[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan Socar"]
[BlackTeam "Economist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2
Qb6 9. Rb1 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. c3 b5 12. f5 exf5 13. Nf4 Nb6 14. Bd3 c4 15.
Bc2 Be7 16. O-O g6 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 O-O 19. Qe1 Nd8 20. c4 dxc4 21. Ba5 Bb7
22. bxc4 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Qxc4 24. Qf2 Qc6 25. Rc3 Nc4 26. Bb3 Bg5 27. d5 Qd7 28.
Bxc4 bxc4 29. Rd1 Qa4 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 46th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2011.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Qc7 8. a3
Be7 9. Be3 d6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. f3 Nbd7 $132 {Es ist eine
typische Igelstellung entstanden, in der beiden Seiten ihre Chancen haben.} 14.
Rfc1 (14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Rfd1 {Das ist eine Standardaufstellung für Weiß.} Qb8
16. Bf1 Rfe8 17. Kh1 Bd8 18. Bg1 h5 19. Qf2 Ne5 $132 {Topalov - Kasimdzhanov 
(Tripoli, 2004). Die Stellung ist ungefähr ausgeglichen.}) 14... Rac8 (14...
Ne5 15. b4 {Der Bauer c4 hängt niemals in solch einer Stellung, weil die
schwarze Dame gefangen wird.} Nxc4 $2 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Na4 $18) 15. a4 ({
Eine alternative Spielweise, die mir besser zu sein scheint, ist} 15. b4 $5 Qb8
16. Kh1 Bd8 17. Bg1 Bc7 18. Rc2 Rfd8 19. Rb1 $14 {Huerga Leache - Vidal Zamora
(Figueres, 2010)}) 15... a5 $5 {Interessant! Schwarz gibt das Feld b5 auf,
stoppt dafür das weiße Spiel mit a4-a5. Wenn er den Bauer d6 halten kann, dann
ist seine Stellung gar nicht so schlecht.} (15... Qb8 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rxa5 Bd8
18. Raa1 Bc7 19. Kh1 Rfe8 20. b4 $16 {Dominguez Perez - Lorenzana (Santiago de
los Caballeros, 2011)}) 16. Ndb5 Qb8 17. Bf4 (17. Rd1 Rc6 $1 (17... Nc5 $2 18.
Nxd6 Rcd8 (18... Nb3 19. Nxc8 Nxd2 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Rxd2 Qc7 22. e5 Ne8 23.
Rad1 Qxe7 24. Rd7 $18) 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. e5 $18) 18. Bf4 Ne5 {Weiß kann
forciert nichts gewinnen, das heißt, dass Schwarz demnächst Rd8 spielt, den
Bauern d6 verteidigt und danach versucht sein Spiel zu organisieren.}) 17...
Ne5 18. b3 Rfd8 $11 {Zumindest hat Schwarz Ausgleich erreicht.} 19. Kh1 h5 {
Das ist immer ein zweischneidiges Unternehmen. Schwarz will eine Initiative am
Königsflügel entwickeln, doch Weiß bekommt dafür Felder, das erste Feld ist g5.
} 20. Bf1 (20. Rd1 $5 h4 (20... Ng6 21. Be3 $16) 21. Bg5 h3 22. gxh3 $14) 20...
h4 21. Qf2 Rc5 22. Be3 d5 $1 {Den Turm kann man nicht nehmen, die entstehende
Stellung ist kaum zu halten.} 23. exd5 (23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Qxh4 dxe4 25. fxe4
Neg4 $17) 23... exd5 24. cxd5 (24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Qxh4 dxc4 26. bxc4 Nxf3 27.
gxf3 Bxf3+ 28. Bg2 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rd2+ 30. Kf1 Rxh2 $19) 24... h3 $1 {Die
schwarze Initiative ist sehr gefährlich!} 25. Rd1 (25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Qg3 hxg2+
27. Bxg2 Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 $44) (25. d6 $5 {Das könnte die stärkste
Fortsetzung gewesen sein.} Bxd6 26. Nxd6 hxg2+ 27. Bxg2 Nd3 $1 28. Qf1 Qxd6 29.
Bxc5 Qxc5 30. Rc2 Nh5 $44 {Schwarz hat trotzdem superstarke Kompensation.})
25... Nxd5 26. Bxc5 (26. Nxd5 Rcxd5 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 $17 {Schwarz hat Initiative
für nichts.}) 26... Bxc5 27. Qg3 {Verliert.} (27. Qh4 $1 {, um den Turm d8
unter Beschuss zu halten, so dass das Nehmen auf c3 nicht möglich ist.} hxg2+
28. Bxg2 Ng6 29. Qg3 Ngf4 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Nc3 $132) 27... Nxc3 28. Rxd8+ (28.
Nxc3 Bd4 29. Rac1 hxg2+ 30. Bxg2 Bxc3 $19) 28... Qxd8 29. Qxe5 (29. Nxc3 Qd4
$19) 29... Nd1 $1 $19 {Weiß kann aufgeben.} 30. Ra2 (30. gxh3 Bxf3+ 31. Bg2 Qd3
$19) 30... Ne3 (30... Nf2+ $2 31. Rxf2 Bxf2 32. Nd6 Ba8 33. Nf5 $11) 31. Nc3 (
31. Qa1 Qg5 $19) 31... Nxf1 32. Re2 Nd2 33. Qg3 hxg2+ 34. Rxg2 g6 0-1

[Event "Baku op-A"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2011.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 a6 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Qe1 Qd7 10. Kh1 b5 11. f5 b4 12. Ne2 gxf5 13. Ng3 fxe4 14. dxe4 O-O-O
15. a3 b3 16. cxb3 Nf6 17. b4 h5 18. Bg5 h4 19. Bxh4 Qg4 20. bxc5 Rxh4 21. cxd6
Rhh8 22. dxe7 Rd7 23. Rc1 Rc7 24. Nf5 Ne8 25. Qa5 Qxe4 26. Qxa6+ Kb8 27. Rfd1
Bd7 28. Rxc7 Nxc7 29. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "Baku op-A"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2011.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Bb4 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Nce7 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Ne4 Bc7
15. Qe2 Ba4 16. Re1 Nf5 17. Nc5 Nxd4 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qg3 Bc2 20. Bxh6 Nh5 21.
Qg4 Bxe5 22. Bxc2 Nxc2 23. Rxe5 Nxa1 24. Rxh5 Qf6 25. Bxg7 Qg6 26. Bf6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 65th"]
[Site "Tiumen"]
[Date "2012.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Ian Nepomniachtchi is a brilliant
combinational player, who plays dynamic tactical positions very well.
Therefore, I decided to play the Berlin endgame, to get the queens off. In
addition, I was half a point ahead of my opponent and a draw was a perfectly
satisfactory result for me.} 4. d3 {My opponent does not want to force matters,
preferring a long game with plenty of pieces on the board. I was prepared for
such an approach.} d6 {The main variation here involves bringing out the
dark-squared bishop.} (4... Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Ne7 8. Nbd2 a6 9. Ba4
Ng6 10. d4 Ba7 $11 11. Re1 b5 12. Bc2 c5 13. d5 c4 14. Nf1 Nh5 15. Bg5 f6 16.
Be3 Nhf4 17. Ng3 Ne7 18. a4 Qc7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra3 Bxe3 21. Rxa8 Bb6 22. Qd2
Qc5 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Qd2 Qc5 25. Qe3 Qc7 {1/2 Radjabov,T (2784)-Kramnik,V (2801)
/Moscow RUS 2012/}) 5. c3 Bd7 {Black intends to bring the bishop to g7, after
the pawn move.} ({It is dangerous to play at once} 5... g6 $6 6. d4 $1 Bg7 7.
dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qd5 Nc5 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. O-O O-O 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Qxd6 cxd6) 6. O-O
g6 7. Nbd2 {White continues the logical development of his pieces.} ({A King's
Indian structure would have arisen after} 7. d4 Bg7 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.
c4 O-O 11. Nc3 h6 12. Qc2 f5 $132) 7... Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nf1 Nh5 $1 {This
move is the main idea of Black's development. The knight covers the square g3,
where the white knight would be conveniently placed. In addition, after some
preparation, Black can advance f7-f5.} 10. Ne3 {White changes the path of his
knight and will now bring it to d5. After the game, Ian said he slightly
confused the move-order and that he should have started with} (10. Ba4 $5 {
after which White plays d3-d4. Of course, this move cannot be played at once:})
(10. d4 $6 Nxd4 $1 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. cxd4 Rae8 14. f3 f5 $36)
10... Nf4 {Black is not ready to give up the important square d5.} 11. Ba4 {
With this move, White prepares the advance d3-d4, which again fails if played
at once.} (11. d4 $2 Nxd4 $15) 11... Re8 {A perfectly natural move, once again
stopping the central pawn advance.} ({It looks too dangerous for Black to play
} 11... f5 $6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nf1 $5 Ne6 (13... Ng6 $2 14. Bb3+ Kh8 15. Ng5
$18) 14. Bb3 Qf6 15. Ng3 $40) 12. g3 $1 {This move surprised me. White changes
his plan.} ({I expected} 12. Bc2 a5 $1 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 Bb5 $36
) 12... Ne6 {The knight move to h3 was also possible, but I did not wish to
risk placing this piece on a poorly defended square.} (12... Nh3+ $5 13. Kg2
Ne7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Qb3 Rab8 {and it is difficult for White to strengthen
his position. The knight on h3 is in a dangerous position, but is not
vulnerable in the next few moves.} 16. d4 $5 exd4 17. cxd4 g5 $1 $132) 13. Nh4
$1 {My opponent finds a very original idea for the Spanish. White places his
knights in such a way as to make a battering ram out of his f-pawn, to attack
the black king.} Kh8 {The last prophylactic move.} 14. Bc2 {It would be
interesting to put the bishop on b3.} (14. Bb3 $5 {however, after this I
planned} Na5 15. Bc2 c5 $5 {after which Black improves his position in the
centre.}) 14... Ne7 {This move is played with the aim of freeing c6 for the
bishop, after which BLack can start central play with d6-d5 or f7-f5.} 15. Neg2
$5 {The placing of White's knights looks rather strange, but he has a concrete
idea - to advance his f-pawn. What should Black do?} d5 $6 {Maybe it was
better to start with the bishop move, and then decide with which pawn to meet
White's offensive:} (15... Bc6 $5 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 f5 $1 18. exf5 Nxf5 19.
Nxf5 gxf5 20. d4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Bh6 22. Bxf5 Nxf4+ 23. Bxf4 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Bxf4
$11) 16. f4 {My opponent continues with his intended plan.} ({White had other
possibilities at his disposal:} 16. exd5 $5 Nxd5 17. Nf3 Nf8 (17... f6 18. h4
$40) 18. Bb3 c6 (18... Bc6 $6 19. d4 $1 exd4 20. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Be8 22.
Nd3 $14) 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Ne6 21. h4 $5 $14) 16... dxe4 $6 {Again I
played an inaccurate move. In the variation} (16... exf4 17. gxf4 d4 $1 18. c4
Nc6 19. a3 a5 {Black is perfectly OK.}) 17. dxe4 Bc6 18. Qg4 {Of course, Ian
does not agree to the exchange of queens.} Ng8 $2 {I had intended this move
when I played my king to h8. The move is OK in principle, but at this exact
moment, it was necessary to calculate a concrete variation:} (18... exf4 $1 19.
gxf4 Nc5 $1 20. f5 gxf5 21. exf5 Nd5 22. Bg5 Nf6 $1 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qc4 Ncd7
25. Re1 Qg8 26. Bb3 Bf8 $1 $15) 19. f5 Nf6 20. Qh3 $2 {The trap succeeds!
White should have played the queen to f3, keeping a space advantage. It
appears that Ian wanted to give mate as soon as possible.} (20. Qf3 $1 Nc5 21.
Bg5 $14) 20... g5 $1 $15 21. g4 $1 (21. fxe6 $2 g4 22. Ng6+ $8 fxg6 23. Qh4
Rxe6 $17) (21. Ne3 Nf4 $1 22. gxf4 gxh4 23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 Qe7
26. Bg5 Bf6 27. Bxf6+ Qxf6 $15) (21. Bd1 g4 $5 22. Bxg4 Nc5 $15) 21... Nf4 22.
Bxf4 exf4 23. Rad1 Qe7 $1 {This is a natural move, but in playing it. Black
needed to see his 25th move. Therefore, at first I intended to play more
solidly:} (23... Nd7 $6 24. Nf3 h6 25. e5 $1 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Bxe5 27. Qxb7 Bd6
$11) 24. Nf3 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Kg8 $1 {A clever move, forcing White to take the
g5-pawn. Of course, Black cannot take on e4 at once:} (25... Bxe4 $2 26. Bxe4
Rxe4 (26... Nxe4 $4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Nxg5 $18) 27. Nxg5 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qd5 29.
Qf3 Qxf3 30. Nxf3 Nxg4 31. Re7 $36) 26. Nxg5 {Forced.} (26. e5 $2 Qf2 $19)
26... h6 $6 {During the game, I thought I had played a very strong idea and
that White was already defenceless. However, I was wrong.} ({It was stronger
to start with the active queen move} 26... Qf2 $5 27. Bb1 (27. Bb3 Nxe4 $1 28.
Bxf7+ Kf8 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Rf1 $8 Qe2 31. f6 Kxf7 32. fxg7 Kxg7 33. Kg1 Rf8
34. Rfe1 Qxb2 $19) 27... Rad8 $1 28. Qf3 Qxb2 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Nxf4 h6 31.
Ngh3 Rd2 32. Qg3 Qxb1 $5 33. Rxb1 Nxe4 34. Qg2 Nxc3 35. Qxc6 bxc6 36. Rb8+ Kh7
37. g5 Be5 38. g6+ fxg6 39. fxg6+ Kg7 40. Re8 Bf6 $17) 27. Nf3 $2 {The
decisive mistake. White had a perfectly good alternative:} (27. Nxf7 $1 {
I underestimated this move during the game:} Kxf7 28. Qf3 $3 {I think we both
missed this possibility. I calculated the variation} (28. Bb3+ $4 Kf8 29. Nxf4
Rxe4 30. Ng6+ Ke8 $19) (28. Nxf4 $4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Nxe4 30. Bb3+ Ke7 31. Re1 Re8
$19) 28... Bf8 $1 29. Nxf4 Bd6 $15 {White has a powerful pawn centre for the
piece, but the black bishops are very well posted, which assures him a small
advantage.}) 27... Nxe4 $17 28. Bxe4 {White could make a desperate attempt to
start an attack without giving up the bishop:} (28. Rxe4 Rxe4 $1 29. g5 Re2 30.
gxh6 Bf6 31. Bb3 Qf2 $19) 28... Rxe4 29. Rxe4 $6 {It may be that White should
keep both pairs of rooks on the board, so as to be able to complicate the game,
although the assessment does not change:} (29. Rg1 $5 Re2 30. g5 hxg5 31. Nxg5
Rxb2 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh5 Qe7 $19 {Thanks to the bishop on c6, Black
completely controls the position. The white king is in a more dangerous
position than the black.}) 29... Bxe4 $19 {Now the black bishops easily break
down the white defences. The bad position of the white queen is also a factor.}
30. Nge1 {One can understand White wishing to bring his queen closer to the
centre and to strengthen the h1-a8 diagonal.} Re8 $6 {A natural move, but a
quicker win was} (30... Qe3 $1 {The white pieces are totally paralysed.} 31.
Qf1 Bf6 32. Kg2 Bh4 $19 {Black does not even need the help of his Ra8 in order
to win material! I think this is a wonderful example of bishops dominating
knights.}) 31. Qf1 Bc6 {I was a bit short of time and decided to play the most
natural moves. The quiet queen move would have won a pawn and activated the
bishop g7:} (31... Qb6 $5 32. b3 (32. Rd2 Qe3 $19) 32... Bxc3 33. Ng2 Qc6 34.
Ngh4 Be1 $1 35. Rxe1 Bxf3+ 36. Nxf3 Rxe1 37. Qxe1 Qxf3+ 38. Kg1 Qxg4+ 39. Kf1
Qxf5 $19) 32. h3 Bf6 {The second bishop comes into play! The idea is correct,
but I should first have limited White's possibilities:} (32... Qe3 $1 33. Kh2
$8 Bf6 34. Rd3 (34. a3 Bh4 $19) 34... Qe2+ 35. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 36. Kg1 Rxb2 $19) 33.
Ng2 {I had not seen this defensive possibility, counting only on} (33. Kh2 Qe3
$1 {with the familiar win.}) 33... h5 $2 {As a consequence of missing White's
33rd move, I was a little upset.} ({I could have won at once with} 33... Bb5 $1
34. Qg1 Qc6 {and White cannot avoid material loss.}) 34. Re1 $2 (34. g5 $5 Qxf5
35. Kh2 Be7 36. Ngh4 Qc5 $19 {Black is winning but this should still have been
tried.}) 34... Rxe1 $1 {This time I did not spoil my chance to connect the
knights! After the game Ian told me, that has hoped for 34...Rd8.} 35. Ngxe1 (
35. Nfxe1 Qe3 $1 $19) 35... Qe3 $1 $19 {Now the white knights are tied down to
each other and one will sooner or later be lost.} 36. gxh5 (36. Kh2 Bh4 37.
Nxh4 Qg3#) (36. Kg2 Bh4 37. Nd3 Bb5 38. Nfe5 f6 39. c4 Qg3+ 40. Kh1 Be8 41. Nf3
Bc6 $19) 36... Bh4 37. Qg1+ (37. Qg2+ Kh7 38. f6 Qxe1+ 39. Nxe1 Bxe1 $19) 37...
Bg3 38. Qxe3 fxe3 39. Kg1 Bxf3 (39... e2 $19) 40. Nxf3 e2 {A game with many
mistakes from both players, but of very great sporting significance. After
this win, I went to +4 and with draws in the last two rounds, I took first
place in the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[BlackTeam "Risarcimento Obiettivo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Be3 Nc5
9. Nd2 a5 10. Be2 Bd7 11. g4 a4 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 a3 14. b4 Na6 15. b5 Nc5 16.
Nb3 b6 17. h5 Qe7 18. Kd2 f5 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. hxg6 Rxg6 21. Bh5 Rf6 22. Kc2
Na4 23. Qg1 Nxc3 24. Kxc3 Rf4 25. Qh2 Nf6 26. f3 Be8 27. Bxe8 Rxf3 28. Qe2
Nxe4+ 29. Kc2 Qxe8 30. Qxf3 Qg6 31. Qh5 Ra4 32. Qxg6 hxg6 33. Nd2 1-0

[Event "Moscow friendly m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.10.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2012.10.30"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. dxc5 b6 12. cxb6 axb6 13. Bc4 Bb7 14.
Bd4 b5 15. Bb3 Bd5 16. c3 Rfc8 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qe5 Qxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxa2 20. Kc2
f6 21. Kb3 Ra4 22. Bd4 Kf7 23. Rhe1 Rd8 24. g3 h5 25. Ra1 e5 26. Bxe5 Rxa1 27.
Rxa1 fxe5 28. Nxe5+ Kf6 29. Nc6 Rd6 30. Nd4 Rb6 31. Re1 Bc5 32. Re4 b4 33. Kc4
bxc3 34. bxc3 Bxd4 35. Rxd4 Nc7 36. Kd3 Rb2 37. Rc4 Nd5 38. Ke4 Ne7 39. Kf3 Ng6
40. Rc6+ Kf5 41. Rc5+ Ne5+ 42. Ke3 Kf6 43. h3 Rb1 44. Rc8 Re1+ 45. Kd2 Re4 46.
Rf8+ Ke7 47. Rh8 g6 48. Ra8 Kf6 49. Rf8+ Kg7 50. Ra8 Kf7 51. Rh8 Ra4 52. Rc8
Ra1 53. Ke3 Re1+ 54. Kf4 Kf6 55. Rf8+ Kg7 56. Rd8 Re2 57. Rd5 Kf6 58. Rd6+ Kg7
59. Rd5 Nf7 60. Kf3 Rc2 61. Rc5 Rc1 62. Kg2 Rc2 63. Kf3 Kh6 64. Ke3 Nd6 65. g4
h4 66. Rc6 Nf7 67. f4 Kg7 68. g5 Rg2 69. c4 Rg3+ 70. Ke4 Rxh3 71. Ra6 Rc3 72.
Kd4 Rf3 73. Ke4 Rc3 74. Kd4 Rc2 75. Ra3 Nd6 76. Ra7+ Kg8 77. Ke5 Ne8 78. Ra6
Kf7 79. Ra7+ Kg8 80. Ra6 Re2+ 81. Kd4 Kf7 82. c5 h3 83. Ra7+ Ke6 84. Rh7 h2 85.
Kd3 Ra2 86. Ke4 Ng7 87. c6 Nh5 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 48th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2013.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 Rc8
8. O-O e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. a4 Be7 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. a5 Bc6
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Be8 17. c4 f5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 g5 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Bd4
Qg7 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qc3 Qg6 24. Re1 Bf7 25. Qd4 Rfe8 26. h4 f4 27. hxg5 hxg5
28. Kf2 g4 29. g3 Qh6 30. Rh1 Bh5 31. Ne4 Re5 32. Rxh5 Rxh5 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34.
Nxh5 fxg3+ 35. Kg2 Qxh5 36. Rf1+ Kg8 37. Rh1 Qe5 38. Qxg4+ Kf7 39. Rh7+ Kf6 40.
