[Event "Skilling Open CCT 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2860"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 13,52,26,31,0,12,0,0,0,14,0,21,37,61,59,67,73,71,73,61,70,76,46,52,56,
55,53,56,59,58,18,39,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Qd3 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the
older 8.Bxc6. B62: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 6...e6: Unusual White 7th moves.}
(8. O-O {with more complications.} Be7 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Be3 O-O 11. f4) 8... Be7
9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nb3 d5 12. e5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd4 Nh6 15.
f4 f6 {[#]} 16. exf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rhe1 Nf7 17. Nc5 fxe5 18. fxe5
Nh6 19. N3a4 Be8 20. Rf1 Bh5 21. Rde1 Nf5 22. Qd2 {1-0 (36) Matlakov,M (2700)
-Maghsoodloo,P (2688) St Petersburg 2018}) 16... Qxf6 17. g3 (17. Nc5 {keeps
more tension.} Qe7 18. Rhe1 Nf5 19. Qg1 Rae8 20. g3) 17... Nf5 18. Qxf6 gxf6
19. Nc5 Rf7 20. Rhe1 Re8 21. g4 (21. N3e4 $5 Bc8 22. g4 dxe4 23. gxf5 exf5 24.
Rg1+ Rg7 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rd6 $14) 21... Nd6 22. h4 Bc8 {The position is
equal.} 23. Nd3 Ba6 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Nd3 Ba6 26. Nc5 Bc8 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.10/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Skilling Open CCT 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.19"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,85,19,20,20,20,0,10,13,21,15,25,29,25,10,12,9,12,9,19,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,
20,6,0,0,37,38,39,33,39,39,39,41,33,54,46,44,106,94,86,79,107,83,124,113,130,
115,142,149,143,140,139,123,235,227,238,231,236,226,263,274,270,270,270,279,
317,259,283,283,282,265,256,255]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5.
Bf4 O-O 6. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} b6 7. Qc2 {is the new
trend.} c5 8. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Bb7 9. cxd5 {[#]} Nxd5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9... exd5 10. g3 c4 11. Bg2 a6 12. Ng5 h6 13. h4 hxg5 14. hxg5 g6
15. gxf6 Bxf6 {1-0 (31) Basso,P (2603)-Heberla,B (2566) Forni di Sopra 2020})
10. dxc5 Qc8 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. e4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Qxc5 14. Qxc5 (14. Qe2 {looks
sharper.} Nc6 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bd3 Qa5+ 17. Bd2) 14... Bxc5 15. O-O Nd7 16. e5
Bd5 17. Bb5 Rad8 18. Bg5 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bh6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is
under pressure.} Rf7 21. Nd4 Kh8 22. Ne2 Ne5 $1 23. Nf4 {aiming for Nxe6!} Nf3+
$1 24. Kh1 ({Not} 24. gxf3 $2 Rg8+ 25. Ng2 Bxf3 $19) 24... Nd4 25. Nxd5 exd5 {
White now steadily converts the win.} ({Black should play} 25... Rxd5 $14 26.
Bc4 Rd8) 26. Bd3 a5 27. Rfe1 a4 28. h3 Ra7 29. Bb1 Kg8 30. Re3 Nb3 31. Rg3+ Kh8
32. Rf3 Rf7 33. Ba2 f5 (33... Re7 $16) 34. Kg1 d4 35. Bxb3 axb3 36. Rxb3 Ra8
37. Rbd3 {White has a decisive advantage.} Rf6 38. Bc1 b5 39. b4 Bb6 40. Bb2
Kg7 41. Bxd4 Bxd4 42. Rxd4 Rxa3 43. Rd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/
Black=0.14} 1-0
[Event "Skilling Open CCT 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 18,89,0,0,0,-22,-18,-25,-14,-19,-18,-41,-31,-54,-58,-65,-58,-64,-55,-78,
-74,-72,-64,-98,-93,-100,-98,-110,-99,-148,-139,-166,-162,-162,-167,-167,-167,
-158,-93,-94,-94,-94,-102,-98,-60,-140,-137,-181,-181,-172,-86,-87,-79,-79,-91,
-139,-97,-100,-102,-127,-122,-121,-113,-180,-87,-112,-93,-81,0,-109,0,-87,0,
-95]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nb3 Nc6
8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Re8 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths. B92:
Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2.} 11. f5 b5 {[#]} 12. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a3
Bb7 13. Bf3 Rc8 14. Be3 Nb8 15. Qd2 Nbd7 16. Rfe1 Nb6 17. Na5 Ba8 18. Rad1 {
0-1 (36) Beckett,P (1971)-Denham,C ICCF email 2015}) 12... Bb7 {Black has an
edge.} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Nd4 $1 15. c4 Rc8 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. cxb5 axb5 18.
Bd3 Bxd5 19. exd5 b4 20. Qd2 Re3 21. Rae1 Qb6 22. Rc1 Rce8 23. Bc4 h5 24. Rcd1
h4 25. Rfe1 h3 26. gxh3 Qc5 {White must now prevent ...Rxe1+.} 27. b3 d3 (27...
Qc8 $142 28. Rxe3 Rxe3) 28. Rxe3 $17 Rxe3 29. Bxd3 Rxh3 30. Bf1 Rc3 {[%mdl
1024] Black has strong compensation.} 31. Bc4 ({White should try} 31. Bd3 $15)
31... Be5 32. Re1 Rh3 33. Re2 {[#]} Rh5 (33... Rf3 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rf3f1] ( -> ..
