[Event "?"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2021.12.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sicilian Sidelines"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Annotator "Boris"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ (3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 $5 (4... Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6.
Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3) 5. Nc3 (5. Bg5 Nc6 (5... e6 6. Nc3 (6. e5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Qa5+ 8.
Nc3 Qxb5 $146 9. Nxb5 Nxd4 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Nxa8 Nxc2+ (11... Nxf3+ $5 12. gxf3
Nd5 13. c4 Nb4 14. O-O-O b6 15. a3 Nc6 16. exd6 Bb7 17. Nc7 Ne5 $44) 12. Kd2
Nxa1 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bxf6 Rg8 15. Ke2 (15. Rxa1 b5 $15 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 15...
Be7 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Rxa1 Bd7 18. Nc7 Kd8 (18... Rc8 19. Rc1 Bc6 20. Nd5+ exd5
21. Nd4 $14) 19. Rc1 Rxg2 $44 {[%csl Gc7]}) (6. Bxf6 Qxf6 $1) 6... a6 7. O-O-O
(7. e5 Nc6 8. Qa4 h6 9. Bh4 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Rd1 Qc7 $11)
7... Nc6 8. Bxf6 $146 (8. Qd2 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 {see different move order}) 8...
gxf6 (8... Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Na4 {[%cal Ga4b6]} Rb8 11. Nb6 Ne5 $11) 9. Qe3
b5 $132) 6. Bb5 (6. Qe3 Ng4 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 {[%csl Gb2]} 10. Nc3
Be6 11. h3 Nf6 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O O-O {[%cal Gd8b6,Gb6a5] 1/2-1/2 (75)
Tomescu,V (2438)-Palac,M (2564) Porto San Giorgio 2002}) 6... Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxb5
$1 8. Nxb5 Nxd4 9. Nfxd4 Nxe4 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 Nxg5 $44 12. Nb5 {White
has to take care of his stray knight on a8.} (12. O-O-O $2 Bd7 13. Rd3 {
(A. Caresana - F. Castaldo, Ivrea 2007)} Kc8 $1 14. Rc3+ Kb8 15. Rc7 Bc8 16.
Nb5 Ne6 $1 $17) 12... a6 13. Nc3 {[%cal Ga8b6]} (13. Nd4 Ne6 $1 $146 14. Rd1
Nxd4 15. Rxd4 b5 16. Nb6 Bb7 17. Nd5 e6 18. Ne3 d5 $44) 13... Bf5 $1 14. O-O-O
Ne4 $1 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. f3 Bc6 17. Nb6 h5 $44 {[%cal Gh5h4,Gh8h6]}) (5. e5 Nc6
6. Bb5 (6. Qa4 dxe5 (6... Ng4 $5 7. Bb5 (7. exd6 $2 Qb6 $17) 7... Ngxe5 8. Nxe5
dxe5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Be3 (10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qe4 f6 12. O-O (12. Nc3 e6 13.
O-O Qc8 $15) 12... Qc8 $15) 10... f6 11. Nc3 Bf5 $146 12. Qxc6+ Kf7 13. O-O a6
$13) 7. Nxe5 Qc7 $1 8. Nxc6 (8. Bf4 $6 Nh5 $1 9. Nxc6 (9. Bb5 Nxf4 10. Qxf4 f6
11. Nd3 e5 $15) 9... Qxf4 10. Qxf4 Nxf4 11. Ne5 e6 (11... a6 12. g3 Ng6 13. Nc4
Bd7 14. Bg2 Rc8 15. Nb6 $11) 12. g3 Ng6 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14. Nxg6+ hxg6 15. f4 Rh5
16. Nc3 Rc5 $15) 8... Bd7 $1 9. Nc3 Qxc6 $146 10. Qxc6 (10. Bb5 Qe6+) 10...
Bxc6 $11) 6... Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxb5 $1 8. Nxb5 Nxd4 9. Nfxd4 (9. Nbxd4 dxe5 10.
