[Event "EU-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Terme Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Model game 1: Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "dkulj"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2021.11.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2022 Update 04"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 0,101,19,38,25,7,30,27,27,7,3,9,7,11,40,-19,6,-16,33,-13,-9,-13,-16,-30,
-9,-41,-22,-21,-10,-14,-7,-12,11,0,2,-13,0,0,0,12,73,73,63,61,65,59,61,92,91,
73,41,49,56,59,57,57,71,74,55,66,65,73,73,73,73,73,71,75,62,64,61,65,69,69,88,
68,78,78,80,52,63,38,33,42,60,60,60,54,54,60,60,60,60,60,64,53,53,63,75,75,86,
60,86,89]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1
O-O 8. h3 a5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 {This way, White can force a typical pawn
structure that was already discussed in part 1, model game
Firouzja-Nepomniachtchi.} (10. b3 $5 {is an interesting sideline. White is
trying to keep his bishop on the a2-g8 diagonal.} Ba7 {The downside of this
move is that it weakens the c3-pawn. In principle, Black should try to utilize
this by carrying out a timely ...d5 break.} ({It would be wrong for Black to
exchange} 10... Bxc4 $2 11. bxc4 $16 {[%cal Rd6d5]} Nd7 12. Nf1 f5 13. exf5
Rxf5 14. d4 Bb6 15. Ng3 $16) (10... d5 $5 {immeditately also works} 11. exd5
Nxd5 12. Ne4 Bb6 13. Bd2 f5 14. Ng3 Qd6 15. a3 Kh8 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1
18. Qxa1 Bg8 $13 19. b5 e4 $1 $36) 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 {[%csl Rc3,Re5]
Both sides have vulnerable pawns, so the position is in a state od dynamic
balance.} 13. Bd2 Qf6 14. N1h2 Rad8 15. Ng4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 e4 $1 17. g5 {
[%csl Rc3]} hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nxc3 19. Bxf6 Nxd1 20. Raxd1 gxf6 21. Rxe4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (27) Karjakin,S (2778)-Ding,L (2778) Shamkir 2018}) (10. Bb5 {is the
main line.}) 10... fxe6 11. Nb3 (11. Nf1 $5 a4 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 d5 14. Re1
Nd7 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Nf6 17. Ng3 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 20. Qe2
Rf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (30) Jakovenko,D (2709)-Adams, M (2751) Sharjah 2017}) 11...
Ba7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 a4 14. Nbd2 d5 $1 {A timely central break by Black,
as we discussed in part 1.} ({In the case of} 14... Qe8 {White can accomplish
most of his strategic goals by continuing} 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Nh5 17. g3 $14
{[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Yf4]}) 15. Re2 (15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 dxe4 18. Nxe4
Nd5 {[%csl Rd4,Re6]} 19. Rg3 Nf4 $132 {[%csl Yf4]}) 15... b5 (15... d4 $5 16.
cxd4 exd4 $13) 16. exd5 Nxd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Yd5f4,Yd5c3,Yf8f2,Yd8d2] Black
has a bad pawn structure but he compensates it with strong piece play} 17. a3 (
17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 a3 $132 {[%csl Rc3]}) 17... Nf4 18. Re3 {[%csl Rd3,Re5,
Re6]} Qe8 $6 {A little too ambitious.} (18... Nd5 19. Re4 Nf6 20. Re3 Nd5 $11)
(18... Nxd3 19. Qe2 Nf4 20. Qxb5 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Re5,Re6]}) 19. g3 $1 {A strong
and thematic move by Firouzja. The fact that Black wins a pawn does not matter
at all since he will have a terrible pawn structure as a result.} Nxh3+ 20. Kg2
Ng5 21. Nxg5 hxg5 {[%csl Re5,Re6,Rg5,Rg7]} 22. Qg4 {[%csl Rf2]} (22. Qe2 $1 {
[%csl Yf2]} Rf5 23. Rh1 $16) 22... Rf5 23. Nf3 Qf7 {[%csl Rf2]} 24. Qe4 Rf8 25.
Rh1 $14 g6 26. Qxc6 g4 27. Kg1 Rxf3 28. Rxf3 Qxf3 29. Qxe6+ Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Rxf7
31. Rh4 Rd7 32. Rxg4 Rxd3 33. Rxg6+ Kf7 34. Rc6 Rd2 35. c4 Rxb2 36. Rxc7+ Ke6
37. Rc6+ Kf5 38. cxb5 Rb3 39. b6 Rxa3 40. b7 Rb3 41. Ra6 Rxb7 42. Rxa4 e4 43.
Ra5+ Kf6 44. Kf1 Rb3 45. Ke2 Rc3 46. Ra8 Rb3 47. Rf8+ Ke5 48. Kf1 Kd4 (48...
