[Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Cheparinov, Ivan"] [Black "Moussard, Jules"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2626"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,80,0,24,5,7,12,32,17,21,24,30,20,25,15,18,12,25,27,20,16,21,22,37,38, 48,35,49,38,46,27,40,44,42,42,35,35,51,22,65,65,67,6,22,22,22,22,22,22,23,22, 45,19,19,19,19,19,21,21,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,7,15,15,29,0,29,0,29]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations.} O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bg5 {White is slightly better.} h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O Qd8 11. Qc2 Nd7 {[%CAl Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32] [#]} 12. Rfd1 $146 ( {Predecessor:} 12. e4 dxc4 13. e5 Be7 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Ne2 a5 16. Nxc4 Nd5 17. Nc3 Nb4 18. Qd2 {1-0 (40) Navalgund,N (2351)-Reefat,B (2437) Bhubaneswar 2017}) 12... f5 13. e3 Qe7 14. Nh4 {Threatens to win with Ng6.} Qf7 15. f4 Nf6 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. c5 Bc7 18. b4 Bd7 19. Rdb1 b6 20. a4 {[%CAl Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qe7 21. Ne5 {Strongly threatening Ng6.} Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rfb8 23. a5 {[%CAl Rg2e4]} bxc5 {[#] And now ...Nxc3 would win.} 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. bxc5 (25. Qxc5 $14 Qxc5 26. bxc5) 25... Bc8 26. Bf1 Qc7 27. Qa4 Kf7 28. Be2 Ke7 29. h4 Kd7 30. a6 Rxb1+ 31. Rxb1 Rb8 32. Rb4 Rxb4 33. Qxb4 Ke7 34. h5 Kd8 35. Kf2 Qe7 36. Kg2 Qc7 37. g4 Ke8 38. Kg3 Kd8 39. Qa4 Bd7 40. Qb4 Bc8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/ Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Santos Latasa, Jaime"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E71"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2683"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,91,39,54,39,52,-3,97,106,104,93,110,91,105,92,103,89,95,90,100,97,89, 83,125,83,188,199,209,175,365,348,368,363,352,316,328,302,322,320,306,314,382, 335,342,341,338,310,357,348,380,241,439,428,427,420,368,407,492,492,485,485, 627,617,590,587,544,542,559,517,982,1031,1571,1456,1991,1130]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. Be2 Ne8 {10...Bd7 is the fancy move. is the legacy move (10...c6).} 11. g4 { E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5:7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7.} f5 12. g5 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} (12. gxf5 $14 gxf5 13. Rg1) 12... f4 $2 (12... Na6 $11 13. Nf3 c6) 13. Bxc5 $16 {Black is on the road to losing.White is better.} dxc5 {[#]} 14. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nf3 Nd6 15. Qc2 Nf7 16. h4 Bg4 17. O-O-O Nd6 18. Rhg1 Qd7 19. Nh2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 {1-0 (54) Cardoso Cardoso,J (2280)-Soto,C (2165) Cali 2017}) 14... Nd6 15. Bf3 Bd7 16. a4 c6 17. Qe2 Be8 18. Qd3 Bf7 19. Bg4 Qb6 20. b3 Rad8 21. Kf1 f3 (21... h6 $16) 22. Re1 $18 (22. Bxf3 $6 cxd5 23. cxd5 (23. exd5 e4 $16) 23... Be8 $16) (22. Nxf3 $6 Qxb3 23. Nd2 Qb6 $14) 22... Qb4 23. Rh3 ({Much less strong is} 23. Nxf3 $6 Qxb3 24. Nd2 Qb6 $14) (23. Bxf3 $6 Be8 $16) 23... h5 $2 {[#]} (23... Ne8 {might work better.} 24. Rxf3 h5) 24. gxh6 $1 (24. Bxf3 Be8 $16) 24... Bxh6 25. Nxf3 Rfe8 26. h5 g5 27. Qc2 Kh8 28. Rg3 Re7 29. Kg2 Bg8 30. Bh3 cxd5 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 ({Don't take} 32. exd5 e4 $18) 32... Rf8 33. Re2 Rf4 34. Rg4 Kg7 $2 (34... Re8 35. Qb2 Kh7) 35. Rxf4 gxf4 36. Be6 c4 37. bxc4 Nxc4 38. Qd3 { White is clearly winning.} Kf6 39. Nh2 Rg7+ 40. Ng4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ke7 41. Kf3 Rxg4 42. Bxg4 Nd6 43. Kg2 Qxa4 (43... Ke8 $142 44. Qh3 Qc4) 44. Qc3 Nc4 45. Rc2 b5 46. Be2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.36} 1-0 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Checa, Nicolas"] [Black "Fier, Alexandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D44"] [WhiteElo "2527"] [BlackElo "2558"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 35,64,36,32,38,16,14,19,41,71,54,58,12,11,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 {Hoping for Ne4. D44: Semi-Slav: Botvinnik System.} Bxe7 {19...Qc6 is not played anymore.} ({Don't go for} 19... bxc3 $2 20. bxc3 Bxe7 21. fxe7 $18) 20. fxe7 Rdg8 21. Ne4 Rxg5 22. Nxg5 Re8 $1 23. Qe2 {Black must now prevent Re1.} Qg6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack. The position is equal.} 24. Ne4 {aiming for Rd1.} Rxe7 25. Re1 $1 {Strongly threatening Nd6+!} Kd8 {...f5 is the strong threat.} 26. Qxc4 Qg4 {With the idea ...f5.} 27. Qd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now Qa8+ would win. White has some pressure.} f5 $1 {[%CAl Re7e4]} 28. Qa8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kc7 {[%CAl Re7e4]} 29. Qxa7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc6 $1 30. Qa8+ Kc7 { [%CAl Re7e4]} 31. Qa5+ Kc6 32. Qa8+ Kc7 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Lagarde, Maxime"] [Black "Sochacki, Christophe"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2469"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,71,18,17,27,29,43,14,24,0,0,-14,-22,-30,0,0,11,12,12,15,22,7,14,7,11, 0,0,0,40,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-42,-21,-18,-15,-28,-8,-10,-8,-14,0,-10, -11,-27,0,0,0,-21,-22,-66]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 7.Nf3. Played by Anish Giri in December 2020.} cxd4 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 8. cxd4 Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Ne2 b6 {[#]} 11. d5 $146 ({Predecessor: } 11. O-O Bb7 12. Ng3 Nc6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Bb5 a6 15. Be2 b5 16. a4 b4 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 {1-0 (50) Yu,Y (2709)-Wei,Y (2732) Chess.com INT 2020}) 11... Ba6 12. Bb3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Qd6 14. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Strongly threatening Bxb4. White is pushing.} Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Nd7 16. Rfd1 {With the idea dxe6.} Nc5 17. Ng3 {Black should prevent dxe6.} ({Much worse is} 17. dxe6 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 ( 18. exf7+ Kh8 $15) 18... Nxe4 $15) 17... Rad8 18. Qb2 {Hoping for dxe6.} Qc7 19. Rbc1 Qf4 20. dxe6 (20. Qxg7+ $5 Kxg7 21. Nh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 22. Nxf4 $14) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 {Threatens to win with e7.