[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 14,81,0,-6,22,18,20,27,35,26,50,54,60,49,80,74,281,21,30,34,21,32,33,22,
58,54,38,0,0,0,0,3,1,4,9,0,62,70,93,61,127,73,92,97,226,210,210,116,264,179,
426,295,1511,284,462,447,484,376,393,398,416,365,347,125,628,621,1159,1149,
29990,1039]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7
7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Qb4+ {C45: Scotch Game.} 9. Nd2 Nf4 10. Qe3 Ng6 {White has an
edge.} 11. Bd3 Bc5 12. Qg3 O-O 13. O-O d6 {[#]} 14. Nb3 $146 {aiming for Bd2.}
({Predecessor:} 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. f4 Bf5 16. Nb3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rfe8 18. Bd2 Qa4
19. Kh1 Rad8 20. Qc3 Re4 21. Na5 Bxf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Rxf4 Nxf4 24. b3 {
0-1 (24) Sadeghi,S (2164)-Filippov,A (2472) Teheran 2004}) 14... Nxe5 $2 {[#]}
(14... dxe5 $16 15. Bd2 Qb6) 15. a3 $1 (15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Ba5 Qa6 17. Bc3 $18 Qb6
(17... Bb6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. c5) 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. b4 Qb6 20. c5 Qb7 21. f4)
15... Qb6 $11 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 {[#]} 17. Be3 Qa5 {[#]} 18. b4 $1 Qa4 (18... Qa6
19. Bd4) 19. Bd4 {Black must now prevent f4.} f6 20. Bxe5 (20. Rae1 {looks
sharper.} c5 21. Be4 cxd4 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Bxa8 Ba6 24. Bd5) 20... fxe5 21. f4
$40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Bf5 22. fxe5 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 {
And now e6 would win.} dxe5 24. Qd7 Qb3 (24... a5 $11) 25. Qxc6 $14 {Strongly
threatening Qd5+.} Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Kh8 (26... Qd3 $14 27. Rfe1 e4) 27. Rfe1 (27.
h3 $142) 27... Qc3 28. Qxc7 Rac8 (28... e4 $16) 29. Qxa7 $18 Rxc4 30. h3 (30.
b5 $18) 30... Rcf4 (30... h6 $16 {was necessary.} 31. b5 Qg3) 31. Qc5 Qb2 (
31... Qxc5 32. bxc5 Kg8) 32. Qxe5 Qb3 {[#]} (32... Rf1+ 33. Rxf1 Qxa1 34. Rxa1
Kg8 35. Rc1 g6 36. Rc7 Rf1+ 37. Kh2) (32... Qf2 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. Rxe3 Kg8) 33.
Qe3 $2 (33. Qxf4 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf4 (33... Kg8 34. Qe5) 34. Re8+ Qg8 35.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. b5) 33... Qc4 $2 (33... Rf1+ $2 34. Rxf1 Qg8 35. Rxf8 $18) (
33... Qxe3 34. Rxe3 Kg8) 34. Rac1 Qf7 35. Qg3 h6 36. b5 Qd5 37. a4 Rxa4 38. Rb1
(38. b6 $18 {is more deadly. Hoping for Re7.} Rb4 39. Red1) 38... Rf5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (38... Raf4 $16 39. b6 Rf3) 39. b6 ({Weaker is} 39. Re7 Rg5 $16)
39... Rg5 {[#]} 40. b7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb7 {[#]} (40... Rxg3 41. b8=Q+) 41.
Qxg5 $3 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.60/Black=0.92} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 23,152,0,23,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,8,14,7,6,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,13,13,
53,31,31,31,72,54,54,54,54,54,54,54,72,72,72,72,72,72,93,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,
72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,
93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,
93,93,93,0,93,93,93,93,93,93,93,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10.
cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 {13.Be3 is the recent fashion. D85:
Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Bxd4 15. Bg5 Rd8 16. Qc1 ({Not} 16. Bxe7 $2 {[#]} Bxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]}
17. Rxf2 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 Qa1 $19) (16. Rxe7 $2 Nc6 $19) 16... Na6 17. Bxe7 {
[#] Black must now prevent e5.} Rac8 18. Qf4 Nc5 19. Bxd8 Nxb7 20. Bf6 Bxf6 21.
Qxf6 Nc5 22. h4 Qe6 23. Qa1 (23. Qxe6 {is interesting.} Nxe6 24. Ra1 Nc5 25.
Rxa7 Re8 26. g4) 23... Nb3 24. Qxa7 Nd2 25. Rd1 {[#]} Nxf3+ $146 ({Predecessor:
} 25... Rd8 26. Qe3 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qxe4 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. g3 Qe1+
31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. Kg1 {1/2-1/2 (32) Halkias,S (2543)-Pavlidis,A (2536) Achaia
2016}) 26. gxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qh3 (26... Qf6 {feels hotter.
} 27. Qd7 Ra8 28. Qg4 Ra5 29. Kg2 Rh5) 27. Qd7 (27. Qa6 {seems wilder.} Kg7 28.
Qa1+ f6 29. Qa7+ Kg8 30. Qd7) 27... Qxd7 28. Rxd7 $14 {KR-KR} h5 29. Kg2 Rc4
30. Kg3 Ra4 31. Rd1 Kg7 32. Re1 Kf6 33. f4 Ra3+ 34. f3 Ra5 35. Rd1 Ke7 36. Rb1
Ke6 37. Rb7 Kf6 38. Rb6+ Ke7 39. Rb2 Ke6 40. Kf2 Kf6 41. Rb1 Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Ra5
43. Rb8 Ke7 44. Rh8 Kf6 45. f5 Kg7 46. Rd8 gxf5 47. Rd5 Ra6 48. Rxf5 Kg6 49.
Rg5+ Kh6 50. Kf4 {Strongly threatening Kf5.} f6 51. Rg8 (51. Rd5 {is more
complex.} Ra3 52. Kg3 Kg6 53. Rd6 Kf7 54. Kf4) 51... Ra3 52. Rg3 {Threatens to
win with Kf5.} Ra5 53. Rg1 Ra3 54. Rg2 Ra5 55. Rd2 Kg6 56. Rd6 Rb5 57. Ra6 Rc5
58. Ra1 Rb5 59. Rg1+ Kf7 60. Rd1 {And now Rd5 would win.} Kg6 61. Ke3 Rb3+ 62.
Rd3 Rb1 63. Kf2 Rb2+ 64. Kg3 Rb4 65. Rd6 Kf7 66. Kf4 Kg6 67. Kg3 Kf7 $1 68. Rc6
Ra4 69. Rc7+ Kg6 70. Re7 Rb4 71. f4 (71. Re8 $16) 71... Rb3+ $11 {The position
is equal.} 72. Kf2 Rh3 73. f5+ Kh6 74. Rf7 Rf3+ 75. Ke2 Re3+ 76. Kd2 Rd3+ 77.
Kxd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 11,89,10,18,18,28,20,27,22,17,18,18,13,14,18,12,11,15,3,8,10,22,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,20,7,15,7,20,12,22,24,20,22,54,64,90,27,60,8,23,0,191,206,334,334,
442,444,450,447,454,438,484,455,529,545,535,500,420,197,197,185,183,176,139,22,
26,0,0,0,27,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 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 {White has an edge.} h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 $1 {[%CAl Bb2b4,Bb4b5]
[%mdl 32] 11.b4 scores better than 11.Nf1.} Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14.
Rb1 (14. Nf1 d5 15. Ng3 Rd8 16. Bb2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rad1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Rd6
20. Rxd6 cxd6 21. Bc1 Ne7 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 {0-1 (52) Anand,V (2757)-Giri,
A (2776) Kolkata 2019}) 14... Rd8 15. b5 Ne7 16. Nc4 Ng6 {[#]} 17. Be3 $5 $146
{[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 17. b6) 17... Bxe3 18. Nxe3
axb5 19. axb5 Ree8 20. c4 Ra8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Rec8 23. d4 Ra3 24. Rb3
Rxb3 25. Qxb3 exd4 26. Nxd4 Re8 27. f3 (27. Qc3 $16) 27... Qe7 28. Qe3 (28. Nf5
$14 Qg5 29. Qb2) 28... Ra8 29. Rc1 Ra2 $2 (29... Qe5 $11) 30. Nf5 $1 $18 {
[%CAl Rf5e7]} Qe5 (30... Qf6 $142 31. Qc3 Ne5) 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Rxc3 {Endgame
KRN-KRN} Nf4 33. Rxc7 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Rb2 35. Rxb7 Nxh3 36. Nxd6 Ng5 37. f4 (37.
b6 Nxf3 38. Nc4) (37. Nc4) 37... Nf3 {intending ...Rd2.} 38. Nxf7 (38. Rb8+
$142 Kh7 39. Nxf7 Nd2+ 40. Kf2 Nxe4+ 41. Ke3) 38... Nd2+ 39. Ke1 (39. Kf2 Nxe4+
40. Ke3 Nc5 41. Re7 Rxb5 42. d6) 39... Nxe4 {[#]} 40. d6 $1 {[%CAl Rd6d7]} Nc5
{[#]} 41. Rc7 (41. Re7 $1 $16) 41... Nd3+ $1 $11 42. Kd1 {Strongly threatening
Ne5.} Nf2+ 43. Ke1 {Threatens to win with Ne5.} Nd3+ 44. Kd1 {Ne5 is the
strong threat.} Nf2+ 45. Ke1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/ Black=0.23}
1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 12,80,15,20,28,20,19,28,25,14,40,22,13,0,5,0,0,0,6,-39,9,5,19,2,3,0,0,
-4,0,-20,-24,-25,0,-29,0,0,0,-17,0,-25,43,-30,-26,-26,-21,-25,-7,-19,0,-15,0,
-60,-62,-62,-70,-103,-99,-144,-89,-242,-43,-52,-38,-111,-109,-157,-168,-550,
-550,-550,-542]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. Bg5 {7.Re1 is becoming the main line.} a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6,
main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 {[#]} Kh8 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]
White has an edge. A top novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Qe7 10. Re1 Nd8 11. Nf1
Ne6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 c6 14. g3 Qc7 15. a5 Rd8 {0-1 (42) Robson,R (2670)
-Sevian,S (2591) Saint Louis 2016}) 10. b4 Ne7 11. b5 Ng6 12. bxa6 bxa6 13. d4
h6 14. Be3 Ng4 15. a5 c6 16. Bd3 Bb8 17. Nc4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bc7 19. Qe2 Rb8 20.
Ra2 Be6 21. Rfa1 Rb5 22. Ra4 Rb3 23. Qc2 Rb8 24. Ncd2 Ra8 25. Nf1 Nh4 (25...
Ra7 $11) 26. N1d2 (26. Nxh4 $1 $14 Qxh4 27. d5) 26... Nxf3+ $11 27. Nxf3 Bg4
28. Qe2 Qc8 29. h3 Be6 30. Nd2 d5 31. Bc2 (31. Nf3 $11) 31... f5 $15 32. exf5
Bxf5 33. e4 Bh7 34. Bd3 Qd7 (34... exd4 $142 35. cxd4 dxe4 36. Bxe4 Qe6) 35.
exd5 $2 (35. Nf3 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 35... Bxd3 $2 (35... e4 $1 $19 36. Bxe4
Rae8) 36. Qxd3 Qxd5 37. Rc4 ({White should play} 37. Qe4 $15) 37... exd4 $17 ({
Avoid the trap} 37... Bxa5 $2 38. Rc5 $18) 38. cxd4 {[#]} Qd6 $1 {[%csl Gc7]
[%CAl Rd6h2]} ({Worse is} 38... Bxa5 39. Rc5 $16) 39. Nf3 {[#]} (39. g3) 39...
Rxf3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 576] Clearance} 40. Qxf3 {Threatens to win with g3.} Rf8 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.38/Black=0.21} 0-1
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 23,96,8,0,-17,-9,-17,-13,-20,-15,-17,-7,-9,-19,-33,-22,-23,-32,-21,-31,
-39,-41,-52,-61,-54,-45,-37,-31,-27,-31,-25,0,-6,0,-19,-14,-38,-36,-47,-32,-35,
-31,-128,-116,-122,-127,-126,-89,-84,-87,-337,-347,-388,-388,-388,-388,-388,
-388,-388,-388,-430,-430,-430,-430,-493,-477,-592,-584,-776,-756,-955,-868,
-1128,-1108,-5708,-5708]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6.
Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8
13. Bd3 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4.} h6 {
13...Re8 is vanishing.} 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Bb1 {The position is equal.} Re8 16.
Qd3 Nf8 17. Ne5 Nh5 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bb4 20. a3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qd5 {
[%csl Gb7][%CAl Rd5g2] [#]} 22. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. Qf1 Qb3 23. Re3
Qxa3 24. Bd3 Qd6 25. Ra1 a5 26. Bb5 Red8 27. Rb1 Qc7 28. Qe2 {0-1 (40) Vargas,
R-Diaz,H (2014) ICCF email 2016}) 22... Qb3 23. c4 Qxd3 24. Bxd3 Bxf3 25. gxf3
Red8 26. Red1 Nd7 27. f4 Kf8 28. Kf1 Nf6 29. Bb1 Rc7 30. Rd2 Ne8 31. Ke2 Nd6
32. Bd3 {[#]} (32. c5 $15) 32... Nb5 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rb5d4][%mdl 576] Double
Attack, Pin} 33. Ke3 Nxd4 {Threatens to win with ...Nb3.} ({Not} 33... Rxd4 $2
34. a4 $18) 34. Be4 Nc6 35. c5 {Black must now prevent cxb6.} Rxd2 36. cxb6 $2
{Now White is beyond hope.} (36. Kxd2 $17 {only move.} bxc5 37. Rxc5 Rd7+ 38.
Ke3) 36... Rcd7 $19 ({Less strong is} 36... axb6 37. Kxd2 Rd7+ 38. Kc3 $17) 37.
b7 Nb8 38. Rc8+ {[#]} Rd8 $1 39. Rxb8 Rxb8 40. Kxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB}
Ke7 41. Kc3 Kd6 {Black is clearly winning.} 42. Kd4 Rd8 43. g4 Kc7+ 44. Ke5 Rd2
45. f3 Ra2 46. b8=Q+ Kxb8 47. Kd6 Rxa3 48. Ke7 f5 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.64/Black=0.03} 0-1
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 13,88,14,16,8,8,12,7,0,18,-15,-17,-30,0,-8,-15,-23,0,-43,5,-48,-82,-92,
-104,-97,-92,-96,-103,-90,-99,-99,-83,-97,-93,-103,-112,-110,-116,-148,-152,
-163,-163,-245,-232,-266,-266,-334,-320,-295,-294,-223,-70,-70,-54,-202,-202,
-169,-202,-174,-149,-150,-47,-298,-286,-629,-506,-791,-687,-985,-979,-973,-943,
-953,-925,-1645,-1256,-29978,-29978]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O
5. d4 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. dxc5 {The main line 7.dxc5 scores better than 7.cxd5.}
Qa5 8. cxd5 {D74: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 0-0)
.} Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 10. Bd2 {The position is equal.} Rd8 11. Qxd8+ $6 (11.
Bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Rxd5) 11... Qxd8 12. Bxc3 Nc6 13. O-O Qd5 14. b4 Qc4 {[#]}
15. Rfc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rac1 Qxe2 16. a4 Qa2 17. b5 Nd8 18. Ra1 Qe2
19. Rfe1 Qc4 20. Ba5 Bf5 21. Rec1 {1-0 (48) Mortensen,V (2413)-De Oliveira,M
(2551) ICCF email 2003}) 15... Bf5 16. a4 ({White should try} 16. Bf1 $11)
16... Nxb4 $15 {Threatens to win with . ..Nc2.} 17. Nd2 Qxc5 18. Nb3 Qd6 {
aiming for ...Nc2.} 19. Rd1 {[#]} Qe6 {[%CAl Re6b3]} 20. Bxb4 Qxb3 21. Bxe7 Qe6
22. Bg5 Be4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. e3 Qf5 25. Be7 Re8 26. Bd6 g5 27. a5 (27. Rd4 {
keeps fighting.}) 27... h5 $19 28. Rd4 Re4 29. Bc5 h4 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Bd4 Rxd4
$2 32. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} h3 {...Qf3 is the strong threat.} 33.
Rad1 ({Better is} 33. Kf1 $15) 33... Qf3 {[%csl Gh3][%CAl Rf3g2]} 34. Kf1 Qg2+
35. Ke2 Qxh2 36. Rd7 {[#] Black must now prevent a6.} Kg6 (36... Kg7 $1 $17 {
Hoping for ...Qg2.} 37. R1d5 (37. Rxb7 $2 Qg2 $19) 37... Kg6) 37. Rxb7 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (37. a6 $15 bxa6 38. R7d6+ Kg7 39. R1d5) 37... Qg2 38. Rd6+ $2 (
38. Rb8) 38... f6 39. Rb1 (39. Rxa7 $142 h2 40. Rd1) 39... g4 40. Rd4 Qf3+ 41.
Kd3 Qf5+ 42. Re4 h2 43. Rh1 Qd5+ 44. Rd4 Qxh1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
95/Black=0.09} 0-1
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 16,47,7,0,13,0,4,13,18,15,22,20,24,26,32,34,21,25,27,16,150,152,183,190,
240,231,231,188,213,192,185,185,180,178]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5
Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. h3 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 {D85: Exchange
Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} 10. cxd4 Nc6 {
[%CAl Rc6d4]} 11. Be3 f5 {The position is equal.} 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. O-O fxe4 14.
Ng5 Nxd4 15. Nf7+ Rxf7 $1 16. Bxf7 Qd6 {[#]} 17. Re1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and
interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Qd2 Rf8 19. Rfd1 e5 20. Bc4 Bc6
21. Bf1 Qe7 22. Rc4 Qf6 23. Bg5 Qf7 24. Be3 Qf6 25. Bg5 Qf7 26. Be3 Qf6 {
1/2-1/2 (26) Rakhmanov,A (2629)-Esipenko,A (2620) Sochi 2019}) 17... Bxh3 $4
18. Bxd4 $16 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack. White is clearly better.} (18.
gxh3 $2 Nf3+ 19. Kf1 Qh2 $19) 18... Bxd4 19. Rxe4 ({But not} 19. gxh3 $2 Qg3+
20. Kh1 Qxh3+ 21. Kg1 Be5 $19) 19... e5 {Threatens to win with ...Bf5.} 20.
gxh3 ({Much less strong is} 20. Rxd4 $6 exd4 21. gxh3 Rf8) 20... Rf8 21. Rxd4
exd4 22. Bc4 ({And not} 22. Qf3 Qe7 $17) 22... Qf4 23. Qe2 Qg5+ 24. Qg4 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.23} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 15,89,0,14,4,13,3,9,4,38,43,38,53,52,26,22,14,16,14,6,11,18,10,52,47,43,
46,116,74,143,111,191,195,189,143,168,170,170,156,225,217,247,254,245,247,268,
288,284,254,284,262,410,399,593,581,783,772,722,733,1100,1099,1253,1165,1639,
1559,1977,1871,29976,29976,29985,29986,29983,29984,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1.
c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
h6 9. Nxd5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} Qxd5 10.
Bd2 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Rd8 11. Bc3 Qe6 12. Nd2 a5 13. Rc1 Ra6
14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Bxc6 Rxc6 16. Bxa5 Ra6 {0-1 (28) Wang,H (2763)-Giri,A (2764)
Chess.com INT 2020}) 11. Bc3 {The position is equal.} Qd6 {[#]} 12. Nxe5 $1
Bxf2+ 13. Rxf2 Nxe5 {[%CAl Bc6e5,Be5g4,Bg4e3][%mdl 32]} 14. Qa4 Ng4 15. Rf4 Ne3
16. Bf3 {Hoping for Qe4.} Nd5 17. Qd4 {[%csl Gc3][%CAl Rd4g7]} Nxc3 18. bxc3
$40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Rd8 19. Qxd6 Rxd6 20. Rb1 Rb8 {
Black is on the road to losing.} (20... Ra7 $14) 21. Ra4 (21. Rc4) 21... Ra6 ({
Black should play} 21... b6) 22. Rd4 Be6 (22... Rd6 $16) 23. Rxb7 $18 Rxb7 24.
Bxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb6 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Bd5 Bxd5 (26... Rb2 $16
) 27. Rxd5 $16 {KR-KR} Rb2 {[#]} 28. Kf2 ({Don't take} 28. Rxa5 $6 Rxe2 29. a4
Ra2 $16) 28... Rxa2 29. Rc5 a4 30. Rxc7 Kg6 31. Ra7 a3 32. c4 {[%CAl Bc3c4,
Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Ra1 (32... Kf6 $142 33. Ke3 Ke6) 33. Ke3 $18 h5 (33... Kf6
$142 34. Kd4 Ke6) 34. c5 Kf6 35. Kd4 Ra2 36. e4 Rxh2 37. Rxa3 Rc2 38. Kd5 g5
39. d4 h4 40. g4 Kg6 41. c6 {White mates.} f6 42. Kd6 Rc4 43. c7 Rxd4+ 44. Kc5
Rd1 45. Rc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.54} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 14,92,0,-11,0,-7,-11,-62,-55,-64,-47,-55,-50,-52,-35,-49,-38,-110,-130,
-202,-204,-209,-184,-291,-300,-330,-331,-648,-260,-293,-275,-278,-189,-248,
-225,-408,-202,-198,-209,-196,-168,-145,-150,-497,-488,-487,-464,-449,-342,
-335,-339,-371,-366,-431,-116,-114,-114,-162,-139,-137,-138,-187,-178,-518,
-474,-993,-980,-1083,-1070,-690,-404,-29990,-29991,-29991,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4
c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Bd2 O-O {
A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} 9. h4 Nf6 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#]
An interesting side line.} 10. Na4 $146 (10. Be3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10. Qc1
Bg4 11. Nh2 Bd7 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nd4 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. e3 Bc6 16. Ne4 Bxe4
17. dxe4 {1/2-1/2 (31) Aronian,L (2758)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2774) Khanty
Mansiysk 2019}) 10... b6 $15 {Black is slightly better.} 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. O-O
Rc8 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. h5 (15. Nc3 $15) 15... gxh5 $17 16. Bg5 (16.
Nc3 $17) 16... Qd7 $1 $19 17. b3 Nb4 18. Bxc6 (18. Qd2 $142) 18... Rxc6 (18...
Qxc6 19. a3 $17) (18... Nxc6 19. Nc3 $17) 19. Rc4 Rg6 (19... Nxa2 20. Bd2 $19)
20. Bd2 (20. Qd2) 20... Nd5 (20... Qh3 $142 21. Bxb4 cxb4) 21. Rh4 f5 22. e4
Nf6 23. exf5 (23. Qe2 $142) 23... Qxf5 {And now ...Ng4 would win.} 24. Qe2 (24.
Nc3 {is the only way for White.}) 24... Rg4 (24... Ng4 $142 25. Nc3 (25. Qe4
Qxe4 26. dxe4 Ne5) 25... Bf6) 25. Rxg4 Nxg4 26. Bc3 Rf7 27. Bxg7 Rxg7 28. d4 $2
(28. Nc3 $17) 28... cxd4 29. Qc4+ Rf7 {aiming for ...h4.} 30. Qxd4 Ne5 {
Threatens to win with ... Nf3+.} 31. f4 {[#]} Qh3 $1 32. Qd8+ ({But not} 32.
Qxe5 $2 Qxg3+ 33. Kh1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Rg7+ 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $19) (32. Qd2 Qxg3+)
32... Kg7 33. Rf2 {[#]} Ng4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks with force.} (33...
Kh6 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 34. Qd5 (34. fxe5 Qxg3+ 35. Rg2 Qe1+
36. Kh2 Qxe5+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Rf3) 34... Qxg3+ {[%mdl 64]} 35. Qg2 Qh4 36.
Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} (36. fxe5 $2 Rg7 $19) 36... Qxg5+ 37. fxg5+ Kxg5 38.
Rg2+ Ng4) 34. Rg2 $17 Nf6 ({Much worse is} 34... b5 $6 35. Nc5 $11) 35. Nc3 Qf5
{Strongly threatening ...Qc5+.} 36. Qd4 e6 37. Re2 Rd7 $1 {[%CAl Rd7d4]} 38.
Qf2 (38. Qc4) 38... Ng4 39. Qf3 (39. Qe1 $142 Rd3 40. Ne4) 39... Rd3 $19 40.
Qb7+ Kg6 41. Ne4 Qd5 42. Qe7 {[#]} (42. Qxd5 $19 exd5 43. Nd6) 42... Rd1+ $1
43. Kg2 {[#]} Rd4 $2 (43... Rg1+ $1 {[%mdl 512] mates} 44. Kxg1 Qd1+ {[%mdl 64]
} 45. Kg2 Qxe2+ {[%mdl 64]} 46. Kg1 Qe1+ 47. Kg2 Qxe4+ 48. Kf1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64]}
49. Ke1 Qf2+ {[%mdl 64]} 50. Kd1 Ne3+ 51. Kc1 Qc2#) 44. Qe8+ {The position is
equal.} Kg7 45. Qe7+ Kg6 46. Qe8+ Kg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.74/
Black=0.61} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 20,62,30,0,22,-3,-7,0,-5,0,0,-12,0,-6,-6,-34,-18,-91,-91,-92,-54,-79,24,
44,44,48,50,0,60,19,26,0,-2,-54,-14,-156,-151,-185,-140,-557,-591,-1006,-1025,
-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6
7. O-O Nge7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. h3 Qd6 {C09: French
Tarrasch: 3...c5 4 exd5 exd5 5 Ngf3 Nc6.} 12. Nbd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Nf5 {[#] The
position is equal.} 14. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Bd3 Qg6 16.
Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qg5 19. Qd3 Rfe8 20. Rf4 {1/2-1/2 (72) Prasca
Sosa,R (2352)-Shaw,J (2484) Bled 2002}) 14... h6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Qc2 Qf6 17.
Re1 Rae8 18. Bf4 {[#]} (18. Bd2 $1 $11) 18... Nh4 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rh4f3]} 19.
Nxh4 {Bg3 is the strong threat.} Qxf4 20. Nf5 g6 (20... Qg5 $17) 21. Ne7+ $11
Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Bxh3 23. Rxb7 (23. Rae1 $5 {[%CAl Rg2h3]}) 23... Bc8 (23... Bxg2
$1 $11 24. Kxg2 Qg4+ 25. Kh2 Qh4+ 26. Kg2 Qg4+ 27. Kh2 Qh4+ 28. Kg2 Qg4+) 24.
Re7 Bc5 25. Ree1 h5 {aiming for ...h4.} 26. b4 ({White should try} 26. Rad1 $11
) 26... Bb6 {[%mdl 1024] White must now prevent ...h4. Black has compensation.}
27. Qe2 (27. Bxg6 $11 fxg6 28. Qxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 29. Qxh5+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (29. Re7 $2 {leads to mate.} Qxf2+ 30. Kh2 Qh4#) 29...
Kg7 30. Re7+ Kf6 31. Qh7 Bxf2+ 32. Kh1 Qh4+ 33. Qxh4+ Bxh4 34. Rxa7) 27... Bg4
$17 28. Qf1 h4 {Hoping for ...Bc7.} 29. Re7 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Kh1 $17 {
nothing else works.}) 29... h3 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Bxf2+!} 30. Rae1 {
[#]} Bxf2+ {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} 31. Kh1 (31. Qxf2 h2+) 31... hxg2+ {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.98/Black=0.13} 0-1
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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. Kh1 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Qe1 Qc7 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6
Be2.} 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. Rad1 {[%CAl Rd1d6]} Rad8 {The position is equal.} 15. Nd5
Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Nd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] [#] White is up to no good.} Ne4 $146
({Predecessor:} 17... g6 18. c4 Nfd7 19. Bh6 Rg8 20. Bc1 Bf8 21. Bg5 Re8 22.
Rf4 Bg7 23. Rh4 Nf8 {1-0 (35) Moreno Carnero,J (2515)-De Juan Tobalina,R (2136)
Navalmoral 2000}) 18. Qe3 Nc5 (18... Nf6 $1 $14) 19. Bxe5 $18 dxe5 20. Nf5 {
b4 is the strong threat.} Bf6 21. b4 Na4 22. c4 e4 23. d6 (23. Qxe4 Nc3 $11)
23... Qd7 24. c5 ({Not} 24. Qxe4 Nc3 $11) 24... g6 25. Nd4 ({Inferior is} 25.
Qxe4 Nc3 $11) 25... Bg7 26. Bc4 ({Resist} 26. Qxe4 $6 Nc3 $14) ({White should
try} 26. Qb3 $16 b6 (26... b5 27. Rd2) 27. c6 Qxd6 28. Nf5 Qxc6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8
30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Qxf7+ $18) 26... Nb2 $14 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 27.
Rc1 Nxc4 28. Rxc4 f5 29. Ne2 h6 30. h3 (30. h4 $14) 30... g5 $11 31. Rc2 Rde8
32. Nd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32. g3 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 32... f4 $19
33. Qd2 f3 {Never resign too early! Weighted Error Value: White=0.29/Black=0.09
} 0-1
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,68,23,21,22,30,25,27,24,23,10,8,6,24,0,0,-33,9,0,0,0,9,12,12,13,16,21,
22,0,0,0,0,0,127,131,122,105,133,133,135,136,151,145,205,198,265,114,252,108,
99,116,94,137,97,118,178,137,162,133,137,148,375]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6
4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.
