[Event "Vidit Chess Tour 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.06"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Narayanan.S.L"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2618"] [BlackElo "2563"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "161"] [EventDate "2021.03.03"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,161,27,57,17,23,15,24,12,19,21,33,11,19,-14,0,-58,-55,-55,-38,-35,0, -62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-39,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-63, -63,-63,-63,-63,-59,-48,-31,-55,0,-64,-61,-63,-42,-65,-6,-7,-10,-21,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,7,7,29,29,30,33,109,107,109,93,283,156,420,288, 866,864,858,842,835,799,852,590,739,493,410,453,410,468,705,656,448,321,6536, 2726,884,87,2746,2774,12838,12839,12839,12839,12849,12841,12841,12842,12842, 12843,12843,12842,12842,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12842,0,12843,12844,12844,12845,12846, 12846,12847,12847,12849,12849,12850,12850,12850,27999,27999,27999]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Na6 6. Nxf6+ {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation.} gxf6 7. d3 Bg4 8. h3 {White has an edge.} Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bd2 e6 11. Nh4 Nb4 12. Bxb4 (12. Bc3 $11) 12... Bxb4+ $15 13. c3 Bd6 14. O-O-O {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qa5 15. Kb1 Qg5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 {1/2-1/2 (16) Van der Wiel,J (2540)-Seirawan,Y (2600) Wijk aan Zee 1992}) 15. Nxg6 ({White should play} 15. Nxf5 $11 Bxf5 16. gxf5) 15... hxg6 16. Bg2 Qg5+ 17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. d4 Rh4 {[%CAl Rf5g4]} 19. f3 Qf6 20. a3 Rhh8 21. Qc2 Kb8 22. Rd3 Bf4 23. Rhd1 Rd6 24. Ka2 Rhd8 25. Bf1 Rd5 26. Qa4 R8d7 27. Be2 Qd8 28. Qc2 Qf6 (28... a6 $15) 29. a4 (29. Qa4 $11) 29... Qd8 30. Bf1 Qb6 31. Rb1 c5 (31... Rd8 $15) 32. dxc5 $11 Qxc5 {Threatens to win with ...Rxd3.} 33. Rbd1 Qc4+ 34. Qb3 Qxb3+ 35. Kxb3 Rxd3 36. Bxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kc7 37. Kc2 Rd8 38. b4 Be5 39. a5 Rh8 40. Bf1 Rd8 41. Rxd8 Kxd8 {KB-KB} 42. c4 Kc7 43. h4 fxg4 44. fxg4 f5 45. h5 gxh5 46. gxh5 Bg7 (46... b6 $1 47. axb6+ axb6 $11) 47. c5 Bh6 48. Kb3 Bg5 $2 (48... a6) (48... Be3) 49. b5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Be3 $2 (49... Kb8 $16 {keeps fighting.} 50. Bc4 e5) 50. Kc4 a6 $2 (50... Bh6 51. Bg2 Bf8 52. b6+ axb6) 51. b6+ Kb8 52. Bg2 Bd2 53. c6 bxc6 54. Bxc6 Kc8 (54... Bxa5 $4 55. h6 $18) 55. Bg2 Kb8 56. Bh3 Kb7 57. Bf1 Kb8 (57... Bf4 $142 58. Kc3 Bh6) 58. Bg2 Kc8 59. Bc6 e5 (59... Bh6 60. Bg2 Bg7) 60. Bd5 (60. Bg2 $142 e4 61. Bh3) 60... Kd7 {[#]} 61. Bb7 $2 (61. Be6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] and the rest is easy.} Kc6 62. Bxf5) 61... e4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Ke7 $16) 62. Bxa6 e3 63. Kd3 Bxa5 64. b7 Kc7 65. h6 e2 66. Kxe2 {Intending Kd3 and mate.} Bc3 67. h7 Be5 68. Kd3 Bh8 69. Kc4 $2 (69. Ke3 $18 Be5 70. Kf3) 69... Bg7 70. Kd5 { And now Kc4 would win.} Bh8 71. Kc4 {With the idea Kd3.} (71. Ke6 {seems wilder.} f4 72. Kf7 Be5 73. Kg6 f3 74. Kf7) 71... Bg7 72. Kd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (72. Kb3 $11 f4 73. Kc4) 72... Bh8 $1 73. Ke2 $2 (73. Ke3 $18 Be5 74. Kf3) 73... Bg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (73... Be5 $11 74. Ke3 Kb8) 74. Kf3 Be5 {[#]} 75. Kg2 $1 {[%CAl Rg2h3]} Bf6 76. Kg3 Be5+ {[#]} 77. Kh4 $1 {[%CAl Rh4g5]} f4 78. Kg4 Kb8 79. Kf5 Bh8 80. Kxf4 Ka7 81. Kf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/ Black=0.24} 1-0 [Event "Vidit Chess Tour 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.06"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Black "Aronyak Ghosh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "2559"] [BlackElo "2436"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2021.03.03"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,55,10,12,11,8,13,10,9,28,-6,13,21,20,0,24,12,6,-22,0,-35,-32,-32,-29, -43,-33,-40,-56,-51,-29,-25,-20,-37,-26,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qe3 {B53: Sicilian: 2... d6: Lines with Qxd4.