[Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "10"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,91,7,7,8,18,5,10,3,2,-3,0,0,0,2,0,8,8,0,23,0,0,0,0,-16,-16,-27,-17, -22,0,0,13,19,18,22,9,18,16,0,63,27,30,34,79,0,30,40,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,10,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-145]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ... Bb4.} b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 c5 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 Nbd7 13. d3 {[#]} Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... a5 14. e4 Nb6 15. Nbd2 Rc8 16. Ne5 Nfd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Nc4 Nb8 19. e5 Bd5 {1-0 (51) Lysyj,I (2630)-Fakhrutdinov,T (2460) Yaroslavl 2018}) 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Rc8 16. Qc2 Bf6 17. Qb2 a5 18. Rc2 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Rfc1 Rfc8 $1 22. Bf1 Ba6 23. d4 c4 ( 23... cxd4 $1 $11 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Nxc7) 24. Bxc4 Nb6 25. Nd2 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 (26. bxc4 $16 e5 27. dxe5) 26... Nxa4 {Hoping for ...Nb6!} 27. Ra1 Nb6 { [%CAl Rb6c4]} 28. Nxb6 (28. Rxa5 {seems wilder.} f6 29. Ra1 Nxc4 30. Rac1 e5 31. f3) 28... Rxc2 {The position is equal.} 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 30. Kf1 g6 31. Rxa5 {Black must now prevent Rb5.} Rc3 32. g4 Rxb3 33. Rb5 h6 34. h4 Rb2 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 b3 38. Rb8 Rb1 39. Kf3 Rg1 40. Rxb3 {Rb5 is the strong threat.} (40. Kf4 {keeps more tension.} Rg2 41. f3 b2 42. e4 Rf2 43. Rb7) 40... Rxg5 41. Rb7 Rf5+ 42. Ke2 Ra5 43. Kf3 Rf5+ 44. Ke2 Ra5 45. Kf3 Rf5+ 46. Ke4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.06} (46. Kg2 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "10"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E53"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,146,6,0,0,2,0,4,0,4,29,25,43,15,40,24,57,18,60,0,0,0,81,88,91,93,83, 80,85,80,87,89,75,89,87,67,67,68,76,63,70,70,95,94,94,94,94,94,90,93,107,96,92, 91,118,88,88,100,120,88,95,95,115,14,140,140,146,146,146,146,149,152,316,149, 152,139,139,31,183,174,317,317,635,625,546,439,395,388,1327,1298,1271,1239, 1203,989,876,749,3343,2184,1085,1074,29953,1083,1076,100,1076,100,100,100,100, 0,0,0,1061,1006,999,932,825,0,0,0,24,24,32,0,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 {E53: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line (4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 c5 7 0-0).} 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nxc5 10. Be2 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nfe4 13. Bd4 Ne6 14. O-O Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qd6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 (68) Duda,J (2743)-Caruana,F (2823) Chess.com INT 2020}) 11. a3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne6 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qa4 (15. Bb4 $14) 15... d4 $1 $11 {[%CAl Rd4c3]} 16. Rad1 {[%CAl Rc3d4]} Qb6 (16... b5 $11 17. Qxb5 (17. Bxb5 Qd5 $15) 17... Rb8 ) 17. Bxd4 $16 (17. exd4 Nf4 $17) 17... Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 ({Much weaker is} 19. exd4 $6 Rc2 $11) 19... Rc2 20. Bd3 {[%CAl Rd3c2]} Rxb2 21. Rc1 g6 22. Rc7 Kg7 23. Kg2 a6 24. a4 Ne8 25. Re7 Nf6 26. Bc4 b5 {[#]} 27. Rb7 $1 Rb4 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rxb5 Rxb5 30. Bxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc8 31. Ra4 Rc5 {And now ...Rg5+ would win.} 32. Bc4 g5 33. h3 h6 34. Ba2 Rc7 35. Ra5 Ng8 36. h4 gxh4 37. Kh3 (37. Ra4 $16) 37... Ne7 (37... Rc2 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 38. Kxh4 Rc1 39. Kg3 Rc7 40. f4 Rc3 41. Ra7 Kf6 (41... Kf8 $16 { was called for.} 42. Kf3 Rc5) 42. Ra6+ (42. Kg2 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 42... Kg7 43. Kg4 Rc2 44. Ra7 (44. Kf3 $16) 44... Kf6 $2 (44... Rxf2 $14 45. e4 (45. Rxe7 Rxa2 46. e4 Rg2+ 47. Kh4 Rg1 $11) 45... Kf8) 45. Kf3 $18 Rc3 (45... Kg7 {was necessary.} 46. e4 (46. Rxe7 Rxa2 47. Kg3 Kf6 $16) 46... h5 ) 46. Kg2 Rc8 $2 (46... h5 47. e4 Rc2 48. e5+ Kg7) 47. e4 Re8 48. e5+ Kg7 49. Bb3 Rb8 $2 (49... f5 50. Rb7 Kf8) 50. Rxe7 Rxb3 {KR-KR} 51. f5 $1 Kg8 52. f3 h5 53. Kg3 $1 h4+ 54. Kxh4 Rxf3 55. Kg5 Ra3 56. Re8+ (56. Rb7 $142 Ra6 57. Rb8+ Kh7 58. Rc8 Rb6 59. Rd8 Ra6 60. Rc8 Rb6 61. Rd8) 56... Kg7 57. f6+ Kh7 {[#]} 58. Rf8 $2 (58. Re7 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kg8 59. Rd7) 58... Ra7 $16 59. Kf5 Rb7 60. Re8 ({Better is} 60. Ra8 $16) 60... Rb1 $11 61. Rf8 Rf1+ $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (61... Rb7 $11) 62. Ke4 Re1+ {[#]} 63. Kf4 $1 Rf1+ 64. Ke4 $2 ({ White has to play} 64. Kg5 $18 Rg1+ 65. Kh4 Rh1+ 66. Kg4) 64... Re1+ $1 65. Kd5 (65. Kd3 {keeps more tension.} Kg6 66. Rg8+ Kf5 67. Rf8 Rd1+ 68. Ke3) 65... Kg6 (65... Rd1+ {seems wilder.} 66. Kc6 Kg6 67. Rg8+ Kf5 68. Rf8 Kxe5 69. Rxf7 Ke6) 66. Kd6 Ra1 67. Rd8 Kf5 68. Ke7 Kxe5 {The position is equal.} 69. Kxf7 Ra6 $1 70. Re8+ Kf5 71. Kg7 Rxf6 72. Rf8 Rxf8 73. Kxf8 Ke5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.38/Black=0.51} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "10"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,65,12,22,16,10,13,13,18,16,10,12,10,10,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-11,-8,-4, -6,-4,-4,-4,-8,-12,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 { The position is equal.} O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 9. Rc1 Rd8 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Be2 {[#]} Be8 $146 {[#] And now ...Nxd4 would win.} ({Predecessor:} 13... e5 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Qb2 e4 16. Nd2 Na5 17. O-O c5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Nf1 Bg6 {1-0 (47) Ding,L (2805)-Giri,A (2779) Saint Louis 2019}) 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Qa3 b6 16. O-O c5 17. dxc5 Qe7 $1 18. Nd4 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 bxc5 20. Nb3 Nxb3 21. axb3 Rd2 22. Bc4 Rb8 23. Ra1 Bb5 24. Rxa7 Bxc4 25. bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rb3 26. Rc7 Rxc3 27. Rxc5 Rdc2 28. g3 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Kh1 Kh7 31. Kg1 Kg8 32. Kh1 Kh7 33. Kg1 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0. 02/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "10"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C28"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "197"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,197,13,16,16,17,0,8,0,15,5,19,24,24,22,30,-29,10,8,7,-37,30,24,22,0, 1,0,42,0,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,-15,-5,-16,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,-28,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-62,-46,-76,-57,-82,-112,-398,155,160,161,152,176,122,172, 119,148,111,174,184,233,224,227,126,181,114,295,300,312,300,440,320,457,441, 471,465,496,462,648,610,581,562,650,645,747,747,831,762,804,781,757,743,1028, 1028,1000,981,926,893,2114,2096,1925,1793,1641,1612,5887,5820,5813,5820,5813, 5813,5813,5813,5805,5805,5805,0,3863,3856,5595,5567,5485,5460,5037,4358,1881, 1247,1707,1656,2772,2483,3643,1069,5983,1737,1567,1435,29969,29970,29973,29974, 29974,29975,29977,29978,29979,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29980,29981,29982, 29983,29985,29985,29985,29986,29986,29986,29988,29987,29989,29990]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 d6 7. Ng3 {C28: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nc6.} Be7 8. h3 Be6 9. b3 {The position is equal.} c6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qf3 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... g6 12. Rd1 Ne8 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. c5 Qc7 15. cxd6 Bxd6 16. Rd3 f6 17. Rad1 Be7 {1-0 (71) Ponkratov,P (2604) -Melkumyan,H (2622) Berlin 2015}) 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Rd3 ({White should try} 13. a4) 13... Rad8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 a6 (15... b5 $1 $15 16. cxb5 d5) 16. a4 $11 Nd7 17. Nh5 Bf8 18. Rad1 Kh7 19. Ng3 (19. Nd5 $5 cxd5 20. cxd5 $11) 19... a5 20. Nf5 {[%CAl Rf5d6]} (20. Nd5 $5 cxd5 21. cxd5 $11 (21. exd5 e4 $17)) 20... Nc5 $1 {[%CAl Rc5d3]} 21. R3d2 g6 22. Ng3 b6 23. Nf1 Bg7 24. Nh2 Qe7 25. Nf1 Rf8 26. Ng3 Bf6 27. Rb1 Bg7 28. Rbd1 Kh8 29. Nce2 Kg8 30. Nc1 Kh7 31. Nd3 Nd7 32. Nf1 f5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Qxc6 {aiming for Ne1.} f4 35. Bxb6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rc8 {[%CAl Rc8c6]} 36. Qb5 {Black must now prevent Ne1.} Rb8 $1 {[%CAl Rb8b6]} 37. c5 e4 $1 38. Ne1 $2 (38. Nxf4 $11 Rxf4 39. Rxd6) 38... dxc5 $15 39. Rxd7 Bxd7 40. Rxd7 Qe6 41. Qxc5 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Rc7 $17 Rxb6 42. Qxa5) 41... Rxb6 $4 (41... Qxd7 $19 42. Bxa5 Bd4) 42. Qxf8 $16 {[%csl Gf8] [%CAl Rd7g7]} (42. Qxa5 Qxd7 43. Qxb6 Bc3 $19) 42... Qxd7 43. Qxf4 Qe6 44. Ne3 (44. Nd2 $18) 44... Rd6 {[#]} 45. g4 (45. g3 $1 $18) 45... Rd7 46. N1g2 Rf7 ( 46... Rd2 $16 47. Kf1 Qa6+ 48. Nc4 Rxc2) 47. Nf5 $18 Be5 48. Qe3 Bc7 49. Ngh4 ( 49. Qe2 $18) 49... Bb6 (49... Rd7 $16 50. Nd4 Qe5) 50. Qf4 (50. Qe2 $18) 50... e3 $2 (50... Rd7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 51. fxe3 Rd7 52. Nf3 Qc6 (52... Bc7 $142 53. N3d4 Bxf4 54. Nxe6 Rd1+ 55. Kf2 Be5) 53. c4 Qe6 (53... Rd1+ {was necessary.} 54. Kf2 Bc7) 54. Kg2 Bc7 {[#]} 55. N3d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf6 (55... Bxf4 56. Nxe6) 56. Qe4 Qe5 (56... Rd8 $142 57. Ne7+ Kh8) 57. Qxe5 Bxe5 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KNN} 58. Kf3 Kg6 59. Ke4 Bb8 60. c5 Rb7 61. Nb5 h5 62. c6 Rh7 63. gxh5+ Rxh5 64. Ne7+ (64. c7 Bxc7 65. Nxc7 Rxf5 $11) 64... Kf7 65. Nd5 ({Weaker is} 65. c7 Bxc7 66. Nf5 (66. Nxc7 Kxe7 67. Nd5+ Kd6 $11) 66... Bd8 $11) 65... Rh4+ 66. Kd3 Ke6 {[#]} 67. c7 $1 Bxc7 68. Ndxc7+ Ke5 69. Nd4 Rxh3 70. Ncb5 Kd5 71. Na3 Kc5 72. Nc4 Kb4 73. Ne5 Kc5 74. Nec6 Kb6 75. Ne5 Kc5 76. Ng6 Rh1 77. Nf4 Rh8 78. Ke4 Re8+ 79. Nfe6+ Kd6 80. Kd3 Rh8 81. Ng5 Kc5 82. Ne4+ Kb4 83. Nd2 Rh3 84. Nc6+ Kc5 85. Nxa5 Kb4 86. Nc6+ {White mates.} Kc5 87. Nd4 Kb4 88. Nc2+ Kc5 89. b4+ Kd5 90. Ne4 Rh1 91. Nc3+ Kc6 92. Nd4+ Kd6 93. a5 { [%CAl Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Ra1 94. Kc4 Re1 95. a6 Kc7 96. b5 Ra1 97. e4 Kd6 98. Nc2 Rc1 {[#]} 99. a7 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.29/Black=0.37} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "10"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B86"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,27,0,50,56,53,22,15,35,13,-1,6,25,35,51,82,-38,42, -58,16,1,-4,-114,-121,-115,-108,-225,-233,-202,-219,-207,-209,-242,-243,-236, -243,-479,-483,-458,-455,-800,-793,-783,-782,-11933,-6299,-6616,-5625,-2089, -1776]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Bb3 b5 9. a3 {is more profitable than 9.f3 at the moment.} O-O 10. f3 { B86: Sicilian Scheveningen/Najdorf: 6 Bc4, without early ...b5.} Bb7 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. O-O-O {The position is equal.} Rc8 {[#]} 13. Kb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. g4 Na5 14. Kb1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. h4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bc1 Qb6 19. Qe3 Nxe5 {0-1 (29) Koniahli,M (1875)-Patrascu,C (2033) Al Ain 2013}) 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qa5 15. Qe1 Qc7 16. h4 Bc6 17. h5 a5 {[%CAl Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 18. e5 {Hoping for h6.} dxe5 19. Bxe5 Qb7 20. Ne2 ({White has to play} 20. h6 $16 g6 21. Qh4) 20... Nd7 ({Black should try} 20... h6 $15) 21. Bd4 (21. Bd6 $14 Bxd6 22. Rxd6) 21... e5 (21... h6 $15) 22. Ng3 {Threatens to win with Bc3.} a4 23. Nf5 $2 (23. Ba2) 23... Bf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Bc3 (25. Nd6 $17 Qb8 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Bc3) 25... Be7 $19 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. h6 g6 28. Rd6 Nb6 29. Qg3 {[#]} Be8 30. Rhd1 $2 (30. Qg5 Nc4 31. Rd3) 30... Nc4 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Rd8 {[#]} Nxa3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Kc1 {[#]} (32. bxa3 $142 Rxc3 33. Qh4) 32... b4 $1 {[%CAl Bb5b4, Bb4c3,Bc3b2][%mdl 32]} 33. Rxc8 Qxc8 34. Qg5 bxc3 35. Qxe7 cxb2+ 36. Kd2 (36. Kxb2 Qxc2+ 37. Ka1 (37. Kxa3 Qb3#) 37... Qxd1+ 38. Kb2 Qc2+ 39. Ka1 Qb1#) 36... Qd7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.76/Black=0.12} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "11"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,89,15,9,46,0,-1,1,12,12,25,16,16,0,13,10,18,29,45,54,37,39,41,39,28, 11,23,8,26,16,19,-5,0,0,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,8,116,121,120,0,129,17,16,13, 12,12,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 {aiming for ...d4. D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Qe7 10. a3 Bxc5 11. O-O {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. e4 Ng4 13. Bf4 f6 14. Rac1 Ba7 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. Bxb8 Rxb8 {1-0 (45) Jerez Perez,A (2434) -Glavina,P (2458) Sanxenxo 2004}) 12. b4 Ba7 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Qh4 h6 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. b5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Bc5 18. Rac1 {Threatens to win with Bxf6.} e5 19. h3 Bf5 20. g4 Bg6 21. g5 hxg5 22. Qxg5 {[%CAl Rf3e5]} ({Don't play} 22. Nxg5 Ne4 $1 $15) 22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 {[%CAl Rb2e5]} Qe6 {Strongly threatening ...Ne4.} 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Ne4 26. Qf4 Re8 27. Bd4 {[%CAl Rd4c5]} Bxd4 (27... Qxh3 $11 28. Bxc5 Nxc5) 28. Rxd4 $16 {Nc7 is the strong threat.} Qxh3 {[#]} 29. Bg4 ({White must play} 29. Nc7 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rc7e8]} Rf8 30. Rxe4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4) 29... Qh6 $2 {[#]} (29... Qh4 $11) 30. Qxh6 (30. Nc7 $1 $16 Rb8 (30... Re7 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Nd5 $18) (30... Qxf4 31. exf4 Re7 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Nd5 $18) 31. Rxe4 Bxe4 32. Qxe4) 30... gxh6 $11 {The position is equal.