} Bb7 7. Ne5 Be7 8. O-O {White has an edge.} O-O {[#]} 9. Qc2 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9. Ndf3 Ne4 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 Na6 14. Rac1
Qe8 15. Qb1 {1/2-1/2 (62) Stocek,J (2567)-Mamedov,R (2709) Batumi 2018}) 9...
c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Ndc4 cxd4 (12... Rc8 $5 {[%CAl Rc5d4]} 13.
Qf5 cxd4 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 $17) 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Rxd4 Bf6 15. Rd1 {next Nd6 is
good for White.} Rc8 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 b5 {[#]} 18. Qd1 $1 bxc4 19. Rxd7
Qb6 20. Rb1 c3 (20... Qa5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. Be3 $16 Qe6 {...c2 is
the strong threat.} 22. bxc3 Qxa2 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Rc2 25. Ra1 Qc4 (25...
Qb2 $16 {might work better.}) 26. e3 $18 a5 (26... Qc8 $142 27. Ra7 Qf5) 27.
Qf3 ({Not} 27. Rxa5 $2 Rc1 $19) (27. Ra7 $18 {has better winning chances.})
27... g6 {[#]} (27... a4 $16) 28. Kg2 (28. Ra7 $1 $18 {is more deadly.}) 28...
Qc3 $16 29. Rd1 a4 30. Ra7 a3 31. e4 Qxf3+ (31... Qb2 $16) 32. Kxf3 $18 {
White is clearly better.} Rc3+ 33. Kg2 Re8 {[#]} 34. e5 $1 Kg7 $2 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.24} (34... Rd8 $16 35. Rb1 Rcc8) 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 a6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O Nc6 7. a4 Rb8 8. a5 {
The main line 8. a5 scores better than 8.Nc3.} b5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.}
9. axb6 $1 cxb6 10. Bf4 {And now Nfd2 would win.} Bd6 {The position is equal.}
11. Ne5 Ne7 12. Bc6+ Kf8 13. Bg2 Nfd5 14. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is
pushing.} b5 {[#]} 15. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. e4 Nb4 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. e5
Nbd5 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Qf3+ Nf5 21. Bf4 {0-1 (41) Chekletsov,I
(2378)-Vinogradov,A (2309) Voronezh 2017}) 15... f6 $2 (15... cxb3 $11 16. Qxb3
Bb7) 16. bxc4 $16 fxe5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bg5 Bb7 (18... exd4 $14 19. Qxd4 h6
20. Bxe7+ Qxe7) 19. Nc3 h6 20. Bxe7+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Bxe7 (20...
Qxe7 $16 21. Nxd5 Qe6) 21. dxe5 $18 d4 22. Ne4 $2 (22. Bxb7 $18 {is the
precise move to win.} Rxb7 23. e3 $1) 22... g6 23. Qd3 Kg7 24. f4 (24. Rfc1
$142) 24... Rf8 25. Nd2 {Hoping for Bxb7.} Bxg2 (25... a5 $16) 26. Kxg2 (26.
Rxa6 $18 {is more deadly.} Rb6 27. Rxb6 Qxb6 28. Kxg2) 26... a5 $16 27. Nf3 Bc5
$2 (27... a4 $16) 28. Rfc1 $18 Qb6 29. Nh4 Be7 {[#]} (29... Bb4 $16) 30. Nf3 $2
({White has to play} 30. Qe4 $1 $18 {Threatens to win with Rc6.} Rfc8 31. Nf3)
30... Rfd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Bc5 $11) 31. Rc2 ({Weaker is} 31. f5 gxf5
32. Qxf5 a4 $18) 31... Rbc8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Nxd4 Rd8 34. Rd1 ({Only move:}
34. e3 $18) 34... b4 (34... Kh7 $16 35. e3 a4) 35. Qc4 {aiming for Ne6+.} Qb7+
{[#]} 36. Kf2 $2 (36. e4 $1 $18 Rg8 (36... Qxe4+ 37. Kh3 $18) 37. Qd5 Qxd5 38.
exd5) 36... Rc8 $1 $11 {[%CAl Rc8c4]} 37. Qe6 {Nf5+! is the strong threat.} Bc5
38. f5 gxf5 $1 39. Qf6+ Kh7 40. Qxf5+ Kh8 {White must now prevent ...Rf8.} 41.
Ke1 b3 42. Ne6 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Kd2 $1 {Threatening mate
with Qf6+.} Qd5+ ({Much worse is} 43... Bb4+ $6 44. Ke3 $16) 44. Ke1 $1 Qh1+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Kd2 $1 Bb4+ ({Black should try} 45... Qd5+ $11 46.
Ke1 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 46. Ke3 $14 {White threatens Qf6+ and mate.
} Rc3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Qb7 $14) 47. Kf4 $18 {Intending Qf6+ and mate.}
Rc4+ 48. e4 {White wants to mate with Qf6+.} Rxe4+ 49. Qxe4 Qxd1 50. Qa8+ {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.52} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 18,177,20,6,16,14,34,13,34,26,37,23,23,22,34,29,25,27,18,11,20,12,36,40,
49,33,87,41,61,50,51,26,35,25,24,30,28,26,37,-8,-8,-33,0,-12,-21,-10,-16,-112,
-10,-15,-9,-38,-25,-29,-20,-27,-6,-12,-2,-51,-51,-55,-58,-66,-66,-66,-67,-109,
-106,-76,0,-8,-8,-8,-13,-120,-120,-120,-115,-100,-106,-101,-99,-101,-112,-113,
-110,-107,-93,-96,-97,-109,-29,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,
-70,-70,-70,-70,-77,-66,-82,-38,-53,-54,-49,-37,-118,-118,-103,-118,-849,-849,
-849,-849,-673,-16,-29,0,0,-8,-13,-16,-22,0,0,0,-69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
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 a6 6.
a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Rb8 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf:
Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 11. Rfd1 Bd7 12. h3 {[#]} Qc7
$146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rc8 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Ng5 Ne5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. a5 Nc4
17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. e5 Ne8 19. exd6 Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 (35) Adams,M (2716)-Grandelius,
N (2670) Tornelo INT 2021}) 13. Nb3 Ne5 14. a5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. f3 Rbc8
17. Qf2 Qc7 18. Bd4 Bc6 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. Nf1 e6 21. Ne3 Bb5 (21... Qb8 $14) 22.
Qh4 Nd7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qf2 (24. Rd4 {is interesting.} Qc5 25. Qf2 Ne5 26.
Rad1 Red8 27. f4) 24... Red8 25. Nxb5 axb5 26. c3 Ne5 27. Nc2 Qc5 28. Qxc5 dxc5
29. Ne3 Nd3 30. Rd2 c4 31. Rad1 Ra8 32. b4 (32. Ng4 $11 {remains equal.}) 32...
b6 (32... cxb3 $1 $17 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 b2) 33. axb6 $11 Rdb8 34. Nc2 (34.
Ng4 {keeps more tension.} g5 35. Nf2 Ne5 36. Rd6 h5 37. R1d2) 34... Rxb6 35.
Ne1 Nxe1 36. Rxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ra3 37. Rc1 Rba6 38. Rd7 Ra2
39. Rb7 Rd2 {aiming for ...Raa2.} 40. Kh2 Raa2 41. Rg1 Rd3 42. Rxb5 Rxf3 43.
Rb7 h5 (43... Kh6 $17) 44. Rc7 $1 Rxc3 {...Kf6 is the strong threat.} 45. Rf1
Rcc2 46. Rcxf7+ (46. Rfxf7+ $11 Kh6 47. Kg3) 46... Kh6 $17 47. Rg1 Re2 48. Rc7
Rxe4 49. b5 Rb2 50. Rc5 h4 51. Rc1 Ree2 52. Rg1 c3 53. Rxc3 Rxb5 54. Rc4 {[#]}
g5 ({Black should play} 54... Kh5 $1 $17 {Threatening ...Rg5.} 55. Rcc1 Rg5)
55. Rg4 Rf5 56. Rc4 Rff2 57. Rc6 Kg6 58. Rb6 Kf5 59. Rb8 Kf6 60. Rf8+ Kg7 61.
Rb8 Rb2 62. Re8 Kf7 63. Rh8 e5 {Hoping for ...e4.} 64. Ra8 e4 {Threatens to
win with ...Rbc2.} 65. Ra4 Rbe2 66. Kh1 Kg6 67. Ra6+ (67. Kh2 $15) 67... Kf5
68. Ra8 Kf4 69. Rf8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69. Rg8 $17) 69... Kg3 $19 {[%mdl 64]
Discovered Attack} 70. Rg8 {[#]} Rf5 $1 71. Re8 g4 $2 ({Better is} 71... e3 $19
{And now ...Kf2 would win.} 72. Re7 Kf2 73. Re8 Rd2 $19) 72. hxg4 $11 Rf4 ({
Resist} 72... Kxg4 73. Kh2 $17) 73. g5 Rg4 74. Re5 Kf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack
} 75. Ra5 Rxg5 76. Rf1+ Kg4 77. Ra3 (77. Ra8 $11) 77... Kh5 (77... Rf5 $15 78.
Kg1 Kg5 79. Rxf5+ Kxf5) 78. Rf4 {The position is equal.} Rexg2 {Strongly
threatening ...R2g4.} ({Don't do} 78... Rgxg2 79. Rxe4 Rh2+ 80. Kg1 $15) 79.
Rxe4 Rg1+ 80. Kh2 R1g2+ 81. Kh1 Rg1+ 82. Kh2 R1g2+ 83. Kh3 R2g3+ (83... Kg6 {
seems wilder.} 84. Rxh4 Rg1 85. Ra6+ Kf7 86. Ra7+ Kf6) 84. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 85. Kh2
Rg4 86. Rxg4 Kxg4 87. Kg2 h3+ 88. Kh2 Kf5 89. Kxh3 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.14/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 29,80,0,0,0,0,0,2,7,6,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,-2,-60,0,0,0,0,0,-28,0,0,0,0,130,
428,345,20,80,91,222,172,306,0,264,187,1490,1490,766,218,191,0,314,290,12842,
12843,29997,29998,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6.
Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. O-O a5 13.
bxa5 Rxa5 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. a4 Re8 16. Rfe1 {D58: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Tartakower Defence.} Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. e4 {The position is equal.} dxe4 19.
Nxe4 Re6 20. Ra2 {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Ra5 21. Rae2 Rd5 22. Qc4
Nf8 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Re8 Qd6 25. Qb3 Kh7 26. h4 Ne6 {1-0 (33) Lputian,S
(2585)-Petrosian,A (2435) Yerevan 1995 CBM 050 [Chekhov,V]}) 21. Rae2 {
Threatening Nd6!} Bf8 22. h4 Qe7 23. Neg5 Rxe2 ({Better is} 23... hxg5 $15 24.
Qd3 Ra5 25. Nxg5 Rxg5 26. Rxe6 Rxg2+ $1 27. Kxg2 fxe6) 24. Rxe2 $11 Qxe2 25.
Qxf7+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Kh8 26. Ne6 {[#] Threatens to win with
Ne5!} (26. Qxd7 $5 {[%CAl Rd7f5]} Qe7 27. Qc8 Rxa4 28. Ne5 $11) 26... Ra8 $1 {
...Qd1+ is the strong threat.} 27. Qxd7 Qe4 28. Ne5 {Black must now prevent
Qf7.} Qb1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Rxa4 $11 29. Qd8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}
Qf5 30. Qxf8+ (30. Nxf8 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. g3 Qxf2+ 33. Kh3 Qf5+ 34. g4 Qf1+
35. Kg3 Ra3+ 36. Nf3 Rxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kh2 Rh3#) 30... Qxf8
31. Nxf8 Rxd4) 29. Kh2 $18 Qf5 30. f4 $2 (30. Qxc6 $18 Rb8 31. Nxf8 (31. Nd7
Qxf2 32. Ndxf8 Qxh4+ 33. Kg1 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qh4+ $11)
31... Rxf8 32. Ng6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 33. Nxf8+ Qxf8 34. Qxb6)
30... Kg8 (30... c5 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Qxc6 $16 {[%mdl 64] Hoping for
g4. Double Attack} Qf6 32. g3 {Strongly threatening Nd7.} (32. Qxa8 Qxh4+ 33.
Kg1 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qh4+ $11) 32... Ra5 (32... Rxa4 $142
33. Qxa4 Qxe6) 33. Qc8 $2 (33. Nd7 $18 Qg6 34. Ndxf8) 33... Qf5 {[%mdl 8192]} (
33... Rxa4 $11 34. Qc2 (34. Nxf8 Qxf8 35. Qd7 Ra2+ 36. Kh3 Kh7 $11) 34... Ra7)
34. Qc4 {And now Ng5+ would win.} Kh7 $2 (34... Rxa4 35. Qxa4 Qxe6) 35. g4 $18
Qf6 36. Qd3+ $2 (36. g5 Qf5 37. g6+ Kh8 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Qc8) 36... Kg8 {[#]}
37. Qc4 ({White must play} 37. Qb3 $1 $18 Rxe5 38. Ng5+ (38. dxe5 Qxh4+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Kg2 Qxg4+ 40. Kf2 g6 $11) 38... Kh8 39. Nf7+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 40. Qd3+ (40. dxe5 Qxh4+ 41. Kg2 Qxg4+ {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} 42. Qg3 Qe2+ 43. Qf2 Qe4+ 44. Kh2 Qg6 $17) (40. Nxe5 Qxf4+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Kg2 Qxd4 $11) 40... Kg8 41. Nxe5 Qxf4+ 42. Kg2)
37... Qxh4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Kh7 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 38. Kg2 b5
$2 (38... Rxe5 39. Ng5+ Rd5 40. Qxd5+ Kh8) 39. axb5 Qe7 40. Ng5+ Kh8 {Weighted
Error Value: White=1.02/Black=0.86} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,51,14,31,0,28,0,18,7,8,7,8,0,1,0,0,0,0,-11,-21,-18,0,-150,-147,-179,
-180,-178,-178,-173,-176,-154,-114,-137,-131,-138,-130,-107,-124,-167,-107,
-144,0,-233,-230,-225]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6.
Bf4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} c6 7. Qc2 g6
8. e3 {The position is equal.} Bf5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Bd3 Nh5 12. Be5
O-O 13. g4 $5 {[#]} Bxg4 $146 {Black wants to play ...Nd7.} ({Predecessor:}
13... Ng7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qc2 Qd8 16. Ng2 Bxg4 17. Nf4 Qh4 18. h3 Bh5 19.
Nxh5+ Qxh5 {0-1 (49) Radovanovic,M (2370)-Bosman,M (2353) Novi Sad 2016}) 14.
Rg1 Be6 15. Qc2 (15. Qd1 $1 $11 Ng7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qh5) 15... Nd7 $17 16.
Bxg6 fxg6 17. Nxg6 {Threatening mate with Nh8+.} Nxe5 18. Nxf8+ Kxf8 19. dxe5
Qc7 20. f4 Qf7 21. O-O-O Bf5 22. Qb3 {[#]} a5 23. Ne2 Ng7 (23... Qe7 $19 24.
