[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,103,14,8,19,6,19,15,17,19,15,-40,-28,-40,-30,-47,-32,-32,-46,-68,-18, -188,-102,-103,-98,-90,-86,-80,-77,-106,-93,-102,-104,-120,-116,-122,-72,-115, -93,-93,-101,-185,-174,-175,-91,-246,-246,-270,-203,-428,-408,-392,-413,-417, -413,-403,-332,-342,-255,-260,-244,-414,-413,-392,-375,-439,-453,-440,-288, -758,-742,-796,-786,-678,-459,-434,-278,-278,-278,-278,-239,-278,-278,-278, -256,-278,0,-2,-13,-18,29983,29984,29980,29981]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 7. Bb3 at the moment.} a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bb5 Qb8 {The position is equal.} 10. Nf1 Qa7 {[#]} 11. d4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A top novelty.} ({White should play} 11. Be3 $11 Bb6 12. d4) ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Ne7 13. a4 h6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Ng6 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Qb3 {0-1 (65) Karjakin,S (2757)-Tari,A (2639) chess24.com INT 2021}) 11... exd4 $15 12. Bxc6 {[%CAl Rc3d4]} dxc3 13. Ba4 $1 Bxf2+ 14. Kh1 Bxe1 15. Qxe1 Ng4 16. h3 $2 {[#]} (16. bxc3 $11 {and White stays safe.} Nf2+ 17. Kg1 Nxe4+ 18. Nd4) 16... Nf2+ (16... Qf2 $1 $19 17. bxc3 (17. Qxf2 Nxf2+ 18. Kh2 Nxe4) (17. Qd1 Bc4 18. Ng3 Ne5) 17... Qxe1 18. Nxe1 Nf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 19. Kh2 Nxe4) 17. Kh2 $17 cxb2 18. Bxb2 Nd3 19. Qc3 {[%csl Gb2] [%CAl Rc3g7]} Nxb2 20. Qxb2 Qc5 21. a3 d5 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. e5 c5 24. Ne3 Rfd8 25. Bb5 a4 26. Qf2 (26. Kh1 $17) 26... Ra5 27. Bd3 g6 (27... d4 28. Nc4 Rb5) 28. Bb1 (28. Rb1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 28... d4 29. Nf1 c4 30. Nxd4 $2 (30. Ng3) 30... Qc5 31. Rd1 Qxe5+ 32. Ng3 {White wants to play Nc6!} Rad5 {[%CAl Rd5d4]} 33. Nf3 Qd6 34. Re1 b5 35. Be4 Qc5 ({Inferior is} 35... Qxa3 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 37. Ne4 $11) 36. Qb2 (36. Qc2 Qxa3 37. Bxd5 Bxd5 38. Nd4) 36... c3 37. Qc1 {[#]} Rd2 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Rf1 (38. Rg1 Rf2) 38... Bc4 39. Rg1 Qe3 40. Bc6 $2 ( 40. Re1 Qc5 41. Rg1) 40... f5 41. Re1 Qf2 {[%csl Gd2][%CAl Rf2g2]} 42. Rg1 c2 ( 42... R8d3 $1 $19) 43. Nxd2 Rxd2 44. Bf3 Qd4 45. Re1 Kf7 46. Nf1 Bxf1 47. Rxf1 Qc3 48. Kh1 Kg7 $2 (48... Rd7) 49. Qe1 $11 Kf8 50. Bc6 $1 {[#]} Rd1 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} 51. Qxc3 Rxf1+ 52. Kh2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.38/Black=0. 51} (52. Kh2 c1=Q $4 53. Qf6+ Kg8 54. Bd5#) 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2703"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,86,22,28,22,35,29,37,31,46,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,8,0,0,0,0, 0,-156,-147,-158,-156,-145,-146,-265,-20,-20,-19,-20,-6,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-8,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 e5 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. e3 {A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black.} Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. d4 {White is slightly better.} Ba7 {[#]} 9. b4 $146 ( {Predecessor:} 9. b3 Qe7 10. O-O Nd8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 O-O 13. Be3 c6 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 (26) Shankland,S (2717)-Mareco,S (2643) Montevideo 2018}) 9... O-O (9... Nxb4 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. dxe5 (11. d5 b5 12. cxb5 Ne7 13. b6+ Bd7) 11... dxe5 12. Ba3) 10. b5 axb5 11. cxb5 Na5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ba3 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Re8 15. Bb4 Bb6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5+ Be6 18. O-O Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Nc4 20. Nc3 $6 {[#]} (20. Ra1 $11) 20... c6 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rc6d5]} 21. bxc6 bxc6 {[%CAl Bb7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 22. Rd7 c5 $19 23. Rb1 {[#]} (23. Rc1 $17 cxb4 24. Nd5) 23... Red8 $2 ({Inferior is} 23... cxb4 24. Rxb4 Rac8 25. Nd5 $11 Bd8 26. Rbb7) (23... e4 $1 $19 24. Bxc5 (24. Nd5 cxb4) 24... Bxc5 $19) 24. Rxd8+ $11 Rxd8 25. Ba3 $1 Ba5 26. Nb5 Rb8 27. Bxc5 Nd2 28. Rb2 Bc3 29. Ba7 Rb7 30. Rc2 Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Rxb5 32. Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rb1+ 33. Kg2 e4 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Rc7+ Kg6 36. h4 Kh6 37. Bc5 g6 38. Ba3 Rg1+ 39. Kh3 Rh1+ 40. Kg2 Ra1 41. Kh3 {Intending Bf8+ and mate.} Rh1+ 42. Kg2 Rg1+ 43. Kh3 Rh1+ { Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.16} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2829"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,38,14,29,27,17,28,21,29,20,16,23,21,19,17,29,17,19,18,19,29,24,16,24, 0,17,0,24,0,23]} 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] is recently more successful than 11...Bf6.} 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4 Qd6 {Threatening ...Nb3.} 15. Rd1 Rfd8 { White should prevent ...Bc2.} 16. Qd2 {[#]} Qf6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] 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 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2881"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,106,0,0,0,10,0,37,28,29,22,22,14,12,0,0,0,0,-31,-29,-54,-57,-57,-57, -31,-46,-62,-39,-109,-88,-64,-45,-45,-45,-47,-46,-109,-95,-146,-142,-141,-60, -175,-163,-168,-169,-210,-221,-210,-211,-228,-225,-216,-204,-193,-76,-70,-79, -88,0,0,0,0,7,32,213,223,179,101,601,588,484,210,198,-582,-575,-745,-715,-706, -708,-710,-709,-693,-668,-765,-732,-727,-727,-680,-514,-690,-678,-29984,-29985] } 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 e6 6. e4 Bd6 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O Ne7 9. d4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} O-O 10. Re1 b5 {[#]} 11. a4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. c3 Qb6 12. Nb3 Rae8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 Qb8 15. a4 b4 16. c4 dxc4 17. Na5 {0-1 (46) Sunye Neto,J (2525)-Granda Zuniga,J (2620) Sao Paulo 1995}) 11... b4 12. c4 bxc3 13. bxc3 Rb8 14. e5 Bc7 15. Ba3 c5 16. Nb3 c4 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Ba5 19. Qc1 Qd7 20. Nh4 Rfe8 (20... Rb3) 21. f4 (21. Qd2 $15) 21... Rb3 (21... Ng6) 22. Re3 Bg6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. g4 Reb8 25. Qe1 ({Better is} 25. Rf3 $15) 25... Rb2 $17 26. Qh4 (26. Bf3 $142) 26... Bd8 27. Qe1 Nc6 (27... R8b3 $1 $17 28. Bf1 Ba5) 28. Kh1 (28. Ba3 $1 $15) 28... Be7 (28... R8b3) 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 (29... Nxe7 30. Re2 $17) 30. Qg3 Rb1+ 31. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kh2 Qa3 $1 33. f5 Qc1 $1 {[%csl Gb1][%CAl Rc1g1]} (33... Qxa4 34. Rf3 $17) (33... gxf5 34. gxf5 Qc1 35. h4 $11) (33... exf5 $2 34. e6 $18) 34. h4 gxf5 (34... Rb3 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. White must now prevent ... Nxd4!} 35. Rf3 Nxd4 36. cxd4 Rxf3 37. Bxf3 (37. Qxf3 $2 c3 $19) 37... c3 38. fxe6 fxe6) 35. gxf5 {Threatens to win with f6.} Ne7 (35... exf5 $2 36. e6 $18) 36. fxe6 Nf5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} (36... fxe6 $17 37. Rf3 Rb2) 37. e7 $11 {[%CAl Re7e8]} Rb8 38. Re1 Qd2 { [#]} 39. Rb1 $1 {[%CAl Rb1b8]} Re8 (39... Nxg3 $14 40. Rxb8+ Kh7 41. Rh8+ { [%mdl 64] Decoy} (41. Kxg3 g5 $11) (41. e8=Q Qf4 $11) 41... Kxh8 42. e8=Q+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 43. Qxf7 (43. Kxg3 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qxh4+ 45. Bh3 Qf2+ 46. Kh1 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Qf2+ 48. Bg2 Qh4+ 49. Bh3 Qf2+ $11) 43... Ne4) 40. Qg5 $18 Ne3 41. Kh1 ({White should play} 41. Rg1 $18 {Hoping for Kh1.} g6 42. Kh1) 41... Qxc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Qc2 $16 42. Rg1 Nd1) 42. e6 $1 {[%CAl Re6f7] } Qxd4 {Strongly threatening ...c3.} 43. exf7+ ({Not} 43. Re1 Nxg2 44. exf7+ Kxf7 $11) (43. Bf3 $142) 43... Kxf7 {[#]} 44. Bf3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. h5 $1 $18 Kg8 (44... Rxe7 45. Qg6+ Kf8 46. Rb8+) 45. Qg6 Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Kg1 Qxe7 {[#]} 47. Rb7 $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qxb7 48. Qxe8+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 49. Qxe3) 44... Rxe7 $19 45. Bh5+ Ke6 46. Qg6+ Qf6 47. Qg3 Qe5 48. Qg6+ Kd7 49. Bf3 Qe6 50. Qg3 Qd6 51. Qg5 Kc7 52. Re1 Qe5 53. Qg6 Qf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/Black=0.33} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,95,-4,15,-12,0,-15,-5,-33,-22,-40,8,-4,0,0,0,-6,26,19,26,30,32,11,17, 13,7,18,101,101,101,100,134,19,26,25,20,18,24,16,27,13,35,13,27,22,22,0,22,24, 70,43,129,129,137,121,136,124,155,153,152,145,144,152,209,164,212,184,208,192, 279,296,276,283,266,248,275,305,304,293,631,643,583,784,795,542,1058,985,934, 934]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nf3 {D00:1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} O-O {6...0-0 is better than 6...c6.} 7. h3 Ne4 8. c3 {The position is equal.} c6 9. Na3 Nb8 10. Be2 {[#]} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. c4 e6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Nb1 c5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bxa2 {1-0 (58) Xiong,J (2709)-Theodorou,N (2554) Chess.com INT 2020}) 11. O-O Nd7 12. c4 Nb6 13. Rc1 c5 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 (15. Nxe5 { feels hotter.} dxc4 16. Naxc4 cxd4 17. exd4 Rc8 18. Re1) 15... dxc4 16. Nxc4 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Na4 (17... Rad8 $11) 18. g4 $16 Be6 19. Bd3 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 ({ White must play} 20. Bxe4 $16 {Black must now prevent b3.} Bxa2 21. Rd7 (21. Bxb7 Rad8 $14)) 20... Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rc2 Nb6 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. Be2 Rd5 25. a3 a5 26. Bc4 Rd1 27. Be2 Rd5 28. Kf1 e6 29. Ke1 Kf8 {[#] Black is on the road to losing.} ({Black should play} 29... f5 $14) 30. Bf1 $1 Rd7 31. Ng1 c4 $2 32. Bxc4 Nc5 33. Be2 Nd3+ 34. Bxd3 Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 35. Nf3 Rd7 (35... Rd5 $16 36. Ke2 h6) 36. Nd4 g5 37. Ke2 h6 38. Nb5 Ke7 (38... f6 {was necessary.} 39. exf6 Kf7) 39. Nd6 $18 f6 40. f4 gxf4 41. exf4 Nd5 42. Kf3 fxe5 43. fxe5 a4 $2 (43... Nc7 44. Ke4 (44. Nxb7 Nb5 $11) 44... Ne8 45. Nc8+ Kf8) 44. Rc8 {[%csl Gd6][%CAl Rc8e8] [#]White is clearly winning.} Rd8 45. Rxd8 Kxd8 46. Nxb7+ Ke7 47. Nc5 Nb6 48. Ke4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/ Black=0.27} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "1.6"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,117,32,33,39,36,43,25,25,26,31,38,20,37,22,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,-43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,9,14,10,52,63,77,82,87,52,49,62,56,63,112,0, 30,0,122,139,149,152,155,150,151,150,157,62,72,0,176,160,160,109,137,117,100,0, 0,0,34,41,381,369,382,369,334,341,194,56,430,430,430,430,418,426,430,430,422, 418,420,0,0,0,410,331,410,398]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. Qxd5 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3.