27. Qh5) 27. Qg8+ Kd7 28.
Qxf7 Qxf7 29. Rxf7+ Be7 30. f6 {etc.}) 24... Bf6 $2 {Very unfortunate.} ({
Anish had a chance to put up stiff resistance:} 24... Qd6 $1 {I can only
assume Levon planned to sacrifice more:} 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Kf2 Ke8
28. Qg7 {White's attack is formidable, but it's by no means over for Black.})
25. Bh6+ Ke8 26. Rg8+ Kd7 27. d6 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qa5 7. Qf4 Qf5
8. Qe3 Qxc2 9. Bd3 Qa4 10. O-O f6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Na6 13. Rfe1 Nc7 14. b4
Qh5 15. b5 Nxb5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. Rg1 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qf6 12. h4 c5 13. O-O-O b5 14. Ne3
Nb6 15. Qa5 a6 16. Kb1 Be6 17. h5 h6 18. b3 Qf4 19. Rh1 Qf6 20. Rd2 Bd7 21. c4
Qd6 22. Nh4 Qc6 23. Rc1 Be6 24. f3 Nd7 25. Nd5 Rac8 26. g4 Qb7 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28.
gxf5 c6 29. Ne3 Nf6 30. Rh2 Qd7 31. Rd1 Kh7 32. Qe1 Qd4 33. Nc2 Qd6 34. Ne3 Qd4
35. Nc2 Qd6 36. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. Rc7 Kf8 18. Rac1 Ne8 19. R7c4 Nd6 20. Rc5
Bd7 21. f4 Rac8 22. Kf2 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Rc8 24. b4 f5 25. Bd5 Kg7 26. Nf3 e6 27.
Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Bb3 Kf6 29. Ke3 Bd7 30. a4 Nf7 31. Kd4 h6 32. a5 b6 33. axb6 axb6
34. e4 fxe4 35. Nd2 e5+ 36. fxe5+ Nxe5 37. Nxe4+ Kf5 38. Nd6+ Kf6 39. Bd5 g5
40. Ne4+ Kf5 41. Nd6+ Kf6 42. Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 {Usually White prefers other move orders:
4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nc3 or 4.Nc3 Nf6; Black can try 4...e5!? 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3.}
Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 {According to modern theory, this
line is not very dangerous for Black. However White still can ask some
questions.} Bb4 {This is considered as the reliable move, in most cases Black
can easily solve his opening problems.} ({As an alternative we can consider} 
8... Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Bb5 (10. a3 {Ivanchuk,V (2776)-Nakamura,H (2774)
Bazna Kings 5th 2011 (10) 1-0}) 10... Bb4 11. O-O Ke7 12. Rfc1 Nd7 ({My
engines recommend} 12... Bxc3 $5 $146 {The b6-pawn is not in danger but White
has got the bishop pair:} 13. Rxc3 Rhc8 {White has nothing after} 14. Nh4 ({or
} 14. h3 Na7 15. Bf1 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Ne4 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 b5 19. Bb3 Nc3 $11)
14... Ne4 $1 15. Nxf5+ exf5 16. Rcc1 g5 17. Bg3 f4 18. exf4 Nxd4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8
20. Bd3 g4 $13 21. Re1 Kd6 22. Bh4 Re8 23. a3 Nf5 $11) 13. Na4 Ra5 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Nxb6 $1 Nxb6 16. Ne5 Rc8 $8 17. Nxc6+ Rxc6 18. Rxc6 Nc4 19. b3 Nd2 20.
Rcc1 Kf6 21. f3 Ba3 22. Rc7 Bb4 23. Rb7 Nxb3 24. Rf1 Nd2 $2 (24... Bd3 $1 25.
Rxb4 Bxf1 26. axb3 Ra1 {and Black should make a draw}) 25. Rc1 $1 $18 Ra4 (
25... Rxa2 26. Be5+ Kg6 27. Rxb4 $18) 26. Rcc7 Bg6 27. h4 h5 28. e4 Nxe4 29.
fxe4 dxe4 30. g4 {1-0 (30) Vachier Lagrave,M (2768)-Batchuluun,T (2513)
Tromsoe 2014}) 9. Ne5 $1 {Nowadays Black has some problems after this move.}
Qb6 (9... O-O {Black doesn't get an equal position} 10. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3
bxc6 12. Qa3 Qb6 13. Ba6 Nd7 14. Rc1 f6 $6 15. Bd6 $1 Rfe8 16. O-O e5 17. dxe5
fxe5 18. Rc3 $16 Re6 $2 19. Rb3 Qd8 20. Bb7 $18 {Heimann,A (2573)
-Solodovnichenko,Y (2576) Chartres FRA 2017 1-0 (42)}) ({Up to the moment,
White hasn't got anything significant after} 9... Bxc3+ $5 10. Qxc3 (10. bxc3
Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Be2 (12. Qxb7 Rc8 13. Ba6 Rxc3 14. O-O Ne4 15. Rac1 Rxc1
16. Rxc1 Qa5 $11) 12... Rc8 13. O-O Ne4 14. Qxb7 f6 15. Bg3 Rf7 16. Qa6 Nxc3
17. Rfc1 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 $11 {Akobian,V (2617)-Bu,X (2670) Istanbul 2012 1/2 
(31)}) 10... Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Qb4 Rc8 (12... Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bxf6 (
14. f3 $5 Rfc8 15. g4 Bg6 16. h4 h5 17. g5 Nd7 18. Bd6 Rc2 19. Rh2 Rac8 20.
Rxc2 Rxc2 21. b3 $14) 14... gxf6 15. Be2 Rfc8 16. Bd1 Bc2 17. Kd2 Bxd1 18.
Rhxd1 $11 {1/2 (33) Cernousek,L (2486)-Danin,A (2584) Teplice CZE 2016}) 13.
Be2 Rc2 14. Bd1 Rc4 15. Qa3 Qb6 16. O-O Rfc8 17. Bb3 R4c6 18. Ba4 Rc4 19. Bb3 {
1/2 (19) Martinovic,S (2513)-Erdos,V (2608) Sibenik 2011}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
Be2 Ne4 12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. c4 Qxb3 15. axb3 Bb4+ 16. Kf2 a5 17. Rhc1
(17. g4 Bg6 18. Rhc1 (18. h4 h5 19. g5 Ra7 20. Rhc1 Kd7 21. Be5 Rg8 22. Ra2 Rb7
23. c5 Ke7 24. Bd6+ Kd7 25. Kg3 f6 26. Kf4 Kd8 27. e4 $14 {Just,J (2182)-Nemec,
Z (2078) ICCF email 2015 1-0 (104)}) 18... Bd2 19. Rd1 Bb4 20. Ra2 (20. cxd5
cxd5 21. Rdc1 O-O 22. Rc7 h5 23. gxh5 Bxh5 24. Bb5 Rfc8 25. Rac1 Rxc7 26. Rxc7
Bg6 27. Bc6 Rf8 28. e4 dxe4 29. fxe4 f6 {It seems to me that Black should make
a draw}) 20... Kd7 21. h4 h6 ({after} 21... h5 22. g5 {Black needs to keep an
eye on the g7-pawn}) 22. h5 Bh7 23. c5 Ra7 (23... Rhg8 24. Bd6 f6 25. Kg3 g6
26. Bd3 f5 27. hxg6 Bxg6 28. Rh2 fxg4 29. Bxg6 Rxg6 30. fxg4 Rag8 31. Rdh1
Rxg4+ 32. Kf3 R4g6 33. Rxh6 Rxh6 34. Rxh6 Rg7 35. Be5 Rf7+ 36. Ke2 Re7 37. Rh8
Re8 {Of course White has an advantage but I don't see how he can improve his
position.}) 24. Bd6 Rha8 25. Bd3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 f6 27. e4 Ke8 28. exd5 cxd5 (
28... exd5 29. Re3+ Kf7 30. Rae2 Kg8 31. Kg3 Kh7 32. Kf4 $16) 29. Re2 Kd7 30.
Rde3 Re8 31. f4 $1 $16 {1-0 (41) Gajewski,G (2634)-Fressinet,L (2668) Chartres
FRA 2017}) (17. Ra2 {Maiorov,N (2535)-Atalik,S (2619) Kavala op 20th 2011 (5)
1-0}) 17... Kd7 18. g4 $1 {This is part of White's plan He wants to put
Black's bishop on g6 and then White can play cxd5 exd5 e4.} Bg6 19. cxd5 ({
In correspondence chess White won after} 19. Ra2 h5 20. g5 f6 {It's seems to
be quite a logical move, otherwise after Be5 Black would be forced to play ...
Rg8.} 21. Bf1 Rhc8 22. h4 Bf5 23. c5 Ke7 24. Bg2 Bh7 25. e4 Re8 26. Bd6+ Kf7
27. Rg1 $14 {Baranowski,T (2371)-Waltmans, F (2328) ICCF email 2015 1-0 (78)})
19... exd5 20. e4 $1 {Objectively, White has an advantage after this move, and
Black faces problems that are not easy to solve over the board.} dxe4 21. d5 c5
$2 ({It was difficult to understand how dangerous is White's initiative after} 
21... cxd5 $1 22. Rc7+ {without preparation.} Ke8 $1 (22... Ke6 {I believe
that Black still has problems after this move.} 23. Rac1 e3+ $1 {It seems to
be the only move. Now White should take with the bishop, so Black will get a
tempo for ...Rhd8:} (23... Rhd8 24. R1c6+ Bd6 {despite the two extra pawns,
Black is in danger.} 25. Ba6 exf3 (25... f5 $2 26. Bb7 Rab8 27. fxe4 fxe4 28.
Ke3 Be8 29. Ra6 Bb5 30. Rb6 Be8 31. Kd4 $18) 26. Bb7 Rab8 27. Kxf3 Be4+ (27...
h5 28. Ke3 hxg4 29. Kd4 Be4 30. Rb6 g5 31. Bg3 f5 32. Be5 f4 33. Rcc6 Rxb7 34.
Rxb7 f3 35. Bg3 {and White should win the game}) 28. Ke3 f5 29. Kd4 fxg4 30.
Rxg7 h5 31. Rb6 h4 32. Rc7 $18) 24. Bxe3 $1 (24. Kxe3 d4+ 25. Kxd4 Rhd8+ 26.
Kc4 Bd2 $11) 24... Rhd8 25. f4 f5 26. Rxg7 Rac8 $11) 23. Bb5+ (23. Rd1 Rd8 24.
Bb5+ Kf8 25. Bc6 d4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. fxe4 h5 28. g5 Kg8 29. Ke2 Kh7 30. Rxf7
Rhf8 $11) (23. Rac1 h5 24. Bb5+ Kf8 25. Rc8+ Ke7 26. R1c7+ Kf6 27. Rxh8 Rxh8
28. Rc6+ Ke7 29. Rc7+ Kf6 30. Rc6+ $11) 23... Kf8 24. Rac1 exf3 25. Rc8+ Ke7
26. R1c7+ $1 (26. R8c7+ Kf8 27. Rc8+ Ke7 28. R1c7+ Kf6 29. Rc6+ Ke7) 26... Kf6
(26... Ke6 27. Bd7+) 27. Rc6+ Ke7 28. R8c7+ Kf8 29. Bg5 f6 30. Rxf6+ Kg8 (30...
gxf6 31. Bh6+ Kg8 32. Rg7+ Kf8 33. Ra7+ $18) 31. Rb6 $16) 22. Bb5+ Kd8 23. Bd6
$1 $16 {Despite an extra pawn, Black's position is very difficult. After Bc6
White will gain 2 pawns.} Rc8 (23... exf3 24. Bc6 Ra7 (24... Rc8 25. Bxc5 Bxc5+
26. Rxc5 Ke7 27. Raxa5 $16) 25. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 26. Rxc5 Ke7 27. b4 Kd6 28. Rcxa5
$16) (23... h5 24. g5) 24. Bc6 h5 25. g5 {Li Chao doesn't want to open the
h-file.} (25. h3 $2 hxg4 26. hxg4 exf3 $11) 25... exf3 26. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 27. Rxc5
Re8 28. Rcxa5 Re2+ 29. Kxf3 Rxh2 {Anish managed to regain the pawn but his
position is hopeless.} 30. b4 $6 ({White could have won quickly after} 30. Ra7
$1 Rc7 (30... Rc2 31. Rd7+ Ke8 32. Rc7+ Kd8 33. Rb7 R2xc6 (33... Rc3+ 34. Kf4
$18) 34. dxc6 Rxc6 35. Ra8+ Rc8 36. Rxc8+ Kxc8 37. Ra7 $18) 31. b4 Rb2 32. Ra8+
Rc8 33. Rxc8+ Kxc8 34. d6 $18) 30... Kc7 31. b5 $6 {After this move Black has
good chances to make a draw.} (31. Ra7+ Kd6 32. Re1 $1 (32. Rd7+ Ke5 33. b5 h4
34. b6 Rb8 35. b7 Be4+ 36. Ke3 Rh3+ 37. Kd2 Rh2+ 38. Kc3 Rc2+ 39. Kb3 Rxc6 40.
dxc6 Bxc6 41. Ra5+ Ke6 $11) 32... Rd8 33. Ra6 Rd2 34. Ba8+ Kd7 35. b5 $16 {
White should win the game.}) 31... Rh3+ 32. Kf2 $6 (32. Kg2 Rd3 33. Ra7+ Kd6
34. Rd7+ Kc5 35. Rc1+ Kd4 36. Re7 Rd8 37. b6 Be4+ 38. Kg1 $16 {White still has
good chances to win the game.}) 32... Rb3 $2 (32... Rb8 $1 {And Black's
chances are not worse, for example.} 33. Rd1 Kd6 34. Ra7 Rd3 35. Rd7+ Kc5 36.
Rc1+ Kb6 37. Re7 h4 38. Rc4 h3 39. Rh4 Bf5 40. Rxf7 g6 41. Ke2 Rb3 42. d6 Rd8
43. d7 Bd3+ 44. Kf2 Bxb5 $11) 33. Ra7+ Kd6 34. Rd7+ Kc5 $6 (34... Ke5 $1) 35.
Rc1+ Kd4 36. d6 $18 Rb2+ 37. Kg1 Bf5 38. Rxf7 g6 39. d7 Rd8 40. Re7 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Nc3 f5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bh3 Na6 6. a3 c6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qc2
e4 9. f3 Nf6 10. fxe4 fxe4 11. Bxc8 Rxc8 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 O-O 14. Nf3 Bf6
15. Rb1 Re8 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. g4 Nc5 18. g5 Qd7 19. gxf6 Nd3+ 20. Kf1 Qh3+ 21.
Kg1 Qg4+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch rapid"]
[Site "Amstelveen"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2017.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. e4
O-O 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Re1 a5 12. a4 Be5 13. Bxe5 Ndxe5 14. exd5 Nxf3+
15. Nxf3 exd5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qe2 Rab8 20. Qe7 Qxe7
21. Rxe7 Rfe8 22. Ra7 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Re1 Kf8 25. f4 f6 26. Kf2 Re8 27.
Rg1 Ke7 28. h4 Kd6 29. Bf3 Bf7 30. g5 f5 31. h5 Re7 32. Rh1 Be8 33. h6 g6 34.
Be2 Bf7 35. Rh3 Re8 36. Rf3 d4 37. Ke1 Bd5 38. Rg3 Re7 39. Kd2 Re8 40. Bd1 Re7
41. Be2 Re8 42. Bf1 Re7 43. Bh3 Re8 44. Bf1 Re7 45. Be2 Re8 46. Bd1 Re7 47. Rg1
Re8 48. Re1 Rxe1 49. Kxe1 Ke7 50. Kd2 Kd6 51. Kc1 Kc7 52. Kb2 Kb6 53. c3 Kc7
54. Ka3 dxc3 55. Ka2 c2 56. Bxc2 Bf3 57. Kb2 Kd6 58. d4 Bg4 59. Kc3 Kd5 60.
dxc5 Kxc5 61. Bd3 Kd5 62. b4 axb4+ 63. Kxb4 Kd4 64. Bc4 c5+ 65. Kb5 Bf3 66. a5
Bg2 67. a6 Bf3 68. a7 Bg2 69. Bg8 Bf3 70. Bxh7 1-0

[Event "NED-ch rapid"]
[Site "Amstelveen"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe2 Na5 11. Bd5 Be6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Qc4
15. Qxc4 Nxc4 16. Nxe6 Rfc8 17. Bc1 h6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nb6 20. Be3 Nc4
21. Bc1 Nb6 22. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch rapid"]
[Site "Amstelveen"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Nh4 Nc5 13. g3 Qd7 14. Be3 Ne6
15. Nf5 g6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Ne3 b5 19. Kh1 Qd6 20. Qg4 Ng7 21.
f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Qd4 23. Qh3 f5 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Nxf5 Qd5+ 26. Kg1 Qxf5 27.
Qxf5 gxf5 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Re1 Ra2 30. Ke3 Rxb2 31. Kd2 Ra2 32. Re5 Kf6 33. Re8
b6 34. Rf8+ Kg6 35. Rg8+ Kf6 36. Rc8 Ra7 37. d4 c5 38. d5 Ke7 39. Rh8 Kd6 40.
Rxh7 Ra8 41. Rh5 Rg8 42. Rxf5 Rg2+ 43. Kd3 Rxh2 44. Rf6+ Kd7 45. Rf7+ Kd6 46.
Rf6+ Kd7 47. Rg6 Rf2 48. Rg7+ Kd6 49. Rg6+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch rapid"]
[Site "Amstelveen"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nxc3 7. bxc3 e4 8.
Ne1 Bd6 9. f3 f5 10. fxe4 fxe4 11. Rb1 Qe7 12. d4 exd3 13. cxd3 Bd7 14. Rxb7
O-O-O 15. Rb2 Ba3 16. d4 Rde8 17. Ba6+ Kd8 18. Re2 Qd6 19. Bg5+ Ne7 20. Bc4 h6
21. Bh4 g5 22. Bg3 Qc6 23. Qb3 Bd6 24. Nd3 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Ng6 26. Qb8+ Bc8 27.
Bb5 Qxc3 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "NED-ch rapid"]
[Site "Amstelveen"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Rd1 Nxb3 11. axb3 Qc8 12. c4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Bxc4 14. Qe4 Qe6
15. Nd4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Nxb5 O-O-O 18. Rxa6 Kb7 19. Ra1 Be7 20. Bf4 g5
21. Be3 Bc4 22. N1a3 Bb3 23. Rdc1 Rd7 24. Rc3 Bd5 25. Rac1 Rc8 26. Bc5 Bd8 27.
Re1 Be6 28. Nc4 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Nxe5 30. Rd4 Bf6 31. Rxe5 Rxd4 32. Bxd4 Bxe5 33.
Bxe5 Re8 34. Bc3 Kc6 35. Nd4+ Kd5 36. f3 c5 37. Nf5 Re2 38. Kf1 Re6 39. Kf2 h5
40. h4 gxh4 41. Nxh4 Rb6 42. Kg3 Ke6 43. Kf4 f6 44. Nf5 Kf7 45. Ng3 1-0

[Event "NED-ch rapid"]
[Site "Amstelveen"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. a3 Bd6 8. Qc2 c5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b4 Rc8 14. bxc5 Nxc5
15. Nb5 Bb8 16. Bb4 Nfe4 17. Qb2 Qb6 18. Rfc1 Rfe8 19. a4 Ba6 20. Be1 h6 21.
Qa2 Qe6 22. Nbd4 Qd6 23. Nb5 Qd7 24. Rc2 Ne6 25. Rd1 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 N6g5 27. Qa2
Nf6 28. Bc3 Nge4 29. Be1 Rc8 30. h3 Qe7 31. Qb2 Qd7 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Qxc1 Qc8
34. Qb2 Qb7 35. Nfd4 Be5 36. Qc2 Bxb5 37. axb5 Bc7 38. Qc6 Qb8 39. Nf5 Qd8 40.
Bb4 Ba5 41. Be7 Qc7 42. f3 Qxc6 43. bxc6 Nc3 44. Bd3 Ne8 45. Kf2 h5 46. Bc5 Bb6
47. Bb4 Na2 48. Bd2 Bc5 49. Ba5 g6 50. Nd4 Nb4 51. c7 Nxd3+ 52. Ke2 Nc1+ 53.
Kd1 Nxc7 54. Bxc7 Bxd4 55. exd4 Nb3 56. Be5 Kf8 57. Kc2 Na5 58. g4 Ke7 59. g5
Ke6 60. h4 Nc4 0-1

[Event "NED-ch rapid"]
[Site "Amstelveen"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Be2 a6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nb3 Rd8
15. Bg5 d4 16. h4 Be6 17. Bd3 a5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. a3 a4 20. Nc1 b5 21. Be4 Qc5
22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Nd3 Qc4 24. Nb4 Rac8 25. h5 h6 26. g4 f6 27. Rhe1 Kh8 28. Re4
Bg8 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Qe2 31. Qd3 Bc4 32. Qd7 Be6 33. Qd3 Bc4 34. Qd7 Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bhopal op"]
[Site "Bhopal"]
[Date "2017.12.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Karthik, Sai Ch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2 e6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Ne8 13. Nf5 exf5 14. gxh5 Bf6 15.
d4 Nc7 16. Qc2 g6 17. e3 Bg7 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nf3 a4 20. Kh1 N7f6 21. hxg6
hxg6 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Rad1 axb3 24. Qxb3 N7b6 25. Ba3 Re8 26. Bc5 Nd7 27. Qxb7
Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rc8 29. f4 Qa5 30. Bd4 Qxa2 31. Ra1 Qc4 32. Rfc1 Qd3 33. Bxd5 Rf8
34. Rxc6 Rb8 35. Qa6 Rb1+ 36. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 37. Kh2 Qe1 38. Rxg6 Rd8 39. Bxf7+ Kh7
40. Rh6+ Bxh6 41. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Bhopal op"]
[Site "Bhopal"]
[Date "2017.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pranesh, M."]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2017.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 f6 6. O-O Ne7 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 c5 9. Nf3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Ng6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Nbd2 O-O-O 13. Ne1 Bc6 14. f3
Ne5 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd3 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 b6 19. Rab1 Be3 20. Nf1 Bh6
21. Ng3 g6 22. Ne2 a5 23. Ndf4 Rhe8 24. c4 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Kg1 a4 27. Kf1
Bg7 28. b3 a3 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Rd1+ Kc8 31. Nd5 Be5 32. Rd3 b5 33. Ne3 Rf8
34. cxb5 Bxb5 35. Nc4 Bb2 36. Nc3 Ba6 37. Ke2 h5 38. Nd5 Bd4 39. Kd1 Rf7 40.
Nf4 h4 41. Ne6 Re7 42. Nf4 Bf2 43. Rd2 Re1+ 44. Kc2 Ra1 45. Kd3 Bd4 46. Ne6 Bb2
47. Nxc5 Bb5 48. Na4 Rxa2 49. Ke2 Ra1 50. Naxb2 a2 51. Nd1 f4 52. Kf2 Bxc4 53.
bxc4 Kb7 54. Ke2 Kc6 55. Kd3 Rc1 56. Rxa2 Rxd1+ 57. Ke4 Kc5 58. Kxf4 Rd4+ 59.
Kg5 Rxc4 60. f4 Kd6 61. Kxh4 Rxf4+ 62. Kg5 Re4 63. g4 c5 64. h4 c4 65. Rc2 Ke6
66. h5 Kf7 67. Kf5 Rd4 68. Ra2 Rd5+ 69. Ke4 Rg5 70. Rg2 c3 71. Kd3 Rc5 72. Kc2
Kg7 73. g5 Rc4 74. h6+ Kg6 75. Rg3 Rc5 76. Rh3 Rc8 77. Rxc3 Rf8 78. Rg3 Rd8 79.
Kc3 Rd7 80. Kc4 Rd8 81. Kc5 Rd1 82. Kc6 Rd2 83. Rh3 Rd8 84. Kc7 Rh8 85. Kd6
Kxg5 86. h7 Kf6 87. Rh2 Kg7 88. Ke7 Rxh7 89. Rg2+ Kh8+ 90. Kf8 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bhopal op"]
[Site "Bhopal"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2
e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Nb3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. h3 Rad8 17. Rac1 b5 18. Nd4 b4 19. Nb1 Ne4 20. Nd2 Qg6 21.
N4f3 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Rd6 23. Rd4 Qh5 24. Rc7 h6 25. Rxb4 Rg6 26. Kf1 Rf6 27. Ra4
Ree6 28. Ke1 Qg6 29. Kf1 Rc6 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Kg1 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Qc6 33. Rxa6
Qc7+ 34. g3 Rc2 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Ng5+ Nxg5 37. Qd3+ Ne4 0-1

[Event "Bhopal op"]
[Site "Bhopal"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Kumar, Gaurav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qh5 8. Ne3
Bh3 9. Qc2 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 Qe5 11. f3 exf3 12. Rxf3 Na6 13. Nf5 O-O-O 14. d4 Qe6
15. Bg5 h6 16. Re3 Nb4 17. Qb1 Qc4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. a3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21.
Qe4 Qa5+ 22. Kf1 Bb4 23. Rc1 Rd5 24. Rf3 Bd6 25. b4 1-0

[Event "Bhopal op"]
[Site "Bhopal"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Senthil, Maran K"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nbc3 c6 11. b3 cxd5 12. exd5 Bg4 13. Bd2 e6 14. dxe6 Nc6 15.
Rc1 Nd4 16. f3 Bxe6 17. Be3 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Re8 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Bc5
Qe6 22. Rd6 Qe5 23. f4 Qb2 24. Rc2 Qa1+ 25. Rd1 Bxe4 26. Rxa1 Bxc2 27. Qf1 Bd3
28. Qd1 Be2 29. Qe1 Ba6 30. Qb1 Rad8 31. a4 Nd5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Bf2 Red8 34.
Kg2 Bd3 35. Qe1 Bxa1 0-1

[Event "Bhopal op"]
[Site "Bhopal"]
[Date "2017.12.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Nguyen, Duc Hoa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c6 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bg2 a5 6. O-O a4 7. Bb2 Be7 8. d4 O-O
9. Nbd2 Qa5 10. Qc2 b5 11. c5 a3 12. Bc1 Nbd7 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Bd2 b4 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Rfe1 Rd8 20. h4 Ba6 21. h5 Bb5
22. Bh3 Rf8 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Kh2 Kh8 25. f4 Qa5 26. f5 Qc7 27. fxe6 fxe6 28.
Kg2 Bf6 29. Bxe6 Rde8 30. Nd7 Bh4 31. Re5 Rf6 32. Nxf6 gxf6 33. gxh4 fxe5 34.
Bxd5 cxd5 35. Qf5 Qg7+ 36. Kh1 Bd7 37. h6 Qxh6 38. Bxh6 Bxf5 39. Rg1 exd4 40.
Bg7+ Kg8 41. Bxd4+ Kf7 42. Rf1 Kg6 43. Rg1+ Kf7 44. Rf1 Ke6 45. c6 Rg8 46. c7
Be4+ 47. Kh2 Rg2+ 48. Kh3 Rc2 49. Rf6+ Ke7 50. Rb6 Bf5+ 51. Kg3 Rxa2 52. Kf4
Bc8 53. Rxb4 Re2 54. Kf3 Rd2 55. Ke3 Rh2 56. Ra4 a2 57. Be5 Rg2 58. Ra8 Kd7 59.
b4 Rg4 60. Kd3 Rxb4 61. Rxa2 Re4 62. Bg3 Rg4 63. Be5 Rxh4 64. Rh2 Ba6+ 65. Kd2
Rxh2+ 66. Bxh2 d4 67. Be5 d3 68. Ke3 h5 69. Bh2 h4 70. Bf4 h3 71. Bh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bhopal op"]
[Site "Bhopal"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
c5 9. d5 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 d6 11. f4 Nd7 12. Kh1 a6 13. a4 Nf6 14. e4 e6 15. Qf3
Rb8 16. Qd3 Re8 17. Rae1 exd5 18. cxd5 b5 19. b3 Nd7 20. e5 dxe5 21. f5 e4 22.
Ncxe4 Ne5 23. Qc2 Bxd5 24. axb5 axb5 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Qxc5 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Nd3
28. Nf6+ Qxf6 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qxb5 Qd8 31. b4 Re7 32. Bd5 Nxb4 33. Bxf7+
Rxf7 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Qxb4 Qd5+ 36. Kg1 Bd4+ 37. Kf1 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Bhopal op"]
[Site "Bhopal"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sekar, B."]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3
O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bb3 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 g6 15. b3
c5 16. d5 c4 17. Be3 cxb3 18. axb3 Qc7 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. c4 Nb7 21. cxb5 Bxb5 22.
b4 a5 23. Reb1 axb4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Qxb4 Bd7 26. Qxb7 Qxc2 27. Rc1 Qa4 28.
Nd2 Be7 29. Kh2 Qa6 30. Qxa6 Rxa6 31. Nc4 h5 32. Nb6 h4 33. Nxd7 hxg3+ 34. Kxg3
Nxe4+ 35. Kh2 Ra5 36. Rc7 Bd8 37. Rc8 Bh4 38. g3 Be7 39. Rc7 Bd8 40. Rc6 Bg5
41. Bxg5 Nxg5 42. Nf6+ Kg7 43. Ne8+ Kf8 44. Nxd6 Ke7 45. Nc4 Rxd5 46. Rc7+ Kf6
47. Rc6+ Kg7 48. Kg2 e4 49. Rd6 Rc5 50. h4 Nf3 51. Nd2 Nxd2 52. Rxd2 f5 53. Rd6
Rc2 54. Re6 Kf7 55. Re5 Ra2 56. Kf1 Kg7 57. Re8 Kh6 58. Rh8+ Kg7 59. Re8 Kf6
60. Ke1 Rb2 61. Kf1 Rb5 62. Ke2 Kf7 63. Ra8 Rb2+ 64. Kf1 Rb3 65. Ra6 Rf3 66.
Kg2 Kg7 67. Ra8 Rb3 68. Re8 Rb2 69. Kf1 Ra2 70. Re5 Kh6 71. Re8 Kh5 72. Kg2 Kg4
73. Re6 Kh5 74. Re8 Rb2 75. Re7 Kh6 76. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bhopal op"]
[Site "Bhopal"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Masango, Spencer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. O-O d5 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. e4 a4 8. a3
dxe4 9. dxe4 Nc6 10. e5 Ng4 11. Qe2 Nh6 12. Ne4 Nf5 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. Bf4 Ra5 15.
c4 b6 16. Bd2 Nfd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qd3 Nb3 19. Bxa5 Nxa1 20. Bc3 Nb3 21. Nf6+
gxf6 22. exf6 Bc5 23. Qe2 Kh8 24. Qh5 Bb7 25. Bxb7 c6 26. Qh6 Rg8 27. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Mumbai Wealth op 3rd"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Bala, Kannamma P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.12.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nf6 11. e4 d5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Re1 Kh8 15. a3
f6 16. e6 Ne5 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. f4 Nc4 19. f5 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 d4 21. Ne2 Qxf5 22.
Nxd4 Qc5 23. b4 Qd6 24. b5 Ne5 25. bxc6 Ba6 26. Bf4 Nc7 27. Qa4 g5 28. Bxe5
fxe5 29. Nf3 Bb5 30. Qg4 Qxe6 31. Qxe6 Nxe6 32. Nxe5 Nc5 33. Rad1 Rac8 34. Rd6
Rc7 35. Bd5 Kg7 36. Nd7 Nxd7 37. cxd7 Rd8 38. Re7+ Kh8 39. Rh6 Rc1+ 40. Kg2
Bf1+ 41. Kf2 Rf8+ 42. Rf7 Rxf7+ 43. Bxf7 Rd1 44. Bh5 Rxd7 45. Kxf1 Rd2 46. Bg4
Ra2 47. Bf5 Kg7 48. Rxh7+ Kf6 49. Bd3 Rxa3 50. Ke2 a5 51. Rh6+ Kf7 52. Rxb6
Ra2+ 53. Kf3 Rxh2 54. Ra6 Rh8 55. Rxa5 Kf6 56. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "Mumbai Wealth op 3rd"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2017.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Srija, Seshadri"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.12.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 b5
9. Bc2 Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. a4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Be3 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 Rxe4 16. Qc2 Qe8 17. axb5 Nb4 18. Qc4 a5 19. Ng5 Re7 20. Bd2 Be2 21. Rxe2
Rxe2 22. Bxb4 d5 23. Qd3 Rxb2 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Ba3 Ra2 26. Qb3 Rxa3 27. Qxa3
Bxd4 28. Qd3 Bg7 29. Ne3 d4 30. Nc4 h6 31. Nf3 Qxb5 32. Nfe5 Re8 33. f4 Qd5 34.
Ra1 Ra8 35. Ra4 Qb5 36. Ra1 c5 37. Qe4 Ra7 38. Rb1 Qe8 39. Qd5 Rc7 40. Nxa5 Kh7
41. Nac4 f6 42. Nd6 Qd8 43. Nxg6 Rd7 44. Qf5 Rxd6 45. Rb7 Qe8 46. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "Mumbai Wealth op 3rd"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2018.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Patil, Harshal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.12.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 Nfd7 7. Be2 e5 8. Bg5
f6 9. Be3 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qd6 Qa5 13. a3 Rd8 14. b4 Qc7 15.
Rfd1 Bf8 16. Qxc7 Nxc7 17. c5 Kf7 18. Nd2 Be7 19. Nc4 Ne8 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4
Nf8 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Rf1 b5 24. Nd6+ Nxd6 25. Bxd6 a5 26. e5 f5 27. Bf3 Ra6
28. Ne2 axb4 29. axb4 Ne6 30. g4 Ng7 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Be4 Kg6 34.
e6 fxe4 35. exd7 e3 36. Rf8 Bg5 37. d8=Q Bxd8 38. Rxd8 Ra4 39. Be5 1-0

[Event "Mumbai Wealth op 3rd"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2018.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thanki, Hemal Karsanji"]
[Black "Giri, Abhishek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.12.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 cxd4 5. O-O a6 6. Ba4 e6 7. c3 b5 8. Bb3
Bc5 9. d3 Ne7 10. Qh5 Qc7 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 O-O 13. cxd4 Bxd4 14. Nd2 g6 15.
Qh4 d5 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Bh6 dxe4 18. dxe4 axb5 19. Rac1 Nc6 20. Rc5 Qd6 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Rc3 b4 23. Re3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Qe7 Ba6 26. Rfe1 Rab8 27. Qa7 Ra8
28. Qe7 Rab8 29. Rf3 Rb7 30. Qh4 Rc8 31. Rh3 h5 32. Rhe3 Rbc7 33. g3 Rc1 34.
Qe7 Qxb2 35. Bxe6 R8c7 36. Qd6 R1c6 37. Rb3 Rxd6 38. Rxb2 fxe6 39. Rxb4 Rdc6
40. Kg2 Rc1 41. Re3 Bf1+ 42. Kf3 Rf7# 0-1

[Event "Mumbai Wealth op 3rd"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Abhishek"]
[Black "Varshini, Veileven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.12.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. a4
Qc7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. Bh4 Nf8 15.
Rad1 Ng6 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Qe3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Be2 Bc5 20. Qg5 Nxg3 21.
Qxg3 Bd4 22. Rd3 Qc6 23. Red1 Rdc8 24. Qh4 Qc5 25. Kh1 h6 26. Bh5 Rf8 27. Rf3
f5 28. Rfd3 Bxf2 29. Qh3 Bd4 30. Bg6 Rf6 31. exf5 Raf8 32. Ne2 exf5 33. Bh5
Bxb2 34. Rd7 Qc6 35. Rxb7 Qxb7 36. Qb3+ Kh7 37. Qxb2 g6 38. Qxe5 gxh5 39. Ng1
Qe4 40. Rd7+ R6f7 41. Qd6 Qxc2 42. Qxf8 Rxd7 43. Qe8 Rg7 44. g3 Qe4+ 45. Qxe4
fxe4 46. Ne2 b5 47. axb5 axb5 48. Nc3 e3 0-1

[Event "Mumbai Wealth op 3rd"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Banerjee, Ashutosh"]
[Black "Giri, Abhishek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.12.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. Nc3 Qc5 7. e3 Ncxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. b4 Qd6 10. Qxd6 cxd6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. c5 Ng4 13. cxd6 Bf6 14. Ne4
b6 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. e4 Bb7 17. f3 O-O 18. Kb2 a5 19. b5 Rfc8 20. Be3 Bxe4 21.
fxe4 Nxe4 22. Bd3 Nc3 23. Rc1 Na4+ 24. Kb3 Re8 25. Rhe1 Re6 26. Kxa4 Rxd6 27.
Rcd1 g6 28. Bc4 Rf6 29. Rf1 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 1-0

[Event "Mumbai Wealth op 3rd"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Manush, Shah"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.12.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Nd2
Qxc5 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Be5 Bd7 12. N5d4 Rac8 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bxg7 Nxg7
15. c3 e5 16. Nf3 Qe6 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Be8 19. h3 Nb8 20. Rac1 Nc6 21. Nc5
Qe7 22. b4 b6 23. Nb3 e4 24. Nfd4 Ne5 25. Re1 Bd7 26. f4 exf3 27. Nxf3 Nc4 28.
Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Nbd4 Rdc8 30. Qd3 Nf5 31. Nd2 R4c7 32. e4 dxe4 33. Nxe4 Qe5 34.
Nxf5 Bxf5 35. Qd6 Qxd6 36. Nxd6 Rd8 37. Nxf5 gxf5 38. Re5 Rdc8 39. Rxf5 Rxc3
40. Rcf1 R8c7 41. R5f3 Kg7 42. a3 Rxf3 43. Rxf3 h5 44. Kf2 Kg6 45. Kg3 Rc4 46.
Rd3 h4+ 47. Kf3 f5 48. Rd6+ Kg5 49. Rd3 Rc2 50. Re3 Ra2 51. Rd3 a5 52. bxa5
bxa5 53. g3 hxg3 54. Kxg3 a4 55. h4+ Kf6 56. Kf4 Rf2+ 57. Kg3 Re2 58. Rd4 Re3+
59. Kf4 Rxa3 60. Rd6+ Ke7 61. Ra6 Rh3 62. Kxf5 Rxh4 63. Ke5 Kd7 64. Kd5 Kc7 65.
Kc5 Kb7 66. Rb6+ Ka7 67. Rb4 Rh5+ 68. Kc4 Ra5 69. Rb2 Ka6 70. Ra2 a3 71. Kb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mumbai Wealth op 3rd"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Patil, Pratik1"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.12.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bb3 d5 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. O-O
h6 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. Nc4 Re8 11. Ne3 Bxb3 12. axb3 a6 13. b4 Ba7 14. Nf5 Qd7 15.
N3h4 Rad8 16. Qf3 Qxd3 17. Nxh6+ Kf8 18. Be3 Qe4 19. Bxa7 Nxa7 20. N6f5 g6 21.
Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Ne3 Kg7 23. Nf3 Nc6 24. Rfd1 f5 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 Ke6 27. Nc4
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Re7 29. Nfd2 Nxd2 30. Rxd2 b5 31. Ne3 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Kxd7 33. h4
Ke6 34. f3 f4 35. Ng4 Ne7 36. Kd3 Nf5 37. Ke4 Nd6+ 38. Kd3 Nc4 39. Ke4 c6 40.
b3 Nd6+ 41. Kd3 Ne8 42. Nf2 Nf6 43. Ne4 Nxe4 44. fxe4 Kf6 45. Ke2 g5 46. hxg5+
Kxg5 47. Kf3 Kh4 48. c4 bxc4 49. bxc4 Kg5 50. g3 fxg3 51. Kxg3 Kf6 52. Kf3 c5
53. b5 axb5 54. cxb5 Ke6 55. Ke3 Kd7 56. Kd3 Kc7 57. Kc3 Kb7 58. Kb3 Kc7 59.
Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mumbai Wealth op 3rd"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Balasubramaniam, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.12.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 d5 5. c3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Ngf3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 O-O-O 13. a4 f6 14. a5 c4 15.
Bc2 fxe5 16. axb6 axb6 17. Nf3 Qc5 18. Kh1 Qxe3 19. Nd4 exd4 20. Rf3 Qxf3 21.
Qxf3 d3 22. Bd1 Rhf8 23. Qe3 Rxf4 24. Bf3 Rf6 25. Kg1 Nc5 26. Qe5 Nb3 27. Rd1
Nc5 28. h4 Rd7 29. Bg4 Rdf7 30. Qd6 Ne4 31. Bxe6+ Rxe6 32. Qxe6+ Rd7 33. Qxb6
Ng3 34. Kh2 Nf5 35. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Mumbai Wealth op 3rd"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nair, Sanjeev"]
[Black "Giri, Abhishek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.12.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Qa5 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Nge2 e5 7. Be3 Be7 8. g4
exd4 9. Bxd4 Ne5 10. Bg2 b5 11. O-O b4 12. Nb1 c5 13. Bf2 Ba6 14. Nd2 Rd8 15.
Nb3 Qc7 16. g5 Nh5 17. Be3 O-O 18. Kh1 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. f4 Ng4 21. Qd2 Rdf8
22. Ng3 Nxg3+ 23. hxg3 h5 24. Rfe1 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 26. Qg2 Qc7 27. Nd2 d5
28. Nf3 d4 29. Bd2 Qd6 30. Re2 Bd8 31. Rae1 Qd5 32. Nh4 d3 33. Nxf5 Qxf5 34.
cxd3 Qxd3 35. Re8 Rxe8 36. Rxe8+ Kf7 37. Qe2 Qd5+ 38. Kg1 Qd4+ 39. Kf1 Qd7 40.
Rh8 1-0

[Event "Mumbai Wealth op 3rd"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Abhishek"]
[Black "Ghelani, Dhairya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1809"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.12.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. d3 a6 4. a4 Nc6 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Nge2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nf4 Bg4 11. Qd2 Nb4 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nd1 Re8 14. c3 Nc6 15.
Ne3 Be6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. f4 e5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. g4 h6 20. Nf5 Nf7 21. Qf2 Rf8
22. Bf4 Qd7 23. Rae1 Bd8 24. Qd2 Rc8 25. Re2 Re8 26. Ref2 Qxa4 27. Bxh6 g6 28.
Bg5 Qc6 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Nh6+ Nxh6 31. Rxf6 Re6 32. Qxh6 Rxf6 33. Rxf6 Qxf6
34. Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Mumbai Wealth op 3rd"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Pradeep, Kumar RA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.12.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. e3 Rfc8 12. h3 a6 13. a4 Rab8 14. Re1 Qb6 15.
g4 h6 16. Rb1 Nb4 17. Qd2 Bc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Ne2 d5 20. Bd4 Qd8 21. Red1
dxc4 22. Qc3 Nfd5 23. Qxc4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 e5 25. Rd2 Qe7 26. Rbd1 a5 27. Ng3 Rd8
28. Ne4 Kg7 29. Qc5 Qc7 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Qxc3 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Kh7 33. Bf1 Qe7 34.
Bc4 Rb7 35. Qa1 h5 36. Qd1 hxg4 37. hxg4 Kg7 38. Kg2 Qg5 39. Rd7 Rxd7 40. Qxd7
Qf6 41. Qc7 e4 42. Qf4 Qe7 43. g5 Nc2 44. Kg3 Nb4 45. f3 Nd5 46. Qxe4 Qxg5+ 47.
Kf2 Nb4 48. Qd4+ Kg8 49. Qd7 Qh4+ 50. Kg2 Qg5+ 51. Kf1 Qf6 52. f4 Kg7 53. Ke2
Nc2 54. Kf3 c5 55. Ke2 Na3 56. Bd5 Nb1 57. Kf3 Nd2+ 58. Kf2 Nxb3 59. Kg3 Nd2
60. e4 Qc3+ 61. Kh2 Nf3+ 62. Kg2 Nh4+ 63. Kh2 Nf3+ 64. Kg2 Nh4+ 65. Kh2 Qd2+
66. Kg3 Qe1+ 67. Kg4 Kh6 68. Qxf7 Qe2+ 69. Kxh4 Qh2+ 70. Kg4 Qg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mumbai Wealth op 3rd"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2018.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kulkarni, Vinayak"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.12.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 dxc4 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. Be3
c5 9. dxc5 Nbd7 10. O-O Qc8 11. Be2 Nxc5 12. Rc1 b6 13. b4 Ne6 14. Ng5 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 Qb7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qc4 Kf7 18. f3 Rac8 19. Qb3 Qb8 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Rfd1
Ng3 22. Nf4 Qe5 23. Kf2 Nh5 24. Nxh5 Qxh5 25. Bg5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bh6 27. g4 Bxg5
28. gxh5 Bxc1 29. hxg6+ hxg6 30. Qa4 Rc8 31. Qxa7 Rc2+ 32. Ke1 Be3 33. a4 Ra2
34. b5 Bd2+ 35. Kd1 Ba5 36. Qb8 Ra1+ 37. Kc2 Rxa4 38. Qf4+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kf7 40.
Qh8 Rc4+ 41. Kd3 Rc3+ 42. Ke2 Rc2+ 43. Ke3 Rc3+ 44. Kf4 Rc5 45. Qh7+ Ke8 46.
Qxg6+ Kd7 47. Ke3 Rxb5 48. h5 Rb3+ 49. Ke2 Rb2+ 50. Kd1 Rd2+ 51. Kc1 Rh2 52.
Kb1 Bd2 53. Qg1 Bf4 54. Qd4+ Ke8 55. Qxb6 Kf7 56. Qc5 e5 57. Qd5+ Kg7 58. Qe6
Rxh5 59. Qxe7+ Kg6 60. Qe8+ Kg5 61. Qg8+ Kf6 62. Kc2 Rh1 63. Kd3 Rd1+ 64. Kc4
Rd4+ 65. Kc5 Rd2 66. Qh7 Ke6 67. Kc4 Rd4+ 68. Kc3 Rd7 69. Qf5+ Ke7 70. Kc4 Rd4+
71. Kc3 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00] To my mind, a fairly
underestimated line, and the reason I don't often play the Petroff now.} (5. c4
{is an interesting attempt at playing move orders, but I think Black is
considered to be fine after} Nc6 $11) (5. d4 {is the main move.}) (5. Qe2 {
was the first game, Carlsen-Caruana.}) 5... Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (5... Nf6 {
would have been an interesting choice against Giri, considering he has
championed the Black side. From what I understand, the point for White is to
avoid the impulse to play too early against the c8-bishop, because that will
simply encourage a fianchetto and Black will be fine.} 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Re1 $1 {The point of this is to force Black to commit his
light-squared bishop one way or another. Even moves that do not obviously do
this - such as ...d5 - really do make a decision, because they make the
fianchetto rather undesirable. White can play against either ...Bg4 or ...b6,
but should do so in different ways and definitely should not commit to h3 just
yet.} ({Following the immediate} 9. h3 b6 $1 {Vachier Lagrave,M-Giri,A Germany
2012, and Black was soon fine.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bf4 {White is slightly better,
for instance} Nf8 11. h3 b6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. a4 $14) 6. dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00] The choice is between this move
and Bf4. The current move allows Black lots of ...Ne5 possibilities, which I
believe he should take.} (7. Bf4 {meanwhile does not gel so well with the rest
of White's kingside attack.} O-O 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qd2 Nc5 $11 {for instance seems
fine for Black.}) 7... Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:00:00] White should play one of the queen moves and then castle
queenside, and I think given that White has played Be3, Black should castle
queenside too. No surprise then that the present game continued in that way.}
9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (9. Qd2 Qd7 {was similar enough and a game of mine:
Jackson-Fernandez, Coventry 2013.}) 9... Bf6 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 10. O-O-O {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:39]} (10... Qd7 {is more natural to me, not
worrying about White's Ng5 ideas, but more concerned with cuing up ...Bf5 in
future.}) 11. Kb1 {[%emt 0:05:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:13:52]} 12. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:05:47]
} O-O-O {[%emt 0:05:42]} 13. h3 {[%emt 0:24:30]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:14:54]} (13...
h5 {is trivially easy to recommend in hindsight, but it should have been
reasonably obvious that White wanted kingside space.}) 14. g4 {[%emt 0:08:40]}
h6 {[%emt 0:05:19]} 15. Nd2 $1 $14 {[%emt 0:02:37] Now White is probably a
tiny bit better, but obviously an incredible amount of technique and further
errors need to be played out over the board before White can think about
winning.} Bg5 {[%emt 0:18:20]} 16. f4 {[%emt 0:08:04]} Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17.
Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxf2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Qxf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qf8 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 19. f5 {[%emt 0:21:05] Opting to set Black more direct
problems, but ceding the e5-square. While I am not sure this is the best
continuation, it could be the most practical, especially against slightly
lower-rated opposition.} (19. Nf1 {seems more natural to me, waving the idea
of Ng3-h5 around.}) 19... Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 20. f6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} g6 {
[%emt 0:09:21]} (20... Rxe1 21. Rxe1 g5 $11) 21. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kb8 {
[%emt 0:02:43]} 22. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Re6 $6 {[%emt 0:04:31] In practical
terms, another slight mistake. We obtain a similar structure to
Carlsen-Caruana, but with the minor pieces off the board Black faces more
difficulties.} 23. Bxc6 $1 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 24. Rxe1 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. Na5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:
43]} 26. Nxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. Qg3 {[%emt 0:07:17]
The engine evaluation of 0.00 is hopelessly unhelpful for looking at this
position. What is important is that White is marginally more active and has a
better structure and advanced f6-pawn. Giving variations is slightly pointless
here, so I shall try and confine myself to comments only.} Qh8 {[%emt 0:03:55]}
28. Re7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. fxe7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe8 {
[%emt 0:00:38]} 30. Qe3 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 31. h4 {[%emt 0:
06:10]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:06:22]} 32. Qxh6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
33. b3 $14 {[%emt 0:01:45] White will be able to fix the f7-pawn and of course
a6 is still a weakness also. Doubtless this endgame will be discussed for a
while to come, including fortress possibilities and better White tries, but
the contours of what White must aim for are now clear.} Qe4 {[%emt 0:02:04]}
34. g5 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 35. Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qd5 {
[%emt 0:01:48]} 36. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 37. Qg8 {[%emt 0:
00:32]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 38. Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39.
Qg7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 40. Qg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qf3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 42. Qf8 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:10:37]} 43. Qa8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44.
Qe4 {[%emt 0:06:36] Again, in human terms White has acheived something else -
the centralisation of his queen. Black must wait around until White shows what
the next stage of his plan is - though presumably it must be b4.} Kd8 {[%emt 0:
02:49]} 45. Qg4 {[%emt 0:03:51] A mini-zugzwang.} d5 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 46. a5 $1
{[%emt 0:10:26]} Qe1 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 47. h5 {[%emt 0:07:33] This simplifies
Black's task a little bit, but does not completely give equality.} (47. Qf4 Qe6
48. Qf2 Qe7 49. Qf1 Qe6 50. b4 $14 {is another try}) 47... gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:13]
} 48. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 49. Qh8+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ke7
{[%emt 0:02:36]} 50. b4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 51. cxb4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd7 $11 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 52. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:
01:15]} 53. Qf6 $5 {[%emt 0:02:59] Even the pawn endgame retains certain
practical difficulties and would be an ideal candidate for the next Naiditsch
book.} Qxf6+ {[%emt 0:07:00]} 54. gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:59]}
55. Kb3 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Kc6 $4 {[%emt 0:00:40] My educated guess is that this
move arose out of a desire to win a moral battle for tempi. Against 55.Kc3
Black had ...Kd6 in mind, and so it was natural to try and avoid that
'critical square' with the present move... Well, we may never know.} ({Black
had to play} 55... Kd6 $1 {to draw, and the idea is of course ...c5.} 56. c4 (
56. Ka4 c6 57. Kb3 c5 $11) 56... c5 $1 57. b5 d4 58. b6 Kc6 59. Kc2 $11 {
Both kings are stuck.}) 56. c4 {[%emt 0:00:43] Suddenly White is completely
winning.} d4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} (56... dxc4+ 57. Kxc4 Kd6 58. b5 axb5+ 59. Kxb5
Kd7 60. a6 Kc8 61. Kc6 Kb8 62. a7+ {is even more trivial}) 57. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 58. Kd2 $3 {[%emt 0:00:48] Amazing tempo play, but
stereotyped enough.The idea is that only after Black recaptures on c5 must
White play Kd3! as that position is a mutual zugzwang.} (58. Kd3 c5 {is once
again a draw.}) 58... c6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 59. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:18] Avoiding the
d3-square for the last time.} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} (59... Ke5 60. b5 $18) (
59... c5 60. bxc5+ Kc6 (60... Kxc5 61. Kd3) 61. Kd2 $1 Kxc5 62. Kd3 $18) 60.
Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Kxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 62. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 63. Ke4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 64. Kd4 {Not an undeserved victory, but a
slightly surprising one.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Fernandez,D} e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 {Fernandez,D: 'I was intrigued by
this opening, and looked around it a bit, finding that it is indeed played
reasonably often by really top players, but probably should not promise
anything, at least on a cursory investigation.'} Ba5 (3... a5 {(Fernandez,D)
is a stereotypical 'Bogo' way to play, and after} 4. a3 Bxc3 5. Qxc3 Nf6 6. b3
O-O 7. Bb2 d6 8. e3 e5 9. d4 Nc6 $11 {Black was fine in Aronian,L-Riazantsev,A
Sharjah 2017}) 4. Nf3 c5 (4... Nf6 {(Fernandez,D) was played in an old
Conquest-Rozentalis game, but doubtless Giri had something else quite
inventive up his sleeve, for instance} 5. g4 $5 $13) 5. d4 Nf6 6. dxc5 $6 {
Fernandez,D: 'Not holding back, Giri makes a double-edged decision that might
score worse on the engine pane, but is nearly certain to get him the bishop
pair and hence an imbalanced position.'} (6. e3 {(Fernandez,D) might well be
more solid, and Black needs to be careful that he does not transpose to an
awkward Nimzo. This can be acheived with} cxd4 $6 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9.
Bd3 $14 {and for this reason Black should prefer something like 6...d6.}) 6...
Na6 7. Be3 Ne4 8. g3 Naxc5 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ (9... Nxc3 {(Fernandez,D)} 10. bxc3 b6
11. Bg2 {is a hard thing for a human to play as Black, with the backward
d-pawn and the wayward bishop on a5.}) 10. bxc3 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13.
Rfd1 Qe7 {Fernandez,D: 'Now we have more or less the position that White
signed up for on move 6. A simplistic evaluation would be 'equal', a better
one would be 'equal for kids or blitz players, better for Black from 1800 to
2600 in classical, and messy above that!'} (13... Qc7 $5 14. Nd4 Nd6 15. Nb5
Nxb5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Bxb7 Na3 18. Qa4 Qxb7 19. Qxa3 Qc7 $11) 14. a4 $1 {
Fernandez,D: 'One problem Black has is that he cannot block the a5-push.'} d6 (
14... f5 {(Fernandez,D)} 15. a5 e5 16. axb6 axb6 {might have been preferable
for Black, who intends ...f4 soon - the plan is very easy to grasp.}) 15. a5 f5
$2 (15... Nf6 $1 $11) 16. axb6 (16. Nd4 $5) 16... axb6 17. Nd4 $14 Nf6 18. Bxb7
Nxb7 $6 (18... Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qxb7 20. Nb5 Ng4 $14) 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nb5 Rc8 $2
{Fernandez,D: 'Leaving the a-file, which White eventually exploits, and he
could in fact have done so a bit faster.'} (20... Nd7 $1 {Fernandez,D: 'is
sensible, heading for c5 with one knight and either a5 or e5 with the other,
and keeping the Nimzo-typical ...Rc8 in reserve. White wins a pawn with'} 21.
Bf4 (21. Nxd6 {Fernandez,D} Nxd6 22. Qd3 Ne5 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Nxc4 25.
Rxe6 {but after} Rc8 $3 {his pieces are so badly tangled that he must give it
back to get out.} 26. Re7 Kf8 27. Rb7 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Rxc3 29. e4 fxe4 30. Rxb6
$11) 21... Ne5 $14) 21. Qa2 (21. Bxb6 $1 Rxc4 22. Ra1 $16) 21... d5 22. Bg5 $5
{It is obvious that White has a risk-free advantage, but this move, a
temporary pawn sacrifice changes the character of the game, shifting the focus
from the weak pawns to the weak king, which is never pleasant, especially in
time trouble.} Rxc4 {Black can afford this capture, since due to some tactical
finesses he doesn't lose by force.} (22... Qd7 $5 {keeps the position together,
but White keeps the initiative with} 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qa7 Rxc4 25. Nd4 Rc7 26.
Qxb6 Nd8 27. Kg2 {with risk-free torture. Black's position is cramped and his
pieces uncoordinated.}) 23. Qa8+ {This appears to be winning, but Black has a
strong defensive resource.} (23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qa8+ Kg7 $1 {is the way for
Black to defend if White chooses to reverse the move order.} 25. Ra1 Na5 26.
Qa6 Qc5 27. Nd4 Kf7 {holding on for now.}) 23... Kf7 $1 (23... Qe8 24. Qxb7
Qxb5 {loses to} 25. Qe7 $1 Qc6 26. Ra1) (23... Nd8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 (24... Qxf6
25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Qxd5+ {is the same. White wins a pawn and the game.}) 25.
Rxd5 $1 {the main point.} exd5 26. Qxd5+ Qe6 27. Qxd8+ Kg7 28. Nc7 {and the
queen+knight combo starts performing.} Qf7 29. Ne8+ Kg6 30. Nd6 Qe6 31. Nxc4
Qxc4 32. Qd3 {with a winning queen endgame.}) 24. Ra1 $1 {The second wave of
the attack.} (24. Qxb7 Qxb7 25. Nd6+ Ke7 $1 26. Nxb7 Rc7 {is the point. The
extra knight is trapped.}) 24... Na5 25. Qb8 $1 {White's queen is attacking
from within the enemy camp.} Rc6 $6 {Natural, but it was better to return the
pawn and try and coordinate the pieces.} (25... Nc6 $1 {was a strong defensive
resource:} 26. Qxb6 h6 $1 27. Bxf6 (27. Bc1 $5) 27... Kxf6 $1 28. Ra8 Qd7 $1 {
a couple of more strong computer moves and Black can be proud of having saved
the position that looked on the verge of being lost, just a couple of moves
ago.}) 26. Nd4 $1 Rxc3 $2 {The losing mistake.} (26... Rd6 $1 {was the only
move. It looks extremely suspect, but it was possible to make it, through the
method known as elimination. The continuation in the game looks even more
dangerous.} 27. Nf3 (27. Bf4 Rd7 $1 28. Nf3 Nc4 $1 29. Ra8 Qe8 $1 30. Ng5+ Ke7
31. Qxe8+ Nxe8 32. Nxe6 Kxe6 33. Rxe8+ Kf7 {and Black should hold this endgame
without many problems.}) 27... Qd8 $1 28. Ne5+ Kf8 $1 29. Qa7 Qe7 $1 30. Qa6
Nc4 $1 {and again the computer performed a miracle escape. White is only
slightly better after capturing twice on c4.}) 27. Qxb6 Nc4 28. Qb8 $1 {
Threatening Ra7 and preparing to meet ...Ra3 with Rb1!. Probably that last
detail is what Black overlooked.} Nd7 $2 {loses on the spot.} (28... Ra3 {
was still the best attempt to continue the game:} 29. Rb1 Kg6 30. Rb7 Qe8 {
and now both the lazy 31.Qxe8+ Nxe8 32.Nxe6 and the more ambitious 31.Qc7 are
winning for White.}) 29. Bxe7 $1 {A surprising idea, leading to a clean finish.
} Nxb8 30. Bb4 {Suddenly the rook is trapped almost in the middle of the board.
} e5 31. Ra7+ Kg8 32. Bxc3 exd4 33. Bxd4 Nc6 34. Rxg7+ Kf8 35. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:
00:19]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 6. d3
{[%emt 0:03:14]} d6 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 7. Na4 {[%emt 0:27:27]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:21]
} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Ne2 {[%emt 0:12:30]} cxd3 {
[%emt 0:14:03]} 10. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 11. c3 {
[%emt 0:02:35]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:26:10]} 12. b3 {[%emt 0:14:25]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:56]} 14. f3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Bc6
{[%emt 0:03:36]} 15. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bb6+ {[%emt 0:01:11]} 16. Nxb6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:09:
28]} 18. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 19. Rd1 {[%emt 0:10:20]}
Qxd3 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 20. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} 21. c4 {
[%emt 0:08:54]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2834"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne7
{[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. bxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 8. Qxg7 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. Qxh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc7
{[%emt 0:00:17]} 10. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nbc6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 11. f4 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 12. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:05:59]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:
00:25]} 13. Bb2 {[%emt 0:09:42]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 14. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:58]
} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 15. Qd3 {[%emt 0:13:31]} Ndf5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 16. Rd2 {
[%emt 0:01:11]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:06:56]} 17. g3 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:10:
51]} 18. Ne4 {[%emt 0:14:49]} Rxc2+ {[%emt 0:07:35]} 19. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:54]}
dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:05:59]} Nxc2 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 21. Qxc2
{[%emt 0:00:07]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 22. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:
00:29]} 23. Qxg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 24. Kb1 {[%emt 0:09:31]}
Nc3+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 25. Ka1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 26. Bxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxa3+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 28. Rc1 {[%emt 0:10:34]} Qb4+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 29. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:54]}
Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 30. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qb4+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 31. Qb2 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 3. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 6. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:59]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:
27]} 8. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:38]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:03:56]} exd5 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:
47]} 13. Bc3 {[%emt 0:07:05]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 14. Re1 {[%emt 0:04:45]} g6
{[%emt 0:08:19]} 15. Qd2 {[%emt 0:05:10]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:06:11]} 16. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:08:11]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 17. Qf4 {[%emt 0:05:26]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:
01]} 18. b3 {[%emt 0:08:46]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 19. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:09:26]}
Bxf6 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 20. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:36:20]} 21. Nxc6 {
[%emt 0:01:46]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:
00:21]} 23. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:33]
} Rxc1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} dxc4
{[%emt 0:00:18]} 5. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 6. Qxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} a6 {[%emt 0:06:39]} 7. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:40]}
8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 9. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nd5 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 10. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 11. Bxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:
01:14]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 14. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:13]}
Qd5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 15. f3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 16. exd3 {
[%emt 0:02:17]} Qxc5+ {[%emt 0:08:51]} 17. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bxc5+ {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 19. Nc3 {[%emt 0:
04:11]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:08:54]} 20. Rae1 {[%emt 0:07:48]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:52]} Be7
{[%emt 0:00:22]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 8. Be2
{[%emt 0:05:35]} c5 {[%emt 0:10:44]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:03:07]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:04:
17]} 10. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:02:56]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 11. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:03:22]}
Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 12. Be2 {[%emt 0:08:09]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:11:37]} 13. Qb3 {
[%emt 0:09:50]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 14. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} axb6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 15. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 16. Ndb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
Na7 {[%emt 0:06:02]} 17. Nxa7 {[%emt 0:15:55]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 18. Rfd1 {
[%emt 0:02:26]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 19. Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:04:
11]} 20. Bxe7+ {[%emt 0:04:14]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 21. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Bc6 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 22. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:07:28]} 23. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:01:55]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 24. f3 {[%emt 0:05:19]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:
35]} 25. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 26. h4 {[%emt 0:02:45]} g5 {
[%emt 0:03:49]} 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Rca5 {[%emt 0:05:41]} 28. e4 {[%emt 0:
03:59]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 29. hxg5 {[%emt 0:02:36]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:27]}
30. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 31. Rh1 {[%emt 0:06:17]} Raa8 {
[%emt 0:01:14]} 32. Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 33. Ke3 {[%emt 0:
00:59]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 34. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rgc8 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 35.
g3 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 36. a3 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Rgc8 {[%emt 0:
07:26]} 37. Rb4 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 38. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Rd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {For me it is a certainty that my opponents are unable to predict my
first move, because most of the time I am unable to predict it myself.} c5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 {This variation is back in fashion again lately. As a
fashionista, I had a look at it as well.} (3... e5 {is regularly employed by
MVL, while 3...Nf6 is a respected continuation too and was recently employed
by Vishy Anand.}) 4. e3 {This move and 7 that follow were played at a quick
rate. Not trying to reinvent the wheel, both players decided to follow
established theory.} Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bb5
Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 {By giving up the bishop, White is ruining Black's
pawn structure. According to established theory, this is White's main attempt
to fight for an edge.} bxc6 {Marin,M: 'I examined this line in my CBM 180
Modern Trends article and later analysed the game mentioned in the next
comment.'} 12. Re1 {An indecisive move played only once in this position which
has occurred around 50 times in practice already.} ({An interesting game was
played by a countryman of Shakhriyar:} 12. Na4 {the most popular continuation}
Qd6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qd1 Ne7 15. Bd2 Nf5 16. Bc3 Rd8 17. Nc5 Nxd4 18. Ne4 Qd5
19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qa4 Qb5 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Bxd4 {1-0 (71) Grischuk,A (2772)
-Safarli,E (2639) Riadh 2017, with beautiful compensation for the queen. It is
safe to assume that the analytical forces of Azerbaijan have prepared an
improvement along the way.}) 12... Qd6 $2 {Played almost instantly, probably
incorrectly recalling the game of Safarli.  Marin,M: 'This looks as if played
without noticing that White has deviated from the main line, where the queen
goes, indeed, to d6. As a result Black will have wasting a tempo on the very
next move.'} ({The only previous game is hardly relevant:} 12... Qb6 {Marin,M}
13. Qc2 {½-½ Tomashevsky,E (2710)-Alekseev,E (2622) Sochi 2017, but probably
White can keep an edge because once again the queen is exposed to the knight's
attack:} Rb8 (13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 {preventing Ba3 in order to prepare ...
c6-c5 can be met with} 15. Bf4 Ba6 16. Bd6 Rfd8 17. Bc5 $14) 14. Na4 Qb5 15.
Qd1 $5 ({Useful prophylaxis, taking the queen out of the range of the opposing
minor pieces. If} 15. Nc5 $6 e5 16. Nxe5 Bf5 {Black obtains certain
counterplay.}) 15... Rd8 16. Nc5 $14) ({Marin,M: The most logical move is} 
12... Qc7 {placing the queen on a safe square and preparing ...Rb8. For
instance:} 13. Ne4 c5 $5 14. Nxc5 (14. dxc5 Rb8 15. Qc4 Rb4 16. Qe2 Qc6 {
[%cal Gc8a6] also offers Black very active play for the pawn.}) 14... Bxd4 15.
Nxd4 Qxc5 {True, the g7-square is weak now, but Black is centralised and his
bishop may become dangerous along the long diagonal, too.}) 13. Ne4 $1 {
Now the knight obviously goes via the centre, winning quite some tempi.} Qb4
14. Qc2 $1 (14. Bd2 Qxb3 15. axb3 {is a favourable endgame for White, typical
for this variation, yet the continuation in the game is even stronger.}) 14...
a5 {Taking on d4 was not a good option due to Bd2 followed by Nxd4, when the
dark squares are all gaping.} 15. a3 {A more logical move was Bd2, but it is
good to take away the b4-square from the knight in advance.} Qb6 {There was
something to say for placing the queen on b5, but then Black would always have
to pay attention to Nd6, hitting it.} 16. Nc5 Re8 17. Ne5 $1 {It was also
possible to play more modestly, but given so many extra tempi in the opening I
decided that I deserved to have some fun with my knights.} f6 {Black's only
chance to create any play at all now is connected to f6-e5.} 18. Nc4 Qc7 19.
Bd2 {The a5-pawn is doomed.} e5 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Qa4 Nb6 $6 {This is a very
sad move. I expected Black to go all desperado and try to create some illusion
of initiative on the kingside. It is difficult to suggest how, but I expected
a move like 21...Rf8 or 21...Bf5.} 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 {At first I thought my
position was overwhelming but then I realised that it is still not so simple
to win it. However after further pondering I came to the realisation that my
position is indeed, as good as it looks, no less.} 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Bc3 {
The dumbest way to play, is quite powerful.} Bf5 $2 {The final mistake, now
White gains some extra time thanks to a cute tactic and the game is
essentially decided.} (24... Qb5 {This was the last chance. Now White is
likely to end up a pawn up in an endgame but Black will have slightly more
saving chances than in the game.} 25. Qxb5 (25. Re4 {trying to get a similar
position to the one I got in the game is possible too-} Bf5 26. a4 $1) 25...
cxb5 {and here eventually White will win a pawn, with Rad1-Rd5 or simply} 26.
f4 {while the computer smartly indicates that the best move is very possibly a
waiting 26.h3!?.}) 25. g4 $1 {Sending the bishop home.} Bc8 (25... Bxg4 $2 26.
Na4 $1 {is the point.}) 26. Re4 $5 {26.Rad1 was strong too, obviously, but
this looks more grand.} Qb5 27. Rae1 $1 {This time around White can ignore the
offer of the queen trade and let Black take on c4 himself, keeping all the
queenside pawns weak and isolated.} Qxc4 28. Rxc4 Rb8 29. h3 $1 {Upon closer
examination it becomes apparent that Black has no next move. White will
eventually win a couple of pawns with Ne4 or Ra4 or Rd1-d6, but for now it
makes sense to prepare all of that with some useful moves.} h5 (29... Kg8 {
would be a decent way to pass, now White could continue the sadistic approach
with Kg2, f3, a4 or can simply start picking up the full house with} 30. Ne4 $5
Rb6 31. Ra4 $1) 30. gxh5 $5 {I decided it was time to start picking up the
pawns. 30.Rd1! was very strong as well, preparing to penetrate.} gxh5 (30... e4
{leads to a technically lost endgame a couple of pawns down, but at least
Black would be able to continue the struggle for a while.} 31. hxg6 (31. Rexe4
Rxe4 32. Nxe4 Bxc3 33. bxc3 gxh5 34. Rxc6 {wins as well.}) 31... Bxc3 32. bxc3
Bxh3 33. Rexe4 {and 2 pawns should be enough. Black will regain the g6-pawn
soon but White will in his turn win the a5 or c6 soldier in exchange.}) 31. Rh4
Kh7 {Clever move, preparing to meet Rxh5+ with ...Kg6 but now the final touch
follows:} 32. Ne4 $1 {...and while it seems that the resignation is premature,
once you start calculating the variations you quickly notice that although the
material is still equal, Black's position is collapsing completely (the
computer's +3.00 evaluation indicates White's advantage being equal to three
pawns!).} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg4 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:58] One of the great things about these
slightly unassuming openings is that an annotator can start to make meaningful
comments right from the word 'go'.} c6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 5. h3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (5. c4 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Ne5 $11 {
is a motif worth bearing in mind.}) 5... Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:06] Perhaps nothing
at this level, but nevertheless an indication that Black is not trying to hold
a draw.} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 7. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be7
{[%emt 0:00:15]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} (8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Ngf6 10. Nh4 {
Vachier-Lagrave, M-Gunina,V Gibraltar 2016, could be one way to introduce the
bishop-for-knight imbalance anyway.}) 8... dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:27] But this is
the really comment-worthy point. Anish Giri has decided to play for a win.} (
8... Ngf6 {was normal, obviously.}) 9. b3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:08:48]
} 10. Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:08:21]} (10... Ngf6 {was a slightly
strange reaction from a top player a year ago, considering the strategic
importance of the b7-pawn. Following} 11. Qxb7 O-O 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. g4 Bg6 14.
g5 Nh5 15. Bd2 Rfd8 16. Qxc6 (16. Rfc1 $14) 16... Rac8 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 a6
$11 {Eljanov,P-So,W Shamkir 2017 Black nevertheless equalised.}) 11. Qa4 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:18:21]} 12. Rb1 {[%emt 0:15:41]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 14. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:25:29]} (
14. Qb3 {After} Bg6 15. Rb2 Nb6 16. Ne5 $44 {for instance Black's position is
slightly unpleasant and White has at least full compensation.}) 14... O-O {
[%emt 0:03:36]} 15. Qb3 {[%emt 0:05:39] Seemingly forcing some concessions,
but there is a relatively clever tactical defence of the b7-pawn available.}
Bg6 {[%emt 0:10:42]} 16. Rb2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Rd8 $1 {[%emt 0:02:49] Black has
already equalised. There is no easy way to disentangle the White pieces. So
White goes for a slow one.} 17. a4 $1 {[%emt 0:07:42]} (17. Nh4 Nb6 18. Be5
Nfd7 $15) (17. Nd2 {is no good immediately:} Nb6 $15) 17... a5 {[%emt 0:02:49]}
18. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Nh5 $6 {[%emt 0:15:13]} (18... Nf8 $5 19. Nc4 (19. Be5
N6d7 20. Bf4 Bb4 $132) 19... Rxd4 $1 {A natural exchange sacrifice. Now} 20.
Nb6 Qd8 21. Nxa8 Rb4 22. Qa2 Qxa8 $44 {is easier for Black to play, even if
objectively equal.}) 19. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Nhf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 20. Nc4 $14
{[%emt 0:05:11] White gets ambitious, and right now it seems justifiable.} Nd5
{[%emt 0:01:19]} 21. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 22. Qxc8 {
[%emt 0:01:46]} Raxc8 $6 {[%emt 0:00:22] An objectively dubious but
competitively understandable move.} (22... Rdxc8 23. Na2 c5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25.
Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rb7 $36 {might not be so terrible, but Black lacks winning
chances.}) 23. Na2 {[%emt 0:09:17]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 24. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:52]} (25. Rd1 $1 {was the
computer-precise move, adding to the pawn tension in the centre and
threatening to open the c-file since there is now longer a pin there. For
instance:} Nf6 (25... cxd4 26. Nxb4 axb4 27. Rxb4 dxe3 28. Nxe3 Nc5 29. Rxd8+
Rxd8 30. a5 $16) 26. Nxb4 cxb4 27. Nxa5 $16) 25... Ba3 $1 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 26.
Nxc8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 27. Ne7+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} Kf8 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Nxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Rc2 {
[%emt 0:06:11]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 30. Bc6 {[%emt 0:07:49]} (30. Nc3 {
and Nb5 looks natural to me, and White is probably still equal or as near as
makes no difference. Presumably the scare was over} cxd4 31. exd4 Rc8 {but
White has the calm} 32. Be4 $11 {and then Nb5 anyway.}) 30... cxd4 {[%emt 0:09:
24]} 31. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 32. e3 {[%emt 0:04:40]} Ke7
{[%emt 0:01:12]} 33. Kf1 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 34. g4 {[%emt 0:
00:35]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 35. Rc1 $2 {[%emt 0:03:05] The finish is now
clinical in what was until now just a slightly unpleasant position.} (35. Ke2
Rh8 $1 $15 {illustrates one problem.}) (35. Kf2 f5 36. Nc1 Nd5 37. Nd3 Kf6 $15
{is also gradually getting worse for White.}) 35... Ba3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 36.
Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 37. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} axb4 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 38. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b3 $19 {[%emt 0:02:00] Black is
winning a piece. White played one more move:} 39. a5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nd7 {
[%emt 0:03:17] and then promptly resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 4. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]
Maybe similarly to yesterday, Anish Giri goes for the creation of a slight
imbalance. 4.Bd2 is played more often.} c5 {[%emt 0:00:45] And Karjakin does
not object. In principle, if one plays these ...Bb4 lines, be they in the
Ragozin, Nimzo-Indian, Bogo-Indian or even something else, one should not
object to giving up this bishop for a knight and then arranging all one's
pawns on dark squares.} (4... d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 {is another
normal way to play this position with Black.}) 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd2+ {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} (7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd3 O-O 9. Bg2 d5 $11) 7... d5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} (7...
b6 $5 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. f3 $132 {could lead to some kind of almost Maroczy-like
play}) 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 9. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08] The
position is now 'more open than closed' and so I would probably slightly
prefer to be White, but very accurate play is needed to make anything of this.}
11. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} (11. Bg5 $5 e5 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. Rd1 $14 {is maybe one
way to go; White will choose soon whether to play with Bxf6, Nd6 etc or with
Be3, h3, Nc3, 0-0 and try and make use of the bishop pair only once the rooks
come off. The Catalan bishop always guarantees at least sufficient
compensation.}) 11... Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 12. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} (12. O-O $5
Nxe3 13. fxe3 e5 $11 {is creative but probably nothing.}) 12... c3 $1 {[%emt 0:
00:26]} (12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 e5 14. Nb5 Nc6 15. Nd6 $14) 13. b3 {[%emt 0:00:05]
} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 14. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 15. Rxc3
{[%emt 0:02:48]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:07:50]} 16. O-O {[%emt 0:14:21]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:
32]} 17. Rc7 {[%emt 0:11:35]} (17. Nf3 $5 $14 {is a counter-intuitive machine
suggestion that makes a lot of sense once you look at it a few times, but in
any case Black might be able to neutralise the pressure with the standard
bishop-for-knight swap, because the machine overrates bishops. For instance:}
Bd7 18. Ne5 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 {and Black is getting nice and active, whether
White accepts the unusual swap offer or not.}) 17... Rb8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:05] An
ugly but necessary move, and after a few more similar ones it transpires that
White is not better.} 18. Nb5 {[%emt 0:10:21]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 19. Na7 {
[%emt 0:07:07]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:07:57]} 20. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} (20. Rxb7 $2 Rxb7
21. Bxb7 Rb8 $15) 20... b6 {[%emt 0:09:07] With equality.} 21. Bc6 {[%emt 0:04:
56]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 22. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 23.
Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:01:46]} 24. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:19]} h5 {
[%emt 0:01:33]} 25. Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:25]} (25... Re1 $5 {
might deserve consideration at lower levels, to try and play on based on
White's structure.}) 26. Nxg4 $11 {[%emt 0:01:56] The rook endgame is almost
completely equal, with White's activity counterbalanced by a structural issue.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:01:
31]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} ({For some reason Caruana
didn't feel like trying to emulate Carlsen's} 5. c4 $5) 5... Bd6 {[%emt 0:11:
22]} 6. Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} (6. Bg3 {is the more 'true Londoner' move, but
after say} O-O 7. Be2 c5 8. c3 Nc6 $11 {it is immediately obvious that White
has nothing}) 6... h6 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 7. g4 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:24:36]} Bh7 {
[%emt 0:05:06]} (7... Bxe5 $5 {is fascinating:} 8. dxe5 Bxg4 9. f3 Nh5 10. fxg4
Nxf4 11. exf4 Qh4+ 12. Ke2 Qxg4+ {but it seems like White probably has an edge
with the solid} 13. Nf3 Qxf4 14. Qd2 $14 {when the piece marginally
outperforms the three pawns.}) 8. h4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:23]} (
8... Nfd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 $132 {could eventually leave White feeling a bit
over-extended; for subtle structural reasons Black should recapture on d6 with
the pawn!}) 9. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:05:51]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 10. f3 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 11. Bd3 {[%emt 0:09:04]} (11. Qd2 Nd7 12. O-O-O {
might still keep things a bit fresh, as the prospect of a good bishop versus
bad bishop endgame weighs slightly on Black's mind.}) 11... Bxd3 {[%emt 0:01:
01]} 12. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:07:05] Solid and good for equality.
} 13. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bxe5 $5 {[%emt 0:09:49]} (13... Qe7 14. h5 O-O-O
$11) 14. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 15. e4 {[%emt 0:09:52]}
dxe4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} (15... c6 {could be interesting, keeping open the option
of short castling, but I suspect Black rejected this due to the possibility of
c4 + Qd6 turning out to be a textbook 'incisive continuation'.}) 16. Qxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. g5 {[%emt 0:02:32]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:
16:38]} 18. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]}
Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 20. Qe5 {[%emt 0:05:27]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:08:10]} 21. Rhe1 {
[%emt 0:05:13]} (21. b3 {might improve slightly, not giving away any tempi,
and the cat-and-mouse could continue:} b6 22. Kb2 Rhf8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qe2
$14) 21... Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:02:42]} 22. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:50]}
23. b3 {[%emt 0:08:20]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 24. Kb2 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Nh7 {
[%emt 0:01:59]} 25. Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:12]} (25. f4 $14 {was a logical human
continuation}) 25... Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 26. Bg5 {[%emt 0:08:44]} Nh7 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. Bf4 {[%emt 0:04:25]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Qd4 {[%emt 0:
01:26]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:12:10]} (28... Nd5 29. Be5 Qxf3 $11) 29. Be5 {[%emt 0:02:
50]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 30. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 31. f4
{[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 32. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} (32. Qc4 {
was an interesting tactical idea, hinting at an overloading of the black queen,
and then} Nd5 33. Qe4 $36 {could be genuinely unpleasant}) 32... Qe7 {[%emt 0:
00:49]} 33. Qc3 $6 {[%emt 0:04:57] This loses the advantage.} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:
53] Possibly White had thought Qg3 was good, but missed the tactical idea of ..
.Nxf4. Black has now equalised again.} 34. Qf3 {[%emt 0:04:40]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} 35. Qe4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Qxh4 {[%emt 0:04:15] Now the most White can
do is take on g6, which implies a trade of pieces, and then there will be
nothing left with which to win.} 36. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:39]}
37. Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 38. Rh6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rg8 {
[%emt 0:02:16]} 39. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 40. Qxg6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 41. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:02:
36]} 42. a4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 43. Qe4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nc6
{[%emt 0:00:47]} 44. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:08:24] A sequence of moves known
to English chess fans as the 'Sniper'...} 4. d5 {[%emt 0:05:44]} d6 {[%emt 0:
01:27]} (4... b5 $5 {probably transposes to a Benko Gambit:} 5. cxb5 a6 6. e4 (
6. bxa6 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bxa6 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 d6 {is a main line}) 6... axb5 7. e5
b4 $13 {This position is sufficiently modern for the most exacting taste, and
I think Black is probably fine if he continues with ...Nh6 and/or ...Ba6,
developing as many pieces to the side as possible.}) 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} e6
{[%emt 0:04:39]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:04:36]} ({Pertinent:} 6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 a6
8. h3 b5 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O Ngf6 11. a3 O-O 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. b4 Bb7
15. Rab1 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Nh5 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Be3 Qd8 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. Be3 Qd8 21.
Bg5 Qb6 22. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (22) Matlakov,M (2714)-Zvjaginsev,V (2661) Sochi 2017}
) 6... exd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:19]} ({I was always taught
that if White is able to recapture with the e-pawn, i.e.} 7. exd5 $14 {then
the Benoni construction has basically failed and White is better.}) 7... Bg4 {
[%emt 0:04:25]} ({A good question to ask is why not} 7... Nf6 {Maybe} 8. h3 (8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O ({Or} 9. h3 b5) 9... Bg4 {is main line theory.}) 8... O-O 9. O-O
{might have been something Black didn't like - the move order certainly raises
unusual questions. Play could continue} b5 $6 (9... c4 10. Bc2 b5 $132 {
is better}) 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Nc3 $14 {when the position resembles
the line which refutes 1.d4 b5.}) 8. Nbd2 $1 $14 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
05:15]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:47]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:00:27]}
Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. Bxc4 {
[%emt 0:15:46]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:
30]} 14. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 15. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:13:50]}
Nxe8 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 16. Bg5 $146 {[%emt 0:11:28] It's just a bishop pair,
and Black lacks the usual compensations that the Benoni offers.} (16. Qb3 Qc7
17. Be3 Nd7 18. Rc1 Nc5 19. Qa3 Qd8 20. b4 Nd7 21. Qd3 Rc8 22. Bb3 Rxc1+ 23.
Bxc1 Qc7 24. Bd2 a6 25. a4 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. g4 Ng7 28. Kg2 h5 29. f4 Bf6
30. a5 hxg4 31. hxg4 Qd7 32. Bd1 Ne8 33. Be2 Nc7 34. Qc4 Nb5 35. Be3 Qe8 36.
Kf3 Nc3 37. g5 {1/2-1/2 (37) Khismatullin,D (2601)-Andreikin,D (2625) Voronezh
2009}) 16... Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 17. Nd4 {[%emt 0:08:05]} (17. Re1 {was more
natural for me.}) 17... Qb6 {[%emt 0:17:10] Probably relying on ...Nxe3, but
White's next makes this irrelevant.} ({After the natural} 17... Nbd7 18. Ne6 $5
{could be the point, but the story doesn't necessarily end here:} fxe6 19. dxe6
d5 20. Bxd5 Nf8 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bc6 $44) 18. Be3 {[%emt 0:11:04]} Ng4 $6 {
[%emt 0:02:40] Not a great move, but the position wasn't fun anyway.} 19. Qe4 {
[%emt 0:01:35]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:22:10]} (19... Nxe3 20. Qe8+ Bf8 21. fxe3 {
leaves Black completely helpless against Rf1 and Ne6 ideas, despite the
initially optimistic prognosis of the machine. For instance} Qc7 22. Ne6 fxe6
23. dxe6 Qe7 24. Qc8 $18 {with Rf1-f7 to come.}) 20. Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:25] The
position, and this move in particular, give me flashbacks to the game
Hawkins-Fernandez, 4NCL 2016, when I tried some kind of KID/Benko mashup.} Nbd7
{[%emt 0:00:15]} 21. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 22. Bxb6 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Bxa7 $16 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ne5 {
[%emt 0:05:20]} 24. b3 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 25. bxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:
52]} 27. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 28. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra8
{[%emt 0:04:29]} 29. Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Re2 {
[%emt 0:03:42]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} ({If Black has to defend passively with} 
30... Ra8 {then he is not long for this world, but there might not have been
anything objectively better.}) 31. Re8 $18 {[%emt 0:00:58] A well-calculated
way to clinch the game in tactics rather than technique.} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
32. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:23]} (32... Rb4 33. a4 $1 {doesn't
change much.}) 33. f4 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 34. Bf6 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} Re4 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 35. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:08]}
36. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:02] Directed against White's most
obvious idea of Nc8-e7, but there are others.} 37. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:41]} h5 {
[%emt 0:01:56]} (37... Kg7 38. Ne8+ Kg8 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. d6 $18) 38. Bh6 {
[%emt 0:01:28]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. g4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:07]
} 40. Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:06] This move looks like it
threatens perpetual check, but in fact it doesn't even do that. Black is
beyond saving, of course.} 41. Rxf7+ {[%emt 0:02:04]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 42.
Rf8+ {[%emt 0:03:34] Probably the idea was Nf7 next and then the white king
trivially dodges the checks using f3.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 2. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:01:09]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:
11] Probably trying for some clever move-order trick in a Meran.} b6 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} (4... a6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. g4 $5 $132 {Nepomniachtchi,I-Anand,V
London 2017, was an experimental continuation.}) (4... Bb4 $5 {has an equally
'interesting' flavour:} 5. a3 (5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Nd4 a5 $132) 5... Bxc3 6. bxc3
O-O 7. Bb2 $5 {Trying to open the long diagonal quickly, but Black has a
gambit idea.} (7. d4 c5 {Via a circuituous route, we have reached a main line
Sämisch position.}) 7... c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. c4 d4 $5 $132) (4... c5 {is of
course fine, when White's main independent continuation could be the attempt
to force an IQP position with} 5. cxd5 {. However, Black is under no
obligation to accept this and can continue} Nxd5 $5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 $132 {Aronian,L-Carlsen,M London 2015}) 5. b3 {[%emt 0:00:
55]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 6. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 7. g3
$5 {[%emt 0:11:42] Ducking d4 at any cost.} Bd6 {[%emt 0:23:15]} (7... dxc4 {
seems logical to try and punish White's omission. For instance,} 8. Bxc4 (8.
bxc4 e5 9. Bg2 e4 $36) 8... a6 9. O-O (9. a4 Bb4 $11 {is also very comfortable}
) 9... b5 10. Be2 Be7 $11) 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:02:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:09]} 9. O-O
{[%emt 0:04:11]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 10. Rc1 {[%emt 0:22:12]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:
11]} 11. Qe2 {[%emt 0:05:29]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:07:12]} (11... c5 $6 {was
correctly avoided:} 12. cxd5 exd5 (12... Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. d4 {is similar}
) 13. d4 {Black does not have a good version of the hanging pawns position.})
12. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} b5 $5 {[%emt 0:02:34] Liquidating.} (12... c5 13. Ng5
Bxg2 14. Kxg2 {leads to a position reminiscent of the 6.b3 Catalan discussed
yesterday; both sides have glaring backward pawns but White is probably
slightly more comfortable unless Black hurries to get pieces off with (say)}
Be5 $1 15. f4 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 e5 $11) 13. cxb5 {[%emt 0:30:32]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} 14. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 15. d4 {[%emt 0:08:18]} ({
It is a running joke in my circle that whenever possible, I will suggest moves
like} 15. Bxf6 {to try and exploit, after a further 50 moves, some perceived
superiority of White's compact structure. This may or may not be present, but
on objective grounds the move deserves consideration. Play could continue} Nxf6
16. Nfd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ne4 18. Rfd1 $11 {when White has the 'threat' of Nc3,
exchanging off more pieces and thus getting closer to the ideal RB v RN
position, where in theory the backward c-pawn could become a factor.}) 15...
Qb8 {[%emt 0:09:27]} 16. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 17. Rxa1 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 18. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:
30]} 19. Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:34] Maybe a slightly slack move.} (19. Qb5 cxd4 20.
Nxd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 $11) 19... cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 20. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 21. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qa8+ {[%emt 0:01:47]} (21...
Rc8 {created a threat and would not have been a totally unreasonable move to
play on with.} 22. Ba1 Qa8+ 23. Qf3 Qa3 24. Ndb5 Qa6 $11 {and while the
position is objectively level, White's pieces are a little bit tangled up and
a bit less active.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A playoff 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.01.29"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. b3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:03] Sparing me another annotation
of a b3 Catalan.} O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} (6... b6 $1 $11 {would have been more in keeping with the logic of
Anish's main game today- avoiding potentially awkward hanging-pawns formations.
}) 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07] Just as theorised in the notes to the main game,
this is the way White should play. Obviously d4 is fine immediately, but why
not make Black play with a central structure he doesn't like?} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 8. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (8... Qxd5 9. Bc4 Qd6
10. O-O Nc6 $11 {still looks fine for Black, if a bit passive.}) 9. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:00:10] Technically the novelty.} (9... Nc6 10.
dxc5 Bxc5 11. a3 Bg4 12. Be2 a5 13. O-O Qd6 14. Qd3 Bh5 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Nh4
Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qe6 18. Nf3 $14 {Votava,J-Froewis,G Austria 2016}) 10. Qd2 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Kxd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 12. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 13. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]
So the position is still fine for Black, but White is taking no risks, and can
choose to play against the IQP 'as is' or maybe with some kind of Bxc6, Rfc1,
Bd4-c5 thing. Ideal for blitz.} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 14. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Be6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} (14... Ne7 $14 {might not have been a terrible idea under
the circumstances.}) 15. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 16. Rhd1 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} (16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne5 {was a useful tactical chance: Black
can either sacrifice the pawn or allow} c5 18. Nd3 {but in either case he is
definitely suffering.}) 16... Be7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 17. h3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} a6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 19. Bb1 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
21. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 22. g4 {[%emt 0:00:07] Thinking
about Bf5, and also restricting Black's kingside pawns, allowing for a future
f4-f5 thrust.} h6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxd4+ {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 24. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0:00:21]
Like that.} f6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 26. Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (26. e4 dxe4 27. Bxe4
$14 {looked quite convincing, even though it liquidates the most immediate
target of White's pressure.}) 26... Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. h4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (28. b4 $5 {was worth
noticing, but after} Bxb4 29. Rb1 a5 30. a3 Bd6 31. Rxb7+ Rc7 32. Rb8 Rc8 33.
Rb5 a4 $11 {it all just fizzles out a bit.}) 28... Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 29. Bd3
{[%emt 0:00:21]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 30. e4 {[%emt 0:00:37] Eventually White
had to make this break, though he has spent enough time in the process that
Black is probably objectively fine again.} Bc3 $6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} (30... dxe4+
31. Bxe4 Bc6 32. h5 Bxe4+ 33. Kxe4 Ke6 $1 $11 (33... Rc2 $2 34. Kf5 $36)) 31.
Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxd5+ {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxe4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 34. Kxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke6 $6 {[%emt 0:00:11] Just like the previous note, except
Black's pieces are now out of sync.} (34... Bb4 35. Be3 (35. Kf5 Rc2 36. Bd4
Kf7 $1 $11) 35... Ke6 36. a4 $14 {Black has not completely equalised here, but
it's better than the game.}) 35. f5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36.
Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:02] Forcing a favourable bishop endgame.} Rc6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:
21] Definitely losing and almost certainly the decisive mistake.} (36... Kd7
37. Kd3 Bb4 38. Rxc8 Kxc8 39. Kc4 Bd6 40. Kd5 Kd7 41. a4 $16 {might also be
winning, or it might not - but White can play with various ideas, like Bd4 and
then g5, or Bc5 at the right moment. I suspect Black has just enough answers.})
37. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 38. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} bxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. Bc5 {[%emt 0:
00:45]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. h5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (
41... Kc7 42. Bxd6+ Kxd6 43. b4 $18) 42. Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:
04] The last idea is to try and trap this bishop, but White can just go back
and pick a better time for the incursion.} 43. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kd7 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} (43... Bc7 {was another place to try and defend from.} 44. Kb4
Bd8 (44... a5+ 45. Ka4 Bd8 46. b4 axb4 47. Kxb4 Bc7 48. a4 $18) 45. Bd6 Bb6 46.
a4 {However, it is now zugwang. Black has to play ...a5, and then the game is
almost over.} a5+ 47. Kc4 Be3 48. b4 axb4 49. Kxb4 {White can walk the pawn to
a6 and then play Bc5.}) 44. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd2+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 45. Ka4
{[%emt 0:00:01]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 46. b4 {[%emt 0:00:07] The black king is
now caught trying to do two jobs at the same time.} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 47.
Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} ({of course, after} 47... Kd7 48. Ka5
Ke8 {White is not obliged to take on g7, but can conserve his bishop with} 49.
Bc5 $18) 48. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]
} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 50. Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 51. Kb3 {
[%emt 0:00:08] Heading back to win with Be3.} (51. Bd8+ Kb7 52. Ka5 Bh4 53. Be7
Bg5 54. Bc5 Bf4 55. Bd4 Bg5 56. a3 $18 {is another zugzwang idea to win.})
51... Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 52. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 53.
Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kd7 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} 55. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A playoff 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2834"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.01.29"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05] Carlsen had white in the first game,
and went for a quick queen trade. He maintained a tiny advantage until
liquidating into a winning bishop endgame. "A very clean technical win," noted
live commentator GM Eric Hansen. That meant that Giri was forced to strike
back in his white game} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Bc4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]
} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} a6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Bb3 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 10.
Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 12. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. Qe2 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 14. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
15. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 16. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qf8 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} 17. Nhf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 18. Ne3 {
[%emt 0:01:23]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. Ngf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:
35]} 20. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 21. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nxg4
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 23. Bxf4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:
00:13]} 25. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 26. fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:07]
} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 27. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 28. Re2
{[%emt 0:01:20]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 30. Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 31. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re5
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Qh2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 33. g3 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 34. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 35.
e5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 36. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qg5 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ref5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Qh4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bengaluru Karnataka op"]
[Site "Bengaluru"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chinmay, Satheesh"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. h3 h6 7. O-O Na5 8. Bd5
c6 9. a3 cxd5 10. b4 Bd4 11. bxa5 Bxc3 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Rb3 Bxa5 14. Bd2 dxe4
15. dxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxa5 Qxa5 17. Rb4 Bf5 18. Rxb7 Rab8 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Re1 Qc5
21. Re3 Rb2 22. Ne1 Qd4 23. Qc1 Qb6 24. Qd2 Nxd2 25. Kh2 Nf1+ 26. Kg1 Nxe3 27.
fxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kf1 Rb1 29. c4 Rxe1# 0-1

[Event "Bengaluru Karnataka op"]
[Site "Bengaluru"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Pratham, Singh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "1156"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Bd7 11. a3 Qd8 12. b4 a5 13. b5 Na7 14. a4 Rc8 15. Rc1
Kh8 16. Qd2 Rg8 17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 Ne8 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Rfd1 Rxa7 21. Qxd7
Qxd7 22. Rxd7 Bf8 23. Bc4 Kg7 24. Rd8 Nc7 25. b6 Ra8 26. bxc7 e6 27. Rxa8 h6
28. c8=Q b6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Qxe6 Kh8 31. Nd5 b5 32. Nf6 Bg7 33. Rxg8# 1-0

[Event "Bengaluru Karnataka op"]
[Site "Bengaluru"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brijesh, M."]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1358"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 O-O 6. b4 a6 7. a4 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Bg4 10. Bb2 Nf4 11. Bc1 g5 12. Bxf4 gxf4 13. Nbd2 Bd6 14. Ne4 Kh8
15. h3 Bh5 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Bd5 Rg8 18. Kh2 Rg7 19. g4 fxg3+ 20. fxg3 f5 21.
Qe1 Ne7 22. Bb3 Ng6 23. Qf2 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 f4 25. g4 Rc8 26. Rac1 Qf6 27. Bd5
Rcc7 28. c4 Nh4 29. Qf2 h5 30. Rg1 hxg4 31. hxg4 Rh7 32. Be4 f3 33. Rg3 Qf4 34.
Bxh7 Rxh7 0-1

[Event "Bengaluru Karnataka op"]
[Site "Bengaluru"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Muralidhara, GK."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 c5 8. e4
d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nbd7 11. e5 Bxg2 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Kxg2 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qc7
15. Bg5 Qc5 16. Qd2 Qxc4 17. Nf5 Qc6+ 18. Kg1 Rfe8 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Nd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Bengaluru Karnataka op"]
[Site "Bengaluru"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shiva, S."]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1761"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. d3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1
O-O 9. Ne3 Re8 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Re1 Qd7 14. c3 b6 15.
Qc2 Bb7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bc1 h6 18. Nd2 Ne7 19. Bf3 Nd5 20. g3 e4 21. Nxe4
Nxc3 22. Bxh6 Nxd1 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxd1 Qd4 25. h4 Re5 26. Nd2 Qxd3 27. Qb2
Qd4 0-1

[Event "Bengaluru Karnataka op"]
[Site "Bengaluru"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Manjunath, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. d3
h6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qc2 Bh7 11. Bc3 Rc8 12. Qb2 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Rac1 Qb6
15. b4 Qa6 16. Nb3 Rfd8 17. a3 Qd6 18. Bd4 Qb8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qa8 21.
Bh3 Ne8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Bf8 24. Nd4 Bg6 25. Nxb5 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 a5 27.
bxa5 Qxa5 28. Qb2 Qe1+ 29. Bf1 Bc5 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Nxd4 Nf6 32. h3 Qd1 33. Nf3
Bxd3 34. exd3 Qxf3 35. a4 Qd1 36. Qa3 e5 37. a5 e4 38. dxe4 Nxe4 39. a6 Nd2 40.
Qd3 Nf3+ 41. Kh1 Qa1 42. a7 Qxa7 43. Qxf3 d4 44. Bc4 Qd7 45. Kg2 Kf8 46. Qd5
1-0

[Event "Bengaluru Karnataka op"]
[Site "Bengaluru"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arvind, Shastry"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Qxe4+ Qe7 11. Bc4 Bf5 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. O-O-O Rd8 14.
Rhe1+ Kf8 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Nd7 17. Bb3 Nb6 18. g4 Nd5 19. h4 Re8 20. Rde1
Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. Kd2 Ke7 24. Kd3 Nc7 25. h5 gxh5 26. gxh5
h6 27. Ne5 Ne6 28. Ke4 Bxe5 29. Kxe5 f6+ 30. Ke4 Ng7 31. Bd1 Ke6 32. Bb3+ Kd6
33. Bd1 f5+ 34. Ke3 Ke7 35. f4 Ne8 36. Bf3 Kd6 37. Bd1 Nf6 38. Bc2 Nd5+ 39. Kf3
Ne7 40. Bb3 a5 41. a3 b5 42. Ke3 Nc8 43. Bc2 Ke6 44. Bb3+ Ke7 45. a4 Nb6 46.
axb5 cxb5 47. d5 a4 48. Bc2 Kd6 49. Kd4 Nxd5 50. Bxf5 Nxf4 51. Bg4 Nd5 52. Be2
b4 53. Kc4 a3 54. bxa3 bxa3 55. Kb3 a2 56. Kb2 Nb4 57. Bc4 Ke7 58. Bxa2 Nxa2
59. Kxa2 Kf6 60. Kb2 Kg5 61. Kc2 Kxh5 62. Kd2 Kg4 63. Ke2 Kg3 64. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bengaluru Karnataka op"]
[Site "Bengaluru"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Augustin, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5
Bd7 9. Rb1 Na6 10. b4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. a3 Nc7 13. Bb2 h6 14. c5 dxc5 15.
bxc5 Nh7 16. Na4 Ng5 17. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 18. exf3 Kxg7 19. f4 Nd5 20. Re1 e6 21. Rb7
Rf7 22. Nb2 Rb8 23. Rxa7 Bc8 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. Nc4 Ba6 27. Ne5 Qe8
28. h4 Bb5 29. a4 Ba6 30. Nxc6 Qxc6 31. Rxe6 Qxe6 32. Bxd5 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Bengaluru Karnataka op"]
[Site "Bengaluru"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Stany, George Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 c6 10. O-O-O cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h4 Nf6 13. Nh3 Bd7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15.
Nf2 Na4 16. Nce4 Qc7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Be2 b5 20. h5 f5 21. Rc1
Qd8 22. h6 Bh8 23. Bg5 Qb6 24. d6 fxe4 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. d7 Bxd7 27. Qxd7 Bf6
28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Rc8 exf3 30. Bxf6 Qg1+ 31. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 d4 13. exd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3
Qxc5 15. O-O Be6 16. Rfc1 g4 17. Ne1 O-O-O 18. Be4 Kb8 19. Nd3 Qc4 20. Qe2 Qa6
21. Nxb4 Nxb4 22. Qe3 Qb6 23. Qf4+ Qd6 24. Qe3 Qd4 25. Qf4+ Qd6 26. Qe3 Qd4 27.
Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 (7.
bxc3 {is a slightly more popular option}) 7... Bd6 8. e4 O-O 9. Bc4 (9. Be2 a5
10. O-O Qe7 11. Bg5 (11. Re1 h6 12. Rb1 Be6 13. b4 axb4 14. cxb4 Bg4 $132 {
1/2-1/2 (51) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2645)-Gao,R (2468) Cappelle la Grande 2014})
11... f6 12. Be3 Be6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Qf7 $11 {1-0 (37) Smirin,I (2656)
-Quesada Perez,Y (2649) Tromso 2014}) (9. Be3 Qe7 10. Rd1 f5 $5 11. exf5 Bxf5
12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. Qxb7 e4 14. Nd2 Ne5 $32 {0-1 (27) Lenderman,A (2581)-Adhiban,
B (2544) Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 9... Qe7 (9... Bg4 {[%cal Gf1c4,Gc8g4] is a
natural reaction and the idea can be seen in use 9...a5}) (9... Kh8 {[%cal
Gf7f5] is another possibility which is similar to the Lenderman- Adhiban game
above but here white is comparitively better developed and so there's nothing
to worry about.}) (9... a5 10. a4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qf6 13. Rg1 $13 h6
14. Be3 Rfd8 15. O-O-O $36 {0-1 (30) Muthaiah,A (2316)-Preotu,R (2463) Porto
Carras 2015}) (9... Qe8 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd8 12. a4 Kh8 13. Nd2 Ne6 14. Bxe6 $6
Bxe6 $15 {0-1 (30) Doostkam,P (2095)-Ly,M (2506) Dubai UAE 2016}) 10. Bg5 Qe8
11. O-O-O $5 {Topalov later admitted that this was probably a bit too
optimistic} (11. O-O Be6 {is normal and sedate.}) 11... Be6 ({Black could have
immediately tried to use the weakened light squares around the white king to
create some play with} 11... Na5 $142 {[%csl Ga2,Gb3]} 12. Bd5 (12. Ba2 Bd7 (
12... Be6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Nd2 b5 $15) 13. Kb1 Ba4 14. b3 Bd7 $15) 12... Bd7
$1 $36 {[%cal Gd7a4]} (12... Be6 13. c4)) 12. Bd5 f6 13. Be3 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Ne7
15. Rdd1 (15. Rd2 {[%cal Gf3d2] gets in the knight's way} a5 (15... b5 16. c4)
(15... Qg6 16. Nh4) (15... Qc6 16. c4 b6 17. Rhd1 Bc5) 16. c4 $11 (16. Qb3+ Kh8
17. a4 Qg6 $17 {[%csl Rf3]}) (16. Rhd1)) (15. Rd3 {gets in the queen's way} Qg6
{[%csl Re4,Rg2]} (15... Qc6 16. Nd2 $14)) 15... Qc6 16. Nd2 a5 ({The counter} 
16... b5 $6 {does not work because of the nice positional stroke} 17. c4 $14 {
which breaks Black's structure and makes the position of the king irrelevant
when the queen exchange happens.}) 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Qc4 $1 Qd7 (18... Qxc4 $6
19. Nxc4 $16) (18... a4 19. Qxc6 Nxc6 20. Nc4 Be7 21. Rd5 $14) 19. a4 b6 (19...
Rab8 20. Qb5) (19... c6 20. Nb3 $16 {[%cal Gb3c5,Ge3c5]}) (19... Ng6 20. h4 $14
) 20. f3 Rab8 21. Kc2 ({Giri was prepared for} 21. Qb5 Qxb5 22. axb5 Rbd8 23.
Nc4 Nc8 {with a solid defence.}) 21... b5 $1 {Black sees his chance and
correctly decides to counter.} 22. axb5 Rxb5 23. Ra1 Rfb8 24. b3 (24. Ra2 h6 (
24... a4 25. Rha1) 25. Rha1 Nc6 26. Qd3 {[%cal Gd2c4]} Qf7 27. Nc4 Bc5 28. Bxc5
Rxc5 29. b3 Rcb5 30. Rb2 $11) 24... Ng6 25. Qa4 Qe7 ({Another dynamic idea was
} 25... Nf4 $5 26. Bxf4 (26. g3 $6 Bc5 $1 27. gxf4 (27. Bxf4 exf4 28. gxf4 Rd8
$17) (27. Bxc5 $2 Qd3+) 27... Bxe3 $15) 26... exf4 27. Nc4 Qe6 $132 {[%cal
Gh7h6,Gf6f5]}) (25... Bc5 $5 26. Bxc5 Nf4 27. Bd4 exd4 28. Qxd4 Qc6 $44) 26.
Nc4 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28. Rhd1 Nf4 29. Rd2 h6 (29... Rxb3 $4 30. Qxb3 $18) (
29... Ne6 30. Qa3 $14) 30. Qa3 {Giri was a bit surprised as he had not given
much importance to this idea and that probably explains his knee jerk reaction
to it.} a4 $6 {Actually at first sight this looks like a brilliant counter in
some way but White has a very cool antidote} ({In the post mortem Giri
mentioned that he regretted not going for} 30... Qc6 $142 31. Nxa5 Qe6 $44 {
which is serious compensation for the pawn due to the vulnerability of the
white king for example} (31... Qe8 $5 32. g3 Ne6) 32. g3 (32. Nc4 Kh7 $44 33.
Qa6 Qf7 34. Ra3 $2 Qxc4 $19) 32... Nh3 33. b4 (33. Nc4 Ng5 $15) 33... c5 $132)
(30... Ne6 $6 {can be refuted with some simple tactics} 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 32. Rxa5
Nxb3 33. Rd8+ $1 Kh7 (33... Rxd8 34. Rxb5 {[%csl Rb3]} Na1+ 35. Kb2 $18) 34.
Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Ra7 c6 (35... c5 36. Ra3 $18) 36. Ra6 $16) 31. bxa4 (31. Qxa4 $2
Rxb3 32. Qxb3 Rxb3 33. Kxb3 Qb5+ $19) 31... Rb4 32. Rb1 $1 {The point.} (32.
cxb4 Rxb4 33. Kd1 (33. Ra2 Qxc4+ $19) (33. Qa2 Rxc4+ $19) 33... Qg1+ (33...
Qxc4 34. Rc1 Qf1+ 35. Kc2 Qc4+ 36. Qc3 Qa2+ 37. Kd1 Qxa4+ 38. Ke1) 34. Kc2 Qc5
$11) 32... Qxc4 33. Rxb4 Rxb4 34. Qxb4 Qa2+ 35. Qb2 Qxa4+ 36. Qb3 Qa6 {The
clouds have cleared and White has come out with a comfortable advantage.} 37.
g3 (37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Qxc7 Qa2+ $11) (37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Qg8+ Kg6) (37. h4 $5 $16)
37... Ne6 38. Qd5 $6 ({The classical approach with} 38. h4 $142 {was the best
one but somehow Topalov miscalculated and could not work out the win if Black
countered with ...Nc5} Kh7 {[%cal Ge6c5]} (38... h5 39. Qd5 {[%cal Gd5c5]} Qb6
40. f4 $18) (38... Nc5 $2 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Qg8+ Kg6 41. h5+ Kxh5 42. Qxg7 $18 {
Black queen's checks can be dismissed easily after} Qa2+ (42... Qe2+ 43. Rd2
$18) 43. Kd1 Qb1+ 44. Ke2 Qc2+ (44... Qb5+ 45. Ke3 $18) 45. Rd2) 39. Qd5 {
[%cal Gd5c5] The main idea for White is to now take his king to the kingside.}
Qb6 (39... Qa4+ 40. Kd3 Qa6+ 41. Ke3 $18) (39... Kh8 40. h5 Kh7 41. Rd3 Kh8 42.
Kd2 Kh7 43. Ke3 $18) 40. Qc4 Nc5 41. Rd8 Ne6 42. Rd5 Qf2+ 43. Rd2 Qb6 44. Kd3
Nc5+ 45. Ke2 Ne6 46. Kf1 Qe3 47. Qd3 $18) 38... Ng5 39. f4 Nf3 {Giri's does
not miss his only chance of counterplay. The black king seems precariously
placed but the white king's vulnerability gives Black tactical opportunities.}
(39... Qa4+ 40. Kd3 Qa6+ 41. Ke3 Qb6+ 42. Ke2 Qa6+ 43. Qd3 $18) 40. Rd1 (40.
Rf2 $5 c6 (40... exf4 41. gxf4 $16) (40... Ne1+ 41. Kd2 $18 {[%csl Re1]} Qa1
42. Qb3) 41. Qb3 Kh7 (41... Ne1+ 42. Kd1 Nd3 43. Ra2 $18) 42. h3 (42. h4 f5 43.
exf5 e4 {[%csl Gd3,Gf3][%cal Ga6d3,Ge4f3,Ge4d3]}) 42... f5 43. exf5 e4 $132)
40... Qe2+ (40... c6 $5) 41. Kb3 ({This was White's last chance to get
something out of it} 41. Kc1 $5 Kh7 (41... Qxh2 42. Qe6 $18) (41... Qe3+ 42.
Kb2 Qe2+ (42... exf4 43. gxf4 Qxf4 44. Qf5 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Qxf5 45. exf5 Nxh2
46. Rd7 $16) 43. Ka3 Qa6+ (43... Nd4 44. cxd4 Qxd1 45. fxe5 fxe5 46. Qxe5 $16 {
[%cal Ga3b4,Gb4c5]}) 44. Kb4 $14) 42. Qd3 (42. Qd7 Qe3+ 43. Kb2 Qf2+ 44. Ka3
Qc5+ $11) 42... Qf2 43. h4 c5 (43... Qxg3 44. Rf1) 44. h5 $14) 41... Nd4+ $1 (
41... c5 42. Qd3 c4+ 43. Kxc4 Qa2+ 44. Kc5 $18) 42. Rxd4 exd4 43. Qxd4 Qxh2 44.
Qd8+ (44. e5 $5 fxe5 45. fxe5 Qxg3 46. e6 Qg6 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. e7 Qb1+ (48...
Qb6+ $2 49. Kc2 Qf2+ 50. Qd2 Qf7 (50... Qf5+ 51. Qd3 $18) 51. Qd7 $18) 49. Kc4
Qa2+ 50. Kd3 Qb1+ 51. Kd2 Qb2+ 52. Ke3 Qc1+ 53. Qd2 (53. Ke2 Qc2+ 54. Qd2 Qe4+
55. Qe3 Qc2+ $11) 53... Qg1+ $11) 44... Kh7 45. Qd3 Kh8 46. e5 fxe5 47. fxe5
Qg2 (47... Qf2 48. Qe4 (48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qxc7 Qxg3 $11) 48... Qb6+ 49. Kc4 Qa6+
$11) 48. Qd8+ ({White could have tried pushing the pawn but eventually it just
changes the side that gives the perpetual check, for example} 48. e6 Qb7+ (
48... Kg8 $2 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. e7 Qb7+ 51. Kc2 Qg2+ 52. Qd2 Qc6 53. Qe3 Qe8 54.
Qe6 g6 55. Kd3 h5 56. Ke4 $18) 49. Kc2 Qg2+ 50. Kc1 Qg1+ (50... Kg8 51. Qd8+
Kh7 52. e7 Qf1+) 51. Kd2 Qf2+ 52. Kd1 (52. Qe2 $4 Qxe2+ 53. Kxe2 Kg8 $19) 52...
Qg1+ 53. Kd2 $11) 48... Kh7 49. Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Re8 11. h3 Be6 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Nd2 Qa5 14. Bf4
Qb4 15. Bg3 Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qxa2 17. Rxb7 Qd5 18. Rc7 Rec8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Qa1
Bf5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qxa7 Qc2 23. Nf3 Qc6 24. Ra1 Ne4 25. d5 Qc3 26. Kh2 Ndf6
27. Ra6 Qb4 28. Qc7 Qb8 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. Bxd6 Re8 31. Be5 Nxd5 32. Bd4 Nc7 33.
Ra2 Ne6 34. Be3 Nd6 35. Rc2 Nf5 36. Rc3 Nxe3 37. Rxe3 Nc7 38. Rc3 Ne6 39. Re3
Nc7 40. Rc3 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 {The side lines like this are gaining some
popularity even on the top level - claiming superiority in the main
theoretical lines is an extremely tough task nowadays.} d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. cxd5
exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 d4 {This is the most principled - Black is seizing lots
of space and locking the long diagonal. The flipside is that Black's d4-pawn
is getting rather vulnerable.} ({In the event of} 7... Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. O-O {
the play might transpose into a well-known theoretical position of the
Tarrasch. Well, having the isolated pawn isn't to everyone's taste.}) 8. O-O
Be7 9. Na3 {The knight is heading to c4 in order to take control over central
squares.} ({Black has nothing to worry about after} 9. e3 O-O 10. exd4 cxd4 11.
Re1 Bg4 $132 {Kurajica,B - Sos Andreu,E Linares 2016}) 9... O-O 10. Nc4 Be6 11.
e3 {Attacking the d4-pawn is White's main idea, so there is no reason for
delaying this break.} ({After} 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. e4 dxe3 13. dxe3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
h6 {Black was fine in Keres,P-Kotov,A Moscow 1949}) 11... Rc8 12. exd4 $146 {
The most consistent.} ({Deserving of attention is also} 12. Nfe5 $5 Nxe5 (12...
Bd5 $5) 13. Nxe5 dxe3 $6 ({Correct was} 13... Bd5 14. exd4 cxd4 15. Re1 Re8 {
, and Black's position seems solid.}) 14. dxe3 Bd5 15. Bh3 $36 {Black got
under strong pressure in Salaun,Y - Delaunay,S France 2005}) 12... cxd4 13. Re1
Bd5 {GM Ding Liren is reasonably aiming for neutralizing White's light-squared
bishop.} 14. Nce5 ({In case of} 14. Nfe5 $5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Re8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 (
16... Rxc6 17. Qf3 $14) 17. Qf3 c5 18. d3 Bf8 {White's position visually looks
preferable, but it's very tough to make a real progress - Black has no real
weaknesses.}) 14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 ({Hardly better was} 15. Rxe5 Bc5 16. Nh4
Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd6 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Qd7 $11) 15... Re8 ({Inaccurate was} 
15... Bxg2 $6 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Qf3 $14 {and the d4-pawn is in big danger.})
16. Bf3 {A somewhat awkward move.} ({It made sense to swap the rooks by means
of} 16. Rc1 $5 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Bf8 18. Nf3 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 {, but after} Qa5 $1
20. Qa1 Bc5 21. d3 h6 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Qd2 {the activity of queen allows
Black to regain the pawn.}) 16... Bc5 17. Rc1 Qd6 18. Nd3 ({After} 18. Nc4 Qc6
{White has nothing better than} 19. Ne5 {, seeking for repetition.}) 18...
Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Re8 {Step by step Black is getting very active.} 20. Nd3 Bb6 21.
Nf4 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qd7 {The position is still about equal, but now the passive
Bb2 is a cause of worries.} 23. h4 h6 24. Ng2 $2 {Anish is playing too
passively and inviting serious troubles.} (24. Kg2 Re5 25. Rc4 $11 {would have
maintained the balance.}) 24... Ng4 $1 {Now the weakness of light squares
around White's king starts to tell.} 25. Re1 Ne5 26. Qe4 Re6 27. Ba1 $6 ({
More tenacious was} 27. h5 Nc4 28. Qc2 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Nxb2 30. Qxb2 Qf5 31. d3
Qxh5 32. b4 {Black is a pawn up, but the game goes on.}) 27... Ng4 28. Qd3 Ne5
29. Qe4 g6 $2 {This inaccurate move could have spoiled the lion's part of
advantage.} ({Much better was} 29... Ba5 $1 30. Re2 Nc4 31. Qg4 h5 $1 {, and
Black is winning:} 32. Qxh5 Nxd2 33. Qg4 (33. Bxd4 Rxe2 34. Qxe2 Qxd4 $19)
33... Qc6 34. Ne1 Bc3 35. Rxe6 fxe6 $19) 30. Rf1 $2 {At his turn, Anish
continues to play passively.} ({After} 30. h5 $1 gxh5 31. Qf5 Qe7 32. Kf1 $15 {
the major part of White's problems would be solved.}) 30... f5 ({Stronger was} 
30... Qc6 $1 31. Qxc6 Rxc6 32. Rd1 Rc2 {with a full domination in the arising
endgame.}) 31. Qf4 Qd5 32. f3 $2 {White cannot afford exposing the king this
way.} ({Necessary was} 32. Ne1 h5 33. Bb2 $17) 32... Kg7 {The lack of
coordination between White's pieces makes Anish's position lost. However, the
practical task wasn't easy for Grandmaster from China.} 33. g4 {Perhaps, the
best practical try!} Rf6 {This is the first step in a wrong direction.} (33...
Nd3 $1 34. Qb8 Qc6 35. gxf5 gxf5 $19 {, and White is almost paralyzed.}) 34. g5
hxg5 35. hxg5 Re6 $6 {Another inaccuracy.} ({After} 35... Rc6 $1 36. Ne3 Qd6
37. Re1 Nd3 38. Qxd6 Rxd6 {Black should be able to win.}) 36. Qg3 Nd3 37. Nf4 {
The exchange of knights definitely favors White, who desperately lacks space.
Still, the situation is critical.} Nxf4 38. Qxf4 Kf7 39. Qh4 Ke7 40. Qh7+ $2 {
Premature activity.} (40. d3 $142 Re2 41. Re1 Rxe1+ 42. Qxe1+ Kd7 43. Kg2 $17)
40... Kd6 41. Bb2 f4 42. Kh1 Qxg5 $2 {Luckily for Anish, GM Ding Liren wrongly
chooses the materialistic approach.} ({Instead, the cool-blooded} 42... Bc5 $1
{would allow Black to neutralise any counterplay and keep decent winning
chances.}) 43. Ba3+ Kc6 44. Rc1+ Kb5 45. Qxb7 Qh4+ 46. Kg1 Re1+ ({Of course,
not} 46... d3+ $4 47. Rc5#) 47. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 48. Kg2 Qxd2+ 49. Kh3 Qc2 50. Qd5+
Ka6 51. Bd6 $1 {The only, but sufficient.} Qc8+ 52. Kg2 Qc2+ 53. Kh3 Qc1 54.
Kg4 $2 {Suddenly, Ding Liren gets another chance!} ({After} 54. Kg2 $11 {
White would be safe.}) 54... Qg1+ 55. Kxf4 Qh2+ 56. Kg4 ({Hopeless was} 56. Ke4
Qc2+ 57. Kf4 d3 58. Bb4 Qh2+ 59. Ke4 Qh4+ 60. Kxd3 Qxb4 $19) 56... Qh5+ $1 {
Liquidating into a winning bishop endgame.} 57. Qxh5 gxh5+ 58. Kxh5 d3 {
The d-passer should decide the game, but...} 59. Bf4 Ba5 60. Kg4 Kb5 61. Kf5 d2
62. Bxd2 Bxd2 63. f4 Kb4 64. Ke4 Kc5 $2 {Luckily for Anish, Black is
committing a very unusual mistake, so the game ventually ends in a draw.} ({
For some reasons, GM Ding Liren rejected the obvious} 64... Ka3 65. f5 a6 66.
Kd3 Bb4 67. Kc2 Kxa2 68. f6 a5 69. f7 Ka3 $19) 65. Ke5 Kc6 66. f5 Bb4 67. Ke6
Ba3 68. f6 a5 69. Kf7 Kd7 ({Or} 69... Kd5 70. Ke8 Kd4 71. f7 Kc3 72. Kd7 Kb2
73. Kc6 Kxa2 74. Kb5 Bb4 75. f8=Q Bxf8 76. Kxa5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1
cxd4 9. Rxd4 Qa5 10. Bg3 Nb6 11. Nd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Qa6 14. O-O
Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rd1 Nf6 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. Rxd3
Rc8 21. f3 Kf8 22. Kf1 a6 23. Ke2 Ke8 24. Rd4 Be7 25. Bd6 Nd5 26. Bxe7 Nxc3+
27. bxc3 Kxe7 28. Kd3 Rc5 29. Rb4 b5 30. c4 Kd6 31. cxb5 axb5 32. a4 Rd5+ 33.
Ke2 bxa4 34. Rxa4 Rc5 35. Ra6+ Ke7 36. Ra4 Rc2+ 37. Kf1 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39.
Kf1 Rc1+ 40. Kf2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 {The most challenging way of
handling the position - attacking the opponent's centre is Black's main goal
in such positions.} 6. Be3 Qb6 {Again, the most ambitious continuation. On the
other hand, now White's development advantage is getting obvious.} 7. Nc3 Nc6
8. Na4 ({Much more popular is} 8. O-O Qxb2 9. Qe1 {, as was played by GM
Karjakin few days before. It looks like David was perfectly prepared for it
and achieved a comfortable draw:} cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 Ba5
13. g4 {This move is a novelty, but David wasn't surprised} Bg6 14. Rb1 Qxc2
15. Rc1 Qb2 16. f4 Ne7 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. f5 exf5 19. gxf5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Rc8 21.
Bb5 Bxf5 22. e6 f6 23. Rxf5 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 25. e7+ Kf7 26. e8=Q+ Rhxe8 27.
Bxe8+ Kf8 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 {Karjakin,S - Navara,D Shamkir AZE 2018, and the
players entered into this roughly equal endgame very quickly.}) 8... Qa5+ 9. c3
cxd4 {Opening up the position would definitely suit White.} ({Deserving of
attention is} 9... c4 $5 {, keeping the position closed} 10. b4 (10. O-O b5 11.
Nc5 Bxc5 12. dxc5 Nge7 13. b4 Qd8 ({A better move is} 13... Qa3 $1 14. Qc1 Qxc1
15. Rfxc1 Kd7 16. a4 a6 17. Ra2 Rhb8 18. Rca1 bxa4 19. Rxa4 a5 $132) 14. a4 a6
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc6 17. Qd2 $14 {Inarkiev,E - Dreev,A Olginka 2011})
10... Qd8 ({A better try is} 10... Bxb4 $1 11. cxb4 Nxb4 12. Nc5 Nc2+ 13. Kf1
Nxa1 14. Qxa1 Qc7 $132 {with double-edged play.}) 11. O-O h6 12. Ne1 b5 13. Nb2
Nge7 14. a4 a6 15. g4 Bh7 16. Ng2 h5 17. f3 $14 {Sethuraman,S - Zhou,J
Hyderabad 2015}) 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne7 {The knight is heading to c6 in
order to cover the a4-e8 diagonal and put pressure on the Pe5.} 12. O-O (12.
Qb3 $5 {might also pose Black some problems, even though after} Qc7 13. Nc5 Nc6
({But it is dangerous to play} 13... O-O-O 14. Qa4 Nc6 15. O-O Bxc5 $6 16. Bxc5
Qxe5 17. Bb5 $16 {Le Quang Liem - Rozum,I Hanoi VIE 2018}) 14. Qxb7 Qxb7 15.
Nxb7 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bb4+ 17. Kd1 Rb8 18. Ba6 Bd3 19. Bxd3 Rxb7 20. Rc1 Kd7 {
Xiong,J - Liang,A Saint Louis USA 2018, when Black managed to hold.}) (12. Nc5
{was tested on the highest level 3 years ago:} Qc7 13. g4 Bg6 14. f4 Nc6 15.
O-O Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxc5 17. Rc1 O-O 18. Rxc5 Qd7 19. Qb3 Be4 20. Rfc1 Rac8 $11 {
Vachier Lagrave,M - So,W Shamkir 2015}) 12... Nc6 13. b4 Qc7 14. Rc1 Be7 {
David follows in GM Saltaev's footsteps, but this natural move might be
inaccurate.} (14... h6 $1 {seems more to the point, securing the retreat for
the Bf5. No doubt, this position was detaily analysed by Anish and his seconds
during the home preparation. Now the critical line is} 15. b5 ({Instead, after
} 15. g4 Bh7 16. f4 Be7 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 O-O {White achieves nothing
special, since the f4-f5 break is not possible.}) 15... Nxe5 $1 {A brave
decision!} (15... Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5 17. Qb3 Be7 18. Nc5 $14) 16. c4 ({After} 
16. b6 axb6 17. Bb5+ Nc6 18. c4 dxc4 19. Rxc4 Bc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rd8
22. Rd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 f6 {White hardly has more than sufficient compensation
for the pawn.}) 16... Ba3 $1 {Gaining an important tempo! Even though this
position looks scary for a human eye, the complications lead to an acceptable
endgame for Black:} 17. Rc3 (17. b6 axb6 18. Nxb6 O-O 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. cxd5
Qxc1 21. Qxc1 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Ng6 $11) 17... Bb4 18. cxd5 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Rd8 20.
d6 Rxd6 21. Bxe5 Rxd1 22. Bxc7 Rd2 23. b6 axb6 24. Bb5+ Ke7 {with roughly
equal chances.}) 15. g4 $1 $146 {This innovation is an undenieble improvement}
({over} 15. b5 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5 17. Nc5 {Bok,B - Saltaev,M Bremen GER 2018} {
Now the natural} b6 $146 {would offer Black acceptable play:} 18. Nb7 Qxa2 19.
Nd6+ (19. Rc7 Qa3 20. Qa1 O-O 21. Qxa3 Bxa3 22. Nd6 Bg6 23. Ra1 Bb2 24. Ra4 f6
$132) 19... Bxd6 20. exd6 O-O 21. Rc7 Rac8 22. Qc1 Rxc7 23. dxc7 Rc8 24. Qc6
Qc2 25. Qxc2 Bxc2 26. Ra1 Kf8 27. Rxa7 Ke7 $11) 15... Be4 16. f3 Bg6 17. f4 {
The vulnerablity of Bg6 yields White time for extending his k-side initiative.}
Be4 {The most natural move.} (17... Qd7 {should be met by} 18. Bf2 $1 (18. Nc5
Qc8 19. c4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxc5 21. bxc5 Be4 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Bb5+ Bc6 {doesn't
offer White much.}) 18... h5 19. gxh5 Bf5 20. Nc5 $16) 18. Nc5 {It turns out,
that the Be4 is still in danger!} a5 ({In the event of} 18... Bxc5 19. Bxc5 h5
20. gxh5 $16 {Black's king would stuck in the centre for long time.}) ({
Hardly better is also} 18... Rd8 19. Qa4 O-O 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Be3 $16 {
White's bishops are very powerful, whereas the Pe4 is in big danger.}) 19. Be3
axb4 $2 {Only, this decision is inviting serious troubles.} ({Had David played
} 19... Bxc5 $1 20. Bxc5 g5 $1 21. Qd2 ({The tempting} 21. f5 {leads to a very
unclear position:} h5 (21... exf5 22. c4 O-O-O 23. Bd6 Qb6+ 24. Rf2 dxc4 25.
Bxc4 $16) 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Rf2 hxg4 24. Bxg4 Nxe5 25. Bh5+ Kd7 26. c4 g4 27.
cxd5 Rag8 $132) 21... h5 $1 22. b5 Ne7 23. Bd6 Qd8 {the result of the game
would still be unpredictable, even though White's attacking prospects are
better.}) 20. cxb4 {Th Rc1 is joining the attack with great effect.} Ra3 {
This was the point of GM Navara's idea. However, the penetration of Black's
rook doesn't bother Anish.} 21. Bf2 Bxc5 (21... Qb8 22. Qd2 Qa8 23. b5 Nb4 (
23... Rxa2 $2 24. bxc6 Rxd2 25. cxb7 Qb8 26. Bb5+ Kf8 27. Nd7+ $18) 24. Qxb4 b6
25. Qxa3 Qxa3 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Rc8+ Bd8 28. Rd1 Ke7 29. f5 $16) 22. Bxc5 Rxa2
23. b5 $2 {This impulsive move could have spoiled the lion's part of Giri's
advantage!} ({A much stronger one was} 23. Ra1 {, exchanging the only active
piece of his opponent!} Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Kd7 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. b5 $18 {, and the
attack is unstoppable.}) 23... Bc2 $2 {Alas, David doesn't withstand the
pressure. Now Black loses on the spot.} ({At the same time, after} 23... Na5 $1
24. b6 Qc6 25. Rf2 Rxe2 $1 (25... Nc4 $5 26. Bxc4 Rxf2 27. Be2 Rg2+ 28. Kf1
Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Qa4 {is also not that clear.}) 26. Qxe2 Nb3 27. Rff1 Nxc5 28. Qe3
O-O 29. Qxc5 Qa4 {the vulnerablity of Kg1 makes it difficult for White to
convert the material advantage into a full point.}) 24. b6 ({Another
possibility was} 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. b6 Qc8 26. Qxc2 Nd4 27. Qa4+ $18) 24... Bxd1
25. bxc7 Kd7 26. Bxd1 {The rest is just an agony.} Kxc7 27. Bd6+ Kd7 28. Rb1
1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8.
Bc2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d4 c6 11. Re1 Na6 12. Nbd2 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rae8 14. Ng3 Bg6
15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qb3 Bd8 17. Bg5 Nd5 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Ne4 Rfe8 20. Qa3 Nf6
21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. d5 c5 23. Qb3 Kg7 24. c4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. a3 Rxe1+ 27.
Nxe1 Nb8 28. Nc2 Qe7 29. Qe3 Qe5 30. Qb3 b6 31. Ne3 f5 32. Qa4 a6 33. b4 f4 34.
Nf1 Kf8 35. bxc5 dxc5 36. Qb3 Nd7 37. Qa4 Nb8 38. Qb3 Nd7 39. Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 ({The immediate fianchetto} 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 {gives some extra
options:} d5 (3... c6 {is another topical line, the direct} 4. d4 {seems
harmless;} (4. Nf3 {is the main try to fight for an advantage}) {a recent
example went} 4... e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 O-O 9. f3 dxc4
10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. fxe4 c5 12. e5 cxd4 13. exf6 dxc3 14. fxg7 Re8 15. bxc3 Nc6
16. Rb1 Re3 17. Kd2 Re7 18. Nf3 Bf5 19. Rb5 Rd8+ 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Be4 22.
Bxe4 Rxd4+ 23. Bd3 Red7 $11 {McShane,L (2647)-Anand,V (2783) Germany 2018 The
resulting endgame is drawish.}) 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. Nbd2 {develops the Nb1 differently, but this is also no novelty.} a5
10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 f6 12. Qc2 Qd7 {and now:} 13. Nc4 (13. e3 Rfd8 14. d4 exd4
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 c5 17. Bxc5 Rac8 18. b4 Nd5 $1 19. Qd3 (19. Nb3 b6 20.
e4 Nxb4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Rfd1 Qc7 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bf1 Bxc5 $17 {Thiede,L 
(2416)-Graf,A (2624) Germany 2003}) 19... b6 20. Bxd5 bxc5 21. Bxe6+ Qxe6 22.
Qb3 Qf7 $5 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Nb3 cxb4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Ra7 Ke8 27. Nd4 Rd7
28. Rxd7 Kxd7 29. Rd1 g6 30. Kf1 Rc4 {½, Kuhn,C (1981)-Avdeev,S (2032) email
2011}) 13... Rfd8 14. Rfc1 (14. Rfd1 Qe8 15. d4 $6 a4 $15 {Ponomariov,R (2723)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2710) Beijing blitz 2011.}) 14... Qe8 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Nd2
Rac8 17. a4 Bc5 18. Qd1 h5 19. Nc4 Qe7 20. e3 Bg4 21. Qf1 Nb4 22. Rd1 $5 Bxd1
23. Rxd1 Qf7 {Gordievsky,D (2622)-Vidit,S (2718) Wijk aan Zee 2018} 24. d4 exd4
25. exd4 Bf8 26. Nxb6 Rc2 27. Nc4 b5 28. axb5 a4 29. Rb1 $1 axb3 30. Ne3 $44)
2... Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 ({The Dragon with reversed colours is very
popular, but} 4... Bb4 5. Bg2 {only somewhat less so:} O-O ({Less usual, but
also playable is} 5... d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Re8 8. Bd2 (8. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 9. cxd5
Ne7 10. d4 e4 11. Ng5 {is perhaps more promising}) 8... Nd4 9. a3 Nxf3+ 10.
Bxf3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 c6 12. e4 Bh3 13. Re1 c5 14. b4 b6 15. a4 Nd7 16. a5 Be6 17.
Ra3 Rb8 18. b5 Qc8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Re2 Ra8 21. Rea2 Rxa3 22. Rxa3 Qc7 23. Bg2
Nf8 24. f4 f6 25. f5 Bc8 26. Bd2 Bb7 27. g4 h6 28. h4 Nh7 $11 {Ding,L (2778)
-Wojtaszek,R (2744) Shamkir 2018 With patient defence Black held his fortress.}
) 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 {featured some recent experiments with} 9.
Qc2 (9. f3 {is the main line of this branch}) {, but they didn't bring White
success after} 9... d5 $5 ({More active, than} 9... Qe7 10. d3 exd3 11. exd3 d6
) 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. d3 (11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. d3 Bf5 13. Bf4 Qe6 14. dxe4 Bxe4 15.
Bxe4 Qxe4 16. Qb2 b6 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Qb5 Ne7 19. Rad1 c6 20. Qa6 Nd5 $15 {
Dimitrov,R (2493)-Georgiev,K (2596) Skopje 2018}) 11... Bf5 12. Bf4 h6 13. Nxe4
Nxe4 14. Qb2 b6 15. Rfd1 Qc5 16. dxe4 Bxe4 17. Bf1 Re7 18. a4 Rae8 19. Rac1 $2
(19. Qb5 $1 $11 {is still roughly equal.}) 19... g5 $1 20. Bd2 Qf5 21. f3 Qc5+
22. Kh1 Bd5 23. Be1 Bc4 24. e4 Bxf1 25. Bf2 Qc4 26. Rxf1 Qxa4 27. c4 Ne5 28.
Bd4 g4 $17 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Caruana,F (2784) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
2018}) 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 (6... Bc5 $5 {is also viable, Illingworth wrote
an article about this novel line in CBM 181. Since then there haven't been too
many new games, after} 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 {Black also has} Re8 ({Illingworth
concentrated on} 8... Bb6 {proving Black holds his own in the tactical
labyrinth of Dubov-Karjakin, WCup Tbilisi 2017. Black also equalises after} 9.
Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Re8 11. b4 Bg4 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Re1 c6 15. a4 a6
16. Nb3 Qf6 17. Qd2 Re7 18. h3 Be6 19. Nc5 Rae8 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. b5 axb5 22.
axb5 c5 $11 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Aronian,L (2789) chess.com blitz 2017}) 9.
Ng5 Nf6 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nd8 13. Qc4 Bd4 14. Bg2 h6 15. Nf3
Nc6 16. Be3 $5 Bxe3 17. fxe3 e4 18. dxe4 a5 $1 19. a3 Ra6 20. Rac1 Rb6 21. Rc2
Be6 22. Qc3 Rb3 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Qc1 a4 $44 {The tripled pawns are comical and
Black would have enough compensation even without trying to undertake anything.
As it is, he allowed White to untangle with} 25. Rc5 Rd7 26. h3 Qd8 27. g4 g6
28. Kh1 Kg7 29. e5 Bd5 30. Kg1 Be6 31. Kf2 Qe7 32. Kg1 Rd5 33. Rc4 Ra5 34. Rc2
Bd5 $6 35. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 36. exd4 Rg3 37. Rf3 $1 Bxf3 38. exf3 $16 {Caruana,F 
(2799)-Adams,M (2715) London 2017 After regaining the exchange by trapping the
Rg3 White already had a healthy extra pawn. For more details see the notes to
this game in CBM 182 by Fernandez.}) 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 (8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 {
was played in Kamsky-Svidler, Thessaloniki 2013, which I annotated for CBM 155:
} Be6 (9... Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Na4 Nd4 12. Nc5 {gives Black also the sharper
option} a5 $5 (12... Bxc5 13. Rxc5 Bg4 {and}) (12... Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 {
are restrained continuations, leading to approximate equality.}) 13. Bxd4 exd4
14. Nb3 g5 $1 15. Qd2 g4 $13 {Granda Zuniga,J (2648)-So,W (2794) Douglas 2016})
10. Rc1 Qd7 ({Svidler's choice} 10... f5 {is perhaps not bad, but more risky.})
11. Re1 (11. Ne4 f6 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Qf7 $5 15. Nd2 Nd5 {
Kashlinskaya,A (2201)-Bukavshin,I (2350) Pardubice 2008} 16. a3 $11) (11. a3
Bh3 12. b4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qe6 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Bc5 b6 16. Bxe7 Ncxe7 17. Neg5 Qd6
18. Ne4 Qe6 $11 {Carlstedt,J (2432)-Volokitin,A (2632) Berlin blitz 2018})
11... f6 12. a3 Rfd8 (12... Rad8 13. Na4 Rfe8 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Nd4 16.
Bxd4 exd4 17. Qc2 c6 18. b4 {Martinez,R (2422)-Sanchez,J (2529) Civitanova
Marche 2012} a6 $11) 13. b4 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bc5 b6 ({Possible
improvements are} 15... Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Ne7 17. e4 Bf7 18. d4 Nc6 $5 $13 {
or the simpler}) (15... a6 $5 $11) 16. e4 $1 Bf7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. d4 exd4 19.
e5 d3 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Nd2 $44 {Lagarde,M (2594)-Fressinet,L (2660) Caleta
2017} (21. Re4 $5)) 8... a5 $5 {This prophylactic move was considered
weakening and long had a dubious reputation. However, there might be more to
it than meets the eye...} ({Far more usual is} 8... O-O 9. b4 Be6 {After} 10.
Rb1 f6 {White has lately tested} 11. b5 (11. d3 {has long been the main move
and I mentioned} a5 {as Black's main reaction in the notes to So-Navara,
Prague 2015 in CBM 167.}) 11... Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 {and now:} {And
finally there is} Qc8 $5 (13... Rb8 14. d4 exd4 15. exd4 Re8 (15... Qd7 $6 16.
Re1 Rfe8 17. a4 Bf7 18. a5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bf4 Rbc8 21. Bg4 $1 f5 22. Bf3
Bf6 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rcd8 25. Bxd5+ Qxd5 26. Qc2 Qf7 27. a6 $16 {Gelfand,
B (2737)-Edouard,R (2607) Heraklio 2017}) 16. Re1 Bf7 17. a4 Bf8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8
19. Bf4 Qd7 20. a5 Nc4 21. b6 axb6 22. axb6 Bd6 {and White found nothing
better than liquidating with} 23. bxc7 Bxc7 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Nd5 Qd7 26. Nb6
Nxb6 27. Rxb6 Bd5 {½, Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Karjakin,S (2783) chess.com
blitz INT 2017}) ({Black can also hold the balance with} 13... Nd5 14. Ne2 (14.
Bb2 a6 $1 15. a4 axb5 16. axb5 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bd5 18. Bxd5+ Qxd5 19. Qb3 Rfd8
20. d4 Qxb3 21. Rxb3 exd4 22. Bxd4 Rd5 23. Kg2 Ra5 $11 {Gordon,S (2528)-Alsina
Leal,D (2507) England 2017}) 14... Qd7 15. d4 Rad8 16. Qc2 Kh8 17. Bg2 Bh3 18.
Bxh3 Qxh3 19. e4 Nb6 20. Be3 (20. Qxc7 Rd7 21. Qc2 Qh5 $1 $44) 20... Qe6 $5 21.
d5 Qd7 22. a4 f5 23. f3 fxe4 24. fxe4 Qg4 25. Kg2 Qg6 $132 {Edouard,R (2612)
-Xiong,J (2640) Saint Louis 2018}) 14. Qc2 Rd8 (14... Bf5 15. d3 Rd8 16. e4 Be6
17. a4 Qd7 18. Rd1 a5 19. bxa6 Rxa6 20. Be3 Qc6 21. Qb2 Nxa4 22. Nxa4 Qxa4 23.
Qxb7 Qc6 $11 {Polatel,A (2243)-Guaimare,C (2113) email 2017}) 15. d4 (15. Rd1
Bf5 16. d3 Kh8 17. e4 Bd7 18. a4 c6 19. Be3 cxb5 20. axb5 Be6 21. Qb2 Bc5 22.
Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 {Svoboda,F (2406)-Betker,J (2451) email 2015}) 15... Bf5 16. Qb3+
(16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 $1 18. Qxe5 Bd6 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Qd5
Bxg3 $15 {[%csl Rg1]}) (16. e4 Bh3 17. Rd1 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 exd4 19. Ne2 Qd7 $13)
16... Be6 (16... Kh8 $5) 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Qb3+ Be6 19. Qc2 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 (19)
Nihal,S (2534)-Vaibhav,S (2544) Reykjavik 2018}) 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Rc1
{Natural, but we'll check also the alternatives:} ({Considering Black's
following move,} 11. Na4 {certainly deserves attention:} {Later Black's
efforts concentrated on} Nd5 (11... e4 12. Ne1 exd3 13. Nxd3 Nd5 14. Bc5 b6 15.
Bxe7 Ndxe7 16. Rc1 (16. Nc3 $142 $5 $14) 16... Bd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Nc3 Qc4
19. b3 Qg4 ({An enterprising idea is} 19... Qe6 $5 20. Nb5 Rad8 21. Nxc7 Qf5
$44) 20. e3 Qd7 $6 (20... Qf5 $142 $5) 21. Nf4 $1 Rad8 22. Qh5 Ng6 23. Nfd5
Nce7 24. Rfd1 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 $36 {Vidit,S (2723)-Petrosyan,M (2569) Moscow 2018}
) (11... Nxa4 12. Qxa4 Bd5 13. Rfc1 Re8 14. Rc2 Bf6 $5 (14... Bf8 $2 15. Rac1
Nb8 16. Rxc7 Bc6 17. R1xc6 bxc6 18. Rxf7 $1 h6 19. Rb7 Qc8 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Nh4
$1 Qxb7 22. Ng6+ Kh7 23. Be4 Bd6 24. Nxe5+ g6 25. Bxg6+ Kg7 26. Bxh6+ {1-0,
Botvinnik,M-Portisch,L Monte Carlo 1968 This beautiful and famous game
discouraged people from playing 8...a5 for quite a while.}) 15. Rac1 (15. Rc5
$5 $14) 15... Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Nb5 Bc6 18. Rxc6 $5 bxc6 19. Rxc6 $44 {/+/=
}) 12. Bc5 {and now:} {In mail practice Black has been holding his own with} b6
$5 (12... Bd6 13. Rc1 h6 14. d4 $5 (14. Nd2 Rc8 (14... Rb8 15. Ne4 f5 $132) 15.
Ne4 b6 $6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Bxb6 Nxb6 18. Rxc6 (18. Bxc6 $142 $1 $14) 18... Rb8
19. Nxb6 Rxb6 20. Qc2 Qb8 21. Rxb6 Qxb6 22. Rb1 Bb3 23. Qd2 Rb8 24. Rc1 Be6 25.
Rc2 d5 $44 {Kasparov,G (2750)-Georgiev,K (2595) Saint John blitz 1988}) 14...
e4 $142 $5 (14... exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 b6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rfd1 Rfd8
19. e4 Ne7 20. Qxd6 Rxd6 21. Rxd6 cxd6 22. f4 (22. Nc3 $5 $36) 22... b5 23. Nc3
b4 24. Nb5 bxa3 25. bxa3 $14 {Kasparov,G (2750)-Georgiev,K (2595) Saint John
blitz 1988}) 15. Ne5 f5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 $5 18. Rxc6 Qb8 $44 (18...
Qd7 $5)) 13. Bxe7 Ndxe7 14. Nc3 (14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Nc3 f6 16. Qa4 Rac8 17. Rfd1
Rfd8 18. e3 Qe8 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxe8+ Rxe8 22. exd4 c6 23. b4
axb4 24. axb4 Kf7 25. b5 $11 {½, Vidit,S (2723)-Melkumyan,H (2664) chess.com
rpd INT 2018}) 14... Qd7 15. Qa4 Rab8 16. Qb5 (16. Rfc1 f6 17. b4 Rfd8 18. b5
Na7 19. Rab1 Kh8 20. Qc2 Nf5 21. Qd2 Nc8 22. Rd1 Nce7 23. Qb2 Nd6 24. a4 Bg8
25. Nd2 Qe8 $11 {Degerhammar,R (2475)-Rogos,J (2518) email 2014}) 16... f6 17.
e3 Rbd8 18. Rfd1 Nd5 19. Rac1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Na7 21. Qxd7 Bxd7 22. d4 Nc6 23.
dxe5 fxe5 24. Ng5 Ne7 25. Bf1 g6 26. Be2 h6 27. Nf3 Ba4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nxe5
Rd2 $44 {Kazantsev,R (2376)-Brugger,A (2528) email 2015}) ({Nor can one ignore
} 11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. Nd2 f5 (12... Rc8 13. Nc4 f6 14. e3 Na7 15. Bxb7 Rc7 16.
Bg2 Rd7 17. Qa4 Rxd3 18. Rfd1 Bc5 19. Be4 Rd7 20. b4 $16 {Van Wely,L (2675)
-Mosadeghpour,M (2469) Bandar e Anzali 2017}) 13. Nc4 e4 (13... Bxc4 $5 14.
dxc4 e4 {is more solid, Black is close to full equality.}) 14. Ne3 exd3 15.
Ned5 $1 dxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Bf6 {½, Opocensky,K-Flohr,S Podebrady
1936 Despite the quick draw in this historic game White has obvious
compensation and pressure here.} 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. Rfe1 (19. Rd2 $5) (19. Qb5 $5
) 19... Re8 20. Qxe8+ Qxe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Nxf6 gxf6 23. Kf1 Re5 24. Bd5 f4
$1 25. gxf4 Rf5 $132 {Mueller,H (1764)-Mair,E (1643) email 2013}) 11... a4 $5 {
[%mdl 512] A positional sacrifice, to take this pawn White will have to give
up his important dark-squared B.} ({Otherwise White occupies the a4-square
himself, a model example is} 11... Re8 12. Na4 Nxa4 13. Qxa4 f6 $6 ({We had} 
13... Bd5 $142 $5 {above, only the other rook was on c1.}) 14. Nd2 Bd5 15. Qb5
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc8 17. Rc4 Bf8 18. Rfc1 Ra6 19. R1c2 Kh8 20. Nf3 Qa8 21. Ra4 Na7
22. Qb3 b5 23. Rh4 a4 24. Qf7 Re7 25. Qg6 h6 26. Bc5 Rd7 27. Bxf8 Qxf8 28. Nxe5
$1 $18 {Hracek,Z (2625)-Simacek,P (2508) Czechia 2010}) ({In practice Black
also had to fight for equality after} 11... Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qa4 $14 {, or
}) (11... f5 12. Na4 $14) 12. Nd2 ({The immediate} 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Nxa4 e4
14. Ne1 (14. Nd2 {is also met by} Bg5 $1 $44 {, when} 15. Rxc6 bxc6 16. Nxe4
Be7 $13 {is at best unclear.}) 14... Bg5 $142 $1 (14... Nd4 $2 15. Nc3 Bg5 16.
e3 Nb3 17. Bxe4 (17. Rc2 $5 $16) 17... Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Qd7 19. d4 $40 Qxd4 $2 20.
f4 $18 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)-Bocharov,D (2609) Apatity rpd 2011}) (14... e3
15. fxe3 $5 Bg5 {again allows an exchange sacrifice} 16. Rf4 $14) 15. Rc3 (15.
e3 $6 exd3 16. Nxd3 Rxa4 17. Qxa4 Qxd3 18. Be4 b5 19. Qc2 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Bf6 $15
{Deneuville,C (2206)-Weber,K (2313) email 2014}) (15. Rxc6 bxc6 16. Bxe4 f5 $1
17. Bg2 (17. Bxc6 $6 Rc8 18. f4 Bf6 $17) 17... Ra7 $15) 15... e3 ({Apart from} 
15... Bf6 16. Rc1 Bg5 $11 {Black has other interesting options, namely}) (15...
f5 {and}) (15... Qd4 $5 $44) 16. f4 Bf6 17. f5 Bd7 18. Rc1 Nd4 19. Nc3 Ra5 20.
Bxb7 Bxf5 $44 {Zielinski,S (2159)-Kuzmin,K (2167) LSS email 2014}) 12... f5 ({
Ambitious, but Black can change his mind about the sacrifice. Roughly equal is
} 12... Nd5 $5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qc2 f5 15. Bxd5+ Qxd5 16. Qc4 Ra5 17. Nb1 Qxc4
18. Rxc4 Bd6 19. Rfc1 Rfa8 20. h3 Nd8 21. g4 f4 22. Bd2 Rb5 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24.
axb4 Nc6 25. Kg2 Rf8 $11 {Leal,P (2343)-Genga,S (2400) email 2013}) 13. Bxb6
cxb6 14. Nxa4 (14. Re1 Bg5 15. e3 Qxd3 16. Bf1 Qd7 17. Nc4 Qf7 18. Nxb6 Rad8
19. Qe2 f4 20. Nbxa4 Bf5 21. Nc5 fxe3 22. fxe3 b6 23. N5e4 Nd4 $1 24. exd4 Bxc1
25. Rxc1 exd4 26. Ng5 Qg6 27. Qe7 b5 $1 28. Bxb5 {½, Recasens Sanchez,J (2048)
-Gudkov,A email 2012} dxc3 29. Bc4+ Kh8 30. Nf7+ Qxf7 31. Bxf7 cxb2 32. Re1
b1=Q 33. Rxb1 Bxb1 $11) 14... Bg5 15. Nc3 e4 16. Kh1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty,
but not necesarily an improvement.} ({This position is not new at the highest
level, last year featured a game with} 16. Rb1 Rf7 $5 (16... Ne5 17. Nb3 Ng4
18. Qc2 (18. h3 $142 $1) 18... Be3 19. dxe4 $2 (19. Bh3 $1 {was already
necessary, although} Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Qd7 21. Rbf1 f4 $1 22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 $44 {
gives Black enough play.}) 19... Qg5 $2 (19... Nxf2 $1 20. Rxf2 fxe4 21. Rbf1
Qc7 22. Bxe4 Rxf2 23. Rxf2 Qf7 24. Bf3 Bxb3 $15) 20. fxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qh6 {
Nepomniachtchi,I (2742)-Aronian,L (2809) Geneva 2017} 22. h4 $1 Ne3 23. Qc1 f4
24. Rf3 Bxb3 25. gxf4 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Qxh4 27. f5 $16 {For more details see the
notes to this game in CBM 180 by Yuffa.}) 17. Nc4 $5 (17. Nb3 Rd7 $36) 17...
Rd7 18. b3 {[%cal Yc3b5]} Bf6 (18... exd3 19. exd3 Rxd3 20. Qc2 $14) 19. Nb5
Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 $44) 16... Qd7 {Natural, Carlsen connects his rooks asap.} ({
However, considering the following note, the prophylactic} 16... g6 $13 {or}) (
16... Rf7 $13 {also deserved consideration} {/\} 17. g4 g6 18. gxf5 gxf5 19.
Rg1 Rg7) 17. Rb1 {Unpins the Rc1 after all.} ({However, the active} 17. g4 $142
$1 {would better profit from the previous move:} Bxd2 (17... g6 18. gxf5 gxf5
19. e3 $1 Qxd3 20. Rg1 $36) (17... exd3 18. f4 dxe2 19. Qxe2 Bf6 20. g5 $11)
18. Qxd2 exd3 19. gxf5 dxe2 20. Qxe2 Rxf5 21. f4 $5 $13 {All White's pieces
are active and the position is roughly equal.}) 17... Rad8 18. Nc4 $6 {Black
will easily parry the threat against Pb6.} ({It was stronger to win back some
space with} 18. f4 $1 {, although Black has indisputable compensation after}
Bf6 $44) 18... Qf7 $1 19. b3 (19. Nxb6 $2 Bb3 20. Qe1 exd3 {[%csl Gd3] and the
Pd3 is taboo:} 21. exd3 Rfe8 22. Ne2 Rxd3 $19) 19... exd3 20. exd3 f4 21. Ne4 (
{The engine briefly prefers} 21. Re1 f3 22. Bf1 {, but still doesn't relish
White's position after} Nd4 $36) 21... Be7 22. gxf4 Qxf4 {[%csl Rd3,Ge6,Ge7,
Rf2,Rh2][%mdl 2048] Giri has managed to prevent the f3 advance, but defending
the numerous white weaknesses against Black's active pieces is very difficult.
Carlsen has strong long-term pressure.} 23. a4 {Prevents b5, but allows Black
to activate his knight.} Nb4 24. Qe2 Qh6 $1 {A strong manoeuvre, freeing f4
for other pieces.} 25. Rbd1 (25. d4 $5 $15 {was probably more resilient}) 25...
Nd5 26. Rg1 Kh8 (26... Nf4 27. Qe3 {helps the defence, but a more energetic
try was the immediate}) (26... Rf4 $1 $36) 27. Bf1 ({White could have begun
with} 27. d4 Rf4 28. f3 Rh4 29. Bf1 $15 {The position is unpleasant, but there
is no direct tactical refutation.}) 27... Rf4 28. Ne5 $6 (28. f3 $142 Rh4 29.
d4 {transposes to the previous note.}) 28... Rdf8 $2 ({Carlsen hesitates,
after the stronger} 28... Rh4 $1 29. f3 Ne3 30. Rd2 Nf5 $17 {the knight aims
for d4 and the defence is under great strain.}) 29. f3 Rh4 30. d4 Nf4 (30...
Ne3 {is unconvincing:} 31. Rd3 $15) ({as is} 30... Bf5 31. Ng5 $1 {/\} Bxg5 $4
32. Nf7+ $18) 31. Qd2 Bxb3 {Although White couldn't hang on to his extra pawn,
he has activated his forces and clawed his way back into the game. In the
final phase probably time trouble played an important role.} 32. Rb1 $2 {
Why give up a pawn?} ({After} 32. Rc1 {the outcome of the game remains open;
the greedy} Bxa4 $2 {runs into} 33. Rc7) 32... Bxa4 33. Bb5 (33. Bc4 Be8 $15)
33... Bxb5 34. Rxb5 Qe6 35. Qb2 ({Engines also mention the passive, but more
solid} 35. Rb2 $15) 35... Bd8 36. Ng5 ({Here} 36. d5 $5 {deserves attention,
after} Nxd5 37. Ng5 Bxg5 38. Rxg5 {Black faces serious technical problems.})
36... Qe8 37. Rb3 Bxg5 $6 ({A cleaner solution is the tactical} 37... Rf5 $1
38. Ne4 Rxh2+ $1 39. Qxh2 Rh5 {and Black should gradually win.}) 38. Rxg5 Ne6
39. Rg4 $6 ({White should have avoided the R swap, after} 39. Rg1 $1 Nxd4 40.
Re3 $15 {Black must still work hard for the full point.}) 39... Rxg4 40. fxg4 (
40. Nxg4 Qa4 $17 {doesn't help much.}) 40... Qd8 41. Rh3 $6 ({Hastens the end,
but even after the better} 41. Rf3 Rxf3 42. Nxf3 Qd5 $17 {Black should prevail
in the long run.}) 41... Qd5+ 42. Kg1 Qe4 43. Qb4 Rf6 {The Rf8 has left its
vulnerable square and the N is ready to pounce either on d4, or f4. Further
resistance is futile.} 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Bg5 Bc6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. d5 exd5 14. Nd4 Qe5 15.
e4 dxe4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Ra6
21. Nxb5 Ne5 22. Nxc7 Ra2 23. Rb1 Nd7 24. Bc6 Nc5 25. Bd5 Rxb2 26. Rxb2 Bxb2
27. Bxc4 Be5 28. Na6 Nxa6 29. Bxa6 Bd6 30. Bb5 Be5 31. Ba6 Bd6 32. Bb5 Be5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
O-O Bg7 9. c4 Nc7 10. Qh4 Ne6 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Nbd2 d5 14. exd6 exd6
15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b3 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Ne5 Nd4 20. Ndf3 Ne2+
21. Kh1 Rb6 22. Rfe1 Nf4 23. Nd4 Bf5 24. Rac1 Ra6 25. a4 Be6 26. g3 Nh3 27. Kg2
Ng5 28. f3 f6 29. Rc7+ Kg8 30. Nec6 Rd6 31. h4 Bh3+ 32. Kh2 Bd7 33. Ne7+ Kf7
34. hxg5 Rab6 35. Nc8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marcus, Horatio"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2840"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 a5 8. h3
h6 9. Re1 Be6 10. b3 Ba7 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Nf1 Qf6 13. N1h2 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15.
Qd2 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 Bxc4 17. bxc4 a4 18. Rab1 Bb6 19. Ng4 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21.
Ne4 Ra5 22. Ne3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 b6 24. Rf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 Ke6 27. g4
Ne7 28. Kd2 Ra8 29. Rf1 Rb8 30. Ng3 b5 31. cxb5 Rxb5 32. Kc2 Nd5 33. Rf3 g6 34.
Ne4 a3 35. c4 Rb2+ 36. Kd1 Nb4 37. Rf6+ Kd7 38. Rxg6 Rxa2 39. Rg7+ Kc6 40. Nc3
Rh2 41. Rh7 Rxh3 42. g5 Rxe3 43. gxh6 Rxd3+ 44. Ke2 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2854"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. h3 h6
9. Re1 Nge7 10. Be3 O-O 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bc5 Re8 13. Nbd2 b6 14. Ba3 Na7 15.
Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nc4 Rd8 18. Ne3 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Red7 20. Rxd7 Rxd7
21. Kf1 Nc8 22. Nc4 f6 23. a4 Kf7 24. g4 Ke6 25. Nh4 Kf7 26. Ke2 Bf8 27. Nf3
Ke6 28. h4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ncd2 Nb6 31. b3 Rd8 32. Ra1 Ra8 33. Rxa8 Nxa8
34. h5 g5 35. Ne1 c5 36. Kd3 Nb6 37. Nc2 Be7 38. Ne3 Bf8 39. f3 Kd6 40. Ndf1
Nd7 41. Nf5+ Kc6 42. N1e3 Nb6 43. Ng3 Nd7 44. Ngf1 Nb6 45. Nd2 Nd7 46. Nb1 Nb6
47. Nd2 Be7 48. Ndf1 Bf8 49. Ng3 Nd7 50. Nd5 Kd6 51. Nf5+ Kc6 52. Nde7+ Kc7 53.
Ng8 c4+ 54. bxc4 Nc5+ 55. Ke2 bxc4 56. Ngxh6 Ne6 57. Ng8 Nf4+ 58. Kd2 Kd7 59.
Nxf6+ Ke6 60. Nh7 Bc5 61. h6 Kf7 62. Nxg5+ Kg8 63. h7+ Kh8 64. Nh6 Ng6 65.
Nhf7+ Kg7 66. h8=Q+ Nxh8 67. Nxh8 Kxh8 68. Nf7+ Kg7 69. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2869"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 Nf6 16. Rh4 Qf5 17. Nd2 Ng4 18. Qf3 Qg6 19. Qxc6 Nxf2 20. Qxa8 Nxd3 21. Ne4
Be7 22. Bg5 Qb6+ 23. Kg2 Bb7 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Qxf8+ Bxf8 26. Rd1 Qf2+ 27. Kh3
Qf5+ 28. g4 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brown, Michael William"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2858"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. h3 Nd7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rfe1 Bf4
15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Nf3 Be4
21. Ba6 Rc7 22. c4 h6 23. Nd2 Bb7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Nb3 Ne4 26. Rc2 Rc7 27.
Rec1 Rdc8 28. a4 Nd6 29. Nd2 f5 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Ke2 Kf6 32. Kd3 e5 33. a5 e4+
34. Ke2 Ke6 35. axb6 axb6 36. Rb2 Nxc4 37. Nxc4 Rxc4 38. Rxb6+ Ke7 39. Rxc4
Rxc4 40. Kd2 Ra4 41. Rb2 Ra3 42. Ke2 g5 43. g3 f4 44. gxf4 gxf4 45. exf4 Rxh3
46. Rb5 Kf6 47. Re5 Ra3 48. d5 Rd3 49. Rxe4 Rxd5 50. Re5 Rxe5+ 51. fxe5+ Kxe5
52. Kf3 h5 53. Kg3 h4+ 54. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2824"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. O-O-O
O-O 9. Bh6 Nbd7 10. Ne2 e5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qe3 Qb6 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. a3 Nc5 16. h3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rfd8 18. Kd2 Nh5 19. Ke3 Ne6 20. c4 Nhf4
21. cxb5 c5 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Bc4 Rd4 24. Rxd4 cxd4+ 25. Kd2 h5 26. Bd5 Ra5 27.
Bc6 h4 28. Kc2 Kf6 29. Kb3 Ra7 30. Kc4 Ke7 31. Rh2 Kd6 32. Rh1 g5 33. Rh2 f6
34. Rh1 d3 35. Kc3 Ra4 36. Bd5 Rd4 37. Bb3 d2 38. Bd1 Kc5 39. b4+ Kxb5 40. a4+
Kc6 41. Kb3 Nd3 42. Rf1 Nxb4 43. Kc3 Kc5 44. Be2 Na2+ 45. Kb2 Nc1 46. Bd1 Nd3+
47. Kc3 Nf4 48. Rh1 Rd3+ 49. Kb2 Kb4 50. Rh2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sharapov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 c5
8. Ne2 Bd7 9. Bf4 O-O-O 10. Nbc3 Bc6 11. f3 Ne7 12. Rd1 Rxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Ng6 14.
Bg3 Be7 15. Ke1 Rd8 16. Nf4 Bf6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Ke2 Bd4 19. Rb1 f5 20. exf5
gxf5 21. Bf2 g5 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Nd1 Bb5+ 24. Kd2 Re8 25. a4 Re2+ 26. Kc1 d3
27. cxd3 Bxd3 28. Ra1 Rc2+ 29. Kb1 Rc4+ 30. Ka2 Rxa4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qb6 11. Nb5 Nd5 12. c4 a6 13. cxd5 axb5 14. Bg2
f6 15. Bg3 e5 16. O-O Qxd4 17. Qxd4 exd4 18. Bxc7 Kd7 19. Bb6 d3 20. Rfd1 Bd6
21. Bf1 Be5 22. Bxd3 Bxb2 23. Rab1 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Rxa2 25. Rb3 Be5 26. Rxb5 Rb8
27. Be3 Kc7 28. Kg2 g6 29. Kf3 Ra4 30. Rb6 Bd6 31. Rc1+ Kd7 32. h4 Ra5 33.
Rxd6+ Kxd6 34. Bf4+ Kxd5 35. Bxb8 Ra3+ 36. Kg2 b5 37. Rd1+ Kc4 38. g5 fxg5 39.
hxg5 b4 40. Rd7 b3 41. Be5 Ra5 42. f4 Rb5 43. Bb2 Rd5 44. Rxd5 Kxd5 45. Kf3 Ke6
46. Ke4 Kf7 47. Ke5 Ke7 48. Kd5 Kf7 49. Bc3 Ke7 50. Kc4 Ke6 51. Kxb3 Kf5 52.
Bd2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Korchmar, Vasiliy"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2859"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Ne5 h6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. c3
c6 9. g4 Bh7 10. h4 Ne4 11. h5 O-O 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. f3 Bh7 15.
Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 c5 17. O-O-O b5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Bf4
e5 22. Bg3 Rad8 23. h6 g5 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Rxd5 Bxe3+ 26. Kc2 Qh7 27. Qxh7+
Kxh7 28. Rxb5 Rf7 29. Rh2 Rfd7 30. Kb3 Kg6 31. a4 Rd2 32. Rh1 Rh8 33. Bxe5 fxe5
34. Rxe5 Bf4 35. Re6+ Kf5 36. Rc6 Rb8+ 37. Kc4 Rdxb2 38. h7 Rh8 39. Rhh6 Be5
40. Rc5 Rb7 41. Ra6 Rhxh7 42. Raa5 Rbc7 43. Kd5 Rhd7+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2874"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. f3 Bd7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 b4
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. Bc4 Qc7 18. Rd4 a4 19. Rhd1 Rfc8 20. Qd2 Qb6 21.
g4 Rab8 22. g5 Nh5 23. b3 Qa7 24. Re4 Rc7 25. Qe3 axb3 26. cxb3 Qxe3 27. Rxe3
f6 28. h4 Rbb7 29. Rd4 Kf7 30. f4 Ng7 31. Rde4 Nf5 32. Rh3 h5 33. gxh6 Nxh6 34.
h5 Ng4 35. hxg6+ Kxg6 36. Re6 Kf5 37. Rf3 Rxc4 38. bxc4 Rc7 39. Kb2 Rxc4 40.
Rxe7 Rd4 41. Kb3 Nh2 42. Rh3 Ng4 43. Rd7 Rxd5 44. Kxb4 Kxf4 45. a4 Ne5 46. Rc7
Rd1 47. a5 d5 48. a6 Ra1 49. Ra3 Nc4 50. Rxa1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1718 playoff"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {The mighty Petroff or Russian Defence! Fabiano Caruana
has been using it exclusively against 1.e4 and had amazing results in the last
tournaments - he basically won all the tournaments he played in at the
beginning of 2018 (and the London Classic at the end of 2017).} 3. Nxe5 d6 4.
Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 {This is the 7th time Caruana
as played this position since 2017!} 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 {
This is the idea he has been trying lately. 11...Bg4 is more common.} (11...
Bg4 {was played for the first time back in 1909, against the great World
Champion Capablanca.} 12. Qd3 (12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. f4 {
enters a very tense position as well:} b5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bb3 Nb6 (17... c5
$1 $132) 18. Qf3 Qd7 $6 19. f5 $1 Nd5 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Bxd5+ cxd5 22. Qxd5+
Kh7 23. Bf4 $16 {1-0 (45) So,W (2710)-Ipatov,A (2584) Tromsoe 2013}) 12... Nd7
13. Ng5 Nf6 14. h3 Bh5 15. f4 h6 16. g4 hxg5 17. fxg5 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 $2 {
Black went wrong here, but it is amazing to see that the game was played at a
very high level until this move. Of course, Capablanca had White, but that was
a time where no one had any computers or advanced chess theory.} (18... Qd7 $1
19. gxh5 Qg4+ 20. Kf2 b5 $13 {with a very complicated position, the computer
evaluates it as equal.}) (18... b5 $5) 19. Qe4 Qd7 20. g6 $18 {1-0 (41)
Capablanca,J-Northrup,G New York,NY 1909}) 12. Bg5 (12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qa5 {
Black has been scoring well in this position.} 14. Nh4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Bd2
Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Rb1 Qa6 {[%cal Ga6d3]} 19. Qh5 Nc4 20. Nf3 h6 {
Positionally, Black is doing fine with the better pawn structure, he just has
to keep watching the initiative around his king.} 21. h3 (21. Bxh6 $6 gxh6 22.
Qxh6 Bf8 23. Qf4 c5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Ra6g6,Rf8h6]}) 21... Be6 (21... b5
$1 {[%cal Ga6c8,Gd7f5]} 22. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 23. Qxh6 Bf8) 22. Re1 Qb5 (22... b5
23. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 24. Qxh6 Bf8 25. Qh5 Bg7 26. Ng5 $40 {[%csl Re1] now White
has an important rook helping in the attack}) 23. Qh4 Nxd2 24. Nxd2 Qd3 25. Ne4
$11 {0-1 (40) Liang,A (2552)-Lenderman,A (2599) Saint Louis 2018}) 12... Qa5
13. Nh4 $5 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxg5 (14... fxe6 $2 {is just bad.} 15. Qg4 $16) 15. Nf3
Qd8 (15... Qa5 $1 {has been the latest trend, after this game. I think the
main advantage for Black is that the rooks are connected, and he will be able
to play ...Rae8 faster now.} 16. Bb3 Nd7 (16... Qxc3 $2 17. Ng5 $1 $18 {
with a deadly attack}) 17. Qd3 {Tregubov played two games here and did not
have any problems:} Nf6 (17... Rae8 18. g3 g6 19. Nd2 Qd8 20. Rfe1 Kg7 21. Kg2
Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8 {½-½ (23) Bellahcene,B (2488)-Tregubov,P (2578)
Brest 2018}) 18. g3 g6 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Kg2 Kg7 21. h4 h6 22. c4 Qd8 23. Bc2
Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 $11 {½-½ (27) Cornette,M (2600)-Tregubov,P (2578) Brest
2018}) 16. Bb3 Nd7 17. Re1 g6 18. g3 Kg7 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Rad1 (20. c4 c5 $1 (
20... Re8 $6 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. c5 Bc7 23. Ng5 $36) 21. d5 {was probably what
Giri wanted to avoid.} Re8 {should be fine for Black.}) 20... Rc8 21. h4 (21.
Ne5 {was another way to use the initiative, but Black is also fine after} Qc7
22. f4 c5 $1 23. Qf3 b5 $1 $132) 21... Rc7 $1 22. Kg2 Re7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Re1
Qd7 {Giri keeps a slightly more preferrable position, but there is nothing
serious going on, Black should be able to hold with precise play.} 25. Ne5 Bxe5
26. Rxe5 Re8 27. Qe2 h5 {Black does not need to to anything here, so Caruana
patiently waits to see what are White's intentions.} 28. f3 Kf8 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8
30. Qe5 Nd6 31. Kf2 Kg8 $6 (31... b6 $1 32. g4 {now doesn't work as well as in
the game:} hxg4 33. fxg4 Nb5 $1 $132 {[%csl Rc3,Rd4]}) 32. g4 $1 {Probably
underestimated by Caruana, now the position becomes more difficult to defend.}
hxg4 33. fxg4 Qd8 (33... Nb5 34. Qf6 $1 {[%cal Gf6g6]} Kf8 35. h5 gxh5 36. gxh5
{with a strong attack. ...Nxc3 loses the knight:} Nd6 (36... Nxc3 $2 37. Qh8+
Ke7 38. Qe5+ $18 {followed by either Qa5+ or Qc5+ picking up the knight.}) 37.
Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qe5+ Kf8 39. Kg3 $16) 34. Kf3 Kh7 $2 (34... Qd7 $1 {was the last
chance to stop White from playing h5. After the game continuation, the
defensive task is even more difficult.} 35. Qf6 Kh7 36. Kf4 b5 37. h5 gxh5 38.
gxh5 Qh3 $1 $132 {[%cal Rf6d6,Rh3h2] The knight can not be taken because of ...
Qh2+.}) 35. h5 $16 f6 36. Qe6 Kg7 37. Kf4 {Provoking ...g5+, a move that would
be very bad for Black.} a5 $1 38. a3 (38. Bc2 $1 gxh5 (38... Nf7 39. Bxg6 Qc7+
40. Ke3 Ng5 41. Qe8 Qg3+ 42. Kd2 Nf3+ 43. Kc1 $1 $18 {and White is able to
escape (Kb2-Bc2 will be played if Black keeps giving checks).}) 39. gxh5 Nf7 $5
$132 {trying some counterplay against the white king.}) 38... gxh5 (38... a4 $1
{It would be nice to add this move before playing the game variation.} 39. Ba2
{[%csl Ra3]} (39. Bxa4 $6 Nf7 $1 $132 {[%cal Rf7g5,Rd8c7] suddenly starting
some counterplay}) 39... gxh5 40. gxh5 Kh6 41. Bb1 Nb5 $1 $132 {A very
counterintuitive move.}) 39. gxh5 Kh6 40. Bc2 Qf8 $2 (40... c5 $1 41. Kf3 {
threatening Qg4 (because ...Qe8 will fail for Qf4+ then).} (41. dxc5 Nf7 $1
$132) (41. Qg4 $2 Qe8 $1 $11) 41... cxd4 42. cxd4 (42. Qg4 $6 Qe8 43. Qf4+ Kxh5
44. Qxd6 $2 (44. Qh2+ Kg5 45. Qf4+ Kh5 $11) 44... Qe3+ $19) 42... Kg7 $16 {
and the struggle continues!}) (40... Kxh5 $4 41. Qh3#) 41. Kf3 $1 {Now the
threat is Qg4 again, Black is already losing.} Ne8 {Now White starts to play
some mysterious king moves, that I understand only partly, to be honest.} (
41... Kxh5 $4 42. Qg4+ Kh6 43. Qg6#) 42. Kg2 (42. Qg4 $2 Qf7 $1 $132) 42... Nd6
43. Kf2 $1 {Achieving the ideal position for the king, but the bishop still
has to be manoeuvred to d3.} (43. Qg4 $2 Qg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7g2]}) 43... b6 (43...
Ne8 44. Bd3 $1 {finally forcing a black pawn to move.} Nd6 45. Qg4 $1 {works
now} Qg7 46. Qf4+ Qg5 47. Qxd6 Qd2+ 48. Be2 $18) 44. Kf3 {White threatens to
play Qg4 once again and Black has to give a pawn away in order to stop that.} (
44. Qg4 {doesn't quite work here:} Qg7 45. Qf4+ $2 Qg5 $1 46. Qxd6 Qd2+ {
and Black escapes with a draw:} 47. Kf3 (47. Kf1 Qc1+ $1) 47... Qxc3+ 48. Kg4
Qxc2 49. Qxf6+ Kh7 $11) 44... Ne8 45. Qxc6 Nd6 46. Qxb6 $18 Qe7 (46... Qa8+ {
wouldn't change much:} 47. Kf2 $1 Qd5 48. Qb8 $18) 47. Qb8 Nf7 48. Qg8 $1 Ng5+
49. Kf4 Nh3+ 50. Kf5 Qd7+ 51. Kxf6 {A nice technical win from Anish Giri, who
is always a force to be reckoned with amongst the top players.} 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Ne2 Re8 13. c3 Bf6 14. Bf4 Ne7
15. Ng3 g6 16. Qf3 Bg7 17. Be5 Be6 18. Qf4 c6 19. Bd3 Qd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qe5+ Kg8 22. Qg5 f6 23. Qxf6 Nc8 24. Re5 Qe7 25. Qf4 Qf7 26. Qg5 Nb6 27. Rae1
Nd7 28. R5e3 Nf8 29. Nh5 Nd7 30. Nf4 Nf8 31. h4 Bd7 32. h5 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Re8
34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Nxg6 Rxe3 36. Ne7+ Kh8 37. fxe3 Qe6 38. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
b5 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Nec3 Nb6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. Bd2 a5 18. a3 bxa3 19. Rxa3 Rfc8 20. c4 Bd8 21.
Rfa1 Qc5 22. b4 Qc6 23. bxa5 Bxc4 24. Qe3 Qb5 25. Qe1 Ra6 26. Qb1 Qxb1+ 27.
Rxb1 Rca8 28. Rc1 Bb5 29. Rb1 Bc4 30. Rc1 Bb5 31. Bh3 Kf8 32. Rc8 Ke8 33. Rxa8
Rxa8 34. Bb4 Bc7 35. Ra1 Ra7 36. Bg4 g6 37. h4 h5 38. Bh3 Bd3 39. f3 Bb6+ 40.
Kg2 Bc5 41. Bxc5 dxc5 42. Kf2 Bb5 43. Bf1 c4 44. Ke3 Kd7 45. Kd2 Kc6 46. Kc3
Kc5 47. Be2 Ra6 48. Rd1 Rxa5 49. Rd5+ Kb6 50. Bxc4 Ra3+ 51. Kb2 Bxc4 52. Kxa3
Bxd5 53. exd5 Kc5 54. Kb3 Kxd5 55. Kc3 f5 56. Kd3 e4+ 57. Ke3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Bb3 Nbxd5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Re1 h6 14. h3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Bb7 16. Ne5 Bd5 17. Qg4 Bxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Qf3 Nf6 20. Nc6 Qd7 21.
Bf4 Kh7 22. c4 bxc4 23. bxc4 Rfe8 24. Be5 Ng8 25. d5 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Bxc7
Bxa1 28. Rxa1 Nf6 29. d6 Re4 30. Rc1 Ne8 31. Bb8 Nf6 32. c5 a5 33. Bc7 a4 34.
Na5 Nd5 35. Nc4 Rxc4 36. Rxc4 a3 37. Rc1 Nxc7 38. dxc7 Rc8 39. Ra1 Rxc7 40.
Rxa3 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. d4 Nd7 11. Be3 Rb8 12. b3 O-O 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Rc1 Bf6
15. Qc2 h6 16. Qd3 Qc8 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bd4 Bf4 20. Be3 Bxe3 21.
Rxe3 Bg6 22. c4 a5 23. Qc3 a4 24. bxa4 Qa6 25. a5 Ra8 26. c5 Qxa5 27. Qxa5 Rxa5
28. cxd6 Rxa2 29. Nc4 cxd6 30. Nxd6 Rb8 31. f4 Bh5 32. g4 Bg6 33. f5 Bh7 34.
Nc4 Re8 35. e5 g6 36. Nd6 Re7 37. Rxc6 Ra8 38. f6 Rd7 39. Rec3 Rdd8 40. Rc7 Rf8
41. e6 g5 42. Nxf7 Bg6 43. Nxh6+ Kh8 44. f7 Rfb8 45. e7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. bxc4 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Ne5 Na5 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14. Qb2+
Kg8 15. Qxb7 Bh3 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Qe4 Rb8 18. Nc3 Qd4 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. Nd5 Bxd5
21. cxd5 d3 22. e4 f5 23. f3 fxe4 24. fxe4 Rb4 25. Re1 Rb2 26. Rad1 Rxa2 27.
Re3 Ra3 28. Rc1 g5 29. g4 a5 30. Rc7 Rf7 31. e5 Ra4 32. h3 Rd4 33. e6 Rf8 34.
Re5 Rd8 35. Rxg5+ Kf8 36. Rf5+ Kg8 37. Rxe7 R4xd5 38. Rff7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 d6 13. Nd2 Bg5 14. c4
Nf6 15. h3 Bf5 16. Nf3 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Qd7 18. Nd4 h6 19. Qb3 c5 20. dxc6 bxc6
21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Qb7 Qc8 23. Qxc8+ Rxc8 24. b4 a5 25. bxa5 Ra8 26. c5 Rxa5 27.
cxd6 Rxa2 28. Rxc6 Rd2 29. Bb5 g5 30. Ra6 Rd5 31. Ba4 Kg7 32. f3 Rd2 33. Bb5
Nd5 34. Ra8 Nb6 35. Rd8 Rd5 36. Bc6 Rc5 37. Be4 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rd1 39. g4 Kf6 40.
Bf5 h5 41. d7 hxg4 42. fxg4 Rd6 43. Ke2 Rd5 44. Kf2 Rd2+ 45. Kg3 Rd6 46. h4
gxh4+ 47. Kxh4 Rd5 48. Kg3 Rd6 49. Kf4 Rd4+ 50. Ke3 Rd6 51. Ke4 Rd2 52. g5+ Kg7
53. Ke3 Rd5 54. Kf4 Rd4+ 55. Kf3 Rd5 56. Kg4 Rd4+ 57. Kg3 Rd5 58. Kf4 Rd4+ 59.
Ke3 Rd5 60. Ke4 Rd2 61. Bg4 Rd6 62. Bh3 Rd2 63. Bf5 Rd6 64. Kf4 Rd4+ 65. Kg3
Rd5 66. Kg4 Rd4+ 67. Kf3 Rd5 68. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8.
Bc2 Bg4 9. d4 Re8 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 d5 12. Nf1 Bd6 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Ne3
Bh5 15. Bd2 c6 16. Nf5 Bc7 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qb3 Nb6 20. Re1 Qd7
21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Ne8 23. Qd1 Nc7 24. b3 c5 25. h4 c4 26. h5 d4 27. Qf3
dxc3 28. Bxc3 Qd3 29. Re3 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Ncd5 31. e6 fxe6 32. Re4 Qd3 33. Qg4
Nxc3 34. Rd4 gxh5 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Rxd3 cxd3 37. Qg6 d2 38. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 d6 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Nc4
c6 15. c3 Rc8 16. Bf4 cxd5 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nxd5 Be5 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6
21. a4 b6 22. Ba6 Rb8 23. Qd3 Qc7 24. Re1 Be5 25. g3 g6 26. Bh6 Bg7 27. Bxg7
Kxg7 28. h4 Qc5 29. b4 Qc6 30. Bb5 Qc7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. h5 gxh5 33. Qf6 Qd8 34.
Qh6 Qf8 35. Qxh5 Qg7 36. Qf3 Rc8 37. Re3 d5 38. Ba6 Rd8 39. Qf4 h6 40. Qc7 Qg5
41. Bf1 d4 42. cxd4 Rxd4 43. Qb8+ Qd8 44. Qxd8+ Rxd8 45. Rd3 Rxd3 46. Bxd3 a5
47. bxa5 bxa5 48. f4 Kf8 49. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8.
Bf1 Re8 9. d4 Nbd7 10. c4 Nf8 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. h3 c6 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Qxd5 Bf6 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxb7 Nf4 19. Rad1 Rab8 20. Qc6 Rec8
21. Qxd6 Rxb2 22. Re4 Ng6 23. Qa3 h6 24. Red4 Rcb8 25. h4 Nf4 26. Qe3 Ng6 27.
h5 Nf8 28. Qa3 Bf5 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Qxb2 Bg4 32. Qd4 Qxd4 33.
Nxd4 Nd7 34. Be2 Bxe2 35. Nxe2 Kf8 36. f3 Ke7 37. Nc3 Ne5 38. c5 Kd7 39. Nb5 a6
40. Nd4 g6 41. hxg6 fxg6 42. Kf1 Nd3 43. c6+ Kc7 44. g3 Nb4 45. a3 Nxc6 46. Nb3
Kd6 47. Ke2 Kd5 48. Nd2 g5 49. f4 gxf4 50. gxf4 h5 51. Ke3 Ne7 52. Ne4 h4 53.
Kf3 Nf5 54. Nf2 Kc4 55. Kg4 Nd4 56. Kxh4 Kb3 57. Ne4 Kxa3 58. Nc5 a5 59. Nb7
Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Re8 8. b4
Qc7 9. c4 a5 10. a3 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Bxa1 Na6 13. Be5 d6 14. cxd6 exd6
15. Bc3 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. b5 Qa5+ 18. Nbd2 Nc5 19. Be2 Ne4 20. O-O Nc3 21.
Qe1 Ne6 22. Ne4 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nbd2 Bg4 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 f5 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Ne7
15. Qxb7 c6 16. Bc4+ Nxc4 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Qxc4 Qd7 19. Bd2 Nd5 20. Rad1 Bc7 21.
Qh4 Rae8 22. c4 Ne7 23. Bc3 Ng6 24. Qh5 c5 25. Qf3 Rd8 26. b4 cxb4 27. Bxb4 Rf7
28. Bc3 Rdf8 29. Bb4 Rd8 30. Bc5 Ba5 31. Rf1 Bb6 32. Bxb6 axb6 33. Rfe1 Qa7 34.
d4 exd4 35. Qc6 Rff8 36. Rd2 Qa5 37. Red1 f4 38. Ne4 f3 39. Qb5 Qxb5 40. cxb5
Nf4 41. gxf3 d3 42. Kh2 Rd5 43. a4 Rd4 44. Ra1 h6 45. a5 bxa5 46. Rxa5 Rb8 47.
Kg3 Ne2+ 48. Kg2 Rd5 49. Kh2 Nf4 50. Kg3 Ne2+ 51. Kh2 Nf4 52. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. O-O Ne7 8. c4
d6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Nbc6 11. Be3 e5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rad1 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 a5 15.
Bf1 a4 16. Nc1 Nd4 17. N1e2 Nec6 18. Nb5 Bxc4 19. Nexd4 exd4 20. Rg3 Be6 21.
Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 g6 23. a3 Qa5 24. Rc3 Rfd8 25. h3 Qe5 26. Rcd3 Rdc8 27. Rc3
Rxc3 28. bxc3 Bb3 29. Rd2 Rc8 30. c4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc6 32. f4 Kf8 33. Kf2 Ke7
34. Ke3 Ba2 35. Bd3 Rb6 36. Bc2 Rb2 37. Bxa4 Rxg2 38. e5 dxe5 39. fxe5 Rg3+ 40.
Kf4 Rxh3 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. e6 fxe6 43. Bb5 Bxc4 44. Bxc4 Rh4+ 45. Ke5 Rxc4 46.
Rxh7 b5 47. Rb7 g5 48. Kf6 Rf4+ 49. Kxg5 Rf5+ 50. Kg4 Ke8 51. Ra7 Kd8 52. a4
bxa4 53. Rxa4 Ke7 54. Ra7+ Kf6 55. Ra8 Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nbd2 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 axb4 7. cxb4 b6 8.
cxb6 Bxb4 9. Rb1 Qxb6 10. a3 Bxd2+ 11. Bxd2 Qa7 12. e3 O-O 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. Bb4
Rc8 15. O-O Nc6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. h3 Ne4 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Nc4
21. Nc2 h6 22. Qa1 Ncd2 23. Bxd2 Nxd2 24. Rd1 Ne4 25. f3 Nd6 26. Qd4 Qc6 27.
Nb4 Qa4 28. Ra1 Nf5 29. Qd3 Qa7 30. Nxd5 exd5 31. Qxf5 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 Rxa3 33.
Qc8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 h6 8. Nf3
Qc7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Bd3 b6 11. a5 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. cxd3 Nd7 14. h4 Nc6 15.
axb6 axb6 16. Rb1 Ra4 17. Qf4 Ne7 18. Bd2 Qc6 19. h5 Rfa8 20. Rfc1 Ra2 21. Be3
Qa4 22. Nh4 Rc2 23. Qg3 Kf8 24. dxc5 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 bxc5 26. d4 Rc8 27. Rb1 Qc2
28. Rb7 cxd4 29. cxd4 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qxh5 31. Qh3 g5 32. g4 Qxh4 33. Qxh4 gxh4
34. Rxd7 h5 35. gxh5 Nf5 36. h6 Kg8 37. Kh3 Rf8 38. Kg4 Kh7 39. Ra7 Kg6 40. Ra1
Rc8 41. Ra7 Rg8 42. Ra1 Kh7+ 43. Kh3 Rb8 44. Ra7 Kg6 45. Kg4 Rb1 46. Kh3 Rh1+
47. Kg2 Rb1 48. Kh3 Rb3 49. h7 Rb8 50. Ra1 Kxh7 51. Rg1 Rg8 52. Ra1 Rb8 53. Rg1
Rb3 54. Kg4 Nxe3+ 55. fxe3 Rxe3 56. Kxh4 Re4+ 57. Kg5 Rxd4 58. Kf6 Rf4+ 59. Ke7
Rf5 60. Kd6 Kh6 61. Ke7 Kh5 62. Rg8 Kh4 63. Rg7 Rxe5 64. Kxf7 d4 65. Kf6 Re3
66. Rg1 e5 67. Kf5 Kh3 68. Rg6 Kh2 69. Rg4 d3 70. Rg6 e4 71. Rd6 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Nc4 Be7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Ne2 a5 9. O-O a4 10. d3 exd3 11. cxd3 axb3 12. axb3 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 O-O 14. e4 c5
15. Ng3 d6 16. Ne3 g6 17. f4 d5 18. f5 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qd3 20. Rf3 Qa6 21. Qc1
Bb7 22. Qc3 h5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qb6 25. Ne4 c4+ 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. d6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qe2 a5 13. Bg5 Ba6 14. Qf3 h6 15.
Rd1 hxg5 16. Rxd8 Raxd8 17. h3 Bc5 18. Bd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 e4 20. Qd1 e3 21. fxe3
Rfe8 22. Kh1 Rxe3 23. Nd2 Rxd5 24. Qc1 Rf5 25. Nb3 Bb6 26. Qd2 Bb7 27. Kh2 Rd5
28. Qc1 Re2 29. Qf1 Rde5 30. Rd1 Rf2 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Qd3+ g6 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Na5 12. Re1 c5 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bb7
15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Qc2 Rf7 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Ne3 Kh8 21.
Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Ng4 h5 23. Ngh2 c4 24. e5 Qd3 25. Qc1 Nc6 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Re6
Qf5 28. Rd6 Be7 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Bd2 Kg8 32. Qe1 Be7 33. Nf1 Qd7
34. Qe4 Kh7 35. Qf4 Nd8 36. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bc1 Nce7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd6
15. Nd2 Kh8 16. a4 Nef5 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Bd3 Qd7 20. a5 Rad8 21. Qf4
Bf7 22. h4 Ne7 23. Bc5 Bg6 24. Bxa7 Bxd3 25. cxd3 Ng6 26. Qh2 Qf5 27. Bc5 Nf4
28. Bxd6 cxd6 29. Nf3 h5 30. c4 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 dxc4 32. dxc4 Ne2+ 33. Kf1 Nxd4
34. Qg3 Qc5 35. Qc3 Rc8 36. Rb1 Qxc4+ 37. Qxc4 Rxc4 38. Rxb7 Ra4 39. Rb6 Ra1
40. Rxd6 Nc2 41. Re6 Nxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nf3 Bxb1 6. Rxb1 Bb4+ 7. Ke2 dxc4 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 a5 10. Nxc6 Qd7 11. Rc1 Nd5 12. Rxc4 Nb6 13. Qc2 Nxc4 14. Nxb4
Nxb2 15. Nd3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Kf2 c5 19. Qb1 cxd4 20. exd4
Qxd4+ 21. Be3 Qd6 22. Be2 a4 23. Rc1 a3 24. g3 b6 25. Rc3 Rdc8 26. Rb3 Qc7 27.
Bd3 h6 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Be4 Ra6 30. Bxb6 Qc1 31. Qxc1 Rxc1 32. Be3 Rc8 33. g4
Ra4 34. Bd3 Raa8 35. Be4 Ra4 36. Kg3 g5 37. Bd2 Kg8 38. Bc3 h5 39. Bf6 hxg4 40.
Kxg4 Ra5 41. f4 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Be3 f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bxe3
15. fxe3 Na5 16. Bxd5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Rf2 Rad8 19. Nd4 Qg6 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8
21. b3 Bd3 22. Ne6 Qxe6 23. Qxd3 c5 24. e4 Re8 25. Re1 Qe5 26. c4 h6 27. Qd5+
Kh7 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Kf2 Kg6 31. Ke3 Re7 32. Rc1 Rc7 33. a4 bxa4
34. bxa4 Kf6 35. a5 c4 36. a6 c3 37. Ra1 Rc8 38. a7 c2 39. Kd2 Ke5 40. Kc1 Ra8
41. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. f3 Bg6 8. Bd3
Nf6 9. g4 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. h4 Ne8 13. h5 Bd6 14. Kf2 b5 15.
Rac1 a5 16. a4 b4 17. Nb1 Rc8 18. Nd2 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Nd6 20. b3 Re8 21. Rc2 Nb8
22. Nf1 Qf6 23. Ng3 g5 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Rc5 Nb7 26. Rcc1 Nd6 27. Rc5 Nb7 28.
Rcc1 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. a3 a6 14. Rfd1 Bf6
15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. e3 Qe7 19. Ne4 Rac8 20. Nc5 Nd8 21.
d4 e4 22. d5 f5 23. Nxa6 Nf7 24. d6 Nxd6 25. Nxc7 Red8 26. Qb3+ Qf7 27. Ne6
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Re8 29. Nd4 Qxb3 30. Nxb3 Kf7 31. Nd4 g6 32. Rc3 Kf6 33. Rb3 Re7
34. a4 Ke5 35. a5 Kd5 36. Rb6 Rf7 37. b3 g5 38. a6 bxa6 39. Rxa6 Nb7 40. Rb6
Nd6 41. Ra6 Nb7 42. Rh6 Nd6 43. Rh5 Rg7 44. Rh6 Rf7 45. Rh5 Rg7 46. h4 gxh4 47.
Rxh4 Ke5 48. Rh6 Rf7 49. Rh5 Kf6 50. Rh6+ Ke5 51. Kh3 Rb7 52. Rh5 Kf6 53. Rh6+
Ke5 54. Kh4 Nb5 55. Ne2 Re7 56. g4 Nd6 57. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 f5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3
Nf6 15. Qd4 Ng4 16. Ree1 f4 17. f3 Ne3 18. Rac1 Bf5 19. Qxf4 Nxf1 20. Qd4 Nxh2
21. Kxh2 Qg5 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rf6 24. Re3 Raf8 25. Rce1 Rg6 26. R1e2 h5
27. Qe7 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Rf4 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Re4 Rxf3 31. Qxg6+ Kxg6 32. gxf3
Qxf3+ 33. Kh2 Kh6 34. c4 g6 35. b3 a5 36. Re6 h4 37. Rg2 Qf5 38. Re8 Qf4+ 39.
Kh3 g5 40. Rg8 Qe5 41. Kg4 b5 42. Rf8 bxc4 43. bxc4 Qe4+ 44. Kh3 g4+ 45. Kh2
Qe5+ 46. Kg1 g3 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 Re8 11. Bd3 d5 12. Kb1 Bc5 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4
Nf6 15. Rde1 Ne4 16. Qf4 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne5 g6 19. a4 Ng4 20. Nxg4 Bxg4
21. a5 Kf8 22. f3 Bd7 23. Kc1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rh1 h6 26. Kd2 Ke7 27. Ke3
Kf6+ 28. Kf4 Bf5 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. g3 Re2 31. Rc1 Rd2 32. Ke3 Rg2 33. Kf4 Rd2
34. Ke3 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a4
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nb8 11. a5 Nbc6 12. axb6 cxb6 13. Nf3 Na5 14. O-O h6
15. Ba3 Kg8 16. Bb4 Nc4 17. Ra6 Qc8 18. Rfa1 Nc6 19. R6a2 a5 20. Ba3 a4 21. Rb1
Kh7 22. Qd3+ g6 23. Bc1 Kg7 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 Qd7 26. Qf3 Na5 27. Qf6+ Kg8
28. Bc1 Nc4 29. Ba3 Nxa3 30. Rxa3 b5 31. h4 h5 32. f4 Kh7 33. g4 hxg4 34. h5
gxh5 35. Rxb5 Rhg8 36. Rb4 Rg6 37. Qh4 Kg7 38. Kg2 Qc6 39. Qe7 h4 40. Qxh4 Rh8
41. Qe7 g3 42. Rb7 Qc4 43. Qxf7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14.
Rad1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h4 h6 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. d5 Nc5 20. d6 Rd7
21. Bc4 a6 22. e5 b5 23. Be2 f6 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Rc2 Na4 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Nd4
fxe5 28. Nxb5 axb5 29. Bxb5 Ra7 30. Rc1 Nb6 31. Rxc8+ Nxc8 32. d7 Rxd7 33. Bxd7
Nb6 34. Bxe6+ Kf8 35. Bb3 Ke7 36. f3 Kd6 37. Kf2 Nd7 38. Ke3 Nc5 39. h5 Nd7 40.
a4 Nf6 41. g4 Kc5 42. Kd3 Kb4 43. Bc2 Kc5 44. Kc3 Nd5+ 45. Kb3 Nf4 46. Be4 Ne2
47. a5 Nd4+ 48. Kc3 Kb5 49. a6 Kxa6 50. Kc4 Kb6 51. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bc1 Ngf6 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bc1 Ngf6 14. O-O O-O 15.
b3 Nc5 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Bb2 Rc8 18. Re1 Ncd7 19. Nc4 Nc5 20. Nd2 Ncd7 21. a5 Rc5
22. b4 Rc8 23. b5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Nc5 25. Bf1 Ra8 26. Bc3 b6 27. axb6 Qxb6 28.
Qf3 Qc6 29. Na7 Qc7 30. Nb5 Qc6 31. Na7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 {This move has
become popular in the last 2 years.} (6... Be7 {,}) (6... Bd6) ({and} 6... Nc6
{are still far common lines.}) 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nc3 (9. c4 {is the
most common move, for example:} Nc6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Rae8
13. Bf4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bd6 15. c4 Qh5 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Qa3 Qa5 18. Qxd6 Rxe1+
19. Rxe1 Rd8 20. Re3 h6 $1 $11 {Anand-Wei Yi, Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9... Nxc3 10.
bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc6 ({1 year earlier Nepomniachtchi had a game for} 11...
Nd7 12. Rb1 (12. c4 $5) 12... Nb6 13. Qf5 Re8 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bf4 Bd6 $11 {
Nepomniachtchi-Jobava, Tbilisi 2017, with a balanced position.}) 12. Re2 {
A useful move, because later White can double on the e-file with his Rs.} (12.
c4 $5 {was the alternative choice.}) 12... a6 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Rae1 Rfe8 15. h4
$146 {Novelty by Nepomniachtchi. White has gained some space on the kingside,
opens the back rank and controls the g5-square too.} (15. a4 {was played in a
correspondence game,} Rad8 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Rxe2 19. Qxe2 Qxd6 20.
Nh4 Qf6 (20... Qd7 $5) 21. g3 Kf8 22. Qd3 Re8 23. Rb1 Na5 24. Qh7 $14 {
Ainutdinov-Farias, ICCF email 2014, with some pressure.}) 15... h6 {Black also
plays a useful move, moreover he avoids the Ng5.} 16. Qe3 $5 {Practically this
is a clever move, because White pins the B and sometimes he can sacrifice on
h6 too. However it is not clear how things will evolve after exchanging on e8.}
b5 ({In the event of} 16... Bf6 17. Qxe8+ Rxe8 18. Rxe8+ Kh7 {and White has
two Rs against the Q, but Black is safe, since it is not easy to break his
position.}) 17. h5 Rac8 18. Nh2 {White prepares for Qg3, Ng4 with some
attacking chances on the kingside.} b4 $2 {This is a logical move to create
weakness in the White's queenside, but here it is a mistake.} (18... Rcd8 {
was better, as} 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 Bf8 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Ng4 Rxe2 23. Rxe2
f5 24. Nh6 Qg7 $1 $132 {This is the point of 18...Rcd8, the R is not hanging
on c8 after Qxf5.}) 19. Qg3 $6 {The straightforward continuation, but he
missed the tactical chance.} (19. Bxh6 $1 {was the strongest reply,} gxh6 20.
Qxh6 Bf8 (20... Qd6 $6 {could have been met by the brilliant} 21. Re6 $3 fxe6
22. Rxe6 $18) 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Ng4 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 f6 (23... f5 24. Nh6 $1 Qg7
25. Qxf5 $1 $16 {and White has three pawns for the piece and still he can
continue the pressure.}) 24. Nxf6 Qg7 25. Qf5 Ne7 26. Qe5 $36 {and White has a
promising position.}) 19... Bd6 $6 {Another inaccuracy. At first sight this is
a logical move, because Black would like to simplify the position, however it
allows White's following play.} ({The solid} 19... Kh8 {was important,} 20. Ng4
bxc3 $132 {with a complicated middlegame.}) 20. Ng4 (20. Rxe8+ {leads only to
an equal endgame,} Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23. Qxd6 Qe1+ 24. Nf1 Qxc3
25. Qxd5 Nxd4 $11) 20... Kh8 21. Rxe8+ ({Probably} 21. Bxd6 $1 {was more
precise,} Rxe2 (21... cxd6 $6 22. Ne3 $1 $16 {and Black's P structure is bad
enough.}) 22. Rxe2 cxd6 (22... Qxd6 23. Qf3 $14) 23. Qf4 Kh7 {Otherwise Nxh6!}
24. Ne3 $14 {with a comfortable position for White.}) 21... Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8
23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Qxd6 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Qe6 $1 {A very nice cool-blooded reply!
Black doesn't take anything, just comes back with the Q. After the exchange of
Qs, White has enough weaknesses on the queenside, which gives counterplay for
Black.} (25... Qxc3 $2 {does not work as} 26. Qf8+ Kh7 27. Qxf7 Qxd4 28. f3 $18
{and Black is in big trouble.}) 26. Qf8+ (26. Qxe6 fxe6 $132 {and Black is
fine.}) 26... Kh7 27. Ne3 $1 {White finds his best chance.} bxc3 28. Qc5 Qf6
29. Qxc3 (29. Qxd5 {gave more practical chances,} Nxd4 30. Kg1 $1 Ne2+ 31. Kf1
Nf4 32. Qe4+ Kg8 33. g4 {and still Black needs to play accurate moves.}) 29...
Qxf2 30. Qxc6 Qf4+ 31. g3 Qxe3 32. Qxd5 Qf2+ 33. Kh3 Qxc2 {The natural human
reply.} ({The engine suggests} 33... f5 $11 {and always threatening with
perpetual checks.}) 34. Qxf7 Qc8+ 35. Kg2 Qc2+ 36. Qf2 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 a5 38. a4
Kg8 39. Qa2+ Kf8 (39... Kh8 $1 {was more accurate,} 40. Qc4 Qf3 $11 {and White
can't improve his position.}) 40. Qc4 Qg4 41. Qc5+ Kg8 42. Qd5+ Kh7 43. Kf2 Qd1
44. Qe4+ Kg8 45. Qe6+ $6 (45. d5 $1 {was the most precise reaction,} Qxh5 46.
Ke3 $1 $16 {and White has good chances with his d-P.}) 45... Kh7 46. d5 Qxa4 $2
{Loses immediately, but of course, it is not easy in a practical game.} (46...
Qc2+ {could hold the position, for example:} 47. Kf3 Qb3+ 48. Kg4 Qxa4+ 49. Kh3
Qd1 $11 {and draw.}) 47. d6 Qc2+ 48. Kf3 $2 {The last mistake!} (48. Ke3 $1 {
was the winning move,} Qc3+ 49. Ke4 Qc6+ 50. Qd5 Qa4+ 51. Ke5 Qd7 (51... Qe8+
52. Kf4 $18) 52. Qxa5 $18 {and Black is losing.}) 48... Qd3+ $1 $11 {Giri
finds the best way.} 49. Kg2 (49. Kf2 Qd2+ $11) 49... Qc2+ 50. Kh3 Qc6 $1 {
Another great move!} 51. Qf5+ Kg8 52. d7 Qd6 $1 53. Kh2 a4 $1 {Only move, but
this is the most natural reply.} 54. Qg4 {The last trap.} Kf7 $1 {The black K
simply goes to attack the d7-P.} ({The straightforward} 54... a3 $2 {loses
because of} 55. Qc4+ Kh7 56. Qe4+ $18) 55. Qxa4 Ke7 56. Qe4+ Kxd7 57. Qg4+ Ke8
58. Qxg7 Qd2+ 59. Kh3 Qd7+ $1 {Very precise play, the P endgame is drawish.}
60. Qg4 (60. Qxd7+ Kxd7 61. Kg4 Ke6 62. Kf4 Kf6 63. g4 Ke6 $1 $11 {with a
theoretical drawish P endgame.}) 60... Kd8 {and a draw after a big struggle!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Nc3 Ne4 14.
Qxc4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 16. Bf4 Bxc4 17. Bxe5 c6 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Bd4 Bxe2 20.
a4 a5 21. Kg2 h5 22. f3 Bc4 23. g4 hxg4 24. fxg4 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Bb3 26. Bb6 Bxa4
27. Ra1 Bb3 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {The Nimzowitsch Variation, nowadays played repeatedly by
the Russian GM Alexander Rakhmanov. In the following moves, I will reference
some of the first games in this variation, that was defended mostly by
Nimzowitsch himself and the great Rubinstein.} 3. e5 {I believe this is the
critical move.} (3. Nc3 {is also possible, but Black has been holding without
many problems:} d5 4. exd5 (4. e5 Nfd7 5. e6 $5 fxe6 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.
O-O g6 9. d4 Bg7 10. dxc5 O-O 11. Re1 Nc6 $13 {0-1 (51) Anand,V (2759)
-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Leuven 2018; with interesting play.}) 4... Nxd5 5. Bb5+ (
5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 $11 {
0-1 (46) Spielmann,R-Nimzowitsch,A San Sebastian 1911}) 5... Bd7 6. Ne5 $5 {
is one of the most challenging variations} (6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9.
Nxd4 e5 10. Ndb5 a6 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Bf5 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 $15 {½-½ (32)
Ponomariov,R (2694)-Rakhmanov,A (2653) Riadh 2017 and Black already has a more
pleasant position}) 6... Nf6 $1 7. Qf3 Qc8 8. a4 e6 $1 (8... a6 $6 9. Bxd7+
Nbxd7 10. Nc4 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra8,Rb7,Rc8] ½-½ (41) Moskalenko,A (2531)
-Rakhmanov,A (2669) Sochi 2017, and Black has some problems developing his
queenside.}) 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Bxd7 Nfxd7 13. Nc4 Nc6 $11 {
0-1 (97) Khanin,S (2450)-Rakhmanov,A (2659) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 3... Nd5 4.
Nc3 (4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 (5. c3 {transposes to the Alapin variation of the
Sicilian}) 5... e6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Qe4 d6 8. exd6 Nf6 9. Qh4 Bxd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 
(79) Schlechter,C-Nimzowitsch,A San Sebastian 1912}) 4... e6 (4... Nxc3 $5 {
Is also playable} 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 (6. Bc4 d6 (6... e6 $1 {should be played,
Rubinstein's 6...d6 is way too optimistic and risky}) 7. Bf4 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Qxd1+
9. Rxd1 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 a6 11. Bc7 $1 $16 {1-0 (28) Alapin,S-Rubinstein,A
Vilnius (Lithuania) 1912}) 6... e6 {White is better with more space, but Black
may have long-term weaknesses to attack, and White's play is not that
straightforward.} 7. Qd2 h6 8. h4 Qc7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. Be4 Bb7 12.
Qe3 Ne7 $1 {[%csl Rd5] getting a strong hold of the important d5-square, that
will soon be used by the knight.} 13. Kb1 c4 14. Rhe1 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qc6 16. Bc1
Qxe4 17. Rxe4 h5 {with a nice blockade on d5} 18. b3 $6 Nd5 19. Bb2 Rc8 $17 {
0-1 (59) Pavlidis,A (2539)-Duda,J (2693) Minsk 2017}) 5. Nxd5 (5. g3 {played
by Reti, doesn't look threatening:} Nc6 6. Bg2 Nxc3 (6... d6 $5 {was also fine}
) 7. bxc3 d6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Be7 11. Be3 Bd7 $11 {0-1 (48) Reti,
R-Rubinstein,A Gothenburg 1920}) 5... exd5 6. d4 Nc6 (6... d6 {is not that bad:
} 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. c4 $1 a6 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Be3 Qd6
13. Bxc6+ (13. c5 $5 $14) 13... bxc6 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. Rfd1 Be6
17. Rac1 {is slightly better for White, but always unpleasant to defend,
specially after the bishop exchange on the next move, that I feel Black must
avoid.} Bf6 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Kd7 20. f4 g6 21. Rc5 Rhc8 22. Ra5 Rab8 23.
Rd2 $14 {1-0 (59) Martinez Alcantara,J (2539)-Slipak,S (2420) Montevideo 2018})
7. c3 {A solid move, avoiding complications, and looking to play against the
isolated pawn. In any case, Black is doing just fine after the opening.} (7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd5 {used to be the critical move, but Black is holding his
ground after:} (8. Bd3 {seems harmless for Black} d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. O-O O-O
11. Re1 h6 12. h3 (12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Bg4 $11 {would be simply equal}) 12...
Bd7 (12... Bxh3 $5 {there is no need for such adventures} 13. gxh3 Qg3+ 14. Kh1
Bxf2 15. Rf1 (15. Bf1 $4 Nd4 $1 $19 {[%csl Re1,Rg1] 0-1 (37) Pinter,E (2212)
-Markos,J (2225) Slovakia 2000}) 15... Qxh3+ 16. Nh2 Bg3 17. Qe2 $13 {feels
better for White, but the position remains complicated}) 13. Be3 d4 14. Bd2
Rfe8 15. a3 Qd5 16. b4 Bd6 17. c4 dxc3 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bxc3 Be6 20. Be4 Qxe4
21. Qxd6 $11 {½-½ (29) So,W (2792)-Mamedyarov,S (2804) Wijk aan Zee 2018})
8... d6 $1 (8... Qb6 9. Bc4 $1 Bxf2+ 10. Ke2 O-O 11. Rf1 Bc5 12. Ng5 Nd4+ 13.
Kd1 Ne6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nd6 $5 {With complex play, but White should have the
upper hand, because of the major development issues of the black queenside.})
9. exd6 Qb6 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Rc5f2]} 10. Qe4+ Be6 11. Qh4 (11. d7+ Kxd7 12. Be3
Bxe3 13. fxe3 Qxb2 $1 14. Rd1+ Ke7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (30) De Gleria,F (2420)
-Buenermann,V (2325) Germany 2004 Black is doing just fine.}) 11... Bxd6 12.
Be2 O-O 13. O-O Bf5 14. c3 Rae8 $44 {with good play for Black.}) 7... cxd4 (
7... d6 8. Bb5 Be7 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Qe2+ {would be similar to the game:} Be6
11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 $14 {should be slightly more pleasant for
White.}) 8. Nxd4 (8. cxd4 $6 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 d6 $11 {and Black
doesn't have any problems.}) 8... d6 (8... Nxe5 $6 {looks way too risky} 9. Bf4
$1 d6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Qb3 Nc4 13. Rfe1 (13. Bxd7+ $5 Qxd7 14. Nc2
O-O 15. Nb4 $14) 13... O-O 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Qxb7 Re8 (15... Rb8 $5 16. Qxa7
Rxb2 $13) 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qa4 a5 19. Rad1 $16 {1-0 (59) Kurnosov,
I (2645)-Arribas Lopez,A (2477) Zuerich 2012}) 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. O-O
(11. Qe2+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {exchanging queens should be favourable for Black,
who still has a worse structure, but shouldn't suffer much in the endgame.})
11... O-O 12. Nb3 a6 13. Be2 Qc7 14. h3 Rfe8 $36 {Black slowly becomes more
active, and the isolated d5-pawn is no problem at all.} 15. Re1 Re5 (15... Bf5
$1 {trying to find the best setup for the pieces, with the simple Rad8:} 16.
Qxd5 (16. Be3 Rad8 $36 {with at least equality for Black}) 16... Bg6 {
threatening Rad8} 17. Qd1 Red8 $3 (17... Rad8 {is the most logical and also
playable, but there is an issue with the e8-rook hanging:} 18. Bf1 $1 Bh2+ 19.
Kh1 $14 {when Black can't take the queen because of checkmate on e8}) 18. Bd2
Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qc1 Qxf2 $15) (15... Rad8 $5 16. Bg5 f6 17.
Be3 Kh8 $11) 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bd3 g6 (17... Qc8 $1 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Rd7h3]} 18.
Qf3 Bf5 $11 {would be very solid for Black, who is left without any problems.})
18. Qd2 Qd8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Qe8 23. Qd2 $14
{After a few tiny inaccuracies, now White has a tiny edge, which at the end
shouldn't be much, but there is play because of the weak isolated pawn on d5.}
Be5 24. Be3 (24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Be2 $11 {these kinds of positions never promise
anything for White, since Black has an active queen and will place his bishop
on either c6 or e6.}) 24... Qe6 25. f4 Bf6 26. a3 h5 27. Bc2 Bc6 28. Bf2 Qe7
29. Bd1 Qe6 30. Bc2 Qe7 31. Bb6 Qe6 32. Qf2 Qe8 33. Qd2 Qe6 34. Bc5 Qe8 {
After some manoeuvering, White loses control with a bad move and suddenly
enters a difficult position:} 35. Qd1 $2 d4 $1 {Kovalev takes the chance! the
d4-pawn is untouchable.} 36. Qd2 (36. cxd4 Qe3+ {[%csl Rf4,Rh3]} 37. Kh2 Bd5 $1
{is the most precise, leaving the c5-bishop out of play and preparing a
devastating attack on the next move.} 38. Qf1 {[%csl Rf4]} Bh4 39. Bd6 Bg3+ 40.
Kh1 Qe6 $1 $19 {[%cal Re6h3,Re6d6]}) (36. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 37. cxd4 (37. Qxd4 Qe1+
38. Kh2 Qe2 $19 {[%csl Rc2,Rg2]}) 37... Qe3+ 38. Kh2 (38. Kh1 $4 {runs into
checkmate} Qxh3+ 39. Kg1 Qxg2#) 38... Qxf4+ 39. Kh1 Qg5 $1 {[%csl Rd5]
attacking g2 and keeping an eye on d5 as well} 40. Qf1 Bd5 $1 $19 {stopping
Bb3 and preparing the devastating ...Qd2 or ...Qe3.}) 36... dxc3 37. bxc3 Qe6 {
[%csl Ra3,Rc3][%cal Re6a2] Now suddenly White is in trouble with the weak
pawns.} 38. Bd4 Bxd4+ 39. cxd4 Qa2 40. Qc3 Qd5 41. Qd2 Qa2 42. Qc3 h4 $1 {
[%csl Rg2]} 43. Kh1 a5 $1 44. a4 {It's always sad to place another pawn on a
light square, but Black had an idea to play ...a4 himself.} (44. Kh2 Qd5 {
[%csl Rg2]} 45. Qd2 a4 46. Kg1 b5 $36 {White has to watch for moves like ...b4
here, trying to put the a-pawn in the 6th rank.}) 44... Qd5 (44... Bxa4 $6 {
should be a relief for White.} 45. Bxa4 Qxa4 46. f5 $1 {In queen endgames, it
is always important to open up your opponent's king.} gxf5 47. Qc8+ Kg7 48.
Qxf5 Qd1+ 49. Kh2 Qxd4 50. Qg5+ Kf8 51. Qxa5 {Black retains tiny chances to
convert this endgame, with such a weak king.} b6 $17) 45. Qd2 b6 (45... Kg7 $5
{could have been more precise} 46. f5 gxf5 47. Qg5+ Kf8 48. Bxf5 Qxd4 $17) 46.
f5 $1 $132 Kg7 47. fxg6 fxg6 48. Bd1 Qf5 49. Kg1 Bd5 50. Bc2 Qf6 51. Qe3 g5 52.
Bd3 Kh6 53. Bc2 Kg7 54. Bd3 Kh6 55. Bc2 (55. Be2 $1 {was better, preparing Bf3
next.} Qf4 56. Qe7 $1 Qxd4+ 57. Kh2 $132) 55... Qf4 56. Qd3 $6 (56. Qe7 $5 {
would force the following queen endgame:} Qxd4+ 57. Kh2 Qf4+ 58. Kg1 Qc1+ 59.
Kh2 Qxc2 60. Qd6+ Kg7 61. Qxd5 {with a long endgame to come, and excellent
drawing chances for White.}) 56... Kg7 $1 57. Qg6+ Kf8 58. Qd3 Kg7 59. Qg6+ Kf8
60. Qd3 Ke7 {The black king slowly escapes from the checks.} 61. Bd1 Qe4 62.
Qd2 (62. Qxe4+ $2 {would lose easily because of the huge weaknesses on the
kingside.} Bxe4 63. Kf2 Kd6 64. g3 Kd5 65. gxh4 gxh4 66. Ke3 Bf5 {[%csl Rh3]}
67. Bg4 Bc2 68. Bd7 Kd6 $1 $19 {Now White loses either a4 (...Bxa4) or h3 (...
Bf5).}) 62... Kd6 63. Bc2 Qf4 64. Qd3 (64. Qxf4+ {is hopeless} gxf4 65. Kf2 Bc6
{[%csl Ra4]} 66. Bb3 Be4 67. Kg1 Kc6 68. Kf2 b5 $1 $19 {with an easy endgame
win.}) 64... Kc7 65. Qh7+ Kb8 $1 66. Qd3 (66. Qh8+ $1 Ka7 67. Qh7+ Bb7 68. Qd3
{had to be tried, keeping an eye on d5 if Black tries to play ...g4 again} g4
69. hxg4 Qxg4 70. d5 $17 {when White survives at least for now.}) 66... g4 $1 {
Finally Black crashes through.} 67. hxg4 Qxg4 {[%csl Rd4,Rg2]} 68. Qg6 (68. Qd2
{doesn't save the day:} h3 $1 69. Bd1 Qxg2+ 70. Qxg2 hxg2 $19 {Again Black
wins the endgame easily after centralising his king.}) 68... Qxd4+ 69. Kh1 Bb7
{Keeping the king safe.} 70. Qe8+ Ka7 71. Bf5 Qd1+ 72. Kh2 Qd6+ 73. Kh1 Qg3 $19
{White resigned, since he is forced to play Qg6, when Black takes on g2,
exchanges queens and wins the endgame with two pawns up. A very resilient game
from Kovalev, who was holding on to a slightly inferior position, took his
chance when it appeared on the board, and was able to squeeze a win against
one of the Top 10 players in the world!} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 {Elimination of the knight on f6 weakens the d5-spot,
but Black has enough resources to survive the temporary crises.} Be7 11. Rd1 {
The immediate knight move to d5 is a bit different, but Chinese players have
demonstrated two different ways of equalising.} (11. Nd5 Bxd5 (11... Nd7 12.
O-O Rc8 13. c3 Nb6 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. Rfd1 Nc4 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Nd2
Rc5 19. Nf1 g6 20. Qd2 Rd8 $11 {1-0 (51) Zhao,J (2589)-Lu,S (2562) China 2013})
12. Qxd5 Qc7 13. Bc4 O-O 14. Qd3 Nd7 15. c3 Rac8 16. Bd5 Nb6 17. O-O Nxd5 18.
Qxd5 Qc6 19. Qd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 (23) Ni,H (2583)-Xu,J (2617) Taiyuan 2004}) 11...
Nd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 {This move is a serious concession, but also the reminder
that White's plan of exploiting d5 is a bit one sided. The results for White
are not very encouraging, but even the alternative approach with 12...Rc8
seems to be good enough for keeping the balance.} (12... Rc8 13. c3 Bg5 14. O-O
O-O 15. g3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Rxc5 17. c4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qb6 19. Rb1 Rfc8 $11 {
0-1 (55) Andres Gonzalez,I (2392)-Kovalyov,A (2510) San Sebastian 2007}) 13.
Qxd5 b5 {In order to attack the top 10 in the world a player needs many
qualities, one of them is an independent mind. Giri is pushing the b-pawn
instead of the universally accepted 13...Qc7.} (13... Qc7 14. c3 (14. Qc4 Qxc4
15. Bxc4 Nf6 16. Bd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Rc8 18. c3 g6 19. Ke2 Kd7 20. Rhd1 Ke6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (42) Vachier Lagrave,M (2766)-Wojtaszek,R (2733) Biel 2014}) (14. Bc4
O-O 15. Qd3 Nb6 16. Nd2 Na4 17. Qb3 b5 18. Bd5 Rac8 19. c3 Nb6 20. Nf1 Bg5 21.
Ng3 g6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (69) Novikov,S (2564)-Makarov,M (2535) Dagomys 2008}) 14...
Nf6 (14... O-O 15. O-O b5 16. Nd2 Rad8 (16... g6 17. a3 Rab8 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19.
Qa2 Nc5 20. Bf1 Bg5 21. Nb3 Qc6 22. Na5 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (52) Carlsen,M (2834)
-Giri,A (2784) Doha 2015}) (16... Nb6 17. Qb3 Qc5 18. a3 $1 Rac8 19. Rfe1 g6
20. Nf1 Kh8 (20... Bg5 21. Qb4 Rfd8) 21. Ne3 f5 22. exf5 Bg5 23. Qb4 $1 $14 {
½-½ (51) Short,N (2706)-Efimenko,Z (2654) Mukachevo 2009}) 17. Bf3 Kh8 18.
Rfe1 Nb6 19. Qb3 d5 $15 {1/2-1/2 (27) Makka,I (2167)-Cramling Bellon,A (1978)
Caleta 2018}) 15. Qd3 O-O 16. O-O (16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Bf3 b5 18. O-O g6 19. Ra1
Nd7 20. Rfd1 Nb6 21. g3 d5 {0-1 (34) Onischuk,V (2602)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2811)
Bastia 2016} 22. Qe2 $11) 16... b5 (16... Rfd8 17. Bf3 Qb6 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19.
Qb1 g6 20. Na1 Rc5 21. Nc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 (36) Tissir,M (2444)-Kolev,A (2567)
Navalmoral 2007}) 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bf3 Rab8 (18... g6 19. g3 Bf8 20. Na1 Bh6
21. Nc2 a5 22. Na3 b4 23. Nb5 Qc5 $11 {0-1 (71) Ponomariov,R (2694)-Salem,A 
(2638) Riadh 2017}) 19. Nd2 Nd7 20. Nf1 Nc5 21. Qe2 Bg5 22. Ne3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3
b4 $11 {0-1 (91) Horvath,A (2459)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2794) Germany 2018}) 14.
Bg4 $6 {Nisipeanu would gladly prove that the vulnerability of the light
square is an issue for Black, but his bishop on h3 will not be on a good spot.}
(14. O-O O-O 15. Qb7 g6 16. c3 h5 17. g3 Qc8 $11) 14... Nf6 15. Qc6+ Kf8 16.
Bh3 g6 17. O-O Kg7 18. Rfe1 {Black has an easy life and in fact better harmony
in his own camp. The reason for White's relative discomfort is to be found in
his very modest minor pieces.} (18. f4 Qb8 19. Rf2 exf4 20. Rxf4 d5 21. Rdf1
Qe5 22. exd5 Bd6 $15) (18. Qb7 Rb8 19. Qa7 Nxe4 20. g3 f5 (20... Nf6 21. Rfe1
Rb6 22. Rxe5 dxe5 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 $15) 21. Bg2 Rc8 $15) 18... Ra7 19. Qc3 Qb6 20.
Qe3 (20. Qd3 Rc7 $15) 20... Qxe3 21. Rxe3 a5 22. a3 Rb8 {Even without the
queens on the board positions with opposite coloured bishops favour the side
with the initiative or the attack. Black is benefitting from an absence of
troubles and is preparing to deliver some for the opponent.} 23. c3 (23. Nc1 b4
24. a4 Rb6 25. Nb3 Rc6 $15) 23... b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. c4 (25. cxb4 Rxb4 26. f3
Ra2 27. Rb1 Bd8 $17) 25... Rc7 26. Nd2 (26. Rc1 Nh5 27. Rc2 Nf4 28. Bg4 h5 29.
Be2 Rbc8 $15) 26... Ne8 27. Ree1 (27. Rd3 Ra8 28. g3 Nf6 29. f3 h5 $15) 27...
Bg5 28. Nf3 Bh6 {Bishops are now symmetrical, but that is the only aspect that
is similar for both sides. Black is putting pressure on White's queenside.} 29.
b3 (29. g4 Bf4 30. Bf1 b3 $15) 29... Ra8 30. Rd5 $2 {[%mdl 2048] White is very
sorry that he can not really benefit from the soft spot on d5, but putting the
rook there does not solve any problem. It was much better to help the stranded
bishop on h3 with a painful, but playable position.} (30. g3 $1 Ra3 31. Rb1
Rca7 $15) 30... Ra3 31. Rb1 Nf6 32. Rxd6 Nxe4 33. Rd8 {It was very difficult
for White to find a way that minimises the damage. The black pieces are all
better and the b3- and f2-squares are too vulnerable for efficient defence.} (
33. Rb6 Ra2 34. Rxb4 Nxf2 $19) 33... Rca7 (33... Ra2 34. Nxe5 Nxf2 35. Rd7 Rxd7
36. Bxd7 Be3 37. Nf3 Nd3+ 38. Kh1 Nc5 39. Bc6 Nxb3 40. g3 Ra1 $17) 34. Nxe5 Nd2
$1 35. Rxd2 {The sad necessity of eliminating the intruding knight speaks
volumes about the crisis in the White's position. The rest of the game will be
technical with Giri converting the advantage. Please note the sad bishop on h3.
..} (35. Rd1 Ra1 36. Bg4 Rxd1+ 37. Bxd1 Ra1 $19) 35... Bxd2 36. Kf1 Ra1 37.
Rxa1 Rxa1+ 38. Ke2 Re1+ (38... Ra2 $5 39. Nd3 Bc3+ 40. Ke3 Ra3 41. Nc5 Bf6 $19)
39. Kxd2 Rxe5 40. Bd7 Kf6 {The bishop and a pawn are no real match for the
rook, but Black has to improve the king first.} 41. Bc6 Ke7 42. f4 Ra5 43. Kd3
Kd6 (43... Ra3 44. Ba4 Ra2 $19) 44. Bd5 Kc5 45. Bxf7 Ra3 46. Bg8 (46. Kc2 Ra2+
$19) 46... Rxb3+ 47. Kc2 Re3 48. Bxh7 {White has to bite the bullet as he at
least attacks the g6-pawn. In other lines Black would coordinate his pieces
with decisive effect.} (48. Kd2 b3 49. Bxh7 Re6 50. Kc3 Rb6 51. Kb2 Kb4 $19)
48... Re2+ 49. Kb3 Rxg2 50. h4 Rg3+ 51. Kb2 b3 52. Ka3 (52. f5 Kb4 53. fxg6
Rg2+ $19) 52... Kxc4 53. Bg8+ Kc3 54. Bxb3 {A heroic feat of defence as the
pesky b-pawn was stopped. The good news ends here as White will lose the
elementary pawn ending.} Kd4 55. Kb4 Rxb3+ 56. Kxb3 (56. Kxb3 Ke4 57. Kc3 Kxf4
58. Kd3 Kg4 59. Ke3 Kxh4 60. Kf3 g5 61. Kg2 Kg4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. Qb1 Qd7
15. d3 Nd4 16. O-O Nd5 17. Rfe1 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Rac8 19. e3 Nf5 20. Red1 b6 21.
Qb2 Bf8 22. Qe2 g6 23. Be1 Qb5 24. Bf1 a5 25. Rc2 Ne7 26. Qg4 Qe8 27. Qa4 Nd5
28. Qxe8 Rxe8 29. a3 Ra8 30. Rb1 Reb8 31. Bd2 b5 32. e4 Nf6 33. Bf4 Rb7 34. Be3
Nd7 35. e5 Rd8 36. f4 Rbb8 37. Bg2 c4 38. dxc4 bxc4 39. Rxc4 Bxa3 40. Rd1 Nf8
41. Rxd8 Rxd8 42. Be4 Rb8 43. Bc2 Nd7 44. Rc7 Nb6 45. Be4 Nd5 46. Bxd5 exd5 47.
Bd4 Kf8 48. Bc5+ Bxc5+ 49. Rxc5 Rxb3 50. Rxa5 Rd3 51. Kf2 Rd2+ 52. Ke3 Rxh2 53.
Rxd5 h5 54. Rd7 Rg2 55. Kf3 Rb2 56. Ra7 Rb3+ 57. Kf2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Trent,L"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Kramnik who had the White pieces today was no doubt looking to bounce back
with a win after a rather disappointing loss in the previous round.} 1. Nf3 d5
2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 c5 4. Nbd2 {As we have seen many times before, Kramnik decides
to choose a modest opening setup without delving into deep theory and try to
outplay his opponent from an equal middlegame position.} e6 5. b3 cxd4 6. exd4
Bb4 $5 {I like this move and it wouldn't surprise me at all if Giri had
prepared this beforehand. Previously Vlad played this line twice in Zuerich
scoring but has never faced 6...Bb4. The idea is to immediately stifle White's
development and threaten either Bc3 or Ne4-c3.} (6... Nc6 7. Bb2 g6 8. Bb5 Bg7
9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qb6 11. a4 Bd7 12. c4 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. c5 Qc7 15. b4 Ne4
16. Ne5 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 b5 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Rec1 Rfc8 20. Rc5 Be8 21. Nd3 Rcb8
22. Bc3 Qd8 23. Ra5 Bf8 24. Nc5 Rb6 25. g3 Bd6 26. h4 Bc7 27. b5 axb5 28. Rxa8
Qxa8 29. axb5 Qc8 30. Ba5 Rxb5 31. Bxc7 Qxc7 32. Qg5 Rb8 33. h5 Qd8 34. Qe5
gxh5 35. Ra7 Rb6 36. Qxh5 Kg7 37. Qg4+ Kf8 38. Qf4 Kg7 39. Qg4+ Kf8 40. Kg2 h6
41. Qf3 Kg7 42. Qa3 Qf6 43. Ra8 Bb5 44. Qa5 Bc6 45. Qxb6 Bxa8 46. Qc7 h5 47. f3
Qf5 48. Nd7 Bb7 49. Qc5 Ba6 50. Kf2 Kh7 51. Ne5 Kg7 52. Nd7 Bc4 53. Qf8+ Kh7
54. Ne5 Qc2+ 55. Kg1 Qd1+ 56. Kh2 Qd2+ 57. Kh3 Bf1+ 58. Kh4 Qh2+ 59. Kg5 Qxg3+
60. Ng4 hxg4 61. Qxf7+ Kh8 {1/2-1/2 (63) Kramnik,V (2811)-Nakamura,H (2793)
Zuerich 2017}) (6... Bd6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Ne5 Nd7
12. f4 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qe7 14. O-O O-O 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf5 Qe8 18.
Qd3 Rc7 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bf5 g6 21. Bh3 Re7 22. Nf3 Bc8 23. Bxc8 Qxc8 24. Rae1
Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Ne7 26. c4 Kg8 27. Kg2 Nf5 28. cxd5 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Bc1
Ne7 31. Qe4 Qb5 32. Bf4 Bxa3 33. d6 Nf5 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Be5+ f6 36. Qxa7+ Kh6
37. Bf4+ g5 38. Qf7 {1-0 (38) Kramnik,V (2811)-Svidler,P (2747) Zuerich 2017})
7. Bb2 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Bc3 $5 {Strategically speaking this makes sense.}
10. Bxc3 Nxc3 11. Qe1 Nb4 $1 $146 {It seems as though Black is taking
liberties chasing after the White bishop but with the centre closed he is in
no danger of being attacked. Indeed the engine gives absolutely no advantage
for White at all after this move, making me think that this is more likely to
be home prep than not.} (11... Qb6 12. Qe3 h6 13. a4 Bd7 14. Nb1 Nxb1 15. Rfxb1
a6 16. c3 $14 {1-0 (48) Eidelmann,V (2049)-Gelzenleichter,S (2188) Wingst 2005}
) 12. Nb1 Nxd3 13. Qxc3 Nf4 14. Qe3 Ng6 {After a little knight tour it is
clear that White has achieved zero advantage from the opening. Maybe Giri was
even getting slightly optimistic that he could apply some pressure on the
white position, especially down the c-file.} 15. c4 {Understandable given my
previous comment.} dxc4 16. bxc4 O-O {These hanging pawns are definite targets
now.} 17. Nc3 Bd7 (17... b6 {followed by ...Bb7 was also =/+.}) 18. Rfd1 Rc8
19. Nd2 Nh4 (19... Qh4 $5 20. Rac1 (20. c5 Bc6 $15) 20... b6 $15) 20. Qd3 Nf5
21. Rac1 Qc7 22. d5 {Kramnik decides to try and create some play but Giri
cooly deals with it.} Rfd8 $1 23. h3 (23. dxe6 Bxe6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 (24... Qa5 $5
25. Nb3 Qa3 $15) 25. cxd5 Qxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Nf1 Nd6 $15) 23... b6 24. Nf3
$5 {A very good move provoking Black into taking material.} Qxc4 $6 {It's
difficult to overly criticise this move but it does seem to give White an easy
route to equality.} ({Better was} 24... Be8 $5 {or}) (24... h6 $5 {maintaining
some tension and forcing White to find more precise moves.}) 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26.
dxe6 fxe6 27. Rd3 $1 {Now White can get coordinated very quickly and should be
able to swap down to very drawish endings.} e5 {Black is pretty much forced to
return material on account of Rcd1 coming next.} 28. Nxe5 (28. Rcd1 Re8 29.
Rxd7 Rxc3 30. Rxa7 e4 31. Ne5 $1 $11 {should be equal.}) 28... Rd4 29. Rf3 {
I can't really tell if Kramnik was being (over)optimistic here or not.} (29.
Rxd4 Nxd4 30. Rd1 Be6 {is level.}) 29... Nh4 30. Re3 Nf5 31. Ree1 Be8 32. Ne4
Ra4 33. Rc7 {Kramnik goes for it.} Rxa2 34. Kh2 h6 35. Ng4 $6 (35. Nf3 Bf7 36.
g4 Nd4 37. Nxd4 Rxd4 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Rc7 Kg8 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Rc7 {is one
possible repetition.}) 35... Kf8 $1 36. Rec1 $6 {Kramnik is starting to lose
the thread.} Re2 37. f3 $2 Nh4 $2 (37... a5 $19 {and White really has no
threats. Black however will just run his pawns up the board.}) 38. Ngf2 $1 {
Now White can potentially double on the 7th with the black knight no longer
defending the kingside.} Bg6 39. Rc8 $6 (39. Kg1 $1 {had to be found} Bxe4 40.
fxe4 {and White can drum up enough counterplay to equalise.}) 39... Re8 $1 40.
Kg3 Nf5+ 41. Kh2 Nd4 42. R1c3 a5 {Black has successfully coordinated his
forces and is once again winning.} 43. R8c4 Rd8 44. Rc7 Ne6 45. R7c6 Nf4 46.
Rc8 Re8 47. Rxe8+ Kxe8 48. Rc8+ Kd7 49. Rg8 Ne6 {keeping things nice and tidy}
50. Kg3 Kc7 51. h4 Rc2 52. Ra8 Kb7 53. Rh8 Rc6 $1 {Now there is no way to stop
the pawns marching.} 54. h5 Bxe4 55. Nxe4 a4 56. Re8 a3 57. Re7+ Ka6 58. Re8
Ka7 59. Nd2 a2 60. Nb3 Rc3 61. Na1 Rc1 62. Rxe6 Rxa1 63. Re2 b5 64. Kf4 Kb6 0-1

