[Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament"] [Date "2022.06.21"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [WhiteTeam "Poland"] [BlackElo "2753"] [BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"] [Annotator "Aagaard"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C65"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense"] [StudyName "2022 FIDE Candidates - Annotated by GM Jacob Aagaard"] [ChapterName "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Radjabov, Teimour"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/fhBzjnqz/ih7fQlLf"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,78,23,23,23,13,12,7,17,13,6,7,-9,-38,-36,-27,-28,-19,-5,1,6,9,0,3,45, 35,32,18,28,10,10,-2,41,35,36,-5,33,-2,-11,-4,11,10,9,-17,-10,-10,14,21,22,-9, -15,-16,-15,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-15,-13,16,16,22,19,2,0,23,19,19,0,19,14,20,12, 13,0,13] Duda found a little move order idea in the Berlin, and soon he was a little better. But some sort of oversight happened for the young Polish grandmaster on move 17 and it was all gone. Beating Radjabov with the white pieces is essential if you want to succeed in this tournament. Duda did not show much quality today, nor previously in the tournament at all thus far. It reminds me of Gelfand explaining that Aronian did poorly in the 2007 World Championship tournament in Mexico because he had thought it was simply another tournament, leaving him emotionally and mentally unprepared for the event. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Nc3 { Radjabov seemed to have been caught a little off-guard and decided to play passively and accept a slightly worse position. } 7... Bd7!? 8. Na4 $146 { Technically this is a novelty. But it is also the move that makes the most sense. } 8... Bb4+ 9. c3 Ba5 10. b4 Bb6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bxd7+ (13. Nxb6 axb6 14. a4 $14 { was another try. }) 13... Qxd7 14. Nh4 Rg8 15. Kh1 O-O-O { This is slightly premature. } (15... f5!? $14 { made more sense. }) 16. Nxb6+ axb6 17. Qf3?! { After a successful opening, Duda makes a mistake and loses the chance to apply pressure. } (17. a4 f5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. f3!? $14) (17. c4!? f5 18. f3! $14 { is another option. Obviously Black's position is defensible. But at least he will have to play some defensive moves. }) 17... f5! { Duda had missed something here and thought for a while. But there is nothing left to live for. } 18. exf5 Rg5 19. a4 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Qe3 Rdg8 22. Rg1 Qf4 23. Qxf4 exf4 24. Rae1 Re5 25. d4 Ree8 26. g3 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 fxg3 28. hxg3 Kd7 29. Kg2 Ra8 30. Rh1 Rxa4 31. Rxh6 c5 32. dxc5 bxc5 33. bxc5 dxc5 34. Rf6 Ke7 35. Rb6 Ra3 36. Rxb7+ Kf6 37. Kf3 Rxc3+ 38. Ke4 Rc4+ 39. Ke3 Rc3+ 40. Ke4 Rc4+ 41. Ke3 { 1/2-1/2 The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2