eNewsletter No. 61 October 2021 games, studies and problems

  [Event "Sigeman & Co"]  [Site "Malmo SWE"]  [Date "2021.09.23"]  [Round "1"]  [White "Nigel Short"]  [Black "Etienne Bacrot"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B56"]  [WhiteElo "2626"]  [BlackElo "2658"]  [Annotator "nigel"]  [PlyCount "123"]  [EventDate "2021.09.23"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 {[#]} 7. Nb3 Be6  8. Nd5 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. c4 a5 11. Bb6 Qd7 {[#]} 12. a4 Rfc8 13. Be2 Bd8 14.  Bf2 Nb4 15. Nxb4 axb4 16. Nd2 Qc6 17. b3 Bb6 {[#]} 18. Nf1 Nd7 19. Bd3 Bc5 20.  Ne3 Bd4 21. Ra2 Qc5 22. Re2 {[#]} b5 23. axb5 Bc3+ 24. Kf1 Ra1 25. Bb1 Qd4 26.  Qc2 {[#]} Nc5 27. g4 Nxb3 28. Kg2 {[#]} Nc5 29. Nd5 Qxc4 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nxc8  Bxc8 32. Ba2 Qxb5 33. Rxa1 Bxa1 34. Bc4 Qb6 {[#]} 35. Bxc5 dxc5 36. Qa2 Bd4 37.  Qa8 Qb7 38. Ra2 Ke8 {[#]} 39. Bxf7+ Kxf7 40. Ra7 Qd7 41. Qd5+ Ke7 42. Rxd7+  Bxd7 43. Qg8 Kd6 44. g5 Be6 45. Qxg7 b3 46. Qxh7 {[#]} b2 47. Qb7 Bf7 48. f4  exf4 49. Kf3 {[#]} Bc4 50. g6 Bd3 51. g7 Bc4 52. Qb6+ Kd7 53. Kxf4 Bxg7 54. e5  Bh6+ 55. Kg3 Bc1 56. Qd6+ Kc8 57. Qxc5+ Kb7 58. Qb4+ Ka7 {[#]} 59. h4 Be6 60.  h5 Ka6 61. h6 Bf5 {[#]} 62. h7 1-0   

  [Event "Meltwater Tour Final 2021"]  [Site "chess24.com INT"]  [Date "2021.09.25"]  [Round "1.1"]  [White "Carlsen, M."]  [Black "Duda, J."]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D41"]  [WhiteElo "2855"]  [BlackElo "2756"]  [Annotator "gmpetewells"]  [PlyCount "35"]  [EventDate "2021.09.25"]  [EventType "tourn (rapid)"]  [EventRounds "9"]  [EventCategory "21"]  [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1403"]  [Source "Mark Crowther"]  [SourceDate "2021.09.27"]  [SourceVersion "2"]  [SourceVersionDate "2021.09.29"]  [SourceQuality "2"]   {[%evp 0,35,26,20,34,-11,-22,-25,-10,-32,55,61,87,12,27,12,69,74,84,47,65,31,  32,-31,-29,-36,-14,-2,-44,4,24,7,67,-6,36,141,141,-2]} 1. d4 (1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5  3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 (6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7  9. Rb1 Nd7 10. Bd3 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 Qc7 (11... Bd6 12. h4 (12. Qe2) 12... b6 13.  h5 (13. Ng5 Bb7) (13. d5 e5) 13... Bb7 14. d5 e5 15. Bb5) 12. h4 (12. Ke2) (12.  Qe2 b6 13. d5 e5 14. Bb2 Bc5 15. Nxe5 O-O) (12. Bd2) 12... b6 13. Rh3 Bb7 (  13... Bd6 14. Rb2 Bb7 15. Rc2 Qb8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Ba3) 14. Rg3))  1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nxc3 8.  bxc3 Qc7 9. Rb1 Nd7 {[#]} 10. Bd3 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 Be7 (11... Bd6 12. h4 (12. Qe2  Nf6 (12... O-O 13. h4 Qc7 14. Rh3 b6 (14... e5 $5) 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Rf3) (12...  