[Event "Karlsruhe Grenke op"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 Bb4 6. Bg2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qd3 Re8 12. e4 e5 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Nb3 Ba6
15. f4 Qe7 16. Rf2 Rad8 17. Raf1 f6 18. Rd1 Nb8 19. Nd2 Nc6 20. Nf1 Na5 21. Ne3
c6 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Qe2 Qf7 24. d5 Kh8 25. Bf3 Qc7 26. Bh5 Rf8 27. Bg6 Nxc4
28. Nf5 cxd5 29. exd5 Bc8 30. Nh4 Nd6 31. Qc2 Qc5 32. Bd3 Rfe8 33. Bg6 Re7 34.
Kg2 Nc4 35. Re1 Ne3+ 36. Rxe3 Qxe3 37. Bf5 Rb7 38. Ng6+ Kg8 39. Bxc8 Rxc8 40.
Qf5 Re8 41. d6 Qc5 42. Rd2 Qc6+ 43. Kg1 Rd7 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2017.05.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bb4 11. Rac1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 c5 14. cxd5
Bxd5 15. e4 Bb7 16. Rd1 Qf6 17. b4 Rfc8 18. Bb5 Nf8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rxc5
21. dxc5 Qc3 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Rc8 24. Rc1 Bxe4 25. c6 a6 26. Ba4 f5 27.
Ne5 Rc7 28. Nd7 Kf7 29. Nc5 Ke7 30. Nxe4 fxe4 31. Rb1 e5 32. Rd1 Ne6 33. Rd5
Kf6 34. Kf2 Rc8 35. Ke1 Nc7 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Bb3 Na8 39. Rd6+ Ke7
40. Re6+ Kf8 41. a4 Rd8 42. Bc2 Rd5 43. Bxe4 Rc5 44. Rd6 Nc7 45. Rd8+ Ne8 46.
Ra8 Ke7 47. Ra7+ Kd6 48. Rd7+ Ke6 49. Bf3 e4 50. Bg4+ Kf6 51. Ra7 a5 52. Bd7
Nd6 53. c7 Ke5 54. Kf2 g5 55. Kg3 h5 56. h4 gxh4+ 57. Kxh4 Kd5 58. g3 Kc4 59.
Ra6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 {A very simple system; however, Black must know how
to equalise.} h6 (10... Qa5+ 11. Nd2 h6 12. O-O cxd4 (12... c4 13. Be2 Nf6 14.
h3 b5 15. Bf3 Bb7 $6 16. a4 $36 {1-0 (112) Ushenina,A (2474)-Mkrtchian,L (2413)
Plovdiv 2008}) 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Rfc1 (15. Be5 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bd7 17.
Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qe6 19. Qxe6 {1/2 (19) Roeder,M (2478)-Timoscenko,G (2513)
Saint Vincent 2002}) 15... Nxd3 16. Qxd3 $14 Qxb2 $140 $6 17. Rcb1 Qa3 18. Qxa3
Bxa3 19. Nb5 Bc5 20. Nc7) (10... g6 {is probably the easiest way:} 11. dxc5
Qa5+ $1 12. Nd2 Nxc5 13. Bh6 $6 (13. O-O $11) 13... Rd8 14. O-O Qb6 15. Nf3 Bd7
16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Qe2 Bg4 $36 {1/2 (86) Galliamova,A (2556)-Spassky,B (2549)
Marbella 1999}) 11. dxc5 Nxc5 $6 ({Here, too,} 11... Qa5+ $1 12. Nd2 Nxc5 {
is more accurate although lack of the idea ...Nc5xd3 Qc2xd3 Bc8-f5 (possible
in the 10...g6 line) diminishes Black's possibilities.}) 12. O-O Bg4 (12... b6
13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Bf5 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. b4 Ne4 17. Qc7 Bc8 18. f4 Qf6 19.
Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rfc1 $16 {1-0 (33) Ftacnik,L (2544)-De Nacimiento Montano,A 
(2099) Evora 2008}) (12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Be6 14. Be5 $14) 13. Bf5 $5 {
Interesting. White allows Black to double his pawns but obtains the advantage
of the bishop pair.} ({It is not quite clear whether} 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Bf5 {
is more accurate.}) 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne6 15. Bg3 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Be5
Rac8 18. Qe2 Rc6 (18... g6 $5 19. Bh3 Bf8 {[%cal Yf8g7]}) 19. f4 Nc7 $6 {
[%mdl 32] This passive move marks the beginning of Black's problems.} (19...
Nc5 $142 {[%cal Ye7f6] Black was certainly concerned about his d5-pawn but it
was a perfect occasion to sacrifice it:} 20. Qf3 Bf6 $1 21. Rxd5 Bxe5 22. Rxd8+
Qxd8 23. fxe5 g6 24. Bc2 Qc7 $132 25. Qg3 $6 Qb6 $36) 20. Rd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3b3]}
Bf6 {Alas, at this moment the exchange of bishops doesn't quite work.} (20...
Qa6 {was relatively better but White kept an edge after} 21. Qg4 $36 {>>}) 21.
Rb3 Qa6 {Black must damage his pawn structure or just lose his b7-pawn.} 22.
Qxa6 bxa6 23. Rb7 Nb5 24. Rd7 Rxd7 25. Bxd7 Rc5 (25... Rc2 26. Bf5 $16 Rd2 $2
27. Rc1) 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Ra7,Rf6,Rf7][%mdl 4096]} Nc7 28.
Ba4 a5 29. Rd2 Kf8 30. Kg2 Ke7 31. Kf3 f5 32. Kg3 Rc1 33. Bb3 Ke6 34. Kh4 Rg1
35. h3 Rg2 36. Bd1 Kd6 37. Bf3 Rg6 38. Rc2 Rg1 39. Bh5 Rg7 40. Be2 Ne6 41. Bd3
d4 42. Bxf5 dxe3 43. fxe3 Nc5 44. Rd2+ Kc6 45. e4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund 45th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kramnik is not anymore ONLY a 1.d4 or 1.Nf3 player! He just won against
Carlsen with 1.e4 in Norway.} c6 {Not a surprise. This is Fedoseev's pet line.}
2. d4 d5 3. exd5 $5 {Kramnik goes for a reversed Carlsbad pawn structure.} cxd5
4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 (5... Nf6 6. Bf4 {Remember this game? Fischer beating
Petrosian in the "match of century".} Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10.
Nf3 Qb6 11. a4 Rc8 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Qb1 Nh5 14. Be3 h6 15. Ne5 Nf6 16. h3 Bd6
17. O-O Kf8 18. f4 Be8 19. Bf2 Qc7 20. Bh4 Ng8 21. f5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23.
fxe6 Bf6 24. exf7 Bxf7 25. Nf3 Bxh4 26. Nxh4 Nf6 27. Ng6+ Bxg6 28. Bxg6 Ke7 29.
Qf5 Kd8 30. Rae1 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Rf8 32. Qe5 Rc7 33. b4 Qc6 34. c4 dxc4 35. Bf5
Rff7 36. Rd1+ Rfd7 37. Bxd7 Rxd7 38. Qb8+ Ke7 39. Rde1+ {1-0 (39) Fischer,
R-Petrosian,T Belgrade 1970}) 6. Na3 $5 {Kramnik forces a sort of Carlsbad
where an isolated pawn is not a good choice for Black.} a6 7. Nc2 Nf6 8. h3 e6
(8... e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. O-O O-O 13. Qf3 {and the
World Champion converted his edge:} Re8 14. Re1 Bh2+ 15. Kh1 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Be5
17. Be3 Bd7 18. Nc2 Re8 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Qb6 21. Rb1 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23.