} 31. Bf3 Re5 32. a4 Kg7 33. Nd6 Nxd6 34. Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra5 (34... Be4 { seems wilder.} 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 36. Rb6 Rg4+ 37. Kf1 Rxa4 38. Rxb7 h5) 35. Rd4 ( 35. Bd1 {feels hotter.} Be4 36. Kh2 Bc6 37. Rd4 Kf6 38. Rf4+) 35... b5 36. axb5 Rxb5 37. Rd5 Rxd5 38. Bxd5 {KB-KB} Kf6 39. f4 Kg7 40. Kf2 Bb1 41. Kg3 f6 42. Bg2 Bc2 43. Bh1 Bb1 44. Bg2 Bc2 45. Bh1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/ Black=0.17} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "11"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,99,0,40,40,43,36,33,23,41,12,6,0,53,39,54,37,49,27,58,15,42,0,38,32, 43,33,39,37,60,60,64,64,67,68,68,63,78,19,24,27,59,52,68,64,67,73,68,70,213, 221,418,426,426,416,394,387,402,304,541,529,506,496,865,865,904,1016,924,890, 1555,1336,2619,2671,12797,6129,6618,9439,6195,5517,29975,29977,29975,29976, 29974,29976,29974,29973,29981,29983,29983,29984,29992,29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg4 6. h3 {D00:1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 {[#]} 8. g4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bd3 Qb6 9. O-O-O e6 10. g4 Bb4 11. Ne2 Qa5 12. Kb1 Be7 13. h4 c5 14. c3 {1-0 (93) Alekseenko,K (2696)-Matinian,N (2475) Chess.com INT 2020}) 8... e6 9. Bd3 Bb4 10. O-O h5 (10... O-O $11) 11. g5 $14 Ng8 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. c4 Ba5 14. Qg3 Rc8 15. b4 Bc7 16. Bxc7 Rxc7 17. c5 Nf5 18. Bxf5 h4 19. Qd6 {[#] Strongly threatening Bg4.} gxf5 20. Kh1 Nf8 21. Qxd8+ Kxd8 22. f4 Kd7 23. b5 (23. Kg2 $16) 23... b6 24. a4 {[%CAl Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5b6][%mdl 32]} Ng6 25. Kg2 Rb8 26. Rfb1 Ne7 27. Kf3 Kc8 28. Nc3 Kd7 {[#] This move loses the game for Black.} ( 28... bxc5 $14 29. dxc5 cxb5) 29. a5 $1 $18 bxc5 $2 (29... Nc8 30. bxc6+ Rxc6) 30. b6 axb6 31. axb6 Rcb7 32. dxc5 e5 33. Ra7 exf4 $2 (33... Ng6 34. Ne2 Kc8) 34. exf4 Kc8 35. Rba1 Kd7 (35... d4 $142 36. Ne2 Rxa7 37. Rxa7 Rb7 38. Ra8+ Rb8 ) 36. Ne2 Nc8 37. Rxb7+ Rxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 38. Nd4 Ne7 39. Ra8 Ng6 40. Ra7 Kc8 41. Rxb7 Kxb7 42. Nxf5 {KN-KN} Ka6 43. Nd6 d4 44. f5 {White mates.} Ne5+ 45. Ke4 d3 46. Ke3 d2 47. Ke2 Nf3 48. g6 fxg6 49. fxg6 Ng1+ 50. Kxd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.48} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "11"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 27,29,0,0,0]} 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 {[#]} 15. Qe4+ $146 {A rather calm draw. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Qe3+ Be7 16. Nc3 c6 17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Nc5 Qd6 19. Re1 b6 20. Ne4 Qe5 21. a5 bxa5 22. Rxa5 Qc7 23. Rg5 Kf8 24. Rxg7 h6 25. Qd4 Be6 26. Rg6 fxg6 27. Qxh8+ {1-0 (25) Abdusattorov,N (2627) -Nakamura,H (2736) Chess.com INT 2021}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "11"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,145,38,38,39,0,0,1,0,-16,-16,-20,-19,-20,-18,-114,-106,-101,-145, -117,-92,-109,-87,-167,0,0,142,142,126,71,96,100,216,211,218,136,132,134,161, 138,246,246,246,246,246,246,246,246,246,246,246,246,246,246,245,245,227,215, 208,207,207,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,185,189,184,186, 147,191,140,147,149,185,160,235,126,387,387,373,383,346,296,12835,12835,12836, 12836,12837,12837,12837,12837,12837,12837,12840,12840,12841,12841,12842,12843, 12849,12850,12850,12850,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27998,27999,27999,27999, 27995,27996,27996,27999,27999,27996,27996,27997,27996,27997,27997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d5 {7...d6 is a critical line.} 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O g6 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 10. a4 $5 { [%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} Bg7 11. a5 Nd5 {[#] The position is equal.} 12. d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a6 b5 13. Na3 Rb8 14. d3 cxd3 15. Bxd3 Bxa6 16. Qe2 Qc5 17. Nc2 Bc8 18. Ncd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 {0-1 (49) Sanal,V (2571)-Zhigalko,S (2572) Chess.com INT 2021}) 12... cxd3 13. Bxd3 O-O 14. Be4 Rd8 15. Na3 (15. Qa4 $11) 15... Nxc3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} 16. Qxd6 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Rxd6 18. Nb5 Rd8 19. a6 (19. Bg5 $17) 19... Rb8 $2 (19... f5 $19 20. axb7 (20. Bxc6 bxc6) (20. Bd5+ Rxd5 21. Nc7 Rd7 22. Nxa8 bxa6) (20. Bb1 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 Bxb2) (20. Bc2 bxa6 21. Nc7 Rb8) 20... Bxb7 21. Bxc6 Bxc6) 20. Be3 $11 Ned4 (20... Bf5 $11 {remains equal.} 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Nxa7 Be4) 21. Nbxd4 $16 Nxd4 22. Bf4 (22. Rfd1 $142) 22... e5 23. Nxe5 Bf5 (23... f5 $16 {was necessary.}) 24. Bxf5 $18 Nxf5 25. Nc4 b5 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. Na5 {aiming for Nc6.} Bxb2 (27... Rb6 $16) 28. Nc6 Rb6 29. Nxa7 Bxa1 30. Rxa1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd6 {[#]} 31. Nc6 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc6 {KRN-KR} 32. a7 Rc8 {...Ra8 is the strong threat.} 33. a8=Q Rxa8 34. Rxa8+ {KR-KN} Kg7 35. Rd8 Nc4 36. Rd5 Na3 37. Kg1 Kf6 38. Kf1 Ke6 39. Rd3 Nc4 40. Rd8 h5 41. Rb8 Nd6 42. Ke2 Kd5 43. Kd3 Kc5 44. f3 Kd5 45. Ra8 Ke5 46. Ra1 Kd5 47. Re1 (47. g3 $18) 47... Nc4 48. Re7 Kd6 49. Ra7 Ne5+ (49... Kd5 $16 50. Kc3 Nd6) 50. Kc3 ({ Better is} 50. Ke4 $18) 50... Ke6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (50... g5 $16 51. Ra8 h4) 51. Rb7 Nc4 52. Rxb5 Ne3 53. g3 h4 $2 (53... Nf5 54. Ra5 Nd6) 54. gxh4 Nf5 55. h5 gxh5 56. Kd3 Kf6 57. Ra5 Kg6 58. Ke4 Nd6+ 59. Kf4 f6 60. Rc5 Ne8 61. Rc1 Ng7 62. Rg1+ Kf7 {[#]} 63. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 {KPP-KPP} 64. Kf5 {White mates.} h4 65. Kg4 Kg6 66. Kxh4 {KPP-KP} Kf5 67. Kg3 Kg5 68. h4+ Kf5 (68... Kh5 69. Kh3) 69. Kg2 Ke5 70. h5 Kf5 {[#]} 71. f4 $1 Ke6 72. Kf3 ({ Weaker is} 72. h6 Kf7 $11) 72... f5 73. Ke3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/ Black=0.29} ({Inferior is} 73. h6 Kf6 $11) 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "11"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,100,-1,12,8,8,8,11,0,0,-4,0,-8,0,-3,8,-4,8,-8,8,10,36,36,22,18,20,20, 55,54,58,4,27,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,14,4,4,8,10,9,4,0,28,4,21,0,0,0,0,0,152,0,10,6, 2,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,206,212,211,100,1397,1008,6821,5089,29975,29974, 29976,29976,29976,29978,29978,29974,29984,29984,29986]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 {6...Bf5 is the recent fashion.} 7. d3 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6:4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3.} Qd7 8. Bd2 Nf6 9. Rb1 { The position is equal.} Bh3 10. a3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 O-O 12. b4 b6 13. h3 Rac8 {[#] } 14. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qb3 e6 15. Rfc1 h6 16. Nb5 Ne8 17. Bc3 e5 18. Ba1 f5 19. e3 Qf7 20. Rc2 {0-1 (39) Loew,G (2206)-Brueggemann,J (2304) Germany 2015}) 14... Ne8 15. b5 Nd8 16. a4 f5 17. Qe2 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 e5 19. exf5 $1 gxf5 20. Nd2 (20. a5 $14) 20... f4 21. Qg4+ Qxg4 22. hxg4 Ne6 23. f3 fxg3 24. Kxg3 Nf4 25. Ne4 Nf6 (25... Nxd3 $6 26. Rbd1 $16) 26. Bd2 d5 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28. Bxf4 exf4+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 29. Kh4 Rd8 30. Rbe1 Kf7 31. Re5 dxc4 32. dxc4 Rd2 {( -> ...Rh2+)} 33. g5 Re6 $2 {[#]} ({Black should play} 33... Rh2+ $11 34. Kg4 h5+ 35. gxh6 Rg2+ 36. Kh5 Rh2+ 37. Kg5 Rg2+ 38. Kh5 Rh2+ 39. Kg5 Rg2+ 40. Kh5) 34. Rfe1 ({White has to play} 34. Rxe6 $1 $16 Kxe6 35. Kg4 Ra2 (35... Rc2 36. Re1+ Kf7 37. Re4 Ra2) 36. Kxf4 Rxa4 37. Re1+ Kf7 38. Kf5 a5 (38... Rxc4 39. Ra1) 39. Rh1 Kg7 40. Rc1) 34... Rxe5 35. Rxe5 {KR-KR} Rd4 $1 36. Kh5 Rxc4 37. Kh6 Rc1 {[%CAl Rc1h1]} (37... Rxa4 38. Kxh7 Ra2 39. Rf5+ Ke6 40. Rxf4 $18) 38. Rf5+ $1 Ke6 39. Rxf4 c4 {...c3 is the strong threat.} 40. Kxh7 c3 41. Rc4 {Threatens to win with g6.} c2 $4 (41... Kd5 $1 $11 42. Rc8 Kd4 43. g6 Rh1+ 44. Kg8 Rf1 45. g7 (45. Rf8 $4 c2 $19) 45... Rxf3) 42. Kg6 $18 Kd5 43. Rc8 {aiming for Kf5.} Kd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] A mistake that costs the game.} (43... Ke5 $16 44. Rc6 Kf4) 44. f4 $1 Kd3 45. f5 Rf1 46. f6 {White mates.} c1=Q 47. Rxc1 Rxc1 48. f7 Rc8 49. Kf6 Ke4 50. g6 Kd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.30} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "12"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,132,-7,-19,-22,-26,-20,0,-9,-27,-21,0,-3,0,0,63,-2,28,18,22,29,33,30, 33,10,0,0,42,42,41,42,42,42,42,42,42,0,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,73,57,57, 60,65,64,65,63,64,55,60,0,64,64,65,42,52,43,57,40,56,21,57,20,20,20,20,20,20, 20,22,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,-8,-8,-8,-8, -8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 d4 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 {A08: King's Indian Attack.} Re8 10. Rc1 h6 {[#] } 11. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Nfd2 Bg4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. f3 Bh3 15. Rf2 Nd5 16. Ne4 Bb6 17. g4 {1/2-1/2 (65) Ipatov,A (2613)-Najer,E (2653) Dubai 2014}) 11... Bg4 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nc4 Bf8 14. b4 $1 cxb4 (14... Bxf3 $11 15. Bxf3 dxc3 16. Bxc3 cxb4 17. axb4 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5) 15. axb4 (15. cxb4 $14 Bxf3 16. Bxf3) 15... dxc3 (15... Bxf3 $5 16. Bxf3 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Nd5 $11) 16. Bxc3 {[%CAl Rf3e5]} e4 17. Nfe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qf5 19. f3 (19. Nxg4 {keeps more tension.} Nxg4 20. Bd4 e3 21. f3 Nf2 22. Qa4) 19... Rxe5 20. dxe4 Qe6 (20... Nxe4 {is interesting.} 21. fxe4 Rxe4 22. Rf1 Qg5 23. Bd2 Qd5) 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. fxg4 Bxb4 23. Rf1 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 {And now Rf5 would win.} Nxg4 25. Qb3 ({Much weaker is} 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. exd5 Nf2+ 27. Rxf2 Bxf2 $15) (25. Qd7 $5 {[%CAl Rd7g4]} Nf2+ {[#]} 26. Rxf2 $1 Bxf2 27. Rf1 $14) 25... Nf2+ {[#]} (25... Qh5 { with more complications.} 26. h3 Nf2+ 27. Kh2 Ng4+ 28. Kh1) 26. Rxf2 $1 Bxf2 27. Rf1 Bc5 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qxb7 Re8 30. Bf3 a5 31. Qc6 Bb4 32. Rd1 Qe6 33. Qb5 Qe5 34. Rd5 Qb8 35. Qd7 Qc8 36. Qb5 Qb8 $1 37. Qa4 Re5 38. Rd3 Kh7 39. Kg2 Qe8 40. Qb3 (40. Qd1 {seems wilder.} Qe6 41. Rd8 h5 42. Qa1 Qe7 43. Ra8) 40... h5 41. Rd5 g6 42. Qd3 Rxd5 {The position is equal.} 43. exd5 Qe5 44. Be4 Qf6 45. Qb5 Kg7 46. Qd7+ (46. Bc2 {looks sharper.} h4 47. Qd7+ Be7 48. gxh4 Qxh4 49. Kf3) 46... Qe7 47. Qxe7+ Bxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 48. Bc2 Kf6 49. Kf3 g5 50. h4 gxh4 51. gxh4 Ke5 52. Kg3 Kxd5 53. Bg6 a4 {[%CAl Ba5a4,Ba4a3] [%mdl 32]} 54. Bxh5 a3 55. Bf7+ Ke4 56. h5 Ke3 57. h6 Bf6 58. Bc4 a2 59. Bxa2 Kxe2 60. h7 (60. Kg4 {is more complex.} Bb2 61. h7 Ke3 62. Kf5 Bc3 63. Ke6) 60... Ba1 61. h8=N (61. Bc4+ {feels hotter.} Ke3 62. Be6 Bb2 63. Kg2 Be5 64. Kf1) 61... Be5+ 62. Kg4 Bxh8 63. Bc4+ Ke3 64. Bd3 Be5 65. Kf5 Kd2 66. Kxe5 Kxd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "12"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,121,34,33,26,37,41,28,42,48,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,-80,2,0,0,0,88,89,107,107, 133,134,145,147,137,133,221,212,204,188,290,292,275,295,273,266,286,15,18,17, 52,8,8,13,13,7,25,4,65,78,83,85,77,50,62,58,69,29,30,29,33,39,347,365,380,371, 365,333,445,423,522,468,455,451,552,529,1686,704,1677,1326,1063,868,879,859, 775,673,1241,1438,12833,2184,12842,12843,12843,12843,12844,12843,12842,12843]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Be3 Rc8 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6.} 12. f4 d6 13. Rc1 {was the old line (13.Bf3).} Qc7 {White has an edge.} 14. Bf3 Rfd8 {[#]} 15. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qe2 Qb8 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Bf2 Ne7 18. Nd2 Ng6 19. g3 Qa8 20. Re1 d5 21. cxd5 exd5 {1-0 (44) Andersson,U (2541)-Steel,H (2175) Gibraltar 2007}) 15... exd5 $11 16. cxd5 Qd7 {Hoping for ...Na5.} 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Qd4 (18. Nd2 $11 { keeps the balance.}) 18... d5 (18... Qb7 $1 $17) 19. e5 Ne4 20. Rfd1 Qe6 (20... Nc5 $11 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 bxc5 23. Qxc5 a6) 21. h3 f5 22. Qd3 $1 Bb7 23. Nd4 Qf7 24. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 25. g4 g6 (25... fxg4 $16 26. Bxg4 (26. hxg4 Nc5 $16) 26... Qg6) 26. gxf5 $1 $18 gxf5 27. Kh2 $1 Kh8 (27... Kf8 {was necessary.} 28. Rg1 Bc5) 28. Rg1 Rg8 {[#]} 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. Qb5 Bc5 {[#]} 31. b4 $2 (31. e6 $1 $18 {[%CAl Re6f7]} Qe7 32. Qd7 $18) 31... Bxd4 $11 32. Bxd4 Kf8 33. Qe2 Qg6 {next ...Qg3+ is good for Black.} 34. Qe1 Qh6 35. Qc1 Qg7 {( -> ...Qg3+)} 36. Qg1 (36. Bxe4 {looks sharper.} dxe4 37. Be3 Qd7 38. a4 Qc6 39. Qa3) 36... Qxg1+ (36... Qh6 $11 37. Qe3 Ba6) 37. Kxg1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Bc6 38. Be2 Ba4 39. Kg2 Ke7 40. Bd3 Ke6 41. Kf3 Nd2+ $1 42. Kg3 Nc4 43. Kh4 {And now Kg5 would win.} Be8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} ({ Black should try} 43... Nxa3 $14 44. Kg5 Bc2) 44. Kg5 $18 Bg6 45. a4 {[%CAl Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nd2 {Strongly threatening ...Nf3+.} 46. Kh6 Nf3 47. Bf2 {White is clearly winning.} Nd2 48. h4 Ne4 49. Be3 Nc3 50. a5 Na2 51. h5 (51. axb6 $142 axb6 52. Bd2) 51... Be8 52. axb6 axb6 53. Kg5 h6+ 54. Kxh6 Nxb4 55. Be2 b5 56. Kg7 Bxh5 57. Bxh5 Nc2 58. Bf7+ Kd7 59. e6+ Kd6 {[#]} 60. Bc5+ $1 { [%mdl 576] Deflection, Promotion} Kxc5 61. e7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0. 21/Black=0.44} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "12"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,123,-12,38,16,22,21,51,32,48,59,53,53,46,46,46,46,52,47,44,45,100, 108,106,95,77,84,89,22,81,42,104,87,106,55,83,23,121,113,202,125,192,188,969, 912,698,0,0,-58,0,0,0,0,0,-64,-52,-58,0,-59,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-16,8, -34,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,54,54,58,0,0,0,0,-182,-175,-170,-136,-68, -64,-125,-123,-119,-122,-125,-40,-76,29976,29977,29974,11364]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 Qc7 9. c3 b5 10. exd5 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves.} exd5 11. Nb3 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 11... h6 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Be6 15. d4 c4 16. Nc5 Rfe8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 {1-0 (47) Nakamura,H (3135)-Roberson,P (2640) Chess.com INT 2020}) 12. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Rfe8 15. d4 c4 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qd7 18. b4 d4 (18... a5 $14) 19. a4 $16 a6 {[#]} 20. Qf3 {[%CAl Rf3c6]} Rac8 21. axb5 axb5 22. h4 (22. Bd2 $16) 22... d3 (22... dxc3 $1 $11 23. Qxc3 Bg4) 23. Ra6 {[%CAl Ra6c6]} h6 24. Bd2 $36 {[%CAl Ra6c6] [%mdl 2048] White is in control.} ({Don't play} 24. Rxc6 $6 hxg5 25. Rd6 Qe7 $11) 24... Ne7 25. Rd6 ({White should play} 25. Qb7 $16) 25... Qa7 $1 $14 26. h5 (26. Qh5 $16) 26... Qa2 (26... Rcd8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. Qf4 $16 Rcd8 (27... Nf5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 28. Bf3 (28. g4) 28... Rf8 (28... Rxd6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 29. cxd6 Nf5) 29. g4 $18 Nd5 $2 (29... Qa7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8) 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Kh2 $2 ({Only move:} 31. g5 $18 Qa7 32. gxh6) 31... Qa8 32. Kg3 (32. g5 $11 hxg5 33. Qxg5) 32... Be6 ({Black should try} 32... Rxd6 $15 33. cxd6 Qc6) 33. f3 Rxd6 34. cxd6 Rd8 35. Be3 (35. g5 $11 Qa6 36. gxh6 Qxd6 37. hxg7 Qxf4+ 38. Kxf4) 35... Qc6 36. Bc5 Ra8 (36... Re8 $1 $15) 37. Qe5 (37. Re5 $11) 37... Qd5 (37... Bd7 {keeps more tension.} 38. Bd4 f6 39. Qc5 Re8 40. Qxc6 Bxc6 41. Rxe8+ Bxe8 42. Be3 Kf7) 38. Qxd5 Bxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 39. f4 Bc6 40. f5 $1 f6 41. Kf4 Re8 42. Ra1 Rd8 43. Ra2 Kf7 44. Ra7+ Rd7 {Strongly threatening ...Rxa7.} 45. Ra6 Bb7 46. Ra2 Rd8 47. Ra7 Rd7 48. Ra1 Rd8 (48... Bc6 {is interesting.} 49. Ke3 Bd5 50. Ra6 Rb7 51. Ra1 Rd7) 49. Kg3 Bc6 50. Kf2 Rd7 (50... Ke8 $1 $11) 51. Ra6 $1 $14 {[%CAl Ra6c6]} Be4 52. Ke3 ( 52. Rb6 $14) 52... Bg2 $1 $11 53. Ra2 Bd5 54. Kd2 $2 (54. Ra1 $11) 54... Bf3 $19 55. Ra5 Bxg4 56. Rxb5 Bxf5 57. Ra5 (57. Be3 $15 Ke6 58. Rc5) 57... Bg4 $17 58. b5 {[%CAl Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Bxh5 59. Ke3 Bg4 (59... Ke6 $17 { Threatens to win with ...f5.} 60. b6 f5) 60. b6 $1 $15 {Hoping for Ra7.} Bh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (60... Rd8 $17 61. Ra7+ Bd7) 61. Ra7 Ke6 62. Rxd7 {What a fight! Weighted Error Value: White=0.29/Black=0.36} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "12"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C28"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,69,8,0,6,16,7,0,19,0,33,26,50,32,44,36,36,43,85,74,75,57,100,101,133, 135,139,133,133,133,136,145,150,139,174,181,210,210,260,255,257,268,405,400, 449,441,450,451,520,503,509,507,506,508]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nf3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Bd2 Re8 { C28: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nc6.} 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} Qd6 {The position is equal.} 13. Rab1 Nb6 14. Bb3 {[#]} Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... h6 15. Qe4 Qf6 16. Nh2 Rad8 17. Ng4 Qg6 18. Qxg6 Bxg6 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Bd2 Nb6 {0-1 (56) Cook,N (1319)-Blom,L (1400) IECG email 2005}) 15. g4 Bg6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nd7 19. Bd5 Qd6 {Threatens to win with ...Nf6. Black is on the road to losing.} 20. Qc4 ({Weaker is} 20. Rxb7 {[#]} Nf6 $1 $17) 20... Nd8 21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Rxb7 Rec8 23. Be3 Nb6 24. Qe4 Nd5 25. c4 Nc3 26. Qf3 e4 27. Qf5 ({ Don't do} 27. dxe4 $6 Qc6 $16) 27... exd3 28. cxd3 Re8 29. Rb3 Nxa2 (29... Na4 $142 30. d4 Qe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6) 30. Qa5 $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} f5 31. Qxa2 {White is clearly winning.} fxg4 32. c5 Qd5 33. Rb2 Qxa2 34. Rxa2 gxh3 35. Rea1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.25} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "12"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,126,29,18,23,9,18,17,9,10,20,13,20,0,8,0,6,0,36,0,21,19,43,45,60,15, 64,37,31,36,41,41,37,0,25,20,175,179,162,150,182,181,175,148,150,115,127,127, 166,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,566,0,0,-8,-7,-20,0,-6,-12,-20,0,-25,-25,-25,-26,-40,-50, -181,-177,-151,-27,-27,-27,-28,-24,-231,-227,-277,-49,-432,-395,-348,-8,-46,0, -8,-8,-174,-179,-29984,-29959,-29962,-29960,-29953,-1058,-894,-775,-29972, -29972,-5110,-4718,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29990, -29991,-29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 {7.Re1 is becoming the main line.} a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Re1 Be6 9. Bb5 Ne7 {The position is equal.} 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nbd2 c6 {[#]} 12. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf1 Ng6 13. b3 h6 14. Ba3 Re8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Ba7 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 {1-0 (58) Fressinet,L (2655)-Mihajlov,S (2363) Chess.com INT 2019}) 12... Ng6 13. Nf1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qc7 15. Be3 Rae8 16. f4 {And now f5 would win.} Bc8 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. Qh5 d5 {[%CAl Rd5e4]} 20. e5 f6 $1 {[%CAl Rf6e5]} 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Kh1 Bd7 23. Bd2 Ref8 $2 (23... Ne6 $11) 24. Nf3 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rf3g5] Strongly threatening Ng5.} Qd6 25. Ne5 Be8 26. Ng4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Re6 {intending ...Ne4.} 27. Nf5 Qd7 {Hoping for ...Ne4.} 28. Rxe6 Nxe6 29. Re1 Bc7 ({But not} 29... Nexf4 $2 30. Bxf4 Bc5 31. Be5 $18) 30. Nh4 $2 (30. g3 $18) 30... Bxf4 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. Bxg6 Bxg6 33. Qxg6 Bg3 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (33... Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Rxf7 35. Bxf4 (35. Rxe6 Bxd2) 35... Nxf4) 34. Rd1 $2 ({White has to play} 34. Nh6+ $1 $18 Kh8 35. Qxg3 gxh6 36. Bxh6 Rg8 ( 36... Ng7 37. Re5) 37. Qe5+ Ng7 38. Qf6) 34... Bf4 35. Bxf4 (35. Re1 {is more complex.}) 35... Nxf4 36. Qg5 (36. Qc2 {seems wilder.} Qe7 37. Qd2 Nh5 38. Kg1 Ng3 39. Re1) 36... Qd8 37. Qxd8 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 38. Re1 Rd7 39. Re3 d4 40. cxd4 Rxd4 41. Re7 b5 42. Kh2 {[#]} (42. b3 $15) 42... Rd2 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rd2g2]} 43. Kg3 Nh5+ ({Don't take} 43... Nxg2 44. Ne5 $17) (43... Ne2+ $17 44. Kf3 Nd4+ 45. Kf4 Rxb2) 44. Kh4 $11 Nf6 45. Nxf6+ gxf6 {KR-KR} 46. g4 (46. Ra7 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 46... Rxb2 $19 47. Kh5 Kf8 $2 ({ Black should play} 47... Rxa2 $19 {White must now prevent ...Kf8.} 48. Kg6 Kf8) 48. Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Re6 $15) 48... Rxa2 49. Kg6 Ke8 $2 (49... b4 $19 50. h4 b3) 50. h4 Rg2 (50... b4 $5 {[%CAl Rb4b3]} 51. h5 Kd8 $17) 51. Kf5 b4 52. h5 $2 (52. Rxa5 $11 {and White stays safe.} Ke7 53. Ra7+ Kd6 54. h5) 52... b3 53. Rxa5 $2 (53. h6 $19 Rh2 54. h7) 53... b2 54. Ra8+ {[#]} Kd7 $1 55. Rb8 Kc7 56. Rb3 c5 {aiming for ...c4.} 57. h6 c4 58. Rb4 c3 59. Kxf6 {[#]} Rxg4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Black mates.} 60. Rxg4 b1=Q 61. Rc4+ Kd6 62. Rxc3 Qb2 63. h7 Qxc3+ {Black used his chance. Weighted Error Value: White=0.68/Black=0. 41} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "13"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "276"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,276,14,16,14,10,10,14,0,30,17,35,34,36,33,33,33,29,-34,-36,-37,-43, -31,6,-2,25,12,37,27,56,56,77,65,81,59,75,60,126,51,52,59,64,24,26,6,0,0,46,34, 37,10,37,16,48,22,28,0,0,0,46,46,39,35,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000, 27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 (4... Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Nxf3 e6 8. Be2 Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxf4 10. exf4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Qd6 14. g3 Rfe8 15. Re1 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 (44) Aronian,L (2781) -Firouzja,A (2759) chess24.com INT 2021}) 5. exd4 Bf5 6. Nbd2 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} e6 7. c3 Be7 8. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Qc8 (8... Nh5 $5 {[%CAl Rh5f4]} 9. Be3 (9. Qxb7 Nxf4 10. Bb5+ Nd7 $11) 9... Qc7 $14) 9. Nh4 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Be2 Re8 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. O-O Ne7 15. Bg5 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Bxe7 17. Qxd5 {1-0 (56) Woltmann,M-Chunga,J (1982) ICCF email 2012}) 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. g5 (13. Qd1 $11) 13... Nh5 $15 14. Be3 Nc6 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Kb1 a6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 {Threatens to win with Nb6.} O-O 19. d5 exd5 20. Nb6 Rad8 21. Nxd5 Qe5 {White must now prevent ...Qe4+.} 22. Rg1 Nb4 23. Nxb4 ({White should play} 23. Nxe7+ $16 Qxe7 24. Bg2) 23... Rxd1+ $14 24. Qxd1 Bxb4 25. Qc2 Nf4 26. a3 Be7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 27. Rg4 Nd5 28. Bc1 Rd8 29. Bg2 Bf8 30. h4 b6 31. Bf3 Ne7 32. Be4 Nf5 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 (33... gxf5 {seems wilder.} 34. Ra4 Qe6 35. Qc4 Qxc4 36. Rxc4 Bc5) 34. Qxf5 gxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. Ra4 Bc5 36. Be3 (36. Rxa6 {feels hotter.} Bxf2 37. h5 Bd4 38. a4 Bc5 39. Kc2) 36... Bxe3 37. fxe3 {KR-KR} a5 38. Kc2 g6 39. e4 fxe4 40. Rxe4 Kg7 41. Kc3 Rd5 42. b4 axb4+ 43. Kxb4 Rf5 44. a4 f6 45. Re7+ Kf8 46. Re6 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. gxf6 $11 Rf4+ 47. Ka3) 46... fxg5 47. hxg5 Rxg5 48. Rxb6 Rg1 49. a5 Kg7 50. a6 Ra1 51. Kb5 g5 52. Rc6 Rb1+ 53. Ka5 { [%mdl 8192]} (53. Kc5 Ra1 54. Kb6) 53... Ra1+ 54. Kb6 $1 Ra4 55. a7 g4 56. Rc4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. Rc5 $18) 56... Rxc4 {Mate.} 57. a8=Q {[#] KQ-KR} Rf4 $1 58. Kc5 Kg6 59. Qg8+ Kh5 60. Qh7+ Kg5 61. Kd5 Rf5+ 62. Ke4 Rf4+ 63. Ke5 Rf3 64. Qh8 Rf1 65. Qd8+ Kh5 66. Ke4 Rf3 67. Qh8+ {[#]} Kg5 $1 68. Qh1 Rf4+ 69. Ke5 Rf5+ 70. Ke6 Rf6+ 71. Ke7 Rf3 72. Qc1+ Kh4 73. Ke6 Kg3 74. Ke5 Kh3 75. Qh6+ Kg3 76. Ke4 Rf2 77. Qd6+ Kh3 78. Ke3 Rf3+ 79. Ke2 Kg2 80. Qh6 Rf2+ 81. Ke3 Rf3+ 82. Ke4 Kg3 83. Qh1 Rf4+ 84. Ke5 Rf3 85. Qg1+ Kh3 86. Ke4 Rf8 87. Qh1+ Kg3 88. Qe1+ Kh3 89. Qh1+ Kg3 90. Qh6 Rf3 91. Qd6+ Kh3 92. Qd1 Kg3 93. Qh1 Rf4+ 94. Ke3 Rf3+ 95. Ke2 Rf2+ 96. Ke1 Rf3 97. Qh6 Rf5 98. Qd6+ Kh3 99. Qg6 Rf3 100. Qh5+ Kg3 101. Qh7 Rf6 102. Qc7+ Kh3 103. Ke2 Rf3 104. Qc5 Kg3 105. Qd4 Kh3 106. Qg1 Rf5 107. Qe3+ Rf3 108. Qg5 Kg3 109. Ke1 Kh3 110. Qh6+ Kg3 111. Qh5 Rf8 112. Qc5 Rf3 113. Qc7+ Kh3 114. Qe5 Kg2 115. Ke2 Kh3 116. Qa1 Kg3 117. Qa4 Kh3 118. Qd7 Kg3 119. Qh7 Rf2+ 120. Ke3 Rf3+ 121. Ke4 Rf4+ 122. Ke5 Rf3 123. Qh1 Rf8 124. Qe1+ Kh3 {( -> ...Re8+)} 125. Qg1 Rf3 126. Ke4 Rf8 127. Qh1+ Kg3 128. Qe1+ Kh3 129. Qd2 Rf3 130. Qd6 Kg2 131. Qd1 Kh3 132. Qg1 Rf8 133. Ke3 Rf3+ 134. Ke2 Rf8 135. Qc5 Rf3 136. Qg5 Kg3 137. Qe5+ Kh3 138. Qd6 Rf5 {[%mdl 32768] Never resign too early! Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.15. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "13"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A49"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,87,40,42,48,61,64,39,50,33,43,43,70,67,79,70,74,54,61,36,48,0,0,0,0, -28,0,-51,-58,-44,50,-57,-58,-133,-135,-136,-28,-18,234,227,325,16,37,37,45, -111,-105,-233,-232,-237,-220,-466,120,140,503,499,463,463,458,456,456,456,958, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. O-O Nc6 9. c4 a5 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line. A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems.} 10. Nc3 Ngxe5 11. Qd2 Re8 {White is slightly better.} 12. Rad1 {[#]} Nxf3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. c5 axb3 15. axb3 Be6 16. Qc2 Qb8 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Rd2 Ra6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rc8 21. Qe4 Re8 {1-0 (45) Tologontegin,S (2398) -Nugumanov,B (2413) Cheliabinsk 2018}) 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. Bg2 Bg4 {[%CAl Rg4e2]} 15. f3 Bd7 16. e3 Nf5 17. Rfe1 a4 18. f4 axb3 $1 19. axb3 c6 20. Kh1 h5 21. c5 ({White should play} 21. e4 $11 Nd4 22. Qf2 Nxb3 23. Rxd6) 21... d5 $15 22. e4 {[#]} Nd4 (22... d4 $1 $15 23. exf5 dxc3 24. Bxc3 Bxf5) 23. exd5 (23. Nxd5 $1 $14 Nxb3 24. Qb4 cxd5 25. Bxg7) 23... Nxb3 24. Qf2 (24. Rxe8+ $1 $15 Qxe8 25. Qf2) 24... Rxe1+ $17 25. Rxe1 Bd4 (25... Qa5 $1 $17 26. dxc6 bxc6) 26. Qe2 $11 Qa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Bxc5 $2 27. Qc4 $18) (26... h4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 27. Qd1 hxg3) 27. Qc4 $18 Bf2 (27... Bxc3 $142 28. Bxc3 Qa4) 28. Rd1 $2 (28. Qxb3 Bxe1 29. Ne4 (29. Qxb7 $2 Bc8 $19) 29... Bf5 $16) (28. Re2 $18) 28... Nxc5 29. dxc6 bxc6 ({But not} 29... Bxc6 $6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Qe2 $18) 30. h3 (30. Qe2 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Bg4 31. Bf3 (31. Qxf2 Bxd1 32. Nxd1 Nd3 $11)) 30... Rb8 $17 ({Avoid the trap} 30... Bxg3 $2 31. Nd5 $1 $18 { [%mdl 512]} (31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. Qd4 Nf2+ 33. Kg1 Nxh3+ 34. Bxh3 Qa7 $16)) 31. Qe2 (31. Ba1 $17 {might work better.} Bf5 32. Kh2) 31... Bxg3 $19 32. Ba1 Bxf4 { Strongly threatening ...Re8.} 33. Qe7 $2 (33. Ne4 {was the only chance.} Nxe4 34. Qxe4) 33... Bh6 $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 33... Re8 $19 34. Qh4 Be5) 34. Nd5 $16 {[%mdl 512]} cxd5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Bg7 $16 {is tougher.} 35. