[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.12"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 Nd4 6. Ba4 c6 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4.} 7. O-O (7. Nxe5 d5) 7... d6 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 {The position is equal.} 9. h3 {[#]} g5 $146 (9... Be6 $11) ({ Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Ng3 Be6 12. c3 d5 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Re1 Re8 15. Nf5 Nf8 {1-0 (30) Gallagher,J (2565)-Raetsky,A (2405) Graechen 1999}) 10. Ne2 (10. Nd5 $1 $14 Rg8 11. c3) (10. Bxg5 Rg8 11. Bh4 Bxh3) 10... Bb6 $1 $11 11. c3 Rg8 {And now ... g4 would win.} 12. d4 Nxe4 13. Bc2 d5 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. dxe5 {[#]} Qxd1 $1 16. Rxd1 g4 17. h4 (17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Re1 Bf3 19. Nf4) 17... g3 $1 {[%CAl Rg3f2]} 18. Nd4 Bd8 19. fxg3 Rxg3 20. Re1 $6 {[#]} (20. Rf1 Rg4 21. Rf4) 20... Rg4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} (20... Bxh4 21. Rxe4 Rg4 22. Rxg4 $15) 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Ke7 23. Rad1 Bd7 24. e6 fxe6 25. g6 hxg6 26. Nb3 e5 27. Na5 Be6 28. Rd2 Rb8 ({Of course not} 28... Bxa2 $6 29. b3 $14) 29. b4 Kf6 30. a4 (30. Re3 $17) 30... Rg3 31. Rxe4 $2 {White does not recover from this.} (31. Rf2+ $17 Bf5 32. Rxe4) 31... Bd5 $19 (31... Rxc3 32. Rf2+ Kg5 33. Rxe5+ Bf5 34. b5 $17) 32. Rh4 Rxc3 33. Rh7 b6 34. Nxc6 Bxc6 ({Weaker is} 34... Rxc6 35. Rxd5 Ke6 36. Rdd7 $17) 35. Rc7 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Rf8 37. b5 Ke6+ 38. Kg3 Rc3+ 39. Kh2 Rh8+ 40. Kg1 {[#]} Rh1+ $3 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 41. Kxh1 {[#]} (41. Kf2 {was the only chance.}) 41... Bxg2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} 42. Rxg2 Rxc7 43. Rxg6+ $2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} (43. a5 e4 44. axb6 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 axb6 46. Rxg6+ Kf5 47. Rg7) 43... Kd5 44. a5 $2 (44. Kg2) 44... Kc5 {Black is clearly winning.} 45. axb6 axb6 46. Re6 Kxb5 47. Rxe5+ Rc5 (47... Kc4 $142 48. Re4+ Kd3) 48. Re1 Rg5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.70/Black=0.18} 0-1 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.12"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D40"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,57,0,0,0,-11,23,29,22,19,14,17,52,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,126,123, 140,120,300,283,929,908,1351,1346,1264,1206,1562,1506,1639,1233]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Be7 12. e4 O-O {White has an edge.} 13. Bf4 c4 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qd2 (15. Nc7 $1 $14) 15... Bc5 $11 16. Bg5 Be7 17. h4 h6 18. Bf4 Bc5 19. Bc7 $1 {[%CAl Rc7d8]} Qc8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qf4 Nd4 $6 {[#]} (21... Re7 $11 { remains equal.} 22. Qg3+ Kh7) (21... Ne5) 22. Nxd4 $1 $16 Bxd4 {[#]} 23. Rad1 $1 $36 {[%CAl Rd1d4][%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Bc5 {Loses the game.} ({Avoid the trap} 23... Bxb2 $2 24. Re3 $18) (23... Be5 $16 { keeps fighting.} 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Qxh6 Qg4) 24. Bb1 $18 {e5 is the strong threat.} Bf8 $2 (24... Qe6 25. Bd6 (25. Qxh6 Qg4 $16) 25... Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Qe5 27. Qxh6 (27. Qxf6 Qxf6 28. Rxf6 Rad8 $14) 27... Rad8 28. Rxf6 Re6 29. Rxe6 fxe6) 25. Re3 {White is clearly winning.} Bg7 26. Rg3 {Intending Qxf6 and mate. } Kh8 {[#]} 27. e5 $1 {White threatens Rxg7! and mate.} Qe6 (27... Rg8 28. exf6 ) 28. Bf5 Qe7 29. Rd7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.42} 1-0 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.12"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,75,19,23,6,11,2,8,16,17,6,26,6,20,0,0,0,18,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,6,16,14,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. e5 {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4.} Qd8 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 {[%CAl Bc3e4,Be4g3,Bg3h5][%mdl 32]} O-O 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rad1 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 14. Ng3 (14. Rxd4 Nc6 $15) 14... Bd7 {[#]} 15. Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rxd4 Bc6 16. Rg4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nc6 18. Re1 Rad8 19. Qe3 Bg5 20. f4 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxc4 {1/2-1/2 (62) Nihal,S (2572)-So,W (2776) Douglas 2018}) 15... g6 {[#]} 16. Bd3 $1 Bc6 ({Of course not} 16... gxh5 $6 17. Qe4 $16) 17. Nxd4 Nd7 $1 ({Don't go for} 17... gxh5 $2 18. Qxh5 Bg5 19. f4 $18) 18. Rfe1 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 gxh5 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rxh5 Kg7 23. Kf1 Rfd8 24. Ke2 Rd5 25. Rh3 Rad8 26. Rg3+ Kf8 27. Bc2 Re5+ 28. Re3 Rxe3+ (28... Rxd1 {with more complications.} 29. Bxd1 Rh5 30. h3 Bf6 31. Rb3 Ra5) 29. fxe3 Rxd1 30. Kxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Bf6 31. Be4 Bxb2 32. Bxc6 a5 33. a4 Be5 34. g3 Ke7 35. Ke2 Kf8 36. Kd1 Ke7 37. Ke2 Kf8 38. Kd1 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.12"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,99,25,35,10,18,15,43,21,31,7,15,2,0,4,49,-8,-10,-6,0,0,0,0,27,19,43, 45,52,52,54,53,54,52,55,45,54,52,50,45,45,45,52,45,52,52,52,52,55,55,66,43,47, 43,48,43,57,57,57,57,86,54,119,114,224,224,224,224,224,224,229,229,1240,801, 1188,606,1120,941,11323,12266,29959,29959,29954,29956,29962,29963,29963,12849] } 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 {8...Bd7 is better than 8...Nd7.} 9. Bd3 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} O-O 10. O-O {[#]} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. Rb1 b6 12. d5 Na5 13. c4 e6 14. e4 exd5 15. cxd5 Re8 16. Re1 c4 {1-0 (46) Jakovenko,D (2681)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2774) Khanty Mansiysk 2019}) 11. Qb3 { White is slightly better.} Qc7 12. Rb1 {Strongly threatening Be4.} b6 $1 13. Ba3 Nc6 14. dxc5 Be6 (14... Rfc8 {feels hotter.} 15. Be4 Rab8 16. cxb6 Rxb6 17. Qc2 Be6) 15. cxb6 (15. Qc2 $14) 15... axb6 $11 16. Qxb6 Qxb6 17. Rxb6 Rxa3 18. Rxc6 Bd5 19. Rc5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Bxc3 21. Bc4 Bb4 22. Rb5 Bd6 23. Rc1 Rfa8 24. f4 Kg7 25. Bb3 R8a5 26. Rd5 (26. Rg5 {seems wilder.} Ra7 27. Kg2 Rb7 28. Rc6 Bb4 29. Rd5) 26... Rxd5 27. Bxd5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} h6 28. h3 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Bb3 Ra5 31. a4 Rc5 32. Rb1 Kf6 33. Kg2 Bc7 34. Bd1 Rd5 35. Rc1 Bd6 36. Be2 Rc5 37. Ra1 Rc3 (37... Bc7 $14) 38. a5 $16 {[%CAl Ba4a5,Ba5a6] [%mdl 32] a6 is the strong threat.