Qc7 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rc1 Qd8 15. h4 Nf6 16. Ne5) (12... b6 13. d5) 13. h4 (13.  Bd2) (13. Bg5 Nd5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. h4) 13... O-O (13... Qc7 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. Rc1  Qa5 16. Bd2 (16. h5) 16... Qb6 17. h5 O-O 18. Kg1 Bd7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5)  14. Rh3 e5 15. Bb2 Qa5 16. dxe5 Bxh3) (12. d5) 12... b6 (12... Qc7) 13. Rh3 (  13. d5 e5) (13. Rb2) 13... Bb7 (13... Qc7) 14. Ne5 (14. Ng5 Qxd4 (14... Qc7 15.  Nxh7) 15. Nxe6 (15. Qe2) (15. Nxf7 Bc5)) 14... Qc7 (14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 O-O-O  16. Bg5 Nc5 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. Qc2 Qxe5)) 12. h4 (12. d5) 12... O-O 13. Rh3 {[#]  } Nf6 (13... Qc7 14. Bg5 (14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Ng5+) (14. h5 b6 15. Bh6 gxh6 16.  Qd2 Bd6) (14. Bh6) (14. Qe2 b6 (14... Rd8 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kg8 17. Qh5  Qc2) 15. Bg5 (15. Qe4 Nf6 (15... g6 16. Bh6 (16. Qxa8 Bb7 17. Qxa7 Ra8)) 16.  Qxa8 e5) 15... Nf6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qe4 g6 18. Qxa8) 14... f6 15. Bd2) 14. Ne5  Qa5 15. Rg3 Kh8 16. Bg5 h6 {[#]} 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qf3 1-0 

  [Event "9th Norway Chess 2021"]  [Site "Stavanger NOR"]  [Date "2021.09.13"]  [Round "6.1"]  [White "Carlsen, M."]  [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C78"]  [WhiteElo "2855"]  [BlackElo "2754"]  [Annotator "gmpetewells"]  [PlyCount "103"]  [EventDate "2021.09.07"]  [EventType "tourn"]  [EventRounds "10"]  [EventCountry "NOR"]  [EventCategory "21"]  [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1401"]  [Source "Mark Crowther"]  [SourceDate "2021.09.13"]  [SourceVersion "1"]  [SourceVersionDate "2021.09.13"]  [SourceQuality "2"]   {[%evp 0,103,19,31,34,19,13,4,13,-2,-9,5,21,3,21,17,46,24,58,75,82,-54,59,-8,4,  -25,17,-10,23,-4,7,2,-4,-13,-5,2,-1,-1,-1,3,15,12,9,13,14,6,14,12,10,9,8,5,6,5,  5,5,10,9,13,13,16,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,35,29,29,61,58,86,88,0,0,0,171,  181,188,198,206,198,200,203,202,211,261,306,306,324,332,373,375,380,551,1014,  1016,1244]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4  Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 Bb7 12. Be3 Nxe4 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14.  