[Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E91"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2782"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "161"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,161,20,20,24,22,24,41,0,0,7,14,17,12,0,25,17,26,0,0,0,6,12,7,0,0,0,0, 0,44,47,78,72,69,70,72,72,85,83,78,75,75,70,93,79,81,84,99,79,102,93,94,85,90, 81,80,50,139,123,141,138,146,147,133,131,145,136,128,138,205,202,208,191,213, 198,190,152,148,132,130,87,128,130,131,20,20,23,22,27,29,29,62,0,83,83,80,8,8, 0,134,121,142,0,74,12,17,0,80,0,23,0,176,168,131,0,0,0,0,0,55,93,45,8,8,8,8,8, 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,0,0,8,0,8,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e5 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Qd2 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4.} (10. Bxd6 Rd8 $17) 10... Nc6 11. O-O (11. Bxd6 Rfd8 $17) 11... Rfe8 {[#]} 12. Rad1 $146 {White is slightly better.} (12. Bxd6 Rad8 $17) ({Predecessor:} 12. h3 Rad8 13. Rfe1 Nd4 14. b3 Nxe2+ 15. Rxe2 Qb4 16. Rd1 Nh5 17. Nb5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 { 1-0 (41) Korotkjevich,S (2341)-Liebergesell,A (2252) Germany 2004}) 12... Bg4 13. h3 ({Of course not} 13. Bxd6 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Rxe4 $17) 13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Be3 {[%CAl Re3d4]} (15. Rfe1 {is interesting.} a6 16. b3 Rab8 17. Qd3 Qa5 18. Be2) 15... Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Re6 17. Ne2 Nh5 18. b3 Be5 19. Kg2 Qc7 20. Nf4 Nxf4+ 21. Bxf4 Qe7 22. Bg5 f6 23. Be3 f5 24. f4 {exf5 is the strong threat. } Bg7 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Rg1 Kh8 27. Kh2 Rf8 28. Qd5 Qf7 29. Rg3 Rh6 30. Qd3 ( 30. Qf3 {keeps more tension.} b6 31. Rd5 Rf6 32. Qd1 Re8 33. Qd3) 30... Qe6 31. Rg5 b6 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Rhf6 34. Bd2 h6 35. Rg3 Re6 36. Re3 Rff6 (36... Rg6 $14) 37. Kg2 $16 Kg8 38. Kf3 Rxe3+ 39. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} ( 39. Kxe3 $6 Kf7 $11) 39... Bf8 40. Be1 Rf7 41. Bh4 Kh7 42. e4 Kg6 (42... fxe4+ $16 {was necessary.} 43. Kxe4 Be7) 43. a4 $18 fxe4+ 44. Kxe4 Rb7 45. f5+ Kf7 46. Bg3 Re7+ 47. Kf3 Rd7 48. Kg4 a6 49. Bf4 b5 50. axb5 (50. a5 $16) 50... axb5 $11 51. Kh5 b4 52. Kg4 Kf6 {[#]} 53. Be5+ $1 Kf7 {[#]} (53... Ke7 54. Bh2) 54. Bf4 (54. h4 $1 $14) 54... Rd8 (54... Kf6 $11) 55. h4 $1 $16 Ke7 56. Kh5 ({ White should try} 56. Bg3 $16) 56... Kf6 57. Kg4 ({Avoid the trap} 57. Bxh6 $2 Bxh6 58. Kg4 Rg8+ 59. Kf3 Bf8 $19) 57... Rd7 {[#]} (57... Ke7 $1 $11) 58. Be5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ke7 {[#]} (58... Kf7 59. h5) 59. Bf4 (59. f6+ $1 $16 Ke6 60. Bb2) 59... Kf7 (59... Kf6 $11 {remains equal.}) 60. Kh5 ({Better is} 60. h5 $16 ) 60... Rd8 61. Kg4 Ke7 (61... Rd7 $11) 62. Kh5 (62. Bg3 $16) 62... Kf6 63. Kg4 (63. Bxh6 $2 Bxh6 64. Kg4 Rg8+ 65. Kf3 Bf8 $19) 63... Re8 $2 (63... Rd7 $11 { and Black stays safe.}) 64. Bxd6 $18 h5+ {[#]} 65. Kf3 ({But not} 65. Kxh5 $6 Bxd6 66. Rxd6+ Kxf5 $11) (65. Kf4 $1 $16 {Threatens to win with Bxf8.} Bh6+ 66. Kf3 Re3+ 67. Kf2) 65... Bxd6 $11 66. Rxd6+ Kxf5 {KR-KR} 67. Rh6 Re1 ({Black should play} 67... Ke5 $1 $11) 68. Rxh5+ $14 Ke6 69. Rxc5 {Hoping for Rb5.} Rb1 {The position is equal.} 70. Rb5 (70. Kf4 {with more complications.} Rxb3 71. Re5+ Kd6 72. Rb5 Rb1 73. Ke3) 70... Rxb3+ 71. Ke4 Rh3 72. Rxb4 {Black must now prevent Rb6+.} (72. h5 {feels hotter.} Rh4+ 73. Kd3 Kd6 74. Rxb4 Rxh5 75. Rb6+) 72... Rxh4+ 73. Kd3 Kd7 74. Rb5 Kc6 75. Kc3 Rh1 76. Kd3 Rh3+ 77. Kd4 Rh4+ 78. Kc3 Rh1 79. Kd3 Rh3+ 80. Kd4 Rh4+ 81. Kc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/ Black=0.19} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2782"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,95,18,12,15,11,16,4,13,-4,16,13,15,0,8,0,21,24,19,7,16,0,0,0,0,0,21, 18,25,19,14,16,19,16,38,41,31,12,24,0,12,-138,-154,-132,125,119,121,126,126, 123,140,121,130,130,147,140,162,104,243,252,252,238,296,296,293,294,304,299, 289,292,289,278,356,344,434,434,432,415,393,403,557,557,749,760,951,975,29968, 29962]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 7. O-O d6 8. h3 Be6 { The position is equal.} 9. Bb5 Ba7 {is now debated instead of 9...h6.} 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Nf1 c6 12. Ba4 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. Ng3 b5 14. Bc2 c5 15. d4 Qc7 16. Be3 Rac8 17. d5 Bd7 18. a4 c4 19. Nxe5 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 dxe5 {1/2-1/2 (75) Dominguez Perez,L (2752)-Fedoseev,V (2718) Hengshui 2019}) 13. Bc2 a4 14. d4 Ng6 15. a3 Bb6 16. Ng3 h6 17. Be3 c5 18. Nf5 cxd4 19. cxd4 Ba5 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Qb6 22. Rad1 Rac8 23. Bb1 Rfd8 24. Qe3 (24. g3 {keeps more tension.} Qb7 25. Qe2 Qb6 26. Rd2 Bb3 27. h4) 24... Kf8 (24... b4 { seems wilder.} 25. axb4 Qxb4 26. Qa3 Qxa3 27. bxa3 Rb8) 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 $17 26. dxe5 Qxe3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26... Nd7 $17 {and life is bright.} 27. exd6 Qxe3 28. Rxe3 Nb6) 27. exf6+ $16 Kxf6 28. Rxe3 Rc5 29. Nd4 Rdc8 30. Ree1 Ne5 31. f4 Nc4 {[#]} 32. Re2 Na5 33. Kh2 ({White should play} 33. Kf2 $18) 33... Nb3 (33... Rc1 $16 34. Rde1 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 Rb8) 34. Nxb3 $18 axb3 35. Rxd6 Rc2 36. Rdd2 Rc1 37. e5+ Ke7 38. Be4 Rf1 39. Rf2 Re1 40. Bd3 Bc4 41. Bf5 Rd8 42. Rxd8 Kxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 43. Rd2+ Ke7 44. Kg3 Rf1 45. Bg4 Rc1 46. f5 f6 47. e6 Rc2 48. Rd7+ {What a bad dream for Black. Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.45} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D66"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2699"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,119,20,12,0,10,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-1,2,0,4,6,6,0,0,0,21,17,18,0,4,-31, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-58,-24,-29,-29,-45,-53,-54,-22,-21,-25,-22, -20,-37,0,-37,-26,-186,-190,-168,-182,-179,-175,-122,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,-8,-8,-8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. a3 {D66: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Main Line (7 Rc1 c6 8 Bd3) .} a5 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qe2 b4 15. axb4 axb4 16. Na4 c5 17. dxc5 {[#]} Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Bb5 g5 21. Bg3 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ne5 Ne4 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. Bxc6 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 (26) Hamberger,R (1817)-Oberpriller,J (1698) Germany 2009}) 18. gxf3 {Ba6 is the strong threat.} ({Don't go for} 18. Qxf3 $2 Ne5 $19) 18... Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Bxc5 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Qc2 Bd6 23. Kh1 g5 24. Rg1 (24. Bg3 $5 { [%CAl Rg3d6]} Kg7 25. Kg2 $11) 24... Kh8 (24... Qb7 {is more complex.} 25. Qe2 Rd8 26. Ba6 Qa8 27. Bd3 Bc7) 25. Bg3 Rd8 26. Be2 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Kg7 28. Kg2 Qd6 29. Rd1 Qb6 30. Rc1 Qb8 31. Kg1 Qe5 32. Bf1 Qd5 33. f4 (33. Be2 $11) 33... gxf4 34. exf4 Qd2 35. b3 {[#]} Ne4 $1 36. Qxd2 (36. Ba6 Kf6) 36... Rxd2 $15 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} (36... Nxd2 {keeps more tension.} 37. Bb5 Nxb3 38. Rc4 Rd4 39. Rc7 Rd1+) 37. Rc4 Nxf2 38. Rxb4 Rb2 39. Bc4 Ne4 40. g4 (40. Bxe6 $5 {[%CAl Rb4e4]} Nxg3 41. Rb7 $11) 40... Nd2 41. Rb5 $2 (41. Be2 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 41... Nf3+ $19 42. Kf1 Nh2+ 43. Ke1 Nxg4 44. f5 ({Better is} 44. Rb7 $19) 44... Ne3 (44... e5 $17 {White must now prevent ...h5.} 45. Rb7 Kf6 46. Rxf7+ Kg5 47. Rg7+ Kxf5 48. Be6+ Kxe6 49. Rxg4 Rh2) 45. fxe6 $11 {The position is equal.} fxe6 46. Bxe6 Kf6 (46... Nc2+ {seems wilder.} 47. Kd1 Nd4 48. Rb7+ Kf6 49. Bc4 h5) 47. Bg8 Nc2+ 48. Kd1 Nd4 49. Rb6+ Kg5 50. Bf7 h5 51. Rd6 Nf5 52. Rd5 Kf6 {[#] Hoping for ...Ne3+.} 53. Kc1 Rxb3 54. Bxh5 Rc3+ (54... Re3 {is interesting.} 55. Kd2 Ra3 56. Be2 Ra2+ 57. Ke1 Ra1+) 55. Kd2 Rc6 (55... Rb3 {feels hotter.} 56. Be2 Rb2+ 57. Ke1 Ne3 58. Rd6+ Ke5) 56. Be2 Rd6 57. Rxd6+ Nxd6 58. Bd3 Ke5 59. Ke3 Nf5+ 60. Bxf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/ Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2699"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,65,16,12,16,16,1,13,9,27,5,8,0,17,10,10,17,17,17,17,17,14,10,15,10, 53,21,22,21,11,13,14,0,0,0,0,-17,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Be2 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} g6 {was the old line (10...0-0).} 11. a3 a5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Nb6 14. Ne5 Bf5 (14... Ng7 {is more complex.} 15. Rc1 Bf5 16. Qb3 Qd8 17. Ng4 Be6) 15. e4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Qxh5 {[#]} Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... f6 19. Ng4 { 1/2-1/2 (19) Istratescu,A (2605)-Oms Pallisse,J (2424) France 2002}) 19. Rbe1 f5 20. f3 Qg7 {[#] And now ...Nf4! would win.} 21. Qh4 e3 {The position is equal.} 22. f4 $1 Rf6 23. Rf3 Rh6 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. fxg5 Rh4 26. Rd1 Rf8 27. g6 Re4 28. gxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rh3+ Kg7 30. Rg3+ Kh7 31. Rh3+ Kg7 32. Rg3+ Kh7 33. Rh3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2699"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,121,9,12,7,12,6,5,4,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,20,20,11,12,16,35,32,22,0,0,0, 32,39,19,16,16,18,20,22,20,1,2,10,6,0,24,15,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0, 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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Be2 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} g6 {[#] is the legacy move (10...0-0).} 11. a3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 11. Nd2 Ng7 12. a3 O-O 13. b4 a6 14. O-O Nf5 15. Qc1 Nb6 16. Qb2 Nd6 17. a4 Be6 {1/2-1/2 (40) Artemiev,V (2664)-Inarkiev,E (2706) Sochi 2015}) 11... Nb6 12. b4 a6 13. Ne5 Nf6 14. O-O Bf5 15. Qb3 O-O 16. a4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rfc1 Kg7 19. Qc3 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Qc5 Rfc8 22. Qb6 Qc7 (22... h5 {looks sharper.} 23. h3 g5 24. Rf1 Bg6 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 g4) 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Rc3 g5 25. Rac1 Re7 26. Rc5 Bf5 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 Ra2 29. Kf1 Bd7 30. R5c2 Ra3 31. Rb2 f5 {The position is equal.} 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Rcb1 f4 34. Rb3 Ra2 35. Rc1 Kf6 36. h3 fxe3 37. fxe3 Kg6 38. Bg4 Rf7+ (38... Be8 {feels hotter. } 39. Kg1 Kf6 40. Bd1 Rea7 41. Bf3 Re7) 39. Kg1 Bxg4 40. hxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ra6 41. Rb8 h6 42. Rg8+ Kh7 $1 {[%CAl Rh7g8]} 43. Re8 Kg7 44. Rb1 Raa7 45. Rbb8 Rae7 46. Rg8+ Kh7 47. Rh8+ Kg6 48. Rbc8 (48. Rbg8+ {is more complex.