[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Antipov,Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2020.12.05"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nc3 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} d6 7. a4 0-0 8. h3 {White has an edge.} Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 11. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. 0-0 d5 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Nb1 a5 14. Nbd2 Rad8 15. Nb1 Ra8 16. Nbd2 Rad8 17. g3 {1-0 (38) Yu,Y (2738)-Vidit,S (2707) Danzhou 2019} )Qd7 12. c3 Rf7 13. h4 Raf8 14. b4 Kh8 15. Ra2 Bd8 16. Neg1 Ne7 17. Ng5 {
aiming for Qh5!} Rf6 18. Kf1 c5 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. N5f3 Nc6 21. Rd2 {} Ba5 22. Qb3 a6 23. Rd1 h6 24. h5 Kh7 25. Qc4 Qd6 26. Ne2 Rb8 27. Rb1 Bc7 28. Rh3 Na5 29. Qa2 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rd1 b4 32. cxb4 cxb4 33. d4 {[#]} (33. Qa1 $17 )b3 $1 $19 {} 34. Qb1 Qb6 35. dxe5 (35. Nc1 $142 )Rf7 36. g4 b2 37. g5 {Black must now prevent g6+.
} Kh8 {Strongly threatening ...hxg5.} 38. gxh6 $2 (38. g6 Rff8 39. Ned4 )gxh6 39. Ned4 Nc6 40. Nxc6 Qxc6 41. Nh4 Qc4+ 42. Rhd3 Rb3 43. Ng6+ Kg7 {
Black mates.} 44. Kg1 Rxd3 { [#] Overworked Piece} 45. Rxd3 Qc1+ {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.55/Black=0.06} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Vitiugov,Nikita"]
[Black "Artemiev,Vladislav"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.05"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Nd6+ {B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} Ke7 $1 8. Bf4 e5 9. Nf5+ {
White has an edge.} Kf8 10. Bg5 Bb4 11. Bc4 {aiming for 0-0.} d5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxd5 Bxf5 14. exf5 {[#]} g6 $5 $146 { An interesting novelty.} ({
Predecessor:} 14... Rd8 15. Qb5 Qxf5 16. 0-0 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rd7 18. f4 Qf6 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qe7 {1-0 (31) Osmanodja,F (2018)-Polert,A (1578) Oberhof
2010} )15. 0-0 Kg7 16. Ne4 {The position is equal.} Qxf5 {Threatens to win
with ...Rhd8.} 17. c3 Be7 18. Ng3 Qf4 19. Ne2 Qf5 20. Ng3 Qf4 21. Ne2 Qf5 {
Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Goganov,Aleksey"]
[Black "Svidler,Peter"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.05"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 {The position is equal.} 7. Bf4 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7
sidelines.} 0-0 8. Be5 Bxe5 9. Nxe5 N8d7 {[#]} 10. Nd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nf3 c5 11. g3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nf6 13. Bg2 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. e3 Nc4 16. b3 {
1-0 (64) Blohberger,F (2448)-Schreiner,P (2440) Playchess.com INT 2020} )e5 11. dxe5 Qe7 12. g3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bg2 c6 15. 0-0 Be6 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 a5 18. Rxd8+ (18. Ne4 {feels hotter.} Bd5 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. a3 h5 21. Rfe1 )Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 {[#] aiming for Qd8+.} Nc4 21. Qc1 Nd6 22. Qd2 Nc4 23. Qc1 Nd6 24. Qd2 Nc4 25. Qc1 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Black "Matlakov,Maxim"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.05"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 {D35: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Exchange Variation.} 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nge2 {9.Rc1 injects fresh life
into this line.} h5 {The position is equal.} 10. h4 Nxg3 (10... Bg4 $5 {
} 11. f3 Nxg3 12. Nxg3 Be6 $11 )11. Nxg3 gxh4 12. Nxh5 Qg5 13. Qa4+ $1 Nc6 14. Nf4 Rh6 15. Qb5 {[#]} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rd6 16. g3 a6 17. Qe2 hxg3 18. Qh5 Qxh5 19. Rxh5 Ne7 20. Rh8+ Kd7 21. fxg3 c6 {1-0 (43)
Amico,R (2348)-Esposito,L (1541) ICCF email 2018} )16. Nfxd5 { Double
Attack} a6 $1 17. Qa4 $1 Bd6 18. 0-0-0 Kf8 19. f4 Qg6 $1 20. Be2 Re8 21. Bf3 $132 { White is not holding back} b5 (21... h3 $11 )22. Qxa6 $14 Nb8 23. Qb7 {Strongly threatening e4.} ({Weaker is} 23. Qxb5 c6 $17 )c6 24. Nc7 Rc8 {[#]} 25. e4 $1 {aiming for Kb1.} Bxc7 26. exf5 Qxf5 {[#]} 27. Be4 $1 {
} Qd7 28. Kb1 Bxf4 29. Qb6 Qd6 (29... Re8 $142 )30. Rhf1 (30. d5 $142 {Black must now prevent dxc6.} cxd5 31. Qf2 (31. Qxb5 Rc5 $16 ))Nd7 $16 31. Qa6 (31. Qa5 $142 )Re8 32. Bc2 {Hoping for Ne4.} Nf6 33. a3 (33. d5 $14 cxd5 34. Qxb5 )Qc7 (33... Ng4 $1 $11 )34. d5 (34. Rf3 $16 )Nxd5 35. Nxd5 cxd5 36. Qxb5 Rb6 37. Qxd5 {Rxf4! is the strong threat.} Qc3 {
} ({Avoid the trap} 37... Rc8 $2 38. Bb3 $18 )38. b4 Rf6 $2 { [#]} (38... Rd6 $14 39. Qc5 Qxc5 40. bxc5 Rxd1+ 41. Bxd1 Bg3 )39. Rxf4 $1 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.13} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vladimir"]
[Black "Chigaev,Maksim"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.05"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,M} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 dxc4 6. e4 {
D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines.} c5 7. d5 0-0 (7... b5 $5 )8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bxb5 Nxe4 $1 10. Nxe4 Qa5+ { [#] Double Attack} 11. Nc3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 {Qb3 is the strong threat.} Qxb5 13. h5 Qc4 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Rh4 Qxc3+ 16. Bd2 Qd3 17. Bh6 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 {[#]} Rf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Re8 19. Ng5 Nd7 20. Ne6 Rb8 21. Nc7 Rd8 22. Ne6 Re8 23. Nc7 Rd8 24. Re4 Rb7 {1-0 (36)
Riazantsev,A (2651)-Kokarev,D (2636) Novosibirsk 2016 CBM 175 [Krasenkow,M]} )19. Re4 {And now Ng5 would win.} Nd7 {The position is equal.} 20. Rxe7 Rh5 $1 $132 { Black is not holding back} 21. Be3 Nf6 22. d6 {
Black must now prevent Bg5.} Bg4 23. Rd3 Nd5 24. Re5 Nb4 25. Rd2 $1 {aiming
for d7.} Bxf3 {} 26. Rxh5 Bxh5 27. d7 Nc6 {Strongly threatening ...
Bg4.} 28. f3 {[#]} g5 $1 29. Bxg5 Bf7 30. a3 Nd8 31. Re2 {Hoping for Re8+.} Nc6 32. Rd2 Nd8 33. Re2 {Threatens to win with Re8+.} Nc6 34. Rd2 Nd8 {An
uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Black "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.05"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Qc2 c5 {6...c5 is better
than 6...c6.} 7. dxc5 d4 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} 8. b4 a5 $1 9. b5 Bxc5 {The position is equal.} 10. Nbd2 {
[#]} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. Nb3 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nfxd2 e5 14. 0-0 Qc7 15. a4 Be6 16. c5 Nbd7 {1/2-1/2 (31) Horvath,C (2497)-Godart,F 
(2376) Belgium 2017} )11. Nb3 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nfxd2 (13. Kxd2 a4 $17 )a4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nf5 $1 Nc5 16. Ne3 e4 17. 0-0 (17. Nxe4 Ncxe4 18. Bxe4 Qd4 $17 )(17. Bxe4 Qd4 $17 )Qd4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 {And now Rfd1
would win.} e3 20. Nc4 exf2+ 21. Kh1 Bd7 (21... Nd7 $142 )22. Rad1 $36 {
 White is on the roll.} Qf6 23. d6 {Strongly threatening Nb6.} Rae8 $2 {A mistake that costs the game.} ({Wrong is} 23... Bxb5 $2 24. Na3 $18 )(23... Bf5 $16 24. e4 Bg6 )24. Nb6 $18 Re5 {[#]} 25. Qxc5 $1 { Remove
Defender} (25. Bd5 Bf5 $14 )Rxc5 26. Nxd7 Qg5 27. Nxf8 Kxf8 {[#]} 28. d7 $1 {} Qd8 29. Rxf2 Rc7 (29... g5 $142 30. Rf3 (30. Bxb7 Rxb5 31. Bc6 Re5 $18 )h6 )30. Bh3 g6 {intending ...f5.} 31. Rf6 Kg8 {White must
now prevent ...Rxd7.} 32. Rfd6 {White is clearly winning.} Rc2 33. R6d2 Rc7 34. Rd3 f5 (34... Kg7 $142 35. Re3 f5 )35. b6 Rc2 (35... Rc6 $142 36. Re3 Kf7 )36. Re3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.27/Black=0.39} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.06"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Bg5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3
Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Qa5 13. d5 {[#]} Qc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be4 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Qxd6 Bxf3 16. Qg3 Be4 17. Rfe1 Bg6 18. h4 Kh8 19. Rad1 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 (44) Van Foreest,J (2682)-Bogner,S (2571) Karlsruhe 2020} )14. Bb3 {Hoping for Be3.White is slightly better.} cxd5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qh5 {[#] Ng5! is the strong threat.} Bxb3 18. axb3 Qxc3 19. Bd4 Qc2 20. Rfc1 Qg6 21. Qxg6 hxg6 22. Bxa7 Nc6 23. Be3 Be7 24. g3 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Rd8 26. Kf1 Rd5 27. Rc1 Rb5 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb4 30. Rc4 Rxb3 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Rc7 Rb4 33. Rxe7 {[#] And now Be3 would win.} (33. Be5 {seems wilder.} f6 34. Rxe7 fxe5 35. Rxe5 Kg8 36. h4 )Rxd4 34. Rxf7 $14 {KR-KR} b5 35. Rb7 b4 36. h4 Rc4 37. Kg2 Rd4 38. Kh3 Rd2 39. f4 Rb2 {
The position is equal.} 40. Kg4 b3 41. Kg5 Rb1 42. Rb8 Rb2 43. Rb6 Rb1 44. Kg4 Rb2 45. Kg5 Rb1 46. Rb8 Rb2 47. Rb5 Rb1 48. Kg4 Kh6 49. Rb4 Kh7 50. Kg5 b2 {
Threatens to win with ...Rg1!} 51. g4 Rc1 52. Rxb2 Rc5+ 53. f5 gxf5 54. gxf5 Rc1 55. Rg2 Rf1 56. h5 Rh1 57. Rg4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Chigaev,Maksim"]
[Black "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.06"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 0-0 8. h3 {
B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d3 {The position is equal.} h6 {[#]} 11. d4 $5 $146 { New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 d6 12. Nc4 Ba6 13. e6 Nh8 14. h4 f4 15. Bd2 Rf5 16. Qa4 Bb5 17. Qc2 {
0-1 (42) Hansen,E (2611)-Ragger,M (2684) Douglas 2019} )cxd4 12. cxd4 e6 13. b3 c5 (13... d6 $11 )14. Ba3 $1 $16 d6 15. Nbd2 $1 Re8 16. Nc4 (16. dxc5 dxe5 17. Bb2 e4 $17 )Bb7 17. dxc5 dxe5 18. Nfxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Be4 20. Nc4 Bxa1 21. Qxa1 Qg5 {} 22. g3 $1 e5 23. Nxe5 ({White
should try} 23. Qc3 $16 )Re6 24. Qd4 Rae8 {[#]} 25. Nd7 $1 {And now Bb2
would win.} Bc6 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Ne5 (27. Bb2 $2 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Rh1# )Qf6 {[#]} 28. Bb2 $1 f4 29. gxf4 Be8 (29... Rxe5 $16 30. Qxe5 (30. fxe5 Qf3 $11 )Qxe5 31. fxe5 (31. Bxe5 Bd7 $16 )g5 )30. Kh2 Re7 31. c6 {
Threatens to win with Qc4+. Decoy} Bxc6 $2 (31... Rxe5 {was necessary.} 32. fxe5 Qe6 )32. Qc4+ $18 Kh7 33. Qxc6 ({Less strong is} 33. Nxc6 Qxb2 34. Nxe7 Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qe3+ 37. Kg2 Qxe7 $16 )Qxc6 34. Nxc6 Re2 35. Bd4 {White is clearly winning.} Rxa2 36. Nxa7 Rd2 37. Bc5 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.11/Black=0.26} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Matlakov,Maxim"]
[Black "Fedoseev,Vladimir"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2020.12.06"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. Bf4 {C45: Scotch Game.} d6 8. N1d2 Bg5 $5 {
 Leaves trodden paths.} 9. Bg3 {[#] The position is equal.} Nge7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nh6 10. h4 Be7 11. Bf4 Ng4 12. Be2 Nge5 13. Be3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 {1/2-1/2 (47) Bartel,M (2643)-Leniart,A (2482)
