[Event "Silver Lake Open 2021"] [Site "Veliko Gradiste"] [Date "2021.06.23"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Ozkan, Ervin"] [Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2147"] [BlackElo "2644"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2021.06.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,76,7,14,0,0,0,53,39,63,81,88,70,127,100,122,71,83,72,97,110,110,108, 120,77,80,88,86,81,77,31,29,9,18,0,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,-279,-283,-313,-353,-334, -145,-133,-11,-13,-22,-15,-21,-11,-15,-8,64,33,90,-5585,-5601,-6482,-5306, -2306,-5185,-1439,-1364,-29987,-29973]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Qxb1 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2. ..Nf6 3 Bf4.} Bb4+ 7. Kd1 O-O (7... Be7 $11) 8. c5 $1 $14 {And now a3 would win.White is slightly better.} Ne4 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bd3 $1 f5 {[#]} ({Black should try} 10... Nd7 $14) 11. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ke2 Ba5 12. Qb3 Qc8 13. g4 Bc7 14. Rhg1 Bxf4 15. exf4 Nd7 16. Ne5 b6 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Bxe4 Nxe5 19. Bxd5+ {1-0 (39) Xiong,J (2709)-Sheng,J (2474) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 11... Qh4 12. Bxe4 ({Better is} 12. g3 Qh5+ 13. g4 fxg4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Bg3 (15. Qxe4 Na6 $16)) 12... fxe4 13. Qa4 Na6 14. a3 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qxf2 {White must now prevent ...d4.} 16. Qc2 Rxf4 17. exf4 Qxf4 18. Qc3 Rf8 {Threatening ...Rf5. } 19. Qg3 (19. g3 {is interesting.} Qg5 20. h4 Qf6 21. Kc2 Qf2+ 22. Kb1) 19... Qxg3 $1 20. hxg3 Rf5 $1 {[%CAl Rf5e5]} 21. Nd7 d4 22. Ke2 {aiming for Raf1.} Rd5 23. Rh4 $1 Rxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 24. b4 e3 25. Rd1 $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (25. Re4 $11) 25... e5 $19 26. Re4 Rd5 27. Rf1 {and if Rf5 works, White does fine.} Nc7 (27... Nb8 $19 {is more deadly.} 28. Rh4 h6) 28. Kd3 $17 a5 (28... Ne6 $17 {Black wants to play ...g6.} 29. Rf5 Rxc5 $1 30. Rfxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Kf7) 29. Rf5 $1 $11 {[%CAl Rf5e5]} axb4 30. axb4 Na6 31. Rexe5 { [%CAl Re5e8]} Nxb4+ 32. Kc4 {[%CAl Re5e8] [#]} Rxe5 ({Black should play} 32... Rd8 $1 $11) 33. Rxe5 {KR-KN} d3 34. Kc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Now White is beyond hope.} ({Not} 34. Kxb4 $2 d2 $19) (34. Re8+ $16 Kf7 35. Rxe3) 34... d2 $1 $19 35. Re8+ Kf7 36. Rd8 Nd5+ 37. Kc2 Ke7 38. Rd6 b5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.52/Black=0.24} 0-1 [Event "Silver Lake Open 2021"] [Site "Veliko Gradiste"] [Date "2021.06.23"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Petrosyan, Manuel"] [Black "Akbas, Umut Ata"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2141"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2021.06.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,106,11,0,39,16,24,20,17,9,8,14,20,18,10,0,31,26,27,3,43,47,34,51,58, 62,53,18,43,43,34,39,37,32,47,47,47,31,31,25,25,0,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,10,19,23,-15,14,16,18,6,7,6,58,58,59,57,46,54,58,60,65,62,54,47,47,34, 38,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 8. e3 Bd7 9. Qxc4 {[#]} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. e4 b6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 e5 14. d5 Na5 15. Qb4 c5 {1-0 (33) Sandor,T (2088)-Simko,L Eger 2002}) 10. Qa2 c5 11. a4 Qc7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Bd3 Rac8 { [#] White must now prevent ...cxd4.