[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bd3 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} (9. Be2 a6 10.
Nd1 b5 11. O-O Qb6 12. c3 b4 13. Bf2 Rb8 14. c4 cxd4 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxd4
Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 {1-0 (32) Nepomniachtchi,I (2789)-Korobov,A (2683)
Chess.com INT 2021}) 9... c4 {[#]} 10. Bf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be2 b5 11.
O-O b4 12. Nd1 a5 13. g4 f5 14. gxf5 exf5 15. Bf2 Nb6 16. Ne3 Be6 {1-0 (44)
Atabayev,S (2396)-Glek,I (2393) Moscow 2016}) 10... b5 11. Ne2 {The position
is equal.} (11. Nxb5 Qb6 12. a4 a6 13. Nc3 Qxb2) 11... f5 12. h3 b4 13. c3 Rb8
14. g4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3 16. Bg2 Rb2 17. Qd1 Qa5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights
for an advantage.} 18. O-O Nb6 19. Bd2 Bd7 20. gxf5 Rxf5 21. Ng3 Rf8 22. Ng5 $2
{[#]} ({Better is} 22. f5 $15) 22... h6 (22... Nxd4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Rb1
(23. Kh1 h6) (23. Qh5 h6) (23. Be3 Nf5) 23... Rxa2) 23. Nxe6 $17 Bxe6 24. f5
Nxd4 (24... Bd7) 25. fxe6 $11 Rxf1+ 26. Nxf1 Nxe6 27. Qg4 Kf7 28. Kh1 Ke7 {
...Rxd2! is the strong threat.} 29. Be1 Qb5 30. Rd1 d4 31. Ng3 {[%CAl Bf1g3,
Bg3f5,Bf5h6][%mdl 32]} d3 32. Nf5+ $1 {[%mdl 64]} Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (
32... Kf8 $11 33. Bh4 (33. Nd4 Nxd4 34. cxd4) 33... Rb1) (32... Kd7 $4 33. Nxg7
Qxe5 34. Nxe6 $18) (32... Kd8 33. Nxg7) 33. Bh4 $1 $18 Rxg2 {[#]} (33... Rb1
34. Nxh6+ gxh6 35. Qf5+ $18) 34. Nxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value:
White=0.23/Black=0.45} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 12,63,4,9,27,27,42,46,49,49,52,45,67,66,93,95,106,41,38,54,60,45,62,72,
144,139,137,129,145,118,120,108,97,87,89,91,203,202,247,249,259,259,243,154,
157,162,160,156,162,154,153,135,1185,122]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4.
Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. c3 Nd7 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre,
London and Colle Systems.} 8. Bc4 N7b6 9. Bb3 {[#]} Bf5 $146 {White is
slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9... a5 10. a4 h6 11. Bh4 f5 12. O-O g5 13.
Bxg5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 Rf6 15. Qh5 e6 {0-1 (60) Sambuev,B (2528)-Howell,D (2650)
Tromsoe 2014}) 10. O-O Rc8 11. Re1 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. h3 (14. Qe2
$16) 14... g5 $14 15. Bg3 Nf4 16. Ne4 Rc8 {Black wants to play ...Nd3.} 17. Nd4
Bg6 $6 ({Black should play} 17... Bxd4 18. cxd4 Nbd5) 18. Bxf4 $16 gxf4 19. Qg4
$36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Strongly threatening Qxg6. White has strong initiative.}
Kh7 20. Rad1 {Threatens to win with Ne6!} ({Not} 20. Qxf4 $2 e5 $19) 20... Bxd4
21. Rxd4 Qc7 22. Qh4 Kg7 23. g3 f3 (23... Rfd8 $16) 24. g4 $18 Rfd8 25. g5 Rh8
26. Ng3 {[#] gxh6+ is the strong threat.} Qc5 27. Nh5+ Kf8 28. Nf4 Qxg5+ 29.
Qxg5 hxg5 30. Nxg6+ fxg6 31. Rd3 Rc5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Don't go for} 31...
