B16 Caro-Kann: Bronstein-Larsen Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6)

Today I noticed that Stockfish 9 had been released, so I downloaded it immediately and analysed this game with the new engine. I should test it against the previous one at some convenient moment by putting them to play against each other with the same settings. The game I am sharing today was a 5 minute game that was played at Chess.com. The move 5...gxf6 is an interesting idea, but if I ever were to play this while controlling the black pieces, I would go with 5...exf6 as it would keep the pawn structure in better shape and it would open the a3-f8 diagonal for the bishop, where it would want to go after gxf6 as well. Therefore, in my opinion, 5...exf6 is more natural one. It also the move that the engine prefers and actually thinks that White should be clearly better after 5...gxf6 at depth 34. Then the game continued with other moves that the engine does not really like, but the first position that I am going to take a closer look at is the one that arose after 8...Qe7. I played the really horrible move 9.dxe5 and the game might have ended after Kojjootti's reply, had he played 9...Qb4+ that is.

Kojjootti played simply 9...fxe5, which gave me time to play 10.Bd2 and solve my problems for the time being, save both the bishop on f4 and the one on c4. The next huge mistake was played by my opponent on move 18, when he played 18...Bxh6. While this was a blitz game and there was not that much time to think about the moves, still I think that a move like 18...Bxh6 would not have crossed my mind, had I controlled the black pieces because it just invites the queen closer to the king and thereby restricting the options that the black king has. I think if the bishops are traded it is in Black's best interest to let White to initiate the trading process. In that way Black would be able to get the king to g7 and have the idea of Rh8 in some situations.

From that bad decision my opponent did not recover from and I was able to eventually even checkmate my opponent on move 55.

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Kojjootti"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B16"] [WhiteElo "1749"] [BlackElo "1724"] [Annotator "Stockfish 9 64 POPCNT (30s)"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 {B16 Caro-Kann: Bronstein-Larsen Variation} 6. Bf4 Nd7 (6... Qd5 7. Bg3 h5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Nd7 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Be4 12. O-O Qg5 13. b3 f5 14. Re1 Nf6 15. Qc1 Qxc1 16. Raxc1 Bh6 17. Ra1 Bxc2 18. Be5 O-O-O 19. g3 Bg5 20. Ng2 h4 21. g4 {Volcik,M (1670) -Kubeczka,A (2069) Ostrava 2014 0-1}) 