} Rg7 49. Kf2 Rxg8 50. Rxg8+ Kf6 51. Rf8+) 48... Re6 49. Rhg8+ Rg7 50. Kf2 Rxg8 51. Rxg8+ {KR-KR} Kf7 52. Rc8 Ke7 53. Kf3 Kd7 54. Rh8 Kd6 55. Rh7 c5 56. dxc5+ Kxc5 57. Rc7+ Kd6 58. Rf7 Kc5 59. Rc7+ Kd6 60. Rf7 Kc5 61. Rc7+ { Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 26,64,17,28,23,27,19,28,21,19,27,19,24,21,19,0,5,0,0,0,0,-20,-12,-16,-2, -12,-7,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Rfd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Nxe2+ {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} 15. Nxe2 b6 16. Nc3 Bb7 {White has an edge.} 17. Rac1 Qg5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Re7 {The position is equal.} 20. Rc2 {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Rd8 21. Rdc1 Rdd7 22. Rf1 a5 23. f4 Qg4 24. Rc3 Re8 25. Re3 Rde7 26. h3 Qh4 27. Kh2 f6 28. g3 {1/2-1/2 (28) Grebionkin,V (2420)-Kalegin,E (2458) Kazan 2006}) 21. Rdc1 fxe4 22. fxe4 Rc8 23. Rc6 Qf4 24. Re1 Rce8 {[%CAl Re7e4]} 25. Qe3 Qh4 {[%CAl Re7e4]} 26. Qf2 Rxe4 27. Qxh4 Rxe1+ 28. Kf2 {Threatens to win with Qc4.} R8e2+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 29. Kf3 Re3+ 30. Kf2 R3e2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Kf3 Re3+ 32. Kf2 R3e2+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack. An uneventful encounter. Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2855"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,55,26,30,18,56,52,56,53,47,10,16,15,17,19,12,12,17,23,26,24,28,16,17, 15,16,20,35,11,78,60,54,17,95,87,75,85,157,151,155,156,287,270,794,799]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be3 { 8.d5 is the modern continuation. B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System.} b6 9. d5 Nb8 {[#]} 10. Nd4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd2 c6 11. Bh6 Bb7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rfe1 Nbd7 14. Bf1 Rc8 15. Rad1 cxd5 16. Nxd5 { 1/2-1/2 (37) Petrov,M (2512)-Nithander,V (2520) Sweden 2013}) 10... Bb7 11. f3 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Bd4 Bf8 17. Bc4 e6 18. Bf1 Qc7 19. Be3 Qb7 20. b4 {[%CAl Bb2b4,Bb4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with b5.} b5 (20... Qc8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. axb5 $16 axb5 22. Bf2 h5 (22... Reb8 $11) 23. Ra5 Rxa5 24. bxa5 Ra8 {[#]} (24... Rb8 $142) 25. Nxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} d5 26. Nd4 {Hoping for a6.} Nf6 (26... Nc5 $16) 27. a6 $18 Qc7 (27... Qc8 28. Nxc6 Qxc6) 28. Qc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.32} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2756"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,115,20,20,20,15,19,19,25,20,21,19,24,19,14,14,21,20,33,20,20,20,20, 21,31,34,30,29,41,35,43,26,32,32,41,23,23,23,25,27,41,34,48,45,42,32,45,42,45, 44,55,57,68,52,93,94,83,53,108,117,109,118,117,117,117,117,117,116,116,116,158, 145,148,139,266,268,257,254,5508,6249,1943,1740,6133,6072,6072,687,5189,304, 1131,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,5447,5447,5439,5435]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Nd7 {now scores much better than the old 9...Be6. A16: English Opening: 1... Nf6 with ...d5.} 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 b6 {The position is equal.} 12. Kc2 Bb7 13. f3 O-O-O {[#]} 14. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bb5 Be7 15. Rad1 f5 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Rhe1 Rhg8 19. g3 Nd7 20. Bf2 Bg5 21. Nc4 Bf6 22. Bxd7+ Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Nxe5+ Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 (24) Whaley,M (2342)-Lux,F (2367) ICCF email 2015}) 14... Bd6 15. Bb5 f5 16. Nd2 Nc5 {[%CAl Rf5e4]} 17. Rhe1 fxe4 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 20. Rxe4 Rxd1 21. Kxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bd6 22. Kc2 Rf8 23. b3 Rf4 24. Re2 g5 25. Bd3 h5 26. Bg6 h4 27. Be4 Kd7 28. g3 Rf7 29. gxh4 gxh4 30. Rg2 Bf8 31. Rg4 Rf4 32. Rg5 Ke6 33. Kd3 Be7 34. Rg7 h3 35. Kc4 Rh4 36. b4 $1 c6 (36... Rh5 $14) 37. Rg6+ $16 Kd7 38. Kb3 $1 Bd6 39. Bf5+ $1 Kc7 40. Rg7+ Kb8 41. Be4 Rh6 42. Kc4 ({Resist} 42. Bxc6 $6 Bxb4 43. Rb7+ (43. cxb4 Rxc6 44. Rh7 Rf6 $11) 43... Kc8 $11) 42... Kc8 43. bxa5 $1 bxa5 44. Bxc6 e4 (44... Bf8 $16 {keeps fighting.} 45. Bb7+ Kd8) 45. Bxe4 $18 Bxh2 46. Rh7 $1 {[%CAl Rh7h6]} Rxh7 (46... Rb6 47. Rxh3 Rb2) 47. Bxh7 {KB-KB} Kc7 48. Bf5 Be5 49. Bxh3 Kd6 50. Kd3 Bg3 51. Ke4 Kc5 {[#]} 52. Bf1 $2 (52. Be6 $1 $18 {[%CAl Re6f7]} Be1 53. c4) 52... Be1 $16 53. c4 Kb4 54. f4 {Strongly threatening Kd5.} Kc5 55. Ke5 {Threatens to win with Ke6.} Bg3 56. Be2 Kb4 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (56... Bh2 $16 57. Kf5 Bg3) 57. Ke4 $18 Bf2 {[#]} 58. Kd5 $1 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.12} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D51"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2756"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "164"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,164,27,22,50,48,58,47,51,57,50,29,35,14,14,26,21,-8,-25,-16,-16,-16, -18,-110,-100,-107,-106,-106,-100,-109,-108,-116,-110,-111,-111,-113,-110,-108, -86,-86,-86,-86,-86,-86,-86,-86,-79,-100,-100,-100,-100,-100,-100,-101,-100, -101,-35,-41,0,-102,-107,-96,-84,-92,-84,-83,-84,-83,-26,-26,-29,-29,-29,-29, -29,-29,0,0,0,-39,-93,-105,-29,-29,0,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-707,-551,-551, -527,-427,0,0,0,-385,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-14,-33,-48,0,0,0,-410,-398,-364,-402, -394,-368,-362,0,0,0,-355,-343,-331,-257,-270,0,0,0,-12845,-759,-984,-900,-992, -1566,-12846,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12848,-12849,-12849,-12850,-12850, -27999,-27999]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 7...Be7. D51: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Nbd7 sidelines.} 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Qc2 Nxg3 {White is slightly better.} 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. Be2 {[#]} a6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A relevant novelty.} ( {Predecessor:} 11... Qe7 12. a3 h5 13. Rc1 g4 14. Nd2 Qg5 15. b4 Kf8 16. Bd3 Rh6 17. Ne2 h4 18. gxh4 Rxh4 19. Rxh4 Qxh4 20. cxd5 {1-0 (37) Radjabov,T (2763) -Agrest,E (2568) Chess.com INT 2021}) 12. a3 b5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qb6 16. Nc5 Bb7 17. O-O (17. b4 $11) 17... Rc8 $17 18. b4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bxd4 {[%CAl Rd7c5]} 20. Nxd7 Kxd7 21. Qd2 Ke7 22. Rac1 Rc4 23. Be2 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Kf6 25. Bh5 Rd8 26. Kh2 Kg7 27. f4 Bf6 28. Rd1 gxf4 29. gxf4 Qf2 30. Rxd8 {Threatens to win with Rd3.} Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Zwischenzug} 31. Kg1 Bxd8 32. Qc3+ Bf6 33. Qf3 Qe1+ (33... Bd4+ $17 34. Kf1 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Bf6) 34. Kh2 $15 Qh4+ (34... Bb2 $15 35. g3 Qd2+ 36. Kh3 Qd7) 35. Kg1 $1 $17 Bd4+ 36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qc1 38. f5 {Strongly threatening Qg4+.} Qc2+ 39. Kf1 exf5 (39... Qc4+ $17 40. Qe2 Qc1+ 41. Qd1 Qb2) 40. Qg3+ $11 Kh7 41. Bxf7 {[%csl Gf7] [%CAl Rg3g8]} Qd1+ 42. Qe1 Qd3+ 43. Qe2 Qb1+ (43... Qxa3 {is interesting.} 44. Qc2 Kg7 45. Qxf5 Qc1+ 46. Ke2 Qg5) 44. Qe1 Qd3+ (44... Qxe1+ {keeps more tension.} 45. Kxe1 Bb2 46. Kd2 f4 47. Bh5 Kg7) 45. Qe2 Qxa3 46. Qc2 Kg7 (46... Qxb4 $17 47. Qxf5+ Kh8) 47. Qxf5 Qc1+ 48. Ke2 Qe3+ 49. Kd1 Qg1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (49... Qf2 {is interesting.} 50. Qg6+ Kf8 51. Qg8+ Ke7 52. Qe8+ Kd6) 50. Ke2 Qe3+ (50... Qxg2+ {looks sharper.} 51. Kd3 Bf6 52. Bd5 Qg3+ 53. Ke2 Qh2+) 51. Kd1 Qg1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (51... Qe5 {feels hotter.} 52. Qg6+ Kf8 53. Bb3 Ke7 54. Qxh6 Kd8) 52. Ke2 Qxg2+ 53. Kd3 Qg1 (53... Qg5 { feels hotter.} 54. Qf3 Bf6 55. Bd5 Kf8 56. Qe4 Be5) 54. Be6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ( 54. Kc2 $11) 54... Qe3+ $19 55. Kc2 Qe2+ 56. Kc1 Qe1+ $2 (56... Be3+ $19 57. Kb1 Qd1+ 58. Ka2 Qa4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 59. Kb2 Qxb4+ 60. Ka2 Qf4) 57. Kc2 $11 Qe2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57... Qc3+ $11 58. Kd1 Bf6) 58. Kc1 $19 { Intending Qf7+ and mate.} Qe3+ $2 (58... Be3+ $19 59. Kb1 Qd1+ 60. Ka2 Qa4+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} 61. Kb2 Qxb4+ 62. Ka2 Qa4+ 63. Kb2 Qb4+ 64. Ka2 Qf4) 59. Kd1 {Qf7+ would kill now.} h5 {And now ...Bc3 would win.} (59... Bf6 { with more complications.} 60. Qd5 h5 61. Qd7+ Kg6 62. Bf5+ Kg5) 60. Bd5 Bc3 { [%csl Gc3][%CAl Re3d2]} (60... h4 {is more complex.} 61. Be4 Qg1+ 62. Ke2 Qh2+ 63. Kf1 Qd6) 61. Qf7+ Kh6 {[%csl Gc3][%CAl Re3d2]} 62. Qf8+ $1 Kg5 {[%csl Gc3] [%CAl Re3d2]} 63. Qg8+ Kh4 {[%csl Gc3][%CAl Re3d2]} (63... Kf4 {keeps more tension.} 64. Qb8+ Kg4 65. Qg8+ Kh3 66. Qg2+ Kh4) 64. Qd8+ Kh3 {[%csl Gc3] [%CAl Re3d2]} 65. Qd7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65. Bb7 $1 $11) 65... Kh2 $1 {[%csl Gc3][%CAl Re3d2]} 66. Bb7 Bxb4 67. Qc7+ Kh3 {[%csl Gb4][%CAl Re3d2]} 68. Qd7+ Kg3 $2 ({Black should try} 68... Kh4 $19 {aiming for ...a5.} 69. Qd5 a5) 69. Qc7+ $11 Kh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69... Kh4 $11 70. Qd8+ Be7) 70. Qd7+ $1 $19 Kh4 71. Qd8+ Be7 72. Qd5 {[#]} b4 $2 (72... Bf6 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Qg1+.} 73. Bxa6 b4) 73. Qc4+ $1 $11 Kg3 {...Bg5 is the strong threat.} 74. Bxa6 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (74. Qc7+ $11 Kh4 75. Qc4+ Kg5 76. Qg8+ Kh6 77. Qh8+ Kg5 78. Qg8+ Kh6 79. Qh8+ Kg5 80. Qg8+) 74... Bc5 (74... Bg5 $142 75. Qc7+ Bf4 76. Qg7+ Kh3 77. Bf1+ Kh4 78. Qf6+ Kg3) 75. Kc2 h4 76. Bb7 h3 77. Qg8+ Kf2 {( -> ...Qc3+)} 78. Qf7+ Ke1 79. Qd5 Qe2+ 80. Kb3 {[#]} Qd1+ $1 81. Kc4 Qxd5+ ({Less strong is } 81... Qc2+ 82. Kb5 $17) 82. Bxd5 h2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.25/ Black=0.22} 0-1 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,117,0,0,7,0,0,0,27,27,25,28,28,31,34,30,36,39,39,27,43,37,40,30,46, 45,47,44,44,45,44,43,42,40,44,40,40,36,41,39,52,27,43,32,31,40,31,35,43,43,49, 43,49,26,44,43,39,31,65,38,38,38,68,66,92,85,68,52,106,64,117,67,131,133,141, 139,141,137,134,74,710,566,729,560,1538,1443,1473,1353,1375,1338,1270,1270, 1116,754,4692,12235,2880,1951,29977,29977,29979,29980,29984,29985,29984,29983] } 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. b3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} 9. Qc2 e5 {Threatens to win with ...e4.} 10. cxd5 cxd5 {The position is equal.} 11. Nb5 Bb8 {...e4 is the strong threat.} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bc3 Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Bd7 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qb2 {[#]} Rc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Rc5 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Rd1 a5 22. Ne2 Bg4 23. f3 Bh5 24. Qe5 Rc8 {1-0 (31) Baramidze,D (2594)-Jahncke, G (2332) Kiel 2016}) 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. h3 h6 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Ne2 Qb6 23. Rd1 Bb5 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. Rc1 a6 27. Rc2 Ne8 28. Ne2 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Qc7 30. Qd2 Nf6 31. f3 h5 32. h4 Qe5 33. Nf4 a5 34. Kf2 b6 35. Ne2 (35. a4 { feels hotter.