Rxh3 $2 32. Be6 $18) (31... Rh4 $16 32. Rxf3+ Rf4) 32. Rd8+ {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.09/Black=0.15} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,107,25,38,14,15,20,22,16,17,26,26,18,26,23,25,36,43,38,119,106,98,105,
70,76,74,74,151,152,188,159,193,181,230,129,131,130,131,-37,-39,-32,45,-50,-65,
-33,0,0,0,0,0,-274,309,306,278,277,268,223,219,217,221,218,219,218,209,203,195,
187,229,178,365,358,365,359,350,339,318,318,545,545,545,545,545,545,850,794,
1422,1370,1372,1403,1266,1211,1129,802,4810,3485,2649,2383,29973,29974,29974,
29974]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g4 {B47:
Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2.} a6 7. Be3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 {
The position is equal.} b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Kb1 Nf6 {[#]} 11. f3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11. g5 Ng4 12. Bf4 e5 13. Nd5 O-O-O 14. f3 exd4 15. Bxc7 Re8 16.
Bg3 Bxd5 17. exd5 {1/2-1/2 (73) Nepomniachtchi,I (2792)-Caruana,F (2820)
chess24.com INT 2021}) 11... Rc8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White
fights for an advantage.} Be7 (13... Bb4 $14) 14. Bh3 $16 b4 15. Ne2 d5 16. Bg4
(16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Bg4 g6 $15) 16... g6 17. Bd4 (17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Rc1 O-O $15)
17... O-O (17... Rg8 $142) 18. e5 $1 Ng7 19. h4 a5 20. h5 $1 Ba6 (20... Nxh5 $2
21. Bxh5 a4 22. Bg4 $18) 21. Ng3 ({White must play} 21. Nc1 $1 $18) 21... a4
22. f4 b3 23. cxb3 ({White has to play} 23. c3 $1 $16 Nf5 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Qh2
Bxg5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. fxg5 bxa2+ 28. Ka1) 23... axb3 $15 24. axb3 {Qh2 is the
strong threat.} Nf5 ({Black should play} 24... Qb7 $15 25. Rh3 Bb4) 25. Bxf5 ({
Better is} 25. hxg6 $14 Nxg3 26. Qh2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 25... gxf5 26.
g6 {Black must now prevent Qg2.} fxg6 (26... Qb7 $5 {[%CAl Rb7b3]} 27. Rh3 Qb5
$15) 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Qh2 {[%csl Gh1][%CAl Rh2h7]} Kf7 29. Nxf5 $2 exf5 $4 {
[%mdl 8192]} (29... Rh8 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rh8h2] avoids the disaster.} 30. Nd6+
Bxd6 31. exd6 Bd3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Rxd3 Rxh2 33. dxc7 Rxh1+ 34. Kc2 Rxc7+
35. Rc3 Rh2+ 36. Kc1 Rb7) 30. Qh7+ $18 {White leaves nothing to chance now.}
Ke6 31. Qxg6+ Bf6 32. Bc3 (32. exf6 Bd3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Rxd3 Qc2+ 34. Ka2
Ra8+ 35. Ba7 Rxa7#) 32... Qg7 33. Rh6 {White wants to mate with Qxg7.} (33. Qh5
Qg2 $1 $17) 33... Qxg6 34. Rxg6 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Be2 35. Rd2 {[%mdl 1024] White
has strong compensation.} Bf3 36. b4 ({Don't do} 36. Rxf6+ $6 Rxf6 37. exf6
Be4+ 38. Kc1 Rg8 $16) ({Not} 36. exf6 Be4+ 37. Kc1 Rh8 $11) 36... Rc4 {[#]} 37.
Rd4 ({Don't play} 37. exf6 $6 Rxf4 38. Rg7 Rf7) 37... Rc7 38. Kc1 Rg7 $2 (38...
Bh5 39. Rh6 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Be8 40. exf6 Rff7) 39. Rxf6+ Rxf6 40. exf6 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb7 41. Kd2 Be4 42. Ke3 Rh7 $2 (42... Bc2 {
was called for.} 43. Rd2 Be4) 43. b5 Rh3+ 44. Kd2 Rh2+ 45. Kc1 Rh1+ {[#]} 46.