7. Bc4 (7. c3 Nb6 8. Bd3 Qd5 9. Qf3 h5 10. Be4 Qe6 11. Ne2 h4 12. b3 f5 13. Bc2 Qd5 14. Qh3 Rg8 15. O-O Qe6 16. Rfe1 Qg6 17. c4 Bd7 18. a4 a5 19. Rad1 e6 20. Bc7 Nc8 21. Nf4 Qg5 {Toma,K (2290) -Jakubiec,E (2183) Poronin 2012 1-0 (39)}) 7... e5 $146 {Black threatens to win material: e5xf4} (7... Nb6 8. Bb3 Bf5 (8... e6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Bg3 Rg8 11. Qd3 f5 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Rhe1 Rb8 14. Qxf5 Rg7 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Bh4 Qa5 17. Qf6 Rg6 18. Qh8+ Kd7 19. Qxh7 Ke8 20. Qh8+ Kd7 21. Ne5+ Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Ra8 23. Kb1 {Banasik,D-Burdzinski,M Torun 1991 1-0 (33)}) 9. Ne2 Nd5 10. Bd2 e6 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Ne4 Be7 14. h4 {1/2-1/2 (14) Kienast, J-Solbach,M Germany 1988}) 8. Qh5 {White has a mate threat} (8. dxe5 fxe5 9. Be3 Qe7 $14) 8... Qe7 $11 9. dxe5 $4 {letting the wind out of his own sails} ( 9. Kf1 b5 (9... exf4 $143 10. Re1 Ne5 11. dxe5 $16) 10. Bb3 a5 11. dxe5 a4 $11 (11... fxe5 $4 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. Qf3 $18)) 9... fxe5 (9... Qb4+ $142 {secures victory} 10. Bd2 Qxc4 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Qe5+ Be7 $19) 10. Bd2 (10. Kf1 Qf6 11. Bg3 Bg7 $11) 10... b5 (10... Nf6 11. Qe2 Rg8 $11) 11. Bd3 $4 {White is ruining his position} (11. Bb3 $142 $5 Nf6 12. Qe2 $16) 11... e4 (11... Nf6 $5 12. Qh4 Rg8 $17) 12. Be2 $11 Nf6 {Black threatens to win material: Nf6xh5} 13. Qh4 Bf5 (13... Nd5 14. Qxe7+ Bxe7 15. a4 $15) 14. O-O-O (14. Bc3 Bg7 15. Qg5 Bg6 $11) 14... Bg7 (14... Nd5 15. Qg3 h5 16. Nh3 $11) 15. Qg5 {White threatens to win material: Qg5xf5. White forks: f5+g7} (15. Nh3 Nd5 16. Qxe7+ Nxe7 $14) 15... Bg6 16. Nh3 h6 {Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 17. Qh4 O-O (17... Nd5 $5 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $14) 18. Bxh6 $16 Bxh6+ $2 (18... Nd5 $142 $5 19. Qxe7 Bxh6+ (19... Nxe7 $2 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf4 $18) 20. Qg5 Bxg5+ 21. Nxg5 Rae8 $14) 19. Qxh6 Nh7 $2 (19... Nd5 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 $18) 20. Rd2 (20. Nf4 $142 $5 { keeps an even firmer grip} Qf6 21. h4 e3 22. fxe3 Be4 $18) 20... Rfd8 (20... Rad8 21. Rhd1 $18) 21. Rhd1 Rxd2 (21... a5 22. Qe3 $18) 22. Rxd2 (22. Qxd2 { seems even better} Nf8 23. Nf4 Rc8 $18) 22... Rd8 (22... a6 23. a3 $18) 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Nf4 Qf6 (24... Nf8 25. h4 Qd4 26. Nxg6 fxg6 $18) 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Qe3 Qg5 $4 {shortens the misery for Black} (26... Qe7 27. Bd3 $1 { Deflection: e4} Nf6 $18) 27. Qxg5 Nxg5 28. Kd2 Kf7 29. Ke3 Ke6 (29... Ne6 { doesn't