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[Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Press, Shaun"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B26"] [WhiteElo "1954"] [BlackElo "2811"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,68,0,0,0,-22,-12,-8,-8,-22,-18,-39,-26,-23,-33,-39,-29,-74,-78,-67, -24,-70,-37,-63,-60,-74,-79,-60,-73,-68,-64,-152,-144,-275,-275,-260,-260,-245, -252,-374,-358,-330,-241,-241,-250,-405,-410,-934,-615,-1066,-1022,-1614,-1588, -1408,-1355]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Qd2 b5 8. Nge2 b4 9. Nd1 $1 h5 {B26: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines with early Be3} (9... Nd4 10. O-O Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 Nf6 12. a3 b3 13. c4 O-O 14. Bd2 e6 15. Bc3 Bb7 16. Ne3 Re8 17. Qd2 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Ba5 {0-1 (45) Li,R (2565)-Belous, V (2581) Philadelphia 2017}) 10. h3 e6 11. O-O Nge7 {The position is equal.} 12. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c3 a5 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Ba6 15. Re1 O-O { 1/2-1/2 (75) Gouvart,S (1975)-Pais,B (1697) Figueira da Foz 2010}) 12... a5 13. Rb1 O-O 14. g4 $1 hxg4 15. hxg4 f5 16. exf5 exf5 17. g5 Be6 18. b3 Nd5 19. Bf2 Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] ...Nxe2+ is the strong threat. Black is pushing.} 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Re1 Bf7 22. Nb2 Ne3 23. Bxe3 ({White should play} 23. Nc4 $15) 23... dxe3 $17 24. Qxe3 (24. Rxe3 $17 {was worth a try.} Qb6 25. Nd1) 24... Re8 $19 25. Qf2 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 {[#]} Qb6+ $1 27. Kh2 (27. Kf1 $142 Bxb2 28. Rxb2) 27... Re8 28. Qf1 d5 29. Na4 Qd4 30. Kh1 $2 (30. Kg3 {keeps fighting.} Re3+ 31. Kh2) 30... Bf8 31. Rc1 (31. Qf3 $142 Rc8 32. Rc1) 31... Bd6 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. c3 bxc3 33. Nxc3 Bxf4 34. Rc2 Qh8+ {Accuracy: White = 12%, Black = 76%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Press, Shaun"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A18"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "1954"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,35,65,78,73,65,67,47,72,67,81,81,92,92,98,95,91,91,129,141,176,83, 189,170,235,225]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nb6 7. Bd3 c5 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} (7... Nc6 8. Nf3 Nb4 9. Be4 c5 10. O-O a6 11. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 (11) Marichal Gonzalez,A (2339)-Quesada Vera,L (2427) Porlamar 2016}) 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 Nc6 {White is slightly better.} 10. O-O h6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. a3 Nd5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. b4 $146 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd2 Na5 15. Nd4 { 1-0 (67) Matko,O (2302)-Zubak,Z (2005) Mali Losinj 2017}) 14... Qb8 15. Bb2 Nf4 16. Qe3 (16. Qd2 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Nd5 17. Rfd1) 16... Nxd3 (16... Nd5 $16 {might work better.} 17. Qc1 a6) 17. Qxd3 $18 O-O (17... a6 { was worth a try.} 18. Rad1 Qd8) 18. b5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 28%.} ({ Stronger than} 18. Qxd7 Rd8 $17) 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Mohammad Fahad, Rahman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2250"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,93,33,23,33,20,33,3,31,28,26,19,30,1,110,110,85,64,59,58,64,53,58,56, 85,87,84,63,101,85,97,44,35,31,33,39,51,46,78,52,42,47,71,28,37,34,41,23,22,16, 52,60,54,59,68,62,82,72,85,78,79,78,67,50,235,235,272,258,860,854,733,598,645, 643,626,627,626,604,567,259,535,527]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 e6 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} 9. O-O Rc8 10. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Ndb5 Qb8 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. c5 Rxc5 16. Be3 b6 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Na3 Rd8 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Ng4 21. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 (21) Tkachiev,V (2615)-Epishin,V (2570) Las Palmas 1997}) 10... Be7 {The position is equal.} 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. c5 {[#] Hoping for cxd6.} Ne5 (13... Nd7 $11) 14. Rac1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qb8 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Na4 O-O 17. b4 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. g3 Qc7 20. a3 h6 21. h4 Qc6 22. Qc2 ({ White should play} 22. Nb2 $16) 22... a5 $14 23. Rb1 axb4 24. axb4 Qb5 25. Nc3 Qc6 $1 26. Qa4 Qxa4 27. Nxa4 Nf6 28. Nb6 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Re1 Rd3 31. Nxe5 Rb3 32. Nc8 Bf8 33. Nd6 Rxb4 34. Nexf7 Nd7 35. Rc1 Rd4 36. c6 bxc6 37. Rxc6 Nf6 38. e5 Nd7 $2 ({Black should try} 38... Ng4 $1 $14) 39. Rc8 $18 Kh7 40. h5 {[#] Threatens to win with Rd8.} g5 $2 (40... Kg8 41. Re8 Rd3) 41. Rc7 Nb6 42. Nxg5+ Kg8 43. Nxe6 Rd1+ 44. Kg2 Bxd6 45. exd6 Rxd6 46. Rg7+ Kh8 47. Rg6 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 45%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Gan-Erdene, Sugar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2407"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,73,0,47,53,73,57,105,112,122,125,113,120,146,142,141,150,150,152,152, 145,152,150,147,149,152,146,157,129,119,123,150,108,168,169,187,197,361,376, 353,350,489,487,504,491,529,521,540,537,576,551,684,676,672,671]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Qa5 12. Be2 {B66: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7... a6 8 0-0-0 h6} Bb7 (12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd5 14. Qg3 Qxa2 15. c4 Qa1+ 16. Kc2 Qa4+ 17. Kb1 Nb4 18. Nc3 Qc2+ 19. Ka1 Qf5 {1-0 (33) Van Oosterom,J (2777) -Walsh,H (2649) ICCF email 2005}) 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Bg3 {White is better.} (14. Qa7 $6 Nd7 $11) 14... Rd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nd7 15. Qf3 f6 16. a3 h5 17. h4 Be7 18. b4 Qxa3 19. Nxd5 Bxb4 {0-1 (61) Kanmazalp,O (2458)-Nikolovski,N (2332) Skopje 2015}) 15. Qa7 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Ra7b8]} Kd8 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5d7]} Rc7 18. Rd3 (18. Bxc7+ Kxc7 19. Rd4 Qb6 $16) 18... Bc8 19. Qxc7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} Qxc7 20. Bxc7+ Kxc7 21. Ba4 Bc5 22. f3 Bb7 23. Rhd1 h5 24. Bb3 h4 25. Na4 Bd6 26. c4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Bxh2 (26... h3 $16 ) 27. Nc5 $18 dxc4 28. Bxc4 Bd5 $2 (28... a5 29. Nxb7 Kxb7 30. Rb3+ Ka7) 29. Nxa6+ ({Not} 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Nxa6+ Kb6 $15) ({Weaker is} 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Rb3 (30. Nxa6+ Kb6 $14) 30... a5 $16) (29. Bxa6 Kb6 $14) 29... Kb6 30. Rb3+ $1 ({Worse is} 30. Bxd5 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 exd5 $14) 30... Ka7 31. Bxd5 {White is clearly winning.} Nxd5 32. Nb4 Nb6 33. Nc6+ Kb7 34. Nd8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kc7 35. Nxf7 Rh5 36. Rc1+ Kb7 37. Nd8+ {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 33%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anwuli, Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2284"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,85,8,4,21,27,31,25,43,35,47,38,60,76,64,75,74,79,91,100,96,93,125,73, 120,82,123,123,120,120,121,110,113,99,99,44,82,75,92,80,116,108,129,145,135, 143,123,61,60,64,100,62,147,139,222,204,222,217,201,208,248,253,968,969,1162, 1138,1153,1125,1111,1111,1044,1032]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 10. Ba2 c5 (10... Be6 11. b4 Nc6 12. Be3 Bxa2 13. Rxa2 d5 14. Bg5 dxe4 15. dxe4 a5 16. Qb1 axb4 17. Rd1 bxc3 18. Rxd8 Rfxd8 {0-1 (49) Yu,Y (2738)-Aronian,L (2752) Stavanger 2019}) 11. b4 cxb4 {White has an edge.} 12. axb4 Nc6 13. Nd5 Be6 {next ...Bxd5 is good for Black.} 14. Bd2 Bxd5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14... Nb8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (51) Darini,P (2475) -Moradi,A (2318) Bushehr 2019}) 15. exd5 Nb8 16. Re1 h6 17. Bb3 Nbd7 18. c4 Nb6 19. Ra2 (19. Nh4 $142) 19... Qc7 20. Rc2 Qb7 21. Nh4 Rfc8 22. Nf5 {Strongly threatening c5!} Bf8 23. Qf3 Nbd7 24. Qh3 h5 25. Rec1 (25. Rcc1 $16) 25... a5 26. bxa5 g6 27. Ne3 Nc5 28. cxb5 Nxb3 29. Rxc8 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Qxb5 31. Nc4 (31. Qh4 $16 Ng4 32. Nc4 (32. Nxg4 hxg4 33. Qxg4 Qxd3 $14)) 31... Nxd5 $14 32. Qf3 Rc8 33. h3 Rc5 ({Better is} 33... Nf4 $14) 34. Kh2 $16 Be7 (34... Qb3 $16 35. Ra1 e4 36. Qxe4 Nc7) 35. Ra1 $18 {Hoping for a6.} Qa6 {[#]} 36. Rb1 $1 Kg7 37. Rb8 Bf6 {[#]} 38. Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6d5]} Nxb6 $2 (38... Nf4 39. Nd7 Rxa5 40. Nxf6 (40. Bxa5 Qxa5 41. g3 Nd5 $16) 40... Kxf6) 39. axb6 {[%cal Ba5b6,Bb6b7] [%mdl 32] Black must now prevent Rh8!White is clearly winning.} Rc8 40. Rxc8 Qxc8 41. b7 Qb8 42. Qc6 Bd8 43. Qc8 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 29%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2428"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,63,37,31,11,75,56,82,98,115,110,102,87,75,72,89,89,112,115,110,103, 102,116,104,109,111,35,55,54,89,104,100,76,240,251,379,381,507,504,501,464, 29993,29994,29994,29995]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 ({Predecessor:} 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4 Bg4 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nc3 Ba7 13. h3 {0-1 (37) Moore,G (2215)-Panjwani,R (2460) London 2013}) 3... d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 a6 7. g3 Bd6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bg4 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. h3 {D34: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 Nf6 7 Bg2 Be7} Bh5 $146 (12... Bxf3 $11 13. Qxf3 d4) (12... Bf5 13. Bb2 Ba7 14. g4 Be6 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Nf4 Qd6 17. Nd4 Rad8 18. Ndxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe4 Rxf4 20. exf4 dxe4 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 {1-0 (54) Grachev,B (2653)-Evdokimov,A (2502) Serpukhov 2018}) 13. Bb2 $16 Ba7 14. Ne2 {White is better.} Bg6 15. Nf4 Be4 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nxd5 Qh6 18. Nh4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rad8 {[#] ...Qe6 is the strong threat.} 20. Qf3 $1 f5 21. Rad1 Qe6 22. Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qf7 {And now ...g5 would win.} 23. g4 (23. Rxd8 $16 Rxd8 24. g4) 23... Ne5 24. Qg3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 fxg4 26. hxg4 g5 $2 (26... Bb8 $16) 27. Nf5 $18 Nxg4 (27... Kh8 {is a better defense.}) 28. Nd5 ({Not} 28. Qxg4 Qxf5 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 $16) 28... Kh8 29. e4 ({ Less strong is} 29. Qxg4 Qxf5 30. Qxf5 Rxf5 $14) 29... Nf6 {[#]} 30. Qc3 $1 { [%mdl 512] Nxf6 would kill now.} Qh5 (30... h5 $18 31. Nxf6 Qxf6) 31. Nxf6 Qxd1 {[#]} 32. Qc7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 44%. } 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Megaranto, Susanto"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2550"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,77,33,41,17,10,14,16,6,32,39,32,18,36,0,21,0,18,37,37,0,30,36,34,5, 29,29,37,38,34,39,43,38,77,62,81,67,88,52,54,42,50,41,45,22,47,0,0,0,15,15,8, 10,17,17,19,19,17,19,18,18,19,21,26,26]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 b5 7. O-O-O Qa5 8. Kb1 Nbd7 9. Nd5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (9. a3 {keeps more tension.} Rb8 10. Nh3 Nb6 11. Nf4 Nfd7 12. g4) 9... Qxd2 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Bxd2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({ Predecessor:} 11. Rxd2 Rb8 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Nc1 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Rb6 {1/2-1/2 (101) Trbojevic,M (2314)-Postny,E (2641) Sibenik 2010}) 11... d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. h4 h5 14. Ba5 Bh6 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. b3 Bf5 17. Nh3 (17. Be2 {seems wilder.} Kd7 18. g4 hxg4 19. fxg4 Be4 20. Nf3) 17... Bxh3 18. Rxh3 e6 19. f4 Bf8 20. Be2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Be7 21. Rdh1 Kd7 22. g4 hxg4 23. Bxg4 Raf8 24. h5 gxh5 25. Bxh5 Rhg8 26. Be2 Rg2 27. Bf3 Rg7 $1 28. Bd2 {Strongly threatening f5!} Rfg8 29. c3 f5 30. exf6 Bxf6 31. Rh6 Rf8 32. f5 exf5 33. R6h5 {[#] Bh6 is the strong threat.} f4 34. Rf5 Be7 35. Rxf8 Bxf8 36. Bxf4 Bd6 37. Bh6 Rh7 38. Bd2 Rxh1+ 39. Bxh1 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2503"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,79,61,9,47,12,49,46,48,45,64,0,16,28,30,35,31,31,37,38,9,9,53,53,77, 67,72,73,202,203,180,95,91,0,115,118,122,114,110,115,118,0,381,365,356,333,330, 333,519,510,518,517,1412,416,1726,1629,1700,1647,817,1550,1594,1323,1432,1394] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. Qd2 (10. Qb3 $14 cxd4 11. Nxd4 (11. Bxd4 O-O $11)) 10... Nd7 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 11. d5 O-O (11... Nf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6e4]}) 12. c4 Qa3 {White is slightly better.} 13. Be2 Nf6 (13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. O-O Ne5 17. Qxd4 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qxf3 19. Rc3 {0-1 (40) Kramnik,V (2783)-Grischuk,A (2792) Stavanger 2014}) 14. e5 $146 (14. Qc2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 14. Qc2 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. O-O Rad8 17. Bc3 Nh5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Ne1 {1-0 (31) Davidavicius,R (2206)-Boreika,V (2217) ICCF email 2005}) 14... Nd7 15. e6 fxe6 16. Ng5 Ne5 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Nxe6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rf5 20. Rf1 Re5 21. Rf3 $1 Bh6 22. Kf2 b5 (22... Rc8 $16 {was necessary.}) 23. cxb5 $18 Rb8 24. Rc3 (24. Rc2 $1 $18) 24... Qb4 $16 25. a4 ({Much weaker is} 25. Nxc5 $6 Rd8 $11) ({Better is} 25. Qd3 $1 $16) 25... Qxa4 (25... Rc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Rxc5 {aiming for Qc3.} Qh4+ 27. Kf1 Qxh2 28. Qc3 Rf5 {[#]} 29. Rc8+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} ({Only move:} 29. Rxf5 $1 $16 gxf5 30. Rc4) 29... Rxc8 $4 { [%mdl 8192]} (29... Kf7 $1 $11) 30. Qxc8+ $18 Kf7 31. Rxf5+ gxf5 {[#]} 32. Nd8+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kg7 (32... Kf8 {was called for.} 33. Qxf5+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke8) 33. Qxf5 Qh1+ 34. Kf2 {And now Qf7+ would win.} Bxe3+ (34... Qh4+ $142 35. Kf3 Qh1 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qxe7+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qe7+ Kg8 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qe7+) 35. Ke2 (35. Kxe3 $142 {Threatening mate with Ne6+.} Qc1+ 36. Ke2 Qc4+ 37. Kf2 Qd4+ 38. Kg3 Qe3+ 39. Kg4 Qe2+ 40. Qf3) 35... Qxg2+ (35... Bh6 $142 36. Qf7+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qxe7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8) 36. Kxe3 {White threatens Ne6+ and mate.White is clearly winning.} Qg1+ 37. Ke2 {White wants to mate with Ne6+.} Qg2+ 38. Kd3 {Ne6+ would kill now.} Qg3+ 39. Kc4 Qc7+ 40. Nc6 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 32%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2540"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,91,20,14,20,21,34,35,34,35,30,34,58,63,64,52,57,62,98,88,133,129,136, 108,109,110,108,112,131,120,113,129,128,114,114,106,133,134,136,131,113,86,77, 30,31,33,22,35,27,18,20,18,23,21,19,8,81,81,239,250,242,241,263,247,656,643, 795,792,716,724,881,838,1272,1322,1260,742,724,696,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 c6 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} 8. a5 (8. e4 e5 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 Qc7 11. a5 Rb8 12. b3 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. Ba3 Bf8 15. d5 Bb7 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd2 b5 18. Bb4 Ra8 19. Qe2 Qb6 {1-0 (69) Zhao,J (2604)-Adhiban,B (2655) Riadh 2017}) 8... Qc7 9. Qd3 Re8 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({ Predecessor:} 9... e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. a6 bxa6 13. Qc4 Bb7 14. Be3 c5 15. Qxc5 Qxc5 16. Bxc5 Bxg2 17. Bxf8 Bxf1 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Kxf1 { 1-0 (49) Pert,R (2414)-Anderson,J (2171) Southend 2017}) 10. Rd1 h6 11. h3 Rb8 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qc4 b5 15. axb6 $1 axb6 16. Nb5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb5c7][%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qd8 17. Nd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Re6 18. Ra7 {Black must now prevent Nxf7!} (18. Qxc6 Bf8 $11) 18... Qf8 19. Nxc8 ({Not} 19. Qxc6 Ne8 $17) 19... Qxc8 20. h4 $1 Rb7 21. Qa6 Nc5 { [%cal Bd7c5,Bc5a6,Ba6b4][%mdl 32]} 22. Ra8 {[%cal Ba7a8,Ba8c8,Bc8c6][%mdl 32]} Nxa6 23. Rxc8+ Kh7 24. Bh3 Ree7 25. Rxc6 Nxe4 26. Be3 Rec7 27. Bc8 {Rxc7 is the strong threat.} Nb4 28. Bxb7 Nxc6 29. Ba8 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8a8]} 30. Ra1 Nd6 31. Bxb6 e4 32. Nd2 Bxb2 33. Ra4 f5 {[#]} (33... Bc3 $11 {remains equal.} 34. Bc5 Bxd2 35. Bxd6 e3) 34. c4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc4c5] Hoping for c5.} Bd4 $2 (34... Nf7 $16) 35. c5 $18 e3 {[#]} 36. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3d4]} ({Less strong is} 36. Bxc6 exd2 37. Rxd4 Rxc6 $16) 36... exf2+ 37. Kf1 {Played: Kg1-g2} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2552"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,83,48,19,95,9,21,-2,0,0,0,0,8,9,18,8,3,0,8,12,8,13,16,12,16,16,36,24, 35,27,35,31,29,36,25,14,0,5,14,0,16,0,0,-10,-10,-10,0,0,8,0,0,0,17,0,45,35,48, 47,69,51,92,48,107,31,195,190,401,398,372,352,966,947,6484,6339]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O (7. e4 $5) 7... Qc7 { E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} ( 7... cxd4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 8. Nxd4 Nc6) 8. dxc5 (8. d5 $16) 8... bxc5 $11 9. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Re1 Nc6 10. e4 d6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Rxe5 Bd6 15. Re3 O-O {1/2-1/2 (43) Andreikin,D (2700) -Bocharov,D (2600) Tyumen 2012}) 9... Be7 {The position is equal.} 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qc2 d6 12. Ng5 Nbd7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Nde4 (14. Rfd1 {with more complications.} Rfe8 15. Rac1 h6 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb6 18. Qd3) 14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Nc3 $1 Kf7 18. Rad1 a6 19. Na4 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Kxf6 21. Rfe1 Rad8 22. e4 g6 23. Nb2 Kf7 24. Nd3 Rfe8 25. Kf1 Bf8 26. exf5 gxf5 27. g4 fxg4 28. Re4 Bg7 29. Rxg4 Bf6 30. b4 Rg8 31. Rf4 cxb4 32. Nxb4 Rg5 (32... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5f4]} 33. Rf3 Ke6 $11) 33. Nxa6 Ke7 34. Rb1 {aiming for Rb7+.} Rd7 35. Rb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Kf7 36. Nb8 Rd8 ({ Black should play} 36... Ra7 $14) 37. Nc6 (37. a4 $16) 37... Rd7 $2 {[#]} ({ Better is} 37... Ra8 $14) 38. a4 $1 $18 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] Hoping for a5.} d5 $2 (38... e5 39. Re4 Rh5) 39. h4 Rh5 {[#] If only Black now had time for ...dxc4....} 40. a5 $1 d4 $2 (40... dxc4 41. a6 (41. Rxc4 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 Rf5 $16) 41... Rd1+ 42. Kg2 Rd2) 41. a6 d3 42. Rb7 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 34%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2558"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,94,-2,0,-1,6,6,8,0,0,0,0,-10,-12,-10,-12,-21,6,13,13,2,8,16,26,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,-8,-6,-8,-50,-60,-55,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,9,0,0,-2,0,0,-2, -6,0,-2,-4,-7,-7,-7,-7,-6,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9,-25,-25,-25,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (8. Ne5 c5 9. Bb5 Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne2 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 (49) Shengelia,D (2557)-Dziuba,M (2584) Czech Republic 2018}) 8... c6 9. Bd3 Ba6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9... Bg4 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 b5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be2 {1/2-1/2 (38) Peperko,G (1664)-Roberts,G (1767) ICCF email 2015}) 10. O-O Bxd3 11. Qxd3 b5 12. Ne5 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Bd2 Ra7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Rxa4 17. Nxa4 Nfd7 18. Rc1 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Bc3 Re8 21. h3 Qa8 22. Qd1 Bf8 23. e4 Nxe5 24. exd5 {Threatens to win with Bxe5.} cxd5 (24... Ng6 $1 $15 25. d6 Rd8) 25. Nb6 $11 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qb7 26. Nxd5 h6 27. Rb1 Qc8 28. Rc1 {Bxe5 is the strong threat.} Qd8 (28... Qf5 {looks sharper.} 29. Qe2 Bc5 30. Rd1 Re6 31. Nc7 Re7) 29. Qa4 Re6 30. Nf4 Rc6 {Black wants to play ...Rc4.} 31. Rd1 Rd6 32. Re1 Nc6 33. Nh5 Qd7 34. Qa1 {[%cal Rc3g7]} Nd4 35. Qa8 {[#] Hoping for Re8.} Ne6 36. Re3 Qd8 37. Qe4 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Bd6+ 39. g3 {Black must now prevent Qg4.} Bc5 40. Re2 Qd5 41. Qxd5 Rxd5 42. Nf4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not holding back} Nxf4 43. gxf4 Bd6 44. Kg3 f6 45. Rd2 Rxd2 46. Bxd2 Kf7 47. Kg4 g6 { Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2581"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,41,22,21,39,53,41,49,50,31,33,0,-20,-22,14,25,52,49,50,50,34,70,867, 859,847,829,814,812,1761,1665]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4 Bxf3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 e6 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bg2 O-O-O 16. Ne5 Qxd4 17. Qf3 Rd5 18. Nxf7 {1-0 (31) Giri,A (2779)-Mamedyarov,S (2774) Zagreb 2019}) 9. gxf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 { White is slightly better.} 11. e5 Nh5 12. e6 ({Better is} 12. f4 $14 g6 13. f5) 12... g6 $11 13. Nc3 f5 14. Qb3 Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bg7 15. Qxb7 Nxd4 16. Nxd5 Rb8 17. Qa7 Nxf3+ {0-1 (30) Kristjansson,S (2478)-Koop,T (2416) Reykjavik 2016}) 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Intending Qa4+ and mate. White attacks.} Nxf3+ 17. Kh1 {White threatens Qc6+ and mate.} Qc7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Bg7 $14 18. Qc6+ (18. Re3 Ne5 $15) 18... Kf8) 18. Qa4+ $18 { White is clearly winning.} Kd8 {[#]} 19. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4c7][%mdl 512]} Nxf4 ( 19... Qxf4 20. Qd7#) 20. Nb5 Qb6 {[#]} 21. Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 40%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2599"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,63,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,14,18,18,2,21,20,28,13,49,0,0,-23, -23,-23,-23,-21,-21,-25,-23,-23,-26,-44,-44,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-72]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5, Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Ba6 10. Nd2 b5 {[%cal Rb5c4] E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7)} 11. c5 b4 12. Na4 Bb5 13. Re1 Qc7 14. a3 a5 15. Qc2 Rfe8 {[#]} 16. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nf3) 16... Bf8 17. f4 g6 18. Bf3 h6 19. Bc1 Bg7 20. Nb2 Qb7 21. a4 Ba6 22. Nd1 Nh7 23. Nf2 f5 24. Bb2 Nhf6 25. g4 Ne4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Ndxe4 dxe4 28. Nxe4 Nf6 {...Nxe4 is the strong threat.} 29. Nd6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack. The position is equal.} Qe7 30. Qxg6 Nd5 31. Nxe8 Rxe8 32. h4 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 67%.} ( 32. Kh1 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Navara, David"] [Black "Yuffa, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2577"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,122,17,31,22,19,21,22,22,23,17,20,15,19,25,17,20,21,23,37,5,11,11,12, 8,10,0,21,15,16,16,12,14,2,0,-10,0,0,0,0,-14,0,-39,-33,-131,-120,-115,-113, -132,-142,-142,-127,-140,-135,-127,-126,-134,-83,-112,-24,-45,-25,-81,-90,-157, -22,-58,-35,-121,-115,-152,-148,-154,-151,-121,-88,-150,-150,-323,-311,-397, -385,-400,-388,-365,-356,-317,-238,-408,-478,-593,-410,-412,-403,-397,-387, -682,-636,-682,-682,-681,-681,-673,-673,-670,-667,-656,-656,-621,-606,-1861, -1013,-29987,-29988,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 c5 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} (5... Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 h6 8. a4 Qc7 9. O-O g5 10. a5 O-O-O 11. Bd2 a6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd5 14. Qe2 {0-1 (38) Movsesian,S (2629)-Shankland,S (2725) chess.com INT 2019}) 6. dxc5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Bxc5 7. Nxc5 Qa5+ 8. c3 {The position is equal.} Qxc5 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Nge7 12. Be2 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. O-O { 0-1 (54) Bjerre,J (2421)-Sreeshwan,M (2244) Roquetas de Mar 2019}) 13. O-O h6 14. Kh1 Be4 15. Nd2 Bh7 16. Nb3 Na5 17. Bc5 Rfe8 18. Bd6 Qb6 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. b4 Qd8 21. a4 Be4 22. Bb5 Nf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...Bxg2+! is the strong threat. White is under pressure.} 23. Bc5 b6 24. Bf2 (24. Bxe8 $2 bxc5 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $19) 24... Rf8 25. a5 d4 26. Bxd4 ({Better is} 26. Bd3 $15 Bxd3 27. Qxd3) 26... Bxg2+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 27. Kxg2 {aiming for Bf2.} Qd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Rf3 Qxb5 29. Qd3 Qc6 30. b5 Qb7 31. Bf2 Rfd8 32. a6 Qe7 ({ Black should play} 32... Qc7 $1 33. Qe2 Rd7) 33. Qe2 Qd7 (33... Nh4+ $17 34. Bxh4 Qxh4) 34. c4 $11 Rac8 35. Raa3 (35. Rc1 $11) 35... Qe7 $17 36. Rad3 (36. Rh3 $142) 36... Re8 (36... Rxd3 $17 37. Qxd3 Qb4) 37. Rb3 Rc7 38. c5 (38. Qe4 $15) 38... bxc5 39. b6 axb6 40. Rxb6 c4 $1 41. Rc3 Rec8 42. Rb2 ({White should try} 42. Qe4) 42... Qd7 43. Kh3 $2 {[#]} (43. Ra2 $17) 43... Ne7 $1 $19 44. a7 Nd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Rf3 c3 46. Rc2 Qa4 47. Ra2 Qe8 ({Less strong is} 47... Nxf4+ {[#]} 48. Rxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf4 49. a8=Q $17) 48. Ra1 $2 ( 48. Rc2 {was the only chance.}) 48... c2 49. Be3 {[#]} Nxe3 {Played: Rc7xa7} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2721"] [BlackElo "2560"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,81,37,36,11,23,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,-1,-8,-56,-54,-58,-18,-34,-6,-20,-28, -48,-34,-19,-24,-25,235,227,315,293,301,291,309,297,266,316,307,289,310,300, 297,306,366,309,461,451,537,543,1008,985,2005,1717,1768,813,1399,0,1035,733, 733,733,29979,29979,29978,29979]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} Ba7 $1 11. Be3 (11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qb1 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Ra3 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {0-1 (33) Lagarde,M (2612)-Jones,G (2698) Reykjavik 2019}) 11... Bg4 12. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} exd4 13. cxd4 {Threatening Qc2.} O-O $1 14. h3 Bh5 $1 15. Qc1 Nb4 16. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rd1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 c5 18. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 (64) Anderson,B (2456)-Gavrilakis,N (2497) ICCF email 2010}) 16... Bg6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 $1 c5 19. Qc3 (19. e5 {feels hotter.} Nd3 20. Qd1 dxe5 21. dxe5 Nxb2 22. Qc1) 19... cxd4 20. Nxd4 ({Don't go for} 20. Qxb4 $2 Bc5 $19) 20... Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxh4 22. Nxd6 {aiming for N4f5!} Nd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (22... Qf6 $11 23. N4f5 Qxc3 24. bxc3 Nd3) 23. N4f5 $1 $40 {[%csl Gf5] [%cal Rc3g7][%mdl 704] Double Attack. White is out for blood.} Bxf2+ 24. Kg2 { [%csl Gf5][%cal Rc3g7]} Nf4+ 25. Kh2 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rc3g7]} Qxh3+ 26. Qxh3 Nxh3 27. Kxh3 Bc5 28. Rac1 Bb4 29. Rc6 Rbd8 {With the idea ...Bxf5.} 30. Rf3 ({ But not} 30. Ne7+ Kh7 $18) 30... Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Rd2 (31... Rd7 $142 32. g5 hxg5 33. Rxa6 Kh7) 32. Rxa6 Kh7 33. Ra7 Re8 34. Rxf7 Ree2 35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Rg8+ Kh7 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rg6 {[%cal Rg6h6] [#]} Rh2+ 39. Kg3 Kh7 40. Nh4 Rxh4 41. Rc6 { Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 54%.} ({Inferior is} 41. Kxh4 Kxg6 42. a6 Rh2+ 43. Kg3 Bd6+ 44. Rf4 Bxf4+ 45. Kxf4 Rh1 $11) 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Pichot, Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2600"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,85,8,14,10,15,11,18,0,14,14,38,46,38,34,34,42,34,34,34,34,34,33,25,27, 32,38,24,29,34,26,23,33,23,31,23,22,29,39,41,40,46,33,35,33,34,23,24,30,52,40, 54,45,43,8,8,8,100,20,375,371,820,795,5045,5052,29973,29976,29976,29977,29977, 29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29983,29984,29986,29987]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 ({Predecessor:} 4... Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 c6 {1/2-1/2 (41) Gusakov,V (2245)-Klimakovs,S (2066) LSS email 2009}) 5. Bg2 c6 6. a4 $146 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. e3 b5 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Bxc6+ Bd7 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. f3 e5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. O-O Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 (27) Vidit,S (2711)-Vitiugov,N (2726) Prague 2019}) 6... Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 b5 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Qg5 O-O 12. Qxb5 Ba6 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. O-O Qxb2 15. Nbd2 {[#] Threatens to win with Rfb1. } Bb5 16. Nxc4 Bxa4 17. Nxb2 Bb5 18. Ne5 Ra7 19. Nbc4 Nbd7 20. Nxa5 Bxe2 21. Rfe1 Bh5 22. Nac6 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Nd7 25. f4 Re8 26. Ra7 Nc5 27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Ke3 Bg6 29. g4 Rc8 30. Ne7 Rd8 31. f5 exf5 $1 32. gxf5 Bh5 (32... Rd3+ $11 33. Kf2 Rd2+ 34. Kf3 Rd3+ 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. Kf1 Rd1+ 37. Ke2 Bh5+ 38. Ke3 Rd3+ 39. Kf2 Rd7 40. Rxd7 Nxd7) 33. Nc6 (33. Nd5 $16) 33... Rc8 $2 { [%mdl 8192] [#]} (33... Rd3+ $11 34. Kf4 f6) 34. Bd5 $18 h6 $2 (34... Ke8 35. e6 fxe6) 35. Kd4 Nb3+ 36. Bxb3 Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 37. Ra8+ { White mates.} Ke7 38. Ba4 Bf3 39. Ra7+ Kf8 40. Bxc6 Bxc6 41. Kc5 Be4 42. Kd6 g5 43. e6 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 46%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B91"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2608"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,67,12,10,16,10,11,29,8,16,15,43,33,35,48,52,37,29,24,40,26,55,58,81, 79,82,76,87,85,81,66,77,11,48,12,30,13,23,21,29,7,7,7,7,0,0,0,7,5,7,0,0,0,0, -15]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. Nd5 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Ra7 11. Nc3 $146 { White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 Rb7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd3 Be6 14. b3 Nd7 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. a4 Qb8 17. axb5 axb5 {1-0 (35) Vidit,S (2693)-Areshchenko, A (2652) Linares 2017}) 11... b4 12. Nd1 Nd7 13. a3 Nf6 14. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} bxa3 15. b3 O-O 16. O-O a5 17. Bxa3 Ba6 18. c4 Nd7 19. Ne3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qc3 Bb7 22. Rfd1 Qc7 23. Nf5 (23. Nd5 $16 Bxd5 24. cxd5 (24. Rxd5 Qb6 $14) (24. exd5 f5 $11)) 23... Re8 24. Rd2 Bf8 25. h4 Bc6 26. h5 Rb8 27. Rd3 a4 {The position is equal.} 28. bxa4 Rxa4 29. Rad1 Rab4 30. Ne3 Rb1 31. Ng4 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. Nxe5 { Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Lysyj, Igor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2596"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,33,22,0,13,0,3,14,79,76,89,85,90,76,129,112,101,100,181,158,194,117, 164,169]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. c5 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 8. O-O b6 9. Be3 a5 $146 {[#]} (9... bxc5 $11 10. dxc5 Na6) ({Predecessor:} 9... bxc5 10. dxc5 Na6 11. c6 Qd6 12. Nc3 Qxc6 13. Rc1 Qb7 14. Bd4 Nc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 {1-0 (76) Kollars,D (2561)-Holt,C (2553) San Francisco 2019}) 10. cxb6 $1 $16 cxb6 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} h6 (12... Bxd3 $142 13. Qxd3 Na6) 13. Rc1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 a4 (14... Na6 $16) 15. a3 $18 Bd6 16. Qd1 ({ White should play} 16. Nb5 $18) 16... Ne4 17. Nxd5 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 31%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Cordova, Emilio"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2699"] [BlackElo "2576"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,60,39,40,40,30,35,36,41,54,63,77,85,74,70,83,75,82,77,87,71,65,63,44, 41,35,30,39,19,53,36,48,39,42,48,52,37,45,52,50,46,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. e4 d6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Bd3 { E10: Blumenfeld Gambit} O-O 9. O-O c4 10. Bc2 {White is slightly better.} Na6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Bb1 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qa5 13. a3 Bd7 14. Bf4 Qa6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. axb4 {1-0 (29) Krasenkow,M (2656)-Socko,M (2457) Warsaw 2009} ) 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Bf4 Qb6 {With the idea ...Nbxd5!} 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bd4 b5 17. a3 Na6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Qb6 20. Bc2 b4 21. Bd4 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Qd8 23. axb4 Nxb4 24. Qd2 Nxc2 25. Qxc2 Bf5 26. Qd2 Bd3 27. Ne1 Nxd5 {The position is equal. } 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nxd3 {[#] Hoping for Nxd5.} cxd3 30. Qxd3 Nxc3 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2694"] [BlackElo "2609"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,61,46,59,30,28,29,26,32,36,25,27,12,13,19,19,17,19,6,15,13,7,6,4,0,0, 0,6,5,31,26,31,30,28,12,9,7,12,8,10,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} a5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 {White has an edge.} Bd6 11. Ne4 Na7 12. d4 (12. Be3 {looks sharper.} Nxb5 13. axb5 Nd5 14. Bd2 Re8 15. b4) 12... Nxb5 13. axb5 exd4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Qxd4 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qxd4 16. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (69) Duda,J (2737)-So,W (2780) chess.com INT 2018}) 16. Bf4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfc8 18. Rfe1 a4 19. Re5 c5 20. bxc6 $1 Bxc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rc5 Nd5 23. Bg3 Ra6 {The position is equal.} 24. h4 f6 25. Rc4 Rca8 26. Bd6 c5 27. Bg3 a3 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Rxa3 Rxa3 30. Rxc5 Nxc3 31. Rc8+ {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2617"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,83,30,40,11,39,22,47,47,41,36,73,68,78,78,76,78,60,12,60,53,69,54,49, 39,50,39,52,39,118,123,114,112,104,89,281,283,275,276,500,489,494,485,469,443, 436,414,652,640,925,908,908,809,807,806,768,598,709,696,769,742,1399,1486, 29984,29985,29987,29988,29990,29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. a4 {E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1} (10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 h6 12. c5 g5 13. Nd2 f5 14. Nc4 g4 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nb5 Rf6 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 a6 20. Nd4 Kh7 {1/2-1/2 (34) Matlakov,M (2730) -Mamedov,R (2678) Antalya 2017}) 10... Nf4 11. c5 h6 12. Nd2 {White is slightly better.} f5 13. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf3 g5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nde4 Qd7 17. h3 a6 18. Ra3 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 (59) Gostisa,L (2430) -Bukic,E (2455) Ljubljana 1992}) 13... g5 14. Ba3 Rf6 15. a5 Neg6 16. b5 Bf8 17. b6 dxc5 {[%cal Ra7b6]} 18. bxc7 Qxc7 19. Re1 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Qg7 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. g3 Bh3 (22... Qf7 $14) 23. Ne4 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rf7 24. f3 (24. Nxc5 Nf4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) (24. Bxc5 $6 Nh4 $11) 24... Rd8 25. Rad1 (25. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 26. Nxc5 Rxd5 $15) 25... g4 $2 {[#]} ( 25... b6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 26. f4 $1 $18 (26. fxg4 Nf4 $11) 26... exf4 { [#]} 27. Bb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2g7]} Qh7 $2 (27... f3 28. Qc2 Qh7) 28. Nf6+ Rxf6 29. Bxf6 Rd7 30. Qe6+ Qf7 31. Bc3 f3 (31... Qxe6 $142 32. Rxe6 Ne7) 32. Kf2 b5 33. axb6 axb6 34. d6 Qxe6 35. Rxe6 Nf4 36. Nxb6 ({And not} 36. gxf4 g3+ 37. hxg3 Bxe6 $11) 36... Rd8 37. Re4 ({Not} 37. gxf4 g3+ 38. Kxg3 (38. hxg3 Bxe6 39. Be5 h5 $16) 38... Bxe6 $16) 37... Ne2 38. Be5 c4 39. Rxc4 Re8 40. d7 {White mates.} Rxe5 41. d8=Q Nc3 42. Re1 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 37%.} (42. Rxc3 { is a self mate.} Re2+ 43. Kg1 f2+ 44. Kh1 Re1+ {[%mdl 64] Back Rank} 45. Rxe1 fxe1=Q#) 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Jones, Gawain C B"] [Black "Flores, Diego"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C72"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2602"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,110,26,42,24,25,25,47,39,47,48,58,58,78,78,105,106,114,85,153,135, 127,130,139,133,123,75,177,161,202,192,194,192,195,190,197,191,211,196,189,168, 175,169,214,27,26,29,30,30,31,26,21,0,19,0,24,19,23,31,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,8,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. h3 { C79: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 d6} O-O 10. Bc2 (10. Nbd2 h6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 b5 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 a5 17. a3 Na6 18. Bf4 {1-0 (57) Ivanchuk,V (2726)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Huaian 2017}) 10... h6 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1h2,Bh2g4][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} Re8 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. Be3 Qf6 14. N1h2 Nf4 {[#]} 15. dxe5 $1 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 (16... Qxe5 $142 17. Nf3 Qf6) 17. Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qf3 Nh5 18. g4 {1-0 (33) Mannion,S (2293)-Kozarcanin,S (2048) Caleta 2019}) 17... Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Ne6 19. f4 Rb5 20. Rab1 Qe7 (20... Rxb2 $16 {was worth a try.} 21. Rxb2 Qxc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 21. a4 Rh5 22. Bf2 Re8 23. Rf1 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rbe1 b4 26. f5 ({Not} 26. cxb4 Bxb2 27. Bb3 Kh7 $16) 26... Nf8 27. e5 Bxe5 28. fxg6 Rg5 29. Bh4 $2 ({Better is} 29. Qxb4 $18 Nxg6 30. h4) 29... Rxg4 $11 30. Bxe7 Rf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f1] [#] Threatens to win with ... Rxf1+.} 31. gxf7+ Kxf7 {Strongly threatening ...Rxf1+.} 32. Bb3+ Kg6 $1 33. Bc2+ Kf7 $1 34. Bb3+ Kg6 $1 35. Rxf4 Bxf4 36. Ba4 Rb8 37. Rf1 Ne6 {The position is equal.} 38. Bd7 bxc3 39. bxc3 Nc5 {aiming for ...Be3+.} 40. Bc6 ( 40. Bg4 {looks sharper.} Nd3 41. Bd1 Be3+ 42. Kh2 Rb2 43. Bf3) 40... Bg5 41. Bxg5 hxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 42. g3 Rb3 43. Be8+ Kg7 44. Rf7+ Kg8 { And now ...Rb8 would win.} 45. Rxc7 {Bf7+ is the strong threat.} Rxc3 46. Kg2 Ne4 47. Rxc3 Nxc3 {KB-KN} 48. Kf3 Nd5 49. Bc6 Ne7 50. Be4 {Black must now prevent Kg4.} Kg7 51. h4 gxh4 52. gxh4 d5 53. Bxd5 Nxd5 54. h5 Nf6 55. h6+ Kxh6 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Korobov, Anton"] [Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D80"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2609"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,124,28,27,19,17,16,40,32,44,20,43,35,27,12,24,24,27,23,31,18,24,13,23, 16,64,59,59,55,62,54,67,67,118,69,81,73,84,64,53,61,52,47,52,39,81,60,75,57,72, 60,75,75,91,91,91,94,95,93,95,95,99,92,99,89,98,39,41,0,43,0,0,0,69,72,70,70, 71,70,104,103,110,102,110,110,106,98,93,86,130,71,75,0,139,130,106,4,4,6,8,8,8, 7,8,8,33,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 {D80: Grünfeld: Unusual White 4th moves and 4 Bg5} c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. Nf3 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qa5 11. Bb5 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. Be2 { 1/2-1/2 (42) Kuzubov,Y (2639)-Gupta,A (2630) Dubai 2014}) 12. Qa4 Qxa4 13. Bxa4 Bxd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. O-O Rd8 $1 16. Rfe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} e6 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. f3 a6 20. Rd2 Kf8 (20... Kg7 $14) 21. Kf2 h5 22. h4 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. a3 Rd6 25. Bc2 Rcd8 26. Red1 Rb6 27. Bb1 Rbd6 28. Rc1 R6d7 29. Rc5 Re7 30. a4 b6 31. Rc3 Red7 32. Ke3 Re7+ 33. Kf4 Rd6 34. Bd3 a5 35. Bb5 Kg7 36. Kg3 Re1 37. Rc7 (37. Bc4 $16) 37... Kf6 38. Rc3 Ra1 39. b3 Rb1 40. Rdd3 Rb2 ({Better is} 40... g5 $1 $11) 41. Bc4 $1 $14 Bxc4 42. Rxc4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ke6 43. Rc7 f6 44. Rg7 Kf5 45. d5 Re2 46. Rd4 {Threatens to win with Rf4+.} g5 47. hxg5 fxg5 48. Rh7 Kg6 49. Rc7 (49. Rb7 $142) 49... Kf5 50. Rh7 (50. Rc6 $142 Ke5 51. Rxd6 Kxd6 52. Re4) 50... Kg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h7] [#]} 51. Rb7 $1 Kf5 52. b4 (52. Rc4 $16) 52... Ke5 $11 53. Rd1 {Re7+ is the strong threat.} Ra2 54. bxa5 bxa5 55. Re7+ Kf6 56. Re4 Rb6 57. Ree1 (57. Kh3 $5 {[%cal Rd5d6]} Rbb2 58. Re6+ Kf7 59. Rde1 $11) 57... Rbb2 { The position is equal.} 58. Rg1 Rd2 59. d6 Ke6 60. Rb1 Kxd6 61. Rb6+ Ke5 62. Kh3 {[#]} g4+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Cori, Jorge"] [Black "Nihal Sarin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,58,0,9,10,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-16,-10,0,0,0,0,-6,-31,-12,-29,-23, -27,-18,-36,-46,-48,-30,-29,-8,-19,-19,-64,-59,-47,-54,-56,-52,-122,-103,-230, -225,-481,-465,-753,-429,-444,-438]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} Nbd7 7. Be2 (7. d4 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Qe2 h5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6 {1/2-1/2 (57) Harikrishna,P (2732)-Navara,D (2727) Prague 2018}) 7... a6 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. d4 O-O 10. a4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rfd1 Rac8 12. Rac1 Rfe8 13. cxd5 exd5 {1/2-1/2 (30) Zhou,W (2588)-Wen,Y (2604) China 2019}) 10... c5 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 h6 13. Bf1 Rc8 14. Rc1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c2,Bc2b2][%mdl 32]} Qe7 15. Rc2 Red8 16. Qe2 dxc4 17. bxc4 Nf8 18. Rb1 Ng6 19. Bc1 Qc7 20. Rcb2 cxd4 21. exd4 Ba3 22. Rd2 Bxc1 $1 23. Rxc1 Qf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Strongly threatening ...Bxf3. Black is pushing.} 24. Qe3 Bxf3 $1 25. gxf3 ({White should play} 25. Qxf4 $1 $15 Nxf4 26. gxf3) 25... Qh4 26. Rb1 (26. d5 $17) 26... Nf4 $19 {...Rxc4! is the strong threat.} 27. Rxb6 $2 {[#]} (27. Ne4 {was called for.}) 27... Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 28. Kh2 (28. Rb1 $142 Nxh3+ 29. Bxh3 Qxh3 30. Rdd1) (28. Bxc4 Nxh3+) 28... Rxc3 {Played: Nf6-d5} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2638"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,97,36,37,35,31,71,74,62,75,66,68,79,48,56,57,114,128,105,98,97,93,96, 101,98,98,104,80,84,73,70,67,100,107,110,103,183,62,60,57,69,56,164,170,191, 199,282,262,477,498,477,469,432,354,370,347,357,348,378,358,380,367,426,420, 432,409,405,391,565,595,584,581,986,983,5529,5206,1172,822,1166,1134]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (11... Re8 12. Ng3 h6 13. d4 c6 14. Be3 exd4 15. Bxd4 c5 {1/2-1/2 (15) Andreikin,D (2719)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) St Petersburg 2018}) 12. Ng3 d5 {[#]} 13. Bg5 $1 h6 {White is better.} 14. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 15. exd5 {[#]} Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... cxd5 16. Bxd5 Rd8 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. Bb3 Be6 19. d4 Bxb3 20. axb3 {0-1 (54) Onischuk,V (2628)-Vajda,L (2581) Zalakaros 2016}) 16. Re4 (16. dxc6 {with more complications.} bxc6 17. Re4 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Bb8 20. Kg2) 16... Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 cxd5 (17... Qxf3 $14 18. gxf3 cxd5 19. Rxe5 (19. Bxd5 Rd8 $14) 19... d4) 18. Qxf6 $16 ({Don't do } 18. Bxd5 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Bb8 $14) 18... gxf6 19. Bxd5 Rd8 20. c4 Bd4 21. Rh4 Rb8 22. Rb1 b5 23. b3 Kg7 24. Be4 bxc4 25. dxc4 Ba7 26. Rb2 Rd4 {Black wants to play ...f5.} 27. Re2 a5 (27... Bb6 $16) 28. Rh5 ({White should try} 28. Nh5+ $18 Kf8 29. Nxf6) 28... a4 $14 29. Bc2 ({Of course not} 29. bxa4 $6 Rxc4 30. Bf5 Be6 $15) 29... axb3 30. axb3 Ra8 {[#]} (30... Rf4 $14) 31. Bf5 $1 $18 Be6 32. Ra2 {aiming for Be4.} Rd7 (32... Rf4 {might work better.} 33. Bxe6 fxe6) 33. Rh4 Bxf5 $2 (33... Rf8 34. Nh5+ Kh8) 34. Nxf5+ Kg6 35. g4 Rh8 36. Rh5 Bc5 37. h4 {Intending Ra8! and mate.} Rdd8 38. Ra5 Bb4 39. Rb5 Bd2 40. c5 Rd3 41. c6 {Strongly threatening c7.} Rc3 42. Rd5 Bf4 43. Rd7 {Hoping for c7.} e4 ( 43... Ra8 {was necessary.} 44. Ne7+ Kg7) 44. Kg2 {White is clearly winning.} Rc2 {Threatening ...e3.} 45. Nd4 Rd2 {next ...e3 is good for Black.} 46. Rf5 Be5 47. h5+ Kh7 48. Rxf7+ Kg8 49. Rd7 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 51%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Chigaev, Maksim"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2644"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,73,53,56,39,45,40,58,41,70,25,30,18,29,30,70,51,68,66,101,76,77,72,83, 83,83,71,73,39,120,113,113,76,135,96,104,114,172,141,115,39,46,35,104,108,97, 108,59,59,173,222,244,216,802,802,799,812,947,927,2552,2388,2278,2056,29977, 1611,29993,29994]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. Bf4 { B06: Modern Defence} (6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 Bb7 8. O-O-O a6 9. Bg5 Qc8 10. d5 e5 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 Ndf6 13. Nh2 b5 {1/2-1/2 (25) Peptan,C (2433)-Chiburdanidze,M (2545) New Delhi 2000}) 6... Ne7 7. Qd2 h6 8. h4 {White is slightly better.} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... a6 9. O-O-O b5 10. g4 Bb7 11. Qe3 Nb6 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. Ne2 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 (70) Vekerchuk,M (2172)-Alikulov,E (2418) Moscow 2015}) 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rad1 a6 11. Rfe1 Qb8 12. a4 Qa7 13. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} d5 14. Bf1 Qb8 15. Ne2 c5 16. c3 c4 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. Nh2 Nf5 (18... Nc6 $14) 19. Nxf5 $16 gxf5 20. Be2 O-O-O (20... Nb8 $142) 21. Nf1 Rdg8 22. Ng3 Qd8 (22... Bf8 $16) 23. b3 cxb3 24. c4 ({Better is} 24. Bh5 $16) 24... dxc4 $14 25. Bxc4 Kb8 (25... Qxh4 $14 26. Bxb3 Bf8) 26. d5 $16 Nc5 {Hoping for ...Bf8.} 27. Qe3 {And now dxe6 would win.} Qxh4 28. a5 Bf8 {[#]} (28... bxa5 $2 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Qxc5 $18) (28... Rc8 $14) 29. Nxf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qg4 {[%csl Gg8] [%cal Rg4g2]} ({Stronger than} 29... exf5 30. e6+ Ka7 31. axb6+ (31. exf7 Rg6 $16) 31... Kxb6 32. exf7 $16) 30. Ng3 {[%mdl 1024] d6 is the strong threat. White has strong compensation.} b5 $2 (30... h5) 31. Be2 Qh4 32. d6 Na4 33. Rc1 Rg4 34. Rc7 Rxf4 35. Rec1 {White threatens Rxb7+! and mate.} ({Not} 35. Bf3 Rxf3 36. Rxb7+ (36. gxf3 $2 {is the wrong capture.} b2 $19) 36... Kxb7 $17) 35... Rc4 36. R1xc4 (36. Bf3 $142 Bxd6 37. Rxb7+ Kc8 38. exd6 Kd8 39. Rxc4 Qxc4 40. Qa7 Qc1+ {[#]} 41. Kh2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 36... bxc4 37. Bf3 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 33%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Black "Mareco, Sandro"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2633"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,68,26,17,8,21,12,14,19,16,21,37,32,30,40,52,50,60,46,30,22,44,34,59, 31,37,57,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,-40,8,0,24,26,99,63,52,34,51,25,26,32,38,41,37,0,15]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. a3 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} Nbd7 12. b4 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bb7 13. Qb3 c6 14. Rfe1 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ng5 Rf8 18. Ncxe4 Rb5 19. Qc2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf6 21. a4 Rd5 {1/2-1/2 (39) Cheparinov,I (2689) -Debashis,D (2472) Doha 2016}) 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Bf4 a6 16. e3 h6 17. Rec1 c6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne1 Re7 20. Nd3 h5 21. h4 Rae8 22. a4 Ng4 {[#] And now ...Rxe3! would win.} 23. Nf4 Nxe3 $1 24. fxe3 Rxe3 25. Qd1 ({Wrong is} 25. Nxh5 $2 g6 $19) 25... Qxb4 26. Qd2 g6 27. Rab1 Qe7 28. Kf2 g5 (28... a5 $11 { remains equal.}) 29. hxg5 Qxg5 30. Bf3 $1 Nf6 31. Re1 (31. Rg1 $5 {[%cal Rb1b6] } b5 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Kxe3 $16) 31... Rxe1 $1 32. Rxe1 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 h4 34. Qg1 Kf8 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Piorun, Kacper"] [Black "Abasov, Nijat"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,62,33,11,84,33,33,9,33,33,33,33,37,33,44,4,4,4,9,5,5,4,4,9,12,0,0,0, 0,0,1,0,0,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-7,-7,-8,-8,-9,-9,-9,-23,-23,-23,-23,-48, -48]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. O-O d6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (7... a6 $11 8. c4 axb5 9. cxd5 b6) (7... a6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. dxc3 d5 10. Be3 e6 11. Ng5 Qc7 12. f4 h6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh3 Bd7 15. Rad1 {1-0 (63) Shyam,S (2520)-Santos Latasa,J (2594) Biel 2019}) 8. exd6 ({White should play} 8. d4 $16) 8... a6 $14 9. Nc3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9. dxe7 Bxe7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. h3 Bf6 13. d3 Bf5 14. Nd2 b5 15. Re1 {1/2-1/2 (49) Jurco,J (2088)-Monteiro,R ICCF email 2006}) 9... Nxc3 {The position is equal.} 10. dxe7 Bxe7 11. dxc3 Bf5 12. Bf4 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Bxc2 14. Rd2 Bf5 $1 15. Re1 {Threatens to win with Ng5.} Be6 16. Ng5 Bxg5 $1 17. Bxg5 O-O 18. Be7 Rfe8 19. Bxc5 Bxa2 {[%cal Re8e1] [#]} 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $11 { [%cal Re8e1][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 21. Be7 Be6 22. Rd8 Rxd8 23. Bxd8 { KB-KB} Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke8 25. Ba5 Kd7 26. Ke2 Kc6 27. Kd3 Kb5 28. Bc7 Ka4 29. Kc2 Bf5+ 30. Kc1 Kb3 31. h4 h5 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2664"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,114,0,8,2,10,16,23,15,23,20,47,41,31,33,56,51,80,83,73,70,68,58,78, 68,72,83,80,82,86,62,75,50,55,50,58,55,60,51,51,59,43,52,39,23,19,0,0,2,5,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,45,39,60,39,143,146,145,144,160,-448,133,147,195,121,122,129,185,182, 287,272,272,272,270,268,268,268,321,312,487,287,410,287,386,369,29964,29965, 29964,29965,29965,29966,29966,29967,29969,29969,29969,29970,29970,29970,29962] } 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. e3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} Be7 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Re1 {White has an edge.} O-O 10. Na3 (10. b3 Re8 11. Ba3 h6 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. a3 {1/2-1/2 (43) Maghsoodloo,P (2688)-Le,Q (2714) Makati 2018}) 10... Qb6 11. Nc2 a5 12. b3 Rd8 13. Rb1 Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd7 14. a3 Be8 {1-0 (52) Schneider,A (2380)-Rovid,K (2375) Hungary 1997}) 14. a3 $1 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Nxc2 15. Qxc2 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8 { [#]} 17. b4 $1 axb4 18. axb4 Ra4 19. Bd2 Qa7 20. Qd1 Nd7 21. Nf3 Ra3 22. Ra1 Nb6 23. Ne5 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Qxa1 25. Rxa1 f6 26. Nf3 Na4 27. Ne1 b6 28. f4 Nc3 29. Nc2 e5 30. Bxc3 dxc3 31. Be4 exf4 32. gxf4 Bd6 33. f5 Bf7 34. Ra3 Be5 {[#]} 35. d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e5][%mdl 576] Deflection} Bxd4+ ({Better is} 35... Bf4 $14) 36. Nxd4 $16 Rxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 37. Ra8+ Be8 38. Rxe8+ $16 {KRB-KR} Kf7 39. Re6 g6 {[#]} 40. Kf1 (40. Kf2 $1 $18) 40... Rxc4 {White should prevent ...c2.} 41. Bd5 Rd4 (41... Rf4+ $16 42. Ke2 Rd4) 42. Bb3 $18 c2 (42... Kg7 $142) 43. Re4+ ({Worse is} 43. Rxb6+ Rc4 $11) ({But not} 43. Bxc2 $6 Rxb4 44. Rd6 Ke7 $16) 43... Kg7 44. Bxc2 Rd2 45. Ba4 Rxh2 46. Re7+ Kh6 47. Rb7 gxf5 (47... Rh1+ $142 48. Kg2 Ra1) 48. Rxb6 Kg5 (48... Rb2 {was necessary.} 49. Bd7 (49. Rxf6+ Kg5 $18) 49... f4) 49. Bc6 f4 50. Bg2 f5 $2 (50... f3 $18) 51. Kg1 {White mates.} Rh4 52. Bf3 Rh3 53. Kg2 Rg3+ 54. Kf2 Rh3 55. Rb8 Rh2+ 56. Bg2 f3 57. Kxf3 Rh4 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 52%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Nabaty, Tamir"] [Black "Sethuraman, S.P.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2624"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,76,23,37,4,57,48,51,24,33,0,1,0,7,-29,0,0,0,-26,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,22, 10,0,0,-64,-33,-74,-2,-7,-20,0,-24,-298,-287,-288,-304,-1163,-1163,-1135,-1140, -1111,-1109,-1086,-1054,-1452,-658,-591,-488,-485,-485,-1528,-669,-580,-479, -466,-469,-5097,-5081,-5081,-2009,-1541,-1485]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Na3 Bg7 6. Bc4 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} Qd8 ({Black should play} 6... Qe4+ $11 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nf6) (6... Qe4+ 7. Kf1 Be6 8. Qa4+ Nd7 9. d4 Ngf6 {1-0 (47) Carlsen,M (2842)-Georgiadis,N (2526) Biel 2018}) 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qb3 { White is slightly better.} e6 $1 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. O-O-O {[%cal Rd4e6]} Qe7 $146 (11... Qa5 $5 {[%cal Ra5g5]} 12. h4 Nbd7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11... Qa5 12. h4 {0-1 (29) Karpatchev,A (2477)-Malakhov,V (2679) Dresden 2007}) 12. Rhe1 {[%cal Rc4e6]} Na6 13. Bf4 Nc5 14. Qb4 Nh5 15. Be3 b6 $1 16. Nc6 Qc7 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxh2 19. g3 Bb7 {...Bxc6 is the strong threat.} 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Nb5 Nf6 (21... Rae8 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Nf6.} 22. Kb1 (22. Nxa7 Bf3 $15) 22... Nf6) 22. Nd6 $1 $132 {[%cal Rd6b7][%mdl 2048] White is not holding back} Bf3 23. Be2 $1 {[%cal Re2f3]} Ne4 24. Qc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Nxe4 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bxe4 25. Qe3) 24... Bh6+ $1 $19 ({ Less strong is} 24... Qxf2 25. Bxf3 Nxd6 26. Rf1 $15) 25. Kc2 Qxf2 26. Nxf7+ $2 (26. Nxe4 Qg2 27. Qc4 Bxe4+ 28. Kb3) 26... Rxf7 {Black is clearly winning.} 27. Qxa8+ Rf8 28. Rd8 Bxe2 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Qd8 {[#]} Bc4+ (30... Bd3+ $142 $1 { [%mdl 512]} 31. Kxd3 Qd2+ 32. Kxe4 Qxd8 33. Nxg6+ hxg6 34. Rh1+ Kg7) 31. Kd1 Bd5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rf2d2]} 32. Nxg6+ hxg6 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rf2d2] [#]} 33. Qh4+ {[#]} (33. Rxe4 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe4 34. Qh4+ Bh6 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Qd2 Qxg3 37. Qd4 Qf3+ 38. Ke1) 33... Kg8 {Played: Kh8-g7} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Predke, Alexandr"] [Black "Sarana, Alexey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E35"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2651"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,45,25,7,8,2,2,8,11,-33,-25,-84,-70,-81,-66,-69,-54,-85,-72,-71,-60, -64,-87,-93,-4,-7,-24,-18,-18,-32,0,0,0,-9,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4... d5 5 cxd5 exd5} 8. Bg3 Nc6 9. e3 h5 10. f3 (10. Bb5 h4 11. Be5 Rh6 12. h3 Ne4 13. Nge2 Bf5 14. Qb3 Bxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 {0-1 (58) Sjugirov,S (2663) -Yu,Y (2764) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... Qe7 11. O-O-O $146 (11. Bb5 $11 { remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd2 h4 12. Bf2 a6 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Bd3 g4 15. Qe1 {0-1 (41) Fedorovsky,M (2436)-Fridman,D (2635) Germany 2014}) 11... Qxe3+ $17 12. Kb1 Nxd4 {[#]} 13. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd4 14. Bf2 Qf4 { And now ...Bf5 would win.} 15. Bd3 {Strongly threatening Nge2.} c6 {Threatens to win with ...Qd6.} 16. Nh3 Bxh3 $1 17. Bg3 Qd4 (17... Qe3 $17 {White must now prevent ...Kf8.} 18. Re1 {[#]} Qxe1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Bxe1 Be6) 18. Re1+ $1 $11 Be6 19. Bf2 Qf4 20. Bg3 Qd4 (20... Qxg3 $5 21. hxg3 O-O-O $11) 21. Bf2 { The position is equal.} Qf4 22. Bg3 Qd4 23. Bf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"] [Black "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2629"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,81,0,0,0,0,1,3,6,39,39,46,42,55,41,43,38,39,36,37,37,41,31,37,38,31, 34,39,28,38,39,41,37,45,45,43,41,51,49,49,49,55,55,68,69,69,65,90,42,34,0,95, 100,100,100,100,100,100,82,100,100,95,0,112,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. cxd5 {C45: Scotch Game} Bb7 11. Nc3 (11. Bc4 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Nd2 c6 14. Re1 Rb8 15. Ne4 f5 16. Ng3 f4 17. Ne4 f3 18. gxf3 {1/2-1/2 (54) Fedoseev,V (2707)-Jakovenko,D (2748) Satka 2018}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bd2 Nxc3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12... Nb4 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Rb8 15. Bc3 f5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qe2 Rf7 {1-0 (51) Hamperl,F (2062)-Sielicki,T (1997) Vale 2017}) 13. Bxc3 Qd5 { [%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2] [#]} 14. Qg4 $1 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rg4g7][%mdl 512]} Qg5 15. Qxg5 Bxg5 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Bc4 Bf4 18. Rad1 Bd6 19. Bd5 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 Rb8 {next ...Bxd5 is good for Black.} 21. Bc3 Kf8 22. h4 a6 23. Bc4 Re8 24. Re1 { [#] Black must now prevent Bxg7+!} Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} Be5 26. b3 Bd4 27. Kf1 h5 28. Ba5 Be5 29. g3 g6 30. Ke2 Bd6 31. Bc3 Ke7 32. Ke3 Bc5+ 33. Ke2 (33. Bd4 $14 Bb4 34. Ba7) 33... Bd6 $16 34. b4 Bc8 35. a3 c6 36. Bd2 Be5 37. Kd1 Bc7 38. Kc2 Bf5+ 39. Kc3 (39. Kb2 $16) 39... Be5+ $11 40. Kb3 Be6 41. Bxe6 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Demchenko, Anton"] [Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A43"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2639"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,83,46,56,63,40,35,25,44,5,2,0,70,77,78,73,74,72,49,60,62,57,72,70,89, 101,108,101,110,110,108,100,113,110,111,93,111,113,157,137,154,99,94,97,172, 130,141,127,135,157,157,145,133,17,193,193,412,372,422,410,306,295,272,264,245, 113,209,0]} 1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. h3 Nc7 9. a4 a6 10. Bf4 Rb8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b6,Bb6b4][%mdl 32] A43: Schmid Benoni} (10... Nd7 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. a5 Re8 13. Rfe1 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Ra2 Rb4 16. Bf1 Nf6 17. Bh2 Bb7 18. b3 {1-0 (38) Schachinger,M (2398) -Nevednichy,V (2591) Yerevan 2014}) 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 $1 Rxb6 {White has an edge.} 13. Rb1 Rb4 14. Bd3 Nb5 $146 ({Black should try} 14... Nfxd5 $11 15. Nxd5 Nxd5) ({Predecessor:} 14... e5 15. Be3 Nh5 16. Nd2 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 {0-1 (56) Dudin,G (2031)-Zhunussov,B (2306) Spoleto 2017}) 15. Bd2 $14 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Ne2 Rxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Be3 a5 20. Re1 e5 21. dxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Ng3 Nxg3 23. fxg3 Bb7 24. Qd2 Qb6 25. Rf1 Rf5 26. Rxf5 gxf5 27. c3 Qc6 28. Ra1 h5 29. Rf1 (29. Rxa5 $142 Kf7 30. Kh2) 29... a4 $16 30. Rf2 $1 Kh7 (30... Qd5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 31. Qd1 Kg6 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Be5 34. gxf5+ exf5 {[#]} 35. Qd2 ({White has to play} 35. Qc1 $1 $16) 35... Bf6 $2 ( 35... Qd5 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 36. Bf4 $18 d5 $2 (36... Qe4 37. Bxd6 (37. Qxd6 a3 $11) 37... c4) 37. Qe3 d4 38. Qg3+ Kf7 39. Be5 Qe4 40. Bxf6 Kxf6 {[#]} 41. Qd6+ (41. Rf4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4e4] is the precise move to win.} Qe3+ 42. Qxe3 dxe3 43. Rxa4) 41... Kg5 (41... Qe6 $16 {was necessary.} 42. Qf4 (42. Qxc5 Qe1+ 43. Rf1 Qe3+ 44. Rf2 Qe1+ 45. Rf1 Qe3+ 46. Rf2 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qh6+ 48. Kg1 Qc1+ 49. Rf1 Qe3+ $11) 42... Qe1+ 43. Rf1 (43. Kh2 Qe5 $16) 43... Qe4 44. Qh6+ Ke7) 42. Qg3+ $2 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 29%.} ({ Worse is} 42. Qxc5 Qe1+ 43. Rf1 Qe4 $11) (42. cxd4 $18 cxd4 43. Qg3+ Kf6 44. Rf4 Qe3+ 45. Qxe3 dxe3 46. Rxa4) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Gledura, Benjamin"] [Black "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2635"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,74,0,-2,-4,0,0,0,-2,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-8,-7,0,0,0,-32,-25,-35,-16, -39,-27,-50,-33,-77,-77,-97,-105,-181,-177,-216,-194,-255,-235,-235,-233,-217, -232,-217,-234,-206,-155,-199,-196,-202,-195,-212,-213,-220,-218,-201,-213, -222,-214,-5531,-5514,-5443,-64,-4805,-859]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. a3 (4. g3 cxb4 5. a3 e6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O a5 8. axb4 Bxb4 9. Ne1 Nge7 10. Nd3 O-O 11. Nxb4 Nxb4 12. Ba3 Ra6 13. d3 {1/2-1/2 (27) Svidler,P (2737)-Vitiugov,N (2719) St Petersburg 2018}) 4... Qc7 5. d3 e5 6. g3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} cxb4 7. Bg2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32]} 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Nf6 9. Qa4 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd7 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Qa5 {0-1 (60) Injac,T (2296)-Li,B (2359) Zalakaros 2017}) 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Nxd4 $1 Nxd4 12. Qxb4 {And now Nc3 would win.} Nxe2+ 13. Kh1 {Hoping for Be3.} Nxc1 14. Rxc1 Qc5 15. Qd2 O-O 16. f4 Qd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 17. Nc3 Nc5 {aiming for ...Nb3.} 18. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5d4]} Qd8 { White must now prevent ...Nb3.} 19. Rc3 exf4 20. Qxf4 Nxd3 21. Qe3 Bf5 22. Bxb7 {[#]} (22. c5 $17 {was called for.}) 22... Rb8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb8b7]} 23. Bg2 { [#]} a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b5][%mdl 512]} 24. Rf1 (24. Nd4 {keeps fighting.} Re8 25. Qg1) (24. Rxa6 Re8) 24... Bg6 25. Nd4 Re8 26. Qg1 {next Nc6 is good for White.} Rb2 27. Rc2 Rxc2 28. Nxc2 Nb2 29. Ne3 Qd2 30. Nd5 Nxc4 31. Qc5 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne7+.} Ne3 $1 32. Nxe3 Qxe3 33. Qxe3 Rxe3 {KRB-KRB} 34. Ra1 Re5 35. Rxa6 $2 (35. Kg1) 35... Re1+ 36. Bf1 Be4+ 37. Kg1 {[#]} Rxf1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender. Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 79%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Oparin, Grigoriy"] [Black "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2654"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,90,2,18,12,3,9,0,6,6,-6,0,1,12,0,14,17,0,9,18,23,51,29,63,35,43,35,46, 38,45,35,37,37,80,-6,64,46,66,59,130,90,85,76,78,71,93,-115,-115,-108,-108, -108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-125,-124,-131,-124,-159, -101,-114,-114,-114,-112,-425,-414,-408,-414,-493,-505,-493,-486,-522,-522, -611,-625,-587,-576]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 a5 (4... c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 d5 8. cxd5 e5 9. Bg2 Qxd5 10. Qg5 O-O 11. Qxe5 Nc6 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. O-O Re8 14. Rd1 Rxe2 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 (25) Matlakov,M (2700)-Karjakin,S (2753) St Petersburg 2018}) 5. Bg2 d5 6. Ngf3 { E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Ne5 {The position is equal.} Bb7 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 Na6 11. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 c5 12. e3 Qc7 13. b3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rfd8 {0-1 (42) Gajzner,R (1755) -Mulenko,A (2042) Rewal 2013}) 11... Nb4 12. Qb1 {Threatens to win with d6!} exd5 13. a3 Nc6 {[#]} 14. Ndc4 $1 {[%cal Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3f5][%mdl 544]} Ne4 ( 14... dxc4 15. Nxc6) 15. Ne3 Na7 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. Bf4 Nb5 18. Qc2 Nbd6 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Ng4 Be7 21. h4 (21. Rdc1 $16) 21... Qd7 (21... Bxh4 $1 $11 22. gxh4 Qxh4) 22. Ne3 $14 Rfc8 23. Qd3 Qc6 (23... Re8 $14) 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. Rdc1 Qe8 26. Ne3 a4 27. f3 $2 {[#]} (27. Rxc8 $16 {stays on course.} Rxc8 28. g4) 27... Rxc1+ $1 $17 28. Rxc1 Ba6 29. Qd1 Nxg3 $1 30. Bxg3 Qxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Bf2 Qe8 32. e3 Bc4 33. f4 b5 34. Qh5 Qe6 35. Kh2 Rb8 36. Bh3 Qf6 ({ Better is} 36... Qe8 {...b4 is the strong threat.} 37. Bg2 g6) 37. Be1 Re8 38. Bd2 Be7 39. Qg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Be1 $17) 39... Qxd4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 40. exd4 Bxg5 41. hxg5 Re2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black is clearly winning.} 42. Kg3 {Hoping for Bb4.} Rxd2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Re1 { [%cal Re1e8]} g6 44. Re8+ Kg7 45. Re7 {intending Be6.} Rd3+ {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 67%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2657"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-19,0,-2,0,-24,-12,-25,0,0,0,-12,-14,-26,-7,-16, -14,-8,13,7,10,1,4,0,0,-16,0,0,7,-9,0,0,8,8,7,5,8,0,0,0,0,-45,0,-3,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. bxc3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. Ne2 d5 8. cxd5 { A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} cxd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 Nb6 12. d4 Be6 13. Ba3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a4 Bd5 14. Rb5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 a6 {1/2-1/2 (31) Li,C (2748)-Wang,H (2705) Zaozhuang 2015}) 13... Re8 14. dxe5 Bc4 {[#] aiming for ...Qxd1.} 15. Re1 Rxe5 16. Nf4 Bxa2 17. Ra1 Qxd1 18. Rexd1 Bc4 19. Bd6 {[#] Hoping for Bxc6.} Ree8 20. Bc5 Rac8 21. h4 Ba6 22. h5 h6 23. Rdb1 Ne5 24. Bd4 Nc6 25. Bc5 Ne5 26. Bd4 Nc6 27. Bxb6 axb6 28. Rxb6 {Bxc6 is the strong threat.} Ne5 29. Nd5 Kf8 30. Rb4 Rc5 31. Rd4 Bc4 32. Nf4 Ba6 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Lupulescu, Constantin"] [Black "Kovalenko, Igor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2674"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,113,33,43,37,36,20,43,38,44,43,46,35,33,27,28,22,36,11,18,16,23,25, 21,19,18,0,24,27,51,46,37,36,33,0,29,32,79,54,53,56,85,39,50,35,95,89,84,83, 152,95,199,134,191,166,529,541,539,518,780,767,779,774,1352,1308,863,862,1660, 1082,1039,1132,1137,1133,1034,1006,29987,528,530,495,514,521,526,497,600,587, 598,594,796,777,874,755,753,729,707,710,843,816,1329,1450,1104,954,893,533,859, 847]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. Bf4 { C45: Scotch Game} (7. c4 Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. Be3 a4 11. Nc1 b6 12. Ne2 Bc5 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Nbc3 a3 {1/2-1/2 (50) Grischuk,A (2772)-Andreikin,D (2712) Huaian 2017}) 7... d6 8. N1d2 Nf6 9. Be2 {White is slightly better.} O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Bf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc2 g6 13. Rad1 Bg7 14. h3 Qe7 {0-1 (74) Solodovnichenko,Y (2565)-Petrosian,T (2649) Albena 2013}) 12... Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 c6 16. Be3 a5 17. a4 g6 18. Bd3 Bg7 19. Qe2 Kh8 20. Qf2 Ng8 21. Nf1 Ne7 22. g4 Qd7 (22... d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e4]}) 23. Ng3 Rg8 24. Kh1 Raf8 25. Bd2 Qd8 26. Re2 Qb6 27. Bc3 Rc8 (27... Qd8 $14) 28. h4 d5 {[#]} 29. h5 $1 Bh6 (29... Qc7 $142) 30. Rg1 (30. hxg6 $142 Nxg6 31. e5) 30... Bf4 (30... Rg7 $16) 31. Ree1 ({White should try} 31. hxg6 $18 {Threatens to win with Nh5.} Nxg6 32. Nh5) 31... Qc7 (31... Bh6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 32. Ne2 gxh5 $2 (32... Bh6 {is tougher.}) 33. Nxf4 $18 Qxf4 34. Bd2 Qc7 (34... Qd6 $142 35. Qh4 (35. Bxa5 dxe4 36. fxe4 Bxg4 $14) (35. gxh5 Rxg1+ 36. Rxg1 Bd7 $18) 35... Bd7) 35. Qh4 Rg7 36. gxh5 Ng8 37. Rxg7 Kxg7 38. exd5 Bxd5 39. Qg4+ Kh8 40. Bf4 Qd8 41. Rg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg4g7] [#]} Bxf3+ 42. Qxf3 {Intending Qg4 and mate.} Qxd4 43. Qe4 (43. Qg3 $142 Re8 44. Rg2 f5 45. h6 Nxh6 46. Bxh6 Qg4 47. Bd2 b5 48. axb5) 43... Qxe4+ {White is clearly winning.} 44. Bxe4 Re8 45. Bf3 f6 46. Rd1 h6 47. Kg1 Ne7 48. Bxh6 b5 49. Kf2 Nf5 50. Bc1 bxa4 51. Bxc6 Rc8 52. Bxa4 Rc4 53. Bb3 Rc7 54. Bf4 Rb7 55. Rd8+ Kg7 56. Rg8+ Kh7 57. Rb8 { Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 39%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,80,-1,-2,-24,-4,-16,-16,-22,-12,-14,-11,-12,-14,-16,-14,-8,0,0,0,-16, 0,0,0,0,0,-12,-7,-21,-24,-23,-20,-22,-37,-26,-29,-50,-47,-37,-47,-56,-48,-45,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-94,0,-352,-368,-349,-335,-275,0,0,0,-258,-225]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 ({Predecessor:} 4... Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O {1/2-1/2 (26) Yankelevich,L (2462)-Krykun,Y (2342) Skopje 2019} ) 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qa4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} Nd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Rb8 $146 (10... Ncb4 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Ne5 Nb6 13. a3 N4d5 14. e4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bd7 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 { 1-0 (70) Dubov,D (2700)-Anand,V (2764) Paris 2019}) 11. e4 Ncb4 12. Qd2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 b5 $1 14. b3 Bb7 15. Ne1 cxb3 16. axb3 f5 17. exf5 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Rxf5 19. Ne3 Nd5 20. Qc2 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rf7 22. Rxa7 Bd6 23. e4 e5 24. Be3 exd4 25. Bxd4 {Hoping for e5.} Qg5 26. b4 Rbf8 27. Qb3 c5 (27... h6 {is interesting.} 28. Rf1 Qg6 29. Bc5 Bxc5+ 30. bxc5 Qc6) 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. bxc5 Bxc5 30. Bxc5 Qxc5+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 31. Kg2 $1 {Black must now prevent Rd8+.} Qf2+ 32. Kh3 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Qf6 33. Qd5 (33. Qxb5 {is more complex.} Qe6+ 34. Kg2 Qxe4+ 35. Kh3 Qe6+ 36. Kg2) 33... h6 34. Re1 b4 35. Qc4 (35. Rb1 $11) 35... Kh7 (35... Qc3 $17 36. Qxc3 bxc3) 36. Qxb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Rb1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 36... Qe6+ $19 37. Kg2 {[#]} Qa2+ $1 38. Kh3 Qe6+ 39. Kg2 $1 Qa2+ 40. Kh3 $1 {[#]} Rf2 $1 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 76%.} ({Resist} 40... Qe6+ 41. Kg2 $17) 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"] [Black "Amin, Bassem"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2699"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 28,62,14,7,6,5,22,17,17,18,16,16,18,18,15,13,12,12,12,12,13,13,26,12,12, 12,14,14,17,14,14,14,14,8,9,12,12]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. Bb5 Rd8 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rc5 f5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 16. Rhc1 Be6 17. Ne5 f4 18. Bxf4 {aiming for Ke3.} Rxd4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 19. Ke3 Ra4 20. Rxc6 Ra3+ {[#]} 21. R1c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. Ke2 Rxa2+ 22. Kf1 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 (31) Tran,T (2541)-Sunilduth Lyna,N (2575) New Delhi 2019}) 21... Rxc3+ 22. Rxc3 Bxa2 23. Ra3 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bc4 25. Ra5 Kf8 {The position is equal.} 26. f3 a6 27. Rc5 Bf1 28. Kf2 Bb5 29. Bc3 Bd7 30. h4 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Bok, Benjamin"] [Black "Saric, Ivan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2667"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,60,54,46,38,17,67,52,59,56,66,29,33,18,25,-37,0,0,13,-40,-14,-44,-38, -52,29,42,64,35,75,15,55,-9,-14,-44,-47,-105,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 c6 9. Be3 Re8 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} ( 9... exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. f3 Nc5 12. Bf1 a5 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Nfd7 15. Nde2 Be5 16. Ng3 a4 17. Bg5 Qf8 18. Bh6 Qe7 19. Bg5 Qf8 20. Bh6 Qe7 {0-1 (74) Jakovenko,D (2747)-Nenezic,M (2495) Batumi 2018}) 10. Qc2 Ng4 11. Bg5 Qc7 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Bf6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Rd6 Nh5 16. Qd2 Bg4 17. Ng5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 {0-1 (46) Popovics,A (2391)-Valdes Romero,L (2391) Budapest 2016}) 12. d5 f6 13. Bd2 f5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nh4 (15. Rad1 $11) 15... Bf6 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Nh4 (17. Rad1 $11) 17... Qe7 18. g3 {[%cal Re4f5] [#]} f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. c5 (19. gxf4 Qxh4) 19... dxc5 (19... fxg3 $15 20. hxg3 Nxc5) 20. Na4 $11 {Black must now prevent Bxg4.} Bh6 21. Ng2 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Nb4 22. Qc1 ({White should try} 22. Qc3 $16) 22... Rd8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...fxg3.} 23. gxf4 ({White should play} 23. Rd1 $1 $14) 23... exf4 {And now ...Ne5 would win.} 24. Bxf4 ( 24. Rd1 $5 {[%cal Rc1c5]} f3 25. Bxh6 fxe2 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 28. Qc3+ Qf6 29. Qxf6+ Nxf6 30. f3 $11 (30. Nxc5 Bg4 $11)) 24... Bxf4 25. Qxf4 ({Not} 25. Bc4+ $2 Kg7 $19) (25. Nxf4 $15 Qh4 26. Qc4+ Rd5 27. Bxg4 Qxg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Ng2) 25... Rf8 (25... Nd3 $17 26. Bxd3 Rxd3) 26. Qc1 {f4 is the strong threat.The position is equal.} Nxf2 27. Nxc5 Nh3+ 28. Kh1 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Nh3+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Adhiban, B.."] [Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2626"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,72,-5,34,14,37,34,53,41,50,50,51,44,52,50,84,46,54,59,54,39,68,54,62, 44,70,83,87,77,88,73,106,104,110,112,103,95,95,95,92,87,100,76,100,87,110,78, 136,143,141,144,145,147,140,141,150,143,179,114,117,122,158,158,158,161,225]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d6 (5... d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 Be7 8. Qc2 a6 9. c5 c6 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Na4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. O-O Ne4 {1/2-1/2 (60) Aleksandrov,A (2602)-Melkumyan,H (2660) Batumi 2018}) 6. Bd3 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} (6. a3 $5 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Bxc3 7. Bxc3 $11) 6... e5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 ({But not} 10. bxc3 e4 $15) 10... Nf8 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 10... e4 11. Bc2 Nb6 12. b3 Bg4 13. f3 exf3 14. gxf3 {0-1 (41) Cichocki,A (2330)-Romanishin,O (2550) Koszalin 1997}) 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Ne4 c6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bc3 Qh6 15. Rae1 Bh5 16. f3 f6 17. d5 Bf7 18. e4 g5 19. Rf2 Ng6 20. g3 Rec8 21. Qd2 Qh3 22. Bf1 Qd7 23. Rd1 cxd5 24. cxd5 Be8 25. Rc1 Qe7 26. b3 Qc7 27. Qe3 Bd7 (27... Qc5 $142 28. Qxc5 Rxc5) 28. Rfc2 $16 {Strongly threatening Bxe5!} Qd8 29. Bb4 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Be8 31. a4 $36 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5] [%mdl 2080] White is really pushing.} Ne7 32. a5 Rc8 {[#]} 33. Rxc8 (33. Ra2 $1 $18) 33... Nxc8 34. f4 Bd7 35. fxg5 fxg5 36. Bd2 g4 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 42%.} (36... Kf7 {might work better.} 37. Be2 (37. Qxg5 Qxg5 38. Bxg5 a6 $16) 37... a6 38. Bh5+ (38. Qxg5 Qxg5 39. Bxg5 Na7 $18) 38... Kg8) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Adly, Ahmed"] [Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D71"] [WhiteElo "2636"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,109,9,5,18,4,5,15,0,0,-6,0,-17,-12,-37,-32,-40,-35,-40,-47,-64,-64, -82,-90,-92,-72,-94,-9,-17,8,14,12,10,19,13,133,0,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, -19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-32,-4,-51,-35,-37,-33,-200,-197,-260,-262,-264, -262,-408,-408,-401,-413,-403,-410,-468,-367,-314,-280,-266,-274,-269,-271, -229,-259,-232,-202,-191,-130,-121,-70,-70,-73,-73,-47,-47]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 (5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bf4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 e6 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qa4 Rxc3 16. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Qb6 18. e3 {1/2-1/2 (39) Ding,L (2812)-Carlsen,M (2845) Shamkir 2019}) 5... Bg7 6. cxd5 {D71: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 3 g3 d5 sidelines and 5 cxd5 (without Nf3)} Nxd5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Nb6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e3 Na6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 11. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O c5 12. Qe4 Be6 13. Qxb7 {0-1 (38) Bruzon Batista, L (2673)-Zherebukh,Y (2633) Saint Louis 2018}) 11... Be6 12. O-O Qc8 13. Kh2 c5 14. Qe4 cxd4 15. exd4 Nb4 {White must now prevent ...Nc2.} 16. b3 h6 17. Ba3 Nc6 (17... Bf5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 18. Qxe7 N6d5) 18. Rac1 $11 Qd8 19. Rfd1 Bd5 20. Qe3 a5 21. Nc4 Rc8 (21... Nc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 22. Qe1 ({White must play} 22. Bc5 $1 $16 Nd7 23. Nfe5 Bxg2 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Kxg2) 22... a4 ( 22... Re8 {looks sharper.} 23. Qe3 Rf8) 23. Bc5 (23. Qe3 {looks sharper.} axb3 24. axb3 Qc7 25. Bc5 Nd7 26. Nfe5) 23... Nxc4 $1 24. bxc4 Bxf3 $1 25. Bxf3 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Bxb7 Rc7 28. Bd5 e5 29. Rd3 Qd6 30. Rb1 Kg7 31. Kg2 Ra7 32. Rdd1 Rc8 33. Qe4 f5 34. Qe2 h5 35. Rb5 h4 36. Rd3 Qf6 37. Qd1 hxg3 38. Rxg3 Qh4 {Threatens to win with ...Bxf2!} 39. Qf3 $2 ({White should play} 39. Qd2 $15) 39... e4 $19 40. Qe2 (40. Qd1 $142 Bxf2 41. Kxf2) 40... Re7 41. Qd2 {[#]} Be5 $1 {aiming for ...f4.} (41... e3 42. fxe3 Bc5 43. Qb2+ Qf6 44. Qxf6+ Kxf6 45. Ra5 $11) 42. Ra3 (42. Be6 $142 Bxg3 43. Bxc8 (43. fxg3 $2 e3 $19)) 42... Bf4 43. Qd4+ Kh6 44. Kf1 Qg5 45. Rb1 e3 46. Re1 Rce8 47. h4 Qg4 {Hoping for ...e2+. } ({And not} 47... Qxh4 48. Raxe3 Rxe3 49. fxe3 $11) 48. fxe3 Qg3 ({Not} 48... Qxh4 49. Rd3 $17) 49. Qb2 Bxe3 {( -> ...Qg1+)} 50. Qg2 Qxh4 51. Qh1 {[#]} Qxh1+ ({Black should try} 51... Kg5 $1 $19 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rh4f2]} 52. Qxh4+ Kxh4) 52. Bxh1 $17 Bc5 (52... f4 $17 53. Rxa4 Re5) 53. Rxe7 $15 Rxe7 54. Rxa4 Ra7 55. Rxa7 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Jumabayev, Rinat"] [Black "Berkes, Ferenc"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2666"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,95,40,27,33,37,27,38,22,22,13,25,22,13,0,36,36,36,38,29,33,33,30,18, 23,36,-6,16,10,16,12,17,16,15,22,29,37,33,18,44,40,37,43,114,110,99,106,103, 106,100,100,108,96,108,108,206,197,175,163,207,194,250,244,287,281,285,234,285, 279,272,243,234,242,289,289,349,348,450,446,483,470,602,608,572,582]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Ng5 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} (8. Ne1 d5 9. Nc2 Qd7 10. Ne3 Be6 11. b3 Bh3 12. Bxh3 Qxh3 13. Ba3 Qd7 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Rad1 Na6 16. Nc2 {1-0 (64) Bu,X (2731)-Aravindh,C (2599) Astana 2019}) 8... e5 9. d5 a5 10. e4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Nge4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Qd7 14. Be3 f5 15. Bg2 e4 { 1-0 (34) Prohaszka,P (2614)-Kavutskiy,K (2390) Saint Louis 2017}) 10... Bg4 11. Qb3 Na6 12. Be3 ({Avoid the trap} 12. Qxb7 $2 Nc5 $19) 12... cxd5 13. cxd5 Nd7 14. Ne6 ({Don't blunder} 14. Qxb7 $2 Ndc5 $19) 14... fxe6 15. dxe6 {Strongly threatening e7+.} Nac5 16. e7+ $1 Nxb3 17. exd8=Q Rfxd8 18. axb3 Nc5 19. Bg5 Rf8 20. Ra3 Be6 21. Rd1 Nxb3 22. Rxd6 Nd4 23. Rb6 Rf7 24. Nb5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb5d4][%mdl 2048] aiming for Nxd4. White has the initiative.} Nc6 25. Rd3 Bf8 { Hoping for ...Bc5.} 26. Be3 a4 27. Bf1 Ra6 {[#]} (27... Ba2 $14) 28. Rxa6 $1 $16 bxa6 29. Rc3 Nb4 30. Nc7 Bb3 31. Nxa6 Nc2 32. Bc5 Nd4 33. Kg2 Kg7 {[#]} ( 33... g5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 34. Bc4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4f7]} Rf6 35. Bxf8+ Rxf8 36. Bxb3 axb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} (36... Nxb3 $142 37. Rc4 Kf7 38. Rxa4 Rc8) 37. Nc5 Rb8 38. Nd3 Kf6 39. Rc5 Re8 40. Rd5 Nc2 41. Kf1 g5 42. Nc5 g4 43. Nd7+ ({Not} 43. Nxb3 Rb8 $16) 43... Ke6 44. Nxe5 Rc8 45. Nxg4 { White is clearly winning.} Rc4 46. f3 h5 47. Rxh5 Nd4 48. Re5+ {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 45%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Tari, Aryan"] [Black "Sevian, Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2654"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,78,11,5,-9,-6,-62,-64,-81,-68,-85,-86,-74,-57,-51,-46,-39,-42,-60,-51, -84,-54,-48,-62,-58,-12,-25,-9,-44,4,0,6,3,12,-35,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 8,2,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 (5. Qc2 e5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb4 8. Qb1 Nb6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Ne4 Bc7 11. a3 N4d5 12. b4 f5 {1-0 (74) Oparin,G (2613)-Vitiugov,N (2719) St Petersburg 2018}) 5... cxd5 6. Qc2 {[#] Nb5 is the strong threat. A11: English Opening: 1...c6} a6 7. g4 (7. d4 $11) 7... h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... e6 8. g5 Ng8 9. h4 b6 10. d4 Bb7 11. Bd2 Ne7 12. Bd3 {1-0 (46) Roeder,M (2404) -Vega Gutierrez,B (2091) Santa Cruz de la Palma 2005}) 8. d4 {Black is slightly better.} e6 9. g5 hxg5 10. Nxg5 Qc7 11. f4 b5 {And now ...b4 would win.} 12. Bd3 Rh6 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. b3 Bd7 15. Nd1 Qxc2 16. Bxc2 Rc8 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. O-O Bd6 19. Nf2 Ke7 20. Ba5 Nbd7 21. Rfc1 Rhh8 22. a4 {The position is equal.} Nb8 23. Bd2 Nfd7 (23... b4 {seems wilder.} 24. a5 Bb7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Ra4 Bc6) 24. e4 (24. Nf3 {with more complications.} f6 25. e4 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Bc7 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rc2) 24... dxe4 $1 25. Nfxe4 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rh3 28. Ng3 Rh4 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rc8 {Threatens to win with Ne4.} Nb6 31. Rg8 { Threatening Ne4.} N8d7 32. Bxb5 Bxf4 33. Bb4+ Bd6 34. Bxd6+ $1 Kxd6 35. Rxg7 Rxd4 36. Rxf7 Rb4 37. Be2 Nc5 38. Kf2 Nxb3 39. Bf3 Nc5 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E68"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2675"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,60,56,46,54,40,84,97,83,77,89,89,92,87,114,115,120,35,107,112,145, 146,134,58,118,58,58,58,58,50,57,33,25,23,23,23,23,25,27,29,28,20,28,16,18]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. c4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 a6 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Rb8 {E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} (10... Re8 11. Re1 Ne5 12. b3 c5 13. Nf3 Nfg4 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bb2 Nc6 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Rad1 Bg4 18. f3 {1/2-1/2 (49) Giri,A (2772)-Ivanchuk,V (2728) Tbilisi 2017}) 11. Rd1 Ne5 {[#]} 12. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bg4 {White is better.} (12... dxc5 13. Nc6) 13. f3 Bd7 14. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nb3 b5 15. cxb6 Rxb6 16. Bg5 Rc6 17. Qe2 Qb8 18. h3 {1/2-1/2 (46) Lehmann,H-Lanc,A (2415) Budapest 1981}) 14... Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. e5 Ne8 17. Ne4 (17. Bxc6 $16 bxc6 18. b3) 17... Bxe4 ({Better is} 17... Qe7 $1 $14) 18. Qxe4 $16 b6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Be3 ({White should try} 20. b3 $16) 20... Qe7 $1 $14 {[%cal Rd6e5]} 21. exd6 (21. Qb4 $16) 21... Qxe4 22. Bxe4 {Bc6 is the strong threat.} Nxd6 $1 23. Rxd6 Rfe8 24. Rad1 (24. Bxg6 $5 Rxe3 25. Bh5 $16) 24... Rxe4 25. Rd8+ Re8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. b3 b5 28. Rd6 a5 29. Ra6 Bc3 $1 30. Rc6 Bb2 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Bartel, Mateusz"] [Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2621"] [BlackElo "2684"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,67,19,23,25,16,31,31,20,33,2,13,0,0,-12,-19,-32,-11,-25,17,-4,35,46, 40,0,0,0,0,-9,-8,-4,-6,-49,-49,-49,-49,-43,-47,-39,-16,-252,-27,-36,0,-6,0, -169,-168,-149,-165,-153,-146,-165,-163,-187,-182,-189,-203,-251]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. a3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Bd6 8. Nc3 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. g4 Nbd7 10. h4 e5 11. g5 exd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Qe7 14. c5 Bc7 15. Be3 dxe4 16. Qf5 b6 17. O-O-O Rab8 18. h5 bxc5 19. dxc5 Rfd8 20. Bc4 Be5 21. b4 {1-0 (21) Ding,L (2757)-Wang,H (2710) Xinghua 2015}) 9. g4 {White is slightly better.} O-O 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Rg1 e5 {[#] And now ...exd4 would win.} 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Ne4 exd4 14. exd4 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7d5,Bd5e3][%mdl 32]} 15. Be3 Kh8 16. Bxc4 Nc7 17. Kf1 Nb6 18. Bd3 Nbd5 19. Nf6 Nxe3+ 20. fxe3 Nd5 $1 21. Nxh7 Qxe3 ({Don't go for} 21... Nxe3+ $2 22. Kf2 $18) 22. Qxe3 Nxe3+ 23. Kf2 $1 Rfe8 24. g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f7]} f6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with ... Rad8. Black has the initiative.} 25. Rg4 $2 (25. Rae1 $11 Bh2 26. Rh1) 25... Nd5 $2 (25... Nxg4+ $19 26. hxg4 {[#]} Bg3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Kf3 Re1 28. Rxe1 Bxe1) 26. Bc4 $11 Bf4 27. Rh4 Bh6 28. Re1 $2 (28. Bxd5 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} cxd5 29. Re1) 28... Rxe1 $19 {Black is clearly better.} 29. Kxe1 Nf4 {White must now prevent ...Ng2+.} 30. Rg4 Rd8 ({Inferior is} 30... Nxh3 31. Nxf6 Rd8 32. Nh5 $11) 31. Bf7 Rxd4 32. Rg3 Nd3+ 33. Kf1 Ne5 {aiming for ...Rd1+.} 34. Rb3 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 59%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"] [Black "McShane, Luke J"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,62,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,4,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 {The position is equal.} 11. Qe3+ {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 (14) Vallejo Pons,F (2713)-Andreikin,D (2723) Porto Carras 2018}) 11... Be6 12. Nc3 {White wants to play Nb5.} a6 13. Rd1 Qc6 $1 14. Rd3 {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bc5 15. Qe4 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 Be7 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Re1 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 (31) Cornette,M (2609)-Maze,S (2612) Agen 2017}) 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Qd4+ Ke8 17. Bf4 f6 18. Rd1 Be7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf7 22. Kf1 ({Don't play} 22. Bxc7 Rc8 $17) 22... Rd8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 {KB-KB} 24. Ke2 Ke6 25. g4 f5 26. f3 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4][%mdl 32]} g6 29. Kd3 Kd5 30. c4+ bxc4+ 31. bxc4+ Ke6 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Narayanan.S.L"] [Black "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2611"] [BlackElo "2674"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,111,11,18,6,16,16,29,14,18,8,23,27,44,26,30,26,13,18,19,22,39,39,29, 31,55,38,37,34,28,22,25,35,34,4,15,2,3,0,22,16,26,20,16,14,35,34,35,25,29,-2, 15,21,20,15,18,31,22,20,144,140,196,192,183,193,190,186,218,213,222,219,297, 301,307,300,329,329,378,285,395,395,504,504,504,504,503,488,668,671,1077,958, 5373,4770,2059,1821,2290,1864,29962,29967,29967,29964,29961,29954,7522,6609]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Qxd5 {aiming for ... Bxf2+!} 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. b4 {White has an edge.} Bb6 9. a4 {Black must now prevent a5.} e4 10. dxe4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 {a5 is the strong threat.} a6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 11... Nxe4 12. Kc2 Bf5 13. Nh4 {1-0 (48) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) -Kramnik,V (2808) Stavanger 2017}) 12. Kc2 O-O 13. Re1 Bxf2 14. Re2 Bb6 15. a5 Ba7 16. Bf4 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nbd2 Nh5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Rad8 21. g3 Nf6 22. h3 h6 23. Rae1 Nh5 24. Nb3 b6 $1 25. Nbd4 Nxd4+ 26. Nxd4 Rf2+ 27. Kb3 e5 28. Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Re8 $1 {White should prevent ...Rf6.} 29. c4 Rf6 30. b5 $1 bxa5 31. Ra1 axb5 32. cxb5 Rg6 33. g4 Nf6 (33... Nf4 $11) 34. Rxa5 $16 h5 (34... Re6 $16) 35. gxh5 $18 Rg1 36. Ra7 Rb1+ 37. Kc4 Rc1+ {[#]} 38. Kb4 $1 Rb1+ 39. Rb3 Rxb3+ 40. Kxb3 Nxe4 {intending ... Nd6.} 41. Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd6 42. b6 e4 43. Kc2 e3 {With the idea ...e2.} 44. Kd1 Kh7 45. Rd7 Re6 46. Nd4 Rf6 47. Ke2 Rh6 48. Nf3 Kg8 49. Ne5 Rf6 50. h4 Kh7 {[#]} 51. Ng4 $1 Re6 52. h6 Rg6 53. hxg7 Rxg4 54. Rxd6 Kxg7 55. b7 Rb4 56. Rd7+ {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 56%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"] [Black "Grandelius, Nils"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2606"] [BlackElo "2691"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,111,14,20,18,23,12,27,16,20,24,26,29,21,13,128,131,175,79,88,88,93,97, 106,88,91,81,187,197,247,237,228,283,236,225,240,239,239,242,190,193,201,215, 190,191,233,228,228,227,227,224,265,263,289,286,334,324,366,366,395,355,384, 344,427,409,489,475,485,469,458,481,491,479,598,589,612,614,672,617,614,585, 554,550,513,512,468,439,1212,1196,1194,1194,29951,12832,29966,29968,29968, 29970,29968,29967,29958,29962,12842,6968,5389,4988]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5 } (6. d5 exf3 7. dxc6 fxg2 8. cxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxg2 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Qd6 Qb6 12. Qe5+ Kf8 13. Bb2 {1/2-1/2 (36) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Saint Louis 2018}) 6... h5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. f4 {White has an edge.} cxd4 9. exd4 Bb8 10. O-O Ne7 11. c5 {White wants to play Bc4.} d6 $146 (11... Nf5 $11 { remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 11... Nf5 12. Bc4 d5 13. cxd6 {0-1 (23) Baenziger,F (2360)-Lobanov,S (2535) Manavgat 2018}) 12. cxd6 $16 Nf5 13. Qa4+ ( 13. Bb5+ $18 {has better winning chances.} Kf8 14. d7 Bxd7 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Qb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (16. Nxe4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Nxd4 $16) 16... Bxe5 17. fxe5) 13... Kf8 14. d7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Bxd7 15. Nxd7+ Qxd7 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Nxe4 Nxd4 (17... a5 $16) 18. Bc4 $18 {Strongly threatening Rd1.} Nb6 19. Rd1 Nc2 {...Bc7 is the strong threat.} 20. Rd8+ Ke7 21. Rxh8 {And now Bb5 would win.} Nxa1 {[#]} 22. Bd3 $1 Be5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bd4+.} 23. Rxa8 $1 ({But not} 23. Rxh5 $6 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Rc8 $16) 23... Bd4+ 24. Kf1 Nxa8 25. Ke2 Nc7 26. Nc3 Kd6 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Kxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Kc5 29. Kd2 b5 30. Ne4+ Kd4 31. Nd6 b4 32. Nf5+ ({ Much less strong is} 32. Nxf7 $6 b3 $18) 32... Kc5 33. Nxg7 h4 34. Nf5 Nd5 35. Nxh4 Nxf4 36. b3 a5 37. g3 Nd5 38. Kc1 Kd4 39. Bf5 Kc3 40. Nf3 Ne3 41. g4 Nxf5 42. gxf5 {Hoping for h4. KN-KN} Nc2 43. f6 Ne3 44. Ne5 Nd5 45. Nxf7 Nxf6 46. Ne5 Ne4 47. h4 a4 (47... Ng3 $142 48. Nc6 Ne2+ 49. Kb1 Nf4 50. Nxa5 Nh5) 48. bxa4 {[%cal Bb3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Kd4 49. a5 Kc5 50. h5 Nf6 51. h6 Kb5 {[#]} 52. Kc2 {Played: Ne5-c4} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Lu, Shanglei"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2602"] [BlackElo "2686"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,51,-7,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,3,0,2,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8, -8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-10,-8,-11,-8,-8,0,-13,0,-9,0,-11]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. Bb5 Nxe4 {The position is equal.} 6. Qe2 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} Nxc3 $146 (6... Qd6 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qxe4 Bd7 9. d3 O-O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qe2 Qg6 12. Be3 Bd6 {0-1 (55) Caruana,F (2816) -Kramnik,V (2792) Paris 2018}) 7. Qxe5+ Qe7 8. dxc3 Bd7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Bf4 O-O-O $1 11. O-O-O a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Rhe1 Rhe8 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Bg3 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 17. Bd4 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB } 20. Kd2 Kd7 21. f3 Ke6 22. Ke3 Bg6 23. Kd2 Be8 24. Ke3 Bg6 25. Kd2 Be8 26. Ke3 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Pashikian, Arman"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2599"] [BlackElo "2702"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,107,22,20,20,17,20,20,7,18,12,34,3,51,23,45,42,61,54,59,12,35,16,6,9, 36,13,31,17,31,39,61,48,85,84,81,22,99,90,108,106,97,84,89,89,77,97,95,85,83, 53,42,8,10,14,61,33,46,8,9,8,13,0,8,0,26,8,8,8,124,121,127,152,143,96,99,93,87, 91,100,95,87,71,94,8,37,37,37,0,0,0,37,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O {D55: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Lines without ...h6 and 6...h6 7 Bxf6} dxc4 $1 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. Bb3 (11. Ne4 e5 12. Bb3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Ne5 Bf5 15. Qf3 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 {1-0 (51) Jovanic,O (2520)-Burmakin,V (2574) Nova Gorica 2014}) 11... Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nb6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. f4 {1-0 (28) Eliseeva,M-Petrovska,A Albena 2011}) 12. Rc1 g6 13. Qc2 Bg7 14. Ne4 Kh8 15. Rfd1 e5 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nc3 (17. Rxd5 { looks sharper.} f5 18. Nc5 Nb8 19. Rdd1 Nc6 20. Ba4) 17... Nb6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rd8 20. e4 Be6 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxa2 24. Qxb7 ({Don't play} 24. Nxe5 Rf8 $15) 24... Rf8 25. h4 (25. g3 $16) 25... h5 (25... Qc4 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Rd7 Kg8 27. g3 a5 28. Kg2 a4 29. Qb4 (29. Qb5 {looks sharper.} Qb3 30. Qc6 Qxb2 31. Qxa4 Qb6 32. Qc4) 29... Qb3 30. Qxb3 axb3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Rb7 f6 32. Nd2 Rc8 33. Nxb3 Rc2 34. Na5 f5 35. Kf3 Bf8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bc5.} 36. b4 (36. Rb6 {is interesting.} Kg7 37. b4 Rc3+ 38. Ke2 Rc2+ 39. Ke3) 36... Rc3+ 37. Ke2 Rc2+ 38. Kf3 Rc3+ 39. Ke2 Rc2+ 40. Ke3 Bh6+ 41. Kf3 {Black should prevent b5.} Bf8 {[#]} (41... Rc3+ $11 42. Kg2 fxe4) 42. Rb6 $1 { [%cal Rb6g6]} Rc3+ 43. Ke2 Rc2+ 44. Kd3 Rxf2 45. Rxg6+ Kf7 46. Rg5 {Strongly threatening Ke3.} Rf3+ 47. Kc4 fxe4 48. Nc6 Ke6 49. b5 (49. Rxe5+ $16 Kd6 50. b5) 49... Bd6 50. Rg6+ Rf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g6]} 51. Rg7 {Threatening mate with Nd8+.} Rf8 52. Rg6+ Rf6 53. Rg7 {White threatens Nd8+ and mate.} Rf8 54. Rg6+ { Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"] [Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2596"] [BlackElo "2681"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "198"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,198,24,13,12,23,16,25,-9,-12,-12,-8,-43,-29,-15,-19,-22,-32,-27,-23, -52,-27,-60,-70,-53,-44,-68,-14,-37,-35,-47,-16,-55,-10,-62,-50,-45,-41,-50, -44,-64,-50,-51,-55,-40,-45,-38,-40,-37,-35,-84,-35,-52,-39,-47,-28,-18,-7,-26, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-124,-22,-22,-22,-22,-23,-31,-8,-8,-8, -8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-112,-63,-177,-177,-596,-177,-29962,-29963,-29965,-29963, -29962,-29963,-29963,-29965,-29965,-29966,-29966,-29967,-29968,-29969,-29969, -29970,-29970,-29971,-29970,-29971,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975, -29975,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980, -29981,-29987,-29988]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Nbd7 11. Ba3 Nc5 12. Qe3 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (12. b4 Ncd7 13. Rac1 a6 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qc7 16. Nde4 Rfc8 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rxc4 {1/2-1/2 (60) Nakamura,H (2785)-Jakovenko,D (2709) Sharjah 2017}) 12... a6 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. b4 {White has an edge.} Ncd7 15. b5 Nc5 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. bxa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rd2 a5 18. Nd4 Ng4 19. Qf4 Ne5 {1-0 (61) Arvola,B (2300)-Carbone,D (2069) Athens 2012}) 17... Rxa6 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. a3 Ra4 20. Bh3 Nfe4 21. Bd4 h6 22. Bg2 Qa8 23. h4 Nf6 (23... Bc6 $15) 24. Ne1 Bxg2 25. Nxg2 Qc6 26. Bb2 d5 27. Nd4 (27. Qf3 $11) 27... Qe8 28. cxd5 Nxd5 29. Qf3 Bf6 30. Rb1 Rc4 31. e4 Na4 32. exd5 Nxb2 33. Rxb2 Rxd5 34. Ne3 Rcxd4 35. Rdb1 Rd8 36. Rxb6 Ra4 37. R1b3 Bd4 38. Rb7 Ra5 39. Rc7 Bxe3 40. Rxe3 Qf8 41. Rec3 Rf5 42. Qe4 Qd6 {Threatens to win with ...Qd1+.} 43. Rc8 h5 44. a4 Rxc8 45. Rxc8+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kh7 46. Rc2 g6 47. Ra2 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qb3 49. Rc2 Qb1 50. Qc4 Qe1 51. Rb2 Rd5 {...Rd1 is the strong threat.} 52. Qe2 Qc3 53. Rb7 Rf5 {White must now prevent ...Qc6+.} 54. Rb5 Qc6+ 55. Kg1 Rd5 56. Kh2 Qd7 57. Qc4 Rd2 58. Qf4 Rd5 59. Qb4 {And now Rb7 would win.} Rd4 60. Qb3 {Threatening Rb7.} Rd3 61. Qb4 {Hoping for Rb7.} Qd4 62. Qxd4 Rxd4 { KR-KR} 63. Ra5 Rd2 64. Kg2 Ra2 65. Kf3 Kg7 66. Ke3 Kf6 67. f3 e5 68. Ra6+ Kf5 69. Ra5 (69. Ra8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 69... f6 ({Black should play} 69... Rg2 $1 $17 70. Ra7 f6) 70. f4 $1 Ra3+ 71. Kf2 Ke4 72. fxe5 fxe5 73. Ra6 Ra2+ 74. Kf1 Kf5 75. Kg1 e4 76. Kf1 Kg4 77. Rxg6+ (77. a5 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 77... Kf3 $17 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 78. Rf6+ (78. Kg1 $1 $15) 78... Kxg3 $19 79. Ke1 $2 (79. Rf5) 79... Rxa4 $2 (79... Kxh4 80. Rf4+ Kg3 $1 { [%mdl 512]} 81. Rxe4 h4) 80. Ke2 $2 (80. Rg6+ $19 Kxh4 81. Kf2) 80... Kxh4 { Black mates.} 81. Ke3 Kg5 82. Rf8 h4 83. Rh8 Kg4 84. Rg8+ Kh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3h2]} 85. Kf4 Kh2 86. Rb8 h3 87. Rb2+ Kg1 88. Rb1+ Kf2 89. Rb2+ Kf1 90. Rb1+ Ke2 $1 91. Rb2+ Kd3 $1 92. Rb3+ Kd2 93. Rb2+ Kc3 $1 94. Rb1 Kc2 $1 95. Rb7 {[#]} h2 $1 96. Rh7 Kd3 97. Rxh2 {[#]} e3+ $1 98. Kf3 Ra1 99. Rh3 e2 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 64%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Safarli, Eltaj"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "2593"] [BlackElo "2705"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,65,19,10,4,14,15,21,20,27,38,34,7,14,14,22,0,0,-16,-9,-10,0,0,14,0,7, 6,14,6,2,6,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 {C68: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines} exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Bd7 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nc3 {0-1 (35) Zakaryan,D (2315)-Maiorov,N (2560) Voronezh 2015}) 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bxe7 (10. Be3 {feels hotter.} Nf6 11. f3 O-O 12. Qe2 Qe5 13. Nb3 ) 10... Nxe7 {The position is equal.} 11. Nde2 O-O-O 12. Qxd6 $146 (12. Qc1 Ng6 13. Qe3 Kb8 {0-1 (39) Naiditsch,A (2695)-Svidler,P (2735) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 12... cxd6 13. Rad1 Kc7 14. Rfe1 Rhe8 15. f3 Ng6 16. Ng3 Nf4 17. Kf2 Be6 18. Nce2 (18. a4 {is interesting.} b5 19. h4 g6 20. a5 b4 21. Nce2) 18... Nxe2 19. Rxe2 g6 ({Don't play} 19... Bxa2 $6 20. b3 $16) 20. a3 b5 21. Red2 a5 22. Ne2 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Ng3 Re5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 26. Re1 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Re4 Rb5 29. c3 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rd7 31. c4 Rb3 32. Red4 Rc3 33. h4 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2587"] [BlackElo "2730"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,65,34,23,27,27,32,25,26,26,30,25,24,27,-9,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16, 38,46,47,45,46,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O { C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qd7 (9... Bxa2 $2 10. b3 $18) 10. h4 Bf6 ({Not} 10... Bxa2 $2 11. b3 $18) 11. Kb1 {White has an edge. } O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be5 14. f4 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 c5 16. Qf2 Rhe8 17. Bd3 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 (17) Anand,V (2817) -Gashimov,V (2746) Monte Carlo 2011}) 15. Be2 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Bg4 17. Qa7 { [%cal Ra7a8] [#]} c5 18. Bxg4 $1 Qxg4 19. b4 Qd7 20. Rd5 Qc6 21. Rhd1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Kc7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Ra8.} 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. Rxc5 Rxd1+ { The position is equal.} 24. Kb2 Re8 25. Rxc6+ Kxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 26. Qf2 {Strongly threatening Qf3+.} Rd7 27. g4 f6 28. g5 fxg5 29. hxg5 g6 30. f5 gxf5 $1 31. Qxf5 Kc7 32. c4 Rg8 33. Qe5+ {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Petrov, Nikita"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E35"] [WhiteElo "2586"] [BlackElo "2718"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,54,8,20,5,32,17,27,16,18,19,13,6,28,30,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,16,47,52, 51,37,57,49,48,33,39,46,37,27,30,20,53,0,18,0,46]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 h6 ({Much weaker is} 7... Bxc5 $6 8. O-O-O $16) 8. Bh4 {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5} O-O ({ But not} 8... Bxc5 9. O-O-O $16) 9. e3 Be6 10. Nf3 {White has an edge.} Nbd7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O Rxc5 13. Nd4 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc8 14. Ndb5 Bxc3 15. Nxc3 Ne4 {0-1 (29) Matlakov,M (2682)-Eljanov,P (2729) St Petersburg 2013}) 14. Rfc1 g5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Qb3 Bxc3 $1 17. bxc3 Qb6 18. Bd3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 a6 21. b4 Rc7 22. b5 Nc5 23. Bf1 ({Of course not} 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bc2 Kf7 $11) 23... axb5 24. Nxb5 Rc6 25. Nd4 {[#] Black must now prevent Bb5.} Rc7 26. Nb5 Rc6 27. Nd4 {Strongly threatening Bb5.} Rc7 { Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,-7,0,-11,0,-15,-18,-14,-16,-13, -16,-21,-12,-10,-15,-22,-15,-33,-28,-27,-27,-36,-16,-18,-16,-16,-14,-14,-14, -22,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-17,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Be2 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Qb3 c6 12. Rd1 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc7 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Bf3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 {1/2-1/2 (37) Iljiushenok,I (2491)-Jakovenko,D (2748) Baku 2015}) 13. Bd2 axb4 14. axb4 Qe7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qc2 g6 17. Bd3 Bg7 18. Nce2 b5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nc1 Nb6 21. Nb3 Nc4 22. Be1 h5 23. Nf1 Bc8 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Nxa1 Qa7 26. Nb3 {The position is equal.} Ne8 27. Nfd2 Ned6 {[#]} 28. Na5 $1 {[%mdl 512] } Qc7 (28... Nxa5 29. bxa5) 29. Qa2 Qa7 30. Ndb3 Bf5 31. Bf1 Qa8 32. Nc5 Ne4 33. Bd3 Ned6 34. Bf1 Bf8 35. Qa1 Ne4 36. Nab3 Qxa1 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Xu, Xiangyu"] [Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2576"] [BlackElo "2721"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,69,10,8,20,14,11,11,10,18,20,10,18,12,11,11,23,3,49,4,7,12,12,0,36, 41,41,45,35,42,41,37,43,38,28,8,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-16, -16]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Rc1 Bb4 {D14: Slav Defence: Exchange variation with ...Bf5} (8... Rc8 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Rfd1 Ne7 16. Bb5 {1/2-1/2 (26) Ma,Q (2645)-Bu,X (2725) China 2018}) 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Ba3 12. Ra1 h6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qa5 15. Rab1 b6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 {1-0 (49) Marquez Abreu,C (2351) -Johnson,A (2381) ICCF email 2012}) 11. bxc3 g5 12. Bg3 h5 {[#] ...h4 is the strong threat.} 13. Ne5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 g4 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. Qxc4 Kg7 19. Qf4 Qe7 20. Rcd1 Rac8 21. Rd6 Rc7 22. Rfd1 Rhc8 23. e4 Bg6 24. a4 a6 25. a5 Kh7 {The position is equal.} 26. Bf1 Qf8 27. Rb1 Qh6 28. Bd3 Rc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Rc5 31. Rd7 Qg7 32. Rxb7 Rxa5 33. Ra7 Qxe5 34. Qxe5 Rxe5 35. f3 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B94"] [WhiteElo "2558"] [BlackElo "2739"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,85,8,37,20,12,5,38,11,28,18,20,10,20,16,25,0,0,0,0,0,50,42,45,42,45, 33,33,36,29,8,8,0,90,81,233,218,377,351,363,358,331,230,229,223,229,220,238, 229,243,256,248,0,145,140,268,260,270,130,141,122,149,104,163,84,194,160,192,0, 126,0,196,188,175,120,573,564]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 {B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7} (7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 g6 9. O-O-O Bg7 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 Nb6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Rhe1 Bc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxf6 exf6 {1/2-1/2 (69) Sjugirov,S (2661)-Artemiev,V (2754) Sochi 2019}) 7... h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. f4 {White is slightly better.} e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Qc7 (11... g5 12. Bf2 $14) 12. Nb3 b5 13. Rxd7 Nxd7 14. Nd5 {[%cal Rd5c7]} Qb8 $1 15. Na5 $146 Bc5 16. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 3072] White has compensation. White has good play.} g5 17. Bg3 Qd6 18. Be2 O-O 19. Rf1 f6 20. h4 Kg7 21. hxg5 fxg5 ( 21... hxg5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 22. Bg4 Bb6) 22. Rxf8 $16 Nxf8 $2 (22... Qxf8 $16 23. Nc7 Kh7) 23. b4 $18 Ba7 $2 {[#]} (23... Bxb4 24. Qxb4 Qxb4 25. Bxe5+ (25. Nxb4 Ng6 $16) 25... Kf7 26. Nxb4 Ng6) 24. Qc3 $1 Ng6 25. Nc6 { [%cal Rc6e5]} Bb8 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Qxc8 {And now Qb7+ would win.} Ra7 { [#] next ...Nd3+! is good for Black.} 28. Bf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2c5] Strongly threatening Bc5.} Rf7 29. Bc5 Rf8 30. Qb7+ ({Much less strong is} 30. Qxf8+ $6 Qxf8 31. Bxf8+ Kxf8) 30... Rf7 31. Qc8 (31. Qa8 $18 Qd8 32. Bd4 (32. Qxa6 Nd7 $18)) 31... Rf8 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf8c8]} 32. Qh3 Qc6 (32... Qd8 $16 33. Kb1 (33. Bxf8+ Qxf8 34. Qe3 Qd6 $16) 33... Qc8) 33. Bxf8+ $18 Kxf8 34. Kb1 (34. Qf5+ $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kg7 35. Bh5) 34... Kg7 $16 35. Bd3 Ba7 36. Qf5 Bd4 ( 36... Nxd3 $16 37. cxd3 Bd4) 37. a3 ({Better is} 37. Be2 $18) 37... Qd6 (37... Ng6 $16) 38. Be2 $18 Qc6 39. Bd3 (39. Bh5 $18) 39... Qd6 $1 $16 40. Be2 (40. Bf1 $16) 40... Qc6 $1 $18 41. Bh5 Qd6 42. Qc8 ({White should play} 42. Kc1 $18) 42... Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Qf8 $16 43. Qxf8+ Kxf8) 43. Nc7 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 51%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen"] [Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,137,10,19,15,18,8,15,11,16,18,20,7,13,0,22,19,37,29,20,-20,-20,-28, -18,-53,-46,-60,-37,-38,-50,-53,-53,-58,-33,-56,-55,-52,-54,-71,-79,-74,-76, -144,-127,-268,-104,-77,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,9,15,15,15,15,18,-3,-4,-26, -14,-24,-12,-12,0,-102,-102,-126,-20,-130,-130,-127,-106,-111,-100,-150,-157, -170,-170,-170,-167,-169,-163,-163,-141,-142,-141,-136,-141,-143,-141,-358, -333,-409,-409,-409,-409,-542,-537,-617,-536,-533,-515,-5700,-5700,-12119, -10972,-29958,-29961,-29955,-6426,-29976,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980, -29980,-29981,-29980,-29981,-29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Nd2 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3} (6. Qc2 O-O 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. h3 b6 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Ba6 12. Nd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 {1-0 (47) Yu,Y (2751) -Meier,G (2650) Riadh 2017}) 6... O-O 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. Bb2 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. O-O Bg6 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. Qc2 a5 {1/2-1/2 (50) Johansson,J (2129)-Pietinen,P (2085) Finland 2004}) 10. O-O Ng6 11. g3 Bh3 12. Re1 Ne8 13. Qh5 Qd7 14. Nf1 Bg4 15. Qg5 f5 16. f3 Bxf3 17. exf5 {aiming for Nd2.} e4 $1 18. Rxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Ne7 $36 {[%cal Re7f5][%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 20. g4 Nf6 21. Bd3 h6 22. Qf4 Rae8 23. Ng3 g5 24. Qf3 Qc6 25. Ne4 (25. Be2 $142) 25... Kg7 $1 $17 26. Bc1 {[#]} (26. Rf1 $17 Neg8 27. Nxf6 Nxf6 28. Qg3) 26... Nxf5 $2 (26... Ng6 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] is more deadly.} 27. d5 (27. fxg6 Nxe4) 27... Ne5) 27. d5 Nh4 {[#]} (27... Qa6 $1 $17 28. gxf5 (28. Nxf6 Qb6+ 29. c5 Qxc5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Kf1 Qxc3 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 28... Nxe4) 28. Qxf6+ $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf6 29. dxc6 Rf3 30. Be2 $1 Rff8 31. Ng3 $1 bxc6 32. Rb1 Rb8 (32... Nf3+ { is more complex.