[Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2847"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,131,10,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-12,-29,-16,-25,-22,-32,-8,-22,0,0,0,0, 10,8,12,10,32,24,31,29,31,18,43,48,50,32,46,31,76,76,78,85,86,86,87,70,127,114, 132,133,139,77,77,77,142,121,174,58,64,53,235,237,289,139,187,208,391,173,487, 94,223,222,390,389,385,388,387,382,378,378,335,245,372,385,445,419,429,342,464, 469,452,457,510,499,496,495,487,485,453,450,816,808,808,808,789,789,779,768, 741,599,705,684,1771,1469,6621,8539,6322,4540,8649,4634,2931,2296]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e5 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} dxe5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. O-O {The position is equal.} c4 9. Re1 {[#]} Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rc8 12. dxc4 Qc7 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Qe3 h6 15. Bh4 Nh5 {1/2-1/2 (41) Gasanov,E (2454)-Askarian, K (2253) Kharkov 2002}) 10. Bg5 cxd3 11. cxd3 Bg4 12. Ne4 Qd5 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. h3 Nxe4 (14... Bxf3 {with more complications.} 15. Qxf3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f6 17. Be3 f5) 15. dxe4 Qxd1 16. Rexd1 Bd7 17. Ne1 f6 18. Be3 a5 19. Nd3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Be6 20. b3 Kf7 21. Nc5 Rhc8 22. Rc2 Rc7 23. Rdc1 Bc8 24. Na4 Bb7 25. Bb6 Rcc8 26. Nc5 Bh6 27. Rd1 ({But not} 27. Nxb7 $6 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Rcb8 $15) 27... Ba6 28. Bxa5 Bb5 (28... Be2 $14 29. Rxe2 Rxa5) 29. b4 $16 Rcb8 30. a4 Ba6 31. g3 (31. Nd7 $142 Rc8 32. Nc5) 31... Bc8 32. Kg2 f5 (32... Bf8 $142) 33. Rc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now Bc7 would win. White is on the roll. } Ra7 (33... Ba6 $16 34. Nxa6 Rxa6) 34. Rd8 (34. Bd8 $18) 34... fxe4 $1 $14 35. Rxe4 Bg7 $2 (35... Rxa5 $1 $14 36. Rxc8 (36. bxa5 Bxh3+ 37. Kxh3 Rxd8 $14) 36... Rxc8 37. bxa5 Bd2) 36. g4 $1 $18 h5 {[#]} 37. Rc4 (37. Bb6 $1 $18 { [%mdl 512] is more deadly.} Raa8 (37... Rxb6 38. Rxc8) 38. Bc7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 37... hxg4 38. hxg4 Bf6 $2 {[#]} (38... Bh6 39. Bb6 (39. Nd3 Bg7 $16) 39... Rxb6) 39. f3 (39. Bb6 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxb6 (39... Raa8 40. Bc7) 40. Rxc8) 39... Rba8 (39... e4 {is more resistant.} 40. Rxe4 e5) 40. Ne4 $2 (40. Bb6 $18) 40... Bb7 (40... Be6 $16 41. Rxa8 Rxa8 42. Rxc6 Bd7) 41. Rd7 c5 $2 (41... Ba6 42. Rxa7 Rxa7 43. Rxc6 Ra8) 42. Nxc5 Bc6 43. Rxa7 Rxa7 44. Bb6 Ra8 45. b5 Bd5 46. Rc2 Bg5 (46... e4 $142) 47. a5 {[%CAl Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7] [%mdl 32]} Be3 48. Nd7 Bf4 49. Re2 Ke6 50. Nc5+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf7 51. Ne4 Rc8 52. a6 Rb8 53. Bg1 Rxb5 54. Nc3 Ra5 {Threatening ...Bc4.} 55. Nxd5 Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} (55... Rxa6 $142 56. Bc5 Ra5 57. Nxf4 (57. Bxe7 Rxd5 58. Bb4 Kf6 $11) 57... exf4 58. Rxe7+ Kf6) 56. Ra2 Rd8 57. a7 Ra8 58. Rb2 e4 59. fxe4 Ke6 60. Kf3 Bd6 61. Rb7 Ke5 62. Bh2+ Kd4 63. Bxd6 exd6 64. Kf4 Rf8+ 65. Kg5 {Rb8 would kill now.} Ra8 66. Re7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0. 35/Black=0.40} (66. Re7 d5 67. exd5 Kxd5 68. Kxg6) 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Salem, A.R. Saleh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,82,10,8,13,12,0,3,3,3,3,3,3,10,12,13,2,12,5,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,-31,-27,-23,-4,-4,-5,-29,0,-26,-9,-39,-7,-34,-21,-22,-7,-27,-24,-22,-24, -16,-15,-91,0,0,0,-29,-15,-25,-15,-15,-14,-16,0,0,42,0,0,0,51,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. a4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Nf6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 e6 {[#]} 9. d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. d4 Qc7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Nc3 Rac8 14. Rd1+ Ke7 15. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 (32) Gil Machina,R (1794)-Bueno Gauna,C (2160) Santa Clara 2017}) 9... Bd6 10. Bf4 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 Bc6 {[#] Hoping for .. .Qd5!} 12. Qe2 O-O 13. a5 Nd5 14. Nd2 (14. Bg3 {is more complex.} Re8 15. f3 Rc8 16. Nd2 e5 17. Nc4) 14... f6 15. Bg3 e5 16. f3 Nc7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qd4+ 19. Qf2 {Strongly threatening Qxd4.} Ne6 20. Be3 Qg4 21. Qg3 (21. h3 { seems wilder.} Qg6 22. Rae1 Rad8 23. Nf3 Qf5 24. Qg3) 21... Qxg3 22. hxg3 Rfe8 23. Rfe1 Rad8 24. Nc4 Kf7 25. Kf2 Rd5 26. b3 Red8 27. Re2 Rf5+ 28. Kg1 Nd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Rae1 Rg5 31. Rf2 Kg6 32. Re6 {[#]} (32. Re3 $11) 32... Bd5 (32... Rdg4 $1 $17 33. Nd6 Rxg3) 33. Re7 $11 Bc6 34. Ne3 h5 ({Don't play} 34... Rxg3 $6 35. Nf5 $16) 35. Rf4 Rd7 ({Reject} 35... Rxg3 36. Rxd4 cxd4 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Nf5+ Kf7 39. Nxg3 $14) 36. Rxd7 Bxd7 {KRB-KRN} 37. Kf2 Re5 38. Nc4 Re7 39. Ne3 Re5 (39... Bc6 $11) 40. Nc4 $14 Re7 41. Ne3 (41. Re4 $1 $14 Rxe4 42. dxe4) 41... Re5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.09} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A65"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,142,9,60,35,72,72,94,84,110,108,105,93,109,97,118,93,97,127,96,94, 104,100,169,170,160,86,54,72,88,66,46,70,58,62,82,27,34,43,39,48,46,11,14,0,8, 8,8,10,37,37,25,23,66,57,100,103,97,98,143,143,144,144,200,192,414,407,267,359, 303,289,263,182,248,143,143,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,90,8, 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,0,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nge2 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Be2 Nbd7 {11...h4 is a critical line.} (11... Nh7 $11) 12. Bg5 $14 {A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4.} Qe8 13. Qd2 Nh7 14. Bh6 {White is better.} h4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nf1 f5 17. exf5 {[#]} (17. Ne3 f4 (17... fxe4 18. Nxe4) 18. Nc4) 17... Ne5 $146 {With the idea ...h3.} ({Predecessor:} 17... gxf5 18. f4 Ndf6 19. Ne3 Qg6 20. Nc4 Bd7 21. Nxd6 Qxg2 22. O-O-O Kh8 23. Qe3 Qg7 {1-0 (58) Terrieux,K (2372) -Maze,S (2594) Belfort 2012}) 18. Ne3 (18. Ne4 $6 Bxf5 19. Nxd6 Nd3+ 20. Kd1 Nf2+ 21. Ke1 Nd3+ 22. Kd1 Nf2+ 23. Ke1 Nd3+ 24. Kd1 $11) 18... Bxf5 19. O-O g5 20. f4 gxf4 21. Rxf4 Qg6 (21... Bg6 $16 {was worth a try.} 22. Rxf8 Nxf8) 22. Rxh4 $18 (22. Nxf5+ $6 Rxf5 23. Rxf5 Qxf5 $11) (22. Raf1 $6 Bd7 $16) 22... Ng5 23. Nxf5+ (23. Kh1 $142 $1) 23... Rxf5 $16 ({Wrong is} 23... Qxf5 $2 24. Ne4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} (24. Rf1 $2 Qxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Ngf3+ 26. gxf3 Nxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 27. Kg2 Nxd2 $19)) 24. Kh1 Raf8 25. Rg1 Qf6 26. Qe3 Ng6 27. Rg4 Qe5 28. Ne4 (28. Qxe5+ $16 Nxe5 29. Rg3) 28... Nxe4 $11 29. Rxe4 Qxb2 30. Qg3 R8f6 31. Bd3 Qf2 $1 {[%CAl Rf2g3] ...Qxg3 is the strong threat.} 32. Re7+ { [%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kf8 {Hoping for . ..Qxg3.} 33. Qxf2 ({Avoid the trap} 33. Rxb7 $2 Qxg3 34. Bxf5 Rxf5 $19) 33... Rxf2 34. Rxb7 a5 35. Bxg6 Rxg6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 36. Ra7 Rg4 37. Rxa5 c4 38. h3 Rd4 39. Ra7 c3 {[#]} 40. Rc7 $1 c2 41. a5 Rd1 (41... Ra4 $16) 42. Kh2 $18 Rxg1 $2 (42... Rxd5 43. a6 Ra5) 43. Kxg1 {KR-KR} Rd2 {Strongly threatening ...Rd1+.} 44. Kh2 Rxd5 45. Rxc2 Rxa5 46. h4 Ke7 (46... Ra7 {was called for.} 47. g4 Kg7) 47. Rf2 ({ White should try} 47. Re2+ $18 Kf6 48. g4) 47... d5 $16 48. h5 (48. Rf4 $16) 48... d4 $11 49. g4 d3 50. h6 d2 $1 {[%CAl Rd2d1]} 51. Rxd2 Kf6 $1 52. Kg3 { Threatens to win with Rd7.} (52. h7 {is more complex.} Kg7 53. Rd7+ Kh8 54. Rd6 Kxh7 55. Kg3) 52... Kg5 53. h7 Ra3+ 54. Kg2 Ra8 55. Rd7 {aiming for Kf3.} Kg6 56. Kg3 Rh8 57. Kh4 Kh6 58. Ra7 Kg6 59. Rb7 {And now Re7 would win.} (59. Re7 { seems wilder.} Kf6 60. Rb7 Kg6 61. Rb6+ Kxh7 62. Kg5) 59... Kh6 60. Rb5 ({ White should play} 60. Rc7 $16) 60... Kxh7 {The position is equal.} 61. Kh5 { Rb7+ would kill now.} Kg7+ 62. Kg5 {White threatens Rb7+ and mate.} Ra8 63. Rb7+ Kg8 64. Rb6 Kg7 65. Rb7+ Kg8 66. Kh5 Rc8 67. g5 $1 Rc6 68. Rb8+ Kg7 69. Rb7+ Kg8 70. Rb8+ Kg7 71. Rb7+ Kg8 {Black defended with fortune. Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.18} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Nxc6 { D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} bxc6 15. a5 Qc7 16. Bh4 Rfd8 {[#]} 17. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bg3 Qa7 18. Be5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Nf6 20. Na4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Qxd4 22. Nb6 Re8 23. Be5 Qc5 24. Bxa6 { 1/2-1/2 (26) Kozlov,V (2404)-Seelig,J (2323) ICCF email 2015}) 17... Qxa5 18. Bxe6 ({White should play} 18. Nc5 $15 Qc7 19. Bg3) 18... fxe6 $17 19. Qxe6+ ( 19. Nc5 $142 Qb5 20. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 21. Re1) 19... Kf8 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Nc2.} 20. Nc5 {[#]} Qc7 (20... Rxd4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Nd7+ Rxd7 22. Qxd7 {[#]} Nxd7 23. Bxe7+ Kxe7 24. Rxa5 Ke6) 21. Bxf6 $15 gxf6 ({Of course not} 21... Bxf6 $6 22. Qc4 $11) 22. Ra3 $1 {[%CAl Ra3g3] Rg3 is the strong threat.} Qc8 23. Qe3 {aiming for Qh6+.} Qf5 24. Ne6+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 $1 25. Nxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qe2 Bf8 (26... Bd6 $15) 27. Rf3 Qc2 28. Rd2 Qb1+ 29. Rd1 Qc2 30. Rd2 Qb1+ 31. Rd1 Qc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Vladislav, Artemiev"] [Black "Hou, Yifan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D03"] [WhiteElo "2704"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 24,63,26,16,23,7,23,16,26,16,25,25,71,73,57,64,112,114,120,114,116,120, 115,106,218,222,191,84,247,185,427,421,407,416,408,394,451,274,1039,831,29982, 29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 Bb7 13. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3] [%CAl Rh5h7] [#]} g6 {D03:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5.} 14. Qh6 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 {The position is equal.} 16. Qg5 a5 17. Rae1 {[#]} Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rf7 18. Rd1 Nd7 19. Qg3 c4 20. Bc2 b5 21. Nf3 b4 22. h4 Rg7 23. Rf2 Rf8 {1/2-1/2 (46) Manarin,F (1987) -Vahvaselkae, J (2032) ICCF email 2017}) 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. e4 {e5 is the strong threat.