Timur's Tactics

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...lashvili_David What would you play on move 21 for white? I would certainly want to play e5 to bypass the attack on the F-file instinctively (and try to make it work with analysis). Timur played 21.g3 opening up his kings position and his opponent showed him how to attack the king. Nicely done! (by his opponent)

[Wayne Komer]

Timur Gareyev’s Games from the Archibald Tournament

May 20, 2019

The First Open International Tournament Archibald Chess Professional took place from May 11 to May 20 at the Aqua Loo resort hotel, Sochi. It was a round-robin Swiss event of 9 rounds.

Final Standings

1-2 Bogdanovich, Stupak 7
3-5 Alekseev, Esipenko, Aleksandrov 6.5
6-8 Khalifman, Tsydypov, Korneev 6
9-13 Kovalenko, Vokov, Rakhmanov, Makoveev, Bocharov 5.5
14-24 Kotsur, Martnovici, Gareyev, Gochelashvili etc 5

Round 1, May 12
Potapova, Margita – Gareyev, Timur
D32 QGD, Tarrasch, von Henning-Schara Gambit

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.Qxd5 Nf6 8.Qb3 Nc6 9.Nf3 Be6 10.Qa4 Bb4 11.Bd2 Nd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd2+ 13.Nxd2 Qxd5 14.e4 Qe5 15.Qb5 O-O-O 16.Qxe5 Nxe5 17.Be2 Rd4 18.f4 Nc6 19.a3 Rhd8 20.Rd1 f5 21.Bf3 g5 22.fxg5 Ne5 23.Ke2 Nd3 24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Nb3 R4d6 26.Na5 b6 27.Nc4 Re6+ 28.Kf1 b5 29.Na5 Rde8 30.g4 Bg6 31.h4 Re3 32.Kg2 Be4 33.Rc1+ Nxc1 34.Rxc1+ Kd7 35.Rd1+ Kc7 36.Rc1+ Kd6 37.Rd1+ Ke5 38.Nc6+ Kf4 39.Bxe4 R8xe4 40.Nxa7 Re2+ 41.Kf1 Rxb2 42.g6 hxg6 43.h5 g5 44.h6 Re3 45.Rd5 Kg3 46.Rd1 Kxg4 47.Rd4+ Kg3 48.Rd1 Rxa3 49.h7 Rf2+ 50.Kg1 Rg2+ 51.Kh1 Rh2+ 52.Kg1 Rxh7 53.Nxb5 Rd7 54.Rc1 Re3 55.Nc3 Rdd3 56.Nb5 Kh3 0-1

Round 2, May 13
Gareyev, Timur – Eraschenkov, Denis
E70 King’s Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Bg5 c6 6.Bd3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.e5 Ne8 9.Be3 Nc6 10.f4 f6 11.Nge2 fxe5 12.fxe5 Nc7 13.Qd2 Bf5 14.Bxf5 Rxf5 15.h4 Qd7 16.Ng3 Rf7 17.h5 Qg4 18.Nce2 gxh5 19.Nxh5 Ne6 20.O-O-O Raf8 21.Qd3 Ng5 22.Nc3 e6 23.Qe2 Qxe2 24.Nxe2 Ne4 25.Nhf4 Re8 26.Rh3 Bf8 27.Rdh1 Na5 28.b3 Be7 29.Ng3 Ng5 30.Rh6 Bf8 31.R6h5 Ne4 32.Nxe4 dxe4 33.Rg5+ Rg7 34.Nh5 Rxg5 35.Nf6+ Kf7 36.Bxg5 Rc8+ 37.Kb2 Kg6 38.Nxe4 Kf5 39.Rh4 Nc6 40.Rf4+ Kg6 41.Rf6+ Kh5 42.Be3 Nb4 43.Bd2 Nc2 44.Rxf8 1-0

Round 3, May 14
Esipenko, Andrey – Gareyev, Timur
E12 Queen’s Indian, Petrosian System