Qf3+ Kg6 41. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 {Ulf Andersson's
favourite weapon. It is a very reliable line.} 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 c6 {White
must not hurry with castling, which often leads to the same position.} 8. O-O (
8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rfc1 (11. Rac1 Bb7 12. Qf4 a6 13. Rfd1
Rc8 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. h4 Rfd8 16. Nd3 h6 17. e3 Rc4 18. a3 Rdc8 19. Bf1 Nf8 20.
Ne5 R4c7 $11 {Berkes,F-Cao Sang HUN-Ch Balatonlelle 20021/2-1/2 (70)}) 11... a6
12. Na4 a5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Qf4 Ba6 16. Bf1 Ra7 17. e3 Bxf1 18.
Kxf1 Qb8 19. Qxb8 Rxb8 20. Rc6 $14 {Moiseenko,A-Hernandez Carmenates, H Carlos
Torre Wimbledon 21st Merida 2008 1-0 (40)}) (8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 b6 10. O-O Bb7
11. b4 a5 12. a3 Qe7 13. Qb2 Rfb8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rfc1 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17.
Rxa1 Ra8 $11 {Vaganian,R-Parligras,M Gothenburg 2005 1/2-1/2 (30)}) 8... Nbd7
9. Rc1 {Here are examples featuring other options for White:} (9. Qc3 b6 10.
cxd5 cxd5 11. Qa3 a5 12. Rc1 Ba6 13. e3 Qb8 14. Nbd2 Rc8 15. Qe7 Re8 16. Qa3
Rc8 17. Qe7 Re8 18. Qa3 {1/2-1/2 Andreikin,D-Ibragimov,I TCh-RUS Loo RUS 2013.
Apparently this game managed to convince Dmitry Andreikin to play the line
with the black pieces.}) (9. Ne5 $5 {The most ambitious approach. After
trading knights on e5 Black begins to regret about ...Bb4+ and ...Bxd2. The
dark squares in his camp are vulnerable.} Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 (11. Qc3 Rb8
12. Nd2 Qc7 13. f4 b5 14. c5 b4 15. Qe3 a5 16. Nf3 a4 17. Rfc1 Rb5 18. Nd4 Rxc5
(18... Ra5 19. Qd2 a3 20. bxa3 (20. Qxb4 axb2 21. Qxb2 Ba6 $44) 20... bxa3 21.
Rab1 $14) 19. Rxc5 Nxc5 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Rxc5 Bb7
24. a3 $14 {Volokitin,A-Pogromsky,M TCh-Rus Loo RUS 2013 1-0 (74)}) 11... f6
12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nc3 dxc4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rad1 Re8 $1 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4
a5 (17... g6 18. Rc1 e5 $11) 18. Rc1 a4 19. a3 Ra5 20. Rxc4 Rd8 21. Bd3 e5 22.
f5 Rd4 $132 {Vitiugov,N-Zvjaginsev,V Rapid Cup St Petersburg RUS 2012 1-0 (36)}
) 9... Qe7 10. Qe3 dxc4 {A rare but probably the strongest continuation. After
Black's last move it is very difficult for White to get an openning advantage}
(10... Re8 {The main line} 11. Nbd2 ({Another continuation also deserves
attention} 11. Ne5 $5 $146 Nxe5 (11... Qb4 $5 12. b3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4
Qb6) 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Nd2 b6 (13... a5 $5 14. Nf3 a4 15. Rc2 Ra5 $13) 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Qd4 (15. Nc4 $1 Rd8 16. Nd6 f6 17. f4 $16) 15... Ba6 16. e4 Nc5 17.
exd5 exd5 $11 {Harika,D-Danielian,E FIDE WGP Dilijan ARM 2013 1-0 (78)}) 11...
e5 (11... dxc4 $6 12. Nxc4 Nd5 13. Qb3 $16) 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14.
Nxe5 Rxe5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 Nb6 (16... Nc7 17. Nc4 Re7 18. Na5 Kf8 19. b4
Rb8 20. a4 Be6 21. Rab1 a6 22. f4 f6 23. Rd1 Ke8 24. Kf2 Rd7 25. Ke3 Ke7 26.
Bf3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Bd7 28. Rc1 Ne6 29. h4 Nd8 $11 {Karpov,A-Andersson,U Belfort
1988 1/2-1/2 (77)}) 17. f4 Re7 18. a4 a5 19. Nb3 f6 20. Ra3 Be6 21. Nc5 Bf7 22.
Rd3 Rae8 23. Bh3 Nc8 24. Bd7 Rd8 25. Rcd1 $16 {Karpov,A-Andersson,U ol (Men)
Thessaloniki 1988 1-0 (53)}) 11. Rxc4 Nd5 12. Qa3 $146 (12. Qe4 {is another
try to get an opening edge:} f5 $5 (12... N5f6 13. Qf4 Re8 14. Ne5 $5 (14. e4
e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Rxe5 18. f4 Re7 19. Nc3 Rd7 20. Rd1
Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Be6 $11)) 13. Qd3 (13. Qc2 $2 b5 14. Rxc6 Bb7 $17) 13... b6 14.
Rc1 (14. Rxc6 $6 Nb4 15. Qb5 Nxc6 16. Qxc6 Ba6 17. Nc3 Rfc8 18. Qa4 Bb7 $15)
14... Bb7 15. Nbd2 e5 $6 (15... c5 16. e4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Rab8 $11 {the position
is about equal}) 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Rae8 18. Re1 h6 19. Re2 (19. Rac1 $5 $16)
19... c5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nb4 22. Qb3+ $16 {Khairullin,I-Zvjaginsev,V
Rapid Cup St Petersburg RUS 2012 1/2-1/2 (32)}) 12... Re8 13. Qxe7 Rxe7 {
White has a space advantage and slightly better development. However, if Black
manages to solve the problem of developing his bishop (after ...e5 or after ...
b6, ...Bb7, ...c5) then the position will be equal.} 14. e4 N5b6 15. Rc2 e5 $1
16. Nbd2 (16. Nc3 {White could have tried} exd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 {It seems that
Black could be satisfied with the openning result} 18. f4 (18. Rd1 g6 19. b4
Ne6 20. Nb3 Kg7) 18... g6 19. h3 Ne6 20. Nde2 f6 21. Rd1 a5 22. Kf2 Kg7 $11)
16... a5 $5 17. a3 {It is very easy to criticise a player who lost a game but
I really can't explain the last move. The only explanation that I have is that
Vladimir Kramnik failed to find an advantage in the direct lines such as} (17.
Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. f4 Re8 (19... Re7 20. f5 $5 {White gains space and
hampers the development of Black's pieces. It seems to me that after this move
White has better chances.} Rd7 (20... f6 21. Rd1 g6 22. g4 Kg7 23. Nc4 Nxc4 24.
Rxc4 Bd7 25. Rd6 $14) (20... g6 21. g4 Nd7 22. Nc4 Nf6 $6 23. Rd1 Re8 24. g5
Nh5 25. Rf2 $16) 21. Nf3 f6 22. g4 Re7 23. Re1 Bd7 24. e5 fxe5 25. Rce2 h5 26.
h3 hxg4 27. hxg4 Be8 28. Nxe5 $14) 20. Kf2 (20. f5 g6 21. g4 Nd7 22. Nc4 Nf6 $1
{Here we can see the very important difference between the black rook's
location on e7 and e8.} (22... Ne5 $6 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Kf2 $14)
23. h3 (23. Nd6 Rd8 24. Nxc8 Raxc8 25. g5 Nd7 26. Rd1 Ne5 27. Rcd2 Rxd2 28.
Rxd2 $11) 23... Nxe4 24. Nb6 Rb8 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rd1 f5 27. Re2 Be6 $11)
20... g6 21. Nb3 (21. Rd1 $6 Rd8) 21... a4 22. Nc5 Nd7 23. Rd1 Nxc5 24. Rxc5
Be6 $11) 17... g6 {It is necessary to control the important square f5.} 18.
Rac1 exd4 $1 19. Nxd4 Ne5 $1 20. f4 Rd7 $1 {The tactical justification of 19...
Ne5.} (20... Ng4 $6 21. Re1 Re8 22. h3 Nh6 23. N2b3 $14) 21. Ne2 Ng4 {From the
human point of view this is the strongest move.} (21... Nd3 $5 {Black doesn't
need to put his knight in danger. As you can see the knight has no squares to
retreat and could be trapped. However I consider move 21...Nd3 as the best one
and it easily proves that Black is out of danger.} 22. Rb1 (22. Rd1 Na4 23. b3
Nac5 24. e5 Kg7 25. Nc3 Rd8 26. Nce4 a4 27. b4 Nb3 28. Nxb3 (28. Nc4 Bg4 29.
Rb1 Nd4 30. Rd2 Nb3 $11) 28... axb3 29. Rcd2 Bg4 30. Rb1 Rxa3 31. Bf1 b2 32.
Nd6 Nxb4 33. Rdxb2 Nd5 34. Rxb7 Be6 35. Nxf7 Bxf7 36. e6 Rf8 $11) 22... Rd8 23.
Nf3 Na4 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Nb6 26. Nc1 (26. Rd1 $2 Be6 27. Rcd2 Bb3 28. Rb1
Nc4 $19) (26. Rd2 $2 Nc4 27. Rdd1 Ne3 $17) 26... Be6 27. Nxd3 Rxd3 28. b5 cxb5
29. Rxb5 Ra1+ 30. Kf2 Nc4 31. Rxb7 Ne3 32. Ne5 Rda3 33. Rd2 Nd1+ 34. Ke2 Ne3
35. Kf2 Nd1+ $11) 22. Nf1 Rd8 23. h3 Nf6 24. Rd2 Be6 25. Kf2 ({White could
have probably kept a tiny plus due to his space advantage and potentially
strong bishop after simplifications starting with} 25. Nd4 Nc4 26. Nxe6 Nxd2
27. Nxd8 Nxf1 28. Kxf1 Rxd8 29. Ke2 {he most likely outcome here is a draw.})
25... Na4 $1 26. Rcc2 Nd7 27. Ke3 $4 {A blunder.} (27. Nc1 f6 28. Rd4 Ndc5 29.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Nd2 Kg7 31. Ke3 Nd7 (31... h5 $2 32. b3 $18) 32. Ncb3 Ra8 33.
Bf1 Nab6 34. Nd4 Bf7 {The position is about equal.}) (27. g4 Ndc5 28. Nc1 f6
29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Nd2 Nb6 31. Ke3 (31. Rxc5 $2 Rxd2+ 32. Kg3 Rxb2) 31... Ncd7
32. Bf1 Kf8 33. Ncb3 Ra8 $11) 27... Bb3 $1 {White's position is hopeless.} 28.
Rc1 Ndb6 $1 29. Rd4 (29. Kf2 Nc4 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. e5 Naxb2 $19) 29... c5 30.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 {White is going to lose 2 pawns (b2, a3).} 31. e5 Nc4+ 32. Kf3 Naxb2
$19 33. Nc3 Nxa3 34. Ne3 b5 35. Ne4 Nd3 36. Rh1 {Vladimir Kramnik tries to
create counterplay. It is difficult to come up with something good in such a
sort of position.} Nc2 37. Nxc2 Bxc2 38. h4 b4 39. h5 gxh5 40. Nf6+ Kf8 41. Ke3
(41. Nxh7+ Ke7) 41... b3 42. Nd5 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 g6 {Hardly a good
move before White has played e2-e3.} (6... dxc4 {and}) (6... Nd7 {are common
continuations.}) 7. Qb3 {White should immediately exploit his development
advantage.} (7. g3 {is too slow:} Bg7 8. Qa4+ Nd7 9. Ne5 Qe7 10. f4 O-O 11. Bg2
Nxe5 12. fxe5 c5 $1 $132 {0-1 (29) Labib,I (2432)-Smeets,J (2614) Al-Ain UAE
2012}) 7... dxc4 (7... Qd8 8. cxd5 $5 exd5 9. e4 $40) 8. Qxc4 Qe7 9. Rc1 c6 10.
e4 Bg7 11. e5 O-O 12. Bd3 $14 {We have a position typical of the Moscow
Variation but White is clearly ahead in development. In fact, it is not easy
for Black to develop his queenside.} b6 13. O-O Rd8 (13... Ba6 $5 14. Qb3 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 c5 {may be a decent try} 16. dxc5 $140 Nd7 $1) 14. Qb3 Bb7 15. Be4 Rd7
$6 (15... Qd7 {[%cal Yb8a6] is ugly}) (15... c5 $5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. dxc5 Nc6 {
(K.Landa)} 18. Nc4 Rd5 {, with some counterplay for the pawn, was the best
option.}) 16. Rfd1 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qa4 $1 {[%mdl 32] Preventing ...Nb8-c6.
} Rd8 {Black admits his mistake.} (18... Bd5 19. Nb1 $1 {[%cal Yb1c3]}) 19. Nb3
(19. Rxc5 $5 {was probably more energetic:} Bxe4 (19... Na6 20. Rb5) 20. Nxe4
Nd7 21. Rc7 Nb6 22. Rxe7 Nxa4 23. Nd6 Bf8 24. Rb7 $16) 19... Na6 ({In the
event of} 19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nd7 21. h4 {Black's position remains difficult.})
20. Rd6 $1 Bxe4 $6 (20... c4 $142 $1 21. Bxb7 (21. Qxc4 $6 Rac8) 21... Qxb7 22.
Qxc4 (22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qxc4 Rd5 $14) 22... Rxd6 23. exd6 Rd8 24. Na5 Qxb2 25.
Rf1 Nb8 {, and Black holds on}) 21. Qxe4 Rxd6 22. exd6 {[%csl Gd6] This pawn
decides the game.} Qf8 23. Qb7 $1 Nb4 24. d7 Nd3 25. Rd1 c4 (25... Rd8 {
was the last possibility to put up resistance but Black should lose anyway:}
26. Qc7 $1 (26. Rxd3 $143 c4 27. Rd2 cxb3 28. Qxb3 Qc5) 26... Nxb2 (26... c4
27. Na5) 27. Rb1 $1 {(K.Landa)} Nd3 (27... Nc4 28. Nxc5 Nb6 29. Rxb6 axb6 30.
Nb7 Bf6 31. Nxd8 Bxd8 32. Qb8) 28. Na5 Bf6 29. Nc6 Ra8 30. Nd2 {[%cal Yd2e4]})
26. Na5 {[%cal Ra5c4,Ra5c6]} Rd8 (26... Nxb2 27. Qxa8) 27. Nc6 Qc5 28. Nxd8
Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Bd4 30. h3 Qe3 31. Nxf7 Bb6 32. N7e5 Nf2+ 33. Kh2 Nxd1 (33...
Nxd1 34. d8=Q+ Bxd8 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Nxg6#) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 {I think these moves are quite suitable
for rapid chess.} h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. c3 {These moves were made rather
quickly. White's position has many active ideas.} Qb6 {You can't call this
move a mistake, but it isn't quite clear. Usually White uses it in the opening,
but I have an extra tempo and I don't have to defend my pawn with the queen.
The more reasonable alternative looks like this} (7... Bd6 $5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O
e5 10. e4 g5 11. dxc5 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxc5 14. Bg3 Qxd1 15. Raxd1
f6 16. b4 Be7 17. Ne1 $11) 8. Rb1 {Of course, I am not going to exchange
queens.} Be7 9. Bd3 {White has a nice position.} Nh5 $6 {This move looks
strange, especially in connection with the previous one. It's better to move
the knight to d7, though after} (9... Nd7 10. Bg3 $1 {Black is unbalanced, it
is not clear how to develop the queenside. Castling, recommended by the
computer, looks rather dangerous.}) (9... O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Ne5 $1 Qc7 12. f4
{with attack.}) 10. Bxe7 {It is possible to play on the queenside:} (10. b4 $5
cxb4 (10... cxd4 11. b5 $1 Na5 12. cxd4 $14) 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Rxb4 Qc7 13.
Bb5+ Kf8 14. O-O Nf6 15. Qc2 $14 {but I decided not to change the master plan,
my aim is to reach the black king!}) 10... Nxe7 11. O-O {Here I could have
transferred my queen, but in rapid chess such ideas are often hard to see.} (
11. dxc5 $1 Qxc5 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qg4 $1 g6 14. Ne5 Qd6 15. Ndf3 {with a
strong initiative for White. This variation shows the weakness of the 7th and
the 9th moves of Black.}) 11... Nf6 12. Ne5 {The attack! Houdini comments like
this:} (12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qa3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. b4 $1 $14) 12... O-O 13. f4
{Exactly like this! My aim is to go ahead, whereas Black's pieces are not in
the game yet. It doesn't make sense to exchange the bishops.} Ne8 {Black is
preparing ahead his defence against the White g-pawn. Black is in danger:} (
13... Bd7 14. g4 Bb5 (14... Be8 15. g5 hxg5 16. fxg5 Nd7 17. Ndf3 $40) 15. g5
hxg5 (15... Bxd3 16. gxf6 Bxb1 17. fxe7 $16) 16. fxg5 Nd7 17. Qh5 Bxd3 18. Nxd7
Qa6 19. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 20. gxf6 Bxb1 21. Rf2 $1 Qd3 22. Rg2+ Qg6 23. fxe7 Rfe8
24. Nxb1 $18) 14. Qh5 {In connection with the black knight retreat I have
extra chances. Why not using the strongest piece?} f6 {This move strengthens
the game. Perhaps, Black should strengthen his position.} (14... f5 $5 15. Qh4
Nf6 16. Rf3 cxd4 17. exd4 Qd6 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Rg3 Kh8 $14) 15. Ng6 {The
immediate moving of the pawn is more effective} (15. g4 $1 {I saw this move,
but didn't take the risk of playing it. I thought my simple move would lead to
a strong advantage. I didn't want to "overthink it". Now after} fxe5 16. fxe5 {
Black has to give the piece back} Nf5 {and now comes a quiet move} 17. Rf2 $1
$16) 15... Nxg6 16. Bxg6 {I could make my opponent play f6-f5 and then
continue a long fight.} (16. Qxg6 f5 17. Nf3 $14 {But I know very well that
it's very difficult to win a slightly better position against Sergey. So I
undertook a direct attack. I kept in mind that at the moment he was in time
trouble. I think my decision was right.}) 16... Bd7 17. g4 $1 {Black wants to
exchange bishops, but he lacks a tempo.} cxd4 $6 {The opening of the e-line is
in White's favour. The variation looks weak-spirited} (17... Nd6 18. g5 Be8 19.
Bxe8 Raxe8 20. gxh6 Nf5 $16) ({Black should have considered} 17... Bb5 $5 18.
Rf2 Nd6 {Black is safe against g4-g5, but suddenly the white knight enters the
game!} 19. Nb3 $1 {So, again Black gives up his pawn.} cxd4 (19... c4 $6 20.
Nc5 $40) 20. Nxd4 Be8 (20... Bd7 21. Rg2 $1 {the threat is great g4-g5}) 21.
Nxe6 Bxg6 22. Qxg6 Rf7 23. Nd4 Re8 24. Re2 $14 {Black has some compensation
for his pawn and a chance to draw.}) 18. exd4 Qd8 {A vain attempt to hold the
position.} 19. Nf3 {Still another piece is in the game! Houdini considers the
line:} (19. g5 fxg5 20. fxg5 Rxf1+ (20... Qxg5+ 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Bh7+ Kxh7 23.
Rxf8 $18) 21. Rxf1 Qxg5+ 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Bf7+ Kh7 24. Nf3 Nf6 25. Nxg5+ Kh6
26. h4 $16 {I saw the lines while playing, but I didn't think they are strong
enough.}) 19... Qc7 20. Nh4 {It's a reasonable move, but still using the rook
could be tough.} (20. Rbe1 $1 $16) 20... Bb5 21. Rfe1 $1 {It's time for the
decisive attack!} ({The line} 21. Rf2 Nd6 22. Re1 Rae8 $1 {shows that Black is
still alive.}) 21... Bd7 {Taking the pawn leads to a poor ending for Black.} (
21... Qxf4 22. Rxe6 f5 $1 23. Bh7+ $5 Kxh7 24. Ng6 Nf6 25. Nxf4 Nxh5 26. gxh5
Rae8 27. Rbe1 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 $16) 22. f5 {I didn't want to play a complicated
ending:} (22. Bd3 Qxf4 23. Ng6 Qg5 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Qxg5 fxg5 26. Ng6+ Kg8 27.
Nxf8 Kxf8 $16 {White's position is winning, but he has to work hard to achieve
the result.}) 22... e5 (22... exf5 $4 23. Re7 $18) 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. g5 {
The brave pawn continues its mission. In spite of the open position, the white
king feels comfortable, because all the black pieces are too passive.} Qc5+ 25.
Kg2 d4 ({A more difficult task for White could be in the line} 25... Bc6 26.
gxh6 Nf6 27. Qg5 gxh6 28. Qxh6 Qc4 {and here two beautiful moves in a row are
required from White:} 29. Bh7+ $3 Nxh7 30. Rg1 $3 $18) 26. gxh6 {There was a
more straightforward way to win:} (26. f6 Bc6+ 27. Kg3 Nxf6 28. gxf6 Rxf6 29.