} g6 36. Ke2 Qa1 37. Qd4 Qa2+ 38. Kf1) 35... g6 36. Qd4 (36. Qc3 { seems wilder.} Qd6 37. Qd4 Kf8 38. Nc3 Ke7 39. a3) 36... Qxd4 37. Nxd4 $14 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Kf8 38. Kg3 Ke7 39. Kf4 Nd7 40. g4 hxg4 41. fxg4 Nf6 ({Black should play} 41... f6 $1 $14) 42. a3 Nd7 ({Black should try} 42... Ke8 $14) 43. h5 $16 gxh5 44. gxh5 Kf6 45. e4 dxe4 46. Kxe4 {Strongly threatening Kd5.} Kg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for Black.} (46... a4 $16 47. Kd5 (47. bxa4 Nc5+ 48. Kf4 Nxa4 $11) 47... axb3 48. Nxb3 Ne5) 47. Kd5 $18 Kxh5 48. Kc6 Nc5 {intending ...a4.} 49. Kxb6 Ne6 50. Ne2 ({And not} 50. Nxe6 fxe6 51. Kxa5 (51. a4 $2 e5 $19) 51... e5 $11) 50... Kg4 51. Kxa5 Kf3 {[#]} 52. Nc3 $1 Ke3 53. a4 {[%CAl Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} f5 {[#]} 54. Kb6 $1 Kd4 55. Ne2+ Kd5 56. a5 {White mates.} Kd6 57. a6 Nc7 58. a7 Kd7 59. Kb7 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.28} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,94,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,7,0,0,-12,-12,-12,-10,-5,-5,-12,-6,-35, -35,-42,-26,-45,-45,-49,-41,-52,-47,-52,-52,-56,-66,-83,-14,-14,-15,-39,-32, -54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 Be6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 9...Re8.} 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} Qc7 12. Bg3 (12. Rfc1 { keeps more tension.} Rfc8 13. a3 a5 14. Ne2 Nh5 15. Bh7+) 12... Bxg3 13. hxg3 a5 14. a3 Qd6 15. Rab1 Rfe8 16. Rfc1 Bg4 {[#]} 17. Nh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Na4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qf6 21. Ne5 Bf5 22. Re1 h5 23. Rbc1 {1-0 (32) Ismagilov,D (2279)-Salinas Herrera,P (2502) Chess.com INT 2021}) 17... h5 18. Na4 g6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 b5 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 (22. bxc5 { feels hotter.} Qd7 23. Nf3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Kg7 25. Ra1) 22... Qxc5 23. Rxc5 Ra6 24. Rbc1 Bd7 25. Nf3 Ng4 26. Ne1 Ra2 27. R5c2 Rea8 28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. Nc2 Kg7 ( 29... Rb2 $17) 30. Kf1 $11 Nf6 31. f3 Ne8 32. Ra1 Rxa1+ (32... Ra4 $15) 33. Nxa1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN. The position is equal.} Kf6 34. Nb3 Ke7 35. Nc5 Bc8 36. Kf2 Nf6 37. Bc2 Kd6 38. e4 dxe4 39. Nxe4+ Nxe4+ 40. fxe4 $11 { KB-KB} f6 41. Ke3 g5 42. Bd1 Bg4 43. Bxg4 hxg4 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. Kd3 Ke6 47. Ke3 Kd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,124,0,3,-12,-11,0,0,-17,-14,-25,-25,-21,-34,-33,-41,-16,0,-27,0,-27, 0,0,0,0,11,8,10,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,9,-87,18,18,41,27,59,32,34,0,8,0,5,0,0,-75,18, -2,12,18,10,-13,-17,-21,100,-370,-16,-43,-41,-143,0,-239,-147,-128,-125,-185, -190,-204,-185,-195,-156,-220,-202,-210,-197,-204,-45,-117,-114,-117,-122,-361, 328,328,308,275,553,537,468,423,328,479,378,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 {7.Bb5 is more fashionable.} (7. Bb5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Be2 O-O 12. b3 a6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rc1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 d4 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxd4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxb7 {1-0 (62) Radjabov,T (2765) -Giri,A (2780) chess24.com INT 2021}) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3.} Bb6 10. Bf3 {[%CAl Rc3d5]} Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Bc7 13. Nac5 {[%CAl Ba4c5,Bc5d3,Bd3f4][%mdl 32] [#]} Qd6 $146 {[%csl Gc7][%CAl Rd6h2]} ({Predecessor:} 13... b6 14. Nd3 Rc8 15. Bd2 Ne5 16. Be2 Nxd3 17. Bxd3 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Ng4+ 19. Kg1 Qh4 20. Re1 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 Qh4+ {0-1 (21) Kebis,M (2190)-Sarana Hungeling,O (2215) Bratislava 1995}) 14. g3 Bh3 15. Re1 Bb6 16. Nd3 Rad8 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Nf4 Bf5 19. Bc3 Be4 20. Rc1 h6 21. Bg2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Ne4 23. Nd4 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Ne5 25. Qh5 (25. h4 $11) 25... Qf6 (25... g5 $17 26. Nf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf6 27. Nxh6+ Kf8) 26. Red1 $11 Qg5 27. Qe2 Nc4 28. h4 Qe5 29. Qg4 Qe4+ 30. Kh3 {With the idea Nf5!} Ne5 31. Qh5 Rd7 32. Rd2 (32. Qe2 $11) 32... Qh7 (32... g6 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rg6h5]} 33. Qe2 (33. Qxh6 f6 $17) 33... g5) 33. Rcd1 g6 (33... Nc4 {seems wilder.} 34. Re2 Re5 35. Qg4 Rd8 36. Kh2 Qe4) 34. Qe2 g5 35. Nh5 {Hoping for Nf6+.} g4+ 36. Kh2 {Strongly threatening Nf6+.} Rd6 (36... Qg6 $11 37. Nf4 Qe4) 37. e4 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (37. Nb5 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rb5d6] keeps the pressure on.} Rc6 38. Rxd5 Nf3+ 39. Kh1) 37... Qxe4 $2 (37... Bxd4 $19 38. Rxd4 Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Kg2 Nxd4 40. cxd4 Qxe4+ 41. Qxe4 dxe4) 38. Qxe4 dxe4 39. Kg2 (39. Nf5 $1 $15 Rg6 40. Rd6) 39... Nf3 ({Black should try} 39... Nd3 $17 40. Ng7 Red8) 40. Re2 $2 (40. Nf5 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rxd2 41. Nf6+ Kh8 42. Rxd2 Nxd2 43. Nxe8) 40... Bxd4 ({Don't do} 40... Nxd4 41. cxd4 Bxd4 42. Nf6+ Rxf6 43. Rxd4) 41. cxd4 f5 42. d5 (42. Rc2 $17) 42... Rc8 $19 43. Nf4 Kf7 44. a4 Ke7 45. a5 (45. Rb2 $17) 45... Rc5 46. Rb2 b6 47. axb6 axb6 ( 47... Rxb6 $19 48. Ra2 a5) 48. Ra1 (48. Ra2 $1 $15) 48... Kf6 $17 49. Rab1 Ke5 50. Rxb6 $2 {[#]} (50. h5 $17) 50... Rc2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Nxh4+ $1 $19 { [%mdl 512] and life is good for Black.} 51. Kh2 (51. Kf1 Rxb6) 51... Rxb6 52. Rxb6 Nf3+ 53. Kg2 Ra5 54. Ng6+ Kxd5 55. Nf4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kc5) 51. Ng6+ $1 $18 Rxg6 52. Rxg6 Kxd5 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRR-KRN} (52... Rd2 53. Rxh6 Kxd5) 53. Rb5+ $1 Kd4 {...e3 is the strong threat.} 54. Rd6+ Kc4 55. Rxf5 (55. Rb8 $142 Ra2 56. Rc8+ (56. Rxh6 Ra1 $11) 56... Kb5 57. Rd1 (57. Rxh6 e3 $11)) 55... Ra2 {[#]} 56. Rc6+ $2 ({White must play} 56. Re6 $1 $18 { [%CAl Re6e4]}) 56... Kd4 $11 {Threatening ...e3.The position is equal.} 57. Rfc5 {Threatens to win with Rc3.} e3 58. Rc4+ Kd5 59. R6c5+ Kd6 (59... Ke6 $5 60. Rc6+ $8 Ke5 61. R6c5+ Ke6 62. Rc6+ Kd7 63. Rc7+ Kd8 64. Rc8+ Ke7 65. R8c7+ Kd8 66. Rc8+ Ke7 67. R8c7+ Kd8 $11) 60. Rc6+ Kd5 61. R4c5+ Kd4 (61... Ke4 $5 62. Rc4+ $8 Ke5 63. R4c5+ Ke4 64. Rc4+ Kf5 65. R4c5+ Ke4 $11) 62. Rc4+ Kd5 { Black defended with fortune. Weighted Error Value: White=0.46/Black=0.49} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2762"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,36,19,15,20,0,10,0,0,-6,-6,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 $1 {The position is equal. The main line 11.Nxd4 scores better than 11.Ne4.} Bd7 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 (13. Ne4 {is interesting.} Qe7 14. Rfd1 Na5 15. Qd3 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Rac8 17. Qb3) 13... Bxc3 14. Rxc3 (14. Qxb7 {feels hotter.} Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Rfc8 16. Qb7 Rcb8 17. Qc6) 14... Bxc6 15. Bb5 Bd5 16. Bc4 Bc6 17. Bb5 {[#]} Bd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Be4 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 b6 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. g3 {1/2-1/2 (33) Storme,I (2397)-Wiedenkeller, M (2445) Helsingborg 2021}) 18. Bc4 Bc6 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2762"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [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: 00:01]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 6. Bf4 { [%emt 0:00:07]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 7. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00: 45]} 8. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxc3 { [%emt 0:00:51]} 10. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. Rb1 { [%emt 0:00:01]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. g3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:29] } 13. f4 {[%emt 0:04:56]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 14. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qe7 { [%emt 0:00:40]} 15. Bf2 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 16. Rg1 { [%emt 0:01:05]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 17. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01: 01]} 18. Bh4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 19. c4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 20. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. Rxg8+ { [%emt 0:00:03]} Qxg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. e3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:02: 28]} 23. d5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 24. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 25. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 26. Qxd7+ { [%emt 0:00:23]} Kxd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke8 {[%emt 0: 00:05]} 28. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 29. Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bxh2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 31. Rxf5 { [%emt 0:00:04]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 32. Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00: 10]} 33. Rxh7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 35. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Bd4 { [%emt 0:00:19]} Bf4+ {[%emt 0:00:53]} 37. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00: 25]} 38. Be4+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. Bxa7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 40. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 41. Bb8+ { [%emt 0:00:09]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 42. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 43. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 44. Bxc4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxc4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 45. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 46. Kc3 { [%emt 0:00:19]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 47. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rc4+ {[%emt 0:00: 06]} 48. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 49. a3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} bxa3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 50. Kxa3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 51. Kb2 { [%emt 0:00:11]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 52. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 53. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 54. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 55. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 56. Rg3+ { [%emt 0:00:05]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 57. Rg4+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} c4 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 58. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 59. Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 60. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 61. Kc1 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 62. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 63. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,38,22,15,25,25,25,25,24,23,26,20,21,25,25,30,20,29,30,25,21,24,22,22, 0,25,0,17,0,18]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 {White has an edge.} exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 11...Bf6.} 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4 Qd6 {White should prevent ...Nb3.} 15. Rd1 Rfd8 {With the idea ...Bc2.} 16. Qd2 {[#]} Qf6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 16... Nb3 17. Qc3 Qb6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rac8 21. g4 Rc1+ 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Be6 24. f4 f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 (66) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 17. Qd4 Qd6 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Qd4 Qd6 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,98,18,18,9,15,18,17,22,18,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,4,14,0,0,-21,-16,-12, -11,-11,-9,-10,-9,-10,-9,-12,-12,-14,-13,-11,-4,-6,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-177,0,0,0,0,0,-402,0,0,0,-1079,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29979, -29980,-29980,-29981]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 {D55: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Lines without ...h6 and 6...h6 7 Bxf6.} 9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. Ne4 c5 {The position is equal.} 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. O-O {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nf6 15. Bb3 Rd8 16. Rc7 Ne8 17. Rc5 Bd7 18. f4 Rac8 19. Ra5 a6 20. f5 exf5 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Raxf5 {1/2-1/2 (50) Kroll,O-Jorgensen,J Denmark 1977}) 13. Bb5 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Nb3 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Kf1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Nxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Kf8 22. a3 Ke7 23. Ne2 Ne4 24. Bd3 Nc5 25. Bc2 Bc4 26. Ke1 Bxe2 27. Kxe2 {KB-KN} b6 28. b4 Nb7 29. Kd3 Nd6 30. Kc3 f5 31. f4 Kf6 32. g3 g5 33. Bd3 Ke6 34. Bc4+ Kf6 35. Bd3 h5 36. h4 g4 37. Kb3 b5 38. Kc3 Ke6 39. Bb1 $2 (39. Kd2 $11) 39... Kf6 $2 (39... Kd5 $19 40. Kd3 Ne4 41. Ba2+ Kd6) 40. Bd3 $1 a6 41. Kb3 Ke6 {Strongly threatening ...exf4.} 42. a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42. Kc3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 42... Kd5 $2 (42... exf4 $1 $19 43. exf4 Kd5 44. axb5 axb5) 43. axb5 axb5 {aiming for ...exf4.} 44. Kc2 $2 { [%mdl 8192] [#]} (44. fxe5 $11 Kxe5 45. Kc2) 44... Nc4 $2 ({Black should play} 44... exf4 $1 $19 45. exf4 Kd4) 45. Bxc4+ Kxc4 46. fxe5 {Hoping for e6.} Kd5 47. e6 Kxe6 48. Kd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Kc3 $11) 48... Ke5 49. Kd3 Kd5 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.56/Black=0.37} 0-1 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,44,20,20,20,15,10,0,23,20,22,14,19,8,11,0,5,0,14,7,14,0,10,0,21,0,12] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. O-O c5 11. Ne4 cxd4 {D55: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Lines without ...h6 and 6...h6 7 Bxf6.} 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. Qb3 Qxb3 {The position is equal.} 15. Bxb3 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rd8 16. Rc7 Ne8 17. Rc5 Bd7 18. f4 Rac8 19. Ra5 a6 20. f5 exf5 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Raxf5 {1/2-1/2 (50) Kroll,O-Jorgensen,J Denmark 1977}) 16. Rc7 Rab8 17. Rfc1 Rfd8 18. f4 Ne8 19. R7c2 Nd6 20. Rc7 Ne8 21. R7c2 Nd6 22. Rc7 Ne8 { Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,82,13,0,8,0,4,0,0,0,0,-26,9,-10,0,0,0,-27,-29,-31,0,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,-225,-193,-217,-196,-221,-207,-202,-203,-214,-213,-191,-187,-254, -230,-190,-189,-204,-177,-172,-72,-225,-231,-198,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 {The modern move.} a6 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} 8. Be3 d6 9. a4 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Be6 11. b3 {[#]} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. d4 Ne7 13. d5 Bd7 14. Qd3 Qc8 15. b4 Qb7 16. Rab1 Ng6 17. a5 b5 {1/2-1/2 (27) Van der Heijden,Y-Honkoop,G Waalwijk 2013}) 12. Qe1 Nxc4 13. bxc4 a5 14. g4 Nd7 15. Qg3 g6 16. g5 h5 17. Rf2 c6 18. Rb1 Ra6 {[%CAl Ba8a6,Ba6b6,Bb6b4][%mdl 32]} 19. Nh4 Rb6 20. Rbf1 Rb4 21. Nf5 Nc5 (21... gxf5 $6 22. exf5 Bxc4 23. f6 $16) 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Nd5 $2 cxd5 $19 24. cxd5 {[#]} Bxd5 {[%mdl 512]} 25. exd5 {[%CAl Rf2f7] [#]} f5 26. Nxf5+ gxf5 ({Don't do} 26... Rxf5 27. Rxf5 gxf5 28. Rxf5 $17) 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxf5 Nd7 (28... Nxa4 29. Rf6 $11) 29. Qf2 (29. e4 {might work better.}) 29... Qe8 ({Don't blunder} 29... Rxa4 $2 30. Rf7+ Kg8 31. Qf5 $18) 30. e4 Rxa4 31. h4 Nf8 32. Rf6 Qe7 (32... Rb4 $19 {is more deadly.} 33. Rxd6 Qc8) 33. Qf3 $2 (33. c4 $17) 33... Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Ng6 $2 (34... Ra2 $19 {And now ...Nd7 would win.} 35. Qxh5 Rxc2+ 36. Kg3 Rc7) 35. Qxh5 $11 {The position is equal.} Nf4+ 36. Rxf4 $1 exf4 37. Qh6+ Kg8 {aiming for ...f3+!} 38. Qg6+ Kh8 39. Qh6+ Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...f3+!} 40. Qg6+ Kf8 {White must now prevent ...f3+!} 41. Qh6+ Kg8 {Black had all chances to win. Weighted Error Value: White=0.28/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "181"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,181,14,14,35,15,38,24,27,27,26,10,25,25,22,16,26,16,15,16,16,22,24, 16,27,20,24,25,25,29,31,24,27,20,32,26,39,29,30,22,24,12,40,6,20,0,0,0,25,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-26,-135,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-72,-84,-96,-50,-460,-447,-418, -68,-568,-483,-1316,-1311,-1291,-1289,-1203,-1206,-1161,-1139,-1075,-1072,-964, -785,-744,-579,-837,-564,-770,-733,-682,-684,-708,-705,-837,-837,-704,-746, -821,-522,-522,-522,-515,-515,-515,-515,-512,-512,-512,-512,-480,-449,-497, -489,-475,-475,-422,-417,-408,-387,-743,-696,-1364,-1364,-1335,-1328,-364, -1272,-1034,-708,-682,-592,-592,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 h6 7. c3 d6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} a6 9. Nf1 {9.a4 is setting a new trend.} Be6 {[#] White has an edge.} 10. Bxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bb3 Re8 11. Ng3 Qd7 12. Nh4 d5 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Nhf5 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bxb3 16. axb3 {1-0 (68) Yang,M (1075)-Sun,R Chess.com INT 2020}) 10... fxe6 11. Ng3 Qe8 12. b4 Bb6 13. a4 Nh5 14. a5 Ba7 15. Nxh5 Qxh5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Ne7 18. d4 Ng6 19. g3 Rf7 {Threatening ...Raf8.} 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. f4 Qb5 23. Qb3 Re8 24. c4 Qh5 25. Qd1 Qg6 26. Kh1 Rd7 27. Qf3 Qf7 28. Qe2 c6 29. b5 e5 30. f5 axb5 31. cxb5 cxb5 32. Qxb5 d5 33. Rd3 {[%CAl Rd3d5]} d4 34. Rc1 Kh7 35. Qb6 Qh5 36. h4 Qg4 37. Kh2 {[#]} (37. Kg1 $11) 37... Rde7 (37... Qe2+ $1 $17 38. Kh3 Kh8) 38. Rd2 $11 Qxe4 39. Qg6+ Kg8 40. Rdc2 Qd5 41. Rc8 (41. Rc7 $11 Qf7 42. Rxe7 Qxe7 43. Rc7 Qxc7 44. Qxe8+ Kh7 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qg6+ Kh8 48. Qe8+ Kh7) 41... Qf7 $17 42. Kg2 d3 {Threatens to win with ...Qxg6.} 43. Kf2 $2 ({White has to play} 43. R1c7 $1 $15 Rf8 44. Rxe7 Qxe7 45. f6 Qxf6 46. Rxf8+ Kxf8 47. Qxd3) 43... d2 $19 44. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} ({Better is } 44... Rxe8 $19 45. Qxf7+ Kxf7) 45. Rd1 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White must play} 45. Qxe8+ $15 Rxe8 46. Rd1) 45... Qd7 46. Ke2 (46. f6 $142 Rf7 47. Qe4) 46... Qb5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 47. Ke3 Qc5+ 48. Ke2 Qc4+ 49. Ke3 Qd4+ 50. Ke2 Qe4+ 51. Kf2 Qd3 52. Qb6 Qxf5+ 53. Ke3 {intending Qd8+.} Rf7 54. Kxd2 e4 { aiming for ...Qd5+.} 55. Kc1 Kh7 56. Kb2 Re7 57. Qb4 Qe5+ 58. Qc3 Qb5+ 59. Ka3 Re5 {Strongly threatening ...Rf5.} 60. Rd7 Qxa5+ (60... Qxd7 $2 61. Qxe5 Qd3+ 62. Kb2 $19) 61. Qxa5 Rxa5+ {KR-KR} 62. Kb2 Re5 63. Kc2 e3 64. Kd1 e2+ 65. Ke1 b5 66. Rb7 Kg6 67. g4 Kh7 68. h5 {If only White now had time for Rb8....} Kg8 69. Rb8+ Kf7 70. Rb7+ $2 (70. Rb6) 70... Kf6 71. Rb6+ Kg5 72. Rg6+ Kf4 73. Rxg7 b4 74. Rb7 Re4 75. Rb6 Kxg4 76. Rxh6 Kf3 $2 (76... Kg5 $19 77. Rd6 Kxh5) 77. Rf6+ $11 {The position is equal.} Ke3 78. h6 Rh4 (78... Kd3 {is more complex.} 79. Rd6+ Kc4 80. h7 Rh4 81. Rd7 Rh2) 79. Re6+ Kd3 {( -> ... Rh1+)} (79... Kd4 { seems wilder.} 80. Kxe2 b3 81. Kd2 Rh2+ 82. Kc1 Kc3) 80. Rd6+ Kc3 {And now ... b3 would win.} 81. Rc6+ Kb2 {next ...Rh2 is good for Black.} 82. Kxe2 b3 83. Kf3 Ka2 84. Ra6+ Kb1 85. Kg3 Rh1 86. Kg4 b2 87. Kg5 Kc2 88. Rb6 b1=Q 89. Rxb1 Kxb1 90. Kg6 Rxh6+ 91. Kxh6 {White happily takes the draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.47/Black=0.32} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2699"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,69,26,10,10,9,14,0,11,0,20,0,0,-43,12,0,18,16,25,14,27,22,36,-32,-17, -34,-34,-39,11,-37,-7,-14,4,4,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,14,102,87,258,266,676,579,760, 752,1265,1352,1236,1221,1130,972]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. O-O c6 6. b3 O-O 7. c4 a5 8. Nbd2 a4 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} 9. Ba3 Re8 10. e3 Bf5 {The position is equal.} 11. Re1 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} Nbd7 12. h3 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd3 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nc4 Be4 15. bxa4 N7b6 16. Ncd2 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nc4 18. Bc1 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 (56) Artemiev,V (2761)-Wang,H (2737) Poikovsky 2019}) 13. Nh4 Be6 (13... Bd3 $15) 14. Qc2 axb3 15. axb3 Qb6 16. Bb2 Nf8 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. e4 (18. Kh2 $14) 18... dxe4 $15 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxa1 21. Bxa1 Qa5 22. Qe3 Bc8 23. Nf3 Bf5 24. Ne5 Nd7 25. d5 cxd5 {Hoping for ...Nxe5.} 26. Bxd5 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Qxe5 {Threatens to win with Bxf7+!} Qb4 (28... b6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 29. Kg2 $1 $16 Qxb3 $2 {[#] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (29... h4 $16 { was necessary.}) 30. g4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rg4f5]} Bc8 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 30... hxg4 $2 31. hxg4 Bd3 32. Rh1 $18) (30... Bd3) 31. Re3 $1 {[%CAl Re3b3] White is clearly winning.