The Big Baku Bash
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.Qa4+
[a little off-beat. this move often occurs a move later after 7. Nf3]
Qd7 8.Qxc4 b6 9.Bg3
[with the KN developed, this move is though to be too tame... and usually
met with c5!]
Nc6 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.e3 0-0 12.Be2 Bb7 13.0-0 Na5 14.Qb4 Rac8 15.Ne5 Qd6
[interesting decision by black]
16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Qa4 c5 18.e4 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Qc6 20.Qxc6 Nxc6 21.Bg4 Ra8
22.Bc7 cxd4
[black is so cramped by the bishops, he needs to find some action, even at
the expense of the exchange]
23.Bxd8 Rxd8 24.Be2 e5 25.Rac1 Kf8 26.f3 a6 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Bc4 Rd7 29.Bd5
dxc3 30.Bxc6 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Bxc6 32.Rc1 Bd7 33.Rxc3 Kd6
[the strategic issue for black is to chose between active and passive
defence]
34.Rd3+ Kc6 35.g4 Be6 36.a3 g5 37.Ke3 Kc7 38.Rd1 b5 39.h4 h6 40.Rh1 Kd6
41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Rh5 f6 43.Rh6 Ke7 44.Rh7+ Bf7 45.Rh8 a5 46.Ra8 a4 47.Ra7+
Ke8 48.Rc7 White wins 1-0
[the white king is free to move up the board, white made suppressing black
look easy]
With this win, Wang Yue is once again tied for first with Grischuk with just
2 rounds to go.
Round 11 standings:
1-2 Grischuk, Wang Yue - 7.0
3 Gashimov - 6.5
4-6 Mamedyarov, Carlsen, Adams - 6.0
7-8 Kamsky, Radjabov - 5.5
9-11 Bacrot, Karjakin, Cheparinov - 5.0
12-13 Svidler, Inarkiev - 4.5
14 Navara - 3.5
Round 11 results:
Wang Yue - Svidler 1-0
Grischuk - Carlsen 1/2
Adams - Mamedyarov 1/2
Bacrot - Inarkiev 0-1
Karjakin - Radjabov 1/2
Cheparinov - Kamsky 1/2
Navara - Gashimov 1/2
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