Nxe5 (10. Nb5 $6 Nd5 11. c4 a6 $17) 10... g6 $1 {[%csl Gc8,Gf8]} 11. O-O (11.
Nb5 Nd5 12. c4 a6 $17) 11... Bg7 $15) 9... dxe5 $1 10. Nc7+ Kd7 $1 11. Nxa8 (
11. Ndb5 Rb8 12. Be3 b6 13. O-O-O+ Kc6 14. Rd8 Kb7 $1 $17) 11... exd4 {[%csl
Ga8]} 12. Bf4 e5 $1 13. Bxe5 Bd6 {[%csl Gc7]} 14. Bxd6 (14. f4 Kc6 $17) 14...
Re8+ $1 15. Be7 Rxe7+ 16. Kf1 b6 17. Rd1 Ba6+ 18. Kg1 d3 19. b3 Re2 20. c4 Kc8
$19 {0-1 (49) Vaugeois,S (2094)-Roeder,M (2429) France 2009}) (5. Bb5+ Bd7 6.
c4 (6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. O-O (7. c4 $6 Qg4 {[%csl Ge4,Gg2]} 8. O-O Qxe4 9. Qc3 e6
10. Re1 Qc6 11. Nd4 Qd7 12. Nf5 Nc6 13. Bg5 O-O-O $15) 7... Nc6 8. Qd3 g6 (8...
d5 $5 9. e5 Ne4 $13) 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 Rfc8 12. Rb1 Qd8 {[%cal
Gf6d7,Gd8a5]}) 6... g6 7. Nc3 (7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bg7 9. Nxd7 Nbxd7 $15) 7...
Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd3 (9. h3 a6 10. Bxd7 Nfxd7 $1 11. Qe3 (11. Qd2 Nc5 12. Re1
b5 $15) 11... Nc6 12. Bd2 b5 $11 {[%csl Gb2]} (12... Qb6 $5)) (9. Bxd7 Nfxd7
10. Qe3 Nc6 11. Rb1 {[%cal Gb2b3]} Qb6 $1 12. Nd5 (12. Qxb6 Nxb6 $17 {[%csl
Gc4]}) 12... Qxe3 13. Bxe3 Rfc8 14. Rfc1 e6 15. Nc3 Nc5 $15 {[%csl Ge4]}) 9...
Bg4 10. Nd4 (10. h3 a6 (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. e5 $13) 11.
hxg4 (11. Ba4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nfd7 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 {comfortable for
Black}) 11... axb5 12. g5 (12. cxb5 Nxg4 $13) 12... bxc4 13. Qxc4 {1/2-1/2 (57)
Malakhov,V (2713) -Wei,Y (2707) Doha 2016} Ng4 14. Bd2 Nc6 $13) 10... a6 11.
Ba4 Nbd7 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Gd7c5,Gd7e5]} 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. b3 Nc5 14. Qe3 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Bb2 (16. Ncxb5 Qb6 17. a4 Rfb8 18. Ra3 Bd7 $44 {[%cal Ge7e5,
Gd7b5]}) 16... Bd7 17. Rfd1 Re8 $11 {1-0 (43) Urazayev,A (2421)-Gnusarev,P 
(2299) Pavlodar 2018}) (5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 (6. Qd3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9.
O-O (9. h3 {[%csl Gg4]} Nd7 10. O-O Nc5 11. Qc2 f5 $132 (11... b6)) 9... Bg4
10. Be3 (10. Rb1 Nd7 11. h3 (11. Bf4 Qa5) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qa5 $15) 10...
Nd7 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Rac1 Nc5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxc3 $1 (14... Rac8 $5) 15.