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Trent,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 {Duda has been known to tinker with the Pirc/Modern Defence, so this
shouldn't have come as a surprise to Anish.} 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5.
Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 {The so-called "150 attack". This line got its name from the
success of 150s (~1800 players) winning huge on the weekend circuit.} Nc6 $5 {
Very rare and a first for Duda.} (6... Ng4) (6... c6) (6... a6 {are all much
more popular.}) 7. d5 {The acid test when Black plays ...Nc6 before ...e5 in
such structures.} Nb8 8. Bh6 {I have never really believed that Black can get
away with losing two tempi especially when White is able to exchange
dark-squared bishops. That said, Richard Rapport seemed to have no
difficulties in his game in 2016.} e5 $6 {I don't buy this.} (8... c6 9. Bxg7
Kxg7 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Rb1 Nbd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qf4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ncd7
16. Qg3 a5 17. Be2 a4 18. a3 Qc5 19. Rbd1 Ra5 20. Rd2 Rb8 21. Qh4 h5 22. Kh2
Rc8 23. Rd3 b5 24. Rfd1 b4 25. e5 bxc3 26. exf6+ Nxf6 27. Rxc3 Qb6 28. dxc6
Rxc6 29. Qb4 Rf5 30. f3 Re5 31. Bd3 Qc7 32. Rxc6 Qxc6 33. Re1 Qd5 34. Qc3 Rxe1
35. Qxe1 Qg5 36. Kh1 e5 37. b3 d5 38. bxa4 e4 39. fxe4 dxe4 40. Be2 Qe3 41. a5
Nd5 42. a6 Kh7 43. Qf1 f5 44. Bxh5 Nc3 {1/2-1/2 (44) Xu,Y (2430)-Rapport,R 
(2717) Danzhou 2016}) 9. dxe6 $1 Bxe6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O-O $16 {White has
got everything he wanted.} Nc6 12. h3 Re8 13. g4 {White's play is simple and
quick.} a6 14. Bg2 Nd7 15. Ng5 $1 {With the idea of shoving freddy the f-pawn
up the board. Black is just too slow to get anything meaningful going on the
queenside.} Nb6 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qd3 b5 18. e5 $1 Nb4 {The knights look good but
there's nothing backing them up.} 19. Qg3 d5 (19... c6 20. h4 h6 21. f5 {
is still crushing.}) 20. a3 $6 (20. h4 $1 {is just game over. Black can't stop
White carving open the kingside e.g.} h6 21. f5 hxg5 22. f6+ Kg8 23. hxg5 $18)
20... a5 21. Qh4 $2 (21. h4 $18 {was still good.}) 21... h6 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23.
Qxd8 Rexd8 {Now things are a lot more complicated.} 24. Rde1 $6 (24. Bf1) (24.
axb4 axb4 25. Nb1 {were more testing ideas.}) 24... d4 $1 25. Nxb5 d3 $5 (25...
Rab8 26. axb4 Rxb5 27. Bf1 Rxb4 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 {is about level.}) 26. axb4 d2+
27. Kb1 dxe1=Q+ 28. Rxe1 Rab8 {Black has won the exchange but White is still
for preference.} 29. Nxc7 Rd2 30. Nxe6+ (30. Be4 $1 {was precise.}) 30... Kf7
31. Bf1 Rxb4 32. Kc1 Rf2 {And White can't hold his pawns.} 33. Nd4 Nxe5 $1 34.
fxe5 Rxd4 35. Bd3 {This position should just be equal. White can't make use of
his additional pawns due to the activity of the black rooks.} g5 36. Re3 Rdf4
37. Be2 Ke7 38. Kb1 Rf8 39. Ka2 R2f4 40. Ka3 Rb8 41. b3 Rc8 42. Bc4 Rcxc4 43.
bxc4 Rxc4 44. c3 a4 45. e6 Rf4 46. Kb2 Rf2+ 47. Ka3 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 cxd4 8.
exd4 e6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. h4 a6 12. g4 b5 13. g5 b4 14. h5 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Bd6 16. Kf1 a5 17. Kg2 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rae1 Rb6 21.
Rh4 Ne7 22. h6 g6 23. Ne5 Nf5 24. Rh3 Qc7 25. Ng4 Rfb8 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Re2 a4
28. a3 Rb3 29. Qe1 Rb1 30. Qd2 Ra1 31. c4 dxc4 32. d5 e5 33. d6 Nxd6 34. Rxe5
Qc6+ 35. Rf3 Rb3 36. Ree3 Rxe3 37. Qxe3 Nf5 38. Qf4 Rb1 39. Kh2 Qd6 40. Qxd6
Nxd6 41. Re3 Rb8 42. Re7 c3 43. Rc7 Rc8 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 c6 13. Ne4 g5 14. Nfxg5 hxg5 15.
Bxg5 Re8 16. Qh5 Qc7 17. Re3 b5 18. Bb3 c5 19. dxc5 Bb7 20. Nd6 Ng6 21. Nxe8
Rxe8 22. Bxe6 Ndf8 23. Bh3 Re5 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Qg4 Qxb2 26. Re1 Qxc2 27. Qf5
Qxa2 28. Be3 Qd5 29. Qxd5 Bxd5 30. Rc1 Bc6 31. Bd2 Ne6 32. Bf5 Nd4 33. Bd3 Ne5
34. Bf1 Nb3 35. Rd1 Nxd2 36. Rxd2 b4 37. f4 Nd7 38. Rd6 b3 39. Rxc6 Bd4+ 40.
Kh1 Nxc5 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Rb8 a5 43. Bc4 a4 44. g3 a3 45. Bxb3 Nxb3 46. Rxb3 a2
47. Ra3 a1=Q+ 48. Rxa1 Bxa1 49. Kg2 Kf6 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. Ke4 Bb2 52. g4 f5+ 53.
gxf5+ Kf6 54. Kf3 Kxf5 55. Kg3 Bf6 56. Kf3 Be7 57. Kg3 Bd6 58. Kf3 Bxf4 59. h3
Bg5 60. h4 Bxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nb5 O-O 8.
Nxd6 cxd6 9. d3 Bf6 10. h4 g6 11. Qg4 d5 12. h5 d6 13. Qg3 Be6 14. Bg5 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxg5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. f3 Qf6 19. Ke2 Kg7 20. Qg4 Rh8 21. g3
Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Rh8 23. Rxh8 Kxh8 24. Qa4 a6 25. Qd7 Qe7 26. Qc8+ Kg7 27. a4 a5
28. c3 Bh6 29. Kd1 Be3 30. Kc2 b6 31. Kb1 Bc5 32. Ka2 Qf6 33. Qd7+ Kh6 34. f4
exf4 35. gxf4 Kh5 36. Bd1+ Kh4 37. Qh7+ Kg3 38. Qg8 Kxf4 39. d4 Bxd4 40. cxd4
Qxd4 41. Qf7+ Kg5 42. Qe7+ Qf6 43. Qc7 e5 44. Qxb6 d4 45. Qxa5 Kf4 46. Qd2+ Kg3
47. a5 e4 48. Qe1+ Kf4 49. Qf2+ Ke5 50. Qxf6+ Kxf6 51. a6 e3 52. a7 d3 53. a8=Q
e2 54. Qf3+ Ke5 55. Bxe2 dxe2 56. Qxe2+ Kf4 57. Qd2+ Kf3 58. Qxd6 g5 59. Qf6+
Ke4 60. b4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be3 Nbd7 6. Qd2 e5 7. O-O-O Qa5 8.
Kb1 Bg7 9. Bh6 O-O 10. h4 b5 11. h5 b4 12. Ne2 Nxe4 13. Qe3 Ndf6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. hxg6 fxg6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Ng5 Qc7 19. Nf4 Nxg5 20. Bc4+ Ne6
21. Nxg6 Qg7 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 23. Rd6 Qxh6 24. Rxh6 Ke7 25. Rxc6 Bd7 26. Ra6 Rg8
27. g3 Rg6 28. Rxg6 hxg6 29. Bxe6 Bxe6 30. Rxa7+ Kd6 31. Ra6+ Ke7 32. Ra7+ Kd6
33. Ra6+ Ke7 34. Ra7+ Bd7 35. a3 bxa3 36. Rxa3 Ne4 37. Re3 Bc6 38. f3 Nd2+ 39.
Kc1 Nxf3 40. b4 e4 41. c4 Bb7 42. Kc2 Ne5 43. Kc3 Ng4 44. Re1 e3 45. b5 Bf3 46.
c5 e2 47. Kd4 Kd7 48. c6+ Kd6 49. Rc1 Ne5 50. c7 Bb7 51. Ke3 e1=Q+ 52. Rxe1
Kxc7 53. Rd1 Nc4+ 54. Kf4 Na3 55. Kg5 Be4 56. Re1 Bc2 57. Rc1 Kb6 58. Rxc2 Nxc2
59. Kxg6 Ne3 60. Kg5 Kxb5 61. Kf4 Nd5+ 62. Ke5 Kc6 63. g4 Ne3 64. g5 Kd7 65. g6
Ke7 66. g7 Kf7 67. g8=Q+ Kxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nc3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Bg7 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O f5 11. Re1 Nd7 12. a3 Nb6 13. Ba2 Bd7 14. d5 exd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qxa7 Bxb2 19. Bxe6 Bxa1 20. Bxf5
Bc3 21. Rf1 Qf6 22. g4 Kg7 23. Qe3 Rfe8 24. Qf4 Be5 25. Qc4 Ra8 26. a4 Bd6 27.
Kg2 h5 28. Rd1 hxg4 29. Qxg4+ Kf8 30. Ng5 Qh6 31. h4 Re5 32. Be4 Rae8 33. Bd5
R8e7 34. a5 Bc5 35. a6 Re2 36. Nh3 Qf6 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qxc5 Qf5 39. Qd4+ f6
40. Bf3 R2e4 41. Bxe4 Rxe4 42. Qd7+ Qxd7 43. Rxd7+ Kg6 44. a7 Rg4+ 45. Kf3 Ra4
46. Nf4+ Kf5 47. Nd5 Ra3+ 48. Kg2 Ke6 49. Nb6 Ra6 50. Rb7 Kf5 51. a8=Q Rxa8 52.
Nxa8 Kg4 53. Rb5 Kxh4 54. Nc7 f5 55. Ne6 f4 56. Rf5 Kg4 57. Rxf4+ Kh5 58. Rf6
Kg4 59. f3+ Kh4 60. Kf2 Kh3 61. Ke3 Kg2 62. Rg6+ Kf1 63. Rg5 Ke1 64. Rg1# 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. Bh6 b5 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. h4 Nbd7 10. h5 Bxh5 11. O-O-O b4 12. Ne2 e5 13. Ng3 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Ng4
15. Qd2 Ndf6 16. Rh4 exd4 17. Nxh5 gxh5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qg5+ Ng6
21. f4 Nd5 22. Qxh5 Qxh4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. f3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. e4 Be7 7. e5 Nh7 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. f4 b6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. a4 g5 13. f5 exf5 14. Bxf5 Kb8 15.
a5 f6 16. e6 Ndf8 17. O-O Nxe6 18. axb6 axb6 19. Re1 Nhf8 20. Qb1 c6 21. Qa2
Kc7 22. b4 Qd6 23. b5 c5 24. Kh1 Ng7 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Na4 Qd6 27. Nd4 h5 28.
Qb3 Rb8 29. Qc3+ Kd8 30. Nxb6 g4 31. Na4 g3 32. Nc5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Nd7 4. f4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 a6 7. O-O b5 8. a3 Ne7
9. Be3 Bb7 10. Kh1 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rad1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxe4 15.
Bd4 f5 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Ng5 Qd7 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rac8 20. Rfe1 Nf5 21.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Rfe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. g4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Re1+ 26. Kg2 Re2+
27. Kg1 Rxc2 28. Rxd6 Rxc3 29. Rxa6 Rc4 30. Ra5 Rxf4 31. h3 Rf3 32. Kg2 Rc3 33.
Rxb5 Rxa3 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Rb7+ Kh6 36. h4 Ra2+ 37. Kf3 Ra3+ 38. Kf2 Ra2+ 39.
Ke3 Ra3+ 40. Kd2 Ra2+ 41. Kc3 g5 42. Rb6+ Kg7 43. hxg5 Ra4 44. Kd3 Rxg4 45. Ke3
Rxg5 46. Kf4 Rg6 47. Rb7+ Kf6 48. Rb6+ Kg7 49. Rb7+ Kf6 50. Rb5 Kg7 51. Rb7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. c3
Bb7 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 c5 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Nb3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qd7 20. Nd2 g6
21. h3 Kg7 22. Rc3 h5 23. Rdc1 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Qe7 25. c4 h4 26. c5 bxc5 27. Rxc5
Rb8 28. Nb3 Nd5 29. Qa5 Rb6 30. Qd2 Qb7 31. Qc2 Nb4 32. Qc3 Nxa2 33. Qa1 Rxb3
34. d5+ Kh7 35. Qxa2 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Qb8+ 37. g3 hxg3+ 38. Kg2 Rb2 39. Qa1 Rxf2+
40. Kg1 exd5 41. Rxd5 Qb2 42. Qxb2 Rxb2 43. Rd7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qd2 b4 8. Ne2 c5
9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14.
O-O-O+ Kc6 15. Kb1 Nf6 16. Ne5+ Kc7 17. Nxf7 Nxe4 18. Nxh8 Rxh8 19. Rhf1 Kc6
20. f3 Nd6 21. Nf4 Nc4 22. Rfe1 Nxb2 23. Re6+ Kb5 24. Rd7 Na4 25. Nd5 Bd4 26.
Kc1 Kc4 27. Kd2 Rf8 28. Rexe7 Rf5 29. Ne3+ Bxe3+ 30. Rxe3 Nc3 31. Rxa7 Rd5+ 32.
Rd3 Re5 33. Re3 Rd5+ 34. Rd3 Re5 35. Re3 Rd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bb4 4. d3 O-O 5. Qf3 Nc6 6. Bd2 Nd4 7. Qd1 c6 8.
Nge2 d5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Nd5 13. O-O Re8 14.
Re1 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. Rxa7 c5
21. Qa5 Qb8 22. Qxc5 h5 23. Ng3 hxg4 24. hxg4 e4 25. d4 Nd7 26. Qa5 Nf6 27. Qc5
Nd7 28. Qa3 Nf6 29. Ra4 Qf4 30. Qc5 Nxg4 31. Nxg4 Qxg4 32. d5 f5 33. d6 f4 34.
Qd5+ Bf7 35. Qf5 Qxf5 36. Nxf5 Re5 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38. Rd4 e3 39. fxe3 fxe3 40. c4
g6 41. b4 Kg7 42. c5 Rh8 43. Rg4 e2 44. Rg2 Bc4 45. b3 Bd3 46. Rg3 Bc2 47. Rg2
Bd3 48. b5 Kf7 49. c6 bxc6 50. Nxc6 Rxb5 51. Rg3 Bf5 52. Nd4 Rd5 53. Nf3 Rxd6
54. Rxe2 Kf6 55. Ng5 Rd1+ 56. Kf2 Rd3 57. Nf3 Rb8 58. Ne5 Rxg3 59. Kxg3 Rxb3+
60. Kf2 Rb6 61. Nc4 Rc6 62. Ne3 Rd6 63. Nc4 Re6 64. Ne3 g5 65. Nd5+ Kf7 66. Rd2
Rd6 67. Ke3 Be6 68. Rf2+ Kg7 69. Nf6 Bf7 70. Ne4 Re6 71. Kd4 Rg6 72. Ng3 Be6
73. Nh5+ Kh6 74. Nf6 Kg7 75. Ke5 Bf7 76. Nh5+ Kf8 77. Kf5 Ra6 78. Nf6 Ra5+ 79.
Kg4 Kg7 80. Ne4 Be6+ 81. Kg3 Rf5 82. Re2 Re5 83. Nc3 Rxe2 84. Nxe2 Kf6 85. Nd4
Bd7 86. Nf3 g4 87. Nh2 Ke5 88. Nxg4+ Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. Qd3 Bc6 13. Rad1 a5 14. b3 Nd7
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Bf1 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. f4 Nd7 20. Kf2 Nc5 21.
Ke3 f6 22. g3 Kf7 23. Be2 Rac8 24. Rd2 Ra8 25. h4 h5 26. Rf1 Kg7 27. Bf3 Nd7
28. Ne2 Rec8 29. Bg2 Nc5 30. Nd4 Ra6 31. f5 Rb6 32. Rb1 Bd7 33. Bf3 Rh8 34. a3
Bc8 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Nd7 37. Ne6+ Kf7 38. Nf4 gxf5 39. Bxh5+ Kg7 40. exf5
Ne5 41. Be2 Bxf5 42. Rbb2 Rc8 43. Nd5 Ra6 44. Nxe7 Rxc4 45. Nxf5+ Kg6 46. Nxd6
Ra3+ 47. Kf2 Rcc3 48. Nb5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Bc4 c6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 d5 11. Bf1 Nf6 12. h3 Re8 13. a4 Bf5 14. a5 Qd7
15. Nd4 Bg6 16. b4 Bd6 17. Nb3 Ne4 18. Bd4 Bc7 19. Qf3 Qd6 20. g3 b6 21. axb6
axb6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qe3 Rb8 24. Bg2 h6 25. f4 Nf6 26. Be5 Qd7 27. Bxf6 gxf6
28. Nd4 c5 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Nb3 Bb6 31. Kh2 Bxc2 32. Nd2 d4 33. cxd4 cxd4 34.
Qe2 d3 35. Qh5 Kg7 36. Be4 Re8 37. Bf5 Qd4 38. Qg4+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. d5 Nb4 8. a3
Na6 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Bh6 c6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O Qb6 13. Rab1 cxd5 14. exd5
Bb7 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Re3 Rac8 17. b4 a5 18. bxa5 Qa6 19. h3 Rc5 20. Qd4 Bxd5
21. Rbe1 e5 22. Nxe5 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxa5 26. g4 h6
27. h4 Qa4 28. g5 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Qd1+ 30. Qe1 Bg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qxe1 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bc4 cxd4 6. exd4 e6 7. Nge2 d5 8.
Bb3 Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. Rd3 Rfe8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Rh3
Nxb3 15. axb3 Bb5 16. Be5 Qc6 17. Re1 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 b5 19. Qg5 b4 20. Nd1 Qb5
21. Re1 h5 22. Ne3 Kf8 23. Rg3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 a6
9. a4 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Nh7 13. Qd2 f5 14. Bxh6 f4 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Nh2 Ndf6 17. Be2 Rh8 18. f3 Ng5 19. Ng4 Nxh3+ 20. gxh3 Rxh3 21. Rf2
Nxg4 22. fxg4 Qh4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8.
O-O Bb7 9. Re1 d6 10. c3 a6 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nge4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 d5
15. Bc2 Bg5 16. Qd3 g6 17. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. f3 a5 14. b3 Nd7 15.
Rac1 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17. Red1 Qb6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Rec8 20. Kf1 Qb4 21.
Qxb4 axb4 22. Rc2 Nd7 23. Rdc1 Rc5 24. Rxc5 Nxc5 25. Rc2 Kg7 26. Kf2 g5 27. Ke3
Kg6 28. Kd4 f5 29. exf5+ Kxf5 30. Bd1 b5 31. Re2 Kf6 32. Rd2 Nd7 33. Be2 Ra5
34. Rc2 Ne5 35. Ke3 Ng6 36. g3 Ne5 37. f4 gxf4+ 38. Kxf4 Ng6+ 39. Ke4 Ne5 40.
h4 h6 41. g4 Ra8 42. Bd1 Rg8 43. Rf2+ Kg7 44. Be2 Rc8 45. Bxb5 Nxg4 46. Rg2 h5
47. Bd7 Rc1 48. Bxg4 hxg4 49. Rxg4+ Kf6 50. Rf4+ Kg6 51. Kd3 Rc3+ 52. Kd4 Rc2
53. Re4 Kf6 54. h5 Rxa2 55. Rh4 Kg5 56. Rh3 Kh6 57. Kc4 Rd2 58. Re3 Kxh5 59.
Rxe7 Kg5 60. Re6 Kf5 61. Rxd6 Rc2+ 62. Kxb4 Ke5 63. Rd8 Rc1 64. Kb5 Kd4 65. b4
Rb1 66. d6 Kd5 67. Ka5 Kc6 68. Rc8+ Kxd6 69. b5 Kd7 70. Rc2 Ra1+ 71. Kb6 Rb1
72. Ka6 Ra1+ 73. Kb7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8.
O-O Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Re1 d6 11. h3 Qd7 12. a4 Nc7 13. Bh2 Rab8 14. c3 a6
15. Nc4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Na5 Nfd5 18. Nd2 Ra8 19. Qf3 Ra6 20. Nab3 Rfa8 21.
Rab1 g6 22. Ne4 Ne8 23. Qd3 Nef6 24. Ned2 Qc6 25. Nc1 Nb6 26. Ne2 Nc4 27. Nf4
Nxd2 28. Qxd2 Nd5 29. Nd3 b4 30. Nxb4 Nxb4 31. cxb4 d5 32. Be5 Qb5 33. Rbc1
Qxb4 34. Rc3 Bd6 35. Bf6 Ra1 36. Rec1 Rxc1+ 37. Qxc1 Qb7 38. g3 Rb8 39. h4 Bf8
40. b3 Bg7 41. Bxg7 Kxg7 42. Qf4 Rc8 43. Rf3 Qe7 44. h5 gxh5 45. Qe5+ f6 46.
Qxh5 Rc6 47. Qg4+ Kf8 48. Qh4 Kg7 49. Qg4+ Kf8 50. Qh4 Kg7 51. Kg2 Rb6 52. Qg4+
Kf8 53. Qh4 Kg7 54. Rf4 Rxb3 55. Rg4+ Kh8 56. Rf4 Kg7 57. Qh5 Rb8 58. Rh4 Kg8
59. Qh6 Rf8 60. Rf4 Kh8 61. Qh5 Rg8 62. Qf3 Rg6 63. Qe3 e5 64. Rh4 Kg7 65. Qf3
e4 66. Qh5 Kg8 67. Qxd5+ Qf7 68. Qxe4 f5 69. Qe5 Qb7+ 70. d5 Qd7 71. Rd4 Rd6
72. Kh2 Qd8 73. Qe3 Qf6 74. Qe8+ Kg7 75. Rd3 Rd8 76. Qe3 Rd6 77. Kg2 Rd8 78.
Qf4 Rd6 79. Qd4 f4 80. Qxf4 Qxf4 81. gxf4 Kf6 82. Kf3 Kf5 83. Rd1 h5 84. Rh1
Rh6 85. Rh4 Rh8 86. Kg3 Rh7 87. f3 Rg7+ 88. Kh3 Rh7 89. Kg3 Rg7+ 90. Kf2 Rh7
91. Ke3 Rh8 92. Kd4 Kg6 93. Ke5 Re8+ 94. Kd6 Re3 95. Kd7 Rxf3 96. d6 Rd3 97.
Ke7 Re3+ 98. Kd8 Rd3 99. d7 Rd5 100. Ke7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Bf1 a5 14. Rad1 a4
15. f4 Qa5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qxa5 Rxa5 20. Kf2 Kf8
21. g3 Ra6 22. Rd2 Rb6 23. Be2 Nc5 24. Bf1 Nd7 25. Ke3 e5 26. dxe6 Rxe6+ 27.
Kf2 Nc5 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Kd4 a3 31. bxa3 Ra6 32. Kc3 Rxa3+ 33. Kb4
Ra6 34. Kb5 Kd7 35. Bg2 Kc7 36. Kb4 Rb6+ 37. Kc3 Rb1 38. Re2 Rc1+ 39. Kd4 Rd1+
40. Kc3 Rc1+ 41. Kd4 Rd1+ 42. Kc3 Rd3+ 43. Kb4 Na6+ 44. Kb5 Nc5 45. Bh3 Rd1 46.
Kb4 Kd7 47. Kc3 Rc1+ 48. Kb4 Rb1+ 49. Kc3 Rc1+ 50. Kb4 Ke7 51. Bg4 h6 52. Bh3
g5 53. fxg5 hxg5 54. Bg2 g4 55. Rd2 Kd7 56. Re2 Ke7 57. Rd2 Kd7 58. Re2 Ke7 59.
Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c3 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Ne5 Nb8 10. f4 c5 11. Bh4 Be7 12. O-O Nfd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rf3 Nxe5
15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Qa4 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Raf1 Rxf3 19. Nxf3 Qd6 20. b4 cxb4
21. cxb4 a5 22. a3 h6 23. Rc1 e5 24. Rc6 Qe7 25. Rc7 exd4 26. Qxd7 Qxe3+ 27.
Kf1 Qd3+ 28. Kf2 Qe3+ 29. Kg3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 a5 7. Bb2 a4 8. c4 c6
9. e3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. Nc3 a3 13. Bc1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bg2
Re8 16. Bd2 Nd3 17. Qe2 Nb4 18. Na4 c5 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Bxb7 Ra7 21. Bg2 Ne4
22. Rad1 Rxa4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. bxa4 Qb6 25. Qd3 Re6 26. Qb3 Bc3 27. Rd5 h5 28.
Kg2 h4 29. gxh4 Rf6 30. Rc1 Qd8 31. Rxc3 bxc3 32. Qxc3 Re6 33. Qd4 Qa8 34. a5
Qb7 35. Qb6 Qe7 36. a6 Qxh4 37. a7 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Re8 39. Qb7 Qxc4 40. a8=Q Rxa8
41. Qxa8+ Kg7 42. Ra5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bb2 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
O-O Re8 9. d4 c4 10. Ne5 Bf5 11. g4 Bc8 12. h3 Ba5 13. Kg2 Ne4 14. f3 Nd6 15.
Nc3 f6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qc1 f5 18. Rb1 fxg4 19. hxg4 Qg5 20. e4 Qxc1 21. Rbxc1
dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxc4+ Be6 25. Bxe6+ Rxe6 26. c4 Rae8 27.
Rc2 Rg6 28. Kh3 Re3+ 29. Kh2 Rxg4 30. d5 Bc7+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be3 b5 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bf4 dxe5 8. dxe5
Qb6 9. Qd2 h5 10. h3 Nh6 11. O-O-O a6 12. g4 Be6 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. e6 Bxe6 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bd3 Kf7 17. Be5 Rg8 18. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. d3 Nxd4 5. exd4 exd3 6. Bxd3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Bf4 d6 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. f3 Bh5 12. c3 Qd7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 c6
15. Qc2 Bg6 16. Re2 d5 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. g4 Bh4 20. Bg3 Rxe2 21.
Qxe2 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Kf8 23. Qh2 Kg8 24. Qe2 Kf8 25. Qh2 Kg8 26. Qe2 Kf8 27. Qh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nd7 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Rb8 6. e4 b5 7. axb5 axb5 8. d5
Nc5 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Be3 Nb3 11. Ra7 Nf6 12. Nxc4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Ng4 14. Bxb3 Nxe3
15. fxe3 g6 16. O-O Bh6 17. d6 Bxe3+ 18. Kh1 Bxa7 19. Bxf7+ Kf8 20. Be6+ Ke8
21. Bf7+ Kf8 22. Be6+ Ke8 23. Bf7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Bd3 Nxe4 6. Bxe4 Nf6 7. Bf3 c6
8. Ne2 Bg4 9. Bxg4 Nxg4 10. h3 Nf6 11. c4 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Qc7
15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Bf8 18. Ng3 Bd6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Be7
21. Re3 Bf6 22. Rf3 Qe7 23. Qe2 g6 24. Re3 Qf8 25. g3 Qg7 26. Red3 c5 27. Qd2
Rd7 28. Qa5 b6 29. Qa4 Red8 30. b4 Bxd4 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. c5 e5
34. c6 Rc7 35. Rc1 e4 36. Rb3 Qf6 37. Rb7 e3 38. Rxc7 Qxf2+ 39. Kh1 Qf3+ 40.
Kh2 Qf2+ 41. Kh1 e2 42. Re7 Qf3+ 43. Kh2 Qf2+ 44. Kh1 Qf1+ 45. Rxf1 exf1=Q+ 46.
Kh2 Qf2+ 47. Kh1 Rc8 48. c7 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qf2+ 50. Kh1 Kg7 51. Qd7 Qf1+ 52. Kh2
Qf2+ 53. Kh1 Qf1+ 54. Kh2 Qf2+ 55. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 a6 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. N2b3 Nc5
15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Nb3 Ba7 17. Bg5 e5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. c3 Rd8 20. Qe2 Be6 21.
Nd2 f5 22. Kh1 f6 23. Rfe1 Rd6 24. Nf1 Rad8 25. Rad1 Qxa5 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Rd1
Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Bxf2 29. Bxb7 Qb5 30. Bf3 Kg7 31. b4 Ba7 32. Bg2 Qb6 33. Nd2 Qe3
34. c4 Bd4 35. c5 Bc3 36. Nf3 Bxb4 37. c6 Ba3 38. Nh4 Qd4 39. Qb1 Bc5 40. c7 f4
41. Bb7 fxg3 42. hxg3 e4 43. c8=Q Bxc8 44. Bxc8 Qd3 45. Qc1 Bd6 46. Nf5+ Kh8
47. Be6 Bf8 48. Qf4 Qf3+ 49. Qxf3 exf3 50. Bd5 f2 51. Kg2 Bc5 52. Nh6 a5 53.
Bb3 Kg7 54. Ng4 Kg6 55. Nxf2 Bxf2 56. Kxf2 Kg5 57. Kf3 h5 58. Ba4 f5 59. Bb3
Kf6 60. g4 fxg4+ 61. Kf4 Ke7 62. Ba4 Kd6 63. Be8 Kc5 64. Bxh5 a4 65. Bf7 a3 66.
Kxg4 Kd4 67. Kf3 Kc3 68. Ke2 Kb2 69. Kd1 a2 70. Bxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. Bf4 a6 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Ne2 Nb4 10. c3 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Kh1 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bd7
15. Qd2 Bb5 16. Rfe1 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Bd6 18. Rae1 b5 19. g3 Rb8 20. h4 a5 21. h5
h6 22. b3 Rc8 23. Kg2 b4 24. Rc1 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Qd6 26. Re3 Rfd8 27. cxb4 axb4
28. Ree1 Qb6 29. Red1 Re8 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Ra8 32. Rd2 Qb7 33. Qc1 Rc8 34.
Rc2 Rxc2 35. Qxc2 Qa7 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qc2+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qc2+ Kg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 cxd6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Be3 e6 12. Rc1 d5 13. c5 Nc6 14. a3 Ne4 15. b4
Nxc3 16. Rxc3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bd4 Bf5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bf3 Be4 21. Bxe5
Rxe5 22. Qd4 Qe7 23. Rd1 Re8 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qd6 f5 26. Qxe7 R8xe7 27. c6
bxc6 28. Rxc6 a5 29. Rb1 Rb7 30. g3 axb4 31. axb4 Reb5 32. Rc4 Kg7 33. h4 Kf6
34. f3 exf3 35. Kf2 Rd7 36. Kxf3 Rd3+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rd3+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+
40. Kf3 Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 d5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Qa4+
Nbd7 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. Nc3 e6 11. Qa4 a6 12. Qc2 b5 13. e4 c5 14. Kh1 Rc8 15. Rd1
b4 16. Na4 c4 17. dxc4 Bxe4 18. Qe2 Bc6 19. Nc5 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nc5 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nc3 Bc4 13. Rxd8+ Rxd8 14. Qe1 Nb4
15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. e6 Nxc2 17. exf7+ Kf8 18. Qe5 Be7 19. Rb1 b4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 Bd3 22. Qc6 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Bxb1 24. h4 Bg6 25. Ne6+ Kxf7 26. Qc4 Kf6 27. Ng5
Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Bd6+ 29. g3 Re8 30. Qc6 Ree1 31. Qf3+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Ne2 Bxb5 10. Rxb5 b6 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Rd1
cxd4 15. cxd4 Nf6 16. f3 Qd7 17. a4 Rfd8 18. a5 bxa5 19. Rxa5 Bb4 20. Ra6 Rc6
21. Rda1 Rxa6 22. Qxa6 Ra8 23. h3 h6 24. Rb1 Qe7 25. Nf4 Rd8 26. Nd3 Bc3 27.
Qc4 Nd5 28. exd5 exd5 29. Qxc3 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfe1 Bh5 12. g3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. h4 Re8
15. Kg2 Nh5 16. Be3 b5 17. a3 a5 18. Qd1 b4 19. a4 Rb8 20. Rc1 bxc3 21. bxc3
Bd6 22. c4 Qd7 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Nb3 Ne7 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rb4 27. Nc5 Qf5
28. Qf3 d4 29. Bd2 Rb2 30. Bxa5 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Nc6 32. Bc7 Ra2 33. Bd6 f6 34.
e6 f5 35. Nd3 Na5 36. Ne5 Nb3 37. Rc7 Nd2+ 38. Kg2 Ne4 39. Nxg6 Nxd6 40. Rd7
Ne4 41. Ne7+ Kh7 42. Nxf5 Rxf2+ 43. Kh3 Rxf5 44. Rxe4 Nf6 45. Rexd4 Rxe6 46.
Ra7 Rf3 47. Rf4 Rxf4 48. gxf4 Re3+ 49. Kg2 Nd5 50. f5 Ra3 51. Kf2 Kh6 52. a5
Ne3 53. f6 Ng4+ 54. Kg2 Nxf6 55. a6 Kh7 56. Ra8 Nd5 57. h5 Nc7 58. Ra7 Nxa6 59.
Kh2 Ra4 60. Kg3 Nc5 61. Re7 Ne4+ 62. Kh4 Nf6+ 63. Kg5 Ra5+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 O-O 9. Nc4 Bxc4 10. bxc4 Nd7 11. g3 b5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. a4 a6 14. Nh4 g6
15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qg4 Nf6 17. Qf3 Nd7 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qf3 Nd7 20. Ng2 Qf6 21. Qg4
Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. axb5 axb5 24. f3 Nc5 25. Kf2 Na4 26. Bd2 Bc5+ 27. Ke2 Bd4
28. Ra3 Nb6 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. c3 Bc5 31. Rb1 c6 32. Ne1 Ra2 33. Kd1 Na4 34. Nc2
Nb2+ 35. Ke2 Na4 36. Kd1 Nb2+ 37. Ke2 Na4 38. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 c6 11. Ng3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Na6 13. c3 Nc7 14. Re2 Re8
15. Bd2 f6 16. b3 Bf8 17. c4 Rxe2 18. Nxe2 Qd7 19. Bf4 Re8 20. Nc3 b5 21. cxd5
cxd5 22. Rc1 b4 23. Na4 Ne6 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. g3 Qb7 26. Re1 Qc6 27. Re2 Nc7
28. Rc2 Qd7 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Qb5 31. Qd1 a5 32. Nd4 Qd7 33. Re2 Re4 34. f3
Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Kf7 36. Qd3 g6 37. Qe3 Qe8 38. Qf4 Qe5 39. Qxe5 fxe5 40. Nc6 Ke6
41. Nxa5 Na6 42. Nc6 d4 43. Kf2 Kd5 44. Ne7+ Kxc5 45. Ng8 Nc7 46. Nf6 h5 47.
Nd7+ Kd6 48. Nf8 g5 49. Nh7 Ne6 50. Nf6 h4 51. Ke2 Nc5 52. Nh7 hxg3 53. hxg3
Ne6 54. Nf6 Nc5 55. g4 Kc6 56. Nh7 Ne6 57. Nf6 Nc5 58. Nh7 Ne6 59. Nf6 Nc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 f5 13. Na4 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2
Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Qxa4 16. Re7 Qh4 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Rxc7 Nxd5 19. Qc4 Qe4 20. Qxe4
fxe4 21. Bc4 Be6 22. Rxb7 Nf4 23. Bxe6+ Nxe6 24. Be3 d5 25. Rd1 Rfd8 26. c3 Rd6
27. a4 a6 28. a5 Rad8 29. Rb6 Kf7 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Ke2 Kd7 32. c4 d4 33. Rxd6+
Kxd6 34. Bxd4 Kc6 35. Ke3 Nxd4 36. Rxd4 Rb8 37. Rd2 Rb4 38. Rc2 Kc5 39. Kxe4
Rb3 40. Kf4 Rd3 41. g3 Kb4 42. c5 Rd7 43. c6 Rd8 44. c7 Rc8 45. Ke5 Kxa5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Nge2 d5 8.
Bb3 Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. Rd3 Na5 13. Rh3 Rfc8 14. Bg5 Qd8
15. f4 h6 16. Qh4 Kf8 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6+ Ke8 19. Qh8+ Bf8 20. f5 Nxb3 21.
axb3 exf5 22. Nf4 Rc6 23. Ncxd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Be6 25. Nf6+ Ke7 26. Re3 Rxc2 27.
Kh1 Kd6 28. d5 Be7 29. Qh6 Bxf6 30. dxe6 fxe6 31. Rd3+ Kc6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 d6 11. Re1 Bg5 12. c4 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 Nf6 14. Nc3 a5
15. b3 b6 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Bd3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qf8 20. Bc2 Re8 21. a3
Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 g6 23. Qe3 Qe8 24. Qxe8+ Nxe8 25. f4 f5 26. Kf2 Nf6 27. b4 axb4
28. axb4 Kf7 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Kd4 Nh5 31. Ke3 Nf6 32. Bd1 Kd8 33. Kd4 Be8 34.
Ba4 Bxa4 35. Nxa4 Nh5 36. Ke3 Kd7 37. Nc3 Nf6 38. Nb5 c5 39. dxc6+ Kxc6 40.
Nd4+ Kd7 41. Nf3 Kc6 42. Nd4+ Kd7 43. Ne2 Kc6 44. Kd4 d5 45. Nc3 dxc4 46. Kxc4
Nh5 47. Nd5 b5+ 48. Kd4 Kd6 49. g4 Ng3 50. Nc3 fxg4 51. hxg4 h5 52. gxh5 gxh5
53. Nxb5+ Kc6 54. Nc3 h4 55. Nd1 Ne2+ 56. Ke3 Nxf4 57. Kxf4 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Nge2 Qa3 6. Rb1 Qa5 7. Rb5 Qd8 8.
dxc5 b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. e5 Nh5 11. Be3 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 g6 13. Nec3 bxc5 14. Nd5 Na6
15. g4 Ng7 16. Nd6+ exd6 17. Nf6+ Ke7 18. Qxd6# 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 d6 11. Re1 Bg5 12. c4 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 Nf6 14. Nc3 a5
15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Qf4 Re8 17. Bc2 b6 18. Rad1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qf8 20. f3 Re8 21.
Rxe8 Qxe8 22. Kf2 Qd8 23. Qe3 Nh5 24. g3 g6 25. a3 Qf6 26. Kg2 Ng7 27. g4 Ne8
28. Ba4 Bxa4 29. Nxa4 Qd8 30. Nc3 Nf6 31. g5 Nh5 32. Ne4 h6 33. h4 hxg5 34.
hxg5 Kh7 35. Qd4 Qc8 36. Nf6+ Nxf6 37. Qxf6 Qe8 38. Kf2 Kg8 39. b3 b5 40. Qd4
bxc4 41. Qxc4 Qe5 42. Qxc7 Qxd5 43. Qb8+ Kg7 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 Qd2+ 46. Kf1
Qd1+ 47. Kf2 Qd2+ 48. Kf1 Qd1+ 49. Kf2 Qd2+ 50. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c3
Nc6 9. Qa4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qb5 a6 12. Qb3 b5 13. O-O Bxg3 14. hxg3 cxd4
15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Na5 17. Qb4 Nc4 18. a4 a5 19. Qxb5 Rb8 20. Bxc4 Rxb5 21.
Bxb5 Qd6 22. Rac1 Qb4 23. Kg2 Qxb2 24. Rc7 h5 25. Rfc1 g6 26. R1c6 Qb4 27. Ra7
Qe1 28. Rcc7 g5 29. Re7 h4 30. Be8 hxg3 31. fxg3 Qe2+ 32. Kh3 Qxf3 33. Bxf7+
Rxf7 34. Rxf7 Qh5+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Rf2 Qxe3 37. Rb2 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 O-O 9. Ng5 Bg4 10. Qe1 Nd7 11. Ngf3 Nc5 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nc4 f6 15.
Kh1 Ne6 16. Nh4 b5 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. a4 Nd4 19. Qd1 d5 20. Be3 dxe4 21. Nxg6
hxg6 22. dxe4 f5 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Qf3 fxe4 26. Qxe4 Qd7 27. axb5
Qxh3+ 28. Kg1 Rf5 29. Qg2 Qh6 30. f4 Rxb5 31. Rae1 Qf6 32. Qe4 Rc5 33. Rf2 Rf8
34. Qe6+ Qxe6 35. Rxe6 Rc3 36. f5 c5 37. Re7 Rg3+ 38. Kf1 Rg5 39. Rxa7 Rgxf5
40. Rxf5 Rxf5+ 41. Kg2 Re5 42. Kf2 Re3 43. Ra5 Rc3 44. Ra2 g5 45. Ke2 g4 46.
Kd2 g3 47. Ra1 Kg7 48. Re1 Kf6 49. Rf1+ Kg5 50. Rg1 Kg4 51. Rf1 g2 52. Re1 Kg3
53. Rg1 Kf2 54. Rd1 g1=Q 55. Rxg1 Kxg1 56. Kd1 Kf2 57. Kd2 Kf3 58. Kd1 Ke3 59.
Kc1 d3 60. Kb2 Rxc2+ 61. Ka3 Kd4 62. Ka4 Ra2+ 63. Kb5 Rb2 64. Kc6 Rb1 65. Kd6
Rxb3 66. Ke6 d2 67. Kf5 d1=Q 68. Kf4 Qf3+ 69. Kg5 Qg3+ 70. Kh6 Rb2 71. Kh7 Rh2#
0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8.
Nd2 Bg6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Qb3 b6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Rc1
Nf6 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. Qb5 Ne4 17. Qc6 f5 18. Ke2 g5 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. f3 Nxg3+
21. hxg3 Rad8 22. g4 fxg4 23. fxg4 d5 24. Qc2 Rf6 25. Rcf1 Qf7 26. Rxf6 gxf6
27. Rh6 Rf8 28. Qb1 Qd7 29. Qg6+ Qg7 30. Qh5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bh6 O-O 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. h4 Nbd7 10. h5 e5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. O-O-O
Nxf3 15. Qh6+ Kg8 16. gxf3 Bxf3 17. e5 Bxh1 18. Bxg6 Bf3 19. exf6 Qc7 20. Rg1
Kh8 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qg7+ Qxg7 23. fxg7+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Qb6 11. Bd3 Be5 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. Nc3 Bd7
15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. h3 h6 17. Rac1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Bxe8 20. Nd1 Bb5
21. Bb1 Qc7 22. Ne3 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 Bf4 24. Qc2 Qxc2 25. Bxc2 g6 26. Bc1 h5 27.
Kg1 Bd6 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bf4 30. f3 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke8 32. Bd2 b6 33. Nf1 Bd6
34. Ng3 Kd7 35. Ne2 Ng8 36. Nc3 Bc6 37. f4 Ne7 38. f5 gxf5 39. gxf5 f6 40. Ne2
Ke8 41. Kf3 a5 42. a4 Bd7 43. Kg4 Kf7 44. Bf4 Bxf4 45. Kxf4 Nc6 46. Ke3 Nb4 47.
Bb1 Kg7 48. Kf4 Be8 49. Nc1 Bh5 50. Nd3 Nxd3+ 51. Bxd3 Bd1 52. Bb5 Bxb3 53. Kg4
Bd1+ 54. Kh4 Kf7 55. Bc6 Ke7 56. Bb5 Kf7 57. Bc6 Kf8 58. Bb5 Ke7 59. Kg3 Bh5
60. Bd3 Be8 61. Bc2 b5 62. axb5 Bxb5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nbd2 Qa7 17. Nxe4 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Nxb3 19. axb3 dxe4 20. Nd4 c5
21. Nc6 Rfe8 22. Ra5 Bxb3 23. Rd6 h6 24. h4 h5 25. Kh2 Kf8 26. Kg3 Rec8 27.
Rxc5 Ba4 28. b4 Bxc6 29. Rcxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 a5 31. bxa5 Rxa5 32. Kf4 Ke7 33.
g3 Ra4 34. Kf5 Ra7 35. Rb6 Ra5 36. Rb7+ Kf8 37. Kxe4 Ra4+ 38. Kf3 Ra5 39. Kf4
Ra4+ 40. e4 Ra6 41. Rd7 Ra3 42. Rd8+ Ke7 43. Rh8 g6 44. Rb8 Rc3 45. Rb7+ Ke6
46. Rb6+ Ke7 47. Ra6 Rb3 48. Ra7+ Ke6 49. Ra6+ Ke7 50. Ra1 Ke6 51. Rd1 Ra3 52.
Rd6+ Ke7 53. Rb6 Rc3 54. Ra6 Rb3 55. e6 fxe6 56. Ra7+ Kd6 57. e5+ Kc6 58. Re7
Rb4+ 59. Kg5 Rg4+ 60. Kf6 Rxg3 61. Rxe6+ Kd7 62. Re7+ Kd8 63. Rh7 Rg4 64. Rh8+
Kc7 65. e6 Rf4+ 66. Kxg6 Kd6 67. Kxh5 Kxe6 68. Kg6 Rg4+ 69. Kh5 Rg1 70. Rh6+
Kf7 71. Ra6 Kg7 72. Ra7+ Kg8 73. Kh6 Rg4 74. Ra8+ Kf7 75. h5 Rg1 76. Ra7+ Kf6
77. Ra6+ Kf7 78. Ra2 Kf6 79. Rf2+ Ke7 80. Kh7 Rg3 81. h6 Rg1 82. Kh8 Rg3 83. h7
Rg1 84. Rf3 Rg2 85. Re3+ Kf7 86. Rf3+ Ke7 87. Re3+ Kf7 88. Rg3 Rxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 e5 2. e4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 7. d3 O-O 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Re1 e4 13. dxe4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxe4
15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfd8 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21.
Rd4 Rac8 22. Rad1 f6 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Rxc3 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Rd8+ Kf7 27.
Rd7+ Kf8 28. Rxb7 Rxc2 29. Rb8+ Kf7 30. Rb7+ Kf8 31. Rb8+ Kf7 32. Rb7+ Kf8 33.
Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Ngxe5 8.
Nc3 Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 Re8 11. b3 a5 12. Na4 Bf8 13. Bb2 d6 14. Nc3 c6
15. Qd2 Qh4 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. e4 a4 19. Rae1 axb3 20. axb3 f6 21.
Ra1 Bh5 22. f5 Bf7 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Ba3 b5 26. cxb5 cxb5 27. Nxb5
Bxb3 28. Rb1 Bf7 29. Nc3 g6 30. Bxd6 Rd8 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Bxf4 Bc5+ 33. Kh1 Re8
34. fxg6 hxg6 35. Rb8 Rxb8 36. Bxb8 Kg7 37. h3 g5 38. Kh2 Bg6 39. Kg3 Bb4 40.
Nd5 Bc5 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. g4 Ke6 43. Bc7 Bd4 44. Ba5 Be8 45. Nc7+ Kf7 46. Nxe8
Kxe8 47. Ke2 Kf7 48. Kd3 Bf2 49. Bc3 Ke6 50. Bd4 Bg3 51. Kc4 Bd6 52. Kd3 Bf4
53. Ke2 Bd6 54. Kf3 Bf4 55. h4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nge7 7. e4 O-O 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 Re8 10. a3 Bf5 11. Ne4 b6 12. Bg5 f6 13. c4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 Nde7
15. Bc1 Qd7 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Bf1 Nf5 18. Bd2 Nfd4 19. Bc3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Nd4
21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. b4 Qd7 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Qd5 25. Qe3 Qd4 26. Rab1 Qxe3 27.
fxe3 Bf8 28. Rec1 Rb8 29. d4 Bh6 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5 3. e3 a6 4. c4 bxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 d5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 c5 12. Na4 Rc8 13. Qe2 a5 14. Bb5 cxd4 15.
exd4 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qb8 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Bxd7 Bxd7
21. Qxe7 a4 22. Ne5 axb3 23. axb3 Re8 24. Nxd7 Qf4 25. Qc5 Ng4 26. Ne5 Qxh2+
27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxg2 29. Rf1 Nh2 30. Rd1 Ng4 31. Rf1 Nh2 32. Rd1 Ng4 33.
Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. h3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4
c5 9. d5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. e4 Ne8 12. O-O Nd6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Bf4 e5 15. dxe6
Rxe6 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Bc4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Re8 20. Bd5 Rb8 21. Qb3
Be6 22. Rad1 Qe7 23. c4 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. e5 bxa4 27. exd6
axb3 28. dxe7 Rxe7 29. Nd2 b2 30. Rb1 Rb4 31. Re4 Reb7 32. Kf1 Rxe4 33. Nxe4 c4
34. Ke2 Kg7 35. Kd2 Kh6 36. Kc3 Kh5 37. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "243"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Bg3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
Re8 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Qe2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Rad1 Qe7
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Qf6 17. Rfd1 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Be6 19. R5d2 g6 20. b4 Re7 21.
a4 h5 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qf3 Qe4 24. Qf4 Kg7 25. Rd7 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Kf8 27. R7d4
Rc8 28. Kh2 c5 29. bxc5 Rxc5 30. Kg3 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rb8 Kf6
34. Rb1 Rec7 35. Rb6+ Kg7 36. R1xb5 Rxb5 37. Rxb5 Rc3 38. f5 gxf5 39. Rxf5 Kg6
40. Ra5 f6 41. Kf3 Rb3 42. g3 Rb4 43. e4 Rb2 44. Ke3 Rb3+ 45. Kf4 Rb2 46. f3
Rb4 47. Ra6 Rc4 48. Ra8 Rb4 49. Rg8+ Kf7 50. Rc8 Kg6 51. Rc3 Ra4 52. Rc1 Rb4
53. Ra1 Rc4 54. Ra3 Rb4 55. Rd3 Ra4 56. Ke3 Kg5 57. Rd5+ Kg6 58. Rd4 Ra3+ 59.
Kf4 Rb3 60. Ra4 Rc3 61. Ra6 Rc4 62. Rd6 Rb4 63. Ke3 Rb3+ 64. Rd3 Rb4 65. Ra3
Rb1 66. f4 Re1+ 67. Kf3 Rf1+ 68. Ke2 Rg1 69. Kf2 Rb1 70. Ra6 Kg7 71. Ra7+ Kg6
72. f5+ Kh6 73. Rf7 Rb6 74. Kg2 Ra6 75. Kh3 Rb6 76. Kh4 Ra6 77. Kh3 Rb6 78. Kg2
Ra6 79. Kf3 Rb6 80. Ke3 Rd6 81. Ke2 Kg5 82. Rg7+ Kh6 83. Rg6+ Kh7 84. Ke3 Ra6
85. Kf4 Rb6 86. Ke3 Ra6 87. Kd4 Rd6+ 88. Kc5 Ra6 89. Kb5 Rd6 90. Kc5 Ra6 91.
Kd5 Rb6 92. Kd4 Rd6+ 93. Ke3 Ra6 94. Kf4 Rb6 95. g4 hxg4 96. Kxg4 Ra6 97. Kf4
Rb6 98. Ke3 Ra6 99. Kd4 Rd6+ 100. Kc5 Ra6 101. Kb5 Rd6 102. Kc4 Rc6+ 103. Kb4
Rb6+ 104. Kc3 Rc6+ 105. Kd4 Rd6+ 106. Ke3 Ra6 107. Kf4 Rb6 108. Rg3 Ra6 109.
Rg4 Rb6 110. Rg6 Ra6 111. Kg4 Rb6 112. Kf3 Ra6 113. Kf4 Rb6 114. Ke3 Ra6 115.
Kd4 Rd6+ 116. Kc3 Rc6+ 117. Kb3 Rb6+ 118. Ka4 Rd6 119. Kb5 Rd4 120. Rg4 Rd1
121. Kc5 Rd2 122. Rg6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nge2 g6 8. O-O
Nh5 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Ng7 11. Bh6 Nf6 12. h3 Kh8 13. Kh1 Ng8 14. Be3 Bd7 15.
a3 Nh5 16. Ng3 Nxg3+ 17. fxg3 Kg7 18. b4 b6 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rab1 h6 21. Ne2
Bg5 22. Rb7 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Bc8 24. Rb3 Nf6 25. g4 Nd7 26. Ng1 Ba6 27. Nf3 Rb8
28. Rxb8 Qxb8 29. Rb1 Qc7 30. g5 h5 31. Qd2 Rb8 32. Rxb8 Qxb8 33. Qc3 Nb6 34.
Nd2 Qc7 35. Qc1 Na4 36. Bc2 Nb6 37. Bd3 Bc8 38. Nf3 Bd7 39. Qd2 Na4 40. Bc2 Nb6
41. Bb3 Qb8 42. Qc3 Nc8 43. Bc2 Ne7 44. Kg1 Ng8 45. Qb3 Qxb3 46. Bxb3 Kf8 47.
Kf2 Ke7 48. Ke3 Kd8 49. Kd2 Kc7 50. Kc3 Kb6 51. Bc2 Ka5 52. Nd2 Ne7 53. Nb3+
Kb6 54. Nd2 Nc8 55. Bd1 Ka5 56. Nb3+ Ka6 57. Nd2 Nb6 58. Bc2 Kb7 59. Bd1 Kc7
60. Bc2 Kd8 61. Bd1 Ke7 62. h4 Bc8 63. g3 Bh3 64. Be2 f6 65. gxf6+ Kxf6 66. Kd3
Kg7 67. Ke3 Bc8 68. Bf1 Kh6 69. Kd3 g5 70. Nf3 gxh4 71. gxh4 Nxc4 72. Kxc4 Ba6+
73. Kc3 Bxf1 74. Nd2 Be2 75. Kb2 Kg6 76. Nb1 Kf6 77. Nc3 Bd3 78. Kc1 Ke7 79.
Kd2 Bc4 80. Ke3 Kd7 81. Kd2 Kc7 82. Ke3 Bf1 83. Kd2 Kb6 84. Ke3 c4 85. Kd2 Bh3
86. Ke3 Bd7 87. Kd2 Kc5 88. Ke3 Be8 89. Ne2 c3 90. Nxc3 Kc4 91. Ne2 a5 92. Ng3
Bg6 93. a4 Kb4 94. Kd3 Kc5 95. Kc3 Be8 96. Kd3 Bf7 97. Kc3 Bg6 98. Kd3 Bf7 99.
Kc3 Be8 100. Kb3 Bg6 101. Kc3 Bf7 102. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8.
Bc2 Bg4 9. d4 Re8 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 d5 12. Nf1 Bd6 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Ne3
Bh5 15. Nf5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bf8 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Qd2 Nh5 19. Bg5 Ndf6 20. Re1 Qd7
21. Re5 Re8 22. Qe3 Re6 23. a4 Ne8 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. hxg3 g6 26. Qe2 Nd6 27. Bc1
Nc4 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Qd1 c6 30. Kg2 a6 31. Bd3 Kg7 32. Qh1 Kg8 33. b3 Nd6 34.
Bd2 Be7 35. Qh6 Bf6 36. Qf4 Be7 37. g4 Qf6 38. Qg3 Qe6 39. Bf4 Bf8 40. Be5 f6
41. Bf4 Nf7 42. Bd2 Bd6 43. f4 Qe7 44. Qe3 Kg7 45. c4 Qd7 46. f5 g5 47. Qe6
Qxe6 48. fxe6 Nd8 49. Bf5 Kf8 50. Ba5 Ke7 51. Bxd8+ Kxd8 52. Bxh7 Ke7 53. Bf5
Bb4 54. Kf3 a5 55. Ke3 b6 56. Kd3 Ba3 57. Kc3 Bb4+ 58. Kd3 Ba3 59. Kc3 Bb4+ 60.
Kd3 Ba3 61. f3 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. e3 Nfd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. e4 Ra6
15. Be3 Qb8 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Rfd1 h6 18. h3 Bg5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Ne2 Nc8 21.
Qc3 Ne7 22. Qd2 f6 23. f4 gxf4 24. Qxf4 Rb6 25. Qg4 Nf8 26. Rc5 f5 27. Qf3 Nfg6
28. Rxa5 Nh4 29. Qe3 Rf8 30. exf5 c5 31. fxe6 Nef5 32. Qe4 Qe8 33. Rxc5 Rxe6
34. Re5 Qxa4 35. Rf1 Rxe5 36. Nxe5 Qb4 37. g3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8.
c3 Re8 9. h3 d5 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Rxe8+ Qxe8 12. d4 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 Nf8 14. Nf1 Ng6
15. Ng3 Bxg3 16. fxg3 c6 17. g4 Ne4 18. Qe1 Bd7 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 dxe4 21.
Nd2 Re8 22. Nc4 b5 23. Nd6 Re6 24. Nb7 Bc8 25. Nc5 Re8 26. Be3 Ne7 27. a4 Nd5
28. Kf2 a6 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ra8 Kf8 31. Ra1 h6 32. Re1 f5 33. gxf5 Bxf5 34.
Ra1 Bc8 35. Ra7 Kg8 36. Ke2 Re7 37. Rxe7 Nxe7 38. Nxe4 Be6 39. Nc5 Bc4+ 40. Kf2
Kf7 41. Bf4 Bd5 42. Be5 h5 43. Nd3 g5 44. Bc7 Ng6 45. Bd8 g4 46. hxg4 hxg4 47.
Kg3 Ke6 48. Nf2 Kf5 49. Nxg4 Be6 50. Nf2 Nf4 51. Bc7 Nd5 52. Bd6 Ne3 53. Kf3
Nc4 54. g4+ Kg6 55. Ba3 Bd5+ 56. Kf4 Be6 57. Nd3 Bd5 58. Kg3 Be4 59. Nf4+ Kf7
60. g5 Ne3 61. Ne2 Nd5 62. Kh4 Bc2 63. Ng3 Kg6 64. Bd6 Ne3 65. Bf4 Ng2+ 66. Kg4
Bd1+ 67. Ne2 Bxe2+ 68. Kg3 Nxf4 69. Kxf4 Bc4 70. Ke5 Kxg5 71. Kd6 Bd5 72. b3
Kf5 73. c4 Bxc4 74. Kxc6 Be2 75. d5 Ke5 76. d6 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. f3 a5 14. b3 Nd7 15.
Be3 Nc5 16. Rab1 e6 17. Red1 Be5 18. Bf1 Qh4 19. h3 Qg3 20. Ne2 Qh2+ 21. Kf2
Bxe4 22. Bxc5 Bxb1 23. Be3 Bf5 24. f4 Bf6 25. Kf3 d5 26. Bg1 Be4+ 27. Ke3 Qh1
0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8.
Bc2 Re8 9. h3 d5 10. Re1 Bd6 11. d4 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 b6 14. Nf1 Bb7
15. Ng3 Bxg3 16. fxg3 Qf8 17. Bf4 Re8 18. Qf1 c5 19. Ba4 a6 20. Rd1 b5 21. Bc2
c4 22. Bf5 Bc8 23. Bc7 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Ne5 Nf6 26. Re1 Qe7 27. Ba5 Qe6
28. g4 h6 29. Bb4 Bb7 30. Bc5 Nd5 31. Qf5 f6 32. Ng6 e3 33. Re2 Bc8 34. Qh5 Qf7
35. Bd6 Kh7 36. Nf4 Qxh5 37. gxh5 Bb7 38. Nxd5 Bxd5 39. Bf4 Re4 40. Bxe3 f5 41.
g3 Bf7 42. Kf2 Bxh5 43. Rd2 Be8 44. d5 Bd7 45. b3 g5 46. Bd4 f4 47. bxc4 fxg3+
48. Kxg3 bxc4 49. Rb2 Bb5 50. a4 Bxa4 51. d6 Re6 52. Rb7+ Kg6 53. d7 Bxd7 54.
Rxd7 h5 55. Rg7+ Kf5 56. Rf7+ Ke4 57. Rg7 g4 58. hxg4 hxg4 59. Rxg4+ Kd3 60.
Rg5 Rd6 61. Bg7 Rd7 62. Bf6 Rd6 63. Be5 Rd5 64. Kf4 a5 65. Rg3+ Kc2 66. Ke4 Rd3
67. Rg2+ Kb3 68. Rg8 a4 69. Rb8+ Kc2 70. Rb4 a3 71. Rxc4 Rd1 72. Ra4 Kb3 73.
Rb4+ Kc2 74. c4 Re1+ 75. Kd5 a2 76. Ra4 Kb3 77. Ra5 Rd1+ 78. Kc5 Rc1 79. Rb5+
Kc2 80. Rb2+ Kd3 81. Rb3+ Ke4 82. Bf6 Kf5 83. Bd4 a1=Q 84. Bxa1 Rxa1 85. Kc6
Ra6+ 86. Rb6 Ra1 87. c5 Ke6 88. Kc7+ Ke7 89. c6 Rc1 90. Rb3 Rh1 91. Re3+ Kf7
92. Rf3+ Ke7 93. Re3+ Kf7 94. Kd7 Rd1+ 95. Kc8 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 O-O 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Ne3 a5 11. a4 b5 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. d4 f6 14. axb5 cxb5 15.
Bxb4 axb4 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. d5 Bf7 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. Ne1 Bg6 20. f3 f5 21. Nd3 Qb6
22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Nxb4 Bg6 24. Kh1 Kh8 25. Qc3 Qd6 26. Nc6 Rf4 27. Ng4 e4 28.
Nge5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 exf3 30. Rxf3 Rxf3 31. Nxg6+ Qxg6 32. Qxf3 Re8 33. c4 bxc4
34. bxc4 Qc2 35. Rf1 h6 36. Qf4 Qd3 37. h3 Re3 38. Kh2 Kh7 39. Rf2 Re1 40. Qxc7
Rc1 41. Rf7 Qd4 42. Qf4 Qg1+ 43. Kg3 Rc3+ 44. Kh4 Qe1+ 45. g3 Qe8 46. Qf5+ Kg8
47. Rd7 Rxc4+ 48. g4 Re4 49. Rd6 Qe7+ 50. Kh5 Re5 51. Rd8+ Qxd8 52. Qxe5 Kh7
53. Qf5+ Kh8 54. g5 Qe8+ 55. g6 Qe2+ 56. Kh4 Qe1+ 57. Kg4 Qg1+ 58. Kf4 Qd4+ 59.
Qe4 Qf6+ 60. Ke3 Qc3+ 61. Ke2 Qb2+ 62. Kf3 Qc3+ 63. Kf4 Qf6+ 64. Ke3 Qc3+ 65.
Qd3 Qe5+ 66. Kf3 Qf6+ 67. Ke2 Qe5+ 68. Kd1 Qa1+ 69. Kd2 Qb2+ 70. Ke3 Qe5+ 71.
Kf3 Qf6+ 72. Kg2 Qg5+ 73. Kf2 Qf6+ 74. Ke1 Qe5+ 75. Kf2 Qf6+ 76. Kg3 Qe5+ 77.
Kf3 Qf6+ 78. Ke3 Qe5+ 79. Kd2 Qb2+ 80. Kd1 Qa1+ 81. Kc2 Qa2+ 82. Kc3 Qa3+ 83.
Kd4 Qb4+ 84. Ke5 Qe7+ 85. Kd4 Qb4+ 86. Qc4 Qb6+ 87. Qc5 Qb2+ 88. Ke4 Qe2+ 89.
Kf5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.20"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8.
Bc2 Re8 9. d4 Bg4 10. Re1 d5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Bxd6 Bxf3 14. gxf3
cxd6 15. Nd2 Nbd7 16. Nf1 Nf8 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. Re1 Qb5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Ng3 Re8
21. Re3 Qd7 22. Kg2 Re6 23. Qd3 a6 24. Qc2 Kf8 25. Qb3 Qc6 26. Qc2 Qd7 27. Qb3
Qe7 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qc2 Qf7 30. Qd2 Ng8 31. b3 b5 32. Qd3 Nf6 33. a4 Qe8 34.
axb5 axb5 35. Qb1 Kf7 36. Qa2 Qc6 37. Ne2 Nh5 38. Qa7+ Kg8 39. Qe7 b4 40. Qxe6+
Kh7 41. cxb4 Qb5 42. Qe3 Qxb4 43. Ng3 Nf6 44. h4 Qb5 45. Ne2 Nh5 46. Nf4 Nxf4+
47. Qxf4 Qxb3 48. Qxd6 Qc4 49. Qe5 Qc6 50. h5 gxh5 51. Qxh5+ Kg8 52. Qg4 Qf6
53. Qc8+ Kh7 54. Qh3+ Kg8 55. Qg4 Qd6 56. Qf5 Qd8 57. Qe6+ Kh7 58. f4 Qh4 59.
Qf5+ Kh6 60. Qh3 Kh5 61. Qxh4+ Kxh4 62. f3 Kh5 63. Kg3 Kg6 64. Kg4 Kf6 65. f5
Ke7 66. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Maharashtra State-ch U25"]
[Site "Nasik"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Abhishek"]
[Black "Tajane, Ganesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1583"]
[BlackElo "1722"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e5 Nfd7 4. Nf3 e6 5. Ne2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. d4 Qb6 8. g3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Bg2 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Qd3 e5 14. O-O Nxc3
15. bxc3 e4 16. Re1 O-O 17. Rxe4 Bf5 18. Nh4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qc4+ Kh8
21. Rb1 Qd8 22. cxb4 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Be3 Nf3+ 25. Nxf3 exf3 26. h3 a6
27. a4 Rac8 28. g4 Rc3 29. Kh2 Re8 30. Kg3 Rf8 31. Bc5 Rf7 32. g5 Kg8 33. Rd1
Rf5 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Rd7+ Kg6 36. h4 Rf7 37. h5+ 1-0

[Event "Maharashtra State-ch U25"]
[Site "Nasik"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rohan, Bharat Joshi"]
[Black "Giri, Abhishek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "1583"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 c6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Bg5 Bf5 11. Qc1 Ne4 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bf5
15. Nb3 Qd8 16. g4 Be6 17. Qe3 Na6 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Rfd1 f5 20. g5 Qe8 21. d5
e5 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. Rd6 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Be8 25. c5 Nb4 26. Nd4 Nd5 27. Ne6 Nxf4
28. exf4 Bxb2 29. Rb1 Ba3 30. Rb3 Bc1 31. Nxf8 Kxf8 32. Rf6+ Ke7 33. Rxb7+ Bd7
34. Bc4 Rd8 35. Rf7+ Ke8 36. Be6 Bxf4 37. Rfxd7 Rxd7 38. Bxd7+ Kd8 39. Bxc6
Be3+ 40. Kg2 Bxc5 1-0

[Event "Maharashtra State-ch U25"]
[Site "Nasik"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Abhishek"]
[Black "Himanshu, S Chhabra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1583"]
[BlackElo "1797"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. e4 d6 8. h3
Nbd7 9. c3 c5 10. Ne1 Qc7 11. f4 e5 12. Ndf3 c4 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Kh2 Rad8 15.
dxc4 Nxe4 16. Qe2 Ndf6 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nf3 e4 21.
Nd2 Rd3 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxg3+ 24. Kh1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Qxh7 Ng6 3. Qh3 Rh8 4. Qg3 b5 5. b3 Bh4 6. Qc3 b4 7. Qe3 f5 8. Bc2
d6 9. g4 f4 10. Qf3 Ne7 11. Ng3 Kg8 12. Nf5 Nxf5 13. gxf5 Bf6 14. Be4 Nb6 15.
Bb2 c5 16. Nc2 Bd7 17. e3 Qc8 18. exf4 Bxf5 19. O-O-O Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rh4 21. Qg6
Rxf4 22. Ne3 Qe6 23. Rg4 Qf7 24. Qd3 Qe6 25. Rdg1 Rxf2 26. Qe4 Rf4 27. Rxf4
exf4 28. Qxf4 Bxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Qe5+ 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Kc2 Nd7 32. Nd5 Kf7 33. a3
a5 34. axb4 axb4 35. Ra1 Nf6 36. Ra7+ Kg6 37. Nxf6 gxf6 38. Ra6 Re6 39. d4 Re2+
40. Kd3 Rxh2 41. Rxd6 Rh3+ 42. Ke4 cxd4 43. Kxd4 Rxb3 44. Rb6 Rb1 45. Kc5 b3
46. Rb4 f5 47. Kd4 Kg5 48. Kc3 f4 49. Rb8 f3 50. Rf8 Kg4 51. Rg8+ Kh3 52. Rf8
0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c3 c6 3. Bc2 Ng6 4. Ng3 Nb6 5. O-O Bc7 6. e4 dxe4 7. Bxe4 O-O 8. f4
e6 9. Nh5 Nd5 10. c4 Ndxf4 11. Nxf4 Nxf4 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Qe4 f5 14. Qf3 Kxh7
15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qxf4 17. Rxf4 c5 18. dxc5 e5 19. Rf2 g5 20. Rfe2 e4 21.
Nc2 Kg6 22. Nb4 Re5 23. Nd5 Be6 24. g4 Bxd5 25. gxf5+ Rexf5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27.
b4 a5 28. Rxe4 axb4 29. Rxb4 Rxc5 30. Rxb7 Rc2 31. Re6+ Kh5 32. Rh7+ Kg4 33.
Re4+ Kf5 34. Re1 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbnnqkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNNQKBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Qxe4 Nd6 4. Qe2 Ne6 5. c3 c5 6. dxc5 Nxc5 7. f3 Qc6 8.
Nd3 Nxd3 9. Bxd3 f6 10. Bf2 Bc4 11. Ne3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 e6 13. O-O-O Bc7 14. Nc2
O-O-O 15. Qe3 Nb5 16. Qe2 Bf4+ 17. Kb1 a5 18. g3 Be5 19. c4 Nc7 20. f4 Bd6 21.
Nd4 Qe8 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. cxb5 Bc7 24. Rc1 Kb8 25. Qe3 Qxb5 26. Qa7+ Kc8 27. Bb6
1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbnnqkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNNQKBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ne3 h6 3. f3 Bh7 4. Bf2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. c3 Ne7 7. Ne2 Ne6 8. Ng3
d5 9. Nef5 Bc7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. exd5 Bxb1 13. Rxb1 cxd5 14. Nf5
Qg5 15. Nxd4 Nf4 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Qd1 Nh3+ 18. Kg2 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 Bb6 20. Qd2
Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Bxd4 22. cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.13"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Ng6 4. b4 f5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Qc2 c5 7. bxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. d4 Bd6 12. Bd3 Kh8 13. d5 Rbc8 14. Nd4 Be5 15.
dxe6 f4 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Be4 Qxe6 18. Bxa8 Rxc4 19. Qd1 Rxa8 20. exf4 Nxf4 21.
Qf3 Qc6 22. Rfd1 Qxf3 23. gxf3 d5 24. Rbc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 a6 26. Nc3 Rc8 27.
Nce2 Nxe2+ 28. Nxe2 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Kg7 30. Nd3 Bd6 31. h3 b5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Bd6 4. Nf3 Qe7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Ng3 O-O 7. Qc2 b6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. bxc4 Ba3 10. O-O Bxb2 11. Qxb2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ng6 13. f4 c5 14. Be2 Qb7
15. a4 Rbd8 16. a5 Rd6 17. axb6 axb6 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Qd7 20. Kf2 Re8 21.
Qb5 Qd8 22. Rb2 Qc8 23. Ra2 e5 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Kg2 Ng6 26. Kh1 Nh4 27. Rg1
Red8 28. d3 Qe6 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. fxe4 h6 31. Qb2 Ng6 32. Rg2 Rxd3 33. Bxd3 Rxd3
34. Qc2 Rxe3 35. Ra1 Rxe4 36. Rc1 Nf4 37. Rg3 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkbnrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKBNRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. f4 e6 3. e3 f5 4. Bf3 Bxf3 5. Nxf3 Bf6 6. Bxf6 Nxf6 7. Nf2 Nf7 8.
g4 g6 9. O-O-O Qg7 10. Kb1 Nd5 11. Nd3 a5 12. gxf5 exf5 13. Qg2 Nd6 14. Ng5 c6
15. Ne5 b5 16. Rde1 a4 17. e4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O 20. Nd3 axb3 21.
axb3 Rf5 22. c3 Rbf8 23. Kc2 Qh6 24. Qd4 R5f7 25. Rf2 Qh4 26. Ref1 d6 27. Nb4
Nxb4+ 28. Qxb4 Qf6 29. f5 gxf5 30. Qf4 Kh8 31. Rf3 Qe5 32. Qh4 f4 33. Re1 Qf6
34. Qxf6+ Rxf6 35. Re7 Rh6 36. h3 Rg6 37. Re4 Rgf6 38. Re7 d5 39. Kd3 Rg8 40.
Kd4 Rg3 41. Ke5 Rxf3 42. Kxf6 Rg3 43. Re8+ Rg8 44. Re2 f3 45. Rf2 Rf8+ 46. Kg5
Kg7 47. Kg4 Kg6 48. Rxf3 h5+ 49. Kg3 Rxf3+ 50. Kxf3 Kg5 51. b4 Kf5 52. d4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkbnrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKBNRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. g4 e6 3. e3 Be7 4. Be2 O-O-O 5. O-O-O Ng6 6. Nf3 f5 7. Kb1 fxg4 8.
Qxg4 Nf6 9. Qg1 Ne4 10. Ng3 Kb8 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Qxg5 Rf5 14. Qg3
Ne7 15. d3 Bb7 16. b3 g5 17. e4 Rxf4 18. Be5 Ng6 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Bf3 Qg7 21.
h4 h6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. d4 Qg6 24. e5 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 a5 26. Kb2 Qf5 27. Rg1 Rh8
28. Rh1 Rg8 29. Rdf1 c5 30. Qe3 Rc8 31. Rh2 cxd4 32. Qxd4 Nd3+ 33. cxd3 Qxf1
34. Qxb6+ Ka8 35. Qxa5+ Kb8 36. Qb5+ Ka8 37. Qa5+ Kb8 38. Qb5+ Ka8 39. Qa4+ Kb8
40. Qb4+ Ka8 41. Qa5+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkbnrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKBNRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. b3 e6 3. g4 Bf6 4. Bxf6 Nxf6 5. g5 Ne4 6. Ng3 Ng6 7. e3 f5 8. gxf6
gxf6 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bf3 f5 11. O-O-O Nh4 12. Qf2 Nxf3 13. Nxf3 O-O-O 14. Rg1
Qh8 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Rg3 Rg8 17. Rdg1 Rdf8 18. Nd4 a6 19. Ne2 c5 20. Rxg8 Rxg8
21. Rxg8+ Qxg8 22. Qg3 Qf8 23. Qh4 h6 24. Qg3 Qf6 25. d3 Kc7 26. c4 b5 27. Qe1
Bc6 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Qa5+ Kb7 30. Nc3 Qg7 31. Nxb5 Qg1+ 32. Kb2 Qxh2+ 33. Ka3
Bxb5 34. Qxb5+ Kc7 35. Qxc5+ Kd8 36. Qc3 Qg1 37. Qh8+ Kc7 38. Qe5+ Kb7 39. Qd4
Qc1+ 40. Kb4 Qd2+ 41. Kb5 Kc8 42. Kb6 Kd8 43. a4 Qc2 44. Qh8+ Ke7 45. Qg7+ Ke8
46. Qg8+ Ke7 47. Qg7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkbnrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKBNRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. Qxa7 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Qa4 Ra8 5. Qd4 e6 6. e3 Bf6 7. Qb4 g5 8. fxg5
Bxg5 9. Bf3 Nd6 10. Bxb7+ Kxb7 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. d3 f4 14. exf4 Nxf4
15. Qd2 h5 16. O-O Qg4 17. Rbe1 h4 18. Ne4 Rg8 19. Neg5 Rxg5 20. Nxg5 Bxg5 21.
Kh1 Rg8 22. Qf2 Bh6 23. Rg1 c6 24. b4 Nf5 25. Qf3 Qg5 26. Re5 Bg7 27. Re4 Ng3+
28. hxg3 hxg3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. b4 f5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd3 Bf6 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. Bf3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Qxg1 8.
Rxg1 Nd6 9. Ke2 Kf7 10. Rg3 Rg8 11. Rh3 Rg7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. a4 Ne7 14. b5 a6
15. bxa6 Ra8 16. a5 b5 17. Nc5 Ke8 18. Nh5 Rg6 19. Rg3 Rh6 20. Rbg1 Ra7 21.
Rg8+ Nxg8 22. Rxg8+ Kf7 23. Rg7+ Ke8 24. Nxd7 Rxa6 25. Nhxf6+ Kd8 26. Nc5 Rxa5
27. Nxe6+ Kc8 28. Rxc7+ Kb8 29. Nd7+ Ka8 30. Nd4 Rxh2+ 31. Kd3 Ra3+ 32. Nb3 Nc4
33. Kd4 Ra7 34. Rc8+ Kb7 35. Rf8 Nxd2 36. Ndc5+ Kc7 37. Rf7+ Kb6 38. Rf6+ Kc7
39. Ne6+ Kd7 40. Rf7+ Kxe6 41. Rxa7 Nxf3+ 42. Kc3 h5 43. Rh7 h4 44. Rh5 h3 45.
Nd4+ Nxd4 46. exd4 Rh1 47. Kb2 b4 48. Ka2 h2 49. Kb2 Kd6 50. Ka2 Ke6 51. Kb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. g4 g5 3. Ng3 Ng6 4. e3 Nd6 5. Nd3 e6 6. Nh5 f6 7. f4 gxf4 8. Ndxf4
e5 9. Nd3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. O-O-O Ne4 12. Nf2 Ng5 13. Qg3 d5 14. h4 Ne6 15.
g5 fxg5 16. Bg4 Kb8 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. hxg5 d4 19. exd4 Nf4 20. Nxf4 exf4 21.
Qh2 Qf5 22. Rde1 Bd6 23. Qh5 Bg2 24. Rg1 f3 25. Qh4 Rde8 26. Bc3 Re2 27. Kb2
Rfe8 28. d3 Bf4 29. Ne4 Be3 30. Rxe2 Bxg1 31. Nd6 Rxe2 32. Nxf5 f2 33. g6 hxg6
34. Nd6 cxd6 35. Qd8+ Kb7 36. Qd7+ Kb8 37. Bb4 Bh2 38. Qd8+ Kb7 39. Qd7+ Kb8
40. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. b4 f5 3. f3 e6 4. Bb3 Qf7 5. d4 Ng6 6. Nd3 O-O 7. g3 a5 8. a3 axb4
9. axb4 Bf6 10. Qe3 b5 11. c5 Bd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Nhf2 Nce7 14. Qd2 Nc6 15.
e3 Ra8 16. Bc3 Ra3 17. O-O Rfa8 18. Ra1 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1 Qe8 21.
Bc3 Nge7 22. Qa2 Kf8 23. Bd2 Qb8 24. Nd1 Qa7 25. Qb3 Nd8 26. Nc3 c6 27. Qa2
Qxa2 28. Nxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b5 2. f3 Ng6 3. b3 e5 4. Ng3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Bxd4 c5 7. Bc3 Nce7 8. Be2
f6 9. Qe3 Qe6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O d5 12. f4 d4 13. Bb2 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15.
Bd3 Qc6 16. Ne2 Bb6 17. Kh1 Rbd8 18. Ng3 c4 19. Be4 Qc5 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Qc1
f5 22. Ba3 Qc7 23. Bf3 Bc5 24. Rb7 Qa5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qb2 Rf6 27. Rb5 Qc7
28. Qb4 Rb6 29. Qa5 Nxf4 30. Nxf5 Nxf5 31. Rxf5 d3 32. cxd3 cxd3 33. g3 Ng6 34.
Rd5 Kh8 35. Rd1 Rxd5 36. Qxd5 Rd6 37. Qe4 Qd8 38. Rd2 Rd4 39. Qe3 Ne7 40. Be4
Ng8 41. Rxd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Ng3 b5 3. cxb5 Qxb5 4. O-O O-O 5. Nc2 Bb6 6. e4 Nc7 7. Be2 Qc6 8.
b4 cxb4 9. Nxb4 Qa8 10. Bb2 Ng6 11. Nf5 f6 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. d4 Ba5 14. Bc3 Bxb4
15. Bxb4 d5 16. Bd3 a5 17. Bc5 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. exd5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qxd5
21. Qc2 Rc8 22. Rc1 Nf4 23. Ne3 Qc6 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rc8
27. Qd2 g6 28. Qxa5 Qxc5 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. g3 Nh3+ 31. Kg2 Ng5 32. a4 Kg7 33.
Ra1 Ra5 34. Nc4 Rc5 35. Ne3 Ra5 36. Nc4 Rc5 37. Nb6 Ra5 38. Rb1 Kf7 39. Rb4 Ra6
40. Nc4 Ke6 41. a5 Kd5 42. Ne3+ Kc6 43. h4 Ne6 44. Re4 Kd7 45. Nc4 Nc5 46. Re3
Nb7 47. Rb3 Kc6 48. Re3 e5 49. Rc3 Kd7 50. Nb6+ Kd6 51. Rd3+ Ke6 52. Nc4 Rc6
53. Rb3 Rxc4 54. Rxb7 Ra4 55. Rxh7 Rxa5 56. Rg7 Kf5 57. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Qxb4 O-O 4. O-O Nc7 5. d4 e5 6. dxe5 Na6 7. Qd2 Qxe5 8.
Nb3 Nc5 9. Ng3 Na4 10. e4 d6 11. Ba3 Bc7 12. Qb4 Nb6 13. f4 Qe6 14. Be2 f6 15.
Nd4 Qd7 16. Nb5 Nf7 17. Rd1 Bb8 18. c5 dxc5 19. Qxc5 Qc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Bxf8
Kxf8 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Nb3 Be6 24. Rc1 Nd8 25. Bd3 Re7 26. Ne2 Bg4 27. Ned4 Rd7
28. Be2 Bxe2 29. Nxe2 Re7 30. Nc5 Bd6 31. Rfd1 Nf7 32. Kf2 h5 33. g3 g5 34. Kf3
g4+ 35. Kf2 h4 36. gxh4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbnnqkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNNQKBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. f3 c6 3. Nd3 h6 4. e4 Bh7 5. Bf2 O-O 6. O-O dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. dxe5
Bxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 10. c3 Re8 11. Bg3 Qe6 12. Nf2 Nd6 13. e5 Bxb1 14. Rxb1 Nf5
15. Ne4 Nxg3 16. Qxg3 Qg6 17. Qxg6 fxg6 18. Nd6 Re7 19. Rbd1 Ne6 20. Nc4 Nc5
21. h4 Rae8 22. Rd6 Nd7 23. Rxg6 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rd6 R8e7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbnnqkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNNQKBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. h3 h6 3. Bh2 Bh7 4. O-O O-O 5. c3 c6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bxb8 Rxb8 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e5 Bxb1 10. Rxb1 Ne6 11. Nb3 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Ne3 h5 14. f3 Nd6
15. Qd2 Nf4 16. Kh2 Qg6 17. Nc5 Re8 18. Rg1 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Re2 20. Ne5 Qxb1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.13"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. g4 fxg4 3. Rxg4 Nf6 4. Rg1 b6 5. e3 e6 6. Ba6+ Bb7 7. Qe2 Nf7 8.
Nf3 g6 9. Nf2 Qe7 10. b4 Bg7 11. h4 Nd5 12. Bxg7 Rxg7 13. a3 e5 14. fxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Rg5 Qe6 17. Qc4 c6 18. Qd4 Re7 19. Bc4 Qf6 20. Rxd5 Qxf2 21.
Rd6 Kc7 22. Rb3 Rf8 23. Rd3 Qf5 24. Rxc6+ Bxc6 25. Qd6+ Kb7 26. Qxe7 b5 27. Bb3
h6 28. Rd4 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Be6 Qf1+ 31. Kb2 Qf6 32. Qxf6 Rxf6 33. Bxd7 Bf3
34. Bg4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 g5 2. fxg5 Rxg5 3. e4 e6 4. Nf3 Rg8 5. Nf2 Ng6 6. Qe1 Nh4 7. Nh3 Nxf3 8.
gxf3 Rxg1 9. Nxg1 Qf6 10. Qf2 b6 11. Ba6+ Bb7 12. Bxb7+ Kxb7 13. Ne2 d5 14.
exd5 exd5 15. b4 Qh6 16. Rb3 Nd6 17. b5 Re8 18. a4 Nc4 19. f4 Bc5 20. Qf3 Re4
21. h3 Qe6 22. Kd1 f5 23. Qg2 a6 24. Qf1 axb5 25. axb5 Qd6 26. Qh1 Bf2 27. d3
Ne3+ 28. Kc1 Nxc2 29. dxe4 Nxa1 30. Rb2 Qa3 31. Qd1 d4 32. Kb1 d3 33. Ra2 Qb4+
34. Rb2 Qa3 35. Ra2 Qb4+ 36. Rb2 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.24"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Eid, Fadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Lebanon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LBN"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. Bb5 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 dxc4 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qa4 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qxc4 Bg6 12. b3 Qb8 13. Nh4 Qb5 14. Nxg6
Nxg6 15. Bb2 Bb4 16. Ne4 Qxc4 17. bxc4 Be7 18. Rab1 Rfd8 19. Bc3 f5 20. Nc5
Bxc5 21. dxc5 Rd3 22. Rfc1 Rad8 23. Kh2 e5 24. a3 a6 25. Rb7 Rd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1
27. Rxc7 Rc1 28. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Greet, Andrew"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 {With his already huge opening repertoire Anish
still managed to find something that he never played before as early as move
3! Judging by Andrew Greet's opening repertoire which is largely based on the
Catalan probably Anish most likely just wanted to find a way to make sure that
White doesn't get a normal Catalan that easily. It’s an old line played by
many strong players and goes back all the way to when players like Lasker and
Capablanca used it followed by many strong players. Nevertheless, it is not as
common as other main moves here.} 4. Nbd2 {It paid off. Andrew after 15 min of
thought decided to stick to a Catalan setup anyways but here Black will not
have any issues with equality.} (4. Nc3 {most principled of course but then a
player who plays mainly Catalan would be reluctant to test this while facing a
somewhat better prepared player :)} Ngf6 {transposes to a completely different
big line and at least it won’t be easy to get a normal Catalan setup here
which was probably Anish's genius idea of playing 3...Nd7.}) (4. g3 {It is
certain that Andrew didn't want to test Anish's preparation and thus started
with Nbd2 before g3. There is nothing wrong with playing g3, just that it gets
to some less analysed position rather quickly.} dxc4 {I guess this is what
bothered White} 5. Bg2 {and now there are many fresh areas like 5...Rb8/Nb6/
Bb4/c6 etc and it would be a tough call to predict what Anish had in mind})
4... Ngf6 5. g3 {Finally the bishop has come to g2 but White is committed to
Nbd2 and Black didn't even have to compromise anywhere. The opening problem is
solved to start with} b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 c5
11. dxc5 {I don't understand the need for releasing the central tension so
quickly. It just gives away the central battle rather too easily} (11. e3 {
is a normal move with a not so complicated position :)}) 11... bxc5 12. Ne5 {
Also, it didn't make much sense to volunteer to exchange the knight and lose a
few tempi.} Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qb6 14. e3 Rad8 {I am pretty much sure that Anish
would not have played this move had he seen White's little trick here which
only works with the rook on d8} 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qc2 (16. b4 $1 {a sudden
chance to nullify the centre and get a good square on d4. I actually like
White after this move} Ba6 (16... cxb4 17. Bc7 {[%csl Rd8]}) (16... Qxb4 17.
Rb1 {[%csl Rb7]}) (16... c4 17. a3) (16... Nd7 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Rb1 $14) 17.
bxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nb3 {A random line by the computer but it would
have never happened in the actual game}) 16... Ng4 $1 17. Bf4 $6 {The bishop
definitely doesn't belong on this diagonal.} (17. Ba1 {was called for}) 17...
h6 18. h3 (18. e4 {The engine says this but it’s understandable that one can
get unhappy about playing Be3 after g5.} g5 19. Be3 d4 20. Nc4 Qg6 21. Bd2 Bf8
$36) 18... Nf6 19. e4 $6 (19. Be5 {it was not too late to get the bishop where
it belongs}) 19... Nh5 $1 {I guess by now Anish has seen the brilliant idea} (
19... dxe4 {leads to some forced lines which was not that clear} 20. Nxe4 Nxe4
21. Bxe4 Bd6 22. Bxb7 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Qxb7 24. Rfe1 {also better for Black but
the game continuation is much stronger}) 20. Be3 d4 21. Nc4 Qg6 22. Bd2 Bh4 $3
{and here comes the 19th century move! Anish is a peaceful guy but today he
decided to have the 'beast mode' on for a change ;-)} 23. Rce1 (23. Ba5 {
It would be interesting to know what Anish saw here. With so many tempting
possibilities it is not clear which one is best. I feel he probably would have
just played Rd7 with his huge understanding which is also practically the best.
However, the lines here are quite pretty after d3.} d3 $5 (23... Nf4 {looks
super cool but doesn't work} 24. gxf4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. f5 $1 $11 {
spoils the show}) (23... Rd7 $1 {I think this is what he would have opted for
eventually which in my opinion is most practical and strong enough.}) 24. Qd1
Rxe4 {just because it looks really tempting} (24... Rd4 25. Nd2 Bxg3 {also
good enough}) 25. Bxd8 Nxg3 26. fxg3 (26. Bxh4 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rg4+
29. Kh2 Rg2+ 30. Kh1 Rxf2# {wouldn't it feel nice to mate like this!}) 26...
Re2 27. Qxe2 dxe2 28. Bxh4 exf1=Q+ 29. Rxf1 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Qe4+ $1 31. Rf3 g5
32. Bxg5 hxg5 33. g4 {but the question is why get here and bother if it's a
fortress or not when Black could simply play Rd7 without having to calculate
too many lines :P}) 23... Nxg3 $1 {Crushing and brilliant.} 24. fxg3 Bxg3 25.
Ba5 Rd7 {He surely would have played Rd7 in the other line too :)} 26. Qd3 (26.
Rd1 Rxe4) 26... Bxe1 27. Rxe1 f5 $1 {cleanest} 28. Kh2 fxe4 29. Qg3 Qxg3+ 30.
Kxg3 {Anish has excellent technique and with +5 evaluation he plays even
better chess} Re6 31. Rc1 Bd5 32. Bf1 Rf7 33. Be2 Rg6+ 34. Kh4 Rg2 35. Bg4 Rxa2
{No rush} 36. Be1 Rf1 37. Ne5 Bxb3 {if the game goes for few more moves he
would not leave the h3 pawn either} 38. Rxc5 Rxe1 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Bf5+ g6 41.
Rc7+ Kg8 42. Bxg6 Rg2 {Good to see a nice attacking game by Anish for a change
:)} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. d5 c6 14. Nd2
cxd5 15. Nf3 d6 16. Be3 Nc7 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. g3 Bc6 19. Bg2 Ne6 20. Rd1 Qa5 21.
a3 h6 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Re8 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27.
Rxd5 Re2 28. b4 Rc2 29. Rxd6 Rxc3 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rd7 Rxa3 32. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.27"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tajikistan"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TJK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. g5 b5 10. h4 Bb7 11. a3 Nc6 12. Qh5 O-O 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Bh3 b4 15.
axb4 Nxb4 16. Kb1 Nc5 17. Bf5 exf5 18. Nxf5 Bxe4 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Bxc5 Bxc2+
21. Kc1 dxc5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. O-O a6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Kh1 Bc5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 Ne7 15.
Rac1 O-O 16. a3 Qh4 17. f4 f5 18. Nd1 Be8 19. Be1 Qh5 20. Qd2 Rc6 21. Nf2 Ba7
22. Be2 Qf7 23. Ra1 Bd7 24. Nd3 Rfc8 25. Bd1 R6c7 26. a4 d4 27. Bb3 Bc6 28. Bf2
Bd5 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Rfc1 Qd7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. h3 Ne3 33. Ne1 Qc6 34. Bxe3
dxe3 35. Qe2 Qe4 36. Nd3 Rd7 37. Ra3 a5 38. Kh2 Kh7 39. h4 Rd4 40. h5 Rxa4 41.
Rxa4 Qxa4 42. g4 fxg4 43. Kg3 Qe4 44. Kxg4 Bd4 45. Kg3 a4 46. Ne1 Bc5 47. Nf3
Be7 48. Nh2 b5 49. Ng4 b4 50. Nf2 Qf5 51. Ng4 a3 52. bxa3 bxa3 53. Nxe3 Qe4 54.
Qc2 Qxc2 55. Nxc2 a2 56. Kf3 Ba3 57. f5 exf5 58. Kf4 g6 59. e6 Bd6+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tutisani, Noe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia III"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 h6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Ba7 12. Nf1 Qe8 13. Ra2 b5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
Nxe3 Qg6 16. g3 Qf7 17. Kg2 Nd7 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Rc1
Qg6 22. Nf1 Qf6 23. h4 Nd7 24. N1h2 Qg6 25. Qe1 d5 26. Nf1 Rf8 27. N1d2 Qf6 28.
Qe2 Nb6 29. Nb3 Nd7 30. Ra1 Nb6 31. Nc5 d4 32. cxd4 exd4 33. Rc1 e5 34. h5 Kh7
35. Nh4 Ra8 36. Qg4 Qg5 37. Qxg5 hxg5 38. Ne6 gxh4 39. Rxc6 hxg3 40. fxg3 Rc8
41. Kf3 Na4 42. Kg4 Nb2 43. Nc5 Rf8 44. Rxc7 Rf6 45. Re7 Nd1 46. Ne6 Kh6 47.
Nxg7 Ne3+ 48. Kh4 Ng2+ 49. Kh3 Ne3 50. Nf5+ Kxh5 51. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.01"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Rc8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Re3 Be7 16. Rd3 Qe8 17. Nd5 Rc6 18. Nd2 f5 19. f3 g6 20. Nc4 Bd8 21. c3 b5
22. Nce3 a5 23. b4 a4 24. Qe2 Bb6 25. Nxb6 Rxb6 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Nd5 Rb7 28.
f4 Qc6 29. Rad1 Qc4 30. Rg3+ Kh8 31. Qd2 Rbf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.02"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nbd2 Bb4
15. e3 a5 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Rac1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 c6 19. Nc4 Qe7 20. Kg2 Rfd8 21.
h4 h5 22. e4 g6 23. Qe2 Kg7 24. b3 Rb8 25. Qe3 Re8 26. Ne5 Ba3 27. Rc2 Qd8 28.
Nd3 Qb6 29. Nf4 Rbd8 30. e5 Ng8 31. Be4 Qc7 32. Nxh5+ gxh5 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34.
Qxh5+ Kg7 35. Qg5+ Kh8 36. Qh5+ Kg7 37. Qg5+ Kh8 38. Rc3 Bb2 39. Rf3 Rxd4 40.
Qh5+ Kg7 41. Qg5+ Kh8 42. Re1 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.03"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 h6 8. Nbd2
Nh7 9. Nf1 Ng5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bxg5 Bxg5 12. h3 Bd7 13. d4 Bf6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15.
Rad1 Na5 16. Ba2 Ba4 17. Rb1 Bb3 18. Bxb3 Nxb3 19. Qd3 Na5 20. Qb5 c6 21. Qd3
b5 22. Ne3 a6 23. b4 Nb7 24. Rbd1 h5 25. g4 g6 26. gxh5 gxh5 27. Kh1 Rg8 28.
Qe2 exd4 29. Nxd4 Rg6 30. Qxh5+ Rh6 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Ng4 Bxd4 33. Nxh6 Qh4 34.
Qe6 Bxf2 35. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.04"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 c5 13. dxc5 Bg4 14. Be2 Rfc8
15. Qd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 b6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Kd2 Rxa3 20. Rc2 Rc6
21. Rb1 f5 22. f4 Nc8 23. Bb5 Rg6 24. Kd3 Kf8 25. Kd4 Ne7 26. h4 Rd6 27. h5 Kg7
28. Rcb2 Kf8 29. Rb3 Ra7 30. Be2 Rb7 31. Bf3 Nc6+ 32. Kd3 Ke7 33. Rb5 Ke6 34.
Kd2 Na7 35. R5b2 Nc8 36. Be2 Ra7 37. Bb5 Rd8 38. Bd3 Ra3 39. Rb4 Rd6 40. R1b3
Ra2+ 41. Bc2 Rc6 42. Kd3 Ke7 43. Rb1 Ke6 44. Ra4 Rxa4 45. Bxa4 Rc5 46. Rb4 Ra5
47. f3 Kd6 48. Kd4 Ra6 49. c4 dxc4 50. Bb5 Ra3 51. Bxc4 Ne7 52. Rb3 Rxb3 53.
Bxb3 f6 54. Ba4 Nd5 55. Bc2 Ne7 56. Bd3 Nc6+ 57. Kc4 Ne7 58. Kd4 Nc6+ 59. Kc4
Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.05"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Batchuluun, Tsegmed"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mongolia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MGL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxf3 6. exf3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nf6
8. Bg2 d5 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. O-O c6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. Rc2
Qd7 15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. Bf1 a6 17. Bd3 g6 18. Ne2 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 a5 20. Qc1 Rc8
21. Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. Kg2 Ne7 23. Qc2 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Ng1 Ne4 26. Nf3 f6 27.
a4 Kf7 28. b3 h6 29. h4 h5 30. Ne1 Nd6 31. Nf3 Nc8 32. Ne1 Ne7 33. f3 Nc6 34.
Qc3 Qd6 35. Nc2 Ke7 36. Qd3 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kashlinskaya, Alina"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:09:39"]
[BlackClock "0:15:43"]

