[Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Adhiban, B..."] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,92,-24,-18,-21,-10,-64,-69,-106,-97,-114,-125,-104,-94,-111,-71,-72, -54,-82,-68,-52,-58,-89,-95,-170,-171,-171,-164,-164,-158,-155,-127,-125,-35, -151,-148,-142,-71,-226,-217,-227,-225,-217,-218,-198,-191,-208,-204,-292,-303, -275,-185,-175,-177,-170,-164,-177,-187,-183,-174,-179,-183,-197,-207,-204, -204,-204,-202,-194,-212,-266,-247,-241,-186,-171,-166,-179,-194,-325,-316, -455,-443,-836,-791,-5005,-4929]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b5 { [#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Nbd7 6. exd4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc5 8. Bb2 e5 9. Nc2 Bg4 10. f3 Bf5 11. Ne3 Nd3+ 12. Bxd3 Bxd3 {1/2-1/2 (30) Brodda,W (2587) -Bescos Anzano,M (2561) GER email 2018}) 6. exd4 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} cxd4 7. d3 (7. Qe2 $11) 7... e5 $15 8. Bg5 {Black is slightly better.} Bb4+ 9. Nbd2 Nfd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nc5 12. Nb3 Nbd7 (12... Na4 {is more complex.} 13. a3 Bc3 14. Ra2 f6 15. Bc1 Ba5) 13. Rb1 {White wants to play Nbxd4.} Nxb3 14. axb3 a6 15. Ra1 Nc5 16. Bh4 (16. Bd2 $17 Bxd2 17. Nxd2) 16... f6 $19 17. Bg3 Qb6 18. bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rxa6 Qxa6 20. Ne1 Qa2 (20... Qb6 $17 21. Nc2 Bc3) 21. Nc2 (21. f4 $15) 21... Bc3 $17 22. b4 Na4 ({Black should play} 22... Nb3 {Hoping for ...Nd2.} 23. Qb1 Qa4) 23. Qb1 $2 {This costs White the game.} (23. Bf3 $17) 23... Qxb1 $19 24. Rxb1 Bf5 25. f3 Nb2 26. Be1 Nxd3 ({ Resist} 26... Bxd3 27. Rxb2 Bxe2 28. Bxc3 $17) 27. Bxc3 {Strongly threatening Bd2.} Nf4 28. Bd1 (28. Bf1 {was necessary.} Bxc2 29. Rc1) 28... dxc3 29. g3 Nh3+ 30. Kf1 Rd8 $1 {[%CAl Rd8d2]} 31. Rc1 {[#]} Rxd1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Deflection} 32. Rxd1 {And now Ne1 would win.} Bxc2 33. Rc1 Bd3+ 34. Kg2 Ng5 {Threatens to win with ...c2.} ({Not} 34... Bxc4 35. Kxh3 b5 36. Rxc3 $16) 35. Rxc3 {[#]} Be2 36. f4 Ne4 37. Rc1 ({Of course not} 37. Re3 Bxc4 38. fxe5 {[#]} Kf7 $1) 37... Kf7 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Kg1 Ke6 40. Re1 Bd3 41. Re3 Bb1 42. Re1 Nc3 43. Kf2 (43. Re3 $142 Nd1 44. Re1) 43... Bd3 44. c5 (44. Ra1 { was called for.} Bxc4 45. Rc1 Ne4+ 46. Ke3) 44... Nd5 {Black is clearly winning.} 45. Rd1 (45. b5 $142 Bxb5 46. Ra1) 45... e4 46. Rd2 e3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.52/Black=0.13} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Vladislav, Artemiev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2704"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,79,40,37,35,30,31,34,30,32,23,24,33,47,39,53,52,53,56,62,60,60,62,65, 53,83,81,81,81,84,77,111,110,112,106,197,203,215,221,320,320,312,316,392,392, 589,587,595,481,592,595,589,581,581,581,655,549,800,800,1496,1420,1541,1437, 29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O {E01: Catalan: Early deviations.} O-O 7. b3 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] A promising side line.} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... c6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Ndf6 11. Ne5 Bb4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rf1 Nd2 { 1-0 (46) Dias,J (1844)-Da Silva,J (1830) Pocos de Caldas 2018}) 8. Nc3 { White is slightly better.} Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 15. Nd4 {Black must now prevent Nc6.} Bxg2 ({Not } 15... Bxb4 $2 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nc6 $18) 16. Kxg2 Bf6 {[#]} 17. Nc6 $1 { White now steadily converts the win.} Qe8 {[#]} 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qd6 $36 { [%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Kh7 20. Rfd1 Ne4 21. Qe5 f5 (21... Nf6 $16) 22. Nd4 $18 Rf6 {[#]} 23. Rc7 $1 {And now f3 would win.} Rc8 {[#]} (23... Kh8 $142 24. f3 Ng5) 24. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc7 {[#]} 25. Ng5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} Nxg5 (25... hxg5 26. Qxe8) 26. Qxe8 Rc2 (26... Re6 {was called for.} 27. Qb5 Rf6) 27. Rd8 Ne6 28. Qg8+ Kg6 29. Re8 Rxe2 {and the idea . ..f4 leaves Black hopeful.} 30. Kf1 Re5 31. Re7 a6 32. h3 h5 33. h4 f4 34. gxf4 Re4 35. Qe8+ Kf5 36. Qxh5+ {White mates.} Kxf4 {[#]} 37. Rxg7 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Rf5 38. Rg4+ Ke5 39. Qh8+ Kd5 40. Qa8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.42} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A43"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,108,45,60,46,68,47,53,47,48,39,44,55,53,63,88,93,100,73,80,73,103,72, 53,18,12,-33,-22,-25,-21,-23,-21,-22,-19,-21,0,0,95,87,188,191,174,185,181,175, 160,126,173,110,170,79,97,37,43,-56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-21,-29,-27, -50,-30,-87,-84,-101,-43,-56,-45,-44,-37,-49,-51,-56,-57,-65,-62,-264,-280, -291,-277,-353,-359,-612,-550,-519,-441,-588,-566,-624,-594]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nf3 {A43: Schmid Benoni.} a6 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O {[#] White is slightly better.} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Ne7 9. h3 O-O 10. Re1 Nd7 11. a4 f5 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Ra3 Nf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 {1-0 (21) Jankovic,A (2477)-Zelcic,R (2514) Cannes 2005}) 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Be3 b5 14. a4 c4 15. Be2 Nf6 16. f4 Bxb2 17. Bd4 c3 (17... Bxa1 18. Qxa1 O-O 19. Bxf6 $18) 18. axb5 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 {[%mdl 64]} O-O (19... axb5 $2 20. Qxc3 Nxe4 21. Bxb5+ Kf8 22. Qe3) 20. Bf3 axb5 21. Qxc3 Nd7 22. e5 {White wants to play e6.} Qa5 ( 22... Ra4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. Qc6 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rc6d7]} dxe5 (23... Nc5 $16 24. exd6 (24. Qxd6 Nb3 $15) 24... Nb3) 24. fxe5 $18 Qa4 25. Rd1 Rad8 26. e6 (26. Kh2) 26... fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Rf7 28. d6 (28. Bg4 $18 Rdf8 29. d6 Qc2 30. Qe3) 28... Qc2 (28... Kf8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 29. Re1 (29. Bg4 $1 $18 {has better winning chances.} Rdf8 30. Qd5) 29... Qf5 {[#]} 30. Qa2 (30. Qb3 $1 $16 Nf6 31. Re7) 30... Qf4 $14 31. Bf2 ({White should try} 31. Rd1 $14) 31... Kg7 ({Much worse is} 31... Qxd6 32. Bd5 $11) (31... Nf6 $1 $15) 32. Bd5 Qxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc5 {White must now prevent ...Nd3+.} 35. Re7+ Kf6 36. Rc7 Nd3+ 37. Ke3 Rxd6 38. Bb3 Ne5 39. Ke4 Nd7 40. Bd5 b4 41. Rc1 (41. h4 $11) 41... Kg5 $17 {...Nf6+ is the strong threat.} 42. Bb3 Rd2 (42... Kh4 $17 43. Rc8 Kg3) 43. g3 $1 $15 Nf6+ 44. Ke3 Rb2 45. Be6 Nh5 46. g4 Ng3 {And now ...Re2+ would win.} 47. Kf3 Ne2 48. Rc5+ (48. Rd1 $1 $15) 48... Kh4 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Nd4+.} 49. Ke3 {[#]} Ng1 $1 {aiming for ...Re2+.} ({Weaker is} 49... Kxh3 50. g5+ Kh2 51. Bg8 $15) 50. Kd3 Nxh3 {Hoping for ...Nf4+.} 51. Bg8 $2 (51. Rc4) 51... h6 {Black is clearly winning.} 52. Ke3 Nf2 53. Be6 Nxg4+ 54. Kd3 h5 {Quite a comeback for Black. Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/Black=0.15} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2729"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,66,8,20,15,18,11,21,0,0,0,0,0,11,-8,13,0,23,11,28,29,25,29,25,3,16, 18,20,20,21,15,15,15,14,12,22,5,5,7,23,18,20,17,31,4,10,10,20,10,4,0,0,0,0,0,0] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 b6 { 7...d5 is more fashionable.} 8. b4 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+).} Bb7 9. Qxd4 Nc6 {[%CAl Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} 10. Qc3 Rc8 11. Bg2 d5 12. O-O O-O {[#]} 13. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qb2 Nce7 15. Bd2 b5 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. Nb3 Nb6 18. Nc5 Rxc5 19. bxc5 Bxg2 {1-0 (109) Ilincic,Z (2520) -Szabo,K (2371) Budapest 2004}) 13... Ne7 14. Ne5 Nf5 15. Qe1 Nd6 16. Rc1 dxc4 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rxc4 {[#] Threatens to win with Nc6.} Rxc4 19. Nxc4 Ne4 20. f3 Ned6 21. Qc3 {[%csl Gb2][%CAl Rc3g7]} f6 22. Rd1 {[#] aiming for Nxd6.} Qe7 {Strongly threatening ...Rc8.} 23. Nxd6 Nxd6 24. Qc6 Rd8 25. a4 Nf7 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. Qc4 Kf7 28. a5 bxa5 {The position is equal.} 29. bxa5 Qb7 30. Bd4 Nc6 31. a6 Qb4 32. Qxb4 Nxb4 33. Bxa7 Nxa6 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "150"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,150,9,15,13,51,50,47,51,52,36,37,45,54,13,18,20,27,27,41,34,44,10,63, 62,60,57,54,61,79,75,83,56,75,75,74,63,70,47,62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-15,-18,-6, -21,0,0,0,0,0,0,93,99,83,89,83,90,129,129,128,91,128,128,134,143,360,329,373, 373,373,370,352,344,453,439,441,452,422,412,802,711,1333,1404,12796,12798, 12802,12800,11412,7606,11412,10606,5595,4627,5083,5083,5072,5064,4950,4609, 29981,29982,29982,29948,12796,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 e5 9. cxd5 {[#] D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nfxg4 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qf5 g6 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. N2f3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 (39) Mamedyarov,S (2770)-Carlsen,M (2847) chess24.com INT 2021}) 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 12. Qc2 cxd5 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nd2 Bf5 { Threatens to win with ...Bxh2+!} 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qd1 Rc8 17. Bf3 Qc7 18. g3 Qc2 (18... Qe7 $11) 19. Qxc2 $14 Rxc2 20. Bd1 {Strongly threatening f3.} Rc6 21. a3 Rfc8 22. Bd2 f5 23. Re1 a6 24. f3 Bd3 25. Kf2 g6 26. Ra2 Kg7 27. Ba5 ( 27. Be2 $14 Bc2 28. Raa1) 27... Rc1 $11 28. Rd2 (28. a4 {keeps more tension.} Bb1 29. Rb2 Ba3 30. Rbe2 Bd6 31. Bd2) 28... Bb1 29. Bb4 Bxb4 30. axb4 R1c3 31. Ke2 Re8 32. Kf2 Bd3 33. Ra2 Rec8 34. Ra5 Bb5 35. Be2 Rc2 36. Kf1 $1 Rb2 (36... b6 $11 {remains equal.} 37. Raa1 Rxe2 38. Rxe2 Rc2 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 37. Bxb5 $16 axb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 38. Re2 $36 {[%CAl Re2b2][%mdl 2048] White is in control.} ({But not} 38. Rxb5 $6 Rcc2 $11) 38... Rc1+ 39. Kf2 $1 Rcc2 40. Rxc2 Rxc2+ {KR-KR} 41. Kg1 Rc1+ 42. Kg2 Rc2+ {[#]} 43. Kf1 $1 Rc1+ $2 (43... Rxh2 $16 {was called for.} 44. Rxb5 Rb2 45. Rxb7+ Kf6 46. Rb6+ (46. Rxh7 Rxb3 47. Ke2 Rb2+ 48. Kd3 Rxb4 $16) 46... Kf7) 44. Ke2 $18 Rc2+ 45. Kd3 Rb2 46. Rxb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxb3+ 47. Kd2 Rb2+ 48. Kc3 Rxh2 49. Rxb7+ Kf6 50. b5 {[%CAl Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Re2 (50... Ke6 $142 51. b6 Rh1) 51. b6 Rxe3+ 52. Kb4 Rxf3 53. Rxh7 Rf1 54. b7 Rb1+ 55. Kc5 Kg5 56. Kxd5 Kg4 57. Ke5 Kxg3 58. d5 f4 59. d6 f3 60. Rg7 Kh3 61. d7 f2 62. d8=Q Re1+ {[#]} 63. Kd4 $2 ( 63. Kf6 $1 $18 {Rh7+ would kill now.} f1=Q+ 64. Kxg6 Re6+ 65. Kh7 Qb1+ 66. Kg8) 63... Rd1+ $11 {The position is equal.} 64. Ke3 {Intending Qh8+ and mate.} f1=N+ 65. Kf2 (65. Kf3 {seems wilder.} Nh2+ 66. Ke4 Rxd8 67. Rxg6 Nf1 68. Rd6) 65... Rxd8 66. Kxf1 {KR-KR} Rb8 67. Ke2 g5 68. Kf3 {[%CAl Rg7h7]} (68. Kf2 { is interesting.} Rf8+ 69. Kg1 g4 70. Rh7+ Kg3 71. Rg7) 68... g4+ 69. Kf4 { Black must now prevent Rh7+.} (69. Kf2 {feels hotter.