Re: Firouzja in World Rapid 2018
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 4:57 am
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Blacks plays ... Rb8 with the idea of ... b5. Unfortunately after ... Ne5 h3, ... Bd7 is not possible because of white playing f4 trapping the Knight on e5. So it seems that ... Rb8 is a waste of a tempo.
[pgn][Event "St Petersburg RUS"] [Site "St Petersburg RUS"] [Date "2018.12.28"] [Round "14.8"] [White "Korobov, Anton"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A65"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2607"] [Annotator "PC,This"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2018.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. Qd2 h5 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Nc1 {[#]} Rb8 (13... Ne5 14. Be2 h4 15. O-O) 14. Be2 Ne5 15. h3 b5 (15... Bd7 16. f4) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 h4 18. O-O Bd7 19. Nc3 Rb4 20. b3 Re8 21. Ra3 Rd4 22. Qc2 Nh5 23. f4 Ng3 24. fxe5 Nxf1 25. Bxf1 Bxe5 26. Nd3 Bg7 27. Nf2 Rb4 28. Bc4 Qf6 29. Nb1 Rbb8 30. Ra7 Red8 31. Qa2 Qe5 32. Nd2 Qc3 33. Bg5 Qc1+ 34. Bf1 Bd4 35. Nf3 Be3 36. Bxd8 Rxd8 37. Qe2 c4 38. Rc7 c3 39. e5 Bb6 40. Rb7 Bc5 41. e6 c2 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 43. exd7 Bb6 44. Nd4 Bxd4 45. d8=Q+ Kg7 46. Qxh4 1-0 [/pgn]
Blacks plays ... Rb8 with the idea of ... b5. Unfortunately after ... Ne5 h3, ... Bd7 is not possible because of white playing f4 trapping the Knight on e5. So it seems that ... Rb8 is a waste of a tempo.
[pgn][Event "St Petersburg RUS"] [Site "St Petersburg RUS"] [Date "2018.12.28"] [Round "14.8"] [White "Korobov, Anton"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A65"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2607"] [Annotator "PC,This"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2018.12.26"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. Qd2 h5 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Nc1 {[#]} Rb8 (13... Ne5 14. Be2 h4 15. O-O) 14. Be2 Ne5 15. h3 b5 (15... Bd7 16. f4) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 h4 18. O-O Bd7 19. Nc3 Rb4 20. b3 Re8 21. Ra3 Rd4 22. Qc2 Nh5 23. f4 Ng3 24. fxe5 Nxf1 25. Bxf1 Bxe5 26. Nd3 Bg7 27. Nf2 Rb4 28. Bc4 Qf6 29. Nb1 Rbb8 30. Ra7 Red8 31. Qa2 Qe5 32. Nd2 Qc3 33. Bg5 Qc1+ 34. Bf1 Bd4 35. Nf3 Be3 36. Bxd8 Rxd8 37. Qe2 c4 38. Rc7 c3 39. e5 Bb6 40. Rb7 Bc5 41. e6 c2 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 43. exd7 Bb6 44. Nd4 Bxd4 45. d8=Q+ Kg7 46. Qxh4 1-0 [/pgn]