} Qf7 20. f5 exf5 21. exf5 b5 22. fxg6 Qxg6 23. Qe5 Ra7 (23... Kh8 $16) 24. Re3 $18 ( {Don't do} 24. Qd6 Raf7) 24... Rg7 {[%csl Gg7][%CAl Rg6g2] [#]} 25. Rg3 (25. Rf2 $1 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 25... Qf7 $2 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (25... Qe8 $16 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qc7+ Nd7) 26. Nb3 {[%CAl Bd2b3,Bb3d4,Bd4f5][%mdl 32]} c4 $2 (26... Rxg3 {might work better.} 27. Qxg3+ ( 27. hxg3 Qe8 $16) 27... Qg6) 27. Nd4 Rxg3 28. Qxg3+ ({Weaker is} 28. hxg3 h6 $18) 28... Qg6 29. Qd6 {And now Nf5 would win.} Rf7 30. Nf5 Qg5 $2 (30... Kh8 31. Qd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ng8) 31. Qe6 Kf8 32. Nd6 {[%csl Gd6][%CAl Re6f7][%mdl 64] Double Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.23/Black=0.87} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "6.6"] [White "Adhiban, B...."] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E26"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,94,0,0,4,-25,0,-12,-20,-27,-27,-29,0,-11,-4,-18,-10,-87,-75,-162, -121,-126,-90,-89,-85,-68,-85,-72,-25,-171,-122,-284,-284,-286,-289,-266,-254, -295,-296,-234,-36,-66,0,-304,-291,-285,-247,-215,-220,-303,-321,-332,-321, -327,-322,-321,-295,-325,-308,-316,-298,-293,-233,-422,-396,-408,-399,-679, -674,-672,-665,-1987,-1915,-2180,-2656,-1310,-5014,-5006,-4922,-29990,-29991, -29991,-29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. e4 d6 {E26: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...c5 6 e3.} 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bh4 e5 12. f3 Re8 13. O-O g5 14. Bf2 Nh5 { [#]} 15. g3 $6 $146 (15. d5 $11 Na5 16. Qc2) ({Predecessor:} 15. Ng3 Nf4 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qf6 19. d5 Na5 20. Qe4 Kg7 21. h4 {1/2-1/2 (47) Li, R (2391)-Bui,V (2485) Singapore 2006}) 15... Bh3 $17 16. f4 (16. d5 $17 { was worth a try.} Qf6 17. Be3 Bxf1 18. Qxf1) (16. Re1 Qf6 17. Nc1 exd4 $19) 16... Bxf1 17. Qxf1 Nf6 18. fxg5 Ng4 19. d5 Na5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} (19... Nxf2 20. Qxf2 Na5 21. gxh6 $11) 20. gxh6 Qg5 (20... Nb3 { is more complex.} 21. Rd1 Qg5 22. Qg2 Nd2 23. h7+ Kg7) 21. Rd1 (21. h3 $1 $11 { and White stays safe.} Nxf2 22. Qxf2) 21... Qxh6 {[%csl Gg4][%CAl Rh6h2]} 22. h4 (22. h3 $17 Nxf2 23. Qxf2) 22... f5 $19 {And now ...fxe4 would win.} 23. Qh3 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 fxe4 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Qxe4 Rf8+ $2 (26... Rg8 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Rg7.} 27. Kg2 Raf8) 27. Kg2 $1 $15 Rf6 (27... Qg7 $1 $15) 28. Rf1 $2 { [%mdl 8192] Black converts the advantage convincingly.} (28. Ng1 $1 $11 { and White is okay.}) 28... Rxf1 $19 29. Kxf1 Rf8+ 30. Kg2 {[#]} Nb3 $1 31. Ng1 Nd2 32. Qg4 {intending Nh3.} Rg8 33. Qe6 {[#]} Qxe6 34. dxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} e4 35. Be2 Rg6 36. Nh3 {aiming for e7.} Rxe6 37. Nf4 Rf6 38. Kf2 $2 (38. Nd5 Re6 39. Nf4) 38... Nb1 $1 {[%csl Ba3,Bc3][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Ke3 Nxc3 40. Bg4 $2 (40. Kd2 Nxe2 41. Kxe2) 40... b5 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 41. cxb5 d5 42. Bd7 d4+ 43. Kd2 c4 44. Bc6 e3+ 45. Kc2 {[#]} Ne2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. Nd5 (46. b6 axb6) 46... Rf2 47. Kd1 Nxg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.74/Black=0.14} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "6.7"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B14"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,90,25,39,21,26,18,39,11,24,12,20,8,17,0,9,0,0,0,14,18,14,22,16,25,15, 0,0,-7,0,-26,-33,-33,-33,-38,-43,-52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rc1 {[#] B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6.} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qb6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Na4 Qb5 16. Nc5 Rc7 17. Qe2 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Ne4 20. Be3 h6 {1/2-1/2 (58) Schmidt,W (2249) -Wehrle,U (2134) Baden 2012}) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Bxd7 {White is slightly better. } Bxd7 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Qa3 a6 18. Nd1 f6 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Ne3 Qd7 21. Rc5 Ne7 22. h3 Rxc5 23. dxc5 Rd8 24. Qd3 Qb5 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. Nf5 Nxf5 27. Qxf5 { [%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 28. b4 Qc6 29. Re7 Re8 ({Better is} 29... g6 $15 30. Qf4 Qc1+ 31. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc2) 30. Rxe8+ {The position is equal.} Qxe8 31. Qxd5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack. KQ-KQ} Qf7 32. Qd8+ Qf8 33. Qb6 Qe7 34. a4 Kf7 35. g3 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qe4 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Qf3 39. Qc5 g5 (39... Kg6 {is interesting.} 40. Qc2+ Qf5 41. Qe2 Qd5 42. Qe8+ Kh6) 40. b6 h5 (40... Kg6 {looks sharper.} 41. Qd4 h6 42. Qc5 Kf7 43. Qc4+ Kg7) 41. Qc7+ Kg6 42. Qc2+ Kg7 43. Qc7+ Kg6 44. Qc2+ Kg7 45. Qc7+ Kg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "6.8"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2567"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Qa4+ {[%emt 0: 00:08]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. e3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bd7 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 10. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:08] } Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 13. d5 { [%emt 0:01:00]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 15. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 16. e4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} f4 { [%emt 0:02:22]} 17. a3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 18. dxc6 {[%emt 0: 04:04]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 20. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 21. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be8 { [%emt 0:00:44]} 22. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 23. Qxb7 { [%emt 0:00:51]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} 25. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 26. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 27. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 28. Qxa7 { [%emt 0:00:32]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 29. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 30. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 31. Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:01] } Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 32. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 33. R3d2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 34. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd6 {[%emt 0: 00:32]} 35. h4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 36. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 37. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. hxg5 { [%emt 0:00:11]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 39. Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00: 12]} 40. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 41. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 43. Rc2 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 44. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00: 05]} 45. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 46. f3+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 47. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 48. Kg1 { [%emt 0:00:10]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 49. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 50. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 51. Re4+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 52. Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 53. Rc4 { [%emt 0:00:10]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 54. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 55. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 56. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 57. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bc5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 58. Kf1 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 59. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rg1 {[%emt 0:00: 24]} 60. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxg2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 61. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 62. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 63. Rc4 { [%emt 0:00:26]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 64. Kxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,104,17,18,10,22,19,16,27,26,25,16,0,0,0,2,0,17,12,3,5,15,12,57,57,57, 56,56,56,57,43,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,56,57,99,99,99,99,108,61,120,117,114, 116,116,15,13,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-751,-720,-879,-827,-1362,-1287, -2344,-4710,-2024,-1988,-4610,-2246,-29976,-29974,-29980,-29980,-29980,-6115]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} Rfc8 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rxd7 {The position is equal.} Bxa1 16. Nxa1 Rd8 17. Rd2 Ne5 {...Nxf3+ is the strong threat.} 18. Nb3 (18. Nxe5 $2 Rxd2 19. Nb3 Rxe2 $19) (18. Rxd8+ { keeps more tension.} Rxd8 19. Ne1 Rd2 20. Nac2 b6 21. f4) 18... Nxc4 {[#]} 19. Rd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Rc2 Rd1+ 20. Bf1 Rc8 21. Nbd2 b5 22. a4 Nb6 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. axb5 Nd6 25. e3 Nxb5 {1/2-1/2 (56) Nakamura,H (2736) -Praggnanandhaa,R (2608) chess24.com INT 2021}) 19... Rxd4 20. Nfxd4 Nd6 21. f4 Rc8 22. e4 b6 23. e5 Nf5 24. Nc6 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke8 26. Be4 Rc7 27. g4 Ne7 28. Nbd4 Kd7 {[%CAl Re7c6]} 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 30. Bc6 a6 31. Ke3 b5 32. h4 g6 33. Kd3 Rc8 34. Kc3 (34. Bb7 Rc4 35. Bxa6 Ra4 36. Bxb5 Rxa2 37. f5 gxf5 38. gxf5 Rg2 39. Bc6 Rg3+ (39... Rg4 40. f6+ Kf8 41. Nf3) 40. Bf3) 34... f6 {[#]} ({Black should try} 34... h5 $14) 35. Kb4 $1 $16 fxe5 36. fxe5 Rf8 {[#]} 37. Kc5 ({ Better is} 37. Bb7 $1 $16) 37... Rf2 $1 $11 38. Bb7 Rxa2 39. Bc8 Ra1 {Strongly threatening ...Rc1+.} 40. Bxe6 Rc1+ 41. Kd5 b4 {aiming for ...b3!} 42. Bg8 a5 { [%CAl Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32] Hoping for ... a4.} 43. Bxh7 {Threatens to win with Nc6+.} a4 {And now ...a3 would win.