[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 17,89,11,5,9,2,5,6,-17,-14,-22,-10,-23,-25,-22,44,42,41,15,20,7,42,47,
48,41,66,66,62,35,84,74,67,79,79,60,70,66,74,62,79,79,65,0,0,0,3,0,6,0,1,0,0,0,
0,-7,0,0,0,-8,-2,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0]} 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.
Qa4 Ne7 13. Bd3 {[#]} Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ne5
c6 16. O-O Nd7 17. f4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qd7 19. Qc2 Bg6 20. Bxg6 Nxg6 21. Na4 {
1/2-1/2 (21) Mamedov,R (2654)-Svidler,P (2723) chess24.com 2020}) 14. gxf3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 f5 (15... f6 $11) 16. f4 $14 Rc8 17. Ke2 c5 18. h4 cxd4 (18... c4 $5 {
[%CAl Rc4d3]} 19. Bc2 Ba5 $14) 19. cxd4 Nc6 {[%CAl Be7c6,Bc6d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32]}
20. Rab1 Qe8 {Threatens to win with ...Nxd4+!} 21. Kf1 $1 Kh8 22. h5 h6 23. Be2
Nxd4 24. Qxe8 Rfxe8 {[#]} 25. Rxb6 $1 Nxe2 26. Rb2 Nc3 27. Rxb7 d4 28. Bxd4 {
And now Rg1 would win.} Nd5 29. e6 ({White should try} 29. Rh4 $14) 29... Rc1+
$11 {The position is equal.} 30. Kg2 Nxf4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 31.
Kh2 Rxh1+ 32. Kxh1 Nxh5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. e7 a6 34. Rb6 {
Strongly threatening Rxh6+.} Kg8 35. Bc5 Nf6 36. Rxa6 Ne4 37. Bb4 Nxf2+ 38. Kg2
Nd3 39. Bd6 Kf7 40. Kf3 g5 41. a4 Nb2 42. Bc5 Nd3 43. Bd6 Nb2 44. Bc5 Nd3 45.
Bd6 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,80,40,43,26,27,15,23,-135,-134,-128,-127,-122,-120,-130,-104,-153,
-161,-160,-149,-168,-156,-204,-133,-191,-180,-187,-164,-163,-127,-145,-135,
-187,-181,-208,-200,-202,-205,-204,-202,-197,-205,-296,-227,-227,-226,-231,0,
-226,-155,-168,-181,-166,-128,-225,-225,-379,-373,-367,-362,-520,-512,-1520,
-1311,-1469,-1390,-1837,-1781,-29982,-29983,-29989,-29990,-29994,-29992]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. a4 {A45: Trompowsky Attack.} O-O
7. Be2 {[#]} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Re8 8. Nf3 Na6 9. O-O Nb4 10. h3 h6
11. Re1 g5 12. Bh2 e6 13. Bb5 Re7 {0-1 (49) Laznicka,V (2647)-Jobava,B (2690)
Riadh 2017}) 8. Ra3 $2 {[#]} (8. Qc1 $11) 8... Nxe4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 576] Decoy}
9. Nxe4 Qb4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 10. Qd2 {Black must now prevent Qxb4.}
Qxe4 11. Nf3 Bf5 12. Nh4 Qxc2 13. Nxf5 Qxf5 14. O-O Na6 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bh6 (
16. Bxf6 $17 exf6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Rf3) 16... Rfe8 17. Rf3 Qe5 18. Bb5 Nb4 (
18... Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. Bxe8 $11) 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. b3 (20. Rb3 $17) 20...
Qxd5 $19 ({Inferior is} 20... Nxd5 21. Re1 $11) 21. Qe2 {Strongly threatening
Rxf6!} Rc8 22. Rxf6 exf6 23. Qe7 {Intending Re1 and mate.} Nc6 ({And not} 23...
Qxb3 24. Qxf6 Qb2 25. Qxb2 f6 26. Qxf6 Re8 27. Qg7#) 24. Qxb7 {[#]} Qe6 25. h3
(25. Bd2 {was necessary.}) 25... d5 26. Bd2 Rb8 27. Qc7 Rc8 ({But not} 27...
Rxb3 28. Re1) 28. Qb7 Kg7 29. Re1 {[#]} Ne5 $1 30. Qxa7 Qd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
Black has strong initiative.} 31. Rc1 (31. a5 $17 {is a better defense.}) 31...
d4 32. a5 $2 (32. Qa5) 32... Nd3 33. Rd1 {Now Qb6 and White clings on.} Rb8 34.
a6 (34. Bh6+ {was worth a try.} Kxh6 35. Rxd3) 34... Rxb3 35. Ra1 (35. h4 $142
Rb8 36. Ba5) 35... c4 36. Bh6+ Kxh6 37. Qxf7 Ne5 38. Qa7 c3 {Black mates.} 39.
f4 {[#]} c2 $1 40. fxe5 (40. Qb7 Rxb7) 40... Qxe5 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.75/Black=0.18} 0-1
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 15,59,11,33,-6,-12,-8,11,3,35,29,47,12,11,27,60,2,19,17,99,43,144,145,
217,229,173,170,220,194,168,137,359,364,350,330,334,313,341,311,528,533,568,
616,658,651,1059,620]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4
c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qc2 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths. D27:
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} cxd4 10. Rd1 {
[%CAl Re3d4] [#]} d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... e5 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4
13. Qe4 Qd6 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 (14) Vorontsov,P (2477)-Sevian,S (2579)
Forth Worth 2017}) 11. Bxd3 {The position is equal.} Nb4 12. Qe2 Nxd3 13. Rxd3
Qc7 14. e4 Nd7 (14... O-O) 15. Bg5 (15. g3 $14) 15... Bxg5 $11 16. Nxg5 Qf4 (
16... Ne5 $11) 17. Rg3 (17. Nf3) (17. Qh5) 17... Ne5 {[#]} ({Black should play
} 17... O-O $14) 18. Nh3 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rh3f4]} Qh6 (18... Qf6 $16) 19. f4 $18
Ng6 20. Rf1 Bd7 21. Rg5 {Rh5 is the strong threat.} Ne7 22. Nf2 {Strongly
threatening Ng4.} e5 $2 {A mistake that costs the game.} (22... g6 $16) 23.
Rxe5 f6 24. Rc5 Qxf4 25. e5 O-O 26. Nfe4 Qh6 (26... Qg4 27. Qxg4 (27. exf6 Qxe2
28. Nxe2 Bc6 $16) 27... Bxg4 28. exf6 Ng6) 27. exf6 {White is clearly winning.}
gxf6 28. Rc7 $1 {[%csl Bb7,Bd7][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} f5 {And now ...
Qb6+ would win.} 29. Rxd7 Qb6+ 30. Qf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/
Black=0.50} 1-0
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 15,62,13,25,28,25,35,38,21,32,27,24,13,29,27,39,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,32,-4,-7,
-8,-3,-9,-12,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 (8... Nbd7 {
looks sharper.} 9. g4 b5 10. a3 h6 11. Qd3 Be7) 9. Nd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf:
Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 {[%CAl
Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5][%mdl 32]} 11. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} g6 12. O-O-O
Nb6 13. Kb1 Nbxd5 14. Bg5 {[#] Black must now prevent Qxd5!} Be7 $1 15. Bd3 $1
{[%mdl 4] White has compensation. is more profitable than 15.g3 at the moment.}
Qc7 16. Rhe1 Nb6 17. f4 O-O-O 18. Qe2 {[%CAl Rf4e5]} Nfd5 (18... Ng8 {is more
complex.} 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Nc6) 19. Bxe7 (19.
c4 {feels hotter.} Nb4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Be4 f5 22. Qd2) 19... Qxe7 {The
position is equal.} 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 {[#]} Nf4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 22... Rhe8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Nc5 Re5 25. Ne4 Kc7 26. a3 Ne3 27.
Rd2 Ng4 28. h3 f5 {1-0 (83) Brodsky,D (2432)-Guo,A (2284) Rockville 2019}) 23.
Rf1 Nxd3 24. cxd3 f6 25. Re7 ({Reject} 25. Rxf6 Nd7 $17) 25... Nd5 26. Rc1+ Kb8
27. Rg7 Rhg8 28. Rf7 Rgf8 29. Rg7 {Threatens to win with Na5.} Rg8 30. Rf7 Rgf8
31. Rg7 {Strongly threatening Na5.} Rg8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/
Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,84,23,20,24,18,8,24,7,25,26,44,33,26,30,39,31,45,0,0,0,0,-18,14,5,15,
14,7,10,12,14,11,14,16,2,14,13,12,11,12,12,11,10,13,0,16,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,7,
-8,-5,-6,-8,-24,-22,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-3,-14,-7,-7,-11]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Nc3 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5
(without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} e6 7. Nf3 a6 8. Be2 {[#] White has an edge.}
Nge7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nf6 9. h3 h6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qb3 b5 12. Nxb5
axb5 13. Bxb5 Qb6 14. Rfc1 Rc8 15. Rxc6 Rxc6 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Rxc6 Qa5 18. Ra6
Qd8 19. Ne5 {1-0 (19) Medeiros,T (1865)-Schultz,R (1500) Brazil 2014}) 9. O-O
Nc8 10. Rc1 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Nxd6 12. Na4 O-O 13. Nc5 {With the idea Nxb7!} Qe7 14.