Warsaw 2020} )10. f4 Bh6 11. Qf3 0-0 12. Bf2 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. 0-0-0 Kh8 15. h4 Nfe7 (15... a5 $15 )16. g3 $11 Ne5 17. Qg2 Bd7 18. Rg1 ({Reject} 18. fxe5 Bc6 $17 )Bc6 19. Qh3 Qe8 20. Be2 (20. Bd4 $5 {} )Nd5 21. Rge1 Qg6 22. Bd4 Bxf4 $1 23. gxf4 Nxf4 24. h5 Qg5 $1 25. Qe3 (25. Qh2 $1 $11 )Rae8 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4.} 26. Bf1 {[#]} Ng4 ({Black
should play} 26... Ned3+ $1 $17 {} 27. Bxd3 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Be8 )27. Qg1 $11 {Black must now prevent h6.} Bf3 {Hoping for ...h6.} 28. h6 $1 {
} ({Don't go for} 28. Nxf3 $2 Ne2+ 29. Kb1 Qf5+ 30. Ka1 Nxg1 $19 )Qxh6 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Bb5 {aiming for Re1.} Bxd1 31. Qxd1 {[#]} (31. Kxd1 $11 c6 32. Qxg4 cxb5 33. Bxg7+ $1 {} Qxg7 34. Qxf4 )c6 $1 $17 {And now ...Qg6 would win.} 32. Bf1 $2 {} (32. Qxg4 $17 {
nothing else works.} cxb5 33. Bxa7 )Nh2 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Bc4 (33. Bxa7 $142 Qg6 34. Nd4 )b5 34. Bf7 {[#]} Re1 $1 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.52/Black=0.11} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Svidler,Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.06"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th
moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. g5 Nfd7 10. h4 b4 11. Ne2 Nc6 {[#]} 12. 0-0 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. f4 h6 13. Be3 hxg5 14. hxg5 Rxh1+ 15. Bxh1 a5 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Qg4 {0-1 (56) Svidler,P (2723)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2784) chess24.com INT 2020} )h6 13. g6 Qxh4 14. gxf7+ Kxf7 15. a3 a5 16. axb4 axb4 {...Rxa1 is the strong threat.} 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. f4 Nf6 19. f5 e5 {[#] And now ...Nb8 would win.The position is equal.} 20. Rf3 $1 d5 21. Rh3 $1 {} Qg4 22. Rg3 Qh4 23. Rh3 ({Much weaker is} 23. exd5 Ne7 $17 )Qg4 24. Rg3 Qh4 25. Rh3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/
Black=0.07} ({Of course not} 25. exd5 Ne7 $17 { Double Attack} )1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Artemiev,Vladislav"]
[Black "Goganov,Aleksey"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.06"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. c4 {
} c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Bd2 e6 {A36: Symmetrical
English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7.} 7. Qc1 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... h6 8. a3 Nge7 9. Rb1 b6 10. b4 Bb7 11. b5 Na5 12. Nf3 Nf5 13. 0-0 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 {
0-1 (40) Jones,G (2688)-Abasov,N (2632) chess24.com INT 2020} )8. Nf3 b6 {
The position is equal.} 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. a3 Nf6 12. Bh6 0-0 13. b4 e5 14. Bg5 Ne8 15. Nd5 f6 16. Bh6 Nc7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. e3 Ne7 19. Nc3 Ne6 20. Qb2 Bc6 21. b5 Bb7 22. a4 {} Rce8 23. a5 Nc8 24. a6 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 {Black must now prevent Bc6.} Ne7 {} 26. Bg2 Qc7 27. Rf1 Kh8 28. Rae1 Nf5 29. Bc6 Rd8 30. f4 Qg7 31. Rf2 exf4 32. exf4 Nfd4 33. Rff1 f5 34. Re3 Nxc6 35. Rxe6 (35. bxc6 $5 {
} Nd4 36. Qg2 $14 )Nb4 36. Na4 Nxd3 (36... Qxb2 {looks
sharper.} 37. Nxb2 Kg8 38. Kf2 d5 39. Re2 Rf7 )37. Qc3 $1 {} Qxc3 $1 38. Nxc3 {[#] Strongly threatening Re7.} Rf7 39. Nd5 Nb4 40. Nxb4 cxb4 41. Rb1 d5 42. Rxb4 dxc4 43. Rxc4 Rd5 44. Rec6 Rdd7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
06/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Antipov,Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Vitiugov,Nikita"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.06"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bb3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf:
Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Nbd7 {} 10. Be3 {[#]} Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Rc8 11. 0-0 Nc5 12. Bxc5 Rxc5 13. Ne1 Qa5 14. Nd3 Rc8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qf3 g5 {1/2-1/2 (43)
Tauscher,K (2301)-Kermer,W (2324) ICCF email 2017} )11. Qe2 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Nf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Ng4 $1 {} 15. Qh3 Bxg5 16. Qh5+ Kf8 17. Qxg4 Kf7 18. h4 Bf6 19. Qh5+ Ke7 20. 0-0-0 Rc8 21. Rh3 Rc6 22. Rhd3 Qe8 23. Qe2 Qg6 24. Kb1 Rhc8 25. Qe3 (25. g3 $14 )Bxh4 $11 26. Na2 (26. g3 $11 {keeps
the balance.} Bf6 27. Na2 )Bg5 (26... Qxg2 $17 27. Nb4 Rc4 )27. Qe1 $15 Rd8 28. f3 Bf6 29. Qa5 Qe8 ({Better is} 29... Rd7 $15 30. Nb4 Rc4 )30. Nb4 $11 Rc4 31. Qb6 {[#] Strongly threatening b3.} (31. b3 $5 {} Rd4 32. Rxd4 exd4 33. f4 $11 )Kf7 $2 (31... Kf8 $1 $11 )32. Rxd6 $2 (32. b3 $18 Rcc8 33. Qxb7+ Be7 34. Nxa6 )Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Be7 34. Qxb7 {Hoping for Nc6.} Kf8 $2 {} (34... Qxa4 $11 {and Black is okay.} 35. c3 Rd4 36. Rxd4 (36. cxd4 Qd1+ { Double Attack} 37. Ka2 Qa4+ 38. Kb1 Qd1+ {
Double Attack} 39. Ka2 Qa4+ 40. Kb1 $11 )exd4 )35. Rb6 {aiming for Nc6.} Qxa4 { [#]} 36. c3 $2 (36. Rc6 $1 $18 {Black must now prevent Qc8+.
} Rd4 37. Nd3 )Qd1+ {The position is equal.} 37. Ka2 Qa4+ 38. Kb1 Qd1+ 39. Ka2 Qa4+ 40. Kb1 Qd1+ {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Vitiugov,Nikita"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2020.12.07"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. a4 {
C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Ng6 12. a5 a6 13. h3 {[#] White
has an edge.} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd7 14. Ra4 Be7 15. Ne4 h6 16. Re1 Kf8 17. Be3 Rd8 18. Kh2 Bc8 19. Bc5 Nf4 {1/2-1/2 (39) Homont,R (2360)-Malin,D 
(2334) ICCF email 2018} )14. Be3 h5 15. Re1 h4 16. Bg5 Rh5 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Ra4 b5 19. Rd4 (19. axb6 $5 cxb6 20. Rc4 $14 )Be6 $1 20. b4 Kf8 21. Rdd1 ({White should try} 21. Re3 $1 $14 )Re8 $11 22. Nd4 c5 23. Nxe6+ Rxe6 24. Rd8+ Re8 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 { Endgame KRN-KRN} 26. Nd5 ({But not} 26. bxc5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5+ Nxe5 $17 )Kd7 {And now ...Kc6 would win.} 27. f4 c6 28. Nb6+ Ke7 29. Nc8+ $1 Ke6 30. Nd6 $2 {[#] White does not recover from this.} (30. Na7 $1 $15 )Nxf4 $19 31. Ne4 cxb4 32. Nc5+ Kd5 33. Nxa6 c5 ({
Don't go for} 33... Rxe5 $2 34. Nxb4+ Ke6 35. Rxe5+ Kxe5 36. Nd3+ Kd6 37. Nxf4 $18 )34. Rd1+ Kc4 35. Nc7 {[#]} Ne6 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Nd5 Nd4 37. Nb6+ (37. Ne3+ $142 Kc3 38. a6 )Kc3 38. a6 Kxc2 39. a7 Rh8 ({Not} 39... Kxd1 40. a8=Q $11 )40. Rf1 b3 41. Rf2+ Kd3 42. Nd7 Ra8 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.53/Black=0.06} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Goganov,Aleksey"]
[Black "Antipov,Mikhail Al."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.07"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 0-0 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. e5 {D97:
Grünfeld: Russian System: 7 e4, replies other than 7...Bg4.} Nfd7 12. Be3 {
[#] e6 is the strong threat.} Nxe5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 15. Qxd5 Nbc6 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf3 Rfc8 18. Qxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rd2 f5 21. f4 Bf6 22. Ke2 Kf7 {[#]} 23. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23. Rhd1 Rac8 24. Kf3 {1/2-1/2 
(24) Aleksandrov,V (2409)-Trofimov,V (2422) ICCF email 2018} )h6 24. g4 Rh8 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Kf3 Rg8 27. Bf2 Rgc8 28. Rhd1 R8c7 29. Rc2 Ke8 30. b4 Ra7 31. Rd3 Ra8 32. Be3 Kf7 33. a3 a5 34. a4 $1 {} Rb8 $1 35. bxa5 bxa4 36. Ra3 (36. Rc4 $1 $14 )Rb3 $36 { Black fights for an
advantage.The position is equal.} 37. Rxa4 Re6 38. Re2 {[#] Threatens to win
with a6.} Bh4 39. a6 {Hoping for Kg2.} Rg6 {( -> ...Rg3+)} 40. Rg2 Re6 $1 {
} 41. Re2 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Black "Artemiev,Vladislav"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.07"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 Nxe4 7. d4 Bd7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Bxc6 {C79: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 d6.} Bxc6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ {White is slightly better.} Kxd8 12. Nxe5 Be8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6+ gxf6 15. Ng4 Be7 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Ne3 {[#]} c6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 17... Be6 18. Nb3 Kc8 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Rad1 a5 21. Nd5 Bd8 22. Nb3 b6 23. Nd4 a4 {1/2-1/2 (38) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Rapport,R (2731) Wijk aan
Zee 2019} )18. Rad1 b5 19. Nb3 Re8 20. f4 Kc7 21. Nd4 Bf8 22. Kf2 {The
position is equal.} Re4 23. g3 Bc5 24. Nec2 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 a5 26. a3 h5 27. Kf3 Bg4+ 28. Kg2 Bd7 29. Kf3 Bg4+ 30. Kg2 Bd7 31. Kf3 Bg4+ 32. Ke4 {Accuracy:
White = 85%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler,Peter"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.07"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 e6 {The position is equal.} 14. Bd3 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 0-0 15. h4 h6 $1 { outshines the older 15...Rd8.} 16. e5 Rd8 17. h5 g5 18. Nxg5 Nxd4 ({Of course not} 18... hxg5 $6 19. h6 $16 )19. Ne4 Bxe5 20. Bxh6 f5 $1 {
} 21. Nc5 Nc6 22. g4 {[#]} Bb2 $146 {...b6 is the strong threat.} ({Predecessor:} 22... Rd6 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Rhg1+ Kh7 25. Be3 Nb4 26. Rg6 Nxd3 27. Rxd6 Bxd6 28. Kxd3 f4 29. Bd2 Bf5+ 30. Kd4 Re8 31. Re1 Rxe1 32. Bxe1 Kh6 33. Nxb7 Bb8 {1/2-1/2 (33) Baumgartner,U (2354)-Sun,W (2325) ICCF email 2018} )23. Rc2 Ba3 {[#] Hoping for ...e5.} 24. gxf5 exf5 {aiming for ...Bb4+.} 25. Rg1+ Kh7 26. Be3 Nb4 {White must now prevent ...b6.} 27. Rc3 Nxd3 28. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 29. Nxd3 Be6 30. Rg6 Re8 31. Bc5 (31. Rh6+ {keeps more tension.} Kg7 32. Rg6+ Kh7 )Bxc5 32. Nxc5 Bxa2 33. Nxb7 Re6 34. Rxe6 Bxe6 $11 {
Endgame KB-KN} 35. Nc5 Bf7 36. Nxa6 Bxh5 37. f4 Kg7 38. Nc5 Kf6 39. Nd3 Be8 40. Ne5 Bb5 41. Ke3 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.
01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Black "Matlakov,Maxim"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.07"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 c6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. e4 0-0 9. a4 b5 $5 { A
promising side line. E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7).} 10. axb5 cxb5 {[#]} 11. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d5 Bc5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nfg5 Nxf2 16. Nxf2 Rxf2 17. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 {1-0 (25)
King,D (2500)-Kotronias,V (2505) Dortmund 1989} )Nd5 {White is slightly
better.} 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Rb8 14. Rxa7 Qb6 15. Ra1 Bb7 16. Ne4 Bd5 17. Qg4 {Threatens to win with Bh6!} Kh8 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 {Black must now prevent
Bxd5.} Bxg2 20. Kxg2 {Hoping for Qh5!} h6 $1 {} 21. Ne4 Qc6 22. Qf3 b4 23. cxb4 Rxb4 24. Rfb1 Rb3 25. Rxb3 cxb3 26. Rb1 Rb8 {Strongly threatening .
