[Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 27,28,0,17]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 {[#] Predecessor:} 15. Qe3+ $146 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Be7 16. Nc3 c6 17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Nc5 Qd6 19. Re1 b6 20. Ne4 Qe5 21. a5 bxa5 22. Rxa5 Qc7 23. Rg5 (23. b4) 23... Kf8 $6 (23... O-O) 24. Rxg7 h6 (24... Kxg7 $4 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Re8#) 25. Qd4 Be6 26. Rg6 fxg6 27. Qxh8+ {1-0 (25) Abdusattorov,N (2627)-Nakamura,H (2736) Chess. com INT 2021} (27. Qxh8+ Bg8 (27... Kf7 28. Qh7+ Ke8 29. Nf6+ $18) 28. Bxh6+ Kf7 29. Qg7+ $18) 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,72,37,48,41,40,41,43,49,47,45,37,46,47,47,44,39,71,38,38,35,47,46,48, 47,78,79,67,62,89,77,81,78,46,77,78,79,79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. Bg5 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} Qb6+ 14. Kh1 {And now Bxf6 would win.} Ne4 15. Nxe4 {White is slightly better.} dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxb2 17. Qb1 {has lost popularity (17.Rb1).} Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rfb1 Bg6 {[#]} 20. Bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Rxb6 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 (21) Brackmann,H (2003)-Byway,P (2098) England 2016 }) 20... bxc6 21. Rxb6 h6 22. Be7 Rfe8 23. Bb4 Rac8 24. a4 c5 25. Bc3 Re3 26. Bd2 Re2 27. Bf4 {Strongly threatening a5.} Rce8 {[#] ( -> ...Re1+)} 28. Bg3 { Threatens to win with a5.} Rxc2 29. a5 {a6 is the strong threat.} Ree2 30. a6 ( {White should try} 30. Rb3 $16) 30... Ra2 $11 {The position is equal.} 31. Rxa2 Rxa2 {KRB-KRB} 32. Kg1 Bd3 33. Rc6 Ra1+ 34. Kf2 Ra2+ 35. Kg1 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Ra2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D24"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,114,18,49,34,38,38,33,34,39,38,50,48,50,58,77,16,87,35,154,109,206,49, 46,47,49,47,43,45,58,0,122,123,247,-166,-145,-133,-129,-280,-22,-34,-29,-52,0, -80,-74,-69,-75,-62,0,0,0,-14,-11,-56,-36,-58,-74,-125,-125,-172,-125,-124, -123,-366,-350,-410,-166,-390,-262,-261,-266,-267,-165,-175,-175,-523,-287, -287,-287,-253,123,47,118,118,299,-289,-289,-289,-289,-289,-289,-289,-289,-288, -287,-279,-279,-552,-547,-29970,-29971,-6230,-1131,-5169,-5169,-6095,-858]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.} Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Be7 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bb7 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Rc1 {[#]} (12. Qb1 $16) 12... g5 $146 (12... O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... Nb4 13. a3 N4d5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Rxb2 18. Bxd5 exd5 {0-1 (63) Bok,B (2624)-Tatarinov,D (2320) chess.com INT 2020}) 13. Bxg5 (13. Nxg5 $16 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxg5 16. f4) 13... Rg8 (13... Nxd4 $14 14. Bxe7 (14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg5 $11) (14. Nxd4 Bxg5 15. f4 Bh6 $11) 14... Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Qxd1 16. Bxd1 (16. Rcxd1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rg8+ 18. Kh1 Kxe7 $11) 16... Kxe7) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 (14... Qxe7 $16 15. d5 Rd8) 15. Ne1 $2 (15. b3 $18) 15... O-O-O $14 16. Bf3 Qxd4 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Qf3+ Nc6 {[%CAl Be7c6,Bc6d4,Bd4f3][%mdl 32]} 19. Nc2 (19. Qxf7 $14 Nd5 20. Kh1) 19... Qd3 (19... Qxe5 $11 20. Nb4 Qc5 21. Nxc6 Qxc6) 20. Ne3 $1 $16 Nd5 (20... Qd4 $16 {might work better.}) 21. Ne4 $4 { [%mdl 8192]} (21. Rcd1 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rd1d3]} Qg6 22. Ncxd5 (22. Nexd5 Nxe5 23. Qh3 exd5 $11) 22... exd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxd5) 21... Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 22. Nc5+ Kb6 23. Qxd5 {[#]} exd5 $2 (23... Qxf1+ $3 $19 { [%mdl 512]} 24. Kxf1 exd5 25. Na4+ Ka5) 24. Nxd3 $11 cxd3 25. Rcd1 Nf3+ $1 26. Kh1 Nxe5 27. f4 {[#]} d4 $1 28. Nf5 Ng4 (28... Nc4 $15 29. Rxd3 c5) 29. Rxd3 c5 30. h3 Nf6 31. Rc1 {Black should prevent Rb3+.} Ne4 32. Kh2 a5 $1 33. a3 (33. g4 $142) 33... a4 $17 34. b3 axb3 35. Rxb3+ Kc7 36. a4 $2 (36. Rc4 $17) 36... d3 $19 37. Ne3 Rd4 (37... d2 $142 38. Ra1 Rb8) 38. a5 $2 (38. Rcb1 Nd6 39. Rc3) 38... Ra8 39. Rcb1 {intending Rb7+.} Ra7 {And now ...Nd2 would win.} ({Not} 39... Rxa5 40. Rb7+ Kc8 41. Rb8+ Kd7 42. R1b7+ Ke6 43. Re8+ Kf6 44. Rb6+ Rd6 45. Rb7 $15) 40. a6 Nd6 41. Rc3 c4 42. Rb4 $2 (42. Rd1) 42... d2 43. Nxc4 d1=Q 44. Ne5+ {[#]} Kd8 $2 {[#]} (44... Rc4 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rc4c3]} 45. Nxc4 Kd8) 45. Nc6+ ({Better is} 45. Rxd4 $1 $16 Qxd4 46. Nc6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd7 47. Nxd4) 45... Kd7 ({Black should play} 45... Kc7 $14 46. Rxd4 Qa1 47. Nxa7+ Qxc3 48. Rxd6 Qb3) 46. Rxd4 $16 Qa1 (46... Qxd4 $16 {was worth a try.} 47. Nxd4 Rxa6) 47. Rdd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Nxa7 $18 {was the only winning move.} Qxc3 48. Nb5 Qxd4 49. Nxd4) 47... Rxa6 $19 48. Nb8+ Ke6 {Threatens to win with ... Ne4.} 49. Nxa6 Qxa6 50. Re3+ Kf6 51. Rc5 Nf5 52. Ree5 Nd4 {Hoping for ...Qf1.} 53. Rh5 $2 (53. Rc7 {is a better defense.}) 53... Qe2 54. Kg3 Qe3+ 55. Kg4 Ne6 (55... Qf2 $142 56. Rhf5+ Kg7 57. Rg5+ Kf8 58. Rc8+ Ke7) 56. Rcf5+ Kg7 57. g3 Qe1 {A wild game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.97/Black=0.69} (57... Qe2+ $142 58. Kh4 Nd4 59. Rfg5+ Kf8) 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A39"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "195"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+2"] {[%evp 0,195,19,-18,30,-8,12,12,0,8,4,17,8,12,10,1,1,10,6,6,36,33,35,35,30,38, 40,39,39,39,52,32,47,44,46,42,33,26,33,19,0,0,0,6,16,16,58,17,36,12,71,80,142, 144,176,176,185,191,190,200,197,178,197,160,168,143,182,130,130,120,112,123, 108,114,110,104,114,78,86,80,177,138,118,121,157,103,93,103,103,21,39,40,36,38, 84,72,71,72,71,61,78,70,70,70,79,65,58,67,61,64,66,57,66,59,66,62,61,58,66,58, 55,66,66,66,66,51,54,55,55,55,55,44,55,44,49,53,51,51,54,51,54,54,55,55,54,54, 54,55,55,36,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,44,54,46,54,54,55,55,54,54,55,55,55,55,55,54, 55,54,54,54,54,54,54,51,54,51,54,3,22,4,4,0,103,87,96,96,96,92,96,96,174,165]} 1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. O-O { [%emt 0:00:03]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. b3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:15] } 8. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} cxd4 { [%emt 0:00:25]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. Qxd4 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 12. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00: 12]} 13. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 14. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 15. a4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 16. Rad1 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 17. h4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b6 {[%emt 0:00: 06]} 18. h5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 19. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 20. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 21. Rc1 {[%emt 0: 00:06]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 22. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} ( 22... Qd6) 23. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. c5 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 25. c6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 26. Qxg3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kh8 27. c7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 28. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Qc3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxc3 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 30. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rce8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. f3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Ra6 { [%emt 0:00:09]} (33. Rd5) 33... Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Bxc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. Rxa5 f6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Rac5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 38. Kf2 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00: 05]} 40. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 42. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 43. Kg3 {[%emt 0: 00:08]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 44. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rcxc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 45. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rcf7 { [%emt 0:00:06]} 47. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 48. Rf4 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 49. Rg4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 50. Kxh4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 51. Kxg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re8 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 52. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 53. Ke3 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 54. f4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 55. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 56. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf8 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 57. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 58. Ke3 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 59. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 60. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 61. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rf1 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 62. f5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 63. Kc5 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 64. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 65. Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 66. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd7+ { [%emt 0:00:03]} 67. Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 68. Re6+ { [%emt 0:00:02]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 69. Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 70. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 71. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 72. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 73. Kb5 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 74. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 75. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 76. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 77. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 78. Kb7 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 79. Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 80. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 81. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 82. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 83. Kc5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 84. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 85. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 86. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 87. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 88. Kf3 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 89. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00: 06]} 90. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 91. e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 92. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 93. Kg6 {[%emt 0: 00:04]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 94. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 95. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 96. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re1 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 97. Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 98. f6 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,84,55,43,44,31,38,27,22,37,27,25,27,14,13,19,54,38,40,40,43,37,52,45, 43,42,43,34,43,1,-2,-36,4,2,50,-78,-81,-75,-89,-90,-94,-130,-46,-36,-56,-40, -56,-54,-25,-58,-58,-65,-64,-240,-247,-725,-33,-38,-34,-222,-216,-217,-132, -138,-88,-178,-168,-181,-179,-203,-111,-98,-80,-706,-699]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} ({Don't blunder} 7... Nxe4 $2 8. axb5 Nxf2 9. Qe2 $18 (9. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Nd4 $16)) 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 {White has an edge.} 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Bf4 c5 12. Qe3 {next Bxe5 is good for White.} c4 13. Ba2 O-O 14. Nc3 b4 15. Ne2 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Be6 16. f3 b3 17. Bb1 h6 18. Qd4 Nc6 19. Qc3 Rb7 20. cxb3 Rxb3 21. Qc1 Qb6+ {1/2-1/2 (74) Kulaots,K (2579)-Narayanan,S (2532) Stockholm 2018}) 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Qd4 Rb6 18. f3 Be6 19. Be3 Rc6 20. Qa7 Qa5 21. c3 Nd3 {aiming for ...b3.} 22. cxb4 Qxa4 {[#]} 23. Bb1 (23. Nd4 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Rcc8 24. Nxe6 Qxa2 25. Nd4) 23... Nxb2 $17 24. Rc1 Qxb4 25. Nd4 Rcc8 26. Qxa6 c3 (26... Bd7 $17 27. Bf2 d5) 27. Qb5 Qa3 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Bc2 {Threatens to win with Ra1.} Nc4 30. Bd4 e5 31. Bf2 Qb2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 32. Qb3 ( 32. Bb3) 32... d5 $19 {...Nd2 is the strong threat.} 33. exd5 $2 (33. Qa4 Na3 34. Bd3) 33... Qxb3 $2 (33... Nd2 $19 34. Qa4 Ra8) 34. Bxb3 $15 Nd2 ({But not} 34... Nxd5 35. Rfd1 $14) 35. Ba2 (35. Ba4 $15) 35... Nxf1 36. Kxf1 e4 37. d6+ Kf8 38. Bb6 (38. Bd4 $17 Red8 39. Rxc3) 38... Rc6 $19 39. Ba5 exf3 40. d7 { [#] Threatening mate with Bb4+.} Nxd7 ({Black should try} 40... fxg2+ $1 $19 41. Kg1 Nxd7) 41. Bb4+ $17 {[#]} Re7 $1 42. Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. gxf3 $17 Ke8 43. Bxe7 Kxe7 44. Bb1) 42... Nc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.57/ Black=0.34} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "2"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B86"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,47,11,0,9,18,15,18,32,32,72,52,112,112,110,60,53,48,73,51,89,94,302, 283,297,281,292,299,307,0,0,0,0,0,567,570,965,916]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 (7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Be3 Nc5 9. f3 h5 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. a3 Qb7 14. Rhe1 Be7 15. Bg5 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 {1/2-1/2 (115) Kramnik,V (2753)-Svidler,P (2723) chess24.com INT 2020}) 7... Qc7 {B86: Sicilian Scheveningen/Najdorf: 6 Bc4, without early ...b5.} 8. Bb3 Nbd7 9. f3 h5 {[#] The position is equal.} 10. a3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Rhe1 b5 13. Bg5 b4 14. Nb1 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Bb7 16. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 (29) Markgraf,A (2483)-Blohberger,F (2434) Germany 2020}) 10... Ne5 11. Qe2 Bd7 $6 ( 11... Ned7 $14) 12. f4 $16 Neg4 (12... Nc6 13. f5) 13. O-O-O (13. Bg1) 13... Nxe3 14. Qxe3 g6 15. Kb1 Bh6 16. Qf3 (16. Rd3) 16... Rc8 $2 (16... O-O-O $16) 17. f5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rf5e6]} gxf5 18. exf5 e5 {[#]} 19. Ne6 {[%mdl 512]} Qc6 { [#]} (19... Qb6 20. Nd5) 20. Nd5 $2 Nxd5 $11 21. Bxd5 Qxc2+ 22. Ka1 Rg8 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (22... Bc6 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 23. Qxh5 $18 Bc6 {[#] aiming for ...Bxd5.} 24. Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.28/ Black=0.87} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,127,1,5,12,0,25,25,28,26,27,21,18,0,15,15,17,17,19,17,17,4,5,-1,29, 11,11,12,43,38,38,45,64,18,12,19,14,22,64,17,16,19,64,66,92,92,92,92,92,84,92, 84,84,73,77,55,104,108,103,87,92,38,46,31,31,25,31,31,39,39,39,0,39,39,54,0,0, 0,54,54,101,54,54,0,0,0,13,13,54,0,54,54,54,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,467,452, 378,377,339,258,496,493,3152,2713,29966,29963]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. h3 d6 {6...a6 deserves study.} 7. Na4 Bb6 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} 8. a3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 {White has an edge.} 10. b4 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} O-O 11. O-O Qe8 {[#]} 12. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c3 Nh5 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. g3 Rf6 15. Be3 Qg6 16. Nh4 Qf7 17. Ng2 b5 18. Qe2 {0-1 (35) Benda,H (2334)-Diermair,A (2488) Austria 2017} ) 12... Nd4 13. Nxb6 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 axb6 15. Qe2 Qg6 16. Ra2 Nh5 17. Qg4 Kh7 18. Qxg6+ Kxg6 19. a4 Nf6 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Rfa1 Nb8 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Na6 25. b5 Nb4 26. Ra3 c5 27. Bd2 Nc2 28. Ra7 Rf7 29. f3 Rd7 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Ra2 Nd4 32. Bc3 d5 33. Ra8 dxc4 34. dxc4 b6 35. Ra6 Rb7 36. Ke3 ({White should try} 36. h4 $16) 36... g5 37. Kd3 h5 38. Be1 h4 39. Bf2 Kf7 40. Be3 Kf6 41. Bd2 Nb3 {[#] aiming for ...Rd7+.} (41... Rd7 $5 {[%CAl Rd4f3]} 42. Kc3 Ne2+ 43. Kc2 Nd4+ 44. Kc3 Ne2+ 45. Kc2 Nd4+ 46. Kc3 $11) 42. Bc3 Nd4 43. Ra8 (43. Kd2 $14) 43... Rd7 44. Ke3 Rb7 ({Black should play} 44... Nc2+ $11 45. Ke2 Nd4+ 46. Kf2 Nc2) 45. Kf2 Nb3 46. Ra3 Nd4 47. Bd2 (47. Ra2 $14) 47... Rd7 {And now ...Nc2! would win.} 48. Bc1 Rd8 49. Ra6 Rb8 50. Ra7 (50. Be3 $14) 50... Kg6 (50... Rd8 $11) 51. Be3 Kf6 52. g3 (52. Ra2 $14) 52... Kg6 53. Ra6 Rb7 54. Ra8 Rf7 55. Bxd4 ({Much worse is} 55. Rg8+ Kh7 $17) 55... cxd4 56. gxh4 gxh4 {KR-KR} 57. Rb8 Rc7 58. Rxb6 {Black must now prevent Rc6.} Rxc4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (58... Kf7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 59. Rxe6+ $18 Kf7 60. Rxe5 Rc2+ 61. Kf1 Rc3 $2 (61... Rh2 62. Rd5 Rxh3 ) 62. Ke2 Rc2+ (62... Rb3 $142 63. Kd2 Kg6) 63. Kd3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rc3+ 64. Kxd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.43} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "2"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,93,0,3,5,22,22,31,23,19,20,17,23,26,27,27,27,27,25,22,26,29,31,-92, -72,-83,-81,-136,0,0,0,-49,-6,-17,0,-342,57,38,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2, 62,-281,-8,-8,70,76,183,160,745,742,723,652,1381,1295,2116,1987,29975,11475, 29982,29983,29988,29989,29988,29988]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 $1 {And now Rb3 would win.} Nxd4 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 12. Bxd4 (12. Qxd4 a6 $17) 12... a6 {The main line 12...a6 scores better than 12...Bb4.} 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 {White is slightly better.} 14. Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 Rc8 16. O-O Qd8 17. Qe3 Rc4 18. Rfb1 $1 Be7 19. f5 Bg5 20. Qd3 { Strongly threatening Ne4!} O-O {[#]} 21. R1b6 $146 (21. Ne4 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Bc8 22. Bb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. R7b6 exf5 $15) 22... Be3+ 23. Qxe3) ({Predecessor:} 21. f6 gxf6 22. Ne4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 fxe5 24. Qxe5 dxe4 25. Rd1 Be3+ 26. Kh1 Qh4 27. Rbxd7 {1-0 (45) Muzychuk,A (2576) -Goryachkina,A (2478) Monte Carlo 2017}) 21... Bc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 22. Ra7 exf5 23. Rbxa6 (23. Raxa6 $142 Qc8 24. Ra7) 23... Qc8 ( 23... Qe8 $1 $17 24. Ra5 (24. Qxf5 Rxd4 25. Qxg5 Rc4 $17) 24... Qe6) 24. a4 $11 f4 25. Ne2 Bd7 {...Bf5 is the strong threat.} (25... f3 $5 26. gxf3 Qh3 $15) 26. c3 $1 Bf5 27. Qd2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27. Qf3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 27... Be4 $2 (27... f3 $1 $19 28. Nf4 (28. Qxg5 fxe2 29. Qd2 (29. Kf2 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Qc3 $19) 29... Rxd4 30. cxd4 Qc2 $19) 28... Qb8 29. gxf3 Bc8) 28. e6 $1 $14 {Threatens to win with h4.} Rc7 $1 {[%CAl Rc7a7]} 29. h4 (29. Rxc7 $5 {[%CAl Re6f7]} Qxa6 30. Nxf4 $14) 29... Bh6 {White must now prevent ...Rxa7.} ( {Avoid the trap} 29... Bxh4 $2 30. Qxf4 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 $18) 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Ra7 Qb8 ({Don't go for} 31... f3 $2 32. Rxc7 Bxd2 33. gxf3 $18) 32. exf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Qa2 Qc8 {Hoping for ...Qg4!} 35. Qb2 Kg6 (35... Qg4 $11 36. Qb7+ Kg6 37. Qc6+ Kh5 38. Qe8+ Kxh4 39. Bf2+ Kg5 40. Qe5+ Qf5) 36. Kf1 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (36. Qb6+ $14 Kh5 37. Be5) 36... Kh5 $2 (36... Qg4 $19 37. Ke1 Qxh4+ 38. Kd1 Bg5) 37. Ng1 $11 Bd3+ (37... Qc4+ $11 38. Qe2+ Qxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Bf5 ) 38. Kf2 $1 $14 Qg4 ({Don't blunder} 38... Kxh4 $2 39. Nf3+ Kh5 40. Ne5 $18) ( 38... Qc4 $16 {was called for.}) 39. Nf3 $18 Be4 $2 {[#]} (39... g5 $16) 40. Qe2 $1 g5 41. hxg5 Bxg5 (41... Bf8) 42. a5 {[%CAl Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Bd8 43. a6 Kh6 44. a7 Qc8 45. Qa2 {White mates.} Qa8 46. Qa6+ Kh5 47. Qe6 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/Black=0.83} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "2"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,65,-17,0,-5,0,-19,-19,-31,-30,-44,-33,-8,-13,-7,-7,-7,-6,-10,-8,-8,-8, -11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,8,18,14,8,8,8,8,8,10,7,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,13,0,11,0, 40,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Be6 6. Qc2 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 {[%CAl Bb8c6,Bc6d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...Nb4.} 8. O-O {[#] The position is equal.} Nh6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 8... Rc8 9. d3 Nh6 10. Nce5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxh6 Qd7 13. Rad1 f6 14. b3 Kf7 {0-1 (40) Olafsson,F-Keres,P Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade 1959}) 9. Ne3 Rc8 10. Qxc5 Nd4 11. Qxa7 {[#] And now Nxd4 would win.} Nxe2+ 12. Kh1 O-O 13. d4 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Qxb7 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 Rb8 17. Qa7 Rxb2 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Be6 20. a4 Bd5 21. Rfd1 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qa8+ 23. Qxa8 Rxa8 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 24. Rc4 {Black must now prevent Rd7.} Ra5 25. Re4 Ra2 26. Rdd4 Kg7 27. h4 h6 28. Rc4 g5 29. h5 Rd5 30. Rcd4 Rc5 31. Rc4 Rd5 32. Rcd4 Rc5 33. Rc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "2"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B46"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,71,77,75,75,76,69,79,80,79,70,100,108,100,88,112,107,172,161,169,153, 183,183,167,180,152,173,153,141,189,185,185,159,201,201,285,286,325,323,381, 372,361,301,440,428,464,476,476,451,516,500,683,551,799,713,964,960,928,905, 1101,1085]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 {[%CAl Bb1c3, Bc3e4,Be4d6][%mdl 32]} Nc6 6. Be2 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 $1 {[%CAl Re5f6] B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6.} Nd5 9. Ne4 $1 Qc7 {[#]} 10. Nd6+ $1 {White is better.} Bxd6 11. exd6 Qb6 12. c4 Nf6 13. O-O c5 {[#]} 14. Be3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. Be3 Rfc8 18. Ra5 Ne4 19. Rd1 Rc6 20. f3 Nxd6 21. Bxc5 {1-0 (34) Morozevich,A (2683)-Bocharov,D (2611) Sochi 2016}) 14... Ne4 (14... a5 $16 {might work better.}) 15. Bf3 $18 Bb7 {[#]} 16. b4 $1 Qxd6 17. Bxe4 $1 Qxd1 18. Bxb7 ({Don't take} 18. Raxd1 $6 Bxe4 19. Bxc5 f6 $14) 18... Qa4 {White must now prevent ...Rb8.} 19. Bxa8 cxb4 20. Rfd1 O-O 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. c5 a5 23. h3 f6 (23... h6 $142 24. Rd2 Rc7) 24. Rd2 Rc7 25. Rad1 h6 26. Bh5 Kf8 27. Bf4 Ra7 (27... e5 {was worth a try.}) 28. Bb8 {White is clearly winning.} Rb7 29. Bd6+ Kg8 30. Be8 b3 31. axb3 Qxb3 32. Be7 a4 33. Bxd7 a3 34. c6 Ra7 35. Bc5 Ra5 {[#]} 36. Bxa3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.40} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "148"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,148,0,0,0,10,-2,0,5,12,0,0,0,0,-11,4,-10,18,12,26,23,23,39,50,0,0,-3, 50,-5,0,-5,0,0,10,12,41,29,80,80,79,57,55,53,63,37,97,80,97,94,181,171,183,143, 148,146,151,151,151,108,111,117,145,138,174,118,124,131,231,233,223,140,331, 200,200,200,200,200,200,199,219,112,111,111,112,112,112,106,106,74,81,81,81,81, 85,90,111,111,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112,112, 112,112,112,0,112,112,4022,112,112,112,112,112,112,0,112,112,112,112,112,112, 112,0,112,112,112,112,112]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nxc6 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Qg4 { The position is equal.