Rd1 $1 {[%CAl Rd1h1] Strongly threatening Rxh1.} Rh2 47. Rg1 d4 48. Bxd4 Rc2+
49. Kd1 Rc4 50. Be5 Rc5 51. Rg7 Rd5+ 52. Ke1 {[%csl Gf6][%CAl Rg7e7]} Rd8 53.
Re7+ Kd5 54. f7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.40} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 17,61,31,39,22,43,16,14,20,29,7,21,14,17,14,14,27,24,17,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,20,27,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 $1 {[%mdl 4]
is recently more successful than 10.axb5. C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and
Möller Defences.} Ba7 ({Don't go for} 10... Bxa5 $2 11. dxe5 (11. d5 Ne7 $18)
11... dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bd5 $18 (13. Bxf7 Bb6 $16)) 11. h3 Bb7 12. Be3 {
With the idea d5.} Nxe4 13. d5 Bxe3 14. dxc6 Nxf2 $1 15. Qe2 Nxh3+ 16. Kh1 Nf2+
17. Rxf2 Bxf2 18. cxb7 Ba7 19. Bd5 Qd7 {[#]} 20. Nd4 $146 {Strongly
threatening Bc6.} ({Predecessor:} 20. Qe4 Kf8 21. Ng5 Qe7 22. Nxf7 c6 23. Nxh8
Qf6 24. Ng6+ hxg6 25. Nd2 Ke7 26. Nf3 cxd5 27. Qg4 Rh8+ 28. Nh2 Qf4 29. Qxf4
exf4 30. Rf1 g5 31. Rf3 g4 {0-1 (31) Vachier Lagrave,M (2760)-Aronian,L (2781)
Paris 2021}) 20... Qe7 21. Bc6+ Kf8 22. Nf3 d5 {And now ...e4 would win.} 23.
Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Ke7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Kd6.} 25. Bxb5 $1 {
The position is equal.} axb5 26. a6 {Nc6+ is the strong threat.} Kd6 {[%CAl
Rd6e5]} 27. Nxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc6 {Threatens to win with ...Rhf8.
} 28. Ne5+ Kd6 29. Nf7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kc6 {Hoping for ...Rhf8.}
30. Ne5+ Kd6 31. Nf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.
06/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2021.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,94,7,13,7,10,10,23,0,20,0,18,27,20,0,16,26,36,0,0,0,0,-14,-10,-55,-29,
-54,-59,-61,-16,-49,-54,-61,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-14,-14,-26,42,25,33,28,68,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,-58,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-12,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 f5 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 {A45:
Trompowsky Attack.} Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 {[#]} 8. g3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({
Predecessor:} 8. e3 d6 9. Qc2 Qf6 10. f4 Nd7 11. g3 h5 12. Nf3 b5 13. cxb5 Bb7
14. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (31) Doric,D (2467)-Ghersinich,E (2193) Hum na Sutli 2019})
8... d6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Nh4 Qf6 11. Bh3 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 Qf6 13. Rc1 {[%mdl 1024]
White has compensation.} Kd8 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Qf4 {[%CAl Rh3f5]} Re5 16. Ng2 h6
17. f3 exf3 18. exf3 Na6 (18... b5 19. Kf2 (19. cxb5 Rxd5) 19... b4) 19. Kf2
Nb4 20. Qd2 {[#] And now a3 would win.} Re7 (20... Re4 $1 $15 21. fxe4 (21.
Rhd1 Rd4) 21... fxe4+ 22. Nf4 Bxh3) 21. Rhd1 $11 Bd7 22. a3 Na6 23. f4 b6 24.
Qc3 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 b5 ({Black should try} 25... Nc7 $11) 26. cxb5 $14 Nc7 27. a4
Rb8 28. Nh4 (28. Ne3 $14) 28... a6 $1 $11 29. Bxf5 axb5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Rd2
h5 32. Bxd7 Kxd7 33. Nf5 Re4 34. Ng7 h4 35. Kf3 (35. Nf5 $11) 35... Rd4 (35...
Ra4 $15 36. Nf5 hxg3 37. hxg3 c4) 36. Rxd4 {The position is equal.} cxd4 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 37. Rd3 hxg3 38. Kxg3 Rxd5 39. Kg4 Ne8 40. Nxe8
Kxe8 {KR-KR} 41. f5 Kf8 42. Kf4 Kg7 43. Kg5 f6+ 44. Kf4 Kf7 45. Ke4 Re5+ 46.
Kf4 Rd5 47. Ke4 Re5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0. 11/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 19,93,10,18,17,43,36,35,26,64,13,29,10,16,9,10,-8,0,0,0,-39,0,-3,0,0,0,
0,22,18,43,9,20,22,18,14,10,11,11,11,11,11,120,128,241,245,255,243,228,202,195,
131,250,240,245,191,616,154,288,150,157,148,147,154,222,208,225,226,907,880,
1098,1101,29974,29975,29974,29974,5214,5214]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4.
Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qg4 h5
11. Qe2 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} h4 12. h3 Be7 13.
Rd1 {[#] White is slightly better.} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14. b3 e5
15. Na4 O-O 16. c4 f5 17. c5 dxc5 18. Qc4+ Kh8 19. exf5 Bxf5 {1/2-1/2 (35)
Harutjunyan,G (2464)-Aghasaryan,R (2337) Kajaran 2011}) 14. Qc4 (14. Na4 $14)
14... Qb6 15. Na4 Qb7 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Be3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rac1 Qb5 (19...
Qc8 $5 {[%CAl Rb8b3]} 20. Qc3 O-O $15) 20. Qa3 Qb4 21. Qxb4 Rxb4 22. b3 Kf7 23.
c4 Ke6 24. f4 (24. Re1 {looks sharper.} Rbb8 25. Rcd1 Rhe8 26. Re2 g5 27. f3)
24... Rhb8 (24... e4 {is interesting.} 25. Nc3 Rbb8 26. Ba7 Rbc8 27. Rd2 Rhd8)
25. fxe5 Rxa4 $1 26. exd6 (26. bxa4 dxe5) 26... Rxa2 {And now ...Bf6 would win.
} 27. dxe7 Kxe7 28. Rc3 Kf7 29. Bf2 Be4 $2 (29... Rb2 $11 30. Rf3 g6) (29...
Ra3) 30. Re3 $16 Bc2 (30... Bf5 $16 {was necessary.}) 31. Rd7+ $18 Kg6 32. Ree7
Rg8 33. Rd6+ (33. Bxh4 $6 Bxb3 34. Rd6+ Kh7) (33. Bd4 Bd3) 33... Kh7 34. Be3 (
34. Rxc6 $18 a5 35. Be3) 34... Rb8 (34... Bg6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 35. Bd4 ({
Resist} 35. Rxc6 $6 Rxb3 36. Rcc7 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Raa1 $16) 35... Rg8 36. b4 Ba4
$2 (36... Ra4 37. Re5 (37. Rxc6 Rxb4 38. Bc3 Rb3 $16) 37... Rf8) 37. Rdd7 $2 (
37. Re4 $18 {[%CAl Re4h4]} Rf8 38. Rd7) 37... Rd2 {[#]} (37... c5 $16 38. Rxg7+
Rxg7 39. Rxg7+ Kh6 40. bxc5 Bc6) 38. Rxg7+ ({White must play} 38. Re4 $1 $18)
38... Rxg7 $16 39. Rxg7+ $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kh6 {[#] Hoping for
...Rd1+.} 40. Rg4 $1 {Threatens to win with Be3+.} Rd1+ (40... Kh5 $16 41. Be3
Re2) 41. Kf2 Kh5 42. Be3 {Black must now prevent Rg5+.} Bb3 $2 (42... Bc2 43.
Rg5+ Kh6) 43. b5 axb5 44. cxb5 Rd5 45. b6 Rb5 {[#]} 46. Rg5+ $1 {[%mdl 576]
Promotion} Rxg5 47. Bxg5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/Black=0.50} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 11,79,13,29,20,14,12,8,14,13,14,47,47,44,45,53,53,48,42,41,47,61,52,75,
66,66,63,65,36,54,54,63,23,65,62,62,45,52,58,53,35,42,43,47,27,32,20,34,39,44,
14,13,7,15,14,16,14,15,14,10,16,10,0,9,9,5,0,0,0,2,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 Rc8 7. c3 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow
Variation with 3...Bd7.} e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Be7 12.
