[Event "Silver Lake Open 2021"] [Site "Veliko Gradiste"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Mullick, Raahil"] [Black "Nihal Sarin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2386"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2021.06.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,90,29,33,20,17,0,0,-3,0,-7,0,0,0,-4,14,-8,0,0,37,37,40,-58,-58,-58, -58,-58,-54,-66,-41,-47,-41,-48,-41,-52,-59,-72,-72,-69,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52, -112,-110,-112,-112,-195,-195,-196,-194,-342,-346,-469,-450,-453,-428,-701, -695,-719,-701,-787,-770,-993,-984,-944,-869,-1175,-1161,-1118,-1093,-1021, -963,-1097,-1001,-1150,-1060]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 {The main line 7.Qg4 scores better than 7.Nf3.} f6 8. Nf3 c4 9. Be2 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} Nc6 10. Bf4 Qf7 11. h4 {The position is equal.} h5 12. Qg3 Nge7 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rfe1 {[#]} Qg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... O-O-O 15. a4 Rdg8 16. Bc1 Nf5 17. Qh3 Nd8 18. g3 Qe8 19. a5 a6 20. Ba3 g5 21. hxg5 fxg5 {0-1 (44) Fule,S (2061)-Ozkan,T (1891) Bad Blankenburg 2018}) 15. Bf1 Qxg3 16. Bxg3 Kf7 17. Bf4 Ng6 18. g3 (18. Bd2 $14) 18... Nxf4 $15 19. gxf4 Ne7 20. Kh2 Rac8 21. Rab1 Rc7 22. Bh3 Ng6 23. Kg3 $1 Rb8 24. Nd2 Rc6 25. Nf1 Ra6 26. Ra1 f5 27. Reb1 Ne7 28. Kf3 Ra4 29. Ne3 { White is on the road to losing.} (29. Nd2 $15) 29... b5 $17 {[%CAl Bb7b5,Bb5b4] [%mdl 32]} 30. Nd1 Rb6 31. Ra2 (31. Nb2 $17 Ra5 32. Ra2) 31... Rba6 $1 $19 32. Rba1 {[#]} Nc6 $1 33. Ke3 {[#]} (33. Nb2 $142 R4a5 34. Nd1) 33... b4 $1 34. Kd2 Rxa3 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Rxa3 Rxa3 36. Rxa3 (36. Rb1 $142) 36... bxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 37. Kc1 Ne7 38. Bg2 Ng6 39. Bf3 Nxf4 40. Kb1 g5 41. hxg5 Kg6 42. Ka2 Kxg5 43. Kxa3 a5 44. Ne3 h4 45. Bh1 Be8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.49/Black=0.03} 0-1 [Event "Silver Lake Open 2021"] [Site "Veliko Gradiste"] [Date "2021.06.23"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Kanov, Nikola"] [Black "Nihal Sarin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2140"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2021.06.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,59,18,17,18,40,30,44,31,45,35,52,30,25,11,75,14,122,120,122,113,108, 114,97,57,46,-52,-74,-518,-523,-522,-496,-518,-514,-512,-512,-499,-496,-460, -463,-634,-640,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29999]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3:3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} h5 10. O-O h4 11. h3 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Rad1 Bc7 14. c4 Ne6 {[#] } (14... Qd6 $11 15. Bf4 Qd7 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender}) 15. Bc3 $146 ({ White should play} 15. Bb4 $16) ({Predecessor:} 15. Bc1 g6 16. Qc3 Qd6 17. f4 Ng7 18. c5 Qd8 19. d5 cxd5 20. Nd4 Nh5 21. Ne2 {0-1 (31) Lin,Z (1934)-Li,Y (2274) Tianjin 2020}) 15... Ng5 (15... g6 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. f4 $16 Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Bxh3 {[#]} 18. Rf2 Qd7 19. Kh2 Bg4 20. Re1 (20. Rh1 $14) 20... Re3 $15 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 21. Bd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (21. Kg1 $17 {is a better chance.}) 21... Rh3+ $19 22. Kg1 Bf3 { [%csl Gf3][%CAl Rh3h1]} 23. Rg2 {[#]} Rh1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Kf2 Qh3 ({Not} 24... Bxg2 25. Bh7+ (25. Bf5 Qe7 $17) 25... Kf8 26. Bf5 $17) 25. Reg1 Rxg1 26. Rxg1 Re8 27. Qb3 {[#] And now Bh7+! would win.} f5 $1 28. Ng3 Qh2+ {Black mates.