Qa4 Rfc8 15. h3 g5 16. Nd2 Bg6 17. Rc3 Na7 18. Qb3 Rc7 19. Na4 Rxc3 20. bxc3
Rc8 21. Nb6 Rc6 22. c4 dxc4 23. Nbxc4 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Qc7 25. Ne5 Rc3 26. Qa4 Nc8
27. Qe8+ Kg7 28. Nd7 {[%csl Gd7][%CAl Re8f8] [#]} Qd6 29. Nc5 Qc7 30. Nd7 {
[%csl Gd7][%CAl Re8f8]} Qd6 31. Nc5 Qc7 32. Bf3 Nd6 33. Qa8 {[%CAl Rc5b7]} Rc2
34. a4 {[%CAl Rc5b7]} a5 35. Nxb7 {The position is equal.} Nxb7 36. Qxb7 Qxb7
37. Bxb7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra2 38. Bc6 Bc2 39. Rc1 Bxa4 {
[#] And now ...Rc2 would win.} 40. Bxa4 Rxa4 41. Rc7 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 Ra2 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 11,38,22,19,12,22,17,12,15,25,26,18,26,20,25,25,13,15,23,18,17,26,18,27,
0,20,0,22,0,20]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10.
dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 11...Bf6.} 12. Be2 Bf6
13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4 Qd6 {With the idea ...Nb3.} 15. Rd1 Rfd8 {next ...Bc2 is
good for Black.} 16. Qd2 {[#]} Qf6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({
Predecessor:} 16... Nb3 17. Qc3 Qb6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rac8
21. g4 Rc1+ 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Be6 24. f4 f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Bb3 {
1/2-1/2 (66) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020})
17. Qd4 Qd6 {The position is equal.} 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Qd4 Qd6 {Not much
happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 12,132,51,7,45,48,56,56,52,45,52,56,58,63,66,52,65,52,52,52,52,52,52,52,
52,52,63,60,68,43,67,67,75,22,22,22,22,9,18,15,4,-37,-37,-25,-26,-35,-36,-68,
-72,-127,-127,-120,-120,-131,-120,-116,-93,-210,-216,-213,-149,-151,-136,-125,
-137,-126,-115,-137,-116,-180,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,-562,-562,-499,
-440,-722,-697,-1599,-1499,-1353,-1165,-1142,-1161,-1261,-1530,-1458,-1425,
-1247,-1118,-2370,-2077,-1703,-1709,-5393,-4556,-4132,-3295,-5181,-3766,-2537,
-2109,-29978,-29979,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29990]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4
d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nh6 {B06: Modern Defence.} 8.
h3 Nf5 9. Bf2 Bxf3 {White is slightly better.} 10. Qxf3 h4 11. Bd3 e6 12. O-O
Be7 13. Ne2 a5 14. a4 {[#]} Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Kf8 15. c3 Kg7 16.
Kh2 Nd7 17. Rg1 Rh6 18. Rae1 Qc7 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. g4 hxg3+ 21. Rxg3+ {0-1 (30)
Rabatin,J (2150)-Kireev,A (2360) Stare Mesto 2011}) 15. c3 Kf8 16. b3 {[%CAl
Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Rc8 17. Kh2 Nc7 18. Rfb1 Kg7 19. b4 Ra8 20. Be1 Qd7 21.
bxa5 Rhb8 22. Nc1 ({White should try} 22. Qf2 $16) 22... Rxa5 $11 23. Nb3 Ra7
24. Nc5 Qd8 25. a5 Nb5 26. Qe2 (26. Qd1 {is more complex.} Rba8 27. Qc1 Bxc5
28. dxc5 Ng3 29. Qd1) 26... Rxa5 27. Rxa5 Qxa5 28. Bxb5 cxb5 29. Rxb5 Qa7 30.
Bf2 (30. Nd3 $142) 30... b6 $17 31. Qb2 Bd8 32. Rb4 Rc8 33. Nd3 Qa6 34. Ne1 (
34. Qd2 $17) 34... Qf1 $19 35. Qd2 Ra8 {[#] And now ...Ra1 would win.} 36. Rb1
Ra3 37. Nc2 Qxb1 38. Nxa3 Qe4 39. Nb5 Be7 40. Na7 {[#]} (40. Nc7 $17) 40... g5
$2 (40... Ba3 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Qb1.} 41. Nb5 Bf8) 41. Nc6 $11 Kg6 42.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 43. fxg5 Nf5 44. Qd1 b5 45. Qg4 Qc2 46. Qf3 Qd2 47. Kg1 Qxg5 48. Qg4
$2 {[%mdl 8192] Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} (48. Kh2 $11) 48... Qxg4
$19 49. hxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Ng3 50. Kh2 (50. Be1 $142 Kg5 51. Bxg3
hxg3 52. Kf1) 50... Ne2 51. Be1 Kg5 52. Kh3 Nf4+ 53. Kh2 Kxg4 54. Bd2 Ne2 55.
Be1 b4 56. cxb4 Nxd4 57. Bf2 Nb5 58. Be1 d4 59. Bd2 Kf5 60. Kh3 Kxe5 61. Kxh4
Kd5 62. Kg5 e5 63. Kf6 e4 {Black mates.} 64. Kxf7 e3 65. Bc1 Ke4 66. g4 d3 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.59/Black=0.14} 0-1
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 10,156,0,-8,-5,0,0,0,31,37,35,14,43,33,125,14,0,14,8,1,1,3,0,-28,-16,
-37,14,-17,66,14,17,17,6,0,0,-8,0,0,66,67,65,66,60,67,52,60,48,46,92,81,87,83,
94,84,103,73,117,106,116,100,95,81,123,130,140,108,106,57,75,73,71,79,83,65,
102,56,62,23,28,22,19,25,53,0,14,0,2,2,2,-58,0,-41,0,0,0,-46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-295,-269,-258,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-15,-33,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nbd2 bxc4
6. e4 e6 {A57: Benko/Volga Gambit.} 7. Bxc4 exd5 8. exd5 Bxd5 (8... Qe7+ {
with more complications.} 9. Kf1 Nxd5 10. g3 Nb6 11. Kg2 Qd8) 9. Bxd5 Nxd5 10.
O-O {And now Nc4 would win.} Nc7 11. Nc4 {[%mdl 1024] [#] Bg5 is the strong
threat. White has compensation.} d5 $146 {[#]} (11... Be7 $14) ({Predecessor:}
11... Ne6 12. Nfe5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. Qa4 Qc7 15. Re1 Be7 16. Ne5 O-O 17.
Qxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxc6 {1/2-1/2 (58) Mohebbi,J (2300)-Nippgen,G (2304) Baden 2001})
12. Nce5 ({Better is} 12. Bg5 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rg5d8]} Be7 {[#]} 13. Re1 $1) 12...
Be7 $11 13. Qa4+ Kf8 $1 14. Re1 f6 15. Nd3 Qd7 16. Qc2 Nba6 17. b3 Rc8 ({
Black should try} 17... Bd6 $15) 18. Bf4 {Black should prevent Nde5!} Nb5 (
18... Bd6 $1 $11) 19. a4 (19. Rac1 $14) 19... Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qe2 Kf7 $1
22. Qh5+ g6 $1 {[%CAl Rg6h5]} 23. Qf3 Rhe8 (23... Kg7 $11) 24. Be5 Qf5 25. Qxf5
({Not} 25. Qxd5+ $2 Kf8 $19) ({But not} 25. Bxd4 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Rc7 $15) 25...
gxf5 26. Bxd4 Rb8 27. Rab1 Rb7 28. Nf4 Rd8 29. g3 Nb4 30. Rbc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
White has strong initiative.} Bd6 {Strongly threatening ...Bxf4.} 31. Re6 Be7
32. Kg2 a5 33. Rd1 Rd6 34. Re2 Rc6 35. Bb2 Rd7 36. Red2 Rc5 37. Kf1 Bf8 38. Nd3
Nxd3 39. Rxd3 Rc2 40. Bd4 Bc5 41. Rf3 Kg6 42. h4 h5 43. Bxc5 Rxc5 $14 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 44. Rd4 Re7 45. Rfd3 Re5 46. Re3 (46. f4 $14 Rc1+ 47.
Rd1) 46... Kf7 47. Ke2 Ke6 48. Kd2 Re4 49. Rdd3 (49. b4 $11 axb4 50. Rxb4)
49... Kd6 (49... Ke5 $1 $15) 50. Rf3 Ke6 (50... d4 {keeps more tension.} 51.
Kd1 Ke5 52. Rd2 f4 53. Rdd3 Rc8) 51. Rc3 Rxc3 52. Rxc3 $11 {KR-KR} (52. Kxc3 {
seems wilder.} Ke5 53. Kc2 d4 54. b4 axb4 55. a5) 52... Rb4 53. Re3+ Kd6 54.
Kc2 f4 55. Rf3 Ke5 56. Rxf4 d4 57. Rf3 Rb8 58. Kd2 Rb6 59. Rd3 f5 60. Rf3 Ke4
61. Rd3 Rc6 62. f3+ Ke5 63. Ke2 Kd5 64. Ke1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64. Rd2 $11)
64... Rc2 65. Kf1 Kc5 $2 (65... Rh2 $19 66. Rd1 Rb2) 66. Ke1 $1 Rg2 67. Rd2 $1
Rxg3 68. Kf2 Rh3 (68... Rg6 {feels hotter.} 69. Rc2+ Kb4 70. Rc4+ Kxb3 71. Rxd4
Rb6) 69. Rc2+ Kd5 {Threatens to win with ...Rh2+.} 70. Rc8 f4 71. Rb8 {The
position is equal.} Rh2+ 72. Kf1 Rb2 (72... d3 $5 73. Rd8+ $8 Ke5 $11) 73. Rb5+
Ke6 74. Ke1 Kd6 75. Rb6+ Ke5 76. Rb5+ Kd6 77. Rb6+ Ke5 {White must now prevent
...d3.} 78. Rb5+ Kd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.17} 1/2-1/2
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Be3 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. f3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]
} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:59]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Nxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 12. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 13. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Nxc3 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 15. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Bxa6 {
[%emt 0:02:13]} Qxa6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 17. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} 18. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 19. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:32]}
cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 21. h4 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 22. h5 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 23. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 24. h6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} e6 {
[%emt 0:01:33]} 25. Rh5 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 26. Qa6 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 27. b3 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 28.
Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:01:27]} 29. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd4+ {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qg1+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 31. Kb2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Kb1 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Qg1+ {[%emt 0:
00:23]} 33. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 1/2-1/2
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 15,99,1,14,0,13,6,14,0,4,6,9,0,16,0,6,0,7,0,16,-6,-2,-11,-5,-16,-15,-41,
-4,-4,-3,-2,-4,-9,-7,-7,-1,-2,-2,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,
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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 {7.a4 is setting a new trend.} d6
8. c3 h6 9. Nbd2 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} O-O 10.
Re1 Bb6 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. a4 Rb8 13. h3 Ng6 14. Ng3 c5 15. axb5 axb5 16. d4 Re8 {
[#]} 17. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. c4 Qxd1 19. Bxd1 bxc4 20.
Be2 Be6 21. Nd2 Nf4 22. Bxc4 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Bxe6 Nxe6 {1/2-1/2 (30)
Djukic, N (2519)-Lenic,L (2650) Heraklion 2017}) 17... exd4 18. cxd4 Bb7 $1 19.
Bc2 Nxe4 20. dxc5 dxc5 {Hoping for ...Nxg3.} (20... Nxc5 {keeps more tension.}
21. Nd4 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxb6 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Qxb6 25. Rd1 Nf4) 21. Qxd8 {
The position is equal.} Rbxd8 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25.
Bxe4 Nf4 26. Kf1 Re8 27. Re1 Kf8 28. Bc6 {[%csl Gc6][%CAl Re1e8] [#]} Rxe1+ 29.
Nxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Bd4 30. b3 b4 31. g3 Ne6 32. Bd5 Nc5 33.
Nf3 Bc3 34. Ke2 g6 35. Ke3 Nd7 36. Nd4 h5 37. Nb5 Bb2 38. Nd6 f5 39. h4 Ke7 40.