} Bd6 {7...Be6 is a critical line.} 8. Bg5 Nge7 9. Qd2 {White has an edge.} h6 {[#]} 10. Rd1 $1 hxg5 11. Qxd6 Qb6 12. Qa3 {[#]} O-O $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12... Be6 13. e3 O-O 14. Bd3 {1-0 (14) Ropokis,D-Neelmeier,S (1748) ICCF email 2016}) 13. e3 Nb4 14. Qa4 Bf5 15. e4 Be6 16. a3 Na2 17. Nxa2 Bxa2 18. Qb5 Qe6 19. Bd3 (19. Qxg5 Qxe4+ 20. Qe3 Qa4 $15) (19. Qxb7 $2 Rfb8 $19 ) 19... Rfd8 (19... Ng6 $5 {[%CAl Rg6f4]} 20. Nh3 (20. Qxg5 Rad8 $11) (20. Qxb7 Bb3 $19) 20... g4 $11) 20. Ne2 Nc6 {Threatens to win with ...Ne5.} 21. O-O (21. Qxb7 $2 Rab8 $19) 21... Ne5 22. Nc1 Nxd3 23. Nxa2 (23. Nxd3 Bc4 $17) 23... a6 24. Qxb7 Nf4 {And now ...Rxd1 would win.} 25. Nc3 {Black must now prevent h3.} Rdb8 26. Qd7 Rxb2 27. Qxe6 fxe6 (27... Nxe6 {is interesting.} 28. Nd5 a5 29. Ra1 Rab8 30. f3 f6) 28. g3 Ng6 29. Rd6 Kf7 30. Rd7+ Kf6 31. Rc7 {aiming for Na4.} Rd8 32. Rc6 Kf7 33. Rc7+ (33. Na4 $16 Rbb8 34. Rc7+ (34. Rxa6 Ra8 $16) 34... Kf6 35. Nc5) 33... Kf6 $11 34. Rc6 (34. Ra7 $11) 34... Kf7 $16 (34... Ne5 35. Rxa6 Rdd2) 35. Na4 $1 $36 {[%CAl Ra4b2][%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Re2 36. Nc5 Ne5 37. Rxa6 (37. Rxe6 $6 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 Ne1+ 39. Kh1 Rdd2 $14) 37... Nf3+ 38. Kg2 g4 39. Ra7+ ({Inferior is} 39. Rxe6 Nd2 $11) (39. Nxe6 $16 Rdd2 40. h4) (39. h3) 39... Kf6 $14 40. Ra6 ({Better is} 40. h4 $16) 40... Rdd2 $2 ( 40... Kf7 $11) 41. Nxe6 $18 ({And not} 41. Rxe6+ Kf7 $11) 41... Kf7 (41... Ne1+ 42. Kh1) 42. Nf4 (42. h4 $142) 42... Rxe4 43. h3 {Hoping for Ra7+.} Ne1+ 44. Rxe1 Rxe1 $11 45. hxg4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Ra2 46. g5 Kf8 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (46... Rd2 $14) 47. g6 $1 $18 Re8 48. Ne6+ Kg8 {[#]} 49. Ra7 $1 Kh8 {[#]} (49... Rb2 $142 50. Rxg7+ Kh8) 50. Nd4 ({Weaker is} 50. Nxg7 Rg8 $14) (50. Rf7 $1 $18) 50... Rf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (50... Rb2 $1 $14) 51. Nf5 $1 { [%mdl 512] Rf7 is the strong threat.} Rb2 52. g4 Rg8 53. Re7 Rb6 54. Re1 { [%CAl Re1h1]} Rgb8 55. Rh1+ $1 Kg8 {[#]} 56. Rd1 $2 (56. Ne7+ $1 $18 Kf8 57. Nd5) 56... Kf8 $11 57. Rh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. Nh4 $11) 57... Kg8 $18 {[#]} 58. Ne7+ $1 Kf8 59. Nd5 {[%CAl Rh1h8] Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0. 34} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2860"] [BlackElo "2836"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,79,22,25,20,25,20,20,30,30,29,32,40,36,26,23,19,28,17,15,31,36,14,40, 21,19,21,25,22,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 8.Nd2 at the moment.} Nbc6 9. Bb5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. c4 Qd7 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Na4 {Hoping for Nb6.} Nd5 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Rc1 c3 16. Nxc3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 g6 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rfd1+ Ke7 20. Ne2 {[#]} Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor: } 20... Bg7 21. Nd4 Bxe5 22. Nxc6+ Kf6 23. Nxe5 Kxe5 24. Rc5+ Kf6 25. b4 Rae8 26. Kf2 Re6 {1/2-1/2 (35) Van Tricht,M (2312)-Marbourg,D (2268) ICCF email 2017 }) 21. Kf2 ({Don't play} 21. Rxc6 Bxe3+ 22. Kf1 Rhd8 $15) 21... Rhc8 {The position is equal.} 22. Rc5 Rab8 23. b3 Rb5 24. Rdc1 Kd7 25. Nd4 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bf8 27. Rc4 c5 28. Nf3 Ke6 29. Ke2 h6 30. h3 Bg7 31. b4 Bxe5 32. bxc5 Bg7 33. Ra4 Rxc5 34. Rxa6+ Ke7 35. Ne1 Rc1 36. Ra7+ Kf8 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Ra7+ Kf8 39. Ra8+ Ke7 40. Ra7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "1.8"] [White "Pichot, Alan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2533"] [BlackElo "2731"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,64,27,35,31,26,34,27,38,34,23,22,24,14,17,16,26,22,13,12,28,-46,-43, -205,-202,-212,-231,-211,-215,-299,-278,-305,-317,-401,-420,-422,-426,-429, -407,-432,-428,-493,-493,-491,-487,-487,-486,-481,-485,-485,-478,-531,-506, -465,-463,-551,-544]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 g6 {B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations.} 7. N1c3 {Threatens to win with Nd5.} a6 8. Na3 Bg7 {White has an edge.} 9. Nc2 Nf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. Be3 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 {[#]} 13. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Rc1 Nd4 16. f3 Nxc2 17. Rxc2 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Nh5 19. Qc1 {1-0 (103) Ganguly,S (2676)-Potapov,P (2483) Pardubice 2016}) 13... Nh5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 $2 ({ Better is} 15. cxd5 $11 Ne7 16. Nb4) 15... Nd4 $1 $15 {[%CAl Rd4e2]} 16. Bd3 { [#]} ({Not} 16. Bxd4 $2 exd4 17. f4 Qb6 $19) (16. Nxd4 $15 exd4 17. Bd2 (17. Bxd4 $4 Nf4 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack})) 16... b5 $1 $19 17. Nxd4 (17. b3) 17... exd4 18. Bg5 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 18. Bxd4 $2 Nf4 $19) 18... Qb6 19. cxb5 $4 {aiming for Rac1.} (19. e5 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxe5) 19... Rc5 {[%CAl Bc8c5, Bc5g5,Bg5g2][%mdl 96] Double Attack} 20. Qb3 {Bd2 is the strong threat.} Rxg5 21. bxa6 Qxb3 22. axb3 {Threatening f4.} Nf4 $1 {[%csl Bd3,Bg2][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 23. Bc4 {With the idea g3.} Rxg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Kh1 {If White can now play Bd5 this consolidates a bit.} Rxb2 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. Rfb1 Rc2 {And now ...d3 would win.} 26. Rc1 d3 27. Rxc2 { Black must now prevent Rca2.} Bxa1 (27... dxc2 $2 28. Rc1 $19) 28. Rc1 Bd4 29. Rd1 Bc5 30. h4 Kg7 31. Kh2 Kf6 32. Kg3 Ke5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/ Black=0.01} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C59"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2731"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,145,0,-9,25,24,41,41,29,37,54,46,43,35,49,19,17,22,60,57,68,29,80,25, 47,2,12,10,10,0,0,0,9,0,25,0,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,-49,-46,-32,-43,-175,-169,-257, -257,-245,-252,-344,-333,-306,-77,-85,-80,-84,-85,-91,-82,-74,-42,-41,-41,-40, -23,-18,-8,-14,0,-70,-8,-8,-8,-8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-246, -246,-246,-236,-236,-232,-197,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {[%CAl Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b7,Bb7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nh3 Bd6 {The modern move.} 10. d3 Nb7 {C59: Two Knights: 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 5 Bb5+ c6 6 dxc6 bxc6 7 Be2.} 11. Ng1 Nc5 12. Nf3 {[#]} e4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. Qe1 Bf5 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Nd2 Nd5 18. Nde4 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 (40) Bologan,V (2734)-Beliavsky, A (2609) Istanbul 2012}) 13. dxe4 Ncxe4 14. O-O O-O 15. Nbd2 Qc7 16. Nc4 Bc5 $1 {Hoping for ...Nxf2.} 17. Be3 Rd8 18. Qc1 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 (19. fxe3 Ba6 $11) 19... Rb8 (19... Re8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20. c3 (20. Bd3 $16) 20... Bg4 $11 21. Rd1 (21. Re1 {is interesting.} Bh5 22. g3 Bg6 23. Nd4 c5 24. Nf3) 21... Ng5 22. Nxg5 ({Don't play} 22. Nxg4 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Nxg4 $17) 22... Bxe2 23. Re1 Bh5 24. Nh3 Re8 25. b3 Re6 26. Nc4 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Re8 28. Qd2 Bg4 29. Nf4 g5 30. Nd3 Re2 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 31. Qc1 Bf5 32. Qd1 {[#]} ({ White should try} 32. Nde5 $15) 32... Ng4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 33. g3 {[#]} (33. f4 {keeps fighting.} Bxd3 34. Qxd3 Qxf4 35. Qg3) 33... Qe7 $1 {[%CAl Re7e4]} ({ And not} 33... Bxd3 34. Qxd3 Re6 35. Rd1 $16) 34. h3 Bxd3 35. Qxd3 Nxf2 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Qf5 Re1+ $2 (36... h5 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 37. a4 (37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qf5 g4 39. hxg4 Nh3+ 40. Kh1 h4) 37... g4 38. hxg4 Nh3+ 39. Kf1 h4) 37. Rxe1 $17 Qxe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kg2 Ne4 39. Qf3 Nxc3 40. h4 Ne4 (40... c5 {is more complex.} 41. Ne3 Qd2+ 42. Kh3 Ne2 43. Qe4 Ng1+) 41. Qe3 Qxe3 42. Nxe3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Nc3 43. a4 Ne4 44. Nf5 Kh7 45. b4 (45. hxg5 $11 hxg5 46. b4) 45... gxh4 (45... c5 $15 46. Kf3 {[#]} Nxg3 $1 47. Kxg3 cxb4) 46. gxh4 $11 c5 47. Kf3 Nc3 48. bxc5 Nxa4 49. c6 {And now c7 would win.} Nb6 50. h5 {Threatens to win with Ke4. } a5 $1 51. Ke4 {aiming for Kd4.} a4 52. Kd4 a3 53. Kc3 {Kb3 is the strong threat.} Nc4 54. Nd4 ({Don't go for} 54. Kxc4 $2 a2 $19) 54... a2 55. Nc2 Ne3 { ( -> ...Nxc2)} 56. Na1 Nd5+ 57. Kc4 $2 (57. Kb2 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 57... Ne7 $19 58. c7 Kg7 59. Kb3 Kf6 60. Kxa2 Kg5 $2 ({Better is} 60... Ke5 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Kd6.} 61. Kb3 (61. Nb3 Kd6) 61... Kd6) 61. Kb3 $11 { The position is equal.} Kxh5 62. Nc2 Kg5 63. Kc4 h5 {With the idea ...h4.} 64. Kd3 h4 {White must now prevent ...h3.} 65. Ke2 Kf6 66. Nd4 Nc8 67. Kf3 Ke5 68. Nc6+ Kd6 69. Nd8 Kxc7 70. Nxf7 Nd6 71. Nxd6 Kxd6 72. Kg4 h3 73. Kxh3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.27/Black=0.18} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Pichot, Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "2836"] [BlackElo "2533"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,97,41,52,55,34,39,14,7,13,67,36,32,36,39,13,61,5,43,31,71,63,72,68, 74,73,84,73,77,67,68,57,57,57,54,55,57,72,69,61,61,61,65,62,87,22,27,20,86,85, 93,83,82,86,136,136,136,136,136,136,111,147,174,162,283,305,239,172,325,287, 652,680,695,697,697,686,658,647,1192,817,1511,1495,1694,1737]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5 Nb8 {outshines the older 8...Ne7.} 9. e4 a5 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6.} 10. Rb1 Na6 11. Re1 Nc5 {The position is equal.} 12. b3 {[#]} c6 $146 (12... Bd7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd7 13. a3 a4 14. b4 Nb3 15. Bb2 Bh6 16. Na2 Nh5 17. Nc1 f5 18. Nxb3 axb3 {1/2-1/2 (56) Ding,L (2778)-Grischuk,A (2747) Wenzhou 2016}) 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Ba3 Qe7 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Rbd1 (16. Bxc5 $14 dxc5 17. Qg5) 16... Be6 17. h3 Qc7 18. Ng5 Qb6 19. Qe3 (19. Na4 Nxa4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. bxa4 Bf8 22. Qg5 Kf7 23. h4) 19... Bh6 20. h4 Ne8 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxc5 dxc5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Na4 {Black must now prevent Nb6.} Bd2 25. Rf1 ({Much weaker is} 25. Nxc5 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Rd2 $15) 25... Nc7 26. Nxc5 Bc3 27. Bh3 Kf7 28. Kg2 Ke7 29. f4 Bd4 30. Nb7 ({White should try} 30. Nd3 $16) 30... Rdb8 $1 $11 {[%CAl Rb8b7]} 31. fxe5 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Bxe5 (31... c5 $1 $11 32. Nd6 Rf8) 32. Nc5 $16 {Rd7+ is the strong threat. Black is on the road to losing.