Timur's Tactics

[Patrick Gougeon]

32...Rxb2!! Crazy move for super GMs! Thks Hans.

[Hans Jung]

Always nice to hear from someone enjoying it, Aris!

[Aris Marghetis]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1948838 I was reminded of this game from the 2019 US Championship by a friend. Timur Gareev is Black against Sam Sevian. Check out Black's move 32. Look at the tripled pawns and the black bishop. That bishop is a serious liability. First class entertainment. I broke up again with laughter seeing this.

LOL, thanks yet again Hans!!

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1948838 I was reminded of this game from the 2019 US Championship by a friend. Timur Gareev is Black against Sam Sevian. Check out Black's move 32. Look at the tripled pawns and the black bishop. That bishop is a serious liability. First class entertainment. I broke up again with laughter seeing this.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...kseenko_Kirill New variation on an old theme.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...kovenko_Dmitry Timur has the rare ability to create tactical complexities that lead to (at the end of long combinational sequences of moves) strategic advantages. Here he uses pawns to create great tactical threats and chaos on the board. Timur then shows remarkable restraint (23.Re1) mainly because all he needs is a draw. This game is worth deeper study with the help of computer assistance in analysis.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...-Gareyev_Timur Timur trades one knight and his King Indian bishop to allow his other knight to come in with paralyzing effect. Seize the moment! and recognize your advantage!

[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).

[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.

[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]

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.

[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...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/2019...-Gareyev_Timur Pawn play and active pieces

[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.