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Firouzja’s Games from the Chessbrah Invitational 2020
May 18, 2020
From Peter Doggers at chess.com:
https://www.chess.com/news/view/firo...h-invitational
GM Alireza Firouzja won the Chessbrah Invitational, a blitz tournament among six super grandmasters held Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16 on Chess.com. The Iranian grandmaster defeated GM Anish Giri of the Netherlands in a best-of-10 final.
Firouzja defeated MVL 2.5-1.5 in Round One, Nepo beat Caruana 2.5-1.5 and Giri beat Grischuk 2.5-1.5. In the semifinals Giri won over Nepo and Firouzja beat Grischuk (who had won in the Loser’s Bracket). The semifinals were best-of-four matches with a time control of three minutes and a two-second increment.
This set up a best of 10 finals between Firouzja and Giri which the former won, gaining the $1750 first prize. Some guys in Chat said that Giri defeating both Grischuk and Nepo is an even bigger story!
Round 1, May 15
Game 1
Firouzja, Alireza – MVL
E17 King’s Indian, Makagonov System
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Be2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bd7 11.O-O Bc6 12.Qc2 a5 13.Rad1 Nd7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Bg4 Ne5 16.c5 Nxg4 17.hxg4 Qc8 18.cxd6 Qxg4 19.dxe7 Rfe8 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Qc3+ Kg8 22.exd5 Rxe7 23.Rd4 Qc8 24.Qd2 Qf5 25.d6 Rd7 26.Rd5 Qf6 27.Rd1 a4 28.Qb4 Kg7 29.R1d3 Kg8 30.Rf3 Qe6 31.Qd4 Qe1+ 32.Kh2 Qc1 33.Re3 Rad8 34.Rde5 Qc8 35.Rd5 Qb8 36.Rd3 Re8 37.g3 Re6 38.Qxa4 Rdxd6 39.Qf4 g5 40.Rxg5+ Kf8 41.Rgd5 Rh6+ 42.Kg2 Qc8 43.Rxd6 Qh3+ 44.Kf3 1-0
Round 1, May 15
Game 2
MVL – Firouzja, Alireza
E05 Catalan, open, Classical line
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Ra7 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.Ba5 Qa8 13.Qxc7 Rc8 14.Qf4 Rc2 15.Nc3 Nd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Rd2 Rc8 18.a3 Nf6 19.Ne1 Bxg2 20.Nxg2 Ne4 21.Rd3 Rc2 22.Qf3 Rxb2 23.Rc1 Ng5 24.Qxa8+ Rxa8 25.Kf1 Ra2 26.Bb4 Bxb4 27.axb4 Rb2 28.f3 h6 29.Ne3 Rxb4 30.d5 exd5 31.Nxd5 Rb2 32.Nf4 a5 33.Rd7 a4 34.h4 Nh7 35.Rcc7 Nf6 36.Rxf7 Ne8 37.Rce7 a3 38.Ng6 a2 39.Rf8+ Kh7 40.h5 a1=Q+ 41.Kg2 Nf6 42.Rxf6 Rxe2+ 0-1
Round 1, May 15
Game 3
Firouzja, Alireza – MVL
E71 King’s Indian, Makagonov System