Qxd2 O-O 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rbxd8 17. Bxa7 Nxa7 18. Nxe5 Bd5 19. Bc2 Nc6  20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Rad1 Rfe8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Kf8 25. f4 Ke7  26. Kf2 Kd6 27. b4 Bd5 28. g4 h6 29. g5 hxg5 30. fxg5 c5 31. Ke3 cxb4 32. cxb4  Ke5 33. h4 g6 {[#]} 34. Bg4 Be6 35. h5 gxh5 36. Bxh5 Kf5 37. Bf3 Bc8 38. Kd4  Kxg5 39. Ke5 f5 40. Kd6 f4 (40... Kf4 41. Bc6 (41. Ba8 Ke3 42. Kc7 Be6 43. Bb7  f4 44. Bxa6 Bc4 45. Bb7 f3 46. Bxf3 Kxf3 47. a6 Ke4 48. a7 Bd5 49. Kb6) 41...  Ke3 42. Kc7 Be6 43. Kb7 f4 44. Kxa6 Bc4 45. Kb6 f3 46. a6 f2 47. Bg2 Bd5 (47...  f1=Q 48. Bxf1 Bxf1 49. a7 Bg2 50. Kxb5 Kd4 51. Kb6 Kc4 52. b5 Ba8) 48. Bh3 (48.  Bxd5 f1=Q 49. a7 Qf6+ 50. Kxb5 Qf1+ 51. Kb6 Qf6+ 52. Bc6 Qd4+) 48... Be6) 41.  Ke5 Kg6 (41... Bh3 42. Bb7 Bf1 43. Bc8 Bc4 44. Ke4 Bf1 45. Bxa6 (45. Kf3 Bc4  46. Bxa6 (46. Bb7 Kf5 47. Kf2 Ke5 48. Bxa6) (46. Kf2) 46... Bd5+ 47. Kf2) 45...  Kg4 46. Bc8+ Kg3 47. a6 f3 48. Ke3 f2 49. a7 (49. Bd7 Bc4 50. Bh3 Kxh3 51. Kxf2  Kg4 52. a7 Bd5 53. Ke3 Kf5 54. Kd4) 49... Bg2) (41... Bg4 42. Bb7 f3 43. Bxa6  Bd7 44. Bb7 f2 45. Bg2) 42. Kxf4 Kf6 43. Bd5 {[%mdl 32768] is simply winning!!}  (43. Bg2 Ke6 44. Bh3+ Kd5) 43... Bd7 (43... Ke7 44. Ke5 Kd8 45. Kd6) 44. Bb7  Ke6 45. Ke4 Kd6 46. Bxa6 Bc6+ 47. Kd4 Be8 48. Bb7 Bd7 49. Bf3 Bc8 50. Be2 Bd7  51. Bd3 Bc6 52. Be4 1-0 

  [Event "Barreau de Paris Elite"]  [Site "Paris FRA"]  [Date "2021.09.11"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Travadon, Loic"]  [Black "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D35"]  [WhiteElo "2429"]  [BlackElo "2475"]  [Annotator "gmpetewells"]  [PlyCount "140"]  [EventDate "2021.09.05"]  [EventType "tourn"]  [EventRounds "10"]  [EventCountry "FRA"]  [EventCategory "6"]  [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1401"]  [Source "Mark Crowther"]  [SourceDate "2021.09.13"]  [SourceVersion "1"]  [SourceVersionDate "2021.09.13"]  [SourceQuality "2"]   {[%evp 0,140,16,28,27,-16,-9,0,4,-19,65,55,55,55,60,50,93,78,73,34,24,26,7,-18,  40,-11,-21,-47,-12,-19,14,5,-9,-48,-80,-96,-96,-90,-79,-123,-126,-131,-128,  -165,-157,-144,-160,-210,-200,-215,-166,-273,-157,-217,-214,-336,-215,-222,  -197,-226,-119,-133,-65,-56,-74,-74,-67,-108,-107,-90,-86,-81,-96,-88,-85,-78,  -50,-56,-44,-53,-18,9,4,27,17,-39,48,73,73,74,50,34,19,24,0,0,0,17,30,-109,-52,  -46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-61,-52,-44,-40,-56,  -56,-34,-21,-39,-25,-49,-65,-49,-52]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5  5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. h4 b6 10. h5 h6 (10... cxd4 11.  cxd4 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. h6 g6 14. O-O Qd7 15. Qb3 Rfd8 16. Rd1 Qb7 17. d5  Nc5 18. Qc3 f6 19. Qe3 Kf7 20. Bb2 Rac8 21. Qf4 exd5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. e5 Ne4  24. exf6 Qc7 25. Ng5+ Nxg5 26. Qxg5 Rd7 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Qxd5+ Kxf6 29. Re1  Qc5 30. Re6+ Kf7 31. Qd7+ {1-0 (31) Giri,A (2764)-Adly,A (2615) Chess.com INT  2020}) 11. Rh3 (11. Bd3 Bb7) 11... Kh8 (11... Bb7 12. Rg3 Kh8 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14.  