[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-A 2022"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "2022.02.01"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2724"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2022.03.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,70,30,18,38,25,43,37,36,14,25,0,69,21,44,45,34,18,23,0,0,-4,-9,-109, -120,-97,-125,-88,-97,-135,-131,-122,-119,-106,-108,-170,-156,-158,-154,-268, -239,-267,-269,-294,-278,-277,-276,-313,-320,-311,-309,-343,-342]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. a3 d6 8. f4 Qc7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line. B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2.} 12. Qf3 Bd7 13. Rae1 Rac8 {[#] White is slightly better.} 14. Qg3 $146 {[%CAl Oe4e5]} ({Predecessor:} 14. Nde2 b5 15. g4 g6 16. Ng3 Rf8 17. g5 Ne8 18. f5 Ne5 19. Qg2 f6 20. h4 Ng7 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. h5 Bc6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. hxg6 Qe7 25. Bh6 {½-½ (25) Silkin,A (2195)-Ramponelli,R (2227) LSS email 2019}) 14... Nh5 15. Qf3 g6 (15... Nf6 $11 ) 16. f5 (16. g4 $14 Nf6 17. Nb3 (17. g5 Nh5 $14)) 16... Ne5 17. Qh3 Qd8 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nxe6 (19. Be2 $5 {[%CAl Re2h5]}) 19... Qa5 {Hoping for ...Bd8.} 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. Bh6 {[#]} Qxe1 $3 $17 {[%mdl 512] The board is on fire.} 22. Rxe1 {[%CAl Oe1f1]} Bxe6 23. Qe3 {[#] Strongly threatening Rf1.} Ng4 $1 { [%CAl Be5g4,Bg4h6,Bh6f7][%mdl 32] Pair of Knights!} 24. Qd2 {Threatens to win with Rf1.} Nxh6 25. Be2 {[#]} Ng7 $1 26. Rf1 ({Wrong is} 26. Qxh6 $2 Bxd5 27. Bd3 (27. exd5 $2 Rxc2 28. g3 Nf5 $19) 27... Bf6 $19) 26... Nf7 27. Nf6+ (27. a4 $17) 27... Bxf6 $19 28. Rxf6 Rc5 {[%CAl Bc8c5,Bc5h5,Bh5e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 29. h3 (29. Kg1 $17) 29... Nh5 30. Bxh5 Rxh5 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 31. Qf2 Re5 32. Qb6 Re7 ({Weaker is} 32... Rxe4 33. Qxb7 Re2 34. c3 $17) 33. Rf4 g5 34. Rf2 Rxe4 35. b3 Bd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.26 (precise) /Black=0. 09 (flawless)} 0-1 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-A 2022"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "2022.02.01"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2022.03.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,91,25,14,14,14,11,17,20,31,15,16,5,18,28,36,25,22,24,18,-11,45,41,55, 35,56,67,76,71,89,72,102,83,73,72,131,106,112,138,139,22,22,24,27,13,46,49,57, 0,12,2,22,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,11,10,6,8,17,17,8,8,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. c4 {Prevents b5. B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qc7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Kh1 Ne5 {[%CAl Bd7e5,Be5c6,Bc6b4][%mdl 32]} 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nf3 {[#]} Rfc8 $146 ({Black should play} 14... Na5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... Na5 15. e5 Ne8 16. f5 Nxb3 17. axb3 exf5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Be3 Be6 20. Rad1 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 {1-0 (67) Zawadzka,J (2426)-Vantika,A (2381) Warsaw 2021}) 15. e5 $14 Ne8 16. Bc2 g6 17. Bd2 Nb4 18. Bb3 a5 19. Nb5 Qd8 { [%CAl Oa5a4]} 20. Bc3 {Black must now prevent Nxd6.} d5 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 (21... axb4 $142 22. cxd5 exd5) 22. cxd5 $16 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 Nc7 {[#]} 24. Qxb7 { White is more active.} (24. Qe2 $1 $16) 24... Rab8 $11 25. Qa7 Nxd5 26. Ng5 Qc7 27. Qf2 {[%CAl Of4f5] Hoping for f5!