[Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "10"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E53"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,146,6,0,0,2,0,4,0,4,29,25,43,15,40,24,57,18,60,0,0,0,81,88,91,93,83, 80,85,80,87,89,75,89,87,67,67,68,76,63,70,70,95,94,94,94,94,94,90,93,107,96,92, 91,118,88,88,100,120,88,95,95,115,14,140,140,146,146,146,146,149,152,316,149, 152,139,139,31,183,174,317,317,635,625,546,439,395,388,1327,1298,1271,1239, 1203,989,876,749,3343,2184,1085,1074,29953,1083,1076,100,1076,100,100,100,100, 0,0,0,1061,1006,999,932,825,0,0,0,24,24,32,0,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 {E53: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line (4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 c5 7 0-0).} 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nxc5 10. Be2 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nfe4 13. Bd4 Ne6 14. O-O Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qd6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 (68) Duda,J (2743)-Caruana,F (2823) Chess.com INT 2020}) 11. a3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne6 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qa4 (15. Bb4 $14) 15... d4 $1 $11 {[%CAl Rd4c3]} 16. Rad1 {[%CAl Rc3d4]} Qb6 (16... b5 $11 17. Qxb5 (17. Bxb5 Qd5 $15) 17... Rb8 ) 17. Bxd4 $16 (17. exd4 Nf4 $17) 17... Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 ({Much weaker is} 19. exd4 $6 Rc2 $11) 19... Rc2 20. Bd3 {[%CAl Rd3c2]} Rxb2 21. Rc1 g6 22. Rc7 Kg7 23. Kg2 a6 24. a4 Ne8 25. Re7 Nf6 26. Bc4 b5 {[#]} 27. Rb7 $1 Rb4 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rxb5 Rxb5 30. Bxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc8 31. Ra4 Rc5 {And now ...Rg5+ would win.} 32. Bc4 g5 33. h3 h6 34. Ba2 Rc7 35. Ra5 Ng8 36. h4 gxh4 37. Kh3 (37. Ra4 $16) 37... Ne7 (37... Rc2 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 38. Kxh4 Rc1 39. Kg3 Rc7 40. f4 Rc3 41. Ra7 Kf6 (41... Kf8 $16 { was called for.} 42. Kf3 Rc5) 42. Ra6+ (42. Kg2 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 42... Kg7 43. Kg4 Rc2 44. Ra7 (44. Kf3 $16) 44... Kf6 $2 (44... Rxf2 $14 45. e4 (45. Rxe7 Rxa2 46. e4 Rg2+ 47. Kh4 Rg1 $11) 45... Kf8) 45. Kf3 $18 Rc3 (45... Kg7 {was necessary.} 46. e4 (46. Rxe7 Rxa2 47. Kg3 Kf6 $16) 46... h5 ) 46. Kg2 Rc8 $2 (46... h5 47. e4 Rc2 48. e5+ Kg7) 47. e4 Re8 48. e5+ Kg7 49. Bb3 Rb8 $2 (49... f5 50. Rb7 Kf8) 50. Rxe7 Rxb3 {KR-KR} 51. f5 $1 Kg8 52. f3 h5 53. Kg3 $1 h4+ 54. Kxh4 Rxf3 55. Kg5 Ra3 56. Re8+ (56. Rb7 $142 Ra6 57. Rb8+ Kh7 58. Rc8 Rb6 59. Rd8 Ra6 60. Rc8 Rb6 61. Rd8) 56... Kg7 57. f6+ Kh7 {[#]} 58. Rf8 $2 (58. Re7 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kg8 59. Rd7) 58... Ra7 $16 59. Kf5 Rb7 60. Re8 ({Better is} 60. Ra8 $16) 60... Rb1 $11 61. Rf8 Rf1+ $2 { [%mdl 8192]} (61... Rb7 $11) 62. Ke4 Re1+ {[#]} 63. Kf4 $1 Rf1+ 64. Ke4 $2 ({ White has to play} 64. Kg5 $18 Rg1+ 65. Kh4 Rh1+ 66. Kg4) 64... Re1+ $1 65. Kd5 (65. Kd3 {keeps more tension.} Kg6 66. Rg8+ Kf5 67. Rf8 Rd1+ 68. Ke3) 65... Kg6 (65... Rd1+ {seems wilder.} 66. Kc6 Kg6 67. Rg8+ Kf5 68. Rf8 Kxe5 69. Rxf7 Ke6) 66. Kd6 Ra1 67. Rd8 Kf5 68. Ke7 Kxe5 {The position is equal.} 69. Kxf7 Ra6 $1 70. Re8+ Kf5 71. Kg7 Rxf6 72. Rf8 Rxf8 73. Kxf8 Ke5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.38/Black=0.51} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "6"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,79,29,16,15,13,8,13,32,9,20,3,6,6,10,-30,12,18,21,18,19,13,6,19,27,5, 18,-20,-20,-24,-24,-20,-27,-77,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,5,6,5,5,6,7,26,0,8,0,56,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 7. Nbd2 {7.a4 deserves study.} Ba7 8. a4 O-O {The position is equal.