[Event "EOC-ch-Final 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.31"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2021.03.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,115,9,22,22,38,25,31,32,40,31,36,30,33,-28,-32,-36,56,62,66,56,280, 295,320,316,327,332,283,268,324,324,295,269,281,270,286,293,291,272,273,225, 268,195,250,244,250,245,269,211,233,225,272,265,260,265,356,327,369,360,385, 389,384,377,418,415,614,610,614,609,617,590,616,610,613,616,613,614,603,575, 606,422,432,425,426,421,412,397,423,426,588,575,528,516,645,640,602,596,1936, 615,610,593,600,562,576,547,760,746,29976,29977]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Ne7 7. Nf3 h5 8. gxh5 {White is slightly better.} Nf5 {[#]} 9. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qd2 Rxh5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. h4 c5 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Be2 Rh8 14. Kb1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qxc5 {1/2-1/2 (30) Conde Quero,J-Packroff,H (2220) ICCF email 2015}) 9... Qb6 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Bd3 {[#]} (11. Rg1 $14) 11... Nxd4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 12. Nxd4 Qxe5+ $2 ({Black should play} 12... c5 $15 13. Nxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Bxe6) 13. Be3 $14 c5 14. Nf3 Qxh5 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (14... Qc7 $14) 15. Nxc5 $18 d4 16. Nxd7 ({Weaker is} 16. Bxd4 Bxc5 17. Be4 (17. Bxg7 Rg8 $15) 17... Bc6 $15) (16. Nxb7 dxe3 17. Be2 exf2+ 18. Kxf2 Be7 $17) (16. Nxd4 Qxc5 17. Qd2 Qd5 $11) 16... dxe3 17. Nxf8 exf2+ 18. Kxf2 Kxf8 19. Be4 {[%CAl Rd1d8]} Qc5+ 20. Qd4 Nd7 21. Rad1 ({Don't take} 21. Bxb7 $6 Rb8 $16) 21... Rb8 22. b4 Qxd4+ 23. Rxd4 ({But not} 23. Nxd4 $6 Nf6 $18) 23... Nf6 24. Rhd1 Ke7 25. Rc4 {Rc7+ is the strong threat.} Rhc8 (25... Rbc8 {was called for.} 26. Rdd4 Nxe4+ 27. Rxe4 f5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8) 26. Bd3 Rxc4 27. Bxc4 Rc8 28. Bd3 Nd5 29. a3 Nf4 30. Ke3 Nd5+ 31. Kd2 f5 32. c4 Nf4 33. Ke3 Ng2+ 34. Kf2 Nf4 35. Bf1 Kf6 36. h4 e5 (36... Rc7 $142 37. Ke3 Ng6) 37. Rd6+ Ke7 38. c5 b6 39. Nxe5 bxc5 40. Ra6 cxb4 41. axb4 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Nd5 43. Rxa7+ Kf6 44. Nd3 Rc3 45. b5 Rb3 46. Ra6+ Ke7 47. Rg6 Kf8 48. Rd6 Rxb5 49. Ne5 Rb3+ 50. Bd3 Nf6 51. Kf4 { Threatens to win with Bc4.} Ke7 52. Ra6 Ng4 53. Ng6+ (53. Nc6+ $142 Kd7 54. Bxf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc7 55. Bxg4) 53... Kd8 54. Ra8+ Kc7 55. Bxf5 Nf6 56. Nf8 Nd5+ 57. Ke5 Kb7 {[#]} 58. Be4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.33} 1-0 [Event "EOC-ch-Final 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.31"] [Round "9.13"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2593"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2021.03.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,105,8,32,12,22,25,29,10,22,18,32,-9,0,-1,-14,-10,0,0,-12,-24,0,0,0,0, 0,-31,-18,-21,-28,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,68,99,205,202,222,226,216,203,202,193, 232,214,238,204,200,207,318,256,262,262,230,200,759,759,732,730,694,665,2625, 2414,2187,2009,2341,362,3387,2627,3184,1921,1852,1587,29971,29972,29973,29974, 29974,29975,29975,29976,29981,29977,29978,29979]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. O-O h6 8. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3, Bg3e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Qd7 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf1 {White has an edge.} Ba7 13. Ng3 Qf7 {[#]} 14. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nd7 16. Qc2 a5 17. Rf1 Kh8 18. d4 Qf6 19. Ne2 Ra6 20. dxe5 Ncxe5 21. Nd2 g5 22. f4 gxf4 23. Rxf4 Qe7 24. Rxf8+ {1/2-1/2 (24) Michalik,P (2592)-Pechac,J (2482) Slovakia 2020}) 14... exd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. Ra3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Rad8 18. Rd3 Rd5 19. Nc3 Rf5 20. Qe2 Re8 21. g4 Ra5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. e6 Qf6 27. Kg2 Kh8 (27... Bc5 $11) 28. f4 $1 $14 {Black is now going downhill.} c5 (28... g6 $16) 29. Qe5 $18 Qh4 30. Re2 d4 31. Qd5 Qe7 {[#]} 32. Qd7 Qxd7 33. exd7 Rxe2+ 34. Kf3 Bb6 35. Kxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kg8 (35... c4 $142 36. b3 cxb3) 36. f5 Kf7 37. g5 Bd8 {[#]} 38. h4 ({Not} 38. gxh6 gxh6 39. Kd3 (39. Bxh6 c4 $16) 39... h5 $14) 38... Ke7 $2 (38... c4 39. Bd2 d3+ 40. Kf3 b6) 39. f6+ gxf6 40. gxh6 {h7 is the strong threat.} Kf7 41. Kd3 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. Bf4 Kg6 44. Bd2 $2 (44. h5+ Kh7 45. Ke4) 44... Kh7 $2 (44... f5 45. Bg5 Bc7) 45. Ke4 Kg6 46. Kd5 Be7 47. Kc6 c4 48. Kxb5 {White mates.} c3 49. bxc3 dxc3 50. Bxc3 Kxh6 51. Kc6 Kh5 52. Be1 f5 53. Kc7 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.29/Black=0.31} 1-0 [Event "EOC-ch-Final 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.31"] [Round "5.17"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "171"] [EventDate "2021.03.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,171,16,13,13,31,31,30,23,28,32,27,-16,-20,-14,-23,-22,-27,-32,-23,-25, -31,-17,54,37,31,11,14,14,10,0,11,10,12,-14,-9,-63,-37,-59,-49,-37,-45,-61,-52, -60,-45,-62,-15,-15,-15,-15,0,-22,-8,-8,-10,-35,-3,-3,-4,-3,0,-5,-3,-20,-11, -10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,10,10,12,10,0,17,16,56,34,218,232,216,206,379,375, 371,364,360,359,352,352,302,80,311,40,302,257,348,341,236,31,31,8,8,0,31,31,31, 31,31,31,31,31,40,31,40,31,40,40,40,40,40,40,42,31,31,31,40,8,40,31,31,31,31, 31,31,31,31,0,31,0,31,31,31,31,31,0,8,8,31,8,8,0,0,0,9,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 {[%CAl Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4c2][%mdl 32]} 6. Bg2 { B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines.} cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nb3 {White has an edge.} Qe7+ 9. Qe2 {[#]} Bb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bb6 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Bg5 Bg4+ 13. f3 Be6 14. Na4 Bc7 15. Nac5 O-O-O 16. Nxe6 fxe6 { 1/2-1/2 (56) Trepat Herranz,J (2336)-Gonzalez Perez,A (2466) Vallfogona de Balaguer 2013}) 10. Nc3 (10. Be3 {seems wilder.} Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 12. fxe3 Nf6 13. Nc3) 10... Nb4 $1 {[%CAl Rb4c2]} 11. Qxe7+ Nxe7 12. O-O $1 Nxc2 13. Rb1 Bf5 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Rbd1 Be6 (15... d4 $11 16. Ne4 O-O) 16. Na4 Ng6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Nxb6 axb6 {[#]} 19. Rd2 $1 Bf5 20. Be3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Be4 22. Rc1 (22. Bxe4 $11 dxe4 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Nd4) 22... O-O 23. Rc7 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rf7 25. Rdc2 Ne5 26. Rc8 Rfd7 27. Nd4 Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kf7 29. b3 Ng4 30. Rc3 (30. h3 $5 {[%CAl Rh3g4]} Ne5 31. g4 $11) 30... g6 31. h3 Ne5 32. Rc8 h5 33. Kf2 Nd3+ 34. Ke2 Nc5 35. Kf3 Ne6 36. Nb5 Ng5+ 37. Kg2 Re7 38. h4 Ne4 39. Rd8 Nc5 40. Kf3 Rd7 (40... Re5 {with more complications.} 41. Nc3 Ke6 42. Re8+ Kd6 43. Rd8+ Kc6) 41. Rxd7+ Nxd7 $11 {KN-KN} 42. Nc7 Ke7 43. Nxd5+ Kd6 44. Nf4 Ne5+ 45. Ke4 b5 46. Kd4 Nc6+ 47. Kc3 Ne5 ({Better is} 47... Ne7 $1 $14) 48. Kb4 $1 $18 Kc6 49. e4 $1 g5 $2 (49... b6 {is a better defense.