} Kf8 {[#]} 10. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne4 h5 11. Qg3 Bh4 12. Qf3 g6 13. Bd3 Kg7 14. Nd6 Qf8 15. g4 Be7 16. c4 {1-0 (31) Dibley, S (1571)-Wang,O (1942) Cammeray 2011}) 10... h5 11. Qe4 Rb8 12. b3 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 {...Qc7 is the strong threat.} 14. Qf3 Kg8 15. Rd1 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 d5 17. Be2 e5 18. Qe3 Qb6 {[#]} (18... Qe8 $11) 19. Qd2 ({White should try} 19. Bd4 $1 $14 Qc7 20. Bxa7) 19... Bf5 20. O-O h4 21. h3 Kh7 22. Rfe1 {Black should prevent Bg4.} Rhf8 23. Bb4 e4 (23... Rfe8 $11) 24. Bxf8 $16 Rxf8 25. Rf1 Bg6 26. Bg4 Be5 27. Kh1 Bf4 (27... a5 $14) 28. Qb4 $1 {[%CAl Rb4f8]} Qd8 29. c4 { Threatens to win with cxd5.} Qf6 (29... Bd6 $16 30. Qd2 Bc7) 30. cxd5 $18 Bd6 31. Qe1 cxd5 32. Rxd5 Qf4 {[%csl Gd6][%CAl Rf4h2] [#]} 33. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 34. b4 Qd3 35. f3 e3 36. Qxh4+ Kg8 37. Re1 (37. Be6+ $18 Bf7 38. Bxf7+ Rxf7 39. Rg1) 37... Re8 $16 38. f4 Qd2 (38... e2 $16 39. Kh2 Qxa3) 39. f5 $18 Bf7 40. f6 Qf2 $2 (40... gxf6 $16 41. Bf3 (41. Bf5 Re5 $16) 41... Kg7) 41. Qg5 {[%csl Gf6] [%CAl Rg5g7]} (41. Qxf2 exf2 42. Rxe8+ Bxe8 43. Be2 g5 44. Kh2 Kf7 45. Kg3 $18) 41... Qxf6 ({And not} 41... Qxe1+ 42. Kh2 Bg6 43. Qxg6 Qg1+ 44. Kxg1 Re7 45. fxe7 Kh8 46. e8=Q#) 42. Qxf6 gxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRB} 43. Kh2 $1 Bc4 44. Kg3 Kg7 45. Kf4 (45. Be2 $18 Bd5 46. Rd1) 45... e2 $16 46. Kf3 Rd8 47. Kf2 Rd2 48. Bxe2 {And now Ke3 would win.} Ra2 49. Kf3 Rxa3+ 50. Kf4 Bxe2 51. Rxe2 {KR-KR} a5 52. bxa5 Rxa5 53. g4 Kg6 54. h4 Ra4+ 55. Re4 Ra7 56. Rb4 Rc7 57. Ra4 Rb7 58. h5+ Kg7 59. Ra5 Re7 60. Kf5 Rc7 61. Rb5 Ra7 62. Rc5 Rb7 63. Ra5 Rc7 $1 64. Rd5 Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (64... Ra7 $16 65. Rc5 Ra4 66. Rc7+ Kh6 ) 65. Rd4 $2 (65. h6+ $1 $18 Kh7 66. Kxf6 $18) 65... Re5+ 66. Kf4 Re7 67. Re4 ( 67. Kg3 {feels hotter.} Rc7 68. Rd6 Rc3+ 69. Kh4 Rc4 70. Rd7+) 67... Ra7 68. Rd4 (68. Re6 $16) 68... Rb7 (68... Re7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 69. Rd5 Re7 70. Kf5 {Black must now prevent h6+!} Ra7 71. Ke6 {White threatens Rd7+ and mate.} Ra4 72. Kf5 Ra7 $1 73. Rb5 Rc7 74. Ra5 Rb7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,112,3,6,14,8,-1,0,0,-2,-14,-8,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-62,-52,-51,-41,-69, 0,-24,-25,-67,-76,-66,-66,-79,-69,-73,-65,-66,-76,-73,-80,-84,-28,-39,-22,-28, -32,-35,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,6,0,1,0,0,0,3,0,0,-45,-46,-45,-56, -46,-47,-54,-52,-49,-16,-17,0,-50,0,-14,0,-24,-25,-39,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} b6 7. Ne5 c5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 7...Bb7.} 8. c3 Qc7 {[#]} 9. Bg5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9. h4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. h5 Nd7 12. Ndf3 f6 13. Nd3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Ne6 {1-0 (56) Firouzja,A (2749)-Duda,J (2743) Wijk aan Zee 2021}) 9... Bxe5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Nf3 {[%CAl Rf3e5]} Qd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh4 { next Qh5 is good for White.} Qe5 14. Qg4+ Qg5 15. Qh3 f5 (15... Qg7 {keeps more tension.} 16. Rg1 Ba6 17. Bc2 Nc6 18. g4 Kh8) 16. Be2 e5 ({Better is} 16... Ba6 $15) 17. f4 exf4 18. O-O fxe3 19. Nxf5 Nc6 {[%CAl Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7g8] [%mdl 32]} 20. Rf3 {[#]} Kh8 $1 21. Raf1 $1 Ne7 22. Qh6 Qxh6 23. Nxh6 Be6 { Threatens to win with ...Kg7.} 24. Rxe3 {[#] White wants to play Nxf7+!} Ng8 ( 24... Ng6 $1 $17) 25. Ng4 d4 26. cxd4 cxd4 27. Rd3 Bc4 {...Rfe8 is the strong threat.} 28. Rd2 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 Rae8 30. Rd2 f5 31. Nf2 Rd8 32. Rfd1 Rfe8 33. Kf1 Nf6 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kg7 36. Nd3 Rc8 37. Rf4 Nd5 38. Rd4 Nf6 39. Ra4 a5 {[%CAl Ba7a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 40. b4 Rc4 41. Ra3 axb4 42. Ra7+ Kh6 43. Ke2 Re4+ 44. Kd2 Rd4 45. Ke3 Re4+ 46. Kd2 $1 Rd4 47. Ke3 Rc4 48. Kd2 Ne4+ 49. Ke3 Nc5 {And now ...Rc3 would win.} 50. Nf4 $1 { The position is equal.} Re4+ (50... b3 {is interesting.} 51. axb3 Nxb3 52. Rd7 Re4+ 53. Kf3 Rd4) 51. Kf3 Ne6 (51... b3 {with more complications.} 52. axb3 Nxb3 53. g3 Nd2+ 54. Kf2 Rb4) 52. Nxe6 Rxe6 53. Ra4 Re4 54. Ra6 Re6 55. Ra4 Re4 56. Ra6 Re6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,110,29,20,19,0,13,4,0,13,21,0,0,0,0,-2,-6,-19,-8,-14,-12,-14,-13,-12, 0,-8,-1,-19,-8,-39,-14,-52,-56,-45,-55,-72,-81,-90,-90,-85,-81,-62,-15,-20,-9, -156,-145,-214,-208,-205,-200,-216,-209,-203,-202,-185,-194,-183,-180,-174, -129,-341,-360,-342,-224,-222,-123,-106,-121,-104,-41,-181,-162,-249,-162,-302, -265,-323,-344,-310,-183,-161,-150,-487,-471,-540,-553,-444,-500,-656,-627, -1732,-1645,-8010,-6935,-29988,-29989]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 10. a3 (10. O-O {seems wilder.} cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Ne4 Qe5 13. Qd3) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 {[#]} Bxc3+ $146 { The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Ba5 12. O-O Bb6 13. Na4 Bd8 14. Bb5 Be7 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. Nxf3 Rd8 17. Ne5 Bf6 {0-1 (37) Arduman,C (2336) -Gaprindashvili,V (2475) Izmir 2003}) 12. Rxc3 Bd7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bb5 { [%CAl Rb5c6]} Rfd8 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qe2 Bd5 17. Rfc1 e5 18. Nf3 Bc6 $40 { [%mdl 128] Black attacks.} 19. Rc5 Rd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. e4 Bc6 22. Qe3 Rd8 23. Ne1 Rd4 24. f3 $1 Qd6 25. b4 a6 26. Qc3 h5 27. Qe3 h4 28. h3 f6 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Qb3 $6 (30. Nc2 $11 Rd3 31. Qe1 g5 32. Ne3) 30... Rd2 (30... f5) 31. Qe3 (31. Qf7 $17 {was worth a try.}) 31... Qd4 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rd4e3]} 32. Nc2 Qd3 33. Qxd3 Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Ra1 Ba4 35. Ne1 Rd2 36. Kg1 Kg6 37. Rc1 Bb5 38. Rc2 $2 (38. f4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 38... Rd1 39. Kf2 Ra1 40. Rc3 Ra2+ (40... Kg5 $19 {...Kf4 is the strong threat.} 41. Nd3 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 Bxd3 43. Rxd3 b5) 41. Kg1 $17 Kg5 42. Nc2 Kf4 (42... g6 $17 43. Ne3 Bc6) 43. Kh2 {[#]} (43. Ne3 $15) 43... Be2 $1 $19 44. Ne1 (44. b5 {was the only defense. }) 44... g6 45. Nc2 {[#]} (45. Nd3+ $142 Bxd3 46. Rxd3) 45... f5 $1 46. exf5 gxf5 47. a4 e4 ({But not} 47... Rxa4 48. Ne3 $19) (47... Bd1 $142 48. Na3 e4 49. fxe4 fxe4) 48. fxe4 fxe4 {And now ...Bd3 would win.} 49. Nd4 $2 (49. Rc7 $17 {is a better chance.}) 49... Bf1 50. Kg1 Bxg2 51. b5 Bf3 52. Nc2 Rxa4 53. Kf2 axb5 54. Ne3 Ra2+ 55. Ke1 Re2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.72/ Black=0.13} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. d4 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Rc1 Re8 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3).} 13. Qe2 Nf8 14. Ne5 Ng6 {The position is equal.} 15. g3 {[#]} Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bb4 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Rc7 18. c5 Ne4 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. b4 e5 21. dxe5 bxc5 22. bxc5 Rxc5 {0-1 (29) Siegel,N (2240)-Goldin,A (2590) Philadelphia 1998}) 16. Red1 Qe7 (16... dxc4 $11 17. Bxc4 Qd6) 17. h4 ({White should play} 17. c5 $1 $14) 17... dxc4 $11 18. bxc4 ( 18. Bxc4 {keeps more tension.} Qd6 19. Re1 Qb8 20. Bb5 Re7 21. h5) 18... Nxe5 ( 18... Ba8 $11) 19. dxe5 $16 Nd7 20. Nb5 Nc5 21. Nd6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Ba8 22. Bb1 Qc7 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. f3 Na4 25. Bd4 {[#] Threatens to win with Qc2!} Nc5 26. Kg2 g6 27. h5 Bh6 28. Rc3 Bg7 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Qe3 Rd8 31. Rcc1 Rc8 32. Kf2 Nd7 {[%CAl Rg7e5]} 33. Re1 Nc5 (33... Qc6 $16 { was worth a try.}) 34. Bxc5 $18 bxc5 35. f4 Qa5 36. Re2 Rd8 37. Be4 Bxe4 38. Qxe4 Rd4 39. Qf3 Bh6 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Rb1 Qd8 42. Rb7 Rxc4 43. Rxa7 Rb4 44. a4 Rb1 45. Rf2 c4 46. Kh2 {And now f5! would win.} Qd4 47. Rc7 Rb3 48. Qg2 c3 49. a5 Ra3 50. Rc2 {aiming for Qb7.} Ra1 {intending ...Bxf4.} 51. R7xc3 Bxf4 (51... Rxa5 {might work better.} 52. Rc7 Ra7) 52. Rc4 $2 (52. gxf4 $18 {Intending Qg5! and mate.} Qxf4+ 53. Rg3 Rxa5) 52... Bxg3+ $1 $11 53. Qxg3 Qd1 {[%csl Ga1] [%CAl Rd1h1]} 54. Qg2 (54. Qh4 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qh1+ 55. Kg3 Ra3+ 56. R4c3 Rxc3+ 57. Rxc3 Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 58. Kg4 Qxc3 59. Qf6+ Kg8 60. Qd8+ Kg7 61. Qf6+ Kg8 62. Qd8+ Kg7 63. Qf6+) 54... Qh5+ $19 55. Kg3 $2 (55. Qh3 {nothing else works.} Rh1+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer, Deflection} 56. Kxh1 Qxh3+ 57. Kg1) 55... Qxe5+ 56. Kf2 (56. Kh4 $142 Ra3 57. R4c3 (57. Qg4 $2 { is a self mate.} Qe1+ 58. Kg5 f6+ 59. Kf4 e5#) 57... Rxc3 58. Rxc3 Qxc3 59. a6 Qc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 60. Kh3 Qxa6 61. Qb2+ f6 62. Kg4) 56... Qe1+ 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58. Kg4 f5+ {Black mates.} 59. Kg5 Rg3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 60. Rg4 Rxg4+ 61. Qxg4 fxg4 62. Rc7+ Kf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.63/ Black=0.17} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,96,22,33,33,31,25,30,25,20,37,20,27,0,41,7,41,39,37,29,35,26,77,74, 76,83,106,86,97,102,120,100,102,113,124,31,58,31,31,67,64,20,112,85,91,37,44, 30,83,81,75,29,21,21,21,0,22,5,27,27,27,16,16,16,19,21,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Nf6 9. Be3 cxd4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without .. .g6.} 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. c4 Be7 {White has an edge.} 12. Nc3 O-O 13. a3 Qc7 14. h3 Rad8 {[#]} 15. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. b4 Ne5 17. Nd2 Ng6 18. Qc2 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Bf4 20. Nde4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 (42) Giri,A (2790) -Topalov,V (2754) Stavanger 2016}) 15... e5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Rad1 e4 18. Bd4 Rfe8 (18... Rxd4 $11 19. Rxd4 Bc5) 19. Qe3 $16 Qc8 20. b4 {[%CAl Bb2b4,Bb4b5] [%mdl 32]} Qf5 21. b5 $1 {[%CAl Rb5c6]} axb5 22. cxb5 Bd7 23. a4 Bb4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rd4 (25. Rd5 $16 Re5 26. g4 $1) 25... Bc5 $14 26. Qg3+ Qg6 27. Qxg6+ hxg6 28. Rdxe4 (28. Rc4 {is more complex.} Bd6 29. Nxe4 Kf8 30. Rd1 Be5 31. Nc5 ) 28... Bb4 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 {[#]} 30. Re3 (30. Rd1 $1 $16 Rxd1 31. Nxd1) 30... Kg7 31. g3 f5 (31... b6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32. Bg2 $16 Bc5 33. Re2 ({ Much weaker is} 33. Bxb7 Bxe3 34. fxe3 Rd3 $11) (33. Re5 $5 {[%CAl Re5c5]} Bd4 34. Rd5 Rxd5 35. Nxd5 $16) 33... b6 34. Nd5 Bd7 35. Nf4 Bc8 36. Bc6 Rd4 37. Re8 Be6 38. Nxe6+ fxe6 {The position is equal.} 39. Rxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd1+ 40. Kg2 Rd2 41. Be8 Rxf2+ 42. Kh1 Rf1+ 43. Kg2 Rf2+ 44. Kh1 g5 45. Rg6+ Kf8 46. Bd7 Rf1+ 47. Kg2 Rf2+ 48. Kh1 Rf1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E61"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,89,21,27,23,2,59,48,52,44,52,12,37,30,35,-43,20,18,107,81,78,0,154, 158,158,131,349,326,570,541,510,369,603,607,604,586,589,541,525,397,399,387, 556,135,184,177,162,-139,0,-877,-838,-1066,-1068,-1049,-1047,-1025,-1025,-1021, -1028,-990,-942,-928,-589,-564,-406,-1354,-1336,-1632,-1616,-3967,-1147,-12801, -134,-6179,-6179,-1771]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2 {The main line 8.Qc2 scores better than 8.b4.} Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System.} 10. b4 e4 (10... c6 $11) 11. Nd2 $14 Nf8 {White is slightly better.} 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. h3 h5 {[#]} 14. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a4 N8h7 15. b5 h4 16. a5 g5 17. Nf1 Qd7 18. Nh2 g4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Nd5 Ng5 21. Nf4 Nf6 { 1/2-1/2 (21) Kosanovic,G (2320)-Mendonca,L (2350) Novi Sad 2019}) 14... g5 15. d5 (15. Nd2 $14) 15... Bg6 (15... g4 $15) 16. c5 $11 N8d7 (16... g4 $11) 17. Nb5 (17. c6 bxc6 18. Nd4 cxd5 19. Nc6 Qf8 20. Nb5) 17... Rec8 18. Na5 ({ Better is} 18. c6 $16 bxc6 19. N5d4 (19. Qxc6 g4 $11) (19. dxc6 Ne5 $11)) 18... a6 $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 18... Ne5 $1 $11) 19. c6 $1 $16 bxc6 20. Nxc6 Qe8 (20... Qf8 $16 {was called for.