Qd2 Bg5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Rxg5 Rg8 17. Rxg8+ Kxg8) 12. Rg3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14.  Qd2 Rg8 (14... Rc8) (14... Nf6) 15. Qf4 Qf8 (15... Nf6 16. e5 Nxh5 17. Rxg7  Rxg7 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. Qxh5 Bxf3 (19... c4) (19... cxd4 20. Bh6 Rxg2 21. cxd4  Bxf3 (21... Qd5 22. Rb3 {[%mdl 32768]} f5 23. Ng5) 22. Qxf3 Qd5 23. Be4 Rg1+  24. Ke2 Qxa2+ 25. Ke3 Rg5 (25... Rg7 26. Qh1) 26. Bh7+ Kxh7 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28.  Bg7+) 20. gxf3) 16. d5 (16. e5 Rc8 17. Kf1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bd5 (18... Rc3)) 16...  exd5 17. e5 c4 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. e6 Bf6 20. exf7 Qxf7 21. Kf1 Nd3 22. Bxd3 cxd3  23. Be3 Qxh5 24. Rh3 Qg6 25. Qh2 Bc8 26. Rg3 Qh7 27. Rb4 g5 28. Bd4 Bxd4 29.  Rxd4 Re8 30. Qh5 Be6 31. Rh4 d2 32. Nxd2 Rg8 33. Rd4 Rae8 34. Kg1 Bf7 35. Qd1  Re7 36. Nf1 Rge8 37. Ne3 Re4 38. Rh3 Kg7 39. Qa4 R8e7 40. Rf3 Be6 41. Qa3 Kg8  42. Qd6 Rf7 43. Qb8+ Kg7 44. Rxf7+ Bxf7 45. Qxa7 Rxd4 46. cxd4 Qb1+ 47. Kh2 Qb2  48. Kg3 Kg6 49. Nf5 Qc3+ 50. Kh2 Kxf5 51. Qxf7+ Ke4 52. Qg6+ Kxd4 53. Qxh6 Qc7+  54. g3 Qd8 55. Qc6 Kd3 56. Qb5+ Kd2 57. Qb4+ Kd3 58. Kg2 d4 59. Qb3+ Kd2 60.  Qb2+ Kd1 61. Qb3+ Kd2 62. Qb4+ Kc2 63. Qc4+ Kd2 64. a4 d3 65. Kf1 Qd6 66. Qa2+  Kc1 67. Qa1+ Kc2 68. Qa2+ Kc1 69. Qa1+ Kc2 70. Qa2+ Kc1 1/2-1/2 

  [Event "Terafinal Challengers U14"]  [Site "Malmo SWE"]  [Date "2021.09.23"]  [Round "1"]  [White "Luca Buanne"]  [Black "Dimitrios Zakarian"]  [Result "*"]  [ECO "B42"]  [Annotator "Paul Littlewood"]  [PlyCount "69"]  [EventDate "2021.09.23"]   {[%evp 0,69,80,4,128,109,62,70,102,39,52,49,34,46,37,36,56,50,56,39,54,39,38,  54,58,44,43,24,35,29,26,15,25,30,45,51,60,49,70,69,63,-89,149,118,86,90,300,  290,254,326,326,334,309,317,408,423,423,423,711,164,148,133,313,313,378,369,  384,390,811,811,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 d6 {[#]} 5. d4  cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. c4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Nc3 Be7 {[#]}  12. Rad1 O-O 13. Bb1 Rfe8 14. Kh1 Rac8 15. Nc2 Nc5 16. f3 Qb8 17. Ne3 {[#]} Qa8  18. Qf2 Rcd8 19. Qg3 Bc6 20. Ncd5 {[#]} Bxd5 21. cxd5 e5 22. Nf5 g6 23. Nxe7+  Rxe7 24. Qh4 {[#]} Kg7 25. f4 Ncd7 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Bc1 Ng8 28. Bh6+ {[#]} Kh8  29. Rd3 f6 30. Bc1 Nf8 31. Rxf6 Rc7 32. Bb2 Nxf6 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. Qxe5 Ra7 35.  Rf3 {[#]} *