} Qd1 32. Rf3 e6 33. gxh5 gxh5 34. Qg5+ Kf8 {[#]} 35. Qf6 $1 {[%csl Gf3][%CAl Rf6f7] Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.45} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A38"] [WhiteElo "2699"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,72,27,22,27,28,30,23,36,36,44,37,32,32,39,30,41,25,70,65,68,73,58,65, 59,70,70,75,58,53,106,106,109,108,122,123,137,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,12,0,8,0, 0,0,62,0,7]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. Bg2 e5 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Nd2 Bg4 {A38: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6.} 11. Nde4 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne8 12. Nd5 f5 13. f3 Bh5 14. Nf2 g5 15. e3 f4 16. exf4 gxf4 17. gxf4 exf4 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 { 1-0 (78) Pedersen,F (2290)-Abildlund,J (2195) Denmark 1997}) 12. Qd2 Ne8 { White has an edge.} 13. Nd5 Be6 14. e3 f5 15. Nec3 Kh7 16. a3 Rc8 17. b4 { [%CAl Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} b6 18. b5 Ne7 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. a4 Nf6 21. a5 Rfd8 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra6 d5 {[#]} (23... Rb8 $1 $14) 24. Na4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} ({But not} 24. Rxb6 dxc4 25. Ra1 Rc7 $15) 24... dxc4 { Strongly threatening ...Ne4!} 25. Nxb6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rb8 {White must now prevent ...Ne4!} 26. Bxe5 Ne4 27. Bxe4 ({Better is} 27. Qc1 $16 cxd3 28. Bxb8 Rxb8 29. Qa3) 27... Bxe5 $11 28. Bc6 cxd3 29. Rc1 Bg7 30. Nc4 Qf7 31. Ra4 h5 32. h4 Kg8 33. Na5 Qe7 34. Nc4 Qf7 35. Na5 (35. b6 $11) 35... Qe7 $14 36. Nc4 (36. Bf3 $1 $14 Qa7 37. Qd1) 36... Qf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0. 10/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D79"] [WhiteElo "2699"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,108,20,25,12,20,16,20,17,21,22,21,19,15,17,18,21,12,23,37,36,29,33, 42,37,38,25,19,19,22,24,24,17,18,23,25,14,16,14,15,18,30,10,14,10,12,20,7,8,25, 26,18,4,66,10,15,12,10,0,0,3,21,20,53,24,56,6,4,0,32,11,52,16,87,77,81,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Ne5 Ng4 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 9.Nxg4. D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5).} (9. Nf3 {looks sharper.} Nc6 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bf4 h6 12. h3) 9... Nc6 {[%CAl Rg4e5]} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. h3 e5 12. Bc1 Nf6 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Nd2 {[#]} Nxd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bxe5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qc2 f5 17. Qxc6 Rb8 18. Bh6 Rf7 19. Rfd1 Bd7 20. Qc5 Qe8 {1-0 (63) Artemiev,V (2704) -Aronian,L (2782) chess24.com INT 2021}) 15. Bxd2 Bxe5 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Qa4 Qxb2 18. Bb4 Rd8 19. Rc2 Qd4 20. Qa5 Qb6 {[#]} 21. Rxc6 $1 Qxa5 22. Bxa5 Bb7 23. Rcc1 Rd7 24. Rfd1 d4 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Rc5 Bf6 27. Kf1 Re8 28. Rd2 Kg7 29. Kg2 Re5 30. Rxe5 Bxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 31. Rc2 Bf6 32. Kf3 Rb5 33. Be1 Re5 (33... Rd5 $11) 34. Bd2 ({White should try} 34. Rc6 $14) 34... Rf5+ 35. Kg2 Rd5 36. Rc7 Rb5 37. Bc1 Re5 38. Kf1 Rb5 39. Rc4 h5 40. Kg2 Re5 41. Kf1 Rb5 42. g4 Rd5 43. Kg2 d3 (43... Bd8 $11) 44. exd3 $16 Rxd3 {[#]} 45. Ra4 (45. gxh5 $1 $16 Rc3 46. Rxc3 Bxc3 47. hxg6 Kxg6 48. Kf3) 45... hxg4 $11 {The position is equal.} 46. hxg4 Rd4 $1 {[%CAl Rd4a4]} 47. Rxd4 (47. Rxa7 {with more complications.} Rxg4+ 48. Kf3 Rc4 49. Be3 Bd4 50. Bxd4+ Rxd4 51. a4) 47... Bxd4 {KB-KB} 48. f3 Kf6 49. Kf1 Ke5 50. Ke2 Kd5 51. Kd3 a6 52. Bd2 f5 53. gxf5 gxf5 54. Be1 Bf6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "148"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,148,22,13,12,29,5,8,7,11,4,9,17,16,9,19,0,33,25,28,25,38,22,40,45,49, 47,60,51,64,39,56,25,22,15,12,8,74,63,147,91,153,150,126,46,67,16,43,43,59,50, 48,55,83,87,153,143,219,141,170,157,137,28,33,22,51,51,51,54,60,19,19,19,52,52, 28,28,19,21,84,19,23,20,20,20,66,31,112,16,944,252,931,927,840,791,12774,3543, 12835,85,85,85,88,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000, -28000,-28000,-28000,-28000]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 (5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Bf1 Re8 12. Qc2 Bc7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. a4 Nh5 16. Nc4 Be6 {1/2-1/2 (29) Carlsen,M (2847)-Radjabov,T (2765) chess24.com INT 2021}) 5... dxc6 6. O-O { C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nd7 7. c3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 7.Nbd2 at the moment.} O-O 8. d4 { The position is equal.} Bd6 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Bg3 Kh8 13. Nbd2 Qe6 14. Qa4 Nb6 15. Qa5 exd4 16. cxd4 Bxg3 17. hxg3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (33) Kryvoruchko,Y (2689)-Alekseev,E (2616) Riadh 2017}) 11. Na3 cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 (12... Bxa3 $5 13. bxa3 b6 $11) 13. Bh4 Nb6 14. Bg3 Bg4 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Nb5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rd8 18. Rac1 { [%CAl Ba1c1,Bc1c3,Bc3c7][%mdl 32]} Qe7 19. a4 Nc8 20. Red1 a6 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. Qe3 g5 (22... Rd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. Rc3 $16 Qe8 (23... Nb6 $14) 24. Rdc1 (24. Rc7 $142) 24... Qxa4 {[#]} (24... Rf7 $142) 25. Rc7 $1 Qe8 26. h4 ( 26. Rxb7 $16 {Threatens to win with Rcc7.} Rf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qd3) 26... gxh4 $1 $14 {[#]} 27. Qh6 $1 Qg6 (27... Ne7 28. Rxb7) 28. Qxh4 {Kh1 is the strong threat.} Na7 $1 29. Rxb7 Nb5 30. dxe5 dxe5 31. Kg2 Rde8 ({Black should play} 31... Kg8) 32. Rc6 $16 Nd4 (32... Kg8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 33. Rxa6 Ne6 {White should prevent ...Nc5.} 34. Raa7 {[%CAl Rb7h7]} h5 35. Kf1 (35. b4 $16) 35... Ra8 $11 36. Rh7+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Qxh7 37. Rxh7+ Kxh7 38. Qxh5+ Kg7 39. f4 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} (39. Qf5 $5 {[%CAl Rf5e6]} Ra6 40. f4 exf4 41. Bxf4 $18) 39... exf4 40. Qg4+ Kf7 41. Bxf4 Nxf4 42. Qxf4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Hoping for Qf5. KQ-KRR} Rfe8 43. Qf5 {aiming for Qh7+.} Kg7 (43... Rab8 $11) 44. f4 ({Better is} 44. Qg4+ $16 Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kg6 46. Qg4+ Kf7 47. Qf5) 44... Re7 $1 $11 45. Qg4+ Kf8 46. Qh4 Kg7 47. e5 Rf8 (47... Ra6 $1 $14 48. b4 Rae6 49. exf6+ Rxf6 50. Qg5+ Kf7) 48. b4 (48. Kf2 $16) 48... Kg8 $2 (48... Re6 $11) 49. Qg3+ $2 (49. b5 {Black must now prevent b6.} Rh7 50. Qg4+ Rg7 51. Qe6+ Kh7 52. Qf5+ Kg8 53. exf6) 49... Rg7 $2 (49... Kf7 50. Qb3+ Kg7) 50. Qb3+ $18 Kh8 51. e6 f5 52. b5 Re7 53. b6 $2 (53. Qb4 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Rfe8 54. b6) 53... Kg7 $16 54. Qd5 {Strongly threatening b7.} Kg6 55. b7 (55. Qg2+ $16 Kf6 56. Qb2+ Kg6 57. Qb4) 55... Rb8 $11 56. Qg2+ Kf6 57. Qg5+ ({ Less strong is} 57. Qb2+ Kg6 $18) 57... Kxe6 58. Qg6+ (58. Qh5 {keeps more tension.} Rbxb7 59. Qg6+ Kd7 60. Qxf5+) 58... Kd7 59. Qxf5+ (59. Qb6 {is interesting.} Re4 60. Qc5 Rxf4+ 61. Kg2 Re4 62. Kg3) 59... Kd6 60. Qd3+ (60. Qb1 {looks sharper.} Rbxb7) 60... Kc7 61. Qc4+ (61. f5 {seems wilder.} Rxb7) 61... Kd7 62. Qd5+ (62. f5 {with more complications.} Kd8 63. Qd5+ Rd7 64. Qa5+ Rc7 65. Qd2+) 62... Kc7 63. Qc5+ (63. f5 {is more complex.} Rxb7) 63... Kd7 64. Qd4+ (64. f5 {keeps more tension.} Rxb7) 64... Kc7 65. Qc4+ (65. f5 {seems wilder.} Rxb7) 65... Kd7 66. f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66. Qa6 $11 Re6 67. Qa4+ Rc6 68. Qb5) 66... Rxb7 67. f6 {Mate.} Re5 68. Qg4+ Kd6 69. Qg6 Rb8 70. Qd3+ Ke6 71. Qa6+ Kf5 72. Qd3+ Ke6 73. Qa6+ Kf5 74. Qd3+ Ke6 {[%mdl 32768] What a fight! Weighted Error Value: White=0.49/Black=0.20. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "148"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,148,20,14,22,20,16,28,13,25,7,12,12,24,24,17,20,31,37,18,0,10,9,5,6, 20,-14,4,4,9,13,12,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,29,-70,-16,-27,-34,-32,-37,-36, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-92,-81,-66,-73,-245,-245,-245,-245,-235,-235,-204, -153,-284,-284,-284,-284,-419,-284,-421,-409,-393,-305,-418,-400,-397,-348, -856,-856,-848,-842,-812,-807,-795,-788,-700,-485,-485,-478,-857,-838,-860, -814,-1064,-1438,-1281,-1045,-1318,-1018,-2110,-2049,-1660,-1018,-889,-470, -5093,-788,-788,-470,-470,-470,-470,-470,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29982, -29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-5540,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 (5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Bf1 Re8 12. Qc2 Bc7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. a4 Nh5 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Be3 Nf4 18. Qd1 {1/2-1/2 (29) Carlsen,M (2847)-Radjabov,T (2765) chess24.com INT 2021}) 5... dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nd7 7. c3 {is currently scoring better than 7.Nbd2.} h6 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 8. d4 { White has an edge.} Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 {[%CAl Rd4e5]} exd4 11. Nxd6 cxd6 { [#]} 12. Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qxd4 Qf6 13. Rd1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Be6 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bxa7 Bxa2 {1/2-1/2 (39) Fier,A (2560)-Salgado Lopez,I (2584) chess24.com INT 2020}) 12... Nf6 13. f3 Re8 14. c4 Qb6 15. Re1 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Kh1 Ne7 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Be3 b6 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nb5 Qc6 {[%CAl Rc6b5]} 22. a4 a6 23. Nc3 Be6 24. Qe2 f5 25. Qf2 Rac8 26. h3 Ng6 27. Qf1 (27. Qg3 $11 Kh7 28. h4) 27... f4 (27... Ne5 $1 $15) 28. Bd2 Rcd8 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Qxd5 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bc3 Nh4 33. Rd1 Qg5 34. Rd7 Nf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for ...Ng3+. White is under pressure.} 35. Qc4+ Kh7 36. Qf7 Re7 ({Don't blunder} 36... Re2 $2 37. Qxf5+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf5 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Rg5+ Kh7 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rg5+ Kh7 42. Rxf5 $18) 37. Qxf5+ Qxf5 $17 38. Rxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} Qg5 39. Ra7 {[#] Now White is beyond hope.} (39. Rb7 $17) 39... b5 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rb5b4]} 40. axb5 axb5 { Hoping for ...b4.} 41. Ra5 c4 42. Ra7 Kg8 43. Rb7 (43. Ra8+ $17 {was forced.} Kh7 44. Ra7) 43... g6 44. Kh2 Kf8 45. Kh1 (45. Rb6 $142) 45... Ke8 46. Bb4 (46. Rb8+ {might work better.