} Rf8+ 70. Kg1 g3 71. Rd7 Rb8 72. Re7) 69... Rf8+ $1 70. Ke5 g3 71. Kd6 (71. Kd5 {is more complex.} Rd8+ 72. Kc6 Rh8 73. Rh7+ Rxh7 74. b8=Q) 71... Rb8 72. Kc7 Rxb7+ 73. Kxb7 g2 74. Kc6 Kh2 75. Rxg2+ Kxg2 {Black defended with fortune. Weighted Error Value: White=0. 07/Black=0.44} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2847"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,89,-10,-7,-17,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,8,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-14, -19,-21,-16,-31,-25,-16,-18,-51,-33,-33,-39,-116,-121,-118,-107,-155,-164,-243, -192,-179,-112,-84,-125,-141,-156,-157,-105,-269,-99,-75,203,196,201,181,164, 187,164,53,66,0,231,220,768,653,964,975,29981,29982,29982,29983]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bb3 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line. C30: King's Gambit Declined.} h6 8. Qe2 Bg4 {[#]} 9. fxe5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qf2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nh5 12. f5 Nf4 13. h4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bxe3 15. Qg3 {0-1 (25) Detko,R (1618) -Mazur,S (2040) Brezova pod Bradlom 2006}) 9... dxe5 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qf2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nh5 13. O-O-O Nf4 14. Kb1 Nxb3 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qxc5 Qd6 17. Qxd6 ( 17. Qf2 {is interesting.} O-O-O 18. Ne2 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 g6 20. Rhg1) 17... cxd6 18. d4 O-O-O 19. Rd2 Ne6 20. Ne2 Rhf8 21. d5 Ng5 22. Rd3 Nh3 23. Rc1 f5 24. c4 fxe4 25. fxe4 {[#]} Rf2 $1 26. Nc3 ({White should play} 26. Rxh3 $15 Rxe2 27. c5) 26... Rxh2 $17 27. c5 Nf4 ({Resist} 27... dxc5 28. Na4 $11) 28. Rdd1 Kb8 29. c6 (29. Na4 {was called for.}) 29... Rc8 $19 30. Na4 Re2 ({Black should try } 30... Ka7 $1 $19 31. cxb7 Kxb7 32. Rxc8 Kxc8 33. Rc1+ Kd8) 31. Nb6 $17 Rc7 ({ Inferior is} 31... Rxe4 32. Nxc8 Kxc8 33. cxb7+ Kxb7 34. Rc6 $16) 32. Nd7+ Ka7 33. Rc4 h5 (33... Nh3 $142 {Strongly threatening ...Nf2.} 34. Nc5 Nf2) 34. Rg1 $2 (34. a4 $17) 34... g6 $2 (34... h4 $19 {is more deadly.} 35. Rh1 h3) 35. a4 h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Nd3 $17 {keeps the pressure on. Hoping for ...bxc6.} 36. Rxg6 Rxb2+ 37. Ka1 Rd2) 36. b4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} b6 37. b5 a5 {[#]} 38. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} h3 {[#]} (38... Nh3 39. Rh1) 39. Rh1 $1 ( 39. Nf3) 39... Nxd5 $1 $14 40. Nxg6 (40. exd5 $14 Rxe5 41. Rxh3) 40... Ne3 $2 ( 40... Rf7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 41. Rxh3 (41. exd5 Rff2) 41... Rff2) 41. Rc3 $18 Ng4 $2 (41... h2 42. Nf4 Rf2) 42. Nf4 Rxe4 {aiming for ...Nf2.} 43. Nd5 Nf2 44. Nxc7 Nxh1 45. Rxh3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.48} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Salem, A.R. Saleh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,71,24,19,20,38,59,38,45,8,13,0,0,-10,-4,-8,6,-6,4,14,5,0,10,0,6,13, 47,17,62,45,74,36,42,18,18,17,18,17,17,22,28,8,48,48,45,20,27,26,24,0,20,0,7,0, 35,0,14,5,3,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3:3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} 9. Ne2 h5 10. Be3 Nd7 {[%CAl Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5,Bd5f4][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} 11. Ng3 Nb6 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Bd2 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 15. Kb1 Qa5 {[#]} 16. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bh7+ Kf8 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 g6 19. Nh4 Re6 20. Qb3 Re2 21. Rhf1 Rae8 22. Nf3 {0-1 (89) Abdumalik, Z (2420)-Lenderman,A (2587) Saint Louis 2017}) 16... h4 17. Nf5 cxd5 ({But not } 17... Qxd5 $6 {[#]} 18. Ne7+ $1 Rxe7 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rxd5 $16) 18. g3 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Bh6 20. Rd4 Re5 21. Rhd1 hxg3 22. hxg3 Rae8 23. Bd7 R8e7 24. Bg4 g6 25. Bf3 {[%CAl Rf3d5]} Kg7 26. Rxd5 Qb6 27. a4 a5 28. Rd6 Qc5 29. R6d4 b5 30. axb5 Qxb5 31. Rd5 Qb6 32. Rd6 Qc5 33. R6d5 Qb6 34. Rd6 Qa7 35. R6d4 Qb6 36. Rd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "1.8"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,73,31,34,22,23,18,25,31,33,27,37,37,37,36,38,34,48,-10,-3,0,-2,-13,18, 18,22,15,20,8,11,8,20,18,19,-7,-4,-35,-12,-57,-63,-62,-58,-93,-49,-113,-91, -125,-123,-125,-115,-127,-116,-128,-119,-179,-168,-223,-99,-218,0,0,0,-195,0,0, 0,-177]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4.} e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qc2 {White has an edge.} Nbd7 9. b3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Ne5 {[#]} c5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12... dxc4 13. Ndxc4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Be2 Qb8 17. Bf3 Rfe8 18. a3 Bd8 {1/2-1/2 (84) Jackelen,T (2454)-Van Delft,M (2385) Germany 2006}) 13. cxd5 ({White should play} 13. Ndf3 $14) 13... Nxe5 $11 14. dxe5 Nxd5 15. a3 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Ne4 Qc6 19. Nd6 Rc7 20. e4 Nb6 21. a4 Nc8 {[%CAl Rc8d6]} 22. Qc3 Rd8 23. Rd3 Bf8 24. Rcd1 Rcd7 {[%CAl Rc8d6]} 25. Nxc8 {And now Rxd7 would win.} Qxc8 (25... Rxd3 {feels hotter.} 26. Rxd3 Rxc8 27. Re3 c4 28. h3 b5) 26. a5 (26. Qc4 $15) 26... c4 (26... Rxd3 { seems wilder.} 27. Rxd3 c4 28. bxc4 Bb4 29. Qb3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Qc7) 27. bxc4 { [#]} Bb4 $40 {[%mdl 640] Black has strong attack.} 28. Qb3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Qc7 31. h3 (31. Bc3 $17 Bxa5 32. g3) 31... Qxa5 $19 32. Qd7 (32. Kf1 $142) 32... Qa2 (32... Bf8 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Qe1+.} 33. Qxb7 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qxf2) 33. Qd8+ (33. Bc3 $17) 33... Kh7 (33... Bf8 34. Bc3 Qa3) 34. Qh4+ Kg8 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qh4+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.22/ Black=0.23} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,76,9,2,-13,28,-4,13,16,21,0,0,-16,0,0,36,33,35,36,37,0,0,0,11,0,3,0,0, 0,29,35,39,34,56,56,56,52,56,31,43,29,37,25,33,8,22,19,22,22,16,8,8,8,10,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nh5 6. Bg5 {A46:1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} Be7 {[#]} 7. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bd3 d6 9. O-O g6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 (47) Nielsen,P (2639)-Carlstedt,J (2413) Germany 2018}) 7... h6 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. g4 Nf6 10. Rg1 d5 11. Nbd2 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. g5 g6 19. Nf3 Qf5 20. Qg4 {Black must now prevent Qxf5.} Qxg4 21. Rxg4 hxg5 22. hxg5 f5 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Rg2 Rh5 25. Rdg1 Ne4 26. Ng5 Nxg5 {The position is equal.} 27. Rxg5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rf8 28. f4 d4 29. Rxh5 gxh5 {KR-KR} 30. Kd2 h4 31. Rh1 dxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Rh8 33. Kf3 Kd7 34. Kg4 Rg8+ 35. Kf5 Rf8+ 36. Kg4 Rg8+ 37. Kf5 Rf8+ 38. Kg4 Rg8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/ Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Salem, A.R. Saleh"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E25"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,78,20,7,9,10,12,16,12,14,17,0,12,-35,-16,-52,-45,-68,-75,-83,-18,-62, -67,-94,-96,-221,-214,-202,-207,-205,-212,-264,-246,-285,0,0,-18,-45,0,-1,-5, -8,-8,-96,0,-691,-639,-616,-600,-859,-882,-1805,-1861,-1750,-1916,-1893,-1844, -1699,-1810,-1761,-1803,-1662,-1623]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O {E25: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...c5 6 f3 d5 7 cxd5.} 11. Kf2 Nfd7 12. a4 Nxc5 { The position is equal.} 13. Qd6 Nxa4 14. Ne2 Bd7 {[#]} 15. h4 $146 (15. Nd4 { looks sharper.} Rc8 16. c4 e5 17. Nb5 a6 18. Na7) ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd4 e5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nc6 18. Qa3 b5 19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20. Rhb1 Qd3 21. Qxa4 Rac8 22. Qe4 Qxc3 23. Ra2 Ne7 24. Rb7 {1/2-1/2 (24) Dolya,A (2379)-Kragten,J (2278) ICCF email 2014}) 15... Rc8 16. h5 Qc7 17. Qd2 {With the idea h6.} h6 18. g4 f6 (18... Nc5 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rc5b3] Threatens to win with ...Nb3.} 19. Rb1 Rd8) 19. Rd1 b5 20. Bg2 Nb6 21. Bf4 (21. Bxh6 $17 {keeps fighting.} gxh6 22. Qxh6 Qc5+ 23. Nd4) 21... e5 $19 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6 {Qg6+ is the strong threat.} Qc5+ 24. Nd4 {intending Qg6+.} Qf8 $1 {[%CAl Rf8h6]} (24... exd4 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Qxf6+ Ke8 27. h6 $15) 25. Qg6+ Qg7 $2 (25... Kh8 $1 $19 26. Ne2 Nc4) 26. Nf5 $11 Bxf5 27. exf5 Nc6 28. f4 exf4 {Strongly threatening ...Rab8.} 29. Rhe1 Ne5 30. Rxe5 fxe5 (30... Qxg6 $17 31. hxg6 fxe5 32. Bxa8 Rxa8) 31. f6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Qe6+ $11 Kh7 32. f6) 31... Qxg6 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. hxg6 Rd8 $1 {[%CAl Rd8d1]} 33. Rh1 Rd2+ 34. Ke1 Rxg2 35. Rh7 Rxg4 36. Rg7+ Kf8 37. Rf7+ {[#]} Ke8 $1 38. Re7+ {[#]} Kd8 $1 39. g7 Nd7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.69/Black=0.23} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Hou, Yifan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2847"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,73,8,24,34,25,29,65,63,63,58,73,72,66,39,38,39,29,9,33,31,29,30,44, 46,82,78,68,71,72,70,81,93,117,107,104,105,113,107,109,109,172,172,167,155,392, 312,312,312,420,420,420,420,420,420,411,384]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nd2 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} Nbd7 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. a4 $1 {White is slightly better.} b4 {[#]} 14. a5 $1 Bd8 ( 14... Bc7 15. Na2) 15. Na4 Bd5 {[#]} 16. Nbc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nac5 Be7 17. Nxa6 Kd8 18. Rxd5 Nxd5 19. e4 Nc7 20. Nxc7 Kxc7 21. Bf4+ e5 22. Be3 { 1-0 (35) Bai,J (2585)-Wang,Y (2425) China 2017}) 16... Bxa5 17. Bd2 O-O 18. Rdc1 Rfc8 19. Bxa6 Rc7 20. Bb5 {And now Nxd7 would win.} Nxc5 21. Nxc5 h6 22. Na6 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Bb7 24. Nc5 ({Don't go for} 24. Nxb4 $2 Nd5 $19) 24... Bd5 25. f3 b3 26. Bxa5 Rxa5 27. Ba4 Kf8 28. e4 Ba8 29. Bxb3 Ke7 {[#]} (29... Rb5 $16) 30. Ba4 $1 $18 Ra7 31. b4 {[%CAl Bb2b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Ne8 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (31... Bb7 $16 32. Bb5 Bc8) 32. Bxe8 Kxe8 33. b5 Rc7 {[#]} 34. b6 $1 {[%CAl Rb6c7] White is winning.} Rc8 {[#]} 35. Ra1 $1 Bc6 (35... Rb8 36. b7) 36. b7 Rb8 37. Ra6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/ Black=0.24} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,59,24,10,37,21,18,13,23,18,47,35,43,0,7,0,27,32,51,44,80,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,54,-78,-67,-60,-31,-23,0,0,31,39,89,75,36,28,195,0,92,0,137,136,445,449,439, 426]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 {[#] B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} 7. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. c4 Bd6 12. h3 Bb7 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Qd1 {1-0 (42) Naiditsch,A (2626)-Anton Guijarro,D (2703) Biel 2020}) 7... Bb7 8. d4 cxd4 {The position is equal.