[Event "Airthings Masters MCCT KO 2022"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,75,4,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,9,-8,43,41,37,43,47,31,27,22,14,22,48,42,46,
42,61,85,90,87,78,88,150,123,124,121,125,115,141,143,114,85,138,138,137,136,
160,136,183,183,203,177,231,201,272,269,516,532,510,515,621,621,620,619,511,
511]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. b3 b6 6. cxd5 {A17: English
Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4.} exd5 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nb5 $5 {[%mdl 4] The
position is equal. Exploring less charted territory.} Be7 9. Be5 Ne8 {[#]} 10.
Rc1 $146 {[%CAl Re5c7]} ({Predecessor:} 10. Qc2 Na6 11. a3 c5 12. d4 Bb7 13.
Bd3 g6 14. h4 Bf6 15. h5 Kg7 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Ng5 {1-0 (18)
Santos Ruiz,M (2523)-Raja,R (2415) Sitges 2018}) 10... c5 11. Bxb8 {Threatens
to win with Bf4.} Rxb8 (11... a6 $11) 12. Nxa7 $14 {And now Nc6 would win.} Bb7
{To avoid Nc6} 13. Nb5 d4 14. Bc4 {[%CAl Re3d4]} (14. a4 {feels hotter.} d3 15.
Rc3 Bf6 16. Rxd3 Qe7 17. e4) 14... Nd6 15. O-O Nxc4 16. bxc4 {[%CAl Re3d4]} d3
17. Rc3 Bf6 18. Rb3 Qd7 19. Ne1 $1 Qe6 20. Qc1 Rfd8 21. Rxd3 h5 (21... Rxd3
$142 22. Nxd3 Qd7) 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. d3 Bc6 24. a4 Qd7 25. e4 Ra8 26. Nc3 Bxa4
(26... Bxc3 $142 27. Qxc3 Bxa4) 27. Nd5 $16 Bd8 28. Nf3 {Pair of Knights!} Ra6
29. Qc3 {White is more active.} b5 (29... Qd6 $16 30. Ne5 f6) 30. cxb5 $18 Qxb5
31. h3 f6 (31... Bf6 $142 32. Nxf6+ Rxf6) 32. Rc1 Rc6 33. Qa3 {Black must now
prevent Nc3.} Qb3 (33... Ra6 {was called for.} 34. Rxc5 Qb7) 34. Qxb3 {White
is clearly winning.} Bxb3 {[#]} 35. Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd5 (35... cxd4 36.
Rxc6) 36. Nxc6 ({Weaker is} 36. exd5 Rd6 37. Rxc5 Bb6 $16) 36... Bxc6 37. Rxc5
Bb7 {[#]} 38. Rb5 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.28
(precise)} 1-0
[Event "Airthings Masters MCCT KO 2022"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2865"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 12,178,23,-7,-12,-10,-6,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,18,18,27,20,22,24,37,29,43,
40,61,54,61,58,54,6,32,13,12,0,0,-2,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-11,-24,-24,-24,
-14,-33,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-54,-38,-45,-46,-50,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,
-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-8,-53,
-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 {Hoping for Qxd8+.} (7.
Bxc4 {is interesting.} h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. O-O O-O 10. e5) 7... Bxc3+ {D39:
Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4.} 8. bxc3 Qxd1+ 9.
Rxd1 {[#]} h6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7
10. c6 bxc6 11. Nd2 Ba6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. f3 O-O-O 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Kc7 {
½-½ (43) Nielsen,P (2687)-L'Ami,E (2606) Germany 2009}) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11.
Bxc4 Nd7 12. c6 bxc6 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. f3 Ke7 15. Kf2 Rhc8 16. Rb1 Rc7 17. Rb3 a5
18. Rhb1 Ba6 19. Bxa6 {White is more active.} Rxa6 20. Rb7 Kd8 21. Kg3 (21.
R7b2 $14 {should be considered.}) 21... a4 22. Kh4 Ra5 {[%CAl Ba6a5,Ba5c5,
Bc5c3,Bc3a3][%mdl 32]} 23. R7b4 Ke7 24. f4 {Inhibits Rg5.} Rc5 25. Rxa4 {
[#] Strongly threatening c4.} Rxc3 26. Kh5 Nc5 {[%csl Ba4,Be4]} 27. Ra7 Rxa7
28. Nxc6+ Kf8 29. Nxa7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ra3 30. Nc6 Kg7 31. e5
Rxa2 {aiming for ...f5.} 32. exf6+ Kxf6 33. Rg1 Nd3 34. Kxh6 Nxf4 {White must
now prevent ...e5.} 35. Rf1 {[%CAl Rf1f4] [#]} e5 36. Nxe5 Kxe5 {KRN-KR} 37. g3
Rxh2+ 38. Kg7 Nh5+ (38... Ne6+ $15 {deserves consideration.} 39. Kxf7 Rh7+ 40.
Ke8 Ng5) 39. Kxf7 Nxg3 40. Ra1 Rh6 41. Ra5+ Kf4 42. Ra4+ Ne4 43. Ke7 Ke5 44.
