[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.05"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,36,19,14,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,-2,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} Bd7 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Bxc6 15. Bb5 Bd5 16. Bc4 Bc6 17. Bb5 {[#]} Bd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Be4 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 b6 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. g3 h5 24. h4 Qd7 25. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 (31) Xu,Y (2557)-Xu,Y (2454) Xinghua 2017}) 18. Bc4 Bc6 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.05"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,92,22,22,35,38,23,46,49,45,16,25,26,36,16,29,23,20,20,23,22,34,37,48, 29,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-12,-12,-12,-16,-3,-5,-6,-4,-2,-7,-8,-9,-6,-7,-4, -10,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,0,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,0,-1,0,-1,0,-1, 0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} Ke7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nd4 {[#] White is slightly better.} Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nb6 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Na5 Rd8 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Be1 Bd7 16. Bf3 Nbd5 17. Nc3 Rdc8 18. Nxd5+ Nxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 (29) Valak,A (2339)-Volodarsky,Y (2301) GER email 2014}) 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 (13. Nd2 {is interesting.} Rac8 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. h3 Rhd8 16. Rac1) 13... Nc6 14. Nxc6+ Bxc6 15. Rc1 Bb4 16. Na3 {[%CAl Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4a5][%mdl 32]} Nd7 17. Nc4 Bd5 18. a3 (18. Bxg7 Rhg8 $15) 18... Bc5 19. b4 (19. Bxg7 $2 Rhg8 $19) 19... Ba7 20. Na5 ({Don't go for} 20. Bxg7 $2 Rhg8 $19) 20... Rhc8 {The position is equal.} 21. Bd3 ({Not} 21. Bxg7 $2 Rg8 $17) 21... f5 22. Bc4 ({Avoid the trap} 22. Bxg7 $2 Rg8 $19) 22... Bxc4 23. Nxc4 b5 24. Na5 g6 25. Kf1 Bb6 26. Nb3 e5 27. Ke2 Rxc1 (27... Kf7 {seems wilder.} 28. f3 Rab8 29. e4 Ke6 30. exf5+ gxf5 31. g3 Kf7) 28. Rxc1 Ra7 29. e4 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Bxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 31. f3 Ke6 32. Bc1 f4 33. g3 g5 34. g4 Bb6 35. h3 Kd6 36. Kd3 Bf2 37. Ke2 Bb6 38. Kd3 Bg1 39. Bb2 Nb6 40. Na5 Na4 41. Ba1 Bb6 42. Nb3 Be3 43. Bc3 Bb6 44. Ba1 Be3 45. Bc3 Bb6 46. Ba1 Be3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0. 02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.05"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,80,0,31,28,21,27,27,3,3,4,4,10,6,0,16,16,17,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16, 10,8,10,8,8,12,8,8,8,8,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 {13.Be3 is setting a new trend. D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} Bxf3 14. Bxf3 {[#] e5 is the strong threat.} Bxd4 15. e5 {aiming for Rb5. White has an edge.} Na6 {The position is equal.} 16. Rxe7 Rad8 17. e6 fxe6 { And now ...Bc5 would win.} 18. Qe1 Bf6 19. Rxa7 {Threatens to win with Ba5.