} 9. Nxd4 Ng6 {[#]} 10. Nf5 $1 d6 (10... exf5 11. exf5+ Nge5 12. f4 Bc5+ 13. Be3 Bxe3+ 14. Rxe3) 11. Nd5 Nce5 {[#]} ( 11... exf5 $6 12. exf5+ Nge5 13. Be3 $16) 12. f4 $1 exd5 (12... Bxd5 13. exd5) 13. exd5 Qd7 14. Qd3 Bc8 {[#]} 15. g4 (15. Qc3 $1 $16) 15... h5 $11 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Bh3 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Kf8 ({Better is} 18... hxg4 $11 19. Bxg4 (19. Nxg7+ Kd8) 19... Kf8) 19. c4 (19. g5 $1 $14 {stays ahead.}) 19... hxg4 $17 20. Bxg4 Qc7 21. Qe4 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rh4 23. Qg2 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 {[#]} 25. d6 $1 Qd8 { [#]} (25... Qb8 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 26. Rxe5 Bxd6) 26. Rad1 $1 $40 { [%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Bd4 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 26... Rxf5 $2 27. Qh3 $18) ({Wrong is} 26... Rxc4 $2 27. Rxe5 Bxd6 28. Red5 $18) (26... Rb8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) (26... Rb8 27. Re4) 27. d7 Rb8 {[#]} ({But not} 27... Rxf5 $2 28. Rxd4 g6 29. Rd6 $18) (27... g6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 28. Be4 Rb8) 28. Rf1 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rf1f4] Strongly threatening Rxf4.} Qf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ( 28... g5 $16) 29. Rxf4 $18 exf4 30. Qd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.25/ Black=0.51} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,147,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,26,51,37,20,0,-7,-8,-8,-7,-8, -8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,0,-67,-68,-68,-70,-86,-29,-37,-29,-29, -29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-29,-29,-29, -29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,-33,-35,-35,-35, -12,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 f6 11. e3 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 {[#]} 13. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. g4 Bf7 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Ne4 b6 17. d4 exd4 18. exd4 cxd4 19. Rxc6 Qxc6 20. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (32) Hickl,J (2608)-Sokolov,A (2593) Switzerland 2006}) 13... cxd4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. g4 Bf7 16. Nxd4 exd4 ({And not} 16... Qxd4 {[#]} 17. Nd5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 17. Ne2 d3 18. Nd4 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Be4 d2 22. Rc2 Bb4 { aiming for ...f5.} 23. a3 Bxb3 24. axb4 Rxb4 25. Bf3 Qd3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} ({ Much worse is} 25... Bxc2 $6 26. Qxc2 Rf4 27. Qb3+ Kh8 28. Qe3 $16) 26. Qxd2 Qxf3 27. Rc3 (27. Qxb4 {leads to mate.} Bd5 28. Qxf8+ Kxf8 29. Ba3+ Kf7 30. Rc7+ Kg6 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bf8+ Kxf8 33. h4 Qh1#) 27... Qd5 $36 {[%CAl Rd5d2] [%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 28. Rd3 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qb5 {Hoping for ...Bc4.} 29. Ba3 {[%mdl 64] Skewer} Bc4 30. Rd7 Bxf1 31. Bxb4 Bxh3 {( -> ...Qf1+)} (31... Re8 {with more complications.} 32. Rd5 Qa6 33. Rd8 Bb5 34. Qd5+ Kh8) 32. f3 ({White should play} 32. Rd3 $11 Bxg4 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. Rc3) 32... Re8 $15 {Strongly threatening ...Qf1+.} 33. Qd5+ Qxd5 34. Rxd5 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} g6 (34... Rb8 $17 35. Rd4 h6) 35. Kf2 f5 36. g5 f4 37. Ra5 Rb8 38. Bd6 Rb2+ 39. Ke1 Rb1+ 40. Kd2 Rb7 41. Bxf4 Bf1 42. Rc5 Kf7 43. Be5 Ke6 44. f4 a6 45. Ke3 Bb5 46. Bc7 Kd7 47. Ba5 Bc6 48. Kd4 Kd6 49. f5 Re7 ( 49... Rb1 $15 50. fxg6 hxg6) 50. Bb4 $11 {Re5+ would kill now.} Re4+ 51. Kc3 Re3+ 52. Kd2 Re4 53. Kc3 Re3+ 54. Kb2 {Rc3+ is the strong threat.} Re4 55. Ka3 gxf5 56. Rxf5+ Kc7 57. Ba5+ Kd7 58. Bb4 Re3+ 59. Kb2 Rg3 60. Rf7+ {The position is equal.} Ke6 61. Rf6+ Kd5 62. Rd6+ Kc4 63. Rxc6+ Kxb4 64. Rxa6 Rxg5 {KR-KR} 65. Rh6 $1 Rg2+ 66. Kc1 Rg7 (66... Kc5 {feels hotter.} 67. Rxh7 Ra2 68. Rh5+ Kb4 69. Rh4+ Kc3) 67. Kd2 Kc4 68. Ke3 Kd5 69. Kf4 Rf7+ (69... Kc5 { looks sharper.} 70. Rh5+ Kd4 71. Rh4 Kc4 72. Rh6 Kd5) 70. Kg5 Ke5 71. Ra6 Rg7+ 72. Kh6 Rg6+ 73. Rxg6 hxg6 74. Kxg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0. 06} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2567"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,106,21,-19,0,-8,8,24,9,25,17,13,8,26,10,6,51,0,23,0,0,0,22,0,14,-42, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,53,0,-3,-7,-2,-93,-101,-145,-147,-684,-677,-671,-670, -639,-597,-556,-547,-541,-538,-522,0,-2,0,-487,-402,-29972,-29973,-29971, -29969,-29962,-29970,-29970,-29970,-29973,-29976,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29978, -29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982, -29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 d5 {is the legacy move (7. ..0-0). A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6:4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3.} 8. b4 cxb4 9. axb4 Nxb4 {White has an edge.} 10. Ba3 Nbc6 {[%CAl Bb4c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32] [#]} 11. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 O-O 13. e3 b6 14. d4 Be6 15. Rac1 Na5 16. Qa2 Nc4 17. Ng5 Nxa3 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxa3 {1-0 (71) Costa Trillo,V (1718)-Markoja,J (1827) ICCF email 2011}) 11... O-O 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e3 a6 14. Rc1 ({White should play} 14. Qb3 $14) 14... Re8 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qa2 Nc4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 {[#]} 18. Ng5 (18. Nxd5 $1 $11 Qxd5 19. Rxc4) 18... Be6 ( 18... Rd7 $5 {[%CAl Rd8g5]} 19. Nge4 dxe4 20. Qxc4 b5 $11) 19. e4 Nb6 (19... Bxd4 $2 20. exd5 Bh3 21. Nxh3 $18) 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. exd5 exd5 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 $1 23. Bg2 Qxd4 24. Rfd1 Qg4 (24... Qb4 $11 25. Ne4 Rf8) 25. Ne4 Rxe4 $11 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Qb3 (27. Rd6 $11 {remains equal.} Na4 28. Qd2) 27... Bd4 $17 {White must now prevent ...Nd7.} 28. Qf7 $6 {[#] Threatens to win with Rc7.} Nd5 29. Qxb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Re1 $17 Qf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Rcd1) 29... Rf8 $19 30. Rd2 {[#]} Rxf2 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 31. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Qe3+ 33. Kg2 {[#] White threatens Rc8+ and mate.} Qd2+ $1 ({ Not} 33... Qxc1 34. Qxd5 Qb2+ 35. Kg1 $15) 34. Kh3 {[%CAl Rc1c8]} Qh6+ $2 ( 34... Qxc1 $19 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kf8 37. Qxd5 Qf1+ 38. Kg4 h5+ 39. Kg5 Qb5 40. Qxb5 axb5) 35. Kg2 $11 {White wants to mate with Rc8+.} Qd2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Qxc1 $11 36. Qxd5 Qb2+ 37. Kg1 Qb6+ 38. Kg2 Qb2+ 39. Kg1 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 Qc2+ 41. Kg1 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Qb2+) 36. Kh3 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rc1c8] White is on the road to losing.} Qxc1 37. Qxd5 {KQ-KQ} (37. Qxa6 $19 Qh6+ 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 39. Kg1) 37... Qf1+ {Black mates.} 38. Kg4 Qf5+ 39. Qxf5 gxf5+ 40. Kxf5 {KPP-KPP} Kg7 41. g4 a5 {[%CAl Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 42. Ke5 a4 43. Kd4 Kf6 44. h4 a3 45. Kc3 Ke5 46. h5 Kf4 47. Kb3 Kxg4 {KPP-KP} 48. h6 Kg5 49. Kxa3 Kxh6 50. Kb2 Kg5 51. Kc2 Kf4 52. Kd2 Kf3 53. Ke1 Kg2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.32/ Black=0.22} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "2.7"] [White "Vladislav, Artemiev"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C49"] [WhiteElo "2704"] [BlackElo "2578"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,71,36,33,43,29,0,2,0,0,1,8,7,10,12,31,30,68,27,55,30,37,26,54,57,47, 53,52,10,4,13,6,6,43,39,52,41,130,127,158,161,224,217,288,297,406,393,29966, 29961,29990,29991,29992,29993]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 {C49: Four Knights: 4 Bb5 Bb4.} Bg6 13. Nd2 Nd8 {[%CAl Bc6d8,Bd8e6,Be6f4] [%mdl 32] [#]} 14. Qf3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 14. f4 exf4 15. d4 Ne6 16. Nf3 Bh7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Qa3 19. Qe1 Qb2 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. cxd3 {0-1 (39) Dzhumaev,M (2552)-Filippov,A (2584) Tashkent 2009}) 14... Ne6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nf1 c6 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bb3 Nf4 19. Ne3 Kg7 20. Kh2 Rh8 21. Rg1 Kf8 22. Ng2 Nxg2 23. Rxg2 h5 24. Rag1 {[#] Black must now prevent gxh5.} hxg4 25. Rxg4 Rh6 26. a4 a6 27. Ra1 {[%CAl Bg1a1,Ba1a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} bxa4 28. Bxa4 {And now Qe3 would win.} Kg7 (28... Rc8 $14) 29. Bxc6 $16 Rah8 30. Rg3 Qc7 (30... Qa7 $142 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. fxe3 Kf8 33. Rxa6 f5 34. exf5 Bxf5) 31. Rxa6 $18 Rh4 32. Bd5 Rf4 33. Qe3 {Ra7 is the strong threat.} Qxc3 $2 (33... Qc5 $18 34. d4 Qc7 35. Bxf7 Kxf7 36. dxe5 Rxe4) 34. Ra7 {White mates.} Kf8 {[#]} 35. Rxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 (35... Qc8 36. Rxf7+) 36. Ra8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.48} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "2.8"] [White "Adhiban, B..."] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,-75,-83,-104,-76,-62,-56,-45,-52, -61,-74,-80,-18,-33,-14,-140,0,0,4,4,2,0,4,10,9,-46,-31,-96,-100,-87,-87,-295, -295,-289,-286,-279,-276,-498,-350,-325,-343,-660,-978,-908,-774,-985,-971]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b5 Nbd7 6. exd4 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc5 8. Bb2 {The position is equal.} e5 {[#]} 9. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc2 Bg4 10. f3 Bf5 11. Ne3 Nd3+ 12. Bxd3 Bxd3 13. Qb3 Bc5 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. Ba3 {1/2-1/2 (30) Brodda,W (2587)-Bescos Anzano,M (2561) GER email 2018}) 9... Bf5 10. Nxc5 Bxc5 11. Be2 $1 Qd6 12. O-O h5 13. d4 (13. Qb3 $11) 13... exd4 $17 14. Bd3 {[#]} Ng4 $1 {[%csl Gg4][%CAl Rd6h2]} 15. g3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ne5 17. Qf5 g6 18. Qe4 O-O (18... O-O-O $17 19. Nd2 f5) 19. Nd2 $11 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 {[#]} (20. Qxb7 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qb6 21. Qg2) 20... Rad8 ({Better is} 20... Qd7 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Nxc4!} 21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. cxd5 Nd3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8) 21. f4 f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 22. fxe5 fxe4 23. exd6 d3+ 24. Kg2 e3 {[#] And now ...Bb4 would win.} 25. Nb3 (25. Bc3 $1 $11) 25... Bb4 $1 $15 {[%CAl Rb4e1]} 26. c5 (26. Rg1 $15) 26... Bxe1 $17 27. Rxe1 d2 28. Rb1 {This costs White the game.} (28. Nxd2 $17 exd2 29. Rd1) 28... e2 $19 29. Nxd2 {Threatens to win with Re1.} e1=Q 30. Rxe1 Rxe1 31. Nc4 $2 (31. Bc3) 31... Re2+ 32. Kh3 {next Bf6 is good for White.} Rc2 33. Na5 (33. Bf6 Rxc4 34. Bxd8 Rxc5 35. Bc7) 33... Rxb2 {Black is clearly winning.