Ra5+ Kd4 45. Ra4+ Kd5 46. Ra5+ Nc5 47. Kf7 Rc6 48. Ra1 Ke5 49. Re1+ Ne4 50. Ke7
Rc7+ 51. Kd8 Ra7 52. Ke8 Kd5 53. Kf8 (53. Rd1+ $11 Ke6 54. Kd8) 53... Nd6 $1
$15 54. Kg8 Nf5 55. Kf8 Kd6 (55... Kc6 $1 $15) 56. Rd1+ (56. Rf1 $1 $11 {
was preferrable.}) 56... Ke6 (56... Kc6 $1 $15 {is superior.}) 57. Re1+ $11 {
The position is equal.} Kf6 58. Ke8 $1 Ng7+ 59. Kd8 Ne6+ 60. Kc8 Ke7 61. Kb8
Rd7 62. Kc8 Rd6 63. Rh1 Rc6+ 64. Kb7 Nd8+ 65. Kb8 $1 Rc2 66. Re1+ Ne6 67. Kb7
Rc4 68. Kb6 Kd6 69. Kb5 Rc5+ 70. Kb4 Nd4 {( -> ...Nc2+)} 71. Rh1 Rc8 72. Rh6+
Kd5 73. Rh5+ Ke4 74. Rh4+ Ke3 75. Rh3+ Nf3 76. Rh7 Kd3 77. Rh3 Ke4 78. Rh7 Ne5
79. Rh4+ $1 Kd5 80. Rh5 Rc4+ 81. Kb3 Re4 82. Kc3 Re3+ 83. Kd2 Rg3 84. Kc2 $1
Kd4 85. Rh4+ Ng4 86. Rh8 Ne3+ 87. Kb3 Nd5+ 88. Kb2 Nb6 89. Rh4+ Kc5 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Airthings Masters MCCT KO 2022"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 16,78,19,13,24,16,29,13,20,11,21,22,16,28,27,11,45,37,44,47,56,49,76,68,
63,78,89,96,89,87,226,30,460,302,294,294,302,303,537,574,565,548,539,342,373,
-273,-275,-272,-264,-262,-264,-243,0,-559,-544,-637,-637,-637,-633,-612,-611,
-584,-568,-552,-557]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6.
cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Bf4 (9. Nxe4 $2 dxe4 10. O-O (10. Bxe7 $2
Qxe7 11. Bxe4 Qxe4 $19) 10... Bxg5 $19) 9... Ndf6 {D35: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Exchange Variation.} 10. O-O {The modern move.} O-O 11. Ne5 Bf5 {
The position is equal.} 12. Qc2 g6 13. f3 {[%CAl Bf2f3,Bf3e4][%mdl 32]} Nd6 14.
g4 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 {[#]} Nfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Re8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. b3
Rc8 18. Ne2 Nb5 19. Ng3 Nd7 20. g5 Be7 21. h4 c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 {1-0 (43) Gupta,
A (2581)-Gukesh,D (2497) New Delhi 2019}) 16. e4 $1 dxe4 17. fxe4 Ng7 18. Rad1
Ne6 19. Bh6 $1 Re8 20. d5 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxe4 22. Ne5 {[%csl Be4,Bf7][%CAl
Bd3e5,Be5c4,Bc4d6][%mdl 32]} Nd6 (22... N6g5 $16 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Rxd8 Raxd8
25. Rxf6 (25. Bxg5 Nxg5 26. Rxf6 Rxe5 $11) 25... Rxe5) 23. Qf2 $2 ({Better is}
23. Qd3 $18) 23... Ng5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Bh4 $1 $11 {and Black stays
safe.} 24. Qd2 Nc7) 24. Kh1 Nge4 25. Qf3 {[%CAl Re5f7]} f6 26. Nc4 {And now
Nxd6 would win.} Rc8 $2 (26... Kh8 {was necessary.} 27. g5 f5 28. Nxe7 Rxe7)
27. Nxd6 $1 $18 Bxd6 28. Qb3 $1 {White wants to mate with Nxf6+.} Kh8 {[%CAl
Of6f5]} 29. Qxb7 {[%csl Gh6][%CAl Rb7g7]} Rg8 {[#] Prevents Qg7+. White must
now prevent ...Rc2.} 30. Rde1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. Nxf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]
was the only winning move.} Nxf6 31. Bg5) 30... Rc2 $1 $19 31. Rxe4 Rxh2+ 32.
Kg1 Rxh6 {The board is on fire.} 33. Rxf6 {[#]} Rh3 $2 ({Black should play}
33... Qa5 $1 $19 {[%CAl Ra5d2] ( -> ...Qd2!)} 34. Rf2 (34. Qc6 Bc5+ 35. Rf2
Bxf2+ 36. Kf1 Rf8 $19) 34... Qc5) 34. b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Qc6 $11 Rd3 35.
Qxd6 (35. Rxd6 Qh4 $11) 35... Rxd5 36. Qxd8 Rgxd8 37. Rf7) 34... Rd3 {[%CAl
Od3d5] aiming for ...Rxd5! Black is clearly winning.} 35. Rf7 {[%csl Gb7][%CAl
Rf7h7]} Qh4 36. Rxh7+ Qxh7 37. Qxh7+ Kxh7 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Nxg8 Kxg8 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.67/Black=0.50} 0-1
[Event "Airthings Masters MCCT KO 2022"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,95,20,19,14,18,8,18,18,12,12,20,12,21,11,27,9,54,10,26,13,22,16,18,21,
28,19,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,62,72,67,62,75,6,6,6,6,6,6,12,13,12,0,0,125,20,
72,86,251,109,363,363,363,363,363,363,363,363,302,253,253,253,247,93,363,345,
4881,4290,2975,4290,2545,1783,1118,398,29975,29976,29980,6103]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {[%CAl Bd2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {
C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nd7 7.
c3 O-O 8. d4 {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. Bg5 f6 {9...f6 is better than 9...