Ne1 {Black must now prevent f3.} h6 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nd3 O-O 15. Nc3 {[%CAl
Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4c5][%mdl 32]} Rc6 {[#]} 16. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rad1
f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bf2 Re8 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. f4 Nf7 21. Qf3 Nd6 22. g4 {
1-0 (35) Rueberg,J (2222)-Ottens,S (2234) Germany 2009}) 16... f5 17. Nf4 Re8
18. Qd3 Nf8 19. Na4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qa5 21. b3 Rb8 22. Bd2 Qd8 23. Nc5 b6 24. Na6
Rc8 25. Rc2 Nf7 26. Ne2 Qd7 {[#] And now ...Rxc2 would win.} 27. Bb4 Ng6 {
[%CAl Bf8g6,Bg6e7,Be7c6][%mdl 32]} 28. a4 Nd8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Bxe7 Nxe7 {
The position is equal.} 31. Nb4 Kf7 32. Kf2 Ndc6 33. Nc2 Na5 34. Ke1 Nec6 35.
g3 Qf8 36. Qc3 Qb8 37. Na3 Qf8 38. Nc2 Qb8 39. Na3 Qf8 40. Nc2 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.06/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 17,55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-10,-16,-23,0,-24,39,-24,-24,-21,-23,-22,-21,
-22,-18,-56,-50,-38,-38,-38,-38,-34,-34,-40,0,-25,0,-43,0,-18]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O
10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Bg4 11.
h3 Bh5 12. Rc1 Ne7 13. g4 Bg6 14. h4 {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... f6 15.
h5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be4 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Rh3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Nc8 20. Kf1 Nd6 {
1-0 (45) Van Foreest,J (2598)-Franklin,S (2344) Karlsruhe 2019}) 15. exf6 Nxf6
16. Ne5 c6 {[#]} (16... Be4 $11 17. Rh3 (17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Nd7 Ba5+ 19. Ke2 Bd2
$11) 17... c6) 17. Be2 (17. h5 $1 $14 Bf7 (17... Be4 18. Nxe4) 18. Bd3) 17...
Nd7 $11 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. h5 Bf7 20. Na4 Nc8 21. h6 g6 $1 22. Nc5 Qe7 23. Qd2
Nd6 24. Bg5 Qc7 25. Bf4 Qe7 26. Bg5 $1 {[%CAl Rg5e7]} Qc7 27. Bf4 Qe7 28. Bg5
$1 {[%CAl Rg5e7] Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 13,95,39,43,57,69,0,15,16,12,12,18,7,13,16,33,10,17,10,21,10,10,18,24,
15,15,10,10,-20,41,38,25,66,34,0,144,144,139,149,150,152,129,134,138,132,144,
132,179,179,184,184,184,184,184,175,184,169,177,168,143,152,309,278,390,382,
362,376,397,397,396,385,758,745,1132,1194,1167,1185,1211,1200,1397,1456,1278,
1034,1177,1147]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7.
Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O {Threatens to win with dxc5. B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.}
Qxb2 9. Qe1 {9.Qe1 is better than 9.Nb5.} (9. Nb5 $14) 9... cxd4 (9... Bxc2 $6
10. dxc5 Bg6 11. a3 $16) 10. Bxd4 {The position is equal.} Nxd4 (10... Qxc2 $2
11. Rc1 $18) (10... Bxc2 $2 11. Nb5 $18) 11. Nxd4 Bb4 {[#]} 12. Rb1 $1 Bxc3 (
12... Qxc3 13. Rxb4) 13. Rxb2 Bxe1 14. Rxe1 b6 $1 15. h4 h5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17.
c4 d4 18. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rd8 {[#]} 19. c5 $146
({Predecessor:} 19. Rbd2 Ne7 20. f4 Nc6 21. Bf3 Kd7 22. a4 Rc8 23. Kf2 g6 24.
Bxc6+ Kxc6 25. Rxd4 {1-0 (57) Shirov,A (2662)-Najer,E (2648) Tornelo INT 2021})
19... bxc5 20. Rb7 Ne7 (20... Rh6 $11 21. Rc7 (21. Rxa7 Re6 22. f4 Re7) 21...
Re6 22. Rxc5 g6) 21. Rxa7 $14 Ng6 $2 (21... Rh6) 22. Bb5+ Kf8 23. f4 Rh6 (23...