} 34. Nxb7 Rb8 35. c6 Rxb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.72/Black=0.17} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,127,6,13,11,27,4,4,3,3,4,4,10,0,0,0,0,0,4,6,-5,-4,-3,-6,-6,-7,-13, -13,-11,-15,-16,-10,-10,-11,-16,-12,-16,-9,-10,-9,-9,-9,-12,-11,-12,-6,-8,-7, -11,-5,-5,0,-8,-4,-18,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-7,-8,0,-8,-7,-7,-7, -7,-7,-7,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. dxc5 Na5 9. Qa3 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} Rc8 10. b4 cxb3 $1 {The position is equal.} 11. axb3 Rxc5 12. b4 Rb5 13. Nd4 {[#]} Rxb4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 13... Bxb4 14. Qa2 Rb6 15. Nc2 Nc6 16. Nxb4 Nxb4 17. Qxa7 Nc6 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Be3 Rb2 {1/2-1/2 (78) Hausner,I (2445)-Sokolov,A (2550) Clichy 1991}) 14. Qxa5 Qxa5 ({But not} 14... Rxd4 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Rxa7 $14) 15. Rxa5 Rxd4 16. Rxa7 {[#] And now Ra8+ would win.} Bc6 17. Be3 Rd7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ra6 Nd5 20. Rxc6 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Be7 22. Rc8+ Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 24. Rc1 Kd7 25. Nd2 Bg5 26. Kf2 Rb8 27. Nf3 Bf6 28. Rc4 h5 29. Ra4 Rb7 30. h3 g6 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Ke7 33. Rc4 Kf8 34. g5 Be7 35. e4 Rb5 36. e5 Ba3 37. Kg3 Ke8 38. Ra4 Bc5 39. Kf4 Rb3 40. Nd4 Rb1 41. Nf3 Rb3 42. Nd4 Rb2 43. e3 Kd7 44. Rc4 Bb6 45. Ra4 Rf2+ 46. Ke4 Bxd4 (46... Bc7 {looks sharper.} 47. Ra8 Rh2 48. Ra7 Rb2 49. Kf4 Rb4) 47. exd4 {KR-KR} Rf5 ( 47... Rf1 {keeps more tension.} 48. Ra7+ Kd8 49. Ra8+ Ke7 50. Ra7+ Kf8) 48. d5 exd5+ 49. Kxd5 Rxg5 50. Ra7+ Ke8 51. Kd6 $1 {[%CAl Ra7a8] [#]} Kf8 52. e6 fxe6 53. Kxe6 Rf5 (53... Rg2 {is more complex.} 54. Rb7 Rf2 55. Rd7 Rf5 56. Rc7 Rf1) 54. Rb7 Kg8 55. Ra7 (55. Rc7 {seems wilder.} Rf1 56. Rd7 Rf4 57. Rb7 Rf1 58. Rd7) 55... Rf8 56. Rb7 Kh8 57. Ra7 Rf4 58. Rb7 g5 59. Rb5 g4 60. Rg5 Kh7 { aiming for ...Kh6.} 61. Ke5 Ra4 62. Kf5 Kh6 {( -> ...Ra5+)} 63. Rxg4 Rxg4 64. Kxg4 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/ Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Adhiban, B..."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A60"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2660"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g6 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. g3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 6. d5 {[%emt 0:00: 36]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:04]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Nge2 { [%emt 0:00:56]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00: 25]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:01:54]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 11. e5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 12. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 13. Nxb5 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 14. Nec3 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00: 37]} 15. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:04:39]} 16. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 17. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 18. Qxf1 { [%emt 0:00:10]} Qxc7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 19. d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 20. Bxa8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 21. Nb5 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 22. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 23. Nxa7 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 24. Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00: 16]} 25. a4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 26. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 27. gxf4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Kf1 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 29. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qg4+ {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 30. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Black "Vladislav, Artemiev"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2704"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,92,18,28,6,43,32,33,19,40,35,31,21,10,16,39,36,33,28,37,-17,-20,-16, 0,0,0,-9,-12,-7,-10,-8,-21,-13,-10,-13,-6,0,0,0,0,-69,-55,-269,-259,-250,-256, -504,-512,-518,-447,-545,-535,-533,-520,-553,-520,-544,-534,-489,-378,-335, -270,-670,-529,-667,-537,-709,-708,-964,-960,-942,-947,-864,-757,-29983,-642, -619,-619,-606,-593]} 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. Nd2 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} Nd7 $1 {[%mdl 4] 9...Nd7 is a critical line.} 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 {[#] White is slightly better.} Nb6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A top novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13. O-O Be6 14. Nb3 Qa4 15. Qc7 Bc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Qxe7 b6 {1/2-1/2 (33) Thybo,J (2525)-Ragger,M (2696) Skopje 2019}) 12. O-O Qa4 13. Qb2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Be6 15. Bb5 Qa5 16. a4 Rac8 17. Qa3 (17. Rfe1 $14) 17... a6 18. Be2 Rc2 19. Rfd1 Re8 20. d5 Bd7 ({ Inferior is} 20... Bxa1 21. dxe6 Qxa4 22. Qxa4 $16 (22. Rxa1 Qxa3 23. Rxa3 Rd8 $16) (22. Qxa1 Qxa1 23. exf7+ Kxf7 $16)) 21. Rab1 Qxa4 22. Qxa4 Nxa4 23. Rxb7 { [#]} Nc3 $1 24. Bd3 ({But not} 24. Rxd7 Nxd1 25. Bxd1 Rc1 $17) 24... Nxd1 25. Bxc2 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Bb5 27. Bb3 (27. Kf2 $11) 27... Rc8 $15 28. Rxe7 $2 { Loses the game.} (28. Kf2 $15 Bh6 29. Bd1 Rc3 30. Nf1) 28... Bh6 $19 29. Kf2 { Threatening d6.} Rc3 30. Bd1 $2 (30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Nxc4 Rxc4 32. d6 Rc2+ 33. Kf3 ) 30... Rd3 31. Nf3 {White wants to play Be2.} Rxd1 32. h4 Bf8 33. Rb7 h5 34. Kg3 Bd3 35. Kf4 Bh6+ 36. Ke5 Bg7+ 37. Kf4 {Now Rb8+ and White clings on.} f6 { ...Bh6+ is the strong threat.} 38. Nd4 $2 (38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Rb7) 38... Rb1 39. Re7 Bf8 40. Rd7 Bh6+ 41. Kf3 Rf1+ 42. Kg3 Bxe3 {( -> ...Bf4+)} 43. Ne6 g5 44. d6 Bf4+ (44... Bc4 $142 45. Rd8+ Kf7 46. Rc8 Bxe6 47. Rc7+ Kg6 48. Kh2 Bg1+ 49. Kh1 Bc5+ 50. Kh2 Bxd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 51. g3 Bxc7 52. Kg2 {[#]} Bh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 53. Kxh3 Rf2 54. hxg5 fxg5 55. e5 Bxe5 56. g4 Rh2#) 45. Nxf4 gxf4+ 46. Kh2 {intending Rg7+!} Bb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.60/Black=0. 15} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,126,19,14,17,16,34,20,43,37,46,45,66,60,51,45,59,53,61,64,74,66,83, 53,70,63,61,49,75,66,60,43,79,21,90,35,47,27,0,-64,0,0,42,-98,0,-247,-253,-233, -239,-356,-366,-352,-336,-338,-350,-331,-324,-357,-360,-348,-335,-360,-335, -337,-356,-327,-245,-633,-629,-621,-495,-708,-687,-696,-653,-703,-314,-308, -241,-300,-221,-221,-205,-208,-179,-184,-168,-236,-238,-229,-232,-344,-292, -603,-300,-281,-303,-273,-281,-5401,-5102,-12799,-12799,-12794,-12798,-4802, -4602,-2460,-2444,-12793,-7037,-5193,-5114,-6468,-5632,-5587,-2233,-5065,-1531] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 O-O {E34: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5.} 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 b6 $5 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. Exploring less charted territory.} 9. Be2 {[#]} Qd8 $146 ( 9... Qxg2 $2 10. Bf3 $18) ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne4 10. Bf3 f5 11. Nh3 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bb4 c5 14. dxc5 Ndxc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 { 1/2-1/2 (63) Fridman,D (2604)-Fedoseev,V (2641) Riga 2014}) 10. Nf3 (10. b4 { is more complex.} Bb7 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfc1) 10... Ba6 11. O-O Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qd5 13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. e4 Qb7 15. b4 Rfd8 16. f3 Nf8 17. Rfc1 Ng6 18. Qe3 Rd7 19. a4 Rad8 20. Nb3 h5 21. Be1 (21. b5 $16) 21... h4 (21... c6 $11 { remains equal.}) 22. Ra2 (22. b5 $16) 22... c6 $14 23. Rac2 e5 {[%CAl Re5d4]} 24. Bc3 $2 ({White should play} 24. Rxc6 $11 exd4 25. Qg5) 24... Nf4 (24... Qa6 $15 25. a5 Nh5) 25. b5 h3 26. gxh3 {[#]} (26. bxc6 $14 Qxc6 27. dxe5) 26... N6h5 (26... a5 $1 $17 27. Ra2 (27. dxe5 N6h5 $17) 27... c5) 27. Kh1 $2 { White is now going downhill.} (27. dxe5 $2 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Be1 Nd3 $19) (27. bxc6 $1 $11 Qxc6 28. d5 Nxh3+ 29. Kh1) 27... exd4 $19 28. Nxd4 c5 29. Nf5 (29. Ne2 $142 Rd3 30. Qg1 Rxf3 31. Nxf4 Rxf4 32. Re2) 29... Rd1+ 30. Be1 g6 ({ Less strong is} 30... Nxh3 31. Rxd1 Rxd1 32. Qe2 $15 (32. Rd2 Rb1 $17)) 31. Ng3 R8d3 ({But not} 31... Nxh3 $2 32. Nxh5 Qe7 33. Rxd1 $18) 32. Qf2 Nxh3 33. Qf1 { Hoping for Nxh5.} Rxc1 34. Rxc1 N5f4 {And now ...Ng5 would win.} 35. Ne2 Nxe2 36. Qxe2 Qd7 37. Bg3 Qd4 38. Rf1 $2 (38. Re1) 38... Rd2 39. Qe1 c4 {Strongly threatening ...c3.} 40. e5 (40. Be5 $142 Qd3 41. Bf6) 40... Ng5 41. e6 Nxe6 42. Qe5 {If White can now play Qxd4 this consolidates a bit.} Qxe5 (42... Qd3 $142 {[%CAl Rd3f1]} 43. Kg1 c3) 43. Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame intending Rc1. KRB-KRN } Nc5 44. Ra1 Nd3 45. Bf6 Kh7 46. a5 Nf2+ 47. Kg1 Nh3+ 48. Kh1 (48. Kf1 $142) 48... g5 49. axb6 axb6 50. Rc1 (50. Ra4 $142) 50... Kg6 51. Bc3 {[#]} (51. Be5 Nf2+ 52. Kg1) 51... Rd5 (51... Rd1+ $142 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Rxd1 Nf2+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} 53. Kg2 Nxd1) 52. Bb4 Nf4 (52... Rxb5 53. Rxc4 Nf4 54. h4 $17) 53. h4 Rd4 ({Don't do} 53... Rxb5 54. Rxc4 Nd3 55. Be7 $17) 54. hxg5 $2 (54. Bc3 Rd8 55. hxg5) 54... Nd3 {Black is clearly winning.} 55. Rb1 Nxb4 56. Rxb4 Kxg5 {KR-KR} 57. Kg2 Kf4 58. Kf2 Ke5 59. Ke3 Rd3+ 60. Ke2 Kd4 61. Ra4 Re3+ 62. Kf2 Re7 (62... Re5 $142 63. f4 Rxb5) 63. Ra8 Kc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.89/Black=0.38} (63... c3 $142 64. Rc8 Kd3 65. Rd8+ Kc4) 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2729"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,142,68,68,60,75,139,73,91,94,97,101,90,93,121,119,234,216,241,134, 143,141,136,135,161,158,156,137,158,148,133,130,146,142,158,96,91,87,99,98,90, 38,51,22,27,0,0,0,0,-16,-27,-27,-39,-20,-20,-25,-25,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-76,-66,-86,-86,-86,-86,-86,-86,-84,-84,-93,-77,-141, -137,-150,-146,-139,-141,-151,-151,-151,-151,-151,-145,-151,-149,-151,-144, -145,-117,-110,-103,-102,-62,-94,-62,-109,-98,-95,-101,-102,-102,-102,-110, -226,-226,-233,-226,-437,-437]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxc5 7. e4 d6 8. Qd2 g6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 8...a6. A45: Trompowsky Attack.} 9. O-O-O Nbd7 (9... Bg7 $142) 10. Nge2 (10. Be3 $142 Qa5 11. Kb1) 10... Bg7 {[#] White is better.} 11. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Kb1 a6 13. h4 h5 14. Nf4 b5 15. Nfd5 Qd8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Nd5 {1-0 (41) Saraiba Rafuls,L (2024)-Delgado Alvarez,E (1681) Mayabeque 2018}) 11... a6 12. g4 b5 13. g5 {And now Nb3 would win.} Nh5 14. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Qc7 (14... Bb7 $16 { is a better defense.}) 15. Nd5 $18 Qb7 16. Nb3 (16. Qa5 $18 {Black must now prevent Nc7+.