[Event "Sharjah Grand Prix 2017"] [Site "Sharjah"] [Date "2017.02.18"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Li, Chao"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2720"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Classical Attack, Staunton Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 { C42 Russian Game: Classical Attack, Staunton Variation } 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Qf3 g6 16. Qg3 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Qc5 18. Bb3 a5 19. a4 b5 20. h4 Be6 21. Bc2 b4 22. Bd3 b3 23. h5 Nf8 24. Bh6 b2 25. Rab1 Rab8 26. Qf4 Nd7?! { (-0.58 → 0.36) Inaccuracy. Ba2 was best. } (26... Ba2 27. e6 f5 28. hxg6 Nxg6 29. Qc7 Qe7 30. Qxa5 Bxb1 31. Bxb1 Qf6 32. Qc7 Ra8 33. a5) 27. Qg5 Qe7 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Re2 Ree8 30. Rexb2 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Nxe5 32. Be2 gxh5 33. f3 Nd7 34. Rb7 Nc5?! { (0.44 → 1.01) Inaccuracy. Ra8 was best. } (34... Ra8 35. Be3 Ne5 36. Kf2 Bc4 37. Bxc4 Nxc4 38. Bd4 h4 39. Bf6 Re8 40. Bxh4 Kg7 41. Bg5) 35. Ra7 Nb3 36. g3 Bd5 37. Kf2 Rb8 38. Bf1 Be6 39. Bd3 Bd5 40. Bf5 Re8 41. Bc2 c5 42. Rc7 c4 43. Bf5 Rb8 44. Bd7 f6 45. Bb5 Bf7 46. Rc6 Na1 47. Ra6 Nc2?! { (2.31 → 3.25) Inaccuracy. Nb3 was best. } (47... Nb3 48. Rxf6 Rc8 49. Ba6 Ra8 50. Rc6 Bd5 51. Bxc4 Bxc4 52. Rxc4 Ra7 53. Rc6 Rd7 54. Be3) 48. Rxa5 Na3 49. Bc6 Nb1?? { (2.94 → 6.33) Blunder. Be8 was best. } (49... Be8) 50. Rb5 { Black resigns. } 1-0