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[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic 2018"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, M."]
[Black "Meier, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[CurrentPosition "4Q1k1/8/4p1pp/4q2p/1p6/1P4P1/5PK1/8 b - - 7 52"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d4 b5 { This surprised MVL. } 6.Qd3!? { "Probably a bit dubious but it gives interesting play as well." (MVL) } ( 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.c4 bxc4 9.Ndxc4 c5 10.Bf4 O-O { Radjabov,T (2738)
-Aronian,L (2784) Berlin 2015 } ) 6...O-O ( 6...Nbd7 7.Nbd2!? { MVL } ) 7.Bg5 $146 ( 7.Qxb5 Ba6 8.Qa5 Bxe2 9.Re1 Nc6 10.Qa4 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Qd7 { Landa,K
(2617)-Barbot,P (2453) Escaldes 2017 } ) 7...c6 8.Nbd2 a5 9.e4 Ba6 10.Rfe1 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c3 b4 13.c4 ( 13.Qc2 c5 ) 13...dxc4 14.Nxc4 Ra7 ( 14...Bxd4 15.Nxd4 c5 ( 15...e5!? ) 16.Rad1 cxd4 17.e5 Ra7 18.Qxd4 Qxd4 19.Rxd4 { should be a draw (MVL). } ) 15.Qc2 Bxc4 ( 15...Bxd4!? 16.Nxd4 Qxd4 17.Nxa5 Qb6 { is also equal but Meier was more ambitious. } ) 16.Qxc4 Rd7 17.Rad1 Qb6 18.Bf1 Rfd8 19.e5 Be7 20.Rc1 Qa7 { "Suddenly I didn't like my position that
much anymore." (MVL) } 21.Rc2 c5 22.Rec1 cxd4 23.Qd3 a4 24.b3 axb3 25.axb3 Qa5 26.Rc8 { "I was already bailing out." (MVL) } 26...g6 27.h4 Kg7 28.h5 gxh5 29.Be2 { The idea is Be2-d1-c2. "I got excited again." (MVL) } 29...Rxc8 30.Rxc8 Rd8 31.Rxd8 Bxd8 32.Qe4 Nd7 33.Bd3 Nf8 { "It didn't really work. I definitely played
too fast." (MVL) } 34.Nxd4 Qc5 35.Nf3 Bb6 36.Qe2 { "My position is just
holding by a thread." (MVL) } 36...Nd7 ( 36...Ng6 ) 37.Kg2 Qd5 38.Bc4 Qc5 39.Bb5 Nf8 40.Bd3 Nd7 41.Bb5 Nf8 42.Bd3 Ng6 43.Qc2 Qc3 44.Be4 Bc7 45.Bxg6 fxg6 46.Qe4 Qc5 47.Qh4 Bxe5 ( 47...g5 48.Nxg5 hxg5 49.Qxg5+ Kf7 50.Qf6+ Ke8 51.Qxe6+ Kd8 52.f4 { MVL } ) 48.Nxe5 Qxe5 49.Qe7+ Kg8 50.Qe8+ Kg7 51.Qe7+ Kg8 52.Qe8+  1/2-1/2