Qxc3 (15. Rxc3 Qxa2 {[%cal Ge7e5,Gf7f6]}) 15... Qxc3 16. Rxc3 Ne5 {[%csl Ge4]}
17. b4 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Ne6 19. c5 $11) 6... Bg4 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O
{[%csl Gc1]} 10. Rb1 (10. b3 Nxe4 {[%csl Ga1]}) (10. Rd1 Nd7 11. b3 Qb6 12. Qd2
Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qd4 14. Bb2 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Nc5 {[%csl Gb2]} 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Nd5
(17. g3 a5) 17... Bxb2 18. Rxb2 e5 $146 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 19. Nc7 Rac8 20. Nb5 a6
21. Nxd6 Rc7 {[%csl Gd6]}) 10... Qb6 (10... Nd7 11. b4 {[%csl Gc4]}) 11. Rd1 (
11. Qxb6 axb6 {[%cal Gf6d7,Gg7c3]}) 11... Rfc8 12. b3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Bb2
a6 15. a3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Nd5 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qd8 $11) 5... a6 (5... Nc6
6. Bb5) 6. e5 (6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 (7. Qe3 e6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. Kb1 Qc7 10. h4 {
1-0 (41) Arnaudov,P (2439)-Michalik, P (2557) Katowice 2017} b5 $132) (7. Qa4
$6 Bd7) 7... e6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bh4 (9. Bf4 e5 {[%csl Gf4]}) 9... Bd7 10. Bg3 e5
11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 b5 $1 $132) (6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 (7. Qb6 Qxb6 8. Bxb6 Bg4 9.
Be2 Rc8 10. O-O-O g6 11. h3 Bh6+ 12. Kb1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. Nd5 e6 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Ke7 $15) 7... e6 8. O-O-O Qc7 (8... Bd7 9. Bf4 b5 (9... e5 10.
Bg5 {[%csl Gd5,Gf6]}) 10. Bxd6 b4 {[%csl Ge4]} 11. Nd5 exd5 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13.
e5 Ng8 (13... Ng4 14. Qxd5 Be8 15. Qc4 Qc8 16. h3 Nh6 17. Qc5+ $36 {1-0 (36)
Zelcic,R (2493)-Nasuta, G (2452) Zagreb 2017}) 14. Qxd5 Be8 15. Qc5+ Qe7 16.
Rd6 $44) (8... Qa5 $5) 9. Bf4 Ng4 10. Kb1 Bd7 11. h3 Nge5 12. Nd4 {0-1 (40)
Zelcic,R (2501)-Rodshtein,M (2699) Katowice 2017} Na5 {[%cal Ga5c4]} 13. Qe1 b5
$36) 6... Nc6 7. Qa4 dxe5 (7... Ng4 8. Bb5 $1 (8. exd6 Qb6 {[%csl Gf2]} 9. h3 (
9. Nd1 Bd7 (9... Qb4+ 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 11. Bd3) 10. Be2 (10. dxe7 Bxe7 11. Be2 $2
(11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. axb3 Nb4 $36) 11... Bb4+ 12. c3 Nd4 $19 {[%cal Gd4c2,Gd7a4]})
(10. h3 $146 e5 11. Qc4 Rc8) 10... e5 11. Qc4 (11. Ng5 Nd4 12. Qc4 Nh6 $15)
11... Rc8 12. Ng5 Nh6) (9. Nd5 Qxf2+ 10. Kd1 Rb8 11. h3 (11. dxe7 Bxe7 12. Nxe7
Kxe7 13. Qa3+ Ke8 14. h3 (14. Bd2 Be6 15. h3 Nge5 16. Be1 Qb6 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18.
Qa4+ Bd7 19. Qb4 Qxb4 (19... Qc7 $13) 20. Bxb4 Bc6) (14. Bf4 Be6) 14... Bf5 15.
Bd2 Nf6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Qxg2 18. Re1+ Kd7 19. d4 Rhe8 20. Ne5+ Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Re6 22. exf6 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Qd5+ $11) 11... Qc5 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. hxg4
Qxd6+ 14. Bd3 Qxc7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qd4+ Qd6 18. Qxe5 Bxg4+ 19. Kd2
Qxe5 20. Bxe5 Rc8 21. Be4 Be7 22. Bxg7 Re8 23. Bd4 Bc5 {1/2-1/2 (23) Hauser,S 
(2353)-Stanojevic,S (2419) ICCF email 2015}) 9... Qxf2+ 10. Kd1 Nf6 11. Nb5 Nd5
12. c4 axb5 13. Qxa8 Nb6 {[%csl Gc8]} 14. Qa3 (14. d7+ $5 Kxd7 15. Qa3 Nxc4 16.