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8) 35. Qe5 $18 {[%csl Ga1][%CAl Re5h8][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 36. Qxb8 {[%csl Ga1][%CAl Rb8h8]} Bg7 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} f6 (38... Kh7 $142 39. Rxd5 Bxh3) 39. Qxd5 $2 ( 39. Qe7+ $18 Kh6 40. Qxf6) 39... Qc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.The position is equal.} 40. Qd6 Bf5 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. h4 {Qf8+ is the strong threat. } Ne6 43. Qd6 Qe3 44. Qb8 {[%CAl Rb8h8][%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/Black=0.67. Loss on time!?} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "13"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,141,36,42,39,13,0,15,10,3,35,0,0,0,0,0,8,10,2,-18,-7,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8, -8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8, -8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-17,-29971,-29971, -29970,-29970,-29974,-29975,-29974,-29974,-29970,-29970,-29982,-29983,-29981, -7717,-29986]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Nc3 a6 {C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack.} 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 11. O-O Bf6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Ne2 c5 $1 14. c3 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... cxd4 15. Nexd4 Nd7 16. a4 Qb6 17. Nxf5 Rad8 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Qc1 Bg7 20. Ng4 f5 { 1-0 (57) Mohammad Fahad,R (2319)-Erigaisi,A (2559) Chess.com INT 2020}) 15. Nf4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb6 17. Nh5 Ra7 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rc7 21. Rc1 Rfc8 22. Rxc7 (22. Rc5 {keeps more tension.} Qe7 23. Qh5 Nd7 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Nd3) 22... Rxc7 23. Qd2 Qd8 24. Rc1 f6 {...Rxc1 is the strong threat.} 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Nd3 Qd6 (26... Qc6+ {is more complex.} 27. f3 Qc4 28. Nc5 Qxa2 29. Qf4 Nd5) 27. Qf4 (27. Nc5 {with more complications.} e5 28. Qd3 Qd5+ 29. Qf3 Qxd4 30. Nxa6 Qd7 31. Nc5) 27... Qxf4 28. Nxf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Kf7 29. Kf1 e5 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. Nd3 Kf6 32. Nc5 a5 33. Ke2 e4 34. Nb3 Nc4 35. Nd4 Nxb2 36. Nxb5 Nc4 37. Nd4 Ke5 38. Nc6+ Kd5 39. Ne7+ Ke6 40. Nc6 a4 41. Kd1 f4 42. gxf4 Kf5 43. Ke2 Kxf4 44. Nd4 h5 45. Ne6+ Ke5 46. Nc5 a3 {With the idea ... Kd4.} 47. Nb3 Kf4 48. Nc5 h4 49. h3 Ke5 50. f3 $1 exf3+ 51. Kxf3 Kd4 52. Ne6+ Kc3 53. Nc7 Nd6 {Strongly threatening ...Kb2.} 54. Nd5+ Kb2 55. Nb4 Nb5 { Threatens to win with ...Nc3.} 56. Ke3 Nc3 57. Kd3 Nd1 {Hoping for ...Nf2+.} 58. Ke2 Nc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 59. Kd3 Na4 60. Kd4 Nb6 61. Kc5 Nd7+ 62. Kd6 Nf6 63. Ke5 {[#]} Ng4+ $1 64. Kf4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Now White is beyond hope. } ({Don't go for} 64. hxg4 $2 h3 $19) (64. Kd4 $11 Nf2 (64... Nf6 65. Ke3) ( 64... Kb1 65. Kc4) 65. Nd3+) 64... Nf2 65. Kg5 Nxh3+ 66. Kxh4 Nf2 67. Kg3 Nd1 68. Kf3 Nc3 69. Ke3 Nxa2 70. Nc6 Nc3 (70... Nc1 $142 71. Nb4 Kc3 72. Nd5+ Kb3 73. Nf4 a2 74. Nh5 a1=Q 75. Ke4 {[#]} Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 76. Kf5 Qe5+ 77. Kg6 Nf4+ 78. Nxf4 Qxf4 79. Kh7 Kc4 80. Kg7 Qg5+ 81. Kf8 Kd5 82. Ke8 Qg7 83. Kd8 Kd6 84. Ke8 Qg8#) 71. Kd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.02} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "13"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,93,17,18,10,15,9,18,4,12,12,12,12,11,9,14,13,14,14,13,13,13,14,20,6, 15,11,11,11,16,0,23,24,68,68,98,98,89,89,100,100,100,100,100,100,100,100,114, 103,103,103,115,120,129,70,74,38,38,38,39,0,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Bd7 13. Re1 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} O-O-O 14. Be3 {[#]} Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... e5 15. Kc1 b6 16. a4 h6 17. g3 f5 18. Bg2 Kb7 19. a5 e4 20. a6+ Kc8 {1-0 (35) Ordonez Torres, M (2067)-Scarsi,A (1668) Lichess.org INT 2021}) 15. Bd3 Bc6 16. f3 Nb3 17. Rb1 Bb5 18. Bxa7 Rxd3+ 19. cxd3 Bxd3 {[#]} 20. Re3 $1 Bxb1 21. Rc3+ Kd7 {Strongly threatening ...Rc8.} 22. Rxb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kc6 23. Ke2 Ba2 24. Rc3+ Kd7 25. b3 Rc8 26. Bc5 (26. Kd2 {keeps more tension.} Bb1 27. Rxc8 Kxc8 28. a4 e5 29. b4) 26... Rc6 27. Kd2 b6 28. Bf8 {[#] Hoping for Rxc6.} Rxc3 29. Kxc3 $14 {Threatens to win with Kb2. KB-KB} Bb1 30. Bxg7 Kc6 31. a4 Kd5 32. Bd4 Kc6 33. Bf6 Kd5 34. g4 e5 35. Kd2 e4 36. Bd8 Kc6 37. f4 e3+ 38. Kc3 (38. Kxe3 $16 Bc2 39. b4) 38... Be4 39. Bh4 Bf3 40. g5 Bd1 41. f5 Bg4 42. g6 hxg6 { The position is equal.} 43. fxg6 fxg6 44. b4 Bd1 45. a5 bxa5 46. bxa5 Kb5 47. Kd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "13"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,84,18,29,27,31,25,20,29,31,13,26,16,25,34,47,26,44,23,48,8,60,17,29, 16,7,7,45,56,51,40,40,49,58,51,58,-73,-73,-62,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} a5 {[#] White must now prevent ...a4.} 7. d3 a4 8. N3d2 Bc5 9. O-O e3 10. fxe3 Bxe3+ 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nde4 d5 14. cxd5 Bxc1 (14... Rd8 $11) 15. Qxc1 $14 Ne3 16. Rf3 {[#]} Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd8 18. Qg5 f6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Ne4 Nd7 21. Raf1 Kh8 22. Nxf6 Nxf6 {1/2-1/2 (36) So,W (2776)-Caruana, F (2818) Saint Louis 2019}) 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Raf1 { [#] Hoping for Rxf6!} Be6 {next ...d4 is good for Black.} 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Nxd5 (22. Rxf6 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Qd4 23. Rf4) 22... Bxd5 $17 23. Bxd5 {Threatens to win with Qh6.} Kh8 ({Black should try} 23... Qa5 $1 $15 24. Qxa5 Rxa5) 24. Be4 {Qh6! is the strong threat.} Rg8 {The position is equal.} 25. Qh6 {[%csl Ge4][%CAl Rh6h7]} Rg7 26. Qxf6 Qxf6 27. Rxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Ra6 28. Rf4 Rb6 29. Bf3 Rxb2 30. Rxa4 Rg6 31. Ra7 Ra6 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Bxb7 Rxa2 {KR-KB} 34. Bf3 Kg7 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Kf2 Ke5 37. Ke3 Ra3 38. Be4 h6 39. Bf3 f5 40. Bg2 Rb3 41. Bf3 Ra3 42. Bg2 Rb3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "14"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,111,8,14,10,5,6,18,13,17,14,13,1,15,0,0,10,8,1,25,0,1,0,10,0,0,-30, -29,-38,-18,-37,-47,-46,-43,-47,-13,-20,-15,-27,-15,-18,-16,-25,-23,-31,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,14,14,14,20,18,0,16,16,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6.} O-O 7. d4 c5 { 7...d5 is the fancy move.} 8. e3 d5 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 {[#]} e6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 10... Rc8 11. c4 dxc4 12. bxc4 e6 13. a4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. a5 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 (56) Caruana,F (2820)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2792) chess24.com INT 2021}) 11. c4 Qe7 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. Rac1 a5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bd4 Nfe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Ne1 f5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 e5 21. h4 h5 22. Bf1 Kf6 23. Qc2 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Qd7 25. Qc2 Qd6 26. Be2 f4 27. exf4 { The position is equal.} exf4 28. gxf4 Qxf4 29. Qc3+ Qe5 30. Qe3 Bc8 31. Ng2 Kf7 32. Nf4 Be6 33. Kg2 Qf6 34. Qg3 Nd7 35. Nxe6 Kxe6 36. a3 Ne5 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Qd8 39. c5 bxc5 40. bxc5 Qd5 41. Qe3 Nd7 42. f3 Nxc5 43. fxe4 Nxe4 44. Bd3 Ke5 45. Bc2 Qc4 46. Bd3 Qa2+ 47. Kf3 Qf7+ 48. Kg2 Qf4 49. Qxf4+ Kxf4 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 50. Bb1 g5 51. Bxe4 Kxe4 52. hxg5 {[#] White threatens g6 and mate.} Kf5 53. g6 Kxg6 54. Kh3 Kf7 (54... h4 $5) 55. Kh4 Ke7 56. Kxh5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "14"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A38"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,67,50,48,56,15,58,55,59,53,90,86,77,86,79,20,61,59,61,66,56,57,62,58, 58,57,58,58,62,58,65,58,66,72,68,79,121,131,132,130,256,257,267,267,263,258, 958,965,958,941,708,654]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Bd7 7. e3 Nf6 8. d4 O-O 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Rb8 {A38: Symmetrical English vs . ..g6:4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6.} 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. dxc5 dxc5 {White is slightly better. } 13. h3 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bf5 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. Kh2 Rd8 16. Nd5 Be4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Ne1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 (36) Schwartzman,G (2500)-Wojtkiewicz,A (2555) Wijk aan Zee 1994 CBM 040 [Schwartzman,G]}) 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg7 ({White should try} 16. cxd5 $16 Ne5 17. Ne1) 16... Kxg7 17. cxd5 Ne5 18. Qb2 f6 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 fxe5 21. d6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} e6 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Rc3 b5 24. Rdc1 Rb6 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf6 {[#]} 27. f4 $1 {[%CAl Rf4e5]} exf4 {[#]} 28. e4 $1 {[%CAl Re4e5] Strongly threatening e5+.} ({Much worse is} 28. exf4 $6 Rxd6 29. Rc2 e5 $11) 28... fxg3 (28... e5 $16) 29. e5+ $18 Kf5 {With the idea ...Rb8.} 30. Rc7 Kxe5 31. Rxd7 Rxd6 $2 ( 31... g5 32. Rg7 (32. Rxh7 Rxd6 33. Ra7 Kf4 $18) 32... Rxd6 33. Rxg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf4 34. Rg4+ Ke5 35. Rxg3 Rd2) 32. Rxd6 {White is clearly winning.} Kxd6 33. b4 Kc7 34. Be4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/ Black=0.22 } 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "14"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+2"] {[%evp 0,49,19,34,29,4,4,1,5,6,33,-28,-15,-7,-15,0,31,31,31,0,1,1,-17,-1,-1,-4, 20,40,24,-29,-14,-31,-8,-15,-25,-34,12,-10,0,0,22,16,53,53,266,579,633,613,531, 625,630,638]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00] } e6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} dxc4 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 8. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 12. f4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxc3 { [%emt 0:00:14]} 13. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 14. O-O-O { [%emt 0:00:32]} Qxe3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} (15... Bg4) 16. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 17. Rhf1 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 18. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} gxf6 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 19. Qxc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} (19... Rad8) 20. Bf5 { [%emt 0:01:05]} Bc6 $6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} (20... Be6) 21. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} (21... Rae8) 22. Rg3+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kf8 $2 {[%emt 0: 00:31]} 23. Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 25. Rge3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "14"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,117,11,0,4,20,0,24,-37,55,9,4,7,0,2,0,0,0,-42,-35,-39,0,0,0,-51,-59, -54,-62,-57,0,-17,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-9,-23,-21,-27,-27,-20,-14,-26,-26,-25,-25,-26, -28,-27,-16,-13,-25,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-61, 0,0,0,-2,0,-83,0,-3,0,-198,-198,-182,-167,-312,224,224,29995,29996,29996,29997, 29997,29998]} 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. e4 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} dxe4 11. dxe4 Nbd7 {[%CAl Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 12. f4 {[#]} (12. Nf5 $11) 12... Bh5 $146 ({Black should play} 12... Bc5 $15 13. Kh1 Qe8) ({Predecessor:} 12... Bc5 13. Kh1 Bh5 14. Nf3 Re8 15. e5 Ng4 16. Ne4 Bg6 17. Nfg5 Ndxe5 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. fxe5 h6 20. Nxc5 {1-0 (20) Postny,E (2462)-Eden,J (2338) Chess.com INT 2017}) 13. Qd2 Nb6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bc5.} 14. Kh1 Nc4 15. Qd3 c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 16. Qxc4 cxd4 17. Nd5 (17. Nb5 {seems wilder.} Rc8 18. Qd3 Qb6 19. h3 Rfd8 20. e5) 17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Rc8 19. Qxd4 Bc5 20. Qd3 ({White should try} 20. Qe5 $11 g6 21. f5) 20... Re8 $15 { [#] ...Be2 is the strong threat.} 21. Bf3 {[%CAl Rf3h5]} Bxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Qf6 ( 22... Bd4 $15 23. Bd2 Rc2) 23. Rb1 Qf5 24. Bd2 Red8 25. Bc3 Rxd5 26. Rbe1 Rcd8 27. Re4 h5 28. Rfe1 f6 29. Kg2 Kh7 30. R4e2 Kg6 31. h3 Rd3 32. g4 Qd5 33. Qxd5 R8xd5 34. Rf1 b5 35. Rf3 Rxf3 36. Kxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd3+ 37. Kg2 hxg4 38. hxg4 Be3 39. f5+ Kf7 40. Kf3 Bb6+ 41. Kg2 Bc7 42. Re4 Bb6 43. Bb4 a5 44. Re7+ Kg8 45. Re8+ Kh7 46. Be1 b4 47. Re6 Bc7 48. Re7 ({Better is} 48. b3 $11) 48... Bf4 (48... Be5 $15 49. Ra7 Rd1) 49. b3 Kh6 50. Bf2 Be5 51. Be1 (51. Kf1 $11 {remains equal.}) 51... Bf4 (51... Rd4 $17 52. Kf3 Rf4+ 53. Ke2 Re4+ 54. Kd1 Rd4+ 55. Ke2 Re4+ 56. Kf1 Rf4+ 57. Ke2 Re4+) 52. Bf2 Be5 53. Bh4 $2 (53. Be1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 53... Rd2+ $19 54. Kf3 Rxa2 55. Bf2 (55. g5+ $142 fxg5 56. Bxg5+ Kxg5 57. Rxe5) 55... Kh7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ( 55... Rb2 $19 {and all is fine.} 56. Be3+ g5) 56. g5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rg5g6][%mdl 1024] White wants to mate with g6+. White has strong compensation.} Ra3 $2 ( 56... Rxf2+ $18 57. Kxf2 Bd4+ 58. Kf3 fxg5) 57. g6+ {White mates.} Kh6 58. Be3+ Kh5 59. Rxg7 {[%CAl Rg7h7] Weighted Error Value: White=0.23/Black=0.34} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "14"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C27"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,127,-8,10,-4,0,-3,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-14,16,20,39,35,47,12,11,0,155,27, 41,0,0,0,0,0,18,-62,0,-33,-42,-20,0,0,0,0,33,28,39,39,40,54,47,29,158,0,0,0,0, -205,-220,-261,-266,-296,-185,-1313,-1379,-1189,-714,-579,8,0,20,30,71,67,60, 61,67,67,70,70,66,70,70,85,29941,29941,29942,29942,12850,1091,29950,29950, 29952,29954,29953,29954,29959,29960,29961,29963,29965,29966,29966,29967,29966, 29968,29968,29969,29968,29970,29969,29971,29971,29973,29970,29974,29974,29975, 29974,29971,29980,29981,29982,29982]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. h3 Nc6 6. a3 {C27: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nxe4.