} 33. Kh1 Nh4 34. Kg1) 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Bd3 Nf3+ 35. Kf2 Ne5 36. Bf5 c5 37. Ke2 Nxc4 38. Kd3 Ne5+ 39. Kc2 Nf3 40. h3 $1 Ng1 41. Be4 (41. h4 $11 {remains equal.}) 41... Nxh3 $17 42. c4 Nf4 (42... Nf2 $17 43. Bf5 Rb4) 43. Bxf4 (43. Nf5+ $11 Kf8 44. Bf3) 43... gxf4 44. Nh5+ Kf7 {Threatens to win with ...Ke6.} 45. Nxf4 Kf6 46. Nd5+ Ke5 47. Bd3 Rg8 48. Be2 Rg7 49. Kd3 c6 50. Ne3 Kf4 51. Ng2+ Kg3 52. Ne3 {Nf5+ is the strong threat.} Rg6 53. Nf5+ Kf4 54. Ne7 $2 (54. a4 $17) 54... Re6 $19 55. Nxc6 Re3+ 56. Kd2 Ra3 57. Ne7 Rxa2+ 58. Kd3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 59. Nd5+ Kg3 60. Nc3 {[#]} (60. Bd1 $142 Rg2 61. Ke3) 60... Rxe2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 61. Kxe2 (61. Nxe2+ Kxg4) 61... Kxg4 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KP} 62. Nb5 {[#]} a4 $1 63. Kd3 Kf4 (63... h5 $142 64. Ke2 h4 65. Kf1 Kf3 66. Na3 Ke3 67. Nc2+ {[#]} Kd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 68. Na3 Kc3 69. Nb5+ Kxc4 70. Nxd6+ Kb4 71. Nf7 a3 72. Kg2 a2 73. Ne5 a1=Q 74. Nd3+ Kc4 75. Nf4 Qg7+ 76. Kf3 Qg3+ 77. Ke4 h3 78. Nxh3 Qxh3 79. Ke5 Qg3+ 80. Kf6 Kd5 81. Kf5 Qh4 82. Kg6 Ke6 83. Kg7 Qh5 84. Kg8 Kf6 85. Kf8 Qh8#) 64. Nxd6 a3 {Black mates. } 65. Kc2 h5 ({And not} 65... Ke5 66. Nf7+ Kd4 67. Nxh6 $11) 66. Nb7 h4 67. Nxc5 h3 68. Nd3+ Kg3 69. Nc1 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 72%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2544"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "263"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,263,33,23,27,26,12,22,16,17,5,3,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-13, -8,-18,21,0,12,16,51,75,76,76,77,78,66,40,60,57,55,1,8,0,0,0,88,88,95,99,121, 120,107,107,136,135,154,130,150,134,233,156,156,156,271,264,262,256,258,258, 299,299,272,275,340,338,336,308,1222,1201,29960,29962,5728,4702,1550,1083,742, 672,661,657,640,605,536,287,287,287,287,287,287,287,287,279,279,279,279,254, 287,279,279,279,279,274,287,279,279,279,279,279,279,279,270,0,279,279,287,287, 287,287,278,271,272,223,239,237,229,0,281,281,357,266,337,221,236,221,214,214, 207,0,201,197,185,170,144,0,370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370, 370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370,330,316,305,370,370,370,335,370,370,370, 370,485,377,377,377,377,377,377,260,377,377,377,377,377,370,370,370,370,370, 370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370,370, 370,370,370,370,370,370,370,877,370,1028,370,483,472,1403,827,29993,29994, 29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29955,29997,29998]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Be7 10. cxd5 (10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. g3 Rd8 14. Kf2 Nf8 15. Bd3 g5 16. h3 g6 {0-1 (39) Ding,L (2805)-Yu,Y (2752) Saint Louis 2019}) 10... cxd5 11. Nxg6 {The position is equal.} hxg6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Ne2 a6 14. Rc1 Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qd7 15. O-O O-O 16. Bb1 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 (25) Korobov,A (2678)-Beradze,I (2486) Nakhchivan 2018}) 15. h3 O-O 16. O-O Qd7 17. Rfd1 Bd6 18. Be1 Rfe8 19. f4 Rc7 20. g4 Rec8 21. Kg2 Qe7 22. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} b5 23. a4 (23. Rc2 {feels hotter.} Nd7 24. a4 bxa4 25. Qxa4 Nb6 26. Qxa6 Rb8 27. Qa1) 23... Nb4 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Bxb4 $1 (25. axb5 $6 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 axb5 $11) 25... Bxb4 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ng3 Bd6 28. Ra1 (28. Bxb5 Rb7 $11) 28... Rc8 29. Kf3 (29. Bxb5 Rb8 $15) ({White should try } 29. g5 $14 Ne8 30. h4 (30. Bxb5 Rb8 $11)) 29... Nh7 $11 30. Ra6 ({Don't play } 30. Bxb5 Qh4 $17) 30... b4 31. Qa4 Nf8 (31... Bb8 $11 32. Ne2 g5) 32. g5 $16 Qc7 33. h4 Rb8 34. Qc6 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 Rd8 36. Ne2 f6 37. Rb6 Kf7 38. Bb5 Bb8 ( 38... Rb8 $16 {was worth a try.} 39. Rxd6 Rxb5) 39. Rb7+ Kg8 40. Nc1 e5 (40... Bd6 $16 41. Nd3 Rc8) 41. fxe5 fxe5 42. dxe5 Bxe5 43. Nd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bd6 44. Bc6 Kh7 45. Bxd5 ({Don't take} 45. Nxb4 $6 d4 $16) 45... Nd7 46. Be4 ({Resist} 46. Nxb4 Ne5+ 47. Ke4 Ng4 $18) 46... Rf8+ 47. Ke2 Nc5 $2 ( 47... Rd8 48. h5 Nc5) 48. Nxc5 $18 Bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 49. h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h6]} Rd8 50. Rc7 Bd6 51. hxg6+ Kh8 52. Rc1 {Intending Bd5 and mate.} Be7 53. Rg1 Kg8 54. Bc2 Ra8 55. Bb3+ Kf8 56. Rf1+ Ke8 57. Rf7 Ra5 58. Rxg7 Rxg5 59. Rh7 Bf6 {[#]} 60. Bf7+ $1 Ke7 61. b3 Kd6 62. Rh1 Bc3 63. Rd1+ Ke7 64. Rf1 Rg3 65. Rf5 Rg1 66. Kf2 Rg4 67. Rb5 Kf6 68. Kf3 Rg1 69. Kf2 Rg4 $1 70. Ke2 Rg2+ 71. Kd3 Rg3 72. Rb6+ Kg7 73. Rb7 Kf6 74. Be8 Rg5 75. Rb6+ Kg7 76. Bf7 Rg3 $1 77. Re6 Rg4 78. Re8 Kf6 79. Ke2 Rg3 80. Kf2 Rg5 81. Kf3 Rg1 82. Kf2 Rg5 83. Re6+ Kg7 84. Ke2 Rg2+ 85. Kd3 $2 (85. Kf3 $16 Rh2 86. Kf4) 85... Rg4 $1 86. e4 Rg1 87. Kc4 Rg5 88. Re8 Kf6 89. e5+ Bxe5 90. Kxb4 Bd6+ 91. Kc4 {aiming for Re6+.} Rg4+ 92. Kd5 Be7 93. Rb8 Rg5+ 94. Kc6 Rg4 95. Rb5 Kg7 96. Re5 Bf8 97. Re3 Ba3 98. Rc3 Rb4 99. Rc2 Rb8 {White must now prevent ...Rc8+.} 100. Ra2 Bf8 101. Ra7 Rb4 102. Rb7 Rd4 103. Be8+ Kg8 104. Rh7 {[%csl Gg6,Gh7][%cal Re8f7]} Bg7 105. Bf7+ Kf8 106. Kc5 {Rxg7! is the strong threat.} Rd1 107. b4 Rc1+ 108. Kb5 Rb1 109. Rh4 Bf6 110. Re4 Kg7 111. Kb6 Bd8+ 112. Kc6 Rc1+ 113. Kd5 Rb1 114. Be8 Rd1+ 115. Kc4 Rc1+ 116. Kb3 Rb1+ 117. Kc2 Rg1 118. b5 Kf6 119. Bf7 Rg5 120. Re6+ Kg7 121. Be8 Kf8 122. Kd3 Rg3+ 123. Kc4 Rg5 $2 (123... Rg4+ 124. Kd5 Rg2) 124. Bf7 (124. Bc6 $142) 124... Be7 $2 (124... Rg4+ 125. Kc5 Kg7) 125. Rc6 $2 ( 125. b6 {Threatens to win with Rxe7!} Rc5+ 126. Kb3) 125... Rg4+ 126. Kd5 { Strongly threatening Ke6.} Rg5+ (126... Kg7 $142 127. Rc8 Bf8) 127. Ke6 { Threatening mate with Rc8+.} Bb4 128. Rc8+ {White mates.} Kg7 129. Rg8+ Kh6 130. Rh8+ Kg7 131. Rh7+ Kf8 {[#]} 132. g7+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 50%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Bellahcene, Bilel"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2745"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,32,27,25,19,31,41,37,38,15,57,24,29,13,15,-10,40,0,17,0,28]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} 9. Ne2 (9. Be3 h6 10. Ne2 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. c4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 Ne6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bg4 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {1/2-1/2 (58) Svidler,P (2756)-Carlsen,M (2839) Porto Carras 2018}) 9... h5 10. Be3 Nd7 {White is slightly better.} 11. O-O h4 12. h3 Nf8 13. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rad1 Ne6 14. c4 Ng5 15. Rfe1 Bc7 16. a3 {0-1 (52) Haldorsen,B (2448)-Artemiev,V (2736) Skopje 2019}) 13... Ng6 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. Qd2 Ng6 16. Qc2 Nf8 {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Ziska, Helgi Dam"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2533"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,60,12,13,3,15,15,16,15,25,21,20,21,22,21,21,19,16,18,20,20,28,16,25, 18,33,19,22,17,39,22,21,29,18,0,21,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 h6 7. c3 d6 8. a4 {[#] Threatens to win with b4. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} a6 9. Re1 Ba7 $146 (9... a5 10. d4 Ba7 11. Bb3 Re8 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Na3 Qc8 14. Nb5 Bb6 15. Bb1 exd4 16. cxd4 {0-1 (34) Giri,A (2797)-Karjakin,S (2753) Shamkir 2019}) 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nh5 13. Ra2 Qe8 14. Nf1 Nf4 15. Kh2 Qf7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Ng6 18. Qb3 Kh7 19. a5 Qd7 20. N1d2 d5 21. d4 Qd6 { [#] White must now prevent ...exd4+.} 22. Kg1 Kh8 23. Raa1 Nce7 24. c4 c6 25. Qc3 {[%cal Rd4e5] The position is equal.} exd4 26. exd4 Qg3 {And now ...Nf4! would win.} 27. Nf1 Qf4 28. N1d2 Qg3 {...Nf4! is the strong threat.} 29. Nf1 Qf4 30. N1d2 Qg3 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Escobar Forero, Alder"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "2504"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,78,4,11,12,18,23,16,0,7,0,27,0,2,0,9,0,21,-9,72,79,77,71,83,80,85,89, 120,110,115,66,101,103,111,110,104,105,108,79,216,0,0,0,0,0,221,225,213,214, 287,295,284,0,0,-136,-134,-138,-142,-170,-176,-234,-232,-233,-244,-462,-459, -442,-439,-418,-384,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Rd1 (9. c4 b6 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. b3 Nb4 {0-1 (37) Anand,V (2764)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2775) Paris 2019}) 9... Be6 10. c4 Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc8 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Nc3 Nde5 {1-0 (30) Corrales Jimenez,F (2530)-Tiglon,B (2310) Indianapolis 2016}) 11. Nc3 Rfc8 12. Ng5 Nd7 13. Qg3 Nce5 (13... Nd4 $11) 14. b3 $16 Nc6 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qa3 17. Rab1 a6 18. h4 Nd4 19. Bf1 b5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 20. h5 bxc4 21. hxg6 hxg6 { [%cal Rc4b3]} 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Bxc4 Nd4 (23... Rxc4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 24. bxc4 Re8) 24. Qg5 $2 ({Not} 24. Qxg6 $2 Rxc4 25. Qh5 Nf6 $19) (24. Bc1 $1 $18 { [%cal Rc1a3]} Qc5 25. Be3 (25. Qxg6 Qxc4 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $11)) 24... e6 $11 { Black wants to play ...Ne5.} 25. Be1 Nc2 26. Bd2 Nb6 $2 {[#]} (26... Nd4 $11) 27. Bxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 28. Qxg6 {Threatens to win with Bh6.} Qc5 29. Qxe6+ Kh7 30. Nd5 $2 ({White should play} 30. Rbc1 $18 Rf8 31. Rf1 (31. Rxc2 Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 Rh8 $15)) 30... Nxd5 $11 31. exd5 {[#]} (31. Qh3+ $11 Kg8 32. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 33. Qh3+ Kg8 34. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 35. Qh3+ Kg8) 31... Rf8 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 32. Qh3+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Rf7 34. Be3 (34. Rf1 $142 Nd4 35. Qe4) 34... Nxe3 $19 35. fxe3 {[#]} Be5 $1 36. Rf1 $2 (36. Re1) 36... Qxe3+ 37. Kh1 Raf8 {( -> ...Qh6+!) } 38. Rxf7 Rxf7 39. Rf1 $2 {[#]} (39. Qg4+ $19 Kh8 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qh3+ Qxh3+ 42. gxh3) 39... Qh6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Back Rank. Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 51%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "El Gindy, Essam"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E24"] [WhiteElo "2431"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,138,-1,0,-12,-26,-30,2,2,2,-35,-11,0,0,-45,-55,-73,-27,-29,34,34,0,0, 7,0,33,7,18,-89,-97,-93,-86,-80,-90,-122,-108,-121,-108,-147,-143,-145,-152, -144,-128,-133,-108,-190,-189,-183,-194,-185,-144,-168,-168,-167,-153,-204, -208,-200,-222,-227,-156,-156,-141,-185,-177,-244,-232,-237,-237,-237,-237, -229,-224,-218,-221,-223,-181,-183,-170,-223,-223,-220,-212,-208,-185,-327, -325,-309,-313,-308,-306,-339,-327,-391,-389,-389,-276,-385,-376,-5408,-5402, -29978,-285,-387,-362,-362,-361,-570,-558,-406,-359,-358,-355,-351,-325,-337, -333,-325,-325,-325,-320,-310,-301,-600,-566,-1245,-1035,-1672,-1646,-5322, -5314]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 {E24: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: Unusual Black 5th moves and 5...c5 sidelines} b6 7. e4 d6 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Na5 9. Bg5 (9. Nh3 Ba6 10. Qe2 e5 11. Be3 Qd7 12. a4 Qc6 13. d5 Qd7 14. O-O {1/2-1/2 (53) Carlsen,M (2882)-Aronian,L (2765) Saint Louis 2019}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 $1 Ba6 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. a4 Qc6 $146 { [%cal Ra6c4]} ({Predecessor:} 12... e5 13. Bf2 Qe6 14. d5 {0-1 (42) Minzer,C (2385)-Panno,O (2530) Villa Ballester 1995}) 13. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Qb7 ( 13... Qd7 $11) 14. Bxf6 $1 $14 gxf6 15. Rb1 Qc8 16. Nh3 Nb7 17. Nf4 h5 18. g4 ( 18. g3 $11 {remains equal.}) 18... hxg4 $17 19. fxg4 Nc5 20. Nh5 Ke7 ({ Stronger than} 20... Nxa4 21. O-O $16) 21. O-O Rh6 22. Qe3 Qh8 {aiming for ... Rg8.} 23. Rf2 Rg8 24. Rg2 Nxd3 (24... Nxa4 25. h3 $17) 25. Qxd3 Rhg6 26. Qf3 Bxc4 {White must now prevent ...f5!} 27. Rd1 {[#]} (27. Rb4 $17 Rxg4 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 28. Rxg4 Qxh5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. h3) 27... Rxg4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 28. Rxg4 {Threatens to win with Nxf6!} (28. Qxg4 Rxg4) 28... Qxh5 29. h3 Rxg4+ 30. hxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Qg5 31. Kf2 a5 {Played: Bc4-b3} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Duran Vega, Sergio"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2387"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,84,16,14,7,9,11,12,8,5,13,12,8,0,43,0,0,-19,-25,-29,-13,-12,-4,-19, -8,-30,-36,-69,-24,-62,-62,-67,-53,-117,-108,-104,-111,-132,-117,-118,-109, -107,-50,-103,-41,-147,-147,-147,-143,-185,-197,-546,-465,-362,-155,-218,-167, -362,-368,-987,-617,-29987,-770,-1183,-914,-5185,-1990,-29974,-29975]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 11. Qc1 Nbd7 (11... Bd5 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Rd1 Nb4 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. a5 Nc6 17. Ne5 Na7 18. Nd3 Nb5 19. Ra4 c6 20. Qc2 Re8 21. Bc1 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 (21) Fedoseev,V (2714)-Aronian, L (2765) Germany 2019}) 12. Nc3 Qe7 {The position is equal.} 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c6 15. a5 Rad8 {[#]} (15... e5 {is interesting.} 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Bg2 Nc5) 16. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rd1 Nd5 18. Qc2 {1-0 (87) Bogner,S (2557)-Movsesian,S (2658) Germany 2016}) 16... Bxf4 17. gxf4 Kh8 18. e3 Rg8 19. Qc2 g5 {White must now prevent ...gxf4.} 20. f5 g4 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Ra4 Nf8 $1 24. Qb4 Qf7 25. Qc5 (25. Ne4 $15) 25... Ng6 $1 $17 26. Qg5 Rbf8 27. Rf1 Qg7 28. Kh1 h6 29. Qc5 Nh4 (29... Qf7 $17) 30. Raa1 (30. Qe5 $15) 30... Qc7 ({Better is} 30... Qf7 $17) 31. Ne4 (31. Qe5 $15 Qxe5 32. dxe5) 31... Nxg2 32. Nxf6 Rxf6 33. Kxg2 Rg5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks with force.} 34. Qc3 $2 (34. Qc2 {is more resistant.}) 34... Rh5 $19 { [%csl Gh5][%cal Rc7h2]} 35. Rh1 Qd7 (35... Qh7 $19 {is more deadly. aiming for ...g3!} 36. Kg1 Qe4) 36. Qd3 (36. Rae1 $17) 36... Qd5+ 37. Kg1 $2 {[#]} (37. e4 {was the only chance.} Qg5 38. Qe2) 37... Qf3 $1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rf3f2][%mdl 512]} 38. Rf1 $2 (38. Qd2) 38... Rxa5 {Threatens to win with ...Ra1!} 39. Qb3 { [#]} Rh5 (39... Ra1 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Qc2 (40. Rxa1 Qxf2#) 40... Rxf1+ { [%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 41. Kxf1 Qxh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Ke2 { [#]} Rxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} 43. Kd3 Rxc2 44. Kxc2 Qxh2+ 45. Kc3 g3 46. e4 g2 47. Kb4 g1=Q 48. Kc5 Qxb2 49. Kd6 Qg7 50. d5 cxd5 51. Kxe6 Qbe5#) 40. Qd3 a5 41. b3 Rg5 {( -> ...g3!)} 42. Qd1 Qh3 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 59%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Mohammad Fahad, Rahman"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2250"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,72,33,29,29,29,30,36,23,12,-1,-6,-11,-7,-17,-13,-21,0,-22,-22,-34, -35,-36,-27,-43,-46,-45,-29,-32,-29,-76,-18,-127,-118,-119,-117,-113,-111,-114, -93,-106,-104,-107,-100,-252,-264,-279,-279,-279,-278,-278,-258,-282,-276,-275, -260,-264,-265,-563,-522,-510,-479]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. Ncd5 {White is slightly better.} (10. O-O Nh5 11. g3 Bg5 12. Ncd5 Bxe3+ 13. Bxe3 Ne7 14. Bg5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 Nf6 18. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 (57) Bacrot,E (2725)-Yu,Y (2751) Riadh 2017}) 10... a6 11. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O b5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bd5 Qd7 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. c4 Rab8 {1/2-1/2 (106) Skovgaard,P (2317)-Rendboe,J (2181) Denmark 2015}) 11... b5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bd5 Qd7 14. O-O Rab8 15. Bd2 Bg5 16. Nf5 { aiming for Bxc6.} Bxd5 17. Bxg5 Be6 18. Ne3 f6 19. Bh4 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bf2 Rfd8 (21... Bf7 $17 22. Qc2 Rbc8) 22. Qe2 (22. Nxd5 $11 {remains equal.} Qxd5 23. Qb3) 22... Bf7 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 23. Nc2 Bg6 24. Ne1 Qd5 ({But not} 24... Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Qxd3 26. Qxd3 $15) 25. Be3 Rb7 26. f4 exf4 27. Rxf4 Re7 {White must now prevent ...Rde8.} 28. Qf2 $2 {[#]} ( 28. Qf3 $17) 28... Rde8 $1 $19 29. c4 bxc4 30. dxc4 {[#]} Qe6 $1 {[%cal Re6e3]} 31. Bd2 Nd4 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Qxd4 Rd7 34. Qc3 Red8 35. Nf3 $2 (35. Qe3 { was worth a try.} Qxc4 36. Bc3) 35... Rd3 36. Re1 Qd7 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 61%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2558"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,75,14,12,8,14,14,39,39,45,37,64,59,72,64,64,64,72,52,72,42,70,55,74, 52,60,34,57,73,78,79,75,0,70,68,82,80,78,83,93,96,122,122,122,124,121,130,130, 129,122,123,160,122,262,257,243,260,263,256,373,371,475,456]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4 O-O 9. Re1 { A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} Rb8 10. b3 cxd4 (10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ba3 Qa5 13. Qc1 e4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Bb2 fxe4 16. Ng5 Ne5 17. Bxe4 {0-1 (27) Yu,Y (2739)-Jones,G (2702) Hengshui 2019}) 11. exd4 {White is slightly better.} Nf5 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 12. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bb2 Ncxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Ba3 Bd7 16. Bxd6 Bc6 {1-0 (36) Malikentzos,S (2431)-Halkias,S (2568) Anogia 2018}) 12... Qa5 13. Ne4 h6 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Ne5 $1 17. Bc3 Re8 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Ba1 Qb6 20. Nfd2 Bb5 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Rbc8 23. Qa4 (23. Bh3 $16) 23... Re7 (23... Nd3 $11 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Rxe8+ Kg7 26. Rxc8 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Ne1) 24. Red1 $14 Nd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qc7 27. Qxa7 Nc5 28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Bf1 Ra5 31. Rd2 Rc7 32. Rb6 Ra6 33. Rdb2 Nd4 (33... Ra3 $16 { might work better.} 34. Kg2 (34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Rxa2 $16) 34... Kf6) 34. Rxa6 $18 bxa6 35. Rb6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Nd2 (36... Ne1+ $142 37. Kh3 Rd7) 37. Rxd6 Nxf1 38. Rc6 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 49%.} ({Weaker is} 38. Kxf1 Rxc4 39. Rxa6 Rd4 $16) 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Bu, Xiangzhi"] [Black "Xu, Xiangyu"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2721"] [BlackElo "2576"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,107,14,12,14,12,22,21,0,27,28,32,12,12,19,36,37,39,41,41,35,51,52,48, 49,52,48,36,42,59,59,60,62,64,63,58,55,66,63,57,47,57,43,43,43,43,43,50,49,49, 40,90,37,43,37,49,49,49,20,21,0,50,48,44,23,30,4,24,25,31,10,11,12,12,13,43,43, 43,43,60,39,44,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,4,4,4,0,0,0,4,4,4,4,4,4]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 c6 6. Nge2 {A23: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 g3 c6} d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O (8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Qc2 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 (28) Carlsen,M (2843)-Ding,L (2791) Stavanger 2018}) 8... Be6 9. d4 exd4 10. Ne4 Bb6 $146 {[%cal Rd4e3]} ({ Predecessor:} 10... Be7 11. Nxd4 Qc8 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Bd2 Na6 {1/2-1/2 (79) Schneider,B (2372)-Lenaerts,L (2289) Belgium 2018}) 11. Nxd4 Qe7 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bb2 N7f6 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qc2 Bc7 17. Qc4 Rfe8 18. Qxe6 Rxe6 19. Bh3 Ree8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Ba5 24. Bf5 h6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. Bd3 Rd5 27. Rc1 Rh5 28. h4 Bb4 29. Rc4 a5 30. Rg4 (30. Rf4 $16) 30... Rd5 31. a4 b5 32. Rf4 Ke7 33. Be4 Rc5 34. Bd3 Rd5 35. Re4+ Kf8 36. Rg4 Bc3 37. Be4 Rc5 {[#] aiming for ...f5.} 38. Bh7 Ke7 39. Rg8 bxa4 40. bxa4 f5 $1 41. Rc8 Kf6 {Threatening ...Kg7.} 42. e4 fxe4 43. Bxe4 Bb4 44. g4 Kg7 45. f4 Rc4 {The position is equal.} 46. Kd3 Rc3+ 47. Kd4 Rg3 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 Bd2 50. Ke5 Rg4 51. Rxc6 Rxf4 52. Rc2 Rf2 53. Kd4 Be1 54. Rxf2 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2577"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 27,72,16,31,33,58,54,85,70,83,88,131,83,91,101,92,60,159,72,68,56,74,74, 74,74,68,79,65,64,65,49,88,39,164,168,145,62,515,497,950,936,1157,388,385,300, 276,214,1058]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Re8 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. Bb2 c4 15. Qe2 {E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3} h5 16. Qf2 b5 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 16... Qd7 17. Rae1 Ne7 18. e4 h4 19. Nh1 Ng6 20. e5 Nh5 21. Bc1 Nhf4 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Qxh4 {1-0 (39) Shankland,S (2679)-Sanikidze,T (2497) Baku 2016}) 17. Rae1 $1 {White is better.} h4 18. Nf5 h3 {[#]} 19. Qg3 $1 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg3g7][%mdl 512]} g6 20. e4 hxg2 21. Qxg2 {And now e5 would win.} Kh8 (21... Ne7 $1 $14) 22. Ng3 ({White should play} 22. Qh3+ Kg8 23. Kh1) 22... Ne7 23. Bc1 a5 24. Qh3+ Nh7 25. Bf4 Ra6 26. Kh1 Qc8 27. Qh4 Re6 28. e5 Rb6 29. Rg1 Nf5 (29... b4 $14) 30. Nxf5 $18 Qxf5 31. Rg3 ({ White should try} 31. Rg5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f5]} Qe6 32. Qh6) 31... Rg8 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (31... b4 $1 $14) 32. Bg5 Re6 (32... Rg7 $142 33. Rh3 Kg8) 33. Rh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh4h7]} Rg7 {[#]} 34. Bf6 $2 (34. Qh6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Bf6! would kill now.} Qxh3 35. Qxh3) 34... g5 35. Bxg7+ Kxg7 36. Rg1 Rg6 $2 { Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 29%.} (36... Rb6 37. Qh5 b4) 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Safarli, Eltaj"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2593"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,94,17,28,22,2,7,0,40,31,50,60,60,61,71,0,7,0,4,2,3,-34,41,37,39,47, 35,13,13,9,13,10,17,20,18,20,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,6,23,39,35,9,11,9,11,11,11, 11,11,11,11,11,11,8,10,10,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Nf3 Nd7 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} 10. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nxd5 e5 11. dxe5 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. O-O Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Bc7 {1-0 (53) Cordova,E (2637)-Quesada Perez,Y (2533) Villahermosa 2016 }) 10... e5 11. Bg5 Qa5 (11... f6 $5 12. Bh4 $8 e4 $11) 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nb6 {[#]} 15. Nce2 (15. a3 $1 $16) 15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc4 17. b3 Nd2 18. Qe1 {Black must now prevent Rd1.} Qc3 (18... Bxd4 $1 $15 19. exd4 Qc3) 19. Rd1 $14 Nf3+ 20. Nxf3 Qxc2 21. Qd2 (21. Qa5 {is more complex.} Be6 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 b6 24. Qa6) 21... Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Be6 23. Bg3 Rfc8 24. Be5 Bf8 25. Nd4 Bb4 26. Rc2 (26. Rd3 {looks sharper.} Bd7 27. a4 Re8 28. Bg3 Rac8 29. Ne2) 26... Rxc2 27. Nxc2 Be7 28. Nd4 Rc8 29. Rd1 a6 30. a4 Ba3 31. g4 Rc1 (31... h5 {is interesting.} 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Kg2 Kf7 34. Kf3 Be7) 32. Rxc1 Bxc1 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 33. Kf1 Ba3 {The position is equal.} 34. Ke2 Bc5 35. Nxe6 fxe6 {KB-KB} 36. Kd3 Kf7 37. Bd4 Bd6 38. e4 h5 39. exd5 exd5 40. Be3 hxg4 41. hxg4 Ke6 42. f4 Bc7 43. Bd2 Bb6 44. Bc1 Bc7 45. Be3 Ba5 46. Bf2 Bc7 47. Be3 Ba5 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2694"] [BlackElo "2609"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,77,12,13,14,14,4,13,8,13,18,12,20,3,0,0,-12,21,33,35,26,41,13,13,13, 12,13,20,22,54,20,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7} Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. a4 b4 {[#]} 18. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. cxb4 Bxb4 19. Rec1 Bd2 20. Bxd2 Rxd2 {1/2-1/2 (45) Caruana,F (2804)-Giri,A (2782) Paris 2016}) 18... f6 19. Bb7 Bc8 (19... bxc3 { looks sharper.} 20. bxc3 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Bf4 fxe5 23. Bxe5 Bh4) 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. exf6 $1 gxf6 22. Bd2 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Kf7 24. Ra4 Bd6 25. Rh4 Kg6 26. Kxg2 Rb8 {The position is equal.} 27. Kf3 Rb5 28. Ree4 Rfb8 29. h3 h5 30. Rc4 Rf5+ 31. Ke2 Be5 32. b4 Bxc3 33. Rxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Re8+ 34. Kf1 Rd8 $1 35. Ke2 Re8+ 36. Kf1 Rd8 $1 37. Re4 Rd2 38. Re2 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 { Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Lu, Shanglei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2686"] [BlackElo "2602"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,70,0,29,35,25,31,42,24,74,76,64,80,107,49,38,20,28,30,18,25,125,127, 103,107,112,113,112,98,122,111,100,22,20,1,12,11,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nxc4 Be7 9. b3 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (9. Qc2 d3 10. exd3 O-O 11. d4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Nb4 13. Nfe5 Bc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 Rb8 16. Qa4 Nbd5 { 1/2-1/2 (42) Ponkratov,P (2630)-Yu,Y (2764) St Petersburg 2018}) 9... O-O 10. Bb2 {[%cal Rf3d4]} d3 11. e3 {White is slightly better.} h6 $146 ({Predecessor: } 11... Ne4 12. Nfe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Nc5 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nxd3 a5 16. a3 Bf6 { 1/2-1/2 (45) Fridman,D (2627)-Inkiov,V (2451) Belgium 2008}) 12. Nfe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rb8 14. Bd4 (14. Qd2 $16) 14... Nd7 $14 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxa7 Ra8 17. Bd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bf6 (17... Rd8 $11) 18. Bxf6 $16 gxf6 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. Rd2 Qb5 22. Rad1 e5 23. Qf3 (23. Qh5 $16 Kg7 24. Be4) 23... Kg7 $11 24. Bf1 {[%cal Rf1d3]} Qb4 $1 {[#] White must now prevent .. .Bg4.} 25. e4 Be6 26. Rxd3 ({White should try} 26. Bxd3 $14 Rd4 27. Qe2) 26... Rxd3 {The position is equal.} 27. Bxd3 Rxa2 28. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4e6]} Bxc4 29. Qg4+ Kh7 30. Qf5+ Kg7 31. Qg4+ Kh7 32. bxc4 Qxc4 33. Qf5+ Kg7 34. Qg4+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "McShane, Luke J"] [Black "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E19"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2615"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,113,37,36,30,38,38,31,31,81,82,79,67,83,68,83,70,71,70,75,53,79,74, 55,-6,44,43,35,28,64,66,75,74,71,34,106,89,107,72,81,68,75,60,72,71,71,59,61, 59,92,59,86,73,74,59,60,60,80,66,67,65,68,68,60,53,95,87,91,94,122,117,117,107, 153,151,137,149,154,116,102,99,204,222,253,249,241,238,507,530,706,670,868,806, 1097,1083,1055,1072,1050,1006,1939,1807,5513,5409,4133,3385]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. Nc3 b4 7. Na4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. d4 {White is slightly better.} Nb6 10. Nxb6 cxb6 11. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb2 d5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Rc1 Be7 14. Ne5 O-O {1/2-1/2 (32) Adhiban,B (2672)-Liu,G (2448) Chengdu 2017}) 11... e5 12. Ne1 Be7 13. Nd3 a5 14. e4 Nd7 15. Qd2 Bf6 16. Bb2 O-O 17. f4 (17. a3 $14) 17... Re8 18. Kh1 Ba6 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Bh3 Rc7 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. fxe5 dxe5 (22... Bg5 $14 23. Qc2 Bxc1 24. Qxc1 dxe5) 23. Qf2 Qb8 24. Rcd1 Bc8 25. h3 Rb7 26. Kh2 Qd6 27. Bc1 Bd8 28. g4 Qg6 29. Qf3 Rd7 30. Bb2 Bc7 31. Kh1 Bd6 32. Rd2 f6 33. Rg2 Rc7 34. Qe3 Rb7 35. Bc1 h6 36. Qf3 Bd7 37. Be3 a4 38. Bd2 axb3 39. axb3 Ra8 40. Bxb4 Bxb4 41. Nxb4 Ra3 42. Nc2 Ra2 43. Ne3 Rxg2 44. Kxg2 Ra7 45. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Ra3 {[#]} (45... Qg5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 46. c5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5c6]} Bb5 47. Re1 ({Weaker is} 47. cxb6 Bxf1+ 48. Kxf1 Qe8 $15) 47... bxc5 48. bxc5 Bd3 $2 (48... Rc3 49. c6 Qf7) 49. Nf5 {Ne7+ is the strong threat.White is clearly winning.} Qg5 50. Re3 g6 51. h4 Qf4 {[#]} 52. Qxf4 $1 ( {Worse is} 52. Rxd3 Ra2+ 53. Kg1 Ra1+ 54. Kg2 Ra2+ 55. Kg1 Ra1+ 56. Kg2 Ra2+ $11) 52... exf4 {[#]} 53. Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd3 54. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7] [%mdl 32]} Kf8 55. d6 Ke8 56. Ng7+ Kf7 57. c7 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 33%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Korobov, Anton"] [Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2609"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,66,31,24,20,15,22,30,35,29,0,10,6,14,0,0,0,-8,-36,-30,-41,4,-28,-32, -39,-28,-20,-20,-17,-15,-25,-16,-8,28,-22,-20,-48,0,0,0,-168,-170,-149,-153, -153,-148,-274,-272,-309,-329,-322,-318,-328,-318,-312,-194,-398,-398,-425, -418]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. Bb2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} c6 7. a4 Bf5 8. c4 { White has an edge.} Ne4 9. Qb3 Nxd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a5 10. b5 Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 e5 14. Be2 Rc8 15. Nf3 Rc2 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Qd3 e4 {0-1 (18) Hamitevici,V (2439)-Melkumyan,H (2622) Douglas 2015}) 10. Nxd2 Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qxd5 e5 13. Be2 Qe7 {And now ...Rfc8 would win.} 14. O-O ({Avoid the trap} 14. Qxb7 $2 exd4 15. e4 Rfb8 $19) 14... Rfd8 15. Qf3 exd4 16. exd4 Nf6 {[#] ...Bg4 is the strong threat.} 17. Bc4 Qxb4 18. Bc3 Qe7 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. h3 h5 21. Re5 Rac8 22. Bb2 Bh6 23. Bb5 Qc7 24. Rxf5 $2 {[#]} ( 24. Rc1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qb8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Nf1) 24... gxf5 $19 25. d5 Rxd5 ({Don't play} 25... Nxd5 26. Qxh5 Qd6 27. Ra3 $15) 26. Bxf6 Rxd2 27. Qxf5 (27. Qxh5 $17 Qf4 28. Be2) 27... Qc5 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. Re1 Bg7 30. Bh4 a6 31. Bf1 Rd4 32. Bg3 $2 (32. g3) 32... h4 33. Bb8 Rc8 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 63%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Kovalenko, Igor"] [Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A18"] [WhiteElo "2674"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,73,19,2,5,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,0,24,4,4,7,25,19,24,12,40,40, 39,31,38,30,50,41,61,57,53,52,55,47,41,50,50,46,80,50,85,50,138,137,149,149, 127,125,511,512,1072,1046,1185,1140,994,994,951,980]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 ({Much weaker is} 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 $15 ) 6... Bf5 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4) } 7. Be2 d4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 {The position is equal.} 9. Bc4 Bd5 10. Qb3 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nc6 12. O-O Qd7 13. d3 {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe6 14. Qxe6+ fxe6 {1/2-1/2 (35) Aronian,L (2799)-Ding,L (2777) Tbilisi 2017}) 14. a3 O-O 15. b4 a6 16. Bb2 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Qd5 18. Rac1 Rd7 19. Re4 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. h3 Rfd8 22. Qc2 Re7 23. Rxe7 Bxe7 24. Re1 Bf6 25. Bc1 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Re4 c6 28. h4 Bf6 29. Qe2 Kf7 (29... h6 $14) 30. g4 $16 {[#] aiming for g5.} Qd7 31. g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Be7 32. Bb2 c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ( 32... Bd6 $16 {is a better chance.}) 33. bxc5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qc7 (33... Bxc5 $142 34. Qh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8) 34. Bxd4 Bxc5 35. Qa2+ Kf8 36. Be5 Qe7 37. Bg3 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 52%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,69,0,0,43,0,4,-10,-6,-10,0,-40,27,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,-2,-13,-16,-11,-9,-5, -10,-5,-22,-18,-4,-46,-46,-36,-41,-41,-27,-26,-29,-39,-18,-50,0,-27,0,0,0,-22, 0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6h7][%mdl 32]} 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 h5 $146 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} ({Predecessor:} 12... Rc8 13. c4 Ne8 14. f3 g6 15. Kh1 Ng7 16. Bg1 Bg5 17. Rad1 h5 18. Nd2 f5 19. b4 h4 20. c5 dxc5 21. d6 cxb4 {1-0 (45) Karjakin,S (2782)-Grischuk,A (2766) Paris 2018}) 13. Kh1 (13. c4 {looks sharper.} g6 14. h3 Re8 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Qc2) 13... Ng4 14. Bxg4 hxg4 15. f3 Nf6 16. f4 exf4 ({Black should play} 16... e4 $15 17. Qd4 Qd7) 17. Rxf4 $11 Qd7 $1 18. Raf1 Rae8 19. c4 Nh7 20. R4f2 Bh4 21. g3 Bg5 22. Bd4 Nf6 23. Nd2 Bxd2 24. Bxf6 Be3 25. Re2 Bb6 26. Bg5 (26. Qd2 $5 { [%cal Rd2g5]} Bd8 27. Bc3 $11) 26... Rxe2 27. Qxe2 Re8 28. Qd3 Re5 29. Bf4 Re7 30. b4 a5 31. a3 Ba7 32. Bg5 Re5 (32... f6 $5 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 33. Bf4 a4 $11) 33. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Re7 34. Bg5 Re5 35. Bf4 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Black "Mareco, Sandro"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2633"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,87,20,21,18,39,33,69,77,71,50,95,95,95,95,93,93,100,27,32,25,60,38, 33,39,58,8,25,35,14,6,20,0,13,27,32,25,36,-9,0,0,0,0,74,52,61,-6,278,271,410, 397,405,391,611,612,627,566,625,449,485,464,850,712,712,712,712,712,822,817, 1620,769,29977,797,1025,872,710,800]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} Be7 (8... Qc8 9. Nc3 Be7 10. b3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Qd2 Qe8 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 (36) Bachmann,A (2545)-Romanov,E (2654) Bogota 2013}) 9. Nc3 Na6 10. e4 {White is slightly better.} Rc8 11. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. e5 Ng4 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Re1 h5 14. h3 Nh6 15. Nb5 Qb8 {1-0 (51) Lanchava,T (2366)-Bosboom,M (2426) Wijk aan Zee 2005}) 11... Nc5 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 12. Nd4 d6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bf4 { e5 is the strong threat.} e5 15. Nf5 (15. Ndb5 $16 Qb8 16. Bg5) 15... exf4 $11 16. Nb5 Qb8 $1 17. Nbxd6+ Bxd6 18. Nxd6+ Kf8 19. e5 Ne8 $1 {[%cal Re8d6] Hoping for ...Nxd6.} 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Nxc8 Qxc8 22. Rd4 fxg3 23. hxg3 h5 24. Rad1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} h4 25. gxh4 Rh6 26. Qf3 Nc5 27. b4 { And now Rf4 would win.} Na4 (27... Na6 $11) 28. c5 {aiming for Rd7!} Qe6 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. c6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} ({ White should try} 29. Rd6 $14 Rg6+ 30. Kh1) 29... Nb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ( 29... Qxc6 $11 30. Qxc6 Rxc6) 30. Rc1 $1 $18 {Black must now prevent c7.} Qxe5 (30... Rg6+ $142 31. Kh1 Kg8) 31. Qe3 Rg6+ 32. Kh1 Qb8 (32... Qf6 $142 33. c7 Nxc7 34. Rxc7 Kg8) 33. Rd7 (33. Qa3 Qc8 $16) 33... Re6 {[#]} 34. Qg5 {Played: Qe3-f3} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Sarana, Alexey"] [Black "Predke, Alexandr"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2657"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,128,27,29,30,35,16,8,0,0,3,18,8,15,8,18,16,17,20,25,22,22,0,27,0,32, 30,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-48,-16,-25,-16,-16,-16,-34,-32,-56, -56,-56,-56,-67,-51,-56,0,-71,-71,-71,-60,-62,-59,-63,-64,-61,-18,-36,-25,-37, -37,-72,-18,-81,-81,-89,-81,-180,-163,-550,-535,-506,-477,-462,-436,-12505, -12531,-29970,-29970,-29970,-29972,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29975, -29975,-29973,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980, -29981,-29981,-29980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 c6 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O { D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} Nb6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12... c5 13. b3 b6 14. Rac1 a6 15. dxc5 Qxc3 16. Rxc3 Nxc5 17. Rfc1 a5 18. Nd4 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 {1-0 (40) Menezes,C (2373)-Spitzl,V (2300) Germany 2018}) 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. a4 {The position is equal.} Bxd3 15. Qxd3 { With the idea a5.} Qd6 16. Qb3 Rab8 17. Rfc1 Nd7 18. Nd3 Rfc8 19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. Rxa3 a5 21. b4 axb4 22. Rb3 Nb6 23. Rxb4 Nc4 24. Nc5 b6 25. Nd7 Rb7 $36 { [%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 26. Ne5 c5 27. Rb3 Ra7 28. Nxc4 cxd4 29. exd4 Rxa4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 30. Rxb6 Raxc4 (30... Rcxc4 {is more complex.} 31. Re1 Rc2 32. g3 Raa2 33. Rf1 Rd2) 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 $11 {[%cal Rc4c1][%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 32. Kf1 Rxd4 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Rd8 Kg6 35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Ke3 Rd1 37. Ke2 Rd4 38. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Re3d4]} Re4+ 39. Kd3 Re5 40. Rd6+ Ke7 41. Ra6 h5 42. g3 g5 43. h3 f6 44. Kd4 Kf7 45. Ra2 Kg6 (45... h4 $17) 46. Rb2 (46. f3 $1 $11) 46... Kf5 $17 47. Ra2 h4 48. Rb2 (48. g4+ $17 Kg6 49. Rc2) 48... Re1 $1 $19 49. gxh4 $2 {[#]} (49. Rb5) 49... Re4+ $1 50. Kxd5 Rxh4 51. Rb3 {[#]} Rf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f2]} 52. Rb2 (52. f3 $142 Rh4 53. f4) 52... Rf3 53. Kd6 Rxh3 { Black mates.} 54. Rb5+ Kg6 55. Ke7 Rf3 56. Rb2 g4 57. Ke6 f5 58. Ke5 Kg5 59. Ra2 Kh4 60. Kf6 Kh3 61. Kg5 Kg2 62. Kh4 Rxf2 63. Ra3 Kh2 64. Rb3 {[#]} g3 $1 { Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 64%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"] [Black "Amin, Bassem"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2699"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,79,33,56,59,89,79,85,68,85,54,53,28,48,48,48,52,59,22,53,54,75,48, 100,93,110,73,100,79,83,77,88,79,286,284,343,322,331,241,391,385,602,655,669, 668,645,619,687,355,348,356,658,706,690,673,669,702,669,693,643,677,658,649, 625,593,759,799]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} c5 (9... Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. Nc2 Nf7 14. a3 b6 15. b4 Bd7 16. Rb1 Bh6 17. Bg4 Bg5 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxg5 fxg5 20. Ne3 {1-0 (52) Korobov,A (2698)-Demchenko,A (2679) St Petersburg 2018}) 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. a3 {White is better.} f5 12. f3 f4 13. Bf2 g5 14. Nd3 Bd7 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14... h5 15. b4 b6 16. Rb1 Nf6 {1-0 (49) Kramer,K (1742)-Mendez Acosta,A (1956) Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2017}) 15. b4 {[%cal Rb4c5]} b6 16. Rb1 h5 17. Kh1 Rf6 18. Rg1 Kh7 (18... h4 $14) 19. g3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening gxf4. White has strong initiative.} fxg3 20. Rxg3 Bh6 21. Be3 Rg6 22. Qd2 h4 23. Rg2 Ng7 $2 (23... Bh3 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 24. Rbg1 $18 Nh5 { [#]} 25. f4 $1 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 {[#]} (26... cxb4 $142 27. Nxb4 exf4) 27. Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} g4 (27... h3 $142) (27... gxf4 28. Rxg6) 28. Bxg4 Rxg4 29. Rxg4 Bxg4 30. Rxg4 Qf6 31. e5 Qf5 32. Qd3 ({Not} 32. Rxh4 cxb4 33. axb4 dxe5 $18) 32... Rf8 $2 (32... Qxd3 33. Nxd3 cxb4 34. axb4 Bd2) 33. Ne4 {White is clearly winning.} ({Weaker is} 33. Rxh4 cxb4 34. axb4 dxe5 $18) 33... dxe5 {[#] } 34. Ne6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} Qf1+ 35. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kg2 Rf5 37. bxc5 Nxc5 38. N4xc5 bxc5 39. d6 {Threatens to win with d7.} Rf7 40. Nxc5 { Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 37%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Bok, Benjamin"] [Black "Saric, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2667"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,55,-13,0,0,22,-1,24,22,10,10,48,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,173,159,555, 555,555,555,555,555,555,555,540,549,682,552,752,564,550,530]} 1. d4 ({ Predecessor:} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 {1-0 (25) Shankland,S (2601)-Bhat,V (2511) San Francisco 2012}) 1... d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 $146 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} (10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. O-O h5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. b3 Bb4 14. Be5 Rh6 15. Qc1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxe4 17. Qe3 f6 18. Qxe4 fxe5 19. Qxe5 {1-0 (34) Grischuk,A (2766)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2757) chess.com INT 2018}) 10... Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nh5 (11... a6 {is more complex.} 12. Ne5 h5 13. h4 g4 14. O-O Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bh6) 12. d5 {White has an edge.} exd5 13. exd5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 cxd5 15. Nxd5 {[#] Black must now prevent Qe4+.} Bg7 16. Ne3 {Nf5 is the strong threat.} Qa5+ 17. Kf1 {Threatens to win with Nf5.} Rd8 $1 ({But not} 17... Qxa2 18. Nf5 $14) 18. Nf5 Kf8 19. Rd6 Bxf3 $2 ( 19... Qxa2 $11 20. Qd1 Qb3 21. Qxb3 cxb3 22. Bxb5 Bxb2) 20. gxf3 $18 Ne5 $2 ( 20... Be5 $16) 21. Qc3 {White is clearly winning.} Qc7 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qf6 25. Qxb5 h5 26. Qb4 Re8 27. Qc3 Qxc3 28. bxc3 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 33%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Abasov, Nijat"] [Black "Piorun, Kacper"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E08"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2660"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,87,33,27,32,0,0,-16,-14,-27,-16,0,-7,0,0,-13,25,-29,-24,-25,-27,-43, 0,0,26,31,8,0,15,-34,8,10,78,0,68,74,99,87,125,106,114,111,123,99,105,104,187, 123,200,179,275,272,310,335,511,504,490,500,502,508,439,228,226,202,1008,966, 29978,29979,29984,29985,29992,29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Nc3 Ba6 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} 11. e4 dxc4 12. e5 (12. Bf4 cxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. h3 Bb4 15. Na2 Be7 16. Nc3 Bb4 17. Na2 Be7 18. Nh2 {1/2-1/2 (103) Adly,A (2611) -Idani,P (2604) Astana 2019}) 12... Nd5 {The position is equal.} 13. bxc4 Bxc4 14. Ne4 {[#] Neg5 is the strong threat.} b5 15. Neg5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc2h7]} g6 16. h4 Qe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qa5 17. Bd2 Qa3 18. Be1 {0-1 (48) Matthiesen,A (2349)-Kovachev,D (2256) Ballerup 2009}) 17. h5 (17. Ne4 $142) 17... h6 $11 18. Ne4 g5 19. Re1 f5 (19... Nb4 {with more complications.} 20. Qd2 Nd3 21. Re3 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Rd8) 20. exf6 $1 N7xf6 (20... N5xf6 {keeps more tension.} 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. a4 Bd5 23. Nxg5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Bb4) 21. Ne5 Qxh5 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Nxc4 {[#] Threatens to win with Ne5.} bxc4 24. Qxc4 Qf7 (24... Qg4 $11 25. Bb2 Rab8) 25. Re2 (25. Ba3 $16) 25... Rac8 ({ Black should try} 25... Nb6 $1 $11 26. Qc5 Rad8) 26. Ba3 $14 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rfe8 27. Rae1 g4 28. Bc5 Kg7 29. a4 h5 30. Re4 Bg5 31. Bd6 Be7 (31... Bd2 $16) 32. Be5+ (32. Bxe7 $18 Rxe7 33. Re5) 32... Bf6 (32... Kg8 $16) 33. Qc5 Bxe5 (33... Rf8 {keeps fighting.}) 34. Rxe5 $18 Rf8 35. R1e2 h4 (35... Rce8 $142 36. Qxc6 Rc8) 36. Rg5+ Kh8 37. Rxg4 hxg3 38. fxg3 {aiming for Bf3!} Qf5 39. Rh4+ (39. Bh3 $142 {Black must now prevent Rh4+.} Qb1+ 40. Kh2) 39... Kg7 40. Qc1 Rh8 $2 (40... Rf6 41. Qe1 Rcf8) 41. Be4 Rxh4 42. Bxf5 { White mates.} Rh5 43. Bxe6 Rch8 44. Bxd5 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 25%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"] [Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2629"] [BlackElo "2656"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,0,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32]} Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. a3 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} O-O (8... Rb8 9. Nf4 b5 10. Be2 a5 11. h4 Qb6 12. Be3 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. O-O bxc3 15. bxc3 Qb3 16. Qxb3 Rxb3 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Rb8 19. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 (19) Ponomariov,R (2667)-Lupulescu,C (2611) Skopje 2019}) 9. Nf4 Qa5 10. Be3 Nxd4 $1 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Qh5 Nc5 $146 ( {Predecessor:} 13... g6 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Qc2 Bd7 {1-0 (45) Milov,L (2461) -Studer,N (2494) Germany 2019}) 14. Rd1 ({Don't play} 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. g3 d4 $17) 14... f6 15. Bd3 Nxd3+ {The position is equal.} 16. Rxd3 {[#] And now Rh3 would win.} fxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd6 18. Rh3 h6 19. Nd3 Rf5 20. Qe8+ Rf8 21. Qh5 Rf5 22. Qe8+ Rf8 23. Qh5 Rf5 24. Qe8+ Rf8 25. Qh5 Rf5 26. Qe8+ {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Sethuraman, S.P.."] [Black "Nabaty, Tamir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,118,38,37,33,0,0,0,0,6,6,0,15,4,16,4,32,1,16,13,22,14,30,31,62,59,86, 75,80,59,142,126,150,109,102,86,196,211,210,195,220,212,220,168,165,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-26,-372,-358,-556,-539,-742,-700,-804,-809,-1038,-1038, -1039,-1038,-1038,-1038,-4706,-10766,-29970,-29971,-29970,-29971,-29969,-1038, -29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29987, -29985,-29985,-29985,-29989,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29991, -29992,-29990,-29990,-29989]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bxc4 exd5 7. Nxd5 Be6 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} (7... Nxd5 8. Bxd5 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Na6 11. Bf4 Nb4 12. Re1 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Ne5 b6 16. Nc4 Qf6 17. Qa4 Qd8 18. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 (32) Wang,Y (2718)-Ivanchuk,V (2744) Tromsoe 2014}) 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 {The position is equal.} 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Nf3 Qa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Qa4+ Kd8 14. Be3 Bd6 15. O-O-O Kc7 16. Rd5 Qe8 17. Qc4 Rd8 18. Rhd1 Qe7 19. Rxd6 Rxd6 20. Bf4 {1-0 (20) Dao,T (2524)-Al Saffar,A (2304) Ha Long City 2009}) 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Be7 14. Rd1 O-O-O 15. Be3 Bf6 16. Rab1 Rhe8 17. Nd2 b5 18. f4 Kb7 19. e5 Be7 20. Ne4 g5 (20... c4 $14) 21. fxg5 $16 Kc6 22. Rbc1 c4 23. Nd6 ({Worse is} 23. Bxa7 Nxe5 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 $15) 23... Nxe5 (23... Bxd6 $16 24. Rxd6+ Kc7) 24. Nxe8 $18 Rxe8 25. Kf1 Ng4 26. Bf4 { aiming for h3.} ({Not} 26. Bxa7 Bxg5 27. Rc2 Nxh2+ 28. Kg1 Ng4 $16) 26... f6 27. gxf6 Bxf6 28. b3 $2 (28. Rd6+ $18 Kc5 29. Rd2) 28... Be5 $11 29. Bxe5 Ne3+ 30. Ke2 Nxd1 31. Kxd1 {Black must now prevent Bg3.} Rxe5 32. bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} b4 33. Kd2 Ra5 34. Rc2 Kc5 35. Kd3 Ra3+ 36. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Ke2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 36... a5 $1 $19 37. g4 (37. Kf4 $142 a4 38. Rf2) 37... Rh3 $1 38. g5 a4 $1 39. Kf5 b3 40. axb3 axb3 41. Rf2 Kxc4 42. Kg4 Rd3 43. h4 {[#]} Rd4+ $1 44. Kh5 Kc3 45. Rf3+ {[#]} Kb4 $1 46. Rf7 b2 47. Rxh7 Kb3 {Black mates.} 48. Rb7+ Rb4 49. Rxb4+ Kxb4 {KPP-KP} 50. Kh6 b1=Q 51. g6 Qc1+ 52. Kh5 Qc5+ 53. Kh6 Qe3+ 54. Kh5 Qe5+ 55. Kh6 Qh8+ 56. Kg5 Kc5 57. h5 Kd6 58. h6 Qe5+ 59. Kg4 Ke6 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 61%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Narayanan.S.L"] [Black "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2611"] [BlackElo "2674"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,110,22,18,9,10,12,12,-7,0,5,25,20,42,42,45,39,62,55,53,57,50,49,49,47, 58,48,47,44,62,52,188,154,398,391,384,56,47,0,106,123,305,288,270,251,1883, 1860,1441,1353,1174,434,410,418,423,424,535,408,397,541,539,531,520,495,754, 752,741,759,752,749,722,645,727,555,510,0,733,733,993,644,638,633,584,258,329, 322,374,370,419,154,345,0,229,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3... Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Nd7 7. Nc4 O-O 8. Ne3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Rg1 Re8 9. g4 a5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd2 a4 13. Ne3 Nc5 {1-0 (25) Anand,V (2756)-Grischuk,A (2759) Amsterdam 2019}) 8... Re8 9. g4 Bxe3 10. Bxe3 Nf8 11. Rg1 Qd6 12. Qd2 a5 13. Nh4 Ne6 14. Nf5 Qb4 15. c3 Qb5 16. O-O-O c5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 a4 19. a3 Qc6 ({Better is} 19... Qb3 $14) 20. Be5 $1 $18 Ra6 $2 (20... Ra5 $16) 21. Rdf1 $1 {[%cal Bd1f1,Bf1f5,Bf5g5][%mdl 32]} Qd7 22. Nh6+ $2 ({White has to play} 22. g5 $1 $18) 22... gxh6 $14 23. Qxh6 {Strongly threatening Qf6.} f6 (23... Qxd3 $2 24. Qf6 $18) (23... Qe7 $11) 24. Bxf6 $16 ( 24. Qxf6 Ng7 $15) 24... Qxd3 $2 (24... Qf7 $16 {might work better.}) 25. Rf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5g5]} Qxe4 {Black wants to play ...Rf8.} (25... Qd7 26. Rg5+ $1 { [%mdl 512]} Nxg5 27. Qxg5+ Kf8 28. Rf1 $16) 26. Rgf1 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Threatening mate with Rg5+! White attacks with force.} ({Not} 26. Rg5+ Kf7 $16) 26... Qd3 $2 {[#]} (26... Qxg4 27. Rg5+ Qxg5+ 28. Bxg5 Nxg5 29. Qxg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rg6 30. Qxc5 c6 31. Qc4+ Be6 32. Qxa4 b5) 27. Rg5+ $1 { [%mdl 512]} Kf7 (27... Nxg5 28. Qg7#) 28. Qh5+ Kf8 {[#]} 29. Bg7+ (29. Re1 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512] Qh6+ would kill now.} Re7 30. Rf5) 29... Ke7 30. Qf7+ Kd6 31. Rd1 Qxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Nxg5 33. Qxe8 Bxg4+ 34. Kc1 Ne6 35. Bf6 c4 (35... Be2 $142 36. Qe7+ Kd5 37. Qxh7 Bc4 38. Qf5+ Kc6) 36. Be7+ Ke5 37. Qb5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf4 38. Qxc4+ Kf5 39. Qd3+ Kf4 40. Qg3+ Kf5 41. Qd3+ Kf4 $1 42. Qxh7 Ra5 43. h3 Bf5 44. Qh4+ Kf3 45. Qb4 (45. Qe1 $142) 45... Re5 46. Qxb7+ Kf4 47. Bh4 Re2 48. Qb4+ $2 (48. Qb5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Re3 49. Qxa4+ Ke5 50. Qb5+ Kf4 51. Qf1+ Rf3 52. Qg2) 48... Kf3 $2 (48... Ke3 $16) 49. Qb7+ $2 ({Resist} 49. Qxa4 Nf4) (49. Qb5 $18 c5 50. Qb7+ (50. Qxa4 Nf4 $16) 50... Re4 51. Qf7) 49... Be4 $2 {[#]} (49... Kf4 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 50. Qb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Re3 51. Qxa4+ Ke5 52. Qb5+ Kf4) 50. Qb4 $2 ( 50. Qc8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc8e6]} Rc2+ 51. Kd1 Rxb2 52. Bg5 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} (52. Qxe6 Rb1+ 53. Kd2 Rb2+ 54. Ke1 Rb1+ 55. Kd2 Rb2+ 56. Ke1 Rb1+ 57. Kd2 $11)) 50... Nf4 $11 {aiming for ...Nd3+.The position is equal.} 51. Qf8 Rc2+ 52. Kd1 $1 {Hoping for Bg5.} Rxb2 53. Bg5 Rb1+ 54. Kd2 Rb2+ 55. Kc1 Rb1+ {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2608"] [BlackElo "2716"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,102,41,37,37,39,34,31,25,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,14,21,0,20,20,20,20, 20,22,56,49,62,39,39,43,45,-33,-1,-65,-52,-49,-56,-65,-53,-67,0,0,0,0,0,-68, -18,-19,-22,-21,-24,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-17,-36,-36,-36,-36,-31,-26,-12,-6,-7, -7,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bb7 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 exd4 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} (12... Re8 13. Bd5 exd4 14. cxd4 g5 15. Nxg5 Nxd5 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. exd5 Nxd4 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 {1/2-1/2 (30) Cheparinov,I (2715)-Hamitevici,V (2505) Batumi 2018}) 13. cxd4 g5 14. Bg3 Re8 {White is slightly better.} 15. Nc3 Na5 16. e5 b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Bd5 19. Qb4 Qd6 20. Qxd6 cxd6 {1/2-1/2 (38) Kurylo,R (2424)-Jaworski,M (2414) ICCF corr 2004}) 17. exf6 {[#] And now Rxe8+ would win.} Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 bxc3 ({Wrong is} 18... Nxb3 $2 19. Qxb3 bxc3 20. a5 $18) 19. bxc3 Qxf6 20. Bc2 Re8 21. Qd3 Bd5 22. Nf3 Nc4 23. Bb3 Qe6 24. h4 {[#] Threatens to win with Re1.} gxh4 25. Bxh4 { aiming for Re1.} Nb2 26. Bxd5 (26. Qd2 {with more complications.} Bxb3 27. Re1 Qd7 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. a5) 26... Nxd3 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Nd2 (28. a5 $14 Ba7 29. Bg3) 28... e5 (28... Ba5 $5 {[%cal Ra5c3]} 29. Ra3 Nf4 $15) 29. Nb3 (29. dxe5 $11 Rxe5 30. Nc4) 29... a5 30. Kf1 exd4 31. cxd4 Kf7 32. f3 Ke6 ({Black should try} 32... Re3 $1 $15) 33. Rd1 $11 Nb2 34. Rb1 Nxa4 35. Nxa5 (35. Re1+ $11 Kd7 36. Rxe8 Kxe8 37. Be1) 35... Bxa5 (35... Kd5 {is interesting.} 36. Rb5+ Kxd4 37. Bf6+ Kd3 38. Rd5+ Kc2) 36. Ra1 Kd5 {Hoping for ...Bc3.} 37. Rxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bc3 38. Bf2 Rb8 39. Be3 h5 40. Ke2 Rb2+ 41. Kd3 Bb4 { ...c5 is the strong threat.} 42. Ra8 Rxg2 43. Rb8 c5 44. dxc5 dxc5 {[%csl Gd5] [%cal Rc5c4] The position is equal.} 45. Rd8+ Kc6 46. Rh8 Rh2 47. Kc4 Rc2+ 48. Kd3 Rh2 49. Kc4 h4 50. Rh6+ Kd7 51. Kd5 Re2 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2599"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,61,13,21,19,22,23,20,21,27,25,25,25,35,6,6,6,7,6,6,6,6,6,21,18,25,22, 22,18,18,14,18,18,18,15,17,12,11,8,18,17,15,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,2,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qd3 Bd6 ( 11... Be7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Be1 {1/2-1/2 (21) Ponomariov,R (2687) -Laznicka,V (2654) Germany 2017}) 12. c3 O-O 13. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bd1 Qd5 15. Bh4 Rad8 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Rad1 Nf6 21. g3 {1/2-1/2 (21) Salomon,J (2229)-Fossan,P (2245) Lillehammer 2013}) 13... Qc7 14. Bf3 Bf4 15. g3 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 e5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxe5 Qxe5 {The position is equal.} 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Re1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Qa4 a6 24. Qd4 g6 25. h4 h5 26. Kg2 Qe7 27. b4 Nd6 28. a4 Qe6 29. Qb6 Qd7 30. Qd4 Qe6 31. Qb6 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Petrov, Nikita"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2586"] [BlackElo "2718"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,25,10,1,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. Ngf3 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 6. Be2 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} (6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5 Qc7 9. Bf4 Qc8 10. h3 h6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc3 Bd8 {1/2-1/2 (25) Milanovic,D (2495)-Nestorovic,N (2473) Belgrade 2019}) 6... h6 7. Bf4 e6 8. O-O Nh5 9. Be5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Ne5 Nxf4 10. exf4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 h5 12. f4 h4 13. Bg4 {1-0 (49) Taylor,R (1956)-Periasamymanjula,M (1704) Hinckley Island 2009}) 9... Nhf6 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nhf6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Be5 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D82"] [WhiteElo "2544"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,61,37,43,52,25,31,33,14,23,19,26,31,22,28,23,32,20,18,24,54,8,36,12, 15,11,17,5,29,18,21,0,0,0,15,8,20,0,0,-10,-14,-16,0,0,0,-3,0,-23,-1,-22,-7,-16] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 { D93: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3} 8. O-O Nh5 9. Bg5 h6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Bh4 g5 11. Nd2 Ndf6 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 {[#]} ({ Don't play} 13. fxg3 Ng4 $11) 13... Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bf5 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. a4 {0-1 (37) Xu,M (2374)-Yu,Y (2751) China 2019}) 14. Rc1 Bf5 15. Re1 e6 16. Nf3 c6 17. a3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bd3 Bg4 20. Qc2 Qd6 21. Bf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Qe6 23. Qd3 Qg6 (23... a6 {keeps more tension.} 24. b4 Rfd8 25. Qd1 Bf8 26. Ne5 Bd6) 24. Qxg6 (24. Qd2 {is interesting.} Bf6 25. b4 a6 26. a4 g4 27. Ne5) 24... fxg6 25. b4 g4 26. Nd2 Rf6 27. Nb3 Bf8 28. Re2 h5 29. Rec2 Kf7 30. Rb1 Ke8 31. Nc1 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Bellahcene, Bilel"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2745"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "174"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,174,18,13,27,24,20,18,26,19,20,15,27,10,25,20,27,26,33,13,22,0,15,18, 27,14,18,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-4,-4,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-15, -15,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, -33,-33,-33,-33,-33,0,-2,-7,-39,0,-21,-21,-41,-35,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,0,-79, -87,-97,-90,-95,-95,-103,-64,-67,0,-71,-72,-74,-74,-74,-52,-125,-74,-99,-99, -221,-212,-212,-187,-282,-238,-230,-230,-260,-167,-238,-242,-433,-436,-437, -435,-426,-134,-121,0,-426,0,-422,-383,-406,-404,-388,-358]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (9... Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. d5 c6 14. Qd1 b6 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nc4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 (40) Anand,V (2774)-Caruana,F (2819) Karlsruhe/ Baden Baden 2019}) 10. d5 d6 11. Re1 Bf5 {The position is equal.} 12. c4 Nf6 13. Nc3 Re8 14. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Be3 c5 16. h3 Bg6 17. Rad1 {1-0 (41) Ziaziulkina,N (2350)-Zimina,O (2338) Warsaw 2013}) 14... h6 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nd7 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Rac1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 b6 20. Qd2 a5 21. b3 Qf6 22. Bd4 Qg5 23. Qxg5 (23. f4 {is more complex.} Qg6 24. Rc3 a4 25. Rce3 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 axb3 27. axb3 Nf6 28. Re7) 23... hxg5 24. Kf1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf8 26. Ke2 f6 27. Kd2 Kf7 28. a3 Nf8 29. Ke2 Ng6 30. Kf1 Ne7 31. a4 Rh8 32. f3 Ng6 33. Bf2 Ne5 34. Bg3 Nd3 35. Re3 (35. Rb1 { looks sharper.} Re8 36. Bf2 Nc5 37. Bd4 Kg6 38. Kf2) 35... Nc5 36. Bf2 Nd7 37. Re4 Ne5 38. Bd4 Nd3 39. Re3 Nb4 40. Bc3 Na6 41. Bb2 Rh4 42. Ke2 Nc5 43. Kd2 Nd7 44. Kc2 Rh8 45. Bc3 Rc8 46. Bd4 Nf8 47. Kd2 Ng6 48. Ke2 Nh4 49. Kf2 Nf5 50. Re4 Rh8 51. Bc3 Ne7 52. Bd4 Ng6 53. Bc3 Nf4 54. Bd2 Nd3+ 55. Kf1 Nc5 56. Re3 Re8 57. Rc3 $1 Kg6 58. Be3 Na6 59. Kf2 f5 60. Bc1 f4 61. Ba3 Nb8 62. Rd3 Nd7 63. Rc3 Nf6 (63... Nc5 $15) 64. Bc1 (64. Bb2 $11) 64... Nh5 $17 65. Rc2 {[#]} Ng3 $1 66. Rb2 Kh5 67. Rc2 Kh4 68. Rb2 Kh5 69. Rc2 $1 Kh6 70. Rb2 Kg6 71. Rc2 Nf5 72. Rc3 ({Better is} 72. Bb2 $15) 72... Kf7 (72... Nd4 $142 {And now ...Re2+ would win.} 73. Kf1 Re2) 73. Rd3 Ng3 74. Bd2 (74. Rd2 $17) 74... Re2+ 75. Kg1 Kg6 76. h4 (76. c5 $142) 76... Re8 77. hxg5 Kxg5 78. Kf2 Re2+ 79. Kg1 Kf5 80. Rd4 $2 (80. c5 {is the only way for White.}) 80... g5 $19 81. Rd3 Re7 {[#] ( -> ...Rh7)} 82. Kf2 Rh7 $2 (82... Re8 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 83. b4 Re2+ 84. Kg1 axb4 85. Bxb4 Rc2) 83. Rc3 $17 Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (83... Ke5 $17 84. Rc1 Kd4 85. Bc3+ Kd3) 84. Rd3 $1 $19 Re2+ 85. Kg1 Kg6 86. Rd4 Nf5 87. Rd3 Nh4 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 64%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Anwuli, Daniel"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2284"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,102,0,0,-28,-38,-64,-67,-98,-91,-134,-135,-199,-188,-196,-196,-191, -191,-199,-191,-211,-213,-198,-197,-232,-232,-231,-223,-259,-260,-285,-198, -191,-192,-214,-202,-280,-211,-241,-241,-241,-241,-241,-241,-241,-241,-241, -241,-241,-241,-241,-241,-241,-200,-191,-200,-464,-449,-211,-211,-547,-513, -2192,-2181,-2181,-2181,-2174,-821,-6021,-2686,-1345,-933,-29978,-6705,-29982, -29982,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29995,-6705,-29996,-29997]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. e3 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (12. Bb2 Qb5 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. axb3 Rxe2 15. b4 Be6 16. b5 Nd8 17. Ra4 Bb3 18. Rh4 Ne6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 (30) Zvjaginsev,V (2649)-Ma,Q (2613) China 2014}) 12... Bf5 13. Nd4 Be4 {[#]} 14. c4 $146 { Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Nf5 Ne5 16. d4 Nxc3 17. Qh5 g6 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Nf5+ Kh8 {0-1 (42) Vaisser,A (2530)-Ionov,S (2360) Uzhgorod 1988}) 14... Qxc4 15. Bb2 Bxg2 16. Rxf6 (16. Kxg2 $17 Rad8 17. Kg1) 16... Nxd4 $19 ({But not} 16... gxf6 17. Qg4+ Kf8 18. Ba3+ Re7 19. Kxg2 $15) 17. Bxd4 gxf6 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. Kg1 Re6 20. Qg4+ Qg5 21. Qf3 c6 22. Rf1 Rd8 23. Rf2 a5 24. h4 Qg6 25. Kh2 {[#]} Rd5 {Played: Rd8xd4} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.4"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Duran Vega, Sergio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2387"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,89,0,17,7,5,11,4,10,15,3,50,40,57,25,19,15,100,100,95,95,99,87,118, 104,134,134,132,126,125,93,114,90,93,95,108,79,114,108,129,114,122,127,141,127, 139,135,136,134,184,118,135,135,135,131,135,143,135,136,269,276,256,254,248, 170,298,310,353,318,350,316,316,306]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Bg5 { A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} f6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nd2 {[#] The position is equal.} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qd7 14. Nb3 Bh3 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Bc5 Bd6 17. e3 Rad8 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Bxd6 cxd6 {1-0 (72) Ding,L (2809)-Harikrishna,P (2723) Shenzhen 2019}) 14. Nb3 Qc8 15. Bc5 Bh3 16. Bxh3 ( 16. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 17. Re1 $11) 16... Qxh3 17. Nb5 Qc8 (17... e4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. e3 {Played: Nb5xa7} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2544"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,64,31,37,32,19,31,18,21,33,17,38,12,23,0,0,0,16,0,6,0,0,-214,19,0,0, -20,-14,-28,-13,-26,-16,-22,-16,-24,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 8. Re1 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. cxd5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd7 {[#]} 14. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bf4 Rad8 15. Rad1 Bf6 16. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 (66) Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Wei,Y (2739) Medias 2017}) 14... b6 15. d5 {[#] Black must now prevent Qb5.} Rae8 16. Bf4 Na5 17. Ne5 Qc8 18. Re3 Bd6 19. Rbe1 $2 (19. Rh3 $11 {and White stays safe.} h6 20. Re3) 19... Re7 $2 (19... f6 $19 20. Nc6 Bxf4 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Ne7+ {[#]} Rxe7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Rxe7 Nb7) 20. Bg3 Rfe8 21. Nc6 (21. Kf1 {is interesting.} a6 22. Nc4 Rxe3 23. Nxe3 Bc5 24. a4) 21... Nxc6 22. dxc6 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 {Bxd6 is the strong threat.} Bxg3 25. hxg3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qd8 26. c4 {The position is equal.} Qd1+ 27. Kh2 {[%cal Re3e8]} Qh5+ 28. Kg1 {[%cal Re3e8]} Qd1+ 29. Kh2 {[%cal Re3e8]} Qh5+ 30. Kg1 {[%cal Re3e8]} Qd1+ 31. Kh2 {[%cal Re3e8]} Qh5+ 32. Kg1 {[%cal Re3e8]} Qd1+ {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Bellahcene, Bilel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2540"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,93,18,7,3,14,25,13,8,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,13,9,9,12,28,-7,36,56,33,38,33, 33,101,100,103,114,92,73,117,115,115,108,154,123,177,172,212,193,177,190,236, 164,235,164,239,231,234,227,270,231,231,231,231,216,296,230,222,211,301,301, 483,483,437,360,1029,387,1578,1472,1058,631,5772,4508,29974,29975]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3} 10. Nf3 Be6 ( 10... Bg4 11. Be2 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. b3 Qa5 14. Bb2 Rad8 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxh5 Nc6 17. Be2 {0-1 (24) Vitiugov,N (2727)-Grischuk,A (2766) Riga 2019}) 11. b3 O-O {The position is equal.} 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Be2 a6 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Nd4 Bb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qe7 16. Nb1 Bd7 17. a3 {1/2-1/2 (32) Mogstad,O (1912)-Sjol,H (2311) ICCF email 2010}) 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Bf3 Qa5 18. Ne2 Qxa2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Nd4 c5 ({Black should try} 21... Qa3 $14) 22. Nxe6 $16 fxe6 {[#]} 23. e4 $1 d4 24. Bh5 Rf8 25. Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 26. Qxe6 {Threatens to win with Qe7!} Qd2 27. g3 ({And not} 27. Qxa6 Qh6 $11) 27... Qh6 (27... Qg5 $16) 28. Be2 $18 Rd8 29. Qxa6 Qf8 30. Bd3 Qd6 31. Ra1 Kg7 (31... Qxa6 {might work better.} 32. Rxa6 Rd6) 32. Qxd6 Bxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} (32... Rxd6 {was worth a try.} 33. Ra5 Rc6) 33. Ra7+ Kg8 34. f4 Bb8 35. Ra8 Bc7 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {KB-KB} 37. Kg2 Bc7 38. Kh3 Kg7 39. Kg4 Bd8 ( 39... Kg8 $142 40. Kf5 Kf7) 40. Kf5 Kf7 $2 {[#]} (40... Bc7 {was called for.} 41. Ke6 h6) 41. e5 fxe5 42. Kxe5 h6 $2 (42... h5 43. Kd5 Be7) 43. Kf5 $2 (43. g4 Bc7+ 44. Ke4) 43... Kg7 $2 (43... c4 44. bxc4 h5) 44. g4 Bh4 45. g5 Be1 46. Kg4 hxg5 47. fxg5 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 21%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2599"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,77,11,10,13,8,31,26,27,-19,-25,-16,0,0,0,-13,-13,-25,-20,-34,0,-70, -71,-342,-340,-286,-34,-41,-49,-66,0,-102,0,-54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,172,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O {White has an edge.} 10. h4 b6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. h5 h6 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. O-O {1/2-1/2 (30) Yu,Y (2765)-Radjabov,T (2751) Batumi 2018}) 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. e5 Qd5 13. Rb5 Qd7 14. Be3 Na6 15. Ng5 h6 {And now ...Nb4 would win.} ({Don't blunder} 15... Bxg2 $2 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Qh5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 16. Nh7 (16. Qb1 $11 Rfc8 17. Ne4) 16... Nb4 $1 $15 {White must now prevent ...Rfd8.} 17. Rxb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17. Nxf8 $17 Rxf8 18. O-O) 17... Bxb4+ $19 18. Kf1 {[#]} Be7 $2 (18... Qc6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc6g2][%mdl 512]} 19. Rg1 Rfc8 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Bxh6 f5) 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. Rh3 Rc8 (20... Qc6 $15 21. f3 Qc3) 21. Kg1 {[#]} (21. Rg3 $11 {keeps the balance.} f5 22. Qh5) 21... Rc3 (21... Qd5 $1 $17 { [%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2][%mdl 512]} 22. Rg3 Bxh4) 22. h5 {[#]} (22. Rg3 $11 Bxh4 23. Rxg7 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxg7 24. Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bg5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Qxg5+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Bg6+ Kg8 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qf6+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qf6+ Kf8 35. Qh8+) 22... Ke8 ({Better is} 22... Qd5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Rf3 Bh4) 23. Rg3 $11 Bf8 $1 24. Qb1 Ra3 25. Rg4 Bd5 26. Bb5 Bc6 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Kh2 Qc4 29. Qh7 Rxa2 30. Qg8 $36 { [%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qe2 31. Rxg7 Qxh5+ 32. Kg3 Ra3 33. Rg4 Qf5 34. Qh8 Ke7 35. Rg8 {Qf6+! is the strong threat.} b5 $2 {[#]} (35... Kd7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 36. Rxf8 $2 (36. Qf6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] } Qxf6 37. exf6+ Kxf6 38. Rxf8) 36... Qg5+ {The position is equal.} 37. Kf3 Qf5+ 38. Kg3 Qg5+ 39. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Petrov, Nikita"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E17"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2586"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "201"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,201,13,20,22,27,21,31,20,28,30,28,25,17,22,22,32,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,16,3, 33,50,113,120,95,51,52,53,151,165,212,213,215,125,141,144,146,22,19,17,15,14, 70,63,62,57,112,112,114,114,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116, 116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,364, 342,205,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116, 116,116,116,116,116,116,116,0,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,2,116,116,116,116, 116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,116,39,39,39,39,39,149,149,149, 149,149,149,149,149,149,149,149,149,149,149,149,149,149,149,149,136,136,129, 129,129,129,129,129,129,129,0,129,129,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977, 29976,29979,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Ne4 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} (7... c6 8. Nc3 d5 9. Nd2 b5 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 Qb6 12. Nc3 Qxd4 13. e4 Na6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 (30) Lenderman,A (2637)-Andreikin,D (2725) Astana 2019}) 8. Nfd2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nc3 f5 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Nb5 Bd6 {[#]} 14. Qb3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 (59) Markowski,T (2574)-Rozentalis,E (2530) Warsaw 2015}) 14... Rf7 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. d5 Ne7 17. Rad1 Ng6 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. f3 Qf6 (19... exf3 $14 20. exf3 Ne5) 20. fxe4 $16 fxe4 21. Rf1 Qd4+ 22. Be3 Rxf1+ (22... Qc4 $1 $14) 23. Bxf1 Qf6 24. Bh3 Rf8 25. Rf1 (25. Be6+ $1 $18 Kh8 26. Qa3) 25... Qe5 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Qc3 (27. Qb5 $16 { White wants to mate with Rxf8+.} Qh5 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Bxf2) 27... Rxf1+ $11 28. Kxf1 {aiming for Bd4.} Qxc3 29. bxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Ba6 (29... Ne7 $11) 30. Bg5 $14 Bc4 31. a3 Nf8 ({Black should try} 31... e3 $14) 32. Bf7 $1 $16 Nd7 33. Kf2 $1 Nf6 34. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 {KB-KB} 35. Be6 Kg7 36. g4 h6 37. e3 Bd3 38. Kg3 Kg6 39. Kf4 Kg7 40. Bf5 Kf7 41. Bd7 Bc4 42. Be6+ Kg7 43. Kf5 Bb3 44. Kxe4 Bc2+ 45. Kf4 Bd3 46. h4 Bc2 47. Bd7 Bd3 48. e4 Bc2 $2 {[#]} (48... Kf7 $16 49. Ke3 Bc4) 49. Be8 $1 $18 Kf8 {[#]} 50. Bc6 (50. Bh5 $1 $18) 50... Kf7 51. Bb5 Bd1 52. Kf5 Bc2 53. Bd7 Bd3 54. Kf4 (54. Bc6 {seems wilder.} Bc2 55. Bb7 Bd1 56. Bc8 Bc2 57. Ba6) 54... Bc2 55. Be6+ Kg7 56. Ke3 Kf8 57. Kd4 Bb3 58. Bf5 Kf7 59. Kd3 Kg7 60. Ke3 Kf7 61. Kf4 Bc2 62. Bd7 (62. h5 $16) 62... Bd3 ( 62... Kg7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 63. Be6+ Kg7 64. Ke3 Bc2 65. Kd4 Kf8 66. Kc4 ({Better is} 66. Bd7 $16) 66... Ba4 (66... Bxe4 $11 67. Bf5 Bf3) 67. Kb4 $16 Be8 68. Bc8 Ke7 69. Kc4 Kd8 70. Bf5 Ba4 71. Kd3 Bb3 72. Ke3 Ke7 73. Kf4 Kf7 74. Be6+ Kg7 75. g5 (75. Bc8 $16) 75... hxg5+ $14 76. hxg5 {Black must now prevent Kf5.} Bc2 77. Bf5 fxg5+ (77... Kf7 $14) 78. Kxg5 $16 Bb3 79. e5 dxe5 80. Be4 Kf7 {Black wants to play ...Ke7.} 81. Kf5 Ke7 {And now ...Kd6 would win.} 82. Kxe5 Ba4 83. Bd3 Kd7 84. Bf5+ Ke7 85. d6+ Kd8 86. Kd5 Bb5 87. c4 Ba4 88. c5 bxc5 89. Kxc5 Be8 90. Be6 Ba4 91. Kb4 Bc6 92. Kc5 Ba4 $1 93. Bd5 { Bc6 is the strong threat.} Be8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (93... Bd7 $16 94. Bc6 Bg4) 94. Bc6 {White mates.} Bh5 95. Kb5 Be2+ 96. Ka5 Bd3 97. Bb5 Be4 98. Ka6 Bf3 99. Kxa7 Be4 100. Kb6 Bf3 101. a4 {Played: Bb5-c6} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B91"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2608"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,85,13,16,16,10,8,25,14,28,17,11,22,8,25,8,6,27,31,36,29,23,33,33,20, 37,30,27,35,55,22,24,10,30,20,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,210,208,299,203,220,218,490,472, 406,356,1072,583,587,583,992,575,574,573,527,502,1066,1047,1806,1752,29980, 29981,29981,29982,29981,29978]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. Nd5 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} Nbd7 10. Nec3 Bb7 11. O-O {White has an edge.} O-O 12. Be3 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Nf6 14. a4 Nxd5 15. exd5 {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qd7 16. Qd2 bxa4 17. Ra3 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 (34) Zhak,B (2597)-Shpakovsky,A (2531) ICCF email 2015}) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Ra8 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Qb3 Qb7 22. h4 Kf7 23. h5 Bf6 24. Qb4 Ke7 (24... Qd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. g4 ({Better is } 25. b3 $16) 25... e4 $11 26. g5 Be5 27. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing. } exf3 $1 28. Bxf3 Qa6 $2 {[#]} (28... Qc7 $11) 29. Bd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Kf7 (29... Bxd4+ $142 30. Qxd4 Kf8) 30. h6 {Played: Bd4xe5} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Amin, Bassem"] [Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2699"] [BlackElo "2642"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "214"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,214,0,-43,15,-29,0,-3,-6,-20,0,0,0,0,17,0,0,-3,0,-7,-12,-11,-8,-31, -23,-30,-16,-21,-10,-16,0,-7,0,0,0,-6,13,-47,59,51,77,34,80,80,100,78,201,217, 204,184,220,206,212,134,133,97,116,128,145,122,160,109,284,292,305,273,237,231, 235,167,187,166,157,127,135,130,229,181,194,144,185,171,392,262,558,57,815,776, 658,245,280,-118,-100,-113,-135,-104,127,0,17,-18,-14,-45,-38,-43,-15,-57,-40, -35,0,0,-13,-333,-36,-794,8,8,8,8,8,8,34,40,103,70,147,80,80,80,80,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,8,8,44,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,8,72,0,0,0,37,8,14,0,19,20,65,0,8,0,0,0,80,65,80,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nbc6 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} (7... d4 $15 8. Ne2 c5) (7... dxe4 8. dxe4 c6 9. Qe2 h6 10. a4 a5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Be3 Na6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nc4 Nc8 15. Rd2 {1-0 (53) Carlsen,M (2832)-Nakamura,H (2786) chess.com INT 2018}) 8. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bg5 Nde7 10. Qc1 Be6 11. a3 f6 12. Bd2 Qd7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. b4 Nf5 15. Ne4 b6 16. Bc3 Ncd4 {1/2-1/2 (99) Piorun,K (2609)-Grandelius,N (2647) Berlin 2015}) 8... dxe4 (8... d4 $5 {[%cal Rd4c3]} 9. Ne2 Bg4 $11) 9. Nxe4 a5 10. Re1 h6 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Nf5 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rbd1 Bb7 15. c3 Nd6 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. a3 Rad8 18. Ned2 Nf5 19. Nc4 b5 20. Ne3 Nce7 21. Nf1 Qd6 22. N1d2 Qxd3 23. Qc1 Qd6 24. g4 (24. c4 $1 $11) 24... Qf6 ( 24... Nd5 $15 25. Ne4 (25. gxf5 Nf4 $17) 25... Qb6 26. gxf5 gxf5) 25. gxf5 $14 Qxf5 26. Qb1 Qf4 27. Bc1 Nf5 {White should prevent ...e4.} 28. Qc2 Qg4 (28... a4 $16) 29. h3 $18 Qh5 30. Ne4 Nh4 31. Nxh4 Qxh4 32. f3 f5 33. Qf2 Qe7 34. Nc5 Bd5 35. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} c6 36. bxa5 Qa7 $2 (36... Bf6 $16) 37. a6 Ra8 38. f4 e4 39. Be3 Bxc3 40. Re2 Qg7 41. Kh1 Kh7 42. Bd4 Bxd4 43. Qxd4 (43. Rxd4 $6 e3 $11) 43... Qc7 (43... g5 $16) 44. Qe3 Re7 45. Rb2 Qb6 { intending ...Rxa6.} 46. Re1 g5 $2 (46... Rd8 47. Rc1 Rde8) 47. fxg5 f4 $2 ( 47... hxg5 48. Rbe2 (48. Qxg5 Qxc5 49. Rf2 Rg7 $14) 48... Raa7) 48. g6+ $2 (48. Qd4 $18) 48... Kxg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Kg8 $14 49. Qd4 (49. Qxf4 Qxc5 50. Qxh6 Qc3 $11) 49... Rd8) 49. Qd4 Rae8 50. Rg1 $2 (50. Rbe2 Qa7 51. Rxe4 Rxe4 52. Rxe4) 50... Kh7 51. Kh2 $2 ({White should play} 51. a4 $18) 51... f3 $17 { [%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 52. Bf1 Qc7+ $1 53. Kh1 Qf4 $2 ( 53... Rg7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg7g1] and life is bright.} 54. Nxe4 Rxg1+ 55. Qxg1 Qe5 56. Qa7+ Re7) 54. Rf2 (54. Nd3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd3f4]} Qc7 55. Nf2) 54... Qf5 55. a7 {With the idea Rg3.} Ra8 56. Na6 ({Don't play} 56. a4 bxa4 57. Nxa4 Raxa7 $17) 56... Raxa7 57. Nb4 Rad7 {And now ...Bc4 would win.} 58. Qe3 Rg7 59. Rxg7+ $1 Rxg7 60. Nxd5 cxd5 61. Rd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (61. Rc2 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 61... Qe5 $2 (61... Qg5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5e3]} 62. Qxg5 Rxg5) 62. Bxb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62. Rd1 $15) 62... d4 $2 (62... Qa1+ $19 63. Kh2 Qc1) 63. Qxd4 Qxb5 64. Qxe4+ $11 {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Double Attack. KQR-KQR} Rg6 $1 65. Qxf3 Qb1+ (65... Qe5 $5 {[%cal Re5e1]} 66. Rd7+ Rg7 67. Qd3+ Kh8 68. Rd8+ Rg8 69. Rxg8+ Kxg8 70. Qg6+ Kf8 $16) 66. Rd1 Qb5 ({Better is} 66... Rf6 $1 $14) 67. Qe4 Kg7 (67... Qc6 $14 68. Qxc6 Rxc6) 68. Qe7+ (68. Rc1 $142 Qb8 69. a4) 68... Kh8 $16 69. Rd8+ Rg8 {( -> ...Qf1+)} 70. Rxg8+ (70. Qf6+ $16 Kh7 71. Rxg8 Kxg8 72. Qg6+ Kh8 73. Qxh6+ Kg8 74. Qe6+ Kf8 75. Qe3) 70... Kxg8 {KQ-KQ} 71. Qe6+ Kg7 72. Qg4+ Kh7 73. Qe4+ Kg7 74. a4 Qa5 75. Kg2 Qd2+ $1 76. Kg3 Qc3+ 77. Kg4 Qc8+ 78. Kh4 {Threatening mate with Qg4+.} Qd8+ 79. Kg3 {next Qb7+ is good for White.} Qc7+ (79... Qd6+ $11 80. Kf3 Qf6+ 81. Kg2 Qb2+ 82. Kg3 Qc3+ 83. Kh2 Qf6) 80. Qf4 (80. Kg2 $16) 80... Qc3+ $11 81. Kh4 Qa5 82. Kg4 Qc5 83. h4 Qc8+ 84. Kg3 Qc3+ 85. Kh2 (85. Qf3 $1 $14 Qe5+ 86. Kh3) 85... Qc2+ 86. Kh3 Qc5 87. Qg4+ Kf6 (87... Kh8 $11 {remains equal.}) 88. h5 Qe3+ {[#]} 89. Kg2 (89. Qg3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg3e3]} Qd2 90. Qg6+ Ke5 91. Qg7+ Ke6 92. Qg6+ Ke5 93. Qe8+ Kf4 94. Qf8+ Ke4 95. Qe7+ Kf5 96. Qf7+ Ke5 97. Qe7+ Kf5 98. Qc5+ Ke4 99. Qg1 Qc3+ 100. Qg3) 89... Qd2+ {The position is equal.} 90. Kf1 Qc1+ 91. Ke2 Qc2+ 92. Ke3 (92. Kf3 $5 {[%cal Rg4g6]} Qd1+ 93. Kg3 Qg1+ 94. Kf4 Qd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 95. Kf3 Qd1+ 96. Kg3 Qg1+ 97. Kf4 Qd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 98. Kf3 Qd1+ $11) 92... Qc3+ 93. Ke2 {Qf3+ would kill now.} Qc2+ 94. Ke1 {White threatens Qg6+! and mate.} Qc3+ 95. Kf2 Qd2+ $1 96. Kg1 Qe1+ 97. Kg2 Qd2+ 98. Kg3 Qe1+ 99. Kh2 Qf2+ 100. Kh3 {Qh4+ is the strong threat.} Qf1+ 101. Kh2 {Threatens to win with Qg6+.} Qf2+ $1 102. Kh3 {aiming for Qh4+.} Qf1+ 103. Kg3 Qg1+ 104. Kh3 Qh1+ 105. Kg3 {White wants to mate with Qh4+.} Qg1+ 106. Kf3 Qd1+ 107. Kf4 Qxa4+ {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Black "Narayanan.S.L"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2674"] [BlackElo "2611"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,73,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-42,-37,-27,-29,-68,-62,-76, -68,-79,-81,-86,12,15,41,32,56,44,62,39,68,68,159,146,172,168,190,181,175,164, 281,280,467,466,477,452,747,720,1023,995,859,831,4718,4706]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bd6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 9. Na3 (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. a3 a5 13. Ne4 Bc7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Qxb4 {0-1 (43) Maghsoodloo,P (2673) -Matlakov,M (2692) Sharjah 2019}) 9... O-O 10. Nc2 e5 {The position is equal.} 11. b4 Re8 12. Re1 a6 13. Bg5 Bf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 14. Nh4 Bd7 15. c5 Bf8 16. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qf3) 16... exf4 {And now ... Rxe1+ would win.} 17. Rxe8 Bxe8 18. Qf3 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. gxf4 g6 ({Black should play} 21... a5 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 22. a3 (22. b5 Nd8 $15) 22... axb4 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. axb4 Rxa1+ 25. Nxa1 b6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. cxb6 Bxb4) 22. Re1 Bd7 23. Bd5 Kg7 24. Nf3 Rd8 25. Kf2 (25. Nfxd4 $2 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bc8 $19) 25... a5 26. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} (26. Nfxd4 $2 Nxb4 27. Nxb4 Bxc5 $19) 26... Kf6 {[#]} (26... Kg8 $14) 27. Ne5 $1 $16 (27. Nfxd4 axb4 28. Bxc6 (28. axb4 Nxb4 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 29. Nxb4 Bxc5 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 28... Bxc5 $11) 27... Be8 {[#]} 28. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 29. Re4 ( 29. bxa5 Bxc5 30. Nb4 Bd6 $11) 29... axb4 30. axb4 g5 (30... Rb8 $142 31. Nc4 ( 31. Rxd4 Kg7 $16) 31... Bd7) 31. Nxd4 $18 gxf4 $2 (31... Bg7 32. Kf3 (32. Ndxc6 Bxc6 33. Nxc6 Rxd3 $18) 32... Rc8) 32. Nexc6 {White is clearly winning.} Bxc6 33. Rxf4+ ({Less strong is} 33. Nxc6 Rxd3 34. Rxf4+ Ke6 $18) 33... Kg5 (33... Kg7 $142 34. Nxc6 Rxd3) 34. Nxc6 Rxd3 35. Rxf7 Bxc5+ 36. bxc5 Rc3 37. Nd4 { Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 42%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Saric, Ivan"] [Black "Bok, Benjamin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,136,23,15,7,2,8,8,14,19,12,14,4,16,29,39,0,10,0,0,0,33,-36,0,0,13,0, 0,0,0,-5,33,28,44,29,33,28,38,39,41,21,34,15,25,33,47,50,50,62,65,11,11,11,5,4, 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,22,44,0,0,0,0,-57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} (7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nxb6 axb6 { 1-0 (44) Zlatanovic,B (2371)-Trkaljanov,V (2235) Skopje 2015}) 7... g5 8. Bg3 Bd7 9. Na4 Bb6 10. Nxb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. c3 h5 11. h4 g4 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Nxb6+ axb6 {1-0 (59) Karatrajkov,N-Batkoski,N Skopje 2011}) 10... axb6 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2 Qe7 13. c3 O-O-O 14. Nf1 d5 $1 15. Qa4 Kb8 16. Ne3 (16. h5 $1 $14) 16... dxe4 (16... d4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e3]} 17. Nc4 Rhe8 $15) 17. dxe4 Qc5 18. O-O-O Be6 {Threatens to win with ...Nxe4!} 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qc2 Qa5 21. a4 {Strongly threatening b4.} Nd7 22. b4 Qa6 23. Kb2 f6 24. h5 Kb7 25. Ra1 Nf8 26. Bh4 Nh7 $1 27. a5 Qd3 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29. Kc2 Rd7 30. Rad1 (30. axb6 $1 $14 cxb6 31. Ra3) 30... Rxd1 $11 31. Rxd1 bxa5 32. bxa5 Ng5 33. Bxg5 fxg5 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Kd3 Ka6 35. Nf5 Kxa5 36. Rb1 Rf8 37. Ke3 (37. Nxh6 {seems wilder.} Rxf2 38. Rb8 Rxg2 39. Re8 Rg3+ 40. Kd2) 37... Bxf5 38. exf5 Rxf5 {KR-KR} 39. Rb8 {[#]} (39. Rb7 $11) 39... Rf6 ({Black should try} 39... g3 $1 $15 40. fxg3 g4) 40. c4 {The position is equal.} Ka4 41. c5 Ka5 42. g3 Rf3+ 43. Ke2 e4 44. Rh8 e3 45. fxe3 Kb5 46. Rxh6 Rxg3 47. Rg6 Kxc5 48. Rxg5+ Kd6 49. Kd3 Rh3 50. Ke4 g3 51. Kf5 {[#]} g2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Kg6 (52. Rg6+ { keeps more tension.} Kc5 53. Rxg2 Rxh5+ 54. Ke6 Kb4 55. e4) (52. Rxg2 Rxh5+) 52... Rxe3 53. Rxg2 Rh3 54. h6 c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 55. Rg5 c4 56. h7 {Black must now prevent Rh5.} c3 57. Kg7 c2 58. Rg1 Kd5 59. Rc1 c5 60. Rxc2 c4 61. Rc3 (61. Rd2+ {feels hotter.} Ke5 62. Rd7 Rg3+ 63. Kf8 Rh3 64. Rc7) 61... Rxh7+ 62. Kxh7 {KR-KP} Kd4 63. Rh3 c3 64. Kg6 c2 65. Rh1 Kd3 66. Kf5 Kd2 67. Ke4 c1=Q 68. Rxc1 Kxc1 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Piorun, Kacper"] [Black "Abasov, Nijat"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,126,29,51,20,39,25,36,13,25,2,20,0,23,28,18,24,33,19,20,-7,-12,-3,-2, -5,0,-31,18,18,31,4,39,0,0,0,0,0,31,9,79,74,85,96,68,15,12,12,10,8,18,-6,-6,-6, -6,-6,-6,-7,-5,-4,-4,-4,-4,-49,-42,-52,-53,-46,0,-25,-6,-22,-8,-11,0,0,0,-6,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,399,399,500,499, 399,399,358,291,29973,29974,29974,29974,5297]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Nf6 (5... Qc7 6. h3 e5 7. Be3 f6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. a3 a5 10. Nc3 b6 11. Ng1 Bd6 12. Nge2 Ne7 13. f4 {1-0 (83) Giri,A (2779)-Dubov,D (2700) Paris 2019}) 6. h3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} Nh5 7. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2 f6 9. a4 a5 10. Na3 e5 11. O-O Ra7 12. Nc4 Be6 13. b3 Bxc4 14. bxc4 {0-1 (81) Kjartansson,G (2453)-Meskovs,N (2541) Riga 2019}) 7... b6 8. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Qc7 9. Qd2 e5 10. Ne2 h6 11. g4 Nf6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Kb1 Ba6 14. g5 hxg5 15. Nxg5 O-O-O 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 Rd7 18. Qg2 Nh7 19. Nf3 Nf6 20. Rhf1 c4 21. Rfe1 cxd3 22. Nxd3 Rhd8 23. e5 Nd5 (23... Nh5 $11 { keeps the balance.}) 24. Bg5 $16 Re8 25. Qg4 {Threatens to win with c4.} Bxd3 26. cxd3 (26. Rxd3 $14 b5 27. a4) 26... Kb7 $11 ({Not} 26... Bxe5 $2 27. d4 $18 ) 27. d4 Qc8 28. Rc1 Rc7 29. Qg2 Qf5+ 30. Ka1 f6 31. exf6 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Bxf6 33. Bxf6 Nb4 34. Rc1 $1 {aiming for Be5.} Qe6 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Re6a2]} 35. b3 ( 35. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e6]} Qxf6 36. dxc6+ Rxc6 37. Rxc6 Qxc6 38. Ne1 $15) 35... Qxf6 36. Ne5 Qf4 {[%cal Rf4c1]} 37. Rd1 Qe3 38. Kb2 Rh7 39. Nc4 Qxh3 40. Qxg6 Re7 41. Rd2 Qe6 42. Qg3 Rd7 43. Ne5 {Black must now prevent a3.} Rc7 44. a3 Nd5 45. b4 Nf6 {Strongly threatening ...Ne4.} 46. Qg6 Qe7 47. Rf2 Nd7 48. Nc4 a6 49. Nd6+ Ka7 50. Nc4 b5 51. Na5 Qe3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 52. Rc2 Qxd4+ 53. Kb1 Ne5 54. Qg3 Qd1+ 55. Kb2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not holding back} Qd4+ 56. Ka2 Qd5+ 57. Nb3 {And now Rc5 would win.} Rd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (57... Re7 $11) 58. Rc5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5d5]} Qd1 59. Qxe5 Rf7 {Black wants to play .. .Rf2+.} 60. Qe3 Rf3 61. Qe7+ Kb6 $2 {[#]} (61... Ka8 $18 62. Nc1 Rf2+ 63. Kb1 Qd4) 62. Rxc6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Kxc6 63. Na5+ Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 47%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2664"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,100,12,0,27,21,45,41,54,14,43,0,0,-8,30,11,12,0,0,-16,-16,0,-8,-44, -34,-89,-30,-35,-28,-49,-45,-56,-42,-61,-29,-79,-89,-94,-73,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,-17,-14,-12,-12,-13,-20,-18,-14,-47,-21,-36,-10,-4,-16,-16,0,-6,0,-11, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. d4 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nxe4 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (10... O-O {feels hotter.} 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bg5 Rad8 13. Bc2 c5) 11. Bxe4 Nf6 (11... O-O 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Bc2 c5 14. Rad1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc8 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. f3 a6 18. Nd6 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bb3 Ba6 21. Rc1 Qb6+ {0-1 (64) Vidit,S (2643)-Duda,J (2632) Martuni 2015}) 12. Bc2 O-O {White is slightly better.} 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Ne5 c5 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bg3 $146 {Strongly threatening Ng4.} ({Predecessor:} 17. Bg5 Rfd8 18. Kh1 {0-1 (42) Rubin,M-Rossetto,H (2405) Buenos Aires 1978}) 17... Rfd8 $1 18. Nd7 Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2]} 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2]} 20. Qg4+ Kf8 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2]} 21. Bh4 {[#]} (21. Qh3 $15) 21... Rd4 $1 { [%mdl 512]} 22. Rxd4 $11 Bxd4 23. Bxh7 Ke7 24. Rd1 Bxb2 25. f3 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Rc8 27. Qf4 Be5 28. Qd2 {Qd7+ is the strong threat.} Bc6 29. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qxc4 30. fxe5 Qxh4 31. Qd6+ $1 Ke8 32. exf6 Qxf6 33. Be4 Bb5 34. Qg3 {aiming for Qg8+.} Kf8 35. h3 Rc5 36. Qb8+ $1 Kg7 {Black wants to play ...Qe5.} 37. Qxa7 Be2 38. Rb1 Qf4 39. Ba8 Rc1+ 40. Rxc1 {The position is equal.} Qxc1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kh1 b5 43. Qa3 {And now Qb2+ would win.} Bc4 44. Qc3+ e5 45. a3 Kf6 46. Bc6 Qd4 47. Qf3+ Ke7 48. Be4 Be6 49. Kh2 Qd6 50. Qg3 Qd4 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Nabaty, Tamir"] [Black "Sethuraman, S.P.."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2624"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,72,7,0,4,0,8,0,0,-6,-7,-15,0,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-10,-28,-28,-33,-35, -49,-15,-33,45,45,43,35,36,44,44,0,0,0,43,35,152,150,162,150,210,211,393,389, 990,652,29995,29996,29996,29997,29999]} 1. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Qc2 dxc5 6. Nf3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O Qc7 9. a4 b6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Na3 Bb7 12. Bg5 Rad8 {1/2-1/2 (41) Sirotine,K (2388) -Iskusnyh,S (2520) St Petersburg 2006}) 1... Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nbd2 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. a4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qc2 b6 11. Nc4 { [%cal Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Bb7 12. Bg5 Rad8 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bh4 Nh5 {The position is equal.} 15. Ne3 g5 16. Nd5 Qc8 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 e6 19. Ne3 Ne7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Qc6 23. Qd3 Qxe4 ({Better is} 23... Qc7 $15) 24. Qd8+ $14 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bf8 25. Bc2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qc6 26. Ng4 {Threatening mate with Nf6+.} Kg7 $1 27. Nf6 { White threatens Nh5+ and mate.} (27. Nxh6 $5 f6 28. Ng4 $14) 27... Qc8 28. Nh5+ Kh8 (28... Kg8 $5 {[%cal Rc8d8]} 29. Nf6+ Kh8 $11) 29. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} f5 (29... Qxd8 $14 30. Nxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 31. Nxd8 Bd5) 30. Qd6 $16 {Bb3 is the strong threat.} Bd5 31. c4 Bc6 {[#]} (31... Nc6 $16 {was necessary.} 32. Ng6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 33. Nxf8 (33. Nf6+ Kf7 $16) 33... Qxf8 34. Qxf8+ Kxf8) 32. Nf7+ $1 $18 Kh7 $2 (32... Kg8 {might work better.} 33. Nd8 Bb7 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Nxb7 (35. Nxe6 Ng6 $14) 35... Nc6) 33. Nd8 Kg6 $2 (33... Ng6 34. Qxc6 Qxc6 35. Nxc6 Ne7) 34. Nxe6 Kxh5 {[#]} 35. Ng7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Bxg7 {[#]} 36. g4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg4 37. Qh2# {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 33%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Predke, Alexandr"] [Black "Sarana, Alexey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A50"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2651"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "160"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,160,49,69,70,70,53,62,66,64,44,56,56,62,44,52,57,91,70,86,86,104,54, 69,57,59,54,55,-2,20,-2,0,-10,0,0,-3,-16,0,0,0,0,19,4,10,11,11,9,23,23,23,23, 15,0,8,7,26,0,0,0,0,0,58,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,74,77,68,0,144,0,88,88,105,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-1,-1,0,-5,-5,-31,-7,-15,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 e6 5. e4 d6 (5... Bb4 6. Bd3 c5 7. d5 b5 8. Bg5 bxc4 9. Bxc4 h6 10. Bh4 exd5 11. exd5 Qe7+ 12. Kf1 O-O 13. Nge2 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qf5 {1/2-1/2 (64) Edouard,R (2635)-Shengelia,D (2573) Baku 2016}) 6. Nf3 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} Nbd7 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} e5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d5 Nc5 11. Bc2 a5 12. b3 Bc8 13. a3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 {0-1 (56) Casset Bello,E (1920)-Castrillo Mansego,P (1969) Barcelona 2012}) 10... Re8 11. d5 a6 12. Be3 Nh5 13. g3 g6 14. b4 Rf8 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nb3 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Ne4 ({ White should try} 18. Bxf5 $14 Rxf5 19. f4) 18... Nxe3 19. fxe3 (19. Qxe3 { seems wilder.} Nf6 20. a4 Bc8 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. a5) 19... Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Be4 Bc8 22. Rf2 a5 23. b5 a4 24. Nd2 a3 25. Raf1 Qe7 26. Qd3 Bd7 27. Bg2 Bg7 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Ne4 Bf5 30. Qe2 Ra4 31. Rb1 {[%cal Bf1b1,Bb1b3,Bb3f3] [%mdl 32]} Bh6 32. h4 Kh8 33. Kh2 Bg7 34. Rb3 Bf6 (34... h5 $11) 35. Nxf6 (35. Nc3 $5 {[%cal Rc3a4]} Ra8 36. e4 $11) 35... Qxf6 36. e4 Bd7 37. Bh3 Bxh3 38. Kxh3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kg7 (38... Qf7 $11) 39. Rf3 $16 Qd8 40. Qc2 (40. Kg2 $14) 40... Qa8 (40... Qd7+ $11 41. Kg2 Ra8) 41. Qc3 (41. g4 $16) 41... h6 (41... h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42. Kg2 Qa5 43. Qxa5 ({White should play} 43. Qd3 $16 Qa8 44. Qb3) 43... Rxa5 {KR-KR} 44. g4 Ra4 45. Rc3 Kf6 46. Kf3 Rb4 47. Kg3 Ke7 48. Kf3 Kd7 49. Kg3 Ke8 50. Kf3 Ke7 51. Kg3 Rb1 52. Rxa3 Rc1 53. Ra4 Rc3+ 54. Kf2 h5 55. gxh5 gxh5 56. Ra7 $1 {[%cal Ra7c7]} Rxc4 57. Ke3 Kd7 58. a4 Rc3+ 59. Kd2 {The position is equal.} Ra3 (59... Rb3 { seems wilder.} 60. Ke2 Rh3 61. a5 bxa5 62. b6 Kc8) 60. a5 Rxa5 (60... bxa5 { looks sharper.} 61. b6 Kc8 62. Rxc7+ Kb8 63. Rd7 Ra4) 61. Rxa5 bxa5 $11 {KP-KP} 62. Kc3 Kc8 63. Kb3 Kb7 64. Ka3 $1 Ka7 (64... Kb6 $5 65. Ka4 $8 Kc5 66. Kxa5 Kd4 $11) 65. Kb3 $1 Kb6 66. Ka4 Kc5 67. Kxa5 Kd4 68. Ka6 Kxe4 69. Kb7 Kxd5 70. Kxc7 {K3P-KPP} e4 {[#] Hoping for ...e3.} 71. b6 {Threatens to win with b7.} e3 {White must now prevent ...e2.} 72. b7 e2 73. b8=Q {Threatening mate with Qb5+. } e1=Q {( -> ...Qc3+). KQ-KQ} 74. Qb5+ Kd4 75. Qa4+ Kd3 76. Qb3+ Kd4 77. Qa4+ Ke3 78. Qe8+ Kf2 79. Qxe1+ Kxe1 80. Kxd6 Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"] [Black "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2629"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,67,22,31,34,23,29,32,33,38,57,46,52,50,56,66,75,72,68,78,74,60,55,61, 128,128,133,133,132,146,145,143,142,49,44,38,131,81,171,166,243,112,366,366, 366,359,397,396,370,373,812,814,790,770,29975,1090]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Nh4 Bg4 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 $1 {White is slightly better.} 11. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. Be5 g5 15. e3 Ng6 16. f4 {0-1 (33) Cerveny,M (2400)-Azarov,S (2635) Czechia 2015}) 11... Nxd5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. a4 Rd8 16. Be3 O-O 17. Qe2 Qa5 18. Rfc1 Bd6 ({Better is} 18... Nb6 $14) 19. e5 $16 Be7 20. Rab1 Nb6 21. c4 Rd7 22. Bd2 Qxa4 23. Ra1 ({White should play} 23. Be3 $1 $16) 23... Qb3 $1 $14 24. Be3 ({Much weaker is} 24. Rxa7 Rxd4 25. Bf1 Na4 $15) (24. c5 $5 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Nd5 25. Qe4 $16 (25. Rxa7 Rb8 $16)) 24... Rfd8 (24... c5 $14) 25. Rxa7 Ba3 (25... c5 $16) 26. Qc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll. } Qb2 (26... Qb4 $142) 27. c5 (27. Qd3 $1 $18 Ra8 28. Rxa8+ Nxa8 29. Rb1) 27... Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Nc8 $16 28. Ra4 b5 29. cxb6 Nxb6) 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Qa4 Bb4 30. Rxb7 Rxd4 31. Qxc6 Rd1+ $2 (31... Rd3) 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kg2 { Threatening mate with Qe8+.} Qb1 34. Qf3 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 29%.} (34. Qe8+ $142 Kh7 {[#]} 35. Rb8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (35. Kf3 Rd4 $18) 35... Qe4+ 36. f3 Rd2+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 37. Bxd2 Qe2+ 38. Kg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe5+ 39. f4 Qxb8 40. Qxb8 Bxd2 41. c6) 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Lupulescu, Constantin"] [Black "Kovalenko, Igor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2674"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "177"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,177,8,7,0,0,0,0,0,10,8,72,63,83,85,85,69,112,63,103,91,102,25,50,39, 91,99,91,102,127,124,125,106,122,31,91,29,37,12,12,15,29,25,17,0,15,13,105,58, 129,32,40,46,114,95,110,105,112,79,77,60,149,130,162,126,126,126,126,124,147, 147,138,113,115,114,135,109,113,104,142,117,141,87,127,122,121,88,85,61,112, 112,114,86,58,75,126,115,98,0,29,14,183,16,174,42,334,327,311,247,388,388,357, 198,193,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,166, 166,20,166,166,166,166,166,166,166,80,80,80,80,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nxc6 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} (7. f4 d6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O b5 11. b4 a5 12. Rb1 axb4 13. axb4 d5 14. e5 Ne8 15. Nxb5 Ba6 16. Nbd4 Nxb4 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 {1/2-1/2 (54) Anand,V (2756)-Giri,A (2779) Saint Louis 2019}) 7... bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Qg4 g6 10. Qg3 Rb8 $146 (10... Bh4 $1 $11 11. Qd3 d6) ({ Predecessor:} 10... f5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. h4 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Rb1 Ba6 { 0-1 (23) Zelcic,R (2501)-Nestorenko,D (2253) Katowice 2017}) 11. Ne4 $1 $16 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. O-O Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Rxb2 16. c4 (16. Bh6 $1 $16) 16... Rb3 $11 17. Qe2 f5 (17... Nb6 $1 $14) 18. exf6 $1 $16 Nxf6 19. Bc3 Nxe4 20. Bxh8 Nd6 21. Rfc1 Rxa3 22. c5 (22. Qb2 $16 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Qxc4 24. Qb8+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} (24. Rxa7 Nf5 $14) 24... Kf7 25. Qxa7) 22... Nf5 ( 22... Rxa1 $14 23. Bxa1 (23. Rxa1 Qb5 $11) 23... Qf4) 23. Qb2 (23. Rxa3 $16 Qxa3 24. Bb2) 23... Rxa1 $11 24. Qxa1 Qe4 25. Qe5 Qb4 26. Qc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qe4 27. Qe5 Qb4 28. h3 Bg5 (28... a5 $11) 29. Ra1 { [%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} a5 (29... Be7 $1 $14) 30. Bf6 (30. Qc3 $1 $16) 30... Bf4 31. Qc3 Kf7 (31... Ne7 $1 $14) 32. Rd1 d5 33. cxd6 Bxd6 34. Bh8 (34. g4 {keeps more tension.} Ne7 35. Qf3 Qf4 36. Qxf4 Bxf4 37. Bc3) 34... Qxc3 35. Bxc3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Ke7 (35... Bb4 $1 $14 36. Be5 Ke8) 36. Bxa5 h5 37. Bc3 e5 38. Re1 Kf6 39. g3 c5 40. Kg2 Bc7 41. Ra1 { aiming for Ra6+.} Ke6 42. Ra8 Ne7 43. Ra6+ Bd6 44. Bd2 Nd5 45. Ra4 Nb6 46. Re4 (46. Ra1 $142) 46... Kd5 47. Re1 c4 48. Rd1 Bc5 49. f4 Bd4 ({Black should try} 49... e4 $14) 50. fxe5 $1 Kxe5 51. Bf4+ Ke4 52. Re1+ Kd5 (52... Kd3 $142) 53. Re8 c3 54. Rg8 (54. Kf3 $16) 54... c2 55. Kf3 Nc4 $2 (55... Be5 $11 56. Bc1 Nc4 ) 56. Ke2 $2 (56. Rd8+ $18 Kc5 57. Ke4) 56... h4 $2 {[#]} (56... Be5 $11 { and Black has nothing to worry.} 57. Bc1 Bxg3) 57. gxh4 ({And not} 57. Rxg6 Be3 $11) ({White has to play} 57. Rd8+ $1 $18 Ke4 58. Rc8 (58. gxh4 Bf6 $11)) 57... Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57... Bb2 $14) 58. Bc1 $18 Ne5 59. Re8 Kf5 (59... Bc5 $142 60. Kd2 Kf5 61. Kxc2 Bd6) 60. Rc8 Bb6 61. Rxc2 (61. Bd2 $142) 61... Bd8 62. Bg5 Bxg5 63. hxg5 Kxg5 {KR-KN} 64. Kf2 Kf4 65. Ra2 g5 66. Ra4+ Kf5 67. Kg3 Nd7 68. Ra5+ Kg6 69. Ra6+ Nf6 70. Kf3 Kf5 71. Ra8 (71. Kg2 $18) 71... Kg6 ( 71... g4+ $11 {and Black stays safe.} 72. hxg4+ Nxg4) 72. Ke3 Nd5+ 73. Ke4 Nf6+ 74. Ke5 {White threatens Ra6! and mate.} Nd7+ {[#]} 75. Kd6 (75. Kd4 $1 $18 { is more deadly.} Nf6 76. Ke5 Nd7+ 77. Kd6) 75... Nf6 $16 76. Ke6 {Threatens to win with Ke5.} g4 77. Rf8 (77. h4 $16 {Hoping for Ke5.} g3 78. Ke5) 77... gxh3 $11 {The position is equal.} 78. Rxf6+ {KR-KP} Kg5 79. Rf8 Kg4 80. Ke5 h2 81. Rh8 Kg3 82. Ke4 Kg2 83. Rg8+ Kf2 84. Rf8+ Kg2 85. Rg8+ Kf2 86. Rh8 Kg2 87. Ke3 h1=Q 88. Rxh1 Kxh1 89. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Mareco, Sandro"] [Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2633"] [BlackElo "2662"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,83,26,21,25,40,29,0,7,0,0,-58,-52,-64,-55,-80,-85,-67,-73,-306,-300, -272,-256,-250,-222,-309,-181,-233,-241,-220,-227,-205,-201,-234,-226,-239, -231,-220,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123, -209,-207,-214,-213,-182,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-12,-19,0,-19,0,-42,0,-42]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bf6 13. a4 $146 {[#]} (13. Ba3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Nd2 Na5 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Bb4 Nxb3 17. axb3 {1-0 (32) Harikrishna,P (2737) -L'Ami,E (2619) Douglas 2015}) 13... e4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Rxe4 (14. dxe4 Bxc3) 14... Na5 15. Rg4 Nxb3 16. cxb3 Bxc3 17. Bh6 $2 (17. Ra2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 17... f5 $19 18. Rg3 f4 19. Rg4 Bc8 20. Bg5 Qd5 (20... Qd6 $142 21. Rc1 Bxg4 22. hxg4 b4) 21. Rxf4 (21. Rh4 $142) 21... Rxf4 22. Bxf4 Bxa1 23. Qxa1 {[#]} Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Ne1 (24. gxh3 Rf8) 24... Bf5 25. Bxc7 b4 26. Be5 Re8 ({Better is} 26... Ra7 $19 {aiming for ...Re7.} 27. Qb2 a5) 27. Bxg7 $17 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Kxg7 29. Qe7+ Kg6 {Threatens to win with ...a5.} 30. Qxb4 Qxd3 31. Qb6+ Kf7 32. f3 Be6 33. b4 {[#]} (33. Qb7+ $17 Kf6 34. Qb6) 33... Qd1+ $1 $19 34. Kh2 Qxa4 35. Qb7+ Qd7 $2 (35... Kf6 $19 {Hoping for ...Qb5.} 36. Qb8 Qb5 37. Qd8+ Kg6) 36. Qxa6 $11 Qc7+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 38. Qf1 Qe3+ 39. Qf2 Qc1+ 40. Qf1 Qe3+ 41. Qf2 Qc1+ 42. Qf1 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"] [Black "McShane, Luke J"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,69,22,17,7,6,11,14,0,0,0,30,10,39,37,32,28,33,33,31,11,19,16,5,6,9, -36,-29,-54,-57,-50,-32,-122,-116,-127,-112,-136,-65,-63,-66,-74,-70,-118,-108, -155,-147,-166,-150,-168,-148,-185,-162,-208,-220,-204,-198,-191,0,0,0,-191,0, 0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. O-O {is interesting.} Nd7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne2 a5 9. Ng3) 6... Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Nf8 (9... Bxb3 $5 10. axb3 Qe7 $11) 10. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qh5 Qd6 11. Kh1 Bxb3 12. axb3 Qg6 13. Qh3 h6 {1-0 (69) Anand,V (2792)-Howell,D (2667) London 2014}) 10... f6 11. Nxe6 Nxe6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Qd7 14. a4 O-O-O 15. a5 Bd4 $1 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Bg3 Qxb2 18. Qd2 Nd4 19. Rfc1 Rd7 20. a6 (20. Qe1 $15) 20... b6 $17 21. Qf2 Rhd8 22. e5 {[#]} f5 (22... Rf8 $1 $17) 23. e6 $1 $15 {[%cal Re6d7]} Nxe6 {aiming for ...f4!} 24. Qxf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nd4 25. Qe4 {[#]} Qb5 $1 26. Rab1 Qd5 27. Qe3 h6 28. Bf2 Qe6 29. Qd2 Qe2 30. Qf4 g5 31. Qf6 {Threatening Bxd4.} Rd6 32. Qf7 R6d7 $2 (32... Qe8 $19 33. Qc4 Qe6) 33. Qf6 $11 Rd6 $2 (33... c5 $11) 34. Qf7 $19 R6d7 $2 ({Black should play} 34... Qe8 $19 35. Qc4 Qe6) 35. Qf6 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2609"] [BlackElo "2694"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,65,22,39,23,10,7,11,2,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-10,-30,7,-35,0,-30,-29,-29, -30,-30,-22,-22,-22,-30,-22,-26,-22,-22,-22,-26,-26,-39,-33,-41,-22,-26,0,-36, 0,-29,0,-30]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 Nb6 11. h3 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} g6 12. O-O-O Ng7 13. Kb1 Bf5 14. Nf4 O-O-O {[#]} 15. Ka1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Kb8 17. Ka1 Rc8 18. Rhe1 g5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Nd3 {0-1 (61) Kelly,B (2504) -Hertneck,G (2539) Saint Vincent 2005}) 15... Kb8 16. Rc1 (16. g3 {looks sharper.} Bd7 17. h4 h6 18. Qe2 Bf5 19. Rc1) 16... h5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Nd3 Nd6 19. Nc5 Nd7 20. N3a4 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 h4 22. Nd3 Qe4 23. Rhg1 Rc8 24. Qb3 Qe7 25. Rc3 Ne4 26. Rc2 Ka8 27. Rgc1 {With the idea Qxd5!} Rhd8 28. Qa4 g5 29. Qa5 Qc7 30. Qa4 Qe7 31. Qa5 Qc7 32. Qa4 Qe7 33. Qa5 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2609"] [BlackElo "2679"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,112,23,22,27,31,30,22,22,19,28,24,25,24,32,23,24,0,0,-2,0,-2,-6,-31, -19,-31,-10,-19,-16,-18,0,-10,8,0,16,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-134,-127,-118,-127,-119,-50, -37,-52,-45,-37,-42,-40,-68,-72,-65,-68,-245,-245,-472,-472,-472,-459,-472, -472,-472,-472,-480,-472,-472,-472,-472,-468,-470,-458,-553,-505,-505,-490, -456,-449,-521,-519,-548,-543,-871,-743,-729,-668,-1901,-1876,-5500,-5398, -4443,-1664,-5394,-2287,-1227,-1120,-4116,-4618,-895,-820]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. d5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Nd4 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} 8. O-O c5 9. dxc6 bxc6 {The position is equal.} 10. Nc3 e5 11. Be3 Ne7 12. b4 O-O 13. Rb1 Qc7 {[#]} 14. b5 $146 (14. Be2 {feels hotter.} f5 15. f3 Rac8 16. Qd2 Qd8 17. Rfd1) ({Predecessor:} 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Ne2 c5 16. b5 Bh6 17. Nc1 Bxc1 18. Qxc1 {1/2-1/2 (31) Swiercz,D (2645)-Kempinski,R (2615) Poland 2016}) 14... cxb5 15. Nxb5 Qxc4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nxd6 Qe6 18. Nb5 {next Nc7 is good for White.} Rad8 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Rc8 21. Qa3 a6 22. Qxa6 Nc6 23. Qa3 Rfd8 24. Be2 Qe6 25. Rbc1 Bh6 26. Bc4 (26. Rc2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26... Qxe4 $17 27. Rb1 Ne5 28. Bf1 Rc2 (28... d3 $17 29. Nd6 Qa8 30. Qxa8 Rxa8) 29. Bd3 $1 $15 {[%cal Rd3e4]} Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 Bg7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 32. a4 Ra2 33. Ra3 Rd2 34. a5 $2 (34. Rab3 $15) 34... d3 $19 {White must now prevent ...Rb2.} 35. a6 $2 (35. Rab3) 35... Rb2 {[%cal Rb2b1] [#] Black is clearly winning.} 36. Rd1 { a7 is the strong threat.} Rxb5 37. Kf1 Rbd5 38. a7 Ra8 39. g3 Rd7 40. Raxd3 Rxd3 41. Rxd3 Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 42. Kg2 h5 43. h3 Bf8 44. Rd2 Kg7 45. Rc2 Be7 46. Rd2 h4 47. Re2 hxg3 48. fxg3 Bf6 49. h4 Ra5 50. Rf2 Be5 51. Rf3 Rc5 52. Re3 f6 53. Re4 f5 54. Re3 Kf6 55. Ra3 Rc3 56. Ra6+ Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 74%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Lu, Shanglei"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2602"] [BlackElo "2686"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "20"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,20,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 4. Nxe5 d5 {1/2-1/2 (11) Zubov,A (2606)-Rakhmanov,A (2652) Dubai 2018}) 4... d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. Qe2 Kf7 9. Qh5+ $1 { [%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} ({Don't blunder} 9. Bxe4 $2 dxe4 10. Be3 Nf6 $19) 9... Ke6 {...g6 is the strong threat. C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4} 10. Qe2 { And now f3 would win.} Kf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Safarli, Eltaj"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2593"] [BlackElo "2705"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "180"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,180,-46,-49,-48,-37,-45,-35,-39,78,66,66,53,54,67,54,57,77,82,87,83, 70,66,72,66,75,59,75,61,79,79,99,83,91,9,6,19,17,22,28,18,82,82,82,71,71,71,71, 71,71,71,71,71,71,25,59,25,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78, 78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,3,3,0,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,0,78,0,78,78,78,78,78, 8,8,0,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,0,78,78,78,78,78,78,78,8,8,8,8,8,66,66, 66,66,66,66,113,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. e6 fxe6 {Hoping for ...e5.} 10. Nxd4 {C56: Two Knights: 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4} Nb8 11. Qh5+ (11. Re1 O-O 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Rxe6 Qd7 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Qe2 Qf7 16. c3 Nd7 17. Qe6 Rae8 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 {0-1 (30) Moudallal,T (1976)-Haznedaroglu,K (2466) Beirut 2015}) 11... g6 12. Qe2 $146 { Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Qh6 c5 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. a3 Bf8 15. Qe3 Qd6 16. Re1 Bg7 17. Nbd2 O-O {0-1 (26) Hernandez,O (947)-Nospers,C (1281) LSS email 2011}) 12... Bf6 (12... Qd6 $15 {stays ahead.} 13. Re1 Bf6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Qxe6+ Qxe6 16. Rxe6+ Kf7) 13. Nxe6 $16 Bxe6 14. Qxe6+ Qe7 15. Qc8+ $1 Kf7 16. Qb7 Nd7 17. Qxc6 Qd6 18. Qxd6 cxd6 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rhc8 21. Rd1 Nb6 22. Rd3 Rc7 23. a4 Rc5 24. Ba3 Ra5 25. Bb4 (25. Bxd6 $16 Rxa4 26. Rb1) 25... Rxa4 $11 26. Rxa4 Nxa4 27. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nb2 $1 28. Rd4 {With the idea Kf1.} a5 (28... Rc8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 29. Ba3 $16 Rb8 30. Kf1 d5 31. Bxb2 $1 ({Of course not} 31. Rxd5 Nc4 $11) 31... Rxb2 32. Rxd5 Rxc2 33. Rxa5 Rxc3 {KR-KR} 34. Ra7+ Kg8 35. g4 Rb3 36. Kg2 g5 (36... Rb5 $1 $11) 37. Ra5 h6 38. h4 gxh4 39. Rh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h6]} Kg7 40. Rxh4 Kg6 41. Rh5 Ra3 42. f3 $1 Rb3 43. Kg3 Ra3 44. Re5 Rb3 45. Re6+ Kg7 46. Kf4 Rb5 47. Re5 Rb3 48. Rd5 Ra3 49. Ke4 Kf6 50. Rd6+ ({White should try} 50. f4 $16) 50... Kg5 $11 51. Rd5+ (51. Rc6 $11) 51... Kf6 $16 52. f4 Ra4+ 53. Rd4 Ra6 54. Rb4 Kg6 55. Rc4 (55. Rb5 $1 $16) 55... Kf6 (55... h5 $1 $11) 56. Kd5 (56. Rd4 $16) 56... Ra5+ (56... h5 $11) 57. Rc5 Ra1 58. Rc6+ Kg7 59. Rc7+ (59. Ke6 $1 $16) 59... Kf6 $11 60. Rc6+ (60. Ke4 $11) 60... Kg7 $16 {[#]} 61. Ke6 $1 Re1+ 62. Kf5 {Rc7+ is the strong threat.} Re7 63. Rg6+ Kh7 64. Re6 Rf7+ 65. Rf6 Ra7 66. Re6 ({Better is} 66. Rb6 $16) 66... Kg7 (66... Rf7+ $11 67. Ke4 Ra7) 67. Rg6+ Kh7 {Strongly threatening ...Ra5+.} 68. Rd6 Rf7+ {[#]} 69. Ke4 $1 Kg7 70. f5 ( 70. Rd4 $16) 70... Ra7 71. Ke5 {Black should prevent Ke6.} Re7+ 72. Re6 { White threatens f6+ and mate.