{[%evp 0,72,32,27,44,6,35,32,58,46,52,22,20,20,50,51,35,9,20,4,27,27,15,-4,13,
9,15,6,34,18,33,12,33,19,10,9,9,9,0,9,31,46,46,-26,-26,0,0,5,1,1,1,34,39,33,31,
28,28,28,28,22,22,20,17,18,19,18,18,18,18,18,12,13,13,13,13]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4
Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 ({Alexei Kornev, A practical white repertoire with 1,d4
and 2.c4, Chess Stars 2014; verspricht Weiß Vorteil nach} 4. Nc3 $5) ({während
Lars Schandorff, Playing 1.d4, The indian Defences, Quality Chess 2012, für} 4.
e4 $5 {plädiert.}) 4... d5 {Eine Spezialität von Evgeny Romanov, in erster
Linie gegen 5.g3 gerichtet.} ({Wiacheslav Eingorn, A rock solid chess opening
repertoire for Black, Gambit 2012, hält} 4... d6 $5 {für eher angebracht.}) 5.
Bxb4 $5 {Diese Fortsetzung ist relativ selten zu sehen, Schwarz hat danach
kaum Probleme Ausgleich zu erreichen, aber Alina Kashlinskaya rechnet damit,
dass Anish Giri mehr erreichen will.} (5. e3 Nf6 {ist öfter anzutreffen,} 6.
Nc3 (6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. a3 Be7 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b3 Nbd7 12.
Bc1 Re8 13. Bb2 Ne4 $11 {Sarana-Romanov, St Petersburg 2018}) 6... O-O 7. a3
Bxc3 (7... Be7 $5 {kommt in Betracht}) 8. bxc3 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. c4 Ba6 11.
Qc2 c6 $5 ({jedoch nicht} 11... c5 $6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bd3 d4 14. O-O $16 {
Fridman-Romanov, GER BL 2014/15}) 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfc1 Qe7 15.
cxd5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 cxd5 $11 {Moreno Ruiz- Carrasco Martinez, ESP ch 2011}) 5...
axb4 6. e3 b6 (6... Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Be2 $5 (8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O c5 $11 {
Antic/Maksimovic, The modern Bogo, New in Chess 2014}) 8... b6 9. O-O {ist
Zugumstellung}) 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 (9... c5 10. Qb3 Nc6 {
reicht zum Ausgleich,} 11. Rfc1 Na5 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nxc4 Nxc4
15. Bxc4 Bb7 16. Be2 Rc8 $11 {, aber Giri versucht das Spiel zu komplizieren.})
10. Qb3 Bb7 11. Rfc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 $5 ({Dieser Zug verpricht etwas mehr
Dynamik, als das statische} 12. Nxc4 Bd5 (12... Nbd7 13. a3 bxa3 14. Rxa3 Rxa3
15. Qxa3 Qxa3 16. Nxa3 c5 $11) 13. Qc2 Nbd7 14. a3 bxa3 15. Nxa3 c5 $11) 12...
c5 (12... Nbd7 {könnte nach} 13. Bb5 Rfc8 14. Bc6 Bxc6 15. Rxc6 Nb8 16. Rcc1
Nbd7 $11 {zur Zugwiederholung führen.}) 13. Bb5 ({Zum Ausgleich reicht} 13. a3
cxd4 (13... bxa3 14. Rxa3 Nbd7 15. Rca1 $11) 14. Nxd4 bxa3 15. Rxa3 (15. bxa3
Nbd7 16. Qb4 Qxb4 17. axb4 Ne5 18. Be2 g5 $11) 15... Nbd7 16. Rca1 $11) 13...
Ne4 ({Vorsichtiger war} 13... Nbd7 $5 14. a3 bxa3 15. Rxa3 Rxa3 16. bxa3 $11)
14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. dxc5 $5 ({Eine Kampfansage, statt sich mit} 15. Nd2 Bd5 16.
Bc4 (16. Qd3 Rd8 17. f3 h6 18. a4 bxa3 19. bxa3 Nd7 20. a4 cxd4 21. exd4 Nf6
$15) 16... Rd8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qc2 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nc6 $11 {zufrieden zu geben.
}) 15... bxc5 16. Qc4 Qb7 17. Qxc5 ({Etwas komlizierter wäre es für Schwarz
nach} 17. a4 bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rxa3 19. bxa3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qxf3 21. a4 {gewesen,
doch reicht} Rd8 22. a5 h6 23. a6 Rd2 24. Qf1 (24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. exf4 Ra2 $11)
24... Nc6 25. Qg2 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qxd1+ $11 {zum remis.}) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ra5
19. Bc6 Qa6 ({Möglich war sowohl} 19... Qc7 20. Bb5 (20. Qc4 Nxc6 21. Qxc6 Qe5)
20... Qb7 $11) ({als auch} 19... Nxc6 $5 20. Qxc6 Qe7 21. f4 Qh4 $11 {mit
genügend Spiel für den Bauern.}) 20. Qc4 Nxc6 21. Qxc6 Qe2 22. Rc2 Qd3 23. Qe4
Qxe4 (23... Qd6 24. Rac1 $14) 24. fxe4 b3 25. Rc3 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 bxa2 27. Ra3
Rb8 28. Rxa2 g5 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Ke2 Kf6 31. Kd3 g4 32. Kc3 Rc8+ 33. Kd3 Rd8+
34. Kc3 Rc8+ 35. Kd3 Rd8+ 36. Kc3 Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "House, Glenn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. Be3
a6 9. h4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qd2 Be7 13. O-O-O Bxh4 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Bc5 Be6 16. f4 Qb8 17. Kb1 Bf6 18. c4 Ra7 19. cxd5 Rb7 20. Ba3 Bxd5
21. Bg2 Bxb2 22. Bxb2 O-O 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Ka1 Rd8 25. g5 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 c6 12. e5 cxd5 13. Qxd4 dxc4 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. exf6 h6 16. fxg7 hxg5 17. Bxc4 Bf5 18. Rfd1 g4 19. Bb3 Kxg7 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. f3 gxf3 23. gxf3 b5 24. Kf2 a5 25. Rd5 a4 26. Bd1 Rb8 27.
Rc5 Rd8 28. Ke1 Bd3 29. a3 f5 30. b3 axb3 31. Bxb3 f4 32. a4 bxa4 33. Bxa4 Kh6
34. Kf2 Rb8 35. Rc1 Rb2+ 36. Kg1 Bf5 37. Rd1 Rb7 38. Bc6 Rc7 39. Bb5 Kh5 40.
Bd3 Bh3 41. Bf1 Kh4 42. Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd3 e6
8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Bxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. O-O-O+ Kc6 12. f4 exf4 13. Nf3 f6
14. e5 Re8 15. Ne4 Kc7 16. Rd3 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nf6 18. Rc3+ Kb8 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20.
Nd7+ Ka8 21. Nxf6 Rd8 22. Rc7 h5 23. a3 a6 24. Ne4 Bh6 25. Kb1 Rd4 26. Re1 Rd5
27. Re2 Re5 28. Rc5 Rd5 29. c4 Rd4 30. Rxh5 Rxc4 31. Nd6 f3 32. gxf3 Rc1+ 33.
Ka2 Bg7 34. Rxh8+ Bxh8 35. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+
Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7
21. d4 g6 22. Re5 Kg7 23. Rae1 Rff7 24. Bd3 Kf8 25. f3 Rce7 26. c3 Nd7 27. Rxe7
Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. g3 Nf8 30. Kf2 Ne6 31. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qd3 a6 8. Bf4
c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qc2 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. Qxa4
Nxa4 15. b3 Nc5 16. O-O Ne4 17. Ba5 Be6 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. e3 Ba3 20. Rad1 Nc3
21. Rd2 Rfe8 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 23. Ne2 Rc5 24. Nf4 Rd8 25. Rfd1 Bg4 26. Nxd5 Kf8
27. f3 Be6 28. Nc7 Rxd2 29. Nxe6+ fxe6 30. Rxd2 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Bb4 32. Re2 Rd1
33. f4 b6 34. Be4 h6 35. a3 Bxa3 36. Ra2 Bc5 37. Ke2 Rc1 38. Kd2 Rf1 39. Ke2
Rc1 40. Rxa6 Rc3 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. Ra7+ Kf6 43. Bd3 Rxb3 44. h4 e5 45. fxe5+
Kxe5 46. Rxg7 Rb2+ 47. Kf3 Rb3 48. Rd7 Bd6 49. Be4 Bc5 50. Rd5+ Ke6 51. Rh5
Rxe3+ 52. Kf4 Rc3 53. Rxh6+ Ke7 54. Rh7+ Kf6 55. Kg4 Bd6 56. Bf3 Rc4+ 57. Kh3
Rc3 58. Rd7 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. c4 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9. Bc2 O-O 10. Re1 Qc7 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Nc3 Rfe8 14. Re3 Bf8
15. Qf1 g6 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Kh1 Bg7 18. f4 e5 19. Nde2 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. a3
exf4 22. Qxf4 Ne5 23. Ng3 Nfg4 24. Re2 Bh6 25. Qf1 Ne3 26. Rxe3 Bxe3 27. Qe2
Bf4 28. Qf2 Bxg3 29. Qxg3 Bc6 30. h3 Qb7 31. Rd4 Qe7 32. Bc1 f6 33. b4 Kg7 34.
a4 bxa4 35. b5 Bb7 36. Bxa4 Qc7 37. Ba3 Qb6 38. Rd1 Nc4 39. Bc1 Bxe4 40. Bb3 d5
41. Bf4 Nd6 42. Nxd5 Bxd5 43. Rxd5 Ne4 44. Qf3 Rxd5 45. Bxd5 Nd6 46. h4 Re1+
47. Kh2 Nf5 48. g4 Nxh4 49. Qc3 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 a5 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. f3 Nf7 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. O-O Bh6 15. Kh1
Bd7 16. b3 Kg7 17. Rab1 Na6 18. a3 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Be3
22. Qd3 Bg5 23. Bf2 c5 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Qc2 Qa5 26. Nb3 Nxb3 27. Rxb3 Rfb8 28.
Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Qb2 Be6 31. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8.
dxe4 a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nb3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bb6 13. Nc4 Nxe4 14.
Nxb6 cxb6 15. f3 Nf6 16. Bg5 Nh5 17. Kf2 Ba6 18. Be3 f5 19. Rd6 a4 20. Nd4 f4
21. Bd2 Rad8 22. Re1 Rxd6 23. Rxe8+ Kf7 24. Ra8 Bd3 25. Rxa4 c5 26. Ra7+ Kf6
27. Ne2 g5 28. b3 Kg6 29. g4 fxg3+ 30. Nxg3 Re6 31. Rd7 c4 32. bxc4 Bxc4 33.
Nxh5 Kxh5 34. Be3 h6 35. a4 Bb3 36. Rb7 Bxa4 37. Rxb6 Rxb6 38. Bxb6 Kg6 39. Ke3
Kf5 40. Bc7 Bb3 41. Kd4 Bd1 42. Ke3 Bb3 43. Kd4 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 c5 13. a4 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. g3 Qd7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Kg2 Qc6 19. Qe2 c4 20. h4 c3 21. b3
e5 22. Ng1 b4 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Bxh4 26. Qg4 d5 27. e5 Qg6 28.
Qxg6 hxg6 29. Nf3 Be7 30. Kg3 Kf7 31. Kg4 Ra2 32. Rf2 Ra1 33. Re2 Rf1 34. Rh2
Rc1 35. Rg2 Bc5 36. Ng5+ Ke7 37. Nf3 Kf7 38. Ng5+ Ke7 39. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Re1 Nb4 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bb3 c6 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. c3 Na6 14. Ng3 Nd6 15.
Bc2 Nc7 16. Ne5 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Re3 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Bd3 f6 21. Nf3 Qh6
22. Rxe8+ Ncxe8 23. Qe2 Qf8 24. h4 Ng7 25. h5 g5 26. Qc2 h6 27. Re1 Be6 28.
Bh7+ Kh8 29. Qg6 Bf7 30. Qxh6 Nxh5 31. Qxf8+ Rxf8 32. Nxh5 Bxh5 33. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 c5
15. dxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 g5 17. Bg3 Qxc5 18. Qd8+ Kg7 19. Be5 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 Qc4+
21. Ke1 Qc1+ 22. Ke2 Qc4+ 23. Ke1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rfd1 Bb4
15. Rac1 Qd6 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. Nfe5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Qb3 Rc7
21. Nd3 Rfc8 22. Nce5 Bd4 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. e3 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Nd7 26. Nxd7 Rxd7
27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qb4 Qc6+ 29. Kg1 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.11.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qc7 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be3 e6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Qg4 O-O 12. Qg3 Qxg3 13. hxg3 b5 14. Nd2 Rb8
15. Be2 Rd8 16. f4 f6 17. O-O-O c4 18. Nf3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bb7 20. g4 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. g5 fxg5 23. Nxg5 Bxg5 24. fxg5 a6 25. Kd2 Ne5 26. Bf4 Nf7 27.
Ke3 e5 28. Bg3 Bc8 29. b4 g6 30. a4 Kf8 31. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 f5 11. Rc1 Kh8 12. b4 a6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15.
e3 Bf6 16. d4 exd4 17. exd4 Bg8 18. Ne2 Qd6 19. Qd3 g6 20. b5 axb5 21. Qxb5
Rbd8 22. a4 Bd5 23. Ne5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Bxe5 26. Rb1 f4 27. gxf4
Bxf4 28. Red1 Qe6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Nxf4 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Qxf4 32. Qb2+ Kg8 33.
Qb3+ Kf8 34. Qa3+ Kg8 35. Qb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Qc2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Ba6 11. O-O Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nbd7 13. a4 Re8 14. c4 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Bb2 Nc4 18. Nb5 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Rxe5
21. Rfc1 Ne8 22. Kf1 g6 23. Ke2 h5 24. Rc6 Kg7 25. h3 Re4 26. Nd4 Re7 27. Rac1
Rd8 28. R6c4 Rdd7 29. Nc6 Re6 30. Nd4 Ree7 31. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. dxc5 dxc4 14. cxb6 cxb3
15. Qxb3 axb6 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Qb7 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. Nb5 Rec8
21. h3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rc4 Rxc4 24. Qxc4 Nd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nc3 Nf6
27. Qd4 Qc7 28. f4 Kg8 29. a4 h5 30. Kh2 Nd7 31. Ne4 Qc6 32. Ng5 f6 33. Ne4 Kf7
34. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. Ne5 c5 8. c3
Qc7 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Rc1 Rac8 12. O-O Nb8 13. c4 cxd4 14. exd4 Qb7
15. Qf3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxg3 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qe3 Qa6
21. Qxe4 Qxa2 22. Qc2 Qa5 23. Ra1 Qxe5 24. Rxa7 Qc5 25. Rc1 b5 26. Ra3 bxc4 27.
Rc3 Qd4 28. Qe2 Rb8 29. g3 g6 30. Qxc4 Qxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxb2 32. h4 Rbb8 33. Rc7
h5 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. R1c3 Ra8 36. R3c4 e5 37. Rc3 Rae8 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Ke4 Re6
40. R7c6 Rfe8 41. Rxe6+ Rxe6 42. f4 exf4+ 43. Kxf4 Ra6 44. Kf3 Ra5 45. Rb3 Kf5
46. Rc3 f6 47. Rb3 Rc5 48. Ra3 Ke5 49. Rd3 Rc4 50. Ra3 Rd4 51. Ra5+ Rd5 52. Ra3
Rc5 53. Rd3 g5 54. Re3+ Kd5 55. hxg5 fxg5 56. Re8 Rc3+ 57. Kf2 Rc2+ 58. Kf3 Kd4
59. Re4+ Kd5 60. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4
Rab8 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rc1 g5 20. c5
Kf8 21. Rc4 Ke8 22. Kg2 h5 23. h3 Be5 24. Ra4 Rd7 25. Na5 Rc7 26. Nc4 Bg7 27.
Rb4 Ke7 28. e3 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. a4 a5 31. Rb3 Ra7 32. Rb6 Kd7 33. Rb8 Ke7
34. Rc8 Bc3 35. Rxc6 Bb4 36. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8.
Re1 Be7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. dxc5 Ne4 11. b4 Bf6 12. c3 O-O-O 13. Qd3 Rhe8 14. Bxc6
Qxc6 15. Be3 Qa6 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. Rc1 Nxc3 18. Nxc3 d4 19. Bd2 dxc3 20. Bxc3
Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Re2 22. a3 Rdd2 23. Rf3 f6 24. h4 Rd4 25. g3 Kc7 26. Kf1 Rdd2 27.
Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 Ra2 29. Re3 Kd7 30. h5 g6 31. h6 f5 32. Kf1 g5 33. Kg2 f4
34. Rd3+ Kc7 35. gxf4 gxf4 36. Kf3 a5 37. b5 a4 38. c6 Kb6 39. Rc3 Kc7 40. Rd3
Kb6 41. Kxf4 Rxf2+ 42. Ke5 Rc2 43. Rd7 Kxb5 44. c7 Kb6 45. Rxh7 Rc5+ 46. Ke4
1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bc2 e5 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 d5 13. Be3 Ba6 14. Re1
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bc3 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Rec1 Bd2 20.
Bxd2 Rxd2 21. a4 Re8 22. Rxc6 Rxe4 23. Rxa6 Rf4 24. Rf1 Rd7 25. g3 Rc4 26. h4
h5 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Re1 Rdd4 29. Rxa7 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb3 Kh8 12. Ne4 Bd6 13. g4 Bg6 14. d4 exd4
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Be7 17. Bf4 f5 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Ng5 Nd5 20. Bd2 Bxg5
21. Bxg5 Nf6 22. f3 h6 23. Be3 Nd5 24. Bc5 Rf7 25. Rad1 Rfd7 26. Bc2 b6 27. Bd4
Ne7 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rxe7+ Rxe7 30. Rxd8 fxg4 31. Bxg6 Kxg6 32. Rg8+ Kf5 33.
Rxg4 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Rb1 35. b4 b5 36. Rh4 Rb2+ 37. Kg3 Rc2 38. Rxh6 Rxc3 39. Rh5+
Kf6 40. Rxb5 Rc2 41. a3 Rc6 42. Rc5 Ra6 43. Ra5 Rc6 44. Rxa7 Rc3 45. Ra5 Rd3
46. h4 Rc3 47. h5 Rd3 48. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. h3
h6 9. Be3 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bc2 d5 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. a4 b4 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3
exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 c5 18. Be5 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Ra7 21. Qf3
Rd7 22. Rad1 Bf6 23. Bc6 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxe5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. g3 c4 27. Be4 a5
28. Bf5 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Bxc3 30. Qb5 Bb4 31. Qxc4 g6 32. Qf4 h5 33. Qe5 Rd6 34.
Kg2 Re6 35. Qb5 Kg7 36. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 f6 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. Bf4 Qf7 7. h4 fxe5 8. Bxe5
Bd6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Qh5+ Kd7 13. Nf7 Nf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Nxh8 Rxh8 16. O-O-O b5 17. Kb1 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. Ng1 Bb5 20. Nf3 Be2 21.
Rd2 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rf8 24. Rd3 Rf5 25. h5 Rg5 26. Rdd1 Rf5 27.
Rdg1 Rf7 28. Kc1 c5 29. dxc5 Bxc5 30. Rg2 Kd6 31. Rh4 Rxf3 32. Rxg7 h6 33. Rh2
Bxf2 34. Kd1 Rf5 35. c3 Be3 36. Ke2 Bc1 37. Kd3 bxc3 38. bxc3 e5 39. Ra7 e4+
40. Kd4 Bg5 41. Ra6+ Kc7 42. c4 Bf6+ 43. Rxf6 Rxf6 44. Ke5 Rf8 45. cxd5 e3 46.
Re2 Re8+ 47. Kd4 Kd6 48. Rxe3 Rxe3 49. Kxe3 Kxd5 50. Kf4 Ke6 51. Ke4 Kf6 52.
Kf4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nd7 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Na3 e6
9. O-O c4 10. b3 Bxa3 11. Bxc6 Be7 12. Ba4 O-O 13. b4 a5 14. b5 Nc5 15. Ba3 Bd7
16. Rb1 f5 17. Bc2 Rf7 18. Qe2 g5 19. Nd4 Rg7 20. g4 f4 21. Kg2 Rf8 22. f3 Be8
23. Rh1 Bg6 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Qf1 Kf7 26. Qg1 Rh7 27. Rh2 Re8 28. Rh1 Nd3 29.
Bxe7 Rxe7 30. Re1 Nxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Rh4 32. a4 Qc5 33. Qc1 Re8 34. Rh2 Reh8 35.
Qb1 Qa3 36. Qc2 R4h6 37. Qd1 Qb2 38. Qc2 Qa1 39. d3 Qe1 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Ng1
e5 9. h3 Be6 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Nb6 14. b3 Rd8 15.
Rad1 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bc8 17. c4 Nbd7 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. Rfe1 h5 20. Ndf5 gxf5 21.
Bxc5 dxc5 22. exf5+ Be6 23. Qg5 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 O-O 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Bxh5 Nh7
27. Qxc5 Qf4 28. Re4 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 e5 30. Qxa7 Nf6 31. Qe3 Qb2 32. Qe2 Qa1 33.
Re3 Bh6 34. Rxe5 Bf4 35. Rf5 Qd4 36. Qf3 Nxh5 37. Rxh5 Rf7 38. Qg4+ Rg7 39.
Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bc1 Ngf6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. b4 Ne6 15.
Nc4 Nd4 16. Be3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Be6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. a5 Qc7 20. Ncd5 Bxd5 21.
exd5 Nd7 22. c4 Bg5 23. Rac1 Nxb6 24. axb6 Qd7 25. Rfd1 Qa4 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27.
Qd2 Rfc8 28. c5 a5 29. bxa5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 dxc5 31. d6 Rd8 32. h3 c4 33. Rc1 Qb5
34. Qxg5 Rxd6 35. Qe7 Rd7 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qc8 e4 38. Qxc4 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+
40. g3 Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nc3
dxc4 9. O-O-O c5 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. Ne4 Qxa2 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bxc4 Qa1+ 14. Kd2
Qa5+ 15. Ke2 Qxc5 16. Qe4 Bd7 17. Bd3 f5 18. Qf4 Bb5 19. Qxh6 Qc2+ 20. Ke1 Bxd3
21. Nd4 Qc4 22. Qg5+ Kh7 23. Qh5+ Kg7 24. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qc1 Bd7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. N2b3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7
15. c5 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Rb1 Qa4 18. Qb2 Rfd8 19. e3 Rac8 20. Nd2 Rc7 21.
Rfc1 h5 22. h4 Qd7 23. Nf3 Qf5 24. Ng5 Rcd7 25. Qc2 Qxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bb7 9. O-O e5 10. Qe3 Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nc4 Nc5 14. f3 Rfd8
15. b4 Ncd7 16. Ba3 Rab8 17. b5 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. bxa6 Bxa6 20. Nb5 Bxb5
21. axb5 Nh5 22. g3 g6 23. Qa3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Qa8 Nf6
27. Nxe5 Qxe5 28. Qxd8+ Kg7 29. Qd2 h5 30. Kg2 h4 31. Qd3 g5 32. c3 Nh5 33. Qd5
Qe7 34. f4 Nf6 35. Qxg5+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Ke8 37. Qh8+ Kd7 38. e5 Nd5 39. Bg4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Nc6 10. Qd1 Be6 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Be2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. c3 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bc5 18. Bf3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Ke7 20. Bd5 Rhd8
21. Bb3 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rd8+ 23. Ke2 h4 24. Bxe6 Kxe6 25. c4 e4 26. Rc1 f5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Re2 Qd7 13. Bf4 Rfe8 14.
Rae1 Bf8 15. c3 Rxe2 16. Rxe2 a6 17. h3 f6 18. Nd2 Ne7 19. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. O-O Nge7 6. Re1 Nd4 7. a4 Nec6 8.
Bxc6 Qxc6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Nb5 e5 12. c3 dxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. c4 f5
15. exf5 d6 16. Be3 b6 17. a5 Bxf5 18. axb6 axb6 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Nc3 Rxa1 21.
Rxa1 Ra8 22. Rd1 Bd8 23. f3 h6 24. Qb5 Bd7 25. Rb1 Ra3 26. Qb4 Ra6 27. Nd5 Bf5
28. Qc3 Qa8 29. Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Ngf3 e6 8.
Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nh4 Be4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. g3 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bc4
f5 15. Qe2 Na5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. f4 Qd7 18. Ng2 Rac8 19. Ne3 Nc4 20. Rfc1 Nxe3
21. Qxe3 b5 22. Rc2 Rc7 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. b3 a6 25. h3 Rc6 26. Kh2 R8c7 27. Qe2
Qc8 28. Qd2 a5 29. c4 dxc4 30. Qxa5 cxb3 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Qxc6 33. axb3
e3 34. Qe1 Qc2+ 35. Kg1 Qxb3 36. d5 Kf7 37. d6 Ke6 38. g4 Kxd6 39. gxf5 b4 40.
Qh4 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Ne6 8.
O-O g6 9. d3 Bg7 10. Re1 b6 11. Ne4 O-O 12. b3 a5 13. a4 Nd4 14. Bb2 h6 15.
Bxd4 cxd4 16. Qd2 c5 17. Re2 Be6 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. Qf4 Rfe8 20. Ned2 Bd5 21. e6
Bxe6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Qg4 Qd5 24. Qxg6 Qf5 25. Qg3 Kh7 26. Nc4 Rg8 27. Nh4 Qh5
28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. hxg4 Bf6 30. Nf3 Rxg4 31. Rxe6 Rag8 32. g3 h5 33. Kf1 h4 34.
gxh4 Rf4 35. Ncd2 Bxh4 36. Rxb6 Bf6 37. Rb5 Rf5 38. Rxa5 Kg6 39. Ra6 Kf7 40.
Rc6 Rh8 41. Ke2 Rh1 42. a5 Ra1 43. a6 Ra2 44. Ne1 Re5+ 45. Ne4 Re6 46. Rxc5
Raxa6 47. Nf3 Ra2 48. Kd2 Rea6 49. Rc4 e5 50. Rc5 R2a5 51. Rc7+ Be7 52. Nh4 Ke6
53. Nf3 Bb4+ 54. Ke2 Be7 55. Rc8 Ra8 56. Rc6+ Kd5 57. Rg6 Ra2 58. Kd1 Ra1+ 59.
Ke2 R8a2 60. Nfd2 Rxc2 61. Rb6 Raa2 62. Kd1 Rcb2 63. Rb5+ Ke6 64. Rb6+ Kd5 65.
Rb5+ Ke6 66. Rb6+ Kd7 67. Rb7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bc4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Bb3 Nc6 12. Be3 Bxb3 13. axb3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxh4
15. Qxd6 Be7 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. g4 Nb4 18. c4 Nc2 19. Rad1 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Kf8
21. Kg2 Ke8 22. Nc3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Nd5 Rd7 25. Kf3 b5 26. Ke4 f6 27. Ra1
bxc4 28. bxc4 Rb7 29. Rxa6 Rxb2 30. Kf5 Bd8 31. Ke6 Rb7 32. c5 Rb8 33. c6 Rc8
34. c7 Bxc7 35. Nxc7+ Kf8 36. Ra8 Rxa8 37. Nxa8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. a3 Bxc5 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 a6 14. Bd3 Qc5
15. Ne2 b5 16. Qxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. b4 Na4 19. Kd2 Rfc8 20. Rhe1 Nb6 21.
Rab1 Rc7 22. Re3 Rac8 23. g4 Rd8 24. f5 exf5 25. gxf5 Nc4+ 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27.
Kc3 Bc8 28. e6 fxe6 29. fxe6 Re8 30. Rbe1 Rce7 31. a4 bxa4 32. Kxc4 g6 33. Kd5
Rc7 34. Kd6 Rc4 35. c3 a3 36. Ra1 Rd8+ 37. Ke5 Bb7 38. Rxa3 Kg7 39. Ra5 Rc7 40.
Rg3 Rf8 41. Kd6 Rcc8 42. e7 Rf6+ 43. Kd7 Rf7 44. Re5 Ra8 45. Kc7 Bh1 46. Rge3
Ra7+ 47. Kb6 Rb7+ 48. Ka5 Rf1 49. Re1 Rf2 50. R5e2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. h3 Qc7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Ne5 13. Nd2 b6 14. Bb3 Bb7 15.
Qe3 Ng6 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Bh2 Bg5 18. Qe1 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Nhxf4 20. Qe3 Kh8 21. Bd1
f5 22. Bf3 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Ne5 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Nce4 Rad8 26. Rad1 d5 27. Nd6
Rxd6 28. Qxe5 dxc4 29. Ne4 Rd5 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5 exd5 32. Nd6 Kg8 33. h4
Rd8 34. Nf5 d4 35. g3 Ne6 36. Rc1 b5 37. Kg2 h5 38. a4 Kf7 39. axb5 axb5 40. f3
g6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 Qc7 7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O
Bf5 9. Be2 Bg7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. a3 Rad8 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Nf1 Ne4 14. Be3 a6 15.
a4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bd4 h5 19. a5 Rd7 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Bf3
Rde7 22. Ra4 Qb8 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qd2 Qe5 25. Ng3 h4 26. Nxf5 Qxf5 27. Qe2 Re5
28. b4 e3 29. fxe3 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qc1 33. Rf3 Qb2 34.
Re3 Qc1 35. Rf3 Qb2 36. Re3 Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rfd1 b5 12. Bd3 c5 13. Rac1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qe7
15. Bb1 Rac8 16. a3 Bd6 17. Na2 Nd5 18. Nc3 N7f6 19. e4 Nf4 20. Qe1 Rfd8 21.
Nde2 Ng6 22. Ng3 Be5 23. Be3 h5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. f3 h4 26. Nf1 Nh5 27. Ne2
Bxb2 28. Rd1 Bxa3 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. f4 Nf6 31. f5 exf5 32. exf5 Qd5 33. Qf2
Ng4 34. Qf3 Qxf3 35. gxf3 Nxe3 36. Nxe3 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h3 Nd7 6. Bd3 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nc3 e6
9. O-O h6 10. Qd2 Ne7 11. Ne2 e5 12. Ng3 a5 13. Rad1 Nc6 14. Bb1 Qe7 15. Rfe1
h5 16. b3 O-O 17. a3 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 h4 21. Nf1 Rae8
22. Bc2 Qg5 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Nxd2 g5 25. Nf3 f6 26. Nd4 Ne5 27. Nb5 Re7 28. Nc3
Rfe8 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. f3 Ng6 31. Ne2 Nf4 32. Nd4 Re5 33. b4 Ba6 34. Bb3 Bb7 35.
Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. g3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Be2 a6
15. O-O b5 16. a4 Qb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rfd1 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 Neg4 21.
Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Ne4 c5 23. h3 Nf6 24. Qc2 c4 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Re1 Rfe8 27. b3
c3 28. Bxc3 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. f4 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. O-O Bc5+ 10. Kh1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nh5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 Nc6 14. f4
g6 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. Nd5 Nb4 17. Rd1 Kc8 18. Nxb4 Bxb4 19. Bd2 a5 20. Bxb4 axb4
21. Rd4 Rd8 22. Rxb4 Rd2 23. Rc4 Ra6 24. a3 Rad6 25. e5 R6d5 26. Rf1 Re2 27.
Rc3 b5 28. b4 Kd7 29. Rh3 Rxc2 30. Rxh5 Rd3 31. Rxh7 Ke6 32. Rh5 Rxa3 33. Kg1
c5 34. bxc5 b4 35. Rb1 b3 36. Rh3 b2 37. Rxa3 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Rxb1 39. Rb3 Kd5 40.
Rb8 Kxc5 41. h4 Kd5 42. h5 Rc1 43. Rxb2 Ke4 44. Rf2 Kf5 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 46. Rg2
Rf1 47. h6 Kg6 48. Rh2 Kh7 49. Kg4 Ra1 50. Kg5 Ra6 51. f5 Rb6 52. Rh4 Ra6 53.
Rd4 Rb6 54. Rd7 Kg8 55. Rd8+ Kh7 56. Rf8 Rb7 57. Kf6 Kxh6 58. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 f6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Ne4 Rad8 13. Qc2 Nd5 14. Rfd1 a5
15. a3 Kh8 16. d4 f5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 e4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 b6 21. Qc6
Qf7 22. e3 Rd7 23. Bf1 Rfd8 24. Rd4 Ne7 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Qa8+ Qg8 27. Qxg8+
Nxg8 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Ne7 30. Bd4 h6 31. Bb5 c6 32. Bxc6 Rc7 33. b5 Nxc6
34. Bxb6 Rb7 35. bxc6 Rxb6 36. c7 Kh7 37. c8=Q Bxc8 38. Rxc8 Re6 39. Rc5 Kg6
40. Kg2 Kg5 41. h3 Kh5 42. Kf1 Kg5 43. Ke2 h5 44. f4+ exf3+ 45. Kxf3 Ra6 46.
Rc7 g6 47. Rd7 h4 48. gxh4+ Kxh4 49. Rd6 Ra5 50. Rxg6 Rxe5 51. Rg8 Re7 52. Rf8
Kg5 53. h4+ Kg6 54. Rg8+ Kf6 55. h5 Re4 56. Rg6+ Ke5 57. h6 Rh4 58. Ra6 Rh3+
59. Kg2 Rh4 60. Kg3 Rh1 61. Kf3 Rh3+ 62. Ke2 Ke4 63. Ra4+ Ke5 64. Kd3 Rxh6 65.
Ra5+ Kf6 66. Ra6+ Kg5 67. Rxh6 Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. d3 e6 7. Be3 Qxb3 8. axb3
a6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Bc3 Be7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Ne5 d4 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Ba5 Ra7 15.
Nb1 b6 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. Na3 Rc7 18. Bf4 Bf6 19. Nb5 axb5 20. Ra8+ Ke7 21. Rxh8
Ra7 22. O-O Ra2 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rb1 b4 25. h3 g5 26. Rg8 Bg6 27. Bc6 Kd6 28.
Bb5 f5 29. Rc8 Ke7 30. Rc6 f4 31. gxf4 gxf4 32. f3 Bf5 33. Kh2 Bf6 34. Rxb6 Bh4
35. Ra6 Rxa6 36. Bxa6 Kd6 37. Bb7 e5 38. Be4 Bxe4 39. fxe4 Bg3+ 40. Kg2 h5 41.
Ra1 Kc6 42. Ra6+ Kb7 43. Rh6 h4 44. Kf3 Be1 45. Re6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{"There are many who have fantasies as to what is the best way to start the
day. This is mine"} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 $5 {In the London
WC-match, or by Giri himself vs. Magnus in Shamkir 2018, 4.g3 was the
preferred move. Nost certainly Giri also has mapped this area out at home, but
to remember how in a blitz game is a different matter.} Bc5 {The most
principal move, forcing events as else black will just have a pleasant
position with control of the d4-square. 4...Bb4 is the main, but basically any
reasonable move is acceptable for Black.} 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4
8. Qf3 $5 (8. Qd4 {being the more often played move, but like this White keeps
the optione between putting the queen on either g4 or g3, when attacking the
g7-pawn.}) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 {With the queen on d4, this would be the
correct move, and e.g. played by Caruana; here, however, the small details are
in White's favour:} 10. Qg3 $1 g6 {Again similar to Caruana's approach, but as
...d6 next now does not threaten White's queen, the difference is a full tempo.
} (10... O-O 11. Bh6 g6 {but} 12. h4 $1 {leaves White with a huge attack.}) 11.
Bh6 d6 12. Be2 Be6 13. Rd1 Qd7 14. exd6 cxd6 15. O-O O-O-O {With a bit of good
will, one could consider the structure similar to a wellknown line of the 5
Nc3 Petroff, but here the floodgates are open to Black's kingside and Magnus
takes immediate action:} 16. Be3 Qa4 {As both 16...b6 or 16...Kb8 is strongly
answered by 17 c5! this is the only way to defend the pawn at a7.} 17. Qf3 Qc6
18. Qf4 {Obviously not exchanging queens, and renewing the threat to the
a7-pawn.} b6 19. a4 $1 {Exploiting the fact that 19...Qxa4 20 Ra1 Qd7 21 c5!
is devastating, White now uses the a-pawn to break through to Black's
vulnerable king.} Rd7 (19... Qxa4 20. Ra1 Qd7 21. c5 $1 $18) 20. a5 bxa5 21.
Rb1 Rc7 22. c5 dxc5 23. Bf3 $6 {With his opponent short of time, Magnus
commits a mistake. 23 Bb5! was crushing, following it up with 24 Qa4 when
blacks queenside collapses. Now Giri could have fought back with 23...g5! whem
white suddenly lacks a good square for his queen as 24 Qg3 is met by 24...Qd6!
Best would be 24 Bxc6 gxf4 25 Bxf4 Rxc6 26 Rb8+ Kd7 27 Rxh8 but after 27...
Rb6! 28 Ra8 Rb7! black has very decent counterplay. Giris mind however was
maybe already at the upcoming interview, and things now finishes quickly:} (23.
Bb5 $1 {was crushing, following it up with 24.Qa4 when Black's queenside
collapses.}) 23... Qd6 $2 ({Now Giri could have fought back with} 23... g5 $1 {
when White suddenly lacks a good square for his queen as 24.Qg3 is met by 24...
Qd6!} {Best would be} 24. Bxc6 gxf4 25. Bxf4 Rxc6 26. Rb8+ Kd7 27. Rxh8 {
but after} Rb6 $1 28. Ra8 Rb7 $1 {Black has very decent counterplay.}) {
Giri's mind, however. was maybe already at the upcoming interview, and things
now finishes quickly:} 24. Qe4 Rd8 {But here Black lost on time, not that it
mattered as 25 Rb8+! wins on the spot as Black can't take the rook due to mate
on a8, and 25...Kd7 26 Qa4+ also quickly ends the game.  While the performance
at the board was somewhat sub-par, one has to respect Giri for using the break
before the next round to give an interview to Norwegian channel NRK being his
usual combattve self. Magnus on the other hand stayed quiet, getting himself
ready for round 14. There was still a tournament to be won.} (24... Rd8 25.
Rb8+ $1 Kd7 (25... Kxb8 26. Qa8#) 26. Qa4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 Nc6 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Rad1 e6 12. Bh6 Ne7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne5 a6
15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Qd6 17. Rfe1 Ned5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qd3 a5 20. Re2 Rae8
21. Rde1 Re4 22. Nd2 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Be6 12. Rac1 Bd6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. a3 g6
15. Qc2 Rac8 16. b4 Nf5 17. Rfd1 c6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qe7 20. Re1 Rfd8 21.
Bc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Bf4 23. Rcd1 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. Nc4 d5 10. Ncxe5 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nxe4 14. Nd3
Re8 15. Be3 Bf5 16. a4 a5 17. Bc2 Nd6 18. Bb3 Rad8 19. Ne1 Be4 20. Bc5 Nf5 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. f3 Bc6 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 b6 25. Bf2 Bd5 26. Nd3 Nd6 27. Bg3
Bf8 28. b3 f6 29. c4 Be6 30. c5 Nb7 31. cxb6 cxb6 32. Kf1 Nc5 33. Nxc5 Bxc5 34.
Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Be2 b6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. b4 Ncd7 14. Nc4 O-O
15. Ra3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bf4 Qb7 19. Nd6 Qc6 20. c4 Bxd6 21.
cxd5 exd5 22. Rc3 Qxc3 23. Qxc3 Bxf4 24. Qf3 Bh6 25. Rxd5 Nf6 26. Rd6 b5 27. a5
Rfe8 28. g3 Ne4 29. Rd7 Ng5 30. Qd5 Rac8 31. Bf1 Ne6 32. Qf5 Ng5 33. h4 g6 34.
Qf6 Re6 35. Rd8+ Bf8 36. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. c3 e6 8.
Qb3 Qb6 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O Bh5 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. Bxg6
hxg6 15. Nf1 Qd8 16. a4 a6 17. Qd3 g5 18. Bg3 g6 19. h3 Kg7 20. N1h2 Rh8 21. b4
Nb6 22. b5 Na5 23. Be5+ Bf6 24. Nxg5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Nd7 26. Nxe6+ fxe6 27. Rxe6
Nf8 28. Re2 axb5 29. axb5 Rh7 30. Rae1 Nc4 31. Ng4 Kh8 32. Qf3 Rg7 33. g3 Nh7
34. h4 Qf8 35. Qxd5 Nb6 36. Qe6 Nd7 37. Qe8 Rxe8 38. Rxe8 Rf7 39. c4 b6 40.
Rxf8+ Nhxf8 41. Re8 Kg7 42. Ne3 Nf6 43. Rb8 Ne6 44. Rxb6 Nxd4 45. Rd6 Ne2+ 46.
Kg2 Ne4 47. Re6 Rxf2+ 48. Kh3 Ng1+ 49. Kg4 Nf6+ 50. Rxf6 Kxf6 51. c5 Rb2 52. b6
Rb4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. c3 c5 8. Bd3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Bxg3 11. hxg3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Nb8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nbd7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qb7 20. Qf3
Qxf3 21. gxf3 Rd7 22. Nc6 Rc7 23. Ne5 h5 24. Rd4 g6 25. c4 Rfc8 26. b4 Kg7 27.
Kg2 Ng8 28. Red1 Ne7 29. Rd7 g5 30. R1d4 Kf6 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rd7 Rxd7 33.
Nxd7+ Kf5 34. b5 e5 35. c5 Nd5 36. a4 Ke6 37. c6 Kd6 38. Kf1 Nc3 39. Nxe5 f6
40. Nc4+ Kc7 41. Nb2 Kd6 42. Ke1 h4 43. Kf1 Nd5 44. Nd3 Nc3 45. Nb2 Nd5 46. Kg2
Kc7 47. Kh3 f5 48. gxh4 Nf4+ 49. Kg3 Ne2+ 50. Kh2 gxh4 51. Kh3 Ng1+ 52. Kxh4
Nxf3+ 53. Kg3 Nd4 54. Kf4 Kd6 55. Nc4+ Kc5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. Nbd2 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 Nxb5 13. axb5 Bb6 14. dxe5 Ng4 15.
Be3 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qg5 18. N5c4 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Qxb5 20. Qe2 Qxe2
21. Rxe2 Rfd8 22. f4 b5 23. f5 Bb3 24. Kf2 a4 25. Ke1 c5 26. Nc2 Rd3 27. Rc1 f6
28. e5 Rd5 29. exf6 Rxf5 30. fxg7 Rd8 31. Ne3 Rf7 32. g4 Kxg7 33. Nf5+ Kg6 34.
Re5 Rfd7 35. Rxc5 Rd1+ 36. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Ke3 Rxb2 39. Rxb5 a3 40.
Rb6+ Kg5 41. Nd4 a2 42. Nxb3 a1=Q 43. h4+ Kxh4 44. Rxh6+ Kg5 45. Nxa1 Kxh6 46.
Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin Bears"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bc4 a6 11. Nd5 Bg5 12. O-O b5 13. Bb3 Kh8 14. c3 Rb8
15. Nc2 a5 16. a3 Be6 17. Nce3 g6 18. Kh1 Rb7 19. Qc2 Bh6 20. a4 b4 21. Bc4
bxc3 22. bxc3 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. f4 Rg7 25. Rad1 Qh4 26. Qf2 Qh5 27. Bb5 Ne7
28. Be2 Qf7 29. Nc7 exf4 30. Nc2 Bb3 31. Bf3 Bxa4 32. Rxd6 Bg5 33. Ne6 Nc8 34.
Nxg5 Rxg5 35. Ra6 Bb5 36. Rxa5 Bxf1 37. Qxf1 Nd6 38. Nd4 Rgg8 39. Qc1 Ne4 40.
Rxf5 Qe7 41. Rxf8 Rxf8 42. Kg1 Ng5 43. Qd2 Qe5 44. h4 Nf7 45. Nc6 Qf6 46. Qd4
Kg7 47. Kf2 Qxd4+ 48. cxd4 Nd6 49. h5 Kf6 50. Ne5 Rc8 51. Ke2 Rc3 52. Kd2 Ra3
53. Nd7+ Kf5 54. Nc5 h6 55. Bd5 Kg4 56. Nd3 Kg5 57. Ke2 Nf5 58. Kd2 Nxd4 59.
Be4 Nb3+ 60. Kc2 Nd4+ 61. Kd2 Ra2+ 62. Kc3 Nb5+ 63. Kb4 Nd6 64. Bf3 Nf5 65. Nc5
Nh4 66. Ne6+ Kf5 67. Nd4+ Ke5 68. Nc6+ Kf6 69. Kc3 Nxg2 70. Kd4 Nh4 71. Bd5 Re2
72. Bc4 f3 73. Nb4 Nf5+ 74. Kc3 Re3+ 75. Kd2 Kg5 76. Nd5 Re5 77. Nc3 Ng3 78.
Nd1 Kf4 79. Nf2 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Qc7 7. a4 a5 8.
Nfd2 Nh6 9. Na3 Ng4 10. Nf3 O-O 11. h3 Nf6 12. Bd2 e5 13. Nc4 Nh5 14. Qc1 Be6
15. Bh6 Bxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. dxc4 Nf4 18. Qe3 b6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. h4 h5 21.
Ng5 Qe7 22. g3 Ne6 23. Nxe6+ Qxe6 24. Qb3 Rd4 25. Qxb6 Rxc4 26. Qxa5 Rxc2 27.
Rc1 Qb3 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 29. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Estonia Horses"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 a6 10. Qa4 Ra7 11. Be2 axb5 12. Qxb5 Qc6 13. Qxc6 dxc6 14. h3
Nd7 15. hxg4 e5 16. a3 exf4 17. gxf4 Nc5 18. O-O-O g6 19. e4 Bg7 20. e5 g5 21.
b4 Ne6 22. Ne4 Nxf4 23. Bf3 Rxa3 24. Nd6+ Ke7 25. Be4 Ra1+ 26. Bb1 Bxg4 27. f3
Be6 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Ljubljana Turtles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. a3
cxd4 9. exd4 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bc2 b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Re1 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15.
Rad1 Rc8 16. Ba4 a6 17. Ng5 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Nge4 Na5 20. Re2 Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 b5 22. Bc2 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Nc4 24. Bb3 Qd7 25. h4 Rfd8 26. Qf4 h5 27. Qf6
Rc6 28. Qg5 Rd6 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Re4 Rd5 31. Qc1 Qb5 32. Qc2 a5 33. Rxe6 fxe6
34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qxe6+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kg8
40. Qe6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Wizards"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Ne5 Be6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. e4 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 f5 12. f3 fxe4 13. fxe4 Bf7 14. Bf4
Rd8 15. Be5 Bg6 16. Bd3 e6 17. O-O Bd6 18. d5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qe7 20. dxc6 bxc6
21. Bc4 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Bxe6 Ke8 24. h4 h5 25. g4 Rd6 26. gxh5 Bh7 27.
h6 Rxe6 28. Qb8+ Qd8 29. Qxd8+ Kxd8 30. hxg7 Rxe4 31. Kf2 Rxh4 32. Rg1 Bg8 33.
Ke3 Kd7 34. Rg5 Rh2 35. Ra5 Rxb2 36. Rxa7+ Ke6 37. Rc7 Rxa2 38. Rxc6+ Kf7 39.
Rc7+ Kf6 40. Rc6+ Kxg7 41. Rd6 Ra4 42. Rd4 Ra5 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. Rd8 Ra4+ 45. Ke3
Be6 46. Re8 Ke5 47. Ke2 Ra3 48. Re7 Kf5 49. Kd2 Bd5 50. Re3 Ra4 51. Re8 Be4 52.
Ke3 Bc6 53. Re7 Kf6 54. Rc7 Bd5 55. Kd3 Ke5 56. Re7+ Be6 57. Ke3 Ra3+ 58. Ke2
1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 a6 12. a4 Qd6 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Rac1 Nd7 15.
Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Ne1 a5 17. Nd3 axb4 18. Qxb4 Qxb4 19. Nxb4 Nb6 20. Ra1 c5 21. Nc2
Rec8 22. Ra3 Bf8 23. Rb3 Nxa4 24. Nxa4 Rxa4 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. Nd4 Bc8 27. Bf3
Bg7 28. h3 Bxd4 29. exd4 Rca5 30. Kh2 h5 31. Rc1 Rc4 32. Rd1 Kg7 33. h4 Kf6 34.
Rb6+ Rc6 35. Rb2 Ke7 36. Re1+ Kd8 37. Re5 Rd6 38. Kg3 f6 39. Re3 Ra4 40. Rd3
Kc7 41. Rc3+ Rc4 42. Rd3 Bd7 43. Rdb3 Bc6 44. Rd2 Re6 45. Be2 Rc1 46. Bf3 Ree1
47. Ra3 Ra1 48. Rb3 Ra4 49. Rc3 Kd6 50. Rb3 Rc1 51. Re3 Rcc4 52. Rde2 Bd7 53.
Re7 Rxd4 54. Rg7 Bf5 55. Rxb7 Rxh4 56. Rb6+ Kc5 57. Reb2 Bd3 58. Rb8 Rh1 59.
Rc8+ Kd4 60. Rd2 Rc4 61. Rd8 h4+ 62. Kf4 Kc3+ 63. Ke3 Re1+ 64. Be2 Rxe2+ 65.
Rxe2 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Tbilisi Gentlemen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 g6 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. d3
h5 9. c4 Bh6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e3 Ne7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. d4 Rc8 14. Bd2 Nf5 15.
Rc1 Qb6 16. b3 Nf6 17. Qe2 Nd6 18. Na4 Qb5 19. Qxb5 Nxb5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1
Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Nxd4 23. Bb2 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Nxg3+ 25. fxg3 Nd7 26. e4 dxe4 27.
Bxe4 b6 28. Bc6 Nf8 29. Be5 1-0

[Event "New Delhi Parsvnath op-A 17th"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2019.01.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6
9. Nge2 h5 10. g5 Nh7 11. Rg1 Bd7 12. Nc1 Qc8 13. h4 Qe8 14. Nd3 f6 15. gxf6
Rxf6 16. Be2 Qf7 17. Qd2 Kh8 18. O-O-O Nb4 19. Rg2 Nxd3+ 20. Qxd3 b6 21. Rdg1
Rg8 22. Qd2 Be8 23. Bd1 Qe7 24. Kb1 Rff8 25. Rh1 Bf6 26. Rgh2 Rf7 27. Ne2 Bd7
28. Nc3 Nf8 29. Be2 Be8 30. Bd1 Nd7 31. a3 Kh7 32. Ba4 Rgf8 33. Bh6 Bg7 34. Bg5
Nf6 35. Bd1 Qd7 36. f3 Ng8 37. Rh3 Bh6 38. Rg3 Bxg5 39. hxg5 Kh8 40. Qe3 Rh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi Parsvnath op-A 17th"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2019.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ziatdinov, Raset"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Nc3 Ke7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Bg3 Kf8 14. f3 Be6
15. Bxc7 Bxb3 16. axb3 Nd5 17. Ba5 Ne3 18. Kd2 Nxg2 19. Bc7 Rac8 20. Bd6+ Kg8
21. Bg3 h5 22. Rhg1 Bh6+ 23. Ke2 Ne3 24. Rac1 b5 25. Kf2 Rcd8 26. f4 Ng4+ 27.
Kf3 b4 28. Na4 Rd4 29. e5 Bf8 30. h3 Nh6 31. Bf2 Rd2 32. Be3 Rdd8 33. Rcd1 Nf5
34. Bb6 Rd5 35. c4 bxc3 36. bxc3 Rb5 37. b4 Rb8 38. Ba7 Ra8 39. Rd7 a5 40. e6
Be7 41. Bc5 Re8 42. c4 Rbb8 43. bxa5 Rb3+ 44. Ke2 Bf6 45. a6 Rxe6+ 46. Kd2 Re8
47. a7 Rxh3 48. Rb7 Rh2+ 49. Kc1 Kg7 50. Rb8 Ree2 51. a8=Q Rc2+ 52. Kb1 Ra2 53.
Rg8+ Kh7 54. Nb6 Rhb2+ 55. Kc1 Rc2+ 56. Kd1 Rd2+ 57. Kc1 Rac2+ 58. Kb1 Rb2+ 59.
Kc1 Rdc2+ 60. Kd1 Rd2+ 61. Kc1 Rdc2+ 62. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi Parsvnath op-A 17th"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2019.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Varga, Klara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb3 Qe7 11. h3 e4 12. Ng5 c5 13. Ngxe4 Bb8 14. Re1 b6
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nexf6+ Nxf6 17. e4 h6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bd5 cxd4 20. Bxa8 g5
21. Bd5 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Qf3 23. Qe2 Qxh3 24. e5 Rd8 25. Qf3 1-0

[Event "New Delhi Parsvnath op-A 17th"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2019.01.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 g6 12. h3 Ne6 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Rxf8
15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Qb1 a6 21.
Bc2 Rfd8 22. Nb3 Nxb3 23. Bxb3 Bf5 24. Qa1 Qe5 25. Rd4 Rd6 26. Rfd1 Rcd8 27.
R1d2 Ne4 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Nxd5 Nd2 31. Nc3 Nxb3 32. axb3 Qd6 33.
Qa4 Bc2 34. Qc4 b5 35. Qd5 Qxd5 36. Nxd5 Bxb3 37. Nc7 a5 38. Nxb5 Kf8 39. f3
Ke7 40. Nd4 Ba4 41. Kf2 Kd6 42. Ke2 Kc5 43. Kd2 Kc4 44. h4 Bd7 45. g4 h6 46. g5
hxg5 47. hxg5 a4 48. Kc2 Bh3 49. Nc6 Bf5+ 50. e4 Bh3 51. Nd8 Bg2 52. Nxf7 Kd4
53. e5 Bxf3 54. e6 Bc6 55. Kd2 Kd5 56. Kc3 Be8 57. Kb4 Kxe6 58. Nh8 Kf5 59.
Nxg6 Kxg6 60. b3 axb3 61. Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi Parsvnath op-A 17th"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2019.01.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 g6 6. Qc2 Bxf3 7. gxf3 c5 8. d5
Bg7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 exd5 11. Nxd5 g5 12. Bg3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Qf6 14. Rb1 d6 15.
h4 Nd7 16. Bh3 b5 17. Qe4+ Ne5 18. h5 O-O 19. f4 Nc4 20. fxg5 Qxg5 21. Bf4 Rae8
22. Qf5 Qe7 23. e3 Kh8 24. Bf1 Qe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Bd3 Rxf4 27. exf4 Re8+ 28.
Kd1 Nxb2+ 29. Kc2 Nxd3 30. Kxd3 c4+ 31. Kd2 Rb8 32. Rhe1 Bd4 33. Re4 c3+ 34.
Kc2 Bf6 35. Ra4 Rb7 36. Ra6 Re7 37. Rxd6 Re2+ 38. Kb3 Bd4 39. Rxh6+ Kg7 40. Rc6
Rd2 41. d6 Kh7 42. a4 bxa4+ 43. Kxa4 Bxf2 44. Kb3 Bd4 45. Re1 Bf6 46. Re8 c2
47. Rxc2 Rxd6 48. Rc7 Kg7 49. Rxa7 Rd3+ 50. Kc2 Rc3+ 51. Kd2 Rh3 52. Re3 Rxh5
53. Rg3+ Kh6 54. Ra6 Rf5 55. Ke3 Kh5 56. Ke4 Bh4 57. Kxf5 Bxg3 58. Ra1 1-0

[Event "New Delhi Parsvnath op-A 17th"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2019.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1
Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Bc2 b6 12. Nf1 Qe7 13. Ng3 Qf8 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Be3 Rad8 16. Qe2 a5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd4 d5 19. f4 Nc4 20. e5 c5 21. Nf3 Nxe3
22. Qxe3 d4 23. cxd4 Nd5 24. Qd2 cxd4 25. Bb3 Be6 26. Ba4 Bd7 27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28.
Re4 Nb4 29. f5 d3 30. Kh1 Qc5 31. a3 Nc6 32. f6 Bf8 33. Rc1 Qd5 34. Qe3 Re6 35.
Rd1 Qc5 36. Qf4 Rd5 37. Nf1 Nxe5 38. Ne3 Nxf3 39. Rxe6 Re5 40. Rxe5 Nxe5 41.
Qe4 Qd6 42. Nd5 Nd7 43. Ne7+ Kh7 44. Qxd3 Qxd3 45. Rxd3 Nxf6 46. Nc6 Kg7 47. b4
axb4 48. axb4 Ne4 49. Rd7 Nd6 50. Rd8 Nc4 51. Kg1 h5 52. Kf2 Bd6 53. Ke2 Bg3
54. Rd7 Ne5 55. Nxe5 Bxe5 56. Kd3 Bh2 57. Kc4 Bg1 58. Kd5 h4 59. Ke5 Bf2 60.
Rb7 Bg3+ 61. Kd5 Bf2 62. b5 g5 63. Kc6 Kg6 64. Rxb6 Bxb6 65. Kxb6 f5 66. Kc5 g4
67. b6 f4 68. b7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 {An interesting choice by Nepo to avoid mainstream theory which is
Anish's forte!} ({The only other winner of this round was} 1... c6 2. d4 d5 3.
exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10.
Bxf5 gxf5 11. Nd3 e6 12. Nd2 Rg8 13. O-O O-O-O 14. a4 Ne4 15. Rc1 Bd6 16. Bxd6
Nxd6 17. b4 Kb8 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Qe3 Ne7 20. f3 Ng6 21. Ne5 f4 22. Qe1 Nf5 23.
Nxg6 Rxg6 24. Rf2 Rdg8 25. c4 Ne3 26. cxd5 Nxg2 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. dxe5 Ne1+ {
0-1 (28) Van Foreest,J (2612)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee NED 2019}) 2. d4 Nf6
3. Nc3 g6 {The fabled Pirc Defence!} 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 {This has never
occured in the practice of Giri, while Nepo has some experience in this system
trying out couple of ideas in shorter formats.} Nbd7 (6... Bb7 {is premature
and was convincingly met by} 7. a4 $1 b4 8. Nd1 a5 9. c3 Na6 {
(Fressinet-Nepomniachtchi W Blitz Berlin 2015)} 10. Nf2 $16) (6... Bg7 7. h4 (
7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 Nbd7) (7. a4 b4 8. Nd1 O-O (8... a5 9. c3) 9. Qxb4 c5 10.
dxc5 Nc6 11. Qd2 d5 12. Nf2 Rb8 13. Rb1) 7... h5 8. Nh3 (8. a4 $5 b4 9. Nd1 O-O
$1 10. Qxb4 (10. Bd3 c5 $1 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Ne2 dxc5 13. Bxc5 Nd7 {with good
compensation for the pawn.}) 10... c5 {with active play for the pawn.}) 8...
Bxh3 9. Rxh3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 {(Leko-Nepomniachtchi Rapid Beijing CHN 2014)}
({Better was} 10... c6 $5 11. Bd3 Qc7 {followed by c5 with a good game.}) 11.
Bd3 $16) (6... b4 {is even more premature than Bb7 :).} 7. Nd1 a5 8. a3 $1 bxa3
9. Rxa3 c6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. Ne2 O-O {the simple} 12. O-O {offered a clear
advantage.} ({Comp likes the greedy} 12. b4 {winning the a-pawn.})) 7. O-O-O
Nb6 8. g4 ({Morozevich chose} 8. h4 $5 b4 9. Nb1 a5 {with a complex battle.}
10. g4 (10. Nh3 $5 {offered better chances to fight for advantage.}) ({Comp's
insane preference is} 10. c4 $5 bxc3 11. Nxc3) 10... h5 $1 {A typical idea to
fight against the expansion.} 11. g5 Nfd7 {Black was already superior in 
(Moro-Zvjaginsev Rapid 2018)}) 8... Bb7 ({Nepo missed an interesting
possibility in form of} 8... h5 $1 9. g5 (9. e5 Nfd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 {with a
nice position for Black.}) (9. gxh5 Nxh5 {now Black can focus on the queenside.
}) 9... Nfd7 10. f4 Bg7 11. f5 gxf5 12. Nh3 (12. exf5 {doesn't work due to} Bb7
13. d5 b4) 12... b4 13. Nd5 fxe4 14. Nxb4 Nf8 {Black comes out slightly better
out of the mess.}) 9. Nh3 (9. a3 {was better although Black could continue in
the same spirit with} h5 $1) 9... Nfd7 10. Be2 e6 {I wonder if this move is
really required.} (10... b4 11. Nb1 a5 {was a better way to fight for the
intiative.}) 11. Bg5 ({More to the point was} 11. Nf2 {though Black is
completely fine after} b4 12. Nb1 a5) 11... Be7 12. Qe3 {Slowly White is
losing track.} Bxg5 ({Once again} 12... b4 $1 {was stronger.} 13. Nb1 h5 $5 {
with better position.}) 13. Nxg5 h6 14. Nh3 Qh4 15. Nf2 O-O-O {Now we have an
equal position according to comp, although I feel black's position is easier
to handle as he has more potential to create something.} 16. f4 {A huge error.}
(16. Nd3 {was better maintaining the balance, though Black can fight for
something with} f5 $5 ({Also possible is the dark-squared positional approach
with} 16... e5 17. d5 Qg5 18. Qd2 {with equal endgame.})) 16... f5 $1 {White's
over extended pawn structure start to feel the heat!} 17. Bf3 b4 18. exf5 {
Desperation.} (18. Nb1 fxe4 {here both} 19. Nxe4 ({and} 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4
Qxg4) 19... Nd5 {looks pretty hopeless for White.}) 18... bxc3 19. fxe6 cxb2+
20. Kb1 Nf6 {White doesn't have enough compensation...} 21. Bxb7+ Kxb7 22. Qf3+
d5 23. Nd3 Ne4 24. Nc5+ Ka7 25. Qa3 Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Kb7 {An important win for
Nepo putting him and Vishy tied for the first spot...although the middlegame
phase could have been played better by both the "Masters"!} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bb6 10. a4 Re8 11. Qc2 Qf6 12. Kh1 h6 13. Ng1 Qd6 14. f4 Bxg1
15. Rxg1 exf4 16. d4 Ne7 17. Ba3 Qd8 18. Raf1 Ng6 19. e5 b6 20. Bf3 Ba6 21. Rf2
c5 22. g3 fxg3 23. Rxg3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rc8 25. Qf5 Bc4 26. Bd6 Be6 27. Qb1 Nf4
28. d5 Nxd5 29. Qg1 Kh8 30. Rd2 Nf4 31. Rd4 Ng6 32. Be4 Rc4 33. Rxc4 Bxc4 34.
Qd4 Be6 35. Bc6 Ne7 36. Be4 Nf5 37. Bxf5 Bxf5 38. Kg1 Be6 39. h4 Qd7 40. Qe4
Rc8 41. h5 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Qd8 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 {Here
various moves exist, of which the main one is ...a6.} (7. Bf4 {is an attempt
to get the same thing without the option of Black playing ...a6 and ...b5-
however, there are similar pawn-sacrifice options that work out well.} Be6 {
This equalises, but can be uninspiring.} (7... c6 8. e4 b5 9. Qb3 {is more
ambitious}) 8. Qxc7 (8. Qd3 c5) 8... Nc6 9. e3 {Now Black needs to be precise.}
Nb4 $1 (9... Rc8 10. Qxd8 Rfxd8 11. Bg3 $14 {seems to give something}) (9...
Qxc7 10. Bxc7 Nb4 11. Kd2 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 Ne4+ 13. Ke1 Bxd5 14. Bd3 Rac8 {
is met by the slightly artificial} 15. Rc1 $1 $14) 10. Qxd8 Rfxd8 11. Kd2 Nbd5
12. Nxd5 Ne4+ 13. Ke1 Bxd5 14. Bd3 $1 {The only move which doesn't instantly
give Black equality.} (14. Be2 Rac8 $15) 14... Nc5 $1 15. dxc5 (15. Be2 Na4 $11
) 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rxd3 17. Ke2 Rd5 18. Rac1 Bxb2 19. Rhd1 Bxc1 $1 (19...
Rad8 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Rb1 Ba3 22. Rxb7 Bxc5 23. e4 $1 Rh5 24. Rb5 $14 {
gives White something in the bishop ending.}) (19... Rh5 20. Rb1 Ba3 21. Rxb7
Bxc5 {could just be nothing, but White looks more active.}) 20. Rxd5 Ba3 21.
Rd7 Bxc5 22. Rxb7 $11) 7... Nc6 8. Be2 e5 $5 {Not the main move (those are ...
Bg4 and ...Nd7) so one can assume this was home preparation for a while. Also,
the huge wealth of high-level practice implies the position was well known in
the cloistered elite world, even if Mamedyarov himself hadn't played it.} 9. d5
Nd4 $5 (9... Ne7 10. Be3 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 {This kind of thing can arise from
the Pirc as well and tends to be just a little bit unpleasant for Black to
play.}) 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 12. Qc4 (12. d6 Re8 13. Qd3 b5 14. f3 Re6 15.
Be3 Rxd6 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. O-O Bd4 $11 {was comfortable for Black in Wang,
H-Vachier Lagrave,M Beijing 2014}) 12... b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qd6 Re8 (14... Rc8
$6 15. O-O Rxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe4 {seems appetising, but the activity must be
cashed in too soon after} 17. Qa6 Nxc3 18. Bf3 $14) 15. Bg5 (15. f3 Nh5 16. Be3
(16. g3 f5 17. Bd3 a5 18. Be3 b4 19. Nd1 Nf6 20. e5 Ng4 21. fxg4 Bxe5 22. Qc5
Rc8 23. Qa7 Ra8 24. Qc5 Rc8 25. Qa7 Ra8 26. Qb7 Rb8 (26... Bd4 $5) 27. Qa6 f4
28. gxf4 Bxf4 29. O-O Bxe3+ 30. Nxe3 Rxe3 31. Bxg6 Qg5 32. Qd6 Rd8 33. Bf7+ Kg7
34. Qf4 Qxg4+ 35. Kh1 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Re2 37. Rg1+ Kh8 38. Rg2 Re1+ 39. Rg1 Re2
40. Rg2 Re1+ 41. Rg1 {was the very messy game Meier,G-So,W Saint Louis 2012})
16... f5 17. Qa3 b4 18. Qxb4 Rb8 19. Qa3 fxe4 20. f4 Qh4+ 21. g3 Nxg3 22. Bf2
Qh3 23. Bxg3 Rec8 24. Bf1 Qg4 25. Be2 Qh3 26. Bf1 Qg4 27. Be2 {1/2-1/2 (27)
Ding,L (2766)-Wei,Y (2706) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) (15. Bd3 {has also been seen in
high-level games.} a5 16. f3 b4 17. Ne2 Bf8 18. Qg3 Qb6 (18... Nxd5 $13) 19.
Bg5 (19. Qg5 $14) 19... Rac8 20. Qf2 Bc5 21. Qh4 Nxd5 22. Bc4 h6 $3 $19 {
Navara,D-Vachier Lagrave,M Germany 2018}) 15... Rb8 (15... b4 {was played in
the pioneer game.} 16. Qxb4 Nxd5 $1 17. Nxd5 Qxg5 18. O-O Rab8 $132 {and Black
gradually wore down his opponent in Miton,K-Vachier Lagrave,M Belfort 2012})
16. a3 a5 17. O-O b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Nd1 {Still preparation.} (19. Bxf6 Bxf6
20. Ra7 {is a plausible try for a White advantage, even after} Bf5 $3 21. Nb5 (
21. Qxd8 Bxd8 22. Nb5 Rxe4 23. Bd3 Rf4 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Rd7 Bb6 $44) 21...
Rxe4 22. Bd3 {and now a second remarkable move:} Rd4 $3 23. Qxd8+ (23. Bxf5
Rxb5 24. Qxd8+ Bxd8 $15) 23... Rxd8 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Bxf5 Bxa7 26. Be4 $14 {
Black has exceptional co-ordination, but must be aware that in trying to get
the pawn back, his control might worsen.}) 19... Nxe4 20. Bxd8 Nxd6 21. Bc7 Rb7
22. Bxd6 Rxe2 23. Ra8+ Re8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Re1 {Probably Giri had reached
this position in preparation, but at the board was unable to find ways to
continue.} Bd7 26. Re4 (26. Be5 $5 {should probably be second nature for these
players- once it becomes clear that} Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Rc7 28. Kf1 $14 {doesn't
win a piece. Untangling is, of course, another question entirely, but there is
no way for Black to make headway immediately.}) ({If nothing else, the 'pass'
move} 26. b3 {should be considered.}) 26... Ba4 27. b3 f5 28. Rxb4 Rxb4 29.
Bxb4 Bxb3 30. Nc3 Bxc3 31. Bxc3 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Nc3
Nb4 9. h3 Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. Rfe1 Rc8 14. Rac1 h6
15. Bg3 a5 16. Na4 Ba6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bb5 19. Re2 Re8 20. Rec2 Bf8 21.
Nxb6 Qxb6 22. a4 Ra8 23. g4 Qd8 24. axb5 a4 25. Qc3 cxb5 26. Qc6 b4 27. Bc7 Qg5
28. f4 Qg6 29. e4 h5 30. g5 h4 31. Kf2 a3 32. b3 Rec8 33. Qb7 dxe4 34. dxe4 f6
35. Be5 Rxc2+ 36. Rxc2 Re8 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Kf1 Re7 39. Qc6 Rg7 40. Qxe6+ Kh7
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Howell,David"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 a5
$5 {A very modern idea in an opening that is evolving day by day. Grischuk is
credited with this plan, although it was played in a slightly different move
order. Black, bizarrely, moves the a-pawn for a second time in three moves. He
argues that White's 'extra' a2-a4 move is not as useful as it looks, and the
tempo was a worthwhile investment as he now takes the b4-square under control.}
(8... Ba7 {and}) (8... h6 {are both regularly seen alternatives.}) 9. h3 h6 10.
Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 Nxb5 {This has all been seen before, with most of
the games featuring Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on the White side. There is now a
crossroads:} 13. axb5 {The most natural choice.} (13. dxc5 {Initially seems
innocent, but some strategic complexities lurk beneath the surface:} Na7 14. b3
$1 {An idea of MVL's.} Re8 (14... dxc5 15. Nxe5 $14) 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Ba3 {
and White exerts a modicum of pressure. Vachier-Lagrave has scored against
formidable opposition (Grischuk and Karjakin) from this position.}) 13... exd4
14. Nxd4 (14. cxd4 $6 Bb4 $15 {finally shows the idea behind Black's idea of
playing 8...a5. The b4-square is a strong outpost for the bishop.}) 14... Re8
15. Nf1 {Giri follows a game in which Leko beat Kasimzhanov in the 2018
Olympiad.} (15. N2f3 {is also worth considering.}) 15... Bc4 {Anand's prepared
improvement.} (15... Bd7 16. Ng3 c6 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qf3 d5 19. e5 {
eventually led to a white win in Leko-Kasimzhanov, Batumi 2018.}) 16. Ng3 d5 {
Again this seems to be Anand's preparation, although I still find it hard to
believe he had memorised the entire messy variation that we will see below (if
White had played 20.Qg4).} (16... a4) ({or} 16... Qd7 {would have been
sensible alternatives.}) 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 {Anand was
still playing his moves at a brisk pace, which clearly unnerved Giri. Here he
paused for a deep think before opting for a suboptimal move:} 20. Qf3 $6 (20.
Qg4 $1 {was critical, and would have demanded great energy (and accuracy!)
from Anand to prove equality:} h5 $1 21. Qf4 Bd3 {(other moves exist, but this
is clearly the most forcing - in the style of Anand himself)} 22. Re3 Bxb5 23.
Rg3 Rxe5 24. Qf6 Re1+ 25. Kh2 Bf8 26. Nf5 Qe5 {and it appears that Black is
fine, although further analysis shows that the position is still full of
intrigue:} 27. Nh6+ Kh7 28. Qxf7 $1 Qe6 $8 29. Qxh5 gxh6 30. Qxb5 (30. Bxh6 {
leads to a beautiful variation:} Re5 31. Bg5+ Qh6 $8 32. Qf7+ Qg7 33. Qh5+ Qh6
{with a draw}) 30... Bd6 31. f4 Rg8 32. Qd3+ Rg6 33. h4 Qf6 34. h5 Qh4+ 35. Rh3
Bxf4+ 36. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 37. Rg3 Qh4+ 38. Rh3 Qf4+ {with a draw. Could Anand
really have analysed this deeply? Many of the above moves are forced, so it is
quite possible, although it would have been a great feat of memory to get this
far.}) 20... Bxd4 21. cxd4 (21. Rxd4 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Bxb5 $15 {Is very pleasant
for Black due to his superior pawn structure.}) 21... Re6 $1 22. Rf4 {And Giri
offered a draw, which was quickly accepted. To be honest, I would have been
very tempted to continue, as Black appears to be running no risk at all:} (22.
Rf4 Qxb5 $1 23. Qg3 (23. Rxf7 $2 {Perhaps Anand missed that this was
impossible, otherwise he might have played on:} Rg6 $1 $19 {with ...Bxf7 or ...
Bd5 to follow, Black is winning.}) 23... Rg6 24. Rg4 Raa6 $1 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 {I was familiar with this idea which got a boost in
popularity when Topalov introduced it in one of the Norway Blitz events. I had
a short conversation about it with Magnus during that event, who before our
game had told me that he considered to go 3...f5 here. I pushed those devil
thoughts away from me and replied normally.} Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. c4 $5 {
very creative, now we land in a variation of some sort of an English, where
white goes e4. True, as the very same Magnus Carlsen showed in his tiebreak
games against Fabiano Caruana, you can play 1.c4 and then e4 or 1.e4 and then
1.c4 it will all boil down to the same thing.} d6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nc3 {very
creative to postpone the short castle. In fact my opponent had to make use of
this nuance later on.} Nd7 {very natural and ambitious. I hesitated quite a
bit, seeing that the variations that arise are going to be very complicated
and as my opponent kept blitzing so far, I was slightly concerned. Yet, I
decided to test my intuition, in hope that at some point his preparation will
end anyway. Another plan that came to my mind was to play for b5, with some a6
Rb8 b5, but it felt like it was from the wrong opera.} 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 f5 ({
Possibly my opponent focussed on} 10... Nc5 {in his preparation, which is also
prefered by the computer originally, though for the human player it is pretty
obvious that the reply} 11. d4 $1 {is critical} exd4 12. Nxd4 {and now both,
the f5 break as well as} Ne5 13. Qe2 $1 Ncd3+ 14. Kf1 $1 {aren't hopeless for
Black, but in both cases Black has something to prove, as structurally he is
not doing all too well.}) 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Qd2 $6 {This move was no longer
blitzed out, yet it was pretty unpleasant, as only here did I realize that
0-0-0 is a serious idea.} Nc5 13. O-O $2 {Now Black gets an excellent position.
Given the pawn structure and having the option of going 0-0-0, White
definitely had to use it.} (13. O-O-O {would pose me far more problems, though
as we were both out of book, I wasn't feeling too hopeless. The position is
highly unclear and extremely difficult to play for both sides.}) 13... Ne6 {
I was quite confused, as it looked to me as though my position is excellent.
In fact already on the next move my opponent makes pretty much a decisive
mistake. Incredible how quickly things went south for White, who was narrating
the opening in this game until just two moves ago.} 14. Nd5 $2 (14. Ne2 {
was a better choice, but still Black is better, after the immediate f4 or the
preparatory Qf6.}) 14... f4 $1 {Fortunately I didn't play the automatic Ne7
and spent enough time sitting on my hands to notice this strong resource, or
rather the follow up to it.} 15. gxf4 Ncd4 $1 {suddenly it turns out that c6
is an unstoppable threat and the tactics just don't work out for white.} 16.
Bxd4 exd4 17. Qa5 $5 {The position is actually already lost for white, but
after a 40 minute think my resourceful opponent came up with a very confusing
defensive attempt.} (17. Rae1 c6 18. Ng5 Nxf4 $1 {is the key variation. Once I
saw this, I realized there was no salvation for White.}) 17... b6 (17... Kh8 $5
{was winning as well.} 18. Rae1 (18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. fxg5 Qxg5) 18... b6 19. Qd2
c6) 18. Qe1 (18. Nxb6 {could be a bit of a shocker but it doesn't work for
about 300 reasons. Two of them are} c6 ({and} 18... cxb6 19. Qd5 Kh8 $1 20.
Qxa8 Nxf4)) 18... c6 19. Ng5 Re8 $1 {I managed to calculate a couple of moves
here and seem to have figured out a win.} 20. Qd1 {Desperate, but there was
actually no defense.} (20. Nxe6 Rxe6 {followed by Rg6 wins for Black.}) 20...
Nxg5 21. fxg5 cxd5 22. Bxd5+ Be6 {White has no compensation neither for the
piece after Bxe6, nor for the bishop pair after the move in the game.} 23. Bxa8
Qxa8 24. Qh5 Bf5 {The rest should have been a little more trivial, but my
conversion wasn't entirely to the point. Fortunately the position remained
objectively winning throughout.} 25. Rad1 Re5 26. Rd2 Qd8 (26... Bxh3 $1 {
was an instant clincher.} 27. Qxh3 Rxg5+ 28. Kh2 Qe8 $1 {my opponent saw this,
but for an older player like myself, such things are already too difficult.})
27. h4 Bh3 {The thing was that I played the previous move with the intention
of winning the exchange and although at this point I already realized that
probably it's stronger not to go for the material, but keep the full control
of the light squares with Qc8, I decided to get it over with.} 28. Qf3 Bxf1 29.
Kxf1 h6 {The reason why I took the exchange was that I could split white's
kingside pawns.} 30. gxh6 Bxh6 31. Re2 Qe7 32. Qg4+ {Now white actually ends
up helping me, as the winning plan in this position in general is to
eventually activate the king, as it is otherwise quite hard to win pawns, as
they will eventually all be places on the light squares and black's extra
bishop is going to be staring into the empty pathways.} Kf7 33. Qf3+ Kg7 34.
Qg4+ Kf7 35. Qf3+ Qf6 $1 {as we were playing on last seconds, it took me some
time to make sure I have all checks under control.} 36. Qb7+ Kg6 $1 {The king
heads towards h5, where it is feeling more comfortable than ever.} 37. Rxe5
dxe5 {white can't capture the queenside pawns, as he is going to get mated,
and otherwise Black plans to place the king on h5 , queen to f4 from where it
threatens to penetrate, and eventually either d3 pawn will fall or some e5-e4
break will seal the deal.} 38. Ke2 Qf4 39. Kf1 Kh5 40. b4 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Kxh4 42.
Qxa7 {desperate. Now white just gets pretty much mated.} (42. Qe4+ Qf4 43.
Qxf4+ {is actually losing to both captures.} Bxf4 44. Kf3 Kg5 45. Ke4 Kf6 46.
Kd5 Kf5 {is the easiest and now if need be Bd2-Ba5 maneuvre will be
implemented.}) 42... Qg5+ 43. Kf1 Kh3 $1 {The king now joins the attack.} 44.
Qh7 Qh5 $1 {The most elegant. The threat is Qd1 mate, Ke1 fails to Bd2+ and
after Qd7+ both Qg4 as well as Kh2 win trivially.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bf3 f5
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Nd2 Qe8 18. Qxe8 Rfxe8 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Ne5 Rac8
21. Rdc1 Bd6 22. a3 g5 23. Ng4 Bxf4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Nxf6+ Kf7 26. Nxd5 Rc1+
27. Rxc1 Bxc1 28. Nb4 Bc4 29. Nd3 Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4
c5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Nf6 16. Nc7 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rb8 18. h3 Bf5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Be4
21. Rd4 Rfe8 22. Rc7 Rbd8 23. b4 Rd5 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. b5 a6 26. a4 axb5 27.
axb5 Bxf3 28. gxf3 b6 29. Rb7 Re6 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Rb7 Kg6 32. Kg2 Kf6 33. f4
g6 34. Kf3 Rd6 35. h4 Ke6 36. Ke4 f5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. b3 {Home-made chess today.} e6 6.
Ba3 d6 7. e3 Nge7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Nf5 10. d3 Qd7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Qd2 b6 (
12... Rb8 {is also basically equal, and avoids much of the long-diagonal drama.
}) 13. d4 cxd4 14. exd4 d5 $1 {This had to be precisely calculated, or else
known in advance, and I'm not sure who would go digging so deep in an obscure
opening.} 15. cxd5 Ncxd4 16. dxe6 (16. Nxd4 {is different from the game move
in several key ways, of which White's 19th is the main one.} Nxd4 17. dxe6 Nf3+
(17... fxe6 18. Bxa8 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qxd2 20. Rcd1 Bxc3 $8 21. Rxd2 Bxd2 $8 22.
h4 $14) 18. Bxf3 Qxd2 19. e7 $5 (19. Rfd1 {is possible, but it is White being
careful not to end up worse:} Qxd1+ (19... Qxc1 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Rxc1 $44)
20. Rxd1 Bxe6 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Nd5 $11) (19. exf7+ $4 Kxf7 $19 {is stupid
here as the c3-knight is undefended.}) 19... Bh3 $1 {The move which makes
everything fizzle out.} (19... Re8 20. Rfd1 Qg5 21. Bxa8 $16) 20. Rfd1 Bxc3 21.
Rxd2 Bxd2 22. Rd1 Bg5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. exd8=Q+ Bxd8 $11) 16... Nf3+ 17. Bxf3
Qxd2 18. exf7+ $5 {Making a determination to play interesting chess.} (18. e7
Re8 19. Bxa8 Nxe7 $15 {favours Black now, even though there was no ...Bh3.}) (
18. Bxa8 Bxe6 19. Rcd1 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Rxa8 $11 {is probably marginally more fun
for Black.}) 18... Kxf7 19. Bxa8 Bf8 $6 (19... Nd4 $11 {was apparently best,
although nerve-wracking to play after} 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Ne4 $44) 20. Rcd1 Bxa3
21. Rxd2 Rxd2 22. Bd5+ Kg7 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Bc5 {Now the position
slightly favours White, although obviously winning it requires both technique
and luck.} 25. Kg2 Nd4 26. Nec3 b5 27. Ne4 Be7 28. f3 {This move is puzzling,
although almost any legal move guarantees +/ =.} (28. Ne3 $14 {seems cleverer
to me.}) 28... Nc2 29. Kf2 Bd8 30. Nd6 {White either thought he had no
plausible way of winning the bishop-pair, or remembered his reputation...}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3
Rb8 9. f4 Ne8 10. a4 Nd4 11. O-O Nc7 12. g4 a6 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Ng3 b5 15. axb5
axb5 16. Nce2 b4 17. f5 e6 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bd2 Bf6 21. Kh2 b3 22.
Ra1 Bb5 23. Ra3 bxc2 24. Qxc2 Na6 25. b4 Bg5 26. Rf3 Rb6 27. Qa2 Bf4 28. Bxf4
exf4 29. Ne2 Nxb4 30. Qd2 d5 31. Nxf4 Nxd3 32. Nxd5 Qd6+ 33. Rg3 Qxa3 34. Nxb6
Qd6 35. Nd5 Bc4 36. f6 Bxd5 37. Qxd3 Be6 38. Kg1 Bc4 39. Qf3 d3 40. e5 Qxe5 41.
Qe3 Re8 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,89,32,28,22,13,18,24,24,0,5,17,5,-8,30,5,0,1,-10,-24,-17,-17,-11,-19,
-12,-17,-2,-17,-16,-7,0,-3,0,-20,-24,0,5,7,12,17,26,23,26,35,44,37,41,35,52,52,
70,-10,-3,-11,-17,-5,-9,-17,18,21,24,17,22,53,43,37,30,39,33,40,37,37,40,48,50,
48,62,65,143,169,231,218,268,270,331,379,415,415,419,419,425,492]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 {One possible idea in the Giuoco
Pianissimo.} Qe7 7. a3 Be6 (7... a6 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. Be3) 8. Bxe6 Qxe6 9. b4 Bb6
10. O-O O-O 11. c4 Nd7 12. Bb2 Nd4 13. Nd2 f5 14. Rc1 c5 {Sam stays solid,} ({
He must have rejected} 14... f4 $5 {on account of} 15. c5 dxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5
17. bxc5 {and now} f3 {meets with} 18. Bxd4 fxg2 19. Kxg2 exd4 20. f4) 15. exf5
Nxf5 16. Ne4 $14 cxb4 $6 {This concession didn't seem forced at all.} 17. Nxb6
axb6 18. axb4 Qg6 {[#] Black has to generate some threats against the white
king.} 19. Ra1 {Perhaps Anish gave too much respect to the Ra2 idea.} (19. Re1
Nf6 (19... Nh4 20. Ng3 Ra2 21. Qb3) 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Re4 Raf8 22. f3 $14)
19... Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Qf3 Nh4 $1 23. Qd5+ Kh8 $5 {[#]
Moving the king away from the centre is risky because the queen can be traded
any moment.} (23... Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. b5 Rg6) 24. f4 $1 {A beautiful
rejoinder.} h6 $1 (24... Rxf4 25. Rxf4 exf4 26. Qxb7) 25. Qe4 {White is taking
the game into a minor piece ending where he will be the one with winning
chances.} Qxe4 26. dxe4 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 exf4 28. e5 (28. Bd4 {is ineffective on
account of} b5 29. cxb5 Kg8) 28... dxe5 29. Bxe5 Ng6 30. Bc7 b5 31. cxb5 Kg8
32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Kf3 Nh4+ {This appears to have been played too soon. Why
invite the white king forward?} ({A long line,} 33... Ke6 34. Ke4 Nh4 35. Bxf4
Nxg2 36. Bg3 g5 37. Kf3 Nf4 38. Bxf4 gxf4 39. Kxf4 Kd5 {leads to a draw.}) 34.
Kxf4 Nxg2+ 35. Ke5 Ke7 36. Bd6+ Ke8 $1 {A couple of good ones from Sam.} 37.
Ke6 g5 38. Kf6 Kd7 {Shankland enter a line all of us thought would be drawn.} (
38... Nh4 39. Bb8 Kd7 40. Kg7 Nf5+ 41. Kg6 Ke6 42. Bg3 Ne3 43. Kxh6 Kf5 $11)
39. Bf8 Nh4 40. Bxh6 Nf3 41. h3 {A standard way of trapping the knight.} Ng1
42. Bxg5 Nxh3 43. Be3 {The job is done, but the peculiar position of the
queenside pawn prevents White from winning.} Kd6 44. Kf5 Kd5 45. b6 $5 {
A pretty smart choice from Giri.} ({He had no doubt Shakland would have found} 
45. Bc5 b6 $1 {a forced way to eliminate the rest of the pawns.} (45... Kc4 {
is also good enough.} 46. Kg4 Nf2+ 47. Bxf2 Kxb4 48. b6 Kc4 49. Kf5 Kd5 50. Bg3
Kc6 51. Bc7 Kd7) 46. Bxb6 Kc4 47. Bc5 Kxb5 48. Kg4 Nf2+) (45. b6 {In reply
Shankland shockingly resigned the game. Of course, in hindsight we all realize
it doesn't matter how many b-pawns are there, as long as the front one is on
b6.} Kd6 $11 {heading for c8.}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h3
Nd7 9. Bd3 h5 10. gxh5 Ndf6 11. h6 Nxh6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Ne5 Bxd3
15. Nxd3 Nh5 16. Bh2 Qxh3 17. O-O-O Qf5 18. Qb3 b5 19. f3 O-O 20. e4 Qxf3 21.
Ne5 Qe3+ 22. Kb1 b4 23. Nxc6 bxc3 24. Nxe7+ Kh7 25. Rhe1 Qf2 26. Be5 f6 27. Bd6
Rfd8 28. Bc5 Qxb2+ 29. Qxb2 cxb2 30. exd5 Rd7 31. d6 Ng3 32. Kxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Kh8
15. Bg4 Bb7 16. Ncb4 Nxb4 17. cxb4 g6 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Bc6 20. Be2 Bxa4 21.
Qxa4 f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Bd3 Rf8 24. Qxa6 Bd2 25. Qc4 Qc8 26. Qe4 Bxb4 27.
Nxb4 Rf4 28. Qc6 Rfxb4 29. Qxd6 Qf8 30. Qxe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chennai op 11th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2019.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Abhishek"]
[Black "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1601"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. c4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Nc3 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf5 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. g4 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 exd4 16. Qd3 b5 17. cxb5 Bb7 18. O-O Bxd5 19. f3 a6 20. b6 c5 21. Nxd6 Qe5
22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Qxg5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 0-1

[Event "Chennai op 11th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Deepan Chakkravarthy, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. e4 b4 12. e5 bxc3 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ba4+ Kf8
15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Bb3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Qh5 18. Qxh5 Nxh5 19. c4 Nf6 20. f3 Bc5 21.
Kf1 Ke7 22. Ba4 Rac8 23. Nb3 Bb4 24. Rb1 Ba8 25. Na5 Bd6 26. Rb6 Bc5 27. Rxa6
Rhd8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Ke2 Rc8 30. Bc6 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Kd7 32. Rxc8 Kxc8 33. Nb3
Bd6 34. h3 Nd7 35. Be3 h5 36. c5 Bg3 37. Bd4 g5 38. Kd3 f5 39. a4 e5 40. Be3
Bh4 41. a5 Kb7 42. Kc4 g4 43. Kb5 gxh3 44. c6+ Kc7 45. gxh3 1-0

[Event "Chennai op 11th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2019.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popov, Ivan1"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Kh1 Bf6 11. h3 Nf8 12. Nh2 g6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne6
15. Bh6 Nd4 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rf4 Ne6 19. Rf3 Nd4 20. Rf4 Ne6 21.
Rf2 Qg5 22. Qxg5 Nxg5 23. Raf1 Re7 24. h4 Ne6 25. Ne2 c5 26. g4 h6 27. Kg2 b5
28. Kg3 Bb7 29. Nf4 Nxf4 30. Rxf4 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chennai op 11th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2019.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. c3 Qd3 8. Re1
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 O-O-O 11. Kf1 Ne7 12. Ke2 Ng6 13. d3 Be7 14. Be3 c5
15. Nd2 b6 16. a4 a5 17. Rg1 Rd7 18. Nc4 Bf6 19. Rab1 Rhd8 20. b4 Rxd3 21. bxc5
bxc5 22. Rb3 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. e5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Rd2+ 26. Kf1 Ra2 27. Kg2
f6 28. Rgb1 1-0

[Event "Chennai op 11th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Kurbonboeva, Sarvinoz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. c4 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qc7 10. Nc3 Qc5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Nh4 e6 16. Rfd1 Na6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Nb4 20. R5d2
Rdc8 21. Nf3 a5 22. Rxd7 Nxa2 23. Ng5 Rc1 24. Rxf7+ Kg8 25. Rxc1 Nxc1 26. Rb7
Nxb3 27. Nxh7 Nc5 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Rxb6 a4 30. Rb5 Nb3 31. Nd7+ Kg7 32. Rb7 Kg8
33. Nb6 Nc5 34. Rc7 Ra5 35. Nc4 Rb5 36. h4 Ne4 37. Kg2 Rb1 38. Ra7 Nc3 39. e3
Ra1 40. f4 Nb1 41. g4 a3 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 a2 44. h6 Na3 45. Rxa3 Rc1 46.
Rxa2 Rxc4 47. Kf3 Kh7 48. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Chennai op 11th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2019.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Rb8 11. Qa4 Rb6 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Qc2 Qxd4 14.
Be3 Rb2 15. Qxc6 Qc4 16. Rfc1 Qxc6 17. Bxc6 Bxe2 18. Bxa7 Nd5 19. a4 Rd8 20. a5
Ne7 21. Bg2 Nd5 22. Rcb1 Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Kf8 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Ke7 26. Rb8
Rxb8 27. Bxb8 Kd7 28. a6 Kc8 29. a7 Kb7 30. Ke2 Nc3+ 31. Kd3 Nb5 32. Kc4 Nxa7
33. Bxa7 Kxa7 34. Kb5 Kb7 35. a4 e5 36. a5 e4 37. g4 h5 38. h3 h4 39. a6+ Ka7
40. Kc6 Kxa6 41. Kxc7 Kb5 42. Kd6 Kc4 43. Ke7 Kd3 44. Kxf7 Ke2 45. Kxg7 Kxf2
46. g5 e3 47. g6 e2 48. Kf7 e1=Q 49. g7 Qg1 0-1

[Event "Chennai op 11th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2019.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne7 6. e4 Ng6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
h6 9. Ne1 Nf4 10. Bxf4 exf4 11. Nd3 g5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 O-O 14. Re1 Nd7 15.
Nd3 Bf6 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. c5 Qf6 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. Bd3 Bg4 21. f3
Bd7 22. Ne4 Qg7 23. c6 bxc6 24. dxc6 Be6 25. b3 Rfd8 26. Kh1 Bd4 27. Bc4 Bf5
28. Rd3 Bb6 29. Red1 Rxd3 30. Bxd3 Rd8 31. g4 fxg3 32. Nxg3 Bxd3 33. Rxd3 Re8
34. Rd7 Qf6 35. Kg2 Re1 36. Ne2 g4 37. Qe4 gxf3+ 38. Qxf3 Rxe2+ 39. Qxe2 Qxc6+
0-1

[Event "Chennai op 11th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2019.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Saurabh, Anand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 d4
9. exd4 cxd4 10. a3 a5 11. Re1 Bc5 12. d3 Re8 13. Nbd2 e5 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. Nge4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qd6 18. Bc1 Qd7 19. Ra2 f5 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Rae2
Bd6 22. f4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Ne7 25. Bf7 Qd6 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. Re6
Qxf4 28. Qh5 g6 29. Qe2 Kg8 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Qxe7 Qg4+ 32. Kf2 Qf4+ 33. Ke2
1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. a3 Nd7 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nc4 f6 12. Ne3 Nf8 13. Nf5 Qd7 14. Be3 Ne6 15.
c3 O-O-O 16. Ng3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Kb8 18. Rfd1 g6 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Rhf8 21.
Bh6 Rf7 22. d5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe8 24. Rad1 Rc8 25. Qg4 Bf8 26. Bxf8 Nxf8 27. Ne2
h5 28. Qf3 Nd7 29. Nc3 Ne5 30. Qe2 Re7 31. f4 Nf7 32. R5d4 Nd6 33. Qd3 Re6 34.
b5 b6 35. a4 g5 36. f5 Re5 37. Rf1 Rd8 38. Rd1 Rc8 39. Ra1 g4 40. hxg4 hxg4 41.
Rd1 Kb7 42. Rd5 Rxd5 43. Qxd5+ Kb8 44. Qd4 Qh5 45. Nd5 g3 46. Nxf6 Qh2+ 47. Kf1
Qh1+ 48. Qg1 Qh4 49. Qd4 Qh1+ 50. Qg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,60,19,28,17,13,8,17,17,-18,1,-2,5,-1,23,21,32,6,6,-1,10,24,24,11,10,
-10,6,-39,20,5,11,-24,-17,-37,-13,-10,-8,-5,11,36,43,26,51,71,0,-14,20,-15,-19,
-117,-147,-182,-121,-95,-52,-15,-15,-15,-13,-216,-216,-233,-253]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 a5 $5
{An unexpected move, which became popular recently. Black prevents b2-b4 and
a4-a5. In case of d3-d4 he gets an option to play ...e5xd4 c3xd4 and gain the
b4 square for his pieces (knight, first of all).} 10. d4 {This is a rare
continuation in the present position. Other options:} (10. Bb5 Na7 11. d4 exd4
12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nxb5 14. axb5 Bd7 15. Qb3 Bxb5 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Rxa8 Qxa8
18. Qxb4 Qa4 $11 {1/2 (30) Grandelius,N (2694)-Karjakin,S (2753) Astana KAZ
2019}) (10. Na3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc2 Ba7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qd7 15. Qb3
b6 16. Qb5 Rf7 17. Nd2 Raf8 18. Re2 Qe8 19. g3 Qa8 $11 {1/2 (53) Aronian,L 
(2767)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018}) (10. Nbd2 Be6 (10... Ne7 11. Nf1
Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. d4 Bb6 15. Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6
18. Qb3 Bxd4 {0-1 (41) Fressinet,L (2657)-Anand,V (2794) Douglas 2017} 19. Nxd4
$14) 11. Bb5 {(tested by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave several times)} (11. Qb3 Qd7
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 b6 16. g3 Kh8 17. N1h2 Nf6 18.
Rd1 Qf7 19. Qc4 Qd7 20. Kg2 Rae8 $11 {1/2 (43) Nepomniachtchi,I (2757)
-Grischuk,A (2766) chess.com INT 2018}) (11. b3 d5 (11... Bxc4 12. bxc4 Nd7 13.
Nb3 (13. Nf1 $5) 13... Bb6 14. d4 Re8 15. Rb1 Qf6 16. Qd3 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18.
Qd1 Qe6 19. Nbd2 f5 20. Rb3 fxe4 21. Rxe4 Qf7 $13 {0-1 (36) Jumabayev,R (2612)
-Grischuk,A (2772) Riadh 2017}) (11... Re8 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Nf4
$6 (14... Nb6 $5) 15. Bxf4 Bxc4 16. bxc4 exf4 17. d4 Bf8 18. N1d2 $16 {1-0 (42)
Chigaev,M (2599)-Paravyan,D (2629) Sochi RUS 2018}) 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Bb6
14. Ra2 f5 15. Ng3 Qf6 16. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 17. Nh5 Qf7 18. Rxe5 Nxc3 19. Rxe6 Nxd1
20. Re7 Rad8 21. Rae2 Nc3 22. R2e5 c6 23. Rxb7 Nd5 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Re6 {
1/2 (40) Ding Liren (2813)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee NED 2019} Rc8 $11) 11...
Na7 (11... Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 (13... Ng6 14. N2f3 (14. Nxe6 fxe6 15.
Nb3 Bb6 16. Nd4 $14) 14... c6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bd3
Ne4 19. Be3 $14 {1/2 (26) Vachier Lagrave,M (2804)-Grischuk,A (2783) Tbilisi
2017}) 14. Nf1 Re8 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. f4 (16. Bc4 c6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Ba2 Re5 19.
Qc2 Rae8 20. Nf3 R5e7 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Rad1 Bc8 $11 {1-0 (44) Vachier Lagrave,
M (2804)-Grischuk,A (2783) Tbilisi 2017}) 16... Bxb5 17. axb5 Qd7 18. Kh2 Re7
19. Ndf5 Re6 20. Nd4 Re7 21. b4 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Qxb5 $13 {1/2 (27) Vachier
Lagrave,M (2804)-Svidler,P (2751) Tbilisi 2017}) 12. d4 Nxb5 (12... exd4 13.
cxd4 Bb4 14. Bd3 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Re2 c5 17. Nf1 cxd4 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. Nxd4 Nc6
$1 $13 {1/2 (76) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Svidler,P (2751) Tbilisi 2017 CBM
181 [Sagar Shah]}) 13. dxc5 (13. axb5 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 (14... Bd7 15. Nf1 Bxd4
16. cxd4 Bxb5 17. Ng3 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd5 21. Rh4 Ra6 $11
{1/2 (46) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Grischuk,A (2766) Leuven 2018}) 15. Nf1 Bc4
(15... Bd7 16. Ng3 c6 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qf3 (18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Qc2
Rab8 21. Re2 Re6 22. Rae1 Rbe8 23. Qd3 Qb5 24. Qxb5 cxb5 25. Kf1 a4 $11 {
1/2 (104) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Karjakin,S (2782) Leuven 2018}) 18... d5 19.
e5 Ne4 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. Qg4 g6 22. Re2 Kh7 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Bg3
$16 {1-0 (33) Leko,P (2690)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2662) Batumi 2018}) 16. Ng3 d5 17.
e5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 20. Qf3 $6 (20. Qg4 $1 h5 $1 21. Qf4 Bd3 22.
Re3 Bxb5 23. Rg3 Rxe5 $13) 20... Bxd4 21. cxd4 Re6 $1 22. Rf4 {1/2 (22) Giri,A
(2783)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee NED 2019}) 13... Na7 14. b3 $1 Re8 15. cxd6
Qxd6 16. Ba3 Qa6 (16... c5 17. Qe2 b6 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rad8 20. Re3 Nc6
21. Rae1 Rd7 22. Bc1 Red8 23. g3 Ne7 24. Nd2 Nc8 25. Qf1 Qe6 26. Nc4 Ne8 27. f4
$14 {1-0 (49) Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018}) 17.
b4 axb4 18. cxb4 b5 19. Bb2 Nc6 20. Nxe5 Nxb4 $13 {1/2 (56) Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2789)-Grischuk,A (2783) Tbilisi 2017}) 10... Ba7 11. Bb3 Re8 12. Bc2 Bd7 13.
Na3 Qc8 {Black probably planned ...Bd7xh3 but later abandoned that idea.} (
13... exd4 $5 14. cxd4 Nb4 {[%csl Gb4] was more to the point.}) 14. Nb5 Bb6 15.
Bb1 exd4 $6 (15... Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Nh2 Qh4 18. Kg2 $1 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxe4
20. Ng4 $1 {is rather favorable for White.}) (15... Na7 $5 16. Na3 Nc6 17. Nc4
Ba7 18. Be3 $14) 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Ra3 Re7 $6 {It was better to admit his
mistake:} (17... Qd8) 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Nfd5 20. Nh4 $2 {A wrong move order.
} (20. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 21. Nh4 {[%cal Ra3g3,Rd1h5] with a formidable attack.})
20... Qe8 21. Qe2 (21. Bxh6 $2 Rxe5) (21. Qh5 $142 Nf6 $1 22. Qe2 $36) 21...
Nc6 22. Nf3 Rd8 23. Kh2 f5 $15 {Black has parried all threats and has a
comfortable position, with a blockade on e6 and centralization. The rest of
the game was played under time pressure on both opponents.} 24. g4 $2 {A
desperate, completely wrong attack.} (24. Rd3 Be6 25. Nbd4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4
27. Rxd4 Red7 $15) 24... fxg4 25. Qd3 g6 $2 {Too humble.} (25... g5 $1 26.
Qxd5+ Be6 27. Qe4 gxf3 $19) 26. Qxd5+ Be6 27. Qe4 gxf3 (27... Bxf2 $1 $13) 28.
Rg1 $6 (28. Qh4 $13) 28... Bf7 (28... Rg7 $1 29. Bxh6 Bd5 30. Qe1 Qxe5+ 31.
Qxe5 Nxe5 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 $44) 29. Ba2 $2 {A final mistake but it was difficult
to find a narrow right path in complications:} (29. Qh4 $1 Nxe5 30. Bxh6 Rdd7
31. Qf6 Bd5 32. Bxg6 Nxg6 33. Rxg6+ Kh7 $13) 29... Bxa2 30. Rxg6+ Qxg6 31.
Qxg6+ Rg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rxa2 Rd1 34. Ra1 Kf7 {The deadly pin decides the
game.} 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. g4 cxd4 11. cxd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 13. g5 hxg5 14. Rg1 Ba6
15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Nxg5 Qf5 17. e4 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Qb5+ 19. Ke1 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 Qb5+
21. Ke1 Qa5+ 22. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Kg2 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ra7 16. Rfc1 Rfa8 17. Qd1 b5 18. Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 Ra3 20. Rb3 R3a7 21.
Qe2 Bf6 22. h4 h5 23. Rc2 g6 24. Ra2 Rxa2 25. Nxa2 Qa7 26. Rb2 Qa3 27. Qd2 Qa6
28. Nc1 Qb7 29. Nd3 Ra7 30. Nde5 Qa8 31. Qe3 Kg7 32. Rb3 Kg8 33. Ng5 Nxe5 34.
fxe5 Bxg5 35. Qxg5 Ra3 36. Rxa3 Qxa3 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40.
Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Re8 {With an an
early Nbd2, White is somewhat inflexible against this move as opposed to d6 or
d5.} 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Re1 (10. b4 Bd6) (10. d4 exd4 11.
cxd4 Ba7) 10... Bf8 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 (12... c5 13. Bg5 $5 (13. d5 b5
14. Na5 Qf6 {was Andriasian-Pashikian.})) 13. Nxb6 $2 {Simply a misjudgement.
This offers White nothing.} (13. Nce5 $1 {was more precise.}) 13... cxb6 14. h3
b5 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Re3 f6 17. b3 Qd7 (17... Bf7 $1 {was simple. Black just
goes a5-a4.} 18. Qc2 (18. Rc1 Qd7 19. d5 {Here Black has a few intermezzos:}
Ba3 20. Rc2 cxd5 21. e5 Qf5 22. Bg3 Rac8 23. Nd4 Rxc2 $1 24. Nxf5 Rc1 25. Qxc1
Bxc1 26. Re1 Bb2 $17) 18... a5 19. Rd1 Qd7 {, and now probably White should
bail out with} 20. d5 cxd5 21. exd5 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Bxd5 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Qxa5 $11
) (17... a5 18. Rc1 Bf7 19. d5 cxd5 20. e5 {and blockading on d4.}) 18. Qc2
Rad8 $6 {The wrong plan, Black should have gone for a5 as before.} 19. Rd1 Qf7
20. Bg3 {So far, Black has no problems whatsoever.} Qh5 $2 {The first mistake
and indicative of Anish's form in the event.} (20... a5 {and even returning to
a8 was ok.}) 21. Bc7 {I saw this at once, but took a while playing it. Anish
asked me after the game why I didn't play it immediately. It looked too easy
and I was just making sure...} Rd7 $6 {The rook just gets in the way here.} (
21... Rc8 $1 22. Bb6 {This is about equal.} Be7 (22... Bd6 23. Ne1 f5 $1) 23.
Qe2 $11 (23. Ne1 f5)) 22. Bb6 {The Bb6 stabilises White's position, Black
lacks the d8 square and my knight can shift to d3.} Bb4 $2 {White was trying
for his next move anyway and this allows it with tempo.} (22... f5 23. Ne5 {
and Rd7 is in trouble}) 23. Ne1 $1 Bf7 $6 (23... Bd6 24. Nd3 f5 {Black needed
to act fast.} 25. exf5 Qxf5 26. Qe2 Qg6 (26... Rde7 27. Bc5) 27. Bc5 Bf7 28.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Re1 $14 {keeps some edge}) 24. Nd3 Bd6 25. Rde1 {
We both felt that Black could no longer stop f4-f5.} Bb8 $6 (25... Qh6 {
puts up more resistance:} 26. e5 (26. Qc3 Bf4) 26... fxe5 27. dxe5 Bf8 28. e6
$1 (28. Bc5 Be6) 28... Rxe6 (28... Bxe6 29. Qe2 $1 Bf7 30. Rxe8 Bxe8 31. Qxe8
Rxd3 32. Bc5 Qf6 33. Be7 $1 Qf5 (33... Qf7 34. Qc8 {wins as well.}) 34. Qb8 $1)
29. Ne5 Rxe5 $8 30. Rxe5 Qd2 $1 31. Qf5 {keeps the pressure, but Black is
quite solid.}) 26. f4 f5 (26... Qh4 {The last chance.} 27. e5 {So this is best.
} (27. Qf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Bc7 $1) 27... Bg6 28. Qd2 (28. Rf1 Qh6 29. Qe2 Bxd3
30. Rxd3 f5 {and Qe6}) 28... Bxd3 (28... fxe5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31.
fxe5 {and White achieves e6.} Rf7 32. e6 Rf5 33. e7 Be8) 29. Rxd3 Rd5 $1 {
and next f5 keeping a light square blockade.} (29... fxe5 {and now White has a
neat trick:} 30. Re4 $1)) 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 {We both had the feeling that
is was basically over, but in fact Black can still defend.} fxe4 (28... Be6 29.
exf5 Bxf5 30. Qf2 Qg6 31. g4 h5 32. Rg3 $1) 29. Qxe4 (29. g4 Qh6 30. Qxe4 Rd2)
29... Rd2 (29... Bg6 30. Qf3 Qxf3 31. Rxf3 {and Black can't blockade the pawns
in time.}) (29... Bd5 30. Qc2 Rf7 31. Rf1 g6 32. Qf2 Qh6 (32... Ref8 33. e6 {
Now this wins.}) 33. Bc5 $1 {First stopping Ref8.} (33. g4 Ref8 $1) 33... Re6
34. g4 $16) 30. R3e2 Bd5 (30... Rxe2 $1 31. Qxe2 (31. Rxe2 Be6 32. Rf2 Bf5 33.
Qd4 Qg6 34. g4 h5 35. Rg2 hxg4 36. hxg4 Bxg4 37. f5 Qxf5 38. Qxg4 Qxg4 39. Rxg4
Rxe5 {is still a hard technical task.}) 31... Qxe2 32. Rxe2 Be6 33. g4 g6 34.
Kg2 $16) 31. Qe3 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Qf5 33. g4 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 {Now it's over, White
just rolls with f5 and e6.} h5 35. f5 Qh1 (35... h4 36. Bd4 Qh1 37. e6 {wins})
36. Kg3 Re7 37. Bc5 Re8 38. e6 Kh7 39. Qg5 {Here Anish resigned. My first win
against Anish! It also left me on +1 in the event, though that didnt last very
long...} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Ba5 11. O-O c6 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Rfc1 Qxb3
15. axb3 Bb4 16. Na2 Bd6 17. Bg3 Be7 18. Bc7 a5 19. Nc3 Rfe8 20. Na4 Bb4 21.
Nb6 Nxb6 22. Bxb6 Bd2 23. Rd1 Bb4 24. Rdc1 Bd2 25. Rd1 Bb4 26. Rdc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2845"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,76,80,-17,-10,-11,-19,-19,-12,-32,-39,-37,-25,-51,41,-8,4,10,2,-4,16,
1,22,-16,-7,3,13,-7,64,49,51,60,47,43,38,40,30,-69,-66,-71,-79,-30,-24,-29,-29,
-25,47,-11,56,17,234,36,111,18,155,167,167,157,148,148,153,136,136,136,140,136,
183,151,223,234,216,221,299,306,306,335,337,328,334]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3.
Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 {A very popular line
recently.} h6 {Black prevents Nf3-g5 and Bc1-g5. This move is new in GM
practice. Alternatives:} (8... Nxc3) (8... Re8) (8... Be6) (8... Bb6) 9. Nxd5 (
9. Bd2 Be6 10. Rc1 (10. Na4 Bb6 11. a3 f5 12. Qc2 Qd6 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. Nxb6
axb6 15. e3 f4 $132 {0-1 (24) Zupe,M (2260)-Fenil,S (2346) Skopje 2018}) 10...
Bb6 (10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bd6 12. d4 e4 13. d5 exf3 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15. dxe6 Nxf3+
16. exf3 fxe6 17. Qb3 $16 {1-0 (65) Stanec,N (2512)-Sucher,J (2234) Aschach
2001}) 11. a3 Qd7 $11) 9... Qxd5 10. a3 a5 11. Bd2 Qe6 12. Rc1 Qe7 (12... Bb6
13. Bc3 {[%cal Yf3d2,Yd2c4]}) 13. Bc3 Nd4 (13... a4 $5 14. Nd2 (14. e3 Rd8)
14... Be6 {as} 15. Bxc6 bxc6 {is hardly dangerous for Black}) 14. e3 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 Bd6 16. Qh5 c6 17. f4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 512]} exf4 18. gxf4 Qxe3+ $2 {This
acceptance of White's pawn sacrifice leads to a surprisingly fast defeat.} (
18... Kh7 $14 {[%cal Yg7g6]}) 19. Kh1 Rd8 $2 (19... f6 $8 20. Be4 {[%cal Rh5g6,
Rf1g1]} Qh3 21. Qg6 Bg4 $1 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Bg6+ Ke6 24. Rce1+ Kd7 25. Qxg7+
Kc8 {, and Black avoids disaster, although after} 26. Be4 {White keeps strong
pressure.}) 20. Rce1 Qc5 (20... Qxd3 21. f5 {etc.}) 21. f5 {[%mdl 128]} Bf8 22.
Be4 Rd5 {Of course, White doesn't accept this exchange sacrifice. Instead, he
continues his attack.} 23. Rf3 $1 b5 24. Rg1 Ra7 25. Bf6 (25. Rfg3 {was
already possible but a line like this is too hard to calculate:} Bxf5 26. Rxg7+
Bxg7 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 28. Qxh6 Ke8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qh4+ Kd6 (30... Ke8 31. Rg8+)
31. Qf6+ Be6 (31... Kc7 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Rxf7+ $18) 32. b4 $1 Qe3 33. Bxd5
cxd5 34. Bd4 $18) 25... g6 26. Qh3 (26. Rxg6+ $5 fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Bg7 (27... Rg7
28. Bxg7 Bxg7 29. Rg3 $18) 28. Bc3 $18 {[%cal Rf5f6]}) 26... Rd6 27. Qh4 Rxf6
28. Qxf6 Be7 29. Qxc6 Qxc6 30. Bxc6 $18 {Black has avoided direct mate but
this endgame is technically winning for White.} Kg7 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. d4 a4 33.
d5 b4 34. Be8 Bg5 35. h4 Bxh4 36. Rxg6+ Kh7 37. Rc6 Bg4 38. Rf4 Rg7 (38... Rg7
39. Bg6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
Ng4 9. Rf1 Nf6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Ng3 c6 14. Bb3 Re8 15.
h3 d5 16. Bg5 Be6 17. d4 exd4 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Nxd4 h6 20. Be3 Bd7 21. Ndf5
Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Be6 23. a5 Qc7 24. Qd4 Ne7 25. Ba4 Bd7 26. Bc2 Rad8 27. Qh4 Be6
28. Bf5 Qd7 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. Qxg4 Nc6 32. Nh5 Kh7 33. Nf4 e5 34.
Qxd7 Rxd7 35. Rad1 d4 36. cxd4 Nxd4 37. Kf1 Rdd8 38. Nd3 Nb3 39. f3 Rd5 40. Nf2
Rxa5 41. Rd7 Nc5 42. Rd5 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc3 14. Qxc3
Bxc6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. f3 f5 18. Kf2 Kg7 19. Be2 Kf6 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 b6 23. a3 Bb5 24. Bc2 Bc6 25. Bd1 Bb5 26. Bc2 Bc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2019.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Be4 11. Qc1 c6 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. a3 Rc8 15. b4
Nd5 16. Be1 Qc7 17. e3 h6 18. Qb2 N5b6 19. Qe2 Nc4 20. e4 Bh5 21. h3 e5 22. d5
c5 23. Rdc1 Rfe8 24. g4 Bg6 25. Nd1 Qd8 26. Nd2 Ncb6 27. Nb3 c4 28. Na5 Bg5 29.
Bd2 Na4 30. Nc3 Ndb6 31. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2019.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,79,80,4,89,-8,16,17,21,55,4,-2,-1,-17,15,18,20,14,34,46,52,60,44,-12,
-8,-36,45,54,59,24,26,28,33,26,69,46,52,38,34,50,52,53,56,67,78,58,106,109,117,
118,156,153,147,130,133,128,128,128,136,136,130,118,123,122,123,120,135,120,
151,137,176,183,209,238,234,199,196,209,177,145,132,127]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nb6
10. h3 Bh5 (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 $14) 11. Bb3 Qxd3 12. Nxe5 {[%cal Gd3f5]} Bxd1
(12... Qf5 13. Nef3 {was seen recently in Raghunandan vs Sanal which was
analyzed on ChessBase India. Hari chooses to simplify. As the game progressed,
this decision does seem dubious.}) 13. Nxd3 Bxb3 14. axb3 (14. Nxc5 {is also a
move that has to be considered.} Bd5 15. Nxb7 $5 $16) 14... Be7 15. b4 a6 16.
Ne4 {White has his pieces better centralized looking at the c5 square and
Black has to be very careful not to land into a passive position.} Nd7 17. Bf4
Rac8 18. Rad1 {[%csl Gd1,Gd3,Ge1,Ge4,Gf4] Beautiful centralization!} Rfd8 19.
g4 {The king is the last piece that needs to be improved!} Bf8 20. Kg2 $1 {
[%csl Gg2] The sign of a classy player.} Re8 21. Bg3 f6 22. f4 Re7 23. f5 Rce8
24. Nf4 Nd8 {Hari blunders tactically, but his position was already very
difficult.} (24... Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxd7 Re7 27. Rd2 $18 {The knight
lands on e6 with great effect.}) 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Rxe8 {
The rest is just a matter of technique for a player of Anish's calibre.} Kf7
28. Re3 Rd2+ 29. Re2 Rd1 30. Ne6 Nxe6 31. fxe6+ Ke8 32. Bxc7 Rd3 33. Bf4 Rd5
34. Kf3 Ke7 35. Re4 Bg7 36. Be3 f5 37. Bg5+ Bf6 38. Bxf6+ Kxf6 39. g5+ Kxg5 40.
Re3 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2019.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. Ne5 Qc7
9. f4 Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Na3 a6 12. exd4 cxd4 13. d3 b5 14. Bb2 Qb6 15. Kh1
Bb7 16. Nc2 Bf6 17. Ba3 b4 18. Bb2 a5 19. g4 g6 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22.
dxe4 e5 23. f5 Nb8 24. Ne1 Nd7 25. Nd3 Nc5 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. Bc1 g5 28. a4 Kg7
29. h4 h6 30. h5 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 O-O 14. g3 Be6 15.
Bg2 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nd4 17. O-O Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Bg5 19. h4 Bh6 20. a3 a5 21. axb4
axb4 22. Bh3 Ra5 23. Qc4 Bd2 24. Rfd1 b3 25. Qxb3 Qb8 26. Qxb8 Rxb8 27. Rxa5
Bxa5 28. Ra1 Bb4 29. Bd7 Bc5 30. Bc6 Bd4 31. Ra8 Rxa8 32. Bxa8 Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 Bg4 9. e5 Bc7 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bxe5 13. a4 Nf6 14. Ra3
Rd8 15. Re1 O-O 16. Rb3 Rd5 17. Rxb7 Rxc5 18. b4 Rd5 19. Rb6 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5
21. Bd2 Rxa4 22. Rxc6 Bb8 23. Kg2 Rh4 24. h3 Nd5 25. Re4 Nf4+ 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27.
Rxf4 Bxf4 28. Nc3 g6 29. Nd5 Be5 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2019.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 dxc4 7. bxc4 b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. Bd3 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. Bxb5 Nxd5 13. O-O Nf6 14. Qc2 a6 15.
Rad1 Qc7 16. Bc4 Nbd7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rad8 19. Bc3 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nf6 21.
Rg5 Ne8 22. Rg4 Qd6 23. Rc1 h6 24. Ra4 Nf6 25. Nh4 Qe6 26. Nf5 Rfe8 27. Rf4 Nh5
28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Rf5 Rd5 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. h3 Re6 32. Rd1 Qe4 33. Qxe4 Rxe4
34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rc8 Rc4 36. Bd4 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 c4 38. Rc7 Kg8 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40.
Rf8 Rc2 41. Rxf7 Kg6 42. Ra7 Rxf2 43. Rxa6+ Kg5 44. a4 Ra2 45. a5 Ra3 46. Bc5
Ra4 47. Be7+ Nf6 48. Bf8 Nh5 49. Rc6 Rxa5 50. Rxc4 Ra8 51. Bc5 Ra2 52. Bd4 Kg6
53. Rc7 Rd2 54. Rb7 Rc2 55. Rb6+ Kf7 56. Rb7+ Kg6 57. Rb6+ Kf7 58. Rb2 Rc7 59.
g4 Nf6 60. Kg3 Rc1 61. Ra2 Rg1+ 62. Kf2 Rh1 63. Kg2 Rd1 64. Ra1 Rxa1 65. Bxa1
Nd5 66. e4 Nf4+ 67. Kg3 g5 68. h4 Ne6 69. h5 Nf4 70. Kf3 Nd3 71. Bd4 Ne1+ 72.
Ke2 Nc2 73. Bc5 Na1 74. Kd3 Nb3 75. Bb4 Nc1+ 76. Kd2 Nb3+ 77. Ke3 Nc1 78. Bd6
Nb3 79. Bb4 Nc1 80. Kd2 Nb3+ 81. Kc3 Nc1 82. Bd6 Ne2+ 83. Kd3 Nc1+ 84. Kc4 Ne2
85. Kd3 Nc1+ 86. Kc4 Ne2 87. Kd5 Nc3+ 88. Ke5 Ne2 89. Kd5 Nc3+ 90. Kd4 Nb5+ 91.
Ke5 Nc3 92. Bc5 Ne2 93. Be3 Nc3 94. Bd2 Na4 95. Bb4 Nb2 96. Kf5 Nd1 97. Bc5 Nc3
98. e5 Nd5 99. e6+ Kg8 100. Kg6 Nf4+ 101. Kxh6 Nxe6 102. Be3 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2019.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. a4 c4 8. Be2
Bb7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Na3 Bxe4 12. Nxb5 d5 13. b3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 e6
15. Ba3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Be7 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Nb7 Qe8 19. Nd6 Qd8 20. Re1 g6 21.
c4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxd6 23. Bxd6+ Kg7 24. h3 h6 25. Rb1 Qa5 26. d4 e5 27. Bc6 Rc8
28. d5 Ne8 29. Bb4 Qc7 30. Qh4 Nb8 31. Rc1 Nxc6 32. Rxc6 Qd7 33. Qc4 Rxc6 34.
dxc6 Qd4 35. Qb3 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qc1 37. Qf3 Qf4+ 38. Qxf4 exf4 39. Bd2 g5 40. Ba5
Kg6 41. c7 Nd6 42. Bb4 Nc8 43. Kg1 Kf5 44. Kf1 Ke6 45. Ke2 Kd7 46. Bf8 h5 47.
Kf3 Kxc7 48. Ke4 Nb6 49. Kf5 g4 50. Kxf4 gxh3 51. gxh3 Kd7 52. Bc5 Nc4 53. Kf5
Kc6 54. Be3 Kd5 55. Bf4 Kd4 56. Bg3 Nd2 57. Kg5 Ke4 58. Kxh5 Kf3 59. h4 Ne4 60.
Be5 Nxf2 61. Kg5 f6+ 62. Bxf6 Ne4+ 63. Kg6 Nxf6 64. Kxf6 Kg4 65. Ke5 Kxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2019.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. h3 h6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. a3 Bxd2 15.
Nxd2 Re8 16. b3 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Qh5 c5 19. Re3 f5 20. exf6 Bf7 21. Qh4 Rxe3
22. fxe3 Qe8 23. Nf3 Nxf6 24. dxc5 Bg6 25. Bb2 Qxe3+ 26. Kh2 Rf8 27. Bd4 Qxb3
28. Ne5 Be4 29. Ng4 Qc2 30. Rg1 Nxg4+ 31. Qxg4 Rf7 32. Rf1 Bf5 33. Qf4 Qe2 34.
Rf2 Qe6 35. Qe5 Qxe5+ 36. Bxe5 c6 37. g4 Be4 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. h4 g6 40. Kg3
Ke6 41. Bd4 h5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Kf4 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. d5 exd5 14. Nd4 Qe5 15.
e4 dxe4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Ra6
21. Nxb5 Ne5 22. Nxc7 Ra2 23. Rb1 Nd7 24. Rc1 Rxb2 25. Rxc4 Rb8 26. Nd5 Bd8 27.
Kg2 g6 28. Rb4 Rxb4 29. Nxb4 Nf6 30. Bf3 Be7 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Nc3
Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Nxc4 b5 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Nd3 Kf8 20. a4 bxa4
21. Rxa4 Nd7 22. Ra7 Rc8 23. Ne4 c5 24. Nd6 Rb8 25. Rc7 Ke7 26. Nb7 Kf6 27. b3
g5 28. f3 h6 29. Kf2 Ra8 30. Nd6 Ke7 31. Rc8 Rxc8 32. Nxc8+ Kd8 33. Nd6 Ke7 34.
Nb7 Nb6 35. Nbxc5 f6 36. f4 gxf4 37. gxf4 f5 38. Ke3 Bh5 39. Nb4 Kd6 40. Nb7+
Kc7 41. Nc5 Kd6 42. Ncd3 Nd7 43. h3 Nf6 44. Ne5 Ne4 45. Na2 Kd5 46. Nc4 Kc5 47.
Nb2 Kd6 48. Nc4+ Kc5 49. Nb2 Kd6 50. Nd3 Kd5 51. Ne5 Kc5 52. Nc1 Nc3 53. Ned3+
Kd5 54. Nf2 Kc5 55. Kd2 Nd5 56. e3 Nf6 57. Ncd3+ Kd5 58. Ne5 Kc5 59. Nfd3+ Kd5
60. Nb4+ Kc5 61. Na2 Ne4+ 62. Kc2 Nd6 63. Nc3 Be8 64. Nd3+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Kaufman, Raymond"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qb3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c6 10. e3 Nd7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. b4 Qd6 14. Rfc1 Nf6
15. b5 Bd7 16. a4 Rac8 17. Qb2 Rc7 18. Ne5 Rec8 19. a5 cxb5 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21.
Bxb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Ne4 23. Qe8+ Qf8 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. f3 Nd6 26. Ra2 Nc4 27.
Rc2 Ke7 28. Kf2 f6 29. Nxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 dxc4 31. e4 b5 32. axb6 axb6 33. Ke3
b5 34. f4 b4 35. d5 Kd6 36. Kd4 b3 37. e5+ fxe5+ 38. fxe5+ Kd7 39. Kc3 Kc7 40.
g4 Kd7 41. h4 g5 42. h5 Ke7 43. Kb2 Kd7 44. Kc3 Ke7 45. Kb2 Kd7 46. Kc3 Ke7 47.
Kb2 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rensch, Daniel"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8.
O-O Bc5 9. Qe2 Qh4 10. h3 Nh6 11. Nd2 Nf5 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. c3 Ng3
15. Qc2 Nxf1 16. Kxf1 h6 17. Bh4 a5 18. g4 Ba6 19. Kg2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 a4 21. Rc1
O-O 22. g5 h5 23. Bg3 Rab8 24. Rc2 g6 25. Bf4 Ba7 26. Qa6 Ra8 27. Qd3 Rfd8 28.
a3 c5 29. Bg3 c4 30. Qe2 c5 31. Nd2 Re8 32. Nf1 Bb8 33. f4 Bc7 34. Rd2 Rad8 35.
Qd1 Bb6 36. Qxa4 d4 37. Qb5 Rb8 38. Bf2 Qd5+ 39. Kg3 Bc7 40. Qa6 Rb6 41. Qa4
Reb8 42. Ne3 Qe4 43. Nxc4 Rb3 44. Bxd4 cxd4 45. Qd7 dxc3 46. Rd3 c2 47. Rxb3
Rxb3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Przybylski, Wojciech"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2019.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. g3 Bd6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Na4 Qc7 18. f4 Ned7 19. e4 Rfe8 20. Kh1 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 Nf6 22. Nc3 Bb4 23. Nb5 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Bxd2 25. Nxc7 Rxe4 26. Rcd1 Re2 27.
Rf3 Ng4 28. Kg1 Ba5 29. Na8 Re8 30. Rd7 Rxa8 31. Rxb7 Bb6+ 32. Kg2 Re8 33. Rd3
Ne3+ 34. Kf3 Nd5 35. h4 Kf8 36. a3 Kg8 37. b4 f5 38. b5 Nf6 39. bxc6 Rc8 40.
Rc3 Ne8 41. a4 Nc7 42. Rc4 Kf8 43. Rc2 Ke7 44. Rd2 Ke6 45. Rd7 Nd5 46. Rxg7
Rxc6 47. Rxg6+ Nf6 48. h5 Rc2 49. g4 fxg4+ 50. Kg3 Bf2+ 51. Kg2 Bd4+ 52. Kg3
Bf2+ 53. Kg2 Bc5+ 54. Kg3 Rc3+ 55. Kg2 Rh3 56. h6 Kf5 57. Rg5+ Kxf4 58. Rxc5
Rxh6 59. Rf7 g3 60. Rc6 Rh2+ 61. Kg1 Ra2 62. Rfxf6+ Kg4 63. Rg6+ Kf4 64. Rcf6+
Ke5 65. Rf3 Rxa4 66. Rgxg3 Rh4 67. Kg2 Kd6 68. Ra3 Rh7 69. Ra6+ Kc5 70. Rga3
Rg7+ 71. Kf2 Rf7+ 72. Ke2 Kb4 73. R6a4+ Kb5 74. Rxa7 Rf8 75. Rc7 Re8+ 76. Kd2
Rd8+ 77. Rd3 Rh8 78. Rb3+ Ka4 79. Rb1 Rh2+ 80. Ke3 Rh3+ 81. Kf4 Rh4+ 82. Kg3
Rb4 83. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. Qb3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Na6 12. Be2 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qh4
15. d4 Ne6 16. Qc1 c6 17. a4 Qh3 18. Rb1 b6 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Qd2 f5 21. Qd3 Kh8
22. e5 c5 23. d5 f4 24. dxe6 Rcd8 25. Qe4 fxe3 26. fxe3 Rxe6 27. Rd1 Rde8 28.
Bf1 Qh6 29. Qf4 g5 30. Qg4 Bxe5 31. Bb5 Rf8 32. Rd7 Bf4 33. Bd3 Rxe3+ 34. Kf2
Rfe8 35. h4 R3e7 36. Rxe7 Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a4 c6 7. Nc3 b4 8. Nb1 Ba6
9. e5 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. exf6 c5 12. Nbd2 c3 13. bxc3 bxc3 14. Ne4 cxd4 15.
Bb5+ Bxb5 16. axb5 Qd5 17. Qxd4 Qxb5 18. Nxc3 Bb4 19. O-O-O Qa5 20. Nb5 Na6 21.
Qd7+ Kf8 22. Kb1 Ba3 23. Rd3 Qb4+ 24. Kc2 Qa4+ 25. Kd2 Bb4+ 26. Ke2 Kg8 27. Ne5
Qc2+ 28. Kf3 Rf8 29. Rhd1 h5 30. Qd4 Rh7 31. Qf4 Bc5 32. Nd4 Qa2 33. R1d2 Qd5+
34. Ke2 Bb4 35. Ndc6 Qc5 36. Ne7+ Kh8 1-0

[Event "Llucmajor op 8th"]
[Site "Llucmajor"]
[Date "2019.05.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrov, Nikita"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Nd2 a5 14. Nc4 Ng4 15.
Ne3 Qh4 16. h3 Nf6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Bd4 19. Rb1 Ne8 20. Be3 Nd6 21. Bxd4
exd4 22. Qe5 Qf6 23. Qc5 Qxf5 24. Qxd4 Rae8 25. Rbd1 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Llucmajor op 8th"]
[Site "Llucmajor"]
[Date "2019.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. a4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b4 Qe7 12. Re1 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Qe6 14. b5 Ne7 15.
Rb1 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. d4 Qe6 18. Qd3 Nb6 19. Ne3 a5 20. Rbd1 Rfe8 21. Qc2
Rac8 22. Nd5 exd4 23. Nxb6 d3 24. Qxd3 Bxb6 25. Nd2 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Llucmajor op 8th"]
[Site "Llucmajor"]
[Date "2019.05.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nbd7 9. g3 Bd6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qc2 Rfe8 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. Nh4 g6
15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nf4 c6 18. Nd3 f6 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. Nd2 Ba6 21. f3
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Bb4 24. Bc3 Qd6 25. Rcd1 f5 26. e4 fxe4 27. fxe4
dxe4 28. Bxe4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Llucmajor op 8th"]
[Site "Llucmajor"]
[Date "2019.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sumets, Andrey"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. a4
a5 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Rc1 Nb4 11. Bxb4 Bxb4 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nd3 Be7 14. Nd2 Nb8 15.
Qc3 Na6 16. c5 b6 17. cxb6 Nb4 18. Ne5 Qxb6 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Qxc6 Rb8 21. Qxb6
Rxb6 22. Rc2 Ba6 23. Bf1 Rfb8 24. Ra2 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. e3 Bd7 27. Bd3 h6
28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke2 Bb4 30. Kd1 Ke7 31. Nb1 Rb7 32. Nc3 Rc7 33. Nb5 Rc8 34. Ra1
f6 35. Ke2 e5 36. f3 g5 37. Rh1 g4 38. f4 e4 39. Bb1 h5 40. Kd1 h4 41. gxh4 g3
42. Nc3 Bg4+ 43. Ke1 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2019.06.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. b3 a5 6. Ba3 Bxa3 7. Nxa3 Qd6 8. Qc1
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb2 b6 11. d4 Ne4 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Rac1 f5 14. e3 g5 15.
Nc2 f4 16. exf4 gxf4 17. Nce1 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nd2 Ng5 21.
Nef3 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 fxg3 23. hxg3 Rae8 24. Nh4 Ne5 25. Qd2 a4 26. Bxd5+ Bxd5
27. Qxd5+ Qxd5 28. Rxd5 axb3 29. axb3 Nf3+ 30. Nxf3 Rxf3 31. Rcxc5 Rxb3 32. Rc7
Rb6 33. Rh5 h6 34. Rf5 Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Kg2 Kg8 37. Kh3 Rb5 38. f4 Rh5+
39. Kg4 Rb5 40. Kh4 Ra5 41. g4 h5 42. gxh5 Ra1 43. Kg5 Rg1+ 44. Kf6 Rf1 45. f5
Rf2 46. Rg7+ Kh8 47. Rd7 Kg8 48. Rd8+ Kh7 49. Ke6 Kg7 50. h6+ Kh7 51. f6 Re2+
52. Kd7 Rd2+ 53. Ke7 Re2+ 54. Kf8 Ra2 55. f7 Re2 56. Re8 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2019.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Janik, Igor"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qh5 14.
Qxc4 Bb7 15. O-O Ng4 16. h4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Rac8 18. Qf4 Rc5 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. Qd6
h6 21. Rd4 Ba8 22. Rf2 a5 23. Kf1 Rfc8 24. e4 Qg4 25. Qf4 Qg6 26. Rd7 f6 27.
Qd6 Qg4 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Qd3 e5 31. Qf3 h5 32. Qd3 Rb8 33. b3 Rb4
34. Rf3 Rd4 35. Qc2 Bxe4 36. Nxe4 Qxe4 37. Qxe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Liu, Guanchu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. e4
Qe7 9. Bd3 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc7 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. f4 Qh5
15. Be2 Qh4 16. Nb5 Nxb5 17. Bxb5 O-O-O 18. Qa4 Kb8 19. Bxd7 Bd6 20. g3 Qe7 21.
Bc6 c4 22. Kg2 Bc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. f5 Rd4 25. Bf4+ Bd6 26. Rd1 Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Assaubayeva, Bibissara"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3
Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. h3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf4 Nc4 15. Rb1
cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Bb3 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qf6 21. Bg3 Nxb2
22. Rxb2 Qxb2 23. Bxd6 Rfd8 24. Be7 Rd7 25. d6 Bf6 26. Ba4 Bc6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6
28. Qa4 Rdxd6 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Re1 Kg7 31. Re8 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qc7 33. Kg1 Qc6
34. Qxb4 Rd1+ 35. Re1 Bc3 36. Qxc3+ Qxc3 37. Rxd1 a5 38. a4 g5 39. Rd4 f6 40.
Kh2 h5 41. Rd7+ Kg6 42. Rd4 Qc2 43. Kg1 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Qf1 45. Rd2 Kf7 46. Rd5
Qxf2 47. Rxa5 g4 48. Ng1 f5 49. Rb5 Kg6 50. a5 f4 51. Rb6+ Kf7 52. Rb7+ Ke6 53.
Rb3 Qa2 54. Rb6+ Ke5 55. hxg4 hxg4 56. Rb5+ Ke4 57. Kh1 Qf7 58. Ne2 Ke3 59. Nc3
Kd3 60. Nd1 g3 61. Kg1 Qe6 62. Nb2+ Ke2 63. Na4 Qe3+ 64. Kh1 Qc1# 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2019.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Tiba, Vladyslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. a4 a5 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. e4
e5 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. h3 c6 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. b3 d5 14. Nde2 Qe7 15.
Be3 Ra6 16. exd5 Nbxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Rxe1+
21. Rxe1 Nf6 22. g4 h6 23. Nf3 Ra8 24. Ne5 Kg7 25. Nc4 Be6 26. Nd6 Rb8 27. Re5
b6 28. Bxc6 Rd8 29. Nb5 Rd2 30. c4 h5 31. g5 Nd7 32. Bxd7 Bxd7 33. Rd5 Rxd5 34.
cxd5 Bxh3 35. Nc7 Bg4 36. d6 Kf8 37. Nd5 Be6 38. Nxb6 Bxb3 39. Nd7+ Ke8 40. Nc5
Bxa4 41. Nxa4 Kd7 42. Nb6+ Kxd6 43. Nc4+ Ke6 44. Nxa5 Kf5 45. Nc4 Kxg5 46. Ne5
f6 47. Nd7 Kf5 48. Kg2 g5 49. Kg3 Kg6 50. Nb6 f5 51. Kf3 h4 52. Nd5 g4+ 53. Kf4
g3 54. fxg3 hxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2019.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berczes, David"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c4 a5 8. b3 b5
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nd3 bxc4 12. bxc4 Ba6 13. Rc1 e6 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15.
dxc5 Qe7 16. Be5 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Qa4 Rfc8 19. Rfe1 f5 20. e3 Ne8 21. cxd5
cxd5 22. Qxa5 Bf1 23. Qc3 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rxa2 25. Kg1 Nf6 26. Ra1 Rxc5 27. Qxc5
Qxc5 28. Rxa2 Kg7 29. Rb1 Kh6 30. h4 Kh5 31. Rab2 Ng4 32. Nf3 e5 33. Rb7 h6 34.
R7b5 Qc2 35. R5b2 Qe4 36. Nh2 d4 37. exd4 Nxh2 38. Kxh2 Qxd4 39. Kg2 e4 40. Kh3
Qd3 41. Rb3 Qe2 42. Kg2 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. R1b2 Qg4 45. Rb1 Qe2 46. R1b2 Qd1
47. Rb1 Qd2 48. R1b2 Qd4 49. Rb5 Kg4 50. R5b4 Qd1 51. R4b3 f4 52. gxf4 gxf4 53.
Kh2 Qe1 54. Rb4 e3 55. fxe3 Qg3+ 56. Kh1 Kh3 57. Re2 Qf3+ 58. Kg1 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Chylewski, Patryk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 c5 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 Nc6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Bf4 Bc5
15. Qd2 Qe7 16. a3 e5 17. Be3 Rfc8 18. Rac1 a5 19. Red1 Bc6 20. Rc3 Rc7 21. h4
h6 22. Qe2 Rac8 23. Bh3 Ba4 24. b3 Bc6 25. a4 Qf6 26. f3 Rb8 27. Kg2 Rbb7 28.
Rcd3 Qe7 29. h5 Ra7 30. Bf5 Qf6 31. Qe1 Kf8 32. Qh1 Ke7 33. Qh3 Bxe3 34. Rxe3
Qg5 35. Red3 g6 36. Bg4 Kf8 37. Rd6 Ke7 38. hxg6 fxg6 39. Qh4 Kf7 40. Kf2 Kg7
41. Qxg5 hxg5 42. Ke3 Kf7 43. R1d2 Rab7 44. Rh2 Kg7 45. Bf5 gxf5 46. exf5 Kf7
47. Rh7+ Kg8 48. Rhh6 Kf7 49. f6 Ra7 50. Rh7+ Kf8 51. f7 Ra8 52. Rxc6 Rxc6 53.
Rh8+ Kxf7 54. Rxa8 d5 55. cxd5 Rc3+ 56. Ke4 Rxb3 57. g4 Ra3 58. Rb8 Rxa4+ 59.
Kxe5 Ke7 60. d6+ Kd7 61. Rb7+ Kc8 62. d7+ Kd8 63. Ke6 Rd4 64. Rb8+ Kc7 65. Rc8+
1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aczel, Gergely"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2019.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. Nf3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2019.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Galyas, Miklos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 a5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Na6
9. Rc1 Nb4 10. Bb1 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
f4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Ba6 17. Rf3 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Raf8 21.
Rg3 e5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. b3 g6 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. exd4 Rf4 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27.
Rxg6+ Kh7 28. Rxb6 Nc2 29. Rb7+ Kh6 30. h3 Rf2 31. b6 Rd2 32. Rc7 Rff2 33.
R7xc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balaton GM 37th"]
[Site "Balatonlelle"]
[Date "2019.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Krstulovic, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8. Re1 O-O
9. exd4 exd4 10. Na3 h6 11. Nc2 a5 12. h3 Bd6 13. Na3 Be6 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. b3
Qc8 16. Kh2 Na7 17. a4 Nxb5 18. axb5 Bd6 19. Ra2 Qc7 20. Nh4 Rae8 21. Bd2 b6
22. Bc6 Bd7 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Qf3 Rxe1 25. Bxe1 Re8 26. Bd2 Qe6 27. Kg2 Nd7 28.
Ra1 Ne5 29. Qe4 Nd7 30. Qc6 Ne5 31. Qe4 Nd7 32. Qb7 Ne5 33. Re1 g5 34. Nf3 Qf6
35. Nxe5 Bxe5 36. f4 gxf4 37. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "Balaton GM 37th"]
[Site "Balatonlelle"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tejaswini, Sagar"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3
Nge7 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc6 dxc6 12. Bc3 Qxd1+ 13. Bxd1 Bxc3+ 14. Nxc3
c5 15. O-O O-O 16. Bc2 Nac6 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bd3 c4 20. Be2 Rd8 21.
Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bg4 23. h3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 g5 25. Rd6 Ne5 26. h4 gxh4 27. f4
N5g6 28. f5 Nf4 29. Bf1 h5 30. f3 b4 31. Na2 c3 32. bxc3 b3 33. Nb4 b2 34. Rd1
Nc6 35. Rb1 Nxb4 36. Rxb2 Nc6 37. Rxb8+ Nxb8 38. Kf2 h3 39. Kg3 h2 40. Kxh2 h4
41. Bb5 f6 42. Kg1 Kf7 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Bf1 Kd6 45. c4 Nd7 46. c5+ Nxc5 47. Bb5
Ke5 48. Bc4 Kd4 49. Bb5 Ncd3+ 50. Kg1 Ke3 51. Bc6 Ne5 52. Bb7 h3 53. Kh1 Kf2
54. Ba8 Kg3 55. Bb7 h2 0-1

[Event "Balaton GM 37th"]
[Site "Balatonlelle"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Nh4 Re8 12. Nf5 b5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. a4 a6 15.
Be3 Bg6 16. Nd6 Re6 17. Nb7 Qf8 18. a5 Bd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Ree8 21. Nxc6
Bxe4 22. Qb4 Bxc6 23. Qxf8+ Nxf8 24. Bxc6 Rec8 25. Bg2 Rxc2 26. b4 Ra7 27. Rfc1
Rb2 28. Rab1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Ne6 30. Rc1 Kf8 31. Nc5 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 Ke7 33. Rc6
Kd8 34. f4 Nd7 35. Kf2 Nb8 36. Rb6 Kc8 37. Ke3 Rc7 38. Bd5 Rc3+ 39. Kd4 Rxg3
40. Bxf7 Rg1 41. Be6+ Kc7 42. Bd5 Rd1+ 43. Ke4 Rb1 44. Rb7+ Kd6 45. Rb6+ Kc7
46. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balaton GM 37th"]
[Site "Balatonlelle"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Na6
9. Nd2 Nc5 10. g4 Bd7 11. Be2 c6 12. h4 cxd5 13. cxd5 a4 14. g5 Ne8 15. h5 Qb8
16. Kf1 b5 17. Bg4 Qc8 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qe2 b4 20. Nd1 Nc7 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22.
Ne3 Nb5 23. Kg2 f6 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Ndc4 Nd4 26. Qg4 Qxg4+ 27. Nxg4 fxg5 28.
Nh6+ Bxh6 29. Rxh6 Nf3 30. Rxg6+ Kh7 31. Re6 Rf4 32. Re7+ Kg6 33. Nxe5+ Nxe5
34. Re6+ Rf6 35. Rxe5 Raf8 36. Re6 Rxe6 37. dxe6 Rc8 38. Rc1 Kf6 39. Rc4 Kxe6
40. a3 bxa3 41. bxa3 Kd6 42. Kf3 Kc6 43. Rxa4 Kb5 44. Ra7 c4 45. Ke2 c3 46. Kd1
Kc4 47. Kc2 Rf8 48. Ra4+ Kb5 49. Rb4+ Kc5 50. Kb3 Rxf2 51. Rc4+ Kd6 52. Kxc3 g4
53. e5+ Kxe5 54. Rxg4 Kd6 55. Kb4 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balaton GM 37th"]
[Site "Balatonlelle"]
[Date "2019.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qc2
exd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxc5 Qc7 20. Rac1 Kf8 21. Nh4
Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Ne4 g6 24. Nf3 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Rae8 26. Red1 f5 27. Qe3 Kg7
28. Rd5 R8e7 29. Qc3 Kh7 30. Rcd1 e4 31. Nd4 Re5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Nb3 Bb8 34.
c6 Re7 35. Qf6 Rf7 36. Qe6 Rg7 37. Rd7 Qh2+ 38. Kf1 Be5 39. Nd2 h5 40. Ke2 Kh6
41. Nf1 Qf4 42. Ne3 h4 43. Rd5 Bb8 44. Nxf5+ Kh7 45. Nxg7 Ba7 46. Rh5+ gxh5 47.
Qf5+ Qxf5 48. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Balaton GM 37th"]
[Site "Balatonlelle"]
[Date "2019.06.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Czebe, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 Ne4 5. Nxe4 Bxe4 6. Nd2 Bg6 7. e4 e6 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 f6 11. f5 exf5 12. exf5 Bf7 13. Qg4 Nc6 14. Nf3 Re8
15. d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Qg3 Bd6 20. a3 a5 21. b4
axb4 22. axb4 Re8 23. Rab1 Qf8 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Qf2 Bxb4 26. Qb2 Bc5 27. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qd6 29. Be4 Bb4 30. Ra1 Ba5 31. Bf3 Qe7 32. g3 Qc5 33. Kg2 Qf8
34. Qe2 Qc5 35. Bh5 Bxh5 36. Qxh5 Qe3 37. Ra2 Qe4+ 38. Kh3 Bb4 39. Ra8+ Bf8 40.
Qg4 Qd3 41. Rd8 Qf1+ 42. Kh4 Qg2 43. h3 d6 44. Re8 1-0

[Event "Balaton GM 37th"]
[Site "Balatonlelle"]
[Date "2019.06.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aczel, Gergely"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E23"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Nxd2 Bxc5 9. g3 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 f5 13. Qd1 Rb8 14. Nb3 Ne5
15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. b3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb6 18. Qd2 Qc6+ 19. f3 Rbd8 20. Rcd1 d6 21.
Qe3 a6 22. Kg1 Rfe8 23. f4 Ng4 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Rxf3 d5 26. cxd5 exd5 27. Rxd5
Rxd5 28. Nxd5 Rxe2 29. h3 Nf6 30. Nxf6+ gxf6 31. Rf2 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Kf7 33. Ke3
Ke6 34. g4 h6 35. gxf5+ Kxf5 36. Kf3 h5 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Ke4 f5+ 39. Kd3 Kd5 40.
h4 Kd6 41. Kc4 Kc6 42. a3 Kd6 43. Kd3 Kd5 44. b4 Kd6 45. Kc4 cxb4 46. axb4 Kc6
47. Kc3 Kc7 48. Kb3 Kd6 49. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balaton GM 37th"]
[Site "Balatonlelle"]
[Date "2019.06.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Prraneeth, Vuppala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bg2 a5 7. a4 d5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 Rd8 12. Nb5 Na6 13. Be3 Qe6 14. dxe4 Nxe4
15. Qd3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Rac1 Qe8 18. Bb6 Rdc8 19. Bh3 Rcb8 20. N3d4 Bc5
21. Nc7 Nxc7 22. Bxc7 Bxa4 23. Rf1 b6 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. e3 g6 26. b3 Bd7 27.
Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Ne2 Rd8 29. Rcd1 Ng5 30. Nc3 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Nh4+ 32. Kh1 Qh3 33.
Rg1 Nf3 34. Rg2 Ne5 35. Qe2 Qe6 36. Nb5 Nc6 37. Qf3 Nb4 38. Rgg1 h5 39. Rd2 Rc8
40. Rgd1 Qe8 41. Nc3 Bxe3 42. Nxd5 Nxd5 43. Rxd5 Bc5 44. Kg2 Qe6 45. Rd8+ Rxd8
46. Rxd8+ Kg7 47. Qc3+ Qf6 48. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Balaton GM 37th"]
[Site "Balatonlelle"]
[Date "2019.06.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Torma, Robert"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2019.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. h4 h5 7. e5 d6 8. exd6
Ng6 9. Nfd2 Bxd6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Qf3 Bxc4 13. Qxc6+ Kf8 14. dxc4
Nxh4 15. O-O Nf5 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Qa4 Rc7 18. Bf4 Rd7 19. c3 g5 20. Rad1 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Qa8 22. Bc7 h4 23. f3 h3 0-1

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rfd1 Qe7
15. Ne1 Bd5 16. Qc2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Rac1 Bb4 20. Qc7 Qe8 21.
Qxb7 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Qxa4 23. Nd3 Nd5 24. Qc6 Qa5 25. Rdd1 Rfb8 26. Qc4 Ra7 27.
Qc5 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 g5 29. Rdc1 Kg7 30. R1c4 Rab7 31. h4 Rb3 32. hxg5 hxg5 33.
Ra5 Nb4 34. Ne5 Rb7 35. Nf3 f6 36. Nd4 Rxb2 37. Nxe6+ Kg6 38. Nd4 Rd2 39. Rac5
a5 40. Rxa5 Rxd4 41. Rxd4 Nc6 42. Raa4 Nxd4 43. Rxd4 Rb2 44. Kf3 Kf7 45. e4 Ke6
46. Ke3 f5 47. Rd5 Rb3+ 48. Rd3 Rb2 49. f3 Rg2 50. exf5+ Kxf5 51. g4+ Kg6 52.
Rd6+ Kg7 53. Ke4 Rf2 54. Kf5 Rxf3+ 55. Kxg5 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Re1 h6
9. Nbd2 Ba7 10. a4 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 b5 14. d4 Re8 15. axb5
axb5 16. Qe2 exd4 17. Qxb5 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Ne5 19. Qb7 Bb6 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rxa8
Qxa8 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. Nxe5 Bd4 24. Nc6 Bc3 25. Rd1 Bxd2 26. Rxd2 Nxe4 27. Re2
Nd6 28. Rc2 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 Kf8 30. Ne5 Ra7 31. Nc6 Ra1 32. Ne5 Ra7 33. Nc6 Ra1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Qe1 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Ne6 14. Qd2 O-O 15.
Nc3 f5 16. Qd3 Kh8 17. Bb3 c6 18. h3 Bh5 19. f4 g5 20. Kh2 gxf4 21. Bd1 Bxd1
22. Qxd1 Bg5 23. Ne2 Ra7 24. Bxf4 Rg7 25. Qd2 Rfg8 26. Bxg5 Rxg5 27. Rf2 c5 28.
b4 cxb4 29. Qxb4 R5g6 30. Qc3 Qh4 31. Raf1 f4 32. Qf3 Rg3 33. Qxd5 Ng5 34. Nxf4
Nxh3 35. Qxg8+ Rxg8 36. Nxh3 Qxd4 37. e6 Qd6+ 38. Nf4 Rf8 39. g3 Rxf4 40. gxf4
Qxe6 41. f5 Qh6+ 42. Kg3 Qg5+ 43. Kh3 Qh5+ 44. Kg3 Qg5+ 45. Kh3 Qh5+ 46. Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rad1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bc4 Nb4
15. Qe2 Qe7 16. a3 Nc6 17. b4 Nd7 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Bd3 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Rcd8 21.
Rd2 f6 22. Bb1 Nde5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Rc1 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Rd8 26. Qe2 Qd7 27. Nc3
Rc8 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. Ne4 Bd5 30. f4 Nf7 31. Qd2 Qc7 32. Nf2 Nd6 33. e4 Bb3 34.
e5 Nf5 35. Re1 fxe5 36. fxe5 Qc3 37. Qxc3 Rxc3 38. Ne4 Rc7 39. Kf2 Bd5 40. Rd1
h6 41. Nd6 Nxd6 42. exd6 Rc6 43. Be4 Rxd6 44. Ke3 Kf7 45. Rc1 Ke7 46. Rc8 Rd7
47. Bxd5 Rxd5 48. a4 Kd6 49. h4 Re5+ 50. Kd3 Rh5 51. Rd8+ Ke7 52. Rg8 Kf7 53.
Ra8 a5 54. Ra6 axb4 55. Rxb6 Rxh4 56. a5 Rg4 57. a6 Rxg2 58. Kc4 Ra2 59. Kxb4
h5 60. Kb5 h4 61. Rc6 h3 62. Rc3 h2 63. Rf3+ Ke7 64. Rh3 g5 0-1

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nbd2 Qa7 17. Nxe4 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Nxb3 19. axb3 dxe4 20. Nd4 Rfb8
21. Rdc1 Bxb3 22. Rxc7 Be6 23. Rd1 Rxb2 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rdd7 Rb1+ 26. Kf2
Rb2+ 27. Kg3 Kh8 28. Rxg7 Rg8 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. Rc6 Kf7 31. Rxa6 Re2 32. h4 h5
33. Ra7+ Kg6 34. Re7 Rxe3+ 35. Kf4 Re1 36. Rxe6+ Kg7 37. Re7+ Kg6 38. Re6+ Kg7
39. Rf6 e3 40. Ke4 e2 41. Rf2 Kg8 42. g3 Rg1 43. Rxe2 Rxg3 44. Rf2 Kg7 45. Kf5
Kf7 46. Rf4 Ke7 47. Re4 Rg1 48. Ra4 Rf1+ 49. Kg6 Ke6 50. Ra5 Rh1 51. Kg5 Rh2
52. Kxh5 Kf5 53. Ra6 Kxe5 54. Kg5 Rg2+ 55. Kh6 Kf5 56. h5 Rh2 57. Rb6 Rh1 58.
Ra6 Rh2 59. Kg7 Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3
Bf5 9. e3 a4 10. Ba3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qc1 Nc7 13. Nc4 Nb5 14. Bb2 Be4 15.
b4 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. a3 Qd8 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Kg1 Nd6 21. Qc2
e5 22. e4 Qe6 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Rae1 Nb5 26. Nf3 Qc3 27. Qxc3
Nxc3 28. Re3 Nb5 29. Ne5 Rfd8 30. Nc4 Rd4 31. Rc1 Nd6 32. Nxd6 Rxd6 33. Rc5
Rad8 34. b5 cxb5 35. Rxb5 Rd3 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Rxb7 Rxa3 38. Ra7 g5 39. Kg2
Kg7 40. e5 Kg6 41. Ra6+ Kg7 42. h4 gxh4 43. gxh4 h5 44. f4 f5 45. exf6+ Kf7 46.
Ra5 Kxf6 47. Rxh5 Rb3 48. Ra5 a3 49. h5 Kg7 50. Ra6 Kh7 51. Kf2 Rh3 52. Kg2 Rb3
53. Kf2 Rh3 54. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 e6 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxd5 Qxd5
15. Bg2 O-O-O 16. Ne5 Qxd4 17. Qf3 Rd5 18. Nxf7 Rg8 19. Ng5 Bd6 20. Nxe6 Qb4
21. Be3 Re5 22. a3 Qxb2 23. Rac1 Rxe6 24. Rxc6+ Kd7 25. Rxa6 Rb8 26. Ra7 Be4
27. Qf7+ Re7 28. Qc4 Rc8 29. Qa4+ Bc6 30. Bxc6+ Rxc6 31. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1
cxd4 9. Rxd4 Qa5 10. Bg3 Nb6 11. Nd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd5 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Bxd5
Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. O-O Be6 17. Qb1 Rac8 18. Rd2 Bf6 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4
Rc4 21. Rfd1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc8 23. h3 Rc4 24. Be5 Rxd4 25. Bxd4 Qc7 26. Qd1 a6
27. Qh5 h6 28. f4 Kh7 29. f5 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qc7+ 31. Kg1 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qc7+ 33.
Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. g4 hxg3 18. fxg3 Kf8 19. Kf2 Ne7 20. g4
Nd5 21. Bd2 Nb6 22. Kg3 Nc4 23. Bc1 Bd5 24. Re2 Re8 25. Rde1 Kg8 26. Ne4 Rhe6
27. Nc5 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Nxe5 30. Nxb7 Nc4 31. Nc5 Nd6 32. Bf4 Ne4+
33. Nxe4 Bxe4 34. Bxc7 f6 35. Bd6 Bxc2 36. Bc7 Bd3 37. Bd6 Bc2 38. Bc7 Bd3 39.
Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{One may think there was not much to play for, for me, as I was on minus 1
before this round (in fact earlier on in the tournament my situation was even
worse) and there seemed to be little reasons for enthusiasm. Nonetheless, one
way or the other, I was looking forward to an interesting tense game. Man
könnte denken, dass es für mich um nicht allzu viel ging, da ich vor dieser
Runde bei minus 1 lag (wobei meine Situation vorher im Turnier sogar noch
schlechter war). Doch nichtsdestoweniger freute ich mich auf eine interessante
spannungsvolle Partie.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 {At this point in time Ian seemed
to at all cost avoid playing the Najdorf, which used to always be his main
weapon as Black. In Wijk aan Zee earlier this year he even played the Modern
Defence against me, which ended in a disaster for me. I thought it would be
funny to finally hunt him down and force him to actually play the Najdorf, if
even from the white side. Zu gegenwärtigen Zeitpunkt scheint Ian es um jeden
Preis zu vermeiden, Najdorf zu spielen, was früher immer seine Hauptwaffe mit
Schwarz gewesen war. Zu Jahresbeginn in Wijk aan Zee spielte er gegen mich
sogar die Moderne Verteidigung, was für mich in einem Desaster endete. Ich
dachte, es wäre lustig, ihn endlich zu stellen und zu einem Najdorf zu
zwingen, und sei es von der weißen Seite.} 3. Bb5+ {And still Ian doesn't
really enter the Najdorf. What he didn't know was that I consider 2...d6 3.
Bb5+ to be a Najdorf already, so I was satisfied at this point nonetheless.
Und dennoch lässt sich Ian nicht wirklich auf Najdorf ein. Was er nicht
wusste war, dass ich 2...d6 3.Lb5+ bereits als Najdorf betrachte, daher war
ich an diesem Punkt trotzdem zufrieden.} Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Bd3 {A relatively
fresh trend, introduced into Grandmaster practice by Pavel Eljanov and picked
up by Levon Aronian. Previously White would only drop the bishop to d3(or a4)
only after Black would chase it with a7-a6. This move order, however, has a
point, in that Black is now no longer in time to erect the a6-b5-c4 chain and
to stop White from getting the beautiful e4-d4 pawn center. However, when
studying this line a couple of years ago together with my computer, we
realized that it is also possible for Black to use the tempo he saved on not
having gone a7-a6 and go b7-b5 immediately (which I did on move 8). Ein
relativ frischer Trend, von Pavel Eljanov in die Großmeisterpraxis
eingeführt und von Levon Aronian aufgegriffen. Bislang pflegte Weiß den
Läufer erst nach d3 (oder a4) zurückziehen, nachdem Schwarz ihn mit a7-a6
vertrieben hatte. Die Pointe dieser Zugfolge ist hingegen, dass Schwarz nicht
mehr rechtzeitig dazu kommt, die Bauernkette a6-b5-c4 zu errichten und Weiß
daran zu hindern, das schöne e4-d4 Bauernzentrum zu bekommen. Doch als ich
diese Variante vor ein paar Jahren zusammen mit meinem Computer studierte,
begriffen wir, dass es für Schwarz wiederum möglich ist, das durch das
Unterlassen von a7-a6 gesparte Tempo zu nutzen und sofort b7-b5 zu spielen 
(was ich im 8. Zug tat).} g6 {Ian himself, by the way, likes (or at least used
to like) this g6-setup in the Bb5+ Nd7 line, he even played it in worse
versions. Ian selbst übrigens mag (oder mochte zumindest) diesen g6-Aufbau in
der Lb5+ Sd7 Variante, er spielte ihn sogar in schlechteren Versionen.} 6. Bc2
Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O b5 $5 9. e5 {Principled, as Black's 8...b5 feels somewhat
premature, to strike in the center. The computer at first really appreciates
this move, but it turns out that is only the case because it calculates an
insanely long line and estimates the final position there entirely wrongly.
Curiously, that long and wrong variation happened in our game. Prinzipiell, da
sich das schwarze 8...b5 ein wenig verfrüht anfühlt, im Zentrum
loszuschlagen. Der Computer findet diesen Zug anfangs richtig gut, aber es
stellt sich heraus, dass dies nur daran liegt, weil er eine irrsinnig lange
Variante berechnet und die Schlussstellung dort komplett falsch bewertet.
Kurioserweise kam diese lange und falsche Variante in unserer Partie aufs
Brett.} Ne8 $1 10. e6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Nc7 $1 12. dxc5 Nxc5 $1 {Black keeps
playing in the most ambitious way. Both knights abandon the kingside, but on
the other hand I now have a healthy juicy extra pawn. Knowing that the
computer didn't show this, my opponent decided that there must be a reason for
it and went for the most critical looking line, even though it just doesn't
work. Schwarz spielt weiter höchst ehrzeizig. Beide Springer verlassen den
Königsflügel, aber andererseits habe ich jetzt einen gesunden saftigen
Mehrbauern. Wissend, dass der Computer dies nicht zeigte, entschied mein
Gegner, dass es einen Grund dafür geben müsse und wählte die am
kritischsten aussehende Variante, obwohl sie einfach nicht funktioniert.} 13.
Nxh7 $2 (13. Qg4 {is burning a little less bridges. Black has many ways to get
a very fine, complicated position here, but given that the move in the game
leads to an outright lost position, this really had to be played. I was
chosing here between bricht nicht ganz so viele Brücken hinter sich ab.
Schwarz hat hier viele Wege, eine sehr schöne, komplizierte Position zu
bekommen, aber da der Zug in der Partie zu einer glatten Verluststellung
führt, musste dies unbedingt gespielt werden. Ich schwankte danach zwischen}
e5 14. Qh4 h6 15. Bxg6 Bf5 {and the immediate 13...h6 which is more ambitious
and was more to my liking. White is likely to regain the pawn and then once he
finishes his development he may get his chances. und dem sofortigen 13...h6,
was ehrgeiziger ist und mir mehr zusagte. Weiß wird wahrscheinlich den Bauern
zurückerobern und dann, wenn er einmal seine Entwicklung abgeschlossen hat,
bekommt er vielleicht seine Chancen.}) (13. b4 {only helps Black, as the
knight returns to the defence - hilft nur Schwarz, da der Springer zur
Verteidigung zurückkehrt -} Nd7 $1) 13... Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Bxg6 (15. Qxg6
Rf6 {- here there is no follow up either. Black is always happy to give up an
exchange, if he is to coordinate his pieces and diffuse White's temporary
kingside initiative. - hier geht es ebenfalls nicht weiter. Schwarz gibt immer
gerne eine Qualität, wenn er damit seine Figuren koordinieren und die
zeitweilige Initiative von Weiß am Königsflügel zerstreuen kann.}) 15... Rf6
{Only moves are easy to make. Einzige Züge spielen sich leicht.} 16. Qh7+ Kf8
17. Bh6 Rxg6 {Only moves are really easy to make... Einzige Züge spielen sich
leicht...} 18. Qxg6 ({From afar, a weak computer is heading in this direction,
thinking White will be up a queen for just 2 minor pieces, but upon closer
examination White is just dead lost here. Aus weiter Ferne strebt ein
schwacher Computer in diese Richtung, in der Annahme, dass der Anziehende die
Dame für nur zwei Leichtfiguren erobert, aber bei genauerer Prüfung steht
Weiß hier einfach komplett auf Verlust.} 18. Qh8+ Kf7 19. Qxd8 Rxg2+ 20. Kh1
Rg6 21. Qxc7 Bxh6 {followed by ...Bb7 and bringing the other rook into attack,
when some sort of a mate is unstoppable. One way is ...Rh8/...Bf4, another is .
..Rag8/....Nd3, basically white king is helpless. nebst ...Lb7 und Einschalten
des anderen Turms in den Angriff, wonach irgendeine Art von Matt unvermeidlich
ist. Ein Weg wäre ...Th8/...Lf4, ein anderer ...Tag8/....Sd3, der weiße
König ist im Grunde hilflos.}) 18... Bxh6 19. Qxh6+ Ke8 {Again, only move.
There was quite a funny moment here - my opponent seemed surprised to see this
move and made a very confused face. My advice to aspiring players: body
language can be a powerful weapon, but for the full effect it has to come
along with the position on the board. Here, the position on the board is
winning for Black, as the king will sit safe on d7 and Black's 2 pieces are
worth much more than the rook and a pawn. One of White's many problems is that
his passed pawns are in front of his king, so pushing them forward is not
really an option. Wieder der einzige Zug. Hier gab es einen ziemlich witzigen
Moment - mein Gegner schien überrascht, diesen Zug zu sehen, und machte ein
ziemlich verwirrtes Gesicht. Mein Ratschlag an aufstrebende Spieler:
Körpersprache kann eine kraftvolle Waffe sein, aber um die volle Wirkung zu
erzielen, muss sie mit der Stellung auf dem Brett einhergehen. Hier ist die
Stellung auf dem Brett gewonnen für Schwarz, denn der König wird auf d7
sicher stehen, und die zwei schwarzen Leichtfiguren sind wesentlich wertvoller
als Turm + Bauer. Eines der vielen Probleme für Weiß ist, dass seine
Freibauern vor dem eigenen König stehen, sodass es nicht wirklich in Frage
kommt, sie vorzustoßen.} 20. b4 Na4 21. Na3 $5 {A creative way to get the
knight into the game, but it doesn't change the assessment of the position
very much. Ein kreativer Weg, den Springer ins Spiel zu bringen, aber an der
Einschätzung der Stellung ändert es nicht viel.} Kd7 (21... Nxc3 22. Qh8+ {
is a nice double attack. ist ein schöner Doppelangriff.}) 22. c4 bxc4 23. Nxc4
Ba6 24. Rac1 Nb6 {I also considered 24...Qh8 and then try to send a knight to
c3 via d5 or b5, but finally decided on the simple solution. Trading off
White's last light piece is efficient. Ich erwog auch 24...Dh8, um
anschließend zu versuchen, einen Springer über d5 oder b5 nach c3 zu
schicken, entschied mich aber letztlich für die einfache Lösung. der
Abtausch der letzten weißen Leichtfigur ist effizient.} 25. Nxb6+ axb6 26.
Rfe1 Bb7 {A small gamble. I felt objectively I should have played 26...Qg8,
but as 27.Rxc7+ is clearly losing anyway, I decided to allow it. Ein kleines
Risiko. Ich fühlte, dass ich objektiv hätte 26...Dg8 spielen sollen, aber da
27.Txc7+ auf jeden Fall klar verliert, beschloss ich, es zuzulassen.} 27. Qe3 {
27.Rxc7+ was the last chance to keep the game going. Now once I stabilize, the
position improves itself very swiftly. 27.Txc7+ war die letzte Chance, die
Partie in Gang zu halten. Jetzt, nachdem ich mich erst einmal stabilisiere,
verbessert sich die Stellung sehr schnell von selbst.} (27. Rxc7+ Kxc7 28. Qxe6
{This is clearly not the fun kind of piece sacrifice, but there can be some
miracles once the queens come off and if Black gets careless allowing White to
push his kingside pawns. Dies ist natürlich nicht die Art von Figurenopfer,
die Spaß macht, aber es kann ein paar Wunder geben, falls die Damen vom Brett
verschwinden und Schwarz so unvorsichtig ist, Weiß das Vorstoßen seiner
Königsflügelbauern zu erlauben.} Qd7 $5 29. Qxe7 Rg8 $5 {is one decent way
of killing White's hope, when after ist eine gute Methode, die Hoffnung von
Weiß zu zerstören, worauf nach} 30. g3 {it's clear the dreams of pushing the
kingside are not going to become a reality. The way to push the pawns would be
h4-f3-h5 when Black is unable to blockade the pawns by his bishop, but here he
wasn't in time as f3 would be met with ...Bxf3. klar ist, dass die Träume,
den Königsflügel vorzustoßen, nicht Wirklichkeit werden. Die richtige
Vorgehensweise wäre h4-f3-h5, wonach Schwarz die Bauern nicht mit seinem
Läufer blockieren könnte, aber hier wird daraus nichts, da f3 mit ...Lxf3
beantwortet würde.} Bc6) 27... b5 28. a3 Bd5 {Blocking the c-file with
Bd5-Bc4 is nicely depressing. White is really helpless. Das Blockieren der
c-Linie mit Ld5-Lc4 ist schön deprimierend. Weiß ist wirklich hilflos.} 29.
Rc3 Qg8 30. Qh3 Qg7 {The queen joins in nicely via this diagonal. Die Dame
greift schön über diese Diagonale ins Geschehen ein.} 31. Rec1 Bc4 32. Re1
Qd4 {Centralization is always good. Zentralisierung ist immer gut.} 33. Rf3 Qd2
{On top of having a lost position in general, White now also gets one of his
rooks trapped. Nicht nur, dass Weiß generell eine verlorene Stellung hat,
jetzt wird auch noch einer seiner Türme gefangen.} 34. Rb1 Nd5 35. Qg3 Be2 36.
Rfb3 Bd1 {This move was easy to find, once it was all over the news after
Levon didn't finish off his masterpiece against Mamedyarov (check that one out,
a brilliant game, no kidding!). Dieser Zug war leicht zu finden, nachdem es
zuvor die Runde gemacht hatte, dass Levon sein Meisterwerk gegen Mamedyarov
nicht vollenden konnte (unbedingt anschauen, eine brillante Partie, im Ernst!).
} 0-1

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Ba4 O-O 8.
c3 Bb6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Nd2 Bg4 12. Qe1 Be6 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. axb3 Qe7
15. Nc4 Qe6 16. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3
c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a3 Bxd2 12. Nxd2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nf3 Qe7
15. Nxd4 Ne4 16. e3 Rac8 17. Qg4 Rc3 18. b4 g6 19. h4 a5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. bxa5
bxa5 22. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Qxa3 24. Rc7 Qa1+ 25. Kh2 h5 26. Qf4 Bc8 27. Nc6
Kg7 28. Qxe4 Bf5 29. Qf4 Rc8 30. Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Bg4 10. Be2 Be6 11. Be3 g6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. a5 Re8
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nc5 17. f3 h5 18. b4 Ncd7 19. c4 h4 20. Ne4 h3 21. g3
Nxe4 22. fxe4 Nf6 23. Qd3 Qd7 24. Rac1 Ng4 25. Bb6 Bg5 26. Rc3 Rf8 27. c5 dxc5
28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. bxc5 Be3+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ 31. Rxf2 Bxf2 32. c6 bxc6 33. dxc6 Qc7
34. Rc1 Bd4 35. Qxa6 Rb8 36. Bg4 Bc3 37. Bxh3 Bxa5 38. Bd7 Kg7 39. Rf1 Rf8 40.
Rb1 Qd8 41. Kg2 Bc7 42. Rb7 Bd6 43. Qd3 Bb8 44. Qd5 Bc7 45. h4 Rh8 46. Be6 1-0

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nc3 Qc7 9. O-O b6 10. d4 Bb7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. e4 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. f4 e5 18. Nd5 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 exf4 20. gxf4 Nc5
21. Nce3 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rfe8 23. Nc4 Ncd7 24. Bf3 Ne4 25. d6 f5 26. b4 Re6 27.
a4 Kf8 28. a5 b5 29. Nb6 Ndf6 30. d7 g5 31. fxg5 Nxg5 32. Bb7 Ke7 33. Bxa6 Re2
34. Bb7 Nfe4 35. Rd3 Rg8 36. d8=Q+ Rxd8 37. Rc7+ Kf6 38. Bxe4 Rg8 39. Nd7+ Ke7
40. Nc5+ Kf6 41. Rc6+ Ke5 42. Rd5+ Kf4 43. Kf1 Ra2 44. Bc2 Rxc2 45. Ne6+ Nxe6
46. Rxc2 Ke4 47. Rxb5 Nd4 48. Rc4 f4 49. a6 Kd3 50. Rxd4+ Kxd4 51. a7 1-0

