Timur's Tactics

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...-Babayev_Talib Timur's opponent plays 14...Nxe4 trying to out trick Timur. 17. Nf6+ must have caught him by surprise.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...-Gareyev_Timur On move 32 for Black my eye jumped on 32...Rf2+ and the attack rages on (idea Qxf2, Ng4+).
Timur nonchalantly pushes the D-pawn towards the queening square - d4 - d3 -d2 pushing thru all opposition. Straight to the point! (passed pawns must be pushed)

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...ur-Baglan_Esat There goes that darn D-pawn again causing trouble. Actually quite the game of pawn play.

[Wayne Komer]

Timur’s Tactics

May 4, 2019

Timur Gareyev’s Games from the Nakhchivan Open 2019

Round 1, May 1, 2019
Gareyev, Timur (2560) – Babayev, Talib (2329)
E73 King’s Indian, Averbakh System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.f3 c6 10.b4 Na6 11.Rb1 cxd5 12.cxd5 Bd7 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bxh6 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Qh4+ 16.g3 Qxh6 17.Nf6+ Kh8 18.Qxh6+ Bxh6 19.Nxd7 Rfc8 20.Nf6 Rc3 21.Bxa6 bxa6 22.Ne4 Re3+ 23.Kf2 Rc8 24.Ne2 Rc2 25.Rhe1 Rxa2 26.Nxd6 1-0

Round 2, May 2
Sevdimaliyev, Urfan (2352) – Gareyev, Timur (2560)
C50 Giuoco Pianissimo

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.a4 a5 8.h3 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Re1 Nh5 11.Be3 Nf4 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 Bb4 14.Nc3 Qf6 15.Kh2 Rae8 16.Ng1 e5 17.d5 Nd4 18.g3 Ng6 19.Rf1 c6 20.f4 Bc5 21.f5 Ne7 22.dxc6 bxc6 23.g4 Rb8 24.Rb1 d5 25.g5 Qd6 26.Qg4 Kh8 27.Qh4 Nexf5 28.exf5 Nxf5 29.Bxc5 Qxc5 30.Qe1 Ne3 31.Rxf8+ Rxf8 32.Nge2 d4 33.Ne4 Qc2 34.Ng3 d3 35.Rc1 d2 0-1

Round 3, May 3
Gareyev, Timur (2560) – Baglan, Esat (2345)
D17 QGD Slav, Czech Defence

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.g5 Nd5 11.e4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 b5 13.axb5 cxb5 14.e5 e6 15.Bg2 Nd7 16.Qf3 Rb8 17.Rxa7 Qb6 18.Rxd7 Kxd7 19.Qxf7+ Be7 20.O-O Rbf8 21.Qxg6 Rf5 22.Be3 Rhf8 23.Ra1 Kc7 24.Qxg7 R8f7 25.Qh6 b4 26.g6 Bf8 27.d5 Bxh6 28.d6+ 1-0

Round 4, May 4
Safarli, Eltaj (2624) – Gareyev, Timur (2560)
C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4 16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Rc1 Rfe8 18.Bd3 Qb7 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.Bc5 Nb4 21.Bb1 Rad8 22.Qe2 h6 23.a3 Na6 24.Bxe7 Rxe7 25.Qe3 Rb8 26.Red1 Qb6 27.Nf1 Kf8 28.Qxb6 Rxb6 29.Ne3 g6 30.Rd2 Kg7 31.Rcd1 Be8 32.Rd8 Rb8 33.R8d6 Nc7 34.Nxe5 Nxe4 35.Bxe4 Rxe5 36.Bc6 Re6 37.Bxe8 Rxd6 38.Rxd6 Nxe8 39.Rd4 Nc7 40.Rd7 Ne6 41.Ng4 Rd8 42.Rxd8 Nxd8 43.Kf1 f5 44.Ne3 Kf7 45.Nd5 Ne6 46.Ke2 Ke8 47.Nc3 Nc7 48.Kd3 Kd7 49.Ne2 Kd6 50.Nd4 Kc5 51.b4+ axb3 52.Nxb3+ Kd5 53.Nd4 Ke5 54.g3 g5 55.Nc6+ Kd5 56.Nd4 Ke5 57.Nc6+ Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...-Gareyev_Timur Very entertaining! Timur uses his knights to maximum effect. First 16...Nxc4 blowing up the center but also leading to active play for his pieces. The other knight 22...Nb5 captures later on e2 and white's position falls apart.