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Nb3 Nc6 10.f3 a6 11.Nxc5 bxc5 12.Be3 Nd4 13.Qf2 e5 14.Bd3 O-O 15.b4 d6 16.O-O a5 17.bxc5 dxc5 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Ba6 20.Rfe1 Rb8 21.Rab1 Rxb1 22.Rxb1 Qf6 23.Qb2 Bc8 24.Be4 Qa6 25.Bxd4 exd4 26.Qb5 f5 27.Qxa6 Bxa6 28.Bd3 Rf6 29.Rb8+ Kf7 30.f4 g6 31.Kf2 Ke7 32.Ke2 Kd7 33.Kd2 Kc7 34.Rh8 Rf7 35.Ra8 Kb6 36.Re8 Rf6 37.Re7 h5 38.g3 Rd6 39.Rf7 Bc8 40.Bc2 Bd7 41.Rf8 Kb7 42.Rd8 Kc7 43.Ra8 Kb6 44.Rb8+ Kc7 45.Ra8 Kb6 46.Rb8+ Kc7 47.Ra8 1/2-1/2

Round 4, May 14
Gareyev, Timur – Aleksandrov, Aleksej
A13 English Opening

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b3 Be7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.e3 b6 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.d4 Ne4 8.Bd3 f5 9.O-O c5 10.Nd2 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ne2 Bd6 13.Nf3 Nd7 14.Nf4 Qe7 15.Bb5 Ndf6 16.Ne5 Rac8 17.Qe2 Rc7 18.Rad1 Rfc8 19.Bd3 g6 20.f3 Ng5 21.Qf2 c4 22.bxc4 dxc4 23.Bc2 Nd5 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Bc3 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Bxf3 27.Rd6 Be4 28.h4 Bxc2 29.hxg5 Bd3 30.Qf3 Rc5 31.Qf4 Bxf1 32.e6 Qb7 33.Qxf1 Qe4 34.Qd1 Qxe3+ 35.Kh1 Re8 36.Rd8 Rc8 37.Qd7 Qc1+ 38.Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

Round 5, May 15
Gareyev, Timur – Rakhmanov, Aleksandr
A21 English, Kramnik-Shirov Counter-Attack

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 a5 4.Nf3 d6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nxb4 axb4 7.b3 c5 8.Bb2 Qe7 9.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.d3 h6 14.Nh4 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Ne8 16.Nf5 Qe6 17.e4 Ne7 18.f4 Nxf5 19.exf5 Qxf5 20.fxe5 Qe6 21.Qf2 b6 22.d4 d5 23.dxc5 bxc5 24.Qxc5 dxc4 25.Qxb4 cxb3 26.Qxb3 Nc7 27.Ba3 Rfd8 28.Bd6 Qxb3 29.axb3 Nb5 30.Rxa8 Rxa8 31.Rc1 Nd4 32.Rb1 Nb5 33.Rd1 Ra2 34.Rd3 Rc2 35.Bb4 Re2 36.Rd5 Nc7 37.Rd8+ Kh7 38.Rd7 Ne6 39.Rxf7 Kg6 40.Rf3 Rxe5 41.Bc3 Rd5 42.b4 Rd1+ 43.Kf2 Rc1 44.Ke2 h5 45.Kd3 h4 46.Rf2 Rd1+ 47.Kc4 Rd8 48.Be5 Ng5 49.b5 Re8 50.Bh2 Ne4 51.Rb2 Rc8+ 52.Kd4 Nc5 53.b6 Nb7 54.Bc7 Ra8 55.Kd5 Kf6 56.Be5+ Ke7 57.Bxg7 Ra5+ 58.Ke4 Ke6 59.Kf3 Ra3+ 60.Kf2 Ra4 61.Bh6 Kd5 62.Be3 Ke4 63.Bg5 Kf5 64.Rb5+ Ke6 65.Be3 Kd7 66.Kf3 Kc6 67.Rg5 Nd6 68.Rc5+ Kd7 69.Rc7+ Ke6 70.Bf4 Rb4 71.Rc6 Kf5 72.Bxd6 Rf4+ 73.Ke2 1-0

Round 6, May 16
Bogdanovich, Stanislav – Gareyev, Timur
E00 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Bg2 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Nc3 d6 9.O-O h6 10.Qc2 O-O 11.Rad1 e5 12.Bc1 Bg4 13.h3 Be6 14.b3 Qc8 15.g4 Re8 16.Nh4 a4 17.Nxa4 Nd4 18.Qb2 Rxa4 19.bxa4 Bxc4 20.Rfe1 d5 21.Be3 Re6 22.a5 Qc7 23.Qd2 Ra6 24.Rb1 Rxa5 25.Bxd4 Bxd4 26.Rxb7 Rxa2 27.Qxd4 Qxb7 28.Qxc4 Rb2 29.Qc5 g6 30.Qe3 Rb1 31.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 32.Kh2 Qb8 33.Qxh6 e4+ 34.Kg1 Qb2 35.Nxg6 Qa1+ 36.Bf1 fxg6 37.Qxg6+ Kf8 38.g5 Ne8 39.Qf5+ Ke7 40.Qxd5 Nd6 41.h4 Qh8 42.Bh3 1-0