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. a4 d5 14. a5 c6
15. Nd2 Nd6 16. Nb3 Bf5 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Nc5 b6 19. axb6 axb6 20. Nd3 h6 21. Be5
Be7 22. b3 Bf8 23. Bf4 c5 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. h3 c4 26. bxc4 Nxc4 27. Ne5 Nxe5
28. Bxe5 Ra8 29. Rxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 a6 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Rfe1 h6
15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Qe4 Rad8 18. Rc2 f5 19. Qxd5+ Rxd5 20. Rec1 Bd6
21. Nc4 Kf7 22. f3 h5 23. Bf2 g6 24. Rc3 Be7 25. e4 Rd7 26. Kf1 Bg5 27. R1c2
Red8 28. Ke2 fxe4 29. fxe4 Ke6 30. b4 Rf7 31. Nb2 Rdf8 32. Nd1 Rxf2+ 33. Nxf2
Nd4+ 34. Ke1 Nxc2+ 35. Rxc2 c6 36. Nd1 Ra8 37. Nc3 b5 38. Ne2 Kd6 39. d4 Re8
40. dxe5+ Rxe5 41. Nc3 c5 42. Ke2 c4 43. a4 bxa4 44. h4 Bh6 45. Ra2 a5 46. Rxa4
axb4 47. Rxb4 Kc5 48. Rb7 Kd4 49. Nb5+ Kxe4 50. Rb8 Kd5+ 51. Kf2 Kc5 52. Na3 c3
53. Rc8+ Kb4 54. Nc2+ Kb3 55. Nd4+ Kb2 56. Rb8+ Kc1 57. Ne2+ Kc2 58. Rc8 Bd2
59. Rc6 g5 60. hxg5 Rxg5 61. Kf3 Kb2 62. Rb6+ Ka3 63. Nd4 Re5 64. Nc2+ Ka4 65.
Rb4+ Ka5 66. Rh4 Rf5+ 67. Ke4 Rg5 68. Kf3 Kb5 69. g4 hxg4+ 70. Rxg4 Rh5 71. Ke2
Rh2+ 72. Kd3 Rh3+ 73. Ke2 Kc5 74. Nb4 Kd6 75. Kd1 Rh2 76. Rc4 Ke5 77. Kc2 Rg2
78. Rxc3 Bxc3+ 79. Kxc3 Ke4 80. Nc2 Rg3+ 81. Kc4 Rg8 82. Nb4 Rc8+ 83. Kb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. a4 d6 14. a5 a6
15. Nd2 Nh4 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Ng3 Nf5 18. Bd3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 d5 20. Bf4 Be6 21.
Qe3 Qd7 22. Re1 Re8 23. Bc2 c6 24. f3 Qd8 25. b4 Bd7 26. Qd2 Bf8 27. Kf2 g6 28.
Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Be5 Qe7 30. Qf4 g5 31. Qf6 Qxf6 32. Bxf6 g4 33. Bg5 h5 34. Ke3
Bd6 35. Bf4 Be7 36. Bh6 Bd6 37. Bf4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. f4 Kf8 18. Kf2 Bg4 19. h3 Bd7 20. Rc7 Rab8
21. Rac1 Ne8 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Bc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Rxb2 26. Ra6 Nd6
27. Rxa7 Rb1 28. a4 Ra1 29. a5 Ra3 30. e3 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Nc4 33. a6
Nxe3 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. a7 Nxg4+ 36. Ke2 e5 37. Nb5 Ra2+ 38. Kf3 f5 39. fxe5
Nxe5+ 40. Kf4 Nc6 41. Rc8 Nxa7 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. O-O e5 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Qc2 exd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Qd7 18. Be3 Nbd5 19. Bg5 Rfe8 20. Rcd1 Nxc3
21. bxc3 Nd5 22. Bd2 b5 23. Rfe1 Bd6 24. Re4 f5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. c4 bxc4 27.
Qxc4 Kh7 28. Ba4 Ne7 29. d5 Rc8 30. dxc6 Nxc6 31. Qh4+ Kg8 32. Bb3+ Kf8 33.
Qh8+ Ke7 34. Bg5# 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh7 12. Nbd2 Qf6 13. d4 h5 14. h3 h4 15. Bh2
g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Be2 Rfe8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. b4 Rad8 20. b5 Bxf3 21. Bxf3
Ne7 22. Qe2 Ng5 23. Ra2 Ng6 24. bxa6 Qxa6 25. Qxa6 bxa6 26. Be2 Rd6 27. Nc4 Rf6
28. Bg4 h3 29. Bg3 Rc6 30. Bd7 Rxc4 31. Bxe8 Nxe4 32. Kh1 Nf6 33. Rd2 hxg2+ 34.
Kxg2 Nxe8 35. Rd8 Rxa4 36. Rxe8+ Kg7 37. Bxe5+ Nxe5 38. R8xe5 Rc4 39. Rg5+ Kf6
40. Rg3 Bb6 41. Rf3+ Kg6 42. Kh3 f5 43. Re5 Rc5 44. Rfxf5 Rxe5 45. Rxe5 Bxf2
46. Kg4 Bb6 47. Re6+ Kf7 48. Kf5 a5 49. Ke5 Bc5 50. Ra6 Bb6 51. Kd5 Ke7 52. Kc6
Ke6 53. c4 Be3 54. Kxc7+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 d6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. d5 Nd8 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Bd7 14. Re1
Bc6 15. e4 a5 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Rce3 Qf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rad8
21. Qg4 Re7 22. h4 Nf8 23. h5 h6 24. Qe4 Qb6 25. Qf3 Nh7 26. Kg1 Nf6 27. R3e2
Qa6 28. Nd3 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Qd6 30. Re3 c6 31. Qf5 Qa3 32. Re2 a4 33. Nc5 axb3
34. axb3 b6 35. Ne4 Nxe4 36. Rxe4 Qxb3 37. Kg2 Qb4 38. Qe5 Rc8 39. Rg4 Qf8 40.
Kg1 Kh8 41. Kg2 f6 42. Qe6 Qe8 43. Qf5 Rd8 44. Re4 Qf7 45. Re6 b5 46. cxb5 cxb5
47. Rb6 Qd5+ 48. Qxd5 Rxd5 49. g4 f5 50. f3 fxg4 51. fxg4 Kg8 52. Rb7 Rg5 53.
Kf3 Kf8 54. Kf4 Ke8 55. Ke3 Kd8 56. Kf4 Kc8 57. Ra7 b4 58. Ra2 b3 59. Rb2 Rb5
60. Ke4 Kd7 61. Kd3 Ke6 62. Kc3 Kf6 63. Rf2+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Qa4 Nd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 Ncb4 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Ne5 b5 13. a4 a6 14. axb5 Bxb5
15. e4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd3 17. Nxd3 cxd3 18. Qa2 c5 19. c4 Bd7 20. Rxd3 cxd4 21.
e5 Ra7 22. Bb2 Bc5 23. Bxd4 Qc7 24. Qa5 Rc8 25. Qd2 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Qxe5 27. Rd1
Be8 28. Rd8 Qc7 29. Qd4 Rxd8 30. Qxd8 Kf8 31. Qd3 Kg8 32. Qd8 Kf8 33. Qd3 f5
34. Qe3 Qe7 35. c5 Rc7 36. Rd6 Bb5 37. h4 h6 38. Qd4 Rd7 39. g4 fxg4 40. Rxd7
Qxd7 41. Qxg4 Qd2 42. Qf3+ Ke7 43. Qb7+ Kf6 44. Qf3+ Ke7 45. Qb7+ Kf6 46. Qf3+
Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5
15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Qd5 18. c4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qa5+ 20. Rd2 O-O 21.
Bd6 f5 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 23. Nd6 Nbd7 24. O-O Qc5 25. Qd4 a5 26. g4 f4 27. Rxf4 a4
28. Rf1 Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Nc5 30. Bf3 a3 31. Rd2 Nfd7 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Bxb7 Rb8
34. Bc6 Ne5 35. Bb5 Nxg4 36. Ra2 Rd8 37. Rxa3 Rd2 38. h3 Nf6 39. Re3 Kf7 40.
Rf2 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Ke7 42. Ra3 Nfe4 43. Ra7+ Kd6 44. Re2 Ng5 45. Rxg7 Nf3+ 46.
Kg3 Nd4 47. Kf2 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Be7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. a4 Rb7 14. axb5 axb5
15. O-O O-O 16. b3 b4 17. Rd1 h4 18. g4 Nc5 19. Qe1 Bd7 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Nc1
Rfb8 22. Ra2 Bc6 23. Bd2 Qd8 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Bd7 26. d4 exd4 27. Bf4 Be6
28. Rxd4 Bxb3 29. Rb2 Be6 30. Rdxb4 Rxb4 31. Rxb4 Rxb4 32. Qxb4 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c4 e5 5. e3 exd4 6. exd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Qf3 Re8+ 9. Nge2 dxc4 10. O-O-O Kh8 11. Ng3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Be6 13. d5 Bc8 14.
Bxc4 Nd7 15. Qh5 Ne5 16. Rd4 Rg8 17. Bb3 Qf8 18. Re1 Rg6 19. Qe2 Qh6+ 20. f4
Qxh2 21. Nf1 Qh6 22. Nd2 Bg4 23. Qb5 Qh4 24. Rde4 a6 25. Qf1 Nd7 26. d6 Nc5 27.
Re8+ Rg8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Re3 cxd6 30. Bxf7 Qh6 31. Bd5 Qf8 32. Qe1 Bf5 33.
Qe2 Bg6 34. Nb3 Rb8 35. g4 Nxb3+ 36. axb3 b5 37. f5 Bf7 38. Bxf7 Qxf7 39. Kb2
d5 40. Re7 Qf8 41. g5 fxg5 42. Qe5+ Kg8 43. f6 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 e6 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Rfd1 cxd4
15. cxd4 Rac8 16. a4 a5 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Bg5 Qd6 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Bg5
f6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Bh4 Rc4 24. Ra1 Qb4 25. Bg3 Rfc8 26. h4 h6 27. Qd3 Kh7 28.
Bf4 Qc3 29. Qe2 Qc2 30. Rd2 Qc3 31. Rdd1 Qc2 32. Rd2 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 a5 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bd2 Nhf6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. c4 Bf6 11. Re1 d5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nc3
Qd8 15. d5 Bf5 16. Bd4 Nd6 17. h3 a6 18. a4 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. a5 Bxd4 21.
Qxd4 Qe7 22. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. Re1
Nd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 c5 12. Be3 Rb8 13. b3 g5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15.
Nbd2 f6 16. Nf1 c4 17. Ng3 Bf7 18. Nd2 cxb3 19. axb3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. b4
Bb6 22. Qe2 O-O 23. Nc4 Qc8 24. Nf5 Kh8 25. Nce3 Rd8 26. Rxa6 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Qxa8
28. Ng4 Qc6 29. Rd1 Ra8 30. Qf3 Bb3 31. Rd6 Qe8 32. Rxf6 Rd8 33. Nfe3 Qe7 34.
Qf5 Bg8 35. Nxe5 Rd6 36. Nf7+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. O-O h6 8. Bxf6
Nxf6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Rc1 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Qa4 Qe8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Qb3 b5 15. e4
dxc4 16. Nxc4 a5 17. Ne3 a4 18. Qc2 a3 19. b3 Rc8 20. e5 Nd5 21. Ne4 Nxe3 22.
fxe3 c5 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. Bxb7 Be7 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26. dxc5 Qc7 27. Qe4 Rc8 28. c6
Bg5 29. Kg2 Qb6 30. Rd3 b4 31. Rc4 Be7 32. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. h3 Qd7 11. Ne2 Nd8 12. Ng3 Ne6 13. Nf5 Bd8 14. c3 c5 15. a4
Bc7 16. Re1 Rae8 17. axb5 axb5 18. c4 Bc6 19. Bd2 Kh8 20. Qc2 Nh5 21. cxb5 Bxb5
22. Ba4 Ra8 23. Bxb5 Qxb5 24. Ne3 Nhf4 25. Nc4 Qc6 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. g3 Ne6 28.
Ne3 Rfb8 29. Rxa8 Qxa8 30. Nd5 Bd8 31. b3 h6 32. Rb1 Qa3 33. Kg2 Kh7 34. h4 Kg8
35. Qc3 Ra8 36. Qc2 Rb8 37. Qc3 Ra8 38. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. a3
Nc6 9. g5 Nd7 10. h4 Be7 11. f4 Bb7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. h5 b4 15. axb4
Nxb4 16. Bg2 Nb6 17. Na5 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. Ra4 Bc6 20. Bf1 Bxa4 21. Bxc4
Nxc2+ 22. Kf2 Rxc4 23. Nxa4 Nxe3 24. Kxe3 Rxa4 25. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 e6 11. Rad1 Ne7 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Bh6 b6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Ne5 Bb7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qd6 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Qe2 Qb4 20. Rb1 b5 21. Ne4
Ned5 22. Nc5 Qc4 23. Qxc4 bxc4 24. c3 a5 25. Ne5 Nb6 26. b3 cxb3 27. axb3 Nfd5
28. Rec1 Ra8 29. Ra1 Ne7 30. Ra3 Nbd5 31. Nb7 Rfc8 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Nxa5 c5
34. dxc5 Rxc5 35. Nac4 f6 36. Nd3 Rc7 37. f3 g5 38. Kf2 Ng6 39. Rc2 h5 40. Ke1
h4 41. Kd2 Ngf4 42. Nxf4 gxf4 43. Kd3 Rd7 44. Ke2 Rc7 45. Kd3 Rd7 46. Ke2 Rc7
47. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. c4 Rc8 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. Nc3 Ne5 13. Rad1 Ng6 14. Rfe1 Re8
15. g3 Bf8 16. Kg2 Qc7 17. Qe3 b6 18. h3 Qb7 19. Qd2 h5 20. h4 Rcd8 21. Nf3 b5
22. Qe2 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Ng4 24. Na4 Be7 25. Rd2 Bf6 26. Red1 Bxb2 27. Nxb2 Rc8
28. Qe2 d5 29. exd5 exd5 30. Qd3 Nf6 31. Rc2 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Ne5 33. Nxe5 Rxe5
34. Nd3 Re8 35. Nf4 a5 36. Qd3 Rd8 37. Qd4 Qc6 38. Re1 a4 39. Re5 axb3 40. axb3
Rb8 41. Rg5 Rxb3 42. Nxd5 Kf8 43. Kh2 Rb1 44. Qd3 Qc1 45. Qxb1 Qxb1 46. Nxf6
gxf6 47. Rxh5 Qc2 48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. Kg1 f5 50. Rg5 f6 51. Rh5 Kg7 52. Kf1 Qg4
0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bh6 O-O 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Qf4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qd4 14. O-O-O
Nc6 15. Be4 Ngxe5 16. Rxd4 Nxf3 17. Rdd1 Nfd4 18. Nd5 e6 19. Nxc7 Ra7 20. Nxe6+
fxe6 21. c3 Rxf2 22. cxd4 Rc7 23. Kb1 Na5 24. b3 Nb7 25. Rhf1 Rxf1 26. Rxf1 Nd6
27. Bd3 Nf5 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kxc1 Kf6 31. Kd2 Ke6 32. Ke3 b4 33.
h4 Kd5 34. g3 h6 35. Kd3 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Ke3 a5 38. Kd3 f4 39. g4 f3 40.
Ke3 f2 41. Kxf2 Kxd4 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Re1 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Nf1 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Be6 18. a3 Qb6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rad8 21.
Bb3 e4 22. Nd2 e3 23. fxe3 Nxd5 24. Qf3 Ne5 25. Qe4 Nf6 26. Qc2 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Qxd5 Qe6 8.
Bc4 Qxd5 9. Bxd5 Na6 10. Nd2 Nc7 11. Bb3 b5 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. O-O c4 14. Bc2 Bc5
15. b3 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Bb6 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Nbd4 O-O 19. Bd3 Rfe8 20. Nxb5 Nxb5
21. Bxb5 Rxe4 22. Kf1 d6 23. a4 Re5 24. Rdb1 Be4 25. Rd1 g5 26. Rd2 Bc5 27. Nd4
Rc8 28. Rad1 Kg7 29. Ba6 Rb8 30. Bd3 Bxd4 31. cxd4 Bxd3+ 32. Rxd3 Ra5 33. Rc1
Rxa4 34. Rf3 Rb7 35. Rd1 a5 36. h4 Kg6 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. g3 Rbb4 39. Re1 g4 40.
Rc3 Rxd4 41. Rc8 Ra2 42. Rg8+ Kf6 43. Kg2 a4 44. Ra8 Rdd2 45. Rf1 d5 46. Ra6+
Kf5 47. Ra7 f6 48. Kg1 a3 49. Ra4 d4 50. Ra5+ Ke4 51. Re1+ Kd3 52. Rf5 Rab2 53.
Rxf6 a2 54. Ra6 Rb1 55. Kf1 Rxe1+ 56. Kxe1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g3 Nbd7 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Kf2 e5
15. Rhe1 Rad8 16. Ne2 e4 17. Nc3 exf3 18. Kxf3 c5 19. Kg2 Ne5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Qxd5 Nd3 23. Qe4 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Qd7 25. Bc3 Re8 26. Qf3 Bg5 27.
Re1 Bf6 28. d5 Bxc3 29. bxc3 b5 30. e4 Qd6 31. Qf4 Qd7 32. d6 f6 33. Rd1 b4 34.
Qe3 bxc3 35. Qxc3 Rxe4 36. Qxc5 Re2+ 37. Kg1 Kh7 38. Qc4 Re5 39. Rd2 g5 40. h3
Re6 41. Qd3+ Kh6 42. Kh2 Re5 43. Qc4 Re6 44. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. h3 e5 7. Be3 f6 8. Qd2
Be6 9. a3 a5 10. Nc3 b6 11. Ng1 Bd6 12. Nge2 Ne7 13. f4 f5 14. O-O O-O-O 15.
fxe5 Bxe5 16. Bf4 Rhf8 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qg5 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. g4 Rf7 21.
Nf4 Kd7 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Na4 Nd5 24. Nxe6 Kxe6 25. Rae1+ Kd6 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27.
gxf5 Rg8+ 28. Kh2 Rg5 29. Re6+ Kc7 30. Rh6 Rxf5 31. Rxh7+ Kd6 32. Kg3 Rg5+ 33.
Kf3 Rf5+ 34. Ke2 Re5+ 35. Kf3 Rf5+ 36. Kg3 Rg5+ 37. Kf2 Rf5+ 38. Ke2 Re5+ 39.
Kd2 Rg5 40. Rh6+ Ke5 41. Rxc6 Rg2+ 42. Kc1 Rg1+ 43. Kd2 Rg2+ 44. Ke1 Ne3 45.
Nxb6 Nxc2+ 46. Kd1 Ne3+ 47. Kc1 Kd4 48. Rd6+ Ke5 49. Rd8 Rh2 50. Re8+ Kd4 51.
Rd8+ Ke5 52. Nc4+ Nxc4 53. dxc4 Rxh3 54. Rd5+ Ke4 55. Rxc5 Kd3 56. Rd5+ Kxc4
57. Rxa5 Kb3 58. Rb5+ Kc4 59. Rb4+ Kc5 60. Kb1 Rg3 61. Ka2 Rh3 62. Rf4 Kb5 63.
Rf5+ Kb6 64. a4 Rg3 65. b3 Rh3 66. Ka3 Rh4 67. Rd5 Rg4 68. Rd3 Ka5 69. Rc3 Rh4
70. Rc5+ Kb6 71. Rc4 Rh5 72. Rf4 Rh3 73. Kb4 Rh6 74. a5+ Ka6 75. Ka4 Rh1 76.
Rf6+ Kb7 77. b4 Rh5 78. Rf7+ Kc6 79. b5+ Kd6 80. Rf4 Kc5 81. a6 Rh1 82. Rf5+
Kc4 83. Ka5 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bb3 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Qe2 Nc5
15. Rfd1 Nxb3 16. axb3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ne3 Bg6 19. Nc4 Bh5 20. Nxd6 Qe7
21. c3 Kh8 22. Ne4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nd8 24. Ng3 Qf7 25. Qxe5 Ne6 26. Rd2 h6 27.
Qh5 Qc7 28. Re1 Nf4 29. Qg4 Rad8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. h4 Rf8 32. h5 Qc5 33. b4 Qc7
34. Nf5 Qf7 35. Qxf4 Qxf5 36. Qxf5 Rxf5 37. Re7 b5 38. Re6 Rg5+ 39. Kf1 Rxh5
40. Rxa6 Rh1+ 41. Kg2 Rb1 42. Rb6 Rxb2 43. Rxb5 Rc2 44. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Nd7 15.
Rb5 b6 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Bd2 h6 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Rac8 20. a4 Ne5 21. a5 bxa5
22. Bxa5 Qd7 23. Rab1 Bh3 24. Bh1 Bg4 25. Nd2 h5 26. f4 Nc6 27. Ne4 Nxa5 28.
Rxa5 e5 29. Qf2 Rb8 30. Rab5 Rbc8 31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34.
Qxf6 Be6 35. Be4 Qd8 36. Qe5 Qd7 37. c5 Re8 38. c6 Qa7 39. c7 Rc8 40. Bb7 Qa2
41. Re1 Rf8 42. Qxd4 Qc2 43. Qb6 Bh3 44. Be4 Rc8 45. Bd5 Kg7 46. Qd4+ Kh7 47.
Qc4 Rxc7 48. Qxc2 Rxc2 49. Bxf7 Rg2+ 50. Kh1 Rd2 51. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Rd1 Nb6 12. Bb3 a5 13. Be3 Ba6 14. Qg4 Kh8
15. f4 a4 16. fxe5 Bc8 17. Qf3 axb3 18. cxb3 d5 19. Qf2 Rb8 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21.
Qxb6 Rxb6 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Re6 24. Nxe7 Rxe7 25. Rd5 Be6 26. Rb5 Rd8 27.
a4 g5 28. a5 Rd2 29. a6 Ra7 30. Rb7 Rd7 31. Rb8+ Kg7 32. b4 Bc4 33. b5 Rd2 34.
b3 Be2 35. e6 Rb2 36. Rb7 Ra8 37. Rxf7+ Kg6 38. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6
15. Ne3 Qa5+ 16. c3 Nf3+ 17. gxf3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Qd2 Qxa1+ 20. Nd1
Qd4 21. Bd3 Rf8 22. O-O Rxf3 23. Ne3 Kd7 24. Rd1 Raf8 25. Qe2 Qc5 26. Be4 Nd4
27. Qd3 Rxg3+ 28. fxg3 e5 29. Kg2 b5 30. Qd2 Rc8 31. Nf5 Qc3 32. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nb5
Na5 9. Bd3 e5 10. b4 Nc6 11. Bc4 Nf6 12. c3 a6 13. Ng5 axb5 14. Bxf7+ Ke7 15.
cxd4 Nxd4 16. Be3 Rf8 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Rxf7 19. e5 Kf8 20. Rad1 Rc7 21.
f5 gxf5 22. Qh4 Kg8 23. Rxd6 Qe7 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Re1 Bxg5 26. Rxe7 Rc1+ 27.
Re1 Bxh4 28. Rxc1 Be7 29. Rd5 Kf7 30. Rxb5 Be6 31. Rxb7 Bxa2 32. Ra1 Bd5 33.
Rxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. Bxe6
fxe6 15. c3 O-O 16. O-O Qc6 17. Ne1 Bd8 18. Nd3 Bb6 19. Kh1 Rf6 20. f3 Rcf8 21.
Rfd1 h6 22. Nb4 Qc7 23. Nc2 Qc6 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 R6f7 26. Rd3 Rd7 27. h3
Re8 28. b3 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 a6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 e6 11. Rad1 b6 12. Bh6 Bb7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rfe1 Ne7
15. Ne5 Nf5 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 c6 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rfd8 21.
c4 Rac8 22. Rd2 b5 23. b3 bxc4 24. bxc4 Kg8 25. Red1 c5 26. d5 exd5 27. Rxd5
Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Ng7 29. Qd3 Ne6 30. g3 Qe7 31. Kg2 Qf6 32. Nd2 Qb2 33. Ne4 Rb8
34. Rd7 Rb7 35. Rd6 Qxa2 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Nd6 Qb2
40. Qxe6+ Kg7 41. Ne8+ Kf8 42. Nf6 Rf7 43. Ne4 Qd4 44. f4 Qb2+ 45. Kf3 Qb3+ 46.
Kg2 Qc2+ 47. Kf3 Qd3+ 48. Kf2 Qd4+ 49. Kf3 Qd1+ 50. Kf2 Qd7 51. Nxc5 Qxe6 52.
Nxe6+ Ke8 53. Nc5 a5 54. Ke3 Ra7 55. Na4 Kd7 56. Kd4 Kc6 57. Kc3 Re7 58. Kd3
Re1 59. Nc3 Rg1 60. Ne2 Rh1 61. h4 a4 62. Kc3 a3 63. Nd4+ Kd7 64. Kb3 Rd1 65.
Nb5 Rd3+ 66. Ka2 Rxg3 67. Nxa3 Rg4 68. Kb3 Rxf4 69. Kb4 Rxh4 70. Kb5 g5 71. Kb6
Rh6+ 72. Kb7 Rc6 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qb3 c6 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 h6 11. a3 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Qc2 b5 14. c5 Ne4 15.
Be3 f5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bd7 18. Bd4 Be8 19. f3 Ng5 20. Nd2 Bg6 21. Qc3 f4
22. e3 fxg3 23. hxg3 Qe8 24. f4 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Qc2 Qg6 28.
Kg2 Rfd8 29. b4 a4 30. Rh1 Rd5 31. Qe2 Rf8 32. Raf1 Bd8 33. Qh5 Qh7 34. g4 Rd7
35. g5 Qf5 36. gxh6 g6 37. h7+ Kh8 38. Qxf5 gxf5 39. Rh6 Rxh7 40. Rfh1 Rg8+ 41.
Kf2 Rgg7 42. Bc3 Kg8 43. Rxh7 Rxh7 44. Rxh7 Kxh7 45. Kg3 Kg6 46. Kh3 Kh5 47.
Be1 Be7 48. Bf2 Bd8 49. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Bg6 7. Qe2 d4 8. Nb1 c5
9. h4 h5 10. Ne5 Bh7 11. g5 Qc7 12. Nc4 Bg6 13. a4 Nc6 14. f4 f6 15. Bh3 e5 16.
fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nba3 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Bd6 19. e5 Bxe5 20. Bf4 Ne7 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22.
Bxe5 Qa5+ 23. Qd2 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 O-O 25. Raf1 Nf5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 Bxf5
28. Bd6 b6 29. Re1 Rd8 30. Bg3 Kf7 31. b3 Rd7 32. Re5 g6 33. Re1 a6 34. Re5 Re7
35. a5 Rxe5 36. Bxe5 b5 37. Bd6 Ke6 38. Bxc5 Kd5 39. Bb6 Bg4 40. b4 Bf3 41. c3
dxc3+ 42. Kxc3 Bg4 43. Kd2 Bf5 44. Ke3 Bg4 45. Bc5 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 b5 13. Bf1 Nb4 14. c4 bxc4 15.
Bxc4 Qc7 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. Bg5 Nbxd5 18. Nh4 Nb6 19. Nf5 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Rfd8 21.
Qc2 Ra7 22. Rc3 Nd5 23. Nxe7+ Nxe7 24. Rd1 h6 25. Be3 Rd7 26. Bxa7 Qxa7 27. Rc1
d5 28. Rc7 Rxc7 29. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5 14. Nf2 Qc8
15. Rfe1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. c3 Rd8 18. Qe3 Qc6 19. a4 g6 20. a5 b5 21. b4 a6
22. Bb6 Rd7 23. Red1 Rc8 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Rd1 Bd5 26. g3 Qc6 27. Bd4 Bb3 28.
Rd2 Rc7 29. Bf1 Bd5 30. Rd1 Bb3 31. Re1 Bd5 32. h3 Rd7 33. Kh2 h5 34. g4 hxg4
35. hxg4 Rd8 36. Kg3 Bf8 37. Be2 Bg7 38. g5 Bf8 39. Rh1 Qb7 40. Kg4 Rc8 41. Bf1
Bg7 42. Bg2 Rc7 43. Re1 Bf8 44. Bxe4 Bxe4 45. Qxe4 Qc8 46. Re3 Rc4 47. Rd3 Rc6
48. Kf3 Rc4 49. Ke2 Rc6 50. Kf2 Rc4 51. Kg2 Rc6 52. Qf3 Rc4 53. Bb6 Be7 54. Bd4
Kg7 55. Qh3 Kg8 56. Qf3 Kg7 57. Kg3 Kg8 58. Kg4 Bf8 59. Qh3 Qc6 60. Qf3 Qc8 61.
Rd1 Rc6 62. Qh3 Rc4 63. Rh1 Bg7 64. Bc5 Rxc5 65. bxc5 Qxc5 66. Qf3 Bf8 67. Qa8
Qxc3 68. Rh8+ Kxh8 69. Qxf8+ Kh7 70. Qxf7+ Kh8 71. Qf8+ Kh7 72. Qh6+ Kg8 73.
Qxg6+ Kh8 74. Qh6+ Kg8 75. Qxe6+ Kh8 76. g6 Qc7 77. Kh5 b4 78. f5 Qd8 79. Qf6+
Qxf6 80. exf6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 dxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
c3 Nd7 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. Be2 a5 11. a4 e5 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Nxb6 cxb6
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Ng5 Nd8 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Qb3 Nc5 19. Qb5 Rfd8 20. Bc4 h5 21.
Bd5 Rd6 22. Qc4 Rad8 23. Rdb1 Na6 24. b4 axb4 25. cxb4 Qxc4 26. Bxc4 Nb8 27. b5
Nd7 28. Bd5 Rb8 29. a5 bxa5 30. Ba7 Ra8 31. b6 Nc5 32. Rxa5 Rc8 33. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. d4 Nf6 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. b4 a5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd4 Ne4 14. Qd3 Bf6
15. f3 axb4 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Qd2 Be5 18. Qf2 f5 19. g3 Ra4 20. Qxf5 bxc3 21.
Qf7+ Kh8 22. Nc2 Bb5 23. Re1 Rf8 24. Qe6 Qd3 25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Qxc2 27. Qd6
Raa8 28. Qd4 e3 29. Qxe3 Bc6 30. Qf2 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. e3 a5 8. Ne2 a4
9. O-O Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Re1 h6 12. bxa4 Nb6 13. Nc3 dxc4 14. e4 Bh7 15. Rb1
c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qe2 Nxa4 18. Nxc4 Nxb2 19. Rxb2 e5 20. Rxb7 Qc8 21. Rb5
Bd4 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qa6 24. Ra5 Qf6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nxe5 Bc3 27. Nd7
Qd8 28. Rc1 Bd4 29. d6 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Qd2 Qc4 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. d7 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 11. Nf3 Nf8 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. Kh1 O-O
15. g3 a6 16. f3 Rad8 17. Qe2 Bd4 18. Qg2 Qe7 19. Bd2 Kh8 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4
f5 22. c3 Bf6 23. e5 Bh4 24. d4 g5 25. fxg5 Bxg5 26. b4 f4 27. Be1 f3 28. Rxf3
Rxf3 29. Qxf3 Rf8 30. Qh3 Nf4 31. Qg4 Qd8 32. Qf3 Nd5 33. Qg2 Nf4 34. Qe4 Nh3
35. Bg3 Bf4 36. Qg2 Bxg3 37. Qxh3 Qd5+ 38. Qg2 Rf2 39. Qxd5 Rxh2+ 40. Kg1 cxd5
41. Ne3 Rxb2 42. Rf1 Re2 43. Nxd5 c6 44. Ne7 Bh2+ 45. Kh1 Bxe5 46. dxe5 Rxe5
47. Rf7 c5 48. Nf5 Kg8 49. Nh6+ Kh8 50. Ng4 Rh5+ 51. Kg2 Rg5 52. Kf3 Rg7 53.
Rf8+ Rg8 54. Rf6 cxb4 55. cxb4 Rg6 56. Rxg6 hxg6 57. Ne5 Kg7 58. Nd7 Kf7 59.
Nc5 Ke7 60. Nxb7 Kd7 61. Na5 g5 62. Kg4 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Qc8 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Bd2 d6 10. d5 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 e5 12. e4 a5 13. h4 Na6 14. Kh2 Nc5 15. Bh3
Qd8 16. b3 Bc8 17. Qe2 g6 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. h5 Qd7 20. Kg2 Qg4 21. Rh1 gxh5 22.
Nd2 Qxe2 23. Nxe2 Bg5 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Bf6 26. Rag1 h4 27. Kf3+ Kh8 28. Kg4
Rg8+ 29. Kf5 Be7 30. e5 Rg6 31. Nf3 Rcg8 32. Rxg6 fxg6+ 33. Kg4 Nd3 34. Rf1 Rf8
35. exd6 h5+ 36. Kh3 Bxd6 37. Nxh4 Kh7 38. f5 g5 39. Ng6 Re8 40. Nd4 Re3+ 41.
Kg2 Rg3+ 42. Kh1 Rh3+ 43. Kg2 Rh2+ 44. Kf3 g4+ 45. Ke3 Ne5 46. Nxe5 Bxe5 47.
Ne6 Bf6 48. Nxc7 h4 49. d6 Bg5+ 50. Ke4 Re2+ 51. Kd5 g3 52. Ne6 Bf6 53. Rg1 Rf2
54. Ke4 Rd2 55. Nf4 Rd4+ 56. Kf3 Rxd6 57. Nd5 Kg7 58. Kg2 Kh6 59. Re1 Kg5 60.
Re6 Rxe6 61. fxe6 Kf5 62. e7 Bxe7 63. Nxe7+ Kg4 64. Nc6 h3+ 65. Kg1 Kf3 66.
Nd4+ Ke3 67. Ne6 Kf3 68. Ng5+ Kg4 69. Ne6 Kf5 70. Nd4+ Ke4 71. Ne6 Kf5 72. Nd4+
Kf4 73. a3 Ke4 74. Ne6 Kd3 75. c5 bxc5 76. Nxc5+ Kc3 77. b4 axb4 78. axb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. b3 Be6 10. Bb2 f6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. d4 exd4 13. Rxc6 bxc6 14. Nxd4
Nd5 15. Nc4 Rad8 16. Na5 c5 17. Ndc6 Rde8 18. Nxa7 f5 19. N7c6 Bf6 20. Ne5 Bxe5
21. Bxe5 f4 22. Nb7 Qc6 23. Na5 Qd7 24. Nb7 Qc6 25. Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. b3 a5 11. a3 g6 12. Bb2 Bg7 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. Rad1 Re8
15. c4 Qc7 16. Bb1 Rad8 17. Nf1 b5 18. Ne3 bxc4 19. bxc4 e5 20. d5 Nc5 21. Qe2
Rb8 22. d6 Qb6 23. Bc3 Qb3 24. Bxa5 Qxa3 25. Bc7 Rb2 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Nfd7
28. Nc2 Qa6 29. Nb4 Qxc4 30. Nxc6 Ra8 31. Na5 Qd4 32. Qc1 e4 33. Nc6 Qc3 34.
Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nd5 Qxc1 36. Rxc1 Ra1 37. Rd1 f5 38. Kf1 Be5 39. g3 Kf7 40. Nb4
Ne6 41. Nc6 Nd4 42. Nxe5+ Nxe5 43. Kg2 Ke6 44. h3 Nb5 45. Bc2 Rxd1 46. Bxd1 Kd7
47. Ba4 Kc6 48. g4 f4 49. Bd8 Kc5 50. Bf6 Nd7 51. Bg5 f3+ 52. Kg3 Kb4 53. Bc2
Nxd6 54. Be7 Kc3 55. Bb1 Nc8 56. Ba3 Nf6 57. Kf4 Nb6 58. Bxe4 Nbd5+ 59. Kxf3
Kc4 60. Bc2 Nd7 61. Ke4 Nc3+ 62. Kf4 h6 63. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Bc2
Ng6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a4 c6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. a5 Bc5
15. Nd2 Be6 16. Re1 h6 17. h3 b5 18. Nb3 Bxb3 19. Bxb3 Nh5 20. Bc2 a6 21. Kf1
Rd6 22. Ke2 Rf6 23. Rf1 Nf4+ 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Rad1 Kf8 26. Rd7 Ke8 27. Rc7 Rf6
28. Bb3 Ra7 29. Rc8+ Kd7 30. Rg8 g5 31. Rd1+ Ke7 32. f3 Bd6 33. c4 Bc7 34. Ra1
Rb7 35. c5 Rb8 36. Rxb8 Bxb8 37. Ba2 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nfd2 Ng4 7. Ke1 e5
8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Bc5 10. Nxg4 Bxg4 11. a4 b4 12. a5 Nd7 13. Bc4 Ke7 14. Nd2 Bd6
15. f3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Kxe6 17. Nc4 Rab8 18. Ke2 Bc5 19. Rd1 f6 20. Be3 Bxe3 21.
Kxe3 Ke7 22. Rd6 Rhc8 23. Rad1 Nc5 24. g3 Rc7 25. f4 exf4+ 26. gxf4 Rb5 27. Rg1
g6 28. f5 b3 29. c3 Kf7 30. e5 fxe5 31. fxg6+ Kg7 32. gxh7+ Kxh7 33. Rdg6 Rb8
34. R6g5 Kh8 35. Rxe5 Na4 36. Ra1 Nxc3 37. bxc3 Rh7 38. Kd4 Rxh2 39. Rb1 Rh3
40. Nd6 Rd8 41. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Qc1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. O-O Bg4 14. Nb3 a5
15. Qe3 a4 16. Nc5 Bf5 17. Be5 Qc8 18. Qc3 Bh3 19. e4 Rd8 20. Rab1 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Ne8 22. Rb4 f6 23. Bf4 e5 24. Be3 Bf8 25. a3 Nd6 26. Qc2 Nf7 27. Rxa4 Rxa4
28. Nxa4 Bxa3 29. c5 Bb4 30. Nb6 Qa6 31. Qb3 Qa3 32. Qxa3 Bxa3 33. Rb1 Rd3 34.
Kf1 Ng5 35. Ke2 Rc3 36. Nd7 Nxe4 37. Rb7 Bxc5 38. Bxc5 Nxc5 39. Nxf6+ Kf8 40.
Rxh7 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 e4+ 42. Ke3 Rc3+ 43. Kd4 Rf3 44. Ng4 Rf5 45. Ra7 g5 46. Ne5
Ne6+ 47. Kxe4 Rxf2 48. Ng6+ Kg8 49. Ke5 Ng7 50. g4 Rxh2 51. Ne7+ Kf8 52. Kf6
Ne8+ 53. Kg6 Re2 54. Nf5 Re6+ 55. Kxg5 Nf6 56. Nd4 Rd6 57. Ra8+ Kf7 58. Nf5 Re6
59. Nh6+ Ke7 60. Kf5 Nd7 61. g5 Re1 62. Ra7 Rf1+ 63. Kg6 Ke6 64. Ng4 Rg1 65.
Ra4 Rxg4 66. Rxg4 Ne5+ 67. Kh5 Nxg4 68. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. Nf3 exd5 8. cxd5
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. f3 Bc8 14. Nc4 Nh5 15. g4
Bd4+ 16. Kg2 Ng7 17. Bf4 Be5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. a5 b5 20. Nb6 Ra7 21. Rad1 Nd7
22. Na2 Nxb6 23. Qxc5 Rc7 24. Qxb6 Rc2 25. Rf2 Qxb6 26. axb6 Rxb2 27. Bf1 Rxf2+
28. Kxf2 Bd7 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Nb4 Rb8 31. Rc7 Rxb6 32. Rxd7 h5 33. g5 a5 34. Nc6
b4 35. Nxa5 b3 36. Rb7 Rxb7 37. Nxb7 b2 38. Bd3 h4 39. d6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Le, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. h3
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a4 a6 11. Bh2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nd5 13. Qb3 a5 14. Rfc1 Nb4 15.
Bb5 Nf6 16. Qd1 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. Bf1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Rc1
Qb7 22. Nc4 Rd8 23. Na3 Rc8 24. Nb5 d5 25. Rc3 h6 26. Qc1 Rc6 27. Rxc6 Qxc6 28.
Qxc6 Nxc6 29. Bc7 Bd8 30. Bxd8 Nxd8 31. Nd6 Nc6 32. Nc8 Kf8 33. Bb5 Nb4 34.
Nxb6 Ke7 35. Nd7 Bd3 36. Nc5 Bxb5 37. axb5 Kd6 38. Kf1 Kc7 39. Ke2 Kb6 40. Nd7+
Kxb5 41. Ne5 f6 42. Ng6 Na6 43. Nf4 Nc7 44. Kd2 Kb4 45. Kc2 a4 46. g4 Kc4 47.
Nh5 Ne8 48. f4 g6 49. Ng3 Nd6 50. h4 f5 51. g5 h5 52. Ne2 Ne4 53. Nc1 Nf2 54.
b3+ axb3+ 55. Nxb3 Ng4 56. Nc5 Nxe3+ 57. Kd2 Kxd4 58. Nxe6+ Ke4 59. Nf8 Nc4+
60. Ke2 d4 61. Nxg6 d3+ 62. Kf2 Nb2 63. Ne5 d2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2944"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2019.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. O-O Qxc5 12. Nde4 Qe5 13. Bf4 Qf5 14. Nxf6+
Nxf6 15. Qxf5 exf5 16. Bxc4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Be6 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Be5 Ne4 20. Rfc1
Bc4 21. Bf3 Nc5 22. Bd6 Rfd8 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Bf3 g5 26. h3 Rb2
27. Rd1 Bxa2 28. Rd7 a5 29. Ra7 Kg7 30. c4 Bxc4 31. R1xa5 Bb5 32. Rb7 f4 33.
exf4 gxf4 34. Kh2 Rg5 35. Raa7 Rf5 36. Be4 Rf6 37. Bd3 Rxf2 38. Rxb5 f3 39.
Rg5+ Kh6 40. Raa5 Rd2 41. Rh5+ Kg7 42. Rxh7+ Kf8 43. Ra8+ Ke7 44. Ra7+ Kd6 45.
Raxf7 Rxg2+ 46. Kh1 Re6 47. Rxf3 Rd2 48. Bf1 Re1 49. Kg1 Rc1 50. Rh6+ Ke5 51.
h4 Ke4 52. Rhf6 Rd5 53. R6f4+ Ke5 54. Rf5+ Ke4 55. Rxd5 Kxf3 56. Rg5 Kf4 57.
Rg2 Kf3 58. h5 Rc6 59. Rh2 Rh6 60. Be2+ Kg3 61. Kh1 Rb6 62. Kg1 Rb1+ 63. Bf1
Rb7 64. h6 Rh7 65. Bd3 Rd7 66. Rh3+ Kg4 67. h7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "3003"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. h3 c6 12. Bb3 h6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. d4 Be6 15. Bc2
Qc7 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. a5 Qc8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Ne7 21. dxe5 Bxe3
22. Rxe3 dxe5 23. Rxe5 Ned5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. c4 Nf4 27. Re1 Rxe1+
28. Qxe1 c5 29. Qe3 Qd6 30. h4 N4h5 31. Ne5 Qd4 32. Qxd4 cxd4 33. g3 Kg8 34.
Nf3 Ne8 35. Nxd4 Nd6 36. c5 Nc4 37. b4 Nf6 38. c6 bxc6 39. Nxc6 Nd6 40. Bd3 Nd5
41. Bxa6 Nxf5 42. Bc4 Nc7 43. b5 Nd6 44. b6 Na8 45. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2874"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. Be3 e5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qe7 15.
Qe2 Rad8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bc2 Bc5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 Ng6 21. Kh1
Bd6 22. e5 Nxe5 23. Rae1 Rfe8 24. f4 Ned7 25. Qf3 Qf8 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. Bxd6
Qxd6 28. Ne4 Rxe4 29. Bxe4 Kg7 30. Bf5 Nb6 31. a5 Nbd5 32. Bb1 Rh8 33. Qxf6+
Nxf6 34. Rd1 Qb4 35. Rf5 Rh5 36. Rdf1 Qxb2 37. Bd3 g4 38. R5f2 Qd4 39. Be2 Rh6
40. Bxg4 Qxg4 41. Rxf6 Rxf6 42. Rxf6 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. h3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O b6 8. c4
Bb7 9. Bh2 e6 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. a4 Ne4 12. a5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nf6 14. Nd2 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rae8 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ra7 Qd7 20. Rb1 e5 21.
Rxb6 exd4 22. Rxd6 Qc8 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Qb8 25. Rb7 Qa8 26. Bxc7 Re7 27.
Qf6 Re6 28. Qf3 Re7 29. Qd5 Rc8 30. Qc6 Rexc7 31. Qxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Qa1+ 33.
Kh2 Qb2 34. d5 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Rd1
b5 9. Ne5 c6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 Ra7 12. a4 Rc7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Bb7
15. Nc3 Nd5 16. e4 Nb4 17. Qe2 Qc8 18. Bf4 Rc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. d5 exd5 21.
exd5 Qd7 22. Qxc4 Rc8 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. Nxb5 Nxd5 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. Bxd6 h6 27.
Ra5 Nf6 28. Be7 Bf3 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxd8 Nd5 31. Ra3 Be2 32. f3 g5 33. Kf2
Bc4 34. Ra4 Bb3 35. Ra3 Bc2 36. Ra5 Nb4 37. Ke3 Kg7 38. h4 Nc6 39. Rd5 Bb3 40.
Rd6 Ne5 41. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. a3 Bc5 8. b4
Bb6 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. Na4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. O-O
Re8 15. Nc3 a5 16. b5 c6 17. Rab1 d5 18. Na4 Qe7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. cxd5 cxd5
21. Nb6 Rad8 22. Rb5 Qxa3 23. exd5 e4 24. dxe4 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Rxe4 26. Rxa5 Rb4
27. Ra8 Rxa8 28. Nxa8 Nxd5 29. Rd1 Rb8 30. Rxd5 Rxa8 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Kf3 h6 33.
Kf2 Ra2+ 34. Kf3 Ra8 35. Kf2 Ra2+ 36. Kf3 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15.
Be3 d4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxc7 Qxd3 20. Qxb7 Qd8 21.
Red1 Qb8 22. Qxb8+ Rxb8 23. f3 Rxb4 24. Ne3 g6 25. a5 Rb5 26. Rdb1 Rc5 27. Rb6
Kf8 28. Ra2 h5 29. h4 Nd7 30. Rb7 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Nc5 32. Rb8+ Re8 33. Rb6 Re6 34.
Nd5 Rxb6 35. axb6 Rb1 36. Ra5 Nd7 37. Rxa6 Rb2 38. Kg1 Kg7 39. Kh2 Kf8 40. Kg3
Kg7 41. Kh3 Kf8 42. g4 hxg4+ 43. fxg4 Nc5 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. g5 Nxe4 46. Rd8 Kh7
47. Rb8 Rb5 48. b7 Rb2 49. Ne7 Nd6 50. Ng8 Ne4 51. Ne7 Nd6 52. Nd5 Ne4 53. Ne7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. b4 Bd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Qb3 c6 16. e3 Bd6 17. Rab1 Qe7 18. Rfd1 g6 19. Ne1 Kg7 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5
Qd7 22. Nd3 Rfc8 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qc2 Ra6 25. Rdc1 Qa7 26. Bf3 Rb8 27. Rxb8
Qxb8 28. Kg2 h5 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. Qxc5 Qb2 31. Qc3 Qb8 32. h4 Qb7 33. Rc2 Rb6
34. Qc5 Ra6 35. Qc3 Rb6 36. Qc5 Ra6 37. Qc3 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bb5 Rc8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. d5 e6 15.
c4 a6 16. Ba4 exd5 17. exd5 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 b5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Rxc5 Qd7 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Qb4 Rc8 24. Qb3 Rd8 25. Nc3 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Qc6 27.
Qxc6 Bxc6 28. d6 f6 29. h4 Bd7 30. a3 Re8 31. Bc5 Re4 32. Bb4 Rxh4 33. Re1 Rd4
34. Re7 Bf5 35. Re8+ Kf7 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. f3 h5 38. Rb7 Rd5 39. g3 g5 40. Kf2
Be6 41. Re7 Bf5 42. Rb7 Be6 43. Re7 Bf5 44. Ra7 Be6 45. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Rc1 Rd8 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Be2 e5 14. Qc2
Bf5 15. Qb2 e4 16. Nd2 Na5 17. O-O c5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Nf1 Bg6 20. Ng3 Qg5 21.
Qb1 f5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Rd4 Bf7 24. Rcd1 Rdc8 25. Bb5 g6 26. Ne2 Qf6 27. Ba4
Qe5 28. Bb3 Nxb3 29. axb3 R5c7 30. c4 a6 31. Nf4 b5 32. Nd5 Rc6 33. c5 a5 34.
b4 axb4 35. Qxb4 Rb8 36. Nb6 Be6 37. Nd7 Bxd7 38. Rd5 Qe7 39. Rxd7 Qxc5 40.
Qb3+ Qc4 41. Qb2 Qc3 42. Qa2+ Rc4 43. g3 Rbc8 44. R1d6 Kf8 45. Rxg6 b4 46. Rxh6
f4 47. gxf4 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. f4 d6 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O b5 11. b4 a5 12. Rb1 axb4 13. axb4 d5 14. e5 Ne8 15. Nxb5
Ba6 16. Nbd4 Nxb4 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxf5 Nc7 20. c3 Nc6 21. Qd3 Ra4
22. Be3 Re4 23. Bb6 Qd7 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Qxd5 Rf4 26. N5d4 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Rd8
28. Qb7 Qxb7 29. Rxb7 Kf8 30. g3 Rf5 31. Kg2 f6 32. Re1 fxe5 33. dxe5 h5 34. e6
g5 35. Re2 Rd6 36. h3 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Nh4 Rg5 39. Ra7 Ke8 40. Ra4 Rd3 41.
Ra8+ Rd8 42. Ra1 Rdd5 43. Rf2 Bd8 44. Ra8 Ke7 45. Re2 Rc5 46. Ra6 Ra5 47. Rc6
Rad5 48. Rf2 Rd6 49. Rxd6 Kxd6 50. Rd2+ Rd5 51. Rxd5+ Kxd5 52. Nf5 Kxe6 53. Ne3
Bc7 54. Nxg4 Bxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Ba6 9. Qe2 Qc8 10. O-O Bxc4 11. Qxc4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Qxc5 Bxc5 14. Rac1
Rd8 15. h3 h6 16. Bxb8 Raxb8 17. Rc2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Rfc1 a5 20. Kf1 f5
21. Ke2 Kf7 22. Rc4 Rbd8 23. g4 g6 24. h4 e5 25. e4 fxe4 26. Rxe4 Ke6 27. a3
Rf8 28. Rc3 h5 29. Rc2 b5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Bd6 32. Ng5+ Kd7 33. Nh7 Rf7 34.
Ng5 Rf4 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Rxf4 exf4 37. Ne4 Be7 38. Kf3 Bxh4 39. Nc3 Rf5 40.
Ke4 Ke6 41. Ra2 Re5+ 42. Kxf4 Rf5+ 43. Ke4 Rxf2 44. Rxf2 Bxf2 45. Kf3 Bd4 46.
Nxb5 Kd5 47. Nxd4 Kxd4 48. Kg3 Kc4 49. Kh4 Kxb4 50. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Ne5
Bg7 9. f4 Nd7 10. h4 Qe7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. O-O-O Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bd7 14. g4 f6 15.
Qxg6 fxe5 16. Bd3 e4 17. Nxe4 Be8 18. Nf6+ Rxf6 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. g5 hxg5 21.
hxg5 Rf7 22. Qh3 Rd8 23. g6 Rf6 24. Qh8+ Bxh8 25. Rxh8+ Kg7 26. Rh7+ Kf8 27.
Rh8+ Kg7 28. Rh7+ Kf8 29. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. b4 Nxb4 8.
Nxb4 Bxb4 9. Nxe5 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Be6 12. Rb1 a5 13. a3 Bd6 14. Nf3
Nb6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. h4 h6 17. Nd4 Bc8 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. e4 Be6 20. d4 a4 21. d5
Bxf5 22. exf5 Bd6 23. Bf3 Ra7 24. Kg2 Nd7 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Rd4 Rea8 27. Re4 Qf8
28. Qc3 Re8 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Bb2 Qf8 31. Re1 Ra8 32. Bd1 Nf6 33. Qc4 b5 34.
Qxb5 Rb8 35. Qe2 Re8 36. Qd2 Rxe1 37. Qxe1 Bxa3 38. Bxf6 gxf6 39. Bxa4 Qe7 40.
Qxe7 Bxe7 41. Bb3 Bc5 42. Ba4 Be7 43. Bb3 Bc5 44. Ba4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 c5 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Ng4 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 c4 14. Bb1 Ne7 15.
Nb5 f5 16. Qe2 a6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. f3 b5 19. Be1 Ng6 20. Ba5 Ne7 21. Be1 Ng6
22. Ba5 Ne7 23. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 {At some point
this has become trendy and it has quickly established itself as the main line
against White's Bf4/Rc1 setups.} 7. c5 {The most principled. The pawn push is
justified by the fact that Black has misplaced his c8 bishop for this
structure. On e6 it disturbs the thematic e7-e5 advance.} (7. Qb3 c5 8. Qxb7 {
Here Black gets excellent play with} Qb6 $1 {but it's important to not include
cxd4 exd4 as my opponent once did against Aronian in Wijk aan Zee, as the c1
rook is going to be protected there.} (8... cxd4 9. exd4 {[%cal Gf4c1]} Qb6 10.
Qxa8 $1)) 7... c6 8. Bd3 b6 9. Na4 {This is a new move, previously White has
only tried the more natural way to reinforce the far advanced c5 pawn with
b2-b4.} Nfd7 {Black has too many alternatives to even mention.} 10. h3 {
I had various options here, but finally settled on this move. I had also
considered queen moves Qd2/Qc2 when I wasn't sure how to evaluate the sequence
10...Bg4!? 11.h3 e5! 12.dxe5 Be6. The moves with the g1 knight would also run
into ...Bg4!? and so I was mainly hesitating between h3 and a3, when after
both Black would probably capture on c5 and then try to develop his b8 knight
and push c5.} bxc5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. Rxc5 Qb6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Nf3 Nd7 {I must
confess I underestimated the whole 17...Nc5!? idea and was anticipating mainly
14...Na6.} (14... Na6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. b4 ({or the simple} 16. a3 $5 Bf5 17.
Qc3) 16... Bf5 17. Qc3 {the dark square dominance looks good and Be4xf3 I was
not so much worried about, as eventually my king will sit tight on g2.}) 15.
Rc3 c5 16. O-O (16. b3 {deserved attention, but I still wasn't sure if 17...
Nc5, which my opponent later played, was so great for him.} Nf6 17. O-O cxd4
18. Nxd4 Ne4 {also leads to complications where Black should eventually be
fine.}) 16... c4 17. b3 Nc5 $1 {I sort of saw this move from some point
onwards, but I thought one of the many options I have would give me a pleasant
position. Upon a closer look, I dismissed all of them and had come to the
realization that Black is just fine.} ({Before I noticed the move in the game
I was mainly anticipating} 17... cxd3 18. Rxc8+ Nf8 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Qxd3 Rc8
{with some compensation for the pawn, but obviously such a scenario didn't
worry me much. It is a pawn after all.}) 18. bxc4 (18. dxc5 cxd3 19. cxb6 dxc2
{works just fine for Black.}) 18... Nxd3 19. c5 {I wasn't too optimistic here,
but White should not be worse and at least I would have some trumps in the
arising position.} ({Originally I thought the simple} 19. Qxd3 {with idea 19...
dxc4 20.Qc2 would give me a pleasant position, which is likely the case, but
then I realized that trading a pair of rooks will change the situation
dramatically -} Rxc4 $1 {and here allowing a passed c-pawn is no longer a good
idea and so the position is just equal.}) 19... Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qa5 {I was
mostly expecting 20...Qb4 and turns out 20...Qd8!? was a serious move too.} (
20... Qb4 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. exd4 Qxd4 23. Be3 Qe4 24. Qd2 {was my plan when I
thought White has fine compensation for the pawn. The passer combined with
some weak dark squares around black king seemed like a good reason for a
reserved optimism.}) (20... Qd8 $5 21. Nd4 Bxh3 $1 22. gxh3 e5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 {
and likely some Qg5-Qh5 perp is incoming.}) 21. Nd4 Bd7 $1 {cool move,
originally I thought my opponent would play the hasty Bf5.} (21... Bf5 22. Nxf5
gxf5 23. Rb3 Rxc5 24. Qxf5 Qxa2 25. Rb7 {Here I thought I have excellent
compensation for the pawn, but to be frank I didn't realize how good it was,
as the engine gives a +/- here.} Qc2 26. Qd7 $1) 22. c6 Be8 23. Rc5 {Pretty
much a bailout. I knew my opponent had to win in order to win the tournament,
so I had little doubts this was the right thing to do.} ({I could have played
more ambitiously with} 23. Bg3 e5 24. Nb3 {but I felt with both the knight on
b3 and the bishop on g3 being somewhat passive, I am risking to have my c7
pawn surrounded. It is, however, rea-aa-lly far advanced, so who knows.
According to the engine, the position would still be more or less balanced,
but regardless, it's a total mess.}) 23... Qa6 24. Rxd5 Bxc6 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26.
Qd2 {The position is pretty equal, but as we still have to make some moves,
mine are slightly easier to make.} Bc3 $6 {A blunder, but fortunately for
Black, the material is so limited, he is still much within the drawing margin.}
(26... h5 $1 {would be easier, with a complete equality.}) 27. Rd8+ $1 Rxd8 (
27... Kg7 28. Be5+ $1 {is the key cheapo that Black must have missed.}) 28.
Qxd8+ Kg7 29. Qxe7 Bf6 $5 {A cool way to defend. The 4 vs 3 endgame on one
wing is a well known draw.} (29... Qxa2 30. Be5+ Bxe5 31. Qxe5+ f6 {is
slightly icky for Black. What Ian does in the game is a classy solution.}) 30.
Be5 Qxa2 31. Ra1 Qe6 32. Bxf6+ Qxf6 33. Qxa7 Rc2 34. Rf1 h5 35. Qb7 Rb2 36. Qd5
Re2 {There is no real way for white to make progress without trading queens,
so I decided while doing it, to at least offer the non-standard 4 vs 3, when
perhaps it is slightly less obvious for Black how to defend. However, as I
realized later, it wasn't a particularly challenging version of a 4 vs 3
either.} 37. Qf3 $5 Qxf3 38. gxf3 Ra2 39. Rd1 Ra5 40. Kg2 Rg5+ 41. Kh2 Rf5 42.
f4 Ra5 43. Kg3 Ra2 44. Rd5 f5 {I should have probably not allowed this and
started with e4 earlier somewhere. Anyway, the margin for a draw in this
endgame is enormous.} 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. Rd6+ Kg7 47. Rd1 Kf6 48. Re1 Rb2 49. Re2
Rb1 50. Kg3 Rg1+ 51. Kh2 Ra1 52. Rb2 Rc1 53. Ra2 Rb1 54. Kg2 Re1 55. Rb2 Kg7
56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Re2 Rg1 58. Rd2 {I got in a clumsy situation once Black stops
me from even pushing f3-e4. Here Black can just wait endlessly with rook on g1
and only after Ke2 go Rh1. However, allowing f3 is obviously also fine.} Re1
59. Kg2 Kg7 60. Ra2 Kf6 61. Ra3 Kf7 62. f3 Re2+ (62... h4 {is much easier. No
way White can ever do anything here. In fact Black could safely push h4 even
earlier, because even if I pick it up with my rook, the rook will be stuck on
h4 after Kg7.}) 63. Kg3 Kf6 64. Kh4 Re1 (64... Rf2 {was the easiest:} 65. Ra6+
Kg7 66. Kg3 Re2 67. Re6 Kf7 68. Re5 Kf6 {and it's an easy draw.}) 65. Ra6+ Kf7
(65... Kg7 {is much easier too.} 66. e4 fxe4 67. fxe4 {Here Black can try to
be subtle or just go} Rxe4 $5 68. Kg5 Kh7 $1 ({or} 68... Re3 $5 69. Rxg6+ Kf7
70. Rf6+ Ke7) 69. Ra7+ Kg8 {when White can't make any progress:} 70. Kxg6 Rxf4
71. Ra8+ Rf8) 66. Kg5 {Actually, while I realized full well that this should
still be a draw, I was absolutely shocked to get this far. Now the king comes
in and Black needs to calculate a little bit.} Rg1+ 67. Kh6 Rg3 68. Ra7+ Kf6
69. e4 Rxf3 (69... fxe4 70. fxe4 Rxh3 {This is a draw, but not too obvious -}
71. e5+ $1 (71. Ra6+ Kf7 72. Rxg6 Rh4) 71... Kf5 $1 72. Rf7+ Kg4 $1 73. Kxg6
Re3 $1) 70. e5+ Ke6 71. Ra6+ Ke7 72. Ra4 {This is actually a great attempt,
because White's only chance is to keep both his f4 and e5 pawns alive. Black
has to now calm down and start thinking clearly, because the situation is
becoming critical.} Rg3 $4 {The black rook had to keep an eye on the f4 pawn,
and defending g6 had to be done by the king.} 73. Ra7+ Ke6 74. Ra6+ Kf7 75.
Rf6+ Ke7 76. Rxg6 Rxh3 (76... h4 {was a better defense, but actually it is
totally lost too, for example} 77. Ra6 Rxh3 78. Kg5 {and the two passers will
decide, as the h-pawn will be controlled by White's rook from behind.}) 77. Kg5
{A confusing end!} 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. a4
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Ba7 12. Nc4 Nh5 13. Ra2 Qf6 14. Be3 Bxe3
15. Rxe3 Qf7 16. g3 Nf6 17. h3 Kh8 18. Kg2 Ne7 19. Re1 Rad8 20. Qe2 Ng6 21. b5
axb5 22. axb5 Nh5 23. Qe3 Qf6 24. Nh2 Qe7 25. b6 c5 26. Ng4 Nf6 27. Ra7 Rd7 28.
Rea1 Nxg4 29. hxg4 d5 30. Nd2 d4 31. cxd4 exd4 32. Qe2 Qg5 33. Nc4 Rdf7 34. Ra8
Kh7 35. Rxf8 Rxf8 36. e5 h5 37. Rh1 h4 38. Nd6 Kg8 39. Nxb7 hxg3 40. fxg3 Nxe5
41. Nxc5 Re8 42. b7 Nc6 43. Rh5 Qg6 44. Qf3 Nb8 45. Re5 Rf8 46. Qe4 Qf7 47. Qe2
Qc7 48. Kh2 Rf2+ 49. Qxf2 Qxe5 50. Qf4 Qe2+ 51. Kh3 e5 52. Qf5 Qd1 53. Qc8+ Kh7
54. Qf5+ Kg8 55. Qc8+ Kh7 56. g5 Qh5+ 57. Kg2 Qe2+ 58. Kh3 Qh5+ 59. Kg2 Qe2+
60. Kg1 Qe1+ 61. Kh2 Qe2+ 62. Kh3 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Bc4 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. c3 Be7 17. Ne1 Rf6 18. Nd3 Rcf8 19. Kh1 Qc6 20. f3 Rh6 21.
Nf2 Rg6 22. Rad1 b5 23. a3 Rgf6 24. Rd3 Rb8 25. Ng4 Rff8 26. Ne3 Rfd8 27. Rfd1
Bg5 28. Nc2 a5 29. Qe1 Rb7 30. Qg3 h6 31. Qg4 Kf7 32. h4 Bf6 33. Ne3 Rbd7 34.
h5 Bg5 35. Qg3 Kg8 36. Ng4 Kh8 37. Qh3 Qc5 38. Qg3 Bf4 39. Qe1 Qc7 40. g3 Bg5
41. Kg2 Qc6 42. Qe2 Qc5 43. Qe1 Qc6 44. Qf2 Kg8 45. Qc2 Kh8 46. Qf2 Kg8 47. Qe2
Kh8 48. Qe1 Qc5 49. b4 axb4 50. axb4 Qc6 51. Qe2 Kh7 52. Qa2 Qc4 53. Qa6 Rf7
54. Qa3 Rdd7 55. Qa6 Rd8 56. Qb6 Qa2+ 57. Qf2 Qxf2+ 58. Nxf2 Be7 59. Ra1 Bf8
60. Ra5 Rb8 61. Nd1 Rc7 62. Kf2 g6 63. hxg6+ Kxg6 64. Ne3 h5 65. Nc2 Be7 66.
Na3 Rcb7 67. Ke2 Rb6 68. Ra7 R8b7 69. Ra8 Rb8 70. Ra7 R8b7 71. Ra8 Rb8 72. Ra7
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 d5 14. Qc2 Qd7 15.
Ra2 Rd8 16. b5 Ne7 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Qc5 20. Rb2 Ng6 21. bxa6
bxa6 22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 Qa5 24. Rc1 c6 25. Rb7 Ne4 26. Qb3 Rf8 27. Rb6 Nd2
28. Nxd2 Qxd2 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Rxc3 Rd8 31. Rcxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Rxd4 33. Rxa6
Nf4 34. a5 Ra4 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Ra7 Kg6 37. h4 Ne2+ 38. Kf1 Nd4 39. g4 Nb3 40.
a6 Nc5 41. Rc7 Nxa6 42. Rc6+ Kh7 43. Kg2 g6 44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 Ra5 46. Ng4
Kg7 47. Nxh6 Rxh5 48. Rxa6 Rxh6 49. Rxh6 Kxh6 50. Kg3 Kg5 51. Kf3 Kf5 52. Kg3
Kg5 53. Kf3 Kf5 54. Kg3 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 a6 12. Nb3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5
15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qxd3 17. Nxd3 Rfc8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. a4 Be7 20. axb5 axb5
21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Rc1 Rb8 23. g4 Kf8 24. Rc6 b4 25. b3 Ra8 26. Rc4 Ra3 27. Nxb4
Rxb3 28. Nd3 Rb5 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Nf4 f5 31. h3 fxg4 32. hxg4 Bf8 33. Nh5+ Kg8
34. f4 h6 35. e4 f5 36. Rc7 Bd6 37. Rd7 Bc5 38. gxf5 exf5 39. Nf6+ Kf8 40. Rd5
Rb2+ 41. Kh3 Rb3+ 42. Kg2 Rb2+ 43. Kh3 Rb3+ 44. Kg2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O h6 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
a5 9. Nf1 a4 10. Bb5 a3 11. b4 Bb6 12. h3 Ne7 13. Ba4 Ng6 14. Bc2 d5 15. Bd2
dxe4 16. dxe4 Be6 17. Bb3 Qd7 18. c4 Bd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Qc2 Rfd8 21. Rad1
Qb6 22. Ne3 Nf4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Ng6 25. c5 Qb5 26. d6 e4 27. dxc7 Rd7 28.
Bc3 Rxc7 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Rxe4 f5 31. Rg4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. b3
h6 15. Bh4 Rb6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. d5 e5
21. Rac1 Rd8 22. Be2 c6 23. Rfd1 Rc8 24. dxc6 Rcxc6 25. Rxc6 Bxc6 26. Rd6 Be4
27. Rxb6 axb6 28. g3 Kf8 29. f4 Ke7 30. Kf2 Bd5 31. Ke3 Kd6 32. Bd1 b5 33. a3
Ke6 34. a4 b4 35. a5 Kd6 36. Bf3 Bxf3 37. Kxf3 Kc5 38. Ke4 exf4 39. gxf4 Kb5
40. Kd5 Kxa5 41. Kc5 f5 42. h4 h5 43. Kc4 Ka6 44. Kxb4 Kb6 45. Kc4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Re1 Nh5 12. Nf1 a5 13. Be3 Nf4 14. Bxa7 Rxa7
15. h4 Qf6 16. N1h2 Qg6 17. g3 Raa8 18. Kh1 Nh5 19. Re2 Rae8 20. Qb3 Rb8 21.
Ng5 Rfe8 22. Re3 Nf6 23. Rae1 h6 24. Nh3 Kh8 25. Ng1 Nd7 26. Qd1 b5 27. Ngf3 b4
28. d4 bxc3 29. bxc3 Rb2 30. R1e2 Reb8 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Kg2 Nb6 33. Re2 Rxe2
34. Qxe2 exd4 35. cxd4 Nb4 36. Nf1 Qe8 37. N1d2 Qxa4 38. h5 Qe8 39. Nh4 a4 40.
Ng6+ Kg8 41. Nc4 Nd7 42. Na3 Nf6 43. Qc4 Nc6 44. Nf4 d5 45. Qxa4 dxe4 46. Nb5
Nxd4 47. Qxd4 Qxb5 48. Qd8+ Qe8 49. Qxc7 Nxh5 50. Qe5 Nxf4+ 51. Qxf4 Qg6 52.
Kh2 Qf5 53. Qe3 Kh7 54. Kg1 Qf3 55. Qd4 Qf5 56. Qe3 Kg6 57. Qb6 Kf7 58. Qc7+
Kg8 59. Qd8+ Kh7 60. Qd4 h5 61. Qe3 Kg6 62. Qb6 Kf7 63. Qc7+ Kg8 64. Qd8+ Kh7
65. Qd4 Qg6 66. Qe5 Qf5 67. Qd4 Kg6 68. Qb6 h4 69. gxh4 Kh5 70. Qc7 Kxh4 71.
Qg3+ Kh5 72. Qxg7 Qg4+ 73. Qxg4+ Kxg4 74. Kf1 Kf3 75. Ke1 e3 76. fxe3 Kxe3 77.
Kf1 e5 78. Ke1 e4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. b3 O-O 14. Bg5
h6 15. Bh4 Be7 16. Rad1 Rb6 17. Rfe1 Bc6 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5
Bxh4 21. Bxc6 Qf6 22. Qxf6 Bxf6 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. Rc2 Rb4 25. g3 Rbd4 26. h4 g5
27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Kg2 Rd2 29. Re2 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Bd4 31. b4 Kg7 32. a4 Kf6 33.
a5 Be5 34. b5 Rd3 35. a6 Bd4 36. Be4 Rc3 37. Rxc3 Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bb5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Re1 Rac8 14. e5
dxe5 15. Nxe5 Rfd8 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Re3 Be8 18. Rg3 Qe7 19. Qc1 f6 20. Ng4 h5
21. Ne3 Rxd4 22. cxd4 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Bc6 24. h4 Qd6 25. d5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 exd5
27. Rd3 Qf4 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Rxd5 Qxh4 30. Rc7 Qe4 31. Rxh5+ Kg8 32. Rc1 Qa4
33. Rh3 Qxa2 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Rc7+ Kg8 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Rc7+ Kg8 38. Rc8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4
Rb8 15. b3 Be7 16. Rad1 c6 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Na4 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Nc5 a5
21. h4 Be8 22. g3 Ra7 23. Kg2 Qf6 24. Qd3 Nb6 25. Rd2 a4 26. b4 a3 27. Rb1 Rd8
28. Re1 Bd7 29. Bb3 Bc8 30. Bc2 Qf5 31. Qxf5 exf5 32. Bb3 Kf8 33. h5 Ba6 34.
Nxa6 Rxa6 35. Re5 f4 36. gxf4 Nd7 37. Rf5 Nf6 38. Kf3 Rb6 39. Ra5 Rxb4 40. Rxa3
Rbxd4 41. Rxd4 Rxd4 42. Ra7 Nxh5 43. Rxf7+ Ke8 44. Rf5 Nf6 45. Ra5 Rd7 46. Re5+
Kd8 47. Ra5 Rb7 48. Ra8+ Kc7 49. Ke3 Kb6 50. f5 Re7+ 51. Kf3 Re5 52. Be6 g5 53.
Rh8 Re4 54. Rxh6 Rf4+ 55. Kg2 Ng4 56. Rg6 Nxf2 57. Rxg5 Ne4 58. Rg6 Kc5 59. Kh3
Kd4 60. Rg2 c5 61. Rc2 Nd6 62. Kg3 Re4 63. Rd2+ Ke5 64. Rd5+ Kf6 65. Rxd6 Rb4
66. Rc6 Kg5 67. Rxc5 Rg4+ 68. Kf3 Rf4+ 69. Ke3 Rf1 70. Bb3 Rxf5 71. Rxf5+ Kxf5
72. Kd4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. b3 a6 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Ba7 13. Rc2 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Bxd4 17. Bf3 Bf5 18. Rd2 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4
21. f3 Bc6 22. Rfd1 h5 23. Kf2 f6 24. Kg3 Kh7 25. a4 Re3 26. Rd3 Rae8 27. h4
Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Re2 29. a5 Bb5 30. Rd2 Re3 31. Rc2 Kg6 32. Kf2 Rd3 33. b4 Ba4 34.
Rc1 Rd1 35. Rxd1 Bxd1 36. Ke3 Ba4 37. Kf4 Bb5 38. g4 Be2 39. Bd4 Bb5 40. Bc5
hxg4 41. fxg4 Bc6 42. h5+ Kf7 43. g5 fxg5+ 44. Kxg5 Bb5 45. h6 gxh6+ 46. Kxh6
Ke6 47. Kg5 Kd7 48. Kf4 Kc8 49. Ke5 Kb8 50. Kd6 Ka8 51. Kc7 Bc6 52. Bb6 Bb5 53.
Bc5 Bc6 54. Bb6 Bb5 55. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. h3 Nb4 12. Re1 Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5 Nbxd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 b6 17. Bc7 Qxc7 18. Rxe7 Bc6 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Nxe5 Bd5
21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. Rc1 Re8 23. Rcc7 Rxe7 24. Rxe7 Bb3 25. a5 bxa5 26. Nc6 a4 27.
Nxa7 Kf8 28. Rc7 Rd8 29. Nc6 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 g6 31. Na5 Rd2 32. Nxb3 axb3 33. Rb7
Rxb2 34. Kg3 Kg7 35. h4 Kf6 36. Kf3 h5 37. Rb5 Ke6 38. g3 Kd6 39. Rb7 Kd5 40.
Rxf7 Rc2 41. Rb7 b2 42. Kf4 Kc4 43. Kg5 Kc3 44. Kxg6 Rc1 45. Kxh5 b1=Q 46. Rxb1
Rxb1 47. Kg6 Kd4 48. h5 Ke5 49. f4+ Ke6 50. g4 Ke7 51. Kg7 Rf1 52. f5 Rg1 53.
f6+ Ke6 54. h6 Rxg4+ 55. Kh8 Kf7 56. h7 Kf8 57. f7 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 a6 8.
Ba4 d5 9. e5 O-O 10. h3 b5 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qd7 14. a4 b4 15.
Bxf5 Nxf5 16. cxb4 Nxb4 17. a5 Rab8 18. Ba3 Rfc8 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Qd3 Rb5 21.
Rfc1 Nxa5 22. g4 Ne7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Rc3 h6 25. Rca3 Qb4 26. g5 Nb3 27. Qf5
Re8 28. Ra4 Qe7 29. R1a3 hxg5 30. Nxg5 g6 31. Qf4 Kg7 32. Rxa6 c5 33. Rf6 Rf8
34. Qh4 Rh8 35. Qf4 Rf8 36. dxc5 Nxc5 37. Rf3 Ne4 38. Rxf7+ Rxf7 39. Qxf7+ Qxf7
40. Nxf7 Nd2 41. Kg2 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Rc1
Rc8 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4 Be4 12. a3 h6 13. Nf3 Bh7 14. Ne5 a6 15. Bd3
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nd7 18. Bg3 Qb6 19. Na4 Qa5 20. Nc3 Rc6 21. Na2
Rfc8 22. f3 Qb6 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Rb1 h5 25. h3 h4 26. Bf2 Qc7 27. Qd1 Nb6 28.
a4 Nc4 29. b3 Nd6 30. Rc1 Nf5 31. Rxc6 Qxc6 32. Qc1 Qxc1+ 33. Nxc1 Bg5 34. f4
Be7 35. Kf1 Kh7 36. Ke2 a5 37. Nd3 b6 38. Ne5 Kg8 39. Be1 f6 40. Ng6 Kf7 41.
Nxh4 Nxh4 42. Bxh4 Bd6 43. g4 g6 44. Be1 f5 45. Bh4 Bc7 46. Kf3 Kg8 47. Bf6 Kf7
48. g5 Kg8 49. Kg3 Kf8 50. h4 Kf7 51. Kh3 Bd6 52. Bd8 Bb4 53. Kg3 Be1+ 54. Kf3
Bxh4 55. Ke2 b5 56. Bxa5 bxa4 57. bxa4 Ke8 58. Be1 Bxe1 59. Kxe1 Kd7 60. Kd2
Kc6 61. Kc3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. e3 Bd7 8.
Qc2 Na5 9. Ne5 c5 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. dxc5 Qe7 14.
Ne4 Bxc5 15. Bxc4 f5 16. Qc3 Bd4 17. exd4 fxe4 18. d5 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Ne5 20. dxe6
fxe6 21. Bxe6 Ke7 22. Bd5 Qf5 23. Qb4+ Kf6 24. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Qxe4 Bb4 16. Rf1 Bd6 17. Bd3 f5 18. Qh4 c5 19. d5 Qxh4 20. Nxh4 g6 21. dxe6
Rxe6 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Bxf5 Rh6 24. Rfe1 Bxh2+ 25. Kf1 Bf4 26. Bxd7 Kf8 27. Bh3
Rhd6 28. Bg4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Be4 31. g3 Bd6 32. Ke2 Bb1 33. a3 Kf7
34. Kd2 Kg6 35. Bc2+ Bxc2 36. Kxc2 h5 37. Kd3 Kf5 38. Bc1 Be5 39. Bd2 Bb2 40.
a4 Bd4 41. Be3 Be5 42. Ke2 Ke4 43. f3+ Kf5 44. Bf2 Bg7 45. Kd3 Bf8 46. Be1 Bd6
47. g4+ hxg4 48. fxg4+ Kxg4 49. Ke4 Be7 50. a5 bxa5 51. Bf2 a6 52. Kd5 Kf3 53.
Bxc5 Bd8 54. Ba7 Ke2 55. c5 Kd3 56. Bb6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
Na5 9. e4 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nxd5 h6 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.
Nd2 Rd8 16. Qh5 Nc7 17. Ne4 Rd5 18. Bxh6 Bc8 19. Bf4 Ne6 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Bxd5
Ng7 22. Qh4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5
9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nbd7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O-O Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bd3 c5
15. dxc5 Bb7 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxc5 20. Bc3 Qe7
21. Rd2 Bb4 22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. Rhd1 b5 24. Rc2 Rac8 25. Kb1 a5 26. Qd4 bxc4 27.
Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Qxc4 Qb7 29. h4 Rc8 30. Qd4 Qc6 31. Qd2 a4 32. Rc1 Qe4+ 33. Kb2
Rb8 34. Qf4 Qxf4 35. gxf4 axb3 36. axb3 Rb5 37. Rc4 Kh7 38. b4 Kg6 39. Ka3 Rb8
40. Rc5 f5 41. Rc6 Kh5 42. Rxe6 Rb7 43. f3 Kxh4 44. Rg6 Kh5 45. Rg1 g5 46. fxg5
hxg5 47. Ka4 Ra7+ 48. Kb3 Rb7 49. Ka4 g4 50. fxg4+ fxg4 51. b5 Kh4 52. Ka5 g3
53. b6 Kh3 54. Ka6 Rb8 55. b7 g2 56. Ka7 Rxb7+ 57. Kxb7 Kh2 58. Rxg2+ Kxg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Be2 Bf8 12. O-O Ne7 13. Qc2 c6 14. b4 a6
15. a4 Ng6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Bf5 18. Qb3 Bd6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ra1 Ne7 21.
Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Rc1 g6 23. Qd1 Kg7 24. h3 h5 25. Bd3 Be6 26. e4 Ba3 27. e5 Qf4
28. Ra1 Ra7 29. Ra2 Nc8 30. Ne2 Qh6 31. Qa1 g5 32. Rxa3 Rxa3 33. Qxa3 g4 34.
hxg4 hxg4 35. Nh2 Qd2 36. Nf1 Qd1 37. Qc3 Nb6 38. Qd2 Qb3 39. Qg5+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5
9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. b4 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
b5 Qc7 16. a4 Rad8 17. a5 Ba8 18. Rad1 h6 19. Bc3 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf6 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. a6 Nd7 24. Rd2 Rad8 25. Rfd1 Nb6 26. Ne5 Rxd2 27. Rxd2
Ra8 28. Nc6 Kh8 29. h4 Re8 30. h5 e5 31. Qe4 Kg8 32. g4 Nd7 33. Qf5 Nf6 34. Kg2
e4 35. Re2 Qd6 36. Re3 Re6 37. Nxa7 Re5 38. Qf4 Nxh5 39. Qh2 Nf6 40. Nc6 Nxg4
41. Qxe5 Nxe5 42. a7 Nxc6 43. a8=Q+ Nd8 44. Qxe4 Ne6 45. Rf3 g6 46. Qe3 Kg7 47.
Qe4 g5 48. Re3 Nf4+ 49. Kh2 Ng6+ 50. Kg1 Qf6 51. Re1 h5 52. Kf1 h4 53. Kg1 h3
54. Qe3 Qf5 55. Qg3 Nf4 56. b6 Kg6 57. b7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.06"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 Ne8 12. c5 dxc5 13. Bxc5 Nd6 14. Nd2 Bd7 15.
a4 b6 16. Bb4 Nec8 17. a5 bxa5 18. Rxa5 Rxa5 19. Bxa5 Nb6 20. Bb4 Re8 21. Qb3
Bh6 22. Qc2 Kg7 23. Ra1 Qf6 24. Nd1 Rc8 25. Ne3 c6 26. dxc6 Rxc6 27. Qd3 Be6
28. Rf1 Ndc4 29. Nd5 Qd8 30. Nxc4 Nxc4 31. Be7 Qd7 32. Bf6+ Kf8 33. Rb1 Rc8 34.
Qc3 Nd6 35. Qxe5 Bxd5 36. exd5 Re8 37. Be7+ Kg8 38. Qxd6 Qxd6 39. Bxd6 Rxe2 40.
Rb8+ Kg7 41. Kf1 Rd2 42. Bf8+ Kf6 43. Rb6+ Kf5 44. Bxh6 Rxd5 45. h4 Rd1+ 46.
Ke2 Rd8 47. Rf6+ Kxf6 48. Bg5+ Kf5 49. Bxd8 Kf4 50. g3+ Kg4 51. Bc7 h6 52. f3+
Kh3 53. Kf2 g5 54. h5 f5 55. Be5 g4 56. f4 Kh2 57. Bg7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. a4
Qe7 9. a5 Re8 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. Qc2 h6 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 e5 15.
Rfe1 Nf6 16. Qc2 e4 17. Ne5 c5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Rd1+ Ke8 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Ne2 h5 14.
Bf4 Be7 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nb5 Bd8 17. Bg5 Bd7 18. Bxd8 Kxd8 19. Rd2 Kc8 20. Nc3 a5
21. Rad1 Bc6 22. Nd5 b6 23. Ne7+ Kb7 24. f4 g6 25. Nxc6 Kxc6 26. g3 a4 27. Kf2
Ra5 28. Kf3 Rb5 29. c3 c4 30. a3 Re8 31. Re1 f6 32. e6 Rd5 33. Rxd5 Kxd5 34. e7
Kd6 35. f5 gxf5 36. Kf4 Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Kxe7 38. Kxf5 Kf7 39. h4 Kg7 40. g4 Kh6
41. gxh5 Kxh5 42. Kxf6 Kxh4 43. Ke7 Kg4 44. Kd7 Kf4 45. Kxc7 Ke4 46. Kxb6 Kd3
47. Kb5 Kc2 48. Kxc4 Kxb2 49. Kb4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. g3 a6 14. Bf1 Bb4 15.
Bg2 Ne4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 Nf6 18. Rdd1 b5 19. c5 e5 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. e4
Nxc5 22. exd5 cxd5 23. a3 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Ne6 25. Bb4 Qd7 26. Bd6 Rc8 27. Qd2 d4
28. f4 Bxg2 29. Qxg2 f5 30. g4 Qf7 31. Rf1 Rc3 32. b4 Rec8 33. gxf5 Qxf5 34.
Qd5 Rc2 35. Rxd4 Re2 36. Rd2 Rxd2 37. Qxd2 Rc2 38. Qd5 h6 39. Kh1 Kh8 40. Qf3
Nd4 41. Qd5 Qh3 42. Rg1 Rxh2# 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Rc1 Be6 11. Be2 a6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Qd1 Ne7 14. Ne1 Rad8
15. Nd3 g6 16. Bg4 h5 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Na4 c6 19. Nac5 Bxc5 20. Nxc5 Qc8 21.
Qb3 b5 22. Qa3 Nf5 23. Qxa6 Qc7 24. Qb7 Qd6 25. Nd3 Rc8 26. Rc5 Ne7 27. Qb6 Ra8
28. Rc3 Rxa2 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Ra4 31. Rfc1 Rc8 32. h3 f6 33. g4 h4 34. Kf1
Kf7 35. Ke2 g5 36. Kd2 Ke6 37. b3 Ra2+ 38. R5c2 Rca8 39. Nb4 Rxc2+ 40. Kxc2 Kd6
41. Kb2 f5 42. gxf5 Rf8 43. Nd3 Rxf5 44. Kc3 Rf3 45. Rh1 Ng8 46. Kd2 Nf6 47.
Ke2 Rf5 48. Nc5 Ne4 49. Nxe4+ dxe4 50. Rg1 c5 51. dxc5+ Kxc5 52. Rg4 Kd5 53.
Ke1 Re5 54. Kd2 Rf5 55. Ke2 Ke5 56. Ke1 Kd5 57. Ke2 Ke5 58. Ke1 Kd5 59. Ke2
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5
9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5
15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Bc3 Qe7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nh7 Qf3 20. Qxf3 Bxf3 21.
Nxf8 Bxd1 22. Nd7 Bf3 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Re1 Kf8 25. Re3 Bb7 26. Kf1 Ke7 27. Ke1
a5 28. Bc2 Rd8 29. Re2 Rd4 30. f4 Kd6 31. Kf2 f6 32. Ke3 g5 33. Rf2 Ke7 34. h4
g4 35. Rf1 Bf3 36. Rf2 Kd6 37. Rd2 e5 38. fxe5+ fxe5 39. a3 Kc6 40. Bf5 Kd6 41.
Rb2 Kc6 42. Bd3 e4 43. Bc2 Kd6 44. Rb1 Ke5 45. Rc1 Bg2 46. Rb1 Bf3 47. Rc1 Bg2
48. Rb1 Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Qb1 c5 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Bf1 a6 16. g3 Ne4 17. dxc5 Ndxc5 18. Bg2 h6 19. Nd4 Be5 20. Re2 h5 21. h4
Qf6 22. b4 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Ne4 24. Bb2 Bc8 25. Rc1 Bg4 26. Rec2 Nxg3 27. fxg3
Bxg3 28. Nf3 Qf5 29. Rc6 Re4 30. Rf1 Qd7 31. Rxb6 Rxe3 32. Bd4 Re2 33. Rxa6
Rde8 34. Ng5 f5 35. Ra7 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Re2+ 37. Kxg3 Qd6+ 38. Rf4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bg4 15.
Re3 Rad8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Qe7 18. Qe2 c5 19. a4 Nc8 20. a5 Nd6 21. a6 b6
22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. Qxb5 Rd6 24. Qe2 h5 25. Bc4 Bh6 26. g3 Kg7 27. h4 Rfd8 28. Bd3
R8d7 29. b3 Rc7 30. Ra2 Qd8 31. Rc2 Qe7 32. Kg2 Kh7 33. Bb5 Kg7 34. Rfc3 Rf6
35. b4 Kh7 36. bxc5 Rxc5 37. Rxc5 bxc5 38. Bc6 Bf8 39. Rb2 c4 40. Qxc4 Qa3 41.
Ra2 Qc5 42. Qxc5 Bxc5 43. Rb2 Bd4 44. Rc2 Kg7 45. f3 Kf8 46. Rc4 Bb6 47. Rb4
Bc5 48. Rb7 Kg7 49. Rb8 Bd6 50. Re8 g5 51. hxg5 Rg6 52. f4 exf4 53. e5 f3+ 54.
Kxf3 Bc5 55. d6 Bb6 56. Be4 Rxg5 57. d7 Bc7 58. d8=Q Bxd8 59. Rxd8 Rxe5 60. Rd7
Re6 61. Rxa7 Rf6+ 62. Ke3 Re6 63. Kf4 Rf6+ 64. Ke3 Re6 65. Kd4 Rd6+ 66. Bd5 Kh6
67. Ra8 Kg7 68. Kc5 Rg6 69. Ra7 Kh6 70. Bc4 Rxg3 71. Rxf7 Ra3 72. a7 h4 73. Bd5
Kg5 74. a8=Q Rxa8 75. Bxa8 h3 76. Rf8 Kg4 77. Rh8 Kg3 78. Kd4 Kh2 79. Ke3 Kg1
80. Rxh3 Kf1 81. Rh1# 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mohammad Fahad, Rahman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 e6 9. O-O Rc8 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. c5 Ne5 14. Rac1 Qb8
15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Na4 O-O 17. b4 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. g3 Qc7 20. a3 h6 21. h4
Qc6 22. Qc2 a5 23. Rb1 axb4 24. axb4 Qb5 25. Nc3 Qc6 26. Qa4 Qxa4 27. Nxa4 Nf6
28. Nb6 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Re1 Rd3 31. Nxe5 Rb3 32. Nc8 Bf8 33. Nd6 Rxb4
34. Nexf7 Nd7 35. Rc1 Rd4 36. c6 bxc6 37. Rxc6 Nf6 38. e5 Nd7 39. Rc8 Kh7 40.
h5 g5 41. Rc7 Nb6 42. Nxg5+ Kg8 43. Nxe6 Rd1+ 44. Kg2 Bxd6 45. exd6 Rxd6 46.
Rg7+ Kh8 47. Rg6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mohammad Fahad, Rahman"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. Ncd5 a6 11. c3 b5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bd5 Qd7 14. O-O Rab8
15. Bd2 Bg5 16. Nf5 Bxd5 17. Bxg5 Be6 18. Ne3 f6 19. Bh4 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21.
Bf2 Rfd8 22. Qe2 Bf7 23. Nc2 Bg6 24. Ne1 Qd5 25. Be3 Rb7 26. f4 exf4 27. Rxf4
Re7 28. Qf2 Rde8 29. c4 bxc4 30. dxc4 Qe6 31. Bd2 Nd4 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Qxd4
Rd7 34. Qc3 Red8 35. Nf3 Rd3 36. Re1 Qd7 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 Nbd7 4. Ngf3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. c3 Bd6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Ne5 Kf8 18. f3 Ke7 19. Kf2 Nd7 20. Nxd7
Rxd7 21. b4 cxb4 22. cxb4 Rc8 23. Rxd7+ Kxd7 24. a4 Rc2 25. h4 a5 26. Kf1 axb4
27. Rb1 Bc6 28. Rxb4 Ra2 29. Bb5 Bxb5+ 30. axb5 Ra7 31. Rg4 g6 32. h5 g5 33.
Rd4+ Ke7 34. Rb4 Kd6 35. Rd4+ Ke5 36. Rd2 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Rb1 38. Rd7 Rb2+ 39. Kg3
Kf6 40. Rb7 Rb4 41. b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. e3 d6 7. a3 Bb6 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Bd3 a5 10. Be4 a4 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rd1 h6 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Qe4+ Kd8 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxb7 20. c5
dxc5 21. Rd5 c4 22. Be3 Kc8 23. Bd4 f6 24. Bc3 Rb5 25. Rxb5 Bxb5 26. Re1 Re8
27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Bb4 h5 29. Bf8 g6 30. Bg7 c3 31. bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Rd1 Qd7 13. Nc3 c6 14. h3
Rab8 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Be4 Rfd8 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. b3 Bf6 19. Rb1 d4 20. Qd3 Rb5
21. Bd2 Bg5 22. Rbc1 h5 23. Rc4 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd5 25. Re2 a5 26. Re1 g6 27. Re2
Kg7 28. Re1 Qd6 29. Re2 Rd7 30. Re4 Re7 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. g3 Qe5 33. h4 Rd7 34.
Kg2 Qd5+ 35. Qf3 Qe5 36. Qd3 Qd5+ 37. Qf3 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. d3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 dxc4 10. dxc4 Qe7 11. Nc3 e3 12. Qxe3 Qxe3 13. fxe3 Ng4 14. Bh3
Ke7 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nd3 Nd7 18. b3 Rhe8 19. h3 Be6 20. g4 f6 21.
Kf2 Rad8 22. Rag1 Bf7 23. g5 Kf8 24. h4 Ne5 25. Nf4 f5 26. Ke1 b5 27. cxb5 cxb5
28. Nxb5 Ng4 29. Rh3 Nxe3 30. Nc3 Rd4 31. Rf3 g6 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Rc1 a6 34. Nd3
Ng4+ 35. Kg3 Ne5 36. Nxe5 Rxe5 37. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. d3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 dxc4 10. dxc4 Qe7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rd1 e3 13. Qxe3 Qxe3 14. fxe3
Ng4 15. Rd3 Na6 16. a3 Be6 17. Na5 Nc5 18. Rd4 Nxe3 19. Kf2 Ng4+ 20. Kf3 Nd7
21. h3 Nde5+ 22. Ke4 f5+ 23. Kf4 c5 24. Rd2 Ng6+ 25. Kf3 N6e5+ 26. Kf4 Ng6+ 27.
Kf3 N6e5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. O-O Be7 9. c4 d4 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Nd2 a5 12. Nb3 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 c5 15.
Nd2 Bd6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb8 18. Qh5 Kg7 19. f4 Rb6 20. Bd5 Be6 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Qg4 Qf6 23. Rae1 Qf5 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. fxg5 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Rxb2 27. Re5
Rxa2 28. Rxc5 hxg5 29. Rd5 a4 30. Rxd4 Rc2 31. Ra1 Re8 32. Rxa4 Rc1+ 33. Kf2
Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Bb4 6. Nge2 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8.
Bf4 d6 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Kb1 a6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. Qd4 Ng6 14. Be3 c5
15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Qa4 Ne5 17. Nd4 Nfg4 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Qxg4 Bf6 20. Qe4 Qc7
21. Rd3 Rfe8 22. Qc4 Qd7 23. Qa4 d5 24. g3 Rab8 25. b4 Nxb4 26. Qxd7 Nxd3+ 27.
Ka2 Rb2+ 28. Ka1 Rxc2+ 29. Kb1 Rb2+ 30. Ka1 Rd2+ 31. Kb1 Rb8+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "210"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. e3 a5 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O b6 9. a3 Na6 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Na2 Nc6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Nc3 Nb4
15. Na2 Nc6 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. d5 Nb4 19. d6 Qd8 20. Ne5 Qc8 21. Na2
Nc6 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Nb4 Qc8 24. Nxa6 Qxa6 25. Qc3 Qc8 26. b4 axb4 27. Qxb4
Qc5 28. Qd2 Ra8 29. Rab1 Ne4 30. Qd3 f5 31. Rb5 Ra3 32. Qc2 Qc6 33. Qb2 Ra6 34.
Bf3 Qxc4 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Rg5 g6 37. Rc1 Ra2 38. Rxc4 Rxb2 39. h4 Rbxf2 40.
Rxe4 Rf1+ 41. Kh2 Rd1 42. h5 Kg7 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Reg4 Rf6 45. Rb5 Rxd6 46.
Rgb4 Rf2 47. Rxb6 Rdd2 48. Rg4 Rfe2 49. Rb3 Kf6 50. Rg3 g5 51. Rb8 Rd3 52. Rf8+
Ke7 53. Rff3 d5 54. Rxg5 Rdxe3 55. Rg7+ Kd6 56. Rf8 Re5 57. Kh3 R2e3+ 58. Kh4
Re1 59. g4 Rh1+ 60. Kg3 Re3+ 61. Kf2 Rhe1 62. g5 R1e2+ 63. Kf1 Ra2 64. g6 Rb3
65. Rf2 Ra1+ 66. Kg2 Ra4 67. Rg8 Rg4+ 68. Kf1 Rbg3 69. Rd8+ Ke7 70. Ra8 Rxg6
71. Ra7+ Kd6 72. Ra6+ Ke5 73. Re2+ Kf5 74. Rf2+ Kg5 75. Ke2 Rg4 76. Kd3 Rh6 77.
Rb6 Rf4 78. Re2 Kf5 79. Rb8 Rh3+ 80. Kd2 Rd4+ 81. Kc2 Rc4+ 82. Kd2 Rd4+ 83. Kc2
Re4 84. Rg2 Ra3 85. Rb2 Rae3 86. Kd2 Rf3 87. Rb8 Ke5 88. Rb6 Ra4 89. Rg5+ Rf5
90. Rg6 Rf6 91. Rg5+ Kf4 92. Rxd5 Rh6 93. Rd8 Rh2+ 94. Kc3 Rh3+ 95. Kb2 e5 96.
Rc6 Rb4+ 97. Kc2 Rh2+ 98. Rd2 Rb2+ 99. Kxb2 Rxd2+ 100. Kc1 Rd8 101. Rf6+ Ke3
102. Rh6 e4 103. Rh3+ Kf2 104. Rh2+ Kg3 105. Rh7 e3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4
Bd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Nc3 a5 11. b5 O-O 12. Be2 c6 13. O-O cxb5 14. Nxb5 Nxb5
15. cxb5 a4 16. Bb2 Be6 17. f3 Nh5 18. g3 Qg5 19. Bc1 Qg6 20. Kh1 f5 21. f4 Nf6
22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Bb2 Ng4 24. Qd2 e4 25. dxe4 Bxe4+ 26. Kg1 Rac8 27. Rac1 d5
28. Bd4 Nxh2 29. Kxh2 Qh6+ 30. Kg1 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qg2+ 32. Ke1 Qxg3+ 33. Bf2 Qxa3
34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Rg1 Rc1+ 36. Bd1 Bf3 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Bd4+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Re1
h6 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. Bd5 Bf6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6
15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Rd1+ Kc7 17. e4 g5 18. Be3 Be7 19. Ne5 Be6 20. f4 Bd6 21.
Nd3 c4 22. Nc5 gxf4 23. Rab1 Bc8 24. Bd4 Re8 25. Kf2 Rb8 26. Rxb8 Kxb8 27. Kf3
Rg8 28. Rb1+ Kc7 29. e5 Be7 30. Rb2 h5 31. Ne4 Be6 32. Bc5 Bxc5 33. Nxc5 Rg4
34. Nxa6+ Kc8 35. Rb8+ Kd7 36. Rb7+ Kc8 37. Rb8+ Kd7 38. Nc5+ Kc7 39. Rb7+ Kc8
40. Ra7 Bd5+ 41. Ne4 Rg5 42. Rxf7 Rxe5 43. Rxf4 Kc7 44. Ke3 c5 45. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 d6 13. Nd2 a5 14. a4
Bd7 15. Ra3 Bg5 16. Nc4 Bxc1 17. Qxc1 Nf6 18. Qd1 Qe7 19. Re3 Qf8 20. b3 b5 21.
axb5 Bxb5 22. Rc3 Qb8 23. Qd4 a4 24. bxa4 Bxa4 25. Ne3 Bd7 26. Qc4 Ra7 27. h3
h6 28. Rb3 Rb7 29. Rxb7 Qxb7 30. Bd3 Kf8 31. Kh2 Qb6 32. g4 Bc8 33. Qb5 Qxb5
34. Bxb5 Ne4 35. Kg2 g5 36. Bd3 Nc3 37. Kg3 Bb7 38. Bc4 Kg7 39. Nf5+ Kf6 40.
Nxh6 Bxd5 41. Bxd5 Nxd5 42. Nf5 Ke5 43. h4 gxh4+ 44. Nxh4 Nb4 45. f4+ Kd5 46.
c3 Na2 47. c4+ Kxc4 48. g5 Nc3 49. Kg4 Ne4 50. f5 Kd5 51. Kf4 Nc5 52. Ng2 Nd3+
53. Ke3 Nb4 54. Kf4 Nd3+ 55. Ke3 Nc5 56. Kf4 Nd7 57. Ne3+ Kd4 58. g6 fxg6 59.
fxg6 Nf8 60. Nf5+ Kd3 61. Nxd6 Nxg6+ 62. Kf5 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Bd6 8.
e4 O-O 9. Bc4 Qe8 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd2 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Qe6 13. Qe2 Be7 14. O-O f6
15. a4 Nd8 16. Rfd1 Nf7 17. Na5 b6 18. Qc4 Qxc4 19. Nxc4 Rfd8 20. Kf1 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Ra1 a6 23. Ke2 Kf8 24. b4 Ke8 25. f3 Kd7 26. Bf2 Nd6 27. Ne3 Bf8
28. Kd3 Kc8 29. Kc2 Kb7 30. Rd1 Nf7 31. Nd5 Ng5 32. Rb1 Ne6 33. h4 b5 34. Ra1
c6 35. Ne3 h5 36. axb5 axb5 37. g4 hxg4 38. fxg4 Ra8 39. Rxa8 Kxa8 40. Nf5 Kb7
41. h5 Kc7 42. Bc5 Nxc5 43. bxc5 Kd7 44. Kb3 Ke6 45. Kb4 Kf7 46. Nh4 Be7 47.
Nf3 Ke6 48. Nd2 Bd8 49. Nf1 Be7 50. Ne3 Bf8 51. c4 bxc4 52. Nxc4 Be7 53. Nd2
Kd7 54. Nf3 Ke6 55. Nh4 Kf7 56. Ng6 Bd8 57. Nh4 Be7 58. Kc4 Ke6 59. Nf5 Bf8 60.
Ng3 Be7 61. Ne2 Kd7 62. Nc1 Ke6 63. Nd3 Bd8 64. Kb4 Bc7 65. Kc3 Bd8 66. Kd2 Be7
67. Ke3 Bf8 68. Kd2 Be7 69. Kc3 Bd8 70. Kb4 Bc7 71. Nb2 Bd8 72. Nc4 Be7 73. Ne3
Bf8 74. Nf5 Kf7 75. Nh4 Be7 76. Nf3 Ke6 77. Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 Nc6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Rac1 Qc6 16. Qd2 f5 17. Bd4 f4 18. gxf4 Bd6 19. f5 Rxf5 20. b4 Rh5 21. h3
Rf8 22. Red1 Rxh3 23. Bxg7 Rh2 24. Qg5 Rf5 25. Qg4 Kf7 26. Bb2 Bf4 27. b5 Qc7
28. Qg7+ Ke8 29. Bf6 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 31. Kf1 Bd6 32. Bh4 Bf8 33. Qg3 Qxg3
34. Bxg3 Bf3 35. Rd4 Be7 36. Ke1 Bb4+ 37. Kf1 Be7 38. Ke1 Rh5 39. Kd2 Bf6 40.
Rd3 Bg5+ 41. Re3 Kd8 42. Bd6 Rh1 43. Rxh1 Bxe3+ 44. Kxe3 Bxh1 45. Kd4 Bf3 46.
Kc3 h5 47. a4 h4 48. Kb4 h3 49. a5 Ke8 50. axb6 axb6 51. c5 Kf7 52. cxb6 Kf6
53. Bg3 e5 54. Kc3 Ke6 55. Kd3 Bb7 56. f4 exf4 57. Bxf4 Kd5 58. Bh2 Kc5 59.
Bg1+ Kxb5 60. Ke2 d5 61. Kf2 d4 62. Kg3 d3 63. Be3 Bc8 64. b7 Bxb7 65. Kxh3 d2
66. Bxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Qc2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. a3 O-O 7. h4 d6 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nge4 Nd7 11. f3 Be6 12. g4 f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Ng3 Nc5 15.
Be2 f4 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 a5 18. b3 Ne7 19. Bb2 Nf5 20. exf4 Nd4 21. Bxd4
exd4 22. O-O-O Rxf4 23. Ng3 d3 24. Bxd3 Qf6 25. Nh5 Qa1+ 26. Qb1 Qxa3+ 27. Kc2
Rf7 28. Rde1 Bd7 29. Nxg7 Rxg7 30. Rhg1 Rxg1 31. Rxg1+ Kf8 32. Bh7 Be6 33. Qe1
Re8 34. Qg3 Re7 35. Qf4+ Ke8 36. Bg6+ Kd7 37. Bf5 Qa2+ 38. Kc3 a4 39. Bxe6+
Rxe6 40. Qf7+ Kc6 41. Qxe6 Qxb3+ 42. Kd4 Qb6+ 43. Kd3 Qxg1 44. Qe8+ Kb6 45.
Qb5+ Ka7 46. Qxa4+ Kb6 47. Qb5+ Ka7 48. Qa4+ Kb6 49. Qb5+ Ka7 50. Qa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Bh6
c6 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. O-O-O cxd5 11. exd5 Bg4 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Rhe1 Rc8 14. Nd4
Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Ne5 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. b3 Na3 19. Rxe7 Qb4 20. Nde2 Rc5
21. Qd4 a5 22. Kb2 Rc4 23. Qd3 Rfc8 24. Rc1 b5 25. f5 Rxc3 26. Nxc3 Rxc3 27.
Qe2 Nc4+ 28. Ka1 Ne5 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Rf1 Qd4 31. Kb1 Nxd5 32. Rd1 Rd3 33.
Rxd3 Nxd3 34. Qxd3 Qxd3 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. cxd3 Nf4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.24"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Macovei, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nxc5
Nxc5 9. Nd4 Ne7 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. Bg5 Bg6 12. h4 h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h5 Bh7 15.
O-O O-O 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Re1 Rac8 18. Qd2 Rc4 19. Re3 Rfc8 20. c3 a6 21. a3
Kh8 22. Rae1 Be4 23. f3 Bh7 24. Kh2 b5 25. g4 a5 26. b3 R4c7 27. Kg3 Rb8 28.
Ra1 Qe7 29. b4 Rc4 30. Kh3 Qg5 31. Rf1 Qe7 32. Rg1 Qg5 33. Rf1 Qe7 34. Rf2 Qd7
35. Rg2 axb4 36. axb4 Ra8 37. Rg1 Ra4 38. Rc1 Rc8 39. Re2 Rca8 40. Rg2 Ra1 41.
Rxa1 Rxa1 42. Qe3 Qa7 43. Rg1 Rxg1 44. Qxg1 Bd3 45. Qc1 Qc7 46. Qe1 Qa7 47. Kg3
Qa2 48. Qc1 Kg8 49. Qd1 Bc4 50. Qc1 Bd3 51. Qd1 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.25"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]
[WhiteClock "0:30:23"]
[BlackClock "0:29:53"]

{[%evp 0,82,19,31,14,30,50,44,37,14,22,22,45,48,42,15,13,28,21,17,4,-12,-11,
-10,-8,-6,-8,-2,14,11,23,-16,-9,-10,41,56,58,41,39,38,54,47,63,52,49,43,30,0,
-2,-29,43,-2,-39,-11,-31,-29,-29,-23,0,0,-7,0,-7,0,-8,-41,-62,-81,-81,-131,-66,
-85,-39,-88,-122,-164,-109,-221,-70,-183,-316,-328,-328,-328,-269]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 {Papaioannou usually employed 3.Bg5 here, so while this came
as a surprise, in some way it didn't.} Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O (4... c5 {appears more
principled, but I was sort of ready for some Pirc-like setup.}) 5. c3 d6 6. e4
{Getting e2-e4 like this looks like an achievement.} Nbd7 7. Be2 b6 $5 {
I was getting a little bit creative and the double fianchetto in fact seems
very decent here.} 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qc2 (9. Bd3 $5 {is an alternative.} e5 10. Bg5
) 9... e5 $1 {I forced myself to calculate a little bit, as I didn't want to
end up in a bad position after another lazy move.} 10. Bg5 $5 {Going for a
full fledged battle.} ({I expected} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nxe4
$1 {where the position is about to get almost entirely sterilized, but
actually Black is an inch better, so I didn't mind this too much.}) 10... h6
11. Bh4 Qe8 {I didn't like g5, so this seemed normal.} 12. Rfe1 Nh5 13. Rad1
Kh8 {Black is playing for f5, which is rather double edged. I wasn't entirely
confident at this point in the potentially arising complications, but the fact
that we got this rich position was something I knew I should be happy with.}
14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nc4 Nc5 16. Nfd2 Bf6 $6 {This move, although it always looks
cool to me, is usually bad, but in this version, when white retreated with the
f3 knight I thought it would actually be alright. I didn't mind to clarify the
position a little bit, in view of the arising time trouble.} (16... Nf4 17. Bf1
a5 18. f3 Ba6 {is balanced.}) 17. Bxf6+ Nxf6 18. f3 Kg7 19. b4 Ncd7 20. Nb3 {
First step in the wrong direction, with pawn on b6 I didn't quite see what the
knight would be doing here.} (20. Nf1 {is a better square for the knight, I
felt.}) 20... h5 $5 {Too typical not to play.} 21. Qd2 h4 22. Qg5 $2 {The
queen has no business here, probably White overlooked something simple here.} (
22. Ne3 {was much more sensible, with some ideas of c4, Nd5 perhaps. Frankly I
liked my position anyway, but it seems White is fully in control here,
objectively speaking.}) 22... Rh8 23. Rd2 {The queen really should return
sooner than later.} (23. Ne3 $2 {is met with} Rh5 $1) 23... Qe6 24. Red1 $2 {
This is a tactical oversight. White misplaced his pieces already quite a bit,
but nothing too dramatic happened just yet and with precise play it was still
possible to try and maintain the balance.} b5 $5 {An attempt to win by force,
but it seems that there was an alternative way to gain the upperhand. The move
in the game did get praised by Magnus Carlsen on Twitter. #lol} (24... Ba6 $1
25. Nb2 (25. Nxe5 {is interesting, but loses by force to a long but pretty
variation.} Bxe2 26. Nxd7 Bxd1 27. Nd4 Qxd7 28. Nf5+ Qxf5 29. exf5 Rh5 30. Qe3
Re8 31. Qf2 Bxf3 $1 {the 'long variation, wrong variation' quote is really
from the past.}) 25... Bxe2 26. Rxe2 h3 $5 27. g3 a5 $1 {Breaking white's
position apart, without any complications.}) 25. Nd6 $1 {White fights back. I
must have underestimated some of the consequences here.} (25. Nca5 Qb6+ $1 {
and Rh5 trapping the queen is the point of my 'antipositional' b5 move.}) (25.
Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 {is flashy, but doesn't bring white much.}) 25... Rh5 (
{I didn't inverse the move order, because of} 25... cxd6 26. Rxd6 Rh5 27. Qd2
$5 ({or} 27. Qxh5 $5)) 26. Qe3 cxd6 27. Rxd6 $2 (27. Na5 $1 {was a very clever
intermezzo missed by my opponent. He'd get a much better version of the game
and the counterplay would have been enough here to stay afloat.}) 27... Qe7 {
Now though Na5 is met with Nf8! and it's really not the same anymore.} 28. Bxb5
Nf8 29. Nc5 $2 {To be honest it was not entirely clear to me at first, what
was going on, but eventually I figured out that I should just start a kingside
attack. White doesn't have any real threats yet and his queenside play is too
slow.} (29. Na5 $1 {would give white much more play, but here too Black is for
choice.} a6 $5 (29... Bc8 30. Bc6 Rb8 31. Ba4 Rb6 32. Rxb6 axb6 33. Qxb6 Ne6 (
33... N6h7 34. Qc5 Qg5 {Black is going to have all the fun, but white can
defend here-} 35. Nc4 $1) 34. Nc6 Qe8 {and Black is certainly for choice, but
white keeps fighting here-} 35. Bb3 h3 36. g3 Bd7 37. Rd6 Ng5 38. Bd1 {etc.})
30. Bc4 Rc8 (30... Bc8 31. Qb6 $1) 31. Rb6 Rc7 32. h3 {the machines may hold
this position, but they do admit that Black is for choice. It is always more
fun to play against the king.}) 29... Rb8 30. a4 Rh8 $1 {Introducing the idea
of Nh5-Nf4. Things went surprisingly well, surprisingly fast here.} 31. Bc4 Bc8
32. a5 Nh5 33. Bf1 {White is struggling to come up with any real counterplay.
Knight on c5 was an empty shot, in hindsight. White can't attack anything on
the queenside to distract Black from launching the kingside attack.} Nf4 34.
Kh1 {Now there are many ways to do it, N8e6 was one of the moves I had planned,
but now that the king is on h1 is seemed tempting to bring the second knight
in and go for an old-fashioned checkmate.} Nh7 $5 35. b5 Nf6 36. Kg1 N6h5 {
When they say it takes two to tango, I am not sure that this is what they mean,
but two knights are about to do some good things here.} 37. Kf2 Qg5 38. Qd2 Ng3
$1 {One of the shots. To be honest when all pieces gather around the king,
often it is just a matter of launching some sort of a blow. 38...h3!? 39.g3
Nxg3 was another way to do it.} 39. hxg3 hxg3+ {Qxg3 and h3 was also doing it.}
40. Ke3 (40. Ke1 {I expected this one, to be honest, when Rh1 threatening
Nxg2+ would win on the spot, but I found the following line quite pretty as
well-} Rxb5 $5 41. Bxb5 Rh1+ 42. Bf1 Nxg2+ 43. Qxg2 Qe3+ 44. Qe2 g2 $1) 40...
Rh2 41. Qc1 Bh3 $1 {Everything won, but this is the most efficient. Black is
going to cash in on all the x-rays real bad and so White had no choice but to
resign here.} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteClock "0:51:54"]
[BlackClock "0:16:11"]

{[%evp 0,55,36,31,27,18,3,28,45,23,6,13,13,2,60,-1,-3,-24,10,-19,-19,-22,-16,4,
3,9,-9,-9,0,-33,-25,-48,0,-21,5,-14,11,-3,24,-41,-28,-51,-97,-40,7,135,70,0,4,
14,197,262,323,323,323,714,753,369]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {Italian has
been one of my main weapons for a while and although oftentimes the games end
up being rather dull, occasionally there are these pleasant exceptions.} Bc5 4.
O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 {David Anton likes this principled system. Black
doesn't allow this to grab any space on the queenside, on the other hand the
fact that he will not threaten Na5 (which is the case after a6 Ba7 and 0-0)
gives White more time to develop his pieces quickly.} 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 (8. Bg5
{Used to be all the rage, but now the theory has become broader.}) 8... h6 9.
Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 ({Ding Liren went} 
13... Bb4 {against me.}) 14. a4 {A peculiar new idea. The rook is suddenly
ready to join the game via a3!} Re8 {I thought the tempo-moves d5 and Qa7 were
more tempting, but this waiting move is actually very decent.} 15. Ra3 Qb7 $6 (
15... Qa7 $1 {is main, when the d4 pawn is under attack and} 16. Nf1 {is met
with} d5 $1 {where the analyses begin.}) {I had to play on my own here, but
the following moves looked very natural to me and I didn't bother doubting
myself too much.} 16. Rae3 $1 Rab8 17. b3 $1 {The bishop joins the game as
well.} Ba7 $1 18. Bb2 $6 {I could, and objectively, should have played for the
eventual grip on c5 square, but I got too tempted with mating ideas.} (18. Ba3
d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Qc1 {is a stable plus, as Black is unable to breakthrough
with c5 and White will proceed with Nf1-Ng3.}) 18... d5 19. e5 Nd7 $1 {To be
honest I underestimated this move. Fortunately I didn't see my opponents
defensive resource and proceeded casually.} (19... Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Nd2 {
is what I was counting on, when Black is worse, because if he starts any sort
of action of his own with let's say c5, he will get steamrolled with Nxe4 Rg3
Qh5 ideas.}) 20. Nh4 {Inspired and careless.} c5 $4 {Natural, but horrible. We
both totally missed Black's defensive idea here.} (20... Qb4 $1 {was a very
beautiful resource. Black brings the queen back in!} 21. Bc3 Qe7 $1 22. Qh5 Qg5
$1 {and it is White who has to think about equality here.} 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24.
Nhf3 c5 $1) 21. Rg3 {Now all goes according to the plan. The attack is swift!}
Qa6 {Not good, but it was already late to set up a real defense here.} 22. Qh5
{I tried this attacking setup against both Karjakin and Ding Liren preivously,
but it was only in this game that it brought me a full point.} Kh8 23. Bc1 $1 {
The easiest, bringing all the boys into the action.} Rg8 24. Ndf3 Nf8 25. Bxh6
$1 {Standard stuff.} g6 (25... gxh6 26. Qxh6+ Nh7 27. Ng5 Rxg5 28. Rxg5 Rg8 29.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. Nf5 {and White collects -} Bxf5 31. Qxa6) 26. Nxg6+ $1 {It's
bad news when even I, am sacrificing a piece.} fxg6 27. Qh4 Nh7 28. Ng5 $1 {
White is crushing - Black's queenside pieces never got to take part in the
defense.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8.
O-O Be6 9. Ng3 Nc6 10. Nh5 Nxh5 11. Qxh5 Nb4 12. Rd1 Qd7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. a3
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. Be3 Rc7 17. a4 Rfc8 18. a5 Rc4 19. f3 h6 20. Bf2 Kh8 21.
Qe3 Bd8 22. Rd3 R4c6 23. Qe1 b5 24. axb6 Bxb6 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Na4 Rbc6 27.
Nc3 Qb7 28. Rb1 a5 29. h3 a4 30. Kh2 Qb4 31. Qd2 a3 32. bxa3 Qxa3 33. Nd1 Qa7
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Qd1 Nbc6 11. Nf3 h6 12. O-O Qa5 13. Be2 Rxf3 14. Bxf3 Qxc3
15. Bd2 Qxd4 16. a4 Ne5 17. Be2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qh5 Bd7 21.
Ra3 Nf5 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Be7 11. g4 h6 12. Bh4 Rb8 13. Be1 b4 14. axb4 Rxb4 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ra4 17. dxe6 Nc5 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Bc3 Bf6 20. b4 Nb3+ 21.
Nxb3 Qxc3 22. Qc4+ Ke7 23. Qxc3 Bxc3 24. Rd3 Bxb4 25. Rd4 Ba3+ 26. Kd2 Rxd4+
27. Nxd4 Bc5 28. c3 Bb7 29. Rg1 g5 30. Bg2 Bxg2 31. Rxg2 gxf4 32. Ke2 Bxd4 33.
cxd4 a5 34. Kf3 a4 35. Ra2 Ra8 36. Kxf4 Ke6 37. Ke4 a3 38. h4 Ra4 39. g5 h5 40.
Kd3 Kd5 41. Kc3 Rc4+ 42. Kb3 Rxd4 43. Rxa3 Rxh4 44. Ra5+ Ke6 45. g6 d5 46. Ra6+
Ke7 47. Ra5 Kf6 48. Rxd5 Kxg6 49. Kc3 Re4 50. Rd8 h4 51. Kd3 Re7 52. Rh8 Kg5
53. Kd2 Kg4 54. Rg8+ Kf3 55. Rf8+ Kg2 56. Rg8+ Kh2 57. Rg6 Re4 58. Rg8 Kh3 59.
Rg7 Rg4 60. Rxg4 Kxg4 61. Ke2 Kg3 62. Kf1 h3 63. Kg1 h2+ 64. Kh1 Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. c3 Nc5 14. Bc2 b4 15.
d4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd7 17. Nc4 Qa1 18. Bd2 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Ra8 20. Rb1 Bc8 21. h3
Bf6 22. Be3 h6 23. Bb3 Rb8 24. Bc2 Rxb1+ 25. Bxb1 Ba6 26. dxe5 Ndxe5 27. Ncxe5
Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Bd2 g5 30. g3 Kg7 31. f4 gxf4 32. gxf4 Bf6 33. Bc2 Bh4
34. Kg2 Bb7 35. Kf1 Ba6+ 36. Kg2 Bc4 37. Ba4 f5 38. Bc6 fxe4 39. Bxe4 Kf6 40.
Be3 Be1 41. Bd4+ Kf7 42. Kf3 c5 43. Bh8 Bh4 44. Bh7 Bd8 45. Kg3 h5 46. h4 Be2
47. Kf2 Bg4 48. Kg3 Be6 49. f5 Bc4 50. Kh3 Be2 51. Kg3 Bd3 52. Kh3 Bf1+ 53. Kg3
Be2 54. Kf2 Bd3 55. Kg3 Kf8 56. Kh3 Be2 57. Kg3 Kf7 58. Kf2 Bc4 59. Kg3 Bd3 60.
Kh3 Be2 61. Kg3 Bg4 62. c4 Bf6 63. Bg6+ Ke7 64. Bxf6+ Kxf6 65. Kf4 Be2 66. Be8
Bxc4 67. Bxh5 Bd3 68. Bg6 c4 69. h5 c3 70. Ke3 c2 71. Kd2 Kg5 72. f6 Bxg6 73.
hxg6 Kxg6 74. Kxc2 Kxf6 75. Kd3 Ke5 76. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. c6 bxc6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. g3
Qb6 9. e3 Nc7 10. c4 O-O 11. Bg2 a5 12. O-O a4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bd4 Qb5 15.
Be5 Ne6 16. bxa4 Qxa4 17. Nb1 Qa5 18. Qd2 Ne4 19. Qxa5 Rxa5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Nfd2 N6c5 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rc1 Be6 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 d4 26. exd4 Rxa2 27.
Rxa2 Bxa2 28. Ra3 Bc4 29. Ra8 Rxa8 30. Bxa8 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.11.02"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. d3 Na5 8. Bd2
e6 9. e5 d5 10. Bb5 Nc6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Be1 Qb6 14. a4 d4 15. a5
Qc7 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. dxe4 Nc6 18. Bh4 h6 19. Qe2 g5 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Nxe5
22. h3 Nd7 23. a6 O-O 24. axb7 Qxb7 25. e5 Qxb2 26. Rab1 d3 27. Qe4 Qxc2 28.
Rb7 Qe2 29. Be3 Rad8 30. Rf2 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 c4 32. Rd2 Qa1 33. Rxa7 Bxe5+ 34. g3
Qc3 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Nxe5 f5 37. Qf4 Rg7 38. Bd4 Qc1 39. Qh6 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Be8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rc1 Bc6 20. c5 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Nd7 22. cxb6 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 axb6 24. Kf3 Nc6 25. Ke3 Kf8 26. Nd4 Nxd4
27. Kxd4 Ke7 28. Kc4 Kd6 29. Kb5 Kc7 30. g4 Nf6 31. Be3 Nd7 32. h4 f5 33. g5 g6
34. f4 Kb7 35. a4 Kc7 36. Bf2 Kb7 37. Bd4 Kc7 38. Bf6 h6 39. Bd8+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. a3 Be7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3
b6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Bg3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 a4
15. e4 Nf6 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Be5 Ra5 18. Rfd1 Qd7 19. h3 Bd6 20. Qe3 Qe7 21. Bxd6
cxd6 22. Rdb1 Qc7 23. Nd2 Ra7 24. e5 dxe5 25. dxe5 Ra5 26. Re1 Rd8 27. Bf1 Rc5
28. c4 g6 29. Rab1 Ng7 30. g4 Ne8 31. Bg2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Kg7 33. Rb4 Qd7 34. Re2
Qc6+ 35. Qf3 Qxf3+ 36. Nxf3 Nc7 37. Rxa4 b5 38. cxb5 Rxb5 39. Rc4 Nd5 40. a4
Rb3 41. Ra2 h6 42. h4 Ra8 43. Nd2 Rd3 44. a5 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Kf1 Nf4 47.
a6 Rh8 48. Rxf4 gxf4 49. Ke2 Rd5 50. Nc4 Rb5 51. Kf3 Rb3+ 52. Ke4 Rb4 53. Kd3
Rc8 54. Nd6 Ra8 55. Kc3 Rb6 56. a7 f6 57. Kc4 fxe5 58. Kc5 Rb1 59. Nb5 Rc1+ 60.
Kb6 e4 61. Nc7 Rc8 62. Nxe6+ Kf6 63. Nxf4 Rb1+ 64. Ka6 Ke5 65. Ng2 Rc6+ 66. Ka5
Rc5+ 67. Ka6 Rc6+ 68. Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Bb3 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Nh4 Nc5 12. Bxc5 Rxc5 13. Re1 Qd7 14. g3 O-O
15. Ng2 Bd8 16. Qd3 Ba5 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Re3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 b5 20. Qe2 Qc6 21.
Qe1 h6 22. f3 Rc8 23. Rdd3 Bc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. h4 a5 26. Kh2 Qc5 27. g4 b4
28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Nh5 30. Rd5 Qc7 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Re2 g6 33. Ne3 Nf4 34.
Nxc4 Qxc4 35. Rdd2 Kg7 36. Re3 Qxa2 37. c4 Qxc4 38. Kg1 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
h3 f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 c5 12. dxc5 Bb7 13. Na3 Qc7 14. Be3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qg3 Qb7 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Nc4 Bd4 19. Qf3 Qb4 20. Rac1 Bxc5 21.
Bd2 Qb5 22. a4 Bxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Qxa4 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 e6 26. Ra5 Qb3 27. Rc7
Qxb2 28. Rxd7 a6 29. Qe3 Rf7 30. Qxe6 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Qb8+ 32. Re5 Qxe5+ 33. Qxe5
Rxd7 34. Bc3 Rad8 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Qxh7+ Ke6 37. Qxg6+ Kd5 38. Qxa6 Rf8 39.
Qb5+ Ke6 40. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e6 8.
Nf3 Bd6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Bb8 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be5 Nd7 13. Qe2 a5 14. Rad1
Qb6 15. Bd3 Ba6 16. h4 Rd8 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Qh5 h6 19. Ne4 Qb5 20. f4 Qxb2 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. f5 exf5 23. Rxf5 Ne5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27.
Qf6+ Kf8 28. Qxh6+ Ke7 29. Qf6+ Kf8 30. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. Na3 Ba6
15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Nc5 17. Qxe8 Rfxe8 18. Bf4 Na4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1
Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Nd7 22. Ne1 f5 23. e4 dxe4 24. Bf1 b5 25. Bxb5 Nab6 26. f3 Bf6
27. Nc2 exf3 28. a4 a6 29. Bxa6 Nxa4 30. Bc4 Kf7 31. Kf2 Nab6 32. Bb3 Ke7 33.
Kxf3 Nd5 34. Bc4 g5 35. g4 f4 36. b4 N7b6 37. Bd3 h6 38. b5 Kd7 39. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Bxb8 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Rxb8 12. Qa4+ Ke7 13. Qd4 b6 14. c6
Be6 15. e3 Qd6 16. f3 Nc5 17. Ne2 Qxc6 18. Qd2 Qd6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bb5 Kf8 21.
Bxd7 Qxd7 22. O-O Rg8 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. g4 h5 25. Nf5 hxg4 26. fxg4 Qa4 27. h3
Rh8 28. Qh2 Ne6 29. Nd6 Nf4 30. exf4 Rxd6 31. fxg5 Qc6 32. Rf3 Rh7 33. Rdf1
Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Qc6 35. Kg1 Kg8 36. R1f2 Rg7 37. Rf6 Re6 38. Qf4 Qxc3 39. Qb8+ Kh7
40. Rxf7 Reg6 41. Rf8 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Qf3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. f5 Qc5 13. fxe6 Qg5+ 14. Kb1
fxe6 15. Bc4 O-O-O 16. Rhf1 Be7 17. e5 d5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bg4 20. Nxe7+
Kb8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxf6 Qd2 23. a3 Be2 24. Rg1 Bd1 25. Ka2 Bxc2 26. e6 Rd3
27. Ka1 Bb3 28. Rb1 Qc2 29. Qf8+ Ka7 30. Nc8+ Kb8 31. Ne7+ Ka7 32. Nc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Qa5 Rc8
15. c3 Bd8 16. h4 Nbxd5 17. Qxc7 Bxc7 18. Bg5 O-O 19. g3 Ne7 20. Bg2 Rb8 21. f4
exf4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. gxf4 Rfd8 24. Nd4 d5 25. Ne2 b5 26. b4 a5 27. Rh3 Kf8
28. Rhd3 Re8 29. Bf3 Nf5 30. Bxh5 Nxh4 31. Rxd5 axb4 32. cxb4 Ng2 33. Rd7 Re7
34. Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Nd4 Kf8 36. Nf5 Nxf4 37. Bf3 Rd8 38. Rxd8+ Bxd8 39. Bc6 Bb6
40. Kb2 Ne2 41. Bxb5 Nd4 42. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 43. Kb3 Ke7 44. Kc4 Be3 45. Kd5 Kd8 46.
Kc6 Kc8 47. a4 Bd2 48. a5 Kb8 49. Kc5 Be3+ 50. Kc4 Bd2 51. Bd7 Kc7 52. Bf5 Be1
53. Kb5 Bd2 54. Ka4 Kd6 55. b5 Kc5 56. b6 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. a4 b6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O e6 10. b3 Re8 11. Ba3 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc2 Rc8 15. Na2
Rxc2 16. Qxc2 Qb8 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Qd1 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. Qc1
Qxc1+ 22. Nxc1 Ne4 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Ke1 Kd6 25. Na2 a5 26. Nd2 e5 27. f3 Nxd2
28. Kxd2 exd4 29. exd4 Nf8 30. Ke3 Ne6 31. f4 Ng7 32. g4 Bc8 33. Nc3 Bd7 34.
Bf3 Be6 35. Nb5+ Kd7 36. Nc3 Kd6 37. Nb5+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Bg5 d5 6. Bxf6 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Qxf6 8. e3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qe7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne2 Be6 12. O-O Nd7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxe4
Nf6 15. Bg2 O-O 16. Nc3 Rab8 17. Rb1 Rfd8 18. e4 Ng4 19. d5 Bd7 20. a4 Qc5 21.
Qd2 Ne5 22. Kh1 Nd3 23. f4 a6 24. e5 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. d6 Bc6 27. Ne4 Qd4
28. Ng5 Bxg2+ 29. Qxg2 h6 30. Qe4 Qxe4+ 31. Nxe4 b4 32. Rf3 f6 33. Nd2 fxe5 34.
Nxc4 e4 35. Re3 Rbc8 36. Nd2 Nf2+ 37. Kg2 Rxd6 38. Nxe4 Nxe4 39. Rxe4 Rd2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. Be2 Rae8 16. O-O h6 17. Rae1 Qd6 18. Nd2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Na5 20. g3 Qd7 21.
Kg2 c6 22. Rfe1 Bc7 23. Qd3 b5 24. f4 Nc4 25. Bf2 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Re8 27. Nf3
Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Nd6 29. Nd2 a5 30. g4 a4 31. Bg3 Ba5 32. Qe3 Ne4 33. Nxe4 dxe4
34. f5 Qd5 35. a3 Bd8 36. Be5 Bg5 37. Bf4 Be7 38. Kg3 c5 39. Be5 cxd4 40. Bxd4
Bxa3 41. f6 Bd6+ 42. Kg2 g5 43. Kg1 a3 44. f7+ Kxf7 45. Qf2+ Bf4 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c5
Be7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Bf4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c6 12. Qa4 b5 13. Qc2 a5 14. e4 Nf6 15. e5
Ne4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. a3 Rfb8 20. h4 Qb7 21. Reb1 Ra7
22. Bf3 Rba8 23. Kh2 Qd7 24. Bd1 Bf8 25. Bc2 Qe8 26. Re1 Bc8 27. Qd3 f5 28.
exf6 gxf6 29. Qf3 Qf7 30. Re2 Bg7 31. Bd6 e5 32. Bf5 e4 33. Qg4 Bxf5 34. Qxf5
Qg6 35. Qe6+ Rf7 36. Bf4 f5 37. Qxg6 hxg6 38. Be3 Rb7 39. Rb2 a4 40. Rg1 Bf6
41. Kg2 Kf7 42. Rh1 Rh8 43. Rbb1 Ke6 44. f4 exf3+ 45. Kxf3 Kf7 46. Bf4 Re7 47.
Kf2 Re4 48. Kf3 Rhe8 49. Rbd1 Bd8 50. Rd3 Rh8 51. Rdd1 Ba5 52. Rc1 Bd8 53. Rcd1
Bf6 54. Rc1 Rhe8 55. Rcd1 Bd8 56. Rd3 Rh8 57. Rdd1 Rh5 58. Rc1 Bf6 59. Rcd1 Rh7
60. Rc1 Ke6 61. Rcg1 Bd8 62. Rd1 Be7 63. Rc1 Bf6 64. Rcd1 Bg7 65. Rdg1 Bh6 66.
Rf1 Bxf4 67. gxf4 Kf6 68. Rd1 Rhe7 69. Rd3 Re2 70. h5 Ra2 71. hxg6 Kxg6 72.
Rdd1 Rg7 73. Rde1 Kf7 74. Rh5 Kg6 75. Rh8 Rxa3 76. Re6+ Kf7 77. Rxc6 Rxc3+ 78.
Kf2 a3 79. Rc7+ Kg6 80. Rc6+ Kf7 81. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 h6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Ne5
Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. f4 O-O 11. h3 Bb4 12. Kh2 Bh7 13. g4 Re8 14. Qb3 a5 15.
Nd1 Qb6 16. Qe3 Bd6 17. Qf2 a4 18. Be3 a3 19. b3 Qc7 20. Rc1 Bb4 21. Bf3 Ne4
22. Qg1 f6 23. Nd3 Bd6 24. Kg2 g5 25. Nc3 gxf4 26. Nxd5 Qa5 27. N5xf4 Re7 28.
b4 Qb5 29. Nc5 Rae8 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. Nh5 Bg6 32. Bxe4 Qxe2+ 33. Qf2 Bxe4+ 34.
Kg1 Qxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Be7 36. Rxf6 Bd8 37. Rxh6 Bd5 38. Rg6+ Kh7 39. Rh6+ Kg8 40.
Bg5 Re2 41. Rg6+ Kh7 42. Rh6+ Kg8 43. Bxd8 Rxd8 44. Rg6+ Kh7 45. Rg7+ Kh6 46.
Rg6+ Kh7 47. Rg7+ Kh6 48. Rg6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Na4 Rb8 11. c4 c5 12. f4 Be7 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. b3 Bb7 15. Bb2
O-O 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. e5 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 dxe5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Qd2 Rbd8
22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Qf4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 f6 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Qg4 Qc6 27. Rd3 a5 28.
a4 Rf5 29. Qe2 h5 30. Rd1 h4 31. Re1 h3 32. Qg4 Qd7 33. Rd1 Qb7 34. Rd3 Qb4 35.
Qd1 Qb7 36. Qe2 Bf8 37. Rf3 Qf7 38. Rd3 Qb7 39. Rf3 Qf7 40. Rd3 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bd4 Ne5 13. Qd1 Rc8 14. Nd5 Nc4
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b3 Ne5 17. c4 Nc6 18. Qd2 Re8 19. f4 Kg8 20. Nc3 Qb6+ 21. Kh1
Qd4 22. Qe1 a6 23. Rd1 Qc5 24. f5 Bd7 25. Nd5 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Qd2 Qa7 28.
f6 Kh8 29. Qh6 Rg8 30. fxe7 Rg7 31. Rc1 Re8 32. Nf6 Rxe7 33. Nxh7 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 a5 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. e3 Bb4
15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Nd7 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 c6 20. Nd3 Bd6 21.
Ne4 Nf6 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Qb3 Qd5+ 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Nc5 Ra7 26. Rc3 Nd7 27.
Nd3 Nb6 28. b3 Kf8 29. Rb1 Ke7 30. g4 Nd7 31. h3 Kd6 32. Rbc1 Re8 33. R3c2 Raa8
34. Rb1 Re7 35. Rbc1 Ree8 36. Rb1 Re7 37. Rbc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 d5 13. Bb2 Nh5 14. b5 Nf4 15.
bxc6 Rg6 16. d4 Rxg2+ 17. Kh1 Qc8 18. Ng1 Rxf2 19. Rf1 Nxh3 20. Qh5 Nf4 21.
Qxe5 Nd3 22. Qg5 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Nxb2 24. Qxd5 bxc6 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Ndf3 Nxa4
27. Ne5 Qe8 28. Qc4 Nb6 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Nf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. bxc4 Bg7 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d3 Qc7 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Bc3 Rad8 13. Qb2 Ne8 14. Ne4 Bxc3 15.
Nxc3 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Rab1 Qb8 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. Qb2 Kg8 20. Rd2 Nd4 21. Ne1
h5 22. h3 e5 23. e4 h4 24. Kh2 Nh5 25. Nf3 hxg3+ 26. fxg3 Qd6 27. Rf1 Re7 28.
Rdf2 Rf8 29. Qd2 Kg7 30. Nh4 f6 31. Qd1 Qd7 32. Nb5 Nxb5 33. cxb5 Bc8 34. Rf5
Rh8 35. Nxg6 Kxg6 36. Qg4+ Kf7 37. Qh4 Kg7 38. Rxh5 Rxh5 39. Qxh5 Qxd3 40. Rd1
Qxb5 41. Rd8 Bd7 42. Qh8+ Kf7 43. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. Be2 Na5 16. O-O Rae8 17. Ne5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qe6 19. f4 Nc4 20. Rae1 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 g5 22. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 23. Kh1 gxf4 24. e6 Qd6 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Re2 Re7 27.
Rfe1 f3 28. gxf3 Rg7 29. Qh5 Qe7 30. Re5 Rfg8 31. R5e2 Rg5 32. Qf7 Qxf7 33.
exf7 Rf8 34. Re7 Rf5 35. Rxc7 R5xf7 36. Rxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Rfc1
Bd6 15. h3 Qe7 16. Ne2 Nd8 17. Be1 a6 18. Bd3 Nc6 19. Bh4 Rfc8 20. Qd1 e5 21.
a3 Qe6 22. Qd2 Re8 23. Rf1 e4 24. Bc2 exf3 25. Rxf3 Ne4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Bg3
Bxg3 28. Nxg3 Qe6 29. Raf1 Re7 30. Ne2 Rae8 31. Nf4 Qd6 32. Qc3 g5 33. Ne2 Nb8
34. Qb3 Nd7 35. Ng3 g6 36. e4 Rf8 37. e5 Qe6 38. Rc3 f6 39. exf6 Rxf6 40. Qxb7
Rxf1+ 41. Nxf1 Nf6 42. Qc8+ Qxc8 43. Rxc8+ Kf7 44. Rc6 Re2 45. b4 Ne4 46. g4
Ra2 47. Ne3 Ra1+ 48. Kg2 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 Rxa3 50. Nxd5 Rxh3 51. Rxa6 Rd3 52. b5
Rxd4 53. Ra7+ Ke6 54. Nc7+ Ke5 55. b6 Rb4 56. Ra5+ Kd6 57. Rb5 Rxb5 58. Nxb5+
Kc6 59. Nd4+ Kxb6 60. Ne6 Kc6 61. Nf8 Nf6 62. Nxg6 Kd6 63. Kg2 Ke6 64. Kh3 Nd5
65. Kg3 Nf6 66. Nf4+ gxf4+ 67. Kxf4 Nxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Rb8 9. a3 b5 10. Rb1 a5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Nxa4 Bd7 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Nac3 Ne8 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. f4 e6 18. f5 Ne5 19. g4 Kh7 20. Nf4 Bf6 21. Nce2 Ng7 22.
b3 a4 23. bxa4 Rxb1 24. Qxb1 Bxa4 25. c3 Bc6 26. d4 Nc4 27. fxg6+ fxg6 28. e5
Bxg2 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Nxe6 Nxe6 31. Rxf6 Rxf6 32. exf6 Nxd2 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34.
Qg6+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36. Qxd2 Bf3 37. d5 Nf8 38. Ng3 Qxf6 39. Nf5 Be4 40. Ng3
Bg6 41. Qe3 Nh7 42. h4 Qxh4 43. Qe6+ Kg7 44. Qd7+ Kh6 45. Qxd6 Qxg4 46. Kf2 c4
47. Qe5 Qh4 48. d6 Nf6 49. Kf3 Qg4+ 50. Kf2 Qh4 51. Kf3 Bd3 52. Qf4+ Qg5 53.
Qe3 Kg6 54. Qxg5+ Kxg5 55. Ke3 Kg4 56. Nh1 Kf5 57. Nf2 Bf1 58. Kd4 Ke6 59. Nd1
Ng4 60. d7 Kxd7 61. Nb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4
dxe4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxc5 Nd3 11. Bxd3 Qxd3 12. Qxd3 exd3 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Nd2 O-O-O 16. a4 Kb7 17. b4 c6 18. f3 Rd5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Rfe1 Ra8
21. Re3 a5 22. bxa5 Rdd8 23. Kf2 Kc6 24. Re4 Kxc5 25. Rh4 Bd5 26. Ke3 f5 27.
Kxd3 Bxf3+ 28. Kc2 Bxg2 29. Rxh7 Rd7 30. Rh5 Rd5 31. Rh4 Re8 32. Nb3+ Kd6 33.
Nd4 b4 34. Rh6+ Kd7 35. Rf6 Rc8 36. Kb3 bxc3 37. Nxf5 Be4 38. Rxf7+ Ke6 39.
Re7+ Kxf5 40. Rf1+ Kg5 41. Rxe4 Rxa5 42. Rc4 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Ne2 e6 8.
Nbc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Ng3 Nh5 14. h3 Nxg3
15. Bxg3 Bh5 16. a3 a6 17. b4 Bg6 18. Be2 Qd7 19. Qb3 b5 20. Na2 Na7 21. Rc5
Bxc5 22. bxc5 Nc6 23. Nb4 Qb7 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. a4 bxa4 27. Rxa4 h6
28. Ra5 Ra7 29. Qb6 Qxb6 30. cxb6 Rb7 31. Bc7 Rc8 32. Rc5 Ra8 33. Ra5 Rc8 34.
Rc5 Ra8 35. Ra5 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Qc1 a5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bf5
15. Nd2 Rfb8 16. b3 a4 17. h3 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19. bxa4 Rxa4 20. Rec1 Rb6 21.
g4 Bd3 22. Rc3 Bb5 23. a3 Bxe5 24. dxe5 d4 25. Ne4 dxc3 26. Nxc3 Rba6 27. Nxa4
Rxa4 28. Bc5 Kf8 29. Rd1 Ke8 30. Bb4 Bc4 31. Kg2 Bd5+ 32. Kg3 Kd7 33. e6+ fxe6
34. Rc1 Ra8 35. f4 e5 36. fxe5 Rf8 37. Rc3 Rf1 38. Re3 Ke6 39. a4 Rb1 40. Ba3
g5 41. Rc3 Re1 42. a5 Re2 43. h4 h5 44. hxg5 Rg2+ 45. Kh4 Rxg4+ 46. Kxh5 Kf5
47. Bc1 Ra4 48. Ra3 Rc4 49. Be3 c5 50. a6 Rc2 51. Kh6 c4 52. a7 Ba8 53. Kg7 c3
54. Bd4 Kxg5 55. Kf7 Rd2 56. Be3+ Kf5 57. Bxd2 cxd2 58. Rd3 Kxe5 59. Kxe7 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. O-O Qe7
15. Bd3 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Bc4 Bd7 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. a3 Nc6 21.
Bb5 Rd2 22. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8.
Nbd2 Qxc5 9. a3 b5 10. b4 Qc7 11. c5 a5 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5
15. Bb2 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 d4 18. O-O Be6 19. Qd3 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5
21. e3 Qc6 22. exd4 e4 23. Qe3 f5 24. f4 Ra8 25. Bc3 Ra2 26. Ra1 Qa6 27. Qe1
Rxa1 28. Qxa1 Qe6 29. Qf1 e3 30. Qxb5 Kf7 31. Qd3 exd2 32. Bxd2 Bf6 33. Bc3 Be4
34. Qd2 Qc4 35. Kf2 Bc6 36. Ke1 Bb5 37. Kd1 Ba4+ 38. Ke1 Qe6+ 39. Kf2 Bc6 40.
b5 Bxb5 41. d5 Qe4 42. Bxf6 gxf6 43. c6 Qc4 44. Qd1 Qc5+ 45. Kg2 Bc4 46. Kh3
Qxd5 47. Qh5+ Kg7 48. Qe8 Qf3 49. Qd7+ Kg6 50. Qe8+ Bf7 51. Qd7 Qf1+ 52. Kh4
Qg2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+
Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. g3 Ng4 19. d4 Qf6 20. h3 Nh6 21.
Bxh6 Qxh6 22. c3 Qf6 23. Bd3 g6 24. Re2 Rce8 25. Rae1 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O e6 6. Re1 a6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2
c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. d4 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc5 12. Qe2 bxa4 13. Be3 Bxe4 14. Bxc5 Bxc2
15. Qxc2 dxc5 16. Qxa4+ Qd7 17. Ne5 Qxa4 18. Rxa4 Bd6 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. Nbd2 Ke7
21. Rea1 a5 22. Nb3 Nd7 23. Nbxa5 Bxa5 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 e5 26. Kf1 h5 27.
h4 Rb8 28. Ke2 Rb7 29. Kd3 f6 30. Ke4 Rc7 31. Kd5 f5 32. Ra6 e4 33. Ne3 Nf6+
34. Ke5 Rd7 35. Nxf5+ Kf7 36. Nd6+ Ke7 37. Nxe4 Nxe4 38. Kxe4 Rd2 39. Ke3 Rxb2
40. Rg6 Kf7 41. Rg5 c4 42. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. e4 Bg4 11. Qc2 a6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Rb1 b5 14. b3 e5 15. dxe6
Bxe6 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Nc6 18. O-O Nb4 19. Qd1 Rxa2 20. Bxd6 Qd7 21. e5
Ne8 22. Nc3 Nxd6 23. Nxa2 Nxa2 24. exd6 Nc3 25. Qc2 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 Qxd6 27. Ne4
Bf5 28. Nxd6 Bxc2 29. Rc1 Bxb3 30. Rxc5 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Re1 Qc7 7. h3 d6 8. c3
Nf6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Nd5
15. Nxd5 Rxd5 16. e6 f6 17. Be3 a5 18. Bc5 Ba6 19. Rac1 Bh6 20. Be3 Bxe3 21.
Rxe3 c5 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Qa4 Qd8 25. Re1 Kg7 26. Qc6 Bd3 27. Nd2
g5 28. Nb3 c4 29. Nc5 Qd6 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Rd1 f5 32. f3 Rd5 33. Nxd3 cxd3 34.
Kf2 f4 35. Ke1 Re5+ 36. Kf1 Re3 37. Re1 Kf6 38. Kf2 Rxe6 39. Rxe6+ Kxe6 40. Ke1
Kd5 41. b3 Kd4 42. Kd2 e5 43. a3 h6 44. b4 a4 45. Kd1 Kc4 46. Kd2 h5 47. Kd1
Kd4 48. Kd2 h4 49. b5 Kc5 50. Kxd3 Kxb5 51. Ke4 Kc4 52. Kxe5 Kb3 53. Kd4 Kxa3
54. Kc3 Ka2 55. Kc2 a3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15.
Ng3 Rd8 16. Bb2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rad1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Rd6 20. Rxd6 cxd6 21.
Bc1 Ne7 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Qc6 24. Rd3 Ra8 25. Qd1 Ra6 26. Re3 g6 27. Nd2
Kg7 28. Nb3 Qc7 29. Nf1 Ra3 30. Nfd2 Nh5 31. Qf1 Qd7 32. Re1 Nf4 33. Kh2 Qc6
34. c4 bxc4 35. Na5 Qc7 36. Qxc4 Qb6 37. Rf1 Ra4 38. Qc3 Rxb4 39. Nac4 Qc5 40.
g3 Ne6 41. f4 Nd4 42. Qd3 exf4 43. gxf4 d5 44. Ne3 dxe4 45. Nxe4 Qc6 46. Ng3
Kh7 47. Qe4 Rb2+ 48. Ng2 Qxe4 49. Nxe4 Nef5 50. Nf6+ Kg7 51. Nd5 Nh4 52. Nde3
Nxg2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Nb3 Be4
15. Qc3 Qe7 16. Nc5 Nd5 17. Qa3 Bxc5 18. dxc5 a5 19. Qxa5 Qxc5 20. Rfc1 Qd6 21.
Qxb5 Rb8 22. Qa4 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Rxb2 24. Qa5 h6 25. a4 c6 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. Rxc5
Nb4 28. a5 Ra8 29. Rc4 Ra6 30. Be4 f5 31. Rb1 Rxb1+ 32. Bxb1 Nd5 33. Rc5 Nc7
34. Bd3 Nb5 35. Bc4 Kf8 36. Bxe6 Ke7 37. Bxf5 Kd6 38. Rc1 Rxa5 39. f4 c5 40.
Rd1+ Ke7 41. Rd7+ Kf6 42. Bd3 Nd4 43. Kf2 g5 44. Rd6+ Ke7 45. Rxh6 gxf4 46.
gxf4 Ra4 47. Ke3 Ra3 48. Ke4 Ra2 49. Kd5 Rd2 50. Ke4 Rb2 51. e3 Ne6 52. Bc4 Nf8
53. h4 Rc2 54. Kd3 Rh2 55. Ke4 Rc2 56. Kd3 Rh2 57. Bd5 Nd7 58. Rh7+ Kd6 59. Bf3
Nf6 60. Rf7 c4+ 61. Kxc4 Ke6 62. Rg7 Rh3 63. Bb7 Rxe3 64. Kd4 Ra3 65. Bc8+ Kd6
66. Bb7 Ra4+ 67. Ke3 Rxf4 68. Kxf4 Nh5+ 69. Kg5 Nxg7 70. Kg6 Ne6 71. Kf6 Nf4
72. Bf3 Kd7 73. Kf7 Kd6 74. Bg4 Ke5 75. Kg7 Kd5 76. Kf6 Kd6 77. Bd1 Nd5+ 78.
Kf7 Nf4 79. Ba4 Ke5 80. Bd7 Kd6 81. Bg4 Ke5 82. Bc8 Kd6 83. Kf6 Nd5+ 84. Kf7
Nf4 85. Bf5 Ke5 86. Bg4 Kd6 87. Bf3 Ke5 88. Bb7 Kd6 89. Kf6 Nh5+ 90. Kf7 Nf4
91. Be4 Ke5 92. Bf3 Kd6 93. Kf6 Kd7 94. Be4 Ke8 95. Kg7 Ke7 96. Bf3 Ne6+ 97.
Kg8 Kf6 98. h5 Kg5 99. Kh7 Nf8+ 100. Kg7 Ne6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3
c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Rd1 Nf6 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. f3 Rfc8 16. Nb3 Kf8 17. Bd3 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Ra1 Rxc3 20. Kd2 Rc7
21. Rhb1 Ba4 22. Nd4 Nd7 23. Rb4 h5 24. h4 Rc5 25. Rab1 g6 26. R1b2 Ke7 27. Ne2
Bc6 28. Nd4 Ba4 29. Ne2 Bc6 30. Nc3 Ra3 31. R2b3 Rxb3 32. Rxb3 Ra5 33. Rb4 Kd6
34. Rb2 Kc7 35. Nb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Nb5 Qe8 14. Rfc1
Nd5 15. e4 Na5 16. Nxc7 Bxc4 17. Nxe8 Rfxe8 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Rc7 Rb7 20. Rac1
Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Nc6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. dxe5 g5 25. Rxa7 Rxe5 26. Kf1
g4 27. Ra4 h5 28. Rb4 Re6 29. Rb5 Rd6 30. Ke2 Kg7 31. Kd3 Rf6 32. Ke2 Re6+ 33.
Kd2 Rf6 34. Ke2 Re6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. Bb3 e4
15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Rc5 Nd7 17. Rc3 Nf6 18. Rc5 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8.
c4 O-O 9. Bb2 Rc8 10. d4 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qb6
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bd4 Qg6 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Rd3 Qe4 20. Qd1 d4
21. Re1 Qd5 22. h4 Rc6 23. Qe2 h6 24. h5 Re6 25. Qd2 a6 26. Qf4 Bb6 27. Red1
Rde8 28. Qg4 Qa5 29. a4 Qd5 30. Rc1 Rc6 31. Rcd1 Rce6 32. Qf4 Rc6 33. Nxd4 Bxd4
34. Qxd4 Qxd4 35. Rxd4 Rxe5 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. R8d7 b5 38. Rxf7 bxa4 39. bxa4
Rxh5 40. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Nxa2 Nc6 13. c4 Nd4 14. Nc3 Nxf3+
15. Qxf3 c6 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Rab8 19. Nc3 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21.
Bg5 e4 22. dxe4 dxe4 23. Qe2 Qd3 24. Qxd3 exd3 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nd5 Rfc8 27.
Rfd1 Rxc4 28. Rxd3 a5 29. Rdb3 axb4 30. Rxb4 Rcxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4
Bd4 9. Rb1 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qe7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. g3 a5 14. b5 Nd8 15.
Nc3 c6 16. O-O Ne6 17. Bg2 Nd7 18. Kh1 Ndc5 19. Be1 Rac8 20. a4 Qc7 21. Ne2 Ra8
22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 f5 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Bh3 Rf6 26. f5 Raf8 27. Bg3 Ng5 28.
Nxd4 Nxh3 29. Qg4 Rh6 30. f6 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Nxd7 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. fxg7 Rxf1+ 34.
Rxf1 Rf6 35. Rxf6 Nxf6 36. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Nc6 12. Be3 b4 13. Nbd2 Bd5 14. Bg5 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Kxg2 Qd5+ 18. Nf3 c5 19. Qc2 c4 20. Rad1 Qb5 21.
Rd4 Rac8 22. Rh4 c3 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxh7+ Kf7 25. Rh5 Qxe2 26. Re1 Qxe1 27.
Nxe1 cxb2 28. Nd3 Rh8 29. Qe4 Rxh5 30. Qb7+ Be7 31. Nxb2 Rc2 32. Nd3 Rxa2 33.
g4 Rd5 34. Nxb4 Rb5 35. Qf3+ Kg8 36. Nxa2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Qb3 Bf5 9. Qxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. d4 c5 13. Nf3 Rfe8 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. Nbd2 Bd3 16. Rd1 Be2 17. Re1 Bb6 18. g3 a5 19. a4 Re7 20. Nh4 Rae8 21.
Nf1 Bg4 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Be3 Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. Na3 Ba6
15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Nc5 17. Qxe8 Rfxe8 18. Bf4 Na4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1
Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Nd7 22. Ne1 b5 23. Nd3 f5 24. Bd2 Nab6 25. b3 Nb8 26. Ne5 N6d7
27. Nxd7 Nxd7 28. Bf4 Kf7 29. e3 Nf6 30. Bf1 Ne4 31. Bxb5 Nc3 32. a4 g5 33. Bc7
Bb4 34. Bd3 a5 35. g4 Kg6 36. Kg2 h5 37. gxf5+ exf5 38. Bb5 h4 39. Be8+ Kh6 40.
Bd8 Ne4 41. Bc6 h3+ 42. Kg1 Nc3 43. Bd7 Kg6 44. Be8+ Kh6 45. Bd7 Kg6 46. Be6 g4
47. Bd7 Ne4 48. Be8+ Kh6 49. Bf7 Nc3 50. Bc7 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
O-O Rb8 9. e3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Ba3 Na5 12. Bb4 Ba6 13. Re1 c5 14. dxc5 Qc7
15. cxb6 axb6 16. Nd4 Rfd8 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Qb5 Nc4
21. Qd5 e6 22. Qe4 b5 23. h4 Nb2 24. Rb1 Nc4 25. Red1 h5 26. Nf3 Bf6 27. Rd3
Kg7 28. Ng5 Ra7 29. a3 Qc6 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. Ne4 Be7 32. Bxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxb5 Rc8
34. a4 Ra7 35. Rb4 Ne5 36. Rd1 Rca8 37. Ra1 Nc6 38. Rb6 Ne5 39. Ng5 Rxa4 40.
Rxa4 Rxa4 41. Rb7 Kg8 42. f4 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Ra2+ 44. Kf1 Nc4 45. Rxf7 Nd2+ 46.
Ke2 Ne4+ 47. Kd3 Nxg5 48. Rf6 Nh3 49. Rxg6+ Kf7 50. Rh6 Nf2+ 51. Kc4 Ra5 52.
Kb4 Rf5 53. c4 Ne4 54. Rh7+ Kg6 55. Rd7 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 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. a3 Nbd7 14. b4 Qc8 15.
Nc3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bh3 Bxf3 18. exf3 c6 19. f4 Nb6 20. Qc2 g6 21. Bf1
Ra7 22. Rac1 Rc7 23. Qe4 Qd7 24. Rc2 Rfc8 25. Rec1 Be7 26. Be3 Bf6 27. h4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. g3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. O-O e5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 Rad8 17. Rcd1 b5 18. Kg2 a6 19. Qc2 c5 20. e4 b4 21. Na4
Nc6 22. Be3 Qe5 23. Nxc5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Qxd4 26. Nb3 Qe5 27. Bc4 g5
28. Re1 Rd8 29. Nd2 a5 30. Bb3 Qd4 31. Nc4 Rc8 32. e5 Nd5 33. Re4 Qc5 34. Qe2
Rd8 35. e6 f6 36. Nd2 Nb6 37. Nf1 a4 38. Bc2 Qd5 39. Ne3 Qxa2 40. Nf5 Kf8 41.
Rxb4 Nd5 42. Rb7 a3 43. Bb3 Qxb2 44. Qxb2 axb2 45. Bxd5 Rxd5 46. Nxe7 b1=Q 47.
Rxb1 Kxe7 48. Rb6 Rd6 49. Rb7+ Kxe6 50. Rxg7 Rd2+ 51. Kg1 Rd1+ 52. Kg2 Rd2+ 53.
Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. a4 O-O 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. h3 b4 16. Ne2 c5 17. f3 Rc8 18. Bc4 Nd7 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. a5 Bb8 21. Bf4 Ne5
22. Rd2 Qf6 23. Bg3 h5 24. Rad1 h4 25. Bh2 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Bc6 28.
Qxa6 c4 29. Kh1 c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bxc4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Rfd8 13. Be2 Be8 14. Qa3
b6 15. e4 Qe7 16. Qb2 Na5 17. c4 Qf6 18. Rad1 c5 19. e5 Qf4 20. dxc5 Nxc4 21.
Qc1 Qxc1 22. Rxc1 Na5 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Rb1 Nc6 25. Bc4 b5 26. Bxb5 Rxa2 27.
Rfc1 Ne7 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Rb7 Nd5 30. g3 Rea8 31. h4 g6 32. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Ne4 c5 14. Nxc5
Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxc5 16. Nf3 Qb6 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. Ne5 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Rd1
Rfd8 21. Bg5 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Ng4 Rc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 h6 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. Nh4 Nd4 12. e3 Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Bxb7 Rb8
15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Rxb2 18. Rc2 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 Qd6 20. Rc1 Bb6
21. a4 a5 22. Rb1 Rd8 23. Be1 f6 24. Kg2 Qd3 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. d3 c6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. b3 Re8
9. e3 Bf5 10. h3 h6 11. Bb2 Bb6 12. Kh2 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. e4 Bd7 15. Ng1 a4
16. b4 a3 17. Bc1 Ne6 18. Nge2 Nd4 19. Rb1 Nxe2 20. Nxe2 d5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22.
exd5 e4 23. Nc3 e3 24. fxe3 Bxe3 25. Qd1 Bd4 26. Ne2 Ba4 27. Qd2 Be3 28. Qe1
Bc2 29. Ra1 Bd4 30. Nxd4 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Bxd3 32. Re3 Bg6 33. Re5 Qb6 34. Nb3 Rc8
35. Be3 Qxb4 36. Bd2 Qd6 37. Bf4 Kh7 38. Re8 Qd7 39. Rxc8 Qxc8 40. Rc1 Qd8 41.
Be5 Nd7 42. Bd4 Bd3 43. Rc3 Bb1 44. Nd2 Bxa2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "16"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bf1 c5 14. cxd5 exd5
15. g3 Rc8 16. Qb1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb4 18. Qa1 Ne5 19. Bg2 Qd7 20. a3 Bc5 21.
Nce2 Ne4 22. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1 a5 15.
Nbd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. e3 Na6 18. h4 g6 19. h5 g5 20. Qc4 Qe7 21. Qe2 Nb4
22. Nc4 Rfd8 23. Rd2 Bg7 24. Rad1 Qc7 25. e4 Rac8 26. e5 Nd5 27. Be4 b5 28.
axb5 cxb5 29. Nd6 Rxd6 30. exd6 Qxd6 31. Qxb5 Nb6 32. Qxa5 Rc4 33. Kg2 Bxd4 34.
b3 Rb4 35. Qa3 e5 36. Rc2 Kg7 37. Rc6 Qe7 38. Rdc1 Qf8 39. Rc7 Bxf2 40. Bg6 Be3
41. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8.
Bxc4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Bc6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. a3 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Ne4 15. Bb2 Nc5 16. a4 Nxa4 17. Ba3 Nc5 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 b6 20. Bxc5
Qxc5 21. Qxc5 bxc5 22. Ra5 Rfb8 23. h3 Kf8 24. Rfa1 Rb7 25. Rxc5 a6 26. Rca5
Rb6 27. c4 Ke7 28. c5 Rc6 29. g4 Rb8 30. Rxa6 Rxc5 31. R6a5 Rbb5 32. Rxb5 Rxb5
33. Ra7 Kd6 34. Kg2 h5 35. Kg3 hxg4 36. hxg4 g5 37. Kf3 Rc5 38. Ra8 Ke5 39. Rf8
Kf6 40. Rc8 Rc4 41. Ke2 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Ke5 43. Rg8 f6 44. Kg3 Rc3 45. Kf3 c5 46.
Rc8 Rc2 47. Kg3 c4 48. Kf3 c3 49. Rc4 Kd5 50. Rc8 e5 51. Rc7 e4+ 52. Kg2 Rc1
53. Rc8 Kd6 54. Rc4 Kd5 55. Rc8 Ke5 56. Rc5+ Ke6 57. Rc6+ Ke5 58. Rc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "El Prat de Llobregat op-A 1st"]
[Site "El Prat de Llobregat"]
[Date "2019.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pratyusha, Bodda"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Qf3 c5 12. Qh3 Nc6 13. Nd7 g6 14. Nxf8 Bc8 15.
Qg3 Bxf8 16. f4 cxd4 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. f5 Nh5 19. Qe5 Nxf5 20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21.
Rxf5 gxf5 22. Nxd5 Bg7 23. Qxf5 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qxf6 Bxf6 26. Bc3 Bxc3
27. bxc3 Rc8 28. Rc1 b5 29. Kf2 Rc4 30. Ke3 Kg7 31. Kd3 Rh4 32. h3 Ra4 33. Rc2
h5 34. g3 Kg6 35. Rf2 f5 36. h4 Kf6 37. Re2 Rg4 38. Re3 f4 39. gxf4 Rxf4 40.
Kc2 Rxh4 41. Rd3 Ra4 42. Kb3 h4 43. Rd6+ Kg5 44. c4 Rxc4 45. Rxa6 h3 46. Rb6
Rc5 47. Rb8 Kh4 48. Rh8+ Rh5 49. Rd8 h2 50. Rd1 Rg5 51. Rd4+ Kh3 0-1

[Event "El Prat de Llobregat op-A 1st"]
[Site "El Prat de Llobregat"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Minero Pineda, Sergio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O c5 9. b4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Rc1 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. f4 Rfe8
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. e5 Kh8 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nf3 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 e5
21. Be4 Rad8 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Rf7 Rf8 24. Rcf1 Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Qd8 26. h3 Nf6
27. Bf3 Qe8 28. Ra7 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Qe3 30. Ra8+ Ne8 31. Bc6 Qg1+ 32. Kg3 Qe3+ 33.
Kh2 Qg1+ 34. Kg3 Qe3+ 35. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "El Prat de Llobregat op-A 1st"]
[Site "El Prat de Llobregat"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jerez Perez, Alfonso"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2019.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Ne7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qf3 d6 11. Rb1 Kh8 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 f5 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Bd3 g4 17. Qe2 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Ng6 20. Ne4 Qf5 21. Rf1
Bd4 22. Kh1 d5 23. Nc3 Nf4 24. Qd2 Nxd3 25. f3 Be5 26. Bxe5+ Nxe5 27. Qd4 Qf4
28. Ne2 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 gxf3 30. Nxf3 Nxf3 31. gxf3 c5 32. b3 Rf4 33. Rbc1 c4 34.
bxc4 Rxc4 35. Rxc4 dxc4 36. Rc1 Rb4 37. Rd1 c3 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Rd7+ Kf6 40.
Rxc7 Rb1+ 41. Kg2 Rb2+ 42. Kg3 c2 43. Kf4 Rxa2 44. Ke3 h5 45. h4 Ke5 46. Kd2
Ra5 47. Rc4 Kd5 48. Rxc2 Kd4 49. Rb2 Rd5 50. Rb7 a5 51. Ra7 Rf5 52. Ra8 Rb5 53.
Ra6 Kc4 54. Kc2 Rf5 55. Ra8 Kb4 56. Rb8+ Ka3 57. Rg8 Rc5+ 58. Kb1 Rc4 59. Rg5
Rxh4 60. f4 a4 61. f5 Rb4+ 62. Kc2 h4 63. f6 Rc4+ 64. Kb1 Rf4 65. Rh5 Kb3 66.
Rb5+ Kc3 67. Rh5 a3 68. f7 Kb3 69. Rb5+ Ka4 70. Rh5 Rf1+ 71. Ka2 Rf2+ 72. Ka1
Kb3 73. Rb5+ Kc3 74. Rh5 Rxf7 75. Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "El Prat de Llobregat op-A 1st"]
[Site "El Prat de Llobregat"]
[Date "2019.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2019.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. e4 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Qe2 Ne5 13. Ba2 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3
Bd4 15. Rac1 Qe5 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. Bb1 Rac8 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Rcd1 Qh5 20. Qxh5
Nxh5 21. Bg5 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. f3 Nd7 24. Kf2 g5 25. Bd3 Ne5 26. Be2 Rxd1
27. Rxd1 Kf8 28. g3 Ke7 29. Ke3 Nc4+ 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Rd4 Rc5 32. Ra4 a6 33.
Rb4 b5 34. Rd4 h6 35. Kd2 f5 36. b4 Rc8 37. exf5 Bxf3 38. Rd3 Bg2 39. Re3 Rc6
40. Ne2 Rd6+ 41. Kc3 Kf6 42. fxe6 Rxe6 43. Rxe6+ Kxe6 44. Nd4+ Ke5 45. Nb3 Kf5
46. Kd4 Kg4 47. Ke3 Kh3 48. Kf2 Kxh2 49. Nc5 Bc6 50. Ne6 Bd7 51. Nc5 Bc6 52.
Ne6 Bd7 53. Nc5 Bc8 54. Ne4 Bf5 55. Nf6 Be6 56. Ne4 Kh3 57. Nf6 Bc4 58. Ne4 Bd5
59. Nf6 Be6 60. Ne4 Kg4 61. Nc5 Bc8 62. Ne4 Bb7 63. Nc5 Bc8 64. Ne4 Bf5 65. Nc5
Bc8 66. Ne4 Kh5 67. Ke3 Kg4 68. Kf2 Kh5 69. Ke3 Kg6 70. Kd4 h5 71. Ke5 h4 72.
gxh4 gxh4 73. Kf4 h3 74. Kg3 Kg7 75. Kh2 Kf8 76. Nc3 Bd7 77. Nd5 Kf7 78. Kg3
Bc8 79. Nc3 Bd7 80. Nd5 Kg6 81. Nb6 Bc6 82. Kxh3 Kf5 83. Kg3 Ke5 84. Kf2 Kd6
85. a4 bxa4 86. Ke3 Bb5 87. Nxa4 Bxa4 88. Kd4 Bb5 89. Kc3 Kd5 90. Kb3 Kd4 91.
Kb2 Kc4 92. Ka2 Kc3 93. Ka1 Kb3 94. Kb1 Ka3 95. Ka1 Bd3 96. b5 axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "El Prat de Llobregat op-A 1st"]
[Site "El Prat de Llobregat"]
[Date "2019.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pigeat, Alexandre"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Bc2 c6 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Ngxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nc7
15. Bf3 Be6 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Rc1 g6 18. Qd2 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bh6 20. Kh1 Bc4 21.
Rfe1 Qe7 22. Nd1 Bb3 23. Rc3 a4 24. Qf2 Rad8 25. Rf1 f5 26. Qg3 Kg7 27. h3 Qd6
28. Qe1 f4 29. Nf2 fxe3 30. Ng4 Bf4 31. Be2 h5 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Qxe5 34.
Rf3 Qd4 35. Qf1 Bd5 36. Rf4 Qe5 37. Kg1 Rf8 38. Rxf8 Rxf8 39. Qe1 Rf2 40. Bf3
Bxf3 41. Rxe3 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "El Prat de Llobregat op-A 1st"]
[Site "El Prat de Llobregat"]
[Date "2019.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Bryakin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 a5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Ne5
Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. O-O e6 11. d4 Bb4 12. Na2 Bd6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Nc1 Qc7 15.
h3 Qb6 16. Nb3 Rfc8 17. Qe2 Ne4 18. Rfc1 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bb4 20. Qd1 Ne7 21.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rc1 g6 23. Rc2 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Qd8 25. Nc1 Qc8 26. Qd1 Bd6 27. Nd3
b6 28. Qd2 Qc7 29. b4 axb4 30. Nxb4 Bxb4 31. Qxb4 Nf5 32. Bd3 Nd6 33. g3 Qc1+
34. Kg2 Qc7 35. Kg1 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 Qc7 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "El Prat de Llobregat op-A 1st"]
[Site "El Prat de Llobregat"]
[Date "2019.12.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Verstraeten, Reinaert"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2019.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bc1 f5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. b3 Qe7 14. Bb2 Qg7 15. e3
Rf7 16. a4 a5 17. Ne2 h5 18. Nc1 h4 19. Nd3 hxg3 20. hxg3 Qh6 21. Kf1 g4 22.
Nfe5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bg5 24. Ke2 Qh2 25. Rg1 b6 26. Kf1 Ba6 27. Rh1 Nxg3+ 28.
fxg3 Qxg3 29. Qf2 Qxe3 30. Qxe3 Bxe3 31. Ke2 f4 32. Rh4 Rg7 33. Rah1 Rf8 34.
cxd5 cxd5 35. Bxd5 Kf7 36. Bc4 Bxc4 37. bxc4 g3 38. Nxf4 g2 39. Kxe3 gxh1=Q 40.
Rxh1 Rc8 41. Nh5 Rg2 42. Rf1+ Kg8 43. Ba3 Rh2 44. Nf6+ Kh8 45. Kd4 Rc2 46. Kd3
R2xc4 47. Rh1+ Kg7 48. Rg1+ Kh8 49. Rh1+ Kg7 50. Rg1+ Kh8 51. Rg8+ Rxg8 52.
Kxc4 Rg1 53. Nd7 Rb1 54. Bd6 Kg7 55. Kd3 Kg6 56. Kc2 Rh1 57. Nxb6 Kf5 58. Nc4
Ke4 59. Nxa5 Kd5 60. Nb3 Rh3 61. Nd2 Kc6 62. Bb4 Re3 63. Bc3 Kc5 64. Kb3 Rh3
65. Ne4+ Kd5 66. Nf6+ Kc5 67. Ne8 Rh8 68. Nc7 Rb8+ 69. Nb5 Rc8 70. Bb4+ Kd5 71.
Bd6 Rc1 72. Nc7+ Kc6 73. Nxe6 Rb1+ 74. Kc4 Rc1+ 75. Kb4 Rb1+ 76. Ka5 Kd5 77.
Nc7+ Kc6 78. Nb5 Re1 79. Nd4+ Kd5 80. Nc2 Re2 81. Nb4+ Kc4 82. Kb6 1-0

[Event "El Prat de Llobregat op-A 1st"]
[Site "El Prat de Llobregat"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2019.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb2 d4
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Bc5 11. d3 Re8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Nd7 14. Re2 e5 15.
Nd2 Nf6 16. Qe1 Qc7 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 a5 20. a3 Qd6 21. Bc1 h6
22. Bg2 Re7 23. Bd2 Rae8 24. b4 Ba7 25. bxa5 e4 26. Bb4 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28.
Qb4 Qc7 29. dxe4 d3 30. Re3 Nxe4 31. Rxd3 Nc5 32. Rd2 Ra8 33. Rad1 Qxa5 34. Rd5
Qxb4 35. axb4 Ne6 36. Rd7 Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 b6 39. Rd6 Ra2 40. Kg1
Ra1+ 41. Bf1 b5 42. cxb5 Rb1 43. b6 Rxb4 44. Bg2 Kf8 45. b7 Ke7 46. Rc6 Nf8 47.
Rc8 Nd7 48. Bc6 Ne5 49. Re8+ Kd6 50. b8=Q+ Rxb8 51. Rxb8 Nxc6 52. Rh8 Ke7 53.
Ra8 h5 54. Kg2 Nd4 55. Ra4 Ne6 56. Ra5 g6 57. Kf3 Kf6 58. Ke3 Ng5 59. h4 Ne6
60. Ke4 Nc7 61. Rc5 Ne6 62. Rc6 Kg7 63. Ke5 Nf8 64. Rd6 Nh7 65. Ra6 Nf8 66. Rd6
Nh7 67. f4 Nf8 68. f5 f6+ 69. Kf4 Nh7 70. Rd7+ Kh6 71. Rf7 g5+ 72. Ke3 g4 73.
Ke4 1-0

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nd2
b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. a5 Rb8 14. Be2 f5 15. O-O
Kh8 16. Ba7 Rb7 17. Bb6 Nxb6 18. Nxb6 Rxb6 19. axb6 Qxb6 20. c3 bxc3 21. bxc3
e4 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. cxd4 Bf6 24. Ra4 Bb7 25. Bc4 Bxd4 26. Rb1 Ba8 27. Rxa6 Bc5
28. Ra5 g6 29. Rab5 Ba7 30. Ra5 Bc5 31. Kf1 Rd8 32. Rab5 Ba7 33. Ra5 Bd4 34.
Ke2 Kg7 35. Rd1 Bb6 36. Ra4 Bc5 37. Bb5 Kf6 38. Bc6 Bxc6 39. dxc6 Ke5 40. Rb1
Rc8 41. Ra6 d5 42. Rb5 Bd6 43. g3 Bc7 44. Ra2 Rd8 45. Ra7 Rc8 46. Ra2 Rd8 47.
Ra7 Rc8 48. Ke3 g5 49. f4+ exf3 50. Kxf3 Kd6 51. Ra2 Re8 52. Rc2 Re4 53. Rd2
Re5 54. Rb1 h5 55. Rc1 Re4 56. Rcd1 Re5 57. Rc1 Re4 58. Rcd1 Re5 59. Rc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. cxd4 e6 14. Qd2 Bb7
15. h4 Qd7 16. h5 Rfc8 17. h6 Bf8 18. Bg5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21.
Ng3 Nc6 22. Bf6 Nb8 23. Bg5 Nc6 24. Bf6 Nb8 25. Bg5 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Be2 Nc6 3. f4 d5 4. d3 g6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e5 Nh5 7. O-O Ng7 8. Be3 d4
9. Bf2 Ne6 10. g3 Bg7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. c3 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. Rfe1
b6 16. Bf1 dxc3 17. bxc3 Nc7 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Qb2 Qd7 20. d4 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4
22. Bxd4 Bg4 23. Be2 Rae8 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. Nc4 Nd5 26. Qf2 Rd8 27. Rd3 Rfe8
28. Nd6 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Kg8 30. Ne8 Nxf4 31. Qe7 Nh3+ 32. Kf1 Qf5+ 33. Kg2 Rd7
34. Nxf6+ Bxf6 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Rafiee, Makian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Ne5
Nf6 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Rc1 Ne8 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Nd6 19. Rc3 Be8 20. Ra3 Nc8
21. Qa5 f6 22. Nf3 Qc7 23. Qb4 Qe7 24. Qd2 Nd6 25. Rc1 Ne4 26. Qa5 b6 27. Qe1
Rc8 28. Ng1 Bd7 29. Ne2 Bf5 30. Ka1 Nd6 31. Ba6 Rc7 32. Rac3 Bc8 33. Bd3 Bb7
34. Nf4 Rhc8 35. g4 c5 36. dxc5 bxc5 37. Qd1 g5 38. Ne2 Ne4 39. Bxe4 Qxe4 40.
Ng3 Qg2 41. Nf5 Qh2 42. a3 a6 43. R1c2 Qe5 44. Nxh6 Rh7 45. Nf5 c4 46. e4 dxe4
47. Qd6+ Qxd6 48. Nxd6 Rd8 49. Nxb7 Kxb7 50. Rxc4 Re7 51. Rb4+ Ka7 52. Rc6 Rb7
53. Ra4 Rd1+ 54. Ka2 Rd2 55. Raxa6+ Kb8 56. Rab6 Rxf2 57. Rxf6 Rxb6 58. Rxb6+
Kc7 59. Re6 Rf4 60. a4 Kd7 61. Re5 Kd6 62. Re8 Kd7 63. Rb8 e3 64. Rb3 Rxa4+ 65.
Kb1 Re4 66. Rd3+ Ke6 67. Rd1 e2 68. Re1 Ke5 69. Kc2 Kf4 70. Kd3 Kf3 71. b4 Re8
72. b5 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Rc1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba3 10. Rc2 b6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Rxe2 O-O 14. e4
Rfe8 15. Re3 Rac8 16. e5 Bf8 17. Nd2 c5 18. Ne4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qd5 20. Nc3 Qa5
21. Ne4 Qd5 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qh4 Rc4 24. Nc3 Qc6 25. Ne2 Bg7 26. Bh6 Bxh6 27.
Qxh6 Rc8 28. h4 Rc2 29. Ng3 Rc1 30. Nh5 Rxf1+ 31. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. O-O Bf5 14. Ne5 c6 15.
f4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nc8 17. f5 Nd6 18. Rf3 Qe7 19. Raf1 Nf7 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Kh1
Re8 22. Bg1 Qb4 23. b3 Ne4 24. Re3 Rfe7 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Qe2 Bxd4 27. Rh3 e3
28. Qh5 e2 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Qg6 Kg8 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34.
Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qg6 Kg8 36. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Jimenez Ruano, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nf6 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h4 Bg7 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. Be2 e5 8. h5
Nc6 9. Nh4 Nd4 10. Nxf5 Nxf5 11. g4 Nd4 12. g5 Nd7 13. Bg4 c6 14. Ne2 Qe7 15.
h6 Bf8 16. Nxd4 exd4+ 17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 O-O-O 19. f4 d5 20. Bd2 Bd6 21.
Raf1 Kc7 22. f5 Ne5 23. Bh3 Rhf8 24. fxg6 Nxg6 25. Bf5 Rg8 26. Kd1 Rdf8 27.
Bxg6 hxg6 28. c3 c5 29. cxd4 cxd4 30. h7 Rh8 31. Rxf8 Bxf8 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. Kf3
Ke6 34. Kg4 Kf7 35. Bf4 Bg7 36. a4 Rc8 37. Rc1 Rxc1 38. Bxc1 Ke6 39. Bf4 a6 40.
Bb8 Bh8 41. Kf4 Bg7 42. Bc7 Bh8 43. Bd8 Be5+ 44. Kg4 Bg7 45. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bf6 11. Na3 Ndb4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Nc4 Ba6 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. a3 Nd5 18. e3 c5 19. Na5 Rd7 20. Bf1 Bxf1
21. Kxf1 Nb6 22. Rc2 f5 23. Rac1 Rdc7 24. Ke2 Kg7 25. Nc4 Rc6 26. Ne5 R6c7 27.
Nc4 Rc6 28. Na5 R6c7 29. Kf3 Kf6 30. e4 fxe4+ 31. Kxe4 h6 32. f4 h5 33. Kf3 Kg7
34. Ke2 Nd5 35. Nc4 h4 36. Nd2 hxg3 37. hxg3 Rh8 38. Ne4 Nf6 39. Nxc5 Rc6 40.
Kf3 Rd6 41. b4 Rd4 42. Re1 Kg6 43. Rce2 Nd5 44. Re4 Rd2 45. R4e2 Rd4 46. Kg2
Nc3 47. Rc2 Nd5 48. Rf2 a5 49. bxa5 Rc8 50. Ne4 Ra8 51. Nd2 Ra4 52. Nf3 R4xa5
53. f5+ Kg7 54. fxe6 fxe6 55. Rxe6 Rxa3 56. Nd4 Ra2 57. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 58. Kf3 Nf6
59. g4 Kg6 60. Kf4 Ra5 61. Re5 Rxe5 62. Kxe5 Nxg4+ 63. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 c6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qb3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Qe7 11. O-O f5 12. e3 Nf6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Ne2 Be8 15.
Nf4 Ne4 16. Nd3 Rf6 17. Nfe5 Rh6 18. c5 Bc7 19. b4 Nf6 20. f4 Nd7 21. Nf3 Nf6
22. Nfe5 Nd7 23. Nf3 Nf6 24. Nfe5 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 O-O 7. d6 bxc4 8. Bg5 Nc6
9. Nh3 Ba6 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 Ne5 12. O-O Nd3 13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. e5 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 g5 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Qa4 gxh4 18. Qxa6 Qxc3 19. Rac1 Qd4+ 20. Nf2 d2 21.
Rc4 Qd5 22. Rd1 Rab8 23. Rc2 Rb6 24. Qe2 Qxd6 25. Rcxd2 Qf4 26. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Vaishali, Ramesh Babu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Nb4 10. Qb1 N4d5 11. Be5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. e4
Bg4 15. Be2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e5 17. O-O Qe7 18. g3 c5 19. Bg2 cxd4 20. cxd4 exd4
21. Rxd4 Rfd8 22. Rb4 Rac8 23. Qb2+ Kg8 24. Rb1 Rc7 25. Rd4 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Qc5
27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Qd3 Rc7 30. Bh3 Na4 31. Kg2 b5 32. Re1 b4 33. e5
Qc3 34. Qd8 Qxe1 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4
Bd4 9. Rb1 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qe7 12. Bd2 a5 13. Nc3 axb4 14. axb4 O-O
15. O-O Ra3 16. Nb5 Ra2 17. Nc3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rfa8 19. Re1 Nd7 20. Re2 R2a3 21.
Bb2 R3a4 22. b5 Nd8 23. Bg4 Ne6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Bc1 Nc5 26. Be3 Ra3 27. Rd2
b6 28. Qe2 h6 29. f4 exf4 30. Bxf4 Qf6 31. Rf1 Ra1 32. Be3 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Ra1
34. Rd1 Qxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Nxd3 37. Bd2 Nc5 38. Ke2 Nxe4 39. Be1 f5
40. Kd3 Kf7 41. g4 Ke6 42. gxf5+ Kxf5 43. Kd4 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Rd8 11. O-O Bf8 12. Rfc1 a6 13. Qd1 Ne7 14. Na4 c6
15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxc8 Nxc8 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. g3 Nb6 19. Kg2 Nd7 20. h4 Re8 21. h5
Qd8 22. Nh4 Nf6 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Rc2 Ne4 25. Qg4 Qf6 26. Rh1 Nd6 27. Rh4 Nxf5
28. Bxf5 Bd6 29. Rh1 Re7 30. Rc3 a5 31. a3 Rc7 32. Bb1 Qe6 33. Qf3 Rf8 34. e4
dxe4 35. Bxe4 Qf6 36. Qxf6 gxf6 37. d5 cxd5 38. Rxc7 Bxc7 39. Bxd5 Rd8 40. Bxb7
Rb8 41. Be4 Rxb2 42. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moiseenko, Vadim"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Bd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Nd7 14. c3 Qc7
15. Qd3 Qc6 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. Nd2 h6 18. Nf1 Nf6 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. Rd2 a5 21. f3
Rd8 22. Rad1 Rd7 23. Qe2 Re8 24. Bf2 Red8 25. Nf5 d5 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5
Rxd5 28. Ne3 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Bc5 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Qd3+ e4 32. fxe4 Nxe4 33. Nd1
f5 34. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 35. Ne3 h5 36. Kf1 Qe5 37. g3 h4 38. Qd7 Kg6 39. Qc6+ Kh5 40.
Qd7 Kg6 41. Qc6+ Kg5 42. gxh4+ Kxh4 43. Ng2+ Kh5 44. Qd7 Kh6 45. h4 Qh2 46. Qa7
a4 47. Qe3+ Kh7 48. Qg1 Nd2+ 49. Kf2 Ne4+ 50. Kf1 Nd2+ 51. Kf2 Qe5 52. Qd1 Ne4+
53. Kg1 a3 54. bxa3 Nxc3 55. Qb3 Qd4+ 56. Kh2 Qe5+ 57. Kg1 Qd4+ 58. Kh2 Ne2 59.
Qe3 Qg4 60. Qf2 f4 61. Ne1 Ng3 62. Nf3 Nf5 63. Ng5+ Kh6 64. Nh3 f3 65. Qd2+ Kh5
66. Nf4+ Kxh4 67. Qd8+ Qg5 68. Ng6+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 a6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b3 Bg4 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Ne2 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Nd7 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Qd3 a5 17. Qc3 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Bb4 19. Qd4 f6 20. Rg1 Qh5
21. Qg4 Qxg4 22. fxg4 Ne5 23. Rcd1 a4 24. Nd4 axb3 25. axb3 h6 26. h4 Rfe8 27.
g5 hxg5 28. hxg5 Kf7 29. Nf5 Rh8+ 30. Kg2 Ra8 31. Bd4 Rh5 32. Ng3 Rh4 33. Ra1
Rhh8 34. Rh1 Rhc8 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Rh7+ Ke6 37. Rah1 Bf8 38. Nh5 c5 39. Bc3
Rcb8 40. Nf4+ Kd6 41. Rd1 Rxb3 42. Rxd5+ Kc6 43. Bxe5 fxe5 44. Rxe5 Kb5 45. Ne6
Bd6 46. Rf5 Kc6 47. Rh6 Rc3 48. Kf3 Re8 49. Ng5 Kc7 50. Ne4 Rd3 51. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Be2 O-O
15. g4 Rfc8 16. Rc1 hxg4 17. fxg4 a5 18. g5 a4 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. h4 axb3 21.
cxb3 Qd7 22. Rcf1 Ne4 23. Qe1 Qc7 24. Bd3 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qe4 f5 27. Rxf5
gxf5 28. Qxf5 Rc7 29. Rf1 Bf8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. Rg1
Qxg1+ 34. Qxg1 Bh6 35. Bc4 Rg8 36. Qb6 Rd7 37. Bb5 Rdg7 38. a4 Rg6 39. Bd3 Rf6
40. Qxb7 Bg7 41. Qb4 Rf4 42. Qxd6 Rxh4 43. Qe7 Rh1+ 44. Ka2 e4 45. Qxe4 Rh2 46.
Bc2 Rc8 47. Kb1 Rcxc2 48. Qxc2 Rxc2 49. Kxc2 Kg8 50. Kd3 Kf8 51. a5 Be5 52. Kc4
Ke7 53. a6 Bb8 54. Kc5 Kd7 55. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "261"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 Nb6 16. a5 Nbd7 17. d5 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. b4 Qc7 20. Bb3 Qb7 21. Ng5 d5
22. Ra2 h6 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Rd2 Qc8 25. exd5 Bb7 26. Rd3 Kg7 27. h4 h5 28. Bg5
Bd6 29. Rde3 Qc7 30. Qd3 Nh7 31. Bc2 Ndf8 32. Qd1 Kh8 33. Nxh5 Nxg5 34. hxg5
gxh5 35. Qxh5+ Kg8 36. Rf3 Qg7 37. Rf6 Be7 38. Re3 Bxd5 39. Rg3 Red8 40. Rh6
Rd6 41. g6 Be6 42. Rh7 Bf6 43. Rxg7+ Bxg7 44. Rf3 Ra7 45. Be4 Rad7 46. Kh2 Bc4
47. Qg5 Ne6 48. Qh4 Nf8 49. Qg5 Ne6 50. Qh5 Nf8 51. Bf5 Re7 52. Re3 Rf6 53. Qg5
Ne6 54. Qg4 Nf8 55. Qg5 Ne6 56. Qh5 Nf8 57. Kg1 Rd6 58. Qg5 Bf6 59. Qg4 Bg7 60.
Rh3 Be6 61. Rf3 Bxf5 62. Rxf5 Ree6 63. g3 Rxg6 64. Qe4 Rge6 65. Kg2 Rd8 66. Qb7
Bf6 67. Qc7 Rd7 68. Qc8 Rde7 69. c4 bxc4 70. Qxc4 Kg7 71. b5 axb5 72. Qxb5 Ng6
73. Rf3 e4 74. Ra3 Bd4 75. Qc4 Ba7 76. a6 Rf6 77. Ra2 Ref7 78. Qxe4 Bxf2 79.
Rb2 Ba7 80. Rb7 Rf2+ 81. Kh3 R2f6 82. Qd5 Bf2 83. Qb3 Ba7 84. Qc3 Bf2 85. Kg4
Nf8 86. Kh3 Kg6 87. Qc2+ Kg7 88. Qb2 Kg6 89. Qb1+ Kg7 90. Qa1 Ba7 91. Qe5 Kg6
92. Kg4 Nh7 93. Qe4+ Kg7 94. Qe5 Kg6 95. Kh4 Bf2 96. Qh5+ Kg7 97. Qg4+ Kh6 98.
Qh5+ Kg7 99. Qe5 Kg6 100. Rb4 Rf5 101. Qe6+ R7f6 102. Qe2 Rf4+ 103. Rxf4 Rxf4+
104. Kh3 Rf7 105. Qc2+ Kg7 106. Qb2+ Kg8 107. Qb8+ Nf8 108. g4 Ba7 109. Qd6
Rh7+ 110. Kg3 Rd7 111. Qe5 Bd4 112. Qe4 Kg7 113. g5 Ba7 114. Qe5+ Kg8 115. Kg4
Rf7 116. Qd5 Kg7 117. Qe5+ Kg8 118. Qd6 Rd7 119. Qc6 Re7 120. Qc4+ Kg7 121.
Qc3+ Kg8 122. Kf5 Rf7+ 123. Ke4 Re7+ 124. Kd5 Rg7 125. Qe5 Rg6 126. Qe2 Rxg5+
127. Kc6 Rg7 128. Qc4+ Kh7 129. Qh4+ Kg6 130. Qg4+ Kf7 131. Qxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Qb1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Ne5 14. d4 Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 Rc7 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Ng3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Bc8 19. Qc2 Bf5 20. Qe2 Qd6 21.
a3 a5 22. Qa6 Rb8 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 b5 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Bc3 h5 27. Be1 Bf5
28. Rc5 Qd7 29. Rdc1 Rbc8 30. Qa3 Ra7 31. Qc3 Ra6 32. f3 Rca8 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34.
Qxc6 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 Ra1 36. Kf2 Ra2+ 37. Kg1 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nb5 Qd8 9. Nbxd4 Nd5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd2 e5 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bd3 Bg7
15. O-O-O O-O 16. c4 Ne7 17. h4 f5 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. h5 h6 20. hxg6 Nxg6 21. Nh4
Qf7 22. Nxg6 Qxg6 23. Kb1 e4 24. Be2 f4 25. c5 Bf5 26. Rd6 Qxg2 27. Qc1 e3+ 28.
Ka1 exf2 29. Bc4+ Kh7 30. Bxg7 Qxg7 31. Rdxh6+ Qxh6 32. Rxh6+ Kxh6 33. Qxf4+
Kg7 34. Qxf2 Rad8 35. Qg3+ Kf6 36. a4 Rh8 37. Qf3 Ke5 38. Qxc6 Rd1+ 39. Ka2 Rh3
40. Qc7+ Kf6 41. Qf7+ Ke5 42. Qg7+ Kf4 43. Qc7+ Kg5 44. b3 Rc1 45. Qg7+ Bg6 46.
Qe5+ Bf5 47. Qe7+ Kf4 48. Qd6+ Ke3 49. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bb6 10. d3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Re8 13. Rb1 Qd6 14. Rb5 Re6
15. Be3 Rae8 16. Qd5 Qe7 17. a4 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Nd8 19. Rb1 c6 20. Qc4 Kh8 21.
Rbe1 f5 22. d4 e4 23. Qb3 Qd6 24. a5 R6e7 25. Qb4 Qxb4 26. cxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O
15. Bxc4 Qxd6 16. Rd1 Rfc8 17. b3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Bd3 a5 20. Bd2 Nd5 21.
c4 Nb4 22. Bf1 d5 23. Rdc1 dxc4 24. bxc4 Ba6 25. a3 Nc6 26. Rab1 Ne5 27. c5
Bxf1 28. Kxf1 f6 29. Ke2 Ra7 30. Be3 Nc6 31. Rd1 Kf7 32. Bf2 Rac7 33. Rb6 e5
34. Rd6 Nd4+ 35. Bxd4 exd4 36. c6 Ke7 37. Rxd4 Rxc6 38. Rb7+ R8c7 39. Rxc7+
Rxc7 40. Rd5 a4 41. Rd4 Ra7 42. h4 h5 43. g4 hxg4 44. fxg4 Ke6 45. Ke3 f5 46.
Kf4 fxg4 47. Kxg4 Kf7 48. Rf4+ Kg6 49. Rb4 Ra6 50. Kf4 Kh5 51. Ke5 g5 52. hxg5
Kxg5 53. Kd5 Kf6 54. Re4 Rb6 55. Kc5 Re6 56. Rxa4 Ke7 57. Rd4 Re5+ 58. Kb6 Re6+
59. Kb7 Re1 60. Kb6 Rb1+ 61. Rb4 Ra1 62. a4 Kd7 63. Kb7 Kd6 64. Kb6 Kd7 65. Kb7
Kd6 66. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. e3 Nbd7 10. c6 Nb6 11. Bc7 Rf8 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. c7 Bd7 14. Ne5
Bc6 15. Bxc4 Rac8 16. O-O Ne8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. b4 Rxc7 19. Ne4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Ba7 14. Qc2 Qb5 15.
a4 Qb7 16. Ra3 Rab8 17. Rc3 Qb4 18. Rxc6 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. b3 Qb4 21. Re3
d5 22. Bb2 d4 23. Rd3 Rfd8 24. Qc1 Nh5 25. g3 Bxh3 26. Ba3 Qb7 27. Qc5 Bg4 28.
Bb2 Be2 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Bxd4 Qc8 31. Rxc7 Qh3 32. Qf5 Qxf5 33. exf5 Nf6 34.
Bxf6 gxf6 35. Kg2 Rd8 36. Rc2 Bg4 37. Nc4 Bxf5 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Nxd2 Bc2 40.
Kf3 f5 41. Ke3 Kg7 42. Kd4 f4 43. Kc3 Bd1 44. Nc4 f5 45. gxf4 Kf6 46. Ne3 Bf3
47. b4 axb4+ 48. Kxb4 h5 49. a5 h4 50. a6 Bg2 51. a7 h3 52. Nf1 Ke6 53. Nh2 Bb7
54. Kc5 Kd7 55. Kd4 Kd6 56. Nf1 Bc6 57. Nh2 Bb7 58. f3 Bc6 59. Ke3 Kc7 60. Kf2
Kb7 61. Kg3 Kxa7 62. Kxh3 Kb6 63. Kh4 Bb5 64. Kg5 Bd3 65. Kf6 Kc6 66. Ke6 Kc7
67. Ke7 Be2 68. Ke6 Bd3 69. Ng4 fxg4 70. fxg4 Kd8 71. Kf7 Bc4+ 72. Kg7 Be2 73.
g5 Bd3 74. Kf7 Bc4+ 75. Kf8 Bd3 76. Kf7 Bc4+ 77. Kg7 Bd3 78. Kf8 Kd7 79. Kf7
Bc4+ 80. Kf6 Ke8 81. f5 Kf8 82. g6 Bd3 83. Kg5 Bxf5 84. Kxf5 Kg7 85. Kg5 Kg8
86. Kf6 Kf8 87. g7+ Kg8 88. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Qd3 Rc8 9. O-O h6 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Ne3 Be7
15. a4 O-O 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Bd2 Bd8 18. a5 Re8 19. Red1 Rc5 20. Na4 Rc6 21. Nc3
Qc8 22. Be1 b5 23. axb6 Rxb6 24. b3 Rc6 25. Qd3 Nd7 26. Na4 Nb6 27. Ba5 Nxa4
28. Rxa4 Bg5 29. Bd2 Bxe3 30. Bxe3 Rxc2 31. Rxa6 Rc3 32. Qxd6 Bxb3 33. Rda1 Re6
34. Qa3 Bd5 35. Qa5 Rxa6 36. Qxa6 Qxa6 37. Rxa6 Bxe4 38. h3 f6 39. Ra1 h5 40.
Re1 Bf5 41. f3 h4 42. Re2 Kf7 43. Kf2 g5 44. Rb2 Bd3 45. Bd2 Ra3 46. Bb4 Ra6
47. Bc5 Rc6 48. Be3 Kg6 49. Rd2 Ba6 50. Rd8 Bc4 51. Bd2 Be6 52. Bb4 Rc4 53. Rb8
Rc2+ 54. Kg1 Bd5 55. Rd8 Be6 56. Rd6 Kf7 57. Rb6 Rc4 58. Rb7+ Kg6 59. Rb6 Kf5
60. Be7 Rc7 61. Ba3 Bd5 62. Rb5 Be6 63. Rb6 Ra7 64. Bb4 Ra1+ 65. Kh2 Rd1 66.
Be7 Rd7 67. Bb4 Rc7 68. Bd6 Rc1 69. Be7 Re1 70. Bd8 Rd1 71. Be7 Rc1 72. Bd8 Rc8
73. Be7 Rc7 74. Bd6 Rd7 75. Kg1 Bd5 76. Bb4 Rc7 77. Rd6 Bb7 78. Rb6 e4 79.
fxe4+ Bxe4 80. Rd6 Rc4 81. Ba5 Rc2 82. Rd2 Rc1+ 83. Kh2 Kg6 84. Bd8 f5 85. Rb2
Kh5 86. Be7 Rd1 87. Bf6 g4 88. hxg4+ fxg4 89. Be5 Rd3 90. Rb5 Bd5 91. Bf6 Rd2
92. Kg1 g3 93. Kf1 h3 94. Rxd5+ Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. e5 dxe5
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Rd1 e4 18. Nxe4 Ra7 19. O-O Rd7 20. Qf2 Rf8 21.
Kh1 Qb4 22. Rde1 Rd5 23. c3 Qb8 24. Bg4 h5 25. Bf3 Re5 26. c4 Bd7 27. Rb1 Qc7
28. Qg3 h4 29. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bb5 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. Re1 Na5 13. Bf4 a6 14. Ba4 Rc8
15. Qd1 h6 16. Rc1 g5 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Bb3 Qc6 19. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Krakow op-A 30th"]
[Site "Krakow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gbyl, Andrzej"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Ne5 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 c5 15. Nxd7
Nxd7 16. d5 e5 17. Rb1 a6 18. Nd1 Nf6 19. Ne3 Bc8 20. Bxe5 Re8 21. Bxf6 Qxf6
22. Bg4 Qf4 23. Bxc8 Raxc8 24. Nf5 Rxe4 25. Ng3 Re5 26. Rbd1 Rd8 27. d6 Re6 28.
Nf5 Be5 29. g3 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Rf6 31. Ne7+ Kg7 32. Rd5 Bd4 33. Rf5 Qd3 34. Qxd3
cxd3 35. Rd5 Bxb2 36. Rxc5 Ba3 37. Rd5 Bxd6 38. Nf5+ Kg6 39. g4 Re6 40. Kg2 Bc7
41. Rxd8 Bxd8 42. Rd1 h5 43. h3 hxg4 44. hxg4 Re4 45. Kh3 Bb6 46. Rxd3 Bxf2 47.
Rd8 Kf6 48. Rh8 Ra4 49. Rh6+ Ke5 50. Rh7 Ra3+ 51. Kg2 Rxa2 52. Rxf7 Bc5+ 53.
Kf3 b4 0-1

