Richard Rapport vs Teimour Radjabov (2022)

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Richard Rapport vs Teimour Radjabov
World Championship Candidates (2022), Madrid ESP, rd 14, Jul-04
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) · 0-1

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Jul-04-22		ILikeKeres: Rapport goes for broke with 20.Nxg5. Rapport may have seen something about 24.Nxe5, but one line goes: 24.Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Bd6 27. Qg5 is fine for white. 25.f4 is plain awful, and black is able to beat off white's attack a piece up.

Jul-05-22		lakshashishu: Suicide mission

Jul-05-22		Ulhumbrus: 5 Bxc6 concedes the bishop pair. After this whereas White has to struggle to find compensation for the bishop pair Black does not need to do anything apart from completing his development whilst answering any threat. If Black can do that White will struggle to draw. Perhaps the computer has found some resources for White that change this picture. That remains to be seen. With 12 Nc4 White has found something: he can deprive Black of his bishop pair. But if that is almost all that White can hope for he can hardly be satisfied with the result of the opening. It is Black who can be satisfied with equality whereas White wil want to play for more. If after 18...h6 White can play 19 g5 all the same, one alternative is 18...Be6 19 g5 f5 If after 19...fxg5 White can play 20 Nxg5 all the same, one alternative is 19...hxg5 20 Nxg5 Is 31..Rf8 necessary? On 31...Nf6 32 Nf7 Qd1+ 33 Kg2 Qe2+ exchanges queens. However the text leads to a win as well.

Jul-07-22		cormier: 1.03 13. h3 Bh5 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Qe6 16. Kh1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd7 18. Qg3 Qg6 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 f6 21. g3 Bf8 22. Ra2 b5 23. axb6 cxb6 24. Rfa1 a5 25. f4 Ra7 26. Kg2 h6 27. Bc3 Rea8 28. fxe5 fxe5 1 13. Ne3 Nh5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nf4 16. Nf5 g6 17. Nh6+ Kf8 18. Rae1 Qe6 19. h4 Nh5 20. g3 Rad8 21. Bc1 f6 22. Qg2 Rd7 23. a4 a6 24. a5 Rg7 25. Qf3 Rd7 26. Qg4 b5 27. axb6 cxb6 28. Qf3 Bc7 29. Ng4 Kg8 0.86 13. a4 Nh5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nf4 16. Rae1 f6 17. h4 Ne6 18. h5 Nd4 19. Qd1 Qd7 20. Bc1 Bf8 21. Re3 Rad8 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Bb2 Ne6 24. Qf3 h6 25. Ne3 Nf4 26. Rg4 Ne6 27. Qf5 a6 28. g3 b5 29. axb5 axb5 0.69 13. Kh1 b5 Stockfish 15, 30 sec, depth 30

Jul-07-22		cormier: 0.98 12. Nc4 Qe6 13. a4 Nd7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nb8 16. Qg4 Qxg4 17. hxg4 Nc6 18. g3 Nd4 19. Ne3 f6 20. Kg2 Ne6 21. Bc1 b6 22. Nc4 a6 23. f4 Nd4 24. Ra2 Nc6 25. Ne3 h6 26. Bd2 b5 27. f5 Rad8 28. Rfa1 Stockfish 15, 30 sec, depth 29

Jul-07-22		cormier: 0.06 10... b5 11. a4 c6 12. Ng5 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qe1 O-O 16. h4 Bg6 17. Nh3 Nd7 18. Nf2 Be7 19. Nd1 a6 20. g4 f6 21. Kh1 h6 22. axb5 axb5 Stockfish 15, 30 sec, depth 30

Jul-07-22		cormier: 0.5 10. Ng5 b6 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. h3 Nb8 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 O-O 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Qf3 Nc6 18. Ne3 Rad8 19. a4 f6 20. h4 Nd4 21. Qf2 Nc6 22. Rae1 Qe5 23. c3 Qe6 24. Qc2 Ne7 25. h5 h6 26. Rf2 0.15 10. Re1 0.05 10. b3 b6 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. bxc4 Qe6 13. Nh4 O-O-O 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. Nf5 g6 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. f4 f6 18. Qg4 Kb7 19. Rf2 Rhf8 20. Qh4 Rf7 21. Raf1 Rdf8 22. h3 a5 23. Bc3 Kb8 24. a3 Ka7 25. Rf3 Kb7 26. Qg3 Re7 27. R3f2 Stockfish 15, 30 sec, depth 30