} 44. h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} ({But not} 44. Bxg6 $2 a3 $19) (44. Nc6+ $11 Kf8 (44... Rxc6 $4 45. Kxc6 Ke6 46. Bxg6 b3 47. Bd3 $18) 45. e6 (45. Nxb4 Rb1) (45. Bxg6 b3 $17) 45... Rxc6 (45... Re1 46. Nxb4 $11) 46. Kxc6) 44... gxh5 $19 45. Nf5+ (45. gxh5 a3 $19) 45... Kd8 46. e6 a3 47. e7+ Kd7 48. Bg6 Re1 ({Not} 48... Rd1+ 49. Kc5 $15) 49. e8=Q+ Rxe8 50. Bxe8+ Kxe8 {Black mates.} 51. Nd4 hxg4 52. Ke4 Kd7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.80/Black=0.04} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2578"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,74,27,25,29,30,11,10,19,20,25,26,0,0,0,29,33,33,33,87,70,70,67,93,89, 127,94,154,147,144,158,162,81,85,78,111,122,114,103,110,89,93,39,93,76,101,0,0, -20,-16,-22,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,-602,-602,-577,-448,-608,-603,-726,-740,-4917,-1705] } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Be6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Ra7 $1 {The main line 8...Ra7 scores better than 8...b5.} 9. a3 Qd8 10. h4 h6 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 {[#] Strongly threatening d5.} Kf8 $146 (13... Qe7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe7 14. O-O-O Bb3 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. Re1+ Kd8 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Bf5 g6 19. Bh3 a5 {0-1 (60) Vidit,S (2726)-Le,Q (2709) chess24.com INT 2021}) 14. O-O-O (14. Ne5 Qe7 (14... Bb3 15. Bc4) (14... Bxe5 15. dxe5) 15. O-O-O) 14... Nd7 15. Ne5 Qe7 16. f4 Nf6 17. Qc2 c5 (17... c6 $142) 18. dxc5 $1 $16 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. Qf2 (20. Ne4 $1 $18) 20... Ra8 21. Ne4 Nxe5 22. Nd6 h5 23. Be2 Rh6 24. Rhe1 Qc7 25. Kb1 (25. Qd4 $16 Nd7 26. b4) 25... Kg8 ({ Better is} 25... Rf6 $14 26. Qe3 Nd7) 26. Qe3 Nd7 27. Rc1 (27. b4 $16) 27... b6 $1 $11 {[%CAl Rd7c5]} 28. Bf3 Rb8 {[%CAl Rd7c5]} 29. Ne4 Bf5 30. Ka1 {And now c6! would win.} Re6 31. cxb6 Qe5 32. Qc3 {Hoping for b7.} Rexb6 33. Ng3 $4 { [%mdl 8192]} (33. Re2) 33... Qxg3 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 34. Re2 Nf6 35. Qa5 Qf4 36. Rce1 Rb5 37. Qxa6 {[#]} Qd4 {Quite a comeback for Black. Weighted Error Value: White=0.67/Black=0.13} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,72,8,13,7,17,14,16,5,10,19,12,5,7,7,20,15,6,14,7,0,0,4,8,0,4,0,0,0,21, 0,17,21,38,10,25,9,61,55,31,-6,0,-7,-5,-13,-12,-8,-12,-7,-7,-7,-7,-9,-9,-9,-9, -81,-31,-766,-787,-760,-760,-736,-721,-29995,-29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. Rb1 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2.. .Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Bd6 {is cutting edge theory.} 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. b4 {The position is equal.} Qc7 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. c4 O-O 11. Be2 {[#]} b6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. b5 b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Qa4 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Bf1 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 (60) Aronian,L (2781)-Dominguez Perez,L (2758) chess24.com INT 2021}) 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 Qe7 {...Nc3 is the strong threat.} 14. Qb3 Bb7 15. O-O Nd7 16. Nd4 a6 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. a4 Rc7 19. Bf1 Rfc8 20. e4 Nf4 21. f3 h5 22. Rb2 h4 (22... Ng6 $11) 23. Rbd2 $1 $14 Ng6 24. Nc2 h3 $1 { [%CAl Rh3g2] With the idea ...hxg2.} 25. g3 {Threatens to win with Nd6.} Nde5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 26. N2a3 Qf6 27. Rf2 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Nxb5 Rc1 31. Rxc1 $1 ({Of course not} 31. Bxh3 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rd8 $17) 31... Rxc1 32. Nd6 (32. Qe3 $11 Rd1 33. Qf4) 32... Qe7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 33. Rd2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for White.} (33. Nxb7 $15 Qxb7 34. Qe3) 33... Ba6 $1 $19 {[%csl Ga6] [%CAl Rc1f1]} 34. b5 Qa7+ 35. Rf2 {[#]} Qb6 $1 36. Qa3 (36. Qb2 Nd3) 36... Rc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.45/Black=0.07} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Adhiban, B...."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2660"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,109,25,19,19,17,18,22,25,7,-2,5,5,24,5,5,40,-39,-32,-8,22,5,47,30,35, 2,-2,-18,-7,-17,-9,2,4,1,0,-33,-7,-23,11,-4,24,19,18,-13,18,-20,39,22,58,39,22, -26,-7,13,11,-59,-66,-35,-39,-35,81,66,63,63,63,49,115,54,47,34,139,99,178,185, 185,197,351,376,373,394,394,401,476,500,514,505,1023,407,394,321,335,347,344, 296,315,312,330,270,276,307,346,400,406,395,453,462,476,510,509,514,590,604]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. c3 { [%emt 0:00:11]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. d3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bb6 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0: 00:06]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} h6 {[%emt 0: 00:22]} 15. a4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 16. d5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 18. Nxb3 { [%emt 0:00:23]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:05:21]} 19. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb8 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} 20. axb5 {[%emt 0:04:03]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 21. Nfd2 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 22. Na5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. c4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 24. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rf8 {[%emt 0: 00:30]} 25. Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. Naxc4 {[%emt 0:00:38] } Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 27. Ra7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 28. Kh2 { [%emt 0:00:28]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 29. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qb8 $2 {[%emt 0: 00:16]} (29... Qf6 30. Qc3 (30. Rxa6 Nxa6) (30. Rg3 Bxc4 31. Nxc4 Rfb8) (30. g3 Nxh3 31. Kxh3 Qxf2) 30... Rfb8 31. Ra8 Rxa8 32. Qxb4 Nfd3) 30. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00: 08]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 31. Rxf8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 33. Nef3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Nfd3 { [%emt 0:00:40]} 34. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 35. Qa3 {[%emt 0: 01:25]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 36. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 37. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 38. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nxe4 { [%emt 0:00:31]} 39. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 40. Ng3 { [%emt 0:00:01]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 41. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 42. h4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 43. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kg7 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 44. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 45. hxg5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 46. Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} fxg5 {[%emt 0:00: 15]} 47. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. N3e4+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 50. g3+ { [%emt 0:00:16]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 51. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00: 07]} 52. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 53. Nf3+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 54. Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 55. Nh4 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "7.5"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Vladislav, Artemiev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B24"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2704"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,113,23,23,22,66,0,0,0,12,10,14,4,21,17,29,22,26,26,52,42,20,28,41,40, 37,25,33,25,25,29,28,27,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,20,20,20,20,35,71,11, 18,15,31,15,76,73,360,353,452,435,221,196,473,459,452,447,452,446,414,392,369, 363,241,308,700,641,1169,1152,789,681,1605,1501,1506,1419,1376,1161,4133,2571, 29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg4 9. f3 {B24: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3 sidelines.} Be6 10. Be3 (10. Nxe6 $14 fxe6 11. O-O) 10... Bb4 $11 11. O-O {[#] The position is equal.} Bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Nce2 Re8 13. c3 Ba5 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Nf4 Rac8 16. Rfe1 Ne5 17. Bf2 Ng6 18. Nfxe6 fxe6 {1/2-1/2 (56) Balinas,R (2355)-Sveshnikov,E (2525) Manila 1982}) 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Rb1 Qd7 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Bg5 Qf5 17. h4 h6 {[#]} 18. g4 $1 Qd7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. c4 Rad8 21. cxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxb7 Rd2 24. f4 Nd4 25. Kf1 Nxc2 26. Re2 Rd1+ 27. Kf2 Nd4 28. Reb2 {Hoping for Rd7.} ({ Don't play} 28. Rxa7 Nxe2 29. Kxe2 Rfd8 $17) 28... Ne6 29. Bf3 Rc1 {White must now prevent ...Nc5.} 30. Kg3 Rc3 31. R2b3 Rfc8 {...Nd4 is the strong threat.} 32. Rb8 ({But not} 32. Rxa7 $2 Nd4 $19) 32... Rxb8 33. Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nd4 34. Bd1 ({White should try} 34. Rc7 $16) 34... Rb1 35. Rd3 Ne6 36. Rd5 Kg7 (36... Rc1 $11) 37. f5 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rf5e6]} Nc5 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} 38. Bc2 $18 ({Weaker is} 38. Rxc5 Rxd1 39. Ra5 Rd3+ 40. Kf4 Rd4+ 41. Kf3 h5 $16) 38... Rb5 39. Kf3 Ra5 (39... h5 { might work better.} 40. gxh5 Ra5) 40. a4 $1 Kf8 $2 (40... Nb7 41. Ke4 Ra6) 41. Ke3 $1 {[%CAl Re3d4]} Nb7 42. Rxa5 Nxa5 {KB-KN} 43. Kd4 $1 {[%CAl Rd4c5]} Ke7 { [#]} 44. Kc5 Kd7 {[#]} 45. Kb5 {[%CAl Rb5a5]} Nc6 {And now ...Nd4+ would win.} 46. Be4 Ne5 (46... Nb8 47. Bd5 Ke8) 47. Ka6 Nxg4 48. Kxa7 Kc7 49. Ka6 Nf2 50. Bf3 Nd3 51. Kb5 Ne5 52. Be4 Ng4 53. a5 Nf2 54. Bf3 {White mates.