Qxe5 $18) 26... Nf6 27. Qg5 gxh6 28. Qxh6 dxc3 {Black could use his queen in
his defence, but after} (28... Qe7 29. cxd4 e4 30. Rg1 Qg7 31. Qe3 $1 {the end
is near.}) 29. Kh3 $1 {The white king is quite safe and it watches its rooks.}
c2 30. Rbc1 {At such decisive moments it is important not to make a beautiful
sacrifice. Black has no defense on the g-file.} Qd4 31. Rg1 Qd3+ 32. Rg3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15.
Ne2 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 a5 18. Rd3 f6 19. Rf3 fxe5 20. fxe5 Ba6 21. Bxa6
Rxa6 22. h4 Raa8 23. h5 h6 24. b3 Rac8 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qe3 Qd8 27. Qh3 Qe7
28. g4 Rf4 29. Be3 Re4 30. Rg1 Rxe5 31. Qg3 Qf7 32. g5 hxg5 33. Bxg5 Rf5 34.
Bc1 Rxh5 35. Qc7 d4 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qc4 Ne5 38. Qxd4 Nf3 39. Qe4+ Qf5 40. Rg4
Qxe4 41. Rxe4 Re5 42. Rc4 g5 43. c3 bxc3 44. Kc2 Re2+ 45. Kxc3 Rxa2 46. Bb2 Kg6
47. Kc2 Kf5 48. Kb1 Rxb2+ 49. Kxb2 g4 50. Rc5+ e5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 {It's hard to say that this move can possibly
promise White any kind of advantage. However it is playable and White isn't
worse yet.} h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Be7 6. c3 b6 7. Ngf3 Ba6 $2 {A very hard move
to understand. Black could always play this after castling short, which is
where he has to castle anyways, after which it is almost a guarantee that
White will develop his light-squared bishop. If this is the case, then why not
wait for the development and win a tempo by playing ...Ba6 on the next move?}
8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne4 cxd4 11. Nxf6+ $6 {Also difficult to
understand. The knight had more potential than the bishop in this position, so
why trade it off in such a hurry? The combination of rapid time controls and
extreme fatigue from the long tournament results in many mistakes.} Qxf6 12.
cxd4 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qa4 Nc7 15. Rac1 Nd5 16. Ne5 d6 17. Nd3 Rfc8 18. h3
Qb7 {Black has been given enough time to consolidate. White doesn't hold an
advantage anymore.} 19. Qa3 Qd7 20. Qa6 f5 $6 {A strange decision from any
point of view. Black has no reason to try too hard to win as White holds some
very small pressure on the queenside that cannot be ignored. So why weaken the
kingside/center on top of that?} (20... Ne7 $1 21. g3 {(or any random move
that White makes, there isn't much to do in the position)} Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8
23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 $11 {and the game will surely end in a draw.}) 21. Rfe1 Kf7 22.
Nf4 Nb4 $6 {It is possible that this move is not that bad, but with the clock
ticking and with so much on the line there is absolutely no reason to go
munching a pawn on a2 and stranding Black's own knight.} 23. Qe2 Nxa2 24. Rxc8
Rxc8 25. e4 {Unsurprisingly this central break puts a lot of pressure on the
black position. Black is still holding but now has to be very careful.} Nb4 26.
exf5 exf5 27. Qf3 a5 $6 (27... d5 $1 {trying to give back material as soon as
possible for simplifications would have allowed Black to still be close to
equal.}) 28. Re6 {Now the pressure intensifies.} Kg8 29. Qg3 $1 Nd5 $2 {
Losing with no resistance. However already Black's position was very perilous.}
30. Qb3 $1 {The knight cannot move, and is thus lost. A simple but fatal
tactic.} (30. Qb3 Nxf4 31. Re7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.28"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 g6 8. Qb3
Qc8 9. h3 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Ne4 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ng5 Nf6
15. Be5 h6 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Bf3 Re7 19. h4 f5 20. g3 Qe6 21. Kg2
g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Qd3 f4 24. exf4 gxf4 25. g4 Qg6 26. Rcd1 a5 27. Rh1 Rae8
28. Rh5 Re1 29. Rxe1 Rxe1 30. Qd2 Re8 31. Qxf4 Qf6 32. Rf5 Qxd4 33. Qc7 Rf8 34.
Qxb7 Qxc5 35. Qd7 Qc2 36. g5 Bd4 37. Bh5 Qe4+ 38. Rf3 Kg7 39. Qxc6 Qh7 40. Qxd5
Qxh5 41. Qxd4+ Kg8 42. Rh3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. h4
Bg7 9. h5 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. e4 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Rfe8 15.
a4 a6 16. Bc4 c6 17. h6 Bf6 18. Ba3 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qb3 Re7
22. Rab1 Bc6 23. Red1 Rb8 24. Bd5 Be8 25. c4 Rc7 26. Ra1 Kf8 27. Qb2 a5 28. Rd3
Kg8 29. Rb3 Ra7 30. Ne1 Qd4 31. Qa2 Be7 32. Nf3 Qc5 33. Nxe5 Bg5 34. Ng4 Qd4
35. c5 Kf8 36. c6 f5 37. Rf3 Bf7 38. Ne3 fxe4 39. Rd1 Qc5 40. Bxe4 Bxh6 41. Rd7
Rxd7 42. cxd7 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Friedel,J"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{For some reason, I always feel like Kramnik losing violates some basic law of
nature. Nevertheless, I'll do my best to explain how such a thing took place.} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Kramnik stuns the world by playing the Berlin.}
4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 {This sideline is generally considered quite
tame.} (6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {is the infamous endgame which
Kramnik made popular by using it to hold Kasparov at bay.}) 6... Nxb5 7. a4
Nbd4 {This is the safest choice for Black.} (7... d6 8. e6 fxe6 9. axb5 {
is for folk who are less sound in the head.}) 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6
Qxd6 {I'm sure at this point most people were expecting the players to repeat
moves and take a nap.} 11. Qe3+ $5 {This strange looking move isn't a novelty,
but it is hard to believe it is a serious try for advantage.} (11. Qe4+ Qe6 12.
Qd4 Qd6 {is the forced draw which has occurred in countless games.}) 11... Be6
(11... Be7 12. Nc3 c6 {is another option for Black.}) (11... Qe6 {is idiotic
now due to} 12. Qg3 {and Black is under some pressure.}) 12. Nc3 a6 {It is
worth investing a tempo to take away the b5 square from White's knight.} 13.
Rd1 Qc6 14. Rd3 {This bizarre looking move has actually been tried before.} Rc8
$6 {This move is too deep for me, but I fear that it is also too deep for the
position. The idea is to defend the weak c-pawn while not committing the
bishop yet, but I think it is just too slow.} (14... Be7 {I'm curious what
Andreikin's prep was here} 15. Nb5 O-O 16. Nd4 Qd5 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6
19. Be3 {Maybe his plan was to play into this ending, though in my opinion
White's advantage is pretty much symbolic} Bf6 20. c3 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Rxd3 22.
Rxd3 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. g4 e5 25. Kg2 Kf7 26. Kf3 Ke6 27. Ke4 c6 28. f3 b5
29. b3 g6 30. c4 Be7 31. Bd2 Bd8 32. Bc3 Bc7 33. Bd2 Bd8 34. Bc3 Bc7 35. Bd2 {
1/2-1/2 (35) Jones,G (2635)-Fressinet,L (2693) Plovdiv 2012}) (14... Bc5 15.
Qg3 f6 {is another interesting possibility for Black.}) 15. Ne2 $1 {Andreikin
uses the opportunity to improve his knight.} Bc5 (15... Qxc2 16. Nd4 {would be
ill-advised.}) 16. Qg3 f6 17. Be3 {Andreikin's play is very straightforward.
Once he forces the bishop trade, Black's dark squares will be hurting.} Bd6 18.
Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 O-O {This drops the c7-pawn, but Black had no better options.
} 20. Rc3 Qd6 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Qxc7 Rc8 24. Qxb7 Rxc2 {The dust
has settled, and while White is up a pawn, Black has clear compensation due to
his active pieces. All the same, it is clear White got what he wanted from the
opening, not something most can claim when playing Kramnik.} 25. h3 Qe2 26.
Qb8+ Kf7 27. Qa7+ Kg8 28. b4 h6 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Qf4 {Play has been quite
logical so far. Black is trying to keep White as passive as possible while
keeping the pawns at bay. The problem is that it is impossible to do this
indefinitely.} Qe6 31. Qd4 Qe2 32. Qf4 Qe6 33. Rb1 Qa2 {This move makes Black
go down a bit quicker, but it is an understandable try, as otherwise Black
will simply be forced into passivity once the pawns gets rolling.} 34. Qf5+ Kg8
35. Rd1 {Now that Black's queen is out of the center, White focuses his
attention on the weak king.} Qxa4 (35... Rd2 36. Rxd2 Qxd2 37. Qb1 {is
hopeless.}) 36. Rd8+ (36. b5 $1 {was the simplest way to end it, the point
being that if} axb5 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Qh5+ {leads to mate.}) 36... Kf7 37. Qd5+
Kg6 38. Qd3+ (38. Qd1 $1 {is crushing now, as Black is left without a good
move. This kind of move is difficult to spot over the board, however.} Qc6 39.
Qg4+ Kf7 40. Rd7+ Ke8 41. Rxg7 $18) 38... Kf7 39. Rd7+ Ke8 40. Rd8+ Kf7 41.
Rd7+ Ke8 42. Rxg7 {White missed a couple knockout blows, but he correctly
assessses the rook ending as a win. Don't believe your computers here, folks.}
Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Qe5+ 44. Qg3 Qxg3+ (44... Rxf2 45. Qxe5+ fxe5 46. Rg6 Rb2 47. Rxa6
Rxb4 48. Rxh6 {is an easy win.}) 45. Kxg3 Rb2 46. Rb7 (46. Rh7 {is also good.})
46... Kf8 (46... a5 {is a more active try, but it isn't quite good enough.} 47.
Rb6 $1 {and White will collect Black's entire kingside, as bxa5 is a threat
now.} (47. b5 a4 48. b6 a3 {will liquidate the queenside pawns leading to a
theoretically drawn ending.}) 47... axb4 (47... Rxb4 48. Rxf6 h5 49. f4 a4 50.
Rf5 Rb2 51. Rxh5 $18) 48. Rxf6 h5 49. Rh6 Kd7 50. Rxh5 Kc6 51. Rh8 Rd2 52. Rb8
$18) 47. Rh7 Rb3+ 48. f3 Rxb4 49. Rxh6 {In general, White's kingside majority
should be enough to win these endings. The idea is to advance the kingside
pawns while making sure White's rook can get behind the a-pawn. Andreikin's
technique is instructive.} Kg7 50. Rh5 Ra4 51. h4 Kg6 52. Rc5 a5 53. h5+ Kg7 (
53... Kh6 54. Kh3 Ra1 55. Kg4 {is an easy win.}) 54. f4 Ra2 55. Kf3 a4 56. Ra5
a3 57. g4 Kh6 58. Ra6 Kg7 59. Ra7+ Kg8 (59... Kh6 60. Rf7 $18) 60. Ke4 Rg2 61.
Kf5 a2 62. h6 Kh8 63. g5 fxg5 64. fxg5 Rb2 65. Kg6 Rb6+ 66. Kh5 Rb5 (66... Rb2
{doesn't improve Black's chances.} 67. Ra8+ Kh7 68. g6#) 67. Rxa2 {Now we've
reached a basic endgame every Russian schoolboy knows. The plan is to put the
rook on the e-file, get the king out, and eventually play g6.} Kh7 68. Ra7+ Kg8
69. Rg7+ Kh8 70. Rf7 Kg8 71. Rf6 Kh7 72. Re6 Ra5 73. Re7+ Kg8 74. Kg6 Ra6+ 75.
Kf5 Ra1 76. g6 {Black has a lot of checks here, but inevitably his rook will
get forced back to the 8th, and then White will force a rook trade.} Rf1+ 77.
Ke5 Re1+ 78. Kd6 Rd1+ 79. Kc5 Rc1+ 80. Kb4 Rc8 81. Kb5 Ra8 82. Kb6 Rb8+ 83. Ka7
Rd8 84. Rb7 {with Rb8 coming next, Kramnik resigned. Andreikin recovered from
yesterday's bad loss and avenged the World Cup final all in one go!} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 {I prefer this
natural move to the one chosen by Kramnik 6...g6?! (Andreikin-Kramnik,
Dortmund 2013. 1-0)} 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e3 c5 {A logical continuation.} ({If Black
plays passively, White can begin a dangerous attack:} 8... c6 $6 9. h4 $1 Nd7
10. g4 $40) 9. dxc5 Nd7 ({Another interesting idea is} 9... Na6 $5 10. cxd5
exd5 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. b4 Bf6 $44) 10. cxd5 exd5 $6 {Here is the
first important moment.} ({After} 10... Nxc5 11. dxe6 (11. d6 Bxd6 12. Rd1 $11)
11... Bxe6 12. Bc4 Bf5 13. e4 {we both overlooked} Nxe4 $1 {At the press
conference after the game Veselin was talking about the move 13...Bg6?!} 14.
Nxe4 Qg6 {Black develops a dangerous initiative, for example} 15. Bd5 (15. Nfd2
Rac8 16. O-O b5 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qd3 Bg5 $17) (15. O-O $5 Bxe4 16. Qb3 Rad8 {
Black has the advatage of the two bishops.}) 15... Rfd8 16. Bxb7 Qxg2 17. Ke2 (
17. Rg1 $2 Qxf3 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf3 Bxc2 $19) 17... Bg4 18. Qb3 Rab8 19.
Rhg1 Qxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Rxb7 $15 {This endgame is better for Black.}
) 11. Nb3 {Of course, now I don't give up the c-pawn.} a5 (11... b6 12. c6 Nb8
13. Rc1 Bb4+ 14. Nbd2 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nxc6 17. O-O $14) 12. a4 $5 {
I supported my opponent's aspiration for a difficult fight.} (12. Bd3 a4 13.
Nbd4 Nxc5 14. O-O $11) 12... b6 13. c6 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 Nc5 {I prefer this move to
the passive:} (14... Nb8 $6 {with idea to win back a pawn.} 15. Nbd4 Bc5 16.
Bb5 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Nxc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Ke2 {If the white king is
consolidated, Black will get an unpleasant endgame.}) 15. Nbd4 Ne4 $2 {The
black knight in the centre is beautiful, but not effective. Black had an
opportunity to activate other pieces:} (15... Bg4 $1 16. Bb5 ({During the game
I wanted to make another move:} 16. h3 $6 Bxf3+ 17. gxf3 Ne6 18. Qf5 {but here
I didn't see} Qh4 $1 $17 19. Bd3 g6 20. Rg1 Ng5 $1 $19) 16... Ne6 17. Kc1 Bc5
18. Qd2 Bb4 19. Qc2 Bc5 $11) 16. Bb5 {The white position is better. The pawn
on c6 is very strong!} g5 $2 {This is a continuation plan associated with
mistaken knight move.  Black could qualify for counterplay after} (16... Bg4
17. Kc1 Bh5 $5 18. Bd3 $5 (18. Kb1 Bg6 19. Bd3 Nxf2 20. Bxg6 Qxg6 21. Qxg6 fxg6
22. Rc1 Nd3 23. Rd1 Nf2 24. Rc1 Nd3 $11) 18... Nc5 19. Bf5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 g6 21.
Bh3 Na6 $1 22. Bf1 $5 (22. Kb1 Bc5 $11) 22... Rfc8 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. c7 Ra7 25.
Nb5 Bd6 26. Nxa7 Rxc7 27. Nc6 Bf8 28. Kb1 Rxc6 $44) 17. h3 $16 {Now Black is
devoid of any counterplay.} h5 $6 {This is an unnecessary weakening of the
king. Black should think about defence} (17... Ra7 18. Kc1 Rc7 19. Kb1 Rd8 20.
Ka2 Bf8 21. Rac1 Bg7 $16 {White's position is winning, but not very easy.}) 18.
Kc1 $1 {I can ignore the activity of my opponent.} Bc5 {This move is a
recognition of the failure of his plan. After} (18... g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Kb1
$1 gxf3 21. gxf3 Ng5 22. Ka2 $18 {Black's king is doomed.}) 19. Kb1 Re8 20. Ka2
$18 {Black has played badly and this position is already absolutely lost. The
weakness of the kingside should soon be crucial.} Ra7 21. Rad1 Kf8 22. Rhf1 Kg7
23. Ka1 Bf8 $2 24. Ne2 Rd8 25. h4 $1 g4 26. Nf4 Kg8 27. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {After my miraculous escape in the previous round's game with
Anand, fate gave me a chance to fight for a higher position and prize. I had
nowhere to retreat. I had -1 and was sharing 3rd-8th place and this was the
last round. I decided to fight to the end. I had successfully used the
Trompowsky Opening during the Chess World Cup 2013, but decided to extend my
repertoire of classical openings. Now I don't know whether it was a good or
bad idea.} g6 {A nice surprise.} ({Recently Levon applied the original scheme} 
2... d5 3. e3 Nbd7 $5 {a rare move} 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bf4 g5 6. Bg3 Ne4 {
Rapport-Aronian 2014.}) 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 {This move is necessary, otherwise
Black plays d7-d5.} Bb4+ {The black bishop joins the game immediately.} ({
Another setup looks more logical:} 4... f5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Nd7 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. O-O c6 11. b4 {White creates play on the queenside and
receives a small, but stable advantage.}) 5. Nd2 {I did not want to spoil the
pawn structure.} ({After} 5. Nc3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 f5 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. Nh3
Nf6 10. Nf4 {the position is almost equal.}) 5... c5 {I can't call this move a
mistake, but it doesn't look correct; it looks as if from this point on the
game was about one of two results. The Trompowsky again had not disappointed
me :)} 6. a3 {The potentially dangerous bishop should be exchanged right now.}
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 cxd4 8. Nf3 Nc6 {Black is unable to fully exchange the pawn
centre:} (8... d5 9. c5 $1 O-O 10. Nxd4 $16 {This pawn structure looks fatal
for Black.}) 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Qe5 {Some of the previous moves
had been made automatically, and now it was time to think properly. Black
still has a very safe position. White has few pieces which can be used to put
pressure on his opponent's weakened centre. Also, there is a risk that if the
opponent comfortably places his pawns on the dark squares, playing d7-d6 and
b7-b6, then my light-squared bishop will be out of work for a long time.} 12.
O-O-O $5 {I like this idea. It is clear that White's main hope is associated
with play on the queenside, so, using castling, the king is sent there. Before
making this move, I made sure that I could execute it according to the rules.
I did't want to finish the tournament having blundered the queen and the rook
at the same time :)} a5 {Black wants to locate my pawns on "unprofitable"
white squares, or to activate the rook on a8.} 13. b5 {I had a pleasant choice
either to make a move or to exchange the queens:} (13. Qxe5+ $5 fxe5 14. b5 {
the black pawn has got stuck on d7. It is difficult to say in whose favour it
is. The computer suggests that Black sacrifice a pawn.} b6 $5 15. Rd5 f6 16.
Rd6 Rb8 17. Rxf6 Ke7 18. Rf3 d5 $1 $44 {This position is approximately equal,
but White does not feel so comfortable.}) 13... d6 {I underestimated this move,
although Black didn't have a better alternative.} ({Deep in my heart I was
hoping for} 13... Ke7 14. c5 Rd8 15. Qd6+ Ke8 16. Rd3 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Qa2+ 18. Ke3
Qe6+ 19. Kd4 $18) 14. Qxe5+ {If White plays to win, this move should be
recognised as the only one. Unfortunately, you can't get a pawn majority on
the queenside any other way.} (14. e3 Ke7 $1 15. f4 Qc5 $1 16. Kb2 Be6 17. Qxc5
dxc5 $11 {You can settle for a draw.}) 14... dxe5 15. g3 {This idea with the
activation of the bishop along the main diagonal should be foreseen.} ({
Otherwise White can get a worse position:} 15. Kb2 $6 Be6 16. e3 Rc8 17. Kb3
Ke7 18. Be2 Rc5 19. a4 Rhc8 20. Rc1 b6 {White's pawn majority became a
weakness, and the black infantry has the resources to attack on the kingside.})
15... Be6 ({To build barricades against the white bishop isn't possible:} 15...
f5 16. Bg2 e4 17. f3 Be6 18. Rd4 Ke7 19. fxe4 Rac8 20. exf5 Bxc4 21. Kd2 Bxb5
22. Bxb7 {White's advantage has acquired material form.}) 16. Bg2 Bxc4 $6 {
An error associated with a particular miscalculation.} ({It would be more
natural and stronger be to bring the rook into play:} 16... Rc8 $1 17. Kb2 {
During the game I thought that this move of the king was a very powerful
resource. In fact, it only leads to a transposition of moves.} Ke7 $1 18. Bxb7
Rxc4 {White can not safely move the bishop on c6, because of the ligament
along the b-line.} 19. Bd5 $5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rhc8 21. Rhd1 Rc2+ 22. Kb3 R8c4 $1
{With this move Black keeps the balance. If you do not know about it, the
ending with the remote b-pawn looks very optimistic for White.} 23. Rd7+ Kf8
24. Ra7 R2c3+ 25. Kb2 Rc2+ 26. Kb3 $11) 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bc6+ Kf8 19. a4 Bb3
20. Kb2 $1 {After the game Levon said that he had blundered this opportunity,
making his 16th move. Of course, to find and execute such ideas is very nice.