} a6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 { The position is equal.} h6 9. O-O b5 10. Ba2 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bb7 11. Kh2 Ne7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ng6 14. Bd2 Kh8 15. Nh5 Nxh5 16. Qxh5 Qh4 17. Qxh4 Nxh4 {1-0 (58) Birkic,V (1499)-Andersen,B (1652) Sarpsborg 2003}) 11. Kh2 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nce4 (14. Bxh6 $5 Nxc3 15. Qg4 $14) 14... Bd6 {[#]} 15. Bxh6 $1 f5 $2 {[#]} (15... gxh6 $11 16. Qg4+ Kh7 17. Qf5+ (17. Nxd6 $2 Qxd6 18. Qe4+ Kh8 $19) 17... Kg8 18. Qg4+ Kh7 19. Qf5+ ( 19. Nxd6 $2 Qxd6 20. Nf5 Qg6 $19) 19... Kg8 20. Qg4+) 16. Bg5 (16. Bxg7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 17. Nxf5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Decoy} Rxf5 18. Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rg5 19. Nxg5 (19. Qxg5+ Qxg5 20. Nxg5 e4+ 21. g3 exd3 $16)) 16... Qd7 {[#]} 17. c4 $1 Nf4 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. b4 Nd4 20. Kg1 (20. f3 $11) 20... Qg6 ({Black should try} 20... Nde6 $15 21. Bxf4 exf4) 21. Bxf4 ( 21. h4 {is interesting.} Rae8 22. Re1 Nfe6 23. Be3 f4 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Ne4) 21... exf4 22. Qh5 Qxh5 23. Nxh5 f3 24. Nf4 Rae8 25. h4 bxc4 26. dxc4 Re4 27. g3 Rd8 28. Kh2 Kf7 (28... Re2 $11 29. Raa1 (29. Nxe2 fxe2 30. Re1 Nf3+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Kh3 Nxe1 $17) 29... Nc2) 29. Nh3 $2 ({Better is} 29. Rd2 $16) 29... Ne6 $11 30. Ng1 Rd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 31. c5 $2 {[#]} (31. Nh3 $11) 31... g5 $1 $19 32. Nh3 gxh4 33. Rg1 hxg3+ 34. Rxg3 $2 (34. fxg3 Rb3 35. Rga1) 34... Rh4 35. a4 Nf4 36. b5 Rd8 $2 (36... Ne2 $19 37. Ra1 Nxg3 38. Kxg3 Rg4+ 39. Kh2 Rg2+ 40. Kh1 Rd4) (36... Ne6 37. b6 (37. bxa6 f4) 37... f4) 37. Ra3 Nxh3 (37... axb5 {keeps more tension.} 38. axb5 Rd5 39. Rgxf3 Nxh3 40. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 41. Kxh3 Rxc5 42. Rb3 Kf6) 38. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 39. Kxh3 axb5 40. axb5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame And now Ra7 would win. KR-KR} Rd5 41. Rc3 $1 ({Don't play} 41. Rxf3 Rxc5 42. Rb3 Kf6 $11) 41... Ke6 42. Kg3 Rd4 43. Rb3 {Strongly threatening b6.} Kd7 $1 44. b6 $1 {[%CAl Rb6b7]} cxb6 { [%mdl 8192]} (44... Kc8 $16) 45. cxb6 Kc8 46. Kxf3 Kb7 47. Rb5 (47. Kg3 $142 Rg4+ 48. Kf3) 47... f4 48. Kg4 {White mates.} Ra4 49. f3 Rc4 50. Rf5 Kxb6 51. Rxf4 Rc1 52. Rd4 Kc5 53. Rd2 Rg1+ 54. Kf5 Rg8 55. f4 Rf8+ 56. Kg5 Rg8+ 57. Kh6 Rf8 {[#]} 58. Rf2 $1 Kd5 59. Kg7 Rf5 60. Kg6 Rf8 61. f5 Rg8+ 62. Kh7 Ra8 63. f6 Ke6 64. f7 {What a bad dream for Black. Weighted Error Value: White=0.32/ Black=0.44} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "15"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A47"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,96,38,84,75,82,70,70,88,128,128,262,268,259,173,268,258,272,249,421, 248,252,259,254,133,138,117,125,76,73,68,90,43,205,198,215,215,208,216,214,217, 217,216,214,214,214,205,202,208,215,133,136,115,112,112,109,109,179,189,251,0, 241,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 {[%CAl Bb1c3,Bc3b5,Bb5d6,Bd6e4][%mdl 32]} cxd4 6. Nb5 {A47:1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} (6. Qxd4 Nc6 $11) 6... Nd5 7. Qxd4 ({Don't play} 7. Nfxd4 Nxf4 8. exf4 a6 $15) 7... Nc6 8. Qa4 {White is slightly better.} Bb4+ 9. c3 Nxf4 (9... Bc5 $16 {keeps fighting.} ) 10. cxb4 $18 Nd5 11. Nd6+ {[#]} Kf8 $146 (11... Ke7 $142) ({Predecessor:} 11... Ke7 12. b5 Kxd6 13. bxc6 Ke7 14. e4 Nf6 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. O-O d6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rfe1 Rd8 19. Nxe5 Rd5 20. f4 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 (20) Perelshteyn,E (2485) -Kovalyov,A (2612) Dearborn 2013}) 12. b5 Na5 13. Ne5 Qf6 $2 {[#]} (13... f6 { was worth a try.}) 14. Qd4 (14. Qa3 $142 $1) 14... Ke7 15. Ne4 {[%CAl Re4f6]} ( {Stronger than} 15. Nexf7 Qxd4 16. exd4 Rf8 $17) 15... Qh6 16. b4 (16. Qa4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Ra4a3]} Nb7 17. Qa3+ d6 18. h4) 16... Nb7 $16 17. Rc1 f6 18. Nf3 ( 18. Nc4) 18... f5 19. Nc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nxc3 20. Rxc3 {Strongly threatening Rc7.} Qf6 $2 ({Better is} 20... Nd6 $14) 21. Ne5 $1 $18 Nd6 22. Rc7 {Nc6+ is the strong threat.} Ne8 {[#]} 23. Rxc8 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Decoy} Rxc8 24. Qxd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 25. Qxc8 { Black must now prevent Nd7+.} Qxe5 26. Bc4 $1 Qc3+ 27. Kd1 $1 g6 28. Qxe6 { [%csl Gc4][%CAl Re6f7]} Kg7 29. Ke2 {aiming for Rd1.} Nd6 30. Qxd6 {Threatens to win with Qe7+.} (30. Bb3) 30... Qxc4+ $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 31. Qd3 Qg4+ 32. Kd2 {Hoping for Qc3+.} Qxg2 (32... Qxb4+ $16 33. Qc3+ Qxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Rd8) 33. Qd4+ $18 Kh6 {[#]} (33... Kf7 {might work better.}) 34. Qh4+ $1 ( {Not} 34. Qxh8 Qxh1 35. Qf8+ Kh5 $11) 34... Kg7 {[#]} 35. Qd4+ $2 (35. Rc1 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rc1c7] White wants to mate with Rc7+.} Qd5+ 36. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 37. exd4) 35... Kh6 $11 36. Qxh8 (36. Qf4+ {keeps more tension.} Kh5 37. Rc1 Qd5+ 38. Qd4 Rd8 39. Qxd5 Rxd5+ 40. Ke2) 36... Qxh1 {KQ-KQ} 37. Qe5 Qb1 38. Qf4+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ (39. a3 {seems wilder.} Qa2+ 40. Ke1 Qxa3 41. Qd4+ Kh6 42. Qf4+) 39... Kh6 40. Qf4+ (40. Qh4+ {with more complications.} Kg7 41. Qd4+) 40... Kg7 41. Qc4 ( 41. a3 {feels hotter.} Qa2+ 42. Ke1 Qxa3 43. Qd4+ Kf7 44. Qd5+) 41... Kh6 42. a4 Qb2+ 43. Ke1 Qa1+ 44. Ke2 Qxa4 45. Qh4+ Kg7 46. Qe7+ {The position is equal. } Kg8 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qe7+ Kg8 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.22/Black=0.25} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "15"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,75,36,37,41,43,55,31,32,23,28,22,29,0,31,28,26,19,198,191,217,194, 200,226,312,312,260,175,185,189,340,306,304,287,274,259,394,241,432,420,431, 429,491,463,484,492,710,474,474,427,531,530,589,582,581,576,1168,1147,1081,859, 764,808,1430,605]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O b6 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nbd7 {White is slightly better.} 11. Rac1 Re8 12. a4 {[%CAl Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] [#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ba6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e3 Bc4 15. Qc2 a5 16. b3 Ba6 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Ne2 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 {1-0 (45) Peng,X (2427)-Chu,W (2399) Tianjin 2018}) 13. Qa2 Qe7 14. a5 Ba8 15. b3 c5 $2 {Loses the game.} ( 15... h6 $11) (15... Nh5) 16. Nb5 $1 $18 cxd4 {[#]} 17. Bd6 {[%CAl Rd6e7]} ({ Worse is} 17. Nxa7 Rc5 $11) 17... Qd8 18. Nxa7 Ne4 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. cxd5 Nc3 21. dxe6 Rxe6 {[#]} (21... fxe6 22. Qd2 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 bxa5) 22. Bb4 $1 bxa5 23. Bxc3 dxc3 24. Qxa5 Re8 (24... Ra6 {keeps fighting.} 25. Qb5 c2) 25. e3 c2 $2 ( 25... Nc5 {might work better.}) 26. Rd2 Be4 27. Nd4 {White is clearly winning.} Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Qb7+ 29. Nf3 Re5 (29... Nf8 $142 30. Qd5 Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Rc8) ( 29... Ne5 30. Qd5) 30. Qd8+ Nf8 31. Qd3 h5 32. Rdxc2 h4 33. gxh4 Ne6 34. Rc6 Rb5 {[#]} 35. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} fxe6 36. Qxg6 Rf5 37. Qxe6+ Rf7 38. Qc8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.22/Black=0.58} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "15"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "180"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,180,52,52,51,42,42,27,32,42,45,43,51,23,35,25,39,40,40,50,33,41,0,44, 40,41,42,34,0,0,-411,-381,-416,-387,-461,-454,-442,-443,-452,-412,-421,-441, -512,-467,-508,-500,-479,-473,-465,-433,-416,-188,-302,-216,-241,-241,-241, -241,-290,-236,-272,-280,-265,-272,-236,-156,-341,-327,-1112,-785,-718,-671, -1470,-1412,-920,0,-633,-629,-584,-586,-845,-844,-854,-748,-2233,-853,-846, -828,-777,-769,-1040,-977,-785,-596,-2169,-2166,-2144,-1926,-1008,-1000,-1210, -1067,-5093,-2233,-29983,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29987,-29980,-29978,-29978, -29976,-29975,-29977,-29964,-29960,-29964,-29966,-29967,-29966,-29965,-29961, -29961,-29967,-1927,-29961,-29965,-1582,0,-29965,-29965,-29967,-29964,-29966, -29959,-5081,-1868,-1050,0,-159,-159,-144,0,0,0,0,0,-5628,-5628,-5498,-5367, -29980,-29982,-29980,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29987,-29986,-29991, -29987,-29987,-29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. Bf4 Nxe4 8. Qf3 d5 9. Nc7+ Kf8 $1 10. Nxa8 {And now 0-0-0 would win. B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} e5 11. Bd2 Nd4 12. Qd1 {Threatens to win with Nxe4.White has an edge.} Qh4 {[%csl Ge4][%CAl Rh4f2]} 13. g3 Qf6 {[%csl Ge4][%CAl Rf6f2]} 14. Nxe4 Nf3+ {[#]} 15. Qxf3 $1 Qxf3 16. Bxb4+ Kg8 17. Nd6 Qxh1 18. O-O-O Be6 19. Nc7 Qxh2 (19... Qf3 {keeps more tension.} 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bh3 Qf6 22. f4 Qh6) 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 (20... Qxf2 $2 21. Ne4 $18) 21. Rxd5 Qxf2 {[#]} 22. Bc4 $146 (22. Rxe5 $5 {[%CAl Re5e8]} Qxf1+ 23. Re1 Qxe1+ 24. Bxe1 $14 ) ({Predecessor:} 22. Rxe5 Qxf1+ 23. Re1 Qxe1+ 24. Bxe1 h5 25. Bc3 b6 26. Kd2 f6 27. Ke3 Kf8 28. Kf3 Ke7 29. Nb5 Kd7 {1/2-1/2 (29) Brunori,V (2212)-Ploscaru, S (2223) ICCF email 2018}) 22... Qe3+ (22... Qxg3 $6 23. b3 $16) 23. Rd2 $4 { [%mdl 8192]} (23. Kd1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 23... Qe1+ $19 24. Rd1 Qxb4 25. a3 Qc5 26. b4 Qe3+ 27. Kb2 g6 28. Nxf7 b5 29. Ba2 Kg7 30. Rd7 {intending Nxe5+. } Rf8 31. Nxe5+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ {[#]} Rxf7 $1 33. Bxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB } Kg7 (33... Qxg3 $142 {aiming for ...h5.} 34. Rxa7 h5) 34. Bc4+ (34. Bb3+ $142 Kh6 35. Rd3 Qe5+ 36. Kb1) 34... Kh6 35. Bd3 a6 ({Don't play} 35... Qxg3 36. Rxa7 Qe5+ 37. Kb3 $17) 36. g4 Qf4 37. Kb3 Qxg4 38. Rd6 Qc8 39. a4 Qg8+ 40. Ka3 Qh8 {...Qa1+ is the strong threat.} 41. axb5 $2 (41. Rxa6 $17 {was the only defense.} Qc3+ 42. Ka2) 41... axb5 42. Bxb5 $2 (42. Kb3) 42... Qc3+ 43. Ka4 Qxc2+ 44. Ka3 Qc3+ 45. Ka4 Qc2+ $2 (45... Qa1+ $19 46. Kb3 Qe5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 46. Ka5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Ka3 $11 Qc3+ 47. Ka4 Qa1+ 48. Kb3 ) 46... Qc7+ 47. Rb6 Kg5 48. Bd3 Kf4 49. Ka6 g5 50. b5 g4 (50... Qd8 $142 51. Be4 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxe4 52. Re6+ Kf4) 51. Rc6 Qd7 52. Bf1 g3 53. Rc4+ Ke3 54. b6 Kf2 55. b7 Qd6+ 56. Ka7 Qa3+ 57. Kb6 Qb3+ 58. Kc7 Kxf1 {KQ-KR} 59. Rf4+ Ke2 60. Rg4 Kf3 61. Rg5 Qc3+ (61... g2 62. b8=Q Qxb8+ 63. Kxb8 h6 64. Rg7 h5 65. Rf7+ Kg3 66. Rg7+ Kh3 67. Kc7 h4 68. Kd6 Kh2) 62. Kb6 Qe3+ 63. Rc5 Qf4 64. Rc3+ Kg4 65. Rc8 Qb4+ 66. Kc6 Qc4+ 67. Kd6 Qd4+ 68. Kc6 Qe4+ 69. Kb6 Qe3+ 70. Kc6 Qf3+ (70... Qh6+ $142 71. Kb5 Qg5+ 72. Rc5 Qg8 73. Rc8 Qg5+ 74. Rc5 Qd8 75. Rc8 Qd7+ 76. Kb6 Qe6+ 77. Kc7 Qf7+ 78. Kc6 Qg6+ 79. Kb5 Qg5+) 71. Kb6 Qf2+ 72. Kc6 Qf3+ 73. Kb6 Qb3+ 74. Kc6 Qc2+ ({Less strong is} 74... g2 75. b8=Q $17) 75. Kb6 Qb2+ 76. Kc6 Qc3+ 77. Kb6 Qb4+ $2 (77... Qf6+ $1 $19 78. Ka5 Qa1+ 79. Kb6 Qf6+ 80. Ka5 Qg5+ 81. Ka4 Qf4+ 82. Kb5 Qf5+ 83. Kb6 Qf6+) 78. Kc6 $17 {[#]} g2 $1 {( -> ...Qe4+)} 79. b8=Q Qxb8 (79... Qc4+ $17 80. Kd6 Qd3+ 81. Ke7 Qe4+ 82. Kd7 Qf5+ 83. Kc7 Qe5+ 84. Kc6 Qe6+ 85. Kc7 Qf7+ 86. Kc6 Qf3+ 87. Kd7 Qd5+ 88. Kc7 Qc5+ 89. Kd7 Qf5+ 90. Kc6 Qg6+ 91. Kb5 Qb1+ 92. Kc6 Qc2+ 93. Kd7 Qf5+) 80. Rxb8 {KR-KPP} h5 81. Kd5 Kf3 (81... h4 {with more complications.} 82. Ke4 Kg3 83. Rg8+ Kh2 84. Kf3 g1=Q) 82. Rb3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (82. Rf8+ $11 Kg3 83. Rg8+ Kf2 84. Rf8+ Kg3 85. Rg8+ Kf2 86. Rf8+ Kg3) 82... Kf2 $19 83. Rb2+ {[#]} Kg3 $1 84. Rb3+ Kh2 {Black mates.} 85. Rb2 Kh1 86. Ke4 h4 87. Rb3 g1=Q 88. Rb2 Qe1+ 89. Kf3 Qg3+ 90. Ke4 {[#]} Qg2+ $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.24/Black=0.48 } 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "15"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,78,33,4,21,22,20,18,18,27,44,25,22,-15,-6,-54,-75,-57,-53,-170,-163, -146,-22,-92,-77,-99,-91,-114,-52,-60,-43,-43,-29,-85,-87,-68,-66,-108,-12,-97, -78,-74,16,-65,-68,-111,-110,-109,-106,-141,0,0,0,-78,-42,-202,-197,-238,-244, -260,36,0,33,-97,-99,-99,-95,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 g5 {The position is equal.} 10. b4 Nh7 $5 {[%mdl 4] Black wants to play ...g4. Exploring less charted territory.} 11. Kh1 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... g4 12. Ng1 h5 13. f4 exf4 14. d4 h4 15. Rf1 h3 16. gxh3 Ng5 17. Rxf4 g3 18. hxg3 Nxh3 19. Nxh3 Bxh3 20. Bxf7+ { 1-0 (30) Antipov,M (2584)-Burke,J (2538) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 12. b5 Na5 13. d4 g4 14. Ng1 exd4 15. Bb2 (15. Qc2 $15) 15... Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Be6 ({Better is} 16... dxc3 $17 17. Bxc3 Bxf2) 17. b6 cxb6 $17 ({Much worse is} 17... Bxc4 $6 18. bxa7 d3 19. Qxg4+ Qg5 20. Qd1 $11) 18. Nd2 dxc3 19. Bxc3 b5 (19... Rc8 $17 20. Ne2 d5) 20. f4 $1 $15 gxf3 21. Ndxf3 Rc8 22. Qd2 (22. Bb2 $11) 22... bxa4 $17 23. Rxa4 Ng5 24. Ba1 Kh7 (24... Bc5 $17 {White should prevent ...f6.} 25. Qf4 f6) 25. Nd4 (25. Qd3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Kg8 26. Rf1) 25... Bd7 26. Ra3 Re8 (26... Bc5 $17 27. Rg3 Rg8) 27. Rg3 ({White should play} 27. h4 $11) 27... Rg8 $1 $15 ({Not} 27... Nxe4 $2 28. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 29. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 28. Qd3 Rg6 29. Ngf3 {[#]} Nxf3 30. Rxf3 Be8 (30... Bxd4 $17 31. Qxd4 Be6) 31. Ref1 Rc7 32. Qd2 (32. Rf5 $11) 32... Qg5 33. Qf2 ({White should try} 33. Rf4 $1 $15) 33... Rc1 $19 {Hoping for ...Rxa1!} 34. Bb2 Rxf1+ 35. Qxf1 Qe7 $2 (35... Qe5 $19 36. Qd3 d5 37. exd5 Bb8) 36. Nf5 (36. Ne2 $5 {[%CAl Re2f4]} Rg4 37. Ng3 $14) 36... Qxe4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bb5.} 37. Nxd6 Rxd6 $17 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. h3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} Bxf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0. 67/Black=0.40} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "15"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,125,11,12,20,-35,52,19,138,139,150,140,193,200,196,208,279,249,255, 248,257,243,235,224,301,297,270,216,345,344,343,350,341,247,300,122,98,110,108, 52,61,0,0,-32,-11,-35,-20,-41,-4,-4,-4,-5,33,-5,-5,-45,-47,-38,-51,-52,-50,-52, -52,-54,-61,-41,-25,-34,-23,-152,-145,-184,-127,-170,-177,-174,-170,-176,-167, -193,-190,-196,-192,-205,-217,-231,-231,-243,-241,-285,-283,-304,-245,-261, -258,-247,-252,-270,-106,-108,-108,-100,-100,-135,-108,-258,-200,-224,-159, -216,0,-200,-214,-207,-225,-186,-185,-378]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6. } 7. Re1 (7. Be2 $11) 7... b5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} ( 7... g5 $15 8. g3 d6) 8. Bf1 $14 {[#]} Qb6 $146 (8... Qc7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 8... Bb7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 d6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Nf6 14. Nc3 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 (39) Lahoche,D (2124)-Kirsch,L (2120) Tornelo INT 2021}) 9. a4 $1 $16 {[%CAl Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} b4 {[#]} 10. Nd5 {[%CAl Rd5b6][%mdl 512]} exd5 (10... Qa7 $16 {might work better.}) (10... Qd8 11. d4) 11. exd5+ $18 Nce7 12. d4 d6 13. a5 Qc7 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. c4 $1 bxc3 16. bxc3 f6 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Nd4 Kf7 (18... g6 $142 19. Qf3 Bd7) 19. Ne6 Qd7 20. Rb1 Nh6 21. Rb6 Ng6 22. Nxf8 (22. Bd3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 22... Rxf8 $16 23. Rxd6 Qg4 24. Qxg4 ({White should play} 24. f3 $16 Qg5 25. Rc6) 24... Nxg4 $14 25. Rc6 ({White should try} 25. Rb6 $14 Rd8 26. c4) 25... Rd8 $11 26. c4 {[%CAl Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} N4e5 27. Rb6 Bf5 28. d6 Nf4 { next ...Rac8 is good for Black.} (28... Bd3 $5 {[%CAl Rd3f1]} 29. c5 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Rdc8 $15) 29. c5 {[#]} Nh3+ $1 30. Kh1 $1 Nxf2+ 31. Kg1 Nfd3 32. Rd1 Rac8 33. c6 Rxc6 34. Rxc6 Nxc6 35. Bxd3 Bxd3 36. Rxd3 Nxa5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. Rc3 Rd7 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Ke3 (39. g4 $11) 39... Rb7 $17 40. Kd4 Kd7 (40... Rb3 $19 41. Rxb3 Nxb3+ 42. Kc4 Nd2+ 43. Kd4 Kd7) 41. Re3 Nc6+ 42. Kc3 Rb5 43. Rg3 g6 44. Rh3 h5 45. Rf3 Ke6 46. Rd3 {intending d7.} Rd5 47. Rg3 Ne5 48. h3 g5 49. Kc2 Nc4 50. Bb4 Rb5 ({Don't play} 50... Nxd6 51. Re3+ Re5 52. Rf3 $19) 51. Rd3 {Black must now prevent d7.} Ne5 ({Less strong is} 51... Rxb4 52. d7 $15) 52. d7 Nxd7 ({Stronger than} 52... Nxd3 53. d8=Q $11) 53. Rd6+ Kf5 $2 ( 53... Ke5 $19 {has better winning chances. ...Nc5 is the strong threat.} 54. Ba3 Ra5 $1) 54. Bc3 Ne5 55. Rxa6 Rd5 56. Ra4 h4 57. Rb4 (57. Ra6 $17) 57... Rd6 58. Ra4 Ng6 59. Bd2 (59. Ra5+ $17 {is a better defense.} Ke4 60. Bd2) 59... Ne5 60. Bc3 $1 Rc6 {Black is clearly better.} 61. Kd2 {[#]} Ng6 $1 62. Ra5+ {[#]} Ke6 $1 63. Ra8 $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/Black=0.25} (63. Ba1) 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "16"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+2"] {[%evp 0,155,34,27,30,6,6,12,16,26,24,14,28,20,20,15,38,22,14,7,7,5,2,2,15,0, -2,-1,4,-6,-12,3,0,0,-13,-22,-18,-13,9,-21,-19,-26,-1,-8,-25,22,22,-68,-112, -73,-69,-76,-58,-55,-73,-69,-50,-94,-48,-64,-51,-51,-28,-61,-37,-19,-23,-26,0, -7,0,0,13,0,3,25,49,49,68,-55,65,17,10,16,46,32,62,12,10,14,54,35,82,93,108,54, 81,90,191,211,319,114,133,300,300,103,108,119,131,102,134,75,70,64,91,79,92,91, 91,77,86,86,86,101,121,121,123,131,142,146,145,149,149,149,149,131,138,138,148, 133,168,170,170,153,148,83,125,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Nc3 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:02] } 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxc3 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 7. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. Rc1 {[%emt 0: 00:04]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 9. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 11. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} cxd4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 12. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0: 00:03]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 14. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 15. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 16. b3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qa5 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} 17. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 18. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02] } Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 19. h3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 20. Rc2 { [%emt 0:00:30]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 21. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00: 19]} 22. c5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 23. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 25. Rb1 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Na1 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00: 31]} 27. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 28. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 29. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 30. Rcc1 { [%emt 0:00:26]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00: 06]} 32. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 33. Na5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. c6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rdc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. Ba6 { [%emt 0:00:04]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Rcb1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00: 06]} 37. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 39. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rdc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Qb6 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 42. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 43. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 44. Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 45. Rb1 { [%emt 0:00:04]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 46. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 47. Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 48. Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g4 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 49. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 50. Qe3 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} (50. Bc4 f6 51. Rb8) 50... Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 51. cxb7 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} Bxb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 52. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (52. Qa7 Nd6 53. Nxb7 Nxb7 54. Ba6 $18) 52... Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 53. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf8 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 54. Qxh4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 55. Qg5 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 56. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qa1+ {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 57. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qh8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 58. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qc3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 59. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qc7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 60. Kh3 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 61. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} 62. g5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 63. Qh6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 64. g6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qh8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 65. gxf7+ { [%emt 0:00:02]} Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 66. Qxh8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kxh8 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 67. Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 68. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 69. Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 70. g4 { [%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 71. g5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 72. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 73. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 74. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 75. Kf5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 76. Kxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nh3 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 77. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 78. Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "16"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,35,21,16,-24,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,5,0,2,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} e4 7. Ne5 {The position is equal.} g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 {[#]} Qe7 $146 {[#] Strongly threatening ...d6.} ({ Predecessor:} 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 d6 13. exd6 Bf5 14. Rb4 a5 15. Rxb7 Qh4 16. Bc6 cxd6 17. g3 Qc4 {1-0 (50) Shevchenko,K (2599)-Antipov,M (2609) Tornelo INT 2021}) 12. Re1 {And now Nxc6 would win.} Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. c3 {Hoping for f4.} Qc5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Bc1 {[#] Black must now prevent f4.} Qc5 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Bc1 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "16"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E49"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,57,4,12,22,19,11,16,20,13,-10,0,-10,20,16,0,0,0,0,6,-18,-22,-29,5,5, 5,11,15,-6,9,11,27,19,17,10,11,13,27,27,31,32,26,31,42,0,520,528]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c6 8. Ne2 {8.Nf3 is vanishing. E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3.} b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 {The position is equal. 10.c4 is becoming the main line.} Ba6 11. e4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qc8 13. O-O Qa6 14. Qc2 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} Nc6 15. Bg5 {Threatens to win with Bxf6.} Ne8 {[#]} 16. Bh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. exd5 exd5 18. Rfe1 Qc4 19. Qa2 Nf6 20. Bg5 Qxa2 21. Rxa2 Nd7 22. Ng3 {1/2-1/2 (30) Habermehl,T (2522)-Lukez,F (2549) ICCF corr 1999}) 16... Qc4 17. e5 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qd2 Rae8 20. Rfe1 Nd7 21. Bg3 e5 22. dxe5 Ndxe5 23. Nf4 d4 24. Rac1 d3 25. Re4 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 {[#] aiming for Qa2+.} Qxa3 {Black wants to play ...Na5.} 27. Rce1 Qd6 28. h4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qh6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Qd7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) (28... h6) 29. Qa2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.45} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "16"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,65,42,46,74,62,79,74,60,53,55,3,56,31,27,39,34,42,40,47,70,60,52,47, 67,71,59,59,56,54,70,72,97,88,102,102,83,50,148,149,247,-30,84,87,142,103,109, 122,118,105,539,565,531,543]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Bd3 Bg7 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3.} 9. O-O Nf6 10. e4 O-O {White is better.} 11. h3 e6 12. Bf4 (12. Bg5 $14) 12... exd5 {[#]} ({Black should play} 12... Nh5 $11 13. Be3 f5) 13. cxd5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 13. exd5 a6 14. Qd2 Nh5 15. Bh2 Qc7 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Nxd6 Rxd6 19. Qf4 {1-0 (53) Tsydypov,Z (2558)-Atabayev,S (2425) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 13... a6 14. a4 Re8 15. Qd2 c4 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. Bh6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Bd7 19. a5 b5 20. axb6 $1 Qxb6 21. Qd2 Reb8 ( 21... Qxb2 $2 22. Rfb1 $18) 22. Kh2 Qc7 ({Not} 22... Qxb2 $2 23. Rfb1 $18) 23. Ra2 Rb4 24. f4 Rab8 25. Bb1 Qb6 (25... Ne8 $14) 26. e5 $16 Ne8 {[#]} (26... dxe5 $16 27. fxe5 Nh5) 27. Qe2 $2 (27. e6 $1 $18 fxe6 28. dxe6 Bxe6 29. f5 gxf5 30. Nd5) 27... Ng7 (27... Rxb2 $11 28. Qf3 Rxa2 29. Bxa2 Qc7) 28. Ne4 {Nf6+ is the strong threat.} Bf5 ({Black should try} 28... Nh5) 29. Nf6+ ({Stronger than } 29. exd6 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Re8 $17) 29... Kh8 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Nd7 Qd4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Qe3 $16 32. Qxe3 Nxe3) 32. Nxb8 $18 Rxb8 33. exd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.23/Black=0.59} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "16"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,122,37,18,17,9,50,51,67,64,67,66,77,78,81,83,89,81,112,107,148,144, 131,101,184,180,193,200,190,197,176,161,191,152,230,223,271,260,241,221,221, 222,273,152,165,151,261,117,120,116,127,120,141,132,135,119,126,124,169,169, 163,167,161,161,164,164,173,161,157,162,162,154,161,156,158,137,138,106,116, 109,112,103,122,85,80,64,74,14,14,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] } 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nd7 8. Bf4 Nc5 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5.