Nxh4 $2 24. Bc4 $18) (23... Nxf4 $11 24. Rf1 d3 $1 25. Rxf4 d2) 24. Bc4 $16 Ne7
{[#]} ({Wrong is} 24... Nxh4 $2 25. g3 $18) 25. Rb1 {[%CAl Rb1b7] Strongly
threatening Rbb7.} d3 {[#]} 26. Bxd3 {[%mdl 512] Hoping for Bc4.} Nc6 27. Ra3
Re6 28. Rc1 Nd4 29. Rxc5 Re7 30. Rac3 Red7 {Threatening ...Ne6.} 31. Rc8 Nf3+
32. Kf2 (32. gxf3 $6 Rxd3 33. Kf2 Ke7 $16) 32... Rxd3 33. Rxd8+ {[%mdl 64]
Overworked Piece} ({Don't do} 33. gxf3 $6 Rxc3 34. Rxd8+ (34. Rxc3 Rd2+ 35. Kg3
Rxa2 $11) 34... Ke7 $16) 33... Rxd8 34. Kxf3 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR}
Rd2 35. a3 Ke7 36. g3 Ke6 $2 {[#] This move loses the game for Black.} (36...
Rd4 $16 37. Ke3 Ra4) 37. Ke3 $1 {[%CAl Re3d2]} Rd1 (37... Rb2 {was worth a try.
} 38. Kd4 Rb8) 38. Rd3 Ra1 39. Kd4 Kd7 40. Kc5+ Kc7 41. Rc3 Rd1 $2 (41... Kd7
42. Kb4 Rb1+ 43. Rb3 Rd1) 42. a4 {[%CAl Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] White is
clearly winning.} Rd2 43. a5 Ra2 44. Kb4+ Kb7 45. Ra3 Rc2 46. a6+ Ka7 47. Kb5
Rc1 48. Rd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.25} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 26,99,23,28,35,42,41,45,31,35,37,21,17,19,19,33,30,-2,155,133,134,135,
200,202,192,154,197,158,189,178,208,181,166,170,170,185,153,156,165,150,181,
180,177,160,176,153,222,153,216,224,223,224,207,181,292,274,287,278,311,294,
372,371,373,375,370,373,344,353,875,535,871,872,806,783,29975,12275]} 1. c4 Nf6
2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. e4 e5 7. Nge2 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9.
O-O Nbd7 10. h3 a6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Be3 Ne5 13. b3 c5 14. Nde2 b5 {E68: King's
Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4.} 15. f4 $1 {[%CAl Rf4e5]} Ned7 16.
Qxd6 b4 {[#]White is slightly better.} 17. e5 $1 bxc3 18. Nxc3 Nh5 19. g4 Bf8
$1 {[%CAl Rf8d6]} 20. Qd2 Ng7 21. Nd5 f6 $2 {[#] Black is now going downhill.}
(21... Bb7 $11) 22. Rad1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for Nxf6+. White is in
control.} fxe5 23. f5 {[#] Black must now prevent Bg5.} Bb7 $146 ({Not} 23...
gxf5 $2 24. Bg5 $18) (23... Be7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) ({Predecessor:} 23...
Be7 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Bg5 Nf6 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Nd7 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. f6
Rb6 30. Bh6 Ne6 31. f7 Re7 32. Rxb6 {1-0 (32) Skatchkov,P (2485)-Bibko,I (2336)
Tomsk 2002}) 24. Bg5 Qc8 25. Rf1 gxf5 26. gxf5 {Strongly threatening f6.} Kh8
27. f6 Ne6 28. f7 Rd8 {[#]} 29. Nb6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack,
Deflection} Nxb6 30. Bf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bg7 31. Qxd8+ Qxd8 32. Bxd8
({Don't take} 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Bxd8 Bxg2 $16) 32... Bxg2 33. Kxg2 {Threatens
to win with Rf6!} Nf8 34. Be7 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Nbd7
35. Rd6 e4 (35... a5 $16 {was worth a try.} 36. Kf3 Rb7 37. Bxf8 Nxf8) 36. Re1
Bd4 (36... Rb7 $16 {is a better defense.} 37. Rxe4 Ne5) 37. Rxe4 $18 {And now
Bxf8 would win.} Kg7 38. Rxa6 Kxf7 {next ...Re8 is good for Black.} 39. Bd6 Rc8
(39... Rd8 $142 40. Re7+ Kg8) 40. Re7+ Kg8 41. Ra7 Nf6 42. Rg7+ Kh8 {With the
idea ...Ne8.} 43. Rgb7 Ne4 {[#]} 44. Rb8 $1 Nxd6 45. Rxc8 Nxc8 46. Ra8 Nd6 $2 (
46... Kg7 47. Rxc8 Ne6) 47. Rxf8+ Kg7 48. Ra8 Bc3 49. a4 Nb7 $4 50. Ra7 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.48} 1-0
[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2021.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 13,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-36,0,0]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 {
E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4
11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 g5 $1 {[%CAl Rg5f4]} 14. Bc1 Nxe5 15. Be2 Qh3
{[#]} 16. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. cxd5 exd5 17. f3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qxg3+ 19.