Qd3+ Nd6 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. Bxe3 e5 $15) 14... Nxc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Rg1 Qg3 17.
Be3 (17. Qa8 Qxd6+ 18. Ke2 Qe6+ 19. Kf2 f6) 17... Qg6 (17... Qxd6+ 18. Qxd6
exd6 19. b3 d5) 18. Nd4 Qe4 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qc5 exd6 21. Qxc6+ bxc6 22. b3
cxb3 23. axb3 Be7 24. Ra7 Bf6 25. Rc7 Be6 26. Rxc6 Bxb3+ 27. Kd2 O-O 28. Rxd6
Be6 {1/2-1/2 (28) Kacharava,N (2392)-Shevchenko,K (2569) Kirishi 2018}) (8. Bf4
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Ngxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd7 11. Bg3 g6 $146 (11... e5 12. O-O-O Nd4 13. Qc4
Be6 14. Qd3 Qa5 15. Bxe5) 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. O-O-O Bg7 14. Qa3 O-O 15. Bh4 Bf5 16.
Nf6+ exf6 17. Rxd8 Rfxd8 $40 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Bf8) 8... Ngxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5
10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Be3 $1 $44 {looks promisng for White: 1/2 (60)-1/2 (60)
Broadway,D (2292) -Vrana,L (2223) ICCF email 2016} (11. Qxc6+ $6 Bd7 12. Qe4 f6
13. Be3 Qc8 14. O-O Rb8 $15)) 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Be3 e6 11. Rd1 Qc7
12. g3 Bb4 13. Bg2 b5 $146 14. Qb3 Rc8 15. O-O Be7 $11) 3... Bd7 4. Bxd7+ (4.
a4 Nc6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 (6. Bc4 Nf6 $11) 6... Bxc6 7. Re1 e6 (7... Nf6 8. e5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 $14) 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nf6 10. Nxc6 (10. Nc3) 10... bxc6 {
[%csl Ga4]} 11. b3 (11. c4 Rb8) 11... Be7 12. Bb2 d5 {0-1 (77) Abdulov,O (2350)
-Lovkov,R (2462) Varna 2015}) (4. Qe2 Bxb5 5. Qxb5+ Qd7 6. Qe2 (6. Qxd7+ Nxd7
7. Nc3 g6) 6... Nc6 7. O-O g6 8. c3 Bg7 9. Rd1 e5 10. Na3 Nge7 11. Nc2 O-O 12.
d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Ncxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 d5 16. e5 Nc6 17. f4 Nxd4 18.
Rxd4 Rad8 19. b3 Qe6 20. Bb2 f6 $11 {Rozentalis,E (2510) -Stankovic,M (2433)
Augsburg 2023}) (4. c4 a6 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. Nc3 (6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 (7. Nxd4 {
[%csl Gc4,Ge4]} Rc8 $1 8. b3 Ngf6 9. Qe2 (9. Nc3 b5 {[%csl Gc3]}) 9... Qa5+ $1
10. Bd2 Qe5 $17 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]}) 7... Ngf6 (7... Rc8 8. Nc3 Ngf6 9. O-O g6 {
[%csl Gd4][%cal Gf8g7]}) 8. Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Bd2 b5 12. cxb5
axb5 13. b4 Qb6 14. h3 Qb7 $11) 6... Rc8 7. d4 (7. O-O e6 8. d3 Ne7 9. b3 g6
10. Bb2 Bg7 11. d4 O-O 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Ne2 e5 $17 {
0-1 (27) Breder,D (2424)-Donchenko,A (2645) Austria 2023}) 7... cxd4 8. Qxd4
Ngf6 9. O-O e6 $11) 4... Nxd7 5. O-O (5. c4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 (7. O-O Bg7 8.