Nd4 Qc5+ 25. Nc2 Kf7) 24. Nd4 {[#]} Bc5 (24... Be4 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...c5.}
25. f5 Qe7) 25. Rg3 $2 (25. Rxg7 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Kxg7 26. Nxf5+
Qxf5 27. Qxb7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh6 28. Qxc6+ Kh5 29. Qxa8 (29. Qxc5
$2 Rc8 $19) 29... Bxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Rd2 Bxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Qxf4+
{[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Kd3) 25... Bxd4 $19 26. exd4 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0. 40/Black=0.16} 0-1
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 18,198,34,28,42,11,20,15,17,20,20,26,42,20,22,22,34,9,39,22,45,14,26,10,
5,5,6,4,4,3,12,0,15,0,0,-7,15,19,20,0,0,-6,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,50,
50,151,157,144,139,229,118,118,118,112,115,130,127,133,124,133,138,153,145,150,
148,154,151,159,163,159,161,169,175,181,164,181,190,204,181,198,195,198,173,
173,0,191,179,188,155,179,180,200,173,181,173,173,128,129,137,143,128,128,128,
128,128,128,128,128,128,128,128,128,127,127,25,26,25,25,24,25,24,25,0,25,25,33,
25,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,40,17,33,18,30,18,21,2,10,8,8,6,20,16,24,19,20,12,
20,20,18,12,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4
5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 {A33:
Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6.} 11. Bf4 d6 12.
Re1 {was the old line (12.Rc1).} Ne5 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Bg3 Rfd8 16.
Bf1 Qb8 {[#]} 17. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. b4 Qa8 18. f4 Ng6 19. Bd3 Nd7 20.
Nf3 a6 21. Qd2 Bc6 22. Bf2 Qb8 23. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (56) Mchedlishvili,M (2601)
-Sanikidze,T (2510) Tbilisi 2017}) 17... Qa8 18. b4 Ng6 19. Qb3 Bf8 20. Qb1 d5
21. cxd5 exd5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Re3 Qd7
27. Nc3 {Hoping for Rd3.} Be6 28. Nb5 Qd1 29. Re1 Qxb1 30. Rxb1 Rd7 31. Bb8 a5
32. Bc7 axb4 33. axb4 Bf5 34. Rc1 Bxb4 35. Bxb6 Bf8 36. Nd4 Be4 37. Rc8 Ne7 38.
Re8 Bd5 {[#]} ({Black should play} 38... g5 $14) 39. Bb5 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rb5d7]}
Rb7 40. Bc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Rc7 $4 {[#]} (40... g5 41.
Rd8 (41. Nf5 Nxf5 42. Rxf8+ (42. Bxf8 Ng7) 42... Kg7) 41... Be6 42. Bc6 Rb1+
43. Kh2) 41. Bd6 (41. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rf5e7][%mdl 512]} Ng6 42. Bxf8 Nxf8 43.
Ne7+ Rxe7 44. Rxe7) 41... Rc8 42. Rxe7 Bxe7 43. Bxe7 Bc4 44. Bc6 Rb8 45. Bg5 h6
46. Be3 Bd3 47. g4 Rc8 48. Kh2 Rd8 49. Kg3 Rc8 50. h4 Rd8 51. h5 Rc8 52. Kf4
Rd8 53. Bf3 Rc8 54. Bd5 Rc7 55. Ke5 Re7+ 56. Kd6 Re8 57. Kd7 Re5 58. Kd6 Re8
59. Bb3 Rb8 60. Kc7 Rb4 61. Bd5 Bc4 62. Bf3 Bd3 63. Nc6 Ra4 64. Ne7+ Kf8 65.
Nd5 Be4 66. Bc5+ Kg8 67. Ne7+ Kh7 68. Be2 Ra2 69. Bd1 {And now Bb3 would win.}
Ra1 70. Bb3 Bf3 71. Bxf7 {Bg6+ is the strong threat.} Bxg4 72. Bg6+ Kh8 73. Bd4
(73. Nd5 $16) 73... Rh1 74. Kd6 Bxh5 75. Be4 Rd1 76. Kc5 {Strongly threatening
Nf5.} Rc1+ 77. Kd6 {Threatens to win with Nf5.} Rd1 78. Ke5 Be8 79. Nf5 {
aiming for Kf4.} Bd7 80. Ne3 Rg1 81. f4 Kg8 82. Nd5 Re1 83. Bc3 Re2 84. Kd4 Be6
85. Ne3 Ra2 86. f5 Bf7 87. Ng4 Ra4+ 88. Ke3 Ra3 89. Kd3 Ra4 90. Ne5 Be8 91.
Bd5+ Kh7 {The position is equal.} 92. Bd4 Ra3+ 93. Ke4 Ra4 94. Bb3 Rb4 95. Bc2
(95. Be6 {with more complications.} Ra4 96. Nd7 h5 97. Nc5 Bc6+ 98. Ke5) 95...
Ba4 96. Bd3 Bb5 97. Bc2 Ba4 98. Bd3 Bb5 99. Bc2 Ba4 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.14/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,72,27,25,-19,-11,-12,-7,-12,-11,-16,0,-11,-4,-21,5,-41,-22,-65,-14,
-35,0,0,49,51,104,36,9,-14,-12,-37,-22,-177,-163,-158,-81,-87,-82,-209,-199,
-251,-255,-263,-238,-250,-255,-409,-387,-464,-338,-725,-709,-771,-737,-1252,
-1216,-1813,-1759,-3266,-2773,-29978,-11794,-29979,-29980,-29988,-29989]} 1.
Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. d3 c5 6. e4 {A13: English Opening: 1...
e6.} Nc6 7. e5 Nd7 8. Qe2 {The position is equal.} Be7 9. h4 b6 $5 {[%mdl 4] A
promising side line.} 10. Bf4 Bb7 {[#]} 11. Kf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2
Nf8 12. h5 g5 13. hxg6 Nxg6 14. Rh5 Qc7 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Ne4 Nxf4 17. gxf4 {
1-0 (35) Yu,Y (2709)-Wen,Y (2594) Xinghua 2020}) 11... Qc7 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2
O-O-O (13... O-O $15) 14. a3 Kb8 15. Kg1 a5 16. b4 cxb4 (16... h6 $14) 17. axb4
({Better is} 17. Nfxd4 $16 Nxd4 18. Nxd4) 17... Bxb4 $14 18. Bg5 (18. Nfxd4
Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxg2 $15) 18... f6 (18... Ndxe5 $6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxb7 $18)
19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bd2 (20. Nxb4 $11 {and White is okay.} axb4 21. Bd2) 20...
Bxd2 $1 $19 21. Nxd2 e5 (21... f5 $142 22. Nb3 (22. Qxe6 $2 Nc5 $19) 22... Rhe8
23. Ncxd4 (23. Nbxd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxg2 $17) 23... Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2
Nc5) 22. Na3 $17 {and if Nb5 works, White does fine.} Nc5 $1 23. Nb5 {[#]} (23.
Ne4 $17 {was worth a try.}) 23... Qe7 $1 $19 24. Ne4 {[#]} (24. Kh2 $142) 24...
f5 $1 {[%CAl Rf5e4]} 25. Nxc5 Qxc5 ({Weaker is} 25... bxc5 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27.
Rxa5 $14) 26. Kh2 e4 27. dxe4 $2 (27. Rhb1 {was necessary.}) 27... d3 28. Qd2
Ne5 29. Rhe1 $2 (29. exf5 Ng4+ 30. Kg1 Qxf5 31. Bxb7 Kxb7 32. Kg2) 29... fxe4
30. Nc3 Rhf8 31. Kg1 Nxc4 32. Qa2 e3 {[%CAl Re3f2]} 33. fxe3 d2 34. Re2 Bxg2
35. Kxg2 Nxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 36. Rxe3 Qxe3 {Weighted Error
Value: White=1.18/Black=0.15} 0-1
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 17,90,20,21,1,7,5,97,8,12,0,38,46,31,42,36,18,48,51,52,6,12,12,12,4,21,
11,28,0,0,0,4,0,0,-35,50,73,66,34,92,92,91,64,59,61,68,56,57,47,47,48,55,34,70,
85,143,133,132,129,145,121,121,76,90,0,130,111,116,130,167,106,29966,29967,
5381,5308,29995]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7
Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Bd3 {C14: French: Classical System: 4
Bg5 Be7 main line.} O-O 11. O-O b5 {[#]} (11... cxd4 $11 12. Ne2 f6) 12. dxc5 (
12. f5 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rf5f6]}) 12... Nxc5 $11 13. Qe3 {[#] Hoping for Bxh7+!} d4
$146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxd3 14. cxd3 Rd8 15. Nd4 Qa7 16. Nce2 Bd7 17. Rfc1
Rdc8 18. Kf2 Na5 19. b4 Nb7 20. Nb3 Qxe3+ 21. Kxe3 {1-0 (42) Stukan,M (2306)
-Falkevall,A (2046) Bratislava 2019}) 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Rd8 16. Qe3 Nxd3
17. cxd3 Bb7 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. dxe4 Qb4 20. Rf2 Rac8 21. Re1 Qd4 22. g4 h6 23.
Kg2 Qc4 24. f5 Rd3 25. Qf4 Qd4 ({Better is} 25... Qxa2 $15 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27.
Qxc1 Kh7) 26. fxe6 $14 fxe6 27. Qf7+ Kh8 (27... Kh7 $1 $14) 28. Qxe6 $16 {
[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rd8 29. Qf5 ({Wrong is} 29. Qxa6 $2 Rd2 $19) 29...
Re8 30. e6 {And now e7! would win.} Qd6 31. Ree2 (31. b3 {is more complex.}
Qxe6 32. Qxe6 Rxe6 33. h4 Kg8 34. h5) 31... Rxe6 32. Qf8+ Qxf8 33. Rxf8+ $14 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kh7 34. h4 Kg6 35. Rf5 Rd4 (35... Rf6 $142) 36.
Kf3 $16 Rd3+ 37. Kf4 Rd1 38. h5+ Kh7 39. Kf3 Rd3+ 40. Kf4 Rd1 $1 41. Ke3 Kg8
42. e5 b4 43. Rc2 (43. g5 $18) 43... a5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Re1+ $16 44.
Re2 Ra1) 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Rff8 {[%csl Gc8][%CAl Rf8h8]} Re1+ {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.19/Black=0.40} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,112,0,0,-4,0,-16,9,0,16,16,17,0,16,0,0,-18,0,-38,0,0,28,29,31,22,27,
32,47,22,62,46,54,31,25,16,32,35,75,4,6,0,3,0,5,7,5,5,14,14,16,15,74,8,8,8,8,8,
10,4,7,4,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,22,29,29,29,29,30,30,30,30,30,0,0,
0,0,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3
h6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. d3 {[#] A06: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 6... Be7 7. Nbd2 a5 8. a3 c5 9. Ne5 Bh7 10. g4 d4 11. exd4 cxd4 12. Bf3 Nd5
13. Bxd4 O-O {0-1 (40) Petrosian,T (2601)-Harutyunian,T (2549) Yerevan 2021})
7. a3 Bh7 8. h3 a4 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 dxc4 13. d4 Bd6 (
13... Qb6 $5 {[%CAl Rb6b2]} 14. Nbd2 Qxb2 15. Nxc4 Qb5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 $15) 14.
Bxc4 Ne4 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Nc6 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. Ba2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20.
Nxa4 Qe7 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Nb6 Ra6 {[#]} 23. Nd7 (23. Nc4 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rc4e5]}
Qc7 24. Qd4) 23... Nxd7 $11 24. Qxd7 Be4 {Strongly threatening ...Rg6.} 25. f3
Bf5 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. exd4 Rfa8 28. Bb1 Bxb1 29. Rfxb1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRR-KRR} Ra4 (29... Rxa3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 30. Rxa3 Rxa3) 30. d5 ({
Better is} 30. Rxb7 $16 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Rxa3 32. d5) 30... Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Rxa3 32.
Rxb7 {KR-KR} Rd3 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Rd8 Rd2 35. Kh2 Kg6 36. h4 h5 37. Kh3 Kf6 38.
Rd7 Rd3 39. Kh2 g6 40. Kh3 Rd4 41. g4 hxg4+ 42. fxg4 Rd3+ 43. Kg2 Ke5 44. Rxf7
Rxd5 45. Kg3 Ke6 46. Rf3 Ke7 47. g5 Rd6 48. h5 {[#] h6 is the strong threat.}
Rd5 $1 {The position is equal.} 49. Kg4 Rd4+ 50. Kh3 gxh5 51. g6 Rg4 52. Rf5
Rxg6 53. Rxh5 Kf6 54. Rh4 Kg5 55. Rg4+ Kf5 56. Rxg6 Kxg6 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0. 11/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 12,170,20,9,13,0,9,16,18,12,4,10,23,0,6,8,12,5,5,0,0,-45,-52,-59,0,0,0,
-106,12,6,8,-62,-53,-60,-56,-51,-59,-112,-108,-129,-130,-126,-126,-128,-125,
-144,-132,-158,-148,-175,-172,-163,-147,-190,-168,-217,-189,-233,-189,-254,
-184,-413,-413,-406,-377,-341,-132,-118,-81,-105,-83,-83,-77,-89,-30,-33,0,-56,
-38,-179,-46,-80,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,18,18,18,20,8,13,0,0,0,12,12,77,77,77,77,80,80,
76,75,527,527,487,230,5289,5289,5296,5296,5296,5282,5296,5296,5296,5296,5289,
5289,5289,5289,5289,5281,5281,5281,5281,5274,5274,5274,5274,5274,5267,5267,
5267,5267,5267,5260,5267,5260,5260,5260,5252,5252,5252,5247,5212,5205,5252,
5231,5191,5158,5151,5114,5011,4952,541]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6
5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. b3 Bb7 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} 8. Be2 Rc8 9. O-O Bd6 {
The position is equal.} 10. e4 {[#]} Nxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... dxe4 11.
Nxe4 Be7 12. Bf4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 O-O 15. Rad1 h6 16. Ne5 Bd6 {
1-0 (43) Rychagov,A (2560)-Alibinisis,N (1883) Rethymno 2011}) 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qh4 c5 14. Rd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne4 $1 16. Qg4 {aiming for Nxe6!}
Qf6 17. Be3 Nc3 (17... h5 $15 18. Qf3 Qh4) 18. Nb5 $11 Nxb5 $40 {[%mdl 128]
White needs to defend precisely.} 19. c5 {[#]} (19. cxb5 $11 O-O 20. Bd4) 19...