} Be7 28. Ne4 {Prevents Qc5.} ({White should try} 28. Bxd5 $14 exd5 29. b3) 28... Nb6 {The position is equal.} 29. Nc3 Qc5 30. Qg3 Kh8 31. Rae1 Qc6 32. Ne4 a4 33. Bd1 Nd5 34. Ng5 Kg8 ({Don't do } 34... Rxb2 35. Nxf7+ Kg8 36. Nh6+ Kh8 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Qh3 Kxf7 39. Qxh7+ Ke8 40. Qxg6+ (40. Re2 a3 $11) 40... Kd8 41. Bf3 $16) 35. b3 {[%CAl Of4f5]} a3 36. f5 exf5 {[#]} 37. Rxf5 $1 Bxg5 38. Qxg5 Qc1 $1 39. e6 Qxg5 $1 (39... fxe6 $2 40. Rxd5 Qxg5 41. Rxg5 $18) 40. exf7+ Kf8 $1 41. Rxg5 Nb4 42. Bg4 Rc2 43. Be6 { Strongly threatening Bc4.} Rxa2 {Threatens to win with ...Rb2.} 44. Ra5 Rb2 { aiming for ...a2.} 45. Rxa3 {And now Raa1 would win.} Nc2 {[%csl Ba3,Be1] Inhibits Raa1.} 46. Raa1 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) / Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-A 2022"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "2022.03.02"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C60"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2724"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2022.03.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,82,30,30,38,32,44,43,59,47,58,50,45,49,57,42,54,14,24,27,56,0,0,-8, -10,-24,-27,-27,-13,-44,-32,-18,-14,-12,-21,-24,-29,-24,-20,-16,-14,-82,-82, -77,-77,-82,-53,-43,-29,-49,0,-54,-44,-38,-40,-42,-39,-25,-21,-50,0,0,0,-33,0, 0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 8...Nge7.} 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Re8 { C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6.} 11. Bc2 Qe7 12. Nf1 Qf8 { White is slightly better.} 13. Bg5 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nh5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Ng4 Bg7 18. Qd2 Bxg4 19. hxg4 Nf6 { 1-0 (34) Firouzja,A (2804)-Saraci,N (2486) Warsaw 2021}) 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. d5 Ne7 16. c4 Nh5 17. b4 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rc1 (19. Bxf5 $14 gxf5 {[#]} 20. Nxe5 $1) 19... Qf7 20. g4 Bxc2 21. Rxc2 {[#]} Rf8 $1 {[%CAl Be8f8,Bf8f3,Bf3g3] [%mdl 32]} 22. Kg2 (22. gxh5 Qxf3) 22... Nf6 23. Ng3 (23. g5 $5 {[%CAl Rg5h6]} e4 24. N3h2 (24. gxf6 exf3+ 25. Qxf3 Nf5 $17) 24... hxg5 25. Bxg5 $15) 23... Ne8 (23... g5 {feels hotter.} 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Nxg5 Qg6 26. Ne6 Bh6) 24. Bg5 { [#]} Qxf3+ $1 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 26. Bxe7 {[#]} Rxg3+ $1 27. Kxg3 Rd7 28. Bxd6 cxd6 29. a4 (29. c5 $11) 29... Nf6 $17 30. a5 Rc7 {[%CAl Of6d5] Hoping for ...Nxd5!} 31. Ree2 Kf7 32. h4 Bf8 33. f4 Be7 (33... Nd7 $15 {feels stronger.}) 34. Kf3 ({ White should play} 34. fxe5 $11 dxe5 35. Kh3) 34... exf4 $15 35. Kxf4 Nd7 36. g5 hxg5+ 37. hxg5 Ne5 38. Re4 $1 {[%CAl Oc4c5]} Nd3+ 39. Ke3 $1 Ne5 40. Kf4 Nd3+ 41. Ke3 $1 Ne5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0. 09 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-A 2022"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "2022.03.02"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2764"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2022.03.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,77,21,10,0,11,19,9,19,33,33,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,-8,0,-26,-9,-59,-52, -50,-31,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,97,82,85,93,87,85,90,78,83,84,82,76,112,115,137,137, 134,86,160,167,167,160,138,153,1008,145,145,131,2201,1863,6123,6123,5114,2139] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 b6 { [%CAl Bb7b6,Bb6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32] E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} 8. Bg5 dxc4 