do any good} 30. Kxe4 g5 31. Bg4 Nc5+ 32. Kf5 $18) 30. Kf4 Kf6 31. h4 Ne6+ (31... Nf7 {does not help much} 32. Kxe4 Nd6+ 33. Kd4 Nf5+ 34. Kc5 Nxh4 35. Bf3 $18) 32. Kxe4 Nc5+ 33. Kd4 Na4 (33... Ne6+ {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 34. Ke3 $18) 34. b3 Nb6 (34... c5+ {cannot undo what has already been done} 35. Kd3 Nb6 36. Ke4 $18) 35. Kc5 Ke5 36. Kxc6 Kd4 (36... b4 { does not save the day} 37. g3 $18) 37. Bd3 b4 (37... Nd5 {doesn't change anything anymore} 38. Kxb5 Nc7+ 39. Kc6 $18) 38. Bxg6 Kc3 39. h5 Kb2 (39... Kd4 {hardly improves anything} 40. Kd6 Nd5 41. h6 Nf6 42. Ke6 Nd5 43. h7 Nf4+ 44. Kf7 Nxg6 45. Kxg6 Kc3 46. h8=Q+ Kxc2 47. Qd4 a6 48. Kf5 a5 49. Ke4 a4 50. bxa4 b3 51. axb3 Kb1 52. Qd2 Ka1 53. Kd3 Kb1 54. Kc3 Ka1 55. Qb2#) 40. h6 Kxa2 ( 40... Nc8 {is not much help} 41. Bd3 Kxa2 42. h7 Ne7+ 43. Kc5 Nc8 44. h8=Q Nb6 45. Be4 a6 46. Kxb6 Kb1 47. c4+ Kc1 48. Kxa6 Kd2 49. Qb2+ Ke1 50. Bd3 Kd1 51. Qe2+ Kc1 52. Qc2#) 41. h7 Nc8 42. h8=Q Ne7+ 43. Kb7 (43. Kb5 a6+ 44. Kxb4 Nd5+ 45. Kc4 Ne7 46. Qf6 Nxg6 47. Qxg6 a5 48. Kc3 a4 49. bxa4 Kb1 50. Qe4 Ka1 51. Kb3 Kb1 52. Qe1#) 43... Nxg6 44. Qf6 Nh4 (44... Nf8 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 45. Qxf8 a5 46. Ka6 a4 47. bxa4 b3 48. cxb3 Kb1 49. Qc5 Ka2 50. Qc2+ Ka1 51. Qc1+ Ka2 52. Kb5 Kxb3 53. Qd2 Ka3 54. Kc4 Kxa4 55. Qa2#) 45. Qxh4 Kb2 (45... Ka3 {does not solve anything} 46. Qd4 Ka2 47. Kxa7 Kb1 48. Ka6 Kxc2 49. Kb5 Kc1 50. Kc4 Kc2 51. Kxb4 Kb1 52. Kc3 Ka1 53. Kc2+ Ka2 54. Qa7# ) 46. Qxb4 Kxc2 (46... Kc1 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 47. Qd4 a6 48. Kxa6 Kb1 49. Kb5 Kc1 50. Kc4 Kb1 51. Kc3 Ka1 52. Qd1+ Ka2 53. Qg1 Ka3 54. Qa1#) 47. Kxa7 Kd1 (47... Kc1 {cannot change what is in store for White} 48. f4 Kb1 49. Qd2 Ka1 50. f5 Kb1 51. f6 Ka1 52. f7 Kb1 53. f8=Q Ka1 54. Qf1#) 48. f4 Ke2 (48... Kc2 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 49. f5 Kb1 50. f6 Ka1 51. f7 Kb1 52. f8=Q Ka1 53. Qf2 Kb1 54. Qbe1#) 49. Qc3 (49. f5 Kd1 50. f6 Kc1 51. f7 Kb1 52. f8=Q Ka1 53. Qf2 Kb1 54. Qbe1#) 49... Kf2 (49... Kd1 {cannot change destiny } 50. f5 Ke2 51. f6 Kf2 52. f7 Kxg2 53. f8=Q Kh2 54. Qf2+ Kh1 55. Qa1#) 50. f5 Kxg2 (50... Kf1 {is no salvation} 51. f6 Kxg2 52. f7 Kf1 53. f8=Q+ Kg2 54. Qcg7+ Kh3 55. Qfh8#) 51. f6 Kg1 (51... Kh1 {does not improve anything} 52. f7 Kg1 53. f8=R Kh2 54. Rf2+ Kg1 55. Qe1#) 52. Qc2 (52. f7 Kf1 53. f8=Q+ Kg2 54. Qcg7+ Kh3 55. Qfh8#) 52... Kf1 53. f7 Kg1 (53... Ke1 {doesn't improve anything} 54. Qg2 Kd1 55. f8=R Kc1 56. Rf1#) 54. f8=Q Kh1 55. Qf1# 1-0

The position after 5...gxf6 has seen quite a lot of play in Grand Master play, but I am only going to include some of the most recent examples to the publishing tool below.