[Wayne Komer]

Timur’s Tactics

May 8, 2019

Timur Gareyev’s Games from the Nakhchivan Open 2019

Round 5, May 5
Gareyev, Timur (2560) – Abasov, Nijat (2633)
D35 QGD

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Qc2 c5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O cxd4 12.Nxd4 g6 13.Rfd1 Rc8 14.Rac1 a6 15.Qb1 Bd6 16.Nce2 Nc5 17.Nf3 Qe7 18.Nf4 Rfe8 19.h3 Nfe4 20.Rc2 Bxf4 21.exf4 Nxd3 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Qxd3 Qc5 24.Nd4 b5 25.a3 b4 26.axb4 Qxb4 27.Qe3 Re8 28.f5 Nf6 29.Qf4 Nh5 30.Qc7 Qe7 31.Qc1 Qe4 32.g3 Qe5 33.Qc3 Bc8 34.Qc6 Nf6 35.Ba1 Bd7 36.Qxa6 Ne4 37.fxg6 hxg6 38.Ne2 Qf5 39.Qa7 Ng5 40.Nf4 Qe4 41.Qxd7 1/2-1/2

Round 6, May 7
Abbasov, Farid (2534) – Gareyev, Timur (2560)
A41 Old Indian Defence

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 f5 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nh3 Nf6 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 c6 9.d5 Na6 10.O-O Bd7 11.Rb1 Rc8 12.Nf4 Ng4 13.b4 Bf6 14.Qb3 Kh8 15.h3 Ne5 16.Rd1 Nxc4 17.Nxe4 fxe4 18.Qxc4 cxd5 19.Qxd5 Ba4 20.Bxe4 Qe8 21.Bf3 Nc7 22.Qd3 Nb5 23.Rd2 Nc3 24.Rbb2 Bb5 25.Qf5 g6 26.Qe6 Nxe2+ 27.Rxe2 Rxc1+ 28.Kg2 Qxe6 29.Nxe6 Bxb2 30.Nxf8 Bxe2 31.Bxe2 Rc2 32.Kf3 Ba3 33.b5 Rxa2 34.Ne6 Bc5 35.Nd8 Rd2 36.Nxb7 Bb6 37.Bc4 Kg7 38.Be6 Kf6 39.Bg8 h5 40.g4 h4 0-1

Round 7, May 8
Gareyev, Timur (2560) – Nigmatov, Ortik (2469)
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 b6 8.Nf3 Ba6 9.b4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Ne4 11.Qc2 Bxc4 12.Qxc4 Qd5 13.Nd2 Nd6 14.Qxd5 exd5 15.a4 Re8 16.O-O b5 17.axb5 Nd7 18.Nb3 Nb6 19.Bd2 Nbc4 20.Ra6 f5 21.g3 Kf7 22.Rc6 Re7 23.Ra1 g5 24.Bc1 Rb8 25.e4 Nxb5 26.exd5 Re1+ 27.Kg2 Nb6 28.Ra5 Nxd5 29.Bxg5 Re6 30.Rc4 Nd6 31.Rcc5 Rxb4 32.Nd2 Kg6 33.Nf3 Nb7 34.Rxd5 Nxa5 35.Rxa5 a6 36.d5 Rd6 37.Be7 1-0

Final position



Standings after Round Seven

1 Gareyev 6
2-8 Nigmatov, Malakhatko, Safarli, Abasov, Asadli, Gholami, Radulov 5
9-14 Kovalev, Gadimbayli, Abbasov, Sanikidze, Muradli, Meshkovs 4.5

[Hans Jung]

In the above game how do you describe 25.e4? A good player knows to play it. It leads to dynamic play, an opening of the position, and the use of white's active pieces, But as a chess teacher I would describe it also as a tickler, a pawn sacrifice, a dynamic pawn lever, a clearance move, an irresistible pawn fork, and a remove the defender. Even labeling chess moves is confusing at times!

