Chess game: Harikrishna x Eljanov

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[Event "3rd Shamkir Chess 2016"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Date "2016.05.30"] [Round "20"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C49"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "Leitão"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"] {Harikrishna is threatening Anand’s position as India’s number 1. He won a nice game against the solid GM Eljanov in the Shamkir Chess. How would you play with white in the diagram position?} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. Nf3 { [%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00: 10]} 4. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} O-O { [%emt 0:00:07]} 6. d3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 7. bxc3 {[%emt 0: 00:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 8. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} (8. Bg5) 8... Bd7 {[%emt 0: 06:26]} (8... a6 9. Bc4 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 d5 12. f3 Re8 13. Kh1 c6 14. Qe1 Nh5 15. Qf2 Nf4 16. Re1 Ng6 17. Nf1 a5 18. Be3 Ra6 19. Ng3 Be6 20. d4 f6 21. Qf1 Qd7 22. Red1 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. dxe5 Bxc2 25. Rd2 Bxb3 26. f4 Rf8 27. Rf2 Bc4 28. Qd1 b6 29. Qh5 c5 30. Re1 Qe8 31. e6 Ne7 32. Qh3 a4 33. f5 a3 34. Qg4 a2 35. Ra1 Kh8 36. Nh5 Rg8 37. Bf4 Ra7 38. Be5 Nc6 39. Bxg7+ Raxg7 40. Nxg7 Rxg7 41. Qf4 Rg8 42. Qd6 d4 43. cxd4 cxd4 44. h3 d3 45. Raxa2 Bxa2 46. Rxa2 Qc8 47. Qxd3 Ne5 48. Qd4 Qc5 49. Qa1 Kg7 50. Rc2 Qe3 51. Rc3 Ra8 52. f6+ Kh6 53. Rxe3 Rxa1+ 54. Kh2 Kg6 55. Rxe5 Ra8 56. e7 Re8 57. Re6 b5 58. Rb6 b4 59. Kg3 b3 60. Kf4 {1-0 (60) Kovalenko,I (2682)-Meskovs,N (2457) Warsaw 2015}) (8... Ne7 9. d4 c5 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. a4 cxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. exd5 Nxd3 16. Bxf6 Nf4 17. Bb2 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Nf4 19. Qf3 Bf5 20. Bc1 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Ne6 22. Be3 Rfc8 23. a5 Nc5 24. Qd5 Qd7 25. Qf3 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Rfb1 Rac8 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxb7 Rxc2 30. g3 a6 31. Ra7 g6 32. Rb1 Rc1+ 33. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kg2 Rc6 35. h4 Kg7 36. g4 h6 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Rc5 39. Rxa6 Rxg5+ 40. Kf3 Rb5 41. Ra8 Kf6 42. Ra7 Ke6 43. Kg4 Rb2 {1/2-1/2 (43) Kholmov,R-Smyslov,V Moscow 1947}) 9. f4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} exf4 {[%emt 0:08:59]} 10. Rxf4 {[%emt 0: 00:58]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:07:49]} 11. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:09:22]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 12. c4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 13. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:49]} f6 { [%emt 0:01:36]} 14. Nf1 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 15. Ne3 {[%emt 0: 15:27]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 16. Qh5 {[%emt 0:05:46]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:44]} 17. Rh4 {[%emt 0:03:03]} h6 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 18. Rf1 {[%emt 0:02:11]} bxc4 { [%emt 0:08:28]} 19. d4 {[%emt 0:11:28]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:06:24]} 20. Ng4 {[%emt 0: 03:44]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:08:53] [#]} 21. Nxf6+ $3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} gxf6 {[%emt 0: 01:18]} 22. e5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kh8 $1 {[%emt 0:18:43]} (22... Qxb2 23. exf6 $18) 23. Bc1 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 24. Qg6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 25. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:17:26]} Qb1 $1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 26. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} exd4 $2 {[%emt 0:08:27]} (26... Nd6 27. Rxh6+ Nxh6 28. Qxh6+ $11) 27. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:09:08]} Qxf1+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 28. Kxf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nfxh6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 29. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:07:17]} 30. Rxh6+ {[%emt 0:00:53]} Nxh6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Qxh6+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg8 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Qg6+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 33. h3 $18 { [%emt 0:01:38]} d3 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 34. Qh6+ {[%emt 0:02:34]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 35. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:05:13]} dxc2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 36. Qxc4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 37. Qc3+ {[%emt 0:01:29]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Qxc2 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 40. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. a5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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