Nc4 Bc3 41. Ke2 Ne5 42. Ne3 Ng4 43. Ng2 Bd4 44. f3 Ne5 45. Nf4 Bc5 46. Bg8 Bd6
47. Ke3 Bc5+ 48. Ke2 Bd6 49. Ke3 Bc5+ 50. Ke2 {An uneventful encounter.
Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} dxc4
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8.
Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c3 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Bb2 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 12. c4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:01:
51]} 13. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Nfd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 15. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 16. c5 {
[%emt 0:03:29]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 17. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:
04:48]} 18. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 19. Na7 {[%emt 0:00:20]
} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 21. a4 {
[%emt 0:01:10]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 22. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:
15]} 23. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 24. Nxa5 {[%emt 0:00:25]}
Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 25. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 26. Nxe7+
{[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 27. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 28. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 29. a5 {[%emt 0:01:32]}
Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 30. a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 31. Rxd2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 33. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 34. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kf6
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 35. a7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. f3 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 37. f4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 38. e4
{[%emt 0:00:21]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 39. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 40. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 41. e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} h3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 42. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 43. Kc1 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 44. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 45.
Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc1+ {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 47. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,83,9,26,26,36,0,0,0,-9,-10,17,12,13,-6,24,34,25,24,29,-35,67,15,18,33,
6,0,107,3,14,0,34,31,37,0,0,0,15,0,4,0,0,0,0,-44,-46,-118,-125,-118,-122,-123,
-135,-170,-54,-50,-36,-36,-33,-33,-6,-15,-8,-8,-8,-9,-8,-16,-1,-10,0,-18,-16,
-22,0,-48,-47,-45]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. b3 Qa5+ 6. c3 {
A46:1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} d5 {[#]} 7. dxc5 $146
({Predecessor:} 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. c4 cxd4 11. exd4 Rd8 12.
Rc1 Bd7 13. Qe2 Be8 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. Nf1 Bb4 16. Red1 dxc4 17. bxc4 Qe7 18.
Ne3 Ba3 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 {0-1 (60) Jussupow,A (2600)-Bauer,C
(2589) Germany 2007}) 7... Qxc5 8. Ba3 {The position is equal.} Qa5 9. Bxf8
Rxf8 10. b4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Bd7 (11... e5 $5 {[%CAl Re5e4]} 12. e4 Be6 $11) 12.
O-O Ke7 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. c4 (14. b5 $11 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qb3) 14... dxc4 (
14... Nxb4 $15 15. cxd5 Qd6) 15. Bxc4 (15. Rxc4 $14 a6 16. Qc2) 15... Qd6 $11
16. b5 Na5 17. Qa4 b6 (17... a6 $1 $11) 18. Rfd1 (18. Be2 $16) 18... Rac8 19.
Nf1 Qb8 (19... Qc5 $5 {[%CAl Ra5c4]} 20. Bd3 Qxc1 21. Rxc1 Rxc1 $11) 20. Qa3+
Ke8 21. Bd3 (21. N1d2 {is interesting.} h6 22. h3 e5 23. Qb2 Rc5 24. a4) 21...
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ (23. N1d2 {feels hotter.} h6 24. g3 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1
Nb7 26. Nd4) 23... Qxc8 24. e4 Qc5 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. Ne5 c4 $1 {[%CAl Rc4d3]}
27. Bxc4 (27. Nxc4 $15 Nxc4 28. Bxc4) 27... Nxe4 $17 ({But not} 27... Nxc4 28.
Nxc4 Nxe4 29. a4 $15) 28. Bd3 Nc3 29. Bxh7 Bxb5 30. a3 Nc4 (30... f6 $19 31.
Nf3 Kf7) 31. Nxc4 $15 Bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 32. Ne3 Bb5 {[#]
aiming for ...g6.} 33. Bc2 Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Nd4+ 35. Ke1 Ke7 36. Kd2 Kd6 37. h4 f5
38. g3 Kc5 39. Bd1 Bc6 40. f4 Be4 41. g4 fxg4 42. Bxg4 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.21/Black=0.17} 1/2-1/2
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
{[%evp 0,152,25,26,29,32,28,29,17,33,35,35,44,34,51,69,54,17,19,7,6,6,12,12,5,
7,14,27,27,33,40,40,50,39,46,39,69,64,52,52,53,30,31,8,8,-26,-20,-6,-3,-37,-26,
-30,11,-25,-10,0,8,2,0,-42,-36,-40,-56,-80,-71,-105,-79,-95,-78,-89,-80,-92,
-92,-96,-106,-138,-124,-125,-126,-139,-98,-92,-110,-100,-100,-104,-103,-104,
-97,-101,-98,-127,-116,-154,-180,-180,-192,-364,-199,-216,-211,-219,-229,-219,
-229,-295,-291,-386,-386,-470,-347,-374,-385,-374,-354,-422,-383,-392,-365,
-392,-345,-401,-395,-395,-414,-414,-445,-444,-474,-571,-477,-525,-528,-527,
-523,-525,-525,-549,-518,-588,-581,-616,-639,-682,-639,-698,-656,-667,-638,
-654,-673,-692,-703,-703,-733]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2.
Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qb6
{[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:
00:33]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 9.
b4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxd6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 12. cxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:39]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 13. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 14.
Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:41]} 15. e4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:
00:43]} 16. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 17. O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 18. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 19. Bxc4
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. h4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:
31]} 21. Rdc1 {[%emt 0:01:10]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 22. Qe3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Ne8
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. g3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Ndf6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 24. a3 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 25. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 26.
Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 27. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rxc1+ {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 30. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 31. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:22]} (31. Rb1 Ng4 (31... Qxa3 $2 32. Nxe5) 32. a4)
31... Re8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 32. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:14]} (32. Qd1 Qxa3 33. Qb1)
32... Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 33. b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 34.
Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 35. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qb7 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} 36. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 37. Qe1 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 38. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 39.
Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 40. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qb7 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} 41. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 42. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 43. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 44.
Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 45. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Qc5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 46. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 47. h5 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} Ncxb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 48. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 49.
Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 50. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a3 {[%emt 0:
00:13]} 51. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 52. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 53. Qa2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 54. Qd2 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 55. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ncxe4 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 56. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 57. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 58. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 59. Kh2 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Nde8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 60. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 61. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 62. Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
b5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 63. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 64. Nf5 {
[%emt 0:00:24]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 65. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 66. Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 67. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 68. f3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 69. f4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 70. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 71. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Ncd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 72. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b4
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 73. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxh5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 74. Kf2 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Ndxf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 75. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 76. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 0-1
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. O-O
{[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. a3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]
} 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxc5
{[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. b4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. Bb2 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} 12. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 13.
Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Nb3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Be8 {
[%emt 0:00:56]} 15. Nfd2 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:05:16]} 16. Bf3 {
[%emt 0:04:17]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 17. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:
33]} 18. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 19. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Na4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 20. Ba1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. Bd4 {
[%emt 0:01:38]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 22. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:
47]} 23. f4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 24. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:01]} (24.
h4) 24... Rdc7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 25. e4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:12]}
26. Nxb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nbxc5
{[%emt 0:00:40]} 28. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 29. Rc2 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 30. Rdc1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31.
g4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 32. h4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 33. h5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} (33. g5 hxg5 (33... Rc6 34. Bh5) 34. hxg5 Kf7 (
34... fxg5 35. fxg5) 35. Bh5+ Ke7 (35... g6 36. Bg4) 36. gxf6+ gxf6 37. Rg2)
33... Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 34. g5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 35.
Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} gxh6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 37. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 38. fxe5 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. Ba1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40.
Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nab6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 41. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke7 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 42. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 43. Bb2 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 44. Ba1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 45.
Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nc4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nd2+ {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 47. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Rxh6 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Nxa1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 49. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:
35]} 50. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 51. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Ne6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 52. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rf4+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 53. Kg3 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 0-1
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 39,57,0,28,28,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,8,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8
11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a4 exd4 15. cxd4 h6 16. Bc2 Nb4 17.
Bb1 c5 18. d5 Nd7 19. Ra3 c4 20. Nd4 Qf6 21. N2f3 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...
Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations.} Nc5 22. axb5 {The position is equal.
} axb5 23. b3 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} Nbd3 24. Bxd3
Nxd3 25. Re3 Qg6 {[#]} 26. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 26. Nxb5 Nf4 27. Ne1 Rxe4
28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. Nc3 Rxe3 30. Bxe3 Nxh3+ 31. Kf1 Qf6 32. Qd4 Qxd4 33. Bxd4
Nxf2 34. Kxf2 cxb3 35. Nd3 g5 {1/2-1/2 (35) Le Page,C (2426)-Schulz,G (2438)
ICCF email 2018}) 26... Qf6 27. Nhf3 $1 Qg6 {And now ...Rxa3 would win.} 28.
Nh4 Qf6 29. Nhf3 $1 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value:
White=0.04/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,137,25,39,-24,-4,0,1,8,0,1,41,31,22,29,20,22,19,21,39,43,43,46,50,0,7,
0,52,48,62,34,33,15,17,18,34,0,0,0,12,7,13,9,13,0,14,14,15,0,0,0,16,0,16,8,16,
16,95,95,95,96,104,104,516,489,595,534,544,535,518,0,0,0,0,0,0,-431,-430,-383,
-390,-398,-353,-279,577,570,527,560,525,384,604,597,570,550,693,169,176,188,
202,127,29958,29961,29962,29961,29964,29962,29968,151,144,122,29948,8,10150,
12296,29965,29964,29964,29965,29964,29966,29960,29961,29944,29944,29978,29979,
29982,29980,29980,29980,29978,29965]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O
Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} (6. Bxc6
$14 bxc6 7. dxe5) 6... e4 7. Ne5 Be7 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Re1
f6 10. Bb3+ Kh8 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 f5 14. Re1 f4 15. Qh5 Bd6
{[#]} 16. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. c4 g6 17. Qf3 Qh4 18. c5 Bg4 19. Qc3 Be7
20. g3 fxg3 21. hxg3 Qf6 22. Bf4 Qg7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Re1 Qg7 25. Be5 Rf6 26.
d5 Raf8 {1-0 (26) Ganguly,S (2583)-Roktim,B (2389) Dhaka 2005}) 16... Bf5 17.
c4 Qd7 (17... Bc5 $11) 18. Bc3 $14 Rae8 19. h3 Bg6 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. hxg4 c5 22.
d5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} 25. Bc2
Kg8 26. Kf1 g5 27. Ke2 b6 28. Kf3 h6 29. Bf5 Kf8 30. Ke4 a5 31. Bh7 Bd7 32. f3
Ba4 (32... b5 $11) 33. b3 $16 Bd7 34. a4 Kf7 35. Bf5 Be8 {[%mdl 8192]} (35...