[Event "EU-ch 16th"] [Site "Jerusalem"] [Date "2015.03.03"] [Round "7"] [White "Godena, Michele"] [Black "Hracek, Zbynek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B16"] [WhiteElo "2502"] [BlackElo "2631"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2015.02.24"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [SourceTitle "Mega2015 Update 16"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.12"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Be3 h5 7. Qd2 Na6 8. Bd3 h4 9. Ne2 h3 10. gxh3 Bxh3 11. Nf4 Bg4 12. Rg1 Qd7 13. d5 Bf3 14. Rg3 Bxd5 15. O-O-O e5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. c4 Qe6 18. Qa5 Bb4 19. Qa4 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Qa3 b6 22. Bc2 Qxc4 23. Kb1 Ke7 24. Rc3 Qa6 25. Qxa6 Nxa6 26. Rxc6 Rxh2 27. Bf5 Rxf2 28. Bc8 Nc5 29. Rc7+ Kf8 30. b4 Ne6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Rh1 Rg2 33. Rh8+ Rg8 34. Rh6 Rg1+ 35. Kb2 f5 36. Rxe6 Kg8 37. Rxe5 Rf8 38. Rc3 f4 39. Rf3 Kg7 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Rxa7 Rg2+ 42. Kc1 Kf5 43. a4 Ke4 44. Rf1 f3 45. a5 bxa5 46. Rxa5 Rc8+ 47. Kb1 Rc3 48. Ra8 f2 49. Kb2 Rf3 50. Raa1 Kd3 51. Kb3 Ke2+ 52. Ka4 Rg8 53. b5 Ra8+ 54. Kb4 Rf4+ 55. Kc5 Rc8+ 56. Kd6 Rf6+ 57. Kd7 Rb8 58. Rfb1 Rb7+ 59. Kc8 Rh7 60. Rb2+ Kd3 61. Rd1+ Kc3 62. Rxf2 Rxf2 63. Rd7 Rh6 64. Kc7 Rb2 0-1 [Event "RUS-chT blitz"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2015.05.10"] [Round "3.10"] [White "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Black "Levin, Evgeny A"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B16"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2518"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2015.05.10"] [EventType "team-swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "Mega2015 Update 25"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.05.14"] [WhiteTeam "Moscow Our Heritage"] [BlackTeam "St Petersburg Hilti"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 c6 5. Ne4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5 8. Bf4 e6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Bb3 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qa6 12. Qd2 O-O-O 13. Qe3 Qd3 14. Rd1 Qa6 15. Bg3 Nb6 16. Nh4 Nd5 17. Qf3 Bg6 18. c4 Bb4+ 19. Kf1 Be7 20. Kg1 Nc7 21. h3 Qa5 22. Qf4 Rd7 23. Kh2 Rhd8 24. Rhe1 Qg5 25. Qxg5 fxg5 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. d5 cxd5 28. cxd5 Nxd5 29. Rc1+ Nc7 30. Ba4 Bd6 31. Bxd7+ Rxd7 32. Red1 Bxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Nd5 35. Rd4 Kd7 36. Rg4 f6 37. h4 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 g5+ 39. Kh5 Nf4+ 40. Kh6 Kd6 41. g3 Nd5 42. Ra4 a6 43. Kg6 Ke5 44. Rc4 a5 45. Kf7 Kd6 46. Re4 e5 47. Rc4 b5 48. Rc8 a4 49. Rd8+ Kc5 50. Ke6 Nb4 51. a3 Nc6 52. Rc8 Kb6 53. Kxf6 g4 54. Kf5 Na5 55. Kxe5 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.11"] [Round "9"] [White "Piorun, Kacper"] [Black "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B16"] [WhiteElo "2609"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "Mega2015 Update 47"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.16"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. c3 Nd7 8. g3 Ne5 