Tunbridge Wells 2018
Pseudo-Chigorin
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Nbd2!?
Kramnik has played this, but it is hard to see what advantage it has over the normal 4.Bg2.
4...Qd7 5.h3 Bf5!?
This is more popular in ChessBase's 2020 Mega database than 5...Bh5.
6.c3 Nf6 7.Bg2 e6 8.Nh4 Bg6!?
Stockfish10 and Komodo10 reckon the bishop should either be left where it is or moved to e4.
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 e5
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13.dxe5!
White is probably slightly better after 13.d5, but the text opens the position for White's bishop-pair, while not worrying about losing castling rights.
13...Qxd1+ 14.Kxd1 0-0-0+ 15.Kc2
A nice square for the king, which is better placed than its black counterpart.
15...Nxe5 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Rad1 Rde8
This rook, so as to leave the king's rook pressurising h3.
18.Bd5 Re7
18...f6!? may well be better.
19.Bg5?!
The engines reckon White is better after a move such as 19.Rd2 or 19.b4!?
19...Rd7?
Black is only a little worse after the obvious 19...f6.
20.Rhe1 a6?
Not 20...Rxh3? - the back rank is too weak, so White wins a piece with 21.f4. But better than the text is 20...c6 or 20...f6.
21.Rxe5! Bxe5 22.Bxb7+ Kxb7 23.Rxd7 Rxh3 24.Rxf7 Rh5 25.f4 Kc6 26.Bh4 1-0
LESSONS FROM THIS GAME
I am not sure there is much to be learnt from this game - I was outplayed positionally in the opening and tactically in the middlegame. One thing that does stand out, however, is how the grandmaster at moves 13 and 21 was able to come up with a strong continuation by seeing beyond the immediately obvious.
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