[Event "ACCENTUS Chess960 2021"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2021.07.24"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Nihal Sarin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2591"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator "TA"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rqbkrnnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RQBKRNNB w EAea - 0 1"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2021.07.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of wins+Number of black wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {The position is equal.} g6 2. g3 d6 3. Ne3 Nf6 4. d4 Ng4 5. Nxg4 $1 Bxg4+ 6. f3 Bd7 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5 Bb5 9. Nf4 Nd7 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Qc1 Ne5 12. Bc3 O-O-O 13. a4 Ba6 14. b3 g5 15. Nh5 g4 16. Qe3 gxf3 17. Bxf3 Kb8 18. Nf4 $2 {[#] } (18. Be2 $11 {remains equal.} Nd3 $4 (18... Bxe2+ 19. Qxe2) 19. Bxh8 Nxe1 20. Bc3 $18) 18... Nd3 $1 $17 19. Bxh8 Nxe1 20. Bc3 Nxf3 21. Qxf3 Qd7 22. O-O-O c4 23. b4 Qxa4 24. Kb2 Qd7 25. Ra1 Bb5 26. e5 dxe5 27. Bxe5+ Ka8 $1 28. Qe3 { [%csl Ge3][%CAl Ra1a7]} b6 ({Black should try} 28... c3+ $15 29. Bxc3 Ba4) 29. Qxb6 $1 $11 Qb7 30. Qe3 c3+ 31. Bxc3 Bc4 32. Qc5 ({Better is} 32. Bd4 $11 Qxb4+ 33. Kc1) 32... Rc8 $15 33. Qa5 Red8 {Strongly threatening ...Rd6.} 34. Bd4 { [%CAl Ra5a7]} a6 35. Bb6 Rd6 36. Bc5 Rd7 37. Kc3 Bb5 {White must now prevent .. .e5.} 38. Kb3 {Black should prevent c4.} e5 39. c4 {[#]} exf4 (39... Kb8 $1 $17 40. cxb5 exf4) 40. cxb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} ( 40. Qxb5 $11 Qxb5 41. cxb5) 40... Qxd5+ 41. Ka4 Rxc5 42. bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qc4+ 43. Qb4 axb5+ 44. Ka5 Ra7+ 45. Kb6 Qxb4 (45... Rxa1 $142 $19) 46. Rxa7+ $19 {KQ-KR} Kb8 47. Rxf7 Kc8 48. Rf8+ Kd7 49. c6+ Ke7 50. Rxf4 { [#]} Qd6 $1 51. Kxb5 Ke6 52. Kb6 Qb8+ 53. Kc5 Qa7+ 54. Kb5 Qb8+ 55. Kc5 Qe5+ { Black is clearly winning.} 56. Kb6 Kd6 57. Rc4 Qb2+ 58. Ka5 Kc7 59. Rh4 Kxc6 { [%csl Gc6][%CAl Rb2b5]} 60. Ka4 Kc5 {[%CAl Rb2a2]} 61. Rh5+ Kc4 {[%csl Gc4] [%CAl Rb2b4]} 62. Rh4+ Kc3 63. Ka5 Qb7 64. Rf4 Kd3 65. Rh4 Ke3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.57/Black=0.30} 0-1 [Event "ACCENTUS Chess960 2021"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2021.07.24"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Nihal Sarin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator "TA"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rkbnnrqb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBNNRQB w FAfa - 0 1"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2021.07.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of wins+Number of black wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {The position is equal.} e5 2. g3 g6 3. f4 d6 4. f5 Nc6 5. Ne3 Bd7 6. a4 Nd4 7. Qf2 a5 8. Ra3 Bg7 9. c3 Nc6 $1 10. N1c2 Ne7 11. g4 gxf5 12. exf5 f6 13. d4 Ra6 (13... h5 $11) 14. c4 Bh6 15. Nd5 Bxc1 16. Nxe7 Qg7 {[#]} 17. Rb3 $1 c6 18. Nd5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Ra7 20. Rxc1 $18 Bxa4 {[#]} 21. Rg3 (21. Ra3 $1 $18) 21... Bxc2+ (21... Nc7 $16) 22. Rxc2 Nc7 {[#]} 23. Bg2 $1 Na6 24. c5 (24. Rd2 $142) 24... Nb4 $16 25. Rd2 Qf7 26. Ra3 Rc8 ({Better is} 26... d5 $1 $14) 27. cxd6 $18 {Threatens to win with dxe5.} Qc4 (27... e4 {keeps fighting.}) 28. Rd1 e4 $2 (28... Qc2+ 29. Qxc2 Nxc2) 29. Bxe4 $2 (29. d7) 29... Ra6 $2 (29... b6 30. g5 fxg5) 30. d7 Rd8 31. Rc1 Qb5 32. Rc8+ {[%mdl 64] Promotion} Rxc8 33. Qf4+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.28/Black=0.45} 1-0 [Event "ACCENTUS Chess960 2021"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2021.07.24"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Nihal Sarin"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2675"] [Annotator "TA"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "bnrbnkrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNRBNKRQ w GCgc - 0 1"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2021.07.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of wins+Number of black wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 (1. g4 $142) 1... b6 $11 2. Nc3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bf6 5. h4 Nd6 6. Qh2 Bxc3 7. dxc3 (7. Bxc3 $11) 7... Nxe4 $17 8. Be2 O-O-O (8... d6 $17) 9. c4 ({ Better is} 9. Ng5 $15) 9... h5 10. O-O (10. Qf4 $142) 10... Qh6 11. Rcd1 f6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Qg6 (14... g5 $142 15. Bf3 Kb8) 15. Bd3 {[#] f3 is the strong threat.