} Rd8 33. Nd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Bc3 34. Rf3 Na6 35. Rdf1 {Strongly threatening Rf7+.} Rf8 {[#]} 36. Nf4 $1 Be5 37. Nxe6 Rxf3 38. Rxf3 a4 39. Ng5 a3 (39... Nc5 $142) 40. Rf7+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({And not} 40. Nxh7 Nb4 $11) 40... Kd6 41. Rxh7 {And now Nf7+ would win.} Kc5 $2 {[#]} (41... Bc3 {keeps fighting. } 42. Kf3 Kc5) 42. Rb7 $1 Kd4 $2 (42... Bc3 43. Bd7 Bf6) 43. Nf3+ {White is clearly winning.} Kc3 44. Nxe5 Kb2 45. b4 Kxa2 {If only Black now had time for ...Kb2....} 46. c5 Re8 47. Nc4 Rxe4 {[#]} 48. Ra7 $1 Rxc4 (48... Nb8 49. Rxa3+) 49. Be6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.31} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2860"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "168"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 25,168,10,0,0,18,8,11,0,16,0,7,0,0,0,15,-10,-15,-37,-29,-47,-12,-12,-8, -12,-8,-8,-8,-68,0,-45,-38,-36,-36,-36,-35,-35,-41,-99,-56,-108,-113,-143,-143, -128,-133,-117,-113,-148,-141,-154,-147,-159,-135,-204,-197,-204,-223,-183, -144,-138,-141,-114,-123,-141,-132,-131,-81,-90,-90,-169,-165,-158,-163,-167, -143,-141,-81,-81,-109,-115,-88,-95,-81,-81,-30,-88,-80,-82,-88,-176,-60,-80, -30,-30,-8,-8,0,-81,-30,-150,-88,-88,-86,-1104,-1104,-2912,-2912,-2904,-2897, -2777,-2843,-2674,-2704,-2337,-17,-2375,-2385,-2098,-1772,-1585,-1495,-1441, -1236,-633,-588,-580,-580,-29956,-29961,-29962,-29959,-29958,-12708,-29972, -29972,-29971,-29972,-29974,-29976,-29976,-29976,-29983,-29978,-29982,-29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 e6 14. h4 { is now more promising than 14.Bd3. D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} h6 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Rc5 {The position is equal.} Bd7 17. Rb1 b5 {[%CAl Bb7b5,Bb5a4] [%mdl 32] [#]} 18. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Rbc1 Rfc8 19. Ke2 Bf8 20. R5c3 h5 21. Nd2 Bb4 22. R3c2 Ba3 23. Rb1 Nb4 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {1-0 (81) Yilmaz,M (2630)-Wagner,D (2581) Tornelo INT 2020}) 18... bxa4 19. Rb7 Nb8 20. Ra5 Rc8 21. Rb1 Be8 22. Ke2 Nc6 23. Rxa4 a5 24. Rba1 $1 Rab8 25. Bd2 Rb2 26. R4a2 ({ White should try} 26. Ke3 $11) 26... Rcb8 ({But not} 26... Nxd4+ $6 27. Nxd4 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 $11) (26... Bxd4 $15 27. Rxb2 Bxb2) 27. e5 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 a4 29. Bc2 Nb4 30. Bxb4 Rxb4 31. Kd2 (31. Kd3 $15) 31... Bb5 32. Bd3 (32. Ke3 $15) 32... Bc6 $17 33. Kc3 Rb3+ 34. Kc2 Bf8 35. Nd2 Rb4 36. Kc3 Bxg2 37. Be4 Bh3 38. Bc2 Be7 39. h5 (39. Ne4 $17 {might work better.}) (39. Rxa4 Rxa4 40. Bxa4 Bxh4) 39... gxh5 $19 40. Ra1 Rb8 41. Rxa4 Bg2 42. Be4 Bxe4 43. Nxe4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} h4 44. Ra7 Kf8 45. Ra1 Bg5 46. Rh1 Rc8+ 47. Kd3 (47. Nc5 $17) 47... Rc1 $19 48. Rh2 Rd1+ 49. Kc4 Kg7 50. f4 Bxf4 (50... Be7 $142 51. Nf6 Kg6 52. Rxh4 h5) 51. Rxh4 $17 Bg5 52. Rh3 Rc1+ 53. Kd3 Kg6 54. Rf3 Rg1 (54... Ra1 $17 {...Ra3+ is the strong threat.} 55. Nxg5 hxg5 56. Rf6+ Kg7) 55. Nxg5 (55. Nd6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 55... Rxg5 $11 {KR-KR} 56. Rf6+ Kg7 57. Ke3 ( 57. Rf4 $17) 57... h5 (57... Rg3+ $19 58. Ke4 Rg4+ 59. Ke3 Rg3+ 60. Ke4 h5) 58. Rf4 Rg6 59. Kf3 Rg1 {Strongly threatening ...Rf1+.} 60. Kf2 {[%CAl Rf2g1]} Rg5 (60... Ra1 $11) 61. Ke3 $17 Kf8 (61... Rg3+ $17 62. Ke4 Rg1) 62. Rf6 {[#]} (62. Kf3 $11) 62... Rg3+ (62... Rg4 $142 $1 63. Rf3 Ke7) 63. Kf2 Rg4 64. Rh6 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (64. d5 $17 exd5 65. e6 Rg7 66. Rf5 d4 (66... h4 67. Rxd5 fxe6 68. Rh5 Rg4 69. Kf3 Rc4 70. Rh7) 67. Rxh5 fxe6 68. Re5 Re7 69. Kf3 $11) 64... Rxd4 $19 65. Rxh5 Rd5 66. Ke3 f5 67. Kf4 Rd4+ 68. Kg5 Kg7 {[%csl Gf5][%CAl Rd4g4]} 69. Rh1 {[#]} Rg4+ $1 70. Kh5 Re4 71. Kg5 Rxe5 72. Ra1 Re4 73. Ra7+ Kf8 74. Kf6 Ke8 75. Re7+ Kd8 76. Rh7 f4 77. Rf7 Re3 78. Kg5 e5 79. Kf5 f3 {Black mates.} 80. Ke6 e4 81. Kd6 Ke8 82. Re7+ Kf8 83. Ke6 Re2 84. Ra7 f2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.15} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,62,0,-5,14,5,14,9,16,0,16,17,0,12,24,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-41,-35,-38, -29,-30,-39,-35,-32,-65,-60,-120,-122,-122,-122,-183,-200,-212,-227,-403,-394, -352,-364,-1113,-496,-1219,-1193,-29990,-6399,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 (6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 Bxa3 8. bxa3 Bd7 9. Ne5 Bc6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bb2 Nd5 12. Rc1 Nb6 13. e3 Qe7 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. h4 h6 17. Rd2 Rd7 18. Qc3 Red8 19. Rcd1 f5 20. Ba1 {0-1 (48) Dubov,D (2710)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2021}) 6... c5 7. dxc5 d4 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} 8. b4 a5 $1 9. b5 Bxc5 {The position is equal.} 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Nb3 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nfxd2 a4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nf5 Nc5 16. Ne3 e4 17. O-O Qd4 {1-0 (36) Dubov,D (2702)-Esipenko,A (2686) Moscow 2020}) 12. O-O {Threatens to win with Nxe5!} Re8 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Ba3 Qc7 15. Rab1 {Strongly threatening b6.} Bd7 16. Nd2 Rab8 17. b6 Qc8 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 g6 21. Bd5 $2 (21. Rb2) 21... Bf5 {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 22. Qd2 (22. Be4 $15 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxc4 24. Rfc1 Qxa2 25. Rb5) 22... Bxb1 $17 23. Rxb1 Rbd8 24. e4 (24. a4 $17) 24... Rd6 $19 25. Rb5 {[#]} Rxd5 {[%mdl 512]} 26. exd5 $2 (26. f4 {was worth a try.}) 26... Qxc4 27. Rxa5 {KQR-KQR} d3 {Hoping for ...Rc8.} 28. h4 $2 (28. d6 Qd4 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. d7 Qxd7 30. Rc5) 28... h5 (28... Rc8 $142 { ( -> ...Qc1+)} 29. d6 Qc1+ 30. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kg2 d2) 29. Kg2 (29. d6 $142 Qd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. d7 Qxd7 31. Rc5) 29... Rc8 30. Qg5 Qb4 (30... Qe4+ $142 31. Kh2 Qe1 32. Qf6 d2 33. Qf3 d1=Q {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 34. Qg2 Rc1 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Rg8+ Kxg8 37. g4 Qg1+ 38. Qxg1 Qxg1+ 39. Kh3 hxg4#) 31. d6 Qxa5 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.00/Black=0.39} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B49"] [WhiteElo "2881"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. e5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 9.Bf3. B49: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 7 Be2.} Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. Qd3 Ne7 13. Bc5 {[#]} Qxg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ng6 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. O-O-O Ke7 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Qa3+ Kd8 18. Nd6 Rf8 19. Nxb5 Qxe5 20. Qa5+ Ke7 21. Qa3+ Kd8 22. Nd6 Rb8 23. g3 Ne7 24. f4 Qe2 25. Qa5+ {1-0 (25) Moles, J-O'Riordan,K Belfast 1966}) 14. O-O-O {[%csl Gd1][%CAl Rd3d7]} Qc6 15. Ne4 { Hoping for Nd6+.} Nf5 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Rhe1 Rc8 18. Kb1 f6 $6 (18... Rh8 $11 { remains equal.}) 19. f4 (19. exf6 $1 $16 Rf7 (19... g6 20. h4 h5 21. Re2) ( 19... gxf6 20. Nc5 Rf7 21. Nxe6 dxe6 22. Qxf5) 20. fxg7 (20. Rg1 d5 21. fxg7 $18) 20... Rxg7 21. Ng3) 19... fxe5 20. fxe5 h6 21. Rg1 Qd5 $2 (21... Rf7 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 22. Nd6+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ( {Weaker is} 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Rc4 $11) 22... Ke7 (22... Nxd6 $4 23. Qg6+ $18) 23. Nxc8+ Rxc8 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Ke6 26. Rd3 (26. Rgd1 Rc7 (26... Ne3 27. Rd6+ Kxe5 28. R1d3 Rf8 29. a3 Rf1+ 30. Ka2 Nxc2 31. Rxd7) 27. a4 bxa4 28. Ra5 Rc6 29. Rxa4) 26... g5 27. a4 bxa4 28. Rg4 Rc6 (28... Rc5 {keeps fighting.} 29. Rxa4 a5) 29. Rxa4 h5 30. Rda3 g4 31. Kc1 Kxe5 32. Rxa6 h4 33. Rxc6 $1 dxc6 {[#] KR-KN} 34. Kd1 $1 h3 {[#]} 35. Ke2 $2 ({ Only move:} 35. Ra8 $1 $18) 35... g3 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 36. Kf3 gxh2 37. Ra1 {Black must now prevent c3.} Nd4+ $1 38. Kg3 {[%mdl 64] aiming for c3. Double Attack} Nxc2 39. Rc1 Nb4 40. Kxh2 Kd4 41. b3 {Threatens to win with Rc4+.} c5 42. Kxh3 Nc6 43. Rc4+ Kd5 44. Kg2 Ne5 45. Rc1 c4 46. bxc4+ Nxc4 47. Rxc4 Kxc4 {Black escapes into a draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/ Black=0.25} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2829"] [BlackElo "2761"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,92,16,24,0,20,27,26,21,8,6,21,19,20,20,15,22,14,4,12,11,37,30,69,37, 40,17,15,19,16,11,25,18,22,31,30,22,15,17,35,29,29,31,29,29,44,48,46,43,55,21, 30,28,18,25,44,31,60,41,45,16,119,116,127,95,206,206,207,207,206,206,206,206, 199,199,602,595,479,413,583]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Ne8 10. Nd5 {[%CAl Bc3d5,Bd5e3,Be3f5,Bf5e7][%mdl 32]} Bd6 11. Re2 {White has an edge.} c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Be6.} 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. g3 Qd7 17. d3 Nd6 18. Be3 Rce8 19. Qd2 ( 19. c4 $5) 19... Bb6 20. Bf4 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 Re8 {[#]} 22. Qf3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 22. Qd2 Qe6 23. a4 Bc7 24. Qb4 Qe7 25. Bd2 Qd7 26. Re1 Rxe1 27. Bxe1 Kg8 28. c4 dxc4 29. dxc4 {1/2-1/2 (45) Bernadskiy,V (2574)-Bosiocic,M (2597) Tsaghkadzor 2017}) 22... Qf5 {aiming for ...g5.} 23. Bg2 Re6 24. h4 Ne8 25. Kh2 {And now Bh3 would win.} Qf6 26. c3 Bc7 {Black wants to play ...Bxf4.} 27. Bg5 Qxf3 28. Bxf3 h6 29. Bd2 Nf6 30. h5 Kg8 31. Kg2 a5 32. c4 dxc4 33. dxc4 Ne4 34. Be1 Kf8 35. Rd1 Ke7 36. Bg4 Rd6 37. Rxd6 Bxd6 $2 (37... Kxd6 $11 { remains equal.} 38. Bf5 Nf6) 38. Bxa5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Be5 39. Bf3 f5 (39... Nc5 $16) 40. Bxe4 $18 fxe4 {[#] KB-KB} 41. b3 {[%CAl Bb2b3,Bb3b4] [%mdl 32]} Kf6 {intending ...Kg5.} 42. Bd2 g6 43. hxg6 ({But not} 43. Bxh6 $6 gxh5 44. Kh3 Kf5 $16) 43... Kxg6 44. a4 h5 $2 (44... c5 45. g4 h5) 45. b4 Kf5 46. Kh3 Bf6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.26} (46... Bd4 {is a better defense.