[Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"] [Black "Mammadzada, Gunay"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2440"] [BlackElo "2472"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {[%evp 9,85,22,28,27,22,20,38,21,28,28,22,20,17,22,59,41,39,44,64,69,84,72,68,67,108,129,205,155,193,201,206,170,172,159,164,89,94,55,79,72,61,20,18,33,406,259,328,339,881,463,906,902,29989,29990,29990,752,742,727,698,687,751,737,788,629,585,635,518,585,491,510,718,730,728,683,752,727,2791,2666]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 e6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} Qxd6 7. e3 Nc6 {7...Ne7 is setting a new trend.} 8. Rc1 {White is slightly better.} Nge7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. O-O {[#]} Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rfc8 12. Qe2 Be8 13. a3 f6 14. b4 Bg6 15. e4 Bh5 16. exd5 Nxd4 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 {0-1 Yilmaz,M (2627)-Kobalia,M (2596) Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Feb Early blitz 2022 (7)}) 12. a3 Rfc8 13. h4 {[%CAl Yh2h4,Yh4h5,Yh5h6][%mdl 32]} Qe7 14. g3 Na5 15. h5 Nf8 {[#]} 16. h6 $1 g6 (16... gxh6 17. Kg2) 17. e4 Qd6 (17... dxe4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 18. Bxe4 (18. Nxe4 Bc6 $16) 18... Rab8) 18. Qe2 Nb3 19. Rcd1 Bc6 {[%CAl Yd7c6,Yc6d5,Yd5c4][%mdl 32]} 20. Bc2 Na5 21. Ne5 {Prevents Nc4} Nd7 {[#]} 22. exd5 (22. b4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rb4a5]} Nxe5 23. exd5 (23. bxa5 Nc4 $11) (23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Rd3 Be8 $15) 23... Bxd5 24. dxe5) 22... Bxd5 $16 23. Nxd7 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} (23. Be4 {keeps more tension.} Nb6 24. Rfe1 a6 25. Qf3) 23... Qxd7 24. Be4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} (24. Qe5 f5 $11) 24... Bc4 {[#]} 25. Qf3 {[%CAl Yf3f6] Qf6! would be deadly. White is more active.} f5 {[%CAl Yc4f1]} (25... Bxf1 $2 26. Qf6 Kf8 27. d5 $18) 26. Bd3 Qxd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (26... Bb3 $14) 27. Rfe1 {[%CAl Yd3f5]} Qb6 28. b4 Nb3 (28... Qc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6) 29. Qf4 Qd4 (29... Nd4 $142 30. Na4 Qd8) 30. Bxc4 $18 Qxc4 {[#]} 31. Rd8+ $3 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Kf7 32. Qxc4 (32. Ne4 $142 Qxe4 33. Rd7+ Kg8 34. Rxe4 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Nd4 36. Rexd4 Rac8 37. Qe5) 32... Rxc4 {White is clearly winning.} 33. Rxa8 Rxc3 34. Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Rc7 35. Rd1 {Dodges Nd4} Ke7 36. f4 Kf6 37. Rd8 {Black must now prevent Rf8+.} g5 38. Rb8 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Rc2+ 40. Ke1 Rc1+ {[#]} 41. Ke2 $1 gxf4 42. gxf4 (42. Raxb7 Nd4+ 43. Kd2 f3 44. Rf8+ (44. Kxc1 $2 {is the wrong capture.} f2 $19) 44... Ke5 $19) 42... b5 43. Rg7 {Artfully played by Assaubayeva. Weighted Error Value: White=0.36/Black=0.50} ({Stronger than} 43. Rxb5 Nd4+ 44. Kd2 Rc2+ 45. Kd3 Nxb5 $11) 1-0 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Saduakassova, Dinara"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C28"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2434"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {[%evp 10,117,14,-35,6,0,33,46,37,44,34,45,56,55,42,37,71,72,64,62,73,62,86,81,83,85,83,68,96,91,85,82,97,79,89,71,127,48,72,64,146,162,150,122,133,136,139,140,132,139,137,107,126,106,141,137,120,125,125,116,124,119,133,131,126,120,366,366,364,329,294,283,451,444,429,423,363,363,346,306,307,306,306,306,306,306,321,250,1497,1543,1690,1627,1641,1396,1527,1349,1330,1336,1193,1141,3291,2687,29965,11212,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 (6. Bxf6 $11 {should be considered.} Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxf6 8. Qf3) 6... Na5 {C28: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nc6.} (6... g5 $5 7. Bg3 $8 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 $11) 7. Nge2 d6 8. a3 Bxc3+ {White is slightly better.} 9. Nxc3 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nxc4 10. dxc4 g5 11. Bg3 Be6 12. c5 Qd7 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. f3 Rc6 {1-0 Grigoryan,K (2571)-Danielyan,V (2387) ARM-chT Yerevan 2018 (7.2)}) 10. Bd5 {[%CAl Yf2f4]} Nc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. d4 Rb8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. f3 g5 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. h4 Ke7 18. Bf2 Nb6 19. Bc5+ Kf6 20. b3 a6 21. Ke2 Nd7 22. Na4 {[%CAl Yc3a4,Ya4c5,Yc5d3,Yd3b4][%mdl 32]} Rhg8 (22... g4 $142) 23. Bf2 (23. g4 $16) 23... Kg7 24. Rad1 Nf6 (24... g4 $14) 25. Nc5 $16 Bc8 26. Bg3 {Rxd8 is the strong threat.} Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Re8 28. Nd3 Nd7 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Nb4 Re6 31. Ke3 {White is much more active.} Rh6 {[#]} 32. Nxa6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Rd6 33. Rxd6 (33. Nxc7 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Rxd1 34. Bf2 Kf8 $19) 33... cxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KBN-KBN} 34. Nb4 Bb7 35. a4 Kf6 36. Nd3 Ke6 37. Be1 Nc5 $2 {A mistake that costs the game.} (37... c5 $16 38. Nf2 f6) 38. Nxc5+ $18 dxc5 {KB-KB} 39. c4 Kd6 40. Ba5 f6 (40... Ke7 {was necessary.} 41. Bb6 Kd6) 41. Bd8 Ke6 42. Bb6 Kd6 43. Kf2 Bc8 44. a5 Bb7 45. Kg3 {Kg4 would be deadly.} Bc8 46. Bd8 Ke6 47. Kg4 Kf7+ {[#]} 48. Kh5 $1 {Strongly threatening Kh6.} Ba6 $2 (48... Kg7 49. Be7 Be6) 49. Bb6 Bc8 50. Bxc5 Ba6 51. Bd6 Bc8 52. g3 Ke6 53. Bc7 Kf7 {[#]} 54. Bxe5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} fxe5 (54... Ke6 55. Bb2) 55. Kxg5 c5 56. f4 Ke6 57. Kg6 {White mates.} exf4 58. gxf4 {[%CAl Yg3f4,Yf4f5][%mdl 32]} Bb7 59. f5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.55} 1-0 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"] [Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2497"] [BlackElo "2525"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {[%evp 11,79,20,14,22,20,6,13,17,18,11,19,0,87,6,18,9,22,16,41,19,25,24,22,2,53,54,25,27,56,23,31,-14,104,32,111,118,102,100,105,98,93,86,90,76,145,122,399,378,403,410,524,506,601,588,605,597,540,555,947,915,1582,1558,1499,1450,29984,29985,29983,29983,29990,29991]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. c3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} (7. dxe5 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nxe5 $15) 7... Bh5 {7...Bd6 is the fancy move.} 8. O-O (8. dxe5 Bxf3 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $17) 8... Ngf6 9. Bg5 {The position is equal.} Be7 10. Nbd2 {[%CAl Yb1d2,Yd2f3,Yf3g5,Yg5e6][%mdl 32]} (10. dxe5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxe5 $15) 10... O-O 11. Qe1 {[#]} (11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Bxe7 (12. e6 $2 Bxg5 13. exd7 Ne3 $19) 12... Qxe7 $15) 11... Bg6 $146 (11... exd4 $11 12. cxd4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 (13. Rxf3 Nb6 $15) 13... Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7) ({Predecessor:} 11... Ng4 12. Qh4 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Ndf6 14. h3 Ne3 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Nxh7 Kg7 17. Nxf8 exd4 18. Qxh5 dxc3 19. Qxf7+ {1-0 Xiong,J (2709)-Leiva Rodriguez,J (2391) PNWCC Online Blitz JP 23 2021 (2)}) 12. Kh1 (12. Nxe5 $6 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 $11) (12. dxe5 $16 Ng4 13. Bxe7 (13. e6 Bxg5 14. exd7 Bf4 $17) 13... Qxe7 14. e6 fxe6 15. Qh4 Qxh4 16. Bxe6+ (16. Nxh4 Bf7 $11) 16... Bf7 17. Bxf7+ (17. Nxh4 $2 Bxe6 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $19) 17... Rxf7 18. Nxh4) 12... Ng4 (12... exd4 {is more complex.} 13. cxd4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Ne5 Bxg5 17. Nxf7 Qxd4 18. Rd1 Bh4) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nh4 Kh8 15. Ndf3 Rae8 16. Nxg6+ fxg6 17. h3 Ngf6 (17... Nh6 $1 $11) 18. Ng5 $1 $14 b5 19. Bb3 Rc8 (19... exd4 20. cxd4 (20. Ne6 dxc3 21. Nxf8 cxb2 $11) 20... Nb6 21. Ne6 $16) 20. Ne6 (20. a4 $5 {[%CAl Ra4b5]}) 20... Rfe8 21. a4 (21. Rd1 $5 {[%CAl Re6g5]}) 21... c5 {[#]} (21... bxa4 $11 {remains equal.} 22. Ba2 (22. Rxa4 Rb8 $11) 22... Rb8) 22. dxc5 {White is much more active.} ({Weaker is} 22. axb5 c4 23. d5 cxb3 $15) (22. d5 $1 $16) 22... Nxc5 ({Black should try} 22... bxa4 $1 $14 23. Rxa4 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5) 23. Nxc5 $16 Rxc5 24. axb5 Rb8 25. Ba4 h6 26. Qe3 Kh7 27. b4 Rc4 (27... Rc7 $142) 28. Bb3 $36 {[%csl Ya7,Yc4][%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rxe4 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for Black.} (28... Rc7 $16) 29. Qxa7 $18 Qxa7 30. Rxa7 Nh5 31. Rff7 Rf4 32. g4 Rxf7 33. Bxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nf4 34. c4 Rd8 35. b6 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rd2+ 37. Kg1 e4 38. b7 {White mates.} Nxh3+ 39. Kf1 e3 40. b8=Q {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.58} ({Worse is} 40. b8=R Nf4 41. Ra1 (41. Bg8+ Kh8 $11) 41... Rf2+ 42. Kg1 Ne2+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 43. Kh1 Ng3+ 44. Kg1 Ne2+ 45. Kh1 Ng3+ 46. Kg1 Ne2+ $11) 1-0 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Dronavalli, Harika"] [Black "Kamalidenova, Meruert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D03"] [WhiteElo "2447"] [BlackElo "2273"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. h4 Nbd7 10. h5 Ne4 $2 (10... Nxh5) 11. Bf4 Ndf6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Ne5 a6 14. g4 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Qh2 e6 19. g5 Kf8 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Qd6 22. Qf6 Ke8 23. Rh7 Qe7 24. Qf4 e5 25. dxe5 Qe6 26. Qf6 Qxf6 27. gxf6 Bc6 28. e6 1-0 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Kurmangaliyeva, Liya"] [Black "Savitha Shri B"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2152"] [BlackElo "2228"] [PlyCount "156"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Ne5 Qe7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Na4 Nbd7 12. Nxc4 Nd5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Ne3 Qxc2 15. Nxc2 N7b6 16. a4 Bd7 17. a5 Nc4 18. b3 Ne5 19. Bb2 Ng6 20. e4 Nc7 21. Rfd1 Bb5 22. Nd4 Ba6 23. b4 Rfd8 24. Nb3 Be2 25. Rdc1 Na6 26. Nd4 Bd3 27. b5 Nb4 28. Ra4 e5 29. Rxb4 exd4 30. Rd1 Be2 31. Rdxd4 Rxd4 32. Bxd4 Rc8 33. h4 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Rc4 35. Rxc4 Bxc4 36. Bxa7 Bxb5 37. f4 Ne7 38. Bb6 Bc6 39. h5 f6 40. Kg1 Kf7 41. Kf2 Nc8 42. Bc7 Na7 43. Ke3 f5 44. Bf3 Nb5 45. Be5 Na3 46. Kd3 Bb5+ 47. Kc3 Bc6 48. Kd4 Nc2+ 49. Kc3 fxe4 50. Bd1 Ne3 51. Bb3+ Kf8 52. Bd6+ Ke8 53. Be6 Nf1 54. g4 e3 55. Bc4 Ng3 56. Be5 Kf8 57. Bd6+ Ke8 58. Be5 Kf8 59. Kd3 e2 60. Kd2 Bf3 61. Be6 Nf1+ 62. Ke1 Ne3 63. Bc3 Nxg4 64. Bc4 Ne3 65. Bxe2 Ng2+ 66. Kf2 Bxe2 67. Kxg2 Bxh5 68. Kg3 Kf7 69. Be5 Be2 70. Bc7 Ke6 71. Bd8 Kf5 72. Bc7 g6 73. Bd8 Bd3 74. Bc7 Bc4 75. Bd8 g5 76. fxg5 hxg5 77. Bc7 g4 78. Bb6 Ke5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "5.6"] [White "Salimova, Nurgyul"] [Black "Balabayeva, Xeniya"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D50"] [WhiteElo "2392"] [BlackElo "2157"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {[%evp 14,53,12,12,20,12,14,18,25,19,19,14,16,13,17,18,16,17,21,23,33,30,89,84,104,102,93,48,181,156,158,118,111,0,129,139,118,89,200,106,899,892]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O {D50: Queen's Gambit Declined: Dutch-Peruvian Gambit.