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 e5 8.d5 a5 9.g4 Nc5 10.Nd2 c6 11.Be2 cxd5 12.cxd5 Bd7 13.g5 Ne8 14.h4 f6 15.a4 fxg5 16.hxg5 Rc8 17.Nb3 b6 18.Bb5 Nc7 19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Qe2 Ne8 22.Nd2 Nd6 23.f3 c4 24.Qh2 Bh8 25.Qh3 Qe7 26.Ke2 Rf7 27.Rag1 Re8 28.Rg2 Qc7 29.Nf1 Qc5 30.Ne3 Qd4 31.Rd1 Qc5 32.Ng4 Kf8 33.Nf6 Ree7 34.Qh6+ Bg7 35.Nxh7+ Ke8 36.Qxg6 Kd8 37.Rd2 b5 38.axb5 Nxb5 39.Nf6 Nd4+ 40.Kd1 Qb6 41.d6 Qxd6 42.f4 Kc8 43.f5 Bxf6 44.gxf6 Rd7 45.Qg8+ Kb7 46.Rg7 Rxg7 47.fxg7 Qh6 48.Qh8 Rxg7 49.Rh2 Rg1# 0-1
Round 1, May 15
Game 4
MVL – Firouzja, Alireza
A06 Reti Opening
1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.Qc2 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 c5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.b3 d4 13.Na4 Nb4 14.Qb2 d3 15.a3 dxe2 16.Rxd8 Rfxd8 17.Bd2 Ne4 18.Bxb4 Bf6 19.Qxe2 Bxa1 20.Nxc5 Nxc5 21.Bxc5 Rac8 22.b4 a5 23.h4 axb4 24.axb4 Bf6 25.h5 h6 26.Nd4 Re8 27.Qg4 Ra8 28.Nf5 Re4 29.f4 Kh7 30.Nd6 Re7 31.Qf5+ Kg8 32.Nxb7 Rxb7 33.Qd5 Rbb8 34.Kh2 Rd8 35.Qe4 Rab8 36.Kh3 Re8 37.Qc6 Be7 38.Ba7 Rbc8 39.Qb7 Bf8 40.b5 Bc5 41.Kg4 Bxa7 42.Qxa7 Ra8 43.Qc7 Rac8 44.Qd7 Rcd8 45.Qa7 Ra8 46.Qd4 Rab8 47.b6 Re6 48.e4 Rexb6 49.e5 Rb4 50.Qd7 R4b7 51.Qf5 Rb6 52.g3 Ra6 53.Qd3 Rab6 54.Kf5 Rb3 55.Qd6 R3b6 56.Qd5 Rb5 57.Qd1 Rb1 58.Qd6 R1b6 59.Qe7 R6b7 60.Qh4 Rb5 61.g4 R5b6 62.g5 hxg5 63.Qxg5 Re8 64.Kg4 Ra6 65.Qf5 Rae6 66.Qd3 Kh8 67.Qd7 Kg8 68.Kg5 R6e7 69.Qb5 Re6 70.h6 Rxe5+ 71.fxe5 Rxe5+ 72.Qxe5 f6+ 73.Qxf6 gxf6+ 74.Kxf6 Kh7 75.Kf7 Kxh6 1/2-1/2
Semifinals, May 16
Game 1, 3+2
Firouzja, Alireza – Grischuk, Alexander
D35 QGD, Exchange variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.h3 Bd6 9.e3 g5 10.Bg3 Bxg3 11.fxg3 Qc7 12.Kf2 Nh5 13.Ne5 Ng7 14.Nd3 Nb6 15.Rc1 Qe7 16.Be2 Bf5 17.Nc5 Ne6 18.b4 Nxc5 19.bxc5 Nd7 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 f5 22.Rhf1 O-O 23.Kg1 Qe6 24.Rf3 Rf7 25.Rcf1 Raf8 26.Ne2 b6 27.cxb6 Nxb6 28.Nc3 Nc4 29.Na4 Qe4 30.Qe2 Re8 31.Nc3 Qe6 32.Qd3 Nxe3 33.Re1 f4 34.Nd1 Qe4 35.Qc3 Qg6 36.Nxe3 fxe3 37.Rfxe3 Rxe3 38.Qxe3 Kg7 39.Kh2 Qf6 40.Qe8 h5 41.Re6 Qf5 42.Re5 Qf6 43.Re6 Qf5 44.Rxc6 h4 45.Qe5+ Qxe5 46.dxe5 Re7 47.e6 Kf6 48.gxh4 gxh4 49.g3 d4 50.gxh4 d3 51.Kg3 d2 52.Rd6 Rxe6 53.Rxd2 Ra6 54.Kg4 Kg6 55.h5+ Kh6 56.Rf2 Ra4+ 57.Rf4 Rxa2 58.Rf6+ Kh7 59.h6 Rc2 60.Ra6 Rc4+ 61.Kg5 Rc5+ 62.Kg4 Rc4+ 63.Kg5 Rc5+ 64.Kg4 Rc4+ 1/2-1/2