I was sure that my position is close to winning.} Bxa4 $2 {In fact, this move
is the decisive mistake. Black had to accept the gift and then adjust the
interaction of the pieces:} (20... Bxd1 $1 21. Rxd1 Ke7 22. Rd7+ Ke6 23. Kc3
Rhd8 24. Ra7 Rd1 25. Rxa5 Rc1+ 26. Kd2 Ra1 27. Ra7 Rd8+ 28. Kc3 Rd4 29. a5 Raa4
$11 {Next the a4-rook checks on the 4th rank. This is one of the possible
"traps" for the white king. Anyway, the white a- and b-pawns were a visual
rather than a real threat in this ending.}) 21. Rd5 Ke7 22. Ka3 {However, it
is impossible to trap the black bishop, but White's position is winning.} (22.
Ra1 $2 Rhc8 23. Ka3 (23. Rxa4 Rxc6 $11) 23... Bb3 $1 24. Rd7+ Kf8 25. Rb1 a4
$11) 22... Bc2 23. Rd7+ {I need to push the king back to the 8th rank.} Kf8 (
23... Ke6 $2 24. Rc1 Be4 25. Rc7 Bxc6 26. R1xc6+ Kf5 27. b6 $18) 24. e4 $6 {
I spent about half of the remaining 20 minutes on this move. Unfortunately, of
all varieties I chose the worst one. I can not say that I was delighted with
the computer solution in this position:} (24. Bd5 $6 Rxb5 25. Rc1 Rxd5 26. Rxd5
Bf5 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. Rxh8 Kxh8 29. Ka4 {I am not at all sure how to evaluate
this position. In my opinion, the best way to victory was found at the press
conference immediately after the game:}) (24. Rc1 $1 Bf5 25. Ra7 Kg7 26. Rd1 $1
{An important move! You can't allow the black rook to capture the d-file.} Rhc8
27. Rd6 $18 {the white king enters the game and the b-pawn determines the
outcome of the game. Such a position is won easily. Black has no active ideas.
Even in severe time pressure it is almost impossible to make a mistake here.})
24... a4 {This is harder than another attempt to release the bishop:} (24... f5
$6 25. Rc1 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Ka4 Kg7 28. Rc6 $1 $18 {Black can not
exchange the rooks and the white pawn calmly goes to b7.}) 25. Rc1 Bb3 26. Bd5
$6 {Another doubtful solution. I overestimated my position in the rook ending
thinking that the active king and passed pawn easily ends the game. I should
have been keeping in mind that two pawns are better than one.} ({After} 26. Rc5
$1 Kg7 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 {Black can hardly stop these two pawns.}) 26...
Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Kg7 28. Rc7 Rb6 29. Rc6 Rb7 30. Kxa4 {First I didn't plan to
take this pawn. I thought I could neutralise the black rooks' activity by
moving the b-pawn further forward. But time passed, and I couldn't find a
precise positioning of my pieces. I had to go to plan B - my king was forced
to do all the work himself.} (30. b6 Ra8 31. g4 Ra6 32. Rdd6 {White has the
initiative, but I can not see how to achieve progress.}) 30... Ra8+ 31. Ra6 Rc8
32. b6 $2 {This move loses victory.} ({The cute rook manoeuvre never entered
my head} 32. Rad6 $3 $18 {I will not give super-long options, White must win
here.}) 32... Rc2 33. Kb5 Rxf2 $4 {Levon made this move quickly.} ({Of course
I saw the right move} 33... Rb8 $1 $11 {but being pressed for time I didn't
know what to do in response to it. The analysis shows that Black makes a draw
in all variations} 34. Rd1 Rxf2 35. Rb1 f5 $1 36. exf5 e4 37. fxg6 hxg6 38.
Raa1 e3 39. Ka6 Ra8+ 40. Kb7 Rxa1 41. Rxa1 Rd2 42. Kc8 e2 43. b7 Rd1 44. b8=Q
e1=Q 45. Rxd1 Qxd1 $11) 34. Kc6 Re7 35. Raa5 $1 $18 {Levon confessed, that he
had blundered by not seeingthis move. Now the white king is protected from
checks and nothing can prevent it from accomplishing its mission! I am pleased
that having about 1 minutes for 5 moves I managed to find this idea.} Re6+ 36.
Rd6 Re7 37. Rdd5 {I repeated moves before the final march of the king. Black
has large material losses, the next part of the game does not need comments.}
Re6+ 38. Kc7 Re7+ 39. Kc8 Re8+ 40. Kd7 Kf8 41. b7 Re7+ 42. Kc6 Re6+ 43. Kc7
Re7+ 44. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 {A little surprise as Caruana had only ever played the Scandinavian
twice before.} 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 ({He might have been inspired by his
recent game against Carlsen's... first experience ever with this opening:} 3...
Qd8 {Caruana,F (2801)-Carlsen,M (2877) Tromso 2014 CBM 162 [Marin,M] (0-1, 50)}
) 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5 (6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 {Dominguez Perez,L 
(2726)-Caruana,F (2786) Tashkent 2012 CBM 152 [Mekhitarian,K] (0-1, 83)}) 6...
Qb6 7. Be2 $5 {(N) If we consider that the only previous game with this move
ended in a draw after just 11 moves, we can safely say this is a novelty.
White does not try taking immediate advantage of the queen's exposure on b6.
He is just happy for having unblocked the c2-pawn with gain of time, leading
to a flexible central structure, as the knight's repeated moves are
compensated for by the queen's early moving around.} (7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 {Motylev,
A (2677)-Inarkiev,E (2676) Poikovsky 2009 CBM 131 [Kritz,L] (1/2-1/2, 18)}) (7.
Na3 c6 8. Nc4 Qd8 9. g3 {Leko,P (2732)-Caruana,F (2786) Tashkent 2012 CBM 152 
[Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 60)}) 7... c6 8. Na3 Bg7 9. O-O $146 {Rigourously speaking,
this is the new move.} (9. Bf4 Be6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Todorovic,G 
(2488)-Bogosavljevic,B (2552) Kragujevac 2013}) 9... O-O 10. c3 Qc7 $6 {
I do not see the point of this voluntary retreat. Under different
circumstances, it would prevent the optimal developing of the bishop to f4,
but since b2 was hanging this was not a threat anyway. I believe it was better
to wait for Na3-c4 before retreating to c7.} ({If Black had decidced already
to develop his bishop to f5, he could have played} 10... Bf5 11. Nc4 Qc7 {
Due to the tempo wasted on Na3-c4, White would not be in time to answer ...
c6-c5 with d4-d5 as in the game:} 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Qc1 c5 14. Rd1 Be6 $5) ({
But I am not so enthusiastic about the plan based on ...Bf5. Following my
experience as a Pirc player, I would have chosen the more flexible} 10... Nbd7
11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bg5 b6 13. Qc1 Bb7 {[%cal Ga8d8]} 14. Bf4 Qc8 {[%cal Gc6c5]})
11. Bg5 Bf5 12. Qc1 {[%cal Gg5f4,Gg5h6]} Nbd7 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Rd1 {White has
done his best to prepare against ...c5 and has hopes to retain at least a
slight edge.} Rd8 (14... Nd5 15. Bg3 b5 {[%cal Gc8b7] was a possible plan, too,
keeping the threat of ..c6-c5 in reserve.}) 15. Nc4 c5 16. d5 {The position is
acquiring some threads of the ...Nb8-a6 variation from the Moscow Grünfeld.
Quite complicated stuff, so we should not wonder that mutual mistakes and
inaccuracies will pop in.} Nb6 17. d6 $1 {The only way to fight for an
advantage.} ({If} 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. c4 b5 $132 {the doubled pawns prove strong.
}) 17... Qe6 $6 {[%cal Ge6c4,Ge6e2] This tempting move, attacking two white
pieces, could have run into a very strong reply.} ({The position arising after
} 17... Nxc4 18. Bxc4 exd6 19. Bxd6 Ne4 20. Bf4 {[%cal Ga2a4,Gf3e5,Ge5c4] is
assessed as dead equal by engines, but humanly speaking White has the more
pleasant position due to the relative weakness of the d5 and c4-squares.}) 18.
Bf1 $6 {The correct idea in a sub-optimal execution.} ({It would have been
useful to remove the rook from the d-file with} 18. Re1 $1 Nxc4 19. Ng5 Qd5 20.
dxe7 $1 {As we will see, this zwischenzug will not be possible in the game.}
Re8 21. Rd1 Qc6 22. Bxc4 Rxe7 {[%cal Gb7b5,Gh7h6]} 23. a4 $1 {This is a much
more active form of the structure resulting in the line from the comments to
17...Qe6 above. Black has to permanently reckon with the pseudo-sacrifice on
f7.} a6 (23... h6 $2 24. Bd6 Rd7 25. Bb5 $18) 24. Rd6 Qc8 25. Qd2 h6 26. Nxf7
$1 Rxf7 27. Be5 (27. Bxh6 $2 Ne4 {[%csl Gd6,Gh6]}) 27... Ne8 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29.
Qd5+ Kf8 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rb6 $16 {/+-One rook is clearly stronger than two
minor pieces, due to the exposed position of the black king and White's
superior activity.}) 18... Nxc4 19. Ng5 Qc8 20. Bxc4 ({Unfortunately,} 20. dxe7
$2 {does not work due to} Rxd1 $19) 20... e6 {The position has settled down,
at least temporarily. Is the d6-pawn weak or strong? This is hard to evaluate,
only a practical game and susequent analysis can give a more or less
definitive answer. The question is almost as complicated as: "Is the Grünfeld
playable?"} 21. Be5 Qc6 22. a4 {As in a similar line above, this not only
ensures the bishop against ...b7-b5, but also creates the threat Bb5.} a6 (
22... Ne8 $2 23. Bb5 $1 Qb6 24. d7 Nc7 25. Bxg7 (25. Rd6 Bxe5 26. Rxb6 axb6 $14
) 25... Kxg7 26. g4 $1 Bxg4 27. Qf4 $18) 23. Be2 $5 {Trying to hit the queen
from the other available diagonal.} ({White has no time to play the
strategically desirable} 23. a5 {because of} Ne8 $1 {[%csl Gd6,Ge5]}) 23... c4
$2 {This clears some space for the queen but weakens the c-pawn and the
d4-square.} ({A better chance to obtain adequate counterplay was} 23... h6 {
when two minor pieces would be competing for the f3-square.}) 24. Rd4 Qc5 25.
Nf3 b5 {More or less forced, but it develops... the a1-rook without the
necessity of moving!} (25... Ng4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. h3 Nxf2 (27... e5 28. hxg4
exd4 29. cxd4 Qxd6 30. gxf5 $18) 28. Qe3 Nxh3+ 29. gxh3 Rxd6 30. Kf2 $16) 26.
h3 $1 {Suddently, the f5-bishop is in danger, a typical drawback of this way
of developing it.} h6 $2 {I do not get the point behind this move as it does
not prepare against g2-g4 in any way. If I had not seen that Black played ...
h6-h5 at a later moment, I would have believed that it was an error of
transmission and that Caruana actually advanced his pawn to h5 at once.} ({
The attempt to prepare against g2-g4 by putting some pressure on the queenside
with} 26... Rac8 {does not seem entirely satisfactory:} 27. g4 Bd3 28. Bxd3
cxd3 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qe1 (30. Rxd3 Nd5) 30... Nd5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qe5+ Kg8
33. Ng5 Qxd6 34. Nxf7 $1 Qxe5 (34... Kxf7 $2 35. Ra7+) 35. Nxe5 b4 36. c4 Nb6
37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 38. b3 $16) (26... h5 {was necessary, with the possible
continuation} 27. d7 Nxd7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. axb5 e5 30. Rxc4 Qxb5 $14) 27. d7
$6 ({I fail to find anything wrong with} 27. g4 Bd3 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. axb5 axb5
30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Rxd3 $16 {Could Andreikin have feared that his
extra pawn was not enough for a win? Hardly so, it might have been some sort
of mutual hallucination.}) 27... Qe7 $2 ({Here, too,} 27... Nxd7 {would have
been a better chance:} 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. axb5 e5 30. Rxc4 Qxb5 $14) 28. axb5
axb5 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Qd1 $6 (30. g4 $1 Bd3 31. Bxd3 cxd3 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33.
Rxd3 Rd8 34. Qd2 $16) 30... Nd5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Ne5 f6 33. Nc6 Qxd7 34. Nb4 {
White's position looks more pleasant, as Black's seventh rank is weak. But it
will turn out that White's king is not entirely safe either!} Qa7 $2 {
Obviously, Black has to search for counterplay along the a-file. However, when
setting up batteries, queens go in front of the bishops, but... behind the
rooks...} (34... Ra4 $5 35. g4 (35. Nxd5 exd5 36. Rxd5 Qa7 {[%cal Gf5d7]} 37.
Qd2 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Qxf2 39. Rxb5 Bd3 40. Rb7+ Kg8 $11 {With both kings exposed,
one way or another, the game will end in a perpetual.}) 35... Qa7 36. Qd2 Rxb4
37. cxb4 Bd3 $11 {Retrieving the exchange.}) 35. g4 $1 {Finally!} Bd3 36. Bxd3
cxd3 37. Qxd3 Qa1+ 38. Kg2 Qxb2 39. Nxd5 exd5 40. Rxd5 {Black's counterplay
has left the queen far from the weakened king and the b5-pawn hanging.} Ra7 (
40... Rb8 41. Rd7+ Kh8 42. Qxg6 $18) 41. Rxb5 {This is good enough for
retaining chances for a technical win, but...} ({White could have used the
favourable queenside situation for starting a decisive attack:} 41. h4 $3 Rb7
42. h5 (42. g5 $18 {, weakening the dark squares, is good enough, too}) 42...
gxh5 43. gxh5 {Alekhine,A-Saemisch,F Baden-Baden 1925 (11) 1-0 This method of
winning reminds me of the final phase of the game}) 41... Qa2 42. Rd5 {With
the black king exposed, the queen ending would be won. If necessary, White
could bring his king into the attack, when the exposure of his rival would
allow attempts at parrying perpetual check. But the rook ending may offer
saving chances, it depends on the concrete circumstances.} Qa4 43. Rd6 Qe8 44.
Qd4 Qa8+ 45. Kh2 Rf7 46. c4 Qe8 47. c5 Qe5+ {There was nothing better, as the
pawn was becoming too strong. But the weakness of the e5-pawn proves fatal.}
48. Qxe5 fxe5 49. Kg2 Rf4 50. Re6 $1 Re4 51. f3 Re2+ 52. Kf1 Rd2 53. Rxe5 Kf6
54. Re2 {White will bring the rook behind the passed pawn and even if he loses
the f3-pawn this will be just enough for a simple win.} Rd1+ 55. Re1 Rd3 56.
Rc1 Rxf3+ 57. Ke2 Ra3 58. c6 Ra8 59. c7 Rc8 60. Rc5 $5 {[%cal Ge2b5,Gb5b7]
Setting up an original plan. Usually, White advances with his king to the
centre and then, with the help of sixth rank checks, invades the kingside.} Ke6
61. Kd3 h5 62. g5 ({Blindly following the initial plan could result in a draw:
} 62. Kc4 hxg4 63. hxg4 Kd6 64. Kd4 $1 {It is time to switch to the classical
plan.} ({If} 64. Kb5 $2 Rxc7 65. Rxc7 Kxc7 66. Kc5 g5 $11) 64... g5 65. Rc4 Ke6
66. Rc6+ Kd7 67. Kd5 Rxc7 68. Rxc7+ Kxc7 69. Ke6 {[%csl Gg5,Gg7] and Black is
not in time to reach the opposition.}) 62... Kd6 63. Kc4 h4 64. Kb5 {A great
fighting game, despite the inevitable mistakes.} 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {The Trompovsky/Torre sortie is a regular in Andreikin's
repertoire and it has brought him quite a few important points:} (2. Nf3 e6 3.
Bg5 c5 (3... d5 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. c3 Qb6 8. Rb1 Be7 9. Bd3 Nh5
10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. f4 Ne8 14. Qh5 f6 15. Ng6 Nxg6 16.
Bxg6 Bd7 17. g4 cxd4 18. exd4 Qd8 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. Nh4 Bb5 21. Rfe1 Bd7 22. f5
e5 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. g5 $40 {Andreikin,D (2716)-Karjakin,S (2772)/WCup Tromso
rpd/2013/ For more details see the notes by Andreikin in CBM 156.}) 4. e3 cxd4
5. exd4 Be7 6. Bd3 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. c3 d6 9. Nf1 $5 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Qc7 11. Qe2
h6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Rae1 Bf8 15. Qd1 e5 16. Nh4 exd4 17. cxd4 a6
18. Nhf5 Qc6 19. f3 d5 20. Bf4 b5 21. Qd2 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rc1 Qb6 {
Andreikin,D (2710)-Tkachiev,V (2637)/EU-chT Warsaw/2013/} 24. Bc7 Qe6 25. Ba5
$1 $36 {[%cal Ya5b4] For more details see the notes by Andreikin in CBM 158.})
2... Ne4 (2... g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 ({Subsequently Aronian went for this line
in the World blitz in Dubai, but his opponents preferred the less challenging} 
4. e3 d5 $11) 4... Bb4+ 5. Nd2 c5 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 cxd4 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Nxd4
Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Qe5 12. O-O-O a5 13. b5 d6 14. Qxe5+ dxe5 15. g3 Be6
16. Bg2 Bxc4 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bc6+ Kf8 19. a4 Bb3 20. Kb2 Bxa4 $2 (20... Bxd1
21. Rxd1 Ke7 22. Rd7+ $44 {is enough for a draw, but probably not more}) 21.
Rd5 Ke7 22. Ka3 Bc2 23. Rd7+ Kf8 {Andreikin,D (2709)-Aronian,L (2830)/
Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/2014/} 24. Rc1 $1 $18 {For more details see the
notes by Andreikin in CBM 160.}) ({After} 2... e6 {Andreikin usually postpones
the development of the Ng1, which sometimes gives him the option to adopt a
Stonewall setup with White:} 3. e3 (3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Be7 (5... d5 6.
c3 Bd6 7. Ngf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. e4 cxd4 11. cxd4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Rb8
13. Bc6 Bb7 14. Rc1 b5 15. d5 $5 exd5 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nd4 Rfc8
19. Qf3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rd1 Bf8 22. Nf1 Qe8 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Ne3 $44 {
Andreikin,D (2688)-Kovchan,A (2565)/Moscow/2012/}) 6. c3 b6 7. Ngf3 Ba6 $6 (
7... O-O $142 8. Bd3 Ba6) (7... Bb7 $5) 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne4 cxd4
11. Nxf6+ $6 (11. exd4 $14) (11. cxd4 $5) 11... Qxf6 12. cxd4 Qe7 13. O-O O-O
14. Qa4 Nc7 15. Rac1 Nd5 16. Ne5 d6 17. Nd3 Rfc8 18. h3 Qb7 19. Qa3 Qd7 20. Qa6
f5 (20... Ne7 $1 $11 {[%cal Yc8c1,Ya8c8]}) 21. Rfe1 Kf7 22. Nf4 Nb4 23. Qe2
Nxa2 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. e4 $44 {|^, Andreikin,D (2716)-Svidler,P (2746)/WCup
Tromso rpd/2013/ For more details see the notes by Ramirez in CBM 156.}) 3...
d5 4. Nd2 Be7 5. c3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. f4 $1 Ne4 10. Bxe7
Qxe7 11. Ngf3 Nd7 12. g4 c5 13. Rg1 cxd4 14. exd4 Nxd2 15. Kxd2 Nf6 16. g5 Ne4+
17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 hxg5 19. fxg5 g6 20. Raf1 $16 {Andreikin,D (2713)
-Moiseenko,A (2711)/Khanty-Mansiysk WCh blitz/2013/}) ({Another solid
continuation is} 2... d5 3. e3 (3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bd6 7.
Nc3 O-O 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. a3 f5 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Rae1 g6 13. g3 Bd7 14.
e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Qf6 17. Re3 Rae8 18. Qc3 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Bh3 20.
Rf2 Qe7 21. Ne5 Be6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Nf3 Re8 $15 {Andreikin,D (2727)-Almasi,Z
(2689)/Havana/2013/}) 3... c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. c4 (6. Nf3 Nd7 7. c4
dxc4 8. c6 Nb6 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 bxc6 11. Qc2 Bg7 12. Bd3 f5 13. e4 Qf6 14.
Rc1 O-O 15. O-O c5 16. Rfe1 Rd8 17. a4 c4 18. Bf1 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Qf5 (19... Qg6
20. a5 Nd5 21. Bxc4 Bb7 $44) 20. Nd4 $1 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Bb7 22. Nc5 Qxc2 23. Rxc2
Bc6 24. a5 Rxd4 25. axb6 axb6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Bxc4 $11 {/+/=, Carlsen,M 
(2864)-Kramnik,V (2803)/Moscow/2013/ See the notes to this game in CBM 155 by
Sumets.}) 6... dxc4 7. Nd2 $5 c3 8. bxc3 Bxc5 (8... Nd7 $5 9. c6 bxc6 $13 {
[%cal Yf8g7,Yf6f5] can transpose to a similar position to that in
Carlsen-Kramnik.}) 9. Qg4 Nd7 10. Bb5 f5 11. Qg3 Qf6 12. Rb1 Ke7 (12... Kf8 $5
{/\} 13. Bxd7 Bxd7 14. Rxb7 Rd8 $44) 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. f4 Nc5 15. Nd4 a6 16. Be2
Bd7 17. Qf3 b5 18. O-O Rab8 19. e4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Rhc8 22. Qd3 Rc7
23. Rbd1 Bc5 24. Kh1 $13 Rbc8 $2 25. f5 e5 26. Ne6 $1 Ra7 {Andreikin,D (2706)
-Goganov,A (2575)/RUS-ch Nizhny Novgorod/2013/} 27. Qg3 $40 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Yd1d5,Ye6g5,Yg5e4]}) 3. Bf4 d5 {Dominguez had a nightmare tournament in Baku,
so he quite understandably chooses the more restrained option.} ({The sharper
alternative is} 3... c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 (7. e4 $5 Qxb2 8.