} 9. Nd2 Bg7 10. Be3 Ne6 {White is slightly better.} 11. Kc2 Bd7 12. Bc4 {[#]} b5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. Rhd1 O-O-O 14. f4 h6 15. g4 Rde8 16. h4 Nd8 17. Rg1 h5 18. g5 Rhf8 {1/2-1/2 (66) Kuchta,J (2215)-Rychtecky,P (2200) ICCF email 2004 }) 13. Bd5 c6 14. Bb3 a5 15. a4 Nd8 16. Rhd1 e6 17. Nf3 (17. f4) 17... Nb7 18. e5 Bf8 (18... h6 $16 {was called for.}) 19. Ng5 $18 {Nxf7! is the strong threat.} Bc5 {[#]} 20. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf8 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 b4 23. f3 c5 (23... e5 $16 {was worth a try.} 24. Bc4 Rf6 25. cxb4 axb4) 24. Bc4 Rf6 25. b3 Bc6 26. Rd2 Kd7 27. Re1 {Black must now prevent Bg5.} Re8 28. Ba6 (28. Bg5 $18 Rf5 29. Be7) 28... Rf5 29. Bf2 e5 (29... bxc3 $16 30. Rd3 (30. Kxc3 Nxd6 31. Bg3 Rd5 $16) 30... Nxd6) 30. Bxb7 (30. Bd3 $18) 30... Bxb7 $16 31. Bxc5 bxc3 32. Rde2 ({Weaker is} 32. Kxc3 Rc8 $17) 32... e4 33. Ba3 Rh5 34. h3 Rhe5 35. Kxc3 e3 {[#] intending ...Ba6.} 36. Bc1 $1 Kxd6 37. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 38. Bxe3 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kc6 {[#]} 39. Rc1 $1 Ba6 (39... Re6 40. Bf4) 40. Kd4+ Kb7 41. Rc5 Rd8+ {[#]} 42. Ke4 $1 Rd3 43. Rxa5 Rxb3 44. Re5 Bf1 45. g4 Bxh3 46. Re7+ Kc6 47. Rxh7 Bf1 48. Rg7 Bd3+ 49. Kd4 Bb1 {Black wants to play ...Rd3+.} 50. Bf4 (50. Re7 $16) 50... Rxf3 $11 {The position is equal.} 51. Ke5 Ra3 52. Ra7 Kb6 53. Ra8 Kb7 54. Ra5 {Strongly threatening Rb5+.} Bc2 55. Rb5+ Ka6 56. Rd5 (56. Rc5 {with more complications.} Bxa4 57. Rd5 Bc2 58. Rd2 Rc3 59. Kf6) 56... Rxa4 {Threatens to win with ...Re4+.} 57. Rd6+ Kb5 { And now ...Re4+ would win.} 58. Rd4 Rxd4 59. Kxd4 g5 60. Bxg5 Bd1 61. Bf4 $1 Bxg4 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/ Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "17"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A54"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,60,3,15,0,0,0,42,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-16,-33,-57,-56,-45,-73,-58, -112,-113,-126,-127,-138,-137,-191,-173,-290,-291,-290,-241,-296,-269,-347, -350,-337,-329,-822,-789,-2080,-1397,-29992,-29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. Bg2 e5 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 e4 7. Ng5 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. O-O {A54: Old Indian Defence with Nf3, but without e4.} h6 10. Nh3 Nb6 11. f3 {White is slightly better.} exf3 {[#]} 12. Rxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. exf3 Be7 13. Nf2 O-O 14. Nd3 Bf5 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Qd2 {0-1 (42) Bolkvadze,T (1611)-Naqopia,G (1680) Poti 2019}) 12... Be7 13. Nf4 O-O 14. a4 a5 15. Qb3 Bb4 16. Rf2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Re8 18. Rb1 Ra6 {[%CAl Ba8a6,Ba6c6,Bc6c8] [%mdl 32]} 19. Nd3 (19. Qa2 $15) 19... Nc4 $17 {[%CAl Bb6c4,Bc4d6,Bd6e4][%mdl 32]} 20. Qa2 Rc6 21. Rb5 Nd6 22. Rxd5 {[#]} (22. Bxd5 $17 Nxd5 23. Rxd5) 22... Be6 $1 $19 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 23. c4 (23. Nc5 {was called for.} Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Bxe6 (25. dxc5 Ne4 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 25... Rxe6 26. dxc5) 23... Bxd5 ({Weaker is} 23... Nxd5 24. cxd5 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 $11) 24. cxd5 Rc8 25. Bd2 Nde4 26. Rf5 Qb6 27. e3 Qa6 28. Ne5 {[#]} (28. Bf1 Qc4 29. Qxc4 Rxc4 30. Bxa5) 28... Qe2 29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. Qb2 Qd1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.98/Black=0.30} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "17"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,27,0,1,0,0,0]} 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+ $146 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} ({ Predecessor:} 13. Qe3+ Be7 14. Nc3 c6 15. Ne4 Qg6 16. Nc5 Qd6 17. Re1 b6 18. Ne4 Qe5 19. a5 bxa5 20. Rxa5 Qc7 21. Rg5 Kf8 22. Rxg7 h6 23. Qd4 Be6 24. Rg6 fxg6 25. Qxh8+ {1-0 (25) Abdusattorov,N (2627)-Nakamura,H (2736) Chess.com INT 2021}) 13... Qe6 14. Qd4 {Not much happened in this game. Not enough moves} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "17"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+2"] {[%evp 0,101,27,11,38,36,39,29,55,45,42,26,19,30,35,40,54,30,23,15,35,10,15,14, 2,4,3,-2,-12,1,8,8,27,38,71,59,79,77,62,62,131,146,211,211,199,234,198,234,228, 228,218,168,164,124,127,127,127,149,154,154,163,167,167,138,151,132,144,156, 158,125,140,113,113,101,113,84,129,115,167,173,151,152,188,188,220,218,226,226, 217,238,237,236,236,229,360,383,408,398,424,441,456,454,550,564]} 1. e4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nfd7 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. a3 { [%emt 0:00:04]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 10. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:32]} 11. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 12. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 13. Bf3 { [%emt 0:01:07]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 14. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a5 {[%emt 0:00: 20]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxd4+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} 16. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 18. f5 { [%emt 0:00:09]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rae8 $4 { [%emt 0:00:10]} (19... Nd7) 20. b4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Na4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 21. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re7 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 23. bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Nxb7 { [%emt 0:00:09]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd7 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 26. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxa5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 28. c4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Rf4 { [%emt 0:00:26]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 30. a4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:03] } 31. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rcxe5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 33. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 34. Rd5 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 35. c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 36. h4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. h5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 38. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. c6 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 40. Rxh7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kxh7 {[%emt 0: 00:10]} 41. Bd3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 42. Bxc2 {[%emt 0:00:01] } Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 43. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 44. Kf2 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 45. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 46. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 47. a5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc8 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 48. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 49. a6 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 50. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 51. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "17"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,79,26,8,24,10,25,10,9,17,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-7,-14,-20,-23, -25,-18,-15,22,25,30,0,0,0,10,10,10,10,8,8,119,122,133,130,166,158,153,112,150, 119,159,139,145,128,155,144,231,229,302,281,316,313,358,258,351,330,2654,2430] } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 d6 $1 {6...d6 scores better than 6...0-0.} 7. Re1 Bb6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. a4 a5 9. Nbd2 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. h3 Ne7 11. d4 Nc6 {[%CAl Re5d4]} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 {[#]} 14. Bf1 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Bb3 c6 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Bc2 Be6 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Ba3 Qe8 20. Red1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 {1/2-1/2 (35) Xu,Y (2536)-Xiang, Z (2409) Xingtai 2018}) 14... Be6 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. Nc4 Bc5 17. Rd1 Qh4 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Nc5 {...Bb3 is the strong threat.} 20. Bc4 Rae8 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Rd5 Nxe4 23. Re1 Nd6 24. Rxa5 c6 25. Nf5 Nxf5 26. Qxf5 Rf6 $2 (26... Qc4 $11) ( 26... Rd8) 27. Qc2 $16 e4 {[#]} 28. Re5 ({Inferior is} 28. Rxe4 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Qxe4 $11) 28... e3 29. R1xe3 Rd6 30. Re8 Rd8 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 32. Qe4 Qd8 33. g3 g6 34. Kg2 h5 (34... Qa8 $16 35. Kh2 b5) 35. b4 $18 Qd7 36. a5 Rd8 37. c4 Kg7 38. Qe7 Kg8 39. Qf6 {Strongly threatening Re7.} Qd4 $4 {[#]} (39... Re8 40. Qf3 Rxe3 41. Qxe3 Kh7) 40. Re8+ $1 {[%mdl 33344] Double Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.26. An unexpected result.} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "17"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "138"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+2"] {[%evp 0,138,30,11,47,40,38,20,19,62,69,68,57,21,10,13,24,32,88,93,92,74,97,95, 98,92,104,93,99,106,116,96,102,107,95,109,111,104,93,106,105,89,94,82,95,88,85, 74,84,93,141,143,144,144,135,132,143,141,140,132,123,95,94,104,107,120,121,99, 119,121,130,127,147,132,151,132,130,112,110,113,117,108,111,112,111,107,109, 109,107,112,112,112,121,108,109,115,125,107,112,93,146,142,142,144,213,144,190, 126,126,126,126,126,125,124,118,98,116,90,109,109,109,109,109,123,111,109,111, 111,111,65,84,43,43,49,49,49,49,49,43,43,43]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0: 00:08]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 7. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 8. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 9. cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. f3 {[%emt 0: 00:36]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 12. d3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 13. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00: 06]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. Rc3 { [%emt 0:00:17]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00: 08]} 19. a3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 21. e5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. f4 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 23. h4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. Ng1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00: 05]} 26. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28. R3c2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rec8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 29. Bd2 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 31. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:03] } Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. Qd2 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 35. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 36. g3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. Bb4 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 41. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 42. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 43. Na2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 44. Kd2 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 45. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} 46. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 47. Na2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 48. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 49. b3 {[%emt 0: 00:09]} axb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 50. Nxb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 51. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 52. Nb7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bc6 { [%emt 0:00:09]} 53. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} (53. Nc5 Bd7 (53... Nd7 54. Kb4) 54. Kb4) 53... Na6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 54. Nc8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 55. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 56. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bd7 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 57. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 58. Bd1 {[%emt 0: 00:06]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 59. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 60. Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 61. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd7 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 62. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 63. Nd2 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 64. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 65. Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 66. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd7 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 67. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 68. Bd1 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 69. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "18"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+2"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Bxc6 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. b3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. d3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00: 07]} 8. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nd4 { [%emt 0:00:17]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Nd2 { [%emt 0:00:08]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 12. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:06] } 13. h4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 14. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bb7 { [%emt 0:00:20]} 15. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 16. h5 {[%emt 0: 00:04]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]} 17. Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 18. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 19. f3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} c4 { [%emt 0:00:09]} 20. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 21. cxd3 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Qxc2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 23. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:00:18] } Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 25. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bxc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Bxa7+ {[%emt 0:01:18]} Kb7 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 28. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 29. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 30. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Rf2 { [%emt 0:00:16]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 32. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 33. f4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 34. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 35. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 36. Kg3 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 37. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00: 09]} 38. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 40. Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxh5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 41. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0: 00:05]} 43. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 44. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 45. b4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 46. Kf4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ka7 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 48. Rxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kb7 49. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb1+ {[%emt 0:00: 05]} 50. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 51. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d3 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 52. e6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 53. Kf6 {[%emt 0: 00:05]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 54. e7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 55. g4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 56. g5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0: 00:03]} 57. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 58. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 59. Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 60. g6 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 61. g7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d1=Q {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 62. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 63. e8=Q {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 64. Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 65. Bxf2 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "18"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A12"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+2"] 1. b3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00: 07]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Nc3 { [%emt 0:00:12]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00: 10]} 8. a3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxc3 { [%emt 0:00:13]} 10. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Qxd3 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:00: 11]} 13. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} 14. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} dxe4 15. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 16. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 { [%emt 0:00:17]} 17. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 18. bxc4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 19. a4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00: 25]} 20. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} cxd4 21. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00: 16]} 22. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 24. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Nxe5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 26. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00: 19]} 27. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 28. h3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h6 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rcb8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 30. Kh2 { [%emt 0:00:12]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00: 20]} 32. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 34. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rbb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 35. Ree3 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 36. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00: 07]} 37. Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. c5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Qb2 { [%emt 0:00:04]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 41. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 42. Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 43. Qb1+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 44. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 45. Ne2 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "18"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+2"] 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00: 06]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. O-O { [%emt 0:00:02]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 8. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. b3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Rad1 { [%emt 0:00:10]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:00: 06]} 13. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 14. e4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 15. e5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 16. Qxe5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 17. h4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00: 17]} 18. Qxc7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 19. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rec8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 20. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 21. Red2 { [%emt 0:00:12]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 22. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke8 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 23. f3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ncd7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 26. Nd3 { [%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 28. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 29. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 30. Ree1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 31. Rc1 { [%emt 0:00:11]} Rbc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 33. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 34. Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:01] } Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 35. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxa2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 38. g4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 39. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 40. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 41. Nd3 { [%emt 0:00:02]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 43. f4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 45. Be1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 46. Ke3 { [%emt 0:00:21]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 47. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00: 23]} 48. Be1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Na2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 49. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxh4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 50. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 51. Ba5 { [%emt 0:00:16]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 52. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 53. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. b4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 55. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 56. Ke2 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Nd4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 57. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 58. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 59. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 60. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 61. Bd6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 62. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00: 05]} 63. Bb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 64. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 65. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 66. Bb8 { [%emt 0:00:04]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 67. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 68. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 69. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e3 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 70. Be1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 71. Kf3 {[%emt 0: 00:08]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "18"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+2"] 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 5. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. N5c3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0: 00:04]} 8. g3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 11. O-O { [%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:02]} 12. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 13. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01] } Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 15. a3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 16. b4 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 17. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 18. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 20. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. e3 { [%emt 0:00:06]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0: 00:06]} 23. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 24. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 25. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 26. Qa1 { [%emt 0:00:06]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 27. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 28. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 29. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 30. Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 31. Nc3 { [%emt 0:00:23]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 32. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00: 11]} 33. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 35. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 36. Qc1+ { [%emt 0:00:01]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} exf2+ {[%emt 0: 00:09]} 38. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00: 08]} Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 41. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 42. Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf6 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 43. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 44. Qe4+ { [%emt 0:00:01]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 45. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 46. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 47. Qe6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 48. Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. Qe6+ { [%emt 0:00:01]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 50. Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "18"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+2"] {[%evp 0,62,24,10,37,22,28,-2,15,-2,-12,-14,2,-10,1,6,-8,-22,53,69,41,-56,59,9, 8,35,23,-18,18,18,18,18,16,16,4,16,22,0,0,0,0,-196,73,71,249,147,71,71,63,-180, -227,-267,-251,-300,-296,-296,-314,-324,-189,-314,-317,-395,-395,-417,-426]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Bb3 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. a4 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:00] } 10. a5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. h3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bb7 { [%emt 0:00:33]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 13. d5 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 14. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxh3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf2+ { [%emt 0:00:03]} 17. Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 18. cxb7 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 19. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00: 23]} 20. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} (20... f5) 21. Ng5 {[%emt 0: 00:28]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 22. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 23. Nxh8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Ng6+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} hxg6 { [%emt 0:00:27]} 25. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. Nf3 {[%emt 0: 00:07]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 27. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rh8+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 28. Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} exf4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 30. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Rf3 {[%emt 0: 00:08]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 0-1