Semifinals, May 16
Game 2, 3+2
Grischuk, Alexander – Firouzja, Alireza
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e3 Bf5 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.Qb3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 c5 12.dxc5 g5 13.Bg3 Nxc5 14.Qb4 Nfe4 15.O-O Rc8 16.Rfd1 a5 17.Qa3 Re8 18.Rac1 h5 19.c4 Qf6 20.Rxd5 Be6 21.Rdd1 Bf5 22.Rd5 Be6 23.Rdd1 Bf5 24.Rd5 1/2-1/2
Semifinals, May 16
Game 3, 3+2
Firouzja, Alireza – Grischuk, Alexander
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Ba4 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 Ne7 8.Nbd2 Ng6 9.Re1 c6 10.Bc2 Bb6 11.h3 h6 12.d4 Re8 13.Nf1 d5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Qh5 Re6 18.Bf4 Qe8 19.Rad1 Bc7 20.Ng3 Bxe5 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.Qh4 Bf5 23.Nxf5 Rxf5 24.Qxe4 Qxe4 25.Rxe4 a5 26.Re7 b5 27.Rd6 Rc8 28.g4 Rd5 29.Rxd5 cxd5 30.Rb7 d4 31.cxd4 b4 32.Rb5 Rc2 33.Rxa5 Rxb2 34.Kg2 b3 35.axb3 Rxb3 36.h4 Kf8 37.f3 Rd3 38.d5 Rd2+ 39.Kg3 g5 40.Ra8+ Ke7 41.Ra7+ Kf8 42.Rd7 Ke8 43.Rd6 Ke7 44.Rxh6 gxh4+ 45.Rxh4 Rxd5 46.Rh5 Rd1 47.Ra5 Rd3 48.Kf4 f6 49.Ke4 Rb3 50.f4 Ke6 51.Ra6+ Kf7 52.Rd6 Ra3 53.Rd5 Ke6 54.Rd4 f5+ 55.gxf5+ Kf6 56.Rd6+ Kf7 57.f6 Ra5 58.Kf3 Rb5 59.Kg4 Ra5 60.Rc6 Rb5 61.Ra6 Rc5 1/2-1/2
Final Position
Draw after 62.f5
Semifinals, May 16
Game 4, 3+2
Grischuk, Alexander – Firouzja, Alireza
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e3 Bf5 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.Qb3 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 g5 12.Bg3 Ne4 13.Qa5 c5 14.Qxd8 Rfxd8 15.dxc5 Ndxc5 16.Be5 Rac8 17.O-O Ne6 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Rc2 20.Bd1 Rc6 21.f3 Nd2 22.Rf2 Nc4 23.Rc1 Re6 24.Rc3 a6 25.Re2 Bg6 26.g4 b5 27.b3 b4 28.Rc1 Na3 29.Kf2 Nb5 30.Rd2 Rde8 31.Be2 Nxd4 32.exd4 h5 33.h3 hxg4 34.hxg4 Kg7 35.Rc5 Rd6 36.Ra5 Rh8 37.Kg2 Rc8 38.Rxa6 Rxa6 39.Bxa6 Rc7 40.Kf2 Kf8 41.Ke2 Ke7 42.Bd3 Bxd3+ 43.Rxd3 Rc2+ 44.Rd2 Rc3 45.Rd3 Rc2+ 46.Rd2 Rc3 47.Rd3 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2
Semifinals, May 16
Game 5, Armageddon
Grischuk, Alexander – Firouzja, Alireza