..Qc2.} 27. Nc5 {[#]} (27. Nd2 $5 {} Qxf3+ 28. Kxf3 $11 )Nxe5 $1 {} 28. Qxc6 (28. dxe5 Qxc5 )Nxc6 29. Rxb3 $15 {
Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd8 30. Rf3 Kg8 31. Nb3 g5 32. h3 Kg7 33. Rc3 Nxd4 34. Nxd4 Rxd4 $17 {KR-KR} 35. g4 {[#]} h5 $1 {} 36. Kg3 (36. gxh5 Kh6 )h4+ 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Rc7 Rd6 39. Ra7 e5 40. Ra8 Ke6 41. Rg8 {[#]} f6 $1 42. Ra8 e4 43. Ra5 Rd5 44. Ra8 Ke5 45. Re8+ Kf4 (45... Kd4 $1 $15 )46. Re6 $11 {
The position is equal.} f5 47. Rf6 Ra5 48. Rf8 Rb5 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.08/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Black "Chigaev,Maksim"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.07"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 0-0 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bb3 Be6 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez
with 7...d6: Early deviations.} 13. d4 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 {[#]} d5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14... g6 15. a4 Qb8 16. axb5 Qxb5 17. Qc2 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Qd3 d5 22. Be3 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Qf5 24. Nxf6+ {1/2-1/2 
(24) Bacrot,E (2669)-Riff,J (2499) Marseille 2019} )15. dxe5 dxe4 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. exf6 exf3 18. Qd5 {[#] Black must now prevent fxg7.} Ne5 19. Bf4 c6 20. Qe4 Nc4 21. Qxf3 {Threatens to win with fxg7.} g5 $1 {} 22. Bc1 Qe6 23. b3 Rad8 24. Rf1 ({Wrong is} 24. bxc4 $2 g4 $19 )Ne5 25. Qf5 Ng4 26. h3 Qxf5 27. Nxf5 Nxf6 28. c4 Ne4 29. Be3 {The position is equal.} Nd6 30. Nxd6 Rxd6 31. cxb5 cxb5 32. g4 f5 33. gxf5 Re5 34. Rac1 Rxf5 35. Rc8 Re6 36. Rd1 Kf7 37. Rd7+ Kg6 38. Ra7 Rf7 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40. Kg2 Ba3 {Not much happened in this
game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Chigaev,Maksim"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.08"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Bc4 {The position is
equal.} h6 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations.} 12. d4 (12. d3 {feels hotter.} Be6 13. Bxa6 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Bb3 15. Qe2 )bxc3 13. Nxc3 Bg4 14. dxe5 dxe5 {[#]} 15. Bxa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. h3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bb4 18. Be3 Nxa5 19. Bf1 Nb3 20. Rxa6 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Kg2 {
1/2-1/2 (22) Jimenez Ariza,J (2366)-Pecka,J (2427) ICCF email 2015} )Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Ra8 17. Bb7 Rxa5 18. Be3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Nd8 {[#] And now ...Bxf3 would
win.} 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Ne6 23. b3 Bd6 24. Ra4 Rb8 25. Ba7 Rd8 26. Be3 Rb8 27. Ba7 Rd8 28. Be3 Rb8 {Not much happened in this game. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Matlakov,Maxim"]
[Black "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.08"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. b3 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Ne1 {E17: Queen's
Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7.} Ne4 11. cxd5 exd5 {[#]} 12. Nc2 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nc2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bf6 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Qc1 Qd7 18. Nc2 {1-0 (60) Mastrovasilis,A (2473)-Marjanovic,D (2387) Banja
Vrujci 2017} )Ndf6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ne3 Qc8 17. Qc2 Qe6 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Qc4 Qxc4 {The position is equal.} 20. Nxc4 f6 21. Kf1 Kf7 22. Na5 Bd5 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Ba3 Ke6 25. Rd2 Rd7 26. Rdc2 Rdc7 27. Nc4 Bc6 28. Nd2 Bd5 29. Nc4 Bc6 30. Nd2 Bd5 31. Nc4 {Not much happened in this
game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Svidler,Peter"]
[Black "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.08"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 {10.a5 is the hot move.} axb5 11. Qd3 {
C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} 0-0 12. Bg5 exd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 {[#] And now e5 would win.} Nh5 16. Rc1 {[#]} ({Much weaker
is} 16. Qxb5 Bd7 $15 )Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bd7 17. e5 Kg7 18. exd6 Nxg3 19. dxc7 Qxc7 20. hxg3 Qd6 21. Nc3 Nxd4 22. Nd5 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 b4 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Qd5 Rfd8 26. Qe5+ {1/2-1/2 (26) Almasi,Z (2707)-Saric,I (2648)
Porto Carras 2011} )17. Nc3 Kg7 18. Nxb5 Ng6 19. Nc3 Nhf4 20. Qd2 f5 21. Bc2 fxe4 22. Bxe4 g4 23. Ne1 Qg5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nh3+!} 24. Rc2 Bf5 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Nd3 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Qf5 28. Nxf4 Qxf4 29. Qd3 Qf5 {With the
idea ...Rbe8.} 30. Rd2 Rbe8 31. Ng3 {The position is equal.} Qxd3 32. Rxd3 Kg6 33. Kf1 Re7 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Kxe1 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra8 36. Ne2 Ra2 37. Rb3 Ra4 38. Rd3 Ra2 39. Rb3 Ra4 40. Rd3 Ra2 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.07/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Artemiev,Vladislav"]
[Black "Fedoseev,Vladimir"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.08"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. c4 {} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 {7.dxc3 might become the main line. A28: English
Opening: Four Knights Variation.} Bd6 8. g3 Qe7 9. d3 0-0 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. 0-0 Rae8 {[#]} 12. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. e4 Na5 13. Nh4 b6 14. Nf5 Qf6 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Bb2 Bc5 17. Qe2 Rd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 {0-1 (43) Gashimov,V 
(2760)-Wang,Y (2709) Ningbo 2011} )Kh8 13. Bb2 f5 14. c4 f4 15. Ne4 {
Black must now prevent c5.} Qf7 16. Rad1 Be7 17. Kh1 Bg4 18. Bf3 Bxf3+ 19. exf3 Rd8 20. Rd2 Rd7 21. Kg2 Qe6 22. Re1 Rfd8 23. Red1 ({White should try} 23. d4 $1 $11 )b6 24. Qa4 Qg6 25. Qb5 Qe6 26. Qa4 a5 27. c5 Nd4 28. cxb6 cxb6 29. Qc4 Qg6 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Qb3 a4 32. Qb2 h6 33. Rb1 (33. Rc2 $11 {keeps the
balance.} )Qe6 ({Not} 33... Rxd3 34. Rxd3 Rxd3 35. Qxe5 $14 )34. Qxb6 Qxb6 35. Rxb6 Bxa3 36. Ra6 Bb4 37. Rc2 a3 38. Rc7 R4d7 39. Rc4 Be7 40. Nc5 Rd5 41. Ne4 Rxd3 42. Rcc6 R3d5 43. Re6 Bb4 44. Reb6 $1 {} Bf8 45. g4 Kg8 46. h4 Rd1 {Hoping for ...Rc8.} 47. g5 $1 h5 {And now ...Rc8 would win.} 48. g6 $1 Rc8 49. Ng5 $1 Ra1 50. Rb7 Rcc1 51. Nh3 $1 {aiming for Rb8!} Rab1 52. Rf7 Rc8 53. Ng5 Rcc1 $36 { ( -> ...Rg1+). Black has good play.} 54. Nh3 $1 {White threatens Ra8! and mate.} Rb8 55. Ng5 Re8 56. Rfa7 Rec8 57. Ne6 R1c6 58. Nxf8 (58. Kh3 $11 )Kxf8 (58... Rxa6 $1 $17 59. Rxa6 Kxf8 60. Rxa3 Ke7 )59. Rxc6 (59. Rxa3 $15 Rxg6+ 60. Kh2 )Rxc6 $17 60. Rxa3 Rxg6+ $11 { Endgame KR-KR} 61. Kf1 {Cut Off at move 61} Kf7 (61... Re6 $1 $17 62. Ra7 Re7 )62. Ra7+ Ke6 63. Ra8 {[#]} (63. Ra6+ $11 {remains equal.} Kf7 64. Ra7+ Kf6 65. Ra6+ Kf7 66. Ra7+ )Rf6 $1 $17 64. Rh8 {[#]} g6 $1 65. Kg2 Kf5 66. Rg8 Rf7 67. Kg1 e4 (67... Kf6 $17 68. Re8 Rc7 69. Rf8+ Ke7 )68. Kg2 $11 {The position is equal.} Re7 69. Rf8+ Ke5 70. fxe4 Kxe4 71. Ra8 Rd7 72. Ra6 Rd1 73. Rxg6 f3+ 74. Kh2 Rf1 75. Re6+ Kf4 76. Rf6+ Kg4 77. Rg6+ Kxh4 78. Rg4+ hxg4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.14} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Antipov,Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2020.12.08"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3
Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bc4 Be6 {[#] The position is equal.} 9. Bb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Ne1 Be7 12. Nd3 0-0 13. f4 Qc7 14. Kh1 Qc4 15. Qe1 {0-1 (52) Short,N (2648)-Aronian,L (2767) Caleta 2019} )Nc6 10. 0-0 Rc8 11. h3 Be7 12. Nh2 0-0 13. Ng4 Nxg4 14. hxg4 Bg5 15. Nd5 Nd4 (15... Bxc1 {is interesting.} 16. Rxc1 Na5 17. Qd3 Bxg4 18. Ne3 Qg5 )16. c3 $1 {} Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Bxg4 19. Qxb7 {Threatens to win
with Ne7+.} Rb8 {} 20. Qxa6 Rxb2 21. Rb1 Be2 22. Qc6 (22. Qa7 $11 {keeps the balance.} Ra2 23. Rfe1 )Rd2 $17 23. Rfe1 {[#]} Qg5 $1 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Qxd6 Re8 26. Qd7 Re6 27. g3 {And now Rb8+
would win.} ({Don't blunder} 27. Rb8+ $2 Kh7 $19 )Qh5 $40 {
Black goes for the king.} 28. Kg2 (28. Ne7+ $17 {is a better defense.} Kh7 {[#]
} 29. Qe8 $1 {} Rxe7 30. Qxe7 )Kh7 $19 ({Not} 28... Rxe4 29. Rh1 $17 )29. Qd8 {[#]} Qg4 $1 30. Rb4 $2 (30. Qh4 $19 Qxh4 31. gxh4 )Rg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.50/Black=0.02} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Vitiugov,Nikita"]
[Black "Goganov,Aleksey"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.08"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. 0-0 {aiming for Nb5. D39: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4.} cxd4 10. e5 {The main line 10.e5
scores better than 10.Nb5.} Qd8 11. Ne4 {White has an edge.} 0-0 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. a3 ({Much worse is} 14. Rxd4 Nc6 $15 )Rd8 15. b4 {
} Qb6 $1 {[#]} 16. Ng3 $5 $146 { An
interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 16. g4 Nd7 17. Rac1 Qc7 18. Bxe6 Qb6 19. Bf5 Nf8 20. Bxc8 Raxc8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nxd4 {0-1 (31) Sokolov,I (2584)-Van
Foreest,L (2521) Amsterdam 2019} )a5 (16... Bd7 $1 $11 {keeps the
balance.} )17. b5 $16 a4 {[#]} 18. Nh5 $1 g6 $2 { [#] Black cannot
hold the game after this.} (18... Qc5 $16 )19. Qd2 $1 $18 {} gxh5 (19... Kh7 $142 20. Qf4 Rf8 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 )20. Qxh6 {Strongly threatening Bd3.} Nd7 21. Bd3 {White wants to mate with Qh7+.} f5 22. Qg6+ Kf8 (22... Kh8 $142 23. Qf7 Bc5 )23. Bc4 Nc5 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 {Rf4! would kill now.} Qc7 26. Re1 Nb3 {[#]} 27. Rf4 $1 {} Bc5 28. Rd1 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.12/Black=0.72} ({Not} 28. Bxe6 Bxe6 29. Qxe6 Nd4 $18 )1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Goganov,Aleksey"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.09"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nh3 {E02: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+.} c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 {Black has an edge.} 0-0 (8... Rb8 {is more complex.} 9. Nc3 b5 10. Nxb5 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Rxb7 12. Ng5 0-0 )9. Qxc4 Qe7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Nf4 Ne5 12. Qb3 Rb8 {
[#]} 13. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a4 b6 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. e4 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Rbc8 17. Kh1 Rd7 18. a5 bxa5 19. Na4 {0-1 (29) Golubenko,V (2254)-Socko,M 
(2446) Batumi 2018} )Nxe4 14. Bxe4 b6 {The position is equal.} 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Ng4 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. Bf3 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qc7 24. Nd3 Qc4 25. a3 Nd5 26. Qd2 f6 27. Nf4 Nxf4 28. gxf4 $11 { Endgame KQ-KQ} Kh7 29. f3 Kg6 30. Kg2 Kh5 31. e4 g5 32. fxg5 fxg5 33. Qd6 Qe2+ 34. Kg3 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Kh4 {Threatening ...Qe2+.} 36. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 37. hxg3+ {KP-KP} Kh5 38. g4+ Kg6 39. a4 a6 40. Kf2 e5 41. b4 b5 42. axb5 axb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Black "Vitiugov,Nikita"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.09"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 {8.h4 deserves study.} Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 {C45: Scotch Game.} d6 11. Qf2 Nf6 12. Be2 dxe5 13. 0-0 Ne4 14. Qe1 Qc5+ {is the legacy move (14...
0-0-0).} 15. Kh1 {Black must now prevent Bf3.} Qd4 16. Bf3 Qxa1 17. Qxe4 Bb7 18. Qc2 $5 { Leaves trodden paths.} Bc5 $1 {[#] Strongly threatening ..
