Wesley So vs Ian Nepomniachtchi (2017)

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Wesley So vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
London Chess Classic (2017), London ENG, rd 2, Dec-03
Indian Game: Anti-Grünfeld. Alekhine Variation (D70) · 1/2-1/2

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Dec-03-17		An Englishman: Good Morning: Oh, no. Not a perpetual.

Dec-03-17		BOSTER: Black pieces have limited mobility. Best is try to open "b" file, and activate the pieces.

Dec-03-17		not not: So sad Not not sad Nepo not sad

Dec-03-17		azaris: This is one of the least drawish positions I've ever seen...

Dec-03-17		offramp: A draw. Flaming Nora... another draw. It must be something in the London air.

Dec-03-17		Ulhumbrus: Perhaps So thinks that 0-0-0 has become riskier for White or safer for Black.

Dec-03-17		Marmot PFL: So was running low on time and lost his nerve.

Dec-03-17		Ulhumbrus: <Marmot PFL: So was running low on time and lost his nerve.> That looks like one possible explanation.

Dec-03-17		cormier: 1) +0.27 (24 ply) 23.Qg4 Ne7 24.O-O-O Qg6 25.Re1 Rf7 26.h5 Qf5 27.Qh4 Nd3+ 28.Bxd3 Qxd3 29.Re3 Nf5 30.Rxd3 Nxh4 31.g6 Rf2 32.Rdg3 hxg6 33.Rh3 Nf3 34.hxg6+ Kg8 35.Rgh1 Nxd2 36.Rh8+ Kg7 37.Rxa8 Kxg6 38.Rb8 Kf5 39.Rxb7 2) =0.00 (24 ply) 23.Qf3 Ne7 24.O-O-O Raf8 25.Qg4 Qg6 26.h5 Qe8 27.g6 hxg6 28.Bxf4 Rxf4 29.Qg5 Qxa4 30.hxg6 Qa1+ 31.Kc2 Qa4+ 32.Kc1 1.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 8

Dec-03-17		paavoh: Chessbomb showed more than 25 minutes for So at the time he took the draw. Not a time trouble IMO.

Dec-03-17		cormier: 1) +0.83 (23 ply) 7...Nh5 8.Qd3 a6 9.a4 Bg7 10.h4 Ndf6 11.g4 Nxg4 12.fxg4 Bxg4 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 O-O 15.Bh3 Bxh3 16.Rxh3 f5 17.O-O-O f4 18.Bf2 Qb6 19.Rf3 2) +0.83 (22 ply) 7...Nb6 8.Qd3 Bg7 9.h4 O-O 10.Bg5 Bd7 11.g4 a6 12.Be3 h6 13.O-O-O Nc8 14.h5 gxh5 15.gxh5 b5 16.Rg1 Nxh5 17.Bxh6 b4 18.Bxg7 3) +0.87 (22 ply) 7...a6 8.Ng3 h5 9.Bd3 h4 10.Nge2 Be7 11.Be3 Nh7 12.Qd2 Bg5 13.g3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Nhf6 15.O-O-O Kf8 16.Kb1 Nb6 17.b3 Bd7 18.g4 Kg7 19.Rhg1 a5 20.g5 Nh5 1.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 8

Dec-03-17		cormier: 1) +0.89 (24 ply) 12...Nf4 13.gxf5 Qe7 14.Ne4 Nf6 15.Nxf4 exf4 16.Qe2 O-O 17.Bxf4 Nxe4 18.fxe4 Re8 19.Rh3 Bd7 20.O-O-O Qxe4 21.Qxe4 Rxe4 22.Bxd6 Bxf5 23.Rg3 Rxh4 24.Bxc5 Bg6 25.Bb4 Rh2 26.Bd2 Re8 27.Bd3 Bxd3 28.Rxd3 Rh4 2) +1.12 (23 ply) 12...fxg4 13.fxg4 Nf4 14.g5 Nf8 15.Nxf4 exf4 16.Qe2+ Be5 17.Bxf4 Ng6 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.Bh3 O-O 20.O-O-O Bxh3 21.Rxh3 b5 22.Re3 Rf4 23.cxb5 axb5 24.Rxe5 dxe5 25.Qxe5 Rxh4 26.d6 Rc4 1.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 8

Dec-03-17		cormier: 1) +1.11 (21 ply) 16...Rb8 17.h5 h6 18.g6 Na8 19.Be3 Nc7 20.b3 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Bd2 Ra8 23.Rxa8 Nxa8 24.cxb5 Bb7 25.Rh2 Nb6 26.Ba5 Nfxd5 27.Bc4 Kh8 1.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 8