Qf4 h6 24. Kg1 e3 25. fxe3 Bxh3 26. Rf1 Qg6 27. Qf3 Bc8 28. Qd5 b5 29. e4 Qxe4
30. Qxf7+ Kh7 31. Qf3 Qg6 32. a3 Re5 33. Qc6 Qxc6 34. Nxc6 Rg5 35. Rf2 h5 36.
Rd2 Bb7 37. Nd4 Bd5 38. Nc2 Bb7 39. Ne3 Re5 40. Kf2 Re6 41. c4 bxc4 42. Nxc4
Rf6+ 43. Kg1 Kh6 44. b4 g5 45. a4 h4 46. b5 axb5 47. axb5 Kh5 48. Nd6 Ba8 49.
b6 Kg4 50. Kh2 Re6 51. b7 Bxb7 52. Nxb7 Re3 53. Nd6 Ra3 54. Rd4+ Kh5 55. Rd5
Kg6 56. Ne4 {1-0 (56) Carlsen,M (2857)-Grischuk,A (2754) chess.com INT 2016}) (
8... g6 9. Ne2 Bg7 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. Qc1 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Rd1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Ne3 Bd7 16. Bc2 Bc6 17. Bg5 Qa5 18. b4 Qb6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nf4 Bh4 21.
Rd4 Bg5 22. Nfxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxc1 24. Nxb6 Bb2 25. Rad1 Bxc3 26. Re4 Rad8
27. Nd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Rc8 29. Bb3 Nc6 30. Rd7 {1-0 (30) Moiseenko,V (2528)
-Rozum,I (2590) Sochi 2016}) 9. Nf3 b5 {If it were 10 years ago I would have
considered Black's opening plan a total disaster. Thanks to new engines and
our dynamic understanding of chess today, we learn that Black's plan is
totally fine. Black will not lose the fight over e5-square and in fact ...Bb7
followed by ...Ne4 gives Black enough tactical possibilities to equalize.} 10.
O-O Bb7 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Bg5 Ne4 $1 13. a4 $5 {Kramnik's reaction is aggressive
to Fedoseev enterprising idea.} (13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4 h6 15. Bd2 (15. Rh4 Ne7
$1 {and White's pieces are awkward}) 15... Na5 16. Re1 Nc4 17. Bc1 O-O {
and Black has enough compensation thanks to his strong pieces.}) 13... bxa4 $6
{Black gets a bit uncomfortable after this move.} (13... O-O $5 14. axb5 axb5
15. Bxb5 (15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Bxb5 Qb6 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Bc1 Ba4 {is not
pleasant for White at all despite the extra material.}) 15... Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Ra8
17. Qb1 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 {gives Black enough Benko-type compensation to claim
equality.}) 14. c4 (14. Rxa4 O-O 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 Ne7 17. Bxe7 Bxe7 18.
Re3 {is definitely a rich and nice position to analyze where I find Black's
chances good enough for the sacrificed pawn.}) 14... Nxg5 15. Nxg5 dxc4 16.
Bxc4 Nd8 17. Ne3 Bf4 $5 {An interesting tactical trick which puts White on the
verge of losing material. Kramnik fails to handle the matter but how could
White maintain the balance?} 18. Qh5 $4 (18. Qxa4+ Bc6 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. Qa5 Bxd5
21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxd5 Rb8 23. Nf3 Rxb2 24. Rxa6 O-O 25. Be4 {with a probable
draw after White liquidates the d-pawn.}) 18... Bxe3 {Could it be that Kramnik
missed this?} 19. Rxe3 Qxc4 20. Rxe6+ Kf8 (20... Nxe6 21. Qxf7+ Kd8 22. Nxe6+
Kc8 {is also winning but there is no point in weakening Black's king.}) 21. Re5
h6 {Preparing ...g6.} 22. Rae1 g6 23. Qh4 Kg7 {Now the king is safe and the
position is completely won for Black. Kramnik could resign here but he decided
to test Fedoseev for a few moves.} 24. Nxf7 Nxf7 25. Re6 g5 26. Qh5 Rhe8 27.
Qg6+ Kf8 {The knight covers his majesty very well! Black is up two pieces now!}
28. f3 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 Rac8 {A devastating loss for Kramnik, who fell victim to
his own attempts to complicate things. Fedoseev did not use so much of his
attacking brilliancy but he handled Kramnik's aggressive play quite
comfortably.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund 45th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be6 (6... O-O) ({and} 
6... a6 {are the main lines.}) 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. b4 Bb6 9. Nbd2 a6 10. a4 Qd7
$146 {The first new move in the game.} (10... O-O 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. Qb3 Qe8 13.
Be3 Bxe3 (13... Nh5 $2 14. b5 $1 Nd8 15. b6 $16 {Agnew-Myall, England 2014,
and White crushes Black's position.}) 14. Nxe3 Nh5 $11 {with a balanced
middlegame.}) 11. Ba3 (11. Nc4 Ba7 12. Bg5 O-O {leads to a normal Italian
position.}) 11... Ba7 {A prophylactic move, which avoids Nc4.} ({However the
straightforward} 11... O-O {was more logical for me, however} 12. Nc4 Ba7 13.
b5 axb5 14. axb5 Ne7 15. Rb1 $14 {is more comfortable for White.}) 12. b5 Na5 {
A brave decision, because the knight can be in trouble on a5.} (12... axb5 13.
axb5 Ne7 {was the alternative, because the knight is on a5 can be a target for
White. Nevertheless} 14. Nc4 O-O 15. Qb3 $14 {is also tempting for White.}) 13.
Bb4 {White exploits the fact that Black lost a tempo with ...Ba7.} Bb6 14. Rb1
O-O 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 axb5 17. axb5 Rfd8 18. Qe2 d5 $6 {A dubious move.
Black starts an idea, which is not good.} (18... c5 {would be better,} 19. bxc6
Nxc6 20. Bc3 Ba5 {and Black can fight for equality.}) 19. e5 Ne4 $6 {Black
sacrifices a pawn for the d5-square, but in my view this is not correct.} (
19... Ng4 {was more accurate,} 20. h3 Nh6 {followed by ...Nf5 and although
White has a space advantage, Black controls the light squares.}) 20. Nxe4 dxe4
21. Qxe4 Qd5 22. Qc2 {White accepts the pawn, but doesn't exchange queens. Now
he is thereatening Ng5.} ({In the event of} 22. Qxd5 $2 Rxd5 $44 {White's
pawns are weak.}) 22... Qc4 (22... h6 23. Rfc1 {is also difficult for Black,
for example:} Qxb5 24. Be7 $1 $16) 23. Rfc1 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Rd5 25. Be1 Rf8 26.
Rb4 {White has protected all his weaknesses and he is a clear pawn up, so he
can activate his king.} Rf5 27. h4 h6 28. Bd2 Rf8 29. Ra2 Kf7 30. Bc3 Ra8 ({
In the event of} 30... Rc8 31. Nd2 c6 {gives more practical chances for Black,
but} 32. Rb1 $1 cxb5 33. Bxa5 Ra8 34. Nb3 b4 35. Rba1 $18 {and Black is a
piece down.}) 31. Nd2 $1 {White prepares for an unpleasant (for Black) knight
manoeuvre with Nf1-e3. Black's position is hopeless.} Ke7 32. Nf1 Ra7 33. Ne3
Rd8 34. Rc2 Rc8 35. h5 Raa8 36. Ra2 Ra7 37. Ra1 Rca8 38. Rab1 Rg8 39. Kf1 {
and Black didn't want to continue with his losing position, so he resigned. A
great positional game by Fedoseev!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
Nb3 d6 9. g4 $5 {Fedoseev was on fire in the World Cup and played some
intersting games there. This aggressive move was surely not expected by
Inarkiev.} a6 $6 {Black's answer confirms the suspicion, as this move looks a
bit slow against the wild White attack coming on the kingside.} (9... d5 $1 {
looks like the best way to face White's early flank attempts in classical
manner: with active measures in the centre. It would be interesting to see
what Fedoseev had in mind against this move.} 10. exd5 (10. Nxd5 Nxe4 11. Bf3
f5 $1) 10... Nb4 11. Bf3 {now Black should embark on the forced line} (11. d6
$146 Qxd6 $1 12. Bc5 Qf4 $1 $17) (11. Bd4 $146 Nbxd5 12. g5 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15) 11... Bxg4 $1 (11... Nxg4 $6 12. Bc5 $1 $13) 12. Bxg4 Nxg4
13. Qxg4 (13. Bc5 Bxc3+ $1 14. bxc3 Qxd5 {[%csl Gc5,Gh1]} 15. Qxg4 Nxc2+ 16.
Ke2 Nxa1 17. Rxa1 {is the same position with a tempo down for White} Rfd8 {
[%csl Re2] White's position is simply losing.} 18. Qf3 Qc4+ 19. Ke1 Rd3 20.