} fxe6 22. Nf5 { [%csl Gf5][%CAl Rb2g7]} Qg5 23. h4 (23. f3 {seems wilder.} Qf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Nd4 Kf7 26. Kf2) 23... Qf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Ne3 Kf7 26. Bc2 Ke7 27. g4 { [#]} h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. gxh5 Be2 29. Rd4 Rh8 30. Kh2 Bxh5 31. f4 Be8 32. Kg3 Rg8+ 33. Kf2 Rh8 34. Kg3 {The position is equal.} Rg8+ 35. Kf2 Bc6 36. e5 { Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Narciso Dublan, Marc"] [Black "Grigoryan, Karen H."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E92"] [WhiteElo "2492"] [BlackElo "2659"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,82,46,50,55,39,57,49,64,16,34,39,35,27,67,67,80,58,105,17,26,-15,0,0, 0,0,10,22,17,16,64,0,12,0,6,10,123,-363,-352,-349,-304,-142,0,0,-14,-17,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-354,-341,-767,-755,-877,-888,-795,-870,-835,-862,-863,-863, -863,-863]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nd2 {8.Be3 is becoming the main line.} Nd7 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5:7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7.} 9. a3 f5 10. b4 Nf6 {[#] White is slightly better.} 11. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf3 f4 12. g4 fxg3 13. hxg3 c5 14. Rb1 b6 15. Nf1 Bd7 16. Bg5 h5 17. Ne3 { 1-0 (45) De Jong,M (2372)-Van Foreest,L (2003) Groningen 2012}) 11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Be3 Bf5 14. c5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nb8 { [%CAl Ba6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6h5,Bh5f4][%mdl 32]} 15. O-O Nd7 16. Rc1 (16. g4 $16) 16... Nf6 $11 17. h3 Kh8 18. Na5 b6 19. Nc6 Qe8 20. Qd2 Qf7 21. Rfd1 Nh5 22. cxd6 (22. g4 $14) 22... cxd6 23. g4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Nf4 24. gxf5 Qxf5 (24... Bh6 $11) 25. Bf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Bxf4 $16 {is necessary to keep the advantage.} exf4 26. Bg4) 25... Nxh3+ $19 26. Bxh3 Qxh3 27. Qe2 Rf5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} ({Better is} 27... Rf3 $17 { White must now prevent ...Raf8.} 28. Qf1 Qh4) 28. Qf1 $11 Qh5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bh6.} 29. Qg2 Bh6 30. Bxh6 Qxh6 31. Rc3 $1 Raf8 32. Rh3 Rh5 33. Rxh5 Qxh5 34. Re1 $1 Rf5 {And now ...Rg5 would win.} 35. Qxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Don't blunder} 35. Nxa7 $2 Rg5 $19) ({Avoid the trap} 35. Rxe4 $2 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Rh5+ 37. Kg3 Rg5+ 38. Kh3 Rxg2 $19) (35. Re3 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 35... Rf4 $19 36. Qg2 $2 (36. Qe3 Rg4+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Ke2 Qxd5 39. Ne7) 36... Rg4 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Re3 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qg4+ 39. Kh2 a6 40. Rc3 Qf4+ 41. Kg1 Qd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.55/Black=0.22} 0-1 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.6"] [White "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"] [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2581"] [BlackElo "2466"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,147,10,9,0,5,2,37,26,35,29,49,37,44,24,37,51,51,18,3,10,50,21,55,52, 58,45,53,47,94,100,98,52,49,49,52,53,79,72,113,108,102,85,150,123,129,110,102, 118,131,88,160,129,172,171,180,168,166,115,105,113,116,112,117,100,96,95,172, 106,106,106,106,115,152,152,161,142,144,145,149,135,155,155,149,140,149,142, 129,91,111,81,193,95,112,71,71,71,71,71,71,71,64,64,64,61,55,64,64,58,62,38,47, 29,45,18,18,18,27,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,0,18,18,18,18,18,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Ne7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 {White is slightly better.} Bb6 10. h3 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bf5 13. Bd3 c5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 cxd4 17. Qd3 Qd5 18. Bd2 Rfe8 {1-0 (48) David,A (2569)-Laxman,R (2416) Chennai 2017}) 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bf4 c6 15. Bd3 Nf5 16. Bc2 Bc7 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. g4 Nd6 19. Ne5 g5 20. Qd3 Qg7 21. Re3 Bd7 22. Rae1 Rae8 23. Ne2 Bc8 24. f3 $36 { [%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qc7 25. Kg2 c5 26. dxc5 Qxc5 (26... Nde4 $142) 27. Bb3 b5 {and if ...Nc4 works, Black does fine.} 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 a6 30. R3e2 Bb7 ({Better is} 30... Kg7) 31. Nd3 h6 32. Re6 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Nc4 34. a4 ( 34. Nc5 $18 Bc8 35. Rc6) 34... Bc8 $16 35. Re7 bxa4 36. Bxa4 Rf7 37. Re2 Rc7 38. Kg3 Kf7 {[#]} (38... Nd6 $16) 39. b3 (39. Rc2 $1 $18) 39... Nb6 40. Bc6 Re7 41. Rc2 Re3 42. Nc5 Re1 43. Na4 Nxa4 44. Bxa4 (44. bxa4 Rd1 $11) 44... Bd7 45. Bxd7 Nxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 46. Rc7 Ke8 47. Rc6 Rd1 48. Nf5 d4 49. Rxa6 d3 50. Rd6 (50. Rxh6 $6 d2 $11) 50... d2 {[#]} (50... Ne5 $16) 51. Kf2 ( 51. Ne3 $1 $18 {[%CAl Re3d1] and the rest is easy.} Re1 52. Kf2) 51... Nc5 52. b4 {[%CAl Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} (52. Nxh6 $6 Nxb3 53. Nf5 Ra1 $14) 52... Nb3 53. Ne3 ({Avoid the trap} 53. Nxh6 $2 Rh1 $19) 53... Rb1 54. b5 ({Of course not } 54. Rxh6 Nd4 $11) 54... Ke7 55. Rd3 ({Much weaker is} 55. Rxh6 Re1 $11) 55... Rb2 56. Nd1 Rb1 57. b6 Nc5 58. Rxd2 Rxb6 59. Ne3 {Black must now prevent Nd5+.} Kf7 $1 60. Nf5 Kg6 $1 61. Rd8 {Threatens to win with Rh8. Cut Off at move 61} h5 62. Rg8+ (62. Rh8 $5 {[%CAl Rh8h6]} Rb2+ 63. Ke3 $16) 62... Kf6 63. Rf8+ Ke5 64. gxh5 {Strongly threatening h6.} Ne6 {The position is equal.} 65. Rf7 Nd8 $1 66. Rd7 Kxf5 67. Rxd8 $11 {Rf8+ is the strong threat. KR-KR} Rh6 68. Rd5+ Kf4 69. Rd8 Rxh5 70. Rf8+ Ke5 71. Kg3 {With the idea Kg4.} Rh4 72. f4+ Rxf4 73. Rxf4 gxf4+ 74. Kf3 {White really could win this. Weighted Error Value: White=0. 12/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.7"] [White "Cornette, Matthieu"] [Black "Martin Duque, Jesus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B41"] [WhiteElo "2558"] [BlackElo "2422"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,95,42,33,84,54,75,55,68,17,38,34,50,50,62,52,68,54,65,66,58,66,121, 121,114,90,186,176,180,207,204,189,237,223,358,352,341,325,367,276,293,293,303, 222,358,358,327,294,260,228,220,214,214,204,200,167,210,210,339,339,334,298, 418,415,464,465,512,432,424,413,454,434,369,334,478,486,478,470,416,383,529, 523,5065,4140]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Qc7 8. c4 Bc5 {[#] A46:1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} (8... h5 $14) 9. Nb3 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rb3c5]} Be7 {[#]} 10. c5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 10. Nc3 d6 11. f4 O-O 12. Be3 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Rc1 Qc7 15. g4 Nd7 16. g5 {1-0 (71) Hovhannisyan,R (2650)-Mohammad,N (2442) Riga 2019}) 10... O-O {White is slightly better.