} Nd3 55. a6 Ne5 {[#]} 56. a7 $1 Nxf3 57. a8=Q {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.59} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "7.6"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "187"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,187,33,29,35,11,13,6,17,7,17,8,15,-10,0,-2,4,-23,-15,-25,-24,-25,-23, -24,-18,-27,-33,-87,-91,-85,-80,-84,-80,-80,-89,-90,-77,-75,-82,-86,-84,-81, -57,-81,-76,-80,-52,-52,-52,-59,-40,-47,-28,-25,-15,-38,0,-24,-23,-25,-12,-38, -12,-33,-40,-43,-13,-32,-32,-43,-35,-39,-32,-33,-29,-40,-27,-79,-35,-39,-29, -39,-39,-64,-39,-63,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-25,-52,-52,-66,-52,-52,-52,-52, -18,-18,-18,-21,-21,-21,-21,-23,0,-23,0,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 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]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. Re1 b5 8. Bc2 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} 11. a4 Rb8 $1 12. axb5 axb5 13. d3 Bg7 14. Be3 O-O 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nd7 {[#]} 17. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qd1 Nb6 18. b3 Qc7 19. Na3 Nd7 20. Qd2 Qa5 21. Qxa5 Nxa5 22. Red1 {1/2-1/2 (22) Nowak,I (2072)-Kolar, J (2078) LSS email 2012}) 17... Nb4 18. Be4 {Threatens to win with Bd2.} d5 19. Bxd5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Ba7 (22. Bc5 $15) 22... Rb7 $17 23. Nc3 Nb4 24. Re4 {[#]} Nc6 {[%CAl Rc6a7]} 25. Bc5 Bxe5 26. Ra6 Bxc3 27. Rxc6 Bxb2 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Bxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re8 (29... Ra8 { looks sharper.} 30. g4 Bd4 31. Bb4 Ra2 32. Bc5 Bxc5 33. Rxc5 Rb2) 30. Rc7 Be5 31. Rd7 h5 (31... Rb8 {is interesting.} 32. Bb4 Rc8 33. Kf1 Rc4 34. Be1 Bc3) 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Rb8 34. Bb4 $1 Bg7 35. Bd6 $1 {[%CAl Rd6b8]} Rb6 36. Bb4 Rb8 37. Bd6 $1 {[%CAl Rd6b8]} Rc8 {Strongly threatening ...Rc1+.} 38. Rb7 Rd8 39. Bb4 Rd5 40. Rb8+ Kh7 41. Rb7 Rg5 (41... Rd4 {feels hotter.} 42. Rxb5 Rxg4+ 43. Kf1 Rf4 44. Kg2 Rf5) 42. Kf1 (42. f3 {looks sharper.} Bd4+ 43. Kf1 Kg8 44. Ke2 Bf6 45. Rd7) 42... Rxg4 43. Rxb5 Rc4 44. Bd2 Rc7 45. Bf4 Re7 46. Rc5 f6 47. Rc7 (47. Bd2 $11) 47... Re6 48. Kg2 g5 49. Bd2 Kg6 50. Bc3 Bh6 51. Bd4 f5 52. f3 Rd6 53. Be5 Rd2+ 54. Kf1 f4 55. Rc6+ Kh5 $1 56. Rb6 Rd3 57. Kg2 Bf8 58. Rb8 Bc5 59. Rb5 Rd2+ 60. Kh3 Rc2 61. Ra5 Rc1 62. Ra1 Rc2 63. Ra5 $1 Kg6 64. Ra6+ $1 {The position is equal.} Kf5 65. Ba1 {[%csl Ga1][%CAl Ra6f6]} (65. Bd6 { feels hotter.} Bg1 66. Ra5+ Kf6 67. Be5+ Ke6 68. Ba1) 65... Be7 66. Ra5+ Kg6 { ...Rf2 is the strong threat.} 67. Ra6+ Kf5 68. Ra5+ Ke6 69. Ra6+ Bd6 (69... Kd5 {with more complications.} 70. Ra5+ Kc4 71. Re5 Bd8 72. Re4+ Kc5) 70. Bf6 { [%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} Kxf6 (70... g4+ {looks sharper.} 71. Kxg4 Rg2+ 72. Kh5 Rg3 73. Bg5 Rxf3 74. Kg4 Rf1) 71. Rxd6+ $11 {KR-KR} Kf5 (71... Ke5 {seems wilder.} 72. Rg6 Kf5 73. Ra6 Rc1 74. Ra5+ Kg6) 72. Rd5+ Kg6 73. Ra5 Rf2 74. Ra3 Kh5 75. Rb3 Re2 76. Rb8 Rf2 77. Rb3 Kg6 (77... Rf1 $5 {[%CAl Rf1g1]} 78. Kg2 Rd1 $15) 78. Rb6+ Kf5 79. Rb5+ Kf6 (79... Kg6 $5 {[%CAl Rf2f3]} 80. Rxg5+ Kxg5 $11) 80. Rb3 Re2 81. Ra3 Kf5 (81... Re1 $5 {[%CAl Re1g1]} 82. Ra6+ Kf5 $15) 82. Ra5+ Re5 83. Ra3 Re1 {White must now prevent ...Rg1.} 84. Ra5+ $1 Kg6 {And now ...Rg1 would win.} 85. Kg2 Re2+ 86. Kh3 Re1 {Hoping for ...Rg1.} 87. Kg2 Kh5 88. Ra8 Re2+ 89. Kh3 Kg6 90. Rg8+ Kf6 91. Rf8+ Kg7 92. Ra8 Rf2 93. Kg4 Rg2+ 94. Kf5 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.09} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "7.7"] [White "Salem, A.R. Saleh"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2729"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,87,10,16,0,22,-7,9,1,-4,-5,0,-16,47,43,43,42,40,39,40,27,44,41,52,43, 54,45,70,53,75,77,73,66,118,108,118,108,155,153,161,163,158,139,179,168,196, 189,220,223,214,211,239,237,269,269,269,258,266,259,295,295,306,297,366,349, 433,420,612,612,633,619,718,647,859,828]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. Bd3 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4.} h6 {[#]} 10. Bb1 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A top novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 10. a3 Ba5 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. exd4 Bb6 13. Be3 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qd6 15. Qd2 f5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 {1/2-1/2 (54) Salem,A (2675)-Melkumyan,H (2668) Moscow 2019}) 10... Qe7 11. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Rd8 {[%CAl Rc5d4]} 12. a3 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 ({Better is} 13... Ba5 $11) 14. Re1 $14 Qc7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 {[#] And now Qh7+ would win.} f5 17. Qe3 Ne7 18. Ba2 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Bd2 a5 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 b6 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} (23... Kf7 $14) 24. h4 Kf7 25. Rc1 Ra7 26. Rc6 Rb7 27. f3 a4 28. Kf2 Kg8 29. Kg3 Kh7 30. h5 b5 31. Kf4 Rf7 32. Bb4 Kg8 33. Rc5 Rb7 34. Ba5 ({Much less strong is} 34. Rexd5 $6 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Rd7) 34... Rf8 35. Rcxd5 {aiming for Bb4.} Bd7 36. Rc5 Be8 37. Rxf5 Rxf5+ 38. Rxf5 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} ({Don't play} 38. Kxf5 Bxh5 39. d5 Be8 $18) 38... Rf7 39. d5 Rd7 40. Ke5 Bf7 (40... g6 $142) 41. d6 {White is clearly winning.} Kf8 42. Bc7 Ke8 43. Kd4 Bc4 44. Kc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.29} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "7.8"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2847"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,73,18,21,20,17,19,-21,-8,-21,-25,0,-10,-10,0,0,6,-8,-7,-46,2,0,0,0, 41,43,57,45,66,0,0,0,0,-28,-26,-25,-30,-547,-152,-170,-157,-585,-122,-122,-123, -137,45,36,37,63,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 7.Bb3.} a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3. } 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 11. b4 {[%CAl Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} f5 12. Bb3 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... fxe4 13. Nxe4 d5 14. Ng3 Rxf3 15. gxf3 Nxh2 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Kxh2 Qxf3 18. Qh1 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 (82) Broadway,D (2292) -Malyshev,V (2178) ICCF email 2016}) 13. Ra2 Qe8 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nf1 Be6 16. b5 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Ne7 {[%CAl Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6h4][%mdl 32]} 18. d4 Ng6 19. c4 e4 20. Ng3 exf3 $11 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 21. Rxe8 Raxe8 22. Qd1 Nh4 23. h3 fxg2 $1 24. Re2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24. hxg4 $11 {and White is okay.} Re1+ 25. Qxe1 Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Kxg2 Nxe1+ 27. Kf1) 24... Rxe2 $2 ( 24... Nxf2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] and Black stays clearly on top.} 25. Rxe8 (25. Rxf2 Bxd4 26. Nh1 gxh1=Q+ 27. Kxh1 Rxf2 $19) 25... Rxe8 26. Kxf2 Bxd4+ $1 { [%mdl 576] Promotion} 27. Qxd4 g1=Q+ 28. Kxg1 Nf3+) 25. Qxe2 $17 Nxf2 26. Be3 $2 {[#]} (26. Kh2 Bxd4) 26... Nxh3+ $2 (26... Nd3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] has better winning chances.} 27. Ne4 (27. Qxd3 $2 Nf3+ 28. Kxg2 Ne1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Kg1 Nxd3 $19) 27... Rf1+ 28. Qxf1 gxf1=Q+ 29. Kxf1 Nf5) 27. Kh2 g1=Q+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 28. Bxg1 Nf3+ $2 (28... Nxg1 $17 29. Kxg1 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 Be5 31. bxa6 bxa6) 29. Kh1 $14 {Strongly threatening Qe7!} Nhxg1 30. Qe7 { [%CAl Re7f8]} Rg8 {...axb5 is the strong threat.} 31. Nf5 ({White should try} 31. Qxc7 $14 Bxd4 32. Qxb7 axb5 33. cxb5) 31... Nxd4 {The position is equal.} 32. Nh6 gxh6 33. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rg7 34. Qf8+ Rg8 35. Qf6+ Rg7 36. Qf8+ Rg8 37. Qf6+ {White happily takes the draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.46/Black=0.75} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "18"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,18,0,29]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {[#]} 6. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bb3 Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. f3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Qe1 Ne5 14. Kb1 Nc4 15. g4 Qc7 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. h4 Nd7 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bc1 Rfe8 20. g5 Bf8 21. gxf6 Nxf6 {1/2-1/2 (38) Kramnik, V (2753)-Grischuk,A (2776) Lichess.org INT 2021}) 6... Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bc1 $1 {[%mdl 4] 9.Bc1 is the modern continuation.} Nf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2847"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,76,14,25,7,19,21,22,21,24,34,17,21,34,26,22,19,25,20,40,33,47,50,59, 52,60,50,59,22,17,20,37,13,10,10,14,25,22,19,25,14,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nc6 6. h3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Ne4 7. Bf4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 b6 9. cxb6 cxb6 10. e3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O {[#]} b5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 13... O-O 14. Qb1 g6 15. Qxb6 Rfb8 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. dxc5 Rc8 18. e4 Ne7 19. Ne5 Bb5 20. exd5 Bxd3 21. Nxd3 Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 (80) Praggnanandhaa,R (2608)-Carlsen,M (2847) chess24.com INT 2021}) 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 a5 16. Qc2 h6 17. Rfa1 O-O 18. Bb5 Qc7 19. Qa2 Rfc8 20. Bxc6 (20. Ra3 {looks sharper.} Rcb8 21. Ba4 Ra7 22. Qc2 Be8 23. Nd2) 20... Qxc6 21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22. Qxa5 Qxc3 23. Qxc3 Rxc3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 24. Ra8+ Rc8 {The position is equal.} 25. Rxc8+ (25. Ra7 {is interesting.} Be8 26. Ne5 h5 27. h4 Rc3 28. Ra8) 25... Bxc8 $11 {KB-KN} 26. g4 g5 27. Kg2 f6 28. Kg3 Ba6 29. Nd2 Kf7 30. f4 Be2 31. Nb3 Ke7 32. Kf2 Bd1 33. Nc5 Kd6 34. Kg3 Be2 35. Kf2 Bb5 36. Kg3 Be2 37. Kf2 Bb5 38. Kg3 Be2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Salem, A.R. Saleh"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,90,3,4,-5,-12,8,22,15,20,26,18,20,27,23,35,24,32,30,19,9,2,0,27,44,29, 42,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,44,44,46,0,0,-7,-10,-499,-102,-102,-135,-182,-112, -114,-110,-111,-114,-107,-113,-111,-109,-114,-110,-115,-110,-195,-165,-156, -146,-159,-152,-424,-430,-385,-375,-460,-456,-446,-446,-429,-415,-612,-592, -29985,-29984,-29987,-29988]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 Qxd5 6. b3 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} e5 7. Bb2 {[#]} e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nc6 8. e3 f6 9. d3 Bg4 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. O-O Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qxd3 13. Qxd3 Rxd3 {1-0 (28) Fotland,P (1317)-Hammond,G (1314) IECG email 2000}) 8. Ne5 {The position is equal.