.Rf1+)} 34. Re4 Qc8) 34. Qd3 Qc8 35. Rf2 Qd8 36. f6 Bxf6 37. Qf3 Rh4 38. Bd3
Qe8 39. Qf5 Be5 40. Qg5 {[#]} (40. Ba6 $17) 40... Rh6 (40... Rd4 $1 $19 {
[%CAl Rd4d3] and Black stays clearly on top.} 41. Rf3 g6) 41. Rg2 {aiming for
Qxh6.} Bd4 {And now ...Qe1+ would win.} 42. Re2 {[%CAl Re2e8]} Be5 43. Rg2 $1 {
Hoping for Qxh6.} Bd4 {Threatens to win with ...Qe1+.} 44. Re2 {[%CAl Re2e8]}
Be5 45. Rg2 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.20} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Skilling Open CCT 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.19"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 11,121,24,18,26,26,-12,27,31,35,38,37,4,16,9,10,8,19,10,25,18,56,59,68,
73,67,65,92,16,20,13,17,21,16,23,30,34,29,25,28,18,26,24,36,35,40,37,29,41,42,
29,36,36,37,25,40,24,33,27,43,43,43,43,43,48,61,51,68,68,68,59,84,97,269,260,
296,128,352,352,352,351,415,409,499,391,579,537,762,617,587,583,528,518,1257,
1141,939,464,29967,29966,29974,29976,29978,29979,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,
29983,29984,29982,29983,29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5
cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5
cxd5.} dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack. White has an
edge.} Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bd2 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} Nc6 {[#]
} 12. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rd1 Ke7 13. Bb5 Nd4 14. Ba4 e5 15. O-O a6
16. Rde1 b5 17. Bd1 Rd8 18. Bc1 {0-1 (57) Rajkovic,D (2215)-Nonkovic,B (2061)
Belgrade 2014}) 12... Ke8 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Rhe1 Kf7 15. Kb1 Nd4 16. Bf1 Be7 17.
Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Rhd8 19. Rc1 (19. g4 $16) 19... Rxc1+ $11 20. Bxc1 Bf6 21.
Re1 a6 22. Rd1 Nc6 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 24. Be3 Bf6 25.
Bd2 Ke7 26. Bd3 h6 27. Be4 Kd6 28. Kc2 b6 29. b4 b5 30. a3 Kc7 31. f4 Nd8 32.
Bg6 e5 33. Be4 exf4 34. Bxf4+ Kd7 35. Bf5+ Kc6 36. Bc8 Nb7 37. Kb3 Bd4 38. a4
bxa4+ 39. Kxa4 Kb6 40. Kb3 Kc6 41. h4 Kb6 $2 {[#]} (41... h5 $16) 42. h5 $18
Bf6 43. Bh2 (43. Kc4 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 43... Nd8 $2 {A
mistake that costs the game.} (43... Kc6 $16 44. g4 Kb6) 44. Bg1+ Kc7 45. Bxa6
Ne6 46. Kc4 Nf4 47. g4 Be5 (47... Ne2 {was called for.}) 48. b5 {[%CAl Bb4b5,
Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} g6 49. hxg6 Nxg6 50. Kd5 Bg3 51. b6+ Kb8 (51... Kd7 $142 52.
Be3 Ne7+ 53. Kc5 Bd6+ 54. Kb5 Ng6) 52. Ke4 Ne5 53. Kf5 Nf3 (53... Nf7 $18 54.
Be3 Bh2) 54. Be3 {White mates.} Nh4+ 55. Ke4 Ng6 56. Bxh6 Bf2 57. Be3 Bxe3 58.
Kxe3 Ne5 59. g5 Nd7 60. b7 Ka7 61. g6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/
Black=0.33} 1-0
[Event "Skilling Open CCT 2021"]
[Site "Online"]
[Date "2020.11.19"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2020.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. bxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:00]}
13. Kxd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 14. h4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 15. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 16. Rb1 {[%emt 0:
02:17]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 17. e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 18.
Rhc1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 19. Be4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rac8 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} 20. Ke1 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Na5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 21. Nd2 {[%emt 0:
00:16]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 22. f3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 23.
Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 24. Nb3 {[%emt 0:06:15]} Nc4 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} 25. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Na5 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 26. Kd1 {[%emt 0:
02:22]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 27. g3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 28.
Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 29. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ba3 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} 30. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 31. Nxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:
21]} 33. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 34. Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 35. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 36. hxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 37. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 38. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 39. f4 {[%emt 0:00:40]}
Rf2+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 40. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 41. Kd1 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxg5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 42. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:
01:20]} 43. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 44. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:24]
} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 45. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 46. Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 47. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 48. Nxa5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bc3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]
} Bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 51. Ra7
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 52. g4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:
44]} 53. g5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 54. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kc4
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 55. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 56. g6 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 57. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 58.
g7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 59. g8=Q {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rxg8 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 60. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 61. Rc7 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 62. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 63.
Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 64. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ra3 {
[%emt 0:00:39]} 65. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 66. Rc8 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 67. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 68.
Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 69. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bf6 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} 70. Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 71. Kf1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 72. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 73. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 74. Rc4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 75. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 76. Kd1 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 77. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:
10]} 78. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 79. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:34]}
Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 80. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 81. Kb1 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 82. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 83. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 84. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb2
{[%emt 0:01:05]} 85. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 86. Rc6 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Be3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 87. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 88. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 89. Re6 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 90. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 91. Kf1 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 92. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 93. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 0-1