Games
[Event "Superfinal 69th RUS-ch Men 2016"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[TimeControl "60"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 {
There is practically no theory on this sideline labeled Berlin by the computer.
Even here, only four games can be found, albeit GM games.} 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Nbd2
a5 10. Ng5 Qe7 (10... Bf5 11. Nde4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. dxe4 Nd8 14. Bd2 c6
15. a4 Ne6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. g3 Rad8 18. O-O Rd7 19. Bc1 Rfd8 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21.
Kg2 g6 22. Bh6 Qf6 23. Qg4 Rd8 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Kf3 Kf7 27. Ke2
Rd7 28. h4 Bf8 29. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (81) Topalov,V (2761)-Aronian,L (2792) Saint
Louis 2016}) 11. Nde4 Bd6 12. a4 h6 13. h4 $1 {Although predictable, and
thematic, this move is also very strong. Beyond its obvious threat that
prevents the knight from being captured, it also promises a strong f3-g4 at
the right moment.} Nd8 ({The immediate tactical idea is obviously} 13... hxg5
14. hxg5 Ng4 15. Qf3 {followed by Qg3-h4 and a world of pain on the h-file.})
14. Qf3 Ng4 15. Qe2 ({The engines propose the curious switch in plans with} 15.
b3 {with the idea of} Kh8 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Ba3 {followed by Ne4 and pressure
on the d6 pawn. Still, one suspects that Svidler had a more gory idea in mind
with regicide at the end.}) 15... Kh8 16. f3 Nf6 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. g4 Ne6 $2 ({
Black needed to play} 18... Qe7 {to free the queen from the discovered checks
after an eventual hxg5.}) 19. Qe4 Nxg5 ({Covering h7 with} 19... g6 {loses
material after} 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Bxh6 Rfe8 22. Bg5 Qg7 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. h5 $1
) 20. hxg5 Qe7 21. Bd2 (21. g6 $1 {You only get partial marks since this move
could still be found without the knockout punch.} f5 22. Bxh6 $3 gxh6 23. Rxh6+
Kg7 24. Qe3 $1 (24. Rh7+ $2 Kxg6 25. gxf5+ Bxf5 26. Rxe7 Bxe4 27. Re6+ Rf6 28.
fxe4 $14) 24... f4 25. Rh7+ Kf6 26. Qe4 Qe8 27. g7) 21... Be6 22. O-O-O c6 23.
g6 $2 {The right move at the wrong moment. White misses another chance for
glory.} (23. Rh5 $1 {with the idea of Rdh1 was one winner here.} Bxc4 24. dxc4
g6 25. Rxh6+ Kg7) ({The direct} 23. Rxh6+ $3 {was another impressive winner.}
gxh6 24. Rh1 f5 25. gxf6 Rxf6 26. g5 Bf5 27. gxf6 Qxf6 28. Qe3) 23... fxg6 24.
Qxg6 (24. Bxh6 {was also possible.} Kg8 ({It cannot be taken since} 24... gxh6
{is mate after} 25. Rxh6+ Kg8 26. Qxg6+ Qg7 27. Qxe6+ Rf7 28. Rdh1 {with the
idea Rh8+ Qxh8 Qxf7 mate.} Raf8 29. Qg6 $1 {Yes! The threat is Rh8 mate, and
of course if Qxg6 then Rxg6 mate.}) 25. Be3 $16) 24... Rf6 25. Qe4 Qf7 26. g5
Rf5 27. g6 Qxg6 28. Rdg1 Qf6 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Rxh6 Qxh6 31. Bxh6+ Kxh6 32.