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...-Gareyev_Timur This game has an incredible number of tactical themes. Basically whites opening development is slow allowing black's active pieces inroads. On move 25 a queen sacrifice is offered by black, which if accepted will lead to passivity of all whites remaining pieces.

[Wayne Komer]

Timur’s Tactics

May 9, 2019

Timur Gareyev’s Games from the Nakhchivan Open 2019

Round 8, May 9
Gholami Orimi, Mahdi (2406) – Gareyev, Timur (2560)
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 b6 5.e4 c5 6.d5 Qe7 7.Ne2 exd5 8.exd5 O-O 9.Bd2 d6 10.O-O-O Ng4 11.Be1 Ne5 12.a3 Ba5 13.Ng3 f5 14.Bd2 f4 15.Nge4 Bf5 16.Re1 f3 17.g4 Nxg4 18.Bd3 Ne5 19.Rhg1 Nbd7 20.Nxc5 Nxd3+ 21.Nxd3 Ne5 22.Ne4 Bxd2+ 23.Kxd2 Rae8 24.Qc3 Nxd3 25.Nf6+ Kh8 26.Nxe8 Nxe1 27.Rxe1 Qd7 28.Qxf3 Kg8 29.Qf4 Bg6 30.Qxd6 Bxe8 31.Qe5 Rxf2+ 32.Kc3 Bg6 33.Kb3 Rf5 34.Qg3 Rf8 35.h4 b5 36.Ra1 0-1


Position after Black’s 25….Kh8




Standings after Round Eight

1 Gareyev 7
2 Abasov 6
3-8 Nigmatov, Malakhatko, Asadli, Safarli, Sanikidze, Muradli 5.5

etc

[Wayne Komer]

Timur’s Tactics

May 10, 2019

Timur Gareyev’s Games from the Nakhchivan Open 2019

Round 9, May 10
Gareyev, Timur – Malakhatko, Vadim
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Indian variation

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.c4 f5 5.Nc3 1/2-1/2

Final Standings

1 Gareyev 7.5
2 Abasov 7
3 Sanikidze 6.5
4-8 Nigmatov, Malakhatko, Asadli, Gholami, Gadimbayli 6
9-16 Safarli, Iskandarov, Rasulov, Suleymanli, Kovalev, Bahirli, Abbasov, Muradli 5.5

[Hans Jung]

Timur wins the tournament! I enjoyed his games and the creative tactics.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...-Gareyev_Timur Black walks his king across the board in the late middlegame and that sets up checkmate themes. It would have completed the picture if Black would have played 41...Ke3! and then the two rooks would have coordinated better. Use the king well as an attacking piece!

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...schenkov_Denis For a while I was pondering 21...Nb4 in reply to Qd3. The reply Qxh7+ woke me up. After Kxh7 23.Nf6 discovered double check winning back the queen takes away all of black's threats. Thats why the computers suggestion of 21...Bxe5 suddenly makes sense. If 22.dxe5 then Nb4 and the attack works out wonderfully for black. So 21.Qd3 was a careless error allowing the Bxe5 shot.
At the end of the game Rxf8 is a simple remove the defender tactic.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...anov_Aleksandr Timing of pawn levers. White plays 18.f4 and follows through with d4 winning a pawn. Timur plays the resulting endgame, bishop vs knight a pawn up, with many finesses leading to a win.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...-Gareyev_Timur Grandmaster chess is hard. I could give naive commentary on this game but I wont. Basically Timur saw the idea with the most interesting play for Black (a4 and Rxa4) but missed something in the calculation of the lines involved. The position is very complex but Whte must be better. Having said that enjoy what Timur missed (remove the defender with Rxb7 and after Rxa2, the kamikaze queen strikes Qxd4!, Qxb7 and then Qxc4! because of the pin Bg2 - d5 - Qb7