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Anish Giri vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
Superbet Chess Classic Romania (2023), Bucharest ROU, rd 9, May-15
Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation (B45)  ·  1/2-1/2

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
1/2-1/2

rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
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May-15-23  goodevans: Here's the position after 57.Kh1:


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Play continued 57...Ng3+ 58.Kg1 Qe3+ 59.Kh2 and White was fine.

Stockfish says that earlier Nepo should have played <48...Qg3+ 49.Kh1 Qf4> which would have given this position:


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Pretty similar to the first diagram so what are the differences?

The first is that it's White to move <BUT> he can't get his Q back to the first rank where it's most effective defensively.

The second is that White's N is on d6 which is a bad place for it to be.

The immediate threat is 50...Ng3+ 51.Kg1 Qd2 52.Kh2 Nf1+ 53.Kh1 Ne3 when the Q would have to give herself up to prevent mate. Best to counter that is <50.Qc2>.

When Black now plays <50...Ng3+> White can't answer 51.Kg1 because 51...Qe3+ would in this position be winning so instead he must play <51.Kh2> and now <51...Nf5+> picks up the loose N on d6.

Not very deep so surprising that Nepo missed it.

May-15-23
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  offramp: 44. f3.


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The position doesn't change from move 44 to the end, move 68.

But what about this move...


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Nepo played 48...Ng3?
He could have tried
48....Qg3+!
49. Kh1▢ Nf4!


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Now White can't protect the h3 pawn.
Black would win.

May-16-23
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: During the live broadcast, the commentators kept going back to 53.Qb1 as a defensive brilliancy. Can't blame 'em. 53...Nf1++; 54.Kg1,Qh2+; 55.Kf2! (55.Kxf1??,Qh1+) and evidently White gets away.

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