.0-0-0.} 19. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Bb2 Qxa2 20. Nc3 Qa5 21. Ra1 Qb6 22. Na4 Qa5 23. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 (23) Cilloniz Razzeto,A (2372)-Van Tricht,M (2387)
ICCF email 2014} )Bb4 20. Na4 {The position is equal.} 0-0-0 21. Be2 $1 {
[#] Hoping for Be3.} Qd4 $1 22. Rd1 Qa1 {aiming for ...Rxd1+.} 23. Rf1 {
And now Be3 would win.} Qd4 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Rhe8.} 24. Rd1 Qa1 {
[#] ...Rxd1+ is the strong threat.} 25. Rf1 {Not much happened in this game. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vladimir"]
[Black "Antipov,Mikhail Al."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.09"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Re8 7. e4 e6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. 0-0 e5 10. d5 Nd4 {E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3
and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1.} 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nxe4 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxd4.} 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ Qf6 15. Qxf6+ Kxf6 16. Nb5 Re7 $1 {[#]} 17. f3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Nxc7 Rc8 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Rce8 21. Bf1 Nc5 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. f3 Na4 24. b3 {0-1 (70) Golod,V-Moskalenko,V (2515)
Simferopol 1990} )Nc5 18. Rfe1 Bd7 19. Nc3 Rae8 20. Kf2 Na4 21. Nxa4 Bxa4 22. b3 Bd7 23. Rad1 a5 24. Rd2 h5 25. Rc1 b6 26. Rc3 Kg5 27. h4+ {The position
is equal.} Kf6 ({Much worse is} 27... Kxh4 $6 28. f4 $16 )28. a3 Ra8 29. Bd1 Rae8 30. Be2 Ra8 31. Rc1 Rae8 32. Rc3 {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Black "Artemiev,Vladislav"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.09"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Bd7 8. Qd2 {B83:
Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2, lines without ...a6.} a6 9. 0-0-0 b5 10. a3 b4 11. axb4 Nxb4 {[#]} 12. Kb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. f4 Qa5 13. Nb3 Na2+ 14. Nxa2 Qxa2 15. Qd4 Be7 16. Kd2 Qa4 17. Qxa4 Bxa4 18. Bf3 Bc6 19. Kd3 Bb5+ 20. Kd2 Bc6 21. Kd3 {1/2-1/2 (21) Mayer,R-Isigkeit,H GER email 2008} )e5 13. Nf5 ({Better is} 13. Nb3 $11 )d5 $15 {Hoping for ...Qa5.} 14. Bg5 ({
White should play} 14. f4 $15 Qa5 15. Bf3 Bxf5 16. exf5 )Be6 $1 $17 15. f4 (15. Qe3 $17 d4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 )Qa5 $19 16. Bxf6 (16. fxe5 $2 Nxe4 17. Nd4 Rc8 $19 )gxf6 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Qg5 $2 (18. Ne3 d4 { Double Attack} 19. Nc4 dxc3 20. Nxa5 cxd2 21. Rxd2 )Rc8 $1 { aiming for ...Rxc3!} 19. Ne3 {[#]} ({And not} 19. Ng7+ Bxg7 20. Rxd5 (20. Qxg7 $2 Rxc3 21. Bd3 Qa2+ 22. Kc1 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qxb2 $19 )Bxd5 )Rxc3 $1 {} 20. bxc3 {[#]} Bc5 $2 ({Less strong is} 20... Qa2+ 21. Kc1 $19 )(20... d4 $1 $19 { ( -> ...Qa2+)} 21. cxd4 (21. cxb4 {is a self
mate.} Qa2+ { Zwischenzug} 22. Kc1 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Bxb4+ 24. Kd3 Qc3# )Qa2+ 22. Kc1 Nc6 )21. cxb4 $11 {The position is equal.} Qxb4+ {
Double Attack} 22. Kc1 Qa3+ (22... h6 $5 23. Qg3 $8 Qa3+ { Double
Attack} 24. Kb1 Qb4+ { Double Attack} 25. Kc1 Qa3+ { Double
Attack} 26. Kb1 Qb4+ { Double Attack} 27. Kc1 $11 )23. Kb1 Qb4+ {
 Double Attack} 24. Kc1 Qa3+ 25. Kb1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
31/Black=0.17} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Black "Svidler,Peter"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.09"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. h4 dxc4 {The position is equal.} 6. e4 {
D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines.} c5 7. d5 b5 8. h5 0-0 ({Much worse is} 8... gxh5 $6 9. e5 $16 )9. hxg6 fxg6 10. e5 Ng4 11. d6 e6 $1 12. Rxh7 Rf5 13. Ne4 {[#] Hoping for Nh4.} Nd7 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Be7 $1 Ngxe5 16. Nfg5 Bb7 17. Qc2 $1 Nc6 18. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ $1 e5 $1 20. Ne6+ $1 Kg8 21. Nc7 Qf7 {[#]} 22. Nxa8 $146 {Nc7 is the strong threat.} ({Predecessor:} 22. Nxb5 Nb6 23. Ng5 Rxg5 24. Bxg5 Nd4 25. Na3 Rf8 26. Be3 Qe6 27. Rc1 Qxd6 28. Nxc4 {1/2-1/2 (34)
Avotins,M (2456)-Morozov,D (2455) ICCF email 2016} )Nxe7 23. dxe7 Bxe4 24. Nc7 Qxe7 {White must now prevent ...Qh4!} 25. Nxb5 Nb6 26. Rd1 Qh4 {
} 27. g3 Qh2 {} 28. Rd8+ Kh7 $1 29. Qe3 Bd3 {Strongly threatening ...Qg1!} 30. Qxc5 {Threatening mate with Qe7+.} Rf7 $1 ({Worse is} 30... Qh1 31. Qe7+ Rf7 32. Qxf7+ Kh6 33. Rh8+ Kg5 34. Qe7+ Kg4 35. Rxh1 g5 36. Bh3+ Kf3 37. Qf8+ Ke4 38. Bg2# )31. Rf8 ({Wrong is} 31. Bxd3 $2 cxd3 32. Rxd3 {[#]} Na4 $1 $19 {} )Rxf8 32. Qxf8 {
aiming for Qe7+.} Qh1 33. Qe7+ Kh6 34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Qe7+ {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.00/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Chigaev,Maksim"]
[Black "Matlakov,Maxim"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2020.12.09"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 0-0 9. 0-0 Nc6 {
} 10. Bb3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual
White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} h6 11. Nh4 Na5 12. Ng6 {The position
is equal.} Nxb3 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. axb3 b5 {[#]} 15. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. f3 Bb7 16. Rf2 Qc7 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Bf2 Rd7 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bf2 Rad8 21. Qe1 {1-0 (49) Spasov,V (2567)-Dimitrov,R (2403) Plovdiv 2013} )Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Bd2 Qc6 20. h3 f6 21. c4 (21. b4 $11 )bxc4 $15 22. bxc4 Bxc4 23. Qg3 {aiming for b3.} Qxe4 {And now ...Kh8 would win.
} 24. Bxh6 {} Qh7 25. Qg4 f5 (25... d5 $1 $15 26. b3 Qxh6 27. bxc4 Rc5 28. Qe6+ Kh7 )26. Qd1 (26. Qf3 $11 {remains equal.} )d5 $36 { Black has some pressure. Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} ({
But not} 26... gxh6 $6 27. Rxc4 $1 {} Rxc4 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Qxc4 $11 )27. Bg5 {White wants to play b3.} Qg6 28. b3 Qxg5 29. bxc4 d4 ({Of course not} 29... dxc4 $6 {[#]} 30. Rxc4 $1 {} Rxc4 31. Qd5+ Kh7 32. Qxc4 $11 )30. c5 Rc6 31. Rc4 Rac8 32. Rac1 (32. Qc2 $17 )Kh7 (32... Rd8 $19 33. Qb3 Kh7 )33. g3 Rd8 34. Qa4 (34. Rb4 {is a better defense.} )Qf6 $19 35. Rd1 Rd5 36. Qb4 Qh6 37. h4 Qh5 38. Rd2 $2 (38. Rd3 {was the only chance.} )d3 39. Qa4 Qh6 40. g4 $2 (40. Kg2 )Rdxc5 $2 (40... Rg6 41. h5 Qxh5 )41. Rxc5 Rxc5 { Endgame KQR-KQR} 42. g5 $2 (42. Rxd3 Qxh4 43. Kg2 )Qh5 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 43. Rxd3 Rc1+ {Black mates.} 44. Kh2 {[#]} Qe2 $1 {
Double Attack} 45. Rg3 f4 46. Rg2 Qe1 {} 47. Kh3 Qh1+ {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.63/Black=0.27} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Matlakov,Maxim"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.10"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 0-0 7. Qc2 c5 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 {White is slightly better.} 10. e3 exd5 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Be6 {[#] 13...Rb8 is a critical line.} 14. Qxc6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14. Nc3 c5 15. Na4 Qa7 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Rac8 18. Qa3 c4 19. Rd1 h5 20. Rd4 {1/2-1/2 (86) Esipenko,A (2590)-Riazantsev,A (2594) Tallinn 2019
} )Bxd2 15. Qxb6 Bxc1 16. Qd4 {aiming for Na3.} Rfb8 17. b3 Rb4 18. Qd3 {
Black must now prevent Nc3.} Bb2 19. a3 {Threatens to win with Ra2.} Bxa1 20. axb4 axb4 21. h3 h6 22. f4 Rc8 23. Nd2 Rc1+ {White now steadily converts the
win.} 24. Nf1 Bc3 25. f5 Bd7 26. Bxd5 Be5 (26... g5 $16 {is a better defense.} 27. g4 (27. fxg6 Bxh3 28. gxf7+ Kg7 $16 )Kg7 )27. g4 $18 Rc3 {[#]} 28. Qa6 $1 Nxd5 29. Qa8+ { Double Attack} Bc8 {Strongly threatening ...
Ne7.} 30. Qxd5 Bf6 31. Nd2 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rd1 33. Kg3 Bc3 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qxc8 Rxd2 { Endgame KQ-KRB} 36. Qe8 f6 37. h4 Rd1 38. Kg2 Rd2+ 39. Kf3 Rd5 40. Qg6+ Kh8 41. g5 {White threatens Qe8+ and mate.} hxg5 (41... Rd8 $18 42. gxh6 gxh6 43. Qxh6+ Kg8 44. Qg6+ Kh8 )42. hxg5 {White mates.} fxg5 {[#]} 43. f6 $1 {} g4+ (43... Bxf6 44. Qe8+ )44. Ke4 $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.29} (44. Qxg4 {mates} Bxf6 45. Qh3+ Rh5 46. Qxh5+ Kg8 47. Qe8+ Kh7 48. Kg4 Bc3 49. Kh5 )1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Svidler,Peter"]
[Black "Chigaev,Maksim"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.10"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 0-0 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. d4 b5 11. Bc2 exd4 {C91: Closed Ruy Lopez: 7...d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4.} 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Nf1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 {[#]} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... g6 15. Ng3 Bg7 16. f4 Nb4 17. Bb1 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. e5 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Rad8 {0-1 (72) Golubev,R (2348)-Inarkiev,
E (2675) Moscow 2015} )15. Ng3 Qh4 16. Be3 (16. Nf5 $5 {} Qf6 17. f4 $14 )g6 17. Rc1 Nb4 18. Bb3 {[#] Strongly threatening a3.} c5 $1 {
} 19. a3 (19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 $15 )Nc6 $1 20. Bd5 Rac8 21. dxc5 dxc5 22. Nxh5 (22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Nf4 $17 )Qxh5 23. f4 ({Don't blunder} 23. Bxc5 $2 Ne5 $19 )Qxd1 24. Rexd1 c4 25. Kg2 Na5 26. Rc2 Nb3 {The position is equal.} 27. Bb7 Rb8 28. Rd7 Bc5 {[#] White must now
prevent ...Bxe3.} 29. Rc7 ({Of course not} 29. Bxa6 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Nc5 $17 )Bd6 30. Rd7 {aiming for Bd5.} Bc5 {Hoping for ...Bxe3.} 31. Rc7 ({
Don't play} 31. Bxa6 Bxe3 32. fxe3 Nc5 $17 )Bd6 32. Rd7 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.10/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Artemiev,Vladislav"]
[Black "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.10"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 {} d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. d3 0-0 6. Bf4 {A07: Réti Opening: New
York and Capablanca Systems.} c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Ne5 {The position is equal.} Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Nd7 {[#]} 10. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bc3 d4 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. a4 b6 13. Na3 Bb7 14. Nc4 a6 15. f4 b5 16. Ne5 {0-1 (78) Hakobyan,A (2559)-Nguyen,T 
(2535) Bratislava 2019} )d4 11. a4 e5 12. Bd2 Nb8 13. Na3 Nc6 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 f5 16. Nc4 Be6 17. a5 Qd7 18. exf5 Bd5 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxd5+ Qxd5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Qf3 Rad8 (22... Bh4 $11 )23. Qxb7 $14 {aiming for Rae1.} Rxf5 (23... Rf7 $14 )24. Rfe1 $1 $16 {} ({Much worse is} 24. Rxf5 $6 Qxf5 25. Qxe7 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ $11 )Qf6 {Strongly threatening ...Rf8.} 25. Rxe7 {Qb3+ is the strong threat.} Rf8 {
[#]} 26. Ree1 $1 {And now Qg2 would win.} Qg6+ $2 { This costs
Black the game.} (26... Kh8 $16 {is a better chance.} )27. Kh1 $18 {White is
clearly winning.} Rf2 {[#] ( -> ...Rxh2+!)} 28. Qd5+ $1 Kh8 {Hoping for ...Qg4.
} 29. Rg1 Qe8 30. Rg2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.22} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Antipov,Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.10"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. g3 {} d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c3 c6 7. a4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2.
..Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} a5 8. Qb3 {[#]} Ra7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nbd7 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Qa3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Qa6 12. Rfe1 h6 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 {1-0 (38) Moussard,J (2571)-Thorfinnsson,B (2426) chess.com INT 2018} )9. h3 Bf5 10. Bf4 Nbd7 {} 11. Nbd2 Ne4 12. g4 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Be6 14. e3 Nf6 15. Qc2 Ra8 16. Rae1 Ne8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Nc7 19. Be5 Nd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne5 Nb4 22. Qc3 $1 {
} f6 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Ra6 {} 25. e4 {The position is equal.} Rb6 26. d5 Bf7 27. Qc3 cxd5 28. exd5 Rd6 29. Qb3 b6 30. Re3 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 {[#]} 32. Rxe7+ $1 {} Qxe7 33. Qxd5 $11 { Endgame KQR-KQR} Rd8 34. Qf3 Rd4 35. Rd1 Qe4 (35... Rxa4 $2 36. Qc6 $18 )36. Qxe4 Rxe4 {KR-KR} 37. Rd7+ Kh6 38. Rd6 Rb4 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. Rd7+ Kg8 41. Rb7 Rxb2 42. Kg3 Rb4 43. f4 Rb3+ 44. Kh4 Rb4 45. Kg3 h6 46. h4 h5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rb3+.} 47. g5 fxg5 48. fxg5 Kf8 49. Kf3 Ke8 ({
Don't do} 49... Rxh4 50. Rb8+ Ke7 51. Rb7+ Kf8 52. Rb8+ Kg7 53. Rb7+ Kf8 $17 )50. Rg7 Rxa4 51. Rxg6 b5 ({Much less strong is} 51... Rxh4 52. Rxb6 a4 53. Rb7 $17 )52. Ra6 Ke7 53. Ra7+ Kd6 54. g6 Rxh4 {...a4 is the strong threat.} 55. Rxa5 Kc5 {Threatens to win with ...Rg4.} 56. Ra2 {And now Rg2 would win.} Rd4 ({Wrong is} 56... Rg4 $2 57. Rg2 $18 )57. Rh2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/
Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Vitiugov,Nikita"]
[Black "Fedoseev,Vladimir"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.10"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 c5 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. Nc3 {E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6.} h6 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Re1 {[#] The position is equal.} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Be4 Qd7 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. h4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 {
1/2-1/2 (30) Simeonov,L (2279)-Dimitrov,D (2144) ICCF email 2017} )14. h3 Rc8 15. d5 exd5 16. Rxe8 Qxe8 17. cxd5 Ne5 18. Be2 Ng6 19. Bg3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 $1 Qxe4 21. Nd4 $1 Ne5 ({But not} 21... Bxd5 $2 22. Bf3 $18 )22. Nb5 Qxd5 {
} 23. Bf1 a5 24. Qxd5 Bxd5 {[#]} 25. Nxd6 $1 {} Bxd6 26. Rd1 {[#]} Nf3+ $1 27. gxf3 Bxg3 28. Rxd5 $15 { Endgame KRB-KRB} Bh4 29. Bd3 Rd8 (29... Bf6 {is more complex.} 30. b4 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 axb4 32. axb4 Kf8 )30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $11 {KB-KB} 31. a4 Bf6 32. b3 Be5 33. Bc4 Kf8 34. Kg2 h5 35. Kf1 Ke7 36. Kg2 Kf8 37. Kf1 Bf4 38. Kg2 Ke7 39. Kf1 Kf8 40. Kg2 Ke7 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.08} (40... h4 $15 )1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Goganov,Aleksey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2020.12.10"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 {D24: Queen's Gambit
Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.} Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Qd2 0-0 11. Qf4 Rb8 {next ...Nd5 is good for Black.} 12. Qg3 {And now Bh6! would win.} Kh8 13. Rd1 Nb4 14. Nc3 (14. Nxa7 $2 Bd7 $19 )Bb7 15. Rb1 N4d5 {[#]} 16. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Ne4 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Ne4 Qe8 20. Bd2 Rg8 21. Qh4 e5 22. h3 {0-1 (86) Esipenko,A 
(2603)-Maghsoodloo,P (2666) Moscow 2019} )Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bd5 18. b3 Be4 19. Ra1 ({Of course not} 19. bxc4 Bxb1 20. Rxb1 Na4 $17 )Nd5 {Black
converts the advantage convincingly.} 20. Be1 c3 ({Don't play} 20... cxb3 21. axb3 Rxb3 22. Rxa7 $11 )21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 {[#]} Ba3 $1 {} 23. Bxc3 (23. Rxc3 $17 Bb2 24. Rcc1 )Nxc3 $19 24. Rxc3 Bb2 $1 { Double Attack} 25. Rac1 c5 26. Rxc5 {Strongly threatening R1c4.} Bxc1 27. Rxc1 {[#]} Qa5 $1 28. h4 Qxa2 29. Qf4 (29. Rc7 {keeps fighting.} )Qxb3 30. Ng5 (30. Ra1 $142 )h6 31. Ne4 Rbc8 32. Re1 Qb4 33. Rd1 Rcd8 34. Qe3 (34. Nd6 $142 )a5 {} 35. g4 a4 36. g5 h5 37. Nf6 {If only White now had time for Qf3....} g6 ({Less strong is
} 37... gxf6 38. g6 $17 )38. Kh2 Qb3 39. Rd3 Qc2 40. Rc3 (40. d5 {was called
for.} )Qf5 41. Ra3 Ra8 42. d5 exd5 43. Qd4 Qe6 {Black is clearly winning.
} 44. f4 (44. Rxa4 $142 Rxa4 45. Qxa4 )Rfc8 45. f5 Qxf5 46. Nxd5 Qe6 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.40/Black=0.10} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.12"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3.} 7. fxe4 c5 {outshines the older
7...e5.} 8. d5 {Black must now prevent e5.} exd5 {The position is equal.} 9. exd5 0-0 10. Be2 Re8 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. 0-0 Nbd7 13. d6 Bf8 14. h3 Bh5 $1 {[#]} 15. Bf4 $5 $146 { An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Nc7 Bxd6 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Nh4 Bg6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Re8 21. Qc2 {
0-1 (33) Vidit,S (2726)-Karjakin,S (2752) Chess.com INT 2020} )Qb6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Ra2 h6 18. a4 {} Bxf3 19. Bxf3 {Threatens
to win with a5.} Ne5 20. Nb5 Bxd6 $2 {A mistake that costs the game.} ({
Black should try} 20... Rd7 $14 )21. a5 $1 $18 {} Qa6 {[#] And now
...Bb8 would win.} 22. Rd2 $1 {} Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 {} Ne4 (23... Be7 {keeps fighting.} )24. Nxd6 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 Re6 {} 26. Rd3 b6 27. Nf5 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 $40 { Threatening mate with Qd8+. White has
strong attack.} Qb7 {[#]} (28... Qc8 $142 29. Qg3 g5 )29. Qd5 $1 {} Qxd5 30. cxd5 Re1+ $2 (30... Rf6 )31. Kf2 Rd1 32. Ke2 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.02/Black=0.32} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vladimir"]
[Black "Goganov,Aleksey"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.12"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bxe7 $1 {The main line 10.Bxe7 scores better than 10.Bf4.} Qxe7 11. f4 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5.} Qh4+ 12. g3 Qe7 {[#]} 13. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qg4 f6 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. Qh5+ Qf7 16. Qxf7+ Kxf7 17. Rf1 Ke7 18. Bb5 Nf8 19. 0-0-0 {1-0 (38) Yu,Y (2709)
-Mons,L (2543) chess.com INT 2020} )c4 14. Bc2 Bb7 15. Qe2 Nc5 (15... 0-0 $11 )16. 0-0 b5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. b4 Nd3 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Qxd3 0-0 21. Qxb5 Rfc8 {[#]} 22. Qd3 $1 Qc7 23. c4 (23. Rac1 {is more complex.} Rab8 24. a4 Rd8 25. Qe3 Ba8 26. a5 )Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 $14 {
Endgame KRR-KRR} 26. a3 Rac8 27. Rf3 ({White should play} 27. Rad1 $16 )Rd8 28. Ra2 h5 29. Kg2 Kh7 30. Rff2 Kg6 31. Rac2 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 $11 {Threatens
to win with Rc7. KR-KR} Rd3 33. a4 Rd4 34. Rb2 Kf5 {The position is equal.} 35. a5 {aiming for b5.} a6 $1 36. Kf3 Rd3+ 37. Ke2 Ra3 $1 38. Rc2 h4 $1 39. gxh4 (39. Kd2 {is interesting.} hxg3 40. hxg3 Rxg3 41. Rc6 Kxf4 42. Rxa6 Rb3 43. Rb6 )Kxf4 40. Rc7 Kxe5 41. Rxf7 Rh3 42. Rxg7 Rxh4 43. Ra7 Rxb4 44. Kf3 Kf5 45. Rxa6 Rb3+ 46. Kf2 Rb2+ 47. Kg3 Rb3+ 48. Kf2 Rb2+ 49. Kg3 Rb3+ 50. Kf2 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Black "Vitiugov,Nikita"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.12"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. Nf3 {} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 $1 { is
recently more successful than 7.e3.} Bf5 8. Ne5 {D13: Slav Defence: Exchange
variation without ...Bf5.} Rc8 9. Qa4 Bd7 {[#] And now ...Nxe5 would win.} 10. Nxd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd1 e6 11. e3 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qb6 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. axb3 Bb4 15. f3 Ke7 16. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 (58) Rusev,K (2498)-Georgiev,K (2637)
Senigallia 2009} )Qxd7 11. e3 e6 12. Be2 Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. 0-0 f5 16. Qd1 Ne7 17. Kh1 Kf8 18. Rc2 Rc7 19. Bd3 h5 20. f3 h4 21. e4 Bf4 22. Ne2 Rxc2 23. Bxc2 Bb8 24. exf5 exf5 (24... Qd6 $5 25. f4 $8 exf5 $11 )25. Qd2 Qd6 { [#]} 26. f4 Rh6 27. Ng1 Nc6 28. Bxf5 Rf6 29. Bg4 (29. Bb1 {seems wilder.} Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Qxf4 31. Qxf4 Bxf4 32. Nf3 )Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Qxf4 31. Qxf4 Bxf4 $11 { Endgame KBN-KBN} 32. Bc8 Nxd4 33. Bxb7 a5 34. Bxd5 Ke7 35. Bc4 f6 36. Nh3 Bc1 37. b3 Kd6 38. Nf2 Be3 39. Nd1 Bd2 40. Kg1 Kc5 41. Kf2 Kb4 42. Ne3 Ka3 43. Bf7 {aiming for Nc4+.} Bb4 44. Nc4+ Kxa2 45. Nxa5 Kb2 46. Nb7 Kc3 47. Ke3 Nf5+ 48. Kf3 Nd6 49. Nd8 Ba5 50. Nc6 Bc7 $1 51. Ne7 {Nd5+ is the strong threat.} Bd8 $1 {} 52. Nd5+ Kxb3 53. Bg8 Kc4 54. Nf4+ (54. Nxf6+ $5 Kd4 55. Nd7 $14 )Kc3 {The position is
equal.} 55. Kg4 f5+ 56. Kf3 Ne4 57. Be6 Ng5+ 58. Ke2 Kd4 {Threatens to win
with ...Ke5.} 59. Bc8 Bc7 60. Ne6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.04
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Black "Antipov,Mikhail Al."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Annotator ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.12"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[TimeControl "60"]

1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Chigaev,Maksim"]
[Black "Artemiev,Vladislav"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.12"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 e6 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qb6 {B69: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0
Bd7 9 f4 Be7 10 Nf3 b5 11 Bxf6.} 13. g3 0-0-0 (13... b4 $5 {} 14. Ne2 a5 $11 )14. Bh3 Kb8 {White has an edge.} 15. f5 Rhe8 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Qh6 Qc5 18. Ne2 Rc8 {[#]} 19. Nf4 $146 ({Better is} 19. Nfd4 $16 )({Predecessor:} 19. Rd2 Na5 20. Ned4 Nc4 21. Re2 Bd8 22. Qxh7 Re7 23. Qh6 a5 24. Rd1 a4 25. a3 {0-1 (39) Klicnar,M-Hausner,I (2415) Czechia 1998} )Qc4 $14 {[#] Hoping
