[Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,89,0,8,4,21,14,11,16,15,14,28,29,29,0,0,-25,34,0,6,10,45,45,44,30,36, 52,37,31,137,109,130,103,108,0,42,77,50,-35,-14,-52,-78,-101,-89,-78,0,0,0,0, 109,112,137,-148,38,31,158,154,150,116,309,59,410,397,442,437,434,441,438,423, 599,490,492,492,492,491,485,492,488,492,720,525,703,686]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} c5 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 {The position is equal.} c4 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Ne1 (11. Ne5 $142) 11... Be7 $11 12. Nc2 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ( 12... h6 $11 13. Bxf6 Bxf6) ({Predecessor:} 12... Qa5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxe4 Be7 16. Qe1 Qb6 17. Qc3 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Rd7 19. d5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 { 1/2-1/2 (63) Gudmundsson,G (1770)-Koota,I (1798) Fredericia 2020}) 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. f4 Ne8 (14... Rcd8 {is interesting.} 15. f5 Bc8 16. Bh4 h6 17. Ne3 Rd7) 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. f5 Bd7 17. g4 h6 18. Qe1 Qb6 (18... Qd8 $1 $14 19. a4 (19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Nf6)) 19. Bxd5 $16 (19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxb2 $15) 19... Bc6 20. Bxc4 (20. Bh1 Bxh1 21. Kxh1) 20... Nf6 21. Bd3 ({White should try} 21. b3 $16) 21... Nxg4 22. Qg3 Nf6 (22... Qxb2 $2 23. Qxg4 Qxc3 24. f6 $18) 23. Kf2 ( 23. e4 $14) 23... Kh8 24. Rg1 {[%csl Gg1][%CAl Rg3g7]} Rg8 25. Qh4 Qxb2 26. Ne3 Qb6 ({Black should play} 26... Bd7 $1 $17 27. Rc2 Qb4) 27. Nc4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Qd8 28. Ne5 Qf8 (28... Rf8 $11) 29. e4 $16 Rd8 30. Ke3 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. Ne2 $1 $16) 30... Be8 $2 (30... Rxd4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening ...Nxf5+!} 31. Qh3 (31. Kxd4 Nxf5+ 32. exf5 Qb4+ 33. Nc4 Rd8+ 34. Ke3 Qe7+ 35. Ne5 Qxe5+ 36. Kd2 Qxf5 $17) 31... Rd8) 31. Rg3 Nc6 (31... Rc8 $14) 32. Nxc6 $1 Bxc6 {[#]} 33. e5 $1 {[%CAl Re5f6]} Qa3 $2 {[#]} 34. Rc2 $2 ({White must play} 34. Kd2 $1 $18 Ne4+ 35. Nxe4 (35. Bxe4 $2 Rxd4+ 36. Rd3 Bxe4 $19 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 35... Qb4+ 36. Ke2 Bxe4 37. Qxe4 Rxd4 38. Qe3) 34... Rde8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Qe7 $14 35. Rh3 Rge8) 35. Kf2 $18 Nh7 36. f6 {Threatens to win with Bxh7.White is clearly winning.} Qf8 37. fxg7+ Rxg7 38. Qxh6 Rd8 (38... f5 $142 39. Qxg7+ Qxg7 40. Rxg7 Kxg7) 39. Bxh7 Rxg3 ( 39... Rxh7 40. Qf6+ Rg7 41. Rxg7 $18) 40. Qxf8+ Rxf8 41. Kxg3 Kxh7 {KRB-KRN} 42. d5 Bd7 43. Ne4 Bf5 (43... Ba4 $142) 44. Nf6+ Kg6 45. Rg2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.61} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2836"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} (6... a5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 O-O 9. Qc2 b5 10. a4 c6 11. h4 Nbd7 12. h5 h6 13. g4 Nxg4 14. axb5 Bb7 15. Nh2 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Qh4+ 17. Kf1 Qf6+ 18. Bf3 {1-0 (18) Dubov,D (2710)-Ding,L (2791) chess24.com INT 2021}) 7. Ne5 { [#]} Qxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nd5 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 c6 10. Ne4 f6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. b3 a5 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Qc2 {0-1 (33) Yuffa,D (2527)-Fedoseev,V (2731) Sochi 2017}) 8. Nc6 Nxc6 (8... Bxd2+ {is more complex.} 9. Bxd2 Qd6 10. Na5 Nd5 11. O-O O-O) 9. Bxc6+ Bd7 $1 {[%CAl Rd7c6]} 10. Bxa8 c6 $1 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb7 Qb6 {[#]} 13. Ne4 $1 {[%CAl Re4f6]} Qxb7 (13... Nd5 14. Be3) 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bh6 Rd8 16. Qd4 {[%mdl 1024] Threatening mate with Qg4+. White has strong compensation.} (16. e3 {seems wilder.} e5 17. f4 Qc7 18. Qf3 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Rad1) 16... e5 17. Qh4 Be7 18. Rad1 (18. f4 $5 {[%CAl Rf4e5]} Qb6+ 19. Kh1 $11) 18... Qc8 19. f4 e4 (19... exf4 $11 20. Rxf4 Bf5 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8) 20. g4 $14 Be6 $1 ({Not} 20... Bxg4 $2 21. Kh1 $18) 21. f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rxd1 $1 22. Rxd1 Bd5 23. Be3 (23. e3) 23... a5 24. Kf2 $1 b4 {[#]} 25. Rg1 $1 {aiming for g5.} c3 26. bxc3 bxc3 27. Bd4 c2 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Qxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Qb8 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31. Rg3 ({ Better is} 31. Kg2 $16) 31... Qb6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Qd6 $11 { and Black stays safe.}) 32. Kg2 $1 $18 {f6 would kill now.} e3+ 33. Kh3 { White threatens f6 and mate.} Qc5 $2 (33... Qb8) 34. Qd8+ (34. Rxe3 Qf8 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Rc3) 34... Kg7 {...f6 is the strong threat.} 35. Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 (35... Kf8 $2 36. Rxe3 Be6 37. Rd3 $18) 36. Qd8+ Kg7 { Threatens to win with ...f6.} 37. Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.52/Black=0.35. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2881"] [BlackElo "2731"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,106,-24,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,2,12,0,0,0,16,10,21,25,22,10,28,28,36,6,38,27, 37,12,59,55,94,98,102,102,131,120,117,122,131,133,130,125,110,111,135,97,111, 87,87,87,87,88,88,88,87,79,87,87,83,79,87,66,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83, 83,83,83,83,83,91,75,75,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,0,64,64,65,64,64,64,64,64,64]} 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c3 Be7 5. g3 {[#]} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... d5 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Nf3 c6 9. O-O Nc5 10. d3 h6 11. a4 Qa5 12. Bd2 {1-0 (43) Gagarkine,N (1918)-Protopopova,A (1763) Saratov 2012}) 6. Bxf6 { A00: Irregular Openings.} Bxf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. e3 {The position is equal.} d5 9. Ne2 c6 10. d4 Bf5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. O-O Re8 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 {Hoping for Nd6. } Qc7 15. Rc1 {[%CAl Ba1c1,Bc1c3,Bc3b3][%mdl 32]} Rad8 16. Nf4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Qa4 g6 19. Rc3 Bg5 20. Rb3 Qc7 21. Qxa7 Re7 22. Nd3 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 c5 24. Rc3 b6 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Rb1 Rd6 27. a4 Bf6 28. Bf1 (28. Rc4) 28... Rcd7 29. dxc5 Bxc3 30. cxd6 Rxd6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 31. Rc1 Rc6 32. Rd1 Rc7 33. Rd6 Ba5 34. Bb5 Kg7 35. e4 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2 37. e5 Bb4 38. Rf6 Be7 39. Rxb6 {And now a5 would win.} Rxf2+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 40. Kxf2 Bc5+ 41. Kf3 Bxb6 {KB-KB} 42. Ke4 Kf8 43. Kd5 Ke7 44. g4 h5 45. h3 (45. Kc6 {is interesting.