} Ra3 $2 (38... Bc5 $16 39. a6 Ba7) 39. Rxa3 $18 Bxa3 {KB-KB} 40. Kf3 e6 41. Bd3 Ke7 42. Kg4 Kf6 $4 (42... f6 43. f4 gxf4) 43. a6 Bc5 44. Bb5 Ba7 45. Be8 Ke7 {[#]} 46. Bxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 (46... Kf8 47. Bxe6) 47. Kxg5 {White mates.} Kg7 48. h4 e5 49. Kf5 Bb8 50. Ke4 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.35} 1-0 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.12"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Lupulescu, Constantin"] [Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2627"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "150"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,150,0,-2,-4,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-12,0,0,0,0,10,5,6,2,2,5, 2,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-12,-31,-10,-7,-4,-32,-23,-39,-32,-32,-24,-9,-23,-21,-5, -12,-9,-8,-15,-19,-6,-6,-6,-6,0,0,0,-16,-7,-8,0,0,0,-6,-5,-6,-5,-6,-6,-6,-6, -19,0,-12,0,-6,0,-23,-6,-37,-39,-39,-39,-38,-38,-38,-37,-37,-38,-38,-12,-9,-8, -8,-8,-8,-9,-41,-52,-45,0,-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]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 { A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3.} d5 { [#]} 7. Bg5 $146 {[#] Strongly threatening Qe2+.} ({Predecessor:} 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be3 Be7 9. Bd3 Bxf3 {0-1 (9) Joslin,K (1651)-Kellett,S ICCF email 2017}) 7... Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Be6 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bh6 Re8 13. O-O Bf6 14. Rc1 a6 15. Bc4 Qd6 16. Ba2 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qb3 Nce7 19. Rfe1 ({ But not} 19. Qxb7 $2 Reb8 $19) 19... Qb6 20. Qxb6 cxb6 21. Re5 Red8 22. g3 Rd7 23. Re2 (23. Kg2 {feels hotter.} f6 24. Ree1 Nc6 25. Ng1 b5 26. Nf3) 23... f6 24. Bxd5 (24. Ne1 {feels hotter.} Rad8 25. Ng2 f5 26. Ne3 Nf6 27. Be6) 24... Nxd5 25. Rec2 g5 26. Kf1 Re8 27. Re2 Red8 28. Ne1 Kf7 29. Nc2 b5 (29... Ne7 { seems wilder.} 30. Rd1 Nc6 31. Kg2 Rd5 32. Red2 h5) 30. Ne3 Ne7 31. Rd2 h5 ({ Much worse is} 31... Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Rc7 $14) 32. Rcd1 (32. d5 $5) 32... Nc8 33. d5 Nd6 34. Rc2 Kg6 35. Rd4 Re8 36. h4 Ne4 37. Kg2 Nd6 38. Kf1 Rde7 39. Rc1 Ne4 40. Ng2 Nd6 41. Ne3 Rf7 42. Kg2 Re5 43. Kg1 Rd7 44. Kf1 Rde7 45. Kg2 Rd7 46. Kf1 Rde7 47. Kg2 gxh4 48. gxh4 Re4 49. Rcd1 f5 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. Ng2 Ke5 52. Rxe4+ fxe4+ $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 53. Ke2 Nc4 54. Ne3 Nxb2 55. d6 Rd7 56. Rd5+ Ke6 57. Rxh5 Kxd6 58. Rh8 Nc4 59. h5 $1 Ke5 60. Re8+ {The position is equal.} Kf4 61. Rf8+ Kg5 62. Rf5+ Kh4 63. Nxc4 bxc4 $11 {KR-KR} 64. Rc5 b5 65. a4 Rh7 (65... Rb7 {with more complications.} 66. h6 Kg4 67. axb5 axb5 68. Ke3 Rh7) 66. axb5 axb5 67. Rxb5 Rxh5 68. Rb8 Rc5 69. Re8 c3 {[#] And now ...c2 would win.} 70. Rxe4+ Kh3 {Threatens to win with ...c2.} (70... Kh5 $5 71. Kd1 $8 c2+ 72. Kc1 Kg5 $11) 71. Kd1 c2+ 72. Kc1 Kg2 73. Re2 Kf3 74. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 75. Kxc2 Kxf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2