} Ra7 (72... Rb7 $1 $11) 73. Rg6+ $14 Kh7 74. Rd6 $1 Ra4 75. Rd7+ Kg8 76. Ke6 (76. Rd4 $16 Ra7 77. Rb4) 76... Re4+ $11 {The position is equal.} 77. Kf6 (77. Kd5 {is more complex.} Rxg4 78. Rd8+ Kf7 79. Rd6 h5 80. Rh6) 77... Rxg4 78. Rd8+ Kh7 79. Rd7+ Kg8 80. Rd8+ Kh7 81. Ke6 Re4+ 82. Kf7 h5 83. f6 h4 84. Rd3 (84. Rd1 {looks sharper.} Rf4 85. Rg1 Kh6 86. Rh1 Rf3 87. Ke7) 84... Rf4 85. Re3 (85. Rd1 {is more complex.} Kh6 86. Ke7 Kg6 87. Rg1+ Kh5 88. Rh1) 85... Kh6 86. Re1 h3 87. Rh1 Kg5 88. Kg7 Kg4 89. f7 Kg3 90. f8=Q Rxf8 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,146,1,7,11,6,20,2,5,0,0,-41,-36,-10,-6,-6,-7,-87,-97,-66,-47,-70,0, -31,25,34,44,-45,-19,-29,-29,-29,-27,-34,-36,-25,-33,-51,0,-50,-52,-52,-55,-83, -74,-87,-97,-116,-108,-110,-108,-106,-68,-68,-60,-120,-123,-204,-198,-197,-146, -267,-105,-95,-84,-73,-19,-80,-36,-33,-25,-46,4,7,27,-5,0,0,67,58,38,53,52,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,-97,-95,-295,-297,-305,-298,-378,-273,-381,-374,-456,-418,-425, -391,-368,-385,-366,-333,-772,-759,-747,-739,-687,-622,-663,-617,-656,-531, -532,-285,-232,-141,-164,-31,-36,0,-149,0,-36,0,-175,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Bf5 6. Ne2 e6 7. O-O Nb6 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. Nbc3 Qd7 { D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} 10. Be3 O-O-O (10... Rd8 11. a3 Be7 12. Qc1 O-O 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Ba2 Rfe8 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. f4 Bh4 17. Nf1 Bh5 18. Rd2 Na5 19. b3 Be7 {1-0 (36) Piorun,K (2657)-Tomczak,J (2631) Warsaw 2019}) 11. Rc1 Kb8 {The position is equal.} 12. Na4 f6 13. Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Ba4 fxe5 15. Bb5 Qd5 16. Nc3 Qd6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. dxe5 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 {0-1 (44) Espinosa Veloz,E (2516)-Quesada Perez,Y (2538) Santa Clara 2019 }) 13... Bxc5 $1 14. dxc5 Nd5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Ba4 (16. Bxd5 $11 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxd5 18. Rfd1) 16... Qg7 $17 17. Qb3 {Strongly threatening Bxc6.} Na5 18. Qa3 Nxe3 (18... h5 $15 19. Bd2 Rdg8) 19. Qxe3 Rd3 (19... Qg4 $15 20. Bc2 Bxc2 21. Rxc2 Nc6) 20. Qf4 $11 Rhd8 21. Rfe1 (21. Qb4 $14 Qg4 22. Qxg4 Bxg4 23. Ng3) 21... Bh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg7g2]} 22. Ng3 R8d4 23. Re4 e5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 24. Qh4 $1 Rxe4 $1 25. Qxe4 Rd4 26. Qc2 Bc8 (26... Bd7 $1 $15 27. Bxd7 Qxd7) 27. Bb5 a6 28. Bd3 Qg5 {Hoping for ...Rxd3!} 29. Re1 h5 $1 30. a3 h4 31. Ne4 Qg6 32. f3 Nc6 33. Nf2 f5 34. Qc3 Rd8 35. b4 ({Better is} 35. Kh1 $15) 35... Nd4 $17 36. Bf1 (36. Bc4 $17) 36... Qg7 $19 37. Kh1 Bd7 ( 37... Rg8 $19 38. c6 bxc6) 38. Nd3 (38. Bc4 $17) 38... Bb5 $2 (38... h3 $1 $19 {is more deadly. And now ...Rg8 would win.} 39. Nxe5 Bb5) 39. a4 $17 Bxd3 ( 39... Bxa4 $6 40. Nxe5 h3 41. g3 $11) 40. Qxd3 {[#]} Qf6 (40... h3 $1 $17 { [%mdl 512]} 41. g3 (41. gxh3 Rg8) 41... Qf6) 41. Qe3 (41. h3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 41... e4 {...Nc2 is the strong threat.} 42. Qf2 ({But not} 42. fxe4 $2 Nc2 $19) 42... exf3 43. gxf3 a5 44. bxa5 Qc6 45. Rd1 (45. a6 $5) 45... Qxc5 46. a6 Rd6 (46... b6 $11) 47. axb7 $14 Kxb7 48. f4 Ka7 49. h3 ({Avoid the trap } 49. Qxh4 $2 Nf3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) ({White should try} 49. Qe3 $14) 49... Ne6 $11 50. Qxc5+ Nxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 51. Rc1 Ne4 ({Much worse is} 51... Nxa4 $6 52. Ra1 $16) 52. Kg1 Kb6 53. Rb1+ (53. Bg2 $11) 53... Ka5 $17 54. Bb5 $2 (54. Bg2 $17 {was necessary.}) 54... c6 $19 55. Be2 Kxa4 56. Rb8 Rd4 57. Kg2 Ng3 58. Bf3 c5 59. Kf2 Rxf4 60. Ke3 Rd4 61. Bc6+ Ka3 62. Rb5 $2 (62. Bb5) 62... f4+ 63. Kf3 c4 64. Ra5+ Kb2 65. Rb5+ Kc2 66. Rb4 {and the idea Bb5 leaves White hopeful.} Kc3 67. Rb8 Nf5 68. Be4 Nd6 69. Bg6 {[#]} Kd2 (69... Rd1 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Kd4.} 70. Rd8 Kb4 71. Kxf4 c3) 70. Rb2+ $15 Kc3 (70... Ke1 $15 71. Rb1+ Kd2) 71. Rb8 $17 Kd2 ({Black should play} 71... Rd1 $17 { White must now prevent ...Kd4.} 72. Rb6 Nc8) 72. Rb2+ $15 Kc3 (72... Ke1 $15 73. Rb1+ Kd2 74. Rb2+) 73. Rb8 $19 {[#]} Kd2 $2 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 52%.} (73... Rd1 $1 $19 74. Rb6 Nc8) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Xu, Xiangyu"] [Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2576"] [BlackElo "2721"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,68,33,29,33,34,29,33,37,58,38,45,52,53,51,42,41,51,47,57,58,72,29,29, 29,29,29,47,27,54,11,21,0,18,1,13,0,12,6,18,18,18,18,25,8,16,9,44,44,43,43,43, 43,43,43,45]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qd7 ({But not} 9... Bxa2 $2 10. b3 $18) 10. h4 Bf6 ({Don't go for} 10... Bxa2 $2 11. b3 $18) (10... h6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Rg8 13. c4 c5 14. Bc3 O-O-O 15. Qe3 g5 16. hxg5 hxg5 {1/2-1/2 (71) Caruana,F (2819)-So,W (2754) Stavanger 2019}) 11. Bg5 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O-O 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd4 a6 14. Qf4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 f5 16. Qf3 Kb8 17. Bxa6 {1-0 (30) Bujnoch,R (2144)-Kratochvil,M (2145) Czechia 2010}) 12. Qf4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Rg8 17. g3 Rg4 18. Rd3 Ra4 19. a3 Ke7 20. Bg2 c6 21. Re1 d5 22. Rde3 f5 23. Bh3 {[#] And now Bxf5 would win.} Re4 24. Kd2 Rg8 25. Rf3 (25. b3 {keeps more tension.} b6 26. a4 c5 27. Bf1 Reg4 28. Be2) 25... Kf6 26. Bf1 (26. b3 {is more complex.} b6 27. Bg2 Ke7 28. Bf1 Kf6 29. Rfe3) 26... Rxe1 27. Kxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rg4 28. Kd2 c5 29. Bh3 Re4 30. Bg2 d4 31. cxd4 {White is slightly better.} Rxd4+ 32. Rd3 Rxd3+ 33. Kxd3 b6 34. Ke3 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"] [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2558"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,65,21,10,16,13,10,10,10,14,18,17,10,18,7,15,5,7,19,8,28,30,9,13,33, 15,1,0,0,0,0,-28,-20,-30,-12,-103,-98,-111,-110,-204,-197,-204,-185,-204,-179, -191,-201,-179,-197,-192,0,-45,0,-195,0,-692]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 d5 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+) } 8. Bg2 dxc4 {With the idea ...Nc6.} 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 {next Nb5 is good for White.} O-O 11. Be3 Nd5 12. Rc1 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Nd7 14. Rxc4 Nf6 {[#]} 15. Rc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. O-O) 15... Ne8 16. Rc3 Nf6 17. O-O Rd8 18. Rfc1 e5 19. Nb3 Rb8 20. Na5 e4 21. Rc4 Be6 22. Rd4 g6 23. Rc7 (23. h3 $11) 23... Rdc8 $17 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Bxe4 {[#]} (25. h3 $17) 25... Rc1+ $1 $19 26. Kf2 Bh3 $36 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rc1f1][%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 27. Bg2 Ng4+ 28. Kf3 Nxh2+ 29. Kf2 Ng4+ 30. Kf3 Nh2+ (30... Ne5+ $19 31. Kf2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Rc2 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 31. Kf2 $15 Ng4+ (31... Be6 $15) 32. Kf3 $19 Nh2+ $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 32... Ne5+ $19 33. Kf2 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Rc2) 33. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 69%. . An unexpected result.} (33. Kf2 $11 Ng4+) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Bu, Xiangzhi"] [Black "Xu, Xiangyu"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D23"] [WhiteElo "2721"] [BlackElo "2576"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,76,15,23,-12,3,-21,0,-3,-7,-8,-3,-3,-11,-13,-3,-3,-3,-3,-1,-3,-10,-11, -6,-19,-8,-15,30,30,119,30,27,16,18,12,17,12,49,45,172,-216,-219,-201,-55,-52, -43,-135,-54,-40,-42,-39,0,-414,-434,-757,-758,-713,-712,-2324,-1791,-29987, -1597,-29988,-29987,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. e3 Nd7 6. Qxc4 {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines} (6. Bxc4 Nb6 7. Qb3 Nxc4 8. Qxc4 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. e4 e5 13. Nd5 {1-0 (53) Epishin,V (2557)-Levin,F (2530) Helmond 2016}) 6... e5 7. dxe5 Ndxe5 (7... Ncxe5 {feels hotter.} 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Qb5+ Nc6 10. Nc3 a6) 8. Nxe5 {The position is equal.} Nxe5 9. Qb5+ Nc6 10. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Bc3 O-O 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. Be2 {1/2-1/2 (61) Dragomarezkij,E (2454)-Praslov,A (2417) St Petersburg 2003}) 10... Bd6 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Ne5 13. O-O c6 14. Qe2 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. b3 Bb4 17. Bb2 Qa5 18. Ne4 Rad8 (18... Nd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. f4 (19. a3 $16 Be7 20. Bc3) 19... Bg4 $11 20. Qc2 Nd3 21. Bd4 c5 {[#] aiming for ...Ne1.} 22. Bf6 $1 { [%mdl 512]} Rd7 {[#]} (22... Bd2 $5) (22... gxf6 23. Nxf6+) 23. a3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be1 {[#]} (23... Bd2 $1 $14) (23... Bxa3 24. h3) 24. Raxe1 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. b4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb4a5][%mdl 512] and life is good for White.} Qa6 (24... cxb4 25. Bd4) 25. Bb2 (25. Raxe1 gxf6 26. Qc3 Kg7 $16) (25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Qxf6 $14)) 24... Nxe1 $19 25. Qb2 {[#]} Nxg2 ({Black should play} 25... Nd3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd3b2]} 26. Qa1 Re8) 26. Bxg7 $15 {Intending Nf6+! and mate.} f5 27. Bxf8 (27. b4 $15 Qb5 28. Bxf8 fxe4 29. Bxc5) 27... fxe4 $17 28. b4 Qa6 29. Bxc5 Nh4 (29... Bh3 $5 {[%cal Ra6f1]} 30. Qa2+ Kg7 31. Qb2+ Qf6 $11) 30. b5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. gxh4 $11 Bh3 31. Qa2+ Kh8 32. Qa1+ Rg7+ 33. Kf2 Bxf1 34. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1) 30... Qg6 $19 {And now ...Nf3+ would win.} 31. Qe5 (31. f5 $142 Bxf5 32. Qb3+ Kg7 33. Bd4+ Kh6 34. Rf4 Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Kg2) 31... Nf3+ 32. Rxf3 exf3 ({Less strong is} 32... Bxf3 33. f5 $17) 33. Qb8+ Kf7 34. Qf8+ Ke6 {( -> ...Qb1+)} 35. e4 Qxe4 {[%cal Re4e1] Black mates.} 36. Qg8+ Kf6 {[%cal Re4e1]} 37. Qf8+ Kg6 {[%cal Re4e1]} 38. Qg8+ Rg7 { Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 52%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Lu, Shanglei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2686"] [BlackElo "2602"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,59,4,9,9,6,13,4,6,2,12,-14,-21,-30,-23,-25,-14,-24,-43,-27,-22,-30, -33,-37,-35,-37,-43,-35,-21,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,606,606]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nxc4 Bc5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (8... Be7 9. Qc2 d3 10. exd3 O-O 11. d4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Nb4 13. Nfe5 Bc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 Rb8 16. Qa4 Nbd5 {1/2-1/2 (42) Ponkratov,P (2630)-Yu,Y (2764) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. a3 a5 10. b3 O-O { The position is equal.} 11. Bb2 $1 Rb8 $146 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b7,Bb7c7][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc7 12. Nxd4 Rd8 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Qc1 e5 15. Qc3 e4 16. Rac1 {1-0 (72) Paravyan,D (2634)-Fridman,D (2633) St Petersburg 2018}) 12. Rc1 b6 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 {Threatens to win with Nc6.} Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. b4 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} axb4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Nc6 Qd6 {Strongly threatening ...e5.} 19. Bxd4 Ba3 20. Rc2 Rc7 21. Qa1 Bc5 22. Bxf6 Qxc6 23. Bxg7 Ra8 24. Qf6 { [#] aiming for Bh6.} Bxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} 25. Qxf2 (25. Rxf2 Qxc2) 25... Qxc2 26. Be5 $40 {[%mdl 128] And now Qf6 would win. White mounts an attack.} Qc5 27. Bxc7 Qxc7 28. Qf6 Ra5 29. e4 Rc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ( 29... Rh5 $11) 30. Rd1 $1 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 62%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Korobov, Anton"] [Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D71"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2609"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,121,24,22,27,18,0,0,36,0,4,10,2,-51,0,0,24,18,18,-4,12,24,19,24,28,0, 0,0,0,0,8,-71,-70,-156,-131,-154,-132,-124,-109,-108,-91,-90,-100,-135,-124, -170,-124,-183,-87,-95,-77,-90,-91,-73,-76,-81,-48,-48,-48,-75,-48,-48,-52,-41, -8,-31,-27,-22,-38,-38,-37,-96,-22,-28,-8,-22,0,0,0,0,7,12,858,836,858,829, 29969,29970,29970,29971,29970,29971,29970,29967,7786,7113,29982,29983,29983, 29980,29985,29986,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 { D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (10... Nb6 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Qd1 Nfd5 13. Ne4 Qc8 14. Neg5 Rd8 15. e4 Nc7 16. Bf4 Nb5 17. d5 cxd5 18. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 (79) Yu,Y (2751)-Grischuk,A (2772) Huaian 2017}) 11. e3 Qa5 12. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b4 Nd6 13. Qb3 {0-1 (32) Van Poucke,S (2013)-Boschmans,J (1830) Antwerp 2013}) 12... Nb6 {The position is equal.} 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qc2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 ( 15. Bd2 $11) 15... Bd5 ({Black should play} 15... Rac8 $15) 16. e4 $11 Bc4 { Threatening ...Bxd4!} 17. Nf3 c5 18. Bd2 Rac8 19. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qa6 20. a5 Nd7 {[%cal Bb6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 21. Qb2 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nc5 {[%mdl 64] ...Nd3 is the strong threat. Pin} 23. Re3 Rfd8 24. Bc3 (24. e5 $11 Nd3 25. Qb1) 24... Nd3 $17 25. Qd2 (25. Qb1 $15) 25... Bh6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 26. h4 Bb5 27. Ng5 f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 28. Bf1 { [%cal Rf1d3]} fxg5 29. Bxd3 gxh4 30. Qa2+ Bc4 31. Rf3 hxg3 32. fxg3 (32. Bxc4+ $17 {is a better defense.} Rxc4 33. fxg3) 32... Qe6 (32... b5 $19 {has better winning chances.} 33. Qe2 Bg7) 33. Bxc4 Qxc4 34. Qxc4+ Rxc4 35. Rb1 Rdc8 36. Rb3 b5 37. axb6 axb6 38. Bb2 e5 39. dxe5 Rxe4 40. Kf1 Rc6 41. Ra3 {White wants to mate with Ra8+.} Bc1 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Bc3 Kh6 44. Kg2 (44. Ra7 $15) 44... Re2+ ({Black should try} 44... Kg5 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Kg4.} 45. Rd8 Kg4) 45. Kh3 $11 b5 {With the idea ...Rc4.} 46. Rb8 Re3 47. Rxe3 Bxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 48. Bb4 Rb6 49. Re8 {Threatens to win with Kg4.} ({Not} 49. Rxb6 $2 Bxb6 50. Bf8+ Kg5 $19) 49... Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (49... Rc6 $11) 50. e6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6e7]} Bg5 {[#]} 51. Kg4 $1 h6 52. Bc3+ Bf6 53. Re7+ $1 Kf8 54. Rf7+ Ke8 55. Rxf6 {KRB-KR} b4 56. Bb2 Rc6 57. Rxg6 {White mates.} Ke7 58. Rxh6 Rc2 59. Be5 b3 60. Kf5 Rf2+ 61. Bf4 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 39%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Piorun, Kacper"] [Black "Abasov, Nijat"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,76,30,28,24,32,29,27,13,13,18,15,13,18,6,10,0,0,0,0,8,18,12,43,41,37, 39,49,36,42,43,54,41,53,54,63,76,61,67,52,60,138,129,103,113,144,144,151,152, 143,153,124,0,0,0,0,0,0,-110,-88,-208,-208,-277,-240,-1169,-422,-29993,-29994, -29997,-29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O e5 (5... Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Ng4 8. e5 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nxe5 10. Qh5 Ng6 11. Nd5 Qd6 12. d4 cxd4 13. Bd2 e6 14. Ba5 b6 15. Bxb6 {1-0 (28) Harikrishna,P (2730)-Duda,J (2731) Prague 2019}) 6. d3 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} d6 7. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nh4 Be7 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 O-O 10. Bg5 Qd8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Rxf5 {0-1 (63) Zubarev,A (2490)-Kekelidze,M (2360) Almaty 2018}) 7... a6 8. Bc4 {White has an edge.} b5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Be7 11. a4 {[#] And now axb5 would win.} Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. c3 O-O 14. Re1 Nd8 15. Nf1 Kh8 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne6 18. Bg3 Bf6 19. Ne3 Be5 20. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} b4 21. Nc4 bxc3 22. bxc3 f6 23. Ra3 Ng5 24. Qe3 Be6 (24... Ne6 $14) 25. Bxe5 $16 dxe5 26. Rea1 Qd8 27. Qxc5 Rc8 28. Qd6 Qe8 29. h4 Bxd5 30. exd5 (30. Qxd5 $16 Rd8 31. Nd6 (31. hxg5 Rxd5 32. exd5 Kg8 $11)) 30... Nh3+ $1 $11 31. gxh3 Qg6+ 32. Kh2 Qxd3 {Hoping for ...Qe2+.} 33. Rg1 (33. Nb6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qe2+ 34. Kh1 Qf3+ 35. Kh2 Qe2+ 36. Kg1 Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kh2 Qf2+ 38. Kh1 Qf3+ 39. Kh2 Qe2+) 33... Qxc4 34. Qe7 (34. Rg4 $17 Qf1 35. Qe7) 34... Rg8 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Rb8.} 35. Ra7 Rb8 ({Stronger than} 35... Qxd5 36. Rxg7 Qd2+ 37. Kh1 $11 ) ({Don't do} 35... Qxh4 36. Rg3 $19) 36. Qa3 $2 (36. Rb7 Ra8 37. Rb2) 36... Qf4+ {Played: Rb8-b3} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2664"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,68,24,32,27,33,31,28,41,26,35,26,9,5,4,2,10,8,10,69,62,109,0,27,22,16, -66,-43,-58,-52,-78,-70,-187,-195,-185,-200,-339,-332,-392,-391,-436,-347,-502, -488,-543,-543,-902,-916,-860,-683,-1058,-1044,-1292,-1327,-1314,-1247,-1281, -1266,-1139,-1131,-1978,-1983]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Ne5 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} (6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Bd2 e6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. Nf3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Na4 Bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 {0-1 (84) Radjabov,T (2757)-Fedoseev,V (2724) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 6... Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. cxd5 {White has an edge.} Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nxd5 10. Bc4 {Hoping for e4.} e6 11. e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f5]} Nxc3 12. exf5 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 13. Bxd5 {Strongly threatening Bc4.} cxd5 $146 ({Black should play} 13... Qxe5+ $11 14. Be3 cxd5) ({ Predecessor:} 13... Qa5+) 14. O-O $1 $14 Bc5 {[#]} 15. Bf4 (15. Qg3 $1 $16) 15... Qb6 16. Qg3 g6 17. f6 (17. b4 $11 Be7 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bh6) 17... Rc8 18. Rfd1 h5 19. h4 Kd7 20. a3 {[#]} ({Better is} 20. Rab1 $15) 20... Bd4 $1 $19 ({Stronger than} 20... Qxb2 21. Rdb1 $16) 21. Rd2 Bxb2 22. Rad1 (22. Rb1 { was worth a try.} Rc1+ 23. Rxc1 Bxc1 24. Rc2 Bxf4 25. Qxf4) 22... Rc3 23. Be3 Qb3 24. Qh3 {intending Rxd5+.} Kc6 25. Rd4 (25. a4 $142) 25... Bxa3 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. Kh2 Bc5 27. Qf3 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rc4 29. Qf4 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 30. Bc1 a4 31. Qd2 Rxd4 32. Qxd4 Ra8 {Played: Qb3-c4} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2609"] [BlackElo "2694"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,94,45,4,21,-2,0,-7,-7,-7,-5,-7,-7,-7,8,0,12,14,10,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,15, -74,-11,-90,-5,-7,0,-17,27,16,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,68,-56, -52,-50,-66,-51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Kb1 g6 12. Nge2 Ng7 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} (12... Be6 13. f3 O-O-O 14. Nc1 Kb8 15. Nb3 Ng7 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. Qf2 Qc7 18. Rc1 Ka8 19. h3 Bf5 20. e4 {1/2-1/2 (51) Tomashevsky, E (2702)-Braun,A (2581) Biograd 2018}) 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Ka1 O-O-O 15. Rc1 Kb8 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Ne8 18. Rc3 Nd6 19. Ra3 Nc8 20. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 (54) Prusikin,M (2460)-Stern,R (2493) Heringsdorf 2000}) 18. Rc3 {Strongly threatening Ra3.} b6 19. Ra3 Be8 20. Qc2 Ne6 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Rc3 Bd7 23. Ne2 Rc7 24. Rb1 (24. g3 $11) 24... h5 (24... Qh4 $17 25. Ng1 Qxh2) 25. b4 (25. h3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... Qd6 (25... Qh4 $17 26. Ng1 Qxh2) 26. h3 $11 h4 27. Nc1 Rh5 28. Bf1 Ng5 29. Nd3 Ne4 30. Rcb3 Bf5 31. Rc1 Rh8 32. Ne5 {[%cal Re5c6]} c5 33. bxc5 Nxc5 34. dxc5 Qxe5+ 35. Qb2 Qxb2+ 36. Kxb2 Kb7 37. cxb6 Rxc1 38. bxa7+ Kxa7 (38... Ka8 $11 39. Kxc1 Rc8+ 40. Kd2 Rc2+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Ke1 Rc1+ 42. Ke2 Rc2+ 43. Ke1 Rc1+ 44. Ke2 Rc2+ 45. Ke1) 39. Kxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} (39. Ra3+ $14 Kb6 40. Kxc1) 39... Rc8+ $15 40. Kd2 Rc2+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 41. Kd1 $1 ({But not } 41. Ke1 Rc1+ 42. Ke2 Bc8 $19) 41... Rxa2 (41... Rxf2 $15 42. Ra3+ Kb6) 42. Bd3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd3f5] The position is equal.} Rxf2 {aiming for ...Be6.} 43. Bxf5 Rxf5 44. Ke2 Rg5 45. Kf2 Rf5+ 46. Ke2 Rg5 47. Kf2 Rf5+ {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2599"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,99,5,7,-7,7,10,27,15,23,12,22,22,37,0,14,-18,-8,-10,-6,-21,-16,-59, -68,-83,-33,-34,-11,-17,-8,-39,-24,-25,-23,-17,-18,-30,-6,-6,-6,-8,-6,-8,0,-11, 0,-16,0,-9,0,0,430,434,416,409,416,403,411,401,310,133,124,129,125,120,113,113, 113,129,114,124,144,115,178,108,113,109,107,100,105,82,82,82,82,82,82,75,75,67, 75,45,45,45]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bd3 { B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} Nc6 7. Qf2 Bg7 8. Nf3 {White has an edge.} Ng4 (8... O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qh4 Qa5 11. f5 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 {1/2-1/2 (34) Navara,D (2727)-Donchenko,A (2587) Brest 2018}) 9. Qe2 O-O 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf2 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qa5 12. O-O Bd7 13. a3 Rac8 14. Bd2 {1-0 (39) Hernandez Carmenates,H (2541)-Colovic,A (2463) Havana 2007}) 12. O-O Qb6 13. Nd5 Qxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Nc5 15. a3 Bd7 16. Rb1 Rac8 17. Be3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 b6 19. g4 f5 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Kh2 h6 22. Rg1 Kh7 23. Rfg2 Rf7 24. Nh4 fxe4 25. dxe4 Be6 26. Rc1 Bd7 27. Rcg1 Be6 28. Rc1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Bd7 29. Rcg1 e6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... Rg8 $11) 30. Rxg7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Deflection} Rxg7 31. Nf6+ Kh8 {And now ...Rxg1 would win.} 32. Ng6+ Rxg6 33. Rxg6 Ne7 34. Rg2 (34. Rxh6+ $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kg7 35. f5 (35. Nxd7 Kxh6 36. f5+ Kh5 $17)) 34... Ba4 $16 35. f5 Rc2 36. Rxc2 ({ Much less strong is} 36. Bxh6 $6 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 exf5 $14) 36... Bxc2 37. fxe6 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Kg7 {[#]} 38. Ne8+ $1 Kg6 39. Nxd6 h5 40. Bd4 Bb3 {[#]} (40... Nc6 $16) 41. Kg3 ({White should play} 41. Nb5 $1 $18) 41... Bxe6 42. h4 Nc8 43. Nb5 Bd7 44. Nc7 Nd6 45. Kf4 Nb5 46. Nxb5 Bxb5 47. Ke5 Bc6 48. Bc3 Kf7 49. Bb4 a5 50. Bd6 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Safarli, Eltaj"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2593"] [BlackElo "2705"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,89,-41,-42,-53,-41,-49,-47,-52,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-16,1,10,13,5,11,9,0,6, 45,43,93,85,87,87,73,87,112,110,106,111,105,105,105,105,153,115,121,125,124, 124,123,113,113,120,113,113,201,202,218,218,213,210,218,226,217,180,357,323, 352,351,351,360,374,363,349,328,29968,29968]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. e6 fxe6 {Hoping for ... e5.} 10. Nxd4 {C56: Two Knights: 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4} Nb8 11. Qh5+ (11. Re1 O-O 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Rxe6 Bc5 14. Re2 Qf6 15. Qf1 Nd7 16. c3 Rae8 17. Rxe8 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 Rxe8 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. Na3 Ne4 21. Qd3 Qg6 22. Qf3 Rf8 23. Bf4 Qe6 {0-1 (23) Zenelaj,F (1933)-Subelj,J (2407) Sarajevo 2019}) 11... g6 12. Qe2 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Qh6 c5 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. a3 Bf8 15. Qe3 Qd6 16. Re1 Bg7 17. Nbd2 O-O {0-1 (26) Hernandez,O (947)-Nospers,C (1281) LSS email 2011}) 12... e5 13. Qxe5 O-O 14. Ne6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Re5g7]} ({Much worse is} 14. Bh6 Bf6 $17) 14... Bf6 15. Qe3 Bxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kg7 17. Qh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent Bh6+. White is pushing.} Re8 18. Bh6+ Kg8 19. Nd2 Nd7 20. Rae1 Ne5 21. Bf4 Qc8 22. Qc3 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Qe6 23. Nb3 Qd6 24. Qg3 c5 {[#]} 25. Nxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxc2 28. Rxd5 Rad8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 30. h4 Qxb2 31. Qxc7 Qd4 32. h5 gxh5 33. Re1 Rf8 34. Qg3+ Kh8 (34... Qg7 $16) 35. Qe5+ $18 Qxe5 36. Rxe5 {KR-KR} h4 37. Ra5 Rf7 38. Ra3 Kg7 {[#]} 39. f3 $1 Kf6 $2 (39... a5 { was necessary.} 40. Rxa5 h3) 40. Kh2 Ke5 41. Ra4 Kf5 42. Rxh4 Kg5 43. Rg4+ Kf5 44. Kg3 h5 $2 (44... Ke5 $18 45. Re4+ Kd6) 45. Rf4+ {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 51%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D82"] [WhiteElo "2544"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,90,40,29,52,23,27,17,16,29,19,14,28,22,20,30,31,7,13,10,16,0,30,3,0, 0,5,11,3,11,49,-10,-7,-3,-12,-23,0,0,5,-15,20,18,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-20, -15,0,0,7,0,29,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 {D93: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3} 8. O-O Nh5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Nd2 {Threatening Bxg5.} Ndf6 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 {[#]} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bf5 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. a4 {0-1 (37) Xu,M (2374)-Yu,Y (2751) China 2019}) 14. Nf3 Bf5 15. Rc1 e6 16. Re1 Qb6 17. Bb3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Bg4 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. Nd3 ({ White should play} 21. Qc4 $14) 21... Nd7 22. Qc2 Bf5 23. Qe2 Bg4 24. Qc2 a5 25. a3 Bh5 26. Qc3 Bg6 27. Bc2 Ra8 28. Nc5 Qxc5 29. Qxc5 Nxc5 30. Bxg6 Nd7 ( 30... Nb3 $5 31. Rc3 $8 Nxd4 32. Bxf7+ (32. exd4 fxg6 33. Rb3 Rf7 $11) 32... Kxf7 33. exd4 Rad8 $11) 31. Bd3 Rfd8 32. Rc2 Kf8 33. Be2 a4 34. Rec1 Ke7 35. Kf1 f5 {The position is equal.} 36. Bd3 g4 37. Nd2 Ne5 38. Be2 Nf7 39. Nc4 Nd6 40. Nxd6 Rxd6 41. Rc5 Kd7 42. f4 Rd5 43. Rxd5+ exd5 44. Bd3 Ke6 45. Ke2 Kf6 { Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Gan-Erdene, Sugar"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2407"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,74,26,39,0,7,-15,0,-20,-11,-11,-11,-13,-12,-23,-9,-16,-10,-25,-22, -31,-18,-84,-38,-61,-8,0,0,-2,-4,-18,22,0,0,-56,-61,-52,-62,-209,-196,-201, -210,-200,-200,-671,-671,-856,-835,-823,-834,-820,-821,-894,-885,-29992,-29992, -29993,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. h3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (8. f3 O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. Na5 Rc8 17. Bd3 Qc7 18. Rhg1 f5 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Nc6 Kh8 {1-0 (47) Wang,H (2730)-Najer,E (2670) St Petersburg 2018}) 8... Be6 9. Qf3 O-O 10. O-O-O { The position is equal.} b5 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bc8 14. Bd3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... a5 15. Nd2 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 (31) Oren,I (2258)-Ryzhkov,I (2356) ICCF email 2016}) 15. Rhg1 a5 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. Bb5 (17. g5 $11) 17... Ba6 18. Bc6 Rac8 (18... Rab8 $15) 19. Kb1 $11 Bb7 {[%cal Rb7c6]} 20. Nc4 Bxc6 21. dxc6 Nb8 {[%cal Bd7b8,Bb8c6,Bc6b4][%mdl 32]} 22. Qd5 Nxc6 23. Nxd6 (23. b3 $11) 23... b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 24. c3 bxa2+ 25. Kxa2 (25. Ka1 $1 $15 Bxd6 26. Qxd6) 25... Bxd6 $1 $19 26. Qxd6 Qb7 {Played: Nc6-b4} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2544"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,83,38,39,43,18,16,23,18,23,28,17,24,18,20,19,25,23,27,21,24,26,26,9, 39,29,35,39,28,30,30,30,68,34,75,11,26,19,168,70,100,21,113,46,60,52,161,153, 152,178,149,159,109,73,73,66,110,89,241,228,219,203,635,623,605,602,3146,2821, 2148,2314,1856,1508,1714,1496]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 8. Ne5 Nd7 9. Nc3 Nxc3 {White has an edge.} 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 b6 {[#]} 14. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. d4) 14... f6 15. d4 Qd7 16. f4 fxe5 17. dxe5 Rad8 18. Qd3 Qe6 19. Rbe1 g6 20. h3 h5 21. a4 c5 22. Rd1 (22. a5 {is interesting.} Rd7 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra1 d4 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Bd2) 22... Qf5 23. Qxf5 (23. Qa6 $16) 23... gxf5 $11 24. g4 Kg7 {[#]} (24... d4 $11 25. cxd4 cxd4) 25. Kg2 ({Stronger than} 25. gxh5 Rh8 $11) (25. gxf5 $1 $18 {Black must now prevent f6+.} Rxf5 26. Kf2) 25... Kg6 26. Kf3 (26. g5 $16) 26... Rh8 (26... hxg4+ $11 {remains equal.} 27. hxg4 Rh8) 27. gxf5+ ( 27. g5 $16) 27... Kxf5 $14 28. Rg1 {Rg7 is the strong threat.} Rhg8 (28... d4 $1 $14 29. cxd4 cxd4 30. Bxd4 Rhg8 31. Rxg8 Rxg8) 29. Rxg8 $18 Rxg8 30. Rxd5 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame aiming for Rd7. KRB-KRB} Bh4 {[#] Strongly threatening ... Rg3+.} 31. e6+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxe6 32. Re5+ Kf7 33. Rxh5 Bf6 34. c4 Kg6 $2 (34... Rd8 $16) 35. Rd5 Rh8 36. Kg4 Re8 $2 (36... Rh4+ 37. Kg3 Rh7) 37. f5+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf7 38. Rd7+ Kg8 39. Bg5 Bxg5 40. Kxg5 Re3 41. Rxa7 Rc3 42. Rb7 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 37%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "El Gindy, Essam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2431"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,121,9,7,-2,12,12,11,16,24,0,-6,-25,19,2,18,16,28,26,67,64,66,7,55,58, 55,58,59,39,97,82,89,93,100,65,45,36,43,22,33,18,26,18,22,16,22,19,19,18,27,24, 25,20,32,21,23,25,18,12,16,0,0,-51,-58,-56,-9,-39,-22,-51,-39,-125,-107,-216, -154,-150,-142,-151,-139,-131,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,0,-18, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-51,0,0,0,-18,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} (6. e3 Nf6 7. Nge2 Bd7 8. b3 Qc8 9. h3 O-O 10. Bb2 a6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Rd1 b5 13. Nf4 Re8 14. Ncd5 e5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. Ba1 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. h4 h5 20. O-O { 1/2-1/2 (20) Rakhmanov,A (2653)-Mamedov,R (2709) Riadh 2017}) 6... Nf6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Rb8 9. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. e3 a6 10. Nge2 Qc7 11. Nf4 e6 12. h4 b5 13. h5 Ne7 {1-0 (40) Fahrner,K (2319)-Koscak,J (1783) Graz 2011}) 9... e5 10. Nf3 Nd4 11. O-O ({Reject} 11. fxe5 Ng4 $15) 11... b6 12. Rae1 Re8 13. Ng5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bb7 14. e3 {And now Bxb7 would win.} Nf5 15. Nge4 (15. Bxb7 $14 Rxb7 16. Nge4) 15... exf4 16. Rxf4 Nh5 17. Rff1 Nh6 $1 18. Nf2 Bxg2 (18... f5 $14) 19. Kxg2 $16 Nf6 20. e4 Nhg4 21. Nd5 Ne5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. g4 h6 24. h4 Nh7 25. Rh1 Rb7 26. Nd1 Nf8 27. N1e3 Ne6 28. Rh2 Rd7 29. Kh1 Nf4 30. Rf1 Rd6 31. Rf3 Qd7 32. Qd1 a6 33. Qf1 b5 34. g5 h5 35. Nxf4 (35. Rc2 $11) 35... exf4 $15 36. Nd5 Be5 37. Rxf4 bxc4 38. bxc4 Rb8 39. Rff2 ({White should try} 39. Rf3 $1 $15) 39... Bxh2 $17 40. Rxh2 {[#]} (40. Kxh2 $17 {is a better defense.} Qg4 41. Qh3) 40... Rdb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Nxb6 Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 42. Rd2 Qg4 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 43. Qe1 {[#] intending Kh2.} a5 (43... Qh3+ $1 $17 44. Kg1 Rd6) 44. Kh2 $11 Qf4+ 45. Kg2 a4 46. Qf2 Qe5 47. Qf3 a3 48. Rf2 Qe6 49. Qg3 Kg7 50. Kf3 Kg8 51. Kg2 Rb1 52. Qf4 Qd7 53. Kh2 Rb7 54. Qe5 Qg4 55. Qe8+ Kg7 56. Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 57. Qg3 Qd1 58. Qe5 (58. Qf3 $11 Qxf3 59. Rxf3) 58... Qg4 (58... Rb2 $1 $15 59. Rxb2 axb2 60. Qxb2 Qxd3) 59. Qg3 { next Qxg4 is good for White.The position is equal.} Qd7 60. Qe5 Qg4 61. Qg3 { Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2599"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "215"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,215,28,16,0,2,-9,-11,-25,0,0,-12,-20,2,7,14,8,0,0,24,20,20,20,22,0,0, 0,9,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-32,-14,-24,0,0,53,-14,28,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,37,34,33,0, 35,67,41,35,35,35,35,35,39,33,39,40,39,0,36,0,69,60,65,32,60,60,70,70,70,70,85, 60,60,60,60,60,60,60,68,60,60,0,84,60,60,0,60,60,87,87,87,79,87,46,46,0,58,0, 45,0,87,87,87,0,7,0,0,0,85,0,12,0,98,83,99,77,80,26,107,18,17,0,101,108,86,104, 69,10,279,275,276,261,275,255,268,241,235,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,0,579,573, 584,579,562,537,468,464,410,169,163,150,170,0,176,0,93,117,117,0,415,0,0,0, 1254,1199,1254,1242,1220,1146,29979,29980,29980,0,193,0,29980,29981,29981, 29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. d4 d5 6. Nh3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nf4 {A91: Classical Dutch: Early Deviations} (8. Qb3 Kh8 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. e3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nf4 g5 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. Rfd1 h5 15. a4 a5 {0-1 (49) Naiditsch,A (2706)-Pelletier,Y (2604) Nancy 2013}) 8... dxc4 9. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. e4 c5 10. d5 e5 11. Ne6 Bxe6 12. dxe6 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nc6 14. Qa4 Nd5 15. Qxc4 Nb6 {1-0 (39) Pijuan Herranz,M (2250)-Pablo Marin,A (2388) Catalunya 2009}) 9... cxb3 10. Qxb3 { The position is equal.} Nd5 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. e3 Nxf4 13. exf4 Na6 14. Ba3 Nc7 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4c5,Bc5d3,Bd3e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} Nd5 18. Nc5 Rf7 19. Nd3 Rc7 20. Ne5 Bd7 21. h4 Be8 22. Bf3 h6 23. Re1 Kh7 24. Nc4 Qe7 25. Re2 Rd8 26. Rce1 Bf7 27. Ne5 Nf6 (27... Bg8 $11) 28. Qc4 (28. Nxf7 $14 Qxf7 29. Qd3) 28... Qf8 29. Kg2 Bg8 30. Re3 Qd6 31. Rd1 Qf8 32. Qa4 a6 33. Qa5 Qe7 34. a3 Bf7 35. Nxf7 Qxf7 36. Rxe6 Qxe6 37. Qxc7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qd7 38. Qa5 h5 39. Re1 g6 40. Qb4 {Black must now prevent Re7+.} Nd5 41. Qc5 Kg7 42. Re5 Kf7 (42... Qf7 $1 $11) 43. Qc4 Qd6 44. Qb3 Rd7 45. a4 Kg7 46. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 47. a5 Kf7 48. Kh2 Qc6 49. Qe3 Qd6 50. Qf3 Qc6 51. Kg2 Qd6 52. Qe3 Rc7 53. Qb3 Rd7 54. Kh3 Qc6 55. Kg2 Qd6 56. Qd3 Qc6 57. g4 hxg4 {[#]} (57... fxg4 $2 58. f5 $18) 58. h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g6][%mdl 512] Strongly threatening hxg6+.} Qf6 (58... gxh5 59. Qxf5+) 59. hxg6+ Kxg6 60. Qe3 Kf7 (60... Rd6 $11) 61. Qd3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kg6 62. Qe2 Kf7 (62... Rd6 $11) 63. Qc2 $16 Kg6 64. Qc8 (64. f3 $16 {And now fxg4 would win.} gxf3+ 65. Kxf3) 64... Qd8 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd8c8]} 65. Qc5 (65. Qc3 {seems wilder.} Re7) 65... Rd6 $1 66. Re8 Qd7 (66... Qxe8 $11 67. Qxd6+ Kg7) 67. Re5 ({White should play} 67. Kg3 $1 $16) 67... Qc6 {Black wants to play ...Qxc5.} 68. Qa3 Qd7 (68... b5 $1 $11) 69. Qe3 $1 $16 Kf7 70. Qd3 Rf6 71. Qb3 (71. Qg3 $1 $16) 71... Rd6 (71... Kg6 $11 {remains equal.}) 72. Qc2 (72. Qd1 $16) 72... Rf6 $1 $11 73. Qb3 (73. Qd3 $11) 73... Rd6 $16 74. Qb1 Kg6 75. Qe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Rf6 76. Qh1 ({ White should try} 76. Re8 $14) 76... Re6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (76... Qh7 $11 { and Black stays safe.}) 77. Qh4 $18 Rxe5 78. Qg5+ $1 Kf7 79. fxe5 {KQ-KQ} Qe6 80. Kg3 Ke8 {If Black can now play ...Kf7 this consolidates a bit.} 81. Kf4 $2 (81. Qh5+ $1 $18 Ke7 82. Qh7+ Ke8 83. Qxb7) 81... b5 $16 82. axb6 $1 (82. Qxf5 $2 Qxf5+ 83. Kxf5 b4 $19) 82... Qxb6 83. Qg8+ Ke7 84. Qxd5 a5 85. Qc4 (85. Kxf5 $16 {Hoping for Qc4.} a4 86. Qc4 (86. Kxg4 $2 Qe6+ 87. Qxe6+ Kxe6 $19)) 85... Qb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (85... Qh6+ $1 $11 86. Kxf5 Qh5+ 87. Kf4 Qh6+ 88. Ke4 (88. Kxg4 $2 Qe6+ 89. Qxe6+ Kxe6 $19) 88... Qh1+ 89. Kf5 Qh5+ 90. Ke4 Qh1+ 91. Kf4 Qh6+ 92. Kf5 (92. Kxg4 $2 Qe6+ 93. Qxe6+ Kxe6 $19) 92... Qh5+) 86. Qc7+ $1 $18 Ke6 87. Qc6+ Ke7 88. Qf6+ Ke8 89. Qe6+ Kd8 90. Qg8+ (90. Qd5+ $142 Ke7 91. Kxf5 ) 90... Ke7 91. Qg7+ (91. Kxf5 Qxd4 92. Qg5+ (92. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 93. Kxg4 a4 94. Kh4 a3 95. Kg3 a2 96. Kf3 a1=Q 97. Ke3 Qe1+ 98. Kd3 Qxf2 99. Kc4 Ke6 100. Kb3 Kxe5 101. Kc3 Qd4+ 102. Kb3 Kd5 103. Ka3 Kc4 104. Ka2 Kc3 105. Ka1 Kc2+ 106. Ka2 Qb2#) 92... Ke8 $11) 91... Ke8 92. Qg8+ (92. Kxf5 Qxd4 93. Qg8+ (93. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 94. Kxg4 a4 $19) 93... Ke7 $11) 92... Ke7 93. Qg7+ (93. Kxf5 Qxd4 94. Qg7+ (94. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 95. Kxg4 a4 96. f4 a3 97. Kf3 a2 98. f5 a1=Q 99. Ke4 Qc3 100. Kd5 Qd3+ 101. Kc5 Qxf5 102. Kd5 Qd3+ 103. Kc5 Ke6 104. Kb6 Kxe5 105. Kc6 Qd5+ 106. Kc7 Qb5 107. Kd8 Kd6 108. Kc8 Qb4 109. Kd8 Qb8#) 94... Ke8 $11) ({ Better is} 93. Qh7+ $18 Kd8 94. Qg8+ (94. Qxf5 Qxd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 95. Kg3 Ke7 $11) 94... Ke7) 93... Ke8 $1 $16 94. Qg6+ (94. Kxf5 $6 Qxd4 95. Qg8+ (95. Qxg4 $2 Qxg4+ 96. Kxg4 a4 $19) 95... Ke7 $11) 94... Ke7 95. Qf6+ $2 { [%mdl 8192]} ({Of course not} 95. Qxf5 $6 Qxd4+ 96. Kg3 a4 $11) (95. Kxf5 $2 Qb1+ 96. Kg5 Qxg6+ 97. Kxg6 Ke6 $19) (95. Qg5+ $16 Ke8 96. Qg6+ (96. Kxf5 Qb1+ 97. Kf6 Qb6+ 98. Kg7 Qb7+ 99. Kh6 Qc6+ 100. Qf6 Qxf6+ 101. exf6 Kf7 $11) (96. Qxf5 Qxd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 97. Kg3 a4 $11) 96... Kd8 97. Qg8+ (97. Kxf5 Qb1+ 98. Kg5 Qxg6+ 99. Kxg6 Ke8 $11) (97. Qxf5 Qxd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 98. Kg5 Ke7 $11) 97... Ke7) 95... Ke8 $18 96. Qc6+ $2 (96. e6 $1 $18 { Qf7+ would kill now.} Qf8 97. Qg6+ (97. Qxf5 $2 Qxf5+ 98. Kxf5 a4 $19) 97... Ke7 98. d5) 96... Ke7 $11 97. Qc7+ Ke8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (97... Ke6 $11 98. Qc6+ Ke7) 98. Kxf5 $18 {White threatens Ke6 and mate.} Qf8+ 99. Ke6 {[%csl Ge6] [%cal Rc7d7]} Qh6+ 100. Kd5 Qh1+ 101. Kd6 $1 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rc7e7]} Qh6+ 102. Kd5 $2 (102. e6 $1 {mates} Qf4+ 103. Kc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe4+ 104. d5 Qc4+ 105. Kb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd4+ 106. Ka6 Qd3+ 107. Ka7 Qd4+ 108. Kb8 Qb4+ 109. Kc8) 102... Qh1+ 103. Kd6 $2 (103. f3 $18) 103... Qh6+ {[#]} 104. e6 $1 {[%csl Gd6] [%cal Rc7e7] White mates.} Qf4+ {[#]} 105. Kc6 $1 Qe4+ 106. d5 Qc4+ {[#]} 107. Kb6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qb4+ 108. Ka6 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 58%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Safarli, Eltaj"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2593"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,124,30,29,12,24,13,37,37,38,21,31,27,31,32,37,31,35,31,39,41,35,25, 48,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,61,62,70,0,0,-491,9,-580,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,83,-14,-14, -159,-156,-134,-129,-113,0,-181,-179,-193,-178,-419,-400,-326,-74,-90,-77,-138, -147,-145,0,0,0,-404,0,-45,-44,-46,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-33,0,-48,4,4, 12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,0,0,-8,-8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. e4 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} (11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nb6 15. Rb1 Qd6 16. Bb3 cxd5 17. Qd3 a5 18. a3 Qe6 19. Bd2 Rfc8 20. Be1 Rc5 21. Ba2 Nc4 22. b4 axb4 23. Bxb4 {1-0 (84) Riazantsev,A (2654)-Li,C (2735) Geneva 2017}) 11... Nb6 12. Qd3 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 {White is slightly better.} b5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 13... Nd7 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Qd3 e6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Qc2 Nc4 18. Bc1 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 (68) Baumgartner,A (1680)-Willin,B (1964) Bad Wiessee 2012}) 14. Qxc6 Qxd4 15. Be3 Qe5 16. f4 Qe6 17. Qxe6 ({Much worse is} 17. Qxb5 Nxe4 18. Qb3 Qxb3 $15) 17... fxe6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bc5 Rf7 21. h4 e6 22. g3 Rc7 23. Bd6 Rc2 24. Rfc1 Rac8 (24... Rxb2 $11 25. Rab1 Rxa2) 25. Rxc2 $14 Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. b4 ({Better is} 26. a4 $14) 26... Rc6 $11 27. a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27. Bc5 $11) 27... Ra6 $2 ({Black should play} 27... Rxd6 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 28. axb5 (28. exd6 Bxa1) 28... Rd7) 28. a5 $2 { [%mdl 8192] [#]} (28. Rb1 $11 {and White is okay.} bxa4 29. b5) 28... Rc6 $2 ( 28... Rxd6 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Rc1 (29. exd6 Bxa1) 29... Rd7) 29. Bc5 a6 30. Kf2 Bf8 31. Rc1 Kf7 32. g4 h5 33. gxh5 gxh5 34. Ke3 Be7 (34... Rc8 $11 { remains equal.}) 35. Kd4 (35. f5 $16) 35... Bxh4 {With the idea ...Bf2+.} 36. Rf1 (36. Rh1 $1 $11 Bf2+ 37. Kd3 Bxc5 38. Rc1 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 36... Rc8 $17 37. f5 Rg8 $1 38. Bd6 {[#]} Rc8 (38... Rg1 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg1f1][%mdl 512]} 39. Rf3 (39. fxe6+ Kxe6 40. Rf8 Bg5 $17) (39. Rxg1 Bf2+) 39... Rc1) 39. Kd3 $2 (39. Bc5 $11) 39... Bg5 $1 $19 40. Rg1 {[#]} Rg8 $1 41. Rg2 $2 (41. Bc5 {is a better defense.} Rg7 42. f6) 41... exf5 42. Rc2 Bd8 $2 (42... f4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. And now ...h4 would win.} 43. Rc6 h4 44. Rxa6 h3) 43. Rc6 $17 h4 44. Kd4 {[#]} (44. Rxa6 $142 h3 45. e6+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxe6 46. Bc7+ Kd7 47. Bxd8 Rg3+ 48. Kd4 Kxd8 49. Rf6) 44... h3 $1 {Threatens to win with ...f4.} 45. Kxd5 Rg2 (45... Bg5 $17 46. Rc2 (46. Rxa6 $2 Rd8 $19) 46... Kg6) 46. e6+ $11 Kf6 $1 47. Be5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Rc3 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 47... Ke7 $2 (47... Kg5 $19 {White must now prevent ...Rd2+.} 48. Rxa6 f4) 48. Rxa6 Rd2+ 49. Bd4 {White wants to play Ra7+.} h2 50. Ra7+ Ke8 51. Rh7 Bf6 52. Rxh2 $1 Rxd4+ {KRB-KR} 53. Kc5 Rh4 54. Ra2 Be7+ (54... Bd4+ $15 55. Kxb5 f4) 55. Kd5 {Strongly threatening a6.The position is equal.} Rc4 56. a6 { Hoping for a7.} Rc8 57. a7 Ra8 58. Kc6 {Kb7 is the strong threat.} Bxb4 59. Kb7 Rxa7+ $1 60. Kxa7 Ke7 61. Re2 Bc3 {aiming for ...b4.} 62. Kb6 b4 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2694"] [BlackElo "2609"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,89,16,16,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,3,0,3,-10,6,0,22,22, 24,23,22,22,24,21,19,15,19,0,-1,-56,25,22,41,17,58,12,68,54,102,94,118,0,0,0,0, 0,63,83,153,166,148,13,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nbd2 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (7. O-O {is interesting.} Bd6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. d4) (7. h3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. c3 Nd7 10. d4 Bd6 11. Qc2 f6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Re1 Nf8 14. dxe5 fxe5 {1/2-1/2 (48) Fedoseev,V (2683)-Yu,Y (2739) Hengshui 2019}) 7... Be6 8. O-O Nd7 9. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 f6 11. Nc4 O-O-O 12. Nfd2 g5 13. Ne3 h5 14. c3 Nb6 {0-1 (57) Klimentov,E (2192)-Bachin,V (2406) St Petersburg 2018}) 9... Bb6 10. Ng5 Bxb3 11. axb3 f6 12. Nf3 Nc5 13. Nd2 Ne6 14. Nc4 O-O 15. b4 c5 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Qb1 Kh8 19. b4 Bd6 20. Qb2 c6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Be3 Rad8 23. Ra3 Rf7 24. Rd1 h6 25. g3 f5 26. Ra5 (26. exf5 $1 $11 Rxf5 27. Ra5) 26... b5 (26... f4 $1 $15 27. Bb6 Rdf8) 27. exf5 $11 Rxf5 28. Rxa6 Qd5 29. Qa1 Qf3 ({Black should play} 29... Nf4 $1 $11 30. Bxf4 (30. gxf4 exf4 31. Qd4 Rg5+ 32. Kf1 Qg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Ke2 Rxd4 $19) 30... exf4) 30. Rf1 Nc7 31. Ra7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Nd5 32. Ra8 (32. Bd2 $16) 32... Rxa8 33. Qxa8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kh7 34. Qxc6 e4 (34... Rf6 $1 $11 35. Qc5 h5) 35. Qc5 $14 Rh5 (35... exd3 $142 36. cxd3 Re5) 36. Qd4 $16 Nf6 37. Ra1 (37. Re1 $16) 37... Rd5 $11 {The position is equal.} 38. Qb6 exd3 39. cxd3 Rxd3 40. Qc5 Ne4 41. Qc2 ({Don't go for} 41. Qxb5 $2 Rxe3 42. Qf1 Rb3 $19) 41... Rd2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 42. Bxd2 Qxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Kh1 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Kh1 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E91"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,63,33,43,4,22,17,28,18,33,-31,-29,-14,164,166,262,245,579,370,497, 199,180,181,180,135,145,141,193,131,138,106,115,60,61,0,0,0,297,297,550,549, 527,524,606,608,676,670,701,590]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. c5 {With the idea cxd6. E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} (10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qe5 12. Nf3 Qc5 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Rc1 Bxc4 15. Nd5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qa5 17. h3 Ne5 {1-0 (38) Lysyj,I (2635)-Mirzoev,E (2511) Skopje 2019}) 10... exd4 11. Nd5 {cxd6 is the strong threat.} Qxe4 12. Ne7+ {White has an edge.} Kh8 13. Bd3 (13. Re1 $14 d3 14. Bxd3) 13... Qe6 $15 {Hoping for ...f6.} 14. Re1 Qd7 $2 (14... Ne5 $1 $11 15. Bxa6 f6 16. Nxc8 bxa6) 15. Bxa6 $1 $18 dxc5 (15... f6 $142) 16. Bc4 h6 $2 (16... c6 {is tougher.} 17. Nxc8 Raxc8) 17. Bf4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Qd6 20. Qd3 Qxh2+ 21. Kf1 Qh4 22. Nxf7+ Rxf7 23. Ng6+ {1-0 (23) Tarczykowski,J (1988)-Kiolbasa,D (1826) Koszalin 2012}) 17... Re8 18. Nd5 (18. Qe2 $142 Ne3 19. Nxc8 (19. fxe3 Rxe7 20. Rad1 Rb8 $16)) 18... Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 b5 20. Nxc7 bxc4 21. Nxa8 {Black must now prevent Nc7.} Bb7 22. Nc7 (22. h3 $18) 22... Qf5 $16 {[#]} 23. Bg3 $1 { Strongly threatening Nb5.} Bxf3 {[#]} 24. gxf3 ({White should try} 24. Qe8+ $1 $16 Kh7 25. gxf3 Qxf3 26. h3) 24... Ne5 $14 25. Bxe5 (25. Qd1 $14) 25... Bxe5 $11 26. Nd5 {And now Qe4 would win.} d3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Qg5+ $11 { and Black stays safe.} 27. Kh1 Qh5) 27. Qe4 $18 Qh5 $2 (27... Qxe4 {was necessary.} 28. fxe4 Bxb2) 28. h4 {White is clearly winning.} Bxb2 29. Rb1 d2 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Ke2 c3 32. Kd1 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 31%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Abasov, Nijat"] [Black "Piorun, Kacper"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A81"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2660"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,90,16,31,-22,20,-12,-20,-13,-13,-13,-20,-14,-24,-43,-14,-29,-17,-6,35, 36,58,39,44,6,6,4,4,13,9,0,-4,-26,-13,-45,-21,-39,-45,-31,-35,-38,-43,-62,-24, -91,-93,-83,-90,-90,-91,-89,-80,-98,-62,-68,-55,-71,-77,-60,-74,-74,-75,-69, -68,-70,-53,-98,-92,-318,-318,-304,-304,-470,-465,-547,-547,-547,-547,-540, -538,-632,-629,-903,-893]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 d6 5. c3 Bg7 6. Nf4 {A81: Dutch Defence: 2 g3} (6. O-O $14) 6... c6 7. h4 (7. Qb3 Na6 8. Nd2 d5 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. h4 Qb6 11. Qc2 e5 12. Nd3 exd4 13. cxd4 {0-1 (61) Meissner,B (2401)-Feller,S (2649) Germany 2010}) 7... e5 8. dxe5 {The position is equal.} dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nd3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 e4 12. Nf4 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc5) 13. Nc4 Ng4 14. h5 g5 {[#]} 15. h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g7][%mdl 512]} Bxh6 (15... Nxh6 16. Nh5) 16. Nh3 (16. Nd6 $5 {[%cal Rd6e8]} gxf4 17. Nf7+ Kc7 18. Nxh6 $14) 16... Rg8 17. f3 exf3 18. exf3 Nge5 19. Nxe5 (19. Nf2 {keeps more tension.} Nf7 20. Be3 Kc7 21. O-O-O f4 22. Ng4) 19... Nxe5 20. Nf2 Nf7 21. Be3 f4 22. Bd4 fxg3 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Nxg3 Bg6 25. Bh3 Kc7 26. Kf2 (26. Bf5 $11 { keeps the balance.}) 26... Bg7 $17 27. Bxg7 Rxg7 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Rh8 30. Rh5 Nd6 31. Bd3 Ne8 32. Rg1 h6 33. Rgh1 Rd7 34. Ke2 Ng7 35. Rxh6 Re8+ 36. Be4 Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5h6]} 37. R6h3 Nd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White must now prevent ... g4. Black is in control.} 38. Ke3 $2 {[#]} (38. Rh7 $17) 38... g4 $1 $19 { [%mdl 512]} 39. Rh8 {White wants to play Rxe8.} (39. fxg4 Rxe4+) 39... Re6 40. Kf4 (40. Kf2 $142 Rf7 41. R8h7 Nxe4+ 42. Kg1) 40... gxf3 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Bxf3 Rf7+ 42. Kg4 Rg6+ 43. Kh5 Rgg7 44. Rh3 Rf6 {Strongly threatening ...Nf7.} 45. Bd1 Nf7 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 78%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D36"] [WhiteElo "2609"] [BlackElo "2679"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "600+10"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Qc2 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 11. h3 { [%emt 0:00:10]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 12. g4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00: 24]} 13. f4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:17]} 14. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 15. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 16. Ne5 { [%emt 0:01:10]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 17. g5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00: 16]} 18. h4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 19. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 20. Rhf1 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 21. Qf2 { [%emt 0:00:23]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 22. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a6 {[%emt 0:00: 51]} 23. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 25. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Rfd1 { [%emt 0:00:40]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 27. Ka1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:00: 09]} 28. a3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 29. Qf2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 30. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. b3 {[%emt 0: 01:00]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 32. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rec8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 34. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} b6 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} 35. Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 38. Kxc1 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 39. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 40. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 41. a4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 42. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 43. a5 {[%emt 0: 00:26]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 44. Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ka8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 45. Na2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 46. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qc7 { [%emt 0:01:07]} 47. Qxc7+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kxc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 48. Kc3 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 49. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} 50. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 51. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 52. e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 53. Nd3 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 54. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00: 05]} 55. Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 56. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 57. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ba8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 58. Kc3 { [%emt 0:00:12]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 59. Na6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} 60. Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 61. a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 62. a7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kxh4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 63. Nxb5 { [%emt 0:00:23]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 64. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e3 {[%emt 0:00: 11]} 65. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ba8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 66. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 67. Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Lu, Shanglei"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "2602"] [BlackElo "2686"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,121,23,25,27,0,9,0,20,0,10,0,50,0,0,-54,-44,-79,-80,-125,-117,-124, -125,-251,-143,-162,-154,-144,-153,-402,-128,-156,-114,-203,-192,-175,-183, -167,-166,-381,-352,-613,-615,-607,-603,-540,-487,-425,-310,-312,-305,-350,-90, -309,-97,-97,-95,-76,-85,-82,-2,-27,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-33,-18,-23,0, -8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-80,-80,-108,-102,-406,-389,-483,-352, -29945,-29948,-5213,-5106,-29962,-29962,-29960,-29960,-29960,-29962,-29982, -29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29985,-29986,-29990]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. exd5 cxd5 {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. O-O Be6 {The position is equal.} 9. Re1 Bc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. Nc3 Bc7 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Bg3 d4 13. Bxe6 dxc3 14. Bb3 cxb2 {0-1 (49) Howell,D (2624)-Bacrot,E (2709) Antwerp 2009}) 10. Ba4 Qb8 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bxf6 ({White should play} 12. Bb3 $11) 12... gxf6 $15 13. Nh4 Kh8 $1 14. Ne2 Rg8 $1 15. c3 f5 {Played: Rg8-g4} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Xu, Xiangyu"] [Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2576"] [BlackElo "2721"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,65,21,33,43,36,18,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,41,19,7,8,31,-34,-28,-77,-85, -80,-92,-150,-97,-264,45,55,55,57,49,49,430,430,418,414,414,414,414,307,373,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 b5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Re1 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} Ne7 ( 9... Nf6 10. e5 b4 11. exf6 bxc3 12. fxg7 Bxg7 13. b3 Qh4 14. g3 Qd4 15. Qh5 Qd5 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 {1-0 (44) Guseinov,G (2667)-Romanov,E (2614) Hoogeveen 2018}) 10. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} b4 11. Nb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne2 Ng6 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Qh5 Qc7 14. e5 Bc5 15. Nb3 Ba7 16. a5 O-O {1-0 (45) Krejci,J (2489)-Zueger, B (2426) Merlimont 2011}) 11... Ng6 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Be3 Qc7 (14... d5 $11 15. exd5 exd5) 15. Qh5 d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nd2 (17. Nb6 $14 Rad8 18. a5) 17... Bf6 $15 18. Nf3 Bxb2 19. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh5h7]} h6 20. Ne6 ({White should play} 20. Rab1 Bc3 21. Nxf7) 20... Qe5 (20... fxe6 $142 21. Qxg6 Rf6 22. Qh7+ Kf7) 21. Bg5 $2 (21. Qxe5 $17 {was the only chance.} Nxe5 22. Nxf8 Nxd3 23. cxd3) 21... Bxa1 $2 ( 21... Nf4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf4h5]} 22. Qd1 Nxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Rxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxf8 hxg5) 22. Rxe5 $14 Nxe5 23. Nxg7 $1 Nxd3 ({Avoid the trap} 23... Bxa4 $2 { [#]} 24. Bf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 24. Nf5 {Threatening mate with Ne7+.} Rfe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Stronger than} 24... hxg5 25. Qxg5+ Kh7 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Ne7#) (24... Rae8 $1 $14 25. Nxh6+ Kg7 26. Nf5+ Kg8 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Nf5+ Kg8) 25. Nxh6+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 {[%cal Re8e1]} 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 27. Bf6+ Bxf6 28. Qxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 {[%cal Re8e1]} 29. Qf7+ $2 (29. h3 $18 Ne5 30. Nf5) 29... Kxh6 $11 {[%cal Re8e1] The position is equal.} 30. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 {[%cal Re8e1]} 31. Qf7+ Kh8 { [%cal Re8e1]} 32. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 33. Qg6+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2694"] [BlackElo "2609"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,114,13,14,16,14,14,18,17,19,18,50,3,0,0,7,2,14,0,10,0,0,0,24,0,0,0,0, -17,-8,-22,-25,-26,-16,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,6,6,8,0,5,5,56,56,75,45,70,70, 70,70,70,45,70,32,54,54,54,54,85,85,85,85,85,85,94,85,102,85,85,85,85,85,85,85, 85,85,85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Bg5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} h6 9. Bh4 Bb6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Re1 Kh7 13. Bc2 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Re8 {0-1 (33) Grischuk,A (2761)-Mamedyarov,S (2800) Paris 2017}) 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Qe2 Bxb3 13. axb3 Qe6 ( 13... g5 $5 14. Bg3 $8 Qe6 $11) 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 O-O 17. O-O Qe6 18. b4 a5 19. bxa5 Nxa5 20. d4 Qb3 21. Nd2 Qxb2 {[#] Threatens to win with ...exd4.} 22. Rab1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b2]} Qa2 23. dxe5 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. Rb4 Qc6 26. exd6 cxd6 27. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Ra3 28. Qxb5 Qxb5 29. Rxb5 Rxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. Rd1 Rfc8 31. Rbd5 Rc1 (31... Ra8 $11) 32. Rxd6 $14 h5 33. g3 (33. h4 {looks sharper.} Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Rc2 35. g3 Rc4 36. f3) 33... g6 34. Kg2 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 {KR-KR} Kg7 36. Rd2 Rc3 37. e5 Kf8 38. f4 Ke7 39. Ra2 Rb3 40. Kh3 Kf8 41. Kh4 Kg7 42. Kg5 Rb7 43. Ra3 Rc7 44. h3 Rc5 45. Ra7 Rb5 46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4 Rc5 48. Re7 Ra5 49. f5 (49. Rd7 $16) 49... Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender, Decoy. The position is equal.} 50. Rxe5 {KR-KPP} f6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 51. Kf4 fxe5+ 52. Kxe5 {White wants to mate with Ke6.} gxf5 53. Kxf5 {Intending Kg5 and mate. KP-K} Kf7 54. g5 Kg7 55. g6 Kg8 56. Kf6 {g7 would kill now.} Kf8 57. g7+ Kg8 58. Kg6 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Abasov, Nijat"] [Black "Piorun, Kacper"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A81"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2660"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,134,47,57,64,92,76,90,90,86,81,103,82,107,55,55,78,70,61,63,42,42,34, 44,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-10,-8,0,-8,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,-2,-2,0,-15,0,0,0,0,22,22,69,22,47,39,33,8,10,8,11,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,13,0, 0,0,13,0,0,0,13,44,104,104,104,89,90,90,90,64,64,64,64,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57, 57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 fxe4 (5... c6 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 Nd5 9. Ne3 Be6 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. Nd4 Nc7 12. Nxe6 Nxe6 {1-0 (56) Urban,K (2455)-Jakubiec,A (2537) Lubniewice 2003}) 6. Nxe4 {A81: Dutch Defence: 2 g3} Bg7 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. Ne2 {White is better.} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. O-O c6 10. d5 c5 11. Nf4 Re8 { 1/2-1/2 (48) Beliakova,I (1663)-Krapivina,G (1922) Moscow 2018}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf4 c6 11. Re1 (11. b3 $16) 11... Na6 $14 12. c4 g5 13. Nh5 Nc7 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qb3 Rf7 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. Re2 Qd7 19. Rae1 Bg4 20. Re4 Bf5 21. R4e2 Bh3 22. Bxd5 (22. Bf3 {looks sharper.} Bg4 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Re4 Qh3 25. f3) 22... cxd5 23. Bb4 Rc8 24. f3 h5 25. Qe3 Qf5 26. Bc3 Rcc7 27. Kf2 Rc8 28. Qd2 Bg4 29. Re3 b6 30. Qd3 (30. Qe2 {is more complex.} Bh3 31. Kg1 Kg6 32. Qd1 Qd7 33. Qe2) 30... Qxd3 31. Rxd3 Bf5 32. Rde3 g4 33. Re7 gxf3 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Kxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Be4+ 36. Ke3 Rg8 37. Re2 h4 38. gxh4 Rg4 39. Be1 f5 40. Bg3 Rg8 41. Rf2 Rc8 42. Kf4 Kg6 43. Ke5 a5 44. Kd6 a4 45. a3 Kh5 46. Ke5 Rc1 47. Bf4 Rg1 48. Bg5 b5 49. Kf4 Rg4+ 50. Ke5 Rg1 51. Kf6 Rd1 52. Ke5 Rg1 53. Kd6 Rg2 ({Black should play} 53... Rd1 $14) 54. Rxg2 $16 Bxg2 { KB-KB} 55. Ke5 Kg6 56. Bd8 Be4 57. Kf4 Bc2 {White is slightly better.} 58. Be7 Bb3 59. h5+ Kxh5 60. Kxf5 Bc4 61. Ke5 Bb3 62. Kd6 Bc4 63. Kc5 Kg4 64. h4 Kh5 65. Kd6 Kg4 66. Ke5 Kh5 67. Kf4 Bb3 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2428"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,80,47,52,45,43,20,34,0,25,0,0,0,0,-25,4,0,0,0,7,-10,-16,-26,0,-18,0, 0,0,-20,-1,-45,-40,-52,-54,-56,-50,-62,-63,-71,-55,-67,-35,-114,-122,-115,-107, -187,-168,-226,-231,-230,-227,-248,-243,-248,-232,-276,-281,-263,-279,-371, -336,-370,-348,-335,-347,-429,-427,-404,-416,-426,-417]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 8. a4 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... a6 9. O-O Ne7 10. a5 O-O 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 exd4 15. Qxd4 {0-1 (22) Fateev,M (2102)-Svetlov,D (2414) St Petersburg 2011}) 9. Bh6 {White is slightly better.} O-O 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O Nf6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Ne4 15. Qb4 Qc7 16. Ng3 a5 17. Qb5 Nd6 ({Much worse is} 17... Qxc2 18. Rac1 $14) 18. Qe2 Rae8 19. Rfc1 f6 20. c4 Qd8 21. Nf3 dxc4 22. Qxe6 Nc6 23. Qg4 $1 Nb4 24. d5 f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} (24... Nxd5 25. Rd1 $16) 25. Qd4+ Qf6 26. b3 ({ Better is} 26. Nf1 $15) 26... cxb3 $17 27. Rab1 Rc8 {Threatens to win with ... Rxc1+.} 28. Re1 {[#]} (28. Rd1 $17) 28... Rfe8 $1 $19 {[%cal Re8e1]} 29. Qxf6+ (29. Rxe8 {is a better defense.} Rxe8 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 31. Rxb3) 29... Kxf6 30. Rxe8 Nxe8 (30... Rxe8 31. Rxb3 Rc8 32. h3) 31. Rxb3 Rc1+ (31... Nxd5 32. Rxb7 Rc4 33. Rxh7 $15) 32. Nf1 Nd6 ({Not} 32... Nxd5 33. Rxb7 Ra1 34. Rxh7 $15) 33. Re3 {[#] Hoping for Re6+.} Ne4 ({Don't take} 33... Nxd5 34. Rd3 $17) 34. d6 Nxd6 35. Nd4 {aiming for Re6+.} Nc4 36. Re2 Nd5 37. Nb3 Rc3 {Played: Rc1-b1} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.8"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Escobar Forero, Alder"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2504"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,107,44,52,57,41,55,58,59,48,31,67,67,74,66,71,69,70,69,52,53,69,60, 64,62,66,70,75,68,70,66,92,64,72,75,80,70,127,127,125,91,105,94,125,100,108, 109,112,108,113,113,146,112,97,114,131,120,148,148,126,132,172,167,151,147,274, 264,291,292,283,281,297,264,431,408,431,422,408,423,450,448,887,855,1100,1083, 947,931,2706,4017]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Ba6 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 12. Bxa6 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} Qa5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 13. Bd2 (13. b4 Qxa6 14. Bb2 Nd5 15. a3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Rhf8 17. f3 Rf5 18. Rhe1 Nc7 19. Qe7 Nd5 20. Qxg7 {1-0 (20) Shirov,A (2683)-Di Berardino,D (2499) Florianopolis 2017}) 13... Qxa6 14. f3 {White is slightly better.} Kf7 15. a3 { [#]} Rhe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rhb8 16. Bc3 Rb7 17. O-O-O Qb6 18. Qg3 Rf8 19. Rhe1 Kg8 {1-0 (41) Grigoryev,V (2512)-Soltau,A (2581) ICCF email 2009}) 16. O-O-O $1 Rab8 17. Bc3 Rb7 $1 18. Rhe1 Qb6 19. Qf4 Kg8 20. Qg5 Qd8 21. f4 Qe7 22. Bb4 Qf7 23. Bd6 Rb5 24. Qg3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rd5 25. Qe3 a5 26. a4 Qg6 27. Qf3 Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 Qg4 (28... Ra8 $14) 29. Qxg4 $16 Nxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} 30. f5 $1 Kf7 31. fxe6+ dxe6 {aiming for ... Rd8.} 32. Bc7 Ra8 33. Kd2 Ra7 34. Bb6 Ra6 35. Bg1 Nf6 36. Kd3 Nd7 37. Bd4 Ra8 38. Kc4 Rb8 {[#]} 39. b3 $1 Rb4+ 40. Kd3 Rb8 41. Bc3 Ra8 42. Re3 Nb6 (42... Ra6 $16 43. Rf3+ Nf6) 43. Rf3+ $18 Kg8 44. Kd4 Nd7 45. Kc4 Ra7 46. Rd3 Nb6+ $2 ( 46... Kf7 47. Rd6 Nb6+ 48. Kc5 Nd5) 47. Kc5 Nd5 48. Bd2 Ra6 49. Kd6 Nf6 { White is clearly winning.} 50. Kc7 Ra8 (50... Ra7+ $142 51. Kxc6 Kf7) 51. Rd8+ Rxd8 52. Kxd8 e5 53. Bxa5 e4 54. Be1 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 52%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.8"] [White "Piorun, Kacper"] [Black "Abasov, Nijat"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "150"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,150,27,34,17,41,19,24,19,26,0,0,0,25,15,20,25,14,-8,-19,-11,-22,-54, -25,-29,-36,-91,-91,-136,-128,-128,-127,-121,-126,-158,-70,-81,-67,-75,-32,-34, -9,-42,-42,-51,-51,-111,-111,-118,-115,-132,-129,-175,-53,-40,-30,-23,-22,-33, -45,-40,-20,-98,-78,-101,0,-75,-71,-89,-87,-126,-126,-108,-101,-122,-116,-182, -170,-202,-218,-257,-261,-257,-252,-252,-254,-234,-177,-308,-300,-421,-396, -392,-373,-671,-671,-1403,-1393,-2432,-2146,-1872,-1421,-1357,-1374,-1174, -1118,-1287,-1283,-2545,-2456,-1877,-1820,-1847,-1726,-1693,-1790,-2518,-469, -429,-365,-683,-659,-615,-362,-29970,-29972,-29986,-29984,-29984,-5329,-1575, -1517,-1461,-1096,-958,-641,-5050,-1620,-5556,-5564,-5514,-5477,-4967,-4610]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Nf6 $146 (5... Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. a3 b6 11. b4 Nf8 12. bxc5 Ne6 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Qc1 f5 15. a4 f4 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Qb2 {0-1 (51) Meier,G (2628)-Caruana,F (2819) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 6. h3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} Nh5 7. Nc3 b6 8. Be3 {White has an edge.} Qc7 9. Qd2 e5 10. Ne2 h6 11. g4 Nf6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. g5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 Nh5 15. Rhg1 f6 16. Nf3 Qf7 17. Kb1 ({Better is } 17. a3 $15) 17... Bxh3 $17 18. Nh4 g5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 O-O-O 21. Nc3 Bf8 (21... Qd7 $17 22. Ne4 Qxf5) 22. Qe2 Be7 23. Qf3 Ng7 24. Qxc6+ Kb8 25. a4 ({ Much worse is} 25. Nb5 Bf8 $17) 25... Nxf5 26. a5 Qe8 27. Qe6 (27. Qe4 $15 Qd7 28. axb6) 27... Qd7 28. Qb3 Qc6 29. axb6 axb6 30. Rg4 {[#]} Kb7 (30... Nd4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd4b3]} 31. Bxd4 cxd4) 31. Ra4 $15 Ra8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Nd5 Bd8 34. Nc3 Nd6 35. Re1 (35. Qg8 $11) 35... Bc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 36. Nd5 Bd8 37. Nc3 c4 38. dxc4 Qxc4 39. Rd1 Qxb3 40. cxb3 Kc6 41. b4 f5 42. Rd5 (42. f3 $17) 42... f4 $19 43. b5+ {[#]} Kd7 $1 44. Ne4 fxe3 45. Rxd6+ { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke7 {White must now prevent ...e2.} 46. Rd3 exf2 47. Nxf2 Ra4 48. Re3 (48. Kc2 $142) 48... Ke6 49. Ne4 (49. Rg3 {was called for. }) 49... g4 50. Kc2 Rd4 51. Nf2 $2 (51. Nc3) 51... Kf5 52. Nd3 e4 53. Nf2 Bg5 54. Re2 g3 55. Nh3 Bh6 56. Ng1 Rd5 57. Re1 Bf4 58. Rf1 Kg4 59. Kc3 Rc5+ 60. Kd4 e3 61. Ne2 Bg5 62. Rg1 Bh4 (62... Kf3 $142 63. Nxg3 Kf2) 63. Kxe3 Rxb5 64. Ra1 $2 (64. Nxg3 Bxg3 65. Rg2) 64... Rb3+ 65. Ke4 Rxb2 66. Nd4 $2 (66. Nxg3 $19 Bxg3 67. Ra7) 66... Rb4 67. Ra8 Bf6 68. Rg8+ Kh3 (68... Bg5 $142 69. Ra8 g2 70. Ra1 Rxd4+ 71. Ke5 Be3 72. Rb1 g1=Q 73. Rxg1+ Bxg1 74. Ke6 Bh2 75. Kf6 Rd6+ 76. Kf7 Kf5 77. Kg7 Rd7+ 78. Kg8 Bd6 79. Kh8 Kg6 80. Kg8 Rd8#) 69. Kf3 {Black is clearly winning.} Rxd4 70. Rxg3+ {KRB-KR} Kh4 {( -> ...Rd3+)} 71. Rg6 Rd6 72. Rg4+ Kh5 73. Rb4 Kg6 74. Ke4 Kf7 75. Rb3 Ke7 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 66%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.12"] [Round "1.8"] [White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2609"] [BlackElo "2694"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,137,17,19,18,15,25,18,33,14,22,0,16,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,-18,-4,-24, -29,-22,-22,-22,-14,-18,-15,-12,0,0,9,-33,-8,-49,2,-117,0,-61,0,-4,-8,-14,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,6,15,8,267,215,252,250, 281,237,596,589,2633,0,81,0,5402,5289,1955,566,566,544,29970,29971,29967,29948, 29972,29972,29973,29974,29974,29972,29973,29972,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975, 29975,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29980,29991,29992] } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 { C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. a4 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 {The position is equal.} 10. d4 (10. Bg5 {keeps more tension.} c6 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nh4 Nxh4 13. Bxh4 Re8 14. Nd2) 10... Ng6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor: } 11... dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Ng5 Rd7 14. Na3 h6 15. Nf3 Re7 {1/2-1/2 (62) Bulmaga,I (2402)-Adams,M (2712) Douglas 2018}) 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nd2 Re8 15. Nf3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Bg5 Ne8 18. Rad1 f6 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Rd6 21. Red3 a5 22. Kf1 Raa6 23. Ke2 Rab6 24. R1d2 Kf7 25. Ne1 Ke6 (25... Rdc6 $15) 26. h4 (26. f3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26... h5 (26... Rdc6 $1 $17 { Strongly threatening ...Nd6.} 27. Rd8 Nd6) 27. g3 ({Better is} 27. f3 $11) 27... g6 ({Black should try} 27... Rdc6 $1 $15 28. Rd5 Nd6) 28. Ng2 $11 Rxd3 29. Kxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd6 30. Ne3 Rc6 31. f4 exf4 32. gxf4 f5 33. e5 Ne4 34. Rg2 Nc5+ 35. Kc2 Kf7 36. b3 Ne6 37. Rf2 Ra6 38. Nc4 Ra8 39. Rd2 Ke7 40. Rf2 b6 41. Ne3 Rd8 42. Ng2 Nc5 {Hoping for ...Rd3.} 43. Ne1 c6 44. Rg2 Kf7 45. Nf3 Ne6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... b5 $1 $11) 46. Ng5+ $18 Nxg5 47. Rxg5 { KR-KR} b5 48. Rg3 Rd5 $2 (48... Re8 {is tougher.} 49. Rd3 g5) 49. Rd3 $1 { [%cal Rd3d5]} Ke6 {If only Black now had time for ...bxa4....} 50. Rg3 $2 (50. Rxd5 $18 Kxd5 51. b4 axb4 52. a5) 50... Kf7 $16 {[#]} 51. Rd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. e6+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Kf6 (51... Kxe6 52. Rxg6+) 52. e7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe7 53. Rxg6) 51... Ke6 $1 $18 {Black hopes to continue with ...bxa4.} 52. Rxd5 Kxd5 {KP-KP} 53. Kd3 (53. b4 $142 axb4 54. a5) 53... bxa4 54. bxa4 c5 55. Kd2 {White mates.} Ke6 56. Ke3 Kd5 57. Kd3 c4+ 58. Ke3 Kc5 59. Ke2 Kc6 60. Kf3 Kc5 61. Ke3 Kd5 {[#]} 62. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe6 63. Kd4 Kd6 64. Kxc4 Kc6 65. Kd4 Kd6 66. c4 Kc6 67. c5 Kd7 68. Kd5 Kc7 69. c6 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 44%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.9"] [White "Pultinevicius, Paulius"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2503"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,72,25,26,11,17,-10,-14,-5,-5,-13,-14,-15,-8,-20,-12,-15,-19,-16,-29, -2,0,0,0,-9,0,0,4,-43,-35,-30,-25,-30,-39,-39,0,-96,-99,-74,-81,-55,-18,-105, -115,-187,-175,-285,-276,-271,-260,-505,-508,-509,-506,-478,-460,-29989,-29990] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. e4 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} (10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 O-O 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Bb3 Rd8 15. Re3 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Be6 18. Rd3 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 (30) Petrosyan,M (2564)-Saric,I (2703) Skopje 2019}) 10... e5 11. dxe5 (11. O-O {keeps more tension.} Bg7 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Re1) 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 {The position is equal.} Qxe5 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. O-O Bg7 15. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. f4 O-O 16. e5 b5 17. Bd3 Be6 {1/2-1/2 (74) Shimanov,A (2476)-Adhiban,B (2439) Vung Tau 2008}) 15... O-O 16. f4 a5 17. e5 Bf5 18. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3e4][%mdl 32]} Qb4 19. Ng3 Qxb3 20. axb3 Bd7 21. Ne4 b5 22. Nc5 Bf5 23. Be2 Rfd8 24. Bf3 Rd2 25. b4 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3] [%mdl 32]} 26. b3 (26. Bxc6 $11 Rb8 27. b3) 26... a3 $17 27. Bxc6 Ra7 28. Bxb5 a2 29. Bc6 (29. Bc4 $11 {remains equal.}) 29... Bf8 30. Rfc1 (30. g4 $17 Bc2 31. Bf3) 30... Rb2 31. g4 (31. Na4 {is a better defense.} Rb1 32. Rg1 Rxb3 33. Rxa2 Rxb4 34. Nc3) 31... Bxg4 $19 32. Be4 Re2 {[#] Threatens to win with ... Bxc5.} 33. Bd3 $2 (33. h3 {was necessary.} Rxe4 34. hxg4 Rxb4 35. Na4) 33... Bf3+ 34. Kg1 Rg2+ 35. Kf1 {intending Rc2.} Rxh2 36. Ke1 {[#]} (36. Kg1 $19 Rd2 37. Bf1) 36... Be7 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 92%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.10"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Ziska, Helgi Dam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2533"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,61,21,42,27,37,31,23,31,36,27,23,20,48,31,62,63,72,45,63,53,72,64,68, 58,75,67,60,69,61,64,64,70,70,73,74,74,81,70,72,75,128,137,131,128,417,441, 1260,1174,1182,737]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Bd2 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} (8. e4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. Be3 c5 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bh6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Rc2 Rac8 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Bxb7 Rc7 {1/2-1/2 (122) Cordova,E (2597)-Gabuzyan,H (2605) Burlingame 2019}) 8... Qa6 9. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} d5 10. cxd5 {White has an edge.} cxd5 11. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne5 Rd8 12. Rc1 Bf5 13. e3 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Rxd7 15. Na4 b6 {1-0 (47) Espinosa Aranda,A (2453) -Garrido Dominguez,J (2395) Madrid 2018}) 11... Bf5 12. Qb3 Qd6 13. b5 (13. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4d6]} Qd8 14. Ne5 $14) 13... Ne4 14. Bf4 ({Stronger than} 14. Nxd5 Be6 $17) 14... Qd8 15. Rfc1 ({But not} 15. Nxd5 Be6 $17) 15... e6 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qb4 a5 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f6 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 {Black must now prevent Bc7.} Rfc8 24. Rac1 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 e5 26. Be3 { Hoping for dxe5.} Rd8 {[#]} ({Black should try} 26... Bf8) 27. Qc3 $1 $36 { [%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Bf8 {[#]} 28. Rc8 $1 Rxc8 $4 { [%mdl 8192]} (28... exd4 $16 {might work better.} 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Bxd4 (30. Qxd4 Kf7 $14) 30... Kg7) 29. Qxc8 $18 {Threatens to win with dxe5.} exd4 (29... Kf7 $142 30. dxe5 d4) 30. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rc8f8]} Qd6 31. b6 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 52%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.11"] [White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2746"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,68,54,66,46,39,28,22,31,54,27,32,23,46,42,39,27,33,37,31,7,14,20,11,8, 56,49,65,39,33,49,77,74,81,37,32,27,39,12,57,33,103,12,12,12,14,4,4,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qc8 (4... e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Nxh5 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. f4 d4 13. Nb5 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Nb4 15. Na3 Bxc2 16. Nc4 Qa4 17. Kf2 {1-0 (88) Caruana,F (2819)-Grischuk,A (2766) Paris 2019}) 5. Be3 h6 6. h4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} e6 7. h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. g4 Bh7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c5 10. Nf3 c4 11. Qd2 h5 12. gxh5 Rxh5 {1/2-1/2 (53) Iljiushenok,I (2533)-Sjugirov,S (2663) Khanty-Mansiysk 2018}) 7... Bb4 8. g4 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. Bxh7 Rxh7 12. Qd3 Rh8 13. f4 Ne7 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. f5 c5 16. Nh4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rc8 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Nxe7 Kxe7 21. O-O {[#] Bxh6! is the strong threat.} Qc3 22. Bd2 Qxd3 23. cxd3 Rc2 (23... g6 $5 {[%cal Rg6h5]}) 24. Bb4+ Kd8 {[#]} ({Black should try} 24... Ke8 $14) 25. Rf2 (25. g5 $1 $16) 25... Rxf2 $11 {The position is equal.} 26. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nb8 $1 27. Bd6 Nc6 28. Ke3 g6 $1 29. hxg6 Rxg6 30. Rf1 Rxg4 31. Rf8+ Kd7 32. Rf7+ Kc8 33. Rf8+ Kd7 $1 34. Rf7+ Kc8 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D25"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2544"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,73,48,35,37,52,2,12,0,-2,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-45,29,27, 22,37,40,23,136,102,99,101,167,157,128,116,96,95,197,190,189,182,179,180,285, 296,296,290,281,236,952,947,1127,1048,2091,2245,1216,871]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O e6 8. Qe2 {D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc5 c5 sidelines} Be7 9. e4 (9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Nb3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 {1-0 (41) Zubov,A (2601) -Bernadskiy,V (2594) Riga 2019}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nc3 {The position is equal.} c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... e5 13. a4 b4 14. Nd1 Qc7 15. Ne3 Rc8 16. Nf5 g6 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 {1-0 (29) Milov,V (2500)-Molinaroli,M (2295) Berlin 1993}) 13. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Ne4 14. Rd1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc5 16. Nd4 g6 17. a4 O-O 18. Rb1 Qd7 19. axb5 (19. Bh6 $11) 19... Rfe8 (19... axb5 $15 20. Bh6 (20. Rxb5 Ne6 $11) 20... Rfb8) 20. b6 $11 Bd6 21. f4 $1 f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e5] } 22. Nf3 Qc6 (22... a5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. Ba3 Bf8 24. Qe3 $36 { [%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rac8 (24... a5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 25. Nd4 $18 Qd7 26. Qg3 {Threatens to win with Bf5.} fxe5 27. Bf5 Qf7 (27... exf4 $16 28. Bxd7 fxg3 29. Bxc5 (29. Bxe8 gxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Rxe8 $11) 29... gxh2+ 30. Kh1 ( 30. Kxh2 Bxc5 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 $11) 30... Bxc5) 28. fxe5 ({Stronger than} 28. Bxc8 Ne4 $15) 28... Ne4 29. Bxe4 $1 Bxa3 30. Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5c8]} Rcd8 (30... Ra8 $142) 31. Rf1 Bc5 {[#] next ...Qg7 is good for Black.} 32. Kh1 $1 {Hoping for Be6.} Bxd4 33. cxd4 Qe7 $2 {[#]} (33... Qg7) 34. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Intending Rf7! and mate.White is clearly winning.} hxg6 {[#]} 35. Rf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g6]} Qh7 36. Rxg6+ Kh8 37. Qg5 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 49%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.13"] [White "Megaranto, Susanto"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "140"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,140,18,13,5,-2,5,0,0,-3,0,3,8,0,0,0,6,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36,0,0,0, 0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-5,-5,-6,-8,-10,-10,-14,-18,-69,-75,-75,-75,-73,-75,-75,-68,-67, -67,-64,-81,-81,-73,-98,-29,-33,-37,-40,-47,-33,-29,-112,-115,-117,-34,-37,-46, -56,-13,-23,-70,-166,-172,-440,-440,-460,-451,-1060,-998,-922,-605,-928,-597, -590,-583,-517,-514,-561,-468,-12350,-12314,-12143,-10067,-4590,-11655,-29952, -29949,-29959,-29960,-29960,-29968,-29967,-29969,-29973,-29975,-29976,-29977, -29977,-29978,-29977,-29977,-29977,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978, -29979,-29980,-29981]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 10. Nc3 (10. Rd1 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. h3 g5 15. Bxg5 Nxe5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 {1/2-1/2 (32) Yu,Y (2751)-Ding,L (2809) Shenzhen 2019}) 10... dxc4 11. Nd2 Nd5 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxc4 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bb7 {[#] } 14. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rfd1 Nf6 15. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 (37) Bachmann,A (2609)-Granda Zuniga,J (2688) La Roda 2016}) 14... Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. e3 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Nf6 18. Ne5 c5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. dxc5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 {Black must now prevent c6.} Rxc5 22. Qd3 (22. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Rc8 23. b5 $11) 22... Rc8 23. Qe2 g6 24. h3 a6 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Nxf3 Kf8 27. Kf1 Ke8 28. Ne5 Rc7 29. Ke2 Bb4 30. Rc1 ({White should play} 30. Kd3 $11) 30... Bxc3 $1 $15 31. bxc3 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne4 32. c4 Ke7 33. Nd3 Kd6 34. f3 Nc5 35. Ra1 Nxd3 36. Kxd3 {KR-KR} Rc5 37. e4 {[#]} f6 (37... Rh5 $1 $17 38. e5+ Kc6) 38. Kd4 Rh5 39. e5+ fxe5+ 40. fxe5+ Kc6 41. Rd1 (41. a5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 41... a5 $17 42. f4 {[#]} Rxh3 (42... Rh4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh4f4]} 43. Ke3 Rxh3+ 44. Kf2 Rc3 45. Rd6+ Kc5 46. Rxe6 Rxc4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 43. c5 $1 $15 Ra3 44. cxb6 Kxb6 45. Rb1+ Kc6 46. Rc1+ Kd7 47. Rh1 $2 (47. Kc5 {was worth a try.}) 47... h5 48. Rg1 Rxa4+ 49. Kc5 (49. Ke3 $142 h4 50. Rxg6) 49... Rxf4 $19 50. Rxg6 Ke7 51. Rh6 Kf7 52. Rxh5 Rf5 53. Rh7+ {[#]} Kg6 $1 54. Rh8 Rxe5+ 55. Kd6 ( 55. Kd4 $142 Rh5 56. Rg8+ Kf7 57. Ra8) 55... Re4 56. Rf8 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3] [%mdl 32]} 57. Kc5 Kg5 58. Rf7 e5 {Black mates.} 59. Kd5 Re3 60. Rf1 a3 61. Rf2 Kg4 62. Rg2+ Kf4 63. Rh2 Rd3+ 64. Kc4 e4 65. Rh4+ Kf5 66. Rh2 Kg4 67. Rg2+ Kf3 68. Rh2 Rd1 69. Rh3+ Kf2 70. Rxa3 e3 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 81%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.14"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Bellahcene, Bilel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2540"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,75,33,35,11,8,11,10,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,-17,-14,-37,-23,-54,-47,-66,-62, -66,-62,-97,-91,-126,-50,-56,-65,-60,-75,-74,-7,-64,-66,-64,-67,-50,-50,-83,0, -9,-30,-8,-11,-20,4,-20,-24,-25,-25,-25,-29,-45,-32,-51,-5,-68,0,-78,-49,-65]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Qe2 { E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 {The position is equal.} Bd6 11. Bb2 (11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Ne5 Nb4 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 { 1-0 (52) So,W (2778)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Leuven 2018}) 11... O-O 12. Rd1 Nb4 13. e4 {aiming for e5.} Be7 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. h4 Qe8 {1/2-1/2 (37) Socko,M (2451)-Javakhishvili,L (2475) Porto Carras 2018}) 15... Qe8 16. e5 Nd7 17. Ne4 Qd8 18. h4 Bd5 19. Rc3 a5 20. Nfg5 h6 (20... a4 $17 21. bxa4 (21. Qh5 $2 h6 $19) 21... bxa4) 21. Nh3 $1 $15 a4 22. bxa4 bxa4 23. Nf4 Bb3 (23... Kh8 $17) 24. Ra1 (24. Rxb3 $1 $11 axb3 25. Qg4) 24... Nd5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Nd2 {[%cal Be4d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} Bb4 27. Rf3 { [#]} Bc2 ({Better is} 27... Bxd2 $1 $17 28. Qxd2 Nb6) 28. Nf1 $1 $11 Be4 29. Rf4 $1 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Re8 31. Rxa4 Nf8 $1 32. Rf3 Ne6 33. Ne3 Qd7 34. Ra1 Bf8 35. Qd2 Red8 36. Bc3 (36. Ba3 $11) 36... Ra8 ({Black should try} 36... c5 $15) 37. Rd1 (37. Rxa8 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rxa8 38. Nf5) 37... Ra4 38. Nf5 { Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.15"] [White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"] [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2558"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,111,24,37,20,28,22,24,22,22,22,24,23,29,41,37,37,41,48,46,38,55,51,43, 47,57,44,64,64,62,70,72,70,62,57,76,69,77,72,115,106,108,104,123,127,541,469, 445,427,1375,1319,1146,640,587,159,159,159,159,159,207,183,604,152,176,0,176, 159,159,159,154,118,105,104,95,104,100,93,93,93,93,93,103,83,83,83,95,21,41,8, 8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. O-O {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Nxc4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. a3 Nc6 13. b4 Be7 {0-1 (36) Nakamura,H (2786)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2018}) 6... Nbd7 7. Nbd2 e5 {...e4 is the strong threat.} 8. cxd5 {White has an edge.} cxd5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Be2 Nxf3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. b3 Bc5 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 {0-1 (41) Pap,G (2467)-Bogosavljevic,B (2541) Subotica 2008}) 11. Nxf3 Bd6 12. b3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Be5 14. Rb1 Qd6 15. g3 O-O 16. Bb2 Rfc8 17. Qd3 Rc7 18. Rfd1 {[%cal Rf3d5]} Rd8 19. Bd4 Rdc8 20. Rd2 g6 21. Rbd1 Rc1 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxd5 b5 24. Bf3 Kg7 25. Qd4 Qf5 26. Kg2 Qb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... R1c5 $16 {is a better chance.} 27. Qb4 g5) 27. e4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 ({Worse is} 28. Bxd1 Qxe4+ 29. Qxe4 Nxe4 $11) 28... Qxa2 (28... Qc2 $142 29. e5 Ng8 30. e6+ Nf6) 29. e5 $18 Ng8 30. e6+ Nf6 {[#]} 31. Ra1 $2 (31. Qa7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] has better winning chances.} Rf8 32. Rd8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} ) 31... Qxb3 $16 32. Rxa6 Qc4 33. Qe5 Qc7 34. Qa1 {Hoping for Ra7.} Rf8 $2 ( 34... Qe7 35. exf7 Kxf7) 35. Ra7 $2 (35. exf7 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Qe7 36. g4) 35... Qd6 {[#]} 36. Ra6 $2 (36. h4 $1 $18) 36... Qc5 $2 (36... Qc7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 37. Rc6 Qf5 38. exf7 Rxf7 39. Qd4 Rd7 40. Qc3 Rd3 41. Rc7+ Rd7 42. Rc5 Rd3 43. Rxf5 Rxc3 44. Rxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc7 45. g4 h6 46. h4 Rc4 47. g5 ({White should try} 47. Kg3 $16) 47... Nh5 $11 48. Bxh5 (48. Rb7+ {feels hotter.} Kh8 49. gxh6 Rxh4 50. Rf7 Rf4 51. Rc7) 48... gxh5 $14 {KR-KR. The position is equal.} 49. Kg3 Rg4+ 50. Kh3 { Strongly threatening f3.} Rf4 51. Rb7+ Kg8 52. Rb2 Kg7 53. gxh6+ Kxh6 54. Kg3 Rg4+ 55. Kh3 Rf4 56. Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.16"] [White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D71"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2558"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,102,8,17,12,20,26,41,37,37,37,37,41,41,41,35,18,47,35,27,27,39,33,50, 45,59,39,40,33,46,32,39,29,47,14,33,-9,11,15,73,16,45,-45,-35,-41,-46,-87,-37, -15,-37,-156,-166,-201,-124,-158,-156,-165,-129,-236,-168,-211,-204,-238,-229, -228,-190,-240,-245,-256,-249,-257,-259,-265,-253,-254,-268,-286,-283,-285, -281,-270,-262,-294,-287,-286,-282,-278,-276,-271,-270,-262,-264,-295,-295, -295,-295]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. dxc5 (4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb6 10. Nb3 d6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Be3 Qa6 13. Bd4 Qa4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Qxd4 16. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (28) Ding,L (2805) -Vachier Lagrave,M (2780) Abidjan 2019}) 4... Na6 5. Nc3 Nxc5 6. Bg2 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Bg7 7. Nf3 b6 8. Nd4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. e4 Bb7 9. e5 Ng4 10. O-O Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxb7 Nxb7 {1/2-1/2 (37) Nagy,G (2471)-Darban,M (2264) Ankara 2019}) 8... Bb7 9. Bxb7 Nxb7 10. e4 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. O-O d6 13. Rd1 Qb7 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 14. f3 $1 O-O 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Ne6 17. Nc2 Rfe8 18. Nb4 Nd8 19. Bf2 Nc6 20. Nbd5 Nd7 21. Nb5 a6 22. Nbc3 Bh6 (22... e6 $5 23. Nf4 $8 Qc7 $11) 23. f4 Rb8 (23... Bg7 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. b3 (24. Na4 $16 ) 24... Bg7 25. f5 (25. Na4 $14) 25... Nce5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. h4 b5 28. cxb5 axb5 29. b4 (29. Nb1 $15) 29... e6 $17 30. Nf4 Bf8 31. h5 g5 32. Nd3 Rec8 33. Qe3 (33. Nxe5 $17 {was called for.} Nxe5 34. Bd4) 33... Bg7 34. Kg2 Kh7 35. h6 Bf6 (35... Kxh6 36. Rh1+ Kg6 37. Nf4+ gxf4 38. gxf4 $17) 36. Nxe5 Nxe5 37. Qa7 Ng4 (37... Kxh6 38. Qxb7 Rxb7 39. Rxd6) 38. Qxb7 Rxb7 39. Ne2 Ra8 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 40. Rc2 Ra4 (40... Kxh6 41. Nd4 $17) 41. Rxd6 Rxb4 (41... Kxh6 42. Bc5 $17) 42. Nc1 Rxe4 (42... Kxh6 43. Re2 $19) 43. Nb3 Rc4 44. Re2 { intending Na5.} Rbc7 ({Weaker is} 44... Kxh6 45. Na5 $11) 45. Bd4 Bxd4 46. Nxd4 b4 ({Much less strong is} 46... Nxh6 47. Nxb5 Nf5 48. Rd3 $19) 47. Nb5 Rb7 48. Rd4 Rxd4 49. Nxd4 Kxh6 ({Don't take} 49... Nxh6 50. Rb2 $19) 50. Kf3 Nf6 51. Rb2 Ra7 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 62%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.17"] [White "Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2552"] [BlackElo "2746"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,102,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0, -9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-8,-9,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-58,-58,-58,-59,-81,-74, -57,-66,-102,-94,-88,-72,-83,-88,-82,-58,-156,-131,-120,-95,-100,-102,-160, -152,-280,-278,-439,-439,-407,-372,-839,-592,-1309,-1293,-2331,-2220,-1207, -1191]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Be2 {[#]} Ne7 $146 (15... Na5 16. O-O Rae8 17. Ne5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 {1/2-1/2 (44) Aronian,L (2752)-So,W (2754) Zagreb 2019}) ({Predecessor:} 15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 (42) Yu,R (2464)-Wen,Y (2586) Changsha 2019}) 16. O-O Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c6 18. Bg4 Nf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. Rfb1 Rf7 22. Kf1 Re8 {[#] aiming for ...Rxe3.} 23. Ke2 Bd8 24. Kd3 Bf6 25. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} b6 26. a5 b5 27. a6 Be7 28. Re1 Bd6 29. Bg5 Kf8 30. f3 ( 30. Bh4 {is more complex.} h6 31. f3 g5 32. Bf2 Rf6 33. Rh1) 30... Bg3 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. Bc1 Bd6 33. Ba3 Bxa3 34. Rxa3 {KR-KR} Kd7 35. Ra1 Kc7 36. Ke3 Kb6 37. Kd3 Rf6 38. Ke3 Rg6 39. Ra2 Re6+ 40. Kd2 h5 41. g4 (41. h4 $1 $15) 41... hxg4 42. hxg4 g5 43. Ra1 Rf6 44. Ke3 {[#]} (44. Rh1 $142) 44... c5 $1 $17 45. Rh1 (45. Rf1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 45... cxd4+ $19 ({And not} 45... Kxa6 46. dxc5 Kb7 47. Rh7+ Kc6 48. Rxa7 $14) 46. Kxd4 (46. cxd4 {was forced.} b4 47. Rh5) 46... Rxf3 47. Rh6+ Ka5 48. Kxd5 $2 ( 48. Rd6 Rg3 49. Kxd5) 48... Rf4 {Black is clearly winning.} 49. Rg6 Rxg4 50. Ke5 Rc4 51. Kd5 Rxc3 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 85%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.18"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B69"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2587"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 30,67,20,16,60,21,47,18,14,28,43,32,68,57,54,46,67,55,59,51,62,56,58,0, 0,0,0,0,0,11,10,4,58,70,255,239,359,355,344,337]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. f5 O-O-O 14. g3 Kb8 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bh3 Bc8 { B69: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7 9 f4 Be7 10 Nf3 b5 11 Bxf6} ( 16... Na5 17. Rhe1 b4 18. Ne2 e5 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Qd5 Rc8 21. b3 Rdc7 22. Rd2 Nc6 23. Nh4 Na7 24. Nf5 {0-1 (60) Le,Q (2715)-Gupta,A (2588) Douglas 2018}) 17. Qe1 Rhe8 18. Rf1 (18. Qg1 $5 {[%cal Rg1b6]} Qc5 19. Ne2 $11) 18... Bf8 { The position is equal.} 19. Ne2 Bg7 20. Nf4 Qc5 21. c3 {[#]} Qb6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 21... f5 22. exf5 exf5 23. Qf2 b4 24. cxb4 Nxb4 {1-0 (46) Kolev, A (2568)-Damljanovic,B (2545) Skopje 2002}) 22. Rf2 Re7 23. Rfd2 Ne5 24. Nd4 { [%cal Rh3e6]} Rde8 25. Rf2 Bh8 26. Nh5 f5 $1 27. exf5 exf5 28. Re2 $1 Ng6 { [#] Strongly threatening ...Bxd4.} 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Ne5 (30... Bxd4 $11 31. cxd4 Bb7) 31. Qg5 $14 (31. Nxf5 Nc4 $17) 31... Rc7 $2 {[#]} (31... Ng6 $14) 32. Nf4 $1 $18 ({Stronger than } 32. Bxf5 b4 $15) 32... Nf7 (32... Rg7 {was called for.} 33. Qh6 Rf7) 33. Qg8 Bxd4 34. Nd5 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 37%.} ({Resist} 34. Rxd4 Qa7 $18) ({Wrong is} 34. cxd4 $2 Qc6 $19) 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.19"] [White "Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2581"] [BlackElo "2729"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,76,13,3,18,29,21,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-5,-12,0,-35,-31,-40,-33,-31, -34,-42,-35,-53,-56,-54,-21,-55,-55,-79,-50,-51,-53,-54,-47,-49,-46,-43,-43, -61,-62,-65,-65,-65,-65,-72,-72,-73,-75,-76,-77,-75,-75,-88,-63,-64,-42,-42,-7, -7,-7,-7,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} Bb4 8. Be2 Bd7 9. O-O {White has an edge.} dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Nb5 $146 {[#] Hoping for Nc7+.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Qe5 O-O 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Bh6 Qa5 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qg4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Qxh5 gxh6 {1/2-1/2 (18) Svidler, P (2763)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 12... O-O 13. Be5 Nd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 14. Bg3 Nb6 {aiming for .. .Qxd4.} 15. Be2 Bxb5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Bxb5 Rd2 18. Rfd1 Rxb2 19. Rab1 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Be7 21. Be2 Rc8 22. Bf3 Rc2 23. Bxb7 Rxa2 24. Bc7 Nc4 25. g3 $1 g6 26. Rc1 Nd6 27. Bxd6 Bxd6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. Rc6 Bb4 29. Ra6 Rb2 {Threatens to win with ...Be1.} 30. Rxa7 Be1 31. f4 Bf2+ 32. Kh1 Bxe3 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Be4 f5 35. Bd3 h6 36. Bc4 g5 {Black wants to play ...Rb6.} 37. Bxe6 gxf4 38. Bxf5 fxg3 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.20"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2550"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,83,15,6,10,9,23,16,7,13,33,12,27,14,15,6,22,20,24,14,24,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,16,0,10,25,27,10,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 } 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nc3 Nh5 16. Be3 {[#] } f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bc4 17. b3 Ba6 18. a4 {1-0 (31) Bacrot,E (2723) -Ibrahimov,R (2538) Basel 2011}) 17. Qd2 Qf7 18. f3 f4 19. Bf2 fxg3 $1 20. hxg3 Qg6 21. Qe1 Rce8 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Re7 24. Rac1 {next Rc7 is good for White. } Ndf6 {Threatening ...Nxe4.} 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {The position is equal.} 26. f4 Bb7 27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. Qe4 Qf7 29. d5 exd5 30. Qxd5 Nf6 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Kg2 Ng4 33. Bg1 Re8 34. Kf3 h5 35. Rd5 g6 36. Rcd1 Rbe7 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Rxd7+ Re7 39. Rd6 Re1 40. Bd4 Re6 41. Rd7+ Re7 42. Rd6 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.21"] [White "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2721"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,61,8,2,16,11,27,26,21,-6,0,0,-15,-11,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-19,30,22,19,15, 6,17,28,24,59,66,81,61,127,134,146,139,150,133,127,92,71,87,84,52,125,61,61,60, 72,71]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 8. g3 (8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Nc6 10. Qd1 Be6 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Be2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 (26) Wang,H (2730)-Giri,A (2783) St Petersburg 2018}) 8... Be6 9. Bg2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] White has an edge.} 10. a4 b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. c3 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Be7 15. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] White has the initiative.} Nd7 $146 16. a5 h4 17. g4 Bh7 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 O-O 20. Qd3 f5 21. gxf5 Qe8 22. Be3 Rxf5 {[#]} (22... Qh5 $14) 23. Kh2 $1 $16 Qf7 24. Rg1 Rf3 25. Rg4 Qf5 26. Rag1 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ Bxf6 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. Rc1 ({White should play} 29. Rd1 $16) 29... e4 $1 $14 30. b4 Rxd5 31. Rxe4 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.22"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2577"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,82,25,40,26,24,16,27,36,44,23,37,29,51,14,51,51,51,43,53,52,53,39,63, 39,60,45,54,72,63,75,62,60,88,73,70,40,45,33,55,50,44,30,47,39,39,41,32,2,3,2, 0,0,2,2,4,4,2,2,3,3,2,0,6,4,1,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 Re8 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3] [%mdl 32] C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (9. h3 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 Nb8 13. b4 Nbd7 14. Nb3 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ra7 Nb6 { 1-0 (46) Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-Amin,B (2704) Abidjan 2019}) 9... Bf8 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bc2 {White has an edge.} Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. h3 h6 15. a4 c6 16. Be3 Qc7 {[#]} 17. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Nh2 {1-0 (40) Gharamian,T (2661)-Butnorius,A (2400) Cappelle-la-Grande 2013}) 17... Rad8 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. b3 Qb8 20. Red1 Ba8 21. axb5 axb5 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 c5 25. Ra5 (25. Ra6 $5 {[%cal Rc4f7]} Qc7 26. Bd2 $14) 25... Bb7 26. Rda1 Qc7 27. Ne1 Nf4 28. f3 Ne6 29. Bxe6 Rxe6 30. Nd3 Nd7 31. Ra7 Nb8 { The position is equal.} 32. Nxc5 Na6 {[%cal Ra6c5]} 33. b4 $1 Nxb4 34. Qc1 Bxc5 35. Qxc5 Nc2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 36. Qxc7 $1 Rxc7 37. Rc1 {Black should prevent Rxb7!} Rec6 38. Bf2 Bc8 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. Nf1 { [#] Ne3 is the strong threat.} Rc6 41. Ne3 Nd4 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.23"] [White "Yuffa, Daniil"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2724"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,109,0,0,0,5,11,6,4,20,21,11,0,13,9,50,33,41,47,35,35,32,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,12,0,45,45,49,44,38,45,45,22,46,43,49,23,61,64,66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bf4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. Qb3 Be7 13. Bd3 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} Nf6 14. Qb5+ Bc6 15. Qb1 $1 Ba4 16. O-O O-O 17. Bd2 (17. Re1 Qd7 18. Bd2 h6 19. Qb2 Rfd8 20. Bb4 Rc7 21. Qd2 Rdc8 22. Ba6 Rd8 23. Bd3 Rdc8 24. Ba6 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 (24) Jakovenko,D (2709) -Tomashevsky,E (2722) Novi Sad 2016}) 17... h6 18. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Bb4 Re8 19. Qb2 a5 20. Bd2 b5 {1-0 (30) Susla,V (2144)-Pavlicek,M (1553) LSS email 2014}) 18... Qc7 19. Ba6 Rcd8 20. Bb4 Bc2 21. Qc1 Bxb4 22. Re2 {[#]} Bxa3 $1 23. Rxa3 {[#]} Rc8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Rae3 b5 (25... Ng4 { is interesting.} 26. Ra3 Nf6) 26. d5 (26. Ne1 {keeps more tension.} Bxe4 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Rxe4 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 a5 30. Kf1) 26... Bxe4 (26... Ng4 {seems wilder.} 27. d6 Qxd6 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Nxe3 30. fxe3 a5) 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Rxe4 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Kf1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 32. Rb8 Rc1+ 33. Ke2 Rb1 34. Kd3 ( 34. Ne1 $14) 34... a4 {The position is equal.} 35. Kc2 Rf1 36. Rxb5 Rxf2+ 37. Kd3 Rxg2 38. Rxd5 a3 39. Ra5 a2 40. h4 g5 41. h5 Rb2 42. Ke3 g4 43. Nh4 $1 { Threatening Kf4.} Rh2 44. Nf5 $1 Rxh5 45. Kf4 Kg6 {Threatens to win with ... Rxf5+!} 46. Ra6+ $1 f6 47. Ne7+ Kf7 48. Nf5 Kg6 49. Ne7+ Kf7 50. Nf5 Rh2 { Black wants to play ...Rf2+.} 51. Kxg4 h5+ 52. Kg3 Rd2 53. Kf3 Rc2 54. Kg3 Rb2 55. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.24"] [White "Bu, Xiangzhi"] [Black "Xu, Xiangyu"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2721"] [BlackElo "2576"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,77,0,0,13,18,36,33,89,80,85,83,85,70,76,84,77,81,70,43,42,0,0,0,84, 80,83,64,112,84,87,91,45,52,97,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-24,-38,-38,-38,-31, -46,-31,-33,-50,-56,-39,-49,-13,-16,-8,-14,-16,-26,-26,-16]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 a5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (7... Nc6 8. Nb3 e5 9. h3 h6 10. c3 Be6 11. Be3 a5 12. Ne1 a4 13. Nd2 a3 14. bxa3 Rxa3 15. Qc1 {1/2-1/2 (40) Rakhmanov,A (2629)-Dubov,D (2703) Skopje 2019}) 8. a4 Qc7 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 8... Na6 9. Nb3 Ne4 10. Ng5 Nxg5 11. Bxg5 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bg7 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bd2 {1-0 (51) Stefanova,A (2486)-Khotenashvili,B (2479) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. Nd4 e5 ({Black should play} 9... Bd7 $14) 10. Nb5 $16 Qxc5 11. b3 Rd8 12. Ba3 Qb6 13. c4 {Threatens to win with cxd5.} Be6 14. Rc1 { And now cxd5 would win.} Na6 15. Be7 Rd7 16. c5 Qc6 17. Bd6 {aiming for Nf3.} Ne8 (17... Ne4 $11) 18. e4 d4 {[#]} 19. f4 $1 f6 20. fxe5 fxe5 {[%cal Re8d6] [#]} 21. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4e5]} Nxd6 22. cxd6 Bh6 23. Rf6 (23. Nxe5 $16 Qxc1 24. Qxc1 Bxc1 25. Rxc1) 23... Re8 $1 $11 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Bh3 Rexd6 26. Ncxd6 ({ Don't play} 26. Nbxd6 Rxd6 27. Nxd6 Be3+ 28. Kh1 Bxc1 $15) 26... Bxc1 27. Bxd7 Be3+ 28. Kg2 $1 Qxd7 29. Nc4 Nc5 30. Nxe3 dxe3 31. Qxd7 Nxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 32. Kf3 Nc5 33. Nd6 Kg7 34. Nc4 Nxb3 {White must now prevent ... Nd2+.} 35. Nxe5 Kf6 36. Nd3 b5 37. axb5 {Strongly threatening b6.} Nd4+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kxe3 Nxb5 39. Nb2 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.25"] [White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B91"] [WhiteElo "2599"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,110,9,15,10,16,18,20,-26,-26,-25,-34,-27,-21,-30,-30,-39,-13,-23,-25, -28,-11,-13,0,0,0,0,16,7,12,15,29,26,43,-10,-6,-4,-4,-27,-21,-43,-56,-62,-72, -78,-84,-80,-87,-103,-77,-80,-59,-60,-58,-83,-89,-83,-83,-94,-65,-70,-64,-81, -73,-96,-96,-96,-95,-97,-95,-90,-97,-97,-73,-76,-51,-50,-30,-32,-24,-39,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} Nbd7 11. Nec3 Nb6 12. Ne3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. b3 Be6 14. Ba3 Qc7 15. Qd3 Rfc8 16. Bb4 a5 17. Nxb5 Qxc2 18. Qxc2 Rxc2 19. Bxd6 {1/2-1/2 (73) Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Shenzhen 2018}) 12... b4 13. Ncd5 Nfxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bf5 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. c3 bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rfc8 19. Kh1 Bg6 20. f4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Bg5 22. Rf1 {White wants to play h4.} Rc4 23. Qe2 Rac8 24. Rae1 {[#] Intending Qe8+! and mate.} h5 25. Qf2 (25. Qf3 $14) 25... Qxf2 $11 26. Rxf2 h4 27. Bh3 R8c5 28. Bf5 Kh7 (28... Rxd5 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Rff8 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 h3+ 33. Kxh3 Rh4+ 34. gxh4 Rd3+ 35. Kg4 Rg3+ 36. hxg3 Kh6 37. Rh8#) 29. Bxg6+ Kxg6 30. gxh4 Rxh4 31. Rd1 f6 32. a3 Rcc4 33. Rg1 Kh7 34. Rfg2 Rc5 35. Rg4 Rxd5 36. Rxh4+ Bxh4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 37. Rg4 Bf2 38. Kg2 Bb6 39. Rb4 Ba5 40. Rh4+ Kg6 41. b4 Rd3 42. Rc4 d5 43. Rc6 Bd8 44. a4 d4 45. Be1 Rd1 46. Kf2 Be7 47. Rxa6 Rb1 48. b5 d3 49. Bd2 {And now Ke3 would win.The position is equal.} Bc5+ 50. Kf3 Kf5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rf1+.} (50... Rb2 $5 51. Rc6 $8 Ba7 $11) 51. Rc6 Rf1+ 52. Kg2 $1 Rg1+ 53. Kf3 $1 Rf1+ 54. Kg2 $1 Rg1+ 55. Kf3 $1 Rf1+ {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.26"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Safarli, Eltaj"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2593"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,69,27,34,6,22,16,19,27,26,23,31,20,18,6,8,11,24,22,38,39,66,69,73,52, 52,52,47,47,52,53,58,40,40,40,91,40,40,40,39,19,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,29, 29,29,29,29]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Bd2 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} (10. e4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 Qe7 14. Qc2 Rfd8 15. h3 c5 16. Bg5 Nc6 17. Rae1 h6 {1/2-1/2 (28) Cheparinov,I (2703)-Mamedov,R (2680) Kocaeli 2017 }) 10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. dxe5 {The position is equal.} Nxe5 13. Be2 Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe7 14. Qc2 Rfd8 15. Rad1 {1-0 (40) Hebden,M (2500) -Finegold,B (2465) Cappelle-la-Grande 1992}) 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Na4 (15. Rfd1 { keeps more tension.} Rfd8 16. h3 Nc7 17. Qc2 Ne6 18. Na4) 15... Qxb3 16. axb3 Nd7 17. Rfd1 b5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Bxc3 20. Rxd7 (20. bxc3 {is interesting.} Nc5 21. b4 Na4 22. Rdc1 a6 23. c4) 20... Bxb2 21. Raxa7 Rxa7 22. Rxa7 $14 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 23. g3 Rd2 24. Kf1 Rc2 25. Bf3 Kg7 ({Black should try} 25... Rc3 $14) 26. Rb7 ({White should play} 26. Ra6 $16) 26... Rc3 27. Kg2 Ba3 28. h4 h5 29. Rb6 {White has an edge.} Rxb3 30. Bxc6 Be7 31. Rb7 Kf8 32. Bxb5 Rb2 33. Kf3 Bc5 34. Bc6 Rxb7 35. Bxb7 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.27"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2608"] [BlackElo "2716"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,53,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-2,-5,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Bb7 10. Re1 O-O 11. h3 h6 {The position is equal.} 12. Be3 { C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} exd4 ({Reject} 12... Nxe4 13. d5 $16) 13. cxd4 Na5 {[%cal Bc6a5,Ba5c4,Bc4b2][%mdl 32]} ({Weaker is} 13... Nxe4 14. d5 $16) 14. d5 {[#]} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Ba5 16. Bd2 b4 17. Bf4 Nd7 18. Nbd2 Nc5 19. Qc4 Bb6 {0-1 (66) Shadrina,T (2397) -Kosteniuk,A (2522) Tbilisi 2011}) 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Bc2 Nc4 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. b4 Rc8 21. Nd4 g6 22. Nc3 Nb2 23. Qd2 Nc4 24. Qd3 Ne5 25. Qd2 Nc4 26. Qd3 Ne5 27. Qd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.28"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Petrov, Nikita"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E17"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2586"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,60,8,4,30,29,19,15,26,24,14,11,15,14,20,20,38,29,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,123,124,127,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Ne4 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} (9... c5 10. Ne1 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qf4 Bb4 13. Nd3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qc8 15. Rfc1 dxc4 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rxc4 Qb8 18. Qxb8 Rfxb8 { 1/2-1/2 (58) Ding,L (2771)-So,W (2792) Tbilisi 2017}) 10. Qc2 f5 11. Rad1 c6 12. e3 Qe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h5 13. Ne2 g5 14. h4 gxh4 15. gxh4 Bxh4 16. Nf4 {0-1 (29) Arias Rodriguez,S-Cueto Chajtur,J (2200) Asturias 1998}) 13. Ne2 g5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 g4 16. Nf4 Bg5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bd4 Bxf4 19. exf4 Ba6 20. Rfe1 $1 Rc8 21. Qb2 Qe7 22. Rc1 Qb4 23. h3 h5 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Be3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 (26... Rd8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. Rxc8+ $16 Bxc8 {[#]} 28. Bf1 (28. Qc2 $1 $16 Bd7 29. Bxe4 Qxe4 30. Qc7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 28... Qe1 {Strongly threatening ...Nxg3!The position is equal.} 29. Qc1 Qxc1 30. Bxc1 Nc3 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.29"] [White "Pichot, Alan"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2718"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,61,8,24,0,0,0,7,-4,10,8,10,3,16,8,10,0,8,-18,20,14,15,0,0,6,0,0,9,-4, -4,-5,0,-8,0,-27,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-13,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf1 Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... e4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Re1 d4 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Be4 Be6 {1/2-1/2 (30) Karjakin,S (2748) -So,W (2754) Zagreb 2019}) 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 d6 11. Re1 d5 12. d4 O-O 13. Bf4 c6 14. Ne2 a5 15. Nc1 Bd6 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Qf4 Bf5 19. Nd3 Rae8 20. Re5 g6 21. Rae1 (21. Rxf5 {is more complex.} gxf5 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+) 21... f6 (21... Qb6 {with more complications.} 22. Rxe8 Nxe8 23. Rb1 Nf6 24. f3 Nh5) 22. Rxe8 {The position is equal.} Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qxc7 Nxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 25. f3 Kf7 26. Kf2 g5 27. Ke3 Ke7 28. c3 Ne8 29. Kd2 Nd6 30. b3 h5 31. Nf2 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.30"] [White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"] [Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2596"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,71,23,19,16,26,22,46,35,46,46,50,43,39,52,57,28,33,25,27,20,63,29,32, 31,24,13,35,36,43,12,70,75,141,153,271,258,925,917,774,575,534,216,216,216,213, 213,518,52,376,410,648,644,1491,1484,1320,1259]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 { B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Bxd5 11. exd5 Qc7 12. O-O-O {White is slightly better.