Bxf5+ $16 {is a better chance.} 36. gxf5 Be7) 36. Be6+ $18 Kg6 37. Be5 h5 38.
gxh5+ Kxh5 {Black hopes to continue with ...Bg6+.} 39. Kf5 (39. Bxd6 $1 $18
cxd6 40. Kf5 Bg6+ 41. Kf6) 39... Bg6+ $11 40. Kf6 Bxe5+ 41. Kxe5 {KB-KB} Bc2
42. Bd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Kf6 $11 Bxb3 43. Ke7 Bxc4 44. Kd7) 42... Kh4 $1
$19 43. Ke6 Kg3 $1 44. Bc6 Kxg2 {Threatens to win with ...Kg3.} 45. Kd7 g4 $4 {
[%mdl 8192]} (45... Bxb3 $2 46. Kxc7 Bxc4 47. Kxb6 $18 (47. d6 Be6 $18)) (45...
Kxf3 46. d6+ Ke3 47. dxc7 $19) (45... Bf5+ $19 {avoids the disaster.} 46. Ke7
Bh3) 46. fxg4 $18 f3 {Strongly threatening ...Kg3.} 47. Kxc7 f2 48. d6+ Kg3 (
48... Kh3 $142 49. d7 f1=Q) 49. d7 f1=Q {aiming for ...Qf4+.} 50. d8=Q Bxb3 51.
Bb5 (51. Qd6+ Qf4 52. Qxf4+ Kxf4 53. Bb5 (53. Kxb6 Bxc4 54. Kxc5 Bb3 $11))
51... Qf7+ 52. Kxb6 {[%mdl 64] Qd6+ is the strong threat. Double Attack} Bxc4
53. Qd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Resist} 53. Kxc5 $6 Qf2+ 54. Kc6 (54. Kxc4
Qc2+ 55. Kd4 Qd1+ 56. Bd3 Qxa4+ 57. Kc5 Qb4+ 58. Kc6 Qxg4 $14) 54... Bb3 $16)
53... Kxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Kh4 $16) 54. Qd1+ $1 Kg3 55. Qe1+ {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} Kf4 56. Qc1+ Ke5 57. Qe3+ $2 (57. Bxc4 Qf6+ 58. Kb5 Qd8 59. Qe3+
Kf6 60. Qxc5 Qd2 61. Ka6 Qc3 62. Qc7) 57... Kf5 $16 58. Qf2+ {[%mdl 1024]
White has strong compensation.} Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58... Kg4 $16 59. Qg1+ (
59. Qxc5 Bb3 $16) 59... Kf3) 59. Qg1+ $2 (59. Qc2+ {mates} Kh6 60. Qxc4 Qg6+
61. Kxa5 Qf5 62. Qh4+ Kg6 63. Qg3+ Kh5 64. Be8+ Kh6 65. Qg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]}
Qxg6 66. Bxg6) 59... Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (59... Kf6 $11) 60. Qh2+ $1 $18
Kg8 61. Qg3+ {White mates.} Kf8 62. Qd6+ Kg8 63. Qd8+ Kg7 64. Qg5+ {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} Kh7 65. Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 66. Bxc4 Qd7 67. Qg3+
Kh6 68. Qf4+ Kg6 69. Kxc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.61/Black=0.69} 1-0
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 7. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. Nf3
{[%emt 0:00:42]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:
33]} 10. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 11. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:52]}
Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} 12. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 13. Bf6 {
[%emt 0:01:39]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 14. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:
20]} 15. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 16. a3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} b5 {
[%emt 0:03:21]} 17. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 18. axb4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 19. exf6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:
54]} 20. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 21. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:26]}
Nxe2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 24. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:
31]} 25. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 26. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:24]}
exd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 27. f3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Kf2 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 29. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 30. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 31. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qd4+
{[%emt 0:00:11]} 32. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 33. Ng5 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:
05]} 35. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 0-1
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 3. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 4. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. Bg5 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:
56]} 8. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ne4
{[%emt 0:00:39]} 10. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. g3 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 12. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Be4 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 13. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:13]}
c5 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 15. dxc5 {[%emt 0:04:53]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 16. Qe3 {
[%emt 0:00:35]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 17. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} 18. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 19. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:48]}
Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 20. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 21. Kxg2
{[%emt 0:00:00]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:
26]} 23. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 24. Qb3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 25. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 26. Qd1 {
[%emt 0:00:35]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. e4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:
50]} 28. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 29. b3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qe8 {
[%emt 0:00:38]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 31. Rd6 {[%emt 0:
00:29]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 33.
Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 34. Re6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qf8 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} 35. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 36. Ra6 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 37. bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 38.
Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. a3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 41. a4 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 42. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 43.
Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 44. Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qxf5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 45. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 46. Rc8 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 47. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 48. a5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 49. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rxe3
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 50. a6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 51. a7 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 52. g4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 53.
Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra3+ {[%emt 0:00:46]} 54. Kxg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra4+ {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 55. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 56. Ke4 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 57. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 58.
Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 59. h5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} 60. Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 61. Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 62. h6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 1-0
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 12,78,14,12,31,12,17,17,11,6,9,5,9,0,7,0,18,6,11,0,0,0,14,0,6,0,0,0,-2,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1
Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} (7... Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3
Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re2 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Nf5 Bf6 14. Qe1 d5 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16.
Nxc8 Rxc8 17. g3 Qd7 18. d3 Nd6 19. Bf4 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bf6 21. Bh3 Nf5 22. Bxf5
Qxf5 23. Bd6 Rfd8 24. Rxb7 Bd4 25. Be5 Bb6 26. Bc7 Bxc7 27. Rxc7 {1-0 (46)
Dominguez Perez,L (2758)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2021}) 8. c3 (8. Nf3 {
with more complications.} d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Nd6 11. Bd3) 8... Nxe5 {The
position is equal.} 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 d5 12. Bd3 c6 13. Nd2 Nd6 14.
Nf3 Bf5 15. Bf4 {[#] Hoping for Bxd6.} Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ne4 17. Nd2 Bd6 18. Bxd6
Nxd6 19. Re2 Re8 20. Rae1 Qd7 {[#]} 21. Qg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. h3 Rxe2
22. Rxe2 Re8 23. Kf1 f6 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qe2 Qxe2+ 26. Kxe2 Kf7 27. Kd3 {
1/2-1/2 (50) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Nguyen,N (2629) Doha 2016}) 21... Rxe2
22. Rxe2 f6 23. f3 Kf7 24. Nb3 {Nc5 is the strong threat.} Re8 25. Nc5 Qd8 26.
Qe1 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 {[#] aiming for Qe6+.} Qe7 28. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KN-KN} 29. Kf2 h5 30. h4 g5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg5 gxf3 33. gxf6+ Kxf6
34. Kxf3 Ke7 35. Kf4 Kf6 36. Nd7+ Ke6 37. Nc5+ Kf6 38. Nd7+ Ke6 39. Nc5+ Kf6 {
An uneventful encounter. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
{[%evp 0,131,29,29,29,14,25,-14,13,-20,-23,-20,0,-20,4,40,30,23,25,28,24,33,14,
19,9,-7,7,-23,15,0,10,16,29,26,34,18,12,25,19,10,19,16,19,13,13,9,0,13,9,14,30,
39,34,17,11,27,42,34,28,26,79,64,65,64,74,58,58,50,46,44,67,50,50,81,77,84,104,
119,118,154,149,128,134,141,190,192,203,113,150,152,183,175,173,216,223,216,
246,140,179,228,250,226,250,141,124,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. g3 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxd1
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. Nbd2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 11. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 12. Nfd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 13. a4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 14. Nb5 {
[%emt 0:00:48]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 15. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:
50]} 16. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 17. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Be8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 18. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Nxd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. Bb6 {
[%emt 0:02:42]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 20. Bxd8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:
02:58]} 21. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:34]
} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 23. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Rb1 {
[%emt 0:00:57]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 25. Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:
42]} 26. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:01:07]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 27. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 28. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Rb4 {
[%emt 0:01:15]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 30. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 31. b5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 32. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
f5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 33. Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 34. Na4 {
[%emt 0:00:52]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 35. b6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:44]
} 36. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 37. e4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Kb5 {
[%emt 0:01:22]} 38. b7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 39. exf5 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Nb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 41.
Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kxb7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 42. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kc6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 43. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 44. Kg4 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 45. Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nxf2 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 46. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 47. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:23]}
Nh3+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 48. Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 49. Kxh7 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Ne3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:
18]} 51. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} (51. Nf1 Kf3 52. Kh6 Kg4 (52... Kg2 53. g4 Nf2 (
53... Kxf1 54. g5 $18) 54. g5 Ng4+ 55. Kh5 $18) (52... Ke4 53. Kg6) 53. Kg6 Nf2
54. h4 Nd3 55. h5 Ne5+ 56. Kh6 $18) 51... Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 52. Ne5+ {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 53. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 54. Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 55. g4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kxh2
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 56. Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ng5+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} 57. Kg6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 58. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 59. Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 60. Ne2+ {[%emt 0:00:16]}
Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 61. Nd4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 62. Nb5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 63. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} 64. g5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nh3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 65. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 66. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 19,72,41,44,16,29,34,43,45,65,27,27,26,16,25,28,23,22,5,6,6,8,4,21,0,7,
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. Nf3 d5 2. d4
Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxf6
Nxf6 10. Nxc4 Qd5 11. a3 {D52: Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs
Variation.} Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 O-O 13. Ne5 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 {[#]}
14. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nd3 Re8 15. Rd1 h6 16. h3 a5 17. Ne5 Rd8 18.
Nf3 b6 19. Bc4 Qd6 20. O-O {1-0 (81) Tiglon,B (2227)-Malhotra,A (2171) ICC INT
2015}) 14... c5 15. Rd1 b6 16. Be2 Bb7 17. dxc5 Qc6 18. cxb6 {[#] And now Qxc6
would win.The position is equal.} Qxc3+ 19. bxc3 Nxb6 20. O-O Rac8 21. c4 Bxf3
22. gxf3 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 24. Rd7 Ra4 25.
Rb1 Rxa3 26. Rbb7 a5 27. Ra7 g5 28. Rdb7 a4 29. Rb4 Kg7 (29... Ra1+ {is more
complex.} 30. Kg2 a3 31. f4 h6 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. h4 gxh4 34. Rg4+ Kh7) 30.