9. Qxc4 {[#]} c5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Bb7 10. Ne5 Qd6 11. e3 c5 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. Be2 Rxc5 15. Qd4 Nd5 16. Bg3 f6 {1-0 (43) Van Foreest,J (2702)-Vidit,S (2727) Wijk aan Zee 2022}) 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nd2 Ba6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 Nbd7 {[%CAl Oc5c4]} 14. e3 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 c4 16. Ke2 Qb8 17. Bg3 (17. h3 $11) 17... Qb7 $1 $15 ({Don't play} 17... Qb5 18. Nxc4 Rac8 19. Rfc1 $11) 18. f3 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Nc5 20. Qxc4 Nce4 { Pair of Knights!} 21. Qb3 Qa6+ 22. Nc4 Rc6 23. fxe4 $16 {Threatens to win with Qd3.} Rac8 {[%CAl Rc6c4] [#]} 24. Qd3 {Black must now prevent b3.} Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. Kd3 {Inhibits Rc2.} Rc8 28. Rd1 Rd8+ 29. Ke2 Rxd1 30. Kxd1 Nxe4 {KB-KN} 31. Kc2 (31. Bb8 $142) 31... Kf8 (31... Nxg3 $142 32. hxg3 Kf8) 32. Kd3 Nxg3 33. hxg3 $18 {Strongly threatening b4. KP-KP} Ke7 {[#]} 34. Kc4 $1 h5 $2 (34... Kd7 $16) 35. Kc5 $2 ( 35. b4 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 35... Kd7 $16 36. b4 {[%CAl Bb2b4, Bb4b5][%mdl 32] aiming for Kb5.} g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Kc7 $16) 37. b5 { White is clearly winning.} h4 38. gxh4 gxh4 39. a4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.33/Black=0.16 (very precise)} 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-A 2022"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "2022.03.03"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2022.03.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,59,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 {The position is equal.} 11. Qc2 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 11.Ba3. D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} cxd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 {Threatens to win with ...Bxf3.} 13. Ne5 Qxd4 14. Bb2 {[%CAl Bc1b2,Bb2e5,Be5c3][%mdl 32]} Qb6 15. Rab1 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qa5 17. Bc3 {[#]} Qc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qa6 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Qf4 f6 20. Rfc1 Rad8 21. h4 Rd7 22. e5 Qc4 23. Qxc4 Bxc4 24. exf6 exf6 {½-½ (37) Solomon,A (2337)-Dvoirys,S (2436) Tel Aviv 2021}) 18. Qb2 a5 19. Rfc1 {[#] Hoping for Bh8.} Qd6 20. Be5 Qd7 21. Qc3 Rfd8 22. Qxc6 Rac8 23. Qxd7 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 {[%CAl Rd7d8] [#]} Bxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 25. Bc7 Rc8 26. Bf4 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 f6 28. f3 Kf7 29. a4 Bxa4 30. Bd2 {An even fight not without its subleties. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) / Black=0.00 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-A 2022"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "2022.03.03"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2642"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2022.03.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 25,63,44,47,-7,24,9,29,29,35,26,26,26,29,31,38,22,24,20,20,20,30,29,28, 20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20]} 1. e4 {Huzman,A} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} (14. Rxb7 $14 Nf6 15. Re1) 14... Nf6 15. Bg5 {[#]} (15. Rxb7 {is more complex.} Qc8 16. Rb3 Re8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Rc3) 15... a6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] [#] New and interesting.} (15... Rc8 {with more complications.