} Nb6 13. Qa5 $1 Rc8 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Rc7c2]} 14. c3 {[#]} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Rhe1 Be7 17. Bg5 O-O 18. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 (34) Shirov,A (2700) -Ljubojevic,L (2565) Belgrade 1997}) 15. Kb1 g6 16. Qb4 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. f4 Ng4 {Black wants to play ...Nf2.} 19. fxe5 Ngxe5 20. Qf4 Rh8 21. Be2 Kf8 22. Nd4 {Black must now prevent Ne6+.} Kg8 23. h4 Re8 (23... Nb6 $11) 24. g4 $1 $14 {[%cal Rg4h5]} hxg4 {[#]} (24... Nxg4 $142 25. Bxg4 hxg4) 25. h5 $1 $16 { [%cal Rh5g6]} gxh5 {[#]} (25... Rxh5 $16 26. Rxh5 gxh5) 26. Ne6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb6 $2 ({Wrong is} 26... fxe6 $2 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Rdf1+ Nf6 29. Rxf6+ Nf7 {[#]} 30. Bxg4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (26... Rxe6 27. dxe6 Nc5) 27. Qg5+ $18 Ng6 {[#]} 28. Bxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nde5 (28... hxg4 29. Rxh8+) 29. Qf6 (29. Bxh5 $142 Nc4 30. b3) 29... fxe6 30. Bxe6+ Rxe6 31. dxe6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Strongly threatening Rdg1! Black is in trouble.} ({Worse is} 31. Qxe6+ Kg7 $17) 31... Qc6 $2 (31... Qc7) 32. Rhe1 $2 (32. e7 $18) 32... Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Qf3 $14 33. Qg5 Qg4 34. Qd8+ Kh7) 33. e7 d5 (33... Re8 $142 34. Rxd6 Qf3) 34. Qf5 {White is clearly winning.} Qd6 35. Qxh5+ Kg7 {[#]} 36. Qxh8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 23%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.31"] [White "Lysyj, Igor"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D26"] [WhiteElo "2596"] [BlackElo "2707"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,80,12,24,9,31,5,27,10,30,-6,-8,-10,-6,-9,-9,-13,0,0,18,-12,-15,-13, -13,-14,-14,-20,-14,-12,-8,-13,-21,-38,-28,-43,-45,-52,-55,-82,-62,-88,-87,-91, -83,-97,-87,-107,-116,-114,-91,-108,-54,-120,-123,-125,-118,-118,-105,-524, -434,-420,0,0,0,-413,-328]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Nd2 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} (10. Bd2 {keeps more tension.} O-O 11. Rac1 Rd8 12. Na4 Be7 13. Nb6) (10. b3 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rac1 Be7 14. Ne1 Rac8 15. Kf1 Nb4 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bd5 19. Bc4 Ne4 20. Ke2 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 (34) Karjakin,S (2752)-Wei,Y (2736) Abidjan 2019}) 10... Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Nb3 {White has an edge.} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b5 13. f3 Bb7 14. e4 Rfd8 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Kf2 Kf8 17. Rd2 Ke8 {1/2-1/2 (106) Lupulescu,C (2649)-Gaponenko,I (2450) Riga 2019}) 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Na5 Rfc8 16. Bd2 Rab8 17. b3 Ba3 18. Be1 Bb4 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Kf8 21. Rab1 Ke7 22. Kf1 a5 23. f3 Nd7 24. Ke2 Nc5 25. Rdc1 Ke6 26. Rc2 Rd8 27. Ra1 f5 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 e4 30. fxe4 fxe4 31. Ke2 Rb7 32. Bd2 Rd7 33. Nb1 Nd3 ( {Black should try} 33... Rf7 $17 {...Nd3 is the strong threat.} 34. Nc3 Ke5) 34. a3 {[#]} ({White should play} 34. Bxb4 $1 $15 axb4 35. Nd2) 34... Rf7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf7f2] Strongly threatening ...Rf2+.} 35. axb4 Rf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Don't play} 35... axb4 $6 36. Be1 $11) 36. Kd1 axb4 {[%cal Ba5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 37. Bc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Bxb4 $17 {was the crucial defense.} Rf1+ 38. Kd2) 37... Rf1+ $19 38. Kd2 Rf2+ ({Don't take} 38... b3 39. Rc3 $19) 39. Kd1 {[#] Hoping for Rxf2.} Rf1+ 40. Kd2 b3 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 66%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.32"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Pashikian, Arman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2702"] [BlackElo "2599"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,75,11,25,11,10,17,16,9,6,4,15,37,0,0,0,12,-8,-4,-12,4,6,4,7,22,0,77, 88,102,103,108,109,100,100,101,102,97,51,52,66,100,99,97,71,131,70,82,68,450, 449,437,437,583,588,812,220,614,596,985,912,883,661]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bb5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 { D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3} 10. Nf3 (10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1 Be5 15. Na4 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Rc8 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 {1/2-1/2 (60) So,W (2778)-Anand,V (2759) Leuven 2018}) 10... Be6 11. b3 O-O {The position is equal.} 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Ne5 {[%cal Bc6e5,Be5d7, Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 14. Nd4 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qe7 15. Bd3 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Ndxe2 {1/2-1/2 (41) Alekseev,E (2622)-Bezgodov,A (2460) Sochi 2018}) 15. Be2 Bb8 16. Na4 Qd6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nd3!} 17. f4 Ned7 18. Bf3 b5 19. Nc3 {[%cal Ba4c3,Bc3e2,Be2g3][%mdl 32]} Nc5 20. Nce2 Bd7 (20... Ba7 $11 {remains equal.}) 21. Ng3 $16 {Strongly threatening Ngf5.} Rfe8 22. Ndf5 Bxf5 23. Nxf5 Qe6 24. g4 Bd6 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. g5 Nfe4 27. Be5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qd8 28. Bg4 Ra8 29. Qd4 f6 (29... Rxe5 $142 30. fxe5 Qxg5 ) 30. gxf6 (30. Rxc5 $16 fxe5 31. Qxd5+ Qxd5 32. Rxd5) 30... gxf6 $14 31. Rxc5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} Nxc5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... fxe5 $14 32. Qxd5+ Qxd5 33. Rxd5 exf4) 32. Bxf6 $18 Qd6 33. Be5 Qg6 34. f5 (34. Qxc5 Rxe5 35. Rf3 Ree8 $14) 34... Qf7 35. Bf3 $2 (35. Bh5 Qxh5 36. Qxd5+ Kf8 37. Qxc5+ Kf7 38. Qd5+ Kf8 39. Qd6+ Kg8 40. Kh1) 35... Ne4 $2 (35... Rxe5 36. Qxe5 Re8) 36. Bxe4 {White is clearly winning.} dxe4 37. Kh1 {White wants to mate with Rg1+.} Re6 38. Rf4 {Played: Qd4-d5} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.33"] [White "Cordova, Emilio"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2576"] [BlackElo "2699"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,80,20,26,0,6,-4,0,0,0,-4,27,0,0,-29,4,0,4,0,21,-21,0,0,0,10,0,0,0, -31,0,-16,22,-198,-184,-303,-247,-255,-241,-234,-247,-320,-318,-393,-392,-453, -460,-420,-450,-428,-286,-344,-333,-398,-395,-485,-414,-610,-599,-687,-670, -678,-677,-666,-672,-653,-592,-736,-733,-677,-591,-735,-714]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O d5 6. d4 O-O 7. a4 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (7. Qb3 a5 8. cxd5 a4 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nxa4 Qa5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Bd2 Qa3 15. Qb3 Nc6 {0-1 (54) Cheparinov,I (2709)-Artemiev,V (2709) Skopje 2018}) 7... Bf5 8. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc3 Na6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Bg5 Rfd8 13. Ra3 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 {0-1 (25) Mester,G (2419)-Emodi,B (2370) Nyiregyhaza 2002}) 8... Be4 9. b3 {The position is equal.} Na6 10. Bb2 Nb4 11. Qd2 a5 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. Bc3 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. h3 Bc8 16. cxd5 Nbxd5 17. e4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Be6 19. Nc4 Qa7 (19... Qb4 $5 { [%cal Rb4c3]} 20. Qd3 Nd7 $11) 20. Qe3 Rfd8 (20... Bxc4 $5 21. bxc4 e5 $11) 21. f4 $2 {[#]} (21. Nf3 $11 {and White is okay.}) 21... Bxc4 {Played: Nf6xe4} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.34"] [White "Amin, Bassem"] [Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2699"] [BlackElo "2642"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,90,19,16,20,14,14,8,14,2,8,0,41,0,0,0,14,0,29,0,4,0,0,0,2,0,14,-19, -19,-20,-15,-10,-5,-51,-27,-264,-236,-235,-29,-36,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-30,-12, -30,-22,-29,0,0,0,-22,-31,-36,-18,-21,-25,-19,-19,-17,-18,-18,-20,-25,-24,-22, 0,-16,-22,-32,-7,-15,0,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6 {The position is equal.} 9. Bb3 (9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 {1/2-1/2 (43) Giri,A (2797)-Ding,L (2809) Shenzhen 2019}) 9... Be6 10. Bc2 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne7 12. Nf1 Ng6 13. d4 c6 14. Be3 { 1/2-1/2 (41) Vykouk,J (2426)-Belunek,V (2216) Ostrava 2018}) 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ng3 Qd6 15. Nh4 Ne7 $36 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7d5,Bd5f4][%mdl 2080] Black has good play.} 16. Qe2 Bc6 17. Bd2 Ned5 18. Rad1 Nf4 19. Bxf4 $1 exf4 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Nf5 Qe5 (21... Qe6 $5 {[%cal Re6f5]} 22. Nh4 Nxe4 23. dxe4 Qxa2 $15) 22. Nxf6+ $2 (22. Nh4 $1 $11) 22... Qxf6 $19 23. Qg4 {[#]} g6 $2 (23... h5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh5g4][%mdl 512]} 24. Qxf4 (24. Qxh5 g6) 24... g5) 24. d4 $11 h5 25. Qh4 Qxh4 26. Nxh4 Kf8 27. Bd3 a4 28. Be2 Bd5 29. a3 c5 30. dxc5 $1 Bb3 31. Rc1 Bxc5 32. Nf3 Rad8 33. Bb5 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 f6 35. h4 Rd5 36. Bf1 Kg7 37. Re2 Rd1 {Hoping for ...Rb1.} 38. Re1 $1 Rd5 39. Re2 Bd1 40. Re4 Bc2 41. Re2 Bd1 42. Re4 f5 {Black has an edge.} 43. Re1 Bxf3 44. gxf3 Rd2 45. Re2 Rxe2 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.35"] [White "Flores, Diego"] [Black "Jones, Gawain C B"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2602"] [BlackElo "2688"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,66,0,11,-10,-8,-4,0,0,0,2,3,8,10,0,0,0,10,7,2,-32,-31,-13,-17,-32, -32,-35,-16,-74,-58,-128,-73,-237,-218,-220,-219,-513,-376,-562,-624,-619,-610, -951,-970,-5052,-5052,-5043,-5043,-4810,-1394,-1216,-1038,-1022,-912]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 9. d5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin. D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} Qa5 10. Rb1 a6 (10... Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. dxc6 Be6 14. Rc1 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qb5 16. Qc3 O-O-O {1/2-1/2 (33) Gupta,A (2610)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2793) Caleta 2018}) 11. Bxc6+ {The position is equal.} bxc6 12. O-O $1 O-O 13. dxc6 Bg4 14. Rb7 Rac8 15. Bg5 Rxc6 16. Bxe7 Rfc8 17. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bh4 Bxc3 18. Qc1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bd4 20. Qc4 R6c7 21. Rfb1 Qc3 22. Qxc3 Bxc3 {1/2-1/2 (22) Habes,J (1717) -Laczay,I (1644) LSS email 2014}) 17... Be6 18. e5 Qxc3 19. Re1 h6 20. Re3 Qc4 21. Rd3 (21. a4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21... Kh7 22. Rd6 (22. Rd2 $15) 22... Qe4 (22... Qxa2 $142 23. Rb1 Bf5 24. Rxc6 Rxc6) 23. Rb6 $2 (23. Rd3 $17) 23... Rxb6 $19 24. Rxb6 {[#]} c4 $1 ({Less strong is} 24... Bxa2 25. Qd7 $15) ({ But not} 24... Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Bd6 $17) 25. Bf6 $2 (25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Nxd4) 25... c3 26. Bxg7 (26. Qe1 $142 Qf4 27. Bh4) 26... c2 {Black is clearly winning.} 27. Qc1 Kxg7 28. Kh2 g5 {And now ...Qf4+ would win.} 29. Nxg5 hxg5 30. Qxg5+ Qg6 31. Qc1 Rc4 (31... Qh6 $142 32. f4 Rc3) 32. Rb3 Qh6 33. Re3 Kh7 { Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 70%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.36"] [White "Grandelius, Nils"] [Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2691"] [BlackElo "2606"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,57,38,34,71,50,46,21,27,16,23,17,23,20,20,27,26,25,25,18,27,18,18,7, 8,9,16,9,19,0,0,-15,-2,-14,-3,-11,-1,-18,-18,-12,0,-16,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,-12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 g6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (6... Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bb3 c6 12. Re1 Na6 13. Ne2 Nc7 14. Ng3 Nfe8 15. c3 Nd6 { 1-0 (98) Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Yu,Y (2752) Saint Louis 2019}) 7. Bc4 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bg7 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. Bg5 Re8 11. O-O-O Kf8 12. h3 a6 13. Rhe1 Rxe1 14. Rxe1 {1/2-1/2 (69) Motylev,A (2650)-Rakhmanov,A (2629) Sochi 2019}) 8. Qe2+ Be6 $1 9. Bb3 c6 10. Ng5 {With the idea 0-0.} Qd7 11. O-O Bg7 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxe6+ fxe6 14. Ne2 Nbd7 15. Nf4 Kf7 {The position is equal.} 16. Nd3 Rhc8 17. c3 c5 18. dxc5 Ne4 19. Be3 Nexc5 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Bc2 Nxd3 22. Bxd3 Ne5 23. a4 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Rc4 25. Ra3 Rb8 26. Ba7 Ra8 27. Be3 Rb8 28. Ba7 Ra8 29. Be3 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.37"] [White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2609"] [BlackElo "2694"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,72,3,16,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,-7,-11,-12,-99,-76,-87,-91,-76,-87,-98,-99, -114,-108,-106,-87,-87,-84,-109,-56,-112,-106,-166,-152,-156,-157,-174,-119, -131,-135,-139,-139,-145,-147,-143,-116,-188,-180,-179,-185,-203,-204,-213, -178,-239,-225,-207,-47,-111,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 a6 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} (7... b5 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Ba5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O c4 13. Kh1 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nf5 Nc5 16. Rxa5 Qxa5 {1-0 (37) Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Li,R (2577) chess.com INT 2017}) 8. Nf4 exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 10. Be2 Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b5 11. O-O c4 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 cxb3 15. axb3 {0-1 (40) Kristensen,K (2347)-Ochsner,B (2449) Denmark 2019}) 11. Nd3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. f4 (13. Qc2 $11) 13... b5 $17 14. O-O Re8 15. Qc2 c4 16. a4 Rb8 $1 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bf3 Nc5 19. Be3 Nb3 20. Rad1 Bd7 (20... Bc5 $17 21. Bxc5 Nxc5) 21. Kh1 (21. e5 $15) 21... Bc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5e3]} 22. Qf2 (22. Bg1 $17) 22... Qb6 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. e5 b4 ({Better is} 24... dxe5 $19 { aiming for ...e4.} 25. fxe5 Rxe5) 25. e6 bxc3 26. exd7 Nxd7 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28. bxc3 {[#]} Rb3 $1 29. Ra1 {[#]} (29. Rfe1 $17 {was worth a try.} Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 ) 29... Nc5 $1 $19 (29... Rxc3 30. Ra6 $17) 30. h4 Kf8 ({Don't play} 30... Rxc3 31. Rfc1 $17) 31. Kh2 Rxc3 32. Ra7 Nb3 33. Bg4 (33. Rc7 {was called for.}) 33... Rd3 34. Bd7 Ree3 $2 (34... Rb8 $19 35. Re1 Rd4) 35. Bb5 ({White should play} 35. f5 $1 $15 Nd2 36. Rfa1) 35... Rc3 (35... Nd2 $17 36. Ra8+ Ke7) 36. f5 $11 {White threatens Ra8+ and mate.} f6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 73%. } 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.38"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Lu, Shanglei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2686"] [BlackElo "2602"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,60,10,5,14,12,8,33,23,37,37,37,37,43,43,43,36,36,41,33,36,62,52,48, 47,60,44,46,46,47,43,63,47,47,39,43,25,25,27,25,25,62,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxc4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} Rc8 (11... Qa5 12. Rd1 Rad8 13. Qe2 Bc8 14. Bd2 Qh5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bf4 g5 17. Nxg5 Qxe2 18. Nxe2 Ndxe5 { 1/2-1/2 (41) Eljanov,P (2703)-Wojtaszek,R (2727) Batumi 2018}) 12. Qe2 e5 13. Rd1 {White is slightly better.} Qa5 14. Nd5 {[#] And now Nxf6+ would win.} Bg4 15. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bd2 Qa6 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. Rdc1 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxf3 19. dxc6 e4 {1-0 (37) Lorenz,S (2218)-Schwahn,C (2005) Germany 2015}) 15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 ({Much weaker is} 17. exd5 Nd4 $11) 17... Qc7 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Rdd1 Rfd8 20. Bg4 ({Worse is} 20. Bxa7 b6 $17) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 {[#] aiming for Rd7.} Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Qb5 {[%cal Rb5e8]} Nc6 24. Bd1 h6 25. h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} g5 26. h5 Kg7 27. Bb3 Nd4 28. Qd5 Nxb3 29. Qxb3 Qc6 30. Qd3 ({White should play} 30. Qd5 $1 $14 Qxd5 31. exd5) 30... Bb6 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.39"] [White "Nihal Sarin"] [Black "Cori, Jorge"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2676"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,113,29,18,23,14,30,27,20,10,26,20,17,50,50,50,53,54,43,42,29,108,103, 100,68,72,72,73,78,72,79,70,70,112,106,114,103,106,97,93,101,114,114,114,110, 138,138,176,0,147,139,191,168,362,365,635,604,585,450,656,443,412,180,187,167, 185,204,204,183,204,200,186,177,193,143,354,354,339,339,541,437,483,480,476, 476,476,476,884,702,1459,1339,1024,908,5941,5941,5047,5019,2356,1829]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. Be2 {B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} Na5 ( 10... Nf6 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O Nb8 13. Na3 Nc6 14. Rc1 h6 15. Nc2 Nb8 16. Na3 Nc6 17. h3 Nd7 18. Nc2 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Bg4 Bh7 21. c5 Nxc5 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Ncb4 Qe6 25. Nxc6 bxc6 {1-0 (57) Yu,Y (2750)-Moiseenko,A (2667) China 2017}) 11. b3 b5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 12. Ne3 {White has an edge.} bxc4 13. Ned5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. bxc4 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 Bxc4 15. O-O Nf6 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qa3 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 {0-1 (30) Tobon,S (1800)-Medvedovski,M (2115) Frankfurt 2018}) 13... Nf6 14. Be3 {aiming for Bb6.} Bxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 (15... Nxe4 $2 16. Bb6 $18) 16. Qxd5 O-O 17. O-O cxb3 18. Bxa6 Rc3 (18... Rb8 $11 { remains equal.}) 19. Rfb1 {[%cal Ra2b3]} Nc6 {next ...Nb4 is good for Black.} 20. Rxb3 Rxb3 21. Qxb3 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Bc4 Qa5 24. g3 Bg5 25. Kg2 g6 26. Bd5 Qc3 27. Rd1 Kg7 28. Rd3 Qc5 29. a4 Bd8 30. Qb2 Bb6 31. Rb3 Ba5 32. Rd3 Bb6 $1 33. h4 Rc8 (33... h5 $16 34. Rb3 Rb8) 34. Qe2 Ba7 $2 (34... Bd8 35. h5 Rc7) 35. h5 $18 Qc1 $2 (35... Rf8 36. Rb3 Kh6) 36. Qg4 Rc7 37. Rf3 d3 (37... Qh6 $142 38. Rxf7+ Rxf7) 38. Qh4 Bd4 {[#]} 39. Rxd3 (39. Bxf7 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} h6 (39... Rxf7 40. h6+) 40. Bxg6) 39... g5 40. h6+ Kf8 41. Qh5 Bxf2 {[#] ... Qg1+ is the strong threat.} 42. Rf3 $1 $40 {[%cal Rf3f7][%mdl 640] White is out for blood.} Qg1+ 43. Kh3 {[%cal Rf3f7]} Qh1+ 44. Kg4 Qxh5+ 45. Kxh5 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bd4 $2 (45... Be1 $16 {was worth a try.} 46. Kxg5 Ke8) 46. a5 ({Weaker is} 46. Kxg5 Ke8 $16) 46... Ra7 47. a6 ({Not} 47. Kxg5 Ke8 $16) 47... f6 (47... Rc7 {is a better defense.} 48. Kxg5 Ra7) 48. Ra3 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 49. Kg4 Kd8 50. Bb7 Bc5 51. Rb3 Ke7 (51... f5+ $142 52. exf5 Bd4) 52. Kf5 Bd4 53. g4 Kd7 54. Bd5 Rxa6 55. Rb7+ Kc8 56. Rxh7 { Bb7+ would kill now.} Ra1 57. Rf7 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 46%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.40"] [White "Rodshtein, Maxim"] [Black "Bartel, Mateusz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2621"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,67,7,0,8,11,11,9,8,0,0,3,7,0,7,7,0,0,0,0,26,10,44,29,33,15,18,17,27, 25,22,25,39,20,27,16,39,35,75,23,61,62,109,129,448,439,456,452,446,437,421,368, 353,289,1061,1056,925,423,29978,29977]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 Bc5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 7. d3 Nxd5 8. cxd5 Nd4 {The position is equal.} 9. Nd2 d6 10. e3 Nf5 { Black wants to play ...Bxe3!} 11. Nc4 a5 12. Bd2 a4 13. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor: } 13. b4 axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 {1-0 (33) Ivanchuk,V (2751)-Anand,V (2799) Nice 2008}) 13... Qe8 14. O-O b5 15. Na3 Bb7 16. Nc2 Ne7 17. d4 exd4 18. exd4 Bb6 19. Nb4 Qd7 20. Re1 Rfe8 21. Bc3 a3 22. b3 Nf5 23. Qd3 g6 24. Bh3 (24. Nc6 $16) 24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Ba5 {[#]} 26. Nc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Bxc3 $16 27. Bxf5 (27. Qxc3 Re8 $14) 27... gxf5) 27. dxc6 $18 Qxc6 28. Bxa5 Rxa5 29. Bxf5 gxf5 $16 {KQR-KQR} 30. d5 Qa8 {intending ...b4.} 31. Qxf5 {Hoping for Re4.} Qd8 $2 (31... Qf8 32. Qg5+ Kh8) 32. Re4 $18 Ra8 33. Rg4+ (33. Rh4 $142 Qxh4 34. gxh4) 33... Kf8 (33... Kh8 $18 34. Qxf7 Qf8 35. Qxc7 Qf6) 34. Qxh7 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 46%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.41"] [White "Karthikeyan, Murali"] [Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2617"] [BlackElo "2693"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,90,22,17,19,32,7,37,13,66,13,31,25,102,100,120,58,62,8,9,9,0,8,40,38, 38,38,35,49,46,55,45,18,150,-77,-79,-215,-212,-108,-87,-70,0,-74,-71,-91,-91, -91,-91,-91,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} h6 13. Ba2 {C93: Closed Ruy Lopez: Smyslov Variation} (13. Bc2 d5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Rxe5 16. Nf3 Re8 17. e5 Ne4 18. Qe2 c5 19. Nd2 Rxe5 20. f3 c4 21. fxe4 Bc5+ { 1/2-1/2 (40) Radjabov,T (2759)-Wojtaszek,R (2737) Dortmund 2019}) 13... Qd7 14. Qc2 g6 15. b4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Nf1 Bg7 16. Ng3 Nd8 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Rad1 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxe4 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Nxe4 { 1-0 (39) Shahade,J (2302)-Edvardsson,K (2239) Reykjavik 2002}) 15... a5 16. Bb2 (16. a4 $1 $14) 16... Bg7 17. a4 exd4 (17... bxa4 $11 18. b5 Nd8) 18. axb5 $16 Na7 19. Nxd4 (19. bxa5 $16 {Strongly threatening a6.} dxc3 20. Qxc3 (20. Bxc3 Nxb5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 $16)) 19... axb4 $1 $14 20. cxb4 (20. Bb3 $14) 20... Nxb5 $11 21. Bxf7+ Qxf7 22. Nxb5 Rxa1 (22... Nxe4 $5 23. Nxe4 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxa1+ 26. Qxa1 Bxe4 $11) 23. Bxa1 Nxe4 $1 24. Nxe4 {[#] Hoping for Bxg7.} Bxa1 25. Nxc7 Re7 {Threatens to win with ...Bxe4.} 26. Nb5 Be5 27. Re3 Qf4 ( 27... Bf4 $11 28. Nbxd6 Qg7) 28. Qb3+ $2 {[#]} (28. g3 $16 {is necessary to keep the advantage.} Bxe4 29. Qc4+ (29. gxf4 Bxc2 30. fxe5 dxe5 $11) (29. Rxe4 Qf5 $16) (29. Qxe4 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 Rb7 $16) 29... Qf7 30. Qxe4) 28... Rf7 $1 $17 29. g3 (29. f3 $17 Qh2+ 30. Kf1) 29... Qf5 $19 30. f3 Bxe4 (30... Qxh3 { is more complex.} 31. f4 g5 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. fxe5 Bxe4 34. Nxd6+ Kf8) 31. Rxe4 {And now Kg2 would win.} Bxg3 (31... Qxf3 $15 32. Qxf3 Rxf3) 32. Re7 (32. Kg2 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxb5 33. Kxg3) 32... Qxf3 $17 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rf3f1]} 33. Qxf7+ Qxf7 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 35. Kg2 Be5 ( 35... Be1 $17 36. Nxd6+ Ke6) 36. Nc7 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Ke7 37. Kf3 Kd7 38. Nd5 h5 39. h4 Kc6 40. Ne7+ Kb5 41. Nxg6 Bf6 42. Nf4 Bxh4 43. Nxh5 Kxb4 44. Nf4 Kc4 45. Ke4 Bg5 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.42"] [White "McShane, Luke J"] [Black "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2615"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,103,25,23,25,15,17,16,27,32,21,19,29,20,31,27,22,22,29,21,16,10,11, 16,35,16,35,10,23,10,34,10,15,5,13,14,21,27,19,16,33,12,50,27,38,48,47,46,67, 59,43,32,27,24,33,44,29,23,27,29,18,16,15,16,47,17,10,10,10,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nc6 {A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4} 7. e3 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 e6 9. O-O-O Bc5 10. Bxf6 Bxd4 11. Bxd8 Bxc3 12. Bc7 Bb4 13. a3 Be7 14. Be5 {1/2-1/2 (36) Hamdani,R (2296)-Zhao,J (2587) Jakarta 2011}) 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Bh4 Ne5 12. f4 Ng6 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 f5 17. Rcd1 Qc7 18. b3 Qb7 19. a4 Nh8 20. Nf3 (20. Be1 {is more complex.} Nf7 21. Bc3 Rad8 22. Rde1 Qc7 23. e4) 20... Rfd8 21. Bh4 Bxh4 22. Nxh4 d5 23. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nf7 24. Qe2 Rd6 25. Rd4 Rad8 26. Rfd1 g6 27. h3 dxc4 28. Qxc4 {aiming for Rxd6. } b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qc5 {[%cal Rd4d6]} Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc8 32. Qb4 Qc6 33. Kf2 Qc1 34. Rd2 Rc2 35. Ke2 Rxd2+ $1 36. Qxd2 Qc6 37. Kf1 h6 {The position is equal.} 38. Qb2 g5 39. Kg1 b4 40. Qd4 Qc1+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Nd2 Qc3 43. Ke2 Qc6 44. Kf2 Qc3 45. fxg5 hxg5 46. Ke2 Qc6 47. e4 Qb5+ 48. Nc4 Qc6 49. Ne3 Nd6 50. exf5 Nxf5 51. Qe5 Kh7 52. Nxf5 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.43"] [White "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D36"] [WhiteElo "2609"] [BlackElo "2679"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,74,22,23,8,8,1,19,14,5,-8,-8,-5,-4,-14,0,-2,0,-25,-22,-20,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,-22,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-5,-69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. h3 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} (11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Ndf6 13. Nc1 Bd7 14. f3 Rfe8 15. Nb3 b6 16. e4 Nf4 17. Qd2 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rad8 19. Qe3 Be6 20. e5 Nd7 {0-1 (56) Robson,R (2667)-Akobian,V (2625) Saint Louis 2019}) 11... Nb6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Kb8 16. Rc1 {[#]} Nf6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 16... Ng7 17. Ka1 Rc8 18. Rc3 Rc7 {1/2-1/2 (49) Knaak,R (2525) -Boensch,U (2525) Altensteig 1993}) 17. Nc3 h5 18. Ka1 h4 19. Qb3 Bf5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Ne2 Ka8 22. Nf4 Rdg8 23. Rc5 Nh5 {Hoping for ...Nxf4.} 24. Nd3 $1 Rxg2 25. Rhc1 {White wants to play Qxd5!} Nf6 26. Qa4 Qc7 27. a3 {[#]} ({White should play} 27. b4 $11) 27... Nd7 (27... f4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Ra5 (28. Nxf4 Rxf2) 28... Qb8) 28. Ra5 $1 $11 {[%cal Ra5a7] The position is equal.} Qb8 $1 29. Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g2]} Rxf2 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nb6.} 30. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Nc7+! would kill now.} b5 {[#]} (30... cxd5 31. Qxd7) 31. Rxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxb5 {[#]} (31... Qxb5 32. Nc7+) 32. Qa6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Intending Nc7+ and mate.} Qb7 33. Nc7+ Kb8 34. Qd6 {Threatens to win with Nd5+. } Rc8 {[%cal Rc8c7]} 35. Nd5+ Ka8 36. Nc7+ Kb8 {[%cal Rc8c7]} 37. Nd5+ Ka8 { Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.44"] [White "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Black "Narayanan.S.L"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2674"] [BlackElo "2611"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,77,25,45,47,31,33,48,26,30,27,13,17,45,48,54,41,47,45,89,86,87,56,54, 56,85,70,75,58,79,67,126,133,126,58,59,36,173,20,121,119,124,120,113,107,108, 109,109,98,102,95,197,192,219,219,297,290,302,287,320,318,323,318,350,329,329, 311,322,315,346,346]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. Qa4 (4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Nf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Ne2 h6 11. c5 {0-1 (27) Naiditsch,A (2734)-Anton Guijarro,D (2642) Caleta 2019}) 4... d5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 4... Na6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Bc3 Bb4 8. Qb3 d5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. c5 Qa5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3 13. bxc3 {0-1 (28) Carlstedt,J (2308) -Tikkanen,H (2560) Odense 2011}) 5. cxd5 Nf6 6. Nc3 {A20: English Opening: 1... e5} b5 7. Qc2 {Threatens to win with Bg5.} Bb4 8. Bg5 {And now Bxf6 would win. White is slightly better.} cxd5 9. e3 a6 10. a4 h6 11. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 12. axb5 O-O 13. Nge2 Bb7 14. Bh3 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Qb3 Qd6 17. O-O Bc6 18. Ra1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nd7 (19... Qc7 $14) 20. Qb4 $16 Qc7 21. Qe7 (21. Nf4 $16) 21... Rc8 $14 22. Nf4 {Strongly threatening Be6!} Nf6 {[#]} ({Black should try} 22... Nb6 $14 23. Qc5 Nd7) 23. Qe5 $2 ({White should play} 23. Ng6 $1 $18 Bd7 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Ra6) 23... Bd7 (23... Nd7 $1 $11 24. Qe7 Nf6) 24. Qxc7 $16 Rxc7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 26. Ra6 Kf8 27. Rb6 Ke7 28. h3 g5 29. Ne2 Rd6 (29... Ra7 $16) 30. Rxb5 $18 Rc6 {[#]} 31. g4 $1 Ke6 32. Ng3 { White has a decisive advantage.} Ne8 {[#]} 33. Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nc7 (33... dxe4 34. d5+) 34. Nc5+ Kf6 35. Rb7 Ne6 36. Nd7+ Kg7 37. Ne5 Rc7 38. Rb3 f6 39. Nd3 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 33%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.45"] [White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,77,39,37,24,35,14,22,25,33,9,12,15,41,41,61,54,48,38,43,58,69,51,70, 48,81,71,183,168,226,223,248,239,207,234,218,250,249,245,193,116,116,116,227, 202,202,192,292,0,184,0,297,298,294,272,291,289,354,354,339,337,260,255]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Qd3 $146 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} ( 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Nd4 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. O-O-O Qb6 15. Qd3 Ndf5 16. Rd2 Rc8 17. g3 Ne3 18. Ne4 Rxc2+ 19. Rxc2 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 { 1/2-1/2 (31) Giri,A (2752)-Carlsen,M (2834) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 10... Qxe5+ 11. Ne2 $1 dxc3 12. Qxc3 {The position is equal.} Nbc6 13. Qxe5 Nxe5 14. Ng3 f6 15. Bb2 Kf7 16. Nh5 $1 Nd7 17. O-O-O b6 18. Rg1 Bb7 19. g4 Rh8 20. f4 Rh6 21. Be2 Rah8 {[#]} (21... Rh7 $16) 22. Nxf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Nxf6 ( 22... Rxf6 $142 23. g5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Bc6 24. gxf6 Nxf6) 23. g5 $1 {[%csl LRf6,LRh6][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxh2 24. gxf6 {Threatens to win with Rg7+.} Nf5 (24... Rxe2 25. Rg7+ Kf8 26. Rxe7 $18 (26. fxe7+ Ke8 $18)) 25. Bd3 { Bxf5 is the strong threat.} R8h7 26. Bxf5 exf5 {[#]} 27. Bd4 $1 Ba6 28. Rg7+ ( 28. Rg3 $18) 28... Rxg7 $16 29. fxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Black must now prevent Rg1. KRB-KRB} Be2 (29... Bb5 $16 {might work better.}) 30. Rg1 Bg4 31. Re1 Be2 (31... Re2 {is a better defense.} 32. Rh1 Re8) 32. Rg1 Bg4 33. Re1 (33. Kb2 $142) 33... Be2 $1 $18 34. a4 Kg8 35. Kb2 a5 36. Ka1 (36. Bxb6 Bd3 $16) 36... Kf7 {If only Black now had time for ...Kg8....} 37. Rb1 ({Weaker is} 37. Bxb6 Kxg7 38. Bxa5 Kf7 $16) 37... Rh6 38. Rg1 ({Less strong is} 38. Bxb6 Kxg7 39. Bxa5 Re6 $16) ({Not} 38. Rxb6 Rxb6 39. Bxb6 Kxg7 $16) 38... Kg8 39. Rg3 { Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 49%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.46"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2675"] [BlackElo "2624"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 24,110,19,0,0,0,-8,-8,9,0,0,0,0,0,11,19,9,2,10,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-24,-30,-36, -1,-32,0,0,2,-8,-10,-27,-8,-8,-17,-30,0,-90,-90,-91,-91,-88,-89,-122,-72,-159, -157,-141,-135,-135,-132,-129,-130,-131,-143,-130,-135,-116,-131,-124,-82,-161, -40,-36,-15,-15,0,-33,-40,-37,-9,-214,-198,-202,-201,-379,-370,-404,-400,-418, -370,-367,-362,-524,-510]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qb6 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 14. Ne5 (14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Nf5 Bb4 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. c3 Qa5 18. Ng3 Rad8 19. Qc2 c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Rd4 {1/2-1/2 (41) Kulaots,K (2560)-Wojtaszek,R (2737) Dortmund 2019}) 14... Rd8 {[#] ...Nxe5 is the strong threat.} 15. Qe2 O-O {The position is equal.} 16. Bc1 c5 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Ne4 {[%cal Bg3e4, Be4d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} Qc6 21. Rh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. Rd1 Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 (33) Stellwagen,D (2489)-Gustafsson,J (2572) Pulvermuehle 2004}) 21... f5 22. Nd2 Bf6 23. Nc4 b6 24. g4 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Rc8 26. Ne3 Ne5 27. Qe2 Bg5 28. b3 Rf8 29. Bb2 Qe4 30. a4 Nc6 31. Bc3 Nd4 32. Qd1 (32. Bxd4 $1 $11 Qxd4 33. Ng4) 32... e5 $17 33. Bxd4 Qxd4 34. Qxd4 exd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. Nd1 Re8 36. Kb2 (36. c3 $142) 36... Re1 37. Rd3 Bf6 38. c3 Re2+ 39. Ka3 dxc3 40. Nxc3 Rxf2 41. Nd5 Bd8 42. Kb4 {[#]} a6 $1 43. Kc4 Rh2 44. Nf4 (44. b4 $17 {was called for.}) 44... Rc2+ (44... Bc7 $19 45. Ne6 Rxh5) 45. Kd5 $15 Bg5 46. Ng6 Bf6 47. b4 Kf7 48. Kd6 Rb2 49. Nh8+ $2 (49. Re3 $1 $11) 49... Kg8 $19 50. Ng6 {intending Re3.} Rxb4 51. Re3 $2 (51. Ra3) 51... Rd4+ 52. Kc6 Rxa4 53. Re8+ Kf7 54. Rb8 b5 55. Rb6 (55. Kd5 $142 Rd4+ 56. Kc5) 55... Ke6 { Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 73%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.47"] [White "Sethuraman, S.P.."] [Black "Nabaty, Tamir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,88,6,24,19,31,33,44,41,52,48,64,47,122,124,104,120,127,76,77,47,102, 32,73,39,82,35,44,28,152,21,54,18,25,25,35,-26,11,8,72,56,72,73,70,57,68,77,89, 88,95,33,77,16,26,16,17,15,6,-466,-466,-458,-458,-458,-458,-458,-458,-452,0, -444,-444,-435,-422,-405,-380]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Be2 Qa5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 (9... bxc6 {keeps more tension.} 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7) 10. Bd2 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} O-O 11. O-O Rd8 (11... Re8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qg5 14. Qc1 e3 15. fxe3 Bg4 16. Bf3 Qxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Rxe3 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 {1/2-1/2 (34) Grischuk,A (2752)-Dominguez Perez,L (2712) Beijing 2011}) 12. a3 {White is slightly better.} Bxc3 $1 13. bxc3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 13. Bxc3 Qg5 14. Qc1 Qg6 15. Re1 Bg4 16. Bf1 Re8 17. Qe3 Rad8 { 1/2-1/2 (46) Medvegy,Z (2522)-Galyas,M (2477) Balatonalmadi 2010}) 13... c5 14. a4 cxd4 (14... Bf5 $14) 15. cxd4 $16 Qf5 16. d5 Qg6 {Threatening ...Bh3.} 17. Kh1 (17. Ra3 $142 Bg4 18. Re3) 17... Bg4 18. f3 Bf5 (18... exf3 $14 19. gxf3 ( 19. Bxf3 Rac8 $11) 19... Bh5) 19. Qb3 (19. Rg1 $16) 19... Re8 20. Rg1 Rac8 21. Be3 exf3 22. gxf3 Ng4 (22... Qh5 $11 {remains equal.}) 23. fxg4 (23. Rxg4 $16 Bxg4 24. Rg1 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 23... Bc2 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc2b3]} 24. Qc3 Be4+ 25. Rg2 $1 Bxd5 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Qe4!} 26. Rd1 (26. Bf1 $14) 26... Bc6 {Hoping for ...Qe4!} (26... Rxc4 $5 27. Bxc4 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qxg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Kf2 Qxd1 $17) 27. Bf1 Qxg4 (27... Qe6 $11 28. Bxa7 Qxg4 { [%mdl 64] Pin}) 28. Rdd2 $16 {And now Kg1 would win.} f6 $1 29. Kg1 $1 Bxg2 30. Rxg2 Qe4 31. Bxa7 Rcd8 32. Qb3 Re5 33. Bb6 (33. Bf2 $16) 33... Rd7 34. Qc2 ({ White should try} 34. Bf2 $16) 34... Qc6 35. a5 Re1 {Strongly threatening ... Qf3.} 36. Re2 Ra1 $1 {aiming for ...Qf3.} 37. Rd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Kf2 $11 Qh1 38. Bg2 Qg1+ 39. Kf3 Qxh2 40. Qe4 Ra3+ 41. Re3 Rxe3+ 42. Bxe3) 37... Qf3 $1 $19 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Ra1f1][%mdl 512]} 38. Rf2 Qg4+ 39. Rg2 {[#]} Rxf1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Kxf1 Rd1+ 41. Kf2 Qf4+ 42. Ke2 {[#]} Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1c2]} 43. Qb3 {White wants to play Rf2.} Qe4+ 44. Kd2 {Black must now prevent Rxg7+!} Rb1 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 39%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.48"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,85,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,13,0,0,-10,0,-9,12,11,27,18,19,15,20,18,37,0,0,0,6, 0,50,35,27,28,34,35,84,51,51,51,34,22,22,28,43,9,9,9,31,29,38,38,38,38,38,35, 62,35,128,103,197,197,197,197,197,197,636,629,735,710,813,770,6345,6107,2388, 2342]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5} Be7 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O {The position is equal.} c5 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Ne2 Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ne4 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bc3 Bb5 {0-1 (48) Dimitrov,R (2534)-Cheparinov,I (2709) Skopje 2018}) 13. Ng3 cxd4 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. exd4 Rxc1 16. Bxc1 Ne4 17. Qa4 Qc7 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Ba6 g6 (20... h6 { is more complex.} 21. Bxb7 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qxb7 23. Bd2 Rc8) 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 {[#] Nxe4 is the strong threat.} Nxg3 24. hxg3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bb8 25. Bh6 Re8 26. a4 f5 27. Rf6 Rd8 28. Kf1 Bd6 29. Ke2 Be7 30. Rc6 Bd6 31. Bg5 Rd7 $1 32. Bf6 Kf7 33. Be5 Ke7 34. f4 Rd8 (34... Bb4 $1 $14) 35. Kf3 $16 h5 (35... g5 $16) 36. Ke3 $18 Rd7 37. Kd3 Rd8 38. Kc3 Ke6 $2 (38... a5 39. Rxb6 Bb4+ 40. Kd3 Rg8) 39. a5 {White is clearly winning.} bxa5 {[#]} 40. Kb3 $1 Ke7 41. Bxd6+ Rxd6 42. Rxd6 Kxd6 43. Ka4 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 48%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.49"] [White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "2638"] [BlackElo "2671"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,60,0,5,-1,8,0,10,0,0,0,6,0,0,-1,8,4,25,27,12,0,0,3,6,8,6,7,10,10,26, 12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,13,9,12,7,13,12,12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Qf3 { C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Rae1 Rb8 13. Nd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b3 Kg7 17. Ne3 Re8 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Re5 20. Bd7 Rb6 21. g3 {1/2-1/2 (43) Rapport,R (2726)-Ding, L (2809) Shenzhen 2019}) 10... c6 11. h3 Rb8 12. Bf4 Rb7 13. Na4 Re8 14. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. c4 Be6 15. Rac1 Qa5 16. b3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 {1-0 (44) Soors,S (2405)-Vistisen,L (2177) Helsingor 2013}) 14... Bd6 15. Rfe1 Rbe7 16. Rxe7 Bxe7 (16... Qxe7 {feels hotter.} 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qg3 Qe7 19. Qf4 Nd7) 17. b4 a5 18. Rb1 axb4 19. axb4 h6 20. c3 Be6 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. bxc5 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 {The position is equal.} 24. Qxe4 Ba2 25. Qxe8+ $1 Qxe8 26. Rb8 {[#]} Qxb8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Bxb8 f6 28. f3 Kf7 29. Kf2 Bc4 30. h4 h5 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.50"] [White "Berkes, Ferenc"] [Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2666"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,115,39,39,25,35,41,24,25,23,22,24,13,22,50,45,40,12,17,11,20,6,6,6,6, 6,9,9,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,-72,-72,-77,-76,-68,-74,-76,-62,-70,-53,-67,-42,-85,-34, -41,0,0,0,-43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,103,12,12,8,8,8,8,8,56,56,248,260,256, 288,266,232,172,164,164,83,83,43,43,44,44,8,12,12,12,12,14,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 dxc4 6. O-O O-O 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5 Na6 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} (8... c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. f4 Bg4 18. h3 Bd7 19. Kf2 Rac8 20. b3 b6 {1/2-1/2 (20) Rapport,R (2747)-Ding,L (2805) Saint Louis 2019}) 9. c6 Nb4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9... bxc6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Qa4 Qc7 12. Naxc4 Nd5 13. Nd3 Nb6 14. Qc2 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Rfd8 16. Be3 {1-0 (29) Gumularz,S (2287)-Tamon,R (1925) Szklarska Poreba 2016}) 10. Ne5 Nxc6 {White has an edge.} 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxc4 Nd5 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qc2 c5 16. Rfd1 Qe8 17. b3 Nb4 18. Qb1 Qb5 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Rfd8 21. Rdc1 Qa6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 22. a3 Nd5 23. R3c2 Nb6 24. Nxb6 (24. Ne5 $11) 24... axb6 $17 25. Qb2 Qb5 26. b4 c4 27. h4 Rd7 28. Rd2 h5 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Qc3 Rd8 (30... b5 $17) 31. Be4 $15 Qd2 (31... b5 {with more complications.} 32. Qe3 Kg7 33. f3 f6 34. Bc2 Bf7) 32. Qxd2 Rxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. Rc2 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Ra1 35. Rc3 Ra2 36. Bc2 Bd5+ 37. f3 e5 38. Kf2 Kg7 39. Ba4 Rb2 {[#]} (39... e4 $1 $11 40. fxe4 Bxe4) 40. Ke3 (40. Rc2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc2b2]} Rxc2 41. Bxc2) 40... f5 $1 41. Bb5 Rb3 42. Kd2 f4 43. gxf4 exf4 {Threatens to win with ...Rxc3.} 44. Rc1 c3+ $2 (44... Rxa3 $14 45. Bxc4 Bc6) 45. Rxc3 $18 Rxc3 46. Kxc3 {KB-KB} g5 47. hxg5 {Strongly threatening Kd4.} h4 {[#] aiming for ...h3.} 48. Bd7 $1 { Black must now prevent Kd4.} Kg6 49. Kd2 (49. e4 $18 Bc6 50. Bh3 (50. Bxc6 $2 h3 $19)) 49... Kxg5 $16 50. Ke1 Kf6 51. Kf2 Ke5 52. a4 Kd4 {The position is equal.} 53. a5 bxa5 54. bxa5 Kc5 55. e4 fxe3+ $1 56. Kxe3 {White wants to play f4.} h3 57. Bxh3 Bxf3 $1 58. Kxf3 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.51"] [White "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"] [Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2629"] [BlackElo "2656"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,74,22,22,8,15,14,20,6,10,8,15,10,15,16,29,43,34,12,31,25,45,36,43,35, 47,41,48,45,48,43,64,18,20,20,62,35,33,26,62,60,56,26,77,81,74,79,75,85,97,75, 69,64,67,70,67,66,75,44,68,40,42,40,40,33,47,47,57]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nc3 {[#] Hoping for Nd5. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nf6 7. Nf4 c6 8. f3 {The position is equal.} Qxe2+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... g5 9. Nd3 Be6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 Nbd7 {1/2-1/2 (55) Ganguly,S (2652)-Abasov,N (2623) Ulaanbaatar 2018}) 9. Bxe2 d5 10. d4 Bd6 11. Kf2 Nbd7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. h4 Ne8 14. Nfe2 Nb6 15. a4 a5 16. b3 Bd7 17. Bf4 Nc8 18. Nd1 Nc7 19. Ne3 Re8 20. c4 dxc4 21. bxc4 Na6 22. c5 Nb4 23. Bc4 Bxf4 24. Nxf4 Ne7 25. Rhd1 Ng6 (25... Nf5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 26. Nxf5 Bxf5) 26. Nxg6 $16 hxg6 27. Rd2 Rab8 28. Bb3 b6 29. cxb6 Rxb6 30. Nc4 Ra6 $1 31. Nd6 Re7 32. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bf5 { Black wants to play ...Nd3+.} 33. Bc4 (33. Re1 {seems wilder.} Raa7 34. Ree2 Rad7 35. Nxf7 Rxf7 36. Re8+) 33... Ra8 {White is slightly better.} 34. g4 Be6 35. Bxe6 Rxe6 36. Ne4 Rd8 37. Rc5 Rd5 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.52"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Tari, Aryan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,121,14,19,3,14,14,11,0,2,8,44,38,64,56,96,87,88,90,98,99,100,100,122, 60,81,70,81,32,22,34,27,39,149,160,153,149,143,150,153,119,179,151,195,209,194, 202,195,192,187,187,198,172,383,214,210,183,177,182,194,147,151,154,127,79,116, 114,115,120,120,117,114,130,179,187,180,146,121,120,113,110,187,187,136,155, 185,185,189,192,315,312,406,361,412,414,527,527,583,562,709,676,672,504,1565, 1585,2668,2609,1808,1695,2012,1129,4622,4610]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} Re8 8. Bd2 Bf8 (8... a6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Bc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 h6 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 (27) Wojtaszek,R (2722)-Vidit,S (2711) Prague 2019}) 9. Rd1 {The position is equal.} a6 10. a3 h6 11. Bc1 Bd7 12. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd6 14. O-O Qe7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 {0-1 (35) Maevsky,N (2275)-Shimanov,A (2553) Rijeka 2010}) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. f4 $1 Bc5 15. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2g4]} h5 16. g3 c6 17. Bh3 ({Better is} 17. h3 $16 Nh6 18. Qxh5) 17... f6 $14 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. exf6 Qxf6 {[#]} 20. Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe7 (20... dxe4 21. Rxd7) 21. Ng5 Rf8 (21... e5 $1 $14) 22. h3 $16 {Qc2 is the strong threat.} Rf5 23. hxg4 { White threatens Rh8+! and mate.} Rxg5 24. fxg5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Qxg5 25. b4 Bd6 (25... Be7 $16) 26. Qh2 {Black must now prevent Qh8+.} Re8 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. O-O+ Ke7 29. Qh4 Qxh4 30. gxh4 dxc4 31. e4 { [%cal Rc1g5]} Be5 $2 (31... e5 {is a better defense.}) 32. Be3 (32. Bg5+ $142 Bf6 33. Be3) 32... Rh8 $18 33. Bc5+ Ke8 34. h5 Bf6 {intending ...e5.} 35. Kg2 e5 36. Kf3 Bg5 37. Rf2 Rh6 38. Rd6 Be6 39. Kg3 {White wants to mate with Rf8+!} Bf4+ 40. Rxf4 exf4+ 41. Kxf4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rf6+ 42. Kg3 $1 {Hoping for g5.} c3 43. e5 c2 44. Be3 ({Don't take} 44. exf6 c1=Q $14) 44... Rh6 45. Kh4 {Threatens to win with g5.} ({Not} 45. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 46. Rxe6+ Kd7 $19) 45... Ke7 {[#]} (45... Bd5 $16) 46. Rd3 $1 $18 Rh8 47. Rc3 Bd5 48. Rxc2 Ke6 {[#]} 49. Rf2 $1 Kxe5 (49... Bb3 $142 50. Bc5 Bc4) 50. Bc1 Ke6 51. Bb2 Rg8 52. g5 Ke7 53. g6 {White is clearly winning.} Be6 {Now ...Rf8 and Black clings on.} 54. Bd4 Ke8 {If Black can now play ...Rf8 this consolidates a bit.} 55. Re2 Kd7 56. Kg5 Bd5 {[#]} (56... Rf8 $142 57. Bxg7 Rf5+ 58. Kh4 Rf4+ 59. Kg3 Rg4+ 60. Kf3 Rh4) 57. Bxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxg7 58. h6 Rg8 59. h7 Rh8 60. Kh6 Bg8 61. Kg7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 43%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.53"] [White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"] [Black "Adhiban, B.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2626"] [BlackElo "2639"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,88,7,13,8,20,6,19,19,19,17,14,12,37,32,36,11,18,6,10,11,18,18,21,0,5, 1,36,-7,10,-23,-16,-28,-26,-31,-16,-27,-14,-44,-46,-60,-22,-60,-35,-56,-40,-61, -55,-138,-154,-335,-335,-343,-344,-343,-329,-321,-332,-341,-329,-351,0,-345, -317,-341,-347,-327,-338,-333,-346,-347,-325,-309,-291,-384,-373,-489,-468, -480,-472,-452,-439]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. a3 Bc5 (4... Be7 5. d4 d6 6. e4 Nf6 7. Nxe7 Qxe7 8. f3 Nfd7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. d5 Nc5 11. Be3 f5 12. Nc3 fxe4 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 (35) Matlakov,M (2700)-Yu,Y (2764) Caleta 2019}) 5. Nf3 d6 6. e3 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} c6 (6... Nf6 { is interesting.} 7. Nc3 Qe7 8. Be2 c6 9. d3 Bb6) 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Qc2 $146 { The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. d4 Ba7 9. Bd3 Ngf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Re8 12. dxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (48) Izoria,Z (2603)-Mitkov,N (2477) chess.com INT 2019}) 8... Qe7 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. d4 Ba7 11. O-O Bb8 12. b3 O-O 13. a4 Re8 14. Ba3 e4 15. Nd2 Nf8 16. Rfe1 Bf5 17. Nf1 Qe6 18. d5 Qe7 19. f4 exf3 20. Qxf5 fxe2 21. Rxe2 N8d7 22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Nd2 Ba7 24. Kh1 Rad8 25. Bb2 Qe5 (25... Qd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7f5]} 26. Qf3 Nd3 $15) 26. Qc2 {[#]} Ng4 $1 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Re5h2] [%mdl 512]} 27. Nf1 Qg5 28. e4 ({White should try} 28. h3 $15 Nf6 29. Nd2) 28... Qh4 $17 29. Rdd2 $2 {[#]} (29. g3 $17 Qh5 30. Rg2) 29... f5 $1 $19 { [%mdl 512]} 30. exf5 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 {[#]} Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Nd1 (32. Qxd3 Nf2+) 32... Ndf2+ 33. Nxf2 Nxf2+ 34. Kg1 {[%cal Re2f2]} Nh3+ $40 {[%mdl 192] Discovered Attack (Double check). White needs to defend precisely.} 35. Kh1 { [#]} Qf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f1]} 36. Ng3 {Black must now prevent Qc3!} Nf2+ 37. Rxf2 Qxf2 ({Weaker is} 37... Bxf2 38. Qe2 $17) 38. Qxf2 Bxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 39. Nh5 cxd5 40. cxd5 Rc8 {aiming for ...Rc2.} 41. g4 Rc7 42. h3 Be1 { Black is clearly winning.} 43. Bd4 Rc1 44. Kg2 Bc3 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 73%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.54"] [White "Cheparinov, Ivan"] [Black "Adly, Ahmed"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2636"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "143"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,143,15,18,0,6,10,39,30,50,38,44,39,39,43,51,48,60,73,72,59,79,69,69, 56,82,75,100,69,139,68,120,90,118,108,139,138,156,158,160,155,151,152,152,156, 157,161,136,116,185,186,170,183,263,204,274,271,278,256,283,270,388,408,381, 344,350,350,346,345,354,339,452,413,508,565,561,541,591,593,537,554,598,590, 598,591,562,565,704,704,704,704,2032,1995,29969,29970,29964,29965,29971,29972, 29972,29971,29973,29974,29974,29975,29973,4145,4152,4145,29978,29977,29977, 29976,29978,29979,29980,29981,29981,29981,29981,29981,29981,29982,29982,29982, 29983,29983,29983,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 c6 6. b3 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} ( 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. h3 Nb6 9. e3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 Be6 12. Bd3 g6 13. g4 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 (34) Eljanov,P (2759)-Tomashevsky,E (2711) Sharjah 2017} ) 6... Bb4 7. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Bb2 O-O 10. e3 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Qxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Nxd2 13. Kxd2 dxc4 14. bxc4 {1/2-1/2 (33) Ojeda,J (2087)-Martinez,M (2002) Medellin 2013}) 7... Ba5 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} Qe7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. O-O e4 13. Nd2 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Re8 14. a4 Nf8 15. Ba3 Qe6 16. Rfd1 Qf5 17. Bd6 Ng6 18. Nb3 Bd8 (18... Bxc3 $1 $14 19. Qxc3 Qg5) 19. d5 (19. Bg3 $16) 19... cxd5 (19... Ng4 $14 20. Bg3 Bf6) 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. Bg3 h5 22. cxd5 a6 {[#] Black wants to play ...h4.} 23. h3 $1 h4 24. Bh2 Bc7 25. Bxc7 Qxc7 26. Nxe4 Nxd5 27. Qxc7 Nxc7 28. Rac1 { [#] Hoping for Nd6.} Ne6 (28... Rxe4 $16 29. Rxc7 Re7) 29. Nd6 $18 Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Rf8 (30... Rd8 $142 31. Rb1 Ne5 32. Nxb7 Rxd4 33. exd4 Ng6) 31. Bf3 Be6 32. Bxb7 Ra7 33. a5 Rb8 34. Rc7 Ba2 (34... Nf8 {is a better defense.} 35. Rxh4 Bd5) 35. Rb4 Be6 36. Rb6 Rd8 37. f4 Nf8 38. e4 g6 39. Kf2 Nd7 40. Rc8 Rxc8 41. Nxc8 ({And not} 41. Bxc8 Nxb6 42. axb6 Ra8 $11) 41... Nxb6 42. Nxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Nc4 43. Nc6 Nd6 44. Bxa6 Nxe4+ 45. Ke3 Nc5 46. Be2 Kf8 47. Nb4 Ke7 48. a6 Nxa6 49. Bxa6 f6 50. Bd3 g5 51. Nc6+ Kd6 52. Nd4 Bc8 53. fxg5 fxg5 54. Nf3 g4 55. hxg4 Bxg4 56. Nxh4 Ke5 57. Ng6+ Kf6 58. Kf4 Bc8 59. Ne5 {White mates.} Be6 60. Bb5 Ba2 61. g4 Bb3 62. g5+ Kg7 63. Bc4 Bc2 64. Ng4 Bb1 65. Nh6 Bc2 66. Be6 Bb1 67. Bg4 Bg6 68. Bd1 Kf8 69. Nf5 Kf7 70. Ke5 Kf8 71. Kf6 Bf7 72. Nd6 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 38%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.55"] [White "Mareco, Sandro"] [Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2633"] [BlackElo "2662"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,93,44,0,6,6,19,12,59,39,35,0,0,14,0,0,16,-8,0,0,0,14,20,0,4,0,9,0,14, 19,25,15,33,33,67,68,47,23,22,11,42,16,37,19,23,23,25,27,26,21,81,51,63,19,66, 62,120,110,200,4,139,0,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 8. f4 g6 (8... exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. g4 O-O 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qe3 Rac8 15. Kb1 {1-0 (60) Van Foreest,J (2612)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O $1 Be7 11. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f5 gxf5 12. exf5 Bxb3 13. axb3 d5 14. Bg5 Nb4 15. Na4 {1/2-1/2 (40) Parshin,V (2330)-Mezera,L (2365) ICCF email 2014}) 11... exf4 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Qd2 d5 14. Bh6 {[#] And now Rxf6 would win.} Qb6+ 15. Kh1 {[%cal Re4d5]} Rfd8 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Ne4 { [%cal Bc3e4,Be4f6,Bf6d5][%mdl 32]} Qb4 18. Qxb4 Ndxb4 19. c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b4]} Bxb3 20. axb3 Nd3 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Bf3 Rac8 23. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e7]} Bh4 24. Ra4 Bg3 25. Bg5 {[#] Threatens to win with Nb6.} Re8 26. Bf6+ Kg8 27. Bd4 { aiming for Nf6+.} Be5 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 $1 29. Bxf6 Nc5 30. Rf4 Ne6 (30... Nd3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 31. Rh4 Rc7) 31. Re4 Nc5 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Bd5 Re2 (33... Kf8 $14) 34. b4 $16 Ne4 (34... Ne6 $16) 35. Kh2 $2 (35. Bh4 $18) 35... h6 ( 35... Kf8 $11) 36. Bd4 (36. Bh4 $16) 36... Ng5 37. Bxc6 bxc6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN. The position is equal.} 38. Bf6 Rxb2 39. Rd1 {White threatens Rd8+ and mate.} Ne6 40. Rd6 g5 41. Rxc6 Nf4 42. Rxa6 Rxg2+ 43. Kh1 Rb2 44. Be5 Nd3 45. Bd4 Kh7 46. Rf6 Nf4 $1 47. h4 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.56"] [White "Saric, Ivan"] [Black "Bok, Benjamin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,103,22,21,29,10,10,0,14,12,12,14,12,15,12,17,27,16,18,19,24,17,20,12, 12,0,7,2,8,6,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,19,20,25,22,-8,-9,-9,-9,-11,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 10. Re2 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Nd2 Re8 14. c3 Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... d6 15. Bb5 Re7 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. d5 {1-0 (36) Fedoseev,V (2719)-Vokhidov,S (2480) St Petersburg 2018}) 15. Qg4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. a4 a5 20. Bb5 Kf8 21. f3 Bc6 {aiming for ...Bxb5.} 22. Bxc6 dxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 23. Kf2 Nd5 24. g3 f6 25. h4 h5 26. Ne4 Kf7 27. Re1 Kg6 28. Re2 Re7 29. Ke1 Re8 30. Kd2 Re6 31. c4 Ne7 32. g4 Kf7 33. gxh5 {The position is equal.} Nf5 34. d5 cxd5 35. cxd5 Re7 36. Nc3 Nxh4 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 {KN-KN} 38. Ke3 g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h5]} 39. hxg6 Nxg6 40. Ke4 Kd7 41. f4 { [#] And now Kf5 would win.} Ne7 42. b3 c6 43. Kd4 Nf5+ 44. Kd3 Ne7 45. Kc4 f5 46. Kd4 {next Ke5 is good for White.} Ng6 47. Ne2 Kd6 48. dxc6 Kxc6 49. Kc4 Kc7 50. Kd3 Kd6 51. Kc4 Kc7 52. Kd3 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.57"] [White "Abasov, Nijat"] [Black "Piorun, Kacper"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2660"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "186"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,186,25,0,21,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-14,0,0,11,-7,0,-56,-42,-40,-45,-45, -19,-18,-25,-33,-11,-15,0,-23,-20,-20,-29,-94,0,0,0,-77,-86,-85,-86,-80,-80, -89,-89,-280,-81,-91,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-60,-51,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60, -51,-51,-42,-42,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20, -20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20, -20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,0,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-77, -20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20, -20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20, -20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 8. Qc2 (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Rc1 e5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne4 {0-1 (66) Ding,L (2777)-Wang,H (2709) Huaian 2017}) 8... Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 b5 $1 10. a4 c6 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 b4 13. e4 Nbd7 {[#]} 14. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qxc6 Ra6 15. Qc2 {0-1 (38) Kozul,Z (2631) -Zelcic,R (2500) Valpovo 2017}) 14... h6 15. e5 (15. Rfd1 $11) 15... Nd5 $15 16. Nfd2 Ba6 17. Rfe1 $1 Nc3 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rc8 20. Rac1 Re8 21. Qd2 { [#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. dxc5 (22. Nxc5 Nxc5) 22... Nxe5 23. Qf4 (23. Qd6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxd6 24. cxd6) 23... Nd3 (23... f6 $1 $17 24. Red1 Qc7 ) 24. Bxd3 $1 $11 Bxd3 25. Rcd1 (25. Qe5 $11) 25... Qd5 $17 26. Nxa5 Rxc5 27. Qxb4 {Threatens to win with Rxd3!} Rec8 (27... Rxa5 28. Rxd3 Qa8 29. Ra1 $11) 28. Nb7 Rc4 29. Qb6 $2 (29. Qa5 $17 {was necessary.} Qxa5 30. Nxa5 Rxa4 31. Rxd3 Rxa5 32. Ree3) 29... Rb8 $2 ({Weaker is} 29... Rxa4 30. Nc5 $1 $17 { [%mdl 512]}) (29... Rd4 $19 30. Na5 Rc2 31. Qb8+ Kh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 30. a5 Qxb7 ({Much worse is} 30... Rxb7 $6 {[#]} 31. Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxb6 32. Rxd5 $11) (30... Rd4 {seems wilder.} 31. a6 Bf1 32. Rxf1 Rxd1 33. Qc7 Rf8) 31. Qxb7 Rxb7 32. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ra4 33. Re5 Ra7 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. h5 R4xa5 36. Rxa5 Rxa5 $15 {KR-KR} 37. Rd7 Rf5 38. Kg2 g6 39. g4 Rf6 { White must now prevent ...gxh5.} 40. hxg6+ $1 Kxg6 41. Kg3 h5 42. gxh5+ Kxh5 43. Ra7 Kg5 44. Ra5+ Rf5 45. f4+ Kf6 46. Ra7 Rd5 47. Rb7 Rd3+ 48. Kf2 Kg6 49. Re7 Ra3 50. Ke2 Rh3 51. Kf2 $1 Rh7 52. Kf3 Kf5 53. Ra7 Kf6 54. Rb7 Rh8 55. Ra7 Re8 56. Ra5 Re7 57. Rc5 Rb7 58. Ra5 Kg6 59. Rg5+ Kf6 60. Ra5 Rc7 61. Ke3 Rc3+ 62. Kf2 Rb3 63. Ra7 Kg6 64. Re7 Rb6 65. Kf3 f6 66. Kg4 (66. Rc7 $11) 66... f5+ ({Black should play} 66... Rc6 $17) 67. Kf3 $11 {The position is equal.} Rb3+ 68. Kf2 Kf6 69. Ra7 Rd3 70. Rh7 Rd8 71. Ke3 Rf8 72. Kd4 Rg8 73. Ke3 Rg7 74. Rh8 Ke7 75. Ra8 Rg3+ 76. Kf2 {White threatens Ra7+ and mate.} Rc3 77. Ra6 Kd7 78. Ke2 Rc6 79. Ra8 Kd6 80. Rd8+ Kc5 81. Ke3 Ra6 82. Rc8+ Kd6 83. Rd8+ Kc7 84. Rh8 Ra3+ 85. Ke2 Kc6 86. Rd8 Kc5 87. Kf2 Ra4 88. Ke3 Re4+ 89. Kf3 Rd4 90. Rc8+ Kd5 91. Rd8+ Kc4 92. Rc8+ Kd5 93. Rd8+ Kc4 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.58"] [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Black "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,65,8,27,25,33,38,38,12,12,8,14,13,19,0,0,0,0,0,57,12,88,72,69,76,84, 22,27,29,36,22,31,52,76,84,77,75,79,81,93,96,97,96,101,95,153,152,178,145,162, 79,114,118,193,191,344,201,29996,29997]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 {Threatens to win with ...a4.} 6. a4 {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} ({Not} 6. Nxe5 $2 a4 $19) 6... Bd6 (6... Bb4+ 7. c3 Bd6 8. Bg5 dxe4 9. dxe4 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. O-O Na6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Nc4 Bc7 {1/2-1/2 (30) Karjakin,S (2760)-Wei,Y (2739) Medias 2017}) 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Be6 9. Bg5 d4 10. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bxe6 dxc3 11. Bc4 cxb2 12. Rb1 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Nbd7 {1/2-1/2 (42) Torre,E (2520)-Ye,R (2500) Kuala Lumpur 1994}) 10... gxf6 11. Nb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bxb3 12. cxb3 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Nc6 (13... Nd7 $11) 14. f4 Qe7 (14... Ne7 $11 { remains equal.}) 15. O-O $16 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 O-O-O 17. Rae1 (17. fxe5 $16 fxe5 18. Rf5) 17... Kb8 $11 18. Na3 Qb4 19. Qd1 Rhe8 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Nc4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Ka7 23. h3 Rd7 24. Rf1 Re7 25. Kh2 $1 Re6 26. Rf5 Ne5 (26... Qe7 $142) 27. Na3 $1 $16 Kb6 {[#]} 28. Nb5 $1 Nc6 29. Qc2 (29. Qf3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 29... Qe7 {[#]} 30. Qf2 $1 Re3 (30... Re1 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 31. Qf4 $18 ({Inferior is} 31. Rxf6 Qe5+ 32. Rf4 Rxd3 $11) 31... Rxd3 $2 (31... Ka6 32. Rxf6 (32. Nxd4 Nxd4 33. Qxd4 Re5 $16) 32... Rxd3 33. Rxf7 Qe5) 32. Rxf6 (32. Nd6 $142 {Threatening mate with Nc8+.} Ka6 33. Nc8) 32... Rxb3 $2 (32... Ka6 $18 33. Rxf7 Qe5) 33. Qxd4+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 54%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.59"] [White "Chigaev, Maksim"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2664"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,112,5,13,13,12,24,8,23,8,6,0,18,14,20,3,2,11,12,4,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 10,0,7,0,0,4,18,9,33,18,62,54,63,36,44,-14,-10,-12,-22,-10,-17,-131,-129,-152, -147,-146,-125,-153,-125,-269,-261,-242,-211,-176,-191,-245,-242,-239,-258, -243,-250,-246,-256,-229,-234,-301,-245,-239,-242,-326,-333,-414,-372,-631, -605,-604,-571,-634,-631,-625,-619,-561,-583,-741,-720,-1165,-1064,-1141,-823, -810,-785,-29965,-29967,-5501,-5421,-2012,-1624]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 7. h3 h6 8. Nbd2 O-O {The position is equal.} 9. Bb5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ne7 14. Ba4 Ng6 15. Bc2 {1/2-1/2 (27) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Nakamura,H (2777) Saint Louis 2018}) 9... Na7 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Ng3 Be6 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Bd2 Nd5 19. d4 exd4 20. Qxb5 dxc3 21. bxc3 Rab8 22. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7] [#]} g6 23. Nh5 Qd8 24. Rad1 Nb6 25. Qb5 gxh5 26. Bc1 ({Better is} 26. Qxc6 $14 Bd7 27. Rxe8 Bxc6 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bf4 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1) 26... Bd7 $11 {aiming for ...Nd4!} 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Qxh5 {And now Re1 would win.} f5 29. Qh4 (29. Bb3+ $11 {remains equal.} Be6 30. Qxf5 Bxb3 31. axb3) 29... Qg6 $17 30. Bf4 Be7 31. Ne5 Bxh4 32. Nxg6 Bd8 33. c4 (33. Bxh6 $17 {keeps fighting.} Be6 34. a3) 33... Be6 $19 34. Bxh6 Nxc4 35. Nf8 Bf7 36. Nd7 (36. Bxf5 $142 Nd6 37. Bh7+ Kh8 38. Rc1) 36... Rb5 37. a4 Rd5 38. Rxd5 Bxd5 39. Bxf5 Be7 40. Bf4 Nd4 41. Bd3 c5 42. Bc7 Nb3 43. f4 Nb2 44. Bg6 c4 45. f5 $2 (45. Be5 Nd3 46. Bf6) 45... Bf7 46. f6 Bxg6 47. fxe7 Be8 48. Nf6+ Kf7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 49. Nd5 Nxa4 50. h4 c3 51. h5 c2 52. Bf4 Nac5 { White must now prevent ...Ne4.} 53. h6 Ne6 54. h7 Nxf4 55. h8=Q c1=Q+ 56. Kh2 Nxd5 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 81%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.60"] [White "Sarana, Alexey"] [Black "Predke, Alexandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2657"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "151"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,151,16,33,28,33,17,22,18,23,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,18,4,6,7,12,15,29,35,28,26, 32,24,24,25,16,17,24,26,23,32,34,31,44,49,39,22,58,53,61,48,68,75,47,14,27,26, 20,19,21,17,66,17,29,34,31,31,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 Bb4 6. cxd5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} exd5 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 Re8 9. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd3 c5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 c4 12. Bc2 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 b5 {1/2-1/2 (63) Nakamura,H (2792)-Aronian,L (2799) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... Bxc3+ $1 10. bxc3 c5 11. Be2 Qa5 12. O-O b6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. c4 Ba6 16. Rfd1 Nxe5 {[%cal Ra6c4]} 17. Rxd5 Ng6 $1 18. Bg3 Bb7 19. Rd7 Be4 20. Qb3 Rad8 21. Rad1 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Nf8 23. Rd6 Qa6 24. h4 Qb7 25. Bf1 Ne6 26. Qa4 Re7 27. h5 h6 28. Bh4 f6 29. Qd1 Nf8 30. Qg4 Kf7 31. f3 Bh7 32. e4 Qa6 33. Rd8 {And now Bg3 would win.} Qb7 34. Bg3 Rd7 35. Rb8 Qc6 36. Bf4 f5 {The position is equal.} 37. exf5 Qf6 38. Qg3 Qxf5 39. Bd6 Ne6 40. Qe5 $1 Qxe5 41. Bxe5 Nd4 {...Nc6 is the strong threat.} 42. Rc8 Nc2 43. g4 Ne3 44. Be2 Rd2 45. Kf2 Nxc4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Rc7+ Ke6 47. Ke1 {[#] } Rxe2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Kxe2 Kxe5 49. Rxg7 Bc2 50. Rxa7 b5 $1 {[#]} 51. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 52. h6 Kd4 53. Rd7+ Kc3 54. Rc7 Kd4 55. Rd7+ Ke5 56. Re7+ Kf6 57. h7 Bxh7 $1 58. Rxh7 {Threatens to win with Rc7.} Nxa3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} 59. Rc7 c4 60. Rc5 b4 {White must now prevent ...b3.} 61. Kd2 c3+ 62. Kd3 $1 c2 {Hoping for ...b3.} 63. Kd2 b3 {Strongly threatening ...b2.} 64. Kc1 Nb1 65. Kb2 ({But not} 65. Rb5 $2 Nc3 $19) 65... Nd2 66. Rc3 Ke5 { aiming for ...Kd4.} 67. Rd3 Nc4+ 68. Kc1 Na5 69. Kb2 $1 Nc4+ 70. Kc1 Na5 71. Kb2 Nc6 72. Rxb3 Kf4 73. Rd3 Ne5 74. Rd5 Nxf3 {[#]} 75. Rxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg5 (75... Nxg5 76. Kxc2) 76. Kxc2 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.61"] [White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"] [Black "Demchenko, Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C60"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,108,40,37,35,33,23,38,40,31,32,23,20,41,35,37,20,31,2,19,1,29,17,10,8, 16,0,36,0,54,66,50,43,36,25,28,26,15,6,37,33,65,14,16,16,27,31,10,5,5,5,5,0,0, 0,8,8,4,0,0,0,4,6,184,14,13,6,1081,0,0,-200,-200,-207,-200,-200,-200,-245,-247, -284,-280,-281,-279,-300,-285,-298,-285,-621,-538,-1590,-461,-684,-600,-29963, -29967,-29965,-29967,-29968,-29969,-29984,-29985,-29982,-204]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} a6 7. Bc4 (7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 d6 9. h3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bg5 {0-1 (64) Sevian,S (2647)-Dreev,A (2670) chess.com INT 2019}) 7... d6 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 b5 11. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb3 Na5 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nxb3 15. axb3 {1/2-1/2 (24) Janisch,M (2399)-Morley,P (2362) ICCF email 2016}) 11... Bb7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Re8 14. d5 Na5 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rad1 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. b3 Rc8 (18... Nb7 $11) 19. Nd5 {Strongly threatening Bb6.} Nb7 ({Don't blunder } 19... Nxe4 $2 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Bb6 $18) 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Bd4 Qe7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rfe1 Qf6 24. b4 Bd7 25. e5 (25. a4 $14) 25... dxe5 $11 {[#]} 26. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} Rcd8 {Hoping for ...Bxh3.} (26... Qxg6 27. Qxd7) 27. Be4 Bxh3 28. Qc2 {aiming for Rxd8.} Bc8 $1 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qc3 Nd6 31. Nxe5 Nxe4 32. Rxe4 Bf5 33. Rf4 {Black must now prevent g4.} Rd5 $36 { [%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 34. Qg3+ Kh7 (34... Kf8 $5 35. Ng4 $8 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Bxg4 37. Qxg4 Rg5 $11) 35. Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f6]} Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Qa1 $1 { [%csl Ga1][%cal Rd1h1]} 37. Qe3 Bxg4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Rh1+ $11 38. Kg3 Rh5) 38. Rxf7+ $2 ({White has to play} 38. Rxg4 $18 {White threatens Qe4+ and mate.} Rd6 {[#]} 39. Qe7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 38... Kg6 39. Qe8 $2 {[#]} (39. Rc7 $11 Bd7 40. Rxd7 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender, Decoy} Rxd7 41. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf6 42. Qg4+ Qg5 43. Qxd7) 39... Rd8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd8e8][%mdl 512]} 40. Qxd8 {Threatening mate with Qg8+.} Kxf7 41. Qc7+ Ke8 42. Qc6+ Bd7 43. Qxa6 Qe5+ 44. g3 Qf5 45. Kg1 h5 46. Qh6 Be6 47. a3 $2 (47. Qh8+ Kf7 48. Qd4) 47... Bd5 {( -> ...Qb1+)} 48. Qc1 Kd7 (48... Qf3 $142 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rf3h1]} 49. Qc8+ Ke7 50. Qc7+ Ke6 51. Qc8+ Ke5 52. Qc7+ Kd4 53. Qb6+ Kc4 54. Qc5+ Kb3 55. Qe3+ Qxe3 56. fxe3 Kxa3) 49. Qf1 (49. Kf1 $142 Bc4+ 50. Kg1) 49... Bc6 50. Qa1 Qd5 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rd5h1] Black mates.} 51. Qg7+ Kc8 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rd5h1]} 52. Qf8+ Kb7 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rd5h1]} 53. Qe7+ Ka6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rd5h1]} 54. Kf1 Qd1+ {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 62%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.62"] [White "Kovalenko, Igor"] [Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2674"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 25,107,0,0,0,0,0,23,20,22,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-50,0,0,0,-17,-21,-16,-16, -29,-16,-16,-16,-18,-14,-64,-45,-91,-95,-103,-88,-93,-97,-87,-82,-65,-93,-107, -87,-93,-90,-141,0,-104,-23,-131,-126,-157,0,-158,-71,-135,-131,-187,-63,-83, -52,-94,-72,-125,-90,-173,0,-129,0,-258,-260,-258,-242,-253,-179,-250,1133, 1130,29995,29996,29997,29998]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Rc8 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Bd3 Ng4 11. O-O Be7 12. Nbd2 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Nb8 14. Qe2 {C02: French: Advance Variation} (14. Nb3 Ba4 15. Qb1 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 O-O {1/2-1/2 (16) Stevic,H (2624)-Socko,B (2637) Novi Sad 2009}) 14... Ba4 15. h4 Qd8 16. Rac1 {White has an edge.} O-O 17. g3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Nd7 19. Kg2 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Nb6 23. Qc5 {1/2-1/2 (23) Soh,E (2104)-Holder,H (2027) Bergen 2001}) 19. Nb1 Rc8 20. Rc3 Qd8 21. g4 g6 22. g5 Be8 23. Qc2 Rxc3 24. Nxc3 a5 25. Qb2 axb4 26. axb4 h6 27. gxh6 Bxh4 28. Qg2 {And now Qg4 would win.} Be7 29. Ne2 Nc6 30. Nf4 {[%cal Rf4g6] Threatens to win with Nxg6!} Kh8 $1 ({Avoid the trap} 30... Nxb4 $2 31. Nxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 32. Bxg6 $18) 31. b5 Nb4 32. Bb1 Qc8 33. Qd2 Qc4 34. b6 Qc6 35. Kh2 Qxb6 36. Qf2 (36. Qg2 $142 Qd8 37. Qg4) 36... Qc7 (36... Nc6 $1 $17 37. Qe1 Qb2+ 38. Kh3 Nb4) 37. Qe1 (37. Nh4 $1 $11) 37... Qc4 (37... Nc6 $17 38. Qc1 Bd8) 38. Kg3 (38. Qg1 $1 $11) 38... Qb3 39. Qc1 {Hoping for Qc8!} Qc4 40. Qe1 $1 Nc6 (40... b5 $142 41. Nh2 Nc2) 41. Kg4 ({Better is} 41. Bd3 Qb3 42. Qd2) 41... Qb4 $17 42. Qf1 (42. Qxb4 $17 Nxb4 43. Ng5) 42... Nd8 ( 42... Bf8 $19 43. Qh1 Na5) 43. Bd3 $15 b5 44. Qc1 Nc6 45. Qc2 (45. e4 $142) 45... Kh7 46. Nh3 (46. Qh2 $17) 46... Kh8 47. Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rd3g6] [#]} Kh7 ( 47... Bd8 $1 $17 48. Kg3 Na5) 48. Nh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Nh3 $1 $11 { and White is okay.}) 48... Kxh6 $19 49. Nf4 Kg7 50. Qe2 Qb3 51. Ng5 (51. Qh2 { was called for.}) 51... Nb4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (51... Qa3 $19 52. Qf2 Bxg5 53. Kxg5 Qe7+ 54. Kg4 b4) 52. Qh2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh2h7] White wants to mate with Qh7+.} Bxg5 53. Kxg5 Kf8 54. Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 49%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.63"] [White "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Black "Gledura, Benjamin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D86"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2654"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,81,23,16,31,21,51,35,55,43,65,70,80,85,87,59,99,89,97,99,90,85,88,89, 118,123,111,123,127,127,136,127,130,129,125,142,160,165,177,165,158,152,192, 200,198,183,139,110,101,104,89,104,93,29,33,28,9,22,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 {Threatens to win with ...cxd4. D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4} (9... Nc6 10. Rc1 Qc7 11. h4 Rd8 12. h5 b5 13. Bd5 e6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. f3 a5 17. Kf2 Ba6 18. Qg1 b4 {0-1 (45) Fedoseev,V (2664)-Wei,Y (2724) Ningbo 2015}) 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. h4 Rd8 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Nf6 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. e5 Nh5 14. Kf1 Bd7 15. Bg5 Rae8 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 {0-1 (37) Curtis, P-Wheeler,R (2169) Bled 2002}) 12. h5 b5 13. Bxb5 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qa5+ 15. Nc3 Rb8 16. Qa4 Qxa4 17. Bxa4 Ba6 18. Bb3 e6 19. e5 Rdc8 20. Ne4 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Rb4 22. Rh4 Rxd4 {[#]} 23. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf6 (23... Nxf6 24. Rxd4) 24. Rxd4 Nxe5 25. Ra4 Bb5 26. Rxa7 {aiming for Ra8+.} Nd3+ 27. Kd1 Nxf2+ 28. Kc2 Bc6 { [#]} 29. Rc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7c8] White wants to mate with Rc8+.} Be4+ 30. Kd2 Be5 31. Rc5 Nd3 32. Rc4 f5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bf4+.} 33. Ba3 $1 Nf4 34. Rc5 (34. hxg6 $16 hxg6 35. g3) 34... Nd5 $11 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. hxg6+ {The position is equal.} hxg6 37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. Re8 Kf7 39. Rf8+ Kg7 40. Re8 Kf7 41. Rf8+ {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.10"] [Round "1.64"] [White "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2654"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,55,17,12,35,15,43,39,40,35,42,-5,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,-14,-8,-8,-8,-9,-8, -6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-10,-12,-9,-10,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,-9,0,-2]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. Bg5 h6 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} 9. Be3 d6 10. Bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 c5 14. a4 O-O 15. h3 Qc7 16. f4 { 1-0 (65) Mambe,L (1880)-Rodi,L (2340) Baku 2016}) 10... dxc5 {White is slightly better.} 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nd5 Nd4 {[%cal Rf6d5] The position is equal.} 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nxf6+ $1 Qxf6 15. f4 exf4 16. g3 c5 {White should prevent ... c4!} 17. Rxf4 Qe7 18. Qh5 {With the idea Raf1.} Rac8 {[#] Hoping for ...c4.} 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Rfd8 21. Qh5 c4 22. Raf1 {[%cal Rf4f7]} f6 23. Rf5 cxd3 24. cxd3 Rc2 25. R5f2 Rc5 26. Rf5 Rc2 27. R5f2 Rc5 28. Rf5 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2654"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,81,24,34,5,4,16,18,24,27,18,15,14,19,23,20,30,19,22,29,29,43,33,37,30, 49,45,49,41,53,40,52,40,51,10,17,8,16,9,16,21,13,16,66,0,0,0,0,-40,-25,-52,-52, -53,-57,-51,-45,-51,-47,-104,-99,-97,-82,-95,-87,-102,-91,-243,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd2 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} e6 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. Nh4 Be4 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 Bg6 $1 11. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. O-O-O { 1/2-1/2 (25) Vitiugov,N (2726)-Malakhov,V (2713) Doha 2016}) 11... Nc6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Kb1 Be7 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. Bd3 Na5 16. Qa4 {Hoping for Nxd5!} Nc6 $1 17. Ne2 Ra8 18. e4 Rc8 19. e5 g5 20. g3 g6 21. a3 Kf8 22. h4 gxh4 23. gxh4 Rxh4 24. Rxh4 Bxh4 25. Rh1 Kg7 26. Qd1 (26. f4 $14) 26... Qe7 $1 $11 27. Qg1 {[#] And now Nf4 would win.} Rh8 $1 28. Be3 Qd8 29. Nf4 Nf8 $1 30. Qg4 {Black must now prevent Rg1.} Rh7 31. Rg1 Kh8 32. Nh3 {Threatening Bg5.} Qb6 {[#] ...Nxe5! is the strong threat.} 33. Ng5 (33. Nf4 $15 Qd8 34. Qg2) 33... Bxg5 $1 $17 34. Qxg5 Kg8 35. Qf4 Qb3 36. Bc2 Qb5 37. Qf6 $2 (37. Re1 $17) 37... Na5 $2 (37... Qe2 $19 38. Qf4 Rh2) 38. Bxg6 $11 {The position is equal.} fxg6 39. Rxg6+ Nxg6 40. Qxg6+ Kh8 41. Qf6+ {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Predke, Alexandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2657"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,87,29,37,20,23,25,19,16,20,20,28,18,25,21,26,29,24,0,1,0,13,5,10,5,5, 6,12,12,20,10,20,20,20,14,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20, 20,44,20,20,20,20,0,0,0,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,10,7,7,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 {C66: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence} Nxd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Qe6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 11... Rfe8 12. b3 Bf8 13. Bb2 c6 14. f3 Qc7 15. Kh1 a6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Ne2 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Qf2 {1/2-1/2 (19) Solak,D (2588) -Miroshnichenko,E (2651) Konya 2011}) 12. f3 Nd7 13. b3 Bf6 14. Qd2 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qe5 16. Bb2 Qxc3 17. Bxc3 a5 18. Rfd1 f6 19. Kf2 Rfe8 20. h4 Kf7 21. g4 h6 22. h5 Nc5 23. Bd4 b6 24. Rab1 Re7 25. Kg3 Ree8 26. Be3 Nd7 27. a3 Ra6 28. Rbc1 Nc5 29. Rc3 Ra7 30. Bf2 Re7 31. Re3 Ra8 {The position is equal.} 32. Rde1 Nd7 33. f4 Rae8 34. Kf3 Nf8 35. b4 Ne6 {[#] Hoping for ...Nd4+.} 36. Rc3 axb4 37. axb4 Ra8 38. c5 bxc5 39. bxc5 Nxc5 40. Bxc5 dxc5 41. Rxc5 $11 {KRR-KRR} Ra4 42. e5 {Threatening e6+!} fxe5 43. fxe5 Ke6 44. Re3 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Kovalenko, Igor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2674"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "171"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,171,21,38,29,34,37,34,31,39,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,31,26,31,28,36,27, 47,43,51,54,64,63,62,52,53,54,60,54,52,47,60,64,71,63,67,71,71,71,71,69,71,71, 71,63,78,64,64,64,64,64,72,75,157,168,169,143,132,95,81,30,21,31,23,27,27,27, 25,30,18,15,89,88,141,58,52,39,122,128,135,119,212,208,208,200,208,208,208,160, 208,200,208,93,96,108,261,261,261,261,261,261,261,261,261,236,236,227,261,260, 266,250,262,255,461,455,1300,970,880,290,428,428,779,779,461,461,670,665,29972, 29973,29976,29976,29972,29970,29980,29981,29978,29970,29973,12697,4943,577, 29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29983,29988,29985,29988,29989,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ {White is slightly better.} Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Qxd6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 15... Rfc8 16. b3 Qxd6 {1-0 (49) Popov,I (2611)-Yagupov,I (2403) St Petersburg 2018}) 16. Rd1 Rfc8 17. b3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Bd3 d5 20. a4 Nd7 21. a5 a6 22. Bb2 Nc5 23. Bf1 $1 Bc6 24. Ra3 f6 25. Bd4 Nb7 26. c4 Kf7 27. Bb6 Nd6 28. Ra2 h5 29. h4 Nf5 30. Rc2 Bb7 31. Bf2 Rab8 32. Rcd2 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Ne7 33. Ba7 Ra8 34. Bb6 Bc6 35. Kf2 Rcb8 36. Rc1 Rb7 (36... Rc8 $142) 37. cxd5 $16 Bxd5 38. b4 Bb3 39. Rd6 {Strongly threatening Bc5.} Bd5 40. b5 (40. Bd3 $16 ) 40... axb5 $11 41. Bxb5 {And now a6 would win.} Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c1]} 42. Rb1 {Hoping for a6.} Rc2+ 43. Kg1 Nc8 44. Rd7+ Rxd7 45. Bxd7 Nd6 (45... Nxb6 $11 46. axb6 Bb7) 46. Ra1 $1 $16 Nf5 ({Black should try} 46... Rc4) 47. Bf2 ({ White should play} 47. a6 $16) 47... g5 $1 $14 48. Ba4 Rc8 (48... Rb2 $14) 49. hxg5 $16 fxg5 50. Bd1 Rg8 (50... Bc4 $16 {was worth a try.}) 51. a6 $18 g4 52. fxg4 hxg4 53. a7 g3 54. Be1 Nh4 55. Bh5+ Kf6 {[#]} 56. Bc3+ (56. Ra5 $1 $18 { [%cal Ra5d5] Rxd5! is the strong threat.} Nf5 57. Bf3 Bxf3 58. gxf3) 56... Kg5 $16 57. Bf7 Rc8 $2 {[#]} (57... Ra8 $16 {might work better.}) 58. Bxe6 $1 $18 { [%mdl 64] Promotion} Bxe6 59. a8=Q Rxa8 60. Rxa8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Nf5 61. Bd2+ Kg4 62. Ra5 Bb3 63. Rc5 Ba2 64. Kf1 Nd6 65. Rg5+ Kh4 {intending .. .Ne4.} 66. Re5 Bb1 $2 (66... Kg4 67. Ke2 Bc4+ 68. Ke1 Ba2 69. Rg5+ Kh4) 67. Ke2 Nc4 (67... Bc2 $142 68. Kf3 Nc4 69. Bg5+ Kh5) 68. Rd5 Ba2 69. Rd4+ (69. Kf3 $142 {White threatens Bb4 and mate.} Nxd2+ 70. Rxd2) 69... Kh5 70. Kf3 Ne5+ ( 70... Kg6 $142 71. Kxg3 Kf5) 71. Kxg3 Kg6 72. Kf4 Nf7 (72... Nc4 $142 73. Bb4 Kf7) 73. Ra4 Bb1 74. Ra6+ Kh7 75. g4 Bd3 76. Rb6 Bc2 77. Bc3 Bd3 78. Rb8 Bc2 79. Rf8 (79. Rb2 $142 Bd3 80. Rb6 Bc2 81. g5 Bg6 82. Rf6 Nh8 83. Rf8 Bd3 84. Bxh8) 79... Bb3 80. Kf5 (80. Ra8 $142 Bc2 81. Ra6) 80... Nh6+ 81. Kg5 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rf8h8] White mates.} Nf7+ 82. Kf6 Nh6 83. Rc8 Bc2 84. Bd2 Nxg4+ 85. Kg5 Bd1 86. Bc3 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 50%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2657"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,63,0,6,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,29,24,43,35,83,65,77,48,71,72,129, 144,167,148,158,29,50,30,42,50,45,34,36,25,111,125,397,413,405,350,652,633,887, 867,776,754]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a4 c6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. Be2 {D44: Semi-Slav: Botvinnik System} Nbd7 9. d5 exd5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9... b4 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. a5 Qc7 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. O-O Ba6 14. Qc2 Nxg5 15. Nxg5 Qe5 {1-0 (31) Riazantsev,A (2649)-Potkin,V (2597) Moscow 2018}) 10. exd5 {The position is equal.} b4 11. dxc6 Qxc6 12. Nb5 Bc5 13. O-O { Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Bb7 14. Nbd4 Qd5 15. Rc1 {[#]} c3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. bxc3 bxc3 17. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. Rxc3 g6 ({Better is} 19... Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 g6) 20. Bc4 $16 Qd6 21. Rd3 {And now Ne6+! would win.} Qf4 22. Qa1 (22. g3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Qg4 23. Qb3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3) 22... Kg7 $11 {Hoping for ...Bxf3.} 23. Bxf7 Kxf7 24. Ne2 $1 $36 {[%cal Re2f4][%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qf5 {White must now prevent ...Rhe8.} 25. Ng3 Qf4 {Threatens to win with ...Rhe8.} 26. Ne5+ Ke6 (26... Kg7 $11 27. Nd7 Be7) 27. Qa2+ $16 Bd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27... Nd5 $16 28. Nf3 Rhc8) 28. Rxd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Clearance} Nxd5 {[#]} 29. Nd3 $1 {[%csl LRc5,LRf4][%cal Rd3f4]} Qd4 $2 {[#]} (29... Qc7 30. Re1+ Kf6) 30. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Re2d4,Bg3e2,Be2f4, Bf4d5][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Qg4 31. Nef4+ Kf6 32. Nxd5+ { Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 38%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Sevian, Samuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2654"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,141,7,4,6,5,7,9,6,0,14,12,12,4,10,8,25,21,21,12,28,20,24,0,0,0,34,13, 27,29,24,26,29,37,42,42,44,42,45,44,58,38,49,38,39,41,52,51,48,46,60,43,76,52, 45,45,47,45,56,46,43,42,66,66,66,44,74,74,130,128,121,115,129,119,135,126,127, 109,133,143,135,137,116,85,370,370,370,368,361,311,441,438,353,199,491,478,418, 389,639,315,612,587,601,552,1185,1273,1080,1000,3631,12792,12793,12793,5072, 5098,5057,2905,5886,5397,29984,29985,29988,29989,29987,29987,29987,29988,29988, 29989]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 10. e3 Rc8 11. Bd2 O-O {The position is equal.} 12. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Qe2 Ne8 14. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 (50) Bachmann,A (2593)-Inarkiev,E (2660) Berlin 2015}) 12... Ne8 13. Rfd1 Nd6 14. Rac1 Qd7 15. Be1 f5 16. Bg2 Bf6 17. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4, Ba4b2,Bb2d3][%mdl 32]} b6 18. b3 Rc7 19. Nb2 Rfc8 {Hoping for ...Nxd4.} 20. Nd3 Nd8 21. Bf1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1 23. Nxc1 Qc8 24. Nd3 Nc6 25. Kg2 Be7 26. h3 g6 27. Qc2 Nd8 28. Qd1 Nc6 29. a4 Kg7 30. Qc2 Nb8 31. Qxc8 Nxc8 32. Ne5 Nd6 33. g4 Nb7 34. f3 Na5 35. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Nac6 36. Nd3 Nd7 37. Bc3 Kf7 38. Kf2 Bd6 39. b5 Na5 40. Nb4 Ke7 41. g5 f4 ({Better is} 41... Kf7) 42. e4 $16 dxe4 43. fxe4 e5 {...exd4 would now be nice for Black.} 44. Nd5+ Kf7 {[#]} 45. dxe5 $1 Bxe5 46. Bxe5 Nxe5 47. Nxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Nb3 48. Ke3 Nc5 49. Be2 Nxa4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49... Ke7 $16 {might work better.}) 50. Kd4 $18 Nd7 51. Bc4+ Kf8 52. e5 Ndc5 (52... Nb2 $142) 53. h4 Nb7 54. Nd5 (54. Ne6+ $142 Ke7 55. Nf4) 54... Nac5 $2 (54... Na5 {was worth a try.} 55. Ba2 Nc5) 55. Nf6 Kg7 56. Kd5 Na5 $2 (56... Kf7 57. Nxh7 Ke7) 57. Bf1 (57. Ba2 $142 Kf8 58. Kd6 (58. Nxh7+ Ke7 $18)) 57... Nab7 $2 (57... Kf7 58. Nxh7 Ke7) 58. Bh3 Kf7 59. Bc8 Nd8 {If only Black now had time for ...Ke7....} 60. Nxh7 Ke7 61. Nf6 Nde6 62. Ng8+ Kf7 63. Bxe6+ Nxe6 {KN-KN} 64. Kd6 Nc5 65. Nh6+ Ke8 66. e6 Nb7+ 67. Ke5 {White mates.} Ke7 {[#]} 68. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nc5 (68... gxh5 69. Nf5+) 69. hxg6 Nxe6 70. Nf5+ Kd7 71. g7 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 41%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Bok, Benjamin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,68,21,12,12,35,7,10,0,40,0,17,-8,-2,-10,-5,-27,-36,-25,-29,-37,-20, -31,-31,-29,-36,-21,-33,-46,-54,-33,-25,-18,-12,-7,-12,-43,-12,-20,-19,-19,-11, -20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,68,0,0,0,70,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} Be7 8. Bf4 { [%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} (8. e3 b5 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Bxc6+ Bd7 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. f3 e5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. O-O Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 (27) Vidit,S (2711) -Vitiugov,N (2726) Prague 2019}) 8... Bb4+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. O-O Nd5 10. Nxc4 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Nd7 12. e3 Qc7 13. Nc3 b6 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. Qc2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. a3 a5 18. f5 {1/2-1/2 (18) Vivante Sowter,J (2325)-Rynkevich, S (2415) ICCF email 2015}) 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Bf4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Nxc4 Nd5 13. a3 Be7 14. Nc3 Nd7 15. Rc1 N7b6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Bd2 b5 18. e3 Nb6 19. Ne2 Nc4 20. Bc3 Bf6 21. h3 Re8 22. Kg1 e5 23. Qc2 Be6 24. Rd1 {[#] And now dxe5 would win.} Qc7 25. Kh2 h5 26. d5 cxd5 27. Bxd5 h4 28. g4 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Qc6 30. Rhd1 Rac8 31. Qb1 Nb6 (31... Be7 $11) 32. R5d2 (32. Rd6 $5 {[%cal Rd6c6]} Qf3 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Qf5 Qxf5 34. gxf5 $14) 32... Nc4 33. Rd5 Nb6 34. R5d2 (34. Rd6 $14 Qf3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Qf5 Qxf5 36. gxf5) 34... Nc4 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,129,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-6,9,13,8,4,5,0,3,0,8,7,8,0,0,-19,58,50,51,48, 47,58,48,18,21,22,12,22,37,36,36,30,40,16,46,86,89,81,154,156,147,150,443,436, 431,431,426,424,550,466,499,496,493,347,337,271,307,256,254,248,244,243,265, 258,265,255,444,441,443,441,434,427,419,419,412,403,521,512,605,605,603,496, 597,604,605,583,583,590,590,590,579,536,579,579,788,762,698,690,690,690,747, 747,933,933,926,918,831,804,918,485,460,435]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. d3 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} f5 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. e3 Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f4 11. Nd5 fxe3 12. fxe3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. e4 Bd7 15. a3 {0-1 (31) Bacrot,E (2708)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Paris 2017}) 11. Re1 Rb8 12. a3 a6 13. Nd5 b5 14. Nd2 {Hoping for Nxf6.} Bb7 15. Bc3 Ne7 { [%cal Re7d5]} 16. e4 Nexd5 17. exd5 Bc8 (17... a5 $11) 18. b4 $14 cxb4 19. axb4 bxc4 20. dxc4 e4 21. Ra5 Ng4 22. Qa1 Bxc3 23. Qxc3+ Qf6 24. Qxf6+ Nxf6 25. Ra4 Re8 26. Nb3 Rb6 {next ...Bd7 is good for Black.} 27. Rea1 Kg7 28. Nd4 Bd7 ( 28... e3 $142) 29. Rxa6 $16 Rxb4 30. Bf1 (30. Rxd6 $6 Rxc4 31. Nc6 Bxc6 $11) 30... Nxd5 $2 (30... Reb8 $16 {was called for.}) 31. Rxd6 $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} ({Not} 31. cxd5 Rxd4 32. Ra7 Re7 $16) 31... Nf6 32. Ra7 Rc8 33. Ne6+ (33. Rdxd7+ Nxd7 34. Rxd7+ Kf6 $16) 33... Kf7 34. Nf4 Rb1 35. Nd5 (35. Rdxd7+ Nxd7 36. Rxd7+ Ke8 $16) 35... Nxd5 36. Rxd5 ({Less strong is} 36. cxd5 Rcc1 $18) 36... Rxc4 37. Raxd7+ Kf6 38. R7d6+ ({Weaker is} 38. Rxh7 Rcc1 $16) 38... Ke7 {intending ...Rcc1.} 39. Rd1 Rxd1 40. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} Rc2 41. Rb1 Kf6 42. Rb7 h5 $2 {[#]} (42... h6 {keeps fighting.} 43. Rb6+ Kg7) 43. Rb6+ Kg7 44. h4 Rc1 45. Kg2 Rc2 {If Black can now play ...e3 this consolidates a bit.} 46. Rb3 Kf6 47. Ba6 Kf7 48. Kf1 {White is clearly winning.} Kf6 49. Rb6+ Kg7 50. Rd6 Kf7 51. Bb5 Rb2 52. Bc4+ Kg7 53. Ke1 Rc2 54. Bb5 Kf7 55. Ra6 Rb2 56. Ba4 e3 57. fxe3 Rg2 58. Bb3+ Kg7 59. Ra4 g5 60. hxg5 Rxg3 61. Kf2 Rxg5 62. Bd1 Kf6 63. Rh4 Kg6 64. Bf3 Kh6 65. Rh3 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 46%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2664"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,107,10,14,10,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,4,5,4,0,40,39,38,38,18,0,125,134,121, 14,18,13,31,-29,0,0,0,-14,0,0,70,81,311,314,480,425,454,246,246,245,245,245, 260,240,240,245,256,262,221,222,235,212,216,208,212,212,306,298,349,349,29968, 29970,29970,29969,29973,29975,29974,29976,29976,29977,29980,29981,29981,29982, 29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 Nb6 11. O-O-O g6 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. Nc1 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} Ng7 {[#]} 14. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f3 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Kb8 16. Nb3 Rhe8 17. Qf2 Be6 18. h3 h5 19. a3 Nf5 20. Bc2 Qh4 21. Qg1 Ka8 22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 {1/2-1/2 (23) Zhao,J (2587)-Zhang,Z (2414) Qinhuangdao 2011}) 14... O-O-O 15. Nb3 {The position is equal.} Bf5 16. Nc5 Kb8 17. N3a4 Rd6 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. h5 Rf6 20. e4 Ng7 21. e5 Rf5 22. Rh3 {aiming for hxg6.} Rxh5 (22... Nc4 $1 $11) 23. Rb3 $16 Ne6 {[#]} 24. Nxe6 (24. Na6+ $1 $16 { [%mdl 512]} Ka8 (24... bxa6 25. Nxb6) 25. Nxb6+ axb6 26. Nb4) 24... Nxa4 $11 25. Nf4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf4h5][%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rf5 26. Nd3 ({White should try} 26. Nh3 $14 Qh4 27. f3 (27. Qxc6 Qe4+ 28. Qc2 Qxg2 $11)) 26... Nb6 27. Nc5 Ka8 $1 28. Qc3 {And now Rxb6! would win.} Qc7 ({Wrong is} 28... Rxf2 $2 {[#]} 29. Rxb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rb8 30. Rb3 $18) 29. f3 Re8 (29... Rh5 $1 $11) 30. g4 $14 Rg5 $2 (30... Rf4 $16 {was worth a try.}) 31. Qa5 $18 Qd8 {[#]} (31... Kb8 $142 32. Rdd3 Re7) 32. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 33. Ra3 ( 33. Rdd3 $142 Nc4 34. Qxd8+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Rxd8 35. Nxe6 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxg4 36. fxg4) 33... a6 {[#]} 34. Nxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nc4 (34... bxa6 35. Qxa6+) 35. Qxd8+ ({Avoid the trap} 35. Nc7+ $2 Kb8 $19) 35... Rxd8 36. Nc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack (Double check)} Kb8 37. Nxe6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nxa3+ 38. bxa3 Rxg4 39. fxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Re8 40. Ng5 h5 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Rh1 Re3 (42... Rh8 { was necessary.} 43. Rh4 Rh6) 43. Rxh5 Rxa3 44. Rh3 Rxh3 $2 (44... Ra4 $18 45. Ne6 Rb4+ 46. Kc2 Rc4+ 47. Kb3 b6) 45. Nxh3 {KN-K3P. White mates.} Kc7 46. Kc2 b6 47. Nf4 Kd7 48. Kb3 Kd6 49. Kb4 c5+ 50. Kb5 cxd4 51. Kxb6 Ke5 52. Kc5 Kxf4 53. Kxd4 Kf5 54. Kxd5 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 53%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,43,6,5,8,11,8,14,18,0,0,5,6,-4,17,-15,10,0,-19,-61,0,0,0,-52,0,-22,0, -81]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 11. Bg3 Nc5 12. h4 {[#] aiming for hxg5.} g4 13. h5 {Black should prevent Bh4.} Be6 14. Bh4 Ncd7 {[#]} 15. a5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 15. g3 Rc8 16. Bg2 Qb6 17. Rb1 Qb4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 { 1/2-1/2 (60) Onischuk,V (2630)-Livaic,L (2468) Budapest 2018}) 15... Rc8 16. Ra4 Be7 17. Be2 Rg8 18. g3 Nc5 (18... d5 $15 19. exd5 Nxd5) 19. Ra1 $11 Ncd7 ( 19... Nh7 $11) 20. Ra4 $15 Nc5 21. Ra1 Ncd7 (21... Nh7 $11) 22. Ra4 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2624"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,105,18,19,2,15,2,10,10,14,13,14,12,7,7,21,16,8,7,9,14,14,6,21,0,10,0, 31,33,31,25,64,64,64,62,62,62,63,65,63,67,82,89,84,60,58,21,22,0,22,0,6,0,28, 32,30,37,34,14,61,61,44,31,27,18,35,40,39,28,19,0,0,0,24,25,33,11,13,8,11,6,32, 33,72,72,90,72,120,24,135,57,57,60,67,2,2,0,0,-22]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. d4 g6 6. Bd3 $146 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4} ({ Predecessor:} 6. c3 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O {1-0 (42) Duda,J (2731)-Moranda,W (2601) Poland 2018}) 6... Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 Nc6 9. Qe2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Be3 {[#] aiming for b4.} Qc7 14. f4 Nxd3 15. Rxd3 Rd8 16. Bd4 b5 17. Re3 Qc6 18. Nd2 a5 19. a3 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. cxb4 Qa4 23. Bb6 Re8 24. Bc5 Ba6 25. Qe1 Qc2 26. Nf3 Qxb2 27. Bd4 Qa2 28. e6 f6 29. h3 Bh6 30. Qh4 Bg7 31. Bc5 Bb7 32. Qf2 Qc4 {[#]} 33. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bh6 { Hoping for ...d4.} ({Don't blunder} 33... gxf5 $2 34. Nd4 $18) 34. Re1 Bf4 ({ Don't play} 34... gxf5 35. Nd4 $16) 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Nd4 Bb8 37. Qd2 { Strongly threatening Rc1.} Kg7 38. Rc1 Qa6 39. b5 Qa4 40. Qd1 Qxd1+ (40... Qa5 {feels hotter.} 41. Qg4 Kh7 42. Nf5 Qc7 43. Be3 Qe5) 41. Rxd1 Be5 42. Kf2 Kf8 43. Nc6 Bxc6 44. bxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc8 45. Rc1 Rb8 46. Rc2 Rb5 47. Be3 {c7 is the strong threat.} Rb8 48. Kf3 (48. c7 $16 Rc8 49. Bb6) 48... Rc8 (48... g5 $11 {remains equal.}) 49. g4 (49. Bf4 $16) 49... g5 $1 $14 50. Bc5 Ra8 51. Bf2 (51. Bb6 $14) 51... Bc7 $11 52. Kg2 Ke8 53. h4 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D71"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2684"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,108,19,19,31,0,25,23,4,0,0,20,20,41,37,28,29,43,22,22,0,26,18,38,-12, 38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,12,12,5,0,-6,-11,-1,-19,-14,-24,-29,-20,-21,-47,-51,-56, -43,-44,-42,-70,-77,-100,-94,-109,-77,-102,-102,-90,-91,-104,-94,-91,-65,-62, -62,-59,-32,-89,-37,-89,-89,-89,-97,-89,-67,-77,-55,-55,-55,-58,0,-42,-31,-33, -34,-31,-36,-37,-42,-37,-36,-31,-29,-27,-29,-78,-19]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 (5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bf4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 e6 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qa4 Rxc3 16. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Qb6 18. e3 {1/2-1/2 (39) Ding,L (2812)-Carlsen,M (2845) Shamkir 2019}) 5... dxc4 6. O-O {D71: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 3 g3 d5 sidelines and 5 cxd5 (without Nf3)} Bg7 7. a4 Ne4 8. Nc3 {White has an edge.} Nd6 9. e4 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bg4 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 {1/2-1/2 (63) Zanan,E (2521)-Steinberg,N (2532) Maalot Tarshiha 2018}) 10. Qe2 Na6 11. Rd1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nc7 12. h3 b6 13. Be3 Qe8 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Rac1 Rd8 16. f4 Kh8 17. Bf2 f6 {[#]} 18. Nxc6 $1 { [%mdl 512]} Qxc6 19. d5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qd7 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxa4 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Rd7 25. Ra1 Nb5 26. Rb4 Nd6 27. Rba4 Nc8 28. Bd4 Rfd8 29. Rc1 Nd6 30. Rca1 Nb5 31. Be3 f5 32. Rb4 Nd6 33. Rc1 Ne8 34. Ra1 Rc7 35. Rba4 Rdd7 36. R1a2 Nd6 37. Bf1 h5 38. Kg2 Ne4 39. Kf3 Nf6 40. Bc4 (40. Bb5 $1 $15 Rxd5 41. Be2) 40... Kh7 ({Black should try} 40... Rd6 $17) 41. Bb3 (41. Bb5 $1 $15 Rxd5 42. Be2) 41... a5 $17 42. Rd4 Rd6 43. Rd2 Ne4 44. Re2 Bf6 45. g4 Nc5 46. Bc4 Ne4 47. Bb3 Bg7 48. Ra4 Nf6 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Bc2 $1 Nxd5 51. Bxf5+ Kg8 52. Bf2 Kf7 53. Rd2 e6 54. Be4 {[#]} Rcd7 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 52%.} (54... Bxb2 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 55. Bxd5 (55. Rxb2 Rc3+) 55... Rc3+ 56. Kg2 Bc1 57. Bxe6+ Rxe6 58. Rd7+ Kg6) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2721"] [BlackElo "2674"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,90,14,7,9,13,16,11,13,9,10,13,25,0,8,12,13,0,5,8,8,-14,-7,0,0,-11,0, -14,0,-16,0,-12,11,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-10,-10,-9,-5,-68,-69,-70,-78,-84,-91, -180,-179,-187,-170,-174,-194,-280,-279,-451,-447,-418,-431,-610,-595,-704, -631,-623,-587,-593,-258,-470,-450,-441,-417,-813,-763,-1743,-1509,-29983, -29984]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. h3 d6 6. c3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 h6 { The position is equal.} 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. b3 Bb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ba7 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Qf6 14. N1h2 Rad8 15. Ng4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 { 1/2-1/2 (27) Karjakin,S (2778)-Ding,L (2778) Shamkir 2018}) 11. Nf1 a4 12. Bd2 axb3 13. axb3 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Qd7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Ne7 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nh2 Ng6 19. g3 Qb5 20. Rd1 Kh7 21. b4 d5 22. Nhg4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 dxe4 24. dxe4 Qe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 25. Rf1 Qf3 26. Qa2 Rf6 27. Qc2 Nh8 28. Rd1 (28. g5 $11 hxg5 29. Qd1) 28... Nf7 $15 29. Rd3 $1 { Threatening Nd5!} Rg6 30. Qd1 Qxe4 {Strongly threatening ...Rf6.} 31. f3 (31. Nf1 $17) 31... Qc6 $19 32. Ng2 e4 33. Re3 exf3 34. Nf4 {[#]} (34. Qxf3 $142 Qxf3 35. Rxf3) 34... Rf6 $1 ({Weaker is} 34... Rxg4 35. Qd3+ Kg8 36. Rxe6 $17) 35. Kf2 $2 (35. Qd3+ Kg8 36. b5) 35... Ng5 36. Qd3+ Kg8 37. Nh5 (37. Re5 $142) 37... Rf8 38. Qd4 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rd4g7]} e5 39. Rxe5 Nh3+ 40. Kf1 {Rg5! would kill now.} f2 (40... Qa6+ $142 41. b5 Qa2 42. Qd5+ Qxd5 43. Rxd5 Ra8) 41. Re4 $2 (41. Qd5+ {was called for.} Qxd5 42. Rxd5) 41... Qa6+ 42. c4 {[%csl Gh5] [%cal Rd4g7]} Qg6 {Threatens to win with ...Kh7.} 43. Qa1 (43. Qd3 $142) 43... Rf7 44. Re8+ Kh7 {( -> ...Qd3+)} 45. Qd1 {[#]} Rd7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 77%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2606"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,62,20,13,10,21,15,22,14,8,18,23,18,28,31,22,26,24,27,19,25,15,25,41, 22,25,17,20,13,46,13,13,13,18,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5f4][%mdl 32]} a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 (5. Nf3 h6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. h3 Be6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. a4 {1/2-1/2 (40) Shankland,S (2725)-Carlsen,M (2835) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 5... c5 6. Qxd5 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} cxd4 7. Qxd8+ $1 Kxd8 8. Nd5 Be6 9. Nf4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. g3 {1/2-1/2 (37) Kantor,G (2519) -Plenca,J (2487) Le Castella 2018}) 12. g3 Nc6 13. Bg2 Re8 14. Ngh3 Bxh3 15. Nxh3 Kc7 16. Rac1 (16. Rhc1 {feels hotter.} Re5 17. Nf4 Rae8 18. Bf3 Ne4+ 19. Ke1) 16... Ne4+ 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Nf4 g5 19. Nd3 (19. f3 $5 {[%cal Rf4d5]} Re5 20. Nd3 $14) 19... Rae8 20. Rhe1 Kd6 21. Rc4 b5 22. Rc5 (22. Rc2 {looks sharper.} h5 23. b4 f6 24. a3 h4 25. Nc5) 22... f6 23. Rcc1 R4e7 24. b3 h6 25. h3 Rc7 26. a4 Na5 {The position is equal.} 27. Rxc7 Kxc7 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rb1 Kd6 30. Nc1 Ra8 31. Rb2 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2686"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 36,103,0,0,6,9,10,9,2,4,6,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,24,20,23,102,102,106, 106,109,79,103,52,51,38,35,31,40,32,44,44,45,40,43,42,46,44,44,45,45,52,47,30, 29,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Nc5 15. e5 Qxe5 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Qxd6 Bxd6 18. Be3 O-O 19. Rad1 Be7 {Threatening ...Ng4. D48: Semi-Slav: Meran System: 7...b5 8 Bd3 a6} 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxe6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rfc8 22. Nxc5 (22. h3 Rab8 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Rd6 b4 25. Na4 Rd5 26. Ree6 Rg5 27. g4 {1/2-1/2 (40) Kukk,R (2558)-Bokar,J (2550) ICCF email 2016}) 22... Rxc5 23. f3 Kf8 24. Kf2 ( 24. Re6 {feels hotter.} Re8 25. Rb6 Re7 26. Kf2 Rc6 27. Rd6) 24... Re8 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. h4 b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 26... g6 27. a3 {1-0 (52) Hildebrand, G (2343)-Mamonovas,V (2207) ICCF email 2013}) 27. Ne2 Bd5 28. g4 Bf7 29. g5 b3 (29... Nd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30. axb3 $16 cxb3 31. Bd3 Nh5 32. Nc3 Bg6 33. Bxg6+ ({Weaker is} 33. Bxa6 Rxc3 34. Bb5+ (34. bxc3 b2 $17) 34... Ke7 $17) (33. Ne4 $16 Ra5 34. Bc4) 33... hxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 34. Rd6 Rc4 35. Rxg6 Rxh4 36. Ke3 Rh2 37. Na4 Rg2 38. Rxa6 Rxg5 39. Rb6 Re5+ 40. Kf2 Nf4 41. Rxb3 Re2+ 42. Kg3 Nh5+ 43. Kg4 g6 44. Nc5 Rg2+ {The position is equal.} 45. Kh4 Kf7 46. Rb6 Nf4 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rg6g5] [#]} 47. Ne4 {Black must now prevent Rf6+.} Kg7 48. Ng5 Kh6 49. Rb5 Ne2 50. Nf7+ Kg7 51. Ng5 Kh6 52. Nf7+ { Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2642"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,155,8,4,10,4,3,0,0,-2,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,8,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,0,-27, -20,-27,-13,-103,-93,-168,-160,-187,-195,-188,-190,-190,-190,-191,-190,-190, -197,-250,-245,-237,-202,-202,-203,-215,-98,-98,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,6,33, 33,33,33,33,33,33,33,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,41,41, 41,48,48,49,0,0,0,31,0,0,0,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,31,31,32,31,31,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 h6 11. Be3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. d5 c6 15. dxc6 { 1-0 (55) Karjakin,S (2786)-Grischuk,A (2764) Moscow 2013}) 11... exd4 12. Bxd4 c5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nbd2 c6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Rxe5 Be6 17. Qa4 Bc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 18. Re2 Bd5 19. c4 Be6 20. Rae1 Qxb2 21. Nb3 Qf6 22. Rxe6 (22. Ne5 $11) 22... fxe6 $17 23. Nxc5 {[#]} (23. Qxc6 $17 Rac8 24. Qxa6) 23... Qc3 $1 $19 24. Qxc6 Qxc4 25. Re4 {[#]} Qd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6]} 26. Qxc7 Rac8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c5,Bc5c1][%mdl 32]} 27. Qe7 Rfe8 ({Much less strong is} 27... Qxc5 28. Qxe6+ Kh7 29. Qxa6 $17) 28. Qa7 Rxc5 29. Rd4 (29. Rg4 { was called for.} Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qd6+ 31. Rg3) 29... Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Qc5 31. Qxa6 Rc2 32. Kg3 e5 (32... Qc7+ $19 33. Qd6 Qxd6+ 34. Rxd6 Rxa2) 33. Qg6 $17 Rf8 (33... exd4 $17 34. Qxe8+ Qf8 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Nxd4 Rxa2) 34. Rd7 $11 {[%csl Gd7] [%cal Rg6g7] [#]} Rxf3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} 35. Kh2 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rg6g7] [#]} (35. gxf3 Qxf2+) 35... Qf8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qxc2 Rxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 37. Qd3 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 e4 39. Rxg7+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxg7 40. Qd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rf2f1]} 41. Qxf2 $14 { KQ-KQ} Qc1+ 42. Kh2 e3 43. Qf4 Qd2 44. a4 Qf2 45. Qg3+ Kh7 46. a5 Qa2 47. Qc7+ Kg6 48. Qc6+ Kg7 49. Qc3+ Kh7 50. Qd3+ Kg7 51. Qd4+ Kg6 52. Qg4+ Kf6 53. Qf4+ Kg6 54. Qe4+ Kg7 55. Qe5+ Kg6 56. h4 {Black must now prevent h5+.} e2 57. Qg3+ Kf7 58. Qf3+ Kg8 59. Qg3+ Kf7 {next ...Qd2 is good for Black.} 60. Qe1 Kg8 61. Kg3 {Threatens to win with Kf2.} Qf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7f1]} 62. Qxe2 Qc7+ 63. Kg4 Qd7+ 64. Kf4 {Strongly threatening Qg4+.} Qf7+ 65. Ke3 {Hoping for a6.} Qa7+ 66. Kf3 Qxa5 67. Qe6+ Kg7 68. Kg4 Qb4+ 69. Kf5 {aiming for Qg6+.} Qxh4 { The position is equal.} 70. Qg6+ Kh8 $1 71. g3 Qh3+ 72. Ke5 (72. Ke4 {keeps more tension.} Qh1+ 73. Ke5 Qe1+ 74. Kf6 Qc3+ 75. Kf7) 72... Qh1 73. Qe8+ Kh7 { ( -> ...Qe1+)} 74. Qd7+ Kh8 75. Qc8+ Kh7 76. Qc7+ Kg6 77. Qb6+ Kh7 78. Qc7+ { Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2699"] [BlackElo "2702"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,95,0,7,-1,77,67,63,58,56,70,53,37,92,0,8,15,9,0,20,35,32,0,0,-8,46, 41,58,57,87,64,126,141,147,61,61,64,64,56,33,35,47,48,25,-41,-34,-23,0,-33,-35, -30,-41,-78,-81,-71,-72,-95,-75,-95,-95,-92,-78,-81,-50,-117,-95,-108,-103, -100,-41,-72,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Nh4 d6 7. Bg2 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} g5 (7... O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 8. Qa4 $1 $16 gxh4 9. Nxb4 {White is slightly better.} Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qa5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 11. Qa3 Ng4 12. d3 f5 13. Bf4 h3 14. Bxh3 exd3 {1/2-1/2 (36) Zhigalko,A (2582)-Salgado Lopez,I (2638) Istanbul 2012}) 11... Qd7 (11... Rg8 $14) 12. b3 (12. b4 $16 h3 13. Bf1) 12... h3 13. Bf1 {And now Bb2 would win.} Rg8 14. Bb2 b6 15. Qc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rg6 16. Qe3 Qe6 17. Qf4 e3 (17... Nd7 $11) 18. f3 $14 exd2+ 19. Kxd2 d5 20. Qe5 dxc4 ({ Black should try} 20... Qxe5 $14 21. Bxe5 dxc4) 21. Qxe6+ $16 fxe6 22. bxc4 ({ Much less strong is} 22. Bxh3 $6 O-O-O+ 23. Ke1 Nd5 $14) (22. Rc1 $1 $16) 22... O-O-O+ $14 23. Ke1 Ng4 24. Bxh3 Ne3 25. Kf2 Nxc4 26. Bc3 Kb7 27. g4 (27. Bg2 $11) 27... e5 $15 28. Rac1 b5 29. Rhd1 Rf8 30. a4 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5][%mdl 32]} 31. axb5 axb5 32. Bb4 Rf7 $1 33. Rc3 e4 34. Kg3 h5 $1 35. f4 {[#] Threatening g5.} hxg4 $1 36. Bg2 e3 {Hoping for ...Bxg2.} 37. Rd5 (37. Bd5 $15 Bxd5 38. Rxd5) 37... Ka6 38. Rc1 Bxd5 39. Bxd5 {[#]} Rd7 ({Better is} 39... Rh7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh7h3]} 40. f5 Rf6 41. Kxg4 Rxh2) 40. Be4 $1 {[%cal Re4g6]} Rf6 ( 40... Rh6 $17 41. Bc5 Nb6 42. Ra1+ Na4) 41. Bc5 $11 {The position is equal.} Nb6 42. f5 Nd5 43. Rd1 c6 {Threatens to win with ...Nc3.} 44. Ra1+ Kb7 { White must now prevent ...Nc3.} 45. Ra7+ Kc8 {Strongly threatening ...Nc3.} 46. Ra8+ Kb7 47. Ra7+ Kc8 {...Nc3 is the strong threat.} 48. Ra8+ {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Black "Xu, Xiangyu"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2576"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,86,39,30,36,37,31,43,42,36,41,13,14,7,12,0,7,7,11,0,19,10,14,0,48,43, 35,28,60,33,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. b3 Ne4 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bg4 {White is slightly better.} 11. Rc1 e6 12. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne1 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd7 14. Nd3 Qb8 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Qe1 {1/2-1/2 (107) Van Wely,L (2674)-Nguyen,H (2435) Baku 2016}) 12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd7 14. e4 Nf6 15. f3 Nd7 16. Rfd1 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Re8 18. Qf4 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Kf2 Rad8 21. Ke3 Nd7 22. f4 f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e5] The position is equal.} 23. Nf3 (23. Nd3 {is more complex.} e5 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxd8 Bxf4+ 28. Kxf4 Rxd8 29. Ke3) 23... e5 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxd8 Bxf4+ $1 28. Kxf4 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. c5 Rd5 31. Rc4 a5 32. b4 axb4 33. Rxb4 Rxc5 34. Rxb7+ Ke6 35. Rxh7 Rc2 36. g4 Rxa2 37. h4 Kf6 38. Rc7 Ra3+ 39. Kd2 Ra4 40. Rxc6+ Kg7 41. h5 Rxg4 42. Rxg6+ Rxg6 43. hxg6 Kxg6 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Jones, Gawain C B"] [Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2681"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,86,16,18,28,23,20,17,23,16,24,13,23,14,19,22,30,10,10,0,3,0,0,-11, -10,-7,-13,-18,-12,-20,0,-6,0,-2,0,-5,0,-10,-10,-16,-18,-18,-18,-25,-20,-44, -41,-56,-53,-64,-27,-101,-84,-57,-62,-92,-14,-14,-14,-16,-15,-18,-18,-18,-19, -23,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. d5 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Qd3 d6 14. Nd2 c6 {[#]} 15. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ne4 Be5 16. c4 cxd5 17. cxd5 Qa4 18. Bd2 Bxb2 { 1/2-1/2 (56) Oleksienko,M (2604)-Malakhov,V (2685) Konya 2018}) 15... cxd5 16. Qxd5 Qc6 17. Qxc6 (17. Qd3 {is more complex.} h6 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bg4 21. Be3) 17... bxc6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bf4 d5 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. Bxg3 a5 22. Re1 Be6 23. Be5 Ra7 24. Bd3 Rb7 25. b3 g6 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. c4 (27. h3 { looks sharper.} c5 28. Ba6 Rb6 29. Be2 Bd6 30. Bf6) 27... dxc4 28. Bxc4 Bxc4+ 29. bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb4 30. Rc1 f6 31. Bd4 c5 32. Ba1 Kf7 33. Ke2 f5 34. f4 (34. Rc2 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34... Bf6 35. Bxf6 Kxf6 $17 {KR-KR} 36. Rc2 h6 (36... Ra4 $17) 37. a3 $11 Rb3 38. Rd2 Rxa3 39. Rd6+ Kf7 40. Rc6 Ra2+ 41. Kf3 Rc2 42. Rxc5 a4 43. Rc7+ Ke6 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Korobov, Anton"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,141,12,15,8,13,14,9,18,30,27,39,29,38,40,56,47,49,54,41,43,39,35,30, 25,45,37,35,41,47,15,26,8,21,22,18,0,3,0,11,0,31,28,41,39,45,36,58,37,37,29,34, 39,37,31,32,27,27,27,28,15,15,15,17,-8,0,-8,-22,-50,0,0,-5,-66,-59,-100,-8,-18, -24,-33,-31,-22,-43,-31,-27,-134,-8,-8,-8,-48,-52,-53,-53,-60,-17,-21,-8,-8,-8, -8,-8,-8,-9,-178,-171,-204,-81,-82,-93,-403,-387,-369,-10,-17,-9,-62,-9,-11,0, -9,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bxd6 cxd6 6. c4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2... Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. Nc3 b6 (8... d5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Qd6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. a3 Rc8 {1-0 (48) Nabaty,T (2669)-Korobov,A (2699) Israel 2019}) 9. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 (21) Bordi,K (2288)-Lopez,J (2388) chess.com INT 2019 }) 9... e5 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Be2 Qb7 14. e4 Nbd7 15. b4 { Strongly threatening b5.} Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Ne8 17. Rc2 Rc7 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Nf1 a6 20. a4 a5 21. bxa5 bxa5 22. Nb5 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 g6 24. Ne3 Nb6 25. Qd1 Qd7 26. h3 h5 27. Kh2 Kg7 28. g3 Nf6 29. f3 h4 30. gxh4 Nh5 31. Ng2 Kf8 32. Qc1 Rxc2 33. Qxc2 Ke7 34. Ne3 Nf4 35. Ng4 Qc8 36. Qf2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is fighting back} Nd7 37. h5 Nxh5 38. Qh4+ f6 {And now ...Qc2+ would win.} (38... Ndf6 $5 {[%cal Rc8c2]} 39. Ne3 Qc5 $11) 39. Ne3 $1 Qc5 40. Qf2 ({White must play} 40. Ng2 $11) 40... Nb6 $15 41. Qg1 Kf7 ({But not} 41... Nxa4 $6 42. Qxg6 Qxe3 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Qh8+ Ke7 45. Qh7+ Kf8 46. Qh8+ Ke7 47. Qh7+ $11) (41... Nf4 $17 42. Nf5+ Kd7 43. Qxc5 dxc5) 42. Ng2 Nxa4 43. Qxc5 Nxc5 44. Nxd6+ $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} Ke7 45. Nc4 a4 46. Kg1 (46. Nge3 $11 {remains equal.}) 46... Nd3 (46... Nf4 $1 $17 47. Kf2 Ncd3+ 48. Kg3 Nxg2 49. Kxg2 Ne1+ 50. Kg3 Nc2) 47. Nge3 Nhf4 48. h4 Ne2+ 49. Kg2 Nd4 50. Kg3 {[#]} Nb2 $1 { [%mdl 512]} 51. Na3 $1 (51. Nxb2 a3) 51... Kd6 52. Kg4 Nd3 53. h5 gxh5+ 54. Kxh5 Nxf3 {Threatens to win with ...Ng5.} 55. Nac4+ $2 (55. Kg6 $1 $11 { and White has nothing to worry.}) 55... Kc5 $19 {Hoping for ...Ng5.} 56. d6 { [#]} Nf4+ (56... Nd4 $1 $19 {is more deadly. aiming for ...Nf4+.} 57. Kg6 Nc6) 57. Kh6 $17 {[#]} Ng5 $1 58. Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58. d7 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 58... Nxe4 $19 59. d7 Kc6 $2 ({Black should play} 59... Ne6+ $19 60. Kf7 Nd8+ 61. Ke8 Nb7) 60. d8=N+ $11 Kc5 {...Ng2! is the strong threat.} 61. Nb7+ $1 Kb4 ({Better is} 61... Kb5 $15) 62. Nba5 $1 {The position is equal.} Kc5 {White must now prevent ...Ne6+.} 63. Kf7 Nd5 64. Nxd5 Kxd5 65. Nb6+ Kc5 66. Nxa4+ Kb5 67. Nb2 Kxa5 68. Nc4+ $1 Kb4 {[#]} 69. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe5 70. Ke6 {[#]} Nd6 $1 {( -> ...e4)} 71. Kxe5 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 54%.} (71. Kxd6 e4) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2558"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,132,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,42,41,45,44,42,28,38,45,54,39,39,29,39,39, 36,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,64,64,60,59, 72,80,87,80,89,83,93,89,97,97,101,67,97,97,100,81,80,72,97,97,89,78,100,100, 103,103,103,92,194,31,103,90,88,23,23,18,68,68,68,68,69,14,91,7,7,7,8,8,8,8,14, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 {Threatens to win with Rb3.} Nxd4 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7 $1 15. Rxb7 Qd8 (15... Rc8 16. Qe3 Qd8 17. O-O Rc4 18. Rfb1 Be7 19. f5 {1/2-1/2 (31) Aronian,L (2763)-Vallejo Pons,F (2693) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 16. O-O Qc8 17. Rfb1 {[#]} Bc5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 17... Bc6 18. R7b3 Be7 19. f5 exf5 {1-0 (28) Brkic,A (2562) -Martinovic,S (2537) Porec 2014}) 18. f5 {And now Bxc5 would win.} Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 {Black must now prevent Qb4.} Bb5 $1 20. Rb6 O-O 21. a4 ({Much worse is} 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. c3 Rxa2 $17) 21... Qc4 22. Nxb5 axb5 23. Qxc4 bxc4 24. fxe6 fxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 25. Ra1 Ra5 26. Rxe6 Rfa8 27. Rd6 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Rxd5 {KR-KR} Ra2 30. e6 {[%cal Rd5d8]} Kf8 31. Rd2 Ke7 32. Re2 Ra1+ 33. Kf2 Rh1 34. h3 Rd1 35. Kf3 h6 36. Re4 Rd2 37. Rxc4 Kxe6 38. Re4+ Kf5 39. Re2 Rd4 40. Ke3 Ke5 41. Rd2 Rc4 42. Kd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c4]} Kd5 43. Rf2 { aiming for Rf5+.} Rd4+ 44. Kc3 {Hoping for Rf5+.} Re4 45. Rd2+ Kc5 46. Kd3 Kd5 47. c3 Re1 48. c4+ Kc5 49. Rf2 Rg1 {[#]} (49... Rd1+ $16 {might work better.} 50. Ke4 Kxc4) 50. Ra2 $2 (50. Ke4 $1 $18) 50... Rd1+ {[#]} (50... g6 $1 $14) 51. Ke4 $1 $16 Rd6 52. Rc2 (52. Ra7 $16) 52... Rg6 $11 53. Ke5 Rf6 54. Rc3 Rg6 $1 55. g3 Rf6 56. g4 (56. h4 $14) 56... Rf7 (56... Rf1 $11) 57. Ke4 (57. h4 $16 ) 57... g6 $1 {The position is equal.} 58. Ra3 Kxc4 59. Ra6 {Rc6+ is the strong threat.} Re7+ 60. Kf4 Rf7+ $1 61. Ke5 Rf3 $1 62. h4 Re3+ 63. Kf6 Rh3 64. Kxg6 Rxh4 65. Kf5 Kd5 66. Ra7 Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,84,1,15,15,20,14,20,20,29,21,38,27,39,31,31,25,33,26,31,26,25,26,35, 28,34,20,26,0,0,-3,-2,-36,-22,-38,-31,-51,-67,-53,-53,-53,-67,-74,-52,-57,-78, -106,-40,-55,-62,-136,-76,-64,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-362,-346,-314,-264, -365,-11,-10,0,0,0,-484,-451,-1106,-1273,-2162,-2043,-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Re8 7. Bg5 a6 8. Ba4 {The position is equal.} h6 9. Bh4 g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... b5 10. Bc2 g5 11. Bg3 d6 12. Nbd2 Bb6 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 {0-1 (46) Giri,A (2782)-Nakamura, H (2787) Paris 2016}) 10. Bg3 b5 11. Bb3 d6 12. Nbd2 Bb6 13. Re1 Ne7 14. a4 { [%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rb8 15. d4 Ng6 16. a5 Ba7 17. h3 Bd7 18. Qc2 Nh5 19. Nf1 $1 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. N3h2 b4 22. Ng4 bxc3 23. bxc3 Bxg4 24. hxg4 Nf6 $1 ({Much weaker is} 24... Nxg3 $6 25. Nxg3 Qc7 26. Qa2 $16) 25. Bc4 Nxg4 26. Bxa6 h5 {And now ...h4 would win.} 27. Be2 Nf6 $1 28. Bh2 h4 29. Bd1 (29. a6 $15) 29... g4 ({Better is} 29... Ra8 30. Qa2 Nf4) 30. Ne3 $17 g3 31. fxg3 d5 32. gxh4 d4 33. cxd4 Bxd4 34. Ra3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Bf3 $11 {and White is okay.}) 34... Rb2 $19 35. Qc1 {With the idea Kh1.} Nxe4 {aiming for ...Nf4.} 36. Qc6 Nd6 $2 (36... Nf4 $19 {( -> ...Rxg2+)} 37. Bc2 Rxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Qxc2 Qxh4) 37. Kh1 $1 $11 Qxh4 38. Rf1 Rf2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 39. Qxd6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Rg1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Rf6 40. Ng4 Bxg1 41. Nxf6+ Qxf6 42. Bxg1 (42. Kxg1 Qh4 $11)) 39... Bxe3 $1 $19 { [%cal Rf2f1]} 40. Qa6 (40. Rxf2 $142 Qxf2 41. Rxe3 Qxe3 42. Bg4) 40... Re6 ({ Weaker is} 40... Bf4 41. Rh3 $14) 41. Qc8+ Kg7 {[%cal Rf2f1]} 42. Rg1 {[#]} Bf4 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,84,8,11,7,8,16,10,12,9,7,12,14,19,4,20,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,-7,-6,-6,-6, -2,-3,-7,-4,-6,-6,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 {The position is equal.} 8. Bd3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 $1 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 (12... Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Kg2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ra7 {1/2-1/2 (40) Giri,A (2797)-Radjabov,T (2756) Shamkir 2019}) 13. g3 Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc8 14. Re1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bf6 {1-0 (36) David,A (2567)-Markidis,K (2370) Paleochora 2017}) 14. Qc2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ra7 16. Na4 (16. Rfb1 {feels hotter.} Qa8 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. b5 Rc7 19. a4) 16... axb4 17. axb4 Qa8 18. Nxb6 Nxb6 19. Rxa7 Qxa7 20. cxb6 Qxb6 21. Rc1 g6 22. Qc3 Rb8 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Rxb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Rc8+ Kg7 26. Rc7 $1 h6 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 {KR-KR} Re4 29. h4 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. fxg5 Rxe5 32. f4 Re2 33. Kf1 Ra2 34. Rb7 Kg6 35. Rc7 f6 36. Rc6 Kf5 37. gxf6 Kxf6 38. g4 Ra4 39. f5 $1 Rxg4 40. fxe6 Re4 41. Kf2 Rxe6 42. Rxe6+ Kxe6 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Nabaty, Tamir"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2730"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,80,4,5,7,12,0,9,8,8,6,7,8,7,10,10,14,13,-14,0,-21,-18,-46,-20,-57,-53, -50,-38,-57,-62,-105,-111,-99,-101,-174,-173,-185,-185,-207,-176,-175,-175, -175,-181,-218,-227,-250,-252,-263,-233,-594,-577,-601,-593,-683,-676,-739, -785,-794,-795,-747,-779,-830,-810,-860,-848,-1014,-1000,-1149,-1003,-993,-982, -1073,-1068]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 { D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} b6 7. Qe2 (7. Ne5 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qe2 Nb8 10. c3 Nbd7 11. O-O Bxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 {1/2-1/2 (52) Bareev,E (2643)-Anand,V (2756) Amsterdam 2019}) 7... Bb7 8. O-O {The position is equal.} c5 {[#] aiming for ...Bxf4.} 9. c3 Bxf4 10. exf4 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. a3 Qd6 12. g3 c4 13. Bc2 { 1/2-1/2 (28) Korneev,O (2517)-Dedebas,E (2336) Marmaris 2018}) 11. Ne5 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7b5][%mdl 32]} 13. Qb5 Qd6 14. Ndf3 c4 15. Rfe1 Nc7 16. Qc6 Qxc6 17. Nxc6 Rfe8 18. Nfe5 Nb5 $1 19. Rab1 Rac8 20. a4 Nd6 21. b3 (21. Na7 $17 Rc7 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. axb5) 21... Nfe4 $19 22. bxc4 {[#]} f6 $1 23. cxd5 fxe5 24. fxe5 exd5 25. Na7 Rc7 (25... Nxc3 26. Nxc8 Nxc8 27. Rb3 $11) ({ Weaker is} 25... Rxc3 26. f3 $11) 26. f3 Rxa7 ({Not} 26... Nxc3 27. exd6 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 $15) 27. fxe4 Nxe4 28. c4 Nd2 29. cxd5 $2 (29. Rxb6 {nothing else works.} Nxc4 30. Rb5) 29... Nxb1 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Rxb1 Rf7 31. g3 Rf3 32. Rc1 Rd3 33. Rc4 Rd8 34. d6 Kf7 35. Rc7+ Kg6 36. Kf2 Rxd4 37. Ke3 Rxa4 38. Re7 Kf5 39. Kd3 Re4 40. g4+ Rxg4 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 87%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2745"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,59,8,-1,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,164,159,222,221,235,232,232,232, 217,217,218,224,206,213,304,312,525,525,539,519,740,740,718,528,719,725,861, 818,943,1014,1890,1779]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} 8. O-O Qa6 9. a4 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 10. Nb5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Rd8 12. exf6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Qxc4 c6 14. Nd6 Qxc4 15. Nxc4 b6 16. Bd2 Ba6 17. Rfc1 {1/2-1/2 (17) Efimenko,Z (2647)-Kravtsiv,M (2623) Lvov 2015}) 12... Rxd1 13. Rxd1 Bd6 $1 14. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rb5d6]} e5 $2 (14... Qa5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 15. Nxd6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Hoping for Nb5. White wants a kill.} cxd6 {[#] } (15... exf4 $16 16. Ne8 Qa5) 16. Bxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qa5 (16... dxe5 17. Rd8#) 17. Rxd6 {Strongly threatening Rd5.} Bg4 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. Rad1 g6 {[#]} 20. Bxb7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf8 (20... Qxb7 21. Rd8+) 21. Bf3 Bxf3 (21... Be6 { was worth a try.} 22. R1d4 Qc5) 22. exf3 h5 $2 (22... h6 23. Rd7 Qc5) 23. Kg2 { White is clearly winning.} Re8 24. h4 Qc8 25. a5 a6 26. Rd7 Qa8 27. R1d6 Rc8 28. Bd4 c3 29. bxc3 Re8 30. Bb6 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 35%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Demchenko, Anton"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,67,13,5,8,13,2,-3,-3,1,0,8,-12,0,-8,0,0,-1,-1,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11, 15,11,0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,-6,-48,-43,-45,-19,-58,-53,-54,-45,-50,-33,-22,0,-1,-5, -9,8,8,7,8,17,19]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 { D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} b6 ( 6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Nxc4 Bb4+ 10. Ke2 Be7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Qb3 Nh5 13. Bg3 h6 {1-0 (53) Inarkiev,E (2693)-Riazantsev,A (2649) Moscow 2018}) 7. Ne5 c5 8. c3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qa4 Nb8 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nd3 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Qb6 14. b3 Qa5 15. Ke2 {0-1 (35) Kalisky,V (2268) -Vass,F (2280) Slovakia 2014}) 10... Qc7 11. h5 Nd7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 12. h6 g6 { [%cal Rd7e5]} 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qe2 Nb8 {[%cal Ba6b8,Bb8c6,Bc6d8, Bd8f7,Bf7h6][%mdl 32]} 16. Rd1 cxd4 17. exd4 Nc6 18. Nf3 f6 19. O-O Rae8 20. g3 Nd8 21. Kg2 Nf7 22. Rh1 Kh8 23. Qe3 g5 24. Nh2 Nxh6 25. Qf3 Qd7 26. Qh5 Qg7 27. Rde1 Re7 28. Ng4 Nxg4 29. Qxg4 Rfe8 {The position is equal.} 30. Rh5 Qg6 31. f4 Qf5 32. Qxf5 exf5 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. fxg5 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Adhiban, B.."] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,110,28,25,33,31,25,40,38,21,25,25,29,21,30,28,43,16,30,14,39,43,38, 57,47,6,6,5,7,8,8,11,20,4,5,6,38,0,2,2,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, -10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-8, -8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,-8,0,-8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 dxc4 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5} 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. O-O Nc6 {White is slightly better.} 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. Qc2 Rfd8 {[#]} 16. Rc1 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 16. Bd3 h6 17. Rc1 Qf6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 {1-0 (47) Rakhmanov, A (2627)-Goganov,A (2576) Ankara 2018}) 16... Be8 17. h3 h6 18. b4 a6 19. Ba2 Qd6 20. Bb1 g6 21. h4 Ne5 22. Qe4 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Bc6 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Rd7 26. Rc4 h5 27. g4 Qd5 28. Qf4 {[#] Hoping for Rd4.} Rad8 {The position is equal.} 29. Rc5 e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f4]} 30. Rxd5 (30. Qf6 {keeps more tension.} Qe4 31. Kh2 Rd6 32. Qxe5 Qxg4 33. R1c4) 30... exf4 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. gxh5 fxe3 33. fxe3 gxh5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 34. Rc3 Rd2 35. b5 axb5 36. Rc5 Re2 37. Rxh5 Rxe3 38. Rxb5 Rxa3 39. Rxb7 Ra4 40. h5 Ra5 41. h6 Rg5+ 42. Kf2 Rf5+ 43. Kg3 Rf6 44. Kg4 Rxh6 45. Kf5 Kg7 46. Ra7 Rh5+ 47. Kg4 Rb5 48. Ra6 f6 49. Ra8 Kg6 50. Rg8+ Kf7 51. Ra8 Ke6 52. Re8+ Kf7 53. Ra8 Ke6 54. Re8+ $1 Kf7 55. Ra8 Ke6 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,82,0,12,0,10,4,4,0,0,0,4,0,8,16,15,11,13,12,25,15,31,31,23,5,4,0,2,7, 2,11,6,0,1,-6,-8,-5,0,-25,-29,-27,-19,-31,0,-8,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,291]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 Nbd7 4. Ngf3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 (5... g5 $5 6. Bg3 $8 c5 $11) 6. e3 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} c5 (6... Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. c3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 c5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 {0-1 (43) Mamedyarov,S (2801)-Giri,A (2782) chess.com INT 2018}) 7. c3 Bd6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qc7 10. Rc1 c4 11. Qc2 b5 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 {0-1 (34) Guzman Lozano,C (2030)-Lotero,F (2165) Bogota 2014}) 10. e4 dxe4 {[#]} 11. Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be7 (11... Nxe4 12. Bxd8) 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Ne5 Kf8 18. f3 Ke7 19. Kf2 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. b4 cxb4 22. cxb4 Rc8 23. Rxd7+ Kxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 24. a4 Rc2 25. h4 a5 26. Kf1 {The position is equal.} axb4 {[#] aiming for ...b3.} 27. Rb1 Bc6 28. Rxb4 Ra2 29. Bb5 {Strongly threatening Rd4+.} Bxb5+ (29... Kd6 {is more complex.} 30. Bxc6 Kxc6 31. h5 Ra1+ 32. Kf2 Ra2+) 30. axb5 {KR-KR} Ra7 31. Rg4 g6 32. h5 g5 33. Rd4+ Ke7 34. Rb4 Kd6 35. Rd4+ Ke5 36. Rd2 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Rb1 38. Rd7 Rb2+ 39. Kg3 Kf6 ({But not} 39... Rxb5 $6 40. Rxf7 Rb4 41. Rh7 $16) 40. Rb7 Rb4 41. b6 Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 62%. . An unexpected result.} (41... Rb2 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Abasov, Nijat"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 30,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Ne5 Bc6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. e3 Na5 12. Nd2 c5 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. b4 cxb3 15. Nxb3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 {The position is equal.} Nd7 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 17. Ba3 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Qxb7 a5 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 24. Bf1 g6 25. Bb5 { [#]} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 25... Kg7 26. Rd7 Rxd7 27. Bxd7 {1/2-1/2 (27) Meier,G (2632)-Leko,P (2737) Dortmund 2014}) 26. Kg2 h5 27. h4 Rc2 28. Kf1 Kg7 29. Rd7 Rc1+ 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31. Kf1 Rc1+ 32. Ke2 Rc2+ 33. Kf1 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"] [Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,65,23,21,7,12,16,16,14,8,13,10,3,8,10,21,14,16,18,20,19,25,3,58,45, 41,44,37,27,40,19,14,16,9,5,16,10,4,0,0,-46,-39,-47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd2 { C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. h3 Re8 13. d5 Bd7 14. Nc3 Qb8 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Ne2 { 0-1 (40) Carlsen,M (2882)-Ding,L (2805) Saint Louis 2019}) 8... O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. Re1 Qd7 11. a3 Nd8 12. c4 Ne6 13. Nc3 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... c6 14. Ba2 bxc4 15. Bxc4 a5 {1/2-1/2 (36) Kluegel,J (2492)-Martin Sanchez,C (2453) ICCF email 2017}) 14. Rb1 Bc6 15. Ba2 bxc4 16. Bxc4 a5 17. b3 Ne8 ({Better is} 17... Rfb8 $11) 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 cxb4 21. d4 exd4 22. Bxb4 Nf6 $1 23. Qd2 h6 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. e5 {[#]} dxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for ...e4. } 26. Nxe5 (26. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 27. Bxf8 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Rxf8 29. Qd3 $11) 26... Bxe5 27. Bxf8 Bf4 (27... Bc7 {is interesting.} 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Bb4 Qd5 30. f3 Ra2) 28. Bxe6 $1 {The position is equal.} Bxd2 29. Bxd7 Bxd7 30. Red1 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxg7.} Bc3 $1 31. Bc5 Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5b1]} 32. Bxd4 Bxb1 ({Don't play} 32... Bxd4 $6 33. Rb5 $16) 33. Bxc3 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Nihal Sarin"] [Black "Safarli, Eltaj"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2593"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 30,73,29,18,46,27,50,46,44,45,50,43,97,61,94,100,122,102,126,129,179, 193,226,230,236,218,320,343,659,650,864,787,1092,1085,1069,1054,1400,1080,1642, 1622,1550,1504,29991,29992,29992,29993]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 c6 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} (16... exd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxb5 Rf8 22. e5 dxe5 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxe5 { 1/2-1/2 (39) Hou,Y (2658)-Vitiugov,N (2734) Belokurikha 2018}) 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Qc7 {White is slightly better.} 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. b4 Nb6 ({Better is} 20... Rad8 $14) 21. dxe5 $16 dxe5 22. a5 Nbd7 23. c4 Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23... bxc4 24. Bxc4 {1-0 (42) Steinke,R (2239)-Ausan,L (1198) LSS email 2012}) 24. Qa2 Kg8 25. Bc2 Qd6 26. Bb3 Qe7 27. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d6,Bd6f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 (27... Nh5 $142 28. Nxh5 gxh5) 28. Nh4 $18 Kf8 $2 (28... Kh7 29. cxb5 Rf8) 29. c5 Nb8 30. Rd6 Red8 {[#]} 31. Ngf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 32. Nxf5 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qc7 33. Nxg7 Kxg7 {[#]} 34. Bxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Kxh6 35. Rxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg5 36. Rf5+ Kh6 37. Qe2 { Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 22%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2609"] [BlackElo "2718"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,74,18,12,14,0,6,14,2,11,3,14,17,11,10,0,11,0,11,0,0,-16,-27,-68,-68, -90,-81,-84,-41,-75,-73,-63,-66,-177,-177,-169,-139,-170,-177,-193,-201,-198, -185,-142,-88,-80,-74,-106,-98,-279,-277,-251,-187,-712,-712,-704,-702,-694, -694,-824,-824,-808,-801]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8... a6 9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 Nxb5 13. dxc5 Na7 14. b3 Re8 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Ba3 {1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2882)-So,W (2776) Saint Louis 2019}) 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 {The position is equal.} 11. Nf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nf1 a4 13. Ng3 Qa7 14. Re2 {1/2-1/2 (114) Perez Ponsa,F (2562)-Salinas Herrera,P (2483) Montevideo 2019}) 11... Qa7 12. Re2 a4 13. Ng3 Bb6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. Qc1 Nh5 $1 19. Kh2 Nxg3 20. Bxg3 c5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Rc2 Qb4 23. e5 {[#]} (23. Nd2 $15) 23... d5 $1 $19 24. a3 Qe4 25. Nd2 Qf5 26. b4 axb3 $1 ({Worse is} 26... Bxf2 27. Bxf2 Qxf2 28. Nf3 $11) 27. Nxb3 d4 28. Nc5 Ba5 ({Better is} 28... d3 29. Rd2 Red8 30. Nxe6 Qxe6) 29. Nxe6 $17 Rxe6 30. Rc4 d3 31. Rf4 $2 {[#]} (31. Qe3 $17) 31... Qxe5 $19 32. Rxf7 Qd5 33. Rf3 $2 (33. Qf4) 33... Re1 {Black is clearly winning.} 34. Qxe1 Bxe1 35. Rxe1 c5 36. Re5 Qd4 37. Re7 d2 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 79%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Yuffa, Daniil"] [Black "McShane, Luke J"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "263"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,263,58,49,49,41,52,39,51,14,22,14,22,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-7,-16, -16,-48,-50,-43,-29,-51,-60,-71,-43,-79,-84,-89,-78,-73,-76,-86,-88,-72,-66, -63,-14,-14,18,14,21,17,9,8,7,7,8,8,9,14,14,18,27,17,29,14,37,23,43,36,43,0,0, 0,0,0,27,28,112,42,33,32,17,22,88,83,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,71,127,105, 1049,1000,9088,5398,9518,9230,6532,6532,5057,2062,5431,316,300,297,303,306,395, 344,217,211,180,180,1189,1514,546,532,470,341,334,229,229,164,206,164,164,164, 164,164,164,164,164,164,164,8,164,8,165,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8, 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8, 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,8,0, 8,0,0,0,8,0,8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 Qe8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. h3 b6 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} (10... Nh5 11. c5 Nf4 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Bc6 16. Qc4 a5 17. Bd2 a4 18. Ba5 Rc8 19. Rad1 { 1/2-1/2 (54) Wojtaszek,R (2741)-McShane,L (2674) Germany 2016}) 11. a3 Nc5 12. Qc2 Nfd7 {White is slightly better.} 13. Nd5 (13. Nb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c7]} Qd8 14. Rad1 $14) 13... Qd8 14. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rad1 Ne6 15. b4 c6 16. Nc3 c5 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Ne1 {0-1 (43) Bernard,C (2365)-Tkachiev,V (2630) France 1997 }) 14... Ne6 15. b5 Bb7 16. Rad1 c6 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qb1 Rc8 19. Bd3 Ndc5 20. Bc2 Qe8 21. g3 Kh8 22. h4 h5 23. Kh2 Bd7 24. Rd2 Nd8 {[%cal Be6d8,Bd8b7,Bb7a5] [%mdl 32]} 25. Kg1 Ndb7 26. Re1 Bg4 27. Nh2 Be6 28. Nf3 Na5 29. Qa2 Ncb7 30. Bd3 Qa4 {[%cal Ra5c4]} 31. Ng5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Nd6 33. Rc2 Rxc2 34. Bxc2 Qb5 35. a4 Qb4 36. Rb1 Qc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4a2]} 37. Qxc4 Naxc4 38. Bc1 Rc8 39. Bd3 Kg8 40. Kf1 Nb7 41. Ke2 Bf8 42. f4 Bd6 43. f5 gxf5 44. exf5 Be7 45. Ne4 Ncd6 46. f6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bd8 (46... Bf8 $1 $11) 47. Ba3 ( 47. Nxd6 $1 $16 Nxd6 48. Ba3) 47... Nxe4 $14 48. Bxe4 Bxf6 49. d6 Nd8 (49... Nc5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 50. Rc1 Rd8 51. Bxc5 bxc5) 50. Rc1 $16 Rxc1 51. Bxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Ne6 52. Be3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kf8 53. Kd3 Nd4 54. Kc4 Ke8 55. Kd5 Ne2 ({Better is} 55... Bg7) 56. Kc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6c7]} Nxg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Bd8 $16) 57. d7+ $18 Kd8 {[#]} 58. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxa5 59. Bxa7 {Intending Bb6+ and mate.} Ke7 60. Bd5 {Threatening mate with Bc5+.} Kf8 61. Be3 (61. Bc5+ $142 Kg8 62. Be3 Bxh4 63. Bf2) 61... Bd8 62. Bc5+ $2 (62. Bh6+ Ke7 63. Bg5+ f6 64. Be3) 62... Kg7 63. Bb6 Be7 64. Bxa5 Nf5 65. d8=Q Bxd8 66. Bxd8 f6 67. Kd7 Nxh4 $2 (67... Nd4 68. Be4 Ne2) 68. Ke6 Ng6 69. Bxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh6 {intending ... Nf4+.} 70. Kf5 h4 71. Bg5+ Kg7 72. Be4 Kf7 73. Bf6 Ne7+ 74. Kxe5 Ng6+ 75. Kf5 Ne7+ 76. Kg5 Ke6 77. Bd4 h3 78. Bg1 $2 (78. Kg4 $18) 78... Ke5 $2 {[#]} (78... h2 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 79. Bxh2 Nd5) 79. Bb1 $2 (79. Bh1 $1 $18) 79... Nd5 $2 {[#]} (79... h2 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 80. Bxh2+ Kd5) 80. Bf5 $2 (80. Bh2+ $1 $18 Kd4 81. Bf5) 80... h2 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh2g1] The position is equal.} 81. Bxh2+ Kd4 82. Bh7 Nb4 83. Kf5 Nd3 84. Bg1+ Kd5 85. Bg8+ Kd6 86. Ke4 Nc5+ 87. Kd4 Ne6+ 88. Kc4 Ke5 89. Bh2+ Kf5 90. Bh7+ Kf6 91. Kd5 Ng7 92. Be5+ Kf7 93. Bc2 Ne8 94. Bb2 Ng7 95. Ke5 Ne8 96. Bc1 Ng7 97. Bb3+ Kg6 $1 98. Ba4 Kf7 $1 99. Bd7 Ke7 100. Bg4 Kf7 101. Be2 Kg6 102. Bd1 Kf7 103. Bd2 Kg6 104. Bc2+ Kf7 $1 105. Kd6 Ne8+ 106. Kd7 Nf6+ 107. Kc6 Ne8 108. Kd5 Nf6+ 109. Ke5 Ne8 110. Bb3+ Kg6 $1 111. Ba5 Ng7 112. Bd8 Nh5 113. Bh4 $1 Ng7 $1 114. Bc2+ Kf7 $1 115. Kd6 Ne8+ 116. Kd7 Nf6+ 117. Kd8 Ke6 118. Bb3+ Ke5 119. Bg3+ Kd4 120. Ke7 Ne4 121. Bh2 {Strongly threatening Bg1+.} Nd2 122. Bd1 Ne4 123. Ke6 Nc5+ 124. Kd6 Nd3 125. Bg3 {Black must now prevent Bb3.} Kc4 126. Be2 { Be5 is the strong threat.} Kd4 127. Bh4 {And now Bd8 would win.} Kc3 128. Bg5 Nb2 129. Kd5 {Threatens to win with Bf6+.} Kb3 130. Bf6 {Hoping for Kd4.} Kc2 131. Bh5 {aiming for Kd4.} Kb3 132. Bg6 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2635"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,61,6,15,6,18,6,14,-14,-3,-12,-7,-31,-17,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. e3 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} d6 7. a3 Bb6 (7... a5 8. b3 Be6 9. Nc3 Qd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. O-O Ne7 13. Rfd1 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 (27) Eljanov,P (2727)-Naroditsky,D (2633) Reykjavik 2015}) 8. Nxf6+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. b4 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. Bc4 Bf5 11. d3 O-O 12. O-O Bg4 13. Nd2 f5 {1/2-1/2 (47) Thurlow,K (2161)-Voveris,S (2337) ICCF email 2016}) 8... Qxf6 9. Bd3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 10. Be4 a4 11. O-O { The position is equal.} Bd7 12. Rd1 h6 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxb7 Rb8 {aiming for ...0-0.} 17. Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kd8 18. Qxd4 ({But not} 18. Rxd4 $2 Re8 $17) 18... Qxd4 19. Rxd4 {And now Bd5 would win.} Rxb7 20. c5 dxc5 21. Rd5 c4 22. Be3 Kc8 23. Bd4 f6 24. Bc3 Rb5 25. Rxb5 Bxb5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. Re1 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Bb4 h5 29. Bf8 g6 30. Bg7 c3 31. bxc3 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Demchenko, Anton"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,79,27,27,25,25,29,29,32,27,25,27,26,29,29,23,15,36,18,30,30,25,35,44, 44,54,54,56,43,59,57,59,54,52,50,85,36,91,81,107,107,107,107,107,107,114,109, 107,122,124,116,137,137,145,138,166,159,148,147,641,403,638,655,647,616,600, 603,721,741,815,766,1077,951]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7, Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} c6 9. Qb3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bf4 Qb8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 { 0-1 (46) Vidit,S (2702)-Aronian,L (2765) Kolkata 2018}) 9... Qb6 10. Qxb6 Nxb6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nh4 a5 13. O-O-O Bb4 14. Ne2 Nc4 15. Nf4 Bd6 16. Nh5 Be7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Nd6 19. Bd3 Rg8 20. Rhg1 f5 21. Ng3 Bh4 22. Rdf1 Bxg3 (22... f4 $14) 23. hxg3 $16 ({Don't play} 23. fxg3 $6 Rg5 $11) 23... h6 24. Rh1 Rg6 25. Rh5 Rf6 26. Rfh1 Ke7 27. Rxh6 Rxh6 28. Rxh6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rg8 29. Kd2 Kd7 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Kf3 b6 32. Kf4 Rg4+ 33. Ke5 f6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33... Rg6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 34. Rh8 Rg4) 34. Rxf6 $18 Nf7+ (34... Ne4 $142) 35. Rxf7+ $1 {White is clearly winning.} Kxf7 36. Bxf5 Rg7 37. g4 Ke7 38. f4 Rg8 39. g5 Re8 40. Be6 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 33%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Abasov, Nijat"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,65,24,27,29,18,15,23,25,32,34,36,35,25,34,0,0,0,7,8,57,50,59,59,59, 46,57,38,43,42,59,60,66,71,70,46,62,14,31,-8,60,53,66,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} 10. O-O b6 11. Nh2 Nf6 $146 { White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Nf8 12. Rae1 Ne6 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 {1/2-1/2 (50) Popov,I (2592)-Yu,Y (2764) St Petersburg 2018}) 12. a3 Be6 13. b4 Nd5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Qe1 {aiming for Bd2.} d4 16. Bd2 {Threatens to win with Ne4.} dxc3 17. Bxc3 f6 18. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} O-O 19. fxe5 f5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Nf3 Qc7 22. Qf2 Qc6 23. a4 Bd5 24. Nd2 Rac8 25. Rfe1 g5 26. Ra3 Qe6 27. Raa1 Qc6 ({Black should try} 27... h5 $11) 28. a5 h5 29. Ra3 (29. Nc4 $14) 29... Qe6 $11 { The position is equal.} 30. Ra4 Qc6 31. Ra3 {Black should prevent e6!} Qe6 $1 32. Ra4 Qc6 33. Ra3 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Adhiban, B.."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2639"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,104,10,10,4,7,5,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-3,0,-11,-15,-8,-20,-13,-31,15,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,12,16,14,8,10,13,16,29,8,20,10,12,16,7,9,12,10,49, 41,33,18,58,16,16,16,16,16,23,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8, 8,8,8,8,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. c4 { B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} a6 7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8. Nc3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qd3 g6 10. Bd2 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rac1 Qb8 { 0-1 (40) Soylu,S (2394)-Baklan,V (2655) Kocaeli 2014}) 8... Nc6 9. Qd2 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. O-O Qa5 13. Rfd1 b5 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Nc5 16. e5 bxc4 17. exd6 exd6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nb6 Rad8 20. Nxc4 Ne4 21. Rdd1 d5 22. Nce5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Kf6 24. Nc6 Rd6 25. Rac1 Rc8 26. Nd4 Rdd8 27. Kf1 Nc5 28. g3 Ne6 {[#] And now ...Rxc1 would win.} 29. Nc6 Rd6 30. Nb4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kf5 32. f3 g5 33. Rc6 Rxc6 34. Nxc6 $14 {KN-KN} h5 35. b4 g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 36. Ke2 gxf3+ 37. Kxf3 d4 38. a4 Ng5+ $1 {The position is equal.} 39. Ke2 {[#] Kd3 is the strong threat.} Ke4 40. b5 { Hoping for b6.} axb5 41. axb5 d3+ $1 42. Kd2 {aiming for b6.} Nf3+ 43. Kd1 { Strongly threatening b6.} Kd5 {Threatening ...Kc5.} 44. Nb4+ Kd6 45. Nxd3 Nxh2 46. Ke2 Ng4 47. Kf3 Kc7 48. Kf4 Nh2 49. Ne5 Kb6 50. Nxf7 Kxb5 51. Kg5 Nf1 52. Kxh5 Nxg3+ {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2664"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,110,11,28,-4,6,12,38,31,56,36,40,17,33,14,10,8,1,0,47,43,58,63,73,76, 74,62,51,49,37,35,37,35,41,2,26,33,22,30,37,33,39,27,31,33,24,27,38,24,31,35, 27,34,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nc3 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} Nge7 7. Nb5 (7. h3 Nb4 8. Nb5 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Bf5 10. Qc3 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Re1 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 (22) Anand,V (2759)-So,W (2778) Leuven 2018}) 7... Bg4 8. c3 {White is slightly better.} Qd7 9. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O f6 10. Re1 g5 11. h3 Be6 12. Qe2 Bf7 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 {1-0 (27) Khvorostova,A (1951)-Baraeva,I (2187) Albena 2011}) 9... O-O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 h6 (12... Kb8 { is more complex.} 13. O-O-O h6 14. Rde1 Nc8 15. Nf5 Be7) 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. g3 Kb8 15. O-O-O Ka8 16. Bd2 b5 17. Kb1 Rb8 18. Rc1 b4 19. cxb4 Nxb4 20. Bxb4 Rxb4 21. Rc3 Rhb8 (21... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 22. Nf3 Rc4 $11) 22. b3 g5 23. Nf3 Nc6 24. Rhc1 R4b6 25. Ne1 Nb4 26. Qf3 {Threatens to win with a3.} Ra6 27. Nd3 Nxa2 {aiming for ...Qb7.} 28. Qxd5+ Qb7 29. Qxb7+ Kxb7 30. Rc7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ka8 31. R1c4 {Black must now prevent Rc8.} Rxb3+ {The position is equal.} 32. Kc2 Raa3 $1 33. Rd7 Rc3+ 34. Rxc3 Nxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 35. Rd8+ Kb7 {And now ...Ne4 would win.} 36. Rxd6 Ne4 37. Nc5+ Nxc5 38. dxc5 {KR-KR} Ra6 {[#] Hoping for ...Rxd6.} 39. Rd7+ Kc6 40. Rxf7 Kxc5 41. f4 gxf4 42. Rxf4 Ra2+ 43. Kb3 Rg2 44. Rg4 Rd2 45. Kc3 Rd6 (45... Rg2 {is interesting.} 46. Rc4+ Kb5 47. Rb4+ Ka5 48. Rg4 Kb5) 46. Rc4+ Kd5 47. Rd4+ Ke5 48. Rxd6 Kxd6 {KPP-KPP} 49. g4 Ke5 {...Kf4 is the strong threat.} 50. h4 $1 a5 (50... Kf4 $5 51. g5 $8 hxg5 52. hxg5 Kxg5 $11) 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 Kf5 53. Kc4 Kxg5 54. Kb5 Kf5 55. Kxa5 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2662"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,77,16,16,16,16,11,19,6,12,3,13,8,17,8,14,8,18,0,12,11,4,0,0,-17,0,2, 59,69,56,22,22,27,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 $146 (5. Nc3 dxc4 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. b3 Rd8 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. exd4 Na5 14. Rac1 Nxc4 15. bxc4 Bd7 16. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 (16) Cori,J (2686)-Vallejo Pons,F (2678) Linares 2019}) ({Predecessor:} 5. Nbd2 c5 6. b3 cxd4 7. exd4 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. Bd3 Be7 {1/2-1/2 (32) Anton Guijarro,D (2546) -Arizmendi Martinez,J (2560) San Agustin 2012}) 5... c5 6. Bb2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} cxd4 7. exd4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. a3 g6 15. Qe3 Bg7 16. h3 a5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 (17... Re7 $11) 18. dxe5 $14 Nd7 $1 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Be4 (21. Bb5 $5 {[%cal Rc1c7]}) 21... Bxe4 {The position is equal.} 22. Qxe4 Nc5 23. Qc4 Bh6 24. Rc2 {[%cal Bc1c2,Bc2a2,Ba2a8][%mdl 32]} Red8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bd4 Rd5 27. b4 axb4 $1 28. axb4 Nd7 29. Ra2 Bf8 $1 30. Ra8 {aiming for Be3. } b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 31. Qb3 Kg7 32. Qxd5 exd5 33. e6+ $1 Nf6 34. Bc5 Qxe6 35. Bxf8+ Kg8 {[#] And now ...Qc6 would win.} 36. Be7+ Kg7 37. Bf8+ Kg8 { Hoping for ...Qc6.} 38. Be7+ Kg7 39. Bf8+ {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2656"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,60,0,17,9,23,28,31,19,28,36,19,0,0,2,1,-41,-32,-35,0,-3,0,-126,-129, -133,-141,-151,-150,-139,-132,-660,-619,-614,-356,-365,-362,-338,-254,-239, -250,-223,-194,-326,-308,-312,-311,-452,-448,-557,-154]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} c5 (8... Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Bg5 d5 13. Qf4 Re8 14. Re5 Qc7 15. Qh4 h6 16. Bxh6 { 1/2-1/2 (100) Navara,D (2739)-Gelfand,B (2655) Prague 2019}) 9. O-O-O Be6 10. a3 {White is slightly better.} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nd7 11. h4 Ne5 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. f3 b5 14. g4 Be6 15. Bf4 c4 {1-0 (38) Gopal,G (2580)-Mosadeghpour, M (2337) Al Ain 2014}) 11. h4 f6 12. h5 Nc6 13. Nh4 Qd7 14. f3 Rad8 15. g4 d4 16. Bf4 $1 Ne5 {[#]} 17. Qe1 (17. Nf5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 17... Qd5 $1 $17 { [%cal Rd5a2]} 18. b3 {[#]} c4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 19. Rxd4 Qa5 (19... Bxa3+ 20. Kb1 $11) 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 ({Weaker is} 20... Bxa3+ 21. Kb1 $11) 21. bxc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21. Rxc4 $17 Nxc4 22. Qe6+ Rf7 23. Qxc4) 21... Bxa3+ $19 22. Kd1 {[#]} Bb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Rxd8 (23. cxb4 Rxd4+) 23... Rxd8+ ({Less strong is} 23... Qxd8+ 24. Qd2 $17) 24. Ke2 Bxc3 25. Qb1 { [#]} Bd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2f4]} ({Worse is} 25... Nxc4 26. Qxb7 Qa4 27. Kf2 $11) 26. Bg3 Bg5 27. Be1 (27. Rd1 {only move.}) 27... Qc5 {aiming for ...Qe3+.} 28. Qb3 Bxh4 29. Bxh4 (29. Rxh4 $142 Nxc4 30. g5) 29... Nxc4 {White must now prevent .. .Rd2+.} 30. Re1 Re8+ $2 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 66%.} (30... Kh8 $19 31. Qc3 Re8+ 32. Kf1 Ne3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 33. Rxe3 Qxe3 34. Qxe3 Rxe3) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,124,20,16,6,10,5,15,11,13,8,16,14,28,27,99,102,83,77,76,70,64,33,26, 4,29,25,68,63,70,65,97,97,117,128,107,119,173,183,154,176,175,162,228,185,193, 138,228,219,208,96,87,31,26,25,81,68,127,100,122,109,293,286,285,232,226,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Be3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} Na5 10. Ba2 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... bxa4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bb1 Qe8 13. b3 Nc6 14. bxa4 Be6 15. h3 h6 16. Re1 Qd7 {1-0 (63) Guseinov,G (2667)-Warakomska,A (2293) Hoogeveen 2018}) 11. Nc3 b4 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. Nd2 Ng4 14. Nc4 {Strongly threatening Nxa5.} Nc6 (14... Nxe3 $11 {remains equal.} 15. fxe3 Nc6) 15. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Be6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nge5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Nce3 O-O 20. Bc4 Bg5 21. Bxa6 Bxe3+ 22. Nxe3 {[%cal Bd5e3,Be3f5,Bf5d6] [%mdl 32]} Qd4 23. Qc1 $1 c4 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. dxc4 b3 (25... Qxe4 $16 26. b3 Rbd8) 26. c3 $18 Qxe4 27. Nf5 $1 g6 {intending ...Rbd8.} 28. Nd6 Qg4 (28... Qd3 {was necessary.} 29. Rf6 Qe2) 29. Qe3 Qe6 30. c5 Ra8 (30... Na5 $16 31. Rfe1 f6 ) 31. Qe4 Ra6 32. Kh1 (32. Rfd1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 32... f5 $16 33. Qd3 (33. Qe3 $16) 33... Ra5 $1 $14 34. Nb5 Rd8 (34... e4 $1 $11 35. Qd1 Rd8) 35. Qe2 e4 {[#]} (35... Qd5 $1 $14) 36. Rfd1 $1 $16 Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 { aiming for Nc7.} Qc4 $2 {[#]} (37... e3 $16) 38. h3 $1 $18 {Hoping for Qd6.} e3 {With the idea ...e2.} 39. Qd6 Qe4 40. Nd4 $2 ({Resist} 40. Qd7 $6 Ra8) (40. Nc7 $18 Kf7 41. Qd7+ (41. Nd5 Qe6 $16) 41... Ne7 42. Nb5) 40... Nxd4 $1 $11 { The position is equal.} 41. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Ra8 42. c6 { Threatens to win with c7.} f4 $1 43. c7 {Black must now prevent Rc1.} f3 $1 { [%cal Rf3f2]} 44. Qd8+ Kg7 $1 45. c8=Q Rxc8 46. Qxc8 fxg2+ 47. Kg1 Qf3 $1 { [%cal Rf3f2]} 48. Qc7+ Kh6 49. Kh2 Qf1 $1 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rg2g1]} 50. Qg3 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qxa1 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Ra1h1][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 51. Qxe3+ {KQ-KQ} Kg7 52. Qe7+ {[#]} Kg8 $1 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rg2g1][%mdl 512]} 53. Qd8+ Kg7 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rg2g1]} 54. Qc7+ Kh6 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rg2g1]} 55. Qf4+ Kg7 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rg2g1]} 56. Qe5+ Kh6 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rg2g1]} 57. Qe3+ Kg7 {( -> ...Qh1+)} 58. Qe7+ {[#]} Kg8 $1 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rg2g1][%mdl 512]} 59. Qd8+ Kg7 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rg2g1]} 60. Qc7+ Kh6 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rg2g1]} 61. Qf4+ Kg7 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rg2g1]} 62. Qe5+ Kh6 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Nabaty, Tamir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,93,8,27,4,17,0,16,0,0,0,10,8,0,-2,0,-4,0,0,0,-7,0,-8,28,29,29,13,31, 30,79,83,86,0,21,0,135,83,74,75,191,188,208,210,224,202,195,206,197,205,191, 155,195,180,225,233,239,241,335,345,314,267,328,333,364,350,860,838,1351,1310, 992,617,601,596,587,587,581,570,603,585,585,584,571,566,792,782,877,876]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Ne7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d4 {A21: English Opening: 1... e5 2 Nc3} exd4 7. Nxd4 Nbc6 8. Nxc6 {The position is equal.} dxc6 9. Bg5 { Hoping for Qxd8.} Bxc3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Nf5 11. Bd2 Re8 12. O-O Be6 13. b3 Rad8 {0-1 (40) Aliyev,E (2141)-Mamedov,R (2658) Al Ain 2014}) 10. bxc3 {Strongly threatening Qxd8.} Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 f6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} b6 14. c5 Bxa2 15. Ra1 Bd5 16. e4 Bc4 17. Bxc7 b5 18. Ra6 Rfe8 {[#]} 19. Kd2 $1 f5 20. Rha1 (20. Re1 $16) 20... fxe4 {With the idea ...Nd5.} 21. Bxe4 b4 (21... Nd5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 22. Bxd5+ cxd5 23. Rxa7 Re2+ 24. Kd1 Rae8) 22. Rxa7 ({White should play} 22. cxb4 Bxa6 23. Rxa6) 22... Rxa7 $16 23. Rxa7 b3 (23... Nc8 $16 {was necessary.} 24. Ra8 Rxe4) 24. Ra4 $18 Bd5 25. Bd6 Bf7 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re5 28. Rb4 Rxc5 29. Bb5 g5 {[#]} 30. Bd3 $1 Ra5 31. c4 { [%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Ra2+ 32. Ke3 b2 33. c5 Kg7 34. Rb7 {And now Rxf7+! would win.} Ra5 35. c6 ({Less strong is} 35. Rxb2 Rxc5 36. Rb7 h5 $16) 35... Rc5 36. Be4 ({Not} 36. Rxb2 Rxc6 37. Be4 Re6 $16) 36... Rc3+ $2 (36... Kf6 37. Rxb2 Rc3+ 38. Kd4 Rc4+ 39. Kd3 Rc5) 37. Kd4 {White is clearly winning.} Rb3 38. Bb1 Ra3 39. Rxb2 Ra4+ 40. Ke5 Ra5+ 41. Kd6 Rd5+ 42. Kc7 Rd4 43. Bf5 Kf6 44. Bd7 Bd5 45. Kb6 Ke7 46. Kc5 Rd1 47. Bg4 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 49%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D07"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2609"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,115,17,16,15,19,10,17,11,14,8,14,0,0,-4,10,4,18,0,14,1,8,0,13,15,39, 31,47,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,114,114,314,24,27,22,63,21,54,17,27, 17,17,20,29,25,67,20,68,56,59,67,120,104,137,135,152,144,144,0,0,0,141,135,139, 143,143,136,143,143,135,137,312,316,329,49,42,45,42,41,41,43,38,0,18,0,45,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 Nf6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2... Nf6 3 Bf4} O-O 10. O-O Ne7 11. a3 {The position is equal.} (11. Nb5 Qd8 12. Rc1 c6 13. Nc3 Nc8 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Qd6 16. Qb3 Ne7 {0-1 (40) Lenic,L (2639) -Morozevich,A (2711) Berlin 2015}) 11... Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c6 12. b4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 {1-0 (41) Schmidt,G (2204) -Gschwendtner,M Germany 2000}) 12. b4 c6 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Rae8 15. Rfc1 g6 16. Qf3 Kg7 17. Rab1 a6 18. a4 h5 19. h3 Re6 20. Qf4 Nd7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 21. Nxd7 (21. Nd3 {seems wilder.} Nb6 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Nc4 24. Ra1) 21... Qxd7 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Ra8 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Qb7 {aiming for .. .Qb2.} 27. Rb1 Qa6 28. Qb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qd3 29. Na4 Qc2 (29... Re8 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 30. Qb2 Nh4) 30. Nc5 $16 Re7 $2 ( 30... Re8 $16 31. Qxe8 Qxb1+ 32. Kh2 h4) 31. Qb2 $2 (31. Ra1 $18 Nxe3 32. fxe3) 31... Qxb2 $11 32. Rxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ra7 33. Nd3 Nd6 34. Rc2 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 h4 36. g4 hxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Nf5+ 38. Kh2 Rd1 39. Ne5 f6 40. Nxc6 { Strongly threatening Nb4.} g5 (40... Rb1 $14) 41. Nb4 $16 Nh4 42. Nxd5 { Threatens to win with Rc7+.} Nf3+ 43. Kg3 Nh4 44. Kh2 {Hoping for Rc7+.} Nf3+ $1 45. Kg3 Nh4 $1 46. Rc7+ Kg6 {[#] ( -> ...Rg1+)} 47. f4 $1 {Rc6 is the strong threat.} Rg1+ 48. Kf2 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 {And now Ne7+ would win.} Rd2 50. Ne7+ Kh5 $2 {[#]} (50... Kg7 $16) 51. Rc8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc8h8]} gxf4 52. exf4 $2 (52. Rh8+ $18 Kg5 53. Rg8+ (53. exf4+ Kxf4 54. Rxh4+ Kf3 $11) 53... Kh6 54. Rg4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (54. exf4 Nf3 $14)) 52... Ng6 $14 53. Rc5+ Kh6 54. Ke1 Rd3 55. Nf5+ Kh5 56. Ne7+ Kh6 57. Nf5+ Kh5 58. Ne7+ {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 58%.} (58. Ng3+ $5 Kh6 59. Ne2 $16) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2679"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "157"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,157,11,18,26,6,23,-25,-37,-44,-52,-56,-59,-49,-41,-76,22,0,27,25,30, 33,22,22,99,104,83,83,83,83,90,83,135,122,122,130,140,136,138,138,142,133,147, 147,134,139,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,0,203, 203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,159,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203, 203,203,188,126,188,178,178,159,159,159,159,159,152,159,159,159,480,94,469,0, 470,76,231,131,153,153,147,140,154,71,161,169,457,457,457,457,457,457,457,457, 457,457,457,457,457,457,457,457,457,457,450,442,437,437,450,450,428,417,395, 327]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nde2 Rb8 10. a4 b6 {B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} 11. h3 Ba6 12. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Be3 Rfc8 14. f4 Na5 15. Bf2 Bb7 16. Qd3 e5 17. b3 Nc6 18. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 (62) Bocharov,D (2602)-Kovalenko,I (2643) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 12... Nd7 {Black has an edge.} 13. Re1 Bxe2 $1 14. Rxe2 Bxc3 $1 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. f4 b5 ({ Black should play} 16... Na5 $17) 17. Kh2 Rfc8 18. Rd2 Nf6 {[#]} 19. e5 $1 { [%mdl 512]} dxe5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 (20... Nxe5 $11 21. axb5 Rxb5) 21. Bf4 $16 Qxc3 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Qe1 {Hoping for Rd8+!} Nd4 24. Rad1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} e5 (24... Nf3+ $142 25. Bxf3 Qxf3) 25. Rf2 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxe1 26. Rxe1 Kg7 27. Rxe5 bxa4 28. Ra5 Rc8 29. Rxa4 Rxc2 30. Rxf6 Kxf6 31. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} h5 (31... Ra2 $16 {keeps fighting.} 32. g4 a5) 32. Rd6+ $18 Ke7 33. Ra6 Rc7 34. Be4 Kf8 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Ra3 Re7 37. Kf3 Kh6 38. Kf4 Kg7 39. Kf3 Kh6 $1 40. Bd3 Kg7 41. Ra6 Kh6 42. Kf2 Kg7 43. Be2 Kh6 44. Ra3 Kg7 45. Ke1 Rd7 46. Bf3 Kf8 47. Ke2 Kg7 48. Ke3 Kf6 49. Ra5 Kg7 50. Bd5 Kf6 51. Kd4 ({Better is} 51. Kf4 $18) 51... Rc7 (51... Kg5 $16 52. Rc5 h4) 52. Ra3 Re7 53. Kc5 a5 54. Kd6 {Black must now prevent Rf3+.} ({ But not} 54. Rxa5 $6 Re3 $16) 54... Ra7 55. Bc6 Kg5 56. Ra4 Kf6 57. Re4 Kg7 $2 (57... Kg5 $16 58. h4+ Kf6) 58. Kc5 $2 (58. Re7 $1 $18 {[%cal Re7a7]} Rxe7 59. Kxe7) 58... Kf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58... f5 $16 {is more resistant.} 59. Rc4 Re7 ) 59. Kd6 Kg7 $1 {[#]} 60. Re3 $2 (60. Re7 $1 $18 {[%cal Re7a7]} Rxe7 61. Kxe7) 60... Kf6 $2 {[#]} (60... f5 $16 {is a better defense.} 61. Rd3 Kf6) 61. Rf3+ ( 61. Kc5 $1 $18) 61... Kg7 62. Ra3 Kf6 63. Re3 Kg7 64. Kc5 (64. Rd3 $142) 64... Kf6 (64... f5 $16 {was worth a try.} 65. Kb6 Rf7 66. Kxa5 Kf6) 65. g4 hxg4 $2 ( 65... Rc7 66. Kb6 Rc8 67. Rf3+ Ke6 68. Re3+ Kf6 69. Rf3+ Ke6) 66. hxg4 g5 67. Kb6 Re7 68. Rf3+ Kg6 69. Kxa5 Re5+ 70. Kb6 Kg7 71. Bd7 Rd5 72. Kc6 Rd4 73. Ra3 Kf6 74. Ra5 Ke7 {next ...Rd6+ is good for Black.} 75. Re5+ Kf6 76. Rd5 Ra4 77. Kd6 Ra6+ 78. Bc6 Kg6 79. Rf5 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 45%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2702"] [BlackElo "2699"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,136,22,16,8,20,0,0,0,0,0,23,31,35,-3,29,43,30,34,46,39,48,48,60,57, 74,43,104,97,105,79,93,64,76,54,58,56,50,71,111,86,78,92,97,88,88,80,91,90,104, 25,25,26,27,26,26,27,28,0,0,0,28,31,27,25,130,96,139,118,149,100,155,8,156,164, 213,213,213,213,213,213,618,618,452,588,708,893,906,1487,1412,1271,989,1288, 1333,1102,916,368,1621,1492,4400,368,361,361,361,361,29974,29975,29975,29975, 29976,29977,29977,29977,29977,29978,29979,29980,29980,29980,29981,29982,29987, 29988,29990,29991,29991]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 Qb6 8. a4 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} (8. Na3 d5 9. e5 Ne8 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. b3 Ne6 16. Be3 Bd7 {1-0 (53) Shirov,A (2658)-Fedoseev,V (2681) Riga 2019}) 8... a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. e5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10. a5 Qc7 11. d3 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bf4 f6 14. exf6 Qxf4 15. fxg7 Rf7 {1-0 (31) Majeric,Z (2366) -Kosztolanczi,G (2230) Ajka 2004}) 10... Nd5 11. a5 Qd8 12. d3 d6 13. Qa4 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rxe5 (15. Qxc6 $2 Bc7 $19) 15... Qd6 16. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bf5 17. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Be3 Nxe3 ({Black should play} 19... Bxd3 $14 20. Bxc5 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 e5) 20. Rxe3 $16 Rad8 21. Ne5 f6 22. Qxc6 (22. Nxc6 $6 Rc8 $11) 22... Qd6 23. Qxd6 exd6 24. Ng4 Rxe3 25. fxe3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rb8 26. Nxf6+ Kg7 27. Nd5 Rxb2 28. e4 Bd7 29. Rf1 {Threatens to win with Rf6.} Be6 30. Nc7 Bd7 31. Nxa6 (31. c4 $1 $16) 31... Rb7 $1 $11 32. c4 Be8 33. e5 Ra7 34. Nb8 (34. exd6 Rxa6 35. Re1 Bf7 $17) 34... Rb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7b8]} 35. Na6 Ra7 36. Nb8 (36. exd6 Rxa6 37. Re1 Bf7 $17) 36... Rb7 $1 37. exd6 {aiming for Na6.} Rxb8 { KRB-KR} 38. Re1 $1 {d7! is the strong threat.} Kf8 {[#]} (38... Kf6 $11 { keeps the balance.}) 39. Re7 $1 $16 {And now a6 would win.} Rd8 40. a6 { Black must now prevent a7.} (40. Rxh7 Bf7 $17) 40... Rxd6 41. a7 Rd8 42. Rb7 ( 42. Rxh7 Bf7 $17) (42. Rc7 $16) 42... Bc6 (42... Ra8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 43. Rc7 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} ({Don't play} 43. Rxh7 $6 Rxd3 44. Rc7 Be4 $11) 43... Be8 44. Kf2 ({Worse is} 44. Rxh7 Bf7 $17) (44. Rxc5 $6 Bd7 $16) 44... g5 45. Ke3 ({But not} 45. Rxh7 $6 Bf7 $16) 45... h6 46. g3 Bg6 $2 {[#]} (46... Bh5 47. Rxc5 Ke7) 47. Rb7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb7b8]} Rxd3+ 48. Kf2 Ra3 {Hoping for ...Be4.} 49. Rb8+ Kg7 50. a8=Q Rxa8 51. Rxa8 {KR-KB} Bd3 52. Ra4 Kf6 53. Ke3 Bf1 54. h4 gxh4 $2 (54... Ke5 55. Ra5 gxh4 56. Rxc5+ Kd6 57. Rd5+ Ke7 58. gxh4 Bxc4) 55. gxh4 Ke5 56. Ra6 $2 (56. h5 Kf6 57. Ra6+ Kg5 58. Rc6 Kxh5 59. Kf4) 56... Bxc4 57. Rxh6 Be6 58. Rg6 Bf5 $2 (58... Bf7 $18 59. Rg5+ Kf6 60. Rxc5 Kg7) 59. Rg1 {White mates.} Kf6 60. h5 Bh7 61. h6 Bg6 62. Kd2 Kf7 63. Kc3 Kf6 64. Kc4 Bf7+ 65. Kxc5 Bg6 66. Kd6 Kf7 67. Ke5 Bd3 68. Rg7+ Kf8 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 42%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2686"] [BlackElo "2716"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,73,7,13,7,6,12,8,0,7,-1,0,0,14,-2,6,8,10,2,5,11,15,6,4,4,5,5,14,12,12, 12,12,12,14,6,13,0,6,0,16,20,29,12,14,14,16,12,26,26,26,24,36,32,31,31,24,20, 26,20,35,15,28,9,21,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 Bd4 ( 8... Bg4 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 { 1-0 (49) Nakamura,H (2746)-Sevian,S (2642) Saint Louis 2019}) 9. Rb1 a6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. O-O Ba7 13. Nc3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 {1-0 (79) Rimsans,A (1995)-Rihtaric,I (2131) ICCF email 2016}) 11... Ba7 12. Be3 Bg4 13. Nc3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. g3 c6 16. Bg2 b5 17. Ne2 Ne6 18. Bxa7 Rxa7 19. d4 bxc4 20. Rc1 a5 21. Rxc4 axb4 22. axb4 Qb8 23. Qc2 d5 24. Rxc6 dxe4 25. Rc4 exd4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Qe5 28. Qc5 Qxc5 29. bxc5 Rc7 30. Rc1 Re8 31. c6 Kf8 32. Kf1 Re6 33. Rdc4 Ke7 34. Ke2 h6 35. R1c2 Kd6 36. Rd2+ Ke7 37. Rdc2 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Rodshtein, Maxim"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,88,32,36,20,27,15,12,18,17,5,45,39,45,45,46,45,43,44,46,39,55,55,62, 43,37,50,74,69,67,69,87,49,51,55,104,104,116,116,115,115,106,106,106,0,85,73, 120,83,90,89,100,50,50,53,54,45,56,39,35,19,19,15,15,15,11,-83,-85,-87,-96,-91, -87,-370,-371,-370,-362,-616,-608]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Nbd7 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Ba5 11. cxd5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Nb6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Bc1 Qd7 16. Qc2 g5 {1/2-1/2 (16) Wang,Y (2698)-Wang,H (2665) Reykjavik 2008}) 11... cxd5 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. b3 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb6d7,Bd7e5,Be5c6,Bc6d4][%mdl 32]} 17. a3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 d4 20. exd4 Nc6 $1 21. Be3 Rcd8 22. Na4 Nxd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 23. Bd1 Rfe8 24. b4 Bb6 25. Nxb6 axb6 26. Kg2 Rd7 27. Ra2 Red8 28. Raa1 ({Better is} 28. Bxd4 $16 Rxd4 29. Bf3) 28... Ne4 (28... Re8 $1 $11) 29. h4 Kh7 30. a4 f5 31. a5 b5 32. a6 bxa6 33. Rxa6 Nf6 34. Bg5 Re8 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. h5 Kg7 37. hxg6 Kxg6 38. Rc3 Red8 39. Rc5 (39. Rd3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39... Rh8 $17 {And now ...Rdh7 would win.} 40. g4 Rdh7 {Hoping for ...Rh2+.} 41. Kg3 {[#]} Rh1 $1 {[%cal Rh1d1]} 42. Kf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. gxf5+ $17 Nxf5+ 43. Kf4 Rxd1 44. Rxf5 Rh4+ 45. Kg3 Kxf5 46. Kxh4) 42... Rxd1 $19 43. gxf5+ Kh5 {Strongly threatening ...Re8.} 44. Rxf6 $2 {[#]} (44. Rc7 Rh1 45. Rxf6) 44... Re8 $1 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 67%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "McShane, Luke J"] [Black "Yuffa, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2577"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,48,30,4,29,22,23,14,15,6,21,4,19,10,16,10,25,0,16,20,12,14,12,19,11, 10,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Bc5 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 7. O-O Nd7 8. Qg3 Bd4 9. d3 Ne7 10. Bd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nd1 Qb8 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 O-O 15. Bg4 {0-1 (41) Chernyshov,K (2488)-Dreev,A (2639) St Petersburg 1999}) 10... O-O 11. Ne2 Bb6 12. c3 e5 13. exd5 cxd5 {The position is equal.} 14. d4 Re8 15. Bb3 Nf5 16. Qd3 exd4 17. cxd4 Nf6 18. Qxf5 { [#] Be3 is the strong threat.} Rxe2 19. Be3 Rxb2 20. Qd3 Qe7 21. Qc3 Re2 22. Qd3 Rb2 23. Qc3 Re2 24. Qd3 Rb2 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"] [Black "Jones, Gawain C B"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2688"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,61,41,14,25,34,66,31,29,18,14,20,14,29,19,6,12,0,0,0,0,-20,32,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,18,15,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 {Threatens to win with axb5.} b4 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} 9. d4 Ba7 10. Be3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Nbd2 bxc3 13. bxc3 exd4 14. cxd4 h6 15. a5 Nb4 16. Qb1 {1-0 (29) McShane,L (2664)-Adams,M (2703) London 2018}) 10... O-O {White is slightly better.} 11. Nbd2 bxc3 12. bxc3 Bg4 13. Qc2 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. h3 Ne5 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. N4f3 a5 ({Black should try} 17... Bxe3 $11 18. Rxe3 Be6) 18. Nxe5 (18. Bf4 {looks sharper.} Qe7 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Nc4 Qc5 21. Nb2) 18... dxe5 {The position is equal.} 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. Bc4 Qe7 21. Rab1 Raa8 22. Bb5 Red8 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Nc4 Qe6 25. Ne3 c6 26. Red1 Nc5 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 {[#] White threatens Qd8+ and mate.} Qd7 30. Qxd7 Nxd7 31. Nc4 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2674"] [BlackElo "2721"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,106,22,44,41,41,52,45,35,50,49,51,15,27,0,0,-6,61,0,11,-27,-19,-25, -27,-30,0,0,17,10,14,6,20,25,32,19,39,0,0,0,33,34,93,93,101,77,106,15,33,0,24, 38,65,18,27,0,0,-45,-38,-141,-51,-75,-58,-66,59,0,0,-203,-209,-258,-254,-259, -265,-195,-241,-260,-253,-239,-221,-232,-261,-251,-237,-291,-289,-279,-282, -396,-385,-475,-468,-516,-455,-410,-392,-1128,-1128,-12850,-8995,-6523,-5591]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 h5 4. h3 d6 (4... Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Be6 7. b3 Nge7 8. Nge2 d5 9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 Bb4 11. O-O {0-1 (57) Le,Q (2714) -Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) St Petersburg 2018}) 5. Nc3 h4 6. g4 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} f5 7. gxf5 Bxf5 8. d3 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 8... Qd7 9. e4 Be6 10. Nge2 g6 {1-0 (38) Moor,R (2392)-Degtiarev, E (2425) Switzerland 2015}) 9. Nf3 Be7 10. d4 Qd7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 ({Better is} 12... Bxd7 $11 13. O-O O-O-O) 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Nd5 Bf6 15. Be3 e4 16. Nd2 $1 Rhe8 17. Nxf6 gxf6 18. Rac1 Nf8 19. Nb1 Bh7 20. Nc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} f5 21. Nd5 Ne6 22. Rcd1 Rf8 23. f4 Rd7 24. Bf2 Rg7 (24... Bg6 $14) 25. Bxh4 $16 Ncd4 26. Rd2 $1 c6 27. Ne3 (27. Kh1 $16) 27... Bg6 28. Kh2 Bh5 (28... Rh7 $5 {[%cal Rh7h4]} 29. Bg3 Bh5 $11) 29. Rf2 $1 Rd7 30. Bf1 (30. Bg5 $5) 30... a5 31. Ng2 a4 32. Kh1 Rh7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 33. Bg5 ({White should try} 33. Kh2 $1 $15) 33... c5 (33... Nxg5 $17 34. fxg5 Ne6) 34. h4 $15 Re8 {Strongly threatening ...e3!} 35. Ne3 Reh8 ( 35... Nxg5 $15 36. fxg5 Bg6) 36. Rh2 (36. Bf6 $1 $14) 36... Nxg5 $11 37. fxg5 $2 {[#]} (37. hxg5 $11 {and White stays safe.} Bxe2 38. Rxh7 Rxh7+ 39. Kg2 Bxf1+ 40. Kxf1) 37... f4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 38. Nd5 e3 39. Rxd4 cxd4 40. Nxf4 Be8 41. Kg2 {White wants to play Kg3.} Rxh4 42. Rxh4 Rxh4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 43. Kg3 {[#]} Rh1 $1 {[%cal Rh1f1]} 44. Bh3+ Kc7 45. Ne6+ Kd6 46. Nxd4 Rb1 47. Kf4 (47. Bf5 $142 Rxb2 48. g6) 47... Rxb2 48. Bf5 Rxa2 49. g6 a3 50. g7 Bf7 {White must now prevent ...Rb2.} 51. Bh7 $2 {[#]} (51. c5+ Ke7 52. Bh7) 51... Rb2 {Played: Ra2xe2} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Kovalenko, Igor"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2674"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,128,2,2,11,11,9,47,41,34,45,45,40,45,20,23,5,6,20,33,36,36,38,41,31, 36,25,26,12,15,7,6,0,0,0,0,4,8,0,0,0,11,6,5,6,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-21,-21,-48,-11,-29,0,0,0,0,0,-424,-435,-397,0,-29,0,-406,-406, -404,-406,-386,-389,-374,-291,-310,-274,-334,-324,-400,-397,-393,-385,-497, -493,-573,-471,-562,-544,-904,-923,-1756,-1916,-1476,-1093,-2427,-2422,-1686, -1285,-1763,-1672,-1313,-1204,-5451,-7372]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. f3 (4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 Rb8 9. f4 Ne8 10. a4 Nd4 11. O-O Nc7 12. g4 a6 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Ng3 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nce2 b4 17. f5 { 0-1 (41) Fedoseev,V (2724)-Giri,A (2783) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 4... d5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 4... Nc6 5. a3 Be6 6. b3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 Qc7 9. Bb2 a6 10. h4 Rd8 11. O-O O-O {0-1 (37) Dufrenoy,H (1499)-Blangy,J (1260) Bethune 2002}) 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} Qxd5 7. d4 e6 8. Be3 {White is slightly better.} cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nf5 Bxe3+ 13. Nxe3 Ke7 14. Bb5 Rd8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rxd8 Kxd8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 17. f4 Kc7 18. Kd2 Bb7 19. Re1 Rd8+ 20. Kc3 c5 21. g3 Rd4 22. b3 Re4 23. Kd2 Rd4+ 24. Kc1 f6 25. c3 Rd3 26. Nd1 Kd6 27. Kc2 Rf3 28. Re2 h6 29. Nb2 {aiming for Nc4+.} Bd5 30. Rd2 Kc6 31. Re2 {Strongly threatening c4.} Kd6 32. c4 Bc6 33. Kd2 g5 34. Nd3 gxf4 35. Nxf4 e5 36. Ng2 a5 37. Ne1 Rf1 38. Kc3 Bd7 39. Nc2 Rf3+ 40. Kb2 Bf5 41. Ne1 Rf1 42. Ka3 Kc6 43. Ka4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (43. Ng2 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 43... Bg4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg4e2]} 44. Re4 {[#]} Bf5 $2 ({Better is} 44... Rf2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf2a2][%mdl 512]} 45. a3 Bf5) 45. Re2 $1 $11 Bg4 46. Re3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (46. Re4 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 46... Rf2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf2a2][%mdl 512]} 47. Ka3 Rxh2 48. Nf3 Rf2 49. Nh4 Bh5 50. Re1 Be2 51. Ng6 Kd6 52. Rh1 h5 53. Ra1 Bg4 54. Ka4 e4 {Black is clearly winning.} 55. Re1 Rxa2+ 56. Kb5 Ra3 57. Nf4 Rxb3+ 58. Kxa5 Kc6 {[%cal Rb3a3]} 59. Ka4 Rxg3 60. Nd5 Rd3 61. Ne7+ Kd6 62. Rxe4 Bd7+ 63. Ka5 Kc7 {[%cal Rd3a3]} 64. Nd5+ Kb7 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 68%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Cheparinov, Ivan"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2746"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,104,18,69,78,73,58,68,61,36,45,64,42,80,46,46,47,44,50,47,44,52,41, 44,47,35,35,40,38,39,13,33,30,37,3,3,2,2,0,97,97,122,123,124,121,113,115,137, 119,120,111,137,108,142,145,140,139,244,200,142,0,111,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Ne8 (9... Ne4 $11) 10. O-O $14 { D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} Nc7 11. Bg3 (11. Rc1 Re8 12. Bg5 Ne6 13. Bh4 Nef8 14. Qb3 Bf6 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Rfe1 f5 17. Bd3 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 (50) Dosi,A (2585)-Tiits,T (2585) ICCF email 2009}) 11... e5 12. Nxe5 {White is slightly better.} Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe7 14. e6 Nxe6 15. Bd6 Qf6 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 {0-1 (54) Lund,S (2283) -Doukhine,I (2315) Serpukhov 2004}) 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. Bh2 Re8 16. e4 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Qd4 Re8 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 cxd5 22. Bf3 Be6 23. Rac1 a5 24. Rfd1 Rac8 25. Kf1 Red8 26. Ke2 Rc6 27. b3 Rdc8 (27... Kg7 $11) 28. Bxd5 $16 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} b6 30. Rc4 bxc5 31. Kd3 h5 32. Ra4 Kg7 33. h4 ({Much less strong is} 33. Rxa5 $6 c4+ 34. bxc4 Rxc4 $11) 33... Rb8 34. Kc3 Rb4 35. Rxa5 Rxh4 36. Raxc5 ({Of course not} 36. Rdxc5 $6 Rxc5+ 37. Rxc5 Rh2 $11) 36... Rxc5+ (36... Rf6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 37. Rxc5 {KR-KR} Rh2 {[#]} 38. Rg5 (38. g3 $1 $16) 38... f6 {[#]} (38... h4 $11 { keeps the balance.}) 39. Rg3 (39. Rd5 $1 $16) 39... h4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh4g3] The position is equal.} 40. Rg4 f5 41. Rd4 $1 Rxg2 42. Rxh4 Rxf2 43. a4 g5 44. Rh1 {Threatens to win with Ra1.} Ra2 45. Rb1 g4 {Hoping for ...g3.} 46. b4 { [%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Rxa4 47. b5 Kf6 48. b6 Ra8 49. b7 Rb8 50. Kd4 Kg5 {aiming for ...Kf4.} 51. Ke3 f4+ 52. Kf2 Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A18"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2746"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,121,4,5,19,14,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-19,-21,-17,-31,-27,-19,-31,-35,-31, -48,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,-31,-27,-52,-1,-129,-96,-118,-100,-108,-73,-64,-61,-41,-41, -40,-49,-65,0,-64,0,-6,0,-311,-291,-301,-292,-308,-352,-449,-470,-403,-277, -231,-28,-129,-1,0,0,-164,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. d4 Bb7 9. Bd3 {Threatening Bg5.} Bxf3 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} 10. gxf3 Nd7 11. Be4 Rd8 12. h4 h6 13. Qa4 Bd6 {[#]} 14. Qxa7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qxa7 Qe7 16. Qa4 c5 17. Rb1 {0-1 (40) Navara,D (2722)-Wojtaszek,R (2711) Katowice 2010}) 14... e5 15. Be3 exd4 16. cxd4 O-O 17. Rd1 Rfe8 18. Qa4 Bf4 19. Ke2 c5 20. Qc6 {And now Qxf6 would win.} Bxe3 21. fxe3 Qe7 {Hoping for ...Nf6.} 22. dxc5 Ne5 23. Qb5 {aiming for Rxd8.} Rxd1 24. Kxd1 bxc5 25. Rh2 {[#]} (25. Kc1 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 25... Ng4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg4h2][%mdl 1536] Black has strong compensation.} 26. Re2 (26. fxg4 Qxe4) 26... Qe5 $1 27. Qa5 Qa1+ 28. Kc2 Rb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ( -> ...Rb2+). Black fights for an advantage.} 29. fxg4 Qb1+ 30. Kc3 Qxe4 31. Qxc5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qb1 (31... Qxg4 $15 32. Rb2 Rd8) 32. Qd6 (32. Qe7 $11) 32... Qa1+ (32... Qc1+ $15 33. Kd3 Re8) 33. Kd3 $11 Qb1+ 34. Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34. Kc3 $11) 34... Rb2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Qh2 Rxa2 $1 {White must now prevent ...Qb3+.} 36. Qd2 Ra3+ 37. Kd4 Qb6+ 38. Ke4 Qg6+ 39. Kf4 {[#]} Rd3 $2 (39... Qf6+ $1 $19 40. Kg3 {[#]} h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. gxh5 Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Kf3 Qxh5+ 43. Kg3 Qe5+ 44. Kf3 Qf5+ 45. Kg3 Rd3) 40. Qa5 (40. Qe2 $1 $11) 40... Rd1 (40... Qd6+ $17 41. Kf3 Qc6+ 42. Kf4 Rd1) 41. Qa8+ $11 Kh7 42. Qg2 $2 (42. Rf2 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 42... Rf1+ $2 ({Better is} 42... h5 $19 {Strongly threatening ...hxg4.} 43. Rf2 Rc1 44. gxh5 Rxc4+ 45. e4 Qd6+ 46. Kg4 Qe6+ 47. Kf4 Qe7) 43. Kg3 {The position is equal.} Qd6+ 44. Kh3 Qd3 (44... Qd1 $5 45. Qe4+ $8 f5 46. gxf5 Rf3+ 47. Kh2 Qd6+ 48. Kg1 Qd1+ 49. Kh2 Qd6+ 50. Kg1 Qd1+ 51. Kh2 $11) 45. Rc3 Qxc3 46. Qxf1 Qxe3+ {KQ-KQ} 47. Kg2 Qe4+ 48. Kg3 { Threatens to win with Qf5+.} Kg8 49. h5 g5 50. hxg6 fxg6 51. Qf6 Qe3+ 52. Kg2 Qe2+ 53. Kg3 Qe3+ 54. Qf3 Qxf3+ 55. Kxf3 {KPP-KPP} Kf7 56. Ke4 Ke6 57. c5 h5 58. gxh5 gxh5 59. Kf4 Kd5 60. Kg5 Kxc5 61. Kxh5 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "168"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,168,16,7,10,15,10,18,10,18,16,19,8,2,10,14,6,0,0,0,0,-49,-9,-19,150, 138,260,265,300,264,578,582,538,495,512,513,515,508,500,441,458,445,423,378, 390,179,224,78,86,78,77,0,314,0,0,0,0,0,95,73,68,91,90,85,86,102,72,77,54,31, 26,23,23,8,12,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,24,22,33,20,20,20,23,24,61,61,68,61,68,68,68, 68,75,75,76,28,28,28,76,64,66,0,76,61,83,46,61,46,46,46,54,0,0,0,54,54,61,61, 67,67,73,61,77,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 { C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Re2 a4 13. Ng3 Qa5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nh4 Rfe8 {[#]} 16. Nhf5 $146 {White wants to play Bxh6!} (16. Rc2 {feels hotter.} d5 17. Qf3 Nd7 18. Nhf5 Bf8 19. Bd2) ({Predecessor:} 16. Re1) 16... d5 17. Nxh6+ gxh6 18. Bxh6 dxe4 $2 (18... Bd7 $11) 19. Rxe4 $16 Bxf2+ (19... Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Be7 21. Qf3 $17 ) (19... Bf8 $16 20. Rh4 Be7) 20. Kxf2 $18 {Hoping for Qf3!} Qb6+ ({Not} 20... Nxe4+ $2 21. Nxe4 Qa7+ 22. Be3 $18) 21. Kf1 {aiming for Qf3!} Qxb2 $2 (21... Bd7) 22. Rc1 Bd7 23. Rc2 Qb5 24. c4 Qb4 {[#]} 25. Qf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re6 26. Rf2 Be8 27. Bd2 Qa3 28. Bg5 Nh7 29. Rg4 (29. Be3 $142) 29... Nxg5 30. Rxg5+ ( 30. Qe3 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 30... Kf8 $16 31. Qe3 Rd8 32. Rf3 (32. Rd2 $16) 32... Qxa2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Rxd3 $1 $11 33. Qxd3 Qc1+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kf2 Qxg5) 33. Rh5 $2 (33. Nf5 $18 {Rfg3 would kill now.} f6 34. Kg1 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 33... Qa1+ $11 34. Kf2 $1 Ke7 {...a3 is the strong threat.} 35. Ne4 Qd4 (35... a3 $11 36. Qc5+ Kd7) 36. Nc5 $16 a3 { White must now prevent ...a2.} 37. Nxe6 Kxe6 38. Qxd4 Rxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 39. Ke3 f6 {[#]} 40. Rh8 $1 {[%cal Rh8e8]} Bg6 41. Kd2 Be4 $1 {Strongly threatening ...c5.} 42. Re3 Bxg2 43. Kc3 c5 44. h4 a2 45. Re1 Bh3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 46. Ra8 Bf5 47. Re3 Rxh4 48. Rxa2 e4 49. Ra5 Ke5 50. dxe4 ({Resist} 50. Rxc5+ Kf4 $16) 50... Bxe4 51. Rxc5+ Kd6 52. Ra5 f5 53. Re1 Ke6 54. Kd4 Kf6 55. Ra6+ c6 56. Kc5 Rh2 57. Ra8 Rc2 58. Rf8+ Kg7 59. Rb8 Kf6 60. Kd4 Rd2+ 61. Kc5 Rc2 $1 62. Rd1 Rc3 63. Rd4 Ke5 64. Rc8 Rc1 65. Rc7 Rc2 66. Rd1 ({White should try} 66. Rh7 $14) 66... Bd5 $1 $11 67. Rd4 (67. Re1+ $11 Kf4 68. Rg7) 67... Be4 $14 68. Rh7 Rc1 69. Rh6 Bd5 70. Rh8 Be4 71. Rd2 Bd5 72. Re2+ (72. Re8+ $16 Kf4 73. Rd4+ Kg5 74. Kb4 Rb1+ 75. Kc5) 72... Kf4 $11 {The position is equal.} 73. Rh4+ Kg3 74. Rd4 f4 75. Re7 f3 $1 76. Rg7+ Kf2 77. Rh4 Rxc4+ 78. Rxc4 Bxc4 79. Kxc4 {Threatens to win with Kd3. KR-KPP} Ke2 80. Re7+ Kd2 81. Rf7 Ke2 82. Kc5 f2 83. Kxc6 f1=Q 84. Rxf1 Kxf1 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Predke, Alexandr"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D90"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,74,-8,-9,0,-9,-9,-6,-9,-27,3,8,41,68,47,43,73,73,87,93,102,87,93,98, 135,125,132,154,156,139,152,137,151,141,139,139,131,139,163,-40,-40,-40,-33, -32,-5,-8,-3,-6,-7,-6,38,0,32,-70,-50,-625,-617,-608,-605,-609,-602,-703,-687, -5389,-2284]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} 8. Bf4 Na6 9. e4 c5 {The position is equal.} 10. e5 Nh5 (10... Be6 $5 {[%cal Re6c4]} 11. exf6 Bxc4 12. fxg7 Kxg7 13. Bxc4 cxd4 $11) 11. Be3 Nb4 12. O-O-O b5 13. Qb3 $1 {[#]} ({ Of course not} 13. Nxb5 Be6 $17) 13... a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be6 14. d5 Bf5 15. Bxb5 {1/2-1/2 (40) Bacrot,E (2704)-Negi,P (2638) Baden-Baden 2013}) 14. dxc5 Qc8 15. Bxb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Rb8 17. a4 Qg4 18. h3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Qf5 19. Qc4 $1 Rfc8 20. Nbd4 Qe4 21. Qxf7+ $1 Kh8 22. Qc4 ({Not} 22. Qxe7 $2 Nf4 $19) 22... Nf4 23. Bxf4 $1 Qxf4+ 24. Kb1 Nc6 25. Qe6 $2 (25. Rhe1 $18) 25... Nxe5 $15 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. g3 Qe4+ (27... Rxb2+ $5 28. Ka1 Rb1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy } 29. Kxb1 Rb8+ 30. Kc2 (30. Nb5 {leads to mate.} Rxb5+ 31. axb5 Qb4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Kc2 Qc3+ 33. Kb1 Qb2#) 30... Qxf2+ 31. Rd2 Rb2+ { [%mdl 64] Deflection, Decoy} 32. Kxb2 Qxd2+ 33. Kb3 Qb4+ 34. Kc2 Qxc5+ 35. Kb3 Qxd4 $17) 28. Ka1 Rxc5 29. Rhe1 $1 $132 {[%cal Re1e4][%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Qb7 $1 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rb7b2]} 30. Nb5 Bf6 {Strongly threatening ...Rxb5.} 31. Rd7 Qf3 32. Qe3 (32. Rd2 $14) 32... Qf5 {Hoping for ...Rcxb5.} 33. Red1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33. Qd3 $15) 33... Qc2 $1 $19 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rc2b2][%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 34. Qa3 Rc4 35. R7d2 Qxa4 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Rxb8 {Black must now prevent Qxa4.} Qxd1+ {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 78%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2811"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 24,60,16,10,20,11,16,18,18,17,23,19,13,19,16,19,29,19,18,18,40,20,28,20, 20,20,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,37,40]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Rae1 Rb8 13. Nd1 h6 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 {The position is equal.} 16. b3 f5 (16... Kg7 17. Ne3 Re8 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Re5 20. Bd7 Rb6 21. g3 { 1/2-1/2 (43) Rapport,R (2726)-Ding,L (2809) Shenzhen 2019}) 17. Ne3 f4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 19. Bxf5 Kg7 20. g3 Kf6 21. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. Bd7) 21... Bb4 22. Re2 Rfe8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 24. Kg2 Re1 25. Rxe1 {White is slightly better.} Bxe1 26. gxf4 $14 {KB-KB} a5 27. Kf3 Ke6 28. Ke3 Bc3 29. Bf1 Kd6 30. Kd3 Be1 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Sevian, Samuel"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,94,14,29,21,42,11,0,10,12,-17,-11,-13,-2,0,0,-48,-59,-56,-51,-92,-94, -85,-77,-105,-111,-214,-97,-672,-660,-637,-614,-607,-590,-535,-437,-484,-490, -482,-481,-1099,-344,-1489,-1496,-29976,-29965,-29965,-29970,-1928,-952,-943, -925,-2197,-2116,-6800,-6632,-6704,-6704,-6594,-6524,-5406,-5310,-5610,-5185, -29969,-29968,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29985, -29986,-29988,-29989,-29992,-29987,-29994,-29995,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Qe7 (8... Ba7 9. a4 Qe7 10. Qe2 Be6 11. b4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Qe6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O O-O 15. b5 Nd8 {1/2-1/2 (32) Yu,Y (2736)-Aronian,L (2756) Riga 2019}) 9. a4 g5 10. Bg3 {The position is equal.} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ba7 11. b4 Nd8 12. O-O Nh5 13. Kh1 Nf4 14. d4 {1-0 (41) Kosteniuk,A (2498)-Abdumalik,Z (2490) Hengshui 2019}) 11. Bd5 Ba7 12. Nc4 g4 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. d4 (14. Bxc6+ $5 bxc6 15. O-O $11) 14... Ne7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Na5 ({Avoid the trap} 16. Nxe5 $2 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 O-O $19) 16... Nxd5 ({Don't play} 16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 O-O 18. Bc4 $15) 17. Qxd5 O-O $36 { [%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 18. Rd1 Nf4 19. Qb3 {[#]} (19. Qd2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 19... Be6 (19... Bb6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb6a5] and Black stays clearly on top.} 20. Nc4 Be6) 20. Qb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Qc2 $17) 20... Rad8 $19 21. O-O Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 23. Rf1 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 { [#]} Qd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Qa3 Bb6 26. b4 (26. Bxe5 $142 Bxa5 27. Qe7) 26... Nxc3 $2 (26... Ba2 {( -> ...Qd1!)} 27. f4 exf4 28. Nxb7 {[#]} Qd3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack}) 27. Nxb7 $2 {[#]} (27. Qc1) 27... Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2f1] [%mdl 512]} 28. Qc1 {[#]} Rd1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Rxd1 Nxd1 {[%cal Re2f1]} 30. h3 Nxf2+ 31. Kh2 Nxe4 32. Nc5 Bxc5 33. bxc5 Nxg3 34. Kxg3 Qd3+ 35. Kh2 g3+ 36. Kh1 Bd5 37. Qe1 Kh7 38. a5 f5 {Black mates.} 39. c6 f4 40. Kg1 Qd4+ 41. Kh1 e4 {Played: Bd5-e4} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D90"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2707"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,61,0,25,30,33,41,58,21,23,27,24,29,30,29,21,29,14,35,33,14,18,25,37, 25,60,50,92,85,92,22,20,10,14,4,6,6,4,8,11,2,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c5 6. dxc5 {[%cal Rc4d5] D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} O-O 7. cxd5 Na6 8. g3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. h5 Nxc5 9. hxg6 fxg6 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Rxh6 Qb6 12. Rh4 Bf5 {0-1 (34) Inarkiev,E (2690)-Wei,Y (2735) Magas 2018}) 8... Nxc5 9. Bg2 Bf5 10. O-O Nce4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. d6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 exd6 14. Rd1 Bc2 15. Rd2 Rac8 16. Ne1 Be4 17. Rxd6 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfe8 19. Be3 (19. Kf3 $16) 19... Ng4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 20. Bxa7 Rxe2 ({Don't play} 20... Bxb2 $6 21. Rb1 $16) 21. Rad1 {Hoping for Kf3.} Bxb2 22. Kf3 Rce8 23. Kxg4 {[#] Nd3 is the strong threat.} Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 25. Rb6 h5+ 26. Kf3 Bg7 27. Rxb7 {Threatens to win with Rb8+.} Ra1 28. Rb8+ Kh7 29. Rb7 Kg8 $1 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Bok, Benjamin"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,61,18,18,25,24,17,12,33,27,36,22,18,18,19,24,22,20,24,11,14,0,0,0,15, 0,15,6,15,15,15,15,15,15,26,16,19,18,21,21,21,21,21,21,22,22,30,4,4,6,5,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O { D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 8. e3 Bf5 9. Be2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 10. Qb3 Qe7 (10... Ba5 11. O-O c6 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Rfc1 Qxb3 15. axb3 {1/2-1/2 (26) Giri,A (2797) -Navara,D (2739) Shamkir 2019}) 11. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O c6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. a4 a6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 {1/2-1/2 (16) Tornow,M (2310)-Salzmann,S (2310) GER email 2017}) 11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 b5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. O-O c6 15. a4 a6 16. Qb4 Qe6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ne5 Ne4 19. Qb2 Nf6 20. Ra3 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Rfa1 Qb7 23. Qa2 {[%cal Ra3a8]} Rxa3 24. Qxa3 Rb8 25. Qa6 Kf8 26. h3 Qxa6 27. Rxa6 Bd7 28. Ra7 Ke7 29. Kf1 Kd6 30. Ke1 g5 31. Kd2 { Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Jumabayev, Rinat"] [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,74,14,17,15,22,4,1,14,14,20,10,10,13,13,2,0,14,30,20,27,46,28,43,37, 44,39,44,28,34,44,73,91,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,-112,-114,-154,-88,-80,-12,-18,-20,-17, -8,-49,-34,-234,-238,-237,-236,-411,-411,-466,-462,-1776,-1674,-2480,-693]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 { D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 8. O-O a6 $146 (8... c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Rd8 16. Rac1 Nce4 17. Bb4 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 {1-0 (69) Grischuk,A (2771)-Topalov,V (2740) Shamkir 2019}) 9. a4 c5 {The position is equal.} 10. d5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Nf6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bc7 Rd7 15. Ba5 b5 16. Ne5 $1 Rd5 17. Bf3 {aiming for Bc3.} Be6 $1 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Nc6 {axb5 is the strong threat.} Bf8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rfd1 Ra6 22. Nb8 (22. Nd8 $16) 22... Rd6 $11 23. e4 Nf4 $1 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25. Nc6 {Threatens to win with Bc7!} h6 $1 26. Bc3 (26. e5 $11 Bf8 27. Bd2) 26... b4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4c3,Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 27. Be5 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} c3 ({Better is} 28... f6 $17 29. Nf3 Nd3 ) 29. bxc3 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Nxc3 31. Ke1 b3 {[%mdl 1024] Hoping for ...b2. Black has compensation.} 32. Nd3 $2 (32. Ra8+ $1 $15 Kh7 33. Rb8) 32... c4 $19 33. Nb2 {[#]} Na2 $1 ({Inferior is} 33... Nxe4 34. f3 $11) 34. Nd1 $2 (34. Ke2) 34... c3 35. f3 Kh7 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Ne3 (36. h4 $142) 36... b2 37. Rb1 {[#]} Nb4 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 81%.} (37... Bc4 $142 $1 { [%mdl 512]} 38. Nxc4 c2 39. Rxb2 c1=Q+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Kf2 Qxc4) 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2729"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,60,19,22,26,20,25,47,47,50,43,50,50,37,20,17,17,31,31,24,39,31,30,30, -15,-12,-29,-8,-33,-18,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bd3 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} e5 12. d5 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6e8,Be8d6][%mdl 32]} (12... f5 13. Qc2 f4 14. Bd2 b5 15. c4 b4 16. O-O Qc7 17. a3 a5 18. axb4 axb4 {0-1 (93) Nakamura, H (2754)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2775) Paris 2019}) 13. c4 {White is slightly better. } Qc7 14. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bh6 Bg4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ng1 Ne8 17. f3 Bd7 18. Ne2 Nd6 {1/2-1/2 (29) Short,P (2260)-Daianu,C (2246) Cork 2013}) 14... Ne8 15. O-O Nd6 16. Qe2 f5 17. Bd2 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bf5 20. Qe2 e4 21. Ng5 Rae8 $1 22. Be3 Bd4 23. Rcd1 Qe5 24. Qd2 {[%cal Re3d4]} h6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxe3.} (24... Qf6 {feels hotter.} 25. Qe1 b6 26. Qe2 Qg7 27. Qd2 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 h6) 25. Ne6 {The position is equal.} Bxe6 26. dxe6 Rxe6 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Qxd4 e3 29. Qxe3 Qxe3 30. fxe3 Rxe3 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "2606"] [BlackElo "2718"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,123,27,27,28,19,30,0,0,0,14,5,9,21,10,0,0,0,2,7,15,5,15,7,55,43,59, 55,66,43,64,64,84,71,82,42,38,38,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,-73,-70,-62,-65,-75,-59,-79, -71,-95,-64,-85,-10,-10,-16,-26,-27,-112,-89,-95,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-296, -296,-296,-296,-296,-296,-530,-215,-215,-83,-1825,-1854,-1975,-1840,-1604, -1270,-1229,-1187,-29962,0,0,0,-475,0,-29961,-29960,-29952,-8957,-4614,-5008, -29982,-29983,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29980,-29976]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 { [%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d1,Bd1e3][%mdl 32]} Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. Ne3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Ke7 14. Rc1 Rhc8 15. Na5 c5 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. Kd2 Bb5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. a3 bxa3 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Ra1 {1/2-1/2 (55) Le,Q (2704)-Vidit,S (2707) Hengshui 2019}) 12... Rb8 {The position is equal.} 13. b3 Be7 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Bf3 Rfd8 16. Ba5 Rdc8 17. Rd1 Bc5 18. Bd2 Kf8 19. O-O Ke7 20. Nc2 h6 21. Rc1 g5 22. Rfd1 f5 23. e4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Rd8 25. Ba5 {Threatens to win with Nd4.} Rdc8 26. Nd4 Bxd4 $1 27. Rxd4 c5 28. Rd2 Rb5 29. Bc3 Nxc3 30. Rxc3 Rb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 31. Re3 (31. f3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31... Rd4 $17 32. Rxd4 $1 cxd4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. Re1 Kd6 34. f3 e5 35. Kf2 Rc3 36. h4 Bd3 (36... gxh4 $17 37. gxh4 Bd3 38. Bxd3 Rxd3) 37. Bxd3 $11 Rxd3 38. hxg5 hxg5 {KR-KR} 39. f4 (39. Re4 $1 $11) 39... exf4 $17 40. gxf4 g4 ( 40... gxf4 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Re3.} 41. Re4 Rd2+ 42. Kf3 Kc5 43. Rxf4 Rxa2) 41. Re4 $11 Rf3+ 42. Ke2 d3+ 43. Kd2 g3 44. Ra4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44. Re5 $11) 44... Rf1 $1 $19 {aiming for ...g2.} 45. Ra6+ Kd5 46. Rg6 {[#]} Rf3 $1 47. Ra6 $2 (47. f5 {was necessary.} Kd4 48. Rg4+ Ke5 49. b4) 47... Rxf4 (47... Ke4 $142 48. Ra4+ Kf5 49. Rxa7 Rxf4 50. Rf7+ Ke4 51. Re7+ Kf5) 48. Rg6 Rf3 ( 48... Kd4 $19 {is more deadly. And now ...Rf2+ would win.} 49. Rxg3 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 Rxa2) 49. a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. b4 $17) 49... a5 50. Rg5+ Ke4 51. Rg4+ Kf5 52. Rg7 Kf4 53. Rg8 Ke4 $2 (53... Rf2+ {mates} 54. Kxd3 g2 55. Kd4 Re2 56. Rf8+ Kg4 57. Rg8+ Kf3 58. Rf8+ Kg3 59. Kd3 Re5 60. Rg8+ Kf3 61. Rxg2 Kxg2 62. Kd4 Rg5 63. Kd3 Rg4 64. Kc2 Rb4 65. Kc3 Kf2 66. Kd3 Kf3 67. Kc2 Ke2 68. Kc3 Ke3 69. Kc2 Kd4 70. Kd2 Rxb3 71. Ke2 Re3+ 72. Kf1 Kd3 73. Kf2 Kd2 74. Kg1 Ke2 75. Kg2 Rc3 76. Kh1 Kf1 77. Kh2 Kf2 78. Kh1 Rh3#) 54. Rg4+ $11 Kf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... Ke5 $11) 55. Rg7 $19 Kf4 (55... Rf2+ $19 56. Kxd3 Kf4) 56. Rg8 $1 Rf2+ 57. Kxd3 g2 58. Kc4 Rb2 59. Kb5 Rxb3+ {Black mates.} 60. Kxa5 Rg3 61. Rf8+ Ke5 62. Re8+ {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 44%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Safarli, Eltaj"] [Black "Nihal Sarin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C52"] [WhiteElo "2593"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,73,-15,-8,0,-42,-6,-34,-18,-18,-10,-53,-14,-25,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,-18, -10,-14,23,28,16,20,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-190,-105,-113,-41, -76,502,499,511,501,495,481,658,643,583,477]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. O-O Bb6 {C52: Evans Gambit Accepted: 5 c3 Ba5} 9. Nbd2 (9. Bb5 a6 10. Ba4 Ba7 11. Na3 Nge7 12. d5 b5 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 O-O 15. dxc6 Qg4 16. Qc2 {0-1 (48) Li,C (2751)-Ding,L (2766) Huaian 2016}) 9... Na5 10. Qb1 Ne7 {Black is slightly better.} 11. dxe5 O-O 12. Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Qc7 { 1/2-1/2 (24) Lomasov,S (2490)-Petrosyan,M (2554) Tarvisio 2017}) 12... c6 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 {aiming for Ng5.} Ng6 16. Rd1 Qg4 17. Rxd6 Rf8 18. Qb3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 $1 Qxf4 20. Rd3 Bg4 $1 21. e6 fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 $1 23. Bxg4 Qxe4 24. Rd7 {And now h3 would win.} Qxg4 25. Ne5 Qf4 26. Nf7+ Kg8 27. Nd6+ Kh8 28. Rf1 {Threatens to win with Nf7+.} h6 (28... Rf6 $5 29. Nf7+ $8 Kg8 30. Ng5+ Kh8 $11) 29. Kh1 (29. Nxb7 Rae8 $17) 29... Rf6 30. Nc4 $2 {[#]} ({ Of course not} 30. Nf7+ Kh7 $17) (30. Qd1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 30... Bxf2 (30... Re8 $1 $19 31. f3 Bc7) 31. Nd2 $17 ({Not} 31. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 $19) ({But not } 31. Rxb7 $2 Re8 $19) 31... Qg4 (31... b6 $17 {White must now prevent ...Qf5.} 32. Qd1 Re8) 32. Rxb7 {[#] Rb8+ is the strong threat.} Rg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ( 32... Qe2 $1 $17 {[%cal Re2d2]} 33. Rd7 Bd4 34. Rxf6 Bxf6) 33. Rxf2 $18 { White is clearly winning.} Kh7 34. Nf3 Re8 {( -> ...Qxf3!)} 35. Qb1 Re3 36. Rb4 Qe6 37. Rf1 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 40%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Xu, Xiangyu"] [Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "2576"] [BlackElo "2693"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,91,0,0,9,0,25,31,31,33,27,0,9,4,15,0,0,-38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,26,135, 129,133,45,68,66,94,79,170,167,162,168,520,528,520,515,509,515,500,505,815,781, 675,685,1954,1808,1877,1456,2854,6540,6539,6540,6528,6528,5297,5527,29975,2183, 1677,0,0,0,1668,1579,1658,1622,1557,1404,29973,29970,6436,6318,29972,5398,1616, 1581]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 c5 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3} (6... Bb7 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 e5 14. d5 f5 15. f4 g6 16. Bc2 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nf3 Kh8 {1/2-1/2 (43) Braun,A (2598)-Donchenko,A (2604) chess.com INT 2019}) 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. a3 Bxc3 {White is slightly better.} 9. Bxc3 d5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9... cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. b3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bb2 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nbd7 15. O-O Bb7 16. d5 exd5 17. Nd4 Re8 18. cxd5 Qe5 {1/2-1/2 (18) Gligoric,S-O'Kelly de Galway,A Palma de Mallorca 1967}) 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. Bc2 { Black should prevent Qxd8.} Nbd7 12. cxb6 axb6 13. h4 Qc7 14. Qd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rfd8 15. h5 h6 $1 16. Rh3 Kf8 17. Rg3 Bb7 18. Qh4 Qd6 (18... Ra5 $11 19. Bb4+ (19. Bxa5 bxa5 20. Rd1 c3 $14) 19... Kg8 20. Bxa5 bxa5) 19. Rd1 $16 (19. Qxc4 Nxh5 20. Rd1 Qe7 $16) 19... Qe7 20. Qxc4 ({ White should play} 20. Rxd7 $16 Rxd7 21. Bb4 Qxb4+ 22. axb4) 20... Nc5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qh4 Be4 (22... Rc8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 23. Rxg7 $1 $18 Kxg7 24. Bxe4 Ncd7 $2 (24... Rc8 {is more resistant.} 25. Qg3+ Kf8) 25. Ne5 Rc8 {With the idea ...Rxc3.} 26. Nxd7 {[%cal Rc3f6][%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Rxc3 27. Qg3+ ({Not} 27. bxc3 Qxd7 28. Bf3 Qb5 $16) 27... Kh8 {...Rc1+ is the strong threat.} 28. Nxf6 ({Weaker is} 28. bxc3 Nxe4 29. Qe5+ Kg8 $18) 28... Qxf6 (28... Rc8 $142 29. Qf4 Kg7) 29. bxc3 Qxc3+ 30. Ke2 f5 31. Bd3 Qb2+ 32. Kf3 Qxa3 33. Qe5+ Kh7 34. Qc7+ Kg8 35. Qd8+ Kf7 36. Bc4 Qa4 37. Qc8 (37. Qc7+ $142 Kf6 38. Kf4 b5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Kf8 41. Qxb5 Qa8 42. Qe5) 37... Qd1+ 38. Kf4 Qd6+ 39. Kf3 Qd1+ 40. Be2 Qd5+ 41. Kg3 Qe5+ 42. Kh3 Qb2 43. Bc4 Qe5 44. Qd7+ Kf6 45. Qd8+ (45. Qh7 $142 Qe4 46. Qxh6+ Kf7 47. Qg6+ Ke7 48. Qg7+ Kd6 49. h6 Qxc4 50. h7) 45... Kf7 46. Qxb6 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 40%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2558"] [BlackElo "2671"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,60,6,7,30,30,26,26,30,9,25,22,19,27,13,15,20,17,21,17,24,27,31,32,26, 20,18,20,33,18,22,21,26,15,16,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Rae1 h6 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 {White has an edge.} 15. Nd1 Rb8 16. b3 f5 (16... Kg7 17. Ne3 Re8 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Re5 20. Bd7 Rb6 21. g3 {1/2-1/2 (43) Rapport,R (2726)-Ding,L (2809) Shenzhen 2019}) 17. Ne3 f4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Kg7 20. g3 Kf6 21. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. Bd7) 21... Rfe8 22. Kg2 Re6 23. Kf3 fxg3 24. hxg3 Rbe8 25. Re2 Bc5 26. Rh1 Kg7 27. Rh5 Rf6+ {The position is equal.} 28. Rf5 Ree6 29. Rxf6 Kxf6 30. Ba6 Rxe2 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2654"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,61,21,10,13,0,23,22,10,9,11,25,35,20,40,23,21,27,41,41,23,25,86,82, 105,113,95,104,112,113,104,105,117,104,296,299,635,625,872,851,1477,1441,1434, 1272,5281,5269,4810,4166]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. d3 Qe7 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 10. Nbd2 Ba3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bg4 11. Nc4 Rad8 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Qd2 Rfe8 14. Rfc1 d5 {1/2-1/2 (58) Halkias,S (2583)-Jurcik,M (2479) Heraklio 2017}) 11. Bxa3 Qxa3 {The position is equal.} 12. Qc1 Qe7 13. Qb2 Bg4 14. Rac1 Rad8 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. a3 a5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Nd4 (18... Rd5 $11 {remains equal.}) 19. Nxd4 $16 exd4 20. Bxb7 Na4 21. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2a4]} Nc3 22. Bf3 $1 { [%cal Rf3g4]} h5 23. Bxg4 hxg4 {[#]} 24. Nb3 $1 c5 $2 ({Don't go for} 24... Nxe2+ $2 25. Kf1 $16) (24... Qxb4 $16 {was called for.} 25. Nxd4 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Rxd4) 25. bxc5 $18 ({Inferior is} 25. Nxc5 Ra8 $11) 25... Nxe2+ $2 (25... Rd5 26. c6 Nb5) 26. Kf1 {White is clearly winning.} Qf6 { ( -> ...Qf3!)} 27. Rxe2 Qf3 {[#]} 28. Rxe8+ $1 Rxe8 29. Kg1 Re2 {[#]} 30. Qxe2 $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qxe2 31. c6 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 44%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Abasov, Nijat"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2632"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,59,22,24,20,30,29,36,21,37,37,89,80,92,89,94,104,97,91,87,101,100,90, 87,75,95,81,84,59,55,58,78,60,135,119,102,119,195,209,199,170,144,-114,-109, -471,-458,-450,187,181,194,25,2641,2625]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 g6 (5... Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nf1 e5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ng3 f6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Be3 O-O-O {1/2-1/2 (59) Leko,P (2674)-Morozevich,A (2659) Abu Dhabi 2019}) 6. h3 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} Nh5 7. Be3 b6 8. a4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Qd2 f6 9. a4 a5 10. Na3 e5 11. O-O Ra7 12. Nc4 Be6 13. b3 Bxc4 14. bxc4 {0-1 (81) Kjartansson,G (2453)-Meskovs,N (2541) Riga 2019}) 8... a5 9. O-O Bg7 (9... Qc7 $14) 10. e5 $16 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Qc1 Nd5 13. Bh6 O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nbd2 Nf4 {Strongly threatening ...Ne2+.} 16. Re1 Be6 17. b3 Bd5 18. Qb2+ Kg8 19. Re3 Qd7 20. c4 Be6 (20... Bxf3 $1 $14 21. Nxf3 Qd6) 21. Rae1 $1 Rae8 22. Ne5 Qc8 ( 22... Qd4 $16 23. Qc1 Qd6) 23. Ne4 $18 {[%cal Bd2e4,Be4g5,Bg5e6][%mdl 32]} Bf5 {[#]} 24. Ng5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} h6 25. Ng4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Ngf3 $16) 25... Bxg4 $17 ({And not} 25... hxg5 26. Nh6+ Kh7 27. Rxe7+ Rxe7 28. Rxe7+ Rf7 29. Rxf7+ Kxh6 30. Qg7+ Kh5 31. Qh7#) 26. Rxe7 $4 { [%mdl 8192]} (26. Nh7 $17 Be6 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. d4) 26... Rxe7 $19 27. Rxe7 { [%csl Ge7][%cal Rb2g7] [#]} Nh5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Ne2+ $1 $19 28. Kh1 ( 28. Rxe2 Bxe2) 28... Nd4) 28. hxg4 $18 Qxg4 29. Ne6 $2 (29. Ne4 $18) 29... Rf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Qd1+ $11 30. Kh2 Nf6) 30. Qe5 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 36%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Bok, Benjamin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,85,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,20,37,39,47,52,81,28,52,29,35,52,83,61,22,-112, -106,-106,-114,-233,-235,-242,-233,-231,-257,-435,-192,-182,-193,-211,-152, -189,-178,-153,-27,-29,-16,-18,0,0,0,0,-2,-104,-74,-113,15,18,1033,-32,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qb1 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4... 0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a6 11. b4 Re8 12. a4 Nc6 13. b5 Na5 14. Rc1 Nc4 15. Be1 axb5 16. Nxb5 Bf8 17. Bb4 c5 {0-1 (34) Stern,R (2521)-Navara,D (2737) Germany 2016}) 11. b4 a6 12. a4 c6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf8 16. a5 ({White should try} 16. Neg5 $16 {[%cal Rd3h7]} g6 17. Qb3) 16... g6 17. Bg5 Be7 {White must now prevent ...Nxe4.} 18. h4 c5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Neg5 (20. dxc5 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 $17) (20. bxc5 $11 {remains equal.} Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. axb6) 20... cxb4 $17 21. Nxf7 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender } Kxf7 {[#]} 22. Ng5+ (22. Bxg6+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] is the only way for White.} Kg7 (22... hxg6 23. Ng5+) 23. Bxe8 Nxe8 24. axb6) 22... Kg8 $19 23. Bxg6 Rf8 ( 23... Qxd4 24. Bxh7+ Kf8 25. Qg6 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Bc5+ 27. Rxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re2+ 28. Kxe2 Re8+ 29. Kf1 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) (23... hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Nf7#) 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Bf5 $2 (25. Rd1 {was necessary.}) 25... Qd5 (25... Qxd4 $142 26. Rc7 Ng4) 26. Bh3 Ne4 (26... Qxd4 27. Rc7 $11) 27. Nxe4 {Threatens to win with Ng5.} Qxe4 28. Qxe4 Bxe4 29. Re1 Rf4 ({Much less strong is} 29... Bxh4 30. Rxe4 Bxf2+ 31. Kh2 $17) (29... Bd3 $17 30. Rxe7 b3) 30. g3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg3f4] } Rg8 {...Bd8 is the strong threat.} 31. axb6 Bf6 32. Be6 Rg7 33. Rxa6 { Strongly threatening Rxe4!} Bb7 ({Wrong is} 33... Bxd4 $2 {[#]} 34. Rxe4 $1 { [%mdl 512]} Rxg3+ 35. Kh1 $18) 34. Ra5 (34. Bb3 $1 $11 Rxf2 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Kxf2 Bxd4+ 37. Ke1 Bc3+ 38. Kf2 Bd4+ 39. Ke1 Bc3+ 40. Kf2 Bd4+) 34... Rxh4 $1 $17 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rh4h1]} ({Of course not} 34... Rxd4 $6 35. Bb3 $11) 35. Bd5 Bxd5 (35... Rxd4 $17 36. Bxb7 Rxb7) 36. Rxd5 $11 {aiming for Rb5.} Rxd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Rg8 $11) 37. Rb5 $2 (37. Rh5+ $18 Rh7 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Rxh7+ Kxh7 40. b7) 37... Rdd7 38. Rxb4 {The position is equal.} Kg8 39. Kg2 Bc3 40. Re8+ Kf7 41. b7 Rxb7 $1 42. Rxb7+ Kxe8 43. Rxg7 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E51"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,103,23,24,30,38,21,31,35,11,28,25,27,23,27,22,23,16,21,16,30,29,29, 34,47,35,46,46,46,45,71,56,61,60,87,80,115,107,165,166,228,145,149,106,167,133, 252,242,248,248,222,212,290,293,402,396,400,387,455,418,494,475,468,450,453, 378,365,334,493,561,547,542,883,843,843,786,1071,1062,1223,1210,1388,1276,5593, 5539,29976,29977]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd2 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 dxc4 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5} 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. O-O Nc6 {White is slightly better.} 14. Nb3 {[#]} Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qe7 15. Be2 Rfc8 16. Qd2 Nd8 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Rfc1 Rc7 19. Ne4 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 {1/2-1/2 (49) Riazantsev,A (2671)-Inarkiev,E (2709) Doha 2016}) 15. Be2 {[#] f4 is the strong threat.} Bc6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Nd4 Bd5 18. Rfc1 g6 19. f3 a6 20. Kf2 Rd6 21. Nc2 Bc6 22. Nb4 Be8 23. f4 Nc6 24. Nd3 Ne7 25. Rc7 Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c7] } 26. Rc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8 Kf8 28. e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Ne7 (28... Nb6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 29. Rb8 Rd7) 29. Rb8 $18 b6 (29... a5 $142 30. Ne5 (30. Rxb7 Rd4 $16) 30... Nc6 31. Nxc6 (31. Rxb7 Nxe5 32. fxe5 Rd2 $16) 31... bxc6) 30. Ne5 b5 31. Ng4 {Hoping for Nf6.} Nc6 (31... Ng8 $16) 32. Ra8 Ke7 {[#]} (32... Rd8 $16 {is a better defense.} 33. Rxa6 Rd2) 33. e5 $1 { [%cal Re5d6]} ({Not} 33. Rxa6 Rd2 $14) 33... Rd8 34. Rxa6 Nd4 35. Nf6 Rc8 36. Bd3 ({Weaker is} 36. Nxh7 Rc2 $11) 36... b4 37. axb4 Rb8 38. g4 h5 39. Ke3 Nc6 40. b5 Nb4 41. Ra7+ Kf8 42. Bc4 hxg4 43. Nxe8 Kxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN } (43... Rxe8 $142 44. Rc7 Rb8) 44. Kd4 Rc8 45. b3 Nc2+ 46. Kc3 Ne3 47. Kb4 Rb8 48. Ka5 Nf5 49. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Nd4 50. b7 Nc6+ 51. Kb6 Nxa7 52. Kxa7 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 40%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2721"] [BlackElo "2674"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,142,8,8,31,31,13,19,12,1,69,75,79,69,84,69,81,74,104,75,157,140,175, 74,115,87,98,101,120,53,81,40,37,2,1,-26,-28,-17,-14,-20,-29,-18,-18,-44,39,19, 97,59,70,33,34,21,27,29,39,46,51,48,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,8,9,8,8,-56,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-12,-11,-11,-9,-12,-12,-34,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0, -8,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-32, 0,-8,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. Nh4 Be4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 7. f3 Bg6 $1 8. Nxg6 (8. e4 Bh5 9. g4 Nfd7 10. Nf5 exf5 11. gxh5 Bd6 12. exd5 O-O {1-0 (56) Nabaty,T (2649)-Battaglini,G (2440) Budapest 2017}) 8... hxg6 9. e4 dxe4 (9... c5 $11) 10. fxe4 $14 e5 11. c3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} ({ Don't blunder} 11. dxe5 $2 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Qxd1 $19) 11... Nbd7 12. Be3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nb3 O-O-O {1-0 (73) Eckhardt,C (2140)-Cleven,M Apolda 1997}) 12... Qc7 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Qe2 O-O-O (14... Bd6 $142) 15. b4 $16 Rh7 16. d5 (16. Nc4 $18) 16... Rdh8 17. dxc6 ({Don't play} 17. Bxa7 $6 b6 $11) 17... Qxc6 18. h4 Kb8 19. Bf3 (19. a4 $16) 19... Rc8 20. Rac1 Qe6 21. Kg2 Nb6 22. c4 Bxb4 23. c5 Bxd2 $1 24. Bxd2 Nbd7 25. Be3 Rhh8 26. Rc3 Qc6 (26... Ka8 $15) 27. Rd1 $14 Rhd8 (27... Rc7 $1 $11) 28. Qb2 Nf8 $1 ({Avoid the trap} 28... Nxe4 $2 {[#]} 29. Rd6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 29. Rcc1 (29. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Rc3b3]}) 29... Rxd1 $1 30. Qxe5+ Qc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7e5]} 31. Qxc7+ Rxc7 32. Bxd1 Ne6 33. Bb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3e6] aiming for Bxe6.} Re7 34. Bd5 Nc7 35. Bf4 {Strongly threatening Rb1.} Kc8 $1 36. Bb3 Nxe4 37. c6 b5 38. Re1 {Bd6 is the strong threat.} f5 39. g4 Ne6 40. Be5 (40. Bg3 $11) 40... Nd8 ({Better is} 40... Nd2 $15 41. Rd1 Nxb3) 41. Bd6 $11 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Re8 42. Bh2 Nf6 43. Rxe8 Nxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KNN} 44. g5 Nxc6 45. Bf7 Kd7 46. Bxg6 Ne7 47. Bf7 { Black should prevent h5.} Nd6 48. g6 {next h5 is good for White.} Nxf7 49. gxf7 {KB-KN} Ng6 50. h5 Nf8 51. Be5 Ke6 (51... g5 {is interesting.} 52. Bf6 g4 53. Kg3 Ke6 54. Bd4 a5) 52. Bxg7 Kxf7 53. Bc3 Ne6 54. Kf3 Kg8 55. Kg3 Kf7 56. Kf3 a6 57. Kg3 Kf8 58. Kf3 Kg8 59. Kg3 Kf7 60. Kf3 Nc7 61. Kg3 Nd5 62. Bd4 Kg8 63. Kh4 Nc7 64. Bc3 Ne6 65. Kg3 Kh7 66. Bd2 Kg7 67. Kf3 Kf6 68. Kg3 Nc5 {Hoping for ...Ne4+.} 69. Kf4 Ne6+ 70. Kg3 Kg7 71. Kf3 Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2686"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,73,25,20,12,36,23,27,11,25,18,24,33,37,15,11,22,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,66,81,85,87,90,77,85,81,75,65,134,138,278,266,259,258, 283,281,277,268,467,466,721,696]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 {White has an edge.} (10. Rc1 Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Qd6 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 (45) Wojtaszek,R (2749)-Vitiugov,N (2709) Shenzhen 2018}) 10... c5 11. cxd5 {next Ne4 is good for White.} cxd4 12. exd4 exd5 13. Bf3 Nc6 $1 14. Re1 Qd6 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 15. Nxf7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nxd5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 (26) Rodriguez,L (2107)-Ramos,E (2262) ICCF email 2016}) 15... Rxf7 16. Bxd5 Bf5 17. g4 (17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. g4 (18. Qb3+ Kf8 $11) 18... Bd7) 17... Bd7 {And now ...Raf8 would win.} 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nb5 $1 { [%cal Rb5d6]} (19. Qb3+ Kf8 $17) 19... Qb4 20. Qf3+ $1 (20. Nc7 Rd8 $17) 20... Kg8 21. Qd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 $1 22. Qxd7 Qxb5 23. Re7 $1 { [%cal Re7g7][%mdl 64] Pin} Rg8 24. Rae1 {d5 is the strong threat.} Qxb2 25. Qxb7 Qc2 ({Black should play} 25... Qc3 $11 26. R1e3 Qa1+ 27. Re1 Qc3) 26. Qc7 $1 $14 {Strongly threatening d5.} Qa4 27. Qd7 {aiming for d5.} Qc4 28. Rf7 $1 Nxd4 {[#]} 29. Ree7 $1 {[%cal Rf7g7]} Kh8 30. Kg2 {[%cal Rf7g7]} ({Much weaker is} 30. Rxg7 Rxg7 31. Rxg7 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Ne1+ 33. Kg1 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Ne1+ 35. Kg1 Nf3+ $11) 30... Nc2 {[#]} (30... Qc3 $14) 31. Qe6 $1 $40 {[%mdl 640] White is out for blood.} Qd3 {[#]} (31... Qxe6 $16 32. Rxe6 Bd4) 32. Re8 $1 $18 { [%cal Re8g8]} ({Don't do} 32. Rxa7 $6 Nd4 $16) 32... Rxe8 33. Qxe8+ Kh7 34. Qe5 $1 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Re5g7]} Ne1+ 35. Qxe1 {Intending Qe5 and mate.} Qd5+ $2 ( 35... Qc4) 36. Rf3 Qxa2 (36... a6 $142 37. Qe7 Qc6) 37. Qe4 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 64%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2642"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,113,16,18,13,18,20,18,12,10,27,30,10,43,18,3,10,19,8,26,20,20,0,48,38, 47,47,62,59,66,61,64,62,56,51,47,1,6,1,117,117,162,156,150,139,327,303,330,309, 333,331,326,327,432,441,441,442,478,474,737,494,634,584,645,638,749,765,715, 589,716,724,687,724,711,704,728,713,742,570,595,571,832,815,944,931,968,939, 1229,1204,1116,1105,1173,1141,1121,1115,1316,1316,1595,1437,2401,1910,2944, 2898,5397,4367,29980,29981]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Rd8 11. Be2 Ne4 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 exd5 14. O-O h6 15. a4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. c4 Rb8 18. c5 {1/2-1/2 (27) Mamedyarov,S (2790)-Karjakin, S (2753) Shamkir 2019}) 6... Nbd7 7. Nb5 Ne8 $1 8. e3 {The position is equal.} dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd6 10. Nxd6 (10. Be2 {with more complications.} Nxb5 11. Bxb5 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nb6 14. Rfd1) 10... Bxd6 (10... cxd6 {looks sharper.} 11. Bd3 f5 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Bg3 a5) 11. Bxd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg3 Qe7 12. Bh4 Qe8 13. Qc2 h6 {1/2-1/2 (31) Lemos,D (2480)-Tica,S (2384) Graz 2017}) 11... cxd6 12. O-O b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. d5 e5 15. Bb5 Nf6 16. Bc6 Qe7 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. d6 Qe6 {[#] And now ...Bxc6 would win.} 19. Bxb7 Rad8 20. Qa4 a5 21. Rfd1 $36 { [%mdl 2048] aiming for Qc6. White is pushing.} Rxd6 22. Rc6 Rxc6 $1 23. Qxc6 Qb3 (23... Qxc6 $11 24. Bxc6 Rb8) 24. Rd2 $16 h5 25. h3 h4 26. Ba6 {Threatens to win with Bc4.} Qa2 $2 (26... Qe6 $16 27. Qxe6 fxe6) 27. Qxb6 $18 Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Qe1 29. Re2 Qd1 30. Qxa5 Ne4 {intending ...Ra8.} 31. Qb4 Ng5 32. Qxh4 Ra8 33. Bc4 ({Weaker is} 33. Qxg5 Rxa6 34. Qg4 Rc6 $18) 33... Ra4 (33... Qd8 $142) 34. b4 Ne6 35. Ra2 Qd6 36. Qe4 Ng5 37. Qd5 Qc7 38. Ra1 g6 39. Bb3 Ra6 40. Qc4 Rc6 41. Qg4 e4+ 42. Qg3 Qe7 43. Bd5 Rc2 44. h4 Nh7 45. Qxg6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kh8 46. Qxe4 Qc7+ 47. Qf4 Qe7 48. Rd1 Rc8 49. Bxf7 Rf8 50. Qd4+ Nf6 51. Bg6 Qg7 52. h5 Rc8 53. Kg1 Rf8 54. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Qe7 55. a4 Kg7 56. b6 Qb7 57. Rc1 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 38%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.3"] [White "McShane, Luke J"] [Black "Yuffa, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2577"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,180,11,8,4,18,6,12,0,12,0,10,0,0,0,8,-11,0,-7,-16,-17,-10,-8,-12,-27, -33,-39,-33,-34,-22,-54,-60,-58,-66,-56,-64,-66,-58,-104,-65,-69,-69,-72,-69, -69,-68,-65,-66,-70,-67,-78,-71,-77,-78,-77,-66,-97,-89,-86,-80,-148,-148,-136, -124,-156,-152,-173,-171,-164,-151,-251,-251,-277,-266,-225,-251,-250,-233, -206,-190,-181,-161,-161,-187,-161,-161,-225,-221,-204,-185,-170,-160,-345, -345,-273,-203,-301,-225,-225,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85, -85,-85,-85,-425,-425,-425,-298,-564,-450,-643,-610,-581,-570,-466,-425,-425, -425,-425,-357,-357,-335,-357,-298,-306,-306,-306,-306,-323,-323,-331,-350, -350,-357,-357,-357,-366,-376,-29968,-29971,-29971,-29970,-29972,-29972,-29973, -29975,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29975,-29974,-29976,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980, -29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Qa5+ 7. Nd2 {With the idea e6!} e6 8. Ngf3 {The position is equal.} Ne7 9. O-O Nf5 10. c3 Qa6 11. Qc2 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. g3 c5 {1-0 (45) Khismatullin,D (2618)-Rozum,I (2572) Yaroslavl 2019}) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nc6 15. Be3 Be7 16. Qe4 O-O 17. a3 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Qb5 19. g3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. Ncd2 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Re8 23. Nb1 Rad8 24. Rfd1 Bf8 25. Rd3 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. Kf2 g5 28. hxg5 Rf5+ 29. Ke2 Rxg5 30. Nc3 Bg7 31. Kf3 Bxc3 { Played: Rd8-c8} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"] [Black "Jones, Gawain C B"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2688"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,147,23,46,0,10,18,18,9,6,0,2,0,0,0,15,-49,-44,0,34,21,51,49,55,63,60, 55,61,34,30,32,25,29,29,4,55,51,54,62,63,54,52,54,54,59,69,64,142,141,177,161, 169,171,166,168,168,169,169,169,264,264,264,264,243,62,62,364,354,354,330,62, 62,63,277,56,295,281,245,69,482,0,171,194,246,0,518,551,518,316,584,584,584, 242,145,145,228,228,228,235,12806,12364,29955,571,556,120,29955,29959,29959, 29960,29958,29959,12849,29944,29940,29951,29941,29947,29941,29949,11955,12200, 1510,1241,29968,29969,29958,29955,29976,29977,29977,29978,29974,29973]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. a5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} Ba7 $1 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 {The position is equal.} exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Re1 c5 16. Bg5 (16. dxc5 $11 dxc5 17. e5) 16... h6 $15 17. Bh4 {[#]} c4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 17... Re8) 18. Bc2 $1 g5 19. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 {And now Rad1 would win.} b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 22. Nd5 Bxd5 ({Avoid the trap} 22... Bxd4 $2 23. Rad1 $18) 23. exd5 Bxd4 24. Qxc4 Bxb2 25. Rab1 (25. Qh4 $5 { [%cal Ra1b1]} Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Qxf6 $14) 25... Bc3 ({ Wrong is} 25... Qxa5 $2 26. Rxb2 b3 27. Reb1 $18) (25... Re8 $1 $11 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Rxb2 Qe1+ 28. Qf1 Qxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Nxd5) 26. Qh4 $1 $14 {Hoping for Re3. } Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8e1]} 27. Rxe8+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Qxe8 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Qxf6 Qe5 30. Qxe5 dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 31. h4 Kf8 (31... f5 $14) 32. h5 $1 $16 Rd8 33. Rxb4 {aiming for Rb6.} Rxd5 34. Rg4 $1 e4 35. h6 {Strongly threatening h7.} ({Don't do} 35. Rxe4 $6 Rxh5 36. Ra4 Ke7 $14) 35... Rh5 36. Rxe4 Rxh6 37. Re5 $1 Rh4 (37... Rc6 $142 38. Kh2 Rc2) 38. f3 $1 $18 Ra4 39. Kh2 $1 Kg7 40. Rc5 $2 (40. Rg5+ $18 Kf8 41. g4) 40... f6 41. g4 Kg6 42. Kg3 Ra3 43. Rf5 $2 (43. Kf2 $18 Ra2+ 44. Ke3) 43... Ra4 44. Kf2 Ra3 $2 ({ Black should play} 44... Ra2+ $14 45. Kg3 Ra1) 45. Ke2 $2 (45. Rc5 $18) 45... Rb3 $2 (45... Ra2+ $14 46. Kd3 Kg7) 46. Rc5 Ra3 47. Rd5 $2 ({White has to play } 47. Kf2 $1 $18) 47... Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Ra2+ $14 48. Kd3 Ra3+ 49. Kc4 Rxf3) 48. Rc5 $2 (48. g5 $1 fxg5 49. Rxg5) 48... Kg6 49. Kf2 $1 Kf7 (49... Ra1 $142 50. Ke3 Ra4) 50. Kg3 $2 ({Only move:} 50. g5 $1 $18) 50... Ra4 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (50... Kg6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 51. g5 fxg5 52. Rxg5 Kf6 $2 (52... Ra1 {might work better.} 53. Rf5+ Ke7 54. Re5+ Kf6) 53. Rc5 Ke7 54. f4 Ra1 {[#]} (54... Ke6 $18 55. Kg4 Ke7) 55. Kg4 $1 $16 Rg1+ (55... Kd6 $16 56. Re5 Ra4) 56. Kf5 $18 Ra1 57. Kg6 Rg1+ $2 (57... Ra4 58. f5 Kd6) 58. Rg5 Rf1 59. Re5+ (59. f5 $142 Ke8 60. Rg3 Ke7 61. Re3+ Kf8 62. Re6 Rg1+ 63. Kf6 Rh1 64. Rb6) 59... Kd6 60. Rf5 $2 (60. Kg5 $18 Rf2 61. Kg4) 60... Rg1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (60... Kc6 $16 61. Kg5 Rg1+ 62. Kh4 Ra1) 61. Rg5 $1 Rf1 62. f5 Ke7 63. Rg2 Rf3 64. Re2+ Kf8 65. Re6 Rg3+ 66. Kf6 Rh3 67. Ke5 Re3+ {[#]} 68. Kd5 { Played: Ke5-f4} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2558"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,77,29,22,15,0,22,14,21,5,7,35,37,20,18,9,57,58,69,51,60,62,71,12,57, 56,64,72,138,95,116,127,162,151,170,158,127,128,247,274,307,195,376,382,380, 372,1233,1231,1193,1194,1117,519,29981,29982,29990,29975,29986,29987,29991, 29991,29991,29992,29992,29989,29995,29992,29996,29997]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nge7 7. dxc5 Qc7 {C02: French: Advance Variation} 8. Be3 (8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Qe2 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Nbd2 O-O-O 12. c4 Rg8 13. g3 e5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nb3 {1/2-1/2 (30) Svidler,P (2749)-Vitiugov,N (2705) Moscow 2012}) 8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 {The position is equal.} 10. Bb5+ Nc6 $1 11. O-O Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. Bd4 Qg5 13. f4 Qh6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qa4 {1-0 (40) Souza,R (2170)-Freitas,M (1974) Fortaleza 2017}) 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Nf3 Qh5 14. b4 Bf6 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Be2 {Ng5 is the strong threat.} Qg6 17. c4 ( 17. Re1 $16) 17... Ne7 18. Bf4 Rfd8 19. Bc7 Rdc8 (19... Re8 $142) 20. Ne5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5g6]} Bxe5 21. Bxe5 a5 22. Rc3 {And now Rg3 would win.} Nf5 23. Rh3 $1 (23. cxd5 $6 exd5 24. Re1 axb4 $11) 23... axb4 24. axb4 Qg5 {[#]} (24... Ra2 $16) 25. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4g5]} ({But not} 25. cxd5 $6 exd5 26. f4 (26. Qxd5 $2 Bc6 $19) 26... Qg6 $16) 25... Qe7 26. Bd3 ({Don't play} 26. cxd5 $6 exd5 27. Qxd5 Bc6 $18) 26... dxc4 $2 (26... f6 {keeps fighting.}) 27. Bxf5 exf5 {[#]} 28. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h7]} f6 $2 (28... h6 29. Bxg7 Ra3) 29. Qxh7+ Kf7 30. Rg3 Qf8 31. Qg6+ (31. Rd1 $142 Bc6 32. Bd6) 31... Ke6 (31... Kg8 $18 32. Bxf6 Rc6 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 32. Bd6 {White mates.} Qg8 33. Re3+ Kd5 {[#]} 34. b5 $1 { [%cal Rf1d1][%mdl 512]} c3 (34... Bxb5 35. Qxf5+) 35. Qg3 Ra3 36. Qf3+ Kc4 37. Qe2+ Kb3 38. Re4 {Played: c5-c6} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,107,9,2,2,-5,4,0,0,-12,-4,0,11,5,18,13,18,10,16,5,16,17,14,0,0,0,6,0, 0,0,0,-6,-6,-5,-6,-9,-6,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-7,-6,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,-7,0, -10,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,0,-7,-7,-7,0,-7,-7,-7,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-7,0,-7,0,-7, -7,-7,-7,-7]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Qc2 a6 {1-0 (46) Vidit,S (2707)-Wang,H (2737) Danzhou 2019}) 7... a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 {The position is equal.} c6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. Nh4 Bh5 15. h3 Nd5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bf3 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxa8.} Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qb6 20. Qc2 Nf6 21. Rfc1 Ne4 22. Bf4 h6 23. h4 Ra4 24. Rxa4 bxa4 25. Ra1 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Be3 $1 Rb8 28. Rxa4 Qxb2 29. Qxb2 Rxb2 30. Ra7 Bf6 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. g4 Kg6 33. Ra8 Bg7 34. Ra6 Rb4 35. Rc6 Ra4 36. Rb6 Nc3 37. Rb2 Bf6 38. Kg2 Nd1 39. Rb1 Nxe3+ 40. fxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bg7 41. Rb6 Ra8 (41... Ra3 $5) 42. Rc6 Re8 43. Rc7 Bf6 44. Kf2 Bg7 45. Rb7 Rc8 46. Rb6 Rc7 47. Ra6 Rb7 48. Rc6 Re7 49. Ra6 Rc7 50. Rb6 Bf6 51. Ra6 Kg7 52. Rb6 Ra7 53. Rc6 Rb7 54. Ra6 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Adhiban, B.."] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,108,12,12,12,31,12,12,0,32,0,12,12,12,12,12,12,18,14,14,0,4,4,11,1,2, 0,20,0,11,-108,-108,-113,-103,-105,-108,-116,-116,-124,-111,-107,-103,-128, -130,-129,-113,-122,-107,-116,-99,-103,-91,-90,-93,-90,-96,-102,-93,-84,-81, -81,-109,-204,-210,-205,-205,-258,-243,-247,-262,-261,-264,-255,-247,-379,-364, -347,-355,-729,-740,-2610,-1651,-1721,-1335,-1604,-1604,-1612,-1613,-2190, -2129]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 Nd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 c6 12. Bd3 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} (12. Be2 Nb6 13. O-O Bg4 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Rfe8 16. Qc2 Nc8 17. Qd1 Nd6 18. Qf3 Qd8 19. Rc2 Re6 {0-1 (65) Dao,T (2560)-Aleksandrov,A (2634) Turin 2006}) 12... Nb6 13. Ne5 Nd7 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 13... Bf5 14. Qf3 Be6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nf3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Nd2 b5 19. Ne4 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 (52) Bartel,M (2280)-Socko,M (2458) Warsaw 2018}) 14. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Nb6 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. O-O Rfe8 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Qa4 a6 20. Qa5 (20. Qc2 {is more complex.} h5 21. b4 g6 22. a4 Rec8 23. Rc1) 20... Bf5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qc7 Qc8 23. Qg3 Qd8 24. Rfc1 Qb6 25. R1c2 {[#]} (25. b4 $11 {remains equal.}) 25... Qxd4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd4d1][%mdl 512]} 26. h3 (26. exd4 Re1#) 26... Qe4 27. Rd2 Rbd8 28. Rb3 Rd7 29. Rd4 Qe5 30. Qf3 c5 31. Rf4 b5 32. Rf5 Qe6 33. Rc3 c4 34. Rf4 Qc6 {Played: Qe6-g6} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "1500+10"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} cxd5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. c4 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 12. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qd7 { [%emt 0:01:00]} 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 14. h3 {[%emt 0: 05:42]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 15. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 16. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 17. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:02:08]} cxd5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 18. b3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 19. Rb1 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} d4 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 20. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 21. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 22. Rbc1 {[%emt 0:04:43]} h5 { [%emt 0:00:16]} 23. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 24. Rxd2 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 25. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} a5 {[%emt 0:00: 31]} 26. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 29. Re2 { [%emt 0:00:12]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 30. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00: 55]} 31. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. g3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 33. h4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 34. Kg2 { [%emt 0:00:28]} Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:02: 13]} 36. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 37. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2729"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,64,27,13,0,0,25,15,18,16,12,12,18,8,8,4,15,-30,-25,-35,-37,-30,-27, -25,-6,-30,-18,-32,-30,-35,-20,-33,-15,-114,-114,-304,-310,-299,-298,-297,-305, -381,-363,-383,-375,-308,-431,-427,-430,-398,-404,-433,-387]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Ne5 Bxe2 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 9. Qxe2 Bd6 (9... Nbd7 { keeps more tension.} 10. O-O Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bb2 Bc5) 10. O-O O-O { The position is equal.} 11. Bb2 bxc4 (11... Qc7 12. Rac1 Qb7 13. Ba1 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. e4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. g3 {1/2-1/2 (19) Hracek,Z (2617)-Bernasek,J (2513) Havlickuv Brod 2015}) 12. bxc4 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c5 13. Na4 cxd4 14. exd4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Nd5 16. Qf3 Be7 17. Nc3 Nc6 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 (18) Krzyzanowski,W (1981)-Czerw,D (1853) Lublin 2012}) 13. f4 c5 14. cxd5 cxd4 15. exd4 (15. Nc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6d8]} Qe8 16. Nxd4 $11) 15... Nxd5 16. Ne4 N7f6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. f5 Rab8 19. fxe6 Qxe6 20. Ba3 Rfc8 21. Rae1 Rc3 22. Bc5 Re3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure. } 23. Qf2 (23. Qc2 $11) 23... Ne4 $17 24. Qxf7+ $2 {[#]} (24. Qc2 $17 {only move.}) 24... Qxf7 $19 25. Nxf7 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Nxc5 27. Ne5 Na4 28. Nc6 Rb6 29. Re8+ Kf7 30. Rc8 Nac3 31. Ne5+ Ke6 32. Re8+ Ne7 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 73%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Safarli, Eltaj"] [Black "Nihal Sarin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2593"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,121,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,12,0,22,-12,-8,-10,-10,-15,15,0,0, 0,0,-21,0,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,11,21,5,46,48,37,45,37,50,106,129,117,112,133,128, 144,97,144,103,121,103,102,99,108,104,116,112,108,91,147,135,139,120,279,246, 496,495,468,415,407,212,402,396,499,486,550,539,495,218,237,232,210,201,1495, 1496,1501,1493,1500,1496,1487,1495,980,979,4602,3639,29969,10687,29974,29975, 29975,29976,29981,29982]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 {The position is equal.} Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. b5 Na5 12. Rxe5 Nf6 13. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} Bd6 14. Re1 Re8 {[#]} 15. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bb3 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Nxb3 17. axb3 {1/2-1/2 (36) Van Foreest,J (2609)-Adhiban,B (2671) Hoogeveen 2017}) 15... Bg6 16. d4 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Qd7 18. Nce5 Qxb5 19. c4 Qa6 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Qb3 c5 22. Nxg6 cxd4 23. Bxd4 hxg6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qb5 Rc8 26. Rd1 {Threatens to win with Qxa6.} Bf4 27. Qxa6 bxa6 28. Be5 Bxe5 29. Nxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kf8 ( 29... g5 $14) 30. Rd6 $16 a5 31. Ra6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rc5 32. f4 { aiming for g5.} Rc7 33. Rxa5 Ne4 34. Kg2 g5 35. fxg5 Nxg5 36. c5 Ne6 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. Nd3 Kd7 39. h4 f6 (39... Kc8 $142) 40. Ke4 Ke7 41. a3 Nd8 $2 (41... Kf7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 42. Nf4 {Black must now prevent Nd5+.} Kf7 $2 (42... Ke8 43. Nd5 Rc6 44. Rxa7 Rxc5 45. Rxg7 f5+ 46. gxf5 Rc4+ 47. Ke3 Rxh4) 43. Nd5 $18 Rd7 44. Ra6 Ne6 45. Rc6 (45. c6 $142 Nc5+ 46. Kf3 Rxd5 47. c7 (47. Rxa7+ Ke6 $11) 47... Nxa6 48. c8=Q) 45... g6 $2 (45... a6 46. a4 a5) 46. Rc8 Rb7 47. c6 Rb1 48. Ra8 Re1+ 49. Ne3 (49. Kf3 $142) 49... f5+ 50. gxf5 gxf5+ {[#]} 51. Kd3 $1 Nf4+ $2 (51... f4) 52. Kd2 Re2+ 53. Kd1 Rxe3 {KRN-KR} 54. c7 Rc3 55. c8=Q Rxc8 56. Rxc8 {KR-KN} Kg6 57. Ra8 Kh5 58. Rxa7 Kxh4 59. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5] [%mdl 32] White mates.} Nd5 60. a5 f4 61. Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 36%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2635"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,73,31,16,17,23,6,29,22,23,32,23,25,33,16,34,45,47,39,42,45,76,77,70, 43,65,59,62,38,60,35,49,39,59,22,64,28,63,52,37,53,52,63,60,58,56,49,68,41,50, 56,70,53,60,54,55,8,56,60,31,8,7,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. d3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nxd5 Qxb2 14. dxe4 Bg4 15. Bf3 Bh3 16. Qc1 Qe5 17. Rd1 Nc6 18. Qf4 {1-0 (31) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Ganguly,S (2615) Kolkata 2018}) 6... Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 {White has an edge.} Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 dxc4 10. dxc4 Qe7 11. Nc3 e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Qe3 Re8 13. h3 Bf5 {1-0 (48) Wang,H (2702)-Sengupta,D (2589) Tbilisi 2017}) 12. Qxe3 Qxe3 13. fxe3 Ng4 14. Bh3 Ke7 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nd3 Nd7 18. b3 Rhe8 19. h3 Be6 20. g4 f6 21. Kf2 Rad8 22. Rag1 Bf7 23. g5 Kf8 24. h4 Ne5 25. Nf4 f5 {next ...Ng4+ is good for Black.} 26. Ke1 b5 27. cxb5 cxb5 28. Nxb5 Ng4 29. Rh3 Nxe3 30. Nc3 Rd4 31. Rf3 g6 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Rc1 a6 34. Nd3 Ng4+ $1 {The position is equal.} 35. Kg3 Ne5 36. Nxe5 Rxe5 37. Rh1 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Adhiban, B.."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2639"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,79,0,72,35,42,44,41,31,29,-33,-33,-35,-35,-28,-9,-16,188,179,179,168, 244,131,221,249,232,115,100,98,85,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,6,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,37,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Kh1 e5 (11... e6 $11) 12. a4 {B93: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 f4} Nc5 (12... b6 13. Qh4 Bb7 14. Bd2 Rae8 15. Rae1 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Qc6 20. Qg3 Qxa4 { 1-0 (38) Tiviakov,S (2647)-Wegener,O (2423) Germany 2012}) 13. Qh4 exf4 14. Bxf4 {Strongly threatening Bg5.White is slightly better.} Be6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14... Nxd3 15. cxd3 Be6 16. Ng5 {1-0 (40) Olafsson,F-Schweber,S Stockholm 1962}) 15. e5 (15. Ng5 $11 Rae8 16. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd5 17. Bxd6 ) 15... Nh5 $1 $15 {[%cal Rh5f4]} 16. exd6 Qd8 {...Qxh4 is the strong threat.} 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Qxd6 $2 (18... Nxd3 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 19. cxd3 Qxd6) 19. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rae8 20. Rad1 Qc7 (20... Qc6 {was worth a try.}) 21. Bd5 (21. Rfe1 $18 {Threatens to win with Bxc5.} Nd7 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5+ Kh8 24. Qb4) 21... Bxd5 (21... Bf7 $16) 22. Nxd5 Qc6 { [#]} 23. Qc4 (23. Qb4 $1 $18 Rxe3 24. Nxe3) 23... Ne6 $16 24. Qb3 f5 25. Nd4 ( 25. Nb6 $16) 25... Nxd4 $11 26. Bxd4 Kh8 27. Bxg7+ Nxg7 28. Rde1 g5 29. c4 f4 30. a5 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Re8 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 33. Qc3 Qe2 {[%cal Re2f1]} 34. h3 Kg8 35. Qf6 {Hoping for Ne7+.} (35. Kh2 $5 {[%cal Rc3f6]} Nh5 36. Nf6+ Nxf6 37. Qxf6 $11) 35... Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. The position is equal.} 36. Kh2 {aiming for Ne7+.} Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kh2 {And now Ne7+ would win.} Qg3+ 39. Kh1 {Ne7+ would kill now.} Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2662"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,146,14,8,25,27,22,21,19,5,5,8,13,10,12,9,8,0,12,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,8,7,6,8,28,0,22,17,7,14,18,6,15,14,36,21,132,134, 136,142,137,63,96,58,135,77,80,72,100,69,120,115,180,180,160,168,192,193,182, 186,184,192,192,145,149,151,153,148,134,145,141,136,213,212,292,202,148,59,258, 254,306,258,1589,1582,3828,5720,5265,3979,5193,5193,6605,2410,29958,29960, 29959,29961,29961,29962,6238,4768,29967,29968,29968,29969,29969,29969,29969, 29967,29964,29964,29973,29973,29974]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c5 {D63: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: 7 Rc1} 9. cxd5 (9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Be2 Rac8 16. O-O {1/2-1/2 (31) Ivanchuk,V (2710) -Yu,Y (2765) Batumi 2018}) 9... Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 {The position is equal.} 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Ne5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 16. Qa4) 16... Bd5 17. a3 Rc8 18. Qd4 f6 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Qb2 Rfd8 21. Rfe1 Qb8 22. Bf1 e5 23. Red1 Be6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nd2 Qd6 26. Ne4 Qd7 27. Nc3 Rc8 28. Rd1 Qc7 29. Nb5 Qb8 $1 30. Qd2 Nc6 31. Rc1 {Threatens to win with Qd6.} Rd8 32. Qc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Ne7 33. Bc4 Bxc4 34. Qxc4+ Kh8 35. Qe6 a6 (35... Nd5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36. Qxe7 $16 { And now Nc7 would win.} axb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 37. h3 $1 Qd6 38. Qf7 (38. Qxd6 $16 Rxd6 39. g4) 38... Qd3 39. Qc7 (39. Rc7 {looks sharper.} Rg8 40. Qa2 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qd3 42. Rb7) 39... Qd6 ({Black should try} 39... Ra8 $14) 40. Qc2 (40. Qxd6 $142 Rxd6 41. g4) 40... Qd7 41. Qe2 e4 42. Rc3 f5 {[#]} ( 42... Kh7 $14) 43. g3 $1 Qd1+ (43... Kh7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 44. Qxd1 $18 Rxd1+ {KR-KR} 45. Kg2 Rd6 46. Rc8+ Kh7 47. Re8 Rd3 48. Re5 Kg6 49. g4 fxg4 50. hxg4 Rxa3 51. Rxb5 Rb3 52. Kg3 Rb2 53. Rxb6+ Kf7 {[#]} (53... Kg5 $16 54. Rb8 g6) 54. b5 $1 g6 55. Kf4 Rxf2+ 56. Kxe4 ({Only move:} 56. Ke5 $16) 56... Rb2 $2 ({Better is} 56... h5 $1 $14) 57. Ke5 h5 58. Rb7+ Ke8 $2 (58... Kg8 59. g5 h4) 59. g5 h4 60. Ke6 {[%cal Rb7b8]} Kd8 61. Kf6 h3 62. Kxg6 h2 63. Rh7 Ke8 64. Rh8+ Ke7 65. e4 Ke6 {[#]} 66. b6 $1 Ke5 (66... Rxb6 67. Rxh2) 67. Kf7 Rxb6 68. Rxh2 {White mates.} Rb7+ 69. Kg6 Rb6+ 70. Kh7 Rb7+ 71. Kh6 Rb8 72. Rf2 Kxe4 73. g6 Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 35%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2624"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,77,6,6,22,6,12,4,8,16,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,7,9,0,0,7,12,15,36, 28,27,0,21,20,19,12,29,-8,0,0,19,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,116,17,23,0,40,43,75,71, 74,72,29998,29999]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 e6 7. Nf4 Bd6 8. c3 Nf6 9. h4 {B18: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 sidelines} Bxf4 10. Bxf4 {next h5 is good for White.} h6 $1 11. h5 {The position is equal. } Bh7 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Be5 Rg8 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Bd6 Qd7 {0-1 (51) Kogan,A (2561)-Dreev, A (2670) Barcelona 2008}) 14. Qf3 Nbd7 15. Rad1 a4 16. Be2 Re8 17. c4 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Bc3 Qc7 20. Rc1 Rec8 21. Rfd1 Qd8 22. Bb4 Qb6 23. Bc3 Qc7 24. Qe3 Qd6 25. Bf3 b5 26. b3 axb3 27. axb3 Ra3 28. d5 exd5 (28... cxd5 29. cxd5 Rxb3 30. Be5 $18) 29. Bb2 {[#] aiming for cxd5.} Raa8 {[%cal Ba3a8,Ba8c8,Bc8c2] [%mdl 32]} 30. cxb5 cxb5 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Qd4 Rc2 33. Nf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nb8 (33... Nc5 $11 {remains equal.}) 34. Ba1 (34. Bxd5 $16 Qf8 35. Bb7) 34... Nc6 $11 35. Qh4 d4 {[#]} 36. Ne3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin} Ra2 (36... dxe3 37. Rxd6) 37. Bxc6 Qxc6 38. Bxd4 Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Ne8 $16) 39. Qd8+ {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 41%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Jones, Gawain C B"] [Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2681"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,97,14,25,20,0,14,7,16,3,4,6,22,1,47,8,10,9,27,2,41,20,18,18,29,29,29, 30,25,6,9,11,67,65,60,61,61,62,69,42,84,81,91,106,93,101,100,68,97,85,130,122, 128,129,118,125,120,125,115,112,110,98,124,124,131,127,130,130,131,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. Rxe8+ (11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. a4 d5 14. a5 c6 15. Nd2 Nd6 16. Nb3 Bf5 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Nc5 {1/2-1/2 (29) Karjakin,S (2748)-Giri,A (2779) Riga 2019}) 11... Nxe8 12. d5 b6 {The position is equal.} 13. a4 Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... a5 14. Nd2 Nd6 15. Nf3 Bb7 16. Ra3 Qf8 17. Re3 Re8 18. b3 {1/2-1/2 (88) Hammer,J (2637)-Elsness,F (2436) Larvik 2019}) 14. Na3 Nd6 15. c3 Bg5 16. g3 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Qg5 18. Bg2 Re8 19. Nb5 Nxb5 20. axb5 a5 21. bxa6 Bxa6 22. Ra1 Bb5 23. Qb3 Bd3 {[#]} 24. d6 $1 $40 {[%mdl 640] White mounts an attack.} Qc5 (24... c6 $1 $11) (24... cxd6 25. Qxb6 ) 25. Bd5 $14 Bg6 26. dxc7 Qxc7 27. h4 h6 28. Ra4 d6 29. Rc4 Re1+ {[#]} 30. Kh2 $1 Qd8 31. Rf4 {[%cal Rd5f7]} Qc7 32. Qa2 (32. Kg2 {is interesting.} Re5 33. Qa4 Bf5 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qb7) 32... Re8 33. Qa4 Rb8 34. Qb5 Qe7 35. Bc4 { h5 is the strong threat.} Qe5 36. Qd7 {[%cal Rc4f7]} Rf8 37. Qb7 Bf5 38. Qxb6 d5 39. Qc5 Be4 40. f3 Qb8 41. Bb5 ({But not} 41. Bxd5 $6 Bxd5 42. Qxd5 Qxb2+ 43. Kh3 Qxc3 $11) 41... Rc8 42. Qb4 Bg6 43. Ba6 ({White should play} 43. Rd4 $16) 43... Qa7 $1 $11 44. Bxc8 Qf2+ 45. Kh3 Qf1+ $1 46. Kg4 h5+ $1 47. Kg5 Qe1 {( -> ...Qe5+)} 48. Bf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Qd4 $11 Qxg3+ 49. Bg4) 48... f6+ 49. Kxg6 Qe8# {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 64%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2686"] [BlackElo "2716"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,70,0,0,0,0,-6,-5,-11,13,31,10,10,7,0,0,0,0,0,24,17,21,15,24,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,10,0,24,-27,-27,-41,-27,-160,-141,-135,-63,-63,-61,-63,-58,-63,-63,-75,-53, -56,-58,-52,-41,-39,-41,-41,0,-36,0,-35,0,-43,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. d3 (4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 O-O 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. exd5 Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. O-O Ncxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bb6 14. Qb3 Nf6 15. Rd1 Bxd4 16. Be3 Qb6 {0-1 (16) Shankland,S (2705)-Ding,L (2811) chess.com INT 2019}) 4... d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5, Be5g4][%mdl 32]} 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 {The position is equal.} a5 {[#]} 9. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf2+ (9... Nxe5 10. d4) 10. Rxf2 {Strongly threatening Nxc6.} Nxe5 11. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. e4 Nb6 {1-0 (39) Meyer,S-Franke,P Hessen 1991}) 11... Be6 12. Qa4 {aiming for Bxd5.} c6 13. Qd4 Ng4 14. Rf1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qe7 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. Qb6 Bc8 18. Ra2 Qe5 19. Bf4 Qh5 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh5h2]} 20. Qg1 $1 Rfe8 21. Bc7 (21. Rb2 $142) 21... Rd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 22. Bb6 Rd6 {...Nxh2! is the strong threat.} 23. Rf4 {[#]} (23. Bf3 $1 $11) 23... Rh6 $1 $17 24. Bf3 {[#]} Qxh2+ ({Black should try } 24... Qb5 $1 $17 25. h4 g5) 25. Qxh2 $15 Nxh2 26. Kg2 Nxf3 27. Rxf3 Bh3+ 28. Kg1 Bg4 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Bxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re6 31. Kf2 Rf6+ 32. Ke1 Re6 33. Kf2 Rf6+ 34. Ke1 $1 Re6 35. Kf2 Rf6+ {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "2674"] [BlackElo "2721"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "138"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,138,15,14,8,0,4,0,0,0,4,-4,0,-12,0,0,0,-26,-18,-31,-26,-32,-9,-12, -16,-11,-7,-34,-27,-64,26,-5,-8,-7,0,0,0,-37,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,-78,-85,-94, -79,-79,0,0,0,0,0,-86,-91,-93,-88,-113,-125,-131,-133,-190,-197,-349,-348,-343, -306,-328,-312,-321,-310,-299,-306,-302,-298,-337,-279,-297,0,-8,0,-245,-197, -545,-483,-1083,-1136,-723,-8,-8,0,-1010,-776,-860,-588,-29971,-29973,-29976, -29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29978,-29978,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29980,-29977, -29977,-29978,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984, -29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29986,-29988]} 1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. d3 c5 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} 7. f4 (7. a3 Nbc6 8. Rb1 Be6 9. b4 Qd7 10. Nf3 h6 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Nd5 g5 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 {0-1 (46) Topalov,V (2749)-So,W (2812) Paris 2017}) 7... Nbc6 8. Nf3 Bg4 { The position is equal.} 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 f5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg2 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12. Kg2 Qd7 13. Rb1 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Rf7 15. Nd5 Raf8 16. Qa4 Kh8 17. Nxe7 Rxe7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (30) Komov,M (1744)-Kavyev,R (1897) Saratov 2013}) 12... Qd7 13. h4 Nd4 14. h5 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne6 16. Be3 Be5 17. Ne2 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf5 (18... Bxb2 $6 19. Rb1 $16) 19. Qd2 Qg7 (19... Nxe3 $15 20. Qxe3 Nd4 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8) 20. h6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay } Qe7 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Rxf5 gxf5 23. Nf4 Kh8 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Bf4 Rg8 26. Rf1 Rg4 {aiming for ...Bxf4.} 27. Qe1 Kg8 28. Kg2 (28. Rf2 $11) 28... Kf7 $1 $17 29. Kf3 Qf6 30. Qa5 Kg6 ({Better is} 30... Qe7 $17 31. Qe1 Qe6) 31. Qc7 $11 Bxf4 32. gxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rh4 (32... Qd4 {with more complications.} 33. Qg7+ Qxg7 34. hxg7 Kxg7 35. Re1 h5) 33. Qg7+ (33. Qxb7 $11 Kxh6 34. Qd5) 33... Qxg7 $17 34. hxg7 Kxg7 {KR-KR} 35. Kg3 Rg4+ 36. Kf3 h5 $1 37. d4 (37. Rf2 $17 {was necessary.}) 37... h4 $19 ({Don't play} 37... cxd4 38. Rd1 $17) 38. dxc5 $2 (38. d5 {might work better.}) 38... dxc5 39. Rd1 Kg6 40. Rd7 Rg3+ 41. Kf2 Kh5 42. Rxb7 a5 $1 43. Rb5 Kg4 44. Rxc5 h3 ({Inferior is} 44... Kxf4 45. Rxa5 Rf3+ 46. Kg1 $11) 45. Rc8 {Strongly threatening Rg8+.} Rg2+ $2 ({Resist} 45... Kxf4 46. Rb8 $19) (45... Rf3+ $19 46. Kg1 Rxf4 47. Rg8+ Kf3) 46. Ke3 $11 {And now Rg8+ would win.} Rg3+ $2 (46... Rxb2 $11 47. Rg8+ Kh4) 47. Kf2 $1 $19 {Hoping for Rg8+.} Kxf4 48. Rh8 $2 (48. b3 {was the crucial defense. }) 48... Rg2+ 49. Kf1 Kg3 $1 50. Rg8+ Kf3 $2 (50... Kh2 $19 51. Rb8 Rc2) 51. Rh8 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh8h3]} Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Rh2 $11 52. Kg1 Rg2+ 53. Kh1 Rxb2 54. Rxh3+ Kg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 52. Rg8+ $19 Kh2 53. Rf8 Rxb2 54. Rxf5 {[#] Rf2+ is the strong threat.} Kg3 $1 {Black mates.} 55. Rg5+ {[#]} Kh4 $1 { [%mdl 512]} 56. Rg8 h2 57. Rh8+ Kg3 58. Rg8+ Kf3 {[%cal Rb2b1]} 59. Rf8+ Ke4 { [%cal Rh2h1]} 60. Rh8 Kd4 61. Rh4+ Kc5 62. a4 Rb1+ 63. Kg2 {[#]} h1=Q+ $1 { [%mdl 576] Deflection} 64. Rxh1 Rxh1 65. Kxh1 Kxc4 {KP-KP} 66. Kg2 Kb4 67. Kf2 Kxa4 68. Ke2 Kb3 69. Kd2 Kb2 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 53%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2811"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "158"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,158,-37,-42,-61,-61,-56,-58,-62,-13,-61,-60,-76,-70,-68,-68,-69,-55, -58,-62,-131,-96,-104,-103,-90,-81,-102,-95,-89,-95,-110,-62,-53,-23,-52,-52, -81,17,0,57,55,60,60,90,77,45,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 d4 7. O-O e5 8. e3 Be7 9. exd4 exd4 10. d3 O-O 11. h3 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. a3 Nd7 14. Qc2 a5 15. Nbd2 f5 16. Nh2 Bf7 17. Re2 Bd6 18. Rae1 Nf6 {0-1 (62) Pogorelov,R (2357)-Saric,A (2536) Seville 2019}) 11... h6 12. Re1 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Be6 13. a3 a5 14. Nbd2 Qd7 15. Kh2 Bf5 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Re2 Bd6 18. Rae1 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 {1/2-1/2 (40) Pahor,A (2063) -Olarasu,G (2325) Zadar 2004}) 13. Na3 {Black is slightly better.} Bf5 14. Nc2 a5 15. a3 Qd7 16. Kh2 Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 {[#]} 18. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} b6 { [%cal Bb7b6,Bb6c5][%mdl 32]} (18... axb4 19. axb4) 19. bxc5 (19. Qf1 $15) 19... bxc5 $17 20. Nce1 g5 21. Bc1 Ne7 22. Rb1 {[%cal Ba1b1,Bb1b5,Bb5a5,Ba5a8][%mdl 32]} Ng6 23. Bd2 a4 24. Rb5 g4 25. hxg4 Nxg4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 26. Kg1 Qc8 27. Ra5 Bd7 (27... Kg7 $17) 28. Nh2 $1 $11 h5 (28... Nxh2 $11 29. Ra8 Bb8 30. Kxh2 Qd8) 29. Ra8 $14 Bb8 $1 30. Nxg4 hxg4 31. Qb1 Qc7 32. Ba5 Qd6 $1 33. Qb7 Ne5 34. Ra6 Bc8 35. Qb5 Qe7 36. Ra8 Bd7 37. Qb6 Qd6 38. Kf1 Qxb6 39. Bxb6 Bd6 40. Rxe8+ Bxe8 41. Ke2 f5 42. Bd5+ Kg7 43. Ng2 Ng6 44. Bd8 Bd7 45. Bg5 Be7 46. Bd2 Bd6 47. Ba5 f4 48. gxf4 Nxf4+ 49. Nxf4 Bxf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} 50. Bb6 Bd6 51. Bd8 Kg6 52. Be4+ Kf7 53. Bg5 Ke6 54. Bd5+ Kf5 55. Bh4 Kg6 56. Be4+ Kf7 57. Bg5 Ke6 58. Kf1 Be5 59. Bd5+ Kd6 60. Ke2 Bc6 61. Bf7 Bf3+ {The position is equal.} 62. Kd2 g3 63. fxg3 Bxg3 64. Be8 Bc6 65. Bh5 (65. Bxc6 {seems wilder.} Kxc6 66. Kc2 Bd6 67. Kd2 Bg3) 65... Kc7 66. Ke2 Bd6 67. Kf2 Kd7 68. Bg4+ Kc7 69. Ke2 Be5 70. Kf2 Bd6 71. Bd2 Be5 72. Bf3 (72. Ke2 { looks sharper.} Kd6 73. Bh6 Kc7 74. Bg5 Kd6 75. Bh6) 72... Bxf3 73. Kxf3 { And now Bf4 would win. KB-KB} Kc6 74. Ke4 Bc7 75. Kf5 Kd7 76. Be1 Kc6 77. Ke4 Bd6 78. Ba5 Bg3 79. Bd2 Bc7 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2707"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,54,61,53,56,43,43,23,37,36,14,23,20,33,22,-8,-8,-8,-12,-15,-5,-110, -120,-248,-245,-224,-196,-255,-237,-209,-219,-409,-407,-774,-772,-737,-663, -655,-635]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10. Bb5 {[%cal Rf3d4]} Bd7 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} 11. Bg5 Be7 $1 {[%cal Re7g5]} 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 { White has an edge.} 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nfxd4 Bd5 15. Qg4 {Strongly threatening Nf5.} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... g6 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Rfe1 h5 18. Qf4 { 1-0 (43) Hammer,J (2620)-Eggleston,D (2389) Stockholm 2017}) 16. Qxg7 O-O-O 17. Nf5 Qd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 18. Qf6 Bxg2 19. Nc5 (19. Ne7+ $11 Kb8 20. Kxg2) 19... Qb5 $17 20. Rfc1 (20. Kxg2 $17 Qxc5 21. Rac1 Qd5+ 22. Kh3 Qf3+ 23. Ng3 Qxf6 24. exf6) 20... Rhg8 $19 21. Ng3 Bd5 22. a4 (22. Qf5+ $142 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Qxh5) 22... Qb4 ({But not} 22... Qxb2 23. Qf5+ Nd7 24. Nxd7 $19) 23. Qf5+ {[#]} Nd7 $1 ({Don't play} 23... Kb8 24. a5 $11) 24. a5 $2 (24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Rd1 Qxb2 26. Qxh5) 24... h4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 25. Ra4 (25. e6 $142 fxe6 26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. Qxe6) 25... Qd2 {[%cal Rd2c1] Black is clearly winning.} 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. Rxf4 Nxe5 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 90%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Bok, Benjamin"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D59"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 24,72,8,0,0,0,0,-12,0,-11,-8,-9,-8,-8,-8,-36,-33,-51,-33,-46,-53,-68, -67,-53,-53,-56,-64,-57,-43,-40,0,-35,-24,-92,-91,-85,-75,-68,-64,-75,-83,-209, -183,-641,-620,-635,-613,-551,-551,-6308,-5810]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Rc1 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 {D59: Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defence: Main line (8 cxd5 Nxd5)} 14. O-O Nd7 15. Qa4 Rfb8 {The position is equal.} 16. Bb5 (16. b3 Rb4 17. Qa5 Qd6 18. Ne1 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. Nd3 c4 21. bxc4 dxc4 22. Nf4 {0-1 (68) Zhou,W (2573)-Grachev,B (2660) Moscow 2011}) 16... a5 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Qa3 Rb4 19. Qc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Rd2 Qf8 21. h3 a4 22. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 (22) Reinecke,R (2155) -Schlemmer,H (2091) GER email 2004}) 19... Rc8 20. b3 a4 21. Rfd1 Be6 22. Nd2 axb3 23. Nxb3 Ra4 24. Qb2 Qa7 25. Rd2 c4 26. Nd4 Rb8 27. Qa1 Qa5 28. Rcc2 (28. Rcd1 $11 {remains equal.}) 28... Rab4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 29. Rd1 {White wants to play Nc6.} Bd7 {aiming for ...Ba4.} 30. Rdc1 Ra4 31. Rd1 Ra3 {White must now prevent ...Ba4.} 32. Rdd2 (32. Rdc1 $17) 32... c3 33. Rd3 $2 {[#]} (33. Re2) 33... Rb2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 34. Rdxc3 (34. Rxb2 cxb2) 34... Rbxa2 35. Rxa2 Rxa2 36. Qe1 {[#]} Ra1 $1 { [%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 71%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Abasov, Nijat"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "1500+10"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00: 11]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:09] } 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:12]} e5 { [%emt 0:03:26]} 10. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Nxe5 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 12. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:04: 17]} 13. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 14. h3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 15. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 16. f4 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 17. g4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:11] } 18. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 19. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 20. g5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 21. g6 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 22. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 23. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 24. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Bxa2 { [%emt 0:01:53]} 25. Rgd1 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Kg3 { [%emt 0:00:28]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 27. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00: 21]} 28. Rxf8+ {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 30. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. Qa4 { [%emt 0:00:03]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 32. fxg5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} f4+ {[%emt 0:00: 40]} 33. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"] [Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C91"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 29,86,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,9,-56,0,-51,-50,-73,-81,-84,-75,-70,0,0,14,12, 11,-65,-48,-37,-42,-57,-47,-154,-83,-80,-77,-169,-105,-114,-105,-105,-104,-100, -100,-136,-117,-135,-70,-75,-82,-214,-214,-227,-216,-208,-189,-198,-179,-335, -331]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15. Nf1 Nc4 16. a4 {C91: Closed Ruy Lopez: 7...d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4} (16. Ng3 Re8 17. a4 Nb6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Nxa8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Bg5 Nd7 22. Bb3 Nab6 23. N3d4 exd4 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Qxe8 {1-0 (26) Andreikin,D (2702) -Tari,A (2615) Helsingor 2018}) 16... Be6 17. Ng5 Bd7 18. b3 {The position is equal.} Na5 19. Bd2 Qc7 {[#]} 20. Ne3 $146 (20. axb5 $11 axb5 21. Qe2) ({ Predecessor:} 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qe2 h6 22. Nf3 Be6 23. Reb1 Qb7 {0-1 (65) Gopal,G (2593)-Kunte,A (2522) Mumbai 2009}) 20... h6 (20... bxa4 $1 $15 21. bxa4 Rfb8) 21. Nf3 (21. b4 $11) 21... bxa4 $15 22. b4 {[#]} Nb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3a1][%mdl 512]} 23. Bxb3 axb3 24. Qxb3 Qb7 (24... Bc6 $15) 25. c4 $11 Nxe4 26. Nd5 Bf5 27. Be3 (27. Qb1 $11) 27... Nf6 {Hoping for ...Nxd5.} 28. Nxe7+ Qxe7 29. c5 Rfe8 30. c6 ({White should play} 30. Ra5 $15) 30... Be4 (30... Be6 $142 $1 {[%cal Re6b3]} 31. Qa3 Nd5) 31. Rec1 $17 Rec8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 32. Qa4 {[#]} (32. b5 $17) 32... Qe8 ({Black should try} 32... Bd3 $1 $19 33. Qa5 Rab8) 33. c7 Qxa4 34. Rxa4 Bxf3 35. gxf3 {b5! is the strong threat.} Nd5 36. b5 {Threatens to win with b6.} Rxc7 37. Rca1 {[#]} Nxe3 (37... a5 $1 $17 38. Rxa5 Rxa5 39. Rxa5 Rb7) 38. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRR-KRR } a5 $1 39. Rb1 (39. Rxa5 $17 {keeps fighting.} Rxa5 40. Rxa5) 39... Rb7 $19 40. e4 Kf8 41. Kf2 Ke7 42. Ke3 Ke6 43. Rc4 $2 (43. f4) 43... Rab8 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 56%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Nihal Sarin"] [Black "Safarli, Eltaj"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2593"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 27,49,36,41,28,39,-180,-182,-181,-188,-225,-226,-227,-222,-237,0,-220,0, -240,0,-202,0,-234,0,-202]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6, Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nb6 15. Qc2 { Threatening dxc6. D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} Nxc4 {[#]} 16. dxc6 $146 (16. Qxc4 $14 cxd5 17. Rxd5 (17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Rad8 $11)) ({Predecessor:} 16. Qxc4 cxd5 17. Rxd5 Qb6 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. e4 Bd4 20. Qf3 Rc8 21. a4 Rc2 22. a5 Qb4 23. Bh6 Qxb2 24. Rf1 Bg7 25. Be3 b6 26. axb6 axb6 {1/2-1/2 (26) Dubov,D (2660)-Sutovsky,E (2650) Poikovsky 2017}) 16... Qh4 $19 17. cxb7 {[#]Black is clearly better.} Rab8 $1 18. Rd7 Nb6 19. Rc7 Be5 20. Rc5 Bg7 21. Rc7 Be5 22. Rc5 Bg7 23. Rc7 Be5 24. Rc5 Bg7 25. Rc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Yuffa, Daniil"] [Black "McShane, Luke J"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E91"] [WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "184"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,194,85,83,93,94,99,83,89,67,77,66,85,9,54,0,2,-20,-8,-27,-3,-3,-2,0, -4,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-34,-29,-17,-8,-116, -111,-154,-181,-155,-154,-118,-135,-137,0,-447,-395,-345,-307,-265,-285,-467, -457,-620,-430,-866,-765,-701,-653,-913,-864,-931,-868,-5624,-5218,-3818,-2667, -5700,-2608,-6797,-6713,-5604,-5042,-8591,-6741,-29969,-29970,-29979,-5102, -29965,-29968,-29961,-2714,-29941,-2505,-2036,-2027,-6621,-2093,-29959,-29960, -7726,-6199,-29968,-29968,-29969,-29969,-29970,-29971,-29968,-29968,-29970, -29969,-29967,-29969,-29969,-29970,-29975,-29973,-29973,-29968,-29970,-29971, -29977,-29972,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29974,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29983, -8,-8,0,-29983,-29976,-29976,-29975,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29989,-29990, -29990,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29994,-29995, -29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29991,-29991,-542]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Rd1 c6 10. d5 c5 11. g3 Kh8 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} 12. a3 Ng8 13. Nh4 Bh6 {White is better.} 14. b4 (14. Ng2 { seems wilder.} b6 15. Ne3 Ndf6 16. h4 Bh3 17. b4) 14... Bxc1 15. Raxc1 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 15. Qxc1 a5 16. bxa5 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 Ndf6 19. Rf1 { 1/2-1/2 (28) Vanheirzeele,D (2143)-Maze,S (2571) Mulhouse 2011}) 15... Nh6 16. Ng2 (16. Bd3 $16) 16... f5 17. f4 ({Better is} 17. Qd2 $14 Kg7 18. Nb5) 17... b6 $11 18. Rf1 (18. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Kg7 19. Bd3 $11) 18... exf4 19. Nxf4 Ne5 20. Qd2 $1 g5 21. Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6f8]} Bxe6 22. dxe6 f4 {White must now prevent ...f3.} 23. Nd5 Qxe6 24. Nc7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg6 {And now ... Rac8 would win.} 25. Nxa8 Rxa8 26. Rf2 Rf8 27. Rcf1 Nhg4 28. Bxg4 $1 Nxg4 29. Qc3+ Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 31. Rf3 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5f3]} 32. Rc3 f3 33. h3 h5 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. b5 Ke6 36. a4 g4 37. Rh1 (37. hxg4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nxg4+ 38. Ke1) 37... gxh3 $1 $17 38. Rxh3 Ng4+ 39. Kf1 Ke5 40. Rxh5+ Kd4 41. Ra3 f2 (41... Kxc4 $17 {Strongly threatening ...f2.} 42. Rh4 Ne5) 42. Rf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. e5 $1 $11 { and White stays safe.} dxe5 43. Rh4) 42... Rh8 $1 $19 43. Rxf2 Nxf2 44. Kxf2 Kxe4 {KR-KR} ({Don't play} 44... Kxc4 45. g4 $17) 45. g4 $2 (45. Rf3 Rh2+ 46. Kg1) 45... Kd4 46. g5 Kxc4 47. g6 (47. a5 $142 bxa5 48. Rxa5) 47... Rg8 48. Rg3 d5 49. Ke2 Kb4 50. Rg4+ Kc3 51. g7 d4 52. Rg3+ Kc2 $1 ({Weaker is} 52... Kc4 53. Kd2 $15) 53. Rg2 c4 54. Kf3+ Kc3 55. Ke2 Kb3 56. Kd2 Kxa4 57. Rg5 Kb3 58. Kc1 Kc3 (58... c3 $142 59. Rg3 d3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 60. Rxd3 Rxg7 61. Kd1 Kb2 62. Ke2 c2 63. Rd2 Rg2+ 64. Ke3 Rxd2 65. Kxd2 c1=Q+ 66. Ke2 Qf4 67. Ke1 Qh2 68. Kd1 Qg2 69. Ke1 Kc3 70. Kd1 Qf1#) 59. Rg3+ d3 60. Rg4 Kb4 (60... Kb3 $142 61. Kd2 c3+ 62. Kxd3 c2 63. Rg1 Rxg7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Promotion} 64. Rxg7 c1=Q 65. Rxa7 Qc4+ 66. Ke3 Qxb5 67. Ke4 Qb4+ 68. Kd5 Qa5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 69. Rxa5 bxa5 70. Kc6 a4 71. Kd7 a3 72. Ke8 a2 73. Ke7 a1=Q 74. Ke6 Kc4 75. Kf5 Qd4 76. Ke6 Qf4 77. Kd7 Qf6 78. Ke8 Kc5 79. Kd7 Qf7+ 80. Kd8 Kd6 81. Kc8 Qc7#) 61. Kd2 Kxb5 (61... Kb3 $142 62. Rg6 c3+ 63. Kxd3 Rd8+ 64. Ke4 c2 65. Rc6 Kb2 66. Kf5 c1=Q 67. Rxc1 Kxc1 68. Ke6 Kc2 69. Ke7 Ra8 70. Kd6 Rg8 71. Kd7 Rxg7+ 72. Kc6 Rg5 73. Kb7 Rxb5 74. Kxa7 Kb3 75. Ka6 Rc5 76. Ka7 b5 77. Kb6 Kc4 78. Ka7 b4 79. Kb6 b3 80. Kb7 b2 81. Kb6 b1=Q+ 82. Ka6 Ra5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 83. Kxa5 Qb5#) 62. Kc3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 63. Rg6 Ka6 64. Kd2 a4 65. Kc3 Ka5 66. Kxc4 d2 67. Rg5+ {[#]} Ka6 $1 68. Rd5 Rxg7 69. Rxd2 Rg4+ 70. Kc3 Ka5 71. Rd8 Rg3+ 72. Kb2 b5 73. Rd4 Rb3+ 74. Ka2 Rb4 75. Rd8 Rh4 76. Rd3 Kb4 77. Rg3 Rh2+ 78. Kb1 a3 79. Rg4+ Kb3 80. Rg3+ Ka4 81. Ka1 Rh1+ $2 ( 81... Rh4 {mates} 82. Rg8 b4 83. Rg1 b3 84. Rd1 a2 85. Kb2 Rh2+ 86. Kc3 b2 87. Rd4+ Ka3 88. Rd5 Rh3+ 89. Kd4 Rh4+ 90. Ke5 b1=Q 91. Ra5+ Ra4 92. Rxa4+ Kxa4 93. Ke6 a1=Q 94. Kf7 Qe4 95. Kg8 Qe8+ 96. Kh7 Qah8#) 82. Ka2 $11 Rh2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (82... Rc1 $11 83. Rxa3+ Kb4 84. Rb3+ Kc4) 83. Ka1 $1 b4 {Black mates.} 84. Rg4 Rd2 85. Rf4 Kb3 {[%cal Rd2d1]} 86. Rf3+ Kc4 87. Rf4+ Kc3 88. Rf3+ Rd3 89. Rf1 b3 90. Rh1 Rd4 91. Rh3+ Kb4 {[%cal Rd4d1]} 92. Rh1 a2 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2558"] [BlackElo "2671"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,81,14,8,16,10,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,-16,-17,-14,-16,-24,-22, -32,-21,-23,-47,-57,-50,-41,-14,-10,-16,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-34,-39,-40,-59, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. Nxc4 Bxc5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. O-O Nd4 12. Qd1 Rd8 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. a3 e5 16. Rc1 Be6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Rd4 19. Bxc6 Bxc4 20. e3 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 bxc6 {0-1 (34) Muhtarov,L (2205)-Kaposztas,M (2335) Harkany 1995}) 14... Nb5 15. Qb3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Be5 Bb7 19. a4 Rac8 20. Rd2 Ba6 21. Nb2 $1 Nf6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. a5 Bb7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. a6 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qc7 {...Qc6+ is the strong threat.} 27. Rd1 Qc6+ 28. Kg1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qb5 30. Qd8+ Bf8 31. Nd3 Qxa6 32. Nf4 (32. Ne5 $5) 32... Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qxc3 34. Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5f6]} f5 (34... Qc5 $15 35. Nxf6+ Kg7 36. Ne8+ Kh8) 35. Nf6+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kg7 36. Nd7 Qb4 37. Qg5+ Kh8 { [#] Threatens to win with ...Qe7.} 38. Qf6+ Kg8 {Hoping for ...Be7.} 39. Qg5+ Kh8 {aiming for ...Qe7.} 40. Qf6+ Kg8 {White must now prevent ...Be7.} 41. Qg5+ {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2635"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,54,22,33,17,25,17,25,20,16,31,18,5,8,22,48,15,43,42,23,27,35,34,51, -25,-14,-16,-15,-14,-5,-14,-15,-79,-39,-49,-74,-167,-32,-183,-32,-69,-66,-59,0, 0,0,-69,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. d3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nxd5 Qxb2 14. dxe4 Bg4 15. Bf3 Bh3 16. Qc1 Qe5 17. Rd1 Nc6 18. Qf4 {1-0 (31) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Ganguly,S (2615) Kolkata 2018}) 6... Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 {White has an edge.} Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 dxc4 10. dxc4 Qe7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rd1 e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. Qd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 {0-1 (37) Kokarev,D (2605)-Khanin,S (2514) Moscow 2019}) 13. Qxe3 Qxe3 14. fxe3 Ng4 15. Rd3 Na6 16. a3 (16. h3 $14 Ne5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 17. Rd4) 16... Be6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 17. Na5 Nc5 18. Rd4 Nxe3 19. Kf2 Ng4+ 20. Kf3 (20. Ke1 $11) 20... Nd7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nde5+.} 21. h3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Nde5+ 22. Ke4 (22. Kf4 $17 {only move.} Ng6+ 23. Kf3 N4e5+ 24. Kf2) 22... f5+ $19 23. Kf4 {[#]} c5 $2 (23... g5+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Kxg5 Ne3) 24. Rd2 Ng6+ $1 25. Kf3 $1 N6e5+ (25... b6 $15 26. hxg4 bxa5) 26. Kf4 $11 Ng6+ (26... g5+ $11 27. Kxg5 h6+ 28. Kf4 Ng6+ 29. Kf3 N6e5+ 30. Kf4 Ng6+ 31. Kf3 N6e5+ 32. Kf4) 27. Kf3 $1 $15 N6e5+ {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 66%.} (27... b6 $15 28. hxg4 fxg4+ 29. Ke3 Rae8) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Yuffa, Daniil"] [Black "McShane, Luke J"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E92"] [WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "163"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,163,26,32,27,46,41,6,9,23,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,76,69,72,75,114,109, 98,80,183,176,173,174,184,184,153,133,209,73,269,280,271,256,259,254,276,287, 364,366,731,738,700,398,391,377,569,557,603,506,558,496,519,237,237,237,237, 237,280,264,275,244,267,0,274,279,279,229,245,200,243,246,237,247,239,233,279, 243,257,256,255,258,258,258,595,611,575,394,670,681,627,579,520,29,27,30,179, 179,244,244,237,150,151,154,154,153,179,166,164,164,164,129,229,129,229,181, 229,224,215,215,185,193,377,360,4137,4137,4137,4137,4137,799,764,677,643,553, 479,320,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Ng4 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} 10. Bd2 f5 11. h3 ({Predecessor:} 11. exf5 gxf5 12. h3 {1-0 (40) Gledura,B (2513) -Turzo,A (2333) Hungary 2016}) 11... Nf6 {The position is equal.} 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Qc1 $146 (13. g3 Na6 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. Nh4 Nc5 16. Be3 Nfe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 { 1/2-1/2 (42) Korobov,A (2678)-Kovalev,V (2650) Poikovsky 2018}) 13... f4 14. g3 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 15. Nh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] White fights for an advantage.} e3 $1 {[%cal Re3d2][%mdl 512]} 16. fxe3 fxg3 17. Ng6 Rf7 (17... Re8 $11) 18. Qc2 $1 $16 Na6 19. O-O-O $1 Nh7 {...Bf5 is the strong threat.} 20. Nf4 Nb4 21. Qb1 ({Don't play} 21. Qg6 $6 Qg5 $11) 21... Bf5 (21... Ng5 $16) 22. e4 $18 Bd7 23. Rdg1 $1 {[%cal Rg1g3]} Be5 24. Rxg3+ Ng5 25. h4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Rxf4 (25... Bxf4 $16 26. Bxf4 Rxf4) 26. hxg5 (26. Rgg1 $1 $18) 26... hxg5 $2 ( 26... Rf2 $16 27. Rgg1 h5 28. Bxh5 (28. Rxh5 Rxe2 29. Nxe2 Qf8 $18) 28... Qf8) 27. a3 g4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Nd1 Qf6 30. Rhg1 (30. Bxb4 Rf2 $18) 30... Kf7 31. Bxb4 ({Not} 31. Bxg4 Bxg4 32. Rxg4 Rxg4 $16) 31... Rxe4 $2 (31... Rf3) 32. Qxe4 Bf5 33. Rxg4 {Threatens to win with Rg7+!} Bxe4 34. Rxe4 Ra1+ (34... Ke7 $142 35. Bd2 Kd7 36. Bg4+ Ke7) 35. Kc2 Qh6 36. Bd2 Qh2 37. Rf1+ Ke8 38. Nc3 (38. Rf5 $142) 38... Rxf1 39. Bxf1 Kd7 40. Bd3 Qg3 41. Re2 Kc8 42. Be4 Qh4 43. Bd3 Qg3 $1 44. Ne4 Qg7 45. Bc1 Kb8 46. Kb1 Bd4 47. Ng5 Qf6 48. Re8+ Ka7 49. Ne6 Bb6 50. Rf8 Qh4 51. Rf3 Qe1 52. Rf1 Qb4 53. Kc2 Qa4+ $2 (53... c6 54. Rf4 Qa4+ 55. b3 Qa1 56. dxc6 bxc6) 54. b3 $1 {[%cal Rb3a4]} Qe8 55. Bd2 Qh5 $2 (55... Qg8 56. Re1 Kb8) 56. b4 Qh2 57. c5 dxc5 58. bxc5 $2 (58. Ra1+ $18 Kb8 59. bxc5) 58... Ba5 $1 $11 59. Rd1 Bxd2 (59... Qg2 $11) 60. Rxd2 $18 Qe5 (60... Qh4 $142) 61. Bc4 Qe4+ 62. Kb3 Qb1+ 63. Kc3 Qc1+ 64. Rc2 Qe3+ 65. Kb4 Kb8 66. Re2 Qg1 67. Kc3 Qa1+ (67... Qc1+ $16 68. Rc2 Qa3+ 69. Bb3 Qa1+ 70. Kc4 Qf1+ 71. Kb4 Qe1+ 72. Ka3 Qa1+ 73. Kb4 Qe1+ 74. Rc3 Qd2) 68. Kd3 ({White should play} 68. Kc2 $18) 68... Qa3+ {[#]} (68... Qd1+ $16 69. Rd2 Qb1+ 70. Kc3 Qc1+ 71. Rc2 Qa3+ 72. Bb3 Qa1+ 73. Kd2 Qe5) 69. Kc2 $1 Qa4+ {[#]} 70. Bb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3a4]} Qg4 71. Rd2 { Black must now prevent d6.} Qe4+ 72. Kb2 {And now d6 would win.} Qe5+ $2 (72... Kc8 {might work better.} 73. Rd1 Qe5+ 74. Nd4 Qg3) 73. Rd4 {Strongly threatening d6.} Qe2+ $2 (73... Kc8 74. Bc4 Qh2+ 75. Kb3 Qg3+ 76. Rd3 Qe1) 74. Ka3 Qa6+ 75. Kb4 b6 76. cxb6 (76. d6 $142 Qa5+ 77. Kc4 bxc5 78. dxc7+ Kb7 79. Rd3) 76... Qxb6+ 77. Kc3 {White threatens Rb4! and mate.} Qa5+ 78. Kc2 Kc8 79. Ba4 {aiming for Bc6.} Qa6 $2 (79... Qe1 $18 80. Bb3 Qf2+ 81. Kb1 Qg3) 80. Bd7+ {White mates.} Kb8 81. Rb4+ Ka7 {[#]} 82. Ra4 $1 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 36%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.6"] [White "McShane, Luke J"] [Black "Yuffa, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2577"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,135,14,0,22,0,6,-24,0,-24,0,-11,-4,-15,-5,-31,-21,-30,-9,-16,-29,-14, 0,-30,5,0,40,11,9,18,39,28,38,24,58,35,43,36,49,0,86,60,114,85,119,72,89,108, 108,99,197,178,173,174,193,197,235,162,263,243,228,106,247,254,246,244,243,238, 252,242,270,234,209,160,290,270,425,160,171,175,177,177,181,177,194,175,243, 219,290,276,628,165,625,611,568,526,662,666,637,625,613,659,626,629,1224,812, 1309,1221,1139,923,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29985, 29984,29985]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Qg3 Nf6 7. d3 Nh5 8. Qf3 Nf6 9. a3 Qa5 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} (9... Qb6 10. g4 h6 11. Qg3 Nbd7 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. O-O h5 14. g5 Ne8 15. h4 g6 16. b4 Bd6 17. Qh3 {1-0 (28) Lu,S (2599)-Wang,H (2712) Baku 2015}) 10. Bd2 {Black must now prevent Nxd5.} Qb6 11. Ra2 Nbd7 {Black has an edge.} 12. g3 Be7 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12... d4 13. Nd1 Be7 14. Bg2 a5 15. O-O a4 16. Qe2 O-O 17. e5 Nd5 18. f4 {1/2-1/2 (47) Kolago,M (2347)-Stoma,P (2318) Poronin 2012}) 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O a5 15. Kh2 a4 16. Qe2 dxe4 17. dxe4 Rfd8 18. f4 Qa6 19. Qe1 Nc5 20. Ra1 Rd7 21. Rf2 Rad8 22. Bc1 Qb6 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Be3 b5 25. Re2 Nb7 26. Qf2 { Hoping for Bb6.} Re8 27. g4 g6 (27... e5 $11) 28. Kh1 Qb8 ({Black should play} 28... Rb8 $14) 29. Rf1 Na5 30. Bc1 Nc4 31. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Nd5 {White should prevent ...Nxc3.} 32. Ne4 $1 Bf8 {[#]} (32... Qd8 $16) 33. h4 $1 $18 b4 34. axb4 Qxb4 35. h5 Bg7 36. g5 Ne7 (36... Red8 {was called for.} 37. Nc5 Re7) 37. h6 Bh8 38. Qc5 (38. Nc5 $18 {has better winning chances. } Rd5 39. Bxd5 cxd5 40. b3 axb3 41. cxb3) 38... Qb5 (38... Rb7 $16) 39. b3 $1 { [%cal Rb3c4]} axb3 {And now ...b2 would win.} 40. Qxb5 cxb5 41. cxb3 Nb6 42. Rd2 Nbd5 43. Ba3 Nf5 44. Kh2 Ra7 (44... Nfe3 $16) 45. Bc5 Ra6 (45... Rc7 $142 46. Nd6 Rb8) 46. Bh3 $2 (46. Nd6 $18 Nxd6 47. Bxd5 exd5 48. Bxd6) 46... Nxf4 47. Rxf4 {Threatens to win with Nf6+.} Bxe5 {[#]} 48. Rdf2 $1 ({Not} 48. Nf6+ Kh8 $11) 48... Rd8 49. Kg2 Bxf4 50. Rxf4 Ra2+ (50... Raa8 {was worth a try.} 51. Bg4 Rd3) 51. Rf2 Rxf2+ 52. Kxf2 Rc8 $2 (52... Ra8 53. Bf1 b4) 53. Nf6+ Kh8 54. b4 Rd8 55. Bf1 Nd4 56. Ke3 Nf5+ 57. Kf4 Nd4 58. Ke4 e5 59. Kxe5 Ne6 60. Ne4 Rb8 61. Bd6 Rb6 62. Bh3 Nxg5 63. Nxg5 {White mates.} f6+ 64. Kd5 fxg5 65. Be6 { [%cal Rd6e5]} Rxd6+ 66. Kxd6 g4 67. Kc5 g3 68. Bd5 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 34%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,66,0,7,15,2,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,-10,-22,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-40, 54,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,-36,-22,-20,-20,-28,-13,-13,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. O-O Be7 9. c4 d4 {C45: Scotch Game} (9... O-O 10. cxd5 Bb7 11. Bc4 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Nd2 c6 14. Re1 Rb8 15. Ne4 f5 16. Ng3 f4 17. Ne4 f3 18. gxf3 {1/2-1/2 (54) Fedoseev,V (2707)-Jakovenko,D (2748) Satka 2018}) 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Nd2 a5 $146 ( {Predecessor:} 11... h6 12. Bh4 Rb8 13. Qc2 c5 14. Rae1 Re8 15. Nf3 Rb6 16. b3 Re6 17. Rxe6 Bxe6 18. Qd2 Bc8 19. Re1 Nh5 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 {1/2-1/2 (20) Florea,M (2479)-Douglas,S (2391) ICCF email 2009}) 12. Nb3 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 c5 15. Nd2 Bd6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb8 18. Qh5 Kg7 19. f4 {[#] Strongly threatening fxg5.} Rb6 20. Bd5 {Hoping for fxg5.} Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qg4 Qf6 (22... Rf5 $15) 23. Rae1 (23. fxg5 $14 Qxg5 24. Qxe6 Qe3+ 25. Qxe3 dxe3 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxf8 Kxf8 28. Re1) 23... Qf5 (23... Bb8 {is more complex.} 24. b3 Qf5 25. Qxf5 Rxf5 26. fxg5 Bxg3 27. gxh6+ Kxh6 28. hxg3 Kg5) 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. fxg5 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Rxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 27. Re5 Rxa2 28. Rxc5 hxg5 { And now ...a4 would win.} 29. Rd5 a4 {[#] ...Rc2 is the strong threat.} 30. Rxd4 Rc2 {aiming for ...a3.} 31. Ra1 {The position is equal.} Re8 32. Rxa4 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Rc2+ {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.7"] [White "McShane, Luke J"] [Black "Yuffa, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2577"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,96,35,0,32,10,13,11,3,11,11,2,12,0,18,17,16,11,22,14,13,30,15,8,35,0, 4,-32,-31,-19,-25,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,4,33,53,110,56,79, 45,29,20,109,108,105,106,110,37,60,16,77,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-102,-102,-102,-102, -102,-102,-112,-112,-29975,-29976,-29976,-6095]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. a3 g6 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} (6... Bc5 7. Qg3 Qf6 8. d3 Nd7 9. h4 Bd4 10. Bd2 Ne7 11. h5 h6 12. Be2 Qe5 13. Qxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bd6 15. O-O d4 16. Nd1 e5 17. Nf2 exf4 18. Nh3 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 (18) Fedorov,A (2562)-Vitiugov,N (2724) Czech Republic 2016}) 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 Ne7 { The position is equal.} 9. d3 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 b5 12. Nb1 $146 {[%cal Bc3b1,Bb1d2,Bd2f3][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 12. f4 f5 {1/2-1/2 (12) Romero Holmes,A (2490)-Magem Badals,J (2515) Leon 1992}) 12... a5 13. Nd2 b4 14. Nf3 Rb8 15. axb4 axb4 16. h4 h6 17. h5 g5 18. e5 c5 19. c3 Nc6 20. d4 bxc3 21. bxc3 cxd4 22. cxd4 g4 23. Nh2 {And now Rd1 would win.} Nxd4 24. Qxg4 {Threatens to win with Bxh6.} Nf5 25. Bf4 Kh8 26. Rfe1 Rg8 27. Qd1 Rb4 28. Bd2 Rd4 29. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Re4 30. Bf4 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Nc5 ( 31... Qb6 $14) 32. Bf1 (32. Bh3 $1 $16) 32... Qb6 33. Rb1 Qa7 34. Kg2 Rb8 ( 34... Bf8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35. Rxb8+ $16 Qxb8 36. g4 Ne7 37. Qe3 (37. Qc3 $16 Ne4 38. Qe3) 37... Qb4 $14 38. Kh3 (38. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rf4h6]}) 38... Ne4 {[#]} (38... Kh7 $11) 39. Bxh6 ({Better is} 39. Nd4 $1 $16) 39... Nxf2+ $1 $11 40. Qxf2 Bxh6 41. g5 Bf8 42. Bd3 Qf4 43. Kg2 (43. Qg3 $11 Qc1 44. h6) 43... Qg4+ $17 44. Qg3 Qxh5 45. Qf4 Kg8 46. Qf6 {[#]} Ng6 $1 47. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Kg3 $17) 47... Be7 48. Bxg6 Qh3+ {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 62%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.7"] [White "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C26"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,62,-31,9,6,0,-1,47,0,22,14,53,22,93,-10,0,1,32,6,50,28,43,44,29,0,37, 39,80,97,112,127,108,77,88,82,92,63,102,24,106,90,102,-1394,-1161,-29992, -29993,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 (3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Be6 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. c4 Qd7 11. Ba3 O-O-O 12. Rb1 e4 13. Nf4 Bf5 14. Nd5 Rhe8 15. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 (43) Nakamura,H (2777)-So,W (2780) chess.com INT 2018}) 3... exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Bb4 6. Nge2 $146 {C26: Vienna Game: 2... Nf6, sidelines} ({Predecessor:} 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8 8. Qg3 Rxe4 9. a3 Bd6 10. f4 Re8 11. Bd3 Bf8 12. Nf3 d6 13. Rhe1 Rxe1 14. Rxe1 Ne7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf5 {0-1 (37) Vega Gutierrez,B (2190)-Vega Gutierrez,S (2364) Las Palmas 2013}) 6... O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Bf4 {White is slightly better.} d6 9. O-O-O Be6 (9... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Re5d3]} 10. Qd2 Nh5 $11) 10. Kb1 a6 (10... Rb8 $11) 11. Nd5 (11. h4 $1 $16) 11... Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. Qd4 Ng6 14. Be3 c5 15. dxc6 $1 bxc6 16. Qa4 Ne5 17. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nfg4 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Qxg4 Bf6 {With the idea ...Rb8.} 20. Qe4 Qc7 21. Rd3 Rfe8 22. Qc4 Qd7 {[#]} 23. Qa4 (23. Qd5 $1 $16) 23... d5 (23... Rab8 $11 {remains equal. }) 24. g3 $16 Rab8 25. b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25. Bc1 $16) 25... a5 {Played: Nc6xb4} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.8"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2635"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "210"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,210,29,31,36,19,30,18,29,33,44,15,20,18,29,14,26,29,51,19,20,0,57,0, 32,17,60,43,18,10,14,16,30,0,13,6,7,7,23,33,37,14,29,-64,7,15,16,0,2,6,23,0,0, 0,0,0,0,-37,0,-3,-2,-28,-5,-138,-121,-182,-181,-175,-173,-166,-165,-151,-148, -148,-133,-204,-126,-126,-90,-98,-54,-166,-159,-168,-159,-167,-162,-147,-142, -166,-160,-168,-170,-168,-173,-167,-168,-185,-197,-197,-205,-288,-282,-252, -176,-189,-174,-179,-143,-274,-181,-244,-259,-304,-240,-307,-279,-229,-208, -603,-563,-599,-599,-590,-583,-557,-573,-540,-561,-640,-619,-568,-410,-417, -414,-402,-401,-387,-388,-352,-285,-359,-244,-332,-202,-362,-356,-335,-344, -661,-661,-658,-650,-647,-647,-643,0,-622,-615,-608,-602,-1187,-608,-600,-584, -497,-362,-358,-118,-1421,-1331,-1061,-481,-406,-321,-1060,-1063,-2923,-2458, -918,-78,-66,-66,-161,-154,-147,-140,-29958,-29964,-29965,-29968,-29967,-29967, -29967,-29968,-29964,-29966,-29974,-29975,-29972,-29973,-29966,-29967]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. e3 a5 {E11: Bogo-Indian} ( 6... b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Qa4 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. Rac1 d6 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 (47) Sarana,A (2625)-Grigoriants,S (2543) Skopje 2019}) 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 {The position is equal.} 9. a3 Na6 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Na2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nd3 d5 14. cxd5 Nfxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 {0-1 (45) Andruet,G (2420)-Georgiev,K (2430) Wijk aan Zee 1984}) 12... Nc6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Na2 Nc6 16. Nc3 ({White should try} 16. Rfd1 $14) 16... Ba6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. d5 Nb4 19. d6 Qd8 20. Ne5 Qc8 21. Na2 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Nb4 Qc8 24. Nxa6 Qxa6 25. Qc3 Qc8 26. b4 (26. Qd4 $11) 26... axb4 ({Better is} 26... Nd5 $1 $15 27. Qc1 Nxb4) 27. Qxb4 $11 Qc5 28. Qd2 Ra8 29. Rab1 Ne4 30. Qd3 f5 31. Rb5 Ra3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 32. Qc2 $1 Qc6 33. Qb2 Ra6 (33... Qa8 $5 {[%cal Ra3a2]} 34. Re1 Ra2 $15) 34. Bf3 Qxc4 35. Bxe4 (35. Rc1 $5 {[%cal Rc1c4]} Qa2 36. Bxe4 Qxb2 37. Rxb2 fxe4 38. h4 $11) 35... fxe4 36. Rg5 (36. Rc1 $11 {remains equal.} Qa2 37. h4) 36... g6 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Ra2.} 37. Rc1 (37. h3 $17) 37... Ra2 $19 38. Rxc4 Rxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 39. h4 Rbxf2 40. Rxe4 Rf1+ 41. Kh2 Rd1 42. h5 (42. Rb4 $17) 42... Kg7 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Reg4 Rf6 45. Rb5 (45. e4 $1 $15) 45... Rxd6 46. Rgb4 Rf2 47. Rxb6 Rdd2 48. Rg4 Rfe2 49. Rb3 Kf6 50. Rg3 g5 51. Rb8 Rd3 52. Rf8+ Ke7 53. Rff3 d5 $1 54. Rxg5 Rdxe3 55. Rg7+ (55. Rf4 {was worth a try.}) 55... Kd6 {Threatens to win with ...Rxf3.} 56. Rf8 Re5 57. Kh3 R2e3+ 58. Kh4 Re1 59. g4 (59. Rd8+ $17 Kc5 60. Ra8) 59... Rh1+ 60. Kg3 Re3+ 61. Kf2 Rhe1 62. g5 R1e2+ 63. Kf1 Ra2 64. g6 $2 (64. Rg6) 64... Rb3 {[%cal Rb3b1]} 65. Rf2 Ra1+ 66. Kg2 Ra4 67. Rg8 Rg4+ 68. Kf1 Rbg3 69. Rd8+ Ke7 70. Ra8 {White hopes to continue with Ra7+.} Rxg6 71. Ra7+ Kd6 72. Ra6+ Ke5 73. Re2+ Kf5 74. Rf2+ Kg5 75. Ke2 Rg4 76. Kd3 Rh6 77. Rb6 $2 (77. Ra8 {might work better.}) 77... Rf4 78. Re2 Kf5 $1 79. Rb8 $2 (79. Re3) 79... Rh3+ 80. Kd2 Rd4+ 81. Kc2 Rc4+ 82. Kd2 {intending Rf8+.} Rd4+ 83. Kc2 $1 Re4 $1 {[%cal Re4e2]} 84. Rg2 Ra3 85. Rb2 Rae3 86. Kd2 Rf3 87. Rb8 {Hoping for Rf8+.} Ke5 88. Rb6 Ra4 $2 (88... Ree3 $19 {aiming for ...Rd3+.} 89. Rg7 d4) 89. Rg5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (89. Re2+ $17 Kd4 90. Rbxe6) 89... Rf5 90. Rg6 Rf6 (90... Ra2+ $142 91. Ke1 Rf6 92. Rg5+ Kd4) 91. Rg5+ Kf4 ({Less strong is} 91... Rf5 92. Rg6 $19) 92. Rxd5 $2 (92. Rg1) 92... Rh6 $1 93. Rd8 Rh2+ 94. Kc3 Rh3+ $2 (94... Ra3+ $1 $19 { and Black stays clearly on top.} 95. Kb4 Rb2+ 96. Kc5 Rxb6 97. Kxb6 e5) 95. Kb2 e5 96. Rc6 (96. Re8 $15) 96... Rb4+ $1 97. Kc2 {[#]} Rh2+ $1 98. Rd2 $2 { [%mdl 8192] [#]} (98. Kc1 $17) 98... Rb2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection. Black mates.} 99. Kxb2 Rxd2+ {KR-KR} 100. Kc1 Rd8 101. Rf6+ Ke3 102. Rh6 e4 103. Rh3+ Kf2 104. Rh2+ Kg3 105. Rh7 e3 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 61%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.8"] [White "Yuffa, Daniil"] [Black "McShane, Luke J"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A49"] [WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "178"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,178,47,46,67,37,31,31,62,0,37,32,54,34,38,29,64,65,69,75,75,36,47,21, 18,-28,-19,-23,-25,-20,-21,-37,-31,-47,-16,-18,-33,-151,0,-35,0,0,6,0,0,-18, -20,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,9,42,45,87,63,75,29,26,0,35,12,83,83,83,75,82,83,684, 684,661,638,629,181,426,400,603,579,447,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,250,262,253,0,189, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6754,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,158,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 c6 7. Bb2 Qa5 8. Nbd2 Qh5 9. e4 Bh3 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} (9... Bg4 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Qf1 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. N4f3 Nxe4 15. Bxg7 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Kxg7 17. Qd3 Qf5 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 {1/2-1/2 (30) Efimenko,Z (2641)-Mamedyarov,S (2820) Porto Carras 2018}) 10. Bxh3 Qxh3 11. Ng5 Qc8 {White is slightly better. } 12. Ngf3 $146 (12. e5 $14 Ng4 13. Re1) ({Predecessor:} 12. Kg2 Na6 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. f4 c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. e5 Nfd5 17. Rad1 {1-0 (27) Kosic,D (2521) -Perosevic,A (2186) Bar 2005}) 12... a5 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Kg2 Qc7 15. Qe2 Ne8 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Nc5 18. Nc4 b5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Ne3 Qb7 21. Rfd1 {Strongly threatening Rd5.} Nc7 22. Kg1 N7e6 23. Nd5 Rfd8 24. Nc3 b4 25. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 26. Nb5 {[#]} ({White should try} 26. Na4 $1 $15) 26... Ne4 $2 (26... Nd3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd3b2][%mdl 512]} 27. Nd6 (27. cxd3 Qxb5) 27... exd6 28. cxd3 dxe5 29. Nxe5 Qd5) 27. h4 Bh6 28. Nbd4 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 Qd5 30. Re1 Nd2 31. Nxd2 Qxd4 32. Nc4 Rd5 33. Qe4 (33. Qf3 {seems wilder.} a4 34. Nb6 Rb5 35. Nxa4 Rxe5 36. Rxe5 Qxe5 37. Nb6) 33... Qxe4 34. Rxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bg7 35. Kf1 h6 36. Ke2 Kh7 37. f4 e6 38. Ke3 Bf8 39. Ke2 Be7 40. Re3 g5 (40... Rc5 $1 $11) 41. hxg5 $16 hxg5 42. Rd3 gxf4 43. gxf4 Bd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Rxd3 $16 44. cxd3 (44. Kxd3 Bd8 $14) 44... Bd8) 44. Rxd5 $1 $18 exd5 {KB-KN} 45. Nd6 Kg6 46. Kf3 $2 (46. f5+ Kg7 47. Kd3) 46... Bb6 $2 (46... Bc7 47. Ke2 Bb6 48. f5+ Kg7 49. Ne8+ Kf8) 47. Kg4 Bd4 (47... Kg7 $142 48. Ne8+ Kh6) 48. f5+ Kg7 49. Kf4 $2 (49. e6 $18 Kf6 50. Nxf7) 49... Bg1 $1 $11 50. Nb7 Bh2+ 51. Kg4 Bxe5 52. Nxa5 Kf6 53. Nc6 Bd6 54. Nd8 Be7 55. Nc6 Bc5 56. Kf4 Bf8 57. Kg4 Bd6 58. Nd8 Ke7 59. Nc6+ Kd7 60. Nd4 Be5 61. Nf3 Kd6 62. Ng5 Ke7 63. Nf3 Bc3 64. Ng5 Bb2 65. Nf3 Kd6 66. Ne1 $1 Bc3 67. Nd3 Bd2 68. Kf3 Ke7 69. Ke2 Bc3 70. Kf3 Kf6 71. Kf4 Bd2+ 72. Kg4 Kg7 73. Kf3 {next Ke2 is good for White.} Kh7 $2 ( 73... Kf6 $11) 74. Ke2 $18 Bc3 75. Kf3 $2 (75. Nf4 $1 $18) 75... Kh6 $2 (75... Bd2 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 76. Kg4 $2 ({Only move:} 76. Nf4 $1 $18) 76... Bd2 $11 77. Nc5 Kg7 78. Nd7 Be3 $1 79. Kf3 Bd4 80. Kg4 f6 81. Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (81. Nb8 $11 Bc5 82. Nc6) 81... Kf7 $2 (81... Ba7 $1 $19 {And now .. .Kf7 would win.} 82. Kf4 Kf7 83. Ne5+ fxe5+ 84. Kxe5 Bf2 85. Kxd5 Kf6) 82. Nb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8a6] aiming for Na6.} Bc3 $1 83. Na6 {Hoping for Nc7.} Ke7 84. Nc5 Kd6 85. Nd3 Bd2 86. Kg4 d4 $2 {[#]} (86... Ke7 $1 $11) 87. Kf3 $2 (87. Kh5 $1 $16) 87... Kd5 {The position is equal.} 88. Ke2 Bc3 89. Kf3 Bd2 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 49%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.15"] [Round "2.9"] [White "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,76,0,0,0,9,7,7,10,14,0,0,0,-4,-8,17,-8,-7,-7,8,11,14,27,28,0,18,0,0,0, 0,-2,-11,-34,0,-162,-70,-64,-88,-92,-45,-45,0,0,0,0,53,34,81,10,52,52,55,54,51, 52,49,53,52,0,0,-6,0,-2377,-2363,-2253,-1894,-29976,-29977,-5260,-5252]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (6. Be2 Bg4 7. a3 Bc5 8. b4 Bb6 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. Na4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O {1/2-1/2 (36) Carlsen,M (2882)-Giri,A (2779) Saint Louis 2019}) 6... Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 {The position is equal.} Bd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Nc3 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... c6 11. Ne2 Ne6 12. g3 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 {1/2-1/2 (41) Pantsulaia,L (2589)-Bareev,E (2666) Batumi 2018}) 11. b5 O-O (11... a4 $5) 12. Be2 c6 13. O-O cxb5 14. Nxb5 Nxb5 15. cxb5 a4 16. Bb2 Be6 17. f3 Nh5 18. g3 Qg5 19. Bc1 Qg6 20. Kh1 f5 {White must now prevent .. .Nxg3+!} 21. f4 $2 {[#]} (21. Qe1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 21... Nf6 (21... Nxg3+ $1 $19 22. hxg3 Qxg3) 22. exf5 $15 Bxf5 23. Bb2 Ng4 24. Qd2 $1 e4 25. dxe4 Bxe4+ 26. Kg1 Rac8 (26... Nxh2 $11 27. Kxh2 (27. Bc4+ d5 $11) 27... Qh6+ 28. Kg1 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 Qg2+ 30. Ke1 Qxg3+ 31. Kd1 Qb3+ 32. Ke1 Qg3+ 33. Rf2 Rfe8 34. Qxd6 Rad8) 27. Rac1 $1 $14 d5 28. Bd4 (28. Qd4 $16) 28... Nxh2 29. Kxh2 {Bf3 is the strong threat.} Qh6+ 30. Kg1 {And now Bf3 would win.} Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qg2+ 32. Ke1 {Threatens to win with Rxc8.} Qxg3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 33. Bf2 (33. Rf2 $14) 33... Qxa3 $11 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Rg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Be3 $11) 35... Rc1+ $19 36. Bd1 Bf3 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Bd4+ Kg8 { Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 52%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.16"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D26"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2707"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,89,25,32,20,20,11,44,20,22,45,66,22,6,9,19,19,36,10,7,16,8,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,10,10,10,0, 0,0,6,5,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 {D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc5 c5 sidelines} (7. a3 a6 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Be2 b5 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Rfd8 15. Ne1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. f3 Nd7 19. e4 e5 20. g3 f6 21. Bf1 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 (29) So,W (2754)-Wei,Y (2736) Abidjan 2019}) 7... a6 8. Re1 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Qb6 13. a5 Qc7 14. Bd2 Nxa5 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 {1/2-1/2 (72) Kozul,Z (2583)-Mista,A (2537) Plovdiv 2008}) 9. d5 {White is slightly better.} exd5 10. Nxd5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. Bd5 Bf6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Rd1+ Kc7 17. e4 g5 $1 18. Be3 Be7 19. Ne5 Be6 $1 20. f4 Bd6 21. Nd3 c4 22. Nc5 gxf4 23. Rab1 Bc8 24. Bd4 Re8 25. Kf2 Rb8 26. Rxb8 Kxb8 27. Kf3 Rg8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bg4+.} 28. Rb1+ {The position is equal.} Kc7 29. e5 Be7 30. Rb2 h5 31. Ne4 Be6 32. Bc5 Bxc5 33. Nxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rg4 34. Nxa6+ Kc8 $1 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bd5+.} 35. Rb8+ Kd7 36. Rb7+ Kc8 37. Rb8+ Kd7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...Bd5+ would win. Black has counterplay} 38. Nc5+ Kc7 $1 39. Rb7+ Kc8 {Threatens to win with ... Bd5+.} 40. Ra7 (40. Rb2 {feels hotter.} Bd5+ 41. Ne4 Rg5 42. Re2 Rf5 43. Kf2) 40... Bd5+ 41. Ne4 Rg5 42. Rxf7 $1 Rxe5 43. Rxf4 Kc7 44. Ke3 c5 $1 45. h4 { Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.16"] [Round "3.1"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2718"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "185"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,185,20,12,5,18,9,7,9,6,20,29,5,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,6,8,11,11, 9,11,8,13,6,15,19,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,19,19,22,0,0, 0,8,8,8,8,8,8,12,12,12,12,23,0,16,0,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,26,16,38,45,104,93,147,106,286,286,286,286,238,275,286,286,286,286, 287,287,287,287,287,287,287,287,1287,1344,1157,1151,973,910,588,536,29963, 29966,29966,29967,29967,29969,29969,29970,29969,29971,29968,29971,29971,29972, 29970,29971,29970,29976,29976,29977,29977,29974,29972,29975,29975,29976,29976, 29977,29977,29978,29977,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983, 29985,29986,29987,29988,29991,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} Re8 (7... Bd6 8. c5 Be7 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. b4 Ne4 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 {1/2-1/2 (30) Mamedyarov,S (2765)-Dubov,D (2700) Paris 2019}) 8. Bd2 a6 9. a3 {The position is equal.} Bd6 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. h3 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne4 bxa3 15. bxa3 { 1/2-1/2 (31) Riess,A (2305)-Kuznecovs,N (2317) Willingen 2019}) 12. c5 Bf8 $1 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ba5 Qc8 $1 17. g4 Bc6 18. Bg2 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxc5 22. Qxb7 (22. O-O {seems wilder.} b6 23. Bc3 a5 24. Qc6 Kf8 25. Kg2) 22... Rb8 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Bxc7 Rxb2 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame Hoping for ...Rb1+. KRB-KRB} 25. O-O Rc2 26. Bd6 Bxd6 $1 27. exd6 {KR-KR} Rd2 28. Rb1 Rxd6 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. Rb7 Kg6 31. Ra7 Kf6 32. h4 Rc6 33. Kg2 g5 34. Kg3 gxh4+ 35. Kxh4 Kg6 36. a4 Rc2 37. Kg3 Rc6 38. a5 Kf6 39. e4 Kg6 40. f3 Kf6 41. Kf4 e5+ 42. Kg3 Kg7 43. Ra8 Kh7 44. Rd8 Kg7 45. Ra8 Kh7 46. Kf2 Kg7 47. Kg2 Rc2+ 48. Kg3 Rc6 49. Ra7 Kf8 50. Kf2 Kg7 51. Kg2 Rc2+ 52. Kg3 Rc6 53. Rd7 Kf8 54. Rd5 Re6 55. Rc5 Ke8 ({Better is} 55... Kg7 $14) 56. Kh4 $16 Kf8 (56... Ke7 $142) 57. Kh5 Kg7 $2 (57... Rf6 $16 {was called for.}) 58. g5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5h6]} hxg5 59. Kxg5 Rh6 60. Kf5 $1 Rf6+ 61. Kxe5 Rxf3 62. Rc6 Rh3 {intending ...Rh5+.} 63. Kd5 Rd3+ 64. Kc5 Re3 65. Kd4 ({Weaker is} 65. Rxa6 Rxe4 66. Rd6 f6 $16) 65... Ra3 66. Rxa6 Ra1 $2 (66... Kf8 67. Kd5 Ke8 68. Ra8+ Kd7 69. Ra7+ Kd8) 67. e5 Rd1+ 68. Kc5 Rc1+ 69. Kd5 Rd1+ 70. Kc6 $1 Re1 71. Rb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6b5] White mates.} Rxe5 72. a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6a7]} Re7 73. Rb7 Re6+ 74. Kb5 Re5+ 75. Kb6 Re6+ 76. Ka5 Re5+ 77. Rb5 Re7 78. Rc5 Kg6 79. Kb6 f5 80. a7 Re8 81. Kb7 Kg5 82. Rc8 Re7+ 83. Kb8 ({Not} 83. Rc7 Re8 $16) 83... Rxa7 84. Kxa7 {KR-KP} Kf4 85. Kb6 $1 Ke3 {[#]} 86. Re8+ $1 Kd3 {[#]} 87. Rf8 $1 Ke4 88. Kc5 f4 89. Kc4 Ke3 90. Kc3 f3 91. Re8+ Kf2 92. Kd2 Kf1 93. Ke3 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 57%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.16"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,59,16,17,15,16,16,14,17,23,14,12,21,18,23,18,17,26,9,14,10,6,0,25,13, 17,10,25,18,25,13,13,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. a3 a5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 $1 12. b4 Bb6 13. Nxb6 $146 (13. Bb2 {keeps more tension.} f6 14. Nh4 a4 15. Nxb6 Nxb6 16. f4) ({Predecessor:} 13. bxa5 Bxa5 { 1-0 (45) Caruana,F (2828)-Xiong,J (2663) Saint Louis 2019}) 13... cxb6 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qd2 f6 16. Rab1 axb4 17. axb4 b5 18. Nh4 Ra2 19. Kh2 Rfa8 {The position is equal.} 20. Rg1 Nf8 21. Nf5 Qd7 22. h4 h6 23. h5 Bxf5 $1 24. gxf5 { [#] Black must now prevent Bxh6.} Kh8 25. Qd1 Nh7 26. Rg6 Nf8 27. Rg3 Nh7 28. Rg6 Nf8 29. Rg2 Nh7 30. Rg6 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.16"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2721"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,71,13,14,17,25,23,15,14,25,0,0,0,16,19,16,5,25,0,0,0,40,54,79,87,91, 84,84,85,66,70,113,89,112,17,16,24,30,27,25,26,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} Nb6 10. Qb4 Qd6 11. O-O Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bg4 12. Qb3 c6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Ba3 Nc8 15. Rac1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rd8 {1-0 (29) Inarkiev,E (2683)-Li,C (2741) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 12. Be3 Qxb4 13. cxb4 { [%cal Bc3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bc6 14. Nd2 f5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...f4.} 15. f3 Rfd8 16. b5 Be8 $1 17. Nb3 Bf7 18. Rac1 fxe4 19. fxe4 Bxb3 20. axb3 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Rxc7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rxe4 23. Bf3 Re3 24. b4 ( 24. Rxb7 $16 Rf8 25. Rxa7 Rxb3 26. Re1 (26. Rxe7 Rxb5 27. Rb7 Rff5 $16)) 24... Rf8 25. Rxb7 Rf4 26. Rb1 Nc4 27. Rxa7 {Strongly threatening Bd5+.} Nd2 $1 { [%cal Rd2b1]} 28. Rb2 Nxf3+ {The position is equal.} 29. gxf3 Rexf3 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. Kg2 {Black must now prevent b6.} Rf8 $1 31. Re2 Rb3 32. Rexe7 {Rg7+ would kill now.} Rb2+ 33. Kg3 Rb3+ 34. Kg2 {Intending Rg7+ and mate.} Rb2+ 35. Kg3 {White threatens Rg7+ and mate.} Rb3+ 36. Kg2 { Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.16"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2716"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,50,-4,0,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,-21,8,9,18,9,10,0,16,21, 33,-17,-20,-25,-25,-33,0,0,0,-22,0,-14,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} c5 4. Bb2 Nf6 (4... a5 5. bxc5 Nc6 6. d3 e5 7. Ba3 Nf6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. Ne4 Nb4 12. O-O {0-1 (64) Andreikin,D (2713)-Khairullin,I (2658) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 5. g3 Qc7 6. Bg2 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. b5 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nd8 9. a4 Bd6 10. d3 O-O {1/2-1/2 (46) Ringsborg,A (2383)-Grabner,H (2328) ICCF email 2015}) 9. e3 Ng6 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 Rb8 12. d3 O-O 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Qb3 h6 15. Rfe1 b6 16. Ra3 Rfd8 17. Qa2 Rd7 18. Nf1 Rbd8 19. N3d2 Bf8 20. exd4 cxd4 21. axb6 axb6 22. Rb3 Re7 23. Ra3 {The position is equal.} Red7 24. Rb3 Re7 25. Ra3 Red7 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.16"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Yuffa, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2577"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,89,17,12,18,19,32,-6,-6,-14,-8,-14,0,3,0,0,0,0,17,15,18,10,23,24,32, 14,39,35,33,31,39,15,31,16,42,30,65,63,68,66,100,101,91,91,102,93,158,150,175, 181,181,175,219,216,232,216,406,311,323,349,486,487,473,473,506,477,467,478, 644,556,589,507,1313,1329,1356,1315,1281,1315,1280,1238,979,806]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Bc5 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} (6... Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8. d3 O-O 9. Qg3 Bd4 10. Qh4 Nfd7 11. Qxd8 {1/2-1/2 (11) Buhmann,R (2568)-Rodshtein,M (2673) Skopje 2019}) 7. O-O Ne7 8. Qg3 O-O {The position is equal.} 9. d3 Nd7 10. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Nf5 12. Qh2 Nd4 13. Bd1 b5 14. Ne2 Nxe2+ 15. Bxe2 {1/2-1/2 (63) Elez,N (2168)-Bodiroga,P (2358) Kac 2014}) 10... f5 11. Bg5 Bd4 12. Qd6 Bf6 13. f4 (13. Qxe6+ $2 Kh8 $19) 13... Rf7 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. e5 Rf7 16. d4 Nc8 17. Qb4 Qb6 (17... Ncb6 {seems wilder.} 18. Kh2 a5 19. Qa3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qd6 Re7) 18. a3 c5 19. Qxb6 Ncxb6 20. Nb5 {next Nc7 is good for White.} Re7 $1 21. b3 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Nc5 23. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Ne4 24. Rg1 Rf8 25. gxf5 exf5 26. h4 g6 27. Rg2 Kf7 (27... Kh8 $142) 28. h5 $16 Rh8 29. Rag1 Ree8 30. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} (30. hxg6+ hxg6+ 31. Rh2 Rxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Rh8+ 33. Kg2 Rh4 $14) 30... a6 31. a5 ({Stronger than} 31. hxg6+ hxg6+ 32. Rh2 Rxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Rh8+ 34. Kg2 Rh4 $11) 31... Nd7 32. c4 ({Not} 32. hxg6+ hxg6+ 33. Rh2 Rxh2+ 34. Kxh2 Rh8+ 35. Kg2 Ndc5 $11) 32... dxc4 $2 (32... Nxe5 33. fxe5 Rxe5) 33. e6+ Rxe6 34. Bxc4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} (34. Nxe6 Kxe6 35. Bxc4+ Kf6 $16) 34... Nf8 35. hxg6+ {White is clearly winning.} ({Weaker is } 35. Nxe6 Nxe6 36. Rh2 Rg8 $18) 35... hxg6+ 36. Rh2 Rg8 37. Nxe6 Nxe6 38. Rh6 Nf2+ 39. Kg2 Ne4 40. Kh2 Nf2 (40... N4c5 $142 41. b4 Ne4 42. Bxe6+ Kxe6 43. Rhxg6+ Rxg6 44. Rxg6+ Kd7) 41. Bxe6+ $18 Kxe6 42. Rhxg6+ Rxg6 43. Rxg6+ Kd7 44. Rb6 Kc7 45. Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 23%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.16"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,105,16,20,15,22,0,0,0,5,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,8,21,21,43, 43,45,47,39,45,45,45,39,40,40,41,41,41,42,39,44,38,44,41,39,46,56,63,75,37,53, 63,81,38,40,28,37,50,69,41,33,37,53,28,64,64,91,93,88,99,66,74,82,67,80,66,68, 78,65,65,65,66,66,72,67,62,72,0,84,0,56,61,29984,29985]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3... Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. a3 Nd7 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nc4 f6 12. Ne3 Nf8 13. Nf5 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 (50) Giri,A (2797) -Topalov,V (2740) Shamkir 2019}) 6... O-O 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. Nc4 {The position is equal.} Re8 9. Bd2 b5 10. Ne3 Nf8 11. h4 a5 12. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O-O a4 13. Kb1 b4 {0-1 (45) Duda,J (2675)-Laznicka,V (2651) Baku 2016}) 12... Bb6 13. h5 Ne6 14. Qd1 Nd4 15. h6 g6 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 (16... exd4 $5 17. Nf1 $8 bxa4 $11) 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Qf3 Qd8 ({Not} 18... Qxb2 19. Qf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 20. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qd4+ 22. Kf1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd5 23. Bg5 Qxd3+ 24. cxd3 Kg8 25. Qg7#) 19. Nd5 {Black must now prevent Nf6+.} f5 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Qb7 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rb7g7]} Re7 23. Qc6 $1 Bd7 24. Qd5+ Re6 25. O-O {And now Rfe1 would win.} Qe8 26. Rae1 {aiming for Rxe5.} Bc6 27. Qa2 {Rxe5 is the strong threat.} Qf7 28. Re3 Rae8 29. Rfe1 R6e7 30. b3 b4 31. Qa1 {[%cal Re3e5]} (31. Qb2 $5 {[%cal Re3e5]}) 31... Qf6 {Threatening .. .Qg5!} 32. R1e2 Bd5 33. Qe1 Re6 34. Bc1 Qh4 35. Bb2 ({Avoid the trap} 35. Rxe5 $2 Qg4 $19) 35... Bc6 36. Rh3 Qg5 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rg5g2]} 37. Rg3 Qxh6 38. Bxe5 Qh4 39. Ree3 Qe7 {[%cal Re6e5]} 40. Bd4 b5 41. Bb6 Qd6 42. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 { [#]} 43. Re3 $1 {[%cal Re3e6]} Rxe3 44. Qxe3 a4 45. Bc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Qd5 { [%csl Gc6][%cal Rd5g2]} 46. f3 axb3 47. cxb3 Qxb3 48. Qe5 {Threatening mate with Qb8+.} Qf7 49. Bd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Re5h8][%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kf8 $1 50. Bc5+ Kg8 51. Bd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Re5h8]} Kf8 $1 52. Kf2 {Threatens to win with Qc5+.} Qd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (52... Bd7 $14) 53. Bc5+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 64%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.16"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,103,22,16,31,8,15,17,14,21,19,16,14,10,20,10,19,-4,-12,-8,-6,-10,-14, 0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,26,22,39,32,37,34,36,31,47,46,41,29,24,20, 22,25,107,100,87,46,120,118,118,124,124,120,114,108,243,241,241,241,318,312, 313,296,268,260,434,434,434,434,434,434,434,434,433,419,433,410,433,420,400, 400,678,635]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 { C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6... O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 {1/2-1/2 (43) Giri,A (2797)-Ding,L (2809) Shenzhen 2019}) 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2 O-O {The position is equal.} 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Bb6 11. h3 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ng6 13. Ng3 c6 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Be3 Qc7 { 1-0 (78) Bayaraa,Z (2203)-Bantic,M (2195) Richardson 2008}) 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. fxg3 Bf5 17. Bd3 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5+ 19. Kh2 d4 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 21. Qc2 Qc8 22. g4 Ne3 23. Bxe3 dxe3 24. g5 Ba7 25. Qe4 Qe6 26. gxh6 Qxh6 27. Qxb7 Qf4+ 28. Kh1 Rfb8 29. Qd5 Rd8 30. Qxa5 Bd4 $1 31. Qb5 {Black must now prevent Rad1.} Rab8 32. Qc4 Rbc8 ({Don't blunder} 32... Rxb2 $2 33. Rad1 $18) ( 32... Bxe5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 33. Qxf4 Bxf4) 33. Qe2 $1 $16 Bxe5 34. a4 { [%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Bd4 (34... Rd2 $14 35. Qxe3 Qxe3 36. Rxe3 Bxb2) 35. Nxd4 Rxd4 36. a5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Ra4 {[#]} 37. Qg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg4 38. hxg4 Rxg4 (38... Re4 $16 {was necessary. }) 39. Rxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rb4 40. a6 Kf8 41. Rc3 Ra8 {[#]} 42. Rc7 $1 Rxb2 {Now ...Re2 and Black clings on.} 43. a7 {aiming for Rac1.} g6 $2 ( 43... Kg8 44. Rac1 Kh7 45. Rxf7 Ra2) 44. Rf1 $18 Kg7 45. Rcxf7+ Kh6 {[#] intending ...Ra2.} 46. Ra1 $1 Kg5 47. Kh2 Rb3 48. Kg1 Rb2 49. Ra5+ Kh6 50. Kh2 Rb3 51. Re7 Rc3 (51... Rb1 $142 52. Kh3 Rb6) 52. Rb7 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 50%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.16"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 28,60,12,12,8,8,9,8,13,14,14,14,18,18,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. Nb1 Ne4 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. Ba3 {The position is equal.} Qa6 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} 16. Qxa6 Bxa6 17. Rfb1 Rfb8 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bxe2 18. Bxe7 {1/2-1/2 (18) Sanner,Z (2294)-Kuhne,D (2297) ICCF email 2013}) 18. Bxe7 Bxe2 19. Bf1 $146 (19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Bc7 Rdc8 21. Bd6 Rd8 22. Bc7 Rdc8 23. Bd6 {1/2-1/2 (21) Dubov,D (2691)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2768) Satka 2018}) 19... Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Bf8 21. Bxf8 (21. Bc5 {is more complex. } a5 22. Ke2 Re8+ 23. Kd3 Re6 24. a4) 21... Kxf8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 22. Ke2 Ke7 23. Kd3 Kd6 24. Rb3 Rb6 25. Re1 Rab8 26. Kc2 h5 27. h4 Kd7 28. Re3 Kd6 29. Re1 Kd7 30. Re3 Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 98%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.16"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C76"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2746"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,77,39,37,27,46,43,39,26,35,35,42,23,18,24,25,9,14,12,9,9,31,21,29,28, 32,24,22,22,16,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-14,0,-18,-20,-20,-17,-18,-24,-27,-22,-21,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Bg5 {C76: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 Bd7 6 d4 g6} ( 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bh4 b5 11. Bc2 O-O 12. Nb3 exd4 13. cxd4 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. a3 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 (39) Firouzja,A (2607)-Wang,H (2730) St Petersburg 2018}) 7... f6 8. Be3 Bh6 9. Qd2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({ Predecessor:} 9. O-O Bxe3 10. fxe3 Qe7 11. c4 Qg7 12. Nc3 Nge7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nd8 {1-0 (26) Kosov,I (2380)-Novikov,M (2545) Tula 2006}) 9... Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Kf8 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. c4 Kg7 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. h3 Nb4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bxa4.} 15. a3 b5 16. Bd1 Nc6 17. Be2 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qb8 19. Nd5 { With the idea Nxf6.} Qa7 20. Nxf6 Qxe3+ 21. fxe3 Kxf6 22. O-O {[#] And now Bd5 would win.} Nd8 23. Rac1 a5 24. Rc2 Ke7 25. Ng5 Be8 26. Bf7 Ra7 {[%cal Rd8f7]} 27. Bxe8 Kxe8 28. Rcf2 {The position is equal.} h6 29. Nf7 Rh7 {[%cal Rh7f7]} 30. Nxd8 Kxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 31. Rf8+ Ke7 32. Rb8 Rf7 (32... h5 {with more complications.} 33. Rg8 Rb7 34. Rf2 Rb3 35. Re2 Kf6) 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 {KR-KR} 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. Ke2 Ra6 36. Kd3 Rc6 37. Rg8 Kf6 38. Ra8 Rc5 39. h4 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.16"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2702"] [BlackElo "2811"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,49,40,39,15,13,-4,25,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, -25,-26,-23,0,-3,0,-30,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 b5 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} 7. Nh3 (7. e5 exd5 8. exf6 d4 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 dxc3 11. bxa5 Qxf6 12. Qd5 Re8+ 13. Kf2 c2 14. Ra2 {1/2-1/2 (27) Mamedyarov,S (2774)-Karjakin,S (2748) Zagreb 2019}) 7... bxc4 8. Bxc4 Nxd5 { The position is equal.} 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Qxd5 Nc6 11. O-O Ba6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxc3.} 12. Rf2 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd4 13. Be3 Rc8 { 1-0 (63) Simantsev,M (2402)-Golovchenko,G (2353) Serpukhov 2004}) 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Na4 Qa5 16. b3 $1 {[%cal Re3c5]} c4 {[#] And now ...Qxd5 would win.} 17. Nf4 Bb5 18. Nb2 $36 {[%cal Rb2c4][%mdl 2048] White has some pressure. } cxb3 19. Qxb3 Rab8 {White must now prevent ...Be1.} 20. Qd5 Qa3 21. Qb3 Qa5 { Hoping for ...Be1.} 22. Qd5 Qa3 23. Qb3 Qa5 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.16"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,63,23,16,23,26,29,29,29,26,19,23,23,23,30,19,44,24,38,23,17,27,26,16, 60,57,57,44,46,44,44,36,33,36,42,20,20,13,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qc7 { E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. O-O (9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Nb3 d6 11. O-O Be6 12. c5 dxc5 13. Na4 Qb4 14. Naxc5 Rfd8 15. Qc3 {0-1 (82) Mamedyarov,S (2765)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2775) Paris 2019} ) 9... d6 {White has an edge.} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bg5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. e4 Be6 14. Rac1 Rad8 15. b3 {1/2-1/2 (80) Fridman,D (2620)-Kovalenko,I (2664) Liepaja 2016}) 12... Rb8 13. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Qa5 14. Bd2 Bb7 15. b4 Qc7 16. Rab1 Nf6 17. Bf4 Ng4 18. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Ne5 19. cxd6 exd6 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rfc1 Qe7 22. e3 Rfd8 23. a4 d5 {With the idea ...Bc8.The position is equal.} 24. Ne2 Ba8 25. Nd4 ( 25. Qb3 {keeps more tension.} Bd6 26. b5 c5 27. a5 h5 28. Qc2) 25... Rxb4 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Rxb4 Qxb4 28. Rxc6 Qxa4 29. Rc5 Qa1+ 30. Bf1 Qa2 31. Bg2 { [%cal Rg2d5]} Qa1+ 32. Bf1 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.16"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2746"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,103,14,23,20,29,11,27,8,7,4,27,24,40,34,30,25,29,26,70,52,59,52,78, 79,75,77,123,128,125,118,121,118,122,122,118,111,113,109,121,128,170,161,169, 162,169,168,149,152,158,147,168,173,248,245,268,268,270,267,265,258,338,283, 287,196,245,239,241,237,377,378,372,376,379,356,365,375,381,381,381,381,381, 381,381,381,376,376,376,376,346,275,240,233]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} O-O 9. h3 Re8 (9... a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 Nxb5 13. dxc5 Na7 14. b3 Re8 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Ba3 {1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2882)-So,W (2776) Saint Louis 2019}) 10. a5 {White has an edge.} Ba7 11. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nc4 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Ne3 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 {1/2-1/2 (55) Nevednichy,V (2541)-Foisor,C (2360) Medias 2016 }) 11... Qe7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Rb8 14. d4 b5 {And now ...exd4 would win.} 15. axb6 cxb6 16. Nbd2 ({Inferior is} 16. Bxa6 Ra8 $17) 16... b5 17. Bf1 Qc7 18. d5 Ne7 19. c4 b4 20. Qa4 Nd7 21. Qa5 Qxa5 22. Rxa5 f5 23. Nb3 fxe4 24. Nfd2 Nf6 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Bf5 27. Re1 Bc2 28. Nd2 Nf5 29. Rxa6 {g4 is the strong threat.} Red8 30. Rea1 Nd4 31. Ra7 Rf8 32. R1a6 Rbd8 {[#]} (32... Rf6 $142 33. Rd7 Rbf8) 33. Rb6 $1 $18 b3 34. Rbb7 g5 {[#]} 35. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc5 36. Bc4 Rf6 37. Re7 Kf8 38. Rxe5 Rf7 39. Ra6 Kg7 40. f3 Rdd7 (40... Rf5 $142 41. Re7+ Rf7 42. Rxf7+ Kxf7) 41. d6 Rf8 42. Rxc5 Rfd8 43. Rd5 Nf5 44. Bxb3 Ne3 45. Re5 Rxd6 46. Rxd6 Rxd6 47. Rxe3 Rxd2 48. Bxc2 Rxc2 {KR-KR} 49. Rb3 h5 { [#]} 50. h4 $1 gxh4 51. Kh2 Rc1 52. Rb4 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 55%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.16"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C91"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2729"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "176"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 29,176,17,18,14,28,25,13,10,24,12,12,12,41,16,22,36,41,19,49,5,19,25,31, 0,51,56,50,9,10,4,35,40,33,35,236,229,227,236,227,227,223,224,211,96,101,86,86, 86,86,86,86,86,86,86,86,86,86,86,87,86,86,86,86,86,86,86,87,86,86,86,93,86,86, 86,86,86,86,86,86,86,87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0, 0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15. Nbd2 Nfd7 16. h3 {C91: Closed Ruy Lopez: 7...d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4} Bh5 17. a4 ( 17. g4 Bg6 18. d5 Bf6 19. Rb1 Re8 20. Nf1 h6 21. Ng3 c4 22. Kg2 cxb3 23. axb3 Rc8 {0-1 (45) Tabatabaei,M (2590)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2575) Hamedan 2018}) 17... bxa4 18. bxa4 a5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Ba3 Ne6 21. Bd3 Nd7 22. Bb5 Ndc5 23. Nc4 Ng5 {1-0 (59) Vozda,J (2471)-Laurenc,P (2349) ICCF email 2010}) 20... Re8 21. Rb5 Qc7 22. Bb2 Bf8 23. Qa1 Bg6 24. Nh4 d5 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. e5 (26. Bd4 {seems wilder.} Rac8 27. Nf1 dxe4 28. Ne3 Nbd7 29. Rd1) 26... Nc4 ({Black should try} 26... Rab8 $11) 27. Nxc4 $14 dxc4 28. Rc1 { With the idea Qa2.} Rab8 29. Qa2 Nd7 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 {[#]} 31. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 $2 (31... Nxe5 $14 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Qxc4 Qe8) 32. Rxc4 $18 { Intending Rh4+ and mate.} Re6 33. Rc6 $1 Nc5 {White must now prevent ...Kh7.} 34. Rxe6 Nxe6 35. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 36. Bd4 (36. Qa2 $18 { and White stays clearly on top.}) 36... Qb4 $16 37. Qd7 Bc5 38. Bxc5 $1 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 {White threatens Bd4 and mate.} Qxe5+ 40. g3 {Bd4 would kill now.} Qxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 41. Kg2 Qc4 42. Qg4 Qc6+ 43. Kh2 $1 Qc5 44. Qf4 Qc2 45. h4 Qc5 46. Kg1 Qd5 47. Qg4 Kg8 48. Qc8+ Kh7 49. Qc2 Kh8 50. Kf1 Kh7 51. Ke2 Qd4 {[#]} 52. Qc6 $1 Qb4 53. Kf3 Qb3+ {[#]} 54. Kg2 $1 Qb4 55. f3 (55. Qd7 $16) 55... Qd4 $11 {The position is equal.} 56. Qe4 Qd2+ 57. Kh3 {h5 is the strong threat.} Qd1 58. Qc6 Qd4 59. Qc2 {Hoping for h5.} Qg1 60. Qd3 Qa1 61. Qc4 Qb1 62. Qc3 Qd1 63. Qxa5 Qxf3 64. Qd2 Qh1+ 65. Kg4 Qe4+ 66. Qf4 Qe6+ (66... Qe2+ { keeps more tension.} 67. Kh3 Qd3 68. a5 Qc3 69. Kg2 Qxa5 70. Qe4 Qd2+) 67. Kf3 Qb3+ 68. Kg2 Qc2+ 69. Kh3 Qc6 70. Qd4 Qf3 71. Qc4 Qh1+ 72. Kg4 Qd1+ 73. Kf4 Qd6+ 74. Kf3 Qd1+ 75. Kg2 Qd2+ 76. Kh3 Qe1 77. Qd5 Qf1+ 78. Kh2 $1 Qf2+ 79. Qg2 Qe1 80. Qc2 {And now h5 would win.} Qe5 81. Qd2 Qa1 82. a5 Qa4 83. Qd5 Qc2+ $1 84. Kh3 (84. Qg2 {with more complications.} Qa4 85. Qd2 Qc4 86. Qf2 Qa4 87. Qb6 ) 84... Qe2 85. Qc6 {White wants to play Qc5.} Qe1 86. Qd5 {Black should prevent Kh2.} Qe2 87. Qh1 Qe6+ 88. Kh2 Qa2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.16"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Safarli, Eltaj"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2593"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,90,28,22,25,13,14,22,29,27,42,22,0,-18,-18,-29,-22,-19,-27,-14,0,-40, -39,-31,-42,-63,-42,-66,-68,-80,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-86,-91,-102,-95,-95, -79,-97,-95,-86,-74,-81,-85,-85,-154,-136,-172,-162,-154,-155,-170,-205,-204, -204,-202,-197,-194,-202,-209,-208,-208,-208,-202,-194,-208,-120,-103,-117, -168,-176,-178,-83,-113,-131]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1 Bf8 {C41: Philidor Defence} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 {The position is equal.} 11. Bg3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 ({But not} 12. Bb5 Nxc3 13. Rxe8 Qxe8 $15) 12... Rxe4 13. Bf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd3 Re7 14. h4 Nc6 15. Nf3 g4 16. Nh2 {0-1 (37) Bakhtadze,L (2072)-Gelashvili,T (2570) Ureki 2015} ) 13... Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 c6 15. Rd1 Qf6 16. c4 Na6 17. b4 Nxb4 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 18. Qxb4 c5 19. Qb2 cxd4 20. Bd5 Bg7 21. Re1 {Re8+ is the strong threat.} Be6 22. Qxb7 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Rc8 24. Bxd6 Rd8 $1 $40 {[%cal Rd8d6][%mdl 128] Black has strong attack.} 25. Be7 Rxd5 26. Bxf6 Rc5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 28. Rc1 Kf6 29. Kf1 Ke5 30. Ke2 Ra5 31. Rc2 {[#]} ({Better is} 31. a4 Rxa4 32. c5 Ra2+ 33. Kd3) 31... Ra3 $1 {Threatens to win with ...d3+.} 32. Kd2 {[#] intending c5.} Kd6 $1 33. Rb2 Kc5 34. Rb7 Kxc4 35. Rc7+ Kd5 36. Rd7+ Ke5 37. Rxf7 Rxa2+ 38. Kd3 Ra3+ 39. Kd2 a5 40. Re7+ Kd6 41. Rh7 a4 ({ Black should try} 41... Kc5 $19 42. Rc7+ Kb6) 42. Rxh6+ Kc5 43. Ra6 (43. Rh8 $17) 43... Kb5 $19 44. Ra8 Rc3 (44... Ra2+ $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. } 45. Kd3 Rxf2 46. Rb8+ Ka5 47. Ra8+ Kb5 48. Rb8+ Kc5) 45. Rb8+ Kc4 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 78%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.16"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Xu, Xiangyu"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "2576"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,78,16,8,11,7,8,16,0,8,0,0,2,2,-23,0,-8,-17,-50,-43,-75,-72,-66,-75, -69,-45,-50,-46,-53,-27,-46,-41,-50,-36,-72,0,-37,-45,-245,255,-417,-398,-700, -498,-512,-504,-512,-512,-506,-498,-545,-545,-534,-531,-494,-445,-514,-504, -504,-507,-514,-506,-491,-481,-541,-540,-536,-528,-496,-367]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} b6 8. Bd2 Bb7 9. a3 {The position is equal.} Bd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 a6 12. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O Nb8 { 0-1 (64) Tabatabaei,M (2590)-Alekseev,E (2639) Bandar e Anzali 2019}) 12... Ne7 13. Bc3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 Nd5 16. Nxe4 Qh4 $1 17. N4g3 ({Not} 17. Nxd6 $2 Nxe3 18. Qd3 Nxg2+ 19. Kf1 Nf4 $19) 17... Nxc3 (17... Bxg3 $5 18. Nxg3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxg2 $11) 18. Nxc3 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Bf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 20. Nf5 Qxh2 21. Rxg7+ Kh8 {White must now prevent ...Qh1+.} 22. Ne4 Bh5 {Hoping for ...Qh1+.} ({Avoid the trap} 22... Qh1+ $2 23. Kd2 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 23. Nf6 $1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rg7h7]} Bg6 24. O-O-O $2 {[#]} (24. Qe4 $1 $15 Qh3 25. Rxh7+ Bxh7 26. Nxh7 Qxh7 27. Kd2) 24... Qh3 {Played: Bd6-e7} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2702"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,67,29,19,16,17,33,38,37,24,34,33,38,14,16,26,22,12,24,20,23,18,22,31, 39,43,45,46,44,39,34,8,36,39,41,41,47,34,62,69,85,60,68,35,44,29,32,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Nc6 9. Qxc4 Na5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (9... Qd5 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. e3 Qh5 12. Ne1 e5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Ndf3 Be6 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Qb3 Be4 17. h3 Ngxe5 18. g4 Qg6 19. a5 {1-0 (35) Mareco,S (2606)-Zhigalko,A (2591) Baku 2016}) 10. Qc2 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Nd5 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Na3 Re8 14. Nd3 Nc6 15. Qc4 Rb8 16. Rfd1 b5 17. axb5 { 1/2-1/2 (30) Chloupek,S (2310)-Adamek,Z (2120) Prague 1994}) 12. Bxb7 Nxb7 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. Rd1 Bc5 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Nc3 c5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 cxd4 19. Nc4 Nc5 20. Nxd6 Nxe4 21. Nxe8 Rfxe8 22. Rxd4 Nf6 23. Be3 Rec8 24. Rd6 Rc2 25. Rc1 Rxb2 26. Rxb6 Rxb6 27. Bxb6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} h6 28. a5 Nd5 29. Rc6 Ne7 30. Rd6 Rc8 31. e4 Rc1+ {The position is equal.} 32. Kg2 Nc6 33. Kf3 Kf8 34. Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2718"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,73,23,25,25,21,18,14,23,6,16,16,16,8,9,16,10,0,12,0,0,0,18,5,13,3,4, 4,4,4,8,2,3,3,3,0,4,0,7,0,4,0,0,0,4,2,7,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. d5 Qe7 {[#] The position is equal.} (13... c6 14. Qd1 b6 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nc4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 (40) Anand,V (2774) -Caruana,F (2819) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 14. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qxe7 Bxe7 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. c4 c6 17. dxc6 dxc6 18. Nb3 {1/2-1/2 (30) Predojevic, B (2616)-Eljanov,P (2703) Porto Carras 2018}) 14... b6 15. Na3 Bb7 16. g3 Nd6 17. Bg2 Bg5 18. Nc2 Re8 19. Be3 Nf5 {[%cal Rf5e3]} 20. d6 Nxd6 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Qxd7 {[%cal Rd7e8][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qe7 24. Qc6 Qe4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. Rd1 Re8 28. Rd7 Re7 29. Rd5 c6 30. Rd1 Re6 31. Rd7 Re7 32. Rd4 g6 33. h4 h5 34. Rd1 Re6 35. f3 Nc5 36. b3 Ke7 37. Kf2 { Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2681"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,105,25,22,38,0,16,10,21,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,19,16,16,20,20,18,14, 0,33,35,66,77,85,78,79,84,77,89,75,56,67,68,81,30,26,30,84,77,72,76,81,61,109, 104,100,104,104,105,80,35,46,52,44,0,29,21,28,25,63,44,63,63,62,62,58,49,60,63, 50,52,55,17,61,29,33,25,35,40,39,35]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nc3 Bd7 { C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. b3 Ng6 12. Bb2 Kc8 {The position is equal.} 13. Rae1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rad1 a5 14. Rd2 Be7 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. a4 Nf4 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Re1 Be7 20. Nd4 Bg6 21. Kh2 {1-0 (60) Sjugirov,S (2562)-Aleksandrov,A (2636) Budva 2009}) 13... h6 14. Nd2 Nf4 15. Ne2 Bb4 16. c3 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Be7 18. c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} h5 19. e6 Bxe6 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Bc3 Bd6 22. Kh1 b5 23. cxb5 Bd5 24. Ne4 cxb5 25. Nxd6+ cxd6 26. f3 Kd7 27. Rd1 Be6 28. Re5 Rac8 29. Bb4 d5 30. Rxh5 (30. Rd2 $16) 30... Rc2 $11 31. Rd2 Rxd2 (31... Rgc8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32. Bxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc8 33. Be3 a5 34. f4 {Black must now prevent f5.} Rc3 35. Bb6 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 {[#] Hoping for f5.} Rf1 37. Kg3 a4 38. Bf2 {And now f5 would win.} Kd6 39. Rh6 {Threatens to win with f5.} Kd7 40. Rh5 {[#] Strongly threatening f5.} Kd6 $1 41. f5 Bd7 42. Rh7 Bxf5 43. Rxf7 Ke6 44. Rb7 Ra1 45. bxa4 bxa4 46. Rb2 Bd3 47. Bd4 Rd1 48. Kf4 Bf1 49. Bc5 d4 50. a3 d3 51. Bb4 Rc1 52. Rf2 Be2 53. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Safarli, Eltaj"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2593"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,41,25,24,20,24,14,51,50,77,66,77,72,80,73,61,72,66,68,68,72,68,68,58, 63,61,66,79,0,16,0,72,0,35,0]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. d4 (3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. exf5 d5 6. d4 e4 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Ngxe7 9. Nh4 Bxf5 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qh6 Qd6 12. Bb5 {1/2-1/2 (30) Malakhov,V (2654)-Ivanchuk,V (2714) Zagreb 2018}) 3... e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 g6 6. c4 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} Bg7 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Ne7 9. Nc3 c6 $146 {[%cal Re7d5]} ({ Predecessor:} 9... d6 10. O-O c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Bf4 {1-0 (36) Studnicka,T (2377)-Golcman,E (2181) Prague 2014}) 10. d6 Ned5 {[#]} 11. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 12. O-O Qf6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Nf3 Qxd6 16. Bf4 Qe6 17. Nd4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qb6 18. Nf3 (18. Be3 $16 {Threatens to win with Nxf5!} f4 19. gxf4) 18... Qe6 $11 19. Nd4 ({White should play} 19. h4 $11) 19... Qb6 $16 20. Nf3 (20. Be3 $5 {[%cal Rd4f5]} f4 21. gxf4 $14) 20... Qe6 21. Nd4 { Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,60,9,15,20,23,6,20,5,36,8,0,18,8,-49,0,-2,0,-14,-11,-46,0,0,0,0,0, -45,-14,0,0,0,0,-76,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-5,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Kh8 10. b4 Ng8 11. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Nbd2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 Bxe3 { 1/2-1/2 (14) Karjakin,S (2753)-Sargissian,G (2689) St Petersburg 2018}) 11... f5 12. b5 ({White should try} 12. Bd5 $11) 12... Nce7 13. bxa6 bxa6 14. Ba2 Nf6 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Ng5 Qe8 17. d4 h6 18. Ngf3 {[%cal Rd4e5]} (18. Ndf3 $5 { [%cal Rd4e5]}) 18... Bb7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Rxe5 Qg6 21. Qc2 {[#]} (21. Bb1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nd7 22. Re2) 21... Nh5 ({Black should play} 21... Bxf2+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Kxf2 Rae8 23. Rxe8 (23. Rxf5 Ne4+ 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 $19) 23... Rxe8) 22. Re6 $11 {The position is equal.} ({Don't blunder} 22. Ne4 $2 Nfg3 $19 ) 22... Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qg3+ 24. Kg1 {Strongly threatening Nf1.} Nf4 {[%csl Gf4] [%cal Rg3g2]} 25. Nf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1g3]} Nxh3+ $1 26. Kh1 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Nh3+ $1 28. Kh1 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Nh3+ $1 30. Kh1 Nf2+ {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Xu, Xiangyu"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2576"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,65,37,21,28,29,45,45,47,40,57,39,51,35,72,0,100,20,22,41,39,13,22,18, 56,28,90,93,93,83,66,68,118,108,128,117,123,123,114,98,100,114,125,127,250,250, 231,231,212,200,190,143]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 10. Rc1 Ne7 11. Qc2 Rc8 {White is slightly better.} 12. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne5 c5 13. e3 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qb2+ f6 19. cxd5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 (20) Malyuga,V (2160)-Okrugin,A (2035) Zelenograd 2013}) 12... Re8 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nd3 Nf6 15. Ne5 (15. cxd5 $16 exd5 16. Bh3) 15... h5 (15... Nd7 $11) 16. e4 (16. cxd5 $16 Nexd5 17. Ndc4) 16... dxe4 $11 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 c6 20. Qf3 Bxe5 (20... f6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. dxe5 $16 Qc7 22. h3 Rcd8 23. Qf6 Nc8 24. Rd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Hoping for Rcd1. White is really pushing.} Qe7 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Rcd1 Rb8 27. Bc1 c5 28. Bg5 Rb7 29. g4 Rc7 {[#]} (29... Kf8 $16 {was necessary.} 30. f4 Rc7) 30. Rd8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd8e8] White is clearly better.} Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Kh7 32. Bf6 { [%csl Gf6][%cal Rd8h8]} Ng8 33. g5 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 34%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,77,9,7,-2,0,0,0,0,14,16,14,7,9,12,19,24,27,22,26,33,29,4,4,3,1,8,25, 0,0,0,0,-22,-22,-23,-23,-26,-16,-25,-17,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,-2,2,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 {B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5} (10. Qe2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. c5 dxc5 13. f3 Be6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. a4 Rfb8 16. Rfb1 Nd7 17. a5 Qd8 {1/2-1/2 (44) Carlsen,M (2835)-Anand,V (2773) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... h6 11. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne2 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Be3 a5 15. a3 Be7 16. Kh2 Rb8 17. Qe2 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 {0-1 (35) Coote,T (2104)-Guelsen,T (2213) London 2017}) 11... d5 12. a3 Bd6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. exd5 e4 15. Bc2 Qe7 {[#] aiming for ...Qe5!} 16. Re1 Bf5 17. Nc3 Rab8 18. Be3 Be5 19. Bd4 Rfd8 $1 20. Bxe5 ({Much weaker is} 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. b4 (21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Bh2+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 23. Kxh2 Qxe4 $17) 21... a6 $17) ({Much worse is} 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 $17) 20... Qxe5 21. Qc1 Rbc8 22. Qb1 Rb8 23. Qc1 Bg6 24. Qe3 Rxb2 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Qxd5 27. Nc3 Qa5 28. Rad1 {The position is equal.} Rc8 {[#] Hoping for ...Rb3.} 29. Nd5 { Black must now prevent Ne7+.} Kh7 30. Nf4 Rcc2 31. Nxg6 fxg6 32. Rf1 Re2 33. Qf3 Qe5 34. Qa8 Qb8 35. Qxb8 Rxb8 36. Rd7 Ra2 37. Rxa7 Rb3 38. a4 {Rd1 is the strong threat.} Rb4 39. a5 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2671"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,104,13,24,14,22,12,27,12,18,20,20,14,12,14,16,14,19,8,25,0,2,-13,0, -17,-14,0,42,33,44,52,58,28,35,21,38,0,0,0,0,0,10,-33,47,40,47,40,47,50,45,31, 32,42,37,32,4,-41,-29,-55,-75,-62,-72,-102,-102,-102,-102,-124,-117,-141,0,0,0, -128,-108,-243,-219,-223,-231,-231,-230,-230,-225,-224,-211,-813,-804,-771, -768,-747,-721,-608,-590]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 {White has an edge.} Qb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. h3 cxd4 16. cxd4 {[#]} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Re8) 17. b4 Nc4 18. d5 Bd7 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Rb1 a5 21. b5 Rac8 22. Re1 c3 23. Qd3 Rc7 24. Red1 Bd8 25. Bg3 Nh5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Bxe5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rc8 28. d6 (28. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Qg6 29. b6 (29. Bxc3 $2 Nf4 $19) 29... Bxb6 {[#]} 30. Rxb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb6 31. gxh5 $11) 28... Qc5 ({Better is} 28... Bg5 $15) 29. Bd4 $14 Qxd6 30. b6 $1 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Bc6 31. b7 Rb8 $1 32. e5 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7]} Qg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g2]} 33. Qxg6 fxg6 34. Bc5 Bc7 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. Rd4 Bxe5 37. Rc4 Bxb7 {Strongly threatening ... Nf4.} 38. Rc5 Bd6 39. Rcb5 Bb4 $1 40. Bxg6 Nf6 41. Rd1 Ke7 42. Re5+ $1 Kf8 43. Rb5 Ne8 {Threatens to win with ...Nd6.} 44. Bc2 (44. Rb6 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 44... Nd6 45. Rxb4 axb4 46. Rxd6 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Rb6 is the strong threat. KRB-KRB} Ba8 {White must now prevent ...b3.} 47. Bb3 Be4 48. Rd4 Bg6 {And now ...c2 would win.} 49. a5 $2 (49. Rd7) 49... c2 {Black is clearly winning.} 50. Rf4+ Ke7 51. Rc4 Bd3 52. Rc6 Be4 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 80%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2730"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 25,82,25,25,16,31,20,75,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,6,6,11,11,13,7,17,14,11,11, 13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2 O-O 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rad1 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} cxd4 {[#]} 15. Be5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 15. Nxd4 Qc8 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. f3 a6 18. Nd6 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bb3 Ba6 21. Rc1 Qb6+ {0-1 (64) Vidit,S (2643)-Duda,J (2632) Martuni 2015}) 15... Nd7 (15... Qc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. Bxd4 (16. Rxd4 $16 {And now Qd3! would win.} Nxe5 17. Rxd8 (17. Qxe5 Qc8 $15) 17... Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Raxd8 19. Be4) 16... Qc7 $11 {The position is equal.} 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qc6 $1 { [%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2] [#]} 19. Qg4 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rg4g7]} g6 20. Rd3 Qe4 21. Qxe4 Bxe4 22. Rd7 Bxc2 23. Rxe7 f6 24. Bc3 e5 25. f4 Bd3 26. Rf3 Bxc4 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. b3 Rxf3 29. gxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bf7 30. Rc7 a5 31. Bxe5 a4 32. bxa4 Bxa2 33. Rg7+ Kf8 34. Rxh7 Rxa4 35. Rb7 Ra6 36. Kf2 Bd5 37. Rd7 Be6 38. Bd6+ Kg8 39. Re7 Bd5 40. Re5 Ra2+ 41. Re2 Rxe2+ {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C17"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2656"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,61,23,28,27,25,5,54,10,9,8,28,15,25,16,28,0,0,0,9,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 14,14,18,18,16,9,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,0,10,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Bd3 $146 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} (10. Nf3 Ba4 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. O-O Nbc6 13. b5 Na5 14. Rb1 a6 15. bxa6 bxa6 16. Nxd4 Nac6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 {1/2-1/2 (26) Anand,V (2767)-So,W (2754) Stavanger 2019}) ({Predecessor:} 10. Nf3 Ba4 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. O-O Qb6 13. Bb2 Nbc6 14. Qe2 a6 {0-1 (53) Sarana,A (2411)-Bivol,A (2208) St Petersburg 2014}) 10... Ba4 11. Bb2 Ne7 12. Nf3 { [%mdl 1024] White is slightly better. White has compensation.} Nbc6 13. Qd2 a6 14. O-O Qb6 15. Qf2 {[%cal Rf3d4]} Bb5 16. Bxd4 (16. Nxd4 {feels hotter.} Bxd3 17. cxd3 O-O 18. Nxc6 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Nxc6 20. Ke3) 16... Nxd4 {The position is equal.} 17. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Rc8 20. Rac1 Kd7 21. Kf2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 (22... Rg8 {is more complex.} 23. h4 h5 24. g3 Re8 25. Rc2 Rh8) 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 24. Ke3 Ne7 25. a4 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Kxc6 27. d4 b5 28. a5 Kd7 29. g4 Ke7 30. h4 g6 31. h5 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,81,21,18,17,7,2,-2,0,0,21,6,22,8,29,16,0,14,0,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,2,0,58, 56,58,61,61,36,36,35,53,41,39,39,50,55,60,60,60,44,39,10,44,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,-8,0,-80,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. Rxe8+ (11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. a4 d5 14. a5 c6 15. Nd2 Nd6 16. Nb3 Bf5 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Nc5 {1/2-1/2 (29) Karjakin,S (2748) -Giri,A (2779) Riga 2019}) 11... Nxe8 12. d5 b6 13. a4 a5 {[#]} 14. Na3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14. Nd2 Nd6 15. Nf3 Bb7 16. Ra3 Qf8 17. Re3 Re8 18. b3 {1/2-1/2 (88) Hammer,J (2637)-Elsness,F (2436) Larvik 2019}) 14... Nd6 15. c3 Bg5 16. Nb5 Nxb5 17. Bxb5 Bb7 18. Qd3 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 c6 20. Bc4 Qg5 21. Rd1 $36 { [%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Re8 22. Qh3 cxd5 (22... Qe7 $11) 23. Qxd7 $14 {[%cal Rd7e8] [#]} Qe7 $1 {[%cal Re7d7]} 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 25. f3 Rd7 26. Bb5 Rd6 27. b4 Kf8 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. c4 Ke7 30. c5 Re6 31. Kf2 g5 32. h3 h6 33. Rc1 Bc8 34. g4 Kd8 35. Rd1 Re5 $1 36. Bc6 Be6 37. Rd4 Kc7 38. Bb5 f5 39. Rd2 f4 40. Rd3 (40. Rd1 $11) 40... Bf7 (40... Bd7 $17) 41. Rd1 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C99"] [WhiteElo "2721"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 31,60,29,40,17,29,31,29,4,14,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,34,34,27,35,33,5,5,6,6,4, 26,9,7]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb3d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 17. a3 {C99: Closed Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defence: 11 d4 Qc7 12 Nbd2 cxd4} (17. Rc1 Qb7 18. a3 Rfe8 19. Bd3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 21. Bb1 b4 22. f4 Ng6 23. Qf3 bxa3 24. bxa3 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 {1-0 (44) Saric,I (2695)-Akopian,V (2650) St Petersburg 2018}) 17... Rfc8 {next ...Nxd4 is good for Black.} 18. Bd3 Qb7 19. dxe5 $146 { White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 19. b4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 21. Bf1 Rab8 22. f3 Bd8 23. Rc1 Bb6 24. Nb1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 {0-1 (36) Hirneise,T (2466)-Bindrich, F (2590) Doha 2016}) 19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Nf3 Bc6 22. Nxe5 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qf3 Nd6 25. Qxb7 Nxb7 26. Rad1 Na5 27. Rd5 b4 28. axb4 Bxb4 29. Red1 f6 30. Rb5 Rab8 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,89,0,0,0,5,16,-5,7,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-1,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,14, 14,6,8,8,29,8,8,8,8,8,9,9,10,2,2,2,2,2,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3 } 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Re8 9. Nxd5 (9. Bg5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 f6 11. Bc1 Be6 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. a4 Qd7 14. d4 {1-0 (41) Duda,J (2729)-Caruana,F (2819) Paris 2019}) 9... Qxd5 10. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. Ne4 Bd6 12. a3 b6 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. Rc1 {1-0 (37) Romero Jaime,P (1665)-Nunez Barranco,L (1472) Madrid 2012}) 10... Qd8 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. b4 Nd4 13. a4 {[#] Hoping for Nxd4.} a6 14. Bc3 (14. e3 $5 {[%cal Re3d4]} Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 $11) 14... Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 c6 16. b5 cxb5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qb3 Bd7 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Be4 Qf6 21. e3 Bf5 22. Bb4 Bxe4 23. dxe4 h5 24. Qd1 Qg6 25. Qf3 Bd8 26. Rfd1 Be7 27. Rb1 Bxb4 28. Rxb4 Qg4 29. Kg2 f6 30. Rd5 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} g5 32. Ke2 Rec8 { The position is equal.} 33. f4 (33. Rbxb5 {is more complex.} Rxb5 34. Rxb5 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 g4+ 36. Kg2) 33... exf4 34. gxf4 gxf4 35. Rxh5 fxe3 36. Kxe3 Kf7 37. h4 Rh8 38. Rbxb5 Rxb5 39. Rxh8 {KR-KR} Kg7 40. Ra8 Rh5 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. Ra6 Kg7 43. Ra7+ Kg6 44. Ra6 Kg7 45. Ra7+ {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,78,24,25,17,10,16,6,-38,38,22,38,37,39,45,34,38,36,22,7,0,70,-97, -102,-107,-102,-93,-62,-55,-37,-54,-27,-33,-27,-49,-22,-25,-25,-35,-8,-31,-17, -17,-4,-4,17,-23,0,-24,-6,-60,-50,-43,-45,-60,-15,-64,-70,-94,-93,-315,-315, -371,-380,-397,-385]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O ({Predecessor:} 6. Nbd2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Ne4 Be7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 {1/2-1/2 (53) Dastan,B (2569)-Martirosyan,H (2597) Batumi 2018}) 6... d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4g3][%mdl 32] C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Nb6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb3 { The position is equal.} Kh8 $146 (11... Qxd3 $15 12. Bc2 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Qxd1 14. Bxd1 Rae8) (11... Qxd3 12. Nxe5 Bxd1 13. Nxd3 Bxb3 14. axb3 Be7 15. b4 a6 16. Ne4 Nd7 {1-0 (40) Giri,A (2797)-Harikrishna,P (2723) Shenzhen 2019}) 12. Ne4 $14 Be7 13. Ng3 Bxf3 $1 14. Qxf3 f5 15. a4 {Threatens to win with a5.} a5 16. d4 f4 17. Nh5 g6 ({Better is} 17... Nd7 $11) 18. dxe5 $2 {[#]} (18. d5 $14 { stays ahead.}) 18... gxh5 $17 19. Qxh5 Qd3 {Strongly threatening ...Bc5.} 20. Bf7 Rxf7 21. Qxf7 Rf8 22. Qh5 $1 Bc5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxf2+!} 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Rf5 25. Re4 Nxe5 {...Bd6 is the strong threat.} 26. Bxf4 Bd6 27. Kg2 (27. Bxe5+ $5 Bxe5 28. Rd1 $11) 27... Nd5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 28. Bg3 Ng6 29. Rd1 Kg7 30. h4 Kf7 31. Rd2 Nf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 32. Red4 ({White should try} 32. Bxd6 $11 cxd6 33. Rxd6) 32... Nf4+ $15 33. Kh2 Ne6 34. Rc4 Bxg3+ ({Much weaker is} 34... Rxf3 $6 35. Kg2 $14) 35. fxg3 Rxf3 36. Kg2 Re3 37. g4 $2 (37. b4 $17) 37... Ke7 $19 38. Rf2 Ne4 39. Rf5 {and the idea Re5 leaves White hopeful.} Nd2 {Played: Ne4-d6} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,124,20,16,19,10,8,11,12,10,20,-5,9,-34,0,-10,-8,-21,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,-2,-19,0,0,0,0,7,7,4,3,2,5,6,1,5,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. Rxe8+ (11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. d5 c6 14. Qd1 b6 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nc4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 (40) Anand, V (2774)-Caruana,F (2819) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 11... Nxe8 12. d5 d6 13. Nd2 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... c6 14. Ne4 Be5 15. g3 {1/2-1/2 (15) Wang,H (2718)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2680) Sharjah 2019}) 14. a4 Bd7 15. Ra3 Bg5 16. Nc4 {The position is equal.} Bxc1 17. Qxc1 Nf6 18. Qd1 Qe7 19. Re3 Qf8 20. b3 b5 21. axb5 Bxb5 22. Rc3 Qb8 23. Qd4 a4 24. bxa4 Bxa4 ({Much worse is} 24... Rxa4 $6 25. Rb3 $16) 25. Ne3 Bd7 26. Qc4 Ra7 27. h3 h6 28. Rb3 Rb7 29. Rxb7 Qxb7 30. Bd3 Kf8 31. Kh2 Qb6 32. g4 (32. Kg1 {looks sharper.} Qc5 33. g4 Ke7 34. Kg2 g6 35. Kg3) 32... Bc8 (32... c6 {is interesting.} 33. dxc6 Bxc6 34. Kg3 Bb7 35. c3 g6) 33. Qb5 (33. Kg2 {is more complex.} Nd7 34. Qa4 Ne5 35. Qa8 Qb7 36. Qa5) 33... Qxb5 34. Bxb5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Ne4 35. Kg2 g5 36. Bd3 Nc3 37. Kg3 Bb7 38. Bc4 Kg7 39. Nf5+ Kf6 40. Nxh6 Bxd5 41. Bxd5 Nxd5 { KN-KN} 42. Nf5 Ke5 43. h4 gxh4+ 44. Nxh4 Nb4 45. f4+ Kd5 46. c3 Na2 47. c4+ Kxc4 48. g5 Nc3 49. Kg4 Ne4 50. f5 Kd5 51. Kf4 Nc5 52. Ng2 Nd3+ 53. Ke3 Nb4 { Hoping for ...Ke5.} 54. Kf4 Nd3+ 55. Ke3 Nc5 {Threatening ...Ke5.} 56. Kf4 Nd7 57. Ne3+ Kd4 58. g6 fxg6 59. fxg6 Nf8 60. Nf5+ Kd3 61. Nxd6 Nxg6+ (61... cxd6 $5 62. Kf5 $8 {[#]} Nxg6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 62. Kf5 $1 Nf8 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 63%.} (62... cxd6 $5 63. Ke6 $8 Nh8 64. Kxd6 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.17"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Yuffa, Daniil"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,100,18,14,19,0,16,9,10,6,11,13,16,16,42,42,40,40,33,35,38,16,36,17, 20,10,14,0,21,-46,-42,-44,-45,-44,-38,-40,-46,-47,0,-25,-23,-34,-30,-50,-43, -53,-40,-152,-133,-157,-131,-197,-204,-214,-145,-167,-167,-188,-175,-273,-266, -259,-260,-245,-237,-497,-450,-497,-293,-267,-266,-266,-266,-240,-241,-237,-81, -81,-81,-79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3} 8. Bb4 (8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Rxc3 c5 12. Re1 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. d5 Ne5 15. Qd1 Qf6 16. Be2 Rae8 17. Qd2 Nf7 18. Ra3 {1/2-1/2 (41) Bluebaum,M (2618)-Bindrich, F (2599) Magdeburg 2019}) 8... d6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O f5 11. Be1 Nd7 12. Nd2 Qg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a5 13. f3 Nef6 14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 e5 16. d5 Nc5 { 1-0 (60) Krylov,V (2327)-Ovchinnikova,J (2221) Bor 2000}) 13. f4 Qg6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qa4 Nf6 17. Qc6 Qh5 18. Bf2 Rac8 19. b4 Qe8 20. d5 ({ Better is} 20. Qxe8 $11 Rfxe8 21. a4) 20... exd5 $15 21. cxd5 Qxc6 22. dxc6 Nd5 23. a3 b5 24. Rfd1 Nb6 (24... Nc3 $5 {[%cal Rc3d1]} 25. Rd2 Na4 $11) 25. Rd4 Rfe8 26. g4 Rb8 27. Rc1 a6 28. Be1 Nc4 29. Rcxc4 ({White has to play} 29. Rc3 $1 $15) 29... bxc4 $17 30. Rxc4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRR-KRB} h5 $1 { [%mdl 512]} 31. Kg2 (31. h3 $17) (31. gxh5 Rb5) 31... hxg4 $19 32. Kg3 d5 33. Rc5 Rb5 $1 34. f5 Rd8 35. Kf4 (35. Rc1 {keeps fighting.}) 35... Rxc5 36. bxc5 { [#] KR-KB} d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4d3]} 37. exd4 Rxd4 38. Ke5 $2 (38. Bb4 {only move.}) 38... Rd8 39. Ba5 Re8+ (39... e3 $142 40. Bxc7 Rc8) 40. Kd4 Re7 {And now ...e3 would win.} 41. Bd2 Kf7 42. Bg5 Re8 43. Bf4 e3 $2 (43... Kf6 $19 {has better winning chances. aiming for ...e3.} 44. Bxc7 e3) 44. Bxe3 $17 {[#]} Kf6 $1 { [%cal Rf6f5]} 45. Bf4 Rd8+ (45... Kxf5 $17 46. Bxc7 Ke6) 46. Ke4 $11 {The position is equal.} Re8+ 47. Kd5 Rd8+ ({Much worse is} 47... Kxf5 $6 48. Bxc7 Re2 49. Kd6 $16) 48. Ke4 Re8+ 49. Kd5 Rd8+ 50. Ke4 Re8+ {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2702"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] {[%evp 18,133,15,18,13,14,14,18,20,21,21,21,21,20,31,10,8,7,8,12,10,8,10,14,15, 12,18,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,6,8,158,158,138,147,5309, 3109,1302,247,247,247,247,247,247,247,247,19,19,15,29970,29972,29971,29974, 29974,29973,29972,29973,29976,29977]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 { D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Bd6 Bxd6 {The position is equal.} 13. Rxd6 Bb7 14. Rad1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rfc8 {[#]} 16. Be2 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 16. f4 Kf8 17. R6d4 {1/2-1/2 (17) Smirnov,P (2576)-Jakovenko,D (2730) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 16... g5 17. R6d4 Kf8 18. f4 gxf4 19. Rxf4 Ke7 20. Bf3 Rg8+ 21. Kf1 Rad8 22. Rfd4 (22. Rxd8 {is more complex.} Rxd8 23. Nb5 Rd2 24. Nxa7 Nd3 25. Nc8+) 22... Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Ncd7 24. h3 Rc8 25. Ke2 Rc5 26. Rb4 Ne5 27. Rb5 Nxf3 28. Kxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd7 29. Ke2 a5 30. f4 f5 31. Kd3 Rc6 32. e4 Nc5+ 33. Ke3 fxe4 34. Nxe4 Nxe4 35. Kxe4 {KR-KR} Kf6 36. Kf3 Rd6 37. Kg4 Rc6 38. h4 Rd6 39. b3 Kg6 40. a4 Kf6 41. Kf3 Rc6 42. Ke4 Rd6 43. Rh5 Kg6 44. Rg5+ (44. Re5 {seems wilder.} Kg7 45. f5 exf5+ 46. Kxf5 Rf6+ 47. Kg5) 44... Kf6 45. Rb5 Rc6 46. f5 exf5+ 47. Rxf5+ Kg6 48. h5+ Kh6 49. Kd4 Kg7 50. Rg5+ Kh6 51. Rd5 Kg7 52. Rd7+ Kh6 53. Rb7 Rf6 ({Black should try} 53... Rc8 $11) 54. Kc4 $1 $16 Rf4+ {[#]} 55. Kb5 $1 Kxh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ( 55... Rf5+ $16 56. Kxb6 Rxh5) 56. Rxh7+ $18 Kg5 57. Rb7 $2 (57. Kxb6 Rb4+ 58. Kxa5 Rxb3 59. Ka6) 57... Rb4+ 58. Ka6 Rxb3 59. Rxb6 Rd3 60. Kxa5 Kf5 {[#]} 61. Ka6 $2 (61. Kb5 $1 $18 {And now a5 would win.} Ke4 62. Kc6 Rc3+ 63. Kb7) 61... Ke5 $11 62. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] Kb7 is the strong threat.} Rd7 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (62... Kd5 $11) 63. Rc6 {White mates.} Kd5 64. Kb6 Rd8 65. a6 Rb8+ 66. Kc7 Ra8 67. Kb7 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 65%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2721"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,65,-1,36,10,44,63,64,33,22,31,64,56,49,47,40,52,62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,5,2,3,4,9,9,9,9,14,10]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. f5 {B93: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 f4} (7. a4 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 b6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd7 13. c4 Nf6 14. Ra3 Bd7 15. f5 Qb7 {1-0 (25) Smirin,I (2609)-Anand,V (2773) St Petersburg 2018}) 7... g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. O-O g6 11. Kh1 Bg7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Bg5 b4 14. Nd1 Nc5 {0-1 (67) Firman,N (2517)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2610) Dresden 2007}) 8. g4 d5 9. Nxd5 {White is slightly better.} Nxd5 10. exd5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd5 12. Bg2 Qe5+ 13. Qe3 Bg7 14. Qxe5 ({White should try} 14. c3 $1 $14) 14... Bxe5 $11 {The position is equal.} 15. Be3 gxf5 16. gxf5 Rg8 17. Bf3 Bxd4 $1 18. Bxd4 Nc6 19. Bxc6+ bxc6 20. f6 Rg2 21. O-O-O Bf5 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Kxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} O-O-O 24. Kc3 exf6 25. Bxf6 Rd5 26. b4 a5 27. a3 axb4+ 28. axb4 Rd6 29. Be5 Re6 30. Re1 f6 31. Bg3 Rxe1 32. Bxe1 Be4 33. Bg3 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D03"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,67,3,13,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,5,5,5,10,8,12,0,2,0,0,0,0, 0,0,-8,-7,-21,0,0,0,-10,-10,-33,-33,-39,-42,-47,-33,-54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} 8. O-O (8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. Bf4 Nd6 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bc2 f5 14. b3 b5 15. a4 { 1/2-1/2 (79) So,W (2778)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Paris 2018}) 8... Bb7 9. a4 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. f4 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 f5 15. a5 Rfd8 16. Be2 Bc6 17. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 (34) Vaganian,R (2546)-Babazada,K (2229) Moscow 2018}) 13... dxe4 14. Qg4 Qc7 15. Nc4 Ba6 16. Qxe4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qxe5 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. h3 g6 20. Rd3 Qh5 21. Kf1 (21. b3 { is interesting.} Kg7 22. Re1 Kf6 23. e4 Ke7 24. e5) 21... Rxd3 22. Qxd3 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qh4 23. Ke1 Rd8 24. Qc2 Qg5 25. Qe4 Kg7 26. h4 Qf6 27. Qf4 Qxf4 28. exf4 $15 {KR-KR} Kf6 29. Ke2 Kf5 30. g3 h5 (30... c4 $15) 31. b3 $11 {The position is equal.} a6 32. f3 e5 33. fxe5 Kxe5 34. Ke3 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,97,9,16,0,12,3,29,-11,0,-13,-13,-8,-10,-18,-21,-19,-21,-15,0,0,13,-6, 7,-25,0,-17,0,-46,-24,-15,-38,-50,10,21,79,59,64,63,114,134,189,181,240,118, 115,118,128,86,97,77,82,59,186,193,254,258,240,239,252,245,262,258,245,237,285, 251,362,325,303,280,300,304,467,434,488,467,29967,29968,29976,29966,29976, 29977,29954,1473,29990,29989,29989,29989]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation } e4 8. Ng1 d5 9. h3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9. b3 O-O 10. Ne2 a5 11. Nf4 Be6 12. Be2 g5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. a3 Qd7 {0-1 (84) So,W (2762) -Liang,A (2590) Saint Louis 2019}) 9... O-O 10. Bd2 a5 11. a3 $1 Be6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. c5 Ne7 14. Ne2 Qe8 15. Qb3 Ra7 16. a4 Qd8 17. Nc3 Re8 18. Be2 h6 19. Kd1 Nd7 20. Nb5 Ra8 21. Kc2 Nf5 (21... b6 $15) 22. Kb1 $11 {Black must now prevent c6.} c6 (22... Nf6 $11 {remains equal.}) 23. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4f5]} cxb5 24. gxf5 bxa4 ({Black should try} 24... Bxf5 $14 25. Qxd5 Ne5 26. Qxd8 ( 26. Qxb7 Nf3 $16) 26... Rexd8) 25. Qxb7 Rb8 {[#]} (25... Bxf5 $16 26. c6 (26. Qxd5 Be6 $16) 26... Rb8) 26. Qa6 $1 $18 a3 (26... Bxf5 {was worth a try.} 27. Bxa5 Qc8) 27. Rc2 (27. Bxa5 $2 Rxb2+ 28. Ka1 Qb8 $19) (27. fxe6 $18 {has better winning chances.} Rxb2+ 28. Ka1 fxe6 29. Bxa5) 27... Bxf5 $16 28. c6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now c7 would win. White is in control.} (28. Bxa5 Qe7 $14) ( 28. Qxa5 $6 Nxc5 29. dxc5 d4 $14) 28... Ra8 29. c7 Qc8 30. Qxc8 Rexc8 31. bxa3 Nb6 ({Better is} 31... Ra7 $14) 32. Rc6 Nc4 (32... Nd7 {is a better defense.} 33. h4 Ra7) 33. Bxc4 $18 dxc4 34. d5 Kf8 35. d6 (35. Rxc4 Ra7 $18) 35... Ke8 36. Bc3 ({Much less strong is} 36. Rxc4 Kd7 $16) 36... Kd7 {[#]} 37. Rb6 $1 ({ Weaker is} 37. Rxc4 Be6 $16) 37... g6 38. h4 h5 (38... Bg4 $142 39. Kc2 Be2) 39. Be5 a4 40. Kc2 Ra5 41. Bf4 Raa8 (41... Rd5 {might work better.} 42. Ra6 f6 43. Rxa4 Be6) 42. Kc3 Be6 43. Rhb1 Re8 (43... Ke8 $18 44. R1b5 f6) 44. Rb8 Bd5 45. Kd4 Bc6 46. Kxc4 g5 47. Bxg5 {White wants to mate with Bd8.} Kxd6 48. Rd1+ Ke6 49. Rdd8 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 33%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,76,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,19,0,11,11,15,14,3,6,8,12,14,18,16,20,16,9,10,20,12, 8,9,9,7,9,17,9,16,10,11,21,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,1,8,8,8,0,15] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 ({Predecessor:} 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 {1/2-1/2 (54) Fridman,D (2633)-Kulaots,K (2544) Skopje 2019}) 2... g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 {The position is equal.} 9. Bd2 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} dxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qa4 Bf5 12. Rfe1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ba5 Qa6 {aiming for ...b6.} 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Bf1 c5 {[#]} 17. Nd2 $146 (17. dxc5 Bxb2 {1/2-1/2 (17) Ding,L (2813) -Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 17... Nc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 18. Nxe4 {Black must now prevent Bc3.} Qxa5 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 20. dxc5 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Be5 22. f4 Bc7 23. e3 Red8 24. g4 Kg7 25. Kf2 h6 26. h4 Rd5 27. Red1 Rad8 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Rc1 f5 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Ng3 e6 32. Ke2 Bd8 33. Bg2 Rd7 34. h5 Be7 35. e4 Bh4 36. Rc3 Nc6 37. exf5 Nd4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 38. Kf1 {Threatens to win with fxe6.} Nxf5 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 80%. } 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "153"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "1500+10"] 1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. a3 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd6 {[%emt 0: 00:26]} 8. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 11. Nd2 { [%emt 0:00:23]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 12. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qe6 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 13. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:02:03]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 15. a4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 16. Rfd1 { [%emt 0:01:08]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 17. Na5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} b6 {[%emt 0:00: 40]} 18. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 19. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} 21. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 22. Ra1 {[%emt 0:03:43]} a6 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 23. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 24. b4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 25. f3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 26. Bf2 {[%emt 0: 00:36]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 27. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:04:32]} 28. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 29. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kb7 { [%emt 0:00:38]} 30. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Nd5 {[%emt 0: 00:15]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 32. Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 33. h4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 34. Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:19]} c6 {[%emt 0: 01:43]} 35. Ne3 {[%emt 0:03:12]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 36. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 37. g4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 38. fxg4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kxa8 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 40. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 41. h5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 42. Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 43. bxc5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 44. Kb3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00: 05]} 45. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 46. Nh4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 47. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 48. Nd2 { [%emt 0:00:19]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 49. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01: 08]} 50. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 51. c4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 52. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 53. Nd2 { [%emt 0:00:17]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 54. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 55. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 56. Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 57. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 58. Kc4 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 59. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 60. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 61. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 62. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 63. Nd3 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 64. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00: 13]} 65. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 66. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 67. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 68. Kd2 { [%emt 0:00:17]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 69. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} 70. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 71. Nb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 72. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 73. Ne3 { [%emt 0:00:33]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 74. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 75. Nh4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 76. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 77. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,91,20,26,18,24,30,25,29,24,14,30,24,35,20,36,0,20,9,19,0,50,0,0,5,56, 61,102,102,102,49,64,64,54,56,231,83,147,108,106,100,111,107,114,113,93,112, 115,113,116,99,100,81,100,100,107,106,106,123,116,100,111,112,112,114,110,125, 1906,1786,1443,1340,1157,1141,29986,731,29987,29988,29982,29983]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (9. Be2 Qa5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. c4 Qa6 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rb1 Bf5 16. Rb5 b6 { 0-1 (81) Wagner,D (2580)-Ragger,M (2696) Skopje 2019}) 9... O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 {White has an edge.} b6 12. d5 Na5 13. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... e5 14. e4 Qc7 15. Re1 Rae8 16. Bd2 Nb7 { 0-1 (33) Akesson,R (2419)-Krykun,Y (2242) Budapest 2016}) 14. e4 exd5 15. cxd5 Re8 16. Re1 c4 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. d6 (18. e5 $5) 18... Qc5 19. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qh5 ({Black should play} 19... Qa3 $11) 20. Bd4 $14 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rac8 22. Qc3 (22. e5 $16) 22... Rc5 $1 23. e5 Nc6 24. Ba4 Rd8 $2 (24... Qf5 $14) 25. Bxc6 (25. Rb5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 25... Rxc6 ({Better is} 25... Bxc6 26. Nd4 Qg4 27. Nxc6 Rxc6) 26. Nd4 Rc5 27. e6 fxe6 28. Nxe6 Bxe6 29. Rxe6 Qf5 30. Rbe1 {Threatening mate with Re8+.} Rf8 31. Re8 $1 Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 Rd5 33. Rxf8+ $1 ({Inferior is} 33. Qxc4 Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kg7 $15) 33... Qxf8 34. Qxc4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qf7 35. Qc7 Qe6 { [%cal Re6e1]} 36. Qd8+ (36. Rxe6 $2 {gets mated.} Rd1+ 37. Re1 Rxe1#) 36... Kf7 {[%cal Re6e1]} 37. Rf1+ $1 Rf5 {[%cal Rf5f1]} 38. Qc7+ Kg8 {[%cal Rf5f1] [#]} 39. Rd1 $1 {Threatens to win with d7.} Qe2 {[%cal Re2d1]} 40. Qc1 {d7 is the strong threat.} Rg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Rf8 $16 41. h3 Rd8) 41. Qc8+ $18 Kg7 {[#]} 42. Qb7+ $1 Kf8 43. Rg1 Qd2 44. Qe7+ Kg8 45. d7 Rd5 46. Rf1 { Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 53%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2729"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "1500+10"] 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 { [%emt 0:00:35]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0: 00:08]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. Kxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd7 { [%emt 0:01:39]} 8. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00: 14]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:05:12]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Nd2 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 12. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 13. b4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 14. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 15. h4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} b6 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 16. a4 { [%emt 0:01:58]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 17. a5 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00: 15]} 18. h5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 19. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 20. Rhd1 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 21. Rxd1 { [%emt 0:00:02]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 22. Ra1 {[%emt 0:03:20]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:05] } 23. axb6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxa8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bxf5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 27. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01: 08]} 28. g3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} g4 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 29. Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Ke6 { [%emt 0:00:14]} 30. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 31. Na5 {[%emt 0: 00:17]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. c4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} bxc4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Na5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kd7 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2707"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,131,25,44,23,17,17,17,19,19,16,24,16,19,12,29,18,28,27,37,25,69,-8, -12,-23,-27,-23,-26,-41,47,41,204,181,194,185,230,2,243,258,470,108,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,-74,-75,-73,-73,-75,-75,-65,-71,-78,-55,-47,0,-72,-57,-63,-15,-12,-16,-20, -16,-45,-45,-45,-47,-64,-55,-86,-54,-93,-86,-135,-135,-144,-61,-61,-54,-54,-54, -54,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-35,-8,-8,-8,-42,-42,-42,-42,-44,-52,-45,-45,-54,-14, -14,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,8,8]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} Nc6 11. d4 (11. a3 O-O 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. h4 h6 14. Bd2 a5 15. Bc3 Ba6 16. Nd2 b5 17. cxb5 Bxb5 {1/2-1/2 (52) Wang,Y (2684)-Meier,G (2621) chess.com INT 2019}) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Rac1 Qc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rfd8 16. Red1 Bc6 17. a3 Qb7 18. b4 f5 19. Rf1 Bf6 20. Qd2 a6 21. f3 fxe4 22. fxe4 b5 23. Rfe1 { 1/2-1/2 (23) Snape,I (2241)-Broomfield,M (2325) Coulsdon 2006}) 16. Qd2 f5 17. Bd4 f4 18. gxf4 Bd6 19. f5 (19. Be3 $14) 19... Rxf5 $11 20. b4 Rh5 21. h3 Rf8 22. Red1 Rxh3 (22... Bf4 $15 23. Be3 Rg5) 23. Bxg7 $1 $14 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} (23. Bxh3 $2 Qxe4 24. Kf1 (24. f3 $2 Rxf3 25. Bg2 Rg3 $19) 24... Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qf3+ 26. Ke1 Qxh3 $19) 23... Rh2 $2 ({Black should try} 23... Bh2+ $14 24. Kf1 Rf7) 24. Qg5 $1 $18 Rf5 25. Qg4 Kf7 {White must now prevent ...h5.} 26. Bb2 $2 ({White must play} 26. Bh6 $1 $18) 26... Bf4 $2 ( 26... Ke8 $11) 27. b5 Qc7 $2 {[#]} (27... Qc8 {was called for.} 28. Rd5 Bxc1 29. Rxf5+ exf5 30. Qxf5+ Kg8 31. Qg4+ (31. Bxc1 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qf8 $16) 31... Kf7 32. Qf5+ (32. Bxc1 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qg8 $16) 32... Ke8 33. Qe5+ (33. Bxc1 Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2 d6 $16) 33... Kf7 34. Qg7+ (34. Kxh2 Bxb2 35. Qxb2 Qxc4 $11) ( 34. Bxc1 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qg8+ 36. Bg5 Qg7 $16) 34... Ke8 35. Qe5+ (35. Kxh2 Bxb2 36. Qxb2 Qxc4 $16) 35... Kf7) 28. Qg7+ $2 (28. Rd5 $1 $18 Rxd5 29. cxd5) 28... Ke8 $11 29. Bf6 $1 {[%cal Rg7g8]} Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 {[%cal Rg7g8]} Bxe4+ 31. Kf1 { [%cal Rg7g8]} Bd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6f8] Hoping for ...Bf8.} 32. Bh4 (32. Rc3 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 32... Bf8 $17 33. Qg3 {[#]} Qxg3 $1 34. Bxg3 Bf3 35. Rd4 Be7 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 36. Ke1 Bb4+ 37. Kf1 Be7 {...Rh5 is the strong threat.} (37... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 38. Rh4 h5 $15) 38. Ke1 $1 Rh5 39. Kd2 Bf6 40. Rd3 Bg5+ 41. Re3 $1 Kd8 42. Bd6 {Threatens to win with Rg1.} Rh1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 43. Rxh1 Bxe3+ 44. Kxe3 Bxh1 $15 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 45. Kd4 Bf3 46. Kc3 h5 47. a4 h4 48. Kb4 h3 (48... Ke8 $17 49. a5 Kf7) 49. a5 $1 Ke8 50. axb6 axb6 51. c5 Kf7 52. cxb6 Kf6 { And now ...e5 would win.} 53. Bg3 e5 54. Kc3 Ke6 55. Kd3 Bb7 56. f4 exf4 57. Bxf4 Kd5 58. Bh2 Kc5 59. Bg1+ Kxb5 60. Ke2 d5 61. Kf2 {The position is equal.} d4 62. Kg3 $1 d3 {( -> ...d2)} 63. Be3 Bc8 64. b7 $1 {[%cal Rb7c8]} Bxb7 65. Kxh3 d2 66. Bxd2 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2718"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,59,11,8,17,18,14,14,12,11,0,16,-23,17,12,17,12,30,42,41,41,41,37,32, 36,29,34,45,27,40,25,44,49,31,21,35,29,34,20,16,7,43,47,48,42,87,46,56,0,49,18, 6,-45]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O (5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. d4 exd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bg5 Be7 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 { 1/2-1/2 (63) Hou,Y (2658)-Ponomariov,R (2686) Shenzhen 2018}) 5... O-O 6. d3 { C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} a6 7. Ba4 h6 8. a3 Re8 9. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 Bf8 10. Bb3 d6 {0-1 (68) Bergstrom,R (2285) -Bellia,F (2409) Sibenik 2014}) 9... Bf8 10. Be3 d6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nd5 Nb8 14. c4 Nbd7 15. b4 c6 16. Nc3 Re8 17. Qb3 Be7 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Rfe1 a5 20. d4 axb4 21. axb4 exd4 22. Nxd4 Bf8 23. Bf4 Ne5 24. Nf5 Kh7 25. Bh2 g6 26. Ne3 Qe7 27. f4 Ned7 28. f5 (28. Nc2 $14) 28... d5 29. c5 {[%cal Re4d5]} Nxe4 30. fxg6+ {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 42%.} (30. Nxe4 $11 Qxe4 31. Nxd5 Qxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Kf2) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2681"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,91,16,28,4,15,15,4,0,0,0,0,0,13,13,15,5,10,0,16,0,0,-6,-4,0,0,-32, -16,-29,0,-28,0,-2,8,7,11,0,14,14,14,0,0,0,11,12,12,7,14,8,10,22,16,16,17,17, 29,26,50,50,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,69,52,160,153,396,395,787,746,666, 635]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Nb6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb3 {The position is equal.} Qxd3 12. Nxe5 Qf5 $1 (12... Bxd1 13. Nxd3 Bxb3 14. axb3 Be7 15. b4 a6 16. Ne4 Nd7 {1-0 (40) Giri,A (2797) -Harikrishna,P (2723) Shenzhen 2019}) 13. Nef3 $1 Rad8 {[#]} 14. Qe2 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14. g4 Bxg4 15. hxg4 Qxg4+ 16. Kh1 Qh3+ {1/2-1/2 (31) Michalik,P (2565)-Shirov,A (2667) Prague 2019}) 14... Nd5 15. Qe4 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 Bb6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Rad1 Bf7 19. Bc1 Nde7 20. Bc2 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Re1 Ng6 23. b3 Nge5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bf4 Bg6 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Re2 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} c6 29. g3 g6 30. b4 Kf7 31. a4 a6 32. Kg2 Rd7 33. Rb2 Bd8 34. h4 Rc7 35. c4 Ke6 36. b5 cxb5 37. cxb5 Rd7 38. b6 a5 39. Rb5 Rd6 40. Rxa5 Rxb6 41. Ra7 Rb2 42. a5 Kf6 (42... Kd6 $14) 43. Bxb7 $16 Bxa5 $2 {[#]} (43... Be7 $16 {was necessary.} 44. Ra6+ Kf5) 44. Bd5 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ra7f7]} ({Stronger than} 44. Rxa5 Rxb7 45. Kf3 Rb3+ 46. Ke2 Rb2+ 47. Ke3 Kf5 $11) 44... Rxf2+ $2 {[#]} (44... e4 45. Rxa5 e3) 45. Kg1 $1 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ra7f7][%mdl 512]} e4 46. Ra6+ {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 51%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,153,0,10,18,42,47,51,27,12,42,14,27,31,22,26,29,19,24,39,20,33,18,22, 28,25,28,29,25,24,13,16,14,44,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,54,100,90,139,126,122,150,205,93,179,179,208, 164,164,167,163,189,197,0,170,164,172,156,486,301,731,716,658,634,1174,1160, 845,834,853,756,703,842,747,717,972,947,829,717,852,845,29971,29972,29967, 29965,29973,29974,29976,29975,29973,29975,29974,29975,29975,29976,29966,29954, 5406,5306]} 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 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 {Threatening ...Bxf3.} 11. Ne5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Bf5 12. b4 c5 13. cxd5 { White is slightly better.} (13. f3 {looks sharper.} Bxe5 14. dxe5 dxc4 15. Bxe4 Qd4+ 16. Qf2) 13... cxd4 14. Bxe4 Rc8 15. Nc6 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 bxc6 17. dxc6 Re8 18. Qf3 Qb6 $1 {[#]} 19. Nd2 $146 Rxc6 ({Don't go for} 19... Qxc6 $2 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21. b5 $18) 20. Nb3 Rc3 21. Qd1 $1 d3 22. Bd2 Rc2 23. g3 Bf8 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Be3 Qg6 26. Nd4 Rc4 27. Rac1 Rcxd4 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Rc6 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Qe3 {Played: Rf1-d1} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2656"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,83,30,39,43,32,14,4,4,41,38,41,41,47,37,54,43,56,22,25,8,7,7,11,8,7, -8,18,-6,13,0,0,0,0,0,77,72,61,68,72,62,59,44,80,32,116,108,210,210,210,210, 210,210,210,185,232,211,239,239,239,217,232,227,239,230,230,223,369,223,223, 221,324,407,360,365,4810,2980]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} a6 7. Be3 Nxe5 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nf6 9. Be2 Nxf3+ 10. Nxf3 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 O-O {0-1 (70) Ponomariov,R (2731)-Grischuk,A (2783) Beijing 2013}) 9. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 e6 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qg3 g6 14. b4 Bg7 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Bf1 Rad8 18. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4, Ba4b5,Bb5c6][%mdl 32]} Rd7 19. a4 Rc8 20. h3 d4 21. Bg5 Bf6 (21... Qe8 $11 { remains equal.}) 22. Bxf6 $16 Qxf6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Ne7 25. cxd4 Nf5 26. Qf3 {Strongly threatening c6.} Qg5 (26... Qd8 $14) 27. Rc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rcd8 {[#]} (27... Rd5 $16 {was necessary.}) 28. c6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6d7]} bxc6 29. bxc6 Rc7 30. d5 exd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Qxd5 { And now g4 would win.} Qf6 33. g3 Qd6 34. Qe4 h5 35. h4 Re7 36. Qf3 Qe5 37. Bg2 Nd4 (37... Kg7 $142 38. Qd1 Ra7) 38. Qd1 Ne6 39. Rb4 Kg7 (39... Ra7 {was called for.} 40. Qd2 Qa1+ 41. Kh2 Ra2) 40. Rb7 Nc7 41. Qd8 Qf6 $2 {[#]} (41... Kh7 42. Kh1 f5) 42. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 56%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2721"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,72,30,34,43,55,70,53,46,47,81,45,70,66,70,66,65,60,56,52,95,96,111, 132,129,105,152,49,71,70,83,68,74,69,80,50,51,61,67,54,77,0,30,38,24,17,25,10, 38,0,0,0,0,-64,-61,-497,-521,-505,-501,-1091,-1030]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 e6 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} (8... a5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Qb3 Bf5 12. Rfc1 Qd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bc3 Be6 {1-0 (57) Aronian,L (2756)-Yu,Y (2736) Riga 2019}) 9. b4 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Re8 10. Qb3 Nbd7 11. Ba3 b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. h3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 {1/2-1/2 (31) Debashis,D (2446)-Yu,Y (2635) Athens 2012}) 10. Nxe4 (10. Bb2 {looks sharper.} a5 11. b5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nd7 13. Qc2) 10... dxe4 {White is slightly better.} 11. Nd2 f5 12. c5 Nd7 13. Nc4 Nf6 14. f3 Bd7 15. Nd6 exf3 16. Bxf3 Qc7 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Bd2 g5 19. g3 Nd5 {[#]} 20. Bxd5 ({Better is} 20. Qd3 $1 $16) 20... exd5 21. Qd3 Be6 22. Rf2 Rf6 23. Raf1 Raf8 24. Nxf5 Qd7 {[%cal Re6f5]} 25. g4 h5 26. h3 Kg8 27. e4 (27. Kg2 $16) 27... dxe4 28. Qxe4 Bxf5 29. gxf5 R6f7 30. Bc3 Bf6 31. Kh1 Re8 32. Qf3 g4 33. Rg2 ({White should try} 33. hxg4 $11 hxg4 34. Qxg4+ Rg7 35. Qf3) 33... Bg5 $15 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 34. Qf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Only move:} 34. hxg4 $15 Re3 35. gxh5 Rxf3 36. Rxg5+ Rg7 37. Rxg7+ Qxg7 38. Rxf3) 34... Re3 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Rg3 Qd5+ 36. Kg1 {[#]} (36. Kh2 $142 Rxf5 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 37. Qxf5 Re2+ 38. Qf2 Rxf2+ 39. Rxf2) 36... Rxf5 $1 {[%mdl 33280] Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 51%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2746"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,64,29,0,0,0,3,16,12,0,10,16,14,6,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9, -9,-9,-8,-9,-9,-15,-9,-10,0,-15,-10,-21,0,-8,-8,-22,0,-6,-6,-6,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Nc2 d6 {The position is equal. A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 10. b3 (10. Qd2 a5 11. b3 Nb4 12. Bb2 Nxc2 13. Qxc2 Bf5 14. Qc1 c6 15. Qd2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Bxe4 {1/2-1/2 (36) Matlakov,M (2700)-Artemiev,V (2709) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... Bf5 11. Rb1 a5 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 {[#] } 14. Bxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f3 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Bd4+ 16. e3 Qg5 17. f4 { 0-1 (47) Hansen,C (2600)-Akopian,V (2590) Groningen 1991}) 14... Rxe4 15. f3 Re6 16. e4 Nb4 17. a4 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Qe7 19. Bd2 b6 20. Qd3 Re8 21. Re2 h5 22. h4 Qf6 23. Rbe1 Qd4+ 24. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Be3 Bc3 26. Bd2 Bd4+ 27. Be3 Bc5 28. Kf1 f6 29. Bd2 Kf7 30. Bc3 f5 31. e5 dxe5 32. Rxe5 Bd6 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2702"] [BlackElo "2811"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,68,-18,-10,-7,-7,-6,-7,-12,-2,0,-6,-67,0,0,0,-40,11,0,14,-5,-18,-31, -11,-54,-22,-75,-27,-76,-67,-72,-64,-93,-82,-82,-89,-97,-79,-108,-88,-102,-74, -270,-259,-356,-370,-350,-357,-459,-482,-562,-400,-400,-414,-411,-404,-892, -889,-973,-865,-841,-839]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. Qa4+ (5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. d4 Rac8 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 {0-1 (52) Wei,Y (2734)-Wang,H (2710) Tianjin 2018}) 5... c6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 5... Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. Ne5 Bd6 9. Nxd7 Nbxd7 10. f4 Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. d3 Rad8 {1-0 (51) Pirverdiyev,A (2340)-Suleymanli,A (2032) Baku 2016}) 6. Be2 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8. e4 {aiming for e5.The position is equal.} dxe4 9. dxe4 {Strongly threatening e5.} Qc7 10. c5 ({White should play} 10. Bg5 $11) 10... bxc5 (10... Bxc5 $15 11. e5 Nd5) 11. O-O $11 Nbd7 12. g3 Ne5 (12... e5 $15) 13. Nd2 {White wants to play f4.} Be7 14. f4 Ned7 $1 15. g4 Rd8 16. g5 Ne8 17. h4 (17. Qc2 $11) 17... a5 18. e5 g6 19. Nde4 Ng7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 $1 21. gxf6 Nf5 22. h5 {[#]} c4 $1 { [%mdl 512]} 23. hxg6 (23. Qxc4 Ba6) 23... hxg6 24. Qc2 Qb6+ 25. Rf2 $2 {[#]} ( 25. Kh2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 25... Nc5 $1 $19 26. Bxc4 Ba6 27. Bxa6 Rxa6 ({ Weaker is} 27... Nxa6 28. Na4 $17) 28. Kg2 Nd3 {Threatens to win with ...Ne1+.} 29. Rf1 Ra7 {[%cal Ba6a7,Ba7d7,Bd7d4,Bd4e4][%mdl 32]} 30. Ne4 Rad7 ({Resist} 30... Qe3 31. Nd6 $19) 31. Qe2 Rd4 32. Bd2 (32. Nd6 $142 Nxd6 33. exd6) 32... Qxb2 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Rab1 {[#]} Nxf4+ {Played: Rd4xe4} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C49"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2718"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,119,24,43,19,14,9,29,27,34,0,14,25,20,32,24,23,25,10,43,42,79,76,62, 7,10,9,9,8,4,4,50,0,33,9,12,6,38,43,27,10,40,18,17,22,12,12,12,8,8,8,74,81,91, 63,111,103,98,109,102,102,154,154,154,153,128,137,334,334,313,323,304,260,243, 236,410,409,424,415,416,415,419,414,636,636,622,614,607,597,1691,1681,1555, 1560,492,402,402,402,402,402,364,358]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 Rd8 12. Qe2 {C49: Four Knights: 4 Bb5 Bb4} (12. Bf1 c5 13. g3 Nf8 14. Nh4 h6 15. a4 Qc7 16. a5 Bd7 17. Nf5 Ng6 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qf3 Qc6 21. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 (40) Ivanchuk,V (2731)-Nakamura,H (2786) Antalya 2013}) 12... Nf8 13. Nh4 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ne8 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 f6 16. f4 c6 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. g4 Kh8 19. c4 b6 20. g5 {1-0 (31) Kimuto-Alekhine,A Tokyo 1933}) 14. a4 {White has an edge.} c5 15. h3 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. Qd2 Rac8 20. Bb2 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd4 ({White should play} 22. Nf5 $14) 22... Qf4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf4d2]} 23. Qxf4 Nxf4 24. Bxa7 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Be6 26. d4 Nd7 27. d5 Bxd5 28. Nf5 {Hoping for Ne7+.} Ra8 {And now ...Be6 would win.} 29. Bd4 Kh7 30. Re7 Nb8 31. Bb2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nc6 32. Rc7 Rac8 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Rd1 ({But not} 34. Bxg7 Be6 $17) 34... Bb3 35. Rd3 Bc4 (35... Bc2 $11 36. Rd7 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Nxd8 38. Nxg7 Bxa4) 36. Rg3 $16 Rg8 37. Nxg7 Ne7 38. Re3 Nd5 {[#]} 39. Re4 $1 {[%cal Re4c4]} b5 40. Nh5 {Threatens to win with axb5.} Rg5 (40... Rb8 $142) 41. g4 f5 42. Rd4 { Strongly threatening axb5.} fxg4 43. hxg4 Be2 $2 {[#]} (43... Rg6 $16 44. axb5 Bb3) 44. Rxd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] White wants to mate with Rd7+.} Rxg4+ (44... Rxd5 45. Nf6+) 45. Ng3 bxa4 46. Rd7+ Kg8 47. Kg2 h5 $2 (47... Bb5 {was necessary.} 48. Rc7 Rf4) 48. f3 Rg6 49. Kf2 Bb5 50. Ra7 Rc6 51. Be5 h4 (51... a3 $142 52. Rxa3 Rc2+ 53. Ke3 h4) 52. Nf5 Rc2+ 53. Ke3 h3 54. Nd4 Rc5 55. Rg7+ Kh8 56. Bf6 h2 57. Rg2+ Kh7 {White is winning.} 58. Rxh2+ Kg6 59. Nxb5 Kxf6 60. Nd4 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 38%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "151"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,151,6,7,7,27,25,18,-1,5,-3,17,0,0,0,0,0,7,-13,-1,-5,8,0,0,0,6,16,14, 0,15,19,83,79,92,62,81,88,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-19,-14,-19,-5,-15,-6, -17,-13,-16,0,-21,0,-8,0,0,0,0,5,0,9,10,10,7,12,0,12,10,6,0,0,8,18,7,11,4,20,0, 8,0,33,0,10,0,0,0,27,27,332,399,397,386,366,326,322,320,313,313,310,283,463, 443,716,691,664,695,716,654,904,847,905,893,866,845,1703,2715,3739,3675,2230, 2253,1628,1645,12843,6589,5363,2100,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29981, 5612]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 { Threatening d5. A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} e4 8. Ng1 d5 9. h3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. b3 O-O 10. Ne2 a5 11. Nf4 Be6 12. Be2 g5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. a3 Qd7 {0-1 (84) So,W (2762)-Liang,A (2590) Saint Louis 2019}) 9... O-O 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. a3 Bf5 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Ne2 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Ne7 18. a4 Rb8 19. Ng3 Ng6 20. O-O Nd5 {[#]} (20... a6 $11) 21. f3 $1 $16 exf3 22. Rxf3 Nf6 23. Raf1 Re6 24. Nf5 ({White should try} 24. Qc4 $14) 24... Qd5 $11 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. Ng3 Nf6 27. e4 Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxf7 Re7 30. R7f5 (30. Rxe7 {keeps more tension.} Nxe7 31. Bf4 Nd5 32. Be5 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Kf2) 30... Rd7 31. Bc3 $1 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Nxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Re1 Ng6 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Kf3 c6 36. Rf1 Ke6 {With the idea ...Rf7+.} 37. Ke4 Rd8 38. Bb4 Re8 39. Kd3 Rd8 40. Kc4 Rd7 41. g3 Rd5 42. Bf8 Rd7 43. Bc5 b6 44. Re1+ Kf7 45. Ba3 Rd5 46. Re3 h5 47. b3 Rd7 48. Bb4 Rd5 49. Ba3 Rd7 50. Re4 Rd5 51. g4 hxg4 52. hxg4 Rd7 53. b4 Ne7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... a6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 54. b5 $18 cxb5+ 55. Kxb5 Nd5 {[#]} 56. Kc6 $1 Rd8 57. Bd6 Nc3 58. Re7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 59. Rxa7 {Threatens to win with Be7+.} Rc8+ $2 (59... Ke6) 60. Kxb6 Rc4 (60... Ke6 $142 61. Be5 Nd5+ 62. Kb7 Rc1 63. Ra6+ Ke7) 61. Be5+ Ke6 62. a5 g5 63. Rg7 Nd5+ 64. Ka6 Ne7 65. Rxg5 Rb4 66. Rg7 Nc6 67. Rg6+ Kd7 68. Rd6+ Kc7 69. Rd5+ Kc8 70. Rb5 Ra4 71. Kb6 Ne7 72. a6 Ra2 73. a7 {White mates.} Kd7 74. Kb7 Nc6 75. a8=Q Nd8+ 76. Qxd8+ {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 37%.} (76. Kb8 $142 Nc6+ 77. Kb7 Nd8+ 78. Kb8 Nc6+ 79. Kb7) 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2746"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,101,38,25,30,31,40,40,40,32,43,47,30,36,47,18,38,45,50,26,34,34,42, 40,42,41,32,39,57,32,56,56,60,14,17,7,29,6,10,4,9,0,0,0,11,0,0,-8,8,13,13,26, 10,17,34,0,0,-6,818,814,783,728,737,731,810,816,781,685,701,677,658,640,757, 680,810,794,698,552,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996, 29997,29997,29998]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3 e5 {D07: Queen's Gambit: Chigorin Defence} 9. Bxc4 a6 ( 9... Bd6 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11. O-O Nf4 12. Re1 g5 13. g3 Nh3+ 14. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 (46) Matlakov,M (2701)-Edouard,R (2613) Caleta 2017}) 10. Be2 Bd6 {White is slightly better.} 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qd7 14. Rac1 b5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14... Ng4 15. Nc4 f5 16. Bg5 {0-1 (43) Gulyaev,V (2076)-Aberlenc, T ICCF email 2006}) 15. f3 Nf4 16. Qd1 Rac8 17. Nb3 c6 18. g3 Ng6 19. dxc6 Rxc6 20. Kg2 h6 21. Qd3 Qe6 22. Nd5 Rfc8 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Rfd1 Rxc1 25. Nxc1 Be7 26. Ne2 b4 27. Rc1 Rd8 28. Qc4 Nf8 29. Qc6 Ne6 30. Kf2 Qg6 31. Qxa6 Qh5 32. h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 33. Qb7 Bf8 34. Rc8 gxh4 35. g4 Rxc8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Qg6 $11) 36. gxh5 $18 Rc2 37. Qb5 Rxb2 38. Qxe5 Rxa2 39. f4 b3 40. Kf3 b2 41. Nc3 Ra3 {[#] aiming for ...Rxc3!} 42. Nb1 $1 {[%csl LRa3,LRb2]} Rb3 {White must now prevent ...Bc5.} 43. Qd5 Nc5 44. Ke2 h3 45. Bxc5 {White threatens Qd8! and mate.} h2 {[#]} 46. Qd8 $1 { White mates.} Kh7 47. Qxf8 Rg3 48. Bd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rf8h8]} f6 49. Bxf6 { [%csl Gf6][%cal Rf8h8]} Rg2+ 50. Kd3 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rf8h8]} Rg3+ 51. Kc4 { Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 56%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,99,0,-1,-2,-8,-39,-26,-41,-62,-63,-54,-60,-55,-65,-80,-111,-95,-113, -94,-113,-108,-143,-98,-108,-113,-116,-16,-23,-19,-35,-12,-47,-54,-48,-58,-51, -60,-46,53,57,101,107,103,103,92,95,94,91,96,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Qc2 (4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. Nb3 Bh3 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Bc5 Bd6 17. e3 Rad8 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Bxd6 cxd6 {1-0 (72) Ding,L (2809) -Harikrishna,P (2723) Shenzhen 2019}) 4... g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. a3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} O-O 7. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O e4 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. f3 exf3 11. Nxf3 d6 12. b4 Bf5 13. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 (61) Vovk,Y (2614)-Banusz,T (2608) Slovakia 2018}) 7... d6 8. Bd3 {Black has an edge.} Bg4 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nge4 Nd7 11. f3 Be6 $1 12. g4 f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Ng3 {[%cal Rg3f5]} Nc5 15. Be2 f4 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 {[#]} a5 (17... Ne7 $1 $17 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Nc6) 18. b3 $11 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} 19. Bb2 Nf5 20. exf4 Nd4 21. Bxd4 $1 exd4 22. O-O-O Rxf4 23. Ng3 {Threatening Nh5.} d3 ({Better is} 23... Bf7 $15 24. Nf5 Qf6 25. Nxg7 Kxg7) 24. Bxd3 $14 Qf6 {[#]} 25. Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5f6][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qa1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Qb1 Qxa3+ 27. Kc2 Rf7 ({Avoid the trap} 27... Rxf3 $2 28. Rhg1 $18) 28. Rde1 Bd7 29. Nxg7 ({White should try} 29. Bg6 $16 Rxf3 30. Re7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 29... Rxg7 $11 {The position is equal.} 30. Rhg1 Rxg1 31. Rxg1+ Kf8 32. Bh7 {Rg8+ is the strong threat.} Be6 33. Qe1 Re8 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Bf5+!} 34. Qg3 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg3g7]} Re7 35. Qf4+ Ke8 36. Bg6+ ({ But not} 36. Qxh6 a4 $15) 36... Kd7 {Hoping for ...Qa2+.} 37. Bf5 Qa2+ 38. Kc3 a4 $1 39. Bxe6+ Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 40. Qf7+ Kc6 41. Qxe6 { Qd5+ would kill now.} Qxb3+ 42. Kd4 {Strongly threatening Qe4+.} Qb6+ 43. Kd3 { White threatens Qd5+ and mate.} Qxg1 {KQ-KQ} 44. Qe8+ Kb6 {White must now prevent ...Qb1+.} 45. Qb5+ Ka7 46. Qxa4+ Kb6 47. Qb5+ Ka7 48. Qa4+ Kb6 49. Qb5+ Ka7 50. Qa4+ {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,35,23,32,17,29,12,20,16,31,31,27,35,37,0,0,9,7,9,16,0,10,0,18,0,1,0] } 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. h4 { A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} Bg7 8. h5 Nc6 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. d4 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. Bd3 Rd8 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Ng5 cxd4 14. Qb3 e6 15. exd4 {1-0 (66) Svidler,P (2740)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2702) Nizhnij Novgorod 2013}) 11. Qb3 b6 12. Ng5 O-O $1 {The position is equal.} 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bd3 {[#] And now Bxg6 would win.} Qd6 (14... Na5 $5 {[%cal Ra5b3]} 15. Qd5 Qc6 16. Qxc6 Nxc6 $14) 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Ng5 {Hoping for Bxg6.} Qd6 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Ng5 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2707"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,72,25,29,43,45,45,45,46,53,39,30,52,63,47,34,35,33,39,6,13,0,29,0,0, 0,66,75,71,70,77,81,133,36,72,0,0,0,0,-20,0,-570,-610,-535,-583,-577,-604,-598, -574,-602,-587,-787,-752,-902,-888,-928,-916,-898,-892,-823,-806,-1580,-1556, -964,-944]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qd2 Nc6 { B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} 7. d5 Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4] [%mdl 32]} (7... Nb4 8. a3 Na6 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Bh6 c6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O Qb6 13. Rab1 cxd5 14. exd5 {0-1 (31) Giri,A (2782)-Aronian,L (2767) chess.com INT 2018}) 8. Bh6 c6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. O-O-O cxd5 11. exd5 Bg4 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Rhe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 { 1-0 (28) Vaishali,R (2338)-Mahindrakar,I (2100) New Delhi 2019}) 13... Rc8 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Ne5 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qd3 Qb6 (17... Re8 $11) 18. b3 $14 Na3 19. Rxe7 Qb4 $1 20. Nde2 Rc5 {[#]} (20... a5 $142) 21. Qd4 (21. Qe3 $1 $16) 21... a5 $1 22. Kb2 ({White should try} 22. Rd3 $16 {Strongly threatening g4.} Rfc8 23. Qe3) 22... Rc4 23. Qd3 Rfc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 24. Rc1 b5 25. f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25. Qh3 $1 $11) 25... Rxc3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 26. Nxc3 {[#]} (26. Qxc3 Rxc3) 26... Rxc3 $1 { [%mdl 512]} 27. Qe2 (27. Qxc3 Nc4+) 27... Nc4+ 28. Ka1 Ne5 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Rf1 {[#]} Rc8 {Played: Qb4-d4} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2681"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,79,13,21,14,23,16,26,16,25,20,40,22,25,7,18,8,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-12, -10,-13,-36,-33,-22,-14,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-11,-11,-9,-10,-12,-20, -8,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,-8,9,12,22,22,22,22,22,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (7. Re1 Ba7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 h6 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Ng3 Nh7 16. a4 Nf8 17. b4 {1-0 (54) Nepomniachtchi,I (2774)-Aronian,L (2765) Saint Louis 2019}) 7... Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 {White has an edge.} Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 a5 13. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Nb5 Na7 15. Nxa7 Rxa7 {1-0 (55) Seul,G (2402)-Allen,K (2216) Douglas 2018}) 13... Qe8 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Ne6 Rf7 18. Ng5 Re7 $1 19. Nf1 Rb8 20. Ng3 Qg6 {The position is equal.} 21. Nf3 Qf7 22. Qb5 Ree8 23. Nd2 Nd7 24. Rf3 Qe6 25. Nb3 Na7 26. Qd5 {Hoping for Qxe6.} b6 27. Nd2 Qxd5 28. exd5 Nc8 29. Nge4 Ne7 30. c4 Nc5 31. Raa3 Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Kg8 33. h4 Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 35. g3 Nf5 36. Nc3 Nd4 37. Nb5 Nxb5 38. cxb5 Rf7 39. Kg2 Kf8 40. Rf3 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,107,11,13,14,11,7,0,7,22,29,17,31,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,-12,0,0,0,-75, -81,-81,-72,-60,0,0,0,0,91,66,103,71,62,82,199,188,189,186,230,237,229,243,252, 233,297,293,270,259,259,259,262,262,329,236,229,225,221,165,165,165,163,163, 176,168,256,218,357,355,518,518,593,542,533,526,1201,902,29952,9597,29977, 29977,29997,29972]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Re1 Bd7 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 13. Nf1 {[#]} c5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 13... d5 14. Nxe5 Nxe4 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 {1/2-1/2 (15) Rublevsky,S (2684)-Georgiev,K (2654) Valjevo 2011}) 14. dxc5 dxc5 {The position is equal.} 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Ne3 c4 17. Qe2 Bxe3 18. Bxe3 h6 19. Nd2 b5 20. a4 Qe7 21. Ra2 b4 {Strongly threatening ...b3.} 22. Nxc4 bxc3 23. bxc3 (23. b3 $11) 23... Qc7 $1 $17 24. Bd3 Rad8 $1 {[%cal Rd8d3] ...Rxd3! is the strong threat.} 25. Bb6 Qc8 ({Better is} 25... Qd7 $15 26. Bxd8 Nf4) 26. Bxd8 $11 Rxd8 27. Nb6 Qxc3 ( 27... Qc6 $11 28. Nd5 (28. Rb2 $2 Nf4 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 28... Nxd5 29. exd5 Qxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Bxg6 Qxa2 31. Qxe5 Qxa4) 28. Bc4 $16 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 Nf4 30. Qf1 Nd3 (30... Rd3 $16 {was necessary.} 31. Ne3 Nxe4) 31. Rd1 $18 Qxc4 {[#]} 32. Ra3 $1 Nxe4 33. Raxd3 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 ({Much less strong is} 34. Rxd3 $6 Qc2) 34... Qxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 35. Rc1 g5 36. Qd5 Qd4 37. Qxd4 exd4 {KR-KN} 38. Rc4 Nc3 39. Kf1 Nb5 40. Rc6 Kg7 41. Ke2 { [%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Nc3+ 42. Kd3 Nd5 {aiming for ... Nb4+.} 43. Ke4 Nf4 {[#]} 44. Kf3 $1 a5 45. Ra6 Ne6 (45... d3 $142 46. Rxa5 Kf6) 46. Rxa5 Kg6 (46... d3 $142 47. Ra6 Nf4) 47. g3 h5 (47... d3 $142 48. Ke3 h5 49. Kxd3 h4) 48. Ke4 Kf6 49. Rd5 Kg6 50. Ke5 h4 51. gxh4 Nf4 52. Rd6+ Kh5 53. hxg5 Nd3+ 54. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 42%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,121,12,0,22,0,17,0,16,14,23,20,16,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, -17,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-58,6,0,0,-79,-87,-88,0,0,0,-127,-102, -140,-139,-245,-250,-245,-240,-429,-397,-512,-403,-559,-72,-281,-92,-62,0,0, 179,193,154,170,160,0,82,96,97,-108,-64,-583,-467,-1147,-1095,-1229,-1201, -1170,-1170,-1097,-1060,-29990,-1214,-1176,-1176,-1100,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 e5 8. d3 d6 9. Nbd2 h6 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ng3 Rc8 12. Ba4 Nd7 $146 ( {Predecessor:} 12... Kh7 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 (74) Kasimdzhanov,R (2683)-Moiseenko,A (2667) Riadh 2017}) 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Be3 a6 15. a3 b5 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. b4 Nb6 18. h4 Na4 19. Qb3 h5 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Nf1 Ree8 22. Ng5 Rc7 23. Bd2 Nb6 24. Qa2 Kh8 25. Ne3 f6 26. Nf3 Rec8 27. bxc5 dxc5 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Ne7 30. c4 Nf5 31. Be3 (31. Rb1 $11) 31... Rb7 (31... bxc4 $1 $15 32. Qxc4 Ne7) 32. Qe2 Kh7 33. Rc2 (33. Nd2 $11) 33... bxc4 $1 $17 34. dxc4 Rb3 (34... e4 $17 35. Nd2 Nxe3 36. Qxe3 f5) 35. Rb2 Rxa3 36. Bd2 (36. Nd2 $11) 36... Re8 37. Qe4 Nd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 38. Qe2 (38. Qc2 $17) 38... e4 $19 39. Nh2 f5 $1 40. Rb6 $2 (40. Rc2 {was forced.}) 40... Ra2 41. Nf1 a5 42. Rc1 {[#] With the idea Qe3.} a4 $2 (42... f4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] is more deadly.} 43. Qd1 (43. Bxf4 Rxe2) 43... Bd4) 43. Qd1 $2 (43. Qe3 $17) 43... Ra8 $2 (43... Be5 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. Threatens to win with ...f4.} 44. Be3 Rc8) 44. Bf4 $17 Ne8 (44... Nf7 $15 45. Ng3 Bd4) 45. Rcb1 $11 Ra7 $2 (45... Qe7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 46. Bb8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb8a7]} Ra8 47. Rb7 Qd8 {[#]} 48. g3 $2 (48. Be5 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent Rxg7+!} Qxh4 49. R1b2 Rxb2 50. Bxb2) 48... Nd6 (48... Qf6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 49. Bxd6 Qxd6 {[#]} 50. Ne3 $2 (50. Rxg7+ $1 $16 {stays on course.} Kxg7 51. Rb7+ Kh6 52. Qb1) 50... Qe5 $17 {Strongly threatening ...f4.} 51. Ng2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White has to play } 51. d6 $1 $15 Rd8 52. Qd5 Qxd5 53. Nxd5) 51... a3 $19 52. Nf4 (52. d6 $142 Qc3 53. Rc1) 52... Rb2 53. R1xb2 axb2 54. Kg2 Ra1 55. Qc2 Rc1 56. Qa4 b1=Q ( 56... Qc3 $142 57. Qb3 b1=Q 58. Rxg7+ Kxg7 59. Qxc3+ Rxc3 60. Ne6+ Kg8 61. g4 Qd1 62. Nf4 Qxg4+ 63. Kh1 Qxf4 64. f3 Qg3 65. fxe4 Rc1#) 57. Rxb1 Rxb1 58. Ne6 Qa1 $2 ({Better is} 58... e3 $19 59. Ng5+ Kg8 60. Qa8+ Rb8) 59. Ng5+ $11 { The position is equal.} Kh6 60. Nf7+ Kh7 {( -> ...Rg1+)} 61. Ng5+ {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,139,15,35,0,0,-11,0,-23,4,-25,-21,-13,0,-8,19,-12,-7,0,0,0,0,0,3,-9, -16,-4,0,17,6,-8,-1,-29,-39,-49,-27,-55,-27,-26,-13,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0, 12,-11,-8,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,7,6,0,7,8,28,28,24, 21,22,29,49,49,49,54,52,53,162,158,481,403,397,389,443,435,407,258,823,830,834, 831,822,822,798,799,1144,864,1081,1085,1434,1429,1116,985,912,878,1404,941, 1739,1728,1720,1801,29992,29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (7. Qb3 a5 8. cxd5 a4 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nxa4 Qa5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Bd2 Qa3 15. Qb3 Nc6 {0-1 (54) Cheparinov,I (2709)-Artemiev,V (2709) Skopje 2018}) 7... Na6 8. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Qb3 a5 11. Rd1 b6 12. Na2 Nxa2 13. Qxa2 Ba6 14. Bf1 Rc8 {0-1 (47) Bulatova,K (2009)-Tokarev,I (2323) Kazan 2017}) 8... Bf5 9. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Be4 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qc3 Qb4 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. a5 c5 14. Be5 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Qxc4 16. Nxc4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rc3 Rc5 21. b3 Ne5 22. Ra4 Rac8 (22... Rd8 {is interesting.} 23. e3 Rdd5 24. Ra3 Nb4 25. Ra1 Ned3) 23. f4 Nc6 24. Nxc6 R5xc6 25. Re3 e6 26. Ne5 Rd6 27. Rc4 Rxc4 28. Nxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd5 29. Rc3 Rb5 30. Kf2 h5 31. Ke3 Nb4 {[#] Hoping for ...Nd5+.} 32. Kd2 Nc6 33. Nd6 Rxa5 34. Nxb7 Ra2+ 35. Ke3 Nb4 {White must now prevent ...Nd5+. } 36. Kf3 Nd5 37. Rc8 Nb6 38. Rc6 Kf6 39. Nd6 Ke7 40. Ne4 Nd5 41. Rc5 Ra1 42. Rb5 Rf1+ 43. Kg2 Rc1 44. Ra5 Rc7 45. Kf3 Nf6 46. Nc5 Nd7 47. Nd3 Nb6 48. Ke4 Nd5 49. Kd4 Nc3 50. e4 Ne2+ 51. Ke3 Nc3 52. Nc5 Kd6 (52... Ke8 $14) 53. b4 $18 {Threatens to win with Kd2.} Ke7 $2 (53... Nd1+ $16 54. Kd4 Nf2) 54. Kd3 Nd1 { [#]} 55. Ra2 $1 Rc8 56. Rxa7+ Ke8 57. e5 Rb8 $2 (57... Rd8+ 58. Kc4 Ne3+ 59. Kb3 g5 60. fxg5 Ng4) 58. Nb7 Kf8 59. b5 Nf2+ 60. Kd4 Ng4 61. Nd6 Nxh2 62. Rxf7+ Kg8 63. Re7 {Played: Rf7-f6} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2718"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,69,13,16,10,12,12,18,6,18,10,21,7,14,20,17,18,31,21,57,45,51,46,47,47, 87,81,146,10,4,17,34,17,19,23,50,27,90,92,139,125,225,204,293,286,371,244,260, 253,355,359,335,203,409,409,379,322,416,416,904,904,865,857]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O (5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. d4 exd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bg5 Be7 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 (63) Hou,Y (2658)-Ponomariov,R (2686) Shenzhen 2018}) 5... O-O 6. d3 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} h6 7. a3 Re8 8. Be3 {The position is equal.} Bf8 9. Bc4 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. c4 $146 c6 14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Qd7 17. Qc2 d5 {[#]} (17... Re8 $142) 18. exd5 (18. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5f6]} Rg6 19. c5) 18... cxd5 $11 19. c5 Nc6 20. Rad1 Re8 21. Ne2 Rg6 22. Kh1 Re5 (22... a5 $11) 23. b4 $16 a6 24. Rd2 a5 (24... d4 $16) 25. Nf4 $18 Rf6 (25... Rgg5 $142) 26. b5 Nd8 27. Bd4 Qxb5 28. Qb1 Qe8 (28... Qxb1 { keeps fighting.} 29. Rxb1 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxf4) 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxd5 Qxf4 $2 { [#]} (30... Qc7) 31. Rxd8 Qc7 32. Ra8 Qxc5 33. Rc1 Rb6 (33... Qxa3 $142 34. Rcc8 b6) 34. Rxc5 Rxb1+ 35. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 22%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2681"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,93,20,20,15,32,17,25,25,23,22,22,22,21,19,17,21,18,4,7,4,16,16,19,10, 9,10,30,27,22,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,79,77,67,68,92,53,81,88,106,46,47,0,63,63,63,63, 352,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,9,10,0,0,0,15,12,17,14,95,95,95,88,132,137,132,137,980, 963,29980,29981,29995,29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 (7... h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 d5 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. h3 Rd8 {0-1 (76) Yu,Y (2751)-Harikrishna,P (2723) Shenzhen 2019}) 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 {White has an edge.} Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 a5 13. Nbd2 $146 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} ({ Predecessor:} 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Nb5 Na7 15. Nxa7 Rxa7 {1-0 (55) Seul,G (2402) -Allen,K (2216) Douglas 2018}) 13... Qd7 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ng3 Qf7 16. Qb3 Ra6 17. Rd1 Rb6 18. Qc2 Nh5 19. Nxh5 Qxh5 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 Qf7 22. d5 Nb4 23. Qd2 $1 Na6 (23... exd5 $11 24. exd5 Ra6) 24. dxe6 $16 Qxe6 25. e5 Nb4 26. Nd4 Qe7 { [#]} 27. exd6 $1 Qxd6 28. Qe2 ({White should play} 28. Qe1 $16 {aiming for Ne6. } Nd5 29. Ne6) 28... Nd5 $14 29. Re8 {And now Nf5 would win.} (29. Ne6 $5 { [%cal Re6f8]} Rf7 30. Re5 $14) 29... Rxe8 (29... Nf4 $11 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8) 30. Qxe8+ Qf8 31. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Re5d5]} c6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Qf7 $14) 32. b3 $2 ({Only move:} 32. Ne6 $18 Qf6 33. Qb8+ Kf7 34. Re1 Qxe6 35. Rxe6 Kxe6 36. Qe8+ Kf6 37. g4) 32... Qf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 33. Qe8+ Qf8 34. Qe1 Rb4 35. g3 Qf6 36. Qe8+ Qf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8e8]} 37. Qe5 Qf6 38. Qe8+ Qf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8e8]} 39. Qg6 Qf6 40. Qd3 Kf7 (40... Qe7 $11 {remains equal.}) 41. Nc2 $16 Rb6 42. Ne3 Qe6 {Threatening ...Nxe3.} 43. Nxd5 Qxd5 44. Qe2 Qf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Qe6 $16 45. Qf3+ Kg6) 45. Rd8 $18 {[#] Qe8+ would kill now.} Kg6 46. Qe8+ Kg5 47. f4+ {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 32%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,203,18,25,14,13,6,7,8,12,12,7,5,8,0,18,17,24,12,18,5,13,6,17,0,18,4, 22,14,21,23,47,10,6,0,11,2,8,0,36,39,65,64,45,32,45,37,58,0,67,66,66,73,79,68, 81,0,17,19,28,16,64,29,270,29,70,68,64,64,73,56,64,52,56,56,56,20,56,56,56,56, 56,51,51,51,51,51,51,0,0,0,70,70,126,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,25,25,19,1287, 14,572,775,973,845,592,0,1240,1034,592,588,458,163,29979,29980,29978,6617, 29977,29978,29980,29978,29980,29977,29977,29973,29978,0,29977,0,29978,29979, 29979,29980,29986,29986,29986,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29986, 29986,29986,29987]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} ( 6. O-O {seems wilder.} Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 Bd6 9. Qc2) (6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. a3 Nd7 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nc4 f6 12. Ne3 Nf8 13. Nf5 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 (50) Giri,A (2797)-Topalov,V (2740) Shamkir 2019}) 6... Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nb3 { The position is equal.} Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f6 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 (41) Chandra,A (2510)-Paragua, M (2513) Saint Louis 2018}) 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Nc4 f6 14. b4 Ne6 15. c3 Rad8 16. Qe2 a6 17. g3 Rd7 (17... c5 {keeps more tension.} 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. h4 Qf7 20. Kh2 c6) 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Rfd8 20. Rad1 c5 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. b4 Ne6 23. f4 Nf8 24. f5 Qf7 25. Qc2 b5 26. Rd2 Rd6 27. Rfd1 Nd7 28. c4 ({Better is} 28. d4 $14) 28... c6 (28... Nb8 $1 $11) 29. c5 $14 Rd4 30. Qc3 $36 { [%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent Nc2. White has strong initiative.} a5 31. Nc2 axb4 32. Nxb4 (32. Qa1 $1 $16) 32... Nb8 33. Ra1 h6 34. Ra8 Qh5 35. Kg2 ( 35. Rxb8 $5 Rxb8 36. Nxc6 $16 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 35... Qg5 $2 (35... R4d7 $11) 36. Re2 $2 (36. h4 $18 Qh5 37. Rxb8 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Rxb8 38. Nxc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 36... Kh7 37. Qe1 {Played: Ra8xb8} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.8"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,128,-52,-50,-47,-40,-45,-33,-58,-64,-74,-72,-68,-61,-57,-18,-36,4,3, 0,0,3,11,8,12,14,0,17,0,45,5,49,33,41,45,52,18,58,0,29,38,42,27,42,28,34,0,45, -12,-6,-84,-84,-84,-78,-213,-227,-221,-206,-196,-215,-195,-1,-285,-276,-272, -281,-389,-166,-224,-118,-977,-735,-704,-343,-335,-326,-325,-320,-326,-295, -294,-275,-283,-236,-313,-297,-309,-289,-300,-39,-69,-40,-36,-19,-21,-29,-22, -36,-27,-30,-30,-30,-25,-23,-30,0,-38,0,-31,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 b5 { [%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. Bf4 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} Rfc8 13. h4 (13. Ne3 Qd8 14. h4 h6 15. c3 b4 16. c4 Nb6 17. Rad1 Rc7 18. Ng4 Qf8 19. Qe3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 {0-1 (44) Svidler,P (2760)-Kramnik,V (2800) Moscow 2018}) 13... Qd8 14. h5 h6 $1 15. N1h2 b4 16. Ng4 Bf8 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 16... Qf8 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rab1 a5 19. Ne3 a4 20. c4 bxc3 21. bxc3 {1-0 (35) Minor,V (2032)-Weise,M (2122) Schweinfurt 2019}) 17. Qd2 Ne7 18. Ne3 d4 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. g4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Be7 22. Qg3 Nb6 23. Nfd2 Bd5 24. b3 Rab8 25. a3 Bxg2 26. Qxg2 Nd5 27. Ne4 a5 28. a4 Bg5 29. Qf3 (29. Ned6 $14) 29... Ra8 30. Ned6 Rc7 31. Nb5 Rd7 32. Re4 Qe7 33. Rae1 Rdd8 34. Kg2 (34. Qg3 $14) 34... Rf8 $11 35. Qg3 (35. Nbd6 $11) 35... f5 $17 36. exf6 Rxf6 37. Ne5 (37. Qd6 $17 {might work better.} Qf7 38. Rf1) 37... Bf4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf4g3]} 38. Rxf4 Nxf4+ (38... Rxf4 39. Ng6 $15) 39. Kg1 Raf8 40. Re4 Nd5 $2 ({Better is} 40... Qd8 $19 41. Re1 Nd5) 41. f3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (41. Ng6 $11 {and White stays safe.} Rxg6 42. hxg6) 41... Qd8 $1 42. Kf2 Ne3 43. Ke2 Qb8 (43... Nxc2 $142 44. g5 hxg5 45. Qxg5 Ne3) 44. f4 {[#]} (44. Qh4 $142) 44... Nd5 (44... Qe8 $1 $19 { Strongly threatening ...Nd5.} 45. Ng6 Rxg6 46. hxg6 Qxg6) 45. g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Nd7 $17 Nxf4+ 46. Kd1) 45... Nxf4+ 46. Kd2 hxg5 (46... Nxh5 $142 47. Qh4 Rf4) 47. Nd7 Qd8 48. Nxf8 Rxf8 49. Kc1 Qd5 {aiming for ...Qxe4!} 50. Kb2 Rf7 (50... Nxh5 51. Qe1 $17) 51. Qe1 g4 52. Qg3 Qg5 (52... Nxh5 53. Qxg4 Nf6 54. Qxe6 $15) 53. Nd6 Rf8 54. Nc4 Nxh5 $2 (54... Rf5 $19 55. Nd6 Nxh5 56. Qxg4 Qxg4 57. Rxg4 Rf1) 55. Rxg4 $15 Nxg3 56. Rxg5 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne2 {And now ...Rf1 would win.} 57. Nxa5 ({Don't play} 57. Rxc5 Nc3 $19) 57... Rf1 {( -> ...Nc3)} 58. Nc4 $1 ({Avoid the trap} 58. Rxc5 $2 Nc3 $19) 58... Nc3 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rf1b1]} (58... Rd1 $5 59. Rg2 $8 (59. Rxc5 $2 Nc3 $19) 59... Nc3 $11) 59. Nd2 Rd1 60. Rg2 Rh1 61. a5 Nd1+ 62. Ka2 Nc3+ 63. Kb2 Nd1+ 64. Ka2 Nc3+ {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.8"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,63,0,11,16,18,0,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,21,12,0,0,0,0,-35,-35,-121, -116,-95,-104,-316,-315,-449,-72,-64,-73,-76,-79,-58,-35,-51,-35,-49,0,-641, -644,-905,-836,-857,-852,-845,-767,-756]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Qe8 8. a4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (8. O-O e5 9. Bh2 Qe7 10. a4 Re8 11. a5 a6 12. Nbd2 e4 13. Ne1 Nf8 14. Qb3 h5 15. Nc2 N8h7 16. c4 Ng5 17. Kh1 c6 18. Qa3 {1-0 (50) Kamsky,G (2666)-Ragger,M (2701) Germany 2019}) 8... a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... e5 9. Bh2 Kh8 10. O-O Ng8 11. Na3 a6 12. a5 f5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nc4 e4 { 1/2-1/2 (84) Simeonidis,I (2266)-Dounis,A (2186) Chalkida 2009}) 9. O-O b6 ( 9... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5f4]} 10. Bh2 b6 $11) 10. Na3 {White has an edge.} Bb7 11. Bh2 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 e5 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Qc2 f5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Rd4 {[#]} (19. Nd4 $15) 19... Qg5 $1 $17 {[%csl Gb7] [%cal Rg5g2][%mdl 512]} 20. g3 Qh6 21. Kh2 $2 (21. Rh4 $17 Qg7 22. Nd4) 21... g5 $1 $19 22. Qd1 {[#]} (22. Rf1 $142 Kh8 23. Qc1) 22... Rf6 $2 ({Not} 22... g4 23. h4 $17) (22... Ng4+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] has better winning chances.} 23. Rxg4 (23. Bxg4 fxg4) 23... fxg4 24. Bc4+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 23. f4 $17 Nf7 24. fxg5 Qxg5 {And now ...Re8 would win.} 25. Rf4 Kh8 26. Qg1 Ne5 27. Raf1 Rh6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 28. Rxf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28. Qf2 $11) 28... Qg4 $1 $19 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh6h3][%mdl 576] Double Attack, Pin. Black is clearly winning.} 29. Rf8+ (29. Bxg4 Nxg4#) 29... Rxf8 30. Rxf8+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh6h3][%mdl 512]} 31. Rf7+ Kxf7 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh6h3] } 32. Qf1+ {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 53%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.18"] [Round "3.8"] [White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,84,19,24,27,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,-32,-24,-36,0,-40,-49, -49,-49,-73,-83,-79,-74,-145,-119,-201,-198,-192,-195,-269,-271,-352,-317,-357, -341,-395,-382,-389,-403,-344,-212,-218,-212,-219,-218,-214,-202,-212,-216, -215,-216,-228,-159,-234,-216,-234,881]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. d4 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (12. Rac1 Rfe8 13. d4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 cxd4 17. exd4 Qb7 18. Ne3 Rac8 19. Ba3 Bf8 20. d5 e5 {1/2-1/2 (34) Vachier Lagrave,M (2722)-Caruana,F (2711) Biel 2011}) 12... Ne4 13. d5 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 {The position is equal.} exd5 15. cxd5 Bf6 16. Rac1 Rfe8 17. Nh4 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6e4,Be4c3] [%mdl 32] [#]} 19. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. b4 a5 20. bxc5 bxc5 {1/2-1/2 (70) Dizdarevic,E (2530)-Papaioannou,I (2520) Elista 1998}) 19... b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 20. h3 g6 21. Rcc1 Qe7 22. Re1 (22. e4 $5) 22... Ne4 23. Nf3 Qf6 24. Rc2 b4 25. Nh2 Nc3 26. Ng4 {[#]} (26. e4 $142) 26... Qg7 $1 $17 27. e4 {[#]} (27. f4 $17) 27... f5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5g4][%mdl 512]} 28. Ne3 (28. exf5 Rxe1+) 28... fxe4 29. Qf1 (29. Qd2 $142) 29... a5 30. Nc4 Ba6 31. Rd2 a4 32. h4 axb3 33. axb3 Qf6 34. Bh3 e3 35. fxe3 {Black is clearly better.} Qxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Bxc4 37. Bxc4 Re5 38. Rf2 Ne4 39. Rg2 Kg7 40. Rf1 Rf8 41. Rxf8 (41. g4 $17) 41... Kxf8 42. g4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.20"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2671"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,139,0,15,15,5,5,24,0,2,1,35,20,37,32,40,36,37,32,35,37,34,40,43,31, 23,34,48,18,16,9,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,2,6,86,86,86, 86,86,86,86,86,94,75,75,75,75,75,75,0,76,0,75,76,83,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,75,75, 75,75,75,75,75,75,82,75,82,52,60,67,67,41,41,41,41,41,48,48,49,49,49,49,49,0, 49,48,56,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. h3 g5 15. Bxg5 Nxe5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 {1/2-1/2 (32) Yu,Y (2751)-Ding,L (2809) Shenzhen 2019}) 9... a5 10. a3 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Ba6 13. Qa4 Ne4 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Nd6 16. Qd3 a4 {1-0 (49) Gelfand, B (2673)-Saric,I (2695) St Petersburg 2018}) 11. e3 {White has an edge.} Re8 12. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} a4 13. b4 Ne4 14. c5 Bf6 15. Nc3 e5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Bg4 21. Ra2 Qe7 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Rd4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Be2 25. Qc3 Qe6 26. Qc2 Bd3 27. Qxa4 Qa2 28. Bf1 Re5 {White must now prevent ...Rf5.} 29. Qd1 Rf5 30. Qe1 $1 Qxa3 31. Ra1 $36 { [%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qb2 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. Rd8 Bxf1 34. Kxf1 Rd5 (34... Qb3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35. Rxd5 $16 cxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KQ-KQ} 36. Qd1 $1 Qxb4 37. Qxd5 Kg8 38. Kg2 g6 39. g4 Qb1 40. h3 Kg7 41. Qe5+ Kh7 42. Qd5 Kg7 $1 43. Qe5+ Kh7 $1 44. Qe8 Kg7 45. Qb8 {Hoping for c6!} Qb5 46. Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kg8 47. Qxe4 Qxc5 48. Qxb7 h5 49. Qb8+ Kg7 50. Kg3 hxg4 51. hxg4 Qc1 52. Qe5+ Kh7 53. Kg2 Qc6+ 54. e4 Qd7 55. Qf4 Kg7 56. g5 Qd4 57. Kg3 Qc3+ 58. Kg4 Qc8+ 59. Kf3 Qc3+ 60. Qe3 Qa1 61. Kg2 Qe5 62. Kf3 (62. f4 {keeps more tension.} Qd6 63. Kg3 Qd1 64. Qc3+ Kh7 65. Qf3) 62... Qa1 63. Kf4 Qb2 64. Qc5 {aiming for Qe5+.} Qd2+ 65. Kg3 Qd3+ 66. f3 Qd2 67. Qe5+ Kg8 68. Qf6 Qe1+ 69. Kf4 Qc1+ 70. Kg4 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.20"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,103,16,6,6,0,14,12,6,11,10,10,8,0,0,0,4,0,14,0,22,8,10,4,6,10,6,7,7, 0,0,8,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,108,108,95,20,14,12,55, 16,34,28,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 b4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 13. Nc2 O-O (13... a5 14. Qf3 Be6 15. Rd1 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bd3 Kf8 19. g3 g6 20. h4 h5 21. O-O Kg7 {1/2-1/2 (34) Karjakin,S (2748)-Radjabov,T (2759) Moscow 2019}) 14. g3 {[#]} Bg5 $146 (14... a5 15. h4 Be6 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Nce3 Nd4 18. O-O-O g6 19. Kb1 h5 20. f4 {0-1 (44) Nepomniachtchi,I (2720)-Yu,Y (2715) Havana 2015}) ({Predecessor:} 14... a5 15. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 (47) Enders,P (2460)-Bobras,P (2531) Germany 2015}) 15. Bg2 a5 16. O-O Ne7 17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Be6 19. b3 Ra7 20. Qd3 Nc6 21. Rfd1 Nd4 22. Nc2 Nxc2 23. Qxc2 a4 24. Rab1 Qb6 25. Rd2 axb3 26. axb3 Rfa8 27. h3 h6 28. Rbd1 Ra1 29. Kh2 Qc5 30. Bf3 ({ Avoid the trap} 30. Rxd6 $2 R8a2 $19) 30... f6 31. Rxa1 ({Don't blunder} 31. Rxd6 $2 R8a2 $19) (31. Bh5 {seems wilder.} R1a3 32. Qd3 R8a6 33. Be8 Ra2 34. Qe2) 31... Rxa1 32. Qd3 Ra6 33. Bg4 Bf7 34. Bd7 Kf8 35. Bb5 Ra3 36. Kg2 Kg8 37. Qf3 Kh8 38. h4 Ra8 (38... Qc7 $11 {remains equal.}) 39. Qg4 $16 Qc7 {[#]} 40. h5 (40. Bd7 $1 $16) 40... Kg8 $11 41. Qd1 Rd8 42. Kh2 Be6 43. g4 Kh7 44. Ra2 Qb7 {The position is equal.} 45. f3 Ra8 $1 {[%cal Ra8a2]} 46. Rxa8 Qxa8 47. Qxd6 Qa2+ 48. Kg3 Qxb3 49. g5 Qe3 50. g6+ Kh8 {[#] ( -> ...Qg1+)} 51. Qxe6 { [%cal Re6e8]} Qg1+ 52. Kh3 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.20"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C99"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2729"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 32,83,32,28,36,21,23,28,50,43,18,32,24,16,7,23,43,19,20,20,18,20,17,18, 16,14,33,29,27,0,0,0,37,31,64,76,95,69,173,165,165,174,167,166,158,170,234,235, 232,224,302,302,270,204]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Rac8 {C99: Closed Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defence: 11 d4 Qc7 12 Nbd2 cxd4} (17... Qb7 18. a3 Rfe8 19. Bd3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 21. Bb1 b4 22. f4 Ng6 23. Qf3 bxa3 24. bxa3 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 {1-0 (44) Saric,I (2695)-Akopian,V (2650) St Petersburg 2018}) 18. Bd3 Qb7 19. Qe2 h6 {White has an edge.} 20. a3 (20. Bxb5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxc1 $17) 20... exd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22... Rfe8 23. Rb1 Bd8 24. b3 Qa6 25. Nf3 {1-0 (44) Vertongen,W (2379)-Palmkoeck,W (2334) ICCF email 2004}) 23. Rxc1 b4 24. Nc4 (24. Ba6 {with more complications.} Qb8 25. Qd3 bxa3 26. bxa3 Re8 27. Rb1) 24... bxa3 $1 25. bxa3 Bb5 26. Nxd6 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 (27. Nxb7 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Bxe2 28. Re1 Bb5 $19) 27... Bxd6 28. Bxf6 Bf4 29. Rb1 Qc7 30. Bc3 Rd8 31. Qf3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Rc8 32. Bb4 Qc1+ 33. Qd1 Qc4 34. g3 Qxe4 (34... Be5 $14) 35. gxf4 $18 {And now Rc1 would win.} Rc6 {[#] ...Rg6+ is the strong threat.} 36. f5 $1 Qxf5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rg6+.} 37. Bd6 $1 Qxh3 38. Rb4 Rc3 (38... Qd7 {was worth a try.}) 39. Rd4 ({Not} 39. Rxa4 Rd3 $11) 39... Kh7 40. Qxa4 ({Stronger than} 40. Rxa4 Rd3 $11) 40... Qf3 41. Qd1 Qc6 {aiming for ...Rc1.} 42. Qf1 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 58%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.20"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,50,11,13,11,12,20,8,47,13,18,20,19,18,21,21,24,21,18,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Qe8 (12... Ne8 13. d5 c6 14. Qd1 b6 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nc4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 (40) Anand, V (2774)-Caruana,F (2819) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 13. Qxe8+ Nxe8 14. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd3 d5 15. Bf4 Be7 16. Nd2 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Re1 { 1/2-1/2 (30) Osmak,I (2410)-Moskalenko,V (2504) Linares 2018}) 14... d5 15. Nd2 Be7 16. Re1 Kf8 17. Bd3 Bd6 {The position is equal.} 18. Bxd6+ (18. Bg5 { is interesting.} h6 19. Be3 c6 20. Nf3 Be6 21. h3) 18... Nxd6 19. f3 ({Much weaker is} 19. Bxh7 g6 $17) 19... Bf5 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 $11 {KRN-KRN} 21. Re5 Ne7 22. Re1 Nf5 23. Re5 Ne7 24. Re1 Nf5 25. Re5 Ne7 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.20"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "175"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,175,8,8,8,15,7,9,2,8,4,13,8,10,9,12,0,9,9,8,10,12,2,10,11,13,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,16,8,14,6,6,0,0,0,7,10,8,9,17,6,12,10,17,17,35,42,42,41,42,42,40,35, 102,99,99,99,99,99,105,96,97,100,97,96,112,105,113,73,118,92,92,92,93,92,94,94, 94,94,94,94,140,139,139,87,87,87,140,133,133,87,126,77,109,77,77,77,77,77,88, 88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,8,8,8,29967, 29967,29967,29970,29977,29978,29977,29976,29972,29973,5093,1703,200,200,29985, 29986,29986,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29986,29987]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Nxf6 13. Rfd1 Bd5 14. Qd3 {The position is equal.} Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6 {[#]} 16. Kg2 $146 ({Predecessor: } 16. e3 a5 17. Rac1 Nd5 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Qc2 Nb4 {1/2-1/2 (32) Zhao,J (2601) -Wang,Y (2690) China 2018}) 16... Qa5 17. e3 Rfd8 18. Qc4 Rac8 19. Rab1 Nd5 20. Qb3 Qb4 21. Qc2 a5 22. h4 Nf6 23. h5 Rc7 24. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2f4,Bf4d3] [%mdl 32]} Qb6 25. Nf4 Nd5 26. Rbc1 Bd6 27. Nd3 Nb4 28. Qb3 Rcd7 29. Be4 Qc7 30. Rh1 Nxd3 31. Bxd3 Be7 32. Bb1 Qd6 33. Qc2 {Intending Qh7+ and mate.} Bf6 34. Qc5 Qxc5 (34... e5 {feels hotter.} 35. Bf5 Re7 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. dxe5 Rxe5 38. Bc8 Rd2) 35. Rxc5 Rd5 {Black wants to play ...Rxc5.} 36. Rc4 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 37. Be4 R5d7 {[%cal Re5d4]} 38. dxe5 Bxe5 39. b4 axb4 40. Rxb4 Ra8 ( 40... Re7 $14) 41. Rhb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Ra7 42. Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5d7]} Re7 43. Bc8 c5 44. Rb5 Rc7 45. Bxb7 Rxa4 46. Bd5 Kf8 47. f4 Bc3 48. e4 Bd4 49. e5 {Strongly threatening Rb7.} c4 50. Rb8+ Ke7 51. R1b7 { [%cal Rb7c7]} Ra7 {Hoping for ...c3.} 52. Bc6 $1 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rb8e8]} f5 { Threatens to win with ...Raxb7.} 53. Rxc7+ $1 Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB } 54. Ba4 $1 Ra7 55. Rb4 Rc7 {[#]} 56. Kf3 (56. Bc2 $142 $1) 56... Ke6 57. Bc2 Ba7 (57... Bc5 $142 58. Rxc4 Bb6) 58. Ra4 Bb6 59. Ke2 Kd5 60. Bxf5 Ra7 61. Rxa7 (61. Rb4 {is more complex.} Bc5 62. Rb8 Ra3 63. Rd8+ Kc6 64. e6) 61... Bxa7 { KB-KB} 62. Kf3 Bc5 63. Bh7 c3 64. Kg4 Bf2 65. Bg8+ Kc6 {And now ...c2 would win.} 66. Bb3 Kd7 67. Kf3 Be1 68. g4 Bd2 69. Ke4 Ke7 70. Kf5 Be3 71. g5 hxg5 72. Kxg5 Bd2 73. Kg4 Be3 74. Kf3 Bd2 75. h6 (75. Bd1 $16) 75... gxh6 $11 76. f5 c2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (76... Bg5 $11) 77. f6+ Kf8 78. Bxc2 Bc3 79. Kf4 h5 80. Bd1 h4 {[#]} 81. Bg4 $1 Ba5 82. Kf5 (82. e6 $142 Bd2+ 83. Kf5) 82... Bc7 83. e6 Bd8 $2 (83... Bd6 $18 84. Bh3 Bb4) 84. Bh5 {White mates.} h3 85. Bg4 h2 86. Bf3 Kg8 87. Kg6 Kf8 88. Bc6 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 49%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.20"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,119,17,15,16,15,25,19,30,32,37,35,47,31,53,39,48,46,51,44,39,23,39, 38,52,43,35,37,40,45,81,45,50,52,56,47,69,78,79,60,123,63,72,70,58,37,100,100, 125,122,215,193,222,120,117,103,234,214,313,314,312,307,305,293,262,262,368, 379,373,379,376,368,381,365,502,500,482,497,543,533,500,372,748,741,5214,5097, 5322,5311,1312,696,694,672,711,612,654,0,695,641,621,616,673,656,29993,29994, 29997,29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4} 10. f4 f5 11. Be3 Be6 {The position is equal.} 12. a4 Qd7 13. Qf3 {[#]} Rfd8 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 13... b6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. h3 c6 16. c4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 { 1-0 (48) Moll,R (2642)-Stalmach,K (2562) ICCF email 2012}) 14. Rfd1 c5 15. Kh1 g6 16. h3 Qc7 17. Qf2 b6 18. Qe1 Kh8 19. Be2 Rg8 20. Bf3 Rad8 21. a5 b5 22. a6 Rd7 23. Rdb1 Rb8 24. Bf2 Rdd8 25. Qe2 Qb6 26. Rb2 Rd7 27. Qf1 Rc7 ({Black should try} 27... d4 $1 $14) 28. Be2 (28. Qd1 $16) 28... Bd7 $14 29. Qd1 Qe6 30. Ra5 Kg7 (30... Be8 $14) 31. Qa1 $16 g5 32. Bxb5 Rxb5 (32... Bxb5 $16 { keeps fighting.} 33. Rbxb5 Rxb5 34. Rxb5 gxf4) 33. Raxb5 $18 Bxb5 34. Rxb5 (34. Qa5 $18 Rc8 35. Rxb5 gxf4 36. Rb7 (36. Bxc5 Bxc5 37. Rxc5 Qxe5 $11)) 34... gxf4 $16 35. Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ra5c7]} Qxe5 (35... Qc6 $16) 36. Rb7 $18 Rxb7 (36... Bd6 {was worth a try.} 37. Rxc7+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Bxc7 38. Qxc5 Kg6) 37. axb7 f3 {( -> ...Bd6)} 38. gxf3 ({Avoid the trap} 38. Qxa7 $2 Qe2 $1 $19 { [%mdl 512]}) 38... Bd6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re5h2]} 39. Kg2 Qh2+ 40. Kf1 Qxh3+ ( 40... Qh1+ {was called for.} 41. Ke2 Qb1) 41. Ke2 Qh2 42. Qxa7 Kf6 43. Qa8 { Played: Qa7-b6} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.20"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2707"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,83,3,36,21,39,38,75,58,70,77,72,61,67,43,39,23,32,15,22,-75,-67,-73, -59,-55,-67,-85,-83,-86,-84,-75,-75,-59,-55,-75,-90,-62,-26,-91,46,46,57,47,50, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-42,0,0,0,15,225,227,757,724,761,704,29975,29976,29978,29977, 29977,29978,29978,29977,29990,29991]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O g6 8. Na4 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (8. d3 Bg7 9. Be3 Ne6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Bh6 b6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ng5 Nxg5 15. Qxg5 Bb7 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 {1/2-1/2 (59) Harika,D (2492)-Sebag,M (2476) chess.com INT 2019}) 8... Ne6 9. d3 Ncd4 10. Be3 {White is better.} Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qd6 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nc5 Qb6 17. Qa4+ Kf7 18. Bd5+ e6 19. Bxb7 {1-0 (19) Endzelins,L-Nikkanen,P Finland 1977}) 12. Nxc5 Nf5 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bc5 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. Rxb7 (16. Qd2 $11) 16... Qc8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc8b7]} 17. Rb5 a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 18. Ra5 Bc3 19. Qa4 {[#]} Rb8 $1 20. d4 Bxa5 21. Qxa5 Rb2 22. e4 Nd6 23. Qa3 Rxa2 24. Qe3 f6 25. Rc1 (25. h4 $11 { remains equal.}) 25... Qd7 (25... Qb7 $17 26. d5 Bd7) 26. d5 $14 Bh3 27. Bxh3 $1 Qxh3 28. Bxd6 (28. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e6]}) 28... exd6 29. Nd4 Rc8 30. Nc6 { Strongly threatening Ne7+.} Re8 31. Nd4 Rc8 32. Rb1 Ra4 (32... Qd7 $15) 33. Ne6 $1 $11 {Hoping for Qa7!} Rac4 34. Re1 g5 $2 {[#]} (34... a5 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 35. e5 $1 $40 {[%cal Re5d6][%mdl 640] Black is in trouble.} dxe5 $2 (35... Qh5) 36. Qa7 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Ra7g7]} Qh6 37. d6 Rc1 38. Rxc1 {White mates.} Rxc1+ 39. Kg2 g4 40. h4 gxh3+ 41. Kh2 Qg6 42. Qa8+ { Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 40%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.20"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,62,5,7,-5,9,18,17,10,15,8,8,9,9,15,11,9,14,16,15,17,15,16,28,0,0,0, 14,0,2,0,4,4,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 { C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Bb7 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bf4 {[%cal Re5d6]} Nc5 {[#]} 15. exd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Ne6 17. Bg3 dxe5 18. Qc4 Bc5 {1/2-1/2 (44) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Ding,L (2777) Huaian 2017}) 15... Bxd6 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Ne6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Rc8 21. Re2 a5 {The position is equal.} 22. g3 h6 23. b3 Rc6 24. Rd1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d2,Bd2d6][%mdl 32]} Qc7 25. Rdd2 Rc8 26. h4 (26. Kf1 { seems wilder.} Rd8 27. Kg2 Rc3 28. Qh4 Rc8 29. Kg1) 26... Rc5 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Rxc2 30. Rd5 Rc3 31. Rxa5 Rxb3 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.21"] [Round "4.2"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,60,22,17,27,29,12,17,12,0,7,-16,-12,-10,-6,-18,-27,-13,-18,-23,-25, -7,-7,-21,-22,-6,-12,-77,-94,-76,-14,-9,-10,-10,0,0,0,-8,-5,-8,0,-12,-11,-13,0] } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 h6 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations} 11. Nbd2 exd4 (11... Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. h3 Qc7 16. d5 c4 17. Nh4 g6 18. Be3 Nb7 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Rf1 Qd8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. f4 Bg7 {1-0 (43) Caruana,F (2828)-Hansen,E (2615) chess.com INT 2019}) 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nf1 c5 {[#]} 14. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ng3 c4 15. Bc2 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 Re8 17. d5 Ng4 18. axb5 axb5 {1/2-1/2 (42) Shevchenko,K (2502) -Gozzoli,Y (2594) Benasque 2017}) 14... dxe5 15. dxe5 Nh7 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 {Hoping for Qxd8.} Qxd1 {[#]} 18. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 (18... Rxf7 19. Rxd1) 19. Rxd1 Bf6 20. Bd2 Nd3 21. Bc3 c4 22. Bxf6 (22. Ne3 $11 {remains equal. }) 22... Nxf6 $17 23. b3 {[#]} Ne4 ({Black should try} 23... Nf4 $1 $17 { [%cal Rf4e2]} 24. Ng3 cxb3) 24. bxc4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} bxc4 25. Ne3 Nexf2 26. Rf1 Ne4 27. Nxc4 {Threatens to win with Nfe5+.} Kg8 28. Nfe5 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Nc5 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.21"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,81,1,7,14,26,12,-2,-8,-12,-19,4,-14,-13,-21,-4,-10,0,0,1,-50,-39,-39, -49,-64,-17,-58,0,-4,0,-17,-22,-30,0,-17,29,33,54,42,31,59,68,26,29,11,246,224, 249,230,514,503,386,380,525,493,779,771,896,871,904,772,755,735,1476,1496,1338, 1260,29984,29985,29991,29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. O-O {The position is equal.} g5 11. Bg3 Nd7 12. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd5 Nf8 13. Nc4 h5 14. h4 g4 15. Ne1 Ng6 { 1/2-1/2 (52) Martirosyan,H (2616)-Hovhannisyan,R (2634) Yerevan 2019}) 12... Nf8 $1 13. b5 Nd8 14. d4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Ng6 15. h3 h5 16. Bd5 (16. Re1 $11) 16... c6 17. Bb3 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 (18... hxg4 $6 19. Nh2 $14) 19. Qb1 Rc8 ( 19... h4 $15 20. Bh2 h3) 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Qd3 h4 22. Bh2 Ne6 23. Bd1 {[%cal Rf3e5] Threatens to win with Nxe5.} Nef4 24. Qxa6 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxe5.} O-O 25. Nxe5 dxe5 26. Bxg4 Qg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5g4]} 27. Bf3 (27. Qxa7 $2 Qxg4 28. g3 Rb8 $19) (27. Bxf4 $5 Nxf4 28. Bf3 $14) 27... Ra8 $1 28. Qc4 { Black must now prevent Kh1.} Nxg2 $2 {[#]} (28... h3 $11 29. Bxf4 Qxf4) 29. Kh1 $18 {Hoping for Rg1.} (29. Bxg2 h3 $17) 29... Qxd2 30. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d3, Bd3f3,Bf3f4,Bf4g4,Bg4h4][%mdl 32]} ({Less strong is} 30. Bxg2 exd4 31. cxd4 ( 31. Qxc6 Qxc3 32. Qf6 h3 $14) 31... Qxd4 $16) 30... Ne3 $2 (30... Qc2) 31. fxe3 (31. Rxd2 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Nxc4 32. Ra2 exd4 $19) 31... Qxe3 32. Rd3 Qh6 33. Bg4 Rae8 (33... exd4 $142 34. cxd4 Rad8) 34. Rdf3 Re7 35. Bf5 Nf4 36. Bxf4 exf4 37. Rxf4 Rb8 38. Rg4+ Kf8 39. Bg6 {[%cal Rf1f7]} Rbb7 40. Qxc6 Qe3 41. Rxh4 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 39%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.21"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. bxc3 { [%emt 0:00:07]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:07] } 8. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 9. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} O-O { [%emt 0:04:45]} 10. d5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 11. Nxe5 {[%emt 0: 00:20]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:21]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 13. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Qa5 { [%emt 0:02:25]} 15. h4 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 16. h5 {[%emt 0: 04:16]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:07:54]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 18. hxg6 {[%emt 0:24:49]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 19. Bg4 {[%emt 0:15:28]} f5 { [%emt 0:07:25]} 20. Bh3 {[%emt 0:09:33]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 21. Qxa4 { [%emt 0:04:23]} Bxa4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 22. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rf7 {[%emt 0: 18:25]} 23. Rb6 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 24. Rf3 {[%emt 0:04:25]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 25. Re6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 26. Rg3 { [%emt 0:06:43]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 27. f5 {[%emt 0:04:08]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:52] } 28. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:09:24]} 29. d6 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Bb6+ { [%emt 0:01:02]} 30. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 31. Rg6 {[%emt 0: 03:00]} e3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 32. R3xg5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rgg7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 33. Rxg7+ {[%emt 0:03:09]} Rxg7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 34. Rh5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 35. f6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:08:50]} 36. Rh8+ { [%emt 0:01:32]} Kxh8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 37. fxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0: 00:07]} 38. Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 39. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 40. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bd7 { [%emt 0:03:40]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:24] } 43. Bb3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.21"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,64,10,8,0,2,0,1,0,0,4,3,25,15,20,11,15,13,18,15,30,12,12,5,18,0,0,0, 9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nc3 Bf5 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} (10... Bg4 11. Bxc6 Nxc3 12. bxc3 bxc6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qd7 16. Qe2 Rab8 17. Bc5 e6 18. h4 {1/2-1/2 (30) Nevednichy,V (2562)-Deac,B (2497) Olanesti 2016}) 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nh4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12. Na4 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14. Be3 Bg4 15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ng5 17. Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qb5 Nxf3+ {1/2-1/2 (43) Bronstein,D-Tseshkovsky,V Kishinev 1975}) 12... e6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nxc3.} 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Na4 c5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. f4 {White wants to play Be3.} Qxc5+ 18. Be3 d4 19. Rac1 Qd5 {The position is equal.} 20. Rfd1 {next b4 is good for White.} Qxa2 21. Ra1 Qb3 22. Rxd4 Rfb8 23. Rd3 Qb7 24. Bc5 Bf8 25. b4 a5 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. bxa5 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 Qb6+ 29. Qf2 Qb1+ 30. Qf1 Qb6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 31. Qf2 Qb1+ 32. Qf1 Qb6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.21"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 26,59,2,0,6,6,6,4,6,6,11,11,12,0,0,-7,-8,-12,-7,-12,-10,-11,-11,-16,9,9, 9,9,13,0,9,0,13,0,4,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Rd8 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 15. Rc7 (15. Ke2 Na6 16. Be3 Rac8 17. a3 e6 18. h4 Nb8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3 Nc6 21. h5 g5 22. g4 {1/2-1/2 (51) Schwenck,M (2524)-Mueller,R (2536) GER email 2015}) 15... Rd7 16. Rxd7 Nxd7 17. Ke2 Nf6 18. d5 Nd7 19. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Bb4 f5 20. exf5 a5 21. Bd2 Bxd5 22. fxg6 Bxa2 23. gxh7+ {0-1 (44) Farmer,W-Hoegerl,G DESC email 2004}) 19... Rc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Nc5 22. Ba3 Nxd3 23. Kxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Kf8 24. Nd4 Bxd4 (24... Ke8 {is interesting.} 25. f4 Ba6+ 26. Kc3 Bf1 27. g3 Bg2) 25. Kxd4 {KB-KB} Ke8 26. Bc1 Kd7 27. Ba3 Ke8 28. Bc1 Kd7 29. Ba3 Ke8 30. Bc1 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.21"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,61,27,16,17,0,37,22,40,34,48,43,41,50,63,54,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 40,0,2,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-16,0,-13,-25,-68,-68,-64,-75,-60,-16,-24,-31,-27,0,-3] } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nbd7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nc6 12. Be2 Nge5 13. h4 gxh4 14. Bxh4 {0-1 (35) Alekseenko,K (2638)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) St Petersburg 2018}) 7. Be3 h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nd5 e6 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. f3 Be7 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O {1/2-1/2 (44) Neiksans,A (2628)-Van Kampen,R (2640) Baku 2016}) 8. a4 g6 9. a5 Bg7 10. Be2 b5 11. axb6 $1 Nxb6 12. h3 Qc7 13. Qd4 (13. O-O $14) 13... Rb8 $11 14. Bxa6 (14. O-O {seems wilder.} O-O 15. Qd3 Be6 16. Rxa6 Nfd7 17. Nb5) 14... O-O $1 15. Qd3 Bxa6 16. Rxa6 Nc4 17. Bc1 e6 18. O-O Nd7 19. Rd1 Rfc8 20. Qe2 Rb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 21. Rxb6 Qxb6 22. Qd3 Nde5 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. Qd3 Nde5 25. Qg3 Nc6 26. Ne2 Nxb2 27. Rxd6 Qb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4e1] [#] And now ...Qe1+ would win.} 28. Nd2 Nc4 29. Nxc4 Qxc4 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.21"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2730"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,81,24,21,25,30,25,25,27,31,31,37,18,37,43,42,27,35,36,33,36,39,43,40, 50,45,44,72,65,151,151,142,137,210,188,206,210,197,197,178,189,321,335,312,319, 323,322,303,192,514,528,670,454,510,512,720,662,727,719,703,688,765,743,714, 739,735,738,743,688,767,751,889,890,1702,1581]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Qd6 8. Qg5 {White has an edge.} Nbd7 9. exd5 cxd5 10. d4 e4 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nc3 Nb6 13. f3 {[#]} Be6 $146 14. O-O-O Rac8 15. Qd2 a6 16. Rhe1 exf3 17. gxf3 Nfd7 18. h4 f6 ({Black should try} 18... Kh8 $14) 19. Nd3 $16 Bf7 20. Qf4 Rc6 (20... Qxf4+ $16 21. Nxf4 Rfe8 22. Ncxd5 (22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Ncxd5 Kf8 $16) 22... Nxd5 23. Bxd5 (23. Nxd5 Kf8 $16) 23... Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Kf7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8) 21. Qxd6 $18 Rxd6 {[#]} 22. Nc5 $1 Rb8 23. Re7 {Black must now prevent N3e4!} Kf8 24. Rde1 Nxc5 (24... f5 {was worth a try.} 25. a4 Bg8) 25. dxc5 Rd7 26. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 27. cxb6 Rbd8 28. Nxd5 Kg6 $2 {[#]} (28... Rxd5 {is a better chance.} 29. Rd1 { [%mdl 64] Pin} (29. Bxd5+ Rxd5 30. a4 Rd4 $11) 29... Ke6) 29. c4 {White is clearly winning.} Kh5 30. Re4 Rc8 {intending ...Rxd5.} 31. Kd2 g5 32. Ke3 Rf7 33. hxg5 fxg5 34. Ba4 Kh6 35. Be8 Rf8 36. Bd7 Rb8 37. b4 Kg6 38. Nc7 Rfd8 39. Re7 Rh8 40. Be8+ Kf6 41. Nd5+ {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 43%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.21"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2811"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,119,14,15,9,9,5,5,10,7,7,13,8,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-62,0,0,0,0,0,-8, -9,0,0,0,36,41,48,40,95,89,89,89,85,90,87,83,75,41,76,76,74,79,66,35,43,35,35, 35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,28,28,28,42,42,54,39,46,35,37,21,24,20,20,20,22,18,23, 13,12,8,10,8,13,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 $146 (11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 {1/2-1/2 (43) Giri,A (2797)-Ding,L (2809) Shenzhen 2019}) 11... Qa7 12. d4 exd4 13. Bxc6 $1 { [%cal Rc3d4]} dxc3 14. Ba4 $1 Bxf2+ 15. Kh2 Bxe1 16. Qxe1 d5 17. Be3 ({White should try} 17. Ng3 $11) 17... Qa6 (17... Qb8 $15 18. bxc3 Nxe4) 18. e5 $1 $11 {[%cal Re5f6]} Ne4 19. bxc3 Qc4 20. Bb3 Qxc3 21. N1d2 $1 a4 22. Rc1 Qa5 (22... Qb4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 23. Bc2 Rfd8 $11) 23. Bc2 Bf5 24. Qh4 Rfe8 (24... c6 $14) 25. Qf4 $16 Bg6 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 c6 29. a3 (29. Qg4 $5 { [%cal Re3h6]} Re6 30. Rb1 $14) 29... Re6 30. Rc4 Qd5 31. Qxd5 cxd5 32. Rd4 Rb6 33. Rxd5 Rb3 34. Bc5 Rb5 35. Nd4 Rba5 36. Nf5 $1 Kh7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rc8.} 37. Ne7 Rb5 {Hoping for ...Raa5.} 38. Bb4 Rxd5 $1 39. Nxd5 Re8 40. Bd6 Ra8 41. Kg3 Ra6 42. Nb4 Rb6 43. Kf4 f6 $1 44. Ke4 {[#] aiming for Kd5.} fxe5 45. Kd5 {Strongly threatening Kc5.} Rb5+ 46. Kc4 Ra5 47. Bc7 Ra8 {The position is equal.} 48. Bxe5 g5 49. Nd5 h5 50. g3 Kg6 51. h4 Kf5 52. Bf6 Rc8+ 53. Kb4 Ke6 54. Ne7 gxh4 55. gxh4 (55. Nxc8 $2 {perishes.} h3 $19) 55... Rc1 ( 55... Re8 $5 56. Bg5 $8 Rxe7 57. Bxe7 Kxe7 $11) 56. Bg5 Rb1+ 57. Kxa4 b5+ 58. Ka5 Rb3 59. Kb6 Rxa3 {Threatens to win with ...b4.} 60. Kxb5 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.22"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2671"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,47,23,4,28,12,21,29,27,24,39,37,37,27,23,28,26,29,26,28,216,220,506, 506,490,493,681,678,678,662,1685,1681,1453,1239,1829,1758,1507,1371]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nge2 h5 7. h4 Be6 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} (7... Bg4 8. d3 Nge7 9. b3 g5 10. hxg5 h4 11. Rxh4 Rxh4 12. gxh4 Nf5 13. Kd2 Nxh4 14. Qh1 Nxg2 15. Qxg2 Qd7 16. Ba3 Bh3 {1/2-1/2 (45) Rodshtein,M (2673)-Korobov,A (2686) Skopje 2019}) 8. b3 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nge7 9. e4 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 c6 12. Nf4 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Bb2 c5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 {0-1 (30) Smaraki,M (1806)-Lasya,G (2069) Mapusa 2014}) 9. d4 exd4 {White has an edge.} 10. exd4 { Black must now prevent d5.} Bg4 11. O-O Qd7 12. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} O-O 13. Qd2 Rae8 14. Rae1 a6 15. d5 Ne5 $2 {[#]} (15... Ne7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 16. Bxf6 $1 $18 Bxe2 $2 (16... Bxf6 {keeps fighting.} 17. Nd4 Qd8) 17. Bxg7 {White is clearly winning.} ({Inferior is} 17. Nxe2 Bxf6 18. Nc3 Bg7 $11) (17. Qxe2 Ng4 $11) ({Less strong is} 17. Rxe2 Bxf6 18. Rfe1 Bg7 $11) 17... Bxf1 18. Qh6 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rh6h8]} f6 {Strongly threatening ... Bxg2.} 19. Qh8+ Kf7 20. Bxf8 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rh8g7]} Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 {[%csl Gf8] [%cal Rh8g7]} Rxe1 22. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rh8f8]} Bd3+ 23. Kh2 {[%csl Gh6] [%cal Rh8f8]} Qe7 {[#]} 24. c5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 31%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.22"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,77,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,3,0,12,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,16,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bg4 $146 (10... Ba5 11. Qb3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Qb4 b6 14. O-O Bf5 15. Rfc1 Rc8 16. Ba6 Rb8 17. Bd3 Re8 {1/2-1/2 (32) Karjakin,S (2753)-Topalov,V (2740) Shamkir 2019}) 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Be2 Na5 16. O-O Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c6 18. Rae1 Nc4 19. Bc1 Bc7 { [#] White must now prevent ...Qd6.