[Event "EOC-ch-Final 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.30"] [Round "3.13"] [White "Grandelius, Nils"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2021.03.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,90,11,12,17,45,41,41,23,37,21,34,38,50,24,18,12,18,10,15,-12,-10,-33, 0,0,0,0,0,2,39,0,31,36,52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-13,-20,-20,-33,-31,-24,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nf3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 {[#] B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Rad1 a6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Qc8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Qd8 18. Re3 Bf8 19. Rxe8 Bxe8 {1/2-1/2 (29) Goryachkina,A (2582)-Keymer,V (2568) chess.com INT 2020}) 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Nbd2 {White is slightly better.} Nc5 14. Qe2 Qc8 15. Nd4 Re8 16. N2b3 b6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. c4 Qa6 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Rd2 Bf6 {With the idea ...d4.} ({Reject} 20... Qxc4 $6 21. Qxc4 dxc4 22. Rc1 $14) 21. Bxc5 Rac8 22. Qe3 Qxc4 23. Bxa7 Ra8 (23... h6 $5 {[%CAl Rf6g5]}) 24. Rad1 h6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bg5.} 25. b3 Qc6 26. Bc5 (26. h4 $14) 26... Bg5 $1 $11 {[%CAl Rg5e3]} 27. f4 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Qxc5+ 29. Kh2 e5 30. Qf5 Rad8 31. Qg6 d4 32. Re2 Qd5 {...e4 is the strong threat.} 33. Re4 Qf7 (33... Re6 {looks sharper.} 34. Qf5 Qd6 35. Qf3 Kh8 36. Qe2 Kh7) 34. Qg3 {The position is equal.} Qf5 35. Qd3 {[%CAl Re4d4]} Qf6 36. Rde1 Kh8 37. R1e2 Rc8 38. a4 Rc3 39. Qb5 Rf8 40. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 41. Rxe5 Rxb3 { KRR-KRR} 42. Rd5 d3 43. Rd2 Ra8 44. R5xd3 Rxd3 45. Rxd3 Rxa4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2 [Event "EOC-ch-Final 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.30"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "179"] [EventDate "2021.03.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,179,8,10,0,0,0,5,1,10,0,6,4,8,-14,-5,-11,-6,-20,0,-6,15,21,14,-1,-7, -16,0,-2,-7,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,12,12,8,5,9,3,0,9,8,8,8,2,0,11,11,20,8,50,28, 46,0,0,0,0,-12,-13,-12,-20,-28,0,0,0,-202,-179,-210,-253,-447,-434,-751,-927, -1258,-1251,-1264,-1419,-1392,-1189,-1264,-1199,-1060,-937,-1156,-1070,-616,0, 0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,29970,29971,29970,29972,29978,29973,29971, 29972,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29976,29974,29973,5106,0,29974,29975,29975, 29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29983,29980,29969,29981, 29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29983,29983,29984,29984,29984,29984,29985,29985, 29986,29986,29986,29986,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987, 29987,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Nc4 { A48:1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} Qc7 7. c3 O-O 8. Be2 { The position is equal.} d6 9. O-O {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. Re1 Qb8 14. Bf1 Rfd8 15. Ncd2 Qa8 {1/2-1/2 (51) Bruzon Batista,L (2669)-Ivanchuk,V (2739) Havana 2005 CBM 107 [Hazai,L]}) 10. Ncd2 Bb7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 Nbd7 13. Re1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Be4 Rad8 {Hoping for ...Bxe4.} 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qc2 Rd7 20. Ne4 Bg7 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. c4 f5 24. Nc3 Qd2 {[%CAl Rd2e1]} 25. Qb1 { Rd1 is the strong threat.