Nd2 Qxc3 9. Bc7 d6 10. Rb1 Nfd7 11. Bb5 g6 12. Ne2 Qf6 $13 {is for the more
adventurous types.}) 7... e6 8. e4 (8. c4 {lost its appeal mainly due to} Qb4+
$5 9. Nc3 Qxc4 10. e4 Qb4 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Bc4 d6 13. Nge2 Be7 14. a4 e5 15. g4
h5 16. g5 Nh7 17. Rg1 Nd7 18. Be3 Qd8 19. Qd2 O-O 20. h4 g6 21. Nc1 f6 22. gxf6
Rxf6 23. Qg2 Ndf8 24. Nd3 Rf7 $15 {Agdestein,S (2590)-Bacrot,E (2613)/
Bundesliga/2001/ For more detail see the notes to this game in CBM 082 by
Tsesarsky.}) 8... exd5 9. exd5 {Although objectively this position is probably
OK for Black, in practice his results are rather dismal. Possibly now the best
is} Bd6 $5 (9... d6 10. c4 g6 11. Qe2+ Kd8 12. Qc2 Bg7 13. Bd3 Na6 14. a3 Re8+
15. Ne2 Ke7 16. O-O (16. Nbc3 Kf8 17. O-O Nb4 18. axb4 cxb4+ 19. Kh1 bxc3 20.
Nxc3 Nd7 21. Bd2 Nc5 22. Nb5 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 {[%csl Rd6] Movsesian,S (2637)
-Kotronias,V (2572)/Moscow/2007/} Bxb2 $5 24. Ra2 Bf5 25. Qb3 Bf6 $132) 16...
Kf8 17. Kh1 Qd8 18. Nbc3 Nc7 19. Ng3 Kg8 20. Bf4 b5 21. Rad1 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rb8
23. b3 a6 24. a4 h6 25. Qc1 g5 26. Bd2 $14 {Girish,A (2342)-Akash,G (2213)/New
Delhi/2010/}) (9... Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 (11. Bd3 Nh5 $5 12. Ne2 f5 13. f4 d6
14. O-O {1/2, Pisk,P (2408)-Oral,T (2528)/CZE-chT/2014/} Bf6 $132) 11... d6
$142 (11... Ne8 12. Bd3 Bh4+ 13. g3 Bf6 14. Nge2 d6 15. Qc2 Kh8 16. Bd2 Na6 17.
a3 Nac7 18. Kf2 Bd7 19. h4 {()} Bd4+ $2 20. Kg2 f5 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Ne2 Rc8
23. Qb1 Nf6 24. b4 Rce8 25. Re1 $16 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yb1b2,Ya3a5] Andreikin,D 
(2705)-Greenfeld,A (2573)/EUCup Rogaska Slatina/2011/}) 12. Bd3 Na6 (12... Ne8
13. Nge2 Nd7 14. b3 Ne5 15. Bc2 Bh4+ 16. g3 Bf6 17. O-O Bh3 18. Rf2 Bd7 19. Bf4
g6 20. h4 Bg7 21. h5 f5 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Qd2 Qd8 24. Kg2 $14 {/<=>,Barsov,A 
(2517)-Grigore,G (2534)/Sitges/2007/}) 13. Nge2 Nd7 14. O-O Ne5 15. b3 Bd7 16.
Bc2 Rae8 17. a3 f5 18. Kh1 Bf6 19. Ng3 g6 20. Rb1 Bg7 21. h3 Qd8 22. Bd2 Nc7
23. a4 Qh4 24. Nge2 Nf7 $11 {Kruse,H (2466)-Goncharov,I (2412)/email/2003/})
10. Na3 O-O 11. Bd3 (11. Nc4 Re8+ 12. Kf2 Qc7 13. Nh3 h6 14. a4 b6 15. Bd3 Ba6
16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. c4 Qe5 18. Re1 Qxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Rxe1 20. Kxe1 Nxd5 21. Bd2 Ne7
22. a5 Nbc6 23. axb6 axb6 $15 {Predojevic,B (2641)-Dyachkov,S (2559)/Moscow/
2008/}) 11... Re8+ 12. Ne2 Bf8 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. Ne3 d6 15. O-O g6 16. a4 Bh6 17.
Nc4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 b6 19. Ng3 Bb7 20. Ne4 {Ivanisevic,I (2595)-Kotronias,V 
(2612)/Kavala/2007/} Bxd5 21. Nexd6 Re6 $11) 4. e3 c5 (4... Bf5 5. g4 ({
A solid move is} 5. Nd2 {, or}) (5. Bd3) 5... e5 $5 6. Bxe5 Qh4 7. Qf3 Bxg4 8.
Qg2 Nd7 9. Bg3 Qe7 10. c3 c6 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. Qxg3 Bf5 13. Bh3 Bxh3 14. Nxh3 g6
15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Kb1 Nf6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ngf3 Qe6 19. Qe5 Bd6 20. Qxe6+ fxe6
21. Rdg1 g5 22. Kc2 Rdf8 23. Kd1 Rf7 24. Ke2 Rhf8 25. Rg2 b6 $15 {Vachier
Lagrave,M (2766)-Harikrishna,P (2726)/Biel/2014/ The short opening skirmish
lead to a sedate endgame, in which Black is slightly better.}) 5. Bd3 Nf6 {
This retreat has currently become Black's most popular alternative.} (5... Nc6
{is downright dangerous due to the direct} 6. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 7. d5 e5 (7... Nb4
8. Nc3 e6 9. d6 Qa5 (9... g5 $2 10. Be5 f6 11. Qh5+ Kd7 12. Qf7+ Kc6 13. Bxf6
Nxc2+ 14. Kd2 Qxd6+ 15. Kxc2 Qd3+ 16. Kc1 Qf1+ 17. Nd1 Qc4+ 18. Bc3 $18 {
Nakamura,H (2775)-Polgar,J (2685)/Dubai blitz/2014/}) (9... Nc6 10. Nge2 $5 (
10. Nxe4 e5 11. Bg5 Qa5+ (11... Qd7 $5 12. Nxc5 Qxd6 $44) 12. c3 Be6 13. Nf3 f6
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxf6+ Kf7 16. Ne4 h6 17. Nh4 Bg7 18. Qh5+ Kf8 {Stohl,I (2543)
-Kreisl,R (2322)/Austria/2008/} 19. O-O $18 {[%cal Rf2f4]}) 10... f5 $2 (10...
e5 $5 11. Nb5 exf4 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Qd5 Bxd6 14. Nb5 Ke7 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Qh5
$36) 11. Nb5 Kf7 12. Nc7 Rb8 13. g4 fxg4 14. Ng3 Nb4 15. a3 Nd5 16. Nxe4 Nxf4
17. exf4 Kg8 18. Qxg4 h5 19. Qg3 b5 20. Rg1 Rh6 21. O-O-O $18 {Ivanchuk,V 
(2739)-Jobava,B (2637)/Havana/2005/ See the notes to this game by Postny in
CBM 107.}) 10. Nge2 Bd7 11. O-O f5 12. a3 Nc6 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Qb6 {
Hodgson,J (2615)-Tseitlin,M (2545)/Ischia/1996/} 15. Qd2 $1 Nxb4 16. Rfb1 a5
17. Nxe4 $16) 8. Bg3 Ne7 9. Nc3 f6 10. Qh5+ (10. Qd2 Bf5 11. f3 Nc8 12. f4 exf4
13. Bxf4 Nd6 14. Nge2 Nc4 15. Qc1 Bd6 16. O-O Bg6 17. Ng3 Qe7 18. b3 Be5 19.
Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Ncxe4 Nb6 21. Nxc5 Nxd5 22. Nd3 Bxd3 23. cxd3 O-O {Nakamura,H 
(2786)-Polgar,J (2693)/London rpd/2013/} 24. Nf5 g6 25. e4 $14) 10... Ng6 11.
O-O-O Qa5 (11... Qd7 12. Nxe4 Qf5 13. Qxf5 Bxf5 14. Nd2 b5 15. e4 Bd7 16. c4
$14 {Laznicka,V (2678)-Huzman,A (2591)/EUCup Eilat/2012/}) 12. f4 (12. Kb1 $5
$36) 12... exf3 13. Nxf3 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qd7 15. Nh4 Qg4 16. Nc7+ Kf7 17. Qxg4 Bxg4
18. Nxa8 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Nxh4 20. Bxh4 Bd6 21. e4 Rxa8 $11 {Berg,K (2418)-Navara,
D (2531)/Morso/2002/}) ({If Black doesn't want to retreat with his knight, he
does better to flick in} 5... cxd4 6. exd4 (6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Qxd4 (7. exd4 Nc6
8. Ne2 {- 6.exd4} (8. d5 e5 9. Bg3 Qa5+ $5 10. Nc3 Ba3 11. Qc1 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3
Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Ne7 14. Bxe5 f6 $15)) 7... Qxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. c3 b6 (9... f5 $1
$13) 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Ne2 O-O-O 12. Ng3 h6 13. h4 g6 14. Ndxe4 Bg7 15. O-O-O f5
16. Nd2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf3 $14 {/<=>, Lputian,S (2598)
-Rytshagov,M (2529)/Istanbul olm/2000/}) 6... Nc6 (6... Qb6 $5 7. Bxe4 (7. Nc3
$142 $5 $13) 7... dxe4 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nge2 (9. Qd2 Qxd4 10. Nb5 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2
Rb8 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Be3 a6 15. Nbc3 f5 16. Nd5 e5 17. Rd2 Be6 18.
Rhd1 Kf7 19. Kb1 b5 20. g3 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Be7 22. Bb6 Ke6 $17 {Stefanova,A 
(2491)-Mamedyarov,S (2657)/Wijk aan Zee/2005/}) (9. d5 e5 $1 10. Be3 Qxb2 11.
Nge2 Nb4 12. O-O Qxc2 13. Nb5 Bg4 14. Qxc2 Nxc2 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Nxa8 Bxe2 $17
{Martin Rueda,D (2290)-Rojo Huerta,G (2356)/Madrid/2012/}) 9... Bg4 10. O-O Rd8
11. Qe1 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxd4 13. Qxe4 Qc6 14. Qe5 f6 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qh3 e5 17.
Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Nf5 19. Qh3 O-O 20. Rad1 Nd4 21. Qe3 {Schneider,I (2511)
-Arnaudov,G (2442)/Austria/2014/} Nxc2 $17) 7. Bxe4 (7. c3 Bf5 8. Qe2 e6 9. Nd2
Nd6 10. Ngf3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nf5 12. g4 Nfe7 13. h4 Ng6 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. h5 Nf4
16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Rg1 h6 18. O-O-O Be7 19. Kb1 O-O-O 20. Qe3 Bd6 21. Nb3 {
Timman,J (2635)-Van Wely,L (2605)/Breda m/1998/} Qf6 $11 {/\} 22. Nc1 Bf4) 7...
dxe4 8. Ne2 e5 $5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 g5 11. Bxg5 (11. Be3 Nxe5 12. Nbc3 f5
13. Nb5 Kd7 14. Bxg5 Rg8 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bg3 f4 17. Nxf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Kc6 19.
Nd4+ Kd5 20. Be3 Rxg2 21. Kd2 Bd6 22. Rag1 Bh3 $132 {Godart,F (2359)-Fier,A 
(2595)/Cappelle/2014/}) 11... Rg8 12. h4 h6 13. Bf6 Rxg2 14. Ke1 {Caruana,F 
(2791)-Michalik,P (2557)/Dubai blitz/2014/} Bc5 15. Nbc3 e3 $132) 6. Nc3 $5 {
A very unusual move, which leads the game into uncharted waters - apart from
Chigorin, in d4 openings players are mostly reluctant to develop their knights
in front of the c-pawn!} (6. c3 Nc6 7. Nd2 Bg4 8. Ngf3 e6 9. O-O (9. Qa4 Nd7
10. O-O Be7 11. Ne5 (11. h3 Bh5 12. Rae1 O-O 13. Qc2 f5 14. Bh2 c4 15. Be2 Bg6
16. Kh1 b5 17. Ng1 b4 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. Ne2 Qa5 20. Nf4 Bf7 21. g4 bxc3 22. bxc3
g5 23. Ne2 Bg6 $36 {Laznicka,V (2679)-Greenfeld,A (2538)/Beer Sheva rpd/2013/})
(11. Qc2 c4 12. Be2 Bf5 13. e4 Bg6 14. b3 b5 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Qa4 Rc8 17. Ne5
Ndxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bg3 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21. Bf4 Be8 22. Qc2 Bf6 23. Nf3 g5
$1 {(), Grachev,B (2675)-Givon,A (2449)/EUR-ch Jerewan/2014/}) 11... Ndxe5 12.
Bxe5 O-O 13. Bg3 Bh5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qc2 Bg6 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Rad1 Bxd3 18.
Qxd3 Qe7 19. e4 Rad8 (19... dxe4 20. Qxe4 Rad8 $11) 20. e5 f5 21. exf6 Qxf6 22.
Kh1 e5 23. f3 Kh8 24. Qb5 Qf7 $11 {Bartel,M (2641)-Radjabov,T (2724)/Dubai
blitz/2014/}) 9... Be7 (9... Bd6 10. Qb3 $5 Rb8 11. dxc5 $14) 10. Qb1 Bh5 (
10... Nh5 $5 11. Ne5 $13) 11. Ne5 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nf3 Nh5 14. Be5 Bd6 15.
Bb5 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 Be7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. c4 Rc8 20. Rac1 Nf6 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qa4 Qb6 23. Rc2 Be7 24. Rfc1 c5 25. cxd5 exd5 26. e4 Rfd8 27.
exd5 Rxd5 {Wells,P (2515)-Sutovsky,E (2575)/Oxford/1998/} 28. Re2 $11 {For
more details see the notes to this game by Wells in CBM 069.}) (6. Nf3 Nc6 {
is likely to transpose into the previous line after} 7. O-O Bg4 8. c3 e6 9.
Nbd2) ({The most principled continuation is} 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bb5 $5 (7. Nf3 e6
8. O-O Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 Be7 11. h3 b6 12. e4 Bb7 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Qe2
dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. c3 Qd5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Be4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4
Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Rfd8 22. Re2 Be7 23. Kf1 g5 24. Be3 f5 25. Bd4 Kf7 26. Rae1 Rc6
$11 {Tu,H (2506)-Gupta,A (2570)/Subic Bay/2009/}) {Here Black must play very
accurately, probably the best is} 7... Bd7 $5 (7... e6 8. b4 (8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9.
b4 a5 10. c3 Ne4 (10... Ba6 $5 $44) 11. f3 Nxc3 $2 (11... Nf6 $132) 12. Nxc3
axb4 13. Na4 Ba6 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Qd4 f6 16. Qxb4 e5 17. Bg3 Bb5 18. Kf2 Ra6 19.
Qc3 d4 20. exd4 exd4 21. Re1+ Kf7 22. Qb3+ Kg6 23. a4 $18 {McShane,L (2649)
-Sutovsky,E (2646)/Pamplona/2003/ See the notes to this game in CBM 099 by
Finkel.}) 8... a5 9. c3 Bd7 10. Qb3 {and it's not simple to get the pawn back,
or prove compensation:} axb4 (10... axb4 11. cxb4 d4 12. Nf3 Nd5 13. Bxc6 Bxc6
14. O-O $14) 11. cxb4 Ne4 12. Nc3 Qf6 13. Nge2 Nxf2 14. O-O Ng4 15. h3 Nge5 16.
Na4 Nc4 17. e4 Nd4 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxe4 21. Rae1 Qg6 22.
Rc1 Ke8 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 $40 {Winants,L (2501)-Carlsen,M (2385)/ECC
Rethymnon/2003/} {/\} Be7 25. c6 $18) 8. Nc3 (8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nf3 (9. b4 a5 10.
c3 d4 $1) 9... Qa5+ 10. Nbd2 Qxc5 11. O-O e6 12. Ne5 Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. Nb3 Qb6
15. a5 Qa6 16. Bg5 Bb5 17. Re1 Qd6 18. Nd4 Ba6 19. Nd3 Rac8 20. h3 Ne4 21. Bf4
Qd8 22. f3 Nf6 23. Qd2 Re8 24. Bh2 Bf8 $15 {Duquesnoy,J (2242)-Sakaev,K (2649)/
Montpellier/2006/}) 8... e6 9. Nf3 (9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Qd4 (10. Nf3 Bxc5 11. O-O
O-O 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Ne2 Rfe8 15. Be5 Ne4 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. Bxg3 e5
18. c3 Rad8 19. Qb3 d4 $15 {Mensch,E (2330)-Pham,M (2424)/Belfort/2004/}) 10...
Qa5 $1 (10... a5 $6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Bd6 Qf6 13. Bxf8 (13. O-O-O Qxd4 14. exd4
Bxd6 15. cxd6 f6 16. Rhe1 Kf7 17. h4 Rhe8 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Nb3 Nc4 $11 {
Skembris,S (2439)-Golod,V (2544)/Zuerich/2003/}) 13... Kxf8 14. O-O-O $14) 11.
b4 Qa3 {[%cal Ra7a5]} 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. cxd6 a5 14. b5 Bd7 15. Qe5 (15. e4 Qb4
$1) 15... O-O $32 {[%cal Yf8c8,Yf6e8] |^}) 9... Bxc5 10. a3 Be7 (10... O-O $11)
11. h3 Rc8 12. Bd3 a6 13. O-O O-O 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 {
Miladinovic,I (2558)-Abramovic,B (2427)/Paracin/2013/} f5 17. Bd3 Bf6 $132)
6... a6 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty, Black prevents Nb5.} (6... e6 7. Nf3 (7. Nb5
$5 Na6 8. c3 $14) 7... c4 8. Be2 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne4 11. Qe1 Nc6 12.
Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. f3 Nd6 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Qb1 a5 17. a4 Ra6 18. Qb2 Rc6
19. Rfe1 Re8 20. Bf1 e5 21. dxe5 fxe5 $15 {Sargissian,G (2515)-Najer,E (2599)/
Moscow/2002/}) (6... g6 7. Nb5 Na6 8. dxc5 Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. b4 Nh5 11. Ne2 Bd7
12. a4 e5 13. Bg3 b6 14. cxb6 axb6 $44 15. O-O e4 16. Bb1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nxb4
$15 {Bosiocic,M (2542)-Sadilek,P (2277)/AUT-chT/2014/}) (6... Bg4 $5 7. f3 Bd7
8. Nb5 Bxb5 9. Bxb5+ Nbd7 $11) 7. h3 {Rather soft.} (7. dxc5 $5 {again
deserves attention:} Nc6 (7... e6 8. Na4 Nbd7 9. b4) 8. Na4 (8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2
(9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 $11 (10... e5 11. Bg5 e4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bxe4 dxe4
14. Nxe4 $36)) 9... e6 10. Na4 Nd7 $11) 8... e5 9. Bg5 Bxc5 10. Nxc5 Qa5+ 11.
c3 Qxc5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 Be6 14. O-O O-O-O 15. b4 $14) 7... Nc6 8. Nf3 e6
9. O-O c4 $1 10. Be2 b5 {Black closes the centre, which enables him to catch
up with his development.} 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bf3 Bb4 ({Simpler was} 12... Be7 $142
$11) 13. a4 Qb6 (13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bc6 15. e4 Bxc3 $5 (15... dxe4 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. Nxe4 $36) 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. bxc3 O-O $11) 14. axb5 (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Be5 O-O $5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 $132) 14... axb5 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. Bg5 $6 {Begins a
daring, but objectively unsound concept.} (16. Ne2 O-O 17. c3 Be7 $11) (16. Qe2
O-O 17. Ra1 Bb7 $11) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Nxd5 $6 {[%mdl 512] Dubious,
but consistent.} ({White didn't play his 16th move in order to proceed with} 
18. Bf4 O-O $15 {[%csl Re5]}) 18... exd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nb8 $1 {
The best defence. Black prepares castling, retaining the extra knight and
planning to reactivate it via c6 or a6.} 21. e4 (21. Bd8 Qc6 22. Rd1 O-O $17)
21... Bc5 22. Kh1 O-O (22... h6 $5 23. Bh4 O-O $17 (23... Be7 $5 $17) (23... g5
24. Bg3 O-O $17)) 23. f4 Na6 {Even here Black has more than one way to retain
an advantage:} (23... Nc6 24. c3 (24. f5 Nb4 25. Qd2 Re8 (25... Qc6 26. f6 Qxe4
27. fxg7 Ra8 $17) 26. e6 fxe6 27. f6 Rf8 $17) 24... h6 25. Bh4 Ne7 $1 $17) 24.
c3 (24. f5 Nb4 {-23...Nc6}) 24... Nc7 (24... Re8 25. Rd1 (25. f5 h6 26. Bh4 Nc7
27. Qd7 Rxe5 28. Bg3 Re7 29. Qd8+ Ne8 $19) 25... Bf8 {[%cal Ya6c5,Yc5d3] /\}
26. f5 Nc5 27. Be3 Qc7 $19) 25. Qd7 Ne6 26. Bh4 Be3 (26... Rb8 27. f5 Nf8 28.