} 9. h3 { [#]} Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be6 10. O-O Bxc4 11. Nxc4 h6 12. Bh4 Ne7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nh4 Kh7 15. Qh5 Qd7 {1-0 (42) Nguyen Thi Thu,Q-Nguyen,T Ho Chi Minh City 2005}) 10. Bh4 Ne7 11. Bg3 Ng6 12. Bh2 Qe7 13. O-O $1 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Re1 Nd7 16. d4 f5 17. dxe5 Ndxe5 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Nd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Re3 fxe4 {...d5 is the strong threat.} ({Wrong is} 20... Nxb2 $2 21. Qc2 $18) 21. f3 {[#]} d5 ({Inferior is} 21... Nxb2 22. Qc2 $16) ( 21... Qd5 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rd5d4]} 22. Nxe4 Nxb2) 22. fxe4 $11 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nf2 24. Qe2 Rae8 {And now ...Nf4 would win.} 25. Re1 $1 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} c6 29. Bd6 Rd8 30. Bc7 Rc8 31. Bd6 Kg8 32. Re3 Kf7 33. Kf2 Rd8 34. Bc5 Re8 35. Rb3 b5 36. Rf3+ Ke6 37. Re3+ Kd7 38. Rf3 Ke6 39. Re3+ Kd7 40. Rf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.06} (40. axb5 $1 $14 axb5 41. Ra3) 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "9"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,75,10,13,6,13,14,0,8,0,7,12,15,0,0,0,12,12,5,25,12,12,14,24,8,4,21, 15,12,6,6,5,4,5,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,16,16,16,12,14,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,6,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 {9.Qc2 is better than 9.Nb5.} e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ng4 14. Bd4 c5 15. Bxc5 {[#] And now Rd1 would win.} Re8 $1 16. O-O {With the idea Rfd1.} Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Rxe3 18. Rfe1 {The position is equal.} Rxe1+ (18... Qd4 {looks sharper.} 19. Qf2 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Kf8) 19. Rxe1 Qd4+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 $11 {[%CAl Re1e8][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf8 {[#]} 22. Bd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. Rc1 Bf5 23. Bb3 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Ke3 Ke7 26. Kd4 b6 27. Bd5 f6 28. g3 Kd6 29. a3 h6 30. b4 Bd7 { 1/2-1/2 (30) Abasov,N (2632)-Anand,V (2765) Douglas 2019}) 22... Bd7 23. Re3 Rc8 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Rb3 Ba4 {[#]} 26. Ra3 Rxb7 27. Rxa4 Rxb2+ {KR-KR} 28. Kf3 Rb7 29. g4 g6 30. h4 Kg7 31. Ra6 h5 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Ra5 Kg6 34. a4 Rb3+ 35. Ke4 Rb4+ 36. Kf3 Rb3+ 37. Ke4 Rb4+ 38. Kf3 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "14"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,49,21,8,12,14,14,14,25,14,14,21,29,0,0,0,0,-75,-69,-79,-22,-25,-24, -31,-27,-15,-30,-16,36,25,129,144,876,869,1079,713,1064,1064,978,970]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 { The main line 9.Qc2 scores better than 9.Nb5.} e5 {The position is equal.} 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 (12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Kb1 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. f3 Rad8 16. e4 Rd7 17. Bc1 Rfd8 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Ne2 c6 20. Be3 Bc7 21. Rc1 Bb6 { 1/2-1/2 (30) So,W (2770)-Aronian,L (2781) Bucharest 2021}) 12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qe7 14. O-O-O (14. O-O $11) 14... Qxe3+ $17 15. Kb1 {[#]} Qxf4 $146 (15... Bg4 $17 16. Rde1 Qxf4) ({Predecessor:} 15... Qc5 16. Bd3 Bg4 17. Rde1 Rad8 18. h3 Be6 19. g4 Bxa2+ 20. Kc1 Qd6 21. Re3 Nd5 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Rd3 Qh6 24. Be5 Nxf4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 {0-1 (25) Kunin,V (2586)-Abasov,N (2561) Zuerich 2016}) 16. Bd3 $1 $11 Be6 17. Rhf1 Qh6 ({Avoid the trap} 17... Qxh2 $2 18. Rh1 $18) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qxc7 Bd5 (19... b6 $1 $11) 20. Bf5 $14 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bc6 {[#]} (20... Be6 $1 $11) 21. Rd3 $1 $36 {[%CAl Rd3h3,Bd1d3, Bd3g3,Bg3e3][%mdl 2080] Strongly threatening Rh3. White is in control.} Rfe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for Black.