} 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qb3 b6) ({Predecessor:} 15... Rc8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qb3 b6 19. Re1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rxd5 Bf8 23. g5 Qe6 24. gxf6 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 {½-½ (25) Smirin,I (2656) -Morozevich,A (2679) Biel 2003 CBM 097 [Huzman,A]}) 16. Bxf6 $1 {White has an edge.} Qxf6 17. Rxd5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rfd8 {[%CAl Od6h2]} 20. Kg2 { Inhibits Bh2.} b5 21. c4 (21. Rb1 {keeps more tension.} g6 22. c4 Kg7 23. Be2 Be7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. d5) 21... Ba3 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bxb5 Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB. The position is equal.} 25. Re1 g6 26. Re3 Bb4 27. Re4 Bc5 28. a4 Rd2 29. Re2 Rxe2 30. Bxe2 Bb6 31. f4 f5 32. Kf3 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-A 2022"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "2022.03.04"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2764"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2022.03.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 25,63,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-259,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 e6 14. Bd3 {14.h4 might become the main line. D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} O-O 15. h4 Rd8 {[%CAl Rc6d4]} 16. e5 h6 17. h5 g5 18. Nxg5 Nxd4 ({But not} 18... hxg5 19. h6 Nxe5 20. dxe5 ( 20. hxg7 Nxd3 21. Kxd3 e5 $11) 20... Bxe5 21. Bxg5 $16) 19. Bh7+ Kf8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nf5+.} 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Rc7+ Kf8 {[%CAl Bf7f8,Bf8e8, Be8d8][%mdl 32] Hoping for ...Nb5+.} 22. Rd1 $1 {Black must now prevent Kc1.} Nf5+ (22... Bxe5 $2 {is a self mate.} 23. Bxh6+) 23. Ke2 {[%CAl Rd1d8] [#] Chess con chili.} Rxd1 24. Bc5+ Ke8 25. Kxd1 {aiming for Bg6+.} Bd7 (25... Bxe5 $5 26. Bg6+ Kd8 $15) 26. Bg6+ $1 Kd8 27. Bb6 {The position is equal.} Rc8 {[#]} 28. Rc6+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 28. Rxb7+ Ke7 29. f4 Rc4 30. g4 Nh4 31. Bf2 Nxg6 32. hxg6 Rxf4 33. Ra7 Kd8 34. Bb6+ Ke7 35. Bc5+ Kd8 {½-½ (35) Esipenko,A (2654)-Antipov,M (2546) Caleta 2020}) 28... Ke7 29. Bc5+ Kd8 30. Bb6+ Ke7 31. Bc5+ Kd8 32. Bb6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.00 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-A 2022"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "2022.03.04"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2642"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2022.03.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,87,2,4,4,-10,-8,17,3,0,0,20,32,39,45,34,26,40,33,60,25,26,-18,-12,-12, -5,-7,-5,-19,-10,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,15,39,15,14,30,24,30,125,120,123,125, 125,126,123,113,112,121,141,134,143,70,109,98,70,5,8,2,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,10,8,13, 9,8,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. Nc3 b4 6. Nb1 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} Ba6 7. Qc2 $1 {7.Qc2 is better than 7.Nf3.} Nf6 8. Nd2 Qxd4 9. Ngf3 b3 {Threatens to win with ...Qxf2+.} 10. Nxd4 bxc2 11. f3 e6 12. Nxc2 {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c3 13. bxc3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 Nbd7 15. Ke2 Bd6 16. g3 Be5 17. Ra3 h5 18. Nc4 h4 {½-½ (72) Le, Q (2709)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2610) Kolkata 2021}) 13. Nxc4 O-O 14. Be3 (14. b4 $5 {[%CAl Rb4b5]}) 14... c5 15. Ne5 (15. b3 $142) 15... Bxf1 $11 16. Rxf1 Nfd7 17. Nc4 Nc6 18. Ke2 Nb6 19. Nd2 Rab8 20. b3 Rfd8 21. Rfc1 f5 22. Rab1 fxe4 23. fxe4 Rb7 24. Ne1 {[%CAl Bc2e1,Be1f3,Bf3e5,Be5c6][%mdl 32]} Nd4+ 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Nef3 Rb4 27. Ne5 {Hoping for Nc6.