} Ba5 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Bc4 Bc3 48. Kd5) 45... hxg4 46. hxg4 Ba5 47. Bd3 Bd2 48. Bc2 Be1 49. Bd3 Bd2 $1 50. Ba6 {White is slightly better.} Be1 51. Bc8 Kd8 {[#]} 52. e6 $1 fxe6+ 53. Bxe6 Kc7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0. 05/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Pichot, Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2829"] [BlackElo "2533"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,107,15,17,12,23,0,0,8,1,0,32,0,29,34,27,34,36,47,46,21,33,26,46,53,55, 54,62,59,58,45,45,51,70,52,110,33,61,20,64,58,77,74,118,110,121,89,141,134,157, 202,308,305,279,157,172,166,247,191,183,185,183,173,176,124,126,135,148,140, 265,251,211,117,119,105,436,431,438,445,262,431,438,426,443,436,422,392,392, 225,391,400,341,273,339,254,266,251,296,229,1241,1212]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Ba4 Ne5 10. Qe2 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. Bb3 a6 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Qe3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qa5 16. Be3 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 (53) Jablonicky,M (2302) -Rohacek,M (2255) Slovakia 2018}) 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. Rd1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Bb2 Rab8 15. h3 Nc6 16. Nf3 Qe8 17. Nd5 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qb2+ (19. Rac1 { feels hotter.} Qf8 20. Qb2+ Kg8 21. Qc3 Qe8 22. Rd2) 19... Kg8 20. Rac1 { [%CAl Ba1c1,Bc1c2,Bc2d2][%mdl 32]} Nde5 21. Ne1 Qf8 ({Black should try} 21... Rd8 $14) 22. Qe2 (22. c5 $1 $16) 22... Nd7 23. Qe3 Qg7 24. Rc2 Kf8 25. f4 a5 26. Nf3 Rd8 27. Nc3 Nc5 (27... Kg8 $142) 28. Rcd2 $16 b6 29. Nd5 b5 (29... h6 { was worth a try.} 30. e5 f5 31. exf6 exf6) 30. cxb5 $18 Rxb5 31. Nc3 (31. Nc7 $18 Rb7 32. Qxc5 $3 {[%mdl 576] Pin} Rxc7 33. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 31... Rbb8 $16 32. e5 {[%CAl Re5d6]} Nb7 (32... Re8 $142 33. Nd5 Ne6) 33. Na4 dxe5 34. Nxe5 ({But not} 34. fxe5 $6 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 Kg8 $16) 34... Nxe5 35. fxe5 { Strongly threatening Nb6.} Kg8 36. Nb6 (36. Rd7 $18) 36... Rxd2 37. Rxd2 Nd8 38. Nc4 {And now Qa7 would win.} Nc6 {[#]} (38... Qf8 $16 39. Nxa5 Kg7) 39. Qc5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rc5c6]} Rc8 {[#]} 40. Rd7 (40. Nb6 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rb6c8]} Qh6 41. Rf2 (41. Nxc8 Qxd2 42. Qxc6 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Qxe5+ 44. g3 Qd4 $18)) 40... Qh6 $16 41. Nb6 Rd8 {[%mdl 8192] A mistake that costs the game.} (41... Rb8 $16 { is a better chance.}) 42. Qxc6 $18 Qe3+ 43. Kh1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qxe5+ 45. g3 Rf8 46. Nc4 Qe1 47. Qf3 a4 48. Qe3 (48. bxa4 $142 Rc8 49. Ne3) 48... Qb1 $2 (48... Qxe3 {was necessary.} 49. Nxe3 axb3 50. axb3 Rb8 51. Rxe7 Rxb3) 49. Rd2 axb3 50. Qxb3 Qe1 51. Qd1 Qe6 52. Qe2 Qa6 53. Ne5 Qb7 (53... Qxe2+ 54. Rxe2 Ra8) 54. Nd7 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.23/Black=0.34} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2703"] [BlackElo "2860"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,66,18,7,8,33,39,36,40,32,32,40,42,45,32,42,34,60,37,60,41,35,27,43,53, 67,63,75,53,63,39,55,41,39,33,80,87,83,84,83,79,73,27,52,31,31,31,54,37,33,0,0, 0,32,0,0,0,11,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ngf6 6. O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} e6 7. Re1 Be7 8. Bf1 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. c4 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. Nc3 Ne5 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Qb8 13. f4 Qa7 14. h3 Nc6 15. Nd5 Bd8 { 0-1 (40) Rossolimo,N-Rogoff,K Malaga 1970}) 10. Nc3 Bf8 11. a4 Ne5 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bg3 a6 14. h3 b6 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. a5 bxa5 17. Nb3 Rb8 18. Nxa5 Ba8 19. Ra4 Qd7 {Black wants to play ...Nxe4!} 20. c5 {[%CAl Rg3d6]} e5 21. Bxa6 dxc5 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Bb5 Red8 24. Nc4 Nb6 25. Ra7 Nc8 26. Ra5 f6 27. f3 Nf4 28. Rea1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bb7 29. Bf2 Ne6 30. Ba6 Bc6 31. Bb5 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 32. Ba6 Bc6 33. Bb5 Bb7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "6.6"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,81,19,15,19,-8,0,6,6,-20,-10,-12,-8,-17,6,15,17,23,35,38,24,25,12,10, 9,10,11,-5,-9,0,-7,-13,2,1,38,37,21,-87,10,13,14,-6,-2,12,2,-2,33,28,49,43,58, 55,52,23,22,28,44,32,10,9,12,18,10,9,9,13,45,16,21,19,37,32,15,26,28,-7,-6,-8, 0,0,0,0,0,-22]} 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 4. b3 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:33]} b6 { [%emt 0:00:08]} 8. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0: 00:13]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 11. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 12. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc8 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 13. dxc5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 14. Nd4 { [%emt 0:02:30]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 15. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00: 43]} 16. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 17. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 18. Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} exf5 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 19. Bxd5 { [%emt 0:00:12]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 20. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 21. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 22. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02] } Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 24. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 25. d5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nc5 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 26. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 27. b4 {[%emt 0: 00:08]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 28. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 29. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 30. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxd5 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. g3 { [%emt 0:00:04]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 33. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00: 18]} 34. b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 35. a4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 37. Rxb6 { [%emt 0:00:06]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00: 08]} 39. b6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 40. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb3 { [%emt 0:00:08]} 41. h3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "6.7"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,65,-2,4,13,0,22,18,13,18,35,39,77,59,77,-45,88,71,88,100,129,73,144, 145,105,115,173,171,220,213,259,274,449,444,397,418,842,459,476,461,471,468, 458,466,458,458,452,453,468,388,1751,1724,1407,1345]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 e5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} 9. d5 Nbd7 {[#]} 10. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 b6 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. Bd2 Ne8 15. Bc3 f5 16. Nd2 { 1-0 (48) Predke,A (2684)-Sanal,V (2581) Ruma 2020}) 10... a5 {The position is equal.} 11. Ba3 axb4 12. Bxb4 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Nc4 (14. Rc1 $16) 14... Nh5 (14... b5 $15 {stays ahead.} 15. Ncxe5 c4) 15. a4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} (15. Nfxe5 Nf4 $17) (15. Ncxe5 $2 Re8 $17) 15... Nf4 {[#]} 16. Bc2 $1 ({Not} 16. Ncxe5 $2 Qe7 $19) 16... f5 {[#]} 17. Rb1 ({Don't blunder} 17. Ncxe5 $2 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Re8 $19) (17. Re1 $142 $1) 17... Ra6 ({Black should play } 17... fxe4 18. Bxe4 Qd7) 18. Re1 (18. Ncxe5 $2 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe5 $19) 18... fxe4 19. Bxe4 Qd7 (19... b6 $16) 20. Nfxe5 $18 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxa4 22. d6 Rd8 ( 22... Qxd1 {is a better defense.} 23. Rbxd1 Bf5 24. Bxb7 Ra7) 23. Qf3 Rf8 { And now ...Nh3+! would win.} 24. Bd5+ Kg7 (24... Be6 $142 25. Bxe6+ Nxe6) 25. Bb3 Qd4 {Threatens to win with ...Nh3+!} 26. Rbd1 Nh3+ 27. gxh3 Rxf3 28. Rxd4 ( {But not} 28. Nxf3 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 $18) 28... cxd4 29. Nxf3 Rxd6 30. Re7+ Kh6 31. h4 {Black must now prevent Ne5.} d3 $2 (31... Bf5 32. Kf1 d3) 32. Ne5 Rd4 33. Bg8 {[%csl Gg8][%CAl Re7h7] Weighted Error Value: White=0.39/Black=0.51 } 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "6.8"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2761"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 26,27,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Qb3 {[#] Predecessor:} Nce7 $146 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfe1 c6 17. Ne4 Nb6 18. Bd3 Ned5 19. Nc5 Nf6 20. Rac1 Rb8 21. Qa3 a6 22. Qb3 Qc7 23. Ne4 Nfd5 24. Nc3 Qd6 25. Be4 {1/2-1/2 (36) Jones,G (2640)-Karjakin,S (2753) Wijk aan Zee 2018 CBM 183 [Fernandez,D]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E39"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 26,131,10,7,12,14,16,18,14,7,39,33,31,49,52,52,60,52,75,34,37,58,42,52, 63,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-12,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,0, 18,18,18,18,18,18,24,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,22,292,285,556,146,565,15, 534,517,1777,1098,1498,1029,5159,5159,5159,5123,5089,1240,29979,29980,29982, 29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 {[%CAl Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4] [%mdl 32]} 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bd6 {The old main line. E39: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5 5 dxc5 0-0.} 15. Bf4 Ne8 16. c5 Qxc5 {The position is equal.} 17. c4 { [%CAl Bc3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Bxe5 (17... Qc7 {seems wilder.} 18. Rab1 f6 19. Nd3 Rb8 20. Rfc1 b6) 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxe5 f6 20. Bf4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} e5 21. Be3 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Nc7 22. Rab1 a5 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Ne6 25. Bd6 Re8 26. Bd5 a4 27. Rfe1 Kf7 {1-0 (42) Holroyd,K (2397)-Dorer,M (2401) ICCF email 2013}) 22. c5 Rf7 23. Rfb1 Rb8 24. a4 f5 25. Rb4 (25. c6 $14 b6 26. Rb5) 25... Nf6 $11 26. c6 b6 27. Rb5 e4 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Rd6 Re7 {Threatening ...Ne8.} 30. Bg5 Kf7 31. Bf1 Ne8 (31... h6 { is interesting.} 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Rb4 Rec7 34. Bb5 Ra8) 32. Bxe7 Kxe7 33. Rd1 Rxc6 34. Rbb1 Nd6 35. Rdc1 Bd7 36. Rxc6 Bxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 37. Ra1 Nb7 38. Bb5 Bd5 39. Rc1 {And now Rc7+ would win.} Nc5 40. a5 g5 41. Kf1 f4 42. Bc4 Ke6 43. axb6 axb6 44. Ke2 h6 45. Bxd5+ Kxd5 {KR-KN} 46. Rb1 {With the idea gxf4.} Kc6 47. gxf4 gxf4 48. Rg1 b5 49. Rg6+ Kd5 $1 50. Rxh6 {Threatens to win with Rb6.} Ne6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black is now going downhill.} (50... b4 $11) 51. h4 $1 $18 b4 $2 (51... Ke5 52. Rh5+ Kf6) 52. Rh8 $2 (52. h5 $1 $18 { and the rest is easy. aiming for Rh7.} b3 53. Rh8) 52... b3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] } (52... Ke5 $16 {is more resistant.} 53. Kd1 e3) 53. Rb8 $2 (53. h5 $1 $18 { [%CAl Rh5h6] Strongly threatening h6.} Ng5 54. Rg8) 53... Nd4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (53... Kc4 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 54. h5 (54. Rb6 Nd4+ 55. Kd1 Kc3) 54... Kc3) 54. Kd1 $1 e3 (54... Kc4 $142 55. h5 f3) 55. fxe3 fxe3 56. h5 Kc4 57. h6 Kd3 58. Kc1 (58. h7 {gets mated.} e2+ 59. Ke1 Nc2+ 60. Kf2 e1=Q+ 61. Kf3 Qe4+ 62. Kg3 Qe5+ 63. Kh4 Qxb8 64. Kh5 b2 65. Kh6 b1=Q 66. h8=Q Qxh8+ 67. Kg5 Qe5+ 68. Kh6 Qh1+ 69. Kg6 Qhh5#) 58... e2 59. Re8 Nf5 60. h7 { White mates.} Ne3 61. Rd8+ Kc4 62. Kd2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} b2 63. Rb8 Nc2 64. Kxe2 Nb4 {[#]} 65. Rxb4+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} Kxb4 66. h8=Q {Weighted Error Value: White=0.38/Black=0.62} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,66,3,17,1,3,-52,-8,-16,-10,-8,-27,-9,-18,-46,-59,-47,-50,-48,-54,-56, -41,-58,-45,-71,-31,-74,-77,-68,-35,-22,-25,-51,-76,-65,-21,-37,-40,-87,-60, -166,-150,-156,-156,-247,-241,-243,-224,-377,-199,-419,-407,-578,-361,-349, -360,-357,-362,-408,-403]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 {D00:1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Nbd7 7. O-O-O (7. e4 $11) 7... e6 8. e4 { The position is equal.} dxe4 9. Nxe4 {[#]} Nxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qa5 10. Kb1 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Ne5 Nb6 15. Rhe1 O-O { 0-1 (33) Chan,K (2303)-Frolyanov,D (2542) Chess.com INT 2021}) 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 Qd5 12. Kb1 Qxg2 13. Nf3 Qg4 14. Be3 Qh5 15. Rhg1 h6 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. Rd3 Nd5 18. Be5 Qf5 19. Rb3 Rg8 20. a3 g5 21. Ka2 Bd6 22. c4 Nf4 23. Qe3 Kb8 24. d5 (24. Nh4 $15 Qh7 25. Ng2 Nxg2 26. Rxg2) 24... exd5 $19 ({But not} 24... cxd5 $2 {[#]} 25. Nd4 $1 $18) 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. Rc1 (26. Bxd6+ $17 Qxd6 27. c5) 26... Bxe5 27. Qxe5+ Ka8 {Strongly threatening ...Rge8.} 28. Qe1 (28. c5 {keeps fighting.}) 28... Ne6 (28... c5 $142 29. Nf3 g4) 29. Nf3 (29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rh3 ) 29... Nc5 30. Ne5 (30. Re3 $142 dxc4 31. Ne5) 30... Nxb3 31. Nxd7 Nxc1+ 32. Qxc1 {[#] And now Nf6 would win.