Chess game: Vachier Lagrave x Shankland

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Sinquefield Cup 2021"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.08.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "GM Rafael Leitão"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {White to play in the diagram position.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Be6 (9... O-O) 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nf1 a5 (11... O-O 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. h3 Rf7 14. b4 Raf8 15. b5 Ne7 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Ng6 {1/2-1/2 (60) Paravyan,D (2627)-Krejci,J (2570) Prague 2019}) 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 g5 15. d4 O-O-O $11 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. c4 Ng4 19. Rb3 Rdf8 20. Qe1 b6 21. Rb5 Nxf2 $1 22. Qxf2 g4 23. Nxe5 $1 (23. b4 gxf3 24. bxa5 fxg2 25. Qxg2 Ng6 26. axb6 Nf4 $132) 23... Qxb5 $1 24. axb5 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 dxe5 26. Ke3 Rf8 27. Rf1 Rxf1 28. Nxf1 Nf5+ 29. Kd3 Kd7 $11 30. Nd2 Nd6 (30... Kd6 31. Ne4+ Ke7 $11) 31. Ne4 Ke7 $2 ( 31... Ne8 $11) 32. Nxd6 $1 cxd6 (32... Kxd6 33. b3 Kc5 34. Ke4 Kb4 35. g3 $1 h5 (35... Kxb3 36. c5 a4 37. d6 cxd6 38. cxb6 a3 39. b7 a2 40. b8=Q a1=Q 41. Qxd6 $18) 36. Kf5 $1 Kxb3 37. c5 a4 38. d6 cxd6 39. cxb6 a3 40. b7 a2 41. b8=Q a1=Q 42. b6 $18) 33. Ke4 Kf6 34. b3 Kg6 {[#]} 35. c5 $1 dxc5 36. d6 (36. Kxe5 Kf7 37. d6 c4 38. bxc4 a4 39. Kd5 $1 a3 40. Kc6 a2 41. d7 $18) 36... Kf7 37. Kd5 e4 38. Kc6 $1 e3 39. d7 e2 40. d8=Q e1=Q 41. Kxb6 $18 Qe6+ 42. Ka7 c4 43. bxc4 a4 44. b6 a3 45. b7 a2 46. Qc7+ Kg6 47. Qa5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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