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Teimour Radjabov vs Hikaru Nakamura
World Championship Candidates (2022), Madrid ESP, rd 9, Jun-27
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65)  ·  1-0

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Jun-27-22  cormier: 0.94 15... bxc6 16. Nxa5 Qe6 17. Qe2 Nh5 18. b4 Rfd8 19. Kh1 Rd7 20. Rg1 h6 21. Be3 Bb6 22. Nc4 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rad8 24. a5 Rd3 25. Qa2 Qf6 26. Qg2 Qe6 27. Qg4 Qxc4 28. Qxh5 g6 29. a6 Qxc3 30. Qxh6 Ra8 31. Rac1 Qa3 32. Rxc6 Rxa6

5.03 15... Nh5 16. Bb5 c6 17. Bc4 b5 18. axb5 Bb6 19. Ra4 cxb5 20. Bxb5 Rfd8 21. c4 Rd6 22. c5 Rg6+ 23. Kh1 Qf6 24. Be2 Bd8 25. Rg1 Qh4 26. Rxg6 hxg6 27. Bf1 Bg5 28. Bxg5 Qxg5 29. Rxa5 Rd8 30. c6 Rc8 31. c7 Qh4 32. Rxe5 Nf4

5.43 15... Qe6 16. Bb5 Qh3 17. Qe2 c6 18. Bc4 b5 19. axb5 Bb6 20. Ra4 Rfd8 21. Kh1 cxb5 22. Bxb5 Rd6 23. Rg1 Nh5 24. Qf1 Qxf3+ 25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 26. Rxg2 Rb8 27. Bc4 Nf4 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. e5 Rdd8 30. e6 fxe6 31. Ra1 a4 32. Rxa4 Kh8 33. Ra1 f3

5.49 15... Rad8 16. Bxb7 Nh5 17. Kh1 Rd6 18. Rg1 Qh4 19. Qe2 Rg6 20. Rg4 Qh3 21. Nxa5 Rb8 22. Nc6 Rxb7 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxg6+ hxg6 25. Bg5 c5 26. Rh4 Qd7 27. Be3 c4 28. Rg4 Qd8 29. Rd1 Qc8 30. Rg2 Kh7 31. a5 Bxe3 Stockfish 15, 30 sec, depth 26

Jun-27-22  cormier: 0.35 13... Qe6 14. Nbd2 Ne8 15. b3 Nd6 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rfd1 Nxb5 18. axb5 Nd8 19. Nc4 f6 20. Bc1 Bc5 21. Be3 Bf8 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Nxa5 b6 24. Nc4 Bd7 25. Rd5 Nb7 26. Nb2 Qf7 27. c4 c6 28. bxc6 Bxc6 29. Rd1 Bc5 30. Bxc5 Nxc5 31. Nd2 Rd8 32. b4

0.47 13... Bb6 14. Nbd2 Na7 15. Be2 Bc5 16. Nc4 Nc6 17. Nfd2 Rd8 18. Nb3 Bd6 19. Rd1 h6 20. f3 b6 21. Be3 Ba6 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Nd2 Qe6 25. Bf2 Ra8 26. b3 Nh5 27. Nc4 Rdd8 28. Ne3 Nf4 29. Bg3 Qf6 30. Bxf4 exf4

0.53 13... h6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nxa5 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Rxa5 17. b4 Ra8 18. Be3 Rd8 19. Rd2 Ba6 20. Rb1 Qe6 21. h3 Rd6 22. Rc1 Rb8 23. Bc5 Rxd2 24. Nxd2 Nh5 25. c4 Nf4 26. Nf3 Rd8 27. Be3 Bb7 28. c5 Ba6 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Re1 Qg6 31. Qc3 Rd3

0.77 13... Be6 14. Bxc6
Stockfish 15, 30 sec, depth 30

Jun-27-22  whiteshark: <Dear YouTube, I Got Wrecked 😞> Naka's recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2o... (~15m22s) Enjoy!
Jun-27-22  Ulhumbrus: Instead of 6...d5, 6...Qe7 may be sufficient.

One alternative to 10...Na7 is 10..Nd8 with ...c6 to follow

If after 12...Ba7 the win of Black's a pawn by Bb5, Bxc6 and Nxa5 can be called a potential threat one alternative is 12...Bd6.

Jun-28-22
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  HeMateMe: do the 'bots give black a draw with better play after say, move 30?
Jun-28-22
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  offramp: <HeMateMe: do the 'bots give black a draw with better play after say, move 30?>

A little earlier....


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White has just played 28. Nc6. SF14 thinks that Naka may have drawn toot sweet by
28....Nf6!=.

Jun-29-22
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  HeMateMe: the white Knight will then reenter play at h4?
Nov-10-22  tbontb: A smooth performance and sweet revenge for Radjabov,where White builds up an imposing Q-side attack while Nakamura Black seeks counterplay against the enemy K which never quite materialises. In the ending Black has no real counter to the passed White a-pawn, which advances steadily to queen.

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