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Richard Rapport vs Vladimir Fedoseev
FIDE Grand Prix Berlin (2022), chess24.com, rd 2, Feb-05
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation. Keres Defense (E32)  ·  1-0

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Feb-05-22  Dave12: After a weird-looking opening, Rapport's crazy king walk (starting with 24.Kf2) while leaving a full piece behind, was amazingly powerful. He even got the engines confused, arguing that this move was leading to a draw.
Feb-06-22  sofouuk: only when you see a game like this do you realise how insanely good the top GMs actually are
Feb-06-22  Ulhumbrus: Is there any need for 13 dxc5? After 13 Be2 White has the bishop pair as well as more space.

Instead of 13...Nxc5, 13...bxc5 acquires central pawn superiority and so at least partial compensation for the bishop pair

14 Bxf6 parts with the bishop pair although it doubles Black's f pawn

16...Nb3 may be an attempt to get the N to d4, but 17 Rd1 prevents it, and if Black plays ...e5 to prepare it both the knight and his pawns may become targets. This suggests that 16...Nd7 is better.

31...Bxe4 returns the piece but White threatens mate in two by 31 Rg8+ Kh7 32 Nf6 mate

Feb-06-22  farticchio: The shadow of AlphaZero 👽
Feb-06-22  whiteshark: Game related annotation:
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/be...
Feb-06-22  Dave12: <farticchio: The shadow of AlphaZero 👽> Maybe, but I don't think this was a preparation, as Rapport took 11 min to decide on 18.Rxd6 instead of going for the Knight-hunt, this move has dragged the game into the position were his brilliant plan kicked off.
Feb-06-22  SChesshevsky: Seems Nimzo-Indian under fire. In last two events, no draws. But 2-0 for white here so far and 5-1 at Wijk.

<Is there any need for 13. dxc5?>

Think it's about trying to maintain the c4-e4 Maroczy Bind and making black pay something in breaking it.

13...bxc5 may allow a break but feels like might also mean blacks pawns will end up worse. Guess that's why Fedoseev went with 13...Nxc5. Allowing the bind but counting on that open file counter play. But that advanced N is awkward and feels on the edge of being trapped.

Maybe Fedoseev could've had more effective counter play. Interesting how he got his pieces down in enemy territory, grabbed a piece, and yet his pieces were so uncoordinated it allowed whites king to escape and ended up blacks king was the one in danger.

Feb-07-22
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  Check It Out: Rapport continues to amaze.
Feb-17-22
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  HeMateMe: very creative how Rapport sorted out the jumble on the first two ranks.

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