2019年十佳棋局top10之第7局 进攻是最好的防守

chess.com网站评选出2019年度十佳棋局，今天欣赏top10里面的第7局，由格里修克对瓦谢尔。这盘棋中瓦谢尔很好地把控了局势，丝毫不让对方组织起有效的进攻，应了那句话：进攻是最好的防守。

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[Event "Riga FIDE Grand Prix"]

[Site "Riga, Latvia"]

[Date "2019.07.19"]

[Round "20.2"]

[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]

[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "E60"]

[WhiteElo "2766"]

[BlackElo "2775"]

[Annotator "Bojkov,Dejan"]

[PlyCount "94"]

[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

[WhiteTeam "Russia"]

[BlackTeam "France"]

[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 {"Just an interesting line for White" (Grischuk).}

({The world champion chose the main lines instead:} 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5

Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 {Carlsen,M

(2875)-VachierLagrave,M (2779) Zagreb 2019}) 3... c5 {"The most principled

line" (MVL)} ({Although the Frenchman also considered:} 3... d5 4. cxd5 c6 5.

dxc6 Nxc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 ({He also thought that} 6... Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O {is unclear.})

7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. exf3 Nxd4 9. Be3 {but believed that White is better, thanks to

the bishop pair.}) 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. e3 N ({An earlier game saw:} 6. bxa6

Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 d6 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bxa6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Bc3

{with sharp, interesting battle ahead inTopalov,V (2780)-Giri,A (2793) Moscow

2016}) 6... Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nf3 d6 9. a4 Bg4 {"This cannot be so bad for me

as the bishop is quite annoying" (MVL). This is the main reason why Black chose

to switch to the Benko gambit.} 10. Ra3 {"Unexpected, but probably good"

(MVL).} ({Instead Black expected:} 10. Be2 axb5 11. Nxb5 Na6) 10... axb5 11.

Bxb5 Na6 12. e4 Nb4 13. Be2 ({After} 13. O-O Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nc2 15. Ra2 Nd4 16.

Qd3 Ng4 {"looks shaky for White" (MVL).}) 13... Nd7 14. O-O Qb6 ({Here and on

the next moves Black would be happy to advance on the kingside with:} 14... f5

{But this is not good at once due to:} 15. Ng5!) 15. Re1 {"Quite a stupid

move" (Grischuk).} ({Instead the Russian GM believed he would be better after:}

15. Nb5 Qb7 16. Bg5 Bxb2 ({Black, on the other hand, considered either:} 16...

Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ne5 18. Be2 f5) ({or the immediate:} 16... Nb6 {and believed he

has enough play in both cases. In this second line, however, White has:} 17. a5

Bxf3 18. gxf3!) 17. Bxe7 {(Grischuk) As his rook is defended. But even this is

not clear after:} 17... Bxa3 18. Bxf8 Nxf8 19. Nxa3 Qe7) ({Vachier-Lagrave

expected instead:} 15. Nd2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nc2 (16... Qa6 17. Nc4 Ne5 18. Nb5

{"does not look so convincing" (MVL).}) 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. Qxc2 Qxc4 {with

compensation for a pawn.}) 15... Qb7 {A typical Benko position arose. Black has

compensation for the pawn, thanks to his active pieces, and is ready to open the

play on the kingside with f7-f5.} 16. Bg5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {A suprise for Black.}

({But he quite liked his position after:} 17. Bxf3 Ne5 18. Be2 c4 19. Qd2 Ned3

({Or} 19... Nbd3) 20. Rb1 Bd4 21. Bxd3 Nxd3 22. Be3 {"and I can play pretty

much everything" (MVL).}) 17... Ne5 18. Rf1 c4! ({Apparently both players spent

a lot of time calculating the mess after:} 18... f5 19. exf5 ({Or} 19. f4 h6 20.

fxe5 hxg5 21. exd6) 19... Rxf5 20. f4 {and due to the resource Be2-g4,

Vachier-Lagrave voted for the game continuation.}) 19. b3 {Missed by Black but

he now plays simply brilliantly:} 19... Rfc8 20. Bd2 Nbd3 21. f4 ({Against} 21.

bxc4 {Black planned:} 21... Nxc4 (21... Qd7!? {also looks strong.}) 22. Rb3

Qxb3!! 23. Qxb3 Nxd2 24. Qd1 Nxf1 {winning.}) 21... Qb4 ({Another mess arises

after:} 21... Nb2 22. Qb1 Ned3 23. Nb5 (23. bxc4 Qb4 {is good for Black,

according to MVL}) 23... c3 24. Bxd3 cxd2 25. Be2 Qd7 {but this also looks good

for Black.}) 22. Nb1 c3 23. fxe5 Nb2!! {Fantastic concept. Black should have

foreseen this and the remaining well in advance. This was missed by Grischuk,

who thought he is winning at this stage of the game.} ({Black saw that in the

line:} 23... Nxe5 24. Be1 Qxe4 25. Nxc3 Qxh4 26. f4! {is a crucial defensive

resource.}) 24. Qc2 cxd2 25. Qxb2 Qxe4 26. Qxd2 (26. Nxd2? Qxe2) 26... Rc2 27.