Qe8.} 10. Bh4 Qe8 11. Nbd2 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. Qc2 Qf7
13. Bg3 a4 14. b3 exd4 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Nxd4 axb3 17. axb3 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 {
½-½ (28) Oparin,G (2654)-Firouzja,A (2770) Riga 2021}) 12. a4 {Black should
prevent axb5.} Kh8 (12... a5 $11 {feels stronger.}) 13. Re1 (13. Qc2 $14) 13...
a5 $11 14. Bg3 Nb6 $1 15. b3 bxa4 16. bxa4 c5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. c4 Nd7 19. Nf1
Nb8 20. Qd5 {[%csl Ba8,Be5]} Ra7 21. Bxe5 ({Don't blunder} 21. Nxe5 $2 Bb7 22.
Nf7+ Rxf7 $19) 21... Bb7 22. Bxd6 Bxd5 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 (23... Bxc4 $11 24. Bxc5
Rb7) 24. cxd5 c6 25. Ne3 h6 26. Ne5 {White is much more active.} (26. Nc4 $1
$16) 26... Kh7 27. N3c4 {And now d6 would win. Pair of Knights!} cxd5 28. exd5
Nd7 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. d6 Qf4 31. Rac1 ({Wrong is} 31. Re7 $2 Rd8 32. Ne3 Rxd6
$19) 31... Rb7 (31... Rf7 $11) 32. g3 ({White should try} 32. Ne5 $1 $16) 32...
Qf5 (32... Qf6 $1 $11) 33. Red1 $16 {Black is on the road to losing.} h5 $2 {
[#]} (33... Rf7 $16 {was called for.}) 34. h4 ({Less strong is} 34. Nxa5 Rb2
35. Rf1 h4 $11) (34. Ne3 $1 $18 {[%CAl Re3f5] and the rest is easy.} Qd7 35.
Rxc5 Qxa4 36. Rxh5+ Kg8 37. Rh4) 34... Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Rd7 $16) 35.
Ne3 $18 Qd7 36. Rxc5 Qxa4 37. Rxh5+ Kg8 38. Rhd5 {Black must now prevent d7.}
Rd7 39. R5d4 Qb5 {[#]} 40. Nd5 $1 Kh7 41. Nc7 $2 (41. Nc3 $18 Qc6 42. R1d3)
41... Qb3 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Qe2 $16) 42. Rd5 {Threatens to win with Ne6.} a4
$2 (42... Qc2 43. Ne6 Kg8) 43. Ne6 {White wants to mate with Nf8+.} Qb8 {
Inhibits Nf8+.} 44. Nc5 $1 {[%csl Ba4,Bd7]} Rd8 45. Nxa4 Qa7 46. Nc5 $2 (46.
Rh5+ Kg8 47. Nc5) 46... Qf7 $2 (46... Rxd6 $18 47. Rxd6 Qxc5) 47. d7 Rf8 48.
R1d2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.27 (precise) /Black=0.54} (48. Ne4 $142 Kg6
49. h5+ Kh6 50. d8=Q Rxd8 51. Rxd8 Kxh5 52. R1d5+ Qxd5 53. Rxd5+ Kg6 54. Kg2)
1-0
[Event "Airthings Masters MCCT KO 2022"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
{[%evp 20,116,35,35,32,27,36,16,21,10,45,33,40,56,47,37,46,20,26,26,43,27,31,
30,34,25,29,24,43,35,35,40,41,39,49,41,52,19,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,-50,-41,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,-949,-46,-919,-52,-29948,-7400,-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {
[%CAl Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Na5 {9...d5 is the modern continuation.} 10. Nxe5 Nxb3 11.
axb3 d5 $1 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} 12. exd5 Qxd5 {
[%csl Gb7][%CAl Rd5g2]} 13. Nf3 Rfe8 {[#] The position is equal.} 14. Be3 $146
({Predecessor:} 14. c4 Qf5 15. d4 Ne4 16. Qc2 Bf6 17. cxb5 Qxb5 18. Bf4 c5 19.
Na3 Qc6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Be3 cxd4 22. Qxc6 Bxc6 23. Nxd4 Bd5 24. Nc4 h5 {
0-1 (24) Werner,J (2368)-Richter,W (2281) ICCF email 2019}) 14... Bb4 {A
strong pair of Bishops.} 15. c3 Bf8 16. d4 {[%CAl Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Ne4
17. Qc2 Qh5 18. c4 Bb4 $1 19. Nc3 Nd6 {[%csl Bc4,Bf3][%CAl Be4d6,Bd6f5,Bf5e3]
[%mdl 32]} 20. Nd2 Nf5 {[%CAl Ob7g2]} 21. d5 (21. cxb5 $2 Bxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}
22. Qxf5 (22. Kxg2 $2 Qg6+ 23. Kh2 Bd6+ 24. Kh1 Ng3+ 25. fxg3 Qxc2 $19) 22...
Qxf5 $19) 21... c6 22. g4 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 (23. gxh5 $2 {is the wrong capture.}
Nxc2 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $19) 23... Qh6 24. Nde4 $1 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 {aiming for Rae1.}
cxd5 26. Nc5 Qc6 27. Nxb7 Qxb7 28. c5 {Black must now prevent c6.} b4 29. Qd4
Rxe3 30. Qxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} h6 31. Re1 Qc6 32. Qd4 Rc8 33.