} (21... Rae8 $16) 22. Rg3+ $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kf8 23. Qd6+ Re7 24. Re1 {[%csl Ge1][%CAl Rd6e7]} Rae8 25. Rge3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.28} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "300+2"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0: 00:02]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nbd4 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. exd6 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 12. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd6 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 13. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 14. Qd4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "18"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A12"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,90,5,8,7,7,-3,-1,-9,-8,-10,0,-7,8,4,15,2,19,8,26,0,0,0,0,-13,-9,-30, -21,-6,-12,-37,-33,-78,-52,-76,-42,-97,-77,-85,0,-42,-16,-11,-20,-98,0,0,4,0,0, 0,0,-8,0,-13,0,-19,4,8,0,-17,0,-141,-108,-123,-125,-107,-125,-213,-208,-402, -456,-473,-406,-700,-700,-663,-277,-1797,-1730,-6322,-5916,-6515,-6387]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 {A12: English Opening: 1... c6 with b3 by White.} Nbd7 7. d4 Ne4 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] A promising side line.} 8. a3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Nd2 Bg6 10. Be2 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf3 a5 13. g3 f5 14. Qc1 {1-0 (45) Dimitrov,R (2518) -Papadopoulos,G (2354) Kavala 2018}) 8... Bd6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qe7 12. O-O a5 13. e4 O-O 14. Bb2 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qh4 b5 17. Bc1 bxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. a4 Rfc8 20. Be3 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Rab8 22. Bc3 (22. Qg5 $15) 22... Bb4 $17 23. Be5 Bd6 (23... Rb7 $17) 24. Rfd1 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Qc7 26. Qg5 { [#]} (26. Qd4 $1 $11) 26... Qc5 (26... Ne4 $1 $17 {[%CAl Re4g5]} 27. Qf4 Nc3) 27. Qf4 $11 Rb7 28. h3 h6 29. Rd3 Rcb8 30. Kh2 Rb2 31. Rf3 {Nd3 is the strong threat.} Qc7 32. Re1 Ra2 33. Qg3 {And now Rxf6 would win.} Kh7 $1 34. Qh4 Rbb2 {Strongly threatening ...Re2.} 35. Ree3 (35. Qd4 $1 $11) 35... Re2 ({Don't blunder} 35... Rxa4 $2 36. Rxf6 gxf6 37. Qxf6 $18) 36. Qd4 {Threatens to win with Qd3+.} Rxf2 37. Rxf2 Rxf2 38. c5 {[#]} (38. Re1 $17 {keeps fighting.} Ra2 39. Qd1) 38... Nd5 $1 $40 {[%CAl Rd5e3][%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} 39. Rg3 (39. Re1 Rf4 40. Qd3+ g6 41. Qb5) 39... Rf4 40. Qb2 Rf5 41. Nf3 (41. Nc4 $142 Nf6 42. Nd6 Rxc5 43. Ne4) 41... Nf6 42. Qb6 Rxc5 (42... Qf4 $142 43. Qd6 e5) 43. Qb1+ (43. Qxc7 Rxc7 44. Nd2) 43... Kg8 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Nd4 Nh5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 45. Ne2 Nxg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.81/Black=0.19} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,55,22,11,17,8,11,11,22,20,45,51,19,51,64,59,85,76,86,82,82,12,34,36, 81,89,74,80,69,29,101,89,143,141,129,128,159,170,572,573,588,584]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O h6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 Bb6 9. Bb3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bc2 {[#]} d5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne7 12. Ne3 Ng4 13. d4 Nxe3 14. Bxe3 Ng6 15. d5 Bg4 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qd2 Bxe3 18. fxe3 { 1-0 (52) Hoffmann,P (2346)-Schmid,R (2241) Germany 2012}) 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Bb3 Qd6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. d4 $1 Rad8 16. Qc2 Nd7 {[#]} 17. Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Pin} f6 {[#]} (17... Qf6 18. Bxe5) 18. a3 Qg4 19. Be3 exd4 20. cxd4 Rfe8 21. Rad1 Ne7 22. d5 {Black must now prevent Bxb6.