Qxb7 Qxc3+ 21. Kf1 {Kruener,A-Schlemermeyer,W Berlin op Berlin West 1978 (4)
0-1} Qc4 $19) 13... Nxc2+ 14. Ke2 Nxa1 15. Rxa1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxd5 $15 {
With two pawns up and White's king very exposed, Black is definitely better,
for example} 17. c4 Qc6 18. Nd2 Rad8 19. Qf3 Qc7 20. Rb1 b6 21. Rb5 {Lau,R 
(2495)-Goloshchapov,A (2445) Meisdorf op 1996 1-0} Qxh2 $17 {It's difficult to
imagine what Fedoseev had planned against d5, as this line looks pretty good
for Black.}) 10. h4 $146 {A new move, probably discovered over the board.} (10.
g5 {has been played but Black should be fine after} Nd7 11. Qd2 b5 12. h4 b4
$132 {Rabinovich,P-Riumin,N Moscow-ch15 Moscow  1935 1/2}) 10... b5 (10... d5
$5 {is not so effective now, but was still the way to equalise.} 11. Nxd5 $1 (
11. exd5 Nb4 12. Bd4 $1 Nbxd5 13. g5 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Nh5 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 $11) 11...
Nxe4 12. Bf3 {[%csl Gb6] The insertion of the moves a6/h4 is favourable for
White, who now has the possibility of Nb6} Nf6 (12... f5 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Nxc8 Rbxc8 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Rg1 $14) 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15.
Nxc8 Rbxc8 16. c3 b5 $11) (10... a5 $5 {even losing a tempo could be
interesting} 11. g5 Nh5 $1 12. Nd5 $5 (12. Qd2) 12... Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bg7 14. Bb6
Qd7 $13 {It is difficult to say who is better in a such position.}) 11. h5 $40
{White rushes into the opening of h-file; compared with some variations, it's
better to have the pawn still on g4.} b4 $1 {What else? Inarkiev hits on the
opposite side.} 12. Nd5 {Black faces a difficult choice.} e6 $6 {But from now
things starts to become difficult for Inarkiev.} (12... Nxe4 $5 {looks risky,
but Black should be able to hold} 13. hxg6 hxg6 (13... fxg6 $2 14. Qd3 Nc5 (
14... Bxb2 15. Qxe4 Bxa1 16. Nxa1 $16) 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Bxc5 Bxb2 17. Rd1 Be6
18. Qe4 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 $16 {[%cal Ge2c4]}) 14. Qd3 Nc5 $1 (14... Nf6 $2 15. Bb6
$1 Qd7 16. Qh3 $1 Re8 17. Be3 $1 {[%cal Gd5b6]} Rb8 (17... Nxd5 18. Qh7+ Kf8
19. Bh6 $19) 18. O-O-O $18 {White's attack is just too strong, for example} Ne5
19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. Qh4 Nxg4 22. Bf4 $1 Bg7 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Qh7+
Kf8 25. Bxd6+) 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Bxc5 Re8 {Black is doing fine} 17. Bb6 Ne5 $1
18. Qb3 Qd6 $132) (12... Be6 13. f3 {looks favourable for White}) ({Of course
not} 12... Nxd5 $2 13. exd5 Ne5 14. f4 Nd7 15. Bd4 $16) (12... Rb8 $5 {just
protecting the sensible b6-square deserved attention, but after} 13. hxg6 hxg6
14. f3 {White's prospects looks better again}) 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Nxc8 Qxc8 $2 (
14... Rxc8 $1 {still could have offered chances} 15. Bxa6 Rb8 16. hxg6 hxg6 17.
g5 (17. f3 d5 $1) 17... Nxe4 18. Qg4 d5 19. Bd3 f5 $5 20. gxf6 Qxf6 21. Bxe4
Ne5 $1 22. Qh4 dxe4 $13) 15. Qxd6 $1 {Fedoseev accepts the challenge.} e5 (
15... Nxe4 $2 {fails} 16. Qf4 Nf6 17. hxg6 fxg6 (17... hxg6 18. O-O-O (18. g5
Nh5 19. Bxh5 gxh5 20. O-O-O $16) 18... Rd8 19. Qh2 $1 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 $18 {
[%cal Yg4g5,Ge3h6]}) 18. Qh2 $18 {[%cal Yg4g5]}) 16. O-O-O $16 {White is a
pawn up and retains the initiative on the kingside.} a5 (16... Nxe4 {is still
bad} 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g5 Rd8 20. Qc4 Nd7 21. Qxa6 $18) 17. hxg6
hxg6 18. g5 $1 {Fedoseev keeps playing energically and gives no time for Black.
} ({for example, if} 18. f3 $2 a4 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Qc5 Nd7 21. Qc4 Nb6 $132 {
[%cal Gc6d4]}) 18... Rd8 $8 (18... Nxe4 19. Qd5 {[%csl Re4] the knight is lost.
}) 19. Qc5 Nd7 (19... Nxe4 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Qxc8 Rxc8 22. Nxa5 Ra8 23. Nc4 $1
Rxa2 24. Kb1 Ra6 $8 25. Rh4 {[%csl Re4] Again this knight gives Black a lot of
work.} Nd6 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxb4 $18) 20. Qd5 Nb6 (20... a4 21. Bc4 $18 {
[%csl Rf7]}) 21. Qb5 $1 {Despite Inarkiev's attempts to activate his position,
White keeps total control.} Nd5 ({For example} 21... Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bf4
Rb7 24. Qxa5 Qc6 25. Be5 $1 Ra8 26. Bxg7 $1 Rxa5 27. Bf6 {[%cal Gh1h8]} Qxf6 $8
28. gxf6 Rxa2 29. e5 $16) 22. Qa4 $1 {Fedoseev cleverly uses the queen to
blockade the pawns, and Black's tries come to an end.} Nxe3 (22... Nb6 23.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Qe8+ Bf8 25. Qxe5 $18) 23. fxe3 Qc7 24. Bc4 $18 {[%csl Rf7]
[%cal Yc4g8] As well as the material advantage, White also has the attack and
better placed pieces; it's basically over.} Nd4 $5 (24... Rbc8 25. Rdf1 Rd7 26.
Rh2 $18 {[%cal Yh2f2]}) 25. Nxa5 $1 {This forces favourable simplifications
for White, which leaves Fedoseev with no problems to realise his advantage.}
Ra8 26. exd4 Qxc4 (26... Rxa5 27. Qb3 exd4 28. Rdf1 Rd7 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Rf1
$18) 27. Nxc4 Rxa4 28. dxe5 (28. d5 Rxa2 29. Kd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2d3]}) 28... Re8
29. Kb1 Bxe5 30. Nb6 $1 {A last precise manoeuvre.} Ra7 31. Nd5 Kg7 (31... Rea8
32. Nxb4) 32. Rh3 Ra4 33. Rdh1 Rd8 (33... Rea8 34. Rh7+ Kf8 35. Nb6) 34. Rh7+
Kg8 35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. Nc6 $1 Re8 37. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Nxe5 O-O (7...
d5 {is the other line, for example:} 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Bb3 Re8 11.