}) 21. Nba7 $18 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack } g4 $2 (21... Rcb8 22. Nxb8 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxb8) 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. hxg4 hxg4 $2 (23... Nxg4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Bxa6 Ra8 26. Qc3+ Kh7) 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Bb7 g3 26. fxg3 Ng4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qc3+ Ndf6 (28... f6 $142 29. Bxa8 Qxa8) 29. Kf1 $2 (29. Rf1 $18 Ra3 30. Qxa3) 29... Qh8 $16 {( -> ...Qh1+)} 30. Ke2 (30. Bxa8 $2 {gets mated.} Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Qxg2+ 32. Ke1 Qf2#) 30... Qh2 31. Rd2 $2 {[#]} (31. Kd2 $18 Qxg2+ 32. Kc1) 31... Bh5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 32. Kd1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32. Bxa8 $11 Ne5+ 33. Kf2) 32... Ra3 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Qxa3 (33. Qd4 Nxe3+) 33... Nxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)} 34. Kc1 Qg1+ 35. Kb2 Nc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kc3 Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kxc4 Qxa3 38. Nd4 Bg6 39. Nb3 Nd7 40. Kb5 (40. Re1 $142 Ne5+ 41. Kc3) 40... e3 $19 41. Rd4 Ne5 42. Re1 Bf5 (42... Qa7 $142 43. Rxe3 Qxb7+ 44. Ka5 Qa7+ 45. Kb5 Qb6+ 46. Ka4 Bc2) 43. Rxe3 Bd7+ 44. Bc6 {and if Bxd7 works, White does fine.} Bc8 {[%csl Ga3][%CAl Rc8a6]} 45. Na5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.93/Black=0.55} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A49"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,108,23,7,16,0,0,1,0,-13,24,-11,10,0,-7,-14,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,1,0,2,0,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-88,-88,-87, -50,-50,-50,-57,-50,-50,-50,-50,0,0,0,0,0,-64,-36,-36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0]} 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Nf3 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. O-O c6 11. Nc3 Qe7 {A49:1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems.} 12. Qc1 Na6 13. Rd1 {[#]} Bf5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 13... Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Qxd8 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. Rd1 Bf5 17. h3 h5 18. Kh2 Nb4 19. Qc1 Rd8 20. a3 Na6 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. b4 Nc7 23. Na4 Ne8 24. c5 { 1/2-1/2 (24) Flohr,S-Borisenko,G Moscow 1955}) 14. Na4 Rfd8 15. Qc3 Bg4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. exf3 Nc7 18. Qe3 b6 19. Re1 {[%CAl Rb2e5]} Re8 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Qe4 c5 22. Nc3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Ne6 $1 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. Re1 Nd4 26. Kg2 Re6 27. Qd3 h5 28. h4 (28. Bxd4 $5 cxd4 29. f4 $11) 28... Nc6 29. Qe3 e4 30. Bxg7 exf3+ 31. Qxf3 Rxe1 32. Bc3 Nd4 33. Qf6 Re8 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Qxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Re6 36. a4 $1 a5 37. Kh2 Qd6 38. Kg2 f6 39. Qd3 Kf7 40. Qf3 Qc6 41. Qf4 Kg7 42. Qb8 Rd6 43. Kh2 {[#] Hoping for Ne7.} Rd7 44. Qe8 { Strongly threatening Ne7.} ({Don't go for} 44. Qxb6 $2 Qxb6 45. Nxb6 Rd3 $19) 44... Qd6 45. Qc8 (45. Nf4 $11 f5 46. Ne6+ Kf6 47. Nf4) 45... Rf7 (45... Rd8 $5 {[%CAl Rd8c8]} 46. Qb7+ Rd7 $15) 46. Kg2 Qe5 47. Nf4 $1 {The position is equal. } Qe4+ 48. Kh2 Re7 49. Nd5 Qf3 50. Nxe7 Qxf2+ 51. Kh3 Qf1+ 52. Kh2 {[#] Threatening mate with Qg8+.} Qf2+ 53. Kh3 {Qg8+ would kill now.} Qf1+ 54. Kh2 { White threatens Qg8+ and mate.} Qf2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0. 06} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "4"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,59,0,0,0,0,16,19,40,28,43,42,50,41,38,38,82,66,115,53,39,-10,14,0,0, 0,0,0,0,-122,-125,-128,-139,-118,-117,-117,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} 8. Kf1 {Hoping for d4.} Ne6 9. h4 h5 {[#]} 10. b4 $146 {Black must now prevent bxc5.} ({Predecessor:} 10. d3 Nc6 11. Be3 g6 12. Ng5 Bg7 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxc5 O-O 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Ba3 { 0-1 (73) Sindarov,J (2383)-Gopal,G (2580) Pardubice 2017}) 10... g6 11. bxc5 { d4 is the strong threat.} Bg7 {[#] And now ...Bxc3 would win.} 12. Bxe6 Bxe6 13. d4 Nc6 {[%CAl Rc6d4]} 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Ne2 (15. Rc1 $16) 15... Bc4 $14 16. Kg1 Rd8 17. Ng3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 e5 $1 20. Qc1 Rxd4 $17 21. c6 bxc6 22. Qg5 Qc7 23. Qf6 O-O ({Better is} 23... Rf8 $17 24. f4 Qd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. fxe5 Rd4) 24. Nxh5 $11 {The position is equal.} gxh5 25. Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kh7 26. Qxh5+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ Kh7 $1 {Strongly threatening ...f6.} 28. Qf5+ Kh8 {aiming for ...f6.} (28... Kg7 $5 29. Qg5+ $8 Kh7 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kh7 $11) 29. Qh5+ Kg8 {Threatens to win with ...f6.} 30. Qg5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,84,12,18,0,25,0,0,-27,-5,-9,-10,-16,-11,-10,-14,-7,-16,-7,-5,-6,8,-15, 0,0,37,6,12,15,18,10,34,29,27,-139,18,23,31,23,28,0,37,42,30,32,36,16,11,7,55, 72,69,11,9,4,17,0,0,0,0,-46,-45,-75,-81,-86,-57,-62,-44,-106,-62,-60,-63,-59, -66,-66,-80,-164,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. d4 e6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3a5][%mdl 32]} Be7 6. e3 {A46:1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} a6 {[#]} 7. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. a4 b4 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nb3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 {0-1 (36) Melkumyan,H (2633)-Esipenko,A (2564) Riadh 2017}) 7... d6 8. Na5 {The position is equal.} Be4 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. cxd3 c5 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. O-O Nbd7 { [%CAl Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6d5][%mdl 32]} 14. Rc2 Bd8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nb3 {[%CAl Rd4c5]} Qb7 17. Qe2 (17. Kg2 $5 {[%CAl Rd4c5]}) 17... cxd4 18. Nfxd4 Bb6 19. Rfc1 Nd5 {Threatening ...Nb4.} 20. Nc6 f5 21. Qf3 $2 {[#]} (21. a3 $11) 21... Qd7 $2 (21... Nb4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Rd2 Nxa2) 22. a3 $11 Kh8 23. Nb4 Ne7 24. Nc6 Ng6 25. d4 e5 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Rd2 Qf7 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 f4 30. Rc3 (30. Nxe5 $14 Nxe5 31. Rxe5) 30... fxe3 31. fxe3 Rac8 32. Rd6 Rf6 33. Rxf6 gxf6 34. Kg2 {[#]} Bxe3 $1 35. Kf3 (35. Nb4 Rxc3) 35... Bg1 36. h4 Kg7 37. h5 Nf8 38. Kg2 ({White should play} 38. Ke4 $15) 38... Bb6 39. Nd2 $1 Ne6 40. Ne4 Rc7 41. Nd6 {And now Nd8! would win.} Kf8 42. Nf5 (42. Ne4 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 42... Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.23/ Black=0.16. Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} ({Better is} 42... Ng7 $19 43. Nd6 Nxh5) 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,113,-2,14,11,11,-14,0,-45,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-16,-59,-44,-49,0,-21,-20,-17, 0,-14,-16,-14,0,-50,0,0,66,55,38,61,55,32,430,425,423,420,638,309,306,306,308, 282,489,485,481,480,474,451,434,459,473,472,470,464,454,439,463,388,387,381, 367,345,481,480,479,480,470,470,414,333,325,325,319,311,304,288,308,295,291, 286,430,418,373,367,362,360,347,347,377,350,589,589,589,589,366,422,593,499, 589,589,29974,29968]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. c4 {D00:1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} dxc4 7. Nd2 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 7.Qxd8+.} (7. Qc2 {seems wilder.} Bxc5 8. Bxc4 Nd7 9. Nf3 a6 10. O-O) 7... Nd7 (7... c3 $5 8. bxc3 Bxc5 $11) 8. Ngf3 {The position is equal.} Nxc5 {[#]} (8... c3 $5 9. bxc3 Nxc5 $11) 9. Bxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bd7 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. b4 Na4 13. Nxb7 Rb8 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. bxc5 { 1/2-1/2 (102) Djordjevic,V (2350)-Yeletsky,I (2448) Lichess.org INT 2021}) 9... Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. a4 f5 13. Nd4 a5 14. b3 Rc8 15. Rac1 f4 16. N2f3 fxe3 17. fxe3 Qf6 18. Ne2 Qb2 19. Qd1 Rfd8 (19... Bh6 $11 20. Kh1 Qg7) 20. Nfd4 {Strongly threatening Rc2.} Ne4 {Black wants to play ...Qd2.} 21. Rc2 Qa3 22. Nf4 {aiming for Nh5.} e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (22... Kh8 $14) 23. Bxf7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Kxf7 24. Nfe6+ Kg8 {[#]} (24... Nf6 $142 25. Qg4 (25. Nxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 $14) 25... Bh8) 25. Nxd8 (25. Qg4 $142 $1 {[%csl Ge6][%CAl Rg4g7]} Qe7 26. Nf5) 25... exd4 ({Don't play} 25... Rxd8 26. Ne6 $1 $18 { [%mdl 512]}) 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 {[#]} 27. Qh5 $1 {[%CAl Rh5d5] Intending Qd5+ and mate.} Nd6 $2 (27... Bf6) 28. Qd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 {[#]} 29. Qxd6 $3 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Decoy} Qxd6 30. Nf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 31. Nxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KB} Be6 32. exd4 Bxd4+ 33. Kh1 b6 34. Nc4 Kg7 35. Rd1 Bc5 {[#]} 36. Nxb6 $1 Bxb3 37. Rb1 Be6 38. Rb5 Bb4 39. Nd5 Bd2 40. Ne7 Bc4 41. Rc5 Bb3 42. Nc6 Bxa4 43. Nxa5 Be3 44. Re5 Bb6 45. Nc4 Bd8 46. Nd6 Bb6 (46... Kf6 $142 47. Rc5 Ke6) 47. Re6 {Nf5+ is the strong threat.} Bc5 48. Ne4 Bf8 49. h3 Bb3 50. Rb6 Bd5 51. Ng3 Bc4 $2 (51... Kg8 52. Nf5 Be4) 52. Nf5+ Kg8 53. Kh2 Bd3 54. g4 Bc5 (54... h5 {was worth a try.} 55. Kg3 hxg4 56. hxg4 Bxf5 57. gxf5 Kf7) 55. Rc6 Bf2 56. Kg2 $1 Be4+ 57. Kxf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.57} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,84,15,0,33,11,29,23,24,11,23,-2,1,0,-2,-8,-2,0,-2,-43,7,1,7,-24,-17, -56,-52,-116,-107,-104,-78,-201,-191,-181,-185,-181,-177,-207,-221,-270,-272, -268,-189,-224,-224,-346,-330,-397,-403,-403,-401,-393,-391,-385,-381,-465, -462,-442,-444,-502,-496,-585,-578,-873,-881,-857,-836,-1259,-1239]} 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 Bd7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 11. Rfd1 {11.Rfd1 scores better than 11.f3.} Rc8 12. f3 Re8 { White has an edge.} 13. Bf1 Ne5 {[#]} 14. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Rc5 16. Ne6 {Geller,E (2590)-Barczay,L (2465) Novi Sad 1978}) 14... Qa5 15. Nce2 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. c4 Nf6 (18... Nxc4 $5 19. bxc4 Rxc4 $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 19. a5 Nd3 20. Bc3 Nc5 {[%CAl Bd3c5,Bc5a4, Ba4b2][%mdl 32]} 21. b4 Na4 22. c5 (22. Nb3 $15) 22... Nd5 $17 23. Bd2 Nb2 24. Rdb1 {This costs White the game.} (24. Rdc1 $17 {was the only chance.}) 24... Nc4 $19 25. Ra2 e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 26. Nb3 Bf5 27. Rd1 Nxd2 28. Raxd2 Nxb4 29. Ng3 Be6 30. Rb1 f5 31. Nc1 {[#]} (31. Rd6 {might work better.}) 31... Bh6 $1 32. Rd6 (32. Rdb2 Be3+) 32... Be3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kh1 Bxc5 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Bc4 Kf7 36. Nce2 Be7 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Bxe6+ Kxe6 38. h3 Rc2 39. Re1 {intending Nd4+.} Kf7 40. Nc1 Bh4 41. Nce2 f4 42. Rb1 Bxg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.50/Black=0.08} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,55,22,11,17,8,11,11,22,20,45,51,19,51,64,59,85,76,86,82,82,12,34,36, 81,89,74,80,69,29,101,89,143,141,129,128,159,170,572,573,588,584]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O h6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 Bb6 9. Bb3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bc2 {[#]} d5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne7 12. Ne3 Ng4 13. d4 Nxe3 14. Bxe3 Ng6 15. d5 Bg4 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qd2 Bxe3 18. fxe3 { 1-0 (52) Hoffmann,P (2346)-Schmid,R (2241) Germany 2012}) 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Bb3 Qd6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. d4 $1 Rad8 16. Qc2 Nd7 {[#]} 17. Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Pin} f6 {[#]} (17... Qf6 18. Bxe5) 18. a3 Qg4 19. Be3 exd4 20. cxd4 Rfe8 21. Rad1 Ne7 22. d5 {Black must now prevent Bxb6.} Kh8 $6 (22... Qg6 $1 $11 23. Qc1 Qf7) 23. d6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} cxd6 ({Better is} 23... Nc6) 24. Rxd6 $16 Nc8 25. Rd2 Qh5 {[#]} 26. Red1 $1 Ne5 (26... Bxe3 { is a better chance.} 27. Nxe3 Ncb6) 27. Rxd8 $18 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.55} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A50"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,81,19,29,21,32,16,18,18,24,16,15,8,29,14,0,-10,-8,0,0,-19,-32,-42, -42,-50,-45,-48,-47,-82,-86,-88,-67,-66,-75,-69,-89,-81,-64,-72,-10,-8,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. d4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 d6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Rac1 c5 12. Rfd1 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6).} Re8 13. Bh6 {[#] } Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bh8 14. Qf4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rb8 16. e3 Qc7 17. Qh4 b5 18. cxb5 Rxb5 19. b3 Qb6 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 {0-1 (45) Yoo,C (2455)-Mitrabha,G (2467) Chess.com INT 2021}) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qc3 Qc7 16. b3 Qb7 17. d5 b5 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 b4 20. Qf3 a5 21. e4 a4 22. Qf4 axb3 23. axb3 e5 24. dxe6 Rxe6 25. f3 Ra2 26. Ra1 Qa7 27. Rxa2 Qxa2 28. Qe3 {[#]} Qc2 $1 {[%CAl Rc2d1]} 29. Rf1 d5 ({Black should try} 29... Nd7 $17) 30. Rf2 $1 $11 { The position is equal.} Qc3 (30... d4 {feels hotter.} 31. Qg5 Nd7 32. f4 Re8 33. e5 Qa2) 31. Qxc5 dxe4 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. fxe4 Nxe4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 34. Rxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxf7 35. Qd5+ Kg7 {Hoping for ...Qd2+.} 36. Qxe4 Qxb3 37. Qe7+ Kg8 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Qe7+ { Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,99,18,32,5,32,19,17,-33,8,-31,-18,-28,14,10,10,18,33,0,8,-1,0,-8,0,0, 0,0,0,-7,-12,-21,-23,-21,0,0,24,0,0,-9,-8,-7,0,-16,-25,-17,-15,-33,-18,-23,33, 45,38,-27,201,41,49,47,257,95,367,118,577,589,649,521,643,629,29994,29995, 29998,29985,29995,2904,1680,602,29994,29995,29995,29990,29992,29993,29993, 29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line. C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} b4 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Bc2 { [#] The position is equal.} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... d5 14. Nf1 bxc3 15. bxc3 d4 16. Bd2 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Bb4 18. Bxb4 Rxb4 19. Rb1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 {0-1 (62) Gil Espla,J (2000)-Mangiavacchi,L (1900) Barcelona 1998}) 14. Nf1 d5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. a5 bxc3 17. bxc3 Na7 18. Ba4 c6 19. Qc2 dxe4 20. dxe4 Nb5 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bh4 Qe7 23. Rad1 Qe6 24. Re2 Na3 25. Qd3 Nb5 26. Rb2 Qe7 27. Rbd2 Qe6 28. Kh2 Nh5 29. Nxh5 Bxh5 30. g4 Bg6 31. Bg3 f6 32. Nh4 Bf7 33. Nf5 Kh7 (33... Bf8 $11) 34. Qf3 $1 $14 Rb7 35. Bc2 (35. h4 $14) 35... Na3 $2 {[#]} (35... Rf8 $11) 36. Bd3 $2 (36. Rd6 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rd6e6][%mdl 512]} Bxd6 37. Rxd6 Nxc2 (37... Qc4 38. Nxg7 $1) 38. Rxe6 Rxe6 39. Qd3) 36... Nb5 37. Be2 Rc7 $2 (37... Rf8 $14 ) 38. h4 $2 (38. c4 $18) 38... Qb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38... Bg6 $16 { was necessary.}) 39. Rd7 $2 (39. g5 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win. And now Nxg7! would win.} fxg5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Kg2) 39... Rec8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ( 39... Rxd7 $16 40. Rxd7 Qe6) 40. g5 $18 Nxc3 41. R7d3 Bb4 {[#]} 42. Nxg7 $1 { [%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Decoy} Kxg7 (42... Rf8 43. Rc1) 43. Qxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 44. Bxe5 Qe6 45. Qg7+ (45. Rd8+ $142 Rxd8 46. Rxd8+ Qe8 47. Qxh6+ Ke7 48. Bf6+ Ke6 49. Bg4#) 45... Ke8 46. Bxc7 (46. Qh8+ $142 Bf8 47. Bxc3) 46... Be7 47. Qh8+ {White mates.} Bg8 48. Qxc3 Rxc7 49. Bh5+ Kf8 50. Rf3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.43/Black=0.78} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,92,40,30,40,-4,41,9,44,54,57,26,28,22,16,31,45,35,39,32,56,53,56,56, 112,109,120,118,112,112,112,118,102,51,38,50,59,49,76,76,72,11,25,-17,15,15,12, 12,12,13,21,13,13,17,49,20,20,14,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nc3 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 8.0-0.} Qc7 {A13: English Opening: 1... e6.} 9. d4 b6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. e4 { [#] aiming for e5.} cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. f4 {[#]} Rfd8 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 17... Qb8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nf5 exf5 21. Rxd5 Qa7 22. Qxf5 b5+ 23. Kh1 Nb6 {1-0 (94) Vidit,S (2687)-Batchuluun,T (2525) Chengdu 2017} ) 18. e5 {Black must now prevent Bxb7.} Ng4 (18... Ne8 $1 $14) 19. Bxb7 $16 Qxb7 20. Qe2 h5 21. h3 Nh6 22. Qxh5 Nc5 23. Qf3 (23. Qh4 $16) 23... Qxf3 $14 24. Nxf3 Nf5 {Black wants to play ...Nd3.} 25. Ne2 Ne3 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. b4 ( 27. Ned4 $16) 27... Ne4 $11 28. g4 b5 (28... Rd3 {is more complex.} 29. Nfd4 Nd5 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. f5 exf5 32. gxf5 Rxh3 33. e6 fxe6 34. Nxe6 Rf3) 29. Ned4 { [#] Hoping for Re1.} Nd5 30. f5 exf5 31. gxf5 Nxb4 32. Rc7 Nd5 33. Ra7 Nf4 34. Rxa6 Nxh3+ 35. Kh2 Nf4 36. e6 fxe6 {The position is equal.} 37. Nxe6 Nxe6 38. Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd2 (38... Nd6 {keeps more tension.} 39. f6 gxf6 40. Rxf6 Ne4 41. Ra6 Rd3) 39. Kg2 Nxf3 40. Kxf3 {KR-KR} Ra8 41. Rb6 Rxa2 42. Rxb5 Ra6 43. Kf4 g6 44. fxg6 Rxg6 45. Rg5 Kh7 46. Rxg6 Kxg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.09} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "6"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,70,27,24,37,32,58,-32,-33,-31,-25,-34,-31,-44,-41,-45,-45,-77,-75, -103,-33,-45,-28,-73,-75,-79,-74,-81,-76,-64,-41,-60,-52,-55,-60,-55,-27,-43, -19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-24,-24,-59,-59,-72,-72,-72,-47,-72,0,-72,0,-72,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4 Qc7 9. g4 d5 {has lost popularity (9...b5). B84: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines without early Be3.} 10. exd5 Bb4 {[#]} 11. Bf3 $146 (11. dxe6 $14 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3) ({Predecessor:} 11. dxe6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Kf2 fxe6 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. Bf3 O-O 16. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 (16) Yemelin,V (2515)-Novikov,I (2590) Novgorod 1995 EXT 2000 [Novikov,I]}) 11... Nxd5 {Black is slightly better.} 12. Bxd5 {[#] Strongly threatening Bf3.} Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 exd5 14. Qd3 O-O 15. O-O-O Re8 16. Rde1 Nd7 {Threatens to win with ...Nc5.} 17. Nf5 Nc5 ({Black should try } 17... Nf6 $17 18. Rhg1 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Rac8) 18. Qxd5 $15 Bxf5 19. Qxc5 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 Bxg4 21. Rhg1 {[#] Rxe8+ is the strong threat.} Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 $17 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bf3 23. Re7 Bc6 24. Bb6 f6 25. Kd2 h5 26. Ke3 Kh7 (26... Bb5 {is more complex.} 27. f5 Rc8 28. Kd2 Bc6 29. c4 Bg2) 27. f5 Re8 28. Rxe8 Bxe8 $11 {KB-KB} 29. h4 Bd7 30. Kf4 Ba4 31. a3 Bxc2 32. Bc5 Bd3 33. Bd6 Bc2 34. Bc5 Bd3 35. Bd6 Bc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.14} ({ Better is} 35... Bb5 $17) 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "6"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,123,12,12,9,9,9,12,7,16,8,14,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,13,6,10,7,2,4,4,4,12,-23, -8,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,6,8,17,26,21,35,41,37,25,31,28,22,3,9,0,0,0,8, 7,42,41,135,147,141,134,145,149,284,323,341,340,319,333,318,285,920,910,843, 777,1615,1538,1278,1915,1505,1627,12834,12834,12837,12838,12838,12839,12839, 12839,12841,12842,12842,12843,12843,12843,12844,12844,12845,12845,12845,12845, 12845,12846,12847,12847,12847,12847,12848,12847]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 (4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Rb1 Nxc4 12. Bxb7 Bxb7 13. Rxb7 {1/2-1/2 (13) Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-Aronian,L (2772) Kolkata 2019}) 4... dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. Qd3 {The position is equal. 8.Qd3 scores better than 8.0-0.} Bc6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. O-O O-O {[#]} 12. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc4 Qd7 13. Qa4 Rac8 14. d3 Rfd8 15. Bd2 Nd5 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Rac1 Bf6 18. a3 {1/2-1/2 (27) Sebenik,M (2498)-Karacsonyi,G (2292) Chess.com INT 2020}) 12... Rd8 13. Qb1 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bb2 Qe6 16. e3 Bf6 17. Rc1 {White wants to play Bxf6.} b6 18. a3 a5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qd3 g6 21. Rab1 Rac8 22. Qb5 (22. Bxd5 Ne7 $15) 22... Ne7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 c4 25. d3 { [%CAl Rd3c4]} cxd3 26. Qxd3 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Qb2 28. Rb1 Qe5 29. Qb5 Qe6 30. Rd1 Kg7 31. h4 h5 32. Rd4 Qc6 33. Qd3 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qb2 35. Rf4 Rd6 36. e4 {[%CAl Re4d5]} d4 $2 {[#] White now steadily converts the win.} (36... Rf6 $14) 37. Qf3 $1 $16 Qa2 {Hoping for ...Nc6.} ({Not} 37... f6 $2 38. e5 $18) 38. e5 $36 { [%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Rd8 39. Rf6 {e6! is the strong threat.} Nf5 ( 39... Ng8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 40. Bh3 $18 ({And not} 40. Rxb6 d3 $11) 40... Qd5 41. Qf4 Nh6 {[#]} 42. e6 $1 {[%CAl Re6f7]} ({Inferior is} 42. Rxb6 d3 $11) 42... fxe6 43. Rxe6 {White wants to mate with Qf6+.} Rf8 (43... Ng8 44. Qc7+ Rd7 45. Qxb6 Ne7) 44. Re7+ {White is clearly winning.} Rf7 {[#]} 45. Be6 $1 { [%mdl 512]} Ng4+ (45... Qxe6 46. Rxe6) 46. Kg1 Qxe6 47. Rxe6 Rxf4 48. gxf4 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} Nh6 49. Rxb6 Nf5 50. b5 Kf7 51. Rc6 d3 52. Rc3 Nd4 53. Rxd3 Nxb5 54. f5 gxf5 55. Rd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nc3 56. Rxf5+ Kg6 57. Re5 Na4 58. Kg2 Nb2 59. Kf3 Nc4 60. Rc5 Nd2+ 61. Kf4 Nb3 62. Rd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.13} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "6"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,79,29,16,15,13,8,13,32,9,20,3,6,6,10,-30,12,18,21,18,19,13,6,19,27,5, 18,-20,-20,-24,-24,-20,-27,-77,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,5,6,5,5,6,7,26,0,8,0,56,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 7. Nbd2 {7.a4 deserves study.} Ba7 8. a4 O-O {The position is equal.} 9. h3 { [#]} Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be6 10. O-O Bxc4 11. Nxc4 h6 12. Bh4 Ne7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nh4 Kh7 15. Qh5 Qd7 {1-0 (42) Nguyen Thi Thu,Q-Nguyen,T Ho Chi Minh City 2005}) 10. Bh4 Ne7 11. Bg3 Ng6 12. Bh2 Qe7 13. O-O $1 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Re1 Nd7 16. d4 f5 17. dxe5 Ndxe5 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Nd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Re3 fxe4 {...d5 is the strong threat.} ({Wrong is} 20... Nxb2 $2 21. Qc2 $18) 21. f3 {[#]} d5 ({Inferior is} 21... Nxb2 22. Qc2 $16) ( 21... Qd5 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rd5d4]} 22. Nxe4 Nxb2) 22. fxe4 $11 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nf2 24. Qe2 Rae8 {And now ...Nf4 would win.} 25. Re1 $1 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} c6 29. Bd6 Rd8 30. Bc7 Rc8 31. Bd6 Kg8 32. Re3 Kf7 33. Kf2 Rd8 34. Bc5 Re8 35. Rb3 b5 36. Rf3+ Ke6 37. Re3+ Kd7 38. Rf3 Ke6 39. Re3+ Kd7 40. Rf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.06} (40. axb5 $1 $14 axb5 41. Ra3) 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "6"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,86,0,0,-23,-2,5,28,8,75,61,55,55,81,0,0,0,34,27,53,76,112,-41,150,145, 163,165,158,158,172,106,115,95,93,93,143,46,46,47,59,59,54,60,56,49,63,62,74, 74,74,74,75,75,75,56,56,56,68,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog.} Bg4 7. e3 e6 8. Be2 {[#] White has an edge.} Be7 $146 (8... Nf6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 8... Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 b6 14. Qc2 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 (45) Rodriguez Lopez,R (2320)-Szabo,B (2350) Budapest 2011}) 9. Bxg7 $16 Rg8 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Nc3 (11. Qc1 $16) 11... Nxc3 $1 $11 12. dxc3 Qc7 13. Qd3 Bf5 14. e4 Bg6 15. O-O $2 (15. Rd1 $16) 15... Bh5 $2 (15... Qf4 $1 $15 {stays ahead.}) 16. Rad1 $16 Rd8 {[#]} 17. Qe3 Qb6 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. b4 ({White should play} 19. Nd2 $18 Bxe2 20. Qxe2) 19... cxb4 20. Qxb6 Bxb6 21. cxb4 Bg6 22. Bd3 (22. b5 $16 Na5 23. Nd2) 22... Bh5 $14 {[#] White must now prevent ... Bxf3.} 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Ke7 25. Rc1 Rd8 $1 {[%CAl Rd8d3]} 26. Rc3 f6 27. Bf4 e5 28. Be3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bg6 30. Kf2 Rd6 31. g4 Rc6 32. Rxc6 bxc6 $14 {KB-KB} 33. h4 (33. Ke2 $14) 33... h6 $11 { The position is equal.} 34. Ke2 Kd6 35. Kd2 Bf7 36. Kc3 Be6 37. Be2 Kc7 38. a4 {[%CAl Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Kb6 39. a5+ Kc7 40. Kc2 Kd6 41. Kc3 Kc7 42. Kc2 Kd6 43. Kc3 Kc7 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.17} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "6"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A31"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,130,22,23,28,25,25,10,0,2,-33,-33,-69,-64,-75,-56,-62,-46,-64,-62, -60,-25,-47,-18,-19,-19,-19,-18,-25,-25,-32,-22,-31,-16,-46,-45,-79,-84,-69, -31,-120,-104,-104,-72,-80,-42,-41,-32,-38,-37,-50,-33,-78,-31,-45,-21,-35,-21, -35,-35,-42,-36,-42,-5,-5,-9,-52,0,0,0,-14,-7,-58,-61,-54,-24,-108,-120,-108, -94,-131,-55,-158,-154,-170,-130,-309,-164,-232,-229,-353,-352,-291,-47,-258, -229,-347,-349,-795,-592,-651,-395,-29975,-29976,-6786,-1137,-6444,-5197, -29980,-29981,-29994,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29996,-29967,-29992,-29993,-29997, -29998]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Bd7 7. Nc3 g6 8. Nxc6 {A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4.} bxc6 9. e4 Bg7 {[#]} 10. Qe2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10. c5 dxc5 11. O-O Be6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Na4 Bxe5 14. Nxc5 Bf5 15. Bh6 Qd6 16. Rc1 g5 17. Bxg5 Rg8 18. Qa4 Rxg5 19. Nb7 Qd7 20. Nc5 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 (20) Lerner,K (2575)-Baklan,V (2571) Ordzhonikidze 2000}) 10... Bg4 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. b3 Ne5 13. Qe3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qc5 15. Qxc5 dxc5 16. O-O Rd8 (16... O-O-O {looks sharper.} 17. Bg5 Nd3 18. Na4 Rd7 19. Be3 Be2) 17. Be3 {[#]} Nxc4 $1 18. bxc4 {Black must now prevent Rac1.} Bxc3 19. Rab1 Bd4 20. e5 O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 21. Bh6 Bxe5 $1 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. h3 Bf5 24. Rfd1 Bd4 $1 25. Rbc1 Rb8 26. Rd2 ({Better is} 26. g4 $15 Be6 27. Rc2) 26... Rb6 27. g4 Be6 28. Bf3 Ra6 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Be2 Ra4 31. Rdc2 Rb4 32. Bf3 Rb6 33. Re2 Ra6 34. Rec2 Bf6 35. Rb1 Be5 36. Rb7 Bd6 37. Be4 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Bf3 Ra3 (39... Kg6 $15) 40. Rb3 $11 Ra4 41. Be2 h4 42. Rbc3 (42. Re3 $11) 42... Be5 43. Rb3 Bd4 44. Rb7 (44. Bd3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 44... Bf5 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rf5c2]} 45. Rd2 Kf6 46. Rc7 e6 (46... Bc3 $17 47. Rd1 Rxa2) 47. Bf3 (47. Bd3 $15) 47... Rxc4 48. Rxa7 Rc3 49. Re2 $2 (49. Rc7 $17) 49... e5 (49... c4 $142 50. Ra8 Bd3) 50. Ra6 (50. Rc7 {keeps fighting. }) 50... e4 51. Bxe4 (51. Rxc6+ $142 Kg5 52. Rxe4) 51... Bxh3+ $19 52. Kg1 {[#] } Bg4 $2 (52... Rc1+ $1 $19 53. Kh2 Bg4) 53. Re1 $2 {[#]} (53. Rxc6+ $15 Kg5 54. Rc2 Rg3+ 55. Kh2 Rh3+ 56. Kg1) 53... Kg5 $1 54. Rxc6 (54. Ra8 $142) 54... f5 55. Bg2 (55. Bd5 Rc2 56. Rf1) 55... Rc2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 56. Rf1 Be2 57. Kh1 $2 (57. Rb1 $19) 57... Bxf1 58. Bxf1 Rxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} (58... Rc1 $142 59. Kg1 h3) 59. Bc4 h3 60. Rc8 Rc2 {Black mates.} 61. Bb3 Re2 62. Rg8+ Kh4 63. a4 Be5 64. a5 h2 65. Bc4 Re1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.73/Black=0.34} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,127,10,13,13,13,7,14,8,8,10,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,13,14,8,50,1, 4,-8,-7,-3,-5,-7,-2,-7,-5,-2,-6,-2,-2,-4,0,-4,0,-15,-14,-21,-21,-29,-29,-29, -31,-29,-25,-58,-56,-65,-58,-150,-128,-145,-98,-115,-92,-92,-92,-92,-93,-127, -66,-114,-95,-106,-58,-69,-58,-58,-58,-58,-68,-65,-65,-65,-65,-66,-65,-131, -112,-117,-115,-86,-54,-171,-204,-181,-177,-164,-157,-245,-122,-515,-492,-665, -663,-535,-237,-240,-167,-561,-552,-29976,-82,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983, -29983,-29984,-29982]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Qa4 Be7 12. d3 O-O 13. Bd2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 b6 15. Rac1 {[#]} Nd5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A top novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 15... h6 16. Be1 Rc7 17. e3 Nb4 18. Nb5 a6 19. Bxb4 axb5 20. Qc2 Ra7 21. Be1 Rxa2 {1/2-1/2 (28) Artemiev,V (2671)-Riazantsev,A (2671) St Petersburg 2015}) 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. e3 Bf8 18. Bc3 d4 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Bh3 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nxc1 23. Bxd7 Rd8 24. Rxc1 Rxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 25. Ke2 f5 26. a4 Kf7 27. Bd2 Ke6 28. Rc4 Kd5 29. Bc3 g6 30. h3 a6 31. Bd2 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rc2 Ra7 34. Be3 (34. Rc1 $15) 34... Ra4 (34... Ra2) 35. Kd1 Bd6 36. Re2 f4 37. gxf4 Bxf4 38. Kc2 Bd6 39. Bg5 Be5 (39... Bf4 $17 40. Bf6 Ra1) 40. f3 Ra1 41. Bc1 Ra7 42. f4 $1 Bd6 43. Re8 Rf7 44. Rh8 Re7 45. Kd1 Bc7 46. Bd2 Kd4 47. Kc2 b4 48. Rc8 (48. b3 $15) 48... b3+ 49. Kxb3 Kxd3 50. Bc3 c4+ 51. Ka4 (51. Kb4 $15) 51... Bxf4 $19 52. Rd8+ Ke3 53. Kb5 {[#]} Re4 54. Bd2+ (54. Rg8 $17) 54... Kf3 (54... Ke2 $19 {has better winning chances.} 55. Bxf4 Rxf4) 55. Bc3 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Bxf4 $17 {was the crucial defense.} Kxf4 56. Rc8) 55... h5 56. Bd4 g5 57. Kc5 g4 (57... Kg3 $142 58. Kd5 Re1) 58. hxg4 hxg4 { aiming for .. .g3.} 59. Rf8 $2 (59. Kd5) 59... g3 {...Rxd4! is the strong threat.} 60. Kd5 {[#]} g2 61. Rg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (61. Bg1 $17) 61... Rxd4+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Black mates.} 62. Kxd4 Bg3 63. Rf8+ Ke2 64. Re8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.46/Black=0.25} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,110,5,5,2,18,6,8,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,2,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-16,0,-17,0,0,0, -42,-56,-92,-102,-134,-123,-133,-132,-132,-127,-126,-125,-128,-118,-154,-142, -143,-98,-157,-129,-111,-97,-98,-89,-95,-87,-89,4,10,30,13,45,14,14,14,14,14, 14,14,16,17,19,5,125,127,208,207,184,0,0,0,0,-380,-418,-1348,-1348,-1339,-1279, -758,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2... Nf6 3 Bf4.} c5 7. c3 Bxf4 8. exf4 b6 9. Qe2 a5 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 { [%CAl Bb8a6,Ba6b4,Bb4c6,Bc6b4,Bb4c2][%mdl 32]} 12. Ne5 Qd6 {[#]} 13. h4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 13. Ndf3 Ne4 14. g3 f6 15. Ng4 Nb8 16. Rad1 Nc6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne3 Rad8 19. f5 {1/2-1/2 (59) Sadhwani,R (2545)-Jianu,V (2532) Chess.com INT 2021}) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Nb4 16. Ndf3 Nc6 17. Qb5 {[#]} Qb4 $1 18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. Rc3 Ne4 20. Rb3 b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 21. a3 Nc2 22. Rd1 b4 23. a4 Rc7 24. h5 Rac8 25. g3 f6 26. Ng4 Kf7 27. Kg2 Rc4 28. Rbd3 (28. h6 $142) 28... Nd6 29. h6 Nf5 30. hxg7 h5 ({But not} 30... Nxg7 $6 31. Nh6+ Ke8 32. Ng8 $11) 31. Ngh2 Kxg7 32. Nf1 Kf7 (32... b3 $1 $17 33. Rxb3 Rxa4) 33. N1d2 $11 Rxd4 (33... R4c7 {looks sharper.} 34. Nb3 Nd6 35. R1d2 Nc4 36. Rxc2 Ne3+) 34. Nxd4 Ncxd4 35. Nf3 (35. Nf1 $5 {[%CAl Rd3d4]}) 35... Nxf3 36. Kxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Nd6 37. Re1 Rc2 38. Re2 $1 {[%CAl Re2c2] } Rc1 39. Kg2 Nf5 40. Rdd2 {White wants to play Rc2.} Rc4 (40... Rb1 $11 { remains equal.}) 41. Rc2 $1 $16 Ke7 (41... Nd6 $16) 42. Rxc4 $18 dxc4 {[#] KR-KN} 43. Re4 $2 (43. Rc2 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rc2c4]}) 43... Nd6 $11 {[%CAl Rd6e4]} 44. Rd4 b3 45. Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Kh3 $11) 45... c3 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rc3c2] Threatens to win with ...c2.} 46. bxc3 (46. Rd3 $142 c2 47. Rc3) 46... b2 47. Rd1 {[#]} Nc4 $1 48. Ke4 Nd2+ $2 (48... Na3 49. c4 b1=Q+ 50. Rxb1 Nxb1 $19) 49. Kd3 $1 $11 {[%CAl Rd3d2] The position is equal.} b1=Q+ 50. Rxb1 Nxb1 {KN-KP} 51. Kc2 $1 {[%CAl Rc2b1]} Na3+ 52. Kb3 Nb1 {White must now prevent ...Nd2+.} 53. Kc2 Na3+ 54. Kb3 Nb1 {...Nd2+ is the strong threat.} 55. Kc2 Na3+ {What a bad dream for Black. Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/Black=0.22} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,118,0,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,24,0,0,-10,33,35,46,18,155,53,68,40,72,57,79,43, 44,43,43,43,43,44,43,46,44,44,45,45,48,0,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-157,-142,-165, -70,-212,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Na3 Bd7 {C02: French: Advance Variation.} 9. O-O Nb4 10. h4 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a6 11. Bf4 Nc8 12. Qd2 Na7 13. Rfc1 h6 14. Rc3 Be7 15. h5 Ba4 16. b3 Bd7 {1-0 (43) Shirov,A (2699)-Roiz,M (2605) Sochi 2007}) 11. h5 h6 12. Bf4 a6 13. Qd2 Nec6 14. Rfc1 Be7 15. Be3 Kd8 $6 {[#]} (15... O-O) 16. Rc3 (16. Nc4 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rc4b6][%mdl 512]} dxc4 ( 16... Qc7 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Bf4 Qf8 20. a3) 17. d5) 16... Na7 $14 17. Nc2 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Bb5 19. Rc1 {[%CAl Rc3c8]} Kd7 20. Bxb5+ axb5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qh7 {Threatens to win with Rxc8.} Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Bf8 24. g4 {Black must now prevent Bxh6!} Nc6 25. Be3 Qd8 26. Qg8 Qe8 (26... Ke8 {keeps more tension.} 27. Kg2 Ne7 28. Qh7 Qa5 29. Qd3 Nc6) 27. g5 Ne7 $1 {[%CAl Re7g8]} 28. gxh6 Nxg8 29. h7 Ne7 {...Ng6! is the strong threat.} 30. h8=Q Nf5 31. Kg2 Be7 32. Qh7 $2 ({White must play} 32. Qxe8+ $11 Kxe8 33. Bf4) 32... Qc8 $17 { Hoping for ...Qc2.} 33. Bg5 {[#]} Qc2 (33... b4 $1 $19 34. h6 gxh6) 34. Qg8 { [#]} (34. Qh8 $1 $15) 34... Qe4 $2 ({Better is} 34... f6 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rf6g5]} 35. exf6 gxf6) 35. Bxe7 $11 {Intending Qd8+ and mate.The position is equal.} Kxe7 36. Qc8 Nh4+ 37. Kh3 Qxf3+ 38. Kxh4 Qxf2+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 39. Kh3 Qf3+ 40. Kh4 Qe4+ 41. Kg3 Qe3+ (41... Qxd4 {looks sharper.} 42. Qxb7+ Ke8 43. Qb8+ Ke7 44. Qb7+) 42. Kg2 Qe2+ (42... Qxd4 {feels hotter.} 43. Qc7+ Ke8 44. Qc8+ Ke7) 43. Kg3 Qd3+ (43... Qxh5 {looks sharper.} 44. Qc7+ Ke8 45. Qc8+ Ke7) 44. Kg2 Qe4+ (44... Qxd4 {is interesting.} 45. Qc7+ Ke8 46. Qc8+ Ke7) 45. Kg3 Qe1+ 46. Kg2 Qd2+ (46... b4 {looks sharper.} 47. Qxb7+ Kf8 48. Qb8+ Ke7 49. Qb7+) 47. Kf3 Qd3+ (47... b6 {is interesting.} 48. Qc7+ Ke8 49. Qb8+ Ke7 50. Qd6+ Ke8) 48. Kg2 Qe4+ (48... Qxd4 {feels hotter.} 49. Qc7+ Ke8 50. Qc8+ Ke7) 49. Kg3 Qe3+ (49... Qxd4 {looks sharper.} 50. Qxb7+ Ke8 51. Qb8+ Ke7 52. Qb7+) 50. Kg2 Qg5+ (50... g5 {keeps more tension.} 51. Qc5+ Ke8 52. Qc8+ Ke7 53. Qc5+ ) 51. Kf2 Qh4+ (51... Qxh5 {with more complications.} 52. Qc7+ Ke8 53. Qc8+ Ke7 ) 52. Kf1 Qf4+ (52... Qxh5 {is more complex.