} 14. O-O Rfd8 15. h3 Nc6 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Ba3 cxd4 18. cxd4 ({But not} 18. exd4 Rcd8 $11) 18... Qd8 19. Bc5 Nd5 20. Rfc1 h6 21. Qb2 Rdc7 22. Bf1 b6 23. Ba3 a5 24. Ba6 Ra8 25. Bb5 Rac8 $1 26. Ba6 Ra8 27. Bc4 Ncb4 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Rc1 Qd7 31. Qb5 Qxb5 32. axb5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra7 33. Rc6 {Strongly threatening e4.} Rb7 34. Bd6 f5 35. Kf1 a4 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Rf8+ Kg6 38. Ra8 Nc3 39. Be5 Nxb5 40. Rxa4 Ra7 (40... Nc3 $11 41. Ra3 Nd5) 41. Rc4 $14 Kf7 42. g4 fxg4 43. hxg4 Na3 44. Rc8 Rb7 45. Bd6 Nb5 46. Rf8+ (46. Bg3 {feels hotter.} Na3 47. Ra8 Nc4 48. Ke2 b5 49. Kd3) 46... Kg6 47. Be5 Na3 48. f4 Nc4 {The position is equal.} 49. f5+ exf5 50. gxf5+ Kh5 51. Ke2 Kg4 52. Kd3 b5 53. e4 Kf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Silver Lake Open 2021"] [Site "Veliko Gradiste"] [Date "2021.06.23"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Kanov, Nikola"] [Black "Nihal Sarin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2140"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2021.06.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,34,25,16,59,71,77,32,50,50,42,48,48,31,28,36,34,24,37,18,30,8,42,35, 36,29,29,27,18,21,65,20,26,37,61,38,39]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 {This is one of Nihal's favourite line in the Caro Kann. He has had several wins with black here.} 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 h5 $1 {The h-pawn push is to soften up the White king. Either you allow h4-h3 or you put the pawn on h3 as White which can become a weakness as we witness in the game.} 10. O-O h4 11. h3 Nd7 {The knight typical moves from d7-f8 and then to either g6 or e6 in these lines.} 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Rad1 Bc7 14. c4 (14. a4 {Just to show you a very interesting line.} Qd6 15. Bf4 $1 Rxe2 16. Bxd6 (16. Qxe2 Qxf4 $19) 16... Rxc2 17. Ba3 $1 $18 (17. Bxc7 Rxb2 $15)) 14... Ne6 15. Bc3 (15. Bb4 a5 $6 (15... Ng5 {If this goes in this direction then it would not be much different from what happened in the actual game.} 16. f4 Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Bxh3 18. Rf2 Qd7) 16. d5 $1 $16) 15... Ng5 16. f4 $1 {White takes up the gauntlet.} Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Bxh3 18. Rf2 $1 Qd7 19. Kh2 $5 (19. Be4 Bg4 20. Rh2 f5 $13) (19. Bh7+ $1 {A very important check that forces the king to h8 and this will be important in many of the lines.} Kh8 20. Be4 Bg4 (20... Re7 {The most irritating part is that Black cannot double his rooks down the e-file due to} 21. Bb4 $1 $18) (20... Qg4+ 21. Kh1 Rad8 22. Bf3 $1 $18 { With the bishop on f3 and the rooks coming over to h2 and g1, this should be winning for White.}) 21. Rh2 h3 (21... f5 22. Rxh4+ Kg8 23. Rxg4 fxg4 24. Ng3 Bxf4 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Bf5 $18) 22. Qd3 $18) 19... Bg4 {If White were to ask - what is my opponent threatening? He would have found that the e3 square is quite weak.} 20. Re1 (20. Qd2 $1 {Nihal might have had long term compensation in mind when he played this.} Re7 21. Bb4 Ree8 (21... Re6 22. Rg1 $18) 22. Rg1 Rad8 23. Bc3 g6 {For White to unravel is not so easy. Nihal may want to play f5 and continue, but it is clear that only one side is objectively better here and that is White.