9. Bg2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. Bf4 Kd7 14. Ke2 e6 15. g4 h5 16. h3 Be7 17. a4 Rag8 18. Kf3 Rg7 19. Rag1 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Kxd6 21. gxh5 Rgh7 22. Rg3 Rxh5 23. Kg2 e5 24. dxe5+ fxe5 25. Rd1 Ke6 26. a5 Rh4 27. b3 R8h5 28. Rgd3 e4 29. Rg3 f5 30. Rg8 f4 31. Rg4 f3+ 32. Kg3 Rxh3+ 33. Kf4 R3h4 34. Rxh4 Rxh4+ 35. Ke3 Rh5 36. Kd4 Rh2 37. Ke3 Rh5 38. Kd4 Kf5 39. Ke3 Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.14"] [Round "13"] [White "Guseinov, Gadir"] [Black "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B16"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "Mega2015 Update 47"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.16"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 h5 7. Be3 h4 8. h3 Bf5 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. d5 Nb6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Nd4 Be4 13. Qg4 Qd5 14. Rd1 f5 15. Qe2 Qxa2 16. f3 Bd5 17. Nxf5 e6 18. Bd4 Rg8 19. Ne3 Bb3 20. Ng4 Nd5 21. Rc1 Bd6 22. c4 Bf4 23. cxd5 Bxc1 24. Nf6+ Ke7 25. d6+ Kxd6 26. Qe5+ Ke7 27. Bc5+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.14"] [Round "21"] [White "Hasangatin, Ramil"] [Black "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B16"] [WhiteElo "2509"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "Mega2015 Update 47"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.16"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 h5 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Nf3 h4 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nc4 Qxb3 12. axb3 a6 13. Na5 e5 14. Be3 O-O-O 15. Nc4 Be4 16. f3 Bd5 17. Kf2 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. Be2 exd4 20. Nd6+ Kc7 21. Nf5 Rh5 22. Nxd4 c5 23. Nc2 Bxb3 24. Ne3 Be6 25. f4 Rhh8 26. f5 Bb3 27. Ra3 c4 28. Bxc4 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 Ne5 30. Ra4 Rh5 31. Nxe5 fxe5 32. Ke3 Rg8 33. Rc4+ Kb8 34. Rg1 Rgg5 35. Rd1 Rxg2 36. b4 Rxf5 37. Rd7 Rf6 38. Rcc7 Rb6 39. Rxf7 Rxh2 40. Rh7 h3 41. Rce7 Rh1 42. Kf2 h2 43. Kg2 Rc1 44. Kxh2 Rxc3 45. Rh4 a5 46. Re8+ Ka7 47. Rxe5 axb4 48. Ra5+ Ra6 49. Rxa6+ Kxa6 50. Rxb4 b5 51. Rb1 Ka5 52. Ra1+ Kb4 53. Kg2 Kc4 54. Kf2 b4 55. Ke2 Rc2+ 56. Kd1 Rh2 57. Ra8 Kb3 58. Rb8 Kc3 59. Rg8 b3 60. Rg3+ Kb2 61. Rf3 Ka2 62. Rf8 b2 63. Ra8+ Kb1 64. Rb8 Rh5 65. Rd8 Ra5 66. Rb8 Ka2 67. Kc2 b1=Q+ 0-1 [Event "Norway Chess 4th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2016.04.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Grandelius, Nils"] [Black "Li, Chao B"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B16"] [WhiteElo "2649"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "185"] [EventDate "2016.04.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "Mega2016 Update 31"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2016.05.05"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. g3 Qc7 9. Bg2 e6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O f5 14. b4 Nf6 15. a4 a6 16. Re1 O-O 17. a5 Rad8 18. Qc1 Kg7 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Nc4 Rfe8 22. Ra2 h6 23. Rae2 Bh5 24. Re3 Nf6 25. Ne5 Ng4 26. Nxg4 Bxg4 27. Re5 Bh5 28. Bf1 Rd5 29. R5e3 Qe7 30. Bc4 Rdd8 31. Re5 Qg5 32. R1e3 Bg6 33. Bb3 Rd6 34. h4 Qf6 