Bf4 Bd6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxe5 15. Qh5 Bf5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxe5 $14 {Bruzon Batista-Baryshpolets, Merida
2015, and White has a promising endgame.}) 8. Nxf7 $1 {The best move!} ({
In the event of} 8. O-O d6 (8... d5 $5) 9. Nxf7 Rxf7 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {
transposes to the game (8.Nxf7).}) 8... Rxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Be3 $1 $146 {
A logical novelty by Fedoseev.} (10. O-O d6 11. Na4 (11. Kh1 Kg8 (11... a6 $5)
12. Na4 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. c3 Ne6 15. d4 Bb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Qe1 Bg6 18. Be3
b5 $13 {Adams-Hebden, Islington op 1991}) 11... Bg4 12. Qd2 Ne2+ 13. Kh1 Nxc1
14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qxc1 (15. Raxc1 $2 {could have been met by} Nxe4 $1) 15...
Qd4 16. Qf4 Kg8 $44 {Iv. Saric-M. Petrosyan, Moscow 2017}) 10... Ne6 $2 {
A mistake, which allows White's following attack.} (10... d6 11. Na4 $1 $14 {
is slightly better for White.}) ({Still} 10... d5 $5 {was the most ambitious
reply,} 11. h3 (11. O-O Bg4 $13) 11... Ne6 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. e5 Ne8 14. O-O g6
$44 {followed by ...Ng7 with some compensation.}) 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. e5 $1 {
This is the point! White has gained some space and Black can't finish the
development easily.} Ne8 13. d4 Ne6 14. O-O ({The immediate} 14. f4 $16 {
was also fine for White.}) 14... d6 15. f4 $1 {White has a strong centre,
moreover the black king is also slightly weak.} dxe5 16. fxe5+ Kg8 17. d5 $1 {
Another strong continuation! White doesn't stop!} cxd5 18. Nxd5 N8c7 19. c4 $1
{Keep the tension! Black can't remove the strong d5-knight.} Bd7 20. Qg4 (20.
Qf3 $5 {was also good,} Qe8 21. Rad1 $16 {and White is better.}) 20... Nf8 21.
Qf3 Ng6 22. Rad1 (22. Nxc7 $6 {was a trap,} Qxc7 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. e6 $2 Qb6+ {
and Black wins the e-pawn.}) 22... Ne6 23. h4 $1 {Another great move! White
continues the pressure, the h-pawn is not so important for him.} ({The
immediate} 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. Nf6 $2 {is a blunder, because of} Nxe5 $19 {
and suddenly Black is winning.}) 23... Nxh4 24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. Nf6 $1 {This is
the point of White's 23rd move!} Qb6+ 26. Rf2 ({Still White has to be careful,
because} 26. Kh1 $2 Qxb2 $19 {is winning immediately for Black!}) 26... Ba4 27.
Rd6 ({Probably} 27. Nd5 $1 $18 {was the strongest reply!}) 27... Ng5 $1 {
The best practical chance yet.} 28. Qe7 Nf5 29. Rxb6 Nxe7 30. Rxb7 Ng6 31. Nh5
Ne6 32. Rff7 Be8 33. Rxa7 Rd8 34. Rf1 Kg8 ({In the event of} 34... Nxe5 35.
Nxg7 $1 $18 {is winning for White.}) 35. Ng3 h5 (35... Nxe5 36. Re7 Bd7 37. Rd1
$1 $18 {with unpleasant pins for Black.}) 36. Nf5 Kh7 37. b4 h4 38. b5 Rd2 39.
Nd6 h3 40. gxh3 Bd7 41. Rxd7 Ng5 42. Rf5 Nh4 43. Rxg7+ {What a brilliant
victory by Fedoseev!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 (4. Nf3 {in the rapid tie-break this was
played in a similar position} Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 {and now, Fedoseev went for more
double-edged positions} dxc4 $5 6. Bg2 b5 {Rodshtein,M (2695)-Fedoseev,V (2731)
FIDE World Cup 2017 (4.4) 0-1 with a complicated game -}) 4... Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O
6. Ngf3 b6 {Very solid, for Fedoseev's style.} (6... dxc4 $5) 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3
{As far as I know, a3 is not so necessary for White, as in general Black
should go back with this bishop anyway.} (8. Ne5 {Is the main move and
Rodshtein recently won a nice technical game with it} Nbd7 9. Qa4 Bxd2 $6 (9...
Bd6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7 Nxd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nc4 $1 Be7 14. Bf4 c6 15. Nd6
$1 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Nf8 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Ba3 Ne6 20. e3 $14 {
Vallejo Pons,F (2717)-Karthikeyan,M (2579) FIDE World Cup 2017 (1.1) 1-0 was
another good example -}) 10. Bxd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Be3 Rfd8
14. Qc2 c6 $2 15. a3 (15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 c5 {[%csl Yb7] offer chances due
the opposite-coloured bishops, but still White is clearly better}) 15... f5 16.
b4 h6 17. f3 Ng5 18. c5 $1 bxc5 19. Bxc5 $16 {Rodshtein,M (2698)-Lopez
Martinez,J (2597) EU-ch 18th Minsk 2017 (3) 1-0}) ({When facing this position,
I have twice played} 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 (9. a3 {was my move on the first
occasion; that game is not in the databases but went} Be7 10. Rd1 c5 11. dxc5
bxc5 12. cxd5 exd5 {and now comes the thematic break} 13. e4 $1 $13 {which
ensures some complications, with chances for both sides; actually, Black opted
for the safe path with} Qc7 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Nc4 Qb7 17. Nh4 Bxg2
18. Nxg2 $11 {Quintiliano,R (2429)-Leitгo,R (2632) Jogos Regionais - S�o
Bernardo do Campo (5) 1/2}) 9... c5 $5 {This is kind of unusual, but Black
goes for the hanging pawns even with the bishop on b4} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5
bxc5 12. a3 Ba5 13. e3 Qe7 14. b3 Rac8 15. Bb2 Rfe8 16. Nh4 $6 Qe6 17. Rac1 Bb6
18. Nhf3 h6 {After both sides develop their pieces, White is ready to attack
the hanging pawns} 19. Qb1 $1 a5 20. b4 $1 axb4 21. axb4 cxb4 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23.
Qxb4 {[%csl Gd5];Quintiliano Pinto,R (2484)-Bu,X (2705) Wch Rapid Doha 2016 (1)
0-1 and in general the objetive evaluation is equal, with White having
practical chances, but in this game he managed to do some magic - but not good
magic -}) 8... Be7 9. b4 c5 $1 {Due to Rodshtein's play not being very
ambitious, Black is able to equalise already.} 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Rb1 ({
Curiously, this pretty modern position has a precedent in a game between two
classic legends} 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ng4 15. Bc3
Rb8 16. Rb1 d4 $1 {Can you to predict who is the player with Black pieces just
by this move?} 17. Rxb7 Rxb7 18. Bxb7 Nxf2 $1 $19 {Rubinstein,A-Alekhine,A
Semmering Panhans 1926 (8) 0-1}) 11... Qc8 12. Bb2 Nbd7 {Fedoseev has finished
his development without troubles, and can look to the future with confidence.}
13. dxc5 {Exchanges in the centre are unavoidable at some point.} (13. Qc2 dxc4
) 13... Nxc5 14. Qc2 Nfe4 {Black starts the improvement of his position.} 15.
