[Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "10"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,85,20,27,18,20,20,17,0,9,17,45,37,40,32,41,24,49,32,40,35,35,24,69,59, 81,68,133,134,189,116,179,186,189,113,188,141,193,145,142,72,406,125,83,0,127, 71,71,0,353,351,333,370,736,713,772,758,775,770,718,487,763,763,1795,1681,1099, 779,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 {[%CAl Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} O-O 6. Bb2 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} a5 7. b5 a4 8. c4 {The position is equal.} a3 9. Bc3 {[#]} Ne4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 c5 13. Qc1 cxd4 14. exd4 Qa5 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {1/2-1/2 (36) Jeanne,M (2210)-Colin,V (2399) Sautron 2015}) 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 $1 f5 12. Qb3 e5 {[%CAl Re5d4]} 13. c5+ Kh8 { [%CAl Re5d4]} 14. d5 Nd7 15. Bb4 $1 Nf6 16. Bc4 f4 17. c6 ({Much weaker is} 17. Bxa3 fxe3 18. fxe3 Ng4 $11) 17... b6 (17... Re8 $14) 18. h3 $16 Bf5 (18... fxe3 $16 19. fxe3 Re8 20. Bxa3 Nh5) 19. Bxa3 (19. Bxf8 $18 Bxf8 20. g4 fxg3 21. fxg3 ) 19... Rxa3 (19... g5 $16) 20. Qxa3 $18 Ne8 21. Be2 ({Better is} 21. g4 $18 fxg3 22. fxg3) 21... Qg5 (21... Qxd5 $16 {was necessary.} 22. Rd1 Qe6) 22. Rg1 Nf6 (22... Nd6 $16) 23. d6 cxd6 24. g4 (24. O-O-O $142 $1) 24... d5 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (24... Be6 $16) 25. O-O-O $2 (25. h4 $18 {is more deadly.} Qxh4 26. gxf5) 25... Be6 26. Kb1 (26. c7 $16) 26... Qh4 (26... Ne8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. g5 (27. Qd6 $142 $1 {[%CAl Rd6e6]} Qxf2 28. Qxe6) 27... Ne8 $16 {[#] aiming for ...f3.} 28. Qe7 (28. Rdf1 $1 $16) 28... Bg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] White leaves nothing to chance now.} (28... Qxf2 $11 {and Black is okay.} 29. Qxe6 Nc7) 29. Rdf1 $1 $18 f3 30. Bd1 d4 $2 (30... Qxh3 31. Qd8 d4) 31. Bb3 Bxb3 32. axb3 Qxh3 33. Nc4 Qc8 34. Rh1 dxe3 (34... Nc7 $142 35. Nd6 Qe6 36. Qxe6 Nxe6) 35. fxe3 Nc7 36. Rd1 f2 37. Nd6 Qa8 38. Nf7+ {White mates.} Kg8 39. Rd7 Ne8 40. Qe6 h5 41. Nxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kh7 42. Qxg6+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 43. Qe6+ {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 42%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "10"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+3"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} 7. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 8. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nxf6 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0: 00:17]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 13. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 14. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ngxe5 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 15. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 16. Be3 { [%emt 0:00:24]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} b6 {[%emt 0:00: 31]} 18. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 19. f3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 20. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 21. Bf2 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 23. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Bxe1 {[%emt 0:00:03] } Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 25. b4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Ke3 { [%emt 0:00:04]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 27. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 28. g3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne7 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 30. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Be2 {[%emt 0: 00:33]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 33. a3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne5 {[%emt 0: 00:12]} 35. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:22] } Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. b5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "10"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,121,39,52,11,4,9,27,0,22,11,33,15,30,27,27,29,24,37,34,16,48,37,53, -8,0,-13,0,-6,0,0,9,8,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-97, -97,-93,-32,-40,-31,-35,-55,-166,-108,-165,-159,-128,-43,-304,-268,-429,-427, -516,-379,-491,-500,-469,-462,-385,-377,-181,-106,-192,-164,-155,-8,-8,-8,-8, -8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Na4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Qa5+ 9. c3 {[%CAl Rd4c5]} c4 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 9...cxd4 at the moment. Played by Maxime Vachier Lagrave in May 2020.} 10. b4 { White has an edge.} Qd8 11. O-O h6 12. Nb2 Nge7 {[#]} 13. Nh4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 13. a4 Bh7 14. Qd2 Nf5 15. Bd1 Rc8 16. Qe2 Be7 17. Bc2 O-O 18. Rae1 Bxb4 19. cxb4 Nxb4 {0-1 (41) Robson,R (2673)-Vazquez,G (2527) chess.com INT 2020}) 13... Bh7 14. f4 Nf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. g4 Be4 17. f5 Qd7 {[%CAl Re6f5]} 18. fxe6 (18. Bf3 $1 $14) 18... fxe6 $11 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 O-O-O 21. Qf7 Qxf7 22. Rxf7 Rd7 23. Raf1 (23. Rf3 {is more complex.} Be7 24. b5 Nd8 25. Raf1 b6 26. Na4) 23... Rxf7 24. Rxf7 Nd8 25. Rf1 Be7 26. Kg2 h5 27. h3 b5 28. Nd1 hxg4 29. hxg4 a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 30. a3 $1 Kd7 31. Nf2 Nc6 32. Nh3 axb4 33. axb4 Ra8 {Hoping for ...Ra3.} 34. Bg5 Ra2+ 35. Kg3 (35. Rf2 $11 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2) 35... Ra3 $17 {...Bxb4 is the strong threat.} 36. Rf3 {[#]} Bxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (36... Nxd4 37. cxd4 Bxb4 38. Kg2 Ra2+ 39. Rf2 Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Bc3 41. Be3 b4) 37. cxb4 $15 Rxf3+ 38. Kxf3 Nxd4+ 39. Kf2 ({ White must play} 39. Ke3 $1 $15 Nc2+ 40. Kd2 Nxb4 41. Ng1) 39... Nc6 $19 40. Bd2 (40. Ng1 $17 {is a better defense.}) 40... d4 ({But not} 40... Nxe5 41. Ke3 $17) 41. Nf4 {[#] next Ne2 is good for White.} Nxe5 (41... c3 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rc3d2]} 42. Bc1 Nxb4) 42. g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Ne2 $1 $15) 42... c3 43. Bc1 $2 (43. Be1) 43... d3 44. Be3 Ng4+ 45. Kf3 d2 46. Bxd2 cxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 47. Ke2 {[#]} Nf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Kxd2 (48. Kxf2 d1=Q) 48... Ne4+ ({Better is} 48... e5 $19 49. Nh5 g6 50. Nf6+ Ke6) 49. Ke3 $17 Nxg5 50. Nh5 Nh7 (50... g6 $17 51. Nf4 Nf7 52. Nxg6 Nd8 53. Ne5+ Kd6) 51. Nxg7 $11 { The position is equal.} Kd6 {White must now prevent ...Ke5.} (51... Nf6 $5 52. Kd4 $8 Nd5 $11) 52. Kd4 e5+ 53. Ke4 Ng5+ 54. Kf5 Nf3 {aiming for ...Kd5.} 55. Ne8+ Kd5 {And now ...Nd4+ would win.} 56. Nc7+ Kc6 {[#]} 57. Nxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxb5 58. Ke4 Kc4 59. Kxf3 Kxb4 60. Ke4 Kc5 61. Kxe5 {White happily takes the draw. Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "10"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,45,41,42,0,0,-6,0,-129,-8,-17,-10,-30,8,30,42,24,50,47,170,168,114, 111,110,95,629,620,727,717,29995,1252]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nc3 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3.} O-O 11. Rad1 b5 12. f4 {[#]} (12. Bxa7 $1 $11 Rxa7 13. a3) 12... e5 $146 (12... Bxe3+ $1 $17 13. Qxe3 Ng4) ({Predecessor:} 12... Bxe3+ 13. Qxe3 Ng4 14. Qg3 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Ne3 16. f5 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 f6 18. Qxd6 Rd8 {0-1 (28) Sawadkuhi,M (2310)-Langrock,H (2402) Hamburg 2005}) 13. Bxa7 $11 Rxa7 14. f5 Rd7 15. Nd5 Bb7 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Ne7 $4 (17... Nxd5 $14 18. Bxd5 Qf6) 18. Nxf6+ $18 gxf6 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Rd3 Bxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Rc7 $16) 21. Qxe4 d5 {[#]} 22. Qh4 $1 {Intending Rh3 and mate.} Ng8 23. Rg3 { Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 35%.} (23. Rh3 $142 h6 24. Rg3 Qb6 25. Qg4 Qg1+ 26. Rxg1 dxc4 27. Qg7#) 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "10"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,94,16,22,18,29,22,31,6,19,13,26,18,19,23,8,21,20,19,18,-4,0,0,-7,-27, 0,-16,-25,-25,39,42,36,26,21,0,0,-87,-63,-95,-78,-110,-105,-110,-110,-114,-106, -106,-100,-117,-120,-116,-124,-145,-114,-109,-106,-129,-62,-81,-83,-80,-36,-38, -39,-55,-48,-64,-62,-38,-45,-162,-151,-225,-231,-412,-283,-440,-418,-564,-535, -562,-546,-355,0,0,0,-2938,-2691]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. a3 {White is slightly better.} a5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. b4 Bb6 {[#]} 13. Bd2 $146 {[%CAl Rb4a5]} ({Predecessor: } 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qd2 f6 16. Rab1 axb4 17. axb4 b5 18. Nh4 Ra2 19. Kh2 {1/2-1/2 (30) Dominguez Perez,L (2763)-Wang,H (2726) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 13... a4 14. Kg2 h5 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. Rh1 f6 17. Nb2 Bf7 18. Nxa4 g5 ({ Better is} 18... Bd4 $11 19. Nxd4 exd4) 19. Nxb6+ $14 cxb6 20. Be3 Kc7 21. c3 Nf8 22. Nd2 (22. a4 $1 $11) 22... Ne6 $17 23. a4 Qd7 24. a5 bxa5 25. bxa5 Qxd3 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. a6 {[#]} Nf4+ $1 28. Kg1 Ra8 ({Much weaker is} 28... Rxc3 $6 29. axb7 Rb8 30. h4 $15) (28... bxa6 $142) 29. a7 h4 30. c4 b6 31. Kh2 c5 32. Rhb1 Be6 (32... Ne6 $17 33. Ra6 Rd6) 33. Rb2 Rd6 34. Bxf4 exf4 35. e5 fxe5 36. Ne4 Rd4 37. Nxg5 Bxc4 38. Nf3 Rd5 39. Nxh4 ({Only move:} 39. Re1 $1 $15) 39... b5 $19 40. Nf5 {[#]} (40. g5 $17) 40... Bd3 $1 41. Ng7 $2 (41. Ne7 Rd7 42. Ng8) 41... c4 42. Nh5 (42. Ne8+ $142 Rxe8 43. a8=Q Rxa8 44. Rxa8) 42... Kb6 43. Rba2 c3 44. Ra6+ Kc5 45. Nf6 {Hoping for R1a3.} Rd6 $2 (45... Rdd8 $19 {...c2 is the strong threat.} 46. Re6 b4) 46. Rxd6 $11 Kxd6 47. Ne8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ( 47. Rd1 $11 Kc5 48. Rxd3) 47... Rxe8 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 78%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "11"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,124,27,6,3,8,21,0,9,6,4,18,7,0,32,44,46,32,55,60,141,85,91,25,32,16, 23,23,28,22,22,22,22,14,23,10,24,12,34,0,22,4,55,51,51,45,43,4,8,0,26,0,-5, -152,-147,-170,0,-135,-135,-203,-192,-172,-119,-367,0,0,8,8,172,200,270,258, 287,271,283,256,291,275,272,248,269,255,291,233,181,177,178,177,162,148,332, 324,297,308,535,541,1138,1136,636,22,22,22,22,22,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. b3 Nc6 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6.