} Kd7 47. Rf8) 46... Qf6 47. Bc3 Qf5 48. Kh2 g5 49. Rb6 h5 50. Rh6 $2 (50. Rb8+ Ke7 51. Rb7+ Kd6 52. Rg7) 50... g4 51. hxg4 hxg4 52. fxg4 Qxg4 53. Rh3 Kd7 54. Rf3 Ke6 55. Kg1 Qf5 56. Kf1 (56. Rf2 $142 Qc5 57. Bd2 ) 56... Kd5 57. Kg1 Kc5 58. Kh2 b4 59. Bh8 Kd5 60. Rh3 Ke4 61. Rf3 Qh7+ 62. Rh3 Qc7 63. Kg1 Qb6+ 64. Kh2 (64. Kf1 $142) 64... Qb8 (64... c3 $142 65. Bxc3 bxc3 66. bxc3 Qc5) 65. Kg1 c3 66. Bxc3 bxc3 67. bxc3 {KQ-KR} Qb6+ 68. Kh2 (68. Kf1 $19) 68... Qf2 69. Rf3 {[#]} Qe3 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 70. Rh3 {[#]} (70. c4 Qc1) 70... Kd3 $1 71. Rf3 Kxc3 72. Kh3 {[#]} Kd4 $1 73. Kh4 {[#]} (73. Kh2 Qxf3) 73... Ke4 $1 74. Kg4 Qe2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.45/Black=0.19} 0-1 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2756"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,90,17,0,42,46,49,38,64,58,74,22,87,104,106,75,83,75,87,68,60,72,70, 88,75,45,41,30,50,36,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-17,-25,-19,-176, -124,-137,-134,-146,-132,-172,-180,-222,-209,-270,-277,-368,-362,-344,-364, -703,-693,-12814,-6018,-29991,-29992,-29994,-29995]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. h3 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 b5 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Exploring less charted territory. B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} (10... c5 $5) 11. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qd2 c5 13. d5 Re8 14. Nc3 b4 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Rac1 c4 18. Bd2 {0-1 (30) Buscio,J (1498)-Toledo,J (1864) Montevideo 2017}) 11... Bb7 12. Bg5 Nd7 { White is slightly better.} 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. b4 (14. Nb3 $16) 14... h6 (14... c5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15. Bh4 $16 a5 16. a3 a4 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. Qc5 f6 19. Bg3 Nd7 20. Qc2 Qe8 21. Re3 e5 22. Rd3 exd4 23. Bd6 Rf7 {White should prevent . ..c5.} 24. Rxd4 c5 $1 {[%CAl Rc5d4]} 25. bxc5 Nxc5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ne6.} 26. Qb1 $1 Ne6 27. Rb4 Rd7 28. e5 Rcd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...fxe5 is the strong threat. Black has good play.} 29. Re1 fxe5 30. Bxe5 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 Rxd2 32. Bxg7 Qf7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack, Zwischenzug} 33. Rf1 Kxg7 34. Qc1 $2 (34. Rxb5 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bc6 35. Rb6) 34... Rd7 ( 34... Qd7 $19 35. Re1 Kf7) 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1 Bc6 37. Qd6 Qd7 38. Qe5+ Kf7 39. Rg4 h5 40. Rg3 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 {intending Rxg6!} Qd4 42. Qb8 (42. Qe2) 42... Qxf2 $19 43. h4 Qd4 44. Kh3 Qg1 {[%CAl Rg1h1]} 45. Rxg6 Qh1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.68/Black=0.08} 0-1 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2756"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "138"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,138,33,37,21,20,21,43,22,41,30,29,35,78,79,64,69,163,144,162,165,191, 133,179,129,181,105,132,126,133,135,124,98,105,97,97,104,101,109,101,92,129, 114,125,125,130,160,150,147,146,146,143,122,125,109,113,93,93,93,94,89,89,72, 72,72,75,0,0,0,75,75,84,68,75,68,83,60,60,59,59,59,72,68,72,72,84,84,84,77,82, 61,96,68,68,68,68,68,68,50,50,8,8,14,43,43,45,49,49,35,35,35,42,8,8,8,8,8,8,8, 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} Qd3 8. Re1 e5 {[#]} 9. b4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Re3 Qd6 10. d4 Be6 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Rd3 Qc6 14. Ng5 Ne7 15. Rd6 {1-0 (67) Primavera, R-Capece,A Sottomarina 1973}) 9... cxb4 10. cxb4 Ne7 11. Bb2 f6 12. Re3 Qd8 13. Qb3 a5 {[#]} ({Black should play} 13... g5 $14) 14. d4 $1 $18 exd4 15. Bxd4 axb4 16. Qxb4 ({White should try} 16. Nbd2 $18) 16... Be6 17. Nc3 ({But not} 17. Qxb7 $6 O-O $16) 17... O-O {[#]} 18. Qxb7 (18. Rd1 $1 $18 Qc7 19. Bb6) 18... Rb8 19. Qa7 Ra8 20. Qc5 Ra5 21. Qb4 {Hoping for Bb6.} c5 22. Bxc5 Nc6 23. Qb6 Qxb6 24. Bxb6 Ra6 25. Bc5 Rfa8 26. a4 Bb3 27. Nd5 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Bxa4 29. Ra3 {Threatens to win with Nc3.} Ra5 30. Bb6 Ra6 31. Nd4 {Strongly threatening Nxc6.} Nb8 32. Ne6 {aiming for Nc5.} Bc6 33. Ne7+ Kf7 34. Rxa6 Nxa6 35. Nxc6 Kxe6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 36. f4 f5 37. e5 Kd5 38. Ne7+ (38. Nd4 $16) 38... Ke6 $11 39. Nc6 (39. Nc8 $11) 39... Kd5 $16 40. Nd4 Nb8 41. Nf3 Nd7 42. Be3 Nf8 43. Kf2 Ne6 44. g3 Bf8 45. Ke2 Ke4 46. Nd2+ Kd5 47. Kd3 Be7 48. Nc4 Bc5 49. Nb2 Bb4 50. Ke2 Bc3 51. Nd3 (51. Nd1 {with more complications.} Bb4 52. Kd3 g5 53. Bc1 Nc5+ 54. Ke2) 51... Ba5 52. Kf3 h5 53. Nb2 Bd8 54. Nd1 g5 55. Bd2 {Ne3+ is the strong threat.} (55. Bf2 $5 {[%CAl Rd1e3]} Kc6 56. Ba7 $16) 55... g4+ 56. hxg4 hxg4+ 57. Ke2 Bb6 58. Be3 Ba5 59. Kd3 Be1 60. Bf2 Nc5+ 61. Bxc5 Kxc5 $14 {KB-KN. The position is equal.} 62. Ne3 Bxg3 63. e6 Kc6 64. Nxf5 Bxf4 65. Ke4 g3 66. Kxf4 g2 67. Nd4+ Kd6 68. Nf3 {And now Kf5 would win.} g1=R 69. Nxg1 {Intending Kf5 and mate.} Kxe6 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,77,41,61,44,37,32,38,28,37,27,55,44,61,53,44,45,56,29,37,30,47,31,45, 29,32,15,43,10,31,26,29,27,30,24,41,5,30,28,37,37,62,86,89,65,91,96,102,98,90, 64,368,357,362,394,417,439,434,385,584,604,576,582,581,600,600,606,664,656, 1511,1416]} 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nbd2 Nd7 6. Nf1 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence.} Ngf6 7. Ng3 Be7 8. O-O { White is slightly better.} O-O 9. Re1 e5 10. c3 Re8 {[#]} 11. h3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 11. Bc4 c6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qb3 Rf8 15. Nf5 Bc5 16. h3 b5 17. Bf1 {1-0 (57) Abarca Gonzalez,D (2039)-Romero Troncoso,L (1604) Las Condes 2019}) 11... Bf8 12. Qc2 g6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Rad1 Bg7 15. Qc1 a6 16. a4 Qf8 17. Bg5 Kh8 18. b4 Rac8 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Ra8 21. Qc2 Bh6 22. Bc4 Bg7 23. Bc1 h6 24. h4 exd4 25. cxd4 d5 26. exd5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. h5 Qd6 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} ({Better is} 29... g5 $14) 30. Ne4 $18 Qe6 {[#]} 31. Nc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd6 (31... Nb4 32. Qb1) 32. Nxd7 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Qxd7 33. hxg6 Re8 (33... Rg8 {was called for.} 34. gxf7 Qxf7) 34. Ne5 {White is clearly winning.} Bxe5 35. dxe5 fxg6 36. Qxg6 {[#] Threatening mate with e6.} Re6 37. Qf5 Qe8 38. f4 Qg8 39. Qh3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.36} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,133,20,15,18,2,22,25,27,25,31,30,31,12,19,18,42,35,29,23,33,23,32,32, 32,32,68,59,96,66,139,125,135,107,125,116,137,137,145,143,190,187,185,186,338, 194,209,221,216,212,204,178,196,186,195,195,181,180,173,196,197,164,164,137, 265,267,369,83,197,243,214,73,50,52,112,103,130,125,143,126,174,108,172,160, 220,207,206,203,200,174,168,88,88,88,81,81,78,75,86,88,80,38,67,66,103,110,104, 0,52,76,202,189,181,170,5077,5057,3621,1630,5493,5203,5165,4712,1366,946]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 {7.h3 injects fresh life into this line.} h6 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3... Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} 8. h3 Ne7 9. d4 exd4 {White has an edge.} 10. cxd4 Bb6 {[#]} 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nfd5 13. Nc4 Bc5 14. Ba4 c6 15. Bc2 b5 16. Ncd2 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 {1-0 (52) Monus,Z (2030) -Sakic,L (1962) Hungary 2013}) 11... Ng6 12. a4 a6 13. Bf1 Re8 14. a5 Ba7 15. b4 Bd7 16. Bb2 Bb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. g3 Qd7 19. Kg2 Re7 20. a6 Qc8 (20... c6 $14) 21. axb7 $16 Qxb7 {[%CAl Rf6e4]} 22. Qc2 Bb6 23. d5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nd7 25. Qd3 Nde5 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Qxb5 Kh7 $2 (27... Qc8 28. f4 Nd7) 28. f4 (28. Bxe5 $142 dxe5 29. Nc4) 28... Nd7 29. Qc6 Qc8 30. Ra8 Nb8 31. Qc2 Qb7 32. Ra3 (32. Qc3 f5 $11) 32... f5 33. Qc4 c6 34. Rd3 $1 (34. exf5 $6 cxd5 35. Qb5 Qc6 $14) 34... cxd5 35. Rxd5 Be3 {[#] And now ...Bxd2 would win.} 36. Rb5 $1 Qa8 37. Nf3 fxe4 (37... Qxe4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 38. Qxe4 fxe4) 38. Nh4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rh4f5]} Ba7 39. Rd5 $2 (39. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rf5e7] is the precise move to win.} e3+ 40. Rd5 (40. Kh2 $2 e2 $19)) 39... Nd7 (39... Qc6 $16 40. Qxc6 Nxc6) 40. Rxd6 e3+ 41. Qd5 ({Inferior is} 41. Kh2 e2 $11) (41. Rc6 $18 {and White stays clearly on top. Threatens to win with Qd3+.} e2 42. Qd3+ Kg8 43. Qd5+ Rf7 44. Nf3) 41... Qxd5+ $16 42. Rxd5 {Black must now prevent Nf5.} e2 (42... Nb6 $14 43. Re5 Rc7) 43. Bc3 Nf6 44. Re5 Rxe5 45. fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN } Nd5 46. Be1 (46. Bd2 $18) 46... Bb8 (46... g5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 47. Nf3 Kg6 (47... Ba7 $16 {might work better.} 48. Bd2 Kg6) 48. Kf2 $18 Kf5 49. Kxe2 Ke4 50. e6 Bd6 51. b5 (51. Nd2+ $1 $18 Kf5 52. Nc4) 51... Nc7 $16 52. e7 Bxe7 53. b6 Ne6 54. Bf2 Bd6 55. Nd2+ Kd5 56. Kd3 h5 57. Ne4 Be5 58. Nc3+ $1 Kc6 59. Ne4 ({White should try} 59. Ne2 $1 $16) 59... Kd5 $14 60. Be3 g6 {[#] Loses the game.} (60... Kc6 $16) 61. Nc3+ $1 $18 Kc6 {[#]} 62. Ne2 $1 Nc5+ $2 (62... Bd6 63. Ke4 Nf8) 63. Bxc5 {White is clearly winning.} Kxc5 64. Ke4 Bb8 65. b7 Kc6 66. Nf4 Kxb7 67. h4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.24/Black=0.24} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C66"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,134,54,43,43,31,44,27,16,16,9,11,34,-14,0,0,14,0,0,0,21,19,25,23,19, 20,34,35,24,22,57,37,45,0,14,-1,10,14,30,0,28,0,24,0,17,18,79,69,87,-10,25,29, 32,16,18,28,17,20,40,9,13,8,6,14,29,0,55,37,35,35,32,0,30,0,52,48,47,55,45,2,2, 8,6,6,12,0,8,0,8,6,17,10,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} h6 {C66: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence.} 9. Nf1 Nh7 10. Ng3 Ng5 {[#] White has an edge.} 11. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nxg5 Bxg5 12. Be3 g6 13. Qd2 a6 14. Ba4 Qf6 15. Rf1 Bf4 16. Ne2 g5 17. Ng3 {1/2-1/2 (42) Burg,T (2479)-Shyam,S (2505) Benasque 2013}) 11... Ne6 12. Nf5 Bg5 13. Ne3 a6 14. Ba4 Ne7 15. Bc2 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Ng6 17. Nf1 Ne7 18. Ng3 g6 19. Rf1 Ng7 20. Bd2 h5 21. h3 Kh7 22. Be1 Ng8 23. Qe2 Qe7 (23... h4 $5 24. Nh1 $8 Qg5 $11) 24. Rd1 Nh6 25. d4 Rae8 26. c4 Qg5 {White should prevent ...h4.} 27. dxe5 Rxe5 {With the idea ...h4.} 28. Qf3 Bc6 29. Bc3 h4 ( 29... Ree8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30. Ne2 Nhf5 31. Bd4 (31. Rf2 $16) 31... Ree8 32. Qf4 $1 {[%CAl Rf4g5]} Qxf4 33. Rxf4 Nxd4 34. Rxh4+ Kg8 35. Nxd4 Bd7 36. Nf3 Bc6 37. b4 Nh5 38. Nd4 Bd7 39. Nf3 Bc8 (39... Bc6 $11) 40. c5 dxc5 41. bxc5 Nf6 42. Rf4 Nd7 43. Rd5 (43. c6 $5 {[%CAl Rc6d7]} Nc5 44. e5 $14) 43... Kg7 ({Black should play} 43... c6 $11 44. Rg5 Kg7) 44. c6 $1 $14 {[%CAl Rc6d7]} bxc6 45. Ra5 f6 46. Bd3 (46. e5 {is interesting.