} Kh8 (22... Qg6 $1 $11 23. Qc1 Qf7) 23. d6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} cxd6 ({Better is} 23... Nc6) 24. Rxd6 $16 Nc8 25. Rd2 Qh5 {[#]} 26. Red1 $1 Ne5 (26... Bxe3 { is a better chance.} 27. Nxe3 Ncb6) 27. Rxd8 $18 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.55} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "11"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 27,29,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 {[#]} 15. Qe4+ $146 {A rather calm draw. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Qe3+ Be7 16. Nc3 c6 17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Nc5 Qd6 19. Re1 b6 20. Ne4 Qe5 21. a5 bxa5 22. Rxa5 Qc7 23. Rg5 Kf8 24. Rxg7 h6 25. Qd4 Be6 26. Rg6 fxg6 27. Qxh8+ {1-0 (25) Abdusattorov,N (2627) -Nakamura,H (2736) Chess.com INT 2021}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,70,-4,-16,-12,-20,-12,0,0,-2,-8,-4,0,-3,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,9,26,15,4, -8,-15,-8,-8,-22,14,0,0,0,0,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,0,-18,-3,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-12, -44,0,-10,0,-16,0,0,0,-19,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. d3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} e5 7. Bd2 Nge7 8. h4 h6 9. Bc3 {[%CAl Rc4e5]} f6 10. Qb3 a5 11. a4 Be6 12. Bh3 Bxh3 13. Rxh3 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc8 14. Rh1 h5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc6 18. Bc3 Qe6 19. O-O-O b6 {1-0 (67) Banusz,T (2631)-Parkhov,Y (2424) Tornelo INT 2021}) 14. O-O-O Qd5 15. e4 Qe6 16. Rhh1 h5 17. Nxa5 Qxb3 18. Nxb3 Rxa4 19. Kc2 Kf7 (19... Nb4+ {feels hotter.} 20. Bxb4 Rxb4 21. Ra1 f5 22. Ra8+ Kd7) 20. Ra1 Rha8 21. Rxa4 Rxa4 22. Rd1 Nc8 23. d4 {With the idea dxe5.} Nd6 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Nbd2 Bf6 ({Not} 25... Nxe4 $2 26. Nxe4 Ke7 27. b4 $18) 26. b3 Ra2+ 27. Kb1 Ra8 28. Rc1 Nb5 29. Nc4 Ke6 30. Ne3 (30. Bb2 $5 {[%CAl Rc4b6]} Ncd4 31. Nxd4+ exd4 32. Kc2 $11) 30... Ne7 31. Bb2 {The position is equal.} Rd8 32. Rc4 Ra8 33. Rc1 Rd8 34. Rc4 Ra8 35. Rc1 Rd8 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,124,9,0,0,0,0,-15,-15,-16,0,0,61,2,9,-13,83,86,83,77,83,82,131,111, 111,118,119,125,138,138,142,120,137,138,147,143,161,162,161,145,159,152,167, 150,137,133,190,183,216,202,243,246,239,238,207,226,216,192,208,200,242,223, 251,237,297,314,296,218,228,195,214,176,184,184,184,184,184,165,210,184,198, 198,293,0,0,0,0,-173,-172,-570,-516,-6279,-6279,-6279,-5509,-29993,-29994, -29994,-29995,-29995,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29975,-29976]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. d4 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Rc1 Re8 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3).} 13. Qe2 Nf8 14. Ne5 Ng6 {The position is equal.} 15. g3 {[#]} Bf8 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 15... Bb4 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Rc7 18. c5 Ne4 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. b4 e5 21. dxe5 bxc5 22. bxc5 Rxc5 {0-1 (29) Siegel,N (2240)-Goldin,A (2590) Philadelphia 1998}) 16. Red1 Qe7 (16... dxc4 $11 17. Bxc4 Qd6) 17. h4 ({ White should play} 17. c5 $1 $14) 17... dxc4 $11 18. bxc4 (18. Bxc4 {keeps more tension.} Qd6 19. Re1 Qb8 20. Bb5 Re7 21. h5) 18... Nxe5 (18... Ba8 $11) 19. dxe5 $16 Nd7 20. Nb5 Nc5 21. Nd6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Ba8 22. Bb1 Qc7 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. f3 Na4 25. Bd4 {[#] Threatens to win with Qc2!} Nc5 26. Kg2 g6 27. h5 Bh6 28. Rc3 Bg7 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Qe3 Rd8 31. Rcc1 Rc8 32. Kf2 Nd7 {[%CAl Rg7e5]} 33. Re1 Nc5 (33... Qc6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 34. Bxc5 $18 bxc5 35. f4 Qa5 36. Re2 Rd8 37. Be4 Bxe4 38. Qxe4 Rd4 39. Qf3 Bh6 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Rb1 Qd8 42. Rb7 Rxc4 43. Rxa7 Rb4 44. a4 Rb1 45. Rf2 c4 46. Kh2 {And now f5! would win.