} Qf7 16. Rfe1 (16. f3 $142 Nc5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Bh7) 16... Nc5 (16... g5 $142 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. hxg5 d6) 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 g5 20. Qh3 {With the idea Qf3.} Qg6 21. Qf3 {[#]} d6 22. hxg5 Qxg5 23. b4 f5 24. Ree1 (24. Re3 $17 e4 25. Qh3) 24... e4 25. Qh3 cxb4 26. a3 Qg4 { ( -> ...Qxh3)} 27. Kh2 (27. Kf1) 27... bxa3 28. Ra1 Rg6 29. Rxa3 Rdg8 {[%CAl Rg4g2]} 30. g3 h4 31. Qxg4 Rxg4 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 32. Kh3 Kd7 33. Ree3 hxg3 34. fxg3 f4 35. gxf4 Rxf4 36. Rxa7 Rf3+ 37. Rxf3 exf3 38. Ra1 Kc6 (38... f2 $142 39. Rf1 Rf8 40. Kh2 Kc6 41. c5 Kxc5 42. Kh3 Kc4 43. Kh4 Kc3 44. Kh5 Kxc2 45. Kg5 d5 46. Kh5 d4 47. Kg4 d3 48. Kg3 d2 49. Rxf2 Rxf2 50. Kxf2 d1=Q 51. Kg3 Qd4 52. Kh3 Kd2 53. Kh2 Qg4 54. Kh1 Ke3 55. Kh2 Kf3 56. Kh1 Qg2#) 39. Rf1 Rf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.77/Black=0.36} 0-1 [Event "ACCENTUS Chess960 2021"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2021.07.24"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Pichot, Alan"] [Black "Nihal Sarin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator "TA"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rbknrqbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBKNRQBN w EAea - 0 1"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2021.07.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of wins+Number of black wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {The position is equal.} e5 2. Ne3 Ng6 3. Ng3 f6 4. f3 Ne6 5. c3 a5 6. Bc2 a4 7. Nd5 Nef4 8. Nxf4 Nxf4 9. d4 c6 10. a3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Be5 12. O-O-O g6 13. Qf2 Qf7 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Be3 Ne6 $1 16. f4 Bc7 17. Qf2 Ra5 18. e5 fxe5 19. f5 $1 {[#]} Rf8 $1 20. Qd2 {[#]} (20. Bh6 $11 {remains equal.}) 20... Rd5 ( 20... Nc5) 21. Qe2 $11 {Threatens to win with Rxd5.} Nc5 22. fxg6 (22. Rxd5 $11 Bxd5 23. c4) 22... hxg6 $17 23. Bxg6 Nb3+ 24. Kb1 {[#]} Qe6 {[%CAl Re6g6]} 25. Be4 (25. Bd3 {was necessary.}) 25... Rxd1+ $19 26. Qxd1 Na5 {aiming for ... Qa2+.} 27. Rf1 $4 (27. Qc2 Qa2+ 28. Kc1 d5 29. Bf5+ Kb8) 27... Qa2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 28. Kc1 Qa1+ 29. Bb1 Nb3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.57/ Black=0.16} 0-1 [Event "ACCENTUS Chess960 2021"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2021.07.24"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Nihal Sarin"] [Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2699"] [Annotator "TA"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnnbbqkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNNBBQKR w HAha - 0 1"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2021.07.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of wins+Number of black wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nd6 3. Nd2 Bb5 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Nd7 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nd3 e6 9. Nf3 Rc8 10. O-O Be7 11. Bd2 f6 12. Rfc1 Kf7 13. Bb4 Rxc1+ 14. Rxc1 Qb8 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. e4 Rc8 17. Re1 Re8 (17... dxe4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 18. Qxe4 Nf8) 18. e5 $16 Bf8 19. exf6 gxf6 $2 (19... Nxf6 $16 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. f4) (19... Kxf6 20. h4) 20. Nh4 $18 Bg7 21. Qh5+ ({Don't do} 21. Qg4 $6 Qd8 $16 ) 21... Kg8 {[#]} 22. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nf8 {[#]} 23. Re3 $1 Ng6 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Rh3 Rh8 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Rf3 {Ne5+! is the strong threat.} Qf8 {[#]} 28. Ne5+ $1 Ke7 $2 {[#]} (28... Kg8 {was necessary.} 29. Qxf8+ Nxf8) 29. Qxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Rxh7 30. Nxg6+ Kf7 31. Nxf8 Kxf8 32. Rxf6+ Ke7 33. Rf3 e5 34. Rf5 ({Resist} 34. dxe5 Ke6 $18) 34... Kd6 $2 (34... Rh4 35. dxe5 Ke6) 35. Rf6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.33} 1-0 [Event "ACCENTUS Chess960 2021"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2021.07.24"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Studer, Noel"] [Black "Nihal Sarin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2581"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator "TA"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "qrnknbbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRNKNBBR w HBhb - 0 1"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2021.07.