} 47. Be3 Bc3) 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "2.7"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2703"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 27,28,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 {[#] Predecessor:} 15. Qe3+ $146 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Be6 16. Nc3 Qc6 17. Nb5 Bc5 18. Qc3 O-O 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rd8 22. Qb4 a5 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. axb5 {1/2-1/2 (32) Wei,Y (2732)-Grischuk,A (2777) Chess.com INT 2020} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "2.8"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,68,18,13,53,31,12,17,11,16,11,6,22,9,32,0,21,-8,16,2,28,33,34,22,32, 12,12,-1,23,11,1,-8,0,0,27,-10,-17,-14,-16,-101,-59,-38,-43,-44,-46,-87,-84, -123,-117,-122,-122,-122,-111,-94,-126,-109,-118,-139,-187,-182,-177,-171,-168, -143,-107,-96,-96,-798,-317,-297,-276]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Re1 { [%emt 0:00:49]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. a4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a5 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Bb3 {[%emt 0:02:42]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. d4 {[%emt 0: 00:08]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 13. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 14. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 15. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} dxe4 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 16. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Re1 { [%emt 0:00:13]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 18. Nd2 $6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} (18. g4 exf3 19. gxf5) 18... Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Re3 {[%emt 0:05:51]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:02: 02]} 20. Nf1 $2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} (20. g3 Qxh3) 20... Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 21. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 22. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bf4 { [%emt 0:00:58]} 23. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Bxg3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 24. fxg3 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Qxg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:00: 29]} 26. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 27. Be1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 28. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 29. Bd2 { [%emt 0:00:08]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 30. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01: 17]} 31. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 34. Rxe4 { [%emt 0:00:14]} f3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "163"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,163,0,14,0,39,43,43,31,42,0,0,0,0,0,12,8,15,23,72,56,41,29,118,45, 211,206,191,203,191,171,234,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,76,76,76,95,81,61,77, 76,76,83,82,83,102,0,115,112,118,125,123,104,121,118,118,119,118,116,110,62,53, 67,125,7,7,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,18,22,0,22,0,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. g3 g6 9. c4 Ba6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O-O 12. Nd2 {has lost popularity (12.Bg2). C45: Scotch Game.} Rhe8 {[%CAl Rg7e5]} 13. O-O-O Nb6 {[%CAl Rg7e5]} 14. f4 {White is slightly better.} d5 15. Qe3 f6 $1 {[%CAl Rf6e5]} 16. c5 Bxf1 17. cxb6 (17. Rdxf1 Nd7 $17) (17. Nxf1 d4 $1 $17) 17... Ba6 18. bxa7 Kb7 {[%CAl Rf6e5]} 19. Nf3 Qb4 {[#]} 20. Rd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Rhe1 fxe5 21. fxe5 c5 22. e6 d4 23. Qf4 Re7 24. Ne5 Rxe6 25. Qf3+ Kxa7 26. Nc6+ Rxc6 27. Qxc6 {1-0 (33) Panagiotakos,N (2169)-Naydenova,Y (1788) Nikaia 2010}) 20... Qb6 21. Qd2 { Hoping for Rb4.} Bf8 (21... fxe5 $11 22. Nxe5 Bf8) 22. Re1 (22. exf6 $16 Re2 23. Qd1 (23. Qc3 c5 $11)) 22... Bc5 $2 (22... fxe5 $14 23. Nxe5 Kxa7) 23. exf6 $18 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 c5 26. Qe7 $2 (26. Bb2) 26... cxd4 $11 27. Qxd8 {[%csl Gd8][%CAl Ra7a8]} Qc5+ 28. Kd1 {White wants to mate with Qb8+.} Kxa7 29. f7 d3 {( -> ...Qc2+)} 30. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} d2 $1 {[%csl Gd2][%CAl Rc5c1]} 31. Ne2 Bd3 {[%csl Gd3][%CAl Rc5c2]} 32. Kxd2 Qc2+ 33. Ke3 Qxe2+ (33... Ba6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 34. Qxc7+ ( 34. Qxd5 Qxe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Kd4 Qd3+ 36. Ke5 Qf5+ 37. Kd4 Qf6+ 38. Ke3 Kb8 $11) (34. f8=Q $2 Qd3+ 35. Kf2 Qxe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kg1 Qf1#) 34... Qxc7) 34. Kd4 $16 Qe4+ 35. Kc3 Qe1+ 36. Kxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qe4+ 37. Kd2 $1 ({Much weaker is} 37. Kc3 Qe3+ 38. Kb2 Qe2+ 39. Kc1 Qe1+ 40. Kc2 Qe2+ 41. Kc3 Qe3+ 42. Kb4 Qb6+ 43. Ka4 Qa6+ 44. Kb4 Qb6+ 45. Kc3 (45. Ka4 Qa6+ 46. Kb4 Qb6+ $11) 45... Qe3+ $11) 37... Qd4+ 38. Ke2 Qe4+ 39. Kf2 Qc2+ 40. Kf1 Qb1+ (40... Qc1+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} 41. Kg2 Qc2+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43. g4 Qxf7) 41. Kg2 Qc2+ 42. Kh3 $1 Qf5+ {[#]} 43. g4 $1 {[%CAl Rg4f5]} Qxf7 44. Kg3 Kb7 45. Qh8 Qe7 46. Qe5 Qc5 47. f5 Qg1+ 48. Kh4 d4 {[#]} (48... Qf2+ $14 49. Kg5 Qd2+ 50. Kf6 gxf5) 49. Qf4 (49. Qb5+ $1 $16 Kc8 50. Qe2) 49... Qe1+ $1 $11 50. Kh3 Qc3+ 51. Kg2 {f6 is the strong threat.} d3 52. Qf3+ c6 $1 53. f6 Qc2+ 54. Kh3 d2 55. f7 d1=Q 56. Qxd1 Qxd1 57. f8=Q {KQ-KQ} Qc2 58. Qf7+ Kb6 59. a4 Ka5 60. Kg3 Kb4 61. h4 c5 {The position is equal.} 62. Qf3 Qd2 63. g5 Qd6+ 64. Kg2 Qd4 65. Kh3 Qe5 66. Qd3 Qd4 67. Qf3 Qe5 68. Qd3 Qd4 69. Qb5+ Kc3 70. a5 Qe3+ 71. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Qc4+.} Qe4+ 72. Kf2 {And now Qc4+! would win.} (72. Kg3 {feels hotter.} Qe5+ 73. Kf3 Qd5+ 74. Kg4 Qe6+ 75. Kf4) 72... Qxh4+ 73. Kf3 Qh3+ 74. Kf2 Qf5+ 75. Ke2 Qc2+ 76. Kf3 Qd1+ 77. Kf2 { Strongly threatening Qc4+.} Qd4+ $1 78. Kf3 {Threatening Qc4+!} Qd5+ 79. Kf2 Qf5+ 80. Ke2 Qg4+ 81. Kf2 {Threatens to win with Qc4+!} Qf4+ 82. Ke2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.18} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2742"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,55,12,28,20,14,20,17,21,22,8,36,25,35,22,26,-8,-12,-18,10,0,14,35,20, 27,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-8,-45,-47,-45,-52,-110,-14,-23,33,38,45,47,204,215,196, 206]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} Qc7 (6... Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bf5 8. Nd2 Nc6 9. e4 Be6 10. Kc2 g6 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Nb3 b6 13. a4 Ne5 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 {1-0 (31) Radjabov,T (2724)-Svidler,P (2749) Geneva 2017 CBM 180 [Lenderman,A]}) 7. e4 e6 8. Bd3 {[#] The position is equal.} Bd7 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. e5 Bc6 12. Ng5 h6 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Bc2 c4 {1-0 (45) Radjabov,T (2758)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2774) Khanty Mansiysk 2019 CBM 192 [Giri,A]}) 9. Qd2 (9. O-O {looks sharper.} Be7 10. Be3 Bc6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Bf4) 9... Bc6 (9... Nc6 {seems wilder.} 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. Be3 f6 12. O-O-O Bd6) 10. Qf4 Qxf4 11. Bxf4 Nd7 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Bc2 f6 14. e5 Nb6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Rhe1 Kf7 17. Bg3 (17. Rd2 {seems wilder.} Bd5 18. Be4 a5 19. Bc7 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nd5 21. Bg3) 17... Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bd1 Bf8 20. Nh4 Bh6+ 21. f4 (21. Kb1 {is more complex.} Be4+ 22. Ka1 Rd2 23. Bh5+ Bg6 24. Bf3) 21... Nd5 22. Bh5+ Kg8 23. Rf1 ({White should try} 23. Rd1 $15 Rc8 24. Bf3) 23... e5 (23... Kf8 $17 24. Kb1 Ne3) 24. Rd1 $11 {Nf5 is the strong threat.} Rf8 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 24... Bxf4+ $2 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. c4 $18) ({Better is} 24... Rb8 $11) 25. Rxd5 $1 $14 Bxd5 26. Nf5 Be6 $2 (26... Bxf4+ 27. Bxf4 Bxg2) 27. Nxh6+ $18 Kg7 28. Ng4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.24} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2703"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,84,0,0,-21,-14,-19,-14,-20,-21,-23,-16,-22,-7,-37,-26,-25,-36,-33,-24, -48,-50,-54,-57,-62,-42,-127,-156,-175,-171,-210,-213,-222,-221,-213,-199,-213, -209,-305,-242,-297,-299,-283,-285,-268,-247,-250,-249,-277,-262,-286,-286, -286,-286,-287,-287,-287,-287,-319,-285,-364,-327,-365,-223,-499,-359,-348, -372,-369,-258,-375,0,-441,-444,-407,-341,-476,-497]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Nc6 5. Nxc4 Bg7 6. d3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} e5 7. Bd2 Nge7 8. Bg2 {The position is equal.} a5 9. O-O Be6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Qa4 {[#] } Qd7 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. Bc3 f6 13. a3 {1/2-1/2 (13) Grischuk,A (2746)-Feller,S (2666) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 12. Rfd1 f6 13. a3 Rfb8 {aiming for ...b5.} 14. Qb5 Nf5 15. Bc3 Qf7 { Threatens to win with ...e4!} 16. e4 Nfe7 17. Nxa5 $4 {Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} (17. Ncd2 $15) 17... Na7 $17 18. Qa4 {[#]} (18. Qb4 b6 19. Nc4 ( 19. Nb3 Nec6) 19... c5) 18... b6 $1 {[%CAl Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 19. Nc4 b5 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Ncxe5 fxe5 ({Don't take} 20... bxa4 21. Nxf7 Bxf7 22. d4 $17) 21. Qb4 Nac6 22. Qc5 {[%CAl Rf3e5]} Bg4 23. Nxe5 (23. Qe3 $142) 23... Bxe5 $19 24. Bxe5 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Nxe5 26. Qxe5 Rf8 27. f4 Rfd8 28. Rc1 Qg7 ({Inferior is} 28... Rxd3 29. Bf1 $11) 29. Qe6+ Kf8 30. e5 c6 31. Be4 Qf7 32. Qh3 Kg8 33. Rf1 Kh8 34. g4 Qe6 35. Kh1 {f5 would now be nice for White.} Rd4 36. Qh6 $2 {[#]} (36. f5 gxf5 37. gxf5 Qxe5 38. f6 Rxe4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 39. Qg2) 36... Ng8 37. Qh4 Rf8 38. Qf2 Rfd8 39. Qh4 (39. Qg3 $142) 39... Rf8 $2 (39... Rxd3 $19 40. Bxd3 Rxd3) 40. b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Qf2 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rdd8 41. Qg3) 40... Rd7 41. Qg3 Rdf7 42. h3 Ne7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.51/Black=0.24} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2829"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "138"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,138,25,35,-16,-12,-16,-10,-21,-26,-30,-27,-34,-27,-46,-35,-37,26,10, 54,47,48,38,60,58,80,25,52,46,38,6,60,-130,-3,-6,-3,-9,0,-8,2,-16,-16,-179, -179,-163,-180,-290,-280,-317,-308,-372,-355,-354,-280,-369,-372,-348,-316, -421,-435,-416,-426,-414,-275,-302,-299,-237,-209,-201,-202,-299,-299,-299, -299,-295,-175,-263,-260,-362,-360,-464,-158,-398,-391,-352,-231,-478,-475, -883,-682,-4043,-2413,-12792,-11740,-29954,-29958,-29966,-29966,-29968,-29961, -29961,-29958,-12845,-12817,-29963,-29961,-29966,-29967,-29968,-12826,-29968, -29973,-29973,-29969,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29974,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29986, -29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995]} 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. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f4 h5 14. f5 hxg4 15. e6 fxe6 16. fxe6 Bc8 17. Bg5 gxh3 18. Kh2 Ng6 19. Ne4 Rh5 20. Rg1 a6 21. Rad1 Ne7 22. Rdf1 c5 23. Rxf8+ {1-0 (23) Nepomniachtchi,I (2789)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2021}) 6... exd4 $11 7. c3 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor: } 7... d3 8. Qxd3 Be7 9. Bc2 g6 10. Bh6 Nf5 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Nbd2 d5 13. Rae1 Bd6 {0-1 (49) Naroditsky,D (2621)-Carlsen,M (2863) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 8. Bc2 {The position is equal.} Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. a3 Bb7 11. cxd4 Bf6 12. Nc3 Re8 (12... Ne7 $15) 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Nd5 {Qd3 is the strong threat.} Bd8 $1 15. Qd3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} f5 16. Bf4 Ne7 17. Nc3 (17. Nxe7+ $16 Bxe7 18. Re1 (18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. Re1 Qg6 $14)) 17... a6 18. Re1 Qg6 19. d5 Nc4 ( {Black should play} 19... Qf6 $11) 20. Nd4 $2 (20. Bb3 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 20... Qf7 ({Black should try} 20... Nxd5 $17 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. f3 Nxb2 23. Qxf5 Qxf5 24. Nxf5) 21. Nxf5 Nxf5 22. Qxf5 Qxf5 23. Bxf5 Nb6 24. Re8+ (24. Rd1 {feels hotter.} d6 25. Be6+ Kf8 26. Ne4 Bc8 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. f3) 24... Kf7 25. Rxd8 $4 (25. Rh8) 25... Rxd8 $19 26. Bxc7 Re8 {[%CAl Re8e1]} 27. Ne4 (27. f3 {was worth a try.} Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Ba5) 27... Nc4 {Hoping for ...g6.} 28. f3 Bxd5 29. Ng5+ Kf6 30. Bxd7 Re1+ 31. Kf2 {Strongly threatening Bd8+.} Rb1 32. Bd8+ {[#]} Ke5 $1 33. b4 Kd6 34. Bc8 Rb2+ 35. Kg3 Ne3 36. Bxa6 h6 (36... Rxg2+ 37. Kf4 $19) 37. Ne4+ Bxe4 38. fxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KB} Kc6 39. e5 (39. Be7 $142) 39... Rd2 (39... Rxg2+ 40. Kf3 $17) 40. Ba5 {[#]} Ra2 $1 ({ Worse is} 40... Rxg2+ 41. Kf3 $11) (40... Nxg2 $2 41. a4 $18) 41. e6 Nd5 ({ Don't play} 41... Rxa3 42. h4 $19) ({Weaker is} 41... Rxg2+ 42. Kf3 $16) (41... Nf5+ $142 42. Kf4 Nd6) 42. Bc8 (42. h3 $142) 42... Rxa3+ 43. Kg4 Kd6 44. Ba6 Ra2 $2 (44... Kxe6 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. ( -> ...Nf6+)} 45. Bc8+ Ke5) 45. g3 $2 {This move loses the game for White.} (45. Kf3 $17 {was forced.} ) 45... Rxh2 46. Bxb5 Kxe6 47. Bc4 $2 (47. Bc6) 47... Ke5 48. Bxd5 (48. Kf3 $142 Rc2 49. Bxd5 Rc3+ 50. Kg4 Kxd5 51. b5) 48... Kxd5 {KR-KB} 49. Kf5 { intending Kg6.} Rh5+ 50. Kf4 Ke6 51. Bb6 Rf5+ 52. Ke4 h5 53. Bd8 Rb5 54. Ba5 Rg5 55. Kf3 Rf5+ 56. Kg2 Rb5 57. Kh3 Kf5 58. Kh4 g6 (58... Rb8 $142 59. Kh3 g5 60. Kg2 Kg4 61. Kf2 Rf8+ 62. Kg2 Rc8 63. Bb6 Rc2+ 64. Bf2 Rb2 65. b5 Rxb5 66. Bd4 Ra5 67. Bf6 Ra2+ 68. Kf1 Ra3 69. Bd8 Rxg3 70. Ke2 h4 71. Bf6 h3 72. Be5 Rg2+ 73. Ke3 h2 74. Bxh2 Rxh2 75. Ke4 Re2+ 76. Kd3 Kf3 77. Kc4 g4 78. Kd5 g3 79. Kc4 g2 80. Kd4 g1=Q+ 81. Kd5 Qd1+ 82. Kc5 Rc2+ 83. Kb5 Qb1+ 84. Ka6 Ra2#) 59. g4+ hxg4 {Black mates.} 60. Kg3 Rd5 61. Bb6 Rd3+ 62. Kg2 Rb3 63. Bc5 g3 64. Kh3 Kf4 65. Bd6+ Kf3 66. Bxg3 Rxb4 67. Bd6 Rd4 68. Ba3 g5 {[%csl Gg5][%CAl Rd4h4]} 69. Kh2 g4 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.04/Black=0.25} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "3.5"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2881"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 27,28,0,11]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 {[#] Predecessor:} 15. Qe3+ $146 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Be6 16. Nc3 Qc6 17. Nb5 Bc5 18. Qc3 O-O 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rd8 22. Qb4 a5 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. axb5 {1/2-1/2 (32) Wei,Y (2732)-Grischuk,A (2777) Chess.com INT 2020} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2860"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 25,81,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,16,12,20,5,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,12,27,8,21,19,39,39, 43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,42,46,0,46,0,17,17,45,18,46,17,18, 17,17,17]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qb4 a5 14. Qd6 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} Bc6 15. Be2 Qe6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfd1 Nd5 18. Qxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 19. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Bd4 Nf4 20. Bf1 Rfd8 21. Bb6 Rd5 22. Bc7 Nd3 23. Rd2 Rc8 24. Bd6 Bb5 25. g3 {1/2-1/2 (50) Salai,L (2373) -Matejovic,J (2248) Slovakia 2005}) 19... Rf5 20. Rac1 Rxe5 21. Rc5 a4 22. Re1 Rf8 23. Bg4 h5 24. Bh3 e3 25. fxe3 g5 26. g3 {Threatens to win with e4.} Nf4 $1 {[%CAl Rf4h3] [#]} 27. Bxe6+ Rxe6 {[%CAl Rf4h3]} 28. exf4 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 gxf4 30. Rxh5 fxg3 31. hxg3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rf3 32. a3 Kf7 33. Rc5 Kg6 34. Rc2 Be4 35. Rc5 Bc6 36. Bf2 Rb3 37. Rc2 Rd3 {[#] Hoping for ...Rd1+.} 38. Kf1 Kf5 39. Be1 Ke4 40. Rc3 Rxc3 41. Bxc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0. 07/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Pichot, Alan"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2533"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "152"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,152,25,31,20,26,-47,-39,-78,-77,-64,-65,-81,-79,-88,-77,-127,-91, -100,-86,-80,-83,-102,-104,-231,-248,-229,-120,-181,-100,-94,-101,-116,-89, -112,-108,-104,-95,-162,-163,-166,-183,-168,-168,-242,-151,-295,-278,-343,-302, -301,-295,-299,-239,-267,-226,-258,-236,-317,-318,-338,-339,-355,-341,-357, -355,-372,-363,-347,0,-352,-319,-362,-323,-346,-314,-283,0,-316,-375,-429,-420, -417,-321,-363,0,-392,-321,-375,-375,-358,-360,-407,-341,-400,-315,-424,-418, -456,-431,-447,-370,-339,-320,-460,-398,-429,-420,-662,-636,-613,-544,-739, -739,-718,-540,-556,-481,-808,-1294,-1036,-1018,-604,0,-558,-17,-648,-623,-579, -516,-5797,-5844,-1642,-2109,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29978,-29975,-7422]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} Nxf6 10. Ng3 (10. Nc3 $11) 10... Qb6 $15 11. Bd3 {Black is slightly better.} (11. Qd3) 11... Bb4+ {[#]} ({Weaker is} 11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 $16) 12. Bd2 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12. Ke2 O-O 13. a3 Bd6 14. Kf1 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Qc2 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. f3 Bd7 {0-1 (31) Ferreira,C (1800)-Hamel,O (2050) Saint Quentin 2002}) 12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 14. O-O O-O $1 15. Ne2 $2 Qb6 (15... Qxb2) 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Qc1 Qd6 19. f4 (19. f3 $17) 19... Qb6+ $19 20. Kh1 {[#]} Bd7 ({Better is} 20... Ng4 $1 $19 21. Qe1 e5) 21. Qc3 {[#]} (21. h3 $17 {might work better.}) 21... Bb5 (21... Ng4 $1 $19 { White must now prevent ... Nf2+.} 22. h3 Nf2+ 23. Kh2 Rac8) 22. Bxb5 $17 Qxb5 23. Qe5 Rae8 {Threatens to win with ...Ng4.} 24. Ng3 Ng4 25. Qd4 Qc4 26. Qxa7 ( 26. Qxc4 $17 {was necessary.} dxc4 27. Rae1) 26... Rxf4 $19 27. Rxf4 Qxf4 28. Rf1 Qb4 29. a3 (29. h3 $142 Nf6 30. Qf2) 29... Qb5 30. Rf4 {[#]} (30. Qd4 $17 Nf6 31. Re1) 30... Rc8 $1 {...Rc1+ is the strong threat.} 31. Rf1 (31. Kg1 Qxb2 ) 31... Qxb2 32. h3 Nf6 33. Qe3 Re8 34. Qg5 Qd4 35. Kh2 Rf8 36. Rf3 h6 37. Qc1 Qe5 38. Kh1 Qd6 39. Qb1 b6 {[%CAl Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 40. Qg6 Qe5 41. Qb1 Qd6 42. Qg6 $1 b5 43. Qb1 Qd7 44. Qg6 Qe7 45. Qb1 Qd7 46. Qg6 $1 d4 47. Ne2 e5 {And now ...e4 would win.} 48. Ng3 Qf7 49. Qb1 Qd7 50. Qg6 Kh8 51. Ne4 Qe7 52. Ng3 Qf7 53. Qb1 Qe8 54. Qb4 Nh7 55. Rxf8+ Nxf8 56. Qd6 Ng6 57. Kh2 Kh7 58. Qd5 Qf8 59. Qe4 (59. Qxb5 $142 Qxa3 60. Qb7) 59... Qf4 60. Qd3 h5 {aiming for ... h4.} 61. Kh1 (61. Kg1 $142 Qg5 62. Nf1) 61... h4 62. Ne4 Qf5 63. Qe2 Nf4 64. Qf3 d3 65. Kh2 Kh6 66. Kh1 (66. Nd2 $142) 66... Qh5 67. Qf2 Kh7 68. Kh2 Kh6 69. Kh1 $1 g5 $2 (69... Kg6 $19 70. Nc3 Qg5) 70. Qb6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (70. Qc5 $11 Ng6 71. Nf2) 70... Qg6 71. Qb7 g4 72. Nf2 (72. Qa8 $142 Kg7 73. Qa7+ Qf7 74. Qc5) 72... gxh3 73. gxh3 d2 {( -> ...e4!)} 74. Qf3 Qg3 {Black mates.} 75. Qc6+ Kh5 76. Qe8+ Ng6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.30/Black=0.40} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "3.8"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2836"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,71,0,0,0,1,2,19,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-4,0,0,0,-6,29,21,33,27,32,33, 38,31,28,0,0,-7,0,-5,-3,-2,0,-79,-64,-59,456,442,425,427,448,453,533,503,533, 532,581,566]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Bg5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} Qd7 12. Ne4 h6 {[#]} 13. Bd2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxh6 f5 14. Bh3 Qf7 15. Neg5 Qxa2 16. Ra1 Qd5 17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxc8 exf3 19. Bxb7 {0-1 (27) Chennaoui,Y (2121) -Dvirnyy,D (2485) Bassano del Grappa 2021}) 13... a5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Qd6 16. Rc1 Be6 17. a3 a4 18. Be3 Bb3 19. Qe1 Bd5 20. Bc5 Qe6 21. e4 {Hoping for Bxb6.} Bb3 22. Qc3 Nd7 23. Be3 Nf6 24. Nd2 Ba2 25. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rad8 26. Nf3 exf4 27. Bxf4 Rd7 28. Rfe1 Bb3 29. Nd2 (29. d4 $11 Nxe4 {[#]} 30. Rxe4 $1 Qxe4 31. Re1 Qxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Nxd4 33. Kf2) 29... Red8 30. Nxb3 Rxd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A mistake that costs the game.} (30... axb3 $15 { keeps the upper hand.} 31. Qc5 Rxd3) 31. Qxd3 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rxd3 32. Nc5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qe7 33. Nxd3 g5 34. Be3 Ng4 35. Bc5 Qe6 36. e5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.38} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2836"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,130,22,55,44,47,33,37,25,30,26,26,35,32,14,21,17,33,14,47,8,42,12,25, 20,27,18,17,25,22,-11,-9,-78,-81,-79,-79,-87,-81,-89,-88,-79,-88,-88,-87,-86, -72,-91,-81,-84,-93,-98,-77,-58,-60,-54,-17,-16,-21,-21,-21,-81,-74,-85,-79, -62,-8,-8,-8,-9,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-93,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8, -8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. b3 { [#] White is slightly better.} cxb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... b5 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nbd2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 (41) Figueroa Pahissa,T (1603)-Quesada Ventura,G (1700) Tenerife 2017}) 10. axb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O Rfc8 {next ...Nb4! is good for Black.} 14. Qb2 a5 15. Rfc1 b6 16. Bf1 h6 17. c4 Nb4 18. Ne5 Ra7 19. Qa3 Qf8 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nd3 (21. Nxd7 $11 Rxd7 22. Qb2) 21... Nc2 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rc2a3]} 22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 23. Rab1 Rac7 24. Ne5 Nb4 25. Nxd7+ Nxd7 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rb2 Rc1 28. f3 f5 29. Kf2 Ke7 (29... f4 30. Bb5 (30. exf4 Nb8) 30... Nb8) 30. Nb1 Nf6 31. Na3 Ne8 32. Rb1 Rc3 33. Ke2 Nd6 34. Kd2 Rc8 35. Rc1 (35. g3 $11 {remains equal.