} f6 9. Nc4 Nc6 10. Ne3 Qf7 11. g3 Be6 12. Bg2 f5 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Qc2 Kb8 15. Nc4 h5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5+ Ka8 18. f3 exf3 19. Rxf3 h4 20. Rd3 Be7 21. Rf1 hxg3 22. hxg3 Qh5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Kf2 Bd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Qc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Qc3) (26. Bf4) 26... Rxd2 $2 (26... Rxe5 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 27. Rh1 (27. d4 Re4 28. Qg8+ Bf8 29. Qxf8+ Re8) 27... Qe8) 27. Ke1 Rd8 28. Bc7 {[#]} Rc8 (28... Re8 $1 $19 29. Qd3 Bf6) 29. Qe6 $17 {[%CAl Re6c8]} Qe8 30. Bd6 Bxd6 31. Qxd6 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} g6 32. Rf3 a6 33. Rd3 Ka7 34. Qf4 Qh8 35. Rd7 (35. Qc4 $17) 35... Qa1+ 36. Kf2 Rh8 {And now ...Rh1 would win.} 37. Qc4 Rh2+ ({Not } 37... Qxa2 38. Qxc5+ Ka8 39. Qd5 $11) 38. Ke3 $2 {[#]} (38. Kf3 $17 {was the only chance.} Qf1+ 39. Ke3 Qg1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Kf4) 38... Qe5+ $1 $19 39. Kd2 Rg2 40. a4 Rxg3 41. Rd5 Qe3+ 42. Kc2 Rg2 43. Rd2 (43. Qxc5+ $142 Qxc5+ 44. Rxc5) 43... f4 44. Kb1 f3 45. Rd7 Rg1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.64/Black=0.22} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Vladislav, Artemiev"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2704"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,73,0,25,0,21,16,16,8,12,10,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,10,43,46,32,34,41, 33,41,31,37,25,24,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. h3 { A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6:4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3.} Qc8 8. Kh2 Nf6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 {[#]} Ne4 $146 (10... e5 {seems wilder.} 11. d3 Qd8 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Ng5 Bd7) ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. cxd5 Na5 14. d3 b5 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Nd2 Qb6 {0-1 (45) Sallaberry,A (1556)-Rodrigues,V (1756) Goiania 2017}) 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 e5 13. d3 h6 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. a3 a5 16. Rb1 Rab8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Bxb4 b5 20. Ba3 bxc4 21. Qa4 Ra8 {[%CAl Bb8a8,Ba8a4,Ba4d4][%mdl 32]} 22. Bxc6 (22. Qxc6 {is interesting.} Qxc6 23. Bxc6 Rxa3 24. Nxc4 Ra2 25. e4) 22... Rxa4 {The position is equal.} 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Nxc4 e4 25. Bxd6 Re8 26. Nb6 exd3 27. exd3 Rd4 28. Nxd7 Rxd6 29. Nc5 Rd5 30. Rbc1 Rc8 31. Ne4 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rxd3 $11 {KRB-KRN} 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rc7 Kg8 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rc7 Kg8 37. Rc8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Adhiban, B...."] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,92,0,0,-2,8,15,11,0,4,0,64,19,17,22,33,31,29,30,47,21,45,21,47,51,49, 38,22,0,12,-68,-68,-75,-64,-68,-65,-90,-83,-64,-85,-104,-68,-70,-63,-70,-67, -64,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-64,-64,-59,-81,-81,-81,-78,-81,-79,-107,-107,-107, -107,-107,-64,-94,-84,-119,-94,-94,-94,-107,-107,-107,-107,-29970,-29972, -29981,-29982]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 {now supersedes 7...exd5.} 8. Qc2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} Nc6 9. a3 b6 10. h4 {The position is equal.} f5 {[#]} 11. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. h5 h6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne5 Be8 16. f4 Qc8 17. O-O-O {0-1 (33) Keymer,V (2568)-Martirosyan,H (2622) Chess.com INT 2020}) 11... Bb7 ({Black should play} 11... cxd4 $11 12. Nxd5 Qxd5) 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rd1 Kh8 15. Be2 Qd6 16. O-O Rad8 17. Rd2 h6 18. Rfd1 Qe6 19. Bb5 a6 20. Ba4 Qg6 {White should prevent ...d4.} 21. b4 (21. Rxd5 $2 Nd4 $1 $19 { [%mdl 512]}) ({Better is} 21. Bxc6 $11 Qxc6 22. b4) 21... d4 $1 $15 ({Not} 21... cxb4 22. h5 $16) 22. h5 $1 {[%CAl Rh5g6]} (22. bxc5 $2 Ne5 $1 $19) 22... Qg4 23. Nh2 $1 {[%CAl Rh2g4]} ({Don't blunder} 23. bxc5 $2 {[#]} Nb4 $1 $19 { [%mdl 512]}) 23... Qxh5 24. exd4 Nxd4 (24... Bd6 25. Nf1 (25. Nf3 Nxb4 26. axb4 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Rde8 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 $19) 25... Nxd4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rxd4) 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 (26... Rc8 {keeps more tension.} 27. Qd2 Bd8 28. Rd3 Bb6 29. Rg3 Rcd8) 27. Rxd4 Qg5 {[%csl Gb7][%CAl Rg5g2]} 28. Bc6 {[#]} Qf6 $1 29. Rc4 Qa1+ 30. Nf1 $1 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Qxa3 32. Qc4 Qxb4 33. Qxa6 Kh7 34. Rc8 Rxc8 35. Qxc8 Qb1 36. g3 Bf6 37. Qc6 Bd4 38. Kg2 Qa2 39. Qf3 Qe6 40. Nh2 Kg6 41. Qd3 Bf6 (41... Qe4+ {with more complications.} 42. Qxe4 fxe4 43. f3 Kf5 44. fxe4+ Kxe4 45. Kh3 Bc5) 42. g4 Qe4+ 43. Qf3 Qxf3+ 44. Kxf3 Be5 45. gxf5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Nf1 $17) 45... Kxf5 46. Ng4 (46. Nf1 Bf4) 46... Bf4 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.29/Black=0.09} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "8.6"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Hou, Yifan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 29,104,31,46,37,50,0,0,-11,-16,-45,-37,-43,-44,-45,-40,-52,-16,-14,-17, -16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-14,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,0,0,0,-12, -12,-12,-12,-12,0,-12,-12,-12,-12,-16,-19,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. e4 O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Rfe1 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rfe8 14. Nd4 Rad8 15. Rad1 Bf8 16. h3 {[#] A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog.} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qb8 17. Re2 Qa8 18. Qe1 g6 19. Bc1 Bg7 20. f3 Qb8 21. g4 h6 22. Kh1 Rc8 23. Bb2 Ba8 {1/2-1/2 (40) Tosic,M (2399)-Zlatanovic, Z (2126) Nis 2011}) 17. Qe2 d5 18. e5 Nfe4 19. Qc2 ({Wrong is} 19. Bxe4 $2 dxe4 20. Qe3 Nd3 $19) 19... Nxc3 ({Don't go for} 19... Qxe5 $2 20. b4 $18) 20. Qxc3 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rd5 23. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Rxd1 24. Rxd1 {[#] b4 is the strong threat.} Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Bd4 Qa8 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Qd3 h6 29. Kg1 (29. Qc4 {feels hotter.} Be7 30. Qd3 Qb7 31. Kh2 Qc6 32. Kg2) 29... Qd5 (29... a5 {looks sharper.} 30. Qd1 b5 31. Qc2 Bb6 32. Kg2 b4) 30. Qxd5 exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 31. Ne1 Kf8 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. f4 Ke6 34. Kf3 g5 35. Nc2 gxf4 36. gxf4 b5 37. Ne1 h5 38. Nd3 Bb6 39. Nb4 a5 {[%CAl Ra5b4]} 40. Nc2 f6 41. exf6 Kxf6 (41... b4 {is more complex.} 42. f7 Kxf7 43. Ne1 Kg6 44. Ng2 Bg1) 42. Ne1 Kf5 43. Ng2 Bc5 44. Nh4+ Kf6 45. Ng2 a4 46. Ne1 axb3 47. axb3 Kf5 48. Ng2 Bb6 49. Nh4+ Kf6 50. Ng2 Kf5 51. Nh4+ Kf6 52. Ng2 Kf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "8.7"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,46,32,58,56,51,47,58,45,44,-113,-121,-138,-151,-236,-238,-209,-202, -207,-216,-252,-257,-301,-251,-328,-332,-343,-330,-342,-338,-321,-258,-489, -490,-458,-463,-484,-492,-496,-489]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 {A58: Benko/Volga Gambit: Lines with 5 bxa6.} Bg7 7. e4 { Threatens to win with a7.} O-O 8. Nf3 {White is slightly better.} Qa5 {White should prevent ...Nxe4.} 9. a7 $2 {[#]} (9. Nd2 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) ( 9. Bd2) 9... Nxe4 $1 $17 10. axb8=Q Rxb8 {[#]} 11. Bd3 $146 (11. Bd2 $2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 (12. Qxd2 $2 Rxb2 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 13. Qxb2 Bxc3+ 14. Qd2 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Qc3 $19) 12... Rxb2 $19) (11. Qc2 $17 Nxc3 12. Bd2 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) ({Predecessor:} 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. b3 Qe4+ 14. Qxe4 Nxe4 15. Rc1 d6 16. Bc4 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 {1/2-1/2 (38) Nenezic,M (2666)-Gschnitzer,A (2445) Chess.com INT 2019}) 11... Nxc3 $19 ({Don't take} 11... Bxc3+ 12. Kf1 $17) 12. Qd2 {[#]} Ra8 $1 13. O-O ({Not} 13. bxc3 $2 Bxc3 14. O-O Bxd2 $19) (13. d6 exd6 ) 13... Nxd5 14. Qg5 e6 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. Qg3 Qa4 17. Re1 Nb4 18. Bb1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nc2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 20. Re4 $2 (20. Bxc2 {was the only defense.} Qxc2 21. Qe2 Qxe2 22. Rxe2) 20... Nd4 {Black is clearly winning. } ({Weaker is} 20... Nxa1 21. Rxa4 Rxa4 22. Qd1 $17) 21. Qd3 d5 22. Rg4 c4 23. Qf1 Nc2 {White got outplayed after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0. 50/ Black=0.06} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "8.8"] [White "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 30,129,12,8,10,5,6,6,6,6,10,4,72,72,77,66,66,66,132,128,279,295,298,248, 547,636,463,232,779,732,684,369,364,354,306,274,257,242,235,225,265,237,852,0, 0,0,0,-86,-79,-79,-71,-79,0,0,763,763,763,763,763,756,748,748,749,690,660,656, 693,584,733,614,1334,1340,1340,1323,1272,1272,1272,1258,1251,1210,1231,1231, 1225,1225,1157,1124,1147,1118,29951,29955,6721,10116,29960,8691,29975,29976, 29976,29978,29979,29980,29981,29982]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nc2 Bg5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Ncb4 Nxb4 16. Nxb4 {16.cxb4 is the modern continuation.} Bd7 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 17. Bxa6 Qa5 18. Qxd6 Rb6 {The position is equal.} 19. Qd3 {White wants to play 0-0.} Be6 {aiming for ...Be7.} 20. O-O {Strongly threatening Bc4.} Be7 ( 20... O-O $11) 21. Bc4 $16 {And now Bxe6 would win.} Bxb4 22. cxb4 $40 { [%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Qxb4 23. Bxe6 fxe6 ({Better is} 23... Rxe6 $14 24. Qc2 O-O) 24. Qf3 {[#]} Rf8 $146 (24... Rb7 $16) ({Predecessor:} 24... Qb3 25. Qh5+ g6 26. Qh6 Rb7 27. Rac1 Rd7 28. Rc8+ Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Qg7 { 1-0 (29) Ehlvest,J (2600)-Ataman,A (2156) Kocaeli 2002}) 25. Qh5+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rf7 26. Qxh7 Qxb2 $2 (26... Rd6 27. Kh1 Kf8) 27. Rac1 { White wants to mate with Qg8+.