[Event "Krakow op-A 30th"]
[Site "Krakow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Marszalek, Maciej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2019.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. h3 O-O 11. e3 Na6 12. Be2 Rab8 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15.
Bxb5 Re4 16. a3 c4 17. Qc2 Qc5 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. Nd2 Rxf4 20. exf4 Nxd5 21.
Qxc4 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Nc3 23. Qxc5 dxc5 24. Rbe1 Bxa3 25. Nc4 Bb4 26. Re7 Nd5 27.
Rxa7 Nxf4 28. Rd1 Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Nd4 30. Rxa6 Re8 31. Ra7 Re6 32. Rb7 Bc3 33. g3
h5 34. h4 Nf5 35. Rdd7 Rf6 36. Kg2 Bd4 37. Rb6 Kg7 38. Rxf6 Kxf6 39. Kf3 Ke6
40. Rd8 Nh6 41. Ke2 Ng4 42. f3 Nh6 43. Ne3 Nf5 44. Nxf5 Kxf5 45. Rc8 Ke6 46. g4
Kf6 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Rg8 c4 49. Rg5 c3 50. Kd3 Bf2 51. Rxh5 Be1 52. Ke4 c2 53.
Rc5 Bxh4 54. Rxc2 Kg6 55. Rg2+ Kf6 56. Kf4 Be1 57. Ra2 Kg6 58. Ra6+ Kg7 59. Kf5
Bc3 60. f4 Bd4 61. Ra3 Bb2 62. Rg3+ Kf8 63. Rg2 Bc3 64. Kg5 Kg7 65. f5 Bf6+ 66.
Kh5+ Kh7 67. Rg4 Bd8 68. Rd4 Bf6 69. Rd1 Kg7 70. Rg1+ Kh7 71. Kg4 Kg7 72. Rg2
Be5 73. Kg5 Bf6+ 74. Kf4+ Kf8 75. Rg1 Bd8 76. Ke4 Bf6 77. Kd5 Bb2 78. Kd6 Ba3+
79. Kd7 Bb2 80. Rb1 Bc3 81. Rb6 Bd4 82. Rc6 Kg7 83. Ke8 Be5 84. Rb6 f6 85. Rb7+
Kh6 86. Kf7 Bc3 87. Ke6 Bd4 88. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Krakow op-A 30th"]
[Site "Krakow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zylka, Stanislaw"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rc1 dxc4 10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. d5 Nb6 14. Nd2 Bd7 15.
Qe2 cxd5 16. exd5 Rac8 17. Nce4 Qe7 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Rfe1 Qb4 20. Nf1 Na4 21.
b3 cxb3 22. axb3 Nc5 23. Ra1 a5 24. Qh5 Nxb3 25. Rab1 a4 26. Re4 Qd6 27. Rxe5
Rc3 28. Re3 Rfc8 29. Be4 b5 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. Re1 a3 32. Bb1 Rc1 33. Rxc1 Nxc1
34. Qd1 Qc5 35. Bc2 a2 36. Qxc1 Qd4 37. Qa3 a1=Q 38. Qe7 g6 39. Qxd7 Qe1 0-1

[Event "Krakow op-A 30th"]
[Site "Krakow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Vetoshko, Volodymyr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2019.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Krakow op-A 30th"]
[Site "Krakow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O g6 11. Qb1 O-O 12. b4 Ndf6 13. b5 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5
15. Qb3 Bg4 16. Nd4 Ng7 17. Rfc1 Qd6 18. a3 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Qb4 Qxb4 21.
axb4 Nd7 22. f4 Rfc8 23. Ne2 Nb6 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Nd4 Nd6 26. Kf2 Kf8 27. Kf3
Ke7 28. g4 Bd7 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rc5 f6 31. h4 b6 32. Rxd5 Rc3 33. Ke2 Bxg4+ 34.
Kd2 Ra3 35. Nc6+ Ke6 36. e4 Bh3 37. Nd4+ Ke7 38. Nc6+ Ke6 39. Nd4+ Ke7 40. e5
fxe5 41. fxe5 Nf7 42. Bc4 Rg3 43. Nc6+ Ke8 44. Rd4 Rg4 45. Rxg4 Bxg4 46. Ke3
Nd8 47. Nxd8 Kxd8 48. Kf4 Bf5 49. Kg5 Ke7 50. Kh6 Kf8 51. Be2 Be4 52. Bf1 Bc2
53. Bc4 Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Krakow op-A 30th"]
[Site "Krakow"]
[Date "2019.12.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Sabuk, Piotr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nb3 b6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 e5 12. c4 Nde7 13. Bc3 O-O 14. a3 Bf5 15. Nc1
a5 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Rb1 Bh6 19. Qc2 Bg4 20. h3 Be6 21. b4 axb4 22.
axb4 f5 23. bxc5 fxe4 24. cxb6 Qd6 25. Bxe4 Bxh3 26. Re1 Bxc1 27. Qxc1 Bf5 28.
Qe3 Bxe4 29. dxe4 Qe6 30. Qc5 Rd3 31. Ba1 Qh3 32. Re2 Rff3 33. Bxe5 Nxe5 34.
Qxe5 Nc6 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qxc6 Rxf2 37. Qc7+ Kh6 38. Rxf2 Rxg3+ 39. Qxg3 Qxg3+
40. Rg2 Qe3+ 41. Kh1 Kg7 42. b7 Qh3+ 43. Kg1 Qe3+ 44. Kh2 Qh6+ 45. Kg3 Qe3+ 46.
Kh2 Qh6+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+ 48. Rf2 Qg3+ 49. Kh1 Qh4+ 50. Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Krakow op-A 30th"]
[Site "Krakow"]
[Date "2020.01.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Chmiel, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. g3 e6 10. Bg2 Bd6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qa5
15. c5 Be7 16. a4 O-O 17. Bxg6 e5 18. Bc2 exd4 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Bg5 g6 21. Qxd4
Nd5 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Rfe1 Nd5 24. Re4 Qd8 25. Rh4 Qf6 26. Bb3 Raa8 27. Bxd5
Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Rad8 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rad1 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Ke7 32. a5 1-0

[Event "Krakow op-A 30th"]
[Site "Krakow"]
[Date "2020.01.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Bf5 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. Bg3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Na6 12. O-O Nc7 13. Na4 Ne6 14. b4 b6
15. b5 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Qd6 17. bxc6 Rfc8 18. Rc2 Rxc6 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Rxc6 Rxc6
21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. Nac3 Nc7 23. a4 a6 24. Qb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Krakow op-A 30th"]
[Site "Krakow"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e5 Nh5 7. Be3 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Qd2 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Bb5 Qc7 12. Nge2 Bxc5 13. Rc1 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nc6
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. b3 Ng7 17. f4 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. O-O Qb6 20. Qf2 Bg4 21.
Nd4 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Na4 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Re6 25. Nc5 Re3 26. h3 Rae8 27. g4
Bc8 28. Kg2 h5 29. f5 gxf5 30. gxf5 R8e5 31. Rcf1 Kf7 32. h4 Kf6 33. Rf4 Rc3
34. Ne6 Re2+ 35. R1f2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 Rxa2 38. Nc5 Bxf5 39. Kd4
Rd2+ 40. Kc3 Rc2+ 41. Kd4 Rd2+ 42. Kc3 Rd1 43. Ra4 Ke5 44. Rxa7 Rh1 45. Ra6
Rh3+ 46. Kb2 Kd6 47. Nb7+ Kc7 48. Na5 Bd7 49. b4 Rxh4 50. Kc3 Rf4 51. Ra7+ Kd6
52. Nb7+ Ke5 53. Nc5 Bf5 54. Re7+ Kd6 55. Rf7 d4+ 56. Kd2 Kd5 57. Rf6 Rf2+ 58.
Ke1 Rf3 59. Ke2 Re3+ 60. Kd2 Bg4 61. Nd3 Rf3 62. Rh6 Bf5 63. Nc5 Rf2+ 64. Ke1
Rh2 65. Rf6 Bg4 66. Nd3 Re2+ 67. Kf1 Re3 68. Nf2 d3 69. Rf8 Kc4 70. Rf6 Bf3 71.
Rd6 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 b5 6. cxb5 a6 7. bxa6 d6 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 Bxa6 12. Re1 Nfd7 13. Qc2 Nc4 14. Bf4 Qa5
15. Rec1 Rfb8 16. Rab1 Rb7 17. Nd2 Nce5 18. Bf1 c4 19. b3 cxb3 20. Nxb3 Qd8 21.
Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Ne2 Rba7 23. Qc8 Ra8 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Ned4 Rxa2 26. Nc6 Re8 27.
Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Nb4 Ra4 29. Nd2 Bf6 30. Nd3 Rd4 31. Rb3 Ra8 32. Rc4 Rxc4 33. Nxc4
Ra4 34. Rb4 Ra2 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. h4 h5 37. Kf3 Rc2 38. Ke3 Ra2 39. f4 Bc3 40.
Rb3 Ba1 41. Rb7 Nf6 42. Rxe7 Ng4+ 43. Kf3 Nh2+ 44. Ke3 Nf1+ 45. Kf3 Nh2+ 46.
Ke3 Ng4+ 47. Kf3 Nh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. O-O Nc8 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Ne1 c5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Qb6 12. Nf3 a6 13. g3 Na7 14. Qe2 Nc6 15.
Be3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Nxb4 Qxb4 18. Rfc1 Qb6 19. h4 O-O 20. h5 h6 21. Kg2
Rfc8 22. Nh2 Qd8 23. Ng4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rf1 Qc7 26. Rc1 Qd8 27. Qd2 Rxc1
28. Qxc1 Bf8 29. f4 Nb8 30. Nh2 Nc6 31. Nf3 Qb6 32. g4 Qb5 33. Qd2 Qa5 34. Qxa5
Nxa5 35. f5 Nc4 36. Bc1 Be7 37. Kf2 Na5 38. Ke2 Nc6 39. Bf4 Kf8 40. f6 gxf6 41.
Bxh6+ Kg8 42. exf6 Bxf6 43. Be3 Kh7 44. a3 Bg7 45. Kd3 Kg8 46. g5 Kh7 47. Bf4
Bh8 48. Bd6 Bg7 49. Bf4 Bh8 50. Be3 Bg7 51. Bd2 Bh8 52. b3 Bg7 53. Bf4 Na5 54.
b4 Nc4 55. Bc1 b5 56. Nh4 Bf8 57. Nf3 Bd6 58. Kc3 Bg3 59. Kb3 Kg7 60. a4 Bd6
61. axb5 axb5 62. Ne1 Bg3 63. Nf3 Bd6 64. Kc3 Bg3 65. Kc2 Bd6 66. Kb3 Bg3 67.
Ng1 Bf2 68. Ne2 Be1 69. Nc3 Bxc3 70. Kxc3 Nd6 71. Kd3 Nc8 72. Bf4 Ne7 73. Bd6
Nc6 74. Ke3 Kh7 75. Bc5 Kg7 76. Kf4 Kh7 77. Ke3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bd3
Qe7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 c6 11. Ne5 dxc4 12. Ndxc4 c5 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Nxg6 Qf6
15. Nxf8 Qxf8 16. dxc5 Nc6 17. Nd6 Bd7 18. b4 Nxb4 19. Qb3 a5 20. a3 Nc6 21.
Rfd1 a4 22. Qxb7 Ra7 23. Qb1 Ne5 24. Qb6 Qa8 25. c6 Nxc6 26. Nc4 Rb7 27. Qc5
Bf8 28. Qh5 Be8 29. Qg4+ Rg7 30. Qxe6+ Bf7 31. Qe4 Bg6 32. Qf3 Qa6 33. Qd5+ Bf7
34. Qe4 Rg6 35. Ne5 Nxe5 36. Qxe5 Qb7 37. e4 Re6 38. Qd5 Qb8 39. Qd7 Re8 40.
Rc7 Re7 41. Qg4+ Kh8 42. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tsvetkov, Andrey1"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 e6 8. h3 Nbd7
9. O-O e5 10. a3 Kh8 11. b4 b6 12. Be3 Ng8 13. Qc2 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Nxh6 15. Qd2
Ng8 16. Rab1 Ndf6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Rb2 Nh5 19. Rfb1 f5 20. Rb8 Rxb8 21. Rxb8
Qc7 22. Qb2 Ng7 23. Ra8 Nf6 24. Nd2 Kg8 25. Nb5 Qb6 26. Rxa7 Bd7 27. Ra4 Ngh5
28. Qc3 Nf4 29. Bf1 fxe4 30. Qa5 Qb8 31. Qa7 Qd8 32. Ra6 Bxb5 33. cxb5 Nd3 34.
b6 Nxf2 35. b7 Nd7 36. Rxd6 Nxh3+ 37. gxh3 Qg5+ 38. Bg2 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Qxd2 40.
Rxd7 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kh1 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gasanov, Eldar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. h3 Bh5 8.
g4 Bg6 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Qe2 e6 11. e5 b5 12. Ncd2 h5 13. Rg1 hxg4 14. hxg4 Be7
15. b3 Nb6 16. Bb2 Nd5 17. Ne4 Qa5+ 18. Qd2 Nb4 19. Kf1 Bxe4 20. dxe4 Rd8 21.
Qe2 c4 22. Kg2 Na6 23. c3 Qb6 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Rab1 Rd3 26. Rh1 Rxh1 27. Rxh1
Nc5 28. Ne1 Rd8 29. Ba3 Qa6 30. Rh8+ Kd7 31. Bxc5 Rxh8 32. Qd2+ Ke8 33. Bxe7
Qc8 34. Bd6 f6 35. Nf3 Kf7 36. Qf4 Kg6 37. exf6 gxf6 38. e5 Qd8 39. exf6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 b4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15.
Bf3 Qc7 16. g3 Rab8 17. Rfe1 a5 18. Bf2 Rfe8 19. Bg2 a4 20. Reb1 Rec8 21. Be3
Qa5 22. Qd1 Nc6 23. Nce2 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Qc7 25. Qg4 g6 26. Qe2 Rb4 27. c3 Rb6
28. Rc1 Rcb8 29. Rc2 Qb7 30. Ra2 Ra6 31. Bf3 Qc8 32. Kg2 Nb3 33. Qf1 Nxd4 34.
Bxd4 Bb5 35. Be2 Bxe2 36. Qxe2 Qc4 37. Qxc4 dxc4 38. Kf3 Kf8 39. g4 Ke8 40. Ke4
Kd7 41. h3 Kc6 42. Rf2 a3 43. bxa3 Rxa3 44. Rxa3 Bxa3 45. Ra2 Rb3 46. f5 gxf5+
47. gxf5 Kb5 48. f6 Kc6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Nbd2 Nbd7 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Nxf3 e5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8.
Nh4 O-O 9. Nf5 Bc5 10. e4 c6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. h4 Nf8 13. c3 g6 14. Nh6+ Kg7 15.
h5 dxe4 16. dxe4 Ne6 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Qf6 19. O-O Rad8 20. b4 Bb6 21. a4
a6 22. Qe2 Rd6 23. h6+ Kg8 24. Ra2 Red8 25. Rd2 Qe7 26. Rfd1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Rxd2
28. Qxd2 Qd8 29. Bh3 Qxd2 30. Bxd2 Kf8 31. Kg2 Ke7 32. f4 exf4 33. gxf4 Bc7 34.
Kf3 Nf8 35. Bc8 b6 36. Bxa6 f5 37. Bd3 fxe4+ 38. Bxe4 c5 39. bxc5 bxc5 40. f5
gxf5 41. Bxf5 Kf6 42. Ke4 Ba5 43. Bg4 Ng6 44. Kd5 Ne5 45. Be2 c4 46. Bxc4 Nf3
47. Be3 Bxc3 48. Bd3 Ng5 49. Kc4 Be1 50. Kb5 Nf7 51. Bxh7 Nd6+ 52. Kc6 Nc4 53.
Bc1 Ne5+ 54. Kb5 Nf7 55. Bc2 Bg3 56. Bb2+ Be5 57. Bc1 Ke7 58. a5 Nd6+ 59. Kc6
Nc4 60. a6 Bd4 61. Kd5 Ne3+ 62. Bxe3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tengis, Tsogochir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. h4 b6 13. h5 Bb7 14. hxg6 hxg6
15. Nf4 Ne5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nc6 18. Qa4 Rac8 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Bxc6 Qxc6
21. Qxa7 Rd7 22. Qa3 Qxe4 23. Bxc5 Qc4 24. Bxe7 Be5 25. Rfe1 Qd5 26. c4 Rxc4
27. Rxc4 Qxc4 28. Rxe5 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ 30. Qg3 Qc1 31. Qe3 Rh1+ 32. Kg3 Qc7
33. Bf6 Kh7 34. f4 Qc2 35. Re8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd3 g6
8. Nf3 Bg7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Bg5 Nh5 12. Rad1 h6 13. Bh4 Rae8 14. c3
f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qd2 e5 17. Ne1 e4 18. f4 exf3 19. Nxf3 Re4 20. Bf2 Rfe8
21. Rfe1 Qf7 22. b3 a6 23. c4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 dxe5 26. Qe2 Kh8 27.
g3 Qg6 28. Kh1 Nf6 29. Nxf6 Qxf6 30. Rd1 Qc6+ 31. Kg1 f4 32. Rd5 fxg3 33. hxg3
e4 34. Be3 Qe6 35. Kg2 b5 36. Qh5 bxc4 37. bxc4 Rb8 38. Qf5 Rb2+ 39. Kh3 Qxf5+
40. Rxf5 Rxa2 41. c5 Rc2 42. Rf7 Rc3 43. Re7 Rxe3 44. c6 Rc3 45. c7 Kh7 46. Kg4
e3 47. Kf3 a5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 e5 9. Nb1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Nc3 Bf8 12. O-O g6 13. Bg5 c6 14. Rad1 a5
15. Kh1 Bg7 16. f4 h6 17. Bh4 Qc7 18. Bf3 Nc5 19. Rfe1 a4 20. Bg3 Nfd7 21. Ndb5
cxb5 22. Nxb5 Qa5 23. Nxd6 Rf8 24. e5 Nb6 25. Re2 Be6 26. Be1 Qa6 27. Bb4 Rac8
28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Rd6 Bf8 30. Bxc5 Bxd6 31. Bxd6 Bxc4 32. Re1 Bd5 33. Qf2 Bxf3
34. Qxf3 Nc4 35. Qd5 Qc6 36. Qd4 Qb6 37. Qxb6 Nxb6 38. h3 Nc4 39. Re4 b5 40.
Re2 f5 41. Bb4 Kf7 42. e6+ Ke8 43. g4 Rc6 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. e7 Rg6 46. Re1 Nd6
47. Kh2 h5 48. h4 Nf7 49. Rd1 Rg4 50. Rc1 Rxh4+ 51. Kg3 Rg4+ 52. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Ng1 O-O 7. a3 Bd6 8. d3
exd3 9. Nf3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Bxd3 c6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qc2 h6 14. O-O d6
15. Bd2 a5 16. Bc3 Re8 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Be2 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qc7 20. Rd2 Rad8 21.
Rfd1 Rd7 22. c5 dxc5 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Qxc5 Be6 25. Qd4 Re7 26. Qd8+ Qxd8 27.
Rxd8+ Kh7 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 g5 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Ke1 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Bxd7 33. Kd2
Kf6 34. f4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1 a5 15.
Nbd2 Bh7 16. Nc4 c6 17. Nfe5 Na6 18. e4 Nb4 19. Ra3 Qc7 20. Ng4 Bg5 21. Qc3
Rfd8 22. Raa1 Rac8 23. h4 Be7 24. Nge3 Bf6 25. Ng4 Be7 26. Nge3 Bf6 27. Ng4 Be7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O b6 12. Re1 O-O 13. h4 Bb7 14. Ng5 Nf6
15. Qe2 Bh2+ 16. Kf1 Bf4 17. Kg1 h6 18. Nh3 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Bd6 20. c4 Rfe8 21.
Rac1 e5 22. d5 e4 23. Bb1 Bc8 24. Bc3 Be5 25. Bd2 Bf5 26. Rg1 Bh2 27. g4 Bxg1
28. Rxg1 Bg6 29. Be3 Rac8 30. h5 Bh7 31. g5 hxg5 32. Bxg5 Kh8 33. h6 Qe5 34.
hxg7+ Kg8 35. Qe3 Rxc4 36. Nf4 Rc3 37. Qe1 Rf3 38. Qc1 Qf5 39. Rg2 Nxd5 40. Nh5
Rh3+ 41. Rh2 Qf3+ 42. Kg1 Rxh2 43. Kxh2 Qxh5+ 44. Kg1 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bf5 10. Kb1 Qd7 11. Rg1 Rae8 12. Bd3 Bd8 13. h3 a6 14. Nd4
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ne5 16. Qf1 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 d6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e4 e5 6. d5 Nc5 7. Qc2 a5 8. Be2 h5
9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Bh6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. g3 a4 14. O-O-O Kf8 15.
Rdg1 c6 16. Be2 cxd5 17. exd5 Qb6 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. Qe3 a3 20. b3 Nxb3+ 21. axb3
Qxb3 22. Nd1 Qb4 23. Qc3 Qc5 24. Kb1 Ne4 25. Qe3 a2+ 26. Ka1 Qb4 27. Nb2 Nd2
28. Bd1 Qxb2+ 29. Kxb2 a1=Q+ 30. Kc2 Ra2+ 31. Kd3 Ra3+ 32. Kxd2 Rxe3 33. fxe3
Rh8 34. Bc2 Qa5+ 35. Kd3 Qa3+ 36. Ke2 Qc3 37. Bd3 Ra8 38. Rd1 Ra2+ 39. Kf3 Qb2
0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. Nc6
Nc5 15. Qc4 Qe8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Be3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. f3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. d3 Re8 12. d4 Bg4 13. dxc5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 e4
15. Bf4 exf3 16. Bf1 Re7 17. Re1 Rd7 18. Red1 Re7 19. Re1 Rd7 20. Bb5 Rc8 21.
Ba4 Rd5 22. Rxb7 Rxc5 23. Bb3 Na5 24. Rxa7 Nxb3 25. cxb3 Rxc3 26. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Qc2 c6 12. b4 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. h3 h5 15.
Rab1 Kh7 16. a4 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Kxh6 18. Qc1+ Kg7 19. a5 Qc7 20. Qe3 b6 21. a6
Rad8 22. c5 b5 23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. cxd6 Qb6 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. Bxb5 cxb5 27. Nxb5
Ra8 28. Nc7 Ra7 29. f3 Bd7 30. Rc1 Kf8 31. b5 Ng8 32. Kf2 f6 33. h4 Nh6 34. Nd5
Nf7 35. Nxb6 Bxb5 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc5 Bxa6 38. d7 Rb7 39. Rc6 Bb5 40. Rd6 Rb8
41. Rd5 Rxb6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 g6 4. e5 c5 5. c3 d4 6. cxd4 cxd4 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Nbd2
Bh6 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 Nh6 11. O-O Nf5 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Re1 Qd5 14. Bf1 Be6 15.
h3 Rac8 16. g4 Nh6 17. Ne4 f5 18. exf6 exf6 19. Bg2 Nf7 20. g5 fxg5 21. Nfxg5
Qf5 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Nd6 Qf6 24. Nxc8 Qxf4 25. Ne7+ Nxe7 26. Rxe7 Be5 27. Qg4
Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Bd6 29. Rd7 Bg3 30. Qe6 Bh4 31. Re1 Qf4 32. Qe2 Kh8 33. Kg1 Qf6
34. Rd5 Nd6 35. Rf1 Re8 36. Qf3 Nf5 37. Rd7 b6 38. Rxa7 Qe5 39. Ra8 Rxa8 40.
Qxa8+ Kg7 41. Qe4 Qb5 42. Qe2 Bg5 43. Re1 Kh6 44. Be4 Nh4 45. b3 Qa5 46. Rf1
Bf6 47. f4 Qc5 48. Kh1 Qc8 49. Qg4 Qc2 50. Qg3 Qxa2 51. Bd5 Qa5 52. Be4 Qd2 53.
f5 g5 54. Qd6 Kg7 55. Qc7+ Kh6 56. Qd6 Kg7 57. Qc7+ Kh6 58. Qf7 Be5 59. Qe6+
Ng6 60. Bg2 g4 61. fxg6 gxh3 62. Qxh3+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nc2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. d3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "261"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. b4 Qd6 14. b5 axb5
15. axb5 Bd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qb3 c6 18. e3 Nd7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rfd1 Rfb8
21. Qc2 Bf6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rc1 Ra6 24. Bf1 Rb6 25. Bh3 g6 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27.
Kg2 Kg7 28. Ne1 h5 29. h3 Qe6 30. Nf3 Qe7 31. Qc5 Qxc5 32. Rxc5 Ra6 33. Rc2 Kf8
34. Rb2 Ke7 35. Rb7+ Ke6 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Be7 38. Rc7 Kd6 39. Rc8 Kd7 40.
Rb8 Ke6 41. Rb7 f6 42. Nh4 g5 43. Nf5 Bf8 44. Rc7 Rb6 45. Kf3 Ra6 46. Rc8 Kf7
47. Rb8 c5 48. dxc5 Bxc5 49. Rd8 Ke6 50. Ng7+ Kf7 51. Rd7+ Kg8 52. Nf5 Bf8 53.
Rxd5 Kf7 54. Rd7+ Ke6 55. Rd8 Kf7 56. Rb8 Ra7 57. Rb6 Rc7 58. Ra6 Rb7 59. Ng3
Rc7 60. Ra2 Rb7 61. Nf5 Rc7 62. Nd4 Rb7 63. Ke4 Bc5 64. Nf5 Bf8 65. Kf3 Rc7 66.
Ra4 Rb7 67. Ng3 Rc7 68. Ne4 Be7 69. Ra6 Rd7 70. Rc6 Ra7 71. Rc8 Rb7 72. Ng3 Ra7
73. Rh8 Kg7 74. Rh1 Bf8 75. Nf5+ Kg8 76. Rd1 Kf7 77. Rd4 Rb7 78. Rc4 Ra7 79.
Ke4 Rd7 80. f3 Ba3 81. Ra4 Bf8 82. Ra5 Rb7 83. Rd5 Rb4+ 84. Rd4 Rb7 85. Rc4 Rd7
86. Rc6 Rb7 87. Ra6 Rc7 88. Nd4 Re7+ 89. Kd3 Rd7 90. Rc6 Ra7 91. Nb5 Rd7+ 92.
Ke2 Rb7 93. Nc3 Rd7 94. Ne4 Be7 95. Ra6 Rc7 96. Rb6 Ra7 97. Rb3 Ra2+ 98. Kd3
Ra7 99. Nc3 Rd7+ 100. Ke4 Ra7 101. Nd5 Rd7 102. Rb6 Bd8 103. Rb8 Ke6 104. Rb5
Rd6 105. f4 gxf4 106. exf4 Rd7 107. Rc5 Kd6 108. Rc4 Ke6 109. Rc6+ Kf7 110. Ra6
Kg7 111. Nb4 Kf7 112. Nc6 Be7 113. Nd4 Rc7 114. Nc6 Bf8 115. Kf5 Rd7 116. Ra5
Kg7 117. Rb5 Kf7 118. g5 Rc7 119. g6+ Kg8 120. Nd4 Rc8 121. Ne6 Bh6 122. Kxf6
Re8 123. f5 Ra8 124. Rd5 Bc1 125. Rd8+ Rxd8 126. Nxd8 Kf8 127. Nc6 Bd2 128. Ne5
Bc3 129. Ke6 Kg7 130. f6+ Kh8 131. Kf7 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 f6 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. O-O Nh6 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. h3 Be6 13. Rxe6 Qxe6 14. c4 Na5
15. Qb5 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. cxd5 Rfd8 18. b4 Rxd5 19. bxa5 Rdxa5 20. Bc4+ Kf8
21. Bc7 Rc8 22. Bxb6 Raa8 23. Bd5 Rc2 24. Re1 Nf5 25. Bc5 Nd6 26. Ne4 Rd8 27.
Nxd6 exd6 28. Bb4 Rb2 29. a3 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Na3 Ne4 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Nxd2 c3 11. Ne4 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 Bxa3 13. bxa3 Nc6 14.
Nxc3 Ke7 15. Ne4 Rd8 16. f4 Rb8 17. Kf2 Bd7 18. Nd6 Be8 19. Nxe8 Kxe8 20. Be4
h6 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Ke3 Na5 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Kxc8 25. Kd4 Kc7 26. Kc5
b6+ 27. Kb5 Nb7 28. Bxb7 Kxb7 29. a4 a6+ 30. Kc4 Kc6 31. e4 f6 32. g4 g5 33. e5
fxe5 34. fxe5 Kc7 35. a5 Kc6 36. axb6 Kxb6 37. a4 a5 38. Kd4 Kc6 39. Kc4 Kb6
40. Kd4 Kc6 41. Kc4 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
exf4 9. Bxf4 Nd4 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. Kh1 Qd7 12. a4 Bh5 13. Rae1 h6 14. Nf3 Nxf3
15. gxf3 Kh7 16. Qg2 Rg8 17. Bd2 Raf8 18. f4 Qg4 19. Qxg4 Bxg4 20. f5 g6 21.
fxg6+ Rxg6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bh3 24. Rg1 Bh4 25. Ra1 Rxg1+ 26. Rxg1 Bf2 27.
Rb1 Rg8 28. e5 dxe5 29. Bxb7 f5 30. Bf3 c4 31. Bc3 cxd3 32. cxd3 Rd8 33. Bg2
Bxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Bd4 35. Rc1 Kg6 36. Kf1 Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Rd4 38. b3 Kg5 39. Kf2 h5
40. a5 Rh4 41. Kg2 Rb4 42. Rc7 Rxb3 43. Rxa7 Rxd3 44. a6 Ra3 45. Re7 Kf4 46. a7
h4 47. Rh7 h3+ 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 e4 50. Rh4+ Ke5 51. Rh7 f4 52. Kf1 Kd4 53.
Rh8 Rxa7 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Ng3 f5 14. f4 e4
15. c4 Qa5 16. Rfd1 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Na5 18. Rad1 c5 19. dxe4 Rxd2 20. Bxd2 Nxc4
21. exf5 Bc8 22. Bc1 h6 23. Kf2 Kh7 24. h3 a5 25. c3 a4 26. h4 Kg8 27. h5 Rf7
28. Rd8+ Rf8 29. Rd5 Rf7 30. Rd8+ Rf8 31. Rd3 Rf7 32. Kf3 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Bxd7 34.
f6 gxf6 35. Nf1 f5 36. Ne3 Nd6 37. c4 Be6 38. Bb2 Nxc4 39. Nxc4 Bxc4 40. Be5
Bd5+ 41. Kf2 Bf7 42. Bc7 b5 43. Bd6 c4 44. Ke3 Bxh5 45. Kd4 Kf7 46. g3 Bf3 47.
Bb4 Kg6 48. Kc3 Kh5 49. Bf8 Bc6 50. Kb4 Be8 51. Kc3 Kg6 52. Kd4 h5 53. Kc3 Kf7
54. Bb4 Ke6 55. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Qb3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bf3
Rh4 15. Bxd4 Rxd4 16. Bxb7 Bxb7 17. Qxb7 Rxc4 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 c5 20. Rd1
Rb8 21. Qxa7 Rxb2 22. Qxc5 dxc5 23. Rxd8+ Kg7 24. Rc8 Rxa2 25. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3
15. exd7 Bxd7 16. bxc3 Rac8 17. Qd1 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Bxc3 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. Bxd7
Rxd7 21. Nf5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 fxg3 23. hxg3 Bxe5 24. Rd7 b6 25. Rxa7 h5 26. Ra6
Rb8 27. Kg2 Kh7 28. Kf3 Bc3 29. Ra7 Kg6 30. Ne7+ Kg7 31. Rc7 Bf6 32. Nf5+ Kg6
33. Ne3 Bd4 34. Nd5 Ra8 35. Nf4+ Kf6 36. Nxh5+ Kg5 37. Nf4 Ra3+ 38. Ke4 Ra4 39.
Kd5 Kg4 40. Rc2 Bc5 41. Rd2 Kf5 42. Ng2 Ra5 43. Kc6 Ke4 44. Ne1 Ra3 45. Rc2 f5
46. Kd7 f4 47. gxf4 Kxf4 48. Ke6 Kg5 49. Kd5 Kf5 50. Re2 Ra4 51. Kc6 Ra3 52.
Nc2 Rf3 53. Ne3+ Ke4 54. Kb5 Kd3 55. Rb2 Bd4 56. Rb3+ Ke4 57. Nd1 Rf5+ 58. Kc4
Rc5+ 59. Kb4 Ra5 60. f3+ Kf4 61. Nc3 Bxc3+ 62. Kxc3 Rxa2 63. Rxb6 Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
c3 Nb6 9. Na5 Bd6 10. b4 c5 11. a3 O-O 12. Be3 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Nc4 Be7 15.
d4 exd4 16. cxd4 cxb4 17. axb4 Kh8 18. Bd2 Nb8 19. d5 f5 20. exf5 Qxd5 21. Ne3
Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 Bxf4 6. exf4 O-O 7. c3 b6 8. h4
c5 9. h5 h6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Ndf3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Rc7 15.
a3 Ba4 16. Kf1 Bb3 17. Kg1 Qd6 18. Qd2 a5 19. Re1 Rb8 20. Rh3 Ba4 21. Bb1 Ne4
22. Qe3 b5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Nd4 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Qxe4 Bd7
28. g4 Rbc8 29. Ree3 Qa5 30. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Be5
Nd7 9. Be2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 g6 11. Bxh5 gxh5 12. Nge2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1 O-O
15. O-O Kh8 16. e4 d4 17. Nf4 Be5 18. Nd3 Bg7 19. Ne2 h4 20. h3 Qe7 21. e5 Rd8
22. f4 Bf5 23. Kh2 Qe6 24. Ng1 Bh6 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. Kh1 Bxf4 27. Qc5 Qxc5 28.
Nxc5 Bc2 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Nxd4 Be3 31. Nce6 Bg6 32. Rf3 Bh6 33. Nf5 Bxf5 34.
Rxf5 Be3 35. Rf3 Re8 36. Rxe3 Rxe6 37. Kg1 Kg7 38. Kf2 Kg6 39. Re4 Re7 40. Kf3
Kf5 41. Rxh4 Kxe5 42. Re4+ Kf6 43. Rxe7 Kxe7 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. g4 a5 46. a4 h6
47. h4 Ke6 48. g5 hxg5+ 49. Kxg5 Kf7 50. Kf5 b5 51. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The 2020 edition of Wijk aan Zee hasn't been easy for me and after a slow
start of four draws I lost a painful game to Firouzja after commiting a few
mistakes that a player of my level shouldn't be committing. I played this game
a day after that and was hoping to finally get things going.} 1. e4 e5 {
Once before Vlad Kovalev surprised me with an obscure Sicilian, but this time
he decided to stick to his lifelong weapon.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {Italian is a
frequent guest on the highest level and theory keeps growing in all sorts of
directions. I have played it a lot before, but hardly ever with the idea of
developing the bishop to g5 early on, which is what I did in this game.} Bc5 4.
c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 {A very risky, but highly interesting idea which has
gained in popularity a lot lately. White almost forces black to weaken his
kingside with h6-g5, but in return white ends up with a burried bishop on g3.
The victories in this line, be it by white or by black are often crushing.} h6
7. Bh4 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 g5 11. Bg3 {This position has been
reached in quite a few high level games, with various move orders. Black has a
huge choice of options or setups, the most popular move here being Nh7
preparing h5. The move Vlad chose is also not new and has been played by
theoreticians such as Peter Leko, Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura.} Kg7 12. Re1
Nh7 {Following Van Forees J-Leko from 2016 and Anand-Nakamura from Tata blitz
2019.} 13. b4 {Following in footsteps of Vishy Anand. He is as massive an
authority on the opening theory as ever.} h5 14. h3 h4 (14... g4 {is another
way to try and develop the kingside initiative.}) 15. Bh2 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17.
b5 Ne7 18. d4 Ng6 {I don't know whether my opponent was aware that we are
still following Anand-Nakamura or if he was long improvising, but one way or
the other, it all took him a lot of time. Here Vishy played the natural Be2,
but after some further mutual inaccuracies got nowhere and had to settle for a
draw. I had prepared a more direct continuation, not fearing the potential
doubling of the f-pawns.} 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Nf1 $5 {This was the new idea. Now
over the board I had expected Black to quickly play Ng5, which to me seemed
the most natural, but my opponent came up with a surprising, but a cool
looking alternative.} exd4 (20... Ng5 21. Ne3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 Ngf4+
24. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 25. Kh2 {is the position I had expected to get. Black has a
juicy square on f4, but with h4 pawn shielding the white king nicely, it is
White who has most of the trumps here, which is what the computer insists on.
These days, the computers are almost always right in such cases.}) 21. cxd4
Bxf3 22. gxf3 $1 (22. Qxf3 {was a little bit tempting, to keep the kingside
pawn structure neutral, but I quickly realized that after} Bxd4 23. Rad1 Be5 {
Black has pretty easy play and is likely to get away here, thanks to all the
dark squares and for now an extra pawn.}) 22... f5 $6 {This move frankly
shocked me, but I kind of liked the look of it after a while. The computer,
though, realizing that chess is not all about the pawn structure, but much
more about the king's safety and initiative is shouting that white has a
winning advantage now and in more than one way too.} 23. Ne3 {I had a lot of
time on the clock after blitzing out most of my opening moves, so I figured I
may use some of it to calculate some sort of a long variation. It wasn't
really needed.} (23. exf5 $1 {is sort of very clean, but one has to understand
chess on a very high level to realize that it is time to sacrifice the
beautiful pawn structure in the center to gradually switch to the attack on
the king.} Rxf5 24. Kh1 {it doesn't help Black that even if he attacks f3 pawn
one more time, it is still not hanging in view of Bd5 and so Ne3 and Rg1 are
coming, when White's attack will quickly develop itself.}) 23... fxe4 24. fxe4
Qg5+ 25. Kh1 Rxf2 26. Nf5+ $6 {I have to say I was quite mesmerized by the
forced line that ends with 31.Qg1!. I didn't realize I had much better
alternatives at this point, but fortunately the continuation in the game
worked out perfectly too.} (26. Bg1 $5 {was an idea I simply didn't consider,
now one of the possible lines could be} Rb2 27. Qc1 Rab8 28. Bb5 $1 Rb3 29. Qc2
Rxe3 30. Bxe3 Qg3 31. Bf1 {when White is up an exchange for the pawn and does
well.}) (26. Ra2 $1 {first was even stronger, but then again it is important
to see the Bg1 motive later on.} Raf8 27. Rxf2 Rxf2 28. Bg1 $1 Rb2 {now there
seem to be two ways to play, one going directly for the king and another for
positional domination.} 29. Qc1 (29. Rf1 Kh8 30. Ng4 Rd2 31. Qf3 Bxd4 32. Qf7
Ne7 33. Be6 {with a deadly mating attack.} Bxg1 34. Qe8+ Ng8 35. Rxg1 $1) 29...
Rb8 30. Nf5+ Kh8 31. Bh2 {and Black can trade into an engame, but there
despite being a pawn up for now, he is completely dominated and lost.}) 26...
Kh8 27. Rg1 {From now it's all forced.} Rxh2+ $1 28. Kxh2 Qf4+ 29. Kh3 Ng5+ 30.
Rxg5 Qxg5 31. Qg1 $1 {I was too fascinated with the idea of trading the queens
in order to force a pretty checkmate and also I noticed a nice motif after 31.
Qg1! Nf4+ 32.Kh2 Qxg1 33.Rxg1 d5 34.Bxd5 Nxd5 35.exd5 Rd8 and now 36.Rg4! when
Black can't ever capture on d5, also not after 36...Kh7 37.Kh3!. However, upon
reaching closer to the position I realized that while the domination does work
in some of the lines, in reality Black also has many defensive resources in
the endgame that I so happily went for.} (31. Qf3 {has a pretty threat of Rg1,
but it is strongly met with} Bxd4 $1 32. Nxd4 Ne5) 31... Nf4+ (31... Qh5 {
seemed insanely risky and is simply losing after} 32. Qe3 {followed by Rg1.})
32. Kh2 Qxg1+ 33. Rxg1 d5 $5 ({My opponent didn't have much time, but while he
spent the remainder of it, I thought I found a draw for him. Fortunately it
wasn't as easy as I thought it was.} 33... Rb8 $5 34. Rg4 Rb2+ 35. Kg1 Ne2+ 36.
Kf1 $1 {I hadn't considered this option, missing 37.Ke1!.} (36. Bxe2 Rxe2 37.
Rxh4+ Kg8 38. Ne7+ {and here I noticed the precise} Kg7 $1 {point being that
after} 39. Nc6 Bb6 40. a5 Rc2 $1 41. axb6 Rxc6 {I don't have any Rh7/Rh8+
things.}) 36... Ng3+ 37. Ke1 $1 Nxf5 38. exf5 {here Black has to still show
some resourcefulness not to lose on the spot-} d5 $1 39. Bxd5 Rb6 $1 40. Rxh4+
Kg7 {and the line continues, but while white keeps the extra pawn and winning
chances, objectively it should be within for Black.}) 34. Bxd5 Nxd5 $1 (34...
Rb8 {here looked quite shaky and indeed there is no easy save here, contrary
to what my opponent had suggested after the game-} 35. Bc4 Rb2+ 36. Kh1 {
here Vlad pointed out} Nh5 {but missed that there is a pretty refutation-} 37.
e5 $1 Ng3+ 38. Rxg3 $1 hxg3 39. e6 $1 {and White will win the rook for the
passer.}) 35. exd5 Re8 $2 {The natural 35...Rd8 fails to the aforementioned 36.
Rg4! idea, based on a fork. Instead, however Black could force a draw brutally
here.} (35... Rg8 $1 {I thought trading rooks was incredibly dangerous for
Black and most likely losing, which is evidently what my opponent thought too,
but we missed some important saving resources here.} 36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 37. Kh3 Kf7
38. Kxh4 {now it seems that White is in time to block the Black king from
bothering his central configuration, but Black has a forced solution-} Kf6 39.
Kg4 Bxd4 $1 40. Nxd4 Ke5 {and it is not that hard once in this position, to
realize that Black is just in time to capture both remaining pawns.}) 36. Kh3
$5 {It is logical to assume that if Black didn't trade the rooks on the
previous move, he isn't going to do it now and at the same time I wasn't sure
if the natural 36.Rg4 doesn't allow Black a miraculous escape after he
activates his rook.} (36. Rg4 Re1 $1 {the computer defends very precisely, in
fact White wants to activate his king anyway, so there is no need to rush it
with check.} (36... Re2+ {is what I wasn't sure about.} 37. Kh3 Ra2 38. Kxh4
Rxa4 39. Kg5 {here White actually creates a mating net with the remaining
forces.}) 37. a5 h3 $1 {This is just math.} 38. Kxh3 Ra1 39. Rh4+ Kg8 40. Ne7+
Kf7 41. Nc6 Rh1+ $1 {the point of h3!} 42. Kg3 Rxh4 43. Kxh4 Bxd4 {here it is
particularly miraculous that Black is saving it, but he does.} 44. Nxd4 Ke7)
36... Bb6 $2 {Black really had to trade rooks.} (36... Re4 $1 37. Rg4 Rxg4 38.
Kxg4 Kg8 39. Kxh4 Kf7 40. Kg5 {here Black doesn't draw by the bishop sac on d4,
but he can still setup the final line of defense.} Ke8 41. Kf4 Kd7 42. Ke4 c6
$1 {it is essential to push this quickly. When I was thinking about this
endgame during the game, I assumed Black wouldn't help white in creating the
passed pawn, but then white would actually win by means of endless knight
jumps provoking a5 and so on, although it is all not obvious even after all
that.} 43. dxc6+ Kxc6 44. Ne7+ Kd7 45. Ng6 Kd6 46. Ne5 Bb8 {and Black sets up
some sort of a defense, which it seems can not be broken.}) 37. Kxh4 Rd8 38.
Rg5 $5 {It was incredibly tempting to try and mate the Black king and it seems
it was possible to do so. The move I made keeps the position winning and is a
lot more prosaic.} (38. Kh5 $5 Bxd4 {was my issue and now I calculate a few
moves further-} 39. Rh1 Kg8 40. Kg6 Bc5 {I thought this was key. Here I didn't
find a mate, but I actually stopped looking just a tad too early.} 41. Rh7 Rxd5
42. Rxc7 $1 {and white mates after all. The position after Black sacs the
exchange is not a draw, by the way.} Rxf5 43. Kxf5 Bb4 {Black king is cut off
very badly here, the easiest win would be-} 44. Kf6 a5 45. Rf7 Bc3+ 46. Kg6 {
also possible is to bring the king to b5, with king cut off on the f-file it
is too far to come back in time to c8.} Bb4 47. Rf5 {with a zugzwang.}) 38...
Kh7 {loses, but otherwise Kh5-Kg6 was a threat. Black's position seems lost
already.} 39. Rh5+ Kg6 40. Ne7+ Kf6 41. Nc6 {It was tempting to dominate the
bishop with the knight like that, but it was only after I saw that I win by
force that I had decided to go for this. Sometimes positions are too pretty to
be won, but this was fortunately not the case here.} Re8 42. Re5 Rh8+ 43. Kg4
a5 (43... Bxd4 {is met with the intermezzo} 44. Re6+) 44. Rf5+ $1 {At first I
was tempted to try and push the Black king down to the 8th rank, but after
further searching I found a more forcing way to win.} Kg6 {This loses on the
spot, but the only alternative lost by force too.} (44... Kg7 45. d6 $1 {
As so often, you have to free the dominated opponent briefly, in order to
convert the positional advantage into some concrete gain.} cxd6 46. Rb5 Bd8 {
and here I intended the simple} 47. Nxd8 $5 Rxd8 48. Kf5 {with an easily won
rook endgame.}) 45. Ne5+ Kg7 46. Rg5+ Kh7 47. Rh5+ Kg7 48. Rxh8 Kxh8 {with
Black king so far from the action the endgame is dead lost.} 49. Nc4 {the
quickest path to resignation.} Kg7 50. Kf5 Kf7 51. d6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 Nf6 16. Rh4 Qf5 17. Bc2 Qg6 18. Nd2 Bg4 19. Nf3 Rad8 20. Kg2 Rfe8 21. a4 h6
22. axb5 axb5 23. h3 Bf5 24. Rd4 Qh5 25. Rh4 Qg6 26. Rd4 Qh5 27. Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Rc1 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 b6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. Be2 Ba6 14. c4 Qxd2+
15. Nxd2 Ne7 16. f3 Rc8 17. O-O Nf5 18. Bf2 cxd4 19. exd4 O-O 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21.
g4 Ne7 22. Bg3 f5 23. a4 fxg4 24. fxg4 Nf6 25. Bf2 Ng6 26. h3 e5 27. dxe5 Nxe5
28. Bg3 Nd3 29. Rc2 Nc5 30. Bf2 Bb7 31. a5 bxa5 32. Ra1 a4 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34.
Rxa4 Re5 35. Bf1 a6 36. c5 Rc8 37. Nb3 Bd5 38. Nd4 Be4 39. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Rc8 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Qb4
Rxc6 15. Qxb7 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Rfxc8 17. O-O a5 18. b3 f6 19. f3 Bf5 20. Rfe1 Bg6
21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 Rd8 23. Rad1 Rc2 24. e5 fxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxa2 26. Ra1 Rxa1
27. Rxa1 Rd5 28. Rc1 Rb5 29. Rc8+ Kf7 30. Rb8 Rxb8 31. Bxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxe7 Nxe7 9. Ndb5 Nec6 10. g3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Na6 12. Bg2 Ke7 13. O-O Rd8 14. a3
Bd7 15. Nd6 Rab8 16. Rd2 Be8 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Nxe8 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Rxe8 20. Nb5
Rc8 21. Rc2 Na4 22. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bg4 10. c3 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. g3 Qd7 13. Kg2 Bg6 14. Bf4 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 a6 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Re2 Bd8 18. Rfe1 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 f6 20. h4 Re8 21.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qf5 Ne7 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Nd2 Qc6 25. Qg4 g6 26. Nb3 b6 27. Nc1
Kf7 28. h5 Qe6 29. Qxe6+ Kxe6 30. g4 f5 31. f3 fxg4 32. fxg4 Nc6 33. Nd3 g5 34.
Bg3 Kd7 35. Kf3 Bf6 36. Ke3 Be7 37. b3 Bf6 38. Bh2 Bg7 39. b4 Bf8 40. a4 Be7
41. Bg3 b5 42. a5 Nd8 43. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "214"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bd2 Nh5 13. Ned5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bg5
15. g3 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Nf6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. f4 exf4 19. Qxf4 Qb6 20. Nb5 Rbd8
21. e5 dxe5 22. Qxe5 c4+ 23. d4 Rd5 24. Qe3 e5 25. Qe2 Rc8 26. c3 a6 27. Na3
exd4 28. Nxc4 Qc6 29. cxd4 Qxc4 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Rxf6 Qxd4+ 32. Rf2 Rf8 33.
Raf1 Rdf5 34. Qe2 R5f6 35. Qc2 Kg8 36. a5 h6 37. Qb3+ R8f7 38. Qc2 Rf5 39. Kg2
Rxf2+ 40. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 41. Qxf2 Qd5+ 42. Qf3 Qd2+ 43. Kh3 Qxb2 44. Qd5+ Kh7 45.
Kg4 Qb4+ 46. Kf3 Qc3+ 47. Ke4 Qe1+ 48. Kd4 Qd2+ 49. Ke5 Qg5+ 50. Kd4 Qd2+ 51.
Ke5 Qb2+ 52. Qd4 Qa3 53. Qb6 Qe7+ 54. Kd5 Kg8 55. Qe6+ Kf8 56. Qc8+ Kf7 57. h4
g6 58. g4 Kg7 59. Qe6 Qd8+ 60. Kc4 Qc7+ 61. Kd3 Qg3+ 62. Ke2 Qg2+ 63. Ke3 Qg1+
64. Ke2 Qg2+ 65. Ke3 Qg3+ 66. Ke2 Qf4 67. Qe7+ Qf7 68. Qe5+ Kg8 69. Qb8+ Kh7
70. Qd6 Qc4+ 71. Ke3 Qc3+ 72. Ke2 Qc8 73. Ke3 Qe8+ 74. Kd4 Qa4+ 75. Ke3 Qb3+
76. Kd4 Qb2+ 77. Kd3 Qb1+ 78. Ke3 Qe1+ 79. Kf3 Qh1+ 80. Ke3 Qh3+ 81. Kd2 Qg2+
82. Ke3 Qg1+ 83. Kf3 Qh1+ 84. Ke3 Qc1+ 85. Ke2 Qc2+ 86. Ke3 Qc3+ 87. Ke2 Qc8
88. Ke3 Kg7 89. Qe5+ Kf7 90. Qf4+ Ke7 91. Qb4+ Kf7 92. Qf4+ Kg8 93. Qd6 Qc3+
94. Kf4 Qc1+ 95. Ke4 Qe1+ 96. Kf3 Qh1+ 97. Ke3 Qh3+ 98. Kd2 Qg2+ 99. Ke3 Qg1+
100. Kf3 Qf1+ 101. Ke3 Qe1+ 102. Kf3 Qc3+ 103. Kf4 Qc4+ 104. Ke3 Qc1+ 105. Ke4
Qb1+ 106. Ke3 Qb3+ 107. Ke4 Qa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {I didn't know what to expect from Jorden, I mean I did, but
he also did that I did, so I knew I didn't.} 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 {This obscure
line screams surprise weapon.} Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 {A very solid way to handle it,
I expected something far more forcing from Jorden.} 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. e3 {
Now we have a position that resembles some sort of a trompowsky. Initially I
was thrilled with the fact that we got a playable position where I even seem
to have a small edge, but I soon realized that it wasn't that easy to play for
white, once the initial opening moves are completed.} e6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Nf3 (9.
Nge2 {felt more natural, but then I realized my knight's only future is on f4,
where it will be captured, so I decided to place it on f3, having in mind some
abstract maneuvre of Nh4-g2, Ne2 and only then Nf4.}) 9... f5 10. g3 Bd7 11.
O-O Rc8 12. Rc1 O-O {So far all moves seemed too natural not to be made and
here I had to choose a plan. The idea of Nh4-Ng2 and Ne2 started seeming a
little too far fetched, as Black would start bothering me somewhat on the
queenside with moves like Nb4 and Qb6 and so on. I decided for now to give
Black a move and see what happens.} 13. a3 (13. Ne2 {was nevertheless possible.
} Qb6 (13... Nb4 14. Rxc8 Qxc8 15. Bb1 Bb5 {was something I was slightly
hesitant to allow, but already two moves in, I realized a position like the
one White gets after eventually Bxe2 is a dream for White here.}) 14. Qd2 Qa5
15. Nc3 {would trick Black into making a weird move Qa5.}) 13... Kh8 {Clever
waiting move. I was hoping for Na5, which I would meet with Nd2. Already here
I started getting tempted with allowing this Nc4 business, but obviously here
it would be a much better version for me than what I eventually got in the
game.} (13... Na5 14. Nd2) 14. Qe2 {This I already played after some serious
hesitation. The alternatives didn't seem to give me anything clear either and
so I decided to keep the tension and at the same time I am once again ready to
meet Na5 with Nd2.} (14. b4 a5 15. b5 Ne7 16. Qb3 b6 {didn't look like much,
upon closer look.}) (14. Na4 $2 Nxd4 $1 {is what them kids live for.}) (14. Ne2
{would allow} Qb6) 14... Rg8 15. Kh1 ({For fun I like to sometimes consider
some suicidal lines, here is one.} 15. b4 f4 $5 16. e4 $2 {positionally the
right way to meet the f4 push, but there is a minor tactical issue here-} fxg3
17. fxg3 Bxg3 $1 18. hxg3 Rxg3+ 19. Kf2 Nxd4 $1 20. Nxd4 Qh4 21. Nf3 {and here
...Rxf3+ is obviously an issue, but even more painful is} Rg2+ $1) 15... Na5 {
A clever idea to do this after including Rg8 Kh1, as there will now be Qc6+
further down the line.} 16. Nd2 {I sort of realized that what I am about to do
with my position is very much uncalled for, but on the other hand, I saw some
potential for counterplay against Black king in some lines and decided that
there will be chances. Also, I didn't fancy any of the alternatives.} ({
I considered bailing out with} 16. Nb5 {but I didn't think I had anything
after both ...Bxb5 as well as the simple retreat} Bb8 $1 (16... Bxb5 17. Bxb5
a6 18. Bd3 b5 $6 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. a4 $1) 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Nc3 a6) 16... Qb6
17. b4 $5 {Somewhat dubious, but playing it solid at this point looked a
little sad.} (17. Rc2 Nc4 18. Rb1 (18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Kg1 {was another version,
but actually I was kinda happy to have my pawn on b4. Not sure, as in both
cases Black has very clear plans on the queenside.})) 17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4
19. Kg1 {I wasn't actually sure if and when I want to push e4, but if I wanted
to do it, I could have done it immediately.} (19. e4 $5 {Black shouldn't
capture the pawn and stick to his idea - remove the queen, go b5 and a5. In
the meantime White's play in the center is not so dangerous, as Black's
bishops control most of the key squares.} Qc7 $1 (19... Qxd4 20. Rfd1) (19...
Qa6 $5)) 19... Qa6 {I thought this was some sort of a mistake, but then I
realized that the planned b5 is not what I want to play.} (19... Qc7 $5 {
is where I felt my position would be really suspect.} 20. e4 b5 {not clear how
to develop something out of this, as} 21. Nf3 {is well met with} fxe4 $1 22.
Nxe4 Bc6 $1) 20. Ra1 {Pathetic move played with great confidence.} (20. b5 Bxb5
21. Nxb5 Qxb5 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 (22... Bxa3 23. Rb1 {wins White back the pawn, but
didn't seem too tempting.}) 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Nxc4 {This endgame looked very
fine for Black.}) (20. Rb1 {I wasn't sure about 20...b5 21.a4!?, but also} Qxa3
21. Nxc4 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Rc8 23. Rb3 Rxc4 24. Rxa3 a5 $5 {is a mess, but I
rather be the one pushing pawns.} (24... Bxb4 25. Rxa7 Bxc3 26. Rxb7 Bc6 27.
Rxf7 Bb4 {holds the balance too.})) 20... b5 21. Nf3 $5 {I had given up on my
queenside and hoped for counterplay and tricks. Otherwise I could have
considered a4, trying to weather the storm there.} Qb6 22. e4 {White probably
can't do anything without this push.} a5 $5 {Rushing the counterplay is often
a safe thing to do, but I actually felt it gives me some concrete play that I
was looking for. Still, Black's position is excellent.} (22... f4 $5 {was
interesting and even more ambitious.}) 23. exf5 $1 axb4 24. fxe6 {I was mostly
choosing between this and capturing on b4 first. Finally I decided to take and
see how Black reacts. I for some reason expected fxe6 back.} (24. Ne4 $5 exf5
25. Nf6 {is a complete, yet relatively balanced mess.}) 24... Bxe6 $5 (24...
fxe6 25. axb4 Bxb4 {here I was planning to go for the vague} 26. Ne4 ({while
the following line leads to a semi-forced perpetual -} 26. Qe5+ Rg7 27. Ng5 Rf8
$5 28. Ra8 $1 Rxa8 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nh6+ {Of course, being a top player I spot
such repetitions instantly.})) 25. axb4 Bg4 $5 (25... Bxb4 $5 26. Qe5+ Rg7 {
was what I had assumed we are going for, when taking on b5 is bad, but
bringing the knight to the center would give White adequate play in return for
the queenside passers.} 27. Ne4 $1 (27. Nd5 {also an option.})) (25... Rce8 $5
{is another cunning idea, with unclear play -} 26. Qb2 Bg4 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28.
dxe5 Qd4 {with equality is a likely scenario.}) 26. Qe3 (26. Ra5 {Had suddenly
entered my mind, but fortunately I didn't trust it-} Rce8 27. Qd1 Bxb4 28. Rxb5
Qf6 29. Rxb4 Bxf3 {is a disaster for white, as the queen comes to h3.}) (26.
Qe4 $5 {to be frank allowed so many options, I didn't really understand what
was going on.} f5 27. Qd5 Bxb4 28. Qe5+ Rg7 29. Nd5 Qb8 30. Nxb4 Bxf3 {is one
of the possible variations, with a balanced position.}) 26... Rce8 $6 {Black
decides to play for a draw and although he eventually succeeds, it was only
due to walking down a very narrow path.} (26... Bxb4 27. Nd5 Qb7 {was what I
felt was the strongest.}) (26... f6 $1 {was too strong a move for me to see,
but covering e5 square, now it actually is up to White to make a good move.})
27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Bh5 $1 (29... Rxe5 {wasn't better -} 30.
Rxf7 Bh5 31. Rc7 {and the endgame like this seems like a fifty-fifty to me.})
30. Nxb5 (30. Ra5 {was possible, but at this point going for a 3 vs 2 seemed
like selling it too cheap.} Rxe5 31. Rxb5 Rxb5 32. Nxb5 Rb8 33. Rf5 Bg6 34. Rc5
c3 35. Nxc3 Rxb4) 30... Rxe5 31. Nd6 Rxe3 32. Nxf7+ {Objectively not a mistake
as such, as probably Black can also hold it after 32.Ra5, but there his path
was a little more vague and in hindsight, that was a better try.} (32. Ra5 $5
Bg6 33. Nxf7+ Kg7 $1 {This option wasn't there in the game, but even here it's
still not easy -} (33... Bxf7 34. Rxf7 Re2 {To be very honest it didn't seem
obvious to me that having rook on a5 is in my favour, but now I realize that
it was -} 35. Rc5 $1 Rd8 36. Rf2 {and the difference is that now after trading
one pair of rooks, Black won't be able to trade the c-pawn for b-pawn. Had the
white rook been on c1, he'd manage.}) 34. Ra7 Rb8 (34... c3 {is losing -} 35.
Kf2 $1) 35. Ne5+ Kh8 36. Nxg6+ (36. Nxc4 Rb3 37. Ne5 Be4 {holds too, as Black
regains the b-pawn and has to defend a 2 vs 1, which he should manage.}) 36...
hxg6 {and Black should hold this endgame too, but it is probably not as
straightforward as in the game.}) 32... Bxf7 33. Rxf7 Re2 $1 {Played after
some hesitation, but in fact it is strictly the only move. Cutting the white
king is essential.} (33... Rd8 {was what I was hoping for and a move my
opponent was about to make, but here White wins after securing the freedom of
the king -} 34. Kg2 $1) (33... c3 {also loses -} 34. Raa7 Rd8 35. Rxh7+ Kg8 36.
Kf2) 34. Rc7 {To be honest even here I wasn't yet sure that I am not winning,
as Black can't double on the second rank after giving up the c4 pawn, but I
underestimated the quiet 35...Rb2!} Rd8 $1 35. Rxc4 Rb2 $1 (35... Rdd2 $2 36.
Rc8+ Kg7 37. Ra7+ Kg6 38. Rc6+ Kf5 39. Ra5+) 36. Rc7 {I actually do win the
second pawn, but it is not enough to win the game because my own king will now
be caged in.} Rxb4 37. Raa7 h5 $1 {Strictly in this order, but having made so
many precise moves already, this one was no longer too big a challenge.} 38.
Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rxh5 Rb2 {From afar I calculated till here and saw Ra1 back, but
already few moves into the line I realized this was a dead draw, but there no
longer was a sensible way to deviate.} 40. Rg5+ Kh8 41. Rh5+ Kg8 42. Rg5+ Kh8
43. Ra1 Rdd2 44. Rh5+ Kg7 45. Kh1 {White has no way of improving this position.
A peculiar draw, though given that both black rooks enjoy the second rank, it
isn't all too surprising.} Rf2 46. g4 Kg6 47. Rg1 Rb8 48. Rh3 Kg5 49. Rhg3 Rbb2
50. Rh3 Rb8 51. Rh7 Kg6 52. Rh5 Rc8 53. Ra1 Rcc2 54. Ra6+ Kg7 55. Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden Wasabis"]
[BlackTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. d3 d4 8. e5
Nd5 9. a4 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. g3 Rb8 12. h4 Qc7 13. Bg2 b5 14. Ne4 h6 15. Bd2
bxa4 16. Qc1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Nxc5 Qh5 19. Nxa4 Bb7 20. c3 dxc3 21. bxc3
Nf6 22. Bf4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qd5+ 24. Kg1 Rb7 25. Qc2 Rd8 26. Red1 g5 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. c4 Qf5 29. Be3 Ng4 30. Qe2 Rb3 31. c5 Ne5 32. d4 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 g4 34.
Rh1 Qe4 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden Wasabis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

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 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Rfc1 a6
15. h4 b5 16. Bd5 Rac8 17. h5 Na5 18. Bg5 Bc6 19. Bb3 Nxb3 20. axb3 f6 21. Be3
e6 22. Nf4 Qf7 23. Nd3 Bf8 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qe2 cxd4 26. cxd4 b4 27. Qe1 a5
28. e5 Bb5 29. Nf2 Bg7 30. Ng4 f5 31. Nh6+ Bxh6 32. Bxh6 Qd7 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34.
Qh4 Rc3 35. Kh2 Rd3 36. Rc1 Rxd4 37. Qf6 Kh7 38. Rc8 Rh4+ 39. Kg3 Qxc8 40. Qg7#
1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden Wasabis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
Be7 9. Qc2 Be4 10. Qc1 Bb7 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Nb5 c6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 d6 15.
e4 Nd7 16. Rad1 b5 17. c5 Nf6 18. Qc2 d5 19. e5 Ne8 20. h4 b4 21. Ng5 g6 22.
Nf3 Ba6 23. Rfe1 Ng7 24. Bh6 Ra7 25. Qd2 Re8 26. g4 Bc8 27. Bh3 Kh8 28. Bg5 Rg8
29. Qf4 Qf8 30. Bf6 Rb7 31. Bf1 Bxf6 32. exf6 Ne8 33. Ne5 Rc7 34. g5 Bb7 35. a3
Ba8 36. axb4 axb4 37. Ra1 Bb7 38. Ra7 h5 39. Rea1 Kh7 40. R1a4 b3 41. Rb4 Bc8
42. Ra8 Rh8 43. Rbb8 Rb7 44. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden Wasabis"]
[BlackTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a4 Rfe8 12. c3 a5 13. Rd1 h6 14. h3 Be6 15.
Bd2 b5 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Nxa5 Rxa5 18. Rxa5 Qxa5 19. b4 Qa4 20. bxc5 Bc4 21.
Qe1 Nxc5 22. Ra1 Qc2 23. Rc1 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Nfxe4 25. Be3 Nd3 26. Rc2 Bb3 27.
Re2 Nxc3 28. Rd2 Bc4 29. Rc2 Nd5 30. Bd2 Ra8 31. Nh4 Ra1+ 32. Kh2 Nxf2 33. Rxc4
bxc4 34. Bxd5 Rd1 35. Nf3 e4 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cori, Jorge Moise"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chicago Wind"]
[BlackTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nbd7 14. O-O e5
15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qb3 b5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qb6 19. Kh1 c5 20. a4 bxa4 21.
Qxa4 cxd4 22. Ba5 Qa6 23. exd4 Nb6 24. Qa1 exd4 25. e5 d3 26. b4 Qc4 27. Rf4
Qc2 28. Be4 Bg5 29. Rf3 Qe2 30. Re1 Bd2 31. Rff1 Bxe1 32. Rxe1 Qg4 33. Qd1 d2
0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Chicago Wind"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Bg5
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Nh4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 d5 13. cxd5 Qxd5+ 14. Nf3
Nd7 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Qb4 Rab8 18. Rac1 f5 19. Qc4 Qe4 20. Rc3 f4
21. Qd3 Qe6 22. Qc4 Qf5 23. Qd3 Qd7 24. Qd2 Re4 25. Rd3 Rbe8 26. d5 c5 27. d6
fxg3 28. hxg3 h6 29. Rd5 b6 30. b3 g5 31. Qd3 f5 32. Nd2 Rd4 33. Rxd4 Bxd4 34.
e3 Qxd6 35. Qxf5 Bc3 36. Re2 Rf8 37. Qc2 Qc6+ 38. e4 Bd4 39. Nf3 Bg7 40. Qc4+
Kh8 41. a4 g4 42. Nh4 Bd4 43. Qd5 Qxd5 44. exd5 Rd8 45. Re7 Bf6 46. Re6 Bg5 47.
d6 Kg7 48. f4 gxf3+ 49. Nxf3 Kf7 50. Nxg5+ hxg5 51. Rh6 Kg7 52. Re6 Kf7 53. Rh6
Kg7 54. Re6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Chicago Wind"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Nd2 h5 12. h3 Nh6 13. O-O Nf7 14. Rb1 Bh6 15. a3
Kg7 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Bg3 Bf4 18. Bh4 Bg5 19. Bg3 Bf4 20. Bh4 Bg5 21. Bg3 Bf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chicago Wind"]
[BlackTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. Na5 Qc8 15.
c4 Bd8 16. Rac1 Re8 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. Nb3 Bb6 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. b4 Bxe3 21. Qxe3
a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 e4 24. c5 dxc5 25. bxc5 Qd7 26. Qb3 exf3 27. Bxf3 Bg4
28. d6 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Re5 30. h3 Rae8 31. Rcf1 Rf8 32. Qc4 Qe6 33. Qxe6 Rxe6 34.
Rb1 Rb8 35. Rfb3 Kf8 36. Rxb7 Rxb7 37. Rxb7 Ke8 38. c6 Rxd6 39. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[BlackTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. Nb5 Ne8 12. Nxc4 Bxb5 13. axb5 Nd6 14. Qb3 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bd4+ 17. e3 c4 18. Qa4 Bc5 19. b4 cxb3 20. Qxb3 Qd7 21.
Rb1 a6 22. bxa6 Rxa6 23. Kh1 Qa4 24. Qc3 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. e4 Ne3 27. Bxe3
Bxe3 28. e5 Rd8 29. Rfd1 Bc5 30. Rb3 f6 31. Rbd3 Ra7 32. h4 Kg7 33. Kh2 fxe5
34. fxe5 Ra2 35. Kh3 Re2 36. d6 Rxe5 37. d7 Re6 38. Ra1 Bd6 39. Bc6 Rf6 40. Ra8
Rff8 41. Rxd8 Rxd8 42. Rf3 h5 43. g4 hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 e6 45. Rf1 Be7 46. Re1 Kf7
47. Ba4 Rh8 48. Bb3 Rxh4+ 49. Kg3 Rd4 50. Bxe6+ Kg7 51. Rf1 Bf6 52. Rb1 Rd6 53.
Bg4 Bg5 54. Kf3 Bf6 55. Rc1 Rd3+ 56. Ke2 Rd6 57. Rc8 Kh6 58. Bh3 Kg5 59. Rf8 b5
60. Rb8 Kh4 61. Rf8 Bg5 62. Rh8+ Kg3 63. Ke1 b4 64. Bf1 Rxd7 65. Rg8 Rd6 66.
Bc4 Bd2+ 67. Ke2 g5 68. Bd3 Bf4 69. Rg7 Re6+ 70. Kd1 Kf2 71. Kc2 Rc6+ 72. Kb1
Rc3 73. Bf5 Rc5 74. Be4 Re5 75. Bc6 Re1+ 76. Kc2 Rc1+ 77. Kb3 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. Be2 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Be3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qd3 a6 14. h3 Bh5
15. Qe3 Re8 16. Qf4 Rc8 17. Bb3 Qd6 18. Qxd6 Bxd6 19. Rfe1 Kf8 20. Rac1 Bf4 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Ra1 Bd6 23. g4 Bg6 24. Rd1 Be7 25. f4 h5 26. f5 Bh7 27. g5 Nd7
28. g6 fxg6 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rxd7 Kh6 31. fxg6 Bc5+ 32. Kg2 Bxg6 33. Rxb7 Rd8
34. Rc7 Rd2+ 35. Kf3 Rf2+ 36. Kg3 Be3 37. Nd5 Bd4 38. Rc6 h4+ 39. Kxh4 Rg2 40.
Nf6 Bf2# 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 g5 13. Bg3 Nxc5 14. Qb4 Rc8
15. O-O Re8 16. Rad1 a5 17. Qa3 Qb6 18. c4 dxc4 19. Rd6 Rc6 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21.
Bxc4 Nce4 22. Ne5 Be6 23. Rc1 Bd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Nc6 Kh7 26. Qxa5 Qxa5 27.
Nxa5 Ra8 28. Bc7 d4 29. exd4 Nd5 30. Nb3 Rxa2 31. Bg3 f5 32. Nc5 Nec3 33. Re1
f4 34. Ne6 fxg3 35. hxg3 Kg6 36. Kf1 Nb4 37. Nc5 Nc2 38. Re6+ Kf7 39. f3 Nxd4
40. Rxh6 Nd5 41. Ne4 Ne3+ 42. Kg1 g4 43. Rd6 Rxg2+ 44. Kh1 Nxf3 45. Ng5+ Ke7
46. Re6+ Kd7 47. Rh6 Rg1# 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[BlackTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Qb5 Qe7 11. Qxc4 Bd6 12. O-O e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nb5 Na6
15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Nd2 Rfc8 18. Qb3 Nc5 19. Qb4 b5 20. Qa5 Qd8 21.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. b4 Na6 23. a3 Kf8 24. Nb3 Rac8 25. Na5 Ke7 26. f3 Nb8 27. e4 a6
28. Kf2 f5 29. Ke3 f4+ 30. Kd2 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rc8 32. Rh1 Kf6 33. g4 Ke7 34. h4
g6 35. h5 g5 36. Rc1 Rxc1 37. Kxc1 Kd8 38. Kd2 Kc7 39. Nb3 Kb6 40. Na5 Be8 41.
Nb3 Nd7 42. Na5 Nf6 43. Nb3 Bd7 44. Kd3 Kc7 45. Na5 Be8 46. Bf1 Bd7 47. Be2 Be8
48. Bf1 Bd7 49. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China Pandas"]
[BlackTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Be2 b5 14. Na5 Nb6
15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Kb1 a5 18. Qd3 b4 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Bxb5 Kf8 21.
h4 Bh6 22. Rd3 Kg7 23. a3 e4 24. Rb3 exf3 25. Rxf3 Ne4 26. Ka2 f5 27. Rd1 Kh7
28. Nd4 Bg7 29. Ne6 Be5 30. Bd3 Nf6 31. Bb5 Rhb8 32. a4 Ra7 33. Bc6 Ne4 34. Bb5
Rc8 35. Bc6 Re7 36. Ng5+ Nxg5 37. hxg5 Bg7 38. Rd2 Re4 39. Kb3 Be5 40. Bd7 Rc7
41. Bc6 Kg7 42. Bb5 Rc5 43. Bd3 Rxd5 44. Rdf2 Rg4 45. Bc4 Rdd4 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "China Pandas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 h6 6. e4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 f6 9. e5 Nc6 10. exf6 exf6 11. Bd3 Kf7 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Rd8 14. Kc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China Pandas"]
[BlackTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 c5
15. Rad1 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Qc8 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Qf3 Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3
Rfc8 21. Rfd1 Kf8 22. g4 h6 23. h4 Ke8 24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Nh5 26. Be3 g6 27.
Rd7 Ng7 28. Rb7 Rcb8 29. Rxb8+ Rxb8 30. Rd7 Ra8 31. Rb7 Nf5 32. Nc6 Rc8 33.
Nxe7 Nxe7 34. Rxa7 Rxc4 35. Bxb6 Nc6 36. Rc7 Ne5+ 37. Ke3 Rxc7 38. Bxc7 Nc4+
39. Ke4 Nxb2 40. Be5 Nc4 41. Kd4 Na5 42. Kc5 Kd7 43. a4 Nc6 44. f4 Ne7 45. a5
Kc8 46. a6 Nd5 47. Kd6 Kb8 48. Kd7+ Ka7 49. Ke8 Kxa6 50. Kxf7 Kb5 51. Kxg6 Kc6
52. Kf7 Kd7 53. g6 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "China Pandas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. d3 a5 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 h6 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Kh2 Bb4 14. Qc2 Bxc3 15.
Qxc3 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qc4 Nb6 18. Qc3 Nd5 19. Qc4 Nb6 20. Qc3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotepalli, Sai Nirupama"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2020.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Bergamasco, Tommaso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. dxe5 c6 6. c4 Nb4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
Na3 Bf5 9. Bd2 e6 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. h4 Nd7 12. h5 Bd3 13. f4 Bc5 14. Rh3 Bxf1 15.
Kxf1 Bxd4 16. Bxb4 Bxb2 17. Rd1 Kc8 18. Nc2 c5 19. Ba5 Nb6 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. a3
Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Rb3 Bc1 24. g3 Kc7 25. Ke2 Ra6 26. Kd1 Bxf4 27. gxf4 g6
28. h6 Ra4 29. Ne3 Kc6 30. Kc2 Ra8 31. Rd3 Rf8 32. Ng4 f5 33. Nf6 Rf7 34. Ne8
Rd7 35. Rxd7 Kxd7 36. Nf6+ Ke7 37. Nxh7 Kf7 38. Ng5+ Kg8 39. Kb3 Kh8 40. Ka4
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arvind, C Jayaraman"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
9. Nd2 h6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. g4 Ndc5 12. a3 Bd7 13. b3 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. f3
fxe4 16. Ndxe4 Bf5 17. Qc2 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qh4+ 19. Kd2 Bh7 20. Rag1 Kh8 21. Rg4
Qh3 22. Rhg1 Rf7 23. R4g3 Qxh2 24. R1g2 Qh4 25. Rg4 Qe7 26. Rh2 Nc5 27. Bxh6
Bxh6+ 28. Rxh6 Rg8 29. Rgh4 Qg5+ 30. Kd1 Qe3 31. b4 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2890"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2020.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qc2 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. Qa4+
Nbd7 9. dxe6 dxc3 10. exd7+ Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Nxd7 12. bxc3 Rc8 13. Bd2 Be7 14. e3
O-O 15. c4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. f4 Nxc4 18. Bb4 Rfe8 19. Bh3 Rc7 20. Ke2 a5
21. Bxe7 Rexe7 22. Rhd1 g6 23. a4 Rc5 24. Rab1 Kg7 25. Bg2 Re6 26. Rd5 Rec6 27.
Rd7 Rc7 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Bd5 Rc5 30. e4 b5 31. Rxb5 Rxb5 32. axb5 Nb6 33. Kd3
Kf6 34. Kd4 a4 35. Ba2 Ke7 36. Kc5 Nd7+ 37. Kc6 Nb8+ 38. Kc7 Nd7 39. b6 Nc5 40.
b7 Na6+ 41. Kc8 Kd6 42. b8=Q+ Nxb8 43. Kxb8 f6 44. Kb7 g5 45. Kb6 gxf4 46. f3
Ke5 47. Kc5 f5 48. exf5 Kxf5 49. Kd4 Kg5 50. Ke5 h5 51. Bc4 a3 52. Bd5 Kh4 53.
Kxf4 Kh3 54. Kg5 Kxh2 55. f4 Kg3 56. f5 h4 57. f6 h3 58. f7 a2 59. Bxa2 h2 60.
Bd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2020.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Suarez Uriel, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nd2 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. Ngf3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Qb1 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Ne5 g6 13. Bd3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Kg7 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Rd7 Rhe8 20. Rfd1
Rad8 21. Qf4 f6 22. Ng4 g5 23. Qxf6+ Kh7 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Nf6 Qf5
27. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2840"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Qf3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Nd5 c6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14.
O-O-O Re8 15. f3 f5 16. exf5 d5 17. g4 Bd7 18. Kd2 Kg7 19. Bd3 Kf6 20. f4 h6
21. h4 c5 22. g5+ Kg7 23. f6+ Kh8 24. c3 c4 25. Bc2 Bg4 26. Rde1 h5 27. Rxe8+
Rxe8 28. Re1 Re6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Ke3 b5 31. Kd4 a5 32. a3 Kg8 33. Ke5 b4 34.
axb4 axb4 35. cxb4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Gahan, MG."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Nc3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Bf5 9. Nge2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Ng3 Qxb2 12. Ncxe4 O-O 13. Rb1 Qxa2 14.
Rxb7 Nc6 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. d5 Rfd8 17. Nc3 Qc4 18. Qe2 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 Rxd5 20.
Rc7 Rc5 21. Ng3 Bf8 22. Be3 Rxc2 23. Nxf5 Nd4 24. Ne7+ Bxe7 25. Rxe7 Nf5 26.
Rxa7 Rxa7 27. Bxa7 f6 28. Rb1 Nd6 29. g3 Kf7 30. Kg2 g5 31. Rb6 Ne4 32. Rb7+
Kg6 33. Re7 Nd6 34. Rd7 Nb5 35. Be3 h5 36. h3 Rc4 37. Rd5 Nc3 38. Rd6 Ne4 39.
Rb6 Kf5 40. Kf3 Nc3 41. Ra6 Nd5 42. Ra5 g4+ 43. hxg4+ hxg4+ 44. Ke2 Ke4 45. Bd2
f5 46. Ra8 f4 47. Re8+ Kf5 48. Rf8+ Ke5 49. gxf4+ Nxf4+ 50. Bxf4+ Rxf4 51. Rxf4
Kxf4 52. Kf1 g3 53. fxg3+ Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 a6 10. h3 axb5 11. hxg4 Nxc4 12. Rc1 $5 {Although the next 
(half) move is the real novelty, playing 12.Rc1 Anish brought to life a
completely new idea, playing 12.Rc1.} (12. Qb3 d5 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qxb5+ Qxb5
15. Nxb5 Ra5 {was the mainstream theory, with equality.}) 12... d5 $1 $146 {
If you watch the game with an engine, this move is obvious, as it is
immediately shown. However, it involves a temporary piece sacrifice!} ({After} 
12... Qa5 13. b3 Ba3 14. bxc4 Bxc1 15. Qxc1 bxc4 16. e4 $18 {White quickly
took over in Sedlacek,P (2478)-Suarez Sedeno, M (2426) ICCF email 2004, 1-0 
(33).}) (12... Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3+ $1 (13... Nxa3 $2 14. Qb3 $1 Qc5 15. Be5 $3 Nc4
16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bd4 $16) 14. Rxc3 d5 15. Qc2 {looks easier to play for White,
but might be playable for Black.}) (12... Qc6 $2 13. Rh5 $1 {doesn't help
Black.}) ({Finally, of course} 12... Nxb2 $2 {is bad due to} 13. Qb3 $16) 13.
b3 Bb4 $1 {Any knight move would give White huge compensation for the
sacrificed pawn, g4-g5 arriving quite soon.} ({However} 13... e5 {is worth
having a look at:} 14. bxc4 exf4 15. c5 $1 (15. cxd5 $2 Bb4 $1 16. Qd3 Kd8 $1 {
and the c3-knight is in trouble}) 15... Bxc5 16. Bxb5+ Kf8 17. gxf4 d4 18. exd4
Bxd4 {and the position is quite unclear, although Black is on the limit, for
example} 19. O-O (19. a4 $5) 19... Bxc3 20. Rxc3 h5 $1 21. Re1 Bxg4 22. Qa4 Rb8
(22... Rd8 23. Rd3 {helps White}) 23. Rce3 g6 24. Bc4 Kg7 25. Bxf7 Rbd8 $132)
14. bxc4 Ra3 $1 15. Be5 (15. Qd2 $2 Qa5 $17) 15... f6 (15... Qa5 16. Be2 $5 (
16. Ke2 Bxc3 17. cxd5 {would be about equal after} Bd7 {or 17..b4!?}) 16... f6
17. Kf1 $1 bxc4 18. Bd4 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. g5 {would be a similar mess to
the game.}) 16. Bd4 Qa5 17. Be2 Bxc3+ 18. Rxc3 (18. Bxc3 $4 Rxc3 $19) 18...
Rxc3 19. Kf1 b4 $5 {Interesting, although other moves weren't too bad either.}
(19... Ra3 $6 20. g5 $1 {would offer White huge compensation.}) (19... bxc4 20.
g5 $1 {with the same ideas to open the black king.}) (19... Rxc4 20. Bxc4 ({or
} 20. g5 $5 {first}) 20... bxc4 21. g5 e5 22. gxf6 exd4 (22... gxf6 $5 23. Qh5+
Ke7 24. Bxe5 Qd2 {also looks like a draw}) 23. fxg7 Rg8 24. Qh5+ Ke7 25. Qg5+ {
with a draw.}) 20. g5 $1 e5 (20... Qxa2 21. gxf6 gxf6 22. Kg2 Qc2 {may also be
playable.}) 21. Bxc3 (21. gxf6 $5 {would likely transpose into the game,
unless Black tries} exd4 {which also looks like a forced draw:} 22. fxg7 Rg8
23. Qxd4 Rc1+ 24. Kg2 Rxh1 25. Qe5+ Kf7 26. Kxh1 Rxg7 27. Bh5+ Rg6 28. Qh8 Bf5
29. Qxh7+ Kf6 30. Qh8+ $11) 21... bxc3 22. gxf6 gxf6 ({Even} 22... O-O $5 {
should be playable.}) 23. Qb1 $5 (23. cxd5 Qxa2 (23... Qc5 $5 24. Bd3 Ke7 $13)
24. Qd3 Bd7 $1 {should be about equal.}) 23... Qc7 $5 {Not the only move.
Clearly, at this stage Nepo has managed to fight Giri's opening preparation
with perfection.} (23... d4 $5 24. exd4 exd4 25. Rh5 (25. Rxh7 $2 Rxh7 26. Qxh7
Bf5 $19) 25... f5 26. g4 Rf8 27. Rxh7 Rf7 $13) (23... dxc4 $5 24. Bxc4 Qc5 25.
Qb3 Bd7 $13) 24. Qd3 $6 (24. Qb5+ Qc6 25. cxd5 Qxb5 26. Bxb5+ Ke7 {and White
should be careful in order to mae a draw.}) (24. Qg6+ $4 {fails:} hxg6 25.
Rxh8+ Ke7 26. Rh7+ Kd6 27. Rxc7 c2 $19) 24... b5 $3 {A very elegant move by
Nepo!} 25. Qxc3 bxc4 26. e4 $1 dxe4 {White is definitely worse now.} 27. Rh4 (
27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Bxc4 Bg4 $15) 27... Be6 28. Rxe4 O-O 29. Bxc4 $4 (29. Rh4 $1
Kg7 30. a4 Ra8 31. Qc1 {and White should be able to make a draw.}) 29... Kg7 $1
30. Qb3 $2 {Anish surely assessed that his drawing chances were higher saccing
his queen for rook and bishop, rather than losing a full pawn.} (30. Qb4 Rb8
31. Bb5 Bxa2 $17) 30... Rb8 $1 31. Bxe6 (31. Qa4 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 Bd7 33. Qc2 Qb7
34. Bd3 Rb2 35. Qc3 Bc6 $19) 31... Rxb3 32. Rg4+ Kf8 33. Bxb3 (33. Rg8+ Ke7 34.
Rg7+ Kd6 35. Rxc7 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Kxc7 $19) 33... Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Qc6+ 35. Kg1 h5 36.
Rg8+ Ke7 37. Rg7+ Kd6 38. Rh7 Qf3 39. Rh8 e4 40. Rd8+ Ke7 41. Bd1 Qc3 $1 (41...
Qf5 42. Rd4 $1 {would make Black's task harder.}) 42. Rd5 h4 43. gxh4 f5 44.
Rxf5 {This looks like the best chance to set a fortress and make a draw. But
Nepo's demonstration is going to be awesome.} Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qxd1 46. Rg5 Qa1 47.
Rg4 Qb1 48. Rg3 Qxa2 49. Rh3 Qd5 50. Kf1 Qd1+ 51. Kg2 Qg4+ 52. Rg3 Qh5 (52...
Qxh4 $4 53. Kf1 $1 {is indeed a fortress:} Qh5 54. Ke1 Kd6 55. Re3 Kd5 56. Kd2
Kd4 57. Rg3 Qa5+ 58. Ke2 Qa2+ 59. Ke1 Qb1+ 60. Ke2 Qc2+ 61. Ke1 Qc1+ 62. Ke2
$11) 53. Ra3 Qd5 54. Kg1 Kf6 55. Rg3 Qd1+ 56. Kg2 Kf5 57. Rg5+ Kf4 58. Rg3 Qd5
59. Kf1 Qd2 60. Kg2 Qd1 61. Re3 Kf5 62. Rg3 Kf6 63. Rh3 Kg6 64. Rg3+ Kh5 65.
Rh3 Qb1 $1 66. Re3 (66. Rh1 Qb7 67. Re1 Kxh4 $19) 66... Kxh4 {Nepo managed to
win the h4-pawn without allowing the white king to e1/e2.} 67. Rg3 Kh5 68. Rh3+
Kg4 69. Rg3+ Kf4 70. Re3 Qd1 71. Ra3 Ke5 72. Rg3 Kd4 73. Re3 Qd3 $1 {And this
is the difference. Black will soon convert into a winning pawn endgame. A
perfect handling of the game for Nepo, from the opening until the endgame!} (
73... Qd3 74. Rg3 Kc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. h4 $5 {The new fashion,
played by Magnus Carlsen, and by Anish Giri himself as White.} h6 $5 {The
typical reaction to most h4 ideas, in order to meet h5 with ...g5.} ({Several
games continued} 6... Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {which gives us a strange
position, in fact transposing into a standard line where the weird h4 and ...
e6 have been included.} O-O (8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12.
Bf4 Be6 13. O-O d4 14. Nb5 Nd5 15. Bd6 Re8 16. Bc5 Qd7 17. Ba3 $14 {1-0 (35)
Kryakvin,D (2586)-Shariyazdanov,A (2526) Voronezh 2019}) 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5
Nxd5 11. Bg5 $5 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6 $11 {
½-½ (59) Giri,A (2771)-So,W (2812) Stavanger 2017}) 11... Qa5 (11... Qb6 $5)
12. Nb3 Nxc3 13. Nxa5 Nxd1 14. Nxc6 Nxb2 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Rac1 $14 {½-½ (55)
Carlsen,M (2876)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2657) Douglas 2019}) (6... d5 7. h5 $1 {
is definitely risky for Black, although after} Nge7 {players generally
transpose in an endgame:} 8. d3 dxc4 9. dxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 {when the h5 pawn,
ready to be pushed to h6, is a serious asset.} b6 11. h6 Bf6 12. Bg5 (12. Ne3
$5 {with the threat of Ng4 is surely worth investigation, though after} O-O 13.
Ng4 Bh8 14. Nfe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Ba6 $1 {Black seems to be fine!}) 12... Bxg5 13.
Nxg5 Bb7 $1 (13... O-O 14. Nc3 f6 15. Nge4 Ba6 16. b3 Rad8 17. f4 Rd7 18. Kf2
$14 {½-½ (33) Zeng,C (2541)-Wei,Y (2706) China 2015}) 14. Ne3 Nf5 $1 15. Nxf5
gxf5 16. O-O-O Rb8 17. Rd2 Ne5 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. b3 Ke7 $11 {½-½ (52) Adams,
M (2744)-Wei,Y (2706) Netherlands 2016}) 7. d4 (7. e3 $5 {was tried by the
World Champion in a blitz game.} Nge7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd4 11.
exd4 Nxd5 12. O-O {The inclusion of h4/...h5 is, beyong any doubt, to White's
favor. The reason is simple: the vulnerable h6-pawn makes difficult a possible
attack of the d4-pawn. Furthermore, the g4-square isn't accessible for the
black bishop as ...e6 has already been played. Last but not least, Black
should always watch out for the h5-push.} O-O 13. Qb3 (13. Re1 $5) 13... Ne7
14. Rd1 Nf5 15. Ne2 a5 $1 16. Bf4 a4 17. Qa3 Qb6 $13 {Nevertheless, with
precise moves it seems Black managed to equalize comfortably in the game.
½-½ (74) Carlsen,M (2861)-So,W (2754) Abidjan 2019}) 7... cxd4 (7... Nxd4 $6
{runs into a trap:} 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne4 $1 d5 10. Qa4+ $1 Kf8 11. Qa3+ Qe7 12.
Nd6 {and Black's position is very dangerous, e.g.} Be5 13. Bf4 (13. c5 $5 $44)
13... Bxf4 14. gxf4 Nf6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rc7 d3 18. e3 d4 19. e4
Rd8 20. Rxb7 Nh5 21. Bf3 $2 (21. f5 $5) 21... Nxf4 $13 {0-1 (73) Christiansen,
J (2609)-Adhiban,B (2659) chess.com 2020}) 8. Nb5 d5 (8... Nge7 $5 {looks
dubious but may actually be playable:} 9. Nd6+ ({White may always play} 9.
Nfxd4 {if he wants to try for a small advantage}) 9... Kf8 10. O-O Nf5 $1 11.
Nxf5 gxf5 $13 {0-1 (37) Christiansen,J (2597)-Vastrukhin,O (2428) Moscow 2019})
9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Qc1 $6 $146 ({After a long thought,
Wang Hao decided not to make a draw with} 12. Nc7 Rb8 13. Nb5 $11 {- although
to be fair, after 12.Nc7, 12...Nh5!? should be checked.}) (12. Nfxd4 {looks
like a more natural way to play, but Black should be fine, e.g.} a6 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. Nd4 Qb6 $13 {½-½ (37) Sandipan,C (2575)-Leenhouts,K (2486) Dieren
2017}) 12... a6 $6 {A strange decision, sort of losing a tempo and forcing a
move White wanted to play anyway. It seems Anish was afraid of some tactics
which I cannot see.} (12... Kh7 {was by far the most natural move - as White
anyway has a choice between forcing a draw (13.Nc7) or capturing on d4 (as in
the game).}) (12... Bg4 $5 {was the more courageous try, and Black might be
slightly better:} 13. Rd1 (13. Bxh6 $6 Qb6 {would be great for Black, the
b5-pawn having to move to a3.}) 13... Bxf3 (13... Qb6 $5 14. Nfxd4 Rac8 $132) (
13... Ne4 14. Bxh6 Qb6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nfxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxe2 $1 18. Re1
Ba6 $132) (13... Kh7 $5) 14. Bxf3 Ne4 15. Bxh6 Qb6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. a4 a6 18.
Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd6 e3 $15) 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Kh7 15. Rd1 Re8 16. Qc7 $1 {
White's h4-move is a bit weaknessing as long as queens are on the board. After
the exchange, White can easily execute his plan, f3, Kf2, etc.} Qxc7 17. Bxc7
Bg4 18. f3 Rac8 19. Ba5 Bd7 20. Kf2 h5 21. Bf1 Ng8 22. Bc3 Bh6 23. Rd3 Ne7 24.
Rad1 {Natural moves were played by both sides, and White stands symbolically
better.} Bg7 {I'm sure sure this was a good decision. By eventually exchanging
the dark-squared bishops, White will get a very pleasant position.} 25. e3 Kg8
26. R3d2 Ba4 27. Re1 Bd7 28. Ne2 $1 Rc7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Nc3 (30. Nf4 {
seemed to me more natural, but White probably wanted to keep all four rooks on
the board, and I think he was right:} Rec8 31. Bd3 Rc1 $132) 30... Be6 31. Red1
b5 32. a3 Rb8 $6 ({I thought} 32... Nf5 $1 {would have been a better move,
preventing} 33. Ne2 $6 {because of} Bc8 $1 {and the e3-pawn becomes a serious
problem:} 34. Rd3 $8 Rc2 $15) 33. Ne2 a5 34. Nd4 Bd7 $2 {Allowing White to fix
a weakness on b5.} (34... b4 35. a4 {was no fun for Black, but definitely
better than the game.}) 35. b4 axb4 (35... Rc3 36. Ra1 axb4 37. axb4 Nf5 38.
Nxf5+ Bxf5 {may have been a better (or at least more active) defence.}) 36.
axb4 Ra8 37. Rb2 Ra4 38. Rdb1 Rb7 39. Rc1 Rba7 $2 40. Nxb5 Bxb5 ({After} 40...
Rb7 {Anish might have blundered} 41. Rc7 {but the problem is that 41.Nd4 also
works!}) 41. Bxb5 Ra3 42. Be2 Rb7 43. b5 Rb6 44. Rd1 Kf6 45. Rdd2 Rb7 {That
endgame should be dead lost for Black, but Anish Giri fought like a lion.} 46.
Bd3 (46. Ra2 {may have been White's idea, but actually after} Rxa2 47. Rxa2 Nf5
48. Ra6+ Ke7 {followed with ...Nd6, the win is far from simple.}) 46... Nc8 47.
e4 $5 {It seemed fairly good to open the position and give the white rooks
more potencial, but even after that, Black remains relatively solid.} dxe4 48.
Bxe4 Rb6 49. Rd7 (49. Bd3 $5 Nd6 50. Bf1 {may have been better, avoiding ...
Nc4 ideas.}) 49... Rc3 50. Rb7 Rxb7 51. Bxb7 Nb6 52. Be4 Ke5 53. Rd2 $2 {
At that moment, I felt like Black is going to escape this nightmare.} ({
My feeling was that} 53. Re2 $1 {should be a forced win, but I underestimated
Black's next move, that surely annoyed Wang Hao:} Kd4 $8 (53... Kd6 54. Rc2 $1
Rc5 55. Rxc5 Kxc5 56. Bc6 {threatening Bc8 is an easy win, e.g.} Nc8 57. Ke3
Nd6 58. Kf4 Nxb5 59. Bxb5 Kxb5 60. g4 $18) (53... Kf6 $2 54. Rc2 Rxc2+ 55. Bxc2
Ke5 56. Bb3 $18) 54. Bc6 $5 (54. Rc2 Rb3 $132) 54... Nc4 55. b6 $5 {Of course,
I haven't seen that far!} Rb3 $1 (55... Nxb6 56. Re4+ Kc5 57. Be8 $18) 56. b7
Na5 57. Rd2+ Kc3 58. Bd5 Rb6 59. Ke3 Nxb7 60. Bxf7 Nd6 61. Rd3+ Kc2 {and the
war is not over!}) 53... Rb3 54. Bc6 Nc4 55. f4+ Kf6 56. Rd8 Rb2+ 57. Kf3 Nd2+
58. Ke3 Nf1+ $1 {A very nasty move. Now White should sac couple of pawns if he
wants to play on.} 59. Kf3 (59. Kd4 $4 Rd2+ $19) 59... Nd2+ 60. Ke2 Ne4+ 61.
Kf3 ({I still believe White could have tried} 61. Ke3 Nxg3 62. Rd1 {after what
Black would still have to suffer to make a draw, as} Nf5+ (62... Rb4 $5) 63.
Kd3 Nxh4 64. Kc3 Re2 65. Bd7 $1 {(with the idea of b6) does not seem fun for
Black.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 {A modest system, which was
one of the systems against Grunfeld that I had prepared for the event.} Bg7 6.
e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qd6 {Interestingly I was
very much familiar with this exact line, because it was used by Nepo, one of
the Candidates!} 11. f4 e6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bxb5 exd5 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. Nf3 Nd7 {
Probably an over the board novelty. Actually it's not that bad, given how well
MVL followed it up, but in general I doubt it will end up in theoretical books
as something that Black players should follow.} (15... Rd8 {was Nepo's game
and it is a very big secret what my intentions here were!}) 16. O-O Nb6 17. Be2
({Later I regretted not having played} 17. Bb5 $1 {though at this point it was
hard to see what's wrong with the more natural retreat.} Qe7 (17... d4 18. Rae1
f5 {Here white has two tempting options, both with some edge:} 19. exf5 (19. e5
) 19... Rxf5 20. Ne5) 18. e5 d4 19. cxd4 c4 $5 {This is probably working out
for Black, thanks to the very powerful bishop, but after f5 gxf5 and eventual
Nh4, things are on the edge.} (19... Bxf3 {simplifies, but White keeps the
pressure on in the endgame.} 20. f5 Qd8 21. Rxf3 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 cxd4 23. Re1
Nd5 24. Rd3 Nb4 25. Rd2) 20. Rac1 {Normal inclusion.} Rac8 21. f5 gxf5 {
Here for fun I continued a little. As usual in such cases, the resourceful
computer holds it together, but it is very complicated.} 22. Qf2 (22. Qf4 Kh8
23. Nh4 Rg8 24. Rf2 Nd5 25. Qh6 Ne3 $1 26. Qxe3 Qxh4 27. Rxc4 f4 28. Qd2 f3 $1
29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. gxf3 Rd8 {and Black should hold.}) (22. g3 {would be very
strong, but Black has a very pretty defensive idea:} Kh8 23. Nh4 Qxh4 $1 24.
gxh4 Rg8+ {and the complications somehow work out for Black.}) 22... f4 23. Nh4
Qg5 24. Qxf4 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 a6 26. Rf6 Nd5 {and here both Bxa6 and Bd7 give
White slightly better chances, but eventually Black holds.}) 17... d4 $1 18. e5
(18. cxd4 {would have been a better option, to press on for a bit, but I
underestimated 18...Qd7 and at this point was still more ambitious.} Bxe4 19.
Qe3 Bxf3 20. dxc5 Rae8 21. cxd6 Rxe3 22. Bxf3 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Re6 24. Rac1 Rexd6
25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Rc7 {This is a very drawish endgame, but at least White gets
to press a little.}) 18... Qd7 $1 {I underestimated this one, but I was under
conviction that there is still going to be something here for White. After
spending a lot of time, however, I realized that there isn't anything.} 19.
cxd4 Rad8 $1 20. Rad1 (20. Rac1 {was one of the moves I considered seriously,
when I thought the endgame would actually be a better version than what I'd
get in the game, but I didn't see how to proceed after} cxd4 21. Rcd1 Qg4)
20... Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Rd3 (24. Ra3 Rc8 25.
Rxa7 Rc2 {is enough counterplay to make an easy draw.}) 24... Rd8 {The problem
is that Black gets his knight to c5 when I can't come near the d4 pawn.} 25.
Bd1 {This was my original intention, stopping Na4-Nc5, but when we got closer
to this position I noticed the Nc4-Na5-Nb7-Nc5 maneuvre, which does it rather
convincingly.} (25. Kf2 Na4 26. Ra3 Nc5 (26... Nb2 27. Rb3 Na4 {- also not so
bad.}) 27. Kf3 Rd7 {Black is fine, he will get Kg7 f6 eventually and it is
very hard to imagine what White can do.} (27... Rb8 {forces things and makes a
draw as well.} 28. Bc4 Rb4 29. Bd5 Rb1 30. Rxa7 Rf1+ 31. Kg3 d3 {the
complications work out for Black.})) 25... Nc4 $1 26. Kf2 {Allows a move
repetition, but allowing Na5-b7-c5 wouldn't change the outcome.} (26. Bb3 Na5
27. Bc2 Nb7 $132) 26... Nb2 27. Rd2 Nc4 28. Rd3 (28. Rc2 Ne3 29. Rc1 Nd5 {
followed by Nc3 is totally fine for Black.} (29... Nxd1+ {would also be enough
to hold, of course.})) 28... Nb2 29. Rd2 Nc4 30. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 {It is funny somebody called this a
Bogo-Indian and even pulled out a stat of when I last played it. True, at this
moment it technically is one, but soon we will transpose to a Catalan.} 5. Bg2
d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 {Protecting c4. This is what is sort of considered to be
the main test for this weird system.} (7. O-O {is another popular move, when
Black gets the option to capture on c4.}) 7... c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 {
Looks odd, but all old theory actually. I remember I once prepared this with
White against Ivan Sokolov in the Dutch Championship many years ago. He played
some other line against the Catalan. Something even worse.} 10. e3 exd5 11. O-O
Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 {Unsurprisingly Ding plays the main theoretical move.
He took some time to reach this position, but I suspect he did have some prior
knowledge of this.} Rb8 $5 {New move. The most "active" way of protecting the
c6 pawn. Previously Bd7 was main and Be6 is another option, which was already
played too.} 14. Bxb4 {Very sound exchange positionally speaking, but not
overly ambitious as Black has some momentum.} ({Another big branch is} 14. Nc3)
14... Qxb4 15. b3 h5 {I like this move, in style of the Tarrasch which,
amongst others, was played by Magnus in Rapid Blitz in Moscow this year.} 16.
Nc3 h4 17. Ne2 {This was the first moment when I really paused. I badly wanted
to do an AlphaZero here with h3, but I absolutely couldn't make it work. The
problem is that after h3 Bf1 white threatens both Nd4 and Nf4 and Black just
can't stop both.} Bd7 18. Nf4 hxg3 {A pity, but not seeing much fun left in
the position, now that White prevented h3 and is ready to offer a queen trade
with Qc5, I decided to forget about the funky stuff and play for equality. It
was possible to leave the pawn on h4, though I didn't know what to think of
gxh4 and whether it is a threat or not.} 19. hxg3 Rfc8 (19... Rfe8 $1 {was
more precise, ready to meet 20.Nd3 with Qg4! and have e5 square covered. White
would probably continue with} 20. Qc5 {when after} Ne4 {the endgame is
comfortable for Black.}) 20. Bf3 {Useful move, White wants to slowly improve
his position with Kg2.} (20. Nd3 $1 Qg4 21. Ne5 Qe6 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 {really
didn't look like a big deal to me, but the engine claims some plus and indeed,
White is on the good side. Still, can't imagine anything worse than a 3 vs 2
rook endgame is going to happen here.}) 20... a4 {I didn't see what I should
be waiting for, nor find any ideas to sharpen the game and decided to just
liquidate.} 21. bxa4 Ra8 22. Nd3 (22. Bd1 $5 {would be an attempt to keep the
game more complex, but it totally misplaces the bishop and really didn't
bother me much.}) 22... Qxa4 23. Qxa4 Rxa4 {This position is extremely drawish
and with no weird things happening, such an endgame should generally lead to a
draw without many adventures. This is also what happened.} 24. Nc5 Ra5 25. a4
Rca8 26. Bd1 Be8 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Rab1 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Rb7 c5 31. Bb3 R5a7
32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. Ke1 Ke7 34. Ra1 c4 35. Bc2 Kd6 36. Kd2 Kc5 37. Kc3 Ra6 38. g4
g5 39. a5 Bc6 40. Ra2 Ra7 41. Ra1 Ra6 42. Ra2 {Both sides can't move.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 $5 {One of the
main lines, often used by Caruana... and by Giri from the Black side!} 7. f3
Bg6 8. Bd2 $5 ({After} 8. Qb3 {Anish Giri often found himself in trouble with
Black. Nevertheless, since then Anish seemed to have found how to solve
Black's problems there, as he picked another move against Fabiano!} Qc7 9. Bd2
Be7 10. Rc1 $5 (10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nbd7 14. O-O e5
$11 {0-1 (33) Cori,J (2652)-Giri,A (2763) chess.com 2020}) (10. cxd5 cxd5 11.
Bb5+ Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Rfc1 Bd6 $11 {½-½ (67) Karjakin,S 
(2754)-Giri,A (2776) Bucharest 2019}) 10... Nbd7 11. g3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O 13.
Nxg6 hxg6 14. O-O e5 15. dxe5 (15. Qc2 exd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Qd7 18. Be3
Nbd5 19. Bg5 Rfe8 {was close to equal in Karjakin,S (2748)-Giri,A (2779) Riga
2019, 1-0 (34).}) 15... Nxe5 (15... Qxe5 $5 16. Be2 Nc5 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Kg2 g5
{miht have been the way to play, keeping the c5-knight ready to head to e6 
(and then d4 if White pushes e4).}) 16. Be2 Rad8 17. Rcd1 b5 $6 18. Kg2 a6 19.
Qc2 c5 20. e4 b4 21. Na4 Nc6 22. Be3 $16 {½-½ (53) Nakamura,H (2741)-Giri,A 
(2776) Kolkata 2019}) 8... Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 $5 (10... a6 11. O-O-O
dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd7 {has been the plan chosen by several GMs. Here} 13. e4 $5
$146 {might bring White a small advantage:} b5 (13... Nb6 14. Ne2 Nxc4 15. Qxc4
$36) 14. Be2 $1 (14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qxg6+ Kf8 18. Qxe6
Nb6 $13) 14... c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. e5 Nfd7 (16... Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Kb1
$14) 17. f4 $14) 11. O-O-O Nb6 $5 {An interesting (and typical) idea to force
matters with the c4-pawn.} (11... Qc7 12. h4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 a6 15. g4
$5 $146 (15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rc8 17. Kb1 Nf6 18. Rc1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd7 20.
Be1 f5 21. Qc2 c5 $11 {½-½ (67) Lupulescu,C (2643)-Bu Xiangzhi (2721)
Douglas 2019}) 15... c5 16. g5 cxd4 17. exd4 Nh5 18. d5 {and I suspect Black
can't equalize there.}) 12. c5 Nbd7 13. Kb1 Qb8 $5 (13... b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15.
e4 b5 16. exd5 (16. e5 Ng8 {would be solid for Black}) 16... exd5 (16... Nxd5
17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bxb5 $16) 17. g4 {should be pleasant for White.}) 14. h4 ({
I assume saccing the h2-pawn with} 14. e4 $5 {was definitely an option, but
after} Rxh2 (14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 $1 Nd5 16. h4 $36) 15. Bd3 Rxg2 16. Rh8+ Nf8 {
the position is difficult to assess, although I would tend to like White.})
14... g5 $6 {A natural move, but also a serious mistake.} (14... b6 15. cxb6
axb6 16. e4 b5 {should be critical, and after} 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 {
Black should be happy to have his b5-pawn protected. And if} 19. Qc6 {then} b4
20. Bb5 Qa7 {looks just fine for Black.}) 15. Be1 $1 g4 16. e4 gxf3 17. gxf3 b6
18. exd5 exd5 19. cxb6 axb6 {Suddenly many files are open and White's position
is definitely excellent.} 20. Ne2 $5 Qa7 21. b3 Nh5 22. Ng3 g6 (22... Nf4 23.
Nf5 $16) 23. Nxh5 Rxh5 24. f4 Kf8 25. Be2 Rh8 {Fabiano is struggling as he can.
} 26. Bd3 ({The engine likes} 26. f5 $5 g5 27. Bf3 $1 gxh4 28. Bg3 $5 {where
he considers Black to be more or less paralyzed!}) 26... c5 27. Bc3 ({Amongst
the computer's suggestions:} 27. f5 $5 g5 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Bc3 Rxh4 (29... d4
30. hxg5 $1 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 dxc3 32. Be4 $1 Rb8 33. Rh8+ Kg7 34. Qxc3+ f6 35.
Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 36. Qh3+ Kg7 37. Qh6+ Kf7 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Bd5 $18 {Hope you
enjoyed that one!}) 30. Rxh4 gxh4 31. Bb5 $1 d4 32. Bd2 $16) 27... cxd4 28.
Bxd4 Bf6 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. f5 gxf5 31. Bxf5 b5 32. Rh2 $5 {A new protection to
the a2-pawn can't hurt.} Rh5 33. Re2 $6 {Anish is now taking it too easy.} (33.
Rf2 $1 {was best, with the idea of} Rxh4 34. Bg6 $1 Kg7 35. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 36.
Rf1+ Kg7 37. Rxf7+ Qxf7 38. Bxf7 Rh1+ 39. Kb2 Kxf7 40. Qf5+ {and White seems
to be winning.}) (33. Rf1 $5) 33... d4 $1 34. Re5 $2 (34. Be4 {was the last
chance for an advantage.}) 34... Ng4 $1 {Suddenly Black forces a draw!} 35. Rc5
Ne3 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Qxc8+ Ke7 38. Rc1 Nd5 $8 39. Re1+ Ne3 $8 40. Rc1 Nd5 41.
Re1+ Ne3 42. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 {My opponent has a lot of experience playing
the Italian and I even read some praise of his skills in this subtle opening
by Magnus Carlsen himself.} 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a5 {I played
with ...a6 more often, but this system is one of the main lines as well. Black
stops White from grabbing space on the queenside.} 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bb5 Ba7 {
After some thought I decided to deviate from the main theoretical move.} (9...
Qb8 $1 10. Nf1 Qa7 {is what they usually do here, but I fancied my chances
more in less explored waters.}) 10. Nf1 {If White wants to look for an
advantage in this variation he has to do it somewhere between now and move 13,
because after I got the d5 break, my position was very fine. On every move
White has alternatives.} Ne7 11. Ng3 {Instead, White could play d4 or h3
already here.} c6 {It looked sensible to kick the bishop while it is forced to
go to a4, before he pushed d4.} 12. Ba4 Ng6 13. h3 (13. d4 {was more
principled, taking the center first, but then surely White was bothered by} Bg4
$5 {when indeed it is not so easy for him.}) 13... d5 $1 14. exd5 Nxd5 {
The e5 pawn is not hanging because of the Bxf2+ Qf6+ trick in the end and in
general, Black got a good version of this central pawn break. I was satisfied
with this position, rarely does one get a slight edge with Black against such
a well prepared player. That said, white's position remains solid, of course.}
15. Bc2 (15. d4 {is more natural immediately, but it is most likely just going
to transpose.} exd4 16. Nxd4 Qc7 $5 17. Nxe6 Bxf2+ $1 {is a theme:} 18. Kxf2
fxe6+ 19. Kg1 Qxg3) 15... Qc7 ({I actually spent some time pondering over the
overly risky} 15... f5 $5 {but finally decided that it is too murky, plus the
move in the game is simple and good.}) 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rae8 {I spent a
little too long on this obvious move, but I was trying to pin down my small
plus and hesitated a lot between this move and the more direct 17...Ndf4.} (
17... Ndf4 {had me excited as I was deeply immersed in tactics after Nxe6, but
White is never going to be this suicidal and has some solid options to try and
hold the balance.} 18. Nge2 $5 (18. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Nxh3+ 20. gxh3 fxe6+
21. Bf5 Rxf5+ 22. Nxf5 Qh2+ 23. Ke3 exf5 {is very spectacular and also winning.
})) 18. Bg5 {Sensible, White wants to finish his development too.} (18. Be4 {
is what I expected, when I finally settled on the simple retreat} Nf6 $5 {
Now if White captures everything he once again has some issue on f2.} 19. Bxg6
hxg6 20. Nxe6 Bxf2+ $5 21. Kxf2 fxe6 {and Black will win back the piece with
dividends, because} 22. Nf1 {fails to} Ng4+ 23. Kg1 Rxf1+ $1 {and Black will
crush.}) 18... Ndf4 (18... h6 $5 {was an alternative I considered very
seriously too.} 19. Bd2 Ndf4 {Black keeps some pressure.}) 19. Qd2 Bd5 20. Rxe8
$6 {Very natural to trade down with tempo, but objectively White should give
up the bishop pair to equalize.} (20. Bxg6 Nxg6 21. Ndf5 f6 22. Be3 $11 {
and White is not having much fun, but stands nonetheless very solid.}) 20...
Rxe8 21. Re1 {Taking on g6 was again a better option.} Re5 $6 {I planned this
from very far and it does look pretty, but quite clearly after I played it I
realized that it was an awful idea. I simply miscalculated.} (21... Rxe1+ 22.
Qxe1 Kf8 $1 {would lead to a surprisingly substantial advantage. White not
only has an issue with the g2 pawn, but don't forget about the little a2
soldier as well.} (22... Ne6 {was actually played in a high level game that
reached this far, although from a slightly different move order. 0-1 (51)
Grandelius,N (2687)-Hovhannisyan,R (2630) Reykjavik 2019} 23. Ngf5 {would sort
of equalize though.})) 22. Bxf4 Rxe1+ $1 {Fortunately I got my mind back in
time and noticed that my original plan of keeping the e-file with Nxf4 fails
to Be4 when I am suddenly in trouble, as the f4 knight is hanging.} (22... Nxf4
23. Be4 $1 {Just for fun I tried to figure out a way here during the game, but
it was no longer possible, White is simply better already.}) 23. Qxe1 Qxf4 24.
Qe8+ $6 {Tempting check, but actually White will regret it later. No funky
business works here.} (24. Ngf5 $1 Bc5 25. a3 {White should be defending
modestly, the queen on e1 does a good job defending from Qc1+.}) 24... Nf8 25.
Bb3 {This move came as a surprise, I expected White to fish for some chances
in 25.Ngf5, though after 25...Bc5 I didn't see how he can proceed.} (25. Ngf5
Bc5 26. Bb3 {was actually a better option here.} Bxb3 27. axb3 g6 28. Qe3 Qxe3
29. Nxe3 Bxd4 30. cxd4 Ne6 {and this endgame I felt is holdable, but Black is
still very much pressing.}) 25... Bxd4 26. cxd4 Bxb3 27. axb3 Qf6 $6 {The
problem was that I considered mostly the natural move ...g6, which was well
met with Ne4 and once I spotted Qf6 I was just too happy not to play it. In
fact I was sort of proud of this move, but it was actually here where I let
the biggest part of my edge slip.} (27... h6 $1 {For some reason I didn't
consider this simple move, which is a pity, because the line is not that
complicated -} 28. Ne4 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qxb2 $1 {and the queen is in time to
return, after picking up the important pawn.}) 28. Qe4 $1 {Now that White
retreats Black enjoys a pawn structure for free, but at the same time, White
is still very solid and it is hard to convert Black's position edge into
something real.} g6 (28... Qe6 $5 {felt right, but I didn't want to allow a
knight endgame, which I felt was too drawish.} 29. Qxe6 Nxe6 30. Ne2) 29. Ne2
Ne6 30. h4 h5 $6 {very sloppy. I played this swiftly and usually these
inclusions happen indeed automatically, but here it was important to regroup
the queen immediately to d6, which I later realized turned out to be not so
easy.} (30... Qd8 $1 {Now White doesn't have time for Qe5, that's the point.}
31. g3 Qd6 $15) 31. g3 Qd8 32. Qe5 Qb6 $6 {I had to of course go Qc7 to keep
any winning chances, but not wanting such an endgame in general and having
refused it in much better version earlier, I acted too stubborn.} 33. d5 $1
cxd5 34. Qxd5 Kf8 {I bluffed that I had Nc5-Nd3, but obviously White has many
ways to deal with it. Now the position is just totally equal. Black still has
a better pawn structure on the queenside, but White's queen is more
centralized.} (34... Nc5 35. Qd4 $5 {is one of the many ways to indirectly
protect the b3 pawn.} (35. Nd4 Nd3 {was my point, though here too, White has
resources, thanks to his excellent pieces.})) 35. Nc3 Qc7 36. Ne4 Qc1+ 37. Kg2
Qxb2 {At this point I had given up on this game and expected White to smoothly
coast towards equality. My opponent, however, decided to use the momentum
which was in his favour for the last few moves and decided to try his luck.} (
37... Qc6 38. Qe5 $1) 38. Qd7 $2 {Taking on b7 would be the easiest when White
should manage it quite easily. At first I thought the move in the game was
fine as well, but then I noticed that I can reply with the calm} b6 $1 {
Now it turns out that White can no longer win back the pawn.} 39. Nd6 Qf6 40.
Qe8+ Kg7 41. Qd7 {Accompanied by the draw offer, to which I by accident
instantly replied "yes, I can see that." Embarassing stuff and my only excuse
is that the draw offer came as a shock.} Kg8 {Black of course has a way to
play on.} 42. Qe8+ Nf8 43. Qc6 $1 {After a long think my opponent pulled
himself together and found the way to defend. My advantage started to
evaporate as I started to calculate the lines deeper and finally I settled on
the long line which seemed to offer some practical chances.} Qd8 $1 (43... b5 {
looks brilliant, but White forces a draw with} 44. Qd5 $1) (43... Qd4 44. Nb5
Qd8 45. Nc7 {was a problem. White is doing ok here, rerouting the knight to d5.
}) 44. Nc4 {I expected this move, but turns out there was a cleaner way for
White.} (44. Nb7 $1 {is very strong, but I must say not easy.} Qd4 45. Nd6 $1 {
and Black can't improve his position. This is just OK for White.}) 44... Ne6 $5
(44... Qd7 {was another try to squeeze something out of this. One nice line
goes} 45. Qxb6 Qd5+ 46. Kg1 a4 $1 {the point.} 47. bxa4 $5 Qxc4 48. a5 {
and the best Black can get is 3 vs 2 queen endgame-} Qc1+ 49. Kh2 Qf1 50. a6
Nd7 51. Qd4 Ne5 $1 52. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 53. Kh3 Qf1+ 54. Kh2 Qxa6 {which, after some
suffering, should be held.}) 45. Nxb6 Nd4 46. Qc5 (46. Qb7 $5 {is the computer
way to hold this.} Nxb3 47. Nd7 a4 48. Ne5 {and White manages, due to better
coordination, but this really would be a tough call to make, when you can
force all the queenside pawns off the board instead.}) 46... Nxb3 47. Qb5 Nd2
$1 (47... a4 $5 {also kept some chances alive and would likely lead to a
similar endgame. For example} 48. Nxa4 Qa8+ 49. Kh2 Nd4 50. Nb6 $1 Qe4 51. Qd5
Nf3+ 52. Kg2 Nxh4+ 53. Kh2 Nf3+ 54. Kg2) 48. Qxa5 Qd3 {I actually didn't see
how White could clinch the draw here and it seems there is no way.} 49. Qa1 $1
{White finds the right way, bailing out into a pawn down knight endgame, which
obviously should be within.} (49. Kh2 {is the move I was expecting from a far,
when I planned} Qd4 $1 50. Kg1 Ne4 51. Qe1 Nxg3 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Nd7 Ne2+ 54.
Qxe2 Qxd7 {with what I thought was serious winning chances, though I am not
sure.}) 49... Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Nf3+ 51. Kf1 Nxh4 52. Qa8+ {All forced. Now we get
a 3 vs 2 endgame. I wanted to prevent g4 for a while and I am not sure if
White can play without f4 forever. Something to think about. Carlsen-Anand is
a game to study. The position was the same with colors reversed and White
having a4-b3-c3 vs b6-c5 pawns. There Vishy defended better than Kirill,
conceptually, as he kept the knight around good squares, but eventually
stumbled as well, after meeting h4 (there a5) with g4(b5) instead of gxh (bxa).
} Qxa8 53. Nxa8 Nf3 54. Kg2 Ne5 55. f4 Ng4 56. Nb6 Kf8 57. Nd5 Ke8 58. Nc3 Ke7
59. Ne4 Ne3+ 60. Kf3 Nc4 61. Ng5 Kf6 62. Ne4+ Kf5 63. Nf2 {The first moment I
got hopeful. I think the knight should roam free.} (63. Nc5 $5) 63... Nd2+ 64.
Ke3 Nf1+ 65. Kf3 Nh2+ 66. Kg2 Ng4 67. Nh3 {This stops Ke4, but the knight is
completely misplaced here.} f6 68. Kf3 Ke6 69. Ke4 Kd6 70. Ng1 Kc5 (70... Nh6
71. Ne2 Nf5 72. Kf3 Kc5 73. Nc3 $11) 71. Kd3 Nh6 72. Ke3 (72. Ne2 Nf5 73. Kc3
Kd6 74. Kd3 Kd5 75. Nc3+ $11) 72... Nf5+ 73. Kf3 Kc4 74. Nh3 Nd4+ 75. Ke3 Nf5+
76. Kf3 Kd4 77. Nf2 Nd6 78. Nh3 $2 {This is suddenly a losing mistake,
although not so suddenly. At this point I was already wondering if I am not
actually winning, but in fact White has a findable defense.} (78. Nd1 Nc4 (
78... Nf5 79. Nb2 h4 80. gxh4 Nxh4+ 81. Kg4 Nf5 82. Kf3) (78... Ne4 79. Nb2 Nc3
80. Kg2) 79. Ke2 {when Black doesn't have a good move and will have to let
white knight outside the perimeter.}) 78... Ne4 $2 {I liked the look of this
move, but I missed the strength of 80.Kg2!. Black had two ways to win, both
quite subtle, but the main key was to keep the knight dominated.} (78... Kd3
79. Nf2+ Kd2 80. Nh3 Nf5 81. Kf2 Kd3 82. Kf3 Nd4+ 83. Kf2 Kd2 84. Ng1 Kc3 {
Some triangle action.} 85. Ke3 Nf5+ 86. Kf2 Kc2 87. Nf3 Kd3 88. Ne1+ Ke4 89.
Ng2 h4 $1 90. gxh4 Ng7 $1 {beautiful win.} 91. Kg3 f5 92. Ne1 Nh5+ 93. Kf2 Nxf4
{and Black will eventually also pick up h4.}) (78... Nb5 79. Ng1 Kd3 80. Kf2
Nd4 81. Nh3 Ke4 82. Kg2 Ke3 83. Nf2 Nf5 84. Nd1+ Kd2 85. Nf2 {On b2 knight is
too far away and while it escaped, it is too far from Black's pawns to be in
time for counter.} Nd6 86. Kf3 Ke1 87. Nd3+ Kf1 {Black walks around and
eventually wins. All, still, not so simple, of course.}) 79. Ng1 Kd3 80. Kg2 $1
{I didn't count on this move. With little time on the clock as well, I felt
how it started slipping away.} Nd2 81. Kf2 Ke4 82. Ne2 Nb1 {Here in the mutual
time trouble, I briefly thought I am sort of winning it, but unfortunately
White finds the only moves:} 83. Ng1 $1 h4 84. Nh3 $1 {Here it has slowly
became apparent that White escaped, so I tried some last tricks and
surprisingly it worked, already when I really didn't expect it to.} Kf5 85.
gxh4 Kg4 86. f5 {Classy way to do it, but not even the only way.} (86. Kg2 Kxh4
87. Nf2 $11) 86... gxf5 {I was wondering what if I keep both f-pawns and try
to get my knight to e6 and eventually get some f4 Kf5 in. With good defense
White can prevent that, but even more importantly with the next move my
opponent doesn't even give me that.} (86... Kxf5 87. Kg3 Nd2 88. Nf4 Nf1+ 89.
Kf3 $11) 87. Ke3 $1 (87. h5 Kxh5 88. Kg3 Nc3 89. Nf4+ Kh6 90. Kf3 Ne4 91. Ne2
Kg5 92. Nf4 Nc5 93. Kg3 Nd7 94. Ne6+ {it is a draw.}) 87... Nc3 88. Nf2+ Kg3
89. Nd3 $4 {Shocking, after such a long sequence of great defensive moves, I
really didn't expect White to stumble here. 89.h5 also draws, but 89.Nh1+ is a
very direct variation. 7 hours is a lot of hours though.} (89. Nh1+ $1) 89...
Nd5+ 90. Kd4 Nf4 $1 {White must have missed this move. The pawn endgame is
lost, and now that the white king is misplaced, so is the knight endgame.} 91.
Nc5 Kxh4 92. Ke3 Kg3 93. Nb3 Ne6 94. Nd2 f4+ 95. Ke2 Ng5 96. Kf1 f3 97. Kg1 f2+
98. Kf1 f5 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 {Trendy system. If White wants to avoid this he should start
2.Nc3, but I didn't.} 3. Nf3 {one of the critical directions. Another would be
3.d4.} e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 {5.d3 also possible, but the game Ding-Yu from the
World Cup match looked very convincing for Black.} Qxd5 6. Nc2 {6.Nb3 and 6.e3
are alternatives. Maybe some other time.} Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 (7... Qh5 {is much
more adventurous. Vishy once won a brilliant game with white here against
Mickey Adams. Look it up!}) 8. Bg2 Na6 $1 {I believe I was the first one to
start with this move order, point being that Ne3 is now met with Bc5!.
Previously Black started wrongly with Be7.} 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne3 $5 {My new idea,
but unfortunately my opponent was either well prepared, or reacted well over
the board. The fact that he spent a lot of time thinking about his next move
doesn't give anything away, obviously.} h5 $5 {I was a little surprised to see
this, as 10...0-0 and 10...Be6 are perfectly viable as well and look more
healthy to me. One way or the other, I looked at the text move as well.} 11. d4
{Not good for my pawn structure, but famously, to a push on a flank, one must
counter in the center.} exd3 12. exd3 Qd4 $1 {Very strong move.} 13. Nc2 Qg4 $5
{Natural move. I vaguely remembered my plan after a very decent 13...Qd8, but
here I didn't see how I am supposed to fight for the advantage. I believe
Black is fine here. The endgame that I went for, can't be very much, but
avoiding it looked clumsy.} 14. Bf4 (14. Ne2 $5 {maybe, though I don't see
what to be so thrilled about after Black let's say castles.}) (14. Qe1 h4 15.
h3 Qg6 16. g4 Qxd3 17. g5 {looked funky, but Black can simply move the knight.
It doesn't work for White.}) 14... Qxd1 15. Raxd1 {Later I thought maybe
taking with the other rook was more clever.} Bg4 16. Rd2 O-O-O 17. d4 Nc7 18.
Ne3 Be6 ({I actually thought} 18... Ne6 $1 {was playing with fire, but in fact
it's perfectly fine for Black:} 19. Be5 (19. Nxg4 Nxg4 20. Be3 {is just equal.}
) (19. d5 {White can also just play it safe and boring.} Nxf4 20. gxf4 $11)
19... Nd7 20. Ncd5 {was my big trap, but even here after} Bf8 $1 21. h3 Nxe5
22. dxe5 cxd5 23. hxg4 d4 {Black is more than fine.}) 19. d5 {Not a good try,
but I underestimated Black's 26th move, at the end of the forced sequence.
Frankly at first I thought I had a few interesting options, but after thinking
for a long time, I couldn't find a way to put pressure, other than with this
move.} (19. Be5 $1 {was my best shot.} Rhg8 {and now the engine cleverly
proposes} 20. Re2 $5 (20. Rc2 Rd7 $1) {with the idea} 20... Rd7 (20... Bd6 $1
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. d5 cxd5 23. Nexd5 f5 24. Rd1 h4 {is very little for White
though, but still, should have tried this one.}) 21. f4 $1) ({I was mostly
focussed on moves like} 19. Rc1 {or 19.Re1 when I didn't see what to do after
Bb4 or} Bd6 20. Bg5 Be7 {and I saw nothing better than repeating, as otherwise
Black can play just ...Rd7 or ...Kb8 and the d5 push will lose its relevance.})
19... Ncxd5 20. Ncxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rc1+
Kd7 25. Rc7+ Ke6 26. Rxb7 {This position really didn't feel so great, but I
was counting on 26...Bc5?! here, when I am certainly on the good side of it.
Unfortunately my opponent instantly played} Rc8 $1 {Black is easily making a
draw here, moreover he is even on the comfortable side.} 27. Rxa7 Rc2 28. Be3
Bf6 29. Ra4 Bxb2 30. Kg2 d4 {Forcing a draw. It isn't neccessary, but at the
same time Black's slightly more pleasant position at this point should not
really amount to anything.} (30... f6 31. h4 (31. Kf3 g5 32. h3 Ke5) 31... Rc4
32. Ra7 $11) (30... Rc4 31. Ra6+ Kf5 32. Ra7 {should lead to a draw, but as I
said, Black is on the good side here.} (32. Kf3 g5 33. Ke2 g4 34. Kd3 Be5 35.
Ra3 $11)) 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxa2 33. Re4+ Kf6 34. Rf4+ Ke6 35. Re4+ Kf6
36. Rf4+ Ke6 37. Re4+ Kf6 38. Rf4+ Ke6 39. h4 g6 40. Re4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2931"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Bd2
Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 a6 14. Kb1 c5
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. e4 Qc7 17. h4 Rc8 18. g4 b4 19. Na4 Ncxe4 20. Qxc7 Nxd2+ 21.
Rxd2 Rxc7 22. Bxa6 O-O 23. g5 Nd5 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Kxc1 Ra8 26. Bb5 Bd6 27.
Rd4 Rb8 28. Bc4 Be5 29. Re4 Bf4+ 30. Kc2 Bg3 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Rd4 f6 33. gxf6
gxf6 34. Rg4 Bf2 35. Rxg6+ Kf7 36. Rg4 f5 37. Rg5 Kf6 38. Kd3 Bxh4 39. Rh5 Bg3
40. Nc5 Rc8 41. Nd7+ Ke6 42. Nb6 Rc1 43. Rg5 Bf2 44. Rg6+ Ke5 45. Nd7+ Kf4 46.
Rf6 Ra1 47. Kc2 Rxa2 48. Kb3 Rxb2+ 49. Kxb2 Bd4+ 50. Kb3 Bxf6 51. Nxf6 Kxf3 52.
Kxb4 f4 53. Nxd5 Ke4 54. Nxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Olsen, Filip Boe"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2934"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. f4 Qe7 16. Re1 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. Rd1 Bg4 20. Rd5 b6 21.
h3 Be6 22. Rd3 Ra4 23. Kf2 Kf8 24. g4 Re8 25. Bb2 Re4 26. Re1 f6 27. Kf3 Bc8
28. Bc1 Kf7 29. Kf2 Rc4 30. Red1 h5 31. Kg3 Rh8 32. Bb2 Re4 33. Bc1 hxg4 34.
hxg4 Rc4 35. Bb2 Re8 36. Bc1 g5 37. Kf3 Rg8 38. Bb2 gxf4 39. g5 fxg5 40. exf4
gxf4 41. Kf2 Rh8 42. Rg1 Rh2+ 43. Rg2 Rxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Bf5 45. Rd2 Be4+ 46. Kf2
Ke6 47. Re2 Kf5 48. Rc2 Bxc2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rorrer, Grayson"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2938"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. c3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Bg5
Rac8 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. Bc2 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Rd3 Ng6 20. Rd2
Nf8 21. Qf3 Rc5 22. Be4 Bc8 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Nb3 Rh5 25. g3 b6 26. Bf3 Rh6 27.
Nd4 Bd7 28. Qe5 Qc8 29. Nb5 Ng6 30. Qe2 Bxb5 31. Qxb5 Nf8 32. Red1 e5 33. Qf1
e4 34. Be2 Qc5 35. Rd5 Qe7 36. Bb5 Rc8 37. R5d4 Rh5 38. Re1 Re5 39. Ba4 f5 40.
Bb3+ Kh8 41. Red1 e3 42. fxe3 Rxe3 43. Qf2 g6 44. R4d2 Re8 45. Bc4 Qc5 46. Bf1
Kg7 47. Rd4 R3e7 48. Qd2 Ne6 49. Qf2 Nxd4 50. cxd4 Qd6 51. Bg2 Re2 52. Qf3 Rxb2
53. Qb7+ Re7 54. Qf3 Ree2 55. d5 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2945"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 b6 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Nb3 Ra8 14. a5 f5 15. axb6
Nxb6 16. Rxa8 Nxa8 17. c5 fxe4 18. Nxe4 dxc5 19. d6 cxd6 20. Nxd6 Be6 21. Bg5
Nc7 22. Nxc5 Bd5 23. Nb5 Bf6 24. Bh6 Rf7 25. Nc3 Bg7 26. Bg5 Bf6 27. Bh6 Bg7
28. Bc1 Qa8 29. Nxd5 Nexd5 30. Bc4 Kh8 31. Ne4 Rd7 32. Qg4 Rd8 33. Ng5 Rf8 34.
Qh3 h6 35. Nf3 Nf4 36. Bxf4 exf4 37. Nh4 Qc6 38. Bd3 Rf6 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Nf3
Ne6 41. Qxc6 Nd4 42. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2917"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. d5 a5 11. O-O Re8 12. Rab1 Nbd7 13. Nd4 exd5 14. cxd5 a4
15. Rfe1 Nc5 16. e4 Ba6 17. Nc6 Qf8 18. Nb4 Bc4 19. Qd4 b5 20. h3 Nfd7 21. f4
Nb3 22. Qf2 f6 23. Rbd1 Nbc5 24. h4 Na6 25. Nc6 Nac5 26. Bh3 Nb8 27. Nb4 Nba6
28. Nxa6 Rxa6 29. Re3 Raa8 30. Kh2 Re7 31. Qf3 Rae8 32. Rde1 g6 33. Kg2 Qg7 34.
Qd1 f5 35. e5 dxe5 36. d6 cxd6 37. Qxd6 Nb7 38. Qc6 e4 39. g4 Nd8 40. Qd6 Nf7
41. Qc5 Nd8 42. gxf5 Kh8 43. fxg6 Qxg6+ 44. Rg3 Qf6 45. Qg5 Qd4 46. Rd1 Bd3 47.
Bf5 Nf7 48. Qh5 Nd6 49. Bg6 Rf8 50. Rd2 Rg7 51. f5 Nc4 52. Rf2 Ne3+ 53. Kh3 Qe5
54. f6 Qe6+ 55. Kh2 Rxf6 56. Rxf6 Qxf6 57. Bxe4 Nf1+ 58. Kh1 Nxg3+ 59. Kh2 Nxh5
0-1

