[Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.08"] [Round "4.1"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,103,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,-4,12,6,10,8,20,3,0,0,34,34,42,22,29,20,29,13, 20,29,29,29,33,26,42,0,118,99,143,137,185,187,196,188,186,168,173,181,188,177, 214,210,211,214,250,241,216,211,294,287,279,271,355,347,401,401,401,401,400, 400,399,394,377,379,372,331,402,401,402,402,402,402,402,388,393,388,366,374, 431,429,434,431,529,522,499,462]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. d3 c6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} O-O 7. Nc3 a5 8. d4 {The position is equal.} exd4 9. Nxd4 {[#]} a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Re8 10. h3 Nbd7 11. b3 Qe7 12. Bb2 Nb6 13. e3 a4 14. Rc1 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 (39) Sakhabeev,R-Boecher,H ICCF email 2002}) 10. Rb1 Re8 11. e3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. Ne4 Qd8 { [#] aiming for ...Nxe4.} 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Ne2 Qd3 {And now ...Rd8 would win.} 17. Nf4 Qxc4 18. b3 axb3 19. axb3 Qb5 20. e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing. } Bg6 21. Bc3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Na6 22. h4 h5 (22... Rad8 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 23. Qc1 Nd5) 23. Qc1 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} Kh7 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Qb2 c4 {...Rxd1+ would now be nice for Black.} 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qxf6 ({Resist} 27. Rxd8 $6 Rxd8 28. Qxf6 Qc5+ 29. Kh2 Rd6 $16) 27... Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qc5+ 29. Kh2 Qe7 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. bxc4 Kg7 32. Bh3 Nc5 33. Rd6 f6 34. Ne6+ Nxe6 35. Bxe6 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} ({But not} 35. Rxe6 $6 Rxe6 36. Bxe6 b6 $16) 35... Be8 36. c5 Bf7 37. Bc8 Re5 38. Bxb7 Rxc5 39. Rxc6 Rb5 40. Ba6 Rb2+ 41. Kg1 Be8 42. Rc5 Kh6 43. Kf1 Bd7 44. Be2 Be8 45. Kf2 Rb3 46. Rd5 Ra3 47. Bd3 Kg7 48. Ke3 Rb3 49. Kf4 {White is clearly winning.} Rb4 50. Rc5 Bf7 51. Rc7 Kg6 52. g4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/ Black=0.21} 1-0 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.08"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D50"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2627"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] {[%evp 0,123,19,13,12,22,24,4,11,14,37,44,55,48,41,1,33,1,-5,10,11,20,13,7,8, 16,31,25,29,29,98,95,54,39,39,29,31,17,25,29,52,16,15,63,64,64,65,65,83,83,83, 91,91,64,71,77,76,66,71,66,66,66,79,76,79,79,85,72,81,83,93,92,92,99,87,88,87, 100,84,87,90,118,102,73,89,94,92,64,57,39,43,58,54,58,51,54,51,77,80,57,53,37, 49,58,119,113,124,150,153,145,155,81,153,153,151,119,142,131,261,274,265,270, 227,270,291,330]} 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0: 00:31]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:10:58]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:02: 51]} 6. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:05:55]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. e3 {[%emt 0:31:48]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:57]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0: 17:56]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:18:30]} 10. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:12:09]} 11. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:08:39]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb6 { [%emt 0:01:51]} 13. a3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 14. Rfd1 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:14:52]} 15. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Nxe7 {[%emt 0: 00:19]} 16. Nd4 {[%emt 0:04:53]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:09:42]} 17. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:38] } Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 18. Qd2 {[%emt 0:07:02]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:04:49]} 19. Bf3 { [%emt 0:06:26]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:08:52]} 20. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0: 00:06]} 21. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Be6 {[%emt 0:05:34]} 22. e4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:05:51]} 23. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 24. h3 { [%emt 0:07:21]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 25. b4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:01: 37]} 26. Qf4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Rcd7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 27. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 28. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Qb8+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qd2 {[%emt 0: 00:11]} 31. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 32. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 33. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 34. Qe3 { [%emt 0:00:18]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 35. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00: 54]} 36. Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 37. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 38. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 39. g3 {[%emt 0: 00:44]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 40. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Re4 {[%emt 0:17:18]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:07:37]} 42. Kh2 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Qa8 { [%emt 0:00:28]} 43. b5 {[%emt 0:04:06]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 44. Qd4 {[%emt 0: 01:17]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 45. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 46. Qd4 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 47. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Ra1 { [%emt 0:02:23]} 48. g4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 49. Qf3 {[%emt 0: 01:54]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 50. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc7+ {[%emt 0:02:38]} ( 50... Qxf3 51. Rxf3 Kg7) 51. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 52. Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rxa4 $4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (52... Qd5 53. Qe5 (53. Qxb6 Rd1 54. Qc6 Rh1+ 55. Kg3 Rg1+ 56. Kh2 Rh1+ $11) 53... Qxe5+ 54. Rxe5 Rxa4 55. Re7 Kg7 56. Rb7 Rf4) 53. Qxb6 $18 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 54. Kg3 { [%emt 0:00:04]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 55. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:01: 08]} 56. Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 57. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 58. Qa8+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} (58. Rd3) 58... Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 59. Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 60. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} gxf4 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 61. Qa8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 62. Qc6 {[%emt 0: 00:18]} 1-0 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.08"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,68,14,18,2,38,39,54,58,85,85,81,87,89,100,99,63,67,64,52,22,18,25,25, 25,27,23,40,46,67,1,1,1,5,2,2,2,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 {[#]} 13. a4 $146 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} ( {Predecessor:} 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4 Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Be8 18. Rd3 Rxd3 19. exd3 Nb4 20. Bf1 Ba4 {1-0 (65) Howell,D (2658)-Adams,M (2716) Tornelo INT 2021}) 13... Rad8 14. Bb2 Bc8 15. Nfd4 {White is slightly better.} Nxd4 16. Bxd4 b6 {[#]} 17. a5 $1 Nd7 18. axb6 axb6 19. Bc6 Bf6 20. Bb5 g5 21. f4 gxf4 22. gxf4 Bxd4+ 23. Rxd4 {[#] aiming for Rad1.} Nf6 24. Ra7 e5 25. fxe5 Ng4 26. Ra8 (26. Re7 $14) 26... Rxd4 $11 {The position is equal.} 27. Nxd4 Nxe5 28. Rb8 Be6 29. Rxb6 Bxc4 30. Bxc4 Nxc4 {KRN-KRN} 31. Rc6 Ne5 32. Rb6 Nc4 33. Rc6 Ne5 34. Rb6 Nc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.08"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,41,30,18,20,9,12,6,16,0,0,16,12,2,12,0,0,-35,-34,-17,-29,-16,0,0,0, -8,0,0,14,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qc7 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.} 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 ({Don't play} 9. Bxd5 e6 $17) 9... d6 10. O-O Qb6 11. Nb3 Qa6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. e4 Ne5 {[#]} 14. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 Qd3 15. Nd2 Qa6 16. Bd4 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Qb3 Rfc8 19. Bf1 Qa5 20. Be3 { 0-1 (27) Groneberg,J (1973)-Gijsen,S (2194) Dortmund 2017}) 14... Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Bf1 Qb6+ {The position is equal.} 17. Be3 Qb4 18. Bd2 Qb6+ 19. Be3 Qb4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qxe1!} 20. Bd2 Qb6+ 21. Be3 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Superbet Romania 2021"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2021.06.08"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2656"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2021.06.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,90,0,0,0,0,20,31,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-10,-22,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,43,39,39,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-34,0,0,0,-20,-12,-20,-3,-3,-6,-7, -3,-7,-3,-14,-3,-14,-3,-14,-3,-14,-3,-14,-3,-14,0,-14,0,-36,0]} 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 {[#] Black must now prevent Rb3.} Nxd4 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 12. Bxd4 ({Of course not} 12. Qxd4 a6 $17) 12... a6 $1 {12...a6 is better than 12...Bb4.} 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 {White is slightly better.} 14. Rxb7 Bb4 {And now ...Rc8 would win.} 15. O-O Bc8 {[#]} 16. Rb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rxb4 Qxb4 17. f5 exf5 18. a3 Qc4 19. e6 Bxe6 20. Qe3 Kd7 21. Bxg7 Rhg8 22. Be5 Rac8 23. Rb1 Ke8 24. Rb4 d4 25. Bxd4 Qc6 26. g3 Rg4 27. Qe5 Rxd4 {0-1 (27) Jackson,J (2371)-Zumsande,M (2492) Douglas 2018}) 16... O-O 17. Rb1 Bc5 18. R6b3 Qa5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ (20... Qc4 { is interesting.} 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. Ne2 Ra7 23. Nd4 Rc7) 21. Kxf2 Bd7 22. Ne2 Ba4 23. Rc3 Rfc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Nd4 g6 ({ Don't blunder} 25... Bxc2 $2 26. Rc1 $18) 26. Ke3 Rc4 27. a3 (27. Kd3 $14) 27... Bxc2 28. Rc1 {[#]} Bd3 29. Rxc4 Bxc4 {KB-KN} 30. g4 Kf8 31. Nc2 Bb3 32. Nb4 Bc4 33. g5 Kg7 34. Kd4 h5 35. Nc6 Bb5 36. Na5 Kf8 37. Kc5 Ke7 38. Nb3 Bc4 39. Nd4 Bd3 40. a4 Bf1 41. a5 Bd3 42. Kc6 Bc4 43. Kc5 Bd3 44. Kc6 Bc4 45. Kc5 Bd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2