[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2021.04.24"] [Round "12.3"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2698"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Maróczy Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 { B12 Caro-Kann Defense: Maróczy Variation } dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qc7?! { (0.00 → 0.64) Inaccuracy. Bh5 was best. } (7... Bh5 8. Qb3 b5 9. Be2 exd4 10. cxd4 Nxe4 11. a4 Bd6 12. axb5) 8. dxe5 Bxf3?! { (0.84 → 1.43) Inaccuracy. Nxe4 was best. } (8... Nxe4 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Na6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. h3 Be6 15. Be3) 9. Qxf3 Qxe5 10. Bf4 Qh5 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Bb3 Be7 14. Rhg1?! { (1.74 → 1.14) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (14. a4 Qxf3) 14... Qxf3 15. gxf3 g6 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bb3 Nd7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Rxd7 Ke6 21. Rc7 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Be3 a5 24. Kd2 a4 25. f4 Rd8+ 26. Ke2 Rf8 27. Kf3 Rd8 28. Rc1 c5 29. c4 b4 30. Ke2 Rd7 31. Rd1 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 Bf8 33. Kc2?! { (2.44 → 1.72) Inaccuracy. b3 was best. } (33. b3 a3 34. Ke2 Bd6 35. Kf3 Be7 36. Kg4 Kf6 37. Bf2 Ke6 38. Bh4 Bf8 39. Be1 Be7) 33... Be7 34. b3 a3 35. Kd3 Bf8 36. Bf2 Be7 37. Ke3 Bd8 38. Kf3 Be7 39. Kg4 h5+ 40. Kf3 Bf8?! { (1.92 → 2.72) Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. } (40... Bd6 41. Bh4) 41. Bh4 Bd6 42. e5 Bc7? { (3.48 → 7.07) Mistake. Bf8 was best. } (42... Bf8) 43. Ke4 Ba5 44. Bg5 Bb6 45. Bh6 { Black resigns. } 1-0