}) 20... Re3 $1 {This move not just brings the rook into the attack, but also makes space for the other rook to join in on e8.} 21. Bd2 (21. Qd2 Rae8 $19) (21. Kg1 Rae8 22. Bd2 Rh3 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Be4 Bxe2 25. Rexe2 Qxd4 $13) 21... Rh3+ 22. Kg1 (22. Kg2 Bf3+ $1 23. Rxf3 Qg4+ $19) 22... Bf3 $1 23. Rg2 (23. Rxf3 Qg4+ $19) 23... Rh1+ $3 (23... Bxg2 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Bf5 $18) 24. Kf2 (24. Kxh1 Qh3+ $19) 24... Qh3 $1 {The strongest move in the position.} (24... Bxg2 25. Bf5 Qe7 $17) (24... Rxe1 25. Bxe1 Bxg2 26. Bf5 Qe7 27. Kxg2 g6 28. Bg4 f5 29. Bf3 Bxf4 30. Nxf4 Qxe1 $19) 25. Reg1 (25. Rgg1 Rh2+ 26. Ke3 Bg2+ 27. Ng3 Qxg3+ 28. Ke2 Qf3#) 25... Rxg1 26. Rxg1 Re8 $1 {Bringing in the last piece.} 27. Qb3 (27. Be3 Bh1 28. Qd2 Qf3+ 29. Ke1 Rxe3 $19) 27... f5 $1 { The threat is to just take on e2 and follow it up with Qh2+} (27... Bxe2 $2 28. Bh7+ $1 (28. Bxe2 Qh2+ 29. Rg2 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Qxg2+ $19) 28... Kxh7 29. Qxh3) 28. Ng3 (28. Qxb7 Bd5 $1 (28... Bxe2 $2 29. Qxc6 $18) 29. cxd5 (29. Qxc7 Qxd3 $19) 29... Qxd3 $19) 28... Qh2+ $1 29. Kxf3 Qxg1 30. Ne2 Qf1# {Nihal did play in the style of Mikhail Tal here! For his 2140 rated opponent, the defensive task was a bit too much to handle.} 0-1 [Event "Silver Lake Open 2021"] [Site "Veliko Gradiste"] [Date "2021.06.23"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"] [Black "Caputcuoglu, Zeki Berke"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A24"] [WhiteElo "2589"] [BlackElo "2138"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2021.06.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,111,18,0,-10,8,0,8,8,4,14,10,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,13,14,30,21,29,-16,22,22, 22,0,44,14,50,-28,29,27,22,30,33,38,37,7,0,-44,-41,-137,56,48,50,49,60,49,51, 20,51,27,19,20,33,18,18,18,18,12,12,12,18,12,12,0,0,0,12,12,12,12,18,18,34,34, 25,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,25,25,50,50]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Re8 8. Ng5 {A24: English Opening vs King's Indian: Lines without ...Nc6.} h6 9. Nge4 Nxe4 {[#]} 10. dxe4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Nxe4 Nc6 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3 f5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Bd2 Bf7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 {0-1 (44) Li,B (2364) -Wen,Y (2607) Danzhou 2016}) 10... Be6 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Rc1 Nc5 14. Qd2 c6 15. Rfd1 Qb6 {Black wants to play ...a4.} 16. Ba3 ({Don't go for} 16. Qxd6 $2 Rad8 $19) 16... Rad8 17. Qe3 Bf8 18. Rc2 Bc8 19. Rcd2 Qc7 20. f4 b6 21. Kh1 Bg7 22. Bb2 (22. f5 $14) 22... Kh7 (22... exf4 $142 23. Qxf4 g5) 23. f5 $1 $11 Bf6 {White should prevent ...Bg5.} 24. Qf2 Kg7 25. Rf1 Qe7 26. Nd1 h5 27. h4 g5 28. Rc2 (28. hxg5 $15 Bxg5 29. Ne3) 28... g4 $2 (28... gxh4 $17 29. gxh4 Bxh4) 29. Bc1 Bb7 30. Nc3 Rc8 31. Be3 Red8 32. Rd2 Rd7 33. Rb1 b5 34. cxb5 cxb5 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Rdc7 37. Rbd1 Rc6 38. Bd2 {With the idea Qe3.} b4 39. Qe3 {[#] aiming for Qh6+.} Rh8 40. Bc1 Qc7 41. Bd2 Qe7 42. Kh2 Qc7 43. Be1 Qe7 44. Ra1 Rb8 45. Bd2 Rh8 46. a3 Qb7 47. axb4 axb4 48. Rc1 Rb6 49. Rc4 Qb8 50. Be1 Rc8 51. Rd1 {[%CAl Bd5d1,Bd1b1,Bb1a1,Ba1a5][%mdl 32]} Qb7 52. Rb1 Ra8 53. Bd2 { [#] Threatens to win with Qh6+.