} Rxd2 {[#]} 20. Rxa6 Qxa6 21. Qxd2 Qb6 22. g3 Bd4 {[#]} 23. Qe2 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 23. Kg2 Rxf3 24. Kxf3 Qb7+ 25. Ke2 Qe4+ 26. Kd1 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Qe4+ 28. Kd1 Qb1+ 29. Ke2 Qe4+ {1/2-1/2 (29) So,W (2770)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2784) chess24.com INT 2020}) 23... Rf6 24. Kg2 Qb2 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. Rd1 Kg7 27. Rd8 Rf8 28. Rd6 Kf6 29. h4 Re8 30. Be2 Be5 31. Rc6 Rd8 32. f4 Bd6 33. Bg4 e5 34. fxe5+ Kxe5 35. Rc8 (35. Be2 {is more complex. } Rf8 36. Bc4 Rb8 37. Bf7 Rf8 38. Bc4) 35... Rxc8 36. Bxc8 Kf6 37. g4 g5 38. hxg5+ Kxg5 39. Kf3 h5 40. gxh5 Kxh5 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.05"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Lupulescu, Constantin"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E39"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 26,57,22,12,18,31,28,27,24,25,33,4,5,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 { [%CAl Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nd7 {E39: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5 5 dxc5 0-0.} 15. Bf4 {And now Ng6! would win.} Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 {White has an edge.} 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qe3 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 19. Rfb1 {[#]} Qxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... h6 20. a4 Qxc4 21. a5 a6 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Qb6 Qxc3 24. Rac1 Qa3 25. f4 e5 26. fxe5 {0-1 (43) Colon Garcia,E (2329) -Cuadras Avellana,J (2300) Barcelona 2017}) 20. Bxb7 (20. Qe5 {looks sharper.} f6 21. Qa5 Rf7 22. Rd1 Rd7 23. Rab1) 20... Bxb7 21. Rxb7 h6 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Qxa7 Qxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 24. Rb1 Qc2 25. Rb8 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 Qd5+ 27. Kg1 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 Qd5+ 29. Kg1 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.05"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2627"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,94,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-43,0,-5,0,-28,-13,-14,0,0,-14,-33,27,16,24,25, 24,16,32,27,28,18,52,49,52,38,47,38,106,83,63,63,212,34,33,42,29,31,21,27,43, 49,28,25,45,9,52,50,65,63,65,56,42,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} Nh5 11. Rd1 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Na6 13. a3 {[#]} Bg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe7 14. d5 Bg7 15. d6 Qd8 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. f4 Qb6 18. e5 O-O-O 19. a4 a6 {0-1 (26) Mokeev,V (1235)-Huerga,A (1787) LSS email 2012}) 14. e5 Qe7 15. Ne4 O-O-O 16. Nd6+ Rxd6 (16... Kb8) 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. O-O g4 (18... Nc7 $15) 19. Ne5 $1 $11 {[%CAl Re5f7]} Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Bxg4 h5 {[#]} 22. Rfe1 $1 Qf6 23. Bf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening b3. White has the initiative.} h4 24. b3 cxb3 25. Qxb3 {Black must now prevent g4.} hxg3 26. fxg3 Qg7 ({Much worse is} 26... Qh6 $6 27. Qc3 $18) ( {Better is} 26... Qg5 $14) 27. Qd3 {Qd7+ is the strong threat.} (27. g4) 27... Nc7 28. Qd6 c5 {[#]} (28... Rg8 $14) 29. Qd7+ $2 (29. Re5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Re5c5]} Qxg3 30. Rxc5 (30. Rh5 Qxd6 31. Rxh8+ Kd7 32. Rxd6+ Kxd6 33. Bxb7 $18) 30... Qxd6 31. Rxd6) 29... Kb8 $14 {And now ...Bxf3 would win.} 30. Bxb7 Kxb7 {[#]} ( {Wrong is} 30... Qxg3 $2 31. Bf3 $18) 31. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Hoping for Re7! Pin} Qxg3 32. Qc6+ Kb8 {[#]} 33. Qd6 Qxd6 34. Rexd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Kb7 35. Rf6 Rh7 36. Rd7 b4 37. axb4 cxb4 38. Kf2 a5 39. Ke2 (39. Rf5 $5 {[%CAl Rf5c5]} Kc6 40. Rd8 $16) 39... Rg7 {The position is equal.} 40. Rfxf7 Rxg2+ 41. Kd1 Rg1+ 42. Kc2 Rg2+ 43. Kb1 Rg1+ 44. Kb2 Rg2+ 45. Kb1 Rg1+ 46. Kb2 Rg2+ 47. Kb1 Rg1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/ Black=0.20} 1/2-1/2