} Nxe5 47. Nxe5 Rxe5 48. Rxe5 fxe5 49. Rxf8 Kxf8 50. Bxg6 Be6 51. a3) 46... Ne5 {The position is equal.} 47. Nxe5 (47. Bxa6 $2 g5 $17) 47... Rxe5 48. Ra3 a5 49. Rc3 Rd8 50. Rf2 c5 51. Rb2 Rd6 52. Kf2 Be6 (52... Kh6 {seems wilder.} 53. Ke2 Be6 54. Rbc2 a4 55. Rxc5 Rxc5 56. Rxc5 Bxa2 57. Rxc7 Rb6) 53. Bc4 (53. Rbc2 {feels hotter.} a4 54. Kf3 Kf8 55. Bb5 Rb6 56. Bxa4 c4 57. Rd2) 53... Rxe4 54. Bxe6 Rdxe6 55. Rxc5 Rxe3 56. Rxa5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc3 57. a4 Re4 58. Ra2 Rec4 (58... Rf4+ {keeps more tension.} 59. Kg1 Rc1+ 60. Kh2 Rff1 61. Ra8 f5) 59. Rd5 (59. Ra7 {with more complications.} Rf4+ 60. Kg1 Rc1+ 61. Kh2 Rff1 62. a5) 59... Rc2+ 60. Rxc2 Rxc2+ {KR-KR} 61. Kf3 g5 62. a5 Kg6 63. g4 Rc3+ 64. Kg2 Rc2+ 65. Kf3 Rc3+ 66. Kg2 Rc2+ 67. Kf3 Rc3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.12 } 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,48,22,20,22,10,11,12,10,9,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,12,11,11,0,0,0, 12,0,0,0,15]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 {The position is equal.} Re8 { C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. c3 d5 13. Bf4 c6 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. h3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Ne6 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Kg7 21. Re1 Qc7 22. h4 Re8 23. g3 {1/2-1/2 (23) Amonatov,F (2649)-Bruzon Batista,L (2608) Havana 2008}) 19. Ne5 Qf5 20. Qxf5 Nxf5 21. Ng4 Bg7 22. Ne5 Bf6 23. Ng4 Bg7 24. Ne5 Bf6 {An uneventful encounter. Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A49"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 18,92,17,25,29,20,28,18,18,22,19,16,26,18,45,22,20,34,28,18,30,18,37,32, 37,27,50,53,89,84,89,88,113,93,108,38,64,37,96,33,95,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-25,-17, -20,-20,-14,-61,-50,-63,-49,-78,-31,-440,-424,-944,-945,-930,-940,-842,-163, -537,-424,-410,-342,-339,-337,-319,-285,-29976,-6315]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Ng4 {White should prevent ...Qb6. A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems.} (10... Qb6 11. Qc1 Bd7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. e3 Rac8 14. Bc3 Nxd4 15. exd4 Bf5 16. Qa3 Bd3 17. Rfe1 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Rxc4 19. Rab1 {1/2-1/2 (36) Mamedyarov,S (2814)-Radjabov,T (2748) Shamkir 2018}) 11. e3 Ne5 {[#]} 12. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Nc3 Nbc6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Rfd1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e6 17. Qc3 exd5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 {1-0 (28) Bruzon Batista,L (2711) -Naroditsky,D (2486) Montreal 2012}) 12... Nbc6 {The position is equal.} 13. Na3 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. f4 Ng4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qb2+ Nf6 19. Qc3 Qc7 20. e4 Kg8 21. Nc2 e5 22. h3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} ({ Don't play} 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. fxe5 Ng4 $11) 22... Rae8 23. fxe5 Nh5 24. Rad1 Re7 25. Rd6 Rfe8 26. g4 (26. Rfd1 $16) 26... Ng7 $1 $14 27. c5 Rxe5 ({Black should play} 27... h5 $14) 28. Ne3 ({White should try} 28. Rfd1 $16 R5e7 29. Nd4) 28... R5e7 (28... Bc8 $14) 29. Nf5 gxf5 $11 30. gxf5 {aiming for f6!} Re5 31. Qg3 {White wants to mate with f6.} Kh8 32. Rh6 {Black must now prevent Qh4. } Bxf5 $1 33. exf5 {Qh4 is the strong threat.} Qe7 34. f6 {[%csl Gf6][%CAl Rg3g7]} ({Of course not} 34. Rxc6 Nxf5 35. Qc3 f6 $19) 34... Qxc5+ 35. Kh2 { [%csl Gf6][%CAl Rg3g7]} Ne6 {Strongly threatening ...Rg5.} 36. Qh4 Ng5 37. Qf2 Qf8 (37... Qa3 {keeps more tension.} 38. Qg3 Qxg3+ 39. Kxg3 c5 40. Rh4 Rg8) 38. Rh5 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs White the game.} (38. Rh4 $15) 38... Ne4 $1 $19 {[%CAl Re4f2][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 39. Qh4 (39. Bxe4 $142 Rxh5 40. Qf4) 39... Rxh5 40. Qxh5 Qd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Kg1 Ng3 $2 (41... Rg8 42. Qh4 Ng3) 42. Qd1 $2 ({But not} 42. Qxf7 $2 Ne2+ 43. Kh1 Rg8 $19) (42. Rd1 { was the crucial defense.} Qxf6 43. Qf3 Ne2+ 44. Kh1 Qxf3 45. Bxf3) 42... Qc5+ 43. Rf2 Rg8 44. Qe1 Qg5 45. Kh2 c5 46. Qc3 $2 {[#]} (46. Bb7 $19 Nf5 47. Rg2 Qxf6 48. Rxg8+ Kxg8 49. Qg1+ Qg6 50. Bd5) 46... Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.75/Black=0.33} 0-1 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,139,35,20,93,39,29,32,69,40,55,40,89,29,43,29,59,-17,-15,-15,-15,-15, -22,-12,-12,-17,0,0,0,-7,0,-10,14,0,0,-9,30,0,0,0,-12,-37,-5,-19,-17,-30,-28, -33,-41,-31,-33,-45,-42,-38,-4,-16,-8,-22,0,0,0,-56,-52,-113,-75,-121,-117, -111,-72,-81,-77,-58,-6,-6,-8,-10,-7,-7,0,-95,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-9,-18,-8,-7,0,0,0, -8,-8,-8,-4,0,0,-16,8,8,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,1,14,0,0,0,118,118,118,0,0, 0,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 h6 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} (8... exd4 $11 9. Nxd4 (9. Qxd4 Ng4 $15) (9. Bxd4 Re8 $11) 9... Nc5) 9. Re1 (9. dxe5 $16 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qc1) 9... Ng4 $14 10. Bc1 c6 {White is slightly better.} 11. h3 Ngf6 12. Be3 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor (2):} 12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Bf3 Nh7 16. Nb3 Ng5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Qc1 Qh4 20. Qc2 Bd4 {1-0 (75) Chylewski,P (2275)-Bednarek,S (2336) Jastrzebia Gora 2018}) 13. Qc2 (13. d5 $16) 13... exd4 $11 14. Bxd4 Nc5 { [%CAl Rf6e4]} 15. e5 {[#]} (15. Bf1 $14) 15... Bf5 $1 16. Qd1 Nfe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Nd2 {Strongly threatening Bxc5.} Bf5 19. Nf3 $1 Be4 20. Nd2 $1 { Hoping for Bxc5.} Bd3 21. Nf3 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Re6 23. Qc2 b6 24. exd6 {And now Bxg7 would win.} Rxd6 25. Bxg7 (25. Bxc5 $5 bxc5 26. Rae1 $14) 25... Kxg7 26. Ne5 Ne6 {White must now prevent ...Nd4.} 27. Re3 (27. Qc3 {is more complex.} Qf6 28. Rae1 h5 29. c5 bxc5 30. Re3) 27... Rd2 28. Qc3 (28. Qc1 {keeps more tension.} c5 29. Qe1 Nf4 30. Re4 Qg5 31. Rxf4 Qxf4 32. g3) 28... Qd4 29. Qxd4 Nxd4 30. Rd3 Rxd3 31. Nxd3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd8 32. Kf1 Kf6 33. Rd1 a5 34. Nf4 g5 35. Nh5+ Kf5 36. g4+ Ke5 37. Re1+ (37. Ng7 $11) 37... Kd6 38. Ng3 (38. Nf6 $15) 38... Kc5 $17 39. Rd1 Kxc4 40. Nf5 c5 41. Nxh6 f6 42. Nf5 Rh8 ({Black should play} 42... a4 $15) 43. Ne3+ $1 $11 Kb5 44. Kg2 Kc6 45. a4 $1 Ne6 46. Nd5 {[#]} (46. Nc4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nd4 47. Re1) 46... Rf8 ( {Black should try} 46... c4 $1 $17) 47. Ne7+ Kc7 48. Kg3 Nd4 49. Nd5+ Kc6 50. Ne3 Re8 51. h4 Ne2+ 52. Kf3 Nd4+ 53. Kg3 gxh4+ 54. Kxh4 b5 55. axb5+ Kxb5 56. Kh5 (56. Ra1 {looks sharper.} Ne2 57. Kh5 Re4 58. Kg6 Rf4 59. Rf1) 56... Rg8 57. f4 a4 58. Nd5 f5 59. gxf5 Nxf5 60. Nc3+ Kb4 61. Ra1 Ra8 62. Kg6 Nd6 63. f5 a3 64. Nd5+ Kb3 65. Rxa3+ Rxa3 66. bxa3 Kxa3 (66... c4 $11 {remains equal.}) 67. f6 $16 c4 {[#]} 68. f7 ({White must play} 68. Nc3 $1 $16) 68... Nxf7 $1 $11 69. Kxf7 c3 70. Nxc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.16} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,38,11,16,19,29,32,25,34,23,28,30,25,24,31,26,22,22,13,13,23,41,19,16, 0,33,0,31,0,28]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} (7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Ne5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Ra7 18. Ne2 Rfa8 19. Rab1 axb4 20. axb4 Ra3 21. Rb3 Rxb3 22. Qxb3 {1/2-1/2 (34) Nakamura,H (2736)-Radjabov,T (2765) chess24.com INT 2020}) 7... c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 {White has an edge.} exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 11...Bf6.} 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4 Qd6 {With the idea ...Nb3.} 15. Rd1 {[#]} Rad8 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] White should prevent ...Bc2. A relevant novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 15... Rfd8 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Qd4 Qd6 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Qd4 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 (19) Le,Q (2709)-So,W (2772) chess24.com INT 2021}) 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Qd4 Qd6 {Black wants to play ...Bc2.} 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Qd4 Qd6 $1 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0. 07/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 27,28,0,10]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 {[#] Predecessor:} 15. Qe3+ $146 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Be7 16. Nc3 c6 17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Nc5 Qd6 19. Re1 b6 20. Ne4 Qe5 21. a5 bxa5 22. Rxa5 Qc7 23. Rg5 Kf8 24. Rxg7 h6 25. Qd4 Be6 26. Rg6 fxg6 27. Qxh8+ {1-0 (25) Abdusattorov,N (2627)-Nakamura,H (2736) Chess. com INT 2021} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "6.2"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,94,22,18,20,20,21,22,-2,22,17,27,7,29,0,16,13,15,7,10,13,11,11,18,16, 16,21,14,15,16,24,19,0,0,-72,-72,-79,-79,-79,-80,-83,-81,-101,-115,-106,-110, -124,-124,-124,-124,-124,-124,-162,-155,-167,-139,-174,-173,-213,-216,-206, -207,-213,-209,-214,-215,-257,-190,-198,-203,-206,0,-202,-192,-232,-232,-362, -306,-409,-387,-423,-431,-736,-720,-777,-782,-29978,-29979]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Be6 {Recently 6...Nd7 got a lot of attention.} 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nb3 {The position is equal.} O-O {[#]} 9. Na5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 c5 10. Na5 Rb8 11. Qe1 h6 12. Bh4 Bg4 13. Qe3 Qe7 14. a4 Qe6 15. h3 {1-0 (40) Bartel,M (2625)-Goryachkina,A (2509) Moscow 2016}) 9... Qc8 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Ng5 b6 12. Nxe6 ({Much worse is} 12. Nxc6 Bg4 $17) 12... Qxe6 13. Nb3 a5 14. a4 Nd7 15. Be3 f5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. f3 Nd5 19. Bf2 Re6 20. Kh1 Qh5 {aiming for ...e4.} 21. Ne4 {[#]} (21. Bg1 $1 $11) 21... Rh6 $1 $17 {[%csl Gh6][%CAl Rh5h2]} 22. Bg3 Ne3 $1 $40 {[%csl Bd1,Bf1][%mdl 192] Double Attack. Black goes for the king.} 23. Qd2 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 Re8 25. Re1 Bb4 26. c3 Be7 27. Nf2 Bg5 28. Qe2 Rhe6 29. Kg1 c5 30. Qe4 Qf7 31. Qc4 h6 32. Nh3 Bf4 33. Bf2 R6e7 34. Qb5 Rd7 35. Bh4 Re6 {[%CAl Be8e6,Be6d6,Bd6g6][%mdl 32] } 36. Nf2 Red6 37. Re4 Kh7 38. Bg3 Qa2 39. Kf1 Qf7 40. Kg1 $1 Rd8 41. Re1 Rg6 42. Ng4 (42. Ne4 {was called for.