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 O-O 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 Bf5 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.Qb3 c5 11.dxc5 a5 12.O-O Nxc5 13.Qd1 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nce4 15.Rc1 Rc8 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.c4 dxc4 18.Bxc4 g5 19.Bg3 b5 20.Bxb5 Nc3 21.Qb3 Bxb5 22.Rxc3 Bxf1 23.Kxf1 Ne4 24.Rc2 Rc3 25.Qb2 Qc8 26.f3 Rxc2 27.Nxc2 Qc4+ 28.Kg1 Rc8 29.Ne1 Qc3 30.Qe2 Qd2 31.Qxd2 Nxd2 32.Be5 Rc1 33.Kf2 Nc4 34.Bd4 Rd1 35.a4 Rd2+ 36.Kg3 Re2 37.Nd3 Nxe3 38.Nc1 Nf5+ 0-1
Final, May 16
Game 1, 3+2
Giri, Anish – Firouzja, Alireza
E10 Queens Pawn game
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nc3 c6 7.b3 b6 8.O-O Ba6 9.Qd3 Nbd7 10.e4 b5 11.cxd5 Qa5 12.dxe6 b4 13.Qc2 Bxf1 14.Bxf1 bxc3 15.exd7 Nxd7 16.e5 Rfd8 17.Bg5 Re8 18.Bc4 Nb6 19.Bd3 g6 20.Be4 Nd5 21.Qc1 Ba3 22.Qf1 f5 23.Bd3 Bf8 24.Qh3 c2 25.Rc1 Qc3 26.Qf1 Nb4 27.Bc4+ Kh8 28.Qe2 Bg7 29.Bd2 Qb2 30.Be3 Qxa2 31.Kg2 a5 32.Ng5 h6 33.Nf7+ Kh7 34.Qd2 Re7 35.Nxh6 a4 36.Qxb4 Ree8 37.bxa4 Qxa4 38.Qxa4 Rxa4 39.Rxc2 Bxh6 40.f4 Ra3 41.Bf2 Bf8 42.h4 Rd8 43.Be2 Kh6 44.Bf3 Ra4 45.Rxc6 Ra2 46.h5 Rxd4 47.Rxg6+ Kh7 48.Rf6 Rdd2 49.Bd5 Rxf2+ 50.Kg1 Bc5 51.Bxa2 Rxa2+ 52.Kh1 Bf2 53.Kg2 Be1+ 54.Kh3 Ra3 55.Rg6 Re3 56.Rg5 Kh6 57.Kg2 Re4 58.Rxf5 Re3 59.Rg5 Kh7 60.Kh3 Kh6 61.Kh4 Kh7 62.Rg6 Re4 63.Kg4 Re3 64.Kh4 Re4 65.Kh3 Re3 66.e6 Bb4 67.Kg4 Be1 68.Kh4 Re4 69.Kh3 Re3 70.Kh4 Re4 71.Kg4 Re3 72.Kh3 Bb4 73.Kh2 Be1 74.Kg2 Bb4 75.g4 Bc5 76.f5 Bf8 77.g5 Re5 78.Rf6 Kg8 79.Rf7 Bc5 80.h6 Re2+ 81.Kf3 Re3+ 82.Kg4 Re4+ 83.Kh5 Be3 84.h7+ Kh8 85.Kg6 Bc5 86.Rg7 1-0
Final Position
It’s mate in 2
(to be continued)
May 18, 2020
From Peter Doggers at chess.com:
https://www.chess.com/news/view/firo...h-invitational
GM Alireza Firouzja won the Chessbrah Invitational, a blitz tournament among six super grandmasters held Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16 on Chess.com. The Iranian grandmaster defeated GM Anish Giri of the Netherlands in a best-of-10 final.
Firouzja defeated MVL 2.5-1.5 in Round One, Nepo beat Caruana 2.5-1.5 and Giri beat Grischuk 2.5-1.5. In the semifinals Giri won over Nepo and Firouzja beat Grischuk (who had won in the Loser’s Bracket). The semifinals were best-of-four matches with a time control of three minutes and a two-second increment.
This set up a best of 10 finals between Firouzja and Giri which the former won, gaining the $1750 first prize. Some guys in Chat said that Giri defeating both Grischuk and Nepo is an even bigger story!