Qd1 (28. Qd5 Re8 $19) 28... h6 29. e6 fxe6 30. f6 g6 $17) 27. Be7 (27. f5 Ng5
$5 $19 {[%cal Rg5e4]} (27... Nc5 28. Qd5 Qa7 $5 $17 29. Kh2 h6 {/\} 30. e6 fxe6
31. fxe6 Rxf1 $1 32. e7+ Kh7 33. e8=Q Bg1+ 34. Kg3 (34. Kh1 Bf2+ 35. Kh2 Rh1+
$1 36. Kxh1 Qa1+) 34... Ne6 $1 $19)) 27... Nc5 $1 28. Qg4 (28. Qd5 Re8 29. f5 (
29. Bxc5 Bxc5 $19 (29... Qxc5 $19)) 29... Qb7 {and after the forced queen swap
Black should win.}) 28... Re8 29. Bf6 g6 30. f5 Qc6 {Until now Black has
defended well, this is the first step in the wrong direction.} (30... Qb7 $142
$1 31. e6 (31. Qg3 Bd2 $19 {[%cal Rc5e4]}) 31... Nxe4 32. Bh4 (32. exf7+ Qxf7
$19 {is the important difference between the queen moves}) 32... g5 $19 (32...
Qd5 $5)) 31. e6 $8 (31. Re1 Nxe4 $19 (31... Nd3 $19)) 31... Qxe4 (31... Nxe4
32. exf7+ Kxf7 33. fxg6+ hxg6 34. Bd4+ Nf2+ 35. Kg1 (35. Rxf2+ Bxf2 36. Qf4+
$15) 35... Kg8 36. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 37. Bxf2 $15 {/-/+ already poses Black technical
problems with his exposed king.}) 32. Qg3 $5 (32. exf7+ Kxf7 33. fxg6+ hxg6 34.
Bd4+ Kg8 35. Re1 Qxg4 36. hxg4 Nd3 37. Rxe3 Rxe3 38. Bxe3 Nxb2 $15 {/-/+ is a
one-sided endgame - Black practically has an extra pawn and only he can win.
Therefore Andreikin ups the stakes and proceeds with his risky attack.}) 32...
Qd3 $2 {Squanders the advantage.} (32... Nxe6 33. fxe6 Qxe6 $17) (32... fxe6 $5
33. fxg6 (33. Qc7 Qb7 34. Qe5 Ne4 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Re1 Nf2+ 37. Kh2 Ba7 $19)
33... h6 $1 {[%cal Yc5d3,Ye8f8]} (33... hxg6 34. Qc7 Qb7 35. Qg3 Qf7 (35... Qe4
36. Qc7 $11) 36. Qxe3 Nd7 37. Qf3 $11) {and Black should gradually win:} 34.
Qc7 {fails to} Qxg6 $19) 33. exf7+ Kxf7 34. fxg6+ hxg6 (34... Qxg6 35. Bd4+ Kg8
$8 36. Qxg6+ hxg6 37. Re1 Nd3 38. Rxe3 Rxe3 39. Bxe3 Nxb2 $11) 35. Qf3 Qf5 (
35... Bc1 $5 36. Bd4+ (36. Qf2 Ne4 37. Qa7+ Ke6 38. Rxc1 Ng3+ $1 39. Kh2 Kxf6
$19) 36... Qxf3 37. Rxf3+ Ke6 38. Bxc5 Bxb2 $11 (38... Kd5 $5 39. Ba3 Re2 $44))
36. Bd4 $1 Ne4 (36... Bxd4 37. Qd5+ Kg7 38. Rxf5 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Bg1+ 40. Kg3 gxf5
41. Qxf5 $11 {and a draw is the most probable result - Black can hardly avoid
a perpetual with a fully exposed king.}) 37. g4 $1 {Regains the piece and
turns the tables, from now on White is the side playing for a win.} (37. Bxe3
$2 Ng3+ $17) 37... Qxf3+ $2 {Dominguez panics...} (37... Ng3+ 38. Kg2 Qxf3+ 39.
Rxf3+ Nf5 40. Bxe3 (40. gxf5 Bxd4 41. fxg6+ (41. cxd4 $2 Re2+ 42. Kg3 Rxb2 {
[%csl Gb5,Gc4]}) 41... Kxg6 42. cxd4 Re4 $11) 40... Rxe3 41. gxf5 Re2+ 42. Rf2
Re3 43. fxg6+ Kxg6 {should still be enough for a draw:} 44. Rd2 b4 45. cxb4 Rb3
46. Rc2 Rxb4 47. Kf3 Kf5 $44) 38. Rxf3+ Ke6 39. Rxe3 Kd5 40. Kg2 Ra8 ({A more
resilient try was} 40... g5 {, although White should probably win anyway after}
41. Rf3 Nd6 42. h4 $5 gxh4 43. Kh3 $16 {/+-}) 41. h4 b4 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5
Ra2 (43... Rg8+ 44. Kh2 Rg4 (44... Nf2 45. Rg3 $18) 45. h6 Ng5 46. Re7 $1 $18)
44. Kf3 $1 $18 Ng5+ 45. Kg3 (45. Kg4 Ne6 {is less convincing}) 45... Ne4+ (
45... Ne6 46. Rxe6 $1 Kxe6 47. h6 $18 {and Black loses, as he has no time to
take on b2.}) 46. Kf4 bxc3 47. Bxc3 $5 ({The text is even simpler than} 47.
bxc3 Rf2+ 48. Kg4 Rg2+ 49. Kh4 $18) 47... Nxc3 48. bxc3 Rh2 49. Kg4 {[%csl Gh5]
The passed pawn is unstoppable, as Black has no effective counterplay.} Kc5 (
49... Rg2+ 50. Rg3 Rh2 51. Rh3 Rg2+ 52. Kh4 $5 Ke6 53. h6 Kf7 ({A similar line
is} 53... Kf5 54. Rf3+ Kg6 55. Rg3+ Rxg3 56. Kxg3 Kxh6 57. Kf4 $18) 54. h7 Kg7
55. Rg3+ Rxg3 56. Kxg3 Kxh7 57. Kf4 $18) 50. Rh3 Rg2+ 51. Kh4 Kb5 52. h6 Rg8
53. h7 Rh8 54. Kg5 Ka4 55. Kg6 Kb3 56. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 {GM Andreikin goes
for a side line of the Meran.} (6... c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 {is a well known
theoretical line, where Shakhriyar has a lot of experience.}) 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2
{White's setup is standard, while Black has to prove, that a7-a6 wasn't a
waste of time.} O-O ({The immediate} 8... e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 {gives White some
extra options, such as} 10. O-O-O $5 O-O 11. Kb1 {with good attacking
prospects.}) 9. Be2 e5 (9... b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. c5 Bc7 12. b4 $14 {is somewhat
better for White.}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 {This position is still well
known from the past.} 12. O-O ({White may postpone castling, but it hardly
should pose Black any serious problems:} 12. Rd1 Be6 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qb1 Nc6 (
14... Nfg4 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Rxd5 Qc7 18. h3 Be6 19. Rd3 $14 {
1-0 Kovalenko,I (2586) -Sandipan,C (2590)/Jurmala LAT 2013 (68)}) 15. Qa1 Re8
16. Rd2 Qe7 (16... Bf8 $6 17. Rfd1 Qa5 18. Rc1 h6 19. h3 b5 20. Rdd1 $14 {
1-0 Avrukh,B (2632)-Kornev,A (2544)/ Dagomys 2008/CBM 124 (78)}) 17. Rfd1 Bb8
$132) 12... Be6 {Avoiding the exchanges in order to keep some attacking
potential, which may compensate for the weak isolated pawn.} ({After} 12... Bg4
13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15. h3 Nf6 {Black has a solid, but rather passive
position. For isntance,} 16. Qf5 (16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Qb1 Qe7 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Nd4
$14 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2881)-Korobov, A (2680)/Dubai UAE 2014 (33)}) 16... Re8 17.
Rac1 Qa5 (17... Rc8 18. Qb1 Bb8 19. Ne2 Ne4 20. Qd3 $14) 18. f4 $14 {0-1
Delchev,A (2629)-Van Wely,L (2686)/Melilla 2011/CBM 146 (57)}) 13. Rac1 {
White's queen is rather vulnerable, so Shakhriyar is preparing a comfortable
setup for his pieces.} (13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bc7 15. Bf3 Rc8 16. Qd3 Re8 17.
Kh1 Qd7 $11) 13... Rc8 14. Qb1 Nfg4 $1 {The isolated pawn requires energetic
play.} ({The quiet} 14... Nc6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Na4 $14 {doesn't solve all the
problems.}) 15. Nxe5 ({Of course, not} 15. h3 $2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Nh2 $17) (15.
g3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qf6 $1 {isn't dangerous for Black:} 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Ne4 Qf3
19. Ng5 Qf5 $11) 15... Bxe5 16. h3 ({The immediate} 16. Bxg4 {looks harmless -
Black's pair of bishops is an important factor here, as was proved in the
following game between great players:} Bxg4 17. Na4 Bb8 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Bd4
Re8 20. Nc3 Qd6 21. f4 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L (2630)-Kasparov,G (2595)/
Dubai 1986/TD (71)}) 16... Bh2+ $1 ({Correctly deviating from} 16... Nf6 17.
Rfd1 Qa5 18. Na4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Ne4 20. Bd3 $14 {and Black is doomed to a
passive defence.}) 17. Kh1 Bb8 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Qd3 $146 {This innovation
doesn't really change the evaluation of the line, but Dmitry had some
practical problems to solve.} ({After} 19. f4 Qh4 {White has nothing better
than accepting a draw:} 20. Nxd5 (20. Qc2 $6 Ba7 21. Qd2 {is too risky:} Rcd8 (
21... Rfe8 $6 {1/2-1/2 Kovalyov,A (2525)-Haslinger,S (2500)/Benidorm 2008/CBM
123 Extra (30)} 22. Nxd5 Rcd8 23. e4 $14) 22. Na4 Rfe8 $15) 20... Bxh3 21. gxh3
Qxh3+ 22. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) (19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. hxg4 Qg5 21. Kg1 Qxg4 $11) 19... Qd6
$6 {This natural move is inaccurate - Black's position lacks harmony now.} ({
A much safer try was:} 19... Be6 20. f4 f6 (20... Re8 21. Rfd1 d4 (21... Qh4 $5
) 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 h5 $44) 21. Rfd1 Qd6 22. Nxd5 $140 Rcd8 23. Nb4 Qxb4
24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kf7 26. Rxb8 Bd5 27. f5 Bc6 28. Rxc6 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 bxc6
$11) 20. f4 Be6 21. Rcd1 $1 {That's the point! The pressure along the d-file
is stronger now - the queen on d6 is unprotected, so e3-e4 is coming.} Qc5 {
Black finds nothing better than giving up a pawn immeditely.} (21... Rfe8 22.
e4 $1 f6 (22... d4 23. Ne2 f6 24. Nxd4 Bf7 25. Qf3 $14) 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. exd5
$14) (21... Rfd8 22. e4 d4 (22... dxe4 $6 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25. f5
Be5 (25... Bd7 26. Rd1 $18) 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Nd1 $16) 23. Ne2 $14) 22. Nxd5 ({
It seems} 22. e4 $1 {was even more promising for Shakhriyar:} f6 (22... dxe4
23. Nxe4 Qc2 24. f5 Qxb2 25. fxe6 Qe5 26. exf7+ Kh8 27. g3 Rcd8 28. Qf3 $16)
23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Bd6 25. Qf5 Rce8 26. Bd4 $16) 22... Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5
24. Rxd5 Ba7 $14 {White is a pawn up now, but the activity of Black's pieces
gives him excellent drawing chances.} 25. e4 ({The double rook endgame arising
after} 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rc2 27. a4 h6 28. e4 Rfc8 $14 {should be holdable
for Black.}) 25... Rfe8 (25... Rc2 26. Ba1 (26. Ba3 Rfc8 27. Rd7 Rxa2 $11)
26... Rxa2 27. Rd7 f6 28. e5 (28. Rxb7 $6 Rf7 29. Rb4 (29. Rxf7 {is not
dangerous for Black either:} Kxf7 30. e5 Bb8 31. exf6 gxf6 32. g3 h5 $11) 29...
Rc7 {with sufficient counterplay.}) 28... Rf7 $1 29. Rd8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8
31. exf6 gxf6 32. Bxf6 Bc5 $14) 26. e5 (26. Rg5 g6 27. Re5 Rxe5 28. Bxe5 Kf8
29. Rd1 Ke7 30. Rd2 $14) 26... Rc2 27. Rb1 $6 {It is hardly possible to pose
Black any serious problems with such a passive rook.} (27. Ba1 Rxa2 28. Rd7 Kf8
29. Rxb7 Re7 30. Rb4 Rc7 31. Rd1 $14) 27... h5 $1 28. Rd7 Rf2 ({Even simpler
was} 28... h4 $1 29. Rxb7 Be3 $11 {and if} 30. f5 $6 Rd8 {Black takes over the
initiative.}) 29. Rxb7 Be3 30. f5 {White is trying to give up one pawn in a
better situation.} Rxf5 31. Re1 {That's the point - White's rook cannot be
activated now.} Rf2 $6 {Dmitry prefers to enter into the rook ending, but it
doesn't guarantee an easy life.} (31... Bh6 $1 {seems much safer:} 32. a4 Rc8
33. Bd4 Rc2 34. b4 (34. Ra7 Rg5 35. Rxa6 Rgxg2 $11) 34... Rg5 35. Rg1 Rg3 36.
a5 Rd2 $11) 32. Rxe3 Rxb2 33. a4 Re6 34. Kh2 $1 {A good prophylactic move,
which enables White to parry the threats and keep an extra pawn.} h4 (34... Rg6
35. Rg3 Re6 36. Ra7 $14) 35. Re4 f5 {Honestly speaking, this move is not the
best, but White had to solve some concerete problems.} ({Objectively, Dmitry
should have opted for} 35... g5 36. Re1 Rf2 37. Kg1 Rb2 38. Rf1 Rxe5 39. Rbxf7
Rxb3 40. R7f5 $14 {Black should be able to hold this position with precise
defence.}) 36. Rd4 $1 {It looks like White's winning chances are getting more
significant, but...} Rc6 (36... Rxe5 37. Rdd7 Kh7 38. Rxg7+ Kh6 39. Rh7+ Kg6
40. Rbg7+ Kf6 41. Rg8 $16) (36... Re2 37. b4 Re4 38. Rxe4 fxe4 39. Kg1 Rxe5 40.
b5 axb5 41. Rxb5 Re6 42. Rb4 $16) 37. Rb8+ {Shakhriyar's move is natural - he
wants to liquadate the Ph4 as soon as it possible.} ({Another decent
possibility was} 37. Rd6 $5 Rc1 (37... Rxd6 38. exd6 Rd2 39. Rb6 f4 40. Kg1 $16
) 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Rdd7 Rbb1 40. Rxg7+ Kh6 41. Rh7+ Kg5 42. Rbg7+ Kf4 43. Rxh4+
Kxe5 44. Re7+ Kf6 45. Rb7 $16) 37... Kh7 38. Rxh4+ Kg6 39. Rhh8 Rcc2 40. Kg3 $2
{The first serious mistake of Mamedyarov comes on move 40, and the edge is
gone.} ({Instead} 40. Rb6+ Kf7 (40... Kg5 41. h4+ Kf4 42. Rg6 Rb1 43. Rd8 Rcc1
44. Rd4+ Kxe5 45. Rb4 a5 46. Rb5+ Ke4 47. Rxg7 f4 48. Re7+ Kd4 49. Kh3 $16) 41.
e6+ Ke7 42. Kg3 Rc3+ 43. Kf4 Rf2+ 44. Kg5 Rxg2+ 45. Kxf5 Rf2+ 46. Ke5 Re2+ 47.
Kd4 $16 {led to a difficult position for Black.}) 40... Rxg2+ 41. Kh4 Rbe2 {
Now Black is out of danger.} 42. Rb6+ Kf7 43. e6+ $6 {The first step into a
wrong direction - White's king is in a danger zone now.} ({Much simpler was} 
43. Rb7+ Ke6 44. Re8+ Kd5 45. Rd7+ Ke4 46. Rg8 g6 47. Rd6 $11) 43... Rxe6 44.
Rxe6 (44. Rb7+ Kf6 45. Rf8+ Kg6 $19) 44... Kxe6 45. b4 {That is not a mistake
yet, but Shakhriyar is letting Black make progress too easily!} (45. Kh5 $6 {
was dangerous:} Ke7 (45... f4 46. Rf8 Ke5 47. b4 Rb2 48. b5 axb5 49. axb5 Rxb5
50. Kg4 $11) 46. Ra8 f4 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. Ra8+ Kf7 49. Ra7+ Kg8 50. Ra8+ Kh7 51.
Ra7 a5 $17) ({But} 45. Rf8 $1 {was good enough:} a5 (45... f4 46. Kh5 Ke5 47.
b4 Rg3 48. h4 $11) 46. b4 axb4 47. a5 {and White's strong a-pawn saves the day:
} Kd5 (47... Ra2 48. Rb8 Rxa5 49. Rxb4 $11) 48. a6 Ra2 49. Ra8 Kc4 50. Kg5 Ra4
51. Kxf5 Kb5 52. Rb8+ Kxa6 53. Kg6 $11) 45... g5+ 46. Kh5 g4 47. Kh4 $4 {
Only this is a decisive mistake, which leads to a dramatic loss for Mamedyarov!
} ({His task was already not easy, but the precise} 47. Re8+ Kf7 48. Re3 {
still enables White to save a half point:} Kf6 49. b5 axb5 50. axb5 f4 51. Re1
gxh3 (51... f3 52. b6 gxh3 53. b7 Rg8 54. Rf1 $11) 52. Kh4 Rg3 53. Rh1 Kf5 54.
Rh2 (54. b6 Rb3 $19) 54... Rb3 55. Rxh3 Rxb5 56. Ra3 $11) 47... g3 $19 {
Now Black's pawns are too strong.} 48. b5 (48. Re8+ Kd5 49. Rf8 Ke5 50. Re8+
Kf4 $19) 48... axb5 49. axb5 f4 50. Rg8 Kd7 51. Rg7+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. Nc3 {This is a rare move, which allows White
to develop quickly. Before this I preferred 4.e3.} cxd4 (4... d5 5. e4 $14) (
4... h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. d5 $14) 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qh4 Bb4 {This move allows White
to force the game and simplify the position.} ({Another possible move is} 6...
Be7 7. e4 Qa5 8. O-O-O a6 {with a more varied game for both sides.}) 7. e4 ({
Another interesting possibility was} 7. O-O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 h6 9. Nd2 $5 Qe7 10.
Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. Ne4 Ke7 13. Nd6 {White has a perfect knight on d6
but is it possible to benefit from it?}) 7... Bxc3+ {If the bishop moved to b4
it should sooner or later take the white knight.} (7... h6 8. Bd3 {leads to a
transposition of moves.}) 8. bxc3 h6 9. Bd3 (9. Bb5 $5 Rg8 $1 (9... O-O 10.
Bxf6 (10. Bxc6 hxg5 11. Nxg5 Qa5 12. O-O bxc6 13. f4 $44) 10... Qxf6 11. Qxf6
gxf6 12. O-O-O $14) 10. Bd2 g5 11. Qxh6 Rg6 12. Qh8+ Rg8 13. Qh6 $11) 9... d6
$1 {I like this move. It reduces White's opportunities.} (9... Rg8 $6 10. Be3
g5 11. Qg3 d6 12. Nd4 $14) (9... O-O $6 10. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 11. Qxh6 Ng4 (11... e5
12. Ng5 $18) 12. Qf4 f5 13. exf5 exf5 14. Bc4+ d5 15. O-O-O $40) 10. Rd1 (10.
O-O Rg8 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qg3 Ke7 $11) 10... Rg8 $1 {This is typical for this
line. Black has managed to equalise in the opening, but has spent too much
time.} 11. Be3 $6 {Replacing the bishop in itse initial position is better for
some reasons.} (11. Bc1 $1 g5 12. Qg3 e5 (12... g4 13. Nd4 {the white queen
has important space for a retreat to e3.}) 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. Qe3 Nf4 15. Bf1 $1
$16 {Having moved his pieces back White is ready to develop a dangerous
initiative and to attack the d6-pawn.}) 11... e5 12. Bb5 Qc7 $6 {This move was
made after much thought.} ({At the press conference after the game Sergey said
he considered it too dangerous to play} 12... g5 $5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Rxg5
15. Qxg5 Nxe4 16. Qe3 Nf6 17. O-O {The computer prefers Black's position. So
did I during the game, but my opponent was in time trouble. Besides White has
another backup 13.Qxh6 which leads to a draw.}) 13. Nd2 {Now my pieces attack
on the queenside. The position is equal, but Black has to defend.} Be6 14. f3 {
At that moment I was quite satisfied with the opening. The position was
complicated and I had more time.} Qa5 $2 {A nervous move.} ({Black should
naturally play in the centre} 14... O-O-O 15. Qf2 d5 $1 16. Bxa7 Nxa7 (16... d4
$5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. cxd4 Qa7 20. c3 Qa6 $1 $132 {I blundered
this move during the game}) 17. Qxa7 dxe4 18. O-O exf3 19. Nxf3 Ne4 20. Qa8+
Qb8 21. Qa5 Qc7 22. Qa8+ Qb8 $11) 15. c4 Ke7 (15... Qxa2 16. O-O Qxc2 17. Qf2
$36 {The position looks dangerous for Black.}) 16. O-O g5 $6 {A careless move.}
(16... Rgd8 17. Nb3 Qc7 $14) 17. Qf2 Rgd8 (17... Rad8 $5) 18. h4 $1 $16 {
White attacks the other side. It is difficult for Black to defend the position
being in timetrouble.} Nh7 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. g4 $5 {I saw the possibility to
win a pawn:} (20. Nb3 $5 Qc7 21. c5 d5 22. exd5 Rxd5 (22... Bxd5 23. c4 Be6 24.