} 50. a3 g5 51. Nxh5 gxh4 52. gxh4 Nf3 53. Nxf6 Nxh4) 50. Nxh5 gxh4 51. gxh4 Ng6 52. Nxf6 {Strongly threatening h5.} Nxh4 53. Nd5 $1 Nf3 {[#]} 54. Kc3 (54. Ne7+ $1 $18 Kd6 55. Nf5+ Kc6 56. Kc3) 54... Kc5 $2 (54... Kd6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 55. Nf4 $2 ({Only move:} 55. Nb4 $18) 55... Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should play} 55... b4+ $14 56. Kd3 Ne5+ 57. Ke3 Ng4+ 58. Kd2 Kd4) 56. Nd3 b6 57. Nb4 Ke5 {[#]} 58. Kd3 (58. Nc6+ $1 $18 Kd6 59. Na7) 58... Ne1+ $14 59. Ke3 {And now Nd3+ would win.} Ng2+ 60. Kd3 {Nc6+ is the strong threat.} (60. Kf2 { looks sharper.} Nh4 61. Nd5 Kxe4 62. Nxb6 Kd4 63. Nc8) 60... Ne1+ 61. Kd2 Ng2 62. Nd5 (62. Nc6+ {is more complex.} Kxe4 63. Na7 Kd4 64. Nxb5+ Kc5 65. Na3) 62... Kxe4 63. Nxb6 (63. Nc7 {feels hotter.} Kd4 64. Nxb5+ Kc5 65. Na3 b5 66. Nc2) 63... Kd4 64. Nc8 Nf4 65. Ne7 Ne6 66. Nf5+ Ke5 67. Ne3 Kd4 68. Nc2+ Kc5 69. Kc3 Nf4 70. Ne3 Ne2+ 71. Kd2 Nf4 72. Kc2 Ne6 73. Kc3 b4+ 74. Kd3 Nf4+ 75. Kd2 Kd4 76. Nc2+ Kc5 77. Ne3 Kd4 78. Nc2+ (78. Nf5+ {is interesting.} Kc5 79. Kc2 Nd5 80. Kb2 Nf4 81. Ne7) 78... Kc5 79. Ne1 Kd4 80. Nf3+ Ke4 81. Ng1 Nd5 82. Ne2 Ne7 83. Nc1 Nd5 {The position is equal.} 84. Nd3 Kd4 85. Ne1 Nf4 86. Nc2+ { Black defended with fortune. Weighted Error Value: White=0.30/Black=0.35} 1/2-1/2 [Event "EOC-ch-Final 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.31"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D50"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "150"] [EventDate "2021.03.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,150,18,18,16,12,8,13,8,12,22,15,6,13,6,8,13,14,12,0,4,0,12,0,0,0,6,0, 11,0,0,0,0,0,0,-47,-51,-86,-93,-120,-111,-182,-172,-170,-126,-139,-144,-181, -177,-173,-166,-177,-120,-154,-151,-287,-275,-295,-290,-272,-264,-380,-363, -373,-367,-590,-586,-585,-585,-577,-574,-567,-561,-552,-516,-404,-404,-404, -403,-385,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,0,-62,0,-1,-1,-30,-30,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O {D50: Queen's Gambit Declined: Dutch-Peruvian Gambit.} 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. Qa4 Be6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Nxb5 {[#]} g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rac8 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. Rfd1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {1/2-1/2 (46) Rojicek,V (2450)-Hausner,I (2407) Czechia 2013}) 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bf6 18. Rab1 Rfd8 19. Nbd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Rac8 21. Be2 Kf8 22. Rd2 Ke7 23. Rbd1 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rc2 25. Bf3 Rxb2 26. a3 { [%CAl Rf3d5]} Ra2 27. Ra4 (27. a4 $17) 27... a6 $19 28. Rb1 Rd7 29. g4 Rc7 30. Ra5 Rac2 31. Rb6 Rd2 32. Rb4 Kf6 (32... Kf8 $19 33. Rb1 Kg8) 33. Rb6 Kg7 34. Ra4 (34. Rb1 $17) 34... Bd7 35. Rab4 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Bc6 ({Don't do} 36... Rxf2 37. Rxb7 Bc8 38. Ra7 $17) 37. Kg3 (37. Rb2 $142 Rxb2 38. Rxb2) 37... Rc3 38. a4 Ra3 39. Rxb7 $2 (39. Rb2 {was necessary.} Rxb2 40. Rxb2) 39... Bxb7 40. Rxb7 Rxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 41. Rd7 d4 42. Bd5 dxe3 43. fxe3 Ra3 44. Kf3 Rdd3 45. Ke4 Rxe3+ 46. Kf5 {[#]} Ra5 $2 ({Better is} 46... Kf8 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rf8e8]} 47. Kf6 (47. Rxf7+ Ke8 48. Kg6 Re5 49. Bc6+ Kd8) 47... Rad3 48. Rd8+ Re8) 47. Rxf7+ $11 Kg8 48. Rd7+ Kf8 {...Ke8 is the strong threat.} 49. Kf6 Re1 {aiming for ...Ke8.} (49... Ra1 {is interesting.