Round 7, May 17
Gareyev, Timur – Gochelashvili, David
E76 King’s Indian, Four Pawns Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 Nfd7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e5 10.fxe5 c5 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Rd1 Qa5 13.Rd5 Nc6 14.Qd1 Ncxe5 15.Be2 Rac8 16.Rxd7 Nxd7 17.Qxd7 Rcd8 18.Qe7 Bxc3+ 19.bxc3 Qxc3+ 20.Kf2 f5 21.g3 fxe4+ 22.Bf4 Rd2 23.Qe6+ Rf7 24.Qg4 Kg7 25.Re1 h5 26.Qe6 Rxf4+ 27.gxf4 Qf3+ 28.Kg1 Qg3+ 29.Kf1 Qxf4+ 30.Kg1 Qg3+ 31.Kf1 Qf4+ 32.Kg1 Kh6 33.Kh1 Rxe2 0-1

Round 8, May 18
Gharagyozyan, Artur – Gareyev, Timur
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defence, Berger variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Nxf6+ Qxf6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Qxe5 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Qxf6 Bxf6 12.d4 Bg4 13.Be3 a5 14.Nd2 Bf5 15.c3 a4 16.b4 a3 17.Rac1 Be6 18.Rc2 Bf5 19.Rcc1 Rfe8 20.Rfe1 Be6 21.Rc2 Bf5 22.Rcc1 g5 23.f3 h5 24.Kf2 g4 25.Bf4 Rf8 26.Ne4 Bg7 27.g3 Be6 28.Nxd6 Bxa2 29.Nb7 Bd5 30.Na5 Bxf3 31.Ra1 c5 32.Be5 cxb4 33.cxb4 Bd5+ 34.Kg1 a2 35.Bxg7 Kxg7 36.Re5 c6 37.Rxh5 Rfb8 38.Nxc6 Bxc6 39.Rg5+ Kf7 40.d5 Bd7 41.Rf1+ Ke7 42.Re1+ Kf6 0-1

Round 9, May 19
Gareyev, Timur – Korneev, Oleg
D45 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.Rg1 e5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.g5 hxg5 11.Rxg5 e4 12.Ne5 Kf8 13.f4 Nb6 14.Nb5 Be7 15.a4 Ne8 16.Qf2 Nd7 17.Qg3 a6 18.Nc3 Nxe5 19.dxe5 g6 20.Bd2 Be6 21.Ne2 Ng7 22.Nd4 Rc8 23.Bc3 Nf5 24.Rxf5 gxf5 25.Kd2 Bc5 26.h3 Qh4 27.Qxh4 Rxh4 28.b4 Bb6 29.a5 Ba7 30.Ne2 Rh8 31.Bd4 Bxd4 32.Nxd4 Bd7 33.Rb1 Bb5 34.Nxb5 axb5 35.Rb3 Rh6 36.Rc3 Rc4 37.Bxc4 dxc4 38.Ra3 Rxh3 39.a6 bxa6 40.Rxa6 c3+ 41.Kxc3 Rxe3+ 42.Kd4 Rd3+ 43.Kc5 Rf3 44.Kxb5 e3 45.Ra1 Rxf4 46.Kc5 Re4 47.b5 e2 48.Re1 f4 49.Kd5 f3 50.Kxe4 f2 51.Rxe2 f1=Q 0-1

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...-Gareyev_Timur I dont usually look at games like this but I admired Timur's tactics and persistence at winning this very tough endgame.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...lmiron_Antonio Tmur finishes off a nice position with Ncxd5 (aimed at f6) and an accurate final move of Qa4.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...smagilov_Damir Timur's tactics tear the black kingside apart.