Rf3 $1 $11) 49. Kg2 Rb7 50. Kh3 Ke5 51. g4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Model game 2: Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M/dkulj"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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"]

{[%evp 0,72,19,15,15,19,19,19,19,12,12,12,18,3,5,5,5,-15,-14,-28,-19,-28,12,-5,
-3,4,4,-2,12,2,20,10,20,14,21,24,26,30,43,36,42,64,52,57,52,58,93,66,70,60,71,
87,82,86,86,117,79,99,92,84,265,144,177,80,142,110,127,122,122,138,158,157,191,
191,248]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3
a5 8. h3 Be6 9. Re1 h6 10. Bb5 {[%cal Ya4c2,Yb5c6,Yb5a4]} Ba7 {One of many
reasonable plans for Black in this position.} (10... Nd7 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 11. Nf1
f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Bb6 16. a3 Nf6 17. Bc4+ Kh8 (
17... d5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd7 20. Bd2 Rae8 21. Bc3 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Rc6,Ye5]
}) 18. Be3 $14 {[%csl Ye6,Yg6] 0-1 (63) Navara,D (2758) -Deac, B (2605) Riga
2021}) (10... Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Ba7 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Nf1 (14. d5 Bd7 15.
Nc4 b5 16. Nxa5 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Rxa5 $132) 14... d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17.
fxg3 c5 {0-1 (42) Volokitin,A (2677)-Petrosyan,M (2620) Warsaw 2021} 18. Be3
cxd4 (18... c4 $2 19. Bc2 b5 20. Qd2 $40 {[%cal Gg3g4,Ge3h6]}) 19. Bxd4 Bxd4+
20. Nxd4 $14) (10... Na7 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bb6 14. d4 $14) (10...
Bd7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Ng3 Rfe8 14. d4 $14 {[%csl Yd4,Ye4] 1-0 (29)
Dominguez Perez,L (2758) -Santos Ruiz,M (2585) Moscow 2019}) (10... Qb8 $5 {
however, has scored best for Black in practice.}) 11. Nf1 Ne7 {[%cal Gc7c6,
Ge7g6,Gd6d5] A standard plan that we already covered in part 1.} 12. Ng3 c6 13.
Ba4 Ng6 14. Bc2 Qc7 {[%cal Gd6d5,Ga8d8,Gf8e8] Black keeps developing normally.}
(14... d5 $6 {is premature:} 15. exd5 Qxd5 (15... Nxd5 $2 16. d4 $1 {[%csl Re6,
Rg6]} (16. Nxe5 $4 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bxf2+) 16... exd4 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Rxe6 $18)
16. Bb3 {[%csl Re5]} Qd6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. d4 e4 19. Nd2 $16 {[%csl Re4]}) ({
But} 14... b5 $5 {[%cal Ya5a4,Yb5b4] would be a logical attempt to justify the
exotic ... a7-a5:} 15. d4 (15. a4 b4 16. d4 Re8 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qd2 Rab8) 15...
a4 {Keres,P-Portisch,L October Revolution 50 1967 (2) 0-1 With a similar
structure but with different minor piece placement as in the classical game}
16. Be3 Re8 17. Bd3 Bb6 $13 18. a3 Qc7 19. Rc1 Ba5 20. Re2 $1 {[%cal Gc3c4]}
Qb7 21. c4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 d5 23. Bd3 exd4 (23... c5 $1 24. dxc5 d4 25. c6 Qc7
26. Bd2 Bb3 $132) 24. Nxd4 Bd7 25. Ndf5 Bc7 26. exd5 cxd5 27. Bd4 $16 {1-0 (57)
Firouzja,A (2770) -Howell,D (2658) Riga 2021}) 15. d4 Rad8 16. Be3 Bb8 (16...
d5 17. Nxe5 Nxe4 (17... Nxe5 18. Bf4 $1 {[%csl Rc7]}) 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nxg6
fxg6 20. Bxe4 Bb8 21. g3 $14) 17. Bd3 Rfe8 (17... d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bxg6
fxg6 20. Nxe5) 18. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rd6d5,Yc2g6]} ({Avoiding} 18. Qd2 d5 $1 {
[%cal Gd8d2]}) 18... Qe7 (18... d5 $2 {doesn't work now:} 19. exd5 Bxd5 20.