} Rbb7 28. h4 (28. h3 $142 {Rc8+ is the strong threat.} Ke7 29. Qh4+ Rf6 30. Rc8) 28... Qb6 $2 (28... Ke7 29. Qh5 Qd2 30. Qxe5 Rd7) 29. Rc8+ Ke7 30. Qh5 Rb8 31. Qg5+ Kd7 32. Rc4 a3 33. Qxe5 Ra8 34. Rc2 { Hoping for Qh5.} a2 35. Qa1 Qb3 $4 (35... Qa5 36. f3 Ke8) 36. Rb2 $2 (36. Qd1+ $18 Ke8 37. Rc8+ $3 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} Rxc8 38. Qxb3) 36... Qc4 $1 $11 37. Rd1+ Ke8 38. Rdd2 {[#]} (38. h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 38... Rfa7 $1 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 39. Rbc2 Qb3 {White must now prevent ...Qb1+.} 40. Rc1 Rb7 (40... Kf8 $17) 41. Kh2 $11 Qb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] White stays focused until the end.} (41... Kf7 $11) 42. Rxb1 $1 $18 { [%mdl 512]} Rxb1 {[#]} 43. Qxa2 $1 Rxa2 44. Rxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kf7 45. Kg3 Kf6 46. Ra5 Rb4 47. f3 Rb2 48. Ra1 g6 49. Rf1 e5 50. Rf2 Rb6 51. Rd2 Kg7 52. Kg4 Kf6 53. g3 Ra6 54. Rd8 Ra3 55. Rd6+ Kf7 56. Rb6 Re3 57. Rb4 Kf6 58. f4 Re1 59. fxe5+ Kxe5 60. Kg5 Rg1 61. g4 Rg2 62. Rb6 {White mates.} Kxe4 63. Rxg6 Kf3 64. Rf6+ Kg3 65. h5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.50/Black=0.37} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,64,11,21,14,16,14,11,20,13,16,-23,10,0,0,0,15,8,50,14,20,13,4,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 7.Bb3.} a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. h3 Be6 9. Bb5 Ne7 10. d4 Bb6 {[#]} 11. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Bd3 Ng6 13. Nf1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qc7 15. Be3 Rae8 16. f4 Bc8 17. Ng3 {0-1 (63) Kramnik,V (2753)-Aronian,L (2781) Paris 2021}) 11... exd4 12. Nxd4 c6 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 {The position is equal.} 16. Qb3 Bxe3 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Rxe3 d5 19. e5 {[#] Hoping for Bxg6.} Rae8 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. exd6 { Black should prevent Rae1.} Rxe3 22. fxe3 Ne5 23. Bc2 Rd8 24. e4 Rxd6 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Rd1 g6 27. Kf2 Nd3+ (27... Rd7 {feels hotter.} 28. c4 Kg7 29. b3 Nf7 30. a3 Nd6) 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29. Ke2 Rg3 30. Kf2 Rd3 31. Ke2 Rg3 32. Kf2 Rd3 { A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2567"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,68,4,15,14,6,11,10,10,11,0,12,15,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,32,33,-56, 34,0,0,-11,-12,0,0,-31,58,66,50,60,47,51,60,49,43,37,57,12,43,35,34,0,0,0,27,0, 0,0,51]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 $1 {The main line 7.Be3 scores better than 7.Bf4.} O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 d5 11. h4 Re8 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. Bg5 f6 $1 {[%CAl Rf6g5]} 14. Bf4 {[#]} Bb6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 14... Nf8 15. Nd4 Ng6 16. h5 Ne5 17. f3 Bf8 18. g4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Qe7 20. a3 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 (41) Alekseenko, K (2674)-Melkumyan,H (2650) Batumi 2019}) 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. f3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 c5 18. Nb5 Be6 19. Nd6 (19. Rhe1 $14) 19... Re7 ({Better is} 19... Bc7 $1 $15 20. Nxe8 Bxf4 21. Nxg7 Kxg7) 20. Nf5 Re8 21. g4 Qd7 22. c4 {[%CAl Rc4d5]} Rad8 23. Rhe1 (23. Nd6 $5 {[%CAl Rc4d5]} dxc4 24. Qe2 $11) 23... dxc4 ({Black should play} 23... Ba5 $15 24. c3 dxc4 25. Qxd7 Bxd7) 24. Qf1 $1 $14 Qa4 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Nd6 Re7 {[#] And now ...c3! would win.} 27. Nxb7 $1 Bb6 {[#] aiming for ... c3.} 28. Re4 $1 Qd7 29. Nd6 c3 (29... Bc7 $5 {[%CAl Rc7d6]} 30. Nxc4 Bxf4 31. Rxf4 h5 $11) 30. Qe1 cxb2 31. Nf5 Re8 32. Nd6 Re7 33. Nf5 Re8 34. Nd6 (34. h5 $11) 34... Re7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.14} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Gukesh D"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2578"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,68,25,18,37,66,45,27,22,31,40,46,45,54,56,5,-6,-1,6,-12,10,-14,8,4,16, 26,26,-6,-4,-12,-20,-29,-11,-20,-32,-41,-59,-57,-45,-132,-86,-140,-139,-175, -197,-176,-175,-354,-349,-324,-267,-380,-405,-442,-452,-450,-490,-498,-510, -571,-398,-413,-370,-372,-399,-420,-399,-1190,-1251,-1251,-1312]} 1. e4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03] } 3. d4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 { [%emt 0:00:23]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Ndb5 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 10. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. c3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 13. a3 { [%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:20]} 14. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00: 44]} 15. Ncb4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 16. Nxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 17. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 18. h4 { [%emt 0:02:53]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 19. c4 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00: 26]} 20. Bf3 {[%emt 0:02:42]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 21. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bxd5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} (21... Ba5+ 22. Kf1 (22. Nc3 Bxe4)) 22. Qxd5 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} (22. exd5 Ba5+) 22... Rb5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} (22... Rxb2 23. O-O Bb6) 23. Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Ba5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 24. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxb2 { [%emt 0:01:44]} 25. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 26. Qd5 { [%emt 0:00:20]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 27. Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Rxf2+ {[%emt 0: 01:23]} 28. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 29. Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 30. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 31. Qxc2 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Qe3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qf2+ {[%emt 0: 00:08]} 33. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qg1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 34. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ba5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "9.4"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 {The position is equal.} 8. Nf3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 g5 $1 {[%CAl Rg5f4]} 14. cxd5 exd5 15. e6 (15. Be3 Nxe5 16. f3 Nc5 17. Bf5 Ne6 18. g4 Qh6 19. Rae1 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Nc6 21. Bc5 Rd8 22. Be7 Nxe7 23. Rxe7 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qg6 25. Qxg6+ hxg6 26. f4 d4 27. fxg5 dxc3 28. Rfxf7 c2 29. Rg7+ Kh8 30. Rh7+ Kg8 31. Reg7+ Kf8 32. Rc7 Kg8 33. Rhg7+ Kh8 34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. Rhg7+ Kh8 36. Rh7+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 (36) So,W (2770)-Ding,L (2791) chess24.com INT 2020}) 15... gxf4 16. exd7 Bxd7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} fxg3 19. fxg3 b6 20. Nf5 {Hoping for Ne7+.} Rae8 21. Qd5 Bxf5 ({Don't blunder} 21... Re2 $2 {[#]} 22. Ne7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe7 23. Qxh5 $18) 22. Rxf5 Qe2 23. Raf1 {aiming for Rg5+.} Qe3+ 24. R1f2 {[%CAl Rf5f7]} Qe1+ {[#]} 25. Rf1 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 25. Kg2 Qe4+ 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. Rg5+ Kh8 28. Rgf5 Kg8 29. Rg5+ Kh8 30. Rgf5 Kg8 {1/2-1/2 (30) So,W (2770)-Nakamura,H (2736) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 25... Qe3+ 26. R1f2 {[%CAl Rf5f7]} Qe1+ 27. Rf1 Qe3+ {An uneventful encounter. Weighted Error Value: White=0.00/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Adhiban, B..."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2660"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,61,29,16,35,30,31,0,12,0,0,1,12,-8,0,0,17,0,30,43,35,26,52,43,37,56, 35,44,300,303,596,556,630,621,603,449,430,393,915,929,870,932,931,922,881,853, 29990,29991]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 {[#] g4 is the strong threat.} b4 {The position is equal.} 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. Re1 O-O 14. g4 {[#] Strongly threatening d4.} Nxg4 $146 (14... bxc3 {seems wilder.} 15. bxc3 Bg6 16. Nf1 h6 17. Ng3 Re8) ({Predecessor:} 14... Bg6 15. Nf1 Re8 16. Ng3 d5 17. Qe2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nb3 19. Bxb3 Rxb3 20. Qc2 Rb8 {1-0 (39) Caruana,F (2828)-Kollars,D (2564) Chess.com INT 2019}) 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Kg2 f5 17. exf5 bxc3 18. bxc3 {Threatening d4.} Qf6 $1 19. d4 $1 {[%CAl Rd4c5]} Bxf5 20. Bxf5 (20. dxc5 Qg6+ 21. Kh1 Bxc2 $15) 20... Qxf5 21. Ne4 Nb3 { [%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} 22. Rb1 $18 (22. Nh4 Qf7 $16) 22... Qg6+ $2 (22... Qg4+ 23. Ng3 Qxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. Kxf3 exd4) 23. Bg5 d5 24. Nxe5 ({Weaker is } 24. Nxc5 e4 $16) (24. Rxb3 dxe4 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 $15) 24... Qf5 25. Rxb3 dxe4 26. Rxb8 ({Don't blunder} 26. dxc5 $2 Qxg5+ 27. Kf1 (27. Ng4 $2 Rbd8 $19) 27... Rbd8 $19) 26... Qxf2+ $2 (26... Qxg5+ 27. Qg4 Qxg4+ 28. Nxg4 Rxb8 29. dxc5 Re8) 27. Kh3 {[#] Qb3+ would kill now.} Rxb8 28. Rf1 Qa2 29. dxc5 {Hoping for Qd7.} Qe6+ 30. Qg4 Qxe5 31. Bf6 {[%csl Gf6][%CAl Rg4g7] Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.98} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "9.6"] [White "Salem, A.R. Saleh"] [Black "Vladislav, Artemiev"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D40"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2704"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,74,0,2,-28,0,5,21,11,13,13,13,20,17,8,13,5,0,0,38,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-114, -83,-172,-164,-145,-73,-138,-135,-123,-135,-127,-138,-141,-144,-150,-139,-141, -131,-148,-139,-143,-124,-198,-197,-208,-200,-210,-204,-266,-231,-355,-334, -483,-438,-453,-440,-431,-438]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3.} Bg4 (8... c4 $5 {[%CAl Rc4d3]} 9. Bb1 Be7 $11) 9. O-O {[#]} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Re1+ Be7 13. Qh3 Nb3 14. Rb1 Nxc1 15. Rbxc1 h6 {1-0 (31) Mohsen,K (2280)-El Ghazali,Y (2275) Tanta 1997}) 10. exd4 {The position is equal.} Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 h5 16. f3 Bd6 17. Bf4 Rc8 {Hoping for ...Nxd4!} 18. Rf2 Re8 {[%CAl Rc6e5]} 19. Re1 (19. g5 $11 {remains equal.} Bxe5 20. Bxe5) 19... Qb6 20. g5 {[#]} (20. Rd1 $17 {was necessary.}) 20... Nd7 $1 $19 { [%CAl Rd6e5][%mdl 576] Pin} 21. Nxd5 {[#]} Qxd4 (21... Qa5 $142 $1 {[%CAl Ra5e1]} 22. Qe4 Ncxe5 23. dxe5 Bc5) 22. Qxd4 ({White should play} 22. Re4 Qxd3 23. Nxd3 Rxe4 24. fxe4) 22... Nxd4 $17 23. Nd3 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 {[#]} Rc5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 25. Bxd6 Rxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Bf4 Ne6 27. Be3 Nxg5 28. Rd2 Rxd2 (28... Nxh3+ 29. Kg2 $16) 29. Bxd2 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Ne6 ({Stronger than} 29... Nxh3+ 30. Kg2 $16) 30. Nd3 (30. f4 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 30... Kh7 $19 31. Kf2 Kg6 32. Bc3 Kf5 33. Ke3 g5 34. Nf2 (34. Kf2 $142) 34... Nb6 35. Ne4 (35. Nd3 $142) 35... Nd5+ { Black is clearly winning.} 36. Kf2 Nxc3 37. bxc3 Ke5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/Black=0.08} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "9.7"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2847"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,111,20,27,16,23,8,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,48,44,51,45,45,39,53,39,35,10,10,22, 45,0,0,7,30,27,45,18,12,20,12,11,146,139,137,149,133,156,164,138,165,182,166, 166,177,179,225,208,218,218,212,209,207,133,129,141,133,139,135,129,93,79,85, 59,54,60,722,711,608,175,167,167,283,296,400,312,438,438,607,601,607,607,570, 481,574,542,2954,2424,1825,1100,2473,2354,2110,1904,1529,1453,29970,29971]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Qd6 {[#]} 7. a3 $146 ( 7. O-O {is interesting.} O-O 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. b3 Nh5 10. Nc4) ({Predecessor:} 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. O-O Nd7 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. Nxe6 Nxe6 11. Nc4 Qe7 12. c3 f6 13. b4 Bd6 { 0-1 (42) Ostrovskiy,A (2444)-McShane,L (2647) Germany 2017}) 7... a5 8. Be3 { The position is equal.} Bxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. Nc4 Qe7 { Strongly threatening ...b5.} 13. Nf3 $1 Ng4 14. Qd2 a4 15. h3 b5 16. hxg4 bxc4 17. Qc3 Rfe8 {With the idea ...cxd3.} 18. Qxc4 Bxg4 19. Qxc6 Rab8 (19... Bxf3 $5 20. gxf3 Reb8 $14) 20. Rb1 Bd7 21. Qxc7 Rbc8 22. Qa7 {Black should prevent Nxe5.} Rxc2 23. O-O Rec8 {[#]} (23... Qd6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. Nxe5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} R2c7 25. Qd4 Bb5 {...Rd8 is the strong threat.} 26. Rfd1 Rd8 { [#]} 27. Qb6 {[%CAl Rb6b5]} Qxe5 28. d4 Qe7 {White must now prevent ...Rb7.} 29. Qxb5 Qxe4 30. Qxa4 h5 31. Re1 Qf5 32. Rbc1 Rcd7 33. Rc5 Qg4 34. Qd1 Rxd4 35. Qxg4 hxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 36. Rec1 Kh7 37. b4 {[%CAl Bb2b4, Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Ra8 38. R5c3 Rd2 39. Rb3 {Threatens to win with b5.} Ra2 $1 40. b5 {Hoping for b6.} Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (40... R8xa3 $14 41. Rb4 Ra7) 41. b6 $18 g3 42. Rxg3 $2 (42. b7) 42... Rb2 43. Rc7 {aiming for b7.} Rxb6 (43... Rb1+ {might work better.} 44. Kh2 Rxb6 45. Rxf7 Rh6+ 46. Rh3 Rxh3+ 47. Kxh3 Ra8) 44. Rxf7 Re1+ 45. Kh2 Rh6+ ( 45... Kh8 $142 46. Rgxg7 Rh1+ 47. Kg3 (47. Kxh1 Rh6+ 48. Kg1 Rh1+ 49. Kxh1 $11) 47... Rb3+ 48. f3 Rxa3) 46. Rh3 Ra1 47. Ra7 Ra2 48. f3 Rxh3+ 49. Kxh3 {KR-KR} Kh6 50. g3 g6 51. Kg4 Rc2 52. a4 {[%CAl Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rc4+ 53. f4 Rc3 54. a5 Rc5 55. a6 g5 56. Ra8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.28/Black=0.28} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "9.8"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2729"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,136,15,15,32,39,37,41,33,27,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,40,29,31,62, 48,45,35,33,27,19,37,32,21,60,58,69,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,32,47,41,25,25,25,25, 5,25,25,58,25,25,25,25,32,54,25,41,0,25,25,25,25,25,3,7,7,8,7,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 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]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Ng4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. Nd5 Rc8 {White is slightly better.} 13. a5 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Be6 16. Ne3 Qc7 {[#]} 17. Ra4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. c3 Qc5 18. Qd2 Qe5 19. Ra4 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Re1 Qf6 22. Rf4 Rc5 23. c4 {1-0 (41) Valerga,D (2470)-Gauci,J (2098) Turin 2006}) 17... Qc5 18. Qd2 Qb5 19. b3 Rc5 20. Rfa1 Qc6 21. Rd4 Rc8 22. c4 b5 {[%CAl Rb5c4]} 23. axb6 Qxb6 24. Rd3 Rb8 25. Nd5 Qd8 26. Rxa6 (26. h4 {keeps more tension.} Rc6 27. h5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Rcb6 29. Qc2) 26... Bxd5 27. exd5 Rxc4 $1 28. bxc4 Rb1+ { [#]} 29. Qd1 $1 {[%CAl Rd1b1]} Qb8 {[#]} 30. Ra1 $1 Rxd1+ 31. Rdxd1 $14 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} Qb2 32. h3 Kg7 33. Re1 {Black should prevent Ra7.} Qc3 34. Rac1 Qd2 35. Rcd1 Qc2 36. Rd4 Qc3 37. Rde4 Kf8 38. R1e3 Qc1+ 39. Re1 Qc2 40. g3 Qd3 41. R1e3 Qc2 42. Kg2 h6 {The position is equal.} 43. Rf4 g5 44. Rfe4 Kg7 45. h4 Kg6 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Rd4 Kf6 48. g4 Qc1 49. Rde4 Qc2 50. Kg3 Kg6 51. Re2 Qc3+ 52. Kg2 Qd3 53. R2e3 Qc2 54. Kg3 Qc1 55. Re1 Qc3+ 56. f3 Kf6 57. Rh1 Qc2 58. Rf1 (58. Rhe1 {with more complications.} Qc3) 58... Qd3 59. Kg2 Qd2+ 60. Rf2 Qd3 61. Rfe2 Qc3 62. Kg3 Qc1 63. Kg2 Qc3 64. f4 Qd3 65. R2e3 (65. Rxe7 $2 gxf4 66. Kg1 Qd4+ 67. Kg2 Qxc4 $19) 65... Qc2+ 66. Re2 Qd3 67. R2e3 ({ Wrong is} 67. Rxe7 $2 gxf4 68. Kg1 Qd4+ 69. Kg2 Qxc4 $19) 67... Qc2+ 68. Re2 Qd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2729"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,73,33,32,36,16,38,39,27,18,16,16,10,11,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 O-O {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} 11. Na4 Nd7 12. a3 Rc8 {White is slightly better.} 13. Rc3 {[#]} b5 $146 {[#]The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Na5 14. f3 Bh5 15. Qc2 Rxc3 16. Qxc3 Nc4 17. b3 Nxa3 18. Rc1 Nb5 19. Qd2 Bg6 {1-0 (43) Grishchenko,S (2442)-Fargere, F (2424) Minsk 2015}) 14. Qc2 $1 Bxe2 15. Bxe2 Na5 {[#]} 16. Rc1 $1 {[%CAl Rc3c8]} Nc4 17. b3 Bxa3 18. bxc4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Bxc1 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 {aiming for Bc7.} Ba3 21. Bc7 $1 {[%CAl Rc7d8]} ({Don't blunder} 21. Rxc8 $2 Qxc8 22. Qd3 {[#]} Qb7 $1 $19) 21... Rxc7 22. Rxc7 Nf6 23. g3 Bd6 24. Rc6 Qb8 25. Rb6 (25. Bd3 {keeps more tension.} g6 26. Nc3 Qb4 27. Nb5 Qe1+ 28. Kg2) 25... Qc7 26. Qxc7 Bxc7 27. Rc6 Ba5 28. Nc5 g6 29. Ba6 Rb8 30. Rc8+ Rxc8 31. Bxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Kf8 32. Nd7+ Nxd7 33. Bxd7 Ke7 34. Bb5 Kf8 35. Bd7 Ke7 36. Bb5 Kf8 37. Bd7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/ Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "10.2"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,62,6,-16,-18,-16,-11,-13,-7,0,0,-16,-14,-79,-89,-92,-76,-78,-75,-77, -75,-82,-91,-122,-121,-154,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,20,20,26,22,22,69,0,0,0,0,0, 0,-95,-88,-1388,-1340]} 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 b6 7. c4 Bb7 {A03: Bird's Opening with 1...d5.} 8. Ne5 e6 9. Nc3 c5 { The position is equal.} 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nfd7 {[#]} 12. Nf3 $146 (12. Ng4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxd7 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 Qxd7 14. Nb5 Nc6 15. e5 Na5 16. Nxd4 Bxg2+ 17. Kxg2 cxd4 18. b3 {1/2-1/2 (80) Gonzalez Acosta,B (2411)-Sieiro Gonzalez,L (2402) Antiguo 1999}) 12... Bxc3 $17 13. bxc3 Bxe4 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Qxg2 Nbd7 17. Nc6 Qc7 18. f5 Ne5 $2 ({Not} 18... gxf5 19. Bf4 $16) ({Better is} 18... Rae8 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Kg7.} 19. Bh6 exf5) 19. Nxe5 $1 $11 Qxe5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bh6 Qxc3 22. Rad1 (22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qe2) 22... Ng4 23. Rf3 Qe5 ({Don't go for} 23... Qxc4 $2 24. Bxf8 e5 {[#]} 25. h3 $1 $18) (23... Qh8 {seems wilder.} 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Ra3 Ne5 26. Rxa7 Qh5) 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. h3 Nf6 26. g4 g5 27. Kh1 ({White should play} 27. Qg3 $14 Qxg3+ 28. Rxg3) 27... Kg7 28. Rdf1 Ne8 29. Qd2 { Strongly threatening Re1.} Nd6 30. h4 $4 (30. Re3 Nxc4 31. Rxe5 Nxd2 32. Rf2 Nc4 33. Rxg5+) 30... Ne4 (30... Nxc4 31. Qd3 (31. Qxg5+ $4 Qxg5 32. hxg5 Nd2 $19) (31. Qd7 Qd5) 31... Qd5) 31. Qe2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Qe1 $17) 31... Ng3+ { [%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.43/ Black=0.11} 0-1 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "10.3"] [White "Vladislav, Artemiev"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2704"] [BlackElo "2847"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,74,0,2,22,18,23,12,23,14,10,20,14,20,20,23,21,22,12,12,16,0,0,0,4,0, 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]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 {[#] A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} 7. Nxe5 $1 {Hoping for Qa4. } Nxc3 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. bxc3 Qd5 {[%CAl Rd5h1]} 10. Nf3 Bh3 11. Qb3 Bg2 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. Rg1 {The position is equal.} Bxf3 14. exf3 d4 $1 {[#]} 15. cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rb1 O-O-O 16. Rb5 Rhe8+ 17. Kd1 Bb6 18. cxd4 Bxd4 19. Rf1 Re6 20. Bb2 Ra6 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 (31) Ding,L (2811)-Radjabov,T (2758) Khanty Mansiysk 2019}) 15... Bxd4 16. Rb1 O-O-O 17. Bb2 Rhe8+ 18. Kf1 Re6 { [#] aiming for ...Rb6.} 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 20. Rb2 Rc4 21. Kg2 Rb6 $1 {[%CAl Rb6b2]} 22. Rgb1 Ra4 23. f4 Kb7 24. Rxb6+ axb6 {KR-KR } 25. Rb2 $1 c5 26. Kf3 Kc6 27. d3 b5 28. Ke3 f5 29. Kd2 b4 30. Rc2 Kd5 31. Ke3 Ra6 32. h4 h5 33. Kd2 g6 34. Ke3 Re6+ 35. Kd2 $1 Ra6 36. Ke3 Re6+ 37. Kd2 $1 Ra6 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0. 01} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "10.4"] [White "Adhiban, B...."] [Black "Salem, A.R. Saleh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,73,33,31,30,0,31,26,35,35,21,10,35,20,22,14,27,0,0,0,0,0,27,18,10,11, 19,13,12,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,4,19,15,4,4,4,8,17,170,146,296,289,350,334,338,327,323, 310,330,330,338,332]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 {A13: English Opening: 1... e6.} 11. Nd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3d4][%mdl 32]} Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bf5 {White has an edge.} 13. Nf3 Ne4 14. Bb2 Re6 {[#]} 15. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rc1 Rg6 16. Kh1 Be6 17. Qd4 Rg4 18. Qd1 Rg6 19. Qd4 Rg4 20. Qd1 {1/2-1/2 (20) Elfert,A (2140)-Gligoric,S (2480) Montreal 1998}) 15... Bh3 16. Re1 Bc5 {[#] ...Nxf2! is the strong threat.} 17. Nd4 Qf6 18. Bf3 $1 Ree8 19. Rc1 Bb6 20. Qe2 Rac8 21. Bg2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 h5 23. Qf3 {Hoping for Nf5.} Bxd4 24. Bxd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Qg6 25. h4 ({Reject} 25. Bxa7 Ra8 $15) 25... a5 26. Qe2 Rc6 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Rc1 Re6 $1 29. Qe1 Qf5 {next ...c5! is good for Black.} 30. f3 Nf6 $2 {[#]} (30... Nd6 $1 31. Rxc6 (31. Qxa5 Qd3) 31... Qd3) 31. Qxa5 $18 Kh7 {Loses the game.} (31... Qd3 $16) 32. Qc3 {White has a decisive advantage.} Kg8 33. Qc2 Qxc2+ 34. Rxc2 Nd7 35. b4 f6 36. a4 {[%CAl Ba2a4,Ba4a5] [%mdl 32]} Kf8 37. a5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.18} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "10.5"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,81,10,17,11,40,29,0,23,12,29,0,-22,-2,-24,-47,63,63,69,75,72,64,70, 68,61,66,71,39,45,46,36,41,62,44,42,38,39,29,22,33,20,26,194,20,284,288,269, 262,234,243,256,259,400,362,476,464,656,662,768,713,1790,1577,4786,4710,5206, 5197]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Bd4 O-O 10. f4 Ng4 {[%CAl Be5g4,Bg4f6,Bf6h5][%mdl 32] D70: Grünfeld: Unusual White 3rd moves (met by ...d5).} 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nf3 e6 { The position is equal.} 13. Qd4+ Nf6 {[%CAl Re6d5]} 14. O-O-O (14. dxe6 $142 Bxe6 15. Be2) 14... exd5 $11 15. e5 {[#]} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ng8 16. h4 Be6 17. Bd3 Nh6 18. h5 Qe7 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rxh6 Kxh6 21. f5 gxf5 22. Qf4+ {1-0 (22) Jakab,A (2354)-Csaszar,G (2075) Budapest 2000}) 16. f5 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Bxf5 (16... gxf5 $15 17. Kb1 Be6) 17. g4 $1 $14 {[%CAl Rg4f5]} c5 18. Qg1 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 d4 {[#]} 20. Rg1 $1 {Threatens to win with Qxh5.} Kh8 21. Ne4 Nd5 22. Qg5 ({Reject} 22. Nxc5 Rc8 $15) 22... Qxg5+ 23. Nfxg5 Ne3 24. Rd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rae8 25. Nd6 ({Of course not} 25. Nxc5 Rc8 $11) 25... Re7 26. Rf2 $1 {Hoping for Be2.} Kg7 27. Be2 {aiming for Bxh5.} f6 { [#]} 28. Ngf7 fxe5 {Strongly threatening ...Nf4.} 29. Bxh5 e4 $2 (29... Rd7 $1 $11) 30. Bd1 $2 (30. Rf4 $18) 30... Rexf7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Rd7 $1 $11 { and Black has nothing to worry.}) 31. Nxf7 Rxf7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Bc2 Nxc2 34. Kxc2 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KP} Kf6 (34... Ke6 $142 35. Rf1 Ke7) 35. Rf1+ Ke6 36. Rf8 {White is clearly winning.} h5 (36... a6 $142 37. Rh8 h5) 37. a4 { [%CAl Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} g5 38. a5 Ke5 39. Rf7 e3 40. Rxb7 Ke4 41. Rxa7 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.43} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "10.6"] [White "Gukesh D"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,62,26,22,27,17,19,19,16,25,20,26,17,31,26,20,20,25,20,23,17,22,22,17, 18,17,13,9,9,9,9,9,12,12,16,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. e5 { D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4.} Qd8 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. a3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} ({Much worse is} 14. Nxd4 Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qa5 $15) (14. Rxd4 Nc6 $17) 14... Rd8 15. b4 Qb6 16. g4 Nd7 17. Rac1 $1 ({Of course not} 17. Rxd4 {[#] } Nxe5 $1 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $17 19. Nxe5 Qd4) 17... Qc7 {[#]The position is equal. } (17... Nf8) 18. Bxe6 $1 Qb6 19. Bf5 Nf8 {[#]} 20. Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Bxc8 Raxc8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nxd4 Ng6 23. Ng3 Rd8 24. Ngf5 Bg5 25. Qe4 Bf4 26. h4 Bxe5 27. h5 Re8 28. Kh1 Nf4 29. Re1 Qa6 30. Qf3 Qd3 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 { 0-1 (31) Sokolov,I (2584)-Van Foreest,L (2521) Amsterdam 2019}) 20... g6 {[#]} 21. Na4 $1 Qa6 22. Qxa6 bxa6 23. Bxc8 Raxc8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxd4 Ne6 26. Rd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Rc1+ 27. Kg2 Nf4+ 28. Kg3 Ne2+ 29. Kg2 Nf4+ 30. Kg3 Ne2+ 31. Kg2 Nf4+ {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/ Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "10.7"] [White "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Black "Hou, Yifan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,65,18,25,35,6,6,13,17,26,28,15,23,19,15,9,35,26,25,38,30,29,40,44,63, 69,81,74,87,68,61,66,123,102,71,81,88,94,92,99,82,124,120,120,118,136,113,129, 125,125,125,128,128,153,141,60,187,200,217,224,293,300,307,379,487,523,529,514] } 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Nf3 { [%emt 0:00:10]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01: 47]} 8. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} (10... exd5 11. Qd4 (11. cxd5 c5) 11... Qf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. cxd5 (13. Bxf6 dxc4) 13... Bxd5 14. Bxf6 d6) 11. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 12. e4 { [%emt 0:01:06]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 13. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0: 00:30]} (13... Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Qe7 (14... Re8 $2 15. Qg4 $18) 15. f3 f5) 14. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 15. h4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} h5 {[%emt 0:02: 10]} 16. g4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 18. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 19. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 20. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f6 {[%emt 0: 04:05]} 21. Rdg1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 22. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 23. Rhg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 24. h6 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 25. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} cxb4 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} 26. Rxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. hxg7 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 28. h5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rc8+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. h6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxd5+ {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 31. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 32. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} 33. f3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0 [Event "Goldmoney Asian Rapid Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.06.24"] [Round "10.8"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A90"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2021.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00: 02]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. b3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 8. Bb2 { [%emt 0:00:01]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 9. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:02] } 10. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 11. Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 12. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 13. Nxa3 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 14. e3 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Rhc8 {[%emt 0:01: 03]} 15. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 16. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 17. Nb1 {[%emt 0:02:17]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 18. cxd5 { [%emt 0:01:25]} exd5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 19. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:25]} axb3 {[%emt 0: 00:08]} 20. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 21. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:02] } fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 22. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rca8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 23. f3 { [%emt 0:00:05]} exf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 24. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0: 01:18]} 25. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:19]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 26. g4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 27. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 28. Be2 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00: 21]} 30. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 31. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 32. Rf5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 33. Bxf5 { [%emt 0:00:00]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:16] } 35. Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 36. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxe3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 38. Nxb3 { [%emt 0:00:07]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 39. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c3 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} 40. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 41. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} 42. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 43. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} cxd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 44. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 45. h4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 46. h5 {[%emt 0: 00:16]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 47. d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kxh5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 48. d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 49. Kxd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2