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Evgeny Alekseev vs Ernesto Inarkiev
"Siege of Inarkiev" (game of the day Sep-02-2023)
FIDE Grand Prix (2010), Astrakhan RUS, rd 12, May-23
Queen Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation (D02)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 30s/ply)better is 3...e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.a4 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.e4 = -0.09 (37 ply)better is 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bd3 e6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.h3 Bxf3 ⩲ +0.64 (36 ply)= -0.06 (45 ply) after 4...a6 5.g3 b5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.a4 bxa4 better is 6...g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 Ne4 = 0.00 (48 ply) ⩲ +0.57 (44 ply)better is 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.Qb3 Qb6 10.O-O O-O 11.Nc4 Qxb3 12.axb3 ⩲ +0.72 (36 ply)= 0.00 (38 ply)better is 10...Qa5 11.Qe2 Rfd8 12.Nc3 Ne4 13.Bd2 Nxd2 14.Nxd2 Bc2 = 0.00 (47 ply) ⩲ +0.55 (39 ply) after 11.b3 Bg6 12.Bb2 a5 13.a4 Bb4 14.Qe2 Bh5 15.Qc2 Ng5 better is 11...Bg6 12.Ne1 Qc7 13.f3 Nef6 14.e4 c5 15.Be3 cxd4 = +0.28 (29 ply) ⩲ +0.80 (42 ply) after 12.Nfd2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 Bc2 14.Rc1 Bg6 15.Nc3 a5 16.e4 Qb6 13...Bg6 14.f3 Nef6 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Qxe5 17.Nc3 Qc5 = +0.10 (45 ply) ⩲ +1.14 (43 ply)better is 15...f5 16.fxe5 fxg4 17.Nc3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Bxd3 19.Rxd3 h5 ⩲ +0.81 (38 ply) ⩲ +1.39 (39 ply) 18...Ra4 19.fxg6 hxg6 20.Bf3 Re8 21.Nd2 Nxd2 22.Rxd2 Bd6 ⩲ +1.35 (40 ply)+- +4.84 (42 ply)better is 23.Bf4 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 hxg6 25.Nd2 Nxb2 26.Be3 Qb5 27.Nxb2 +- +6.07 (38 ply) ± +2.10 (41 ply) 24...hxg6 25.Rxe3 Bd4 26.Nc2 Bb6 27.Nf2 Bxe3 28.Nxe3 Qa5 ± +2.04 (41 ply)better is 25.gxf7+ Kxf7 26.Rxe3 Bxe3+ 27.Qxe3 Qb6 28.Qxb6 axb6 +- +4.09 (40 ply) ± +2.19 (39 ply) 34...b5 35.Nc2 Qd7 36.Qc3 Qf5 37.Nce1 Kh7 38.Qc1 f6 ± +2.24 (41 ply)+- +3.61 (44 ply)better is 37.Be4 Qe7 38.Nf3 Rd8 39.Qe3 Qc5 40.Qe2 b5 41.h4 a5 +- +5.20 (38 ply)+- +2.61 (47 ply) after 37...Qe3 38.Qxe3 Rxe3 39.h4 f6 40.Nf4 g5 41.Bd5+ Kh7 better is 38.Bd1 Qc6+ 39.Kg1 Re8 40.Bb3 Qf6 41.Qb4 Qg5+ 42.Qg4 +- +3.06 (34 ply) ± +2.13 (31 ply) after 38...Rd4 39.Bd1 Qe3 40.Qc3 Kh7 41.Bb3 Rf4 42.Qc6 Rf5 41.Qc4 Rd4 42.Qxf7 Rxd3 43.Nxd3 Qxd3 44.Qe6 Qd2+ 45.Be2 +- +2.69 (42 ply) 41...Rxd3 42.Nxd3 Qxd3 43.Qxf7 Qd2+ 44.Kh3 Qf2 45.Qb3 ⩲ +1.47 (34 ply)+- +2.65 (32 ply) 43...Rd4 44.Qb7 Qe6 45.h4 Qd7 46.Qa8 Qc7 47.Qe8 Qd7 +- +2.81 (44 ply)+- +4.49 (39 ply) after 44.Qc1 Re6 45.Qe3 Kg8 46.Ne1 Qa1 47.Qd2 Qf6 48.Kg1 Rd6 better is 45.Ne5 Qe7 46.Nf3 Rd8 47.Qb3 Kg8 48.Qxb6 Qd6 49.Qe3 Qe6 +- +5.74 (38 ply)+- +2.95 (39 ply) after 45...Rf6 46.Qc4 Re6 47.Bd5 Qxc4 48.Bxc4 Re7 49.Bxa6 g5 47...Kg8 48.Bb7 Qf5 49.Kg2 Qg5+ 50.Kf1 Rf6 51.Ne5 Re6 ± +2.31 (41 ply)+- +4.68 (38 ply)better is 63.Qa8+ Qc8 64.Qa5+ Qc7 65.Qb4 Re8 66.Ng5 f6 67.Nf3 Qd7 +- +10.48 (36 ply)+- +4.63 (52 ply)+- mate-in-22 after 87...g2 88.Kxg2 Kxb4 89.a4 Ka5 90.Kf3 Ka6 91.Ke488...Kc5 89.Kxg3 Kc4 90.a4 Kc5 91.Kf4 Kb6 92.Nc3 Ka6 +- mate-in-231-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
May-23-10  BradMajors: What a game.
May-23-10  whiteshark: Yes, indeed!
May-23-10  outplayer: This is an outstanding and brilliant game from Mr. Alekseev.
May-24-10  Don Cossacks: At first I though the game is on favor of Inarkiev but I'm amazed the way Alekseev won the game.
May-24-10  kellmano: Lucicrously complex. The early middle game tactics are incredible.
Sep-02-23
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  al wazir: I think 60. Bc6 would have won. Depending on where the black queen moves, white wins material or catches the king in a mating net.