Rd6 $1 $18) 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Qd2 Rd8 25. Bxg5+ {but here the position gets
simplified, which I didn't want.}) 20... f6 21. Kg2 Nf8 22. Rh1 Bf7 $2 {
This move simplifies White's task.} ({During the game I hoped to play} 22...
Nb4 $2 23. Bxg5 $1 fxg5 24. Qe3 Kf6 25. Rh5 $18) 23. Nf1 $1 {I had planned the
transfer of the knight when playing 20.g4. In this position the move of the
knight is especially strong.} Bg6 24. Bd2 $6 {It is easier to play} (24. Ng3
Kf7 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 $18 {with White's domination.}) 24... Qb6 25. Ne3 Kf7
26. Qe1 Ne6 27. Nf5 {In the centre of the board the knight looks nice but not
so effective.} (27. Nd5 Qc5 28. Be3 Qa3 $16) 27... Qc7 {A decisive mistake,
however my opponent had one minute for 13 moves, so the result was already
predetermined.} 28. c5 $1 {This move allows me to get the white bishop
involved into the attack.} dxc5 29. Bc4 $18 b5 30. Bd5 Rac8 31. Rh6 Ncd4 32.
Ba5 {The most effective way to the victory.} Nxc2 33. Qh1 Qxa5 34. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 {Baadur has a various original ideas in the opening, and this
time he deviates from the known paths at the early stage of the game.} Bf5 3.
Bf4 {This move is somewhat surprising, since the main move 3.f3 would more
suit Jobava's style. Anyway, the presence of White's knight on c3 cannot pose
Black any problems.} e6 4. e3 Bd6 {Black has various plans of development in
this position, but exchanging the active dark-squared bishop is a natural
decision.} ({In the following fresh game Black has managed to equalize even
after the modest:} 4... c6 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3
10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Rg1 Bb4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Stefanova,A (2489)-Girya,O (2450)/
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2014 (58)}) 5. g4 $5 {This brave move was quite
predictable. The position remains about equal, but now it's much sharper.} ({
Too boring would be:} 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Bg3 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Markovic,M (2483)
-Abramovic,B (2457)/Palic SRB 2014 (13)}) 5... Bg6 6. Nf3 $146 {A novelty in a
very rare position. White doesn't pretend on getting any opening advantage,
but the chosen set-up is very ambitious.} (6. h4 {was played in once preceding
game before.} h5 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. g5 Ne7 9. Nge2 c5 10. Nf4 Nd7 {Black is at
least not worse.}) (6. Bxd6 Qxd6 (6... cxd6 $5) 7. h4 h5 {leads to the same
position.}) 6... Nd7 {Dmitry is not horrying with taking the bishop and makes
a natural developing move.} (6... Bxf4 7. exf4 Ne7 8. Qd2 h5 9. g5 Nbc6 $11 {
was another reason way to handle the position.}) 7. Bd3 (7. h4 h5 8. Bxd6 (8.
g5 Bxf4 9. exf4 Ne7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c5 12. O-O-O Qc7 $15) 8... cxd6 9. g5
Qb6 10. Bb5 Rc8 $15) (7. Ne5 $6 Bxe5 8. dxe5 Ne7 9. Qe2 Nc6 $15) 7... Bxd3 ({
Good enough was also} 7... Ngf6 8. Ne5 (8. Bxd6 cxd6 9. Nd2 $11) 8... Ne4 9.
Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qe2 $11) 8. Qxd3 Bxf4 9. exf4 h5 10. gxh5 $6 {
Baadur was trying to put some pressure along the g-file, but now White's
position is dangerous from strategic point of view - the pawn structure is
horrible.} ({The natural} 10. g5 Ne7 {followed by} 11. f5 exf5 (11... Nxf5 12.
Nxd5 c6 13. Ne3 $11) 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Rhe1 Re8 14. Ne5 $44 {would allow White
to obtain a definite compensation for the pawn.}) 10... Rxh5 (10... Qf6 $5 11.
f5 O-O-O 12. fxe6 fxe6 $15 {is also better for Black.}) 11. Rg1 Qf6 {Black's
moves are natural and strong.} 12. Ne5 {That move is connected with a dubious
pawn sacrifice, but White was trying to complicate the matters...} (12. Rg5
$142 Rh8 13. f5 Ne7 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Rg3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O $15 {is clearly
worse for White, but it was already a lesser evil.}) 12... c6 {Andreikin's
move is good from practical point of view.} (12... Qxf4 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. Qb5+
Kd8 15. Qxb7 Rc8 $15 {was also good, but Black has no need to enter into such
a complications.}) ({The most precise way to win the pawn was:} 12... O-O-O $1
13. Ne2 Kb8 14. O-O-O Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qh6+ 16. Kb1 Rxh2 $17) 13. Na4 $2 {A
desperate attempt to get any counterplay, which leads to a lost position.} ({
A passive defence was called for:} 13. Ne2 $142 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Qh6 15. Qe3 $15 {
the arising position is unpleasant for White, but there are drawish chances.})
13... Qxf4 {Correctly accepting the challenge.} 14. Nf3 {Obviously, this
retreat is a bad sign for White.} ({It looks like Baadur has overlooked} 14.
Nxd7 Rxh2 $1 {and White has nothing better than} 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Kxd7
$19) 14... e5 ({Another good option was} 14... Ne7 {with an idea to meet} 15.
Rxg7 {with} e5 16. Qe3 Qf6 17. Rg3 e4 18. Nd2 O-O-O $19 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Ge7f5]
and White's position collapses.}) 15. Rxg7 (15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 g6 $19 {
is completely hopeless.}) 15... O-O-O ({Even simpler would be} 15... Ne7 {
transposing to the above-mentined winning line. However, the text move is also
quite convincing.}) 16. Qe3 Qf6 17. Rg3 exd4 {Liquadating into a winning
edngame.} ({The following alternative line was also attractive:} 17... e4 18.
Ne5 Ne7 19. O-O-O Nf5 20. Nxd7 Kxd7 21. Nc5+ Kc8 22. Qf4 Qh4 23. Rg4 Qxh2 $19)
18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxh2 $19 {Black is winning, but some technical job is
still required.} ({Instead,} 19... Rh4 20. O-O-O c5 $2 {would spoil everything:
} 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Rc3 b6 23. b4 {and White is even better here!}) 20. Nf3
Rh1+ {Dmitry doesn't mind to simplify the position.} 21. Rg1 Rxg1+ 22. Nxg1 d4
$6 {This inaccuracy makes Black's task more difficult. The knight wouldn't be
trapped anyway, while White gets an opportunity to limit the material ballance.
} (22... Re8+ 23. Kf1 Ngf6 24. Ne2 Kc7 $19) 23. b3 Ngf6 24. Nf3 c5 25. Nb2 (25.
O-O-O $5 Nd5 26. a3 b5 27. Nb2 Rh8 28. a4 a6 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nd3 $17 {
also gives White some drawish chances.}) 25... Kc7 26. a4 {Now Black hardly
can make progress without allowing some exchanges.} Re8+ 27. Kf1 Ne4 28. Nd3 b6
29. a5 Kb7 (29... b5 $6 30. b4 c4 $6 (30... Rh8 $142 $1 31. Re1 Rh1+ 32. Ng1
Ng5 33. Kg2 Rh5 $17) 31. Nf4 {enables White to win the pawn back, though Black
still is somewhat better here.}) 30. b4 $1 Nc3 ({Correctly deviating from} 
30... c4 $6 31. Nf4 Rh8 32. Ke2 Nc3+ 33. Kd2 Nb5 34. a6+ Kc7 35. Re1 $15) 31.
axb6 axb6 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Nd2 $2 {Being tired after a tough defence, Baadur
commits a decisive mistake.} ({At the same time, after} 33. Ra3 Nb5 34. Ra1 f6
35. Nd2 $17 {it wouldn't be easy to find effective winning plan here.}) 33...
Re2 34. Nb3 Kb6 $19 {Now White is too passive.} 35. Ra8 {A desperation.} ({
However, hopeless was also} 35. Rc1 f6 36. Nb2 Re8 37. Nc4+ Kc6 38. Ra1 Kd5 39.
Ncd2 Ne5 $19) 35... Rxc2 36. Ndxc5 Nxc5 37. Nxd4 {Now Black is just a piece up.
} Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Nd5 39. Rf8 Ne6 {An important victory of Dmitry, which enabled
him to win a very strong tournament after making 2 draws in the last rounds!}
0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 50th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Rb8 7. e5 Nh6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Na4 d6 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2 Nf5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 cxd4
15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Nb2 e5 17. Nc4 Qc5 18. Re2 f5 19. Rae1 Rbe8 20. d3 Re6 21. b4
Qe7 22. a3 h5 23. h4 Kh7 24. Qh3 Re8 25. Nd2 Qd6 26. g3 Bf6 27. Qg2 Kg7 28. Nb3
Kf7 29. Nc5 R6e7 30. Nb3 Qd5 31. Na5 Re6 32. Nc4 e4 33. Nd2 e3 34. Qxd5 cxd5
35. Nf3 Rc8 36. Kf1 exf2 37. Kxf2 Ra6 38. Ng5+ Bxg5 39. hxg5 Rxa3 40. Kf3 Rc7
41. Re6 Ra2 42. Rf6+ Kg7 43. Ree6 Raxc2 44. Rxg6+ Kf8 45. Rgf6+ Kg7 46. Rg6+
Kf8 47. Rh6 Re7 48. Rhf6+ Rf7 49. Rh6 Re7 50. Rh8+ Kf7 51. Rxe7+ Kxe7 52. Rh7+
Ke6 53. Rxa7 Rb2 54. Ra6+ Kf7 55. g6+ Kg7 56. Kf4 Kh6 57. Kxf5 Rf2+ 58. Ke5 Rf3
59. Kxd4 Rxg3 60. b5 h4 61. Ra1 Rxg6 62. Rb1 Rg8 63. b6 Rb8 64. b7 Kg5 65. Kxd5
h3 66. Ke4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Rfd1 a5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Be1 a4 14. Qe2 Re8 15.
Rac1 Nd7 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nd3 Nd6 18. c5 Nb5 19. Nb4 Nf8 20. f3 Ng6 21. Bg3 Qd7
22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Rad8 24. Qc4 Ne7 25. Bh4 Kh8 26. Bf2 f5 27. exf5 Nxf5 28.
Nd3 Nbxd4 29. Ne5 Qc7 30. Re1 Rd5 31. Qxa4 Red8 32. Nd3 h6 33. Nb4 Re5 34. Rcd1
Rf8 35. Nd3 Ne2+ 36. Kh1 Nfg3+ 37. hxg3 Rh5+ 38. Qh4 Rxf2 39. Qxh5 Nxg3+ 40.
Kg1 Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Nxh5 42. Ne5 Kh7 43. Rd7 Qa5 44. Rc1 Nf6 45. Rd3 Nd5 46. Kf3
Qd8 47. Re1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Nc3 Qe6
8. a3 a5 9. Bf4 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Bxc7 Re8 12. e5 Ng4 13. Ne4 Ba7 14. Kb1
d5 15. exd6 Qxe4 16. Qxe4 Rxe4 17. f3 Nf2 18. fxe4 Nxd1 19. Ba6 Bxa6 20. Rxd1
Bc5 21. a4 Be2 22. Rd2 Bf1 23. g3 f6 24. d7 Be7 25. d8=Q+ Bxd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8
27. Bxd8 Kf7 28. Bxa5 Ke6 29. Bb6 Ke5 30. b3 Kxe4 31. c4 Kd3 32. a5 Bh3 33. a6
Bc8 34. a7 Bb7 35. Kb2 f5 36. Ka3 g5 37. Kb4 f4 38. gxf4 gxf4 39. Bg1 Ba8 40.
Kc5 Kc3 41. b4 f3 42. b5 cxb5 43. cxb5 Kb3 44. b6 Ka4 45. Kd6 Kb5 46. Kc7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[BlackTeam "Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

{Dominguez is one of my favourite opponents. Before this one we had played 9
classical games. If our fights do not end with an agreement on a draw at the
10th move, then usually there is a long, tense fight with a conclusive, often
dramatic end. So it was time for a jubilee battle.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {
Big surprise. I could be wrong, but according to my database Leinier was
playing this move for the first time.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 {A reasonable
choice. In the case of other continuations - 5.Nxc6 and 5.Be3 - White needs to
know much more.} Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 {The pawn move looks more reliable:} (6... d6 {
White has a lot of continuations in this position. After} 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. O-O-O Be6 $11 {we have a
position from the old game Rublevsky-Grischuk, Elista 2007, which I remember
when studying this opening many years ago.}) 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 {I made this
move quickly, hoping to get the position from the aforementioned game. It was
possible to think about concrete actions after:} (8... O-O 9. Bd3 g5 10. Bg3 d5
$1 {Black is ok! For lovers of beautiful draws:} 11. exd5 Bg4 12. f3 Re8+ 13.
Kf1 Nb4 14. fxg4 Nfxd5 15. Nxd5 (15. Bf2 Ne3+ 16. Bxe3 Rxe3 17. Bf5 Qf6 18. a3
Rd8 19. axb4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qc6 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. bxc5 Qxc5 23. h4 Qc4+ 24. Kf2
Qf4+ 25. Kg1 Qe5 26. hxg5 Re1+ 27. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 28. Kh2 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Qe1+ 30. Kh2
$11) 15... Nxd5 16. Bf2 Bxf2 17. Kxf2 Qf6+ 18. Qf3 Qb6+ 19. Kf1 Ne3+ 20. Ke2
Nxc2+ 21. Kd2 Re3 $1 22. Qf5 Nxa1 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxa8 Nxb3+ 26.
axb3 Qd4 27. Kc1 $11 {strange, but it is a dynamic balance.}) 9. f3 $5 $146 {
I think this is a very good novelty. Earlier, White played 9.Bd3 and 9.Bb5.
Now I understood that the white queen is still on d1 and this is another
position because White has the important resource Bb5.} g5 {Having thought for
about 20 minutes, I decided to go into a known structure with a small
concession.} ({The computer offers a funny idea:} 9... O-O 10. Qe2 Nd4 11. Qd3
Nc6 $5 {Now after 12.0-0-0 the black knight goes to g6 with tempo.
Alternatively:} 12. Nd5 g5 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bg3 Qe7 15. h4 Nh5 16. Bf2 g4 17.
a3 f5 $5 $132 {a fun position with mutual chances.}) 10. Bg3 a6 $5 {This is my
concession. I do not want to concede a 'hook' on the queenside, besides it
costs a tempo, but in the version:} (10... Be6 $6 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13.
Qd2 $14 {White has easy play, and the fate of the black king is still unclear.}
) 11. Qd2 Qe7 $6 ({It was necessary to start with} 11... Be6 $5 {and after} 12.
h4 $6 Nh5 13. Bf2 Bxf2+ 14. Qxf2 {put the queen on an active position in one
move:} Qf6 $1 $11) 12. O-O-O $6 {The return inaccuracy. Energetic play would
allow him to create problems for Black:} (12. h4 $1 Rg8 (12... g4 $6 13. h5
gxf3 14. gxf3 Be6 15. Bh4 $16) 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Na4 Ba7 16. Na5
$1 {with a dangerous initiative on both flanks.}) 12... Be6 13. h4 $6 {This
move finally loses the advantage and gives an opportunity for counterplay on
the kingside.} ({He should play the simpler:} 13. Bf2 $5 Bxf2 14. Qxf2 Bxb3 15.
axb3 O-O-O 16. Nd5 Qe5 17. Bc4 {White has a pleasant position.}) 13... O-O-O {
A small tactical trick.} 14. Kb1 {White can win material only for a short time:
} (14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rxh8 Rxh8 16. Qxg5 Nxe4 $1 17. Qxe7 (17. Nxe4 Qxg5+ 18.
Nxg5 Be3+ 19. Kb1 Bxg5 $11) 17... Be3+ 18. Nd2 Nxd2 {the white queen is in a
trap.} 19. Nd5 $5 (19. Qxe6+ $2 fxe6 20. Rxd2 Rh1 $19) 19... Nxf1+ 20. Nxe3
Nxe7 21. Rxf1 $11) 14... Nd7 {I like this move. The knight takes a
multi-functional position.} ({The computer recommends:} 14... Nh5 $5 15. Bf2
Bxf2 16. Qxf2 Qf6 17. Nd5 Qg7 {saying that Black is fine. But for chess
players with a heart the king on c8 looks too lonely. The g1-a7 and f1-a6
diagonals obviously did not inspire optimism in him.}) 15. Bf2 $6 {This move
is clearly directed at simplification.} ({An interesting try was} 15. Nd5 Bxd5
16. exd5 Nce5 17. Nd4 Qf6 18. h5 $5 Rde8 19. c3 $5 {the black pieces are
arranged so well that it is not completely clear whether there is a further
plan for improvement, while White still has some resources. Perhaps in
manoeuvring game White's chances are a little higher.}) 15... Qf6 {The queen
takes an optimal position and gives up the e7-square for the knight.} 16. Bxb6
Nxb6 17. Qf2 ({After} 17. Nd5 $6 Bxd5 18. exd5 Ne7 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Rxh8 Rxh8
21. c4 Nd7 {the black knights are ready to start operations. Black's position
is better.}) 17... Kb8 {A useful prophylactic move. Obviously, Black is fine.}
18. Be2 Rhg8 {Do not hang about since the white rooks will occupy the h-file.}
19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Nd4 {The exchange of this knight seems to be quite
reasonable.} Nxd4 21. Rxd4 {If White is thinking about a draw, then the
exchange of queens now is most logical.} (21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Rh8 23. Rdd1
$11) 21... Qe5 {I could simplify the game immediately, but did not see any
reason to do so.} (21... d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rhd1 Bc6 25. Rxd8+
Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11) 22. Rhd1 {The computer does not like this move, I
think it looks quite natural. Keeping the h-file was solid.} (22. Rdd1 Rh8 23.
Bd3 $11) 22... Rh8 23. R4d2 $6 {This move looks a bit strange and passive
together with the previous one. In the spirit of the position, there was the
transfer of the rook to b4.} (23. a3 $5 Rh2 24. Rb4 Rdh8 25. Bf1 (25. Bxa6 $2
Qc5 $1 $17) 25... Qc5 26. Rbd4 Nd7 27. Na4 Qe5 28. Qd2 {White keeps active
ideas on the queenside, but the black pieces are located better.}) 23... Rh2
$15 {The first advance into the opponent's half of the board. The white
position is still normal, but a psychological and time advantage were already
on my side.} 24. Bf1 Rh1 {Black has many options, but the evaluation does not
change radically.} (24... Nd7 $5 25. Ne2 Rdh8 26. Nd4 Nc5 $15) 25. Qe3 ({
Perhaps White should try to exchange a pair of rooks right now:} 25. Be2 $5
Rdh8 26. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 27. Rd1 Rh2 $15) 25... Rdh8 26. Be2 $2 {The first sizeable
mistake. It was possible to move back with the queen.} Qg3 {Now the pawns
g2-f3-e4 are vulnerable.} 27. b3 {A window for the king and control of the
c4-square - a very practical solution in time trouble.} Nd7 {Systematic
improvement of a piece. I did not see any reason to change the character of
the game:} (27... Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 Rh1 29. Kb2 Qxg2 30. Bxa6 Qg3 31. Be2 Nd7 32.
Nc3 Qe5 33. a4 {the white pawns are slightly broken, but now the black king
feels less comfortable.}) 28. Bf1 Qe5 29. Ne2 Nf6 (29... Nc5 $5 30. Qc3 f6 $15)
30. Nd4 $2 {The second serious mistake of White in this game. After the
exchange of queens the position remained very reliable:} (30. Qd4 $5 g4 31. Kb2
Qxd4+ 32. Nxd4 R8h2 33. e5 $5 dxe5 34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. fxg4 Nxg4 36. Be2 Rxd1 37.
Bxd1 Nf6 38. Rf2 Ne4 39. Rf8+ Ka7 40. Rg8 {with good chances for a draw.})
30... Nd5 {Now I have various tactical motifs. Another problem: I started to
spend too much time thinking about different possibilities.} 31. Qd3 Nf4 32.