Bxg6) 19. Rad1 Bc7 20. c4 $1 $16 {[%csl Yc4,Yd4,Ye4] White consolidates his
space advantage, partly due to the fact that Black has refrained from ...b7-b5.
} Bc8 $6 {Too passive.} ({Now was a good moment to fight for counterplay:} 
20... Nf4 21. Bf1 {[%cal Gg3f5]} ({White's achievements after} 21. Bxf4 exf4
22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qd7 {are far from clear.}) 21... N4h5 (21... g6 $6 22.
Nf5 $1 Qf8 (22... gxf5 23. exf5 {[%cal Ge3f4,Ge1e7]} Nxh3+ 24. gxh3 Bc8 25.
Bxh6 $40) 23. Nxd6 $1 Rxd6 (23... Bxd6 24. dxe5 $18) 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. e5 $36)
22. Ne2 g5 $5 $14 {/<=>}) 21. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} exd4 $6 {This practically
loses without too much fight.} (21... Nf4 $5 {looks again like the only chance
to fight back.}) 22. Nxd4 $16 Qf8 23. f4 {[%csl Yc4,Ye4,Yf4] There is nothing
to stop White's slow attack.} Nd7 24. Qf2 Nf6 25. Nf3 Re7 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Bc2
Ree8 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 d5 $2 {Black obviously lost patience, which is quite
understandable in such a passive position.} 30. e5 $18 Ne4 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32.
Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Bc5 Qe8 34. Rxe4 Ne7 35. Nd4 b6 36. Bd6 Bxd6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Model game 3: Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Giri,A/dkulj"]
[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 0,55,30,24,24,24,24,9,9,3,16,16,16,11,64,-13,17,-28,33,-9,-9,-19,-33,
-22,-28,-3,-15,12,-1,-42,-2,-29,0,-29,0,17,14,22,0,-7,-54,7,-40,-123,65,65,72,
-123,33,0,251,203,415,635,566,807,629,367]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 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 h6 9.
Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Yb8a7,Ya5a4,Ya7a5]} 11. Bxc6 {[%cal
Gd3d4] White eliminates the knight from c6 in order to immediately push his
central pawn.} (11. Nh4 $5 a4 12. Nf5 Re8 13. Nc4 Bxf5 14. exf5 Qa7 15. Qf3 e4
$1 16. dxe4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bd3 d5 $1 19. Bf4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Rxe4
Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxf2+ $11 {1/2-1/2 (43) Nepomniachtchi,I (2774)-Ding,L (2805)
Saint Louis 2019}) (11. Nf1 {is the main line}) 11... bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4
Bb6 {[%csl Rb8,Yd4,Ye4,Rg8]} ({Ding Liren went} 13... Bb4 {against me.}) 14. a4
$5 {[%cal Ya1a3,Ya3g3] A peculiar new idea. The rook is suddenly ready to join
the game via a3!} (14. b3 Re8 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 Re6 18. Ba3 Nb4
19. Qd2 Qd8 20. Re2 Rg6 $13 {0-1 (45) Vocaturo,D (2620)-Anton Guijarro,D (2674)
Batumi 2019}) 14... Re8 {I thought the tempo-moves d5 and Qa7 were more
tempting, but this waiting move is actually very decent.} (14... Qa7 $5 {
[%csl Rd4]} 15. Nf1 (15. Nb1 Bd7 16. Nc3 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Re7 $132) 15... d5 $132 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Gf6e4]}) 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 {
[%cal Gb2b3,Gc1b2]} Rab8 17. b3 $1 $16 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 {[%cal
Ge3g3,Gd1h5] 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 $40 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7,Rg7,Rg8]} 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 {[%csl Ra6,Ra7] White is
