[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. h4 Be7 11. Be2 b5 12. g4 g6 13. Qe3 Rb8 14. g5 Qg7
15. a3 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Nh2 Nd4 18. f4 h5 19. Nf3 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 O-O 21. f5
exf5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Qxe7 Rxb2 24. Qxf8+ Qxf8 25. Kxb2 Qb8+ 26. Kc1 Qb4 27.
Nb1 Qf4+ 28. Nfd2 d5 29. Kb2 a5 30. Nb3 Be4 31. Rhg1 Qxh4 32. Nc3 Bf3 33. Rd3
Qf2 34. Ra1 h4 35. Rxa5 Kg7 36. Nxd5 Be4 37. Rd2 Qg1 38. Nf6 Bf5 39. Ne8+ Kh7
40. Nd6 Qxg5 41. Nxf5 gxf5 42. Rf2 Kg6 43. Ra6+ f6 44. Ra8 Qe3 45. Rg2+ Kf7 46.
Rh8 h3 47. Rh7+ Kf8 48. Rh8+ Kf7 49. Rh7+ Kf8 50. Rd2 Kg8 51. Rdd7 h2 52. Rdg7+
Kf8 53. Rg2 f4 54. Rhxh2 Qe5+ 55. c3 Kf7 56. Rh7+ Ke6 57. Rh3 Kd5 58. Rf2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 (5. Nxf6+ {The main line is}
exf6 6. Bc4 {Karjakin,S-Jobava,B Tashkent FIDE GP 2014, annotated by M.Roiz is
a game you can enjoy.}) 5... Bg4 (5... Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 {It is not the only
move but the most reliable one.} (6... Nd7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10.
c3 {White wants to get a good version of French Defence Rubinstein variation.}
c5 {now White can get the bishop pair.} 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Qe4 Qc8
14. d4 O-O (14... a6 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Qh4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. O-O Rd8 {
Black is OK}) 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. O-O a6 18. Be2 $14 {Rambaldi, F 
(2559)-Krush,I (2444) Saint Louis USA 2017 1/2 (44)}) 7. Qf4 (7. Qh4 Qe6+ (7...
Bf5 8. Bc4 Qd6 9. d3 e6 10. Bf4 Qb4+ 11. Bd2 Qxb2 12. O-O b5 (12... Qa3 13. Qg3
Nd7 14. Qc7 Rb8 15. Bf4 $16) 13. Rab1 Qa3 14. Nd4 Be7 15. Qg3 O-O 16. Nxf5 exf5
17. Bb3 Qd6 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. a4 $44 {Lu Shanglei (2620)-Fang,Y (2447) Xinghua
CHN 2017 1-0 (40). White's chances are much better.}) 8. Be2 Qg4 9. Qg3 Qxg3
10. hxg3 Bf5 (10... Nd7 11. g4 Nb6 $6 (11... e5 12. d3 Bd6 13. g5 O-O 14. Be3
Nb6 $13) 12. Ne5 g6 13. b3 Bg7 14. Bb2 Nd5 15. O-O-O g5 16. g3 f6 17. Nd3 $16 {
Areshchenko,A (2710)-Lenderman,A (2614) St Petersburg 2012 1-0 (102)}) 11. b3
a5 {I'm not sure if Black can improve his position after a5-a4} (11... Nd7 12.
Bb2 e6 13. O-O-O h6 14. Nh4 Bh7 15. g4 Rg8 16. Nf3 (16. f4 $5 g5 17. fxg5 Rxg5
18. Rdf1 Bg7 19. Rf4 {White has better chances.}) 16... Bg6 17. Nh4 Bh7 18.
Rde1 O-O-O $11 {Howell,D (2657)-Svane,R (2560) chess.com INT 2017 1-0 (65)})
12. Bb2 h6 13. O-O-O a4 14. Nd4 Bc8 {Black wants to play ...Nd7} (14... Bd7 15.
f4 Na6 16. Rde1 Nc5) 15. Rde1 axb3 16. axb3 Nd7 (16... Rg8 17. g4 g6 18. f4 Bg7
19. Bf3 {and if} Ra2 {then} 20. Bc3 {Black's pieces aren't well placed. He is
in trouble.}) 17. Nf5 Nf6 18. g4 $14 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2795)-Salem,A (2633)
Moscow RUS 2017 1-0 (36)}) 7... Qf5 8. Qe3 Qe6 9. Be2 Qxe3 10. fxe3 g6 {
A good idea. Black can't prevent e4 and d4, so he wants to exert pressure on
the centre like in the Grünfeld Defence.} 11. e4 c5 12. c3 ({White has
nothing after} 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6) 12... Bg7 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 O-O 15.