} Qd3 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. e4 Rd2 28. Re2 Rd4 29. b3 Kf7 30. Kf1 Ke6 31. Ke1 Rd3 32. Rc2 h5 33. Ke2 Rd4 34. Rd2 Bh6 35. Rd1 fxe4 36. Rxd4 exd4 37. Nxe4 {KB-KN} Ke5 38. Kd3 Bf4 39. g3 Bc1 40. h3 $2 (40. h4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 40... g5 $1 $19 41. f3 h4 42. Ke2 $2 {[#]} (42. a3 {only move.}) 42... Be3 $1 43. g4 (43. gxh4 $142 gxh4 44. Kd3) 43... Kf4 44. a3 a5 45. a4 Bc1 46. Kf2 d3 47. Nc3 Be3+ 48. Kg2 Ke5 49. Nd5 Kd4 {( -> ...d2)} 50. Kf1 Bc1 $2 ({Better is} 50... Bd2 $19 { Threatens to win with ...b5!} 51. Kf2 Ke5) 51. Ke1 $11 Ba3 52. Kd1 Ke5 53. Kd2 (53. Nxb6 $2 Kf4 $19) 53... Kd4 54. f4 gxf4 55. Nxf4 Bb4+ 56. Kd1 {Black must now prevent Nd5.} Kc3 57. Nd5+ Kxb3 58. g5 {aiming for g6.} Ba3 $1 ({But not} 58... Kxa4 $2 59. g6 $18) (58... Kxc4 $2 59. Nxb4 Kxb4 60. g6 $18) 59. Nxb6 Bb2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (59... Bb4 $11) 60. Kd2 $18 Bg7 61. Kxd3 Kb2 62. Ke4 Kb3 63. Kd5 Kb4 64. Ke6 Kc3 65. Kf7 Bd4 66. g6 Kd3 67. Nd7 Bh8 68. Nb6 $2 ({Not} 68. g7 Bxg7 69. Kxg7 Kxc4 $11) (68. Nxc5+ $18 Kxc4 69. Nb7 (69. g7 Bxg7 70. Nd7 Bb2 $17)) 68... Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68... Bd4 69. g7 Bxg7 70. Kxg7 Ke4) 69. g7 { White mates.} Bxg7 70. Kxg7 {KN-K3P} Kf3 71. Nd7 Kg3 72. Nxc5 Kxh3 {KN-KPP} 73. Ne4 Kg4 74. c5 Kf5 {[#]} 75. Kf7 $1 h3 {[#]} 76. c6 $1 h2 (76... Kf4 77. c7) 77. Nf2 Kf4 78. c7 Kf3 79. Nh1 Kg2 {[#]} 80. c8=Q $1 Kxh1 81. Ke6 Kg1 82. Qc1+ Kg2 83. Qd2+ Kg1 84. Qe1+ Kg2 85. Kd5 h1=Q 86. Qxh1+ Kxh1 87. Kc5 Kg2 88. Kb5 Kf3 89. Kxa5 Ke4 90. Kb6 {Never resign too early! Weighted Error Value: White=0.25/Black=0.28} 1-0 [Event "EOC-ch-Final 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.30"] [Round "1.9"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2687"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2021.03.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,66,4,-8,0,0,0,18,18,0,31,38,52,45,58,5,2,2,23,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,20,27, 39,17,70,8,114,107,79,108,203,199,189,189,202,206,216,206,453,160,160,150,163, -769,-757,-29978,-5402,-29979,-29981]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 {7.d4 deserves study.} Nc6 8. Qa4 Nc7 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} 9. Ng5 {[#]} O-O $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9... Bd7 10. Qc4 O-O 11. Qxc5 Rc8 12. Rb1 b6 13. Qe3 Nd4 14. Kh1 e5 15. d3 h6 16. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 (54) Cumming,D (2395)-Meissen,F (2413) ICCF email 2019}) 10. Bxc6 bxc6 {The position is equal.} 11. Qxc6 Rb8 12. Qxc5 h6 13. Nf3 (13. Qxa7 $2 Ra8 $19) 13... Bb7 14. e4 (14. Qxa7 $14 Ne6 15. Qa4) 14... Ne6 $11 15. Qe3 g5 16. d3 Qd7 17. Re1 g4 18. Nh4 Nd4 {White must now prevent .. .Nc2.} 19. Qd2 f5 {White should prevent ...fxe4.} 20. Qd1 Ba8 21. Be3 Rxb2 ( 21... fxe4 $11 22. dxe4 Rxb2) 22. Rc1 ({White should try} 22. Na4 $1 $14 Rb4 23. Nc5) 22... Bf6 (22... Kh7 $11) 23. Bxd4 $16 ({Avoid the trap} 23. Bxh6 $2 Bxh4 24. Bxf8 Nf3+ 25. Kf1 (25. Kh1 $2 Nxe1 26. Qxe1 Bg5 $19) 25... Bg5 $19) 23... Bxd4 ({Don't blunder} 23... Qxd4 $2 24. Re2 $18) 24. Re2 Rxe2 (24... Rfb8 $16) 25. Nxe2 $18 Bb6 26. Qb3+ ({Not} 26. Nxf5 $2 Rxf5 27. exf5 Qb7 $19) 26... Kh7 27. Nxf5 e6 {[#]} 28. Ne3 Rf3 $2 (28... e5 29. Rf1 Rf3) 29. Rf1 $2 (29. Nxg4 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Qe8 30. Qb2) 29... Bxe3 $16 30. fxe3 Rxe3 31. Nf4 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Qb2 $18 Qb7 32. Qxb7+ Bxb7 33. Nf4) 31... Qd4 $1 $19 {[%csl Bd3,Bg3] ( -> ...Rxe4+)} 32. Qc4 Rxg3+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)} 33. Kh1 {[#]} Bxe4+ $1 {[%mdl 512] What a bad dream for White. Weighted Error Value: White=0.76/Black=0.28} 0-1 [Event "EOC-ch-Final 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.30"] [Round "2.9"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2021.03.