At the end 88. a4 is equally winning.

Sep-02-23
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  OhioChessFan: Unbelievable how many pieces were left hanging. Some I even understood why.
Sep-02-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: hmm...must be a pun based on a historical event. Can't be Stalingrad. Not Leningrad. I give up.
Sep-02-23  Cecco: I searched for "famous sieges". No results look similar to "Inarkiev".
Sep-02-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: This had BETTER not be a fake pun! I may have to call in Georgia and South Carolina to see if they have found 13,000 fake votes.

I had a couple of calls form well balanced headsets.

Sep-02-23  goodevans: <Cecco: I searched for "famous sieges". No results look similar to "Inarkiev".>

I hate to quibble when such a fascinating game has been presented to us but I didn't feel it particularly resembled a siege anyway.

Sep-02-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: First world problems.
Sep-02-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: It's not a pun, unless you can produce a siege...
Sep-02-23
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  MissScarlett: It's a <GOTD>. Puns are gratuitous.
Sep-02-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  beatgiant: I assumed it was the Siege of Heraklion (1648-1669) because Inarkiev kind of sounds like Heraklion and it's a long game like that was a long siege.
Sep-02-23  Messiah: <beatgiant: I assumed it was the Siege of Heraklion (1648-1669) because Inarkiev kind of sounds like Heraklion and it's a long game like that was a long siege.>

It is a tasteless pun, referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battl...

Sep-02-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  beatgiant: <Messiah> The user page for pun author User: Bdellovibrio shows he hasn't visited the site since 2017, which means the pun was created before the event you mentioned.
Sep-02-23  Messiah: <beatgiant: <Messiah> The user page for pun author User: Bdellovibrio shows he hasn't visited the site since 2017, which means the pun was created before the event you mentioned.>

Oh, yes, I did not check it. In this case my guesswork is completely wrong.

Sep-02-23  goodevans: <beatgiant: I assumed it was the Siege of Heraklion (1648-1669) because Inarkiev kind of sounds like Heraklion...>

Not to me, it doesn't. But...

The initial 'I' of 'Inarkiev' looks like an 'l' in some fonts and so all you have to do is swap out the 'v' for an 'H' and add an 'o' and behold you have an <anagram> of 'Heraklion'. So 'Siege of Heraklion' it is and this is a brilliant pun after all.

Sep-03-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  beatgiant: <goodevans> The Greek for Heraklion is Ηράκλειο (Irakleio) which to me does sound close enough already to Inarkiev, but it seems you found a relatively short transformation even from Heraklion. Case closed.

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