Bg5 e6 16. O-O b6 $6 {An ambitious but risky continuation.} (16... Nc6 17. Rfd1
Bd7 18. Rac1 Rac8 $11) 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. Rc7 (18. Ne5 $1 {the strongest move.}
Na6 (18... Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Nxa6 21. Be7 Rfe8 22. Bd6 Rac8 23. b4 $16
) 19. Bf6 Bxf6 20. Rxf6 Rac8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Rf3 Nb8 23. Ra3 f6 24. Nf3 Rf7
25. Kf2 $14) 18... Bxe4 19. Be7 Re8 20. Ne5 Nc6 21. Bf6 Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Nxe5 23.
dxe5 Rf8 $17 {Mamedov,R (2647)-Khenkin,I (2612) Antalya 2013 1/2 (39)}) 6. h3
Bxf3 $6 {I don't like to criticise my colleague's opening choice, but I don't
understand why Luka opted for this line. Now White has got the bishop pair and
a much better position.} ({I would recommend} 6... Bh5 $5 {as a more reliable
continuation} 7. Ng3 (7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. Qe3 Nd7 9. d4 Nb6 10. Nh4 e6 11. c3 Nd5
12. Qd3 Qc7 13. g3 O-O-O $132 {Dvoirys,S (2590)-Sandhu,M (2248) Oberwart 1999
1-0 (33)}) 7... Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. d4 e6 11. c3 Qa5 12. Qf3 O-O-O
13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Be2 Bd6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nd5 $11 {1/2 (33) Prusikin,M 
(2528)-Bauer,C (2644) Switzerland 2016}) 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. Qxf3 e6 9. b3 $146 {
An interesting novelty. Emil wants to put his bishop on b2 and if Black plays .
..Bd6-e5, as Luka did in the game, then White gains some time to develop his
pieces by means of c3, d4.} ({There is nothing wrong with} 9. c3 Qd5 $6 (9...
Nd7 10. d4 h5 11. Be2 f5 12. O-O Bd6 13. b4 $14) 10. Qxf6 Qe4+ 11. Kd1 Rg8 12.
d3 Qd5 13. Qh4 Nd7 14. Kc2 Be7 15. Qe4 Qxe4 16. dxe4 $16 {Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2707)-Andreikin,D (2723) Moscow 2012 1-0 (47)}) 9... Bd6 (9... Bh6 {My
engine's recommendation. I don't think that Black's bishop is well-placed on
h6.} 10. Qc3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Rg8 12. g3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O $14) 10. Bb2
Be5 (10... Nd7 11. O-O-O Qe7 {Black's position is solid but joyless.} (11...