Bxc5 (19... Bxh2+ $1 $17 20. Kxh2 Nc3) 20. Bxb5+ Kf8 21. Rac1 ({White should
play} 21. Qg3 $11 Bxe3 22. fxe3) 21... Bxe3 $1 $15 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack
} 22. fxe3 g6 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Rf1 (24. Rc1 $15 Kg7 25. Rc7) 24... Qe7 $17
25. Qf4 {And now Qe5 would win.} Kg7 $1 26. Qe5+ f6 27. Qc3 Bb7 28. Bc4 Rd8 29.
a4 e5 30. Qc2 Qc5 31. Qf2 Rd6 32. h4 h5 33. Kh2 Be4 34. Rc1 a5 35. Qe1 (35. Qe2
$142) 35... Qb4 36. Qg3 $2 (36. Qxb4 axb4 37. Bf1) 36... Rd2 $19 37. Rg1 Qc3
38. Qh3 Bf5 (38... Qc2 $19 {has better winning chances. Threatens to win with .
..Bc6.} 39. Kh1 Bf5) 39. Qf3 $17 {Black must now prevent Qa8.} e4 (39... Qb4 {
looks sharper.} 40. Qa8 Qf8 41. Qb7+ Rd7 42. Qxb6 Qa8) 40. Qf4 Qe5 (40... Qb4 {
is interesting.} 41. Qb8 Qd6+ 42. Qxd6 Rxd6 43. Rb1 Kh6) 41. Qxe5 fxe5 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 42. Kg3 Bg4 (42... Kf6 $17 43. Rc1 Ke7) 43. Rf1
$11 Bf5 44. Rf2 ({White should try} 44. Rg1 $1 $11) 44... Rd1 45. Rf1 ({
Better is} 45. Rb2 $15) 45... Rd6 (45... Rxf1 $19 46. Bxf1 Be6) 46. Rc1 Rd2 (
46... Kf6 $17 47. Rb1 Rc6) 47. Bb5 Be6 48. Rc7+ Kh6 49. Rc6 Bxb3 50. Rxb6 Bf7
51. Ra6 Ra2 52. Rxa5 Ra3 $1 53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Kg3 Ra3 $1 55. Ra7 Be6 (55... Bb3
$11 {remains equal.}) 56. Re7 $16 Bf5 {[#]} 57. Kf2 $1 Ra2+ {[#]} 58. Ke1 $1
Rxg2 59. a5 {[%CAl Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] a6 is the strong threat.} ({Much
worse is} 59. Rxe5 Rg4 $11) 59... Ra2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59... Rb2 $16 {is a
better chance.} 60. Rxe5 Ra2) 60. a6 $18 g5 61. Rxe5 (61. hxg5+ $142 Kxg5 62.
Bc4 Ra1+ 63. Kf2) 61... gxh4 $2 (61... Kg6) 62. Rxf5 {KRB-KR. White is clearly
winning.} h3 63. Be8 h2 64. Rxh5+ Kg7 65. a7 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Rxa7 66.
Rxh2 Kf6 67. Bh5 Ke5 68. Kf2 Rg7 69. Be2 Rf7+ 70. Ke1 Ra7 71. Rh5+ Kf6 72. Rh4
Ke5 73. Rh6 Ra3 74. Kf2 Ra2 75. Rh1 Rb2 76. Ra1 Rc2 77. Ke1 Rb2 78. Ra5+ Kf6
79. Bd1 Rh2 80. Rc5 Ke6 81. Bc2 Rh4 82. Kd2 Kd6 83. Rc4 Kd5 84. Ra4 Ke5 85. Kc3
Kd5 {What a bad dream for Black. Weighted Error Value: White=0.26/Black=0.35}
1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 21,67,11,11,11,11,8,13,19,10,6,8,6,18,21,20,8,8,9,33,37,17,8,8,8,8,8,8,
8,8,8,8,8,10,0,0,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4.
g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 {
is cutting edge theory.} 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.}
Nxf6 13. Rfd1 Qd6 14. e3 Rfd8 15. a5 {[#]} Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rab8
16. Qe2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c6 18. Qc4 g6 19. Na4 e5 20. Nc5 exd4 21. exd4 h5 {
1/2-1/2 (50) Ellis,L (2356)-Eelvelt,H (2276) ICCF email 2018}) 16. Qe2 Bxf3 17.
Bxf3 c6 18. Ra4 g6 19. Rc4 Qc7 20. b4 Nd5 21. Qb2 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Bf6 23. Qc2 Qd7
24. Kg2 Kg7 25. h4 h5 26. Qb3 Qe8 27. Rcc1 Rd6 28. Rd3 Rcd8 29. Be4 {The
position is equal.} Qe7 30. Rcd1 Qe8 31. R1d2 Qe7 32. Rd1 Qe8 33. R1d2 Qe7 34.
Rd1 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 11,105,31,33,26,34,22,35,35,27,29,26,25,23,22,24,28,56,52,60,37,33,18,
40,26,39,31,28,16,60,10,33,6,33,39,93,58,81,58,109,114,114,0,52,37,229,200,209,
205,192,201,206,200,187,189,205,125,184,183,190,51,185,130,133,136,247,266,247,
97,331,328,427,441,440,413,371,140,323,293,1216,576,983,969,891,891,891,888,
881,839,783,741,4133,1065,29976,1828,29972,29973]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qf3 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3
a6.} d5 8. Qg3 f5 9. exf5 {White is slightly better.} exf5 {[#]} 10. Bf4 $146 (
{Predecessor:} 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7+ 12. Qe3 Qxe3+ 13. fxe3 Nf6 14. Na4 a5
15. Bd3 Rb8 16. a3 {1/2-1/2 (44) Nakamura,H (2736)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2789)
chess24.com INT 2021}) 10... Nf6 11. Be2 Ra7 12. O-O Kf7 13. Rad1 h6 14. Be5 g5
15. Rfe1 Bg7 16. Bf1 Re7 17. Bd4 Rhe8 18. Rxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qd3 f4 20. a3 a5 21.
Na4 {[%CAl Bc3a4,Ba4c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} Bg4 22. f3 {Bc5 is the strong threat.}
Bd7 ({Better is} 22... Bh5 $14) 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Qc3 g4 (24... Nd7 $14 25. Bxg7
Qxc5+ 26. Qxc5 Nxc5) 25. Nd3 $1 $16 (25. Qxa5 $6 gxf3 26. Nd3 (26. gxf3 $2 Ng4
$19) 26... Ne4 $11) 25... gxf3 {Hoping for ...Ne4.} 26. gxf3 (26. Qxc6 $16 Bb7
27. Qa4) 26... Nd7 (26... Nh5) 27. Bxg7 Rg8 $2 (27... Qe3+ $1 $14 28. Kg2 (28.
Nf2 Rg8 29. Qxe3 (29. Qxc6 $2 Rxg7+ 30. Bg2 Qxf3 $19) 29... Rxg7+ 30. Ng4 fxe3)
28... Rg8 29. Re1 Rxg7+) 28. Kh1 Rxg7 29. Qxc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg5 {
[%csl Gg7][%CAl Rg5g1]} 30. Bh3 Nb6 31. Bg4 (31. Qxb6 Bxh3 32. Qc7+ Kg8 $14)
31... Bxg4 32. fxg4 Kg8 33. Nf2 ({But not} 33. Qxb6 $2 Qxg4 34. Ne1 Qxd1 $19)
33... Rg6 (33... Qg6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 34. Qxg6 Rxg6) 34. Qe8+ $18 Kh7 35.
Re1 (35. b3 $1 $18) 35... Rg7 (35... Nc4 $1 $14) 36. b3 ({White should try} 36.
Re5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Re5g5]} Rg8 37. Qe7+ (37. Rxg5 Rxe8 38. Rh5 Re2 $14) 37...
Qg7 38. h3) 36... Nd7 $16 37. Qe6 Nf6 (37... Nf8 $16 38. Qf5+ Qxf5 39. gxf5 f3)
38. Re5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Re5g5]} Qg6 {[#]} 39. Qf5 (39. h3 $1 $18 {and the rest
is easy.}) 39... Rc7 $2 (39... Qxf5 $16 {is a better defense.} 40. Rxf5 Nxg4
41. Nxg4 (41. Rxf4 Ne3 $11) 41... Rxg4) 40. Qxf4 Rxc2 41. Re7+ Kh8 42. Re6 Kg7
43. h3 $2 (43. h4 $18 {is more deadly.}) 43... Qf7 $2 {[#]} (43... Qg5 $16 44.
Qb8 Ne4 45. Qb7+ Kf8 46. Qb8+ Kg7 47. Qb7+ Kf8 48. Qb8+ Kg7) 44. Qe5 $1 {
Threatens to win with g5.} Qf8 $2 (44... Qg6 45. Re7+ Kh8) 45. Re7+ (45. Nd3
$142) 45... Kg8 46. Qe6+ Kh8 {[#]} 47. Rf7 $1 Qxf7 48. Qxf7 Rxf2 {KQ-KRN} 49.
Kg1 Rf4 50. Qg6 Rf3 51. Qxh6+ (51. Kg2 $142 Rxb3 52. Qxf6+ Kh7 53. Qf7+ Kh8 54.
Qxd5) 51... Kg8 52. Qg6+ (52. Kg2 $142 Rxb3 53. Qg6+ Kh8 54. Qxf6+ Kg8 55. Qg5+
Kh8 56. Qxd5 a4 57. g5) 52... Kf8 53. Kg2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/
Black=0.80} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,116,32,15,22,23,6,19,18,61,39,61,48,54,41,54,12,25,7,75,50,46,59,77,
52,77,17,14,16,27,0,0,0,-4,-7,0,-3,4,-18,-18,-27,-24,-42,-42,-41,-33,-36,-27,
-37,-31,-47,-56,-52,-6,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,
-89,-89,-122,-122,-122,0,-122,-122,-122,-122,-137,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,
-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,8,0,8,8,8]
} 1. c4 a6 2. d4 e6 3. e4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 {C01: French:
Exchange Variation.} Be7 7. cxd5 {[#]} Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. h3 Nbxd5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bg5 Be6 13. a3 c6 {1-0 (70)
Golubka,P (2484)-Gumularz,S (2452) Krakow 2018}) 8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10.
O-O Nd7 11. Re1 b5 12. Bd3 {[#] Black must now prevent Qe2.} Bb7 13. a4 bxa4 (
13... b4 $11) 14. Rxa4 Re8 15. Ra2 h6 16. Bb1 Nf8 17. Rae2 ({White should try}
17. Ne5 $16) 17... Bxf3 $11 18. gxf3 {Hoping for Be4.} Qd7 $1 19. Qd3 Bd6 20.
Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. Be3 Qd7 23. Qf5 ({Much worse is} 23. Qxa6 Qh3 $17)
23... Qxf5 24. Bxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Ne6 25. c4 c5 26. dxc5 Nxc5
27. Kf1 h5 28. h3 g6 29. Bc2 Ne6 30. Ke1 Nf4 31. c5 (31. Bxf4 $5 Bxf4 32. c5
$11) 31... Ng2+ 32. Ke2 Nxe3 33. fxe3 Bxc5 $15 {KB-KB} 34. f4 Kg7 35. Kf3 f6
36. Ba4 a5 37. Be8 Kh6 38. e4 Bd6 39. h4 Bb4 40. Kg3 Bd6 41. Kf3 Bc7 42. Ba4
Bb6 43. e5 {[#]} Bd8 (43... fxe5 $1 $17 44. fxe5 Bd4) 44. exf6 Bxf6 45. Kg3 Bd4
46. Bc2 Kg7 47. Ba4 Kf6 48. Bc2 Bc3 49. Kf2 Bd2 50. Kg3 $1 Be1+ 51. Kh3 Bf2 52.
Ba4 Kf5 53. Bc2+ {The position is equal.} Kxf4 54. Bxg6 a4 {...a3 is the
strong threat.} 55. Bxh5 a3 {( -> ...a2)} 56. Bf7 Bxh4 57. Kxh4 a2 58. Bxa2 Ke5
{Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 16,33,44,31,50,58,47,36,62,45,48,62,78,84,126,134,136,136,131,131]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Qe8 {
8...Nc5 is the hot move.} 9. Bd1 Nh5 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation
without 6...c5.} 10. Nge2 f5 11. f3 Bd7 {White is slightly better.} 12. a3 {[#]
} fxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nf4 13. O-O Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 c5 15. exf5 gxf5
16. Qe1 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. f4 e4 {1/2-1/2 (42) Rogos,J (2492)-Yamaliev,V
(2458) ICCF email 2017}) 13. Nxe4 Nf4 14. O-O (14. Nxf4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bf5 $17)
14... h6 $2 15. Nxf4 ({Much less strong is} 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nxf4 g5 $14)
15... hxg5 16. Nd3 Bf5 17. Re1 {Black did not feel at home in the position
after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.12} ({Don't play}
17. Nxg5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc5 $14) 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 17,52,30,30,21,22,0,-4,-20,-27,-13,23,-18,2,0,18,5,0,-24,0,0,24,-26,-39,
-38,-35,-22,0,-50,-25,-152,-155,-353,-256,-608,-374,-371,-374]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 h6
10. Bf4 {D61: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: 7 Qc2.} c5 11. O-O c4 12. Bf5
{[#] The position is equal.} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. b3 Nb6 14.
bxc4 Nxc4 15. Bd3 b5 16. a4 Bd7 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 {1/2-1/2 (92)
Jackson,L (1961)-Sellen,I (1980) Wellington 2011}) 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. a3 Re8 15.
Rad1 Nf8 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. Bh4 Rad8 18. f4 a5 19. Kh1 b4 20. Na4 Qb5 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Ng4 {aiming for Rf3.} h5 23. Qe2 {[#]} Kg7 $1 $17 ({Weaker is} 23...
hxg4 24. Qxg4+ Ng6 25. Bxg6 $14) 24. Rf3 $2 (24. Ne5 $17 fxe5 25. fxe5) 24...
Qxa4 25. Rh3 $2 (25. Nh6 Ng6 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Rg3) 25... Ng6 26. Rxh5 Rh8 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.55/Black=0.22} 0-1
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 21,81,18,19,24,27,15,31,14,43,19,19,0,13,21,13,-4,-9,-4,-9,-27,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,10,10,10,10,10,12,34,10,10,10,10,10,10,
0,0,0,10,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 $1 {11...Bd6
scores better than 11...Bb4+.} 12. O-O {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} Rb8 13. e4 Bd7 14. Be3 {White is slightly better.}
b6 {[#]} 15. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rfc1 Rc8 16. Rxc8+ Bxc8 17. Rc1 Bd7
18. e5 Bb8 19. Bf1 Ke7 20. Ba6 Rd8 21. f4 {1/2-1/2 (30) Schleining,Z (2354)
-Madl,I (2343) Reykjavik 2015}) 15... Ba3 16. Rab1 O-O 17. Rb3 Be7 18. d5 exd5
19. Bxd5 Rfc8 20. f4 (20. Rbb1 {seems wilder.} Bc5 21. Rbd1 Bf5 22. Rfe1 Kf8
23. Bb3) 20... Be6 (20... Bh3 {with more complications.} 21. Re1 Rc7 22. Rbb1
Rbc8 23. Kf2 Ba3) 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rd1 Rc7 23. Rbd3 Kf7 24. Kf2 b5 25. g4 g6
26. Kf3 Rbb7 27. Ke4 Rc4+ 28. Rd4 Rxd4+ 29. Bxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRB-KRB} b4 30. f5 gxf5+ 31. gxf5 a5 32. Rc1 a4 33. Rc6 exf5+ 34. Kxf5 {
[#] Black must now prevent e6+.} Rb5 35. Ke4 b3 {The position is equal.} 36.
axb3 axb3 {And now ...b2 would win.} 37. Bb2 Rb4+ 38. Kd5 Rb5+ 39. Ke4 Rb4+ 40.