} Rxd7 33. cxd5 cxd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.42/Black=0.22} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "7.3"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 27,28,0,4]} 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+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 {[#] Predecessor:} 15. Qe3+ $146 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Be6 16. Nc3 Qc6 17. Nb5 Bc5 18. Qc3 O-O 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rd8 22. Qb4 a5 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. axb5 {1/2-1/2 (32) Wei,Y (2732)-Grischuk,A (2777) Chess.com INT 2020} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2860"] [BlackElo "2742"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,81,14,11,24,25,23,18,17,17,21,14,17,18,18,17,26,0,0,0,5,6,6,6,6,6,15, 8,17,10,25,28,33,34,24,26,42,10,15,17,33,35,34,31,35,42,34,40,33,34,59,31,72,8, 12,-5,-6,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Bc5 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation.} 7. O-O Ne7 8. Na4 Bd6 9. d4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Nd7 11. Rd1 Nf6 12. Qf3 {[#]} Qa5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 12... Nf5 13. Nc5 Qe7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bc7 16. a4 Rd8 17. g3 h5 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 {0-1 (76) Nandhidhaa,P (2312)-Girya,O (2477) Caleta 2020}) 13. b3 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Rb1 O-O 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Nb2 Ng6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nh4.} 18. g3 Rad8 19. Nc4 Bd4 20. c3 Bc5 21. b4 Be7 22. h4 h5 23. Be3 b5 24. Na5 Ne5 25. Qg2 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 c5 27. Qb7 Qxb7 28. Nxb7 cxb4 29. cxb4 Bxb4 30. Bxb5 a5 31. Bb6 ({White should try} 31. Bf4 $16 Neg4 32. f3) 31... Ne4 $1 $11 {[%CAl Re4c3] [#] And now ...Nc3 would win.The position is equal.} 32. a4 ({But not} 32. Bxa5 $2 Bxa5 33. Nxa5 Nc3 $19) ({Wrong is} 32. Nxa5 $2 Nc3 $19) 32... Nc3 33. Ra1 Nxb5 34. axb5 {Strongly threatening Bc7.} Rb8 35. Bxa5 Bxa5 36. Nxa5 Rxb5 {KRN-KRN} 37. Ra2 g6 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Ra4 Rb2 40. Nc4 Nxc4 41. Rxc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Pichot, Alan"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "2533"] [BlackElo "2703"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,111,19,8,59,51,54,9,45,38,71,38,30,31,39,-9,27,27,-18,14,54,-45,-61, -56,-60,-125,-26,-1,2,-89,-61,-116,-97,-139,-97,-119,-59,-59,-56,-101,-85,-93, -52,-92,-59,-88,-59,-59,-59,-59,-25,-100,0,-60,-48,-48,-66,-103,94,76,225,252, 272,279,279,302,280,258,267,230,338,321,486,272,271,309,315,369,369,195,224, 224,240,304,304,168,168,190,175,115,115,118,251,110,133,136,294,280,348,361, 500,418,421,508,506,506,532,532,532,652,834,1009,1063,1128]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d3 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. h3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:07] } 5. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. g4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bg6 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 7. h4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 8. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00: 14]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. g5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. Qxh5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf8 {[%emt 0: 00:21]} 12. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 13. h5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 14. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 15. f4 { [%emt 0:02:00]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 16. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:04: 20]} 17. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 18. g6 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Bg8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 19. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 20. Ne2 { [%emt 0:00:38]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. e5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00: 35]} 22. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. a3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 24. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 25. Ne4 { [%emt 0:00:06]} Na4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 26. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:53]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 27. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 28. Bh3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} b5 $4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} (28... Rf8) 29. b4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 30. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 31. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} cxd5 { [%emt 0:00:11]} 32. dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 33. Rd3 { [%emt 0:00:10]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} dxc3 {[%emt 0: 00:05]} 35. Qg1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 36. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 37. Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 38. Rxc3 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 40. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 42. Qb5+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 43. Qb7 { [%emt 0:01:11]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44. c3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00: 11]} 45. Qxg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 46. Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 47. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 48. g7 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00: 31]} 50. g8=Q {[%emt 0:00:20]} Na4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 51. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 52. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 53. Qxg8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 54. Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kd8 {[%emt 0: 00:25]} 55. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 56. Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:03] } 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "7.6"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2829"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,64,29,34,29,26,65,41,52,46,47,23,18,14,21,19,8,19,40,39,39,41,50,30, 50,32,25,23,34,21,39,29,49,33,41,7,29,10,22,2,2,0,2,0,22,5,31,0,0,0,37,0,0,0, 38]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nf5 Bxe3 {C45: Scotch Game.