[Event "Giri-Van Foreest m"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.04.13"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. e3 Bb7 12. cxd5 Nxf4 13. exf4 cxd5 14. Rfc1 Rc8
15. Qd1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qb8 17. Bf1 Rc8 18. Bb5 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qc8 20. Qxc8+ Bxc8
21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke2 Bd6 23. Ne5 Nb8 24. a3 a6 25. Bd3 g6 26. h4 f6 27. Nef3 Nc6
28. b4 Kg7 29. Nf1 Ne7 30. Ne3 a5 31. Nc2 axb4 32. Nxb4 Bxb4 33. axb4 Nc6 34.
Bb5 Nxb4 35. Kd2 Ba6 36. Ba4 Nd3 37. Ke3 Nb2 38. Bb3 Bc4 39. Bc2 b5 40. Kd2 Na4
41. g4 Nb6 42. Kc3 Be2 43. Nh2 Nc4 44. g5 h6 45. Kb4 Nd6 46. Kc3 Nf7 47. Kd2
Bh5 48. Bd3 b4 49. gxf6+ Kxf6 50. Nf1 Nd6 51. Ne3 Bf3 52. Bc2 Be4 53. Bd1 h5
54. f3 Bb1 55. Bb3 Nb5 56. Bxd5 exd5 57. Nxd5+ Kf7 58. Nxb4 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Giri-Van Foreest m"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.04.13"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. a4 a5 7. Na3 Nb6 8. Qc2
g6 9. Nxc4 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 Bg7 11. d4 O-O 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. Qb3 Be4 14. Rfd1 Qc8
15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ng4 17. Bc3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qf5 19. Bd4 Nxe5 20. Qxb7 Qe4+
21. Kg1 Qxe2 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Qxe7 Qxb2 25. Rac1 Qb4 26. Qxb4 axb4
27. Rxc6 Rfb8 28. Rb1 Rxa4 29. Rc4 h5 30. h4 Rb7 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. Re4 Rb6 33.
Rb2 f5 34. Rd4 Ke7 35. f4 Kf6 36. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Giri-Van Foreest m"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.04.13"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Qb6 14. Rd1 Bc6
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Rfe8 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bg3 Red8 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Nf8 21.
h4 Ng6 22. Qe4 Bc5 23. h5 Ne7 24. Bh4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nf5 26. Rd7 Nxh4 27. Qxh4
Qa5 28. Rd1 Qb6 29. b3 a6 30. bxa6 bxa6 31. Rd7 Qc6 32. Rd3 Qc7 33. Qe4 Rd8 34.
Bxa6 Qb6 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Qe2 Qd4 37. Bd3 Qf4 38. Kf1 Bd4 39. g3 Qxe5 40.
Qxe5 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Giri-Van Foreest m"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.04.13"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 Nxd4 7. exd4 a5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. dxc3 a4 10. Qc2 h6 11. Be2 d6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Be3 Bg6 14. g4 Qe7 15.
O-O-O b6 16. h4 h5 17. gxh5 Bxh5 18. Rdg1 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Nh5 20. c5 bxc5 21.
dxc5 d5 22. Rg5 g6 23. Rxd5 c6 24. Rd6 O-O 25. Qxh5 Qxd6 26. Qh6 Qe7 27. Bd4 f6
28. Rg1 Kf7 29. Qxg6+ Ke6 30. Re1 Kd7 31. Rxe4 Qf7 32. Qf5+ Kc7 33. Be3 Qd7 34.
Qf4+ Kc8 35. Rd4 Qd6 36. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Berger, Steve"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "3024"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qc8 13. Bf4 Bc6 14. Bxc6
Qxc6 15. Qb5 Rfc8 16. Qxc6 Rxc6 17. f3 a6 18. Rd2 Rac8 19. a4 h6 20. Rad1 Bb4
21. Be5 Bxc3 22. Rd8+ Kh7 23. Bxc3 Nd5 24. Be5 Rxd8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sluka, Radek"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bd7 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Ne3 Be6 12. b3 Ne7 13. Rd1 Rxd1+ 14.
Kxd1 Nc6 15. f3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Rd8 17. Kc1 Rxd6 18. Rd1 Nd4 19. Nf4 Kd7 20. c3
Nb5 21. Rxd6+ cxd6 22. Kd2 Nc7 23. Nh5 Ne8 24. g4 g6 25. Nf4 Bf7 26. Nfd5 b5
27. h4 h6 28. c4 b4 29. f4 a5 30. Nf1 Bxd5 31. cxd5 f5 32. exf5 gxf5 33. g5
hxg5 34. fxg5 Nc7 35. Ne3 f4 36. Nf5 Nxd5 37. h5 Ne7 38. h6 Ng6 39. h7 Ke6 40.
Nh4 Nh8 41. g6 Kf6 42. Kd3 d5 43. Ke2 c4 44. bxc4 dxc4 45. Kd2 a4 46. Kc2 a3
47. Kd2 b3 48. axb3 a2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "3018"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. O-O Qd6 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Rfe8
15. a4 a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. h3 Bd8 18. Rab1 Bc7 19. Qc2 Nf8 20. g3 g6 21. Bf1
Bc8 22. h4 Bg4 23. Ne5 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Qf6 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Qxc7 Rxa4 27. Bb5
Ra2 28. Ng4 Qf3 29. Bxe8 Qxd1+ 30. Kg2 Qxg4 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Qxf8+ Kh7 33.
Qf7+ Kh8 34. Qxd5 Ra7 35. Qc6 Kg7 36. Qxb6 Qe4+ 37. Kh2 Ra2 38. Qc7+ Kh8 39.
Qe5+ Qxe5 40. dxe5 Rxf2+ 41. Kg1 Rf3 42. Kg2 Rxe3 43. Bxg6 Rxe5 44. Kf3 Kg7 45.
Be4 Ra5 46. Kf4 Kf6 47. g4 Rc5 48. Bf5 Rc4+ 49. Be4 Rc5 50. Bf5 Rc4+ 51. Be4
Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Cabarkapa, Novak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 f5 5. h4 h5 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. Ne2
Nf6 9. Nf4 Bh6 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. O-O Rb8 13. b4 Ne4 14. Nfe2 c6 15.
Rb1 a6 16. a4 Bd7 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Qf6 19. Qd3 Kg7 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxb8
Rxb8 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 g5 24. hxg5 Qxg5 25. Rb1 Rxb1+ 26. Qxb1 h4 27. Bg2
Qg4 28. Qd3 Bf5 29. e4 Bg6 30. Qf3 Qe6 31. gxh4 Qxc4 32. h5 Bh7 33. Qg3+ Kh8
34. Qxd6 Qxe2 35. Qxh6 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qxf2 37. Qg5 Qxd4 38. h6 Bg6 39. e5 Kh7 40.
Bxc6 Qb2+ 41. Bg2 Qd4 42. Kg3 Qc3+ 43. Bf3 Qd4 44. Bh5 Qg1+ 45. Kf4 Qh2+ 46.
Kg4 Bxh5+ 47. Qxh5 Qe2+ 48. Kh4 Qh2+ 49. Kg4 Qe2+ 50. Kh4 Qh2+ 51. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Safin, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "3018"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. a4 Nf6 12. a5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 e3 15.
Bxe3 Nf5 16. Bd2 Bh6 17. Qc1 Nd4 18. Bd1 Rb8 19. Ra3 b5 20. axb6 axb6 21. b5
Bf5 22. h4 Qd7 23. Rg3 Ra8 24. h5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Ra2 26. Bh6 Rfa8 27. Qg5 Qd8
28. Qe3 Nc2 29. Bxc2 Rxc2 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Bg5 Qf8 32. Rc1 Raa2 33. Rf3 Re2
34. Qc3 Qc8 35. Be3 Kg7 36. Rg3 Qh8 37. Ra1 Rec2 38. Qe1 Re2 39. Qd1 Qh4 40.
Rxa2 Rxa2 41. Qe1 Qxc4 42. Bg5 Rc2 43. Ra3 Qxd5 44. Ra7 Qxb5 45. Qe3 Qe8 46.
Qxb6 Qc6 47. Qb8 Bh3 48. gxh3 Qc3 49. Qb1 Re2 50. Qf1 Re1 51. Rxc7+ Qxc7 52.
Qxe1 Qd7 53. Qe3 Qf5 54. Bh4 Kf7 55. Kh2 Ke6 56. Bg3 Qb1 57. Qg5 Qc2 58. Qd8
Qf5 59. Qg8+ Kf6 60. Bh4+ g5 61. Qd8+ Kg6 62. Qxd6+ Kh5 63. Bg3 e4 64. Qe5 Qf3
65. Qh8+ Kg6 66. Qe8+ Kh6 67. Qe6+ Kh5 68. Qg4+ Qxg4 69. hxg4+ Kxg4 70. Kg2 Kf5
71. Kf1 Kg4 72. Ke2 Kh3 73. Ke3 g4 74. Kxe4 Kg2 75. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seul, Georg"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
Qg3 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. Ba3
cxd4 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. e6 d3 18. exf7+ Kh8 19. cxd3 h6 20. Rxf5
gxf5 21. Ne6 Qxf7 22. Nxg7 Qxg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rb1 Kf6 25. Kf2 Rc8 26. Kf3
Rc2 27. a4 Ra2 28. Rb4 a5 29. Rd4 Ke5 30. Rh4 Ra3 31. Ke3 h5 32. Rxh5 d4+ 33.
Ke2 Rxa4 34. g4 Kf4 35. gxf5 Ra2+ 36. Kd1 Ke5 37. f6+ Kxf6 38. h4 a4 39. Rd5 a3
40. Kc1 Rh2 41. Kb1 Rxh4 42. Ka2 Ke6 43. Rd8 Ke5 44. Re8+ Kd5 45. Rd8+ Kc5 46.
Rc8+ Kd6 47. Rc4 Kd5 48. Rc8 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "3020"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. g3 Be7 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. f4 O-O 14. f5 Bd7 15.
Be2 Bc6 16. Bf3 b5 17. g4 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bd7 20. Kb1 a5 21. Be4 a4
22. Nc1 b3 23. cxb3 axb3 24. Nxb3 Ra4 25. Bc2 Qa8 26. g5 f6 27. a3 Rb8 28. Rh3
Rb5 29. Rc3 Qb7 30. Ka2 Rxh4 31. gxf6 Bxf6 32. Bd3 Rb6 33. Rdc1 e4 34. Rc7 Qb8
35. Rxd7 Rxb3 36. Rc2 exd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Manolache, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 a6 7. c5 Nc6 8. a3 Ne4
9. Bd3 f5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. f3 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 e5 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. f4 exd4 18. exd4 Rae8 19. Rae1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Qh4 21. g3
Qd8 22. Re5 g6 23. c4 dxc4 24. Bxc4+ Kg7 25. d5 Bb5 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Qxb5 Qa8
28. a4 c6 29. Qb2 Kh6 30. Re7 Qxa4 31. Qg7+ Kh5 32. Qxh7+ Kg4 33. Qxg6+ Kf3 34.
Qh5# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2908"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a6
9. a4 Ba7 10. a5 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Qe8 14. Nbd2 Nh5 15.
Kh2 Nf4 16. Ng1 Kh8 17. Nf1 d5 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Qc2 Rf6 20. g3 Ng6 21. Rf3 Raf8
22. Kg2 Qf7 23. Nh2 d4 24. Qb3 Rxf3 25. Ngxf3 Qd7 26. c4 Qc8 27. Qa3 Rf7 28. b4
Qf8 29. Rb1 Kh7 30. Qa4 Nb8 31. b5 Nd7 32. bxa6 Nc5 33. axb7 Nxa4 34. b8=Q Nc5
35. Qxf8 Rxf8 36. Ne1 c6 37. Rb6 Ne7 38. Nhf3 Ra8 39. Nxe5 Rxa5 40. Nxc6 Nxc6
41. Rxc6 e5 42. h4 h5 43. Nf3 Kg8 44. Nxe5 Nxe4 45. Rc8+ Kh7 46. Nc6 Rc5 47.
dxe4 d3 48. Kf3 Rxc4 49. Ke3 Rc2 50. Kxd3 Rxf2 51. Nd4 Rh2 52. Nf3 Rg2 53. Ng5+
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nenezic, Marko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "3023"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Qe7 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Rae1 Nc5 12. Bf3 a5 13. b3 Re8 14. Bf4 Nh5 15.
Bxh5 Bxd4 16. Bf3 Qf6 17. Bd2 h5 18. Ne2 Be5 19. Be3 h4 20. Qd2 Ne6 21. Bg4 Nc5
22. Bxc8 Nxe4 23. Qd3 Raxc8 24. f4 Bc3 25. Nxc3 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Nxc3 27. Bd2 Ne4
28. Bxa5 Ra8 29. b4 f5 30. Re2 Nc3 31. Rd2 d5 32. cxd5 Nxd5 33. Rc1 Re3 34. Rc4
Re6 35. Rcd4 b6 36. b5 bxa5 37. bxc6 Ne7 38. c7 Rc6 39. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Bosnjak, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Bd2 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bc2 11. c5 Bxb3 12. g3 Bc2 13. b4 Be7 14. Ra2 Bg6 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bd3 Nbd7 17. f4 O-O 18. b5 cxb5 19. Bxb5 Rfc8 20. O-O a6 21. Ba4
b5 22. Bc2 Rcb8 23. Bd3 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Be2 b4 26. Na4 b3 27. Ra3 Nxa4
28. Rxa4 Ne4 29. Ba5 b2 30. Rb1 Rb3 31. Rb4 Rb8 32. Rxb8+ Rxb8 33. Be1 Rb3 34.
Kf1 Rxe3 35. Rxb2 Ra3 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Ra8 Ra1 38. Bd3 Nc5 39. Be2 Ne4 40. Bxa6
Nc5 41. Bb7 Rb1 42. Ba6 Nxa6 43. Rxa6 Rb2 44. h4 Rb3 45. Ra7 Rxg3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "3027"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. c5 Rb8 7. h3 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Bb5 Ne4 10. Nc3 Bf6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Bh2 a6 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Rac1 Qd7 15.
Rfd1 h6 16. Ne1 Rfe8 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. a3 h5 20. Nf3 g5 21. Bxf5
exf5 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Red8 24. h4 gxh4 25. Qa4 d4 26. Qc4 Kh7 27. Qe2 Kg6
28. e6 fxe6 29. exd4 Nxd4 30. Qe3 Qa4 31. Re1 Rd5 32. Bxc7 Re8 33. Be5 Nc6 34.
Bc3 e5 35. Qf3 Qb3 36. Rcd1 e4 37. Qe2 Red8 38. Rxd5 Qxd5 39. Qe3 Qd3 40. Qf4
Qd5 41. Qc7 Rd7 42. Qc8 Qf7 43. Qh8 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Asis Gargatagli, Hipolito"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "3015"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Be2 Qc7
15. g4 hxg4 16. fxg4 Nb6 17. g5 Nfxd5 18. Bxb6 Nxb6 19. Qxd6 Rac8 20. Qxc7 Rxc7
21. Bf3 e4 22. Bxe4 Na4 23. Nd4 Rd8 24. c3 Rxc3 25. Ne6 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Re3 27.
Rd8+ Kh7 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Bxb7 Re2 30. Bxa6 Rxb2+ 31. Kc1 Rxa2 32. Rd2 Ra1+
33. Kc2 Nc5 34. Bd3 Rg1 35. Bc4 Rxg5 36. Rf2 f5 37. Kd1 Rg4 38. Be2 Rg1+ 39.
Kc2 Ne4 40. Rf1 Rg2 41. Kd3 Rxh2 42. Ra1 Kf6 43. Bf3 Rh3 44. Ke2 Ng5 45. Ra6+
Kg7 46. Bd5 Rc3 47. Ra7+ Kh6 48. Ra6 Nh3 49. Ra4 Kg5 50. Bf7 Nf4+ 51. Kf2 Rc7
52. Be8 Nd3+ 53. Kf1 Ne5 54. Ra5 Ng4 55. Ra6 Nf6 56. Bb5 Rc5 57. Ba4 Rc1+ 58.
Ke2 Ra1 59. Kd2 Ne4+ 60. Kc2 Nc5 61. Kb2 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2973"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. O-O-O h6 11. h4 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1 13. Rxh1 Ne4 14. Nxe4
dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf8 16. g6 f6 17. d5 c5 18. Nh4 Qe7 19. Bf5 Bd7 20. Bxd7+ Qxd7
21. Nf5 O-O-O 22. f4 Kb8 23. Kb1 Rc8 24. Rh8 c4 25. Rg8 Bb4 26. e4 c3 27. a3
Ba5 28. Rxg7 Qd8 29. b4 Bxb4 30. axb4 Qb6 31. Ka2 Qa6+ 32. Kb3 Qc4+ 33. Ka3
Qa6+ 34. Kb3 b5 35. Qa2 Qxa2+ 36. Kxa2 c2 37. Nd6 c1=Q 38. Rb7+ Ka8 39. Nxc8
Kxb7 40. g7 Qc2+ 41. Ka3 Qc3+ 42. Ka2 Qc4+ 43. Ka3 Qd3+ 44. Ka2 Qe2+ 45. Ka3
Qe3+ 46. Ka2 Qd2+ 47. Ka3 Qc1+ 48. Ka2 Qxc8 49. g8=Q Nd7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Galaktionov, Artem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "3002"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. h3 d6 5. Nc3 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Srihari, LR."]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 a6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. Qc2 e5 11. d5 Nb4 12. Qb1 b5 13. Bb3 e4 14. Nd4 Nd3+ 15.
Kf1 Qe8 16. Bc2 Bb7 17. f3 Nb4 18. Bxe4 Nbxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21.
Kf2 Rd8 22. Re1 Bc5 23. Qc2 Bb6 24. Nc6 Rd6 25. Rac1 Nf4 26. Bb4 Nd3+ 27. Kg1
Nxe1 28. Rxe1 Qxc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Rd1 Ke7 32. Rd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Voinikonis, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Nh5 9. Be2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. Qc2 g4 12. Nd2 h5 13. O-O-O a6 14. Nb3 b5 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. e4 Nf6 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Kb1 Bb7 19. Nc5 Bc6 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. f3
Rc8 22. fxg4 hxg4 23. Rxh8+ Bxh8 24. Bxg4 Bxd4 25. b4 Bh8 26. Bxe6 Qf6 27. Bd7+
Kf8 28. Qd2 Be4+ 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 a6 8. a4
Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. d5 Rg6 19. Rxe4 Qxh3 20. Nh4 Rg3 21. dxc6
g5 22. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Rc1 Rd8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. a3 Bf8 13. O-O a6 14. b4 Na7
15. Qb3 c6 16. a4 Nc8 17. Ne5 Nd6 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 c5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
Qxd5 cxd4 22. exd4 Nf5 23. Qxb7 Nxd4 24. Bc4 Qxe5 25. Qxf7+ Kh7 26. Qg8+ Kg6
27. Qf7+ Kh7 28. Rce1 Qf5 29. Qg8+ Kg6 30. Re3 Bd6 31. Qxd8 Rxd8 32. Bd3 Bxh2+
33. Kxh2 Nf3+ 34. Rxf3 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Rxd3 36. Rb1 Rd7 37. b6 Rb7 38. Kg3 Kf5
39. Kh4 g6 40. Rb5+ Kf4 41. Rb3 Kf5 42. Kg3 Ke4 43. Kg4 Kd5 44. f4 Kc4 45. Rb1
Kc5 46. f5 gxf5+ 47. Kxf5 h5 48. Kg5 Kc6 49. Kxh5 Rh7+ 50. Kg6 Rh8 51. b7 Rg8+
52. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Bd7 9. c4 Nc6 10. Bf3 dxc4 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. bxc4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1
Ne4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Rd2 19. Ra3 Rc2 20. Ra4 e6
21. h4 Rb8 22. Rxa7 Rbb2 23. Rf1 Rxc4 24. g3 Rcc2 25. a4 Ra2 26. a5 c5 27. a6
c4 28. Kg2 c3 29. Kf3 Rd2 30. Rc7 c2 31. a7 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. N2f3 Qa5 12. Qe2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rfd8 14. h3 Be8
15. Qb2 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Ne5 Qd2 18. Qb1 Qd6 19. Qe4 b5 20. Be2 Rac8 21.
Rfd1 Qe6 22. Qf4 h5 23. Rac1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qf5 25. Qxf5 Nxf5 26. g4 hxg4 27.
Bxg4 Kg7 28. e4 Rc2 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Bxf5 Rxa2 31. Rd8 Kf6 32. Rxe8 Kxe5 33.
Bd3 a6 34. Rxe7+ Kd4 35. Bf1 Rb2 36. Re3 Kc5 37. h4 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qc7 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Nc5 Nf4 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Qe3 Nf4 20. g3 Nd5
21. Qe2 e6 22. f4 a5 23. a3 Rd7 24. Rhe1 Rad8 25. Qe5 Qb6 26. Rd2 Nc7 27. Rxd7
Rxd7 28. Qe3 c5 29. Bc4 Nb5 30. Qb3 Qd6 31. Qd3 Nd4 32. Kb1 Qc7 33. Rd1 Rd6 34.
Qf1 Nf5 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Qe1 Qb6 37. Bd3 Nd4 38. c3 Nf5 39. g4 Nd6 40. Qe3 Qc6
41. Qe5 Kf8 42. c4 Ke7 43. Ka2 f6 44. Qe3 Qb6 45. h4 a4 46. Be2 f5 47. g5 Ne4
48. Bf3 Qb3+ 49. Qxb3 axb3+ 50. Ka1 Nd2 51. Bd1 e5 52. fxe5 Ke6 53. a4 Kxe5 54.
a5 Kd6 55. h5 gxh5 56. Bxh5 f4 57. g6 hxg6 58. Bxg6 f3 59. Bd3 f2 60. Be2 Kc7
61. Bd3 Kb7 62. Be2 Ka6 63. Bd3 Kxa5 64. Be2 Kb4 65. Bd3 f1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Giri-Vidit m"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.04.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. e3 exd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. Nc3 h5
15. Na4 Qd8 16. Bxb4 Rxb4 17. b3 h4 18. Qxc6 h3 19. Bh1 d4 20. Qc7 dxe3 21.
fxe3 Qe8 22. Re1 Re4 23. Qxa5 Rxe3 24. Qd2 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qb5 26. Bf3 Bb7 27.
Nc3 Qc5+ 28. Qe3 Qb4 29. a3 Qxb3 30. Rb1 Qc2 31. Bxb7 Re8 32. Qc1 Qd3 33. Rb2
Ng4 34. Qd2 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Giri-Vidit m"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.04.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nbd2 Bd6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. c3
Nc6 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bc2 b5 11. a3 a5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. f4 O-O 17. Qh5 b4 18. Nf3 Nc5 19. Nd4 Nd3 20. f5 exf5 21. Nxf5
Qg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Nd6 Bc6 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. Rd1
Ra2 28. cxb4 Rxb2 29. Rxd3 Rxb4 30. Nf5 Kf8 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. Ra3 Rb8 33. Ra7 Be6
34. h3 Re8 35. Kf2 Re7 36. Ra8+ Re8 37. Ra7 Re7 38. Ra5 Rc7 39. Kf3 Ke7 40. Ra6
Bd7 41. Ra5 Be6 42. Ra8 f6 43. exf6+ gxf6 44. Rh8 Bd7 45. Rh7+ Kd6 46. Rh8 Rc8
47. Rh7 Rg8 48. Kf2 Rf8 49. Rg7 Be6 50. Ra7 Bd7 51. Rb7 Rc8 52. Ra7 Rc1 53. Ra8
Rc8 54. Ra6+ Ke7 55. Ra1 Rc7 56. Rh1 Ra7 57. Kf3 Ra2 58. h4 gxh4 59. Rxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Giri-Vidit m"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.04.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Nc4 Ne4 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Qb2 Rfd8 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Rdc1 Qb6 20. Bf3
Rac8 21. g4 h6 22. h4 Kg8 23. Kg2 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Qe5 Be6 26. g5 h5 27.
Kg3 Qb4 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rd1 Qb6 30. Qe4 Qc7+ 31. Kg2 b6 32. Rd2 a5 33. Qd4
Qc5 34. Qxc5 Rxc5 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rb8 Rc2 37. Rxb6 Rxa2 38. Rb5 Ra3 39. Bd5
Bxd5+ 40. Rxd5 Rxb3 41. Rxa5 Rb4 42. Kg3 Rg4+ 43. Kh3 Re4 44. Kg3 Rg4+ 45. Kh3
Re4 46. Kg3 Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Giri-Vidit m"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.04.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nbd2 Bd6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 b6 7. c3 O-O 8. Ne5
Nfd7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O Bb7 13. a4 a5 14. Nf3 Rfd8
15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Qd1 Bc6 18. Qc2 h6 19. Red1 Qc7 20. Re1 Re8 21.
Red1 Rbd8 22. Rd2 Re7 23. Rc1 Bb7 24. Rdd1 Bc6 25. Rd2 Qb8 26. Ra1 Qb7 27. Qb3
Rb8 28. Qc2 Ree8 29. Qd1 Qc7 30. Qf1 Red8 31. Qc1 e5 32. dxe5 Nxe5 33. Nxe5
Qxe5 34. Bf3 Rd6 35. Qd1 Rbd8 36. g3 d4 37. exd4 cxd4 38. c4 Be4 39. Bxe4 Qxe4
40. Qe2 Qc6 41. Qd3 Re8 42. b3 h5 43. h4 Rde6 44. Rf1 Re4 45. Qf3 Qg6 46. Kh2
R8e6 47. Rfd1 Rf6 48. Qg2 Qg4 49. Rd3 Re2 50. R1d2 Rxd2 51. Rxd2 Kh7 52. Qd5
Rf5 53. Qxd4 Qxd4 54. Rxd4 Rxf2+ 55. Kh3 Rf3 56. Rd5 Rxb3 57. c5 g6 58. cxb6
Rxb6 59. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3
15. exd7 fxg3 16. hxg3 Bxd7 17. bxc3 Rac8 18. Qd1 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Bxc3 20. Bf5
Rc4 21. Bxd7 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Re1 Rd8 24. Ba4 Rd5 25. e6 fxe6 26. Rxe6
Re5 27. Rd6 Bc5 28. Rd2 Kg7 29. Kg2 b6 30. Bb3 h6 31. f4 Re3 32. Rd7+ Re7 33.
Rd8 Bb4 34. Kf3 Be1 35. g4 Bc3 36. Rd6 Bf6 37. Be6 Rc7 38. Ke4 Be7 39. Rd3 Kf6
40. Bb3 b5 41. Rd5 Rc5 42. Rd7 a5 43. Ra7 a4 44. Bd5 Rc1 45. Ra6+ Kg7 46. Kf5
Rc7 47. Ra5 Rc5 48. Ke6 Bd8 49. Ra8 Bh4 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. Rh7 Bg3 52. f5 Rc7 53.
Rxh6 Re7+ 54. Kf6 Be5+ 55. Kg5 Rg7+ 56. Rg6 Ke7 57. Rxg7+ Bxg7 58. Bc6 a3 59.
Bxb5 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,52,16,37,13,-16,38,37,31,8,46,1,44,39,36,22,58,-8,20,32,48,5,11,-33,
-40,-40,-43,-50,-38,-23,-4,-58,-57,-61,-54,-54,-60,-52,-42,-85,-61,-63,-54,-84,
-65,-74,-74,-75,-122,-119,-142,-161,-148,-1019,-1051]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {
Surprise ! Maxime Vachier-Lagrave choses a Slav Defence instead of his usual
Grünfeld Defence.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Ne5
$5 {White sets a knight on e5, that he will support with f4.} Bg7 9. f4 O-O 10.
Qc2 $6 {That's a bit too much. It was time for a straight attack or
development.} (10. h4 c5 $1 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. g4 cxd4 14. exd4 dxc4
15. Qe3 Qe7 16. Bxc4 {was very unclear in: Adhiban,B (2639)-Robson,R (2670)
Douglas 2019, ½-½ (51).}) (10. Be2 {leads to unbalanced play:} c5 11. cxd5
cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nd7 13. Nf3 (13. Ne4 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qd8 15. dxe6 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bxe6
$44) 13... Qd8 14. Qd2 (14. Qb4 a5 $1 15. Qa3 e5 $13) 14... exd5 15. Qxd5 Qe7
16. Qd2 Nb6 17. Nd4 Re8 18. Kf2 Bg4 $1 $44 {½-½ (35) Wang,H (2742)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2684) London 2012}) 10... c5 $1 $15 {Amazingly enough: MVL
got the best Grünfeld position he never got!} 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13.
Bd3 Qe7 (13... d4 14. Ne4 Qe7 {also made sense.}) 14. Na4 e5 $1 {Opening the
position, thus favouring the bishop pair and White's open king.} 15. fxe5 (15.
O-O {may have been the least damage:} e4 16. Be2 d4 17. exd4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Rb8
19. Rad1 Rd8 $17) 15... Qxe5 16. O-O Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 Be6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc4 (
19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Rae8 $17) 19... Rad8 20. Rae1 Qg5 21. Re2 $6 (21. Bxd5
Rxd5 $17) 21... Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rd4 23. Qa6 Be5 $1 {The cherry on the cake:
Black is now targetting the h2-pawn with ...Rh4.} 24. g3 Qh5 $1 25. Rg2 Rd1 26.
Qc4 $2 (26. g4 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Qg5 $19) 26... Qf3 $1 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Be3 O-O
15. Rfd1 a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. Rac1 a5 19. b3 Ra8 20. h3 Rfc8 21.
Rc2 a4 22. Nxa4 Nxa4 23. bxa4 Rxa4 24. Rdc1 Ba3 25. Rc4 Bxc1 26. Rxa4 Bxe3 27.
Qxe3 h6 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. axb3 Kf8 30. Kf1 Rb8 31. Ra6 Rxb3 32. Rxc6 Rb4 33.
Rc8+ Ke7 34. Rc7+ Ke8 35. g3 Rxd4 36. h4 Rd7 37. Rc5 Ke7 38. Kg2 Rd5 39. Rc7+
Kf6 40. Ra7 Rb5 41. Rc7 Rb3 42. Ra7 Rc3 43. Rb7 Rd3 44. Ra7 Rb3 45. Rc7 Ra3 46.
Rb7 Kg6 47. Re7 Ra6 48. Rb7 Kf6 49. Rc7 g5 50. hxg5+ hxg5 51. g4 Ra4 52. f3
Ra2+ 53. Kg3 Rd2 54. Ra7 Kg6 55. Ra8 Kg7 56. Ra7 Kf8 57. Rb7 Ke8 58. Ra7 Rd7
59. Ra5 Rd5 60. Ra7 Kf8 61. Kf2 Kg7 62. Ra8 Rd4 63. Ra5 Kg6 64. Ra8 Rd2+ 65.
Kg3 Kf6 66. Ra7 Re2 67. Rb7 Kg6 68. Rb8 Kg7 69. Rb5 f6 70. Rb7+ Kg6 71. Re7 e5
72. Kh3 Ra2 73. Kg3 Ra8 74. Rb7 Rf8 75. Kf2 Rf7 76. Rb6 Rd7 77. Ke3 Kf7 78. Ra6
Ke7 79. Rb6 Rd6 80. Rb5 Ke6 81. Ra5 Rb6 82. Kf2 Kd6 83. Ke3 Rc6 84. Kf2 Kc7 85.
Ke3 Kd6 86. Kf2 Rb6 87. Ke3 Kc6 88. Kf2 Rb2+ 89. Ke3 Rb3+ 90. Kf2 Rb5 91. Ra6+
Rb6 92. Ra5 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nbd2 Bc6
15. Qc3 a5 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Nc4 Bd5 18. Nxa5 c5 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21.
Qxc5 Qxc5 22. dxc5 Bxb2 23. Rab1 Bc3 24. Nd2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rxa4 26. Nf3 Rc4 27.
Rb5 Rc8 28. Rxb7 R4xc5 29. Rdd7 Rf8 30. g4 Rcc8 31. h4 Rcd8 32. g5 Rxd7 33.
Rxd7 hxg5 34. hxg5 g6 35. Rc7 Bg7 36. Nd2 Rd8 37. Ne4 Kf8 38. e3 Be5 39. Ra7
Bg7 40. Kf3 Be5 41. Kg4 Bg7 42. Ra6 Ke7 43. Ra7+ Rd7 44. Ra8 Rd8 45. Ra7+ Rd7
46. Ra8 Rd8 47. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. O-O e6 8. Nc3
exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Na6 12. Rd1 Re8 13. Nc4 Ne4 14. Nxe4
Rxe4 15. a4 Nc7 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Qd3 f5 18. Bc3 Rd8 19. f3 Ree8 20. Be1 Qe7 21.
Bg3 Bf6 22. Rac1 b6 23. Be1 Bg5 24. Bd2 Bf6 25. b4 Qd7 26. b5 Qf7 27. Be1 Qe7
28. Rb1 f4 29. e4 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Rb8 31. Bc3 Bxc3 32. Qxc3 Qf8 33. a5 bxa5 34.
Qxa5 Rb7 35. e5 dxe5 36. d6 Na8 37. Nxe5 Nb6 38. d7 Rd8 39. Rd2 Qf5 40. Re1 Kg7
41. Qc3 Qxd7 42. Nxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Ne5 Ncd7 12. Be2 Bb4 13. Bf3 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Nd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Be6 18. Rfd1 Qc8 19. e4 Qc4 20. Qd4
Rac8 21. Rd3 f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Be5 Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Re8 25. Re3 Bd7 26. Rxe8+
Bxe8 27. Re1 Bc6 28. f3 Kf7 29. Be5 Kg8 30. Kf2 Rf7 31. Bd4 Rf5 32. Re7 Rf7 33.
Re5 Rf8 34. Rg5 g6 35. Kg3 Rf5 36. Rxf5 gxf5 37. Kf4 Bd7 38. Kg5 Kf7 39. c4 Be6
40. a4 Bd7 41. a5 Bc8 42. c5 Bd7 43. Bc3 Bc8 44. Bb2 Bd7 45. h3 Bb5 46. Kxf5
Bf1 47. g4 Bxh3 48. Kg5 Bf1 49. f4 Be2 50. f5 Bd1 51. Bd4 Be2 52. Kf4 Bd1 53.
Be5 Be2 54. Bc7 Bd1 55. Bd8 Be2 56. g5 Bd3 57. Ke5 Bc2 58. Bc7 Bd3 59. Kf4 Bc2
60. Be5 Bd3 61. Bd4 Bc2 62. Bf2 Bd3 63. Bh4 Bc2 64. Ke5 Bb1 65. Bf2 Bc2 66. Be3
Bb1 67. f6 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rac1 h6 14. h3 b5
15. Qb1 Nc4 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17. Be5 Be7 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nf4 Rfc8
21. Nd3 b4 22. Ne2 Rxc1 23. Nexc1 Ba4 24. Nb3 Bxb3 25. axb3 Qb5 26. Rd2 Rc6 27.
Qd1 Be7 28. Rc2 Bd6 29. Qc1 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 g6 31. g4 Kg7 32. Kg2 Qb7 33. f4 a5
34. h4 Qc7 35. Qf2 f5 36. g5 h5 37. Qe2 Kf7 38. Qd2 Ke7 39. Ne1 Qc6 40. Qd1 Kd7
41. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. h3 Be6 13. Ba4 c6 14. d4 Bb6 15. Bc2
Bc7 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. a4 Rad8 18. Bd3 Qf8 19. Qc2 Nf4 20. Bf1 Ng6 21. c4 c5 22.
d5 Bd7 23. Qc1 Kh8 24. Ra3 Ra8 25. Bd3 Bd8 26. Bc2 Nh7 27. Nf5 Ra6 28. g3 Ne7
29. g4 Ng6 30. Kh2 Bf6 31. Rg1 Nf4 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Qxf4 Ng5 34. Ra2 g6 35.
Ng3 Qe7 36. b3 Kg7 37. Kg2 h5 38. Rh1 Nxf3 39. Qxf3 hxg4 40. hxg4 Qe5 41. Bd1
Raa8 42. Re2 Rh8 43. Ree1 Qg5 44. Be2 Be5 45. Reg1 Rae8 46. Rxh8 Rxh8 47. Rh1
Rxh1 48. Nxh1 f5 49. exf5 gxf5 50. Ng3 fxg4 51. Qe4 Qg6 52. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bb5 Rc8 13. Qd2 e6 14. Rfd1 cxd4
15. cxd4 Qd6 16. h4 Qb4 17. Qd3 Rfd8 18. a3 Qe7 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Qe3 h6 21. Bxh6
Nxd4 22. Rxc8 Nxe2+ 23. Bxe2 Bxc8 24. h5 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Qd8 26. Bc2 Qc7 27. Bd1
Qd8 28. Bc2 Qc7 29. Bd1 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Qc2 Ndb4 8.
Qa4 Bd7 9. Qd1 Nd4 10. O-O Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. d3 O-O 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Bxb7
Rb8 15. Bg2 Rxb2 16. Rb1 Qb8 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nd5 Bg4 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nc6 Qb6
21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Bf3 Bh3 23. Rxb2 Qxb2 24. Qc1 Rb8 25. Qxc7 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 f6
27. Qxa7 Qb6 28. Qf7 Qc5 29. Kg2 Rf8 30. Qd7 Qa3 31. Qe6 f5 32. h4 h6 33. Qc4
Kh7 34. h5 Rf6 35. Bd5 Qc3 36. Qb5 Qc8 37. Bf3 Qa6 38. Qb3 Qa5 39. a4 Ra6 40.
Qf7 Rd6 41. Qe7 Rd8 42. Bc6 Kh8 43. Kh2 Rc8 44. Qe6 Qa6 45. Bd7 Qxe6 46. Bxe6
Re8 47. Bxf5 Rxe2 48. Kg2 Ra2 49. Bd7 g6 50. hxg6 Kg7 51. Be8 Ra3 52. Bb5 Kxg6
53. f4 Ra1 54. Kf3 Kf6 55. g4 Ke6 56. Ke4 Rg1 57. Ba6 Ra1 58. Bc4+ Kf6 59. Bb5
Rg1 60. a5 Rxg4 61. a6 Rg7 62. Bc6 Ra7 63. Bb7 h5 64. Kxd4 h4 65. Kc5 h3 66.
Kb6 Rxb7+ 67. axb7 h2 68. b8=Q h1=Q 69. Qe5+ Kf7 70. Qe4 Qh6+ 71. Kc7 Qg7 72.
Qe5 Qg3 73. d4 Qb3 74. f5 Qc4+ 75. Qc5 Qa4 76. Qd5+ Kf6 77. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bb5 Rc8 13. Qd2 e6 14. Rfd1 cxd4
15. cxd4 Na5 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Bg5 a6 18. Bd3 Qd7 19. Bh6 Rc8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
h4 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. h5 f6 24. Qe3 Qa4 25. Rb1 Qc2 26. Rxb6 Qxe4 27. h6+
Kf7 28. Nf4 e5 29. dxe5 fxe5 30. Qxe4 Bxe4 31. Nh3 Bd5 32. Ng5+ Ke7 33. Nxh7
Rg4 34. g3 Rc4 35. Rb1 Rc8 36. Re1 Rh8 37. Rxe5+ Kd6 38. Rg5 Rxh7 39. Rxg6+ Ke5
40. Rxa6 Bf3 41. Kh2 Kf5 42. a4 Kg5 43. Rb6 Ra7 44. Rb3 Bc6 45. Rc3 Bxa4 46.
Ra3 Kxh6 47. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Nf6
8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rad1 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Bg7 14. Qe3
Bc6 15. exd6 exd6 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qd3 Qa5 19. Qxd6 Bxc3 20. bxc3
Qxa2 21. Qxc6 Rac8 22. Ra1 Qxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Rxc6 24. Rfa2 Ree6 25. Ra4 h5 26. c5
Kf8 27. Rc4 Ke7 28. Rb1 Rc7 29. Rb8 Rec6 30. Ra8 Rxc5 31. Re4+ Kf6 32. Rxa6+
Kg7 33. Re3 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. h4 Rc4 36. g3 Rc2 37. Rb6 Kf8 38. Ra6 Ke7
39. Rb6 Rd2 40. Ra6 f6 41. Rb6 Rd6 42. Rb5 Ke6 43. Kf2 Rd5 44. Rb4 Kf5 45. Rf4+
Ke5 46. Ra4 Rb5 47. Rc4 g5 48. hxg5 fxg5 49. Ra4 Rd5 50. Rb4 g4 51. Rb2 Ke4 52.
Re2+ Kd3 53. Re8 Rf5+ 54. Kg2 Rc5 55. Rd8+ Ke4 56. Re8+ Re5 57. Ra8 Rc5 58.
Re8+ Kf5 59. Rf8+ Kg6 60. Rg8+ Kf7 61. Ra8 Rc2+ 62. Kg1 Re2 63. Ra5 Kg6 64. Rb5
Re6 65. Kg2 Rf6 66. Rb8 Re6 67. Rb5 Rd6 68. Ra5 Rf6 69. Ra8 Kg5 70. Rg8+ Rg6
71. Ra8 Re6 72. Ra5+ Kg6 73. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Nce2 Be5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxe5
Rxe5 15. Bd3 c5 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Nf4 a4 20. Rc3 axb3 21.
axb3 Rce8 22. h3 d4 23. exd4 cxd4 24. Rc4 Qxb3 25. Rxd4 Qxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Re1+ 27.
Qxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Kh2 Re7 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 g6 31. Rd4 Be6 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33.
Rxc4 Kg7 34. g3 h5 35. Kg2 Re6 36. h4 Re7 37. Rc3 Re6 38. Rc4 Re7 39. Rc3 Re6
40. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bb5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Qd2 e6
15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Qc5 20. Qd3 Qd6 21.
Bf4 Be5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. d6 Rd8 24. d7 Nc6 25. Nc3 a6 26. Bxa6 Bxa6 27. Qxa6
Qxc3 28. Qc8 Qc2 29. Re1 Qd2 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. h3 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qd6+ 33. g3 Rxd7
0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,100,29,32,30,-9,43,43,37,9,4,-12,11,-1,1,23,76,1,15,20,26,-2,39,22,45,
43,51,51,54,71,79,61,83,83,33,51,38,18,-13,12,-2,-24,-8,-16,3,20,0,0,23,-24,
-18,-39,-11,-100,-87,-114,-130,-151,-147,-154,-136,-161,-154,-211,-216,-216,
-165,-160,-180,-265,-285,-291,-265,-308,-317,-317,-304,-311,-274,-332,-361,
-425,-319,-511,-443,-454,-594,-558,-324,-329,-314,-322,-320,-296,-280,-296,
-300,-300,-304,-306,-306,-314,-316]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5.
Be2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nd2 {Clever move, as Hikaru received 9...Bg4 from
me, when going 8.0-0 exd5 9.cxd5.} Na6 9. O-O Re8 10. e4 b6 $5 {I must be
honest, after losing in a rather pathetic manner in game 2 of this match I
felt still somewhat on edge at the start of this game, which maybe helped me
to get a fighting position, however dubious it was.} (10... Nc7 {is met with}
11. a4 {and the move in the game keeps some flexibility.}) 11. dxe6 {
Principled.} Bxe6 (11... Rxe6 $5 {feels more harmonious, but these positions
are too strategically complex and while if you look purely at the pawn
structure it looks quite dubious for Black with the hole on d5 and weak d6
pawn, he often gets counterplay in some odd manner when you no longer expect
it.}) 12. Nb3 Qe7 (12... Nb4 {was interesting and feels healthier, though
Black has to deliver after} 13. Bg5 {and come up with some good idea.}) 13. Bf4
Rad8 14. Qd2 Nb4 15. Rad1 {I was very happy to see this move, as now after
Qb7-a6, which White clearly missed, he has some questions to answer.} (15. Bg5
$5 {would keep Black tied up for now.}) 15... Qb7 $5 16. f3 Qa6 $5 17. a3 (17.
Nb5 $1 {is stronger, when a possible variation is} Nh5 (17... Qxa2 18. N3d4 $1
{is unpleasant for Black.}) 18. Bg5 Qxa2 19. N3d4 Bxc4 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Ra1
Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Bxb2 24. Rxa7 Nc6 {And at the end of this
semi-forced variation Black has quite some compensation for the exchange but
White should not be the one complaining here either.}) 17... Nc6 18. Nb5 {
This is not good, the endgame that we get by force is just good for Black.} (
18. Nd5 Qa4 $1 {is also not easy to meet. After Bxd5 next, Black gets a fine
Benoni.}) 18... Qa4 19. Qc2 Na5 20. N3d4 Qxc2 21. Nxc2 Bxc4 $2 {Too
superficial, I was quite happy to see that at the end of this tactical
skirmish I am doing very fine, but I didn't even realise that at this point
there was much more in it.} (21... Nxc4 $1 22. Nc7 Nxb2 23. Rb1 Na4 {and with
Nc3 incoming, this exhange sac is huge for Black.}) 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. b3 a6 $5
{I liked the fact that the complications continue, but I can't say I saw
everything to the end.} 24. bxc4 $2 {Ding falls for it. This is natural, but
there is a trick in the end.} (24. Nc7 $1 Re7 25. Nxa6 {was the way to keep
equality. For example} Ne5 26. Nc7 $1 {and Rxc7 is met with Bxe5 when the
d6-pawn is pinned.}) 24... axb5 25. cxb5 d5 $1 {Probably it was only here that
Ding realised that Bc7 doesn't work.} 26. Ne3 {This is quite desperate, though
I wasn't sure it's trivial, with the b5-pawn potentially being quite strong.} (
26. Bc7 Rd7 27. Bxb6 Rb7 $1 28. Bxc5 {and here very important} Rc8 $1 {winning
a piece and most likely the game too.}) 26... dxe4 27. Bc7 Rd3 $1 {Here I was
a little low on time, but this likely being my first win I was focussed to an
unprecedented extent.} 28. Rfe1 Rxa3 {Every little soldier matters.} 29. Nc4
Rb3 30. Nd6 {It feels as though it is slipping away somewhat, but it is
important that I can now activate my passive e8 rook via the a-file.} Ra8 $1
31. Bxb6 Nd7 $1 32. Bc7 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 e3 $1 {Good to keep the e-pawn alive. Now
it's clear that Black is winning. The e3-pawn is there to stay while the
b5-pawn is not going anywhere.} 34. Nc4 Ra4 35. Nd6 Ra2 36. Nc4 Rc2 {White can
only go back and forth with his knight, meanwhile my rook activates itself for
free.} 37. Rc1 Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Rxb5 {and the rest is easy, with two healthy
pawns and the e3-pawn nearing promotion.} 39. Bf4 e2 40. g4 Nb6 41. Nd2 Rb2 42.
Re1 Nd5 43. Bh6 Nc3 44. Kg2 f5 45. Nc4 Rb4 46. Nd6 fxg4 47. fxg4 Be5 48. Bd2
Bxd6 49. Bxc3 Rxg4+ 50. Kf3 Rh4 {Too many pawns. It took a while, but I was
happy to register the first win in the event with this game.} 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. d5 Nc5 14. Rfe1
Bb7 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. h4 Qf6 17. Qe3 exd5 18. exd5 a6 19. h5 b5 20. Bf1 h6 21.
Rd4 Rfd8 22. Qd2 Rd6 23. Rc1 Qd8 24. Qb4 Na4 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Ne5 Bb7 27. Bc4
Qe7 28. Bb3 Qxe5 29. Re4 a5 30. Qe1 Qxh5 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Bc2+ f5 33. Qe5 Rxd5
34. Qe6 Nc5 35. Qg8+ Kg6 36. Re3 Rd1+ 37. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 38. Kh2 f4 39. Re7 Qh5+
40. Kg1 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qh5+ 42. Kg1 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.25"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ncxe5 Qd6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. g3 Nxf4 12. gxf4 f6 13. d4 Bxd4 14. Nd3 Bf5
15. e5 fxe5 16. fxe5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxe5 18. O-O-O Bf4+ 19. Kb1 Qxd3 20. Rxd3
Rad8 21. Rc3 Rd6 22. a3 Re2 23. Rf1 g5 24. h3 Kf7 25. Rc5 Kf6 26. Rg1 h6 27. h4
Rxf2 28. hxg5+ hxg5 29. Nxg5 Bxg5 30. Rcxg5 Ke6 31. Rg7 Rf7 32. Re1+ Kf6 33.
Rg8 Re6 34. Rd1 Rd6 35. Rh1 a5 36. a4 bxa4 37. Rh4 Ke7 38. Rxa4 Rd5 39. Re4+
Kd7 40. Ree8 Rf1+ 41. Ka2 Rf2 42. Rd8+ Ke7 43. Rge8+ Kf7 44. Rf8+ Ke7 45. Rfe8+
Kf7 46. Rf8+ Ke7 47. Rxd5 Rxf8 48. Rxa5 Kd6 49. Rh5 Rf3 50. c3 c5 51. Kb3 Rf4
52. Rh6+ Kd7 53. Rh7+ Kc6 54. Rh8 Kb6 55. Rb8+ Kc6 56. Ra8 Kb6 57. Ra1 Kc6 58.
Re1 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rfe1 Bd5
15. Qd3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Red1 Rfd8 19. Rac1 g6 20. e3 Kg7 21.
Kg2 h5 22. h4 Rac8 23. Qa4 Bc7 24. Qb3 Rb8 25. Rc2 e5 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Rcd2
Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Qc7 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 Re8 31. Bf3 Re7 32. a4 Rd7 33. Rxd7
Qxd7 34. Qc2 Qe7 35. b3 Qb4 36. Qd3 Qd6 37. Qxd6 Bxd6 38. Be2 f5 39. Bc4 Kf6
40. Kf3 Bb4 41. Ke2 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,66,30,29,20,-4,-11,6,6,6,33,7,6,-35,-21,-68,-14,-86,-14,-29,-25,-3,21,
14,23,37,17,-19,57,0,10,-6,10,28,-4,-13,42,23,74,85,72,57,50,44,47,64,65,38,44,
18,14,-418,-421,-458,-467,-459,-454,-541,-568,-578,-621,-502,-359,-464,-482,
-561,-580,-726,-809]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6.
Bf4 Ne4 7. Rc1 Nc6 8. Nd2 g5 9. Be3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Ba3 11. Rb1 f5 12. g3 {
The position might seem the most random and obscure to an average atheoretical
observer, but in fact it already featured in the same tournament. Here
Firouzja, playing Black, erred with 12...0-0?! allowing 13.f4! where Magnus
could have gotten a massive edge. He went 13.Qb3 first and later won anyway as
well. Die Stellung könnte einem durchschnittlichen atheoretischen Beobachter
höchst zufällig und undurchsichtig erscheinen, tatsächlich aber kam sie in
demselben Turnier schon vor. Dort spielte Firouzja, als Schwarzer, fehlerhaft
12...0-0?!, was 13.f4! erlaubte, womit Magnus ein massives Plus hätte
erhalten können. Er wählte erst 13.Db3 und gewann später auch so.} Bd6 {
An easy improvement, ready to meet f4 with capture and ...Qh4+!. It has
actually already been played before as well, in a game Gaehwiler-Georgiadis in
2019.  Eine einfache Verbesserung, bereit, f4 mit Schlagen und ...Dh4+! zu
begegnen. So wurde ebenfalls zuvor schon gespielt, in einer Partie
Gaehwiler-Georgiadis 2019.} 13. Rg1 $5 {A peculiar novelty and a rather deep
one too. Now obviously the critical response is f5-f4 winning a piece, but the
resulting position did not seem like the most practical choice. Being a rapid
game I didn't have much time to weigh all the options, but I did spend half of
my time here to make sure the game takes a reasonable course. Eine sonderbare
Neuerung, und eine ziemlich tiefsinnige dazu. Nun lautet die kritische
Erwiderung offensichlich f5-f4 mit Figurengewinn, aber die entstehende
Stellung schien nicht die praktischste Wahl zu sein. Da es eine Schnellpartie
war, hatte ich nicht viel Muße, alle Optionen abzuwägen, verbrauchte hier
aber doch die Hälfte meiner Zeit, um sicherzustellen, dass die Partie einen
vernünftigen Kurs nimmt.} (13. Nf3 f4 14. Bc1 Qf6 {is how the Georgiadis game
went. war der Verlauf der Georgiadis-Partie.} (14... O-O $1 {is not a
difficult improvement. ist keine schwierige Verbesserung.})) 13... O-O $5 {
After this extremely natural move Magnus sank into thought. It is an
unavoidable consequence of preparing with the computer that sometimes the most
natural moves, if not entering the engine tab, are dismissed. No matter how
much we (chess professionals) try to avoid that and analyse the human moves,
they still slip away. Noone is immune to that.  Nach diesem extrem
natürlichen Zug versank Magnus ins Nachdenken. Es ist eine zwangsläufige
Konsequenz des Vorbereitens mit dem Computer, dass manchmal die natürlichsten
Züge, wenn nicht mit dem Engine-Tab eingegeben, ausgeblendet werden. So sehr
wir (Schachprofis) auch versuchen, dies zu vermeiden und die menschlichen
Züge zu analysieren, gehen sie doch durch die Lappen. Niemand ist dagegen
immun.} (13... f4 14. gxf4 gxf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. e3 Qe7 $1 {Important move to
see, but here it continues - Diesen wichtigen Zug gilt es zu sehen, aber hier
geht die Sache noch weiter -} 17. Qh5+ Kd8 18. Qxd5+ Bd6 {when Black won a
piece for two pawns and has a reasonably stable position, but being unprepared,
I didn't fancy the difference in the king's safety. , wonach Schwarz eine
Figur für zwei Bauern gewonnen hat und eine halbwegs stabile Stellung besitzt,
aber, so unvorbereitet, missfiel mir die unterschiedliche Sicherheit der
Könige.}) (13... Qe7 {is met with wird beantwortet mit} 14. Nf3 {when the
queen is somewhat misplaced on e7 and would rather stand on f6. , wonach die
Dame auf e7 etwas deplaziert ist und lieber auf f6 stehen würde.}) (13... Qf6
14. f4 $1 gxf4 15. gxf4 Qh4+ {is a sound tempo for White, compared to 13.f4.
ist ein fettes Tempo für Weiß verglichen mit 13.f4.}) 14. h4 $1 {
Nevertheless, Magnus found the best reply. Frankly it didn't enter my radar
when I played ...0-0 and once I saw it I immediately realised that of course
it was the one. Trotzdem fand Magnus die beste Erwiderung. Offen gestanden war
der Zug nicht auf meinem Radar, als ich ...0-0 spielte, und sobald ich ihn sah,
begriff ich sofort, dass es der richtige war.} (14. Nf3 {can be met with ...g4,
or ...h6 first, which was what I had intended. kann mit ...g4 beantwortet
werden oder zuerst ...h6, was ich beabsichtigt hatte.}) (14. Qb3 $2 {was
tempting but here I had a strong reply ready - war verlockend, aber hier hatte
ich eine starke Antwort parat -} Kh8 $1) (14. f4 {was the most obvious move,
but here I have war der offensichtlichste Zug, aber hier habe ich} Qe7 $1 15.
Bf2 Na5 $5 16. e3 {with a very unclear position. Black doesn't have to fear
Nf3-Ne5 that much, because of play on the light squares with ...Nc4 and so on.
Very messy. mit einer sehr unklaren Stellung. Sf3-Se5 braucht Schwarz nicht
sonderlich zu fürchten wegen Spiel auf den hellen Feldern mit ...Sc4 und so
weiter. Ziemlich chaotisch.}) 14... f4 $1 {A choice between 14...f4 and 14...
g4 is a good test. I am glad I passed. Eine Wahl zwischen 14...f4 und 14...g4
ist ein guter Test. Ich bin froh, dass ich bestanden habe.} (14... g4 15. Bg5 {
White's kingside structure is a rock and he will sooner rather than later
break Black's centre with c4, so unless a miracle happens here, Black is
doomed. Die Königsflügelstruktur von Weiß ist ein Fels, und er wird eher
früher als später mit c4 das schwarze Zentrum aufhebeln, also falls hier
kein Wunder geschieht, ist Schwarz verloren.}) 15. gxf4 g4 {With the king
still on g8 it felt at the very least as dubious as it felt cool. In fact,
while White has many interesting options, the position remains balanced, so
surprisingly my reaction to the novelty seems to have been very fine, also
from an objective point of view.  Mit dem König noch auf g8 fühlte sich dies
mindestens ebenso zweifelhaft an wie cool. Tatsächlich hat Weiß zwar viele
interessante Optionen, doch bleibt die Stellung im Gleichgewicht, also scheint
überraschenderweise meine Reaktion auf die Neuerung absolut in Ordnung
gewesen zu sein, auch objektiv gesehen.} 16. Rb5 $2 {Doesn't feel like the
best practical decision. In some sense logical though. White wants to meet ...
Bxf4 with takes and e3/c4, while intending to meet ...Ne7 with a flashy f5!?.
Fühlt sich nicht wie die beste praktische Entscheidung an. In gewisser
Hinsicht aber logisch. Weiß will ..Lxf4 mit Schlagen und e3/ c4 begegnen,
während er besichtigt, ...Se7 mit spektakulärem f5!? zu beantworten.} (16. c4
{felt very right. Here I saw the right idea, but it is the engine that sees
the right excecution. fühlte sich sehr richtig an. Hier sah ich zwar die
richtige Idee, die richtige Ausführung aber sieht die Engine.} Kh8 $1 {
Keeping all options open - ...Bxf4 as well as ...Nb4 and ...Ne7. Hält alle
Optionen offen - ...Lxf4 wie auch ...Sb4 und ...Se7.} (16... Bf5 {followed by .
..Nb4 looks tempting, but the computer points out the flaw here - nebst ...Sb4
wirkt verlockend, aber der Computer zeigt hier die Schwachstelle auf -} 17. Bg2
$1 {Taking the exchange is sinful with all the light squares gaping, and then
it's not clear what ...Bf5 was for. Das Schlagen der Qualität ist frevelhaft
angesichts all der klaffenden weißen Felder, und dann ist nicht klar, was ...
Lf5 eigentlich sollte.}) 17. cxd5 (17. Bg2 $5 Bxf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. e3 Rf8 20.
cxd5 Ne7 {Here Black eventually holds, but this would be possibly the most
testing. Hier hält sich Schwarz eventuell, aber dies wäre wohl am
kritischsten.}) 17... Nb4 $5 {Probably ...Ne7 also has some merits, but this
gives fine counterchances. The position is insane, but more or less balanced.
Vermutlich hat auch ...Se7 ein paar Vorzüge, aber dies gibt schöne
Gegenchancen. Die Stellung ist verrückt, aber mehr oder weniger ausgewogen.})
(16. Bg2 {is nicely met with wird fein beantwortet mit} Ne7 $1 {which is even
stronger than capturing on f4 immediately. , was sogar noch stärker ist als
das sofortige Schlagen auf f4.}) (16. Nf3 {Also very testing, when after
Ebenfalls sehr kritisch, worauf nach} Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. e3 Rf7 19. c4 Rg7
20. cxd5 Qxd5 21. Nd2 Kh8 {Black's position looks strategically suspect,
having lost the fight for the pawn centre but White's potentially weak king
ensures that Black has adequate counterplay. die Stellung von Schwarz zwar
strategisch suspekt wirkt, da er den Kampf um das Bauernzentrum verloren hat,
aber der potentiell schwache weiße König dafür sorgt, dass Schwarz
ausreichendes Gegenspiel hat.}) 16... Ne7 {Again, my choice wasn't too hard.
One doesn't want White to rid himself of the ugly e3 bishop and give him easy
play, so ...Bxf4 wasn't an attractive alternative.  Wieder war meine Wahl
nicht allzu schwer. Man will ja nicht, dass Weiß den hässlichen Läufer e3
loswird und leichtes Spiel bekommt, daher war ...Lxf4 keine attraktive
Alternative.} 17. f5 $5 {Spectacular and clever. Here I started feeling the
time pressure a little, because of an abundance of options and all of them
being highly vague. Spektakulär und clever. Hier begann ich, den Zeitdruck
ein wenig zu spüren, wegen der Fülle an Möglichkeiten, die obendrein alle
höchst vage waren.} h5 $5 (17... Nxf5 {Simplest and pretty strong, but I
wanted to have none of the Rxd5-Rxd6 sacrifices. Am einfachsten und ziemlich
stark, aber ich wollte keines von den Txd5-Txd6-Opfern.} 18. Rxg4+ (18. Bg5 $5
{bothered me, but after beunruhigte mich, aber nach} Qe8 19. Rxd5 Qf7 {the
exchange sac is a fine version for Black, because he kept the g4 pawn and gets
a tempo as f2 is hanging. Still, very double edged of course. ist das
Qualitätsopfer eine feine Version für Schwarz, weil er den g4-Bauern
behalten hat ein Tempo gewinnt, da f2 hängt. Trotzdem, natürlich sehr
zweischneidig.}) 18... Kh8 19. Bg5 Ne3 $3 {Of course I didn't see this trick.
Diesen Trick sah ich natürlich nicht.} (19... Qe8 20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Rxd6 {
seemed like something I should really be trying to avoid. schien etwas zu sein,
was ich wirklich tunlichst vermeiden sollte.}) 20. Qb1 $3 {Stockfish says -0.
20. I'm outta here. Stockfish sagt -0.20. Ich bin dann mal weg.}) (17... g3 {
is a flashy move, which combined with the fact that it was the first line of a
weak engine on the website prompted some to ask me why I didn't play it. Many
reasons, starting with that I didn't see it was possible. And frankly many
more. ist ein spektakulärer Zug, welcher, kombiniert mit der Tatsache, dass
die erste Variante einer schwachen Engine auf der Webseite war, manche dazu
brachte, mich zu fragen, warum ich ihn nicht spielte. Viele Gründe, beginnend
damit, dass ich nicht sah, dass er möglich war. Und offen gestanden, noch
viele weitere.} 18. Bh6 Nxf5 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Nf3 gxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Bf4 22. Bh3 {
with a mess, which is objectively balanced. mit einem Chaos, welches objektiv
ausgeglichen ist.}) (17... Kh8 $5 {I also considered very seriously, I don't
even remember with what point, but at some point I realised I should stop with
all the creative nonsense and just make a move. erwog ich ebenfalls sehr
ernsthaft, ich weiß nicht mal mehr genau, mit welcher Pointe, aber an
irgendeiner Stelle begriff ich, dass ich mit all dem kreativen Unsinn
aufhören und einfach einen Zug machen sollte.}) 18. Bg5 (18. f6 $5 {could
transpose to the game, but could also not do so. könnte zur Partie
überleiten, aber auch nicht.} Rxf6 19. Bg5 Rf5 (19... Qf8 $5 {is a cool way
to sac the exchange as well. ist ebenfalls ein cooler Weg, die Qualität zu
opfern.}) 20. e4 Rxg5 21. hxg5 c6 22. Rb2 {and we'd transpose to the game. und
wir würden in der Partie landen.}) 18... c6 {Again, the time factor made me
pick this one. I was very much into ...Qe8 at this point, but this seemed more
direct and spirited. Auch für diese Entscheidung war wieder der Zeitfaktor
ausschlaggebend. An dieser Stelle liebäugelte ich sehr mit ...De8, aber dies
schien direkter und schwungvoller.} (18... Qe8 $5 19. e4 {is a total chaos.
ist ein totales Chaos.} (19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rxd5 Bxf5) 19... c6 20. Rb2 Nxf5 21.
Qe2 {Black is doing quite well, he can for example sac a piece with Schwarz
steht ganz gut, er kann zum Beispiel eine Figur opfern mit} Qg6 $5 {but after
the obvious , aber nach dem offensichtlichen} 22. Kd1 {the fight continues.
geht der Kampf weiter.}) 19. Rb2 Rxf5 {Intending the exchange sac.
Beabsichtigt das Qualitätsopfer.} (19... Bxf5 $5 {is strong apparently. ist
scheinbar stark.} 20. e4 $1 (20. Rxb7 Bc8 21. Rb2 Qc7 {is suddenly very good
for Black. Indeed the knight will go to g6, bishop to f5, Black can take the
b-file or break the g5 bishop by offering a trade. White's queenside is yet to
be developed and his rook on g1 has no future, because trying to open the
g-file with f3 will only backfire on his own king. ist plötzlich sehr gut
für Schwarz. Der Springer wird nach g6 gehen, Läufer nach f5, Schwarz kann
die b-Linie besetzen oder durch Tauschangebot den g5-Läufer beseitigen. Der
Damenflügel von Weiß harrt noch der Entwicklung, und sein Turm auf g1 hat
keine Zukunft, da der Versuch, mit f3 die g-Linie zu öffnen, nur auf seinen
eigenen König zurückfallen wird.}) 20... dxe4 21. Rxb7 Rb8 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23.
Rxa7 Qe8 24. Bh6 {and Black can choose to repeat with ...Rf6 or sac the
exchange with, for example ...Bg6!? und Schwarz kann entweder mit ...Tf6 die
Züge wiederholen oder die Qualität opfern mit, zum Beispiel, ...Lg6!?}) 20.
e4 Rxg5 $1 {The point, otherwise the last 5 moves would have made no sense. 
Die Pointe, andernfalls hätten die letzten 5 Züge keinen Sinn ergeben.} 21.
hxg5 {Premoved. :) Premoved. :)} Ng6 {I honestly had no idea how to evaluate
this in the heat of the battle, but I thought for sure, practically speaking I
am very much in the game. Which might have been a modest assessment in
hindsight. White was of course not thrilled at having to be on the defensive
side after unleashing a strong opening novelty.  Im Eifer des Gefechts hatte
ich ehrlich keine Ahnung, wie dies einzuschätzen ist, aber ich war sicher,
dass ich praktisch gesehen voll in der Partie war. Was nachträglich
womöglich tiefgestapelt war. Weiß war natürlich nicht begeistert, nach
Bringen einer starken Eröffnungsneuerung in der Defensive zu sein.} 22. e5 Bf8
{I was well aware of the fact that it is possible to spend half an hour
thinking here choosing between ...Ba3, ...Bc7, ...Be7 and ...Bf8 (not sure ...
Bb8 has an merit, but time can be spent thinking about that philosophical
question too). Enough is enough, however and with the clock ticking I played
this move instantly.  Ich war mir durchaus der Tatsache bewusst, dass man hier
bei der Wahl zwischen ...La3, ...Lc7, ...Le7 und ...Lf8 (nicht sicher, ob ...
Lb8 irgendwas für sich hat, aber auch beim Nachdenken über diese
philosophische Frage kann man Zeit verbringen) eine halbe Stunde verbrauchen
kann. Aber genug ist genug, und bei tickender Uhr spielte ich diesen Zug
sofort.} 23. Bd3 $6 {This actually felt wrong, inviting ...Nf4, but I suspect
already at this point Magnus had the Nf1 f3 idea in mind, which while
positionally sound has a minor tactical flaw. Dies fühlte sich wirklich
falsch an, da es zu ...Sf4 einlädt, aber ich vermute, dass Magnus bereits an
dieser Stelle die Idee Sf1/f3 im Sinn hatte, die zwar positionell gesund ist,
aber einen kleinen taktischen Schwachpunkt hat.} (23. c4 Qxg5 24. Qb3 {is
natural, trying to get to the d5 pawn, though it is a little loose. Black has
many intesting options, for example ist natürlich, im Versuch, den Bauer d5
anzugehen, obwohl es ein wenig lockert. Schwarz hat viele interessante
Optionen, etwa} Kh8 $5 {when White is better off trying to trade queens than
actually grabbing that central pawn. wonach Weiß gut beraten ist, den
Damentausch anzustreben, statt sich diesen Zentralbauern wirklich zu schnappen.
.} 25. Qe3 (25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Qxd5 Bf5 {and with a8 rook joining, Black will
develop a very dangerous initiative. und wenn der a8-Turm mitmacht, wird
Schwarz eine brandgefährliche Initiative entwickeln})) ({My personal
favourite here is Mein persönlicher Favorit hier ist} 23. Nf3 $1 {, an
absolutely sick move, offering the knight for just one pawn. Black in fact
should ignore it. , ein absolut kranker Zug, der den Springer für nur einen
Bauern anbietet. Tatsächlich sollte Schwarz ihn ignorieren.} b5 (23... gxf3
24. Qxf3 {is simply very dangerous. The Bg4 will be chopped off too and then
White will just enter on the weak light squares. ist einfach sehr gefährlich.
Lg4 wird auch rausgehackt, und dann wird Weiß einfach auf den schwachen
hellen Feldern eindringen.} Bg4 25. Rxg4 hxg4 26. Qf5 Qe8 27. Rxb7 {etc. etc.})
24. Bd3 Nf4 25. Qd2 $5 {White insists on the piece sac. Weiß beharrt auf dem
Figurenopfer.} Nxd3+ 26. Qxd3 gxf3 27. Qxf3 Bg4 28. Rxg4 hxg4 29. Qxg4 {
and here the computer maintains balance thanks to some ...b4!? counterplay,
but I would take White any day. und hier behauptet der Computer die Balance
dank irgendwelchem ...b4!?-Gegenspiel-, aber ich würde jederzeit Weiß nehmen.
} Qc8 30. e6 b4 31. cxb4 Rb8) 23... Nf4 $1 24. Nf1 Qxg5 25. f3 $4 {This
blunder is in a way a logical consequence of White's play, but on the other
hand it would all still make some sense if he first withdraws the d3 bishop to
b1. Dieser Bock ist in gewisser Weise eine logische Konsequenz des Spiels von
Weiß, aber andererseits würde alles noch einigen Sinn ergeben, wenn er erst
den d3-Läufer nach b1 zurückzieht.} (25. Ne3 b5 {is just good for Black, who
is now in time with ...a5, ...Ra7. ist einfach gut für Schwarz, der jetzt
rechtzeitig zu a5/Ta7 kommt.} (25... Ba3 $5 26. Rb3 Bc1 $1 {is another strong
resource. Also cool. ist eine weitere starke Ressource. Auch cool.})) (25. Bb1
$5 {This is best. Dies ist das Beste.} Nh3 {Just one of the moves.The engine
also suggests activating the bishop with ...Bh6 or ...Ba3. Nur einer der Züge.
Die Engine empfiehlt auch die Läuferaktivierung mit ...Lh6 oder ...La3.} (
25... b5 26. f3 a5 27. fxg4 Ra7 {is mayhem. If I would see this idea, I would
like be tempted to go for it. ist Chaos. Wenn ich diese Idee sehen würde,
wäre ich versucht.}) 26. Rh1 Bh6 27. Ne3 g3 28. Qf3 Nxf2 29. Rxf2 gxf2+ 30.
Kxf2 Bg4 31. Nxg4 hxg4 32. Qd3 Qd2+ 33. Qxd2 Bxd2 {is one of the random ways
how the computer makes sense of this position. Here White ends up a pawn down,
but should hold due to the rest of the position being good. ist einer der
Zufallswege, wie der Computer dieser Stellung Sinn einhaucht. Hier hat Weß am
Ende einen Bauern weniger, sollte sich aber halten, da der Rest der Stellung
gut ist.}) 25... Nxd3+ $1 26. Qxd3 Qc1+ 27. Kf2 Qxb2+ 28. Nd2 Bf5 {In the heat
of battle I didn't immediately realize how completely winning this is, but the
moment I saw that the incoming check on g6 is just a check it became clear. 
Im Eifer des Gefechts begriff ich nicht sofort, wie komplett gewonnen das ist,
aber in dem Moment, als ich sah, dass das etwaige Schach auf g6 nur ein Schach
ist, wurde es klar.} 29. Qxf5 Qxd2+ 30. Kg3 Qxc3 {It may seem like a perpetual
is on the cards, but White only has 2 checks, whether he starts from e6 or
from g6, and so he is just dead lost here.  Es könnte scheinen, als wäre ein
Dauerschach in der Trommel, aber Weiß hat nur zwei Schachs, ob er nun auf e6
oder g6 beginnt, und daher steht er hier einfach völlig platt.} 31. Kh4 Qxd4
32. Rg3 Bg7 33. f4 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,139,29,20,26,-11,35,37,64,52,64,59,59,59,45,45,51,52,36,52,46,29,63,
57,71,62,34,51,51,40,59,60,8,22,28,18,38,45,34,43,56,52,63,63,42,43,43,44,138,
-1,36,0,82,72,53,-13,1,0,0,0,0,7,0,3,1,-22,-22,-12,-12,-18,-19,-9,0,0,0,0,-9,0,
-9,-17,-16,-20,-16,-26,-34,-45,-51,-61,-62,-102,-26,-61,-70,-64,-64,-64,0,-64,
-65,-62,-55,-54,-56,-55,-55,-82,-70,-66,-39,-70,-71,-90,-87,-81,-83,-88,-91,
-92,-92,-87,-92,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ {In my previous blitz games I have
mostly gone for the exchange sac with Bd3, which I suspect is what Magnus may
have been aiming for. This is an even older system, heavily debated in the
ancient Karpov-Kasparov battles.} Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1 Qd6 15. e5 {
At some point I was aware of the chronological development of theory in this
line, but by this point I have already forgotten all that and only remember
what the engine says here.} Qd5 16. Ng1 $5 {Relatively rare apparently. I
guess it surprised my opponent. Back in the day they were going for Bf2 or g5.}
Nc4 17. Qe2 cxd4 {The way Black played in this game is very natural, but both
sides have options along the way really.} 18. cxd4 b5 19. Nf3 a5 20. Bg5 {
Often the bishop ends up on f2 in this system, but I kind of liked this active
move with idea of going h4-h5.} Rf8 $1 {Good response, threatening Qxd4.} 21.
Rd1 e6 $2 {A huge mistake suddenly- a critical loss of time. The pawn still
wasn't hanging apparently.} (21... h6 $1 22. Bxe7 (22. Bc1 Rc8 23. h4 b4 {
here Black gets real counterplay with a4-b3 incoming, but not less importantly
he slowed down white's play as h5 can be met with g5.}) 22... Rf4 $1 23. Kg1
Re4 $1 24. Qf2 Nxe5 $1 {with equality.}) 22. h4 a4 23. Kg1 $1 {Strong move,
getting out of the way in case of some h6 Be7 Rf4 scenarios.} b4 (23... h6 {
doesn't help, as} 24. Bc1 b4 25. Qd3 {is trouble. g6 is falling and Black is
not at all in time with any counterplay.}) 24. h5 b3 {24...h6 is met with Be7,
so Black tries this desperate attempt at counterplay, which really shouldn't
have helped.} 25. axb3 axb3 26. hxg6 $2 {This felt just winning by force, but
it really doesn't. Instead, I should have definitely gone for the position 26.
h6 with an absolutely winning position strategically. I suspected some
queenside counterplay with the far advanced b3 pawn supported by the c4 knight,
but White really has enough pieces to stop it.} (26. h6 $1 Bh8 {There are many
ways to win this position: White can either sent the bishop around to c5 via
e7, or just drop it back to c1 and if Black tries to get b2 in, just deliver
mate with a well timed Ng5 and a major piece.} 27. Be7 (27. Bc1 Ra8 (27... Rb8
28. Bb2 {Black is helpless, he is basically a piece down, as the h8 guy really
doesn't count.}) 28. Rf1 Ra2 29. Qe1 b2 30. Qb4 {is lights out.}) 27... Rb8 28.
Bc5 b2 29. Rb1 {is complete domination too. After my game was over, while on
my break I realised how incredibly lost this position was for Black. Pity!})
26... h6 $2 {Decent practical attempt, but the simple hxg6 actually was simply
fine.} (26... hxg6 $1 {Here 27.Qd3 clearly isn't mating, but I had my hopes
pinned on Nh4, where I missed a few important resources.} 27. Nh4 (27. Kh2 b2
28. Rb1 Rxf3 29. gxf3 Qxd4 {is clearly fine for Black.}) (27. Qd3 Nb2 28. Qxg6
Nxd1 29. Bh6 Rf7 {is only a draw for White, as Ng5 is not an option because of
Qxd4+.} 30. Bxg7 Rxg7 31. Qe8+) 27... b2 (27... Kh7 {There is even a second
defense!} 28. Qd3 Nxe5 $1 29. dxe5 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Rb8 {and white has to return
a piece.}) 28. Nxg6 (28. Qc2 {is better, but it's clearly slow and Black has a
few ways to equalise, for example} Rb8 29. Nxg6 b1=Q 30. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 31. Qxb1
Qxd4+) 28... Qxd4+ $1 {ouch.}) 27. Bf6 $2 {Not good, as it allows Black to
escape.} (27. Be7 $1 {actually just wins.} Ra8 {was the one that suddenly had
me confused and understandbly so, but here White has a very strong response-}
28. Kh2 $1 Ra2 (28... b2 29. Rb1) 29. Qd3 {when} Nb2 {Nb2 is met with} 30. Qc3
{[%cal Gc3c8]}) 27... Bxf6 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Qc5+ {
Everything worked out for Black and the rest of the game is drawn, with at
some point Black even being on the more comfortable side.} 31. Kh1 Rf8 32. Rf1
Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Qe7 34. Qb5 Kg7 35. Qxb3 Qh4+ 36. Kg1 Qxg4 37. Qd3 h5 38. Qd8
Qf5 39. Qd6 Kxg6 40. g3 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qc2+ 42. Kh3 Qc4 {Not a very pleasant
endgame as it is hard to force a draw and giving up a pawn for a perpetual
could also suddenly not be a perpetual. Yet, as long as nothing major is
blundered, such a position generally doesn't lose itself.} 43. Qd1 Qe4 44. Qa1
Kf5 45. Qd1 Kg6 46. g4 {Eliminating one more pawn, when the result really
shouldn't be in doubt.} Qe3+ 47. Kh4 Qf2+ 48. Kh3 Qe3+ 49. Kh4 Qg5+ 50. Kh3
Qxe5 51. Qd3+ Kh6 52. gxh5 Kxh5 53. Kg2 Kg4 54. Qf3+ Kg5 55. Qg3+ Kf5 56. Qf3+
Qf4 57. Qh5+ Ke4 58. Qe2+ Qe3 59. Qc4+ Kf5 60. Qb5+ Kf4 61. Qf1+ Kg5 62. Qc4 {
There is no direct perpetual yet, but as long as White doesn't blunder into a
lost pawn endgame, winning this position is not on the cards for Black. With
his next move he allows an immediate perpetual.} e5 63. Qg8+ Kf4 64. Qf7+ Ke4
65. Qb7+ Kd3 66. Qb3+ Ke2 67. Qb2+ Kd3 68. Qb3+ Ke4 69. Qb7+ Kd3 70. Qb3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,50,29,16,65,49,83,62,64,33,26,25,60,44,66,55,30,17,37,-2,3,-12,-15,-4,
-7,-14,-30,-9,26,-47,-10,-142,-110,-184,-181,-113,-114,-104,-95,-92,-86,-92,
-94,-130,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f3 {Magnus has played this twice against MVL. Honestly, it's a
fine system, but the last few games of Maxime after 6.f3 were with e6, so this
choice of line is really quite hilarious. It only makes sense against people
who play 6...e5 against the English Attack, as the bishop on g5 can always be
chased back to e3 with h6 if need be.} Be7 {There are countless ways of
playing against White's setup. I decided to first play 0-0 and then see.} 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O b5 {It's also possible to go for the Nc6 setups, like in the
Classical Sicilian, here or even after b5 Bb7, but I chose to go for the
standard Najdorf setup with Nbd7.} 10. a3 {I think Magnus mixed up the move
order in this game like three times, so let's not delve too much into it. :)}
Bb7 11. Kb1 Nbd7 12. Qe1 $2 {This move is part of the plan, but clearly not in
this order.} Rc8 $2 {Returning the favour. Rapid & blitz encourages such
mutual slips, as it teaches you not to think about finesses when natural moves
are available.} (12... Nxe4 $1 {would be strong here. Fortunately, I got this
chance later in the game too, where I grabbed it.} 13. Nxe4 Bxg5 14. Nxd6 Bd5 {
Black is just positionally winning, having an unopposed dark-squared bishop.})
13. h4 Qc7 {Amongst other ideas, controlling e5 square and hinting at d5 break.
} 14. Rh3 $2 {And another mixup. This move is great after 13...h5 (which is
the first line). There it would prepare g4, but here white could just go g4
immediately. It is good to see that despite the Carlsen-Nielsen PR machine
trying to convince us that the World Champion's preparation methods are any
different, it is clear that just like the rest of humans, they are clicking
moves looking at the engine screen and occasionally not getting the point of
some of them. It just can't be different in modern times.} (14. g4 {is
critical, when Black will prepare d5 and White is in time to get Bxf6 or Bc1
and g5, with a very unclear position.}) 14... Rfe8 {Very useful move,
introducing the idea of d5!. I would have gone for it after 14.g4 too, but
here it is even easier to make, when White is not even in time to go g5 after
d5.} 15. h5 $2 {This move is odd positionally too, but now the undefended g5
bishop is screaming for Nxe4 tactics.} (15. g4 d5 {is already not good for
White, but it would have still been better than the game.}) 15... Nxe4 $1 {
This time I saw it.} 16. Bxe7 ({White could have been pinning his hopes on
this counter-shot but there is an issue with it-} 16. Ncxb5 axb5 17. Bxe7 e5 $1
{and White loses material after all.}) (16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe7 Bxc2+ 18. Nxc2
Qxc2+ 19. Ka2 Rxe7 20. h6 {is quite hopeless for a must win too.}) 16... Nxc3+
17. bxc3 Rxe7 18. Nf5 {White wins an exchange, but for the doubled c-pawns and
e4 pawn too, Black is obviously giving this exchange any day.} exf5 {I was
tempted to go Nb6 instead and in fact the best move is even stronger- Kf8!!.
But with a draw clinching the match, it wasn't possible to resist exf5 with
all the perpetuals incoming.} 19. Qxe7 Qxc3 20. Bd3 Nc5 {The only intrigue
here left was that Black may blunder with b4 Qxd7 b3, as it allows Qa4!!.
Otherwise Nc5 or Nb6 just secure a perpetual.} 21. Bxf5 Nb3 {Na4 also leads to
a perpetual, albeit a little longer one.} 22. Ka2 Nc1+ {Frankly I noticed 22...
Bd5 here and wanted to be nasty and win this game by checkmate, but then I
realised there is 23.Qxd6 and I have to settle for a perpetual anyway. First
world problems.} 23. Kb1 Nb3 24. Ka2 Nc1+ 25. Kb1 Nb3 {A smooth way to seal
the match victory!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Nb5 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 c6 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Be2 Ba6 13. O-O Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Qd6
15. Qa4 a5 16. Rc3 Ra7 17. Rfc1 Rc7 18. Ng3 Rec8 19. Nf3 Nbd7 20. Ne1 g6 21.
Nd3 h5 22. f3 h4 23. Nf1 Kg7 24. a3 h3 25. g4 c5 26. Nf4 Rh8 27. Ng3 Nf8 28.
dxc5 bxc5 29. Qxa5 N8d7 30. g5 Nh7 31. Nxh3 Rb7 32. b4 cxb4 33. axb4 Rxb4 34.
f4 Nhf8 35. Nf2 Ne6 36. Rc6 Qe7 37. Qxd5 Nef8 38. Qd3 Rh4 39. Nfe4 Kh7 40. Rc7
Qe6 41. Nf2 Rb3 42. R7c3 Rb2 43. Nge4 Rb6 44. Kg2 Rh5 45. Kg3 Qf5 46. Ng4 Kg8
47. Nef6+ Nxf6 48. Qxf5 gxf5 49. Nxf6+ Rxf6 50. gxf6 Kh7 51. Rc8 Ne6 52. Rd1
Kg6 53. Rd5 Kxf6 54. e4 Ng7 55. e5+ Kg6 56. Rg8 Kh7 57. Rdd8 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,109,29,35,73,74,79,68,54,40,43,40,32,10,16,10,21,8,17,27,45,-10,32,
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0,29,61,65,89,54,54,43,54,54,4,21,107,115,97,92,130,129,104,109,275,223,235,
262,270,256,585,245,250,259,767,370,1041,1146,1166,1195,1490,1650,1874,2053,
2206,2216]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O
Nd7 8. Nbd2 a5 9. a4 {We ended up discussing this rather random Caro-Kann
position with Alireza twice. The next game he went for the more solid Bh7 and
after I played it too soft he managed to eventually equalise.} g5 {Always
funky!} 10. Ne1 {A standard idea in this structure. White prepares a potential
f4 and perhaps a bishop trade with Bd3 or a sneaky Bh5.} Qc7 (10... c5 $5 {
feels more to the point, when it's at least nice for me that we have included
a4-a5 and the b5-square is now weak.}) 11. Bh5 {The idea of stopping 0-0-0
which was played against me by Vishy in a very similar position is probably
quite dumb here, as 0-0-0 would anyway be met with some sort of a b4 break. I
didn't want to spend too much time dealing with opening intricacies here, but
maybe I should have.} (11. f4 $5 O-O-O 12. b4 {looks very promising for White.}
) 11... c5 12. f4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Ndf3 $6 {A cheap trap. I didn't think
this move was strong, but was hoping Black would fall for g4 Nh4 Nxd4 which
loses to Be3! and Black's position collapses.} (14. Nb3 $1 {is much more to
the point.}) 14... gxf4 (14... O-O-O $1 15. fxg5 Qb6 {would be strong.}) (14...
g4 15. Nh4 Nxd4 $2 16. Be3) 15. Bxf4 Be7 16. Kh1 $6 {I was very unhappy with
my play at this point.} O-O-O {Of course Black sacrifices his kingside pawns.
Qb6 first was also good.} 17. Bxf7 Rdf8 18. Bh5 Kb8 19. Rc1 $2 (19. Be3 {
was called for, intending} Qb6 20. Nd3) 19... Qb6 $1 20. Qd2 {It was really
awful how I placed my pieces. Soon the position just collapses.} Qb3 21. Bxh6 {
Very desperate, but now my bishops are totally stuck. I was hoping to get
either some g4 in or some Bf7, but it all just didn't work.} Rc8 22. Ng1 Bb4
23. Qf4 Qxb2 24. Nef3 Nb6 {Black collects my queenside, but more importantly
the bishops are completely stuck on h6 and h5 and there is no way I can unpin
this whole thing, as going g4 would be suicidal due to Be4 when I create one
more pin. Dead lost.} 25. h3 Nxa4 26. Bg4 Bxg4 27. hxg4 Rcf8 28. Qe3 Nxd4 $2 {
A huge blunder. Black is probably tactically winning, but even the simple
Nc3-Ne4 would ensure positional domination. I was quite happy to have traded
one bishop and be able to support the other with g5, but still my shaky
position would crumble.} (28... Rfg8 $1 {was the easiest, as g5 is losing to
Rxh6. I actually think I intended to resign quite soon here.}) 29. Nxd4 Rxf1
30. Rxf1 Bd2 31. Rf8+ $1 {Now I am completely back in the game. Somehow we
expect the new kids to be calculating very well and be super sharp, but
perhaps we read them wrong?} Rxf8 32. Qxd2 Rh8 33. Nh3 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Nc5 ({
I would have played} 34... Rxh6 35. Qxh6 Qxd4 {when Black holds quite
trivially. Maybe Black was still playing for advantage though, who knows.}) 35.
g5 Ne4 36. Qe3 Rg8 (36... a4 $1 37. g6 Rxh6 {still in time to save the day for
Black with a lot of checks incoming after} 38. Qxh6 Qxd4 39. Qf8+ Ka7 40. g7
Qxe5+) 37. Nf4 a4 38. Nc6+ {With seconds ticking by I suddenly got very
confused about 38.Nfxe6 Qc3! and decided to throw this check in to gain more
time.} (38. Nfxe6 Qc3 {the win here would be the counterintuitive} 39. Qxc3 $1
Nxc3 40. Nf8 $1 {which was really not the direction I was spending my last few
seconds in.}) 38... Kc7 (38... bxc6 39. Qb6+ Ka8 {is actually holding.} 40.
Qxc6+ Ka7 41. Qd7+ Kb8 $1 42. Qxe6 Rh8 {and while White can check all he wants,
he doesn't have a win here.}) 39. Nd4 (39. Ne7 Re8 40. g6 $1 Rxe7 41. Bf8 $1
Re8 42. g7 {is a cool winning sequence.}) 39... a3 {If the guy wants to commit
suicide, why not.} 40. Nb5+ {I suspected I had some forced win, but there was
no time and I thought picking up the a3-pawn would be the most practical way
to convert this.} Kc6 41. Nxa3 Qxe5 42. Nc2 {my knight rejoins the attack and
now it is no more fun for Black.} Kd7 (42... b6 $1 {was an epic defence, but
my opponent after all the things that have happened in this game wasn't able
to shift gears.} 43. Nd4+ Kb7 44. Ndxe6 Re8) 43. Nd4 Re8 44. g3 $5 {I liked
this move, as I got quite tired of the f4 knight being pinned.} Qc7 (44... Nf6
$5 {was an interesting practical attempt at defense, but the endgame after
Qxe5 Ng4+ seems to be winning after all.}) 45. Qb3 $1 {and now White starts to
have real threats. Black is dead lost.} Nd6 46. Nh5 $1 {Entering with tempi.}
Ra8 47. Nf6+ Kc8 48. Qe3 Ra2+ 49. Kh3 {White king is very safe and Black's
position is collapsing completely.} Qf7 50. Nxe6 Nf5 51. Qc5+ Kb8 52. Qxd5 Rf2
53. Nd7+ Kc8 54. Nb6+ Kb8 55. Qd8+ {and in view of Nc8-Nd6 checks winning the
queen Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Qd2 e5 10. d5 Qd6 11. f3 f5 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Nh3 f4 14. Bd2 Nb6 15.
Nf2 c4 16. Be2 Bd7 17. O-O Qc7 18. Rb1 Nc8 19. a4 Rf6 20. Rb4 Nd6 21. Rfb1 g5
22. Qa2 Rc8 23. a5 h5 24. h3 Rg6 25. Kf1 Bf6 26. Bd1 Bd8 27. Ra1 Rb8 28. Be1 b5
29. axb6 axb6 30. Qb1 Qb7 31. Rb2 b5 32. Rba2 Bb6 33. Ra6 Kf7 34. R1a2 Rgg8 35.
Qa1 Qc7 36. Be2 Bc8 37. Ra8 Rxa8 38. Rxa8 Qc5 39. Qa3 Bd7 40. Qxc5 Bxc5 41. Ra6
Ke7 42. Nd1 Rb8 43. Bf2 Bxf2 44. Kxf2 g4 45. h4 b4 46. cxb4 Rxb4 47. Ke1 g3 48.
Ra8 Bc8 49. Kd2 Rb6 50. Kc2 Rb7 51. Nb2 Rc7 52. Ra4 Bd7 53. Rb4 Ra7 54. Nxc4
Nxc4 55. Bxc4 Ra1 56. Rb6 Rg1 57. Rh6 Rxg2+ 58. Kc3 Rf2 59. d6+ Kf8 60. Rg6
Rxf3+ 61. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2
Bh7 9. b4 a5 10. Nb3 axb4 11. cxb4 Nc8 12. Bd2 Ncb6 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. bxc5 Nc4
15. Bc3 Be7 16. a4 b6 17. cxb6 Qxb6 18. a5 Qb5 19. Nd2 O-O 20. Ra2 c5 21. Nxc4
dxc4 22. Rb2 Qc6 23. Bf3 Be4 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Re1 Qd3 26. Qxd3 cxd3 27. dxc5
Rfc8 28. Rd2 Rxc5 29. Rxd3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Bb4 31. Rcc1 Bxe1 32. Rxe1 Rxa5 33. h4
h5 34. g3 g6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. f4 Ra2+ 37. Kf3 Ra3+ 38. Re3 Ra1 39. Re2 Ra3+ 40.
Re3 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 a5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Re1 Kh8 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Na4 Nd7 14. d4 exd4 15.
exd4 Qf6 16. Be3 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Rac1 f6 19. Nh4 Ne7 20. h3 g5 21. Nf3
Bd5 22. Nc3 Nb6 23. Nxd5 Nexd5 24. Bd2 g6 25. g3 Kg7 26. Kg2 c6 27. Bd3 a4 28.
Re6 Rad8 29. Rce1 Rd7 30. h4 g4 31. Nh2 Nc7 32. R6e2 f5 33. f3 gxf3+ 34. Nxf3
Nbd5 35. Bc4 Re7 36. Rxe7+ Bxe7 37. Ng5 Bxg5 38. Bxg5 Re8 39. Rxe8 Nxe8 40. Kf3
Nd6 41. Bd3 b5 42. g4 fxg4+ 43. Kxg4 Nc4 44. Bc1 Kf6 45. Kf3 Kf7 46. Kg4 Kf6
47. Kf3 Nd6 48. Bg5+ Kf7 49. Kg4 Nc4 50. Bc1 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,134,27,18,44,66,77,63,63,25,33,38,58,48,56,31,36,34,15,0,5,0,-7,-16,0,
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-414]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7
8. Bc4 Be6 9. Nd2 $6 {Very strange idea and given that it really didn't work
out in this game I am just putting a ?! mark to it. The knight sort of embarks
on the route to e3 square, but it is not really happening.} Nbd7 10. a4 Qc7 {
Maybe Rc8 was even more flexible.} 11. Bb3 O-O 12. O-O {In some other openings
Fabiano has tried Nf1 without 0-0, but I doubt such an idea can ever work in
an opening as dynamic as Najdorf.} Rac8 13. a5 Nc5 14. h3 $6 {This is slow. I
had expected something along the lines of Bxc5 or some move to d5. Now Black
can just get a free =+ after the basic break.} Nxb3 $1 15. cxb3 d5 $1 {
Obviously good here.} 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Re1 $2 {White was
already in some trouble, but this slow move escalates it further.} ({White had
to go for the panicky} 18. Nc4 $1 Bxc4 19. Bb6 {giving up the c4 pawn and
trying to get a similar endgame as he eventually got in the game.} Qd6 20. bxc4
Rxc4 21. Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Rfd1 Rc6 23. Rd5 {with good chances to eventually get a
3 vs 4 on one wing and hold it.}) 18... Bb4 19. Bb6 Qc6 20. f3 Rfe8 (20... f6
$5 {looked very good too.}) 21. Ra4 Bxb3 $6 {I regretted this quite a bit, as
Qb5 seemed much more powerful.} (21... Qb5 $1 22. Qe2 (22. Re3 Bxb3 $1 {
is a nice tactic, which I may have missed in this version.}) 22... Qxe2 23.
Rxe2 Rc1+ 24. Kf2 Be7 $1 {stopping Rd4 (which apparently would happen in the
event of the more natural Bf8) and as the e5-pawn remains taboo due to Bc5/
Bh4+ Black is in full control here with all the positional plusses.}) (21...
Bc5+ $5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 Rcd8 $1 {is also a nice risk free edge, with a
better pawn structure and better pieces for Black.}) 22. Qxb3 Bxd2 23. Rd1 Qc2
24. Qxc2 Rxc2 25. Re4 $1 {I sort of saw it from afar, but Fabiano played this
game so sloppily so far, that I hadn't expected him to put up good resistance
in this endgame.} Rxb2 $6 {A kind of decision that is too often rewarded in
pragmatic quick chess. Objectively, of course I had to maintain more tension
and try to convert this properly, without potentially entering a theoretically
drawn rook endgame.} (25... Bf4 $5 {followed by f5 keeps a larger advantage
objectively.}) 26. Re2 Bc3 27. Rxb2 Bxb2 28. Rd7 Bd4+ {We get a 3 vs 3 with an
a-pawn by force, but my point was that I felt I would get a better version
here, as I get g5 and his h3-g2-f3 pawns would be slightly odd, as it would be
unclear how to deal with a g5 Ra2 setup.} 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Rxd4 g5 $5 31. Rd7
Re5 (31... Re1+ 32. Kf2 Rb1 {was a better try from an objective standpoint,
but what I did in the game looked tricky enough.}) 32. Rxb7 Rxa5 {Here I felt
that White wouldn't be able to draw this automatically, due to the
aforementioned Ra2 idea. If i get time I would get also h5-h4 and have white
king locked to the first rank, while Black would be able to activate his king
all the way to e5. The standard version of this endgame is with White having
pawn structure h4-g3-f2, when it is much harder for Black to activate his king
and much easier for White to defend.} 33. Kh2 h5 34. h4 {This felt correct,
but I still had some hopes here.} gxh4 35. Rb4 Rb5 {The only flaw with White's
defensive setup is that I get the rook next to my pawn, which can sometimes be
huge, if you are able to defend all of your pawns with the rook and the king
can abandon the kingside and run towards the passed pawn. I had some hopes of
doing this with rook on f5 (or anywhere on the 5th rank for now, as it covers
h5 and a5 pawn). It's quite imaginary really. White is able to start some
counterplay with his rook.} 36. Rxh4 a5 37. Rc4 {With the idea to go Rc6-a6,
which would be quite annoying, but it allows me to get the rook from behind,
which is as good as it gets, although with my pawn only being on a5 it didn't
feel like it is enough to win.} Rb8 $5 38. Rc5 $2 {An impatient move and a
huge blunder. It feels as thought this is enough too, with just 2 pawns vs 2,
but suddenly it transpires that it loses.} (38. Ra4 Ra8 39. Kg3 Kg7 40. Kh4 Kg6
{The problem with this position is that Black can't really improve it. I
imagine if we didn't have h5 and g2 pawns, or if my pawn were on a4 and rook
on a5 it would be winning, but here the black king is just not able to run
towards the queenside without losing h5 pawn and the idea of zugzwang that I
was hoping for is also really not on the cards - White can always move his
king back and forth. This would just be a draw.}) 38... Ra8 $1 39. Rxh5 (39.
Rg5+ {appears to win a tempo at first, but it helps me bring my king closer to
the a-pawn and loses by force. Both king maneuvres win.} Kf8 (39... Kh7 40.
Rxh5+ Kg6) 40. Rxh5 Ke7) 39... a4 40. Kg3 {This is sort of pretty, winning
some tempi compared to Rc5-c1, but it doesn't help either. White can just
never go after my a2-pawn because he will always lose the pawn endgames with
me having my f7 pawn against the g and f pawns.} a3 41. Rh1 a2 42. Ra1 Kg7 {
Here I suddenly realised that I could just be winning. Nice!} 43. Kf4 Kf6 44.
Ke4 Ra4+ 45. Kd5 Kf5 46. g3 {Fabiano tries to errect some sort of a wall in
front of my king, to make sure I am not advancing. Now I can always win by
trading my a-pawn for f and g with his king cut off horizontally, but I tried
to get the best version of this, to be sure there are no surprises, so it took
a little longer than expected. That said, I won with a bigger margin finally,
so it's all fine by me.} Ra5+ 47. Kd6 Ra7 48. Kd5 Rd7+ 49. Kc4 Rd2 50. Rh1 Kg5
51. Ra1 Kf5 ({Basically the most direct way to win is} 51... Rf2 52. Kd4 Rxf3
53. Rxa2 Rxg3 {and if I already had a pawn on f5 here I would be sure, as this
is some sort of a theoretical win, but I was briefly worried there could be
some miracle here and thought I could get this endgame with an extra tempo,
which I probably could.}) 52. Rh1 {Rh5-a5 would be huge for White, so I had to
repeat once} Kg5 53. Ra1 f5 {Now I want that Rxf3 position with an extra tempo,
so Fabiano tries the desperate g4, but it loses even bigger.} 54. g4 (54. Kc3
Rf2 55. Kd4 Rxf3 56. Rxa2 Rxg3 {is that win.}) 54... f4 55. Rh1 Kg6 (55... Rf2
{is the same win, but once again, I wanted to get some extra tempi to this.}
56. Rh5+ Kg6 57. Ra5 Rxf3 58. Rxa2 Kg5) 56. Ra1 Rf2 57. Kd4 Kg5 58. Ke4 Rb2 {
I decided to switch to another winning method and get the rook behind the pawn
as it appeared easier.} 59. Kd4 Re2 60. Rh1 Kg6 61. Rc1 Re6 62. Ra1 Ra6 63. Kd3
Ra3+ 64. Ke2 (64. Ke4 Kg5 {is a zugzwang.}) 64... Kf6 65. Kf2 Ke5 66. Kg2 Kd4 {
The king is just running towards b2 and White can't start any counterplay here.
} 67. g5 Ke5 {Picking up the g-pawn and then I would start all over with an
extra pawn now. White just resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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60,71,77,79,85,76,73,74,69,35,31,33,33,36,41,25,66,38,31,38,77,77,79,36,69,40,
66,25,67,63,61,52,61,55,48,16,32,4,4,13,-7,-7,9,9,84,52,11,99,102,85,91,92,79,
84,103,125,141,144,125,126,119,107,109,116,120,108,151,114,116,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,206,200,223,239,29991,29992]} 1. d4 f5 {The Dutch is a rare guest in
top tournament with classical time control, but just a day before Fabiano got
outplayed with it by MVL, so I wasn't too shocked to see this.} 2. Nc3 {
A side-line I have some experience with. Levon essayed it against me once in a
blitz game too and with Erwin l'Ami (the famous stonewall expert!) being my
trainer, it was really hard to avoid some unpleasant conversations about the
topic of Dutch sidelines anyway.} Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Ne2 {Actually so far we are following both
Rychagov-L'Ami and Aronian-Giri. Here we both went for the more natural c5,
but Fabi probably wanted to keep more tension. After we get c4 c6 though,
White clearly has a good version of the stonewall, having traded the dark
squared bishops and with the bishop being on d3 and not on g2.} Nd7 10. c4 c6
11. Rc1 a5 12. a3 Nd6 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Ne5 {I get all the squares and all the
fun, but Black is still rock solid.} Bd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Qc5 {
I liked this move. Still, Black is just very solid.} axb4 18. axb4 Be8 19. Ra1
Qd8 20. Ng3 g6 21. f3 {I didn't like making this move, but on the other hand
the softening of the e3-pawn is rather imaginary, as are the threats of e3-e4.}
b6 {I was happy to see this weakening, but it also has a point, if Black is
ever to get the c5 push in.} 22. Qc3 Qe7 23. Rfe1 {Maybe a more useful move
could have been played, but this forces some action, as I now threaten Rxa8
and Nxc6.} Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nf7 25. Bf1 {Making sure the queen is keeping in
touch with the e3-pawn.} (25. Kf2 {is a cool suggestion by the engine, but not
to my taste.}) 25... Nxe5 26. dxe5 Nd7 27. f4 Nf8 {I didn't mind having this
position, which is clearly for two results, but of course Black may escape if
he trades down a lot of material after getting some c5 and d4 breaks. There is,
however, always some hope for White, with the kingside weakened by 1...f5.} 28.
Ne2 c5 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Nd4 (30. Qb3 Bc6 31. Nc3 {looked natural and was
strong too, but I suddenly liked the idea of transferring my knight to f3.})
30... Rb8 31. Nf3 Ne6 32. Ra6 $5 {Applying some pressure along the 6th rank.
Starting with h4! introducing ideas of Ng5 and h5 was even more clever.} (32.
h4 $5) 32... c4 {This allows a strong reply} (32... Rb1 {is not an issue, as
I've got-} 33. Qd3 $1) (32... Bf7 {seems the most solid, but after} 33. h4 {
with idea Ng5, White still puts pressure.}) 33. Qd2 $1 (33. Nd4 {was also
possible, but the move in the game is more subtle.}) 33... Nc5 $2 {This
blunders a pawn. I was so happy to see this move and win a pawn that in the
next few moves in the mutual time trouble I played it too simply.} 34. Qxd5+ (
34. Ra8 $1 {would be even more. I saw this motive, but 35.e6! was too tempting.
}) 34... Bf7 35. e6 $1 {This was the point. The geometry works for White.} Nxe6
{I think this move somewhat confused me, I was mostly trying to make sure that
my a6-rook can never be captured.} 36. Bxc4 {I had calculated that this works
for me and gives me a pleasant 4 vs 3, but I missed an even stronger
alternative here.} (36. Qe5 $1 {would eventually win the pawn too, but not
allow Black to simplify as much.}) 36... Ng5 $1 {I underestimated this strong
simplifying move, now Black is likely to hold a 4 vs 3 with only the major
pieces. Still, somehow in online blitz such small practical advantages have a
much higher success rate than in classical games.} 37. Qd3 $1 {the right
square, keeping both e3 and b1 squares in check.} Nxf3+ 38. gxf3 Re8 39. Kg2 {
e3 pawn is taboo, but in general this position should be holdable with good
defence.} Qc5 40. Bxf7+ Kxf7 41. e4 Re7 42. e5 {I briefly thought that Fabiano
is playing this very wrong and I will just checkmate him with my major pieces,
but I soon noticed that his king can find safety on h6 and my hopes of winning
this position started to seem less realistic.} Rb7 43. Ra2 Kg7 44. Qd8 Rb1 45.
Qf6+ Kh6 {There is nothing I can do about his king on h6 and there are some
counter checks incoming too, so objectively the best attempt would be to offer
a queen trade on f2 and try the rook endgame. I was still hoping to deliver
some lucky mate and it actually worked out.} 46. Kh3 (46. Qh4+ Kg7 47. Qf2 {
the rook endgame really has to be a draw, but it not being your usual 4 vs 4
perhaps it was worth a shot.}) 46... Qe3 47. Qg5+ Kg7 48. Qf6+ Kh6 49. Qh4+ Kg7
50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Qh4+ Kg7 52. Rf2 $1 {I am sure Fabiano was already counting
on the perpetual, as I dropped to seconds, but the 10 second increment was
enough to spot that I can still protect both my f3- and f4-pawns and give him
back the move. Now pretty much any rook move would hold, for example Rg1 looks
very good, when I'd have to just take the draw, but Fabi made a shocking
mistake instead.} Qc5 $4 {This lets go of the f3-pawn and protecting e7-square
is quite irrelevant, as I have got the other check from f6 as well.} 53. Qf6+
Kh6 54. Rg2 $1 {Qc5 was really horrible, as I also had Rd2-d7 ideas, but this
one just wins by force quite trivially.} Rb8 {Protecting against Rxg6+ hxg6
Qh8#, but now another mating pattern comes in.} (54... Rb7 55. Rg5 Qe7 {
is the only way to prolong the suffering but after} 56. Rxf5 Qxf6 57. Rxf6 {
two pawns down the rook endgame is dead lost.}) 55. Rg5 $1 {Threatening Rh5+
Kxh5 Qg5# which is quite sweet. Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,47,29,-11,-12,-15,-11,-17,-7,-17,-31,-26,0,-14,-12,-18,5,7,8,-22,24,
10,5,5,-1,4,-7,3,0,1,-3,-12,2,-18,-8,-11,5,0,23,19,14,11,68,68,94,85,108,50,
242,225]} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 $5 {Another kind of English Defence - just like
people came up with 2.d3!? a few months ago.} Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Just one move
out of many, playing a reversed Rossolimo.} 4. Nge2 O-O (4... c6 $5 {would
definitely be the alternative, but I do not think that it equalises:} 5. a3 Ba5
(5... Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bf6 10. Nxd5 Bxd4 11. Nc3
Be5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Bd3 $14 {1-0 (43) Antipov,M (2589)-Inarkiev,E (2692)
Moscow 2019}) 6. b4 Bc7 7. d4 (7. Bb2 $5 O-O 8. Ng3 Re8 9. c5 d5 10. cxd6 Qxd6
11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Nce4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 $36 {½- (22) ½ (22) Artemiev,
V (2703)-Morozevich,A (2656) Chelyabinsk 2018}) 7... O-O 8. Bb2 (8. d5 $5 d6 9.
Ng3 a5 10. Rb1 axb4 11. axb4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 c5 13. b5 Ba5 14. Bb2 Re8 15. O-O $14
{½-½ (61) Carlsen,M (2832)-Anand,V (2786) Leuven 2017}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 cxd5
10. Nb5 e4 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Nf4 Be6 14. Be2 Nbd7 15. O-O Rfc8 16.
Qb3 Nb6 17. Rc5 $14 {1-0 (45) Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Caruana,F (2835)
chess24.com 2020}) 5. a3 Be7 (5... Bxc3 6. Nxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 $5 {
should usually be a little better for White:} c5 9. Bd3 h6 10. b3 Nc6 11. Nxd5
Qxd5 12. Be4 Qd6 13. Bb2 Be6 14. O-O Rac8 15. f4 Bd5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 $14 {
1-0 (59) Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Ding Liren (2805) Stavanger 2019}) 6. b4 $5 (
6. d4 $5 exd4 7. Qxd4 $5 {had been tried by Carlsen in a blitz game, but after}
Nc6 8. Qd1 Ne5 9. Nf4 c6 10. Be2 Ng6 11. Nh5 (11. Nxg6 $5 hxg6 12. e4 $36)
11... Nxh5 12. Bxh5 d6 {½-½ (55) Carlsen,M (2837)-Grigoriants,S (2561)
Riyadh 2017, Black did not seem to have too much to worry about.}) 6... a5 (
6... c6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. Bb2 a5 10. b5 c5 11. Nf3 $14 {0-1 (62) Flores,
D (2599)-Grischuk,A (2777) chess.com 2020}) 7. b5 c6 ({The only existing game
continued} 7... d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 {and Black seemed to be more or less fine:} 9.
Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qd8 (10... Qd6 $5 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. a4 c5 $5) 11. Bc4 Nd7 12.
Nd5 Bd6 $13 {0-1 (54) Brozhik,V (2189)-Moliboga,V (2284) Kyiv 2006. I would
conclude I am not too convinced about the 2.e3 English Opening!}) 8. d4 d6 9.
Bb2 Be6 (9... Nbd7 $5 10. Ng3 Nb6 {with the idea of ...Be6 should be fine for
Black. For example:} 11. Na4 cxb5 12. cxb5 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. dxe5 Nxa4 15.
Qxa4 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Bc5 $44) 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bc8 ({Putting the bishop back
to c8 is surely not something too pleasant to do, but} 11... Bf5 12. Ng3 Bg6 {
would also call for} 13. h4 {and give White an extra target.}) 12. Ng3 Nbd7 13.
a4 Nc5 14. Ba3 Qb6 $6 {In the game, this move proves too slow.} (14... b6 $5)
15. Bd3 Bg4 $5 16. Qb1 $1 (16. f3 e4 $5 $13) 16... Nxd3+ $6 {Just a bad
exchange. t was better to play 16...Rac8 for instance.} 17. Qxd3 Rfc8 18. O-O
Qd8 $6 {Too passive. I think Black should rather have tried 18...h5!?, or 18...
Nh5 to simplify the position, or 18...Rc7 and keep the queen on b6.} 19. h3 Bd7
20. Bb2 $6 (20. Rac1 $1 {was stronger, not allowing ...Qc7-c4.}) 20... Rc5 $2 (
20... Qc7 $1 {followed by ...Qc4 was the last chance for Black to be fine.})
21. f4 $1 {Things are already going severely wrong! White's pieces all stand
perfectly.} exf4 $6 (21... Rac8 {was still playable for Black:} 22. fxe5 dxe5
23. d6 Be6 24. Nge4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Rc4 26. Bxe5 Qd7 27. Ra3 $1 Bd8 28. Rc3 $1 f6
29. Rfc1 Rxc3 30. Bxc3 {and after} f5 {or 30...Qf7, Black definitely has
chances.}) 22. Rxf4 Rac8 23. Raf1 Kh8 $2 (23... Qe8 24. Nce4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Rc4
26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Ba3 $16) 24. Nge4 {[%cal Gb2h8] Black decided
to put an end to this nightmare.} 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wadsworth, Matthew J"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "3009"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Qb3
h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Be5 Qa5 11. f3 Bb4 12. Nh3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. O-O Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Nxe5 16. f4 Nc4 17. fxg5 Nd2 18. Qd1 Nxf1 19. Qxf1 Bxh3 20. Bxh3 Qb6+ 21.
Kg2 hxg5 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Qf5 Qe6 24. Qxe6+ fxe6 25. Bxe6 Rh6 26. Bxd5 Rhd6 27.
c4 b5 28. Rf1 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rc8 30. Bb5+ Ke7 31. Rf5 g4 32. Rf4 Rd4 33. Rxg4
Kf6 34. Bd3 Re8 35. Kf2 a5 36. Rf4+ Kg7 37. Bb5 Re5 38. a4 e3+ 39. Kf3 Rd1 40.
Kg4 Rh1 41. h4 Rh2 42. Rd4 Rf2 43. Rd6 Rf8 44. Ra6 Rd8 45. Rxa5 Rd4+ 46. Kh3
Rf5 47. Ra6 Rf1 48. Re6 Rh1+ 49. Kg2 Rb1 50. Rxe3 Rb2 51. Kf3 Kf6 52. Re4 Rd1
53. e3 Rdd2 54. Kg4 Rg2 55. Rf4+ Kg7 56. e4 Rg1 57. Rf3 Rb4 58. Re3 Rb2 59. Kg5
Kf7 60. g4 Rbg2 61. Bd7 Ke7 62. Bf5 Ra2 63. h5 Rxa4 64. h6 Rh1 65. h7 Ra7 66.
Rc3 Ra8 67. Rc7+ Kf8 68. Kf6 Ra6+ 69. Kg5 Ra8 70. e5 Re8 71. e6 Rh2 72. Rf7#
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelman, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "3010"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. a3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Ne4 Rc8 12. Bd2 e5 13. Rac1 Kh8 14. Rfe1 h6 15.
Qb1 f5 16. Ng3 Qd6 17. h3 a5 18. Qc2 Rce8 19. Qb3 Ba8 20. Red1 Rb8 21. Qa4 Qd7
22. Qc2 Rf7 23. h4 f4 24. Ne4 Rbf8 25. Rf1 Bb7 26. Qb3 Ba6 27. Rcd1 Nce7 28.
Bc3 Nxc3 29. bxc3 fxe3 30. fxe3 Qc6 31. Ng3 Nd5 32. Kf2 a4 33. Qc2 b5 34. c4
Nf6 35. Kg1 Ng4 36. Qc1 b4 37. axb4 cxb4 38. d4 exd4 39. exd4 a3 40. h5 Qc7 41.
hxg6 Qxg3 42. gxf7 Rxf7 43. Bd3 Bxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jimenez Garcia, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "3011"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be3 Nd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Ngf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Nh6 11. d5 a5 12. Ne1 Nc5 13. Nd3 Nxd3 14. Bxd3 b6 15.
Rb1 Bd7 16. Bc2 Qe8 17. Ba4 f5 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. f3 Nf7 20. b3 Bh6 21. Qe2 Bg5
22. Bf2 h5 23. a3 Qe7 24. Kh1 h4 25. h3 Bf4 26. Qe1 g5 27. exf5 Nh6 28. Ne4
Nxf5 29. Qc3 Rf7 30. Kg1 Raf8 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Bg3 33. c5 bxc5 34. bxc5 Ng7
35. Bxg3 hxg3 36. cxd6 cxd6 37. Nxg3 Rf4 38. Rb6 Qa7 39. Rfb1 Rd4 40. Kh2 Rxd5
41. Qc4 Qf7 42. Rb7 Qe6 43. Rd1 Rf7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "3013"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb2 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. Qxb7
exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Bxd4 17. Rad1 Rab8 18. Qf3 Qc5 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Bc4
Be6 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Bb6 24. b4 Rfc8 25. Rfc1 Re8 26. Kf1
Kg7 27. Bd2 Rb7 28. Bc3+ Kf8 29. Re1 Rd8 30. Re3 f5 31. Re6 Kf7 32. Rf6+ Ke8
33. Rcc6 Re7 34. Rce6 Rd3 35. Be5 Rd2 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. Rc6 Rxf2+ 38. Ke1 Rxg2
39. Bc7 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Clarke, Brandon GI"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "3016"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 Nbxd5 14. Bg5 Be7
15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Rhe1 Nb6 17. Qf2 Ne4 18. Rxe4 Bxg5 19. f4 Bf6 20. f5 g5 21. Rb4
Nd5 22. Rc4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Rc7 d5 25. Rxb7 Nd7 26. Be2 d4 27. c3 g4 28.
cxd4 exd4 29. Nxd4 Nc5 30. Rc7 Ne4 31. Bc4 O-O 32. Nc6 Rac8 33. Bxf7+ Kg7 34.
Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Bd5 Nd6 36. Rf1 Rc7 37. a4 Rb7 38. b3 Rb6 39. Kc2 Rb7 40. b4 Rc7
41. Kb3 Rd7 42. h3 Ne8 43. Bc4 Nc7 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. Rf4 g3 46. Rg4+ Kh6 47.
Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Savic, Miodrag R"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "3003"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Qe4 Be7 9. Na3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rd1 Qb8 14. Nc4 Bb7
15. Nfe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rd8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Qc7 19. Bg3 Qc5 20. Bc2 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Qc4 Be7 24. Qxc5 Bxc5 25. Nd3 Be7 26. f3 Kf8 27.
Bf2 g5 28. Ne5 Bd6 29. Bd4 Ke7 30. Kf2 h5 31. Nc4 Bxh2 32. a4 h4 33. a5 b5 34.
Bc5+ Kd7 35. Nd2 a6 36. Be3 Bf4 37. Bxf4 gxf4 38. c4 b4 39. Kg1 h3 40. gxh3 Kd6
41. Kf2 Kc5 42. Bd3 Kd4 43. Be2 Ke5 44. Nb3 Nd7 45. Nc1 Kd6 46. Nd3 e5 47. Nxb4
f5 48. h4 e4 49. h5 Ke5 50. Nd5 Nf6 51. h6 e3+ 52. Ke1 Nh7 53. b4 Ng5 54. Kf1
Nh7 55. Kg2 Ng5 56. Nc7 Kd6 57. Nxa6 Nxf3 58. Bxf3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kurniawan, Muhamad Agus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "3005"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nb3 Bd7 8.
Be2 e6 9. g4 h6 10. h4 Qc7 11. Rg1 g6 12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Nh5 14. Rh1 Bg7 15.
Bxh5 gxh5 16. Rxh5 Rxh5 17. Qxh5 Nb4 18. Kd2 Rc8 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Qc5 21.
Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qf6+ Ke8 23. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "3008"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
e6 9. d4 Be7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Re1 Rfc8 13. Nf1 e5 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bg5 Bf8 16. Rad1 Bg7 17. d5 c4 18. Bc2 a5 19. h4 h5 20. Nh2 Re8 21. Qd2 Bc8 22.
Bh6 Nc5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg5 Qe7 25. Rf1 Kg8 26. Qh6 Ng4 27. Nxg4 Bxg4 28. f3
Bc8 29. Qg5 Qxg5 30. hxg5 b4 31. Rfe1 Rb8 32. Nf1 Ba6 33. Ne3 b3 34. Bb1 Kg7
35. a3 f6 36. gxf6+ Kxf6 37. g3 g5 38. Nf5 Rbd8 39. Kf2 Bc8 40. Rh1 Bxf5 41.
exf5 Rh8 42. Rh2 Rh6 43. Rdh1 Rdh8 44. Ke3 h4 45. g4 h3 46. Be4 Rh4 47. Bb1 Na4
48. Rg1 Ke7 49. Be4 R8h6 50. Bb1 Kd7 51. Be4 Kc7 52. Re1 Kb6 53. Rf1 Kc5 54.
Rd1 Nb6 55. Rdd2 Nd7 56. Rd1 Nf6 57. Rdd2 Rh8 58. Rd1 Rxg4 59. fxg4 Nxg4+ 60.
Kf3 Nxh2+ 61. Kg3 Rh4 62. Kxh2 Rxe4 63. Rf1 g4 64. f6 Re2+ 65. Kg3 Rg2+ 66. Kh4
h2 67. f7 h1=Q+ 68. Rxh1 Rf2 69. Kxg4 Rxf7 70. Rh2 Kxd5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Apr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 Bh5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ng2 Bd6 14. O-O Bg6
15. e4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 h5 17. Nf4 h4 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Qxe6+ Kf8 20. e5 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Bxe5 22. Be3 b6 23. Rad1 Re8 24. Qxg6 hxg3 25. Bc4 Rxh2 26. Qf5+ Bf6 27.
Rd7 Rxe3 28. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Apr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kakabayaev, Mergen"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. h3 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. d4 b5
9. Bc2 Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nf1 Bc8 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. a4 Qe7 15. h4
Qf8 16. Bd3 b4 17. d5 Ne7 18. c4 a5 19. h5 Nd7 20. Bd2 Nc5 21. Bc2 c6 22. Qc1
cxd5 23. exd5 Rac8 24. h6 Bh8 25. Qd1 f5 26. Ng5 f4 27. N3e4 Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Nf5
29. g4 Nd4 30. Bd3 Qxh6 31. Kg2 Qh4 32. f3 Qe7 33. Rh1 Rc7 34. Be1 Rec8 35. b3
Qd7 36. Bf2 Bxd5 37. cxd5 Nc2 38. Rc1 Ne3+ 39. Bxe3 fxe3 40. Rxc7 Qxc7 41. Qe2
Qb6 42. g5 Rc7 43. Bc4 Rf7 44. Re1 Bg7 45. Qxe3 Qxe3 46. Rxe3 Rd7 47. Re2 Kf7
48. Rc2 Ke7 49. Bb5 Rb7 50. Rc6 h6 51. gxh6 Bxh6 52. Nxd6 Rd7 53. Nf5+ gxf5 54.
Re6+ Kd8 55. Bxd7 Bf4 56. Bb5 e4 57. d6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Apr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Hansen, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nd2 Be7 8.
Ngf3 Nbd7 9. g4 Nxg4 10. Rg1 f5 11. h3 Ngf6 12. Rxg7 Ne4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rxb7 O-O 17. Nf3 Rab8 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Qe2 Qh6 20. h4 f4
21. O-O-O fxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 23. fxe3 Rf8 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. Ne5 c5 26. h5 c4
27. h6 Nd6 28. Rg7 Rf1+ 29. Kc2 Rf2+ 30. Kd1 Rh2 31. Rd7 Rh1+ 32. Ke2 Rh2+ 33.
Kf1 Ne8 34. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Apr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berger, Steve"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 O-O 8. Nc3
h6 9. h3 d6 10. a3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. Ba2 Nh7 14. c3 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 f5 16. Bd2 Bb6 17. Rae1 Qh4 18. Kh2 Kh8 19. Qg3 Qf6 20. f4 Rae8 21. b4
exf4 22. Qxf4 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Ng5 24. Bb1 Qf7 25. h4 Nh7 26. Re6 Qh5 27. d4 Nf6
28. Ba2 Ng4+ 29. Kg3 Nf6 30. Qf3 Ne4+ 31. Kh3 Qxf3+ 32. gxf3 Nxd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Apr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikrut, Dariusz"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. c3 d6 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Be3 Na6 10. Na3 Be6 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Nf3 b6 14. h3 Nc7
15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rdc8 17. Nd7 Nfd5 18. Bf4 e6 19. Be5 Rd8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Ne5 g5 22. e4 Ne7 23. Nac4 f6 24. Nf3 Nc6 25. a4 Kf7 26. Kf1 Ke7 27. Ke2
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rg8 29. Nfd2 h5 30. Nf1 Rb8 31. Nfe3 a6 32. a5 bxa5 33. Ra1 Rb5
34. Kd3 Ne8 35. Kc2 Nd6 36. Nxd6 Kxd6 37. Nc4+ Ke7 38. Ra4 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40.
b3 f5 41. exf5 exf5 42. Ne3 Ke6 43. Rf4 Ne7 44. Ra4 Nd5 45. Nc4 Nf6 46. Nd2 Ke5
47. Nc4+ Kd5 48. Nxa5 Ke6 49. Nc4 Ne4 50. Ne3 Nxf2 51. Rxa6+ Ke5 52. Ra8 Ke4
53. Re8+ Kf3 54. Nxf5 Ne4 55. Rg8 Nxg3 56. Nh4+ Kf4 57. Rf8+ Kg5 58. Ng2 Rb6
59. Rg8+ Rg6 60. Rxg6+ Kxg6 61. Ne3 Kg5 62. Kd3 Nf5 63. Nxg4 Kxg4 64. b4 cxb4
65. cxb4 Nd6 66. Kd4 Kf5 67. Kd5 Nb5 68. Kc5 Na3 69. b5 Nxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Apr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nbd2
Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qc2 Qb8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Ng5 Re8 15.
f4 c5 16. Rae1 cxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Ndf3 Bxd4 20. exd4 Ne4 21.
Nxe4 dxe4 22. Ng5 e3 23. Rf3 Nf6 24. d5 Qa7 25. Ne6 b5 26. Kg2 Rac8 27. Qd3 Qb6
28. Rfxe3 bxc4 29. bxc4 Nd7 30. Qb3 Qa5 31. Qb2 Nf6 32. Qb7 Qd2+ 33. R1e2 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 d5 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 Nd7 11. Bxf5 Nxf5 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Re2 Bd6
15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Re1 Qf8 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Ne5 Rd8 19. Ne3 c6 20. N3g4 f6 21.
Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Re6 Ne4 23. f3 Kf7 24. fxe4 Kxe6 25. Qh3 f5 26. Ne5 Re7 27. exd5+
cxd5 28. Qa3 Qb8 29. Qe3 Kf6 30. Qh6 Rxe5 31. dxe5+ Qxe5 32. h4 Qe7 33. c3 b6
34. a4 Ke6 35. h5 Kf6 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Qh8+ Kg5 38. Kh2 Qe4 39. Qd8+ Kg4 40.
Qf6 g5 41. Qh6 Qe5+ 42. Kg1 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nbd2 Bxf3
15. Nxf3 a5 16. Qc3 Nc6 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Ne5 c6 19. e4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qb6 21.
Rd6 Na6 22. Rfd1 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. R1d4 Rfc8 25. Bf1 b5 26. axb5 cxb5 27.
Bxb5 Rab8 28. Ba6 Nxa6 29. Rxa6 Rxb2 30. Ra7 Rb5 31. Rdd7 Rf8 32. Rd4 Rxe5 33.
Ra4 Rb8 34. R7xa5 Rxa5 35. Rxa5 Rb4 36. h4 Rxe4 37. Kg2 g6 38. Rb5 Kg7 39. Ra5
Rd4 40. Ra7 Kf6 41. Ra8 Kf5 42. Rh8 h5 43. Ra8 e5 44. Ra5 Rd2 45. Rb5 Ra2 46.
Rc5 f6 47. Rb5 Ra4 48. Rc5 g5 49. hxg5 Kxg5 50. Rb5 Re4 51. Rb8 Rg4 52. Kf3 Ra4
53. Rg8+ Kf5 54. Rh8 Ra3+ 55. Kg2 Kg6 56. Rg8+ Kh7 57. Rb8 Ra2 58. Re8 Kg6 59.
Rg8+ Kf5 60. Rh8 Kg6 61. Rg8+ Kh7 62. Re8 Rb2 63. Rf8 Kg7 64. Re8 Rb4 65. Kf3
Ra4 66. Rb8 Kg6 67. Rg8+ Kf5 68. Rh8 e4+ 69. Kg2 Kg6 70. Rg8+ Kf7 71. Rh8 Ra5
72. Kf1 Rf5 73. Ke2 Re5 74. Ke3 Kg7 75. Ra8 Kg6 76. Kf4 Rf5+ 77. Kxe4 Rxf2 78.
Rg8+ Kh6 79. Rh8+ Kg6 80. Rg8+ Kh7 81. Ra8 Rf1 82. Rb8 f5+ 83. Ke3 Kg6 84. Rg8+
Kh7 85. Ra8 Kg6 86. Rg8+ Kh7 87. Ra8 Kg6 88. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nc6 8. c3 e5
9. a3 b5 10. h3 Rb8 11. Be3 a5 12. a4 b4 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Rc1 Re8 15. d4 bxc3
16. bxc3 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Nc4 Nxe4 19. dxc5 Na2 20. Nxd6 Nxd6 21. Rc2 Bf5
22. Rxa2 Nc4 23. Qxd8 Rbxd8 24. c6 Rc8 25. Nd2 Ne5 26. g4 Nd3 27. Rb1 Be6 28.
Rc2 Nb4 29. Rc5 Ba2 30. Rf1 Bf8 31. Rxa5 Nxc6 32. Rb5 Ne5 33. Ra1 Bc4 34. Nxc4
Nxc4 35. Bd4 Red8 36. Bf6 Rd6 37. g5 hxg5 38. Bxg5 Na3 39. Rb3 f6 40. Be3 Nc2
41. Rc1 Rc4 42. Bf1 Rc8 43. a5 Rdc6 44. Bb6 Nb4 45. Rxc6 Rxc6 46. a6 Rc1 47. a7
Ra1 48. Rxb4 Bxb4 49. Kg2 Bd6 50. Bc4+ Kg7 51. Bd5 Bc7 52. Bd4 Be5 53. Bxa1 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 O-O 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. d5 Rd8 14. Ke1
Na5 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rdc8 17. Ke2 e6 18. Bd2 exd5 19. exd5 b6 20. Ba6 Re8+
21. Be3 Ba4 22. Rc7 Rad8 23. Rxa7 Rxd5 24. Rc1 Nc6 25. Bc4 Bb5 26. Rc7 Nd4+ 27.
Kf1 Nxf3 28. gxf3 Bxc4+ 29. R1xc4 b5 30. Rc8 Rdd8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rb4 Ra8 33.
Rxb5 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Steinbuerg, Karl W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "3051"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. O-O Nh6 8. Bxh6
gxh6 9. Qd2 Bg7 10. a3 a5 11. a4 O-O 12. Bb5 c4 13. Na3 Rad8 14. Nc2 Nb8 15.
Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Ne3 f5 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Qe2 Rdf8 19. Ng4 Rg6 20. h3 Qd6 21. Rae1
Qf4 22. Nh4 Rg5 23. Qxe6+ Rf7 24. g3 Qd2 25. Nf3 Qxb2 26. Nxg5 hxg5 27. Qxd5
Qxc3 28. Re7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Zambrano Rodriguez, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. g3 Bd6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. h4 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. h5 Qe7 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Nf3 Kg7 14. Qc2
Nd7 15. O-O-O Rh8 16. Ne4 Nb6 17. Kb1 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 e5 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. dxe5
fxe5 21. Ng5 Nd5 22. Rh7+ Kg8 23. Rxb7 Rf8 24. a3 Nb6 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alsina Leal, Daniel"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bc2
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Nbd2 Ndb4 14. Ne4 O-O
15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Nd5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. h3 Bf7 20. Rc1 Rxe1+ 21.
Qxe1 Re8 22. Qd2 Nce7 23. Qa5 Nf5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Qxa6 Nb4 26. Qa5 Nd3 27.
Rxc7 g5 28. Qa7 Qg6 29. h4 g4 30. Nd2 Qxh6 31. Rxf7 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. Be2 Qc7 13. O-O Nb6 14. Bf2 Nbxd5
15. Rfd1 h4 16. Qa5 Qc6 17. c4 Nf4 18. Bf1 Rh5 19. Qe1 h3 20. g3 Ne6 21. c5 d5
22. Na5 Qc7 23. b4 Rd8 24. Be2 Rf5 25. Rac1 Ng5 26. Rc3 d4 27. Rb3 Kf8 28. Nc4
Qc6 29. Nd2 d3 30. Bxd3 Nxf3+ 31. Nxf3 Qxf3 32. Qf1 Ng4 33. Be2 Qxf2+ 34. Qxf2
Rxd1+ 35. Bxd1 Nxf2 36. Be2 e4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Berardino, Diego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "3054"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxd5 Bxd5 8.
Bf4 e6 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. exd6 Qf6 12. Qc1 e5 13. Bg3 Nc6 14. Qd2 Be6
15. Bd3 O-O 16. O-O Bf5 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bd5 Rac8 19. c3 Na5 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21.
Re2 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rae1 e4 24. f3 h6 25. Re3 Re6 26. b3 Rc8 27. fxe4 Bg6
28. e5 Qg5 29. Qd4 Rce8 30. h3 f6 31. Kh2 fxe5 32. Bxe5 Kh7 33. c4 bxc4 34.
bxc4 Bf5 35. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Pesotskiy, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. h4 Qb6 5. Nd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 Qxb2 7. e4 g6 8.
Rh3 Bg7 9. Rb1 Qxa2 10. Qc1 Qa4 11. Re3 a6 12. f3 d6 13. Ra3 Qd7 14. Bb5 axb5
15. Rxa8 Na6 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 e6 19. Nf4 e5 20. Nh3 f6 21. Kd2
b4 22. Ra1 Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Ra7 Kf7 25. R1xa6 Ke8 26. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rg1
Bb7 9. g4 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Bd3 g6 13. Ne2 d4 14. Be4 Qe7 15.
Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nh4 Nc6 17. a3 Ne5 18. exd4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rac8 20. Qb1 Rfe8 21.
Be3 Nf3+ 22. Nxf3 Qxf3 23. Ng3 Be5 24. Qd1 Qd5 25. Nxh5 Bxa1 26. Qxa1 gxh5 27.
b4 Rc4 28. Ke2 Qb5 29. Kf3 Rh4 30. Qf6 Qd5+ 31. Ke2 Re6 32. Qb2 Rc4 33. Rc1
Rxc1 34. Qxc1 Rc6 35. Qb2 Qc4+ 36. d3 Qc2+ 37. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 38. Kf3 Kf8 39. a4
Ra2 40. a5 bxa5 41. Bxa7 a4 42. b5 Rb2 43. Bc5+ Ke8 44. b6 Kd7 45. Ke4 Kc6 46.
d4 Rxf2 47. h4 Rh2 48. Kd3 Rxh4 49. Kc4 Rg4 50. Kb4 h4 51. Ka5 Kb7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2867"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. a3 Bg4 15.
Ne2 Qe7 16. O-O-O Ne4 17. Ng3 Rae8 18. Rhe1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rxf3 20. Qb3 Nf6 21.
Bd2 Nxd4 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qa4 Qc5+ 24. Kb1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxf2 26. Bc3 Qc4 27.
Qd1 Nf3 28. Re7 d4 29. Nf5 Rf1 30. Be1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Nxe1 32. Qxe1 Qd3+ 33. Ka2
Qxf5 34. Qh4+ Qh5 35. Qe1 d3 36. Qc3 Qd5+ 37. Kb1 d2 38. Qh3+ Kg8 39. Qc8+ Kf7
40. Qh3 d1=Q# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Nbd2 b6 10. h3 Nc7 11. b3 Be6 12. Ne4 Bd5 13. Bf4 Ne6 14. Qd2 Nxf4
15. Qxf4 Qc7 16. h4 h6 17. Qg3 Rad8 18. Re2 Kh7 19. Rae1 f5 20. exf6 Qxg3 21.
Nxg3 exf6 22. Re7 Bxf3 23. gxf3 h5 24. R1e6 Rd4 25. Ne4 Kg8 26. Rxc6 Rf7 27.
Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Rc7+ Kg8 29. Rxa7 f5 30. Ra8+ Bf8 31. Ng5 Rd6 32. a4 Kg7 33. Ra7+
Kg8 34. f4 Rd4 35. Ra8 Rd6 36. Re8 Kg7 37. Kg2 Rf6 38. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. exd5 Qe7+ 10. Be3 Bh6 11. Qd2 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Nbd7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. Rf3 Nd7 16. Raf1 Qe7 17. e4 Ne5 18. Rg3 Bd7 19. Qh6 f6 20. Be2 a6 21. h4 b5
22. b3 b4 23. Nd1 a5 24. Ne3 Qg7 25. Qf4 f5 26. exf5 Bxf5 27. Nxf5 Rxf5 28.
Qxf5 gxf5 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rxf5 a4 31. g4 axb3 32. axb3 Ra2 33. Kf1 Rb2 34.
g5 Rxb3 35. Rf6 Rh3 36. h5 b3 37. h6+ Rxh6 38. Rxh6 b2 39. Rxd6 b1=Q+ 40. Kf2
Qf5+ 41. Ke1 Qxg5 42. Re6 Qe3 43. Kf1 Qf4+ 44. Ke1 Nxc4 45. Bxc4 Qxc4 46. Re7+
Kg6 47. d6 Qc3+ 48. Ke2 Qf6 49. Re4 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. h4 Nc5 15.
Bd3 d5 16. e5 Nfe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Rh3 Rc8 19. Be1 Qb6 20. Qe2 Rc4 21. Rhd3
Nc5 22. Rf3 Ne4 23. Qe3 b4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Rf1 Bxe1 27. Rfxe1
O-O 28. f5 Bd5 29. f6 Rfc8 30. fxg7 Qc7 31. c3 Qxe5 32. Qxh6 Qxg7 33. Qxg7+
Kxg7 34. Nc2 R4c5 35. Ne3 Bc6 36. Rf1 Rc7 37. Rd8 Bb5 38. Rf2 a5 39. g5 a4 40.
Ng4 a3 41. Nf6 Rc8 42. Rxc8 Rxc8 43. bxa3 Rxc3+ 44. Kb2 e3 45. Rh2 Rd3 46. Kc2
Rxa3 47. Rh1 e2 48. Kd2 Rd3+ 49. Kc2 Rd1 50. Nh5+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 Nbc6 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Nc3 Nde7 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Nc4 Nec6 14. Be3 Be6
15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Ne4 Bd5 17. f4 Re8 18. Ncd2 h6 19. Nf2 Bxg2 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8
21. Kxg2 Qd7 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. Nxg4 Re8 24. Kf1 f5 25. Nf2 b5 26. b3 Bf8 27.
bxa4 bxa4 28. Nc4 Rb8 29. Rxb8 Nxb8 30. Nb2 Bxa3 31. Nxa4 Nd7 32. Nd1 Kf7 33.
Ke2 Ke6 34. Nab2 Nb6 35. Nc4 Nxc4 36. dxc4 Bb4 37. Nf2 Bd6 38. Nd3 c5 39. Kf3
g5 40. h3 Kf6 41. Nc1 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bc2 e5 8. d3 Nc6
9. a3 b5 10. Bg5 a5 11. a4 b4 12. Bb3 Rb8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nc4 Bg7
16. Ne3 Kh8 17. Bd5 Bd7 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Nfd2 Ne7 20. Ne3 f5 21. Bc4 Bc6 22. Nd5
Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bd7 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Nc4 Be8 26. Qd2 f4 27. Rae1 Bxa4 28. Ra1
Bc6 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30. Nxa5 Qd7 31. f3 bxc3 32. bxc3 d5 33. Ra2 Rbe8 34. c4 e4
35. dxe4 Bd4+ 36. Kh1 dxe4 37. fxe4 Rxe4 38. Nb3 Qe6 39. Nxd4 Rxd4 40. Qf2 Qxc4
41. Re2 Qf7 42. Re5 Qc7 43. Rh5 Qd6 44. Qh4 Kh7 45. Re1 Rd1 46. Rxh6+ Qxh6 47.
Qe7+ Qg7 48. Qh4+ Qh6 49. Qe7+ Qg7 50. Qh4+ Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Korpa, Bence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2899"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bf5 4. Nc3 h6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bh7 7. O-O c6 8. d5
e5 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Nd4 Bg8 11. Bh3 Qe7 12. e4 g6 13. f4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15.
Nb3 Bxc4 16. Kh1 Bg7 17. Na5 Bxf1 18. Qxf1 Nc5 19. Be3 Ncxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21.
Qc4 Ng5 22. Bg2 e4 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Bxe4 Be5 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Bxc6+ Kf8 27.
Bxa8 Kg7 28. Bg2 Bxg3 29. h3 Be5 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Rd1 Qf6 32. b3 Rf7 33. a4 Qf4
34. a5 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. a3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe1 a6 10. Ba2 b5 11. f5 gxf5 12. Qh4 Ng6 13. Qh5 f4 14. Ne2 Nce5 15.
Nxf4 Nxf3+ 16. Rxf3 Qh4 17. Qxh4 Nxh4 18. Rh3 Ng6 19. Nh5 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 f5 21.
c3 Bh8 22. Bh6 Rf7 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Ng3 Rf2 25. Rb1 d5 26. Kg1 Rf7 27. Re1 Bd7
28. Nh5 a5 29. Rhe3 b4 30. Rxe6 Bxe6 31. Rxe6 bxc3 32. bxc3 Rd8 33. g3 Bxc3 34.
Kg2 Bd4 35. h4 Rf2+ 36. Kh3 Rxa2 37. Ra6 c4 38. Ra7 Bxa7 39. dxc4 dxc4 40. Nf6+
Kf7 41. Nxh7 c3 42. Ng5+ Kg8 43. Ne4 c2 44. Nf6+ Kf7 45. Ng4 Rd3 46. Bg5 Raxa3
47. Nh6+ Ke6 48. Kg4 Rxg3+ 49. Kh5 Rxg5+ 50. hxg5 Nf4+ 51. Kg4 c1=Q 52. Nf5
Qd1+ 53. Kxf4 Qf3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szabo, Marcell"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 d5 7. Re1 Bb6 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. f3 Qh4 11. fxe4 Ng4 12. Bf4 Qf2+ 13. Kh1 Qxf4 14. Rf1
Qxh2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. h3 Nf6
9. Bc2 O-O 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Nc3 Nxc2 13. Qxc2 Re8 14. e5 Bf5 15.
Qb3 dxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Qxb7 Nxe5 18. Rfd1 Qb8 19. Qd5 c6 20. Qb3 Nxf3+ 21.
gxf3 Bxh3 22. Ne4 Be6 23. Qxb8 Rexb8 24. Rac1 Rxb2 25. Rxc6 Rxa2 26. Nc5 Bc4
27. Rc7 h5 28. Nd7 Be2 29. Rd6 Bxf3 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxf6 Bd5 32. Rd6 Be6 33.
Bd4 Rd2 34. Ra7 Rc8 35. Raxa6 h4 36. Rac6 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Re8 38. Rc3 Kh7 39. Re3
g5 40. Re5 Kg6 41. Rxg5+ Kxg5 42. Be3+ Kh5 43. Rxd1 Bg4 44. Rd5+ f5 45. Rd6 f4
46. Bxf4 Be6 47. Be3 Kg4 48. Rd4+ Kh5 49. Rd6 h3 50. f3 Kg6 51. Bf2 Kf7 52. Bg3
Rc8 53. Rd2 Rc3 54. Rf2 Rd3 55. Bf4 Bf5 56. Kg3 Kg6 57. Rb2 Rd1 58. Rb6+ Kf7
59. Rb2 Rg1+ 60. Kh2 Rf1 61. Kg3 Ke6 62. Re2+ Kf7 63. Rd2 Be6 64. Rf2 Rg1+ 65.
Kh2 Rg6 66. Bg3 Kf6 67. Re2 Kf7 68. Rd2 Rf6 69. Rd4 Rxf3 70. Rf4+ Rxf4 71. Bxf4
Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2899"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Bd2 a6 10. Rc1 Bd6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Be1 Nc6 13. Ng4 Nxg4 14. Bxg4 cxd4 15.
exd4 Ne7 16. Bd2 b5 17. Re1 Ng6 18. g3 Qf6 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Bh3 Ne7 21. Qh5 Qg6
22. Qf3 Rfe8 23. Kg2 h6 24. Bf4 Qf6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Re3 Nc6 27. Rce1 Rxe3 28.
Qxe3 Qf6 29. Rd1 Kf8 30. Bg4 Ne7 31. Qd2 Nf5 32. Bxf5 Qxf5 33. Re1 Bc8 34. f3
Qh3+ 35. Kg1 Be6 36. Qf4 Kg8 37. Nd1 Rc8 38. Ne3 b4 39. Qd6 a5 40. Qb6 h5 41.
Qd6 h4 42. Qf4 a4 43. Qxh4 Qxh4 44. gxh4 a3 45. bxa3 bxa3 46. Rd1 Rc3 47. Kf2
Kh7 48. Rd2 Kh6 49. Rc2 Rd3 50. Rc7 Rxd4 51. Ra7 Rd2+ 52. Kg3 Rxa2 53. Ra8 Kg6
54. h5+ Kxh5 55. Ng2 g5 56. h4 gxh4+ 57. Nxh4 Kg5 58. Ng2 Kf6 59. Nf4 Ra1 60.
Nd3 a2 61. Kg2 d4 62. Nc5 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb4 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
N4c6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Na3 Bg4 11. Nc4 d5 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e6 14. Ng4 Nd4 15.
Bxd4 cxd4 16. Qb5 Qb6 17. a4 Qxb5 18. axb5 Nd7 19. Ra4 Kh8 20. h4 h5 21. Nh2
Nxe5 22. Rfa1 d3 23. c3 a6 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Rxa6 Rab8 26. Bd1 Rfc8 27. Ra7 Kg8
28. Nf1 d4 29. c4 Nc6 30. Rd7 Bf8 31. f4 Bc5 32. Ra6 Nb4 33. Ra5 Nc2 34. Kf2
Rxb3 35. Rb5 Rxb5 36. cxb5 Rb8 37. Bf3 Rxb5 38. Be4 Nb4 39. Nh2 Ra5 40. Nf3 Ra7
41. Rd8+ Kg7 42. Ne5 Be7 43. Re8 Bf6 44. Nxd3 Nxd3+ 45. Bxd3 Be7 46. Rc8 Bb4
47. Ke2 Ra1 48. Rc4 Ba5 49. Rxd4 Rg1 50. Kf2 Rd1 51. Be2 Rxd2 52. Rxd2 Bxd2 53.
Kf3 Ba5 54. Bb5 Bd8 55. Ba4 Bf6 56. Bb3 Kf8 57. Bc4 Ke7 58. Bb3 Kd6 59. Ba4 Bd8
60. Be8 Ke7 61. Ba4 Ba5 62. Bc2 Be1 63. Bb3 Bc3 64. Ba4 Bb4 65. Bb3 Ba5 66. Bc2
Be1 67. Bb3 f6 68. Bc2 Kf7 69. Bb3 Bb4 70. Ba2 Bd6 71. Bb3 Ba3 72. Ba2 Bc1 73.
Bb3 Ke7 74. Bc2 f5 75. Bb3 Kf6 76. Bc4 Bb2 77. Bb3 e5 78. fxe5+ Bxe5 79. Ba4
Bb2 80. Bb5 Bc1 81. Be8 Bh6 82. Kg2 f4 83. gxf4 Bxf4 84. Kh3 Bd2 85. Bc6 Be1
86. Be8 Kf5 87. Bxg6+ Kxg6 88. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3
exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Bf5 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qxb2 16. Rab1 Qxa2 17. Rxb7 Qxc4 18. h4 a5 19. h5 Qh4 20. Re1 Na6
21. Re6 Rab8 22. g3 Qh3 23. Bg2 Qxh5 24. Qxh5 gxh5 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rxd6 Nb4
27. Rd7 a4 28. Ra7 Nd3 29. Be4 Nb2 30. d6 Rd8 31. d7 Kf8 32. Bxh7 Ke7 33. Bf5
c4 34. Kf1 Kd6 35. Ke1 c3 36. Ke2 Kc6 37. Ke3 Kb6 38. Kd4 Kxa7 39. Kxc3 Nd1+
40. Kb4 Nxf2 41. Kxa4 Kb6 42. Kb4 Kc6 43. Kc4 Kd6 44. Kd4 Ng4 45. Ke4 Nf6+ 46.
Kf4 Nxd7 47. Kg5 Ke5 48. Bh3 Nf6 49. Kh4 Rg8 50. Bf1 Rg4+ 51. Kh3 Ne4 52. Be2
Rxg3+ 53. Kh2 h4 54. Ba6 Re3 55. Bb7 f5 56. Bc8 f4 57. Bg4 Ng5 58. Bh5 Rg3 59.
Bd1 f3 60. Ba4 f2 61. Bb5 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gonzalez, Francisco Silva"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "217"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5
9. O-O-O a5 10. Bd3 Na6 11. Nge2 Nc5 12. Bc2 b6 13. h3 f4 14. Bf2 Bd7 15. Kb1
a4 16. Nc1 Qb8 17. Qe2 Qa7 18. Nd3 Bh6 19. Rhg1 Qa5 20. Be1 Ng3 21. Qf2 Nxd3
22. Bxd3 Qc5 23. Nb5 Rfc8 24. Rc1 Bg5 25. Rc2 Bh4 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27. a3 h5 28.
Ka2 Bd8 29. Bf2 Rcb8 30. Rgc1 g5 31. Bxg3 fxg3 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. Rd2 Rb7 34. Rdd1
g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. f4 exf4 37. Rxf4 Bg5 38. Rff1 Bf6 39. Rd2 Be5 40. Rdd1 Rh8
41. Rh1 Rh2 42. Rhg1 Bf4 43. Rde1 Kf6 44. Re2 Kg5 45. Rf1 Rh7 46. Rg1 Rh2 47.
Rf1 Be8 48. Rg1 Be5 49. Rf1 Rh8 50. Rg1 c6 51. dxc6 Bxc6 52. Rf1 Rh2 53. Rf8
Rh8 54. Rxh8 Bxh8 55. Nxd6 Rd7 56. e5 Kf4 57. Be4 Bxe5 58. Bxc6 Rxd6 59. Bxa4
Rd3 60. Bc2 Rd4 61. b3 Bf6 62. a4 Kg5 63. a5 Rf4 64. a6 Rf1 65. Bb1 Rf2 66. Bd3
Rf1 67. Bb1 Bd4 68. a7 Rf8 69. Be4 Rf1 70. Rb2 Rf2 71. Rxf2 gxf2 72. Bd3 Kf4
73. a8=Q Ke3 74. Qe4+ Kd2 75. Bb1 g3 76. Qf3 Ke1 77. Bd3 Kd2 78. Qe2+ Kc3 79.
Qc2+ Kb4 80. Qd2+ Bc3 81. Qf4 Bd4 82. Bc2 Kc3 83. Bd1 Kd3 84. Qf3+ Kd2 85. Qe2+
Kc3 86. Qc2+ Kb4 87. Be2 Bc3 88. Qg6 Bd4 89. Qd3 Bc3 90. Qxg3 Bd4 91. Qd3 Ka5
92. g3 Kb4 93. g4 Ka5 94. g5 Kb4 95. Qxd4 cxd4 96. Kb2 Kc5 97. Kc2 Kd6 98. Kd3
Ke5 99. b4 Kf5 100. Kxd4 Kxg5 101. Ke3 Kf5 102. Kxf2 Ke4 103. c5 Kd5 104. Bf3+
Kc4 105. c6 Kxb4 106. c7 Kb5 107. c8=R Kb4 108. Rc6 Kb5 109. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saravana, Krishnan P"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O d5 8. e5
Nd7 9. d4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Bf4 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 c4 14. Bc2 b5 15. b3 Nb6
16. a4 cxb3 17. Bxb3 bxa4 18. Bc2 Qd7 19. Na3 Na5 20. Bd3 Nac4 21. Nc2 a3 22.
Rdb1 Qa4 23. h4 g4 24. Ng5 Rc8 25. Ne3 Rc7 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. f3 Bxg5 28. hxg5
h4 29. Bf4 g3 30. g6 fxg6 31. Bxg6+ Kd7 32. Bd3 a5 33. Bg5 Ba6 34. Bf6 Rg8 35.
f4 Kc8 36. f5 Qd7 37. Rxa3 Rb7 38. Rxb7 Qxb7 39. Ra1 exf5 40. e6 Qc6 41. e7 Re8
42. Bxf5+ Kc7 43. Bxh4 Nd6 44. Qe3 Nxf5 45. Qf4+ Nd6 46. Bxg3 Rxe7 47. Rxa5 Rd7
48. Rc5 Bc4 49. Qf6 Kb7 50. Rxc6 Kxc6 51. Be5 Ba6 52. g4 Bd3 53. g5 Be4 54. g6
Rd8 55. Qxd8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Titichoca Daza, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "3020"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 e6 8. g4
Qa5 9. h4 b5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. O-O-O Be7 12. f4 Bb7 13. Bg2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
e5 dxe5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Ne4 O-O 18. g5 Be7 19. gxh6 g6 20. h5 Kh7 21. Qg2 Qc7
22. hxg6+ fxg6 23. Rhg1 Rg8 24. Ng5+ Bxg5 25. fxg5 Rac8 26. Rgf1 Nb6 27. Kb1
Nd5 28. Rde1 Rgf8 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Nd2 Rc8 31. Ne4 b4 32. Qf2 a5 33. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Langner, Ladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Be3 g6 4. Nc3 b6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 Bb7 7. h4 c5 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. Ne5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. f4 e6 12. Bb5 Bxh4+ 13. Kf1 Bc8 14. Nxd7 Bxd7
15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qg4 Bf6 17. Nxd5 cxd4 18. Rd1 Rc8 19. c3 h5 20. Qh3 Rc5 21.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Rxd4+ Ke7 23. Ke2 Rd8 24. Rhd1 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Rb5 26. b4 a5 27.
a4 Rf5 28. Qf3 Rd5 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Qxd5 Qxc3 31. Qe4+ Kf8 32. b5 h4 33. Kf3
Qe1 34. Qc2 Qg3+ 35. Ke4 Kg7 36. Qb2+ f6 37. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brizzi, Milagros Tatiana"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
O-O c6 9. Re1 Ne4 10. Nc3 f5 11. b3 a5 12. Rac1 Bf6 13. Red1 Qe7 14. Bf4 g5 15.
Be5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qg7 17. f3 Nd6 18. c5 Nf7 19. f4 gxf4 20. gxf4 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Be7 22. Na4 Bd7 23. Rd3 Kh8 24. Rg3 Qf7 25. Qc3 Rg8 26. Nb6 Rad8 27. Qxa5 Bh4
28. Rxg8+ Rxg8 29. Kh1 Qg7 30. Bf3 Bf2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piotrowski, Przemyslaw"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bxc5 Bxc4 11. Qa4 Ba6 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Rac1 Qf5 14. e4 Qxc5
15. Nd5 Qb5 16. Qxb5 Bxb5 17. Nc7 Be2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cernousek, Lukas"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 b6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Bf3 Qc4 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bb7 13. b4 a5 14. b5 Nd8
15. c4 Be4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Nf3 Nb7 18. Ke2 f6 19. Rhc1 Nbd6 20. Be1 Rfc8 21.
Rab1 c6 22. bxc6 Rxc6 23. d5 Rxc4 24. dxe6 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27.
Nd4 Kf8 28. f4 g6 29. g4 Ne7 30. Kd3 Nc5+ 31. Kc4 Ke8 32. Kb5 Nd5 33. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Voit, Daria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Na3
Nf5 9. Nc2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Be7 11. h4 h5 12. g3 Bd7 13. Kg2 Nb4 14. Nxb4 Qxb4 15.
a3 Qb6 16. a4 Bb4 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. Qd3 O-O 19. Rhd1 Rc7 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Rxd2
Rfc8 22. Ng5 g6 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. Qf3 Kg7 25. Qxh5 Nh6 26. Nh3 Rc2 27. Rad1
Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Qd8 29. Nf4 Bxa4 30. Qf3 Rc2 31. Nh5+ Kh7 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Qf4
Rxd2 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qxh6+ Ke7 36. Qxd2 Qb6 37. h5 Qd8 38. h6 Qh8 39. Qb4+ Kd8
40. Qxa4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Tokman, Ariel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 h6 5. Bc1 Ng8 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Bc4 d6 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Nb3 e5 12. Re1 Be7 13. Bb5 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Nxe5 c5 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Bg3 Qf6 18. c3 Rd8 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Bb7 21.
Qg4 h5 22. Qxh5 Nf4 23. Qxf7+ Qxf7 24. Nxf7 Nh3+ 25. gxh3 Kxf7 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7
27. Bh4+ Kf7 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Kg2 Rd5 31. b4 Rg5+ 32. Kf3 Bxh3 33.
Rc1 a5 34. bxa5 Bc8 35. a6 Rf5+ 36. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shkapenko, Pavel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nc6 8.
Bc4 Nb6 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Bb3 g6 11. h3 Bg7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Nc3 Be6 14. O-O
Bxb3 15. axb3 Ne6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Nd5 Rfe8 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Nc5 20. Ra3
Nd3 21. Be3 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Bxa7 Bxb2 25. Rd1 Ba3 26. Rd7
b5 27. Rb7 Ra8 28. g3 Bd6 29. b4 Bxb4 30. Rxb5 Bd6 31. Bc5 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33.
Be3 Kg7 34. g4 f6 35. Rb2 Kf7 36. Rc2 Rd5 37. Kf3 Rb5 38. Rc8 Rb1 39. Kg2 Rb5
40. Kf3 Ra5 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Kf3 h5 43. Rd8 Ra4 44. Rc8 Rb4 45. Ra8 Rc4 46. Rd8
g5 47. gxh5 Rh4 48. Kg2 Rxh5 49. Ra8 Rh4 50. Ra7 Rc4 51. Ra5 Kg6 52. Ra7 Kf5
53. Ra5+ Ke4 54. Ra6 Rb4 55. Rc6 Kd3 56. Ra6 Rc4 57. Rb6 Ke4 58. Ra6 Rc2 59.
Ra4+ Kf5 60. Ra5+ Kg6 61. Ra6 Rc7 62. Rb6 Rc4 63. Ra6 Rh4 64. Rb6 Rh8 65. Ra6
Kf7 66. Rb6 Ra8 67. Rc6 Ra4 68. Rb6 Re4 69. Rc6 Be5 70. Ra6 Rc4 71. Rb6 Rc8 72.
Ra6 Bd6 73. Kf3 Kg6 74. Kg2 f5 75. Rb6 f4 76. Bd4 Kf5 77. Rb5+ Ke4 78. Bb2 f3+
79. Kf1 Rc2 80. Rb3 Bc5 81. Rc3 Rxf2+ 82. Ke1 Re2+ 83. Kf1 Rxb2 84. Rxc5 Kf4
85. Rc4+ Kf5 86. Rc3 Ke4 87. Rc4+ Kd3 88. Rg4 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Lazov, Toni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 Qc7 8.
g4 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. h4 h6 11. Bd2 Ne5 12. Rg1 g6 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh5 15.
O-O-O Nc4 16. Ndxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Qxc4 Rc8 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxe4
21. Bb5+ Kd8 22. Ba5+ Rc7 23. Rge1 Bb7 24. Re3 Kc8 25. Bxc7 Kxc7 26. Rc3+ Kb6
27. Rb3 Ka7 28. Nc6+ Bxc6 29. Bxc6 Nf4 30. Rb7+ Ka6 31. Kb1 Bg7 32. Rxe7 Kb6
33. Rxf7 Be5 34. Be4 Rh2 35. Rf1 d5 36. Bd3 Kc5 37. Rf8 Kd4 38. Rd1 Rxf2 39.
Bxg6+ Kc5 40. Bd3 Rg2 41. g6 Nxg6 42. Rc8+ Kd6 43. Be4 Rg4 44. Rxd5+ Ke6 45.
Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Piliposyan, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. cxd3 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Rab1 cxd4 11. exd4 Qb6 12. Qa4 h6 13. Bf4 a6 14. h3 Rac8
15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Rfc1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Be3 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Bxb4 20. Bd4 Bc5
21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. d4 Nd3 23. Rd1 Nxb2 24. Rxb2 Rxc3 25. Rxb7 Rc2 26. a3 Rc3 27.
Ra7 Rxa3 28. Rb1 Ra4 29. Rbb7 Rf8 30. f4 Rxd4 31. f5 Re4 32. fxe6 Rxe5 33.
exf7+ Kh7 34. Rxa6 Rf5 35. Raa7 Kg6 36. Rb6+ Rf6 37. Rb5 Rd6 38. Raa5 d4 39.
Rd5 Rxd5 40. Rxd5 Rxf7 41. Rxd4 Kh7 42. Kh2 Rf6 43. Kg3 Ra6 44. Kf3 Ra3+ 45.
Kg4 Ra2 46. g3 Ra5 47. h4 h5+ 48. Kf4 g6 49. Rb4 Rf5+ 50. Ke4 Kh6 51. Rb8 Rf1
52. Rh8+ Kg7 53. Ra8 Re1+ 54. Kf3 Rf1+ 55. Kg2 Rf5 56. Ra7+ Rf7 57. Ra4 Kh6 58.
Kh3 Rf5 59. g4 Rf3+ 60. Kg2 hxg4 61. Rxg4 Rb3 62. Ra4 Kh5 63. Kh2 Rc3 64. Kg2
Rd3 65. Kh2 Rf3 66. Kg2 Rf5 67. Kg3 Rd5 68. Ra3 Rd4 69. Ra5+ Kh6 70. Ra8 Kg7
71. Rb8 Kf6 72. Rf8+ Kg7 73. Ra8 Rd3+ 74. Kg4 Rd4+ 75. Kg5 Rd5+ 76. Kg4 Kh6 77.
Rh8+ Kg7 78. Ra8 Rd4+ 79. Kg5 Rd5+ 80. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Acor, Corey B"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. f4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. Ng3 a4 13. g5 Ne8 14. f5 d5 15. Qe2 dxe4
16. dxe4 exf5 17. exf5 Bd6 18. Nh5 Bxf5 19. Be3 Bg6 20. Nh4 Nd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4
22. Qg4 Rb5 23. Nf3 Bxc2 24. Nxd4 Rxg5 25. Qe2 Bc5 26. Qxc2 Bxd4+ 27. Kh1 Rxh5
28. Rad1 Rh4 29. Qxa4 Qb6 30. Rd3 Nf6 31. Rf5 g6 32. Rb5 Qc7 33. Rxb4 Re8 34.
Qd1 Bf2 35. Rb7 Qc5 36. b4 Qg5 37. Rd8 Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kg7 39. Qe7 Rxh3+ 40.
Bxh3 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tsvetkov, Andrey1"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 d6 7. Bd2 bxc4 8. Bxc4
O-O 9. Nge2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Nf4 Qe8 13. O-O c4 14. a3 Bc5+
15. Kh1 Nc7 16. Na4 Bd4 17. Ba5 Nb5 18. Ne2 e5 19. Nac3 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Bc5 21.
b4 cxb3 22. Qxb3+ Kh8 23. Rfd1 Rb8 24. Qa2 Nh5 25. Bb4 Bxb4 26. axb4 Qg6 27.
Qxa7 Rxb4 28. Qe7 Rfb8 29. Rxd6 Qe8 30. Qxe8+ Rxe8 31. Nc3 h6 32. Nd5 Rb2 33.
h3 Rc8 34. Ne3 Rc3 35. Nd1 Ng3+ 36. Kh2 Nf1+ 37. Kg1 Rcc2 38. Nxb2 Ne3 39. Nd3
Rxg2+ 40. Kh1 Rg3 41. Nxe5 Rxh3+ 42. Kg1 Kh7 43. Kf2 Nc2 44. Rg1 Rh2+ 45. Rg2
Rh5 46. Rd7 Kg8 47. Rdxg7+ Kf8 48. Rg8+ Ke7 49. R2g7+ Kd6 50. Ng4 Kc5 51. Rc7+
Kd4 52. Rxc2 Kd3 53. Rc7 Rb5 54. Rd8+ Rd5 55. Rxd5# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Raja, Harshit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 O-O 9. Bxd7 Nbxd7 10. Qd3 Rc8 11. h3 a6 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. b3 Nc5 14. Qe2 Qc6
15. Rae1 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nd4 Qb7 18. Ndxb5 Ncxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4
Qxb5 21. Qxe7 Rc2 22. Qxd6 Rxa2 23. b4 Qb8 24. Bf4 Qxd6 25. Bxd6 Rd8 26. Bc5
Bf8 27. Ra1 Rc2 28. Rfc1 Rb2 29. Rab1 Ra2 30. Be3 Rb8 31. b5 f5 32. b6 Rb7 33.
Rc7 Rxc7 34. bxc7 Rc2 35. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Manea, Alexandru"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 e5 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bb4 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
Qh5 O-O 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Ng3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Be6 13. O-O a5 14. Ne4 a4
15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. Bxf6 h6 17. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. f5 e5 14. Ne6 fxe6 15.
fxe6 Nf8 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Bh5+ Kd8 18. Rb3 Qa5 19. Bf2 d5 20. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Perro, Loko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "3007"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Ne7 7. a4 Nd7 8. a5 a6
9. b4 Bh7 10. c3 g5 11. Na3 Bg7 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Ne3 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ne5
Ng6 16. Nxg6 Bxg6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd7 19. Ra2 Qf6 20. Re2 Rae8 21. Rfe1
Qf7 22. Ng4 h5 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qf5 25. Qd4 g4 26. Rf1 Qg6 27. Bf4 h4 28.
f3 g3 29. h3 Rf5 30. Bc1 Kf7 31. Rfe1 Qh5 32. c4 Kg8 33. cxd5 exd5 34. f4 Bh6
35. e6 Bg7 36. Qd3 Re7 37. Bd2 Bf6 38. Kh1 Bg7 39. Kg1 Bf6 40. Kh1 Bg7 41. Bc1
Bf6 42. Kg1 Bg7 43. Rf1 Bf6 44. Rf3 Bg7 45. Kh1 Qg6 46. Re5 Rxe5 47. fxe5 Qxd3
48. Rxd3 Rxe6 49. Bf4 Bxe5 50. Re3 Rf6 51. Rxe5 Rxf4 52. Kg1 Kf7 53. Rh5 Rxb4
54. Rh7+ Ke6 55. Kf1 Ke5 56. Rh5+ Kd6 57. Rh7 0-1

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 O-O 14. Rg1 b4 15.
Nce2 e5 16. f6 exd4 17. fxe7 Re8 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. Qf4 a5 20. Bb5 Rxe7 21. Ba4
Be6 22. Kb1 Qc4 23. Bb3 Qc5 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 a4 26. Bd5 Rc8 27. Qd2 a3 28.
g6 Kh8 29. gxf7 Nxf7 30. Qg2 Nh6 31. f6 gxf6 32. Bb3 Qe5 33. c3 bxc3 34. bxa3
c2+ 35. Bxc2 Rxc2 36. Kxc2 Ng4 37. Qxg4 Rc7+ 38. Kd2 Qb2+ 39. Ke1 Re7+ 40. Kf1
Qb5+ 41. Kf2 Qb2+ 42. Kf1 Qb5+ 43. Kf2 Qb2+ 44. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 b5 13. a4 a6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. axb5 axb5 16. O-O c6 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Ra3 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rfa1 Rxa3
21. Qxa3 Qb7 22. Qa7 Rb8 23. Qxb7 Rxb7 24. Ra8+ Kh7 25. g4 Be6 26. f4 g6 27.
Ra6 Bd7 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. h4 b4 30. cxb4 Rxb4 31. Ra2 Kf6 32. Ra7 Ke7 33. Ra2 Kd6
34. Bf3 Rb1 35. Rc2 Rb3 36. Ra2 Rb1 37. Rc2 Rb3 38. Ra2 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 c5 11. a4 Rxa5 12. Bd2 Ra6 13. Ra3 Kh8 14. Qc1 Nfg8 15.
Kh1 h6 16. Ne1 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nf3 g5 19. Ne4 g4 20. Ng1 Nd4 21. Bd1 Qe8
22. Rg3 Qg6 23. f3 h5 24. Re1 Nf5 25. fxg4 Nxg3+ 26. Nxg3 hxg4 27. Bc2 Qe8 28.
N1e2 Rxa4 29. Bxa4 Qxa4 30. Bg5 b5 31. cxb5 Qxb5 32. Nc3 Qd7 33. Nge4 Ba6 34.
Qd1 Nh6 35. Ng3 Nf7 36. Nce4 Nh6 37. Qd2 Nf5 38. Ra1 Bb5 39. Rb1 Bc4 40. Nh5
Rf7 41. Nxg7 Kxg7 42. Rd1 Kg6 43. Bh4 Nxh4 44. Qg5+ Kh7 45. Qxh4+ Kg7 46. Qg5+
Kf8 47. Nf6 Qa4 48. Re1 Qb4 49. Qh4 Qd2 50. Rg1 Qf4 51. Qh8+ Ke7 52. Ng8+ Kd7
53. Nh6 Re7 54. Ng8 Rf7 55. Nh6 Re7 56. Ng8 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Qd2 Be7 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. Be3 e5 12. Bc4 Bg4 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bd5 Rad8
15. O-O Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bf6 17. b4 a6 18. Rd3 Qc8 19. Kg2 Be7 20. Rfd1 Rd6 21.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 22. Rxd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Rxf3 24. Kxf3 Qf8+ 25. Ke2 Qxd6 26. Qc4+ Kh8
27. Qf7 h6 28. Qxb7 Qe6 29. h3 Kh7 30. Qb6 Qc4+ 31. Kf3 Nd4+ 32. Bxd4 exd4 33.
Qc5 Qd3+ 34. Kf4 Qd2+ 35. Ke5 d3 36. Kd4 Qe2 37. Qc4 Qxf2+ 38. Kxd3 Qf3+ 39.
Kd4 Qxa3 40. e5 Qxh3 41. Qxa6 Qg4+ 42. Kd5 h5 43. Qd3+ Kh6 44. e6 Qg5+ 45. Kd6
Qd8+ 0-1

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. Rb1 Nd7 10. Nf3 Ng6 11. O-O dxc3 12. h4 O-O 13. Re1 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. Qd4 Ne7 16. Rb5 Qd8 17. Qxc3 Nc6 18. Bf4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Rxf4 20. Bd3 Qf6 21.
Qd2 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Nd4 23. Qe3 Nxf3+ 24. Kf1 Nxe1 25. Kxe1 Qf7 26. Rb4 Qe7 27.
Qe5 Qf6 28. Qd6 e5 29. Qxd5+ Kh8 30. h5 Bd7 31. Qxd7 Rf8 32. Kd1 Qxf2 33. Kc1
Qf6 34. Re4 Qg5+ 35. Kb2 Qxh5 36. Qd6 Qf7 37. Rxe5 Qf4 38. Qe6 Qd4+ 39. Kb3 g6
40. Rd5 Qa1 41. Rd7 Qb1+ 42. Kc3 Qa1+ 43. Kb3 Qb1+ 44. Ka4 Qb2 45. Qe7 Rf4+ 46.
c4 b5+ 47. Ka5 Qc3+ 48. Ka6 Qf6+ 49. Qxf6+ Rxf6+ 50. Kxb5 a6+ 51. Ka5 h5 52. c5
h4 53. Rd6 Rf7 54. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. f4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. h3 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. g4 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Ne2 d4 15. Ng3
Bb7 16. Ne4 Nb4 17. Bd2 Bxe4 18. dxe4 Nc6 19. Qe1 c4 20. h4 b4 21. h5 c3 22.
Bc1 d3 23. cxd3 Nc5 24. bxc3 Nxd3 25. Qg3 bxc3 26. g5 c2 27. g6 fxg6 28. hxg6
h6 29. Bh3 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 31. Be3 Qxe4 32. Ra7 Bh4 33. Bxe6+ Kh8 34. Qh3
Rb1 35. Rc7 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Nxf4 37. Qf5 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Qd2
Nbc6 9. Ne2 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ng3 Bg4 12. Ng1 a5 13. h3 Bd7 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Na6 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Bc2 a4 18. Rb1 g5 19. Nh5 Kf8 20. Be3 Ng6 21. Nxg7
Kxg7 22. e5 b6 23. exd6 cxd6 24. O-O Re8 25. Rf2 f5 26. Bd4+ Kh7 27. Rbf1 Ne4
28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. b3 axb3 30. axb3 Nf4 31. Re1 Qe7 32. Rxe4 fxe4 33. Ne1 Bxh3
34. gxh3 Nxh3+ 35. Kg2 Nxf2 36. Qxf2 Rf8 37. Qg3 Qf7 38. Kh2 Qh5+ 39. Kg1 Qe2
40. Bf2 Rf4 41. Qe3 Rg4+ 42. Ng2 Qf3 43. Kf1 Rxg2 44. Qxb6 e3 45. Qxe3 Qxe3 46.
Bxe3 Rb2 47. c5 dxc5 48. d6 Rxb3 49. Ke2 Kg6 50. Bxc5 Rb7 51. Ke3 Kf5 52. Kd4
Ke6 53. Ke4 Rb5 54. Bd4 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4
Bd4 9. Rb1 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qe7 12. g3 a5 13. Bd2 axb4 14. axb4 O-O
15. O-O Nd7 16. Bg2 Nb6 17. Nc3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Ra2 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Ra8 21.
Qb2 Qe8 22. Bd2 Nd4 23. Be3 Na4 24. Qd2 Nc3 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. e5 dxe5 27. Bxb7
Rb8 28. Bf3 Rxb4 29. Kg2 h6 30. Ra1 Ra4 31. Re1 Ra2 32. Qf4 Re2 33. Rxe2 Nxe2
34. Qe4 Nc3 35. Qb7 Qe7 36. h4 g6 37. h5 gxh5 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qf5 h4 40. gxh4
Qf6 41. Qd7 Qg6+ 42. Kh2 Qxd3 43. Bh5 Qxc4 44. Qg4+ Kf8 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Qg4+
Kf8 47. Qd7 Qe6 48. Qxc7 Nd5 49. Qc2 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. b3 b6 8. O-O Ba6
9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. e4 b5 11. cxd5 Qa5 12. dxe6 b4 13. Qc2 Bxf1 14. Bxf1 bxc3 15.
exd7 Nxd7 16. e5 Rfd8 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Bc4 Nb6 19. Bd3 g6 20. Be4 Nd5 21. Qc1
Ba3 22. Qf1 f5 23. Bd3 Bf8 24. Qh3 c2 25. Rc1 Qc3 26. Qf1 Nb4 27. Bc4+ Kh8 28.
Qe2 Bg7 29. Bd2 Qb2 30. Be3 Qxa2 31. Kg2 a5 32. Ng5 h6 33. Nf7+ Kh7 34. Qd2 Re7
35. Nxh6 a4 36. Qxb4 Ree8 37. bxa4 Qxa4 38. Qxa4 Rxa4 39. Rxc2 Bxh6 40. f4 Ra3
41. Bf2 Bf8 42. h4 Rd8 43. Be2 Kh6 44. Bf3 Ra4 45. Rxc6 Ra2 46. h5 Rxd4 47.
Rxg6+ Kh7 48. Rf6 Rdd2 49. Bd5 Rxf2+ 50. Kg1 Bc5 51. Bxa2 Rxa2+ 52. Kh1 Bf2 53.
Kg2 Be1+ 54. Kh3 Ra3 55. Rg6 Re3 56. Rg5 Kh6 57. Kg2 Re4 58. Rxf5 Re3 59. Rg5
Kh7 60. Kh3 Kh6 61. Kh4 Kh7 62. Rg6 Re4 63. Kg4 Re3 64. Kh4 Re4 65. Kh3 Re3 66.
e6 Bb4 67. Kg4 Be1 68. Kh4 Re4 69. Kh3 Re3 70. Kh4 Re4 71. Kg4 Re3 72. Kh3 Bb4
73. Kh2 Be1 74. Kg2 Bb4 75. g4 Bc5 76. f5 Bf8 77. g5 Re5 78. Rf6 Kg8 79. Rf7
Bc5 80. h6 Re2+ 81. Kf3 Re3+ 82. Kg4 Re4+ 83. Kh5 Be3 84. h7+ Kh8 85. Kg6 Bc5
86. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. Be3 a6 12. Qe2 Na5 13. Rfd1 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Qe8
15. Ne1 h6 16. Nc2 a5 17. Na3 Qc6 18. Qf3 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Bb6 Rf8 21.
Bxa5 Nh7 22. Bb4 f5 23. Nc4 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Ng5 25. Qe3 Bxh3 26. Nxe5 Qf5 27. Nd5
Rce8 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Na3 Bh7
9. Nc2 Ng6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. g3 c5 12. h4 c4 13. Be2 O-O 14. Ne3 f6 15. h5 Nh8
16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Ne5 Nf7 18. Ng6 Bxg6 19. hxg6 Nh8 20. b3 b5 21. a4 a6 22. Qc2
Bd6 23. Ng2 Qe8 24. Bf4 cxb3 25. Qxb3 Bxf4 26. Nxf4 Nxg6 27. Nxg6 Qxg6 28. axb5
Ne4 29. Qc2 Qg5 30. Rxa6 Rac8 31. Rc6 Ra8 32. Ra6 Nxg3 33. fxg3 Qxg3+ 34. Kh1
Qh3+ 35. Kg1 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Nbd2
Bb6 9. Re1 c6 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bc2 Re8 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Nh5 15. Nb3
Nhf4 16. Be3 f6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qxf4 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21.
Qe8+ Qf8 22. Qxg6 Bxh3 23. Re1 Bf5 24. Qh5 Qf6 25. Ng5 Bg6 26. Qh4 Re8 27. Qh7+
Bxh7 28. Rxe8+ Qf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Nxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
e3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Be2 a5 11. O-O Ne7 12. a3 Bd6 13. Nb5 Bg4 14. Rfc1 c6
15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. b4 b5 17. Qb3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ra7 19. a4 axb4 20. axb5 Rxa1 21.
Rxa1 cxb5 22. Rb1 Ra8 23. Be2 Nc6 24. Bxb5 Ra3 25. Qb2 Na5 26. Qxb4 Qxb4 27.
Rxb4 Ra1+ 28. Bf1 Nc4 29. g3 Nd2 30. Kg2 Rxf1 31. Rb5 Ra1 32. Rxd5 Ra2 33. Rf5
g6 34. Rf4 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. g4
h6 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qb5+ Bd7 13. Qb3 Bc6 14. f3 O-O 15.
O-O-O b5 16. Bxb5 Rb8 17. Bxc6 Rxb3 18. axb3 Qa5 19. Kb1 Rc8 20. Ba4 Rxc3 21.
Bd2 Qc5 22. Bxc3 Nh7 23. h4 Qf2 24. Rdf1 Qe3 25. b4 Nf8 26. Bb3 Ng6 27. g5 hxg5
28. hxg5 Bxg5 29. Rhg1 Kf8 30. Rd1 Be7 31. Bd2 Qe2 32. Rge1 Qg2 33. Be3 Nh4 34.
Rg1 Qxf3 35. Bxa7 Qxe4 36. b5 Nf3 37. Rh1 Bg5 38. Bd5 Qe2 39. b6 Nd2+ 40. Rxd2
Qxd2 41. b7 1-0

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
g5 9. Bd2 a5 10. a4 Ng6 11. Ne1 Ne7 12. Bh5 Qb6 13. Bc3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Nd4 Bg7 16. Nxf5 Nxf5 17. Bg4 Ne7 18. Kh1 Nc6 19. f4 Ne4 20. Nd3 h5 21. Bxh5
Ne7 22. fxg5 Nf5 23. Rxf5 exf5 24. Qf3 O-O-O 25. Qxf5+ Kb8 26. g4 Qc6 27. Bd4
Qxc2 28. Qf3 Nxg5 29. Qe3 Ne6 30. Ba7+ Ka8 31. Bb6 Qc6 32. Bxa5 d4+ 0-1

[Event "Sukooon Resort Indian"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nandhidhaa, PV."]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chess Thulir"]
[BlackTeam "Undercover Agents"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. a3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3
Bc5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Bf4 Be6 14. O-O Nfd7
15. Ne3 Qf6 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Qd2 Qf4 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 c5 20. Bd5 Rab8 21.
b3 b4 22. a4 a5 23. Qf2 Rbc8 24. g3 Qf6 25. f4 Nc6 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. f5 Bc8 28.
Nd5 Qe5 29. f6 Kh7 30. fxg7 Be6 31. g8=Q+ Rxg8 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Nxg8 Kxg8 34.
Qf4 Kg7 35. Qxe5+ dxe5 36. Rd8 c4 37. bxc4 Rxc4 38. Ra8 Rxc2 39. Rxa5 b3 40.
Rb5 Bc4 41. Rb4 Bxf1 42. Kxf1 b2 0-1

[Event "Sukooon Resort Indian"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Five Fighters"]
[BlackTeam "Undercover Agents"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
h6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. b3 a4 15.
Bb2 axb3 16. axb3 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 d5 18. Ne5 Qa8 19. Qc2 dxe4 20. Nxc6 Re8 21.
Nxe4 Bd5 22. Ne7+ Rxe7 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Rxe7 Qxa1+ 25. Kh2 Qxd4 26. Qf5 Be6
27. Re8+ Kg7 28. Qf3 Qxf2 29. Qxf2 Bxf2 30. b4 Be1 31. b5 Ba5 32. g4 Bd7 33.
Rb8 Bb6 34. Kg2 Bxb5 35. Kf3 Bd3 36. Kf4 Bd4 37. Rc8 c5 38. h4 c4 0-1

[Event "Sukooon Resort Indian"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Aronyak, Ghosh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Undercover Agents"]
[BlackTeam "Chess Gyaan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 b5 8. e4
Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Re1 Bxg5
15. Nexg5 Nce7 16. Qd3 Ng6 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. g3 Rad8 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc7
21. f4 h6 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Ne7 24. Re2 Ncd5 25. Kf2 Rc8 26. Rc2 Rxc2+ 27.
Nxc2 Rc8 28. Ne3 Nxe3 29. Kxe3 g5 30. Ke4 gxf4 31. gxf4 a5 32. Rd2 Nf5 33. a3
Rc1 34. Rd1 Rc5 35. Rd2 Rc1 36. Rd1 Rc5 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rd7 Kf8 39. Rd1 a4 40.
Ba2 Rc2 41. Bb1 Rxh2 42. Kf3 Rxb2 43. Bxf5 exf5 44. Rd5 Rb3+ 45. Kg2 h5 46. Kh2
h4 47. Kg2 Kg7 48. Rc5 h3+ 49. Kh2 Kg6 50. Rc6+ Kh5 51. Rf6 Kg4 52. Rxf7 Kxf4
53. e6 Rxa3 54. Rb7 Re3 55. Rxb5 Rxe6 56. Ra5 Re4 57. Kxh3 Ke3 58. Rxf5 Kd2 59.
Kg2 Kc2 60. Rc5+ Kb2 61. Rb5+ Ka2 62. Kf3 Re8 63. Kf2 a3 64. Rb7 Ka1 65. Kf1 a2
66. Kf2 Rc8 67. Ke3 Rc1 68. Kd2 Rb1 69. Rh7 Kb2 70. Rb7+ Ka3 71. Ra7+ Kb3 72.
Rb7+ Kc4 73. Rc7+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "Sukooon Resort Indian"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Desi Boys"]
[BlackTeam "Undercover Agents"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qh5 14.
O-O-O Bb7 15. f3 Rfc8 16. Rd2 Nd5 17. Bd4 a5 18. g4 Qg6 19. Rhd1 h6 20. h4 Bc6
21. Qa3 Nb4 22. Bb6 Qf6 23. Bxa5 Nd5 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Qc3 Qxc3+ 26. Bxc3 Rxa2
27. Rd4 Re8 28. Kd2 Ra7 29. Rg1 Rae7 30. Rg2 g6 31. Rf4 Re6 32. Bd4 Bb5 33. e3
Ra8 34. h5 Ra1 35. hxg6 Rxg6 36. Rf5 Bc6 37. Rh2 Rf1 38. g5 Rg1 39. gxh6 R6g2+
40. Rxg2+ Rxg2+ 41. Kc3 Rh2 42. Rg5+ Kf8 43. Kb4 Ke7 44. Kc5 Rxh6 45. f4 Bb7
46. Rg8 Rc6+ 47. Kb5 Rc8 48. Rg5 Ba8 49. Bc5+ Kd7 50. Bd4 Bc6+ 51. Kb4 Rb8+ 52.
Kc3 Rb3+ 53. Kd2 Kd6 54. Ke2 Bd7 55. Kf3 Rd3 56. Ke2 Rb3 57. Bc3 Rb7 58. Kf3
Ra7 59. Be5+ Kc6 60. Rg7 Bf5 61. Bd4 Be4+ 62. Kg3 Rb7 63. Kh4 f5 64. Rg6+ Kb5
65. Kg5 Ka4 66. Ra6+ Kb3 67. Ra3+ Kc2 68. Rc3+ Kb1 69. Ra3 Rxb2 70. Kf6 Rb3 71.
Ra1+ Kc2 72. Ra2+ Kd3 73. Ke5 c3 74. Ra5 c2 75. Rc5 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Sukooon Resort Indian"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Undercover Agents"]
[BlackTeam "Chess Pathshala"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. b3 a6 13. Nc3 cxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15.
Nd2 N6d5 16. Nce4 a5 17. Bf3 Nd3 18. Ra1 c5 19. Nc4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 N3b4 21. Ned6
Bc6 22. g3 f5 23. Bg2 Ra6 24. f4 Qa8 25. Qe2 a4 26. bxa4 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 Qxa4 28.
Bc5 Qb3 29. Na5 Qc3 30. Bxb4 Nxb4 31. Nxc6 Nxc6 32. Qa2 Nd4 33. Nb5 Qe3+ 34.
Kh1 Kf7 35. Nxd4 Qxd4 36. Bf3 Rc8 37. Rd1 Qe3 38. Kg2 Rc3 39. Qe2 Qc5 40. Qf2
Qc7 41. Rd2 Rc1 42. Rd1 Rc3 43. Rd2 g6 44. Ra2 Qc4 45. Qe2 Qc5 46. Qf2 Qc4 47.
Qe2 Qd4 48. Qf2 Qd3 49. Qe2 Qd4 50. Qf2 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sukooon Resort Indian"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Aakanksha, Hagawane"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheeky Cheetahs"]
[BlackTeam "Undercover Agents"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nf3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qd2 Qa5 14.
Ne2 Qxa2 15. c3 Bc5 16. b4 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Be7 18. h3 Rfc8 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Rhe1
Bf8 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Nb5 a5 23. Nc7 Ra7 24. Ra1 d4 25. Rxa5 dxc3+ 26. Kxc3
Rxa5 27. bxa5 g5 28. Bg3 f5 29. Re8 Rxe8 30. Nxe8 f4 31. Bf2 Kf7 32. Nc7 Bd6
33. Nb5 Bb8 34. Kd4 Ke6 35. Ke4 Nf6+ 36. Kf3 h5 37. g4 hxg4+ 38. hxg4 Kd5 39.
Nc3+ Ke6 40. Bd4 Be5 41. Nb5 Bxd4 42. Nxd4+ Ke5 43. Nb3 Nd7 44. Ke2 Kd5 45. Kf3
Ne5+ 46. Ke2 Nxg4 47. Nd2 Nf6 48. Nf3 g4 49. Nh4 Nh5 50. Ng6 Ke6 51. Nf8+ Kf5
52. Nd7 f3+ 53. Ke3 Nf6 54. Nc5 Nd5+ 55. Kf2 Kf4 56. Ne6+ Ke5 57. Nc5 Nf4 58.
Kg3 Ne2+ 59. Kf2 Nd4 60. Nxb7 Kf4 61. Nc5 g3+ 62. Kf1 g2+ 63. Kf2 Ne2 64. Ne6+
Ke5 65. Kxf3 g1=Q 66. Kxe2 Kxe6 67. a6 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Sukooon Resort Indian"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Undercover Agents"]
[BlackTeam "Superkids"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Bg3 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bxg6 Nxg3 14. hxg3
f5 15. Qh5 Rf6 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. O-O-O Be8 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Bxe8 Qxe8 20. Ng5 Qg6
21. f4 Ke7 22. Qxg6 Rxg6 23. Rh7 Rh8 24. Rdh1 Rxh7 25. Rxh7 Nd8 26. Kd2 Nf7 27.
Nxf7 Kxf7 28. Rh3 b5 29. a3 Rh6 30. Ke3 a5 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Rh8 33. Rxh8
Bxh8 34. Kf3 Kg6 35. g4 Bf6 36. g5 Be7 37. g3 Kh5 38. Kf2 Kg4 39. Kg2 Bf8 40.
Kf2 Kh3 41. Kf3 Bg7 42. Kf2 Kh2 43. Kf3 Kg1 44. g4 Kf1 45. gxf5 exf5 46. Kg3
Ke2 47. Kh4 Kf3 48. Kh5 Kxf4 49. Kg6 Bf8 50. Kf7 Kxg5 51. Kxf8 f4 52. c4 f3 53.
cxd5 f2 54. d6 f1=Q+ 55. Ke8 Qe2+ 56. Kd8 Kf6 57. d7 Qc4 58. d5 Kf7 59. d6 Kf6
0-1