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,132,20,20,34,21,22,12,12,11,21,4,13,2,27,16,16,0,0,0,17,25,22,24,66, 78,110,112,132,123,131,109,129,9,11,-11,93,11,5,15,11,16,15,0,109,125,118,102, 101,107,99,113,267,234,234,148,131,35,156,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-64,-64,-86, -47,-62,-62,-64,-52,-135,-62,-280,-72,-266,-42,-31,0,-54,0,-84,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,0,-3,0,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,0,0,0,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 9. Be2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bd7 {Strongly threatening ...Nxd4.} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rad8 13. Qb3 Bc8 14. Bd3 b6 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Na5 17. Ne5 c5 18. Qe2 c4 {1/2-1/2 (33) Petukhov,S (2402)-Doppelhammer,H (2304) ICCF email 2014}) 13. Rfc1 Qd6 14. Qc2 Na5 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Nd3 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nf4 Nc6 19. Rd1 Qe5 20. Bf3 Rad8 21. Qa4 Rd6 22. c4 {[%CAl Rc4d5]} Nb4 23. Nxe6 ({Reject} 23. Qxa7 $6 dxc4 24. Rxd6 Qxa1+ 25. Rd1 Qe5 $11) (23. a3 $1 $16 {[%CAl Ra3b4]} Ra6 24. Qb5 dxc4 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qxc4) 23... fxe6 $11 24. a3 { [#]} Nc6 (24... Nd3 $1 $11 25. Qxa7 (25. cxd5 exd5) 25... dxc4) 25. cxd5 (25. Qb5 $1 $16) 25... exd5 26. Rac1 Rxf3 27. gxf3 Qh5 28. Kf1 Qxf3 (28... Ne5 $11) 29. Qf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qh3+ 30. Ke1 Rf6 31. Qg3 Qe6 32. Rxc5 Ne5 $2 (32... Ne7 $16 {was necessary.} 33. Rc7 Kh7) 33. Rcxd5 (33. Rdxd5 Nf3+ 34. Kd1) 33... Nf3+ 34. Kf1 Qa6+ 35. R5d3 (35. Kg2 $16 Rg6 36. Kxf3 Rxg3+ 37. hxg3 (37. Kxg3 Qxa3 38. R1d4 Qc1 $14)) (35. R1d3) 35... Kh7 (35... Qc4 $14) 36. Kg2 $2 {[#]} (36. e4 $16 Qb5 37. a4) 36... Ne1+ $1 $15 37. Rxe1 Qxd3 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 38. Kh1 Qxa3 39. Rg1 {[%csl Gg1][%CAl Rg3g7]} Qe7 40. f3 Qf7 41. f4 a5 42. Qf3 Qe7 43. Ra1 (43. e4 $15) 43... Re6 (43... Ra6 $1 $17 44. e4 Qb7) 44. Re1 $2 (44. Qd5 $1 $15) 44... Re4 $2 (44... a4 $19 45. e4 Qb4) 45. Qh3 $2 {[#]} (45. Kg2 $17) 45... Qb7 $2 ({Black should try} 45... Rxf4 $3 $19 {[%mdl 512] ...Qe4+ is the strong threat.} 46. Qg2 a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 47. Qc2+ Qe4+ 48. Qxe4+ Rxe4) 46. Qg2 $1 Qe7 (46... a4 {is interesting.} 47. Rc1 a3 48. Ra1 a2 49. Qc2 Kh8) 47. Qc2 (47. Qh3 $11) 47... Kg8 (47... g6 $15) 48. Qb3+ {[#]} (48. Qa2+ $11 {keeps the balance.} Kh7 49. Qxa5) 48... Qe6 ({ Better is} 48... Kh8 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Rxf4!} 49. Qc3 a4 50. Qc8+ Kh7) 49. Qxe6+ $11 {The position is equal.} Rxe6 {KR-KR} 50. Ra1 Ra6 51. Ra4 Kf7 52. Kg2 Ke6 53. Kf3 Kd5 54. Ke2 Kc5 55. Kd3 Kb5 56. Re4 a4 {aiming for ...a3.} 57. Kc2 g5 58. fxg5 hxg5 59. Kb2 Rh6 60. Ka3 Rxh2 61. Re5+ Kc4 { White must now prevent ...Rg2.} 62. Rxg5 Re2 63. Rg4+ Kd3 64. Kxa4 Rxe3 65. Kb5 Re4 66. Rxe4 Kxe4 {White used his chance. Weighted Error Value: White=0.38/ Black=0.37} 1/2-1/2 [Event "EOC-ch-Final 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.30"] [Round "3.14"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Svane, Rasmus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2613"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2021.03.