[Event "FIDE Candidates 2022"] [Site "Madrid ESP"] [Date "2022.06.27"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "Speelman,Jonathan"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C65"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/E5069VUJ/5qxgeSgO"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8. dxe4 a5 { There are lots of games here by top players with Black. Vidit in particular has scored well. } 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a4 Na7 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Bb5 Bg4 14. Bxc6 Bxf3 15. gxf3 bxc6 16. Nxa5 { Black's compensation looks decent but White can defend himself and the a pawn is potentially huge. } 16... Qe6 (16... Nh5 17. Nxc6 Qf6 18. Nxa7 Qxf3 19. Qd1!) 17. Qe2 Nh5 18. b4 Kh8 19. Kh1 h6 20. Rg1 f5 { Black's problem is thta when he plays this natural break he gives White a powerful square on e4. } 21. Rg2 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Rf6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Qd5 25. Qg4 Qxf3 26. Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Re2 (27. Nxc6 Rxe3 28. Rc2 e4 { is much less clear. }) 27... c5 28. Nc6 cxb4 29. cxb4 Rf6 30. b5 { The queenside majority is huge. I'd give this as ± off the top of my head but Stockfish 15 goes up above +4! } 30... Rd6 31. a5 Nf6 32. a6 Nd7 33. a7 Kg8 34. Rc2 Kf7 35. Nb4 c5 36. bxc6 Nb6 37. e4 Nc8 38. Rca2 Ke6 39. Ra6 Rd4 40. Nd5 Kd6 { Nakamura could probably have defended a bit better in the last few moves up to the time control but it was definitely lost anyway. } 41. Nb6 { 1-0 White wins. } (41. c7+ Kd7 (41... Kc5 42. R1a5+ Kc4 43. Nb6+ Nxb6 44. Rxb6) 42. Rg1! { was anohter way to win. }) 1-0