Be5 $6 {is useless due to} 12. d4) 12. Kb1 O-O-O ({Perhaps Black could have
preferred} 12... h5 $5 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Bg2 Kb8 15. Rhe1 $14) 13. g4 {White
has an advantage due to the bishop pair and a better pawn structure.}) 11. c3
$1 {White should keep bishops on the board.} Nd7 12. d4 Bd6 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. a4
O-O-O 15. b4 f5 16. O-O $16 {[%emt 0:00:16] It's obvious that White should be
fine in the double-edged position which has arisen. Emil could have played b5}
(16. b5 $5 c5 17. a5 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bb4+ 19. Ke2 $16 {Black is in trouble.})
16... Rhg8 17. Rfe1 {This is not necessary. Black has a bad position and it is
difficult to recommend him anything after} (17. b5 $1 c5 18. a5 Kb8 19. a6 {
I think that White should win the game.}) 17... Rg6 18. b5 (18. Bxf5 $2 {
Of course White couldn't take on f5.} Rf6 $17) 18... c5 19. a5 Rdg8 20. Bf1 Bb8
(20... Nf6 21. a6 Ne4) 21. Kh1 Nf6 22. a6 Ne4 {Unexpectedly White faces
serious problems. Black threatens ...Qc7 or ...Qd6. Emil found the way to
repel both of them but it won't help him.} 23. axb7+ $2 {Actually this natural
move leads to a lost position.} (23. Rxe4 $8 fxe4 24. Qxe4 {The dangerous
knight is eliminated and Black has no threats anymore. White could slowly
improve his position. For example} bxa6 (24... f5 25. axb7+ Qxb7 26. Qxb7+ Kxb7
27. dxc5 Be5 (27... Rd8 28. c6+ Kb6 (28... Kc8 29. Ba3 e5 30. Bc5 Rg7 31. b6
$18) 29. c4 $18) 28. Be2 Kb8 29. Bf3 R6g7 30. b6 Rd8 31. Re1 $18) (24... cxd4
25. Ra4 $1 f5 26. Qf3 $1 $18 {White could have got a winning position after
Rc4+ and Rxd4 but 26.Qf3 is stronger.} (26. Rc4+) 26... e5 27. Rc4+ Kd8 28.
axb7 Bc7 29. b8=Q+ Bxb8 30. Qa8 Rb6 31. Qd5+ $18) 25. Rxa6 Qb7 26. Rc6+ Kd8 27.
dxc5 Qd7 28. Qd4 $16 {Black needs good advice. Of course 28...Qxd4 is not a
move.} e5 (28... Qxd4 29. cxd4 Rg5 30. Ra6 $18) 29. Qh4+ Ke8 30. Rxg6 hxg6 31.
c6 Qd1 32. Kg1 {White threatens Ba3 and if ...Bd6 then c7 Kd7 Qc4 with a
winning position.} Qb3 33. Bc1 Bd6 34. Be3 $18) 23... Qxb7 24. Ra6 {It seems
that White's position is completely winning but the situation on the board has
changed.} Ng3+ $3 {It is not difficult to overlook it. All through the game
White has had a big advantage but now Black wins.} 25. Qxg3 $8 {The last chance
} (25. fxg3 {White should resign after} Qxf3 26. gxf3 Rxg3 27. Re5 Rg1+ 28. Kh2
Rxf1 $19) 25... Bxg3 26. fxg3 {Black must still play precisely.} e5 {Now White
still has some chances.} ({Luca could win immediately after} 26... c4 $1 27.
Rea1 Qe4 $1 (27... Rxg3 $2 28. Rxa7 Rxh3+ 29. Kg1 Qe4 30. Ra8+ Kb7 31. R1a7+
Kb6 32. Ra6+ Kxb5 33. Ra5+ $11 {perpetual check.}) 28. Rxa7 Kb8 $1 $19 {
Black is one tempo ahead.}) 27. Ba3 {It is very tempting to find a good square
for the bishop, but White should have tried to build a fortress:} (27. Rxg6
Rxg6 (27... hxg6 $5 28. Rxe5 cxd4 29. cxd4 Qd7 30. Kh2 {and Black still has
some technical problems.}) 28. Rxe5 cxd4 29. c4 Re6 30. Bxd4 Rxe5 31. Bxe5 Qb6
32. Kh2 Qf2 33. Bd3 Kb7 34. Bf4 Qd4 35. Be2 Kb6 36. Bf3 Qxc4 37. Be3+ Kxb5 38.
Bxa7 {and I don't see how Black can win the game.}) 27... cxd4 28. cxd4 Rxa6
29. bxa6 Qb3 $19 30. Bd6 $5 {In the event of ...e4 the g3-pawn will be
protected.} (30. Bc5 $144 e4 31. Bxa7 Qxg3 32. Rb1 e3 $19) 30... exd4 31. Re7
d3 32. Rxa7 Qb1 33. Rc7+ ({White could have tried} 33. Ra8+ $5 Kd7 34. Rxg8
Qxf1+ 35. Kh2 d2 36. a7 d1=Q 37. Rd8+ Kxd8 $1 (37... Ke6 $4 38. Re8+ Kxd6 39.