Round 1, May 15
Game 1
Firouzja, Alireza – MVL
E17 King’s Indian, Makagonov System
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Be2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bd7 11.O-O Bc6 12.Qc2 a5 13.Rad1 Nd7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Bg4 Ne5 16.c5 Nxg4 17.hxg4 Qc8 18.cxd6 Qxg4 19.dxe7 Rfe8 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Qc3+ Kg8 22.exd5 Rxe7 23.Rd4 Qc8 24.Qd2 Qf5 25.d6 Rd7 26.Rd5 Qf6 27.Rd1 a4 28.Qb4 Kg7 29.R1d3 Kg8 30.Rf3 Qe6 31.Qd4 Qe1+ 32.Kh2 Qc1 33.Re3 Rad8 34.Rde5 Qc8 35.Rd5 Qb8 36.Rd3 Re8 37.g3 Re6 38.Qxa4 Rdxd6 39.Qf4 g5 40.Rxg5+ Kf8 41.Rgd5 Rh6+ 42.Kg2 Qc8 43.Rxd6 Qh3+ 44.Kf3 1-0
Round 1, May 15
Game 2
MVL – Firouzja, Alireza
E05 Catalan, open, Classical line
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Ra7 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.Ba5 Qa8 13.Qxc7 Rc8 14.Qf4 Rc2 15.Nc3 Nd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Rd2 Rc8 18.a3 Nf6 19.Ne1 Bxg2 20.Nxg2 Ne4 21.Rd3 Rc2 22.Qf3 Rxb2 23.Rc1 Ng5 24.Qxa8+ Rxa8 25.Kf1 Ra2 26.Bb4 Bxb4 27.axb4 Rb2 28.f3 h6 29.Ne3 Rxb4 30.d5 exd5 31.Nxd5 Rb2 32.Nf4 a5 33.Rd7 a4 34.h4 Nh7 35.Rcc7 Nf6 36.Rxf7 Ne8 37.Rce7 a3 38.Ng6 a2 39.Rf8+ Kh7 40.h5 a1=Q+ 41.Kg2 Nf6 42.Rxf6 Rxe2+ 0-1
Round 1, May 15
Game 3
Firouzja, Alireza – MVL
E71 King’s Indian, Makagonov System
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 e5 8.d5 a5 9.g4 Nc5 10.Nd2 c6 11.Be2 cxd5 12.cxd5 Bd7 13.g5 Ne8 14.h4 f6 15.a4 fxg5 16.hxg5 Rc8 17.Nb3 b6 18.Bb5 Nc7 19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Qe2 Ne8 22.Nd2 Nd6 23.f3 c4 24.Qh2 Bh8 25.Qh3 Qe7 26.Ke2 Rf7 27.Rag1 Re8 28.Rg2 Qc7 29.Nf1 Qc5 30.Ne3 Qd4 31.Rd1 Qc5 32.Ng4 Kf8 33.Nf6 Ree7 34.Qh6+ Bg7 35.Nxh7+ Ke8 36.Qxg6 Kd8 37.Rd2 b5 38.axb5 Nxb5 39.Nf6 Nd4+ 40.Kd1 Qb6 41.d6 Qxd6 42.f4 Kc8 43.f5 Bxf6 44.gxf6 Rd7 45.Qg8+ Kb7 46.Rg7 Rxg7 47.fxg7 Qh6 48.Qh8 Rxg7 49.Rh2 Rg1# 0-1
Round 1, May 15
Game 4
MVL – Firouzja, Alireza
A06 Reti Opening
1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.Qc2 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 c5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.b3 d4 13.Na4 Nb4 14.Qb2 d3 15.a3 dxe2 16.Rxd8 Rfxd8 17.Bd2 Ne4 18.Bxb4 Bf6 19.Qxe2 Bxa1 20.Nxc5 Nxc5 21.Bxc5 Rac8 22.b4 a5 23.h4 axb4 24.axb4 Bf6 25.h5 h6 26.Nd4 Re8 27.Qg4 Ra8 28.Nf5 Re4 29.f4 Kh7 30.Nd6 Re7 31.Qf5+ Kg8 32.Nxb7 Rxb7 33.Qd5 Rbb8 34.Kh2 Rd8 35.Qe4 Rab8 36.Kh3 Re8 37.Qc6 Be7 38.Ba7 Rbc8 39.Qb7 Bf8 40.b5 Bc5 41.Kg4 Bxa7 42.Qxa7 Ra8 43.Qc7 Rac8 44.Qd7 Rcd8 45.Qa7 Ra8 46.Qd4 Rab8 47.b6 Re6 48.e4 Rexb6 49.e5 Rb4 50.Qd7 R4b7 51.Qf5 Rb6 52.g3 Ra6 53.Qd3 Rab6 54.Kf5 Rb3 55.Qd6 R3b6 56.Qd5 Rb5 57.Qd1 Rb1 58.Qd6 R1b6 59.Qe7 R6b7 60.Qh4 Rb5 61.g4 R5b6 62.g5 hxg5 63.Qxg5 Re8 64.Kg4 Ra6 65.Qf5 Rae6 66.Qd3 Kh8 67.Qd7 Kg8 68.Kg5 R6e7 69.Qb5 Re6 70.h6 Rxe5+ 71.fxe5 Rxe5+ 72.Qxe5 f6+ 73.Qxf6 gxf6+ 74.Kxf6 Kh7 75.Kf7 Kxh6 1/2-1/2