} 7. Bb2 Be6 {[#]} 8. Bxc6+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 f5 11. e3 Bf6 12. Qe2 Bf7 13. Bh3 Bg6 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Ne1 Qe7 16. Rd2 Qf7 17. Bg2 Rad8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (49) Valenta,P (1943) -Mikes,J (2116) Teplice 2012}) 8... bxc6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. d4 exd4 11. Qxd4 f6 12. Qe4 Kf7 13. Qxc6 Qe8 14. Qe4 h5 (14... Bh3 $14) 15. Nd4 (15. O-O $142) 15... Bd7 16. Qxe8+ (16. O-O $16) 16... Rhxe8 $11 17. f3 c5 18. Nc2 Be5 19. Nd1 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Bb5 21. e4 f5 $1 22. Ne3 fxe4 23. f4 Red8 24. Rd1 Rd4 25. Nf5 Rad8 ( 25... Rxd1+ $11 26. Kxd1 Rd8+ 27. Kc1 Kf6) 26. Nxd4 $14 cxd4 27. a4 Ba6 28. a5 Nc8 29. Nc4 {Ne5+ is the strong threat.} Ne7 30. Kf2 Nf5 31. Rhe1 (31. Rhg1 $1 $11) 31... e3+ $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 32. Kf3 Bb7+ $1 33. Ke2 Ke6 $1 34. Rg1 (34. a6 $17 Be4 35. Kf1) 34... Be4 $1 $19 35. Ne5 Rb8 ( 35... Bc2 $19 36. Rgf1 Bxd1+ 37. Rxd1 Rc8) 36. Nf3 $2 (36. Nd3 $17 {was necessary.}) 36... Bxf3+ $2 (36... Kd5 $1 $19 37. Rxd4+ Nxd4+ 38. Nxd4 Kxd4 39. Rd1+ Kc5 40. Kxe3 Bd5 41. Rc1+ Kd6) 37. Kxf3 $11 Rxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame aiming for ...d3. KRR-KRN} 38. Ke4 {Strongly threatening Rb1.} e2 $4 (38... Rb2 $11) 39. Rd3 $18 Rb5 40. Re1 Rxa5 41. Rxe2 g6 42. Kf3+ Kd6 43. h3 Ra4 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. hxg4 Ne7 46. Ke4 (46. Re5 $142 Nd5 47. Rg5 a5) 46... Nc6 47. Rh2 Ra1 48. Rh6 Re1+ 49. Kf3 Rf1+ $2 {[#]} (49... Re6 $16 50. Ra3 a5) 50. Kg3 $1 Rg1+ { [#]} 51. Kh4 $1 Rh1+ $2 (51... Kd5 52. Rxg6 a5) 52. Kg5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rxh6 53. Kxh6 {KR-KN} Kd5 54. Kxg6 $2 (54. Rd1 $18) 54... Ke4 $11 { The position is equal.} 55. Rd1 Kxf4 56. g5 Ne5+ $1 57. Kh5 (57. Kf6 {feels hotter.} Ng4+ 58. Ke6 Kxg5 59. Rd3 a5 60. Rxd4 Nh2 61. Rc4) 57... Ke4 58. Re1+ Kf5 59. Rf1+ Ke4 60. Re1+ Kf5 61. Kh6 Nf7+ 62. Kh5 Ne5 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "11"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,139,0,-4,19,0,0,0,6,9,7,0,0,-6,23,0,0,-10,0,-40,-22,-39,-26,-43,-23, -83,-54,-66,0,-64,0,-7,16,-14,0,-5,14,0,5,-13,29,1,12,7,0,0,64,67,63,60,93,102, 80,106,246,223,240,239,228,234,289,278,341,268,331,240,234,229,233,233,238,233, 233,135,258,252,301,301,214,231,480,465,456,414,1021,935,716,0,0,0,525,0,895, 327,220,0,870,825,608,437,225,112,1889,1516,5418,5406,5406,5106,29975,29974, 29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29982,29982,29983,29984, 29985,29985,29986,29989,29990]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Ne2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O Qb6 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} 9. Nd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 {The position is equal.} 11. Qb3 {[#]} Nc6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. a4 Ne7 13. Nf3 Nec6 14. Be3 Be7 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Nb5 Na7 17. Nxa7 Qxa7 {1/2-1/2 (65) Mesterovic,L (1796)-Petrovic,M (2017) Belgrade 2008}) 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Nf3 b5 14. Be3 b4 15. Rfc1 Nge7 16. g4 Nc8 17. Nf4 Nb6 18. b3 Be7 19. Nh5 (19. Kg2 $11 {remains equal.}) 19... Rg8 20. Rc2 f6 (20... Nc8 $15) 21. Bf4 (21. h3 $11) 21... Kf7 ({Black should play} 21... Nd7 $15) 22. Re1 Rae8 23. Rce2 Bd8 24. h3 Nd7 25. Kg2 Bb6 26. Be3 Bc7 {[%CAl Rf6e5]} 27. Bd2 Bb6 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Nf4 {[%CAl Rf4e6]} Nxd4 ({Black should try} 29... Bxd4 $11 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Be5 32. Nxe5+ fxe5) 30. Nxd4 $14 Bxd4 31. Nxe6 Be5 32. Nf4 Bxf4 33. Bxf4 Nc5 (33... Rxe2 $16 {was necessary.} 34. Rxe2 Nb8) 34. Rxe8 $1 $18 Rxe8 35. Rxe8 Kxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 36. Bd2 Ne4 37. Bxb4 d4 38. Kf1 Kd7 39. f3 Ng5 40. Kg2 Kc6 41. h4 Ne6 42. Bd2 Kd5 43. Kf2 (43. Kf1 $18) 43... Ke5 (43... Nf8 $16 {is a better defense.} 44. Bf4 Ng6) 44. Ke2 f5 45. gxf5 Kxf5 46. Kd3 Ke5 $2 (46... b5 47. f4 h5) 47. a4 Kd5 48. b4 h5 (48... Nd8 $142 49. a5 Nf7) 49. Bh6 Nd8 {[#]} 50. Bf8 $2 (50. f4 $1 $18 {Bg5 is the strong threat.} Nc6 51. b5) 50... Ne6 $11 51. Bh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Be7 $11 ) 51... Nd8 $1 $18 {[#] and the idea ...Nc6 leaves Black hopeful.} 52. Bd2 $2 ( 52. f4 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening a5.} b6 53. f5) 52... Nf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Ne6 $11) 53. Bf4 $2 (53. f4 Nd6 54. a5) 53... Nd8 54. Bd2 $2 (54. Bh2 $18) 54... Ne6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... Nf7 $11) 55. f4 Ng7 56. b5 Ne6 {White should prevent ...Nc5+.} 57. a5 (57. Ke2 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 57... Nc5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57... Nc7 $16) 58. Ke2 Ke4 59. Bb4 d3+ 60. Kd1 Ne6 61. a6 {White mates.} bxa6 62. bxa6 {[%CAl Bb5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Nc7 63. a7 Na8 64. Kd2 Nb6 65. Ba5 Na8 {[#]} 66. f5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Kxf5 67. Kxd3 Ke6 68. Kc4 Kd7 69. Kb5 Kc8 70. Ka6 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 51%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "11"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 27,28,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "11"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,68,-2,18,-12,-12,-23,-13,-32,-24,-39,-27,-38,0,-56,-50,-120,-119, -122,-135,-156,-177,-167,-171,-245,-141,-179,-154,-450,-438,-510,-507,-765, -754,-1044,-1050,-1039,-1037,-1164,-1077,-1670,-1062,-1691,-1654,-1690,-1690, -1458,-1125,-1187,-1188,-29983,-29984,-29984,-9581]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O a6 10. Ne2 { [%CAl Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32] E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6.} Bd6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Nf5 {The position is equal.} Bf8 13. Ne5 {[#] } c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Bc3 Qg5 16. g4 g6 17. Ng3 Bd6 18. h3 Qh4 19. Kh2 Bd5 {0-1 (60) Georgakopoulos,N (2301)-Velten,P (2455) Anogia 2017}) 14. f4 Nc6 15. Be1 ({White should try} 15. Qf3 $11) 15... g6 $15 16. Bh4 (16. Nh4 $15) 16... gxf5 $17 17. Bxf5 Bg7 18. Rf3 {[#]} (18. g4) 18... Qd6 $1 19. Rg3 {And now Bxh7+! would win.} Ne7 20. Bc2 {[#]} (20. dxc5 $142 bxc5 21. Qd3) 20... Ng6 (20... cxd4 $1 $19 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. exd4 Ng6) 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qh5 $2 (22. Ng4 $17 {was the only chance.} Qh4 23. dxc5) 22... cxd4 $19 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 23. exd4 Qxf4 24. Nf3 (24. Rd1 $142 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rxe5 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. Rxf3) 24... Re2 25. Bd3 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Qxd3 27. Ng5 Qd2 28. Qxh7+ {[#]} Kf8 $1 {( -> ...Re1+)} 29. Rf1 Re1 {[%CAl Re1f1]} 30. Ne6+ {[#]} Ke7 $1 {[%CAl Re1f1]} 31. Rgf3 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Bf6 {White must now prevent ...Rh8.} 33. Ng7 Rh8 34. Nf5+ Kf8 {White got outplayed after the opening. Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 77%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "11"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,41,9,18,22,27,26,18,21,57,64,44,45,36,44,59,25,24,18,20,21,21,19,30, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,6]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 c6 9. a4 b5 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Qg5 O-O 12. Qxb5 Ba6 13. Qxa5 Bb7 $1 14. Qxd8 Rxa1 15. Qxf8+ $1 ({Not} 15. Qb6 $2 Rxb1+ 16. Kd2 c3+ 17. Kxc3 Nd5+ 18. Kd3 Nxb6 $19) 15... Kxf8 16. O-O { Black must now prevent Ne5.} Ra2 17. Nbd2 Bxf3 $1 {The position is equal.} 18. Bxf3 c3 $1 {[%CAl Rc3d2]} 19. Nc4 $1 cxb2 {aiming for ...Nd5.} 20. Kg2 $1 {[#]} Ra4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Nbd7 21. Rb1 Ra4 22. Ne5 Rb4 23. Nd3 Rxd4 24. Rxb2 e5 25. Bb7 e4 26. Nb4 Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (38) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2673) -Pichot,A (2556) Sharjah 2017}) 21. Nxb2 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "12"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,123,7,6,10,11,43,11,11,10,13,11,13,4,50,18,14,16,57,11,68,0,4,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,18,50,2,181,0,0,0,97,86,90,81,127,0,203,187,200, 196,272,244,488,320,1079,1071,1064,1064,1050,1057,1071,1050,1039,1043,1042, 1042,1002,960,930,879,681,567,377,0,544,356,12838,12839,12838,12838,12839, 12839,12839,12839,12842,12842,12842,12843,12849,12847,12848,12847,12848,12848, 12850,12850,12850,12848,12849,12849,29998,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Ne5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Strongly threatening Nc6. An interesting side line.} Bb7 {The position is equal.} 13. f3 {[#]} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rfd8 14. e4 Kf8 15. Be2 Ncd7 16. Nc4 Bc6 17. Rac1 Ne8 18. Kf1 h6 19. a3 Bg5 {1/2-1/2 (41) Wojtaszek,R (2719)-Adams,M (2701) Biel 2020}) 14. b4 Na6 $1 15. a3 Bf6 {And now ...g5 would win.} 16. Bxa6 (16. Rac1 g5 17. Nxf7 gxf4 (17... Rxf7 18. Bxe6) 18. Nd6) 16... Bxa6 17. Ne4 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 ({Black should play} 18... Bxd8 $11 19. Rd1 f5) 19. Rc1 ({Better is} 19. Nxf6+ $14 Nxf6 20. Nc6) 19... Bb5 $11 20. g4 Nxf4 21. exf4 Bh4 22. Kg2 f5 23. Ng5 fxg4 24. fxg4 Rd2+ 25. Kh3 Bxg5 $1 26. fxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Threatening mate with Rc8+. KRB-KRN} Kf8 27. Rc7 Re2 28. g6 h5 29. Nd7+ Ke7 $4 (29... Bxd7 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 30. Rxd7 hxg4+ 31. Kxg4 Rg2+ 32. Kf3 Rxg6) 30. Nxb6+ $2 (30. gxh5 $18 {aiming for h6.} Bxd7 31. h6 gxh6 32. Rxd7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxd7 33. g7) 30... Kf6 31. Rxa7 Re3+ (31... Kg5 $11 32. gxh5 (32. Rxg7 {leads to mate.} Bc6 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. Rf7 hxg4+ 35. Kg3 Rg2#) 32... Bc6 33. Ra5+ Kf4) 32. Kh4 $16 hxg4 33. Kxg4 Kxg6 34. a4 (34. Ra5 $16 Bd3 35. Kf4 Re4+ 36. Kf3) 34... Re4+ $2 {Black is on the road to losing.} (34... Bd3 $1 $11 35. Rc7 (35. b5 $2 e5 $19) 35... Bf5+ 36. Kf4 Re4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kf3 Rxb4) 35. Kg3 Rxb4 36. axb5 {Threatens to win with Ra5.} Rxb5 $18 {KRN-KR} (36... Rb3+ $142 37. Kf4 Rb4+ 38. Ke3 Rb3+ 39. Kd4 Rxb5) 37. Nc4 Rb3+ $2 (37... Rb4) 38. Kg2 Rc3 $2 (38... Kf6 39. Ra2 Rc3 ) 39. Ne5+ Kf6 40. Ra5 Kf5 41. Nf3+ Kf4 42. Ra4+ Kf5 43. Ra7 Kf6 44. Ra6 Rc4 45. Kg3 Rb4 46. h4 Rb3 47. Kg4 Rb4+ {[#]} 48. Kg3 (48. Kh3 $142 $1) 48... Rb3 49. Ra4 e5 $2 (49... g6 50. Kg4 Rb1 51. Rf4+ Kg7) 50. Kg4 Rb6 51. Ng5 Rc6 52. h5 Rb6 53. Ne4+ Ke6 54. Ra7 Kd5 55. Ng5 e4 56. Rxg7 e3 57. Re7 Kd4 58. Ne6+ Kc3 59. Nf4 {White wants to mate with Nd5+!