} 8. Nxe3 ({But not} 8. fxe3 g6 $15) 8... Nge7 9. c4 d6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be2 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. O-O {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qd7 15. Bf3 Kh8 16. b3 Rae8 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Ne5 19. Bd5 Nd3 20. Qe3 b6 {0-1 (65) Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) -Kramnik,V (2760) Sochi 2014}) 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Rad1 Qf4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Ne5 19. Qxf4 Rxf4 20. Rc1 Re4 21. Rc2 Re8 22. f3 Rb4 23. b3 Nd7 24. Bc4 Ne5 25. a3 Rb6 26. b4 Nxc4 27. Rxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ra6 (27... c5 $5) 28. Rc3 Re2 29. Rf2 Re1+ 30. Rf1 Re2 31. Rf2 Re1+ 32. Rf1 Re2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "7.7"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2836"] [BlackElo "2881"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,110,26,23,24,24,22,25,23,27,8,41,46,47,51,72,41,42,34,37,31,46,46,46, 41,46,42,45,43,46,47,43,42,47,47,48,47,47,41,41,35,41,28,31,27,35,35,39,39,38, 33,44,34,44,27,28,2,5,0,0,0,14,5,8,14,19,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bf4 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Be5 {White has an edge.} c6 9. Bd3 {[#]} Be7 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. h3 Bxe5 11. Nxe5 Nbd7 12. f4 c5 13. Qf3 cxd4 14. exd4 b5 15. O-O Bb7 {1/2-1/2 (30) Liu,Y (2524)-Gukesh,D (2535) Shanghai 2019}) 10. h3 Be6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bh2 O-O 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Bb1 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qf3 Qe5 19. Rfd1 Nce4 20. Nce2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Nxf4 Nd6 25. Bd3 Kf8 26. b3 Ke7 27. f3 Nde8 28. Kf2 Nc7 29. g4 Bd7 30. h4 Nfe8 31. h5 Nd6 32. a4 a5 {The position is equal.} 33. Ke2 Kf6 34. Kd2 Ke5 35. Bc2 Ne6 36. Nd3+ Kf6 37. Nf4 Nxd4 38. exd4 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Be6 39. Ke3 Nc8 40. Bd3 Ne7 41. Bb5 Bc8 42. Be8 g5 43. Nd3 Kg7 44. Bb5 f6 45. Kf2 b6 46. Kg3 f5 47. Ne5 fxg4 48. fxg4 Kf6 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Kg3 Ng8 51. Bd3 {[#] aiming for Bf5+.} Ke7 52. Nc6+ Kd6 53. Ne5 Ke7 54. Nc6+ Kd6 55. Ne5 Ke7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "7.8"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 25,88,47,55,37,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-20,-25,-27,0,0,-47,-22,-16,0,-47,-61, -58,-54,-62,-8,-8,-12,-3,-7,-7,-7,-13,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Rc8 9. c4 Qc7 10. b3 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. Rad1 a6 14. f4 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} Bf8 15. Nf3 {[#]} (15. g4 $14 h6 16. g5 hxg5 17. fxg5) 15... e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... g6 16. Kh1 Rcd8 17. e5 Nh5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. f5 exf5 21. Nd5 Qc6 22. Rxf5+ {1-0 (31) Fette,M (2360)-Sherzer,A (2440) Budapest 1990}) 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Kh1 Qc6 18. Nd5 b5 19. Nd2 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qg6 21. Ba1 e4 22. Rf4 e3 23. Nf1 bxc4 24. bxc4 Ne5 $1 25. h3 {[#]} Bd6 (25... Rxc4 $1 $15 26. Rxc4 Nxc4 27. Qxc4 e2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 26. Nxe3 {The position is equal.} Qg3 27. Qf2 Qxf2 28. Rxf2 Nxc4 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. d6 {[#] Threatens to win with d7.} Nxd6 31. Nxd6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 {And now Kh2 would win.} Rc1+ 33. Kh2 { Strongly threatening Re2!} Rxa1 34. Rxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} h5 35. Ra7 f6 36. Rc2 Re5 37. Rc3 Rg5 38. Rg3 Rxg3 39. Kxg3 {KR-KR} Kh7 40. h4 Kg6 41. Ra5 Kf7 42. Ra7+ Kg6 43. Ra5 Kf7 44. Ra7+ Kg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0. 08/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,81,32,25,22,41,31,25,22,0,13,2,0,22,23,-15,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,17,0,0,0, 32,19,31,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,4,2,6,0,16,16,16,14,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 {7.Ne5 is the modern continuation.} dxc4 8. Qxc4 b5 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. Qd1 c5 {White has an edge.} 11. Nc3 { Nh4 is the strong threat.} Nc6 12. Nh4 Bd7 {[#]} 13. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxb5 Rb8 14. d5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Rxb5 16. Rd1 Nd4 17. e3 Bg4 18. Rxd4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Qxd5 20. Bxd5 cxd4 {1/2-1/2 (28) Svane,R (2888)-Dubov,D (3053) Chess.com INT 2020}) 13... b4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rc8 16. Nf3 Bh3 17. Re1 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Rfd8 19. Rd3 (19. Bg5 {is interesting.} Bxb2 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Rb1 Bf6 22. Rxb4 Rxc5 23. Be3) 19... Rxd3 20. Bxd3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. a3 b3 23. Bc4 Rxc5 24. Bxb3 Rc7 25. Bh6 Bxb2 26. Rd1 {[%CAl Rd1d8] [#]} Rc8 27. a4 Bg7 28. Be3 a6 29. f3 h5 30. Kf2 Bf6 31. a5 Kg7 32. Bd5 Rc2 33. Rb1 Bf5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bd3.The position is equal.} 34. Rc1 Rxc1 35. Bxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} Bc3 36. Bb7 Bxa5 37. Bxa6 Bc3 38. Bc4 Bd7 39. h4 Be5 40. Be3 Bc6 41. Bc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2881"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,49,-10,-15,-5,0,0,0,0,7,0,108,115,116,125,141,125,123,82,112,116,188, 74,184,182,164,185,395,378,411,400,395,351,336,339,395,380,597,98,466,431,792, 758]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nf5 {[#] A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening.} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... O-O 7. e3 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf5 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Be2 Bd6 12. Rc1 h5 13. Bxh5 Nxh5 14. Qxh5 { 1/2-1/2 (40) Artemiev,V (2709)-Firouzja,A (2759) Chess.com INT 2021}) 7. Nxg7+ Kf8 $1 {Threatens to win with ...d4.} 8. cxd5 {The position is equal.} Bd4 $1 { [%CAl Rd4b2] [#]} 9. Nc3 $1 Ne7 {[#]} ({Wrong is} 9... Kxg7 $2 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. e3 $18) (9... Nb4 $11 {remains equal.} 10. e3 Be5) (9... Nb4 10. e3) 10. e3 $1 $16 Bxc3 (10... Kxg7 11. exd4) 11. dxc3 Kxg7 12. c4 Ng6 13. g4 {[%mdl 1024] Strongly threatening g5. White has strong compensation.} h6 14. h4 c5 (14... Qe7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 15. Be2 (15. f4 $1 $18 {And now g5 would win.} Kg8 16. Be2) 15... Kg8 {[#]} (15... Qd6 $16) 16. Qc2 $1 $18 Rh7 {[#]} 17. O-O-O $1 Nxg4 $2 (17... a5 18. Rdg1 Ra6) 18. h5 Nf8 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qc2 Nxf2 21. Rhg1+ Kf7 22. Rdf1 Qh4 (22... Qe7 $142 23. e4 Nh3) 23. Be5 $2 (23. Rg2 $18 {is more deadly.