} Rd4 (27... Rc7 $1 $11) 28. Nc6 $16 Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Bg5+ {[#]} 30. Ke2 $1 Bxc1 31. Rxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd7 32. Rd1 {White is more active.} Nf6 33. Rd8+ Kf7 {[#]} 34. Ra8 (34. e5 $1 $16 { [%CAl Re5f6]}) 34... Kg6 $14 35. Rxa7 Rxb3 (35... Rxa7 $2 36. Nxa7 Kf7 37. Kd3 $18) 36. a5 ({White should try} 36. Re7 $1 $14) 36... Nxe4 $11 {The position is equal.} 37. Re7 Kf6 38. a6 {a7 is the strong threat.} Nc3+ 39. Kd2 { Strongly threatening a7.} Ra3 40. a7 {Black must now prevent Re8.} Nb5 41. Rb7 Ra2+ 42. Ke3 Nxa7 43. Rxa7 Rxg2 44. Ra5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-A 2022"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "2022.03.06"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2724"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2022.03.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,47,24,26,26,28,29,31,29,33,4,13,0,0,0,0,-10,7,3,6,17,5,23,16,12,12,0, 0,0,0,-13,0,-2,10,0,0,0,5,0,0,-14]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 { White is slightly better.} h6 9. Bh4 Bd6 10. Bg3 Bxg3 11. hxg3 O-O {[#]} 12. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc2 Re8 13. O-O c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Nd4 Bg4 18. Be2 {½-½ (64) Bu,X (2730)-Fedoseev,V (2718) Riadh 2017}) 12... c5 13. dxc5 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Nxc5 16. Bc2 {The position is equal.} Rfc8 17. f3 Rc7 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Ke2 Bd7 20. Bd3 Ba4 21. Bf5 Bd7 22. Bd3 Ba4 23. Bf5 Bd7 24. Bd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-A 2022"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "2022.03.06"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C90"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2764"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2022.03.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,46,12,7,18,9,51,-31,-16,-9,12,0,0,0,0,-17,-13,-43,-32,-64,-35,-48,0, -43,0,-77,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Bf8 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bb3 h6 12. Ng3 Ne7 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations.} 13. a4 {With the idea axb5.} Bb7 {[#]} (13... Rb8 $11 {is superior.}) 14. c4 $146 (14. d4 $14 Ng6 15. Bc2) ({Predecessor:} 14. Nh4 d5 15. Qf3 Kh7 16. Be3 Qd7 17. h3 Neg8 18. Qe2 c5 19. Nf3 c4 20. dxc4 dxc4 21. Bc2 {½-½ (56) Grigoriants,S (2546)-Kazakovskiy,V (2476) Chess.com INT 2021}) 14... b4 $15 { Black is slightly better.} 15. c5 Ng6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. a5 d5 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. h3 Bc5 20. Ba4 Re6 (20... Rf8 $5 {[%CAl Rd5e4]}) 21. Bb3 Re8 22. Ba4 Re6 23. Bb3 {[#]} Re8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19 (very precise) /Black=0.21 (precise)} (23... Rd6 $1 $17 24. Qe2 dxe4 25. dxe4 Rd3) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-A 2022"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "2022.03.07"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2642"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2022.03.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,83,27,8,13,22,14,24,23,21,0,14,2,6,3,1,0,0,0,6,0,19,0,0,15,8,8,2,2,0, 0,0,0,0,28,17,32,14,22,0,0,0,0,0,431,92,95,60,47,-47,-55,-83,0,0,0,-134,-136, -155,-115,-406,-406,-962,-947,-909,-243,-243,-32,-12,29978,29979,5652,2290, 29991,29992]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} 8. Nxd4 Bc5 {[#]} 9. N4b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. b3 Bxd4 10. exd4 b5 11. Ba3 Nc6 12. Rc1 bxc4 13. Nxc4 Ne7 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. Rc7 Rb8 17. Rfc1 Kg8 18. Nb7 Qe8 19. Nd6 Qd8 20. Nb7 Qe8 21. Nd6 {½-½ (21) Theodorou,N (2577) -Shlyakhtenko,R (2364) New York 2022}) 9... Be7 {White has an edge.