} O-O 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Bh3) 16... e6 $16 {[#]} 17. Na5 $1 Qb8 18. Nf4 Qc7 19. Nxh5 gxh5 20. Nb3 Ne5 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Nxf3 23. Be2 Ne5 24. Rhd1 ({Worse is} 24. Bxh5 Nc4 $11) (24. Na5 $142 $1) 24... O-O 25. Bd4 ({ Much worse is} 25. Bxh5 $6 Nc4 $11) 25... h4 26. Nc5 b4 27. Rb6 (27. c4 $16) 27... a5 $14 28. Rb5 Rd8 29. Bh5 Nd3+ 30. Rxd3 Rxd4 31. Rf3 Ra7 32. Rb8 Rd8 33. Nd3 Rf8 34. Rf4 Ba6 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 36. Rxh4 Bd6 37. Be2 Rc7 38. h3 Bxd3 39. Bxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc5 40. Rg4 Kg7 41. b3 Be5 42. Kd1 Kg6 43. Ke2 Bc7 44. h4 Kh5 45. Kf3 Be5 46. Bc4 a4 47. Rg1 (47. Bd3 $11 {remains equal.}) 47... Kxh4 $17 48. Rh1+ Kxg5 49. Rxh7 Kg6 50. Rh1 a3 51. Bd3 Kf6 52. Kg4 Rc8 53. Rf1+ (53. Kf3 $142) 53... Ke7 54. Rh1 Kd6 55. Kf3 Rg8 56. Rf1 Kc5 57. Ke3 Rg7 58. Be2 Rh7 59. Kd3 Bc3 60. Bg4 Kd6 61. Bf3 Ke5 62. Rh1 {[#]} Rg7 $1 63. Ke3 Kd6 64. Kd3 Rg3 65. Ke2 Ke5 66. Kf2 Rg8 67. Ke3 Rd8 68. Rh5+ Kf6 69. Rh1 {[#]} (69. Rh6+ $17 {keeps fighting.} Ke7 70. Rh2) 69... Bd2+ $1 $19 70. Ke2 {Hoping for Rd1.} Bf4 {aiming for ...Rd2+.} 71. Rd1 $2 (71. Ke1 {was worth a try.}) 71... Rc8 {What a bad dream for White. Weighted Error Value: White=0. 12/Black=0.05} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,108,44,-8,0,-5,-8,-19,-20,-8,0,-12,-9,-31,-24,-27,-25,-31,-25,-31, -26,-77,-75,-77,-77,-77,-77,-74,-88,-51,-47,-104,-107,-110,-98,-95,-80,-154, -158,-147,-152,-156,-147,-177,-164,-157,0,-161,-143,-174,-140,-161,-118,-109, -107,-118,-89,-127,-89,-155,-153,-152,-152,-144,-156,-130,-29,-68,-13,-13,-13, -13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. h3 (9. a4 $14) 9... Bb7 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bd5 O-O {[%CAl Re5d4]} 13. a4 Rab8 {[%CAl Re5d4]} 14. axb5 axb5 { [%CAl Re5d4]} 15. Na3 exd4 16. Nxb5 {[%CAl Rc3d4]} dxc3 17. Nxc3 {[#]} Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rfe8 18. Re1 Nd4 19. Re3 c6 20. Bc4 d5 21. Bf1 Nb5 22. e5 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Qe7 {0-1 (47) Rios Parra,J (2060)-Sierra Mejia,J (2173) Medellin 2018}) 18. Nxd4 (18. Bxb7 $11 {remains equal.} Rxb7 19. Nd5 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3) 18... Bxd4 $17 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Nd5 Qe5 21. Ne7+ Qxe7 22. Qxd4 Rfb8 23. Ra6 (23. Rfb1 $15) 23... Rxb2 24. Rc6 R2b4 25. Qc3 Rb1 26. Qc2 (26. Rxb1 $142 Rxb1+ 27. Kh2) 26... Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qf6 28. Rc3 ({Wrong is} 28. Rxc7 $2 Rb2 $19) 28... Rb1+ 29. Ke2 Rb4 30. Kf1 Rb1+ 31. Ke2 $1 g6 32. g3 Qd4 33. Kf3 c5 34. Rd3 Qf6+ 35. Kg2 Rb6 (35... Rb4 {with more complications.} 36. Qd1 Rb2 37. Qf3 Qe6 38. Rd5 c4) 36. Qc4 Qe6 37. Qd5 (37. Rd5 $142) 37... Qxd5 38. Rxd5 {KR-KR} f6 39. h4 Kf7 40. h5 {[#]} gxh5 (40... g5 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...g4.} 41. Kf3 Ke6) 41. Rxh5 Rb4 (41... Kg6 $15 42. Rd5 c4) 42. Kf3 $11 {The position is equal.} Kg6 43. Rd5 Rd4 (43... Rb3+ { feels hotter.} 44. Ke2 Rb6 45. Ke3 Kf7 46. Ke2 Rb2+) 44. Rxd4 cxd4 {KP-KP} 45. Ke2 Kg5 {[#] ...Kg4 is the strong threat.} 46. f3 f5 47. f4+ Kf6 48. Kd3 fxe4+ 49. Kxe4 h5 50. Kxd4 {KPP-KPP} Kf5 51. Kd5 h4 52. gxh4 {h5 would kill now.} Kxf4 53. Kxd6 Kg4 54. h5 Kxh5 {White escaped into a draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.16} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "3.7"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2847"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0: 00:03]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nbd4 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. exd6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd6 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 13. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 14. Qd4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "3.8"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Salem, A.R. Saleh"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,88,11,0,8,18,18,18,10,10,0,11,7,6,12,0,0,0,2,0,0,-28,0,-7,-15,-19, -12,-19,-16,-50,0,-45,-40,-41,-22,-31,-47,-60,-58,-78,-72,-76,-72,-98,-109, -134,-134,-125,-125,-186,-186,-187,-183,-202,-210,-225,-215,-205,-185,-231, -242,-246,-244,-239,-241,-245,-221,-245,-233,-289,-300,-318,-318,-317,-317, -29993,-29994]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bd6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 { The position is equal.} 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. a3 a5 13. Re1 O-O 14. Ne4 Bc7 15. c5 Rd8 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Nfd2 Ne5 {[#]} 18. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Qe2 Bc6 19. Nd6 Nd7 20. Nxb7 Bxb7 21. c6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Ra7 23. Rec1 Nf6 24. Qd1 {1/2-1/2 (65) Chigaev,M (2542)-Alekseev,E (2626) Kolomna 2016}) 18... Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Bb5 20. Rc1 a4 21. Re2 Rab8 (21... f5 $5 {[%CAl Rf5e4]} 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. cxd6 Qxd6 $15) 22. b4 axb3 23. Qxb3 Bc6 24. Nd2 Ba5 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qa4 Bxd2 {White is on the road to losing.} 27. Rxd2 Rb5 {[%CAl Bb8b5,Bb5a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 28. Qc4 Rd5 29. Rdc2 Qa7 30. a4 Ra5 ({Don't play} 30... Rdxc5 $6 31. Qxd4 Rxc2 32. Qxa7 $11) 31. Qb4 (31. Ra1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 31... Rxa4 $19 32. Qb6 Ra6 33. Qxa7 Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 34. Kf1 Ra5 35. Ke2 Re5+ 36. Kd2 g5 37. h3 Kg7 38. Rc4 Rd5 39. R1c2 Kf6 40. Rb4 Ra1 ({Weaker is} 40... Raxc5 41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42. Rxd4 $17) 41. Ke2 h5 42. Rb6 g4 43. hxg4 hxg4 {( -> ...Re5+)} 44. f3 $2 {[#]} (44. Rb4 $19) 44... Rh5 {[%CAl Rh5h2] Weighted Error Value: White=0.28/Black=0.04} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Salem, A.R. Saleh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,116,16,28,2,6,-29,14,16,20,19,24,34,46,20,56,62,64,51,65,74,164,112, 120,29,20,11,8,5,10,27,32,14,25,21,14,18,39,-22,0,0,7,7,0,-41,-23,-12,-23,-45, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,81,82,82,82,82,80,81,8,58, 58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,47,47,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8] } 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 {[#] A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... O-O 7. a3 Bd6 8. Nxd4 Bxg3 9. hxg3 Qxd4 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. Be3 c5 12. b4 Nbd7 13. bxc5 Nxc5 {1-0 (33) Sidhant,M (2396)-Kumar,S (1928) Kankarbagh 2017}) 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Nc6 10. e5 a4 11. Qc2 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Bh6 Rf7 14. Rad1 Ra5 {[#]} (14... Rd7 $16) 15. e3 (15. Nxd4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd4 {[#]} 16. Rxd4 $1 Qxd4 17. Rd1) 15... e5 $16 16. Nh4 ({White should play} 16. a3 $16 Bc5 17. exd4 exd4 18. Nh4) 16... Bg4 $11 17. Bf3 Qd7 18. Qe2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 f5 20. exd4 exd4 21. a3 Be7 22. Rfe1 Rc5 23. Bf4 ({White should try} 23. Ng2 $14) 23... Rxc4 24. Qh5 d3 25. Nf3 Re4 26. Bh6 Qe6 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. Bxe3 Qg6 (28... Qb3 {seems wilder.} 29. Re1 Qxb2 30. Ng5 Bxg5 31. Bxg5 d2) 29. Qxg6+ hxg6 30. Rxd3 Bf6 31. b3 axb3 32. Rxb3 b6 33. a4 Rd7 34. h4 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Ra1 ({Better is} 35... Kf7 $11) 36. Bf4 $14 Rxa4 37. Bxc7 Ra7 38. Bxb6 Rb7 {next ...Bd8 is good for Black.} 39. Nd2 Bd8 40. Bxd8 Rxb3 41. Nxb3 Nxd8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 42. Nd4 Kg7 43. h5 (43. Kf3 $16) 43... Nf7 (43... f4 $5) 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. hxg6 Ne5+ 46. Ke3 {Hoping for g7!} Nxg6 47. Ne2 Ne5 48. Nf4 Ng4+ 49. Ke2 Ne5 50. Nd5+ Ke6 51. Ne3 Kf6 52. Nd1 Ng6 53. Kf3 Kg5 {The position is equal.} 54. Nc3 Ne5+ 55. Ke3 {f4+ is the strong threat.} Ng4+ 56. Ke2 Nxf2 57. Kxf2 {Intending Kf3 and mate.} f4 58. gxf4+ Kxf4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2847"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,79,22,31,0,-8,-6,0,0,18,0,9,0,39,0,38,37,45,41,36,36,44,29,35,35,65, 62,62,22,22,19,51,6,7,5,6,6,3,3,3,8,10,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,10,0,36,41,110,104,368, 33,87,35,42,5,73,74,63,74,77,73,312,309,418,413,401,407]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. b3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} e5 7. Nde2 Be6 {[#]} 8. g3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. f4 exf4 9. Nxf4 Nbd7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bc4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qe5 13. O-O Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 {1-0 (38) Fries Nielsen,J (2380) -Schlegel,I (2027) Chess.com INT 2020}) 8... h5 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Rc8 11. O-O h4 {next ...hxg3 is good for Black.} 12. g4 Qc7 13. Be3 Be7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 O-O (15... Qxc2 $2 16. Rc1 $18) 16. c4 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. a4 bxa4 19. bxa4 Qa5 20. Bg5 Rc4 21. Bxh4 Ra8 22. Ng3 g6 23. Bg5 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Qxa4 25. Qxa4 Rxa4 26. Be3 Nc5 27. Rb1 Nfd7 28. g5 Ra3 29. h4 Ra4 30. Bh3 {Black must now prevent Bxd7.} Kf8 ({Not} 30... Rxh4 $2 31. Bxd7 Nxd7 32. Rb7 $18) (30... Nf8 $14) 31. h5 $16 gxh5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Ra7 $16) 32. Nf5 $2 ({White must play} 32. Bxc5 $18 Nxc5 (32... dxc5 33. Bxd7 $18) 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Nf5+ $18) 32... Ra3 ({Better is} 32... Ra8 $14) 33. Kg2 (33. Bf1 $16) 33... Nb3 $14 34. Ng3 h4 {[#]} 35. Nf5 $1 $16 ({Much weaker is} 35. Bxd7 hxg3 36. f4 exf4 $11 ) 35... Ndc5 36. Bg4 h3+ 37. Bxh3 Ne4 $2 {[#]} (37... Ra1 $16 38. Rb2 Ra8) 38. Bg4 $1 $18 ({Less strong is} 38. Bc1 Nc3 $16) 38... Bxg5 39. Bxg5 Nxg5 40. Bd1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/ Black=0.36} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,57,17,24,28,21,21,22,16,10,8,2,18,8,14,8,12,0,0,0,37,18,20,15,18,14, 11,5,421,429,435,431,429,427,553,538,681,479,1584,1336,1508,591]} 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. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 {The position is equal.} 13. Nd2 $5 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5] [%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} d5 14. Nb3 c6 15. Bf4 {[#]} g6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 15... b6 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. h3 h6 18. Qe3 Bg5 19. g4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Bh7 21. Qe3 Nd6 22. Re1 Kf8 23. c4 dxc4 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 (25) Gomila Marti,S (2363)-Camacho Dominguez,F (2324) ICCF email 2018}) 16. Qe3 Ng7 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Nc5 Qb6 19. b4 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 h5 22. h3 Re8 $2 { [%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} (22... Qa7 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 23. Qxe8+ $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nxe8 24. Rxe8+ Kg7 {Black wants to play ...Qa7.