} Nh1 24. Bd3) 23... Qe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} 24. Qc3 Nh3 (24... Qh4 $142 25. Qa1 Nd7) 25. Rg4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.46/Black=0.77} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2829"] [BlackElo "2836"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,97,0,0,0,0,0,4,-25,-12,-17,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,-15,-24,-24,-24,-31,-14,-41, -38,-39,-41,-43,-7,-30,-20,-34,-39,-115,-116,-95,-98,-239,-23,-23,-23,-16,-11, -15,-16,-29,-4,-22,-23,-28,-26,-28,-27,-22,-18,-23,-22,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4... 0-0.} c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e3 {[#]} Bf5 $1 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 { [#]} Qxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nbd7 13. O-O Nxc5 14. c4 Nxd3 {0-1 (14) Sajjadi,K (1893)-Vestby Ellingsen,M (2262) Fornebu 2017}) 13. Rb1 b6 14. Be5 { Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Nbd7 {[%CAl Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6][%mdl 32]} 15. Bd4 Qa3 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. O-O Ne4 {[%CAl Re4c3]} 18. Rfc1 Ndc5 19. Nd2 Nd6 20. Rd1 Qa4 21. Nb3 Ne6 22. Qe2 {[#]} (22. Rbc1 $15) 22... Nb5 $1 $17 23. Be5 f6 ({ Much worse is} 23... Nxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. Rxd5 $11) 24. Na1 $6 {[#]} (24. Nd2 ) 24... Nxc3 $2 ({Weaker is} 24... fxe5 25. Rxb5 Nc7 26. Rb2 $11) (24... Rc4 $1 $19 25. Rxd5 a6) 25. Bxc3 $11 Rxc3 26. Rxd5 Qe4 27. Rdd1 Rac8 28. Rb2 Qc4 29. Kf1 Rc1 {[%CAl Rc1d1]} 30. Rbd2 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Kf8 32. Nb3 Qxe2+ 33. Kxe2 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc2+ 34. Rd2 {The position is equal.} Rxd2+ (34... Rc4 {is interesting.} 35. f4 Ke7 36. g4 g5 37. fxg5 fxg5 38. Kf3 h6) 35. Kxd2 { KN-KN} Ke7 36. e4 Kd6 37. Ke3 g5 38. f3 Ke5 39. g3 h5 40. h4 gxh4 41. f4+ Kd6 42. gxh4 a6 43. Nd2 b5 44. Nf1 a5 45. Ng3 Ng7 46. Kd4 Ne6+ 47. Ke3 Ng7 48. Kd4 Ne6+ 49. Ke3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2703"] [BlackElo "2731"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,80,15,26,6,23,25,30,22,35,21,38,16,46,47,73,0,33,13,16,19,114,31,24, 0,0,-62,-60,-60,-82,-90,-16,-37,-26,-59,-64,-70,-68,-331,0,0,4,-336,-329,-403, -356,-340,-325,-413,-414,-756,-354,-384,-402,-393,-393,-433,-430,-427,-430, -425,-415,-473,-470,-536,-510,-703,-677,-954,-1025,-1483,-1414]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. a4 {7.c3 is becoming the main line. C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} a5 8. c3 Qe7 $5 { [%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} 9. O-O {White has an edge.} g5 10. Bg3 {[#] } Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h5 11. h4 g4 12. Ng5 Nd8 13. d4 Ba7 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Qb3 Nb6 16. f4 exd4 {1-0 (27) Sethuraman,S (2646)-Lodhi,M (2347) Riadh 2017}) 11. Re1 Rg8 12. d4 Ba7 13. Na3 h5 $1 {[%CAl Rh5h4] Strongly threatening ...h4.} 14. h4 gxh4 15. Bxh4 O-O-O (15... Rg4 $1 $11) 16. Nc2 (16. b4 $1 $16) 16... Rg4 $14 17. Bb5 (17. g3) 17... exd4 18. cxd4 (18. Ncxd4 $11 Ne5 19. Bxd7+ Nexd7 20. Nf5) 18... Rdg8 $15 19. Ne3 {[#]} Rxh4 $1 20. Nxh4 {Black must now prevent Bxc6.} Nxe4 (20... Nxd4 $17 21. Bxd7+ Qxd7) 21. Nef5 Qg5 22. Qf3 d5 23. Rad1 Kb8 24. g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24. Bxc6 $15 bxc6 25. g3) 24... Nxd4 $2 ( 24... Ne5 25. dxe5 Bxf2+ 26. Kf1 (26. Kg2 Bxg3) 26... Bxg3 27. Rxe4 Bxh4 $19) 25. Nxd4 $11 Bxb5 26. Kh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. axb5 $11 Qxh4 27. Kg2 (27. Qxf7 Qg4 $11)) 26... Bxa4 $19 27. b3 Be8 28. Re2 Bb6 29. Ng2 Bd7 {...h4! is the strong threat.} 30. Qxf7 {[#]} (30. Rxe4 $142 dxe4 31. Qxe4) 30... Bg4 (30... h4 $142 $1 31. Nxh4 Nxg3) 31. Nf3 Qg7 32. Qxg7 Rxg7 33. Ngh4 Bxf2 34. Rxf2 Nxf2 35. Rxd5 b6 36. Nd4 Kb7 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Ng2 Ne4 38. Re5 Nd2 { aiming for ... Rd7.} 39. Nf4 Rd7 40. Nb5 Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.92/Black=0.37} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Pichot, Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2533"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,75,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,-3,-35,-25,-14,-24,-25,0,-25,-14,-3,-4,-55,-47,-59, -59,-124,-119,-126,-129,-133,-130,-142,-72,-134,-132,-136,-126,-140,-121,-111, -81,-80,-72,-88,23,22,51,42,45,29,717,694,642,625,980,922,1592,1537,1914,4132, 2785,2311,5314,5314,5265,5181,2469,1679,1996,1670]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. c3 Bg4 5. Bc2 e6 6. h3 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous.} Bh5 7. d4 d5 {[#]} 8. exd5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. e5 Nfd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qd3 c4 12. Qxh7# {1-0 (12) Olmann,M-Pocius,M Panevezys 2009}) 8... Qxd5 9. Bb3 Qe4+ 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qf5 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Ba4 (14. Bc2 $11 Qh5 15. Be3) 14... Be7 $15 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qb3 (16. Bc2 $15) 16... O-O $17 {Hoping for ...Ne5.} 17. Bxc6 (17. Qxb7 Nb4 18. cxb4 Rab8 19. Qxa7 Bxb4) 17... bxc6 18. O-O-O Rab8 19. Qc4 Rb5 ({Black should play} 19... Qf5 20. Qe4 Qa5) 20. Kc2 ({White should try} 20. Qxc6 Rfb8 21. Nb3) 20... Rfb8 21. b3 Rd5 22. Qe4 Re5 23. Qd3 g6 24. Ne4 Qf4 25. Rhe1 Rf5 (25... Rd5 $17 26. Qe3 Qc7) 26. Qd7 $11 Bf8 27. Qxa7 Rbb5 28. Rd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Strongly threatening Qe7. White has some pressure.} Ra5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs Black the game.} (28... Rbd5 $11 29. Rc8 Kg7) 29. Qe7 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd8] [%CAl Re7f8] White is clearly winning.} Qh6 30. a4 Rxf3 31. Red1 Rd5 32. R1xd5 cxd5 33. Nf6+ Rxf6 34. Qxf6 Qh5 35. Qe7 {[%csl Gd8][%CAl Re7f8] [#]} Qe2+ 36. Kc1 {[%csl Gd8][%CAl Re7f8]} Kg7 37. Qxf8+ Kf6 38. Qc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.24} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "8.6"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2860"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,79,28,30,18,33,24,33,30,38,24,40,42,23,30,27,40,27,28,36,27,31,15,26, 33,22,0,0,0,-13,0,0,-28,-25,-27,-26,-32,0,0,0,-1,-1,-2,-1,-2,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O a6 12. Qd3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 12.a4. B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3. ..Bd7.} Rfc8 13. b3 $1 b5 {13...Qc7 is not played anymore.} 14. cxb5 {White is slightly better.} Ne5 15. Qd2 d5 $1 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 {And now b6 would win.} axb5 18. Rad1 Qxd5 19. Qe2 Nc6 {[%CAl Be5c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 20. Nxb5 Qe6 21. Rd2 Nb4 22. Re1 h5 23. Nd4 {[#]} Qa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23... Qf6) 24. Qxa6 Rxa6 25. a4 Rc3 $1 26. Bf2 Nd3 27. Red1 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 Bxd4+ ( 28... e5 {feels hotter.