}) 35... Rxc1 36. Kxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KBN-KNN} f4 $1 37. exf4 Nc6 (37... Nf5 $1 $15) 38. Nc2 $11 Nf5 39. Kd2 Ncxd4 40. Nxd4 Nxd4 {KB-KN} 41. Kc3 Nc6 (41... Ne6 {feels hotter.} 42. f5 Nc5 43. g4 Kf6 44. f4 Ne4+) 42. g4 {[#]} (42. h4 $11 ) 42... Kd6 ({Black should try} 42... g5 $1 $17 43. f5 Kd6) 43. h4 {The position is equal.} Kc5 44. f5 d4+ 45. Kd2 Kb4 46. g5 hxg5 ({Don't play} 46... Kxb3 $6 47. f6 $16) 47. hxg5 Kxb3 {aiming for ...a4.} 48. Bb5 Ne7 49. f6 gxf6 50. gxf6 Ng6 {White should prevent ...a4.} 51. Kd3 a4 {And now ...a3 would win. } 52. Kxd4 a3 {Strongly threatening ...Kb2.} 53. Bc4+ Kb2 {Hoping for ...b5!} 54. Bd5 Nf8 55. f7 a2 56. Bxa2 Kxa2 {KN-KPP} 57. Kc4 Kb2 (57... Ka3 $5 58. Kb5 $8 Kb3 $11) 58. Kb5 Kc3 59. Kxb6 Kd4 60. Kc7 Ke5 61. Kd8 Kf6 62. Ke8 Nh7 63. f4 Kf5 64. f8=Q+ Nxf8 65. Kxf8 Kxf4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2731"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,118,0,0,-18,0,0,0,0,27,0,0,-18,-12,-6,0,0,0,-37,-30,-81,-74,-70,0, -112,-105,-113,-112,-108,-87,-110,-104,-111,-112,-115,-104,-112,-104,-116,-116, -114,-112,-115,-107,-102,-87,-114,-116,-139,-131,-139,-137,-142,-132,-156,-153, -205,-207,-194,-186,-184,-183,-311,-308,-304,-291,-280,-289,-336,-350,-414, -414,-685,-664,-670,-674,-1015,-1015,-770,-697,-5414,-5414,-5414,-5169,-5323, -5331,-5406,-4582,-5057,-5398,-4722,-4314,-4132,-2074,-5406,-5139,-5027,-5035, -1385,-891]} 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. h3 $146 { D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} ({ Predecessor:} 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxd4 15. e5 Na6 16. Rxe7 Rad8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qe1 Nc5 19. Be3 Nd3 20. Bxd4 Nxe1 21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Rd7+ Kg8 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rd7+ Kg8 25. Rg7+ {1/2-1/2 (25) So,W (2770)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2784) chess24.com INT 2020}) 12... Qe6 13. Bd3 a5 14. O-O {The position is equal.} a4 15. Qe2 a3 16. Bc4 Qd7 17. Bc3 Nc6 {[%CAl Rg7d4]} 18. Rfd1 e6 19. Qa2 Rd8 20. Bb5 (20. Qa1 $11 {remains equal.}) 20... Qc7 $17 21. Rb3 Bd7 (21... Bf8 $15) 22. d5 $2 {[#]} (22. Be2 $1 $11) 22... Bxc3 $1 23. Rxc3 ({Wrong is} 23. dxc6 $2 Bxc6 24. Rc1 (24. Rxd8+ $2 Rxd8 25. Be2 Bb2 $19) 24... Bxb5 $19 25. Rxb5 (25. Rbxc3 $4 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qxc3 $19) 25... Qf4) 23... exd5 (23... Qd6) 24. exd5 {[#]} Qd6 {White must now prevent ...Nb4.} 25. Qa1 {[#]} a2 $1 26. dxc6 Qxd1+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 27. Qxd1 {[#]} a1=Q $1 28. Rc1 Bxc6 { [%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 29. Rxa1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 {Bxc6 is the strong threat.} Bxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Rb1 Bc6 32. Nd4 Bd5 33. Rb5 Rd8 {And now ...Bc4 would win.} 34. Rb4 Kf8 35. f3 Ke7 36. Rb6 Rd6 37. Rb2 Ra6 38. Rd2 (38. Nb5 $17) 38... Ra2 39. Rd1 Rb2 40. Nf5+ Ke6 41. Ng7+ (41. Ne3 $142 Ba2 42. Rd8) 41... Ke5 $19 42. Ne8 {Black should prevent f4+!} Be6 43. Re1+ Kd4 44. Nf6 h5 45. h4 b5 46. g4 (46. Re4+ $142 Kc5 47. Rf4) 46... b4 {Black is clearly winning.} 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Nxh5 b3 49. Ng3 Ra2 {Hoping for ...b2.} 50. h5 b2 51. h6 Ra1 52. h7 Rxe1+ 53. Kf2 b1=Q {( -> ...Qc2+)} 54. h8=Q+ {[#]} Kc4 $1 55. Qh4+ Kb3 56. Qd4 Rc1 57. Ne2 Rc4 58. Qb6+ Kc2 59. Qa7 Qb2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.46/Black=0.08} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Pichot, Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A19"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2533"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "167"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,167,0,15,0,8,2,34,25,15,26,34,20,19,16,10,14,18,19,17,9,15,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,-18,-11,-33,-7,-7,-4,-7,-3,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,13,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,28,34,22,27,33,21,18,11,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,29,30,30,30,207,217,269,253,441, 441,813,769,536,489,468,427,402,387,1364,1372,29945,29950,6935,6709,29952, 29956,29953,29937,29952,29956,29942,29955,29949,11867,29949,12456,10984,961, 6543,4631,4631,4618]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qf4 {A19: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System with 3...c5.} d6 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. Bd2 {White is slightly better.} dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bd6 11. Nxc6 Bxf4 { [%csl Gf4][%CAl Rd8d2] [#]} 12. Nxd8 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Kxd8 {[#]} 14. Bd3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14. f3 Ke7 15. Bd3 Rd8 16. Kc2 Bd7 17. Rhe1 Rac8 18. b3 g6 19. Re3 Nf5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 {1/2-1/2 (50) Roblette,Y (1996)-Lorenz,B ICCF email 2017} ) 14... Ke7 15. Rhe1 Rd8 16. Kc2 Ng4 17. f3 Nf6 18. b4 b6 19. Rad1 Bb7 20. Bf1 g5 21. h3 h6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nb5 a6 24. Nc3 Rd4 25. Na4 Nd7 26. Kc3 Rf4 27. Nb2 h5 28. Nd3 Rf5 29. Be2 Kd6 30. Rd1 {aiming for Nc5+.} Kc7 31. Kd4 Rf6 32. Ke3 h4 33. Rc1 Rf5 34. a3 Ne5 35. Nf2 Nd7 36. Bd3 Rf4 37. Be4 Bxe4 38. Nxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rf5 39. Kd4 (39. Rd1 {is more complex.} Ne5 40. Rd4 Nc6 41. Rd2 Ne5 42. Kd4) 39... Nf6 40. Nxf6 Rxf6 {KR-KR} 41. Re1 Kd6 $1 42. Kc3 Rf5 43. Rd1+ Kc7 44. Kd4 Rf4+ 45. Kd3 Rf5 46. Ke3 Re5+ 47. Kf2 Rf5 48. Rd4 a5 49. Ke3 Re5+ 50. Kd2 Rf5 51. Ke3 Re5+ 52. Kd2 Rf5 53. Kd3 Re5 54. f4 Rf5 55. fxg5 Rxg5 56. Rg4 Rh5 57. Rf4 Rh7 58. Rg4 Kd6 59. Rg5 axb4 60. axb4 f6 61. Rg8 Ra7 62. Rb8 Kc7 63. Rf8 {And now Rf7+ would win.} Ra2 (63... Ra3+ {is interesting.} 64. Kd4 f5 65. Ke5 Re3+ 66. Kf6 Kd7) 64. Rxf6 Rxg2 65. Rxe6 Rg3+ $2 {[#] Loses the game.} (65... b5 $11 66. c5 Rf2 (66... Rb2)) (65... Rh2 66. Re3 b5) 66. Re3 $1 $18 {[%CAl Re3g3] Black must now prevent Rxg3.} Rg1 67. Kd4 Rd1+ $2 (67... Rh1 68. Ke5 Kc6) 68. Ke5 Rh1 (68... Kc6 $142 69. Kf5 b5) 69. b5 Kd7 70. Rd3+ Ke7 71. Kf5 Rh2 72. Re3+ Kd6 $2 (72... Kf7 73. Kg5 Rg2+ 74. Kxh4 Rg8) 73. Kg4 Rg2+ 74. Kxh4 Kc5 75. Re4 Rg1 76. Kh5 Rg2 77. h4 Rg8 78. Kh6 Rg1 79. h5 Rg2 80. Kh7 Rg3 81. h6 Rg2 {White is clearly winning.} 82. Kh8 Rg6 83. h7 Rg5 84. Re6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.02} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B76"] [WhiteElo "2881"] [BlackElo "2860"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,106,10,18,46,18,12,12,12,12,7,18,12,8,22,-16,-21,-23,0,0,0,-50,-23, -37,-37,-25,-39,-54,-74,-75,-81,-99,-108,-123,-122,-125,-118,-140,-134,-138, -110,-168,-131,-115,-94,-126,-125,-192,-187,-194,-173,-181,-189,-252,-247,-245, -238,-239,-229,-346,-339,-354,-355,-311,-260,-293,-276,-291,0,-273,-273,-267, -260,-348,-336,-527,-525,-654,-633,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984, -29984,-5069,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Bb5 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Rc8 { B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0.} 11. Be2 a6 12. Kb1 b5 {[%CAl Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 13. g4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 {Hoping for g5.} b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 {[#]} e4 $146 ({Predecessor: } 17... Qa5 18. h4 Rc7 19. h5 Rfc8 20. Bd3 Qxd5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Bxg6 Qxd2 23. Bh7+ Kf8 24. Rxd2 {1-0 (57) Pallas,S (2199)-Reindl,A (2013) Willingen 2017}) 18. fxe4 ({Don't go for} 18. Qxb4 $2 exf3 19. Bxa6 Rb8 $19) 18... Re8 19. Bd4 Rxe4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. h3 a5 22. Rhf1 Qe7 23. Bd3 Re5 24. Qf2 (24. Rde1) 24... Rxd5 25. Rde1 Re5 26. Qd4 Rcc5 27. Re4 Be6 28. b3 Kg8 29. Rfe1 (29. Ref4 $17) 29... Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Qc7 31. h4 Re5 32. g5 (32. h5 $17) 32... Rxe4 $1 $19 33. Qxe4 Qc5 $1 34. Qa8+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 35. Qf3 (35. Qd8 $142) 35... Qg1+ 36. Kb2 Qd4+ 37. Kb1 h5 38. Qf1 (38. gxh6+ {only move.} Kxh6 39. Qg3) 38... Bd5 (38... Qxh4 39. Qf6+ Kh7 40. Bxg6+ fxg6 41. Qe7+ Kh8 42. Qf6+ Kh7 43. Qe7+ Kh8 44. Qf6+ Kh7 $11) 39. Qe1 Kf8 40. Qg3 Ke7 41. Qe1+ Be6 42. Qh1 Bd5 43. Qe1+ Qe5 44. Qf2 {[#]} Be6 $1 {[%CAl Re6f5]} 45. Qf1 Bf5 46. Bxf5 (46. Ba6 $142) 46... gxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} ({Weaker is} 46... Qxf5 47. Qe2+ Qe6 48. Qf2 $17) 47. Qd1 f4 48. Qxh5 Qe1+ 49. Kb2 Qc3+ 50. Kb1 f3 51. g6 Qe1+ 52. Kb2 f2 53. Qg5+ f6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.42/Black=0.11} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2829"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 27,28,0,10]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 {[#] Predecessor:} 15. Qe3+ $146 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Be6 16. Nc3 Qc6 17. Nb5 Bc5 18. Qc3 O-O 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rd8 22. Qb4 a5 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. axb5 {1/2-1/2 (32) Wei,Y (2732)-Grischuk,A (2777) Chess.com INT 2020} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2703"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "179"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,179,18,17,20,-10,37,42,57,56,64,55,51,45,53,51,51,34,28,29,37,26,25, 32,61,44,84,84,61,63,63,56,44,2,10,-11,-15,-48,-58,-62,-3,-20,-25,-31,-11,-5, -6,-14,-17,-7,8,5,21,-12,-13,-34,-34,-33,-29,-24,-35,-57,-39,-64,-53,-44,-51, -64,-47,-51,-47,-45,-37,-64,-64,-62,-56,-67,-45,-56,-41,-70,-28,-27,-10,-61, -71,-83,-69,-73,-63,-86,-92,-96,-86,-98,-103,-108,-107,-107,-110,-131,-85,-96, -73,-155,-112,-128,-123,-105,-109,-109,-109,-137,-109,-180,-167,-189,-202,-412, -467,-474,-477,-478,-433,-569,-585,-553,-605,-643,-543,-609,-319,-386,-201, -206,-225,-232,-242,-239,-238,-238,-222,-222,-222,-213,-122,-137,-110,-110, -110,-136,-66,-110,-35,-35,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-58,-58,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 8. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} 10. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Ng5 { [%emt 0:00:05]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:06] } 13. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 15. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:02:44]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 16. h4 { [%emt 0:02:41]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 17. e5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} 18. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 19. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 20. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 21. Be4 { [%emt 0:00:10]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0: 00:11]} 23. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 24. a3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 25. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. g4 { [%emt 0:00:17]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 27. Rbb3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00: 18]} 28. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 29. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 30. Rbc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 31. Kd1 { [%emt 0:00:33]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 32. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00: 24]} 33. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. Kc2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rad5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 35. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 36. Kd2 { [%emt 0:00:25]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 37. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00: 08]} 38. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rbd5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 39. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 40. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 41. Ke2 { [%emt 0:00:04]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 42. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00: 30]} 43. Rcc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 44. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 45. a4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 46. Rd2 {[%emt 0: 00:13]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 48. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 49. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bb6 { [%emt 0:00:31]} 50. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 51. h5 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 52. Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 53. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 54. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bb6 { [%emt 0:00:16]} 55. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 56. Ra3 {[%emt 0: 00:14]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 57. f4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 58. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 59. g5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} hxg5 { [%emt 0:00:16]} 60. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 61. Rg3 { [%emt 0:00:06]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 62. Bf6+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00: 21]} 63. h6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 64. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nc3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 65. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 66. Bh4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 67. h7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 68. Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 69. h8=Q+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 70. Rxh8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 71. Ra8 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 72. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} f5 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} (72... Ke5) 73. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 74. Kd3 { [%emt 0:00:07]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 75. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01: 17]} 76. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 77. Rb5+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 78. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 79. Rd5+ { [%emt 0:00:11]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 80. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00: 23]} 81. Rd5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 82. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} f3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 83. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 84. Kf2 { [%emt 0:00:09]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 85. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00: 21]} 86. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 87. Kxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} f2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 88. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 89. Kf3 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Nxb1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 90. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "4.7"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2761"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,79,22,18,17,16,18,15,16,0,0,0,3,6,26,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,17,27, 24,31,31,30,42,42,14,13,16,26,17,22,8,8,6,23,23,19,-4,-4,-6,-7,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 a6 9. a4 Ne7 10. d4 Ba7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Bf1 {12.Bd3 is more fashionable. } c6 13. a5 Re8 14. Qc2 {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Be6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. g3 Rad8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Nh7 20. Kh2 Ng5 21. Nxg5 hxg5 { 1/2-1/2 (31) Sadzikowski,D (2563)-Parligras,M (2603) Achaia 2017}) 15. exd5 { [%CAl Rd4e5]} exd4 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Nxd4 Nxd5 18. N2f3 Ne5 (18... c5 $5 { [%CAl Rc5d4]} 19. Bc4 Nde7 $11) 19. Bd2 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxe5.} Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Be6 21. c4 Ne7 22. Bc3 Rd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Qd7 25. Qxd7 Bxd7 26. b4 f6 27. Nd2 Kf7 28. Ne4 Ke6 29. Nc5+ {The position is equal.} (29. Bd3 { looks sharper.} Be8 30. Kf1 Bg6 31. Ke2 Nf5 32. Nd2) 29... Bxc5 30. bxc5 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} g5 31. f3 h5 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Ng6 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke3 Be6 36. Bd3 Kg7 37. Be2 Kf7 38. Bd3 Kg7 39. Be2 Kf7 40. Bd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "4.8"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B14"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 25,102,14,21,0,14,4,31,6,16,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-12,-1,-4,0,-2,0,0,0,4,15, 11,10,0,0,0,0,-43,-41,-59,0,0,0,-49,-64,-91,-98,-89,-91,-114,-102,-108,-109, -89,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-15,-17,-39,-39,-48,-22,-29,0,-8,0,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11, -11,-11,-14,-14,-14,-20,-20,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 Bf6 12. Qc2 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rad1 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5... e6 and 5...g6.} Bd7 15. Ne4 Be7 {[#]} ({Of course not} 15... Nxd4 $6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nxd4 $16) (15... Nce7 {feels hotter.} 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. Qd2 Ba4) 16. Qd2 $146 {White is slightly better.} (16. b4 {keeps more tension.} Bf8 17. Qd2 Nce7 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Rfe1) ({Predecessor:} 16. b4 Rc8 17. Qb2 Qb6 18. Nc5 Red8 {1/2-1/2 (18) Llorente Alvarez,J (1104)-Schild,R (2124) LSS email 2009}) 16... Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. b4 {[%CAl Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Rc1 Bf8 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bd2 a5 {[%CAl Ra5b4]} 23. b5 Nce7 24. Rfe1 Kf7 25. g4 h6 26. h4 g5 27. b6 Nxb6 28. Rb1 Ned5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rb5 Nd7 ({ Black should play} 30... Ra7 $15) 31. Nxe6 $11 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 {[#] Re1 is the strong threat.} Nc7 33. Re3 Nxb5 34. Bxb5 Nb6 35. Rc3 Bd6 36. Be2 Be6 37. Ne1 Rc8 (37... a4 $17 38. Rh3 Nc4) 38. Rxc8 Nxc8 39. Bxa5 Bxa3 40. Nc2 Bb2 41. Bd8 Ne7 42. Bf3 Bb3 43. Ne3 Bxd4 (43... b5 {seems wilder.} 44. Bb6 Ke6 45. Bc5 Bc3 46. Be4 Nd5) 44. Bxb7 {The position is equal.} Be6 45. Bxe7 Kxe7 46. Nf5+ Bxf5 47. gxf5 {KB-KB} Kd6 48. Kg2 Ke5 49. Bc8 Kf4 50. f3 Be5 51. Be6 Bd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.09} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,119,12,10,8,13,14,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,2,3,4,7,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,3,5,3,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O { The position is equal.} 8. h3 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} Ne7 9. d4 Ba7 {[#]} 10. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bc2 d5 11. Nxe5 Nxe4 12. Nd2 Nd6 13. Ndf3 Bf5 14. Re1 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Ne4 16. Qb3 {0-1 (58) Carlsen,M (2855)-So,W (2770) Paris 2016}) 10... dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxd1 12. Bxd1 Nxe4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Rd8 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Re1 Nd5 17. Bg3 Nf6 18. Bf4 c6 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Nd5 21. Bg3 Bb8 22. Rad1 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 f6 24. Bg3 Kf7 25. Rd2 Ne7 26. Red1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke8 28. Kf1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {KB-KN} 30. f3 Kd7 31. Ke2 h5 32. b4 Nf5 33. Bf2 Ke6 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Ne7 36. Kd3 f5 37. Bd4 g6 38. c4 b5 39. b3 fxg4 40. fxg4 Ng8 41. Ke3 Nh6 42. Kf4 {[#] Hoping for Kg5.} Nf7 43. c5 Nd8 44. Bc3 Nf7 45. Bd4 g5+ 46. Ke4 Nh6 47. Kf3 Kd5 48. Bc3 Nf7 49. Bf6 Ke6 50. Bc3 Kd5 51. Bf6 Ke6 52. Bc3 Nh6 53. Bg7 Ng8 54. Ke4 Ne7 55. Bc3 $1 Nd5 56. Bd2 Kf6 57. Be1 Ke6 58. Bd2 Kf6 59. Be1 Ke6 60. Bd2 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/ Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,99,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-23,9,0,17,27,51,54,60,56,48,25,90,81,101,99, 81,82,102,104,101,102,98,98,97,91,83,92,96,81,111,114,160,164,172,163,165,162, 297,285,285,278,262,306,302,296,270,262,241,229,265,258,376,340,399,360,377, 400,374,309,443,462,441,440,564,614,683,505,690,338,910,864,1560,1339,2038, 1977,6091,5636,1866,1727,4727,2763]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e5 6. O-O {[#] A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 O-O 9. c3 Qe7 10. Qc2 a5 11. Nc4 Bc5 12. Be3 b6 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Ne3 Ba6 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 {1-0 (37) Tsydypov,Z (2765)-Avalyan,A (2393) Chess.com INT 2018}) 7. c3 Bd6 8. e4 {The position is equal.} dxe4 9. dxe4 O-O 10. a4 Be6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Nc4 h6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Nh4 Bc5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 (15... Qf6 $11) 16. exf5 $16 Rfe8 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Ne4 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Be3 Qd6 22. Qb5 e4 23. Bf4 ({Much worse is} 23. Qxb7 $6 Rb8 $11) 23... Qd7 24. Re1 {[%CAl Ba1e1,Be1e2, Be2d2][%mdl 32]} b6 $2 25. Bxe4 Re8 26. f3 Nxe4 27. fxe4 ({Don't do} 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. fxe4 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qc2+ 30. Kf3 Qd1+ 31. Ke3 Qc1+ 32. Kf2 Qc2+ 33. Ke3 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ 35. Ke3 Qc1+ $16) 27... f6 28. Kf2 Rd8 (28... Re7 {was necessary.