BIEL 2018 ROUND 10 – VACHIER LAGRAVE vs NAVARA

This game is from round 10 of the Biel 2018 tournament. It features Maxime Vachier Lagrave with White against David Navara with Black.

Today’s game features a Giucco Piano.

Vachier Lagrave,Maxime (2779) - Navara,David (2741)

ACCENTUS Biel GMT 2018 Biel (10), 01.08.2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0–0 Nf6 5.d3 0–0 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 h6 C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3 

8.Nbd2 a5 9.Nf1 Ne7 The position is equal. [9...Bb6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Nxe3 Be6 12.Bb5 Ne7 13.Ba4 Ng6 14.Bc2 Re8 15.d4 1–0 (54) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Caruana,F (2816) Paris 2018] 

10.Bb3 Ng6 

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11.d4N [11.Ng3 a4 12.Bxa4 Bg4 13.d4 exd4 14.cxd4 Bb4 15.Re3 1–0 (33) Sethuraman,S (2631)-Naiditsch,A (2701) Sharjah 2018] 

11...Ba7 12.h3 Bd7 13.Ng3 a4 14.Bc2 Nh7 15.Nf5 Ng5 [15...Bb6= keeps the balance.] 

16.Nxg5!± hxg5 17.Qh5 Nf4 18.Bxf4! exf4 19.h4‚ White wants a kill. 

19...g6? [19...gxh4± 20.Nxh4 Qf6] 

20.Qh6!+- gxf5 21.exf5 Threatening mate with f6. 

21...f6 22.Qg6+ Kh8 23.hxg5 Bc6 intending ...Qd7. 

24.Rad1 Qd7 25.Rd3! Qg7 26.Rh3+ Kg8 

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27.Re7! Qxg6 28.fxg6 White threatens Rhh7 and mate. 

28...f5? [28...Rfe8] 

29.Rhh7 Rfe8 30.Reg7+ Kf8 31.Rxc7 Kg8 32.Bxf5 White wants to mate with g7. 

32...Bb6 33.Rcg7+ Kf8 34.Rf7+ Kg8 

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35.d5! Bxd5 36.Rfg7+ Kf8 

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37.Rd7! White mates. 

37...Kg8 38.g7 Bf7 39.g6  1–0