} Qd4 47. Rc7 Rb3 48. Qg2 c3 49. a5 Ra3 50. Rc2 { aiming for Qb7.} Ra1 {intending ...Bxf4.} 51. R7xc3 Bxf4 (51... Rxa5 {might work better.} 52. Rc7 Ra7) 52. Rc4 $2 (52. gxf4 $18 {Intending Qg5! and mate.} Qxf4+ 53. Rg3 Rxa5 54. Qf3 Qxe5 55. Rd2) 52... Bxg3+ $1 $11 53. Qxg3 Qd1 { [%csl Ga1][%CAl Rd1h1]} 54. Qg2 (54. Qh4 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qh1+ 55. Kg3 Ra3+ 56. R4c3 Rxc3+ 57. Rxc3 Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 58. Kg4 Qxc3 59. Qf6+ Kg8 60. Qd8+ Kg7 61. Qf6+ Kg8 62. Qd8+ Kg7 63. Qf6+) 54... Qh5+ $19 55. Kg3 $2 (55. Qh3 {nothing else works.} Rh1+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer, Deflection} 56. Kxh1 Qxh3+ 57. Kg1) 55... Qxe5+ 56. Kf2 (56. Kh4 $142 Ra3 57. R4c3 (57. Qg4 $2 {is a self mate.} Qe1+ 58. Kg5 f6+ 59. Kf4 e5#) 57... Rxc3 58. Rxc3 Qxc3 59. a6 Qc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 60. Kh3 Qxa6 61. Qb2+ f6 62. Kg4) 56... Qe1+ 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58. Kg4 f5+ {Black mates.} 59. Kg5 Rg3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 60. Rg4 Rxg4+ 61. Qxg4 fxg4 62. Rc7+ Kf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.63/Black=0.17} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,64,6,7,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,21,26,16,37,-1,27,6,23,16,17,-13,41,37,29,10, 18,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-14,-14,0,0,-6,-48,-43,-160,-154,-143,-153,-665,-656, -668,-667,-642,-640,-1115,-1036,-5010,-4986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bb5 {D00:1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} e6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nd2 {The position is equal.} Bxc5 9. Ngf3 c3 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} 10. bxc3 O-O 11. O-O {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Kh8 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (43) Sorokin,A (2524)-Paravyan,D (2634) Khanty-Mansiysk 2018}) 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. Qh5 Qf6 15. Rfd1 Qg6 (15... Rfd8 $11) 16. Qe2 $14 Rfd8 17. N2f3 (17. Bxc6 {is interesting.} Bxc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qc4) 17... Qf6 18. e4 (18. Nxc6 $11 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 bxc6 21. Qd7) 18... Bb6 19. exf5 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qxf5 21. Bd3 Qf6 22. Qe4 h6 23. Qg4+ (23. Qxb7 $2 Bc6 $19) 23... Qg7 24. Qh4 Ba4 25. Re1 {Hoping for Re4.} Bxd4 26. Re4 (26. Rb4 $15 Bf6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 27. Qh3) 26... Bf6 $17 27. Qh3 Rxd3 28. Rg4 $2 {[#] Loses the game.} (28. Rxa4 $17 Rdc3 29. Rf1) 28... Bg5 $1 $19 { Black is clearly winning.} 29. Rxa4 {[#]} Qb2 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Rf1 (30. Re1 Rc1) 30... Rc1 31. g4 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.82/ Black=0.09} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "15"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,78,33,4,21,22,20,18,18,27,44,25,22,-15,-6,-54,-75,-57,-53,-170,-163, -146,-22,-92,-77,-99,-91,-114,-52,-60,-43,-43,-29,-85,-87,-68,-66,-108,-12,-97, -78,-74,16,-65,-68,-111,-110,-109,-106,-141,0,0,0,-78,-42,-202,-197,-238,-244, -260,36,0,33,-97,-99,-99,-95,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 g5 {The position is equal.} 10. b4 Nh7 $5 {[%mdl 4] Black wants to play ...g4. Exploring less charted territory.} 11. Kh1 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... g4 12. Ng1 h5 13. f4 exf4 14. d4 h4 15. Rf1 h3 16. gxh3 Ng5 17. Rxf4 g3 18. hxg3 Nxh3 19. Nxh3 Bxh3 20. Bxf7+ { 1-0 (30) Antipov,M (2584)-Burke,J (2538) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 12. b5 Na5 13. d4 g4 14. Ng1 exd4 15. Bb2 (15. Qc2 $15) 15... Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Be6 ({Better is} 16... dxc3 $17 17. Bxc3 Bxf2) 17. b6 cxb6 $17 ({Much worse is} 17... Bxc4 $6 18. bxa7 d3 19. Qxg4+ Qg5 20. Qd1 $11) 18. Nd2 dxc3 19. Bxc3 b5 (19... Rc8 $17 20. Ne2 d5) 20. f4 $1 $15 gxf3 21. Ndxf3 Rc8 22. Qd2 (22. Bb2 $11) 22... bxa4 $17 23. Rxa4 Ng5 24. Ba1 Kh7 (24... Bc5 $17 {White should prevent ...f6.} 25. Qf4 f6) 25. Nd4 (25. Qd3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Kg8 26. Rf1) 25... Bd7 26. Ra3 Re8 (26... Bc5 $17 27. Rg3 Rg8) 27. Rg3 ({White should play} 27. h4 $11) 27... Rg8 $1 $15 ({Not} 27... Nxe4 $2 28. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 29. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 28. Qd3 Rg6 29. Ngf3 {[#]} Nxf3 30. Rxf3 Be8 (30... Bxd4 $17 31. Qxd4 Be6) 31. Ref1 Rc7 32. Qd2 (32. Rf5 $11) 32... Qg5 33. Qf2 ({White should try} 33. Rf4 $1 $15) 33... Rc1 $19 {Hoping for ...Rxa1!} 34. Bb2 Rxf1+ 35. Qxf1 Qe7 $2 (35... Qe5 $19 36. Qd3 d5 37. exd5 Bb8) 36. Nf5 (36. Ne2 $5 {[%CAl Re2f4]} Rg4 37. Ng3 $14) 36... Qxe4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bb5.} 37. Nxd6 Rxd6 $17 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} Bxf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0. 67/Black=0.40} 0-1 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "13"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,84,18,29,27,31,25,20,29,31,13,26,16,25,34,47,26,44,23,48,8,60,17,29, 16,7,7,45,56,51,40,40,49,58,51,58,-73,-73,-62,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} a5 {[#] White must now prevent ...a4.} 7. d3 a4 8. N3d2 Bc5 9. O-O e3 10. fxe3 Bxe3+ 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nde4 d5 14. cxd5 Bxc1 (14... Rd8 $11) 15. Qxc1 $14 Ne3 16. Rf3 {[#]} Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd8 18. Qg5 f6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Ne4 Nd7 21. Raf1 Kh8 22. Nxf6 Nxf6 {1/2-1/2 (36) So,W (2776)-Caruana, F (2818) Saint Louis 2019}) 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Raf1 { [#] Hoping for Rxf6!} Be6 {next ...d4 is good for Black.} 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Nxd5 (22. Rxf6 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Qd4 23. Rf4) 22... Bxd5 $17 23. Bxd5 {Threatens to win with Qh6.} Kh8 ({Black should try} 23... Qa5 $1 $15 24. Qxa5 Rxa5) 24. Be4 {Qh6! is the strong threat.} Rg8 {The position is equal.} 25. Qh6 {[%csl Ge4][%CAl Rh6h7]} Rg7 26. Qxf6 Qxf6 27. Rxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Ra6 28. Rf4 Rb6 29. Bf3 Rxb2 30. Rxa4 Rg6 31. Ra7 Ra6 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Bxb7 Rxa2 {KR-KB} 34. Bf3 Kg7 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Kf2 Ke5 37. Ke3 Ra3 38. Be4 h6 39. Bf3 f5 40. Bg2 Rb3 41. Bf3 Ra3 42. Bg2 Rb3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "2"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,93,0,3,5,22,22,31,23,19,20,17,23,26,27,27,27,27,25,22,26,29,31,-92, -72,-83,-81,-136,0,0,0,-49,-6,-17,0,-342,57,38,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2, 62,-281,-8,-8,70,76,183,160,745,742,723,652,1381,1295,2116,1987,29975,11475, 29982,29983,29988,29989,29988,29988]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 $1 {And now Rb3 would win.} Nxd4 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 12. Bxd4 (12. Qxd4 a6 $17) 12... a6 {The main line 12...a6 scores better than 12...Bb4.} 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 {White is slightly better.} 14. Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 Rc8 16. O-O Qd8 17. Qe3 Rc4 18. Rfb1 $1 Be7 19. f5 Bg5 20. Qd3 { Strongly threatening Ne4!} O-O {[#]} 21. R1b6 $146 (21. Ne4 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Bc8 22. Bb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. R7b6 exf5 $15) 22... Be3+ 23. Qxe3) ({Predecessor:} 21. f6 gxf6 22. Ne4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 fxe5 24. Qxe5 dxe4 25. Rd1 Be3+ 26. Kh1 Qh4 27. Rbxd7 {1-0 (45) Muzychuk,A (2576) -Goryachkina,A (2478) Monte Carlo 2017}) 21... Bc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 22. Ra7 exf5 23. Rbxa6 (23. Raxa6 $142 Qc8 24. Ra7) 23... Qc8 ( 23... Qe8 $1 $17 24. Ra5 (24. Qxf5 Rxd4 25. Qxg5 Rc4 $17) 24... Qe6) 24. a4 $11 f4 25. Ne2 Bd7 {...Bf5 is the strong threat.