[Wayne Komer]

Timur’s Tactics

August 19, 2019

From David Hater at Chess Life Online:

GM Timur Gareyev scored a perfect 6-0 in the 2019 Pacific Coast Open (July 18-20, Van Nuys, CA), earning $3, 100 for his sterling performance. Curiously, Gareyev probably could have made a draw (or two) on the last day and still taken clear first (and the same amount of money). When I raised this possibility with Gareyev, he said he was feeling good and simply wanted to play some good chess. Gareyev has annotated his two critical fifth and sixth round wins exclusively for CLO.

https://new.uschess.org/news/gareyev...ic-coast-open/

The two games:

Pacific Coast Open
California
Round 5, July 20, 2019
Gareyev, Timur – Antal, Gergely
A20 English Opening

1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.a3 Nc6 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be2 Qd6 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nd4 11.Bxd4 exd4 12.Rc1 Be6 13.Nb3 Bxb3 14.Qxb3 c6 15.e5 Qd7 16.Rfe1 Rd8 17.Bd1 c5 18.e6 fxe6 19.Ne5 Qd6 20.Bg4 Nd5 21.Qxb7 Qb6 22.Qc6+ Qxc6 23.Nxc6 Rd6 24.Rxc5 Nf4 25.Ne5 h5 26.Bd1 O-O 27.g3 Nh3+ 28.Kg2 Nxf2 29.Bxh5 Bf6 30.Be2 Bxe5 31.Rxe5 Rd7 32.Rf1 Rdf7 33.Rxe6 Kh7 34.Bh5 1-0


Pacific Coast Open
California
Round 6, July 20, 2019
Korba, Nicky – Gareyev, Timur
D77 Neo-Grunfeld

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d4 O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 Nc6 8.Nxc4 Be6 9.Nce5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Bd5 11.f3 Nd7 12.f4 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 c5 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.dxc5 Qc6+ 16.e4 Qxe4+ 17.Qf3 Qb4 18.Be3 Qxb2+ 19.Kh1 Rab8 20.Rab1 Qxa2 21.Rxb7 Rxb7 22.Qxb7 a5 23.Rc1 a4 24.Qe4 a3 25.c6 Bb2 26.Rc4 Qb3 27.c7 a2 28.c8=Q a1=Q+ 29.Kg2 Rxc8 30.Rxc8+ Kg7 31.Qxe7 Qd5+ 32.Kf2 Ba3 0-1

[Hans Jung]

Thanks Wayne for finding this and sharing and thanks Timur for the ideas. In the first game e5 and e6 turns the position into dynamite and 27.g3 provokes Black into getting his knight trapped.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...olubov_Saveliy Timur misses many tactical opportunities in this game including 24.Rxb7 Bc6 25.Rxe6! which he would normally see. The game is very interesting.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...-Gareyev_Timur Pawn play and active pieces

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2020...makin_Vladimir 20.Nxd5! a knock you out of your chair type tactic (actually remove the defender and checkmate threat) especially if you are a grandmaster.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2020...rnali_S_Dharia Hide the white king behind the advanced black H-pawn and then develop, develop, develop preferably with threats.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2020...-Gareyev_Timur A whole bag full of tactics in this game but the one I like best is 33...b3!! - the triumph of the passed pawn.

[Wayne Komer]

Timur’s Tactics – Rochefort Masters 2020

February 28, 2020

Timur Gareyev’s Games from the 19^th Rochefort Masters

The Round 1 game Yanayt, Eugene – Gareyev, Timur is not available. It may be a default.

Round 2, Feb. 23
Gareyev, Timur – Parnali, Dharia
A34 English, symmetrical, Four Knights

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.c4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nc3 Nc7 8.d3 Be7 9.Nd2 Bd7 10.Nc4 f6 11.f4 b5 12.Ne3 exf4 13.Nf5 b4 14.Nxe7 Qxe7 15.Ne4 fxg3 16.Bf4 gxh2+ 17.Kh1 Ne5 18.Rc1 O-O 19.d4 Ng4 20.Bxc7 Bc6 21.Qb3+ Kh8 22.Bd6 Qb7 23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.Qf3 h5 25.Rxc5 g6 26.Qf4 Qd7 27.d5 Bxd5 28.Rd1 g5 29.Qg3 Rc8 30.Rdxd5 Rxc5 31.Nxc5 1-0