Raxa4 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 {KR-KR} Rc8 32. Kg2 h6 33. Rb4 Rc2 34. Ra4 Rc8 35. Rb4 Rc2
36. Ra4 Rc8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 11,109,13,15,12,26,24,33,35,28,31,32,29,30,40,27,37,47,18,32,29,36,0,18,
-3,0,-11,13,-55,24,16,68,58,75,53,125,129,118,39,46,0,153,60,47,42,96,85,87,33,
23,28,86,74,133,143,141,140,172,175,351,331,325,315,295,290,316,315,310,300,
640,646,583,459,454,417,559,564,535,527,493,567,563,543,546,558,519,525,637,
602,916,781,951,875,1053,1027,918,838,5695,4005,29986,5085]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5
3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. h3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange
Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} Bd7 (7... Bh5 {seems wilder.} 8. Ne2 Nc6
9. Bf4 Qd7 10. Nd2 e6) 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O {White is slightly better.} e6 10. Re1
Bd6 11. Qd1 {[#]} (11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. Qd1 f6 14. Be3 Nf4 15. Bf1 g5
16. c4 Kh8 17. Rc1 Rg8 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 {0-1 (34) Tari,A (2633)-Firouzja,A (2728)
Stavanger 2020}) 11... O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... h6 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. b4
Kb8 14. a4 Rhe8 15. Ne5 Re7 16. Nd2 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ne8 18. Nb3 Bc8 19. a5 Ka8
20. b5 Nb8 21. Ba3 Red7 22. Bc5 f5 23. b6 {1-0 (23) Tabatabaei,M (2629)-Lou,Y
(2472) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 12. Qe2 Be8 13. Nbd2 Nh5 14. Nb3 Nf4 15. Bxf4
Bxf4 16. Ne5 g6 17. a4 a6 18. a5 Rc8 19. h4 (19. g3 $11 Nxe5 20. dxe5) 19...
Qe7 (19... Nxe5 $15 20. dxe5 f6) 20. g3 Bh6 ({Black should try} 20... Bxe5 $11
21. dxe5 d4) 21. h5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 g5 (22... f5 $14) 23. Nd4 $16 Bd7 {[#]} 24.
Nf3 (24. Ra3 $1 $16) 24... Bg7 $14 25. h6 Bh8 (25... Bxh6 $11 26. Qe3 Bc6) 26.
Nh2 ({Better is} 26. Nd4 $16) 26... f5 27. exf6 Bxf6 (27... Qxf6 $14 28. Ng4
Qf3) 28. Ng4 $16 Rce8 29. Ne5 (29. Bc2 $16) 29... Bxe5 $14 30. Qxe5 Rf3 (30...
Bc6 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Re3 {White now steadily converts the win.} Ref8 (
31... Rf7 $142) 32. Rxf3 $16 Rxf3 33. Bc2 Rf8 34. Rf1 Bc8 $2 (34... Qf6 35. Qc7
{[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf7) 35. f4 $18 g4 36. Re1 Rf7 37. Qh5 Bd7 38. Qxg4+
Kf8 39. Re5 Qc5+ $2 (39... Qf6 40. Qh5 Re7) 40. Kg2 Qb5 41. Qg5 {[#] And now
Bd1 would win.} Qxb2 42. Qd8+ Be8 43. Qd6+ Re7 44. Re2 Qxc3 45. Bxh7 Qc6 46.
Qa3 {Hoping for Bf5!} Qa4 47. Qxa4 Bxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 48. Bb1
d4 49. g4 Bb5 50. Rd2 d3 51. Kf3 ({And not} 51. Bxd3 Rd7 $11) 51... e5 52. fxe5
Rxe5 53. Bxd3 Bxd3 54. Rxd3 Rxa5 55. Rd8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/
Black=0.44} (55. h7 $142 Kg7 56. Rd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 57. Kf4 b6
58. g5 Ra2 59. Kf5 Rc2 60. Kg6) 1-0
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,111,26,29,28,23,22,29,23,31,15,20,24,28,29,31,24,39,47,54,50,73,69,75,
75,61,57,62,45,27,25,23,15,16,12,62,69,66,80,84,57,95,67,72,61,68,55,104,89,93,
72,141,135,146,139,139,139,137,139,136,133,132,131,124,132,125,127,133,141,152,
143,164,100,114,102,86,12,73,87,74,74,86,79,105,95,103,92,164,0,94,91,105,97,
106,79,102,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 (3... e6 4. e3
Bd6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Nb3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nd7
11. Qd2 O-O 12. Qc3 f6 13. O-O-O Ba6 14. Rhe1 Rfe8 15. Re3 Rac8 {1-0 (35)
Aronian,L (2781)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nc6
6. Nbd2 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.
} Bb4 7. a3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 {White has an edge.} Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 {[#]} Be4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Bg5 Qd5 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. Rc1 Nb6 13. e3 a6 14. Be2
h6 15. Bf4 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 (80) Demchenko,A (2632)-Srihari,L (2414) Chess. com
INT 2020}) 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Bd5 12. Qc2 Be4 13. Qc1 Re8 14. O-O e5 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. Bc3 Rd5 18. f3 Bd3 19. Qe1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qe7 21. e4 Rad8
22. Qf2 Rd3 23. Qxa7 b6 24. Qa4 Nd7 25. Qc2 Ne5 26. Kh1 h5 27. Rad1 Qc5 28. h3
Qc4 29. Qc1 Ng6 (29... Qc5 $142) 30. Rxd3 $16 Rxd3 31. Rd1 f6 32. Rxd3 Qxd3 33.
Kg1 Kf7 34. Qd2 Qb5 35. Kf2 h4 36. f4 Ne7 37. Qd4 Qb3 38. Qd3 Qe6 39. f5 Qb3
40. Kf3 (40. Kg1 $18) 40... c5 41. Kg4 b5 {Threatening ...b4.} 42. Qd7 (42.
Kxh4 $6 b4 $11) (42. Qe2 $1 $16) 42... Qc2 (42... Kf8 $1 $11 {keeps the
balance.}) 43. Kf3 (43. Kxh4 Qxg2 44. Bd2 Qxe4+ 45. Kg3 Qe5+ 46. Bf4 Qxb2 $17)
43... Qb3 44. Ke3 $1 Qc2 45. Qd2 {[%CAl Rd2c2]} (45. Qxb5 $6 Qxg2 46. Qb3+ Kf8
$11) 45... Qb3 {Hoping for ...b4.} 46. Qd3 Ke8 47. Kd2 Qa4 {[#]} (47... Kf8 $16
{was called for.} 48. Kc1 Kf7) 48. Ke3 ({Better is} 48. Ke2 $1 $18) 48... Qb3
$1 49. Qd6 Qc4 50. Qd1 Kf7 51. Qe2 {Black must now prevent Qxc4+.} Qb3 {[#]}
52. Qh5+ (52. Kf2 $1 $16) 52... Kf8 $11 {And now ...b4 would win.The position
is equal.} 53. Qh8+ ({Of course not} 53. Qxh4 b4 $17) 53... Kf7 54. Qh5+ ({
Reject} 54. Qxh4 b4 $17) 54... Kf8 {aiming for ...b4.} 55. Qh8+ (55. Qxh4 b4
$17) 55... Kf7 56. Qh5+ {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Weighted
Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.10} ({Don't play} 56. Qxh4 b4 $17 {[%mdl 64]
Pin}) 1/2-1/2
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 10,183,62,61,59,8,23,14,37,0,0,0,8,-22,-10,-31,-26,-42,-42,-80,-57,-60,
-62,-57,-54,-58,-7,-7,-4,-7,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-28,0,0,0,0,0,-44,-44,-50,-4,-94,
-93,-95,-93,-94,-94,-151,-151,-151,-151,-150,-150,-164,-212,-191,-92,-92,-60,
-60,-60,-234,0,0,0,0,0,-92,0,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,
-92,-92,-92,-92,-29980,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,
-60,-92,-60,-60,-60,-60,-12,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,0,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,
-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,0,-92,
0,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-28,-92,-8,-28,0,-12,-6,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,
-12,-8,-12,0,-12,0,-12,0,-12]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6.
Nf3 Bg4 {B06: Modern Defence.} 7. Be2 (7. h3 $14 Bxf3 8. Qxf3) 7... e6 $11 8.
Be3 Nh6 9. Qd2 Nf5 10. Bf2 Nd7 11. a3 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7
12. O-O b5 13. Nd1 a5 14. a4 b4 15. Ne3 c5 16. dxc5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxe3 18. c6 {
0-1 (18) Stefansson,H (2569)-Nikolaidis,I (2510) Cappelle-la-Grande 1999}) 12.
dxc5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bxc5 14. O-O Qb6 15. Na4 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qc6 17. b3 {next
c4! is good for White.} Nc5 (17... b5 $15 18. Nb2 Nc5) 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Qb4
Rc8 20. c4 $1 dxc4 21. Bxb7 Rc7 {White must now prevent ...Qxb4.} 22. Qxc5 Rxc5
23. Be4 Nd4 24. bxc4 Rxc4 25. Rb2 O-O 26. Kf2 Rfc8 27. g3 Nc2 (27... Rc3 {
feels hotter.} 28. Rd1 Nf5 29. Rd7 Rxa3 30. Kg2 a5) 28. Bxc2 (28. Raa2 $11 {
keeps the balance.} Rxe4 29. Rxc2) 28... Rxc2+ $17 29. Rxc2 Rxc2+ $11 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KR-KR} 30. Kg1 a5 31. a4 (31. Re1 $142) 31... h4 $1 $17 32. Rb1
h3 $1 33. Rb5 Rg2+ 34. Kh1 Ra2 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 35. Kg1 Rxa4 (35... g5 $1 $19 {
and Black stays clearly on top.} 36. Rxa5 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 g4) 36. Kf2 Ra3 {
Strongly threatening ...g5!} 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Ra8 $2 (38. g4 $1 $15) 38... a4
$2 (38... g5 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rg5g4]} 39. fxg5 Kg6) 39. g4 $11 g5 40. fxg5 Kg6 41.
Rg8+ Kh7 42. Ra8 {[#]} (42. Rf8 $1 $11) 42... Kg7 $1 $17 43. Ke2 Ra2+ 44. Kf3
Rxh2 {Hoping for ...Ra2.} 45. Kg3 Ra2 {Threatens to win with ...h2.} (45... Rb2
{seems wilder.} 46. Kxh3 Rb3+ 47. Kg2 a3 48. Kg1 Kg6) 46. Kxh3 a3 {[%CAl Ba4a3,
Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 47. Kg3 {[#]} Ra1 $1 48. Kf2 a2 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. Rg8+ Kh7 51.
Ra8 Kg7 52. Kh2 Re1 53. Rxa2 Rxe5 54. Kg3 Rxg5 {And now ...f5 would win.} 55.
Kf4 Rb5 56. Ra4 Kf6 57. Ra8 e5+ 58. Kf3 Rb3+ 59. Ke4 Rb4+ 60. Kf3 $1 Kg7 61.