Rfc1 f6 {Another good move, decreasing the bishop's scope, and preventing Ne5
ideas for White.} 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Nd4 f5 $1 {[%csl Ye4] Firmly keeping the
e4-point, which is a very important one.} ({This looks like a difficult
decision right just after having played f6, but} 17... Nxd2 {would put the
game in White's hands after} 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Qxd2 {[%csl Yd5]}) 18. Nxe4 {
This opens the f-file, which creates some tension.} (18. Nf1 {[%cal Yf1e3] was
possible, but Black is fine here too} Rb8 $1 19. Ne3 Ba8 20. Ba1 Rxb1 21. Rxb1
Qd7 $11) 18... fxe4 $1 19. Qc3 Rf7 {Not a difficult move, but it is always
nice to see multi-purpose moves, Black protects g7 and prepares to double
rooks in f-file.} 20. Qe3 Qd7 21. Ba1 Raf8 22. f4 {The most solid way to stop
the pressure against f2, but now Fedoseev is able to create complications and
the position becomes very tense.} (22. Rf1 a5 ({Maybe Rodshtein was worried
about} 22... e5 23. Nb5 Ne6 {[%cal Ge7c5] but White has} 24. Bh3 $1 (24. Bxe5
Bc5 25. Nd4 Qa4 $1 26. Rbd1 $2 Rxf2 $1 $19)) 23. Bc3 $11) 22... e5 $5 {
Objectively, the analysis shows that the move is not good, but in practice it
creates a very complicated position in which White needs to be very careful,
and in which Black is always creating threats with an annoying initiative.
Such positions are Fedoseev's speciality.} 23. fxe5 Qg4 {[%cal Ge7g5]} 24. Rf1
h5 25. h3 Qg6 26. Kh2 $6 {The beginning of problems, as now Black can create
more weak squares in White's position.} (26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. h4 $16 {was safer,
it's not easy to see how Black can create serious threats.}) 26... h4 $1 {
Opening the lines towards White's king.} 27. g4 $2 {Rodshtein doesn't realise
how important it is to keep the rooks in this position, although it's very
difficult to note this during the game, as in general to trade all rooks in
the f-file looks better for the side who is defending.} (27. Rxf7 $1 {was
still better} Rxf7 (27... hxg3+ 28. Qxg3 Qxf7 29. Rf1 Qh5 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31.
Bc3 $16) 28. g4 Bg5 29. Qc3 $1 {The point is that now it is not easy for Black
to invade White's position using the queen like in the game, and also White's
rook has some attacking possibilities in the open file, for example} Nd7 30. e3
$16 Nxe5 $2 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Qc8 $1 Qd6 33. Kh1 Qxa3 34. Qh8+ Kg6 35. Qh5+ Kf6
36. Nc2 $1 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 $18) 27... Bg5 28. Qc3 (28. Qg1 {On this square the
queen helps the defence, but it is too unnatural.}) 28... Rxf1 $1 {Fedoseev
correctly exchanges all the rooks, seeing the free path for his queen after
that.} 29. Rxf1 (29. Bxf1 {now White can't avoid the trades} e3 {[%cal Rf8f2,
Rg6e4]}) 29... Rxf1 30. Bxf1 Qf7 $1 {Suddenly, White's position looks pretty
difficult to hold.} 31. Nf5 (31. Qxc5 $2 {shows how much White misses the rook
protecting his back rank} Qf2+ 32. Bg2 Bf4+ 33. Kh1 Qe1+ {and mates.}) 31...
Ne6 32. Kg1 g6 33. Nd6 {In practice it is much harder to make a choice for
White.} (33. Ne3 Bb7 34. Qb3 $1 Bd8 $1 {[%cal Yd8b6] and Black continues the
pressure.}) 33... Qf4 34. Bg2 Bd8 $1 35. Nc4 $2 {Such positions are very
difficult to play for the defending side. The defeneder must always be on
guard against one or two threats and find some only moves, while the attacking
side just looks for new tactical motifs and ideas to confuse the defence. With
the time pressure and the tension, what usually happens is that the defence
collapses.} (35. Qe1 $1 {would had kept White in the game, as the queen is
defending all important squares} Bb6+ 36. Kh1 Qe3 37. Qf1 Nf4 38. e6 $1 Bxe6
39. Nxe4 $13) 35... e3 $3 {This nice move wins and was precisely calculated by
Fedoseev.} 36. Bxd5 (36. Nxe3 Bb6 $19) (36. Qxe3 Bb6 $1 $19) 36... Qf2+ 37. Kh1
Qf1+ 38. Kh2 Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4] Sacrificing another piece, but in return
Black has unavoidable mate, a nice swap!} 39. Bxe6+ Kg7 40. Qxe3 Bxe3 41. Nxe3
Qxa1 {A nice game in typical Fedoseev' style: creating complications from
nothing and keeping the tension until the right moment to invades his opponent
defences. It is also a good example of how difficult these positions are for
the defending side, even for very strong players.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. h3 Ba7 11. Bg3 Nd7 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Qc2 c5 14. Rfe1 c6 15.
Nf1 Qf6 16. Ne3 Nf8 17. a4 Ng6 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Nd5 Qc6 20. c4 Bb8 21. cxb5
Qxb5 22. Rec1 Be6 23. Qxc5 Qxd3 24. Qc6 Ba7 25. Nc7 Rec8 26. Kh2 Rab8 27. Rc3
Qe2 28. Rc2 Qd3 29. Ra3 Rb3 30. Rc3 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Qe2 32. Rc2 Qd3 33. Rd2 Qb3
34. Nxe5 Nxe5 35. Bxe5 Bb6 36. Rc2 Kh7 37. Qc3 Bxc7 38. Bxc7 Qb7 39. Qe5 Qb3
40. Rd2 Qc4 41. Bb6 Re8 42. f3 Qb4 43. Bd4 f6 44. Bc3 Qb7 45. Qf4 Qc6 46. e5 f5
47. Rd6 Qc8 48. Qa4 Bc4 49. Rc6 Bb5 50. Rxc8 Bxa4 51. Rc7 Re6 52. g4 Bc2 53.
Kg3 Kg8 54. Bd4 Bb1 55. Rc1 Bd3 56. Kf4 fxg4 57. hxg4 g5+ 58. Ke3 Bb5 59. Rc7
Bc6 60. b4 Bd5 61. Bc5 Rc6 62. Ra7 Be6 63. Ke4 Bf7 64. Ra8+ Kg7 65. Kd4 Be6 66.
Ra7+ Kg8 67. Re7 Bf7 68. Rd7 Be6 69. Rd8+ Kf7 70. Rf8+ Kg7 71. Rf6 Bd7 72. Bf8+
Kg8 73. Bxh6 Rxf6 74. exf6 Bc6 75. Ke3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O a5 8. a4
c6 9. Ne1 Nd5 10. e4 Nb6 11. Nc2 bxa4 12. e5 Be7 13. Qg4 g6 14. Ne4 h5 15. Qf3
h4 16. Rd1 Ba6 17. Ne3 Rh5 18. g4 Rh7 19. g5 N8d7 20. Ng4 Bb5 21. Bh3 Rh8 22.
Nh6 Rf8 23. Qg4 Qc7 24. Qxh4 O-O-O 25. Bd2 Nd5 26. Qg3 Qb6 27. Bc3 c5 28. Bg2
Nxc3 29. bxc3 cxd4 30. cxd4 Nb8 31. Nc3 Bb4 32. d5 a3 33. Rdc1 Ba6 34. Rab1 Nd7
35. Bf1 Nc5 36. Qf3 exd5 37. Nxd5 Rxd5 38. Qxd5 Bb7 39. Qxc4 Qc6 40. Qg4+ Kb8
41. f3 Qd5 42. Bg2 Nb3 43. Rd1 a2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Eliseev Memorial1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2017.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Nd2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Qg4 g6 9. Ngf3 f6 10. O-O-O Kf7 11. Bd3 Nge7 12. Rde1 h5 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. hxg3
Bd7 15. b4 Kg7 16. Kb2 Nc8 17. a3 Re8 18. c4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 b5 20. Ncd2 a5 21.
d5 exd5 22. Rxe8 Bxe8 23. Bxb5 axb4 24. axb4 N8a7 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. Kc3 Ra3+
27. Nb3 Ra4 28. Re1 Kf7 29. b5 Na7 30. b6 Nb5+ 31. Kd3 Rb4 32. Nbd2 Bd7 33. Rc1
Bf5+ 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Nh4 Nd4+ 36. Ke3 g5 37. Rc7+ Kd6 38. Nxf5+ Nxf5+ 39. Kd3
Rxb6 40. Rh7 h4 41. gxh4 Nxh4 42. Rh6 Kc5 43. g3 Nf5 44. Rh8 Ne7 45. Kc3 Kd6
46. Nf3 Ra6 47. Nd4 Ra3+ 48. Kb4 Rd3 49. Nb5+ Kd7 50. Ra8 Rd2 51. f4 Rb2+ 52.
Kc5 Rc2+ 53. Kd4 Rc4+ 54. Kd3 gxf4 55. Ra7+ Ke6 56. Ra6+ Ke5 57. gxf4+ Rxf4 58.