Qh4+ Kg7 33. Bxe6 Rf6 34. Bc4 Re8 35. Kb1 Re7 36. Ka2 Rg6 37. d4 Rh6 38. Qe4
exd4 39. Qxd4+ Rf6 40. Qg4+ Rg6 41. Qf5 Bc7 42. Bd3 Rg3 43. f4 Rf7 44. Qh7+ Kf8
45. Qh6+ Rgg7 46. Bc4 Bxf4 47. Qe6 Rc7 48. Qf6+ Rgf7 49. Bxf7 Rxf7 50. Qd8+ Kg7
51. Qxa5 Kf6 52. Qd8+ Ke6 53. Qe8+ Re7 54. Qg6+ Ke5 55. b4 Be3 56. Kb3 Ba7 57.
a5 Be3 58. c4 Rd7 59. Qe8+ 1-0
[Event "69th ch-RUS 2016"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{In this fine attacking game from the first round of the Russian Championship
superfinal Alexander Riazantsev put Dmitry Bocharov, the top local player form
Novosibirsk to the sword. After Riazantsev played a slightly unusal line of
the Rubinstein Nimzo, Bocharov reacted rather indifferently and Riazantsev
emerged with a lead in development and ready made attack against the black
king. The white square finish was striking.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.
e3 {This the Rubinstein Variation was for many years the main line though
currently it's perhaps slightly less popular than Capablanca's} (4. Qc2 {
There are also many other moves including}) (4. f3) 4... O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3
c5 7. cxd5 {Very unusual.} (7. O-O {is normally played when there are a number
of different ways that Black can play} Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7
{is the old main line.}) 7... exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 (8... Nbd7 {is played more
often} 9. Bd2 (9. O-O) 9... Nxc5 10. Be2 Ne6 {and I wonder if Riazantsev was
intending} 11. Nb5 (11. O-O a6 {prevents this}) 11... Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Ne4 13.
Qb4 b6 14. O-O a5 15. Qa3 {when Whtie can try to play against the Isolated
Queen's Pawn on d5}) 9. O-O (9. h3 {was interesting first to prevent ...Bg4})
9... Nc6 (9... Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. g5 (13. Qb3 Qc8 14.
Nxd5 Nxg4 15. Bd2) 13... Ne4 14. Qxd5 Nxc3 15. Qxc5 (15. Qxd8 Ne2+ 16. Kg2 Rxd8
17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Rfe1) 15... Ne4) 10. h3 a6 {controlling b5 and making room for
the bishop to reatreat} 11. b3 d4 12. exd4 (12. Na4 {makes little sense after}
Ba7 {which 10...a6 prepared.}) 12... Nxd4 13. Bb2 Ne6 {In this open position,
development is crucial. This gives White an easy advantage.} ({Instead Black
would like to play} 13... Bf5 {and I suspect that it was the best move but
it's very sharp and would require a lot of fancy footywork from Black early on.
} 14. Nxd4 (14. Bxf5 {was my first thought but after} Nxf5 15. Qc2 {engines
such as "Houdini" come up with the counterintuitive} Nd6 {which is loose in
the middle of the board but supports ...Ne4} 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Nb5 (17. Nd5 Nfe4
) (17. Ng5 Qc8 18. Nd5 Nfe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rde1 Bd6 21. Qd3 Qe6) 17... Rc8
18. Nxd6 Bxd6 19. Qf5 (19. Qb1 h6) 19... Rc5 20. Qb1 h6) 14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3
Bxd4 (15... Qxd4 16. Qf3 {is rather nasty}) 16. Rad1 Be5 17. Qf5 Qb8 18. Rfe1 (
18. f4 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Qc8 20. Qd3 Qc6) 18... Re8 19. Re2 {and Black is just
about okay since} Qc7 20. Nd5 Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Nxd5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qxd5 Bf4 24.
g3 Qc2 $1 {maintains the balance} 25. Ba1 (25. Qd7 Rf8 26. Bxg7 Qxf2) 25... Bh6
(25... Bg5 26. Kg1) 26. Kg1) 14. Ne4 Be7 (14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 {
is distinctly uncomfortable since Black will have big problems activating the
c8 bishop}) 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Nc3 Nf6 (16... Nb4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Qb1 {wins a
pawn since} g6 19. Bxg6 (19. Rd1 Qe8 20. a3 Nc6 21. Nd5+ Kxh7 22. Bf6 {as
given by the vicious engines is even nasteier}) 19... fxg6 20. Ne5 {gives
White a huge attack for no material investment.}) 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. Rfe1 {
Lagging heavily in development and with White's forces aimed at his king.
