[Event "Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2023.02.09"] [Round "54"] [White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D10"] [Opening "Slav Defense: Exchange Variation"] [StudyName "Airthings Masters"] [ChapterName "Yakubboev, Nodirbek - Kramnik, Vladimir"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/f5OBDjty/UueQUK3x"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 6,75,40,40,38,28,48,6,33,10,11,7,6,13,3,-47,5,5,23,17,22,11,13,-8,8,-11, 44,-24,-36,-44,-31,-39,-37,-18,55,90,55,30,130,94,110,75,192,184,201,162,168, 151,229,134,317,330,354,372,477,439,433,378,751,721,692,723,742,725,739,629, 731,694,884,700,930,929] } 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Bb5 e6 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. Ne2 Bg6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Kf2 O-O 14. Rc3 Nh5 15. Rhc1 f6 16. Bxc6!? { A premature choice. } 16... bxc6 17. Qa4 Be8! { A classy move. The light-squared bishop patiently defends the "weak" pawn while remaining full of potential after future central transformations. } 18. Nb3 g5 19. Bg3 e5?! (19... Nxg3 20. hxg3 Rb8 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Rxb2 23. Qa3 Rb6 $15) 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Qe7?! (21... e4 22. fxe4 f5! { was Black's last chance for counterplay. }) 22. Qa3 Rc7 23. Qc3 Qe6 24. dxe5 Nxg3 25. Nxg3 fxe5 26. e4 Rcf7 (26... d4 27. Qc4 $16) 27. h3?! (27. Kg1!) 27... g4? (27... h5 28. Nf5 Bd7 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rh7 31. Kg2 $14) 28. hxg4 Qxg4 29. Qxe5! Rxf3+ { Black's desperado just isn't there. } 30. gxf3 Qxf3+ 31. Ke1! (31. Kg1 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Qf2+) 31... Bh5 (31... Qf2+ 32. Kd1 Bd7 33. Ne2 $18) 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. R5c2 Bg4 34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Re2 d4 36. Rxc6 d3 37. Rc7 Rf6 38. Qg5+ { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0