Nc7 Rd4+ 59. Ke2 Ng6 60. Re6+ Kf5 61. Ra6 Nf4+ 62. Ke3 Rd3+ 63. Kf2 Ke4 64. Ne8
Rf3+ 65. Ke1 Nd3+ 66. Ke2 Rf2+ 67. Kd1 Ke5 68. Nc7 Nb2+ 69. Ke1 Nd3+ 70. Kd1
Nf4 71. Ra8 Ke4 72. Ne8 Nd3 73. Ra6 f5 74. Nf6+ Ke5 75. Nd7+ Kd4 76. Nf6 Nb4
77. Rb6 Na2 78. Ke1 Rh2 79. Nd7 Nc3 80. Kf1 Ke3 81. Re6+ Ne4 82. Re5 f4 83. Kg1
Rh6 84. Rxd5 f3 85. Ne5 f2+ 86. Kg2 Ke2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 h6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
e6 9. O-O Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rfd1 Ba5 12. Rab1 Nbd7 13. b4 Bc7 14. e4 Nb6 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Nf4 Qe8 19. Re1 g5 20. Ne2 f6 21. Bc3
fxe5 22. Nxe5 Ndxe5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Qg3 Nc4 26. f4 Qg6 27. Nd4
Nd2 28. f5 exf5 29. Rbd1 Ne4 30. Qe5 Qf7 31. Nc2 d4 32. Rxd4 Rae8 33. Qd5 Qxd5
34. Rxd5 f4 35. a3 Kg7 36. Nd4 Kg6 37. Nf3 Nf6 38. Rd6 Rxe1+ 39. Nxe1 Re8 40.
Nd3 Kf5 41. b5 a5 42. b6 Re7 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. b3 b4 8. Na4
cxb3 9. axb3 e6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Qd2 Nh7 14. Rfc1 Ng5 15.
Nxg5 hxg5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Rxc6 Bb7 18. Rc4 a5 19. Rac1 Rb8 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21.
dxc5 Bc6 22. e5 Qd5 23. Be4 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rfd8 26. Be3 Rd3 27. c6
Rxb3 28. c7 Rc8 29. Rd4 Kf8 30. Rd7 Ke8 31. Rcd1 Rxe3 32. fxe3 a4 33. Kf2 a3
34. Kf3 f6 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 19th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2018.05.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nd2 b6 11. Nc4 Ba6 12. a4 Ne8 13. Qb3 Nc7 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15.
axb5 Nd7 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. Na3 Rfe8 19. Be1 Qf5 20. Nb1 Qd7 21. Nc3
Ne4 22. Na4 f5 23. Bc4 Qf7 24. f3 Nf6 25. Bf2 Bh6 26. Re1 Re7 27. Bg3 Rd8 28.
Qd3 Nce8 29. Nc3 Nh5 30. Bf2 Nef6 31. b4 Nd7 32. Rxa7 Ne5 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Qe2
Rc8 35. Na2 Qa7 36. f4 Ng4 37. Bh4 Bg7 38. h3 Nxe3 39. Bf2 Re8 40. Qf3 Re4 41.
Rxe3 Rxc4 42. Ra3 Qb8 43. bxc5 Rxf4 44. Qb3 Rxf2 45. Kxf2 Bd4+ 46. Ke1 Bxc5 47.
Ra4 Qe8+ 48. Kd1 Qe5 49. Qf3 Ng3 50. Nc3 Nf1 51. Kc2 Ne3+ 52. Kd3 h5 53. g3 Qe7
54. Ra8+ Kg7 55. Rc8 f4 56. Qxf4 Nf5 57. g4 hxg4 58. hxg4 Nh6 59. Ne4 Nf7 60.
g5 Qa7 61. Qf6+ Kh7 62. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Danzhou 9th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2018.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Bf4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Rc1 Qe7 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. O-O c5 13. e3 a6 14. Nd2 Rfd8
15. Re1 Rac8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ncxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qd6 20. dxc5
Qxd1 21. Rexd1 Nxc5 22. Bf5 Rb8 23. b4 Ne6 24. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 fxe6 26. Rd6
Kf7 27. Rd7+ Kf6 28. Ra7 a5 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Rxa5 Rb3 31. a4 Ra3 32. Ra8 g5
33. Kf1 Ra1+ 34. Ke2 Kf5 35. Kf3 g4+ 36. Ke3 e5 37. a5 Ra3+ 38. Ke2 Ke4 39. a6
Ra1 40. a7 h6 41. Kd2 Ra2+ 42. Ke1 Ra1+ 43. Ke2 Ra2+ 44. Kf1 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 Ra2
46. h4 h5 47. Rh8 Rxa7 48. Rxh5 Rg7 49. Kf1 Rg8 50. Ke2 Rg7 51. Rh8 Kf5 52.
Rf8+ Ke6 53. f3 Ke7 54. Ra8 Kf6 55. Ra4 gxf3+ 56. Kxf3 Rf7 57. Ke4 Kg6 58. Ra5
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 71st"]
[Site "Satka"]
[Date "2018.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 a5 13. Ra3 Ba7 14. Bf1 Nc6 15.
d5 Nb4 16. Nc4 Bc5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Nfd2 h6 20. Bh4 Bh7 21. Bg2 g5
22. Bg3 Qe7 23. Ne3 Na6 24. Ra1 Qf8 25. Nec4 Bb4 26. f4 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Nc5 28.
e5 dxe5 29. Rxe5 Nd3 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Bg3 Nxd5 32. Kh2 c6 33. Nf3 Ne3 34. Nxe3
Rxe3 35. Qf1 Bd6 36. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 71st"]
[Site "Satka"]
[Date "2018.09.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Bxd4 Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bf3 c6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Rc1 Re7 14. e4 Rd7
15. Qd2 a6 16. Rfd1 b5 17. Ne2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rb8 19. Nf4 Qe7 20. g3 c5 21. Bc3
h5 22. Bg2 Ng4 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. f4 e5 26. f5 Rb6 27. Rb1 Rdb7
28. Rxb6 Rxb6 29. h3 Nf6 30. Bf3 Nh7 31. fxg6 Ng5 32. Qg2 Kxg6 33. Rf1 Ne6 34.
h4 Nd4 35. Bd1 Rb8 36. Qd2 Rg8 37. Kh2 Rg7 38. Qe3 Rg8 39. Qf2 Rh8 40. Kh3 Kg7
41. Kg2 Kg6 42. Qd2 Rb8 43. Kh3 Rh8 44. Rf2 Rg8 45. Kh2 Rh8 46. Kg2 Rg8 47. Qc1
Rg7 48. Kh3 Rg8 49. Kh2 Rg7 50. Qe3 Rg8 51. Rf1 Rb8 52. Bxh5+ Kxh5 53. Rf7 Kg4
54. Rxe7 Rb2+ 55. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 h6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Re1 Bh7 10. e4 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. Qe2 b5 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Bh3 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Rad8 17. Ne5 Bf6 18. Bg2 Nb8 19. c4 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nd3
Bxb2 22. Nxb2 c5 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Bf3 Qe7 25. Na4 Na6 26. h4 Qc7 27. Kh2 Qe5 28.