} (25... f3 $5 26. gxf3 Qh3 $15) 26. c3 $1 Bf5 27. Qd2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27. Qf3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 27... Be4 $2 (27... f3 $1 $19 28. Nf4 Qb8 29. gxf3 Bc8) 28. e6 $1 $14 {Threatens to win with h4.} Rc7 $1 {[%CAl Rc7a7]} 29. h4 (29. Rxc7 $5 {[%CAl Re6f7]} Qxa6 30. Nxf4 $14) 29... Bh6 {White must now prevent ...Rxa7.} ({ Avoid the trap} 29... Bxh4 $2 30. Qxf4 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 $18) 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Ra7 Qb8 ({Don't go for} 31... f3 $2 32. Rxc7 Bxd2 33. gxf3 $18) 32. exf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Qa2 Qc8 {Hoping for ...Qg4!} 35. Qb2 Kg6 (35... Qg4 $11 36. Qb7+ Kg6 37. Qc6+ Kh5 38. Qe8+ Kxh4 39. Bf2+ Kg5 40. Qe5+ Qf5) 36. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Qb6+ $14 Kh5 37. Be5) 36... Kh5 $2 (36... Qg4 $19 37. Ke1 Qxh4+ 38. Kd1 Bg5) 37. Ng1 $11 Bd3+ (37... Qc4+ $11 38. Qe2+ Qxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Bf5) 38. Kf2 $1 $14 Qg4 ({Don't blunder} 38... Kxh4 $2 39. Nf3+ Kh5 40. Ne5 $18) (38... Qc4 $16 {was called for.}) 39. Nf3 $18 Be4 $2 {[#]} (39... g5 $16) 40. Qe2 $1 g5 41. hxg5 Bxg5 42. a5 {[%CAl Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Bd8 43. a6 Kh6 44. a7 Qc8 45. Qa2 {White mates.} Qa8 46. Qa6+ Kh5 47. Qe6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/Black=0.83} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "17"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,27,0,1,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 {[#]} 13. Qe4+ $146 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} ({ Predecessor:} 13. Qe3+ Be7 14. Nc3 c6 15. Ne4 Qg6 16. Nc5 Qd6 17. Re1 b6 18. Ne4 Qe5 19. a5 bxa5 20. Rxa5 Qc7 21. Rg5 Kf8 22. Rxg7 h6 23. Qd4 Be6 24. Rg6 fxg6 25. Qxh8+ {1-0 (25) Abdusattorov,N (2627)-Nakamura,H (2736) Chess.com INT 2021}) 13... Qe6 14. Qd4 {Not much happened in this game. Not enough moves} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "12"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,121,34,33,26,37,41,28,42,48,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,-80,2,0,0,0,88,89,107,107, 133,134,145,147,137,133,221,212,204,188,290,292,275,295,273,266,286,15,18,17, 52,8,8,13,13,7,25,4,65,78,83,85,77,50,62,58,69,29,30,29,33,39,347,365,380,371, 365,333,445,423,522,468,455,451,552,529,1686,704,1677,1326,1063,868,879,859, 775,673,1241,1438,12833,2184,12842,12843,12843,12843,12844,12843,12842,12843]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Be3 Rc8 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6.} 12. f4 d6 13. Rc1 {was the old line (13.Bf3).} Qc7 {White has an edge.} 14. Bf3 Rfd8 {[#]} 15. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qe2 Qb8 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Bf2 Ne7 18. Nd2 Ng6 19. g3 Qa8 20. Re1 d5 21. cxd5 exd5 {1-0 (44) Andersson,U (2541)-Steel,H (2175) Gibraltar 2007}) 15... exd5 $11 16. cxd5 Qd7 {Hoping for ...Na5.} 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Qd4 (18. Nd2 $11 { keeps the balance.}) 18... d5 (18... Qb7 $1 $17) 19. e5 Ne4 20. Rfd1 Qe6 (20... Nc5 $11 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 bxc5 23. Qxc5 a6) 21. h3 f5 22. Qd3 $1 Bb7 23. Nd4 Qf7 24. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 25. g4 g6 (25... fxg4 $16 26. Bxg4 (26. hxg4 Nc5 $16) 26... Qg6) 26. gxf5 $1 $18 gxf5 27. Kh2 $1 Kh8 (27... Kf8 {was necessary.} 28. Rg1 Bc5) 28. Rg1 Rg8 {[#]} 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. Qb5 Bc5 {[#]} 31. b4 $2 (31. e6 $1 $18 {[%CAl Re6f7]} Qe7 32. Qd7) 31... Bxd4 $11 32. Bxd4 Kf8 33. Qe2 Qg6 { next ...Qg3+ is good for Black.} 34. Qe1 Qh6 35. Qc1 Qg7 {( -> ...Qg3+)} 36. Qg1 (36. Bxe4 {looks sharper.