Black is in big trouble} Rd8 19. Re5 b5 (19... Qc7 20. Nd5 $1 {was also much
better for White after} Rxd5 (20... Qxc2 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 22. Bxc2 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1
Kxe7 24. Ba3+ Ke8 25. Nd4) (20... Nxd5 21. Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Rexd5) 21. Qxc7 Nxc7
22. Rxe7 Bf5 23. Rxc7) 20. Nd5 $1 {This nice move wins a pawn} Nxd5 21. Bxh7+
Kf8 22. Rexd5 Rxd5 $2 (22... Bb7 {put up a better fight though} 23. Rf5 (23.
Be4 $1 {keeps a safe extra pawn since if} Bxd5 (23... Rac8 24. Rxd8+) 24. Bxd5
Rac8 $6 25. Qh7 Bf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Nh4 {Black gets what his appalling
king's position deserves.}) 23... Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Ng5 (25... Rd8
26. Rd3 (26. Bd3 Qxa2 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qh5+ Kf8 29. Qf5+ Ke8 30. Qxe6 Rxd3
31. Qg6+ Kd7 32. Qxd3+) 26... g6) 26. Re3 Nxh7 27. Qh5) 23. Rxd5 Bb7 24. Rf5 $1
Rc8 (24... Bxf3 25. Rxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Qxe6 Bc5 (27... Ke8 28. gxf3
Qc7) 28. gxf3 (28. Qg8+ {actually forces mate apparently}) 28... Qc7 {hoping
for Qg3+} 29. Qg8+ Ke7 30. Qxg7+ Kd8 31. Bf6+ Kc8 32. Qg8+ Kb7 33. Be4+ Kb6 34.
Bxa8) 25. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Qxe6 Bf6 (27... Ke8 28. Bg6+ Kd8 29.
Bf5) 28. Bg6 (28. Bg6 Qc7 29. Ba3+) 1-0
[Event "69th ch-RUS 2016"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "mycomputer"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Na6 8. a3
Be7 9. b4 Nc7 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. Nb3 Ne6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. Rc1 Nb6 15.
Na5 Rb8 16. e4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 f6 19. Ne2 Bh5 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21.
Rxd4 Bf7 22. Rdd1 Rfe8 23. Bd4 Bf8 24. Be3 g5 25. f3 Be6 26. Kf2 Re7 27. Bc5
Rf7 28. Bxf8 Rbxf8 29. Rd6 Bc8 30. f4 gxf4 31. gxf4 Na8 32. Bf3 Re7 33. Rg1+
Kh8 34. Rgd1 Nb6 35. h4 Na4 36. Rc1 Rg7 37. f5 Nb6 38. Rcd1 Rc7 39. h5 h6 40.
Rd8 Rxd8 41. Rxd8+ Kg7 42. Rd1 c5 43. Rc1 Nd7 44. Be2 b6 45. Nb3 Bb7 46. Ke3
Rc8 47. Bb5 Bc6 48. Bc4 Ba4 49. Be6 Bxb3 50. Bxd7 Rc7 51. Bb5 Bf7 52. Be2 Kf8
53. Kf4 c4 54. a4 a5 55. bxa5 bxa5 56. Ke3 c3 57. Bd1 Be8 58. Kd4 $4 ({
Jakovenko had been better throughout the game, but now it's just a draw after
e. g.} 58. Bc2) 58... c2 $1 {That must have come as a shock. Black wins a
piece.} 59. Be2 (59. Bxc2 Bxa4 60. Kd3 Bxc2+ 61. Rxc2 Rxc2 62. Kxc2 Ke7 {
is an easily winning pawn endgame because of the distant passed pawn.}) (59.
Rxc2 Rd7+ {is probably what Jakovenko missed.}) 59... Bxa4 60. Bd3 Bb3 0-1
[Event "66th ch-RUS w 2016"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "mycomputer"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 (11. f4 Be7 12. Bd2 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bxh4 14.