Bg2 Bg6 29. f4 Qc7 30. Bf3 Qa7 31. h5 Bh7 32. Rd3 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Nb8 34. Qd6 Rc8
35. Rd1 Kh8 36. Qb6 Qe7 37. Nxc5 e5 38. Qd6 Qa7 39. Bg4 f5 40. exf5 exf4 41.
gxf4 Na6 42. f6 Rg8 43. Qxa6 Qxc5 44. fxg7+ Rxg7 45. Rd8+ Bg8 46. Qxh6+ Rh7 47.
Qf6+ Rg7 48. Rd4 Qe7 49. Qxe7 Rxe7 50. Rd8 Re3 51. h6 Re1 52. c5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 {
This is of course a provocation, but as we shall see, neither unprecedented
nor necessarily bad.} 8. Bd2 (8. Qc2 e6 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 (10... b5 $5
$132) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 $14 {In the symmetrical pawn structure White's advantage
became magnified and he eventually won in Vitiugov,N -Fedoseev,V St Petersburg
2017.}) 8... e6 9. c5 Nbd7 (9... e5 {is possible immediately and this doesn't
lose the bishop-pair, but} 10. Nf3 {then forces Black, if he wants an
independent move, to play the position with opposite-side castling after} e4
11. Ne5 Be7 12. O-O-O $132) 10. Nf3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Na4 Bxc5
$5 {It is an unconventional decision to give up the bishop pair in this way,
with the position quite open and the rook still on a7.} (13... Nxc5 14. Nxc5
Bxc5 15. Bd3 $14 {is likely to just be good for White}) (13... Nxe5 14. Bc3 f6
15. e4 $1 $40 {is not ideal}) 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc2 Ne4 {However, of course, a
big point of Black's play has been that the bishop pair will probably be
returned, barring some largish concessions.} 16. Bd3 ({Let us outline what
Black might have intended after} 16. Bb4 {. Probably he would have continued
chasing the bishop down:} Qb6 {A common theme is that White cannot possibly
allow ...Qa5+.} 17. Qa4 (17. Qb3 Be6 18. Bd3 c5 $11) 17... Bd7 18. Qa5 $5 {
Appearing to save the bishop-pair, but} (18. Qb3 c5) 18... Qxa5 19. Bxa5 b6 $1
{wins it anyway. Now} 20. Bxb6 (20. Bb4 a5 21. Ba3 b5 $15) 20... Rb7 21. Bd4 c5
$1 22. Bc3 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Rb2 24. Bxa6 Ke7 $44 {would probably follow, when
Black has full compensation for the 2 pawns.}) 16... Nxd2 17. Qxd2 O-O 18. O-O
f6 19. exf6 (19. f4 $5 {is apparently most testing, but a human would have
nightmarish visions of his doubled e-pawns being played around with before
being taken at the classiest moment when there is absolutely no compensation.}
fxe5 20. fxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Be6 $44) 19... Qxf6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Be6 {
A slightly interesting decision in that Black seems to think the presence of
bishops could favour him.} (21... Bf5 $11) 22. b3 Raa8 23. Qc2 g6 24. Rad1 Rad8
25. Rfe1 {White starts to drift a little bit, leaving his bishop 'biting on
granite'.} Kg7 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Rd8 28. Qc2 Qd4 29. h3 Qb4 30. Re2 Bf7 31.
Bf3 Rd4 32. g3 Qd6 33. Kg2 Kg8 34. h4 a5 35. Qb2 b6 36. Qc3 c5 {The position
is still dead level, but Black has improved his position more than White has,
if that makes any sense.} 37. Qe3 Qf6 38. Qc3 Qd8 39. Qe3 Qd6 40. Qg5 Kg7 41.
Qe7 Rd3 (41... Qxe7 42. Rxe7 Rd2 {doesn't threaten the a2-pawn, and so White
has time to get active:} 43. Rb7 $11) 42. Qb7 Qf6 (42... Rxf3 43. Qxf3 Bd5 44.
Re7+ Kh6 45. Re4 $1 $11 {had to be calculated by both sides: Black has nothing.
}) 43. Bc6 Kf8 44. Qb8+ Rd8 45. Qb7 Rd6 46. Bf3 ({With White's sudden flurry
of tricks there may have come the notion that this would be a good time to
encourage trades:} 46. Re4 $1 {and Black needs to stay equal, which he can do
in principled fashion by} Qd8 $1 47. Rf4 Rf6 $11) 46... h5 47. Qa8+ Kg7 48. Qb7
Kf8 49. Qa8+ Qd8 50. Qb7 ({The ending after} 50. Qxd8+ Rxd8 {could not
realistically have been won by either side, but at least Black would be in
more of a position to pretend.}) 50... Rd7 51. Qc6 Kg7 52. Qe4 Rd3 53. Qb7 Qd7
54. Re7 $6 {White is getting tired of playing around, but in playing this
pseudo-active move he forgets that (for tactical reasons) it will not prove
possible to prevent ...c4.} (54. Qxb6 $4 Rxf3 55. Kxf3 $2 Qg4+ 56. Ke3 Qd4+ 57.
Kf3 Bd5+ {is the point.}) 54... Qxb7 55. Rxb7 Rd6 56. Be4 Kf6 57. Kf3 (57. Rc7
a4 {has much the same effect}) 57... c4 58. bxc4 Bxc4 59. a3 Ke5 60. Ke3 Bd5
61. f4+ {Continuing to be accurate. With the slightly more active king it
isn't that surprising that it is Black operating within a greater margin of
error.} ({In the pure rook ending after} 61. Bxd5 Kxd5 {Black would now have
something, although White holds the balance with precise play starting} 62. f3
$15) 61... Ke6 62. Rb8 Bxe4 63. Kxe4 Rc6 64. a4 Rc4+ 65. Kf3 Rc3+ 66. Ke4 Rb3 {
You have to credit Fedoseev with continuing to find ways to play on!} 67. Rg8 (
{White had to take some kind of drastic action, mostly relating to the g-pawn.
There was the choice between the game's mechanism and} 67. Rb7 Kd6 68. g4 $5
hxg4 69. Rg7 Rb4+ 70. Ke3 Rxa4 71. Rxg6+ Kc5 72. Rxg4 Ra1 {, where humans
might hesitate to take on the divided pawns.}) 67... Kf7 68. Rb8 Kf6 69. Rf8+
Ke7 70. Rg8 Rxg3 71. Ke5 Re3+ 72. Kd4 Rg3 73. Ke5 Kf7 74. Rb8 Re3+ 75. Kd4 Re6
{Black manoeuvres, trying to get a better version next time with his rook on
the back rank.} 76. Kd5 Ke7 77. Rg8 Rd6+ 78. Ke5 Kd7 79. Rg7+ $4 {It is here
that White decisively loses the thread.} (79. Rf8 {is a tricky move to make,
simply preparing Rc8+ (a few other moves along the back rank also do this.)
Not least because Black can now try to defend his g-pawn from behind or swap
it for the a-pawn.} Rd1 80. Rg8 Rg1 {I suspect the problem was that with
Black's rook on g3, White knew he would have f5 in similar positions. However,
it turns out that here,} 81. Kf6 $1 Rg4 82. Rg7+ $1 {draws, due to the
discovered-check motif} Kc6 $2 83. Rxg6 Rxf4+ $4 84. Kg5+ $18) 79... Kc6 80.
Rg8 Kc5 $1 81. Rc8+ Rc6 82. Rxc6+ Kxc6 83. Kf6 b5 84. axb5+ Kd6 {White is lost.