Round 3, Feb. 23
Shirazi, Kamran – Gareyev, Timur
C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Nf6 6.d4 Bd7 7.O-O g6 8.Re1 Bg7 9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.dxe5 Nxe4 11.exd6 O-O 12.Nd4 Qxd6 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Nd2 Rad8 15.Qc2 Nxc3 16.Nb3 Rfe8 17.Bg5 Rd5 18.h4 h6 19.Bxh6 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Bxh6 21.bxc3 b5 22.Re4 Bg7 23.c4 Rd8 24.Qe2 b4 25.h5 gxh5 26.Rh4 Re8 27.Qxh5 Re1+ 28.Kh2 Qg6 29.Qxg6 fxg6 30.c5 Bc3 31.Rc4 Re2 32.a3 Rc2 33.Nd4 b3 34.Nxc2 b2 35.Rxc3 b1=Q 36.Nb4 a5 37.Nd5 Kg7 38.Nf4 Qe4 39.g3 Qe1 40.Rf3 Kh6 41.Nd3 Qc3 42.a4 Qc4 43.Ne5 Qxc5 44.Re3 Qd4 45.f4 Kg7 46.Ng4 Qd1 47.Kh3 Qf1+ 48.Kh2 Qd1 49.Kh3 Qh1+ 50.Nh2 c5 51.Rc3 Qd5 52.Nf3 Qd1 53.g4 Qxa4 54.Kg3 Qb4 55.Re3 c4 56.Re6 Qb3 57.f5 gxf5 58.gxf5 c3 59.Rg6+ Kf8 60.Rc6 c2 61.f6 Qb8+ 62.Kg4 Qb4+ 63.Kg3 Qb2 64.Rc8+ Kf7 65.Rc7+ Kxf6 66.Rc6+ Ke7 67.Re6+ 0-1

Round 4, Feb. 24
Gareyev, Timur – Burmakin, Vladimir
A50 Queen’s Pawn, Slav

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Bf4 Qb6 4.Qd2 d5 5.Nc3 Bf5 6.f3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.h4 h6 9.e3 Nbd7 10.c5 Qd8 11.Nh3 Ng8 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.h5 Bh7 14.g5 O-O-O 15.Bh2 Bf5 16.g6 fxg6 17.Nf4 g5 18.Ng6 Bxg6 19.hxg6 b6 20.Nxd5 Qxd2+ 21.Rxd2 Nxc5 22.Nc7 Bd6 23.Bxd6 Rxd6 24.Ne8 Nb7 25.Nxd6+ Nxd6 26.Bh3 Kd7 27.e4 Ne7 28.d5 cxd5 29.exd5 Nxg6 30.Rc2 Nf4 31.dxe6+ Ke7 32.Rc7+ Kf6 33.Rd7 Nxh3 34.Rxd6 Nf4 35.Re1 Re8 36.e7+ Kf7 37.Rd7 a5 38.Re5 Ng6 39.Rb5 Nxe7 40.Rxb6 h5 41.Kd2 h4 42.Ke2 Rc8 43.Rbb7 Re8 44.Kf2 Ke6 45.Rd4 Ng6 46.Rb5 Rc8 47.Rxg5 Rc2+ 48.Kg1 Kf6 49.Rg2 Rc1+ 50.Kh2 Ke5 51.Ra4 Nf4 52.Rxa5+ Kf6 53.Ra6+ Kf5 54.Ra5+ Kf6 55.Rd2 g5 56.Ra6+ Kf5 57.Ra5+ Kf6 58.Rb5 Rf1 59.Rb3 Ng6 60.Kg2 Re1 61.Rb6+ Kf5 62.Rb5+ Kf6 63.Rd6+ Kf7 64.Rf5+ 1-0

Round 5, Feb. 25
Van den Doel, Erik – Gareyev, Timur
C47 Four Knights, Scotch variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Qd2 O-O 8.O-O-O d6 9.f3 Be6 10.g4 Nd7 11.h4 Nde5 12.Be2 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Nc6 14.Bxb6 axb6 15.a3 Ra5 16.f4 f6 17.g5 f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Bc4+ Kh8 20.h5 Qd7 21.h6 Rd8 22.Rde1 b5 23.Bxb5 Qf7 24.Qe3 Rf8 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.Qe7 Raa8 27.hxg7+ Kxg7 28.Rh6 Bg6 29.f5 Bxf5 30.Rf6 Qxe7 31.Rxe7+ Kg8 32.Rxf8+ Rxf8 33.Rxc7 Rc8 34.Rxc8+ Bxc8 35.Kd2 Kf7 36.Ke3 Bf5 37.a4 Ke6 38.a5 Kd7 39.Ne4 Kc7 40.c3 c5 41.b4 cxb4 1-0