Semifinals, May 16
Game 1, 3+2
Firouzja, Alireza – Grischuk, Alexander
D35 QGD, Exchange variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.h3 Bd6 9.e3 g5 10.Bg3 Bxg3 11.fxg3 Qc7 12.Kf2 Nh5 13.Ne5 Ng7 14.Nd3 Nb6 15.Rc1 Qe7 16.Be2 Bf5 17.Nc5 Ne6 18.b4 Nxc5 19.bxc5 Nd7 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 f5 22.Rhf1 O-O 23.Kg1 Qe6 24.Rf3 Rf7 25.Rcf1 Raf8 26.Ne2 b6 27.cxb6 Nxb6 28.Nc3 Nc4 29.Na4 Qe4 30.Qe2 Re8 31.Nc3 Qe6 32.Qd3 Nxe3 33.Re1 f4 34.Nd1 Qe4 35.Qc3 Qg6 36.Nxe3 fxe3 37.Rfxe3 Rxe3 38.Qxe3 Kg7 39.Kh2 Qf6 40.Qe8 h5 41.Re6 Qf5 42.Re5 Qf6 43.Re6 Qf5 44.Rxc6 h4 45.Qe5+ Qxe5 46.dxe5 Re7 47.e6 Kf6 48.gxh4 gxh4 49.g3 d4 50.gxh4 d3 51.Kg3 d2 52.Rd6 Rxe6 53.Rxd2 Ra6 54.Kg4 Kg6 55.h5+ Kh6 56.Rf2 Ra4+ 57.Rf4 Rxa2 58.Rf6+ Kh7 59.h6 Rc2 60.Ra6 Rc4+ 61.Kg5 Rc5+ 62.Kg4 Rc4+ 63.Kg5 Rc5+ 64.Kg4 Rc4+ 1/2-1/2
Semifinals, May 16
Game 2, 3+2
Grischuk, Alexander – Firouzja, Alireza
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e3 Bf5 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.Qb3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 c5 12.dxc5 g5 13.Bg3 Nxc5 14.Qb4 Nfe4 15.O-O Rc8 16.Rfd1 a5 17.Qa3 Re8 18.Rac1 h5 19.c4 Qf6 20.Rxd5 Be6 21.Rdd1 Bf5 22.Rd5 Be6 23.Rdd1 Bf5 24.Rd5 1/2-1/2
Semifinals, May 16
Game 3, 3+2
Firouzja, Alireza – Grischuk, Alexander
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Ba4 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 Ne7 8.Nbd2 Ng6 9.Re1 c6 10.Bc2 Bb6 11.h3 h6 12.d4 Re8 13.Nf1 d5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Qh5 Re6 18.Bf4 Qe8 19.Rad1 Bc7 20.Ng3 Bxe5 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.Qh4 Bf5 23.Nxf5 Rxf5 24.Qxe4 Qxe4 25.Rxe4 a5 26.Re7 b5 27.Rd6 Rc8 28.g4 Rd5 29.Rxd5 cxd5 30.Rb7 d4 31.cxd4 b4 32.Rb5 Rc2 33.Rxa5 Rxb2 34.Kg2 b3 35.axb3 Rxb3 36.h4 Kf8 37.f3 Rd3 38.d5 Rd2+ 39.Kg3 g5 40.Ra8+ Ke7 41.Ra7+ Kf8 42.Rd7 Ke8 43.Rd6 Ke7 44.Rxh6 gxh4+ 45.Rxh4 Rxd5 46.Rh5 Rd1 47.Ra5 Rd3 48.Kf4 f6 49.Ke4 Rb3 50.f4 Ke6 51.Ra6+ Kf7 52.Rd6 Ra3 53.Rd5 Ke6 54.Rd4 f5+ 55.gxf5+ Kf6 56.Rd6+ Kf7 57.f6 Ra5 58.Kf3 Rb5 59.Kg4 Ra5 60.Rc6 Rb5 61.Ra6 Rc5 1/2-1/2
Final Position
Draw after 62.f5
Semifinals, May 16
Game 4, 3+2