} Rh8 54. Ra1 Rb5 55. Rc2 Rb6 56. Ra5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Silver Lake Open 2021"] [Site "Veliko Gradiste"] [Date "2021.06.23"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Unat, Can Haktan"] [Black "Perunovic, Milos"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "2130"] [BlackElo "2567"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2021.06.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 24,57,60,59,71,62,61,62,72,77,73,42,63,16,34,56,75,77,83,79,92,73,92,53, 64,46,60,67,76,70,71,0,70,0,82,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Bxe3 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2.} 14. fxe3 Be6 15. Qxd6 Rc8 {White is slightly better.} 16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. Rd2 Ke7 {[#]} 18. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. a4 Rhc8 19. h3 Rc4 20. Rd3 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Rxc2 23. Nd6 Rb8 24. b3 {0-1 (58) Priasmoro,N (2502)-Andreikin,D (2726) Chess.com INT 2020}) 18... Rxc3 19. bxc3 Rc8 20. a4 Rxc3 21. Rb1 Rc7 22. c4 Nd7 23. c5 Nxc5 24. Rc2 $1 Kd7 25. Rbc1 $1 Kd6 26. Rd2+ Ke7 27. Rdc2 Kd6 28. Rd2+ Ke7 29. Rdc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.06} ({Better is} 29. a5 $16) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Silver Lake Open 2021"] [Site "Veliko Gradiste"] [Date "2021.06.23"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Sadhwani, Raunak"] [Black "Djokic, Mihailo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E63"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2129"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2021.06.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,61,39,14,31,35,63,52,69,66,65,79,87,31,30,27,36,45,40,38,31,33,41,16, 81,82,124,85,80,70,260,260,278,289,394,479,445,459,481,462,473,472,464,463,477, 438,960,945,1209,1194]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bf4 {8.b3 is a critical line.} Re8 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6.} 9. Rc1 Bf5 10. d5 Na5 {White is slightly better.} 11. e4 Bg4 {[#]} ({But not} 11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. b4 $16) 12. Qd3 $146 {Hoping for b4.} ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c5 15. Be2 Bd4 16. Kg2 Qc7 17. Bd3 b6 18. Bd2 {1-0 (43) Halkias,S (2544) -Torres Rosas,L (2351) Tromsoe 2014}) 12... c5 13. Nd2 ({White should try} 13. b3 $16) 13... Bd7 14. Rfe1 Ng4 15. Nf3 b5 16. b3 bxc4 17. bxc4 Rb8 18. h3 Nf6 ( 18... Ne5 $11 19. Nxe5 Bxe5) 19. e5 (19. g4) 19... Bf5 20. Qf1 (20. Qd1) 20... dxe5 21. Nxe5 Rb2 $2 {[#]} (21... Nh5 $14) 22. g4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rg4f5]} Bc8 23. Nd3 Nxc4 (23... Rb6 24. Na4) (23... Rb7 24. Nxc5) 24. Nxb2 Nxb2 {White is clearly winning.} 25. Qe2 Qb6 26. Be5 Nxg4 27. Bxg7 (27. hxg4 Bxe5 28. Qxe5 Nd3 $18) 27... Nxf2 {[#]} 28. Ne4 $1 Nbd3 (28... Nxe4 29. Qxb2) 29. Bc3 (29. Nxf2 Nxe1 30. Qxe1 (30. Rxe1 Kxg7 31. Qe5+ f6 $16) 30... Kxg7 $16) 29... Nxc1 (29... Nxe4 $142 30. Qxd3 Nxc3 31. Qxc3 c4+ 32. Qe3 Qc7) 30. Qxf2 ({Weaker is} 30. Rxc1 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Bf5 $18) 30... Nd3 {[#]} 31. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin. Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.38} 1-0 [Event "Silver Lake Open 2021"] [Site "Veliko Gradiste"] [Date "2021.06.23"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Dimitrijevic, Dusan"] [Black "Sedlak, Nikola"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2122"] [BlackElo "2519"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2021.06.