} 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Qd3 Be6 {The position is equal.} 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Qb6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxb2 ({Resist} 15... Bxb2 16. Rab1 Qb4 17. a4 $16) 16. Bc4 Rad8 17. Qf5 Qxa1 (17... Qb4 $11 18. Rac1 Rfe8) 18. Rxa1 $16 Bxa1 {[#]} 19. g4 $1 {[%CAl Yg2g4,Yg4g5][%mdl 32]} Rd6 {[#]} 20. g5 $146 {[%mdl 1152] Threatens to win with g6. White has strong compensation. White mounts an attack.} ({Predecessor:} 20. Qb1 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxb7 a5 23. a4 Bc3 24. Kg2 Bb4 25. Bd5 g6 26. e4 {0-1 Gharibyan,M (2460)-Kantor,G (2527) FIDE World Cup Europe Hybrid Qual 2021 (1.5)}) 20... Nd8 (20... g6 $14 21. Qf4 Rd1+ 22. Kg2 h5) 21. Qb1 Bc3 22. Qb3 Ba1 23. Qb1 Bc3 24. Qc2 Ba1 25. h4 Kh8 (25... Rc6 $16) 26. Bb3 (26. Qb1 $18 Rc6 27. Bb5 (27. Qxa1 Rxc4 28. gxh6 f6 $18)) 26... hxg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26... Rc6 $16 27. Qb1 Bc3) 27. Qc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.23 (precise) /Black=0.34} ({Less strong is} 27. hxg5 Rc6 28. Qb1 Bc3 $16) ({Weaker is} 27. Nxg5 Rh6 $14) 1-0 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "5.7"] [White "Nurgaliyeva, Zarina"] [Black "Khamdamova, Afruza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "1987"] [BlackElo "2140"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "143"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Nxe2+ 10. Qxe2 Nd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. d3 Re8 14. Be3 c6 15. Rae1 Bb4 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. a3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 d5 19. f4 f6 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. c4 Qd6 22. Qf2 Nd7 23. Bd2 b6 24. Bb4 c5 25. Nb5 Qc6 26. Bd2 Bf7 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Re1 a6 29. Nc3 Nf8 30. Re2 Ne6 31. Nd5 Kf8 32. Bc3 b5 33. Qe1 bxc4 34. dxc4 Rd8 35. Rd2 Rb8 36. f5 Ng5 37. Kg2 Re8 38. Qd1 Ne4 39. Rd3 Qa4 40. Nc7 Qc6 41. Nxe8 Bxe8 42. Qf3 Qb7 43. Kg1 Bc6 44. Qd1 Qc7 45. Be1 h5 46. Qe2 Qf4 47. Rf3 Qe5 48. Re3 hxg4 49. hxg4 Qd4 50. c3 Qe5 51. Bg3 Qe7 52. Bf4 Qb7 53. Kh2 Qb1 54. Qd3 Qb7 55. Bd6+ Kf7 56. Bf4 Kf8 57. Re2 Kg8 58. Qd8+ Kf7 59. Qc7+ Qxc7 60. Bxc7 Ke7 61. Rb2 Kd7 62. Bf4 Nxc3 63. Rb6 a5 64. Ra6 Bb7 65. Rxa5 Kc6 66. Be3 Ne4 67. a4 Kd6 68. Rb5 Bc6 69. Rb6 Kc7 70. a5 Bd7 71. Bf4+ Kd8 72. a6 1-0 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "5.8"] [White "Gaal, Zsoka"] [Black "Nurmanova, Alua"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E63"] [WhiteElo "2320"] [BlackElo "2274"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {[%evp 19,81,21,36,31,34,22,45,39,44,22,22,27,42,41,26,-39,-54,-54,-49,-48,-57,-55,-58,-192,43,57,56,46,51,15,24,19,24,32,25,60,48,40,179,0,0,0,175,167,235,237,227,209,212,55,75,18,62,62,64,37,32,23,135,133,116,22,24,-10]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 a6 10. O-O Rb8 11. a4 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6.} Bd7 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Qc2 {[#] White is slightly better.} e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. h3 bxc4 16. bxc4 Rb4 17. Ba3 Rb7 18. Rfb1 Rfb8 19. Rxb7 Rxb7 {½-½ Schuelke,T (1880)-Grote,D (2143) Norderstedt op 5th 2005 (4.6)}) 14. Nce4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 {Threatens to win with Nf6+.} e5 $1 16. f4 {Hoping for fxe5.} (16. Nd2 {simplifies} f5 17. f4 e4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. g4) 16... f5 17. fxe5 (17. Nd2 $11) 17... fxe4 $15 18. e6 {And now Bxg7 would win.} Be8 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Rf1 {[%CAl Yf1f8]} Bg7 {Prevents Rxf8+} 21. Bh3 (21. Bxg7 $15 Qxg7 22. e3) 21... b5 $2 (21... Bxb2 $1 $19 22. Qxb2 Qg7) 22. e7 $14 Qxe7 23. Be6+ $1 Kh8 24. Qc3 {Qxg7+ would kill now.} (24. Qd2 {simplifies} e3 25. Bxg7+ Qxg7 26. Qxa5 bxa4 27. bxa4 g5 28. Bg4) 24... h6 (24... Bxc3 $2 25. Bxc3+) 25. Qd2 $40 {[%CAl Rd2h6][%mdl 128] White attacks.} Kh7 26. Bxg7 Qxg7 27. Qxa5 bxc4 28. bxc4 Qb7 (28... Qd4+ $2 29. Kg2 Qg7 30. Qxa6 $16) (28... Qe7 $14) 29. Rf8 $2 ({White should try} 29. Kg2 $1 $18) 29... Qe7 $11 (29... Qg7 $2 30. Rg8 Rb1+ 31. Kg2 $18) 30. Rf4 (30. Bg8+ $2 Kg7 31. Rxe8 Qxe8 $19) 30... Qb7 $2 (30... Rb1+ $11 31. Kg2 g5 32. Bf5+ (32. Rxe4 Qf8 $11) 32... Bg6 33. Rxe4 Qf7) 31. Kg2 $18 {Rf8 would be deadly.} ({Don't play} 31. Rxe4 $6 Qb1+ 32. Kf2 Qxe4 $16) 31... Qb6 (31... e3 {was necessary.} 32. Rf3 Qa7 33. Rxe3 Qb7) 32. Qxb6 Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. a5 ({Inferior is} 33. Rxe4 Bxa4 $11) 33... Rb4 {[#]} 34. Rxe4 $2 ({White must play} 34. Bd7 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rd7e8]} Bxd7 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Rxd7) 34... Bb5 $14 35. Rf4 (35. Bd7 $16 Bxc4 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. e4) 35... Bxc4 36. Rf7+ Kh8 {[%CAl Yb4b2]} 37. Rd7 Bxe2 38. Rxd6 {Black must now prevent Rc6.} Rb2 (38... Kg7 $11 {remains equal.}) 39. Rb6 $16 Ra2 {[#]} 40. Kg1 ({But not} 40. Rb8+ $6 Kg7 $11) (40. Kf2 $1 $16) 40... Bc4 $11 41. Bf7 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.28 (precise) /Black=0.41. Loss on time!?} (41. Rc6 $5 {[%CAl Rc6c5]}) 0-1 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Dzagnidze, Nana"] [Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2440"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {[%evp 16,74,12,13,49,45,40,36,38,37,47,4,76,57,95,28,33,29,30,41,39,34,57,33,58,56,53,58,50,54,100,108,105,42,53,48,43,31,46,50,63,33,25,24,27,35,27,10,25,38,36,0,15,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Nh4 {8.Ne1 is the fancy move.} Be6 9. b3 Qc8 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6.} (9... d5 $5 {[%CAl Rd5c4]}) 10. Bb2 Bh3 11. e4 {[%CAl Ye2e4,Ye4e5][%mdl 32]} Bxg2 {White is slightly better.} 12. Nxg2 {[#]} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qe2 Qh3 15. f3 Rd8 16. Nd1 Qe6 17. Nf2 c5 18. Ne3 Nc6 {1-0 Skatchkov,V (2242)-Hristodorescu,D (2211) Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April blitz 2020 (6)}) 13. f4 c5 (13... e5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14. e5 $16 Ne8 15. Ne4 {White is more active.} ({White should try} 15. Nd5 $16 Qd8 16. dxc5) 15... cxd4 16. exd6 ({Reject} 16. Bxd4 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 $17) 16... Nxd6 17. Nxd6 exd6 18. Bxd4 Nf6 19. Qf3 (19. Ne3 $5) 19... Re8 20. Rad1 (20. f5 {simplifies} g5 21. Rad1 Qc6 22. Qxc6 bxc6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Rxd6 Kg7 25. Rfd1) 20... Ne4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. f5 Re5 (22... Qc7 $14 {is more appropriate.}) 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Qf7+ (24. Nf4 $16) 24... Kh8 $14 25. Nf4 Rf5 26. Qe6 (26. Qe7 $5 Re5 $8 27. Qh4 $14) 26... Qc5+ 27. Kg2 Qe5 28. Rfe1 {[%CAl Yf1e1,Ye1e3,Ye3d3][%mdl 32]} (28. Rde1 {simplifies} Qxe6 29. Nxe6 Re5 30. Rf4) 28... Re8 29. Qxe5+ Rfxe5 30. Re3 Kg7 31. Red3 b5 32. cxb5 Rxb5 33. Re1 Rbe5 {The position is equal.} (33... g5 $5 {[%CAl Rg5f4]} 34. Rd4 gxf4 35. Rexe4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Ra5 $11) 34. Rde3 g5 35. Nd3 R5e6 36. Nf2 d5 37. Nxe4 dxe4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.14 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Saduakassova, Dinara"] [Black "Dronavalli, Harika"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2434"] [BlackElo "2511"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {[%evp 9,115,34,48,47,50,47,96,92,85,87,96,22,68,63,94,71,79,71,78,79,78,70,68,81,87,88,86,83,130,121,125,76,85,83,100,83,120,116,116,116,128,118,168,160,159,143,174,129,175,166,234,168,156,156,184,113,131,132,129,113,203,205,198,171,227,228,204,215,310,319,375,375,375,248,514,414,739,726,890,885,872,724,827,808,790,756,599,517,714,506,29972,29974,4956,2391,1990,1364,1635,1558,2281,2047,5675,4236,4631,4627,4133,1927,1877,1700]} 1. d4 {[%CAl Yd2d4,Yd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 h5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 $1 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.} (6. dxc5 Na6 $11) 6... d6 7. e4 b5 8. cxb5 $16 {White is better.} (8. Nxb5 Nxe4 9. Qc2 Nxg5 10. hxg5 Na6 $17) 8... a6 9. Nf3 {[%CAl Yg1f3,Yf3d2,Yd2c4][%mdl 32]} O-O 10. bxa6 (10. a4 $16) 10... Qa5 (10... Bxa6 $11 11. Bxa6 Nxa6) 11. Nd2 $14 {[#]} Nxa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nbd7 12. Bb5 Bxa6 13. Nc4 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Bxb5 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Rh3 Nd3+ 17. Rxd3 Bxd3 {1-0 Mladenov,P (2375)-Suarez Real,A (2397) BCF-chT1b 1314 (4NCL) 2013 (6.173)}) 12. Be2 Nc7 13. Nc4 Qb4 14. a3 Qb8 15. O-O Ba6 16. Qc2 Nb5 17. Nxb5 Bxb5 18. a4 Bxc4 ({Black should play} 18... Ba6) 19. Bxc4 $16 Nh7 20. Bb5 (20. Bxe7 $6 Re8 $11) ({White should try} 20. Bc1) 20... Nxg5 21. hxg5 Qb6 22. Ra3 {[%CAl Ya1a3,Ya3b3,Yb3b7][%mdl 32]} c4 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 23. Qxc4 {Hoping for Bc6.} Bxb2 24. Rb3 Bg7 25. Bc6 Qa6 (25... Qc7 $16 26. Rb7 Qa5) 26. Qxa6 Rxa6 27. Rb7 Bd4 28. Rd1 Bc5 (28... e5 $16 29. Rd7 Bc5) 29. Rxe7 $18 Rb8 (29... f6 $142 30. gxf6 Rxf6) 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Bxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kg7 32. Kf1 (32. Bb5 $18 Ra8 33. e5) 32... f6 33. gxf6+ Kxf6 34. g3 Rb6 {[#]} (34... Ra8 $16 {might work better.}) 35. Bb5 $1 Ke5 36. Kg2 Rb8 {[#]} (36... Kxe4 {was worth a try.} 37. f3+ Ke5 38. f4+ Ke4 39. Bd3+ Kxd5 40. Bxg6+ Ke6 41. Re1+ (41. Bxh5 Rb2+ 42. Kh3 Ra2 $18) 41... Kf6) 37. f4+ $1 Kxe4 38. Bd3+ Ke3 (38... Kxd5 $142 39. Bxg6+ Ke6 40. Re1+ (40. Bxh5 Kf5 $18) 40... Kf6) 39. Bxg6 h4 40. Rd3+ ({Less strong is} 40. gxh4 Kxf4 41. Kh3 Rb3+ 42. Rd3 Rxd3+ 43. Bxd3 Ke5 $18) 40... Ke2 41. gxh4 {[%CAl Yg3h4,Yh4h5][%mdl 32] h5 would be deadly.} Be3 $2 (41... Ra8 {was called for.} 42. h5 Rxa4) 42. Ra3 Bxf4 (42... Bc1 $142) 43. a5 {[%CAl Ya4a5,Ya5a6][%mdl 32]} Rb7 44. a6 Ra7 45. h5 Ra8 46. Kh3 Bc1 47. Ra1 Be3 48. Kg4 {Strongly threatening Ra2+.} Rf8 49. Ra2+ Kf1 (49... Kd1 $18 50. Bf5 Rh8) 50. Bd3+ Kg1 51. Bb5 (51. a7 $142 Bxa7 52. Rxa7) 51... Rf7 52. Bc6 Rh7 53. Rb2 {Threatens to win with Rb7.} Rg7+ 54. Kf3 {[%CAl Yb2b7]} Bd4 55. Rb7 {Threatening mate with Rxg7+.} Rg8 56. a7 Kh2 57. Ke4 (57. h6 $142 Rg3+ 58. Kf4 Be5+ 59. Ke4) 57... Rg4+ 58. Kd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.33} 1-0 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Mammadzada, Gunay"] [Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C60"] [WhiteElo "2472"] [BlackElo "2497"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {[%evp 17,76,9,22,4,7,7,12,7,7,2,0,-15,-14,-25,-19,-34,0,0,0,-14,-11,-8,-10,-7,-10,-12,-13,-21,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,77,72,79,71,85,34,33,26,36,20,30,0,0,-9,-6,-9,-7,-85,-16,-7,-16,-678,-667,-785,-326]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 {[%CAl Yb5a4,Ya4c2,Yc2b3,Yb3d5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 O-O 10. h3 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6.} exd4 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Bb3 {The position is equal.} c5 13. a3 Nc6 {[#]} 14. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nc3 Re8 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Na5 17. Ba2 Bb7 18. Bg5 Qb6 19. Qd3 Nc4 20. Re2 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 {½-½ Brunello,S (2512)-Gregoric,A (2206) Nova Gorica HIT op 27th 2023 (2)}) 14... dxc5 15. e5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nd7 {[%CAl Yf6d7,Yd7b6,Yb6c4,Yc4e5,Ye5d3][%mdl 32]} (16... Ne4 {feels hotter.} 17. Bd5 Rd8 18. Rd3 Na5) 17. Bd5 Bb7 {[%CAl Yc8b7,Yb7c6,Yc6d5,Yd5b3][%mdl 32]} 18. e6 Nb6 {And now ...Nxd5 would win.} 19. exf7+ Kh8 $1 {aiming for ...Nxd5.} 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Ng5 ({Reject} 21. Rd6 Rac8 22. Re6 Nc4 $17) 21... Bd5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 22. Nc3 Bb3 {This pair of bishops is nice.} (22... Bxf7 {simplifies} 23. Nxf7+ Rxf7 24. Rb1 Re7) 23. Rd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} (23. Re1 {simplifies} Rac8 24. Ne6 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxf7 26. Bh6) 23... Nc4 24. Rc6 Ne5 {[%csl Yc6,Yf7]} 25. Rxc5 Nd3 26. Rc6 h6 (26... Bxf7 $11 27. Nxf7+ Rxf7) 27. Ne6 $1 $16 Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Rxf7 {[#]} 29. f3 (29. Rd6 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rd6d3]} Nxc1 30. Rxc1) 29... Kh7 $14 30. Rd6 Ne5 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Ne4 (32. Rb1 $5 {[%CAl Rd1d6]}) 32... Rc2 33. Rd2 Rfc7 34. Rd1 Nc4 35. a4 {[#]} (35. Rb1 $11 {remains equal.}) 35... Nxb2 {Black has more active pieces.} (35... b4 $1 $17) 36. Bxb2 $11 Bxb2 37. axb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rab1 $11 g5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Rd8) 37... Bxa1 $19 38. Rxa1 axb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.30/Black=0.12 (very precise)} (38... Rc1+ $142 39. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 40. Kf2 axb5 41. Nf6+ Kg7) 0-1 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Kamalidenova, Meruert"] [Black "Hou, Yifan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B43"] [WhiteElo "2342"] [BlackElo "2628"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "251"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {[%evp 15,251,36,42,43,29,0,18,22,29,-7,35,15,31,38,114,86,135,127,158,160,161,37,37,23,27,25,25,31,22,35,225,222,390,378,643,161,122,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,146,146,147,90,29993,0,0,0,0,-30,-30,-30,-30,-244,18,-149,136,136,136,136,142,136,150,136,128,128,12837,12838,12838,235,8483,11300,4165,3591,12830,12831,12833,12834,12833,279,12837,12834,12833,3237,12837,12831,12825,136,303,271,257,129,243,129,257,249,218,129,129,129,129,129,129,129,128,30,30,7,7,0,0,0,12835,12835,12838,12839,12842,12840,12841,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27986,0,0,0,27986,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27992,27999,27994,27999,27992,27999,27994,0,27997,27999,27998,27999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Re1 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3.} Ne7 {[#] is currently scoring better than 9...Bc5.} 10. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bf1 Ng6 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 a5 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Nf4 Qf6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 {0-1 Paravyan,D (2586)-Predke,A (2684) Speed Chess Q1 blitz 2022 (2)}) 10... Ng6 (10... b4 $5 {[%CAl Rb4c3]} 11. Ne2 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Ng6 $11) 11. Be3 {Prevents Bc5. The position is equal.} Qc7 12. a4 {[%CAl Ra4b5]} b4 {[#]} (12... Nxf4 {is more complex.} 13. axb5 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qe5) 13. Nd5 Bxd5 (13... exd5 $2 14. exd5 Be7 15. dxc6 $18) 14. exd5 Bd6 (14... Nxf4 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Qf3 $16) (14... Bc5 $14) 15. f5 $16 Bxh2+ (15... Nf4 $142) 16. Kh1 Bg3 17. dxe6 dxe6 18. Qf3 ({Better is} 18. Qh5 $1 $18 Ne5 19. Rf1 Nxd3 20. cxd3) 18... Rd8 $14 19. Bb6 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qxb6 20. Qxg3 Rd4 {Strongly threatening ...Rh4+.} 21. a5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qc5 {...Rh4+ is the strong threat.} 22. Be4 e5 $2 23. c3 $1 $18 Rc4 (23... Rd6 24. cxb4 Qxb4 25. fxg6 hxg6+ 26. Kg1 O-O) 24. Rad1 $1 {[%CAl Ye4c6]} bxc3 $2 (24... Qe7 25. Bd5 Qh4+ 26. Qh3 Qxh3+ 27. gxh3 Rc7 28. fxg6 f6 29. cxb4 hxg6) 25. Rd5 $2 (25. Qd3 Rd4 26. Qxa6 cxb2 $14) (25. Bc6+ Ke7 26. Rd5 Rh4+ 27. Qxh4+ Nxh4 28. Rxc5) 25... Qc7 {[%CAl Yc3b2] And now ...cxb2! would win.} 26. fxg6 {White is more active.} (26. Bd3 $16 {[%CAl Yd3c4]} Rc5 27. Rxc5 Qxc5 28. bxc3) 26... hxg6+ $11 27. Kg1 Qa7+ (27... cxb2 28. Rxe5+ Kf8 29. Qa3+) 28. Qe3 $1 Qxe3+ 29. Rxe3 cxb2 (29... f5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 30. Rxe5+ $16 Kd7 {[%CAl Yc4e4] Hoping for ...Rxe4!} 31. Rb3 ({White should try} 31. Rd3+ Kc7 32. Re7+ Kc8 33. Rb3) 31... Rh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Kd6 $16 32. Rd5+ Kc7) 32. Rd5+ $2 (32. Rd3+ {mates} Kc8 33. Re8+ Kc7 34. Re7+ Kc8 35. Bb7+ Kb8 36. Rd8+ (36. Rxf7 b1=Q+ 37. Rf1 Qxd3 38. Re1 Qd4+ 39. Kf1 Rh1+ 40. Ke2 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 Rf2+ 42. Kg3 Qh4#) 36... Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Ka7 38. Bf3#) 32... Kc7 $11 {...Rc1+ would be deadly.} 33. Bd3 Rb4 34. Rc5+ (34. Rc3+ $5 Rhc4 35. Bxc4 (35. Rxc4+ $2 Rxc4 36. Re5 Rc3 $19) 35... b1=Q+ 36. Bf1+ Kb8 37. Rd8+ Kb7 38. Rd7+ Ka8 39. Rc8+ Rb8 40. Rc6 $11) 34... Kd6 35. Rcc3 Rhd4 {aiming for ...Rxb3.} 36. Kf2 $2 (36. Kh2 $11) 36... Ke7 $2 (36... Rxd3 $1 $19 37. Rxd3+ (37. Rxb4 $2 Rxc3 38. Rxb2 Kc7 $19) 37... Kc5) 37. Ke3 $2 (37. Ke2 $11) 37... Rxb3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Rxd3+ $1 $17 {and life is bright.} 38. Kxd3 b1=Q+ 39. Rxb1 Rxb1 40. Rc7+ Ke8) 38. Rxb3 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} (38. Kxd4 b1=Q 39. Bxb1 Rxb1 40. Rc7+ Ke6 $11) 38... Ra4 39. Rxb2 Rxa5 40. Rb7+ Kf8 41. Bc4 Re5+ 42. Kd4 Re7 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Rf5 $16 43. Bxa6 Rf4+ 44. Kc5 Rf5+ 45. Kd6 Rf6+ 46. Kd7 Kg8) 43. Rb8+ ({Weaker is} 43. Bxa6 Re6 $18) 43... Re8 44. Rb6 $2 (44. Rxe8+ Kxe8 45. Bxa6) 44... a5 $2 (44... Re7 45. Rb8+ (45. Bxa6 Rd7+ 46. Ke5 Kg8 $18) (45. Rxa6 Rc7 $18) 45... Re8) 45. Ra6 $18 Rd8+ 46. Bd5 Rd7 47. Rxa5 Ke7 48. Ra6 Rc7 49. Ra2 $2 (49. Rb6 Ra7 50. Rb7+ Rxb7 51. Bxb7) 49... Rd7 $2 (49... g5 50. Ra5 f6) 50. Rf2 Kf8 51. Ke5 (51. Rb2 $142 Rc7 52. Rb8+ Ke7 53. Rb7 Rxb7 54. Bxb7) 51... Ra7 52. Kd6 Ra6+ 53. Bc6 $2 (53. Kc7 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Ra7+ 54. Kd8) 53... Ra1 $2 (53... g5 $16 54. Rb2 Kg8) 54. Rb2 {[%CAl Rb2b8]} Kg8 55. Rb8+ Kh7 56. Bd5 ({White must play} 56. Ke7 $1 $18 {[%CAl Re7f7]}) 56... f6 (56... f5 $16 {was worth a try.} 57. Ke5 Ra5) 57. Rb3 {[%CAl Rb3h3]} Kh6 58. Rh3+ (58. Ke7 $1 $18) 58... Kg5 $16 59. Rg3+ Kh6 60. Bf7 Ra6+ 61. Ke7 f5 62. Kf8 (62. Bc4 $16 Ra4 63. Rh3+ Kg5 64. Bd5) 62... f4 $1 $11 63. Rh3+ Kg5 64. Kxg7 {Threatens to win with Rc3.} Ra7 65. Rc3 {Black must now prevent Kf8.} (65. Kf8 $5 Kf6 $8 66. Be8 $14) 65... Ra6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65... Kf5 $11) 66. Rc5+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Kh4 67. Bxg6 Re6 68. Rc2 Re3 69. Bf5 $2 (69. Rc4 $18 Rb3 70. Be4 (70. Rxf4+ Kg3 $14)) 69... Kg3 $11 70. Kg6 f3 71. gxf3 Kxf3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (71... Rxf3 $11 72. Kf6 Rb3) 72. Kg5 Ra3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (72... Kg3 $11) 73. Rh2 Ra4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (73... Ra5 $11) 74. Rh3+ Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (74... Kg2 $11) 75. Kf6 Rd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (75... Ra6+ $11 76. Ke5 Ra4) 76. Ke5 Rd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (76... Rc4 $11) 77. Kf4 Rd4+ 78. Be4 Rd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (78... Rc4 $11) 79. Rh4 Ke1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (79... Re2 $11) 80. Rh1+ Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (80... Ke2 $11) 81. Rh6 Ke1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (81... Re2 $11) 82. Bf3 Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (82... Rf2 $11) 83. Rh2+ Ke1 84. Rh1+ Kf2 85. Be4 Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (85... Re2 $11) 86. Rb1 Kf2 87. Ra1 Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (87... Rb2 $11) 88. Ra4 Kf2 89. Ra3 Ke1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (89... Re2 $11) 90. Kf3 Rf2+ 91. Kg3 Rb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (91... Re2 $11) 92. Rd3 Rd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (92... Ke2 $11) 93. Rb3 Ra2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (93... Rd4 $11) 94. Rf3 Re2 95. Bd3 Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (95... Rb2 $11) 96. Bf5 Re2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (96... Re5 $11) 97. Rd3 Rd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (97... Re5 $11) 98. Rb3 Ra2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (98... Rd5 $11) 99. Rf3 Re2 100. Bd3 Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (100... Rb2 $11) 101. Kf4 Kd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (101... Rf7+ $11 102. Bf5 Kd2) 102. Bf5 Re2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (102... Ke1 $11) 103. Rd3+ Ke1 104. Bg4 Rd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (104... Rf2+ $11 105. Bf3 Rd2) 105. Ra3 Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (105... Rf2+ $11 106. Kg3 Rc2) 106. Bf3 Rd4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (106... Rc2 $11) 107. Be4 Rd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Repels Ra2} (107... Rc4 $11) 108. Rh3 Ke1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (108... Re2 $11) 109. Ke3 {[%CAl Rh3h1]} Re2+ 110. Kd3 Rd2+ 111. Kc3 Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (111... Re2 $11) 112. Bd3 Rg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (112... Rc8+ $11 113. Kd4 Kf2) 113. Rf3 {[%csl Gd3][%CAl Rf3f1]} Rg1 $1 {Dodges Rf1+} 114. Bc4 Kd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (114... Rh1 $11) 115. Rf2 Ke1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (115... Rg3+ $11 116. Bd3 Re3) 116. Re2+ Kd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (116... Kf1 $11) 117. Bd3 Rg3 118. Rf2 {[%CAl Rf2f1]} Rg1 119. Rd2+ Ke1 $1 120. Re2+ Kd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (120... Kf1 $11) 121. Re3 $1 Rg2 122. Rf3 {[%CAl Rf3f1]} Rg1 {[#]} 123. Re3 $1 Rg2 124. Re7 Rh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (124... Rg3 $11) 125. Rf7 {[%CAl Rf7f1]} Rh1 126. Ra7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.93/Black=0.66} 1-0 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Khamdamova, Afruza"] [Black "Kurmangaliyeva, Liya"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "2140"] [BlackElo "2259"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {[%evp 21,97,24,28,28,29,13,35,35,41,29,42,38,64,50,60,49,47,0,14,14,33,50,37,0,0,-30,-10,-63,-18,-29,-16,-13,0,0,3,0,73,64,190,166,308,328,409,389,376,325,458,460,779,740,767,748,1477,524,1933,1845,1454,975,3530,2268,29989,29990,29990,29974,5102,5771,29977,4710,29994,0,29995,29991,29993,29994,29995,29996,29996,29978]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. f3 Be7 11. Kb1 b5 12. h4 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7.