crushing - Black's queenside pieces never got to take part in the defense.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Model game 4: Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "dkulj"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[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"]

{[%evp 0,168,19,12,12,12,12,12,12,-8,-8,5,19,23,44,5,19,9,17,-19,-17,-12,-3,12,
12,-18,-16,-36,-13,9,3,1,6,5,-2,-135,-135,-134,-108,-91,5,5,78,164,170,43,276,
163,204,106,106,0,178,254,254,155,176,128,177,114,153,100,83,0,137,-23,-39,-48,
0,-15,0,0,53,53,53,39,39,32,37,11,23,24,48,37,37,37,37,3,29,28,13,13,13,20,20,
20,20,40,62,51,112,84,86,80,80,76,86,88,110,106,96,96,105,105,110,111,108,81,
75,97,104,104,108,104,104,104,116,104,115,108,104,103,104,85,87,88,104,100,104,
100,87,87,104,87,87,40,40,5,40,56,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 {[%csl Ra7,Rf2,Rg8] Black wins a tempo to
improve his queen by attacking the f2-pawn, while also making it more
difficult for White to push d3-d4. However, there is an inherent strategic
risk in this plan, as well. As we have seen in the previous model game, Black
needs to be careful about his kingside since his queen and dark-squared bishop
are far away and often cannot participate in king's defense.} 12. Re2 (12. Qe2
$5 a4 $1 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ga7a5]} 13. Ng3 Bb6 {[%cal Yd3d4]} 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nh4 {[%csl Rg7,Rh6][%cal Gh4f5] White's standard attacking plan.} Kh7 $1 {
[%cal Yf6g8,Gg7g6] This is the key defensive idea for Black.} 16. Rf1 (16. Nhf5
Ng8 17. Rf1 g6 {[%csl Yh6]}) 16... Ng8 $1 17. Kh1 Qb8 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Yd8][%cal
Gb8d8,Yd8h4]} 18. f4 Qd8 19. Nf3 exf4 20. Bxf4 Ne7 21. d4 Ng6 22. Be3 c5 $132 {
0-1 (40) Saric,I (2667) -Cheparinov,I (2670) chess24.com INT 2020}) (12. d4
exd4 13. Bxc6 dxc3 $5 14. Ba4 Bxf2+ 15. Kh2 Bxe1 16. Qxe1 d5 $1 $132 17. Be3
Qa6 18. e5 Ne4 19. bxc3 Qc4 20. Bb3 Qxc3 21. N1d2 $13 {1/2-1/2 (60) Alekseenko,
K (2671) -Ding,L (2811) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) (12. Be3 {is the most popular
move which will be covered in the next model game.}) 12... a4 $1 13. Ng3 Qa5
14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nh4 {[%cal Gh4f5] The attacking plan.} (15. d4 {is also
possible, but then it is not so simple for White to attack because Black will
always have counterplay in the center. For example:} Bb6 16. Be3 Rfe8 {[%csl
Rd4,Re4][%cal Ge5d4]} 17. Qd2 exd4 18. Bxh6 $6 (18. Bxd4 Nd7 $11) 18... dxc3
19. bxc3 Nh5 20. Bf4 f6 21. Nxh5 Qxh5 $17 {1/2-1/2 (47) Bogner,S (2588) -Anton
Guijarro,D (2647) Batumi 2018}) 15... Rfe8 {Mamedyarov is playing with fire.} (
{Black should take the necessary precautions against knight's invasion of
f5-square by playing} 15... Kh7 $1 {[%csl Yg7,Yh6][%cal Gf6g8]} 16. Nhf5 Ng8
17. d4 Bb6 18. Qd3 g6 19. Ne3 Qb5 $1 $15 {1/2-1/2 (50) Salomon,J (2503)
-Aleksandrov,A (2618) Moscow 2018}) 16. Nhf5 d5 17. Nxh6+ $5 {An enterprising
yet logical sacrifice black queen cannot participate in defense.} gxh6 18. Bxh6
$36 {[%csl Ra5,Rg8]} dxe4 $2 (18... Bd7 $1 19. d4 Bd6 20. Qd2 Nh7 21. Rae1 Re6
$13) 19. Rxe4 $3 $40 {[%cal Ge4h4]} Bxf2+ (19... Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Be7 21. Qf3 Kh7