35. Re1 Red8 36. Qf4 Bh5 37. Kh2 Bg6 38. R1e3 h5 39. Re1 Bh7 40. Kg2 Qh6 41. Qg5+ Bg6 42. R5e3 R8d7 43. Kf1 Rd8 44. Ke2 R6d7 45. Kd2 Rd6 46. Kc1 R6d7 47. Kb2 Rd6 48. Bc4 Re8 49. Kb3 Rd7 50. Bf1 Qxg5 51. hxg5 Rh8 52. Bg2 Rdd8 53. Rh1 f6 54. gxf6+ Kxf6 55. Kc4 Ke7 56. Kc5 Bf7 57. Rh4 Kd7 58. Kb6 Kc8 59. Bf3 Kb8 60. Re1 Rh6 61. Re5 Rd6 62. Kc5 Kc7 63. Re1 Rd8 64. c4 Rh7 65. Reh1 Rdh8 66. Rb1 Be8 67. Re1 Bd7 68. Re5 Rh6 69. d5 exd5 70. cxd5 cxd5 71. Bxd5 b6+ 72. Kd4 bxa5 73. bxa5 Rb8 74. Bc4 Rb2 75. Rc5+ Kd6 76. Rd5+ Kc7 77. Rf4 Rc6 78. Rc5 Rd2+ 79. Kc3 Rxc5 80. Kxd2 Rxa5 81. Bf7 Kd6 82. Rd4+ Ke7 83. Bxh5 Re5 84. g4 fxg4 85. Bxg4 Bxg4 86. Rxg4 a5 87. Kc3 Rf5 88. Ra4 Rxf2 89. Rxa5 Rf3+ 90. Kb4 Rf4+ 91. Kb5 Rf5+ 92. Ka4 Rxa5+ 93. Kxa5 1/2-1/2 [Event "EU-ch blitz"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "2016.12.17"] [Round "7"] [White "Kulaots, Kaido"] [Black "Kovalenko, Igor"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B16"] [WhiteElo "2556"] [BlackElo "2684"] [PlyCount "162"] [EventDate "2016.12.17"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "26"] [EventCountry "EST"] [SourceTitle "Mega2016 Update 64"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2016.12.24"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O Qc7 10. a4 Bg7 11. a5 O-O 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Re1 Rad8 14. c3 e6 15. Bf3 Rfe8 16. Be3 f5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. a6 b6 19. Qa4 b5 20. Qa5 Nb6 21. Rad1 Bf6 22. g3 Kg7 23. h4 Rh8 24. Kg2 Qc8 25. b3 Nd5 26. Bd2 Nb6 27. Be3 Rd7 28. Re2 Nd5 29. Bd2 Nb6 30. Be3 Nd5 31. Bd2 Bd8 32. Qa1 Nf6 33. c4 bxc4 34. bxc4 Nh7 35. Bc3 Bf6 36. Qa4 c5 37. Bb7 Rxb7 38. axb7 Qxb7+ 39. Kg1 g5 40. Qa1 gxh4 41. dxc5 hxg3 42. fxg3 Qf3 43. Bxf6+ Nxf6 44. Rg2 Qe3+ 45. Rf2 Kg6 46. Qc1 Rh1+ 47. Kxh1 Qxf2 48. Qf4 Qxc5 49. Rd2 Ng4 50. Rd8 Qc6+ 51. Kg1 Qb6+ 52. Qd4 Qb1+ 53. Kg2 Qc2+ 54. Kg1 Qh2+ 55. Kf1 Qh1+ 56. Ke2 Qg2+ 57. Kd1 e5 58. Qd6+ Kh7 59. Qd7 Qf3+ 60. Kc1 Qc3+ 61. Kb1 Qb3+ 62. Kc1 Qxc4+ 63. Kb1 Qb4+ 64. Ka2 Qa5+ 65. Kb2 Qb6+ 66. Ka2 Qf6 67. Qe8 Qe6+ 68. Qxe6 fxe6 69. Re8 Kg6 70. Rxe6+ Kg5 71. Kb3 e4 72. Kc3 Ne3 73. Re8 Kg4 74. Rg8+ Kf3 75. Kd4 a5 76. Ra8 Nf1 77. Rxa5 Nxg3 78. Ra3+ Kf4 79. Rb3 Ne2+ 80. Kd5 e3 81. Ke6 Nd4+ 0-1 [Event "Cheliabinsk Kurnosov Memorial rapid"] [Site "Cheliabinsk"] [Date "2017.09.09"] [Round "9"] [White "Predke, Alexandr"] [Black "Ovetchkin, Roman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B16"] [WhiteElo "2601"] [BlackElo "2540"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2017.09.08"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "Mega2017 Update 47"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.15"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Nd7 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Bf4 h5 9. h3 Qd5 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. O-O Rg8 12. Bg3 e6 13. a4 O-O-O 14. a5 Nc4 15. a6 b6 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Nh4 Qd5 18. Qe2 Bd6 19. b3 Na5 20. c4 Qxd4 21. Rad1 Qc5 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxh5 Qe7 25. c5 Nxb3 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Rb1 Nc5 28. Rxb6 Kc7 29. Rb1 f5 30. Qe2 Ra8 31. Qb2 Qd6 32. a7 1-0