} 11. Bf4 (11. Be3 $14) 11... e5 $11 12. Bg5 d6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. cxd6 Qd8 $1 15. Nc3 a5 16. a4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 {Black is now going downhill.} (17... Rb8 $14) 18. Qxd5 $16 Nb4 19. Qd2 Qb6 (19... Rc8 $16) 20. Bh3 $18 Nc6 21. Qd5 Rfd8 22. d7 Ne7 23. Qb5 Qxb5 (23... Qc7 {was necessary.} 24. Rac1 Nc6) 24. axb5 b6 25. Nd2 Ng6 26. Nc4 Rab8 27. Rfd1 Be7 28. Rd5 f6 (28... Rb7 $142 29. Kg2 (29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Kf8 $18) 29... f6 30. Be6+ Kh8) 29. Nd6 Nf8 30. Nc8 Kf7 31. Rc1 { And now Rc7 would win.} Rb7 32. Rc6 Nxd7 33. Bxd7 Rdxd7 34. Nxb6 Rxd5 35. Nxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} ({Resist} 35. exd5 $6 f5 $16) 35... Bd8 (35... Bb4 {was called for.} 36. b6 Ke8) 36. b6 Ke8 {[#]} 37. Rd6 $1 Rd7 (37... a4 $142 38. Kf1 Rb8) 38. Re6+ Kf7 39. Rc6 Rb7 40. Kf1 Ke8 {and the idea ...Kd7 leaves Black hopeful.} 41. Rd6 Rb8 42. Ke2 Rc8 {Now ...Rc2+ and Black clings on.} 43. b3 h5 (43... Rb8 $142 44. Kd3 Rc8) 44. h3 Rb8 45. Kd3 Rc8 46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4 Ra8 48. Nc7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.33} 1-0 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.8"] [White "Niemann, Hans Moke"] [Black "Maze, Sebastien"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E47"] [WhiteElo "2472"] [BlackElo "2557"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,43,2,33,26,66,63,63,62,68,67,118,116,125,100,127,106,125,122,139,141, 137,164,166,159,183,182,185,183,182,182,183,184,331,335]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nge2 Bb7 7. a3 {E47: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 without ...d5.} Be7 8. e4 d6 9. O-O {White is slightly better.} c5 10. d5 e5 ({Better is} 10... Nbd7 $14) 11. Ng3 $16 {[#]} Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nbd7 12. Nf5 Re8 13. f4 Bc8 14. Nb5 exf4 15. Nbxd6 Bxd6 16. Nxd6 Re7 17. Nf5 Re8 18. Bxf4 Nxe4 {1-0 (26) Abdisalimov,A (2392)-Peng,D (2287) Chess.com INT 2020}) 12. Nf5 Bf6 13. g3 Bc8 14. h4 g6 15. Nh6+ Kh8 16. Kg2 Bg7 17. h5 g5 18. Ng4 Qd7 19. f3 h6 20. Rh1 a6 21. Ne3 Nc7 (21... Nf6 $142 22. b4 a5 23. bxc5 bxc5) 22. Na4 {Black got outplayed after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.20} 1-0 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.9"] [White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"] [Black "Ayats Llobera, Gerard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2546"] [BlackElo "2400"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,81,25,38,34,35,36,37,28,30,38,26,39,23,41,29,68,38,68,43,72,17,33,33, 31,39,33,46,64,0,0,0,87,-31,81,77,77,84,85,98,93,95,75,97,295,297,394,388,573, 551,539,316,613,591,1027,1020,1089,927,6411,6387,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. O-O e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Qe2 Bf8 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3. ..Bd7.} 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Kh1 Rad8 {White is slightly better.} 15. f4 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qh5 16. Nf3 Qg4 17. Qe3 Qh5 18. Ne2 Qa5 19. Nc3 b5 20. Nd4 b4 21. Nc6 Qh5 {0-1 (28) Sedina,E (2400)-Novikov,I (2580) Nova Gorica 1997}) 16. Rf3 Rc8 17. f5 Kh8 18. Rdf1 Ne5 19. Rg3 Qd8 20. Rh3 d5 21. fxe6 ({ White should play} 21. cxd5 $16 {[%CAl Rf5e6]} Bc5 22. fxe6 Bxd4 23. Qd2) 21... dxc4 $11 22. exf7 Nxf7 23. Nf5 $1 cxb3 24. axb3 Rc6 25. Re3 (25. Rd3 $14 Qc8 26. Rg3) 25... Rce6 $1 26. Ng3 Ne5 {[#]} (26... Bc5 $11 27. Rd3 Rd6) 27. Rd1 ({ White should try} 27. Nd5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 27... Qa5 (27... Rd6 $1 $15 { keeps the upper hand.} 28. Rxd6 Bxd6) 28. Nd5 $16 Nfg4 {[#]} 29. Rc3 $1 { Threatens to win with h3.} Bc5 {[#]} 30. Rf1 $1 {And now Nf5 would win.} Bd4 31. Rc7 $36 {[%mdl 2112] Discovered Attack. Keeping Black busy.} Bxb2 32. Qxb2 {aiming for h3.} Nf6 $2 {This costs Black the game.} (32... Rg6 $16 {might work better.}) 33. b4 $18 Qb5 {...Nxe4! is the strong threat.} 34. Nxf6 Rxf6 ( 34... Rf8 $142 35. Qd2 (35. Rc5 Qxf1+ 36. Nxf1 Rexf6 $15) 35... Qxf1+ 36. Nxf1 Rexf6) 35. Rxf6 gxf6 36. h3 Qb6 $2 (36... Rf8 37. Qc1 Nf7) 37. Qc1 Kg8 38. Nf5 {Rg7+ would kill now.} Nf7 39. Qf4 Ng5 40. Nxh6+ Kf8 {[#]} 41. Qxg5 $1 { [%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 34%.} 1-0 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.10"] [White "Dardha, Daniel"] [Black "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A50"] [WhiteElo "2487"] [BlackElo "2542"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,83,0,10,10,8,0,-1,-5,-10,-67,-60,-68,-68,-69,-60,-62,-50,-59,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-10,-15,-10,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-12,-14,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,25,26,33,0,0,0,5,0,5,7,25,25,84,34,35,0,0,0,221,218,211,204,345,297,291, 266]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d5 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. e4 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.} e6 7. dxe6 {[#]} fxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bxe6 8. Be2 Re8 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Nc6 12. O-O Nge5 13. Nd5 Nf7 {1-0 (58) Fedoseev,V (2658)-Zherebukh,Y (2605) Saint Louis 2017}) 8. e5 {The position is equal.} dxe5 {With the idea ...Qxd1+. } 9. Nxe5 (9. Qxd8 $11 Rxd8 10. Nxe5) 9... Qxd1+ $15 10. Nxd1 Ne4 11. Nd3 Nc6 12. Be3 b6 13. g3 {And now Bg2 would win.} Nd4 (13... Na5 $15 14. Bg2 Bb7) 14. Bxd4 $11 Bxd4 15. Bg2 Bb7 {White must now prevent ...Nxf2.} 16. O-O Nd6 17. Bxb7 (17. Re1 {with more complications.} Rad8 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Rxe6 Bg7 20. Nf4) 17... Nxb7 18. Re1 Rae8 19. Ne5 Nc5 20. Rb1 a5 21. Re2 Kg7 22. Kg2 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rd8 24. Re2 Rd4 25. b3 Rd3 26. Nb2 Rdf3 27. Rd1 e5 28. Rdd2 e4 29. Nd1 Rd3 (29... R8f7 {feels hotter.} 30. Rc2 Rd3 31. Nc3 Rd4 32. Rcd2 Rfd7) 30. Rxd3 exd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 31. Re3 Rd8 32. Kf1 Kf6 33. Ke1 Rd4 34. Nc3 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. b4 (35. bxa4 Rxc4) 35... Nd7 (35... Nb7 $11 { remains equal.