} 53. Qxb7+ Kf8 54. Qa8+ Ke7 55. Qb7+) 53. Ke1 Qe3+ 54. Kf1 Qf3+ 55. Kg1 Qd1+ 56. Kg2 Qg4+ 57. Kf1 Qf4+ 58. Kg2 Qd2+ 59. Kg3 Qe3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.16} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,64,6,7,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,21,26,16,37,-1,27,6,23,16,17,-13,41,37,29,10, 18,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-14,-14,0,0,-6,-48,-43,-160,-154,-143,-153,-665,-656, -668,-667,-642,-640,-1115,-1036,-5010,-4986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bb5 {D00:1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} e6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nd2 {The position is equal.} Bxc5 9. Ngf3 c3 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} 10. bxc3 O-O 11. O-O {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Kh8 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (43) Sorokin,A (2524)-Paravyan,D (2634) Khanty-Mansiysk 2018}) 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. Qh5 Qf6 15. Rfd1 Qg6 (15... Rfd8 $11) 16. Qe2 $14 Rfd8 17. N2f3 (17. Bxc6 {is interesting.} Bxc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qc4) 17... Qf6 18. e4 (18. Nxc6 $11 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 bxc6 21. Qd7) 18... Bb6 19. exf5 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qxf5 21. Bd3 Qf6 22. Qe4 h6 23. Qg4+ (23. Qxb7 $2 Bc6 $19) 23... Qg7 24. Qh4 Ba4 25. Re1 {Hoping for Re4.} Bxd4 26. Re4 (26. Rb4 $15 Bf6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 27. Qh3) 26... Bf6 $17 27. Qh3 Rxd3 28. Rg4 $2 {[#] Loses the game.} (28. Rxa4 $17 Rdc3 29. Rf1) 28... Bg5 $1 $19 { Black is clearly winning.} 29. Rxa4 {[#]} Qb2 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Rf1 (30. Re1 Rc1 31. Rae4 Qb1) 30... Rc1 31. g4 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.82/ Black=0.09} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,81,18,28,28,216,42,73,62,97,90,131,104,103,106,110,112,104,108,105, 100,110,109,114,111,288,290,280,237,325,319,325,318,342,352,345,337,347,341, 364,354,417,417,480,474,472,468,578,562,559,570,556,544,612,591,638,654,781, 781,782,804,1043,1046,999,1018,1066,1000,1159,1093,1066,1043,1000,969,1291, 1180]} 1. b3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Qe2 Nc6 {[#]} 5. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor: } 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. g3 Nge7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. d4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 {0-1 (40) Harikrishna,P (2727)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Beijing 2014}) 5... Bc5 6. O-O-O {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening.} Qe7 $2 (6... a5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 7. Kb1 $2 (7. Nb5 $18 O-O-O 8. Bxg7) 7... Nf6 8. Nb5 { White is better.} O-O 9. d4 Bb4 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Qxe2 12. Bxe2 Ne7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxc7 Rac8 {[#]} 15. Bf3 $1 d6 {[#]} 16. Nb5 {[%CAl Bc7b5,Bb5d4,Bd4c2, Bc2e3][%mdl 32]} Rc5 $2 (16... a6 $16) 17. c4 $18 ({Not} 17. Nxd6 Bxd5 18. c4 Rc6 $16) ({Weaker is} 17. Nxa7 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 $14) 17... Rd8 18. a3 Ba5 19. Ne2 a6 20. Nbd4 Rcc8 21. b4 Bxb4 22. axb4 Rxc4 23. Nc2 Rdc8 24. Rd2 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Ne3 {White is clearly winning.} Rb4+ 27. Rb2 Ba6 28. Rxb4 axb4 29. Nd4 Ng6 30. Rc1 Ra8 31. Be4 Nf4 32. Rc6 Bb7 33. Rxd6 Re8 34. f3 h5 35. Rxf6 Nd3 36. Nef5 Nc5 37. Nd6 Rd8 38. Nxb7 Nxb7 39. Nf5 Nc5 40. Rc6 Na4 41. Kc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.51} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "165"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,165,18,7,27,20,27,-37,27,21,15,0,30,19,20,0,0,-4,-10,-9,0,-7,25,0,18, -7,0,0,0,-15,-15,-15,-14,-29,0,-15,-5,-78,-2,-7,9,11,11,10,12,5,12,6,4,8,31,7, 53,17,15,10,8,8,8,8,16,10,18,16,14,10,9,7,7,0,6,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O b6 9. a3 Bxc3 $1 { 9...Bxc3 scores better than 9...cxd4.} 10. bxc3 Bb7 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4.} 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Rc1 {[#]} (12. Qe2 $11 ) 12... Rd8 $146 ({Black should try} 12... Ng4 $1 $15 13. g3 Qc6) ({ Predecessor:} 12... Ng4 13. g3 Qc6 14. Be2 c4 15. h3 Nf6 16. a4 Nbd7 17. Kh2 Ne4 18. Ba3 Rfd8 {0-1 (52) Vuckovic,B (2626)-Wirig,A (2480) Aix les Bains 2011} ) 13. Re1 Nc6 {[%CAl Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 14. Bf1 Ne7 15. h3 Rac8 16. Bd3 Be4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. c4 Ng6 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Red1 e5 21. Qf5 {[%CAl Rd4e5]} exd4 22. exd4 Qf4 23. Qxf4 Nxf4 24. Kf1 cxd4 25. Nxd4 h5 26. f3 Kh7 27. Kf2 (27. h4 $11 {remains equal.}) 27... Rd7 ({Black should play} 27... h4 $17) 28. h4 $11 Rcd8 29. g3 Ng6 30. c5 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Ne7 32. Re1 Rb8 33. Ba1 Ned5 34. Rd1 Rbb7 35. Nf5 {Black should prevent Nxg7!} Rbc7 {The position is equal.} 36. Rdc1 Rb7 37. Ra5 Kg6 38. Nd4 Ne7 39. Rg5+ Kh7 40. Re1 Rd5 41. Rge5 Ng6 42. Rxd5 Nxd5 43. Nf5 f6 44. Bd4 Nge7 45. Nd6 Rd7 46. Bc5 Nc6 47. Rd1 Nc3 48. Rc1 Na4 {[#] ...Ne5 is the strong threat.} 49. Ne4 Ne5 {Threatens to win with ... Nd3+.} 50. Ke2 Nd3 51. Rc4 {[%CAl Rc4a4]} Naxc5 52. Nxc5 Nxc5 53. Rxc5 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kg6 54. Ra5 Rb7 55. Ke3 Rb3+ 56. Ke4 Rb7 57. Kf4 Rc7 58. Ke3 Rc3+ 59. Ke4 Rc7 60. Kd4 Rb7 61. Ke4 Rc7 62. Ke3 Rb7 63. g4 hxg4 64. fxg4 Rb3+ 65. Kf4 Rb7 66. h5+ Kh6 67. Kf5 Re7 68. Kf4 (68. Ra6 {is interesting. } Rc7 69. a4 Re7 70. g5+ Kxh5 71. gxf6 Rf7 72. a5) 68... g6 69. hxg6 Kxg6 70. Ra6 Kf7 71. Kg3 Kg6 72. Kf3 Kg5 73. Ra5+ Kg6 74. Kf4 Rc7 75. Ra6 Rc4+ 76. Kg3 Rc7 77. a4 Rb7 78. Ra5 Rc7 79. Ra6 Rb7 80. Kf4 Rb4+ 81. Kf3 Rb7 82. Kf4 Rb4+ 83. Kf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.09} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,130,49,35,173,130,125,140,140,139,125,111,120,102,123,123,133,89,81, 71,113,133,154,160,228,209,208,215,309,326,287,245,244,-366,-377,-370,-366, -365,-370,-356,-370,-359,-360,-330,-332,-393,-260,-240,-229,-230,578,575,584, 577,552,537,515,496,699,686,711,627,626,618,591,568,622,634,665,655,614,348, 360,360,360,358,322,62,62,62,504,198,270,64,115,28,12,-572,-575,-723,-431,-769, -13,-394,-304,-29976,-29977,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29986,-5385,-29990, -29991,-29991,-29964,-29993,-29985,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29995,-29996, -29996,-29997,-29997,-663]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 g6 8. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%CAl Rb3f7]} Nxe5 $2 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} (8... d5 $14) 9. Qxd4 f6 $2 {[#]} 10. Qxe5 {[%csl Gg5][%CAl Rb3f7][%mdl 512]} d5 {[#] White is clearly better.} 11. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qg3 fxg5 12. Qe5 Rg8 13. Bxg5 Bg7 14. Qe2 Kf7 15. Qf3+ Bf6 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. O-O { 1-0 (31) Vajda,S (2270)-Veneteanu,I (2225) Bucharest 1998}) 11... fxg5 12. Bxg5 Bg7 13. O-O Qd6 14. Na3 Bd7 15. Rad1 e6 16. Nb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Bxb5 17. Qxb5+ Qd7 18. Qb4 {Strongly threatening Bxd5!} h6 (18... Bf8 $16 19. Qg4 Bc5) 19. Bh4 $18 g5 20. Bg3 Qe7 (20... Bf8 $142 21. Qg4 Bc5) 21. Bd6 Qd7 22. Rfe1 {Hoping for Rxd5.} O-O-O 23. Rxe6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ( 23. Qc5+ Qc6 24. Rxe6) 23... Qxe6 $19 24. Qc5+ Kd7 25. Qc7+ Ke8 26. Qxg7 Rg8 27. Qxb7 {Threatens to win with Bc5.} Rxd6 28. Qxa7 Kf8 29. a4 Nd7 30. Bxd5 { [#]} Kg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. c4 {[#]} Qf6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Re8 $1 $19 { [%mdl 512] and life is good for Black.} 32. h4 (32. f3 Qe2) 32... Qg4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 32. c5 $18 Re8 33. cxd6 Qxd6 34. g3 Re7 35. Bf3 Qe6 (35... Ne5 $142 36. Qa8 Qc5) 36. Qd4+ Ne5 37. Bg2 Rd7 38. Bd5 Qf6 {...Nf3+! is the strong threat.} 39. Qe4 Re7 40. Kg2 h5 41. a5 h4 42. a6 h3+ 43. Kg1 ({Weaker is } 43. Kxh3 Qxf2 44. a7 (44. Re1 $2 g4+ 45. Qxg4+ Nxg4 $17) 44... g4+ 45. Qxg4+ Nxg4 $17) 43... Qxa6 44. Qf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qh6 45. Bb3 $2 (45. b4 $18) 45... Qh5 $1 $14 {[%CAl Rh5d1]} 46. Kh1 Ng4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Qe2 $14) 47. Rf1 $2 (47. Rd7 Rxd7 48. Qxd7+ Kh6 49. Qe6+ Qg6 (49... Kg7 50. Qg8+) 50. Kg1) 47... Nf6 (47... Nh6 $142 48. Qd5 Qg6) 48. Qd3 $2 (48. Bd1 $18 Qg6 49. Qxh3) 48... Qe8 (48... g4 $1 $14) 49. f3 ({White should try} 49. Bc4 $16) 49... Re3 $1 $11 {[%CAl Re3d3]} 50. Qf5 {[%mdl 8192]} (50. Qc2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 50... Rxb3 $19 51. Qxg5+ Kf7 {( -> ...Qe2!)} 52. Qh4 {[#]} (52. Qh6 $142 Qe6 53. Ra1) 52... Qe6 $2 (52... Qc8 $1 $19 {And now ...Rxf3! would win.} 53. Qd4 Qc2 54. Qa7+ Kg6) 53. Qd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. g4 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 53... Qe2 {[%csl Gh3][%CAl Re2g2]} 54. Qf2 (54. Qa7+ $19 Kg6 55. Qf2 Qxb2 56. Qxb2 Rxb2 57. g4) 54... Qb5 55. Rb1 Qd5 56. Rf1 Ng4 57. Qe2 Ne5 ( 57... Re3 $142 58. Qc2 Rxf3 59. Rxf3+ Qxf3+ 60. Kg1 Qe3+ 61. Kf1 {[#]} Nxh2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 62. Qxh2 Qc1+ 63. Ke2 Qc2+ 64. Kf3 Qxh2 65. g4 Qxb2 66. Kf4 h2 67. g5 Qd4+ 68. Kg3 h1=Q 69. g6+ Kg8 70. g7 Qdh4#) 58. Qe4 Qxe4 { Black mates.} 59. fxe4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Ke6 60. Rf2 Ng4 61. Re2 Rd3 62. Re1 Rd2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 63. Rb1 Rxh2+ 64. Kg1 Rg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 65. Kf1 Ne3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.41/Black=0.57} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,58,-21,-9,-50,-45,-66,-74,-92,-92,-105,-47,-58,97,-35,-54,-41,-44, -33,-41,-63,-60,-102,-60,-62,-54,-56,0,-1,-2,-230,-231,-193,-186,-273,-270, -319,-170,-455,-440,-637,-635,-594,-572,-1642,-1550]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. e4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3.} a6 10. Bf4 b5 {[#]} 11. Qd2 $146 {Black is better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Na5 13. Rfe1 Nb3 14. h4 Re8 15. Ng5 g6 16. d5 exd5 17. e5 {1-0 (34) Buhmann,R (2597)-Parligras,M (2589) Germany 2014}) 11... Na5 12. Rad1 c5 (12... Nb3 $17 13. Qc2 Bb7) 13. Qc2 Qb6 $2 (13... Bb7 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 14. d5 ({White should play} 14. dxc5 $16 Qxc5 15. e5) 14... Bb7 $15 15. d6 Bd8 16. e5 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Nb3 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Ne4 $1 h6 20. g4 f5 (20... Bc6 $15) 21. exf6 $1 $11 Nxf6 ({Worse is} 21... Bxf6 22. g5 $18) 22. Ne5 $2 {[#] Now White is beyond hope.} (22. Nxf6+ $11 Bxf6 23. g5 Bxf3 24. Bxf3) 22... Bxe4 $1 $19 23. Bxe4 Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 24. Qb1 (24. d7 $142 Rb8 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Ng6) 24... Qxd6 25. Bg2 Bc7 ({Don't do} 25... Qxe5 26. Bxd4 Qg5 27. Bc3 $19) (25... Ba5 $142 26. Bd2 Bxd2 27. Rxd2 Nd5) 26. f4 $2 (26. Bxh6 {is the only way for White.} Qe7 27. Ng6 ) 26... Nd5 {Black is clearly winning.} 27. Qg6 (27. Qe4 $142) 27... Nxf4 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. g5 {[#]} Ne2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.84/ Black=0.25} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,70,-4,-16,-12,-20,-12,0,0,-2,-8,-4,0,-3,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,9,26,15,4, -8,-15,-8,-8,-22,14,0,0,0,0,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,0,-18,-3,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-12, -44,0,-10,0,-16,0,0,0,-19,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. d3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} e5 7. Bd2 Nge7 8. h4 h6 9. Bc3 {[%CAl Rc4e5]} f6 10. Qb3 a5 11. a4 Be6 12. Bh3 Bxh3 13. Rxh3 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc8 14. Rh1 h5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc6 18. Bc3 Qe6 19. O-O-O b6 {1-0 (67) Banusz,T (2631)-Parkhov,Y (2424) Tornelo INT 2021}) 14. O-O-O Qd5 15. e4 Qe6 16. Rhh1 h5 17. Nxa5 Qxb3 18. Nxb3 Rxa4 19. Kc2 Kf7 (19... Nb4+ {feels hotter.} 20. Bxb4 Rxb4 21. Ra1 f5 22. Ra8+ Kd7) 20. Ra1 Rha8 21. Rxa4 Rxa4 22. Rd1 Nc8 23. d4 {With the idea dxe5.} Nd6 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Nbd2 Bf6 ({Not} 25... Nxe4 $2 26. Nxe4 Ke7 27. b4 $18) 26. b3 Ra2+ 27. Kb1 Ra8 28. Rc1 Nb5 29. Nc4 Ke6 30. Ne3 (30. Bb2 $5 {[%CAl Rc4b6]} Ncd4 31. Nxd4+ exd4 32. Kc2 $11) 30... Ne7 31. Bb2 {The position is equal.