Rc1 a5 34. Kg2 Re8 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Ra1 Ra8 37. h4 (37. Kg1 $11) 37... Re8 $1
$15 {Hoping for ...Re4.} 38. Rd1 $1 ({But not} 38. Rxa5 $2 Re4 39. Qd3 (39. Qd1
$2 d4 $19) 39... Rxg4+ 40. Kf1 d4 $19) 38... Rd8 (38... Qc8 {keeps more
tension.} 39. f3 Re2+ 40. Kf1 Rc2 41. Qxd5 Rxc5 42. Qd8+ Qxd8 43. Rxd8+ Kh7)
39. h5 Qe6 40. Rd3 Qc6 41. Rd1 Qe6 42. Ra1 Ra8 43. Rc1 Rc8 44. Ra1 Ra8 45. Kg3
Qc6 46. Rd1 Rd8 47. Rc1 Re8 48. Qf4 Rd8 {To avoid Qd6} 49. Qd4 Re8 50. Rd1 Rd8
51. f4 Qe6 52. Qe5 Qc6 53. Qd4 Qe6 54. Qe5 Qc6 55. Qe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55.
Qd4 $11) 55... Rc8 $2 (55... Re8 $1 $19 {[%CAl Re8e7]} 56. Qh4 Qxc5) 56. Rc1 $2
{[%mdl 8192] [#]} (56. Re1 $15) 56... d4 $2 (56... Re8 $1 $19 {[%CAl Re8e7]}
57. Qd6 Qb5 58. Qxd5 Qe2) 57. Rc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (57. Qe5 $15) 57... Re8
$1 58. Qd6 Re3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/Black=0.32} 0-1
[Event "Airthings Masters MCCT KO 2022"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 14,84,37,22,26,24,20,26,20,25,21,30,28,27,40,25,32,7,19,18,16,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 {[%CAl Bd7d5,Bd5c4][%mdl 32]} 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7
4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. O-O O-O 7. Na3 c5 {now supersedes 7...c3.} 8. dxc5 c3 {
D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6.} 9. Nb5 Na6 10.
Nxc3 Nxc5 {White has an edge.} 11. Be3 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Be6 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Nf6 {The position is equal.} 16. Rfd1 Qa5 {Inhibits Qc5.} 17. Qe5
Qxe5 18. Nxe5 {[#]} Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Rfd8 19. a3 Bd5 20. Bxd5 {
½-½ (20) Amin,B (2680)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2782) Warsaw 2021}) 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20.
Bf3 Rxb2 21. Nd3 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Bxa2 23. Ra1 Bd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxa7 $11 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd8 26. Ne5 Kf8 27. Nd7+ Ke8 28. Ne5 f6 29. Nc6
Rd6 30. Nd4 Nc3 31. e3 Rb6 32. Rc7 Ne4 33. Rc2 Kf7 34. Kg2 Nd6 35. Rc7 Nb5 36.
Nxb5 Rxb5 {KR-KR} 37. Rc2 h5 38. h4 Ra5 39. Rd2 Rb5 40. Rc2 Ra5 41. Rd2 Rb5 42.
Rc2 Ra5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless)}
1/2-1/2
[Event "Airthings Masters MCCT KO 2022"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2865"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 12,93,22,9,3,18,10,5,26,13,20,19,25,27,32,26,26,18,29,12,10,12,19,9,26,
6,12,11,12,8,15,4,28,6,5,5,4,4,14,5,14,8,8,4,4,4,5,5,5,8,12,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3
Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted:
Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. b3 Bxd4 10. exd4 {[#]}
O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b5 11. Ba3 Nc6 12. Rc1 bxc4 13. Nxc4 Ne7 14.
Nd6+ Kf8 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. Rc7 Rb8 17. Rfc1 Kg8 18. Nb7 Qe8 19. Nd6 Qd8 20. Nb7
Qe8 21. Nd6 {½-½ (21) Theodorou,N (2577)-Shlyakhtenko,R (2364) New York 2022}
) 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Bd3 Bd7 {[%CAl Bc8d7,Bd7c6,Bc6d5][%mdl 32]} 13. Nc4 Bc6 14.
Re1 Bd5 15. Bc5 {White wants to play Nb6.} Nc6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Rc1 Qc7 18. h3
Rbd8 19. Qe2 Qf4 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 Ne7 22. Ree1 (22. Nc4 {keeps more
tension.} Nc8 23. Rd1 b5 24. Ne5 Nd6 25. Ree1) 22... Nc8 {The position is
equal.} 23. f3 Nxb6 24. Bxb6 {A strong pair of Bishops.} Rc8 25. Kf2 Rc6 26.
Rxc6 Bxc6 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Ba5 Nd5 29. Be4 Ne7 30. Bb4 Nd5 31. Bxd5 exd5 $11 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. h4 h5 33. a4 Bd7 34. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {KB-KB} 35. a5
Bf5 36. Bc5 Bc2 37. b4 f6 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. Kf4 g6 40. g4 Bd1 41. gxh5 gxh5 42.