}) 36. Nd5+ Kf5 37. Kd2 c6 $1 {[%CAl Rc6d5]} 38. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kf6 $2 (38... Kg4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 39. Nxc6 $18 Rxc4 40. Rxd3 Kg5 (40... Rxc6 {was called for.} 41. Rxd7 h5) 41. Rxd7 Rxc6 42. Rxh7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.25} 1-0 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.11"] [White "Batsiashvili, Nino"] [Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A50"] [WhiteElo "2460"] [BlackElo "2516"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,128,6,2,5,0,6,2,2,6,17,0,7,4,8,6,0,-15,-17,-20,-18,-18,-10,-39,-41, -46,-31,-33,-30,-39,-25,-32,-23,-26,-20,-20,-20,-24,-3,-17,0,-25,-5,-25,-21, -25,-25,-26,-31,-68,-68,-70,-36,-37,-22,-38,-39,-40,-50,-56,-52,-53,-41,-44,-5, -52,-52,-85,0,-27,0,-85,-85,-105,-93,-100,-90,-109,-64,-69,-67,-331,-340,-285, -311,-521,-481,-502,-521,-519,-454,-408,-383,-714,-714,-479,-703,-696,-681, -656,-588,-1034,-936,-6341,-6149,-12108,-9002,-29971,-29973,-29972,-29973, -29973,-29974,-29974,-4631,-29982,-29983,-29982,-29983,-29982,-29980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines.} 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 {The position is equal.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Re1 Rfd8 13. Bf4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nb6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 {[#]} 16. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Red1 Qxb3 17. axb3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Rd7 19. Ba5 Bf6 20. e3 a6 21. h4 g6 22. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 (79) Agrest,E (2561)-Jaracz,P (2490) Dresden 2007}) 16... Qxb3 17. axb3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Bb4 19. e3 a5 20. h4 g6 21. Re2 Bxd2 22. Rexd2 Nb4 23. Kf1 a4 24. bxa4 Rxa4 25. Be4 Rda8 26. Ke2 Kg7 (26... R8a6 {with more complications.} 27. Bf3 Rb6 28. e4 Ra2 29. Kf1 Kg7) 27. Bc2 Nxc2 28. Rxc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rb4 29. Rd3 Ra2 30. Rdd2 Kf6 31. Kd3 Kf5 32. Kc3 Rb5 33. f3 Ra1 34. e4+ Kf6 35. b3 Rba5 36. Kb4 h5 37. Rc5 Ra6 38. Rcc2 R6a5 (38... Ke7 $17) 39. Rc5 Ra6 (39... Ra8 $11 ) 40. Rcc2 $17 Ke7 41. d5 $2 Rb6+ (41... Rg1 42. Rg2 (42. dxc6 Rb6+ 43. Ka3 Rxc6 $19) 42... Rxg2 43. Rxg2 cxd5 44. exd5 e5) 42. Kc4 cxd5+ 43. exd5 exd5+ ( 43... Rg1 44. Rg2 exd5+ 45. Kxd5 Rxg2 46. Rxg2 Rxb3 $17) 44. Rxd5 Rg1 45. Rb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] White does not recover from this.} ({White should play} 45. Re5+ $15 Kf6 46. Rg5) 45... Rxb5 $19 46. Kxb5 Rxg3 {KR-KR} 47. Rc7+ $2 (47. Kb6 {was worth a try.} Rxf3 48. Re2+ Kd7 49. b4) 47... Ke6 48. Rxb7 Rxf3 49. b4 Rf4 50. Rb6+ Kf5 51. Kc5 $2 (51. Rc6 Rxh4 52. Rc1) 51... Rxh4 52. Rb7 f6 53. b5 Rh1 54. b6 Rb1 55. Rh7 Kg4 56. b7 f5 57. Kc6 f4 58. Rd7 f3 59. Rd4+ Kg3 60. Rd6 g5 61. Rd5 {[#]} Rxb7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} 62. Kxb7 g4 {Black mates.} 63. Rxh5 f2 64. Rf5 Kg2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.75/Black=0.07} 0-1 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.12"] [White "Maurizzi, Marc Andria"] [Black "Flom, Gabriel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2445"] [BlackElo "2499"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,71,35,41,38,16,23,16,27,25,26,6,24,22,30,29,17,0,25,0,0,0,21,15,70, 24,20,33,20,17,25,19,29,20,0,0,0,0,90,0,0,0,46,35,147,152,154,154,140,127,139, 127,293,273,279,270,314,310,792,196,766,758]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} 8. Bd2 Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 {The position is equal.} 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 a6 14. Kb1 c5 15. d5 {[#]} exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bc3 b4 18. Bxg7 Rh7 19. Rxd5 Rxg7 20. Rhd1 Ra7 21. Qa4 Qc8 22. Bb5 axb5 23. Qxa7 Nf6 24. Re5 Nd7 25. Red5 Nf6 26. Re5 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 (26) So,W (2770)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2778) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 16. Bc1 Qc7 17. g4 b4 ({Of course not} 17... Rxh2 $6 18. Rxh2 Qxh2 19. g5 $16) (17... Nb6 $11) 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Nb6 20. Rdd1 c4 21. h4 a5 22. h5 gxh5 23. Rxh5 Rxh5 24. gxh5 c3 (24... Rc8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. Rg1 (25. bxc3 $1 $16 { Black must now prevent Bb5+.} bxc3 26. Bb5+ Kf8 27. Qh7 c2+ 28. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 29. Kxc2) 25... Bf6 $11 {[#]} 26. h6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} g6 (26... gxh6 27. Rg8+) 27. bxc3 {Threatens to win with f4.} Qxc3 (27... Nd5 $14 28. Qe4+ Qe5 29. Qxe5+ Bxe5 30. Bb5+ Kf8) 28. Qxc3 $16 Bxc3 29. e4 Kf8 30. Be3 Nd7 31. f4 Rc8 $2 { Loses the game.} (31... Kg8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 32. Bg4 $18 Rc7 {[#]} 33. Rd1 $1 {[%CAl Rd1d7]} Nf6 {[#]} 34. e5 $1 {Hoping for Rd8+.} Nxg4 $2 (34... Kg8) 35. Rd8+ Ke7 36. h7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.32} 1-0 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.13"] [White "Plat, Vojtech"] [Black "Lever, Erwan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2562"] [BlackElo "2200"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,97,15,11,22,11,12,23,0,19,-22,-22,-19,-18,-31,-21,-45,0,-7,0,-56,-23, -27,-17,-63,-64,-64,-66,-78,-49,-54,-32,-45,0,-30,-31,-16,-22,-22,-19,-24,-8, -16,-23,-35,0,-18,43,54,43,0,18,15,17,14,24,11,363,368,418,425,433,433,419,375, 593,565,585,577,700,659,6049,568,5335,5143,29973,29967,5501,29954,29982,29983, 29983,29984,29984,29985,29987,29985,29989,29989]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 d4 5. O-O c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. e3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} Be7 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Re1 {White has an edge.} O-O 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. a3 a5 12. b3 e5 13. Rb1 f6 14. Nh4 {[#]} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... f5 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Qh5 Bxh4 17. Qxh4 Qxh4 18. gxh4 Nc5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rxe5 Nxd3 {0-1 (34) Bollengier,A (2234)-Leconte,M (2191) Monteux 2016}) 15. Bd5+ (15. Ne4 $11) 15... Be6 16. Bxe6+ Nxe6 {[#]} 17. f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nc5 (17... exf4 18. Rxe6) 18. Ndf3 exf4 19. gxf4 f5 20. Ng2 $1 Bf6 21. Qc2 Qd6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Na4 24. b5 Ne7 $1 25. Bd2 Nc3 26. Ra1 (26. Bxc3 $5 dxc3 27. Kh1 $15) 26... Ng6 27. Kf1 Qc7 28. Qb3 Kh8 (28... Rxa1 $11 29. Rxa1 Rb8) 29. Rxa8 $14 Rxa8 {[#]} 30. Qa3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc8 ({Worse is} 30... Rxa3 31. Re8+ Nf8 32. Rxf8#) 31. Qa7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qd7 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. fxe5 {And now e6 would win.} Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs Black the game.} (33... Ne4 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 34. dxe4 Nxe5) 34. e6 $1 $18 {[%CAl Re6d7][%mdl 512]} Qd6 (34... Rxe6 35. Qb8+) 35. Qxb7 Qxh2 {[#] White should prevent ...Ne5.} 36. Qd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rg8 {White must now prevent ...f4.} 37. Qxd4 Ne4 (37... f4 $142 38. Bxf4 (38. Bxc3 f3 $11) 38... Qh3) 38. dxe4 f4 {aiming for ...f3.} 39. Qf2 f3 40. Qxf3 Rf8 41. Qxf8+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection, Promotion} Nxf8 42. e7 { [%CAl Re7f8]} Qb8 43. Rd1 Qe8 44. Bb4 Ne6 {[#]White mates.} 45. Nf4 $1 { [%mdl 512]} h6 (45... Nxf4 46. Rd8) 46. Nxe6 Qf7+ 47. Ke1 Kh7 48. Rd8 Qf3 49. Nf8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.42} 1-0 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.14"] [White "Krysa, Leandro"] [Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2531"] [BlackElo "2402"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,81,0,0,0,0,0,1,19,8,7,16,19,18,17,0,13,16,20,3,35,35,35,35,50,47,47, 38,41,51,35,20,29,24,30,35,33,18,21,12,51,13,11,0,19,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 7.Nf3.} O-O 8. Rc1 Re8 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6.} 9. Qc2 Bf8 10. a3 c6 11. Nf3 N8d7 {[%CAl Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6d5][%mdl 32]} 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rfd1 {[#]} h6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 13... Bg4 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Qc8 16. Qc2 g6 17. b4 Nd5 18. Bc5 Bh6 19. e3 Qd7 {0-1 (27) Paszewski,M (2272)-Nasuta,G (2454) Trzcianka 2016}) 14. Na4 Nfd5 15. Bc5 Nxa4 16. Bxf8 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 {[#] Hoping for Bc5.} Kxf8 18. e4 Qb6 19. Qa1 Nf6 20. Nxe5 Ng4 $1 21. Nxg4 $1 Bxg4 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. d4 Re7 24. h3 Be6 25. Rcd1 Red7 26. Qc3 Kg8 27. Kh2 Qb3 {The position is equal.} 28. Qc5 Qb6 29. Qe5 Qc7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qxe5.} 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. d5 cxd5 32. exd5 Bd7 33. d6 Rc3 34. Bxb7 Rxa3 35. Rc1 Be6 36. Rc7 Kf8 37. Bc6 a5 38. Ra7 Ra2 39. Rxa2 Bxa2 40. Rxa5 Rxd6 41. Rxa2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/ Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.15"] [White "Yu, Jennifer"] [Black "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2315"] [BlackElo "2528"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,90,26,26,3,20,7,10,10,9,1,0,-6,0,-15,0,0,8,0,19,13,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8, 75,79,74,83,85,46,45,52,52,30,41,31,40,28,60,-13,-14,-14,-17,-66,-64,-77,-76, -79,-64,-76,-52,-108,-110,-284,-277,-361,-361,-357,-348,-379,-343,-570,-571, -566,-568,-559,-537,-718,-595,-1504,-1473,-1436,-1411,-1843,-1863,-1658,-1614, -1066,-898]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3.} exd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. e3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nbd7 12. a3 Nb6 13. Ba2 Qe7 14. Nce2 Bd7 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 {0-1 (55) Spoelman,W (2578)-Kollars,D (2562) chess.com INT 2019}) 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. Rd1 g6 14. h3 Nbd7 15. a3 Nb6 16. Ba2 Bxd4 17. exd4 Bf5 18. Qd2 Rd7 (18... Re8 $11) 19. Re1 $16 Qd8 20. Qh6 Nfd5 21. Ne4 Bxe4 $1 22. Rxe4 Qf8 23. Qxf8+ Rxf8 24. Bh6 Rfd8 25. Rae1 {[#] Re8+ would kill now.} f6 26. f4 (26. f3 $14) 26... Nc8 $11 {Black wants to play ...Nd6.} 27. g4 Kf7 28. h4 Re7 29. Kf2 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Nd6 31. Re2 Nb5 32. f5 (32. a4 $15 Nxd4 33. Re4) 32... gxf5 $17 33. Bb1 $2 {This costs White the game.} (33. a4 $17 {is a better defense.} Nd6 34. Bxd5+ cxd5 35. g5) 33... fxg4 $19 34. Rd2 Nd6 35. Kg3 f5 36. Rf2 Kg6 37. Bd2 $2 (37. Bf4 {was forced.} Nxf4 38. Kxf4) 37... h5 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Re2 {If only White now had time for Re6+....} Re8 39. Rxe8 Nxe8 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KNN} 40. Ba2 Nef6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Ne4+.} 41. Bc1 Ne4+ 42. Kh2 f4 43. Bxd5 cxd5 44. Bxf4 Kf5 45. Be5 Nd2 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 94%.} 0-1 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.16"] [White "Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo"] [Black "Esplugas Esteve, Vicenc"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2441"] [BlackElo "2319"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,85,4,13,12,18,14,14,20,25,19,37,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,4,0,-3,-10,0,-24,2,0, 0,0,42,45,81,74,90,81,102,100,103,93,85,98,107,108,106,110,100,0,49,56,273,253, 344,226,269,264,265,250,246,247,293,256,337,226,226,232,219,226,214,193,264, 239,500,493,506,516,546,545]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. cxd5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} exd5 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 { The position is equal.} Bd6 10. O-O a6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 { [#]} 14. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nh4 g6 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Ne2 Ndf6 18. Ng3 h5 19. Qe2 Ra8 20. Ne5 {0-1 (48) Nguyen,T (2321)-Wang,J (2362) Ashkhabad 2017}) 14... Ne4 15. Rc2 b5 16. Nc3 f5 17. Qe1 Qf6 18. a4 b4 19. Ne2 Re7 20. Rdc1 Nf8 21. Ne5 Ne6 22. Nf4 c5 {Black wants to play ...cxd4.} 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Nf3 {[%CAl Rd4c5]} c4 25. bxc4 {Hoping for c5.} b3 {[#]} 26. Re2 $1 dxc4 27. Bxc4 Bd5 28. Bd3 (28. Bxd5 $16 Qxd5 29. Ne5) 28... Rb7 29. Ne5 { f3 is the strong threat.} Bb4 $2 {A mistake that costs the game.} (29... Rc7 $1 $14) 30. Qd1 $18 Qb6 31. Bc4 Qe6 32. Qxb3 Bxc4 33. Qxc4 Qxc4 34. Rxc4 Bd2 35. Rc2 {[#] Strongly threatening f3.} Rab8 36. Nc4 {Black must now prevent f3.} ({ Weaker is} 36. Rexd2 Nxd2 37. Rxd2 Rxb2 $15) 36... Rc7 37. f3 Nd6 38. Rexd2 Nxc4 39. Bc1 Rb1 (39... Rbc8 $142) 40. Re2 Ra1 $2 (40... Rc8 41. d5 Nd6) 41. Rc3 {White is clearly winning.