} h6 {The modern move.} 13. Be3 h5 14. Ne2 {White is slightly better.} Qc7 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Bd3 Qc5 18. Be3 {[%CAl Yd4e6]} Qc7 19. Rh3 (19. c3 $14 {deserves consideration.}) 19... Nd7 {[#]} 20. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Rg3 g6 21. Bg5 Nc5 22. Bxb5+ axb5 23. Nxb5 Qb6 24. Bxe7 Qxb5 25. Qxd6 Qd7 26. Bf6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 O-O 28. Rg5 {1-0 Kolesnik,E (2265)-Humburg,P (2186) Oberliga Ost-B 1516 2015 (5.7)}) 20... Ne5 (20... d5 {with more complications.} 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. a3 g6) 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. f4 Ng4 23. Nf3 O-O 24. e5 ({White should try} 24. Rhh1 $11) 24... dxe5 25. Nxe5 Nf6 26. Qe2 Qb4 27. a3 Qc5 28. g4 (28. Rg3 {keeps more tension.} b4 29. Rg5 Qe7 30. a4) 28... hxg4 (28... Nd5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 29. Rf1 (29. gxh5 $2 {loses.} Nxf4 30. Nd7 Nxe2 $19) (29. Qe4 $2 Nc3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 30. bxc3 Bxe4 $19) (29. Nd7 Qe7 $11) 29... b4) 29. Nxg4 $16 Nh5 {White stays focused until the end.} ({Black should play} 29... Nxg4 $14 30. Qxg4 f5) 30. Rf1 {Ne5 is the strong threat.} Rfd8 (30... g6 $142) 31. Ne5 $18 Nf6 32. h5 {[%CAl Yh4h5,Yh5h6,Yh6h7][%mdl 32]} Rxd3 33. Rxd3 b4 (33... Be4 {might work better.} 34. Rc3 Qf8) 34. Rfd1 {Rd8+ would be deadly.} Nd5 {[#]} (34... Qe7 $142 35. axb4 Be4) 35. h6 $1 {[%CAl Yh6h7] h7+! would kill now.} g6 36. Qh2 bxa3 37. Rxa3 {Active counter play!} (37. h7+ $142 Kg7 38. Rh1) 37... Rc7 38. h7+ Kh8 39. Rad3 {aiming for c4.} Qf8 40. c4 Nf6 41. Rd8 Ne8 42. Qh4 Be4+ 43. Kc1 {Intending R1d7 and mate.} f6 {[#]} 44. f5 $1 Bxf5 (44... fxe5 45. Qxe4) 45. Nd7 $2 (45. Rxe8 {mates} Qxe8 46. Qxf6+ Rg7 47. Nf7+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qxf7 48. Rd8+ Qe8 49. Rxe8+ Kxh7 50. Qh4#) 45... Qf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Rxc4+ $11 46. Qxc4 Qh6+ 47. Rd2 Qh1+ 48. Rd1 Qh6+ 49. Rd2 Qh1+ 50. Rd1 Qh6+) 46. Nxf6 {White mates.} Re7 47. Nxe8 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Rxe8 48. Rxe8+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender, Back Rank} Qxe8 49. Rd8 {Artfully played by Khamdamova. Weighted Error Value: White=0.57/Black=0.87} 1-0 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "6.6"] [White "Balabayeva, Xeniya"] [Black "Gaal, Zsoka"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2157"] [BlackElo "2320"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {[%evp 14,106,28,28,33,38,37,21,38,35,40,20,25,27,38,12,37,7,9,17,58,0,28,-74,-28,-34,-36,-28,-31,-31,-33,-27,0,0,0,0,0,-28,-16,-9,0,0,-6,-14,0,0,10,-34,15,-35,-38,-115,-136,-228,-228,-227,-213,-376,-374,-508,-504,-486,-477,-800,-794,-792,-780,-729,-379,-349,-182,-280,-258,-295,-291,-267,-264,-400,-344,-439,-428,-433,-340,-351,-338,-482,-482,-603,-595,-592,-592,-578,-559,-5135,-5052]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} 9. Ne2 (9. Be3 $5 {[%CAl Rd3h7]}) 9... h5 10. O-O h4 {The position is equal.} 11. h3 Nd7 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Rae1 Bd7 14. f4 b5 15. b3 c5 16. d5 {[#]} Rb8 $146 {[%CAl Yc5c4]} (16... c4 {is interesting.} 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qc8) ({Predecessor:} 16... c4 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qc7 19. Bb3 a5 20. a4 Rab8 21. Kh1 Qb7 22. Nd4 Bc5 23. Rxe8 Bxe8 {1-0 Valsecchi,A (2519)-David,A (2517) ITA-ch Online Final KO rapid 2020 (1.2)}) 17. Kh1 (17. c4 $1 $14) 17... Qc8 18. Ng1 (18. c4 $11) 18... c4 (18... Rxe1 $17 19. Bxe1 c4) 19. Rxe8 $11 Bxe8 20. Be4 Bd7 21. b4 f5 22. Bf3 Qc7 23. Ne2 a5 24. a3 Re8 25. Qd1 Nh7 26. Qe1 Qd8 27. Qf2 Nf6 28. Qxh4 axb4 29. axb4 Qa8 30. Nd4 Qa2 (30... Ne4 $15 {is superior.} 31. Bxe4 Rxe4) 31. Be1 (31. Rd1 $11) 31... Qb1 $15 {[%CAl Yd6f4]} 32. Kg1 {[#] White is now going downhill.} (32. Qf2 $15) 32... Bxf4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 576] And now ...g5 would win. Deflection. Black is more active.} 33. Bf2 {[#]} (33. Nc6 $17) (33. Ne2 Be3+) 33... Bh2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 34. Kxh2 Qxf1 35. Bg3 $2 (35. Nc6 Qc1 36. d6) 35... Qd3 36. Qf4 Qxc3 37. Nc6 Qe3 38. Qd6 (38. Ne5 $142 Qxf4 39. Bxf4) 38... c3 39. Bf4 Qe1 {...c2 is the strong threat.} 40. Ne5 Bc8 ({Less strong is} 40... Qh4 41. g3 (41. Nxd7 $2 {loses.} Nxd7 42. Bg3 Qd8 $19) 41... Ng4+ 42. Nxg4 $16) 41. Qc7 {[%CAl Yf3h5]} Rf8 (41... c2 $142 42. Qxf7+ Kh8) 42. d6 {[#]} (42. Nd3 $142 Qf1 43. Qxc3) 42... c2 $1 43. Qxc2 Qxb4 44. Nd3 Qc4 45. Qd1 (45. Qd2 $142) 45... Be6 46. Bg3 Ne4 {...Nxg3 would be deadly.} 47. Ne5 Qd5 48. Qxd5 Bxd5 49. Bxe4 (49. Be1 $142 Nf6 50. Bxd5 Nxd5 51. Nc6) 49... fxe4 {KRB-KBN. Black is clearly winning.} 50. Nd7 Rd8 51. Nc5 b4 {[%CAl Yb5b4,Yb4b3][%mdl 32]} 52. d7 b3 {White must now prevent ...b2.} 53. Bc7 {[#]} Rxd7 $3 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Ingenious play by Gaal! Weighted Error Value: White=0.48/Black=0.28 (precise)} 0-1 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "6.7"] [White "Savitha Shri B"] [Black "Nurgaliyeva, Zarina"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2411"] [BlackElo "1987"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "177"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {[%evp 12,177,39,53,60,4,16,-6,12,11,25,3,47,39,40,39,72,41,48,52,129,130,209,94,117,94,93,85,87,95,103,102,103,6,4,0,46,25,29,39,81,66,87,87,147,137,151,63,66,57,61,61,65,56,56,6,71,53,91,64,97,33,35,35,36,27,32,31,31,0,24,0,39,56,68,68,92,102,103,103,103,106,107,108,106,98,104,104,118,101,144,108,107,84,80,0,114,0,97,95,82,87,98,106,97,99,100,88,287,279,296,272,433,330,458,455,457,284,445,449,442,442,443,437,436,435,475,327,303,0,434,482,471,480,453,313,285,0,420,349,481,466,461,430,521,438,534,504,522,521,543,546,541,526,653,641,647,629,800,772,754,752,885,687,1094,984,29985,29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 {is the new trend.} Rb8 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} (7... Nxe4 $2 8. axb5 Ne7 9. Bxf7+ (9. Nxe5 d5 $18) (9. d3 Nxf2 10. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 11. Kxf2 f6 $18) 9... Kxf7 10. Nxe5+ Kg8 11. Qf3 $18) 8. d3 (8. c3 $14) 8... d6 $11 9. c3 h6 {The position is equal.} 10. d4 Bb6 $1 11. dxe5 {[#]} dxe5 $146 (11... Nxe5 {simplifies} 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Nd2 Ke7) ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Nd2 Ke7 15. h3 Rd8 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Bc2 Nc5 {0-1 Kilian,R (2126)-Koehler,C (2182) NRW Class2 1718 2017 (5.4)}) 12. Qxd8+ Nxd8 13. Nxe5 Bb7 14. Na3 O-O 15. axb5 Re8 (15... axb5 $14 16. Nxb5 Bxe4) 16. Nec4 $16 {[#] Black must now prevent Nxb6.} Bc5 (16... axb5 $16 17. Nxb6 (17. Nxb5 Bc6 $16) 17... Bxe4) 17. Be3 (17. e5 $18 {is more deadly.} Ng4 18. b6 cxb6 19. Bd1) 17... Nxe4 18. Bc2 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Nd6 20. bxa6 Bxa6 21. Rfb1 Ne6 22. Nd5 {Repels Nf4} (22. Ba4 $16) 22... Bb7 $1 $11 23. Ne3 Nf4 (23... Ba6 $11 {might be stronger.}) 24. Re1 Ba6 25. Rab1 Ne4 26. Nac4 Nc5 27. Rbd1 Rbd8 (27... Ncd3 $142 28. Bxd3 (28. Rxd3 Bxc4 29. Rd2 Rxb2 $14) 28... Nxd3 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 29. Rxd3 Bxc4) 28. g3 Nfd3 29. Bxd3 (29. Rf1 $16) 29... Nxd3 $14 30. Rf1 Re4 31. b3 {[%CAl Yb2b3,Yb3b4][%mdl 32]} Ree8 32. Ra1 Bxc4 33. Nxc4 (33. bxc4 $14 Ne5 34. Rfd1) 33... Nc5 (33... Re2 $11 {remains equal.}) 34. Ra7 (34. b4 $5 {[%CAl Rb4c5]} Ne4 35. Ra3 $16) 34... c6 35. b4 Ne4 36. Na5 (36. Rc1 $16) 36... Nxc3 37. Nxc6 Rd2 38. Ra3 Nb5 39. Ra5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nc3 40. Ra3 (40. Rc5 $5 {[%CAl Rc5c3]} Ne4 41. Rcc1 $16) 40... Nb5 41. Ra5 Nc3 42. Rc5 Ne4 43. Rcc1 Rb2 {[#]} 44. Rfe1 $1 Kf8 45. Rb1 Rxb1 46. Rxb1 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nc3 47. Rb3 Nb5 48. Rd3 Re1+ 49. Kg2 g6 50. Rd5 Nc7 51. Rd7 Nb5 52. Rb7 {White is more active.} Nd6 53. Rd7 Nb5 54. Rb7 Nd6 55. Rb8+ Kg7 56. Rd8 {Inhibits Kf6.} Nb5 57. Rd5 Nc3 58. Rd7 Kf8 59. Rb7 Rb1 $2 (59... Ne4 $16 60. h4 Re2) 60. Ne5 $18 Nd5 61. Rxf7+ ({Don't play} 61. Nxf7 Rxb4 62. Rxb4 Nxb4) 61... Ke8 (61... Kg8 {was necessary.} 62. Rd7 Nc3) 62. Rd7 Nxb4 63. Rb7 Re1 64. Rb8+ ({Less strong is} 64. Nxg6 Nd3 65. f4 Re2+ 66. Kh3 Nf2+ 67. Kh4 Nh1 68. Rb8+ Kd7 $18) 64... Ke7 65. Nxg6+ Kf6 66. Nf4 {Repels Nd3} Nc2 67. Rb6+ Kg7 68. Nh5+ Kh7 69. Nf6+ Kg7 70. Nh5+ (70. Rd6 $142) 70... Kh7 71. Rb7+ Kg8 72. Nf6+ Kf8 73. Nh7+ Kg8 74. Nf6+ (74. Rd7 $142) 74... Kf8 75. Ng4 Ra1 76. Nxh6 Ne1+ 77. Kh3 Ra2 78. Rf7+ Ke8 79. Rf5 {Re5+ would be deadly.} Nd3 {Inhibits Re5+.} 80. Ng4 Ke7 81. Rf3 Nc5 82. Kg2 Ke6 83. h4 {[%CAl Yh2h4,Yh4h5,Yh5h6,Yh6h7][%mdl 32]} Ra4 84. Ne3 Rd4 85. h5 Nd3 86. Rf8 {aiming for h6.} Rd7 87. h6 {And now g4 would win.} Ne5 88. g4 Nf7 89. h7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21 (precise) /Black=0.16 (very precise)} 1-0 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "6.8"] [White "Nurmanova, Alua"] [Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C76"] [WhiteElo "2274"] [BlackElo "2392"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {[%evp 19,115,43,54,0,4,10,33,18,15,13,13,6,10,11,6,2,16,0,-7,0,0,0,45,25,45,0,0,0,20,8,70,0,0,-22,-10,-25,0,-5,0,0,16,18,25,-10,0,0,18,0,0,0,39,39,39,31,118,33,34,24,87,53,57,58,126,139,169,169,192,149,310,291,293,278,405,319,389,269,418,467,643,637,633,626,624,621,524,355,406,402,736,739,29989,29990,29990,29991,29990,29991,29991,1089]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Nh6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bc5 {C76: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 Bd7 6 d4 g6.} (11. Qe2 $14) 11... Bf8 $11 12. Bxf8 Rxf8 {[#]} 13. Nbd2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Na3 Qe7 14. Nc2 O-O-O 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Qe2 Na7 17. Bb3 c6 18. Bxe6+ Qxe6 19. a4 {1-0 Sadykov,R (2179)-Zhurikhin,A (2152) RUS-chT Clubs U18 2009 (9)}) 13... Qe7 14. b4 Kf7 15. Nb3 {Black should prevent Nc5.} b6 {Against Nc5} 16. Qd5+ Qe6 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. Qe2 Nf7 20. Nbd2 Nd6 21. Bb3 Qe7 22. Bd5 (22. Qxa6 $5 b5 23. Qa3 $11) 22... a5 23. b5 Na7 (23... Nb8 $5 {[%CAl Rd7b5]}) 24. a4 Be6 (24... Rb8 $11) 25. Nf1 (25. c4 $1 $14) 25... Bxd5 26. Rxd5 (26. exd5 $5 {[%CAl Rf3d4]} Nb7 27. c4 $11) 26... Nac8 {[%CAl Yc7c6]} 27. Rad1 Qe6 28. c4 Nb7 29. Qc2 Rd6 30. Ne3 Rfd8 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Nd5 Qd7 33. Re1 Nc5 34. Nd2 Ne7 35. Nb3 {Hoping for Nxc5.} Ne6 36. h3 h5 {[#]} (36... c5 $14) 37. Qc3 ({Better is} 37. c5 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rc5d6]} bxc5 38. Nxe7 Qxe7 39. Nxa5) 37... Qd8 $14 38. Kh2 {[%CAl Yf2f4]} h4 (38... c5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39. Rc1 {White is much more active.} Rd7 40. Qf3 Nxd5 (40... Qf8 $14) 41. cxd5 $16 Ng5 42. Qg4 Qe7 43. Rc6 (43. Qxh4 Qb4 $11) 43... Rd8 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (43... Nf7 $16 44. Qxh4 Nd8) 44. Nd2 $18 (44. Qxh4 Rd6 $16) 44... Rf8 45. Qe2 (45. Qxh4 $6 Nf7 46. Qg4 Nd6 $18) 45... Rf7 (45... Rd8 {is a better defense.} 46. Nc4 Nf7) 46. Nc4 Qb4 47. Qc2 Qe1 (47... Re7 {was called for.