} 29. Ne2 Rxb3 30. Rd8+ Bf8 31. Re8 Kg7) 29. Rxd4 { The position is equal.} Rxb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. Ra1 Rb2+ 31. Kg3 Ra5 32. h4 Kg7 33. Kh3 Rb7 34. Ra2 Rba7 35. Rb4 R7a6 36. Kg3 Ra7 37. Kf2 R7a6 38. Kg3 Ra7 39. Kf2 R7a6 40. Kg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/ Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "8.7"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,38,21,27,11,18,18,22,34,26,29,29,15,18,14,24,18,19,22,29,24,28,26,20, 0,30,0,27,0,23]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 (5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bd3 g6 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. Qf3 Be8 19. g3 Bg7 20. h4 h5 21. Qe3 Nc8 22. Bb1 Nd6 23. Re1 Bc6 24. Qf4 Qd8 25. Rcd1 Nb5 26. Nxb5 Bxb5 {1/2-1/2 (35) Radjabov,T (2765)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2021}) 5... O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 11...Bf6.} 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4 Qd6 {Threatens to win with ...Nb3.} 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Qd2 {[#]} Qf6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 16... Nb3 17. Qc3 Qb6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rac8 21. g4 Rc1+ 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Be6 24. f4 f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 (66) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 17. Qd4 Qd6 {next ...Bc2 is good for Black.} 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Qd4 Qd6 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "8.8"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,81,10,21,14,22,19,27,40,29,37,49,37,56,32,47,52,23,17,21,22,18,20,21, 16,19,13,0,0,0,8,2,15,6,4,0,0,0,7,0,5,-4,-13,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,-5,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. c3 Nd7 {A48:1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} 8. Bc4 N5b6 9. Bb3 c5 {White has an edge.} 10. O-O cxd4 {[#]} 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. cxd4 Nf6 12. Re1 Nbd5 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Qf3 Qb6 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Nxf7 Bxf7 17. Bxd5 Qxd4 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Ne4 Kh8 20. Ng5 Rd7 21. Rad1 Qa4 22. Qh3 {1-0 (22) Romanov,E (2579)-Slizhevsky,A (2426) Cheliabinsk 2019}) 11... Re8 12. Ne4 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxf7+!} Nf8 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 (14. cxd4 {seems wilder.} Be6 15. Nc5 Bxb3 16. axb3 Nc8 17. Bf4) 14... Qxd4 15. cxd4 {Nd6 is the strong threat.The position is equal.} Be6 $1 16. Nc5 {[%CAl Rc5e6]} Bxb3 17. axb3 Nd5 18. Nxb7 Ne6 19. Be3 Reb8 20. Na5 Rb5 21. Rec1 a6 22. g3 f6 23. Rc4 Kf7 24. Kg2 Rd8 25. Nc6 Rd6 26. Rxa6 Rxb3 27. Bc1 Rb7 28. Na5 {[#] aiming for Rxd6.} Rxa6 29. Nxb7 Ra1 30. h4 Nb6 31. Rc3 Nd5 32. Rc4 Nb6 33. Rc3 Rb1 34. Na5 Nd5 35. Rc4 Nb6 36. Rc3 Nd5 37. Rc4 Nb6 38. Rc6 Nxd4 39. Rxb6 {Hoping for Be3.} Rxc1 40. Nb3 Nxb3 41. Rxb3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,89,8,0,15,-19,0,-24,-31,-32,-32,-43,-55,-40,-48,-58,-46,-52,-16,-10, -13,-31,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-8,0,-18,0,0,35,0,0,0,300,300,300,300,275,275,455,395, 414,414,414,376,448,442,448,433,433,432,29963,29961,29985,29986,29986,1976, 29987,29988,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29994,29994,29990]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Ba7 12. h3 Ne7 {[#] C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} 13. Ne3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A top novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O Nxd5 14. Bxd5 O-O 15. Re1 c6 16. Bb3 Re8 17. Qd3 Be6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Qb6 { 1/2-1/2 (19) Macieja,B (2613)-Adams,M (2740) Mallorca 2004}) 13... b5 14. Bd3 c5 {Black has an edge.} 15. a4 cxd4 16. Nf5 Nxf5 17. exf5 O-O 18. O-O bxa4 19. Rxa4 a5 20. b4 Bb6 21. bxa5 Rxa5 (21... Bd7 $5 {[%CAl Rd7a4]} 22. Ra1 Rxa5 $15) 22. Rxa5 ({But not} 22. Nxd4 $2 Rxa4 23. Qxa4 Qh4 $19) 22... Bxa5 23. Nxd4 Bb7 24. Qb3 Ba8 25. Bc4 Qf6 (25... d5 {keeps more tension.} 26. Be2 Qf6 27. Qd3 Bb6 28. Rd1 Rc8) 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Bd5 (27. Qb5 $5 {[%CAl Rb5a5]} d5 28. Bxd5 (28. Qxa5 dxc4 29. Qc3 Be4 $17) 28... Bxd5 29. Qxa5 $14 (29. Qxd5 Bb6 $15)) 27... Bxd5 28. Qxd5 Bb6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#] White leaves nothing to chance now.} ( 28... Rc5 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 29. Qb7 Kh7) 29. Qb7 $1 $18 {[%csl Bb6, Bc8][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bxd4 30. Qxc8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Kh7 31. Qc6 Qe5 $2 (31... Bc5 32. Qf3 Qb2) 32. Qf3 Bc5 33. g3 Qf6 34. Kg2 Qe5 35. Rb1 Qd4 36. Rb7 Kg8 37. h4 Qd2 (37... Qf6 $18 38. Qh5 d5) 38. f6 g6 39. h5 Qc2 40. Rb8+ Kh7 41. Rf8 {White mates.} Qa2 42. hxg6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} Kxg6 43. Rg8+ Kh7 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Qf5 {[%csl Gg7][%CAl Rf5h7][%mdl 64] Decoy. Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.58} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "9.2"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2761"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 26,27,0,0]} 1. e4 {Fernandez,D} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Qb3 {[#] Predecessor:} Nce7 $146 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfe1 c6 17. Ne4 Nb6 18. Bd3 Ned5 19. Nc5 Nf6 20. Rac1 Rb8 21. Qa3 a6 22. Qb3 Qc7 23. Ne4 Nfd5 24. Nc3 Qd6 25. Be4 {1/2-1/2 (36) Jones,G (2640)-Karjakin,S (2753) Wijk aan Zee 2018 CBM 183 [Fernandez,D]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2860"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,95,27,11,5,10,19,19,19,20,18,15,15,11,18,18,17,16,13,25,23,32,20,27, 25,38,35,47,37,34,21,67,45,60,43,38,31,41,41,51,43,53,18,21,11,17,10,14,0,0,0, 0,0,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,8,8,8,8,8,62,62,62,62,66,9,9,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8] } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {[%CAl Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5e3,Be3f5,Bf5e7][%mdl 32] C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Be6.} 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 Qd6 {[%csl Gc7][%CAl Rd6h2]} 17. g3 Nf6 {[#]} 18. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. c3 Rce8 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. Qf3 Qg4 22. Qxg4 Nxg4 23. h3 Nf6 24. Re1 Rxe1 25. Bxe1 {1/2-1/2 (31) Van Delft,M (2395)-Naumann,A (2535) Germany 2013}) 18... Rce8 19. Bd2 Qc5 20. c3 Qd6 21. h4 Kg8 22. Bh3 Qd8 23. Kg2 a5 24. a4 h6 25. Bf5 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. d4 (28. Be3 {with more complications.