O-O-O Bxg3 15. Qxg3 Ne7 16. Qxg7 Rg8 17. Qh7 Qd5 18. Kb1 O-O-O {Saric,I (2668)
-Mamedyarov,S (2761) Baku 2016}) 11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qa5+ 13. c3 O-O-O 14. Qe2
Nf6 15. O-O Bd6 16. h5 (16. a4 h5 17. b4 Qc7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne4 Qf4 20. Nxf6
gxf6 21. g3 Qc7 {Rogic,D (2505)-Zelcic,R (2561) Pula 2000}) 16... Bxe5 17. dxe5
Nd5 18. Qg4 Rhg8 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Rd4 Qb6 21. Rad1 Qxb2 22. Qf3 gxh5 $2 (22...
Nxc3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Qxf7 gxh5 26. Qxe6 Nd5 {was equal.}) 23.
Ne4 {This looks pretty hopeless already.} Qa3 24. Nd6+ Rxd6 25. exd6 f5 26.
Qxh5 Qxd6 27. c4 Nf6 28. Qf7 Rf8 29. Qxf6 1-0
[Event "69th ch-RUS 2016"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko, D."]
[Black "Bocharov, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "mycomputer"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Ne8 (10... Qd6 11. Qd3 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Nb1 e6 14. c4 c6
15. Nc3 Bb7 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Rfd1 {?-? Nedev,T (2405)-Lazic,M (2450) Star
Dorjan 1995}) 11. Na4 (11. f3 Bd7 12. g4 Nd6 13. Qd3 Qe8 14. b3 f5 15. Rac1 g5
16. Bg3 fxg4 17. fxg4 Qg6 18. Bf3 Rf7 {Mueller,M-Knaak,R Leipzig 1970}) 11...
g5 12. Bg3 Nd6 13. f3 e6 14. c4 exd5 15. cxd5 f5 16. Qc2 f4 17. Bf2 b6 18. Rfc1
Rf7 19. Nc3 a6 20. a4 h5 21. Nb1 g4 22. Ra3 Qg5 23. Nd2 Bf8 $6 ({A good setup
was} 23... Bf6 $1 24. Rc3 Bd8 $1 {and White can hardly break through on the
queenside.}) 24. Rc3 g3 $6 ({And here} 24... Bb7 {was necessary, to prepare 25.
..Rc8.} 25. Rxc7 {is impossible:} Rxc7 26. Qxc7 Rc8) 25. hxg3 fxg3 26. Be3 Qh4
27. Nf1 {Now the queenside collapses.} Ne8 (27... Ra7 28. a5) 28. d6 $1 {
a great move, and it's not even a pawn sacrifice.} Nxd6 (28... Bxd6 29. Bc4)
29. Rxc7 Be6 30. Rxf7 Bxf7 31. Qd2 Be7 32. Qe1 Bg5 33. Bxg5 Qxg5 34. Qxg3 Qxg3
35. Nxg3 h4 36. Nf5 Nxf5 37. exf5 a5 38. Rc6 Rb8 39. Kh2 Be8 40. Rc7 Bxa4 41.
Bc4+ Kh8 42. Kh3 1-0
[Event "69th ch-RUS 2016"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, E."]
[Black "Inarkiev, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "mycomputer"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 b6 11. e3 (11. dxc5 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 bxc5 13.
O-O-O Be6 14. e3 Ke7 15. c4 dxc4 16. Ne5 c3 17. Bb5 a6 18. Ba4 Ra7 {Grischuk,A
(2754)-Carlsen,M (2857) Chess.com Blitz Battle 2016}) 11... O-O 12. dxc5 Qxc3+
13. bxc3 bxc5 14. O-O-O Be6 15. c4 dxc4 16. Ne5 Re8 (16... c3 17. Kc2 Rc8 18.
