[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.09"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D24"] [WhiteElo "2627"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,73,0,4,0,0,0,2,0,16,5,23,17,7,3,22,30,38,36,34,10,37,22,16,16,17,16, 16,16,16,10,10,16,13,14,15,10,16,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 { D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.} Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 Nc6 11. Re1 f5 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Kh8 14. Bf4 (14. Bxe6 Bd6 15. Re2 Bxe6 16. Rxe6 Qd7) 14... Bd6 {[#] ... g5 is the strong threat.} (14... g5 $5 {[%CAl Rg5f4]} 15. Bd2 Bd6 $11) 15. Re2 Bxf4 {The position is equal.} 16. Qxf4 Qd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. Bxe6 Re8 19. Rae1 Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxe6 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rc8 22. Rxd6 Kg8 {[#]} 23. h4 $146 (23. Rd7 { is interesting.} Rxc3 24. g3 Ra3 25. Rxb7 a5 26. Kg2) ({Predecessor:} 23. Rd7 Rxc3 24. g3 Ra3 25. Rxb7 Rxa2 26. d5 Rd2 27. Rxa7 Rxd5 28. h4 h5 29. Kg2 { 1/2-1/2 (38) Gagare,S (2501)-Popov,I (2611) St Petersburg 2018}) 23... Rxc3 24. Rd8+ Kf7 25. Rd7+ Kf6 26. Rxb7 Ra3 27. d5 Rxa2 28. d6 Rd2 29. Rxa7 Rxd6 30. g3 h5 31. Kg2 Re6 32. Ra8 Rd6 33. Rf8+ Kg6 34. Re8 Kf6 35. Rf8+ Kg6 36. Re8 Kf6 37. Rf8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/ Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.09"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,70,10,10,7,10,10,10,10,13,7,8,8,14,0,0,6,17,14,7,28,27,2,0,4,8,10,5, 7,7,7,7,7,5,0,0,6,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 12...Qc7.} 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qe2 Qa8 15. b5 cxb5 16. Qxb5 Ra7 {[%CAl Rb6c5]} 17. Ne5 (17. c6 $5 { [%CAl Rc6d7]} Nb8 18. Rfc1 $14 (18. Qxb6 Nxc6 19. Qb5 g6 $15) (18. Ne5 Bd6 $11) ) 17... Nxe5 {[%CAl Bd7e5,Be5c4,Bc4d2][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 18. cxb6 ({Much worse is} 18. fxe5 bxc5 19. dxc5 Rb7 $17) 18... Nc4 19. bxa7 Qxa7 { [#]} 20. f5 $146 {And now fxe6 would win.} ({Predecessor:} 20. Ne2 Rb8 21. Qa4 g6 22. Ra2 Qb6 23. g3 Kg7 24. Rc1 Bf6 25. Qd1 Nb2 26. Qc2 {1-0 (47) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Radjabov,T (2765) Chess.com INT 2020}) 20... Qxd4 {[#]} 21. Qd7 $1 Nd2 $1 22. Qxe7 {Hoping for Nb5.} Nxf1 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Rxf1 Qxc3 26. Qxd5 (26. Qd6 {feels hotter.} Rc8 27. Rd1 Qc5 28. Qg3 h6 29. Qd3) 26... Qxa3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 27. g3 Qb4 28. Ra1 a4 29. Qc6 Qb2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 30. Qxa4 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 $1 Qf3+ {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.09"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Lupulescu, Constantin"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] {[%evp 0,76,19,21,16,10,1,4,14,-7,62,50,74,32,35,-11,3,0,-1,-12,3,17,17,17,11, 11,-14,-16,0,0,0,-50,-41,-37,-35,-27,-21,-29,-11,-5,-11,-8,-5,-6,-3,-3,-7,1, -19,-20,0,-17,9,-23,-20,-46,-46,-31,-23,-19,-23,-27,-19,-33,-24,-37,-39,-33, -20,-229,-313,-401,-408,-490,-545,-623,-743,-1043,-1707]} 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 2. e3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:05:01]} 3. c4 { [%emt 0:01:50]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 4. b3 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:04:26] } 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 6. Bb2 {[%emt 0:03:09]} c5 { [%emt 0:03:37]} 7. Qc2 {[%emt 0:13:11]} Nbc6 {[%emt 0:06:58]} 8. Na4 {[%emt 0: 14:35]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 9. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:16:01]} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:09:08]} Qh5 { [%emt 0:03:20]} 12. Ne4 {[%emt 0:13:42]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 13. Nh4 {[%emt 0: 04:30]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:05:34]} 14. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:59]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 15. Nxc8 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 16. g3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rd8 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 17. Be2 {[%emt 0:07:31]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 18. a3 {[%emt 0: 01:38]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 19. f4 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:07:06]} 20. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 21. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Nd5 {[%emt 0: 03:10]} 22. O-O {[%emt 0:00:52]} (22. Qb2+ Kf8 (22... Kg8 23. Rg1) 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qb2) 22... Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 23. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:46]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:30] } 24. Bb5 {[%emt 0:02:37]} Nce7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 25. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:49]} 26. Bf1 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 27. h3 {[%emt 0: 00:49]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. d3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 29. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 30. Qf2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Kh8 { [%emt 0:01:30]} 31. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 32. Be2 {[%emt 0: 00:35]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 33. Bf1 $6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} (33. Rg1 e5 34. fxe5 Nxe5 35. Nh4) 33... e5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 34. fxe5 $4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} (34. Nh4 exf4 35. exf4) (34. Rb2) 34... Rg6 $19 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 35. Nh4 {[%emt 0:01:35] } Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 36. d4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 37. Ng2 { [%emt 0:00:33]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 38. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0: 00:06]} 0-1 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.09"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,89,0,-8,0,0,-7,-14,0,0,21,16,20,21,20,15,16,19,12,9,10,29,36,38,38, 31,30,25,27,33,40,31,35,0,17,11,4,-58,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,7,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 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. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qe2 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. h3 Be6 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. Rd1 Qc4 12. Rd3 {[#]} Rd8 $146 (12... Qh4 {with more complications.} 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Be3 Rfd8) ({ Predecessor:} 12... Be7 13. b3 Qh4 14. Bb2 g5 15. Rd4 g4 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. hxg4 h5 {0-1 (25) Illijin,N (2290)-Sifrer,D (2440) Slovenia 1993}) 13. b3 Qh4 14. Rxd8+ Qxd8 15. Be3 Be7 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Rd1 (17. Bxa7 $2 b6 $19) 17... Qc8 18. f4 (18. Bxa7 $2 b6 $19) 18... Rd8 19. Rf1 ({Of course not} 19. Bxa7 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 b6 $17) 19... f5 20. exf6 ({Not} 20. Bxa7 $2 b6 $19) 20... Bxf6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Bc5 ({Don't play} 22. Bxa7 b6 $15) 22... Bxc5+ 23. Nxc5 Bf5 24. g4 b6 25. Na4 Qe6 26. Rf2 Qg6 27. Nc3 (27. Kh2 $11 Bc8 28. Nb2) 27... h5 (27... Re8 $1 $15 28. Qc4+ Kf8) 28. Rg2 $11 hxg4 29. hxg4 Qf6 30. gxf5 Qxc3 31. Qe5 Qxe5 32. fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame aiming for f6. KR-KR} Kf7 33. Kh2 Rd4 {The position is equal.} 34. Kg3 Re4 35. e6+ Kf6 36. Kf3 Re5 (36... Kxf5 {keeps more tension.} 37. Rxg7 Rxe6 38. Rxc7 a5 39. Rh7 Ke5) 37. Rg6+ Kxf5 38. Rxg7 Kxe6 39. Rxc7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ra5 40. Rxc6+ Kd7 41. Rc3 Rxa2 42. Ke4 Kd6 43. Rc8 Kd7 44. Rc3 Kd6 45. Rc8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.09"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,91,11,2,32,16,12,14,25,17,29,39,31,34,36,34,32,33,29,35,43,12,18,10, 24,27,62,72,68,67,48,23,34,28,21,27,32,27,25,8,41,41,39,36,30,32,23,38,53,54, 53,43,54,58,68,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} 11. Bd3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Rd1 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxh7+!} Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be4 e5 16. Bg2 {[#]} Qg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qf5 17. a4 a5 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Rac1 Kh8 21. Qb5 Nf6 22. Bc5 Rg8 {1-0 (60) Adams,M (2751) -Salem,A (2656) Sharjah 2017 CBM 177 [Schroeder,J]}) 17. Qxe5 Bf6 18. Qe1 Bf5 19. h3 Qb4 20. Ne4 ({Much worse is} 20. Bxb7 Rae8 $15) 20... Qxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bd4 22. Nd6 Be6 23. Nb5 Bc5 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Rad8 26. b3 Nd5 27. Re5 Nb4 28. Re2 Nc6 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Nxa7 Ra8 31. Nxc6 {aiming for b4.} Bxb3 32. Rb2 Be6 33. a4 Ra6 34. Ne7+ Kh8 35. a5 g6 36. Rb6 ({White should try} 36. g4 $14) 36... Rfa8 $11 {[#] ...Rxb6 is the strong threat.The position is equal.} 37. Rxa6 Rxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 38. g4 Kg7 39. f4 f5 40. Rb1 {Black must now prevent Rb6.} Rxa5 41. Nc6 Ra4 42. Rb7+ Kf8 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Rb7+ Kf8 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. Rb7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2