} Kd2 60. Kf3 Rb3 61. Rd7+ Ke1 62. Ng2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 56%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "12"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,102,0,16,12,22,12,13,15,18,-8,-6,-28,-1,-22,6,-29,10,-42,18,0,10,0,73, 20,20,17,15,0,27,30,36,0,-3,-3,-8,-14,0,-14,-13,-76,-76,-73,-77,-74,-72,-81, -75,-155,-145,-215,-212,-222,-219,-200,-206,-251,-243,-260,-271,-216,-41,-20, -13,-389,-389,-367,-358,-366,-354,-544,-267,-248,-241,-5306,-6403,-6403,-6400, -5206,-695,-684,-680,-622,-587,-488,-463,-5093,-5093,-5069,-5069,-4132,-1361, -4133,-4132,-29991,-29992]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. d3 e6 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. g3 h6 6. Bg2 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening.} Bh7 {[#]} 7. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. e4 Bb4 8. c3 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nh3 Nbd7 11. f4 a5 12. a3 c6 13. Nf2 {1-0 (41) Sosa,T (2508)-Perez Garcia,A (2347) Linares 2019}) 7... Be7 8. e4 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Qe2 c5 10. Ngf3 Nc6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rfe1 Rfd8 13. Rad1 (13. exd5 $11 exd5 14. Rab1) 13... a5 (13... d4 $15) 14. a4 Nb4 15. Rc1 Rac8 (15... c4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 16. exd5 (16. bxc4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 $11) 16... c3 17. Bxc3 Qxc3 18. dxe6 Qc7) 16. Ne5 ({Better is} 16. exd5 $16 Nfxd5 17. Nc4) 16... Na2 17. Ra1 Nb4 18. Rac1 Na2 19. Rcd1 Nb4 20. Nf1 c4 $36 { [%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...c3. Black is more active.} 21. bxc4 {Black must now prevent exd5.} dxe4 22. dxe4 Na6 {[%CAl Bb4a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Ng4 (24. Nd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 24... Nxg4 $17 25. Qxg4 {[%csl Gb2] [%CAl Rg4g7]} Bf8 26. Ne3 Nc5 27. Ra1 Qc6 28. e5 (28. Ba3 $142) 28... Be4 29. Bxe4 (29. Qh3 $17 {was forced.}) 29... Nxe4 $19 30. Qf3 Rd2 $1 {[%CAl Rd2f2]} 31. Rf1 Bc5 32. Bc1 {[#]} Bxe3 $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 33. Bxd2 Bxd2 34. Rd1 Qxc4 $2 (34... g6 $19 {And now ...Bc3 would win.} 35. h4 Kf8) 35. Qd3 $15 Qc6 {aiming for ...Bg5.} 36. Rxd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now White is beyond hope. } (36. Qd8+ $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Kh7 37. Qd3) 36... Nxd2 $19 37. Qxd2 Qxa4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qc7 (39. Qd3+ $142 g6 40. Qf3) 39... Qc6 (39... Qa1+ $142 40. Kg2 a4) 40. Qxa5 $19 Qxc2 {...Qb1+ is the strong threat.} 41. h4 $2 (41. Qb6 Qd1+ 42. Kg2) 41... Qb1+ 42. Kh2 b5 43. Qa7 Qf5 (43... b4 $142 44. g4 b3 45. Qxf7 b2 46. Qxe6 Qe4) 44. Qd4 b4 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 45. Qxb4 Qxf2+ 46. Kh3 Qf5+ 47. Kh2 (47. Kg2 $142 Qxe5 48. Kf2) 47... Qxe5 48. Qb7 Qf5 49. Qd7 h5 (49... Qf2+ $142 50. Kh3 {[#]} Qf3 $1 { [%mdl 512]}) 50. Kg2 Qd5+ 51. Kf2 Qxd7 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 72%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "12"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,90,31,59,53,81,6,27,11,12,16,16,12,23,27,18,15,23,14,22,22,14,10,29, 21,129,104,110,22,22,22,26,24,24,18,91,92,93,19,16,17,46,22,18,18,18,0,8,8,8,8, 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 6...cxd4. Played by Maxime Vachier Lagrave in May 2020.} 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O {Hoping for dxc5. B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Qxb2 9. Qe1 ( 9. Nb5 $16) 9... cxd4 $11 10. Bxd4 {White has an edge.} Nxd4 ({But not} 10... Qxc2 $2 11. Rc1 $18) ({Avoid the trap} 10... Bxc2 $2 11. Nb5 $18) 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Rb1 Bxc3 13. Rxb2 Bxe1 14. Rxe1 b6 $1 15. h4 {Strongly threatening g4.} h5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. c4 {[#]} d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Ne7 18. Rd2 O-O-O 19. Red1 d4 20. f4 Ng6 21. g3 Nf8 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Ne6 24. Rd5 g6 25. Kf2 Nc5 26. Ke3 {1/2-1/2 (26) Tarrio Ocana,F (2453)-Brewer,S (2437) ICCF email 2019}) 18. c5 Ne7 (18... Rh6 $1 $11) 19. cxb6 $16 axb6 20. Bb5+ ({Better is} 20. Rxb6 $16 {And now Bb5+ would win.} Rh6 21. Rb7) 20... Kf8 $11 21. Rd2 Rd8 22. Red1 Ng6 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 (23... Ke7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke7 {[#]} 25. Rd7+ (25. f4 $1 $16) 25... Ke6 26. Rb7 Ra8 27. a4 f4 {The position is equal.} 28. Rxb6+ Kxe5 29. Ra6 (29. g3 {feels hotter.} fxg3 30. fxg3 Kd4 31. Rd6+ Kc5 32. Ra6) 29... Rxa6 (29... Rd8 {keeps more tension.} 30. Be2 Nxh4 31. Bxh5 g6 32. Be2 Nf5) 30. Bxa6 Nxh4 {KB-KN} 31. Bc4 f6 32. Bf7 g6 33. Kh2 Kd6 34. Kh3 g5 $1 35. Bxh5 Kc5 36. Be8 Kb4 37. Bc6 Ng6 38. g3 Ne5 39. Bb5 fxg3 40. Kxg3 f5 41. f4 gxf4+ 42. Kxf4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Nc4 43. Bxc4 Kxc4 44. Kxf5 Kb4 45. Kg6 Kxa4 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "12"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C75"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,122,35,30,28,28,28,19,26,29,29,29,26,13,22,69,68,83,83,83,72,93,61, 70,0,61,61,61,63,149,152,148,154,145,140,141,92,100,96,95,90,89,95,97,92,102, 106,123,112,145,145,145,143,144,141,187,169,195,193,199,181,176,181,188,0,173, 0,193,193,197,200,192,185,184,0,70,0,204,183,196,171,178,193,191,0,181,0,185, 174,185,156,129,64,58,58,60,-51,-31,-164,-171,-170,-168,-150,-117,-174,-174, -1613,-1512,-1507,-1379]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O g6 8. Re1 Bg7 9. h3 {C79: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with 3.. .a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 d6.} O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3] [%mdl 32] The position is equal.} b5 12. Nf1 Na5 13. Ng3 c5 14. d5 h6 15. b3 Nb7 16. Be3 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qe7 17. Nh2 Kh7 18. Qd2 Ng8 19. f3 h5 20. Rf1 h4 {1-0 (35) Read,M-Rikman,M ICCF corr 1984}) 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rf1 a5 19. Nh2 ({Better is} 19. Rab1 $14) 19... a4 (19... c4 $11) 20. b4 $14 Rac8 {Black wants to play ...cxb4.} 21. Bd3 cxb4 (21... h5 $14) 22. cxb4 $16 Qc3 23. Rac1 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 h5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Ne8 28. Ne2 Nc7 29. Nc3 f5 30. Nf3 Bf6 31. Be3 fxe4 32. Bxe4 Bf5 {next ...Bxe4 is good for Black.} 33. Nd2 Kg7 34. f3 h4 35. Ndb1 Na6 {[#]} 36. a3 $1 ({Much less strong is} 36. Nxb5 $6 Nxb4 37. N1c3 Bd8 $16) 36... Nc7 37. Bb6 Na8 38. Ba7 Nc7 39. Bb6 Na8 $1 {[%CAl Ra8b6]} 40. Be3 Nc7 $1 41. Kf2 Kf7 42. Bb6 Na8 {[#]} 43. Ba7 $1 Nc7 44. Bb6 (44. Be3 $18) 44... Na8 $1 $14 {[%CAl Ra8b6]} 45. Be3 (45. Bxf5 $14 gxf5 46. Be3) 45... Nc7 $18 46. Ke2 Ke7 47. Bb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Na8 48. Ba7 Nc7 49. Bb6 Na8 50. Be3 Nc7 51. Bd3 Kf7 52. Nd2 e4 53. Ndxe4 (53. fxe4 $16 Bxc3 54. exf5 gxf5 55. Bf2 (55. Bxf5 Nxd5 56. Be4 Nxe3 $16) ) 53... Bxe4 $14 54. Nxe4 Bb2 55. Bb6 ({White should play} 55. Kd1 $14) 55... Nxd5 $15 56. Be3 (56. Ba5 $1 $15) 56... Nxe3 $19 57. Kxe3 d5 58. Ng5+ Kf6 59. f4 (59. Nh7+ $17 Kg7 60. Ng5) 59... Bxa3 60. Bxb5 $2 (60. Kd4) 60... Bc1+ 61. Kd3 a3 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 86%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "12"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,116,54,61,47,53,45,52,25,30,5,12,0,8,-39,-27,-27,-40,-38,-20,-53,-54, -58,-53,-52,-60,-62,-66,-63,-54,-62,-39,-39,-41,-47,-23,-56,-39,-57,0,-37,0, -41,0,-40,0,0,11,20,17,-9,0,0,0,-58,-29,-63,-69,-190,-145,-210,-221,-387,-369, -408,-405,-385,-361,-489,-494,-603,-555,-634,-427,-591,-911,-856,-879,-687, -691,-853,-866,-915,-1258,-1254,-1221,-1265,-1250,-1286,-1247,-1445,-1391, -1112,-1257,-1135,-1051,-12832,-12826,-5081,-1758,-3340,-2158,-12842,-12842, -12844,-12842,-12844,-12844,-12846,-12845]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bf4 {B01: Scandinavian Defence.} Bg7 7. Qd2 a6 8. Bc4 { White is slightly better.} O-O {[#]} 9. Bb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bh6 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qf4 Qd6 13. Qh4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nc6 15. O-O-O {0-1 (36) Rodin,M (2320)-Bartel,M (2643) chess.com INT 2020}) 9... Nc6 10. O-O-O Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Na5 13. Bh6 c6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rhe1 Qc7 16. Qe3 Rfe8 (16... Qxh2 17. Rh1 $18) 17. dxc6 Nxb3+ 18. axb3 Qxc6 19. Rd4 b5 20. Red1 Rac8 21. R1d2 a5 22. Ne4 Rc7 23. Kb1 Rcc8 (23... h5 $15) 24. h4 Ra8 25. R2d3 Rac8 26. Rd2 Ra8 27. Ng3 a4 28. b4 h5 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. fxe4 Rec8 31. Rd7 (31. f4 $11) 31... Qf6 $1 $15 32. Qd4 Rc4 33. Qd5 {This costs White the game.} (33. Qxf6+ $15 Kxf6 34. f3) 33... Ra6 (33... Rac8 34. Qxb5 Rxe4) 34. Qxb5 (34. e5 $17 Qe6 35. Qxb5) 34... Rxe4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 35. Ka2 $2 (35. c3 {might work better.}) 35... Rb6 36. Qc5 Rexb4 {[%csl Gb4,Gb6][%CAl Rf6b2] [#]} 37. c3 Qe6+ 38. Ka1 Rxh4 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Rd1 a3 40. b4 Rc4 41. Qg5 Rxc3 {Hoping for ...Rd6.} 42. Rxe7 {[#]} Qf6 $1 43. Qxf6+ Kxf6 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 44. Re4 Rf3 45. Rd2 g5 46. Ka2 h4 47. Rd8 h3 48. Rh8 Ra6 49. Re2 Kg7 50. Rh5 Kg6 51. Rh8 Rb6 52. Rg8+ Kf5 53. Rc2 f6 (53... Rxb4 $142 54. Rc5+ Ke4) 54. Rc5+ Kg4 55. Rh8 Rxb4 56. Ka1 Rbf4 57. Ra5 Rxf2 { ( -> ...Rc4)} 58. Rxa3 Rf1+ {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 87%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "13"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C53"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,37,0,0,0,9,0,21,-12,68,27,20,20,6,19,12,31,26,0,0,0,8,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 f5 $5 {[%mdl 4] 12...Nxc3 is a critical line. An interesting side line.} (12... Ba5 $11) 13. Nxd5 {And now Nf4 would win.} (13. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 14. Ne2 $14) 13... Ba5+ $1 {[#]} (13... Qxd5 $2 14. Bc4 $18) 14. Ke2 $146 (14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxf3 $17) ({Predecessor:} 14. Kf1 Kh8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nf4 Bf7 17. Qa4 Bb6 18. Qxc6 g5 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. Qxe6 {1-0 (39) Kowalski,I (2088)-Holownia,M (2006) Szklarska Poreba 2016}) 14... Nxd4+ ({ Don't blunder} 14... Qxd5 $2 15. Bc4 $18) 15. Bxd4 {[#] Rhd1 is the strong threat.} Nd2 $1 ({Not} 15... Qxd5 $2 16. Bc4 $18) 16. Qc5 {Strongly threatening e6.} Ne4 17. Qc2 Nd2 $1 ({Wrong is} 17... Qxd5 $2 18. Bc4 $18) 18. Qc5 {aiming for e6.