} 48. d6 cxd6 49. Nxb6 (49. Rxb6 Rc7 $11) (49. Nxd6 Qd4 $16) 49... Rf7) 48. Ne3 Qb4 49. Rxc7 Qxe4 50. Rxf7+ Kxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQN-KQN} 51. Qc7+ Kg8 52. d6 Qf4+ 53. Kg1 Ne4 (53... Qd4 $142 54. Ng4 Nf7 55. Nxf6+ Kg7 56. Ne8+ Kf8) 54. Ng4 {[#] Threatening mate with d7.} (54. Qxb6 Qxf2+ 55. Kh2 Qg3+ 56. Kg1 Qf2+ 57. Kh2 Qg3+ 58. Kg1 Qf2+ $11) 54... Ng3 55. Qd8+ {White mates.} Kg7 56. Qe7+ (56. fxg3 Qc1+ 57. Kh2 (57. Kf2 Qd2+ 58. Kf1 Qd1+ 59. Kf2 Qd2+ 60. Kf3 e4+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 61. Kxe4 f5+ 62. Kf3 Qd1+ 63. Kf4 Qd2+ 64. Kf3 Qd1+ 65. Kf4 Qd2+ 66. Kf3 $11) 57... hxg3+ 58. Kxg3 Qf4+ 59. Kh4 Qg5+ 60. Kg3 Qf4+ 61. Kh4 Qg5+ 62. Kg3 Qf4+ $11) 56... Kh8 57. Qf8+ ({And not} 57. fxg3 Qc1+ 58. Kh2 (58. Kf2 hxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 59. Kxg3 Qf4+ 60. Kh4 Qg5+ 61. Kg3 Qf4+ 62. Kh4 Qg5+ 63. Kg3 Qf4+ $11) 58... hxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 59. Kxg3 Qf4+ 60. Kh4 Qg5+ 61. Kg3 Qf4+ 62. Kh4 Qg5+ 63. Kg3 Qf4+ $11) 57... Kh7 58. Nxf6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.21 (precise) /Black=0.45} ({Worse is} 58. fxg3 Qc1+ 59. Kh2 (59. Kf2 hxg3+ 60. Kf3 Qf4+ 61. Ke2 Qc4+ 62. Kf3 Qf4+ 63. Ke2 Qc4+ 64. Kf3 Qf4+ $11) 59... hxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 60. Kxg3 Qf4+ 61. Kh4 Qg5+ 62. Kg3 Qf4+ 63. Kh4 Qg5+ 64. Kg3 Qf4+ $11) 1-0 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"] [Black "Hou, Yifan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A31"] [WhiteElo "2440"] [BlackElo "2628"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 31,105,44,44,0,-15,-72,52,48,46,47,55,55,108,58,55,56,54,41,41,39,35,39,52,38,35,19,24,0,91,45,39,40,47,30,60,55,65,55,58,54,58,0,182,188,360,365,403,403,388,375,319,195,195,133,163,50,43,49,50,0,1093,1067,29988,29978,29976,971,951,904,970,968,899,664,29985,29986,29986,29987]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. f3 e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 a6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rac1 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Bf1 Qb8 15. Qf2 Rfe8 16. Kh1 Bd8 17. b4 {A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4.} (17. Qd2 $14) 17... Ne5 $11 18. Na4 {[#]} (18. Nb3 $1 $11) 18... Nfd7 $146 (18... d5 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rd5e4]} 19. cxd5 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 (20. Rxc1 exd5 21. b5 axb5 $11) 20... exd5) ({Predecessor:} 18... Ba8 19. Nb3 Nfd7 20. h3 h6 21. a3 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 b5 23. Nb2 bxc4 24. Nxc4 d5 {0-1 Dimakiling,O (2409)-Durarbayli,V (2606) Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug blitz 2020 (3)}) 19. Bf4 {White is slightly better.} Bc7 20. Bg3 Qa8 21. Nb3 Bc6 {[#]} ({Black should play} 21... Qa7 $14) 22. Nc3 (22. Bxe5 $1 $16 Nxe5 23. Nxb6) 22... h6 $14 23. a3 Qb8 24. f4 Ng4 25. Qe1 Ngf6 26. Qe3 Nh5 27. Bf2 Nhf6 28. Be2 Qa8 {[%CAl Rf6e4]} 29. Bf3 b5 (29... e5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30. Nd4 (30. cxb5 $16 axb5 31. Qa7) 30... Bb6 {Threatens to win with ...e5.} 31. Qe2 Bxd4 (31... bxc4 32. Nxc6 Qxc6 33. e5 $16) 32. Rxd4 e5 33. Rxd6 exf4 34. Qd2 {White is more active.} (34. cxb5 axb5 35. Ra1 (35. Nxb5 $2 Nxe4 36. Rcxc6 Nxd6 $19) 35... Ne5 $15) 34... bxc4 35. Qxf4 Ne5 36. Rxf6 ({White should try} 36. Bd4 $1 $14 Ng6 37. Qf5) 36... gxf6 $2 (36... Nd3 $11 37. Qg3 Nxf2+ 38. Qxf2 gxf6) 37. Qxh6 $18 {Strongly threatening Bh4.} Ng6 (37... Nd3 $2 38. Bd4 Re6 39. Nd5 (39. Bxf6 Rxf6 40. Qxf6 Qa7 $11) 39... Bxd5 40. exd5 $18) (37... Rcd8 38. Bh4 (38. Qxf6 Rd3 $16) 38... Rd6) 38. Bd4 Re6 {[%CAl Ye8e6,Ye6d6,Yd6d8][%mdl 32]} 39. Nd5 Bxd5 40. exd5 Rd6 41. Be4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood. This pair of bishops is nice.} Rc7 42. Rf1 (42. Bc5 $18 Rxd5 43. h4 (43. Bxd5 Qxd5 44. Qe3 Kg7 $14)) 42... Qe8 43. Bf3 ({Wrong is} 43. Bxf6 $2 Rxf6 44. Rxf6 Qxe4 $19) ({Weaker is} 43. Bxg6 fxg6 44. Qf4 (44. Bxf6 $2 Rxf6 45. Rc1 c3 $19) 44... Rxd5 45. Qxf6 (45. Qxc7 Rxd4 46. h3 Qe6 $11) 45... Rh7 $11) (43. Rxf6 $18 Rxf6 44. Bxf6) 43... c3 $14 {White must now prevent ...Rc4.} 44. Bc5 $1 {Some like it hot} Rd8 45. d6 (45. h3 $14) 45... Rcd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Rxc5 $11 46. bxc5 Qb5) 46. Bd5 $1 $18 {[%csl Yf6,Yg6]} Nf8 47. Qxf6 ({Less strong is} 47. Rxf6 Qe1+ 48. Bg1 Qe5 $16) 47... Nh7 {Black is weak on the dark squares} 48. Qxc3 (48. Qg6+ $142 Kh8 49. Bd4+ f6 50. Rxf6 Rg7 51. Bxc3 Qe1+ 52. Bxe1 Rxg6 53. Rxg6) 48... Qe2 49. Bc4 Qg4 50. Rf3 {White wants to mate with Rg3.} Ng5 51. Rg3 Qd1+ 52. Bg1 Qh5 53. Qf6 {An entertaining game by Assaubayeva. Weighted Error Value: White=0.41/Black=0.48} 1-0 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Mammadzada, Gunay"] [Black "Saduakassova, Dinara"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2472"] [BlackElo "2434"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 12,90,29,23,25,14,24,26,24,-5,6,-50,-53,-66,-67,-113,-128,-128,-126,-241,-230,-248,-227,-385,-379,-462,-432,-453,-437,-637,-626,-700,-679,-828,-818,-828,-778,-800,-739,-658,-612,-605,-606,-566,-628,-652,-623,-655,-645,-707,-690,-734,-734,-770,-769,-1158,-879,-1733,-1628,-5781,-5418,-6207,-10218,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29988,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29997,-29992,-29994,-29994,-29994,-29980,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 {[%CAl Yb7b6,Yb6b5][%mdl 32] E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} 8. Ne5 Qxd4 9. Bxa8 Qxe5 {White has an edge.} 10. Bf4 Qc5 (10... Qh5 $5 {[%CAl Rf6g4]} 11. Bxc7 (11. Bf3 Ng4 $11) 11... Na6 12. Qxc4 Nd5 $11) 11. Bf3 ({Better is} 11. Nd2 $11) 11... Nd5 $1 $15 {[#]} 12. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Na3 b5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Rac1 d4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 {0-1 Brunsteins,D (1871)-Lo Presti,R (1935) Moron Philidor CC U2200 15th 2017 (6)}) 12... b5 13. Ne4 {[#]} (13. a4 $15 {is more appropriate.} Nxf4 14. gxf4) 13... Qb6 $1 $17 14. Rad1 Nc6 15. e3 ({Reject} 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nd4 $15) (15. Bg2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 15... Ndb4 $19 {[%csl Ya2,Yc2]} 16. Qb1 f5 17. Nc3 (17. a3 Nd3 18. Rxd3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 cxd3 20. Qxd3) 17... g5 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Nxb5 Qb6 20. Nc3 (20. Nd4 $142) 20... Ne5 21. Bg2 Bb7 22. b3 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qc6+ 24. e4 cxb3 25. Rc1 {[#]} b2 $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 26. Qxb2 {[%CAl Yc3d5]} Nbd3 27. Nd5 Qxd5 (27... Nxb2 $2 28. Nxe7+ Kh8 29. Nxc6 $18) 28. exd5 Nxb2 {Excellent horsemanship.} 29. dxe6 Rf6 30. Rc8+ Kg7 {[%CAl Yf5f4]} 31. Rc7 Rxe6 32. Rxa7 f4 {[%CAl Yf5f4,Yf4f3][%mdl 32]} 33. Rb1 Nbd3 {Strongly threatening ...f3+.} 34. a4 f3+ 35. Kg1 Kf6 {( ? ...Ng4)} 36. a5 Bc5 37. Rxh7 Bxf2+ {Black mates.} 38. Kh1 Bc5 39. h4 Ng4 40. hxg5+ Kg6 41. Rh4 f2 42. Kg2 Re1 {[%csl Ge1][%CAl Rf2f1]} 43. Rh1 Kxg5 44. a6 Rxb1 45. Rxb1 Ne1+ {White got outplayed after the opening. An entertaining game by Saduakassova. Weighted Error Value: White=0.72/Black=0.18 (very precise)} 0-1 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"] [Black "Dronavalli, Harika"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2497"] [BlackElo "2511"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 9,72,20,24,29,21,19,21,11,13,16,44,22,22,15,24,5,6,-31,-31,-31,-30,-29,-10,-14,-29,-118,-118,-112,-77,-166,-166,-164,-159,-152,-157,-152,-152,-147,-149,-154,-92,-93,-69,-69,-69,-91,-91,-98,-95,-104,-101,-98,-98,-110,-102,-93,-77,-104,-103,-141,-58,-102,-39,-52,-40]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines.} Nc6 7. Bg2 {Active counter play!} Bc5 8. Nb3 {[%csl Yc5,Yd5] The position is equal.} Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bb6 (10... Bg4+ $2 11. f3 $18) 11. Nc3 Bg4+ {[#]} 12. Kf1 $146 (12. Bf3 $5 {[%CAl Rf3g4]} Nf6 13. Bxg4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf3 Bxf3+ 13. Kxf3 O-O-O 14. Bf4 h6 15. h4 Nf6 16. Rad1 Rhe8 17. Rhe1 Re6 18. Kg2 {½-½ Diamant,A (2538)-Supi,L (2603) Catas Altas op 3rd 2022 (4)}) 12... Nge7 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 O-O-O ({Don't take} 14... Rd8 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Kg2 $14) 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Kg2 {Prevents Bf3+. White is weak on the light squares} Rhe8 $40 {[%CAl Yh8e8,Ye8e2,Ye2c2][%mdl 160] Prevents Re1. aiming for ...Re2. Black is up to no good.} 17. Bf4 (17. Be3 $11) 17... Re2 $17 {[%csl Yc2,Yf2]} 18. Rhf1 f6 {[%CAl Yg7g5]} 19. h4 (19. a4 $17) 19... Rxc2 $19 20. Rac1 Rxb2 21. Rxc6+ Kb7 22. Rc3 Rc8 {Against Nc5+} 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 {A strong pair of Bishops.} 24. Nd2 Rxa2 (24... Be6 $142 $1 25. a4 Bd5+ 26. Kg1 Ra2) 25. Nc4 $17 Be6 26. Nxb6 axb6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Rb1 Bd5+ 28. Kh3 Bc4 29. Be3 b5 30. h5 Kc6 31. h6 g5 32. g4 Kd5 33. Rd1+ {[#]} Ke6 $1 34. Bc5 {[#] Against b4} Ra6 {Dodges Rd6+} (34... Rc2 $1 $17 {...Be2 would be deadly.} 35. Bb4 Rxf2 36. Re1+ Re2) 35. Rd8 Rc6 (35... f5 $17 36. Rg8 Kd5) 36. Bb4 Rc7 {White happily takes the draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.18 (very precise) /Black=0.12 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Dzagnidze, Nana"] [Black "Kamalidenova, Meruert"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E65"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2342"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 19,98,0,37,29,29,30,31,41,29,23,31,27,47,0,0,-28,-53,-45,-40,-107,-103,-141,-144,-150,-154,-164,-147,-149,-154,-152,-79,-80,-79,-154,-160,-222,-219,-234,-99,-91,-99,-94,-53,-109,-108,-109,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-77,-101,-87,-94,-37,-85,-79,-103,-15,-15,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-8,-8,-8,0,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,0,-16,0,-16,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Qa4 Qa5 10. Bf4 Be6 11. Qxa5 {E65: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c5 7 0-0 without d5 by White.} Nxa5 12. b3 Nh5 {[%CAl Yh5f4]} 13. Bd2 {White is slightly better.} Rad8 {[%CAl Yd8d2] Strongly threatening ...Rxd2!} 14. Rac1 Nc6 15. Rfd1 {[#]} Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... b6 16. Be1 Bc8 17. Nb5 Nf6 18. Kf1 Nd7 19. Bh3 Ndb8 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. e3 Rfd8 {½-½ Stanec,N (2460)-Steindl,J (2312) AUT-ch Vienna 2022 (8)}) 16. Ng5 (16. a3 $14 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 (17. Bxc3 Na2 $15)) 16... Bxc3 $11 17. Nxe6 ({Of course not} 17. Bxc3 Nxa2 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 $17) 17... Bxd2 18. Nxf8 Kxf8 19. a3 (19. Bxb7 $15 Rd6 20. Rb1) 19... Nc6 $17 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. b4 {[#] Rc2 would be deadly.