[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2021.06.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 0,55,19,38,43,18,28,25,72,22,27,30,25,24,24,20,30,36,28,33,40,10,48,47,
59,52,97,-2,41,24,29,36,34,5,-1,16,70,90,86,65,83,72,72,35,51,54,44,44,42,60,
98,109,149,155,215,234,235,235]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5.
Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 {C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7,
Alekhine-Chatard Attack.} 8. Bd3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 {The position is equal.} 10.
Qe2 Qa5+ 11. c3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Be7 13. O-O-O {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:}
13... Qxa2 14. Qb5+ Bd7 15. Qxb7 Rc8 16. g3 Qa1+ 17. Kc2 Qa4+ 18. Kb1 Rd8 19.
Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rd4 Qa5 21. Bg6+ Kf8 22. Rxd7 {1-0 (22) Beerdsen,T (2495)
-Pijpers,A (2480) Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 14. Kb1 Rd8 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. Qe4 {[#]
White wants to mate with Qh7+.} g6 $1 17. h4 {h5 is the strong threat.} Ba4 (
17... e5 18. Nb3 Qc7) 18. Bxa4 Qxa4 19. h5 g5 20. Qxb7 Bc5 ({Better is} 20...
Bf6 $14) 21. Qc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qxc6 (21... Qc4 $2
22. Nb3 Rdc8 23. Qf3) 22. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxf2 {KRB-KRN} 24. Rd7 f6 (24...
a6 $16) 25. Nd8 Bb6 (25... g4 {is a better defense.} 26. c4 (26. Nxe6 Re8 $16)
26... Bb6 27. Nxe6 Re8) 26. Nf7 $18 ({Less strong is} 26. Nxe6 Re8 $16) 26...
Rf8 (26... f5 {was worth a try.} 27. Nxh6+ Kh8) 27. Nxh6+ Kh8 28. Kc2 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/ Black=0.20} 1-0
[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2021.06.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 12,60,13,18,17,23,12,13,18,6,25,13,19,11,11,19,19,19,19,21,19,23,20,16,
16,23,11,7,10,0,9,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 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 scores
better than 9.Nb5.} e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Kb1 Be6
14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. f3 Rad8 16. e4 {[#]} Rd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rd6 17.
Be3 Ra6 18. Qb3 Bxc3 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. bxc3 Rc6 21. Kb2 e5 22. Kb3 b6 {0-1 (34)
Wang,Y (2718)-Xu,Y (2386) China 2016}) 17. Bc1 Rfd8 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Ne2 {
The position is equal.} c6 20. Be3 Bc7 21. Rc1 Bb6 22. Bg5 Qe6 23. Qb3 (23. Ng3
{looks sharper.} Rd7 24. Bf4 g6 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Nd7 27. Ne2) 23... h6
24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Bf4 Nh5 26. Be5 Rd2 27. Rc2 Rd1+ 28. Rc1 Rd2 29. Rc2 Rd1+ 30.
Rc1 Rd2 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/
Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2021.06.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 18,59,21,18,20,-15,0,-20,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-6,-12,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,
-8,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,-7,-8,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,-1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3
Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 {The
position is equal.} Bd6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} 11. Nc3 Nbd7 {[%CAl
Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5][%mdl 32]} 12. Rfd1 Bxf4 13. gxf4 {[#]} Nb6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13... Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Ra3 Qd6 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18.
Kxg2 Nd5 19. Rf3 f6 {1/2-1/2 (57) Slipak,S (2440)-Hernandez Carmenates,H (2564)
Montevideo 2011}) 14. Qd3 a5 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nbd5 17. Qf3 c6 18. e3 Qe7
19. h3 Nd7 (19... Rad8 {with more complications.} 20. Rac1 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7
22. Ne4 Rdd8) 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Kh2 b6 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Rc4 Rc7
25. Rdc1 Rfc8 26. b3 Qa3 27. Qd1 Qe7 28. Qf3 Qa3 29. Qd1 Qe7 30. Qf3 {Not much
happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2021.06.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 18,61,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,10,20,21,9,12,14,14,18,6,8,14,0,10,13,28,20,
24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4
cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 {10.Qe2 is
the modern continuation.} Bxc3 {B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5.} 11. bxc3 d6
12. c5 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 {[#]} 14. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd2 f5 15. c4
Nf6 16. Bc3 Qe7 17. Qa4 Bd7 18. Rad1 e4 19. Bc2 e3 20. Bxf6 exf2+ 21. Rxf2 Rxf6
{0-1 (39) Gower,S (1915)-Wadsworth,M (2160) Coventry 2015}) 14... Nxe3 15. Rxe3
Qd5 16. Bc2 Qxc5 17. Qh5 {[%csl Gc2][%CAl Rh5h7] [#]} g6 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5
a5 20. Rc5 Be6 21. a4 Rfc8 22. Be4 Bd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 {The position is equal.}
24. Rxd5 Rxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 25. g3 Rc4 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Kg1
Kg8 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Kg1 Kg8 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Kg1 {A rather calm draw. Weighted
Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2021.06.06"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
{[%evp 0,88,11,12,42,25,23,22,25,-12,5,3,28,6,18,1,21,26,17,-15,28,11,34,32,55,
12,7,4,4,3,23,-67,-18,-32,-11,4,7,17,33,0,0,9,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-93,72,68,57,
57,41,41,43,8,0,-76,-74,-98,-91,-91,-91,-96,-105,-123,-102,-118,-116,-126,-128,
-163,-156,-162,-171,-167,-174,-201,-189,-232,-230,-261,-263,-286,-245,-243,
-243]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
8. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 10. c3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Bc2 {[%emt 0:
02:17]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 12. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 13.
a4 {[%emt 0:02:01]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:
05:00]} 15. Nf1 {[%emt 0:11:47]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:07:07]} 16. Be3 {[%emt 0:08:44]}
d4 {[%emt 0:31:02]} 17. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 18. Bxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:22]} 20. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 21. Re2 {[%emt 0:01:25]
} Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 22. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qa1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qa1 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 25. g4 $1 {[%emt 0:12:23]} b3 $1 {[%emt 0:15:20]} 26. Bxb3+ {[%emt 0:03:
25]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. g5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 28. Qd5
{[%emt 0:07:05]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:09:09]} 29. Rh3 {[%emt 0:04:14]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:
14]} 30. Qd3 {[%emt 0:12:57]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 31. Qc3+ {[%emt 0:04:28]}
Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 32. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 33. Ng3
{[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 34. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:
41]} 35. h3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Re5 {[%emt 0:06:33]} 36. Bc4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} (
36. Bc2) 36... Rc5 {[%emt 0:10:29]} 37. Rcc2 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 38. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 39. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. h5 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 42. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rbb4 {[%emt 0:
00:39]} 43. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 44. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
a5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 0-1