Rd6 Kf8 19. Be2 a6 20. Rhd1 Ra7 21. Bf3 Rac7 22. Ng6+ Ke8 23. Nf4 Bd7 {
Kasimdzhanov,R (2681)-Vitiugov,N (2709) Moscow 2011}) 17. Rd6 Bf5 18. Nxc4 Nd7
19. Bd3 Bxd3 (19... Be6 $5) 20. Rxd3 Nb6 21. Nd6 Re5 22. Kc2 Rd5 (22... Kf8 $5)
23. Rxd5 Nxd5 24. Rb1 Rd8 25. Nc4 f6 (25... Rd7 26. Rb8+ Kh7 27. Rc8) 26. Rb7
Ra8 27. Nd6 g6 28. Rd7 Nb6 29. Rc7 f5 30. Rxc5 Rd8 31. Nc4 Nxc4 32. Rxc4 Rd7
33. Rc6 Kg7 34. h4 Re7 35. g3 g5 36. h5 f4 37. Kd3 fxg3 38. fxg3 Rd7+ 39. Ke2
Re7 40. Ra6 Kh7 41. g4 Kg7 42. a4 Rf7 43. a5 Re7 44. Rg6+ Kh7 45. Rd6 Kg7 46.
Rc6 Kh7 47. a6 Kg7 48. Rc8 Re6 49. Rc7+ Kf6 50. Rxa7 Ke5 51. Ra8 Ke4 52. a7 Re7
53. Kd2 Ke5 54. Kc3 Rc7+ 55. Kb4 Rb7+ 56. Kc4 Rc7+ 57. Kb5 Re7 58. Kc5 1-0
[Event "69th ch-RUS 2016"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Riazantsev, A."]
[Black "Kokarev, Dm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "mycomputer"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 $5 {"Here comes Harry."} dxc4 6.
e4 O-O 7. Bxc4 c5 8. d5 b5 9. Bxb5 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3
Qxb5 13. h5 Qc4 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Rh4 Qxc3+ 16. Bd2 Qd3 17. Bh6 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1
Re8 19. Ng5 Nd7 20. Ne6 Rb8 21. Nc7 Rd8 22. Ne6 Re8 23. Nc7 Rd8 24. Re4 Rb7 25.
d6 ({All of this has been played before:} 25. Bf4 Nf6 26. Rxe7 Rd7 27. Rxd7
Bxd7 28. Rc1 Rb4 29. Be3 c4 30. Bxa7 Rb7 {Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Giri,A (2734)
Beijing 2013}) 25... exd6 (25... e5 $5) 26. Ne8 $1 Rb4 $1 27. Re3 (27. Rxb4 $2
Rxe8+) 27... Bb7 $2 ({Black should go} 27... Ba6 28. Rxd6 Rb1+ 29. Kd2 Rb6 $1
30. Nf6+ (30. Rxb6 Nxb6+ 31. Kc1 Nd5) 30... Kf7 31. Ne4 Rxd6+ 32. Nxd6+ Kg8 33.
Ke1 Nb6 {and it's equal.}) 28. Rxd6 Rd4 29. Bg5 Rxd6 (29... Rc8 30. Rxd7) 30.
Nxd6 Rb8 31. Re7 {White has a winning attack. Sometimes that even happens
without a queen!} Bc6 32. Bh6 Kh8 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Ng5 Ne5 35. Rxe5 Rb1+ 36.
Kd2 1-0
[Event "69th ch-RUS 2016"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "mycomputer"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
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 Bf5 14. Qf3 Bg6
15. Na3 $5 {Wow!} (15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Bf4 d4 17. cxd4 Bb4 18. Nc3 Qxd4 19. Be5
Qxd3 20. Re3 Qc4 21. b3 Qc5 {Harikrishna,P (2752)-Inarkiev,E (2732) Monzon 2016
}) 15... Bxa3 16. bxa3 Nxc3 17. Bd2 (17. Bb2 Na4 18. Bxa4 bxa4 19. Qxc6 Qxd3
20. Qxa4 Rad8 21. Rac1 Qb5 {Ivanov,O (2519)-Kopylov,A (2401) Moscow 2016})
17... Nd5 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Rc5 Re8 20. Rec1 {White's structure is ugly, but he
