...3Qd7!!??

[Event "EU-ch Blitz"] [Site "Ajaccio"] [Date "2007.10.25"] [Round "17"] [White "Fressinet, Laurent"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2679"] [ECO "B50"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Qd7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. Rd1 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. f4 Nh5 15. Kh1 Nf6 16. g3 Kf8 17. Kg2 Nd7 18. Kf3 Qa3 19. Bxa3 Ncb8 20. Rd3 Nc6 21. Bxa6 bxa6 22. Rcd1 a5 23. Kf2 Nxd4 24. e5 Bf6 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Bb2 dxe5 27. fxe5 Ke8 28. Nd6+ Bxd6 29. exd6 Nc6 30. Bc3 h5 31. Rf3 f5 32. Rdd3 Nb4 33. h3 Nc6 34. Bd2 Nb4 35. Be3 Nc6 36. Bf4 e5 37. Bxe5 Nb4 38. a3 Nc2 39. Rxf5 Nd4 1-0 [Event "VI World Blitz"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2010.11.16"] [Round "5.10"] [White "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2721"] [BlackElo "2741"] [ECO "B51"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {Opening: B51: Sicilian Defense, Canal Attack} Qd7 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. f3 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O Qd8 11. Nde2 Qa5 12. Qd2 e6 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. b3 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Qc2 dxc4 17. bxc4

Why wou

Why did

Why was this move played??

Why didn't they take the Queen!!??

Are these games rigged??

The fix is in!

idk

I wish I knew how to post a board diagram with the position

Moves like this are probably played as a protest to the event. Sometimes events will make silly rules like "you can't make a draw offer until x move" so the two players play something like this and draw the game as a way of protesting the tournament structure.

The other possibility is that it was "touch move" and they accidentally touched the queen (therefore, forced into moving it), but I don't think this was the case here as the other player didn't immediately capture it.

Pls

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Van Wely is a GM.

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What does round 5.10 mean? I'm thinking maybe the move makes you think and the player is trying to win on time. I still don't think this strategy should work in Grand Master play. The most puzzling to me is not capturing the Queen. If Magnus Carlson was black who wouldn't capture the Queen. You have plenty of time to protest later.

I see what you mean, but I'm not sure what this stands for either. Maybe it is round 5, board 10? I'm guessing it is round 5 and the 10 stands for something else.

Laurent Fressinet too.

round 5 subround 10 (tenth game of the match/round)

@11

"the two players play something like this and draw the game as a way of protesting the tournament structure" ++ That was not the case: both games ended decisively.

I guess the moves 3... Bd7 4 Bxd7+ were omitted in the notation. Bear in mind these are blitz games. Maybe they played too fast for the electronic board to capture the move.