} 25. Bb8 Bxd4 26. cxd4 g5 (26... Qxb4 27. Be5+ f6 (27... Kh6 28. Rh8+ Kg5 29. h4+ Kxh4 30. Bf6+ g5 (30... Kg4 31. Be2+ Kf4 32. g3#) 31. g3+ Kg4 32. Be2+ Kh3 33. Rxh5#) 28. Re7+ Kf8 (28... Kh6 29. Bxf6) 29. Rxb7) 27. Be5+ Kg6 (27... f6 $142 28. Re7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6 29. Rxb7 Qd8) 28. Rg8+ Kh6 29. Rb8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.64} (29. h4 $142 gxh4 30. Bd3 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Bxd3 31. Nd7) 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Hou, Yifan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,93,34,37,15,40,34,35,7,27,10,12,6,2,4,18,32,28,10,9,15,12,4,4,4,9,10, 19,19,21,23,20,18,22,20,12,21,58,41,97,81,83,66,56,43,110,108,144,142,141,150, 153,168,171,158,194,190,239,235,248,240,264,259,266,262,293,286,287,293,386, 346,362,353,412,419,416,410,630,612,563,549]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Qc2 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} Be4 10. Qd2 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} Bb7 11. Nc3 {[#] White is slightly better.} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 d6 15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bf6 17. Rac1 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 {1-0 (41) Lesovoi,E (2337)-Ufimtsev,E (2148) St Petersburg 2019}) 12. Qc2 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 d6 14. Rad1 Be4 15. Rfe1 Nbd7 16. Bf1 Qe7 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. e4 e5 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. c5 bxc5 23. f3 a4 24. Nc4 Rfe8 25. Ne3 g6 26. Rc1 Nh7 (26... Nd7 $14) 27. Qxc5 Ng5 {Hoping for ...Qxc5.} 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Kf2 Ne6 {[#] White now steadily converts the win.} (29... Kg7 $14) 30. Ng4 $1 $16 Nd4 31. Rc5 (31. Nxh6+ $6 Kg7 $11) 31... Ne6 32. Rxe5 h5 33. Ne3 { Black must now prevent Nd5.} Rd7 34. Bc4 Rd2+ 35. Re2 Rad8 36. Bxe6 fxe6 37. Ra5 (37. Rxe6 Kf7 $11) 37... R8d4 38. Nc2 Rd6 39. Nb4 ({Don't do} 39. Rxa4 $6 Ba6 $18) 39... R2d4 40. a3 ({Not} 40. Rxa4 c5 $17) 40... Rc4 41. Ke3 ({But not } 41. Rxa4 $6 c5 $18) 41... c5 {[#]} 42. Rc2 $1 Rxc2 43. Nxc2 Rb6 44. Rxc5 Rxb2 45. Kf4 Kf7 (45... Ba6 $142 46. Kg5 Kf7 47. Rc7+ Ke8) 46. Rc7+ $18 Ke8 47. Nb4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.19} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D53"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,90,23,17,11,23,10,16,0,16,13,25,6,7,0,12,8,18,13,16,17,18,17,30,26, 31,28,26,26,32,34,34,33,27,44,26,11,7,12,28,25,23,23,31,20,68,60,73,35,42,40, 41,17,43,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,6,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. cxd5 { D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations.} Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 {[#]} 11. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Qb4 13. Qc2 cxd5 14. exd5 O-O 15. Bc4 e4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. a3 {0-1 (71) Bukavshin,I (2648)-Inarkiev,E (2664) Sochi 2015}) 11... O-O 12. Be2 e5 13. O-O exd4 14. Nxd4 Nf6 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. Rxb3 Rab8 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. h4 Kf8 21. Rd4 Rec8 $1 22. g4 Rc7 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Nd7 25. Bg4 Ne5 26. Be2 Rd7 27. Ra4 b6 28. f4 Ng6 29. Rd3 (29. Bg4 {is more complex.} Rc7 30. Rba3 a5 31. Rb3 c5 32. Kf2) 29... Rbd8 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Kf2 Ne7 32. Bg4 Rd2+ 33. Kf3 f5 34. gxf6 gxf6 35. Be6 a5 36. b4 axb4 37. Rxb4 b5 {The position is equal.} 38. a4 Nd5 39. Bxd5 Rxd5 40. axb5 cxb5 $11 { KR-KR} 41. Ke4 $1 {[%CAl Re4d5]} Rh5 42. Rb1 Ke7 43. f5 b4 44. Kd4 Rxf5 45. Rxb4 Re5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Vladislav, Artemiev"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "2704"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,142,27,27,27,-14,-1,-2,5,-3,21,-12,-12,-15,-21,-10,-41,-30,-16,-12, -18,-10,1,-1,-14,-14,-9,-30,-19,-19,-14,-14,-14,-13,6,-12,4,-5,53,49,96,39,45, 31,34,58,41,65,79,67,81,58,76,93,95,51,50,52,58,51,53,1,7,-18,-6,-11,0,-28,-56, -10,0,0,0,0,0,0,122,125,136,147,170,170,212,211,212,212,212,177,174,178,225, 161,198,16,40,33,18,32,24,22,23,24,24,24,16,23,22,0,19,0,0,20,13,26,28,16,14, 21,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,-44,-2,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} e5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 6. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00: 24]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:21]} 8. Re1 { [%emt 0:02:07]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:06] } 10. a4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 11. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Be6 { [%emt 0:00:30]} 12. b3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 13. Rf1 {[%emt 0: 00:46]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 14. Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 15. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 16. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nd6 { [%emt 0:01:20]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 18. gxf4 { [%emt 0:00:58]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 19. e5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:01:34] } 20. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 21. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bxg2 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 22. Rxg2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 23. b4 {[%emt 0: 01:15]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 24. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Qf3 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 26. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Nxc6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 27. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 28. Bxc7 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 29. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00: 34]} 30. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 31. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 32. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. Rg2 { [%emt 0:00:39]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 34. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g6 {[%emt 0:00: 18]} 35. Nh6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Nf5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 37. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg8 $4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} (37... Rdc5) (37... Ra5) 38. Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 39. Nxc7 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Nxc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 40. Rgf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd5 {[%emt 0: 01:23]} 41. Rf8+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 42. R1f7+ {[%emt 0:00: 01]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 43. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 44. Rhxh7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 45. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Nf4 { [%emt 0:00:06]} 46. Rxf4+ $2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (46. Re7 Rc5 47. Rc7 Re5 48. Rhe7 ) 46... Kxf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. Rh4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 48. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. c4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ra5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 50. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 51. Rf4+ { [%emt 0:00:02]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 52. Re4+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 53. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 54. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 55. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 56. Kc3 { [%emt 0:00:04]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 57. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:16] } 58. Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 59. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kd7 { [%emt 0:00:09]} 60. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 61. Rg2 {[%emt 0: 00:05]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 62. d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 63. Rxg5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxh2+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 64. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a2 { [%emt 0:00:11]} 65. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 66. Ra7 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 67. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0: 00:16]} 68. Kxa2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 69. cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kxb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 70. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 71. d6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Kxd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "4.7"] [White "Adhiban, B....."] [Black "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2567"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,89,25,16,10,25,26,65,28,-1,13,29,11,-12,-5,-20,1,-37,-35,-18,-18,-102, -102,-112,-74,-78,-14,29,29,33,33,37,37,-1,-4,-22,-20,-15,-31,-45,-54,3,-8,-12, -6,-51,10,9,0,-20,40,53,53,0,0,6,45,13,109,112,106,74,81,82,86,51,57,61,50,54, 62,61,56,56,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00: 16]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00: 07]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. Ba3 { [%emt 0:01:14]} Bxa1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. Qxa1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be6 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 12. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 13. Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 14. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:07:10]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 15. Qc6+ { [%emt 0:00:01]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 16. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 17. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:03:18]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:32]} 18. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 19. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 20. Bb5 { [%emt 0:00:14]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 21. c3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:02: 09]} 22. Qb7 {[%emt 0:02:19]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 23. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 24. h3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 25. Qb5 {[%emt 0: 00:21]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 26. a4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 27. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be4 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 28. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qf4+ { [%emt 0:01:09]} 29. g3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 30. Qe3 {[%emt 0: 00:21]} (30. a5) (30. h4) 30... Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 31. a5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 32. a6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 33. Bxa6 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Qxa6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 34. f3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qa2+ {[%emt 0:00: 15]} 35. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qc2+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} 37. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bd3+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} 38. Kg1 { [%emt 0:00:04]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be2 {[%emt 0:00: 33]} 40. f4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 41. Qg1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qe2+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 42. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 43. Qg1 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Qe2+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} 44. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qd1 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 45. Qg1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "4.8"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2578"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,113,16,-1,7,0,40,29,68,18,38,22,32,10,23,27,35,0,8,10,24,0,59,20,56, 66,76,47,36,44,68,70,75,70,104,100,120,117,120,130,177,172,215,213,226,268,264, 249,277,268,263,257,281,285,285,285,289,265,292,286,292,257,260,254,240,158, 158,158,192,160,186,185,161,147,370,369,362,280,450,446,368,340,835,658,532,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h3 Nd7 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} 9. Nf3 Ngf6 (9... g5 $5 {[%CAl Rg5f4]} 10. Bg3 h5 $11) 10. Bd3 {[#]} c5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Ng5 c5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. g5 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. d5 c4 16. Nxe4 Qa5+ {1-0 (40) Muzychuk, M (2532)-Kashlinskaya,A (2462) Germany 2017}) 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qe2 Nce4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd4 Nd5 ({Better is} 17... h5 $11) 18. Be5 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rfd1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 h6 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. Nxb5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} a6 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Nxb7 Rb8 27. Rc7 Nd5 28. Rd7 Nb4 {[#]} 29. a3 {[%CAl Ra3b4]} Nd3 30. b4 {[%CAl Bb2b4, Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Ne5 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Nxd8 $18 {KN-KN} Nc4 33. a4 Nb6 34. b5 a5 35. Nb7 Nxa4 36. Nxa5 Kf8 37. Nc4 Ke7 38. h4 Ke6 39. b6 {Hoping for b7.} Nc5 40. Na5 Kd5 41. Kg2 Nd7 42. b7 Kc5 43. Kg3 Kb6 $2 (43... Kb5 $16 {was necessary.}) 44. Nc4+ Kxb7 45. Kf4 Nc5 $2 (45... Nf8 46. Nd6+ (46. Kxe4 Kc7 $18 ) 46... Kc6) 46. Nd6+ Kc6 47. Nxf7 Kd5 $2 (47... Nd3+ 48. Kxe4 Nxf2+ 49. Kf5 Kd7) 48. Kf5 Nd3 {[#]} 49. Nxh6 $2 gxh6 $11 {The position is equal.} 50. g5 hxg5 51. hxg5 {KN-K3P} Kd6 $1 52. Kf6 {Threatens to win with g6.} Ne5 53. g6 Nd7+ $1 54. Kf7 {aiming for g7.} Ne5+ 55. Kf6 $1 {Black must now prevent g7.} Nd7+ $1 56. Kf7 {g7 is the strong threat.} Ne5+ 57. Kf6 {Black escapes into a draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.24} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "138"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,138,27,27,30,-10,5,-16,0,7,41,-27,-29,-27,-30,-19,-18,-45,-25,16,16,6, 21,11,15,-3,14,5,14,14,15,2,5,-12,-20,-32,-31,-29,-25,-22,-30,-51,-8,-8,-8,0, 12,0,0,24,38,36,37,30,52,51,64,70,76,48,57,61,65,65,58,41,49,36,37,19,45,32, 201,172,181,16,150,43,82,16,94,24,25,20,20,5,-9,-44,-26,-51,-76,-107,-154,-154, -154,-132,-132,-166,-168,-208,-98,-160,-66,-124,-89,-124,-146,-169,-146,-200, -200,-255,-271,-339,-344,-399,-352,-371,-254,-272,-272,-387,-373,-373,-335, -369,-379,-451,-400,-633,-995,-1021,-562,-1357,-1464,-1697,-1794,-1626,-1627, -1649,-1727]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05] } e6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nc3 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. h4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 11. c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 12. e3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {[%emt 0: 00:50]} 13. a4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 15. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 16. O-O-O { [%emt 0:02:04]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 17. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} O-O {[%emt 0:00: 04]} 18. h5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 19. e4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Qe7 { [%emt 0:00:51]} 20. Qe3 {[%emt 0:03:17]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 21. d5 {[%emt 0: 00:42]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 22. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 23. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 24. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qe8 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 25. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 26. Nd2 {[%emt 0: 02:06]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 27. f3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 28. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 29. g4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rd7 {[%emt 0: 00:20]} 30. Rhd1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Be2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 31. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. d6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Qc2 { [%emt 0:00:15]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00: 28]} 35. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qg8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 36. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 38. Rf2 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 39. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} (39. f4) 39... Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 40. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 41. Nd2 { [%emt 0:00:18]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 42. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} b3 {[%emt 0:00: 20]} 43. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 44. f4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 45. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 46. Bxg5 { [%emt 0:00:15]} fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 48. e5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 49. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qh7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 50. Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qxg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 51. hxg6 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 52. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} g4 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} 53. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 54. Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 55. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 56. Ka3 { [%emt 0:00:14]} b2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 57. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 58. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 59. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 60. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ree4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 61. Kxb2 { [%emt 0:00:09]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 62. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} h2 {[%emt 0:00:22] } 63. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 64. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Re2+ { [%emt 0:00:21]} 65. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 66. Rxb3 { [%emt 0:00:12]} Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 67. d7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 68. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 69. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,94,2,0,2,19,19,17,0,4,0,15,0,8,0,45,29,13,0,0,0,0,-12,-18,-20,0,-33, 10,6,16,-33,-9,-42,-37,-45,0,-37,-28,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} a5 11. b5 c6 {[#]} 12. Qa4 $5 $146 { [%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 12. bxc6 Nxc6 13. Bb2 b5 14. e3 a4 15. Qb1 Qb6 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. Ne5 h6 18. Bc3 {1-0 (48) So,W (2780)-Vidit,S (2718) Chess.com INT 2018}) 12... cxb5 13. Qxb5 Ba6 14. Qb2 Nc6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Ndf3 Ne4 17. Be3 f6 18. Nd3 Bc4 19. Nd2 (19. Bh3 {with more complications.} f5 20. Nfe5 b5 21. Bg2 Bf6 22. Rfc1) 19... Nxd2 20. Qxd2 a4 21. Nb2 Bb3 (21... Na5 $5 {[%CAl Ra5b3]} 22. Qc2 Nb3 $11) 22. Qd3 Qd7 23. Bd2 Nd8 {[%CAl Bc6d8,Bd8f7, Bf7d6,Bd6e4][%mdl 32]} 24. Bc3 Nf7 25. Rfc1 b5 26. Qd2 Nd6 27. Bb4 Ne4 28. Qe1 {The position is equal.} Bxb4 29. Qxb4 Qd6 30. Nd3 Qxb4 31. Nxb4 f5 32. Kf1 Kf7 33. Ke1 Ke6 34. Bxe4 (34. Nd3 {feels hotter.} Rxc1+ 35. Rxc1 Bc4 36. h4 Kd6 37. Ne5) 34... fxe4 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 36. Kd2 Rc4 37. Ke3 g5 38. Rh1 h5 39. h4 g4 40. Ra1 Rc8 41. Kd2 Rf8 42. Ke3 Bc4 43. Rc1 Kd6 44. Rc3 Rf7 45. Rc1 Rf8 46. Rc3 Rf7 47. Rc1 Rf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/ Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Adhiban, B...."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2660"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,83,57,15,46,36,36,32,27,0,24,13,35,34,27,6,1,17,14,-28,-24,-35,-38, -31,-23,-70,-31,-39,-48,-65,-62,-121,-106,-125,-94,-188,-152,-258,-95,-96,-103, -102,-87,-145,-65,-54,0,0,0,0,139,135,127,22,29,22,1085,1077,29981,29982,29995, 29985,29985,29986,29995,29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 Ra8 {[#] 11... c5 is setting a new trend. E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1.} 12. Ra3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ba3 b6 13. Nd2 Ne8 14. Nb5 f5 15. Bb4 Bh6 16. Bc3 Nf6 17. f4 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 exf4 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 {1-0 (35) Werle,J (2412)-Dziuba,M (2471) Chalkidiki 2001}) 12... Kh8 13. Re1 Nd7 {White is slightly better.} 14. h3 Ng8 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Be3 Bg7 17. Qc1 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Nb5 Nc5 21. Be3 $1 Na6 22. Nh2 Ne7 (22... f4 $5 {[%CAl Rf4e3]} 23. Bd2 Nh6 $15) 23. f4 Ng6 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Bh6 ({White should play} 25. Rd1 $15) 25... Rg8 $17 26. Kh1 Nc5 27. g4 (27. Bh5 $17) 27... Ne4 ({But not} 27... Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Nxa4 29. Qa3 $15) 28. Rf1 (28. Bf1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 28... Rxa4 $2 (28... c6 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Rd3 Qe7 31. Nc3 Nf4) 29. Rxa4 {aiming for Qe3.