Grischuk, Alexander – Firouzja, Alireza
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e3 Bf5 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.Qb3 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 g5 12.Bg3 Ne4 13.Qa5 c5 14.Qxd8 Rfxd8 15.dxc5 Ndxc5 16.Be5 Rac8 17.O-O Ne6 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Rc2 20.Bd1 Rc6 21.f3 Nd2 22.Rf2 Nc4 23.Rc1 Re6 24.Rc3 a6 25.Re2 Bg6 26.g4 b5 27.b3 b4 28.Rc1 Na3 29.Kf2 Nb5 30.Rd2 Rde8 31.Be2 Nxd4 32.exd4 h5 33.h3 hxg4 34.hxg4 Kg7 35.Rc5 Rd6 36.Ra5 Rh8 37.Kg2 Rc8 38.Rxa6 Rxa6 39.Bxa6 Rc7 40.Kf2 Kf8 41.Ke2 Ke7 42.Bd3 Bxd3+ 43.Rxd3 Rc2+ 44.Rd2 Rc3 45.Rd3 Rc2+ 46.Rd2 Rc3 47.Rd3 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2
Semifinals, May 16
Game 5, Armageddon
Grischuk, Alexander – Firouzja, Alireza
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 O-O 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 Bf5 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.Qb3 c5 11.dxc5 a5 12.O-O Nxc5 13.Qd1 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nce4 15.Rc1 Rc8 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.c4 dxc4 18.Bxc4 g5 19.Bg3 b5 20.Bxb5 Nc3 21.Qb3 Bxb5 22.Rxc3 Bxf1 23.Kxf1 Ne4 24.Rc2 Rc3 25.Qb2 Qc8 26.f3 Rxc2 27.Nxc2 Qc4+ 28.Kg1 Rc8 29.Ne1 Qc3 30.Qe2 Qd2 31.Qxd2 Nxd2 32.Be5 Rc1 33.Kf2 Nc4 34.Bd4 Rd1 35.a4 Rd2+ 36.Kg3 Re2 37.Nd3 Nxe3 38.Nc1 Nf5+ 0-1
Final, May 16
Game 1, 3+2
Giri, Anish – Firouzja, Alireza
E10 Queens Pawn game
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nc3 c6 7.b3 b6 8.O-O Ba6 9.Qd3 Nbd7 10.e4 b5 11.cxd5 Qa5 12.dxe6 b4 13.Qc2 Bxf1 14.Bxf1 bxc3 15.exd7 Nxd7 16.e5 Rfd8 17.Bg5 Re8 18.Bc4 Nb6 19.Bd3 g6 20.Be4 Nd5 21.Qc1 Ba3 22.Qf1 f5 23.Bd3 Bf8 24.Qh3 c2 25.Rc1 Qc3 26.Qf1 Nb4 27.Bc4+ Kh8 28.Qe2 Bg7 29.Bd2 Qb2 30.Be3 Qxa2 31.Kg2 a5 32.Ng5 h6 33.Nf7+ Kh7 34.Qd2 Re7 35.Nxh6 a4 36.Qxb4 Ree8 37.bxa4 Qxa4 38.Qxa4 Rxa4 39.Rxc2 Bxh6 40.f4 Ra3 41.Bf2 Bf8 42.h4 Rd8 43.Be2 Kh6 44.Bf3 Ra4 45.Rxc6 Ra2 46.h5 Rxd4 47.Rxg6+ Kh7 48.Rf6 Rdd2 49.Bd5 Rxf2+ 50.Kg1 Bc5 51.Bxa2 Rxa2+ 52.Kh1 Bf2 53.Kg2 Be1+ 54.Kh3 Ra3 55.Rg6 Re3 56.Rg5 Kh6 57.Kg2 Re4 58.Rxf5 Re3 59.Rg5 Kh7 60.Kh3 Kh6 61.Kh4 Kh7 62.Rg6 Re4 63.Kg4 Re3 64.Kh4 Re4 65.Kh3 Re3 66.e6 Bb4 67.Kg4 Be1 68.Kh4 Re4 69.Kh3 Re3 70.Kh4 Re4 71.Kg4 Re3 72.Kh3 Bb4 73.Kh2 Be1 74.Kg2 Bb4 75.g4 Bc5 76.f5 Bf8 77.g5 Re5 78.Rf6 Kg8 79.Rf7 Bc5 80.h6 Re2+ 81.Kf3 Re3+ 82.Kg4 Re4+ 83.Kh5 Be3 84.h7+ Kh8 85.Kg6 Bc5 86.Rg7 1-0
Final Position
It’s mate in 2
(to be continued)
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