} 29. g4 Kh7) 29. Re2 $18 Ne5 30. Bxe5 Qxb5 31. axb5 fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 32. Ke3 Rd1 33. Rd2 Re1+ 34. Kf3 h5 35. Rd5 Rb1 (35... Rf1+ $142 36. Ke3 Kf8 37. Rd8+ (37. Rxe5 Re1+ 38. Kf4 Re2 $18) 37... Ke7) 36. Rxe5 Rxb2 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Rc8 Rxb5 39. Rxc7+ Kf6 (39... Kf8 {keeps fighting.} 40. c4 Rc5) 40. Rc6+ Ke7 41. c4 Rc5 42. Rxb6 Rxc4 43. Ra6 a4 44. Kf4 (44. e5 $142 Rg4 45. Ra7+ Kf8 46. e6) 44... Kf7 $2 {[#]} (44... Rc2 45. Rxa4 Rxh2) 45. h3 {White is clearly winning.} Rb4 46. g4 Rb3 47. g5 a3 48. g6+ Ke7 49. Ra7+ Kf8 50. e5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.33} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2742"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,96,33,66,60,57,39,51,41,48,40,45,32,47,47,46,50,52,32,44,30,27,31,62, 72,66,45,63,47,45,23,25,16,16,16,16,16,17,17,17,6,25,25,25,25,25,25,27,39,38, 36,9,8,8,8,0,1,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0, -8,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 (5. Qc2 Nc6 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. d4 Be6 8. Qd1 Bg7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Bc4 11. Bxc4 Nxc4 12. O-O Nd6 13. Qe2 Qe8 14. Rd1 e5 15. d5 e4 16. dxc6 exf3 17. Qxf3 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 {1/2-1/2 (74) Nepomniachtchi,I (2774)-Svidler,P (2729) Amsterdam 2019}) 5... h6 6. e4 { A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5.} Nxc3 7. dxc3 (7. bxc3 {keeps more tension.} Bg7 8. d4 c5 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Be3) 7... Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 9. Bf4 c6 10. Kc2 a5 11. a4 Nc5 12. Nd2 {[#]} h5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12... Be6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Bg7 16. Rhd1 Ne5 17. Nb6 Ra6 18. Bd4 O-O 19. Bxe5 Rxb6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 (59) Svane,R (2877) -Mischuk,D (2702) Chess.com INT 2020}) 13. Be3 e5 14. f3 f6 15. Bc4 Ne6 16. Nb3 Bd6 17. Rad1 Ke7 18. Rd2 Bc7 19. Rhd1 b6 20. g3 (20. Ra1 {with more complications.} Rb8 21. Rf2 Nd8 22. Nd2 Bd7 23. Rff1) 20... Rd8 21. Rxd8 Nxd8 22. Nd2 Nb7 23. Be2 (23. Rf1 {feels hotter.} Nd6 24. Be2 Be6 25. Bd3 Rb8 26. b3 ) 23... Nd6 24. f4 Bg4 (24... exf4 {looks sharper.} 25. Bxf4 Be6 26. e5 fxe5 27. Bxe5 Rc8) 25. Bxg4 hxg4 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Bg5+ Ke6 28. Rf1 Rg8 $1 29. Kd3 Bd8 30. Nc4 {The position is equal.} Nxc4 31. Kxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Be7 32. b4 axb4 33. Bxe7 Kxe7 34. cxb4 {With the idea a5. KR-KR} Rd8 35. a5 Rd4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 36. Kb3 c5 37. a6 Rxb4+ 38. Ka3 Rb5 39. Ra1 c4 $1 {[#] Hoping for ...Ra5+.} 40. Ra2 Ra5+ 41. Kb2 c3+ $1 42. Kb3 { And now Rxa5 would win.} c2 $1 {[%CAl Rc2c1]} 43. Rxc2 {aiming for Ra2.} Rxa6 44. Rc6 Kf7 45. Rc7+ Kf6 46. Rc6+ Kf7 47. Rc7+ Kf6 48. Rc6+ Kf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "5.4"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2703"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,77,12,17,22,17,17,15,12,12,9,7,18,13,7,0,0,5,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 { The position is equal.} c5 {is the new trend. D63: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: 7 Rc1.} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nb5 Nf6 {[#]} 16. Qxd8 $146 (16. Ne5 {is interesting.} Ned5 17. Qb3 a6 18. Nd4 Qd6 19. Nc4) ({Predecessor:} 16. Ne5 Ned5 17. a3 a5 18. Nd4 axb4 19. Ndc6 Qc7 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Nxb4 Qxe5 22. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 (99) Sundararajan,K (2422)-Landa,K (2611) Reykjavik 2017}) 16... Rfxd8 17. Rc7 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ned5 {[#] And now ...a6 would win.} 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. Nxa7 Ra8 21. Nc6 Rxa2 22. h3 g5 23. Rc1 Rb2 24. Ra1 Nxb4 25. Ra8+ Kg7 26. Ne5 $1 {[#] Ra7 is the strong threat.} Ra2 27. Rb8 $1 {[%CAl Rb8b7] Strongly threatening Rb7.} Ra7 28. Rxb6 Nbd5 29. Bxd5 (29. Rb3 {with more complications.} Nd7 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. g4 Nf6 32. Kg2) 29... Nxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 30. Rb1 Rc7 31. Ra1 Ne7 32. g4 Ng6 33. Nxg6 Kxg6 {KR-KR} 34. Kg2 Kf6 35. Kf3 Kg6 36. Kg3 Kf6 37. Kf3 Kg6 38. Kg3 Kf6 39. Kf3 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2860"] [BlackElo "2829"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 27,28,0,6]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 {[#] Predecessor:} 15. Qe3+ $146 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Be6 16. Nc3 Qc6 17. Nb5 Bc5 18. Qc3 O-O 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rd8 22. Qb4 a5 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. axb5 {1/2-1/2 (32) Wei,Y (2732)-Grischuk,A (2777) Chess.com INT 2020} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "5.6"] [White "Pichot, Alan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "2533"] [BlackElo "2881"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,121,0,12,17,24,-12,31,23,47,12,14,15,17,14,31,13,17,21,26,20,22,18,15, 27,44,44,51,17,18,27,30,0,0,13,17,15,34,35,15,20,31,26,112,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,14, 11,4,4,4,8,4,10,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 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 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Qc7 4. exd5 cxd5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4.} e6 7. g3 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Qd8 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Re8 12. Nb5 Rf8 13. Nc3 h6 {0-1 (43) Pichot,A (2630)-Anton Guijarro,D (2673) chess24.com INT 2021}) 8. Bg2 {White is slightly better.} dxc4 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. dxc4 Qc7 12. Qe2 (12. Qa4+ {with more complications.} Nbd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 Nc5 15. Qc2) 12... O-O 13. O-O b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Rfd1 Nbd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rd4 Rad8 19. Rad1 {And now f4 would win.} Qc7 20. b4 h6 21. a3 Nf6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Ne4 Nd7 25. c5 Qa8 {[#]} (25... Qc8 $11) 26. Qc2 (26. Qf3 $1 $16 {Nf6+! is the strong threat.} Kh8 27. Qxf7 Qxe4 28. Qxd7 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qe4+ 30. Kf1 bxc5 31. Qc8+ (31. bxc5 Qc4+ 32. Ke1 Qc3+ 33. Qd2 Qxc5 $16) 31... Kh7 32. Qxc5 (32. bxc5 Qd3+ 33. Ke1 Qe4+ 34. Kf1 Qd3+ 35. Ke1 Qe4+ 36. Kf1 $11)) 26... Qc6 $11 27. Qe2 bxc5 28. Nxc5 Nxc5 29. bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} f6 30. Qd3 Kf7 {The position is equal.} 31. h4 a5 32. Qc3 a4 33. Qd4 Ke7 34. Qg4 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Qc4 e5 37. Qc2 Kd7 38. Qf5+ Kc7 39. Qh7+ Qd7 40. Qh8 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qd5+ 42. Kg1 Qf3 43. Qf8 { [#] Black must now prevent Qd6+.} Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Qd8 45. Qf7+ Kc6 46. Qa7 Qd4 47. Qb6+ Kd7 48. Qb7+ Ke6 49. Qc6+ (49. Qa6+ {seems wilder.} Kf7 50. Qb7+ Ke6) 49... Ke7 50. Qb7+ Ke6 51. Qc6+ Kf5 52. Kg2 g4 53. Qc8+ Kg6 54. c6 Qd5+ 55. Kg1 Qd1+ 56. Kh2 Qd4 $1 {[%CAl Rd4f2]} 57. Qg8+ Kh6 $1 58. Qf8+ Kg6 59. Qg8+ Kh6 $1 60. Qf8+ Kg6 61. Qg8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "5.7"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,105,14,16,21,14,35,29,31,0,0,0,25,19,27,16,24,6,2,13,4,12,4,1,8,0,12, 0,0,0,9,12,8,19,14,8,20,11,45,38,40,25,26,34,38,10,29,30,32,4,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,2,2,67,70,104,98,216,216,156,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 { Recently 7.a4 got a lot of attention.} h6 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} 8. Re1 Re8 9. h3 Bf8 {White has an edge.} 10. Nd5 { [#]} Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nh2 Rae8 14. Qf3 Qd8 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 {0-1 (55) Cabral,P-Janevska,A Yerevan 1996}) 11. Bxd5 Ne7 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. Be3 Qf6 14. Nh2 Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qg4 a5 17. Qxe6 Rxe6 18. a4 Ne7 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 f5 21. exf5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Nxf5 23. Nf3 Kf7 24. Bd2 b6 25. g4 Ne7 26. Nd4 Ng6 27. Rf1+ Kg8 28. Ne6 Rc8 (28... Re8 $5 {[%CAl Re8e6]} 29. Nxc7 Rc8 $14) 29. Bc3 c5 30. b3 d5 31. Rf5 d4 32. Nxf8 Rxf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 34. Bd2 Ke7 35. Kf2 Ke6 36. Kg3 Ne5 (36... Ne7 $1 $11) 37. h4 $1 $14 Nc6 {[#]} 38. h5 $1 Ne7 ( 38... Ne5 $16) 39. g5 $18 hxg5 {[#] Hoping for ...Kf5.} 40. Bxg5 $2 (40. Kg4 $1 $16 Nd5 41. Kxg5 Kf7 (41... Ne3 42. Kg6 $18) 42. Kf5 Ne3+ 43. Ke4 Nxc2 44. Bf4 Na1 45. Kd5 Nxb3 46. Kc4 Na1 47. Bc7) 40... Nd5 $11 {The position is equal.} 41. Kf3 Ke5 42. Bh4 Ke6 43. Bg3 Kf5 44. Bh4 Nf6 45. Kf2 g5 ({Not} 45... Nxh5 46. Bd8 $18) (45... Ke6 {feels hotter.} 46. Kf3 Nd5) 46. hxg6 Kxg6 47. Bxf6 Kxf6 {KP-KP} 48. Ke2 Kg5 49. Kf3 {Black must now prevent Ke4.} Kf5 50. Kg3 Kg5 51. Kf3 {aiming for Ke4.} Kf5 52. Kg3 Kg5 53. Kf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.23"] [Round "5.8"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2836"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nf6 8. Qd1 Bc5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. e3 Nc6 11. Be2 Qe7 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Qb3 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line. D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3.} Bf5 14. Bd2 a6 15. Na4 {[#] White is slightly better.} Be6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 15... Ne4 16. Rfd1 Ba7 17. Rac1 Be6 18. Qc2 Bf5 19. Qb3 Be6 { 1/2-1/2 (19) Piccoli,F (2678)-Koegler,K (2557) ICCF email 2008}) 16. Qc2 Ba7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Nc3 Nb4 19. Qb1 g6 {Black wants to play ...Bf5.} 20. Ne4 Nc2 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Bc3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 {[%CAl Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Nxa1 24. Qxa1 Rc8 25. Nd4 Bd5 26. Bf1 h5 27. Qb2 h4 28. c4 Be4 29. Rd2 h3 30. Ne2 Qe7 { [#]} 31. gxh3 (31. g3 $1 $16) 31... Bb8 (31... Rxc4 $11 32. Ng3 Rb4) 32. Ng3 ( 32. Qb3 {is more complex.} b5 33. cxb5 axb5 34. Ng3 Bb7 35. Bg2) 32... Be5 {[#] } 33. Qb3 Bc6 34. Bg2 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Qc7 (35... Bf6 $16) 36. Rd5 Bg7 37. h4 Qc6 38. h5 Be5 (38... Qxc4 $142 39. Qxb7 Qc6 40. Qxc6 Rxc6 41. hxg6 fxg6 42. Rd8+ Bf8) 39. hxg6 $18 fxg6 40. Qd3 Kh7 $2 (40... Bg7 41. c5 Rd8) 41. Qe4 Bg7 42. c5 Re8 {White has a decisive advantage.} 43. Rh5+ Kg8 44. Qxc6 bxc6 45. Rh4 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.23/Black=0.33} 1-0