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of wins+Number of black wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. g3 h5 2. Bg2 h4 3. f4 $1 g6 4. b3 f6 5. gxh4 Rxh4 6. Ncd3 d6 7. Nf3 Rh5 8. a4 e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. a5 (10. Nfe1 $11) 10... Ncd6 (10... e4 $17) 11. Qa4 $14 Be6 12. Nc5 Bc8 13. a6 (13. h4 $16) 13... b5 $1 $11 14. Qa1 Bh3 15. Bxh3 $1 Rxh3 16. O-O-O Qd5 17. Bf2 Kc8 18. d3 Qc6 (18... b4 $11) 19. Rhg1 g5 (19... Nf5 $1 $14 20. d4 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qe4) 20. b4 (20. d4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rd4e5]} Nf7 21. d5 $1) 20... Nf7 (20... Rb6 $14) 21. Nd2 (21. d4 $16 {[%CAl Rd4e5]} e4 22. Qa2 $1 (22. d5 Qd6 $14)) 21... Rxh2 {[#]} (21... Rb6 $11) 22. Rdf1 (22. Qa2 $1 $14 Nh6 (22... Nd8 23. Qg8) 23. Rdf1) 22... Rh7 (22... Rb6 $11) 23. Ndb3 $16 { [%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rb6 {[#]} 24. Na5 $1 {[%CAl Ra5c6]} Qd5 (24... Qd6 $142) 25. e4 Qd6 (25... Qd8 $16) 26. Ncb3 $2 (26. Rh1 $18 Rg7 27. Qa2) 26... Rxa6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A mistake that costs the game.} (26... Qxb4 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 27. Bxb6 cxb6) 27. Bc5 $18 Qe6 28. Bxf8 Qh3 29. Nc5 Rb6 30. Nab3 a6 31. Nxa6 Qe3+ 32. Kb1 Nd8 33. Bc5 Qe2 34. Bxb6 cxb6 {[#]} 35. Nac5 $1 {Threatening mate with Qa8+.} Kb8 {[#]} (35... Nc7 36. Rxf6) 36. Qa6 $1 bxc5 37. Qxb5+ Rb7 38. Qxe8 Kc8 39. Rxf6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.51/ Black=0.88} 1-0 [Event "ACCENTUS Chess960 2021"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2021.07.24"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Nihal Sarin"] [Black "Lagarde, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2648"] [Annotator "RC"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nqrbkrbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQRBKRBN w FCfc - 0 1"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2021.07.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of wins+Number of black wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+5"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. c3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} f5 {[%emt 0: 00:24]} 3. f3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 4. dxc5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. Nb3 {[%emt 0:03:29]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 6. Nxc5 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. g3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nh3 {[%emt 0:02:45] } 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:27]} f4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 9. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nb6 { [%emt 0:00:25]} 10. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 11. O-O-O { [%emt 0:00:04]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 12. Qxh7 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 13. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 14. g4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 15. Qd3 $6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} (15. Qxg7) 15... O-O {[%emt 0:00: 28]} 16. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 17. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 18. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Qb7 { [%emt 0:00:09]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 20. h4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00: 26]} 21. g5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 22. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 23. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 24. Rxd4 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 25. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} exd6 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 26. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} f3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 28. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 29. Bxe2 { [%emt 0:00:14]} fxe2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 30. b3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d4 {[%emt 0:00: 12]} 31. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. a3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 33. b4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 0-1