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,84,12,16,12,45,44,32,29,55,0,2,0,0,-28,-28,-27,-27,-19,-22,-21,-25, -21,-12,-13,-22,-23,0,0,0,0,0,-45,-45,-77,-74,-135,-125,-209,-219,-194,-206, -291,-277,-537,-452,-485,-497,-482,-267,-446,-446,-446,-446,-446,-446,-445, -445,-445,-440,-552,-467,-646,-669,-678,-670,-664,-643,-659,-652,-815,-808, -882,-893,-1331,-678,-672,-666]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. Bf4 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2... Nf6 3 Bf4.} c6 {[#]} 7. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. O-O Nf6 8. Ne5 Be7 9. c3 Na6 10. Nb1 O-O 11. Nd2 h6 12. f3 Nd7 13. e4 {0-1 (29) Perez Negro,J (2097)-Garcia Castro,P (2336) Pontevedra 2004}) 7... Na6 8. Qb3 {White is slightly better.} Qb6 9. O-O ({Better is} 9. Nh4 $14) 9... Be7 $11 10. Rfe1 h6 11. Nd2 g5 12. Be3 Nf6 13. f3 Bg6 14. Bf2 g4 15. e4 gxf3 16. Bxf3 h5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Be3 h4 19. g4 h3 20. Bg5 Nc7 21. c4 Rg8 {White is now going downhill.} 22. Qa4+ ({White should try} 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Bf4) 22... Qc6 23. Nb5 (23. Qxc6+ $17 bxc6 24. Bf4) 23... Nxb5 $19 24. cxb5 Qb6 25. Bf4 {[#]} (25. Rac1 $142) 25... Nxg4 $1 { [%mdl 512]} 26. Rac1 {[#]} (26. Bg3 {only move.} Bd3 27. Kh1) 26... Ne5 $1 { [%mdl 512]} 27. Kh1 (27. Kf1 Nd3) 27... Nd3 {And now ...Nf2+ would win.} 28. Bc7 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Bc2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Kxf2 Bxa4 31. Bxb6 { next Bc7 is good for White.} Bh4+ ({But not} 31... axb6 32. Rg1 $19) 32. Ke3 Bxe1 ({Resist} 32... axb6 33. Rg1 $19) 33. Rxe1 axb6 34. Kf4 Kd7 35. Bg4 Bxb5 36. a3 Rac8 37. Nf3 Rc2 38. Bxh3 Rxb2 39. Re3 Kd6 40. Ng5 Rf2+ 41. Kg3 {[#]} Rf5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 42. Bxf5 Rxg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.58/Black=0.12} ({Less strong is} 42... exf5 43. Kf4 $15) 0-1 [Event "Silver Lake Open 2021"] [Site "Veliko Gradiste"] [Date "2021.06.23"] [Round "1.8"] [White "Damljanovic, Branko"] [Black "Rolic, Gojko"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2501"] [BlackElo "2118"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2021.06.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 8,8,10]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 {[#] A rather calm draw. Predecessor:} 5. Bg5 $146 h6 6. Bh4 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nh5 11. Rd1 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Na6 13. a3 Bg7 14. e5 Qe7 15. Ne4 O-O-O 16. Nd6+ Rxd6 17. exd6 Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 (47) Deac,B (2627)-Giri, A (2780) Bucharest 2021} 0-1 [Event "Silver Lake Open 2021"] [Site "Veliko Gradiste"] [Date "2021.06.23"] [Round "1.9"] [White "Balabayeva, Xeniya"] [Black "Sadikhov, Ulvi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2116"] [BlackElo "2490"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2021.06.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,97,30,36,41,36,33,33,44,6,19,0,27,-12,0,-29,-24,-17,-11,-9,0,-7,0,0, 49,43,38,0,22,5,26,0,0,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,4,0,9,-34,-37,-37,17,0,0, -22,-8,-102,-102,-104,-109,-109,-109,-108,-85,-85,-85,-109,-108,-107,-95,-114, -87,-124,-87,-87,-87,-166,-167,-394,-361,-416,-365,-345]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 O-O 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. d3 Nh6 { B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} 10. Bxh6 Bxh6 {[#]} 11. h3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. a4 a5 13. Rad1 Bf5 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. b3 Rad8 16. Qe3 Bxe4 17. dxe4 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 (34) Di Benedetto,E (2288)-Sgircea,S (2204) Forni di Sopra 2018}) 11... f5 {White is slightly better.