[Event "Sukooon Resort Indian"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chess Gurukul"]
[BlackTeam "Undercover Agents"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Qa4 d4 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Ne7 8. b4 O-O
9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. Rab1 Kh8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qc7 14. Rfe1 f5 15.
Bg2 g5 16. Bb2 Ng6 17. e3 dxe3 18. Rxe3 e4 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. dxe4 f4 21. Ra3
Nde5 22. Qc2 Rad8 23. c5 a6 24. Qb2 Kh6 25. Rc3 Qf7 26. Nf3 Qf6 27. Qc2 Nxf3+
28. Rxf3 Ne5 29. Rfb3 Rd4 30. Rd1 Rfd8 31. Rbb1 R8d7 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Rd1 Qd8
34. Rxd4 Qxd4 35. gxf4 gxf4 36. Qb3 Qc4 37. Qb2 Qe6 38. Qd4 Qf6 39. Kf1 f3 40.
Bxf3 Qxf3 41. Qxe5 Qxh3+ 42. Ke1 Qh1+ 43. Ke2 Qb1 44. Qf6+ Kh5 45. Qf5+ Kh6 46.
Kf3 Qxb4 47. Kg4 Kg7 48. Kh5 Qd4 49. e5 Qxc5 50. Qg5+ Kf8 51. Qf6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "Sukooon Resort Indian"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Undercover Agents"]
[BlackTeam "United India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nf3 Nc5
9. Nd2 a5 10. g4 c6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Kf1 Ne8 13. h4 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. h5 Kh8 17. h6 Bf6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nde4 Qd4 21. Qd3 Rd8
22. Rd1 Nd6 23. Qxd4 cxd4 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Na4 Bc2 26. Nc5 Bxd1 27. Bxd1 Bg5
28. Rh5 Be3 29. Ne4 Rxh6 30. Rxe5 Rh2 31. Kg1 Rhxf2 32. Nxf2 Rxf2 33. Bg4 Rf4+
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gatineau, Yovann"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe6 Bxe6 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bb5
O-O 9. O-O Qb6 10. Re1 Rad8 11. Qe2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5
Nxd5 15. Bg3 Bf6 16. Bd3 Nb4 17. b3 Rc8 18. Qe4 g6 19. Bc4 d5 20. Bxd5 Nxc2 21.
Bxb7 Rc3 22. Bd5 Nxa1 23. Rxa1 Qc5 24. h4 Rd8 25. Bc4 d3 26. h5 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vypkhaniuk, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Qxd5 6. Qxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nc6
8. c3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. O-O Bc5 12. Rd1 Rhe8 13. Kf1 Nf6 14.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 15. Bg5 Rd6 16. Nd2 h6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Ne4 Rc6 19. Rd1 f5 20. Nxc5
Rxc5 21. f4 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. g3 Re4 24. Kf2 Re7 25. Rd5 g6 26. Ra5 a6 27.
g4 Rf7 28. Kf3 Kd7 29. Re5 Kd6 30. c4 c6 31. c5+ Kd7 32. b4 Rf8 33. Kg3 Rf7 34.
a3 fxg4 35. hxg4 Re7 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. Kd3 h5 40. f5
hxg4 41. fxg6 Ke6 42. Ke4 Kf6 43. Kf4 Kxg6 44. Kxg4 Kf6 45. Kf4 Ke6 46. Ke4 Kf6
47. Kd4 Ke6 48. Kc4 Ke5 49. Kb3 Ke6 50. Ka4 Kd7 51. Ka5 Kc7 52. a4 Kc8 53. Kb6
Kb8 54. a5 Kc8 55. Ka7 Kc7 56. Ka8 Kc8 57. Ka7 Kc7 58. Ka8 Kc8 59. Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Pikula, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Rfd1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f3 Nd7 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rac1 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Rxc3 19. Qxc3+ Qxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxa2
21. Bxd7 Bxd7 22. Rc7 Be6 23. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 e5
9. Nbd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. c4 Ne8 12. Nf1 Nc7 13. Ne3 Ne6 14. Nd5 Ned4 15. Nxd4
Nxd4 16. Be3 Nc6 17. f4 Be6 18. f5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. h4 Bf6
22. b3 Re8 23. Be4 Kf8 24. Qg4 Re5 25. Re2 Qd7 26. Kg2 Rae8 27. Kh3 Ke7 28. Rf1
Kd8 29. Rf4 Kc7 30. Kg2 Kb6 31. Kf1 a5 32. Ke1 Qe7 33. Kd1 Qf8 34. Qh5 Qg8 35.
Qg4 Qh8 36. Qh5 g6 37. Qf3 g5 38. Rg4 gxh4 39. gxh4 h5 40. Rgg2 Qh6 41. Rg1 Rh8
42. Rh2 Ree8 43. Rgg2 Reg8 44. Rg3 Rxg3 45. Qxg3 Be5 46. Qg2 Bxh2 47. Qxh2 Rg8
48. Ke2 Qe3+ 49. Kf1 Rg3 50. Qf2 Qc1+ 51. Ke2 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arjun, Kalyan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f3 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qe1 Nbd7 13. Qf2 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Rfe8
15. g4 Ne5 16. g5 Nfd7 17. f4 Nxc4 18. Nb1 d5 19. b3 Nxe3 20. Rxc7 Nxd1 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bxd1 Rc1 23. Qd2 Rxb1 24. Ne2 Nc5 25. exd5 Ne4 26. Qc2 Bc5+ 27.
Kf1 Bxd5 28. Ng3 Nc3 29. Qxc3 Rxd1+ 30. Ke2 Rd4 31. f5 a5 32. fxe6 Bxe6 33. Qc2
Bg4+ 34. Kf1 g6 35. Ne2 Rd5 36. Qc4 Rf5+ 37. Kg2 Bf3+ 38. Kg3 Bd5 39. Qd3 Rxg5+
40. Kh4 Rh5+ 41. Kg3 Bd6+ 42. Kf2 Rxh2+ 43. Kg1 Rh1+ 44. Kf2 Bc5+ 45. Kg3 Rh5
46. Nf4 Bd6 47. Kg4 f5+ 48. Kg3 Rg5+ 49. Kf2 Bc5+ 50. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bf4
Rb8 9. Rc1 h6 10. d5 e5 11. Bd2 Nd4 12. e3 Nf5 13. e4 Nd4 14. Be3 Bg4 15. Bxd4
exd4 16. Qxd4 Nd7 17. Qd2 Re8 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 h5 20. Bg2 h4 21. g4 Qf6 22.
Kh1 Qd4 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Rcd1 Bg7 25. f4 Nb6 26. c5 Nc4 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. Rf2
Nxb2 29. Rxb2 Bxc3 30. Rb3 Bf6 31. g5 Bg7 32. Rdb1 Rec8 33. Bf3 b5 34. a4 Rc5
35. axb5 axb5 36. Be2 Re8 37. Bd3 Bd4 38. Rxb5 Rxb5 39. Rxb5 Rc8 40. Rb3 Be3
41. e5 Bxf4 42. e6 Bxg5 43. Rb7 Rf8 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. Rxf7+ Rxf7 46. exf7 Kxf7
47. Kf3 Kg7 48. Kg4 Bf6 49. Be4 Kh6 50. Bd3 Kg7 51. Be4 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. d5
bxa4 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qxa4 O-O 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 Rb8
15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Qc4 Kh8 18. Nxc7 Rf8 19. Rad1 d6 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21.
Qxe6 Rf6 22. Qc4 Rxb2 23. Nxe5 Qf8 24. Nd3 Rb8 25. Nb4 a5 26. Nd5 Rf7 27. Rd2
Be5 28. g3 g5 29. Kg2 g4 30. h3 Qh6 31. Ne3 Qxh3+ 32. Kg1 Rf6 33. Nf5 h5 34. f4
gxf3 35. Rxf3 Rb1+ 36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Bxg3 39. Rd5 Be5 40.
Rxa5 Kh7 41. Ra7+ Kg8 42. a4 Rf8 43. a5 d5 44. Ke2 dxe4 45. Nh6+ Kh8 46. Nf7+
Rxf7 47. Rxf7 Bd4 48. a6 h4 49. a7 Bxa7 50. Rxa7 h3 51. Ke3 h2 52. Ra1 Kg7 53.
Rh1 Kg6 54. Rxh2 Kf5 55. Rh4 Kg5 56. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nf3 Bxb5 10. Bxb5+ Nd7 11. Nxd4 a6 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Be3 Bb6 14. O-O Nc6 15.
c3 O-O 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Kh1 Rc7 19. Bf2 Rfc8 20. Rfe1 h6 21. g3
Nxd4 22. cxd4 Nf8 23. Kg2 Qd7 24. g4 Qa4 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Qb2 Qc6 27. Qe2 Qc3
28. Qe3 Ng6 29. Kg3 Qxa3 30. f5 Rc3 31. Rd1 Nxe5 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Kg2 Rxd3 34.
Qxe5 Rxd1 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kh8 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kh8 40.
Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Travadon, Loic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d6 5. h4 h5 6. Nd2 Bh6 7. g3 c6 8. Bg2
d5 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. c4 O-O 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 Bxe2 13. Kxe2 Nc6 14. Qxd5 Qb6
15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Rhc1 Rfd8 17. Qc5 Bf8 18. Qd5 Rxd5 19. Bxd5 Nb4 20. Bf3 Rc8 21.
b3 b5 22. Nd2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxa2 24. Rc7 a5 25. g4 a4 26. bxa4 bxa4 27. gxh5
Nd5 28. Rd7 Nb6 29. Rb7 Nc4 30. hxg6 Qxd2+ 31. Kf1 Qd3+ 32. Be2 Qe4 33. gxf7+
Kg7 34. Bxc4 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qxb7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bc1 g6 5. f3 Nd6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3
f5 9. Nge2 fxe4 10. fxe4 Qa5 11. Qd3 Nf7 12. Ng3 d6 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Be2 Nfe5
15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qb4 17. O-O-O Nb6 18. a3 Qa5 19. h4 Nf7 20. Qe3 h5 21.
Rdf1 Nd7 22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. Nxh5 Nde5 24. Qg3+ Bg4 25. Rf4 Nh6 26. Rhf1 Rxf4 27.
Nxf4 Rf8 28. h5 Qd8 29. Qh4 e6 30. Qxd8 Rxd8 31. dxe6 Rf8 32. e7 Re8 33. Ncd5
Nc6 34. Nf6+ Kf7 35. Ng6 Be6 36. Nxe8+ Kxe8 37. Rf8+ Kd7 38. e8=Q+ Kc7 39. Qxe6
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Munkhzul, Turmunkh"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Nb3 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qe2 d6 9. Be3 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. Rd1 b6 12. a5 b5 13. Bb6 Qb7 14. Nc3 Nbd7 15.
Bd4 Qc7 16. f3 Bb7 17. Qf2 Rac8 18. Bf1 Rfe8 19. Rac1 Ne5 20. Bb6 Qb8 21. Bd4
Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Nd2 Rcc8 24. Nb3 Nd7 25. Qg3 Bf8 26. Rd2 Rc4 27. Rcd1 Qc7
28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Nd1 Qd8 30. c3 R4c6 31. Ra1 h5 32. Be3 Rc4 33. Nd4 Ra4 34. Rxa4
bxa4 35. Nc2 Qxa5 36. Qf2 Ne5 37. Re2 Nc4 38. Bd4 Qb5 39. Na3 Nxa3 40. bxa3 Qb1
41. Qe1 Qd3 42. Rd2 Qc4 43. Ne3 Qb3 44. Qd1 Qxa3 45. Nc2 Qb3 46. Nb4 a5 47. Nd3
Ba6 48. Qc1 e5 49. Rb2 exd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jenni, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 h6
9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Nd5 Be6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. c4 Ne7 15.
Be3 c5 16. b4 Rc8 17. Qb3 bxc4 18. dxc4 Nc6 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. Bxc5 Na5 21. Qb4
Rb8 22. Qa4 Nb3 23. Rad1 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Nxa5 25. Bd6 Rc8 26. c5 Nb7 27. Rd5 Rc6
28. Rfd1 g6 29. g4 g5 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. R1d3 Kg8 32. a4 a5 33. Rd1 Kg7 34. Ng1
Be7 35. Bxe5+ f6 36. Bd4 Nxc5 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 38. Rxc5 Bxc5 39. Rd5 Bb4 40. Kf3
Rc6 41. Ne2 Kg6 42. e5 fxe5 43. Rxe5 Rf6+ 44. Kg2 Rd6 45. Ng3 Rc6 46. Nf5 h5
47. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Raptis, Nick"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qb5+ c6 11. Qxa5 Nf6 12. Ba3 b6 13. Bxe7 bxa5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Nd2 a4 16. f3 Ke7 17. Nf1 Rb8 18. Ne3 Rb2 19. O-O Be6 20. Rf2 Rhb8 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Nc4 R2b5 23. Rc2 Rc5 24. Nd2 a3 25. c4 Ra5 26. Nb3 Ra4 27. Rd1
Rab4 28. Kf2 a5 29. Nxa5 Rb2 30. Nxc6+ Kf7 31. Rdd2 Rc8 32. Na5 Rc5 33. Nb3
Rxc4 34. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Alonso Bouza, Julio Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 h5 5. h4 f5 6. g3 Be7 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. Nf4
d6 9. c3 Bd7 10. Nd2 a6 11. Bg2 Rb8 12. b4 Na7 13. a4 c6 14. Qb3 d5 15. c4 dxc4
16. Nxc4 Nc8 17. Ne5 Rf8 18. O-O Nd6 19. Rfd1 g5 20. hxg5 Bxg5 21. Nxh5 Be6 22.
Ng7+ Ke7 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Ng6+ Kf6 25. Nxf8 Qxf8 26. Qb2 Nc4 27. Qc3 b5 28.
d5+ e5 29. dxc6 Qh6 30. axb5 axb5 31. c7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e5 10. b4 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. a4 Ne8 13. Nb3 Ra6 14. a5 Kh8 15.
g4 b6 16. Bd2 Nb8 17. h3 Qd7 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Kf1 Bd8 20. Kg2 Na6 21. Rhb1 Nb4
22. Bxb4 Rxb4 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Nxc5 Qe7 25. Rxb4 Qxc5 26. Rb5 Qc7 27. c5 g6
28. Qb2 f5 29. d6 Qg7 30. Ra8 Qd7 31. Qxe5+ Bf6 32. Qd5 fxe4 33. c6 Qxd6 34.
Rxc8 Qf4 35. Qc5 Bh4 36. Qe3 Qxf2+ 37. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 38. Kg1 Rxe2 39. Rxe8+ Kg7
40. Rb1 Bg3 41. c7 Bh2+ 42. Kf1 Rc2 43. c8=Q Rxc8 44. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Preotu, Razvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Bb5 cxd4 14. cxd4 e6
15. Rfd1 Qd6 16. h4 Rfd8 17. Bg5 Ne7 18. Qe3 h6 19. Bxh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Bxe4 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Ng3 Qd5 23. Ba6 Rc2 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Bd3 Qc6 26. d5 Nxd5 27.
Bxc2 Qxc2 28. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mammadov, Zaur Fazahir Oglu"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bb4 5. Nd5 Ba5 6. c3 d6 7. a4 Bb6 8. d3
h6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 a6 11. Nxb6 cxb6 12. Bf3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Re1 Re8 15.
Nc4 Nf6 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Bxb6 Qxd3 18. Nd6 Re6 19. Nxb7 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 e4 21.
Be2 Rb8 22. Bxa6 Ne5 23. a5 Ned7 24. Bc7 Rc8 25. Bd6 Ne8 26. Bb5 Ne5 27. a6 Nd3
28. Bxd3 exd3 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Be5 Rc6 31. a7 Ra6 32. Bb8 e5 33. Nc5 Ra2 34.
f3 e4 35. fxe4 Bg4 36. Rxd3 Nf6 37. h3 Be2 38. Rd4 Kh7 39. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vifleemskaia, Svetlana"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. d5 a5 8. g3
exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Nc5 12. h3 a4 13. e4 Nfxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 g6 17. c4 Bg7 18. Ra2 Bd7 19. Bb2 b6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qd4+ Qf6 22. Rd2 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Re2 24. Re4 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxh3 26. Rb1 Re8 27.
Bd3 h5 28. Kh2 Bd7 29. Kg2 Kf6 30. Kf3 Bg4+ 31. Kg2 Bf5 32. Bxf5 Kxf5 33. Rb4
Ra8 34. Kf3 g5 35. Ke3 Ke5 36. f4+ gxf4+ 37. gxf4+ Kf5 38. Kf3 h4 39. Rb2 Rg8
40. Rb4 Rg3+ 41. Kf2 Rxa3 42. Kg2 Kg4 43. Kf2 f5 44. Rb1 h3 45. Rb4 Ra2+ 46.
Kf1 h2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tomic, Aleksandar1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 h6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
g4 b6 9. g5 hxg5 10. Nxg5 Bb7 11. f3 Qe7 12. O-O-O c5 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5
O-O-O 15. e4 Kb8 16. Kb1 Ne5 17. h4 Nh5 18. Rg1 Ng6 19. Be1 Nhf4 20. Qc1 Bc8
21. a4 f6 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. a5 Qb3 25. Rg3 Rxh4 26. Bc4 Qa4 27. b3
Qd7 28. Bd2 Qe7 29. Rdg1 Qe5 30. Rxg6 Nxg6 31. Rxg6 Rh2 32. Bf4 Qe8 33. Rxg7
Rf2 34. a6 Rxf3 35. Rb7+ Kc8 36. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Matthiesen, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. c3 Nc6 7. h3 Qb6 8. Qc1
g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. c4 cxd4 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. Bc4 Nf6 15.
e4 Bd7 16. a3 Na6 17. Be5 Nh5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. b4 Rac8 20. Qb2 Nf4 21. Rac1
Kg8 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Nc7 24. Rfe1 e5 25. N4f3 f6 26. h4 Kg7 27. g3 Nh5
28. Nf1 Ne8 29. Ne3 Nd6 30. Bd3 Rfd8 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Ke2 Ng7 33. Kd2 Nge8 34.
Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Rc1 Rxc1 36. Kxc1 b6 37. Kd2 Ke7 38. Ke2 Nc7 39. Nd2 Nf7 40. Nec4
Nd6 41. Nxd6 Kxd6 42. Nc4+ Ke7 43. d6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 e5 6. O-O g6 7. c3 d6 8. a3 Bg7
9. b4 O-O 10. d3 a6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Bb2 Rb8 13. Nc4 b5 14. Ne3 h6 15. Nd5 Be6
16. Nd2 a5 17. Rfc1 axb4 18. cxb4 Nd4 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Nc7 Bg4 21. Bf3 Re7 22.
Bxg4 Rxc7 23. Bh3 Ra8 24. Nb3 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 h5 26. Na5 Bh6 27. Rc6 Qf8 28. Qa2
Kg7 29. Rc7 Re8 30. Nc6 Kg8 31. a4 bxa4 32. b5 h4 33. b6 hxg3 34. hxg3 d5 35.
b7 dxe4 36. b8=Q Rxb8 37. Nxb8 e3 38. Rc8 Ne8 39. Nd7 Qb4 40. Rxe8+ Kg7 41. Re7
Qb3 42. Qxb3 axb3 43. Nxe5 e2 44. Nf3 b2 45. Rb7 Bc1 46. Bf1 exf1=Q+ 47. Kxf1
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Mykola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8.
d5 e5 9. Be3 Nb4 10. Nc3 f5 11. a3 Na6 12. h4 g6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Qd2 h5 15. Nh3
Qd6 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. f3 exf3 19. gxf3 Rac8 20. Rhg1 Be8 21. Rde1
Kd8 22. Ng5 Kc7 23. Qh2 b5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 b4 26. axb4 Nxb4 27. Re7+ Kb6
28. Rd1 Bb5 29. d6 Nc6 30. Rg7 Bc4 31. d7 Rc7 32. Rxg6 Rd8 33. Rgd6 Kb7 34. Na4
Nb4 35. R1d4 a5 36. Nc3 Bg8 37. f4 Nc6 38. Rd2 Nb4 39. Nb5 Rc5 40. Nd4 Rd5 41.
Nde6 Bxe6 42. Nxe6 Rxd2 43. Rxd2 Nc6 44. Nxd8+ Nxd8 45. c4 Kc7 46. Kc2 a4 47.
Kc3 Nc6 48. Rd5 Kd8 49. Rd6 Ne7 50. Kb4 a3 51. bxa3 Ng8 52. a4 Ne7 53. a5 Ng6
54. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Matsenko, Andrei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "253"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 a6 11. Nf3 Qc8 12. Nc3 Qb7 13. Qd3 d6 14. e4 Nbd7
15. Rfe1 Rab8 16. Rad1 b5 17. Nd2 Ne5 18. Qe2 Rfc8 19. f4 Ned7 20. Kh3 h5 21.
cxb5 axb5 22. Nf3 Ng4 23. a3 b4 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Rd4 Qxb3 26. Nd1 Rc2 27. Rd2
Rbc8 28. Nd4 Rxd2 29. Nxb3 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Bf6 31. Bxf6 Ngxf6 32. Kg2 Rc4 33. Nf2
Rb4 34. Nd2 g6 35. Nf3 e5 36. fxe5 dxe5 37. Rd2 Kf8 38. h3 Ke7 39. Re2 Rb5 40.
Rd2 Nf8 41. Nd3 N6d7 42. Ra2 Ne6 43. Ra7 f6 44. h4 Rb3 45. Nfe1 Rc3 46. Rb7 Rc7
47. Rb2 Rc4 48. Nf2 Nec5 49. Re2 Nb8 50. Ned3 Nxd3 51. Nxd3 Nd7 52. Nf2 Nc5 53.
Kf3 Rc3+ 54. Kg2 Rc4 55. Kf3 Nb3 56. Ra2 Rc3+ 57. Kg2 Nd4 58. Ra7+ Kf8 59. Ra8+
Kg7 60. Ra7+ Kh6 61. Ra6 Rc6 62. Ra2 Rc7 63. g4 hxg4 64. Nxg4+ Kh5 65. Nxf6+
Kxh4 66. Nd5 Rc2+ 67. Rxc2 Nxc2 68. Ne7 Kg5 69. Kg3 Nd4 70. Kg2 Ne6 71. Kg3 Nf4
72. Nc6 Nh5+ 73. Kf3 Kf6 74. Kg4 Nf4 75. Kf3 Ne6 76. Kg4 Nc5 77. Kf3 Nb3 78.
Kg4 Nc5 79. Kf3 Ne6 80. Kg4 Nf8 81. Kf3 Nh7 82. Kg4 Ke6 83. Nd8+ Ke7 84. Nc6+
Kd6 85. Nd8 Ke7 86. Nc6+ Kf6 87. Nd8 Ng5 88. Nc6 Nxe4 89. Kf3 Nd6 90. Kg4 Nf7
91. Kf3 Ke6 92. Nb4 Kf5 93. Nc6 Ng5+ 94. Ke3 Nh7 95. Ne7+ Kf6 96. Nd5+ Ke6 97.
Nc7+ Kd6 98. Ne8+ Ke7 99. Nc7 Nf6 100. Nb5 g5 101. Nc3 Ke6 102. Ne2 g4 103. Ng3
Kd5 104. Nf5 Ke6 105. Ng3 Nd5+ 106. Ke4 Nc3+ 107. Ke3 Nb5 108. Ne4 Nd6 109.
Nc5+ Kd5 110. Nd7 Nf5+ 111. Kf2 Ke6 112. Nc5+ Kd5 113. Nd7 Ke4 114. Nf6+ Kf4
115. Nd5+ Kg5 116. Kg2 Nd6 117. Kf2 Ne4+ 118. Ke3 Nf6 119. Ne7 Kh6 120. Nf5+
Kh5 121. Nd6 Kg5 122. Nf7+ Kf5 123. Nh6+ Ke6 124. Kf2 Kd5 125. Ke3 Kd6 126.
Nf5+ Ke6 127. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 e6 8.
O-O Ne7 9. Nd2 Ng6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. c3 c5 13. b3 Bb7 14. Qe2 a5 15.
Rb1 Bc6 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. h4 Rfd8 18. h5 Nf8 19. h6 g6 20. Nh2 d4 21. c4 a4 22.
b4 cxb4 23. Bxb4 Bxb4 24. Rxb4 Nd7 25. Ng4 Rdb8 26. Qd2 Qd8 27. Reb1 Rxb4 28.
Rxb4 Qh4 29. Qf4 Qe7 30. a3 Rd8 31. Nf6+ Nxf6 32. exf6 Qf8 33. f3 e5 34. Qxe5
Qxh6 35. Rb8 Rxb8 36. Qxb8+ Qf8 37. Qb6 Qxa3 38. Qxc6 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qh6+ 40. Kg3
Qg5+ 41. Kf2 Qe3+ 42. Kg3 Qg5+ 43. Kh3 Qh5+ 44. Kg3 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Delorme, Alban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 g6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. f4 O-O 13. d5 Na7 14. e5 dxe5 15.
fxe5 Nd7 16. Bf4 b5 17. Bg3 b4 18. Na4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Bg2 Nb5 21. Qg4
Rad8 22. Rad1 Nc7 23. h4 e6 24. d6 Nd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rxd5 Rfe8 27. Red1 Re6
28. Qc4 a5 29. Qc7 Qb8 30. Qxb8 Rxb8 31. d7 Rd8 32. Rxa5 Re7 33. Rad5 h5 34.
Bf4 Re6 35. Rc1 Kf8 36. Rc8 Ke7 37. Be3 Bxe5 38. Bc5+ Bd6 39. Bxd6+ Kxd7 40.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 41. Bg3+ Ke7 42. Rb5 Re1+ 43. Kg2 Re4 44. Kf3 f5 45. Re5+ Kf6 46.
Rxe4 fxe4+ 47. Kxe4 Ke6 48. a3 Kf6 49. axb4 Ke6 50. b5 g5 51. hxg5 Kd7 52. Bh4
Ke6 53. f4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 g6 5. b3 d6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 h5 11. h3 Qc8 12. Kh2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h4 c5 7. d5 e6 8. h5 exd5
9. exd5 Re8 10. h6 Bh8 11. Kf1 a6 12. a4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Nf3
Nd7 16. Bg5 Qb6 17. a5 Qxb2 18. Qxb2 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bc3 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Nxd2 b6
22. axb6 Rb8 23. Rh3 Rxb6 24. Rxb6 Nxb6 25. Rb3 Nd7 26. f4 f6 27. g4 g5 28. Bd3
Kf7 29. Bxh7 Rh8 30. Bf5 Rxh6 31. Ne4 Ke7 32. fxg5 fxg5 33. Nxg5 Rh8 34. Nf3 a5
35. Re3+ Kd8 36. Ng5 Kc7 37. Ne6+ Kb7 38. Rb3+ Ka7 39. Rb5 Ba6 40. Rxa5 Kb6 41.
Ra4 Ne5 42. Kf2 Bxc4 43. Nf4 Bb5 44. Ra1 c4 45. Ke3 Kc5 46. Ne6+ Kb4 47. Rb1+
Ka5 48. Nd4 Rh3+ 49. Kf4 Ba4 50. Rb8 c3 51. Rd8 Nd3+ 52. Kg5 c2 53. Nxc2 Bxc2
54. Rxd6 Kb5 55. Rd8 Bb3 56. Rb8+ Kc4 57. d6 Ba4 58. Ra8 Bb5 59. Ra3 Nf2 60.
Rxh3 Nxh3+ 61. Kf6 Kc5 62. Ke7 Ng5 63. Bd7 Bc4 64. Bc8 Bb5 65. Bd7 Bc4 66. Bf5
Bb5 67. d7 Bxd7 68. Bxd7 Kd4 69. Kf6 Nf3 70. Bc6 Ne5 71. g5 Nxc6 72. g6 Ne5 73.
g7 Ng4+ 74. Kg5 Ne5 75. g8=Q Nc4 76. Qg7+ Kc5 77. Kf4 Nd6 78. Qe5+ Kc6 79. Qe6
Kc5 80. Qb3 Nc4 81. Qd3 Nd6 82. Ke5 Nc4+ 83. Ke6 Kb4 84. Kd5 Na3 85. Qe3 Ka4
86. Qc3 Nb5 87. Qc4+ Ka5 88. Kc5 Na7 89. Qb4+ Ka6 90. Qb6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 26th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Nge2 Nxe2 7. Bxe2 Nf6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. h4 c6 12. h5 g5 13. Bxg5 hxg5 14. h6 Bh8 15.
e5 dxe5 16. Qxg5 cxd5 17. cxd5 e4 18. O-O-O Rg8 19. Qh4 Bf5 20. g4 Bxg4 21.
Bxg4 Rxg4 22. Qh5 Nxh5 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 11th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vantika, Agrawal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. h4 Nc5 15.
Bd3 h5 16. g5 Ng4 17. Rhg1 Qb6 18. Rxg4 hxg4 19. Qxg4 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. g6
Rb8 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. f5 Bc8 24. Qg6+ Kg8 25. fxe6 Qxb2+ 26. Kd2 Rh6 27. Qf7+
Kh7 28. Qxe7 Bxe6 29. Rg1 Rg8 30. Be3 Nxd3 31. Bxh6 Kxh6 32. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 11th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d3 Ngf6 5. O-O e5 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 c6 8.
Nc3 h6 9. h3 Be6 10. b3 Qc7 11. Qc2 Bc5 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nh4 Rfe8 14. Rad1 a5
15. Kh2 Bf8 16. Rd2 Nc5 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Nf5 g6 19. Ne3 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 h5 21.
a3 h4 22. g4 Bh6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Ncd7 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4
g5 28. c5 Nf6 29. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 30. Bxe5 Nd5 31. e4 Nxb4 32. Rb2 Na6 33. Bd6 Bc8
34. e5 Kg7 35. Kg1 f6 36. exf6+ Kxf6 37. e4 Kg6 38. e5 Kg7 39. Kf2 Rh8 40. Ke3
Rh6 41. Be4 Kg8 42. Kd4 Re6 43. Kc3 Re8 44. Bf5 Bxf5 45. gxf5 Nxc5 46. Kd4 Nd7
47. Rxb7 Nf8 48. Bxf8 Rxf8 49. f6 Rd8+ 50. Ke4 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 11th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Khamrakulov, Djurabek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2020.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. a4 Ne7 8. a5 Qc7
9. a6 b6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Nc3 Be7 13. h3 O-O 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bb5
Rac8 16. Bd2 Nb8 17. Bc3 Nc6 18. Qd2 Be4 19. Nh2 f6 20. f3 Bh7 21. exf6 Bxf6
22. Ng4 Bg5 23. Qe2 Bf5 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Ne5 Qe8 26. g4 Bh7 27. Kg2 Bf4 28.
Rae1 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Rf6 30. Re3 Qa4 31. Qd6 Re8 32. Rfe1 Qxa6 33. Rxe6 Rexe6 34.
Rxe6 Qe2+ 35. Rxe2 Rxd6 36. Re7 a5 37. Kg3 Bd3 38. Bd2 Kf8 39. Rb7 Rf6 40. f4
g6 41. Rd7 Be4 42. Rh7 Kg8 43. Rxh6 Kg7 44. Rh4 Rc6 45. f5 Rc2 46. Bh6+ Kf7 47.
fxg6+ Kxg6 48. Be3 Rxb2 49. Rh6+ Kg7 50. Rd6 a4 51. Rd7+ Kg8 52. Ra7 Rb3 53.
Kf4 a3 54. h4 Bb1 55. h5 a2 56. g5 Rb5 57. Bd2 Ra5 58. Rxa5 bxa5 59. Bc3 Be4
60. g6 Kg7 61. Kg5 Bd3 62. h6+ Kg8 63. Kf6 Be4 64. h7+ Kh8 65. g7+ 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 11th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2020.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e5
Ng4 9. Be4 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. Ne4 Nxd3 15.
cxd3 O-O 16. Rac1 Rae8 17. b4 Nd5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Be5 d6 20. Bg3 e5 21. d4
Nf4 22. Qd1 exd4 23. Nxd4 Bd5 24. Nc3 Ba8 25. Bxf4 cxd4 26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. Nd5
Qd8 28. Bg3 Bg5 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Nf4 Qd7 31. h4 Bf6 32. Nd5 Be5 33. Nb6 Qb7
34. Nxa8 Qxb3 35. axb3 Rxa8 36. Bxe5 dxe5 37. Rc5 h6 38. Rxe5 Rb8 39. Rd5 Rxb3
40. Rxd4 a5 41. Ra4 Rb2 42. Rxa5 Rxd2 43. h5 Kh7 44. g4 Rd1+ 45. Kg2 Rd4 46.
Kg3 Rd3+ 47. f3 Rb3 48. Ra4 Rc3 49. Kf4 Rb3 50. Re4 Rb1 51. Rd4 Rf1 52. Rd7 Rf2
53. Ke4 Re2+ 54. Kf5 Rf2 55. f4 Rf1 56. Rf7 Rf2 57. Rf8 Rf1 58. Rc8 Rf2 59. Rc4
Rf1 60. Re4 Rf2 61. Ke6 Ra2 62. g5 hxg5 63. fxg5 g6 64. h6 Ra5 65. Re5 Ra1 66.
Ke7 Rg1 67. Ke8 Rg2 68. Re7+ Kh8 69. Re5 Kh7 70. Kf7 Rf2+ 71. Ke6 Rg2 72. Rd5
Re2+ 73. Kd7 Rg2 74. Re5 Kh8 75. Kd6 Kh7 76. Kd5 Kh8 77. Ke4 Rg1 78. Re8+ Kh7
79. Re7+ Kh8 80. Kf4 Rf1+ 81. Kg4 Rg1+ 82. Kh4 Rh1+ 83. Kg3 Rg1+ 84. Kf4 Rf1+
85. Ke5 Rf5+ 86. Ke6 Rxg5 87. Kf6 Rg1 88. Rg7 Ra1 89. Kxg6 Ra6+ 90. Kh5 Ra5+
91. Rg5 Rxg5+ 92. Kxg5 Kh7 93. Kh5 Kh8 94. Kg6 Kg8 95. h7+ Kh8 96. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 11th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15.
c4 c5 16. b5 Bb6 17. Ne3 Nf4 18. Kh2 Re8 19. g3 Ne6 20. Nf5 Kh7 21. Rf1 g6 22.
Ne3 Ba5 23. Nh4 Nh5 24. Nhg2 Nd4 25. Nd5 Nf6 26. Nge3 Nxd5 27. Nxd5 f5 28. Bxd4
cxd4 29. exf5 gxf5 30. bxa6 bxa6 31. Rb1 Ra7 32. f4 Rf8 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. Rb2
Rg7 35. Qf3 Qg5 36. g4 Bd2 37. gxf5 Bf4+ 38. Nxf4 Qxf5 39. Ne6 Qxe6 40. Qxf8
1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 11th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 O-O 7. b3 b6 8. Ba3 Bb7
9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Qc2 c5 13. e3 a5 14. a4 Rac8 15. Qb2
Rc7 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Nb1 dxc4 18. bxc4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Rcc8 20. Nb5 Ndc5 21. N1c3
Nxc3 22. Nxc3 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qb7+ 24. f3 Rfd8 25. Qc2 h6 26. Nb5 Qe7 27. Rxd8+
Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Qd7 30. Qc2 Qd3 31. Qxd3 Nxd3 32. Nc7 Nc5 33. Kf2
Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kd2 Kd7 36. Nb5 Nxa4 37. Kc2 g5 38. Kb3 Nc5+ 39. Kc3 Kc6
40. Kd4 Nd7 41. f4 gxf4 42. gxf4 a4 43. h3 h5 44. h4 Nf8 45. Ke5 Ng6+ 46. Kxe6
Nxh4 47. Kf6 Ng2 48. Kxf5 Nxe3+ 49. Kg5 Nxc4 50. Nc3 b5 51. f5 Nd6 52. f6 a3
53. Na2 Ne4+ 54. Kxh5 Nxf6+ 55. Kg5 Kc5 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 11th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Terry, Renato"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 a5 6. Ngf3 d6 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Bxd2 Qe7 9. Bc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. Rac1 e5 13. c5 e4 14. cxd6
cxd6 15. Nd2 d5 16. e3 Nf6 17. Qc7 Bd7 18. Nb3 Qb4 19. Qc3 b6 20. f3 exf3 21.
Bxf3 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 Rac8 23. Rfc1 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Nd2 Kf8
27. Nb1 Ke7 28. Nc3 Kd6 29. Kf2 Bf5 30. a3 Bd3 31. Ke1 h6 32. Kd2 Bh7 33. b4
axb4 34. axb4 g5 35. Ke2 Bf5 36. Kf2 Bd7 37. h4 Bc6 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Ke1 Bd7
40. Kd2 Bf5 41. Ke1 Bd7 42. Kf2 Bf5 43. Kf1 Bd7 44. Kg2 Bf5 45. Kf2 Bd7 46. Be2
Bf5 47. Bb5 Ne4+ 48. Nxe4+ Bxe4 49. Be8 f6 50. Bb5 Ke6 51. Bf1 Kd6 52. Ke1 Ke6
53. Bh3+ Kd6 54. Bf1 Kc6 55. Kd2 Kd6 56. Ba6 Kc6 57. Be2 Kd6 58. Bg4 Kc6 59.
Be2 Kd6 60. Ba6 Kc6 61. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 11th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Nge2 d6 8. h3
Ne8 9. Be3 Nc7 10. d4 b6 11. O-O e5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. f4 Rb8 14. b3 Nd4 15. Qd3
f5 16. Rae1 a5 17. Kh2 Bd7 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rf2 a4 20. Nxa4 Bxa4 21. bxa4 Nf3+
22. Rxf3 Qxd3 23. Bxc5 Qd7 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. a5 Qa4 26. Ref1 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 11th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nb6 12. Qxd8+ Bxd8 13. Bb3 Be6 14.
Bxe6 fxe6 15. Bd2 Nd5 16. Rac1 c6 17. g3 Bb6 18. Kg2 h6 19. Rc4 O-O-O 20. h4
Rhf8 21. Re4 Rf7 22. Re2 Rdf8 23. Ne1 Bd4 24. b3 Bc3 25. Nc2 Bxd2 26. Rxd2 g5
27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Re1 Rh8 29. Re4 Kd7 30. Nd4 Rg8 31. Rg4 c5 32. Nb5 Kc6 33.
Nd6 Rh7 34. Ne4 Rhg7 35. a4 b6 36. Rd3 a6 37. Rd1 Rg6 38. Rh1 R8g7 39. Rh8 b5
40. axb5+ axb5 41. Rc8+ Rc7 42. Rxc7+ Nxc7 43. Rxg5 Rxg5 44. Nxg5 Kd5 45. f4 c4
46. bxc4+ bxc4 47. Kf3 Kd4 48. Ke2 c3 49. g4 Kc4 50. f5 exf5 51. gxf5 Nd5 52.
Ne4 Nf4+ 53. Kd1 Kd4 54. Nxc3 Kxe5 55. Ne2 Nxe2 56. Kxe2 Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 11th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
Qe2 Nf8 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Qe7 11. O-O Ng6 12. a4 Be6 13. Ncd2 c5 14. Qe1
O-O-O 15. a5 h5 16. Ra4 Kb8 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. b3 Ne7 19. Qc3 h4 20. Ncd2 h3 21.
g3 Qb5 22. Rfa1 Nc6 23. Nc4 Nb4 24. R4a3 Qc6 25. Nb2 Rd7 26. Na4 Na6 27. Nb2
Rhd8 28. Rf1 Qb5 29. Ra4 Nb4 30. Ra3 Na6 31. Ra4 Nb4 32. Ra3 Na6 33. Ra4 Nb4
34. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 11th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
a5 9. h3 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Ba7 13. b3 c6 14. Bf1 Ng6 15. Bb2
Re8 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Rad1 d5 18. e5 Bf5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nh5 21. Kh2 Nhf4
22. Qf1 Qf5 23. Re3 f6 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Rde1 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Bb8 27. g3 Ne6 28.
Qe2 Ngf8 29. Ba3 Ba7 30. Bxf8 Nxf8 31. Re5 Bb6 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. h4 Bc7 34. Re7
Rd7 35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. Qe8+ Nf8 37. Qc8 Bb6 38. Qxb7 Bxd4 39. b4 axb4 40. Qxb4
Bc3 41. Qb3 Ne6 42. a4 Nc5 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qb1+ Qg6 45. Qa2 Qd3 46. Nb3 Ne4
47. a5 Bb4 48. a6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Online KO Final"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Galaktionov, Artem"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.05.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
b3 d6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rfd1 a5 14. d5 e5 15.
Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nc5 17. Qc2 a4 18. b4 Nb3 19. Rab1 Bc8 20. Qc3 f4 21. Rf1 f3
22. gxf3 Bh3 23. Kh1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qh4 25. Qe1 Qh3 26. Rg1 Rxf3 27. Bxf3 Qxf3+
28. Rg2 Rf8 29. Kg1 Qe4 30. Qd1 Rf3 31. Rg3 Rxg3+ 32. hxg3 Qxc4 33. Qh5 g6 34.
Qg5 Qxd5 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qxc7+ Kh6 37. Qd8 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Nd2 39. Qh4+ Qh5 40.
Qf6 Qf5 41. Qh4+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Qf7 43. Bxe5+ dxe5 44. Qxe5+ Qf6 45. Qc7+ Kh6 46.
f4 Qe6 47. Qd8 Qxe3 48. Qh4+ Kg7 49. Qg4 Qe4+ 50. Kf2 Qd5 51. Qc8 Ne4+ 52. Ke3
Nxg3 53. Qc7+ Kh6 54. Qxb6 Nf5+ 55. Ke2 Qa2+ 56. Ke1 Qb1+ 57. Kd2 Qb2+ 58. Ke1
Qc3+ 59. Kf2 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Online KO Final"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Galaktionov, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.05.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 Nd7 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Ngf6 8. d5 c5
9. g4 a6 10. Rg1 Nf8 11. Nd2 h5 12. g5 N6h7 13. a3 b6 14. b4 f6 15. gxf6 Bxf6
16. Nf3 Ra7 17. Rb1 Rf7 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Qa4+ Qd7 20. Rb8 Ke7 21. Qc6 Kd8 22.
Qxa6 Qa7 23. Qxc8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Online KO Final"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.05.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxe2 8.
Nxe2 Bc5 9. d3 Nd4 10. O-O Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 Bd4 12. Rb1 a5 13. h4 Nd7 14. Bh3 Nc5
15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. Kg2 a4 18. h5 Qf7 19. Rh1 c6 20. Bc3 O-O 21. Bf5 Kh8
22. Rh4 b5 23. Bg6 Qd7 24. Rbh1 h6 25. cxb5 Bxc3 26. bxc6 Qxc6 27. bxc3 Rab8
28. d4 Nd7 29. Bf5 Rfd8 30. Qd2 a3 31. Ra1 Rb2 32. Qd3 Qb6 33. Rhh1 exd4 34.
cxd4 Qb4 35. Rhd1 Nb6 36. Be6 d5 37. exd5 Nxd5 38. Rac1 Qd6 39. Qe4 f5 40. Qxd5
Qxd5+ 41. Bxd5 Rxd5 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Re1 Rd7 44. Ree8 g5 45. Rh8+ Kg7 46. Rcg8+
Kf7 47. Rg6 Rxd4 48. Rh7+ Kf8 49. Ra6 Kg8 50. Rc7 Rd8 51. Rxa3 f4 52. gxf4 Rf8
53. fxg5 Rfxf2+ 54. Kg1 Rg2+ 55. Kf1 Rbf2+ 56. Ke1 Rxa2 57. Rxa2 Rxa2 58. gxh6
Ra5 59. h7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Online KO Final"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.05.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 d5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Ne4 13. Qc2 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nd6
15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nf5 18. Bd3 Qg5 19. f4 Qg4 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21.
Qxf5 exf5 22. Rd7 Rb8 23. Rcd1 Bc8 24. Rxa7 Be6 25. Kf2 Bxc4 26. g4 Be6 27. e4
fxg4 28. f5 Bc8 29. e6 f6 30. Ke3 Re8 31. e5 Bxe6 32. fxe6 Rxe6 33. Rdd7 fxe5
34. Rxg7+ Kf8 35. Rxh7 Kg8 36. Ke4 Rd8 37. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Parvanyan, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
c4 9. Be2 Nf5 10. h4 O-O 11. h5 h6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. a4 Qa5 14. Bd2 f6 15. Qh3
fxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17. g4 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. f4 Qe4 21. Rg1
Re8 22. Qg2 Re7 23. Qxe4 fxe4 24. Be3 Bf5 25. a5 a6 26. Rb1 Rae8 27. Rb6 Bc8
28. Rxh6 Re6 29. Rhg6 Rxg6 30. Rxg6 Bf5 31. Rg5 Be6 32. f5 Bf7 33. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Ginzburg, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Qb6 6. Qb3 Qxb3 7. axb3 e6 8. h3
Bd7 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Bh2 O-O 15.
O-O Rfd8 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Ra3 Rac8 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Rd1 Nd7 20. Be2 Nc5 21. Kf1
f6 22. Raa1 e5 23. b4 Ne6 24. c4 dxc4 25. Bxc4 Bf7 26. Rac1 Nc7 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7
28. Nc4 Nxb5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. f4 e4 31. g4 Rd3 32. Kf2 Rb3 33. Rd1 Rxb4 34.
Nxb6 axb6 35. Rd7+ Ke6 36. Rxb7 Nc3 37. Rxg7 Rb2+ 38. Kg1 Nd5 39. Rxg6 Nxe3 40.
f5+ Ke7 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. Rb7 Rg2+ 43. Kh1 Rb2 44. Bd6+ Kg8 45. Bc5 Nc4 46. Bd4
Rb1+ 47. Kg2 e3 48. Kf3 Rf1+ 49. Ke2 Rf2+ 50. Kd3 Nb2+ 51. Kxe3 Nd1+ 52. Ke4
Re2+ 53. Kf3 Rd2 54. Bxf6 Rd3+ 55. Kf4 Nf2 56. Kg5 Nxh3+ 57. Kh6 Nf4 58. Be5
Nd5 59. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Weetik, Vjacheslav"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Be2 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bf1 Rb8 10. a3 a5 11. e5 Nd7 12. d4 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. h4 Qb6 15. dxc5
Nxc5 16. c4 Rd8 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nb3 Bg4 19. Be2 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Bc5 21. Rf1
Nxe5 22. Bf4 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24. Bxb8 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qxb8 26. Qd3 g6 27.
Rad1 Qe5 28. Qg3 Qxb2 29. Rfe1 Qf6 30. h5 b3 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rb1 b2 33. Re2
Bd4 34. Kf1 Qf5 35. Rbxb2 Bxb2 36. Rxb2 d4 37. Rd2 d3 38. Kg2 Rd4 39. f3 Kg7
40. Kf2 Qc5 41. Kg2 Qd5 42. Qf2 Rc4 43. Qe3 Rc3 44. Kf2 g5 45. f4 gxf4 46. Qxf4
Rc2 47. Ke3 Qc5+ 48. Kxd3 Qc3+ 49. Ke2 Rxd2+ 50. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 51. Kxd2 Kf6 52.
Ke3 Ke5 53. Kf3 Kf5 54. Kf2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O c6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. g3 O-O 12. a4 Qc7 13. a5 e5 14. c3 a6 15. Bg2
Rfe8 16. Qc2 Re7 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nf4 Rae8 19. Bd2 Nf8 20. b4 Ng6 21. Nd3 Bd6
22. Rae1 h6 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Ne5 26. Nf4 Nc4 27. Ne2 Qe7
28. Kf1 Nd5 29. Qd3 Ne5 30. Qe4 Nf6 31. Qc2 h5 32. Nd4 g6 33. Qe2 Ned7 34. Bd2
Qxe2+ 35. Kxe2 Kf8 36. f4 Ke7 37. Kd3 Ne8 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Nef6 40. Bf3 Kd8
41. Ne2 Kc7 42. c4 Be7 43. Bc3 Ne8 44. c5 Bf6 45. Bd2 Kd8 46. Ng3 Nc7 47. Ne4
Be7 48. Kc4 Nd5 49. Nd6 Bxd6 50. cxd6 N5f6 51. Be3 Ne8 52. Bc5 Ndf6 53. g5 Nd7
54. Bg4 Ng7 55. Bd4 Ne6 56. Be3 Ke8 57. Kd3 Ndf8 58. Ke4 Nd7 59. f5 gxf5+ 60.
Kxf5 Ng7+ 61. Ke4 Ne6 62. Bf5 Ng7 63. Bh3 Ne6 64. g6 Kf8 65. Bh6+ Kg8 66. Bd2
Kg7 67. gxf7 Kxf7 68. Bf5 Nf6+ 69. Ke5 Nd7+ 70. Ke4 Nf6+ 71. Kd3 Ne8 72. Bg4
Nxd6 73. Bc3 Nc7 74. Be5 Ke7 75. Bxd6+ Kxd6 76. Bc8 Nd5 77. Bxb7 Nxb4+ 78. Kc4
Kc7 79. Kxb4 Kxb7 80. Kc4 Kc7 81. Kc5 Kb7 82. Kd6 c5 83. Kxc5 Kc7 84. Kd5 Kd7
85. Kc5 Kc7 86. Kd5 Kd7 87. Kc5 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salinas Herrera, Pablo Patricio"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Rxf4 Be6
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd7 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Bd4 g6 19. a5 Rac8 20. c3 f5 21. Rf1
Bf6 22. Be2 Rce8 23. Ra4 Nd7 24. Rc4 Qxa5 25. b4 Qd8 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Rd4 Rf7
28. c4 a5 29. c5 dxc5 30. bxc5 Nxc5 31. d6 Rg7 32. Bc4+ Kh8 33. Rd5 Ne4 34. Bb5
Nc3 35. Qd4 Nxb5 36. Rxb5 Re6 37. Rxb7 Qf6 38. Rb8+ Rg8 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. Qd5
Kg7 41. d7 Rd6 42. Qb7 Kh6 43. h3 Qd8 44. Rf4 Rxd7 45. Qf3 Rd1+ 46. Kh2 Qd6 47.
Qg3 Rd3 48. Qh4+ Kg7 49. Qf2 a4 50. h4 a3 51. h5 a2 52. h6+ Kxh6 53. Qh4+ Kg7
54. g3 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 g6 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. h3 O-O 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Qd2 b5 14. a3 Bb7 15.
Bh6 Nd7 16. Rad1 e6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qe3 Qe7 19. Re2 Nb6 20. b3 d5 21. e5 Qxa3
22. Nh2 h5 23. Nb1 Qe7 24. Qd2 b4 25. Re3 a5 26. Rf3 a4 27. bxa4 Rc4 28. a5 Nd7
29. Qb2 Rfc8 30. Nd2 Rc2 31. Qb3 Ba6 32. Nhf1 Be2 33. Rb1 Bxf3 34. Nxf3 R8c3
35. Qxb4 Qxb4 36. Rxb4 Nf8 37. Ne3 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Rc7 39. Ra4 Ra7 40. g4 hxg4 41.
hxg4 Rc6 42. Nd2 Rc3 43. Kg2 Nh7 44. Nf3 Rc6 45. Nd2 Ng5 46. Nb3 Ne4 47. Rb4
Rc3 48. Rb8 Rac7 49. g5 Nxg5 50. Ng4 Ne4 51. a6 Ra7 52. Nc5 Nxc5 53. dxc5 g5
54. Nf6 Kg6 55. Ne8 Rxc5 56. Nd6 d4 57. Rb7 Rxa6 58. Nxf7 Kf5 59. Rd7 Rd5 60.
Rc7 Ke4 61. Rc1 d3 62. Nxg5+ Kxe5 63. Nf3+ Kf5 64. Rd1 d2 65. Rxd2 Rxd2 66.
Nxd2 e5 67. Kf3 Ra3+ 68. Ke2 Kf4 69. Nf1 Ra2+ 70. Nd2 e4 71. Ke1 Rb2 72. Ke2
Ra2 73. Ke1 Ke5 74. Kd1 Kd4 75. Nb3+ Kd5 76. Nd2 Kd4 77. Nb3+ Ke5 78. Nd2 Rb2
79. Nc4+ Kf4 80. Nxb2 e3 81. Nd3+ Kf3 82. fxe3 Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Qa4+ c6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 O-O 12. Be3 b5 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Nf3 a6 15.
h3 c5 16. a4 Bb7 17. Nbd2 c4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Rfb1 Bc5 21. Nxb5
Bxe3 22. fxe3 Qe7 23. Nd4 Nb3 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. Nxc4 Nc5 26. e5 Be4 27. exf6
Qxf6 28. Qa2 Qg6 29. Bd3 Nxd3 30. Rd1 Ra8 31. Qe2 h6 32. Nd2 Bb7 33. N2f3 Nc5
34. Kh1 Ne4 35. Qb2 Bc8 36. Ra1 Rxa1+ 37. Qxa1 Kh7 38. c4 Bxh3 39. Qg1 Bg4 40.
Qe1 Qh5+ 41. Kg1 Nd6 42. Qc1 Qc5 43. Qb1+ g6 44. Nh2 Bd7 45. Qf1 Qxc4 46. Qf6
Qc5 47. Nhf3 Be8 48. Ne5 Qd5 49. Qe7 h5 50. Kh2 Kg7 51. Ndf3 Qe6 52. Qxe6 fxe6
53. Nd4 Kf6 54. Nd3 e5 55. Ne2 Nc4 56. e4 Bc6 57. Nc3 g5 58. Kg3 Nd6 59. Nc5
Kg6 60. Kf3 Kf6 61. g3 Ke7 62. Ke3 Nc4+ 63. Kd3 Nb2+ 64. Ke3 Nc4+ 65. Kd3 Nb6
66. Ke3 Kd6 67. Nd3 Nc4+ 68. Ke2 Bd7 69. Kf3 Bg4+ 70. Kf2 Be6 71. Nb5+ Kc6 72.
Nc3 Kd6 73. Kf3 Ke7 74. Kf2 Bg4 75. Nd5+ Kf7 76. Nc3 Be6 77. Nb5 Kf6 78. Nc3 h4
79. gxh4 gxh4 80. Kf3 Kg5 81. Nf2 Nd2+ 82. Ke3 Nc4+ 83. Kf3 Nd6 84. Ncd1 Bf7
85. Ne3 Bh5+ 86. Kg2 Bg6 87. Kf3 Nf7 88. Nc4 Bh5+ 89. Kg2 Kf4 90. Kh3 Kg5 91.
Kg2 Bg6 92. Nh3+ Kf6 93. Nf2 Ng5 94. Ng4+ Ke6 95. Ncxe5 Bxe4+ 96. Kf2 Kf5 97.
Ke3 h3 98. Kd4 Kf4 99. Nf2 h2 100. Neg4 Nf3+ 101. Kc3 Bf5 102. Nxh2 Nxh2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Magalashvili, Davit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 h5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Be2 h4 14. Rhf1 Rg8
15. Bh5 Rg7 16. f5 Rh7 17. Qe2 Kb8 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf6 Bg7 20. Rf7 Be8 21.
Rxg7 Rxg7 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. a3 Reg8 24. Qh5 Rxg2 25. Qxh4 Rg1 26. Rxg1 Qxg1+
27. Ka2 Rg2 28. Qe7 Qxh2 29. Qf8+ Ka7 30. Na1 Qe5 31. Qf3 Rh2 32. Qd1 Qd4 33.
Qe1 Ne5 34. Nb3 Qf2 35. Qd1 Qxc2 36. Qd4+ Ka8 37. Na4 Qc6 38. Na5 Qc5 39. Nxc5
dxc5 40. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bd2 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Rad1 Rfd8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nce4 14. Bd4
Rac8 15. Qa4 Ra8 16. b4 d6 17. Rc1 h6 18. Rfd1 e5 19. Bb2 Ng4 20. Rf1 f5 21.
Qb3 Kh8 22. Rcd1 Qe6 23. Ne1 b5 24. Qc2 bxc4 25. Bc1 d5 26. h3 Ngf6 27. Kh2 d4
28. f4 Nh5 29. Nf3 Nexg3 30. Nxe5 Nxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 d3 33. exd3 cxd3
34. Qd2 Rac8 35. Rf2 Rc2 36. Qd1 Qd5+ 37. Kg1 Ng3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O a6 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. a4
O-O 9. h3 Kh8 10. b4 Ng8 11. Ba2 f5 12. b5 axb5 13. axb5 Nce7 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bb6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Qd7 19. Qe2 Nf5 20. Be6 Rxa1 21. Bxd7
Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Bxd7 23. Qd3 Nge7 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. Bxe7 Re8 26. Nh4 Nh5 27. Qf3
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 a6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. a4 Kg7 12. b4 Nh7 13. b5 Ne7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4
f5 16. exf5 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Nxf5 18. bxa6 bxa6 19. Bd5 Rb8 20. Ne4 Rb4 21. Qd2 a5
22. f4 Ba6 23. Rfd1 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Nf6 25. Nxf6 Qxf6 26. Rac1 Qxd4+ 27. Qxd4+
Rxd4 28. Rxc7+ Kh8 29. Bd2 Be2 30. Bc3 Bxd1 31. Be6 Rf6 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Bxd4+
Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June fin"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 Nd7 4. Bb2 Ngf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. g5 Ne4 8. d3
Nd6 9. h4 h5 10. Nbd2 e6 11. c4 c6 12. Qc2 a5 13. a3 c5 14. e4 d4 15. Bh3 Be7
16. O-O Qc7 17. b4 b6 18. bxa5 bxa5 19. Nh2 e5 20. f4 exf4 21. Ndf3 f6 22. gxf6
gxf6 23. Kh1 Nf7 24. Rg1 Nde5 25. Raf1 Bh7 26. Bc1 Bd6 27. Bxf4 Nxf3 28. Bxd6
Qxd6 29. Nxf3 Ke7 30. e5 fxe5 31. Rg7 Rag8 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Ng5+ Kg6 34. Bf5+
Kg7 35. Bxh7 Rf8 36. Rg1 Kh6 37. Be4 Rf4 38. Qh2 Qf6 39. Qg3 Rg8 40. Kh2 Rg7
41. Qh3 Rf2+ 42. Kh1 Rf4 43. Kh2 Rf2+ 44. Kh1 Rf4 45. Rg3 Rf1+ 46. Kh2 Rf2+ 47.
Rg2 Rf4 48. Qc8 Rxh4+ 49. Nh3 Rxg2+ 50. Kxg2 Rg4+ 51. Kh2 Qg7 52. Qe6+ Rg6 53.
Bxg6 Qxg6 54. Qxg6+ Kxg6 55. Nf2 Kf5 56. Ne4 Kf4 57. Nxc5 Ke3 58. Kg3 Kd2 59.
Kh4 Kc3 60. Kxh5 e4 61. Nxe4+ Kxd3 62. Nd6 Kc3 63. c5 d3 64. c6 Kd4 65. Nf5+
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ozdemir, Serhan Berat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h4 h5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Qd2
c5 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nf3 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 a6 12. a4 e6 13. Rg1 exd5 14. Nxd5 Be6 15.
Nf4 Qe7 16. O-O-O Rfd8 17. Nxh5 gxh5 18. Bh6 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Qh6 f6 21.
Rg6 Ra7 22. Rdg1 b6 23. Rxf6 Bg4 24. fxg4 Qxe4 25. Bd1 Rf7 26. gxh5 Rdd7 27.
Bc2 Rxf6 28. Qxf6 Qe5 29. Qxe5 dxe5 30. h6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Quinonez Centeno, Carlos David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. O-O d6 12. f3 Nbd7 13. b4 c5 14. Bb2 Qc7 15.
Rae1 Rac8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. e4 cxb4 18. axb4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Qxb4 20. exf5 e5 21.
Bc3 Qc5 22. Ne4 Qc7 23. Bb4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc5 25. Rd1 Rfd8 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Qd2
Re8 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Be6 Rcd8 30. Qd3 Re7 31. Rd2 Qc6 32. Rfd1 a5 33. Qa3 a4
34. Rxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Qe8 36. h3 h6 37. Ra6 g6 38. Rxa4 gxf5 39. Ra8 Kg7 40.
Rxe8 Rxe8 41. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Djokic, Mihailo"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 c5 8.
Qd3 Qe7 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 Bxe5 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Nd5 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2
Qxe2 15. Rxe2 Rxe2 16. Nxc7 Rb8 17. Bf4 b5 18. Rd1 h6 19. Nd5 Rb7 20. Ne7+ Rxe7
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ghimpu, Samuel Timotei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. d4 e6 5. Nbd2 Ngf6 6. c4 Bd6 7. e3 O-O 8. h3
Bh5 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O Qb8 11. Qc2 a5 12. Rfe1 a4 13. Bd3 b5 14. Rab1 axb3 15.
axb3 Ra2 16. Ra1 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Rc8 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 c5 20. dxc5 Bxf3 21.
Nxf3 dxc4 22. bxc4 b4 23. Ra5 Nxc5 24. Rb5 Qd6 25. Bf1 b3 26. Qb2 h6 27. Nd4
Nfe4 28. Nxb3 Na4 29. Qc2 Nec3 30. Ra5 Qb4 31. Ra7 Qb6 32. Rd7 Nd5 33. Qd1 Nac3
34. Qd3 Nf6 35. c5 Qxb3 36. Qd6 Nxd7 37. Qxd7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Salinas Herrera, Pablo Patricio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. h3 Bb6 8. O-O
Ne7 9. Bb3 c6 10. Re1 Ng6 11. d4 Re8 12. Bc2 h6 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Ng3 Qc7 15. Be3
Rad8 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. a4 a5 18. b4 axb4 19. cxb4 Ba7 20. Ra3 Qb8 21. Nf5 Ng8 22.
Qb2 f6 23. Ng3 Qc8 24. Kh2 Bb8 25. Qb1 Kh8 26. d5 Bf7 27. Rc3 N6e7 28. b5 c5
29. b6 g5 30. Rd1 Ng6 31. Nf5 Nf4 32. g3 Ng6 33. Kg2 N6e7 34. g4 Ng6 35. h4
Nf4+ 36. Bxf4 gxf4 37. h5 Kh7 38. N3h4 Ne7 39. f3 Qd7 40. a5 Rg8 41. Kf2 Nxf5
42. Nxf5 Rg5 43. Rh1 Be8 44. Rc4 Qf7 45. Ba4 Bxa4 46. Rxa4 Qd7 47. Rc4 Rdg8 48.
Qb3 Rd8 49. Rc2 Rdg8 50. Qc4 Rf8 51. Rb2 Rf7 52. Ke2 Rf8 53. Kd3 Rfg8 54. Qb5
Qf7 55. Kc4 Qf8 56. a6 bxa6 57. Qxa6 Qe8 58. Ra2 Qf8 59. Qb7+ Kh8 60. Ra8 Qe8
61. Rha1 Rf8 62. R1a7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. a4 Qe7 13. Rb1 Rae8 14. b5 a5 15. Ra1
Qe6 16. Ba3 Ne4 17. Rac1 Ndf6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Ne2 Rc8 20. h3 g5 21. Bb1 h6
22. Qb2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Qc2 Qxc2 26. Bxc2 Bc8 27. Kf1 Kg7
28. Ke1 Be6 29. Nh2 Nd7 30. f3 Nef6 31. g4 Nf8 32. Nf1 Ng6 33. Nfg3 Nh4 34. Kf2
Bd7 35. Nc3 Be6 36. Nge2 Kf8 37. f4 Ke7 38. f5 Bc8 39. Bb3 Bb7 40. Ng3 Kf8 41.
Nf1 Ke7 42. Nd2 Kf8 43. Kg3 Ke7 44. Bd1 Kf8 45. Bf3 Nxf3 46. Kxf3 Ke7 47. Kg3
Kf8 48. h4 Kg7 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Nf3 Kh6 51. Nd2 Kg7 52. Nd1 Ne4+ 53. Nxe4 dxe4
54. Nc3 d5 55. Ne2 f6 56. Kf2 Kf7 57. Ke1 Ke7 58. Kd2 Kf7 59. Kc3 Ke7 60. Ng3
Kf7 61. Nh5 Bc8 62. Kb3 Bb7 63. Kb2 Bc8 64. Kc3 Bd7 65. Kb3 Bc8 66. Ng3 Bb7 67.
Kb2 Ke7 68. Ne2 Kd6 69. Nc3 Kd7 70. Na2 Ke7 71. Nc1 Kd6 72. Kc3 Kd7 73. Nb3 Ke7
74. Nd2 Kd6 75. Nf1 Kd7 76. Ng3 Ke7 77. Kd2 Kf7 78. Kc2 Bc8 79. Kb3 Bb7 80. Kb2
Bc8 81. Ne2 Bb7 82. Nc3 Ke7 83. Kc2 Kd7 84. Kb3 Ke7 85. Kb2 Kd7 86. Kc2 Kd6 87.
Ne2 Kd7 88. Ng3 Ke7 89. Nh5 Kf7 90. Kc3 Bc8 91. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Magalashvili, Davit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. h4
h5 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Be2 Ngf6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 g6 13. Nge2 Nf8 14. f3 Ne6 15.
Be5 Bd6 16. Nf4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nxf4 18. exf4 Nd7 19. O-O-O Qe7 20. Qc2 Nb6 21.
f5 gxf5 22. Qxf5 Qe6 23. Qg5 Qe7 24. f4 Nc4 25. Rd3 Qb4 26. Nd1 Qc5 27. Kb1 a5
28. Re1 Qe7 29. Nc3 Qxg5 30. hxg5 O-O-O 31. b3 Nb6 32. Ne2 Nd7 33. Rc1 Nf8 34.
Nd4 Ne6 35. Ne2 h4 36. Rh1 d4 37. Kc1 c5 38. a4 Kc7 39. Kd2 Kc6 40. Rdh3 b5 41.
axb5+ Kxb5 42. Rxh4 Rxh4 43. Rxh4 a4 44. bxa4+ Kxa4 45. f5 Nxg5 46. Rg4 Rg8 47.
Kd3 Kb5 48. Rg3 Kc6 49. Kc4 Re8 50. Rxg5 Rxe5 51. Nf4 Re1 52. Nd3 Re2 53. f6
Rc2+ 54. Kb3 Rc3+ 55. Kb2 Rxd3 56. Rg7 Rd2+ 57. Kb3 Rxg2 58. Rxg2 Kd5 59. Rg5+
Ke6 60. Kc4 Kxf6 61. Rxc5 Ke6 62. Kxd4 f5 63. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
O-O Qa5 9. e3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nde2 a6 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. b3 Rac8 14. Rc1 h5 15.
Nf4 Qd8 16. Ncd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 h4 18. g4 e6 19. Nf4 Qc7 20. Bc3 Ne5 21. Bb4
Rfd8 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Bc6 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rfd1 Re8 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27.
Rd7 b5 28. Nd3 Bf6 29. Nb4 Rcc8 30. Nxa6 bxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. bxc4 Ra8 33.
Nb4 Bc3 34. Nd3 Rxa2 35. c5 Rc2 36. c6 Ba5 37. Ne5 Be1 38. c7 Bxf2+ 39. Kf1 Kg7
40. Rxf7+ Kh6 41. Rxf2 Rxc7 42. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6 7. f4 Nf6 8. Bb2
O-O 9. O-O-O e5 10. g3 Re8 11. Kb1 Nd4 12. Nge2 Bg4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Qxd4 Bg7
15. Nd5 Bxd1 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qxf6 Qxf6 18. Bxf6 Bf3 19. Rg1 Bxe4 20. Bh3 Bf5
21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. g4 Rac8 23. gxf5+ Kf8 24. c4 Re2 25. Rd1 Rxh2 26. Rxd6 Ke8
27. c5 h5 28. Bg5 h4 29. b4 h3 30. Rh6 Kd7 31. a4 a6 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Rxc5
34. Rh7 Rxb5+ 35. Kc1 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxc2 13. Bxc2 Rc8 14. Bd3
Be7 15. Bb2 O-O 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Bf6 18. e5 Be7 19. Nd2 Nb8 20. Rc1 Nc6 21.
Be4 Na5 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Bg5 26. g3 Bxd2 27.
Bxd2 Nd8 28. Kg2 Nc6 29. Bc3 Kf8 30. Kf3 Ke8 31. Ke4 Ne7 32. Bb4 Nd5 33. Bd6
Kd7 34. f4 f5+ 35. Kd3 h5 36. h4 Kc6 37. a4 b5 38. axb5+ Kxb5 39. Bf8 g6 40.
Bc5 a5 41. Bd6 Nb6 42. Bc5 Nd5 43. Bf8 Nb4+ 44. Bxb4 axb4 45. d5 exd5 46. Kd4
Kc6 47. Kd3 Kc5 48. Kd2 d4 49. Kc2 Kd5 50. Kd3 b3 51. Kd2 Kc5 52. Kd3 Kd5 53.
Kd2 Kc5 54. Kd3 Kc6 55. Kd2 Kd5 56. Kd3 Kc5 57. Kd2 Kc6 58. Kd3 Kc5 59. Kd2 Kd5
60. Kd3 Ke6 61. Kd2 Kd7 62. Kd3 Kc7 63. Kd2 Kb6 64. Kd3 Kb5 65. Kd2 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Rd1 d5 10. Qf4 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Nd4 Bf6 14. b3 Re8
15. e3 Nc5 16. Bb2 Ne6 17. Qg4 Nc5 18. h4 Ne4 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Bh3 g6 21. Qf4
Be5 22. Qf3 Rc5 23. b4 Rc4 24. a3 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Bxf6 26. Bf1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Nd2
28. Rc7 Re7 29. Rc2 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Ne1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qa5+ 8. Nd2
c5 9. Ngf3 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nb3 Qa6 12. Qxa6 bxa6 13. Rac1 f6 14. Bf4 Nge7
15. Nbxd4 Kf7 16. c4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Ng6 18. Bg3 fxe5 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. cxd5 exd5
21. Rfd1 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxd5 Ke6 24. Ra5 Rc1+ 25. Kh2 Rc6 26. Ng5+ Kf5
27. Ra4 Be7 28. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Qf4 Nb4 14. Qg3 Kh8 15.
Bg5 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bf4 N4d5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxc4 Rg8 20. Qh4 Qf8 21.
Bg3 Qf7 22. Re1 Rg7 23. Qe4 f5 24. Qxe6 Qxe6 25. Rxe6 f4 26. Bh4 Bxh4 27. Nxh4
Rg4 28. g3 fxg3 29. hxg3 Rxd4 30. Bb3 Rd2 31. Rae1 Rf8 32. R1e2 Rd4 33. Re8
Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kg7 35. Nf5+ Kf7 36. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moskalenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 Bxf4 9. exf4 Re8+ 10. Be2 c5 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. Qxg4 cxd4 14.
O-O dxe3 15. fxe3 d4 16. exd4 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 Nc6 18. Rad1 Qc4 19. Nd5 Red8 20.
Nf6+ Kh8 21. Qf5 gxf6 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26.
Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Holt, Conrad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15.
Ne2 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 a5 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. b3 a4 21. Rd2
Rfc8 22. h4 axb3 23. cxb3 Rc3 24. Bxc3 bxc3 25. Rd4 Qa7 26. Rhd1 Bc4 27. bxc4
Rb8+ 28. Ka1 Rb2 29. Qxb2 cxb2+ 30. Kb1 h5 31. cxd5 exd5 32. a4 Qd7 33. Kxb2
Qb7+ 34. Ka2 Qc6 35. Kb3 Qb6+ 36. Ka2 Qc6 37. R1d2 g6 38. g3 Qc3 39. R2d3 Qc6
40. Kb3 Qb6+ 41. Kc2 Qc7+ 42. Kd2 Qc6 43. a5 Qc5 44. Rxd5 Qb4+ 45. Ke2 Qb2+ 46.
Ke3 Qg2 47. Kd4 Qc2 48. Ke3 Qa2 49. Kf3 Kf8 50. e6 fxe6 51. Rd8+ Ke7 52. R3d7+
Kf6 53. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Ne5 O-O 9. f4 Ne7 10. g4 Ne4 11. Bd3 f6 12. Nf3 b6 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Qc2 Nxd2
15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Kxd2 f5 17. Ng5 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qb4+ 19. Qc3 Qxc3+ 20. Kxc3 Rf6
21. Kd2 Rh6 22. Rac1 Bc6 23. gxf5 Rxh7 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. fxe6 Kg6 26. h4 Kf6
27. h5 Rh8 28. Rcg1 Rh7 29. Rg5 Kxe6 30. Rhg1 Kf6 31. Rg6+ Kf7 32. R1g5 Bd7 33.
Rd6 Be6 34. a4 Rh8 35. b4 Rc8 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rxe6 Kf7 38. Rd6 Rh8 39. h6
Rc8 40. a5 bxa5 41. bxa5 Rc6 42. Rd7 a6 43. h7 Rh6 44. Ra7 Rxh7 45. Rxa6 Rh2+
46. Kc3 Re2 47. Kd3 Ra2 48. Ra8 Ra3+ 49. Kd2 Nc6 50. a6 Ke6 51. Ke2 Kd7 52. Kf2
Nb4 53. a7 Nc6 54. Kf3 Nxd4+ 55. Kg4 Nc6 56. f5 Rxa7 57. Rxa7+ Nxa7 58. e4 d4
59. e5 d3 60. Kf3 Nc6 61. e6+ Kd6 62. Ke3 Ne5 63. Kd2 Ke7 64. Ke3 Kf6 65. Kd2
Ke7 66. Ke3 Kd6 67. Kd2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Be4 6. f3 Bh7 7. e6 Qd6 8. exf7+
Kxf7 9. f4 Nf6 10. Nf3 Nxg4 11. Bh3 h5 12. Ne5+ Ke8 13. Bxg4 hxg4 14. Qxg4 Nd7
15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qe2 c5 17. Be3 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qb6 19. c3 c4 20. Na3 g5 21. Bxg5
Bd3 22. Qf2 Qg6 23. O-O-O Kd7 24. Rhg1 Qe6 25. Nc2 a5 26. Ne3 b5 27. Rxd3 cxd3
28. Qf3 Kc6 29. Kd2 Bh6 30. Kxd3 Raf8 31. Qg2 Bxg5 32. hxg5 Rf4 33. g6 Rg8 34.
g7 Rf7 35. Qg6 Kd7 36. Qxe6+ Kxe6 37. Rg6+ Rf6 38. exf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bg3
Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. a3 Re8 11. Be2 Bg4 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Ne7
15. b4 Nc8 16. a4 Nb6 17. Qb3 c6 18. b5 cxb5 19. axb5 a5 20. Ra2 Qd6 21. Rfa1
Qb4 22. Qxb4 axb4 23. Nxd5 Nfxd5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rxa8+ Nxa8 26. Bxd5 Nc7 27.
Bc4 Ne8 28. Kf1 Nd6 29. Bd3 b3 30. Ke2 b2 31. Kd2 Nxb5 32. Kc2 Nd6 33. Kxb2 Kf8
34. e4 Ke7 35. Kc3 f6 36. e5 fxe5 37. dxe5 Nf7 38. Kd4 Nd8 39. f4 Ne6+ 40. Kd5
Nc7+ 41. Kc5 Ne6+ 42. Kb6 h5 43. f5 Nf8 44. Kc5 b6+ 45. Kd5 Nd7 46. Be2 b5 47.
Bxb5 Nf8 48. Be2 Nh7 49. Bxh5 Nf8 50. g4 Nh7 51. Bg6 Ng5 52. Kd4 Kd7 53. Ke3
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Rhe1 Be6 13. f3 O-O-O 14.
Kb1 Kb8 15. Nc1 f5 16. Nb3 Nf6 17. h3 h5 18. h4 Rhe8 19. Ne2 Nfd7 20. Nf4 Bf7
21. Qf2 Qd6 22. Rc1 Nc4 23. g3 Re7 24. e4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Ndb6 26. e5 Qb4 27. Nc5
Rg8 28. Ka1 g5 29. hxg5 Rxg5 30. Re2 Ka8 31. Ng6 Bxg6 32. Bxg6 Rc7 33. Ne6 Rxg6
34. Nxc7+ Kb8 35. Qf7 Rxg3 36. Ne6 a5 37. Nc5 Na4 38. Nxa4 Qxa4 39. e6 Ka7 40.
e7 Rd3 41. e8=Q Rd1 42. Qf4 Rxc1+ 43. Qxc1 Qb5 44. Qe7 h4 45. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Le, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Ne4 f5 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nb5 Ng6 8. b3
a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. exd6 Qb6 11. d4 Qxd6 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. dxc5 Qa5+ 14. b4 Qxa3
15. Qd2 a5 16. c3 axb4 17. cxb4 Nc6 18. b5 Nce5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qd4 Qa5+ 21.
Kd1 Qa4+ 22. Qxa4 Rxa4 23. Kc2 d6 24. Kb3 Rd4 25. Rc1 Ke7 26. Be2 Bd7 27. a4
Ra8 28. cxd6+ Kxd6 29. Rhd1 Raxa4 30. f4 Ng6 31. Ra1 Rxa1 32. Rxd4+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qc8 5. Bf4 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nh4
Be4 9. f3 Bg6 10. Be2 c5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g4 Nc6 13. h4 cxd4 14. exd4 Nh7 15.
Bg3 a6 16. Bd3 b5 17. h5 g5 18. Qc2 f5 19. O-O Qd7 20. Rae1 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6
22. Nb3 Nf6 23. gxf5 Nxh5 24. Rxe6 Qg3+ 25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Nf4+ 27. Kg3
Nxe6 28. fxe6 Rf4 29. Nc5 Ne7 30. Rh1 g6 31. Nd7 Kg7 32. Ne5 Rh4 33. Rxh4 gxh4+
34. Kxh4 Kf6 35. Kg4 Rh8 36. Nd7+ Kxe6 37. Nc5+ Kd6 38. Kg3 Ra8 39. b4 Kc6 40.
Kf4 a5 41. a3 axb4 42. axb4 Ra3 43. Ke5 Rxc3 44. Ke6 Nf5 45. Bxf5 gxf5 46. f4
Rc4 47. Kxf5 Rxd4 48. Ke5 Rxb4 49. Ne6 Re4+ 50. Kf6 b4 51. f5 b3 0-1

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. d4 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Qc2 e5 13. e4 Bd7 14. Bb2 h5 15. Ne2 h4
16. Bc3 b4 17. Bb2 Nb7 18. Rbe1 Qe7 19. Qd3 a5 20. f4 hxg3 21. hxg3 Ng4 22. Nf3
a4 23. Bh3 axb3 24. axb3 Ra8 25. Nc1 exf4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Bxg4 Bxg4 28. Nh2
Bd7 29. gxf4 Rh8 30. Qd2 Qh4 31. Re3 Rae8 32. Rf2 f6 33. Nd3 Ra8 34. Qb2 Ra3
35. Rg2 Rha8 36. Qf2 Ra1+ 37. Re1 Rxe1+ 38. Nxe1 Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Ra3 40. e5 Rxb3
41. e6 Be8 42. Nhf3 Na5 43. Nd2 Rb2 44. Ke3 b3 45. f5 g5 46. Kd3 Ra2 47. Kc3 b2
48. Nb1 Ra4 49. Kxb2 Nxc4+ 50. Kc3 Nb6 51. Nc2 Nxd5+ 52. Kd2 Nf4 53. Rg3 Ra7
54. Rb3 Ba4 55. Rb8 Bxc2 56. Kxc2 g4 57. Nc3 g3 58. Rb1 g2 59. Rg1 Ra3 60. Kb2
Rxc3 61. Rxg2+ Nxg2 62. Kxc3 Nh4 63. Kc4 Nxf5 64. Kb5 Ne7 65. Kb6 Kf8 66. Kc7
f5 67. Kxd6 f4 68. Kxc5 f3 69. Kd4 f2 70. Ke5 f1=Q 71. Ke4 Qf5+ 72. Ke3 Qe5+
73. Kd3 Nd5 74. Kc4 Ke7 75. Kd3 Kxe6 76. Kc4 Qe3 77. Kb5 Qb6+ 78. Kc4 Qb4+ 79.
Kd3 Qc3+ 80. Ke4 Qe3# 0-1

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nfd2 h5 7. f3 g5 8.
a4 h4 9. Nc4 g4 10. e5 Nd5 11. fxg4 Bxg4+ 12. Be2 Be6 13. Nbd2 b5 14. axb5 cxb5
15. Bf3 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nc6 17. c3 O-O-O 18. Kc2 Bg7 19. Bg5 Kc7 20. Rhd1 f6 21.
exf6 Bxf6 22. Re1 Bf5+ 0-1

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Bd7 10. Nc3 h6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 c5 14. Nd5
Ne7 15. c4 Ng6 16. Rfe1 Be6 17. Nd2 Kb7 18. Ne4 a5 19. a4 Re8 20. Kh2 Be7 21.
Nxe7 Nxe7 22. g4 g5 23. Kg3 Ng6 24. Bc1 Rd8 25. f4 gxf4+ 26. Bxf4 Rd4 27. Rxd4
cxd4 28. Rd1 c5 29. Nf6 Rd8 30. h4 b5 31. axb5 a4 32. bxa4 Bxc4 33. Ne4 Kb6 34.
Rc1 Bd5 35. Nxc5 Ka5 36. Bd2+ Kb6 37. Nd3 Be4 38. Nf2 Bd5 39. Nd3 Be4 40. Nc5
Bd5 41. Bf4 h5 42. gxh5 Ne7 43. Bg5 Rg8 44. Kf4 Nc8 45. Nd7+ Ka5 46. Nf6 1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Ne4 7. Nfd2 Nxg3 8.
hxg3 c5 9. e3 Nd7 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bd3 Re8 13. O-O b6 14. Qe2 Bb7
15. Ba6 Qc8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. a4 Rab8 18. e4 cxd4 19. cxd4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Qd5
21. Nc3 Qb7 22. Nb5 Bf8 23. Rac1 Rbc8 24. Ne5 a6 25. Nc3 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Bg7 27.
f4 Rc5 28. Ne4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rc8 30. Rf1 Qd5 31. Nd6 Rc7 32. Rd1 Qc5+ 33. Kh2
gxf4 34. gxf4 Qc2 35. Rd2 Qxa4 36. Qg4 Kf8 37. Qh4 Rd7 38. Qf2 Kg8 39. Rc2 Rd8
40. Rc7 Rf8 41. g3 a5 42. Qxb6 Qd1 43. Qf2 a4 44. Ra7 h5 45. Rc7 f6 46. exf6
Bxf6 47. Ne4 Bd4 48. Rd7 Bxf2 49. Rxd1 Be3 50. Rd3 Bc1 51. Ra3 Bxb2 52. Rxa4 e5
53. fxe5 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
Ne7 9. d4 Ng6 10. Re1 O-O 11. b4 c6 12. Bf1 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5
Be6 16. Qc2 Bb6 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. bxc6
bxc6 22. Be3 Rb8 23. Bd3 Qb7 24. Nd2 Qb2 25. Rb1 Qxc2 26. Bxc2 Rxb1+ 27. Bxb1
Nd7 28. Kf1 Bb6 29. Ke2 Kf8 30. Bd3 Ke7 31. Bc4 Bxe3 32. Kxe3 Nb6 33. Bxe6 Kxe6
34. Kd3 Nd7 35. Kc4 Kd6 36. Kb4 Kc7 37. Nc4 h5 38. h4 g6 39. g3 f6 40. Ne3 Nf8
41. f4 exf4 42. gxf4 Ne6 43. f5 gxf5 44. Nxf5 Kd7 45. Kc4 Nf4 46. Kd4 Ng6 47.
Ng7 Nxh4 48. Nxh5 f5 49. exf5 Nxf5+ 50. Kc5 Ne7 51. Nf6+ Kc7 52. c4 Nc8 53.
Ne8+ Kd7 54. Nf6+ Kc7 55. Ne8+ Kd7 56. Nf6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 e5 8.
Nc3 Bc5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. e3 a5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Rd1 Ba3
15. Bd2 Bb4 16. Na4 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Bc3 a4 19. Rab1 axb3 20. Rxb3 Bxc3
21. Qxc3 Re7 22. Rdb1 Ra7 23. a3 h5 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. axb4 e4 26. Be2 Rd7 27.
R3b2 g6 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke1 Ke7 30. b5 c5 31. b6 Ra5 32. Bd1 Rd3 33. Rb5 Rda3
34. Bc2 Rxb5 35. Rxb5 Kd6 36. Kd2 Kc6 37. Rb1 Ra6 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 g5 40.
Rh1 Rxb6 41. Rh8 Kd7 42. Bd1 Rd6+ 43. Kc2 Ra6 44. Kb2 Ke7 45. Rb8 Rb6+ 46. Kc2
Rb4 47. Be2 Nd7 48. Rg8 f6 49. Rg7+ Ke6 50. Rg8 Ne5 51. Re8+ Kd7 52. Rf8 Ke7
53. Rc8 b6 54. Rc7+ Kd6 55. Rc8 Nxc4 56. Rf8 Ke7 57. Rb8 Ne5 58. Rb7+ Kd6 59.
Rb8 c4 60. Rd8+ Ke7 61. Rb8 b5 62. Rb7+ Ke6 63. Rb6+ Kf7 64. Rb7+ Kg6 65. Rb6
Rb3 66. Rb8 b4 67. Kd2 Rb2+ 68. Kd1 b3 69. Rg8+ Kf7 70. Rc8 Nd3 71. Rxc4 Nxf2+
72. Ke1 Nd3+ 73. Kd1 Rb1+ 74. Kd2 Rb2+ 75. Kd1 Ra2 76. Rc7+ Ke6 77. Rb7 Nf2+
78. Ke1 Nd3+ 79. Kd1 Ra1+ 80. Kd2 Ra2+ 81. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 h5 4. O-O e6 5. c3 g5 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. d4 g4 8. Ne5
Bg7 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ne7 12. Qa4 Bb5 13. Qc2 d6 14. Nc4 Bxc4
15. Qxc4 d5 16. Qc5 Qb6 17. Qc2 Qxd4 18. Nc3 O-O 19. Rad1 Qb4 20. a3 Qb7 21.
Na4 Ng6 22. Bg5 Qb5 23. b3 dxe4 24. Nc5 Rab8 25. Rxe4 Rfe8 26. a4 Qa5 27. b4
Qb6 28. Nd7 Qa6 29. Nxb8 Rxb8 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Qxg6 Qe2 32. Rf1 Rf8 33. Bh6
Rf7 34. Bxg7 Rxg7 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qxh5+ Kg8 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qxc6 Rf7 39. b5
Kg6 40. a5 Rh7 41. Qe8+ Kf6 42. Qf8+ Kg6 43. Qg8+ Rg7 44. Qe8+ Rf7 45. b6 axb6
46. axb6 Qb5 47. Qxb5 Rf6 48. b7 1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 c6 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. h3
e6 9. e3 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Be2 O-O 12. h4 Qxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. b4 Ne4 15.
Nb3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Nc5 Rad8 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. f4 f5 20. Kd2 Kf7 21. h5
gxh5 22. Rxh5 Nf6 23. Rh3 Rh8 24. Rah1 Rxh3 25. Rxh3 Ra8 26. Nb3 Nfe4+ 27. Bxe4
Nxe4+ 28. Kc2 Rg8 29. Nc5 Nd6 30. b3 Ke7 31. Rh7 Kf7 32. Kd1 Kg6 33. Rh3 Kf7
34. Ke2 Rb8 35. Nd3 Rg8 36. Ne5+ Kf6 37. c4 Nf7 38. Nd7+ Ke7 39. Nc5 Nd6 40.
Kd3 b6 41. Na4 b5 42. cxb5 axb5 43. Nc5 Ra8 44. Rg3 Kf7 45. Nd7 Ra2 46. Ne5+
Kg8 47. Rg6 Ne4 48. Nf3 Kf7 49. Ne5+ Kg8 50. Nf3 Kf7 51. Ne5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 h5 4. O-O e6 5. c3 g5 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. d4 g4 8. Ne5
Bg7 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ne7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Nd2 d6 14. Nxc6 Rc8
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Rac1 a6 18. Qb4 Rfd8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. e5 Qb7
21. Qxb7 Bxb7 22. exd6 Bxd4 23. Nb3 Bb6 24. Re5 Bd5 25. Rg5+ Kh7 26. Rxh5+ Kg6
27. Rg5+ Kf6 28. Rxg4 Rc8 29. d7 Rc2 30. Be3 Bc7 31. Rg8 Ke7 32. Nc5 Rxb2 33.
Re8+ Kf6 34. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Bg3 Rc8
15. Bb3 Nfd5 16. Rac1 Bg5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. h4 Be7 20. h5 h6 21.
Qd3 Nb4 22. Qe4 Bc6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Be5 Qd8 25. Qe1 Bd6 26. Bc4 a5 27. b3 Qc7
28. Qe4 Rd8 29. Re1 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Qb6 31. Qh4 Rd2 32. Re3 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd4 34.
Re4 Qd8 35. Qg3 Rd4 36. Qf4 Rxe4 37. Qxe4 Qg5 38. g4 Qd2 39. Kg3 Qc3+ 40. Kg2
Qd2 41. Kg3 Nd5 42. f4 Ne3 43. Qxc6 Nf1+ 44. Kf3 Qe3+ 45. Kg2 Nd2 46. Qe8+ Kh7
47. Qxf7 Qf3+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ 49. Kh3 Qf3+ 50. Kh2 Qf2+ 51. Kh3 Qf3+ 52. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. h5 h6 13. Nd4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. g4 Qc7 17. Qc3 Qb7 18. Rh2 Rac8 19. Qe1 Bd5 20. Kb1 b5 21. g5
hxg5 22. fxg5 Qc7 23. h6 g6 24. Bd4 Kh7 25. Qe3 b4 26. Rf2 Qa5 27. b3 Rc3 28.
Qf4 Qd8 29. Bxc3 bxc3 30. Rg2 Qa5 31. Rg3 Qc5 32. Re1 a5 33. Bg2 a4 34. Bxe4
axb3 35. axb3 Qa5 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Rd1 Qa7 38. Rd4 Qa6 39. Rf3 Qe2 40. Qe3 Qg2
41. Rd1 Bxg5 42. Qxc3 Qe2 43. Rfd3 Ra8 44. Re1 Qf2 45. e6 Qa7 46. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 h6 12. Bh4 Bd7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rad1 Nb4 15.
Ne5 Be8 16. Bb3 Nfd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxh4 19. Bxb7 Bxa4 20. Bxc8 Bxd1
21. Rxd1 Qxc8 22. g3 Be7 23. d5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Re8 25. Qc4 Qe6 26. Qc6 Bf6 27.
Qxe6 fxe6 28. Ra5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Kf7 30. Ra5 Rb8 31. Rxa6 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. h5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd4 Nb4
15. Kb1 Rc8 16. a3 Nd5 17. c4 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 b5 19. cxb5 Qb6 20. f5 Rfd8 21. Be2
Rd5 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. h6 g6 24. Qh3 Rxe5 25. Bg4 Kh8 26. Bxe6 Rd8 27. Nc6 Bxc6
28. bxc6 Bf6 29. Bb3 Rf8 30. Rd6 Rf5 31. Rhd1 e3 32. Ka2 Bxb2 33. Kxb2 Rf2+ 34.
R1d2 exd2 35. Qc3+ R8f6 36. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 37. Qxd2 Rf2 0-1

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rfe1 Rfe8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Rad8
15. Bd3 Nf8 16. Qg4 f6 17. Rad1 Qf7 18. c5 bxc5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. h4 h5 21. Qa4
Bb6 22. Qf4 c5 23. Bc4 Bd5 24. Rc1 Ng6 25. Qe3 Ne7 26. Qd3 Qg6 27. Qxg6 Nxg6
28. Ba3 Kf7 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Rc4 e5 31. g3 Nf8 32. Rec1 Ne6 33. Kf1 Red8 34.
R1c2 Nd4 35. R2c3 Nb5 0-1

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. a4 Nf6 12. a5 h6 13. Ra3 f4 14. h4 Rf7 15. c5 Bf8
16. c6 Rg7 17. b5 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nh2 bxc6 20. dxc6 g4 21. g3 Be6 22. gxf4
exf4 23. Bxf4 Nh5 24. Bg3 Nxg3 25. fxg3 d5 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Bc4 Bf7 28. Bxd5
Bxa3 29. Nxg4 Qg5 30. Ne4 Bc5+ 31. Kg2 Bxd5 32. Ngf6+ Qxf6 33. Qxd5+ Qf7 34.
Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nbd2 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bf5 6. c3 e6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8.
Nh4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Bd3 a6 13. Be3 b5 14. O-O O-O
15. a4 b4 16. Rfc1 Qd7 17. Qd1 bxc3 18. bxc3 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21.
Rab1 Bxc3 22. Bc5 Be5 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rb6 a5 25. Bb5 Qf5 26. Bd3 Qd7 27. Qc2
Kg8 28. Qc6 Qd8 29. Rb7 Bd4 30. Kg2 Qf8 31. Rc7 Kh7 32. Rd1 Be5 33. Rxf7 Qxf7
34. Qxa8 Ng4 35. Rf1 Bd4 36. Qc8 Ne5 37. Qh3+ Kg8 38. Be2 Qe8 39. Rc1 Nc4 40.
Bf3 Qf7 41. Qg4 Bb2 42. Rd1 d4 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Be4 Ne5 45. Qh3+ Kg8 46. Rb1
Qa2 47. Rxb2 Qxb2 48. Qe6+ Kh7 49. Qxe5 Qe2 50. Bxg6+ Kxg6 51. Qxe2 d3 52.
Qxd3+ Kf6 53. Kf3 g5 54. Ke4 Kg6 55. Qd5 g4 56. Qf5+ Kh6 57. Qxg4 Kh7 58. Qf5+
Kh6 0-1

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O h6 9. h3 Nc6 10. a3 Re8 11. Qc2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Ne4 Qf7
15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qe4 Qf5 17. Bd2 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 Rad8 19. Rae1 Kf7 20. Bc3 a5
21. h4 b6 22. h5 Nb8 23. d5 exd5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Bxg7 Bf4 27.
Be5 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Kxd7 30. f4 Ke6 31. g4 d4 32. Kf2 c5 33. a4 Kf6
34. Ke2 Ke6 35. g5 hxg5 36. fxg5 Kf5 37. h6 Kg6 38. b3 Kh7 39. Kf3 Kg6 40. Ke4
Kh7 41. Kd3 Kg6 42. Ke4 Kh7 43. Kd3 Kg6 44. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Rfe1
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rfe8 16. Bb3 Qd6 17. Bh4 Nh5 18. Qb5 e5 19. Bg3 Nxg3 20. hxg3
exd4 21. cxd4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Nf6 23. Qc4 Qd7 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Qc7 h6 26. Qf4 Rc8
27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Kg2 Qd8 29. Qe5 Kf8 30. Ba4 Nd5 31. Bc6 Ne7 32. d5 Ng6 33.
Qe3 Qe7 34. d6 Qxe3 35. fxe3 Ne5 36. Bb5 f6 37. f4 Nf7 38. d7 Ke7 39. Kf3 Nd6
40. Bc6 f5 41. Ke2 Ne4 42. g4 Nc3+ 43. Kd2 Nxa2 44. gxf5 Nb4 45. Ba4 a6 46. Kc3
Nd5+ 47. Kd4 Nf6 48. e4 h5 49. e5 Nxd7 50. Kd5 h4 51. Bd1 h3 52. Kc6 a5 53. Kb5
h2 54. Bf3 Nc5 55. Bh1 Nd3 56. Kxb6 a4 0-1

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Rd1 c5 12. dxc5 Qe7 13. Bd2 Bxc5 14. Bc3 Nc6
15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Nd2 Bg6 17. Nb3 Bb4 18. h3 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Rd8 20. Qe1 Bxc3
21. Qxc3 Nb4 22. Nd4 h6 23. Bf1 Kh7 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Rd7 26. Bb5 Re7 27.
f4 Be4 28. Kf2 a6 29. Be2 Rd7 30. a5 Nc6 31. Nxc6 Bxc6 32. Bxa6 Rd2+ 33. Ke1
Rxb2 34. Bd3+ g6 35. a6 Kg7 36. Bc4 Rb6 37. axb7 Bxg2 38. Rb5 Rxb5 39. Bxb5
Bxb7 40. h4 Kf6 41. Kf2 e5 42. Kg3 Bd5 43. Bd3 Ke6 44. Bc2 Kd6 45. Bd3 Be6 46.
Bc2 Bf5 47. Bb3 f6 48. Bf7 Kc5 49. Kf2 Kb4 50. Bd5 Kc3 51. Ke2 Bg4+ 52. Kf2 Kd3
53. Bf7 Bf5 54. Bd5 Be4 55. Bf7 Bf5 56. Bd5 Kc3 57. Bf7 Kd2 58. Bd5 Bd3 59. Bf7
g5 60. hxg5 hxg5 61. fxg5 fxg5 62. Bd5 Bf5 63. Bc6 Kd3 64. Bb5+ Kc3 65. Bc6 Kc4
66. Bb7 Kc5 67. Kf3 Kd6 68. Ba8 Ke7 69. Bc6 Kf6 70. Bb7 Bd7 71. Be4 Bb5 72. Kg3
Bf1 73. Kg4 Be2+ 74. Kg3 Bh5 75. Bd3 Bg6 76. Bc4 Bf5 77. Bd5 Ke7 78. Bc4 Kd6
79. Bb3 Kc5 80. Bf7 Kb4 81. Kf2 Kc3 82. Bd5 Kd3 83. Ba2 Kd2 84. Bb3 g4 85. Ba2
Bc2 86. Be6 Bd1 87. Bf5 Bf3 0-1

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Nc3 a6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8.
O-O-O Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Be7 13. g4 O-O 14. g5
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bd4 Qc6 17. f4 b5 18. Qd3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. h4 Qc4
21. Ne2 Qxd3 22. cxd3 Bc5 23. d4 Bb4 24. Nc1 Rc4 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. Rc1 Rfc8 27.
b3 Rc3 28. Kb2 b4 29. Nf2 R8c7 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. Nd1 Rc7 32. Nf2 Rc3 33. Nd1
Rc7 34. Nf2 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. a4 Qc7 12. Nc4 Rfe8 13. b4 Bf8 14. Bb2 b5 15.
axb5 cxb5 16. Ne3 Bg6 17. Ra5 a6 18. Qa1 Bxe4 19. Rxa6 Bxb4 20. Rd1 Bc5 21. Re1
Rxa6 22. Qxa6 Ra8 23. Qxb5 Rb8 24. Qc4 Rxb2 25. Ng5 Bg6 26. Rd1 h6 27. Ne4 Bxe4
28. Bxe4 Rb4 0-1

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. e4 g6 14. d5 exd5 15.
exd5 Bb7 16. Re1 Qd8 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Ra5 20. Nc3 Nb6 21.
Nd4 Re8 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qd3 25. Qxd3 cxd3 26. Rd1 Nc4 27.
Nd5 Nxb2 28. Nxf6+ Kg7 29. Rd2 Ra1+ 30. Bf1 Nc4 31. Ne8+ Kf8 32. Rxd3 Kxe8 33.
Rd7 Rc1 34. Kg2 Ne5 35. Rxc7 Kd8 36. Ra7 Rxc6 37. Ra2 Ke7 38. Re2 Kf6 39. Rd2
g5 40. Rb2 h5 41. Ra2 Kg6 42. Rb2 f6 43. Ra2 h4 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. Ra4 Rc2 46.
Rxh4 f5 47. h3 Kg5 48. Rd4 Ng6 49. Rc4 Nh4+ 50. Kg3 f4+ 51. Rxf4 Rc3+ 52. f3
Nf5+ 53. Rxf5+ Kxf5 54. h4 Rc1 55. Bh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bb2 a6 8. d4
O-O 9. Bd3 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Ne2 Qa5+ 14. Bc3
Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Nxc3 Be6 17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. f3 Kf8 19. Kd2 Ke7 20. g4 h6
21. Nd4 Nd7 22. h3 Ne5 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rf1 Bd7 26. Be2 Nc6 27.
Nc2 f6 28. f4 Be6 29. Bf3 Bf7 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. Nd4 Nxd4 32. exd4 Kd6 33. a4 a5
34. b4 axb4 35. Rb1 Be8 36. Rxb4 Bc6 37. Bd1 Ra8 38. Bc2 g5 39. f5 Kc7 40. Kc3
Kd6 41. Kd2 Kc7 42. Kc3 Kd6 43. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. h3 Be6 10. Re1 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 h6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Re8 14. Qb3 Qd7 15.
Rad1 b6 16. Qc2 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re3 Re6 20. Rde1 Rae8 21.
Qe2 f6 22. Nh4 Ne7 23. Qg4 Kh7 24. f4 g5 25. fxg5 fxg5 26. Rf1 Ng6 27. Nxg6
Rxg6 28. Kh1 Re7 29. Ref3 Qe6 30. Qe4 Kg7 31. Rf8 g4 32. h4 g3 33. R1f5 Qb3 34.
Qf3 Qa2 35. Qf1 Rg4 36. Rg5+ hxg5 37. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. g3 Bb4+ 7. Nd2 O-O
8. Bg2 d5 9. O-O a5 10. Nf3 Re8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. cxd5 Ba6 14. Qd4
Qe7 15. Rfc1 cxd5 16. a3 Bd6 17. Qxd5 Bxe2 18. Nd4 Bg4 19. Qc4 Rac8 20. Bb7 c5
21. Bxc8 Bxc8 22. Nb5 Bb7 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qc6 26. f3 Qxf3
27. Re8+ Kh7 28. Qc2+ f5 29. Qe2 Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Qxh2+ 31. Ke1 Qxg3+ 32. Qf2 Qd3
33. Qxc5 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 Qxb2+ 35. Re2 Qf6 36. Qe5 Qh4+ 37. Qg3 Qd4+ 38. Qe3 Qh4+
39. Qg3 Qd4+ 40. Qe3 Qh4+ 41. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be3 c5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qa5 15. b3 Rb8 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Nc3 18. Re1 Nxa2+ 19. Kb2 Nb4 20. Rxe7 Bf5
21. Bc4 Rbd8 22. g4 Bxc2 23. Nd7 Bd3 24. Nxf8 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Kxf8 26. Rxa7 Nd3+
27. Kc3 Ne5 28. Re1 Nxf3 29. Ree7 Kg7 30. Rxf7+ Kh6 31. Rxf3 1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4
h6 9. Be3 b5 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 Bd7 12. Ra1 a5 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O a4 15. Nd2
Qc7 16. Kh1 Na6 17. Nxa4 Nb4 18. c3 Nd3 19. Nb6 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Be6 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 Qb7 23. b4 Rc8 24. Nb3 Bd8 25. Rd1 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Nd4 Bb6 28.
Nf5 Qd7 29. Qa6 Rb8 30. Re1 g6 31. Nxh6+ Kg7 32. g5 f3 33. Bf1 Bxf2 34. gxf6+
Kxh6 35. Re4 Qf5 36. Qxd6 Qxe4 37. Qxb8 Qe1 38. Qf4+ g5 39. Qc4 Bg3 40. h4 Qf2
41. hxg5+ Kxg5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Itkin, David"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Bb4 7. Nxd5 Qxd5
8. c3 Bd6 9. d4 e4 10. Nd2 O-O 11. f3 Qh5 12. g3 exf3 13. Bxf3 Qg6 14. Ne4 Bh3
15. Re1 Rae8 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Qd2 Ne7 19. Re2 c6 20. Rae1 Ng6 21.
Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qe3 Qd7 24. Bg2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 h6 26. Qe4 Qd5 27.
Qxd5 Nxf4+ 28. gxf4 cxd5 29. a4 a5 30. b3 f5 31. c4 Kf7 32. Kf3 g5 33. h3 Ke6
34. Kg3 Kf6 35. Kf3 Kg6 36. Kg3 Kh5 37. Kf3 Kg6 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. Kf3 Kf8 40. Kg3
Ke7 41. Kf3 Kd6 42. Kg3 Kc6 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. h4 gxh4+ 45. Kxh4 Kd6 46. Kg5 Ke6
47. Kf4 Kf6 48. cxd5 b6 49. d6 Ke6 50. d7 Kxd7 51. Kxf5 Kd6 52. Ke4 Ke6 53. d5+
Kd6 54. Kd4 Kd7 55. Ke5 Ke7 56. d6+ Kd7 57. Kd5 Kd8 58. Kc6 Kc8 59. Kxb6 Kd7
60. Kxa5 Kxd6 61. b4 Kc7 62. b5 Kb7 63. Kb4 Kb6 64. a5+ Kb7 65. Kc5 Ka7 66. b6+
Kb7 67. Kb5 Kb8 68. a6 Ka8 69. Kc6 Kb8 70. b7 Ka7 71. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Mostbauer, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qd2 Nd7 7. e3 Nf6 8.
Ne2 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. h4 h6 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. h5 Bh7 13. Be2 Bd6 14. Nf1 O-O
15. g4 a5 16. a3 Re8 17. Rg1 Qc7 18. c5 Be7 19. Ng3 b6 20. cxb6 Qxb6 21. Bc4 c5
22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Kf1 Rad8 24. Qe2 Qd6 25. Kg2 Qe5 26. Rad1 Bd6 27. Rd5 Qe7 28.
Rgd1 Bc7 29. Qd2 Rxd5 30. Bxd5 Rd8 31. Qc3 Kf8 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Bd6 34. b5
f5 35. gxf5 Bxg3 36. fxg3 Bxf5 37. b6 Bg4 38. Rd4 Qf6 39. Bxe4 Re8 40. b7 Bxh5
41. Qb4+ Kg8 42. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Munkhzul, Turmunkh"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
a5 9. a4 Qc7 10. Be3 Bh7 11. c3 Nf5 12. Bf4 Be7 13. h3 Qb6 14. Bd3 Nh4 15. Nxh4
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qxb3 17. Nf3 c5 18. Nd2 Qb6 19. Be3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qa6 21. Qxa6
Rxa6 22. Rfc1 Nb6 23. Rc7 Ra7 24. b3 Bd8 25. Rc2 Ra8 26. Nb1 Be7 27. Nc3 Rc8
28. Raa2 Kd7 29. Nb5 Bb4 30. Kf1 Rc6 31. Na7 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Ra8 33. Nb5 Rc8 34.
Rxc8 Nxc8 35. Ke2 Ne7 36. Kd3 h5 37. Bd2 Bxd2 38. Kxd2 h4 39. Nd6 Nc6 40. Kc3
Nd8 41. f4 f6 42. b4 b6 43. b5 f5 44. Kd3 Ke7 45. Nc8+ Kd7 46. Nd6 Ke7 47. Nc8+
Kd7 48. Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 h6 12. Bh4 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxe4
dxe4 15. Nd2 f5 16. Ne2 Be6 17. b4 Bd5 18. b5 Ne6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nc4 c5 21.
Ne5 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. exd4 f4 24. Rb5 Rad8 25. Re1 Qe6 26. Qc7 a6 27. Rb6
Qf5 28. Rxa6 f3 29. Rg6 Bf7 30. Rg3 Rxd4 31. Ng4 Kh8 32. h3 fxg2 33. Rb1 Rd3
34. Ne3 Qf6 35. Rb6 Qe7 36. Qf4 Rf8 37. Rxh6+ Kg8 38. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vlachos, Anatole"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Qe1 d4 8. Na3
O-O 9. Nc4 Nd5 10. Bd2 b6 11. Nfe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bb7 13. c4 dxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7
15. e4 Nf6 16. Rc1 Rad8 17. d4 e6 18. g4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qb8 20. Bc3 Qa8 21. Bb4
Rfe8 22. Rc7 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Nxf7 Rxd4 26. a3 a5 27. Be1
Rd3 28. Ne5 Rxa3 29. Rb7 a4 30. Rxb6 Rb3 31. Ra6 a3 32. Rf3 Rxf3 33. Nxf3 Bf8
34. Kf1 Rc8 35. Nd4 Rc1 36. Ke2 Nc3+ 37. Bxc3 Rxc3 38. Nxe6 Bb4 39. f5 gxf5 40.
gxf5 h6 41. Nf4 Rb3 42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. Ra7+ Ke8 44. f6 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 a2 46. Ne6
Rb3+ 47. Ke4 Ra3 48. f7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Javakhadze, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nc3 e5 11. d5 a5 12. a3 Ne8 13. b4 f5 14. Nd2 g6 15.
Nb3 axb4 16. axb4 Nef6 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Ra1 Qb8 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Rb1 Ba6 21. c5
bxc5 22. bxc5 Qa7 23. c6 Nc5 24. Qa2 Ra8 25. Nxc5 Qxc5 26. Qd2 Ng4 27. e3 e4
28. Ra1 Ne5 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. exd4 Nd3 31. Nb5 Rb8 32. Nxc7 Bc4 33. Bf1 Kf6 34.
Ra4 Bb3 35. Ra7 Rb4 36. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d4
Bb6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. b4 e4 11. Rb1 d5 12. b5 Nf8 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Ba3 Ng6 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Rfc1 h5 18. Na4 Qd7 19. Kh2 h4 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Rc3
hxg3+ 22. fxg3 Reb8 23. Rbc1 Rb7 24. Bb4 Nh7 25. a3 Ng5 26. Ng1 Bf5 27. Qd1 Re8
28. Qh5 Nh7 29. Qe2 Ng5 30. Qh5 Nh7 31. Qe2 Nf6 32. Qf2 Be6 33. Ne2 Nh7 34. Nf4
Nxf4 35. Qxf4 Qb5 36. Bf1 Qa4 37. g4 Rbb8 38. Rc7 Rbc8 39. Kg3 Rxc7 40. Rxc7
Qd1 41. Bg2 Qd3 42. Bf1 Qd1 43. Bg2 Qd3 44. Bd6 g5 45. Qf2 Rc8 46. Rxc8+ Bxc8
47. Be5 Qxa3 48. h4 gxh4+ 49. Kxh4 Qe7+ 50. Kg3 b5 51. Qc2 Be6 52. Qc6 Nf8 53.
Qxb5 Ng6 54. Qb8+ Kh7 55. Bh3 Qh4+ 56. Kg2 Bxg4 57. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 58. Kf2 Qf3+ 59.
Kg1 Qxe3+ 60. Kg2 Qf3+ 61. Kg1 e3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vyatkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b3 h6 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. bxc4 e5 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 a6
15. Nh4 Nc5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 b5 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. g4 g6 20. Qf3 b4 21. Nb1
e4 22. Qh3 Nxd5 23. Bxh6 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. e3 Be5 26. Rc4 Bg7 27. Rdc1 a5
28. Nd2 Bc3 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Qd7 31. Rf4 Be5 32. Rxc8+ Rxc8 33. Re4 Rc1+
34. Bf1 Qd5 35. Qf3 a4 36. Kg2 b3 37. axb3 axb3 38. Rb4 Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Rxf1 40.
Rxb3 Bxh2 41. Kg2 Rg1+ 42. Kxh2 Rxg4 43. f3 Ra4 44. Kg3 Kg7 45. e4 g5 46. Kg4
Kg6 47. Rb6+ f6 48. Rb5 Ra1 49. Rf5 Rg1+ 50. Kh3 Rh1+ 51. Kg2 Re1 52. Kf2 Ra1
53. Ke3 Ra3+ 54. Kd4 Ra8 55. Ke3 Ra6 56. Kf2 Kh5 57. Kg3 Kg6 58. Kg2 Rb6 59.
Kg3 Rb2 60. Kh3 Re2 61. Kg3 Rc2 62. Kh3 Rc3 63. Kg3 Rc1 64. Kg2 Ra1 65. Kg3 Rh1
66. Kf2 Rh4 67. Kg3 Rh1 68. Kg2 Rh8 69. Kg3 Re8 70. Kg2 Re5 71. Rxe5 fxe5 72.
Kh3 Kh5 73. Kg3 Kh6 74. Kg4 Kg6 75. Kh3 Kh5 76. Kg3 g4 77. fxg4+ Kg5 78. Kf3
Kh4 79. g5 Kxg5 80. Kg3 Kh5 81. Kh3 Kg5 82. Kg3 Kh5 83. Kh3 Kg5 84. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Anatoly"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2
Qd8 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 dxc4 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Ne5 Bf6 14. Nxc4 Bxd4
15. e5 a6 16. Nd6 c5 17. Nxb7 Bxb7 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Bxa6 Qb8 20. Re1 Nd7 21.
Nb5 Rxa6 22. Nxd4 Qa8 23. Nb5 Rxa2 24. Rad1 Nb6 25. Nc3 Ra7 26. Rd6 Rb7 27.
Red1 Na4 28. Ra6 Nxc3 29. bxc3 Qb8 30. Rad6 Rb1 31. Qd3 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qb7 33.
h4 Qe4 34. Rd8 Rxd8 35. Qxd8+ Kh7 36. Qc7 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qxc3 38. h5 Qd4 39. Qxf7
Qe4+ 40. Kg1 Qe1+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kh2 Qxe5 43. Qg6+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qg6+
Kg8 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Wu, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 Bg7 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Qd2 c5 11. d5 a6 12. a4 b6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15.
Bh6 Nd7 16. Be2 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 e5 18. O-O-O Qf6 19. Rdg1 Qf4+ 20. Qxf4 Nxf4 21.
h4 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Nb6 24. Kd2 f5 25. h5 fxe4 26. fxe4 Kg7 27. hxg6
hxg6 28. b3 Rh8 29. Ne2 Nxe2 30. Bxe2 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 Rf8 32. Ke3 Ra8 33. Rg1 Kf6
34. Rf1+ Ke7 35. Bg4 Rh8 36. Ra1 Rh4 37. Kf3 Rh2 38. Ra6 Rxc2 39. Rxb6 g5 40.
d6+ Kd8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. h4 b6 10. h5 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. h6 g6 14. O-O Qd7
15. Qb3 Rfd8 16. Rd1 Qb7 17. d5 Nc5 18. Qc3 f6 19. Qe3 Kf7 20. Bb2 Rac8 21. Qf4
exd5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. e5 Ne4 24. exf6 Qc7 25. Ng5+ Nxg5 26. Qxg5 Rd7 27. Rxd5
Rxd5 28. Qxd5+ Kxf6 29. Re1 Qc5 30. Re6+ Kf7 31. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shapiro, David"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 a6 6. f3 b5 7. Bh6 O-O 8. O-O-O
Nbd7 9. h4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. h5 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. hxg6 Nf6
15. Qh6+ Kg8 16. g7 Re8 17. g4 Bxg4 18. fxg4 Nexg4 19. Qh4 Qe7 20. Bd3 Qe5 21.
Rf1 a5 22. Rf5 Qd4 23. Nf3 Qe3+ 24. Kb1 a4 25. Rxf6 Nxf6 26. e5 Qxf3 27. Bxh7+
Kxg7 28. Qh6+ Kh8 29. Bg6+ Kg8 30. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 a6 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Qe1 b5 11. Qh4 b4 12. Ne2 h6 13. Rad1 a5 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15.
e5 Nd5 16. Bf2 O-O-O 17. c4 Nb6 18. d4 Bxf3 19. Qh3+ Kb8 20. Qxf3 Nxc4 21. Rc1
d5 22. dxc5 g5 23. Nd4 h5 24. c6 g4 25. Qb3 Bh6 26. Qa4 Bxf4 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28.
Qb5+ Ka8 29. Ne6 fxe6 30. Qa6+ Kb8 31. Qb5+ Ka8 32. Bb6 Rc8 33. Qxa5+ Kb8 34.
Bxc7+ Rxc7 35. Qxb4+ Kc8 36. Qxc4 Rf8 37. Qxe6+ Kb8 38. g3 Bd2 39. Re4 Ba5 40.
Qb3+ Kc8 41. Ra4 Ra7 42. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Kb1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 h6 12. Be3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 b5
15. Ne2 Nc5 16. Qc3 b4 17. Qxb4 Ne4 18. Qe1 Rb8 19. Ka1 Ba4 20. Rc1 Qc7 21. Nd4
O-O 22. Bd3 Rfc8 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. c4 Qb7 25. Qe2 Bd7 26. g4 a5 27. f5 a4 28.
fxe6 Bxe6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. g5 hxg5 31. Rhg1 a3 32. b3 Qc7 33. Bd4 Qc6 34. Rg4
Rf8 35. Rcg1 Rf5 36. Kb1 Rbf8 37. h4 Qd7 38. Qxe4 Bc5 39. Rc1 Rf4 40. Rxf4 Rxf4
41. Qa8+ Rf8 42. Qg2 Qxd4 43. hxg5 Qxe5 44. g6 Qf5+ 45. Rc2 Qf1+ 46. Qxf1 Rxf1+
47. Rc1 Rxc1+ 48. Kxc1 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Qf3 c6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Rb8 14. b3 Rb4
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Rf4 17. Qe2 a5 18. Na4 c5 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 c4 21.
Bf1 Be6 22. g3 Re4 23. Rxe4 Nxe4 24. Bg2 Rc8 25. Nb6 Nc3 26. Re1 Rc6 27. Re3
Rxb6 28. Rxc3 d4 29. Rf3 d3 30. cxd3 c3 31. Re3 a4 32. d4 axb3 33. axb3 Rxb3
34. Be4 Ra3 35. Bc2 Kf8 36. g4 g5 37. Kf1 Bc4+ 38. Kg2 Bd5+ 39. Kf1 f6 40. Ke2
Bc4+ 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. d5+ Bxd5+ 44. Kd4+ Kd6 45. Re8 Bg2 46. Rh8 Ke7
47. Rxh6 Ke6 48. Rh7 Ra2 49. Bf5+ Kd6 50. Kxc3 Rxf2 51. Kd4 Rf4+ 52. Ke3 Rf3+
53. Kd4 Bxh3 54. Rf7 Bxg4 55. Bxg4 Rf4+ 56. Ke3 Rxg4 57. Rxf6+ Ke5 58. Ra6 Rg3+
59. Kf2 Rb3 60. Kg2 Kf4 61. Ra4+ Kf5 62. Rc4 Kg6 63. Ra4 Kh5 64. Rc4 g4 65. Rc8
Kh4 66. Rh8+ Kg5 67. Rg8+ Kf4 68. Rf8+ Ke5 69. Re8+ Kf5 70. Rf8+ Ke6 71. Rg8
Kf5 72. Rf8+ Ke4 73. Re8+ Kf4 74. Rf8+ Kg5 75. Rg8+ Kf5 76. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kovalev, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Ne5 Rfd8
15. Rd4 Be8 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. h3 Rxd4 18. exd4 Ncd7 19. Qe2 Qd8 20. Bb3 Nb6 21.
Qf3 Bc6 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Bg3 Nbd5 24. Be5 Bb4 25. Ne2 Be7 26. a3 Qb6 27. Qd3
Qa6 28. Qf3 Qb5 29. Ng3 Nc3 30. bxc3 Qxb3 31. Rd3 Qxa3 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. Nh5
Qe7 34. Qf4 Rc8 35. Rg3 Bg5 36. Qg4 f5 37. Qf3 g6 38. h4 gxh5 39. Qxh5 Qf7 40.
Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Rg1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. g5 bxc3 13. gxf6 Qxf6 14. Qe4 O-O 15.
bxc3 Rab8 16. Bc2 g6 17. Qg4 c5 18. Nd2 e5 19. Qxd7 exd4 20. cxd4 cxd4 21. Ne4
Bb4+ 22. Kf1 Qa6+ 23. Kg2 Rbe8 24. Qxd4 Qc6 25. Bb2 f6 26. Bb3+ Kh7 27. f3 a5
28. Rac1 Qb5 29. Rc7+ Kh8 30. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 b6 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Nd2
Nbd7 9. Ndf3 c5 10. c3 e6 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. h3 d4 13. e4 dxe3 14. Bxe3 Nd5 15.
Bf2 Rad8 16. Qe2 Ne7 17. Rfe1 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nc6 20. d4 cxd4 21.
Qc4 Rc8 22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Bxd4 Rd8 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. Re4 Ke8 27.
Ke2 Bf8 28. Be3 Bc5 29. Bg5 Be7 30. Be3 Bc5 31. Bg5 Be7 32. Be3 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Bg2 Qh5 8. h3
Qg6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 exd3 12. Qxd3 Qxd3 13. exd3 Be6 14. Nd4 Bd7
15. Bg5 Na6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. g4 Nc5 19. Rad1 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bc5 21.
Nf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rad8 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Kg2 h6 25. b3 Kf8 26. h4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1
Re8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. f4 Ke7 30. Kf3 b6 31. Ke4 Bb4 32. d4 Bd2 33. h5 Bc1 34.
Kf3 Bd2 35. Ke4 Bc1 36. Kf3 Bd2 37. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 b6 10. Ba3 Bb7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e3 Ne4 15.
Qb2 Rae8 16. Rac1 Rf6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. b4 b5 19. a4 a6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra1
Qd6 22. Ra7 Qb8 23. Rda1 Nb6 24. Ne5 Nc4 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. b5
Ref8 28. bxc6 Bxc6 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. R1a2 Rf7 31. R7a5 Rd7 32. Rc5 Rb6 33. Kg2
Kf7 34. f3 exf3+ 35. Kxf3 Rb3 36. Rc2 Rd6 37. g4 h6 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40.
e4 dxe4+ 41. Ke3 Bd5 42. Kd2 Be6 43. Ke3 Bd5 44. Kd2 Be6 45. Ke3 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. b4 Bd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Qb3 c6 16. e3 Bd6 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qb6 21.
Ne1 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rb1 c5 24. Nc2 cxd4 25. Nxd4 Be5 26. Qd5 Bxd4 27.
Qxd4 Qxd4 28. exd4 Rd8 29. Rc1 Rxd4 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Rc7 b6 32. Rxf7 e3 33.
fxe3 Rd5 34. Rb7 Rxb5 35. Kg2 Kg6 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. h4 h5 38. Kf4 Rf5+ 39. Ke4
Re5+ 40. Kf4 Rf5+ 41. Ke4 Re5+ 42. Kf4 Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,52,26,20,20,31,42,27,38,4,31,-35,-11,-71,-36,-75,-51,-43,-45,-50,20,
20,20,-11,-11,-7,10,18,25,-3,15,15,68,68,89,41,41,-22,-16,-15,-6,-51,-54,-79,
-79,-102,-87,-107,-82,-70,-70,-125,-98,-416,-417]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 $5 {An interesting move, the move popular ones being 5.
Bxc6, 5.c3 and 5.0-0.} h6 {Many other moves have been played. For example, the
following games require some investigation:} (5... O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nbd2 Re8
8. Nc4 Bd6 9. h3 Qe7 10. O-O Qe6 11. Re1 c5 12. Nfd2 Nd7 13. Qh5 Nf8 14. a4 Ng6
15. Nxd6 cxd6 $11 {0-1 (53) Paravyan,D (2634)-Leko,P (2669) Moscow 2018}) (5...
Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Nd2 c6 9. Ba4 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Ne3
Bb6 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Bxe3 $6 (14... Qe7 $6) 15. fxe3 Bg4 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. O-O
$14 {½-½ (68) Carlsen,M (2837)-So,W (2788) London 2017}) (5... d6 6. Nbd2 O-O
7. c3 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Ba7 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Qa4
Bd7 14. e5 g5 15. Bg3 $2 (15. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 16. Bxg5 dxe5 17. Ne4 $18) 15... Nh5
16. Ne4 f5 $1 $19 {0-1 (30) Yu Yangyi (2751)-Wang Hao (2709) Huai'an 2017}) 6.
Bh4 d6 $5 (6... Be7 {is the other approach.}) 7. c3 O-O (7... Bb6 $5 {is
another interesting approach, delaying ...0-0, but White seems to get a small
advantage pretty easily:} 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Nc4 O-O 12.
a4 a6 13. Nxb6 Nxb6 14. a5 Nd7 15. d4 $14 {1-0 (60) Bellahcene,B (2540)-Bruzon
Batista,L (2644) chess24.com 2019}) 8. Nbd2 g5 $5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bxc6 $5 bxc6
11. d4 exd4 ({It's questionable whether Black could have kept the tension with
} 11... Bb6 {- after} 12. dxe5 (12. Nxe5 $5 Nxg3 13. Nxc6 Qd7 14. hxg3 Qxc6 15.
Rxh6 $44) 12... dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qf6 15. Nef3 {I do not thnk that
Black has enough compensation.}) 12. Nxd4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qf6 {The whole line
doesn't seem very convincing for White.} 14. Qh5 $146 (14. N2b3 {had been
played by Svidler, without success either:} Bb6 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Kg7 17.
g4 d5 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. gxf5 Rfe8 20. Nd2 Rad8 $15 {0-1 (25) Svidler,P (2738)
-Ivanchuk,V (2781) Sochi 2008}) 14... Bxd4 $6 (14... Kg7 $5) (14... Rb8 $5 15.
N2b3 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Re8 17. f3 Kg7 $15) 15. cxd4 Qxd4 16. Qxh6 Qg7 17. O-O-O Rb8
18. e5 $6 (18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. b3 $11) 18... dxe5 $1 (18... Qxh6 $6 19. Rxh6
dxe5 20. Rxc6 $14) (18... Rb5 $5) 19. Ne4 $6 {White desperately tries to play
for a win, but it doesn't seem like what the position is calling for.} (19.
Qxc6 {should still more or less hold the balance.}) 19... f6 20. f3 Bf5 21.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nc5 (22. g4 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Rb4 $17) 22... Rb5 23. Na4 Rb4 24. b3
g4 $1 25. Rd2 Rfb8 26. Nc5 $2 {A terrible blunder in a bad position.} (26. Nc3
a5 $17) 26... Rc4+ $1 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rfe1 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nb5 Rfc8
15. Qf5 g6 16. Qg5 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Ne4 18. Qxe7 Bxe7 19. Rec1 a6 20. Nd4 h5 21.
Be2 Bf6 22. f3 Nc5 23. Kf2 Re8 24. Bf1 Re7 25. Rc2 Bg5 26. Re1 Rae8 27. Bc1 Bf6
28. Bb2 Bg5 29. Bc1 Bf6 30. Bb2 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Qd3 Rab8 13. b3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5
15. cxb5 axb5 16. Rfe1 Rfc8 17. Rad1 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4
Rc2 21. Rd2 Rbc8 22. h3 Rc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Kh2 Qb5 25. Qe4 Qc5 26. Qxe7 h5
27. h4 Kg7 28. Qe4 Qc3 29. Qd4+ Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Rc2 31. Rxb4 Rxa2 32. Rb6 Ra5 33.
Rxd6 Rb5 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Rxb3 36. h5 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Nf3 Bc6
15. Qc2 Nd7 16. Nd4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qb1 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Bb6 20. Nf3 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. g3 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qd8 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. Bxd3 Kf8 26. Nd2 Ke7
27. Ne4 Nd7 28. Kf1 Bc7 29. Nd2 Be5 30. Nc4 Bc7 31. Ke2 Ne5 32. Nxe5 Bxe5 33.
b3 a5 34. a4 b6 35. Kd1 Bd6 36. Ke2 Bb4 37. Bc4 Bd6 38. Bd3 Bb4 39. Bc4 Bd6 40.
Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Qe2 f6 8.
Nh4 Nf8 9. f4 Ng6 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qxg6 exf4 13. Nb3 Bb4+ 14. Bd2
Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 a5 16. Raf1 a4 17. Nc1 Ra5 18. h4 Qd4 19. c3 Qb6 20. Kc2 Rb5 21.
b3 axb3+ 22. axb3 Be6 23. c4 Ra5 24. Rxf4 Rfa8 25. Rxf6 Ra2+ 26. Nxa2 Rxa2+ 27.
Kc1 Ra1+ 28. Kc2 Ra2+ 29. Kc1 Ra1+ 30. Kc2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2
Bd6 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Bxe2 Rab8 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Bd3 Bb4 20. g3 Re5
21. Kg2 Rbe8 22. f4 Re3 23. Rf3 Kf8 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25. Rf1 Ke7 26. Rf3 Re1 27.
Rf1 Re3 28. Rf3 Re1 29. Rf1 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.26"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nf3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. Qe1 Re8 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. f3 Na5 12. Bb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bg6 14. Kh1 a5
15. Bd2 b6 16. Qg3 f6 17. Nh3 Qd7 18. Nf2 a4 19. c4 Ne7 20. bxa4 Rxa4 21. Ne4
Rea8 22. Rac1 Rd8 23. h3 Nf5 24. Qf2 Nd4 25. Be3 Ne6 26. Nc3 Ra3 27. Nb5 Ra2
28. Nc3 Ra3 29. Nb5 Ra2 30. Nc3 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.26"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 Bb6 8. h3
Ne7 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. exd5 Rd8 15.
Ne3 a5 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Nf4 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Bxd4 21.
Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Qf3 Rd2 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. Qe3 Rd8 26. Qe7 Nd5 27.
Qxf6 Nxf6 28. f3 Kf8 29. Rc1 Rd4 30. Rxc6 a4 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32. Bxc4 Ke7 33. Kf2
Nd7 34. Ke3 f6 35. Bb5 Nc5 36. a3 Kd6 37. Kd4 Ne6+ 38. Kc4 Nf4 39. Bxa4 Nxg2
40. Kd4 g6 41. Be8 Nh4 42. f4 f5 43. gxf5 Nxf5+ 44. Ke4 Ne7 45. b4 g5 46. fxg5
hxg5 47. Bh5 Nd5 48. Kd4 Nf6 49. Bf3 g4 50. Bg2 Nh5 51. Ke4 Ng3+ 52. Kf4 Ne2+
53. Kxg4 Nd4 54. Be4 Nb5 55. a4 Nc3 56. Bc2 Nd5 57. b5 Ne3+ 58. Kf4 Nxc2 59. b6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.26"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8.
Nb3 Na5 9. Nfd2 Bxd2 10. Nxd2 Nac6 11. b3 Be6 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Ne4 b6 14. Ng5
Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. f4 f6 18. Nf3 exf4 19. Qd2 Qe6 20. Nh4 Qe3+ 21.
Qxe3 fxe3 22. Rf3 Bf7 23. Rxe3 d5 24. Nf5 Nxf5 25. gxf5 Rad8 26. Kf2 Rd7 27.
Rf1 Rc8 28. Rg3 Kf8 29. Rg1 Ne7 30. Rf3 dxc4 31. bxc4 a6 32. a4 b5 33. axb5
axb5 34. cxb5 Rb7 35. Rc1 Rxb5 36. Ba3 Ke8 37. Rf4 Ra5 38. Bb2 c4 39. dxc4 Rac5
40. Ba3 Rxc4 41. Rcxc4 Rxc4 42. Rxc4 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.26"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Qxb5 Ne7
15. dxe5 Qf4 16. Kh1 Qxe4 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Nbd2 Qf5 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20. Kg1 d5
21. Rfe1 Rb7 22. c4 Rd8 23. h3 g6 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Nc4 Bc5 27.
Rac1 Kg7 28. Re5 Be6 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Ncd2 Be7 31. b3 Bxf3 32. Nxf3 Rxb3 33.
Rd1 Bc5 34. Rc1 Be7 35. Rd1 Bc5 36. Rc1 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.26"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. e4 Nxe4 8. d5
Be7 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Rxe6+ Kd7 14. Re1
Nc6 15. Nc3 Ba5 16. Rd1+ Ke6 17. Be3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne4 19. Re1 Kf6 20. c4 b5
21. cxb5 axb5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Rec1 Rhc8 24. Rxc5 Nd4 25. Rd5 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3
Rc2 27. Rxb5 Raxa2 28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. Kg2 g6 30. h4 h5 31. Kg3 Ra4 32. Rb6+ Kf5
33. Rb5+ Kf6 34. Rb6+ Kf5 35. Rb5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.26"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. a3 h6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Be5 b6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Be4 Bb7 17. Qa4 Rfc8 18. Rad1 Na5 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Rfe1 a6 21.
d5 Nc5 22. Qg4 Rd8 23. dxe6 Nxe6 24. g3 Bc5 25. Kg2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Ne4
Qe7 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Qc4 a5 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Ne6 33. Qe4 g6
34. h4 h5 35. Ne5 Qd6 36. Nf3 Kg7 37. Qc4 Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40.
Qc8+ Kg7 41. Qc4 Kg8 42. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.26"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. O-O Ba5 8.
Ne4 d6 9. Bd2 Bxd2 10. Nfxd2 b6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. a3 Qd7 14. b4 cxb4
15. Nxb4 d5 16. Rc1 Nxb4 17. axb4 Rfd8 18. Qe1 f6 19. h4 Bh3 20. Ra1 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 dxc4 22. Nxc4 e4 23. Rd1 exd3 24. exd3 Nf5 25. Kh2 Nd4 26. Qe4 Re8 27. Qg2
Re2 28. Rfe1 Rce8 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 30. Ne3 h5 31. Kg1 Rb2 32. Ra1 Kh7 33. Qe4+ f5
34. Qd5 Qxd5 35. Nxd5 Nc6 36. Nf4 Rxb4 37. Rc1 Nd4 38. Rc7 Kh6 39. Rc8 Kh7 40.
Rc7 Kh6 41. Rxa7 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Nxh4+ 43. Kf1 Ng6 44. Ne6 f4 45. Kg2 fxg3 46.
fxg3 h4 47. gxh4 Nf4+ 48. Nxf4 Rxf4 49. Re7 Rxh4 50. Kf3 Rd4 51. Ke3 Rd8 52. d4
Kg6 53. Ke4 Kf6 54. Rb7 Rd6 55. d5 g5 56. Rh7 Rd8 57. Rh6+ Ke7 58. Rxb6 Kd7 59.
Rg6 Re8+ 60. Kd4 Re1 61. Rg7+ Kd6 62. Rg6+ Kd7 63. Rxg5 Rd1+ 64. Ke5 Re1+ 65.
Kd4 Rd1+ 66. Kc5 Rc1+ 67. Kb5 Rd1 68. Rg6 Rxd5+ 69. Kc4 Rd6 70. Rg7+ Kc6 71.
Rg4 Re6 72. Kc3 Kd6 73. Rd4+ Ke5 74. Ra4 Rd6 75. Kc4 Rd5 76. Kc3 Rc5+ 77. Kd3
Rd5+ 78. Ke3 Kf5 79. Rf4+ Ke6 80. Rf8 Re5+ 81. Kf4 Rd5 82. Re8+ Kd7 83. Ke4 Rd6
84. Ra8 Re6+ 85. Kf5 Rc6 86. Ra7+ Rc7 87. Ra5 Kd6 88. Re5 Rc6 89. Re6+ Kd5 90.
Re3 Kd6 91. Kf4 Rc4+ 92. Kf3 Rc5 93. Rd3+ Rd5 94. Ra3 Ke5 95. Ra6 Rd4 96. Ra3
Rd5 97. Re3+ Kd6 98. Re2 Re5 99. Kf2 Rxe2+ 100. Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Rc1 a6 12. e3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15.
Qd2 Qe7 16. Nb1 Rfd8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Qc3 Qb8 21.
Nd2 Bf8 22. Kg2 Bd6 23. Be2 Qf8 24. Qc2 Ba3 25. Ba1 Bb4 26. Nf3 Qd8 27. Bd3 Bd6
28. Ne5 Qc7 29. Qxc7 Bxc7 30. g4 Kf8 31. f3 Ke8 32. Kf2 h5 33. Bc3 hxg4 34.
hxg4 Nxe5 35. dxe5 Nd7 36. f4 Nc5 37. Ke2 Nxd3 38. Kxd3 Kd7 39. Bd4 Kc6 40. Kc2
Bd8 41. g5 Be7 42. a4 Bb4 43. Kd3 Be7 44. Kc2 Bb4 45. Kd3 Be7 46. Kc2 Bb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. e4 e6 12. Be2 Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 h6
15. Be3 Rc8 16. Qb3 c5 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nb5 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qc5 21.
Qxc5 Rxc5 22. b3 Rfc8 23. Kg1 Kf8 24. Nd6 R8c7 25. Nb5 Rc8 26. Nd6 R8c7 27. Nb5
Bxb5 28. axb5 Rc2 29. Bf1 Rb2 30. Rd6 Nc8 31. b6 Rc5 32. Rd7 Rxb3 33. Rxb7 Rxb6
34. Rd7 g5 35. h3 Rb2 36. Rd4 Ne7 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rd7 Ng6 39. Ra7 Nh4 40. Rd1
Kg6 41. Kh1 Rcc2 42. e5 Rf2 43. Bd3+ Kg7 44. Be4 Rxg2 45. f4 Rh2+ 46. Kg1 Rhe2
0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 Be6 9. Bb3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxb3 11. axb3 e6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Re1 Rfd8 16. Re4 Qc7 17. Qe2 h6 18. h3 b5 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4 a5 21.
Qc2 Nb4 22. Qc3 Rdc8 23. Nd2 Nd5 24. Qc2 Qd8 25. Re5 Nb4 26. Qc3 Nc6 27. Re4 a4
28. Nf3 Qa5 29. Qxa5 Nxa5 30. Rxa4 Nxc4 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Re1 Rd8 33. h4 g6 34.
g3 Kg7 35. Kg2 Nd6 36. Rb1 Rd7 37. Rb4 Nf5 38. Ra4 Rd5 39. Ra7 Nxd4 40. Nxd4
Rxd4 41. Rb7 Kf6 42. Ra7 e5 43. Ra6+ Kf5 44. Ra7 Ke6 45. Ra6+ Rd6 46. Ra8 f5
47. Rh8 h5 48. Ra8 e4 49. Ra5 Kf6 50. Ra8 Rd2 51. Kf1 Rd7 52. Ra6+ Kg7 53. Ke2
Rb7 54. Kf1 Kf7 55. Kg2 Re7 56. Rb6 Re6 57. Rb8 Kf6 58. Ra8 Rd6 59. Rb8 Ke5 60.
Rb4 Rd7 61. Ra4 Rg7 62. Ra5+ Kd4 63. Ra4+ Kc5 64. Ra5+ Kd4 65. Ra4+ Ke5 66.
Ra5+ Kf6 67. Ra6+ Kf7 68. f3 Rg8 69. fxe4 fxe4 70. Kf2 Rb8 71. Ra4 Rb2+ 72. Kf1
Rb3 73. Kg2 e3 74. Re4 Kf6 75. Kf3 e2+ 76. Kf2 Kf5 77. Rxe2 Kg4 78. Re6 Rf3+
79. Ke2 Rxg3 80. Rxg6+ Kxh4 81. Rxg3 Kxg3 82. Kf1 h4 83. Kg1 h3 84. Kh1 h2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. h3 g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Qe2 Kg7 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Bb5 Qe7 14. Bh2 a4 15.
a3 Nb8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Nc6 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Ne4 Be6 21. Rhe1
Rfd8 22. Qc2 Ncb4 23. axb4 Nxb4 24. Rxd8 Nxc2 25. Rxa8 Nxe1 26. Nxe1 Qb4 27.
Nd3 Qxe4 28. Rxa7 c6 29. Rxa4 Qxg2 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O
8. Bg2 Ne5 9. c5 d6 10. cxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qc2 c5 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. Bf4
Qc7 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Na5 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxd5 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Nxb7
Qxb7 21. Bxe5 Re8 22. Bf4 h6 23. Qa4 Rc8 24. f3 Qb2 25. Kf2 Qxc3 26. Qxa7 Qc2
27. Rd2 Qb1 28. Qa6 Bh3 29. e4 Qh1 30. Qe2 Qxh2+ 31. Ke3 Qg1+ 32. Qf2 Qc1 33.
Qe2 Qg1+ 34. Qf2 Qa1 35. Qe2 Be6 36. Qd1 Qxd1 37. Rxd1 Bxa2 38. Rd7 Be6 39. Rc7
Rxc7 40. Bxc7 c4 41. f4 f5 42. exf5 Bxf5 43. Kd4 Be6 44. f5 Bxf5 45. Kxc4 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,53,27,30,25,3,3,3,3,-13,45,44,49,49,50,50,59,50,71,71,71,71,91,62,62,
67,61,36,32,31,57,57,68,30,38,27,6,17,28,-10,22,-30,-11,-138,-37,1,151,242,242,
242,242,233,256,246,430,408]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5
Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7
12. O-O b6 13. d5 $5 {One of the many possible lines against the semi-Tarrasch.
} Nc5 {The main move.} 14. Rfe1 exd5 (14... Bb7 {is the other critical move,
where two highly critical games were played:} 15. Rad1 Rc8 (15... exd5 16. exd5
Qf6 17. Qe3 Rad8 18. h4 h6 19. h5 Rd6 20. Rd4 Qf5 21. Nh4 Qd7 22. Qg3 $16 {
½-½ (55) Aronian,L (2799)-Matlakov,M (2728) Tbilisi 2017}) 16. h4 Qf6 17. Qe3
exd5 18. exd5 a6 19. h5 (19. d6 $5) (19. Ng5 $5) 19... b5 20. Bf1 h6 21. Rd4
Rfd8 $13 {½-½ (43) Giri,A (2764)-Ding Liren (2791) chess24.com 2020}) 15.
exd5 (15. Bxd5 Bb7 {hasn't brought White much in practice.}) 15... Qd6 16. Qd4
$5 $146 {This novely is more dangerous than it looks like. White is just
playing for space and tactical tricks as later in the game.} Bb7 17. Rad1 Rae8
(17... a6 18. a3 Rac8 19. Ne5 b5 20. Ba2 Na4 21. Re3 {also looks unpleasant
for Black, at least visually!}) 18. Ne5 a6 19. a3 $1 Re7 20. Re3 {All the
moves played until here looked more or less normal. Actually, the next one as
well - but it is a losing blunder!} Rfe8 $2 {The most natural move, but also
the losing one!} (20... b5 21. Ba2 Rfe8 {and here Nxf7 no longer works but fter
} 22. Rde1 $1 f6 23. Nd3 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Rc8 25. Re1 {Black is under pressure.})
21. Nxf7 $3 {What a trick!} Kxf7 (21... Rxe3 22. Nxd6 Re1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24.
Bf1 $18) 22. Re6 $1 Qd8 (22... Nxe6 23. dxe6+ $18) 23. Qf4+ Kg8 24. Rxe7 Rxe7
25. d6+ Re6 26. d7 g6 27. Rd6 {A perfect game by White! Sometimes, chess just
looks easy.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Na5
8. e4 O-O 9. f3 d6 10. h4 Be6 11. h5 h6 12. g4 Nd7 13. g5 hxg5 14. h6 g6 15.
h7+ Kh8 16. Qc2 c5 17. Nb3 Nxc4 18. Qg2 Qf6 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Bxg5 Qxc3+ 21.
Bd2 Qf6 22. Rc1 Ne5 23. Bc3 Bxb3 24. axb3 g5 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. f4 gxf4 27. Rg1 f6
28. Rxd6 Nf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qxd6 30. Qg4 Qe7 31. e5 fxe5 32. Qh5 Rae8 33. Rg5 Qxh7
34. Qg4 Qb1+ 35. Kf2 Qc2+ 36. Kg1 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Qc2+ 38. Kg1 Qb1+ 39. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,69,26,13,84,75,97,91,93,94,82,82,106,56,73,64,74,25,32,32,32,32,77,68,
68,45,80,69,78,54,88,87,87,11,61,61,90,85,103,73,52,55,138,19,22,-16,37,-17,
-34,-114,-73,-73,9,-43,-57,-101,112,257,257,257,313,306,388,341,392,474,474,
467,465,465,475,445]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 {Nepo's favourite opening in a
must-win situation!} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. Bd3 (7. h3
$5) 7... Bg4 8. Ng1 $5 {A fun way to keep the knight: first kick the bishop
out with h3 and then Nf3 back!} (8. O-O-O $5) 8... e5 9. h3 Be6 10. Nf3 h6 11.
O-O Nbd7 ({Giri had already won that game in this position:} 11... Qc7 12. Ne2
Nbd7 13. Ng3 Nb6 14. b3 Rd8 15. Rad1 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bc8 17. c4 $16 {1-0 (39)
Giri,A (2783)-Petrosian,T (2598) St Petersburg 2018}) 12. a4 Qc7 13. a5 g5 {
All-in!} 14. Qe2 $6 {A poor reaction, I believe.} (14. Rfd1 g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4
16. Be2 $16) 14... g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 {Suddenly one may wonder what the white
queen is dong on e2!} 16. Nb1 $2 (16. d5 $1 cxd5 17. exd5 a6 18. Ra4 $1 {
would have been great for White, though!}) 16... Nh5 $2 (16... d5 $1 {looked
more than fine for Black!}) 17. c3 Rg8 18. Nbd2 O-O-O 19. Qe1 $6 (19. Bc4 $1 {
would have been a useful move:} Rdf8 20. b4 Bf6 21. Rfb1 Bh3 (21... Bg5 22. b5
$16) 22. Ne1 $16) 19... Bf6 20. Kh1 Bg5 (20... Nf4 $5) 21. Nh2 $6 (21. Bc4 $5)
21... Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Nf4 {The position is a total mess.} 23. Bc4 $6 (23. Nxg4
Rxg4 24. g3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 h5 $132) 23... d5 $1 {White has been playing timid
chess the whole game. Playing for a win with Black - Nepo got what he wanted!}
24. dxe5 (24. exd5 cxd5 $36) 24... Nxg2 $5 (24... dxc4 25. Qxf4 Nxe5 $15) 25.
Qxa7 $1 (25. Kxg2 dxc4) 25... Bh3 $2 {Black is slowly forgetting to bring a
few pieces back to the queenside (or at least to the center!).} (25... dxc4 $5
26. Nxc4 Qb8 $8 {is not something you want as Black, even if it may be fine!})
(25... Nxe5 26. exd5 Nf4 {may be the strongest.}) 26. Rg1 (26. a6 $1 {was
winning:} Nxe5 (26... b5 27. Qa8+ Nb8 28. a7 Kd7 29. exd5 $18) 27. axb7+ Kd7
28. Nhf3 $3 (28. exd5 Ne3 $132) 28... Nxf3 29. Nxf3 Nf4 30. Rg1 $18) 26... Nf4
$2 {It was already difficult to find a move to play for a win. Let's remind
that the score of the mini-match was 2-1 for Giri.} (26... dxc4 27. Nxc4 Qb8
28. Qd4 Qc7 {was playable, but of course not what Nepo wanted.}) (26... Nxe5 {
made sense:} 27. exd5 cxd5 28. Bb5 Nc6 29. Qc5 Kb8 30. a6 Na7 31. Qxc7+ Kxc7
32. Bf1 Nf4 $13) (26... Qb8 27. Qxb8+ Kxb8 28. exd5 Nxe5 29. Nhf3 Nxc4 30. Nxc4
Nf4 31. Kh2 Bg2 32. a6 bxa6 33. Nce5 Bxf3 34. Nxc6+ Kb7 35. Nxd8+ Rxd8 36. Kg3
Ne2+ 37. Kxf3 Nxg1+ 38. Rxg1 Rxd5 39. Rg7 Rf5+ $11) 27. a6 $1 {Game over!} Nxe5
(27... b5 28. Qa8+ Nb8 29. Rxg8 Rxg8 30. Bf1 $18) 28. axb7+ Kd7 29. exd5 Rxg1+
30. Rxg1 Rb8 31. Qd4 Nxc4 32. Nxc4 cxd5 33. Ne5+ Ke6 34. Qxf4 Qxe5 35. Qxh6+
1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.01"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rd1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qe3
Rc8 15. e5 h6 16. Nd2 Qg5 17. Qh3 Qf4 18. Nc4 Rc7 19. Nd6 Bd5 20. Qe3 Qg5 21.
Qxg5 hxg5 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxa2 24. Ra1 Bd5 25. Rxa7 Nb8 26. Bb5 Nc6 27.
Bxc6 Bxc6 28. Rc7 Bd5 29. f3 f6 30. exf6 Rxf6 31. Nc8 b5 32. Rc5 Bc4 33. Nd6 g4
34. Nxc4 bxc4 35. fxg4 Rf4 36. Rxc4 Rxg4 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. g3 Re4 39. Kf3 Re1 40.
Rc2 Rd1 41. Ke3 g5 42. Rd2 Rh1 43. Kf3 Kg6 44. Re2 Kf5 45. Re5+ Kf6 46. Re2 Kf5
47. g4+ Kf6 48. Ke3 Rg1 49. Rf2+ Kg6 50. h3 Re1+ 51. Kd3 Rd1+ 52. Ke3 Re1+ 53.
Kd2 Ra1 54. Rf3 Ra5 55. Re3 Kf6 56. Kd3 Ra1 57. Ke4 Rh1 58. Rf3+ Ke7 59. Ra3
Kf6 60. Re3 Rh2 61. Rf3+ Ke7 62. Ra3 Kf6 63. Rf3+ Ke7 64. d5 Ra2 65. Rb3 Re2+
66. Kf3 Rd2 67. dxe6 Kxe6 68. Ke4 Re2+ 69. Kf3 Rh2 70. Kg3 Ra2 71. Rf3 Ra1 72.
Kg2 Ra2+ 73. Rf2 Ra5 74. h4 Ra4 75. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.01"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 d4 8. exd4
Nxd4 9. O-O Be7 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Na3 b5 14. Qe2 Re8
15. Qd3 Bxa3 16. Bxa3 Bb7 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bc5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qe5 20. Bxa7 Re8
21. h3 h6 22. Rc1 Qd6 23. Bc5 Qd7 24. Qd3 Ne4 25. Bb6 Qd6 26. Qxd4 Qxd4 27.
Bxd4 Nxd2 28. f3 Re2 29. Bc3 Kh7 30. Rd1 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Re3 32. Be1 Rxf3 33.
Rd5 Re3 34. Kf1 Rf3+ 35. Bf2 b4 36. Rd4 Rxh3 37. Rxb4 g5 38. a4 Rh1+ 39. Bg1
1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.01"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rd1 b6 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14.
O-O Rc8 15. Qe2 Nb8 16. d5 exd5 17. Rxd5 Qc7 18. Nd4 Qc4 19. Qg4 Rc5 20. Nf5 g6
21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Qg5 f6 23. Qg3 Nc6 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Ne3 Kg7 26. h3 Re8 27.
Qb1 Qb4 28. Qxb4 Nxb4 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. f3 Nxa2 31. Ra1 Nc3 32. Rxa7+ Re7 33. Ra3
Ne2+ 34. Kf2 Nf4 35. Rb3 Re6 36. Kg3 Ne2+ 37. Kh2 Nf4 38. g3 Ne2 39. Kg2 Rc6
40. Kf2 Nd4 41. Rd3 Nc2 42. Rd7+ Ke6 43. Rxh7 Nxe3 44. Kxe3 g5 45. h4 Rc3+ 46.
Ke2 g4 47. fxg4 Rxg3 48. Rg7 Ke5 49. Kf2 Rh3 50. h5 Kf4 51. Kg2 Rh4 52. e5 fxe5
53. Rg6 b5 54. h6 b4 55. Rb6 e4 56. Rf6+ Kxg4 57. Kf2 Rh3 58. Rb6 Kf4 59. Rf6+
Ke5 60. Rb6 Kf4 61. Rf6+ Kg5 62. Rb6 b3 63. h7 Rxh7 64. Rxb3 Kf4 65. Ke2 Rh2+
66. Ke1 e3 67. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.01"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Bc4 Ng4 11. Ba2 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Nd5 Bb5
15. c4 Bc6 16. Be3 Re8 17. Rac1 Nd7 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. f3 a5 20. b3 b6 21. Qf2
Nc5 22. Rfd1 Qg6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nd7 25. c5 dxc5 26. bxc5 b5 27. Bf4 Ne5
28. Bd5 h6 29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. Bxg3 Ra6 31. Rb1 g5 32. Bxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxb5 Kg7 34.
Rd5 Ng6 35. Rb7 Ne7 36. Rd7 Rxc5 37. Bxc7 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Kg6 40.
Rd6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.02"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,65,34,16,19,29,13,-20,1,-21,48,46,59,59,63,44,33,22,62,34,31,24,6,21,
3,-29,-44,45,59,53,32,-6,-6,-6,74,74,100,71,137,137,267,267,392,168,169,151,
141,95,120,120,112,57,62,-15,137,150,175,71,46,46,347,347,347,169,1398,400,424,
419]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 c5 6. d4 a6 7. e4 $146 (
7. O-O {would transpose into a regular Queen's Gambit Accepted with 7.Nc3.})
7... cxd4 (7... b5 $5 {should also be playable.}) 8. Nxd4 Bd6 {One of many
possible moves.} (8... b5 $5 {with the dea ...Bb7, ...e5 or ...Nbd7 should
also be a reasonable move.}) (8... Qc7 $5 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nf3 Rd8 {
also looks reasonable.}) (8... Bc5 $5 9. Be3 O-O 10. e5 Nfd7 11. f4 Qb6 12. Qd2
Nc6 13. Na4 Bb4 14. Nxb6 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nxb6 16. Bd3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nd5 {
should also be close to equal.}) 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 (11... Re8 {
would prevent White's next and probably be better, altough it isn't such a
natural move!}) 12. Bxe6 Nxe4 $6 (12... fxe6 13. Nxe6 Qe7 14. Nxf8 {followed
by f3 is the kind of position that favours White, unless Black has a dynamic
way to prove his point.}) 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qg4 $1 {Black's position is
already much worse.} Bg6 (14... Bb7 $2 15. Nf5 $18) 15. Bf5 Qa5+ (15... Qf6 16.
O-O Be5 17. Qe4 Nd7 18. Rc6 Qd8 19. Rxg6 hxg6 20. Bxd7 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Qxd7 22.
Qc6 $16) (15... Bb4+ 16. Ke2 Qf6 17. Rhd1 Re8 18. Kf1 $16) (15... Be5 16. Ne6
$5 Bxf5 (16... fxe6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxe6+ $18) 17. Qxf5 Qd5 18. Nxg7 $1 Nc6 (
18... Kxg7 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Rc5 $18) 19. Rxc6 Rfd8 20. O-O Bxg7 21. Qxd5 Rxd5
22. b3 $16) 16. Kf1 Be5 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. h4 $1 {White's king is uncastled,
but it's simply perfect on f1!} (18. Rc8 {looked good as well:} Qxa2 (18...
Bxd4 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Qc8+ Ke7 21. Bxd4 Qd2 22. Qc5+ Ke8 23. Qe5+ Kd7 24. g3
$18) (18... Bd6 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Qe4 Qxa2 21. Qxa8 Qb1+ 22. Ke2 Qxh1 23. Qxb8
$18) 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Qc8+ Ke7 21. Qb7+ Nd7 22. Nc6+ Kd6 23. f4 $1 Qd5 $1 24.
Qxa8 $1 Bxb2 25. Qxa6 Nc5 26. Nb4+ Nxa6 27. Nxd5 Kxd5 28. Ke2 $16 {/+-}) 18...
Qxa2 (18... Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Qd2 20. Rd1 Qc2 21. Rh3 f5 22. Qe2 $16) 19. h5 Qd5
20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Ne6 $6 ({There was nothing wrong with} 21. Qxg6 Bxd4 22. Bxd4
Qxd4 23. Qe6+ $18) 21... Re8 22. Ng5 Bf6 23. Kg1 $4 {Missing a brilliant
tactics!} (23. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 24. Qh4+ Kg8 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Bc5+ Be7 (26... Re7
27. Qh8+ Qg8 28. Bxe7+ $18) 27. Bxe7+ Rxe7 28. Qh8+ Qg8 29. Qxg8+ Kxg8 30. Rc8+
Re8 31. Rxe8#) 23... Bxg5 24. Bxg5 (24. Rc5 $5) 24... Nc6 25. Be3 Ne5 26. Qh3 (
26. Qh4 $142 {so Rh3 remains possible.}) 26... Nc4 $4 (26... Kf7 $1 {and
suddenly Black would be absolutely fine!}) 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Bh6 Qe5 (28... Rg8
29. Rh3 $18) 29. Rh3 $1 {Game over!} Rg8 30. Rf3+ Ke7 31. Rxc4 $1 Rh8 32. Qxg7+
Qxg7 33. Re4+ 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.02"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Qb6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Nb3 Bg4 8.
a4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Qd1 a6 11. c3 Ne4 12. a5 Qd8 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. Qf3 Bxf4
15. Qxf4 Nf6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Re2 Rb8 19. h3 Nd7 20. Qd6 Qe7 21.
Qxe7 Nxe7 22. f4 h5 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 g6 25. Rae1 Nf6 26. f5 gxf5 27. gxf5
Nxf5 28. Rf1 Ne4 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Nc5 Kf8 31. Nxe4 Ke7 32. Kf2 Rh8 33. Ke1
Rbg8 34. d5 Rh6 35. Rf4 Rh1+ 36. Kd2 Rd8 37. Rxf5 exf5 38. Nf2+ Kf6 39. Nxh1
Rxd5+ 40. Ke3 Rxa5 41. Nf2 Ra4 42. b4 a5 43. Nd3 axb4 44. cxb4 Ra6 45. Nc5 Rd6
46. Rd2 f4+ 47. Kxf4 Rc6 48. Ke4 b6 49. Kd5 Rc7 50. Rf2+ Ke7 51. Re2+ Kd8 52.
Ne4 Re7 53. Rf2 Kc7 54. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.02"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. c5
Bc7 9. g3 b6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O bxc5 12. Nxc5 Qe7 13. b4 a5 14. Rb1 axb4 15.
axb4 d5 16. Nd3 Ne5 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Bc5 Bd6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4
Bb7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rc1 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Rfd1 Nb6 27. Nd3
Rfc8 28. Rc5 g5 29. Rb5 Rc6 30. Re1 Rd6 31. Re7 Kf8 32. Rc7 Re8 33. Ra7 Kg7 34.
Ra6 Ree6 35. Kg2 h6 36. Ra7 Rf6 37. Rc5 Rde6 38. Ra2 Re4 39. Rc7 Rd4 40. Ne5
Re4 41. Nd3 Rd4 42. Ne5 Re4 43. Nc6 Rc4 44. b5 Rc5 45. Re2 Rxb5 46. Nd4 Rb4 47.
Ne6+ Kg8 48. Nd8 Re4 49. Rxe4 dxe4 50. Re7 Kf8 51. Rxe4 Rd6 52. Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.02"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. c4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rad1 h6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Nc4 Bxg3
15. hxg3 b5 16. Ncd2 a6 17. e4 Nde7 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Bb1 Rad8 20. Nb3 Na5 21.
Nxa5 Qxa5 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Nd3 Nc6 24. Nc5 Ne5 25. b4 Nd7 26. Nb3 Nb6 27. Qc5
Rc8 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. Nc5 Na4 30. Nxa4 bxa4 31. Rd6 Rfc8 32. Bd3 Rc6 33. Rxc6
Rxc6 34. Rd1 Kf8 35. f3 Rb6 36. a3 Rc6 37. Be2 Ke7 38. b5 Rb6 39. bxa6 Bxa6 40.
Bxa6 Rxa6 41. Rd4 h5 42. Kh2 Kf6 43. Rb4 g5 44. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.02"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 e5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. d4 e4 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Re8
15. Rc1 a5 16. Rc3 Re6 17. f4 exf3 18. Bxf3 Nf6 19. Qc1 a4 20. Ba3 Qd7 21. Rf2
axb3 22. Rxb3 Ba6 23. Rfb2 Ree8 24. Bc5 Bc4 25. Ra3 Rxa3 26. Bxa3 h5 27. Bb4
Ra8 28. a3 Qf5 29. Rf2 Ne4 30. Qc2 Qe6 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Rf4 Bd5 33. Qf2 f6 34.
Qg3 Qf7 35. Rf1 Bc4 36. Rc1 Bd5 37. h3 Kh7 38. Rb1 Qg6 39. Qf4 Ra4 40. Kf2 Be6
41. Rb2 Ra7 42. Rc2 Bd5 43. Kg1 Rd7 44. Kh2 Rb7 45. Rc5 Rb5 46. Rc3 Qh6 47. Qd6
Qg5 48. Qg3 Qxg3+ 49. Kxg3 g5 50. h4 Kg6 51. Rc2 Rb7 52. Rf2 Rf7 53. Rf1 Rb7
54. Rf2 Be6 55. Rc2 Bd5 56. Rc5 Rb5 57. Rc1 Rb7 58. Rf1 Be6 59. Rf2 Bd5 60. Rc2
Kf5 61. Rb2 Kg6 62. Rb1 Ba2 63. Ra1 Bd5 64. Rc1 Kf5 65. Rc2 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.02"]
[Round "2.36"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qa4 Bf5 12. Rfc1 Nbd7 13. b4 Ne4 14. e3 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 Be4 16. Qb3 Bd5 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nd5 20. Nd3 Qc7 21.
a4 Rac8 22. Rab1 h5 23. h3 h4 24. gxh4 Bf6 25. h5 g5 26. Nc5 Kg7 27. Ne4 Rh8
28. Qe2 Rh6 29. b5 Rch8 30. Ng3 e6 31. Bd2 Be7 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Qa6 Qd8 34.
Qxc6 Nf6 35. Rb7 Nxh5 36. Rd7 Qf8 37. d5 Nxg3 38. fxg3 Rxh3 39. Bc3+ Kg6 40.
Bxh8 Qxh8 41. dxe6 Rh2+ 42. Kg1 f5 43. Rxe7 Qh3 44. Qe8+ Kf6 45. Rf7+ Ke5 46.
Rc5+ Ke4 47. Qc6+ Kxe3 48. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.03"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. e4 Na6 10. e5 Nd7 11. a3 Nc7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 h6 14. g4 c5 15. g5
cxd4 16. gxh6 g6 17. Neg5 Rc8 18. Qd1 Ba6 19. Re1 d3 20. h4 Nc5 21. Nd4 Nf4 22.
Bxf4 Qxd4 23. Qg4 d2 24. Red1 Nd3 25. Ne4 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 Qxb2 27. Rab1 Qc2 28.
Nf6+ Kh8 29. Be4 Bd3 30. Bxd3 Qxd3 31. Qxd2 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Rc7 33. Rbd1 Bxf6 34.
exf6 Kh7 35. Rd8 Rxd8 36. Rxd8 a5 37. Kg2 e5 38. Rf8 b5 39. Rb8 b4 40. axb4
axb4 41. Rxb4 Rc6 42. Re4 Re6 43. Kg3 Kxh6 44. f3 g5 45. hxg5+ Kxg5 46. f4+
exf4+ 47. Rxf4 Re3+ 48. Rf3 Rxf3+ 49. Kxf3 Kxf6 50. Kf4 Kg6 51. Kg4 Kf6 52. Kf4
Kg6 53. Kg4 Kf6 54. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.03"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nc3 Qe7 7. h3 b6 8. a3
h6 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 O-O-O 12. Qf2 Ne8 13. Qg3 f6 14. Nh4 Rg8
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nd6 17. e4 Qf7 18. Qf2 g6 19. fxg6 Qxg6 20. g4 h5 21.
O-O-O hxg4 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Qxf6 Qg5+ 24. Qxg5 Rxg5 25. a4 a5 26. Rdg1 Rdg8
27. Rxg5 Rxg5 28. Nb1 b5 29. Nd2 Rg3 30. b3 bxa4 31. bxa4 c5 32. Nf1 Rf3 33.
Kd1 c4 34. Ke2 Rf7 35. Nd2 Rg7 36. Kf3 Kd7 37. Rh5 Rg1 38. Rxe5 Rc1 39. Nxc4
Nxc4 40. dxc4 Rxc2 41. Rxa5 Rxc4 42. Rd5+ Ke6 43. a5 Rc1 44. Rd8 Rf1+ 45. Ke2
Ra1 46. Ra8 Kd6 47. a6 Kc6 48. Ke3 Re1+ 49. Kf4 Kb6 50. e5 c5 51. Rc8 Rf1+ 52.
Kg5 Rg1+ 53. Kf6 Rf1+ 54. Ke7 Rc1 55. e6 c4 56. Kd7 Rd1+ 57. Ke8 Rc1 58. e7 c3
59. Kf7 Rf1+ 60. Kg6 Rg1+ 61. Kf5 Rf1+ 62. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.03"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4
Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nfxg4 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qf5 Qe7 18. N2f3 g6 19. Qf4 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3
Nf6 21. Rfc1 Ne4 22. Qd1 Qf6 23. Qe2 Rfd8 24. h3 h5 25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Nd6
27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Qd1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Kg7 30. Qc7 Nb5 31. Nxb5 axb5 32. g3 Qf5 33.
h4 Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.03"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. a5 Bg7 7. O-O a6 8. Be2
O-O 9. Re1 b5 10. axb6 Bb7 11. d3 Nxb6 12. e5 Nfd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd6 exd6
15. c3 Re8 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Qc2 a5 18. h3 Bc6 19. d4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nb4 21. cxb4
Bxd4 22. bxa5 Bxf2+ 23. Kf1 Qd4 24. Qxc6 Bxe1 25. Bxe1 Qxb2 26. Bf3 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.03"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bf1 c5 14. cxd5 exd5
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qf5 Nce4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bb5 Rf8 19. Bd3 g6 20. Qh3 Bb4 21.
Qh6 f6 22. Rf1 Rc8 23. h4 Bc3 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. Nd4 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Ba6 27. Rdd1
Bxf1 28. Rxf1 Rc8 29. Qf4 Qe5 30. Qg4 Rc7 31. Qe2 Kf7 32. Qd3 Nc5 33. Qb5 Ne6
34. Nf3 Qd6 35. Rd1 Qc5 36. Qd3 Rd7 37. h5 Kg7 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. g3 d4 40. Nxd4
Nxd4 41. exd4 Qd5 42. Qe3 Rc7 43. Re1 g5 44. Qd3 b5 45. Qe3 b4 46. g4 a5 47. f3
Rd7 48. Rd1 Rc7 49. Re1 Rd7 50. Rd1 Rc7 51. Kf2 Qd6 52. Kg2 Re7 53. Qd2 Qd5 54.
Rc1 Qe6 55. Rc2 Qe3 56. Qxe3 Rxe3 57. Kf2 Rd3 58. Ke2 Rxd4 59. Rc5 Kf7 60. Rxa5
Rd7 61. Rb5 Ra7 62. Rxb4 Rxa2+ 63. Ke3 Ke6 64. Rb6+ Ke5 65. Rb5+ Ke6 66. b4 Ra1
67. Rb8 Ra3+ 68. Ke4 Rb3 69. f4 gxf4 70. Kxf4 Rb1 71. Rb6+ Kf7 72. b5 Kg6 73.
Rb8 Rb4+ 74. Kf3 f5 75. gxf5+ Kxf5 76. b6 Ke6 77. Rh8 Kd7 78. Rh6 Kc8 79. Ke3
Kb7 80. Kd3 Rxb6 81. Rxb6+ Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.03"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2
e5 9. Ng3 h5 10. h4 Qe7 11. d5 Nb8 12. e4 Bg4 13. f3 Bc8 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Bxf6
gxf6 16. O-O Nd7 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxh5 Ne5 19. Nxf6+ Kd8 20. Rxf4 Ng6 21. Qf3
Qe7 22. h5 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Qe5 24. Qxe5 dxe5 25. g4 a5 26. g5 Ra6 27. Rb1 Rxf6
28. gxf6 Rxh5 29. Rb5 Rh3 30. Be2 Rxc3 31. Rxa5 Re3 32. Bh5 Rxe4 33. Ra8 Kc7
34. d6+ Kd7 35. Bxf7 Rg4+ 36. Kh2 Rf4 37. Kg3 Rxf6 38. Bh5 Rf4 39. Bg4+ Kxd6
40. Bxc8 Rxc4 41. Bxb7 Rc3+ 42. Kg4 c4 43. Be4 Rc1 44. Ra5 Rf1 45. Kg3 Rf4 46.
Bf3 Rd4 47. Kf2 Rd3 48. Be4 Rb3 49. Ke2 Rb2+ 50. Ke3 Rb3+ 51. Kd2 Kc7 52. a4
Kb6 53. Rxe5 Rb4 54. Bc2 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.04"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,67,13,13,35,-24,-12,-17,-5,-11,45,46,103,87,87,59,81,41,84,84,84,89,
77,72,62,52,52,33,33,17,13,9,21,-3,-2,-18,2,-29,-14,-86,-14,-106,-64,-107,-50,
-50,-59,-75,-52,-101,-92,-92,67,-10,6,6,6,-34,-10,3,138,118,118,118,123,177,
563,798,1199,958]} {Magnus won the first "set", but one of the advantages of
the system is that even when ahead, you cannot sit on your lead and cruise to
victory:} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 $5 {While its "only" rapid,
clearly the players treat it like a serious event, with opening preparation
trying to surprise the opponent. Giri here chooses the Semi-Tarrasch, an
opening having a renaissance due to Kramnik making it an efficient "blocking"
weapon, most recently in the 2018 Candidates where Anish was his second!} 5.
cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11.
Bc4 {Recently Magnus has tried 11 Bd3, but Giri certainly can be trusted to
have solved that problem.} Nd7 {The modern way. In the old days 11...Nc6
looked more natural, but while at fist it appears more active, the knight
tends to end up at a5 leaving the black king more exposed, illustrated by the
beautiful classic Polugaevsky- Tal from the 1969 Soviet Championship.} 12. O-O
b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 {While Magnus earlier tried a more
positional plan with a4-a5, all this is pretty standard with Kramnik having
had this position as black several times. Black stays flexible, ready to make
exchanges in the e-line after a possible d5 exd5 exd5. Making a useful more
for White is not trivial, themost popular choice being 16.h3 passing the move
back to Black.} 16. Re3 $5 {An odd looking move, as arranging an attack via g3
certainly not is possible, but it has a more subtle hidden point.} Nf6 {
The point of the modern Semi-Tarrasch, instead of a5 the knight ends up at f6,
not only attacking the white centre but also providing protection for the
black kingside ( no Bxh7+ sacrifice!)} 17. d5 {Technically speaking only this
is the novelty.} exd5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Qe1 {This is the point of White's opening
concept. At first sight it might look like a pawn down and a strong black
knight at e4, but due to tactics in the e-file White indirectly protects the
pawn on e5, thus having the unstoppable plan of Nd4 and f3, forcing the black
knight to retreat.} Qc7 {Giri thought for a while. After the match he said he
was aware of the white concept, but obviously had troubles recalling the right
antidote. Black's move is logical, but has the downside that Nb5 wins a tempo
aiming for the d6 square, but similar could be said of 19...Qe7 with a then
possible Nf5.} 20. Nd4 a6 {Stopping Nb5.} (20... Qxe5 21. f3 f5 22. fxe4 fxe4 {
is 3 pawns for the piece, but while by the classic scale that is just enough
for a knight, then A) modern computers does give numbers like 3.1 or 3.2
instead of the traditional 3, but more importantly B) the white knight on d4
makes it intolerable for Black.}) 21. h4 $5 {Magnus later admitted that his
preparation ended around here.} (21. f3 {also was logical, but given the
chance why not stay on brand and add some Alphazero flavor.}) 21... Rcd8 22. f3
Nc5 23. h5 {Whites position is starting to make sense. E5 is now well
protected and the h-pawn does a great job of discouraging ...g6 keeping the
white knight away from f5, as then apart from hxg6 and attack down the h-line,
the Alphazero h6!? very much becomes an option. Black really has his hands
full already, not to mention this is a 15 minute game and Anish having spent
quite some of the precious minutes already.} Ne6 24. Nf5 d4 {Giri said that
this move gave him hope, as optically the bishop on b7 springs to life, and
Black appears to have some activity.} 25. Red3 $1 {A "slow" looking move, but
White now threatens the trivial Nd6 followed by Bxe6 and Rxd4 getting the pawn
back, but keeping a dominant position.} Nc5 {Life is not really fair towards
Giri here.} (25... Bd5 {should bring relieving exchanges, but} 26. Nd6 Bxb3 27.
Nxe8 {works tactically, when despite Black having a pawn and solidity for the
exchange, White's win is just a matter of technique.}) {And now it looks like
White's e-pawn is en prise, but back rank tactics also makes that an illusion.}
26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Nxb3 28. Qg3 {Material being equal (when White
recaptures on b3) and all Black's pieces being on seemingly optinal squares,
it is hard to believe that Black is just lost. However, another Alphazero
theme comes to mind: Black's king is confined to g8, while White's has space
around it, making it easily escape the black back rank threats on the safe
haven h2. The black king, however, is caught in a mating net.} g6 ({If} 28...
f6 {then} 29. Rg4 $1 {immediately wins, with} Qxe5 30. Rxg7+ Kh8 31. Rxh7+ {
the principal point mating on g7 next move.}) 29. axb3 Rd8 $6 {Allows a very
beautiful finish, making the difference between a great game and a classic.} (
29... Bxf3 {was better way to muddy the waters, when White has several ways to
keep a winning edge, but by far most convincingly by} 30. Rc4 $1 {when} Bc6 31.
Nd4 {cynically ends the game.}) 30. e6 $3 {Hitting where it hurts the most.}
Qc1+ ({Black's queen is overloaded as} 30... Qxg3 {is met by} 31. Rxd8#) 31.
Kh2 Rxd4 32. e7 $3 {The true moment of beauty, it is the least valued piece
that breaks Black's resistance.} Qc8 ({The key idea is that} 32... Bc6 {
stopping promotions fails to the back rank mate after} 33. Qb8+) 33. Qe5 $1 {
Threatening mate on g7 as well as queening the pawn. All that is left for
Black is to give a check.} Rh4+ 34. Kg3 $1 {A fitting end, illustrating the
difference in king safety, the white monarch safely steps forward, even
attacking the rook on h4, while Black's king is caught on its castling square.
If 34...gxf5 promoting with check and the collecting the rook on h4 wins
trivially. It might still feel like classical chess should produce more
interesting opening concepts, higher quality in games but these "youngsters"
playing Clutch chess or Chessable Masters do a very impressive job of making
that point of view sound old and grumpy. The World Champion plays close to
prefection, and Giri forces him to illustrate both positional sacrifices and
sharp tactics by putting up strong resistance. All in the space of half an
hour.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.04"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8.
Qd2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. Bc4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 exd5 12. Bxd5 Nd7 13. Nf3 Nb6 14. O-O Be6
15. Bxe6 Qxd2 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Nxd2 Rd8 18. Nb3 c4 19. Nc5 Re8 20. a4 Rc7 21.
a5 Nc8 22. Na4 Rxe4 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 b5 25. axb6 axb6 26. g4 b5 27. Nb2
Kf7 28. Re5 Nd6 29. Kg2 Re7 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. f4 h5 32. h3 hxg4 33. hxg4 g5
34. Kf3 Kf6 35. Nd1 gxf4 36. Kxf4 Nc8 37. Ne3 Nb6 38. g5+ Kg6 39. Kg4 Nd7 40.
Kf4 Nc5 41. Ke5 Kxg5 42. Nxc4 bxc4 43. Kd4 Na4 44. Kxc4 Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.04"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. h3 Bc5 7. Be2 Nd4 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Bb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bxe3
15. fxe3 Be6 16. Qd2 c6 17. Ra1 Qb6 18. b5 Rfb8 19. Rfb1 Qd8 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21.
bxc6 bxc6 22. Nd1 Ra3 23. Nf2 g6 24. d4 Qc7 25. d5 Bd7 26. Kh2 cxd5 27. cxd5
Kg7 28. Nd1 h5 29. Qc1 Qa5 30. Rb7 h4 31. Qb2 Ra4 32. Qc3 Qxc3 33. Nxc3 Ra3 34.
Nd1 Kf8 35. Rb6 Ke7 36. Rb7 g5 37. Nf2 Kd8 38. Rb8+ Ke7 39. Rb7 Kd8 40. Rb8+
Ke7 41. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.04"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,82,32,22,35,-11,-11,-9,-9,-9,30,25,17,8,26,-11,18,44,61,53,53,33,62,
32,34,22,60,49,71,47,29,37,59,30,41,18,54,36,49,41,63,73,84,73,67,53,69,62,99,
35,35,28,21,16,16,60,111,6,117,68,109,124,199,214,224,114,158,160,191,179,179,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5
Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 $5 dxc4 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g3 $5 {
The most aggressive system.} O-O (11... Nd5 12. a3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 O-O 14. Bg2
Rd8 15. b4 Bd7 $14 {½-½ (30) Khademalsharieh,S (2419)-Tan Zhongyi (2523)
China 2017}) 12. Bg2 Rd8 (12... c5 13. Nb5 (13. O-O cxd4 14. Nb5 Qc5 15. Nxd4
Rd8 16. Qe2 e5 17. b4 Qc7 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Qb2 Bd7 20. a4 $14 {½-½ (30)
Khademalsharieh,S (2481)-Naiditsch,A (2681) Changsha 2019}) 13... Qb8 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. O-O Bd7 16. Qb3 $14) 13. O-O Bd7 (13... Nd5 14. a3 (14. Qb3 $5) 14...
Nxc3 (14... Bd7 15. b4 Be8 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. Ne5 Qb8 18. Nd3 $14 {1-0 (46)
L'Ami,E (2611)-Naiditsch,A (2702) Aachen 2018}) 15. Rxc3 a5 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. h4
$14 {½-½ (57) Vidit,S (2707)-Bu Xiangzhi (2729) Hengshui 2019}) 14. e4 $1 b5
(14... Be8 $5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Nb6 17. Ncd6 Nc8 18. Nxe8 $5 (18. Nc4 Nb6 $11
{1-0 (71) Ding Liren (2811)-Shankland,S (2705) chess.com 2019}) 18... Rxe8 19.
f4 Nb6 20. Qf3 Qd7 (20... Rad8 21. f5 $16 {1-0 (40) Yilmaz,M (2567)-Stern,R 
(2513) GER 2014}) 21. Rcd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (41) Eljanov,P (2753)-Blagojevic,D 
(2481) ISL 2015}) (14... Rac8 15. e5 Ne8 16. Ne4 c5 17. dxc5 Bb5 18. Qb3 Bxc4
19. Rxc4 Qxe5 20. Qxb7 Bxc5 $2 21. b4 {1-0 (21) Gozzoli,Y (2587)-Flear,G (2451)
Espalion 2018}) 15. Ne3 $1 {The right place for the knight!} Qb6 (15... Qa5 16.
a3 Rab8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Be8 19. Nc5 Nxe3 20. fxe3 $16 {1/2-1/2 (40) Giri,A 
(2732)-Hansen,S (2563) POL 2013}) 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 Be8 18. a3 $1 $146 (18.
Nc5 Bxc5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 (19... Rxd5 $1 $146 20. Bxd5 Bxd4 21. Be4 Rd8 $44) 20.
Rxc5 b4 21. Qd2 Rac8 22. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 (43) Wojtaszek,R (2745)-Banusz,T (2611)
Linares 2017}) 18... a5 19. Qd3 Ra7 20. Nc5 a4 21. Be4 h6 22. Rfd1 Qb8 23. Qe2
b4 24. Ng4 $1 {Black was already dominated, now White tries to mate!} bxa3 (
24... Ra5 {was a better move.}) 25. bxa3 Bxc5 $2 {You should normally accept
this exchange only if it changes White's structure - or if you have really no
other choice!} (25... Ra5 {was again a better move.}) 26. Rxc5 Rb7 27. Bc2 {
Everything's wrong in Black's position!} Ne7 28. Nf6+ $5 Kf8 (28... gxf6 29.
exf6 Ng6 30. Qe3 Qd6 31. h4 $18) 29. Qg4 Rb5 (29... gxf6 30. exf6 Ng6 31. Qh5
$18) 30. Nh5 g6 31. Qf4 Nf5 32. Rxb5 Qxb5 33. Bxf5 g5 34. Qf3 (34. Qe3 $5 {
was even stronger:} exf5 35. e6 $18) 34... exf5 35. Qxf5 $4 {A model game
spoiled by one blunder!} (35. Nf6 Qb3 36. Rd3 $18) 35... Qe2 36. Rc1 {Luckily
White has this move and saves a draw!} Qxh5 37. Qf6 $1 Rxd4 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39.
Qf6+ Kf8 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. Qf6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Souza Dos Santos, Matheus Garcett"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8.
Bd5 Rb8 9. Bc6+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qxd4 Nf6 12. O-O Be7 13. a3 O-O 14. Nc3
Rfe8 15. h3 Rbd8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. Rad1 Qe6 19. Rfe1 g6 20. e5 Nh5 21.
exd6 Qxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Kh2 Nxf4 24. dxc7 Rxd4 25. c8=Q Rd6 26. g4 Kg7
27. Kg3 Ne2+ 28. Nxe2 Rxe2 29. Qc3+ Rf6 30. f4 Bd6 31. g5 hxg5 32. Kf3 Rh2 33.
Kg4 Bxf4 34. a4 Rg2+ 35. Kf3 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Zverev, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Ne2 O-O 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8.
Nbc3 f5 9. h4 c6 10. h5 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 b5 12. Qd2 a5 13. f3 exf3 14. gxf3 a4 15.
Nce2 Qe7 16. O-O-O b4 17. Rdg1 b3 18. a3 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. h6 g6 21. Rxg6+
hxg6 22. Nxg6 Qf6 23. h7+ Kf7 24. Nxf8 Qh8 25. Qd8 Bb7 26. Nf4 Na6 27. Qd7+ Kf6
28. Rh6+ Kg5 29. Rg6+ Kh4 30. Qe7+ Qf6 31. h8=Q# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rorrer, Grayson"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Bf4 h6 12. Nc3 g5 13. Bxg5 Nxd4 14. Be3 Nxb3
15. axb3 Bb7 16. Re1 Ng6 17. Nd4 Nh4 18. g3 c5 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 f5 21.
Rad1 fxe4 22. Qg4 Qf6 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rad8 25. Rd2 Rfe8 26. Qd5+ Qe6 27.
Red1 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxb2 29. Bxc5 Re5 30. Bxd6 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Ba3 32. Bxa3 Rxd5
33. Bb4 Rd3 34. Kg2 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Kwon, Sehyun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qc1 Nc6 8. Nd2
g6 9. h3 Bg7 10. Ngf3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. a4 Nd7 13. a5 Qd8 14. a6 e5 15. dxe5
Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb5 Re7 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Rd1 bxa6 21. Bc6
Rb8 22. Bxd5 Qb6 23. Rd2 Kg7 24. Qc2 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Rexb7 26. Qa4 Qc7 27. Ra2 Rb6
28. Rd7 Qc8 29. Rxa7 Rxb2 30. Rxa6 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Qc7+ 32. g3 R8b2 33. Qc4 Qe7
34. Rxb2 Rxb2 35. Kg1 Qd7 36. Kg2 Rb1 37. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Martinez Reyes, Pedro Ramon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. c3 h6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Ngf3 e5 9. dxe5 fxe5 10. Bb5 Qb6 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rhe1 f6 14.
Nb3 a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qg4+ Kb8 17. Qh4 Be7 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. Qxe7 Rhe8 20.
Qh4 a5 21. Qg3 Qc7 22. Nc5 Bb5 23. Nd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 e4 25. Qxc7+ Kxc7 26. Rh3
d4 27. cxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxh6 Red8 29. Re2 Rd1+ 30. Kc2 R8d4 31. Rh4 Rf1 32. Kc3
Rd3+ 33. Kc2 Rd4 34. Rf4 Rc4+ 35. Kb3 b5 36. Rfxe4 Rc5 37. a4 b4 38. Rc4 Rxc4
39. Kxc4 Kc6 40. h4 Ra1 41. h5 Rxa4 42. Re1 b3+ 43. Kxb3 Rb4+ 44. Kc3 Rh4 45.
Re5 a4 46. g3 Rh2 47. f4 Kd6 48. Rg5 Rh3 49. Kb4 Rh2 50. Ka3 Ke6 51. g4 Kf6 52.
Rg6+ Kf7 53. f5 Rh4 54. h6 Rh2 55. g5 Rf2 56. Rg7+ Kf8 57. f6 Rh2 58. h7 Rh3+
59. Kxa4 Rh4+ 60. b4 Rxh7 61. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grinberg, Eyal"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nge7 10. Bg5 Nxd4 11. cxd4 h6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nc3 f5 14. f3 Kh8
15. Qd2 g5 16. f4 g4 17. e5 Be6 18. a3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qc3 Qd7 21. Rac1
Rac8 22. Bb3 Be4 23. Rfd1 c6 24. Qb4 Rfd8 25. Bc2 Bxc2 26. Rxc2 dxe5 27. fxe5
Bxe5 28. Rf2 Bg7 29. Qc5 Rf8 30. Rdf1 Rce8 31. d5 Qxd5 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. Rxf5
Qxc5 34. Bxc5 Bxb2 35. Kf2 Re5 36. Rf8+ Kg7 37. Bd6 Rd5 38. Rd8 Bxa3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bd6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. e4 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 Re8 11. g3 b5 12. Nxb5 Nxe4 13. Kg2 Qb6 14. Re1 Qxb5
15. Rxe4 Na6 16. Ng5 g6 17. Rh4 h5 18. Rxh5 Re2 19. Qc3 Be5 20. Qf3 Rf8 21. Rh4
Re1 22. Kh3 Qf1+ 23. Qg2 Qd3 24. Bf4 Rxa1 25. Bxe5 Qf5+ 26. g4 Qxe5 27. Nf3 Qf4
28. g5 Qf5+ 29. Kg3 Rd1 30. h3 Rd3 31. Rf4 Qxg5+ 32. Rg4 Qxd5 33. Kh4 Qh5+ 34.
Kg3 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Nitin, Senthilvel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bc1 d6 5. f3 Nf6 6. e4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 e6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bxb5 exd5 12. exd5 Bd7 13. a4 a6 14. Bc4 Re8 15.
Nge2 Bf5 16. O-O Bxc2 17. Bg5 Bf5 18. Ng3 Bc8 19. Nce4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Qc7 21.
Bf6 Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Nd7 23. Rf2 Ne5 24. Be2 Rb8 25. h4 c4 26. h5 Qb6 27. Raf1 Bg4
28. h6 Bxe2 29. Qxe2 Nd3 30. Qf3 Qd4 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Qxf6 33. Rxf6 Nxb2
34. Rxd6 c3 35. Rc6 Nxa4 36. Rc4 Nb6 37. Rxc3 Nd7 38. Rf7 Ne5 39. Ra7 Rb1+ 40.
Kh2 Ng4+ 41. Kh3 Nf2+ 42. Kh4 Nxe4 43. Nxe4 Rxe4+ 44. Kg3 Re8 45. Rcc7 Rb3+ 46.
Kh2 Rd3 47. Rxh7+ Kg8 48. Rag7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Panda, Vedic"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6
8. Bg5 e6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13. Rd3 b5 14. cxb5
axb5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Qc7 17. Qh4 b4 18. Rh3 Rfd8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxh7+
Kf8 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Ne4 Bxb2 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qh4+ Ke8 25. Rf3 Qd5 26. Qf4 f6
27. Qg4 Kf8 28. Qh3 Be5 29. Ng5 Ke7 30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Qh5 Rd2 32. Qg6 Kf8 33.
Qh5 Rdc2 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qh5+ Ke7 36. Qh7 Kf8 37. Qh8+ Qg8 38. Qh5 Bc3 39. Qf5
Bxe1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tokman, Ariel"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c4 Bf5 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. e4 dxe4 13. d5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 cxd5
15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Rfd1 e6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Tomb, Maroun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O c6 7. a4 h6 8. Ba2
Qc7 9. Re1 Nf8 10. d5 Ng6 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Bb3 Nh5 15.
Ne2 c5 16. Bc4 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. g3 Be7 19. g4 Nf6 20. Ng3 Ng8 21. Nf5 Qd8
22. f4 Bxf5 23. exf5 exf4 24. Bxf4 Bg5 25. c3 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Nf6 27. Re2 Re8 28.
Rae1 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Kg8 30. Kg2 a6 31. h4 Nh7 32. Kg3 Rb8 33. a5 Qf6 34. Bd3 Kf8
35. Qe3 Rd8 36. Bc4 Rb8 37. Bd3 Rd8 38. Bc2 Rb8 39. Ba4 Kg8 40. Qf4 Rd8 41. Re3
Rb8 42. Qe4 Nf8 43. Qe7 Kh7 44. Qxf6 gxf6 45. Re7 Kg7 46. Be8 Kg8 47. Bxf7+ Kg7
48. Kf4 b6 49. Be6+ Kh8 50. g5 fxg5+ 51. hxg5 hxg5+ 52. Kxg5 bxa5 53. Rf7 Nh7+
54. Kh6 Nf8 55. f6 a4 56. Rg7 Nxe6 57. dxe6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Flores Quillas, Diego Saul Rodri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. c3 Nc6 7. h3 Qb6 8. Qc1
g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. c4 cxd4 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. Bc4 Nc5 15.
exd4 Ncd3 16. Bxd3 Nxd3 17. Qc7 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Rd8 19. Rfe1 Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qa3
21. Rb3 Qxa2 22. Rxe7 Rf8 23. d6 Be6 24. Rbxb7 Rad8 25. Rxa7 Qd5 26. Ne4 Bf5
27. Neg5 h6 28. Nxf7 Rxf7 29. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Khoroshev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O e4 8. Ng5
d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 exf3 11. exf3 h6 12. Nh3 O-O 13. Nf4 Nb6 14. b3 Bb4 15.
Bb2 Re8 16. Nd3 Bd6 17. Qd2 a6 18. Rae1 Bf5 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. g4 Bh7 21. h3 Bb4
22. a3 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Nbd7 24. Ba5 b6 25. Bc3 Nf8 26. Rc1 Ne6 27. Rfe1 g5 28.
Bf1 b5 29. Ba5 Qd6 30. b4 Nf4 31. Rc5 Nd7 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33. Bb6 Rxe1 34. Qxe1
Re8 35. Qf2 Bd3 36. Bc7 Bxf1 37. Bxf4 gxf4 38. Kxf1 Re3 39. Rc2 Qa7 40. Rc8+
Kg7 41. Rc5 Qd7 42. Kg2 Qe6 43. Rc2 Qf6 44. Rd2 Rxa3 45. h4 Re3 46. h5 Qe7 47.
Rc2 Qxb4 48. Ra2 Qxd4 49. Rxa6 Qe5 50. Ra2 b4 51. Qd2 b3 52. Rb2 Qc3 53. Kf2 d4
54. Qxc3 dxc3 55. Rxb3 c2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Padmini, Rout"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Qe2 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Nb3 h5 13. h3 h4 14. Bd4 e5 15. fxe5
dxe5 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Kh2 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Kf8 20. Rf5 Re8 21. Raf1
Rh6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 e4+ 24. Kh1 exd3 25. Qxd3 Qd6 26. Qd4 Kg8 27. b3 Ne4
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nc3 d6 7. d5 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Nb8 9. Bg2 e5 10. O-O O-O 11. c5 Na6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nd2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5
15. Re1 Rac8 16. Nf1 Bg6 17. e4 Nc5 18. Nd2 Nfd7 19. Re3 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21.
Qe2 Qf7 22. g4 Bg6 23. Nc4 Qe7 24. b3 Rf4 25. Rf1 Rcf8 26. Rg3 Qf6 27. Bd2 Rd4
28. Rf3 Bd3 29. Qe3 Rf4 30. g5 Rxf3 31. gxf6 Rxe3 32. fxg7 Kxg7 33. Bxe3 Bxf1
34. Kxf1 Rf6 35. Bg5 Rg6 36. Be7 Nd3 37. Nxd6 Kg8 38. Be4 Rg7 39. Nf5 Nf4 40.
Nxg7 Kxg7 41. d6 b6 42. Bf5 Nb8 43. d7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sukovic, Andrej"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bc4 e6 10. c3 Nbd7 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Bxe6+ Ke8 14. O-O Bd6
15. Re1 Kf8 16. Nf5 Qc7 17. Nxh6 Re8 18. Bg5 Bg6 19. Nf5 Nfd5 20. c4 Rxe6 21.
Rxe6 Bh2+ 22. Kf1 Bxf5 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Qf3 Qf7 25. Re5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 g6 27.
Qa3+ Kg7 28. Qxa7 Re8 29. Qd4 Kh7 30. Re1 b6 31. b3 c5 32. Qd2 Be6 33. Kg1 Qf5
34. f3 Rf8 35. Re4 Rf7 36. Qe1 Rd7 37. Kh2 Nb4 38. Rf4 Qc2 39. Rf6 Re7 40. Qg3
Nd5 41. Rf8 Rf7 42. Rd8 b5 43. Rd6 Qf5 44. a4 bxa4 45. bxa4 c4 46. a5 c3 47. a6
c2 48. Rc6 Rc7 49. Rxc7+ Nxc7 50. a7 Bd5 51. Qf2 Qxe5+ 52. Kg1 Qxg5 53. hxg5
c1=Q+ 54. Kh2 Qxg5 55. Qb6 Qe5+ 56. Kg1 Kg7 57. Qb8 Qa1+ 58. Kh2 Ne6 59. Qd6
Qa5 60. Kg1 Kf6 61. Kh2 Kf7 62. Kg1 Qxa7+ 63. Kh2 Qc7 64. Qxc7+ Nxc7 65. Kg3
Kf6 66. Kf4 Ne6+ 67. Kg3 Kf5 68. Kh4 Kf4 69. Kh3 Nd4 70. Kh4 g5+ 71. Kh5 Nxf3
72. gxf3 Bxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3
Bd6 9. Bd3 c6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb3 Rab8 14. a4 a5 15.
Qa3 Ne8 16. Rfb1 Qxa3 17. Rxa3 Nd6 18. b4 Ra8 19. b5 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Rd1
Rfd8 22. Nd4 Rac8 23. Bc2 g6 24. g4 Nc4 25. Ra2 Nb6 26. Kg2 Kf8 27. Nce2 Ke7
28. f3 Ncd7 29. Kf2 Ne5 30. f4 Nec4 31. f5 Bd7 32. Nf4 Nd6 33. fxg6 hxg6 34.
Nf3 Be6 35. Nxe6 Kxe6 36. Nd4+ Ke7 37. Bd3 Rc3 38. Ke2 Ndc4 39. Rb1 Rh8 40. Rh1
Ne5 41. Bc2 Nbc4 42. Kf2 Nxg4+ 43. Kg3 Ngxe3 44. Re1 Kd6 45. Kf2 Rxh3 46. Kg1
Nxc2 47. Rxc2 Rxc2 48. Nxc2 Rg3+ 49. Kf2 Rc3 50. Nd4 Rd3 51. Nf3 Ra3 52. Ng5
Rxa4 53. Nxf7+ Kc5 54. Re7 Ra2+ 55. Kf3 b6 56. Rc7+ Kxb5 57. Rc8 a4 58. Rd8 Rd2
59. Ra8 a3 60. Ng5 a2 61. Ne6 Rd3+ 62. Ke2 Ra3 63. Nd4+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Matveev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. c5 Be7 8. Bg2
Ne4 9. O-O c6 10. Nc3 f5 11. b4 O-O 12. Rab1 Bf6 13. e3 e5 14. Ne2 a6 15. Bc1
exd4 16. exd4 Re8 17. h4 Nf8 18. Nf4 g6 19. Nd3 Ne6 20. Bb2 f4 21. Kh2 fxg3+
22. fxg3 Ng7 23. Nde5 Bf5 24. g4 Bxe5+ 25. Nxe5 Qxh4+ 26. Kg1 Bxg4 27. Bxe4
dxe4 28. Qxe4 Qg3+ 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Be6 31. a3 Nf5 32. Rbe1 Rad8 33. Rf4
g5 34. Rg4 h6 35. Kh2 Kh7 36. Rge4 Bd5 37. R4e2 Nh4 38. Kg3 Rf8 39. Rf2 Rxf2
40. Kxf2 Rf8+ 41. Kg3 Rf4 42. Ng4 Nf5+ 43. Kh3 Kg6 44. Re8 Rf3+ 45. Kh2 Rb3 46.
Ne5+ Kh5 47. Bc1 g4 48. Bf4 Rh3+ 49. Kg1 g3 50. Bxg3 Rxg3+ 51. Kf2 Rxa3 52. Rb8
Ra2+ 53. Ke1 Nxd4 54. Rxb7 Kg5 55. Rb6 Kf4 56. Nd3+ Ke3 57. Nc1 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 e6 14. h4 h6
15. Bd3 O-O 16. a3 Rd8 17. e5 Bd7 18. h5 g5 19. Ke2 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Rhd1
Be8 22. g4 Rac8 23. Be4 Kg7 24. d5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Bd7 27. Rc4 Ne7
28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Be4 Bxg4 30. Bxb7 a5 31. Kf1 Bxh5 32. Nd4 Be8 33. Nb3 a4 34.
Nd4 Bd7 35. Kg2 h5 36. Be4 g4 37. Kg1 h4 38. Bc2 Be5 39. Ne2 Kf6 40. Bc5 Nd5
41. Nd4 Nf4 42. Kf1 h3 43. Be4 Kg5 44. Be7+ Kh5 45. Nf5 Bb5+ 46. Ke1 Nd3+ 47.
Kd2 Nxf2 48. Bc2 g3 49. Ke3 h2 50. Nxg3+ Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikhailovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O c4 8. Be2
Bb4 9. Nb1 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 b5 12. Bf3 Bd6 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 g6
15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Qe2 Kg7 17. c3 Re8 18. Rfe1 e5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Rad1 Qe7 21.
Nb1 Ne8 22. Na3 h5 23. Nc2 Nd6 24. Rd2 h4 25. gxh4 Qxh4 26. g3 Qh6 27. Qf1 Rh8
28. Qg2 Ne4 29. Rd4 Bc8 30. Nb4 Bh3 31. Qh2 Qg5 32. Nxd5 Bf1 33. Qxh8+ Kxh8 34.
Bxe4 Bh3 35. Bf3 Kg7 36. Nf4 Bf5 37. Kg2 Bg4 38. Bxg4 Qxg4 39. Rh1 Qf5 40. Rhd1
Qc2 41. R1d2 Qb1 42. a3 Re8 43. Rd7 Rh8 44. Nh3 Qe4+ 45. f3 Qxe3 46. Nf4 Qe1
47. Nh3 a5 48. R7d6 b4 49. axb4 axb4 50. cxb4 Rb8 51. Rd1 Qe2+ 52. Nf2 Qxb2 53.
R6d2 Qxb4 54. Ne4 c3 55. Rc2 Rc8 56. Rd3 Qa4 57. Rcxc3 Rb8 58. Rd2 Rb1 59. Rcd3
Qa1 60. Kf2 Rg1 61. Ke3 Qe1+ 62. Re2 Qc1+ 63. Red2 Rf1 64. Kf4 Qc4 65. Rd4 Qb3
66. R2d3 Qc2 67. Rd2 Qc7+ 68. Ke3 Rb1 69. Ke2 Qc6 70. Rd6 Qb5+ 71. Ke3 Qf1 72.
Kf4 Rb3 73. Ng5 Qc4+ 74. Ne4 Qc7 75. Kg4 Qc8+ 76. Kf4 Qf5# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Spyropoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. b4 Qe7 11. Bb2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 a5 14. O-O Rfe8
15. Bc3 axb4 16. axb4 Qe6 17. Rae1 Nh5 18. g3 Nf4 19. Re3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Ba6 21.
Rd1 Nf6 22. Nxe5 h5 23. b5 Bb7 24. f3 Ra3 25. Nd7 Nxd7 26. Qxd7 Bc8 27. Qxe6
Bxe6 28. Bd4 Rxe3 29. Bxe3 Bxc4 30. Rc1 Bxb5 31. Rxc7 Be2 32. Kf2 Bd1 33. Bxb6
Rb8 34. Bd4 Ra8 35. h4 Ra2+ 36. Ke3 Re2+ 37. Kf4 Re1 38. Rc1 Rf1 39. Kg5 Kh7
40. f4 Be2 41. Rxf1 Bxf1 42. Kxh5 Bd3 43. e5 Be2+ 44. Kg5 Bd3 45. h5 Be2 46. g4
Bd3 47. f5 Bc4 48. Bc5 Kg8 49. Bd6 Be2 50. Ba3 Bd1 51. Bc1 Be2 52. Kh4 Bd1 53.
h6 g6 54. Kg5 gxf5 55. gxf5 Bc2 56. Kf6 Bb3 57. Ke7 Bc2 58. e6 fxe6 59. fxe6
Bb3 60. Kd7 Ba4+ 61. Kd8 Kf8 62. e7+ Kf7 63. Bb2 Kg6 64. Bg7 Kf7 65. Bf8 Kg6
66. e8=Q+ Bxe8 67. Kxe8 Kh7 68. Kf7 Kh8 69. Kg6 Kg8 70. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 O-O 8.
Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Nd5 13. Qc4 Nxf4 14.
exf4 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Nb3 Nc6 17. g3 h6 18. Qc5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rc1
Qa6 21. a3 Qe2 22. Qc2 Qf3 23. Qc3 Rd3 24. Qc2 Rxb3 25. Rd1 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gadimbayli, Abdulla Azar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nge7 6. Nb3 Ng6 7. Nbxd4 Ncxe5
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. e3 Bc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qf6 12. b3 Rd8 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. Qd2
Rd7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qc3 Bg6 17. Nb5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Qd8 20. Be2
f6 21. Nd4 c6 22. Ne6 Qd6 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. h3 h6 25. Qd2 Qe7 26. Bd4 b6 27.
Bc3 Kh7 28. Bd1 Kg8 29. Bc2 Bxc2 30. Qxc2 Nf7 31. Qd3 Qa3 32. Qd2 Qe7 33. Bb4
Qe4 34. Bc3 Qe7 35. Bb2 Ng5 36. f3 Nf7 37. Kf2 Ng5 38. Bc3 Nf7 39. Bb4 Qe5 40.
Qd4 Qf5 41. Qd2 Qe5 42. Bc3 Qe7 43. e4 Ng5 44. Bd4 Nf7 45. Be3 Ne5 46. Bf4 Nf7
47. Kf1 Qa3 48. Qd7 g5 49. Be3 Qxa2 50. Qxc6 Qxb3 51. Kf2 Qb2+ 52. Kg1 Qb3 53.
Bf2 Qb1+ 54. Kh2 Qb2 55. Bg3 a5 56. Bc7 Qb4 57. Bxb6 Kg7 58. Bd4 Qb8+ 59. Kh1
Qb1+ 60. Kh2 Qb8+ 61. g3 Qd6 62. Qxd6 Nxd6 63. c5 Nc4 64. c6 Kf7 65. c7 Nd6 66.
e5 fxe5 67. Bxe5 Nc8 68. Kg2 Ke6 69. f4 gxf4 70. gxf4 Ne7 71. Kf3 Kf5 72. Ke2
a4 73. Kd3 Nc8 74. Kc3 Ke6 75. Kb4 h5 76. Kxa4 Kd5 77. Kb5 Ne7 78. Kb6 Ke6 79.
Kb7 Kd7 80. f5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kavyev, Ruslan"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 8.
Nxc4 Qa6 9. b3 Rd8 10. O-O c5 11. e3 Nc6 12. Ne2 b5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Bb2 Ne4 17. h4 e5 18. Rc1 Qg6 19. Qd3 Nxg3 20. Qxg6 Nxe2+ 21.
Kg2 hxg6 22. Rc2 exd4 23. Rxe2 d3 24. Rd2 Bxh4 25. Rc1 Rac8 26. a4 a6 27. Ba3
c4 28. axb5 axb5 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Bb2 Be7 31. Bc3 Rb8 32. Bd4 Rdc8 33. Be5 Bb4
34. Rb2 d2 35. Rd1 c3 36. Rc2 Rb5 37. Rdxd2 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla Azar"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Bb5 Qb6 8.
Qe2 e6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. h5 Bc2 14. h6 gxh6
15. Nf1 Be4 16. Be3 Qc7 17. f3 Bg6 18. f4 a6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxh6 Be4 21. Ng3
O-O-O 22. O-O-O Qa4 23. a3 Kb8 24. Rd4 Qc6 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Rh1 Nc5 27. Rxd8+
Rxd8 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Qd5+ 31. Kc2 h6 32. Qd2 Kc7 33. Qxd5
exd5 34. Kd2 b5 35. Ke3 a5 36. Kd4 a4 37. Ke3 Kd7 38. f5 Ke7 39. Kf4 Kf8 40.
Kg3 Kg7 41. Kf4 Kh7 42. Kg3 Kg8 43. Kf4 Kf8 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. Kd4 Kd7 46. Ke3 Kc7
47. Kf4 Kc6 48. Ke3 Kc5 49. Kf4 Kc6 50. Ke3 Kd7 51. Kd4 Ke7 52. Ke3 Ke8 53. Kf4
Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. f4
Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. h3 Ne8 11. g4 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Be3 b4 14. Nb1 Nc7 15. Nd2
Nb5 16. Nf3 d5 17. e5 Bd7 18. Ng3 Nbd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Bd2 b3 21. c3 Qb6 22.
Kh2 dxc3 23. Bxc3 Nd4 24. Qd2 Nc2 25. f5 Qe3 26. Qxe3 Nxe3 27. Rf2 Ra8 28. Re1
Nxg2 29. Kxg2 Bh4 30. Rf4 Rfb8 31. Ref1 Bg5 32. R4f3 Ra2 33. Ne2 Rc8 34. Kg3 h5
35. gxh5 exf5 36. Nd4 f4+ 37. Rxf4 Bxf4+ 38. Kxf4 Ba4 39. Rg1 Kh7 40. e6 fxe6
41. Nxe6 Rxc3 42. bxc3 b2 43. Rxg7+ Kh8 44. Rb7 Bc2 45. Rb8+ Kh7 46. Ng5+ Kh6
47. Rb6+ Kg7 48. h6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 8.
Nf3 exd4 9. Bc4 Be7 10. cxd4 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bb2 Na5 13. Bd3 c5 14. d5 c4
15. Be2 f5 16. Nd4 fxe4 17. Ne6 Qxd5 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. Bc3 e3 21.
f3 Bh4 22. g3 Bf6 23. Bxa5 bxa5 24. Qxc4+ Qxc4 25. Bxc4+ Kh8 26. Be2 h5 27. Rd7
Bc6 28. Rxa7 Rb8 29. Rxa5 Rb2 30. Rxh5+ Kg8 31. Re1 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Bxf3 33. Rxe3
Bxh5 34. Rd3 Be2 35. Rd2 Bb5 36. Rc2 Kf7 37. Kg2 Ke6 38. Rc5 Bd7 39. h4 Kd6 40.
Rc2 Bd4 41. Kf3 Kd5 42. Rd2 Ke5 43. Re2+ Kd5 44. Kf4 Bf6 45. Rd2+ Ke6 46. h5
Be5+ 47. Kg4 Ke7+ 48. Kf3 Bc6+ 49. Kf2 Bd7 50. Re2 Kf6 51. Re4 Bf5 52. Rc4 Kg5
53. Kf3 Bf6 54. Rc5 Be7 55. Rd5 Kf6 56. Kf4 Be6 57. Rd2 Bb4 58. Rc2 Bd6+ 59.
Kf3 Bd5+ 60. Kg4 Be6+ 61. Kh4 Be7 62. g4 Ke5+ 63. g5 Bf5 64. Re2+ Be4 65. Kg4
Bf8 66. a4 Bb4 67. h6 gxh6 68. gxh6 Kd4 69. Rxe4+ Kxe4 70. h7 Bc3 71. a5 Kd5
72. a6 Kc6 73. Kf5 Kb6 74. Kg6 Kxa6 75. Kf7 Kb7 76. Kg8 Kc7 77. h8=Q Bxh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Le, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. a4 e6 8. a5 c5
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb6 Nc6 11. dxc5 Be7 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. exd4 Qb8 14. Be2 O-O 15.
O-O Bd8 16. Qb4 Bc7 17. h3 h6 18. Bf3 Rd8 19. Re1 Qc8 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. Qa4 Qc8
22. b4 Ra8 23. Re2 Bd3 24. Re3 Bc4 25. Qc2 Bf4 26. Re7 Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Qc6 28.
Rae1 Rd7 29. R1e5 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Re8 31. Qe3 Kf8 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. Qe5 Nc7 34.
g3 Qd7 35. Kg2 f6 36. Qf4 Ne6 37. Qb8+ Nd8 38. Qd6+ Qxd6 39. cxd6 Nc6 40. Nxd5
Nxd4 41. d7 Ne6 42. Nb6 Bb5 43. Bxb7 Ke7 44. Kf3 Nd4+ 45. Ke4 Nc2 46. Bc8 Bc6+
47. Kd3 Nxb4+ 48. Kc4 Nc2 49. Kc5 Bb5 50. Nd5+ Kd8 51. Kd6 Nd4 52. Nf4 Nf5+ 53.
Kc5 Bxd7 54. Bxa6 g5 55. Nd5 Ng7 56. Nxf6 Bxh3 57. Bc4 Kc7 58. a6 h5 59. Nd5+
Kb8 60. Kb6 Ne8 61. a7+ Ka8 62. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Leon blitz op 33rd"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Tanaka, Taira Tyler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. Nc4 Nc7 12. a4 Ng4 13. e4 Ne5 14. Ne3 Na6 15.
f4 Nd7 16. Kh1 Nb4 17. Nc4 Nb6 18. Na3 Nd7 19. Be3 b6 20. Nc4 Nf6 21. Bg1 Ba6
22. Qb3 Bb7 23. Rae1 a6 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Rfe1 Rad8 26. Na2 Nxa2 27. Qxa2 b5 28.
axb5 axb5 29. Qa5 Qd7 30. Nb6 Qc7 31. Qxb5 Rb8 32. b4 cxb4 33. Rc1 Qd8 34. Qxb4
Bxd5 35. exd5 Rxb6 36. Bxb6 Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 Qd7 38. h3 h5 39. Bd4 h4 40. g4 Nxg4
41. hxg4 Qxg4 42. Bxg7 h3 43. Be4 Qxf4 44. Qd4 Qg3 45. Rf1 h2 46. Bg2 Qg5 47.
Bh8 Qf6 48. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Leon blitz op 33rd"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qb8 12. Bg3 Bd6 13. O-O-O Bxg3 14. hxg3 O-O
15. Be2 a6 16. f4 e5 17. f5 b5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Rc8 20. Kb1 Nd4 21. Qd3
Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Qa7 23. g4 Qf2 24. Bf3 a5 25. f6 b4 26. g5 Ba6 27. gxh6 Bc4 28.
hxg7 1-0