for ...Nb4!} 20. Nd2 Qa4 21. c3 b4 22. b3 $36 { White is pushing.} Qb5 23. c4 $1 {} Qg5 24. Qh5 Nd4 25. Rhf1 Qxh5 26. Nxh5 Rc5 (26... Red8 $14 )27. Nxf6 $16 Bxf6 28. Rxf6 Ne2 {aiming for ...Nc3+.} 29. Rh1 (29. Kc2 $16 )Ra5 $14 {White should prevent ...Nc3+.} 30. Kb2 Nc3 31. a4 Re5 32. Bg4 (32. Rf4 $16 )Nxe4 33. Nxe4 Rxe4 34. Bf3 Rd4 35. Rd1 Rxd1 36. Bxd1 $16 { Endgame KRB-KRB} Re7 37. Bc2 Kc7 38. Rh6 Rf7 $1 39. Rxh7 Rf2 $1 40. Kc1 Kc8 (40... e5 $14 )41. h4 e5 {...Rxc2+! is the strong threat.} 42. Bd1 e4 (42... Kd8 $142 )43. Re7 Bc6 44. h5 {Strongly threatening h6.} Rh2 45. a5 (45. Bg4+ $16 Kd8 46. Re6 )Kd8 $14 46. Re6 $1 {} Kc7 $1 47. h6 d5 $2 { A mistake that costs the game.} (47... Bd7 $1 $14 48. Re7 (48. Rxe4 Rxh6 49. Rh4 Rg6 $14 )Kd8 49. Rxe4 Rxh6 )48. cxd5 $18 Bxd5 {[#]} 49. Re5 $1 Bg8 50. Rh5 Rxh5 51. Bxh5 Bh7 52. g4 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.10/Black=0.45} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Matlakov,Maxim"]
[Black "Svidler,Peter"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.12"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 0-0 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 {The position is equal.} 11. Qc2 {D97: Grünfeld: Russian System: 7 e4, replies other than 7...Bg4.} Nbd7 {} 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 {Ng5 is the
strong threat.} b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 {Strongly threatening c6.} Nxc5 16. 0-0 Nce4 17. Qd3 Qd6 18. Qxa6 Qxa6 19. Bxa6 Rc2 {[#]} 20. Ne5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 20. Bd4 Nd6 21. Bd3 Rc7 22. Bb1 Rb8 23. Rfe1 Rb5 24. g3 Rxd5 25. Kg2 h6 26. h4 {1/2-1/2 (59) Schnabel,M (2448)-Brasier,J (2427) ICCF email 2017} )Rxb2 21. Bc4 Nc3 22. d6 exd6 23. Rxd6 Nfe4 24. Nxf7 $1 {[#] Threatens
to win with Rd7.} Nxd6 ({Wrong is} 24... Rxf7 $2 25. Rd7 $18 )25. Nxd6+ Kh8 26. Nf7+ Kg8 27. Nd6+ Kh8 28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Nd6+ {A rather calm draw.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler,Peter"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.13"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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. Qd2 Nc6 {B96:
Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4, lines other than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7.} 10. 0-0-0 b5 11. Kb1 Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} 12. Qxd4 Be7 13. f5 Bd7 14. Qd2 {[#] has lost popularity (14.Be2).} 0-0-0 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qc5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Nf4 0-0 18. Be2 a5 19. Rhf1 b4 20. Bh5 Kh8 21. Rf3 {1-0 (29) Karjakin,S (2747)-Rombaldoni,D (2501) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010} )15. Ne2 (15. Be2 $16 )d5 $11 16. exd5 {[#] Threatens to win with d6.} Bc6 $1 {} 17. Qe3 Bxd5 18. Nc3 Bb7 {White must now prevent ...b4.} 19. Bd3 Kb8 20. fxe6 Bc5 21. Qh3 fxe6 22. Qxe6 Bd4 23. Be4 Bxc3 24. Bxb7 ({Not} 24. bxc3 $2 Rhe8 $19 )Kxb7 25. bxc3 Qxc3 26. Qe7+ Kc8 27. a3 Rhe8 28. Qxh7 Qxa3 29. Qf5+ Kc7 30. Qf4+ Kb7 $1 31. Qxf6 Qb4+ 32. Qb2 Qg4 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Re1 Qxg2 $2 { [#] Loses the game.} (34... Rd1+ $11 35. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 36. Ka2 Qd5+ 37. Qb3 Qxg2 )35. Re7+ $1 $18 Ka8 36. Qf6 Qg1+ 37. Ka2 Qg8+ 38. Rf7 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 66%.} ({Less strong is} 38. Ka3 b4+ {
 Decoy} 39. Kxb4 a5+ 40. Ka3 Qc4 $16 )(38. Kb2 $142 Qh8 39. Rg7 Qxg7 40. Qxg7 )1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Artemiev,Vladislav"]
[Black "Matlakov,Maxim"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.13"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. b3 {} d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. d3 (3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. 0-0 d4 9. e3 d3 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bc8 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 (64) Artemiev,V (2660)-Matlakov,M (2685)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2014} )Nd7 4. Nd2 Ngf6 5. Ngf3 c6 {[#]} 6. Nh4 $146 {
A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening.} ({Predecessor:} 6. g3 h6 7. Bg2 e6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bh7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. c4 e5 14. Bc3 Rfe8 15. b4 b6 16. Red1 Bf8 {1-0 (29) Kula,D (2201)-Navratil,J (2009) Olomouc 2018} )Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 {White has an edge.} e5 9. Bg2 Bc5 10. e3 0-0 11. 0-0 a5 12. c4 d4 13. exd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Re1 a4 17. Rb1 axb3 18. axb3 c5 19. Qd2 Ra3 20. b4 cxb4 $1 21. Rxb4 Qd6 {Black wants to play ...Nc5.} 22. Bf1 ({Reject} 22. Rxb7 Nc5 $17 )Nc5 {next ...Nb3 is good for Black.} 23. Rb5 {aiming for Qb4.} b6 24. Qd1 Nfd7 25. h4 Rfa8 26. Rb2 Qf6 27. Ng5 Ne5 {
} 28. Rd2 Qf5 {} 29. Bh3 Qf6 {} 30. Bg2 Rf8 $1 {} (30... Nexd3 $2 31. Bxa8 Nxe1 32. Bd5 $18 )31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. Bxe4 Nd7 33. Qb1 Nc5 34. Bd5 Rb3 35. Qd1 Qf5 {} 36. Be4 Qf6 37. Ra2 Rc3 38. Ra7 g5 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (38... b5 $11 {
and Black stays safe.} )39. Bd5 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening Rxf7!} gxh4 $2 {
[#]} ({Don't blunder} 39... Nxd3 $2 40. Rxf7 $1 {} Qxf7 41. Bxf7+ Rxf7 42. Re8+ Rf8 43. Qh5 $18 )(39... Ne6 {is a better chance.} )40. Rxf7 $1 {
 Deflection} Rxf7 41. Re8+ {White mates.} Kh7 {[#]} 42. Qh5+ $1 {
 Double Attack} Qh6 43. Qxf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/
Black=0.37} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Antipov,Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Chigaev,Maksim"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Annotator ""]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2020.12.13"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[TimeControl "60"]

0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Vitiugov,Nikita"]
[Black "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.13"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. 0-0 {C42: Petroff
Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nd6 {7...Nd6 scores better than
7...Nc5.} 8. Qd1 Qd8 9. Re1+ {White is slightly better.} Be7 $1 10. c3 (10. Nc3 $14 )0-0 $11 11. Bc2 c6 12. d4 Bf5 13. Bf4 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Na6 15. Nbd2 Nc7 {[#]} 16. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Re2 Re8 17. Rae1 Bf8 18. Ne5 Qf6 19. Bg3 Qf5 20. Qxf5 Nxf5 21. Nd3 Nxg3 22. hxg3 f6 23. g4 Kf7 24. Nf3 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 {
1/2-1/2 (46) So,W (2786)-Caruana,F (2804) Saint Louis 2018} )g6 17. h5 Nf5 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Ndf3 f6 20. hxg6 (20. Nd3 {feels hotter.} Qd7 21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22. Nc5 Qg4 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nh2 )fxe5 21. gxh7+ Kg7 (21... Kxh7 $6 22. dxe5 Ne6 23. Be3 $16 )(21... Kh8 $5 {} 22. Bxe5+ Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Nh4 $17 )22. Rxe5 (22. Bxe5+ Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Qf6 $17 )Ne6 (22... Bxe5 $2 23. Bxe5+ Kxh7 24. g4 $18 )(22... Qd7 $1 $14 )23. Rxe6 (23. Bh6+ Nxh6 24. Rxe6 Rf6 $15 )Bxf4 24. g3 Qd7 $2 (24... Qc7 $16 )25. Rae1 $18 Bd6 {White should
prevent ...Kh8.} 26. g4 Ne7 27. Qd2 Kh8 28. Nh4 Rf7 {[#]} 29. Qg5 $1 {Hoping
for Rxe7!} Rg7 30. Qf6 {Threatens to win with f3.} Kxh7 31. g5 (31. f3 $16 Rd8 32. Ng2 )Rd8 $1 $11 32. R1e3 {The position is equal.} Kg8 {aiming for ...
Rf7.} 33. g6 Rf8 34. Rxd6 {Qxg7+! is the strong threat.} Qg4+ 35. Rg3 {Qxf8+!
would kill now.} Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Rxf6 37. Rxf6 Qh5 38. Rd6 {} Kh8 39. Rh3 $1 Qg4+ 40. Kh2 $1 Qf4+ { [#] Double Attack} ({Worse is} 40... Nxg6 41. Nxg6+ (41. Nf5+ Qxh3+ 42. Kxh3 Nf4+ 43. Kh4 Rg2 $16 )Kg8 42. Rh8+ Kf7 43. Rf8# )41. Kh1 Qg4 42. Rh2 {White wants to mate with Nf5+.} Qd1+ ({
Weaker is} 42... Nxg6 43. Nxg6+ Kg8 44. Rh8+ Kf7 45. Rf8# )43. Kg2 {White
threatens Nf3+ and mate.} Qg4+ {White really could win this.  Weighted Error
Value: White=0.13/Black=0.16} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Goganov,Aleksey"]
[Black "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2020.12.13"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Bg5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} Be7 8. e3 0-0 $1 {
 is now more promising than 8...Bd7.} 9. Qc1 {The position is equal.} h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nfd2 e5 12. d5 {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Na7 13. Nxc4 Nb5 14. Qc2 g6 15. a4 Bf5 16. Qb3 Nd6 17. Nbd2 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Qxb5 {1/2-1/2 (29) Yuferev,O (2239)-Haba,P (2472)
Marianske Lazne 2016} )13. Nxc4 Nxd5 14. Rd1 {[#]} e4 $1 {} 15. Bxe4 c6 $1 16. Nc3 {} Be6 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. Nd4 Bg4 19. Bf3 Bh3 20. Bg2 {[#]} Bxg2 $1 21. Kxg2 Rfd8 22. a3 {Black converts the
advantage convincingly.} c5 23. Nf3 b5 $36 { Black is really
pushing.} 24. Ncd2 (24. Na5 $142 Rac8 25. Qc2 )c4 25. e4 Nb6 26. Re1 Nd7 27. Re2 Nc5 {Hoping for ...Nd3.} 28. e5 (28. Qc2 $17 {was worth a try.} )Bg5 $19 29. Nxg5 hxg5 30. Qc2 Rd3 31. Rae1 Rad8 32. Ne4 Qb7 ({Much less strong
is} 32... Qxe5 33. Nxc5 Qxc5 34. Re5 $19 )33. Kg1 Ne6 {aiming for ...Nd4.} 34. Re3 g4 {Threatens to win with ...Nd4.} 35. Rxd3 (35. h4 $142 )cxd3 (35... Rxd3 $2 36. Kf1 $19 )36. Qc1 (36. Qd1 $142 d2 37. Nxd2 )Nd4 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.32/Black=0.03} 0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Black "Fedoseev,Vladimir"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.13"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Bb7 9. 0-0 e5 10. Qe3 Qc7 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Nd2 0-0 {[#]} 13. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nc4 Nc5 14. f3 Rfd8 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Ba3 Rab8 17. b5 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. bxa6 Bxa6 {1-0 (39) Giri,A (2783)-Salem,A (2660) St
Petersburg 2018} )Rfd8 14. Bf3 Bc6 15. Qe2 h6 16. g3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Qxc2 {[#] And now ...Rb8 would win.} 21. Qd3 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Ra4 23. Rc3 Nxe4 24. Rc7 Nef6 25. Bc6 Rb4 26. Bxd7 {[#] aiming
for Na5.} Rxb3 27. Ba4 Rb4 28. Bc2 Bf8 29. Rc8 g5 30. h4 Kg7 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Bxg5 Rxb2 33. Bf5 Nd5 34. Be4 Rb5 35. Rd8 Nc3 36. Bd3 Rd5 37. Bf5 e4 38. g4 Ne2+ $1 39. Kg2 Nd4 40. Bf4 $1 Nxf5 41. gxf5 $15 { Endgame KRB-KRB} f6 (41... Rxf5 $15 42. Bxd6 Bxd6 43. Rxd6 Rf3 )42. Re8 Rxf5 43. Rxe4 Kf7 44. Ra4 Rb5 45. Kf3 d5 46. Ra6 Bc5 47. Rc6 Rb3+ 48. Kg4 {The position is equal.} Be7 49. Kf5 Rf3 50. Rc7 Rxf2 51. Rd7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.
05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 0-0 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. Bb5 {E25: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5..