} Rxa4 42. Rec2 Kf7 43. Kf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.38} 1-0 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.17"] [White "Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio"] [Black "Garcia Jimenez, Francisco Javier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2437"] [BlackElo "2288"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,39,28,71,74,58,63,124,137,132,137,244,239,348,312,309,304,313,302, 808,784]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nh4 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3).} Nb6 13. Nf5 {[#]} Re8 $146 {[#]} (13... Qd7 $14 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7) ({Predecessor:} 13... Qd7 14. e4 d4 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nb5 Rfd8 17. Nd6 Rxd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. e5 Qxe5 20. Bxb7 {1-0 (37) Vidit,S (2441)-Elorta,D (2372) Subic Bay 2009}) 14. Nb5 $1 $16 { [%CAl Bc3b5,Bb5d6,Bd6f7][%mdl 32] White is better.} Bf8 15. Nbd6 Bc6 (15... Ba6 $16) 16. Rxc5 $18 ({Don't do} 16. Nxe8 $6 Qxe8 17. b4 Ba4 $16) 16... Qd7 (16... Bd7 $142) 17. Bh3 ({Don't play} 17. Nxe8 Rxe8 18. Rc1 Ba4) 17... Re6 {[#]} 18. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Qxc6 19. Nd4 $1 {[%csl Bc6,Be6][%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} Qd7 $2 {[#]} (19... Rxd6 20. Nxc6 Rxc6) 20. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.49} 1-0 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.18"] [White "Bulmaga, Irina"] [Black "Msellek, Ilyass"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C12"] [WhiteElo "2424"] [BlackElo "2316"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,65,-5,6,-9,23,0,4,0,10,4,8,0,0,-14,27,29,63,63,63,63,56,56,56,61,63, 60,66,47,54,62,58,17,17,20,29,17,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 Ne4 7. Qg4 {C12: French: Classical System: McCutcheon Variation.} g6 ({Don't play} 7... Nxc3 $6 8. Qxg7 Kd7 9. Bd2 $16) 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 {Hoping for ...Qa5.} 10. Bd3 cxd4 {[#]} 11. Bxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16. cxd4 Nc4 17. a4 {0-1 (59) Arjun,K (2477)-Terry,R (2504) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 11... dxe4 12. Qxe4 Nc6 13. Nf3 {[%CAl Rc3d4]} Qd5 14. Qxd5 exd5 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bf5 17. c3 Rc8 18. Bd2 Rc6 19. Ke2 Kd7 20. f3 h5 21. g3 Rb6 22. h3 Rb2 23. g4 Be6 {The position is equal.} 24. Rab1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 hxg4 26. hxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rh2+ 27. Ke3 b6 28. a4 Kc6 29. Rd1 a5 30. Ra1 Rh3 31. Ke2 Rh2+ 32. Ke3 Rh3 33. Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.19"] [White "Souhardo Basak"] [Black "Gatineau, Yovann"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2216"] [BlackElo "2423"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,58,51,65,62,59,53,62,65,63,36,58,34,35,37,68,71,72,65,81,84,89,83,100, 112,106,68,62,20,152,163,195,129,126,123,129,129,158,0,63,0,0,6,885,862,976, 719,29983,29983,2197,2150,29999]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Bg7 5. f4 Qb6 6. Nf3 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3:3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} Bg4 7. Be2 Nh6 8. Na4 {White is slightly better.} Qc7 9. Be3 Nd7 10. O-O {[#]} (10. h3 $5 {[%CAl Rh3g4]} Bxf3 11. Bxf3 $14) 10... Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f6 11. b3 O-O 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4+ Kh8 14. Be2 Rad8 15. Qc2 Nf5 16. Bf2 Bh6 {1/2-1/2 (57) Franklin,S (2179)-Conquest,S (2509) England 2012}) 11. Bf2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 h5 13. b3 b5 14. Nb2 O-O 15. h3 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qxd5 Rac8 18. g4 Nh6 (18... Nh4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 19. Bd1 (19. Bxh4 $4 Rfd8 $19) 19... Rfd8) 19. Nd3 $16 Ne6 20. Be3 (20. gxh5 $18 g5 21. fxg5 (21. Qxb5 gxf4 22. Rac1 Ng5 $16) 21... Nxg5 22. Bg2) 20... hxg4 21. hxg4 Rfd8 22. Qe4 { Hoping for f5.} Qc3 23. f5 $2 (23. Bxa7 $16 {Strongly threatening Rad1.} Nd4 24. Rac1) 23... Nd4 ({Black should play} 23... gxf5 $11 24. gxf5 Nd4) 24. Bxh6 (24. fxg6 $14 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 fxg6 26. Rad1) 24... Bxh6 $11 25. fxg6 Nxc2 $2 { [%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} (25... Nxf3+ $11 26. Qxf3 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 fxg6) 26. Qf5 $3 $18 {[%CAl Rf5f7][%mdl 512]} Qd4+ 27. Kh1 Bg7 28. gxf7+ Kf8 {[#]} 29. Nf4 $1 {[%CAl Rf4g6][%mdl 512]} Rc7 30. Ne6# {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 46%.} 1-0 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.20"] [White "Ortega Serra, Marc"] [Black "Dragnev, Valentin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E77"] [WhiteElo "2288"] [BlackElo "2564"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} g6 {[%emt 0: 00:21]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 6. d5 {[%emt 0:00: 14]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 8. dxe6 { [%emt 0:00:15]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00: 12]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 11. Ng5 {[%emt 0:03:42]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 12. f5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 13. Nh3 {[%emt 0: 00:23]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 14. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 15. Nf2 {[%emt 0:06:21]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:07:03]} 16. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Nxf5 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 17. Nfe4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:13:53]} 18. Qd5+ { [%emt 0:01:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 19. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:05:18]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:02: 09]} 20. Be3 {[%emt 0:07:03]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:11:23]} 21. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:06:11]} exd4 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 22. Qxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Nb5 {[%emt 0:02:05]} d3 {[%emt 0:10:19]} 24. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0: 03:56]} 25. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 26. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:01:03] } Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 27. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:04:05]} 28. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 29. Nxa7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0: 01:15]} 30. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:05:50]} 31. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:01:49]} 32. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:55]} 33. Kf3 { [%emt 0:00:07]} Bxh2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 34. a4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Rc3+ {[%emt 0:06: 11]} 35. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:04:54]} 36. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rc3+ {[%emt 0:06:24]} 37. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 38. a5 { [%emt 0:00:21]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 39. Rb8 {[%emt 0:20:13]} h5 {[%emt 0:00: 37]} 40. Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:01:01]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 42. Ne7+ {[%emt 0:07:04]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 43. Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:11]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 44. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kf3 0-1 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.21"] [White "Bellahcene, Bilel"] [Black "Boyer, Mahel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [BlackElo "2307"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:09:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0: 00:11]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. Nf3 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:35] } 8. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O {[%emt 0: 05:55]} a6 {[%emt 0:07:35]} 11. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. f5 exf5 13. dxc5 {[%emt 0:05:07]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:19:16]} 14. Nd4 {[%emt 0:06:22] } Qd7 {[%emt 0:18:30]} 15. Rhf1 {[%emt 0:05:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:08:17]} 16. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:07:34]} Rac8 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 18. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qc7 19. Nd6 {[%emt 0:05:09]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 20. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 21. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 22. Be7 { [%emt 0:00:15]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 23. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00: 21]} 24. Qxf7+ {[%emt 0:01:41]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 25. Rd2 Qc6 {[%emt 0:05: 56]} 26. Qf2 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 27. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 28. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 29. Re3 { [%emt 0:01:00]} Nc5 30. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 31. Ra3 { [%emt 0:00:29]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 32. d7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 1-0 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.22"] [White "Alvarez Albiol, Victor"] [Black "Siebrecht, Sebastian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2206"] [BlackElo "2429"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,137,48,54,52,26,45,43,44,37,54,51,40,36,81,98,88,100,102,95,82,-13,0, -40,-21,-17,-22,-68,-72,-84,-27,-29,-16,-112,-112,-110,-117,-112,-118,-118, -117,-197,-189,-200,-180,-198,-146,-141,-151,-451,-504,-508,-513,-504,-513, -506,-502,-487,-490,-485,-483,-439,-268,-484,-358,-645,-428,-620,-545,-536, -516,-632,-624,-649,0,-527,596,589,570,577,559,551,539,512,485,481,445,401, 2439,2409,12835,12836,12836,12837,12845,12844,12845,12836,12846,12846,12846, 12847,12847,12847,12847,12847,12848,12847,12848,12848,12849,12848,12850,29981, 12851,29974,12851,29984,12851,29985,12851,29990,12851,29981,12851,29985,12851, 12851]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 Bf6 {[#] B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3.} 8. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O Nc6 9. N1d2 Nge7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Nc4 d5 12. e5 Nf5 13. Bxf5 Bh4 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qd3+ {0-1 (39) Alekseev,E (2673)-Andreikin,D (2715) Moscow 2012}) 8... d6 9. Nc3 Ne7 {White is slightly better.} 10. O-O e5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Bc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Nbc6 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. Qe2 Nd4 {[#]} 16. Nxd4 ({Better is} 16. Qd3 $1 $16) 16... exd4 $11 17. Nb1 O-O 18. c3 Nc6 19. Bf4 Re8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 20. Qf3 Qb6 (20... Qe7 $17 21. Nd2 dxc3 22. bxc3 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5) 21. Nd2 $1 {[%CAl Rd2c4] Black must now prevent Nc4.} Na5 {[%CAl Rd4c3]} 22. b4 (22. cxd4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bxd4 23. Rab1) 22... dxc3 $17 ({But not} 22... Rxc3 $6 23. bxa5 Rxf3 24. axb6 $14) 23. bxa5 Qxa5 {...c2 is the strong threat.} 24. Ra2 {With the idea Nf1.} cxd2 25. Bxd2 Qe5 26. Qb3 (26. g3 $17) 26... Qxe4 $19 27. g3 Bd4 28. a5 Re5 (28... Re6 $19 29. Re1 Qf5) 29. Bf4 $17 Rb5 30. Qa4 $2 {[#]} (30. Qd3 $17 Qe6 31. Re2) 30... Rc4 $1 $19 { [%mdl 512]} 31. Qxc4 Bxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 32. Rxf2 Qxc4 33. Rc1 Qe6 34. Re2 Qd7 35. Rc7 Qd8 {aiming for ...g5.} 36. Ree7 g5 37. Be3 $2 (37. Rxf7 gxf4 38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Rgf7+ Ke8 40. Rxh7) 37... Rf5 38. Bd4 $2 (38. g4 Rb5 39. Bd4) 38... h6 39. h3 (39. Rxb7 $142 Qf8 40. Re1) 39... Kh7 40. g4 Rf4 41. Bc3 Kg6 42. Re6+ Kh7 43. Ree7 Rf3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Qg8 $19 {and all is fine.} 44. Rxb7 Kg6) 44. Rxf7+ $18 {Black is now going downhill.} Kg8 45. Rg7+ Kf8 {Hoping for ...Qe8.} 46. Rh7 {[%CAl Rh7h8]} Qxc7 47. Rxc7 Rxh3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 48. Kg2 Rh4 49. Kg3 h5 (49... Rh1 $142 50. Rxb7 Rg1+ 51. Kf3 Rf1+ 52. Ke4 Rf4+ 53. Kd5 Rxg4) 50. gxh5 Rxh5 51. Kg4 Rh1 52. Kxg5 Rb1 53. Kf6 {[%CAl Rc7c8]} Ke8 54. Bd4 Rb4 55. Ke6 {[%CAl Rc7c8]} Kd8 56. Bb6 {Rd7+! would kill now.} Re4+ 57. Kxd6 {Threatening mate with Re7+.} Ke8 58. Rxb7 Rh4 59. Re7+ Kf8 60. Ra7 Rh6+ 61. Kc5 {Cut Off at move 61} Ke8 62. Rxa6 Kd7 63. Ra7+ Kc8 64. Rg7 Rh5+ 65. Kc6 {[%CAl Rg7g8]} Rh6+ 66. Kb5 Rh8 67. Ka6 Kb8 68. Rb7+ Ka8 69. Ra7+ {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.46/Black=0.24. Loss on time!?