} Ke8 $1 ({But not} 21... cxb4 22. Rc2 $16) 22. Rb1 cxb4 23. axb4 Nf6 24. Rb3 Rd6 (24... a5 $142 25. bxa5 Bxa5) 25. Ra1 Rd7 26. e3 (26. Ra2 $142) 26... Ne4 27. Ra6 (27. Ra2 $17) 27... Be1 28. Rb2 Bxf2+ (28... Bc3 $19 29. Rba2 Bxb4 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Nd2) 29. Rxf2 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rb7 31. Rxc6 ({White should try} 31. Ra4 $15) 31... Rxb4 $17 32. Kf3 Kd7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Deflection} 33. Ra6 Rxc4 34. Rxa7+ Rc7 35. Ra6 e6 36. h4 Ke7 37. Ra5 f5 (37... h5 $17 38. e4 Rc3+ 39. Kf4 f6 40. Ra7+ Kd6 41. Ra6+ Kd7 42. Ra7+ Kd6 43. Ra6+ Ke7 44. Ra7+ Kf8) 38. Ra3 (38. g4 $15 {was preferrable.}) 38... Kf6 39. e4 Rc1 (39... h5 $17 40. Re3 Ke5 41. exf5+ Kxf5) 40. exf5 $11 {The position is equal.} gxf5 41. Ra7 Rc3+ 42. Kf2 h6 43. Kg2 Rc2+ 44. Kf3 Rc3+ 45. Kg2 Rd3 46. Rb7 Rd2+ 47. Kf3 Rd3+ 48. Kg2 Rc3 49. Ra7 Rd3 {And White is the lucky defender. Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.18 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Kurmangaliyeva, Liya"] [Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2259"] [BlackElo "2392"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 15,69,27,20,11,13,22,40,13,47,53,54,20,31,28,31,18,29,0,58,58,53,60,68,50,55,54,43,54,60,-10,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,210,159,180,98,92,88,241,93,86,0,0,0,64,0,0,0,60,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Qc2 d6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. a3 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qe7 11. O-O e5 {[%CAl Ye6e5,Ye5e4][%mdl 32] [#] Strongly threatening ...e4.} 12. Nd2 a4 {[#]} 13. Rae1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. f3 O-O 14. Rae1 Rfe8 15. Qd1 d5 16. Bc2 dxc4 17. Nxc4 e4 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. Nd2 {0-1 Chabanon,J (2485)-Fressinet,L (2708) FRA-ch 89th Nimes 2014 (10)}) 13... e4 14. Be2 O-O 15. f3 Rfe8 16. Bd1 (16. d5 {with more complications.} exf3 17. Rxf3 b5 18. cxb5 Bxd5 19. Rg3) 16... c5 (16... exf3 $11 17. Bxf3 Ne4) 17. d5 $1 $14 b5 18. fxe4 bxc4 {[%CAl Rf6e4]} 19. Bf3 Ba6 20. Qxa4 Ne5 21. Be2 Nfg4 {[%CAl Yf6g4,Yg4e5,Ye5g6][%mdl 32]} 22. Bxe5 (22. Nxc4 $2 Bxc4 23. Qd1 Nxe3 $19) ({Better is} 22. Bxg4 $14 Nxg4 23. Rf5 (23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Qh4 $14)) 22... Nxe5 (22... c3 {feels hotter.} 23. Bxc3 Bxe2 24. Qxa8 Rxa8 25. Rxe2 Ne5) 23. Qc2 Rab8 24. Rb1 Qg5 25. Rf4 {[%CAl Re2c4]} Ng6 26. Rf3 f5 $2 {[#]} 27. Rg3 (27. Rxf5 Qxe3+ 28. Rf2 Rf8 $17) (27. Bxc4 $6 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 fxe4 $16) 27... Qh6 28. exf5 (28. Nxc4 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 (29. Qxc4 Rxe4 30. Qa6 Ne5 $11) 29... Rxe4 $11) (28. Re1 $18) 28... Rxe3 $16 29. Bxc4 ({Reject} 29. Nxc4 $6 Bxc4 30. Qxc4 (30. Bxc4 Ne5 $11) 30... Rxg3 31. hxg3 Qe3+ 32. Kh2 Qh6+ 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kh2 Qh6+ 35. Kg1 $11) 29... Rxg3 (29... Bxc4 $16 {might work better.} 30. Nxc4 Rxg3) 30. hxg3 (30. Bxa6 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Ne7 31. f6 (31. hxg3 Qe3+ 32. Kf1 Nxf5 $16)) 30... Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Qh6+ 32. Kg1 Qe3+ $1 33. Kh1 (33. Kf1 $5 {[%CAl Rc4a6]} Bxc4+ 34. Nxc4 Qxg3 35. fxg6 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qd4+ 37. Qf2 Qxc4 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Rf1 (39. Qc7 Qd4+ 40. Kh1 Qh4+ 41. Kg1 Qd4+ 42. Kh1 Qh4+ 43. Kg1 Qd4+ $11) 39... Qd4+ 40. Qf2 $14) 33... Qh6+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ $1 35. Kh1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.29 (precise) /Black=0.24 (precise)} ({White should try} 35. Kf1 $14 Bxc4+ 36. Nxc4 Qxg3 37. Qe4 (37. fxg6 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qd4+ 39. Qf2 Qxc4 $11)) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "7.6"] [White "Savitha Shri B"] [Black "Balabayeva, Xeniya"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2411"] [BlackElo "2157"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 14,123,22,19,29,15,39,19,20,32,28,27,31,8,27,25,36,9,40,73,127,83,70,53,56,38,56,55,61,49,61,49,138,140,134,129,137,137,128,131,129,120,154,144,212,212,581,582,455,141,210,122,123,122,212,91,73,75,68,72,222,220,210,218,200,175,175,116,132,107,116,134,133,79,96,84,227,226,197,196,311,308,402,404,406,262,489,485,503,464,552,545,867,857,778,784,748,656,924,916,748,734,916,875,908,867,777,418,1837,1507,5541,5545]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 {Active counter play!} Re8+ {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} 9. Ne2 (9. Be3 $5 {[%CAl Rd3h7]}) 9... h5 10. Be3 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. c4 Be6 13. a3 Rc8 14. Kb1 b5 15. c5 $1 Bc7 16. Nc3 {[%CAl Yd4d5]} Bd5 {[#]} (16... Ng6 $142) 17. Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rhg1 g6 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. g4 h4 20. Bf1 Qd7 21. Bg2 Rcd8 22. h3 Ne6 23. Qe4 Nxc5 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 {1-0 Fedorchuk,S (2605)-Bujisho,B (2296) Cappelle op 38th 2022 (6)}) 17... Qxd5 18. Be2 Qxg2 19. Bxh5 Qd5 {Prevents Qf5.} 20. Bg4 {[%CAl Yh5g4,Yg4f5,Yf5e4,Ye4f3][%mdl 32]} Rb8 21. Qf5 $1 Qxf5+ 22. Bxf5 Ne6 (22... Rbd8 $14) 23. Be4 $1 $16 Nd8 24. Bf3 f5 25. h4 {[%CAl Yh2h4,Yh4h5,Yh5h6,Yh6h7][%mdl 32]} b4 26. a4 Rc8 27. h5 {h6 is the strong threat.} Bb8 28. h6 {And now hxg7 would win.} g6 (28... Ne6 $16) 29. h7+ $1 $18 Kg7 $2 (29... Kh8 30. Bg5 Ne6 31. Bf6+ Ng7) 30. d5 {aiming for d6.} Be5 31. Rh4 (31. d6 Rh8 32. Bh6+ Kf6 $18) (31. Rde1 $18 {has better winning chances.} Nb7 32. d6) 31... Rh8 (31... cxd5 $16 32. Rxd5 (32. Rxb4 f4 $14) (32. Bxd5 f4 $16) 32... Nc6) 32. Rxb4 (32. Bh6+ $1 $18 Kf6 33. Re1 (33. Rxb4 cxd5 34. Bxd5 Rxh7 $11) 33... cxd5 34. Rxe5 (34. Bxd5 Rxh7 $16)) 32... Rxh7 $16 33. d6 Kf6 (33... Rh3 $16 34. Be2 Ra8) 34. Be2 {A strong pair of Bishops.} (34. d7 $18 Rc7 35. Bd4 (35. Rb8 Ke7 $14) 35... Bxd4 36. Rbxd4) 34... g5 35. Ba6 Ra8 36. d7 f4 (36... Ne6 $16) 37. Bd4 $18 Bxd4 38. Rbxd4 Ke7 39. Bc8 Rh8 40. Re1+ ({Better is} 40. Re4+ $1 $18 Ne6 41. Bb7) 40... Ne6 $16 41. Rd6 Raxc8 42. dxc8=Q Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRR-KRN} 43. b4 ({White should play} 43. f3 $1) 43... Rb8 44. Re4 ({But not} 44. Rxc6 $6 Rxb4+ 45. Kc2 Rxa4 $11) 44... a5 (44... g4 $16 {was called for.}) 45. Rxc6 $18 {Black must now prevent b5.} axb4 {[#]} 46. Rb6 $1 Ra8 (46... Rc8 $142 47. c6 (47. Rexb4 Rxc5 48. R4b5 Rc4 $18) 47... Kd6 48. Rexb4 g4) 47. Rbxb4 ({Don't play} 47. Rexb4 $6 Nxc5 48. R6b5 Nxa4 $18) 47... Ra5 48. Rb5 Ra6 49. c6 Rxc6 $2 (49... Kd6 {keeps fighting.} 50. Rf5 Ra7) 50. Rxg5 Kd6 51. Rf5 Rc7 52. a5 {[%CAl Ya4a5,Ya5a6][%mdl 32]} Ra7 53. Rb4 Ke7 54. Rb6 Ke8 55. a6 Nd8 56. Re5+ Kd7 57. Reb5 {[%CAl Yb6b7] White threatens Rb7+! and mate.} Kc7 {Repels Rb7+} 58. Rf6 Ra8 59. Kc2 Ne6 60. Rb7+ Kd6 (60... Kc8 $142 61. Rbxf7 Rxa6) 61. a7 Kc6 62. Rfxf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.41} 1-0 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "7.7"] [White "Nurgaliyeva, Zarina"] [Black "Gaal, Zsoka"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1987"] [BlackElo "2320"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 9,98,18,37,30,27,36,34,27,29,20,46,41,33,-2,77,58,97,91,84,39,82,81,91,86,78,92,87,0,0,0,0,-77,-82,-100,-74,-93,-77,-80,14,14,26,0,0,0,141,119,123,-22,-14,-20,-14,-49,-59,-61,0,-82,-93,-76,-67,-357,-366,-577,-560,-468,-254,-331,-324,-316,-322,-706,-199,-797,-598,-595,-591,-583,-557,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29973,-29971,-29973,-29974,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Ne7 6. Nf3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} h6 7. Be2 Nd7 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} g5 9. a4 Qc7 10. Bd2 {10.a5 might become the main line.} a5 11. Ne1 b6 (11... c5 $11) 12. f4 {[#]} gxf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bg7 13. Rc1 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15. Be3 Rd8 16. c3 c5 17. Nd2 Ne7 18. Nb1 Nc6 {1-0 Zivkovic,N (2282)-Zivkovic,M (2194) SRB-chT2 East 2017 (9.2)}) 13. Bxf4 (13. Rxf4 $6 Bg7 $11) 13... c5 14. c4 Bg7 15. cxd5 Nxd5 {[#]} 16. Bf3 $1 Nxf4 17. Bxa8 O-O 18. Bf3 ({Better is} 18. Rxf4 $16 {Hoping for Be4.} Rxa8 19. Nf3) 18... cxd4 $11 19. Nxd4 Bg6 (19... Bxe5 20. Nxf5 exf5 21. Nd3 $16) (19... Nxe5 20. Rc1 Qb8 21. Nxf5 exf5 22. Kh1 $16) 20. Nb5 (20. Kh1 $11) 20... Qc5+ $17 (20... Qxe5 $2 21. Qxd7 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 $18) 21. Kh1 Nxe5 22. Be2 {Repels Nc4} Qe3 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 23. Nc3 {[#]} Rc8 {Black has more active pieces.} ({Black should play} 23... Nxe2 $1 $17 24. Qxe2 Qxe2 25. Nxe2 Nc4) 24. Ba6 $11 (24. Nc2 $2 Bxc2 25. Qxc2 Nxe2 26. Qxe2 Rxc3 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 $19) 24... Ra8 (24... Nh3 $5 {[%CAl Re3g1]} 25. Qe2 (25. Bxc8 $2 Qg1+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 26. Rxg1 Nf2#) 25... Qxe2 26. Nxe2 Ra8 $14) 25. Bb7 (25. Bb5 $5 {[%CAl Re1c2]}) 25... Rb8 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 26. Ba6 Nd5 27. Nxd5 $16 exd5 28. Nc2 (28. Qxd5 $16 {And now Rd1 would win.} Be4 29. Qd6) 28... Qe4 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Nd4 Ng4 31. Nc6 $1 (31. Rc8 $2 Rxc8 32. Bxc8 Ne3 $19) 31... Re8 (31... Ne3 $1 $15 32. Qf3 Nxf1 33. Nxd8 Ne3) 32. Qe1 (32. Qd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 32... Ne3 $17 {[%csl Ge3][%CAl Re4g2] The board is on fire.} 33. Rf2 d4 {...d3 would be deadly.} 34. Bf1 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} ({White should try} 34. Rd2 $1 $15) 34... d3 $19 {White must now prevent ...Ng4.} 35. Rd2 (35. Qd2 $142 Nc4 36. Qxd3 Qxd3 37. Bxd3 Bxd3 38. b3) 35... Nxf1 (35... Qxa4 36. Bxd3 Bxd3 37. Rxd3 $11) 36. Qxf1 Qe3 (36... Qxa4 $2 37. h3 $19) (36... h5 $142 {aiming for ...Bh6.} 37. Rdd1 Qxa4) 37. Qf2 Qxf2 38. Rxf2 Be4 39. b4 $2 (39. h4) 39... h5 $2 (39... Bxc6 40. Rd2 axb4 41. Rxd3 Bxa4) 40. bxa5 $2 (40. b5) 40... Bh6 {[%mdl 64] Deflection. This pair of bishops is nice.} 41. Rd1 Bxc6 42. h3 d2 43. axb6 Re1+ {Black mates.} 44. Rf1 Rxf1+ ({Less strong is} 44... Bxa4 45. Rfxe1 (45. Rdxe1 dxe1=B 46. Rxe1 Bc6 $16) 45... dxe1=B 46. Rxe1 $16) 45. Rxf1 Bxa4 46. b7 {[#]} Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Promotion} 47. Rxf4 (47. Rb1 d1=Q+) 47... d1=Q+ ({Weaker is} 47... d1=R+ 48. Kh2 Rb1 49. Rxa4 Rxb7 50. Ra5 $14) 48. Kh2 Qd6 49. g3 Bc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.72/Black=0.37} 0-1 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "7.8"] [White "Khamdamova, Afruza"] [Black "Nurmanova, Alua"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B94"] [WhiteElo "2140"] [BlackElo "2274"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 11,60,20,22,3,38,26,55,12,12,45,38,26,36,0,0,0,0,-69,-70,-129,-89,-80,-77,-77,-81,-229,-222,-408,-193,-237,-213,-214,-214,-317,-338,-958,-872,-1611,-1389,-1608,-688,-1418,-1408,-2564,-2511,-29996,-29983,-29989,-29986,-29985,-29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 {B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7.} e6 8. O-O-O Be7 {[%CAl Yf6e4]} 9. h4 {White is slightly better.} Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. a3 Rb8 {[#]} 12. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. f4 b4 13. axb4 Rxb4 14. f5 e5 15. Nb3 Bb7 16. Bg2 Nb6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. g5 {0-1 Bezzubenkov,S (2358)-Bocharov,D (2526) RUS-ch Blitz 2022 (4)}) 12... b4 13. axb4 Rxb4 14. Nb3 (14. Na2 $11 Rb8 15. Kb1) 14... a5 $1 $15 {[%CAl Ya6a5,Ya5b4][%mdl 32]} 15. Rd4 (15. Bxf6 $15 Nxf6 16. g5) 15... O-O {Threatens to win with ...Nc5.