} g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Qa5 10. Rd1 Be6 11. a3 { [#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rfc8 12. Rb1 Ne5 13. b4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Qc7 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Nb5 Qxc2 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nxa7 {0-1 (26) Nasuta,G (2558) -Durarbayli,V (2606) chess.com INT 2020}) 12. Rb1 Rac8 13. b4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Na4 Ra8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bb5 {[#]} Bc4 $1 19. Bxc4 {And now Bb3 would win.} Rxa4 20. Rb3 Rfa8 21. Rdd3 Nde5 (21... Na5 {keeps more tension. } 22. Bb5 Nxb3 23. Rxb3 Rxa3 24. Rxa3 Rxa3 25. Bxd7 Rc3) 22. Nxe5 {The position is equal.} Nxe5 23. Rdc3 Nxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxa3 25. Rxa3 Rxa3 26. Rc7 Kf6 27. Rxb7 Rc3 28. Rxb6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Vidit Chess Tour 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.06"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Narayanan.S.L"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2618"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2021.03.03"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,101,13,20,2,18,25,29,21,31,21,21,18,25,28,8,15,23,0,22,0,0,0,43,47,22, 32,66,62,58,46,54,54,64,97,81,65,168,166,181,188,197,204,235,229,213,177,177, 177,177,173,285,189,225,200,175,175,166,166,167,167,178,160,118,124,160,133, 167,0,0,0,0,0,114,137,219,227,216,247,1296,1218,5406,29963,29963,29964,29974, 29973,29986,29987,29987,29988,29996,29997,29997,29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2... Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Qc7 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Ne5 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. f4 Ba6 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. g4 Rac8 {[#]} 13. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rg1 Nd7 14. Ndf3 f6 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. g5 f5 17. Kf2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rfc8 19. Ba4 {1-0 (52) Carlsen,M (2863)-Sunilduth Lyna,N (2618) chess24.com INT 2020}) 13... Nd7 14. Ndf3 Ndxe5 15. fxe5 Qe7 (15... Qc7 {seems wilder.} 16. g5 cxd4 17. exd4 f6 18. gxf6 gxf6 19. Nh4 Kh8) 16. g5 Na5 17. Rg1 g6 18. Kf2 Nc4 19. Rb1 b5 20. Bd3 b4 21. axb4 cxb4 22. Qa4 Bb7 (22... Qb7 $14) 23. Qxb4 $18 Qc7 24. b3 a5 25. Qa4 Bc6 26. Qa2 Nb6 27. Rgc1 a4 28. bxa4 Nxa4 29. Rb4 Bd7 (29... Ra8 $142) 30. c4 Qa5 31. Qa3 dxc4 32. Rcxc4 Rxc4 33. Bxc4 Bc6 34. Bb3 Ra8 35. Bxa4 Bxa4 36. Nd2 Kg7 37. Nc4 Qa6 38. Nd6 (38. Nb2 Bc6 39. Qxa6 Rxa6 40. Nc4) 38... Qc6 $1 $11 {Threatens to win with ...Bd1.} 39. e4 {aiming for Qf3.} Qc2+ 40. Kg3 {Qf3 is the strong threat.} Qd1 (40... Qd2 $11 {keeps the balance.} 41. Rxa4 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 (42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kh4 Qf4+ 44. Kh3 Qf1+ 45. Kh4 Qf4+ 46. Kh3 Qf1+ $11) 42... Qe2+ 43. Kh3 Qf1+ 44. Kh4 Qf4+ 45. Kh3 Qf1+ 46. Kh4 Qf4+ 47. Kh3 Qf1+) 41. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent Rb7. White is in control.} Bc6 (41... Kf8 $16 {is a better defense.} 42. Rb7 Be8) 42. Rc4 $18 Ra2 {[#]} 43. Rc1 $1 {[%CAl Rc1d1]} ({Worse is} 43. Rxc6 Re2 $11) 43... Qh5 ( 43... Qa4 44. d5 Bd7) 44. h4 (44. Rxc6 {is a self mate.} Qxh2+ 45. Kf3 Rg2 46. Nf5+ gxf5 47. exf5 Qh3+ 48. Kf4 Qxf5#) 44... Bd7 45. Qf4 Ra3+ {White mates.