Bd6 Ke6 43. Bc5 Be2 44. Bb6 Bd1 45. Bc5 Be2 46. Bb6 Bd1 47. Bc5 {An
interesting draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.02
(flawless)} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Airthings Masters MCCT KO 2022"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
{[%evp 17,109,13,18,0,10,0,12,7,7,17,20,23,21,24,25,23,29,20,64,70,79,68,85,70,
83,85,104,108,133,109,111,92,102,99,147,65,60,76,70,70,68,54,55,47,55,64,105,
12,8,9,8,8,6,12,8,1,8,0,0,-13,-5,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-8,-14,-14,-14,-14,-61,
-33,-61,-60,-60,-60,-59,-59,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,
-75,-75,-247]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7.
Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Re1 {Recently 10.Qd3 got a lot of attention.
B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2.} Nc6 11. Bf3 Na5 12. Nxa5 {The position is equal.
} Qxa5 13. Qd2 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rfd8 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxe7+
Kf8 16. Bxd2 Kxe7 17. Ba5 Rdc8 18. c3 Nd7 19. Red1 Rc6 {1-0 (64) Saveliev,A
(2000)-Chigaeva,A (1793) St Petersburg 2010}) 14. a4 Rac8 15. a5 h6 16. h3 Rfe8
17. Red1 Nd7 (17... Rf8 $11 {deserves consideration.}) 18. Nd5 $14 Bxd5 19.
Qxd5 Nf6 20. Qb3 Qc6 21. c3 Red8 22. Ra4 Nd7 23. Bg4 Rc7 24. Rb4 {White is
much more active.} Nc5 25. Qc4 Bg5 (25... Qe8 $142) 26. Bxc5 (26. Bxg5 $16 hxg5
27. Qe2) 26... Qxc5 27. Qa2 Bh4 {Prevents g3.} 28. Rd2 g6 29. Kf1 h5 30. Bd1
Kg7 31. g3 Be7 {[#]} (31... Bg5 $14 32. Rd5 Qa7) 32. Rb6 ({White should try}
32. Bb3 $1 $16) 32... d5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 33. Rxd5
Rxd5 34. Qxd5 Qxd5 35. exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Black must now prevent d6.
KRB-KRB} Bc5 36. Rb3 f5 37. c4 Kf6 38. g4 h4 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Rd3 e4 41. d6
Rd7 42. Rd5 Rxd6 43. Rxd6+ Bxd6 {KB-KB} 44. Ba4 (44. f3 $1 $11 {is superior.})
44... Ke7 45. Ke2 Bb4 46. f3 exf3+ 47. Kxf3 Bxa5 48. c5 Bb4 {Black is better.}
49. c6 {[#] aiming for c7.} b5 50. Bc2 Kd6 51. Bxf5 Kxc6 52. Be6 Kd6 53. Bg8
Bd2 54. b3 Kc5 {And now ...Kb4 would win.} 55. Kg2 $2 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} (55. Ke2 $17 Bg5 56. Kd3)
1/2-1/2
[Event "Airthings Masters MCCT KO 2022"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 12,138,12,16,0,5,5,5,6,9,8,7,0,0,2,8,8,0,4,9,7,12,7,10,8,13,8,14,14,16,
9,11,8,8,8,8,7,6,8,4,10,12,12,14,11,8,10,10,7,10,12,6,7,7,16,10,22,19,20,15,14,
12,27,26,33,13,10,8,8,7,8,8,0,0,8,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,
8,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 {E36:
Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 {[%CAl Oe2e4]} Ba6 10.
Qa4 h6 $1 {The main line 10...h6 scores better than 10...Qd7.} 11. Bh4 Qe7 12.
Nf3 Rd8 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 c5 15. dxc5 {With the idea Rxd8+.} Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1
g5 17. Bg3 Qxc5 18. Qd8+ Kg7 {[%CAl Ob8c6]} 19. Be5 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 {Dancing on a
razor blade.} Qc4+ 21. Qd3 Qxd3+ 22. Kxd3 Nbd7 23. Rc1 g4 24. Bxf6+ Kxf6 $11 {
[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame KRN-KRN} 25. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 25. Nd4 Nc5+ 26.