}) 42... Qd5 43. Bxf4 exf4 44. h4 Re6 45. Re4 (45. Rd1 $142) 45... Rxe4 $19 46. dxe4 Qd1+ 47. Kh2 Qe1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/Black=0.09} 0-1 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "6.4"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,50,13,12,11,13,20,23,30,0,32,31,31,34,35,37,36,25,31,18,25,33,31,0,0, -28,-22,-58,-33,-62,-54,-61,-44,-355,-343,-353,-363,-2736,-2747,-2495,-2419]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 (6. c3 d6 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2 a6 9. Nf1 Re8 10. Ng3 Ba7 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. h3 Rad8 15. Qe2 Bc5 16. b4 {1-0 (59) So,W (2770)-Radjabov,T (2765) chess24.com INT 2020}) 6... h6 7. Bh4 Be7 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 7.. .d6. C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} 8. Bg3 d6 9. a4 Nh7 $5 { [%mdl 4] [#] White has an edge. Exploring less charted territory.} 10. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbd2 Ng5 11. c3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. b4 Bf6 14. Qe2 Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Bg5 16. Bh2 {1/2-1/2 (59) Asis Gargatagli,H (2529)-Guerra Mendez,J (2531) Vila Seca 2018}) 10... Ng5 11. Nd2 Ne6 12. Nd5 Bg5 13. Nf3 Ne7 14. h4 Bf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nxe7+ $1 Qxe7 17. d4 g5 18. Nh2 gxh4 19. Re1 Kh8 20. e5 Qg5 21. Nf3 Qg4 $40 {[%mdl 128] [#] Threatens to win with ...h3. Black is up to no good.} 22. exd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (22. Kh2 $15) 22... h3 $19 { [%csl Gh3][%CAl Rg4g2]} 23. Bf1 hxg2 {White must now prevent ...Qh3.} 24. Be2 $2 (24. Bc4 Qh3 25. Nh2) 24... Ng5 25. d5 Qh5 {[%csl Gg2][%CAl Rh5h1] Weighted Error Value: White=0.70/Black=0.03} 0-1 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,80,17,0,6,16,29,-20,0,0,-9,0,-5,0,28,0,0,0,0,-40,-39,-37,0,0,0,-2,0, 0,0,-33,-6,-41,-4,-46,-28,-28,-36,-39,-28,-31,-20,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-602, -596,-772,-798,-791,-785,-782,-785,-795,-749,-690,-643,-618,-603,-872,-861]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 {The position is equal.} 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 h6 14. Ne4 {[#]} c5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A top novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 14... h5 15. Kg2 b6 16. c4 Ng6 17. Nbc3 Be7 18. Be3 Kb7 19. Ng3 hxg4 20. hxg4 Rh4 21. Nf5 Rxg4+ 22. Kf3 Rh4 23. Nxh4 Nxh4+ 24. Kg4 g6 25. Bf2 Nf5 26. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 (26) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Topalov,V (2737) Jerusalem 2019}) 15. Kf2 Nc6 16. Be3 b6 17. c4 h5 18. Kg3 Nd4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nc2.} (18... Nb4 {is more complex.} 19. Rd2 hxg4 20. hxg4 Rh1 21. a3 Nc6) 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Nbd2 c5 21. f5 Bc6 22. Rf1 f6 23. Rae1 (23. g5 {feels hotter.} fxe5 24. Rae1 Kc7 25. Kh4 Rd8 26. f6) 23... fxe5 {With the idea ...hxg4.} (23... hxg4 {seems wilder.} 24. hxg4 Kc7 25. Rh1 Be7 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. e6 Kd8) 24. f6 (24. g5 {looks sharper.} Kc7 25. Kh4 Re8 26. f6 Kd7 27. b3) 24... hxg4 25. hxg4 gxf6 26. Rxf6 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Be7 { [#] ...Kd7 is the strong threat.} 28. Rf7 $1 {[%CAl Rf7e7]} Bh4+ (28... Kd7 $5 {[%CAl Rd7e6]} 29. Ng5 Raf8 30. Rxe5 Rxf7 31. Nxf7 Rh1 $15) 29. Kf3 {aiming for Nd6+.} Bxe1 30. Nd6+ Kd8 31. Nb7+ Ke8 32. Nd6+ Kd8 33. g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Nb7+ $11 Ke8 34. Nd6+ Kd8) 33... e4+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 34. Kxe4 Bg3 35. Nf5 Re8+ 36. Kd3 Be5 37. g6 Rc8 38. Rxa7 Bc7 39. b4 Kd7 40. bxc5 bxc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/Black=0.07} 0-1 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,69,25,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-39,-21,-36,8,-35,-21,-15,-15,-83, -42,-29,-29,-29,-26,-46,-35,-25,-25,-32,-20,-16,-20,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,-4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 {[#] Strongly threatening Rxd7.} Ne7 12. Ng5 $1 { [%CAl Rg5f7]} Be8 13. f4 h6 14. Nf3 f5 {[#]} 15. exf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Kg2 Bd7 16. Kg3 fxg4 17. hxg4 h5 18. gxh5 Rxh5 19. Nc3 Rh3+ 20. Kg2 Bg4 21. Rd3 {0-1 (45) Adams,M (2703)-McShane,L (2664) London 2018}) 15... gxf6 16. Nc3 f5 17. Kf2 Rg8 18. g5 Bh5 19. Re1 b6 20. gxh6 (20. Nd4 $11) 20... Bxf3 (20... Rh8 {looks sharper.} 21. Ng5 Rxh6 22. Re6 Kb7 23. Be3 c5) 21. Kxf3 Rg6 22. Be3 Rxh6 23. Rh1 Kb7 24. Rag1 Ng6 25. Bf2 Bd6 26. h4 Rah8 $1 ({But not} 26... Nxf4 $2 27. Be3 $18) 27. Rg5 Nxh4+ 28. Rxh4 {The position is equal.} Rxh4 29. Bxh4 Rxh4 30. Rxf5 $15 {KRB-KRN} Rh3+ 31. Ke2 Rh2+ 32. Kd3 Rh3+ 33. Ke2 Rh2+ 34. Kd3 Rh3+ 35. Ke2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D24"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "180"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,180,25,38,49,36,37,58,31,35,2,33,22,25,7,19,13,12,0,4,0,0,-16,33,34, 84,27,79,76,94,101,91,79,95,78,93,62,34,0,-4,-21,-4,-59,-57,-59,-33,-39,-27, -25,-39,-25,-25,-18,-19,-20,-28,-28,-20,-26,-25,-23,-25,-21,-11,-11,-13,-14, -14,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-19,-27,-33,-18,0,-15,-2,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,-36,-4,-122,-55,-65,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-27,0,-48,-56,-56,-31, -44,-20,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20, -20,-20,-20,-20,-20,0,0,0,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-298, -291,-291,-248]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 { D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.} Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be3 { White is slightly better.} Nc6 {[#]} 9. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Rb8 12. Nd2 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. Bxc4 Bb7 15. Bd3 {0-1 (41) Sargsyan,A (2380)-Narayanan,S (2540) Chess.com INT 2021}) 9... Rb8 (9... Bb4+ { feels hotter.} 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Ne7) 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Nb4 13. a3 N4d5 14. Bd2 Bb7 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Ba8 17. Nc5 ({White should try} 17. Nfg5 $16 {Threatens to win with Nc5.} g6 18. Nf3) 17... Qc6 (17... Bxc5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 18. dxc5 Na4) 18. Na6 $16 Rb7 19. b4 {[%CAl Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} c3 20. Bg5 Nc8 21. Nc5 Rb8 22. b5 Qe8 23. Bxe7 Ncxe7 24. Ne4 Nf4 25. Rfe1 (25. Nxc3 $11 f6 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Ne1) 25... Nxe2+ $15 26. Rxe2 Rxb5 27. Qxc3 Nd5 28. Qc2 h6 29. Nc3 Ra5 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Re3 c6 32. Nd2 Qe7 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. Qxc4 Rxa3 35. Qxc6 Rxe3 36. fxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} a5 37. Ra1 Rb8 38. Qc3 a4 39. h3 Ra8 40. Qc6 Qa7 41. Ra3 Qa5 42. Kh2 g6 43. Qc4 Kg7 44. e4 h5 45. d5 Qd2 46. Rf3 Qa5 47. Ra3 Qa6 (47... exd5 {is more complex.} 48. exd5 Rd8 49. Rd3 a3 50. Qc6 a2) 48. Qd4 Qb5 49. dxe6 fxe6 50. Qd6 Qe8 51. Qc7+ Qf7 52. Qc1 Ra7 53. Qg5 Kh7 54. Kg1 Qf8 55. Rg3 (55. Qe3 $11 Ra8 56. Kh2) 55... Qe8 (55... Qh6 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Qxg5.} 56. Qxh6+ Kxh6) 56. Ra3 $15 Qf8 (56... Qb5 $15 57. Kh2 Qb4) 57. Qe3 Qe7 58. Kh2 Ra5 59. Qc3 Ra6 60. Qd3 Ra8 61. Qe3 Qd7 62. Qg5 Qc7 63. Rg3 Qg7 {[#] And now ...a3 would win.} 64. Ra3 Ra5 65. Qg3 Qc7 66. Qf4 Rxe5 {White must now prevent ...g5.} (66... Ra6 {looks sharper.} 67. Qg5 Qg7 68. Kg1 Ra7 69. Kh2 Ra8) 67. Rxa4 g5 68. Ra7 gxf4 69. Rxc7+ $11 {KR-KR} Kg6 70. Rc4 Ra5 71. h4 Kf6 72. g3 Ra2+ 73. Kh3 Ke5 {...Ra3 is the strong threat.} 74. gxf4+ Kxf4 75. e5+ Kf5 76. Rc8 Ra3+ 77. Kg2 Re3 78. Kf2 Rh3 ({Much less strong is} 78... Rxe5 79. Kf3 $17) 79. Rc4 Ra3 80. Rc8 Ra4 81. Kg3 Ra3+ 82. Kf2 Ra5 83. Kf3 Kxe5 84. Rh8 Kd4 (84... Kf6 {is interesting.} 85. Rh6+ Kf7 86. Kf4 Rd5 87. Kf3 Rb5) 85. Rh6 e5 (85... Rf5+ {with more complications.} 86. Kg3 Kd5 87. Rh8 Kd6 88. Rh7 Rd5) 86. Rd6+ Rd5 87. Ra6 Rd8 88. Ra4+ Kd5 89. Ke3 $2 { [%mdl 8192] [#]} (89. Ra7 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 89... Rb8 $1 $19 { [%CAl Rb8b3]} 90. Ra3 Rb4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.10} 0-1 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D59"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 24,71,0,0,0,14,28,8,27,22,22,0,0,0,15,21,27,27,28,18,14,12,33,17,27,21, 60,41,48,38,77,57,69,74,89,64,77,84,76,0,0,0,112,106,229,246,285,277,336,338]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O c5 {D59: Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defence: Main line (8 cxd5 Nxd5).} 14. dxc5 bxc5 {[#]} 15. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qc2 Qb7 16. b3 Nd7 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 a4 21. Nd2 axb3 22. axb3 {1/2-1/2 (84) Holzapfel, D (2256)-Siegel,G (2443) Bad Wiessee 2002}) 15... Nd7 {The position is equal.} 16. Qa5 c4 17. Rc2 Be4 18. Rcc1 Bd5 19. Nd2 {[%CAl Re2c4]} Nb6 20. e4 Bb7 21. Rfe1 Rc5 22. Qa3 Qc7 23. Bf1 Rc8 24. Rc2 a5 25. Rec1 Qe5 26. Qe3 g5 27. f3 c3 28. Rxc3 Nd5 {[%CAl Bb6d5,Bd5e3,Be3d1][%mdl 32]} 29. Rxc5 ({But not} 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Ne3 $15) 29... Nxe3 30. Rxe5 Rxc1 31. Kf2 (31. Rxa5 $16 Rc2 32. Nb3) 31... Nd1+ $11 32. Kg1 Rc2 (32... Ne3 $11) 33. Nc4 $16 a4 {[#] } (33... Ba6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 34. Rb5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rb5b7]} Bc6 {[#]} 35. Rb6 Bd7 36. Rd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.24} 1-0 [Event "Meltwater CCTF 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2021.09.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,77,15,34,0,0,0,0,0,30,27,29,20,58,60,61,56,62,55,65,68,77,59,58,56,80, 82,119,116,110,112,102,109,175,179,168,106,120,120,118,116,123,100,142,135,125, 144,131,133,133,125,125,127,129,129,135,135,137,137,131,126,132,132,126,127, 564,563,524,523,4598,552]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} Ne4 7. Rc1 c6 8. e3 {The position is equal.} Nd7 (8... g5 {keeps more tension.} 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O g4) 9. Bd3 {[#]} Ndf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qe7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rb1 Ndf6 14. Ne5 Ng5 15. Ne2 Bd6 { 1-0 (47) Li,X (2086)-Cramling Bellon,A (2009) Manavgat 2018}) 10. O-O Bg4 11. Qc2 {[%CAl Rc3e4]} Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd6 {Black wants to play ... Bxf4.} 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. c4 ({Much worse is} 15. Bxh7 $6 g6 $11) 15... dxc4 16. Qxc4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 O-O 18. Kg2 g6 19. Rh1 Kg7 20. d5 c5 (20... Be5 $16) 21. Qc3+ $18 f6 22. f4 (22. Rh3 $18) 22... Qe7 23. a4 Rac8 24. Qc4 f5 25. Rb1 Rc7 26. e4 fxe4 {[#]} 27. Rhe1 $1 Qf6 28. Rxe4 ({Don't do} 28. Qxe4 b6 $14) 28... Re7 29. Re6 Rxe6 30. dxe6 b6 31. a5 Re8 32. axb6 axb6 33. Rxb6 Qxe6 {[#]} 34. Qc3+ $1 Kh6 35. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qe7 36. f5 Be5 { [%mdl 8192]} (36... Rd8 $16 {is a better chance.}) 37. Qe3+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg7 38. Bb5 Rc8 39. Ba6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.32} (39. Re6 $142 Qb7+ {[#]} 40. Bc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 1-0