} dxe4 37. Be3 Qd7 38. a4 Qc6 39. Qa3) 36... Qxg1+ (36... Qh6 $11 37. Qe3 Ba6) 37. Kxg1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Bc6 38. Be2 Ba4 39. Kg2 Ke7 40. Bd3 Ke6 41. Kf3 Nd2+ $1 42. Kg3 Nc4 43. Kh4 {And now Kg5 would win.} Be8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} ({ Black should try} 43... Nxa3 $14 44. Kg5 Bc2) 44. Kg5 $18 Bg6 45. a4 {[%CAl Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nd2 {Strongly threatening ...Nf3+.} 46. Kh6 Nf3 47. Bf2 {White is clearly winning.} Nd2 48. h4 Ne4 49. Be3 Nc3 50. a5 Na2 51. h5 (51. axb6 $142 axb6 52. Bd2) 51... Be8 52. axb6 axb6 53. Kg5 h6+ 54. Kxh6 Nxb4 55. Be2 b5 56. Kg7 Bxh5 57. Bxh5 Nc2 58. Bf7+ Kd7 59. e6+ Kd6 {[#]} 60. Bc5+ $1 { [%mdl 576] Deflection, Promotion} Kxc5 61. e7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0. 21/Black=0.44} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.22"] [Round "16"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E49"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2759"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,57,4,12,22,19,11,16,20,13,-10,0,-10,20,16,0,0,0,0,6,-18,-22,-29,5,5, 5,11,15,-6,9,11,27,19,17,10,11,13,27,27,31,32,26,31,42,0,520,528]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c6 8. Ne2 {8.Nf3 is vanishing. E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3.} b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 {The position is equal. 10.c4 is becoming the main line.} Ba6 11. e4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qc8 13. O-O Qa6 14. Qc2 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} Nc6 15. Bg5 {Threatens to win with Bxf6.} Ne8 {[#]} 16. Bh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. exd5 exd5 18. Rfe1 Qc4 19. Qa2 Nf6 20. Bg5 Qxa2 21. Rxa2 Nd7 22. Ng3 {1/2-1/2 (30) Habermehl,T (2522)-Lukez,F (2549) ICCF corr 1999}) 16... Qc4 17. e5 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qd2 Rae8 20. Rfe1 Nd7 21. Bg3 e5 22. dxe5 Ndxe5 23. Nf4 d4 24. Rac1 d3 25. Re4 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 {[#] aiming for Qa2+.} Qxa3 {Black wants to play ...Na5.} 27. Rce1 Qd6 28. h4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Qd7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 29. Qa2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0. 05/Black=0.45} 1-0 [Event "GCT Paris Blitz 2021"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2021.06.21"] [Round "4"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2021.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,59,0,0,0,0,16,19,40,28,43,42,50,41,38,38,82,66,115,53,39,-10,14,0,0, 0,0,0,0,-122,-125,-128,-139,-118,-117,-117,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} 8. Kf1 {Hoping for d4.} Ne6 9. h4 h5 {[#]} 10. b4 $146 {Black must now prevent bxc5.} ({Predecessor:} 10. d3 Nc6 11. Be3 g6 12. Ng5 Bg7 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxc5 O-O 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Ba3 { 0-1 (73) Sindarov,J (2383)-Gopal,G (2580) Pardubice 2017}) 10... g6 11. bxc5 { d4 is the strong threat.} Bg7 {[#] And now ...Bxc3 would win.} 12. Bxe6 Bxe6 13. d4 Nc6 {[%CAl Rc6d4]} 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Ne2 (15. Rc1 $16) 15... Bc4 $14 16. Kg1 Rd8 17. Ng3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 e5 $1 20. Qc1 Rxd4 $17 21. c6 bxc6 22. Qg5 Qc7 23. Qf6 O-O ({Better is} 23... Rf8 $17 24. f4 Qd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. fxe5 Rd4) 24. Nxh5 $11 {The position is equal.} gxh5 25. Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kh7 26. Qxh5+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ Kh7 $1 {Strongly threatening ...f6.} 28. Qf5+ Kh8 {aiming for ...f6.} (28... Kg7 $5 29. Qg5+ $8 Kh7 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kh7 $11) 29. Qh5+ Kg8 {Threatens to win with ...f6.} 30. Qg5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2