Kd5 Rb5+ 41. Ke4 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/
Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,139,0,0,0,0,0,12,16,9,12,29,20,11,26,12,-11,-12,-7,0,0,43,34,41,39,43,
45,37,23,27,26,36,15,29,8,4,7,25,22,22,0,14,0,0,-64,-54,-29,0,0,0,0,1,1,14,15,
10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,14,71,71,181,181,181,181,706,693,686,574,
606,594,594,537,400,0,383,374,29979,29980]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4.
exd4 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Nd2 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and
Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} e6 7. Ngf3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 {The position is equal.} Qxd6
9. Nh4 Bg6 (9... Nf6 {is interesting.} 10. Bb5 Be4 11. Nhf3 O-O 12. O-O Bf5)
10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g3 Nf6 12. Bd3 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O-O 13.
Nf3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 16. Qe2 Qg5 17. Kf1 Rde8 18. Qf3 Qd2 {
1/2-1/2 (55) Duda,J (2758)-Artemiev,V (2731) Moscow 2019}) 13. dxe5 Qxe5+ 14.
Kf1 O-O (14... O-O-O {with more complications.} 15. Nf3 Qe6 16. h4 d4 17. cxd4
Kb8) 15. Kg2 Qd6 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. h4 a6 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Qf4 Rae8
21. Rad1 Qc6 22. Qd4 R5e6 23. Rhf1 Re5 24. Kg1 R5e6 25. Bc2 Re5 26. Ba4 (26.
Rd2 $11) 26... b5 $15 27. Bb3 Qe6 {And now ...Qh3 would win.} (27... Qc8 $5 {
[%CAl Rc8h3]} 28. Kg2 Re4 $11) 28. Kg2 Re2 29. Rd2 Rxd2 (29... Re4 $5 30. Qd3
$8 Re5 $11) 30. Qxd2 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Re5 32. f3 Qf5 33. Kg2 Qe6 34. Rf2 Re1 35.
Bd1 (35. a3 {seems wilder.} Qe5 36. Qd4 Qe6 37. Bd1 Nd7 38. Qd2) 35... Qe5 36.
Re2 Rxe2+ 37. Bxe2 Qe6 38. a3 Qb6 39. Qf4 Qe6 40. Qd2 Qe5 41. Kf2 Qf5 42. Kg2
Qe5 43. Bf1 Nh5 44. Qf2 g5 45. hxg5 Qxg5 46. f4 Qf5 47. Qf3 {Black must now
prevent Bd3.} Nf6 48. Bd3 Qe6 49. Qf2 g6 50. Qd4 Kg7 51. a4 bxa4 52. Qxa4 Qe3
53. Qd4 Qxd4 54. cxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} a5 55. Kf3 Kf8 56. g4 Ke7
57. g5 Ne8 58. f5 gxf5 59. Bxf5 Ng7 60. Kf4 {Ke5 is the strong threat.} Kd6 {
[#]} (60... f6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 61. Bg4 $1 $16 Ne8 $4 {[#]} (61... a4
$16 {was called for.} 62. Bf5 Nh5+ 63. Kf3 Ng7) 62. Kf5 $1 $18 Ke7 {intending .
.. Nd6+.} 63. Ke5 Nc7 $2 (63... f6+ 64. gxf6+ (64. Kxd5 fxg5 65. Bf5 Nf6+ 66.
Kc6 g4 $11) 64... Nxf6) 64. Bf5 Nb5 65. Kxd5 Nd6 66. Bd3 Kd7 67. Kc5 Kc7 68.
Kd5 Kd7 69. Bc2 Nc8 $2 (69... Ke7 $18 70. Bd3 Nb7) 70. Bf5+ {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.05/Black=0.05} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 13,116,6,12,0,0,0,11,2,6,-14,9,12,18,8,8,8,8,12,7,7,58,58,58,69,105,110,
110,91,112,115,103,104,116,95,181,169,179,178,144,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-80,
0,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-89,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg2
Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qc1 Bf5 {[#]} 8. a4 $146 {[%CAl Ba2a4,
Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and
2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} ({Predecessor:} 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. Bh6 Be4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qc2 e6 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Rac1 Rcd8 {1/2-1/2 (62) Dubov,D
(2690)-Rakhmanov,A (2645) Moscow 2019}) 8... Nbd7 9. a5 c5 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. a6
Qb6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be3 {Black must now prevent Na4.} Qb4 14. Nd4 bxa6 15.
Nxf5 gxf5 16. Bxd5 Nce4 (16... Nxd5 $11 17. Nxd5 Qb7) 17. Bxe4 $14 (17. Rxa6
Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qb5 $15) ({Don't go for} 17. Bxa7 $2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qb7 $17) 17...
Nxe4 18. Nxe4 {Hoping for Nc3.} ({Much weaker is} 18. Bxa7 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rxc3
$11) ({Much worse is} 18. Rxa6 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxc3 $15) 18... Qxe4 19. c3 Rc6
20. Bxa7 Qxe2 21. Re1 Qh5 22. Rxe7 Rh6 23. h4 Bf6 (23... Rg6 $16) 24. Rxa6 $18
Rg6 {[#]} 25. Re1 Qxh4 26. Bd4 (26. Qd2 $16) 26... Rxg3+ $11 27. fxg3 Qxg3+ 28.
Kf1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Bxd4+ 30. cxd4 {aiming for Qg5+.} Kh8 31. Qg5 {Strongly
threatening Qf6+.} Rg8 32. Qxg8+ Kxg8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 33. Ra3 (33.
Rf1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qg4+ 34. Kh1 Qh4+ 35. Kg1) 33... Qg4+ $17 34.
Kf1 Qf4+ (34... Qxd4 $2 35. Re2 $19) 35. Kg2 Qd2+ 36. Kf1 Kg7 {Threatens to
win with ...h5.} (36... Qxb2 $2 37. Rd3 $17) (36... Qxd4 $2 37. Rg3+ Kf8 38.
Re2 $19) 37. Rf3 Qxd4 38. Re2 {[#]} Kf6 ({Black should play} 38... Qd1+ $1 $17
39. Kf2 Kf6) 39. Ref2 $11 {The position is equal.} Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qd5 41. Kg1 h5
42. b4 Kg5 43. Kh2 Kg6 (43... f4 {seems wilder.} 44. Rxf4 Qd6 45. Kh3 Qe5 46.
Rxf7 Qe6+) 44. Kh3 Qc4 45. Rxf5 Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Kh2 Qxf5 (
46... Qxb4 {is interesting.} 47. Rf6+ Kg5 48. Rxf7 Qd6+ 49. Kh3 Qe6+) 47. Rxf5
Kxf5 {KPP-KP} 48. Kg3 Ke5 (48... Ke6 $5 49. Kh4 $8 f6 $11) 49. Kh4 f5 50. Kxh5
{KP-KP} f4 51. Kg4 Ke4 52. b5 f3 53. b6 f2 54. b7 f1=Q {( -> ...Qf4+)} 55. b8=Q
Qf3+ 56. Kg5 Qf5+ 57. Kh6 Qf4+ 58. Qxf4+ Kxf4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
10/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 25,106,0,0,1,10,-2,0,0,0,0,7,-18,-22,-36,0,-9,-15,-15,-10,-16,23,-16,18,
-15,0,0,65,6,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-19,-25,-20,-26,-14,-37,-27,-35,-47,-31,0,-32,-32,
-32,-32,-33,-21,-81,-74,-98,-39,-189,-149,-172,-152,-333,-375,-530,-525,-487,
-453,-703,-666,-835,-818,-533,-84,-84,-79,-84,-84,-501,-84,-570,-558,-706,-670,
-12843,-12844]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7.
O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 {
[%CAl Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6h5,Bh5f4][%mdl 32]} 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Nd2 {E54:
Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4.} Nd5 15. f3 Rac8 16. Bh4
{The position is equal.} N7f6 17. Rfe1 {[#]} Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17...
Rfd8 18. Qf2 Qf4 19. Re5 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Bg5 Bd5 23. Re1
Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 (30) Zaas,D (2272)-Jenkins,R (2293) ICCF email 2019}) 18. Bg3 Qa3
19. Nb1 Qe7 20. Bb3 Nh5 21. Bf2 Nhf4 22. Qd2 Qf6 23. Bg3 b5 24. a4 a6 25. Na3
Bc6 (25... Qe7 $11 26. Nxb5 axb5 27. Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Qxf4 Qa3) 26. axb5 (26. c4
$1 $14 bxc4 27. Nxc4) 26... axb5 $11 27. c4 bxc4 28. Nxc4 {Black must now
prevent Nd6.} Bb5 29. Kh1 Bxc4 30. Bxc4 h5 31. Re4 {[%CAl Rg3f4]} Ng6 32. h4
Rfd8 33. Bb3 Rxc1+ 34. Qxc1 Nde7 35. Qg5 (35. Be5 {is interesting.} Nxe5 36.
dxe5 Qg6 37. Kh2 Nf5 38. Qf4) 35... Qxg5 36. hxg5 Nf5 37. Bf2 Rb8 38. Ba4 (38.
Bc2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 38... Rb2 39. Kg1 h4 (39... Nd6 $17 40. Re3 Nf4)
40. Bc6 $2 ({Only move:} 40. Rg4 $1 $15) 40... Ng3 $1 $19 41. Re1 Nf4 {...
Rxf2! is the strong threat.} 42. Ra1 $2 (42. Be4 $17 {was the only defense.})
42... Kh7 $1 43. Be4+ (43. Re1 $142 Rxf2 44. Be4+ (44. g6+ $2 Kxg6 45. Rxe6+
Nxe6 $19) 44... Nxe4 45. Rxe4) 43... Nxe4 44. fxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#]
KRB-KRN} h3 $1 45. Ra3 (45. d5 $142 hxg2 46. d6) 45... hxg2 46. Rf3 Rb1+ 47.
Kh2 {[#]} Rh1+ $2 (47... Rf1 $1 $19 {is more deadly.} 48. Rxf4 g1=Q+ 49. Bxg1
Rxf4) 48. Kg3 $17 g1=Q+ 49. Bxg1 Ne2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 50. Kf2 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] [#]} (50. Kg2 $17 Rxg1+ 51. Kf2) 50... Kg6 (50... Nxg1 $19 51. Rxf7
Nh3+ 52. Ke3 Re1+ 53. Kd3 Nxg5) 51. d5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Kxe2 Rxg1) 51...
Nxg1 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 52. Rd3 Nh3+ 53. Kg2 Nf4+ {[%mdl 64]
Weighted Error Value: White=0.90/Black=0.40} 0-1
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,90,22,28,35,14,10,22,0,1,0,10,0,8,-41,0,0,0,-8,8,-8,0,0,44,51,79,64,
79,56,47,55,60,45,54,30,115,116,106,46,53,5,20,0,9,15,15,0,25,23,18,16,18,18,
18,16,21,23,20,16,20,16,9,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4
e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 a5 {[#]} 6. d4 $146 {A21: English
Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3.} ({Predecessor:} 6. Nge2 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Qb3
Kh8 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 {0-1 (67) Szarvas,S (2128)-Merena,L
(2040) Hungary 2008}) 6... Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 c6 9. Nge2 Na6 10. O-O Qe8 11.
e4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Nc5 13. Nf4 Qf7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxe5 Ng4 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Rfe1
Bd7 {[#]} 18. Ncd5 $1 Bxb2 (18... cxd5 $2 19. Bxd5 Ne6 20. Nxe6 $18) 19. Qxb2 {
Threatens to win with Re7.} Rae8 {[#] Threatening ...g5.} ({Wrong is} 19...
cxd5 $2 20. Bxd5 Ne6 21. Nxe6 $18) 20. h3 $1 Nf6 ({Avoid the trap} 20... cxd5
$2 21. Bxd5 Be6 22. Nxe6 $18 (22. hxg4 Bxd5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 $14)) 21. Qd4 Nce4 (
21... Nfe4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22. Nxf6+ $16 Nxf6 23. Nd3 (23. Qb6 $16)
23... Bc8 $14 24. Qb6 Qd7 25. Ne5 Qd8 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Rad1 Rfe8 {White must
now prevent ...Rxd1.} 28. f4 Kf8 29. Kf2 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Be6 31. Bf3 Ke7 32. Re1
Nd7 33. g4 {The position is equal.} g6 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Bh5 {And now Nxd7
would win.} Nxe5 36. Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra8 37. Be2 Kf6 38.
a3 b6 39. Re3 Rd8 40. Rd3 Rxd3 41. Bxd3 c5 42. a4 Bd7 43. Ke3 Be6 44. Kf2 Bd7
45. Ke3 Be6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 20,92,0,-5,2,0,8,0,13,10,6,0,5,0,0,0,0,-20,0,-19,-16,-75,-64,-142,-136,
-131,-135,-150,-150,-290,-283,-283,-270,-302,0,-207,-206,-598,-595,-1105,-1075,
-1731,-727,-716,-548,-544,-529,-518,-514,-505,-466,-630,-652,-617,-589,-553,
-516,-496,-358,-754,-1132,-756,-722,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,0,0,0,
-29992,-29993,-29996,-29997]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7
6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 {D45:
Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} 12. Rfe1 c5 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} 13. cxd5
exd5 {The position is equal.} 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. Bd3 a6 16. Nc3 {[%CAl Bb5c3,
Bc3e2,Be2g3][%mdl 32]} Bd6 {[#]} 17. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bf5 Rac8 18.
Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. f4 Qe7 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Qf5 Qc7 23. Ne2 Ne4 24.
Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qe7 26. Ng3 Nxg3 27. hxg3 {0-1 (36) Gaehwiler,G (2412)
-Klauser,M (2385) Leukerbad 2019}) 17... bxc5 {[%CAl Bb6c5,Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl
32]} 18. Ne2 Rac8 19. Ng3 g6 20. Qb1 (20. Qe2 $11 {remains equal.}) 20... c4
$17 21. Bc2 (21. Bxf6 $15 Nxf6 22. Be2) 21... c3 22. Ba1 Ne5 23. Nd4 Nfg4 24.
h3 {[#]} (24. Nf1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 24... Nxf2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 25.