has the bishop pair and pressure on c6.} Qd7 21. h4 h5 22. Qg3 Kh7 23. a4 Nf6
24. axb5 axb5 25. Rg5 Re2 26. Bc3 Ng4 $1 {Going for a positional exchange sac.}
27. Bd1 Rce8 28. Bxe2 Rxe2 29. Rf1 (29. f3 Qa7+ 30. Kh1 Qf2 $1) 29... Rxa2 30.
Rc5 f6 31. d4 b4 32. Bxb4 Qxd4 33. Qc3 Qf4 34. g3 Qb8 35. Ra5 Re2 36. Bc5 Rc2
37. Qa3 Qe5 38. Be3 Qe4 39. Ra4 Qf3 40. Qe7 Ne5 41. Rf4 1/2-1/2
[Event "69th ch-RUS 2016"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bocharov, D."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "mycomputer"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. e3 Be7
9. Qe2 (9. d4 O-O 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 d6 12. e4 Nbd7 13. h3 Rfe8 14. Be3 Bf8
15. Nd2 g6 {Banusz,T (2585)-Goganov,A (2604) Riga 2014}) 9... Ne4 10. Bb2 O-O
11. d4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 cxd4 (12... d6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Rfc1 b4 15. Bb2 a5 16. a3
Na6 {Retamoza,F-Bossenbroek,H corr. 2008}) 13. exd4 Bf6 14. Rac1 d6 15. c5 Qd8
16. Rfd1 Bd5 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 d5 19. h4 Nc6 20. h5 b4 21. Bb2 a5 22. f4
Qc7 23. Nf3 a4 24. Rc2 Rfe8 25. Qe3 Bd8 26. g4 f5 27. g5 Qb7 28. Re2 Bc7 29.
Rde1 Re7 30. Bc1 Kf8 31. Qd3 Qc8 32. g6 h6 33. Bd2 axb3 34. axb3 Rb8 35. Ra1
Ke8 36. Ne1 Ra8 37. Rxa8 Qxa8 38. Qb5 Kd7 39. Nd3 Kc8 40. Be3 Bb8 41. Nxb4 Nxb4
42. Qxb4 Rb7 43. Qa4 Qxa4 44. bxa4 Rb3 45. a5 Kd7 46. Bc1 Rc3 47. Bd2 Rc4 48.
Be1 Bxf4 49. Ra2 Kc8 50. a6 Kb8 51. Re2 Ka7 52. Rxe6 Bg5 53. Rd6 Rxd4 54. Bf2
Rd2 55. Kf3 Rd3+ 56. Ke2 Rd2+ 57. Ke1 Ra2 58. Bd4 f4 59. Rxd5 f3 60. Rf5 Rd2
61. Bf2 Rd3 62. Rf7+ Kxa6 63. Rxg7 $2 (63. c6 $1 Rc3 64. Bd4 Rd3 (64... Rxc6
65. Kf2) 65. Rd7 Rd2 66. Bxg7 Rc2 67. Rd3 Bh4+ 68. Kd1 f2 69. Rf3 Rxc6 70. Bxh6
) 63... Bd2+ $2 ({Missing} 63... Bf6 $1 64. Rf7 Bc3+ 65. Kf1 Rd1+ 66. Be1 Rxe1+
67. Kf2 Re5 {and White draws with} 68. c6 Rxh5 69. g7 Bxg7 70. Rxg7 Rf5 71. Rb7
) 64. Kf1 Rd5 65. c6 Bc3 66. Rd7 Rxh5 67. c7 $2 ({Winning was} 67. g7) 67...