} 12. Qe2 (12. exf6 $5 exf6 13. Qe2 $14) 12... Be6 13. Rad1 b5 14. Nd2 Qb6 15. b3 Qa5 16. Ndb1 Rfd8 17. Qf3 Rac8 18. a3 Qc7 19. Qg3 Qd7 20. Ne2 a5 21. Nf4 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Qd4 23. Qg5 Rc7 24. Qd2 b4 25. a4 Kg7 26. Qe2 h6 27. Nd2 Qc3 28. Rc1 g5 29. f3 Rcd7 30. Qf2 Rd4 31. Nf1 R4d5 32. Qd2 Qd4+ 33. Qf2 Qb2 (33... Rg8 $15) 34. Rb1 Qc3 35. Qd2 f4 36. Qxc3 (36. Re2 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 36... bxc3 $17 37. Kf2 Rf8 38. Re2 Rd4 39. Rbe1 Bd5 40. Nh2 Kg6 41. Nf1 Be6 42. Nh2 h5 43. Nf1 Rb8 44. Re4 Rbb4 45. Rc1 Kf7 46. Nh2 {[#]} (46. Re2 $17 { was worth a try.}) 46... Bf5 $1 $19 47. Rxd4 $2 (47. e6+ {might work better.} Kf6 48. Ree1) 47... cxd4 48. g4 fxg3+ 49. Kxg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0. 22/Black=0.11} 0-1 [Event "Silver Lake Open 2021"] [Site "Veliko Gradiste"] [Date "2021.06.23"] [Round "1.10"] [White "Makhnev, Denis"] [Black "Furman, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2480"] [BlackElo "2114"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2021.06.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,93,31,37,45,33,36,37,29,29,25,18,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,18,18,0,0,-28, -10,-12,25,20,17,15,64,43,35,35,42,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,-23,0,0,-7,-9,0,0, 0,-23,0,0,0,0,0,-61,0,-54,0,-59,168,164,193,177,5389,2943,2669,2569,29980, 29981,29984,29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O Re8 9. a3 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} Bd6 10. Rd1 {[#]} dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a4 11. c5 Bf8 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Bg5 Ne7 14. Ne5 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 {1-0 (26) Vogel,R (2462)-Furman,B (2214) Pardubice 2018}) 11. Qxc4 {White is slightly better.} e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nc3 Qe7 15. Be3 c6 16. Bd4 Be6 17. Qa4 Qc7 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. e4 Nd7 20. Qc2 Nc5 { [#] White must now prevent ...Bb3.} 21. f4 Qh5 {With the idea ...Bb3.} 22. Qf2 Bg4 23. Rd6 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. e5 Ne6 26. Re1 Bh3 27. Bh1 h6 28. Be4 Bf5 29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Ne4 Rd4 31. Nd6 Qg4 {[%CAl Rd4f4]} 32. Qg2 Rd1 33. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 34. Qf1 Qd4+ 35. Qf2 {aiming for Qxd4.} Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. Qf3 {Hoping for Qxd5.} Qd2+ 38. Qf2 Qd5+ 39. Kh3 ({Better is} 39. Qf3 $11) 39... Nc5 (39... b5 $15) 40. Qe3 (40. Qe2 $11) 40... f6 ({Black should try} 40... a4 $15) 41. Nf5 ( 41. b4 $11 Ne6 42. bxa5 (42. Nxb7 axb4 43. axb4 Qd7 $11)) 41... Qe6 $2 { Loses the game.} 42. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} ({Inferior is} 42. Qxc5 Qxf5+ 43. Kg2 fxe5 $11) 42... Nb3 43. Qb6 h5 $2 (43... fxe5 44. Qxb7 Qf7 45. Qb8+ (45. Qxc6 exf4 46. Qe4 Nc5 $16) 45... Kh7) 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qc7 { [%csl Gf5][%CAl Rc7g7][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} hxg4+ 46. Kxg4 {[%csl Gf5] [%CAl Rc7g7]} Qg8 47. exf6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.38} 1-0