Ke2 a5 27. Rc3 h5 28. f3 Ke7 29. Kf2 Kf6 {½-½ (29) Kutsenko,A (2102)-Setya
Adhi,B (2084) ICCF email 2019}) 25... Ne5+ 26. Ke2 Rd8 27. f4 gxf3+ $1 28. gxf3
Rd7 29. Rc8 Ng6 30. Ne4+ Kg7 31. Nf2 Ne7 32. Rc4 Nd5 33. Nd3 Rc7 34. Rxc7 Nxc7
{KN-KN} 35. Ne5 f6 36. Nc6 a6 37. f4 Kf7 38. Kf3 Ne8 {The position is equal.}
39. Nb8 Nd6 40. Nxa6 {next b3 is good for White.} Nc4 41. Ke4 Nxb2 42. Kd4 {
Inhibits Nc4.} Ke7 43. Nc7 {[%CAl Of4f5]} Kd6 44. Ne8+ Ke7 45. Nc7 Kd6 46. Nb5+
Kc6 47. Nc3 e5+ 48. fxe5 fxe5+ 49. Kxe5 {[#] Hoping for Kd4.} Nc4+ 50. Kf6 Nxe3
51. Kg6 b5 52. h3 Kc5 53. Kxh6 Kc4 54. Ne4 Kd4 55. Nd6 Kc5 56. Ne4+ Kd4 57. Nf2
Nc4 58. h4 Ke3 $1 59. Nd1+ Kd2 60. Nf2 Nxa3 61. h5 {[#] Kg6 is the strong
threat.} b4 62. Ne4+ Kd3 63. Nc5+ Kc4 64. Na4 {aiming for Kg5.} b3 65. Kg6 {
White threatens h6 and mate.} Kb4 66. Nb2 Kc3 67. Na4+ Kb4 68. Nb2 Kc3 69. Na4+
Kb4 {A balanced but interesting game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01
(flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Airthings Masters MCCT KO 2022"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2865"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 10,93,0,0,25,10,24,-2,7,0,0,0,12,16,50,0,0,0,44,56,62,62,63,70,54,51,94,
0,0,0,0,0,53,44,90,84,75,86,78,77,93,97,117,119,128,116,205,202,206,206,204,
200,204,215,211,205,269,293,280,288,337,227,391,378,429,400,428,411,482,567,
597,608,607,572,615,629,561,447,1170,1008,1781,1727,1942,1774,29980,12672]} 1.
c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 {[%CAl Of3e5]} Bc5 {
A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} 7. O-O {[%CAl Of3e5]}
O-O 8. Qc2 {Black must now prevent Nxd5.} Nf6 {The position is equal.} 9. a3 {
[#]} Bb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. b4 Bb6 12. Na4 Re8 13.
Nxb6 axb6 14. e3 d3 15. Qc3 Ne4 {1-0 (46) Nakamura,H (2736)-Esipenko,A (2714)
Berlin 2022}) 10. e3 a5 11. b3 Bg4 12. Bb2 ({Better is} 12. h3 $1 $14 Be6 13.
Ng5) 12... Qd7 $11 13. Na4 Rfe8 (13... Bf5 $1 $11 14. Qd1 Bd3) 14. d4 $14 {
[%CAl Rf3e5]} Bxf3 15. Bxf3 {And now dxe5 would win.} exd4 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17.
Bxb7 {[%CAl Rb2d4]} (17. Bg2 {seems wilder.} d3 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Rac1 Qf5 20.
Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Rc3) 17... d3 (17... c6 $1 $14 18. Bxa8 (18. Nxb6 Nf3+ 19. Kg2
Qxb7 $11) 18... Nf3+ 19. Kg2 Nh4+ 20. gxh4 Qg4+ 21. Kh1 Qf3+ 22. Kg1 dxe3 23.
Nxb6 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Qf3+ 27. Kg1) 18. Bxe5 {This
bishop pair is nice.} (18. Qd2 $1 $16 Rad8 19. Rac1) 18... dxc2 $11 19. Rxd7
Nxd7 20. Bxa8 {Strongly threatening Bc6.} Rxa8 (20... Nxe5 21. Be4 $16) (20...
Rxe5 $11 21. Nxb6 Nxb6) 21. Bb2 $1 $14 Nc5 (21... Bc5 $14 {might be stronger.})
22. Rc1 $16 {Black is now going downhill.} Nxb3 23. Rxc2 (23. Nxb6 $2 Nxc1 24.
Bxc1 Rd8 $19) 23... f6 24. Kf1 ({Much worse is} 24. Nxb6 cxb6 25. Rc6 Rb8 $11)
24... Rb8 25. Bc3 ({Reject} 25. Nxb6 cxb6 26. h4 Rd8 $11) 25... Kf7 26. Rb2 Ba7
27. Ke2 $1 Ke6 (27... c6 $16) 28. Kd3 $1 $18 Kd5 {[#]} 29. e4+ $1 Kc6 30. Kc4
Nc1 31. Rxb8 Bxb8 32. Bxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Ba7 33. Bd2 Ne2 34.
Kd3 Kb5 35. Nb2 ({Weaker is} 35. Kxe2 Kxa4 36. f4 Bc5 $16) 35... Ng1 (35... Nd4
{might work better.} 36. a4+ Ka6) 36. Be3 c5 37. f4 Nf3 38. h3 Bb6 39. Ke2 {
Prevents Ne1.} Nd4+ 40. Bxd4 cxd4 {KB-KN} 41. Kd3 Bc5 42. a4+ Kb4 43. e5 {
[%CAl Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} f5 (43... fxe5 $142 44. fxe5 Ka5) 44. e6 g6 45. g4
{[%CAl Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} h6 46. g5 h5 47. h4 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.47} (47. Nc4 $142 Be7 48. Ne5 Bd6 49. Nxg6 Kc5
50. e7 Bxe7 51. Nxe7 Kd6 {[#]} 52. a5 $1) 1-0
[Event "Airthings Masters MCCT KO 2022"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 15,97,2,19,8,16,15,20,17,22,11,16,6,2,0,0,0,26,10,20,29,31,30,41,28,25,
21,44,39,50,42,45,41,34,17,22,35,27,36,22,17,0,0,0,-21,13,18,19,18,52,0,0,0,46,
32,29,17,86,80,96,34,143,146,181,124,205,178,313,269,326,326,496,418,632,601,
550,543,706,679,608,418,29936,12845,2473,1783]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 $1 {[%mdl 4]
outshines the older 9.Qc2. D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.}
Re8 10. O-O a5 11. Rc1 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 12. f3 b5 13. Bf2 Nb6 {[#]
} 14. Nf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. h3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. e4 b4
18. Na4 Ba6 19. Re1 g6 20. Nf1 {½-½ (77) Ding,L (2791)-Bluebaum,M (2670)
chess24.com INT 2021}) 14... Bd6 15. b3 {To avoid Nc4} Bd7 16. Bb1 Ba3 17. Rc2
Bf5 18. Re2 Bxb1 19. Qxb1 Bd6 {...b4 is the strong threat.} 20. Rc2 Rc8 21. Nd3
Qe7 22. Ne2 Nbd7 23. Ng3 g6 24. Rfc1 Ba3 25. Re1 c5 26. e4 c4 27. bxc4 bxc4 28.