d3 O-O 9. h3 a6 10. Be3 Rb8 11. a4 e6 $11) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. O-O (9. Be3
Rc8 10. b3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Ng4 $36) 9... Qa5 $1 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Rac1 (
12. Nb3 Qb4 13. e5 dxe5 14. c5 Na4 $15 {0-1 (41) Onischuk,V (2622)-Xiong, J 
(2700) Riga 2021}) 12... Rxc4 13. Nb3 Qa6 14. e5 Ne4 15. exd6 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Nxd6 17. Bd4 O-O 18. Qe5 f6 19. Qxe7 Nf5 20. Qe6+ Rf7 $11 {1/2 (30)-1/2 (30)
Gnilka,T (2346) -Kienel,N (2164) ICCF email 2018}) (5. c3 {[%cal Gd2d4]} Ngf6 {
[%csl Ge4]} 6. Qe2 e6 7. d4 cxd4 (7... Be7 8. e5) 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Bb4+ 10. Bd2
(10. Nbd2 Ne4 11. O-O Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. Rac1 Qb6 15. Rc3 Rac8
16. Rfc1 Rxc3 17. Rxc3 Nb8 {[%cal Gb8c6]} 18. h4 Nc6 19. g3 {1/2-1/2 (19)
Vaassen,J (2157)-Zholob,A (2035) LSS email 2018}) 10... Bxd2+ 11. Nbxd2 {
[%csl Ge4]} Ng8 12. O-O-O (12. O-O Ne7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Qb5 Nb6 15. Rc3 Nc6 16.
a3 Rc8 17. Rfc1 {1-0 (72) Riazantsev,A (2634)-Matlakov, M (2674) Warsaw 2021}
Qd7 {[%cal Gc6e5]}) 12... Ne7 13. Kb1 {0-1 (82) Dubov,D (2720)-Grandelius,N 
(2672) Wijk aan Zee 2022} a5 {[%cal Ga5a4,Gd8a5]}) 5... Ngf6 6. Qe2 (6. Re1 e6
7. c3 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. e5 (9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 $11 {Black has absolutely no
problems here after just taking the c-file} (10. Nxd4) 10... Qc7 {[%cal Gf8c8]}
) (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 b5 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4) 11. Nbd2 a6 {[%cal Gf6h5,Ga8c8]})
(9. Qe2 Rc8 10. Bg5 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. Nc3 (12. e5 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nbd2
Rc2) 12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe7 exf3 15. Bxd8 fxe2 {0-1 (29) Heilemann,
M (2285) -Movsziszian,K (2480) Hamburg 1993}) 9... Ne8 10. Qe2 (10. exd6 Nxd6
11. d5 exd5 12. Qxd5 {[%cal Gc1f4]} Re8 13. Bf4 Nf6 $1 $11 14. Qb3 (14. Qxc5 $2
Nde4 $15 {[%cal Ge7c5,Gd8b6]}) 14... c4 15. Qc2 a6 16. Nbd2 b5 $11 {[%csl Gd3]
[%cal Gd8b6]}) 10... Rc8 11. exd6 Bxd6 (11... Nxd6 $5 $146 12. d5 {[%csl Ge7]}
e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Re8 $44) 12. Bg5 Nef6 13. Na3 cxd4 14. Nb5 {1-0 (55)
Beradze,I (2490)-Beukes,D (2144) Brownsville 2021} Bb8 15. Nbxd4 Qb6 $11) (6.
d3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nc3 $5 (8. c3 O-O 9. d4 {[%csl Gb1]} Qb6 $5 10. e5 Nd5 $1
11. e6 (11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. exd6 Qxd6 $15) 11... fxe6 12. Rxe6 Rae8 $11) 8... O-O
9. h3 Rc8 {[%cal Gd7b8,Gb8c6]}) 6... e6 7. b3 (7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Rc8 $5 9. c4
Qa5 10. Rd1 (10. Nc3 Qb4 {[%csl Gc4]}) 10... a6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 Qh5 $5 (
12... O-O 13. Nc3 Rfe8 $11 {[%cal Ge7f8] Good for a fight} (13... b5 $4 14.