} 10. Be2 b5 {Prevents Nc4.} 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 O-O 13. Nc4 Bd7 14. Ra1 Nc6 15. Nbd2 Nd5 16. Nf3 Ncb4 17. Bd2 Qb8 18. Nce5 Bb5 19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20. Nd4 Qb7 21. Qb3 { [%CAl Oe5c6] aiming for Nec6!} Qc7 {Inhibits Nec6.} 22. Ndf3 Rfb8 {Strongly threatening ...Nc6.} 23. Rfc1 {To avoid Nc6} Qd6 {[%CAl Ob4c6]} 24. e4 Nc6 {[#] } 25. Qxb8+ Nxb8 (25... Rxb8 $2 26. Rxc6 Qd8 27. exd5 $18) 26. Rc8+ Bf8 27. exd5 exd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Qxd5 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 28. Rac1 a5) 28. Rac1 $2 (28. Re1 $1 $18) 28... f6 29. Nc6 {White is much more active. Black has bad knights.} a5 {Inhibits Bb4.} 30. Rd8 (30. Ncd4 $14 Qb6 31. Re8) 30... Qc7 $15 {[%CAl Ob8c6]} 31. Nfd4 {[#]} Qb7 ({Better is} 31... Nxc6 $1 $17 32. Rxa8 Qb7 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Rxc6 Qxb2) 32. Nxa5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Qxb2 33. Ndb3 {Pair of Knights!} (33. Ne6 $11 {remains equal.} Kf7 34. Nxf8 Qxd2 35. Rc7+ Nd7 36. Rdxd7+ (36. Rcxd7+ $2 Kg8 $19) 36... Kg8 37. Rxg7+ Kxf8 38. Rgf7+ Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rxh7+ Kg8 41. Rhg7+ Kh8 42. Rh7+ Kg8 43. Rhg7+ Kh8 44. Rh7+) 33... Kf7 $1 $17 {[%CAl Oa8a5] Threatens to win with .. .Rxa5!} 34. Bf4 Bb4 35. Rc7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Rxd5 $17 Qa2 36. h4 (36. Rc7+ $2 Kg6 $19)) 35... Kg6 $19 36. Rg8 (36. h4 $142 h5 37. Rxd5) 36... Bxa5 37. Nxa5 Rxa5 $2 (37... Kf5 38. g3 Rxa5) 38. g4 {[%csl Gc7][%CAl Rg8g7] [#]} Nd7 $2 39. Rxd7 $15 {[%csl Gd7][%CAl Rg8g7]} Qb1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... f5 $11 40. Rgxg7+ Qxg7 41. gxf5+ Kf6+ 42. Rxg7 Kxg7 43. Be5+ Kf7) 40. Kg2 { [%csl Gd7][%CAl Rg8g7]} Qe4+ 41. Kg3 (41. Kh3 $142 Qf3+ 42. Kh4 Qxg4+ 43. Kxg4 h5+ 44. Kf3) 41... Ra3+ {[#]} 42. Kh4 $1 {A wild game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.64/Black=0.85} 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-II Pool-A 2022"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "2022.03.07"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2022.03.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,60,0,4,0,8,8,4,0,10,20,19,0,12,10,7,7,3,10,12,9,4,10,18,14,14,0,0,-5, -5,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ngf6 {The position is equal.} 6. c4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bxd7 Bxd7 10. Qd3 a6 11. a4 Ng4 12. Nf3 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rc8 13. h3 Nf6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Nd5 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qc2 Bd7 {0-1 (60) Ameir,M (2352)-Saric,I (2645) Petrovac 2021}) 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. cxb5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 {Strongly threatening c4.} Qa4 17. Qd4 Bxb5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qxd4.} 18. Qxa4 Bxa4 19. h3 Nf6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Rc8 22. Ba3 Rxc3 23. Bxe7 Nd5 24. Ra1 Nxe7 25. Rxa4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc7 26. Rc4 Rxc4 27. Nxc4 Kg7 28. g3 Kf6 29. Kg2 Ke6 30. Nd2 f6 {An even fight not without its subleties. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0. 01 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2