[Event "Leon blitz op 33rd"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. Rc1 Bd6 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Ng4 Be7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. b3 Nb4 17. Bb1 d4 18. Na4 Re8 19. e4 d3 20. Nxc5 Bxe4 21. Bxb4
Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Re2+ 24. Kg3 Qe3+ 25. Rf3 Bh4+ 26. Kxh4 Qxf3 27.
Qh1 Qxf4+ 28. Kh3 Rae8 29. Rg1 Qh6+ 30. Kg4 f5+ 31. Kxf5 Rf8+ 32. Kg4 Rf4+ 33.
Kg3 Qh4# 0-1

[Event "Leon blitz op 33rd"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 g6 4. e5 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bg7 8. Nc3
a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O Nh6 11. Bxh6 Bxh6 12. e6 f6 13. Rfe1 Qd6 14. Qh4 Bg7
15. Rad1 O-O 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Nc5 Rb8 18. b4 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 h6 21. c3
f5 22. Nd4 Kh7 23. Qh3 Ra8 24. Qd3 Ra2 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Bf6 27. g3 h5 28.
Ra8 Kg7 29. Qe2 Bb7 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. Qa2 Qb6 32. Qa5 Qxa5 33. bxa5 Bc8 34. a6
Bxa6 35. Nxa6 Bxd4 36. cxd4 Ke8 37. Nc5 Kd8 38. Kf1 Kc7 39. Ke2 Kb6 40. Kd3 Kb5
41. Kc3 g5 42. f4 g4 43. Nd7 Ka5 44. Ne5 Kb5 45. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Leon blitz op 33rd"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e3 Qc8 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. Ne4 Rd8 15.
Qb3 Bf8 16. Rfd1 f5 17. Nec3 a6 18. Qa4 e4 19. f3 exf3 20. Bxf3 Ne5 21. Bg2 Rb8
22. Nf4 Bxc4 23. Bd5+ Bxd5 24. Ncxd5 Rd6 25. Qb3 Kh7 26. Rac1 c6 27. Nb6 Qe8
28. Rxd6 Bxd6 29. Rd1 Bc5 30. Ne6 Be7 31. Kg2 Bf6 32. a4 Qe7 33. a5 Re8 34. Nf4
Kg7 35. h3 Qf7 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. b4 Rc8 38. Nd7 Rc7 39. Nc5 Re7 40. Kf2 Nc4
41. Rd3 Be5 42. Ne2 Nd6 43. Nc3 Bxc3 44. Rxd6 Bxb4 0-1

[Event "Leon blitz op 33rd"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 h5 13. Nd1 h4 14. Ne3 h3 15. Bh1 e5
16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Bg7 20. e3 Nc6 21. a3 Ne5 22.
Ne4 bxc4 23. bxc4 Rb2 24. Qa4 Bd7 25. Qxa6 Bg4 26. f3 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Bxf3 28.
Rxf3 Rg2+ 29. Kh1 Rxe4 30. Re1 Qb8 31. Rg1 Qb2 32. Qc8+ Bf8 33. Qxh3 Rxg1+ 34.
Kxg1 f5 35. Rf2 Qa1+ 36. Qf1 Qxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Rxc4 38. Ra2 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Kf7 40.
a4 c4 41. a5 c3 42. a6 c2 43. Kh3 g5 44. a7 g4+ 45. Kh4 Rd1 46. a8=Q c1=Q 47.
Ra7+ Ke6 48. Nf4+ Ke5 49. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Leon blitz op 33rd"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. d5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 e5 8. Bb5+
Nd7 9. a4 g6 10. a5 a6 11. Be2 Bg7 12. Nd2 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15.
Bxc4 O-O 16. O-O a5 17. Bb5 Bb7 18. Bc6 Rfb8 19. b3 h5 20. Ra4 Qd8 21. Bxb7
Rxb7 22. Qe2 Rb4 23. Rfa1 Bh6 24. Nd1 Kg7 25. Nb2 h4 26. Nc4 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 Bf4
28. Qg4 Ra7 29. g3 hxg3 30. hxg3 Bh6 31. Kg2 Ra6 32. Ra1 Ra8 33. Ra4 Ra6 34.
Qe2 Ra7 35. Qe1 Qf6 36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. Qxa5 Qg5 38. Nxd6 Qg4 39. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Leon blitz op 33rd"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Macovei, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. h3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 a6 12. Qc2 h6 13. O-O Ng6 14. Rfe1 Nh5 15.
Bf1 Qf6 16. Nh2 Nhf4 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Bxe2 Nf4 21.
Bg4 h5 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Qe2 g6 25. Rd3 f5 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Rf3
Qg5 28. Rg3 Qf6 29. Qe4 Kh7 30. Rf3 Rf7 31. Re2 Qg5 32. Rxf5 gxf5 33. Nf3 Qc1+
34. Re1 fxe4 35. Rxc1 exf3 0-1

[Event "Leon blitz op 33rd"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pham, Le Thao Nguyen"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c4 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 f5 12. d5 e5 13. dxe6 Nc5 14. Nd4 Nxe6 15.
Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Rc1 Rad8 19. b3 c6 20. Bf3 g4 21. Bd1 h5
22. Ne2 h4 23. gxh4 Qxh4 24. Nf4 Bf7 25. g3 Qe7 26. Bc2 Qe5 27. Kg2 Bh6 28. Rh1
Kg7 29. Ne2 Bg5 30. Qd4 Kf6 31. Rcd1 a6 32. Nf4 Bxf4 33. gxf4 Qxd4 34. Rxd4 d5
35. c5 Rh8 36. Rxh8 Rxh8 37. Rb4 Rb8 38. Bd3 a5 39. Ra4 Ra8 40. b4 Be6 41. bxa5
d4 42. exd4 Bd5+ 43. Kf1 Bf3 44. a6 Rh8 45. Ke1 bxa6 46. Rxa6 Rh1+ 47. Kd2 Ke6
48. Bc4+ Bd5 49. Rxc6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hasan, Mehdi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Nf6 8.
O-O-O d6 9. h3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Be3 h6 12. g4 Be6 13. g5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Be7
15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Bd3 b5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rh4 20. Bf5 Rb8 21.
Rhg1 Ke7 22. Bg4 Qc4 23. Qf5 Rb7 24. Rg3 b4 25. Qc8 Rc7 26. Qf5 g6 27. Qd3 a5
28. Rf3 Rh8 29. Re1 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Rc4 31. a3 Rb8 32. axb4 Rcxb4 33. b3 a4 34.
Bd1 axb3 35. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 36. cxb3 Rb5 37. f4 Rxd5 38. fxe5 dxe5 39. Bc2 Rd4 40.
Re4 Rd2 41. b4 Rh2 42. Re3 Bg7 43. b5 Rh1+ 44. Ka2 Kd6 45. b6 f5 46. Rc3 Ra1+
47. Kxa1 e4 48. Kb2 g5 49. b7 Bxc3+ 50. Kxc3 Kc7 51. Kd4 Kxb7 52. Ke5 g4 53. h4
g3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Buksa, Nataliya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rad1 Qc8 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ba6 Qc6
15. dxc5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nxc5 17. Bb5 Qb7 18. b4 a6 19. Bc4 Na4 20. Qc2 b5 21.
Bd3 h6 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Be4 Qc8 24. Qb3 Ra7 25. Rc1 Qd8 26. Rfd1 Qb6 27. a3 Bf6
28. Bb1 Rd8 29. Qc2 g6 30. Kg2 Rad7 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. h4 h5 33. Qe4 Kg7 34. Be5
Qd8 35. Rc6 Bxe5 36. Qxe5+ Qf6 37. Qxf6+ Kxf6 38. Rxa6 Nc3 39. Be4 Nxe4 40.
fxe4 Rd3 41. Kf3 Rb3 42. Ra5 Ke7 43. e5 Kd7 44. Rxb5 Rxa3 45. Rb7+ Ke8 46. Kf4
Rb3 47. Kg5 Rb2 48. f4 Rb3 49. Kf6 Rxe3 50. Re7+ Kd8 51. Rxf7 Re4 52. Kxg6 Rxb4
53. Kxh5 Ke8 54. Kg6 Rb2 55. Kf6 Rh2 56. Rh7 Rg2 57. Kxe6 Rg6+ 58. Kf5 Rb6 59.
Rg7 Rb4 60. h5 Rb6 61. Rg6 Rb2 62. h6 Kf7 63. Rg7+ Kf8 64. Ra7 Rh2 65. h7 Rh5+
66. Kg6 Rh4 67. Ra8+ Ke7 68. h8=Q Rg4+ 69. Kf5 Rg2 70. Ra7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nguyen, Quoc Hy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. h3 Bh5 10. c3 Bf8 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Bd2 Kh8 16. a5 a6 17. b4 Qd7 18. Nh4 Bf7 19. Ne4 Rad8 20. b5 axb5 21. Bxb5 Ra8
22. Qf3 Qe6 23. Ng3 Red8 24. a6 bxa6 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Bxa6 Nce7 27. Bc4 Qd6
28. Ne4 Qb6 29. g4 c6 30. g5 Ng6 31. Nxg6+ Bxg6 32. gxf6 Nxf6 33. Nxf6 gxf6 34.
Qxf6+ Bg7 35. Qf3 e4 36. Qg4 exd3 37. Re7 Qb2 38. Qg5 Rf8 39. Rxg7 Kxg7 40.
Qh6+ Kf6 41. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Nastore, Pavel Alexandru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nb3 Nxc3 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. bxc3 e5 10. e4 Be6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Bb6+ Ke8 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5
Rc8 15. Bb6 f6 16. Be2 Kf7 17. O-O Nb8 18. Rfc1 Nd7 19. Be3 Nc5 20. f3 Rhd8 21.
Rc2 b5 22. c4 Nd3 23. c5 Bc4 24. a4 Ke7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra7+ Kf8 27. h4 Nb4
28. Rb2 Nc6 29. Rb7 Nd4 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Ra2 Ra8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Bxd4 exd4
34. c6 Rc8 35. Rd7 d3 36. c7 Ke8 37. Rd4 Rxc7 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Ke3 Ke6 40. Kd2
c3+ 41. Kc1 d2+ 42. Kc2 Ke5 43. Rd5+ Kf4 44. h5 Kg3 45. h6 gxh6 46. Rd3 Kxg2
47. f4 Kf2 48. e5 fxe5 49. fxe5 Ke2 50. e6 Re7 51. Rd6 Ra7 52. Rd7 Rxd7 53.
exd7 d1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Smietanska, Wiktoria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "1593"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
a5 9. Re1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. h3 Re8 12. Nb3 Nfd7 13. Be3 b6 14. Nd4 Bb7 15.
Qc2 Ne5 16. Nd5 Ba6 17. b3 a4 18. Rad1 axb3 19. axb3 c6 20. Nb4 Bb7 21. f4 Ned7
22. Ndxc6 Qc7 23. Nd4 Nxe4 24. Nb5 Qb8 25. Nd5 Nxg3 26. Ndc7 Bxg2 27. Qxg2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Herrera Reyes, Jose Antonio"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Nd7 5. c3 e5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. c4
d4 9. e3 dxe3 10. Bxe3 Be7 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Nc3 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 a5
15. Qc2 Bc5 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Nf5 Nf8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Na4 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Bd4 21.
Rd1 Rd8 22. Bc7 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rxd1 24. Bxa5 Ne6 25. Bc3 Nd4 26. Nc5 Qe2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Antonio, Jorge Carlos"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4
fxe4 9. Nf4 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 e6 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Be3 Kh8 14. h4 Ng4 15.
a3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rad1 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 Bxg3 19. Nh3 Qxh4 20. Ne2 Nf2+ 21.
Kg1 Nxh3+ 22. Bxh3 Bxe1 23. Qb4 Bxb4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 a6 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. Bb3
Be6 9. Nf1 Bxb3 10. Qxb3 h6 11. Ng3 O-O 12. O-O Qd7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Kh7
15. Nh4 Ng8 16. Rf2 Rab8 17. Raf1 f6 18. Qd1 Qf7 19. Rf3 g6 20. R3f2 Rbe8 21.
c4 Re7 22. Nf3 Qe8 23. Ne2 Nd8 24. g4 Ne6 25. Ng3 Ref7 26. h4 Ne7 27. h5 g5 28.
b4 b5 29. Qb3 Qd7 30. Nf5 Ng7 31. Rc1 Ngxf5 32. exf5 d5 33. cxb5 axb5 34. Rfc2
c6 35. a4 bxa4 36. Qxa4 Qd6 37. Kg2 e4 38. dxe4 dxe4 39. Nd4 Nd5 40. Qb3 Nxb4
41. Rc4 c5 42. Ne6 Qd2+ 43. Kh3 Nd3 44. R4c2 Nxc1 45. Rxd2 Nxb3 46. Rd7 Kg8 47.
Nxf8 Kxf8 48. Rd8+ Kg7 49. Rb8 Nd2 50. Rc8 c4 51. Kg3 Rd7 52. Kf2 Nf3 53. Rxc4
Ne5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Nc3 g5 11. Bc1 f5 12. b3 Rf7 13. a4 a5 14. Ba3 Bf6 15. e3
h5 16. b4 axb4 17. Bxb4 h4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 hxg3 20. fxg3 c5 21. Bc3 cxd4
22. exd4 Nb6 23. a5 Bxd4+ 24. Kh1 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Nd7 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Rxf7 Kxf7
28. Nxe4 b6 29. Nd6+ Kg8 30. Qf3 Qf6 31. Qxa8 Qxa1+ 32. Kg2 Qb2+ 33. Kh3 Qh8+
34. Kg2 Qb2+ 35. Kh3 Qh8+ 36. Kg2 Qb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Kett, Timothy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Nxd5 Be6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. O-O O-O 13. e3 Ne5 14. Nd4
Bc4 15. Re1 Nd3 16. Re2 Nxc1 17. Rxc1 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Qxb2 19. Bxb7 Rad8 20. Qf1
Qxa2 21. Nc3 Qb2 22. Ba6 Rd2 23. Ne4 Rc2 24. Rb1 Qe5 25. Qd3 Rb2 26. Rxb2 Qxb2
27. Ng5 g6 28. Bc4 Qf6 29. h4 h5 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Qd7 a5 32. Ne6+ Kg8 33. Nxf8
Kxf8 34. Bd5 Kg7 35. Bc4 Bc5 36. Qd5 Bb4 37. Bb3 Bc3 38. e4 Kf8 39. f4 Kg7 40.
Qc4 Bb4 41. Kh3 Qe6+ 42. Qxe6 fxe6 43. Bxe6 Kf6 44. Bb3 Bc5 45. Kg2 Bb4 46. Kf3
Bc5 47. e5+ Ke7 48. f5 gxf5 49. Kf4 Bf2 50. Bd1 Ke6 51. Bxh5 Bd4 52. Bg6 Bxe5+
53. Kg5 Bxg3 54. Bxf5+ Ke5 55. h5 Bf4+ 56. Kg6 Be3 57. Bd7 Kd4 58. Kg7 Kc3 59.
Kg6 Kb4 60. h6 Bxh6 61. Kxh6 a4 62. Bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 Ne8 12. Ba3 c5 13. Bc1 h6 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf5
Nxf5 16. Ne4 Ra6 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. Ra3 g5 19. h3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6
22. f4 g4 23. hxg4 Qh4 24. Be2 d3 25. Rxd3 Bd4+ 26. Be3 Bg7 27. Bf2 Qe7 28. g3
Bd7 29. Ra3 Rfa8 30. Re1 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Rxa4 32. Bd3 Qf7 33. Qc2 Rb4 34. Bg6 Qf6
35. Bf5 Bxf5 36. gxf5 b5 37. cxb5 Rxb5 38. Qe4 Rb2 39. g4 Qf7 40. Qe6 Bf6 41.
Qxd6 Qg7 42. Qe6+ Kh7 43. Kf1 Qxg4 44. Qf7+ Bg7 45. Qg6+ Qxg6 46. fxg6+ Kxg6
47. Bxc5 Rd2 48. d6 Kf5 49. Re7 Bf6 50. Rf7 Ke6 51. Rh7 Rd5 52. Ba3 Rd3 53. Bc5
Rd5 54. Be3 Rxd6 55. Rxh6 Kf5 56. Ke2 Be7 57. Rh5+ Kg6 58. Rb5 Bf6 59. Kf3 Rd7
60. Rb1 Rc7 61. Rb6 Kf5 62. Rb5+ Kg6 63. Kg4 Rc4 64. Rb6 Ra4 65. Bc5 Kf7 66.
Kf5 Bd8 67. Rb7+ Ke8 68. Rh7 Rc4 69. Bd6 Ra4 70. Ke6 Re4+ 71. Be5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Simonovic, Miroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. c4 c5 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Re1 e6 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. cxd5 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 Qh4 17. Nd6 Bc6 18. Rc1 Nb4 19. Be4 Bd5 20. a3 Na6 21. Bxd5
exd5 22. Qd3 Nb8 23. Rc7 Qd8 24. Nb7 Qh4 25. Rec1 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Qe4 27. Qxe4
dxe4 28. Nd6 Na6 29. Re7 Nc5 30. b4 Ne6 31. Nxe4 Rfe8 32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Rxe8+
Rxe8 34. Nxe8 Kxe8 35. g3 Nd4 36. Kg2 Ke7 37. f4 Nb5 38. a4 Nd4 39. Rc7+ Ke6
40. Rxa7 Nc6 41. Rb7 Kd5 42. Rxb6 h5 43. a5 Nd4 44. a6 Nc6 45. b5 Na7 46. Rb7
Nc8 47. a7 Nxa7 48. Rxa7 Kc5 49. Rxf7 g5 50. fxg5 Kxb5 51. g6 h4 52. g7 Kc5 53.
g8=Q hxg3 54. Qd8 Kc6 55. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Ne4 b5
15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 h6 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Ba5 Qd7 20. exd6 e5 21.
Qc5 Rfe8 22. e4 Nf6 23. Bc3 Qe6 24. b4 Nd7 25. Qe3 a6 26. h4 Nf6 27. Qb6 Rab8
28. Qc5 Nd7 29. Qe3 Nf6 30. Rd2 Red8 31. Rad1 Bc8 32. Qc5 Re8 33. Bb2 Bd7 34.
Ra1 Ra8 35. Bc3 Qc4 36. Qxc4 bxc4 37. Ra5 Be6 38. Rxe5 Reb8 39. Ra5 Rb5 40.
Rda2 Rxa5 41. Rxa5 Nd7 42. e5 Bd5 43. Bxd5 cxd5 44. Rxd5 Rc8 45. Ra5 Rc6 46. f4
g6 47. Kf2 h5 48. Ke3 Kf8 49. Kd4 Ke8 50. Kd5 Rb6 51. Kxc4 Rc6+ 52. Kd3 Nf8 53.
Bd4 Ne6 54. Bc5 Kd7 55. Kc4 Kc8 56. Kd5 Kb7 57. Ra1 Rc8 58. Rf1 Rd8 59. f5 gxf5
60. Rxf5 Rd7 61. Be3 Nc7+ 62. Ke4 Ne6 63. Rxh5 Kc6 64. Rf5 Kb5 65. Bd2 Kc4 66.
h5 a5 67. bxa5 Nc5+ 68. Kf3 Rb7 69. h6 Rb3+ 70. Kg4 Ne4 71. Rf4 Kd5 72. Rxe4
Kxe4 73. h7 Rb8 74. Bg5 Rh8 75. d7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Estrada Nieto, Julian"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 c5 14. Bc3 Nc6
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxf6 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 gxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Rd7 f5 20. Nc3 b6 21.
a3 Bf6 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nbd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Nf3 e5 27. c3
e4 28. Nd4 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Rxd4 30. Kc2 Kg7 31. Rh3 Kf6 32. Rc3 Rd6 33. Rc7 f4
34. Rc8 Kg5 35. Re8 f5 36. Re5 f3 37. g3 Kg4 38. b4 Rf6 39. Kd2 Kxh5 40. Ke3
Kg4 41. a4 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Le, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Ne4 f5 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nb5 Ng6 8. b3
a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. exd6 Qb6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. h4 Qxd6 13. h5 Ne7 14. h6 g6 15.
Bg7 Rf7 16. Ng5 Rxg7 17. hxg7 Qe5+ 18. Be2 h5 19. Kf1 f4 20. Nf3 Qxg7 21. d4
cxd4 22. Qxd4 Nbc6 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rd1 d5 25. c4 Kf6 26. Rh4 Nf5 27. Rxf4 e5
28. Rxf5+ Bxf5 29. Rxd5 Be6 30. Rd6 Ke7 31. Rd2 Rf8 32. Ke1 Bg4 33. Nh4 Bf5 34.
Nxf5+ gxf5 35. Bxh5 Rh8 36. Bd1 Rh1+ 37. Ke2 Ke6 38. g3 Nd4+ 39. Kd3 a5 40. Kc3
b6 41. a3 Rh8 42. Rd3 Nc6 43. Rd2 e4 44. b4 axb4+ 45. axb4 Ra8 46. Bb3 Ke7 47.
Rd5 Rf8 48. Rb5 f4 49. Rxb6 fxg3 50. fxg3 Rf3+ 51. Kb2 Nd4 52. Bd1 Rd3 53. Bg4
Rxg3 54. Bh5 e3 55. c5 e2 56. Bxe2 Nxe2 57. Rd6 Nf4 58. Rd4 Ne6 59. Rd5 Nc7 60.
Rd2 Nb5 61. Rd5 Ke6 62. Rd2 Ke5 63. Rd8 Nd4 64. Ka2 Nc6 65. Rd6 Nxb4+ 66. Kb2
Nd3+ 67. Kc2 Nxc5 68. Rd8 Ne6 69. Re8 Kd5 70. Kb2 Nc5 71. Rd8+ Kc4 72. Kc2 Rg2+
73. Kd1 Ne4 74. Rc8+ Kd4 75. Rd8+ Ke3 76. Kc1 Rh2 77. Rd7 Nc5 78. Rd8 Nd3+ 79.
Kb1 Rb2+ 80. Ka1 Rb7 81. Rh8 Kd2 82. Ka2 Kc3 83. Rh3 Ra7+ 84. Kb1 Ra8 85. Rg3
Rf8 86. Rh3 Rf2 87. Rg3 Rh2 88. Ka1 Kc2 89. Ka2 Rh4 90. Ka3 Kc3 91. Rg1 Rh8 92.
Ka4 Rb8 93. Rd1 Nb2+ 94. Ka5 Nxd1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Hoffmann, Asa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
e5 9. h3 Qc7 10. a4 a5 11. Bc4 Ba6 12. Ba2 O-O 13. Be3 Rfe8 14. Ng5 Rf8 15. d5
c5 16. g4 c4 17. f3 Rab8 18. h4 h5 19. gxh5 Nxh5 20. Qg2 Ndf6 21. Rg1 b5 22.
axb5 Bxb5 23. Kd2 Bd7 24. Rab1 Rb7 25. Qe2 Rc8 26. Rg2 g6 27. Kc1 Kf8 28. Qd2
Ke8 29. Ne2 Rcb8 30. Qc3 Rb4 31. Kd2 Qb7 32. Bxc4 Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Qxb2 34. Qxb2
Rxb2 35. Rg1 a4 36. Ra1 Bd8 37. Kc1 Rb8 38. Bd3 Bb6 39. Bxb6 Rxb6 40. c4 Ke7
41. Kc2 Ne8 42. Nc3 Nc7 43. Nxa4 Bxa4+ 44. Rxa4 Na6 45. Kc3 Nc5 46. Ra7+ Ke8
47. Bc2 f6 48. Ne6 Nxe6 49. dxe6 Nf4 50. Ba4+ 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 b4 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. Ne4 c5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. dxc5 Qa5 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. Bb5 a6 20. Bxa6 Rxc5 21.
Nb3 Bxb3 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. axb3 Rd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bxb2 26. g3 g6 27.
Bc4 Bf6 28. Qf3 Kg7 29. h4 h5 30. Kg2 Qc7 31. Qe4 Qe5 32. Qxe5 Bxe5 33. Bd3 Bc3
34. Bc4 Bb2 35. Bd3 Bc3 36. Bc4 Bb2 37. Bd3 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. g4 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
Ne4 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 b6 11. g5 hxg5 12. h4 g4 13. Ng5 f5 14. Bg2 bxc5 15.
O-O-O Nxg5 16. hxg5 Qxg5+ 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. cxd5 Nb6 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxa8 Rxa8
21. Qd2 Qg6 22. Qd6 f4+ 23. Ka1 Rf8 24. Qe5 g3 25. fxg3 Nc4 26. Qh5 Qxh5 27.
Rxh5 Ne3 28. Rg1 Bf5 29. b3 fxg3 30. Rxg3 Bg4 31. Rxc5 Rf1+ 32. Kb2 Nd1+ 33.
Ka3 Nxc3 34. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3
Bd6 9. Bd3 c6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb3 Rfb8 14. a4 a5 15.
Rfc1 g6 16. Nd2 Ne8 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. Nf4 Nd6 19. Qa3 Bf5 20. Rab1 Bxd3 21. Nxd3
Nf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Rc2 Nfe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Nd3 Nd6 27. h4 Kg7
28. g3 Nc4 29. Re1 h5 30. b3 Nd6 31. Rb1 Kf6 32. Nc5 Kg7 33. Rc3 Ne4 34. Nxe4
Rxe4 35. b4 axb4 36. Rxb4 Re7 37. Rcb3 Ra7 38. a5 Rxa5 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Rxb7
c5 41. dxc5 Rxc5 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. Rd7 Ke6 44. Rd8 Rc2 45. Kf3 Ra2 46. Re8+ Kf6
47. Rb8 Ke6 48. Rb6+ Ke7 49. Rb4 Ke6 50. Rb6+ Ke7 51. Rb4 Ke6 52. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3 c6 14. Qc2 a5 15.
Rad1 Qc7 16. Qd2 a4 17. Nde2 Be6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Ra5 20. Rc1 Bf8 21. Rd4
Raa8 22. g4 Nf6 23. f4 Nfd7 24. Nd1 f6 25. Nf2 Bf7 26. h4 h6 27. Ng3 g5 28.
hxg5 hxg5 29. fxg5 fxg5 30. Bxg5 Ne5 31. Be3 Red8 32. Nf5 Rxd4 33. Bxd4 Re8 34.
Rc3 Ng6 35. b3 Nf4 36. Bf1 Nce6 37. Be3 a3 38. e5 Rd8 39. Ne4 Rd1 40. Nf6+ Kh8
41. Rc2 Nh3+ 42. Kg2 Neg5 43. Rc1 Rd8 44. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
g3 O-O 9. Bg2 f5 10. d3 Kh8 11. O-O Rb8 12. Bb2 Qe8 13. Nd2 b6 14. e3 Bb7 15.
Rae1 Na5 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. f4 exf4 18. exf4 Qh5 19. Nf3 Rbb8 20. c4 Rfe8 21.
Qc3 Bf8 22. Kg2 c5 23. Ne5 Rbd8 24. h3 Kg8 25. Qc2 Qh6 26. Qa4 Rc8 27. Qd7 Qe6
28. Qxa7 Red8 29. Qa6 Nc6 30. Qxb6 Rb8 31. Qxc6 Rxb2+ 32. Rf2 Qxc6+ 33. Nxc6
Rxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Rxd3 35. Ra1 Rd6 36. Ne5 Ra6 37. a4 Bd6 38. Kf3 Kf8 39. g4 fxg4+
40. Nxg4 Kf7 41. Ke4 Bc7 42. Ne5+ Ke6 43. f5+ Ke7 44. a5 Kf6 45. Nd7+ Kf7 46.
Rb1 Ke7 47. Nxc5 Rxa5 48. Nd3 g6 49. fxg6 hxg6 50. c5 Ke6 51. Rg1 Ra4+ 52. Ke3
Kf5 53. Rf1+ Ke6 54. Rg1 Kf5 55. Rb1 Re4+ 56. Kf3 Rh4 57. Rf1 Ke6 58. Kg2 g5
59. Re1+ Kd7 60. Nf2 Kc6 61. Rc1 Rd4 62. Rc2 Ba5 63. Kf3 Rf4+ 64. Ke3 Rh4 65.
Kf3 Bb4 66. Ne4 Rxh3+ 67. Kg2 g4 68. Nf2 Rc3 69. Rxc3 Bxc3 70. Nxg4 Kxc5 71.
Nf6 Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Nd5 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Qd2 Bxa3 11. Qxc3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. d5
e5 15. O-O a5 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. b3 Qb6 18. Ra2 Rfc8 19. e4 Rc5 20. Rfa1 Qd8 21.
b4 axb4 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Qxb4 h6 24. Ra6 Nf6 25. Bf1 Kh7 26. Ra7 Rc8 27. Rxf7
Rb8 28. Qa3 Rb7 29. Rxb7 Bxb7 30. Nc4 Ne8 31. Qa7 Qc7 32. Na5 Bc8 33. Qxc7 Nxc7
34. Nc4 Ne8 35. Nb6 Bg4 36. f3 Bh5 37. Nc8 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 c6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bf4
g6 9. e3 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. g4 Be6 13. Bd3 Qxb3 14. Nxb3 a5 15.
Nd2 a4 16. a3 b5 17. f3 Nb6 18. Ke2 Ra7 19. Bc2 Rfa8 20. Rhc1 b4 21. axb4 Bxb4
22. Bd3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. e4 a3 25. bxa3 Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Rxa3 27. Ndb1 Rb3
28. Bh6 Ne8 29. Rc2 f5 30. Bd2 fxe4 31. fxe4 h5 32. Ra2 hxg4 33. hxg4 Bxg4+ 34.
Ke3 Bf8 35. Kf4 Be6 36. Kg5 Kf7 37. Kh4 Nd6 38. Ra7+ Rb7 39. Ra6 Nb5 40. d5
cxd5 41. exd5 Bf5 42. Nxb5 Be7+ 43. Bg5 Bxg5+ 44. Kxg5 Rxb5 45. Ra7+ Ke8 46.
Nc3 Rb3 47. Ne2 Rb2 48. Nf4 c3 49. Rc7 c2 50. Nxg6 Kd8 51. d6 Bxg6 52. Kxg6 Rb6
53. Rxc2 Rxd6+ 54. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Nc3 g6 5. d5 Bg7 6. Nd4 Bd7 7. e4 e5 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 b6 12. b3 a6 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. h3 Nf7 15. Qd2
c5 16. Nf3 h6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qc2 g5 19. Rcd1 Qe7 20. Ne4 Bc6 21. Bd3 Nh5 22.
g3 Rad8 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Nfd2 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Bc2 Qb7 27. f3 Rfd8 28. Bf2
e4 29. fxe4 e5 30. Nf3 Nxe4 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Be1 Rf6 33. Qd3 Rd6 34. Qe3 Rd8
35. h4 g4 36. Nxe5 Bxe5 37. Qxh6 Bd4+ 38. Kh2 Bg7 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Rf7 Rd6 41.
Qf5 Rf6 42. Qh5+ Rh6 43. Rxb7 Rxh5 44. Rb8+ Kh7 45. Rxb6 Ba8 46. Rxa6 Bb7 47.
Ra7 Bc6 48. Ra6 Bb7 49. Ra7 Bc6 50. Ra6 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. O-O-O c6 14. Qc3
f6 15. f4 Nf7 16. d6 exd6 17. h4 Qb6 18. Qg3 d5 19. exd5 Rad8 20. h5 Qc5+ 21.
Kb1 Rxd5 22. Rc1 Qd4 23. Bc4 Rc5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rhd1 Rxc4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27.
Rg1 Nh8 28. f5 g5 29. f4 Nf7 30. fxg5 fxg5 31. Qc7 g4 32. Qxb7 Rfd8 33. Qxc6
R8d6 34. Qf3 Ne5 35. Qe3 Kf6 36. Qh6+ Kxf5 37. Qf8+ Kg5 38. Qe7+ Kf4 39. Qf8+
Kg5 40. Qg8+ Kf4 41. Qb3 Rd3 42. Qb4+ R3d4 43. Qb3 Nf3 44. Rf1 Kg3 45. Qe3 Rd3
46. Qf2+ Kf4 47. Qxa7 Rd1+ 48. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 49. Kc2 Rd2+ 50. Kc3 g3 51. Qf7+ Ke3
52. Qe7+ Kf2 53. Qc5+ Rd4 54. Qf5 g2 55. Qc2+ Rd2 56. Qg6 g1=Q 57. Qxg1+ Kxg1
58. a4 Rd8 59. a5 Ne5 60. b4 Nc6 61. a6 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. g4 exf4 10. Bxf4 d5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Qxd5 Bh4+ 13. Ke2 Nc6 14. Bg2 Ncxe5
15. Raf1 Ng6 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Kd1 b5 18. Qh5 Nde5 19. Kc1 Nc4 20. Be4 Be6 21.
Rd1 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Bg5 23. h4 Bf6 24. Nf3 Qa5 25. Ng5 Rfc8 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27.
Nxe6+ fxe6 28. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. O-O-O c6 14. Qc3
f6 15. f4 Nf7 16. d6 exd6 17. h4 Qb6 18. Qg3 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. h5 Rac8+ 21.
Kb1 Rfe8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Bd3 f5 24. Rdg1 Qf6 25. Qf3 Rh8 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27.
Qxd5 Rd8 28. Qxf5 Qxf5 29. Bxf5 Rd6 30. Be4 b6 31. Kc2 Rf6 32. Kd3 Nd6 33. Rg5
Kf7 34. Rd5 Ke7 35. Re5+ Kd7 36. Ke2 Rxf4 37. Bxg6 Nc4 38. Rb5 Kc6 39. Rb3 a5
40. Bd3 Ne5 41. Ba6 Rh4 42. Rc3+ Kd6 43. a3 Nc6 44. Rg3 Nd4+ 45. Kd2 b5 46. Bc8
Rh8 47. Bg4 Rf8 48. Rd3 Ke5 49. Ke3 Nc2+ 50. Ke2 Nd4+ 51. Kf1 b4 52. axb4 axb4
53. Bd1 Ra8 54. Kg2 Ra2 55. Re3+ Kf4 56. Bf3 Kf5 57. b3 Ra5 58. Be2 Re5 59. Bc4
Rxe3 60. fxe3 Nc6 61. Bd3+ Ke5 62. Kf3 Na5 63. Bc2 Nb7 64. Bh7 Nc5 65. Bg8 Nd3
66. Bh7 Nc5 67. Bc2 Nb7 68. Ke2 Nc5 69. Kd2 Kd5 70. Ke1 Ke5 71. Ke2 Kd5 72. Kf3
Ke5 73. Kf2 Kd5 74. Kg2 Ke5 75. Kf3 Ne6 76. Bd3 Nc5 77. Bc4 Ne4 78. Ke2 Nc5 79.
Kf3 Ne4 80. Bg8 Nf6 81. Bf7 Ne4 82. Ke2 Nc5 83. Bg8 Ke4 84. Bh7+ Ke5 85. Bc2
Kd5 86. Kf2 Ke5 87. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Na3 Rhd8 14. e3
Ke8 15. Ke2 g6 16. Nc4 b5 17. Bxc6+ Rxc6 18. Ne5 Rcd6 19. Rhd1 Nd5 20. a4 f6
21. Nf3 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rb6 23. Rxa7 Rxb3 24. Ba3 e5 25. Rc1 Nb4 26. Bxb4 Rxb4
27. Rc2 Rdb8 28. Ne1 Rb2 29. Ra2 Rxa2 30. Rxa2 c4 31. Rc2 Rc8 32. e4 Bd8 33.
Ra2 c3 34. dxc3 Rxc3 35. Nc2 f5 36. exf5 gxf5 37. Nb4 Rc4 38. Nd5 Rc5 39. Ne3
f4 40. Nf5 fxg3 41. hxg3 Rc6 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. Ke4 Ke6 44. Ra4 Bb6 45. Ra6 Rc4+
46. Kd3 Rb4 47. Ne3 Kf7 48. Nd5 Rd4+ 49. Ke2 Rxd5 50. Rxb6 Ra5 51. Kf3 Ra2 52.
Rh6 Kg7 53. Re6 Ra5 54. Ke4 Ra2 55. f3 Re2+ 56. Kd3 Re1 57. Kd2 Rg1 58. g4 h5
59. gxh5 Rg5 60. h6+ Kh7 61. Kd3 Rf5 62. Ke3 Rf7 63. Ra6 Rf4 64. Re6 Rf7 65.
Kf2 e4 66. Rxe4 Kxh6 67. Rg4 Ra7 68. Kg3 Ra3 69. Rg8 Kh7 70. Rg5 Kh6 71. Rg4
Rb3 72. Kg2 Ra3 73. Rg8 Kh7 74. Rg5 Kh6 75. f4 Rb3 76. Kf2 Ra3 77. Rg8 Rb3 78.
Ke2 Ra3 79. Rg1 Rb3 80. f5 Rb5 81. f6 Re5+ 82. Kd3 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Bc4 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. c3 Qc6 17. Ne1 Bd8 18. Nd3 b5 19. f3 a5 20. a3 Rc7 21. Rad1
Rcf7 22. Kh1 g5 23. Nf2 h5 24. Rd3 Be7 25. g4 hxg4 26. Nxg4 Rh7 27. Kg2 Qe8 28.
h3 Qh5 29. Rh1 Qe8 30. Nf2 Kh8 31. Ra1 Qc6 32. Ng4 Kg7 33. Rd2 Rfh8 34. Rh1 Bd8
35. Qd1 Bc7 36. Rd3 Kg6 37. Qd2 a4 38. Rd1 Rxh3 39. Rxd6 Bxd6 40. Qxd6 Qxd6 41.
Rxd6 Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kf8 43. Rb7 Rh1 44. Rxb5 Rd1 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. Rb7+ Kf8 47.
Rb8+ Kg7 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5
c5 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Ndf3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nb3 Bxg2 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Kxg2
Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rc1 Nd5 20. Bd2
Kf8 21. f4 f5 22. Kf3 Kf7 23. Rc2 Nf6 24. Nc1 Rd7 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. Bb4 Rc7 27.
Rxc7+ Bxc7 28. Bc3 Nd7 29. a4 a6 30. e4 g6 31. Bd4 Bd6 32. Ke3 Ke8 33. b3 Kd8
34. Kf3 Kc7 35. g4 Kc6 36. gxf5 exf5 37. h3 Nf8 38. Be5 Ne6 39. Bxd6 Kxd6 40.
b4 Nd4+ 41. Ke3 Nc2+ 42. Kf3 Nd4+ 43. Ke3 Nc2+ 44. Kf3 Nd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Nd2
Bf5 15. Qe3 Nd6 16. Qg3 Bh4 17. Qf3 Bg5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qxf5 Bxd2 20. Rd1 g6
21. Qe5 Bf4 22. Qxd6 Bxd6 23. Re1 Kf8 24. g3 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. Bg2 c6 27.
Kf1 Ke7 28. Ke2 f5 29. Kd3 Ke6 30. b3 Be7 31. h3 Bd6 32. c4 b6 33. cxd5+ cxd5
34. g4 fxg4 35. hxg4 g5 36. Bf3 a5 37. a4 h6 38. Bg2 Bf4 39. Bf3 Bd6 40. Bg2
Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15.
c4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qe7 18. f3 Nh5 19. Nf1 Ngf4 20. Ra2 Rg6 21. Kh1
Qe6 22. g4 Nf6 23. Kh2 h5 24. Ne3 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rh6+ 26. Kg1 Rh3 27. Rh2 Nd7
28. Nd5 Rxh2 29. Kxh2 Nxd5 30. cxd5 Qe7 31. Kg2 Ne5 32. Rh1 Ng6 33. Qd2 f6 34.
Rc1 Rd8 35. Bf2 Kf7 36. Bg3 Rd7 37. Qd4 b6 38. Qd3 Ne5 39. Qxa6 Nxg4 40. fxg4
Qxe4+ 41. Kh2 Rd8 42. Rxc7+ Kg6 43. Kg1 Rh8 44. Kf2 Qd4+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c4 6. Bc2 d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Na3
g6 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Bg7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Nxb6 Qxb6
15. d4 Qc7 16. Re1 b5 17. Bg5 e6 18. Be4 Bb7 19. Qd3 f5 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. h4 a5
22. c4 bxc4 23. bxc4 a4 24. c5 Qd5 25. Ra3 Bc6 26. Qe3 Rfe8 27. Bh6 Bf6 28. Bg5
Bg7 29. Bh6 Bf6 30. Bg5 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bg4 9. c3 Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O-O 11. h3 Bd7 12. Re1 Ne8 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Bf1 f6
15. Be3 Nd6 16. Nxd6+ Rxd6 17. b4 Kb8 18. Nd2 Nd8 19. Nb3 Nf7 20. Nc5 Bc8 21.
h4 Bh6 22. f4 Rdd8 23. a4 Rhe8 24. a5 Nd6 25. Rad1 b6 26. axb6 cxb6 27. Na6+
Bxa6 28. Bxa6 Nxe4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. Rxe4 Re8 32. Bb5 Re7 33.
fxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 fxe5 35. Bc4 Bd2 36. Bg8 h6 37. c4 Bxb4 38. Bh7 g5 39. hxg5
hxg5 40. Kf2 Kc7 41. Kf3 Kd6 42. Ke4 Be1 43. g4 Bd2 44. Bg8 Bf4 45. Bf7 Kc5 46.
Bg8 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Be2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. c4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Be5 Qd7 15.
Qb3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Qe8 17. c5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Bc6 19. Qa3 Ba4 20. Nb3 Ne4 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Nfd4 Nxd4 23. exd4 e5 24. Qb2 f6 25. Re1 Bxb3 26. axb3 exd4 27. Qxd4
Qe5 28. Qxe5 fxe5 29. b4 Rc7 30. Bd3 Rb8 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Rc4 Rcb7 33. Ra1
Rxb4 34. Rxb4 Rxb4 35. Rxa7+ Kf6 36. Kf1 h5 37. c6 Rc4 38. c7 h4 39. Ra4 Rxc7
40. Rxe4 g5 41. h3 Kf5 42. f3 Rc1+ 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 Ra1 46.
Rb4 Re1 47. Rc4 e4 48. fxe4+ Rxe4 49. Rc5+ Kg6 50. Rc6+ Kf5 51. Rc5+ Kg6 52.
Rc6+ Kf5 53. Rc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Bd2
Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Bd3 Qb8 14. O-O Bd6
15. f4 a6 16. a4 Rc8 17. Rac1 Rc6 18. a5 Qa7 19. Na4 Rac8 20. Rc3 Qb8 21. Rfc1
Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 g5 24. Qc1 gxf4 25. exf4 g5 26. g3 Qa7 27. Nb6 Nxb6
28. fxg5 Nbd7 29. Bc3 Ne8 30. g6 fxg6 31. Bxg6 Ng7 32. Qg5 Qb8 33. Kg2 Nf8 34.
Bd3 Qc7 35. h4 Qe7 36. Qxe7 Bxe7 37. Kh3 Nf5 38. Kg4 Bd6 39. Bxf5 exf5+ 40.
Kxf5 Bxg3 41. h5 Kf7 42. h6 Bd6 43. Bd2 Bc7 44. Bb4 Ne6 45. Bc3 Nd8 46. b4 Bd6
47. h7 Kg7 48. Bd2 Kxh7 49. Bg5 Nc6 50. Ke6 Bxb4 51. Kxd5 Bxa5 52. Kc5 Kg6 53.
Bh4 Kf7 54. d5 Ne7 55. Bg5 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6
Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qb5 Ne8 17. Qd3 Nd6 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Be1 Qd7 20. Rac1 h5
21. Rc2 Rc7 22. Rdc1 Rfc8 23. e3 g6 24. Ne2 Kg7 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27.
h4 Nfe4 28. Qd1 Nf6 29. Nf4 Nf5 30. Nd3 Bd6 31. Qc1 Qd7 32. Qc2 Qb7 33. Bf3 Qb8
34. Qe2 Qc7 35. Kg2 Qc4 36. b3 Qc7 37. Qd2 a5 38. Qc3 Qd7 39. a4 Ne7 40. Qc2
Nc6 41. Be2 Ne4 42. Bf3 Nf6 43. Be2 Ne4 44. Bf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Na3 Bf6 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Rfd1 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 Qe7 16. Nc4 Nb4 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Nxd6 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rab8 20. a3 Nc6
21. Rd3 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Ne5 23. R3d2 Kf8 24. h3 Rd7 25. f4 Nc6 26. Rd3 b6 27. Nb5
Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Ke7 29. Kf2 Rc8 30. Ke3 a6 31. Nd6 Rd8 32. Ne4 Rxd3+ 33. Kxd3 f5
34. Ng5 h6 35. Nf3 Kd6 36. e4 Ne7 37. Ne5 b5 38. Kd4 fxe4 39. Kxe4 Nd5 40. Kd4
Nf6 41. Nd3 Nd7 42. b4 Nb8 43. Nc5 h5 44. Ke4 g6 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Ke7 47.
Nd3 Nd7 48. Ne5 Nf6+ 49. Kf3 Nd5 50. Nxg6+ Kf6 51. Ne5 Nc3 52. g5+ Kg7 53. Nc6
Kf7 54. Kg4 Nd5 55. Ne5+ Kg7 56. Nc6 Ne3+ 57. Kf3 Nc2 58. Nd8 e5 59. f5 Nxa3
60. Nc6 Nc4 61. Ke4 Kh7 62. Nxe5 Nd6+ 63. Kf4 Nb7 64. g6+ Kh6 65. Nf7+ Kg7 66.
Kg5 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 a5 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bg2 Ng4 15.
e3 h5 16. Nd2 h4 17. h3 Nf6 18. gxh4 Ne4 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. Be1 Be8 21. Ne5 Bxh4
22. f3 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Nd6 24. f4 Rf6 25. Rac1 Nf7 26. Nf3 b5 27. Kh2 a4 28. Rg1
axb3 29. axb3 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rg6 31. c5 Ra3 32. Qf2 Qa8 33. Rc2 Bd7 34. Rb2 Qd8
35. Rgb1 Ra8 36. Rb7 Rh6 37. Qb2 Kf8 38. Ra1 Rxa1 39. Qxa1 Rh8 40. Qa7 Ke7 41.
Rc7 Ke8 42. Rb7 Ke7 43. Bf1 g6 44. Bb5 cxb5 45. c6 Kf6 46. Rxd7 Qf8 47. Ne5 Nh6
48. Rf7+ Qxf7 49. Nxf7 Nxf7 50. Qd7 Rd8 51. Qxd8+ Nxd8 52. c7 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 d6 6. c3 Nxe4 7. d4 f5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Be6 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Qa4 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Nc4
O-O-O 15. Bg5 Rd7 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. Nxe5 Rxd1 18. Qxd1 Ne7 19. Nd3 Qd6 20. Qe2
Ng6 21. Qe8+ Kc7 22. Nf4 Qd7 23. Nxg6 Qxe8 24. Rxe8 hxg6 25. Be7 Bxe7 26. Rxh8
c4 27. Kf1 b5 28. Ke2 a5 29. Re8 Bf6 30. Re6 Kb7 31. Kd2 a4 32. a3 Kc7 33. h4
Kb7 34. Ke3 Kc7 35. f3 b4 36. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.27"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qd3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
Ba6 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Nc3 c5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf4 Bf6 14. e3 Bb7 15.
h4 h6 16. h5 Nf8 17. dxc5 Rc8 18. Qa4 bxc5 19. Qxa7 Re7 20. Qa3 Ne6 21. Be5
Bxe5 22. Nxe5 d4 23. e4 Ng5 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.27"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. e3 Qf6 5. Nb5 Qd8 6. d3 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Nd4
Bb4 9. Qb3 Nxd4 10. exd4 Qe7 11. dxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Be3 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 d5 14. f3
Qe7 15. c5 O-O 16. O-O-O Re8 17. Re1 Bf5 18. g4 Bg6 19. h4 h5 20. g5 Nd7 21.
Bh3 Nf8 22. Bd2 Qd8 23. b3 b6 24. Kb2 a5 25. a4 Ne6 26. Re5 bxc5 27. dxc5 Rb8
28. Rhe1 Rb4 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 d4 32. Qc1 Rxb3+ 33. Kxb3
Qd5+ 34. Ka3 Qxe6 35. Qb2 Qe5 36. Bxa5 Qxc5+ 37. Bb4 Qe5 38. Qc1 Qd5 39. Qxc7
Qxf3+ 40. Kb2 Qf2+ 41. Ka3 Qxh4 42. a5 Qh3+ 43. Kb2 Qg2+ 44. Ka3 Qf3+ 45. Kb2
Qe2+ 46. Kc1 h4 47. a6 Qxa6 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qxd4 Qf1+ 50. Kd2 Qg2+ 51. Ke1
Qg3+ 52. Qf2 Qe5+ 53. Qe2 Qxg5 54. Be7 Qg3+ 55. Qf2 Qe5+ 56. Qe2 Qc3+ 57. Qd2
Qf3 58. Qf2 Qe4+ 59. Qe2 Qb7 60. Kf2 h3 61. Kg3 Qh1 62. Bc5 Qd5 63. Be3 Qe6 64.
Qf2 Bf5 65. Kh2 Qe4 66. Bf4 Be6 67. Qh4+ Kg8 68. Qf2 Kh7 69. Qh4+ Kg6 70. Qg3+
Kf7 71. Qf2 Ke8 72. Bg3 g5 73. Qb2 Kf7 74. Qf2+ Kg6 75. Qf1 Bd7 76. Qf2 Bc6 77.
Kxh3 Qh1+ 78. Bh2 Bd7+ 79. Kg3 Qe4 80. Qf3 Qe1+ 81. Kg2 Qd2+ 82. Kg1 Qc1+ 83.
Qf1 Qe3+ 84. Qf2 Qc1+ 85. Qf1 Qe3+ 86. Qf2 Qe4 87. Qg2 Qd3 88. Bg3 Be6 89. Be1
Bd5 90. Qg3 Qe4 91. Bd2 Qd4+ 92. Be3 Qd1+ 93. Kf2 Qc2+ 94. Ke1 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.27"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
Bd2 b6 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. Nb5 c5 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bc3 Nbd7 14. O-O
Ne5 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxd7 Nexd7 17. Ng3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Rc2 Rd8 20. Rd2
Nf8 21. Qf3 Qe6 22. h3 Ng6 23. Rfd1 h6 24. Qg3 Rd7 25. b3 Kh7 26. Bb2 f5 27.
Kh2 f4 28. exf4 Rxf4 29. Qe3 Qc6 30. Qd3 d4 31. Rc1 Qd6 32. Kg1 Rdf7 33. Ba3
R4f5 34. Rdc2 Nf4 35. Qe4 Qg6 36. Kh1 Rg5 37. Qxg6+ Rxg6 38. f3 d3 39. Rf2 Re7
40. Bxc5 Re2 41. Rd1 Rc6 42. Bxa7 Ra6 43. Bd4 Raxa2 44. Kg1 Ne6 45. Bb6 Ra6 46.
Rxd3 Re1+ 47. Kh2 Rxb6 48. Rc2 Rb1 49. h4 Kg6 50. Rcc3 Rb2 51. Kg3 Kf6 52. Re3
g5 53. hxg5+ hxg5 54. Rc8 Nf4 55. Rf8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 a6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Re8 13. g4 Bf8 14. g5 Nfd7 15. h4
Nc6 16. b3 Rad8 17. h5 Qb8 18. g6 hxg6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Bg5 Nf6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6
22. Re3 Rd7 23. Rg3 Nh5 24. Rg4 Rf7 25. Be3 Qb7 26. Qd3 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28.
Rxg6 b4 29. Ne2 e5 30. Rg5 Nf4 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Nd4 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Qxe4 34.
Qxe4 Rxe4 35. Nf3 Be7 36. Rb5 Bf6 37. Rc6 Ra7 38. Rc2 Kf7 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. Kh3
d5 41. Kg4 Ra6 42. Rd2 Rd6 43. Rb8 Ra6 44. Rb5 Rd6 45. Rb8 Ra6 46. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Ba4 O-O 7. c3 Nxf3+ 8.
Nxf3 d5 9. Qe2 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Be3 Nxe4 14. Bxc5
Nxc5 15. Qxe5 Re8 16. Rfe1 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Nc4 Rd8 20. Red1
Rde8 21. Kf1 g6 22. Rd2 Kg7 23. Rad1 h5 24. Ne3 Ne4 25. Rd3 Rb6 26. Nc4 Rc6 27.
Ne3 Ra6 28. a3 Rf6 29. f3 Nc5 30. Rd5 Na4 31. Nc4 Rc6 32. R1d4 Rce6 33. Rd2 a6
34. Kf2 R8e7 35. h4 b6 36. g3 Nc5 37. Rd8 Nb3 38. Rc2 b5 39. Nd2 Re2+ 40. Kf1
Re1+ 41. Kg2 R7e2+ 42. Kh3 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. b3 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O
9. O-O d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Qc2 a6 12. Rfe1 Nbd7 13. e4 e6 14. dxe6 Rxe6 15. Ng5
Re7 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nh3 Rae8 18. Nf4 Bh6 19. Qc3 b4 20. Qd3 Bg7 21. f3 Ne5 22.
Qc2 g5 23. Nd3 Nc6 24. Nf1 Nd4 25. Qf2 g4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Nd2 a5 28. Re2 gxf3
29. Bxf3 Bc8 30. Nf4 Qc5 31. Rf1 Bh6 32. Kh1 Kh8 33. Nd3 Qa7 34. Nf4 Ng4 35.
Bxg4 Bxg4 36. Ree1 f5 37. exf5 Re3 38. f6 Qf7 39. Nd5 Re2 40. Rxe2 Rxe2 41.
Qxd4 Bh3 42. Qh4 Bg2+ 43. Kg1 Bxd2 44. Rf2 Qa7 45. g4 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb2
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. c4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Kf2 Qe7 15.
Qd2 Na6 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Bb1 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Rad8 19. Qe2 Nd5 20. e4 Nf4 21. Qe3
Bb5 22. Qxf4 Bxc4 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Bxg7 Qd2+ 25. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 26. Kg3 Re6 27. Bc3
Rg6+ 28. Kh4 Rdxg2 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Nxg6+ hxg6 31. Kh3 Rg5 32. Kh4 Rg2 33. Kh3
Rg5 34. Kh4 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. a5 Rac8 14. Bd2 Rfd8
15. Be1 Bd6 16. g3 b5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Ba6 Rc7 19. Bf1 b5 20. Bg2 b4 21. Na4
c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxb4 Nxa4 24. Qxa4 Bxb4 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxb4 Rc8 27. h4
Nd5 28. Qd4 Rb8 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. b4 Qe7 31. Qc5 Qb7 32. Rb1 Rc8 33. Qd6 Qb5
34. Qe5 Rc4 35. Qb2 f6 36. Qa3 Kh7 37. Qa5 Qxa5 38. bxa5 Ra4 39. Rb5 d4 40.
exd4 Rxd4 41. a6 Ra4 42. Rb6 Kh6 43. Kf1 Ra2 44. g4 Ra4 45. f3 Ra2 46. Ke1 g5
47. h5 Kh7 48. Kd1 Kh6 49. Kc1 Kh7 50. Kb1 Ra3 51. Kb2 Ra5 52. Kb3 Ra1 53. Kb4
Rb1+ 54. Kc5 Rc1+ 55. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 Bc5 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. d3
exd3 9. Qxd3 Nf6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Nce2 Bb6 13. Qc2 Na6 14. Bd2 Qc5
15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 18. Nf5 Qc7 19. g4 Bg6 20. Neg3 Nc5 21. Qc4
Ne6 22. Bc3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Qa4 Nc5 25. Qc2 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qd8 27. Qxd8+
Bxd8 28. Bd4 Bb6 29. Nd6 Nfd7 30. b4 Nd3 31. Bc3 Nc1 32. Bd2 Nxa2 33. Nxb7 c5
34. bxc5 Nxc5 35. Na5 Nc1 36. Nf5 Bxf5 37. gxf5 N1b3 38. Nxb3 Nxb3 39. Bc3 a5
40. Bd5 Nc5 41. Kf1 Bd8 42. Ke2 g6 43. fxg6 hxg6 44. f4 Kf8 45. e4 Ne6 46. Kf3
a4 47. f5 gxf5 48. exf5 Ng5+ 49. Kg4 Nh7 50. h4 Nf6+ 51. Bxf6 Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
cxd5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd5 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. a3 Rac8 14. Rc1
Qa2 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Ra1 Qd5 17. Rb1 Na5 18. e4 Qa2 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 Nc4
21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxb7 Bc6 23. Rxe7 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Bh6 Re8 26. Rxa7
Rdxe4 27. h3 Ra4 28. Rc7 Bd5 29. Rd1 Be6 30. Rd3 Rh4 31. Bg5 Ra4 32. Be7 h6 33.
Bb4 g5 34. Kh2 Kg7 35. f4 Kg6 36. Rc5 Rc8 37. f5+ Bxf5 38. Rd6+ f6 39. g4 Rxc5
40. Bxc5 Be4 41. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. Qa4 d5 5. cxd5 Bd7 6. d6 Bxd6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5
c5 9. Qd1 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. dxc5 Na6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxe4 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Ba3
15. Nh3 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Bf5 17. c6 bxc6 18. Qa4 Qe7 19. Qxa6 Bxe4 20. Rc1 Bf5 21.
Nf4 Bd2 22. Rxc6 Rab8 23. e3 Bxe3 24. Nd5 Rb1+ 25. Ke2 Rb2+ 26. Kd1 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. e5
Ng4 9. exd6 exd6 10. Bg5 Ngf6 11. Qe2+ Kf8 12. O-O h6 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. a4 b4 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 d5 17. Bd3 Bg4 18. c3 Qf6 19. Qe3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 g5 21. Bc7
Qxf3 22. gxf3 Ke7 23. a5 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Ra4 Kd7 26. Bg3 bxc3 27. bxc3 f5
28. Be5 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Ke6 30. Rxc4 Rac8 31. Rc5 Rhd8 32. c4 Rd3 33. Kg2 h5 34.
h3 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. fxg4 Rg8 37. f3 fxg4 38. fxg4 Rxg4+ 39. Kh2 Rh4+ 40.
Kg2 Rg4+ 41. Kh2 Rh4+ 42. Kg2 Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Fernandez Siles, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 e6 4. f3 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Nxd6 6. e4 f5 7. e5 Nf7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. f4 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nc6 12. Nge2 Qc8 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. d5 exd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Kh8 17. O-O-O Nd8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qxd7 Nc6 20. Qd5 Rad8
21. Qf3 b5 22. Nd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Qa6 24. Rdd1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Swicarz, Maciej"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4
Bf5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. e3 Kh8 11. Bd3 Qd7 12. Bg3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Na6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. a3 Nc7 16. O-O Ng6 17. b4 a6 18. Rab1 Nb5 19. a4 Na3 20. Rb3 Nc4 21. b5 a5
22. Nd2 Qe6 23. Rfb1 Nh4 24. Ne2 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 Qh3 26. gxh3 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nxd2
28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Nf4 Nxb1 30. Rxb1 Rfb8 31. Rc1 Rb6 32. Ne6 Kg8 33. Nc5 Kf7
34. Rc2 Ra7 35. Kf3 Rb1 36. Kg2 Ke7 37. h4 g6 38. Nd3 Kd6 39. Nc5 Ra8 40. Rc3
Rab8 41. Rc2 R8b2 42. Rc3 Rd1 43. Nd3 Ra2 44. Kf3 Rdd2 45. Rb3 Rxa4 46. Rc3
Raa2 47. Rb3 a4 48. Rc3 Rac2 49. Ra3 Ra2 50. Rc3 Rdc2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Javakhadze, Zurab"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. c4 Ne7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. d3
Nbc6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Rb1 Re8 11. b4 Nd4 12. Ne4 Bg4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxh6 Nd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. h3 Rxe4 18. dxe4 Nc3 19. Qd2 Bxe2 20. a3 Bxf1 21.
Rxf1 a5 22. e5 axb4 23. axb4 Ra2 24. Qd3 c6 25. Re1 Qe7 26. e6 f6 27. Bf3 Nb5
28. Re4 Ra3 29. Qd1 Nc3 30. Qc1 Nxe4 31. Qxa3 Qxe6 32. Qd3 Ng5 33. Bg4 Qe1+ 34.
Kg2 Qxb4 35. h4 Nf7 36. h5 Ne5 37. Qe4 gxh5 38. Bxh5 Qd6 39. Be8 d3 40. f4 Nf7
41. Qf3 d2 42. Qh5 Qe6 43. Bxf7 Qxf7 44. Qg4+ Kf8 45. Qc8+ Qe8 46. Qg4 Qe4+ 47.
Kh2 Qc2 48. Qc8+ Ke7 49. Qc7+ Ke6 50. f5+ Kd5 51. Qd7+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bd2 dxc4 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Nxd4 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Bd7 12. Qa3 Qe7 13. Qxe7+ Nxe7 14. f3
Rc8 15. Be2 Nfd5 16. Bd2 Nf5 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Bd3 O-O 19. Kf2 Be6 20. Rhc1
Rcd8 21. Bf1 a6 22. Rc2 Rc8 23. Rac1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Bd3
Be6 27. h3 h5 28. h4 Kf8 29. e4 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Ke7 31. b3 Kd6 32. Ke2 g6 33. g3
Bd7 34. Be1 Bb5+ 35. Kd2 f5 36. Bb1 Bf1 37. Bc2 b5 38. a3 Ke6 39. Bf2 Bg2 40.
Ke2 Nc3+ 41. Kd2 Nd5 42. Bd1 Kd6 43. Bd4 f4 44. gxf4 Nxf4 45. Ke3 Nd5+ 46. Kf2
Bh3 47. a4 Bf5 48. Be2 Kc6 49. axb5+ axb5 50. Bd1 Nf4 51. Kg3 Nd5 52. Kf2 Nf4
53. Kg3 Nd5 54. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Qf4 15.
d5 exd5 16. exd5 Bd6 17. c4 Rfe8 18. Qc2 Nf8 19. Rfe1 Qh6 20. Qa4 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 a6 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. a4 Ng6 24. Bf5 Nf4 25. g3 Nh3+ 26. Kg2 Ng5 27. h4 Nxf3
28. Qxf3 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bc1 Qf6 31. Bg5 Qd4 32. Re4 Qb2 33. Bf4 Qf6 34.
Bg5 Qb2 35. Be7 Bxe7 36. Rxe7 Qf6 37. Rc7 bxc4 38. Rxc5 Qd6 39. Ra5 g6 40. Be4
Rc8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miranda, Rafael"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7 7. c3 Ne7 8. O-O Nc6
9. Nbd2 h6 10. Re1 Qb6 11. Qb3 c4 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. h3 b5 14. a3 Nb6 15. g4 Bh7
16. Nf1 Na4 17. Bc1 Be7 18. Bd1 Kd7 19. Ne3 Nb6 20. Bc2 b4 21. Bxh7 Rxh7 22.
cxb4 Nxb4 23. Rd1 Nc6 24. Rb1 Na4 25. Bd2 Kc7 26. b3 cxb3 27. Rxb3 Rhh8 28.
Rdb1 Ra7 29. Kf1 Rb8 30. Ke2 Ra6 31. Kd3 Nb6 32. Nc2 Nc4 33. Bb4 Bxb4 34. axb4
b5 35. Kc3 Rba8 36. Nfe1 f6 37. exf6 gxf6 38. Nd3 Kd6 39. Re1 e5 40. f3 Ra2 41.
dxe5+ fxe5 42. Nc5 Rxc2+ 43. Kxc2 Nd4+ 44. Kc3 Nxb3 45. Kxb3 Ra3+ 46. Kc2 Rxf3
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4
Bg4 15. O-O Rc8 16. Qd1 Qd6 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 g6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. N2f3 Ne4
21. Qb2 Nc3 22. Rd2 Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 Rc7 24. Rd4 Rdc8 25. Qd2 b5 26. Re1 Qe7 27.
b4 Rc4 28. a3 Ne4 29. Qd1 Rc2 30. Rf1 Ra2 31. Rxd5 Rxa3 32. Qd4 Rac3 33. Re5
Qf8 34. Qxe4 R3c4 35. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Nd2 Bb7 8. e4
g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. b3 Nc6 15. Be3
f5 16. d5 Bxa1 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. exf5 Bg7 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 exf5 21. b5 Qd7
22. Ng5 f4 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qxg6 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.31"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "262"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. d5 b5 12. Bxc5 Rc8 13. Bb4 Qb6 14. Be2 e6
15. O-O Na6 16. Be7 Nc5 17. Qf4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 exd5 19. exd5 Re8 20. d6 Bf8 21.
Rb1 Bxe7 22. dxe7 a6 23. Bc4 Ne6 24. a4 Qc5 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. axb5 axb5 27.
Rfe1 Ra3 28. Qf6 Qxe7 29. Qe5 Rc8 30. Rxb5 Raxc3 31. h3 Rc1 32. Rb1 Rxb1 33.
Rxb1 Rf8 34. Rb6 Qf6 35. Qe3 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qf6 37. Kg3 Re8 38. Rc6 Re7 39. f3
Kg7 40. Kh2 Qf5 41. Rc4 Rf7 42. Re4 Qf6 43. h4 e5 44. h5 gxh5 45. Rxe5 Qf4+ 46.
Qxf4 Rxf4 47. Kg3 Ra4 48. Rxh5 Kg6 49. Rh4 Ra5 50. Rg4+ Kf6 51. Kh4 Rb5 52. Ra4
h6 53. Ra6+ Kg7 54. Re6 Rb2 55. Kh3 Rb4 56. Ra6 Rc4 57. Rb6 Ra4 58. Rc6 Rb4 59.
Rd6 Ra4 60. Rd3 Kg6 61. Re3 Kg5 62. Re5+ Kf6 63. Re3 Kg5 64. Re6 Rh4+ 65. Kg3
Ra4 66. Rb6 Ra3 67. Rb5+ Kg6 68. Kg4 Ra2 69. Kh3 Ra3 70. Rd5 Rb3 71. Rd8 Ra3
72. Rg8+ Kf7 73. Rg4 Kf6 74. Kh4 Ra5 75. Rc4 Ra2 76. Rf4+ Kg6 77. Rg4+ Kh7 78.
Kg3 Ra3 79. Kh2 Rb3 80. Ra4 Kg6 81. Ra6+ Kg5 82. Kh3 Rc3 83. Ra8 Kg6 84. Ra5
Rc4 85. g3 Rb4 86. Ra6+ Kg7 87. Re6 Ra4 88. Re4 Ra5 89. Kg4 Rg5+ 90. Kh4 Ra5
91. f4 Ra1 92. Re5 Rb1 93. Ra5 Rc1 94. Kh5 Rh1+ 95. Kg4 Rg1 96. Kf3 Kg6 97. g4
Rf1+ 98. Kg3 Rg1+ 99. Kh3 Rf1 100. Ra6+ Kg7 101. Ra4 Kg6 102. Ra6+ Kg7 103.
Ra7+ Kf6 104. Ra4 Kg6 105. Kg2 Rb1 106. Ra6+ Kg7 107. Kg3 Rg1+ 108. Kf3 Re1
109. f5 Rf1+ 110. Ke4 Re1+ 111. Kd5 Rd1+ 112. Ke6 Re1+ 113. Kd7 Re4 114. Re6
Ra4 115. Rg6+ Kf7 116. Kc7 Rf4 117. Kd6 h5 118. Ke5 Rxg4 119. Ra6 Rb4 120. Ra7+
Kf8 121. Kf6 Rb6+ 122. Kg5 Rc6 123. Rh7 Rb6 124. Rxh5 Ra6 125. Rh7 Rb6 126. Rc7
Ra6 127. f6 Ra1 128. Rc8+ Kf7 129. Rc7+ Kf8 130. Rc8+ Kf7 131. Rc7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.31"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Na5 8.
Bb3 h6 9. h3 Qe7 10. Nh2 Nxb3 11. axb3 g5 12. Re1 Rg8 13. Nf1 g4 14. h4 g3 15.
fxg3 Rg6 16. b4 Nh5 17. Qxh5 Bg4 18. Qxg6 fxg6 19. Bxh6 Kd7 20. Ne3 Be6 21. Rf1
Qh7 22. Bg5 Qg8 23. Rf6 a6 24. Raf1 Re8 25. c4 b6 26. Nd5 Kc6 27. R6f2 Qg7 28.
Kh2 Kb7 29. Nc3 Ra8 30. Rf6 Qg8 31. c5 Qe8 32. Nd5 dxc5 33. bxc5 bxc5 34. Rb1+
Kc8 35. Bh6 Kd7 36. Rb7 Bxd5 37. exd5 Kc8 38. Rb1 Kd7 39. Rbf1 Rd8 40. Rf8 Qe7
1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.31"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. d5 b5 12. Bxc5 Rc8 13. Bb4 Qc7 14. Nd4 a5
15. Ba3 b4 16. Bb2 Qb6 17. c4 Na6 18. f4 e5 19. h3 Nc5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. hxg4
Nxe4 22. Qe3 Re8 23. Kd1 Bg7 24. Qg1 Nc3+ 25. Bxc3 bxc3 26. Nc2 Qf6 27. Rh2
Rad8 28. Rb1 Rb8 29. Rc1 Bh6 30. Ra1 Rb2 31. g3 Qf3+ 32. Be2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Rxc2
0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.01"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxe4 11. Bc4 Nd5 12. Qd4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Re8 14. Bb3
Qf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Rfe1 Re5 17. Rad1 Bf5 18. Re3 Rb8 19. f3 exf3 20. Rxf3 c5
21. Rdf1 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. b3 Rd8 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Rxf6 Rd2 26. Ra6 Rxc2
27. Rxa7 c4 28. bxc4 Rxc4 29. Kf2 Rc2+ 30. Kf3 c5 31. h4 c4 32. Rc7 Rxa2 33.
Rxc4 Ra5 34. g4 h6 35. Kg3 Kg7 36. Rf4 Ra3+ 37. Rf3 Ra4 38. Rf4 Ra3+ 39. Rf3
Ra4 40. Rf4 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.01"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Rg1 a6 11. h3 Ne5 12. g4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qc5 14. g5 Ne8 15.
h4 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bb7 18. Bd3 Nd6 19. Qe2 Rfc8 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Be3
Qa5 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Bd2 Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Kf1 Rac6 27. Be1 Qc7
28. Rg3 Nc4 29. Rc2 Qf4 30. Rh3 Bf8 31. Nd1 d5 32. exd5 exd5 33. Qf3 Qd6 34.
Re2 d4 35. Bb4 Qd7 36. Bxf8 Rxf8 37. Kg2 f6 38. Qe4 f5 39. Qf3 f4 40. b4 Ne3+
41. fxe3 fxe3 42. Qe4 Re6 43. Qd3 Qc6+ 44. Kg1 Re4 45. Nxe3 dxe3 46. Rexe3 Qc1+
47. Kg2 Rd4 48. Qb3+ Kh8 49. Rhf3 Rd2+ 50. Kh3 Qh1+ 51. Kg4 Rg2+ 52. Rg3 Rh2
53. Rh3 Qg2+ 54. Reg3 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.01"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Qd3 Rc8 9. O-O h6 10. Rd1 Nf6 11. h3 Be7 12. a4 Qc7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf1 Be6 15.
Ne3 Qc5 16. Qe2 Bd8 17. Qf3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ne2 g6 20. Ng3 Kg7 21. Ra3 b4
22. Rad3 Be7 23. b3 Rh8 24. Bb2 h5 25. Ngf1 Qc6 26. Nd2 Rhd8 27. Nec4 Bxc4 28.
Nxc4 Nxe4 29. Qe3 Nf6 30. Qe1 Qc5 31. Kh1 Kf8 32. f4 exf4 33. Bxf6 Bxf6 34. Rd5
Qa7 35. Qe4 Qf2 36. R5d2 d5 37. Rxf2 dxe4 38. Rxd8+ Bxd8 39. Rxf4 f5 40. Rf1
Bc7 41. Ra1 Bg3 42. Kg1 f4 43. Kf1 f3 44. Ra6 Kg7 45. Ra7+ Kh6 46. gxf3 exf3
47. Rf7 f2 48. Kg2 Bh4 49. Ne3 Rc3 50. Rf3 Kg7 51. Nf1 Rxf3 52. Kxf3 Kf6 53.
Ke4 g5 54. Ne3 Ke6 55. Kf3 Ke5 56. Kg2 Kd4 57. Nd1 Bg3 58. Nb2 Kc3 59. Nd3 Bd6
60. Nxf2 Kxc2 61. Ne4 Be7 62. h4 g4 63. Ng3 Kxb3 64. Nxh5 Kc2 65. Nf4 b3 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.01"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. d5 b5 12. Bxc5 Rc8 13. Bb4 Qc7 14. Nd4 a5
15. Ba3 b4 16. Bb2 Qb6 17. c4 Na6 18. Nc6 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Rxc6 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21.
Bd3 Nc5 22. Bc2 Nxe4 23. Qd4 Bf5 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. f3 Bf5 26. O-O a4 27. Rfe1
b3 28. axb3 axb3 29. Re2 Qc7 30. c5 Rd8 31. Qc3 Bc2 32. Rexc2 bxc2 33. Qxc2 Qc6
34. Qc3 h5 35. Qe3 Rd7 36. h3 Kh7 37. Qe5 Rc7 38. Qf4 Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kh7 40. Qf4
Kg7 41. Qe5+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.01"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nd5
e6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Bxe4 12. f3 Bb7 13. Qxb4 Qe7 14. Qb6 Qd7
15. O-O-O Qc8 16. Nb3 Nc6 17. Bd4 e5 18. Bc3 Be7 19. Bd3 O-O 20. Be4 Rb8 21.
Kb1 Ba8 22. Qe3 Qc7 23. f4 Bf6 24. f5 h6 25. g4 Rfc8 26. Qf2 Qe7 27. Qg2 Nd4
28. Bxa8 Nxb3 29. cxb3 Rxa8 30. Qd5 e4 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Qxe4 Rab8 33. Rg3 a5
34. Qd4 Qh4 35. Rd2 Rb4 36. Qxd6 Rxg4 37. Qa6 Rc5 38. Ka2 Rxg3 39. hxg3 Qxg3
40. f6 Qg6 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. fxg7 Kxg7 43. Qa8 Qh7 44. Qg2+ Qg6 45. Qd2 Re5 46.
Qc3 Qf6 47. Ra8 h5 48. Qc8 h4 49. Qh8+ Kg6 50. Rg8+ Kf5 51. Qh5+ Ke6 52. Re8+
Kd6 53. Qd1+ Rd5 54. Qe2 Kd7 55. Ra8 Qe5 56. Qc4 Qd4 57. Qa6 Ke7 58. Qh6 Rd7
59. Qf8+ Kf6 60. Rxa5 Kg6 61. Qg8+ Kh6 62. Qg5+ Kh7 63. Qh5+ Kg7 64. Rg5+ Kf8
65. Rg4 Qe3 66. Qh8+ Ke7 67. Qxh4+ Kd6 68. Qf6+ Kc7 69. Rc4+ Kb8 70. Qh8+ Ka7
71. Rc8 Qe4 72. Qc3 Kb7 73. Rc4 Qd5 74. Qb4+ Ka8 75. Rc5 Qd3 76. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.01"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. Qb3 e6 8. Ne4
b6 9. d4 cxd4 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rd1 Bg7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15.
Rxd4 f5 16. Nd6+ Qxd6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qe7 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Qb5+ Kf8 21.
Rxe5 Qf6 22. Rd1 Kg7 23. Rd7+ Kh6 24. Ree7 Rae8 25. Qb4 Rxe7 26. Rxe7 Rd8 27.
Qf4+ g5 28. Qc7 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Kg6 30. Rxh7 Rc1 31. Qxc1 Kxh7 32. b3 Kg6 33. Qc4
Qe7 34. a4 Qd7 35. Qd3 Qc6+ 36. f3 g4 37. h3 gxf3+ 38. Qxf3 Qe6 39. g4 f4 40.
Qd3+ Kg7 41. Kf3 Qe5 42. Qd7+ Kh8 43. Qc8+ Kg7 44. Qd7+ Kh8 45. Qd3 Kg7 46. h4
Qe7 47. g5 Qe6 48. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.01"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 d6 13. a4 a5 14. Ra3
Bd7 15. Nc3 Bg5 16. h3 Bxc1 17. Qxc1 Nf6 18. Qd2 h6 19. Rb3 b6 20. Nb5 Rc8 21.
Qd4 Bf5 22. Rc3 Be4 23. Bc4 Qd7 24. Bb3 Qf5 25. Nxc7 Qg5 26. Rg3 Qc1+ 27. Kh2
Qf4 28. Nb5 Nh5 29. Nc3 f5 30. Ne2 Qh4 31. f3 Nxg3 32. Nxg3 Qf4 33. fxe4 h5 34.
Qd3 h4 35. exf5 Rf8 36. Qf3 hxg3+ 37. Qxg3 Rxf5 38. Qxf4 Rxf4 39. Kg3 g5 40. c3
Kg7 41. Bd1 Kf6 42. Bf3 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.02"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bg5 Bb4 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O 14.
Rfc1 Rfd8 15. Ne5 Rd6 16. Qb3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxb7 Rad8 19. Qxa7 d4 20.
exd4 Rxd4 21. Re1 Qd6 22. Rac1 Rd1 23. Qe3 Rd2 24. Rb1 Qf6 25. Qf3 Qd4 26. Rbc1
c5 27. g3 Qxb2 28. Rxc5 Qxa2 29. Rce5 Qa8 30. Qxa8 Rxa8 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Rxe8+
Kh7 33. Kg2 g6 34. h4 h5 35. Re3 Kg7 36. Rf3 Ra2 37. Re3 Rb2 38. Rf3 Ra2 39.
Re3 Rb2 40. Rf3 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.02"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Bc4 d6 7. a4 c6 8. Nxd4
Bxd4 9. a5 a6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Bb3 h6 12. h3 Ba7 13. Nc4 Be6 14. c3 Bxc4 15.
Bxc4 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bb3 Qd6 18. Qf3 Rfe8 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qh4 Nf6 21. Be3
d4 22. cxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Bc4 Re2 25. Qg3 Qe7 26. b4 Qxb4 27. Rab1 Qe7
28. Qf3 Ra7 29. Rb6 Re1 30. g3 Qe2 31. Qxe2 Rxe2 32. Rfb1 Re7 33. Rd6 Ra8 34.
Rxd4 Rc8 35. Kg2 g6 36. Rd6 Kg7 37. Rdb6 Rcc7 38. R1b2 Red7 39. Ba2 Ng8 40. d4
Ne7 41. h4 h5 42. d5 Nxd5 43. Bxd5 Rxd5 44. Rxb7 Rxb7 45. Rxb7 Rxa5 46. Rb6 Ra3
47. f3 Kf8 48. Rb7 Re3 49. Ra7 Re6 50. g4 hxg4 51. fxg4 Kg7 52. Kf3 Rb6 53. h5
g5 54. Kg3 Rb3+ 55. Kg2 Ra3 56. Kf2 Ra4 57. Kg3 Ra3+ 58. Kf2 a5 59. Ra6 Ra4 60.
Kg3 Ra3+ 61. Kg2 Ra4 62. Kg3 Ra3+ 63. Kg2 Ra4 64. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.02"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Ncxe7 7. e3 Nf6 8.
Be2 h6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Rfd1 c6 12. Rac1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2
Bg6 15. Qa3 Ra8 16. b4 Nf5 17. Qb2 a6 18. a4 Nd6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Ra4 21.
c5 Ne4 22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 cxb5 25. Bxb5 Qb8 26. Qb2 Rc8 27. f4
Be4 28. Bf1 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Ra3 Kg7 31. Rb3 Rc7 32. Ba6 Qa7 33. Bxb7 Qa5
34. Kf2 Re7 35. c6 Re8 36. Ra3 Qc7 37. Kg1 Rh8 38. g3 Rh3 39. Qf2 Rh6 40. Qe1
Qb6 41. Qc1 Qc7 42. Qe1 Qb6 43. Ra2 Rf6 44. Qc1 Bd3 45. Rf2 Rxf2 46. Kxf2 Bc4
47. g4 Qa5 48. e4 f6 49. e5 Qa2+ 50. Kg1 Qe2 51. h3 Qd3 52. exf6+ Kf7 53. Qxg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.02"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. d5 d6 14. a4 a5
15. Na3 Bd7 16. Nc4 Bg5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Nf6 19. Qd1 Qe7 20. Qb3 b6 21.
Qc4 Rc8 22. Bd3 Qe5 23. h3 Nh5 24. Re1 Nf4 25. Bf1 Qf6 26. Rd1 h6 27. Rd4 Ng6
28. Re4 Qd8 29. Qe2 f5 30. Rd4 Qg5 31. g3 f4 32. h4 Nxh4 33. Rxf4 Ng6 34. Re4
h5 35. Ng2 Rf8 36. Qe3 Qf5 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. Rxf4 Qb1 39. Qe4 Qxe4 40. Rxe4 Re8
41. Rc4 Re1 42. Kg2 Re7 43. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.02"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Rfc1 Be8
15. h4 e5 16. Bd5 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Qe5 19. Ne2 b6 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. h5
Rac8 22. h6 Bf6 23. Be3 Ne5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. Qc2 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3
Rxd5 28. exd5 Qxe3+ 29. Kg2 Qg5+ 30. Kf2 Qxh6 31. Qc8 Bh4+ 32. Kg2 Qe3 33. Ng3
Qg5 34. Qxe8+ Kg7 35. Qe1 Bxg3 36. Qxg3 Qxc1 37. Qe5+ f6 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. d6
Qg5+ 40. Kh3 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.02"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 a5 9. c4 Ba6 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. h5 Qe6 12. h6 gxh6 13. b3 O-O-O 14. Bb2 Bg7 15.
O-O-O Rhe8 16. f4 f6 17. Ne4 fxe5 18. Nc5 Qf5 19. Nxa6 exf4 20. Qd3 Bxb2+ 21.
Kxb2 Qe5+ 22. Qc3 Kb7 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxh6 c5 25. Nxc5+ Rxc5 26. Rxh7 Rf8 27.
Be2 d6 28. Bf3+ Kb8 29. Re1 Nc8 30. Re6 Rg5 31. Kc3 Rfg8 32. Rf7 Re5 33. Rh6 a4
34. Rhh7 axb3 35. Rxc7 Re3+ 36. Kb2 Rxf3 37. gxf3 bxa2 38. Kxa2 Rg3 39. Rb7+
Ka8 40. Rb3 Rg2+ 41. Ka3 Rc2 42. Rb4 Rc3+ 43. Kb2 Rxf3 44. Rh8 Rf2+ 45. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tokman, Ariel"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c4 Bf5 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. e4 Nb6 13. exd5 cxd5 14. c5 Nd7
15. b4 Qc7 16. Rfe1 b6 17. Nf3 Nf6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Ng5 Bh6 20. Nxe6 Bxd2 21.
Nxc7 Rac8 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5+ Kg7 24. a3 bxc5 25. dxc5+ Kh6 26. Rd1 Bg5 27.
h4 Bf6 28. Bxf6 exf6 29. Rc1 Rfd8 30. Bb7 Rc7 31. c6 Rd3 32. a4 Rd4 33. Rb1 f5
34. a5 a6 35. b5 axb5 36. Rxb5 Ra4 37. a6 Kg7 38. Rd5 Kf6 39. Rd8 h6 40. Kg2 g5
41. hxg5+ hxg5 42. Ra8 g4 43. Rd8 Ra1 44. Rf8+ Kg6 45. Rg8+ Kf7 46. Rg5 Kf6 47.
Rh5 Kg6 48. Rh1 Ra2 49. Rd1 Kf6 50. Rd5 Ke6 51. Rd8 Ra1 52. Rf8 Rh7 53. Re8+
Kd6 54. Rd8+ Kc7 55. Rd7+ Rxd7 56. cxd7 Kxd7 57. Kh2 Kd6 58. Kg2 Ke5 59. Bc8
Ra2 60. Bb7 Kf6 61. Bc8 Ra1 62. Bb7 Ke6 63. Bc8+ Ke5 64. Bb7 Kd6 65. Bc8 Ra5
66. Bb7 Kc7 67. Kf1 Ra2 68. Ke1 Kb8 69. Kf1 Rb2 70. Ke1 Rc2 71. Kf1 Rc3 72. Ke2
Ra3 73. Kf1 Ra4 74. Ke2 f4 75. gxf4 Rxf4 76. Ke3 Rf6 77. Ke2 Rg6 78. Kf1 g3 79.
fxg3 Rxg3 80. Kf2 Ra3 81. Ke2 Ka7 82. Kd2 Rxa6 83. Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Randazzo, Adrian"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
O-O Nd7 9. Ng5 Ngf6 10. Nxe6 Qb6 11. Nd2 c5 12. Nxf8 Rxf8 13. Nc4 Qe6 14. b3
O-O-O 15. Bf4 Nb6 16. Nxb6+ axb6 17. a4 Nxe4 18. a5 Nc3 19. Qd2 Rxf4 20. Rxf4
Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 bxa5 23. h3 b6 24. Qg3 Rd7 25. Re1 Qd6 26. Qf3 Qd5
27. Qf8+ Kb7 28. Re8 Ka7 29. Re7 g6 30. Re8 Rf7 31. Qh8 Ka6 32. Ra8+ Kb5 33.
Qe8+ Qd7 34. Qe2+ d3 35. cxd3 Re7 36. Qc2 Qd4 37. Rf8 Re1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bh4 Bd6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Rc8 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Qd1 Be7 14. Qe2 Nh5
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. g3 Nf6 17. h4 Nd7 18. Kg2 Rfe8 19. Bb5 Ndb8 20. Nf1 a6 21.
Bd3 b5 22. b4 Nd7 23. a4 e5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxb5 e4 26. N3d2 Nf6 27. Ne3 Qe6
28. Nb3 Rc7 29. Nc5 Qd6 30. Nf5 Qd8 31. Nxb7 Rxb7 32. Bxc6 Rc7 33. Bxe8 Qxe8
34. Ra3 Qe6 35. Ne3 g6 36. Qa6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Wagh, Suyog"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Ne5 Bf5 8. a4 e6
9. a5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Be2 Bd6 12. g4 Bg6 13. h4 h6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. c5
Bc7 16. f4 Bxa5 17. g5 h5 18. Qd1 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Be4 20. Rg1 g6 21. Bxh5 gxh5
22. Qxh5 Qe7 23. Kd2 Re8 24. g6 fxg6 25. Rxg6+ Bxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Rg1 Qf6
28. Qh7 Qf7 29. Qh6+ Ke7 30. Rg7 Nf6 31. Ba5 Raa8 32. Bc7 Rg8 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7
34. Be5 Rg6 35. Qg5 Rxg5 36. hxg5 Ne4+ 37. Kc2 Kg6 38. Kb3 a5 39. Ka4 Kf5 40.
Ka3 Ng3 41. Ka4 Nf1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spata, German"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be2 e6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. Qc2
e5 9. d3 Qe7 10. d4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 c5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Ne4 exd4 15.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. exd4 O-O 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxf6 Qxc2 19. Bxc2 Nxf6 20. Rad1 Rac8
21. Bf5 Rc5 22. Bd3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nd5 24. Be4 Nf4 25. Rd6 a5 26. Ra6 b4 27. Rd1
g6 28. h4 Kg7 29. Rd7 Rh5 30. Bd3 Rxh4 31. Bc4 Rh5 32. Raa7 Rf5 33. Kf1 h5 34.
Ra6 h4 35. Rda7 h3 36. Kg1 Rg5+ 37. Kh2 Rg2+ 38. Kh1 Rxf2 39. Rxa5 Rd2 40. Rc5
Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Rd2+ 42. Kh1 Nh5 43. Rcc7 Ng3+ 44. Kg1 h2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Valdes, Luis Enrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Rxd2 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b3
Rad8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rfd1 f5 17. f3 R8d6 18. Kf2 Rc2 19. Rdc1 Rdd2 20. Ke1
Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rd6 22. Rd1 Kf6 23. e3 Ke7 24. f4 e4 25. c5 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Bf7
27. Kd2 Ke6 28. Kc2 Be8 29. Kb2 g5 30. Ka3 gxf4 31. gxf4 Kf6 32. Kb4 Kg6 33.
Ne2 Kh5 34. Ka5 Kg4 35. Ng1 Kh5 36. Ka6 Kg6 37. Kxa7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Aloma Vidal, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. d3
Nd7 9. Be2 Nc5 10. d4 Nd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 h6 13. Ba3 Qf6 14. Rad1 b6 15. c5
dxc5 16. dxc5 Nf8 17. Qa4 Ng6 18. cxb6 Nf4 19. bxc7 Bg4 20. Rd6 Re6 21. Qxc6
Rxd6 22. Qxa8+ Kh7 23. Bxd6 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qxf3 26. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg4 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Nd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. d4 h5 11. c4 h4 12. b4 hxg3 13. hxg3 f5 14. c5 Bc7 15.
b5 Nf6 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Qa6 Nd5 18. Qxc6+ Kf8 19. Bg5 Qe8 20. Ne5 Qxc6 21.
Nxc6 Nc3 22. Rfe1 f4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nxf4 26. Ne5 Bh3 27.
Bxh3 Rxh3 28. f3 Ke7 29. Kf2 Rg8 30. Rg1 Rh2+ 31. Ke3 Nd5+ 32. Kd3 Rxg1 33.
Rxg1 Rxa2 34. Rg7 Ra3+ 35. Kc2 Ra4 36. Rxf7+ Ke8 37. Rb7 a6 38. c6 Kd8 39. Nf7+
Ke8 40. Nd6+ Kf8 41. c7 Nxc7 42. Rxc7 Rxd4 43. Ne4 a5 44. Kc3 Rd1 45. Ra7 Rd5
46. Rc7 Rd1 47. Kc2 Rd5 48. Rc3 Kf7 49. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div2 C"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Borisek, Jure"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. Nc2 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Rfc8 13. Rfd1 Rab8 14. Nd5 Qxd2
15. Rxd2 Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bxd5 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. f4 Rc7 20. Kf2 Rbc8
21. Bf3 f5 22. Re1 Ra7 23. Ra1 Rac7 24. Ke1 Kf7 25. e4 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Ra7 27.
Kf2 Kf6 28. Ke3 Kf7 29. Rf2 Kf6 30. Rg2 Na5 31. Rb1 e6 32. Nb4 d5 33. Bd3 Ke7
34. Kd4 Kd6 35. h4 Rca8 36. Rbb2 Nc6+ 37. Nxc6 Bxc6 38. Rh2 Be8 39. Rbc2 b4 40.
Rhe2 Bd7 41. Rcd2 Rc7 42. Rd1 Rc3 43. Rh2 Be8 44. Re1 Ra7 45. Rf2 Rac7 46. Rd2
Ra7 47. Rh2 Rac7 48. Rd2 Ra7 49. Rh2 Rac7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym Div2 C"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Rxb1 Bb4+ 7. Ke2 dxc4 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxc6 Qd7 11. Rc1 bxc6 12. Rxc4 Rb8 13. Qxc6 Nxf4+ 14.
exf4 Qxc6 15. Rxc6 Bd6 16. b3 Bxf4 17. g3 Bd6 18. Ra6 O-O 19. Bg2 e5 20. dxe5
Bxe5 21. Rd1 Rfe8 22. Kf1 g6 23. Rxa7 Bd6 24. Bd5 Kg7 25. Bxf7 Rf8 26. Bc4 Kh6
27. Ra5 Rf3 28. Rd3 Rf6 29. f4 Kg7 30. Kf2 h6 31. h4 Re8 32. Re3 Rd8 33. Kf3
Rdf8 34. Re6 Rxe6 35. Bxe6 Re8 36. Bc4 Re1 37. a4 Rc1 38. h5 Rc3+ 39. Kg4 Re3
40. Rd5 gxh5+ 41. Rxh5 Bb4 42. Re5 Rxe5 43. fxe5 Kg6 44. Bd3+ Kf7 45. Kf5 Bc3
46. g4 Ke7 47. Bc4 Ba5 48. Kg6 Bd2 49. b4 Bxb4 50. Kxh6 Bc3 51. e6 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div2 C"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sirosh, Ilja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. O-O d4 11. Na4 O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Re1 h6 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Qxd4 Qd8 18. Qc3 c5 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Nc1 Ba6
21. Rd2 Re7 22. b4 c4 23. e4 Rae8 24. Rde2 Bb7 25. f3 b5 26. Kg2 g5 27. Re3 g4
28. fxg4 Bxe4+ 29. Kh3 Re5 30. Qd4 Qe7 31. R3e2 Qe6 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Qxe4
34. Qf6 Re6 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qd2 Qe3 37. Qc2 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Div2 C"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.16"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 h6 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. a3 a5 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Bc5 Bd7 15.
Bxd6 cxd6 16. Nc3 b5 17. Nd2 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Ne7 20. Bg2 bxa3 21. bxa3
Be6 22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 d5 24. Rc5 Qb6 25. Qc2 Rbc8 26. Rc1 Red8 27. Bh3 f5
28. Bxf5 Rxc5 29. Qxc5 Qf6 30. Bh3 Rf8 31. Rf1 a4 32. Bg2 Qe6 33. Qb5 Ra8 34.
Rc1 Qd6 35. Rc5 e4 36. Bh3 Rb8 37. Qa5 exd3 38. exd3 Rb3 39. d4 Rxa3 40. Qe1
Kf7 41. Ra5 Qb6 42. Ra8 Rb3 43. Be6+ Kg6 44. Qe5 Qb5 45. Kg2 Rb2 46. Rg8 Rxf2+
47. Kxf2 Qb2+ 48. Kf3 Qb3+ 49. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div2 C"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 O-O 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Na5 11. Be2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bh6 Rf7
15. f4 Qe7 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Rae1 b6 18. Qe3 Nb7 19. Qh3 Nbc5 20. Bd1 Kh8 21. Re3
Rg8 22. Bg5 Qf8 23. Bh6 Qe7 24. Bc2 e5 25. f5 gxf5 26. exf5 Nf6 27. Rg3 Rxg3
28. hxg3 Rg7 29. Bd1 Rg8 30. Qh4 e4 31. Be3 Qg7 32. g4 Nfd7 33. f6 Qf7 34. g5
Ne5 35. Bh5 Ng6 36. Bxc5 bxc5 37. Qxe4 Re8 38. Qd3 Kg8 39. Rb1 Kf8 40. Kh2 Re5
41. Rb8+ Re8 42. Rb1 Re5 43. Qh3 Re8 44. Qg4 Kg8 45. Rb7 a5 46. Ra7 Kf8 47.
Rxa5 Ne5 48. Qh3 Ng6 49. Ra4 c6 50. Qg3 Qd7 51. Bxg6 hxg6 52. Qh4 Kg8 53. Qh6
Qf7 54. Ra6 Rc8 55. Rb6 d5 56. cxd5 cxd5 57. Re6 Rc7 58. Re3 Rb7 59. Rh3 Qc7+
60. g3 Rb2+ 61. Kg1 Rb1+ 62. Kf2 Rb2+ 63. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Kiseleva, Arina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 d6 7. a3 Bc5 8. b4
Bb6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Be4 Qe7 13. O-O g6 14. Rfe1 f5 15.
Bd5+ Be6 16. Bxe6+ Qxe6 17. d4 Qf7 18. c5 exd4 19. exd4 dxc5 20. dxc5 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. cxb6 axb6 24. h4 Qe6 25. b5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Cella, Glaucio Dalla Cortt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "1961"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 4. Nc3 h6 5. Be3 Bb4 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nge2
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. O-O c5 11. Ng3 Nc6 12. Qg4 g6 13. f4 h5 14. Qh3 Qa5 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3
dxe5 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 e6 12. Nxe5 exd5 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Qb5+ Kf8
15. f4 Be6 16. O-O Kg8 17. Rad1 h5 18. Kh1 h4 19. h3 Rh5 20. Qe2 Rf5 21. Nf3
Nc4 22. Bc1 Bxf4 23. b3 Nd6 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Qf6 27. Re5
Nf5 28. Kh2 Nd4 29. Qe3 g6 30. Re4 Nxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Rxf3 32. Qxf3 Qxf3 33. gxf3
Rd8 34. Rxh4 Rd2+ 35. Kg3 Rxa2 36. Rd4 Rb2 37. b4 Kg7 38. h4 Kf6 39. f4 Kf5 40.
Rd5+ Ke6 41. Re5+ Kd6 42. b5 f6 43. Re8 Rxb5 44. Rg8 Ke6 45. Rxg6 Kf7 46. Rg4
a5 47. Kf3 a4 48. Rg1 a3 49. Ra1 Rb3+ 50. Ke4 b5 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bxb4
cxb4 9. a3 bxa3 10. Rxa3 a5 11. Ne5 Na6 12. Nd2 d6 13. Nd3 Qc7 14. Bf3 Rfc8 15.
Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Qa4 d5 17. Rb3 Qc7 18. Rc1 Nb4 19. Nxb4 axb4 20. Qb5 Ra5 21. Qxb4
dxc4 22. Qxb6 Qxb6 23. Rxb6 Nd5 24. Rb7 g6 25. g3 c3 26. Ne4 c2 27. Nd6 Rc6 28.
Nxf7 Nf6 29. Ne5 Rc8 30. Nd3 Ra4 31. Rb4 Ra2 32. Nc5 Nd5 33. Rb7 e5 34. Rxc2
exd4 35. exd4 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Re1 37. Rd2 g5 38. Nd3 Rb1 39. Re2 g4 40. Re5 Nf6
41. Rg5+ Kh8 42. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "262"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. cxd5
a4 9. Qd1 Nxd5 10. e4 Nc7 11. Na3 Bg4 12. Be3 c5 13. dxc5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Nc6
15. Nc4 Be6 16. b3 a3 17. Nb6 Rad8 18. Bf4 Nb5 19. Nd5 Nc3 20. Nxc3 Bxc3 21.
Bd2 Bb4 22. Bxb4 Nxb4 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Nxd2 Rc8 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. Nc4 Nxa2 27.
Ra1 Bxc4 28. bxc4 Nc3 29. Rxa3 Rd1+ 30. Bf1 Nxe4 31. Kg2 Nxc5 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33.
Rc8 b6 34. Rc6 Rd6 35. Rxd6 exd6 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Ke3 Ne6 38. Ke4 Nc7 39. Kd4
Ke6 40. h4 f5 41. Be2 Kd7 42. Bf1 Ne6+ 43. Kd5 Nc7+ 44. Kd4 Ke7 45. Be2 Kf6 46.
Bf1 h6 47. Be2 g5 48. hxg5+ hxg5 49. Bd3 g4 50. Be2 Ke6 51. Bf1 Na6 52. Bg2 Nc5
53. Bd5+ Ke7 54. Bg2 Ke6 55. Bd5+ Kd7 56. Bg2 Ne6+ 57. Kd5 Nc7+ 58. Kd4 b5 59.
cxb5 Nxb5+ 60. Kc4 Nc7 61. Kd4 Ke6 62. Bb7 Nb5+ 63. Kc4 Nc7 64. Kd4 Kf6 65. Bc6
Ke7 66. Kc4 Ne6 67. Kd5 Ng5 68. Kd4 Ke6 69. Bb7 Kf6 70. Bc6 Nf7 71. Kd5 Ne5 72.
Bb5 Ke7 73. Be2 Kd7 74. Bb5+ Ke7 75. Be2 Nd7 76. Bd3 Nf6+ 77. Kd4 Ke6 78. Bc4+
d5 79. Bb3 Kd6 80. Ba2 Ne4 81. Bxd5 Nxf2 82. Bb7 Ke6 83. Bc8+ Kf6 84. Bb7 Nh3
85. Bc6 Ng5 86. Bb7 Ne6+ 87. Ke3 Ke5 88. Bc8 Nc5 89. Kf2 Ne4+ 90. Kg2 Nd6 91.
Bd7 Kd4 92. Be6 Ke4 93. Bd7 Ke3 94. Be6 Ke2 95. Bd5 Kd3 96. Be6 Kc3 97. Bd7 Kd2
98. Be6 Ke1 99. Bd5 Nb5 100. Bc4 Nc3 101. Bd3 Nd5 102. Ba6 Ne3+ 103. Kg1 Kd2
104. Kf2 Nd1+ 105. Kg2 Ke3 106. Bc8 Ke2 107. Ba6+ Ke1 108. Bb5 Ne3+ 109. Kg1
Kd2 110. Kf2 Nd1+ 111. Kg2 Ke3 112. Bd7 Kd4 113. Bc8 Ke5 114. Bd7 Nc3 115. Bc8
Nd5 116. Bd7 Nb6 117. Bb5 Kd4 118. Bc6 Kc5 119. Bb7 Nc4 120. Bc8 Nd6 121. Bd7
Kd4 122. Be6 Ke5 123. Bd7 Ne4 124. Bc8 Nc5 125. Kf2 Nb3 126. Kg2 Nd4 127. Kf2
Kf6 128. Kg2 Nb5 129. Kf2 Kg6 130. Kg2 Kg5 131. Kf2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 Be7 15.
Bb1 b5 16. a3 a5 17. Nxb5 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qb8 20. Bd3 Rc8 21. Qd2
Nd5 22. Bg3 Bg5 23. Qxa5 Nf4 24. Bf1 e5 25. Qa7 Qxa7 26. Nxa7 Rc2 27. dxe5 Nh5
28. b4 Nb6 29. b5 Be7 30. Rd1 g5 31. Nc6 Bc5 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Nd4 Rc3 34. e6
Nxg3 35. hxg3 Rxa3 36. Nf5+ Kf6 37. exf7 Kxf7 38. Nxh6+ Ke7 39. Rd3 Ra2 40. Ng4
Rb2 41. Rd1 Ke6 42. Kg2 Ke7 43. Re1+ Kd6 44. Re2 Rxe2 45. Bxe2 Nd5 46. Bc4 Nb6
47. Bb3 Bb4 48. Nf6 Ke5 49. Nh7 Bd2 50. Kh3 Nd7 51. Kg4 Nf6+ 52. Nxf6 Kxf6 53.
b6 Ba5 54. b7 Bc7 55. Kh5 Bb8 56. f4 gxf4 57. g4 Bc7 58. g5+ Kg7 59. f3 Bb8 60.
Kg4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ribeiro, Matheus Mendes Domi"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 a5
9. Nd5 g5 10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Qxg5 13. Nxc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 Bg4
15. Be2 Be6 16. g3 Kd7 17. b4 Bd4 18. b5 Ne7 19. Ra2 Rxa8 20. Qd2 Qg6 21. f4
Qxe4 22. Rf1 Rh8 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Bxd3 f5 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. h4 e4 27. Be2 Kc7
28. Rd2 Bc3 29. Kd1 Bxd2 30. Kxd2 Ng6 31. Ke3 Kd6 32. h5 Ne5 33. Rd1+ Kc5 34.
Kf4 Nxc4 35. Bxc4 Kxc4 36. Rd6 Bf7 37. h6 Kxb5 38. Kxf5 e3 39. Rd7 e2 40. Kg5
e1=Q 41. Rxf7 Qe3+ 42. Kf6 Qxh6+ 43. Ke7 Qg5+ 44. Kd7 Rd8+ 45. Kc7 b6 46. g4
Rd5 47. Kb7 Qxg4 48. Rc7 Rd7 49. a4+ Kxa4 50. Ka6 Qe2+ 51. Rc4+ Qxc4+ 52. Kxb6
Qb5# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Karas, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 e6 7. Ngf3 Bd6 8.
Bd3 Qc7 9. O-O h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. b4 O-O-O 13. b5 Na5 14. c4 dxc4
15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Kb8 17. a4 Qa5 18. Bd3 Rhg8 19. Nd2 Qc3 20. Nf3 Qa5 21.
Be4 Bc8 22. Rfc1 e5 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. Bd5 Rg7 25. Nxe5 Bc7 26. Bf3 Qb6 27. a5
Qe6 28. Nc4 Qxe2 29. Bxe2 Bf4 30. Rc3 Be6 31. b6 a6 32. g3 Bg5 33. Rd1 Rgg8 34.
Nd6 Be7 35. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Bb4 37. Rc7 Bd5 38. Nc5 Bxa5 39. Nxa6+ Ka8 40.
Ra7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ozdemir, Serhan Berat"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Bb3 Nb4 14. Rc1 e6 15.
Qd2 Nbd5 16. Bg5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Ne4 18. Bxd8 Nxd2 19. Be7 Rfe8 20. Bd6 Nxf1 21.
Kxf1 Bh6 22. Rc2 Be4 23. Re2 Bb7 24. c4 Red8 25. c5 bxc5 26. dxc5 Rxd6 27. cxd6
Rc1+ 28. Re1 Ba6+ 29. Nc4 Bxc4+ 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Rd1 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Bxc1 33. d7
Bg5 34. f4 Bd8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Barp, Alberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Qc2 f5 8. d4 e4
9. Nd2 Nf6 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bc7 12. Bb2 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nb5 Bb6 15. Nd6+
Ke7 16. Nxc8+ Qxc8 17. Qb3 Qe6 18. a4 Nbd7 19. Ba3 Bc7 20. Nb1 f4 21. Nc3 fxe3
22. fxe3 Rac8 23. O-O-O Bd6 24. Kb1 Nb6 25. Nb5 Bb8 26. h3 Nc4 27. Bc1 Rc6 28.
Na3 Rhc8 29. b5 R6c7 30. g4 h6 31. Rh2 Rd7 32. Rc2 Rdc7 33. Qb4+ Kf7 34. Rf2
Kg8 35. Be2 Rd7 36. Qb3 Bd6 37. Nc2 Rdc7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Muromtsev, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 O-O 11. O-O Qd8 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Nd4 14. e3 Ne6 15.
b5 f5 16. Nd5 f4 17. exf4 exf4 18. Re1 Kh8 19. Nh4 Qg5 20. Ne7 fxg3 21. Nhxg6+
Kh7 22. Nxf8+ Bxf8 23. Be4+ Kh8 24. Ng6+ Kg7 25. hxg3 Ra2 26. Nxf8 Nf4 27. Bg2
Bh3 28. Ne6+ Bxe6 29. gxf4 Qh4 30. Qf3 Bg4 31. Qg3 Qh5 32. f3 Qc5+ 33. d4 Qxd4+
34. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Poliannikov, Danila"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O
8. Be3 f5 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nf6 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. Bc4 Re8 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14.
Bf4 f6 15. Nd3 Bf8 16. h4 Bd7 17. h5 Qb6 18. c3 Bb5 19. Rhe1 Qa6 20. Rxe8 Rxe8
21. Kb1 Re4 22. g3 b6 23. Nc1 Kf7 24. Re1 Qc8 25. f3 Re6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Qe3
g5 28. hxg6+ hxg6 29. Qxe6+ Kxe6 30. Bb8 a6 31. Bc7 Bf1 32. Bxb6 Bd6 33. f4 g5
34. Bc5 Bc7 35. Kc2 gxf4 36. gxf4 Bxf4 37. Nd3 Be3 38. a4 f4 39. Ne1 Be2 40.
Ng2 Kf5 41. Nxe3+ fxe3 42. Bd6 Ke4 43. b4 f5 44. Bg3 f4 45. Bh4 f3 46. b5 axb5
47. a5 b4 48. cxb4 f2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Al Tarbosh, Ward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bc5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. d4 Nxc4 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. a4 c4 13. Qc2 a5 14. Be3 d6 15.
Rfd1 Qe7 16. e5 Qxe5 17. Bxb7 Ng4 18. Bxb6 Rab8 19. Bd4 Qh5 20. Bg2 Qxh2+ 21.
Kf1 c5 22. Be3 Nxe3+ 23. fxe3 Qxg3 24. e4 f5 25. exf5 Qf4+ 26. Qf2 Rxf5 27.
Qxf4 Rxf4+ 28. Kg1 Rxb2 29. Ra2 Rb3 30. Ne4 Rd3 31. Rad2 Ra3 32. Rxd6 Rxa4 33.
Ng5 g6 34. Rd8+ Rf8 35. Bd5+ Kg7 36. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Huang, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. b3 Rb8 12. Bb2 b5 13. Nd1 Qc7 14. Bc3 bxc4 15.
bxc4 Rb7 16. Ne3 Rfb8 17. Qc1 Ra7 18. Qa3 Nb7 19. Rab1 a5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4
Bd4 22. Rbd1 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 f6 24. h4 Kf7 25. h5 Rg8 26. Kg2 Ba4 27. Rb1 Nd8 28.
Rh1 Rg7 29. hxg6+ hxg6 30. Rh8 Be8 31. Ng4 e5 32. dxe6+ Kxe6 33. Qxf6+ Kd7 34.
Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Idrisov, Ildar F"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 a6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Rc8 11. Nxc6 Rxc6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. c4 dxc4
15. Nxc4 Nd5 16. Ne5 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Bg5 18. Rc4 b5 19. Rc6 Nb4 20. Ba3 Nxc6 21.
Nxc6 Qc7 22. Bxf8 Qxc6 23. Bc5 Qd5 24. f3 Bf6 25. Qe4 h5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27. Kf2
Kh7 28. Ke3 Kg6 29. Bd6 Kf5 30. h3 h4 31. Bf8 g6 32. Bd6 Bd8 33. a4 Ba5 34.
axb5 axb5 35. Kd3 Be1 36. Ke3 g5 37. Kd3 Bf2 38. Bb8 Ke6 39. Bc7 f6 40. Bd8 Bg3
41. Kc3 Bd6 42. Kd3 Kf5 43. Ke3 Kg6 44. Kd3 f5 45. Ke3 Kh5 46. Kd3 g4 47. fxg4+
fxg4 48. Bf6 Bg3 49. Be5 Kg5 50. Bh8 Bd6 51. Bg7 Kf4 52. hxg4 Kxg4 53. Ke2 Kg3
54. Be5+ Bxe5 55. dxe5 Kxg2 56. e6 h3 57. e7 h2 58. e8=Q h1=Q 59. Qg6+ Kh3 60.
Qh5+ Kg2 61. Qxh1+ Kxh1 62. Kd3 Kg2 63. Kd4 Kf3 64. Kxd5 Kf4 65. Kc5 Ke4 66.
Kxb5 Kd5 67. b4 Kd6 68. Kb6 Kd7 69. Kb7 Kd6 70. b5 Kc5 71. b6 Kd6 72. Ka7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Marcinczyk, Monika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be6 8. O-O
Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Nd4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Na4 Qa5 16. b3 Rad8 17. Rxc6 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Qd3 g6 20. Rd1 Kg7 21.
Bxd5 Rd8 22. e4 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rd6 24. Qc4 Qd8 25. Nc5 Qe7 26. Ne4 Rd8 27. d6
Qe5 28. d7 Be7 29. Rd5 Qe6 30. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Li, Hui"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 c5 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Bc3 Qd5 14. dxc5 Qxd3
15. Rxd3 Bxc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Ke7 20. Rhd1
Rad8 21. Rxd8 Nxd8 22. g3 Rg8 23. c4 Nc6 24. Kc2 f5 25. Kc3 f4 26. gxf4 Rg4 27.
Ne5 Rxf4 28. Nxc6+ bxc6 29. c5 Rf3+ 30. Rd3 Rxd3+ 31. Kxd3 e5 32. Ke4 Ke6 33.
b4 f5+ 34. Kd3 Kd5 35. a4 e4+ 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. f4+ Kd5 38. Kd2 Kc4 39. b5 Kxc5
40. bxc6 Kxc6 41. Kc3 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Herrera Reyes, Jose Antonio"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 e5 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. h4 h6 7. e4 Be6 8. O-O
Nbc6 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. Ne4 b6 14. a3 f5 15.
Nc3 Rae8 16. h5 g5 17. Ne2 f4 18. b4 g4 19. Nh4 f3 20. Bh1 fxe2 21. Rxe2 Nd4
22. Re4 Nf6 23. Rxe5 Bd5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Be3 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Delorme, Alban"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 c5 11. Rc1 a6 12. Bb1 Re8 13. Qd3 c4 14. Qc2 b5 15.
a3 Bc6 16. e4 Qb6 17. Kh1 g6 18. Rcd1 a5 19. e5 Nh5 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. g4 Ng7
22. Nf4 Qb7 23. Qf2 b4 24. Ncxd5 Ree8 25. Be4 Ne6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Nf6+ Nxf6
28. exf6 Bxe4 29. fxe4 Qxe4+ 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Kf7 32. g5 Rad8 33. Rfe1
Rd5 34. Re5 Red8 35. Rde1 R8d6 36. Rc1 Rxd4 37. Rxa5 Rd2+ 38. Kh1 Rxb2 39. Ra7+
Kf8 40. axb4 c3 41. Rca1 e5 42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. R8a7+ Ke6 44. Re7+ Kd5 45. f7 c2
46. f8=Q Rb1+ 47. Kg2 c1=Q 48. Qa8+ Kd4 49. Qa7+ Kd3 50. Ra3+ Ke4 51. Qb7+ Kf5
52. Qf3+ Kxg5 53. Qg3+ Kf6 54. Qh4+ Qg5+ 55. Qxg5+ Kxg5 56. Rxh7 Rd2+ 57. Kh3
e4 58. Rg3+ Kf6 59. Rh6 Rbb2 60. Rhxg6+ Ke5 61. R3g5+ Kf4 62. Rg4+ Ke3 63. Rg3+
Kd4 64. Rd6+ Ke5 65. Rxd2 Rxd2 66. b5 Rb2 67. Kh4 Kf4 68. Rg4+ Kf3 69. Rg3+ Kf2
70. Rg5 e3 71. Rf5+ Kg2 72. Re5 e2 73. Kg5 Rxb5 74. Rxb5 e1=Q 75. Rb2+ Kh3 76.
Rb3+ Kxh2 77. Rb5 Kg3 78. Rb3+ Kf2 79. Rb2+ Ke3 80. Rb3+ Kd4 81. Rh3 Qg1+ 82.
Kf5 Kd5 83. Rd3+ Kc4 84. Rf3 Qg7 85. Rf4+ Kd5 86. Rf3 Qe5+ 87. Kg4 Ke4 88. Rf1
Qg7+ 89. Kh4 Qh6+ 90. Kg4 Qg6+ 91. Kh4 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Alinasab, Mobina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 g6 7. g4 h5 8. g5
Nfd7 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. f4 Nf3
15. Bxf3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nguyen, Dang Hong Phuc"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Re8 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. O-O e5 11. cxd5 e4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxc6 Nb6 14. Rac1 bxc6
15. a4 Bd7 16. a5 Nd5 17. Ne5 Nb4 18. Qb1 Nd2 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Nxf7+ Qxf7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Avila Pavas, Santiago"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nf3
e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Kh1 Qe8 14. Qd2 Rd8 15.
Rad1 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 c5 17. Ncb5 cxd4 18. Bf4 d3 19. Bf3 Nxc4 20. Qb4 Nxb2 21.
Rb1 d2 22. Rxb2 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Bd3 24. Nc7 Qd7 25. Qxd2 Bxf1 26. Qe3 Bc4 27. h3
Rxf4 28. Qxf4 Qd4 29. Qg5 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Qf6 31. Qe3 Rc8 32. Qc5 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mezentsev, Ivan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. c4 Nc6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. a3 b5 13. Be2 Qe7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Rfd8 16. Qc1 Rac8 17. Rd1 Nd7 18. Bg3 h6 19. Bf3 Nb6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.
Ne4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nc4 23. Qc3 Qd7 24. h3 Be7 25. Qc2 Bf6 26. Rb1 Qd2 27. a4
Qxc2 28. Bxc2 Nxb2 29. axb5 axb5 30. f3 b4 31. Be1 Bc3 32. Kf1 Nc4 33. Bb3
Nxe3+ 34. Kf2 Nf5 35. Bxc3 bxc3 36. Rc1 Rd2+ 37. Kg1 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ovezdurdiyeva, Jemal"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4
c6 9. Qc2 e5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. O-O Re8 12. Rfe1 e4 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3 Nf8 15. b4
Ng6 16. c5 d5 17. Bd6 Qe6 18. b5 Nh4 19. Rb1 Bf8 20. Be5 Ng6 21. Bg3 h5 22. h3
h4 23. Bh2 g4 24. hxg4 Nxg4 25. Bxg4 Qxg4 26. Qd1 Qg5 27. f4 exf3 28. Nxf3 Qh6
29. Qd2 h3 30. e4 Qh5 31. Qg5 Qxg5 32. Nxg5 dxe4 33. Ncxe4 Bg7 34. Nf3 hxg2 35.
Kxg2 Bf5 36. Nd6 Bxb1 37. Nxe8 Bxa2 38. bxc6 bxc6 39. Nxg7 Kxg7 40. Ne5 Bd5+
41. Kg1 Nh4 42. Rf1 f6 43. Bg3 Rh8 44. Nd7 Nf3+ 45. Kf2 Nxd4 46. Ke3 Rh3 47.
Kxd4 Rxg3 48. Nxf6 Bf7 49. Ne4 Rg2 50. Nd6 Bd5 51. Ke5 a5 52. Ra1 Ba2 53. Ne4
Rc2 54. Kd6 Bd5 55. Ng3 Rg2 56. Nf5+ Kf6 57. Ne7 Be4 58. Nxc6 Kf5 59. Nxa5 Rg6+
60. Kc7 Ke5 61. c6 Kd5 62. Rd1+ Kc5 63. Nb3+ Kb4 64. Nd4 Kc4 65. Kb6 Rh6 66.
Nc2 Rxc6+ 67. Ka5 Bxc2 68. Rd8 Be4 69. Rd2 Rc8 70. Rd1 Rb8 71. Rc1+ Kd5 72.
Rd1+ Kc5 73. Rc1+ Kd6 74. Rd1+ Bd5 75. Rd2 Kc5 76. Rc2+ Bc4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Shubin, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O Re8 11. Rfd1 exd4 12. Nxd4 a4 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Bf3 Bg4
15. Qe2 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nfe4 17. Rac1 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Qd7 19. h3 Re5 20. Rc2 Rae8
21. Nb5 Rf5 22. Qe2 Ne4 23. Rf1 Rg5 24. Kh2 f5 25. Qf3 Rg6 26. Rd1 Rf6 27. Nd4
g5 28. Qh5 Rg6 29. Qf3 Rf8 30. Ne2 b6 31. Nc3 Nxc3 32. Rxc3 f4 33. e4 Qe6 34.
Rd4 Re8 35. Rcd3 Kg7 36. Qh5 Re7 37. f3 h6 38. Rd5 Qf6 39. Rd2 Qe6 40. Rc2 Qf6
41. Rf5 Qe6 42. h4 Re8 43. Kg1 Rh8 44. Qg4 h5 45. Qh3 g4 46. fxg4 hxg4 47. Qc3+
Rf6 48. Rxf4 Rxh4 49. Rcf2 Rhh6 50. Qg3 Rhg6 51. Rxf6 Rxf6 52. Rxf6 Kxf6 53.
Qf4+ Kg6 54. Kf2 Qe5 55. Qxg4+ Kf6 56. Qf5+ Qxf5+ 57. exf5 Kxf5 58. Kf3 c6 59.
g4+ Kg5 60. Kg3 d5 61. cxd5 cxd5 62. Kf3 d4 63. Ke4 Kxg4 64. Kxd4 Kf4 65. Kc4
Ke4 66. Kb5 Kd3 67. Kxb6 Kc4 68. Ka5 Kb3 69. Kb5 Kxb2 70. Kxa4 Kc3 71. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Bach, Ngoc Thuy Duong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Be6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. f4 Nc5 10. Qc2 c6 11. Kh1 a5 12. b3 Re8 13. Be3 Bf8 14. Rad1 Qc7
15. Bg1 Rad8 16. Bf3 Bg4 17. f5 Ncd7 18. h3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nh5 20. Qg2 Ndf6 21.
Bh2 Qc8 22. Rg1 Kh8 23. Nde2 b6 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Nh5 26. Bh2 g6 27. Ne2
Bg7 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Bxd6 Qe6 31. Bh2 Rd8 32. Qg4 Qxg4 33. hxg4
Nf6 34. Be5 Rd2 35. Rg2 Nd7 36. Bxg7+ Kxg7 37. Nf4 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Ne5 39. Kg3 Rf1
40. Rf2 Rg1+ 41. Kh2 Rd1 42. g5 Rc1 43. Kg3 Rg1+ 44. Ng2 Rd1 45. Ne3 Rg1+ 46.
Rg2 Re1 47. Ng4 Nd3 48. Nf6 Re3 49. Rh2 Re1 50. Rh7+ Kf8 51. Rh8+ Ke7 52. f4
Kd6 53. e5+ Kc5 54. Rd8 Rg1+ 55. Kh2 Re1 56. Rxd3 Re2+ 57. Kg3 Rxa2 58. Ne4+
Kb4 59. Nd6 Rb2 60. Nxf7 Rxb3 61. Rxb3+ Kxb3 62. e6 a4 63. e7 a3 64. e8=Q a2
65. Qe5 Kc2 66. Qa1 Kb3 67. Ne5 b5 68. cxb5 cxb5 69. f5 b4 70. fxg6 Ka3 71. g7
b3 72. g8=Q b2 73. Qaxa2+ Kb4 74. Qgc4# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Erzhanov, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Bg4 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Qd7 15. Bg5+ f6 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. O-O-O+ Kc6 18. Be3 Ba3+ 19. Kc2 a5 20.
Kb3 Be7 21. a4 Rab8+ 22. Kc4 Rb2 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 Bc5 25. Be3 Bxe3 26.
fxe3 Rb8 27. Rg1 g6 28. h4 Rb2 29. h5 gxh5 30. Rh1 Ra2 31. Rxh5 Rxa4+ 32. Kd3
Ra1 33. Rxh7 a4 34. e4 a3 35. Kc2 Rf1 36. Ra7 Rf2+ 37. Kb3 Rxf3 38. Rxa3 Re3
39. Ra6+ Kd7 40. Ra4 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 b6 8. e4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. a3 Nh5 11. Nb3 Bg4 12. Be2 Nf6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bd3 e5 15.
Re1 Re8 16. Bd2 exd4 17. Nbxd4 Ne5 18. Ba6 Bc8 19. Bb5 Bd7 20. Bf1 d5 21. exd5
Nxd5 22. Qb3 Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 Nc7 24. Ng5 Ne6 25. h4 h6 26. Nf3 Bc6 27. Rad1 Bxf3
28. Qxf3 Qxh4 29. g3 Qf6 30. Qxf6 Bxf6 31. Bxh6 Bxb2 32. a4 Bg7 33. Be3 Rad8
34. Bb5 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Rd8 36. Rc1 Bd4 37. Bxd4 Nxd4 38. Rc7 Nxb5 39. axb5 Rd5
40. Rxa7 Rxb5 41. Rb7 Kg7 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. f4 Ke6 44. g4 Rb3 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Kg2
Ke6 47. Kf2 Rb4 48. Kf3 Rb5 49. Rb8 f6 50. Rg8 g5 51. f5+ Kf7 52. Rb8 Rb4 53.
Rb7+ Ke8 54. Rc7 Rf4+ 55. Kg3 b5 56. Rc6 Ke7 57. Rc7+ Kd6 58. Rf7 Ke5 59. Re7+
Kd5 60. Rd7+ Ke5 61. Re7+ Kd5 62. Rd7+ Ke5 63. Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qg3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Ne2 c5 13. O-O Nb8 14. f4 Nc6 15.
f5 exf5 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Rxf4 g6 18. Bf6 Rg8 19. Raf1 Ne7 20. Qg5 Rf8 21. dxc5
bxc5 22. Rb1 Nc6 23. Rf2 Nd8 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. e6 fxe6 26. Qxg6+ Qf7 27. Qh6
Rg8 28. Re1 Kd7 29. Rfe2 Rg6 30. Qe3 Kc6 31. c4 Rdg8 32. Qf3 Kd6 33. cxd5 exd5
34. c4 d4 35. Qf4+ Kd7 36. Kh1 Rb6 37. Re5 Rgg6 38. Rxc5 Rbd6 39. Rb1 Ke7 40.
Rc7+ Kf8 41. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thipsay, Bagyashree Sathe"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Ne7 8. Nc3 dxc4
9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nbc6 11. Ndb5 Ng6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 O-O 14. Be3 Nge5
15. Bb3 Qa5 16. Na4 Rfd8 17. Nc5 Rab8 18. h3 b6 19. Na4 Bd3 20. Re1 Rxd6 21.
Qc1 Bg6 22. Bf4 Nd3 23. Qd2 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Qc8 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bg5 Qd8 11. Qd2 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 h6 14. Nf3 d6
15. Rad1 Nd7 16. e4 Qe7 17. e5 Rad8 18. Qc2 dxe5 19. dxe5 Nb8 20. a3 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qe4 c6 24. b4 Qd7 25. Nd4 a6 26. h4 c5 27. bxc5
bxc5 28. Nb3 Qc7 29. Nc1 Nc6 30. Nd3 Nb8 31. Qa8 Kh7 32. h5 Nd7 33. f4 f6 34.
Qxa6 fxe5 35. Qxe6 exf4 36. Nxf4 Nf6 37. Nd5 Qb7 38. Qb6 Qa8 39. Qxc5 Nxh5 40.
Qe3 Qb8 41. Qc3 Qb1 42. Qf3 Qc2+ 43. Kh3 Qxc4 44. Qf5+ Kh8 45. Ne7 Nf6 46. Qc8+
Qxc8+ 47. Nxc8 Nd5 48. a4 Kg8 49. a5 Nc7 50. Kg4 Kf7 51. Kh5 Kf6 52. Nd6 Na6
53. Ne4+ Kf5 54. Nf2 Nc5 55. Kh4 g6 56. Ng4 h5 57. Nf2 Na6 58. Nd3 Ke4 59. Nf4
Kf5 60. Kh3 Nc5 61. Nd5 Na6 62. Ne3+ Ke4 63. Nc4 g5 64. Kg2 h4 65. g4 Kf4 66.
Kh3 Nc5 67. Nb6 Ke5 68. Nc4+ Kd5 69. Nd2 Ke5 70. Nf3+ Kf4 71. Nd4 Ke5 72. Nf5
Na6 73. Ng7 Kf6 74. Nf5 Ke5 75. Kg2 Kf4 76. Nh6 Ke5 77. Kf3 Nc5 78. Nf5 Na6 79.
Ne3 Nc5 80. Nc4+ Kd4 81. Nd6 Ke5 82. Nb7 Na6 83. Nd8 Kf6 84. Nc6 Ke6 85. Ke4
Kf6 86. Nd4 Nc5+ 87. Kd5 Na6 88. Nf3 h3 89. Kd6 Nb4 90. Kc5 Na6+ 91. Kb5 Nb8
92. Kb6 Ke7 93. Kc5 Kd7 94. Kd5 Nc6 95. a6 Nb4+ 96. Ke4 Nxa6 97. Kf5 Nc5 98.
Kxg5 Ke6 99. Kh4 Ne4 100. Kxh3 Nf2+ 101. Kg3 Nxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Slizhevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 g6 7. e4 d6 8. Nd2
Bg7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. Qd2 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14. Bh6 Bxc4 15.
Bxc4 a6 16. h4 Ne5 17. Be2 b5 18. h5 e6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. dxe6
Qe7 22. f4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. f5 g5 25. Qxg5+ Kh8 26. Nh5 Rab8 27. Nxf6 Rxf6
28. O-O-O Rxe6 29. Rxh7+ Qxh7 30. fxe6 Rf8 31. e7 Re8 32. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. O-O-O a6 13. Kb1 Bd6 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. h4 g5 16. Be1 gxh4 17. Rxh4 Rxh4 18. Bxh4 Be7 19. Bf2 Kf8 20. Bd3 Na5 21.
Qd1 Nc4 22. Qe2 Qb6 23. e4 Na3+ 24. Ka1 Nb5 25. Qe1 Bb4 26. Na4 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1
Qd8 28. e5 Nd7 29. a3 Be7 30. Qh1 Ke8 31. Qh8+ Bf8 32. Be1 Nxd4 33. f4 Qc7 34.
Kb1 b5 35. Nc3 Nc5 36. Bf1 Nf5 37. g4 Ne7 38. f5 exf5 39. Nxb5 Qxe5 40. Bc3 Qf4
41. Be2 Qe4+ 42. Ka1 Qxe2 43. Nd6+ Kd7 44. Nxf7 d4 45. Qxf8 dxc3 46. Qd8+ Ke6
47. Ng5+ Kf6 48. Nh7+ Kg6 49. Nf8+ Kf7 50. bxc3 Nb3+ 51. Kb1 Nd2+ 52. Ka1 Qd1+
53. Kb2 Qb1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nd7 4. h3 Bh5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Be2 Bg6 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
Be7 9. Be3 Ngf6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Nf8
15. Qc4 Ne6 16. Nb3 b6 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Qxc6 h6
21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Ng5 23. Be2 Be4 24. c4 Bf8 25. a5 Qe7 26. Nd2 Bf5 27.
axb6 axb6 28. Qxb6 Nxh3+ 29. gxh3 Bxh3 30. Bf1 Qh4 31. Bxh3 Qxh3 32. Qb3 f5 33.
d6 f4 34. Bxf4 Qg4+ 35. Bg3 Kh8 36. c5 e4 37. Nf1 h5 38. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Morefield, Jason P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Ngf3 c5 8. c3
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. Qb1 a5 12. Bb5 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b4 cxb4 15.
cxb4 Nd6 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Ne5 Qd8 19. Rc1 Rb8 20. Qd3 Ne4 21.
Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qa3 Bd5 23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Qc7 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. h3 Rb8 27. Qd6
Qb4 28. Qc7 Rb7 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baskin, Robert"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qg4 Nf6 8.
Qg3 Nc6 9. Nc3 d6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Be2 O-O 12. Bf4 Bb8 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Be3 b5
15. f4 Ned7 16. a3 Bb7 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21.
Nd4 dxe5 22. Nf5 Qf6 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Qg4 h5 25. Qxh5 Qe6 26. Qg4 Kf8 27. Qh5
g6 28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. Nd4 Qe7 30. Rde1 Rc4 31. c3 Rac8 32. Bf4 Kd8 33. Bxe5 Nxe5
34. Qh8+ Kd7 35. Qxe5 Qxe5 36. Rxe5 Kd6 37. Re3 R8c7 38. Rf2 Rd7 39. Rf6+ Kc7
40. Rxa6 Kb7 41. Rf6 b4 42. axb4 Rdc7 43. Ref3 Kb8 44. Rxf7 g5 45. Rxc7 Rxc7
46. Rg3 g4 47. Rxg4 Re7 48. h4 Kc8 49. h5 Rh7 50. Rg5 Ra7 51. h6 Rh7 52. Rg8+
Kd7 53. Rg7+ Ke8 54. Rxh7 Kf8 55. Rb7 Kg8 56. g4 Kh8 57. g5 Kg8 58. g6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
exd5 9. Nxd5 Be6 10. e4 b5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bg5 Qg6 13. Bd5 Bd7 14. a4 b4 15.
Qd2 h6 16. Bh4 Bd6 17. Rad1 Bc7 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 O-O 20. Nh4 Qg5 21. Qxg5
hxg5 22. Ng6 Rfd8 23. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Garcia Almaguer, Juan Manuel"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. f3 a6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c5 11. g6 Qf6 12. gxf7+ Qxf7 13. Nh3 Be7 14. O-O-O Nc6 15.
Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 O-O 17. Rhg1 Kh8 18. f4 b5 19. Ne2 b4 20. Ng3 Rac8 21. Kb1 a5
22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Qe2 g6 24. e4 a4 25. f5 exf5 26. exf5 b3 27. fxg6 Qxg6 28.
axb3 axb3 29. Qxh5+ Qxh5 30. Nxh5 bxc2+ 31. Kxc2 Nb4+ 32. Kb1 Nb3 33. Rdf1
Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Ra8 35. Bf6+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalafova, Narmin Ilgar Qizi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bd2 Bb4 8. a3
Ba5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Qg4 g6 11. f4 c5 12. O-O-O a6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Ne2 Bb6 15.
Be1 Nc6 16. Bf2 Nc5 17. Nxd4 Ne4 18. Bh4 Qd7 19. Nb3 Nf2 20. Bxf2 Bxf2 21. Qf3
Ba7 22. Kb1 O-O-O 23. c4 d4 24. Bd3 Kb8 25. Be4 Rc8 26. c5 Rhd8 27. Rc1 Ne7 28.
Rhd1 Qc7 29. Rc4 Nf5 30. Rb4 b5 31. cxb6 Bxb6 32. Rc1 Qa7 33. Rc6 Rxc6 34. Bxc6
d3 35. a4 d2 36. Nxd2 a5 37. Rb5 Rxd2 38. Qb3 Kc7 39. Kc1 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Goltsev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Nd5 10. a3 Bc5 11. c4 Ne7 12. Nd2 Ng6 13. Nf3 a5 14. h4 Rb8 15.
h5 Ne7 16. h6 g6 17. Bg5 O-O 18. Rab1 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qd2 Re8 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 Bf8 23. c5 Ra8 24. Rfd1 Re6 25. Bf4 Qa7 26. Nd4 Re8 27. Qc3 Qa3 28.
Nb3 Rb8 29. e6 Qxb4 30. Qg3 Rb7 31. Nd2 Qa4 32. exf7+ Kxf7 33. Nf3 Rxb1 34.
Rxb1 Qa2 35. Ng5+ Kg8 36. Rc1 Qd5 37. Qh3 Ba6 38. Bd6 Bxd6 39. cxd6 Qxd6 40.
Qc3 Qe7 41. Qb3+ Kh8 42. Nf3 Bb5 43. Qc3+ Kg8 44. Re1 Qf8 45. Rxe8 Qxe8 46.
Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Peatman, Carter F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
Bb5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bd7 10. Qb3 Nge7 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Bd3 Na5 13. Qc2 h6 14. O-O
Qc8 15. Ng3 c5 16. Ba3 b6 17. f4 Re8 18. f5 c4 19. Be2 b5 20. f6 Ng6 21. fxg7
Kxg7 22. Nh5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Hamley, Ryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. d4 O-O 7. Qc2 a6 8. Bd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ne4 Bxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Rc8 13. a3 h6 14. Nc5 Ba8
15. O-O e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2 Qd6 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. h3 Rfd8 20. b4 Nfd7 21.
Ndb3 Qc6 22. Bf1 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Qf6 24. f4 Ng6 25. Qf2 Nh4 26. e4 Ng6 27. e5
Qxf4 28. Qxf4 Nxf4 29. Nxa6 Be4 30. Nc5 Bc2 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Bxb5 Rd2 33. Bf1
Bd1 34. a4 Be2 35. a5 Bxf1 36. Kxf1 Nxg2 37. a6 Ne3+ 38. Kg1 Rd8 39. a7 Ra8 40.
e6 Nd5 41. b5 fxe6 42. Nxe6 Kf7 43. Nd4 Ke7 44. Nc6+ Kd6 45. Rf1 Nc3 46. Rf7
Nxb5 47. Ne7 Rxa7 48. Nc8+ Ke6 49. Re7+ Kf6 50. Nxa7 Kxe7 51. Nxb5 c5 52. Kf2
Kf6 53. Kf3 Kg5 54. Nc3 Kf5 55. Ne4 g5 56. Nxc5 h5 57. Kg3 Ke5 58. Nd3+ Ke4 59.
Nf2+ Ke3 60. Nd1+ Ke4 61. Nc3+ Ke3 62. Nd5+ Ke4 63. Nf6+ Kf5 64. Nxh5 Kg6 65.
Kg4 Kh6 66. Ng3 Kg6 67. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tica, Sven"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rfd1 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4
Nf6 15. Rac1 Nd5 16. e3 Rc8 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nc4 Kh8 19. f5 exf5 20. Qxf5 g6 21.
Qe6 Rc7 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Nd2 Rd7 24. a3 f5 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Rc6 Bxc6 27. Qxc6
Rc7 28. Qb5 Qd6 29. Ne1 f4 30. Qxd5 Qe7 31. e4 Rd8 32. Qb3 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Bxd4
34. Nd3 f3 35. Bxf3 Kg7 36. Kf1 Qf6 37. Ke2 Rf7 38. Ne1 Bxb2 39. a4 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Nd2
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Ne5 13. h3 g5 14. Ra3 g4 15. hxg4
Nfxg4 16. Nd1 Ng6 17. Nf3 h6 18. Re1 Rb8 19. a5 Bd7 20. Bd2 Bb5 21. Ne3 Nxe3
22. Bxe3 Qe7 23. Nd2 Qf6 24. Bc4 Qxb2 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 26. Rb3 Bg7 27. Bxb5 axb5
28. Rxb5 Bc3 29. Bxh6 f5 30. Rb6 Kh7 31. Bg5 f4 32. Rd1 Bxd2 33. Rxd2 Rxe4 34.
Rxd6 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Rh8 36. Bf6 Rf8 37. Rd3 Kg8 38. Rh3 Kf7 39. Rh7+ Ke8 40. Rd8#
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 a6 7. Be3 c5 8. dxc5
Nd7 9. Bg2 Nxe5 10. Nf4 Nf6 11. g5 Nfg4 12. Nxg6 Nxe3 13. fxe3 hxg6 14. h4 Bxc5
15. Qe2 Qb6 16. O-O-O Bxe3+ 17. Kb1 Nc4 18. b3 Na3+ 19. Kb2 Bd4 20. Rxd4 Qxd4
21. Rd1 Qc5 22. Rxd5 Qc7 23. Rd3 Nb5 24. Nxb5 axb5 25. Re3 Kf8 26. Qxb5 Rxh4
27. Be4 Rc8 28. Rf3 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Benitez Lozano, Javier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d6 7. h3 Nf6 8. d5
Nb8 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 a6 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. a4 Nc5 14. Bc2 a5 15.
Qd2 Bd7 16. b3 Re8 17. Bh6 Qc8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4 Kg8 20. Re3 Bf5 21. Bd1
Qd8 22. Qh4 e5 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Nxe6 25. Ra2 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Qxh4 27. Nxh4
Bxe4 28. Rd2 Rd8 29. Bf3 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Nc5 31. Nd4 Kf8 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Ke2 d5
34. cxd5 Rxd5 35. Ke3 f5 36. g4 fxg4 37. hxg4 Kf6 38. f4 h5 39. g5+ Kf7 40. Rf2
Ne6 41. Nf3 Rc5 42. Ne5+ Kg7 43. Rd2 Rc3+ 44. Ke4 Rxb3 45. Rd7+ Kg8 46. Re7
Rb4+ 47. Ke3 Nxf4 48. Nd7 Nd5+ 49. Kd3 Nxe7 50. Nf6+ Kf7 51. Kc3 Rxa4 52. Nd7
Ra3+ 53. Kb2 Rg3 54. Ne5+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 Re8 7. Rc1 Bf8 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 c5 12. Bb5 Re7 13. f4 a6 14. Bd3 Nc6 15.
Be1 cxd4 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. exd4 Ne4 18. Bh4 f6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. d5 Bb7 21. Re1
b5 22. a3 Rc8 23. Qb3 Kh8 24. Rcd1 e3 25. Rd3 Rc4 26. Bg3 Qb6 27. h3 Re8 28.
Kh2 Bc5 29. Nd1 Rce4 30. d6 Bxd6 31. Rdxe3 Qc6 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Qxe4 34.
Ne3 Bc5 35. Bf2 Bxe3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Berdnyk, Mariia"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Qe8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Qd2 c6 13. Rfe1 f5 14. c5 exd4 15.
Nxd4 dxc5 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. exf5 cxd4 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. f6 Bf8 20. Qxd4 Nf5 21.
f7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Ba2 Nb8 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. h3 Bb7 15.
Nh2 g6 16. Ng4 h5 17. Nh6+ Bxh6 18. Bxh6 Nh7 19. Rf1 Qh4 20. Qf3 Ndf6 21. Nf5
gxf5 22. Qxf5 d5 23. g3 Bc8 24. gxh4 Bxf5 25. exf5 c6 26. f3 Nf8 27. Rae1 Kh7
28. Bg5 N8d7 29. Kh2 a5 30. Rf2 b4 31. Rfe2 bxa3 32. bxa3 a4 33. Kg3 Rab8 34.
d4 e4 35. c4 Kg7 36. cxd5 cxd5 37. Kf4 Rbc8 38. fxe4 dxe4 39. Rg2 Rf8 40. Reg1
Kh7 41. Bxf6 Nxf6 42. Rg7+ Kh8 43. Rxf7 Rxf7 44. Bxf7 Rf8 45. Be6 Rd8 46. Ke5
Nh7 47. Kxe4 Nf8 48. d5 Nh7 49. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gazik, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. d4 d6 7. cxd6 cxd6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nce7 12. Ne4 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. a3 Ng6 15.
Neg5 Rc8 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Ndf4 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Nd3 21.
Qc3 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 Qd5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nf3 Rd8 25. g3 Ne7 26. Re2 Qd1+ 27. Re1
Qa4 28. Kg2 Nd5 29. Qc1 a5 30. h4 Qg4 31. Qd2 Rc8 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Qxc1 Qe4 34.
Qe1 Qc2 35. Qd2 Qb3 36. Nd4 Qc4 37. h5 b5 38. f4 b4 39. axb4 Nxb4 40. Kf3 Nd3
41. Ke3 Nc5 42. Qc2 Qd5 43. g4 a4 44. Nf3 Nb3 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qc2+ Kg8 47. g5
Qxf3+ 48. Kxf3 Nd4+ 49. Ke4 Nxc2 50. Kd3 Nb4+ 51. Kc4 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Idrisov, Ildar F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O h6 5. d3 Bf5 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Be6 11. Nd4 Qe7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 cxd5
15. Nb5 Qc5 16. a4 a6 17. Be3 d4 18. Bxd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Loy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Nge2 b6 9. Nf4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O Nc7 12. Qf3 Qd7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Bd2
Rfe8 15. Re5 Ng4 16. Re4 Nf6 17. Re5 Ng4 18. Re4 f5 19. Re2 Bxd4 20. Rd1 e5 21.
dxe6 Nxe6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Be1 Rde8 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxe1+
27. Rxe1 Bxf2+ 28. Kf1 Bxe1 29. Kxe1 Nxh2 30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. Nc8 Ke6 32. Nxa7 Kd7
33. Nb5 Ng4 34. Ke2 Kc6 35. Nd4+ Kc5 36. Ne6+ Kd6 37. Nf8 Nf6 38. Kd3 Ke7 39.
Nxh7 Nxh7 40. a4 Kd6 41. b4 Nf6 42. Kd4 Nd5 43. a5 Nxb4 44. axb6 Nc6+ 45. Kc4
g5 46. b7 f4 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Ke2 Ke4 49. Kf2 g4 50. Ke2 Kd4 51. Kf2 Kd3 52. Kf1
Ke3 53. Ke1 f3 54. gxf3 Kxf3 55. Kf1 Kg3 56. Kg1 Nb8 57. Kh1 Kf2 58. Kh2 g3+
59. Kh3 g2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Re8 11. Nd5 Na5 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Ba2 c5 14. b4 cxb4 15.
axb4 Nc6 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Nh4 d5 19. f3 Ne7 20. g4 Kh7 21. Kh2
Rac8 22. Nf5 Rc6 23. c3 Rd8 24. Qe2 Qd7 25. Be1 dxe4 26. dxe4 Ng6 27. Rf2 Nf4
28. Qf1 g6 29. Ne3 Qc8 30. Rd2 Rxd2+ 31. Bxd2 Rd6 32. Be1 Kg7 33. Ng2 Nd3 34.
Rd1 Qc7 35. Rxd3 Qc4 36. Rxd6 Qxf1 37. Bg3 Ne8 38. Bxe5+ Kf8 39. Rd8 Ke7 40.
Ra8 Qxf3 41. Rxa6 Qxe4 42. Bg3 f6 43. Rb6 Qc4 44. Ne3 Qe2+ 45. Ng2 g5 46. Kg1
Kf7 47. Bf2 Qd1+ 48. Kh2 Qe2 49. Bd4 h5 50. gxh5 Qxh5 51. Rxb5 Qf3 52. Rb6 f5
53. b5 g4 54. hxg4 fxg4 55. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nc6 6. h5 Bg7 7. d4 Bf5 8. Rh4
Bf6 9. g4 Bxh4 10. gxf5 Bf6 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 gxf5 13. e5 Bxe5 14. dxe5
Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 O-O-O+ 16. Kc2 Rhg8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Bc4 Rd6 19. Ba3 Kd7 20. Re1
Rg4 21. Bxd6 Rxc4 22. Bg3 b5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nxe6 Nb4+ 25. Kb3 Nd5 26. Re5 f4
27. Rxd5+ Kxe6 28. Rxb5 fxg3 29. Kxc4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bg4 9. c3 Nf6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 h5 12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. Re1 Bh6 14. Nc4
Bxc1 15. Raxc1 Rhe8 16. Kg2 Nb8 17. b4 Nbd7 18. Bd1 Nb6 19. Na5 Rd2 20. Bb3 Re7
21. c4 Nbd7 22. c5 Nb8 23. Nc4 Rd4 24. Nd6+ Kd7 25. Nxf7 Rxb4 26. Red1+ Kc6 27.
a4 Rxf7 28. Bxf7 g5 29. Rd8 Nbd7 30. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. d4 d6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Qe2 Bg7 7. O-O dxe5 8.
dxe5 Nd4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qc4+ Be6 11. Ng5+ Ke8 12. Nxe6 Nxe6 13. Qxe6 Qd4 14.
Qb3 b6 15. e6 Nf4 16. Qb5+ Kf8 17. Nc3 Nxg2 18. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. e3 e5 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Ngf6 7. c4 c6 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 e4 10. Qg3 a6 11. Be2 Qb8 12. f4 exf3 13. Qxf3 Qe5 14. O-O-O
Qe6 15. g4 Rc8 16. Kb1 Bd6 17. g5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qg4 O-O 20. Bc4 Qxg4
21. hxg4 Be5 22. g6 hxg6 23. Rh3 Rxc4 24. bxc4 f6 25. Ba3 Rc8 26. Rdh1 Rxc4 27.
Rh8+ Kf7 28. Rd8 Rc7 29. Rhh8 g5 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8 g6 32. Kc2 f5 33. Kd1
fxg4 34. Ke2 g3 35. Kf1 Nf6 36. Bb4 Nh5 37. Bc3 Bd6 38. Rd8 Ke6 39. Re8+ Kf5
40. Kg2 b5 41. Ra8 b4 42. Bd4 Nf4+ 43. Kxg3 Nd3+ 44. Kg2 Ne1+ 45. Kf1 Nf3 46.
Rxa6 Bg3 47. Kg2 Be1 48. Rf6+ Kg4 49. Bc5 Bxd2 50. Rb6 Kf5 51. Rb5 Kg4 52. Bxb4
Bxe3 53. a4 Nh4+ 54. Kf1 Kf3 55. Bc5 Nf5 56. a5 Bd2 57. a6 Ng3+ 58. Kg1 Ne2+
59. Kh1 g4 60. Rb3+ e3 61. a7 Ng3+ 62. Kh2 Kf2 63. Rb1 Nf1+ 64. Rxf1+ Kxf1 65.
a8=Q Ke2 66. Kg2 Kd3 67. Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4
Nf6 9. Nxf5 exf5 10. e3 Be7 11. Be2 Bd8 12. Qc2 g6 13. h3 h5 14. O-O-O h4 15.
g4 hxg3 16. fxg3 Bc7 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. g4 fxg4 19. hxg4 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Nbd7 21.
g5 Ng8 22. Bg4 O-O-O 23. Qf2 Rf8 24. Rh7 Ne7 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Qxf7 Kd8 27. Qe6
Nf8 28. Qf6 Ke8 29. Qf2 b6 30. cxb6 axb6 31. e4 dxe4 32. Nxe4 Nd5 33. Nf6+ Nxf6
34. Qxf6 c5 35. Bf3 cxd4+ 36. Bc6+ Nd7 37. Qxg6+ Kf8 38. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Qe2 g6 7. a4 Bg7 8. Bc4 O-O
9. d3 a6 10. O-O Rb8 11. Na3 h6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Qd2 g5 15. b4 cxb4
16. cxb4 Ne7 17. Bb3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nc2 Ng6 20. Ra7 g4 21. hxg4 Nxg4 22.
Rea1 Be6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Qe2 d5 25. Ng5 hxg5 26. Qxg4 dxe4 27. Bxg5 Qxd3 28.
Ne3 Rbe8 29. Nf5 Qc4 30. Bh6 Bh8 31. Be3 Rf6 32. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 a6 10. h3 axb5 11. hxg4 Nxc4 12. Rc1 d5 13. b3 Nd6 14. g5 Bd7
15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Kf1 b4 17. Ne2 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Be7 19. Qb2 f6 20. gxf6 gxf6 21.
Rxh7 Rxh7 22. Bxh7 e5 23. Bh6 Bf5 24. Bg8 Nf7 25. Bg7 Qc6 26. Qd2 d4 27. Ng1 d3
28. f3 Qc3 29. Ke1 Bc5 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Bh6 e4 32. fxe4 Bxe4 33. Nh3 Qa1+ 34.
Kf2 Qh1 35. Nf4 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. bxc5 Nc6 5. g3 e5 6. d3 Bxc5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Qe7 11. Nc2 Rd8 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Rb1 e4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. dxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Qd3 Qe7 18. Rb5 Rd7 19. Rd5 Rad8 20. Nxd4 Rxd5
21. cxd5 Rxd5 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qc4 Qd7 24. e3 h5 25. h4 Rd2 26. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Rb8 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxa7 Bd7 13. Qa4 c5 14. Qc2
cxd4 15. Rxd4 h6 16. Bf4 Bc5 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd6 20. Rad1 Bb5
21. b3 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 c5 24. h3 Rb4 25. Qe5 Rc8 26. Rd7 Qf6 27.
Qxf6 gxf6 28. Rc1 c4 29. Rd4 Ra8 30. Rdxc4 Rxc4 31. bxc4 Rxa2 32. c5 Ra7 33.
Kh2 Rc7 34. c6 Kg7 35. Kg3 f5 36. Kh4 Kg6 37. Rc3 e5 38. Rc5 f4 39. Rxe5 Rxc6
40. Kg4 Rc2 41. Kf3 Ra2 42. Rd5 Kg7 43. Rd4 Rb2 44. Rxf4 Ra2 45. Kg3 Ra3+ 46.
Kg4 Ra2 47. h4 Rb2 48. Rf5 Rb4+ 49. Kh5 Rb2 50. g4 Rb6 51. f4 f6 52. Rc5 Rb7
53. Ra5 Rc7 54. Rb5 Ra7 55. f5 Rc7 56. Rb6 Ra7 57. Re6 Rb7 58. Re2 Ra7 59. Rc2
Rb7 60. Rc4 Ra7 61. Rc6 Rb7 62. Ra6 Rc7 63. g5 hxg5 64. hxg5 fxg5 65. Kxg5 Rb7
66. Rh6 Rb1 67. f6+ Kf7 68. Rh7+ Kf8 69. Ra7 Rg1+ 70. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
d3 Bc5 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qb3 Bb6 11. Na4 O-O 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. b3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Bg2 h5 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. e4 dxe4 19. dxe4 Nh7 20. Be3 b5 21.
Rad1 Qg6 22. Kh2 Nf6 23. Bd4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Rxe4 26. Ba1 h4 27. Qd3
Ng5 28. Rd2 Qe6 29. g4 Rxg4+ 30. hxg4 Qxg4+ 31. Kh1 Nf3 32. Qd7 Qf4 33. Kg2
Nxd2 34. Re1 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 h3 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Rc1 O-O 8. a3
Bd6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c6
15. Be2 Nf5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. b4 a6 18. a4 Nd6 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5
Rfc8 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rfc1 Rc7 24. Qd1 g6 25. Bg4 Qe8 26. Bf3 Rcc8 27. Qc2 Nc4
28. Be2 Nd6 29. Bd3 Rc7 30. g3 Rac8 31. Qa4 Qd7 32. Kg2 h5 33. h3 Kg7 34. R3c2
Ne4 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Rc5 Qd6 37. Qc2 Re7 38. h4 Qf6 39. Rxc6 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Rxc6
41. Qxc6 Ra7 42. Qc2 g5 43. hxg5 h4 44. Qd1 hxg3 45. Qxf3 exf3 46. fxg3 Ra2 47.
Rc6 Re2 48. Rf6 Rxe3 49. d5 Rd3 50. d6 Rd2 51. Kf1 f2 52. g4 Kg8 53. g6 fxg6
54. Rxg6+ Kf7 55. Rh6 Kg7 56. Re6 Kf7 57. Rh6 Kg7 58. g5 Kf7 59. Rf6+ Kg7 60.
Kg2 Rd5 61. Kxf2 Rxg5 62. Re6 Kf7 63. Rh6 Rd5 64. Ke3 Ke8 65. Ke4 Rd1 66. Ke5
Re1+ 67. Kd5 Kd8 68. Rh8+ Kd7 69. Rh7+ Kd8 70. Rh8+ Kd7 71. Rh7+ Kd8 72. Rh8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 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. Bd2 Bb4 13. Nb1 Rfc8 14. a3 Bxd2
15. Nxd2 Qb6 16. Be2 Ne7 17. Bd3 Rc3 18. Bc2 Rac8 19. Ra2 a5 20. Nf3 Qc7 21.
Bd3 Qb6 22. Bc2 g6 23. Qe2 Kg7 24. Rb1 R8c7 25. Kg2 Nc8 26. b4 Nd6 27. Ne5 Nc4
28. Nxc4 R3xc4 29. Bd3 Rc3 30. bxa5 Qxa5 31. a4 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1 33. Qd2 Qxd2
34. Rxd2 Rc3 35. Bb5 Ne4 36. Rb2 Nd6 37. Be2 Kf8 38. a5 Ra3 39. Rb6 Ke7 40. a6
bxa6 41. Rxa6 Rxa6 42. Bxa6 h5 43. h4 Kf6 44. Bd3 Ne8 45. Kf3 Nd6 46. Ke2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Bh6 Bg4 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd5 14.
Nxd5 cxd5 15. h4 h5 16. g4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rh8 18. e6 f6 19. Rhg1 hxg4 20. Qxg4
Rh6 21. h5 Qd6 22. Qf5 Kh8 23. Rxg6 Rh7 24. Rxf6 Rg8 25. Rf8 Rhg7 26. h6 Rg2
27. h7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a4 Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Ne4 12. Bd3 h6 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. O-O Nxc5
15. Bb5 Ne4 16. c4 a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Bb2 Rac8 21.
Qd1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Rc8 23. Qd1 Qb4 24. Be5 Bxa4 25. Qxd5 Bc6 26. Qa2 Bb5 27. h3
Qc4 28. Qxc4 Bxc4 29. Nd4 Nc5 30. Nf5 Re8 31. Bxg7 Be6 32. Nd6 Rd8 33. Be5 Kh7
34. Ra5 Nd3 35. Bg3 Nb4 36. Ra4 Nd5 37. Rxa6 Nc3 38. Kh2 Rd7 39. Be5 Nd5 40. e4
Ne7 41. Ne8 Ng8 42. Ra8 f5 43. Nc7 Re7 44. Bd6 Rd7 45. Nxe6 Rxd6 46. exf5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3
c6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Bf4 Qb8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc2 g6 14. Rfe1 a5 15.
a3 Rfe8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Na4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 f5 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21.
Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 b6 23. Rc2 c5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 bxc5 26. Rc1 Rb8 27.
Rc2 Kf7 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke1 Kd6 30. Kd1 Kc6 31. Kc1 a4 32. Nb1 g5 33. Nc3 Bb3
34. Rd2 h5 35. Ne2 h4 36. Nc3 g4 37. hxg4 Rg8 38. f3 exf3 39. gxf3 fxg4 40.
fxg4 Rxg4 41. Rh2 Kd6 42. Kd2 Ke5 43. Ke2 Kf5 44. Kf2 Kg5 45. Rh1 Be6 46. Rh2
Rc4 47. Rg2+ Kf6 48. Rg1 h3 49. Rh1 Rh4 50. Rh2 Ke5 51. Kg3 Rh8 52. Kf3 Rd8 53.
Ke2 Bd7 54. Kf2 Rg8 55. Kf3 Bc6+ 56. e4 Bd7 57. Rd2 Be6 58. Rh2 Rd8 59. Ke3 c4
60. Ke2 Kf4 61. Rf2+ Kg3 62. Rf6 Bg4+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c6 8. a4
b6 9. a5 Ba6 10. axb6 axb6 11. Bd3 Qc8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Nd2 c5 15.
Bb2 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Qc7 17. Nd6 Qxd6 18. Bxa6 Red8 19. Be2 e5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21.
Qb3 h5 22. h3 cxd4 23. cxd4 exd4 24. Bxd4 Nc5 25. Qb2 h4 26. Rd1 Qe6 27. Bf3
Ra2 28. Qb1 Ra5 29. Bc3 Ra3 30. Rd8+ Ne8 31. Qb5 Kf8 32. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. d4 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
Bg4 9. b3 Rc8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Bf3 d4 16. Na4 Ba7 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Rd6 20. Qf3 b5 21.
Nc5 Rxd4 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qb6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Rd8 26. Rc1 b4 27. g3
a5 28. Kg2 Qd6 29. Rc6 Qd5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Ra6 g5 32. Kf3 f6 33. Ke3 Kf7 34.
Ra7+ Kg6 35. g4 Rc5 36. f3 f5 37. Ra6+ Kh7 38. gxf5 Rxf5 39. Kf2 g6 40. Ra7+
Kh6 41. Kg3 Rc5 42. Ra8 Rf5 43. Ra7 Rc5 44. Ra8 Rf5 45. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Rxb1 Bb4+ 7. Ke2 dxc4 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 a5 10. Nxc6 Qd7 11. a3 Bd6 12. g3 Qxc6 13. Qxc6+ bxc6 14. Bg2
Kd7 15. Rhc1 Rhb8 16. Rxc4 Nd5 17. Be4 h6 18. h4 Rb6 19. Kd2 Rab8 20. Kc1 Rb3
21. Ra4 R3b5 22. Bd3 Rb3 23. Bc2 R3b5 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Bd3 Rb3 26. Bc4 R3b7
27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rxa5 Rc8+ 29. Kd1 Rbc7 30. b4 Ke7 31. b5 Rc2 32. Ra7+ Kf6 33.
b6 Rxf2 34. Rc7 Ra8 35. b7 Rxa3 36. b8=Q Raa2 37. Qb5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a5 11. b5 Ne7 12. Qb3 Rf8 13. d4 Ng6 14. h3 Nh5 15. Bf1
Qf6 16. Qd1 exd4 17. cxd4 Bxd4 18. e5 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Nxe5 20. Ra3 Bf5 21. Kg1
Rae8 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Nc4 Qc5+ 25. Be3 Qb4 26. Qxh5 Be6 27. Bd2
Qb1 28. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a4 Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Qb2 d4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. exd4 Bd3 16. Be3 Bxe2 17. Kxe2 Nd5 18. Rhe1 Qa6+ 19. Kd2 h6 20. Qb5 Qf6 21.
a5 Qf5 22. Qd3 Qg4 23. g3 Rad8 24. Kc2 Re6 25. Bd2 Nf6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. c4 Qc6
28. Be3 Nd7 29. d5 Qc7 30. Qd4 Rc8 31. a6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Alboredo, Julia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bg5 Bb4 8.
cxd5 Qe7+ 9. Be2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nb8 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Qd6 13. c4 Ne4 14. Bh6
Rd8 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Ne5 Nbd7 17. Qf3 c6 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. c5 Qxd5 20. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Loy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Nge2 b6 9. Nf4 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Rb1 Qd7 13. h3 Rad8 14. Qf3 b5
15. Bb3 a5 16. a3 a4 17. Ba2 Ncxd5 18. Ncxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5
21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxe7 Bxd4 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Rc8 25. Re2 Rd3 26. Rbe1 Kg7
27. f3 Rb3 28. Rd1 h5 29. Kf2 Rc4 30. Rdd2 h4 31. Re3 f5 32. Rxb3 axb3 33. Ke3
Kf6 34. Kd3 Ke5 35. Ke3 g5 36. Rd3 f4+ 37. Ke2 Rc2+ 38. Rd2 Rc1 39. Kd3 Kd5 40.
Ke2+ Kc4 41. Kf2 b4 42. axb4 Kxb4 43. Ke2 Kc4 44. Kf2 Rb1 45. Ke2 Rg1 46. Kf2
Rc1 47. Ke2 Ra1 48. Kf2 Ra6 49. Ke2 Re6+ 50. Kf2 Re5 51. Kf1 Kb4 52. Kf2 Kc5
53. Kf1 Kc4 54. Kf2 Re3 55. Kf1 Rd3 56. Ke2 Rxd2+ 57. Kxd2 Kd4 58. Ke2 Kc4 59.
Kd2 Kd4 60. Ke2 Kc4 61. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Skuhala, Barbara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. d5 O-O
9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. f4 h6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Qe2 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nd5
Nd4 16. Qe1 Nxf3+ 17. Rxf3 Nxd5 18. exd5 Rxf3 19. gxf3 b5 20. b3 bxc4 21. bxc4
Bf6 22. Qe4 Qh3 23. Be3 Rc8 24. Rf1 Rc7 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Bg6 Ke7 27. Qg8 Kd6
28. Rb1 Bc8 29. Be4 Qd7 30. Rb8 Bb7 31. Re8 Qf7 32. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Volkov, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Qe7 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. cxd5 Nb8 8.
Qxc7 O-O 9. Qxe5 Qc5 10. a3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Avramidou, Anastasia"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Ne5 c5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qa4 cxd4 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 dxc3
15. Bxc3 Rc8 16. Qa4 Bc5 17. Rae1 Ng4 18. Bd4 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Rfxe8 20. Bxc5 Rxc5
21. e4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 g6 23. Bf3 Nf6 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Re1 Kf8 26. Kf2 Nd6 27.
Re2 h5 28. g3 Nf5 29. Rd2 Ke7 30. h3 h4 31. g4 Nd6 32. Ke3 f6 33. Re2 g5 34.
Kd4+ Kd7 35. fxg5 fxg5 36. Re5 Nb5+ 37. Ke4 Nd6+ 38. Kd4 Rc4+ 39. Kd3 Rf4 40.
Be2 Nf7 41. Re4 Rf2 42. Ke3 Rh2 43. Bf3 Rxh3 44. Kf2 Rh2+ 45. Kg1 Rxb2 46. a4
Kd6 47. Rd4+ Ke7 48. Rd5 Ke6 49. Rd4 Ne5 50. Bd5+ Ke7 51. Bg2 a5 52. Bd5 Rb4
53. Rd2 Rxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meissner, Felix"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qe2 d4 4. Nd1 e5 5. d3 Bd6 6. g3 c5 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Nge7
9. Nf2 f6 10. Bh3 Bxh3 11. Nxh3 Qd7 12. f5 g6 13. g4 h5 14. Nf2 O-O-O 15. gxh5
gxf5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bd2 Qe8 19. h6 Nxh6 20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21. Ng3
Qd7 22. Qe4 Nb4 23. Nf5 Rh3 24. O-O-O Nxa2+ 25. Kb1 Nb4 26. b3 Bf8 27. Kb2 Qd5
28. Qg4 Qxf3 29. Nd6+ Kb8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Black "Martinez Reyes, Pedro Ramon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. Nd2 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Bd7 13. Nc4 Bb5 14. Nb6 Rb8 15.
Re1 Nd7 16. Qb3 Re8 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Rad1 h5 19. Qc2 Na8 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Bxe5
Bxe5 22. e3 Nxb6 23. axb6 Qxb6 24. f4 Bf6 25. e4 c4+ 26. Kh1 Qc5 27. e5 dxe5
28. f5 g5 29. Be4 Red8 30. Qe2 Kg7 31. Qxh5 b4 32. Re2 c3 33. b3 Ra8 34. Qg4
Kf8 35. Kg2 Ra3 36. Qh5 Rxb3 37. Qh6+ Ke7 38. Ra1 Qc4 39. Kf2 Rb2 40. Rxb2 cxb2
41. Ra7 Qd4+ 42. Kf3 Qxa7 43. d6+ Rxd6 44. h4 gxh4 45. g4 Qg1 46. g5 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelman, Alexander"]
[Black "Girish, A Koushnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. e3 a6 8. Nge2 c5
9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Bg3 cxd4 11. exd4 Qb6 12. O-O-O Nb4 13. Nf4 Bxc2 14. Re1 Rc8 15.
a3 Na2+ 16. Kxc2 Bxa3 17. Kd1 Bxb2 18. Nxa2 Qb3+ 19. Ke2 Rc2 20. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 21.
Ke3 Qb3+ 22. Bd3 Qxa2 23. Re2 Qa3 24. Rb1 Bc1+ 25. Kf2 Bxf4 26. Bxf4 Qxd3 27.
Rxb7 O-O 28. g5 Qxd4+ 29. Be3 Qxh4+ 0-1