Rd8+ Ke6 40. Rxd1 Qa6 41. Rf1 Qxa7 42. Rf4 {I don't see how Black can win}) 38.
a8=Q+ Kd7 39. Qb7+ Kxd6 40. Qb6+ Ke5 41. Qe3+ Kd5 $19) 33... Kd8 34. a7 Qxf1+
35. Kh2 Qa1 36. Be5 Qa6 37. Rxf7 d2 38. Bd4 d1=Q 39. Bb6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[BlackTeam "Kahramanmaras Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. O-O e5 12. c5 f5 13. Qc2 Nf7 14. Bb4 b6 15.
cxd6 cxd6 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Nc4 Rd8 18. b3 g6 19. Qb2 Bb7 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. a4
Rc7 22. Ne3 Rdc8 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Ba3 Ba6 25. Bb4 Qe7 26. Rd2 f4 27. Nd1 Ng5
28. Rc2 f3 29. exf3 Nxd5 30. Ba3 Nf7 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Qd2 Nf6 33. f4 exf4 34.
gxf4 Bb7 35. Bb2 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Qe6 37. Ne3 Nh5 38. Nd5 Qxd5+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.03"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia II"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Nge7 6. O-O Bg4 7. c3 f6 8. Re1
fxe5 9. dxe5 Qd7 10. Nbd2 Bh5 11. Nb3 Ng6 12. h3 Nh4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Be7 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. Rad1 Qe8 18. Qe2 g5 19. c4 Qg6 20. cxd5
Rxd5 21. Bc3 Rhd8 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Qe4 Qf7 24. g3 a5 25. Re3 Bb4 26. Rd3 Rxd3
27. Qxd3 Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Qf5 29. Nxa5 Nxe5 30. Nc4 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Nxc4 32. Qxc4
Qxb2 33. Qxe6+ Kb8 34. Kg2 Ka7 35. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.04"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. b4 a5 11. Bb2 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 Qe7 14. Qb2 d6
15. O-O Nd7 16. Qc1 Ng5 17. Nd2 c5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. f3 cxd4 20. exd4 e5 21.
Re1 e4 22. f4 Ne6 23. Nb3 d5 24. Na5 Ba8 25. Bb2 Rc8 26. Qd2 Nf6 27. c5 h6 28.
Rf1 Rb8 29. Bc3 Qc7 30. Bd1 Kh7 31. g3 Ng8 32. Qe3 Ne7 33. Bc2 Bc6 34. Ra1 Be8
35. Nb3 Bc6 36. Qc1 Bb5 37. Ra3 Nc6 38. Qa1 g5 39. fxg5 Nxg5 40. Bd2 f4 41. Kh1
Rf8 42. Ra8 Rf7 43. Qe1 fxg3 44. Qxg3 Rf1+ 45. Kg2 Qf7 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup Europe Hybrid Qual"]
[Site "Tornelo INT"]
[Date "2021.05.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.05.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 202 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qe3 Be7 11. h4 Bd8 12. O-O-O Bb6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rxd6
Qf4+ 15. Rd2 Rad8 16. Rf1 Ba5 17. g3 Qf6 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1
h6 21. c3 Bb6 22. Qd3 Bb5 23. Qxb5 Qxf3 24. Kd2 Qxe4 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. Qxf7 Qd5+
27. Kc2 Qe4+ 28. Kc1 Bc5 29. Qd7 Kg6 30. Kd2 Kf6 31. Qd3 Qf5 32. b4 Bb6 33. c4
a5 34. a3 axb4 35. axb4 Bc7 36. Qd7 Qe5 37. Ne3 Qb2+ 38. Kd3 Be5 39. Ng4+ Kf5
40. Nxe5 Qb3+ 41. Ke2 Kxe5 42. Qxg7+ Kd6 43. Qd4+ Ke7 44. c5 Qb1 45. Qg7+ Ke8
46. Qxb7 h5 47. Qc6+ Ke7 48. Qd6+ Kf7 49. Qf4+ Ke8 50. Qc4 Ke7 51. c6 Kd6 52.
Qd3+ 1-0