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,66,45,42,35,9,23,16,19,-15,3,-1,0,-26,-34,-43,54,41,16,-12,10,35,50, 50,40,10,14,8,18,10,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Qd3 dxc4 {7...b6 is a critical line.} 8. Qxc4 a6 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} 9. Bf4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 {[#]} 11. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O b5 12. Qb3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. e4 Rfd8 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. e5 {0-1 (47) Buti,R (2123)-Kalema,R (1841) Kampala 2018}) 11... Ra7 12. O-O b5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rd7 (14... Ng4 $1 $15 15. Bb8 Rd7) 15. Bc6 $14 {And now Bxf6 would win.} Qb6 16. Bf3 Rfd8 17. a4 {[%CAl Ra4b5]} bxa4 18. Qxb6 Bxb6 19. Nxa4 Bd4 {The position is equal.} 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Nb6 Rb4 22. Nxc8 (22. Rfd1 {keeps more tension.} Rf8 23. Rd6 e5 24. Na4 e4 25. Bg2) 22... Rxc8 23. Rxa6 Rxb2 24. Rfa1 g5 25. h3 Rbc2 26. Ra8 Rxa8 27. Rxa8+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 28. Ra5 h6 29. Kg2 Nd7 30. Ra7 Ne5 31. Bh5 Kf6 32. Rb7 Rd2 33. Ra7 Rb2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/ Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2 [Event "EOC-ch-Final 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.30"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2021.03.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,117,-6,14,12,17,11,16,10,8,8,22,2,19,2,0,0,17,1,5,0,21,-18,12,-9,-11, -12,3,-25,-1,-24,0,-22,45,-26,4,-30,-28,-25,-29,-41,0,-96,-104,-100,-107,-120, -116,-112,-100,-97,-83,-81,-86,-84,-86,-122,-113,-182,-173,-221,-218,-217,-205, -201,-189,-260,-260,-260,-260,-262,-262,-255,-232,-255,-249,-240,-194,-240,0, -230,-130,-195,0,-210,0,-204,-133,-137,-127,-104,-125,-118,-52,-61,-33,-21,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Ne5 Nfd7 6. Nd2 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} O-O 7. Bd3 Qe7 8. c3 Nc6 {[%CAl Rd6e5] [#]} 9. Nxd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Ndf3 h5 10. Bh7+ Kh8 11. Bc2 Nf6 12. h4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Ng5 f5 15. Qxh5+ {1-0 (15) Md Nizam,A (1418)-Rahim,H (1258) Kuala Lumpur 2016}) 9... Bxd7 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. Qf3 f5 12. O-O Qf7 13. Qg3 e5 14. f4 Rae8 15. Rae1 Kh8 16. a3 e4 17. Be2 Rg8 18. c4 Be6 {[%CAl Rd5c4]} 19. Rc1 Qf6 {Threatening ...Nxd4!} 20. Kh1 Bf7 ({Black should play} 20... dxc4 $11 21. Nxc4 Rd8) 21. Rc3 (21. Qg5 $14) 21... Ne7 22. Rfc1 dxc4 23. Nxc4 Nd5 24. R3c2 Rd8 25. Qf2 $2 (25. Nd2 $11) 25... g5 $17 26. g3 gxf4 27. gxf4 Qh6 28. Nd2 {[%CAl Bc4d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Qh3 $1 29. Nf1 Bh5 (29... h5) 30. Bxh5 Qxh5 31. Ng3 Qg4 32. Qe2 Qh3 { aiming for ...Rxg3.} 33. Rg1 (33. Qg2 $17 {was worth a try.} Qxg2+ 34. Rxg2 Nxe3 35. Re2) 33... Rg7 34. Nf1 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Rg8+ 36. Kh1 h6 37. b4 (37. Rc1 $142) 37... a6 $19 38. Rc1 Kh7 39. Rc2 Rg7 40. Rc1 Nf6 41. Rc2 b5 42. Qf2 Qg4 43. Rc1 Qh3 44. Rc2 $1 Ng4 (44... h5 $19 45. Qe2 h4) 45. Qe2 {[#]} (45. Qg2 $17 Qf3 46. Qxf3 exf3 47. h3) 45... Qh4 $2 (45... h5 $1 $19 46. Rc8 (46. d5 h4 47. Qg2 Qxg2+ 48. Rxg2 h3 49. Rg3 Nf2+ 50. Kg1 Nd1) (46. Ng3 $2 Nxe3 47. Qxe3 h4) 46... h4 47. Rc2 Qf3+ 48. Qxf3 exf3 49. h3 Nf6 50. Rf2 Ne4 51. Rxf3 Kg6) 46. Qd2 $2 (46. Ng3 $11 {and White stays safe.} Nxh2 47. Qh5 (47. Nxf5 $2 {gets mated.