} 50. Be6 Rf1+ 51. Bf5 Rc1 52. Be6 Rxe6+ 53. Kxe6 Rc4) (49... Ke8 50. Bc6) 50. Be6 ({White should play} 50. Rd8+ $11 Re8 51. Rd7 Rxd5 52. Rxd5) 50... Rxe6+ 51. Kxe6 $15 {KR-KR} Ra4 52. Rf7+ (52. Kf5 {with more complications.} Rf4+ 53. Kg6 Rxg4 54. Ra7 Rxg2 55. Kxh6 Ra2 56. Kxg5 Ke8 57. Kf4) 52... Kg8 {White must now prevent ...Re4+.} 53. Ra7 Rxg4 54. Kf6 {The position is equal.} Rf4+ (54... h5 {looks sharper.} 55. Kg6 Kf8 56. Ra8+ Ke7 57. Kxh5 Rxg2 58. Rxa6 Rh2+) 55. Kg6 Kf8 56. Rxa6 Rg4 57. Ra2 Rh4 58. Rf2+ (58. Re2 {keeps more tension.} Rh2 59. Rf2+ Ke7 60. Re2+ Kf8) 58... Ke7 59. Re2+ Kd6 60. g3 Rh3 61. Re3 Kd5 62. Kf5 Kd4 63. Ra3 Rh1 64. Kg4 Ke4 65. Ra6 Ke5 (65... Kd4 {is more complex.} 66. Rd6+ Kc5 67. Ra6 Kd4) 66. Rb6 Rh2 67. Rb1 Kf6 68. Rb6+ Kg7 69. Re6 Kf7 70. Rb6 Rh1 71. Ra6 Kg7 72. Ra7+ Kg6 73. Ra6+ Kg7 74. Ra7+ Kg6 75. Ra6+ Kg7 {Black had all chances to win. Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/Black=0.14} 1/2-1/2 [Event "EOC-ch-Final 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.31"] [Round "7.17"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2021.03.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,107,22,28,28,28,16,24,14,74,47,61,51,49,62,77,56,73,65,54,50,59,61,81, 81,138,122,204,12,100,102,142,143,192,102,148,55,51,56,47,18,317,250,262,260, 275,259,275,255,275,268,262,258,317,268,375,265,404,412,474,487,442,427,336,0, 420,384,553,553,553,553,553,547,523,248,248,248,245,243,235,160,152,150,162,23, 24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Be6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qb3 {White has an edge.} b5 (8... Ra7 $11) 9. a4 $1 $16 (9. Nxd5 $2 Qd8 $19) 9... b4 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. e4 c6 {[#]} 12. Qe3 $1 cxd5 13. exd5 Qxd5 {Threatens to win with ...Nd7.} 14. Rc1 $1 Be7 15. Bd3 $1 {[%CAl Rd3e4] Strongly threatening Be4.} Qd7 {...Bd5 is the strong threat.} 16. Be4 {[%CAl Re4a8] [#]} Ra7 $146 ( 16... Qa7 $142) ({Predecessor:} 16... Qa7 17. Qf4 Nd7 18. d5 g5 19. Nxg5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Qd4 21. O-O Qxe4 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rfe1 Qg6 24. Qd5 Ke7 25. Rc6 Rae8 26. Rcxe6+ Kd8 27. Qa8+ Kc7 28. Rc1+ {1-0 (28) Sargsyan,S (2580)-Gholami,A (2554) Mumbai 2019}) 17. d5 $1 {[%CAl Rd5e6]} Bxd5 (17... Bg4 $16) 18. Rd1 $2 ( 18. Ne5 $18 Qd6 19. Bxd5 (19. Rc8+ Bd8 $18) 19... Qxd5 20. Rc8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bd8 21. Nc6+ (21. Qxa7 Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 22. Qe3 Nd7 $17) (21. Rxb8 $2 Re7 $19) 21... Kd7 22. Qxa7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ( 22. Nxa7 Re8 $17) 22... Kxc8 23. Qxb8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd7 24. Qb7+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke6 25. O-O (25. Qxa6 Qe4+ 26. Qe2 f5 $16)) 18... O-O 19. Rxd5 Qe6 20. Re5 Qd7 21. O-O ({White should try} 21. Rh5 $1 $18 h6 22. Ne5) 21... Bf6 22. Rd5 (22. Rh5 $16 g6 23. Qh6 $1) 22... Qe7 $14 23. Re1 $36 { [%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} g6 24. Qf4 {aiming for Bxg6!} Re8 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (24... Kg7 $1 $11) 25. Re3 Bxb2 {[#]} 26. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} hxg6 27. Rxe7 Raxe7 28. g3 ({Less strong is} 28. Qxb4 Nc6 $16) 28... Bc3 29. Qc4 Nd7 {next ...Nb6 is good for Black.} 30. Rd6 ({Much less strong is} 30. Qxa6 $6 b3 $16) 30... Kg7 31. Rxa6 Rb8 32. Ra5 Nf6 (32... Ne5 $142 33. Nxe5 Rxe5) 33. Rb5 $18 Rd8 34. a5 {[%CAl Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Re4 35. Qc6 Re6 36. Qc4 Re4 $1 {[%CAl Re4c4]} 37. Qf1 Rde8 (37... Ra8 $142 38. Kg2 Re7) 38. a6 Re2 39. Rb7 Be1 40. a7 Bxf2+ 41. Qxf2 (41. Kh1 $142 Bxa7 42. Rxa7) 41... Rxf2 42. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ra8 43. Ne5 Ne4+ 44. Ke3 (44. Kg2 Nd6 45. Rb6 Nf5 46. Nc6) 44... Nd6 45. Rd7 ({Weaker is} 45. Rxb4 Rxa7 46. Nc4 Nxc4+ 47. Rxc4 g5 $11) 45... Kf6 {[#]} 46. Rxd6+ ({Only move: } 46. Nc6 $1 $18 Nc8 47. Rd8 b3 48. Kd3) 46... Kxe5 {KR-KR} 47. Ra6 (47. Rd7 { is interesting.} f5 48. h4 Ke6 49. Rg7 Kd5 50. Kd3) 47... Kd5 $1 {The position is equal.} 48. Kd3 (48. g4 {keeps more tension.} Kc5 49. h4 b3 50. Kd2 Kb5 51. Ra1) 48... Kc5 49. Ra1 (49. g4 {is more complex.} Kb5 50. Ra1 g5 51. Kc2 Kb6 52. Kb3) 49... Kb6 50. Kc4 {Hoping for h4.} Rxa7 51. Rxa7 Kxa7 52. Kxb4 Kb6 53. Kc4 Kc6 54. Kd4 {Black defended with fortune. Weighted Error Value: White=0.38/ Black=0.33} 1/2-1/2 [Event "EOC-ch-Final 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.31"] [Round "8.6"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2676"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2021.03.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,55,40,48,31,61,45,66,62,106,97,106,79,111,101,106,101,103,60,76,66,77, 67,82,78,100,93,82,79,79,83,85,74,150,121,142,137,349,381,369,354,351,339,461, 451,445,452,579,561]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Nb4 6. Nbc3 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4.} Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 Ne7 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Nc6 9. Qg3 d6 {[#]} 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Qd7 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nf4 exd5 14. exd5 c6 15. Rfe1 cxd5 16. cxd5 {1-0 (27) Fremmegaard,J (1585)-Stevens,S ICCF email 2016}) 10... Qd7 11. d5 Ne7 12. a4 g6 13. Bg5 Bg7 14. Rad1 O-O 15. Qh4 Rae8 16. Bf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Kh8 17. f4 Ng8 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Nd4 e5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 (20... dxe5 $142 21. Nc2 a6) 21. Rf3 a6 22. Rdf1 Qe7 $4 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (22... f6 $16 23. b4 (23. Rh3 Kh8 $16) 23... Kh8) 23. Qxe7 $18 Nxe7 {[#]} 24. Ne6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe6 25. dxe6 {[%CAl Rf3f7]} f6 26. Nd5 {White is clearly winning.} Bxd5 27. cxd5 ({Weaker is} 27. exd5 f5 $18) 27... c5 28. e5 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.34} 1-0 [Event "EOC-ch-Final 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.31"] [Round "5.20"] [White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Black "Jones, Gawain C B"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "204"] [EventDate "2021.03.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,204,14,10,8,6,17,15,16,0,5,-39,-9,-28,-18,-23,-2,12,14,16,6,8,11,21, 6,0,8,0,12,10,15,12,18,-15,-15,-15,-15,-10,-4,-26,-26,-32,-32,-32,-32,-41,-41, -39,-25,-49,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-29,-29,-29,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-36, -25,-36,-25,-36,-36,-45,-36,-45,-45,-46,-50,-50,-50,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54, -54,-35,-54,0,-54,0,-54,-55,-55,-35,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-64,-64, -75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75, -75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-13,-75,-56, -56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22, -22,-22,-22,-22,-8,-8,-8,-26,-26,-26,-8,-26,-8,-8,0,-26,-33,-33,-33,-33,-8,-8, -8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,-29990,-29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 h6 {A48:1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} 7. Bh4 Qe8 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} 8. c3 e5 {The position is equal.