} Rd8 32. Rc4 Ra8 33. Rc1 Rd8 34. Rc4 Ra8 35. Rc1 Rd8 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,122,3,-3,7,24,-37,-21,-23,-10,-22,-18,-30,-18,-21,-24,-16,0,-16,-16, -14,-19,-20,-21,-26,0,-30,0,0,0,0,6,7,10,7,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-16,0,0,72,0,0, 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,-105,-80,-722,-713, -720,-703,-672,-626,-490,-402,-29946,-29940,-29948,-29950,-29949,-29952,-29953, -29953,-29954,-29953,-29951,-29949,-29957,-29962,-29962,-29963,-29961,-29963, -29964,-29964,-29958,-29964,-29954,-29950,-9992,-5795,-29991,-29992]} 1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nc5 6. Nf3 {A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black.} d6 7. Bc2 ({White should try} 7. Be2 $11) 7... Nc6 $15 8. exd6 {The position is equal.} Qxd6 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Be3 $1 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nb4 11. Na3 Bg4 12. Rd1 Nxc2+ 13. Nxc2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bg7 15. Qd5 Ne6 16. Qxb7 O-O {1-0 (44) Murey,J (2500)-Jansa,V (2475) Thessaloniki 1984}) 11. Nc3 {And now Nd5 would win.} Bxf3 12. Qxf3 {Nd5 is the strong threat.} Nd4 13. Qd1 O-O-O {aiming for ...Bh6.} 14. Nd5 Nxc2+ 15. Qxc2 Qe4 { [%CAl Re4c2]} 16. O-O-O c6 (16... Qxg2 {feels hotter.} 17. Bd4 Rg8 18. Rhe1 Bd6 19. b4 Ne6) 17. Nc3 (17. Nb4 {seems wilder.} Qxc2+ 18. Kxc2 Be7 19. b3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Re8 21. Nd3) 17... Qxc2+ (17... Qxc4 {keeps more tension.} 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Rd1+ Kc8 20. b3 Qe6) 18. Kxc2 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 a6 20. b4 Ne6 21. a3 b5 22. c5 Be7 23. a4 Rd8 24. Ra1 Kb7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ne4 Ra8 27. Rd1 {Black must now prevent Rd7+.} Rd8 (27... Kc7 $11 {remains equal.}) 28. Nd6+ (28. Rxd8 $16 Nxd8 29. Bg5 Bxg5 30. Nxg5) 28... Bxd6 $11 29. cxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} ({ Much worse is} 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. cxd6 Kc8 $17) 29... Ra8 30. Kb3 Kc8 31. Bc5 Kd7 32. Re1 Ra6 33. g3 h5 34. h4 f5 35. f3 Ra8 36. Rg1 Ra4 37. Rc1 Ra8 38. Re1 Ra6 39. Kb2 Ra8 40. Rg1 Ra4 41. Rc1 Nxc5 42. bxc5 {KR-KR} f4 43. gxf4 (43. g4 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 43... Rxf4 $17 44. Kb3 $2 { [%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (44. Rg1 $17) 44... Rxh4 $19 45. Rg1 Rc4 46. Rg5 h4 47. f4 h3 {( -> ...h2)} 48. Rxg6 {[#]} (48. Re5 $19) 48... Rxc5 49. Rh6 Rf5 50. Rxh3 Rxf4 51. Rd3 Rf6 52. Kb4 Rxd6 53. Rh3 Rd4+ 54. Kc5 Rc4+ 55. Kb6 b4 56. Rd3+ Ke6 57. Ka5 c5 58. Ka4 Ke5 59. Kb3 Rd4 60. Rh3 Re4 61. Rd3 c4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/ Black=0.06} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "9"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,56,42,33,56,26,97,102,107,102,129,106,134,43,217,209,231,210,188,182, 425,375,532,516,514,473,487,106,123,97,103,-178,-8,-109,93,-91,-88,-88,0,-186, -166,-329,-302]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. O-O Nh6 {is the new trend.} 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. Qd2 a6 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line. C02: French: Advance Variation.} 10. Na3 Rg8 (10... cxd4 $11 { keeps the balance.} 11. cxd4 Bg7) 11. Nc2 $16 {[#]} h5 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 O-O-O 13. b4 Ne7 14. a4 Kb8 15. Rfb1 Rc8 16. Ne3 Ng6 17. a5 Qd8 {1-0 (27) Shirov,A (2647)-Bychkov,V (2303) Chess.com INT 2020}) 12. Rab1 a5 13. Rfd1 Be7 14. c4 (14. dxc5 $16 Bxc5 15. Ncd4) 14... dxc4 $2 (14... O-O-O $14) 15. dxc5 $18 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} ({Weaker is} 15. Bxc4 O-O-O $14) 15... Qc7 16. Na3 ({Less strong is} 16. Bxc4 Bxc5 17. Qe2 O-O-O $14) 16... Bxc5 17. Nxc4 Rd8 $2 (17... O-O-O 18. Nd6+ Bxd6) 18. Rbc1 Rg7 (18... Bc8 $142) 19. Qh6 Kf8 20. Ng5 Kg8 21. Bd3 $2 (21. Nd6 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} b6 22. Nde4) 21... Nxe5 $16 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23. Ne3 $16 {keeps the pressure on.} Bc6 24. Be4 (24. Rxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Qd8 $11) 24... Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1) 23... Nxc4 $2 (23... Nf3+ $1 $19 24. Kf1 Nxh2+ 25. Ke2 Ng4 26. Qxh5 Be7 27. Nxa5 Qe5 28. Qxe5 Nxe5) 24. b3 { [#]} (24. Bg6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 24... Bc6 $2 25. bxc4 $2 (25. Nxc5 $16 { is forced if you want to stay better.} Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1) 25... Ba3 26. Rb1 Be7 ( 26... Rxd1+ $17 27. Rxd1 Qe5) 27. Rxd8+ $2 (27. Ng3 $1 $11 Bg5 28. Qxh5) 27... Qxd8 $19 28. Re1 $2 (28. Ng3 Bg5 29. Qxh5) 28... Qd4 {Quite a comeback for Black. Weighted Error Value: White=1.02/Black=0.75} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "9"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A62"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,86,27,16,87,86,83,91,80,70,86,85,84,82,87,54,64,49,42,40,37,37,49,15, 27,11,22,0,0,0,0,0,18,15,28,49,49,0,0,-37,-7,-178,-173,-217,-212,-194,-204, -202,-201,-200,-121,-109,-122,-119,-109,-113,-114,-134,-125,-117,-127,-143, -131,-322,-341,-306,-305,-314,-314,-558,-498,-29981,-29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. O-O Bf5 { [#] A62: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation without early ...Nbd7.} (9... Re8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 10. Nd2 $1 $16 Na6 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} 11. e4 Bg4 {White is better.} 12. f3 Bd7 13. Nc4 Ne8 {[#]} 14. a4 $1 Nb4 {[#]} 15. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Qd2 a6 17. Kh1 Rb8 18. Nb6 Qd8 19. a5 Bb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Bh3 {0-1 (41) Borsuk,K (2413)-Dubov,D (2702) Chess.com INT 2020}) 15... a6 16. a5 Bb5 17. Bf1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nf6 19. Kg2 Nd7 20. f4 Re8 21. Ra3 b5 22. axb6 $1 Nxb6 23. Bf1 Qd7 24. Be3 Qb7 25. Bf2 Re7 26. Be2 Rae8 27. Bf3 Nc4 28. Rb3 {[#]} (28. e5 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 28... Nxb2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Qd2 (29. Qe2 N2d3) 29... N2d3 30. Reb1 Nxf2 31. Qxf2 a5 32. e5 {next Ne4 is good for White.} dxe5 {Strongly threatening ...c4.} 33. d6 {[#]} e4 $1 34. dxe7 exf3+ 35. Qxf3 Qxe7 36. R3b2 Qd7 37. Rd1 Bd4 38. Re2 a4 39. Rxe8+ $2 (39. f5 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 39... Qxe8 40. Ne4 Qc6 41. Nd2 {intending Qxc6.} Qe6 42. Kf1 $2 (42. Kh1) 42... a3 { Threatens to win with ...Nc2.} 43. Qxa3 (43. Nb3 $19 a2 44. Nxd4 cxd4 45. Kf2) 43... Qh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.52/Black=0. 10} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "9"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,75,10,13,6,13,14,0,8,0,7,12,15,0,0,0,12,12,5,25,12,12,14,24,8,4,21, 15,12,6,6,5,4,5,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,16,16,16,12,14,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,6,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 {9.Qc2 is better than 9.Nb5.} e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ng4 14. Bd4 c5 15. Bxc5 {[#] And now Rd1 would win.} Re8 $1 16. O-O {With the idea Rfd1.} Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Rxe3 18. Rfe1 {The position is equal.} Rxe1+ (18... Qd4 {looks sharper.} 19. Qf2 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Kf8) 19. Rxe1 Qd4+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 $11 {[%CAl Re1e8][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf8 {[#]} 22. Bd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. Rc1 Bf5 23. Bb3 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Ke3 Ke7 26. Kd4 b6 27. Bd5 f6 28. g3 Kd6 29. a3 h6 30. b4 Bd7 { 1/2-1/2 (30) Abasov,N (2632)-Anand,V (2765) Douglas 2019}) 22... Bd7 23. Re3 Rc8 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Rb3 Ba4 {[#]} 26. Ra3 Rxb7 27. Rxa4 Rxb2+ {KR-KR} 28. Kf3 Rb7 29. g4 g6 30. h4 Kg7 31. Ra6 h5 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Ra5 Kg6 34. a4 Rb3+ 35. Ke4 Rb4+ 36. Kf3 Rb3+ 37. Ke4 Rb4+ 38. Kf3 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "9"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,80,25,7,20,6,16,13,6,2,16,11,13,-10,-7,-31,-23,-54,-33,-67,-72,-74, -24,-18,-18,-47,-43,-44,-20,-12,-6,-10,-8,-39,-41,-281,-282,-285,-296,-322, -321,-376,-372,-519,-368,-528,-509,-515,-516,-501,-368,-563,-546,-548,-545, -576,-577,-550,-478,-677,-693,-825,-808,-800,-768,-795,-742,-748,-733]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 Bc5 6. Nbd2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Bb6 { C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. Bb3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 {The position is equal.} 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Bc2 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Ne4 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nxe4 16. dxe4 Bc6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Qe7 19. g3 {1/2-1/2 (19) Torralba Brosa,M (1852)-Sumit,K (1975) Montcada 2017}) 16. Nh2 Rad8 {White must now prevent ...Bxe4.} 17. Qf3 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Be6 19. Ng4 Qh4 20. Ne3 Nf4 21. Nf5 Qh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 22. Qxh5 Nxh5 {[%CAl Bf4h5,Bh5f4,Bf4h3,Bh3f2][%mdl 32]} 23. Bb3 Nf4 24. g3 $2 {Now White is beyond hope.} ({White should try} 24. Be3 $15) (24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Ne3) 24... Nxh3+ $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Kg2 Nxf2 ({ Stronger than} 25... Bxf2 26. Re2 $16) 26. Re2 Ng4 27. Kf3 h5 28. Bg5 f6 29. Bd2 (29. Bxe6+ $142 Rxe6 30. Rd2) 29... Bxb3 30. axb3 Rd3+ 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. Rh1 (32. Nh4 {was worth a try.}) 32... g6 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Nh4 {[#]} Nf2 $1 34. Rf1 {[#]} (34. Ra1 Nxe4) 34... Nxe4 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Be1 Re3 36. Rc2 (36. Rxe3 $142 Bxe3 37. Kf3 Nd2+ 38. Bxd2 Bxd2 39. Ke2) 36... Rd8 37. Nf3 Ke6 38. c4 Rxb3 39. Nh4 Bd4 40. Re2 Rxb2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.43/Black=0. 18} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "9"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B89"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,111,-6,0,-18,0,-9,-7,-29,0,-26,-14,0,0,-2,0,-29,0,-10,0,0,0,-16,-11, -20,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-4,-12,-6,-2,-21,0,-32,-43,-65,-7,-16,-13,-17,0,-118,0, 0,5,13,277,272,282,266,273,276,307,279,248,175,466,466,557,554,554,553,553,553, 520,496,652,569,644,633,617,610,603,602,573,562,535,517,676,469,672,656,618, 582,727,694,669,654]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qe2 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bb3 {B89: Sicilian: Velimirovic Attack.} Na5 12. Kb1 b5 13. g4 {[#] The position is equal.} Nxb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bb7 14. f3 Rfc8 15. g5 Nd7 16. h4 Nc4 17. Bc1 Ndb6 18. g6 hxg6 19. h5 g5 { 0-1 (38) Oswald,G-Formanek,E (2375) Manchester 1981}) 14. cxb3 b4 15. axb4 Qb7 16. f3 Bd7 17. g5 Ne8 18. h4 Nc7 19. h5 Qxb4 20. g6 Bf6 21. gxh7+ Kh8 $1 22. Qd2 Rab8 23. h6 {hxg7+ is the strong threat.} g6 24. Bg5 Be5 25. f4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4+ Qxd4 27. Rxd4 d5 28. Be7 Rfc8 29. f5 ({But not} 29. exd5 exd5 30. Ka2 ( 30. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Bc6 $19 {[%mdl 64] Skewer}) 30... Ne8 $17) 29... exf5 30. exd5 Nb5 ({Better is} 30... Rxb3 $15 31. Rc4 Kxh7) 31. Nxb5 axb5 32. d6 Kxh7 33. Re1 (33. Bg5 $11 {remains equal.}) 33... Re8 (33... Kxh6 $17 {Hoping for ...g5.} 34. Rh4+ Kg7) 34. Rc1 $11 Rbc8 35. Rc7 $1 {[%CAl Rc7d7]} Be6 { [%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for Black.} (35... Rcd8 $1 $11 { and Black is okay.}) 36. d7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd7 37. Rcxd7 ({Less strong is } 37. Rdxd7 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 Kxh6 $16) 37... Kxh6 38. Bb4 g5 39. Rxf7 Kg6 40. Rdd7 f4 $2 (40... Rg8 {was called for.} 41. Rfe7 f4) 41. Rg7+ {White is clearly winning.} Kh6 42. Rh7+ Kg6 {[#]} 43. Rdg7+ $1 Kf5 44. Rh5 Ke4 45. Rgxg5 f3 { and the idea ...f2 leaves Black hopeful.} 46. Rf5 Red8 47. Re5+ Kf4 48. Rhf5+ Kg4 49. Rg5+ Kf4 {intending ...Rd1+.} 50. Bc5 {[%csl Ge5][%CAl Rc5e3]} Rd1+ 51. Kc2 Rd7 52. Ref5+ Ke4 53. b4 Rdd8 54. Rf7 Re8 55. Rg4+ Kd5 56. Rxf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.35} 1-0