} 16. Kb1 Nc5 (16... Bb7 {is interesting.} 17. Bd2 e5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rxb3 20. cxb3 Nc5) 17. Rxb4 axb4 18. Na2 {This costs White the game.} (18. Nb5 $17 {was the only chance.} Qb8 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. c4 bxc3 21. Nxc3) 18... Ba6 $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Deflection} 19. Qe3 (19. Qd2) 19... Bc4 (19... Nxg4 $142 20. Qg3 Bxg5 21. hxg5 Nxb3 22. Qxb3 (22. cxb3 $2 Nxf2 23. Nxb4 Qb6 $19) 22... Nxf2) 20. Nac1 Rc8 {[%CAl Yc5e4]} 21. Nxc5 dxc5 (21... Qxc5 22. Qxc5 dxc5 23. b3 $11) 22. e5 (22. Rd1 $142) 22... Nd5 (22... Nxg4 23. Qf4 Bxg5 24. hxg5 Nxe5 25. Re1 $11) 23. Qd2 (23. Qe4 Nc3+ 24. bxc3) 23... Ra8 ({Worse is} 23... Qxe5 24. Bxe7 Qc7 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Rd1 $17) 24. Nb3 Qa7 ({Inferior is} 24... Qxe5 25. Bxe7 Qc7 26. Bxc5 (26. Bxd5 $2 Bxd5 27. Re1 Qa7 $19) 26... Bxb3 27. cxb3 $11) 25. Qd1 Bf8 (25... Nc3+ $142 26. Kc1 Bxg5+ 27. hxg5 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 Rb8) 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. f3 c4 {[#] ( ? ...c3)} 28. Kc1 cxb3 {Black mates.} 29. cxb3 Qa1+ 30. Kc2 Rc8+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection. Weighted Error Value: White=1.32/Black=0.47} 0-1 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Dronavalli, Harika"] [Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2511"] [BlackElo "2440"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 15,63,16,21,9,22,49,57,62,50,42,38,40,57,68,70,29,43,21,38,35,42,33,32,0,6,4,8,14,9,10,42,28,35,30,25,39,35,18,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,-47,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 {[%CAl Yb2b3,Yb3c4][%mdl 32]} Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Ne5 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6.} Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Ne8 11. Bxg7 {White is slightly better.} Nxg7 {[#]} 12. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Rb1 b6 14. a4 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. a5 Nf5 17. d3 Nd4 18. e3 {½-½ Saric,A (2543)-Leenhouts,K (2414) Titled Arena May 8th blitz 2021}) 12... Rb8 13. a5 Be6 14. d3 Nf5 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Nf3 f6 17. Qc1 Rfd8 18. Qc3 Bd7 19. e4 Ng7 20. e5 f5 21. d4 cxd4 22. Qxd4 b6 23. axb6 axb6 24. Qh4 Bc6 $1 25. Ng5 {Wards off Ne6} h5 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Rfd1 Ne6 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Qf4 Kg7 30. h4 (30. Rxd8 $11 Rxd8 31. Kg2) 30... Rbc8 (30... Rxd1+ $15 {should be considered.} 31. Rxd1 Rc8) 31. Rxd8 $11 Rxd8 32. Rb1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Saduakassova, Dinara"] [Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2434"] [BlackElo "2525"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 11,112,0,23,17,21,24,23,14,29,26,33,33,41,9,14,10,5,8,14,15,38,-2,-20,-31,-22,-22,0,0,0,-9,9,-20,2,-144,-154,-134,-145,-177,-164,-156,-161,-213,-194,-201,-168,-203,-153,-275,-241,-405,-374,-407,-409,-429,-233,-218,-227,-223,-168,-204,-204,-229,-197,-227,-220,-220,-176,-175,-165,-165,-162,-162,-129,-179,-172,-317,-165,-331,-165,-555,-497,-555,-285,-555,-486,-402,0,-376,-354,-626,-605,-5197,-72,-106,-66,-71,-39,-79,0,-79,-81,-86,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {[%CAl Ye7e6,Ye6d5][%mdl 32]} 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bf4 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. e3 {White has an edge.} Bg4 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bd3 Bd7 {[#]} 12. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O c5 13. Nxd7 Nbxd7 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Bf5 {½-½ Mayer,J (2095)-Hejny,J (2118) CZE-chT2E 1516 2015 (5.7)}) 12... c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. exd4 Nc6 15. Qf2 Rac8 16. Bb5 Bf5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rfe1 c5 19. dxc5 $1 Qxc5 20. Rad1 Qa5 21. h3 Rfd8 22. g4 (22. Qd4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22... Ne4 $17 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Rd2 {Against Rc2} Qxa2 25. Kh2 Qa5 26. Red1 (26. Rde2 {was necessary.}) 26... Rc7 $19 27. Nf3 Rdc8 28. Nd4 Qb6 29. Kg3 (29. Nf5 $17) 29... Rc1 {White must now prevent ...g5.} 30. Rxc1 $2 (30. h4 {is the only way for White.}) 30... Rxc1 31. Ne2 {White is weak on the light squares} Qb3+ 32. Kh4 Rc2 ({Weaker is} 32... Rh1 33. Ng3 Ra1 34. Nxe4 dxe4 35. Qc5 $17) (32... Rf1 $142 33. Qxf1 Qe3) 33. Nd4 {[#]} Rxd2 $1 (33... Qxb2 $2 34. Nxc2 Kh7 35. Nd4 $18) 34. Qxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQB-KQN} Qc4 35. Kg3 Qf1 {[%CAl Ya7a5]} 36. Qf2 Qd1 37. Nc6 Qb3+ 38. Kh2 a6 {[%CAl Ya7a6,Ya6a5][%mdl 32]} 39. Nd4 Qb6 40. Kg3 a5 41. Qd2 Qc5 42. b3 (42. g5 $17) 42... Qa3 {[#] Threatens to win with ...a4.} 43. Kh2 (43. Kh4 {was the only chance.}) 43... Qa1 (43... g5 $142 44. Nf5 Qxb3 45. fxg5 h5) 44. Qf2 (44. Qe3) 44... Qd1 (44... g5 $142 {...gxf4 would be deadly.} 45. fxg5 hxg5) 45. Kg3 (45. Qe3) 45... Qd3+ 46. Kh2 Qc3 47. Qg1 $2 (47. h4) 47... Qd2+ 48. Kg3 Qc3+ 49. Kh2 $1 Qc7 50. Qe3 (50. Qg3) 50... g5 51. Ne2 f6 $2 (51... Qc2 $19 {[%CAl Yd5d4] ( ? ...d4!)} 52. Qf2 d4) 52. Kg3 Kf7 53. Kf2 Kg7 54. Kg3 Kf7 55. Kf2 Qb8 56. Kg3 Qc7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.55/Black=0.48} (56... Qb7 $17 57. Kf2 Qc7) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2497"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 21,122,0,14,0,0,0,24,25,47,46,84,56,56,52,52,52,64,35,36,0,52,52,50,39,47,52,56,62,85,79,116,0,0,0,55,31,80,61,147,62,56,60,170,148,109,117,185,135,125,129,160,116,417,231,360,244,277,150,354,366,629,160,178,81,264,89,84,22,29983,29984,29984,927,29981,29982,29982,29983,29993,29985,29988,0,29993,1423,5647,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d5 {White has an edge.} c4 15. b4 Nb7 {[#]} 16. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nf1 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 g5 18. Nh2 h5 19. Qf3 Kg7 20. Nf5+ Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Nh7 22. Bd1 {½-½ Matejic,D-Danojlic,P (1897) Belgrade Spring op 2008 (2)}) 16... Bxe3 17. Rxe3 {axb5 is the strong threat.} Bd7 18. Nf1 g6 19. N3h2 Nh5 20. Qd2 Qg5 (20... a5 $11) 21. Nf3 $14 Qf6 22. N1h2 Nf4 23. h4 Kg7 24. g3 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 $1 g5 26. Ng1 (26. Ree1 $16) 26... Nxg1 $11 27. Rxg1 a5 ({Black should try} 27... gxh4 $11 28. Kf1 h3) 28. axb5 (28. Rf3 $5 {[%CAl Rf3f6]} Qg6 29. axb5 $11) 28... axb4 (28... gxh4 $14 29. Kh1 (29. Rf3 h3+ 30. Kh1 Qg5 $11) 29... axb4) 29. cxb4 $16 Ra2 (29... Bxb5 30. Rf3 Qd8 31. Ng4 $16) (29... gxh4 $14 30. Kh1 Kf8) 30. Rc3 (30. Rf3 $16 Qg6 31. b6 (31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qc1 Rh8 $11)) 30... gxh4 $14 31. Kh1 h3 (31... Kf8 $1 $14) 32. b6 $18 Rea8 33. Rxc4 Rb2 (33... R8a6 $16) 34. Rb1 (34. Rc7 Raa2 35. Rc1 (35. Rxb7 $2 Rxc2 $19) 35... Ba4 $11) (34. Rc1 $18) 34... Rxb1+ $16 35. Bxb1 {And now Rc7 would win.} Ra1 36. Rc1 Bg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} 37. Qe3 (37. Nxg4 $2 Qf3+ 38. Kh2 Qg2#) (37. Kg1 $142 Bh5 38. Bd3 Rxc1+ 39. Qxc1) 37... h5 (37... Bh5 $142 38. Rg1 Bg6) 38. Kg1 {Strongly threatening Bd3.} Qd8 39. Nf1 (39. Qd2 $18) 39... Kg6 $2 (39... Ra4 $16 {is a better defense.}) 40. Nd2 $18 Qa8 $2 (40... h4 41. Kh2 Qf6) 41. Nb3 $2 (41. f3 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 41... Ra3 $16 42. Bc2 (42. Rc7 $18 {aiming for f4.} Qa6 43. Bd3) 42... Qa6 $2 (42... Qa4 $16) 43. Kh2 $2 (43. f3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Bd7 44. f4) 43... Qc4 44. Bd1 (44. f3 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rf3g4]} Bd7 45. Qd2) 44... Qxb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Qf1 $11 45. Bf3 Qb5) 45. Bxg4 hxg4 {[#]} 46. Qe2 $1 Kh5 {[#]} (46... Qxb6 47. Qxg4+) 47. Rc8 $1 {[%CAl Yc1c8,Yc8h8,Yh8g8][%mdl 32]} f5 48. Rh8+ Kg5 49. Rg8+ Kh5 50. Rh8+ Kg5 $1 {[#]} 51. f4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf6 (51... exf4 52. gxf4+) 52. fxe5+ $2 ({Better is} 52. Rh6+ $18 Kf7 53. exf5 Qxb6 54. Qxg4 Qf2+ 55. Kxh3 Qf1+ 56. Kh4 Qh1+ 57. Kg5) 52... dxe5 {The position is equal.} (52... Kg7 $5 53. Rh4 $8 (53. Rb8 $2 Rxb3 54. Rxb7+ Kh6 $19) 53... Qxb3 54. Rxg4+ Kf8 $11) 53. Qe3 Ra2+ (53... Rxb3 {gets mated.} 54. Qh6+ Kf7 55. Rh7+ (55. exf5 $2 Rb2+) 55... Ke8 56. Qe6+ Kf8 57. Qf7#) 54. Kg1 {White wants to mate with Qh6+. Really sharp!} Rg2+ (54... fxe4 55. Qh6+ Kf5 56. Qe6+ Kg5 57. Rg8+ Kh5 58. Qg6#) 55. Kh1 {Intending Qh6+ and mate.} f4 (55... fxe4 56. Qh6+ Kf5 57. Qe6+ Kg5 58. Rg8+ Kh5 59. Qg6#) 56. gxf4 Kg7 57. Rc8 Qb5 58. Rc7+ (58. fxe5 $2 Qf1+) 58... Kg8 59. Rc8+ (59. Rxb7 $2 Qf1+) 59... Kg7 60. Rc7+ (60. fxe5 $2 {leads to mate.} Qf1+) 60... Kg8 {( ? ...Qf1+)} 61. Rc8+ (61. Rxb7 $2 {is a self mate.} Qf1+) 61... Kg7 {Black escapes into a draw. An interesting game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.64/Black=0.60} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Kamalidenova, Meruert"] [Black "Mammadzada, Gunay"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2342"] [BlackElo "2472"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 14,131,20,16,24,22,13,10,8,27,26,18,31,31,30,30,36,29,51,36,44,40,55,39,59,40,52,40,81,0,0,0,0,-37,0,-22,0,6,34,8,10,8,19,14,13,0,14,0,7,-8,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,-31,0,-4,0,0,16,-54,-58,-120,-78,-77,0,-46,5,-25,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,18,0,0,-14,-8,-8,0,-1,0,-6,0,-20,-20,-51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ngf6 6. O-O e6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} 9. Ba4 a6 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. Bb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. f4 Nd7 {[#]} 15. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bc2 Bb7 16. Bd2 Rfe8 17. Rae1 Bf8 18. Rf3 g6 19. Rh3 Bg7 20. Qf2 Nf6 21. Bd1 {1-0 Stefansson,H (2525)-Mai,A (2177) ISL-ch Selfoss 2022 (4)}) 15... c5 16. Bc2 Rb8 17. b3 Bb7 18. Rad1 (18. Qd3 $5 {[%CAl Re4e5]}) 18... Rbd8 19. Bc1 (19. Qg4 {is interesting.} Bf6 20. e5 Be7 21. Qg3) 19... Bf6 20. Qd3 {e5 is the strong threat.} Bd4 {[#]} 21. e5 f5 (21... dxe5 $2 22. Qxh7#) 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Be3 Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%CAl Rc6g2]} 24. Rd2 (24. Rg1 $5 {[%CAl Re3d4]}) 24... Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Ne4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Qd3 Qc6 (27... Qxd3 {simplifies} 28. Rxd3 a5 29. Rc1 Bc6) 28. Qc2 Rf6 29. Re1 Rg6 30. a3 a5 31. Ree2 Rf8 32. Kg1 Rgf6 33. Rd1 Rc8 34. Rc1 Rg6 35. Qd2 {[%CAl Yh2h3]} Rb8 36. Rc2 $1 Ba8 37. Rb2 h5 {[%CAl Yh7h5,Yh5h4][%mdl 32]} 38. f5 (38. Qxa5 $2 Rxb3 39. Qd2 (39. Rxb3 {is a self mate.} Rxg2+ 40. Kf1 Qf3+ 41. Bf2 Rg1+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy, Back Rank} 42. Kxg1 Qh1#) 39... Rxa3 $19) ({White should try} 38. Qd3 $11 Rf6 39. h3) 38... exf5 $15 39. Bf4 (39. Bg5 $15) 39... h4 40. h3 Rf8 (40... a4 $17 41. bxa4 Rxb2 42. Qxb2 Qxa4) 41. Kh2 (41. Qe1 $11 {is superior.