} 29. Kxf3 Qxg1 {[%csl Gh4][%CAl Rg1g3]} 30. Ne2 Qf1# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.87/Black=0.13} 0-1 [Event "Silver Lake Open 2021"] [Site "Veliko Gradiste"] [Date "2021.06.25"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Nihal Sarin"] [Black "Sadikhov, Ulvi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D04"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2490"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2021.06.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,67,0,-10,-21,-15,-8,-22,-19,-8,-8,0,-11,6,-3,0,-28,-24,-30,-25,-23, -22,-13,0,-3,-8,-20,0,0,0,-8,-3,0,0,-8,-1,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,29,26,55,54, 1096,1076,889,848]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c3 Qc7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 {[%CAl Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6d5][%mdl 32] is the legacy move (7...0-0).} 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 {D04: Colle System.} b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 {The position is equal.} Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 {[#]} 15. Ba6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 15. Be4 Rad8 16. Bd2 e5 17. Bc2 Rfe8 18. Rad1 b5 19. Bb3 h6 20. a4 a6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qe4 Qc7 23. Qh4 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 (23) Dienne,J (2119) -Tritt,M (1896) ICCF email 2008}) 15... Bxa6 16. Qxa6 b5 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 b4 19. cxb4 Qxb4 20. Rae1 Qxb2 21. Rxe7 Qb6 22. Qa4 Bf6 23. R7e4 Rac8 24. g4 Rc3 25. Kg2 (25. R4e3 {seems wilder.} Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Qc7 27. Kg2 Rc8 28. Rd3) 25... Qc5 (25... Qb7 {is more complex.} 26. g5 Bd8 27. Qd4 Ba5 28. R1e2 Qc8) 26. R1e3 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Rd8 28. Ra3 Be7 29. Re3 Bf6 30. Rb3 Kg7 31. Rb7 Rd3 { [#] And now ...Qd5 would win.} 32. Qe4 ({Much worse is} 32. Qe8 Qd5 $15) 32... Ra3 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Rd8 $14) 33. Qe6 $1 $18 {[%CAl Re6f7]} Qf8 34. Ne5 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.06} 1-0 [Event "Silver Lake Open 2021"] [Site "Veliko Gradiste"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Nihal Sarin"] [Black "Topalov, Aleksandar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2260"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2021.06.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,37,66,66,62,67,137,136,211,192,247,239,207,191,347,338,486,497]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Ne5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Bg7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Kb1 O-O 11. h4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 {[#]} Ne4 $146 {D00:1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} ({Predecessor:} 12... b5 13. Qe1 Ne4 14. Nxd5 Qxe1 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Rdxe1 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nxf2 18. Rhf1 Ne4 19. Rf4 Nd2+ 20. Kc1 {1-0 (37) Sadhwani,R (2755)-Narayanan,S (2965) Chess.com INT 2020}) 13. Nxe4 {[%CAl Bc3e4,Be4c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32]} Bxe5 (13... dxe4 $14 14. Bxg7 Kxg7) 14. Nc5 $16 { And now Nb3 would win.} (14. dxe5 $6 dxe4 15. Rd7 Qxe5 $11) 14... Bg7 {[#]} ( 14... Bd6 $16) 15. h5 $1 $18 (15. Nxb7 $6 Qb4 $16) 15... Rfe8 (15... e5 { is a better defense.} 16. hxg6 (16. Nxb7 Qb4 $11) 16... fxg6) 16. hxg6 (16. Nxb7 $6 Qc7 $16) 16... hxg6 17. f4 {Black must now prevent f5.} ({Don't take} 17. Nxb7 Qb5) 17... e5 $2 (17... Qc7 18. g4 e6) 18. fxe5 Rxe5 (18... Bxe5 $142 19. Nb3 (19. Nxb7 Qb4 $16) 19... Qb5 20. Qxb5 cxb5 21. dxe5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rxe5) 19. Nb3 {White took control after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.00/Black=0.83} ({Less strong is} 19. dxe5 Qxc5 20. e6 Qb4 $18) 1-0