Anish Giri vs Dommaraju Gukesh (2024)

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Anish Giri vs Dommaraju Gukesh
Tata Steel Masters (2024), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 4, Jan-16
English Opening: King's English. Four Knights Variation Flexible Line (A28) · 1-0

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Jan-16-24		perfidious: Things are just getting warmed up; we ain't even reached move sixty yet! All the grinding yet to come.

Jan-16-24		OhioChessFan: SF sees no captures in the next 60 plies....

Jan-16-24		Honza Cervenka: 58...Rf8? could get black in troubles after 59.Ra5 but Gukesh is careful.

Jan-16-24		Honza Cervenka: It looks like Gukesh agrees with me...:-D

Jan-16-24		offramp: Stockfish reckons that Gukesh is at -3.3. <So lets see, now, Gukesh gets 1 share for being 1 player, 1 share for going down the playing hall, 1 share for the rook, and 1 share for having a rook <and> a bishop, but no matter how you figure it out, Gukesh still doesn't get as much as anybody else!>

Jan-16-24		Honza Cervenka: 60...Rb6 would be my choice. I don't know what white wants to do.

Jan-16-24		Honza Cervenka: 60...Rc4, well there was no need to be afraid of 61.Ke4 but I guess it is not a bad move.

Jan-16-24		Sally Simpson: Hi Mateo, <I like Giri but his logo jacket turns him into a sandwich man. Can you imagine Capablanca or Fischer wearing clothes with advertising on them? What a degradation of chess, of the noble game!> For the next world championship FIDE are selling all the 64 squares to companies; Instead 1.e2-e4 in live games we will see 1. Heinz Beans - Kelloggs Cornflakes. Castle K-side will be....wait for it......G0-0GLE.

Jan-16-24		OhioChessFan: Jedi Knight c3-PO, watch for the next Star Wars release in July.

Jan-16-24		OhioChessFan: f5, Refresh yourself with an ice cold Coca Cola, the pause that refreshes...

Jan-16-24		OhioChessFan: All captures brought to you by X. Blaze Your Glory!

Jan-16-24		OhioChessFan: a1(Q), A1 Steak Sauce, the taste fit for a Queen.

Jan-16-24		Honza Cervenka: Giri is clever. He is preparing sac of Exchange on g7.

Jan-16-24		OhioChessFan: Castle long. A man's home is his castle. Protect your long term investment with Rocket Mortgage.

Jan-16-24		OhioChessFan: I saw that too. <Honza>. I don't know if it works.

Jan-16-24		offramp: 69...Kh7. click for larger view White has definitely made progress.

Jan-16-24		OhioChessFan: Uhoh. I think 72. Re6 is winning.

Jan-16-24		OhioChessFan: Giri plays it immediately, Gukesh resigns immediately. Flawed but exciting game. Thanks cgc!

Jan-16-24		technical draw: I came in on move 69 and saw this ending. I must be at grandmaster level by now. (probably not)

Jan-16-24		Honza Cervenka: <OhioChessFan: I saw that too. <Honza>. I don't know if it works> It seems to work quite well. If black would have played 67...Rb6 (to avoid Ra6), then 68.Rxg7 Kxg7 69.Kxe5 Rb5+ 70.Kf4 Kf6 71.e4 Rg5 72.Be8 Ra5 73.h6 Rc5 (73...Ra8 74.e5+ Ke7 75.Bg6) 74.h7 Kg7 75.Bg6 Rc8 76.Bf5 looks like an easy win for white. The Rook cannot eliminate both connected Passers here.

Jan-16-24		offramp: The game ended after 72. Re6. GoKrash resigned. click for larger view This is how Anish Giri would have finished the game. 72. Re6 Rd8 73. Rxe5 Ba3 click for larger view 74. f4! Rf8 75. f5 Bc1 76. f6 Rb8 77. f7 Rb2 78. f8=Q# Expletivisor!!

