[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.13"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,49,3,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 {13.Be3 is setting a new trend. D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxd4 15. e5 Na6 {[%CAl Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5d3,Bd3e1][%mdl 32]} 16. Rxe7 Rad8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bc5.} 17. e6 fxe6 {And now ...Bc5 would win.} 18. Qe1 {[#] White wants to play Bc3.} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Bf6 19. Rxa7 Rxd2 20. Rxa6 Qxa6 21. Qxd2 Qb6 22. g3 Bd4 23. Kg2 Rxf3 24. Kxf3 Qb7+ 25. Ke2 Qe4+ 26. Kd1 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Qe4+ 28. Kd1 Qb1+ 29. Ke2 Qe4+ { 1/2-1/2 (29) So,W (2770)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2784) chess24.com INT 2020}) 19. Bc3 {Threatens to win with Bxd4.} Nd3 20. Bxd4 $1 Nxe1 21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Rd7+ { The position is equal.} Kg8 ({Not} 22... e5 $2 23. Bxe5+ Rf6 24. Bxf6+ Kg8 25. Rxd8+ $18) 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rd7+ Kg8 ({Wrong is} 24... e5 $2 25. Bxe5+ Rf6 26. Bxf6+ Kg8 27. Rxd8+ $18) 25. Rg7+ {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.13"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] {[%evp 0,132,19,38,25,16,14,23,25,0,4,0,12,21,28,14,41,21,53,11,67,-17,-12,-16, -15,-44,16,4,41,-19,7,-7,5,-22,8,4,8,-27,-8,-59,-65,-53,-52,-67,-63,-52,-74, -52,-26,-27,-23,-41,-38,-42,-48,-67,-52,-56,-43,-30,-37,-28,-27,-26,-23,-70, -47,-97,-91,-110,-58,-40,-46,-74,-8,-3,-8,4,34,10,5,29,102,91,99,99,116,112,98, 91,101,114,114,114,111,118,117,117,117,120,145,142,121,121,119,115,111,105,130, 130,130,92,146,55,72,32,70,69,56,56,62,63,63,56,67,46,46,44,75,46,41,39,75,40, 39]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. c3 { [%emt 0:01:06]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. a4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg4 { [%emt 0:00:24]} 10. axb5 {[%emt 0:23:09]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 11. Rxa8 { [%emt 0:02:56]} Qxa8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:05: 34]} 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:29:57]} h6 {[%emt 0:22:51]} 14. g4 {[%emt 0:17:52]} Bg6 { [%emt 0:00:33]} 15. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} exd4 {[%emt 0:13:16]} 16. cxd4 { [%emt 0:00:34]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]} 17. d5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:06: 35]} 18. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Bc2 $6 {[%emt 0:13:14]} (19. Nbd2 Nxb3 (19... Re8) 20. Qxb3 Qa4) 19... Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 20. Re1 { [%emt 0:01:11]} Nxb2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 21. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:01: 59]} (21... Na4) 22. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:25:55]} 23. Bxc4 { [%emt 0:02:05]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:04:46]} 24. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:00: 22]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 26. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 27. Ndb5 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 28. Nd4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 29. f3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01: 27]} 30. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 31. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 32. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} (32. Nc2) 32... Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 33. Nde2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 34. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne5 { [%emt 0:00:07]} (34... Nxf4 35. Kxf4 (35. Qxf4 f6) 35... Ra3) 35. Qf2 {[%emt 0: 00:53]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 36. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 37. Nfe2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 38. f4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} c5 {[%emt 0: 01:05]} 39. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 40. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (40... Qa7) (40... Rd8) 41. Rb7 {[%emt 0:06:40]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:12:37]} 42. Rd7 {[%emt 0:11:37]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:06:51]} 43. Qxf8 { [%emt 0:03:18]} Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Be8 {[%emt 0:01: 13]} 45. Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 46. Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 47. Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 48. Kf2 { [%emt 0:03:08]} Be8 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 49. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:02: 35]} 50. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 51. Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 52. h4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 53. Nfe3 { [%emt 0:01:55]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 54. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00: 08]} 55. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 56. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 57. Nxg4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 58. Nxe4 { [%emt 0:00:25]} Nxe4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 59. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f5 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} 60. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 61. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 62. Kxg4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 63. Rf5+ { [%emt 0:00:03]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 64. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 65. Rf5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 66. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.13"] [Round "8.3"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,79,0,-8,0,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ { A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} 8. Kf1 Ne6 9. h4 Nd4 { The position is equal.} 10. Nb5 {[#]} Ndc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be6 11. d3 Nbc6 12. Nbxd4 Bxc4 13. dxc4 cxd4 14. Bf4 e6 15. Rh3 Bc5 16. a3 a5 {0-1 (35) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Saint Louis 2018}) 11. d4 { [#] Black must now prevent Ng5.} a6 12. d5 axb5 13. Bxb5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} e6 { aiming for ...exd5.} 14. Qe2 {[#]} Be7 $1 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Rh3 O-O 17. Rg3 Bxh4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 {[%CAl Rh4h1]} 19. Rh3 Qf6 {Strongly threatening ...e5.} 20. Qh5 {[%csl Gh3][%CAl Rh5h7]} h6 21. Rg3 {Threatens to win with Bxc6.} ({Reject } 21. Qxc5 e5 $17) 21... Kh7 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Kg1 Ra4 24. e5 Qh4 25. Qxh4 Rxh4 26. Rc3 Re4 27. Rxc5 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Rd8 29. Bg5 Rxa1 30. Bxd8 Rxa2 31. Rxc6 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bb7 32. Rc7 Bd5 33. Rxf7 Rxb2 34. Bf6 Rb7 35. Rxb7 Bxb7 36. Bd8 Bd5 37. Bc7 Bb7 38. Bd8 Bd5 39. Bc7 Bb7 40. Bd8 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.13"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2627"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,124,3,16,8,19,0,32,33,38,10,23,20,33,27,44,22,29,27,33,21,41,29,16,24, 24,31,30,10,86,12,35,5,41,6,6,0,25,25,29,0,0,19,8,-19,-12,-45,-10,-9,0,0,0,-31, -29,-25,-31,-25,-32,-32,-32,-33,-39,-33,-29,-30,-54,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75, -124,-115,-115,-115,-122,-122,-130,-128,-126,-126,-130,-119,-126,-118,-118, -116,-275,-275,-275,-275,-275,-275,-275,-275,-275,-275,-275,-275,-245,-230, -205,-205,-179,-179,-163,-108,-108,-8,-29938,-29945,-29968,-29968,-29968, -29966,-29961,-5114]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Ngf6 7. O-O e6 (7... e5 $5 {[%CAl Re5d4]} 8. Qe3 Be7 $11) 8. Rd1 {White is slightly better.} Be7 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. a4 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Nd2 Rac8 14. Nc4 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Bf4 Qc6 {1/2-1/2 (43) Hinrichs,L (2242)-Barrett,S (2214) Skopje 2015}) 11. a5 Rd8 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ngf6 14. Qc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 16. axb6 $1 Nxb6 17. Be2 Bb7 18. Nd2 Rd7 (18... Rdc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 19. Bd3 (19. Be3 $16 Bd8 20. f3) 19... Rc7 $11 20. f3 d5 21. Be3 dxe4 22. Ndxe4 Nfd5 23. Bd4 f6 24. b3 Kf7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bc4 a5 27. c3 g5 (27... a4 $5) 28. Ra4 f5 29. Ng3 Bc5 {Hoping for ...Nxc3.} 30. Bxc5 (30. Re1 {is interesting.} h6 31. Re5 Bxd4+ 32. cxd4 Rd7 33. Kf2) 30... Rxc5 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. c4 Bc6 33. Ra3 a4 34. Rda1 Rg8 35. bxa4 g4 {White must now prevent ...gxf3.} 36. f4 Rxc4 37. Ne2 Rb8 38. R3a2 Bd5 39. a5 Rcb4 40. Rd2 Rb2 41. Rad1 Rxd2 42. Rxd2 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra8 43. Nc3 Rxa5 44. Kf2 Bc6 45. Nd1 Ra4 46. g3 Ra1 47. Nb2 Rh1 48. Nd3 $2 (48. Ke3 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 48... Rxh2+ $19 49. Ke3 Rxd2 50. Kxd2 {Strongly threatening Ne5+. KB-KN} Ke7 51. Ne5 Kd6 52. Ke3 Kd5 53. Kd3 Be8 54. Ke3 h5 55. Nd3 Kc4 56. Ne5+ Kc3 57. Nd3 h4 (57... Kc2 $1 $19 {...h4! is the strong threat.} 58. Nc5 Bf7) 58. gxh4 $17 {[#]} g3 (58... Kc4 $1 $17) 59. Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59. Nc1 $11) 59... Bh5 {Black mates.} 60. Nd7 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%CAl Re5f4]} 61. Nxe5 (61. fxe5 f4+ $19) 61... Kc2 62. Nd3 ( 62. Nf3 Kd1 63. Ng1 Ke1 64. Nf3+ (64. Nh3 g2 $19) 64... Kf1 65. Nd2+ Kg2 $19) 62... Kd1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.11} 0-1 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.13"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2656"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,82,65,41,75,51,51,35,36,40,72,72,84,63,64,65,60,87,89,61,90,0,72,0, 93,0,77,51,61,12,35,0,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O e6 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 b4 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7.} 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 {Threatens to win with fxe6.} e5 {[%CAl Re5d4] White is slightly better.} 15. Nf3 h5 16. Bc4 {[#] Black must now prevent Qd5.} Rc8 {[#]} 17. Qd5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 17. Qe2 a5 18. Rd5 Rc5 19. Nd2 a4 20. Nf1 Bc6 21. Ne3 Be7 22. Rhd1 a3 23. b3 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 {1-0 (49) Efimenko, Z (2546) -Andreev,E (2490) Kramatorsk 2003 CBM 097 [Gofshtein,L]}) 17... Rh7 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. Qd3 a5 20. Bd5 Bb5 21. Bc4 (21. Nc4 {feels hotter.} Qc5 22. b3 a4 23. Qe2 Ke7 24. Qf3) 21... Bc6 22. Bd5 Bb5 $1 {[%CAl Rb5d3] [#]} 23. Bc4 (23. Nc4 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rc4b6]} Qc5 24. b3) 23... Bd7 (23... Bc6 $1 $11) 24. Rhe1 a4 25. Nf1 Bh6 $1 26. b3 Ke7 27. Qe2 h4 {The position is equal.} 28. Rd3 axb3 29. cxb3 Bb5 30. Bxb5 Qxb5 31. Nd2 Bxd2 32. Qxd2 Qb6 33. Rd1 {[%CAl Rd3d6]} Rc6 34. g4 hxg3 35. hxg3 Rg7 36. Qe2 Rg8 37. g4 Qc5 38. Rd5 Qc3 (38... Qb6) 39. R5d3 Qc5 40. Rd5 Qc3 41. R5d3 Qc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2