} 20. Bg4 Rae8 21. g3 Bd6 22. h4 Qf7 23. h5 Ba3 24. Bg5 h6 25. Bf4 Bd6 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Bc1 Ba3 28. Bf4 Bd6 29. Bc1 Ba3 30. Bf4 Bd6 31. Bd2 Re4 32. Bd1 b5 33. Kg2 a5 34. Bf3 Re6 35. Bc1 Ba3 36. Bf4 Bd6 37. Bc1 Ba3 38. Bf4 Bd6 39. Bc1 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.22"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,95,13,9,8,31,12,12,10,12,10,12,8,8,12,13,14,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,-8,-6,-17,-8,-41,-9,-10,0,0,0,-14,-12,-10,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,0,0, 0,0,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 { B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3, Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} Re8 13. Nb3 {[#]} Rxe1+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nf7 14. Nc5 Bg4 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qe1+ {0-1 (51) Inarkiev,E (2730) -Gelfand,B (2734) Magas 2016}) 14. Qxe1 Nf5 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Nc5 Qc7 17. Rc1 Re8 18. Qd1 Bc8 19. h3 Bf8 20. Qa4 Qb6 21. b3 Nd6 22. Ba5 Qb5 23. Qxb5 Nxb5 24. a4 Nd6 25. Bd2 g5 26. Nd3 {The position is equal.} Bd7 27. Nc5 Bc8 28. Nd3 Bf5 29. Nfe1 Rc8 30. g4 Bg6 31. f3 Rb8 32. Nc5 Be7 33. Rc3 Kf7 34. Ned3 Bxd3 35. Nxd3 Ke8 36. Be1 Nf7 37. Bg3 Rb7 38. Kf1 Kd7 39. Bf2 Nd8 40. f4 gxf4 41. Nxf4 Nf7 42. Nh5 Ng5 43. Ke2 Rb4 44. Rd3 Rb8 45. Ng7 Ne6 46. Nxe6 Kxe6 47. Re3+ Kd7 48. Rf3 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.22"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,128,17,13,18,22,11,5,11,0,0,0,0,16,14,20,-14,-14,-12,-15,-10,-19,-19, -19,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-11,-16,-24,-29,-32,-48,-59,-91,-86,-81,-96,-78,-24, -135,-156,-150,-66,-75,-44,-36,-37,-129,-135,-128,-90,-102,-102,-114,-100,-101, -101,-113,-122,-128,0,-202,-196,-193,-133,-316,-91,-150,-135,-205,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bh5 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb3 Qxd3 12. Nxe5 Qf5 (12... Bxd1 13. Nxd3 Bxb3 14. axb3 Be7 15. b4 a6 16. Ne4 Nd7 {1-0 (40) Giri,A (2797)-Harikrishna,P (2723) Shenzhen 2019}) 13. Nef3 $1 Rad8 {[#]} 14. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. g4 Bxg4 15. hxg4 Qxg4+ 16. Kh1 Qh3+ {1/2-1/2 (31) Michalik,P (2565)-Shirov,A (2667) Prague 2019}) 14... Qc8 15. Qb5 Nd7 $1 16. Bc2 Rfe8 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Bf5 {Black must now prevent Bxd7.} a6 19. Qc4 {Bxd7 is the strong threat.} Bd6 20. Qh4 Bg6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Ne4 Nce5 23. Nfg5 Nf8 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Qd4 Qc6 26. f3 d5 27. h4 f6 28. Nh3 Ne6 29. Qd1 Kf7 (29... Qb6+ $17 30. Kh1 Rd8) 30. Nf4 (30. Bf4 $11 {remains equal.}) 30... Qc5+ $17 31. Kh2 Rh8 (31... Qf2 $17 32. Qxd5 Qe1) 32. Kg3 $15 Nxf4 33. Bxf4 Nc6 {Threatens to win with ...Ne7.} 34. Qd2 (34. Qg1 $15 d4 35. Qd1) 34... Ne7 $17 {( -> ...Nf5+)} 35. Be3 Qc4 $40 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rc4h4] [%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 36. Kf2 Qxh4+ 37. Kf1 Qc4+ 38. Kg1 g5 39. b3 Qh4 40. Re1 Kg6 (40... Nf5 $17 41. Bb6 Kg6) 41. Kf1 $2 (41. Bxg5 $1 $11 { and White has nothing to worry.} fxg5 42. Rxe7 Qh1+ 43. Kf2) 41... Nf5 $19 42. Qd3 g4 ({Stronger than} 42... Re8 43. Bd2 $11) (42... Qg3 $19 43. Bf2 Rh1+ 44. Ke2 Rxe1+ 45. Kxe1 Qxg2) 43. Bf2 $2 (43. Bf4 $17) 43... Qh5 $2 (43... Qh1+ $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 44. Bg1 gxf3 45. Qxf3 Rh5) 44. Re3 {[#]} (44. fxg4 $142 Qxg4 45. Kg1) 44... g3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Bxg3 {[#]} (45. Bg1 $17) 45... Qh1+ $2 ({Black should play} 45... Qg5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5g3]} 46. f4 Rh1+ 47. Kf2 Qg4) 46. Kf2 $11 {The position is equal.} Qa1 (46... Qc1 $5 47. Re1 $8 Qg5 $11) 47. Re1 Qxa2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 48. Kg1 {Strongly threatening Bf4.} Qxb3 {aiming for ...Rc8.} 49. Bf2 {Hoping for g4.} Qc4 50. Qc2 Qf4 51. g4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Qxf3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh8h1]} 52. Qxf5+ Qxf5 53. gxf5+ Kxf5 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 54. Re7 b5 55. Rxg7 Rc8 56. Bd4 Rc4 57. Rb7 b4 58. Rxb4 Rxb4 59. cxb4 Ke4 60. Bxf6 {KB-KPP} Kd3 61. Bd8 d4 62. Kf2 Kc3 63. Bf6 Kxb4 64. Bxd4 a5 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.22"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2730"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,111,19,22,13,25,33,22,31,43,45,40,39,35,38,41,43,64,64,64,64,56,52, 58,52,54,60,49,11,12,10,33,33,37,9,11,8,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,47,39,35,8,8, 12,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,17,17,496,461,479,494,1135, 1129,1670,1481,3228,2197,2258,1820,4586,3402,29941,29951,29975,29975,29972, 29974,29967,4392]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Bf4 {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4} (8. Nd2 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8 11. c3 c5 12. Be3 c4 13. Bc2 Bd6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Rxe5 {1/2-1/2 (33) Andreikin,D (2702)-Li,C (2732) China 2018}) 8... O-O 9. Nd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 {The position is equal.} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. Rae1 Bg5 12. Bxg5 {1-0 (12) Pons,F (1454)-Urban,M (533) LSS email 2010}) 11. Rfe1 c6 12. Re3 Bf6 13. Rae1 Qd7 14. h3 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Bd6 Bg5 17. Bxf8 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Rxf8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 19. Re7 Rb8 20. Qd3 (20. Qe2 {is more complex.} Kf8 21. Rc7 Qf6 22. g4 Qd6 23. Qe5) 20... Qxd3 21. cxd3 $11 {KR-KR} Kf8 22. Rc7 a5 23. g3 a4 24. a3 g5 25. Kf1 h5 26. h4 gxh4 27. gxh4 Kg7 28. Kg2 Kg6 29. Kg3 f6 30. Kf4 b5 31. Rxc6 b4 32. Ra6 bxa3 33. bxa3 Rb3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 34. Rxa4 Rxd3 35. f3 Kf7 36. Ra7+ Kg6 37. Ra4 Kf7 38. Kg3 Ke6 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Ke3 Rh2 41. Ra6+ Ke7 42. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with a5.} Rxh4 43. a5 Rh1 44. Ra8 {[#] aiming for a6.} Kd7 45. a6 Kc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Ra1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 46. Rf8 $18 {Hoping for a7.} Ra1 47. Rxf6 h4 (47... Ra4 $142 48. Rh6 Kb8 49. Rxh5 Rxa6 50. Rxd5 Kc7) 48. Kf4 h3 49. Rh6 Rh1 50. Ke5 Kb8 51. f4 {Played: Rh6-h7} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.22"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,82,1,8,16,0,15,0,0,-3,0,-11,-21,-27,0,-54,-46,-41,-45,-43,-58,-60,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,1,7,0,41,37,37,24,43,40,81,48,50,50,46,46,73,73,70,-34,-35,-47,-25, -52,0,-117,0,-31,-9,-8,0,-23,0,-22,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Nge2 Re8 9. Qc2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8, Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 g6 12. Bh4 Ne6 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} 13. Kh1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 14. Rad1 (14. a3 a5 15. Rab1 b4 16. Na4 Bb7 17. axb4 axb4 18. b3 {1-0 (37) Matlakov,M (2700)-Moroni,L (2562) Caleta 2019}) 14... Bb7 15. Qc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bf2 Rc8 16. Qb1 b4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. b3 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 {0-1 (46) Rios,C (2465)-Matamoros Franco,C (2494) Batumi 2018}) 15... Rc8 16. e4 b4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. b3 (18. e5 $1 $11 Nd7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. b3) 18... c5 $1 $15 {[%cal Rc5c4]} 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Qe3 Qc7 (21... dxe4 $15 22. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxh4) 22. Bg3 Bd6 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 23. Qd4 Bxg3 24. Nxg3 Qb6 25. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active. } Nd7 26. f4 Rc3 27. Qxb6 Nxb6 28. Ne2 Rc5 29. Kg1 Ra5 30. Rd2 Nd7 31. Rc1 Nc5 32. Bb1 Ne4 33. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 34. Rc7 (34. Kf2 $1 $14) 34... e3 35. Rd3 Rxa2 36. Rxe3 Bd5 (36... Ba6 $1 $15 37. Nc1 Rb2) 37. h4 {[#]} (37. f5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 37... a5 (37... Rb2 $1 $17 38. Rxa7 Bxb3) 38. Rc5 (38. f5 $5) 38... Bb7 39. Rc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7b7]} Bd5 {aiming for ...Rd8.} 40. Rc5 Bb7 41. Rc7 $1 { [%cal Rc7b7]} Bd5 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.22"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "1500+10"] 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00: 00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. d4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a6 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bc6 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. Nc3 { [%emt 0:00:02]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 13. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 14. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 15. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 16. e3 { [%emt 0:00:11]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. h4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} h5 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 18. e4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 19. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re8 { [%emt 0:04:53]} 20. Kg2 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 21. Rd3 {[%emt 0: 04:11]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 22. Rad1 {[%emt 0:03:06]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 23. e5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Ne2 {[%emt 0:02:26]} c5 { [%emt 0:06:04]} 25. Rb3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Rxb6 { [%emt 0:00:54]} dxe3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0: 01:46]} 28. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 29. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 30. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 31. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nxb2 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 32. Kf1 {[%emt 0:02:04]} exf2 {[%emt 0: 00:12]} 33. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 34. Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 35. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. Ke3 { [%emt 0:00:04]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 37. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} 38. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 39. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 40. Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 41. Re2+ { [%emt 0:00:09]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 42. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00: 13]} 43. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 44. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 45. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 46. Ne2 { [%emt 0:00:12]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 47. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke5 {Ke4+} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.22"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2707"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,87,-10,0,-9,0,0,17,-2,0,-21,35,23,12,8,61,22,35,6,13,0,60,35,88,77,83, 78,8,4,0,-47,-49,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-42,0,0,298,297,294,316,282,301,275,97, 72,0,174,168,181,178,178,179,173,178,186,186,186,186,189,170,181,183,475,475, 475,467,1693,1568,705,576,544,537]} 1. a3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 (5... d6 6. h4 Nf6 7. Nge2 h5 8. Bg5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 {1-0 (62) Carlsen,M (2832)-Guseinov,G (2645) chess.com INT 2017}) 6. Bg5 { B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} d6 7. Nge2 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Ba2 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 (62) Nyberg,U (2084)-Maddens, M (2141) Gothenburg 2018}) 8. Qd2 {The position is equal.} h6 9. Bh4 Nd4 (9... g5 $11 10. Bg3 Nh5) 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 Qb6 (11... e5 $11) 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. h3 a5 14. a4 Bc6 ({Black should play} 14... g5 $11 15. Bg3 e5) 15. O-O Nd7 (15... O-O $14) 16. f4 $1 $16 Nc5 17. Bc4 $1 Nxa4 18. e5 Nxb2 19. Bb3 a4 ({Inferior is } 19... dxe5 20. fxe5 e6 21. Qxa5 $16) 20. Ba2 Qc5 21. Bf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2d4]} dxe5 22. fxe5 Bxe5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...e6.} 23. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kd7 (23... Kxf7 24. Bxd4+) 24. Nf4 Rcf8 25. Be6+ Ke8 26. Nxg6 {[%mdl 64] Threatens to win with Bh4. Double Attack} Rf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Rhg8 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 27. Qxh6 (27. Bxg8 Rxg8 28. Nh4 Bc7 $17) 27... Bxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Bxg8 (28. Nxf8 $2 Bh2+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 29. Kxh2 Qd6+ 30. Kg1 Bxh3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 31. Ng6 Qxe6 $19) 28... Rxg8) 27. Nxe5 $18 Qxe5 28. Rae1 $1 {[%cal Re1e5]} Qd6 29. Qa5 {Black must now prevent Bg3!} Rhf8 30. Qh5+ $2 (30. Bg4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 30... Kd8 $16 {[#]} 31. Qa5+ (31. Qg4 $1 $16 Bd5 32. Bxd5 Qxd5 33. Re4) 31... Ke8 $18 32. Qa8+ Qd8 33. Qxd8+ Kxd8 34. Bxd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} a3 37. Bc5 Nd1 38. g4 Ba4 39. Ke1 Bxc2 $2 (39... Nc3 {was worth a try.}) 40. Kd2 {White is clearly winning.} Ba4 {[#]} 41. h4 $1 Ke8 (41... a2 $142 42. Bxa2 Nb2) 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 {g6 is the strong threat.} Kf8 44. Bd4 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 38%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.22"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,65,-12,-7,-7,0,-6,-14,-20,-24,-21,0,0,0,0,93,98,214,215,215,215,209, 209,211,222,218,210,231,156,129,121,122,119,111,86,81,77,78,60,121,51,58,34,25, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 Bxa3 8. bxa3 b5 9. a4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} a6 10. Ba3 ( 10. Rb1 c6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. e4 Re8 13. Rd1 h6 14. Ba3 Qa5 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Qb2 c5 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Bxc5 {1/2-1/2 (37) Ivanisevic,I (2648)-Tadic,B (2545) Belgrade 2014}) 10... Re8 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. e4 Ne7 13. Qh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. d5 f6 14. Ng4 exd5 15. exd5 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 (26) Lagunow,A (2423)-Grigorian,S (2339) Germany 2017}) 13... Ng6 14. Rad1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nd7 {[#]} (14... Bb7 $11) 15. Nc6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc6d8]} Nf6 (15... Qf6 $16) 16. Nxd8 $18 Nxh5 17. e5 Rb8 18. Nc6 Ra8 19. Na5 Rb8 20. Bf3 Bd7 21. axb5 ({Resist} 21. Bxh5 $6 b4 $16) 21... axb5 22. Bb4 Nhf4 23. gxf4 Nxf4 24. Rd2 Nd5 25. Rb1 Rb6 26. Rdb2 Ra8 (26... g6 $14) 27. Be1 (27. a4 $1 $16) 27... Ra7 $14 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. f3 Bf5 {The position is equal.} 30. Ra1 Bd7 $1 31. Rab1 Bf5 32. Ra1 Bd7 33. Rab1 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.22"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2811"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,124,10,12,18,14,24,-16,-21,-12,-9,-19,-16,-39,-58,-56,0,0,-16,-14,0, 0,0,0,0,-13,0,-37,-23,-20,35,39,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,-14,-29,-31,-32,0,0,0,0,0, -13,-21,-21,0,-12,-7,-45,0,0,0,0,40,7,0,-185,73,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,85,-22, -22,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-17,-17,-15,-12,-20, -325,-305,-383,-361,-506,-504,-462,-358,-646,-644,-4937,-4825,-29978,-29979]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O ({Predecessor:} 6. Nbd2 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. O-O O-O {1-0 (58) Richterova,N (2164)-Polterauer,C (2206) Austria 2019}) 6... O-O 7. Re1 a6 $146 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (7... a5 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 {1/2-1/2 (43) Giri,A (2797) -Ding,L (2809) Shenzhen 2019}) 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Ng4 {The position is equal.} 10. Re2 Kh8 11. h3 f5 12. Nf1 fxe4 13. dxe4 Nh6 (13... Rxf3 $15 14. gxf3 Nh6) 14. Re1 Qf6 15. Ng3 Bxh3 16. Bg5 Qg6 $1 17. gxh3 {Be3 is the strong threat.} Rxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxg5 19. Kh2 Ne7 20. Rg1 {aiming for Nh5.} Ng6 (20... Qh4 $11) 21. Nf5 $14 Qf6 22. Nxh6 (22. Rg3 {keeps more tension.} Nxf5 23. exf5 Rf8 24. Qxb7 Bxf2 25. Rf3) 22... Qxf3 23. Nf7+ {[#]} Qxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Bxf7 Nf4 25. a5 Rf8 26. Bd5 c6 27. Bc4 Rf6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 28. Raf1 g6 29. Rg3 d5 30. Bd3 Nh5 31. Rg4 Nf4 32. Bc2 Kg7 33. h4 h5 34. Rg3 Ne2 35. Rg5 d4 36. Bd1 ({But not} 36. Rxe5 $2 Bb8 $19) (36. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Rd3e2]} Nf4 37. Bc4 $14) 36... d3 37. f3 $2 (37. Bxe2 $1 $11 dxe2 38. Re1) 37... Rf4 $2 (37... Be3 $19 38. Rg2 Nf4) 38. Kh3 ({Better is} 38. Kg2 $16) 38... Kf6 $11 39. Rg2 Nc1 40. Re1 Bc5 41. Rd2 Kg7 42. Ba4 {Hoping for Kg2.} Rxf3+ 43. Kg2 Be3 ( 43... Rf4 $11) 44. Kxf3 (44. Rxc1 $16 Rf4 45. Rcd1 Bxd2 46. Rxd2 Rg4+ 47. Kf3 Rxh4 48. Bb3) 44... Bxd2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 45. Rd1 Bf4 46. b4 d2 47. c4 Na2 48. Ra1 Nc3 49. Bc2 Kf6 50. Ra3 d1=Q+ 51. Bxd1 Nxd1 52. Rd3 {[#]} Nb2 {Played: Nd1-e3} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.22"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2767"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,78,-17,37,36,41,43,40,22,53,9,18,9,8,0,0,16,15,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0, -2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-8,-6,-9,-11,-11,-11,-12,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 ( 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qc7 7. e4 e6 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Nd2 Bc6 10. Qg4 Nd7 11. Qg3 O-O-O 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 (35) Svidler,P (2735)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2773) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden 2019}) 5... Nb4 ({Better is} 5... e6 $11) 6. a3 $14 { A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} N4c6 7. e3 e6 8. Be2 { White is slightly better.} Be7 9. O-O (9. d4 $5) 9... O-O 10. d4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 10. Rd1 e5 11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 {1/2-1/2 (92) Bogumil,T (2149)-Fatalibekova,E (2215) Katerini 2014}) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Be3 Qe5 14. Bf3 Nc6 15. Rfd1 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Ne4 Qe5 18. Rac1 Nd4 19. Qe3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxb2 21. Rc7 {Black must now prevent Rxf7!} e5 22. Ng5 {[%cal Rc7f7]} Qb6 23. Rxf7 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rf7f8]} Be6 $1 { [%cal Re6f7]} 24. Rxb7 Rxf3 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. Nxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} e4 27. Ne5 {The position is equal.} g6 28. Rd6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rxa3 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 29. h3 Ba2 30. Rxb6 e3 31. Rb8+ Kg7 {Strongly threatening ...e2.} 32. Rb7+ Kg8 {aiming for ...e2.} 33. fxe3 Rxe3 34. Ng4 Re6 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Ng5 Re2 38. Nxh7 Rxg2+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 39. Kxg2 Bd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.22"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2707"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,73,13,14,10,43,18,20,18,25,14,17,16,18,8,8,9,9,-16,-20,-9,-12,-22,-21, -21,-15,-16,0,0,0,0,9,-111,-111,-100,-104,-102,0,-130,-127,-217,-204,-333,-327, -327,-135,-178,-54,-481,0,-343,65,-105,-97,-97,11,0,329,343,1033,1039,837,892, 1153,939,29984,29985]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Ne7 6. c3 { B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (6. f4 Nd7 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. Nb3 a5 9. a4 f6 10. Be2 Ng6 11. O-O Be7 12. c4 fxe5 13. c5 {1-0 (68) Zvjaginsev,V (2633)-Turov, M (2600) Yaroslavl 2018}) 6... Bg6 7. f4 (7. h4 $5 {[%cal Rh4h5]} h5 8. Nh3 $14 ) 7... h5 8. Ngf3 {The position is equal.} h4 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Bf2 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 10. O-O Nf5 11. Bf2 Be7 12. b4 Bh5 13. Bd3 Bg6 14. Qe2 Nh6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 {1-0 (46) Giaccio,A (2517)-Garcia Palermo,C (2467) Pinamar 2002}) 10... Nf5 11. Nb3 Be7 12. O-O (12. Bd3 {with more complications.} a5 13. a4 Qb6 14. Bc2 O-O-O 15. O-O) 12... Bh5 13. Ne1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 g5 15. Nd3 Rg8 16. fxg5 Bxg5 17. a4 Bh6 18. Be1 Be3+ 19. Kh1 {Threatens to win with Rxf5!} Qg5 20. Na5 (20. Rf3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20... O-O-O $17 21. b4 Rg7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 22. Ra2 Rh8 (22... f6 $17 {And now ...fxe5 would win.} 23. exf6 Qxf6) 23. Rf3 (23. h3 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 23... f6 24. b5 (24. Nb3 $17) 24... cxb5 $19 25. axb5 (25. Rb2 $142) 25... fxe5 26. dxe5 Bb6 (26... Rf7 $1 $19 {is more deadly.} 27. h3 Rhf8) 27. Nb3 $17 Qg4 ( 27... Rgh7 $19 {( -> ...Ng3+!)} 28. h3 Ng3+ 29. Bxg3 hxg3) 28. Nf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28. h3 $1 $15 Ng3+ 29. Bxg3 hxg3 30. Nd4) 28... Re8 $2 (28... Ng3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Bxg3 (29. hxg3 hxg3+) 29... hxg3) 29. c4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. Nd4 $11) 29... dxc4 $2 (29... Nxe5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Rf1 (30. Qxe5 $2 Qxf3 31. Nd2 Qe3 $19) 30... Ne3) 30. Qxc4+ $2 (30. h3 $1 $14 cxb3 31. hxg4 bxa2 32. Qxa2) 30... Kb8 31. Qe2 {[#]} Ne3 ({Black should play} 31... Rh8 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Ng3+!} 32. Nh3 Nc5 33. Nxc5 Bxc5) 32. Bf2 Nxg2 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (32... Nd5 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 33. Bxb6 N7xb6 34. Nxd5 exd5) 33. Bxb6 $18 Nxf4 $2 ({Wrong is} 33... axb6 $2 34. Qd3 $18 (34. Qxg2 Nxe5 35. Rf1 Qxg2+ 36. Rxg2 Rxg2 $18)) (33... Nxb6 34. Qxg2 Nc4) 34. Bxa7+ Kc8 35. Qc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nc5 36. Rf1 {Black must now prevent Bb6.} Reg8 37. Bxc5 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 31%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.22"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,112,1,7,0,0,0,21,14,33,0,16,0,20,2,-4,0,1,-23,-27,-81,-22,-16,-16,-8, -11,-213,-210,-197,-51,-131,-129,-126,-140,-135,-139,-132,-70,-74,-74,-70,-77, -180,-183,-262,-257,-250,-162,-164,-164,-172,-167,-206,-202,-213,-203,-204, -199,-262,-257,-344,-329,-322,-257,-412,-409,-407,-406,-782,-311,-461,-403, -395,-402,-435,-433,-565,-547,-672,-666,-672,-622,-737,-675,-1449,-1435,-1422, -1397,-1225,-1215,-2443,-2215,-29958,-29965,-29944,-29956,-29942,-29958,-12798, -6927,-6927,-6797,-6576,-6250]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. d3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} d6 8. Be2 Ne8 $146 (8... h6 9. O-O b6 10. e4 Nh7 11. Ne1 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. f4 Qd7 14. Nf3 Rae8 15. fxe5 dxe5 {1/2-1/2 (31) Ganguly,S (2615)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Germany 2019}) 9. O-O {The position is equal.} f5 10. Ne1 Nf6 11. c5 d5 12. d4 e4 13. c4 Be6 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. f4 (15. g3 $11) 15... Na5 (15... dxc4 $17 { With the idea ...Qd7.} 16. Bxc4 Qd7) 16. cxd5 $11 Qxd5 17. Qc3 b6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 18. Ba3 $2 (18. Nc2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 18... Qxa2 $19 19. cxb6 Nd5 ({Weaker is} 19... Qxb1 20. bxa7 Ra8 21. Bxf8 $15) (19... Qxe2 20. Bxf8 cxb6 21. Rf2 $17) (19... axb6 20. Rb2 $11) (19... Rxb6 20. Rxb6 cxb6 21. Bxf8 $17) (19... cxb6 $19 20. Rb2 Rfc8) 20. Qb2 (20. Qxa5 $15 cxb6 21. Rb2 Qxb2 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxb2) 20... Qxb2 $17 21. Rxb2 Rfe8 22. bxc7 {[#]} Rxb2 $1 23. Bxb2 Nxe3 (23... Rc8 $17 24. Kf2 Rxc7) 24. d5 $15 Bxd5 ({But not} 24... Nxf1 $2 25. dxe6 Ne3 26. Bb5 $18) 25. Rf2 Nec4 26. Be5 (26. Bd4 $17) 26... Rc8 $19 ({Resist} 26... Nxe5 27. fxe5 Rc8 28. Rxf5 $17) 27. g4 (27. Bd4 $142) 27... Nxe5 28. fxe5 fxg4 29. Bxg4 Rxc7 {Hoping for ...Rc1.} 30. Rd2 {[#]} Bb7 $1 31. Nc2 Nc6 32. e6 g6 33. Ne3 Ne5 34. Kf2 (34. Be2 $142) 34... Kf8 35. Bh3 Ke7 36. Ra2 a6 37. Ra4 $2 (37. Bf1 {was worth a try.}) 37... Nd3+ 38. Kg3 Rc3 39. Ra5 (39. Nd1 $142 Rc1 40. Bg4) 39... Kd6 $2 (39... Nb2 40. Kg2 Rxe3) 40. Ra1 (40. Nd5 {was called for.} Rc8 41. e7) 40... Nc5 41. Kf2 Nxe6 42. Rb1 Nc5 43. Rb6+ Kc7 44. Rf6 a5 45. Rf7+ Kb6 46. Rxh7 a4 47. Rg7 Nd3+ 48. Kg3 a3 49. Rxg6+ Ka7 {Strongly threatening ...a2.} 50. Rg5 Nc5 51. Rxc5 Rxc5 {KRB-KBN} 52. Be6 {[#]} Bd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 53. Bxd5 {[#]} (53. Nxd5 a2) 53... Rxd5 $1 { [%mdl 576] Promotion} 54. Nxd5 a2 {Black is clearly winning.} 55. Kf4 a1=Q 56. Kxe4 Qh1+ {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 63%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.22"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,88,11,0,13,0,0,0,-5,-2,-2,-11,0,-8,11,-42,-52,-58,-58,-72,-40,-35, -22,-83,-36,-47,-42,-55,-43,-59,-54,-68,-50,-51,-56,-86,-39,-84,-39,-78,-84, -80,-57,-51,-50,-146,-27,-47,-16,-20,-44,-41,208,212,197,-416,-397,-573,-554, -523,-495,-29967,-29965,-9433,-6260,-6041,-5056,-4133,-1773]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 g6 12. Bh4 Ne6 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} 13. Kh1 b5 14. Rac1 (14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qc1 Rc8 16. e4 b4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. b3 c5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 {1/2-1/2 (41) Mamedyarov,S (2767)-Radjabov,T (2758) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 14... Bb7 { The position is equal.} 15. Nd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bf2 a5 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Qd2 Nh5 18. Ng3 Nhg7 19. Nce2 f5 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 {0-1 (44) Morrell,G (2231)-Biedermann,K (2252) ICCF email 2015}) 15... Rc8 16. Qd2 a6 17. b4 a5 { Played: Nf6-e4} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.22"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,99,38,41,62,32,24,14,77,37,21,34,31,19,52,43,48,20,37,12,33,17,39,31, 25,38,17,31,55,52,59,66,48,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,4,2,48,33,49,22,41,13,13,8,9, 16,16,16,35,0,0,0,0,0,34,30,33,25,24,24,24,25,137,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8, 3,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Nc6 { B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (6... c6 7. h3 Qc7 8. Nbd2 e5 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qd2 Nf8 13. Rad1 b5 14. c4 {1/2-1/2 (104) Zubov,A (2597)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) St Petersburg 2018}) 7. d5 Nb4 8. Bf1 c6 (8... e6 $11) 9. a3 (9. c3 $5 {[%cal Rc3b4]} Na6 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. dxc6 $14) 9... Na6 $1 10. Nc3 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc5 11. h3 a5 12. Bg5 cxd5 13. exd5 Bd7 14. Rb1 {1-0 (63) Bogner,S (2590)-Hickl,J (2628) Switzerland 2014} ) 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bd4 Rac8 13. dxc6 (13. Qd2 {keeps more tension.} Nc5 14. b4 e5 15. Bxc5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. c4) 13... Bxc6 14. Bxa7 (14. e5 {seems wilder.} Nd5 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+) 14... Nc5 (14... Ra8 $5 {[%cal Ra8a7]} 15. Be3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11) 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxc5 Bxf3 $1 17. Qxf3 Qxc5 18. Qxb7 Ng4 19. Re2 Rb8 20. Qf3 f5 21. Qd5+ Qxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxb2 23. h3 Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 24. Nxe7+ Kf7 25. Nc6 e4 26. Ne5+ Ke7 27. Nc4 Rb5 28. Ree1 Rc5 29. Rab1 {[#] aiming for Rb7+.} Rc7 30. f3 Rfc8 31. Nb6 Rd8 32. fxe4 Nxe4 33. Bd3 Rd4 34. Bxe4 (34. a4 {feels hotter.} Rc5 35. a5 Rxa5 36. Nc4 Ra7 37. Nd2) 34... fxe4 35. Re2 Kd6 36. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] With the idea a5.} Rc5 {[#]} 37. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512] And now c3! would win.} Kc6 $1 ({Wrong is} 37... Rxa5 $2 38. c3 $18) 38. a6 {Threatens to win with c3!} Ra5 $1 39. c3 Rd3 40. Rxe4 {Strongly threatening Re6+.} Rxc3 (40... Rxa6 $11 41. Nc8 Kd5) 41. Rc4+ ({White should try} 41. Kh1 $16 {Re6+ is the strong threat.} Rca3 42. Re6+ Kc5 43. Nd7+ Kc4 44. Rc1+ Kd5 45. Rcc6) 41... Rxc4 $11 { The position is equal.} 42. Nxc4 Rxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 43. Nd2 Be5 44. Kf1 Ra2 45. Rd1 Bd4 46. Ne4 Bb6 47. Rd2 Ra4 48. Rc2+ Kd7 49. Nc5+ Bxc5 $1 50. Rxc5 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.22"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2730"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,145,23,19,13,11,16,15,20,23,41,35,68,22,46,32,30,20,45,42,68,47,73,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-10,-27,0,-16,-4,-6,-12,-8,54,46,37,41,46,33,60,59,70,42,28, 46,31,22,20,23,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,14,14,6,20,8,0,0,0,65,64,45,8, 8,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,107,96,96,98,103,110,101,91,93,97,831,821,29982,29983, 29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989, 29990,29990,29989,29989,29989,29989,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992, 29997,29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 8. O-O c5 9. Nc3 Bg4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. d5 Nb4 11. Re1 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd7 15. a4 {1/2-1/2 (39) Xiong,J (2675)-Miroshnichenko,E (2606) Saint Louis 2018}) 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d5 Nfd7 13. Re1 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7d5,Bd5f4][%mdl 32]} 14. Bf4 Nc7 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Bg3 Rf7 17. Ne4 (17. a4 $16) 17... Nb6 $11 18. Ne5 dxe5 19. d6 Ncd5 20. dxe7 Qxe7 21. Qd3 c4 22. Qd2 Raf8 23. Rad1 Nf4 24. Kh2 h6 25. Qa5 Nc8 ( 25... Qc7 $11) 26. Qb5 Qc7 27. Nc3 g5 28. Qxe5 Qb6 29. Qb5 Qg6 30. Ne4 Rc7 31. Rd4 a6 32. Qa5 Qc6 33. Qd2 Re7 34. Bxf4 Rxf4 35. Rd8+ Rf8 $1 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qc7+.} 36. Ng3 {Black must now prevent Rxc8!} Rxe1 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Qxe1 Ne7 39. Qe5 Qd5 40. Qc7 Ng6 41. Nf5 Qe5+ 42. Qxe5 Nxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 43. Kg3 g6 44. Nd6 b5 45. f4 gxf4+ (45... Nc6 $1 $11) 46. Kxf4 $14 Nc6 47. c3 (47. a4 $5) 47... Ke7 48. Ne4 a5 $1 49. a4 bxa4 50. Nd2 Kd6 51. Nxc4+ Kc5 52. Ne3 Na7 (52... g5+ $11 {remains equal.} 53. Kf5 Ne7+ 54. Kf6 Nd5+ 55. Nxd5 Kxd5) 53. g5 $16 hxg5+ 54. Kxg5 Nb5 55. Kxg6 {Hoping for h4.} Nxc3 56. h4 {And now h5 would win.} ({Much worse is} 56. bxc3 $6 a3 $11) 56... Ne2 57. Kg5 Ng3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57... Kd6 $16) 58. Nf5 Kb4 59. Nxg3 {KN-KPP. White mates.} Kb3 60. h5 Kxb2 61. h6 a3 62. h7 a2 63. h8=Q+ Kb1 64. Qb8+ Kc2 65. Qc7+ Kb2 66. Qb6+ Kc2 67. Qc5+ Kb2 68. Qd4+ Kb1 69. Ne4 a1=Q 70. Nd2+ Ka2 71. Qa4+ { [%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kb2 72. Nc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kb1 73. Qd1+ {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 56%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.22"] [Round "4.7"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2707"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,58,12,10,0,-43,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-44,-39,-58,-46,-49,-25, -37,-30,-34,-33,-74,-74,-74,-64,-87,-70,-87,-87,-98,-98,-98,-98,-101,-99,-104, -90,-111,-111,-106,-59,-74,-66,-74,-57,-59,-45]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. f4 Qb6 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (7... Bg6 8. Ngf3 c5 9. Be2 Qb6 10. Bf2 Qxb2 11. c4 Bc2 12. Qc1 Qxc1+ 13. Rxc1 Be4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 {0-1 (38) Jenni,F (2466)-Nisipeanu,L (2671) Zuerich 2017} ) 8. Nb3 a5 $146 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...a4.} ({ Predecessor:} 8... Ng6 9. Nf3 Rc8 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 {0-1 (34) Vorushilo,E-Galmakova,K Serpukhov 2000}) 9. Qd2 Be4 10. Nf3 Nf5 11. Bf2 $1 a4 12. Nc1 c5 13. Bd3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 g6 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Rg1 Be7 17. Ne2 {[#]} c4 $1 18. Qc2 Nf8 19. Kd2 Ng6 20. Rab1 Qc6 21. Rg3 Kd7 22. a3 Ra6 23. Be3 Rb6 24. Rbg1 h5 25. Kd1 h4 26. R3g2 Ra6 27. Bc1 Raa8 28. Rf1 Qc8 29. Ng1 Qf8 { Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.22"] [Round "4.8"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B03"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2730"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,63,38,54,51,39,0,18,0,132,147,149,119,110,117,125,117,144,28,212,16, 29,32,22,29,24,37,725,695,967,959,941,952,1120,1077,29991,29986,29986,29987, 29987,29988,29988,1573]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nc6 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. b3 {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} (13. Qd2 Qe8 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Qe1 Rd7 16. Qg3 Qg6 17. Qxg6 Bxg6 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. h3 Na5 21. b3 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 (53) Dominguez Perez,L (2734)-Vitiugov,N (2691) St Petersburg 2012}) 13... Qe7 14. Qe1 Rad8 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 15. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Bg4 $146 (15... Nb4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 15... Rd7 16. h3 Qd8 17. d5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 exd5 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. cxd5 {1/2-1/2 (70) Windhager,H (2159)-Lautner,J (2230) Austria 2016}) 16. Ne4 $16 h6 17. Qg3 Bf5 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Nh4 {Threatens to win with d5!} Bc2 20. Rxf6 (20. Rd2 $1 $16) 20... Bxd1 $2 (20... Qxf6 $11 21. Rf1 Nxd4) 21. Rg6 $2 ({White has to play} 21. Rxh6 $1 $18 Bxe2 22. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxh8 23. Ng6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 24. Nxe7+ Nxe7 25. Qxc7) 21... Nxd4 $11 (21... Bxe2 $2 22. Bxh6 Rd7 23. Bxg7 $18 (23. Rxg7+ Qxg7 24. Bxg7 Rxg7 $18)) 22. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Bxh6. White fights for an advantage.} ({But not} 22. Bxd1 Nf5 $15) 22... Ne2+ 23. Bxe2 $1 Bxe2 24. Bxh6 {[%cal Rg6g7]} Rd1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ( 24... Qc5+ $14 25. Qe3 Qxe3+ 26. Bxe3 Kf7) 25. Kf2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg6g7][%mdl 512]} Qf8+ 26. Nf3 {[%cal Rg6g7]} Rd7 27. Kxe2 Kh7 28. Ng5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 29. Nxe6 {White mates.} Qf5 30. Bxg7+ Kg8 31. Bd4+ Kf7 32. Rf6+ { Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 26%.} (32. Rg7+ $142 Ke8 33. Nxc7+ Rxc7 34. Qxc7 Qe4+ 35. Be3 Qc2+ {[#]} 36. Kf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf5+ 37. Kg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.23"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2811"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,82,50,45,48,58,54,52,67,67,76,0,-4,-44,-57,-155,58,62,94,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,35,56,24,24,97,89,98,46,66,69,76,70,79,86,89,94,179,70,64,60,58,45,75,22,23, 6,0,0,0,0,6,5,9,6,6,6,40,40,39,39,31,30,51,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Nfd2 e5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxe5 Ng4 {White is slightly better.} 11. Nxc4 Be6 {And now .. .Qxd1 would win.} 12. Qe2 (12. Nbd2 $16) (12. Nbd2 h5 13. f3 Rb4 14. fxg4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rxc4 {1-0 (40) Ding,L (2777)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Huaian 2017}) 12... h5 $1 $11 13. Rd1 Qc8 $1 {[#] Threatens to win with ...h4.} 14. Qf3 $146 ({White should play} 14. Nc3 $15) ({Predecessor:} 14. Nbd2 h4 15. Nf1 hxg3 16. hxg3 {1-0 (31) Vorobiov,E (2586)-Goudriaan,E (2375) Leiden 2012}) 14... Rb6 $2 (14... Bd5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd5f3]} 15. Rxd5 cxd5 16. Qxd5 Qf5 17. Qc6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 15. Nxb6 $14 cxb6 16. h4 ( 16. Nc3 $16) 16... Nxe5 $11 17. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Ng6 18. Qe4 Be7 19. Nc3 Bf5 20. Qh1 Ne5 21. f3 Bc2 (21... Bc5 $1 $11) 22. Rd2 $16 Bg6 23. Qg2 (23. e4 $16) 23... O-O $14 24. Rd1 Qf5 {[#]} 25. Rf1 $1 Qe6 26. Ne2 Nd3 27. Kh2 Rd8 { [#]} (27... Bc5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 28. e4 (28. Rd1 $1 $18) 28... f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 29. exf5 Qxf5 30. Nf4 Bf7 31. Nxd3 (31. Qc2 $16) 31... Rxd3 $11 32. Bf4 Bxh4 $1 33. Rad1 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Bf6 35. b3 g5 36. Bc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bd5 37. Qe2 g4 38. Qd3 Qxd3 39. Rxd3 {fxg4 is the strong threat.} gxf3 {aiming for ...f2.} 40. Bxb6 Be5 41. Bd4 (41. Kg1 $14) 41... Be4 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.23"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D91"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,88,8,22,24,24,24,29,22,14,8,18,21,24,19,23,22,16,16,14,9,14,14,15,14, 16,17,18,11,31,3,70,7,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70, 70,92,92,85,53,114,114,114,114,114,114,114,114,114,114,114]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 {D80: Grünfeld: Unusual White 4th moves and 4 Bg5} Qa5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Nd2 {White has an edge.} Rac8 16. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Bf3 Nc6 {[#]} 20. Bxc6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 20. Bc7 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 (74) Carlsen,M (2881)-Grischuk,A (2792) Stavanger 2014}) 20... bxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 21. Bb8 a6 22. Ne4 f6 23. f3 Kf7 24. Kf2 Bf8 25. Ba7 f5 26. Ng5+ Ke8 (26... Kg7 $11) 27. f4 ({ White should try} 27. Nxh7 $14 Bh6 28. h4) 27... Bh6 ({Black should play} 27... h6 $11 28. Nf3 Bg7) 28. Nxh7 $14 Be6 29. a3 a5 30. Ke2 Bg8 31. Ng5 Bxg5 32. fxg5 {KB-KB} a4 33. Kd3 Bb3 34. Kc3 Kf7 35. Kb4 Bc2 36. Bb8 Bb3 37. h4 Kg7 38. e4 fxe4 39. Bf4 e3 (39... Kf7 $14) 40. Bxe3 $16 {White is better.} Kf7 41. g4 Bd1 42. h5 e6 43. Bf4 Kg7 44. Be5+ Kh7 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.23"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B91"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,86,22,9,16,13,10,10,20,0,0,13,3,12,15,14,2,3,1,1,0,6,4,7,7,14,16,12, 0,0,0,35,0,0,0,1,-10,17,0,0,8,2,0,0,0,0,0,57,66,56,79,95,110,102,106,89,101,94, 91,60,55,78,53,94,85,122,140,140,139,118,120,118]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 { B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} Nxd5 (10... Nbd7 11. Nec3 Nb6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. b3 Be6 14. Ba3 Qc7 15. Qd3 Rfc8 16. Bb4 a5 17. Nxb5 Qxc2 18. Qxc2 Rxc2 19. Bxd6 {1/2-1/2 (73) Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Shenzhen 2018}) 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 {The position is equal.} Rb7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bg5 {[#]} 18. Qd3 $146 a5 19. a3 Qc8 20. c3 Qc6 21. Rfd1 Kh8 22. Qe2 Qc4 23. Qh5 Bh6 24. Qf3 (24. Nf6 $5) 24... Qb3 25. Qe2 Qc4 26. Qc2 f5 27. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qc5 28. b4 Qa7 { ...fxe4 is the strong threat.} 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Qe2 Rbf7 31. Rf1 Be6 ({ Better is} 31... Bd7 $1 $11) 32. Qxb5 $14 Rxf2 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rf2f1] [#]} 33. Kh1 {Threatens to win with Rxf2.} Qa8 {Strongly threatening ...Rxf1+.} 34. Rxf2 Rxf2 35. Nf4 $1 Rxg2 36. Nxg2 axb4 37. Qxb4 Bd5 38. Qb2 Be3 $1 39. a4 h6 {[#]} 40. h3 $1 Bc5 41. Kh2 Bc4 42. Qc2 Qf3 43. Nh4 Qe3 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.23"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,60,12,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 Bxa3 8. bxa3 Bd7 9. Ne5 Bc6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bxc6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. e4 Rfd8 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Qd4 Qd6 18. f4 {1/2-1/2 (18) Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Onischuk,A (2663) Foros 2007}) 11... bxc6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 14. Rc1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c4,Bc4a4][%mdl 32] [#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 15. dxc5 Qb2 16. Rxc4 Qxa2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rfd8 17. Qc2 Rab8 18. Rd1 { 1/2-1/2 (18) Graf,H (2148)-Nilson,B (2174) ICCF email 2010}) 17. Ra4 Rad8 18. Qc1 Qxe2 19. Rxa7 c6 20. Re1 Qa2 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qc4 23. Qd6 Qe4 24. h4 Qe1+ 25. Kg2 Qe4+ 26. Kg1 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Qe4+ 28. Kh2 Qf5 29. Kg1 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+ {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 78%. } 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.24"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,83,0,0,-12,-11,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,8,10,11,8,0,8,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,8,0,0,0,12,9,2,0,0,0,26,66,118,118,118,118,145,152,164,150,157,157,148,156, 137,131,180,133,227,227,227,227,227,227,214,214,262,258]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 a5 10. Na4 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} Nxa4 11. Qxa4 Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ra6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Nd2 b5 15. Bc5 Kh8 16. b4 a4 17. Ne4 Be6 {1-0 (44) Barbosa,L (1793)-Leite,T (1572) Rio de Janeiro 2018}) 12. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} Bxd4 13. Bd2 c6 14. e3 Bb6 (14... Bxb2 $2 15. Ra2 $18) 15. Bc3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Rac1 h6 18. h3 Rb8 19. Rd2 Bc7 {[#] And now ...b5 would win.} 20. d4 c5 21. Qc2 exd4 22. exd4 c4 23. a4 Bd6 24. Rdd1 b6 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qc7 27. h4 Re8 28. Bd5 Rxe1+ (28... Rd8 {is more complex.} 29. Bd2 Bc6 30. Bxc6 Qxc6 31. Rc1 Qf3) 29. Bxe1 Be6 (29... Qc8 $14) 30. Bxe6 $16 fxe6 31. Qe4 Kf7 32. Bc3 Bf8 33. d5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Re4e6]} Qd6 { [#]} 34. dxe6+ $1 (34. Qxc4 $6 exd5 35. Qc8 Be7 $16) 34... Qxe6 35. Qb7+ Kg8 36. Bd4 Qf5 37. Kh2 Qc2 (37... Kh7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 38. Kg2 (38. Qxb6 Qd7 $16) (38. Bxb6 Bc5 $16) 38... Qc2 39. Bxb6 (39. Qxb6 Qxa4 40. Qe6 Qc2 $16) 39... Qxa4) 38. Qd5+ $18 Kh7 39. Qf7 ({Resist} 39. Bxb6 $6 Qxa4 40. Qf5+ (40. Bxa5 Qc2 $16) 40... Kg8) 39... Qd3 40. Bc3 ({Weaker is} 40. Qxf8 Qxd4 41. Qf5+ Kg8 $11) 40... Qd6 41. Qxc4 Qg6 42. Bd4 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 49%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.24"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,61,12,25,20,7,18,18,0,7,15,20,12,21,13,16,15,12,22,18,16,18,0,12,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Nb6 {The position is equal.} 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb3 Qxd3 12. Nxe5 Qf5 (12... Bxd1 13. Nxd3 Bxb3 14. axb3 Be7 15. b4 a6 16. Ne4 Nd7 {1-0 (40) Giri,A (2797)-Harikrishna,P (2723) Shenzhen 2019}) 13. Nef3 $1 Rad8 {[#]} 14. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. g4 Bxg4 15. hxg4 Qxg4+ 16. Kh1 Qh3+ {1/2-1/2 (31) Michalik,P (2565)-Shirov,A (2667) Prague 2019}) 14... Nd5 15. Ne4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Bb6 18. Kf1 Nde7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} gxf6 22. Rxe7 Rd2 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} 23. Re2 Rfd8 24. Rae1 Kf8 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Kxe2 $11 {KB-KB} Ke7 28. f4 f5 29. Kf3 Kf6 30. Bd5 c6 31. Bb3 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.24"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,79,0,1,16,16,13,12,8,10,13,17,12,30,13,13,27,26,13,14,18,16,13,72,48, 41,43,47,57,37,37,50,53,75,0,0,-96,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3 } Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 h6 12. Bh4 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd5 13. Qc2 c5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. dxc5 Qc6 {1/2-1/2 (33) Fridman,D (2600) -Karjakin,S (2760) Douglas 2018}) 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. h4 Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rh3 Bd5 (18... Rd5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. Qc1 Kh7 $1 20. Rc3 bxc5 $1 21. Rxc5 Qh2 {Black wants to play ...Bb3.} 22. Qe3 Qxh4 23. Rc7 Kg6 24. Rxa7 (24. Qxa7 $16 Bb3 25. Rc1 (25. Rd7 Qc4 $11)) 24... Rc8 $1 $11 25. g3 {[#]} (25. Ra5 $11) 25... Qc4 (25... Qh1 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Bg2.} 26. f3 Qh2) 26. f3 {The position is equal.} Qc2 27. Qd3+ ( 27. Qf4 {feels hotter.} h5 28. Qb4 Qc1+ 29. Kf2 Qd1 30. Qe7) 27... Qxd3 28. exd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Rc2+ 30. Be2 Rxb2 31. a4 f5 32. f4 Ra2 33. a5 Ra1 34. a6 {With the idea Bf3.} Ra2 35. Ke3 {Threatening Bf3.} Bc6 36. d4 Ra3+ 37. Kf2 Ra2 {[#] ...Bb5 is the strong threat.} 38. Ke3 Ra3+ 39. Kf2 Ra2 {Strongly threatening ...Bb5.} 40. Ke3 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.24"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2707"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,71,20,33,14,19,18,10,0,65,66,72,57,92,20,12,0,68,61,41,0,0,-51,-51, -56,0,4,45,39,58,52,54,42,58,57,57,50,146,167,220,200,288,310,241,237,199,236, 227,99,894,864,29991,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Bc2 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (12. d5 Rd8 13. c4 b5 14. d6 Qf6 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Bxb5 Nb6 17. Bc5 Bf8 18. Qd3 Bxd6 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 {1/2-1/2 (30) Gelfand,B (2692)-Piket, J (2633) Monte Carlo 2000}) 12... Nb6 13. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc1 Re8 14. Bg5 Qf8 15. Rb1 h6 16. Be3 Nc4 17. f4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Na3 19. f5 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4 g5 22. Qd3 Qd6 23. Qf3 Qf6 24. Kh1 b6 25. Qg4 Bb7 26. Rbe1 c5 {1/2-1/2 (26) Sorokin,V (2337)-Jansa,V (2482) Arvier 2006}) 13... exd4 14. Bxd4 {The position is equal.} Rd8 ({Black should try} 14... Bh6 $11) 15. f5 $14 Bxd4+ 16. cxd4 c5 17. Qd2 (17. Qd3 $16) 17... Nc4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc4d2]} 18. Qd3 Ne5 (18... b5 $11) 19. Qa3 Nc4 20. Qc3 ({Of course not} 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. dxc5 Ne3 $17) (20. Qg3 $5 {[%cal Rc2b3]}) 20... b5 21. f6 (21. Qg3 $11) 21... Qd6 $15 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 22. d5 Re8 (22... Bd7 $15) 23. Bd3 $11 Ne3 {Threatens to win with ...c4.} 24. Bxb5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rxe4 25. Ng3 Ng4 $1 26. Rac1 $1 c4 27. h3 {Black must now prevent Bc6.} Bb7 28. hxg4 Rxg4 (28... Qc5+ $1 $14 29. Rf2 Rf4) 29. Bc6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc6b7]} Rxg3 (29... Bxc6 {might work better.} 30. dxc6 Rxg3 31. Qxc4 Rd3) 30. Qxc4 $18 Ba6 (30... Rc8 $142) 31. Qf4 Rd8 {[#]} 32. Qh6 {Played: Rc1-e1} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.25"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,94,12,11,10,18,0,0,2,3,3,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,20,15,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,16,17,15,31,17,20,16,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} Bb7 (9... Ba6 10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rc2 Rd8 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 (26) Lenderman,A (2637) -Sevian,S (2642) Saint Louis 2019}) 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bh4 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 12. dxc5 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... bxc5 13. e3 Nbd7 14. Be2 Bd5 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. O-O Qb6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Rxb2 {1/2-1/2 (38) Koch,M (2140)-Hoepfl,T (2308) Germany 2014}) 13. c6 Rc8 14. Qa4 Nb8 {[%cal Rb7c6]} 15. Ne5 Nxc6 16. Ng4 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Nxf6+ (17. Qxb5 Nd4) 17... Qxf6 18. Bxf6 bxa4 19. Bc3 Ne7 20. f3 Nd5 21. e4 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 24. Bb5 a6 25. Be2 Kf8 26. Kf2 Rd2 27. Rb1 Bc6 28. Ke3 Rc2 29. Rb6 Be8 30. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} e5 31. Rxa6 Rc3+ 32. Kd2 Rxa3 33. Bd1 Ra2+ 34. Bc2 Ra1 35. c5 {And now c6 would win.} Ke7 36. c6 {aiming for c7.} a3 $1 {The position is equal.} 37. c7 Bd7 38. Ra8 { Black must now prevent Ba4.} a2 39. Ba4 {Threatens to win with Bxd7.} Rg1 40. Bxd7 {KRB-KR} a1=Q 41. Rxa1 Rxg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Ke3 Kxd7 43. Ra8 Kxc7 44. Ra7+ Kd6 45. Rxf7 Ke6 46. Ra7 Kf6 47. Ra6+ Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.25"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,61,0,-8,4,-4,0,-28,-20,-14,-16,-25,-27,-17,-14,-12,-10,-26,-2,-23,0, 3,0,6,26,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,21,0,0,0,50,14]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Bd2 O-O { A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 9. h4 Nf6 10. Qc1 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. Qa4 Rc8 12. Be3 b6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qd1 Ng4 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Bf4 {1-0 (63) Gordievsky,D (2605)-Vokhidov,S (2399) St Petersburg 2017}) 10... Bg4 {Black has an edge.} 11. Nh2 Bd7 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nd4 { [#] And now ...Nc2+ would win.} 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. e3 Bc6 16. Ne4 (16. O-O { is more complex.} Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc6+ 18. Kg1 Ne6 19. Qe2) 16... Bxe4 (16... Ne6 {looks sharper.} 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Qc2 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Qa5) 17. dxe4 Nc6 {[%cal Bd4c6,Bc6e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 18. Qc3 Qe5 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Ke2 Rac8 22. Rhd1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 c4 24. f4 Nd3 25. e5 Nh5 26. Nf1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nxb2 27. Rb1 c3 28. Bxb7 Rc5 29. Rc1 Ng7 30. Be4 Ne6 31. Nh2 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.25"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,105,15,25,16,21,14,18,16,20,20,18,20,24,6,20,17,21,18,17,0,0,0,9,0,6, -7,0,0,0,0,0,-28,-25,-45,-55,-102,-104,-107,-116,-98,-103,-114,-90,-121,-120, -81,-53,-500,-486,-418,-9,-5,-12,-18,-25,-83,-67,-86,-24,-93,0,-101,0,0,589, 524,587,632,556,552,642,625,710,710,710,710,692,643,794,764,1173,1068,2791, 2945,1767,1885,1797,1469,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} Re8 11. b4 $146 { [%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qd7 {0-1 (40) Kravtsiv,M (2641)-Parligras,M (2645) Hungary 2019}) 11... Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nf1 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 d5 16. b5 {Threatens to win with exd5.} Ne7 17. c4 d4 18. Nf5 Re8 19. N3h4 Ng6 20. g3 Nxh4 21. Nxh4 Qe7 22. Qc1 Nd7 23. Qa3 Nc5 24. f4 exf4 25. Nf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf8 26. gxf4 Rf6 27. Rf1 {[#]} Rxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. exf5 Re3 $1 {[%csl LRd3, LRh3]} 29. Rae1 {Hoping for Rxe3.} Qe7 30. Rxe3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Only move:} 30. f6 $1 $15 gxf6 31. Qb4) 30... Qxe3+ $15 {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Double Attack. KQR-KQN} 31. Kh2 {[#]} Qe2+ $2 (31... Ne4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] ...Qg3+ is the strong threat.} 32. Qb2 (32. dxe4 Qxa3) 32... Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Qxh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kg2 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Qxd3) 32. Kg1 $11 Nxd3 { aiming for ...h5.} 33. bxa6 bxa6 {And now ...h5 would win.} 34. Qb3 (34. f6 $11 ) 34... Qe3+ $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 35. Kh2 Qd2+ ( 35... f6 $17) 36. Kg1 (36. Kh1 $1 $11) 36... Qe3+ 37. Kh2 h5 (37... f6 $17) 38. Qd1 $11 {Black must now prevent Rf3.} h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Nxf4 $11 39. Qf3 Nd3) 39. Rf3 $18 Nb2 40. Rxe3 {White wants to mate with Re8+.} Nxd1 {KR-KN} 41. Re8+ {Played: Re3-d3} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.25"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B56"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,116,12,20,15,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,54,52,44,68,73,62,47,47,50,91,56, 70,56,53,53,98,89,94,80,121,123,112,76,59,82,70,67,79,15,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,135, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6 7. Ndb5 Bxb5 8. Bxb5+ Nc6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Bxe7 { B62: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 6...e6: Unusual White 7th moves} Qxe7 13. Qg3 dxe5 14. Qxg7 {White is slightly better.} Qf6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. O-O-O Rg8 17. g3 $146 Rd8 18. Rhe1 Rg5 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 20. Kd2 Ke7 21. f3 Nd5 22. Re4 Rh5 23. h4 Nb6 24. Ke2 a5 25. Kf2 f6 26. Rg4 Kf7 27. Ne4 f5 28. Rg5 Rh6 29. Nd6+ Kf8 $1 30. c4 (30. a4 $16) 30... Rf6 $11 31. h5 Na4 32. b3 Nc5 $1 33. Ke2 Ke7 34. Nc8+ Kd7 {[#]} (34... Kf8 $1 $11) 35. Nb6+ (35. Na7 $1 $16 {Hoping for Rg7+.} Rf7 36. h6) 35... Kc7 36. Na4 Nxa4 $1 37. bxa4 { Black must now prevent Rg7+. KR-KR} Kd6 38. Rg7 Rh6 39. g4 e4 40. Ke3 Ke5 41. f4+ Kd6 $1 {The position is equal.} 42. Rg5 Rf6 $1 43. Rg7 {[#] aiming for g5.} Rh6 44. Kd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rc4c5]} c5+ 45. Ke3 fxg4 46. Rg5 g3 47. Kxe4 { And now Kf3 would win.} g2 $1 48. Rxg2 Rxh5 49. Rb2 Kc6 50. Rb5 Rh1 51. Rxa5 Re1+ 52. Kd3 Rd1+ 53. Ke3 Rd4 54. Ra6+ Kd7 55. Ra7+ Kd6 56. Ra6+ Kd7 57. Ra7+ Kd6 58. Ra6+ Kd7 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.25"] [Round "5.6"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,121,34,24,27,12,30,21,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,17,18,8,2,16,-1,-7,-2,0,0,0,0, 0,0,8,17,2,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-41,-27,-65,-43,-75,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43, 14,14,8,66,66,66,66,66,66,68,68,68,68,68,68,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70, 70,70,0,70,0,70,70,70,70,70,68,68,68,70,68,81,81,81,81,85,81,2100,1435,1161, 828]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 h6 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations} 11. Nbd2 exd4 (11... Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. h3 Qc7 16. d5 c4 17. Nh4 g6 18. Be3 Nb7 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Rf1 Qd8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. f4 Bg7 {1-0 (43) Caruana,F (2828)-Hansen,E (2615) chess.com INT 2019}) 12. cxd4 Nb4 {The position is equal.} 13. e5 Nfd5 14. Ne4 bxa4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14... Be6 15. Be3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 dxe5 18. dxe5 { 1/2-1/2 (41) Lobanov,S (2450)-Mirzoyan,D (2294) Prague 2016}) 15. Bxa4 Bxa4 16. Rxa4 Qd7 {next ...Nd3! is good for Black.} 17. Ra5 Rab8 18. Bd2 Rb5 19. Bxb4 ( 19. Ra3 {looks sharper.} Rfb8 20. h3 Nc6 21. Rxa6 Rxb2 22. Qa4) 19... Nxb4 20. Rxb5 Qxb5 21. Nc3 Qc4 22. Qa4 dxe5 23. dxe5 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Nxc6 25. Nd5 Rd8 26. Nxc7 a5 27. g3 Rd7 28. Nb5 Rb7 29. Nd6 Rxb2 30. Rc1 Rb3 (30... Rb6 $1 $17) 31. Rxc6 $14 {Nd2 is the strong threat.} Rxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Kg2 Rd3 34. Nxf7 Kg6 35. Nd6 Bxd6 {KRB-KR} 36. Rd8 {Played: Rc8-c6 } 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.25"] [Round "5.7"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,149,19,39,7,6,12,9,0,-4,-4,0,0,10,24,28,28,61,60,73,22,75,39,43,39, 240,58,31,50,94,88,66,1,78,62,122,116,163,106,98,103,102,54,96,103,98,97,140, 133,179,178,174,174,174,167,170,164,216,216,202,139,491,491,489,490,491,491, 611,484,484,482,472,378,413,437,458,461,454,472,465,456,481,383,493,490,440, 469,681,686,661,631,664,656,694,673,662,650,719,704,798,769,717,718,700,695, 821,805,845,840,845,845,749,800,787,771,1107,1031,1142,1039,1165,1185,1123, 1121,29979,29980,29977,29978,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29989,29990, 29991,29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 Nf5 9. Nb5 {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4} (9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Qe4+ Qe7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Rhe1 Qxe4 15. Nxe4 Be7 16. Bc4 Nd6 {1/2-1/2 (81) Safarli,E (2660)-Georgiev,K (2636) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 9... Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11. Be2 {The position is equal.} O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Na3 Bb6 $146 (13... Re8 $5 {[%cal Re8e2]} 14. Rd1 Qf6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13... Re8 14. Rd1 Qf6 15. Bd3 b5 16. Nc2 h6 {0-1 (54) Rosito,J (2460)-Ginzburg,M (2450) Buenos Aires 1997}) 14. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Ba7 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Bd3 Rd8 17. Re1 (17. b3 $16) 17... Qf6 (17... g5 $11 18. Qe4 f6) 18. Bc2 (18. Qe4 {is more complex.} Qe7 19. Bf4 g6 20. Bg5 f6 21. Qxe7 Nfxe7 22. Bxf6 Rxd3 23. Bxe7 b5 24. Ncd2) 18... Be6 19. Ncd2 Qh6 $2 ({Better is} 19... Nd6 $1 $14 20. Qxf6 gxf6) 20. Nf1 $2 (20. Ng5 $1 $18) 20... Qxf4 $14 21. Bxf4 Bb6 {[#]} 22. Ng5 $1 Bd7 23. g4 (23. Bb3 $14 Be8 24. Bc2) 23... h6 (23... Nfe7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 ({Black should play } 24... Nfd4 $1 $14 25. Nxh6+ (25. cxd4 Kxf7 26. Bb3+ Kf8 $11) (25. Nxd8 Nxc2 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 $11) 25... gxh6 26. cxd4 Bxg4) 25. gxf5 $16 Ne7 26. Bb3+ ({ White should try} 26. Ng3 $18) 26... Kf8 27. f6 Ng6 28. fxg7+ Kxg7 29. Bg3 h5 { [#] With the idea ...h4.} 30. h4 $1 Bh3 31. Ne3 Rd3 32. Kh2 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 ({ Don't play} 33. fxe3 $6 Bg4 $14) 33... Rxe3 34. fxe3 Bg4 35. Rf1 {aiming for Rf7+.} Rd8 (35... Rf8 {was called for.} 36. Rxf8 Kxf8 37. Bxc7 Nxh4) 36. Rf7+ $18 Kh6 37. Kg1 ({Don't do} 37. Rxc7 $6 Rd2+ 38. Kg1 Bh3 $16) 37... Rd3 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (37... Rd2 $16 {is more resistant.}) 38. Bc2 Rd7 {[#]} 39. Rf6 $1 Rg7 {[#]} 40. Kf2 {Played: Bg3xc7} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.25"] [Round "5.8"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "179"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,179,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-34,-9,-72,-16,-20,-19,-31, 14,8,14,14,31,27,52,0,16,15,15,15,15,15,30,18,22,18,34,24,29,18,21,19,35,16,29, 0,18,18,18,0,23,18,33,18,18,18,27,26,26,18,31,26,32,18,18,0,23,0,27,0,33,14,22, 22,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0, -30,-2,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 c6 7. Nge2 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O Re8 9. h4 b5 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Nb6 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Qf4 Rc8 14. Re3 Be6 {1-0 (33) Short,N (2707)-Kindermann,S (2493) Potsdam 2012}) 7... Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8g6][%mdl 32]} 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Nf8 11. Qd2 Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne6 12. Bh4 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bf5 g6 {1/2-1/2 (49) Casper,T (2435)-Knaak,R (2540) Germany 1995}) 12. Nf4 Bd7 13. Re2 Bd6 14. Rae1 Rxe2 15. Rxe2 {[#]} (15. Bxe2 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qc7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bf1) 15... Qc7 (15... Qb6 $1 $17) 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Re1 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Ne2 Nh5 20. Qe3 Bd7 21. Be7 (21. Qf3 $14) 21... Nf4 22. Bxd6 Nxe2+ 23. Bxe2 Qxd6 24. c3 Be6 25. h4 Kf8 26. g3 b6 27. a3 Bf5 28. Bf3 Be6 29. Kg2 Bf5 30. Qe2 Bc8 31. Qe3 Be6 32. Qg5 Bf5 33. Qe3 Be6 34. Qc1 Qc7 35. b3 Qd6 36. b4 Ke7 37. Qg5+ Kf8 38. Qd2 Bf5 39. Qe2 Bc8 40. Qe3 Be6 41. Qd2 Bf5 42. Qe2 Bc8 43. Qe3 Bf5 44. Qe1 Be6 45. a4 a5 46. bxa5 bxa5 47. Qb1 Qc7 48. Qc1 Qd6 49. Qb2 Qc7 50. Qa3+ Qe7 51. Qb2 Qc7 52. Qe2 Bf5 53. Qa6 Bc2 54. c4 Bxa4 55. cxd5 cxd5 56. Bxd5 Be8 57. Bf3 a4 58. d5 Ke7 59. Bd1 Qd6 60. Qa5 a3 61. Bb3 Bd7 62. Qa7 Qb4 63. Qe3+ Kd8 64. Qf3 Bf5 {Hoping for ...Be4!} 65. Kh2 $1 {The position is equal.} Qd2 {[#] And now ...a2 would win.} 66. d6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd6 67. Bxf7 Ke7 68. Ba2 Qd3 69. Qb7+ Kd6 70. Qb4+ Kc7 71. Qc5+ Kd7 72. Bc4 Qd6 73. Qa7+ Kd8 74. Qxg7 Qc5 75. Qg8+ Kc7 76. Kg1 Be4 77. Qf7+ Kb6 78. Qf6+ Bc6 79. Qc3 Bb5 80. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bc6 81. Qc3 Bb5 82. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ka5 83. Bf7 Bc6 {( -> ...Qc1+)} 84. Kh2 Kb4 85. Qf4+ Ka5 86. Qc7+ Kb4 87. Qf4+ Ka5 88. Qc7+ Kb4 89. Qf4+ Ka5 90. Qc7+ {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.25"] [Round "5.8"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,78,16,32,-29,0,-11,-11,-16,-14,-18,0,0,0,-18,0,-6,-10,-12,0,0,0,0,2, 2,2,1,6,3,4,4,2,-10,-10,-14,-9,-14,-8,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,0,-14,-14, -14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. a3 { B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} ({Better is} 11. Bd2 $14) (11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Nc3 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qc7 15. Qe4 Rfd8 16. Bd3 g6 17. Qf4 Be8 18. h4 Rd5 {0-1 (52) Khamrakulov,D (2503)-Hansen,E (2615) chess.com INT 2019}) 11... Rc8 12. Bxd5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Ba2 a6 13. Qe4 Na5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ba4 16. Re1 Nb3 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Bf4 {1-0 (48) Starostits,I (2475)-Jones,W (2122) Coulsdon 2013}) 12... exd5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Bf4 Re8 15. h3 a6 16. Rac1 h6 17. b4 Bf8 18. Qd2 Rc7 19. Na4 dxe5 20. dxe5 d4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Bb3 25. Nc5 (25. Nb6 {seems wilder.} Rxe5 26. Be3 f6 27. Rd3 Bc2 28. Rd8) 25... Bxc5 $1 26. bxc5 Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame ...Re1+ is the strong threat. KRB-KRB} 27. Be3 Bd5 28. Kf1 Bc6 29. h4 Kh7 30. Rd6 Re4 31. Rd4 $1 Re5 32. Rd6 f6 33. g3 Kg6 34. Ke2 Kf5 35. Rd4 h5 36. Kd2 g5 37. hxg5 fxg5 {[#]} 38. Bxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc5 (38... Kxg5 39. f4+) 39. Be7 Rd5 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.25"] [Round "5.9"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,79,-3,6,11,14,10,63,-248,-243,-268,-294,-254,-262,-309,-310,-315, -296,-313,-310,-329,-319,-380,-383,-701,-270,-289,-104,-116,-88,-66,-19,-18,0, 0,94,99,99,97,102,108,85,93,268,273,254,255,388,402,424,424,566,560,974,977, 968,973,960,959,895,854,848,831,965,940,29963,5114,12560,11638,5110,1211]} 1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nh6 6. Na3 Nf5 7. Nc2 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} d4 (7... Be7 8. d4 Bd7 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O cxd4 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Ncxd4 Qb6 13. Rf2 Na5 14. b3 Rc8 {0-1 (45) Izoria,Z (2603)-Smirnov,A (2569) chess.com INT 2019}) 8. Bd3 Nh4 (8... b6 $11) 9. Be4 $146 {[%mdl 8192]} (9. O-O $14) ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Qb6 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Rb1 Be7 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 a5 {1/2-1/2 (31) Cop,M-Slovik,V Zilina 1997}) 9... Nxg2+ $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 10. Kf2 Nxf4 11. d3 Ng6 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 ({Don't do} 14... Ncxe7 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qe2 $19) ({Weaker is} 14... Ngxe7 15. Re1 $17) 15. Ncxd4 Ncxe5 (15... Ngxe5 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Re1 $19) 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qh5 $2 (17. Nc2) 17... Nd7 $2 (17... Qc5 18. Kg2 Qxd4) 18. Rhg1 Nf6 $2 (18... Qf6+ $19 19. Nf3 Qxb2+ 20. Kg3 Qa3) 19. Qe5 $17 Nxe4+ 20. dxe4 f6 21. Qh5+ Qf7 22. Qc5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qe7 (22... Qf8 $11 23. Qc7 Bd7 24. Qxb7 Rc8) 23. Qxe7+ $16 Kxe7 24. Rxg7+ Kf8 25. Rag1 {[%mdl 1024] And now e5! would win. White has strong compensation.} e5 26. Nb5 a6 $2 (26... Rb8 $16) 27. Nc7 $18 Rb8 28. Nd5 f5 (28... h5 $142 29. R1g6 (29. Nxf6 Bg4 $16) 29... Be6) 29. Nf6 fxe4 30. Rc7 Bf5 31. Rgg7 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rg7f7]} Bg6 32. Rgd7 b5 33. h4 {White threatens h5 and mate.} h5 34. Rg7 Rc8 {[#]} 35. Ra7 {Played: Rg7-g8} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.26"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} c6 {[%emt 0: 00:24]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:54]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 4. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 6. Nb3 {[%emt 0: 07:47]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:01:22]} 7. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 8. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 9. dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} f5 { [%emt 0:00:40]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:13:01]} Qxd2+ {[%emt 0:08:06]} 11. Kxd2 { [%emt 0:01:27]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 12. f3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02: 04]} 13. fxe4 {[%emt 0:12:12]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 14. c5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:13:31]} 15. Bg2 {[%emt 0:04:44]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:22:08]} 16. Raf1 { [%emt 0:00:15]} Nc4+ {[%emt 0:02:57]} 17. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 18. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:51]} 19. Nd4 {[%emt 0:04:57]} Nxg2 {[%emt 0:04:40]} 20. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 21. Re5 { [%emt 0:08:04]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 22. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 23. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 24. Na3 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 25. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Na3 { [%emt 0:00:49]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 27. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.26"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bxc6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 6. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bg7 {[%emt 0: 03:15]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:03:25]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:06:33]} 9. c4 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:05:26]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:52]} 11. Re1 { [%emt 0:16:19]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:04:54]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:11: 16]} 13. Qb3 {[%emt 0:06:12]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:14:45]} 14. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 15. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 16. Na4 { [%emt 0:00:04]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:08:12]} 17. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Bxb7 {[%emt 0: 00:58]} 18. Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} d6 19. c5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} e5 {[%emt 0:08:02]} 20. b4 {[%emt 0:11:16]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 21. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bb5 { [%emt 0:05:02]} 22. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 23. Ra8 {[%emt 0: 00:49]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:04:16]} 24. Nxa8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 25. Nc7 {[%emt 0:01:17]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 26. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:06:52]} cxb5 { [%emt 0:00:33]} 27. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 28. Nb3 { [%emt 0:01:58]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 29. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00: 33]} 30. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. g4 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.27"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2811"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0: 01:32]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. Qxc3 { [%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00: 13]} 8. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bb7 { [%emt 0:03:37]} 10. Rd1 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 11. Ne5 { [%emt 0:01:01]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:09] } 13. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 15. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 16. h4 { [%emt 0:00:20]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 18. Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Rg3+ {[%emt 0:02:21]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 20. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 21. Qb4 { [%emt 0:00:07]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:07:10]} 22. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:06:41]} bxc5 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 23. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Qh2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 24. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 25. Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} 27. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd5+ {[%emt 0: 00:28]} 28. Kc3 {[%emt 0:03:50]} Qc6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qc6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.27"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,89,20,41,21,22,21,19,18,27,28,27,18,67,68,77,73,74,74,79,75,184,150, 151,151,143,134,135,142,126,119,119,107,114,111,129,125,129,125,126,126,122, 118,119,119,138,137,137,146,150,150,147,109,131,133,136,125,151,156,169,143, 214,216,283,270,308,291,287,274,440,433,431,422,391,339,395,415,414,387,565, 557,1324,1307]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 { A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} Qc7 7. e4 e6 8. Bd3 { The position is equal.} Be7 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. e5 Bc6 12. Ng5 $36 { [%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} h6 13. Bh7+ {[#]} Kh8 $146 14. Bc2 {Black must now prevent Qd3.} c4 (14... g6 $16 {might work better.} 15. Ne4 Kg7 ) 15. Re1 Qd8 16. Nh3 Qd5 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rd5g2]} 17. Nf4 Qc5 18. Bb1 Bg5 {[#] } 19. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} fxe6 20. Bxg5 {Qc2 is the strong threat.} Qd5 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rd5g2]} 21. Qg4 {Hoping for Be3.} Nd7 22. Be4 Nxe5 23. Qh5 Qb5 {[#] aiming for ...Bxe4.} ({Wrong is} 23... Qc5 $2 24. Be3 $18 ) 24. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatening mate with Bf4+.} Bxe4 (24... gxh6 25. Qxh6+) 25. Bf4+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kg8 26. Qxe5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bd5 27. Re2 Rf5 28. Qe3 Qe8 29. f3 Qg6 30. h4 Raf8 31. Bg5 a6 32. Rd1 Qe8 33. Rd4 Qc6 34. Rg4 Kh7 {[#]} (34... e5 $16 35. Re1 R8f7) 35. Bf4 $1 $18 R8f7 36. Be5 b5 37. Qf2 Qd7 38. Qg3 Rh5 $2 (38... a5 {was necessary.} 39. a3 Qe7) 39. Bd4 Qc7 {and the idea ...Qxg3 leaves Black hopeful.} 40. Re5 Rhf5 41. Rg5 Kg8 42. h5 Rxg5 43. Qxg5 ({Weaker is} 43. Rxg5 Qxg3 44. Rxg3 Re7 $18) 43... Qe7 (43... Kf8 $142 44. Qe3 Rf5 45. Rxf5+ exf5) 44. Qg4 Rf5 {[#]} 45. Qxf5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin. Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 49%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.28"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2811"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,61,14,12,0,8,-10,1,-94,-96,-79,-81,-50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Qb3 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3} (6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 Qxd5 11. e3 Qxa2 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. h4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc2 15. Rxc2 {1/2-1/2 (42) Carlsen,M (2882)-Ding,L (2805) Saint Louis 2019}) 6... h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 8. d5 (8. e3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 8... Na5 $17 9. Qc2 Nxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... g5 10. Bg3 Nxc4 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. dxe6 dxe6 13. Rd3 b5 {0-1 (31) Sanikidze,T (2555)-Romanov,E (2655) Nuremberg 2013}) 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 b5 12. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. e4 Bb7 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. dxe6 dxe6 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Re3 {[#]} Rd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Rdxd3 cxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 20. b3 a5 21. Nd2 {The position is equal.} Ba6 22. Kb2 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Rh3 (23. bxa4 Rb8+) 23... Kh7 24. Rf3 axb3 25. axb3 Rg8 26. Rxf6 Rxg2 {aiming for ...Kg7.} 27. Rxf7+ Kg6 28. Ra7 Bb5 29. Ra5 Be8 30. Rxc5 Rxf2 31. Kc3 { Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.28"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,85,16,22,18,19,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,14,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10, 10,14,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,-4,-7,-54,41,43,36,13,6,12,16,0,0,0,6,5,4,0,83, 90,387,394,385,403,516,516,725,724,722,718,711,701,657,643,637,637,635,631]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. a3 Bc5 6. e3 {A21: English Opening: 1.. .e5 2 Nc3} Nf6 7. d4 Nxd5 8. cxd5 {The position is equal.} exd4 9. exd4 Bb6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Bd3 $146 f5 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Bxf5 Nf6 15. Bd3 h6 16. Nh4 Nxd5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Ng6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kxh7 19. Nxf8+ Kg8 20. Ng6 $1 Qf6 21. Qe4 {aiming for Qe8+.} Be6 $1 22. O-O Re8 {Threatens to win with ... Bf7.} 23. Nh4 Bf7 24. Qg4 h5 25. Qg3 Re4 $1 26. Bg5 Qe6 (26... Qxd4 $15 27. h3 Qxb2) 27. h3 $14 Bxd4 28. Nf3 Bxb2 {And now ...Nc3 would win.} 29. Rab1 Re2 30. Bd2 Qf6 (30... Bxa3 $2 31. Nd4 $18 (31. Rxb7 Qc8 $16)) 31. Bxa5 Nf4 $132 { [%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 32. Bxc7 {With the idea Bd8!} Rc2 { White must now prevent ...Ne2+.} 33. Kh2 h4 {[#]} (33... Nxg2 $11 34. Kxg2 (34. Bxd6 $2 Ne3 $17) 34... Rxc7) 34. Qg5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f6] Qxf6 is the strong threat.} ({Avoid the trap} 34. Nxh4 $2 Be5 $19) ({Much weaker is} 34. Qxh4 $6 Qxh4 35. Nxh4 Be5 $11) 34... Rxc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34... Ba2 $16 {is a better defense.} 35. Qxf6 (35. Qxh4 Qxh4 36. Nxh4 Bxb1 $17) 35... gxf6) 35. Rxb2 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg5 (35... Qxb2 36. Qd8+) 36. Nxg5 Bc4 37. Re1 { [%cal Re1e8] White is clearly winning.} g6 38. Re4 Nd3 39. Rb6 {Played: Rb2-c2} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.30"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D97"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Qxc4 { [%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05] } 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. d5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nd4 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Qxd4 { [%emt 0:00:12]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:11] } 13. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 14. Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Re8 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 15. e5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 16. e6 {[%emt 0: 01:53]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 17. h3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. dxe6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 19. Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Raxd8 { [%emt 0:00:14]} 20. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 21. Bxe8 { [%emt 0:01:39]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 22. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0: 01:27]} 23. bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Nxc1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00: 14]} Ne2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:11:28]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:21:16]} 27. c4 {[%emt 0:24:24]} Bxc4 { [%emt 0:01:01]} 28. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 29. Rc7 { [%emt 0:05:52]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 30. Ra7 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Re4 {[%emt 0:05: 22]} 31. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 32. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. a4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 34. Rxa6 { [%emt 0:00:09]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 35. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00: 10]} 36. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.09.30"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2811"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00: 06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:27]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. Re1 { [%emt 0:00:58]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04] } 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 9. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxd5 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Rxe5 { [%emt 0:00:06]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. d3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:07] } 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Qf3 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Qh4 { [%emt 0:02:29]} 15. g3 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0: 02:43]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 17. Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 18. Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qxg2+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} 19. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} f5 { [%emt 0:00:07]} 20. h3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 21. Bf4 {[%emt 0: 00:42]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 22. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 23. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bf3+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 24. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxf4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rfxe4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 26. Rxe4 { [%emt 0:01:18]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. a4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Re2 {[%emt 0:08: 55]} 28. axb5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Bxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 30. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Rxd5 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 32. f3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 33. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.10.01"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A19"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:02: 26]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. d4 { [%emt 0:00:03]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0: 00:08]} 8. Ndb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a6 9. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00: 31]} 10. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 12. Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 13. Qb4 { [%emt 0:03:30]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 14. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00: 21]} 15. O-O-O {[%emt 0:07:43]} d6 {[%emt 0:16:12]} 16. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. g4 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 18. Rg1 { [%emt 0:05:11]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 19. f4 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:11: 03]} 20. h4 {[%emt 0:03:38]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 21. g5 {[%emt 0:05:57]} Kh8 { [%emt 0:06:36]} 22. Qb3 {[%emt 0:21:57]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:07:13]} 23. Kb1 { [%emt 0:02:56]} e5 {[%emt 0:14:46]} 24. Nd5 {[%emt 0:07:35]} Bf5+ {[%emt 0:07: 21]} 25. Ka1 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 26. gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. a3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 28. Bg2 { [%emt 0:04:47]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 29. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:09: 09]} 30. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:02:10]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rxg1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 33. Rxg1 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 34. Qb6 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02: 31]} 35. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Ka2 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 37. Qc3 {[%emt 0:05:44]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 38. h5 { [%emt 0:04:54]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 39. h6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:01: 22]} 40. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.10.01"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 6. dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O { [%emt 0:00:52]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0: 00:19]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 11. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:04:53]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:06:58]} a6 { [%emt 0:07:17]} 13. h3 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 14. g4 {[%emt 0: 11:12]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 15. Qf1 {[%emt 0:04:55]} g6 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 16. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 17. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rxe1 { [%emt 0:04:31]} 18. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 19. f4 {[%emt 0: 03:06]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 20. Bh4 {[%emt 0:10:25]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:03:23]} 21. Qxe1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 22. Qxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bxe8 {[%emt 0:08:49]} 23. Ne4 {[%emt 0:05:10]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:04:25]} 24. Bxe4 { [%emt 0:00:10]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. Kd2 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00: 35]} 26. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} f5 {[%emt 0:05:56]} 27. g5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} b5 { [%emt 0:03:30]} 28. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 29. b3 {[%emt 0: 00:36]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.10.02"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D86"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. bxc3 { [%emt 0:00:09]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00] } 8. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. d5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Na5 { [%emt 0:05:27]} 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} O-O {[%emt 0:05:17]} 11. Rb1 {[%emt 0: 00:32]} e6 {[%emt 0:06:05]} 12. c4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:00:44]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 14. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0: 00:05]} 15. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 16. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} exd5 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 17. Qxd5+ {[%emt 0:01:55]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 18. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:29:30]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:04:18]} 19. Bb2 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0: 01:01]} 20. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 21. Re2 {[%emt 0:07:31]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:13:49]} 22. Qa5 {[%emt 0:04:08]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:08:19]} 23. Nd5 { [%emt 0:04:45]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Re7 {[%emt 0:06:35]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:09: 55]} 25. Rd1 {[%emt 0:03:46]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 26. Ree1 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 27. Qb4 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 28. Rxd1 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Qb2 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 29. Qe7 {[%emt 0:08:20]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:00: 24]} 30. g4 {[%emt 0:04:19]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 31. Qxg7+ {[%emt 0:05:44]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 32. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.10.02"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2811"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 26,91,25,16,42,25,28,50,44,18,15,14,25,16,22,0,31,24,20,18,29,23,25,16, 16,16,23,16,16,19,26,26,26,27,35,35,35,42,42,50,40,39,83,58,81,81,95,93,98,101, 91,94,100,100,217,221,269,260,250,270,254,256,672,676,636,614,737,733]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 { C89: Closed Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack} 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 {White is slightly better.} 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfd8 19. a4 h6 20. h4 Rac8 {[#]} (20... Bf8 {keeps more tension.} 21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. Ne4 a5 23. Rad1 Re8) 21. Qxf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 {1/2-1/2 (35) Karjakin,S (2750) -Ding,L (2805) Saint Louis 2019}) 21... Bxf5 22. Ne4 Bf8 23. Nc5 Nb4 24. Re5 g6 25. axb5 cxb5 {With the idea ...Nc6.} 26. Ne6 Bxe6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Bxe6+ { [%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kh7 29. Bxc8 {Hoping for Bh3.} Rxc8 30. cxb4 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc4 31. Bf6 Bg7 32. Be7 Rc6 33. Ra2 Kg8 34. Bc5 Kf7 35. Kg2 Ke6 36. b3 h5 37. Kf3 Kf5 38. Rd2 Be5 39. Rd5 {[#] Bd4 is the strong threat.} Ke6 (39... Kf6 $16 40. Ke3 Re6) 40. Ke4 $18 Bf6 41. f4 Bc3 42. f5+ Kf7 43. Rd7+ Kg8 $2 (43... Ke8 44. Rh7 gxf5+ 45. Kxf5 Rf6+ 46. Kg5 Rf3) 44. Bd6 {White is clearly winning.} gxf5+ 45. Kxf5 Bg7 46. Kg5 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 57%.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.10.03"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,61,0,0,8,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,18,19,6,13,14,24,6,6,4,9,13,15,14,19, 2,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 {[#] A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 7. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening Qa4.} (7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Re8 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. b4 Nd4 13. a4 a6 14. Bc3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 {1/2-1/2 (45) Vidit,S (2718)-So,W (2767) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 7... Nxc3 $1 ({Much weaker is} 7... Nxe5 8. Nxd5 c6 9. d4 $16) 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. bxc3 Qd5 {[%cal Rd5h1]} 10. Nf3 Bh3 11. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rg1 Bg4 12. Nh4 O-O 13. d4 {0-1 (24) Burschowsky,M (2145)-Gsteu,P Austria 1999}) 11... Bg2 12. Qxd5 cxd5 {[%cal Bc6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 13. Rg1 Bxf3 $1 14. exf3 d4 $1 15. Rb1 O-O-O {The position is equal.} 16. Rb5 Rhe8+ 17. Kd1 Bb6 {White must now prevent ...dxc3.} 18. cxd4 Bxd4 19. Rf1 Re6 20. Bb2 Ra6 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 22. Rb2 Rda4 23. Re1 Kd7 24. Rb8 Rxa2 {[#] And now ...Ra1+ would win.} 25. Ree8 Ra1+ 26. Ke2 Re6+ 27. Rxe6 Kxe6 28. Re8+ Kf6 29. Rc8 Rc1 30. Ra8 Ra1 31. Rc8 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.10.03"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,60,25,25,25,23,24,21,22,11,33,25,20,16,7,20,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0, 0,0,16,12,6,13,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bf5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (8... Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 h6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Rg8 13. c4 c5 14. Bc3 O-O-O 15. Qe3 g5 16. hxg5 hxg5 { 1/2-1/2 (71) Caruana,F (2819)-So,W (2754) Stavanger 2019}) 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Bc4 Bf6 11. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rhe1 O-O 12. h3 Na5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qa4 15. Kb1 Qc4 16. Qf5 {1-0 (34) Bos Swiecik,I (2240)-Rzeczycka,B (2090) Poznan 1989}) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Rhe1 b6 15. Bd5 Rae8 16. Qc4 {[#] Hoping for Bc6.} Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 19. Rd2 a5 20. a4 Rf6 21. b3 d5 22. Qe2 Rf5 23. Kb2 Qd6 24. h4 h6 {The position is equal.} 25. Rd3 Re5 26. Qg4 Qe7 27. g3 Qf6 28. Rf3 Rf5 29. Rxf5 Qxf5 30. Qe2 Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.10.04"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "1500+10"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0: 00:06]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 8. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc7 { [%emt 0:02:27]} 10. d4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 11. Bf4 {[%emt 0: 00:04]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 13. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 14. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O { [%emt 0:00:06]} 15. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 16. Qd2 { [%emt 0:03:16]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:04:25]} 17. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qb6 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 18. c4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 19. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 20. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 21. a3 { [%emt 0:01:47]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00: 58]} 23. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 26. Qxd6 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 27. Qe7 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Ba8 {[%emt 0:00: 12]} 28. Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 29. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:01:17]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 30. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Rb7 { [%emt 0:02:33]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 32. h4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00: 52]} 33. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 34. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 35. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 36. Rxa5 { [%emt 0:00:20]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 37. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 38. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 39. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 40. Bh5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Kh2 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 42. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00: 08]} 43. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 44. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 45. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 46. Rf4 { [%emt 0:00:07]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 47. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxe4+ {[%emt 0: 00:12]} 48. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 49. a4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 50. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 51. Ra3 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 52. a5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 53. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 54. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 55. f3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 56. g4 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} f5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 57. gxf5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 58. f6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 59. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kxf6 { [%emt 0:00:17]} 60. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Kc5 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 62. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 63. a6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 64. a7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rf5+ {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 65. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rf4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 66. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.10.04"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2811"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,128,32,0,7,7,9,0,20,0,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,-16,0, -44,-44,-45,-45,-65,-58,-102,-95,-136,-37,-48,-35,-49,-37,-187,-31,-109,-117, -124,-116,-313,-327,-306,-203,-235,0,-15,-8,-14,77,33,75,61,57,64,59,60,45,53, 265,49,199,86,111,16,26,27,28,37,34,0,30,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,21,16,15,15,20, 14,16,0,20,20,19,16,15,15,20,20,20,14,23,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4]} 1. Nf3 d5 ({Predecessor:} 1... Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 {1-0 (47) Jaracz,P (2453)-Szwed,J (2397) Pokrzywna 2018}) 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 cxd4 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 7. exd4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 $146 (9... Bd6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. h3 Bf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Rac8 19. Re3 g6 20. Bf1 Rfd8 21. Qb2 Rd5 22. c4 {1/2-1/2 (38) Karjakin,S (2748) -Dubov,D (2700) Moscow 2019}) 10. Bd3 b6 11. Ng5 {Threatens to win with Qf3!} Nf6 12. Qf3 Rb8 $1 13. O-O Bd6 14. Qh3 h6 15. Nf3 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 18. Kf1 Bd6 $1 19. c4 h5 20. Qh3 Kf8 21. Rab1 Rd8 22. Bc3 Rh6 23. a4 h4 24. Kg1 Nh5 ({Better is} 24... g5 $1 $17 25. a5 Rd7) 25. Bf1 Nf4 26. Qf3 Rf6 27. Qe4 {[#]} (27. Qg4 $15) 27... Ng6 $2 ({Black should try} 27... h3 $1 $19 { [%cal Rh3g2][%mdl 512]} 28. gxh3 Rg6+ 29. Kh1 Qe7) 28. Rb2 {[#]} (28. Qe3 $1 $15) 28... h3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 29. gxh3 Rf4 30. Qh1 $2 (30. Qd3 $17 { was necessary.}) 30... Nh4 $19 31. Re3 Rf5 32. Rb5 {[#]} e5 $2 (32... Bc5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Be2 (33. dxc5 Rg5+) 33... Bxd4 34. Bxd4 Rxd4) 33. c5 Be7 34. Qe4 Rf4 (34... Rg5+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} 35. Kh1 Nf5) 35. cxb6 (35. Qh7 $5 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Ng6 36. cxb6 (36. dxe5 $2 Rh4 $19) 36... axb6 37. Rbxe5 $16) 35... axb6 36. Qh7 $36 {[%cal Rh7h8][%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Ng6 $1 {Hoping for ...Rh4.} 37. Rbxe5 $1 Rh4 38. Rh5 Rxh5 39. Qxh5 {Strongly threatening a5.} Bf6 $2 {[#]} (39... Kg8 $14) 40. Qb5 $2 ({Only move:} 40. a5 $1 $18) 40... Nh4 (40... Qd7 $14) 41. Bb4+ (41. a5 $18 Qf4 42. Bb4+ (42. Qxb6 Nf3+ 43. Kg2 Nh4+ 44. Kg1 Nf3+ 45. Kg2 Nh4+ 46. Kg1 $11) 42... Kg8 43. Re8+ ( 43. axb6 $2 Bxd4 44. Bc5 Qg5+ 45. Kh1 Qd5+ 46. Kg1 Bxc5 $19) 43... Rxe8 44. Qxe8+ Kh7 45. Bd3+ (45. Qxf7 Qg5+ 46. Kh1 bxa5 $11) 45... Kh6 46. Qe3 (46. axb6 Qc1+ 47. Bf1 Nf3+ 48. Kg2 Nh4+ 49. Kg1 Nf3+ 50. Kg2 Nh4+ 51. Kg1 $11) 46... Qxe3 47. fxe3 bxa5 48. Bxa5) 41... Kg8 $16 {[#]} 42. Re8+ (42. a5 $1 $16 Qb8 43. Qxb6 Bxd4 44. Qxb8 Rxb8 45. Bd6) 42... Rxe8 $11 43. Qxe8+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ g6 45. d5 Nf5 46. d6 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Nxd6 47. Qf4 Ne8 48. Qxc7 Nxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 49. Bc4 Kg7 50. Bd6 Ne8 51. Bb8 Bd8 52. Be5+ Bf6 53. Bb8 Bd8 54. Bf4 Bc7 55. Be3 Nd6 56. Bd4+ f6 57. Bd3 Nb7 58. Bc2 Nd8 59. Be4 Ne6 { The position is equal.} 60. Be3 f5 61. Bc6 Kf6 62. Kg2 g5 63. Bd7 Nf4+ 64. Bxf4 Bxf4 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.10.04"] [Round "7.6"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "1500+10"] 1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00: 07]} 8. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 9. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxd5 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0: 00:08]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 13. e3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qg6 {[%emt 0: 01:28]} 15. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. b4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 17. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 18. Rfd1 { [%emt 0:01:52]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 19. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:01: 53]} 20. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 21. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 22. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 23. Rxc5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 24. a4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:40] } 25. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 26. b5 {[%emt 0:02:24]} axb5 { [%emt 0:00:15]} 27. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 28. Bxe5 { [%emt 0:01:16]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0: 00:11]} 30. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} exf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 31. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:02] } Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 32. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:05:11]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. d4 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 34. h4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01: 04]} 35. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qxc2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 36. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 37. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. Kh2 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 40. Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.10.04"] [Round "7.6"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,48,10,1,0,-10,18,10,10,-43,-37,-48,-35,-51,-49,-106,-108,-124,-119, -146,-157,-174,-165,-157,-129,-412,-406,-624,-613,-629,-616,-622,-616,-575, -600]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6g4][%mdl 32]} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bg5 c5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nf6 {The position is equal.} (11... h6 12. Be3 Nb6 13. Qb3 Bd7 14. Qa3 Na4 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. O-O b5 17. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 (50) Korobov,A (2687)-Fier,A (2604) Moscow 2015}) 12. d5 $146 (12. Bd3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qc8 15. Be2 Qh3 16. Qb4 Qh5 17. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 (48) Paehtz,E (2474)-Lujan,C (2378) Baku 2016}) 12... Bd7 $15 13. Qb4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 {[%cal Ba7b6,Bb6b5, Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 15. e5 {[#]} (15. Bd3 $1 $15) 15... Ng4 $1 $17 16. e6 fxe6 17. Bc4 Ba4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 18. Rc1 {White wants to play d6.} b5 19. Be2 exd5 20. Bxe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. O-O $17 {was worth a try.}) 20... Rfe8 $19 21. Bg5 (21. Rc7 $142 Rac8 22. Bd6) 21... b4 {Black is clearly winning.} 22. Kf1 {[#]} Rxe2 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 23. Kxe2 Bb5+ { [%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 24. Ke1 Bc3+ {Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 84%.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.10.04"] [Round "7.7"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "600+10"] 1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 8. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxd5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 14. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} exd4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 15. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. a3 {[%emt 0: 00:16]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 17. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 18. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} f5 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 19. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd6 {[%emt 0: 00:05]} 20. Rc2 {[%emt 0:04:22]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 21. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 22. dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 23. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 24. Rb2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Qa3 {[%emt 0: 00:49]} 25. c5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 26. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 27. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 28. Bd5 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qc3 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 30. Rbb1 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 31. Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 32. Rbc1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 33. Qxc5 { [%emt 0:00:07]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a4 {[%emt 0:00: 10]} 35. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rec8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 37. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 38. Rb1 { [%emt 0:00:33]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 39. h4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00: 10]} 40. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 41. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.10.04"] [Round "7.8"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D40"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2811"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "600+10"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00: 09]} 9. d5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ { [%emt 0:00:10]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. a4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b4 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 13. e4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 14. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bd6 { [%emt 0:00:12]} 15. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0: 00:20]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 17. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 18. f3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 19. Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Ne5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 20. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 21. Rac1 { [%emt 0:00:09]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 22. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} a5 {[%emt 0:00: 24]} 23. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 24. b3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rcd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 25. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 26. Qd3 { [%emt 0:00:34]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 27. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01: 00]} 28. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 29. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 30. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.10.04"] [Round "7.9"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "150"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,152,19,12,14,12,12,12,13,12,14,12,17,17,17,12,13,8,8,8,8,11,19,13,25, 23,24,22,21,14,9,0,0,-8,-6,-18,-4,-4,14,13,7,11,11,9,7,8,18,11,37,37,37,37,64, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-72, -72,-72,-72,-198,-116,-116,-116,-116,-41,-4158,-2106,-6095,-4236,-29969,-299, -29976,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977, -29978,-29978,-29978,-29977,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982, -29984,-29985,-29985,-29985,-29991,-29992,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997, -5509]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Re1 Qe7 {The position is equal.} 13. Nc3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 c6 16. a5 {[#]} Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... e5 17. Qe3 Rfe8 18. d5 {1/2-1/2 (35) Ding,L (2777)-Leko,P (2691) Riadh 2017}) 17. Red1 e5 18. Qe3 Rfe8 19. d5 e4 20. Bg2 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Nf6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. h3 Qb4 25. b3 h5 26. Kh2 Rd5 27. Qf4 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 Qxa5 29. Qb8+ Kh7 {aiming for ...Qb5.} 30. Qxb7 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf5 31. Kg1 e3 32. fxe3 Qe6 33. Kf2 Qf5+ 34. Qf3 Qe6 35. e4 ({White should try} 35. b4 $14) 35... g6 $11 36. Kg1 Nd7 37. Qc3 Ne5 38. b4 Qd6 39. Kf2 Nc6 (39... Qb6+ {seems wilder.} 40. Qc5 Qf6+ 41. Bf3 h4 42. gxh4 Qxh4+ 43. Kg2 Qg5+) 40. Qc5 Qd4+ 41. Qxd4 Nxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 42. e5 {Strongly threatening Be4.} Nc2 $1 43. Bd5 Kg7 44. e6 fxe6 45. Bxe6 Nxb4 46. Ke3 Kf6 47. Bd7 Ke5 48. Be8 Nd5+ 49. Kd3 Ne7 50. Kc4 a5 51. Kc5 Kf6 52. Kb5 ( 52. g4 $11 {remains equal.}) 52... Nf5 $17 53. Kxa5 Nxg3 54. Bb5 (54. e3 $17) 54... g5 (54... h4 $19 55. Kb4 Ne4) 55. Kb4 Ke5 {And now ...Kd4 would win.} 56. Kc3 Kf4 (56... Ne4+ $1 $17 57. Kd3 Nf2+ 58. Ke3 Nxh3) 57. Kd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. Kd4 $15) 57... Ne4+ $19 58. Ke1 {[#]} Kg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3h3]} 59. Bd7 h4 $2 (59... Nf2 {mates} 60. Kf1 h4 61. e3 Nxh3 62. e4 Nf4 63. e5 h3 64. Bc8 h2 65. Bb7 Nd3 66. e6 {[#]} Nc5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} 67. e7 Nxb7 68. e8=Q h1=Q+ 69. Ke2 Qf3+ 70. Kd2 Kg2 71. Qd7 g4 72. Kc1 Nc5 73. Qg7 g3 74. Qb2+ Qf2 75. Qg7 Qa2 76. Kd1 Ne4 77. Qd7 Nc3+ 78. Kc1 Qb1+ 79. Kd2 Qd1+ 80. Kxc3 Qxd7 81. Kb4 Kf1 82. Kc4 g2 83. Kc3 g1=Q 84. Kb3 Qe3+ 85. Kc4 Qed4+ 86. Kb3 Q7a4#) 60. e3 $2 (60. Bf5 $19 Nf2 61. e4 Nxh3 62. e5) 60... Nf2 {Black mates.} 61. Kf1 Nxh3 62. e4 Nf4 63. e5 h3 64. Bc6 h2 65. Bb7 g4 66. Bc6 Kh3 67. Bb7 g3 68. Bc8+ Kh4 {[%cal Rh2h1]} 69. Bb7 Kg5 70. Be4 Kg4 71. e6 Nxe6 72. Kg2 Nf4+ 73. Kh1 Nh3 74. Bf3+ Kf4 75. Kg2 Nf2 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2019.10.04"] [Round "7.10"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B59"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2811"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2019.09.07"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+3"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Be2 { [%emt 0:00:13]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03] } 8. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxf6 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Bg4 {[%emt 0: 00:17]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 13. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 14. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qe7 { [%emt 0:00:23]} 15. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 16. Rad1 { [%emt 0:00:01]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. a3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:06] } 18. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} d5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 20. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 21. Qc5 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. c3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 23. h3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 24. Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00: 56]} 25. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 26. b4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} d4 { [%emt 0:00:31]} 27. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 28. Qc5 {[%emt 0: 00:09]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. a4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} exd4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 32. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. Ne5 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 34. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rf5 {[%emt 0: 00:04]} 37. b5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. b6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. Qe4 { [%emt 0:00:13]} Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0: 00:06]} 42. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 43. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:03] } Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 44. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 45. Nc5 { [%emt 0:00:06]} Rfxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 46. Nxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0