}) 41... Qc7 (41... a4 $15) 42. b4 cxb4 43. axb4 axb4 44. Qxb4 Be4 45. Red2 Qc5 (45... Rc8 $5 {[%CAl Rc7c4]}) 46. Bxd6 Qxb4 47. Rxb4 Ra8 {[%CAl Ye4g2]} 48. c5 Ra1 49. Rc4 Ra6 50. Rc1 Re6 51. Rb2 Kf7 52. Bf4 Kf6 53. Rd1 g5 54. Bc7 Bc6 55. Rf2 Kg6 56. Rd6 Be4 (56... Rxd6 $15 57. cxd6 g4 58. hxg4 fxg4) 57. Rfd2 $11 {The position is equal.} Kf7 58. Rd7+ Kg6 59. R2d6 Rexd6 60. Rxd6+ Rxd6 61. Bxd6 {KB-KB} (61. cxd6 $5 Bc6 $8 62. Kg1 $11) 61... f4 62. Kg1 Kf5 63. Kf2 g4 64. hxg4+ Kxg4 65. Be5 Bc6 66. Bd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.12 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Gaal, Zsoka"] [Black "Kurmangaliyeva, Liya"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2320"] [BlackElo "2259"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 11,63,20,16,10,9,0,0,0,0,6,56,0,0,0,30,7,82,72,80,68,81,16,14,10,141,141,181,179,198,204,214,222,342,337,303,295,337,323,309,314,304,294,625,619,539,462,636,616,1392,1387,1318,1185,5673,5912]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 c5 6. e4 d6 7. d4 {[#] A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6.} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. a4 bxa4 12. Nd5 exd5 13. exd5 Bc8 14. Qe2 Ra7 15. Rxa4 {0-1 Blomqvist,E (2523)-Olsen,F (2407) Copenhagen CC GM 2022 (9)}) 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 {The position is equal.} Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nd5 ({Better is} 10... Nfd7 $11) 11. a4 (11. Na3 $14) 11... b4 $11 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nc4 (13. Nb3 $5) 13... a5 (13... Nc6 $11) 14. Nfd2 $16 {[%CAl Yf3d2,Yd2b3,Yb3a5][%mdl 32] White is more active.} Nc6 {[#]} 15. Nb3 $1 {Prevents Nd4.} Ba6 16. Nb6 (16. Nbxa5 $16 Nd4 17. Be4) 16... Nxb6 $11 17. Bxc6 Rac8 {White stays focused until the end.} (17... Ra7 $11) 18. Nxa5 $16 Rfd8 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Bb5 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bxb5 (21... Kf8 $142 22. Bxa6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Ra8) 22. axb5 $18 Kf8 23. b6 {[%CAl Yb5b6,Yb6b7][%mdl 32]} Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rb8 25. b7 {[#] And now Rd7 would win.} Ke8 {Repels Rd7} 26. c3 c4 $2 (26... bxc3 27. bxc3 c4) 27. cxb4 {White is clearly winning.} (27. Nxc4 bxc3 28. Rd3 (28. bxc3 Rxb7 29. Kf1 Rc7 $11) 28... c2 $14) 27... f6 28. exf6 (28. Nxc4 Rxb7 29. exf6 gxf6 $14) 28... gxf6 29. Rd4 ({Not} 29. Nxc4 Rxb7 30. b3 (30. Nd6+ Bxd6 31. Rxd6 Rxb4 $14) 30... Rxb4 $14) 29... Bxb4 30. Rxc4 {Black must now prevent Rc8+.} ({Less strong is} 30. Nxc4 Rxb7 31. Kf2 Be7 $14) 30... Bd6 31. Rh4 Kd7 32. Rxh7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.54} 1-0 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "8.6"] [White "Balabayeva, Xeniya"] [Black "Khamdamova, Afruza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2157"] [BlackElo "2140"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 15,79,27,25,8,10,12,14,13,13,7,5,-11,0,-14,-3,-2,-2,-11,-6,-8,-6,-25,-13,-13,-10,-8,-9,-19,-14,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. Nd4 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. Bd3 Qd7 12. c3 Bf5 13. h3 O-O {[#]} 14. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qe2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 f5 16. Bf4 Rae8 17. O-O Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rae1 Re4 20. f3 {½-½ Novikovas,A (1932)-Jankunas,T (2028) LTU-chT Vilnius 2013 (1.3)}) 14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bd6 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Bd2 Re6 18. a5 a6 19. Rfe1 {The position is equal.} Rae8 {[%CAl Ya8e8,Ye8e6,Ye6d6,Yd6d4][%mdl 32]} 20. Rxe6 Rxe6 21. b3 c6 22. c4 dxc4 23. bxc4 Be5 24. Bc3 Rd6 {[%CAl Re5d4]} 25. Rd1 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 {[#] aiming for c5.} c5 {[%CAl Rd6d4]} 27. Qg3 {[%csl Gd4][%CAl Rg3g7]} g6 28. Rb1 $1 Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} (28... cxd4 {seems wilder.} 29. Rxb7 Qe6 30. c5 Rd5) 29. Qb8+ Qd8 30. Rxb7 Qxb8 31. Rxb8+ {KR-KR} Kg7 32. Rb6 {[%CAl Yb8b6,Yb6a6,Ya6a8,Ya8c8][%mdl 32]} Rxc4 33. Rxa6 Ra4 34. Ra8 Kf6 35. a6 h5 36. g3 c4 37. Kf1 Ra2 38. Rc8 Rxa6 39. Rxc4 Ra2 40. Kg2 {A balanced but interesting game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "8.7"] [White "Salimova, Nurgyul"] [Black "Nurgaliyeva, Zarina"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2392"] [BlackElo "1987"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 9,99,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,0,13,-1,2,-5,-9,-15,-4,-7,157,152,138,158,185,204,200,197,248,215,279,279,274,281,277,291,282,272,408,398,394,407,389,386,360,381,486,479,541,507,640,636,629,629,1097,994,1097,1095,1086,1036,1024,960,29975,29976,29976,29976,29975,29976,5339,5156,1184,1196,1189,2772,1656,1124,2200,2142,6050,5956,29983,29984,29986,29987,29988,29980,29981,29982,29982,29983,29988,29983,29991,809]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 {[%csl Yb2,Yd4]} 6. dxc5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8. Bb5 {[%CAl Yf1b5,Yb5c6,Yc6e4,Ye4d3][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} g6 {[%CAl Yf8g7] is recently more successful than 8...e6.} 9. O-O Bg7 $1 10. Nb3 $132 {[%CAl Ye3e4][%mdl 2048] e4! is the strong threat. White is not keeping still} O-O 11. Qd3 {Repels e5} Ne4 {Threatens to win with ...Nb4.} 12. Qxd5 Bf5 {[#]} 13. Bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nbd4 Rfd8 14. Qc4 Nxd4 15. exd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Qxc3 Nxc3 18. Be3 Rdd8 19. Rb3 Nxb5 20. Rxb5 {0-1 Van den Doel,E (2599)-Robson,R (2673) Online Olym Div Top-D rapid 2021 (3.4)}) 13... Rad8 $2 {[#] Black is on the road to losing.} ({Black should play} 13... bxc6 $11 14. Qxc6 Rac8) 14. Qxe4 $1 $16 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Rd7 16. Bd3 e5 {[#]} 17. Bg3 {[%CAl Yf4g3,Yg3h4,Yh4g5,Yg5e3][%mdl 32]} a6 (17... f6 {was necessary.} 18. Nfd2 f5) 18. Ng5 {And now Ne4 would win.} f5 {Wards off Ne4} 19. Ne6 Re8 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. e4 f4 22. Bh4 f3 (22... g5 {might work better.}) 23. Bg5 $18 (23. gxf3 h6 24. Rfe1 Qb4 $18) 23... fxg2 24. Rfd1 Qb4 (24... h6 $2 25. Bd2 Rxd3 26. Bxc3 $18) 25. Be3 (25. Kxg2 Qa4 26. Be3 Rc7 $18) 25... Qa4 26. Nd2 {[%CAl Yb3d2,Yd2c4,Yc4d6][%mdl 32]} Qc6 27. Nc4 (27. Kxg2 Rde7 28. Rb6 Qd7 $18) 27... Qf6 28. Nd6 Ree7 {Black is weak on the dark squares} 29. Bc4 {[%CAl Yd6e8]} Qh4 30. Bd5 b5 {[#]} 31. cxb6 $1 Rxd6 32. b7 ({Weaker is} 32. Kxg2 Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Rb7 $16) 32... Re8 33. b8=Q Rxb8 34. Rxb8 h5 35. Rdb1 (35. Kxg2 $2 {too greedy.} Qg4+ 36. Kh1 Qxd1+ 37. Kg2 Rxd5 38. exd5 Qxd5+ 39. f3 Qxa2 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Rb6+ Kf5 $19) 35... Rd7 36. R8b7 Rxb7 37. Rxb7+ Kh8 38. Bh6 {Bg7+ would kill now.} ({Inferior is} 38. Kxg2 Qg4+ 39. Kh1 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Qg4+ 41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qg4+ 43. Kh1 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 Qg4+ 45. Kh1 $11 (45. Kf1 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qg4+ $11)) 38... Qg4 39. Bg7+ Kh7 40. Bxe5+ Kh6 41. Bg7+ Kg5 42. Rb3 {Intending Rg3 and mate.} h4 {Prevents Rg3.} 43. h3 Qd1+ 44. Kxg2 {White mates.} Qxc2 45. Rf3 Qc5 46. Bf6+ Kh5 47. Rf4 {[%csl Gf6][%CAl Rf4h4]} g5 48. Rf5 Qd6 49. Bxg5 Qd7 50. Bf7+ {A cool game by Salimova. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.53} 1-0 [Event "Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2023.04.18"] [Round "8.8"] [White "Nurmanova, Alua"] [Black "Savitha Shri B"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B68"] [WhiteElo "2274"] [BlackElo "2411"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 19,98,31,46,15,28,20,17,19,22,-12,-18,-26,-15,-42,-47,-39,37,0,104,94,58,10,25,0,0,0,66,-15,161,-6,0,-8,105,-79,-68,-68,-75,-83,-70,-65,-69,-129,0,-213,-83,-83,-125,-140,-117,-119,-98,-459,-297,-489,-482,-880,-67,-464,-375,-393,-345,-350,-333,-507,-193,-537,-532,-512,-382,-793,-779,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 {[%CAl Yf2f4,Yf4e5][%mdl 32]} Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. a3 {B68: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7 9 f4 Be7 .} h6 12. Bh4 Ra7 {[#]} 13. e5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Be2 Qa5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qe3 Rc7 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. Nf5 Qxe3+ 18. Nxe3 h5 19. g4 hxg4 20. Bxg4 {½-½ Beerdsen,T (2071)-Bus,T (2110) Dieren op 2013 (7)}) 13... dxe5 14. fxe5 {[#]} Nd5 15. Bxe7 (15. Nxd5 Bxh4) 15... Ncxe7 16. Ne4 O-O 17. g4 {[%CAl Yg2g4,Yg4g5][%mdl 32]} a5 (17... Qb6 $15) 18. g5 (18. Nf6+ $5 gxf6 19. Qxh6 $15) 18... h5 {[#]} (18... hxg5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 19. Qf2 Qb6) 19. Nf6+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} Kh8 (19... gxf6 20. gxf6 Ng6 21. Qh6 Nxf6 22. Rg1 $18 (22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Rg1 Rc8 $16)) 20. Nxh5 (20. Qd4 $14 {should be considered.} Qb8 21. Bd3) 20... Qb6 (20... b4 {seems wilder.} 21. Nf6 bxa3 22. bxa3 Qb6) 21. Nd4 {[%CAl Yh5f6]} (21. Nf6 $5) 21... b4 22. a4 Ng6 (22... Bxa4 $11 23. Bc4 Rc8) 23. Bb5 (23. Bc4 $14) 23... Rc8 $2 (23... Bxb5 $11 {and Black is okay.} 24. Nxb5 Rd7) 24. Kb1 $2 (24. Nf6 $1 $18 Nxe5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Qf4) 24... Qc5 {[%CAl Yd5c3]} 25. Nb3 Qe7 (25... Qf8 $11) 26. Bxd7 $2 (26. Nf6 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rf6d7]}) 26... Rxd7 $17 27. Qg2 $1 {[%CAl Yh5f6]} Nxe5 28. Rhe1 {[#]} Ng6 29. Rd4 (29. Nxa5 $2 Qd8 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 $19) 29... Kg8 {[%CAl Yd5c3]} 30. Ka2 ({White should play} 30. Qg3 $15) 30... Nb6 (30... Rd6 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Qe8.} 31. Kb1 (31. Nxa5 $2 Qd7 $19) 31... Qd7) 31. Qd2 $2 {[#]} (31. Nf4 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 31... Rcd8 (31... Rdc7 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rc7c2] and Black stays clearly on top.} 32. Na1 Nxa4) 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Qf2 Nxa4 34. h4 Rd5 {...Qc7 is the strong threat.} 35. Qg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Nf4 $17 {is more resistant.} Nxf4 36. Qxf4) 35... Qd7 ({But not} 35... Nxh4 36. Qxd5 Nb6 37. Qxa5 $18) 36. Qf2 $2 (36. Ng3 Nxh4 37. Qf2) 36... Qc7 $19 {[%CAl Ya4b2] Threatens to win with ...Nxb2!} 37. Rf1 (37. Kb1 $142 Nxb2 38. Qg3 Qxg3 39. Nxg3) 37... Nb6 $2 {Active counter play!} ({Better is} 37... Rf5 $19 38. Qg2 Rxf1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 39. Qxf1 Qxc2) 38. Kb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Nxg7 $1 $15 a4 39. Nd4 b3+ 40. cxb3 Kxg7 41. Qf6+ (41. h5 $2 axb3+ 42. Kb1 Nf4 $17) 41... Kg8 42. h5 (42. Nxe6 {leads to mate.} axb3+ 43. Ka3 Qa7+ 44. Kxb3 Qa4+ 45. Kc3 Qc4#) 42... Rxd4 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 43. Qxd4 axb3+ 44. Kxb3) 38... Rf5 39. Qe1 Rxf1 40. Qxf1 a4 (40... Nxh4 $2 {too greedy.} 41. Qf2 Nf5 42. Nf4 $19) 41. Nd4 (41. Nd2 $142) 41... Qc4 $2 (41... Nc4 42. Qd3 Nge5) 42. Qf2 (42. Qxc4 {nothing else works.} Nxc4 43. Nf3) 42... b3 43. Ng3 Nxh4 {White must now prevent ...Nd5.} 44. Nge2 $2 {[#]} (44. Qe3) 44... Nf5 $1 45. c3 (45. Nxb3 axb3) 45... Qd3+ {Black mates.} 46. Kc1 Ne3 {[%csl Ge3][%CAl Rd3d1]} 47. Qe1 Nbc4 48. Nf4 Qe4 49. Nfe2 a3 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.00/Black=0.56} 0-1