22. Qh5 Rh8 23. Re1 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge1e3,Ge3g3]}) 20. Kxf2 Qb6+ 21.
Kf1 Qxb2 22. Rc1 Bd7 23. Rc2 Qb5 24. c4 Qb4 25. Qf3 Re6 26. Rf2 Be8 27. Bd2 $18
{White is completely winning but somehow he managed to mess it up.} Qa3 28. Bg5
Nh7 29. Rg4 Nxg5 30. Rxg5+ Kf8 31. Qe3 Rd8 32. Rf3 Qxa2 33. Rh5 Qa1+ 34. Kf2
Ke7 35. Ne4 Qd4 36. Nc5 a3 37. Nxe6 Kxe6 38. Qxd4 Rxd4 39. Ke3 f6 40. Rh8 Bg6
41. Kd2 Be4 42. Re3 Bxg2 43. Kc3 c5 44. h4 a2 45. Re1 Bh3 46. Ra8 Bf5 47. Re3
Rxh4 48. Rxa2 e4 49. Ra5 Ke5 50. dxe4 Bxe4 51. Rxc5+ Kd6 52. Ra5 f5 53. Re1 Ke6
54. Kd4 Kf6 55. Ra6+ c6 56. Kc5 Rh2 57. Ra8 Rc2 58. Rf8+ Kg7 59. Rb8 Kf6 60.
Kd4 Rd2+ 61. Kc5 Rc2 62. Rd1 Rc3 63. Rd4 Ke5 64. Rc8 Rc1 65. Rc7 Rc2 66. Rd1
Bd5 67. Rd4 Be4 68. Rh7 Rc1 69. Rh6 Bd5 70. Rh8 Be4 71. Rd2 Bd5 72. Re2+ Kf4
73. Rh4+ Kg3 74. Rd4 f4 75. Re7 f3 76. Rg7+ Kf2 77. Rh4 Rxc4+ 78. Rxc4 Bxc4 79.
Kxc4 Ke2 80. Re7+ Kd2 81. Rf7 Ke2 82. Kc5 f2 83. Kxc6 f1=Q 84. Rxf1 Kxf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Carlsen-Ding Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Model game 5: Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "dkulj"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,87,24,24,24,24,24,16,16,7,16,12,16,4,-1,-3,6,-22,27,-9,-9,-9,-15,3,15,
14,9,17,17,3,0,3,16,18,20,14,14,14,14,-4,17,-4,0,-10,0,4,13,-13,0,-10,-6,-43,
-9,-2,-6,-10,-14,-17,0,0,0,-22,-23,-13,-36,-45,-33,-31,-10,-5,0,0,0,0,-1,-9,-8,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O
6. h3 d6 7. c3 a5 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Be3 {
This is the most risk-free option for White. He is hoping to create a slight
positional advantage in a fairly symmetrical middlegame after} Bxe3 13. Nxe3 {
[%cal Yd3d4]} Ne7 (13... a4 $5 {[%cal Ra2a4,Ga7a5] is an interesting attempt
to imbalance the position.} 14. d4 Qa5 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. Nf5 (16. Qc2 Ng6 17. Bf1
$13) 16... Bxf5 (16... Ng6 $1 {[%csl Yf4][%cal Gg6f4]}) 17. exf5 (17. dxe5 $1
dxe5 18. exf5 Nc6 19. Nd2 $14) 17... Nc6 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qe2
Rfe8 $11 21. Be4 c6 22. Rad1 Qc5 23. a3 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bc2 b5 $15 {
0-1 (45) Vachier Lagrave,M (2775) -Mamedyarov,S (2765) Riga 2019}) 14. a4 Ng6
15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qa6 $11 {[%cal Rd3d4] The position is completely equal,
though. Perhaps it is possible to outplay a weaker opponent in this kind of
position, but against similar opponents most such games should end in a draw.}
17. g3 Rfe8 18. Qb3 Nf8 $5 {[%csl Yc5,Rg6][%cal Yf8e6,Ye6c5] A timely maneuver
to improve the knight from g6.} 19. Qb5 (19. d4 $5 exd4 20. e5 dxe5 21. Ncxe5
Qe6 22. Nxd4 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 b6 $11) 19... Ne6 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 Qxb5 22. axb5
b6 {[%csl Rd4,Re4] White managed to push d3-d4, but his pawns are quite
vulnerable in the endgame and Ding even had a slight pressure.} 23. Ncd2 a4 24.
Nb1 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Yc3,Yd5][%cal Gb1c3]} d5 $1 $11 25. exd5 (25. e5 Ne4 $11)
25... Ng5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 28. Nxf3 Re2 29. Rxa4 Rxb2 30. Ra8+ Kh7
31. Ne5 Rxb5 32. Nxf7 Rxd5 33. g4 g5 34. Rc8 Rxd4 35. Rxc7 Rd7 36. Rxd7 Nxd7
37. Nd6 Kg6 38. Kg2 Ne5 39. Kg3 Nd3 40. f3 h5 41. h4 hxg4 42. fxg4 gxh4+ 43.
Kxh4 Ne5 44. Kg3 1/2-1/2