} 46. Kf2 Ra2+ 47. Kg1 f5 48. exf6+ Kf8 49. Nc4 Qe2 50. Qd6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kg8 51. Qb8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.19} 1-0 [Event "Vidit Chess Tour 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.06"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Aronyak Ghosh"] [Black "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2436"] [BlackElo "2559"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2021.03.03"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,71,8,8,0,-6,-6,-4,-10,-11,-10,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-15,-7, -16,-16,-2,-28,-30,-45,-60,-62,-64,-54,-65,-46,-38,-85,-89,-106,-96,-130,-125, -154,-139,-133,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990, 29990,29991,29995,29996,29996,29997]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. cxd5 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4.} exd5 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. d4 {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. Rc1 a6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Qe7 12. O-O Ne4 13. Ne1 {[#]} Nxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ndf6 14. Ne2 a5 15. a4 Ba6 16. Nd3 b5 17. Ne5 bxa4 18. bxa4 c5 19. Nc6 Qb7 20. dxc5 Qxb2 {1-0 (101) Rozum,I (2595)-Ajay Krishna,S (2280) New Delhi 2018}) 14. Rxc3 a5 15. Nd3 Nf6 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Rc2 a4 18. bxa4 Qe8 19. f3 Nf6 20. g4 Rxa4 21. g5 Nd7 {[%CAl Rd7e5]} 22. f4 Rxa2 23. Bh3 f5 24. gxf6 Nxf6 25. Rg2 Bc8 26. Qf3 Ne4 (26... Ra7) 27. Kh1 Bxh3 (27... c6 28. Bxc8 Qxc8 29. Qh5 Ra7) 28. Qxh3 Qc8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for Black.} (28... Rf6 $17 29. Rfg1 Kh8) (28... Ra7) 29. Rxg7+ $3 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Kxg7 30. Rg1+ Kh8 31. Ng6+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 32. Nxf8+ Kf7 33. Qxc8 Nf2+ 34. Kg2 Rxb2 35. Qe6+ Kxf8 36. Kf3 {[%csl Ge6][%CAl Rg1g8] Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/ Black=0.25} 1-0 [Event "Vidit Chess Tour 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.06"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Narayanan.S.L"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2618"] [BlackElo "2563"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2021.03.03"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,76,25,27,27,33,24,31,20,30,6,2,2,11,0,71,0,4,-16,0,3,0,-19,-22,-13, -2,-3,-2,-3,-2,-16,-20,-222,-228,-241,-233,-232,-216,-223,-204,-279,-155,-191, -168,-344,-322,-259,-95,-95,-44,-54,-52,-186,-168,-412,-373,-833,-729,-29983, -29984,-29985,-29986,-29992,-29993,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 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 8. Nf3 e6 {[#]} 9. Ne5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 Bc6 11. Qd1 Nbd7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Nbd2 Nh5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Ng5+ {0-1 (40) Ganguly,S (2636) -Eljanov,P (2650) Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 9... Bd6 10. f4 O-O 11. O-O Ne4 12. Be3 f5 (12... Nc6 $11) 13. Nd2 ({White should play} 13. c4 $16) 13... Nc6 $11 14. Ndf3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bc5 16. Rfe1 b5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Nd4 {[%CAl Rd3b5]} Rab8 19. a3 a5 {[%CAl Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. f5 $2 (21. Rf1 $11 { and White is okay.}) 21... Rxf5 $19 22. Qc2 Rxe5 23. b4 Qd6 24. Qd2 a4 25. Rf1 e3 (25... Rh5 $19 26. Rad1 Rh6) 26. Qe1 Re4 27. Rd1 $2 (27. Ne2 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8) 27... e5 28. Ne2 Rf8 $6 (28... Bc6 $19 29. Rf3 d4) 29. Rxf8+ $17 Qxf8 ( 29... Kxf8 $17 30. Qf1+ Ke7) 30. Rxd5 $15 Be6 31. Rc5 ({Better is} 31. Rd1 $1 $15) 31... Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...Qf2+! would win. Keeping White busy. } 32. Ng3 $2 {[#]} (32. Qd1) 32... e2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Kh2 $2 (33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Qd2) 33... Re3 {Threatens to win with ...Qf4.} (33... Qf4) 34. Nh5 g6 { Black mates.} 35. Qh4 e1=Q 36. Nf6+ {[#]} Qxf6 $3 {[%mdl 64] Deflection, Back Rank} 37. Qxf6 (37. Rc8+ Kg7) 37... Qg3+ 38. Kg1 Re1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.61/Black=0.16} 0-1