} Ne4 19. Qc2 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "13"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,63,9,12,0,6,0,-11,-11,-5,-15,-9,-8,8,3,18,20,35,14,37,0,35,0,0,0,0,0, 31,0,45,46,46,0,0,0,19,12,0,-39,-21,-34,61,62,67,81,106,101,243,243,242,0,0,0, 220,217,901,887]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. Nc3 { A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. g3 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Bg2 Ba6 11. Ne2 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Ne4 13. Kg1 Re8 14. Nf4 c6 15. Rc1 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 (33) Harutyunian,T (2551) -Sargsyan,S (2594) Jermuk 2020}) 10. Bg2 a6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. a4 {[%CAl Ba2a4, Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} h5 13. a5 b5 $1 14. h4 Ne4 15. Qc2 Kb8 16. Rfc1 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 f6 18. Qd3 Qe6 19. Rc2 Rdg8 20. Qd2 g5 21. Ba3 $1 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Nf8 23. Qc3 Rh7 24. hxg5 h4 (24... Ng6 $15) 25. Nxh4 $14 fxg5 26. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} g4 {[#]} 27. Ne5 $1 ({Much worse is} 27. Nh4 $6 Qh6 $11) 27... Rgh8 {[#]} (27... Ka8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 28. Nc6+ $1 $18 Kc8 29. Na7+ Kb8 30. Nc6+ Kc8 $1 {intending ...Rh2.} 31. Qc5 Qf6 $2 (31... Qd7 32. Qxd5 (32. Bxd5 $2 Ne6 $19) 32... Qxd5 33. Bxd5 Rh5) 32. Qxd5 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 63%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "13"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,53,6,9,16,8,17,18,7,17,6,16,-13,0,0,1,7,6,0,39,24,34,26,34,0,7,-20,71, 66,60,70,79,70,66,66,145,140,235,0,0,0,73,74,97,102,114,-656]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4.} g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Rd1 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. Nc3 b6 { [#]} 11. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. c3 Rc8 13. Qf4 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qh4 e6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Ne3 {1/2-1/2 (39) Pichot,A (2630)-L'Ami,E (2620) chess24.com INT 2020}) 11... Bb7 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. c4 e6 14. Nc3 $36 { [%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qe7 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Bb2 Nc5 17. Nb5 Bxb2 (17... e5 $11) 18. Rxb2 $16 a6 19. Nc3 Ne5 20. Rbd2 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 e5 (21... Bc6 $14) 22. Bg4 Rb8 (22... Rc7 $16 {was necessary.}) 23. Nd5 $2 {[#]} (23. b4 $18) 23... Bxd5 $1 $11 24. cxd5 b5 (24... a5 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. b4 $16 { White is better.} Na4 26. Rc2 Nb6 27. Rc7 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 66%. . An unexpected result.} (27. Be2 $16) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "13"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,126,16,16,15,22,11,10,10,10,10,13,14,18,-20,12,-15,-24,-24,104,-15, -12,-31,92,103,256,281,255,214,204,-15,161,156,158,157,184,172,172,171,175,170, 183,175,200,191,238,247,237,160,263,262,256,238,315,309,355,361,325,277,364, 199,191,204,190,86,109,112,145,153,188,174,200,149,185,152,173,33,49,8,8,0,0,0, 16,0,8,0,31,0,0,0,32,33,31,12,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-206,-199,-742,-692, -29960,-5756,-5161,-4794,-29969,-29971,-29970,-29957]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6) , unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 {[#] The position is equal.} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bg4 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nc4 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Qe7 13. c3 O-O-O 14. b4 Kb8 {0-1 (28) Aronian,L (2773)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. Nc4 O-O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 g5 13. Bg3 g4 (13... Rdg8 $11) 14. hxg4 (14. Nfxe5 $16 {[%CAl Rh3g4]} gxh3 15. Qe3 ) 14... Bxg4 $11 15. Bh4 Rdg8 (15... Qe6 $15) 16. d4 $1 $36 {[%CAl Rd4e5][%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} exd4 $2 (16... Qe6 $16) 17. e5 $18 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rg6 {White should prevent ...Qe6.} 18. Rae1 (18. Qd3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rhg8) 18... Rhg8 19. Bg3 $2 (19. Nxd6+ cxd6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 $11) ( 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. exf6 (20. Nxd6+ Rxd6 21. exd6 Qxe2 $17) 20... Qxe2 $11) ({ Better is} 19. Kh1 $18 Bh3 20. gxh3 Qe6 21. Bg3) 19... Nh5 $2 ({Avoid the trap } 19... Re8 $2 20. Qd2 $18) (19... Bc5 $1 $11 20. b4 (20. exf6 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Bxf3 $17) 20... Nh5 21. bxc5 Qxc5) 20. exd6 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Bxf3 22. gxf3 cxd6 23. Kh2 Nxg3 24. fxg3 b5 25. Na5 Kc7 26. Rg1 Kb6 27. Nb3 c5 28. Re7 Rf6 (28... Re6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 29. Rxe6 (29. Rxf7 Re2+ 30. Rg2 Rge8 $18) 29... fxe6) 29. Nd2 h5 30. Kg2 d5 31. Rh1 Rg5 32. Kf2 Rfg6 33. Nf1 ({Don't take} 33. Rxf7 Rxg3 34. Rh2 Rg1 $18) 33... Rf5 34. Re8 (34. f4 $142) 34... Re6 35. Rxe6+ fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 36. Rh4 (36. c3 $18) 36... e5 37. Ke2 c4 38. b4 a5 39. a3 $1 {[%CAl Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} axb4 40. axb4 Kc6 41. Nd2 Kd6 42. Rh1 ( 42. f4 $18 {aiming for Nf3.} e4 43. Nb1) 42... Rf8 $14 43. Rxh5 {Strongly threatening Rh6+.} Ra8 $1 44. Rh6+ Ke7 $1 45. Rh5 Kd6 46. Rh6+ Ke7 $1 47. Rh5 Ra2 48. Kd1 Ra1+ $1 49. Ke2 Rc1 50. Rxe5+ Kd6 51. Rh5 {Threatening Rh6+.} Rxc2 {...c3 is the strong threat.} 52. Kd1 Ra2 {Hoping for ...d3.} 53. Rh6+ Kc7 54. Rh7+ Kd6 55. Rh6+ Ke7 {White must now prevent ...d3.} 56. Rh7+ Ke6 57. Rh6+ Kf7 {And now ...d3 would win.} 58. Rh7+ $2 (58. Nb1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 58... Kg6 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rg6h7][%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 59. Rd7 $2 {[#]} (59. Rc7 d3 60. Ke1) 59... d3 $1 {( -> ...Ra1+) } 60. Ke1 {[#]} c3 $1 61. Nb3 Rb2 62. Rxd5 Rxb3 63. Rxd3 Rb1+ {What a bad dream for White. Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 67%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "13"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,58,14,20,11,16,13,22,13,23,0,9,-8,14,1,3,5,0,2,40,2,30,0,28,34,34,38, 74,68,97,38,89,4,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-120,-7,-8,0,-126,-2,-4,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Na3 Nbd7 11. Nxc4 b6 12. Nfe5 Nd5 13. Nd3 Be7 14. Rfd1 Ba6 15. Rac1 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 (40) Boos,M (2403)-Kazoks,A (2250) ICCF email 2018}) 10. Na3 Bb7 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. Bc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Ng5 is the strong threat. Black is under pressure.} Nd5 14. Nfe5 Na6 15. a3 (15. e4 $5 {[%CAl Re4d5]} Nf6 16. a3 $14) 15... Rfd8 16. Qb3 a4 (16... f6 {is more complex.} 17. Nd3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nc7) 17. Qxa4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nc7 20. Rxd8+ (20. Qb3 $16 { Strongly threatening Nc6.} Qg5 21. a4) 20... Rxd8 (20... Qxd8 $14 21. Qd7 Qxd7 22. Nxd7 Nd5) 21. Rd1 (21. Qb3 $16 {aiming for Nc6.} Nd5 22. e4 (22. Nc6 Qb7 $11)) 21... b5 22. Nc6 bxa4 23. Rxd8+ {[#]} Qxd8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Nxd8 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Nb5 25. Nb7 Be7 ({Of course not} 25... Bxa3 26. Nxa3 Nxa3 27. Nc5 $16) 26. Nba5 (26. f4 $11) 26... Nxc3 ({Reject} 26... Nxa3 $6 27. Nb2 $11) ({Better is} 26... Bxa3 $17 {White must now prevent ...Bc5.} 27. Nxa3 Nxa3 28. c4 Nc2 29. Kf3 a3 30. Nb3 a2 31. Ke4 a1=Q 32. Nxa1 Nxa1 33. Ke5 Nb3 34. Kd6 Nd2 35. c5 Ne4+ 36. Kc6 Nxf2 $19) 27. Kf3 Nb5 28. Nb6 {[#]} (28. Nb2 $11) 28... Bxa3 (28... Bd8 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rd8b6]} 29. Nac4 {[#]} Nxa3 $1 { [%mdl 512]}) 29. Nxa4 Kf8 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "14"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C26"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,46,21,2,-6,37,34,33,48,50,53,45,36,50,45,73,60,91,26,33,32,32,24,42, -466,-460,-732,-725,-831,-816,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Na4 Bb6 {7...Bxf3 is the hot move.} 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. a3 {C30: King's Gambit Declined.} d5 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. O-O {White is slightly better.} ({ Much worse is} 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. O-O O-O $15) 11... O-O 12. h3 $1 {[%CAl Rh3g4] } Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 {[#] Strongly threatening Be3.} exf4 15. Qxf4 { [%CAl Rc4f7]} Qd4+ {[#]} 16. Rf2 $146 ({White should play} 16. Qxd4 $16 Nxd4 17. Rae1) ({Predecessor:} 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. Rae1 b5 18. Ba2 b4 19. Re7 bxa3 20. bxa3 Nxc2 21. Rxc7 Nxa3 22. Rxb7 {1-0 (39) Kislinsky,A (2502)-Nowak,M (2015) Wroclaw 2018}) 16... Qxb2 $11 17. Re1 Qxa3 18. Qxc7 {[%CAl Rf2f7]} Qc5 19. Qxb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (19. Bxf7+ $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Kh8 20. Ref1) 19... Ra7 $19 20. Bxf7+ (20. d4 $142 Qxc4 21. Qxb6) 20... Kh8 21. d4 Qxd4 (21... Rxb7 $2 {loses.} 22. dxc5 Rbb8 23. cxb6 $18) ( 21... Qc3 22. Re8 $17) 22. Re8 Rxe8 ({Not} 22... Rxb7 23. Rxf8#) 23. Qxc6 {[#]} Rf8 $1 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 82%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "14"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E53"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,88,16,4,14,16,33,35,21,15,38,35,16,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,-7,-8,-8,0,0,0, -54,-47,-50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 {E53: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line (4... 0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 c5 7 0-0).} 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Bc2 Be7 11. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%CAl Rd3h7] [#]} g6 12. a3 Bf6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bb3 {[#]} Nce7 $146 {[%CAl Bc6e7,Be7d5,Bd5f6][%mdl 32]} ( {Predecessor:} 15... Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qf6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qe7 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Qc7 Rac8 21. Qxb7 {1-0 (68) Gresova,Z (1873)-Nikel,R (2079) Banska Stiavnica 2017}) 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qe5 Bd7 19. d5 ({White should try} 19. Qe3 $11) 19... exd5 $15 20. Bxd5 Qb6 (20... Re8 $5 {[%CAl Re8e5]} 21. Qd4 Bb5 $15) 21. b4 {The position is equal.