cxb5 Rxc3 15. Bxc3 Qxc3 16. Rac1 {[%cal Gd4c6]} Qa5 17. Nc6 $18)) 13. Qxh5 (13.
f3 g5 {[%cal Gd7e5,Gh5g6,Gh7h5]}) 13... Nxh5 14. Nc3 Nhf6 15. Rd2 (15. f3 g5
16. Nde2 h5 $11) 15... g5 16. Rad1 g4 17. Nc2 Rg8 18. Ba3 Nc5 19. Re2 h5 $15 {
1/2 (23)-1/2 (23) Antal,G (2570)-Brkic,A (2610) Hungary 2022}) (7. c4 Ne5 $5 8.
Nxe5 (8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 O-O) 8... dxe5 9. d3 Nd7 {[%csl Gd4]
[%cal Gd7b8,Gb8c6]} 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. e5 Nb8 14. Kh1 Nc6
15. Rad1 Bg5 16. Bg3 Bh4 $11 {[%csl Ge5] 1/2 (19) - 1/2 Anand - Nakamura,
Norway Masters Blitz 2015}) (7. d3 Be7 8. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4] This is the
point} Ne5 $5 (8... O-O 9. f4) 9. f4 Nc6 $13) (7. c3 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Rd1 (9.
e5 Ne8 $11 {Black plays . ..cxd4 next move and then swings a knight either to
c7 or b6.}) 9... cxd4 (9... Rc8 $6 10. e5 Ne8 11. dxc5 $1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Nxc5
12. Na3 $1 $14) 10. cxd4 b5 $5 $11 11. e5 (11. Qxb5 Nxe4) 11... dxe5 12. dxe5
Nd5 13. Qxb5 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rfc8 $44 {[%cal Ga8b8]}) 7... Be7 8. Bb2 (8. c4 O-O (
8... Ne5 $5) 9. Bb2 Rc8 10. d4 (10. Rd1) 10... d5 11. cxd5 (11. e5 Ne4 12. cxd5
exd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qb6 $11) 11... exd5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 (13. Nbd2
Nxd2 14. Qxd2 (14. Nxd2 Qb6 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Nf8 $11) 14... c4 $1 $11)
13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qb6 {[%cal Gb6e6,Ge6g6]} 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bd4 Qg6 $11 {
[%cal Gc5e6,Gc5e4]}) 8... O-O 9. c4 a6 10. d4 (10. Nc3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 (11. Rad1
Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 b5 $1 {[%csl Ga2]}) 11... dxe5 12. f4 exf4 13. e5 Nd7 14. Rxf4 {
[%cal Gc3e4] 1/2-1/2 (57) Tari,A (2654) -Grandelius,N (2635) chess24.com INT
2022} f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Raf1 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Rxf4 19. Rxf4 Nf6
$44 {[%cal Gd8c7,Ga8e8]}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 (11... Qa5 12. Nc3 Rac8 13.
Rad1 (13. Rac1 Bd8 $5 14. Kh1 $6 (14. Rfd1 Bc7) 14... Bb6 15. Rfd1 (15. Nc2
Rfd8 16. Rcd1 Qg5) 15... Rfd8 16. f4 Ba7 17. Qf3 $11 (17. f5 $6 {Boskovic -
Wolff, 2007} Re8 $1 $15) (17. Nf3 $6 Ng4 $15 {Carlsen - Nakamura, 2016})) 13...
Rfe8 14. Kh1 (14. f4 Qh5) 14... Bf8 $13) 12. Rd1 (12. Kh1 Rfe8) 12... Rfe8 13.
Nc3 Rac8 14. Rac1 Bf8 $11 {[%cal Gb7b5,Gd6d5]} 15. Kh1 g6 (15... Qa5 16. Rc2
Nc5) 16. Rc2 Qa5 (16... Bg7 17. Nf3 {[%csl Gd6]}) 17. Rcd2 h5 $5 *