Nf4 {aiming for e5.} dxe4 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. fxe4 Qg5 31. g3 Nf6 {Threatens to
win with ...Bb4.} 32. h4 ({White should play} 32. e5 $14 Ng4 33. Qb7) 32... Qg4
$11 33. e5 Nh5 (33... g5 $11 {is more appropriate.} 34. Ng2 (34. exf6 $2 gxf4
35. Qd1 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 fxg3 $19) 34... Nd5) 34. Nxh5 Qxh5 35. Qb5 Qf3 (35...
Bb4 $11 {remains equal.} 36. Rec1 c3) 36. Rxc4 Qd3 {[#]} 37. Rc5 (37. Rb4 $1
$16 Qf5 38. Rb3) 37... Qxb5 (37... Qf3 $1 $14) 38. Rxb5 $16 Rc2 {[#]} 39. Re3 (
{Not} 39. Rxa5 Bb4 40. Rd5 Bxe1 41. Bxe1 Rxa2 $19) (39. d5 $1 $18) 39... Bb4 (
39... Bb2 $16) 40. a3 $18 Bd2 (40... Bc3 {was necessary.}) 41. Rf3 Bc3 42. Rb7
Rd8 (42... Rf8 $142 43. Rc7 Rc1+ 44. Kg2 Bb2 45. Rxc1 Bxc1) 43. Rc7 Rc1+ (43...
Rxf2 $142 44. Kxf2 Bxd4+ 45. Kg2 Rf8) 44. Kg2 Bb2 45. Rcxf7 {Strongly
threatening e6.} Rc2 46. e6 {Hoping for e7.} Re8 47. e7 {White wants to mate
with Rf8+.} Bxa3 (47... Rcc8 $18 48. Be3 g5) 48. Rf8+ Rxf8 49. Rxf8+ {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.45} 1-0
[Event "Airthings Masters MCCT KO 2022"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 22,114,28,16,17,16,44,49,48,46,46,48,45,43,62,66,63,60,60,55,71,61,50,
47,42,46,52,47,47,41,39,19,34,0,0,0,21,6,47,0,14,14,36,19,24,0,0,0,18,18,18,18,
18,18,32,18,32,32,32,32,39,39,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%CAl Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3]
[%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10.
Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 12.Nbd2 at the
moment.} Nb6 {C96: Closed Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defence: 11 d4, replies other
than 11...Qc7.} 13. Nbd2 Nb7 {[#]} 14. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nf1 c4 15.
g4 Nc5 16. Ng3 Re8 17. Kh2 a5 18. a3 Qc7 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Nf5 {1-0 (86) Milos,G
(2575)-Hansen,E (2606) Chess.com INT 2020}) 14... bxc4 {White is slightly
better.} 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qb6 18. Bd2 Rfb8 19. Rab1 {White
is more active.} Bb5 20. Qc3 Rc8 21. Be3 (21. b3 {is more complex.} Qd8 22.
Rec1 Rab8 23. a4 Bd7 24. Qc4) 21... Qa5 22. Qxa5 Nxa5 23. b3 {Prevents Nc4.}
Bd8 24. Rec1 g6 25. Nd2 Kg7 26. a4 (26. f4 {feels hotter.} exf4 27. Bxf4 c4 28.
b4 Nb7 29. Kf2) 26... Bd7 27. Nc4 (27. f4 {keeps more tension.} f6 28. g4 Rab8
29. f5 Rb4 30. Bd3) 27... Nxc4 28. bxc4 Rcb8 {Inhibits Rb7.} 29. Bd2 (29. f4 $5
{[%CAl Rf4e5]}) 29... h6 (29... a5 $11 {should be considered.}) 30. Re1 (30. f4
$14) 30... Bc7 31. f4 f6 32. Rf1 a5 33. Rxb8 (33. f5 {seems wilder.} gxf5 34.
exf5 Rb4 35. Bxb4 cxb4 36. g3) 33... Rxb8 34. Bc3 {Inhibits Rb2.} exf4 35. Rxf4
Bd8 36. Kf1 Bc8 37. Ke2 Rb7 38. Rf1 Bd7 39. g4 g5 {[%CAl Oh6h5]} 40. Kf3 Be8
41. h4 Bg6 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Rh1 Rb8 44. Ke3 Bc7 45. Kd2 Rb7 {[#]} (45... Bd8
$11 {remains equal.}) 46. Bd3 (46. e5 $1 $16 {[%CAl Re5f6]} fxe5 47. Bxg6 Kxg6
48. Rh8) 46... Rb8 $11 {The position is equal.} 47. Rf1 Bd8 48. Bc2 Rb7 49. Rf3
Ra7 50. Rf2 Rb7 51. Rf1 Rb8 52. Rh1 Rb7 53. Rh2 Ra7 54. Ke3 Rb7 55. Ke2 Ra7 56.