Qe3 (32. Qc3 Bd7 33. Ne2 f6 $17 {the structure of the position has not changed,
but the black pieces are located optimally.}) 32... Nd5 33. Qd3 Nf4 34. Qe3
R8h2 {I wanted to include the second rook in a horizontal attack.} ({Another
strong possibility was} 34... f5 $5 35. Nxe6 Nxe6 36. Qe1 fxe4 37. Qxe4 Qxe4
38. fxe4 Nc5 39. Bd3 R8h4 40. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 41. Kb2 Re1 42. Rf2 Re3 $5 $15 {
Only Black can play for a win.}) 35. g3 $6 {Most likely it is this blunder
which brings about my 39th and 40th moves. White should go for the
complications, but it is not easy in time trouble.} (35. Bxa6 $1 c5 $5 {
I was planning to make the move during the game, but could not calculate the
line to the end.} 36. Nxe6 fxe6 37. Bc4 (37. Bf1 $2 Nd5 $19) 37... Nxg2 {
Here I finished the calculation, thinking that Black holds a dangerous
initiative. However, further analysis shows that White is ok:} 38. Qd3 d5 (
38... g4 $5 39. fxg4 d5 40. Rxg2 Rxd1+ 41. Qxd1 Rxg2 42. Qf1 $1 Rxg4 43. Qf8+
Kc7 44. Qxc5+ Kb8 45. Qf8+ Kc7 $11) 39. Rxh1 $1 {the only, but a sufficient
move.} Rxh1+ 40. Rd1 Rxd1+ 41. Qxd1 Qc3 42. exd5 Ne3 43. Qc1 exd5 44. Bd3 d4
45. a3 $11 {in this case the legendary pair of queen + knight does not promise
success.}) 35... Nd5 {Now the black knight starts out on another route.} 36.
Qd3 Nb4 37. Qe3 Nd5 38. Qd3 Nb4 39. Qe3 Qa5 $1 {The repetition of moves a few
times gave me the necessary time for the final calculation of a little
combination.} 40. a4 {The only defence, otherwise White loses two pawns by
force:} (40. c3 $2 Nxa2 41. Kb2 Nxc3 $1 42. Qxc3 Rxd2+ 43. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 44. Rxd2
Rxf1 $19) 40... Nd5 $1 $17 {The black knight spent a lot of time on the
d5-square and now sacrifices itself on this position.} 41. exd5 Rxd2 42. Rxd2
Rxf1+ 43. Ka2 $2 {The crucial mistake after much thought. I think White's
position was already lost, but it is still possible to defend. For example,
Stockfish is hoping for a rook endgame:} (43. Kb2 Qxd5 44. Qe2 Rh1 45. Nxe6
Qxe6 46. Qxe6 fxe6 47. Rd4 Rf1 48. Rg4 Rxf3 49. Rxg5 $17) 43... Bxd5 {Suddenly,
White loses one more pawn. Black is threatening to take on a4 and f3.} 44. Kb2
(44. c4 Bxc4 $19) (44. Qe8+ Ka7 45. Nb5+ axb5 46. Rxd5 Qc3 $19) 44... Bxf3 $19
{The black pieces are scattered over the board, but certain nuances remain. I
always have the move Qa5-e5... this is important.} 45. Qd3 ({Going into a
queen ending also leaves no chance for salvation:} 45. Nxf3 Rxf3 46. Qxf3 Qxd2
47. Qxf7 Qe3 $1 48. Qf6 Qxg3 49. Qd8+ Ka7 50. Qxc7 g4 $19 {The pawn easily
turns into a new queen.}) 45... Be4 $1 {The final touch!} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 ({Levon has played} 5... Bxf3
{several times.}) 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. a3 g5 (10...
Bd6 11. Bd2 a6 (11... Qe7 12. Qf3 g5 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Bd3 {1/2 (14) Roiz,M 
(2669)-Rublevsky,S (2684) Valjevo 2011} (14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Rc1 Bc7 16. Rc2 g6 17.
Bg2 a6 ({The computer recommends} 17... Nb6 $5 18. c5 Nc4 19. Bc1 e5 20. b3 Na5
$13 {It is not easy to evaluate correctly the ensuing position. Black's knight
on a5 is out of play, however it seems to me that White can't take advantage
of that fact.}) 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. c5 Nc8 20. f4 gxf4 21. exf4 $14 {Ivanchuk,V 
(2764) -Potkin,V (2642) Havana 2012 1/2 (42)}) 14... Kb8 15. Kb1 Nf8 16. e4
dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 f6 19. Ba5 $6 (19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. h4 $1 $16) 19...
Re8 $14 {Levin,E (2512)-Zhurikhin,A (2308) St Petersburg 2013 1/2 (66)}) 12.
Bd3 b5 $6 13. c5 Bc7 14. f4 Ng8 15. Qf3 g5 16. O-O-O (16. fxg5 $5 Qxg5 17.
O-O-O Qf6 18. Qg2 $16) 16... gxf4 17. exf4 Qh4 18. Ne2 $16 {Ponomariov,R (2756)
-Morozevich, A (2739) Riga 2013 1-0 (47)}) 11. Bd2 g6 $146 {Acording to my
computer, this move is not worse than 11...Be7 and 11...Bd6, that were played
before.} (11... Be7 12. Qf3 Kf8 13. Rd1 Kg8 14. Bd3 Nb6 15. c5 Nbd7 (15... Nc4
$5 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. O-O (17. e4 e5 $132) 17... b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. e4 Qxd4
20. Bxg5 Qe5 $11) 16. Qg3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxc5 18. Bf5 Nfd7 19. b4 Ne6 (19... Nb3
$1 20. e6 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 Nb6 22. exf7+ Kxf7 $15) 20. Ne2 Nb6 21. O-O Nc4 $132 {
Tomashevsky,E (2710)-Eljanov,P (2683) Saratov 2011 1-0 (39)}) (11... Bd6 12.
Qf3 Qe7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 {White has many options.} 15. e4 (15. Qg2
Bc7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bd3 Nb6 18. Bc1 Nc8 19. f4 gxf4 20. exf4 Nd6 $11 {
Cheparinov,I (2678)-Potkin,V (2647) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 1-0 (45)}) 15... dxe4
16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qf6 18. Be3 Bf4 $11 {Inarkiev,E (2688)-Mamedyarov,S 
(2757) Sochi 2014 1/2 (47)}) 12. Qf3 a6 ({Black could have tried to put his
bishop on g7. In that case, after a possible move ...Nb6 White should think
twice if he wants to play c5 and b4, because it's obvious that after ...e5
Black will get a strong pressure on the d4-pawn.} 12... Bg7 13. cxd5 (13. O-O-O
Nb6 $1 14. c5 $6 Nbd7 15. Bg2 b6 16. cxb6 Qxb6 $40) (13. Bd3 Nb6 14. c5 Nbd7
15. Qg3 Qe7 (15... Qb8 $5) 16. O-O e5 17. Rae1 O-O $13) 13... exd5 14. Bd3 Nf8
15. O-O-O Ne6 16. Qg2 Qe7 17. Kb1 O-O-O $13) 13. Bd3 (13. O-O-O {seems to be a
risky alternative} b5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 b4 16. axb4 Bxb4 $132 17. e5 (17.
Bxg5 $4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 dxe4 19. Qf4 Rc8 $19) 17... Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4
Rb8 $44 {with excellent compensation for the pawn.}) 13... dxc4 $6 {This is a
risky plan. After ...b5 and ...c5 Black can't keep his king on the queenside;
short castling is quite dangerous as well.} (13... Be7 14. O-O dxc4 15. Bxc4
Qc7 16. Rfd1 (16. e4 $2 c5 {and White needs good advice.} 17. e5 Nxg4 18. Qxg4
cxd4 19. Qxd4 Rh4 $19) 16... Rh7 17. Rac1 O-O-O 18. b4 Rdh8 19. Bf1 $14) 14.
Bxc4 b5 $6 15. Bf1 $5 {It looks more natural to put the bishop on g2 but it
costs White a tempo.} (15. Be2 $5 c5 16. O-O Be7 17. b4 $1 cxd4 (17... cxb4 18.
axb4 Bxb4 19. Bxb5 $16) 18. exd4 Nb6 19. Bxg5 Nfd5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 {with some
compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 15... c5 16. Bg2 Ra7 17. O-O Qb8 18.
Rfd1 Be7 19. b4 $1 {Dmitry's move is stronger than a routine continuation such
as} (19. Ne2 O-O 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Be1 Rc8 22. Rac1 $14) 19... cxb4 ({Probably
Levon should have preferred} 19... cxd4 $5 20. exd4 Nb6 21. Bxg5 Nfd5 {with
very little compensation.}) 20. axb4 {Black's position is very dangerous.} Nb6
(20... Bxb4 21. e4 {Black is in trouble, for example} O-O (21... Be7 22. Bxg5
$16) (21... Nh7 $6 22. Nxb5 $1 Qxb5 (22... Bxd2 23. Nxa7 $18) 23. Rdb1 $18) 22.
Bxg5 a5 23. Ne2 ({of course White will not grab the pawn:} 23. Nxb5 $2 Qxb5 24.
Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Qxf6 a4 $44) 23... Nh7 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. e5 Be7 26. Rac1 $16) 21.
e4 Nfd7 22. e5 Nc4 23. Bc1 O-O ({Black can't take on b4 due to} 23... Bxb4 24.
Bxg5 a5 25. Ne4 Kf8 26. d5 $1 {and Black's position is hopeless} Ncxe5 (26...
Ndxe5 27. Qf6 Kg8 28. dxe6 $18) 27. Qf4 $18) 24. Ne4 Qd8 25. h4 $1 ({White is
much better after} 25. Bf1 Ndb6 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. exf6 Rd7 28. Bxg5 Rxd4 {
and here let's say} 29. Be2 $16) 25... gxh4 26. Bh6 Re8 ({I think Levon should
have tried} 26... g5 $1 27. Qe2 $1 {White shouldn't take an exchange} (27. Bxf8
Nxf8 28. d5 Qb6 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Qe4 Ng6 $44) 27... Kh7 {Now White must take
on f8} (27... Kh8 28. f4 gxf4 29. g5 Rg8 30. Qh5 Rg6 31. Nf6) 28. Bxf8 Nxf8 29.
d5 exd5 30. Rxd5 Rd7 31. Nc3 Bxb4 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Nd5 $16) 27. Qh3 ({Dmitry
could have got a winning position after} 27. Qf4 $1 {White wants to play g5
and Nf6+} Bf8 (27... Ncb6 28. g5 h3 29. Bxh3 Nd5 30. Qh4 $18) (27... f5 28.
gxf5 gxf5 (28... exf5 29. Ng5 Ndb6 30. Bc6 $18) 29. d5 $18) (27... f6 28. g5
fxg5 29. Nxg5 Bxg5 30. Bxg5 Qc8 31. Qxh4 Nf8 32. Bf6 Rh7 33. Qg3 {with a
winning position}) 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Qh6 $18) 27... f5 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Nc5 $6
({White still could have got a winning position after} 29. Nc3 $1 {threatening
Nxb5} Qb8 (29... Bf8 30. Bxf8 Nxf8 31. Nxb5 Rd7 32. Rxa6 Nxe5 33. Qb3+ Kg7 (
33... Nf7 34. Ra8 Qe7 35. Rxe8 Qxe8 36. Bc6) 34. Ra8 $18) 30. Bc6 Ncb6 31. Qg2
Kh7 32. Bf4 Rc8 33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. Qxd5 Nb6 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qe6 Rg8 37. d5 $18)
29... Bg5 $6 (29... Nxc5 $5 30. bxc5 $1 (30. dxc5 Rd7 31. Qb3 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1
Qc7 33. Bf1 Kh7 34. Bf4 $14) 30... Bg5 $1 31. Bxg5 Qxg5 32. Kh1 Qf4 33. Qh2 $1
$16) 30. Bd5+ Kh7 31. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 32. Qg2 $1 {Despite his extra pawn, the
endgame which has arisen is very bad for Black.} (32. Kh1 {is not so clear.
For example} Nf8 33. Qf3 Nd2 34. Qc3 Rd8 35. Bg2 Nc4 36. d5 Qf4 $13) 32...
Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Ndb6 34. Bc6 $1 Rd8 35. Ne6 $1 ({Of course White shouldn't take
on b5:} 35. Bxb5 $2 Nxe5 $1 36. dxe5 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 axb5 38. e6 Kh6 $11) 35...
Rc8 36. Bxb5 Re7 37. Bxa6 $1 {The resulting endgame should be winning for
White.} (37. Bxc4 $2 Rxc4 38. Nf4 Rxb4 39. Rxa6 g5 40. Rxb6 Rxb6 41. Nd5 Rbe6
42. Nxe7 Rxe7 43. f4 gxf4 (43... g4 $4 44. d5 $18) 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. Kxf4 Re8 46.
d5 h3 47. d6 Rh8 48. e6 Kf6 49. e7 Ke6 $11) 37... Rxe6 38. Bxc8 Nxc8 39. Rdc1
N8b6 40. Ra7+ Kh6 41. Rc7 Na3 $6 {After this move Dmitry easily won the
endgame.} ({Levon should have tried} 41... Nb2 $1 42. R7c6 Rxc6 43. Rxc6 Nd5
44. b5 Na4 45. Rd6 Nab6 46. Kh2 Kg7 47. f4 Kh6 48. Kh3 Nxf4+ (48... Kh5 49. e6
Nxf4+ 50. Kh2 Nbd5 51. b6 Nxb6 52. Rxb6 $18) 49. Kxh4 Nfd5 50. Rc6 f4 51. Rd6
Kg7 52. Kg4 Kh7 53. Kf3 Kg7 54. Ke4 Kf7 55. Rxd5 Nxd5 56. Kxd5 f3 57. b6 f2 58.
b7 f1=Q 59. b8=Q {White should win the queen endgame.}) 42. R7c5 $1 Kh5 43. Rc6
$1 $18 {After trading rooks White will easily promote his pawns.} Rxc6 44. Rxc6
Nd5 (44... Nac4 45. e6) 45. Rc5 Nf4+ 46. Kh1 g5 47. b5 Nxb5 48. Rxb5 g4 49. d5
h3 50. e6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Nb4 6. Nbc3 Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 Ne7 8.
O-O d6 9. Be3 Qd7 10. d5 Ng6 11. f4 Be7 12. Bd4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 O-O
15. Ng3 c6 16. Nf5 Bb4 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 cxd5 19. exd5 Rac8 20. Rad1 b5 21.
c5 Bxd5 22. Nd6 Qc6 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rf2 f6 25. Qd2 Ne7 26. Qa5 Rc7 27. Rfd2
Rd7 28. b4 Kf7 29. a4 a6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qb6 Ke6 32. Qb8 Kf7 33. Qb6 Ke6 34.
Qb8 Nc8 35. h3 h5 36. h4 Qa6 37. Kh2 Qc6 38. Kg1 Rb7 39. Qa8 Rc7 40. Qxc6+ Bxc6
41. Rd8 Ne7 42. R1d6+ Kf5 43. Rb8 Ra7 44. Rb6 Ra1+ 45. Kh2 Be4 46. Rxb5 Nd5 47.
c6 Nxe3 48. c7 Ng4+ 49. Kh3 Kf4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 71st"]
[Site "Satka"]
[Date "2018.09.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Nc3 d5 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. h4 Bxh4 15.
Qd3 g6 16. Qe3 f5 17. Qh6 Be7 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qe8 20. Bb3 Nd8 21. Qh4 Nf7
22. Bf6 Bb5 23. f3 Bc4 24. Kf2 Nd7 25. Be7 h6 26. Bxf8 Qxf8 27. g4 f4 28. g5
hxg5 29. Qh3 Qh6 30. Qxh6 Nxh6 31. Bc2 Kg7 32. Rg1 Nf7 33. Rac1 Rh8 34. b3 Ba6
35. Nxd5 exd5 36. e6 Nf8 37. exf7 Ne6 38. Bb1 Rh2+ 39. Rg2 Rh3 40. f8=Q+ Kxf8
41. Bxg6 Nxd4 42. Rxg5 Ke7 43. Rd1 Kf6 44. Rg4 Rh2+ 45. Rg2 Rxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Ke5
47. Re1+ Kd6 48. Kf2 Bb5 49. Be8 Ba6 50. Rh1 Nc2 51. Bg6 Nb4 52. a3 Nc6 53. Rh7
Kc5 54. Be8 Nd4 55. b4+ Kc4 56. Rf7 Kc3 57. Rxf4 Bc4 58. Rf7 Nc2 59. Rxb7 Nxa3
60. f4 d4 61. f5 d3 62. f6 d2 63. Bh5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 71st"]
[Site "Satka"]
[Date "2018.09.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Bf4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e3 d6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 e5 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. f3 c6 14. Bf2 d5 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Rad1 Nc5 20. Bc2 Red8 21.
Qe3 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. b4 Rac8 24. Be4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rc3 26. Qd2 Rxa3 27.
Qd8+ Qxd8 28. Rxd8+ Bf8 29. Bg3 Rc3 30. Bb8 f5 31. Bd5 Bxd5 32. Bd6 Kf7 33.
Bxf8 Be6 34. Bd6 Rc8 35. Rxc8 Bxc8 36. b5 Ke8 37. Kf2 Bd7 38. Ke3 Kd8 39. Kf4
Bxb5 40. Kg5 a5 41. Kh6 Be8 42. Kxh7 Kd7 43. Bf8 b5 44. g4 fxg4 45. fxg4 b4 46.
h4 Kc6 47. h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Bxh5 49. Kh6 Kb5 50. Kxh5 b3 0-1

[Event "Wenzhou m"]
[Site "Wenzhou"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.07.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 cxd5 14. exd5 Nc4 15.
Nd2 Nb6 16. Nf1 Re8 17. Ng3 g6 18. Bh6 Rc8 19. a4 b4 20. a5 bxc3 21. axb6 cxb2
22. Rxa6 Rxc2 23. Qb3 Qc8 24. b7 Qc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. Rb6 Rb8 27. Rxb2 Nxd5
28. Ra1 Bd8 29. Ra8 Bc7 30. Bd2 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. g4 h6 11. f4 Nc6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nf3 Na5 14. Nd2 b5 15. a3
Bc6 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Qf2 Qb8 18. Ba7 Qa8 19. Bb6 Nb7 20. Bd4 Nc5 21. Rae1 Ncd7
22. g5 hxg5 23. fxg5 Ne8 24. h4 Bd8 25. Nf3 Qb7 26. Bh3 Bb6 27. h5 Nc7 28. Kh2
Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Qb6 30. Qxd6 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 32. Ne5 Be8 33. Rd1 f6 34. gxf6
Rxf6 35. Rxf6 gxf6 36. Ng4 Kg7 37. h6+ Kg6 38. b4 Nd7 39. Ne2 Ne5 40. Nf4+ Kh7
41. Kg3 Nxg4 42. Bxg4 Kxh6 43. Bxe6 Nxe6 44. Rh1+ Kg7 45. Nxe6+ Kg6 46. Nc5 a5
47. Kf4 axb4 48. axb4 Ra8 49. e5 fxe5+ 50. Kxe5 Ra3 51. Ne4 Bc6 52. Rg1+ Kf7
53. Nd6+ Ke7 54. Rg7+ Kd8 55. Kd4 Bd7 56. Rg5 Ra2 1-0

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Qc2
Qa5 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bd3 b6 11. b4 Qc7 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qb1 Qd8 15.
O-O Nbd7 16. Rfd1 h6 17. e4 a5 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Be4
Rxc1 22. Bxc1 axb4 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. axb4 Nf8 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. Nf5 Ng6 27. Bb2
Bf8 28. Nxh6 Ra4 29. Re1 Nf4 30. e6 fxe6 31. g3 d4 32. Ng4 Nh3+ 33. Kg2 Ng5 34.
Ne5 Qd5+ 35. Kg1 Nh3+ 36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qg2 38. Bxd4 Kg8 39. Qb3 Qe4+ 40.
Be3 Rxb4 41. Qxe6+ Kh7 42. Qxh3+ Kg8 43. Nd3 Ra4 44. Rd1 Ra2+ 45. Rd2 Ra1 46.
f3 Qc4 47. Qg4 Qb3 48. Bf2 Qb1 49. Qe6+ Kh7 50. Qh3+ Kg8 51. Bd4 Ra7 52. Qe6+
Kh7 53. Qe4+ Kg8 54. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 a6 8. Bb3
Ba7 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Nc4 g4 11. Nfd2 h5 12. Nf1 g3 13. Nxg3 Bg4 14. Qc2 Rg8 15.
Ne3 Qd7 16. Ngf5 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Bxf5 18. exf5 O-O-O 19. Qe2 d5 20. Ba4 d4 21.
Rg3 h4 22. Rxg8 Rxg8 23. Qf3 b5 24. Bb3 e4 25. dxe4 Ne5 26. Qf4 Rg4 27. Qh6
Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Nxe4 29. Be3 dxe3 30. Qxe3 Qd2 31. Qxf3 Rf4 32. Qh5 Nxf2+ 33. Kg1
Qe3 34. Qh8+ Kb7 35. Bd5+ c6 36. Bxc6+ Kc7 37. h3 Nd1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 74th"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2021.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5
Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ndc4 Re8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rc1 c6 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. f4 Nd7 16. Nf5 Nf8 17. e4 Ng6 18. Qh5 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Re6 20. Nxh6+ gxh6 21.
Bxg6 Qxd4+ 22. Rf2 1-0