} Bb5 22. Rfe1 Rad8 23. Bb3 Bc6 24. Qc3 Rc8 25. h3 Bd5 26. Qd3 Rfd8 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Qb3 Qd6 29. Rad1 Rd8 { [%CAl Rd5d1]} 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Qb2 Qd6 32. Re2 Qf4 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34. Nxd2 Kg8 35. Qc3 Ne4 36. Nxe4 Qxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 37. g3 h5 38. h4 a6 39. a4 Qd5 40. a5 Qe4 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qc3+ Kg8 43. Qc8+ Kg7 44. Qc3+ Kg8 { Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "14"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,74,6,5,0,0,0,6,0,7,-4,-4,-4,1,7,30,25,25,27,22,16,21,20,26,22,52,46, 67,65,90,75,64,31,29,25,44,55,47,39,39,27,103,102,97,66,83,32,60,59,75,80,95, 52,103,54,64,61,72,59,495,493,493,493,510,449,29993]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Bc2 e5 7. d4 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous.} exd4 8. cxd4 O-O 9. O-O {The position is equal.} cxd4 10. Nxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bf4 {[#]} Nc6 $146 (12... Nd7 {is more complex.} 13. Nf3 Ndc5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 b6) ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nc3 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Nxe4 Nc6 18. Qa4 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 (63) Marjanovic,S (2505)-Xu,J (2495) Subotica 1987}) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nc3 e3 17. fxe3 Bf5 18. Rac1 Bd3 19. Rfd1 c5 20. Na4 c4 21. b3 cxb3 22. axb3 Be2 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rc7 h6 25. Nc5 {aiming for e6.} Re8 (25... Rd1+ $11 {remains equal.} 26. Kf2 Rd2) 26. Kf2 $16 Bb5 27. Rxa7 g5 28. Bg3 (28. e6 $16 fxe6 29. Bd6) 28... Rc8 29. b4 Bf8 30. Ra5 Bc4 31. Kg1 Rb8 (31... Bxc5 $14 32. bxc5 Bd5) 32. Nd7 Bxb4 33. Ra4 Bb3 34. Ra6 Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for Black.} ({Black should try} 34... Rb5 $14) 35. Nf6+ $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kg7 36. Rb6 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Bc3 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 63%.} (37... Rd8 $18 38. Rxb4 Be6) 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "14"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C60"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,61,31,34,18,18,29,26,18,32,24,64,20,13,-27,-18,-39,-25,-38,-46,-59, -59,-92,-51,-105,-73,-110,-108,-112,-124,-146,-111,-143,-110,-109,-101,-98,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6.} Nxd4 7. Qxd4 c6 8. Be2 {White has an edge.} Qb6 9. Qd3 d6 10. O-O Be7 {[#]} 11. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 Qc7 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Qd2 f5 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bg5 fxe4 17. Nxe4 {0-1 (62) Abreu,N (1970)-Rodi,L (2344) Maraba 2016}) 11... Qxb2 12. f4 {And now a3 would win.} Qa3 13. Bd4 O-O 14. Rad1 {[%CAl Ba1d1,Bd1d6,Bd6h6][%mdl 32]} Qa5 15. Qg3 {White wants to play f5.} Bh4 16. Qf3 (16. Qd3 $15) 16... c5 $17 17. Bf2 Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 {[#]} Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Rxd6 (19. Qxf4 Qxc3) 19... Nxe2+ 20. Nxe2 Qxa2 21. Nc3 {[%CAl Be2c3,Bc3d5, Bd5f6][%mdl 32]} Qa5 22. Nd5 {[#]} h6 {[#]} ({Better is} 22... Kh8 $1 $17 23. Rf1 b6 24. Qxf7 Bf5) 23. Rxh6 $1 $11 {[%CAl Rd5e7][%mdl 512] The position is equal.} Qa1+ (23... gxh6 24. Nf6+) 24. Rf1 {[%CAl Rd5e7]} Qd4+ 25. Kh1 { [%CAl Rd5e7]} gxh6 26. Nf6+ $1 Kg7 27. Qg3+ Kh8 {aiming for ...Rd8.} 28. Qf4 { [%CAl Rf4h6]} Kg7 29. Qg3+ Kh8 {Hoping for ...Rd8.} 30. Qf4 {[%CAl Rf4h6]} Kg7 31. Qg3+ {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "14"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,82,18,18,11,15,7,19,14,23,9,9,16,18,16,16,15,20,13,13,9,11,1,6,0,5,5, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-12,-11,-10,-26,-24,-36,-32,-28,-39,-43,-16,-18,-4,-4,-4, -5,-4,-4,-4,-4,0,-4,-4,-10,-4,-11,0,0,0,-9,-9,-9,-2,-19,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 Bd6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. Re1 a5 12. Nbd2 Qf7 13. Bg3 Re8 {[#]} 14. b3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. c4 c5 16. d5 a4 17. Nb1 Bd7 18. Qd2 g5 19. Nc3 Ng6 20. a3 {1/2-1/2 (46) Sherwood,H (2372)-Jones,I (2380) ICCF email 2018}) 14... a4 15. Qc2 axb3 16. axb3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 exd4 18. cxd4 Nb6 19. h3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Be6 21. Ra7 Rb8 22. Kh2 h6 23. b4 Nc8 24. Ra1 Nd6 25. Rf1 Nb5 26. Nb1 Rd8 27. Qb2 $1 Qd7 {[%CAl Rb5d4]} 28. Rd1 {The position is equal.} f5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Nc3 Be6 31. Nxb5 cxb5 32. Qc3 Qd6 33. Ne5 Bd5 34. Rd2 c6 35. Rf2 Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Qxf8 37. Qd2 Qf5 38. Nd3 Kf7 39. Qe3 b6 40. Ne5+ Kg8 41. Qe2 Kf8 { Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "15"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,93,0,0,-21,-16,-27,0,0,-11,-16,0,-6,0,-53,0,0,-2,0,89,77,75,89,74,79, 95,89,87,82,183,185,194,190,195,197,191,164,162,155,209,191,226,197,185,195, 207,186,183,146,266,279,297,290,297,295,294,290,283,275,294,283,294,253,254, 251,305,301,326,325,494,476,522,522,459,468,622,585,704,693,794,770,2082,2525, 12847,12847]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. O-O {C02: French: Advance Variation.} Bd7 8. Nbd2 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} Rc8 {[#]} 9. Nb3 $146 {[%CAl Rb3d4] The position is equal.} ({ Predecessor:} 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Bb1 Bb5 11. Re1 Nd3 12. Bxd3 Bxd3 13. Nb3 Bc2 14. Qe2 Bb4 15. Bd2 Bxb3 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. axb3 {1/2-1/2 (32) Novy,V (2107)-Micka, V (1982) Plzen 2003}) 9... dxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Re1 Nge7 12. h4 (12. Qe2 $11) 12... Ng6 (12... Na5 $15) 13. Qe2 $11 Be7 14. h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ngxe5 $4 (14... Nh4 $11) 15. Nxe5 $16 {White stays focused until the end.} Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bf6 18. Re3 Rxc3 19. Rb1 d4 {[#]} ( 19... Rc7 $16) 20. Rg3 $1 $18 O-O 21. Bb2 Rfc8 22. Bxc3 dxc3 23. Rd1 Bc6 24. Bc2 Kf8 (24... Bd5 $16 25. a3 Kf8) 25. Re3 b6 26. Nd4 Bd5 27. a4 (27. Bxh7 $6 g6 $14) 27... g6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Nb5 Rc4 (29... a6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 30. Nxa7 Rb4 31. Nb5 Rb2 32. Rc1 ({Resist} 32. Nxc3 $6 Rxc2 33. Nxd5 exd5 $18) 32... Bg5 33. Nxc3 Bxe3 34. fxe3 Bc6 35. Be4 Bd7 36. Bd3 Bc6 37. Rc2 Rb4 38. Bb5 Bxb5 39. axb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} ({Much less strong is} 39. Nxb5 $6 Rxa4 40. Rc7 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 e5 $18) 39... Rc4 (39... Ke7 {was called for.} 40. Kf2 f5) 40. Kf2 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 41. Ke2 f5 42. Kd3 Rb4 43. Ra2 Kf6 44. Ra6 Rb2 45. Rxb6 Rxg2 46. Nd5+ Ke5 {[#]} 47. Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 47%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "15"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 $1 {8.Nf3 is better than 8.Nge2. E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 {[%CAl Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32]} 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. Bxe4 Nxe5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nce2 ({Don't play} 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. gxf4 (17. Bxb7 Rab8 $17) 17... Ng4 $17) 16... Ng4 $1 {[%csl Gg4][%CAl Rh5h2] [#]} 17. Nf3 $1 {[#]} fxg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rac8 18. Nxf4 Rxc2 19. Nxh5 Rxb2 20. Rab1 Rxb1 21. Bxb1 Bc5 22. Nf4 Bc4 23. Rc1 Bxf2+ {0-1 (46) Antal,T (2363)-Boruchovsky,A (2539) Karpacz 2015}) 18. hxg3 Rac8 19. Qa4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19. Qb1 $11 { and White has nothing to worry.}) 19... Bd6 $2 ({Better is} 19... Rc4 $19 20. Bxb7 (20. Nf4 Qh6) 20... Bc5 21. Qd1 Rb4) 20. Rac1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Ne5 22. Rc3 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "15"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,98,37,29,43,25,34,12,18,22,27,22,23,26,26,41,33,0,0,0,22,17,179,-58, -54,-57,-58,-67,-17,-57,-65,-76,-77,-98,-89,-92,-96,-106,-101,-147,-134,-190, -189,-187,-184,-182,-187,-162,-113,-97,-126,-104,-122,-123,-114,-131,-122,-129, -112,-596,-593,-571,-554,-29947,-204,-189,-123,-358,-358,-1075,-1075,-29970, -29971,-29972,-29973,-29978,-29979,-29981,-29982,-29989,-29989]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. h4 Qc7 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7.} 12. Kb1 b5 13. Qd2 Rb8 $5 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. An interesting side line.} 14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. g4 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... a4 17. Be3 Bc6 18. Nd4 Nd7 19. g5 Nc5 20. h5 Bd7 21. f4 Qb7 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 {0-1 (41) Alboredo,J (2190)-Pranav,A (2309) Caleta 2020}) 17. gxh5 Nxh5 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Rhg1 g6 20. Qg5+ Nf6 $2 {[#]} (20... Kf8 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 21. Nf4 $2 (21. e5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} dxe5 22. Ng3 Bc6 23. Rgf1) 21... Qc5 $1 $15 22. Rde1 {Hoping for e5.} Qxg5 $1 23. hxg5 Ne8 ( 23... Nh5 $5 {[%CAl Rh5f4]} 24. Ne2 e5 $15) 24. Rh1 Nc7 25. Bc4 Bb5 $40 { [%mdl 128] Black has strong attack.} 26. Bxb5 {Bc6 is the strong threat.} Rxh1 27. Rxh1 Rxb5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 28. Rg1 e5 29. Nd3 Ne6 30. b3 ( 30. Rg4 $17) 30... Rb8 $1 $19 31. Kb2 Rh8 $1 32. a3 bxa3+ $1 33. Kxa3 Nd4 34. f4 Nxc2+ 35. Ka4 Rh3 36. Rd1 Ne3 37. Rd2 exf4 $1 38. Nxf4 Rh4 39. Nd5+ $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (39. Rf2 $17) 39... Nxd5 40. Rxd5 Rxe4+ 41. Kxa5 {[#] KR-KR} Ke6 $2 (41... Re5 $1 {mates} 42. Rb5 f6 43. gxf6+ Kxf6 44. b4 g5 45. Rxe5 dxe5 46. b5 e4 47. Kb4 Ke6 48. Kc3 g4 49. Kd2 Kd6 50. Ke2 g3 51. Ke1 e3 52. Kf1 Kd5 53. b6 Kc6 54. Ke2 g2 55. b7 Kxb7 56. Kxe3 g1=Q+ 57. Kf3 Kc6 58. Ke4 Qg4+ 59. Ke3 Kc5 60. Kd2 Qf3 61. Kc2 Kc4 62. Kb2 Qf2+ 63. Ka3 Qg2 64. Ka4 Qa8#) 42. Rb5 d5 ( 42... Re5 $19 43. b4 Kf5 44. Rxe5+ dxe5) 43. b4 $2 {[#]} (43. Rb6+ $17 { is a better defense.} Ke5 44. Rb7) 43... d4 $1 {[%CAl Rd4d3] Strongly threatening ...d3.} 44. Rb8 $2 (44. Rb6+ Ke5 45. Rb5+ Kf4 46. Rd5) 44... d3 45. Re8+ Kd5 {Black mates.} 46. Rd8+ Kc4 47. b5 Re5 48. Rc8+ Rc5 49. Rb8 d2 { Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 78%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "15"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,51,0,0,0,8,-15,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-12,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,-10,0,-27,-5,-4,0,0,0,-3,-7,-27,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 (5... e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. g4 h6 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nb3 Ne5 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bc1 Rc8 14. O-O {1-0 (46) Nakamura,H (2745) -Nepomniachtchi,I (2776) chess.com INT 2020}) 6. d4 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous.} cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 {[#]} 8. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Be2 e6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a5 Rc8 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Bb6 Qe8 14. f4 {1/2-1/2 (36) Szczepanski,Z (2566)-Borstnik,A (2536) ICCF email 2011}) 8... g6 9. a5 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 12. Bb6 Qc8 13. O-O Nd7 14. Na4 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Qe8 16. Qd2 Nxb6 17. Nxb6 Rd8 18. b4 Nd4 19. Bc4 e6 20. Rfe1 Qe7 21. Rad1 Rfe8 22. Re3 Qg5 23. Rd3 Qxd2 24. R3xd2 Nc6 $1 25. Rxd6 Bxb2 26. Rxd8 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "15"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+3"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd5 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. f4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 10. b3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 11. exd6 {[%emt 0: 00:36]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} 13. Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 14. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 { [%emt 0:00:10]} 15. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:36]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. Bxc4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 17. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f6 {[%emt 0:00: 09]} 18. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 19. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 20. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 21. Kxc3 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 23. g3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. c5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Re3+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 26. Kc4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Re4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re3+ {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 28. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 29. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "16"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,75,27,28,28,25,29,32,32,46,8,8,8,9,9,22,15,19,15,15,15,15,15,15,15, 15,15,15,1,15,15,10,0,10,6,15,0,2,-7,0,-17,-18,-28,-28,-58,-7,-11,-12,-54,0, -21,-8,-32,0,-17,0,-35,0,-25]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} O-O 12. Rfe1 Ne7 13. Ne5 {White is slightly better.} Bf5 {[#]} 14. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bf1 Rab8 15. a4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. a5 f6 18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. Bxd3 e5 20. c4 exd4 21. cxd5 {1/2-1/2 (45) Anand,V (2768)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Saint Louis 2018}) 14... Bxd3 15. Nxd3 Rab8 16. a5 Ng6 17. g3 Rfc8 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. Nxb4 Ne7 20. Nd3 Nf5 21. Ra4 Nd6 22. Kf1 Rc7 23. Ke2 g6 24. Rb4 Kg7 25. Ra1 (25. Nb3 { seems wilder.} Nd7 26. Ra4 g5 27. Kd1 g4 28. Kc2) 25... Nfe4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Ra3 Nd6 28. Nc5 {Strongly threatening Na6!} Re8 29. Rab3 {[%CAl Rc5b7]} Ree7 30. f4 h6 31. Kf3 Kf6 (31... g5 $15) 32. g4 Kg7 33. Kg3 Kf6 (33... g5 $15) 34. h3 Kg7 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "16"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C26"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,58,-6,-6,-18,-14,-22,0,9,23,10,28,30,18,6,20,-9,-18,-43,-47,-47,-37, -35,-29,-28,-13,-27,-22,-33,-25,-141,-146,-142,-143,-202,-176,-177,-201,-188, -202,-179,-191,-436,-465,-465,-421,-419,-382,-354,-312,-315,-297]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Bc5 6. Bf4 {[#] C26: Vienna Game: 2... Nf6, sidelines .} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... d6 7. O-O-O Bxf2 8. Nf3 Bb6 9. Be2 h6 10. h3 Be6 11. Rhe1 Qd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 {0-1 (32) Dubov,D (2699) -Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 7. O-O-O Re8 8. f3 {The position is equal.} d6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Kb1 a6 11. Nge2 b5 {[%CAl Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 12. Nc1 Ne5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 b4 16. N3e2 $1 a5 {[%CAl Ba6a5,Ba5a4, Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 17. Nf4 a4 18. h4 Qe7 19. g4 (19. Ncd3 $11 {keeps the balance. }) 19... a3 $17 {...axb2 is the strong threat.} 20. b3 {[#]} Bxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. fxg4 (21. Be2 $17 {was called for.} Bd7 22. Rhg1) 21... Nexg4 $19 22. Qd4 c5 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Nxe4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 25. Rd7 $2 (25. Rd3) 25... Ngf2 (25... Nc3+ $2 26. Ka1 $19) 26. Bc4 Nxh1 27. Bxf7+ Kh7 {Hoping for ...Nc3+.} 28. Nce2 Nhg3 29. Bg6+ Kh8 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 95%.} 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "16"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,100,-5,-11,-10,-7,-11,-16,-6,12,13,21,-2,0,-18,8,0,11,-22,9,0,0,9,56, 46,102,97,106,103,103,54,61,65,60,63,68,72,68,66,79,72,73,65,61,26,21,21,25,14, 17,16,15,0,0,0,9,9,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O Bd6 9. Bd2 {Nowadays more popular than 9.f3. E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3.} b6 10. Rc1 c5 11. Ng3 {[#]} Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. b3 Bb7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Re1 Nc6 15. e4 Ne5 16. Bf1 d4 17. Na4 Nfg4 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nxd6 Qh4 20. h3 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 (21) Zubov,Y (2353)-Stepanov,K (2356) ICCF email 2017}) 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nce2 Nbd7 14. Bc3 Bb7 15. Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} a6 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Rfd1 g6 18. Be2 Rc8 19. b4 c4 {[#]} (19... cxb4 $14 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. Qxb4 Rb8) 20. Bxe5 $1 $16 Rxe5 {[#]} 21. Bxc4 $1 { [%mdl 512]} Qb6 (21... Rxc4 22. Rxc4) 22. Bb3 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Bxb4 24. Nd3 Re7 25. Nxb4 Qxb4 26. h3 a5 27. Qa1 Qb6 28. Ne2 Ne4 29. Qd4 (29. Rd4 {is more complex.} Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Qf6+ 31. Nf4 g5 32. Qd1) 29... Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Rc7 31. f3 Nc3 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Nf4 Nxa2 34. Nxd5 Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Rb7 (35... Nc1 $11 36. Bd1 Rc5 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 37. Rxc5 Nd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Ke2 Nxc5) 36. Bxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} (36. Rxa5 $16 Rxb3 37. Rxa2) 36... Rb2+ $11 { [%mdl 64] Double Attack. The position is equal.} 37. Kg3 Rxa2 {KR-KR} 38. e4 h5 39. h4 Kf6 40. Kf4 Rxg2 41. Rxa5 Rh2 42. Ra6+ Kg7 43. Kg3 Rb2 44. Ra7 Rb1 45. Rc7 Ra1 46. Rb7 Rc1 47. Ra7 Rb1 48. Rc7 Ra1 49. Rb7 Rc1 50. Ra7 Rb1 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "16"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 27,28,0,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "16"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,135,0,12,0,22,8,9,4,20,8,13,22,22,15,20,20,41,18,59,26,19,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,55,52,56,62,61,-7,46,33,77,53,78,66,45,25,26,26,129,68,96,89,93,71,81, 69,77,41,52,35,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,254,251,556,550,522,493,506,388,388,347,319, 254,239,235,215,60,79,45,40,0,6095,1168,1535,310,294,0,0,0,973,278,964,887,591, 237,231,230,200,0,197,199,557,508,1001,965,29977,29978,29977,29978,29988,29989, 29989,29990,29990,29957,29989,29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} b5 {[%CAl Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 10. Bg5 Be6 11. a4 {The position is equal.} b4 {[#]} 12. Nd5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12. Nce2 Nbd7 13. Bd2 a5 14. Bb5 Nc5 15. Bg5 Rc8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. c4 {0-1 (46) Evertsson,L (2226)-Ulybin,M (2581) Stockholm 2003}) 12... Bxd5 13. exd5 g6 14. a5 Nbd7 15. Bc4 Nc5 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. b3 Qc7 18. Qe1 Qb7 19. f4 exf4 $1 20. Bxf4 Rfe8 21. Qf2 Nfe4 22. Qf3 f5 (22... Ng5 $11 23. Qf2 Bf6) 23. Nxe4 $14 Nxe4 24. g4 Bf6 25. Rad1 (25. Rae1 $1 $14) 25... fxg4 (25... g5 $11 26. Be3 f4) 26. Qxg4 Bg7 27. Kg2 Re7 28. Rde1 Rbe8 29. Re3 Qc7 30. Rfe1 Kh8 ( 30... Bd4 $11) 31. Qf3 (31. Bd3 $16 {[%CAl Re3e4]} Bc3 (31... Nf6 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Qe6 $18) 32. R1e2) 31... Nc5 ({Don't play} 31... Bc3 32. R1e2 $18) 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Qe3 Qd7 35. Qh3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Qd8 36. Be3 Be5 37. Qf3 {Threatens to win with Qf7. } Kg7 38. Qg4 Qxa5 39. h4 Qa2 40. Bxc5 Qxc2+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... dxc5 $11 { and Black has nothing to worry.} 41. Bd3 Qa1) 41. Bf2 $18 h5 $2 (41... a5 42. Qe2 Qb1) 42. Qe2 Qf5 43. Qf3 Qc8 44. Bg3 Bxg3 45. Qxg3 Qf5 46. Qxd6 {And now Qe7+ would win.} Qe4+ 47. Kf2 $1 Qd4+ 48. Ke2 $2 (48. Kf1 $18 {Black must now prevent Qe7+.} Qd1+ 49. Kg2 Qc2+ 50. Kf3 Qc3+ 51. Ke2 Qb2+ 52. Ke3 Qc1+ 53. Kf2 Qd2+ 54. Be2 Qd4+ 55. Kf3 Qg4+ 56. Ke3 Qh3+ 57. Bf3 Qxh4 58. Qc7+ Kf8 59. Qc8+ Kg7 60. Qc7+ Kg8 61. d6 Qg5+ 62. Kf2) 48... Qe4+ $14 49. Kd2 Qd4+ $1 50. Bd3 Qc3+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Qf2+ $11 51. Kd1 Qf3+ 52. Be2 (52. Kc2 Qg2+ 53. Kc1 Qg1+ 54. Kd2 Qf2+ 55. Kd1 Qf3+ 56. Be2 Qxb3+ 57. Ke1 Qc3+ 58. Kf2 Qd4+ 59. Kg3 Qg1+ 60. Kf3 Qh1+ 61. Ke3 Qh3+ 62. Bf3 Qxh4 $14) 52... Qxb3+ 53. Ke1 Qc3+ 54. Kf2 Qd4+ 55. Kg3 Qg1+ 56. Kf3 Qg4+ 57. Ke3 Qh3+ 58. Bf3 Qxh4) 51. Ke3 (51. Ke2 $142 Qb2+ 52. Kf3 Qxb3 53. Qe7+ Kh8 54. Qf6+ Kg8 55. Qxg6+ Kf8 56. Ke4) 51... Qc1+ 52. Ke4 $2 (52. Ke2 Qb2+ 53. Kf3 Qxb3 54. Qe7+ Kg8 55. Qe8+ Kg7 56. Qxg6+ Kf8 57. Ke4) 52... Qe1+ $18 53. Kd4 $2 ({White has to play} 53. Kf3 $18 Qh1+ 54. Ke3 Qg1+ 55. Ke4 Qe1+ 56. Kd4 Qc3+ 57. Ke3 Qe1+ 58. Be2 Qxh4 59. Qc7+ Kh6 60. d6 Qg3+ 61. Ke4 Qg2+ 62. Bf3) 53... Qc3+ $1 $11 54. Ke3 Qe1+ $4 { [%mdl 8192]} (54... Qc1+ $11 55. Ke2 Qb2+ 56. Kf3 Qxb3 57. Qxg6+ Kf8) 55. Kf3 $2 (55. Be2) 55... Qd1+ $2 {[#]} (55... Qh1+ 56. Ke3 Qg1+ 57. Ke4 Qe1+ 58. Kd4 Qc3+ 59. Ke3) 56. Be2 $1 $18 Qh1+ 57. Kf2 (57. Ke3 $142 Qh3+ 58. Bf3 Qxh4 59. Qc7+ Kf8 60. Qc8+ Kg7 61. Qxa6) 57... Qxh4+ 58. Ke3 {Hoping for Qc7+.} Qg5+ 59. Kf2 Qh4+ $1 {[#]} 60. Kg2 $1 Qe4+ $2 (60... Qg5+ {is a better chance.