Kb7 $2 ({With} 67... Rh1+ 68. Bg1 Kb7 {Black could liquidate to RB-R:} 69. g7
Bxg7 70. Rxg7 h5 71. Kf2 h4 72. Kxf3 h3 73. Bf2 h2 74. Rh7 Rd1 75. Rxh2 Kxc7)
68. Bg3 $2 ({Missing} 68. Bb6 $1 Be5 69. g7 Rg5 70. Rd5 Rxg7 71. Rxe5 Rg8 72.
Ba5 Kc6 73. Kf2 {and wins.}) 68... Rh1+ 69. Kf2 Be1+ 70. Kxf3 $6 ({The
computer screams} 70. Ke3 {but that might be a draw too after} Bxg3 (70... f2
$2 71. Rd8) 71. g7 {and now the only move} Rg1 $1 (71... f2 72. c8=Q+ Kxc8 73.
g8=Q+ Kxd7 74. Qd5+) 72. c8=Q+ Kxc8 73. g8=Q+ Kxd7 {and now the question is
whether White can win here. For example} 74. Kxf3 Bh2 75. Qh7+ Kc8 76. Qh8+ Kd7
77. Qd4+ Ke7 78. Qh4+ Kf7 79. Qxh2 Rg6 {is a theoretical draw.}) 70... Rh3 71.
Ke2 Rxg3 72. g7 Ba5 73. Rd8 Bxc7 74. g8=Q Rxg8 75. Rxg8 1/2-1/2
[Event "66th ch-RUS w 2016"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ubiennykh, E."]
[Black "Pogonina, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "mycomputer"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
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
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qe7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nbd7 14. f3 Rfc8
15. a4 Ne5 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Ba2 Nc4 $4 {Probably missing the intermediate move..
.} 18. Nb5 $1 Qe5 ({The problem is that} 18... Qc6 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 {fails to} 20.
Rd8+ $1) 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Bxf3 22. Qd3 1-0
[Event "66th ch-RUS w 2016"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk, A."]
[Black "Goryachkina, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "mycomputer"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd3 e6 (
7... Rc8 8. c4 b5 9. Na3 bxc4 10. Nxc4 Nf6 11. O-O e6 12. Rd1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5
14. Ne3 Nf6 {Fressinet,L (2713)-Jones,G (2664) Douglas 2014}) 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bf4
Be7 10. O-O-O Rd8 11. Qe2 (11. Rd2 O-O 12. Rhd1 Qc8 13. Qe3 e5 14. Bg5 Ng4 15.
Qe1 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nd4 {Al Sayed,M (2492)-Savory,R (2101) Port Erin 2006}) 11...
O-O 12. h4 d5 13. e5 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Ng5 Bc5 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. f4
(18. h5 {immediately was even stronger:} Ndxe5 19. Qd2 Nc4 20. Qe2 {with a
winning attack; even} Be3+ 21. Kb1 Bf4 {doesn't help Black because of} 22. Nxh7
$1) 18... h5 19. Be1 a6 20. Nc3 Kg7 21. g4 Rh8 22. gxh5 Rxh5 23. Ne2 Rdh8 24.
Ng3 R5h6 25. Nf3 Ne7 26. Rh2 Kf8 27. Kb1 b5 28. Bd2 Nf5 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Be3
Qb6 31. Bxc5+ Qxc5 32. Qd2 b4 33. Rg2 Nb6 34. b3 a5 35. Kb2 R6h7 36. Rdg1 Nc8 (
{Missing} 36... d4 $1 {when} 37. Nxd4 $6 (37. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 38. Nxd4 Rxh4) 37...
Nd5 {is good for Black.}) (36... d4 37. Qe2 Qc3+ 38. Kb1 a4 39. Qb5 a3 40. Kc1)
37. Rc1 Ne7 38. c3 Ke8 $2 (38... Rg7) 39. cxb4 Qxb4 40. Rc3 Kd7 41. Qf2 Nc6 42.
a3 (42. Rxc6 $1 Kxc6 43. Qa7) 42... Qb5 43. Nd4 Nxd4 44. Qxd4 Rb8 45. Rgc2 Rb7
46. Qg1 1-0
[Event "69th ch-RUS 2016"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Kokarev, Dm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "mycomputer"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 $5 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8.