} Nf3+ 48. Nxh4 Rg1#) 47... Nf3+ 48. Qxh4 Nxh4 49. Nh5) 46... Qh3 { [%CAl Rh3f1]} 47. Qe2 Qf3+ (47... h5) 48. Qxf3 exf3 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 49. h3 Nf6 50. Rf2 {[#]} Ne4 (50... Rc7 $1 $17 51. Rxf3 Rc3) 51. Rxf3 $15 h5 {Hoping for ...h4.} 52. h4 $1 Rc7 {The position is equal.} 53. Ng3 $1 Rc1+ 54. Kh2 Rc2+ 55. Kg1 Rc1+ 56. Kg2 Rc2+ 57. Kg1 Rc1+ 58. Kg2 Rc2+ 59. Kg1 { Black had all chances to win. Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.26} 1/2-1/2 [Event "EOC-ch-Final 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.30"] [Round "1.12"] [White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2677"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2021.03.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,74,21,43,25,25,33,41,29,47,21,19,11,21,28,28,22,25,14,19,16,17,16,20, 13,27,21,21,19,27,20,19,8,15,15,18,0,0,0,4,0,23,23,20,8,16,0,0,0,10,12,31,0,0, 0,5,0,7,0,5,0,0,0,10,0,12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 { [%CAl Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2g3][%mdl 32]} Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. h3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O {White is slightly better.} h6 {[#]} 10. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Rxe8 Qxe8 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Re1 Qc8 15. Nd2 Qd8 16. Bg3 {1/2-1/2 (35) Aryan,C (2562)-Rakhmanov,A (2645) Moscow 2020}) 10... d5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Ng3 Bd7 15. Qd2 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Re8 17. c3 a6 18. Re3 Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Ne7 20. Ne5 Be6 21. f4 Kf8 22. a3 a5 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Qb6 25. Kh2 Qa7 26. f5 Bc8 27. Ng4 {[#] Hoping for Nxf6.} Neg8 28. Qf4 (28. Qe5 {is interesting.} Qb6 29. Ne3 Ne7 30. Ne2 Nc6 31. Qf4) 28... Qb6 29. Ne5 Qd6 30. Kg1 Ne7 31. Qf1 Bd7 {The position is equal.} 32. Qe1 b6 33. Qe3 Bc8 34. Qf4 Kg8 35. Qe3 Kf8 36. Qf4 Kg8 37. Qe3 Kf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2 [Event "EOC-ch-Final 2021"] [Site "Online"] [Date "2021.03.30"] [Round "2.12"] [White "Keymer, Vincent"] [Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2591"] [BlackElo "2647"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2021.03.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+5"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c6 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. Bxc4 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:41]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 8. b3 {[%emt 0:02:40]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Qe7 { [%emt 0:00:47]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:47]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:53]} 11. Qc2 { [%emt 0:01:50]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 12. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bxh2+ {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 13. Kxh2 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Ng4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 15. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ndf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 16. Qf4 { [%emt 0:00:14]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. exf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0: 00:04]} 18. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 19. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:46] } Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 20. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 1/2-1/2