Arkadij Naiditsch Csaba Balogh Best attacking games of 2012–2015 Chess Evolution Cover designer Piotr Pielach Typesetting Piotr Pielach ‹www.i-press.pl› First edition 2016 by Chess Evolution Best attacking games of 2012–2015 Copyright © 2016 Chess Evolution All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, photo- copying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher. ISBN 978-83-934656-7-5 All sales or enquiries should be directed to Chess Evolution ul. Smutna 5a, 32-005 Niepolomice, Poland e-mail: [email protected] website: www.chess-evolution.com Printed in Poland TABLE OF CONTENTS Key to symbols 5 Introduction 7 Editorial preface 9 GAME 1 ▷ G. Kamsky (2741) ▶ Y. Seirawan (2643) 11 GAME 2 ▷ Nguyen Ngoc Trungson (2656) ▶ P. Harikrishna (2693) 14 GAME 3 ▷ S. Mamedyarov (2726) ▶ K. Shanava (2589) 18 GAME 4 ▷ L. Aronian (2825) ▶ L. McShane (2703) 21 GAME 5 ▷ N. Vitiugov (2703) ▶ L. Ding (2680) 26 GAME 6 ▷ V. Kramnik (2799) ▶ G. Meier (2644) 31 GAME 7 ▷ D. Andreikin (2715) ▶ S. Sjugirov (2635) 36 GAME 8 ▷ V. Ivanchuk (2769) ▶ M. Vachier-Lagrave (2686) 40 GAME 9 ▷ S. Karjakin (2778) ▶ F. Caruana (2773) 46 GAME 10 ▷ V. Kramnik (2795) ▶ L. J. McShane (2713) 50 GAME 11 ▷ A. Giri (2720) ▶ A. Morozevich (2748) 55 GAME 12 ▷ A. Morozevich (2748) ▶ B. Jobava (2711) 59 GAME 13 ▷ L. Aronian (2802) ▶ V. Anand (2772) 62 GAME 14 ▷ A. Giri (2720) ▶ F. Caruana (2781) 65 GAME 15 ▷ V. Kramnik (2801) ▶ L. Fressinet (2706) 69 GAME 16 ▷ R. Ponomariov (2743) ▶ P. Eljanov (2707) 74 GAME 17 ▷ G. Kamsky (2741) ▶ S. Mamedyarov (2775) 78 GAME 18 ▷ A. Naiditsch (2710) ▶ F. Vallejo Pons (2706) 82 GAME 19 ▷ I. Nepomniachtchi (2717) ▶ R. Ponomariov (2756) 87 GAME 20 ▷ E. Alekseev (2710) ▶ I. Krush (2492) 91 GAME 21 ▷ H. Nakamura (2772) ▶ B. Gelfand (2764) 95 GAME 22 ▷ A. Giri (2749) ▶ M. Bartel (2638) 103 GAME 23 ▷ B. Jobava (2705) ▶ M. Oleksienko (2622) 107 GAME 24 ▷ S. Volkov (2623) ▶ B. Socko (2657) 112 GAME 25 ▷ D. Khismatullin (2714) ▶ J. K. Duda (2563) 117 GAME 26 ▷ A. R. S. Salem (2558) ▶ I. Ivanisevic (2633) 121 GAME 27 ▷ A. Motylev (2685) ▶ E. Najer (2655) 125 GAME 28 ▷ R. Wojtaszek (2716) ▶ E. Safarli (2656) 129 GAME 29 ▷ A. David (2579) ▶ M. Vachier-Lagrave (2758) 134 GAME 30 ▷ B. Jobava (2688) ▶ S. Mamedyarov (2799) 138 GAME 31 ▷ A. Moiseenko (2707) ▶ Lu Shanglei (2546) 143 GAME 32 ▷ R. Panjwani (2440) ▶ W. So (2744) 146 GAME 33 ▷ P. Svidler (2751) ▶ B. Gelfand (2753) 150 GAME 34 ▷ A. Shirov (2709) ▶ S. Sulskis (2544) 154 GAME 35 ▷ B. Gelfand (2753) ▶ F. Amonatov (2590) 158 GAME 36 ▷ A. Grischuk (2789) ▶ M. Rodshtein (2678) 162 GAME 37 ▷ B. Gelfand (2748) ▶ D. Andreikin (2722) 168 GAME 38 ▷ S. Karjakin (2767) ▶ B. Jobava (2717) 171 GAME 39 ▷ L. Aronian (2797) ▶ B. Jobava (2727) 176 GAME 40 ▷ Yi Wei (2675) ▶ A. Haast (2352) 181 GAME 41 ▷ M. Adams (2745) ▶ A. Giri (2790) 186 GAME 42 ▷ V. Anand (2804) ▶ M. Vachier-Lagrave (2723) 190 GAME 43 ▷ W. So (2778) ▶ A. Naiditsch (2722) 195 GAME 44 ▷ Yi Wei (2724) ▶ L. Bruzon Batista (2669) 200 GAME 45 ▷ W. So (2779) ▶ L. Aronian (2765) 207 GAME 46 ▷ W. So (2779) ▶ Hi Nakamura (2814) 212 GAME 47 ▷ Hi Nakamura (2816) ▶ W. So (2760) 217 GAME 48 ▷ V. Kramnik (2777) ▶ V. Topalov (2813) 222 GAME 49 ▷ A. Naiditsch (2689) ▶ B. Esen (2565) 226 GAME 50 ▷ Yue Wang (2729) ▶ Xiangzhi Bu (2710) 231 KEY TO SYMBOLS = Equality or equal chances  White has a slight advantage  Black has a slight advantage  White is better  Black is better +- White has a decisive advantage -+ Black has a decisive advantage  unclear  with compensation  with counterplay  with initiative  with an attack  with the idea  only move N novelty ! a good move !! an excellent move ? a weak move ?? a blunder !? an interesing move ?! a dubious move + check # mate INTRODUCTION Useful information for our valued readers. ››› Th e book contains the 50 best attacking games from 2012 to 2015. ››› Th e games were selected and analyzed by the authors GM Arkadij Naid- itsch and GM Csaba Balogh. ››› Most of the games are taken from the highest-level tournaments, such as Wijk aan Zee, FIDE Grand Prix series, Olympiads etc. ››› Most of the games are played by top Grandmasters: Carlsen, Anand, Kramnik, Aronian, Caruana and many, many more of the world’s best chess-players. ››› Th e games are sorted in chronological order, from 2012 through to 2015.