.c5 6 f3 d5 7 cxd5.} Na6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. a4 Ne5 15. Qb5 Qxb5 16. axb5 Bd7 17. Rb1 {[#]} Rfc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Nc4 18. Bf2 Rfd8 19. Ne2 e5 20. Ng3 a5 21. c6 bxc6 22. b6 Bc8 23. 0-0 Nd2 {1/2-1/2 (34) Gonzalez Barcina,F (2189)
-Cid Prolongo,C (2163) ICCF email 2014} )18. Ne2 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Nxc5 20. c4 b6 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rb4 a5 23. bxa6 $1 Rxa6 24. Nc3 Kf8 25. Rhb1 f6 26. Kd3 Rc6 27. f4 Be8 28. g4 Ke7 29. h4 Ra8 30. Nb5 Rd8+ 31. Ke3 Rc5 32. Nd4 Bd7 33. Nb3 Rc7 {The position is equal.} 34. g5 e5 35. gxf6+ gxf6 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Rg1 {
With the idea Rg5.} b5 38. Nd2 Kf6 39. Rf1+ Ke7 40. Rg1 ({Wrong is} 40. cxb5 $2 Rc3+ 41. Ke2 Bg4+ 42. Nf3 Ra8 $19 )Kf6 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 a5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th
moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 10. Nf3 0-0 11. 0-0 a4 {The position is equal.} 12. Bc2 c5 13. Rb1 Nc6 { [#]} 14. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bg4 16. Rxb5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bxd4 18. Rd5 Bxe3 19. Rxd8 Rfxd8 20. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 (33) Nakamura,H (2754)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2775) Paris 2019} )Ne5 $1 15. Nxe5 ({But not} 15. Rxb5 Ba6 $15 )Bxe5 16. Bh6 ({Of course not
} 16. Rxb5 Ba6 $15 )Ba6 (16... Re8 {feels hotter.} 17. Be3 Qa5 18. c4 bxc4 19. f4 Bg7 )17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. f4 Bxc3 19. Rf3 $36 { White is
pushing.} Qa5 ({Better is} 19... Bd4+ $11 20. Kh1 Kg8 )20. e5 $14 {And now f5
would win.} Kg8 (20... Kg7 $16 )21. Kh1 Rd8 $2 {A mistake that costs the game.} (21... b4 $16 {was called for.} )22. e6 $1 $18 fxe6 $2 {[#]} (22... Bb7 23. exf7+ Kf8 )23. Bxg6 $1 { White is clearly winning.} hxg6 {[#]} 24. Qc2 $1 { Double Attack} Bg7 25. Rg3 g5 {[#]} 26. Qg6 $1 {
 Double Attack} Qd2 27. Rxg5 {} Qc3 28. Qxe6+ {
 Double Attack} Kf8 29. Re1 Qxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Bf6 31. Qh4 Rd6 {[#]} 32. Qh7 $1 {} Ke8 33. Qg8+ Kd7 34. Qa8 {Rg8 would kill now.} Bxg5 35. fxg5 {KQ-KRB} c4 36. h4 b4 37. Qa7+ Ke8 38. Qb8+ { Double
Attack} Kf7 39. Qxb4 Rxd5 40. Qxa4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.37
} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Black "Goganov,Aleksey"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Bxc6 {C48: Four Knights: 4
Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4.} dxc6 7. Ne2 $5 { [#] Exploring less
charted territory.} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Re8 8. h3 Nd7 9. g4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 Nc5 12. Be3 f6 13. Nf5 Ne6 {0-1 (40) Caruana,F (2794)-Grischuk,
A (2785) Saint Louis 2017} )8. Ng3 {The position is equal.} Nd7 9. Nf5 Nc5 10. g4 Ne6 11. h4 c5 12. Rg1 b5 {} 13. Be3 a5 14. h5 a4 15. a3 b4 16. Nd2 Ra6 (16... Be7 $5 )17. Nc4 Ng5 18. Rg3 bxa3 19. Rxa3 Be6 (19... Ne6 $11 {keeps the balance.} )20. Qd2 $16 h6 21. Qc3 f6 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Ke2 Qd7 24. Rg1 Rfa8 25. Rga1 Bf8 26. f3 Qc6 27. Nfe3 Kh7 28. Qe1 Qb7 29. Kf2 Kh8 30. R1a2 Bd7 31. Nd5 Be6 (31... R8a7 $142 )32. Nc3 Qc6 33. Qa1 Bxc4 34. dxc4 Qd7 35. Nd5 c6 36. Ne3 $1 ({Reject} 36. Rxa4 $6 Rxa4 37. Rxa4 Rd8 $11 )Qd2+ 37. Kg3 Rd8 38. Qg1 Qb4 39. Qc1 Ra7 40. c3 Qb8 41. Rxa4 Rad7 42. Ra6 Qb7 43. Qa1 Rd2 44. Ra8 Kg8 45. Rxd8 Rxd8 46. Qc1 Rd3 47. Kf2 Rd8 48. Ke2 Qd7 49. Qc2 Qb7 50. Ra1 Rb8 51. Rb1 Qa6 52. Rd1 Qa2 53. Rd2 Rb7 54. Kf2 Rb6 55. Kg3 Rb8 56. Qc1 Rb7 57. Kf2 Rb8 58. Rc2 Rd8 59. Qe1 Rd7 60. Rd2 Rb7 {[#]} 61. Qe2 $1 {Cut Off at move 61} Qb1 62. Nd1 Be7 63. Ne3 $2 (63. Kg3 $18 )Rb8 $2 (63... Bf8 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} )64. Kg2 $18 Rb7 65. Nd1 Kf8 66. Kh3 Kf7 67. Qf2 Kg8 68. Ne3 Qh1+ 69. Kg3 Qb1 70. Qf1 Qa2 71. Qe2 Bf8 72. Kh2 Qb1 73. Kg2 (73. Nd1 $16 )Qa1 $2 (73... Be7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} )74. Qd1 $36 { White is in control.} Qa2 $2 (74... Qa8 75. Rc2 Qa2 )75. b4 Qa3 $2 {[#]} (75... Qa8 76. h6 gxh6 )76. b5 $1 {} cxb5 {[#]} 77. Rd8 $1 {} Rf7 78. Qd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.06} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Chigaev,Maksim"]
[Black "Vitiugov,Nikita"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "37"]

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 {B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn.} Bxe6 {[#]} 12. Nxe6 $146 (12. Rxb7 $5 {} Nxd4 13. Qxd4 $14 )({Predecessor:} 12. Rxb7 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be7 14. Bc4 h6 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ke2 Rf8 18. Rf1 Rf7 {1/2-1/2 (56) Tonisson,P (2382)-Ponomarjov,R (2314) ICCF email 2015} )fxe6 13. Rxb7 Be7 14. Rb3 Qc5 15. Be3 $1 {} Qe5 16. Bf4 (16. Rb6 $5 {} Nd8 17. Rxa6 Rxa6 18. Bxa6 $14 )Qc5 {The position is
equal.} 17. Be3 Qe5 18. Bf4 Qc5 19. Be3 {Not much happened in this game. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Matlakov,Maxim"]
[Black "Antipov,Mikhail Al."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Annotator ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[TimeControl "60"]

1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Svidler,Peter"]
[Black "Artemiev,Vladislav"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.14"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "127"]

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 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} c5 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. Nd6+ {White is slightly
better.} Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 (13... Qxd6 $2 14. c4 $18 )14. Qd4 0-0 15. Bxc4 Qxd6 {[#] 15...Qxd6 scores better than 15...Rfc8.} 16. Be2 $5 $146 {
 An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 16. Rd1 Rfc8 17. b3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Bd3 d5 20. a4 Nd7 21. a5 a6 22. Bb2 {1-0 (86) Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2774)-Kovalenko,I (2674) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019} )e5 17. Qf2 Qg6 18. c4 Nb4 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Rad1 e4 21. f4 f6 22. Rd6 Nd3 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Rac8 25. b3 Rc6 26. Rd4 Ra6 27. Bxd3 exd3 28. Rf2 ({But not} 28. Rxd3 Rxa2 29. Rf2 Ra1+ 30. Rf1 Ra2 $11 )Re8 29. Rxd3 Re7 30. Rfd2 Be4 31. Rc3 Bf5 32. Kf2 h5 33. a4 Kf7 34. Bc5 Re8 35. Re3 Rb8 36. Rd5 Kg6 37. Bd4 Rc8 38. Rc5 Ra8 {[#]} (38... Rxc5 $14 39. Bxc5 Bc2 )39. Rc7 $1 $16 Rd6 40. Bxa7 ({Don't take} 40. Rxa7 Rb8 $16 )Bg4 41. a5 Rd2+ 42. Kg1 Rb2 43. Bb6 Rb1+ 44. Kh2 Rb2 45. c5 ({White should play} 45. Rc5 $18 )Ra2 46. b4 Rb2 47. Ra7 (47. f5+ $18 Bxf5 48. Re7 )Rxa7 $14 48. Bxa7 Rxb4 { Endgame KRB-KRB} 49. Ra3 Bf5 {[#]} 50. c6 $1 {} Rc4 $1 (50... dxc6 51. a6 )51. Bc5 Rxc5 {
KRB-KR} 52. a6 Rxc6 {White must now prevent ...Be4.} ({Don't go for} 52... dxc6 $2 53. a7 $18 )53. a7 Rc8 {And now ...Be4 would win.} 54. a8=Q Rxa8 55. Rxa8 {
KR-KB} Be6 56. Ra5 Bg4 57. Kg1 Bf5 58. Kf2 Be4 59. Rc5 Bc6 60. g4 hxg4 {
The position is equal.} 61. g3 f5 62. Ke3 Kf6 63. Ra5 g5 64. Rc5 {Blacks
defense is rewarded with a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Artemiev,Vladislav"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.15"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. 0-0 g6 7. d4 Nf6 8. Re1 Bg7 9. h3 $1 { is
currently scoring better than 9.Nbd2. C79: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with
3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 d6.} 0-0 10. Bc2 b5 {} 11. Be3 {White is slightly better.} exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nc3 {aiming for Bb3.} Nxc2 14. Qxc2 b4 15. Ne2 Re8 16. Ng3 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bb5 17. d5 Nd7 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. e5 Rad8 22. Qf4 Rd7 {
1-0 (56) Gerola,G (2498)-Raupach,F (2506) ICCF email 2011} )17. Bd2 a5 18. a3 bxa3 19. Rxa3 a4 20. Qc1 Kh7 {[#]} 21. e5 $1 $36 {
Black is under pressure.} Ng8 22. Re4 f6 23. Rh4 Rf8 (23... d5 $16 24. Bg5 Re6 )24. exf6 (24. Ne4 $18 {Threatens to win with exf6.} fxe5 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Rd3 Rxf3 27. gxf3 Qxh4 28. Rxd7 )Bxf6 $14 25. Rf4 Rc8 26. d5 c6 27. dxc6 (27. Raxa4 cxd5 28. Qb1 Bxa4 $17 )Bxc6 28. Bc3 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 d5 {White must
now prevent ...d4.} 30. Qd1 ({Not} 30. Rxa4 d4 $17 )Bxc3 31. Rfxc3 Qb6 32. Qc2 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Ne7 {[#]} 34. h4 $1 Kg7 35. h5 g5 36. Re3 Rf7 37. Qe2 Nf5 $2 { Loses the game.} (37... Qc5 $16 )38. Re6 $18 Qd4 39. Rg6+ Kf8 40. Nxf5 Rxf5 41. Rxh6 $2 { Endgame KQR-KQR} (41. Qc2 Rf6 42. Qc8+ Kf7 43. Qg8+ Ke7 44. Rg7+ (44. Qg7+ Ke6 $14 )Kd6 45. Qb8+ Ke6 46. Qc8+ Kd6 47. Qc7+ Ke6 48. Re7+ Kf5 49. Qd7+ Kf4 50. g3+ Kf3 51. Re3+ Qxe3 52. fxe3 )Rf6 (41... Qe4 {was called for.} 42. Qxe4 dxe4 )42. Rh8+ ({Don't play} 42. Rh7 Rf4 $18 )Kg7 43. Re8 {White wants to mate with Qe7+.} g4 $2 (43... Qc5 $18 44. g3 Kh6 )44. Qe7+ {White mates.} Kh6 45. Rh8+ Kg5 46. Rg8+ Kh4 47. g3+ Kh3 48. Qe1 {} Qd3 49. Re8 a3 50. Re2 {} Rxf2 51. Qxf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.35} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Antipov,Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Svidler,Peter"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Annotator ""]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2020.12.15"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[TimeControl "60"]

0-1

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Vitiugov,Nikita"]
[Black "Matlakov,Maxim"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.15"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 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 {Predecessor:} 15. Qe3+ $146 {C67: Ruy Lopez:
Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Be6 16. Nc3 Qc6 17. Nb5 Bc5 18. Qc3 0-0 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rd8 22. Qb4 a5 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. axb5 {1/2-1/2 (32)
Wei,Y (2732)-Grischuk,A (2777) Chess.com INT 2020} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Goganov,Aleksey"]
[Black "Chigaev,Maksim"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.15"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 {} g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nh6 7. d3 f5 8. Nd5 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3.} 0-0 9. h4 Nf7 $1 {[#]} 10. Be3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10. h5 g5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Nec3 Nd4 13. Ne3 Bc8 14. Ne4 h6 15. 0-0 c6 16. Bd2 {0-1 (38) Koshy,V (2415)-Prasad,D (2445) India 1994} )Nd4 $1 11. Qd2 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 c6 13. Nc3 f4 14. Bd2 Nh6 15. f3 fxg3 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Be3 Nf7 18. 0-0-0 Nd8 19. Qe1 Ne6 20. Qxg3 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Qf2 h5 23. d4 Be6 24. Bf1 a6 25. Rg1 Bf7 26. Bd3 b5 27. e5 dxe5 (27... bxc4 $11 28. Bc2 dxe5 29. dxe5 Qxe5 )28. d5 ({Better is} 28. Qg2 $1 $14 )cxd5 29. Nxd5 (29. cxd5 $11 Kh8 30. Bc2 )e4 (29... Rc8 $15 {stays ahead.} 30. Be4 Rxc4+ 31. Kb1 Kh7 )30. Bxe4 $16 {Strongly threatening Qc5.} bxc4 $2 { [#] This costs Black
the game.} (30... Rc8 $16 31. c5 Kh8 )31. Bxg6 $1 $18 {} Rb8 (31... Bxg6 $142 32. Rxg6 Rd8 )32. Be4 {Intending Nf6+ and mate.} Bxd5 {[#]} 33. Rxg7+ $1 { Clearance} Kxg7 34. Qg1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/
Black=0.66} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Black "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "10.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.15"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Bg5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White
3rd moves.} Qa5 13. d5 $5 { And now dxc6 would win. An interesting
side line.} Qc7 14. Re1 {White has an edge.} h6 {[#]} 15. Nh4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 15. Bh4 Bg6 16. Bd3 Bh5 17. h3 c5 18. g4 Bg6 19. g5 h5 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Re6 {1-0 (27) Kasimdzhanov,R (2657)-Lei,T (2469) Douglas 2019} )Bh7 $1 (15... Bxh2+ $2 16. Kh1 $18 )16. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 f6 {White must now prevent ...cxd5.} 20. Rad1 cxd5 $1 21. Rxd5 $40 { Black needs to defend precisely.} Qxc4 22. Rxd6 Qf7 $1 {
...Nc6 is the strong threat.} ({Stronger than} 22... Qxa2 23. Rxf6 Qxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Nd7 25. Rxh6+ Kg7 26. Qh4 Rfe8 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Rf1+ Nf6 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Rh8# )({Don't blunder} 22... Qxc3 $2 23. Rde6 $18 )23. h4 Qh7 24. Qxh7+ Kxh7 25. Re7+ { Double Attack} Kg6 {[#]} (25... Kg8 $11 {keeps the balance.