Jan-16-24		keypusher: <offramp: 25. Bd5 Qd8. click for larger view The ♗ at d5 covers the whole board.> I remember seeing this comment in this position click for larger view and thinking, "yeah, the bishop looks good, but so what, it's not like White can possibly win from here..."

Jan-17-24		PawnSac: <offramp: So lets see, now, Gukesh gets 1 share for being 1 player, 1 share for going down the playing hall, 1 share for the rook, and 1 share for having a rook <and> a bishop, but no matter how you figure it out, Gukesh still doesn't get as much as anybody else!> That sounds like a mad, mad, mad, mad, mad analogy! A classic movie.

Jan-18-24		cormier: depth=38 \| Stockfish 16 +0.34 27... Ra5 28. Rxa5 Qxa5 29. Qc4 Qa7 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qxh5 Qd7 33. Qf3 Bd8 34. h5 Qe7 35. Ba2 Qf6 36. Qa8 Kf8 37. Bb1 Qd6 38. Bc2 Qf6 39. Qd5 Be7 40. Bb3 Kg8 41. Qe4 Bf8 42. Ba2 Be7 43. g4 Kf8 44. Qa8+ Bd8 45. Bb3 Qg5 46. Qe4 +0.41 27... Kh8 28. Qb1 Qd6 29. Be4 Rd7 30. Rd5 Qc7 31. Qb4 Kg8 32. Rc5 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Be7 34. Rxc7 Bxb4 35. Bf3 Rd2 36. Bxh5 g6 37. Bf3 f5 38. Kf1 Bd6 39. Rd7 Bb4 40. Rb7 Bc5 41. Rb5 Bd6 42. Bd5+ Kh8 43. Bb3 f4 +1.01 27... Qe8 28. Bc6 Qc8 29. Be4 Rc7 30. Qb3 Qd7 31. Kh2 Rc8 32. Kg2 Be7 33. Bd5 Bd8 34. Rb7 Rc7 35. Rb8 Qd6 36. Bf3 Rd7 37. Bxh5 Qd5+ 38. Qxd5 Rxd5 39. Bf3 Rd7 40. h5 g6 41. hxg6 fxg6 42. Rb5 Re7 43. Be4 Kh7 44. Kf3 Kh6 45. Rd5 +1.34 27... Qc8 28. Qb3 Qf5 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 30. Rb8+ Bd8 31. Rxd8+ Kh7 32. Qa2 Qf3 33. Qc2+ g6 34. Rd6 Qf5 35. e4 Qf3 36. Rc6 Rd7 37. Rc7 Rf7 38. Rc3 Qf6 39. Kg2 Qa6 40. Qd2 Qb7 41. Qe3 Re7 42. Rc4 Rf7 43. Rc5 Qb2 44. Ra5 Re7 45. Rd5 Qb1 46. Qe2 Qb6 47. Qd2 Qb1 +1.52 27... Rd7 28. Qb3 Qf8 29. Qb1 Qd8 30. Rb8 Rxd5 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Qf5 Rd6 33. Qxh5 g6 34. Qg4 Re6 35. f3 Kg7 36. Kg2 Kh8 37. Kh3 Be7 38. Qe4 Kg8 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. Qb7 Bd6 41. g4 Be7 42. Kh3 Bd6 43. Qa8 Be7 44. Qe4 English Opening: Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto Line

Jan-19-24		cormier: depth=47 \| Stockfish 16 +0.14 25... e4 26. Qxe4 Qe5 27. Qxe5 Bxe5 28. Kg2 g6 29. f4 Ba1 30. e4 Kg7 31. Kf3 h5 32. e5 Ra3+ 33. Ke2 Bd4 34. Rb8 Ra7 35. Kf3 Rc7 36. Bb3 Ba7 37. Rb4 f6 38. Ke4 Bc5 39. Rb8 fxe5 40. fxe5 Bg1 41. h3 Kh6 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Bc5 44. Rb5 Kg5 45. e6 Kf6 46. Ra5

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