Chess game: Pichot x Gretarsson

[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.11.07"] [Round "11.44"] [White "Pichot, A.."] [Black "Gretarsson, H.."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2577"] [Annotator "Rafael"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] {White to play in the diagram position.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. b4 $5 {A daring sacrifice. White wants to win some tempo and open the b file, thus leaving black’s king with no easy shelter.} (7. Nd2 e6 8. Ne2 Ne7 9. b4 Qa6 10. Qb3 {Caruana,F (2800)-Firouzja,A (2770) Riga 2021}) 7... Qxb4+ 8. Nd2 e6 9. Rb1 Qe7 10. Ne2 b5 $1 11. Nf3 Na6 12. O-O (12. Nf4 Nc7 13. Ng5 {Cheparinov,I (2659)-Anton Guijarro,D (2658) Toledo 2021:}) 12... Nc7 13. a4 $44 Qd7 14. Nf4 (14. Ng5 $1 Nh6 (14... Be7 15. Qf3 $44) (14... g6 15. Qf3 Nh6 16. Qf6 $1 Rg8 17. Nh7 Nf5 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Ng3 Qd8 20. Nxf5 Qxf6 21. Nd6+ Kd7 22. exf6 Kxd6 23. Ba3+ Kd7 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. f3 $1 $14) 15. Nh7 $1 Nf5 ( 15... Be7 $2 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Nf4 $18) 16. Nxf8 Kxf8 17. Bg5 $44) 14... a5 15. Bd2 Ne7 16. Ra1 b4 17. c3 Nf5 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Rfc1 Na6 $15 20. Qc2 c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Qd3 $1 g6 $2 {[#]} (22... O-O $1 23. Nxh5 Qa7 $1 24. Be1 (24. Rf1 Be7 $1) (24. g4 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Nxh4) 24... Be7 $1) 23. Qb5 $1 $18 {As brancas ganham material depois dessa jogada. Lembre-se: “cavalo no canto só traz desencanto”.} Nd4 (23... Be7 24. Rc6 $1 $18 Nc7 25. Qb7 $18) 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Rab1 Bxe5 26. Nd3 (26. Rc6 Nc7 27. Qb7 O-O 28. Nd3 Bd6 29. Bxb4 $18) 26... Bc3 (26... Bd6 27. Rc6 $18) (26... Bf6 27. Rc6 $18) 27. Bxc3 bxc3 28. Rxc3 Rb8 ( 28... Qxb5 29. axb5 O-O 30. bxa6 Rxa6 31. Rb7 $18) 29. Qxb8+ Nxb8 30. Rxb8+ Ke7 31. Rxh8 Qxa4 32. Rhc8 Kf6 33. Nc5 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qd4 35. Rf3+ Kg7 36. g3 Qe5 37. Rf8 f5 38. Re3 Qb2 39. Nxe6+ Kh6 40. Kg2 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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