Kxf2 Qh4 {Hoping for ...Ng4+!} 26. Nde2 Qg5 $2 ({Better is} 26... Qf6+ $19 27.
Nf5 gxf5) 27. Rd4 $2 {[#]} (27. Qc1 $11) 27... Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Qc1 (28.
bxc4 Qxe3+ 29. Kf1 Bxg3 30. Nxg3 Qxd4 31. Ne2 Qxc4 32. Qb3) 28... Nxe3 29. h4
Qf6+ 30. Kg1 Nxc2 (30... Bxg3 $142 31. Kh1 Qf2) 31. Rf1 Qxd4+ 32. Nxd4 Nxd4 33.
Qd1 Bxg3 34. Qxd4 {Threatens to win with Qf6.} Be5 35. Qf2 Re7 36. h5 d4 37.
Qh4 Rce8 38. Re1 {If only White now had time for Rxe5!...} Bf6 {[%mdl 64]
Deflection} 39. Qxf6 $2 (39. Rxe7 Bxh4 40. Rxe8+ Kg7 41. Rb8) 39... Rxe1+ 40.
Kh2 R1e2 ({And not} 40... Rxa1 41. h6 $11) 41. h6 Rxg2+ 42. Kh3 Re3+ 43. Kh4
Re4+ 44. Kh3 {[%csl Gh6][%CAl Rf6g7]} Re3+ 45. Kh4 {[%csl Gh6][%CAl Rf6g7]}
Rh2+ 46. Kg4 Bc8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=1.06/Black=0.43} 0-1
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 18,77,19,14,16,10,16,19,16,0,4,-13,0,0,5,13,56,34,97,109,108,53,89,50,
51,52,55,28,28,23,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,70,28,81,60,84,63,78,62,65,27,65,12,15,0,0,
0,0,-48,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. a3
cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. c5 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 a5 {B14: Caro-Kann:
Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6.} 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf4
a4 14. Qc2 Bf6 15. Rad1 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... h6 16. Bxa4 Rxa4
17. Qxa4 Nxd4 18. Qb4 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bc6 20. Bd6 Re8 21. f4 e5 22. fxe5 Bxe5
23. Bxe5 Rxe5 {0-1 (52) Khismatullin,D (2534)-Belov,V (2560) Sochi 2004}) 16.
Rfe1 Qc8 17. Bg5 ({Much weaker is} 17. Bxa4 Rxa4 18. Qxa4 Nxd4 $17) 17... Ne7 (
17... Bd8 $14) 18. Bd3 $16 Ng6 19. Qd2 ({White should try} 19. h4 $16) 19...
Qd8 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. h4 Be7 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Ne5 Be8 24. Qf4 b6 25. Rc1 bxc5
26. Rxc5 Rb7 27. Re2 f6 (27... Qf6 $11 28. Qg4 Qf5) 28. Nd3 (28. Nc6 $5 {
[%CAl Rc6d8]} Qd7 29. g3 $14) 28... Bf7 (28... Bb5 $11 29. Qg3 Qe8) 29. Nb4 Qb8
30. Qe3 Qd6 31. Qc3 {[#] Threatens to win with Rc8+.} Re8 32. Rc6 Qd7 33. Qc5 (
33. f4 $14) 33... e5 $1 $11 34. Rd6 Qg4 35. f3 Qxh4 {White should prevent ...
e4.} 36. Nxd5 Rxb2 37. Rxb2 {The position is equal.} Qe1+ 38. Kh2 {And now g3
would win.} Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] [#]} 39. Kg1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/
Black=0.17} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 10,93,72,17,17,0,14,12,21,-2,0,-6,34,34,37,19,22,17,33,25,27,19,19,7,50,
22,98,105,97,108,111,100,102,97,114,109,127,126,133,140,155,137,220,204,212,
216,202,182,215,184,314,314,354,249,275,244,236,211,262,262,266,262,260,251,
295,264,260,258,257,258,335,335,506,516,533,442,414,261,245,223,223,206,730,
547,1136,1107]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Bb6 6. O-O ({
White should play} 6. dxe5 $16 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Nxd8 8. a4 (8. Nxe5 Nf6 $16)) 6...
Nf6 $11 {C53: Giuoco Piano sidelines.} 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6 {The position is
equal.} 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Bc2 Bd7 11. a3 a5 {[#]} 12. Be3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An
interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qe2 Qe7
15. a4 Rad8 16. Na3 Bc5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 {0-1 (53) Horvath,J (1997)
-Piroska,I (2104) Budapest 2016}) 12... Ba7 13. Nbd2 Qc8 14. Bd3 a4 15. Qc2 Na5
16. c4 Nc6 {[%CAl Re5d4]} 17. d5 Nd4 (17... Na5 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. Nxd4
$16 {White now steadily converts the win.} Bxd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Nf3 c5 {[#]}
21. dxc6 $1 bxc6 22. Nxd4 Ra5 {intending ...Bxh3.} 23. Re3 Qb7 24. Rae1 Qb6 25.
Qc3 Rae5 (25... Rc5 $16 26. Rd1 Rb8) 26. Nf3 $18 R5e7 27. e5 dxe5 28. Nxe5 Be6
29. Qb4 Rb7 (29... Qxb4 $142 30. axb4 Rc7) 30. Qxa4 c5 31. R1e2 Reb8 32. Qd1
Qc7 33. Qc1 Rb3 34. Bc2 R3b6 35. b3 Rd6 36. Rd3 Ra6 37. a4 Bf5 38. Rg3 Bxc2 39.
Qxc2 Re6 40. Ng4 Nh5 (40... Nxg4 {keeps fighting.} 41. Rxe6 (41. Rxg4 Rxe2 42.
Qxe2 Rxb3 $16) 41... fxe6) 41. Rxe6 Nxg3 42. Re3 ({Stronger than} 42. fxg3 fxe6
43. Kh2 h5 $11) 42... Nh5 43. Qf5 Nf4 44. Ne5 Ne6 45. Nxf7 Nd4 $2 {[#]} (45...
Qxf7 46. Qxe6 Qxe6 47. Rxe6 Rxb3) 46. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 (46... Kh8 47. Qg6 (47. Qg5
)) 47. Rg3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.28} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,149,54,54,41,36,22,29,9,20,0,7,-29,-23,-24,0,-15,0,5,0,4,23,0,0,0,0,
-19,0,-48,0,-6,34,0,20,32,50,10,51,44,44,44,44,44,44,22,23,0,0,0,0,0,21,0,29,0,
0,0,46,31,31,39,84,72,74,26,146,139,153,162,193,140,136,141,121,121,153,79,147,
0,146,37,35,52,59,51,64,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,16,0,1,8,33,0,32,14,17,8,8,8,
14,14,78,78,83,83,188,187,187,180,153,35,35,18,86,86,159,174,5535,6925,29980,
29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. e4 c6 2.
Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights
Variation.} e6 7. Ng5 {[#]} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bxe2 8. Nxe2 c5 9.
O-O Nc6 10. Bf4 Nh6 11. c3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nf5 13. Rc1 Qb6 {0-1 (35) Heineccius,
A (651)-Guaimare,C (1030) LSS email 2012}) 8. Bh5 {White has an edge.} Bg6 9.
O-O Be7 10. Nh3 c5 11. Nf4 cxd4 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. Nxd4 {Black should prevent
Nfxe6.} Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nh6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Be2 Nf5 17. Qa4+ Kf8 $1 18. Bd3 Bc5
19. g3 Rc8 20. Qf4 Qb6 21. c3 Be7 22. Re1 a6 (22... g5 $5 {[%CAl Rg5f4]} 23.
Qf3 g6 $11) 23. a4 g5 24. Qf3 g6 25. a5 Qc5 26. Ra4 Kg7 27. Kg2 Rh7 28. h3 Rch8
{...Qc6 is the strong threat.} 29. Rh1 $1 Qc6 30. Rg4 Rh5 31. Bd2 Qc7 {Double
Attack} 32. c4 $1 {[%CAl Rc4d5]} Rd8 33. cxd5 Rxd5 {White must now prevent ...
Qd8.} 34. Bc3 b5 35. axb6 $1 Qxb6 36. Ra4 {Strongly threatening Bxf5.} Rh8 (
36... Nd4 $11 37. Qe3 Bc5) 37. Rxa6 $16 Qd8 38. Be4 $36 {White is on the roll.}
Rd7 {[%CAl Bd5d7,Bd7c7,Bc7c4][%mdl 32]} 39. Ra8 (39. Rha1 $18) 39... Qb6 40.
Rxh8 Kxh8 41. Rd1 Rc7 {[#]} 42. Ra1 (42. Rd6 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb5 (42...
Qb8 43. Ra6) 43. Qd3) 42... Qb5 (42... Bb4 $142) 43. Rd1 (43. Ra5 $16 Qd7 44.
b4) 43... Kg7 {[#]} (43... Qb6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 44. Bxf5 (44. Qd3
$1 $16 {[%CAl Rd3b5]} Qa4 45. Bf3) 44... gxf5 $14 45. g4 fxg4 46. hxg4 Rc4 47.
Rh1 ({Better is} 47. Rd4 $14) 47... Qd5 $11 48. Qxd5 exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRB-KRB} 49. Rd1 Rxg4+ 50. Kh3 Rf4 51. Kg3 Bc5 52. f3 d4 53. Bd2 Rf5 54. Re1
Kg6 55. Kg4 d3 56. Re4 (56. e6 $5 {[%CAl Re6e7]} Be7 57. exf7 Rxf7 58. Re6+ Kg7
59. Rb6 $14) 56... Bf2 57. b4 Bb6 58. e6 fxe6 59. Rxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} Rf6 60. Re5 Rd6 (60... Rc6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 61. Rxg5+ $16 Kf7
62. f4 Bd4 (62... Ke6 $16 {might work better.} 63. Kf3 Kf7) 63. Kf3 $18 Bf6 64.
Rc5 Ke6 65. f5+ (65. Ke4 $16) 65... Kd7 $14 66. b5 Bd4 (66... Ba1 $11) 67. Rc4
$16 Bb6 (67... Be5 $142) 68. Ke4 Ke8 $2 (68... Ba7 69. Rc3 Rd4+ 70. Ke5 Rd6)
69. Rc6 $18 Kd7 70. Rxd6+ {White mates.} Kxd6 71. Bb4+ Kd7 72. Kxd3 Bd8 73. Ke4
Kc8 74. Kd5 Kb7 75. Bc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.22} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 21,86,27,34,29,27,29,29,18,23,23,23,23,22,24,20,28,25,0,8,8,12,6,9,8,9,
0,20,20,57,71,95,95,96,97,102,97,158,162,147,112,124,86,100,83,83,0,83,83,152,
83,115,54,55,48,75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4.
Bg2 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. b3 Qb7+
11. f3 d5 12. cxd5 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog.}
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be3 {White has an edge.} Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Rc1 Qe6
17. Qd3 O-O 18. Rfd1 h5 {[#]} 19. Bf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20.
fxe4 Rfc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rd7 a6 23. Ra7 Rc2 24. Rxa6 Rxe2+ 25. Kf3 Rxh2 {
0-1 (41) Ftacnik,L (2560)-Kristiansen,J (2450) Helsingor 1982}) 19... Bf6 (
19... Rac8 {is interesting.} 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. Bxe3 Be5 22. b4 Bd6) 20. Qc4 Qxc4
21. Rxc4 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. Rc7 a5 (
23... Rd2 $5 {[%CAl Rd2e2]}) 24. Be3 Rd6 25. Rb7 Bd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 $16 {KR-KR}
27. Kf2 ({Much weaker is} 27. Rxb6 $6 Rd2 $11) 27... a4 28. Rxb6 Rd2 ({Black
should try} 28... axb3 29. axb3 (29. Rxb3 Ra4 $14) 29... f6) 29. bxa4 Rxa2 30.
Rb4 Ra3 31. h4 Kg7 32. Ke1 Ra2 33. Kf2 Ra3 $1 34. Re4 Kf6 {[#]} (34... e6 $142)
35. Rf4+ (35. Ke1 $142 $1) 35... Ke6 36. g4 ({White should play} 36. Rb4 $16)
36... hxg4 $14 37. fxg4 f6 38. h5 (38. e3 $16) 38... gxh5 $11 39. gxh5 Rh3 40.
a5 Ra3 41. h6 {[#] Rh4 is the strong threat.} Rxa5 42. Rh4 {Hoping for h7.} Ra8
43. Ke3 Ke5 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.09. Sensor
Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 0-1
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,104,13,11,12,12,11,22,14,19,9,14,20,17,17,16,9,12,12,15,0,14,7,15,15,
33,38,22,25,54,51,58,62,100,92,100,78,65,70,160,149,268,275,375,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,-298,-218,-480,-485,-441,-345,-352,-344,-356,-330,-373,-346,-335,-345,
-337,-337,-297,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,0,8]} 1. d4 d5
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 b6 6. cxb6 $1 {D37: Queen's Gambit
Declined: 5 Bf4.} cxb6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Rc1 Bxf4 11. exf4
Nc6 12. O-O {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd6 13. Ne5 Rfc8 14. Re1 b5
15. Bb1 Rc7 16. g4 Ne7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rcd1 Ne4 {1-0 (37) Korobov,A (2688)
-Praggnanandhaa,R (2608) Chess.com INT 2020}) 13. Re1 b5 14. Bb1 Na5 15. Ne5
Nc4 16. b3 Nd6 17. Qd3 g6 18. f3 Qb6 19. g4 Rc7 20. Ne2 Rfc8 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22.
h4 b4 23. h5 {[%CAl Rh5g6]} Nfe8 ({Black should play} 23... a5 $14) 24. hxg6
$16 hxg6 (24... fxg6 $16 25. Kg2 Bc8) 25. Kg2 a5 26. Nxg6 $2 (26. Qe3 $18)
26... Ba6 $1 $11 {[%CAl Ra6d3]} 27. Qe3 {[#] Hoping for Rh1.} Bxe2 28. Rxe2 {
Strongly threatening Ne5.} Nb5 {[%CAl Bd6b5,Bb5c3,Bc3b1][%mdl 32] White must
now prevent ...Nc3.} 29. f5 Qxd4 30. Qg5 Qf6 31. Qf4 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Ne7+
$11 Kf8 32. Qg8+ Kxe7 33. g5) 31... Nc3 32. Re5 (32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. g5) 32...