} 0-1 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.23"] [White "Travadon, Loic"] [Black "Garcia Gimenez, Santiago"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2421"] [BlackElo "2300"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,57,27,33,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,25,-18,42,51,164,165,138,120,176,184,293,129, 312,316,418,268,272,209,225,212,404,349,560,548,1072,1025,879,900,1907,1845, 1742,1741,2425,2376,29992,29979,29993,29994]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 7.d4. A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5.} O-O 8. h4 c5 9. h5 {The position is equal.} Nc6 10. Qe2 b6 11. Qe3 {[#] With the idea hxg6.} e6 $146 ({Black should try} 11... Qd6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11... Qd6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qh3 Nh6 16. Qg3 e5 17. d3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qe7 19. Bd6 Qf6 20. e5 Re8 21. Be2 Qd8 22. Qh4 f6 23. Qc4+ {1-0 (23) Dubov,D (2699)-Svidler,P (2723) chess.com INT 2020}) 12. Bb5 $14 Bb7 {[#]} (12... Ne5 $14) 13. hxg6 $1 $18 hxg6 14. Ng5 Qe7 (14... Re8 $16) 15. Qh3 {[%csl Gg5,Gh1][%CAl Rh3h7]} Rfd8 {[#]} ( 15... Rfc8 {keeps fighting.}) 16. f4 ({Not} 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. d4 Qb7 $14) (16. d4 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 16... Rac8 $2 {This costs Black the game.} ( 16... Kf8 $16) 17. O-O ({Weaker is} 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. d4 Kf8 $11) 17... a6 18. Be2 b5 19. d3 Rc7 20. Be3 Rcd7 $2 (20... Kf8 21. e5 Ke8) 21. Rbd1 Re8 $2 (21... b4 22. f5 exf5 23. exf5 Bh6) 22. g4 b4 23. f5 exf5 24. gxf5 {Threatens to win with Qh7+.} bxc3 25. fxg6 f6 26. Bg4 Rd6 27. Nf7 {Intending Qh7+ and mate.} Rd4 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Bh6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.29/Black=1.00} 1-0 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.24"] [White "Ortega Ruiz, Jose Miguel"] [Black "Vlachos, Anatole"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A96"] [WhiteElo "2251"] [BlackElo "2413"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,74,44,54,17,62,34,53,52,68,23,25,25,25,24,29,16,0,7,11,0,0,0,26,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,8,20,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,22,35,35,28,10,10,11,34,0,32,0, 0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Rb1 {A96: Classical Dutch: Fluid Systems: Early deviations.} Bf6 9. Qd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 {[#] White is slightly better.} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... e5 11. e4 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qd2 fxe4 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Qd7 16. Bxe4 c6 { 1-0 (26) Magalhaes,M (1742)-Walsh,K (1722) IECC email 2011}) 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bf6 15. e4 g6 16. c4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 b6 18. h4 Qe7 {With the idea ...Re8.} 19. Bd2 Bh3 20. Rfe1 Qg7 (20... Qf7 {is interesting.} 21. Kh2 Bd7 22. Bg2 Rae8 23. Bh3 Bxh3 24. Kxh3 h5) 21. Kh2 Bd7 22. Bg2 Rae8 23. Bh3 Bxh3 24. Kxh3 Qd7+ 25. Kh2 Qg4 26. Re4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Rf7 {[#] ...Re7 is the strong threat.} 28. Qe8+ Kg7 {Hoping for ...Re7.} 29. Re1 Qf3 {aiming for . ..Qf2+.} 30. Qe3 Qg4 31. Bc3 Qf5 {And now ...Qc2+ would win.} 32. Bxf6+ Qxf6 $11 {KQR-KQR} 33. Qe8 h5 34. Re2 a6 35. a4 Qc3 {The position is equal.} 36. Re7 Qc2+ 37. Kh3 Qf5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2 [Event "VII Sunway Sitges Open 2020"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2020.12.22"] [Round "9.25"] [White "Valenzuela Gomez, Fernando"] [Black "Degardin, Sylvain"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "2390"] [BlackElo "2209"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2020.12.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Tiebreak "Cut2 Buchholz+Median1 Buchholz"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,128,26,16,18,29,10,54,35,87,80,79,79,83,81,70,59,81,59,95,91,97,96, 103,82,84,72,90,83,98,74,103,83,77,66,108,108,108,70,79,60,68,77,83,61,61,46, 36,27,18,21,37,20,108,105,83,0,0,0,0,-141,0,-366,-129,-115,-54,-83,-30,-207, -24,-24,-24,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Bxe4 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3.} Bxe4 10. d5 c5 {10...f6 injects fresh life into this line.} 11. Nd2 $1 {[%CAl Rd2e4] [#] White is slightly better.} exd5 $146 (11... Bg6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11... Bg6 12. h4 exd5 13. cxd5 h6 14. Qg4 h5 15. Qf3 Qe8 16. g4 f6 17. Rg1 Na6 {1-0 (25) Bluebaum,M (2619)-Zysk,R (2404) Zuerich 2019}) 12. Nxe4 $16 dxe4 {[#]} 13. Qg4 $1 {[%csl Gc3][%CAl Rg4g7][%mdl 512]} f6 14. Qxe4 Nc6 15. Rd1 Rf7 16. Rd6 Qe7 17. Qd5 Re8 18. O-O Nb8 19. b3 Qe4 20. Qd2 Re6 21. Rd3 Rfe7 22. f3 Qc6 23. a4 d6 24. e4 Qc7 25. Rd1 Rd7 26. Re3 Qc6 27. Qe2 Rde7 28. Rd5 Na6 29. Be1 Qe8 30. h3 Nc7 31. Rd1 f5 {[%CAl Rf5e4]} 32. Bh4 Rd7 33. Bg3 g5 (33... Qg6 $11 34. Bf4 fxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Qxe4 Qxe4 37. fxe4 Ne8) 34. Red3 {[%CAl Rd3d6]} fxe4 35. fxe4 (35. Rxd6 $16 Rexd6 36. Rxd6) 35... Rxe4 $11 36. Qd2 Ne6 37. Bxd6 (37. Rxd6 $11 Rd4 38. Qe1 R7xd6 39. Bxd6) 37... Qg6 (37... h6 $1 $17 38. Rd5 Nd4) 38. Kh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Rd5 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 38... Nd4 $2 ( 38... Rd4 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 39. Rxd4 Nxd4) 39. Bg3 $17 Rde7 ({Black should play} 39... g4 $17 {Strongly threatening ...gxh3.} 40. h4 Nxb3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} 41. Rxd7 Nxd2 42. R1xd2 Rd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. R2xd4 cxd4 44. Rd8+ Kf7 45. Rxd4 Ke8) 40. Qc3 Qf6 ({Black should try} 40... Qf5 $17 41. Rxd4 cxd4 42. Rxd4 Re3 43. Rd8+ Kf7) 41. R1d2 $2 {[#]} (41. Qc1 $11 ) 41... Re2 $2 (41... h5 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rh5h4]} 42. Rf2 Qg6) 42. Rxe2 $11 Rxe2 43. Re3 {Hoping for Rxe2.} Qf1 {[%csl Gf1][%CAl Re2g2]} 44. Rxe2 {The position is equal.} Qxe2 45. Bb8 Qe7 46. Qg3 h5 47. Qd3 {And now Qg6+ would win.} Kg7 48. b4 g4 49. bxc5 bxc5 50. Qg3 Nf5 51. Qc3+ Nd4 52. Qa5 (52. hxg4 {keeps more tension.} hxg4 53. Qg3 Qg5 54. Qc7+ Kf8 55. Qf4+) 52... Nc6 53. Qc7 Qxc7+ 54. Bxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kg6 55. Bd6 Na5 56. Bxc5 a6 57. Kg3 gxh3 58. gxh3 Kf5 59. Kh4 Kg6 60. Kg3 Kf5 $1 61. Kf3 Nxc4 62. Bd4 Nd6 63. Bf2 Ne4 64. Be3 Ke5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.29/Black=0.26} 1/2-1/2