Dec-03-17		cormier: 1) +1.25 (21 ply) 17.h5 Nc8 18.Rg1 Rb8 19.Be3 Bh8 20.Rh1 Bg7 21.Rh2 Qc7 22.h6 Bh8 23.Nh5 Ne7 24.Nhf6+ Bxf6 25.Nxf6+ Rxf6 26.gxf6 Neg6 27.Bd3 Qa5+ 28.Kf1 Rf8 29.Bxf4 2) +1.07 (21 ply) 17.a5 Nc8 18.h5 b5 19.axb6 Qxb6 20.g6 h6 21.Bd2 Ne7 22.b3 Nf5 23.Nxf5 Bxf5 24.Ng3 Kh8 25.Rh2 Rab8 26.Nxf5 Rxf5 27.Rf2 Qxb3 28.Qxb3 3) +1.06 (20 ply) 17.Ra3 Nc8 18.h5 h6 19.g6 Rb8 20.a5 b5 21.axb6 Qxb6 22.Rh4 Qb4+ 23.Qd2 Rb6 24.Rc3 Ne7 25.b3 Kh8 26.Rh2 Rfb8 27.Nf2 Rf8 1.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 8

Dec-03-17		cormier: 1) +0.96 (21 ply) 18.h5 h6 19.g6 Nc8 20.Be3 Qc7 21.Kd2 Ne7 22.Kc1 Nf5 23.Nxf5 Bxf5 24.Ng3 Bd7 25.Ra3 b5 26.cxb5 axb5 27.axb5 Rxa3 28.bxa3 c4 2) +0.94 (21 ply) 18.Be3 Nc8 19.h5 h6 20.Qd2 hxg5 21.h6 Bf6 22.Bd3 Bg4 23.Be2 Bxe2 24.Nxe2 Ne7 25.N2g3 g4 26.Nxf6 Rxf6 27.Ne4 Rxh6 28.Bxf4 exf4 29.Qxf4 Qa5+ 30.Ke2 1.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 8

Dec-03-17		cormier: 1) +0.95 (22 ply) 19.h5 h6 20.g6 Qc7 21.a5 b5 22.axb6 Qxb6 23.Bc3 Ne7 24.Kd2 Nf5 25.Nxf5 Rxf5 26.Be2 Nxe2 27.Qxe2 Rf4 28.Raf1 Raf8 29.Kc1 Rxf1+ 30.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 31.Qxf1 Bg4 32.Ng3 Bd7 1.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 8

Dec-03-17		HeMateMe: white looked a little better, they should have kept playing. Why even play, if you are going to walk away from dynamic positions, like the above?

Dec-03-17		cormier: 1) +0.63 (23 ply) 20.Nef6 Nxh5 21.Nxh5 Ne7 22.Nxg7 Kxg7 23.h5 Bd7 24.Bd3 Nf5 25.Bxf5 Bxf5 26.a5 Qd7 27.Qe2 Bc2 28.Rg3 Qf5 29.g6 Qe4 30.Qxe4 Bxe4 31.h6+ Kg8 32.g7 Rf5 33.O-O-O Rf3 1.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 8

Dec-03-17		cormier: 1) -0.09 (25 ply) 21...Bg4 22.Qb3 Qxg7 23.Be3 Qg6 24.Kd2 Ne7 25.Bd3 Qxd3+ 26.Qxd3 Nxd3 27.Kxd3 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Kd2 Rxa1 30.Rxa1 bxc4 31.Ne4 Nf5 32.Ra6 Rb8 33.Nxd6 Nxd6 34.Rxd6 Rxb2+ 35.Kc1 c3 36.Rf6 Kg7 37.d6 Re2 38.Bxc5 1.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 8

Dec-03-17		cormier: 1) +0.35 (24 ply) 22.Nxf5 Rxf5 23.Qg4 Ne7 24.O-O-O Raf8 25.Re1 Qg6 26.Qd1 Qh5 27.Qxh5 Nxh5 28.Bg2 Ng6 29.b4 Rf2 30.bxc5 Nhf4 31.Be4 Ne2+ 32.Rxe2 Rxe2 33.Bd3 Ref2 34.cxd6 Nf4 1.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 8

Dec-03-17		Severin: Wesley So will never become World Champion, because he has no courage or will to win. Sad to see his talent go to waste, but not shocking at all at this point

Dec-03-17		WorstPlayerEver: It's kind of ironic; White had to attack on the King side 17. h4-h5 with their King on e1. And while all White's long range pieces are still at bay, their position is pretty active enough. Space advantage + pressure on d6 versus piece development. It's funny that Ne4 is White's strongest piece and that after Rg1, Bd2 and Nh5 White did undermine that position, which means White was clueless about the position anyhow. Curious.

Dec-03-17		JPi: Very strange to got such good position with a classical control Ne4 over Bg7 already at move 15 and going nowhere 10 moves latter. I imagine that an humorous spirit like Tal will have played 16.a5 then 17.h5. I do not understand 9..Bg7 either; 9...Be7 keeping the square g7 for the knight especially in case of f7-f5, looks more pleasant.

Dec-04-17		whiteshark: CB report w/ game analysis by Alex Yermolinsky: https://en.chessbase.com/post/londo...

Dec-04-17		JPi: Thanks <whiteshark> More methodically Alex Yermolinsky indeed favors also for the side pawns a5&h5 on moves 18&19

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