Re8 (61. Ra5 $11) 61... f6 62. Ra8 Rb3+ 63. Kg2 Kf7 64. Kf2 Kg7 65. Kg2 $1 Rc3
66. Kf2 Rh3 67. Kg2 Rh8 68. Ra7+ Kg6 69. Kg3 Rb8 70. Kh4 Rg8 71. Kg3 Rh8 72.
Rb7 Ra8 73. Re7 Ra3+ 74. Kh4 Ra1 75. Kg3 Ra4 76. Kh4 Ra8 77. Kg3 Rg8 ({Better
is} 77... Rd8 $17) 78. Rb7 (78. Ra7 $1 $11) 78... Rg7 79. Rb8 Rd7 80. Ra8 Kf7 (
80... Rd3+ $17 81. Kh4 Rc3 82. Rg8+ Kf7) 81. Ra6 (81. g5 $1 $11 {remains equal.
}) 81... Ke7 (81... Rd3+ $17 82. Kf2 Rc3) 82. g5 fxg5 {aiming for ...Rd6.} 83.
Rg6 {The position is equal.} Rd3+ (83... Rd4 {is more complex.} 84. Rxg5 Kf6
85. Rg8 Kf5 86. Kf3 Rd3+) 84. Kf2 Kf7 (84... Rb3 {with more complications.} 85.
Rxg5 Ke6 86. Rg6+ Kf5 87. Rh6 Ke4) 85. Rxg5 Ke6 86. Ke2 Ra3 (86... Rb3 {
looks sharper.} 87. Rg8 Rh3 88. Rb8 Kf5 89. Rb4 Rh2+) 87. Rh5 Kd5 88. Rh4 $1
Ra2+ 89. Ke3 Ra3+ 90. Ke2 Ra2+ 91. Ke3 $1 Ra3+ 92. Ke2 {White happily takes
the draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.14} 1/2-1/2
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 18,83,41,45,39,25,41,27,32,18,54,26,31,29,34,33,30,38,41,41,31,29,42,36,
40,30,59,28,65,56,54,56,62,22,18,2,39,39,92,81,92,87,105,93,175,98,372,365,371,
377,351,368,379,372,350,422,434,433,475,475,475,468,580,576,561,468,457,427]}
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 Ng4 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. Nb3 Nf6 {B72: Sicilian Dragon: 6 Be3, lines with h3+Bc4
and sidelines.} 11. f3 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd7 12. O-O-O a6 13.
Re1 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. Bg3 O-O 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 {0-1 (27)
Zavattero,A (1556)-Hercegovac,N (1995) Salsomaggiore Terme 2019}) 12. Be2 O-O {
White has an edge.} 13. Bf2 Na5 14. O-O Be6 15. Nd5 Nxb3 16. axb3 Nxd5 17. exd5
Bf5 18. c3 e5 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. b4 Re8 21. Rfe1 Qd7 22. Bd4 Rac8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7
24. Rad1 Bb3 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Ra1 Re5 27. f4 Rd5 (27... Re7 $14) 28. Qf2 $16 h5
29. Bf3 {[#] Black must now prevent Ra3.} Rb5 30. Be4 Be6 (30... Re8 $16) 31.
Rad1 ({Better is} 31. Bc2 $18) 31... Qc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} (
31... Bg4 $16) 32. Bxg6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bg4 (32... Bb3 33. Bd3) 33. Bd3
Bxd1 34. Bxb5 ({Resist} 34. Rxd1 Qb6 $18) 34... axb5 35. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KQR-KQR} Re8 36. Rd5 Qc4 {White is clearly winning.} 37. Rxh5 Qd3 {
( -> ...Qd1+)} 38. Qg3+ Qxg3 39. hxg3 Re2 40. Rxb5 Rxb2 41. Rxb7 d5 42. Rd7 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.36} 1-0
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. f4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc6
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 6. Na3 {[%emt 0:
00:43]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 7. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 8.
Be2 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} d4 {[%emt 0:
01:09]} 10. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 11. cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:49]}
cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. b3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a5 {[%emt 0:05:04]} 13. Bb2 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 14. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 15. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 16. a3 {[%emt 0:01:12]}
fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 17. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 18. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 19. b4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 20. b5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 21. Nfxd4 {[%emt 0:00:24]}
Rhf8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 22. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 23. Nc6+ {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Bxe5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ncxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 26. a4 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 27. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 28.
d4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 29. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:54]} 30. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. Rxd8 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 33. b6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 34. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:13]}
Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 35. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. h3 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 37. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:
27]} 38. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 39. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]}
gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 41. a5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 1-0
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 6. Rb1 {
[%emt 0:01:52]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 7. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:43]
} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 9. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc8 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:
00:41]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 13.
Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 14. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Kf8 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 15. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 16. Qh5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 17. Ng4 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
25]} 18. Qxh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 19. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:11]}
Kd6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 20. c3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 21. Bc2 {
[%emt 0:01:21]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 22. Qxg7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:01:
29]} 23. Nxf6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Ne4+ {[%emt 0:01:09]}
dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Rbd1+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 26. b4+ {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 27. Qh6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:02:
35]} 28. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 29. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]}
Nxc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 30. Rxe4+ {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kxc3 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 31. Rxd8
{[%emt 0:00:06]} Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 32. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kxa3 {[%emt 0:
00:36]} 33. Rd3+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 1-0
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. Qe2 {[%emt 0:
02:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:46]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:22]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 8. d3
{[%emt 0:00:01]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:44]
} 10. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 11. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd4
{[%emt 0:00:49]} 12. f4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 13. Nb5 {[%emt 0:
00:31]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 14. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 15.
fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 16. Qf4 {[%emt 0:04:19]} Qd7 {
[%emt 0:02:03]} 17. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 18. Qa4 {[%emt 0:
01:52]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 20.
Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 21. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 23. Bxf7+ {
[%emt 0:02:31]} Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. Qxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 25. g4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 26. Raf1 {[%emt 0:00:16]}
Rxc2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 27. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Nd6+ {
[%emt 0:00:34]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 29. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 30. Rg2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rxg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 0-1
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 13,65,10,10,10,12,10,11,10,9,10,6,9,10,10,15,10,10,10,27,31,85,74,87,84,
92,84,85,83,78,80,83,84,77,81,68,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29977,29978,29977,
-121,29978,29979]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3
Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Nxf4 9. exf4 b6
10. b4 {The position is equal.} a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 {[%CAl Rb6c5]} 13. g3
Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Ra7 16. f5 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.}
axb4 (16... e5 $1 $14) 17. axb4 $16 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 e5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5
bxc5 {[#]} 21. b5 d4 {[#]} 22. b6 $1 {[%CAl Rb6c7]} Qxb6 23. Ne4 {[#] Black
must now prevent f6.} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23... Qd8 24. f6 gxf6 25. Qg4+
Kh8 26. Ra7 fxe5 27. Qf5 f6 28. Rd7 Qe8 29. Qe6 Bd8 30. Qxe8 Rxe8 {1/2-1/2 (54)
Ding,L (2680)-Matlakov,M (2668) St Petersburg 2012}) 24. e6 (24. Qa2+ $14 Kh8
25. exf6 gxf6 26. Qe6) 24... Qb5 25. Qa2 Qd3 26. Qa7 Qxe4 27. Qxe7 {And now
Qb7 would win.} Qxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 28. h4 Qg4 29. Ra7 {
aiming for Rd7.} h5 $1 30. Rd7 {Threatens to win with Rd8.} Ra8 {[%mdl 8192]} (
{Avoid the trap} 30... c4 $2 31. Rd8 $18) (30... Qd1+ $11 31. Kg2 (31. Kh2 Qg4)
31... Qg4) 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kh7 33. e7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
03/Black=0.37} 1-0
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,119,10,16,15,25,9,11,-8,-9,-19,0,0,0,0,4,0,16,12,19,34,24,0,0,0,34,40,
70,64,69,64,79,78,84,81,70,63,65,68,88,88,89,93,82,87,162,85,92,94,92,85,85,85,
89,82,88,85,91,108,105,106,129,115,108,87,85,83,75,76,89,83,85,83,97,76,89,91,
108,108,315,313,403,403,389,387,372,365,500,490,763,736,692,673,906,635,534,0,
844,810,29981,29982,29977,0,29981,29982,29982,29983,29998,0,1109,0,29998,29999]
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. Rb1 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3
sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Ne5 {
[#] The position is equal.} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. c3 Nfd7 10.
Ndf3 Nc6 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bd3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 (95)
Atanasov,A (2144)-Kumar,N (2328) Charlotte 2020}) 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11.
Nb3 cxd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13. f3 f6 14. Nd3 Ng5 15. Qe2 Ba6 16. Qe3 h6 17. Ndc5 Bc8
18. f4 $1 {[%CAl Rf4g5]} Nf7 19. O-O Rb8 20. Rbe1 Re8 21. Qd3 Qc7 22. Re2 Nd6
23. c3 Nc4 24. Qg3 a5 25. Rfe1 Nd6 26. Qg6 ({Don't play} 26. Nxe6 $6 Bxe6 27.
Rxe6 Rxe6 $11) 26... Kf8 $2 (26... Qa7 $16) 27. g4 ({Stronger than} 27. Nxe6+
Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 $11) (27. Qh7 $18) 27... a4 $16 28. Nxa4 Ne4 29. Nac5 Nxc5
30. Nxc5 {f5 is the strong threat.} Qxf4 31. a4 {[%CAl Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl
32]} e5 32. dxe5 Qxg4+ 33. Qxg4 Bxg4 34. Rf2 Kf7 35. b4 h5 36. a5 d4 37. cxd4
Rxb4 38. Rf4 Rb2 39. Ra1 Ra8 40. a6 Ra7 41. exf6 gxf6 42. Raf1 f5 43. R1f2 Rb5
{[#]} (43... Rxf2 $16 {is a better defense.} 44. Rxf2 (44. Kxf2 Ke7 $16) 44...
Ke7) 44. Kg2 $1 $18 Kg6 45. h3 Bd1 46. Rxf5 Bb3 47. Kg3 Bd5 48. Kh4 Rb4 (48...