Qd3 ({What a great calculator Vachier-Lagrave is, is revealed by this lengthy

line he had also foreseen in advance:} 27. Bf3 Qxf3 28. Qxc2 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qxh4+

30. Kg2 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Bxe5 33. Rc1 ({More complex is the win after:}

33. Re1 Rc8 34. Qa2 Qf5!! {and the threat of Rc8-c2 decides:} 35. Qe2 Rc2 36.

Nd2 Bd4!! ({Avoiding the obvious:} 36... Qg5+ 37. Kf1 Rxd2 38. Qe3! Bf4 39. Qf3)

37. Rd1 Bxf2+ 38. Qxf2 Qg4+ {Crazy computer line....}) 33... Bh2+ 34. Kh1 Bf4+

35. Kg1 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Bxc1 {with a win.}) ({After} 27. f3 {Black saw:} 27... Qxe5

28. Qxc2 Qg3+ 29. Kh1 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Bd4+ {crushing.}) ({And} 27. Nc3 Qxh4 28.

Qxc2 Bxe5 {is an unstoppable mate:} 29. Kg2 Qh2+ 30. Kf3 Qh3+ 31. Ke4 f5#

{(MVL)}) 27... Rxe2 ({Not} 27... Qxh4 28. f4! {(MVL)}) 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. exd6

exd6 30. Nd2 Rg4+ {In the forcing line Black wins the pawn back and is much

better, thanks to his better minor piece and more active pieces.} 31. Kh1 Rxh4+

32. Kg2 Rd4 33. Nf3 ({The only chance for White, according to MVL is:} 33. Nc4!)

33... Rg4+ 34. Kh3 Rb4 35. Rb1 Rc8 36. Kg2 ({One more fabulous concept by the

French GM is revealed in the line:} 36. a5 Rc3! 37. a6 Rxf3+ 38. Kg2 Rbf4!! 39.

a7 Rxf2+ 40. Kg1 Bd4!! 41. a8=Q+ Kg7 {White is lost despite the extra queen:}

42. Rd1 ({Or} 42. Ra4 Rf1+ 43. Kh2 R4f2+ 44. Kg3 Be5+ 45. Kh3 Rh2+ 46. Kg4 h5+)

({Best is to sacrifice the queen at once, but it is also hopeless after:} 42.

Qa7 Rg4+ 43. Kh1 Bxa7) 42... Rd2+ 43. Kh1 Rh4#) 36... Rc3 {The white pawns are

too dangerous. Therefore, Black needs to play extremely energetically to prove

the win. Vachier-Lagrave is up to this difficult task as well} 37. Ng1 Rc2 38.

Nf3 Rg4+ 39. Kf1 Rf4 40. Kg2 Rg4+ (40... Rc3 41. Ne1 {Did not seem too clear for

MVL.}) 41. Kf1 ({If:} 41. Kh3 h5!! {was planned with another study-like queen

promotion after:} 42. a5 Rxf2 43. b4 Bh6 44. a6 Bf4!! 45. a7 g5 46. a8=Q+ Kg7

{With inevitable mate:} 47. Rg1 Rh4+ 48. Nxh4 Rh2#) 41... Rf4 (41... Bd4

{"should be close to a draw after"} 42. Nxd4 Rxd4 43. b4 Rf4 44. b5 {(MVL).})

42. Kg2 g5 43. Rf1 ({Or else a prosaic win with:} 43. b4 g4 44. Kg3 Rxf3+ 45.

Rxf3 gxf3 46. Kxf3 {(MVL)}) 43... Rg4+! ({Not:} 43... g4 44. Ne1 Rd2 45. a5 Bd4

46. Ra4! {(MVL)}) 44. Kh1 ({There is a cute knight-trap in the line:} 44. Kh3

Rb4 45. Nxg5 h6) ({as well as after:} 44. Kh2 Rc3 45. Rg1 Rf4 46. Nxg5 Rxf2+ 47.

Kh1 ({Or} 47. Rg2 Be5+ 48. Kh1 Rxg2 49. Kxg2 Rg3+) 47... h6 {(MVL)}) 44... Rc3

45. Rg1 Rf4 46. Nh2 Rxf2 47. Rxg5 Rcc2 {I totally agree with Grischuk: fantastic

game by Vachier-Lagrave!} 0-1