BATUMI CHESS OLYMPIAD 2018 ROUND 4 – MAMEDYAROV vs ADAMS

This game is from round 4 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with White against Michael Adams with Black.

Today’s game features a Queens Gambit Declined.

Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2820) - Adams,Michael (2712)

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open Batumi (4.1), 27.09.2018

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 0–0 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.0–0 b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5 

15.Bb3 h6 [15...Nf6 16.Qf4 Re8 17.h3 Nh5 18.Qe5 Nf6 19.Qf4 Nh5 20.Qg4 Nf6 21.Qf4 1/2–1/2 (21) So,W (2780)-Wei,Y (2729) chess.com INT 2018] 

16.h3 Re8 17.Re3 Qf6 18.Qe2 Qf4 

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19.g3N [19.Ne1 Red8 20.Nd3 Qf6 21.d5 exd5 22.e5 1–0 (57) Sakaev,K (2619)-Hera,I (2527) Budva 2009] 

19...Qc7 20.d5 exd5 21.exd5 Rxe3 22.Qxe3 Qc5 23.Qf4 Qc3 24.Nd4 Re8 25.d6 Nf6 Threatens to win with ... Re1+. [Don't go for 25...Re1+? 26.Kh2+-] 

26.Kh2! aiming for Rc1. [Of course not 26.d7 Rd8=] 

26...Qb2 [26...Be4²] 

27.Nc2? [27.d7!+- Rd8 28.Nf5] 

27...Qc3= 28.Nd4? [28.Ne3= g5 29.Qd4 Qxd4 30.Rxd4] 

28...Qb2!+- 29.d7! Rd8 

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30.Nf5!ƒ Keeping Black busy. 

30...Be4? [30...Kh7] 

31.Nd6! Bg6 32.Nc4 Qe2 33.Ne5 Kh7 34.g4 b5 35.Qe3 Qb2? [35...Qxe3 36.fxe3 a5] 

36.Kg1 b4 37.Nxg6 1–0