Rb1 $142 49. Rg5+ Kh7 50. Rxh5+ Kg8) 49. Rg5+ Kh7 50. Rxh5+ Kg6 51. Rg5+ Kh7
52. Rh5+ (52. Rf4 $142 Rb5 53. Rh5+ Kg8 54. Rf6) 52... Kg6 $1 53. Rf4 Bc4 {[#]}
54. Rg5+ $1 Kh7 55. Rh5+ Kg6 $1 56. Rg4+ Kf6 57. Rh6+ Kf5 58. Rh5+ (58. Ne4
$142 Bxa6 59. Ng3#) 58... Kf6 59. Rh6+ (59. Ne4+ $18 Ke7 60. Rh7+ Bf7 61. Rf4)
59... Kf5 $1 60. Ne4 {[%CAl Re4g3] Weighted Error Value: White=0.26/Black=0.34}
1-0
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 15,63,-27,-27,-28,-32,-22,-31,-21,-9,-15,-11,-41,-45,-45,-34,-63,-61,
-68,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,16,83,23,54,53,39,57,47,0,20,8,8,8,13,0,57,55,80,37,45,31,
68,17,672,655]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7
7. c3 O-O 8. e4 d4 {8...Re8 gains popularity.} 9. Nc4 {A08: King's Indian
Attack.} Qc7 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Qc2 {White wants to play Ncxe5!Black is
slightly better.} Qb8 12. Bd2 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Be6 13. Ng5
Bd7 14. f4 Ng4 15. Nf3 b5 16. Ncxe5 {1/2-1/2 (16) Bricard,E (2506)-Horvath,J
(2526) Bischwiller 1999}) 13. h3 Be6 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. f4 Nh5 16. fxe5 b5 ({
Better is} 16... Nxg3 $15 17. Rf2 Qd8) 17. Nd6 $11 {[%CAl Rf1f7]} Nxe5 18.
Ndxf7 Nxf7 ({Not} 18... Rxf7 $2 19. Nxf7 Nxf7 20. Qb3 $18) 19. Nxf7 {Threatens
to win with Qb3.} Be6 {[#]} ({Don't blunder} 19... Qxg3 $2 20. Qb3 $18) 20. g4
{aiming for Ng5.} Rxf7 (20... Rc8 $11 {keeps the balance.} 21. Qd1 Ng3) 21.
gxh5 (21. Rxf7 $16 Bxf7 22. e5) 21... Qe5 $1 22. Rxf7 Bxf7 23. Rf1 Qxh5 24. Qc7
(24. Rf5 {feels hotter.} Qg6 25. Qc7 Qe6 26. a3 h6 27. Re5) 24... Qc5 25. Rc1 (
25. Qb7 {keeps more tension.} Re8 26. Rf5 Qc8 27. Qxb5 Be6 28. Rf1) 25... Qxc7
26. Rxc7 Bd8 {[%CAl Rd8c7]} 27. Rc6 Bb6 ({Black should play} 27... Bxa2 $11 28.
e5 Bb3) 28. a3 $14 Re8 29. Bf4 Be6 30. h4 Kf7 31. h5 ({White should try} 31.
Kh2 $14) 31... Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Bd7 $11 32. Rd6 Be6) 32. Rxe6 $1
{[%mdl 576] Remove Defender. Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.45} 1-0
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb7 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 13.
Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 14. a4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nbd7 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 16. axb5 {[%emt 0:
01:17]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:12]}
18. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:03:44]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxa8
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 20. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 21. dxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 22. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 23. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:23]}
Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 25. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 26. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 27. Bh7+ {[%emt 0:01:13]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 28. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qa2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:02:01]}
Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. f4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 31. Qe2 {
[%emt 0:03:52]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 32. f5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} 33. g3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 34. h4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c4 {
[%emt 0:01:06]} 35. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 36. Kh3 {[%emt 0:
00:22]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 37. Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38.
Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qb6 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 40. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 41. Bc2 {[%emt 0:
00:29]} Qc6+ {[%emt 0:00:51]} 42. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43.
Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 44. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qb6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8.
Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nh6 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. g3 {
[%emt 0:01:18]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 13. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:53]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 14. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:55]}
Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 16. Nf4 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 17. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:
00:56]} 18. Nfe2 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 19. b4 {[%emt 0:00:52]}
Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 20. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 21. Nxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 22. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxh4 {[%emt 0:
02:31]} 23. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. gxh4 {[%emt 0:03:19]}
Rhg6+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 25. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rgf6 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 26. Re8+
{[%emt 0:00:06]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:
01:04]} 28. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxa1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 29. Re7+ {[%emt 0:00:37]
} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 30. Rxd7+ {[%emt 0:01:47]} Kxd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 31. Nd3
{[%emt 0:00:01]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 32. Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 0-1
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6.
Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11.
Re2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 12. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be7 {[%emt 0:
02:00]} 13. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 14. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. Ne7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 16. Rxe7 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:02:
03]} 18. f3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. d4 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Qb6 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 20. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 21. Re1 {[%emt 0:
04:19]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 22. a3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 23.
Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 24. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} dxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. c3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 26. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:
00:20]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:18]}
28. Qxe1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kh7 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Kh2 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 32. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33.
Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 34. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,124,19,32,28,40,15,14,19,20,16,21,-2,9,10,0,17,18,-24,-24,-32,-30,-43,
8,3,39,40,54,57,68,60,85,66,56,0,136,56,33,29,43,27,64,77,70,75,65,0,8,6,8,14,
18,0,16,31,26,37,53,25,21,23,18,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,-43,-37,-52,-40,-72,
-36,-47,-39,-47,-53,-45,-69,-452,-350,-375,-418,-543,-535,-2335,-2335,-29957,
-29955,-29959,-29960,-6764,-6858,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29957,-29980,-29981,
-29982,-29983,-29983,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29984,
-29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37:
Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Be6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qb3 {The position is
equal.} Ra7 {8...Ra7 is better than 8...b5.} (8... b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11.
e4 c6 12. Qe3 cxd5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Rc1 Be7 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Be4 Ra7 {1/2-1/2
(54) Vidit,S (2726)-Mamedyarov,S (2770) Tornelo INT 2021}) 9. a3 Qd8 10. h4 {
[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be7 11. e4 c6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Qc2 b5 14. Rd1
c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 Nd7 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 {1-0 (53) Vidit,S (2726)
-Grandelius,N (2670) Tornelo INT 2021}) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 {[#] And now ...d4 would
win.} 12. Rd1 {[%CAl Rc3d5]} b5 {Threatening ...Qb6.} 13. Ng5 {[%CAl Rc3d5]} h6
14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. e3 Nd7 (15... Rf7 $15) 16. g3 $11 O-O 17. Bh3 Qf6 {[%csl Gf8]
[%CAl Rf6f2] [#]} 18. O-O Kh8 19. Ne2 $1 g5 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qc3 (21. Qc2 $14)
21... Kg8 (21... Qxc3 $11 22. bxc3 Re8) 22. Qxf6 ({=} 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. exd4 Qh6
24. Kg2) 22... Rxf6 $14 23. Rc1 Kf7 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. exd4 Ke7 26. Rfe1 Kd6 27.
Rc2 (27. Rc8 $1 $14) 27... Nb6 28. b3 {next Kg2 is good for White.} Rh7 29. Bg4
Rfh6 {Hoping for ...Rh1+.} 30. Kg2 Rh2+ 31. Kf3 Rf7+ 32. Ke3 Na8 $1 33. Rec1 {
aiming for Rc6+.} (33. Rc5 {feels hotter.} Rc7 34. b4 Rh6 35. Rec1 Rh8 36. Kd3)
33... Rc7 34. Rc5 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc7 36. Rc1
Ne8 37. Rc8 Nf6 38. Bf3 {Threatens to win with Ra8.} g4 39. Be2 {Strongly
threatening Ra8.} e5 40. dxe5+ Kxe5 41. Rd8 Rh1 42. f4+ gxf3 $1 43. Bxf3 Rb1
44. b4 Rb3+ 45. Ke2 Rxa3 {...Kd4 is the strong threat.} 46. g4 $1 Ne4 47. Re8+
$2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} ({White should try} 47. g5
$1 $15) 47... Kd4 $19 {White must now prevent ...Re3+.} 48. Bxe4 dxe4 {KR-KR}
49. Re6 Rg3 50. Rxa6 Rxg4 51. Rc6 Rg2+ 52. Kd1 Rb2 53. Rd6+ Ke3 54. Rd5 Rxb4 {
Black mates.} 55. Kc2 Ke2 56. Kc3 Rc4+ 57. Kb3 e3 58. Rxb5 Rc8 59. Re5 Kd2 60.
Rd5+ Ke1 61. Re5 e2 62. Kb2 Rf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.58/Black=0.11}
0-1
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 11,38,22,22,20,24,28,25,21,25,30,21,19,19,17,30,19,19,18,16,27,27,13,18,
0,22,0,18,0,18]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 (5. Bg5 h6 6.
Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Qe2 cxd4
13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bd3 g6 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. Qf3 Be8 19. g3
Bg7 20. h4 h5 21. Qe3 Nc8 22. Bb1 Nd6 23. Re1 Bc6 24. Qf4 Qd8 25. Rcd1 Nb5 26.
Nxb5 Bxb5 {1/2-1/2 (35) Radjabov,T (2765)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2021})
5... O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 {White has an edge.} exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 4]
is more profitable than 11...Bf6 at the moment.} 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14.
Qd4 Qd6 {Black wants to play ...Nb3.} 15. Rd1 Rfd8 {With the idea ...Bc2.} 16.
Qd2 {[#]} Qf6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] The position is equal. An interesting novelty.}
({Predecessor:} 16... Nb3 17. Qc3 Qb6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rac8
21. g4 Rc1+ 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Be6 24. f4 f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Bb3 {
1/2-1/2 (66) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020})
17. Qd4 Qd6 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Qd4 Qd6 {An uneventful encounter. Weighted Error
Value: White=0.04/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.25"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Shahid"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
{[%evp 0,123,26,16,69,41,41,18,22,30,12,33,10,14,48,39,31,39,37,0,14,0,7,6,6,
-7,-11,-14,-22,-19,-19,-8,12,4,9,-6,-14,6,2,-11,-17,-23,-15,-28,-24,-38,-15,
-33,-28,-51,-60,-64,-76,-62,-15,-14,-15,-30,-56,-64,-39,-30,-45,-54,-10,-18,
-18,-49,-37,-47,-58,-80,-14,-42,-51,-66,-34,-4,-49,-130,-151,-136,-135,-128,
-176,-176,-65,-68,115,112,141,193,194,194,188,197,196,196,167,182,209,202,198,
194,204,201,201,201,201,217,230,238,250,267,396,455,451,502,509,510,521,521,
539,539,700,717]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. e5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} a6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 8. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. a4 {[%emt 0:00:
17]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 10. exd6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 11. d3
{[%emt 0:00:27]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 12. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Nec6 {[%emt 0:
01:17]} 13. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 14. a5 {[%emt 0:00:50]}
O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} 15. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 16. Qe1 {
[%emt 0:01:04]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 17. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:01:
01]} 18. Na4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 19. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:03]}
cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bxa4 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 21. Rxa4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 22. c3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 23. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. h3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Kg7
{[%emt 0:00:12]} 25. Raa1 {[%emt 0:00:52]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 26. fxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 27. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 28. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re7 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 29. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Rde8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 30. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 31. Rf1 {
[%emt 0:00:51]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 32. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 33. Ref4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 34. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. d4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Bd5 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Re3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 37. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} 38. b4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Ree2
{[%emt 0:00:25]} 40. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Qa1 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} Red2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 42. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rxd1+ $6 {
[%emt 0:00:52]} (42... Ra2 43. Qc3 (43. Qb1 Rdb2 44. Qd3 Qg5 45. Qe3 Rxg2 $19)
43... Rdc2 44. Qe1 (44. Qe3 g5) 44... g5 $19) 43. Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxb4 $2
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 44. d5 $18 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 45. Qd4+ {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 46. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:
00:22]} 47. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 48. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. d6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 50. Bxb7 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Kxd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 51. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} 52. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 53. Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:08]
} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 54. h4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 55. Bf3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 56. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 57. Rc6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 58. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
g5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 59. hxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 60. Bf3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} f4+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} 61. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 62. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 11,57,4,12,10,18,10,17,11,12,0,7,6,13,0,0,-16,132,0,0,0,102,102,74,74,
210,184,176,-7,-3,-58,898,850,950,934,847,819,2717,2719,1864,1810,29985,29986,
29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6
5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6
3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Nh5 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 {The position is equal.} g6 10.