Kh1 Qh3+ {1/2-1/2 (19) Shtembuliak,E (2600)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2675) Lutsk 2019})
16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qxg3+ 18. Kh1 Qh3+ 19. Kg1 {[#] aiming for Rf2.} Qg3+ ({
Of course not} 19... dxc4 $6 20. Rf2 $16) 20. Kh1 Qh3+ {[%mdl 1024] Black has
compensation.} (20... Kh8 $5 {[%CAl Rf8g8]} 21. Bd1 Qh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} 22. Kg1 Nxc4 $11) 21. Kg1 {An uneventful encounter. Weighted Error
Value: White=0.00/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 21,53,0,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,-11,-11,-11,-11,-6,-5,-11,-11,-16,-14,
-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6
6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Na4 {
B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6.} h5 {The position is equal.} 13. Qe2 c5 {
[#] Strongly threatening ...c4.} 14. c4 {cxd5 is the strong threat.} d4 15. b3
Qc7 16. Be4 Rb8 {[#]} 17. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19.
Qe4 O-O 20. Bh6 Rfb8 21. Rad1 Kh7 22. Bd2 Kg7 23. Nb2 a5 24. Re2 Ra7 25. Be1
Rc8 26. Rb1 Qb7 27. Qd3 Rb8 28. Na4 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 (28) Keber,E (2145)-Kasper,M
(2108) ICCF email 2013}) 17... Bb7 18. Bd2 Kf8 19. Nb2 Kg7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21.
Nd3 a5 22. Qf3 a4 23. bxa4 Nb6 24. Nb2 Nd7 25. Nd3 Nb6 26. Nb2 Nd7 27. Nd3 {
Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.03}
1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2021.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 23,48,0,51,19,10,12,33,12,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1
O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 (12... b6 $11) 13. Rxb7
{13.Be3 is setting a new trend. D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th
moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} Bxf3 14. Bxf3 {[#] Strongly threatening e5.} Bxd4
15. e5 {White is slightly better.} Na6 {[%CAl Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5d3,Bd3e1][%mdl 32]
} 16. Rxe7 Rad8 17. e6 fxe6 {[#] And now ...Bc5 would win.} 18. Qe1 {[#]
aiming for Bc3.} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Bf6 19. Rxa7 Rxd2 20. Rxa6 Qxa6
21. Qxd2 Qb6 22. g3 Bd4 23. Qe2 Rf6 24. Kg2 Qb2 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 {1/2-1/2 (44)
Grischuk,A (2776)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2760) Bucharest 2021}) 19. Bc3 {Threatens
to win with Bxd4.} Nd3 20. Bxd4 $1 Nxe1 21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Rd7+ {The position is
equal.} Kg8 ({Avoid the trap} 22... e5 $2 23. Bxe5+ Rf6 24. Bxf6+ Kg8 25. Rxd8+
$18) 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rd7+ Kg8 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value:
White=0.04/Black=0.08} ({Wrong is} 24... e5 $2 25. Bxe5+ Rf6 26. Bxf6+ Kg8 27.
Rxd8+ $18) 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2021.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]
{[%evp 0,139,37,18,57,55,66,66,61,57,46,48,68,68,66,39,41,20,33,44,40,21,32,25,
26,15,10,2,2,-3,22,10,1,6,15,2,20,15,30,16,46,38,53,60,64,62,62,11,30,24,20,10,
0,16,14,5,30,42,57,31,58,77,97,43,45,53,41,41,149,106,114,133,129,105,80,82,80,
26,30,27,26,26,35,-52,-72,0,0,-43,-67,-65,0,0,84,-76,0,0,117,117,128,114,118,
130,136,145,167,99,99,90,90,0,15,3,45,28,0,0,0,0,0,41,36,40,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]}
4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a5 {
[%emt 0:01:12]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:
47]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. Re1 {
[%emt 0:01:13]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:01:
42]} 11. h3 {[%emt 0:01:45]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 12. Ng3 {[%emt 0:07:28]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 13. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 14. Qxd3 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 15. b3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 16. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 17. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:20]}
Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 18. Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Nf4 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 20. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:
57]} 21. Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ndb8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Rc2 {[%emt 0:03:38]}
Na6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 23. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 24. Ke2 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 26. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rhc8 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 27. g4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rh8
{[%emt 0:00:10]} 28. b4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Na7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 29. Nc5+ {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 30. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:
01:30]} 31. c6+ {[%emt 0:01:02]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]
} Nac7 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 33. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 34. Nxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 35. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:
03:06]} 36. Rb6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} (36. Nxf7 Rxg4 (36... Rf8 37. Ng5 Rxf2 $2 (
37... Rxg4 $4 38. Rxc7+ Nxc7 39. Rxc7+ Kxc7 40. Nxe6+ $18) 38. Be1 $18) 37. Be3
) 36... Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 37. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 38.
Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 39. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kxd8 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 41. Rb6 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 42. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:
00:16]} 43. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 44. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Nf5+ {[%emt 0:00:53]} 45. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 46. Nd6 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 47. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} (47... Ng6) 48. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 49. Nb5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxe5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 50. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 51. Rxc7+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kxb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 52. f4 {[%emt 0:00:06]
} Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 53. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 54. Kd4 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} (54. Rb6 a2 (54... Rg6 55. Kd4 $18 (55. f5 $4 Rg5 $11)) 55.
Rxe6 $18) 54... Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 55. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:
21]} 56. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 57. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kb5
{[%emt 0:00:11]} 58. f5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 59. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:
00:06]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} (59... Kxb6 $4 60. Kxc4 $18) 60. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} Rc3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 61. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 62. f6
{[%emt 0:00:12]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 63. Ra5+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 64. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a1=Q {[%emt 0:00:21]} 65. Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:03]
} d3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 66. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 67. Re1+
{[%emt 0:00:01]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 68. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 69. Kxe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 70. Kxd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Croatia Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2021.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]
{[%evp 0,139,18,21,19,22,22,24,24,11,10,6,9,-9,-6,-26,-21,-18,15,-6,8,19,12,23,
44,-4,25,-42,12,-20,-13,-42,-44,-45,-37,-28,-46,-57,-18,-54,-46,-42,-46,-83,
-61,-83,-64,-45,-50,-45,-23,-34,-30,-18,-3,0,0,-58,-52,-52,-45,-31,-40,-83,-52,
-68,-60,-53,-52,-24,-6,16,17,20,127,133,130,130,130,118,108,118,110,94,98,96,
97,91,116,91,114,115,120,125,121,109,153,167,189,199,207,191,225,231,263,265,
285,190,231,182,189,185,274,275,275,278,321,507,507,507,507,517,527,537,537,
537,537,547,547,547,547,547,557,557,557,557,567,567,577,577,577,29960]} 1. e4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bc5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 8. Nbd2 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 9. a3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:39]
} 10. b4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 11. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nh5 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 12. Nb3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 13. Rf1 {[%emt 0:
01:42]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 14. Bd5 {[%emt 0:03:35]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 15.
gxf3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0:04:22]} axb4 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Rg1 {
[%emt 0:00:48]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 19. b5 {[%emt 0:04:08]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:03:
26]} 20. Qxa1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} (20... Ne7) 21. Qa2 {
[%emt 0:01:39]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 22. bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 23. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 24. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:34]}
Qxe6 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 25. Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Ke2 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 27. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:03:
52]} 28. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 29. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf6
{[%emt 0:00:37]} 30. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 31. Rb2 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 32. Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:
54]} 33. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ra2
{[%emt 0:00:57]} 35. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 36. d4 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Rb6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} (36... exd4 37. cxd4 Ba7) 37. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:
31]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (37... Rb1+ 38. Kd2 exd4 39. cxd4 $18) 38. cxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 39. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 40. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 41. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:
37]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 42. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43.
Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 44. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 45. f4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 46. gxf4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 47. e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:15]
} 48. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd3+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 49. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rf3 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 50. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 51. Rxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 52. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 53. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 54. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kd7
{[%emt 0:00:22]} 55. d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 56. e6+ {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 57. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 58. e7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 59. Ra6+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kd7
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 60. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 61. Kf7 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 62. e8=Q {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 63. Kxe8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke6 64. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]
} 65. Rxh3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kxf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 66. Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 67. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 68. Kc5 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 69. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 70.
Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0