} Ng3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Kg2 Nxe2 31. Qe3 Nef4+ (31... Ngf4+ $1 $17 32. Kh1 fxg4 33. Bxf4 g3 $1) 32. Kh1 c6 (32... Nxd5 $1 $15 33. Qc5 Nb6) 33. dxc6 $11 bxc6 34. Nc3 Bg5 (34... c5 $11 35. Ra7 Qb6) 35. Bxg5 $16 Qxg5 36. Ra7 (36. Nf3 $16 Qf6 37. g5) 36... Qh6 $11 37. Ne2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} fxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Qxh3 $11 38. Qxh3 Nxh3) 38. Nxf4 $18 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} exf4 39. Qd4+ { White mates.} Rg7 40. Qd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rg8 {[#]} 41. Qf6+ $1 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rg7 42. Re1 {Quite a comeback for White. Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.44} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Vladislav, Artemiev"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2704"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,76,18,16,25,18,25,25,49,13,27,27,29,21,21,16,20,16,52,51,39,0,0,0,0, -9,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-110,-109,-225,-221,-815,-604,-790,-775,-728,-480,-467,-395, -460,-457,-609,-608,-963,-955,-956,-948,-948,-942,-904,-897,-1116,-1118,-1106, -1099,-1081,-1062,-12844,-12827,-12791,-6634,-6411,-5983]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} 7. Bg3 d6 8. a4 a5 $5 {[%mdl 4] White has an edge. Exploring less charted territory.} 9. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} O-O 10. c3 g6 11. h3 {[#]} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Kg7 12. O-O Re8 13. Qb3 Rf8 14. Bh2 Nh7 15. d4 Bf6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 {0-1 (38) Navara,D (2736)-Michalik, P (2564) Prague 2018}) 12. Bh2 Bg5 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne3 Nf4 17. Bg3 Kg7 18. O-O Rf7 19. d4 Raf8 20. Qd2 Kh7 {Strongly threatening . ..exd4.} 21. Rad1 $2 {[#]} (21. Bxf4 $11 {remains equal.} Qxf4 22. d5 exd5 23. Qxd5) 21... exd4 $1 $17 {Black converts the advantage convincingly.} 22. cxd4 { [#]} (22. Bxf4 $17 {was called for.} Rxf4 23. cxd4) 22... Nxd4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] White must now prevent ...Nxh3+!} 23. h4 (23. Kh2 Nfe2 24. Ng4) 23... Qh5 24. Kh2 Nfe2 {Hoping for ...Rf4!} 25. f3 Nxg3 26. Kxg3 Qe5+ 27. Kf2 {[#]} Rxf3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Demolition. Black is clearly winning.} 28. gxf3 (28. Kg1 Rxf1+) 28... Nxf3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Ke2 Nxd2 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 30. Rxf8 Nxe4 31. Rf7+ Kg8 32. Rxc7 Qh5+ 33. Ke1 Qxh4+ 34. Ke2 Qh2+ 35. Kd3 Nf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kc4 Nxd1 37. Rc8+ Kf7 {( -> ...Qe2+)} 38. Rc7+ Ke8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.90/Black=0.21} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0: 00:35]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00: 17]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:36]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. c3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ne4 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 10. c4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0: 00:12]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 14. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h6 { [%emt 0:00:15]} 15. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 16. bxc3 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b6 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 18. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 20. a4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 21. Be3 { [%emt 0:00:12]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. h3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:35] } 23. a5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 24. axb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} axb6 { [%emt 0:00:11]} 25. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 26. Rbb1 { [%emt 0:00:21]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 27. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} c4 {[%emt 0:00: 12]} 28. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 29. Qxg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 32. d5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01: 56]} 33. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 35. Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 36. Bd4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 37. Na5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 38. Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 39. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Na2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 41. Nxc4 { [%emt 0:00:02]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 42. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf8 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} 43. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 44. f4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 45. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 46. Bxf8 { [%emt 0:00:17]} Ne3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "5.6"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E53"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2729"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,93,2,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,12,5,6,4,6,0,30,19,36,37,86,97,100,38,41,40,39, 34,63,16,22,22,123,119,201,198,193,205,274,258,460,453,484,502,472,472,588,52, 52,49,49,55,41,51,51,46,37,46,176,185,236,229,343,331,527,345,345,345,337,337, 337,337,337,333,6707,6049,29992,29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 {E53: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line (4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 c5 7 0-0).} 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. O-O Rd8 {The position is equal.} 13. Re1 Nbd7 {[#]} 14. c4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14. Nd2 e5 15. Qb1 Rac8 16. Rc1 Nf8 17. Qf5 Ng6 18. Qg5 Qe7 19. Bc4 Kh8 20. Nf3 h6 {1-0 (65) Gligoric,S-Rejfir,J Sarajevo 1962}) 14... Rac8 15. Bf1 cxd4 16. exd4 Ng4 17. g3 Qc6 18. Bg2 Ngf6 (18... Qxc4 $6 19. Nd2 $16) 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. Qb3 ({White should play} 20. d5 $1 $16) 20... Be4 21. Bf1 h6 22. a4 Qb8 23. h4 Rc7 24. g4 {Hoping for g5.} Qa8 (24... Rcc8 $11) 25. Nd2 $16 { Strongly threatening g5.} Bb7 (25... Bh7 $16) 26. g5 $18 hxg5 27. hxg5 Nh5 28. d5 {Black must now prevent Qf3.} exd5 $2 (28... Re8 {keeps fighting.} 29. Qf3 g6) 29. Qh3 g6 {[#]} 30. Be2 $1 d4 31. Bxh5 gxh5 32. Re7 $2 (32. Bxd4 $18 Nf8 33. Bf6) 32... Re8 $1 $14 {[%CAl Re8e7] [#]} 33. Rxf7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Kxf7 34. Qxh5+ Kg8 $1 35. Qg6+ Kf8 36. Qd6+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} Re7 {Threatens to win with ...Ne5.} 37. Qxc7 Kg8 { A mistake that costs the game.} (37... Nc5 $1 $14 38. Qd6 Qc8 39. Qf6+ (39. Qxd4 Qf5 $14) 39... Kg8) 38. Bxd4 $18 Rh7 (38... Qc8 {was worth a try.} 39. Qxc8+ Bxc8) 39. f3 $1 {And now g6 would win.} Bxf3 {[#]} (39... Nf8 $142 40. Qe5 Qc8) 40. g6 $1 {[%CAl Rg6h7]} Rh1+ 41. Kf2 Qe8 {( -> ...Qe2+)} 42. Rxh1 { [%csl Gd4][%CAl Rh1h8]} ({Stronger than} 42. Kxf3 Rxc1 43. Qxa7 Qxg6 $17) 42... Qe2+ 43. Kg3 {[%csl Gd4][%CAl Rh1h8]} Bxh1 44. Qxd7 {[%csl Gd4][%CAl Rd7g7]} Qg2+ 45. Kh4 {[%csl Gd4][%CAl Rd7g7]} Qh2+ $2 (45... Qxg6 46. Qd8+ Kf7) 46. Qh3 Qf4+ 47. Kh5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.47} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "5.7"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,58,10,17,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,29,17,21,8,69,67,64,72,79,66,63,70,74, 66,72,64,201,159,132,143,169,175,304,300,331,308,313,270,386,334,591,586,856, 814,1080]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 7.Bb3.} a5 {[#] C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh7 11. d4 Ba7 12. h3 h5 13. Nbd2 h4 14. Bh2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 (36) Carlsen,M (2847)-Aronian,L (2781) chess24.com INT 2021}) 8... Bb6 9. h3 Ne7 {The position is equal.} 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Bf1 Bc7 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Qc2 d5 ({Better is} 14... Nh5 $11) 15. exd5 $14 Nxd5 (15... e4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Bd3 Nxe4) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. c4 Nb4 18. Qc3 $36 {[%CAl Rf3e5][%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} f6 19. a3 (19. Nxe5 $6 Bxe5 20. Qc1 Bf5 $15) 19... Na6 20. Qc2 g6 {Loses the game.} (20... Nc5 $14) 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Qc3 Bf5 (23... Nc5 {was necessary.} 24. Re3 ( 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxd2 $16) 24... Be6) 24. g4 $18 Bd7 25. Ne4 ({Don't play } 25. Rxe5 $6 Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Qc7 $18) 25... Qe7 26. g5 ({Resist} 26. Qxa5 $6 Red8 $18) 26... Kh8 (26... Bf5 $142 27. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (27. Qxa5 $2 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Nc5 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack}) 27... Kf7) 27. Nf6 Nc5 $2 {[#]} (27... Bf5 {is a better defense.} 28. h4 Nc5 29. Nxe8 Rxe8) 28. f4 Ne6 29. Rxe5 Qg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/ Black=0.46} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "5.8"] [White "Salem, A.R. Saleh"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2847"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,62,0,-17,-3,-14,0,-30,-25,-29,-25,-24,-14,-40,-31,-68,-54,-39,-54, -80,-68,-123,-105,-129,-108,-206,-119,-130,-93,-233,-224,-158,-95,-75,-87,-89, -21,-27,0,-110,-108,-274,-222,-377,-375,-369,-372,-492,-172,-162,-39,-502,-490] } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a4 a5 { E01: Catalan: Early deviations.} 8. O-O Bd6 {[#]} 9. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. Nce4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb4 14. Bf4 f6 15. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 (108) Carlsen,M (2690)-Vallejo Pons,F (2679) Monte Carlo 2007}) 9... cxb3 {Black has an edge.} 10. Qxb3 O-O 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nh4 Nd5 13. Nb1 Bb4 14. e4 N5b6 15. Nc3 e5 16. Ne2 ({Better is} 16. Nf5 $15 Qe6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nxd5) 16... exd4 $17 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. Qb1 (18. Nexd4 $17 {is a better defense.} Qxb3 19. Nxb3) 18... Nc5 (18... c5 $19 19. Nf4 Qe8) 19. Nexd4 Qf6 20. Bf4 (20. Qc2 $17 {might work better.}) 20... Bxf5 $19 (20... Ncxa4 21. e5 $17) 21. Nxf5 Rfd8 (21... Nbxa4 $142 {Hoping for ...Nc3.} 22. Rd6 Qc3) 22. Rxd8+ $17 Qxd8 ({ But not} 22... Rxd8 $6 23. Bc7 $14) 23. Be5 Ne6 (23... Qd3 $17 24. Qxd3 (24. Bxg7 Qxb1+ 25. Rxb1 Nbxa4 $17) 24... Nxd3 25. Bxg7 Nc5) 24. Qb3 $11 {And now Bxg7! would win.} Qe8 25. Rc1 (25. Bd6 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 25... Rd8 $17 26. Qe3 $2 {[#]} (26. h4 $17) 26... Bd2 $1 $19 27. Qa3 (27. Qxb6 Bxc1 28. h3) 27... Bxc1 28. Qxc1 Qd7 29. Bf3 Qd2 $2 (29... Qd3 30. Bg4 h5 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Ng6+ fxg6 33. Bxe6 Qf3 34. Qf4+ Qxf4 35. Bxf4 Nxa4) 30. Qa1 {[%CAl Re5g7] [#]} Ng5 (30... h5 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...Qd3.} 31. Bxh5 g6) 31. Bf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} Qe1+ $3 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.68/Black=0.35} 0-1