Nxb1 $19 33. g5 Qg7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rc2+.} 34. Nh4 f6 (34... Rc2+
$2 35. Kh3 $19) 35. Rxe6 Qxg5+ 36. Qxg5+ fxg5 37. Rxe8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRN-KRN} Kf7 38. Re1 gxh4 39. Rxb1 {KR-KR} Rc3 $2 (39... Kf6 $19 40. Rd1 Rc5)
40. Rd1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rc2+ 41. Kh3 Rxa2 42. Rxd5 Kf6 43. Kxh4 a4
44. bxa4 Rxa4 (44... b3 {is more complex.} 45. Rb5 Rxa4+ 46. Kh3 Rf4 47. Rxb3
Rxf5 48. Rb6+ Kg5) 45. Rb5 b3+ 46. Kg3 b2 47. Rxb2 Kxf5 48. Rb5+ Kf6 49. Rb6+
Kf5 50. Rb5+ Kf6 51. Rb6+ Kf5 52. Rb5+ Kf6 {White used his chance. Weighted
Error Value: White=0.25/Black=0.19} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,89,39,58,31,55,29,27,33,66,49,71,18,26,32,67,56,82,12,89,84,80,76,125,
110,252,212,222,206,303,304,310,318,318,318,318,318,311,292,485,481,554,554,
519,291,543,539,498,520,451,506,779,778,911,852,1137,1110,1114,1043,1276,1264,
1222,1237,1199,1155,1189,1128,1470,1383,1337,1224,1611,1371,1843,1925,2479,
2395,3059,2714,29979,4134,2853,5065]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
h3 e5 6. d5 {E71: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 h3.} Nbd7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 {White
has an edge.} h5 9. Nf3 Bh6 {[#]} 10. Ng5 $146 ({White should play} 10. Bxh6
$16 Rxh6 11. Qd2) ({Predecessor:} 10. Bxh6 Rxh6 11. b4 h4 12. Qd2 Rh8 13. a3 a5
14. Rb1 Nh5 15. Qg5 Ndf6 16. c5 axb4 17. axb4 {0-1 (29) Kavutskiy,K (2391)
-Belous,V (2520) Las Vegas 2021}) 10... h4 11. Be2 Kf8 12. Qd2 {Threatens to
win with Ne6+!} Kg7 13. O-O-O (13. Rd1 $16) 13... a6 (13... Nc5 $11) 14. g3 $36
{[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} hxg3 15. fxg3 Nc5 16. Rdf1 b5 {[#] A
mistake that costs the game.} (16... Qe8 $16) 17. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf6 18.
Rf1 Qe7 (18... Qxf1+ $142 19. Bxf1 b4) 19. Rxf7+ $18 Qxf7 20. Nxf7 {[%mdl 64]
Discovered Attack} Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Kxf7 22. b4 ({Less strong is} 22. cxb5 axb5
23. b4 (23. Bxb5 Bxh3 24. b4 Nd7 $16) (23. Nxb5 Rxa2 24. b4 Nxe4 $16) 23... Na6
$18) 22... Nd7 23. cxb5 Rxh3 $2 {[#]} (23... Nf6 24. g4 a5) 24. bxa6 Bxa6 25.
Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Qf2+ Nf6 $2 (26... Ke7 27. Qf1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxg3 28.
Qxa6 Rxc3+ 29. Kb2 Re3) 27. Qf1 Rxg3 28. Qxa6 Rxc3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN
} 29. Kb2 Nxe4 (29... Rg3 $142 30. Qc4 Rg2+ 31. Kc1 Rg1+ 32. Kc2 Rg2+ 33. Kd1
Rg1+ 34. Kc2 Rg2+ 35. Kd1 Rg1+ 36. Ke2 Ne8) 30. a4 {[%CAl Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,
Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rf3 31. Qc4 Rf2+ 32. Kc1 Rf4 33. Qxc7+ Kf6 34. a5 Rf1+ 35. Kc2
Rf2+ 36. Kd3 Kf5 37. Qf7+ Kg5 38. Qe7+ Kf5 39. a6 Ra2 40. a7 Nf6 41. b5 {
[%CAl Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} e4+ 42. Kc4 e3 43. Qxe3 Ne4 44. b6 Nc5 45. Qxc5 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.22/Black=0.91} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 19,93,0,0,11,7,0,0,0,0,-2,-4,-60,-58,-73,-64,-64,-72,-62,-27,-24,-19,
-22,0,0,0,0,27,0,10,25,62,55,91,81,115,91,106,112,120,99,196,199,190,138,181,
46,133,154,244,216,282,272,290,279,271,101,104,118,91,110,81,0,0,-106,-72,-172,
33,0,840,841,816,792,803,726,29977,29978]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3
Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11.
Bd3 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line. D38: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} Bg4 12. Qd1 Ne7 {[#]} 13. h3 $146 {The position
is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 c6 15. O-O Nc8 16. Be2 Bxf3
17. Bxf3 Nd6 18. Be2 Re8 {1/2-1/2 (18) Khademalsharieh,S (2413)-Sanikidze,T
(2533) Amol 2018}) 13... Bh5 14. a3 Bd6 15. g4 (15. Nb5 $11) 15... Bg6 $15 {
And now ...Bxd3 would win.} 16. Ke2 c6 17. h4 Qe6 18. Rg1 Re8 19. h5 Bxd3+ 20.
Qxd3 f6 21. Nh4 Rad8 22. Na4 {[%CAl Bc3a4,Ba4c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} b6 23. Nf5 c5
24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Nxc5 {Hoping for Nb7.} Qb6 {[#]} 27. Qb3 $1 Qd6
28. Qa4 Rb8 29. Nd3 Kh8 (29... d4 $16 {was necessary.}) 30. Qxa7 $18 Qe6 {
and the idea ...Nc6 leaves Black hopeful.} 31. Qa4 ({Better is} 31. Kf1 $18)
31... Red8 $16 32. f3 (32. Kf3 $18) 32... d4 (32... f5 $1 $14 33. Qf4 Qa6) 33.
e4 Qd6 (33... Nd5 $16 {was worth a try.} 34. Qxd4 Nb4 35. Qxd8+ Rxd8 36. axb4
Qa6) 34. Rg2 Rdc8 {White must now prevent ...Rxc1.} 35. Kd1 Rxc1+ 36. Kxc1 ({
And not} 36. Nxc1 Qf4 $11) 36... Nc6 37. f4 (37. Qa6 $18 {and White stays
clearly on top.} Qd8 38. Rc2 (38. Qxc6 Rc8 $11)) 37... Qe6 38. Kb1 {e5! is the
strong threat.} Qxe4 39. Qc2 Na5 {White should prevent ...Nc4.} 40. Qe2 (40.
Rd2 $16) 40... Qa8 $11 41. g5 {[#]} (41. Rg3 $11 {remains equal.}) 41... Nc4 $1
$17 {[%CAl Rc4a3] Strongly threatening ...Nxa3+.} 42. gxf6 (42. Ka2 $17 {
was the only chance.} Re8 43. Qf2) 42... gxf6 $2 ({Black should try} 42...
Nxa3+ $1 $19 43. Kc1 Qc6+ 44. Kd1 Nc4 45. fxg7+ Kg8) 43. Qg4 $40 {[%csl Gg2]
[%CAl Rg4g7][%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Qb7 {[%mdl 8192]} (
43... Rb7 $11 44. Qg6 Nxa3+ 45. Kc1 Rc7+ 46. Kd1 Qf3+ 47. Ke1 Re7+ 48. Ne5 Qe3+
{[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Kd1 Qb3+ 50. Ke1 Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}
51. Kf1 Qc1+ 52. Kf2 Qxf4+ 53. Kg1 Qe3+ 54. Kh2 (54. Kh1 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 Qxe5+ $11
) 54... Qxe5+ 55. Rg3 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 56. Rg2 Qe5+ 57. Rg3 Qe2+
{[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 58. Rg2 Qe5+) 44. Qg6 $1 $18 {[%csl Bf6,Bh6][%mdl 64]
Double Attack} Nxa3+ 45. Ka1 Nc2+ 46. Rxc2 Qh1+ 47. Rc1 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.28/Black=0.40} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 10,64,8,10,16,13,11,6,11,0,13,0,12,0,13,16,33,12,21,0,0,-27,5,0,0,0,0,0,
0,-46,-37,-49,-60,-44,-21,-76,-72,-164,-146,-313,-309,-500,-482,-660,-513,-460,
-464,-660,-621,-531,-419,-439,-431,-579,-587,-818,-791]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 g6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and
unusual White 3rd moves.} 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O {The position is equal.} 9. c3
{[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. Re1 Re8 {1/2-1/2 (10) Savic,M
(2448)-Vardan,N (2370) Arandjelovac 2021}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 b6 {[%CAl Bb7b6,
Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. a4 {[%CAl Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} (13.
Qb3 $5 {[%CAl Rd3g6]}) 13... a6 14. a5 b5 15. c4 b4 (15... g5 $5 16. Bg3 $8
bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bd5 $11) 16. Re1 Nbd7 17. Qa4 c5 18. d5 Qc7 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.
Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Nh5 22. b3 (22. g4 $11 Nhf6 23. h3) 22... Bc3 $36 {Black
has strong initiative.} 23. Nef3 {[#]} (23. Qa2 $17) 23... g5 $1 $19 {aiming
for ...Bxd2.} 24. Bf5 $2 {Now White is beyond hope.} (24. g4 $17 gxh4 25. gxh5)
24... Ndf6 25. g4 $2 (25. Qa2 Ng7 26. Bd3 gxh4 27. Nxh4) 25... Ng7 (25... gxh4
$2 26. gxh5 Bxd2 27. Nxd2 $19) 26. Nxg5 {And now Nge4 would win.} hxg5 27. Bxg5
Nxf5 28. gxf5 (28. Bxf6 $142 Bxf6 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. gxf5) 28... Qe7 {White must
now prevent ...Qe1+.} 29. Nf1 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Nxd7 {Black is clearly winning.} 31.
Be7 {[#]} Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. cxd5 (32. Ne3 Be4) 32... c4 {[%mdl 64]
Promotion. Weighted Error Value: White=0.59/Black=0.14} 0-1
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,60,34,34,11,10,13,13,-7,-10,-8,-6,-8,-1,-5,0,-20,-14,-35,-41,-35,-28,
-38,-27,-22,-16,-14,-13,-12,-14,-19,-6,-6,-6,-8,-8,-12,-6,-19,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Bxc3 6. dxc3
{A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black.} d6 7. Nd4 Nd7 {[%CAl Bb8d7,
Bd7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32] [#]} 8. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O Nc5 9. f3 Ne7 10.
Bc2 O-O 11. Bg5 e5 12. Nf5 f6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Be3 {0-1 (41) Seifert,D (2130)
-Kunin,V (2424) Bad Woerishofen 2002}) 8... Nc5 9. f3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 Ne7 11.
Bg5 Qd7 12. a4 f6 13. Bh4 e5 14. Nc2 g5 15. Bf2 f5 16. Ne3 {[%CAl Re3f5]} f4 {
The position is equal.} 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 a5 19. Qb5 Ba6 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21.
c4 h5 22. h3 Ke7 23. Ke2 Bc8 24. Rag1 Bd7 25. g3 Rag8 26. gxf4 gxf4 27. h4 Kf7
28. Kd2 Ke7 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Kd2 Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:03] Weighted Error Value:
White=0.05/Black=0.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "300+2"]
{[%evp 0,87,18,27,27,-7,-1,-6,27,58,50,32,33,26,26,34,20,6,3,11,0,6,-37,-72,
-70,-66,-91,-85,-85,-88,-54,-146,-140,-120,-100,-98,-79,-80,-83,-128,-83,-92,
-45,-110,-107,-108,-97,-97,-95,-101,-114,-107,-91,-94,-92,-132,-110,-102,-123,
-123,-11,0,11,13,11,-43,0,-76,-42,-34,0,0,0,-31,-11,-11,-18,-33,128,138,130,
170,135,152,153,195,247,152,869,885]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Nc3
{[%emt 0:00:02]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 9. e5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Bb7 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Ned2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Ngxe5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 12. Nxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 13. Qh5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 14. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 15. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 16. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 17. Qxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 19. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 20. b3 {[%emt 0:00:43]}
h5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 21. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 22. Bxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 24. Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rag8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 26. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27. Rc1 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Rhg8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 28. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 29. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} R8g4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 30. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Kxd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Kc4 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 34. h3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 35. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rh1
{[%emt 0:00:11]} 36. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. b4 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Bxb4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (
38... Kc7) 39. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} R5xf2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 40. Rxa7+ {[%emt 0:
00:01]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
42. b6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 43. b7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxa2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 44. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 18,70,15,18,17,15,19,19,21,18,14,20,24,6,5,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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. Bf4 d5 14. Nd2 g6 15. Bd3 Ng7 {The position is equal.} 16. Nf3 c6 17.
Qe2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Ng4
Qd8 24. Qe5 {Black must now prevent Nf6+.} Ng7 25. Qxe8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy}
({Not} 25. Nh6+ $2 Kf8 $19) 25... Nxe8 26. Rxe8+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender}
Qxe8 {[%CAl Re8e1]} 27. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 {[%CAl Re8e1]} 28.
Nxe8 Kxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KP-KP} 29. f4 f5 30. b4 b5 31. Kf2 Kf7 32.
Kf3 Kf6 {[#]} 33. Kf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 33. h4 h5 34. Ke3 Ke6 35. Ke2 Ke7
36. Ke1 Ke6 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 (39) Carlsen,M (2863)
-Ding,L (2791) chess24.com INT 2020}) 33... Kf7 34. Kf3 Kf6 35. Kf2 Kf7 {
A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "300+2"]
1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:
17]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. e4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]
} 8. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 9. g3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} f5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Bg2 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:
25]} 13. f4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ndf6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 14. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:17]}
dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 15. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 16. Qd2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} 18. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 19. Rxf8+ {[%emt 0:00:36]}
Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 20. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 21. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 22. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:50]
} 23. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Nce4 {[%emt 0:00:35]}
Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Nc5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 27. Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 28. Nxf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 29. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Bxf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. g4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 31. Qf3 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qxh4 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 33. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 34. Qxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:
01]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36.
Nxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} c1=Q {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. a5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 41. h4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 42. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bf4
{[%emt 0:00:01]} 43. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 44. Ke4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 45. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 46. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 47. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Bxh4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 48. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kxh5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. Kb6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 50. Kxa6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 51. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 52. a6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "300+2"]
{[%evp 0,60,27,29,43,46,77,62,70,39,55,30,68,41,58,52,61,29,27,-5,-19,-23,-20,
-37,-21,-73,-98,-98,-91,-105,-93,-99,-76,-71,-80,-74,-86,-92,-82,-82,-82,-82,
-112,-170,-29,-21,17,188,130,327,395,222,305,305,301,319,322,-466,-744,-1341,
-1787,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]
} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Bc4 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Bxf6
{[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 11. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 12. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
exd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 13. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 14. Rhe1+
{[%emt 0:00:07]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 15. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 16. Ba4+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 17. c4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bd7
{[%emt 0:00:19]} 18. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 19. dxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 20. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 21. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 22. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 23. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 24. Qf5 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 25. Qh7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} (25. Nd8) 25...
a4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 26. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 27. Qxg8 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Qf5+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 28. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} (28. Ka1 Nb3+
$19) (28. Nd3 Rd8) 28... b3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 29. Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Qxf2 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} 30. Nd7+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 0-1