} )26. h5+ $1 $16 {} Kg5 (26... Kxh5 27. Rg7 )27. Rxb7 a5 28. g3 $1 Ra6 {[#]} 29. Rxb8 $1 { Threatening mate with Rd5+.} Rxd6 (29... Rxb8 30. Rxa6 )30. Rxf8 { Endgame KR-KR} Rd2 31. a4 Ra2 32. Kg2 $1 f5 33. Rc8 (33. c4 $16 )Rxa4 $11 34. Rc5 Ra2 35. Kf3 Kf6 $2 ({Better is} 35... a4 $11 )36. Ke3 $1 $16 Kg5 {[#]} 37. f3 $1 Kxh5 {[#]} 38. Kf4 $1 {} Kg6 39. Rc6+ ({Much weaker is} 39. Rxf5 $6 Ra4+ 40. Ke5 Rc4 $11 )Kg7 40. Kxf5 Rf2 $2 {Loses the game.} (40... Rd2 $16 {is tougher.} 41. Rc7+ Kg8 )41. Rc7+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf8 42. f4 Rf3 (42... h5 $142 43. c4 Rf3 )43. g4 $18 a4 44. c4 {} a3 45. Ra7 Rc3 46. Kf6 {
} Ke8 {[#]} 47. c5 $1 {} Rc4 (47... Rxc5 48. Rxa3 )48. f5 Rxg4 49. c6 {} Kd8 50. Rxa3 Kc7 51. Rh3 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.08/Black=0.34} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vladimir"]
[Black "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "10.6"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.15"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. c3 f5 5. d3 Qf6 6. Ng5 {C50: Hungarian Defence
and Giuoco Pianissimo.} Nh6 {[#]} 7. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Qb3 f4 8. Ne6 Bxe6 9. Bxe6 Rb8 10. Nd2 Ke7 11. Bh3 g5 12. Bf5 Nxf5 13. exf5 Qxf5 {1-0 (35)
Zacks,N-Arganian,D East Lansing 1995} )Bd7 8. 0-0 {White has an edge.} 0-0-0 9. exf5 exf4 10. Bxf4 Bxf5 11. Nf3 (11. d4 $142 )Nf7 ({Black
should try} 11... d5 $11 12. Bb5 Bg4 )12. Bg3 Nfe5 (12... d5 $11 13. Bb5 Ne7 )13. Bb5 ({White should play} 13. Nbd2 $16 )Be7 (13... Bg4 $5 {} )14. d4 Nxf3+ $1 15. Qxf3 Bd7 16. Qe2 Qg6 (16... Qg5 $11 {remains
equal.} )17. Bxc6 $16 Bxc6 18. Qxe7 {Strongly threatening c4.} Rde8 19. Qf7 $1 {} Re2 {[#]} 20. Qf5+ $1 Qxf5 21. Rxf5 {Black must now prevent d5.} Rxg2+ 22. Kf1 {Threatens to win with d5.} Rxb2 {And now ...Be4 would win.} 23. Rf2 Rb5 24. Nd2 h5 25. c4 Rg5 26. Re1 h4 27. Bf4 Ra5 28. Nb3 Ra4 29. c5 g5 30. Be3 ({Much weaker is} 30. Bxg5 $6 Bb5+ 31. Kg2 Rg8 $11 )g4 31. cxd6 g3 {
[#]} 32. hxg3 $1 hxg3 33. Rc2 {aiming for Rxc6!} Bb5+ $2 {This move loses the
game for Black.} (33... Rh1+ $16 34. Bg1 Rh5 )34. Kg1 $18 Rc4 35. Rxc4 Bxc4 36. Bf4 cxd6 37. Bxd6 Kd7 38. Bxg3 Rg8 39. Kf2 b6 40. Rc1 Rc8 41. Ke3 a5 42. Rc2 Rc6 43. Nd2 Bd5 $2 (43... Bg8 )44. Rxc6 {White is clearly winning.} Kxc6 45. a3 {} b5 46. Kd3 b4 47. a4 Bg2 48. Nb3 Kd5 49. Be1 Be4+ 50. Ke3 Bc2 51. Nxa5 b3 52. Bc3 b2 53. Bxb2 Bxa4 54. Nb7 Bc6 55. Nc5 Ba8 56. Nd3 Bb7 57. Ba3 Ba8 58. Bc5 Bb7 59. Kf4 Ke6 60. Kg5 Be4 61. Nf4+ Kd7 62. Kf6 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.29} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.16"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. b4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4
and 5 d3.} Bb6 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd5 {Black has an edge.} Nxc3 9. Nxc3 dxc3 {[#]} 10. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. 0-0 h6 11. Qb3 0-0 12. Qxc3 d6 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Bb2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 (51)
Greiff,H-Hansen,L (2562) Copenhagen 2000} )Ne7 $1 11. 0-0 {With the idea
Nh4.} h6 12. Bh4 0-0 {And now ...d6 would win.} 13. Re1 Qe8 14. Bb3 a5 15. Bf6 a4 (15... gxf6 $2 16. exf6 d5 17. fxe7 $18 )(15... Nf5 $1 $11 16. Qd3 d6 17. exd6 Qd7 18. bxa5 Bxa5 19. Bxc3 Qxd6 )16. Bc4 $1 $16 Ng6 {[#]} (16... gxf6 $2 17. exf6 d5 18. Qc1 $18 )17. Qd3 $1 {} d5 $1 {} 18. exd6 $40 { Intending Qxg6 and mate. White goes for the king.} Be6 {[#]} 19. Qxg6 $3 {} fxg6 20. Rxe6 Qf7 {White stays focused until the end.} 21. Bxc3 {Re4 is the strong threat.} Kh8 {White must now prevent ...cxd6.} 22. Re4 $1 Qf5 {[#]} 23. Re7 $1 {} Rg8 (23... Bxf2+ $16 24. Kh1 {[#]} Rg8 $1 {} 25. Bxg8 Rxg8 26. dxc7 Qc2 )24. Bxg8 $18 Rxg8 25. dxc7 Qc2 26. Be5 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bb6 28. h3 Kh7 29. Re1 a3 30. Kh2 g5 31. Nd4 Qc4 (31... Bxd4 {was necessary.} 32. Bxd4 Qf5 )32. Nf5 Qxb4 33. Rc1 ({Worse is
} 33. Rxg7+ Rxg7 34. c8=Q Qxe1 $17 )Kg6 34. Rxg7+ { Double
Attack} Kxf5 35. Rxg8 Bxc7 36. Bxc7 ({And not} 36. Rxc7 Kxe5 37. Rc2 Qd6 $11 )Qb2 37. Rc5+ Ke4 38. Rd8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.49} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Black "Fedoseev,Vladimir"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.16"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. h3 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9
c3 Be7.} 0-0 11. Bc2 {[#]} Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nbd2 d4 14. Ne4 dxc3 15. Qe2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Be3 Qxe5 {0-1 (27)
Beklarian,L (2232)-Fatkulin,A (2235) Nojabrsk 2005} )12. Nbd2 { White is slightly better.} f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Re1 Bd6 15. Nf1 Ne7 (15... Qd7 $11 )16. Ng3 $16 Bd7 17. Bg5 Kh8 18. Ne5 {Hoping for
Qd3.} Be6 19. Qd3 Bg8 20. Re2 Nd7 21. Ng4 Nc5 22. Qd2 Nc6 23. Rae1 Qd7 24. Nh5 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. b3 (26. Rxe4 $16 Qf5 27. Ng3 )Rf5 {[#]} (26... Be6 $11 {keeps the balance.} )27. Ng3 $1 {} Rd5 28. Qc1 h6 29. Bf4 h5 30. Nh2 Bxf4 31. Qxf4 Ne5 32. Rf1 (32. Nxh5 $6 Nd3 $11 )({White should try} 32. c4 $16 bxc4 33. bxc4 (33. Qxe4 c3 $11 )(33. Nxe4 $2 Nd3 $19 { Double
Attack} )Nxc4 34. Qxe4 (34. Rxe4 Nb2 $16 ))Nd3 33. Qe3 ({Better is
} 33. Qxe4 $16 {Threatens to win with c4.} Bh7 34. Qf3 )Re8 $11 {The
position is equal.} 34. Nxe4 Bh7 35. f3 c5 36. c4 bxc4 37. bxc4 Rd4 38. Rd2 Qd8 ({Of course not} 38... Bxe4 39. fxe4 Ne5 40. Rdf2 $16 )39. Kh1 Kg8 40. Qg1 {
White wants to play Nxc5!} Qa5 41. Rfd1 Red8 42. Nf1 Bxe4 43. fxe4 Qa4 44. Ne3 Nb2 $1 45. Rxd4 ({But not} 45. Rxb2 $2 Rxd1 46. Nf1 {[#]} (46. Nxd1 $2 Rxd1 47. Qxd1 Qxd1+ $19 )Rxf1 $1 $19 {} )cxd4 46. Rd2 {Black must
now prevent Nd5.} Nxc4 47. Nxc4 Qxc4 { Endgame KQR-KQR} 48. Qd1 Qc5 49. Rd3 Qe5 50. Qe2 a5 51. Rd1 Kh7 52. Qd3 g6 53. Rf1 Rd7 54. Rd1 Kg7 55. Kg1 Rd6 56. Kh1 h4 57. Kg1 Qg3 58. Qxg3 hxg3 {KR-KR} 59. Rd3 Kf6 {And now ...Ke5
would win.} (59... Rc6 {looks sharper.} 60. Rxg3 Kf6 61. h4 Ke5 62. Kf2 Kf4 )60. Kf1 Ke5 {Strongly threatening ...Rf6+.} 61. Rxg3 {Cut Off at move 61} Rc6 {
aiming for ...Rc1+.} 62. Ke1 Kxe4 63. Kd2 a4 64. h4 Re6 65. Rg4+ Kd5 66. Rg3 Kc4 67. Ra3 Kb4 68. Rd3 Re4 69. g3 Kc4 70. Ra3 Kb5 71. Rf3 Kc4 72. Ra3 Kb4 73. Rd3 Kc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Chigaev,Maksim"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,Ian"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "11.3"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.16"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. e4 {} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 {[#]} Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 h5 10. 0-0-0 Nbd7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. h4 b5 13. a3 0-0 14. Bg5 Re8 15. g4 hxg4 16. fxg4 Bxg4 17. Re1 d5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 (31) Wei,Y (2732)-Giri,A (2764)
Chess.com INT 2020} )7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bc1 Nf6 10. Be3 {10.Nd5 is a
critical line.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Matlakov,Maxim"]
[Black "Goganov,Aleksey"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "11.4"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.16"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 {} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Qc2 Nbd7 {is now more promising than 7...c6.} 8. 0-0 c6 9. Rc1 {
E11: Bogo-Indian.} a5 10. a4 h6 11. Na3 {[#] The position is equal.} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd6 12. Ne1 e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. e4 N5f6 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 (43) Svane,R (2613)-Lupulescu,C (2652) Playchess.
com INT 2020} )12. Be3 f5 13. Ne1 Qe8 14. f3 Nef6 15. Nd3 g5 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Rad1 Qg6 18. Qc1 Kh7 19. Nb1 e5 (19... dxc4 {keeps more tension.} 20. Qxc4 e5 21. Nc3 Re8 22. Qb3 f4 )20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. f4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Qxf4 {} Be6 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Nc3 {} Bxg2 (26... Nh5 $5 {} 27. Qf2 Bxg2 28. Rd7+ Rf7 29. Rxf7+ Qxf7 30. Kxg2 Qg6 $11 )27. Kxg2 Rf7 28. Rf1 Nh5 29. Qe5 Ng7 30. Rd6 Re8 31. Qd4 $36 {
White has the initiative.} Re6 32. Rd7 Qf6 $2 (32... c5 $11 33. Qd5 Rxd7 34. Qxd7 Rb6 )33. Qxf6 $18 Rfxf6 34. Rxb7 Kg6 35. Rd1 Re5 36. Rd8 Ne6 37. Rg8+ Kh5 38. b4 Re3 $2 {} (38... Rg6 $16 39. Rc8 Rg4 )39. bxa5 {[#]
Threatens to win with a6.} Rxc3 40. a6 {a7 is the strong threat.} Rc2 $2 (40... Ra3 41. a7 Rxa4 )41. a7 Rxe2+ {[#]} 42. Kf1 $1 Nd4 43. a8=Q Rfe6 44. Qf8 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.62} 1-0

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Svidler,Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov,Nikita"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "11.5"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.12.16"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 {10.a5 is the fancy move.} axb5 11. Qd3 {C78: Ruy
Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} 0-0 {The position is equal.} 12. Bg5 exd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. e5 {And now Qg6+ would win.} gxh4 16. Qg6+ $1 {
 [#] Double Attack} Kh8 17. Qxh6+ { Double Attack} Nh7 18. Bc2 {} f5 19. exf6 $1 $40 { White is up to no good.} Rf7 20. Ng5 Qxf6 { [#] Double Attack} 21. Nxf7+ Qxf7 22. Bxh7 Qxh7 23. Qf8+ Qg8 24. Qh6+ { Double Attack} Qh7 25. Qf8+ Qg8 {[#]} 26. Qh6+ $146 { Double Attack} ({Predecessor:} 26. Qf6+ Qg7 27. Qxh4+ Qh7 28. Qf6+ Qg7 29. Qh4+ Qh7 30. Qf6+ Qg7 31. Qh4+ {
1/2-1/2 (31) Dudas,E (2276)-Papp,P (2305) Heviz 2013} )Qh7 {An
uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020"]
[White "Artemiev,Vladislav"]
[Black "Antipov,Mikhail Al."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Round "11.6"]
[Annotator ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.12.16"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[TimeControl "60"]

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