[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2021.06.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 23,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,41,50,51,46,49,49,54,46,104,104,104,78,76,0,
104,0,80,0,103]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 {11...h6 is the
modern continuation.} 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and
Four Knights with 4 g3.} gxf6 14. Ne2 c5 {[#] White must now prevent ...c4.}
15. Rad1 {[#]} (15. b3 {seems wilder.} Be6 16. Ng3 c4 17. Bf5 Rad8 18. Rae1)
15... Bg4 $146 {aiming for ...c4.} ({Predecessor:} 15... Be6 16. b3 Rfd8 17.
Ng3 a5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Ne3 a4 20. g3 Bd6 21. Kg2 Be5 {1/2-1/2 (34) Kurgansky,V
(2366)-Volodarsky,Y (2337) ICCF email 2015}) 16. h3 Bxe2 (16... Be6 {looks
sharper.} 17. b3 Rfd8 18. g4 h5 19. Bf5 d4) 17. Bxe2 d4 18. Bc4 Rab8 19. b3 Bc7
20. Rd3 Ba5 (20... Kg7 $14) 21. Rf3 $16 Kg7 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Rf3 Kg7 24. Rg3+
Kh8 $1 25. Rf3 Kg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.25/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2021.06.14"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 13,83,21,24,23,24,22,48,43,41,33,40,16,20,18,16,0,0,0,0,6,0,7,0,1,10,10,
10,12,35,18,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5
(6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5
13. Qe2 d4 14. Bd2 b5 15. Ng3 a5 16. Bb3 a4 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Red1 a3 19. bxa3
Bb6 {1/2-1/2 (51) Giri,A (2764)-Grischuk,A (2777) chess24.com INT 2020}) 6...
h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5
d3.} Ba7 9. O-O Qe7 10. b4 {White is slightly better.} Be6 11. a4 O-O 12. b5
Nb8 {[#]} 13. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. d4 axb5 15. axb5 Bg4 16.
h3 Bh5 17. Qc2 Bb6 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. g4 {1-0 (65) Zierk,S (2499)-Gorin,L (2443)
Chess.com INT 2020}) 13... axb5 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. axb5 {[#]
Black must now prevent Ra4.} Nd7 {[%CAl Re5d4]} 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. Qd3 exd4 19.
cxd4 Bb6 20. h3 Rae8 21. Rfe1 d5 22. exd5 Qxd5 {The position is equal.} 23. Ne3
Qe4 24. Qc4 {Threatens to win with Nd5.} Nf6 25. Ng4 Qf5 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Qd5
Rb8 28. Re5 Rbd8 (28... Rfd8 $5 29. Qe4 $8 Qg6 $11) 29. Qe4 Qg6 30. Qxb7 Rxd4
31. Nxd4 Bxd4 32. Ree1 {[#] aiming for Ra8.} Bxa1 33. Rxa1 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd6 34. Rc1 Re8 35. Qc6 (35. g3 {keeps more tension.} Re7 36.
Qa8+ Kh7 37. Qc6 Qd4 38. Qc4) 35... Qxc6 36. Rxc6 {KR-KR} Re5 37. Rxc7 {
b6 is the strong threat.} Rxb5 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Rc7 Kg8 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Rc7
Kg8 42. Rc8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2021.06.14"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6.
dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nbd4 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Qxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 11. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 13. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 14. Qd4 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2021.06.14"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 15,71,8,6,18,18,23,12,18,10,26,14,19,10,23,13,25,26,25,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,-31,-32,-27,-29,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 {
10...h6 is the recent fashion.} 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nc6 17. g3 Qb7 {Black wants to play ...Nd4.} 18. Kg2
Ne5 19. Qf4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kg7 20. e4 Nxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxb2 {[#]}
22. Rd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qf4 Kg7 24. Qg4+ Kh7 25. Rd7 Qb6
26. Qh5 Kg7 27. Qg4+ Kh7 28. Qh5 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 (28) Insolia,R (2074)-MacKintosh,
I (2374) ICCF email 2011}) 22... Rfd8 23. Rhd1 {Intending Qg4+ and mate.} Rxd7
24. Rxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Threatening mate with Qg4+. KQR-KQR} Qe5 (
24... Qb5 $5 {[%CAl Rb5d7]} 25. Rd2 Qc6 $15) 25. Qg4+ {The position is equal.}
Kf8 26. Qe2 $1 Rb8 27. Rxa7 f5 28. Qh5 {[%csl Ga7][%CAl Rh5f7][%mdl 64] [#]
Double Attack} Qxe4+ 29. f3 {[%csl Ga7][%CAl Rh5f7]} Rb2+ $1 30. Kh3 {[%csl
Ga7][%CAl Rh5f7]} Rxh2+ $1 31. Kxh2 {[%csl Ga7][%CAl Rh5f7]} Qe2+ 32. Kg1 {
[%csl Ga7][%CAl Rh5f7]} Qe1+ 33. Kg2 {[%csl Ga7][%CAl Rh5f7]} Qe2+ 34. Kg1 {
[%csl Ga7][%CAl Rh5f7]} Qe1+ 35. Kg2 {[%csl Ga7][%CAl Rh5f7]} Qe2+ 36. Kg1 {
[%csl Ga7][%CAl Rh5f7] A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/
Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2
[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2021.06.14"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2021.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:
13]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 6. Nbd2 {
[%emt 0:04:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d4 {[%emt 0:01:41]}
8. Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 9. a4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} O-O {
[%emt 0:11:24]} 10. b3 {[%emt 0:13:37]} Re8 {[%emt 0:12:01]} 11. h4 {[%emt 0:
01:10]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:08:04]} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:10]} f6 {[%emt 0:16:54]} 13.
Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 14. h5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} a6 {[%emt 0:
00:26]} 15. a5 {[%emt 0:15:22]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 16. Nh4 {[%emt 0:01:37]}
b5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 17. axb6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} cxb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 18. Bxb4 {
[%emt 0:06:04]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:
14]} 20. Nf5 {[%emt 0:06:54]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 21. Nh4 {[%emt 0:11:31]} b5 {
[%emt 0:04:37]} 22. Na5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxa5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Rxa5 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 24. Raa1 {[%emt 0:04:51]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:17:
41]} 25. hxg6 {[%emt 0:03:40]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 26. f4 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Qh7 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 27. fxe5 {[%emt 0:03:59]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 28. Rf2 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 29. c3 {[%emt 0:03:04]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:05:
48]} 30. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 31. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:28]}
Rd6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 32. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 33. Nxe5 {
[%emt 0:07:49]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 34. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} 35. b4 {[%emt 0:04:16]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 36. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:19]}
Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 37. Re3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 38. Qc1 {
[%emt 0:01:43]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 39. Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rde7 {[%emt 0:00:
47]} 40. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Re1 {[%emt 0:04:31]} Qh5
{[%emt 0:02:52]} 42. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 43. Qb2 {
[%emt 0:04:20]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 44. Rc1 {[%emt 0:12:47]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:01:
42]} 45. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 46. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:27]}
Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 47. d4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 48. d5 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 49. Rf1 {[%emt 0:06:57]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:
02]} 50. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 51. Ra1 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Rc4
{[%emt 0:01:56]} 52. Rba2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:07:29]} 53. Rxa6 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 54. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 55. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 56. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Ra2+ {[%emt 0:02:10]} 57. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:06:44]} 58. Rxb5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 59. Ke1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:
05]} 60. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 61. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rg2
{[%emt 0:01:32]} 62. g4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 63. Ke1 {[%emt 0:
00:36]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 64. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 65.
Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 66. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
00:36]} 67. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 68. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:20]}
Nxg4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 69. Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 70. Kf3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 71. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 72. Rxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 73. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 74. Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2