} 61. Kf1 Qf6+ 62. Qxf6+ Kxf6 63. Bxa6 g5) 61. Bf3 Qc2+ (61... Qe3 $142 62. Qxb4 Qg5+ 63. Kf2 h4) 62. Kg3 Qc3 63. Qe7+ {White mates.} Kh6 64. d6 g5 65. d7 h4+ 66. Kg4 Qd4+ 67. Kh3 g4+ 68. Bxg4 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 62%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "17"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,99,9,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,0,24,8,13,6,37,0,0,-2,0,0,27,24,70,45,69,61, 90,0,37,41,77,95,218,215,216,212,214,223,218,218,280,287,357,332,358,344,369, 366,366,365,356,363,368,352,360,388,388,381,367,363,375,279,425,411,911,985, 962,899,782,741,640,597,893,957,904,856,29961,29958,29956,12043,29972,29974, 29976,29975,29976,29973]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O O-O {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc7 {The position is equal.} 11. Nd2 Qd6 {[%csl Gc7][%CAl Rd6h2] [#]} 12. N4f3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 12. N2f3 Bg4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Ne4 17. Be5 Qe7 18. Rac1 { 1/2-1/2 (41) Lenderman,A (2634)-Karjakin,S (2752) chess.com INT 2020}) 12... Bg4 13. Rc1 Rfe8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Re1 Rac8 16. Nf1 Ba5 17. Re2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nh5 19. Rec2 Qg6+ 20. Kh1 Qf5 {[#]} 21. Kg2 (21. Kh2 $1 $16) 21... Re6 22. f4 { Hoping for Bd3.} Rg6+ 23. Kh2 {Bd3 is the strong threat.} Qe4 {[#] A mistake that costs the game.} (23... Rh6 $16 24. Bd3 Qe6) 24. Ng3 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rg3e4]} Nxg3 25. Bd3 {[%mdl 64] Skewer} Qe6 {Threatens to win with ...Rh6!} 26. Bxg6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} ({Worse is} 26. fxg3 Rh6 $11) 26... hxg6 27. Kxg3 Re8 28. Rc5 d4 29. Rxc6 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} bxc6 30. Qxd4 { [%csl Gb2][%CAl Rd4g7][%mdl 64] Double Attack} f6 31. Qxa7 Bd2 32. Rd1 Bb4 33. Qd7 Qxd7 34. Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra8 35. a4 Rb8 36. Rc7 c5 37. Rd7 Ba5 38. Rd5 Rxb3 (38... Bb4 {keeps fighting.} 39. Kf3 Rb7) 39. Rxc5 Bb6 ( 39... Be1 $142) 40. Rb5 Rxb5 41. axb5 {KB-KB} Kf7 42. e4 Ke6 43. Ba3 f5 44. f3 Bd4 45. Bb4 Kd7 46. exf5 gxf5 47. Kh4 Kc7 48. Kg5 {White mates.} Kb6 49. Bd6 Kxb5 50. Be5 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 55%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "17"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,49,39,43,21,25,12,22,17,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,79,67,70,55,87,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 {B84: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines without early Be3.} Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Ndxb5 (12. g4 $14) 12... axb5 $11 13. Nxb5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qc8 {...d5 is the strong threat.} 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Ba6 16. Rhe1 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 {[#]} Qc4 $5 $146 { [%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} (17... Ra6 $11 {remains equal.} 18. Qb4 Rc6) ({Predecessor:} 17... Ra6 18. Qb4 Qc6 19. b3 Ra8 20. Kb2 Rb8 21. Qd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Ke7 23. Ra6 Rhc8 {1-0 (50) Bologan,V (2672)-Vasquez Schroder,R (2542) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 18. Red2 $16 Ra6 19. Qd3 Qa2 {[%CAl Ra2a1] [#]} 20. c3 ( {White should try} 20. c4 $1 $16 {Threatens to win with e5!} O-O 21. c5) 20... Rxa3 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 21. bxa3 Qa1+ 22. Kc2 Qa2+ 23. Kc1 Qa1+ 24. Kc2 Qa2+ 25. Kc1 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "17"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,65,17,36,32,31,39,37,40,33,29,33,29,41,41,27,27,44,38,48,36,38,38,46, 0,26,0,0,0,4,2,9,6,4,5,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 dxe4 8. Nxe4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation.} Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Qd5 10. O-O {White is slightly better.} (10. c3 {with more complications.} Nd7 11. d4 Bd6 12. O-O Qxe4 13. Bxe4 a5 14. a4) 10... Qxe4 11. Bxe4 a5 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} 12. d4 Nd7 13. c4 Nf6 {[#]} 14. Bf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bg2 Be7 15. Be3 O-O { 1/2-1/2 (15) Kollars,D (2501)-Sumets,A (2559) Heusenstamm 2016}) 14... Bd6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Be7 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 {The position is equal.} 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Rc7 Bf6 22. Rxb7 d4 23. Bd2 a4 24. Kf1 h6 25. h4 h5 26. Bf4 d3 27. a3 Rac8 28. Rb4 Rc2 29. Rxa4 Bxb2 30. Be3 Rc3 31. Rd4 Ra8 32. Rd5 Rcxa3 33. R1xd3 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "17"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,109,-2,14,0,0,0,-6,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,-12,0,0,0,-106,22,12,25,24,37,35, 37,29,23,0,56,60,107,112,113,113,108,112,106,112,167,133,123,123,214,128,128, 109,411,405,423,332,378,329,1047,932,1164,948,1791,1557,1361,1706,1535,1498, 1516,1364,1032,35,35,12,12,12,12,12,29967,29968,29973,29974,29974,29976,29976, 29977,29977,29978,29980,29977,29979,29976,29980,29978,29978,29971,29980,29979, 29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29982]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 {C28: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nc6.} d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nf3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. O-O {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bg4 11. Re1 Qf6 12. d4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 exd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 {0-1 (64) Bone,K (1256)-Bogiatzis,P (1620) Playchess. com INT 2020}) 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qe2 Qd6 13. Qe4 Nf6 14. Qf5 (14. Qe3 $1 $11) 14... Bxf3 (14... g6 $17 15. Qg5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4) 15. Qxf3 $11 Re7 16. Re3 a6 17. Rae1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rae8 18. a4 h6 19. g3 a5 ({Better is} 19... Rb8 $11) 20. R3e2 $14 b6 21. Bb5 Nd5 22. Bxc6 $1 Qxc6 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 (24... Rd8 $16) 25. Bxe5 $18 {And now c4 would win.} Qe6 26. Qe4 f6 {[#]} (26... f5 $16 {was called for.} 27. Qe1 c5) 27. Bf4 (27. c4 $1 $18) 27... Kf7 28. c4 Qxe4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Nxf4 $16 {is more resistant.} 29. Qxf4 Qd7) 29. dxe4 Nxf4 30. gxf4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KP-KP} Ke6 31. Kg2 Kd6 $2 (31... g6 32. Kf3 f5) 32. Kg3 $18 Kc5 33. Kg4 g6 34. f5 h5+ 35. Kf4 g5+ 36. Ke3 Kxc4 {[#]} 37. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kd5 (37... fxe5 38. f6) 38. e6 $2 (38. exf6 $18 {Threatens to win with f7.} Kd6 39. Ke4) 38... Kd6 $14 39. f3 c6 40. Kd4 Ke7 41. Kc4 Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Kd8 $11 ) 42. b4 {White mates.} axb4 43. Kxb4 Ke7 44. a5 bxa5+ 45. Kxa5 Kd6 46. Kb6 h4 47. Ka5 Kc7 48. Kb4 Kc8 49. Kc4 Kd8 50. Kd4 Kc8 51. Kc5 Kc7 {[#]} 52. e7 $1 Kd7 {[#]} 53. e8=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe8 54. Kxc6 Ke7 55. Kc7 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 55%.} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "17"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,-5,2,-17,-11,-52,-12,-19,-29,-46,-49,-57,-33, -46,-40,-79,-64,-90,-91,-89,-96,-103,-101,-85,-89,-97,-39,-108,-31,-127,-118, -117,-114,-100,-107,-237,-207,-200,-220,-480,-478,-464,-476,-457,-457,-716, -704,-714,-661,-747,-737,-833,-708]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 e4 6. Nfd2 d5 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening.} 7. c4 Ne7 8. Be2 {[#]} h5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... c6 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Qc2 a6 11. O-O-O h5 12. Kb1 Bb4 13. h3 h4 14. Nf1 O-O {0-1 (69) Enders,P (2445)-Neuman,P (2423) Germany 2016}) 9. Ba3 c6 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Bxf8 Kxf8 12. Qc1 g6 13. Qa3+ Kg7 14. h3 Be6 15. Rc1 a6 16. Qb4 Rb8 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Na4 Nd7 $1 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qg5 21. g3 Qf6 22. Qc3 a5 (22... d4 $17 23. exd4 Bd5) 23. O-O (23. Qxf6+ $15 Kxf6 24. O-O) 23... Ne7 ({Black should play} 23... Qxc3 $17 24. Rxc3 d4 25. exd4 Nxd4) 24. Kg2 (24. Qxf6+ $15 Kxf6 25. Kg2) 24... Qxc3 $17 25. Rxc3 h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with ...hxg3. Black has strong initiative. } 26. g4 f5 27. f3 {[#] This costs White the game.} (27. Nb1 $17 {might work better.}) 27... d4 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rd4c3][%mdl 512]} 28. exd4 Nd5 29. Nb1 $2 (29. Bc4 {was necessary.} Nxc3 30. Bxe6) 29... Nf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black is clearly winning.} 30. Kf2 Nxh3+ 31. Ke1 exf3 32. Rfxf3 (32. gxf5 $142 fxe2 33. Kxe2 Bxf5 {[#]} 34. Rxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ng1+ 35. Kf2 gxf5 36. Kxg1) 32... fxg4 33. Rfe3 Bf5 34. Nd2 Nf4 35. Bc4 Ng2+ {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 86%. } 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "18"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+3"] 1. b3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} exf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. dxc6 { [%emt 0:00:02]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 8. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 9. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 { [%emt 0:00:08]} 10. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 11. Nc3 { [%emt 0:00:10]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 12. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} f6 {[%emt 0:00: 15]} 13. e3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 14. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 15. Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Bb5 { [%emt 0:00:08]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 17. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 18. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 19. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 20. Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 21. Qa6 { [%emt 0:00:12]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 22. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxh2 {[%emt 0:00: 10]} 23. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. e4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Bxc8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. exd5 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 27. Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 28. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rxb2+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Kxb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "18"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 27,28,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "18"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+3"] {[%evp 0,126,24,14,51,43,69,52,52,30,46,42,60,34,42,31,26,27,20,20,27,19,15,11, 10,9,9,10,10,2,-3,-3,-3,-34,-34,-35,-42,-42,-43,-40,-36,-96,-50,-90,-90,-69, -22,-3,-3,-107,-127,-112,-112,-112,-101,-105,-105,-89,-89,-89,-88,-96,-93,-89, -109,-101,-101,-98,-98,-103,-113,-105,-106,-117,-99,-121,-132,-151,-131,-127, -133,-102,-91,-131,-120,-126,-125,-117,-123,-121,-42,-40,0,9,0,0,25,0,37,17,17, 0,0,0,0,0,52,0,104,0,92,88,45,4,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. d4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e5 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. Bc4 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bd7 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 12. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 13. a4 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 14. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 15. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 17. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Qd3 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 19. h3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 21. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxb3 { [%emt 0:01:12]} 22. cxb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 23. axb5 { [%emt 0:00:14]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:00: 17]} 25. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nxa3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 26. bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} (26... Ra8 27. a4 Rfb8 $19) 27. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 28. b4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Rb2 {[%emt 0: 00:08]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 30. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 31. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 32. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxd5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 34. Ng3 {[%emt 0: 00:09]} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 35. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} f5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 38. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} (38... Rd8 39. Rxe5 Rxf2) 39. f3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} exf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 40. Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. h4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 42. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ree2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 43. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxg2 {[%emt 0: 00:04]} 44. Kxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rge2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 45. a4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Reb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 46. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 47. Ke5+ { [%emt 0:00:01]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 49. Re4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 50. a5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 51. hxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. a6 { [%emt 0:00:04]} Rfc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 53. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} 54. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 55. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxa6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 56. c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 57. Rf8+ { [%emt 0:00:01]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 58. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxc6+ {[%emt 0: 00:03]} 59. Kxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 60. Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 61. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 62. Kd4 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 63. Rxg2+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kxg2 {[%emt 0: 00:04]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "18"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C20"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+3"] {[%evp 0,103,14,14,14,-111,-103,-136,-115,-172,-140,-183,-94,-122,-106,-94,-91, -93,-58,-153,-88,-103,-111,-88,-55,-115,-101,-79,-78,-88,-96,-154,-120,-132, -132,-138,-107,-161,-244,-275,-275,-326,-371,-474,-494,-494,-494,-494,-499, -666,-346,-396,-11,-11,46,41,18,43,30,50,23,29,39,35,35,37,37,39,38,46,116,10, 58,43,174,164,173,139,175,169,175,169,189,156,193,184,175,180,207,215,234,195, 195,186,369,374,538,473,471,471,535,634,824,864,1161,1161]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. d3 { [%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 4. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:01] } 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb7 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 7. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. b4 {[%emt 0: 00:14]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. a3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 10. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bh6 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} 12. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 13. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. b5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 15. c4 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 16. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00: 17]} 17. dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 18. c5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 19. c6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 20. bxc6 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 21. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0: 00:17]} 22. Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} exd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 23. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:03] } Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} (23... Bg7) 24. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00: 06]} (24... Qh3) 25. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 26. Qxh6 { [%emt 0:00:04]} Rxe5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 27. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxe5+ { [%emt 0:00:00]} 28. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxh2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 29. Kf1 { [%emt 0:00:12]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 30. f3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00: 21]} 31. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qh2+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 34. Re1 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 35. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} 36. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 37. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Qe3 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 40. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00: 05]} 41. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 42. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 43. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. Rg4 { [%emt 0:00:28]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 45. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00: 08]} 46. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 47. Rgc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 48. Rxc7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. a4 { [%emt 0:00:06]} Be2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 50. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rg5+ {[%emt 0:00: 07]} 51. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 52. Kxe2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Blitz 2020"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2020.09.19"] [Round "18"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2020.09.18"] [EventType "blitz"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+3"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d6 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 3. c3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bb5+ {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 7. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} cxd4 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 10. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 13. Bh4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 14. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 15. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 16. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 17. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 18. Nh2 { [%emt 0:00:36]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 19. Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:03] } 20. d5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 21. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Nc5 { [%emt 0:00:19]} 22. e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Ne3 {[%emt 0: 00:52]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 24. Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 25. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 26. Nhf1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ba6 { [%emt 0:00:07]} 27. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28. Nf5 {[%emt 0: 00:04]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 29. Ne7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 30. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 31. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} dxc5 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 32. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 33. Rd1 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. Ng6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} fxg6 {[%emt 0: 00:10]} 35. e7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 36. exf8=Q+ {[%emt 0:00: 03]} Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 37. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Nxh5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxf2 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. Kg1 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 42. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rf1+ {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 43. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 0-1