Rh1 Rb7 57. Kd2 Rb8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.08
(flawless)} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Airthings Masters KO 2022"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2022.02.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Bf3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. a4 Rac8
15. a5 h6 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Red1 Nd7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nf6 20. Qb3 Qc6 21. c3
Red8 22. Ra4 Nd7 23. Bg4 Rc7 24. Rb4 Nc5 25. Qc4 Bg5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Qa2 Bh4
28. Rd2 g6 29. Kf1 h5 30. Bd1 Kg7 31. g3 Be7 32. Rb6 d5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Qxd5
Qxd5 35. exd5 Bc5 36. Rb3 f5 37. c4 Kf6 38. g4 h4 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Rd3 e4 41.
d6 Rd7 42. Rd5 Rxd6 43. Rxd6+ Bxd6 44. Ba4 Ke7 45. Ke2 Bb4 46. f3 exf3+ 47.
Kxf3 Bxa5 48. c5 Bb4 49. c6 b5 50. Bc2 Kd6 51. Bxf5 Kxc6 52. Be6 Kd6 53. Bg8
Bd2 54. b3 Kc5 55. Kg2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Airthings Masters KO 2022"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.02.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]
1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. b3 b6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nb5
Be7 9. Be5 Ne8 10. Rc1 c5 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Nxa7 Bb7 13. Nb5 d4 14. Bc4 Nd6 15.
O-O Nxc4 16. bxc4 d3 17. Rc3 Bf6 18. Rb3 Qd7 19. Ne1 Qe6 20. Qc1 Rfd8 21. Rxd3
h5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. d3 Bc6 24. a4 Qd7 25. e4 Ra8 26. Nc3 Bxa4 27. Nd5 Bd8 28.
Nf3 Ra6 29. Qc3 b5 30. cxb5 Qxb5 31. h3 f6 32. Rc1 Rc6 33. Qa3 Qb3 34. Qxb3
Bxb3 35. Nd4 Bxd5 36. Nxc6 Bxc6 37. Rxc5 Bb7 38. Rb5 1-0
[Event "Airthings Masters KO 2022"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2022.02.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Na5 10. Nxe5 Nxb3 11. axb3 d5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Nf3 Rfe8 14. Be3 Bb4
15. c3 Bf8 16. d4 Ne4 17. Qc2 Qh5 18. c4 Bb4 19. Nc3 Nd6 20. Nd2 Nf5 21. d5 c6
22. g4 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Qh6 24. Nde4 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 cxd5 26. Nc5 Qc6 27. Nxb7 Qxb7
28. c5 b4 29. Qd4 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 h6 31. Re1 Qc6 32. Qd4 Rc8 33. Rc1 a5 34. Kg2
Re8 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Ra1 Ra8 37. h4 Re8 38. Rd1 Rd8 39. h5 Qe6 40. Rd3 Qc6 41.
Rd1 Qe6 42. Ra1 Ra8 43. Rc1 Rc8 44. Ra1 Ra8 45. Kg3 Qc6 46. Rd1 Rd8 47. Rc1 Re8
48. Qf4 Rd8 49. Qd4 Re8 50. Rd1 Rd8 51. f4 Qe6 52. Qe5 Qc6 53. Qd4 Qe6 54. Qe5
Qc6 55. Qe7 Rc8 56. Rc1 d4 57. Rc4 Re8 58. Qd6 Re3+ 0-1
[Event "Airthings Masters KO 2022"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2022.02.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. b3 O-O 13. Be2 a6 14. Bb2 Bc7
15. Nh4 Qd6 16. g3 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. Bg2 d4 20. exd4 Nxd4 21.
Ne2 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Rfe8 23. Qf3 Ne4 24. Rad1 Qb4 25. a3 Qb6 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27.
Qd3 Nc5 28. Qc4 Qxb3 29. Qxb3 Nxb3 30. Bxb7 Re2 31. Bc3 Rc2 32. Be5 Bb6 33. Bf4
a5 34. Bd5 a4 35. Be3 Bc5 36. Rb1 Bxa3 37. Bxb3 axb3 38. Rxb3 Bd6 39. Rd3 Rc6
40. Kg2 f6 41. h4 Kf7 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Rb3 Be7 44. Rb8 Ra6 45. Rb7 Rc6 46. Bd4
Ra6 47. Kg2 Ra4 48. Rb6+ Kf7 49. Be3 Rc4 50. Kf3 Rc7 51. Rb5 Ke6 52. Ke4 Rc4+
53. Kd3 Rc6 54. Rb7 Ra6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Airthings Masters KO 2022"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.23"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2865"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.02.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nf6
8. Qd1 Bc5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Qe7 12. O-O Ne5 13. Nd4 Nc6 14. a3 a5
15. b3 Rad8 16. Ncb5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Bb5 19. Qb2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Ne4
21. a4 Rfe8 22. Ba3 Qe6 23. b4 Rd2 24. Qb5 Nxf2 25. Bc1 Nh3+ 26. Kh1 Nf2+ 27.
Kg1 Nh3+ 28. Kh1 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 1/2-1/2