Jul-07-22		cormier: 0.53 9. Na5 Rb8 10. b3 Ng8 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. Nc4 f6 13. Nh3 h5 14. f4 Bxh3 15. gxh3 exf4 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Bxf4 Qc6 18. Qf3 Ne7 19. Kh1 Rd8 20. h4 Rd7 21. Qg2 g6 22. Rae1 b6 23. a4 a5 24. Re2 Rf8 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. Bc1 Rf8 27. Bb2 Kd8 28. e5 f5 29. e6 Rd6 Stockfish 15, 30 sec, depth 32

Jul-07-22		cormier: 0 8... a5 9. Qe1 a4 10. Na5 Qb8 11. Ng5 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Qc8 14. gxh5 h6 15. Nxf7 Qxh3 16. Nxd6+ cxd6 17. f3 Rxa5 18. Qxa5 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Qh3+ 0 8... b6 9. d4 Nd7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Qc3 exd4 12. Nbxd4 Qf6 13. Bg5 Qg6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Nd4 Qg6 17. Bc1 a5 18. Qf3 Bc5 19. Nf5 Ne5 20. Qb3 Qe6 21. Qg3 Qg6 0.18 8... O-O 9. Na5 Rb8 10. b3 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. h3 h6 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. bxc4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ra6 Qc8 17. Rxc6 b4 18. Nh4 Qb7 19. Rxd6 cxd6 20. Nf5 Re6 21. Be3 b3 22. cxb3 Qxb3 0.32 8... Qe7 9. Na5 Stockfish 15, 30 sec, depth 30

Jul-07-22		fredthebear: Paraphrasing, Cormier says White was slightly better in the opening. Maybe Black should have played 11...Nd7 instead. Ulhumbrus said <With 12 Nc4 White has found something: he can deprive Black of his bishop pair. But if that is almost all that White can hope for he can hardly be satisfied with the result of the opening. It is Black who can be satisfied with equality whereas White wil want to play for more.> Ol' FTB asks "How did Rapport became the world's youngest grandmaster at the age of 13 years 11 months?" Answer: Inflated rating system. If Bobby's sister Joan were playing today, she'd be rated about 2475 or so. That's my way of saying RR is not playing like a GM should.

Jul-08-22		Cassandro: <FTB: Answer: Inflated rating system.> Rating inflation is a myth.

Jul-12-22		fredthebear: Round 14 Live Commentary by Sagar, Amruta: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... agadmator's chess channel: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... Tournament Guide: https://new.uschess.org/news/2022-c...

Jul-13-22		stone free or die: <If Bobby's sister Joan were playing today, she'd be rated about 2475 or so. That's my way of saying RR is not playing like a GM should.> Wrong on both counts. And how does FtB know how a GM should play? .

Jul-13-22		fredthebear: Intelligent people know that ol' FTB was speaking sarcastically, an obvious exaggeration. Bobby's sister knew how to play chess (she taught him), but she did not play competitive tournament chess. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_... So, alias Z freeloader took out <your latest sock puppet account on <<June 29, 2022>> just so you could follow much of the FIDE Candidates 2022 tournament, eh? Your timing was perfect. But then it turns out that you were so busy insulting other people with your new account that you didn't bother to follow the 14 rounds of tournament play. Fortunately for you, this website preserves the games for replay later at your convenience! Poor Richard finished tied for last in the 2022 Candidates tournament. Look at his shoddy play for yourself all you want sweetheart. Of course, to your untrained eye, it's all wood. Oh one more thing, Z free always cry, if you'd bother to watch the videos on the blue links that I provided just yesterday, you could get some expert analysis move-by-move. That way, you don't have to take my sarcastic word for it.

Jul-13-22		stone free or die: sarcastic, word!

Jul-19-22		Clement Fraud: I always appreciate the analysis of <Ulhumbrus> Most GMs seem to favor 5.Bxc6 ; and, if this is really the best try that White has available, then it casts some doubt on whole system (of 4.d3)!?

Jul-19-22		SChesshevsky: <...then it casts some doubt on the whole system of 4. d3?> Well, there's going to be some concession from going anti Berlin d3. But an idea with this is to give black a broken structure with Bxc6 and to then make blacks B's bad as compensation for the lost white B. Also shouldn't underestimate whites Nc4 which stands pretty well placed compared to usually blacks N. Here, Rapport seems to accomplish this. Though seems in kind of a round about way. Then looks like he loses his mind with a very speculative sacrifice. Which probably in no way should be attributed to his opening. Which basically aims to say, "I don't have a lot except a better structure and better placed pieces and no real weaknesses and that's enough."

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