} ({The problem is that on d6, Black's king performs all three of the
following duties: 1) Prevents Ke5-d4-c3 etc (unlike Kd7) 2) Catches a rogue
b-pawn in an economical fashion, winning a tempo for the main pawn-race 3)
Wins a critical tempo later on in the pawn race, as we shall see:} 84... Kd6
85. Kxg6 a4 86. f5 a3 87. f6 a2 88. f7 Ke7 $1 {Now if White had Kg7 all would
be well, but now this is met by a coronation with check.}) 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Fedoseev,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 {This is the most common
theory in the Nimzo with 4.f3.} d6 $5 {This line is not so popular, but to me
it looks like a very principled conception, with Black trying to get the best
winning chances.} 7. Bd2 {I guess this line is at least playable at this
moment, kind of an empty place in theory.} Bxc3 $5 {This position was
discussed in the final round game between Aronian and Magnus Carlsen!} (7... a6
$5 {- most common theory - was tried by 9 players in practice:} 8. a4 $1 bxc4
9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Nge2 $14 {Volkov was better in this game and finally won.} Re8
11. Nf4 e5 12. Nd3 Ba5 13. b3 Nh5 14. O-O Nd7 15. g3 g6 16. Nb2 Rb8 17. Bd3 Bb4
18. Nc4 Nb6 19. Ne3 Ng7 20. Qe2 a5 21. Nc2 Nd7 22. Nb5 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Nf8 24.
Nca3 Ra8 25. Nc4 Ra6 26. f4 {What a beautiful domination for White!} f6 27. Kg2
g5 28. fxg5 fxg5 29. Qf2 Ng6 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Qc7 Kg8 32. Rf7 Qxc7 33. Rxc7 Rd8
34. Nbxd6 {1-0 (34) Volkov,S (2583)-Santos Latasa,J (2584) Stockholm 2019}) 8.
Bxc3 b4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Be3 {This move was my idea for this game. I guess here
position is very principled, and both sides can simply go the wrong way.} exd5
11. cxd5 a5 $2 {The first mistake in the game.} (11... Nfd7 {Magnus' novelty
against Aronian.} 12. Ne2 f5 (12... Nb6 $5 {is an interesting alternative:} 13.
Ng3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 Rxf5 16. Bd3 Re5 17. Be4 N8d7 $11 {and finally
Black gets a balanced position.}) 13. exf5 (13. Nf4 $5 $146 {I think this move
was better than 13.exf5.} Qh4+ 14. g3 Qf6 15. Be2 $14 {Black's position is
very risky.}) 13... Rxf5 14. Ng3 Re5 15. Kf2 Qh4 16. Qd2 (16. Bd3 $1 {is hard
to calculate, risky to play, but a very principled decision. White is better
prepared for the ultimate fight.} Rxe3 $5 (16... Nb6 $5 17. Re1 $1 N8d7 18. Kg1
$1 $14 {White is better, with many active pieces!}) 17. Kxe3 Qd4+ 18. Ke2 Ne5
19. Nf5 $1 {A very important resource!} Qxb2+ 20. Qc2 Nxd3 21. Ne7+ Kf8 22.
Qxb2 Nxb2 23. Nxc8 Nc6 $1 {With this move Black gets enough compensation,
otherwise the position is simply worse for him.} 24. Nxd6 Nd4+ 25. Kd2 Ke7 26.
Nb7 c4 27. Rae1+ Kd7 28. Re4 c3+ 29. Ke3 Nf5+ 30. Ke2 a5 {All these moves were
forced, but here we start to play with many options:} 31. Nc5+ $5 (31. a3 $5) (
31. Rb1 $5) (31. g4 $5)) 16... Nf6 17. Rc1 Ba6 18. b3 Nxd5 19. Rc4 Qe7 20. Re4
Qe6 21. Bf4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Bxf1 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Qe4 Nc6 25. Rxf1 c4 26. Nf5
cxb3 27. Qxc6 Qxc6 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxc6 bxa2 30. Nxb4 Rb8 31. Ra1 Rxb4 32.
Rxa2 Rb7 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. Ra6 {1/2 (34) Aronian,L (2758)-Carlsen,M (2876)
Douglas 2019}) 12. a3 (12. Ne2 $1 $14 {was better, we always have a3 as a
possibility.}) 12... bxa3 $6 {Not the best.} (12... Nxe4 $1 {was very strong!}
13. fxe4 Qh4+ 14. Kd2 Qxe4 {A critical position, pretty unbalanced, tough to
play with both sides.} 15. Qf3 $5 Qe7 $5 (15... Qe5 $5 {is much more forcing:}
16. Kc1 Nd7 17. Bf4 Qe1+ 18. Qd1 Qe4 19. Qf3 $11 (19. Bxd6 $5 {also leads to a
draw:} Rd8 $1 20. Bd3 Qe3+ 21. Qd2 Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Nf6 23. Bxc5 Rxd5 24. Nf3
Rxc5 25. axb4 Rd5 26. Rxa5 $11))) (12... Nbd7 $5 13. Ne2 Nh5 14. axb4 f5 $1 {
Dynamic chess! We are entering a wild fight.} 15. bxc5 fxe4 16. c6 Ne5 17. Nd4
exf3 $36 {with a strong initiative for Black.}) 13. Rxa3 Nbd7 $6 (13... Ne8 $5
{was better, Black needs counterplay on the kingside.} 14. Ne2 f5 15. Nf4 Qf6
$13 16. Ne6 $5 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Rc3 Kh8 19. Bc4 Qf6 20. O-O $13 {An
unbalanced position which is more pleasant for White.}) 14. Ne2 Rb8 15. Bd2 $5
{The most natural strategic concept.} Rxb2 $2 {After that Black's position is
much worse and he doesn't have any counterplay.} (15... Nh5 $1 16. Qc1 Ne5 $1
17. g4 $5 f5 $3 {It's absolutely impossible to find such a variation during
the game!} 18. exf5 Qh4+ 19. Kd1 Nxf3 $1 20. Rxf3 Qxg4 21. Re3 Qa4+ $1 22. Qc2
Qa1+ 23. Qc1 $11 (23. Bc1 Bxf5 24. Qc3 Qa4+ 25. b3 Qd7 $44 {with an unbalanced
position, and a full fight.})) 16. Bxa5 Qe7 17. Bc3 Rb7 18. Ng3 Ne5 19. Be2 h5
20. h4 $1 Bd7 (20... Ne8 $1 $14 {Black needs some counterplay, and it's
impossible to achieve it with the knight on f6!} 21. Qc1 $5 (21. Qa1 $5 {
A very good looking move!} c4 $1 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Bxc4 Qc5 24. Be2 Rc7 $1 $44
{and after this difficult move Black gets good counter chances!}) (21. Ra1 $5
Nc7 22. Qd2 Nb5 23. Bxb5 Rxb5 24. Nxh5 Rb3 $1 $44 {and Black has counterplay!})
21... f5 22. Qg5 {This is was my plan minimum during the game.} fxe4 23. Nxe4
Bf5 {and the position is equal.}) 21. Kf2 $16 Rfb8 22. Qd2 Rb3 23. Rha1 Nh7 24.
Rxb3 Rxb3 25. Qc2 $5 c4 $2 {After this move there is nothing to write anymore,
Black is simply lost!} (25... Rb8 $1 26. Rh1 g6 $14 {White has many options,
but Black is absolutely in the game.}) 26. Bxc4 Rb8 27. Be2 Rc8 28. Qb2 Qf6 29.
Bxe5 dxe5 30. Rh1 Nf8 31. Nxh5 Qh6 32. g4 Ng6 33. Ra1 Nf4 34. Ra6 f6 35. Ra7
Nh3+ 36. Kg2 Qe3 37. Ra1 Nf4+ 38. Nxf4 exf4 39. Ra3 Qc5 40. Rb3 Kh7 41. Bd3 Ba4
42. e5+ Kh6 43. Rb8 Bd1 44. Rxc8 Bxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Qe3+ 46. Kg2 Qg3+ 47. Kf1 1-0