Round 6, Feb. 25
Gareyev, Timur – Bogdanov, Egor
E70 King’s Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.Qd2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.Nge2 Nbd7 12.b3 c4 13.bxc4 Ne5 14.O-O Nfd7 15.f4 Nxc4 16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.f5 Be5 18.Be7 Re8 19.f6 Kh8 20.Qh6 Rg8 21.Rf3 Nc5 22.Bf8 Bxf6 23.Rxf6 Be6 24.Bxd6 Nd7 25.Raf1 Rg7 26.dxe6 Nxf6 27.Be5 1-0

Round 7, Feb. 26
Korneev, Oleg – Gareyev, Timur
C55 Two Knights Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.c3 d6 6.Nbd2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Bb3 O-O 9.Re1 Re8 10.h3 Be6 11.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 Bxb3 13.Qxb3 a5 14.a3 Nd7 15.d5 Nc5 16.Qc2 Nb8 17.Nb3 Nxb3 18.Qxb3 Nd7 19.Bd2 Nc5 20.Qc2 Qd7 21.Rab1 Qa4 22.Qxa4 Nxa4 23.b4 Nc3 24.Bxc3 Bxc3 25.Re3 axb4 26.axb4 Bf6 27.b5 b6 28.Rc1 Re7 29.Rc4 Ra2 30.Rb3 Ra1+ 31.Kh2 Ra2 32.Kg1 Ra1+ 33.Kh2 Ra2 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Feb. 27
Gareyev, Timur – Jeet, Jain
D35 QGD, Exchange variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Ng3 Be6 9.Bd3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Rc1 d4 13.Nce4 Be7 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.Rxc5 Nd5 16.Qh5 g6 17.Qh6 Nxf4 18.Rh5 Re8 19.exf4 Qf6 20.Qxh7+ Kf8 21.Rb5 Qxf4 22.Rxb7 Qf6 23.f4 Qg7 24.Qh4 Bd5 25.f5 g5 26.f6 gxh4 27.fxg7+ Kxg7 28.Nh5+ Kh6 29.Nf6 Ne5 30.Nxd5 Nxd3 31.Rbxf7 Rad8 32.R1f6+ Kh5 33.Rf5+ Kh6 34.R5f6+ Kh5 35.Ne7 Nxb2 36.Rh7+ Kg5 37.Rhf7 Nd3 1-0

Round 9, Feb. 28
Duboue, Peio – Gareyev, Timur
C45 Scotch game

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 Bb6 9.O-O d6 10.Na3 Bd7 11.f4 d5 12.exd5 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Nf5 14.Bf2 Rae8 15.Nc4 Bb5 16.Nxb6 axb6 17.Re1 Rxe1+ 18.Qxe1 Re8 19.Qd1 Nd6 20.Bd4 Qg6 21.b3 h5 22.Bf3 h4 23.Bh5 Qh6 24.Be5 hxg3 25.hxg3 Ne4 26.Qf3 Nd2 27.Qh1 Bd3 28.Rd1 Rxe5 29.Bxf7+ Kxf7 30.Qxh6 gxh6 31.fxe5 Nf3+ 32.Kf2 Nxe5 33.Ke3 Bf5 34.c4 Kf6 35.Rf1 h5 36.Kd4 Nd3 37.Rxf5+ Kxf5 38.Kxd3 Kg4 39.b4 Kxg3 40.c5 bxc5 41.bxc5 h4 42.d6 cxd6 43.cxd6 h3 44.d7 h2 45.d8=Q h1=Q 46.Qg5+ Kf2 47.Qe3+ Kf1 48.Qc1+ 1-0

Standings after the Final Round

1 Van den Doel 7
2 Maiorov 6
3-4 Gareyev, Burmakin 5.5
5-6 Korneev, Vorobiov 5

[Hans Jung]

In Gareev - Jeet Rd 8 above, 18.Rh5 is another eye popping moment. The point is 18...Nxh5 19.Nxh5 and white wins queen or king.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...kovenko_Dmitry The tactics in the position are so complex that the computer has to adjust the evaluation after every move for about 5 moves (after Timur sacrifices the queen).