} 9. dxe5 dxe5 {White should prevent ...g5.} 10. e4 Nh5 11. O-O Nf4 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Re1 Be6 {[#]} 14. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bg3 Rd8 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qb3 b6 18. Rad1 Na5 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Kf1 { 1-0 (51) Schneider Zinner,H (2381)-Sadilek,P (2340) Playchess.com INT 2020}) 14... g5 15. Bg3 Rd8 16. Bf1 Qd7 17. Red1 Qe7 18. Nc4 Bg4 19. Ne3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qe6 21. Qb3 (21. Rxd8 {with more complications.} Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 a6 24. Bc4) 21... Qxb3 22. axb3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Bxf4 exf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 26. Nd5 Be5 27. Nb4 Bd6 28. Nd3 Nc6 29. Bh3 Kg7 30. b4 Kf6 31. Bd7 Ne5 32. Nxe5 Bxe5 {KB-KB} 33. Kf1 Ke7 34. Bc8 b6 35. Ke2 Kd6 36. Kd3 c6 37. Bf5 Bf6 38. Bc8 b5 39. Bf5 Bd8 40. Ke2 Bb6 41. Bc8 c5 42. bxc5+ Kxc5 43. Kd3 a5 44. Bd7 f6 45. Be8 b4 46. h3 bxc3 47. bxc3 Kd6 48. Ke2 Kc5 49. Kd3 Kd6 50. Ke2 Bc5 51. Ba4 Ke6 52. Be8 f5 53. exf5+ Kxf5 54. Bd7+ Ke5 55. Be8 Bb6 56. Ba4 Kd5 57. Bb3+ Kc5 58. Kd3 Kb5 59. Bf7 a4 60. Be8+ Ka5 61. Kc4 Bxf2 62. Bd7 Bg1 63. Be8 Be3 64. Bd7 a3 65. Kb3 Bc5 66. Be8 Kb6 67. Bh5 Kc7 68. Bf7 Kd6 69. Bh5 Kd5 70. Bf7+ Ke5 71. Bh5 Be7 72. Be8 Kd5 73. Bf7+ {[#]} Kc6 $1 74. Be8+ Kc5 (74... Kb6 $17) 75. Bf7 (75. Kxa3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Kc4+ 76. Kb2) 75... Bf6 (75... Kb6 {seems wilder.} 76. Bg6 Kc7 77. Ka2 Kd7 78. Bf5+ Kd6) 76. Kxa3 Bxc3 77. Kb3 Ba5 78. Kc2 Kd4 79. Bh5 $1 Ke3 80. Bg4 Kf2 81. Kd3 Kg3 82. Ke4 Kh4 83. Kd5 h5 84. Bc8 Kg3 85. Ke4 Bd8 86. Bd7 Be7 87. Bc8 g4 88. fxg4 h4 {Strongly threatening ...f3.} 89. g5 (89. Kf5 {feels hotter.} f3 90. Ba6 Kxh3 91. Kf4 Kg2 92. Bb7) 89... Bxg5 {And now ...f3 would win.} 90. Bg4 Bh6 91. Be2 Kg2 92. Bg4 Kg3 93. Be2 Bf8 94. Bg4 Bd6 95. Be2 Kxh3 96. Kf3 Kh2 97. Bc4 Kg1 98. Be6 Bc7 99. Bd7 Bb8 100. Bc8 Bc7 101. Bd7 h3 102. Bc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (102. Bxh3 $11 Kh2 103. Bg4) 102... h2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/ Black=0.06} 0-1 [Event "EOC-ch-Final 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.31"] [Round "7.20"] [White "Durarbayli, Vasif"] [Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2606"] [BlackElo "2647"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2021.03.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+5"] {[%evp 0,75,19,31,40,50,77,56,49,38,23,35,60,20,57,43,64,61,66,34,41,27,27,-12, -12,-12,19,-10,35,38,59,31,27,22,30,2,-1,-11,-9,-8,-18,-21,-12,-10,9,1,21,14, 50,49,60,60,115,236,149,162,289,239,288,278,471,599,594,689,2001,29980,29981, 29982,29993,29980,29981,29982,29993,29994,29995,29996,29997,29998]} 1. e4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. g3 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 8. O-O { [%emt 0:00:05]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} O-O {[%emt 0:00: 42]} 10. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 11. g4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 13. Bg5 {[%emt 0: 05:56]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rfb8 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 15. h3 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 16. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Nxe7 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 17. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 18. f4 {[%emt 0: 00:15]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bc6 { [%emt 0:00:35]} 22. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 23. Nf2 {[%emt 0: 00:18]} Ba8 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 24. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 25. f5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} d5 $2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} (25... Nc6) (25... e5) 26. fxe6 { [%emt 0:00:32]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} (27. Ndc5) 27... Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 28. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Qf4 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 30. Qf7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 31. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Qf6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Qxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Qf6+ { [%emt 0:00:01]} (34. Rf7+) 34... Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Qe6+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 37. g5+ { [%emt 0:00:02]} Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0 [Event "EOC-ch-Final 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.31"] [Round "9.15"] [White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Black "Socko, Monika"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2421"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2021.03.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+5"] {[%evp 0,53,10,20,41,39,30,24,60,47,39,18,21,17,16,18,18,23,50,43,65,25,102,59, 60,18,41,11,67,57,51,51,56,59,59,53,53,34,30,31,31,11,13,19,17,9,71,62,143,132, 156,140,201,210,274,237]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. d4 { [%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02] } 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01: 13]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 9. g3 { [%emt 0:01:10]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 11. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} O-O { [%emt 0:00:35]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 14. dxc5 { [%emt 0:00:49]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 15. Ned4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0: 00:06]} 16. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. b4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 18. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Qh5 { [%emt 0:01:34]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 20. h3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 21. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 22. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 23. Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Rxa8+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bxa8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 25. g4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:00: 35]} 26. gxf5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 28. Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 29. Qh6 { [%emt 0:01:20]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:03: 24]} 31. h5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 32. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Be7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. Qxh6+ { [%emt 0:00:07]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qh7 {[%emt 0:00: 06]} 36. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 37. h6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 38. Bg7+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Qe7 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 40. Qf8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 41. Qh8# {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0