g4 {Nxc6 is the strong threat.} Ng7 11. h4 h5 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Bf6 {[#]} Rh7
$146 {[#]} (13... Kf8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13... Rg8 14. Qf3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 hxg4
16. Qxg4 Nh5 17. O-O-O Qxf2 18. Bg5 Qg3 19. Qa4 Bd7 {0-1 (35) Sedlak,N (2523)
-Shimanov,A (2642) Minsk 2017}) 14. g5 (14. Ndf3 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rf3g5] Strongly
threatening Ng5.} Qxb2 15. Rc1 Nxe5 16. dxe5) 14... Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qxc3 (15...
Qa3 $1 $11) 16. Rh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qa5 17. Bb5 Bd7
(17... Qc7 $16 {was necessary.}) 18. Nxd7 $18 Kxd7 {[#]} 19. Bxc6+ $2 (19. Ba4
$1 $18 Rb8 20. Rhb3) 19... bxc6 $11 20. Rb7+ (20. Qc1 $1 $11 Qc7 21. Rhb3)
20... Bc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Ke8 $15 21. Bxg7 Rxg7) 21. Be5 $18 Ne8 22.
Qc1 Qa6 {[#]} 23. Nb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kc8 {[#]} (23... Qxb7 24. Nc5+) 24. Rxc7+
$1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxc7 25. Qc5 {White wants to mate with Qf8+.} Qc4 26. Qf8+ {
White mates.} Kb7 27. Nc5+ Kb6 28. Bxc7+ Kb5 29. Qxa8 {[%CAl Ra8b8] Weighted
Error Value: White=0.25/Black=0.61} 1-0
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 22,152,18,26,63,48,45,35,55,50,47,39,52,45,33,47,25,12,35,0,0,0,0,-29,
29,0,5,0,0,-85,-44,-108,-98,-96,-93,-136,-120,-99,-77,-79,-90,-102,-102,-103,
-118,-121,-109,-145,-143,-156,-152,-144,-105,-102,-88,-132,-141,-141,-135,-135,
-136,-134,-134,-146,-134,-185,-180,-220,-104,-231,-227,-258,-269,-269,-263,
-274,-268,-275,-272,-268,-275,-274,-266,-321,-312,-385,-389,-469,-458,-449,
-434,-458,-467,-421,-394,-542,-543,-893,-912,-854,-797,-1868,-1650,-2738,-2598,
-29970,-29970,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29983,-29983,
-29984,-29986,-29977,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29972,-853,-5222,-5210,
-29990,-29991,-29990,-29991,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3
Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 c4 8. Bc2 Qxd6 9. O-O g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Na3
cxb3 12. axb3 Nd5 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line. B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 13.
Nc4 Qc7 14. Ne3 Nf4 {White is slightly better.} 15. d4 O-O {[#]} 16. g3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 16. b4 b5 17. g3 Nh3+ 18. Kg2 Rd8 19. Qe2 Rb8 20. Bb3 e5 21. Nd5
Qb7 22. dxe5 {1/2-1/2 (60) Zhukova,N (2481)-Cmilyte,V (2442) Mallorca 2004})
16... Nh5 17. Re1 Rd8 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. Bb2 e6 20. c4 Nb4 21. Bb1 b6 22. Ba3 Bf8
(22... Nc6 $142) 23. Bb2 (23. Ne5 $5 {[%CAl Re2f3]} Bb7 24. N3g4 Nxg4 25. Nxg4
$11) 23... Bb7 24. d5 Bg7 {[%CAl Re6d5]} 25. Be5 (25. dxe6 $11 {remains equal.}
fxe6 26. Ng5) 25... Qe7 $17 {[%CAl Re6d5]} 26. Qb2 ({White has to play} 26. Nh4
$1 $15) 26... exd5 27. cxd5 Nbxd5 28. Nc4 Qf8 29. Ng5 Ng4 {[#] And now ...Re8
would win.} 30. Bxg7 Qxg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. h3 Ngf6 33. Ne5 Rf8 34. Bd3 Nb4
35. Rad1 Nxd3 36. Rxd3 Bd5 37. Nd7 Rfe8 38. Rxe8 Rxe8 39. f4 {aiming for Nxf6.}
(39. Nxf6 $2 Re1+ 40. Kh2 Rh1#) 39... Nxd7 40. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRN-KRN} Nf6 41. Rd3 Re2 42. Nf3 Ne4 43. Ne5 (43. Rd7 $17) 43... Nc5 $19 44.
Rd8 {[#]} Re3 (44... Nxb3 45. Rd7 $15) (44... a5 $1 $19 {and Black stays
clearly on top.} 45. Rc8 Re3) 45. Ra8 {Now White is beyond hope.} (45. b4 $17 {
is the only way for White.} Rxg3+ 46. Kh2) 45... Nd3 ({Not} 45... Nxb3 46. Kf2
$11) ({Less strong is} 45... Rxb3 46. Rxa7 Rxg3+ 47. Kh2 $15) ({Don't play}
45... Rxg3+ 46. Kh2 $17) 46. Nc4 Rxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 47. Kh2 Rf3
48. Rxa7 Rxf4 49. Nxb6 Rb4 50. Nc4 Rxb3 51. Nd6 Ne5 52. Re7 Kf6 53. Re8 Rb4 54.
Kg3 Rd4 55. Nb5 Rd3+ 56. Kg2 g5 57. Rh8 Kg7 58. Re8 Ng6 59. Nc7 Nf4+ 60. Kf1
Rxh3 61. Ra8 Rf3+ 62. Kg1 g4 63. Ne8+ Kg6 64. Ra6+ Kg5 65. Nd6 Nh3+ 66. Kg2 Kh4
67. Ne4 Nf4+ 68. Kg1 h5 69. Ra2 Nh3+ 70. Kg2 f5 71. Nd6 Nf4+ 72. Kg1 Ne6 (72...
g3 $142 73. Nxf5+ Kh3 74. Rb2 g2 75. Ne3 Rxe3 76. Kf2 Nd3+ 77. Kxe3 Nxb2 78.
Ke4 g1=Q 79. Kd5 Qb6 80. Ke5 Qc7+ 81. Kf5 Qe7 82. Kf4 Qe6 83. Kf3 Nc4 84. Kf2
Qe3+ 85. Kf1 Nd2#) 73. Ra5 Nd4 {( -> ...Ne2+)} 74. Rd5 Ne2+ {Black mates.} 75.
Kh1 Kh3 {[%CAl Rf3f1]} 76. Rd1 g3 {[%csl Gh3][%CAl Rg3g2] Weighted Error Value:
White=0.33/Black=0.09} 0-1
[Event "New In Chess Classic Prelims 2021"]
[Site "Chess24"]
[Date "2021.04.17"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2021.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 11,113,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,10,22,14,12,14,10,26,0,0,0,11,15,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
-2,-14,-8,-60,4,-21,-19,-21,-36,-47,-16,-16,-14,-36,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-18,
-18,-22,-12,-21,-20,-16,-38,-16,-20,-51,-40,-76,-73,-62,-51,-42,-43,-43,0,-47,
0,-50,-52,-58,-42,-43,0,0,0,-60,-56,-35,-38,-42,-39,-108,-42,-46,-27,-54,-59,
-59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,12,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5.
d3 O-O 6. b4 Be7 7. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4
and 5 d3.} d5 8. Bb3 a6 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Be6 11. Re1 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxb3 13. Nxb3 Qd7 14. Be3 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Qe6
16. Bc5 Bd6 17. Nfd2 b6 {0-1 (57) Singer,C (2362)-Loetscher,R (2420) Germany
2014}) 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. a4 b5 14. h3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qd7 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. axb5
axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qd3 Rb8 20. Ra1 Ne7 {[%CAl Bc6e7,Be7c8,Bc8d6,Bd6c4]
[%mdl 32]} 21. Ra5 (21. g3 $11) 21... c6 (21... Ng6 $15) 22. Bc1 Nc8 23. Nf1
Nd6 24. Ng3 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. Ra1 c5 27. bxc5 Bxc5 {Black wants to play ...
Rd8.} 28. Kf1 Nd6 29. Nd2 h5 30. f3 $1 h4 31. Nf5 Nxf5 32. exf5 Nd5 33. Ne4 Be3
34. Ba3 Ra8 {And now ...Bb6 would win.} 35. Bb2 Rxa1+ 36. Bxa1 $17 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KBN-KBN} Bc1 37. Ke2 Nf4+ 38. Kf1 Nd5 39. Ke2 $1 Nf4+ 40. Kf1 f6 41.
Nd6 Nd5 {Hoping for ...Ne3+.} 42. Ke2 Nf4+ 43. Kf1 Nd5 {Threatens to win with .
..Ne3+.} 44. Ke2 Nc7 $1 45. c4 bxc4 46. Nxc4 Nd5 47. Nd6 (47. Kd3 $15) 47...
Ba3 (47... Kh7 $17 48. Nc4 Kh6) 48. Ne4 $15 Ne7 49. f4 exf4 50. Kf3 Bc1 ({
Black should try} 50... Nxf5 $15 51. Kxf4 Ne7) 51. Kg4 $11 {The position is
equal.} Nd5 52. Bd4 Be3 53. Nc3 Ne7 54. Ne2 Nd5 55. Nc3 Ne7 56. Ne2 Nd5 57. Nc3
{Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2