Bd2 Nf6 9. h4 $5 ({Kokarev faced the same line in the Higher League:} 9. Bd3 g6
10. Bg5 Bg7 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. O-O-O Na5 {Oparin, G (2597)
-Kokarev,D (2624) Kolomna RUS 2016}) 9... g6 10. Bg5 Bg7 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bf4 Be6
13. O-O-O h5 14. Kb1 O-O 15. f3 Rc8 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qb6 18. g4 Ne5 (18...
hxg4 $2 19. h5 {leads to a winning attack.}) 19. gxh5 Nxh5 20. Be2 Rxc3 $1 {
A typical sac in this type of position.} 21. bxc3 Qf2 $2 {but this is the
wrong follow-up.} (21... Rc8 $1 22. Rhg1 (22. Kb2 $6 Qc7 23. Qe3 Bc4) 22...
Rxc3 {and Black is ready to take on b3 three times and give perpetual.}) 22.
Nd4 {Did Kokarev miss this natural move? The black queen is in danger, and
Black is lost.} Ng3 23. h5 $1 g5 (23... Nxh1 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. hxg6) 24. Qxg5+
Kh7 25. Rdf1 $1 Nxf1 26. Rxf1 Nxf3 (26... Qh2 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Rg1) 27. Qc1
1-0
[Event "66th ch-RUS w 2016"]
[Site "Novosibirsk RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk, A."]
[Black "Ovod, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "mycomputer"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
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. Qd1 Ba6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 Qa4 13. O-O Ne7 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bf6 Rg8 16. Re1 Kd7 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Re3 Na5 19. Rf3 Nc4 20. Qc1 Kc8 21. Bg5 Rg7
22. Ne2 Kb7 23. Nf4 Rc8 24. Nh3 c5 25. Qb1 Rc7 26. Qb3 Qe8 27. a4 Na5 28. Qb5
Qc8 29. Bh6 Rh7 30. Bd2 Ka8 31. Be1 Nb8 32. Ng5 Rg7 33. Rf6 Qb7 34. Bd2 Nc4 35.
Bf4 cxd4 36. cxd4 Nc6 37. Rd1 a6 38. Qb3 Rg8 39. Bc1 Rd8 40. Rd3 Ka7 41. c3
Rdd7 42. Rdf3 Nd8 43. Nh7 Rc8 44. Qd1 b5 45. Ng5 Rcc7 46. Kh2 Qc6 47. a5 Rb7
48. Nh7 Qc7 49. Bh6 b4 50. cxb4 Rxb4 51. Bf8 Rb5 52. Qc1 Qxa5 53. Ng5 Rbb7 54.
Qf4 Qe1 55. Bc5+ Ka8 56. Rd3 Qe2 57. Rc3 a5 58. Rc1 Qb2 59. Ne4 $5 {Trying to
complicate matters, and it works.} a4 ({The computer finds the strong idea}
59... Rb3 $1 60. Nd6 Ne3 $1 {with good winning chances.} 61. fxe3 Qxc1 62. Nxf7
Rb1 63. Ng5 Qg1+ 64. Kg3 Rb2 65. Qf1 Qxf1 66. Rxf1 Kb7) 60. Nd6 a3 61. Rxc4
dxc4 62. Nxc4 Qb3 (62... Rd5 $5) 63. Nxa3 Nc6 64. Qc1 Qa4 $2 {Now Black even
loses.} (64... Nxd4) 65. Nc4 Nxd4 66. Nb6+ Rxb6 67. Bxb6 Nc6 68. Rf4 Qb5 69.
Bc5 Nxe5 70. Qa1+ Kb7 71. Qxe5 Kc6 72. Qc3 Qxc5 73. Rc4 Qxc4 74. Qxc4+ Kd6 75.
Qb4+ Ke5 76. Qb2+ Kf5 77. f3 e5 78. Qc1 Rd6 79. g4+ hxg4 80. Qg5+ Ke6 81. fxg4
Ra6 82. h5 Ra2+ 83. Kg1 Ra1+ 84. Kf2 Ra2+ 85. Ke1 Rh2 86. hxg6 fxg6 87. Qxg6+
Kd5 88. Qd3+ Ke6 89. Qf5+ Kd5 90. g5 Kd4 91. Qg4+ Kd5 1-0