} b6 29. Bh3 c5 30. Qf5 d4 31. Bd2) 28... g6 29. Bd3 ({Don't play } 29. Bxh6 gxf5 30. Qxf5 Qf6 $17) 29... h5 30. b3 Qd7 31. c4 dxc4 32. Bxc4 Nd6 33. Qf6 Qf5 34. Qxf5 Nxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 35. d5 Nd6 36. Bf4 b5 37. axb5 cxb5 38. Bd3 a4 39. bxa4 bxa4 40. Bc1 {White wants to play Bc2.} Nb7 (40... Nc8 $11) 41. Bb5 $14 Nc5 42. Ba3 Bd6 43. f3 ({White should try} 43. Kf3 $14) 43... Kg7 {The position is equal.} 44. g4 Kf6 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. f4 Ke7 47. Bxc5 Bxc5 48. Bxa4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Pichot, Alan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "2533"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "138"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,138,13,24,17,14,16,22,17,47,41,39,39,63,13,32,15,12,0,0,0,45,18,23,37, 73,70,73,73,79,73,77,57,110,54,58,44,161,72,68,51,56,21,216,141,136,121,150, 138,152,105,152,162,656,642,633,620,764,765,899,899,1137,64,47,52,61,32,64,5, 32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-6,-2,-3,-5,-7,-5,0,-8,0,0,0,0,-8,-57,-21,-11,0,0,0,0,0, -57,-57,-65,-65,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-29960,-67,-75, -90,-29967,-29968,-29969,-29970,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975, -29975,-29975]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 g6 4. e5 Bg7 5. d4 f6 6. exf6 { B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4.} exf6 7. Bd3 {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nh6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nf7 10. c4 Be6 11. b3 Nd7 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. bxc4 {1-0 (45) Alekseenko,K (2696)-Sevian,S (2660) Chess.com INT 2020}) 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Na6 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Re1 Kf7 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nc3 Nd5 13. Qa4 Nb6 14. Qxc6 Bd7 15. Qd6 Re8 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Qa3 Qc8 18. d5 Bf8 19. Qa5 Qb7 20. Bc5 Bh6 (20... Nxd5 $14 21. Bxf8 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxf8) 21. d6 ({Better is} 21. Qb4 $16) 21... Bf8 22. Qb4 Rec8 (22... Rab8 $14) 23. Rad1 ( 23. Nd4 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Bd7 24. a4) 23... Bd3 $16 24. b3 Rab8 25. bxc4 (25. Qa3) 25... Bxc4 $4 (25... Nd7 $11 26. Qxb7 (26. Rxd3 Nxc5 27. Qxb7+ Rxb7 $11) 26... Rxb7 27. Rxd3 Nxc5) 26. d7 {Strongly threatening Bxf8.} (26. Ne4) 26... Bxc5 27. dxc8=Q $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Bxb4 28. Qh3 {[%CAl Rh3h7]} Kg7 29. Re3 Qf7 30. Ne4 Nd5 $2 {[#]} (30... Rb7) 31. Neg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg5 32. Nxg5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg8 33. Qd7+ Kh8 34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Ne5+ $2 (35. Nd8+ $1 $18 Kh8 (35... Kf6 36. Rf3+ Kg5 37. Ne6+ Kg4) 36. Re8) 35... Kh8 $14 36. Nxc4 Nxe3 37. Nxe3 (37. Qd4+ {is more complex.} Qg7 38. Qxe3 Bf8 39. h3 Qf6 40. Qxa7 Rc8 41. Ne3) 37... Bc5 38. Ng4 (38. Qd3 $14 Qg7 39. Qxa6) 38... Qg7 (38... Rf8 {keeps more tension.} 39. Qd3 Qg7 40. g3 h5 41. Ne3 Qf6) 39. Qxg7+ (39. Qd5 {feels hotter.} Bb6 40. g3 Rf8 41. Rd2 Qc3 42. Kg2) 39... Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 40. Rd7+ Kf8 {( -> ...Rb1+)} 41. g3 Rb2 42. a4 h5 43. Ne3 Ra2 44. Rc7 Bb6 45. Rc4 Ke7 46. Rf4 g5 47. Rf5 g4 48. Rxh5 Rxa4 49. Rg5 a5 50. Nxg4 Rd4 (50... Re4 $5 {[%CAl Ra5a4]} 51. Re5+ Rxe5 52. Nxe5 Ke6 $15) 51. Ne3 {Black should prevent Rxa5!} a4 52. Nf5+ Kf6 53. Nxd4 Kxg5 $11 {KB-KN} 54. Nc2 (54. Ne2 $1 $11) 54... Bc5 $15 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 55. Kf1 a3 56. Ke2 a2 57. Kd3 Bf8 58. Kc4 Bg7 59. Kb3 a1=Q 60. Nxa1 Bxa1 {KB-K3P} 61. Ka4 $4 (61. f3 Bd4 62. Kb4 Bg1 63. h3 Bf2 64. g4 Kf4 65. Ka5 Bd4 $11 (65... Kxf3 66. g5 Kf4 67. g6 Bd4 68. Ka6 $11)) 61... Kg4 62. Ka5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (62. f4 $15 Bd4 63. Kb5) 62... Bd4 $2 (62... Kf3 $1 {mates } 63. h4 Kg4 64. Ka6 Bd4 65. f3+ Kh5 66. Kb5 Bb6 67. Kc4 Bf2 68. g4+ Kxh4 69. Kd5 Bb6 70. Kc4 Be3 71. Kd3 Bh6 72. Kd4 Kg3 73. Kc3 Be3 74. Kb3 Kxf3 75. Kc3 Kxg4 76. Kc4 a5 77. Kc3 Kf4 78. Kc4 Bd2 79. Kb5 Ke5 80. Ka4 Bb4 81. Kb3 Kd4 82. Ka4 Kc3 83. Kb5 Kb3 84. Kb6 a4 85. Kb7 a3 86. Kc7 a2 87. Kd7 a1=Q 88. Ke6 Qf1 89. Kd7 Qf7+ 90. Kc6 Kc4 91. Kb6 Qd7 92. Ka6 Bc5 93. Ka5 Qb5#) 63. f4 Bg1 64. Ka6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64. h3+ $17 Kf5 65. Kb5) 64... Kf5 {Black mates.} 65. h3 {[#]} Bf2 $1 {[%CAl Rf2g1]} 66. h4 Kg4 67. h5 Kxh5 68. f5 Kg5 69. g4 Bd4 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.22/Black=0.32} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2742"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,64,10,25,7,21,0,0,0,1,-25,-18,-17,-35,-35,-37,-24,-17,-12,-7,-4,0,0, -6,0,0,-106,-7,-86,-98,-113,-113,-114,-112,-153,-149,-146,-139,-441,-441,-441, -441,-509,-499,-533,-527,-519,-538,-612,-604,-962,-941,-943,-938,-1043,-590, -587,-587]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. e3 { D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} Bg7 7. h4 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... h5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Ng5 e5 11. d5 c6 12. f3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Nxc6 {1-0 (32) Anton Guijarro,D (2675)-Svidler,P (2723) chess24.com INT 2020}) 8. dxe5 {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. Nf3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. h5 Qe7 12. a4 Be6 13. a5 Nd7 14. a6 bxa6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rxh8+ Bxh8 17. Bxa6 $2 {[#]} (17. Rxa6 $11 Nc5 18. Rc6) 17... Rb8 ({Black should try} 17... Nc5 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Rd8.} 18. Bf1 Rd8 19. Rxa7 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Bb3) 18. Qa4 (18. Bf1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nc5 (18... Rxb2 19. Rxa7)) 18... Rxb2 $17 {And now ...Qd6 would win.} 19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. Rxa3 Nc5 21. Bb5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Kd8 {...Bxc3 is the strong threat.} 22. Be2 Nb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 23. Rxa7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} (23. Ne4 $17) 23... Be5 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} ({Less strong is} 23... Rxd2 24. Ra8+ Bc8 25. Ne4 $17) 24. f4 Bd6 ({Inferior is} 24... Rxd2 25. fxe5 Rc2 26. Ne4 $11) 25. Ra8+ Ke7 26. Rb8 Rxd2 27. Bb5 Rc2 28. Ne4 {[%csl Gb5][%CAl Rb8e8]} Bb4+ 29. Kd1 {[%csl Gb5] [%CAl Rb8e8]} Rc1+ 30. Ke2 Bg4+ 31. Kd3 Nc5+ 32. Nxc5 Bxc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.58/Black=0.22} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "9.6"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A90"] [WhiteElo "2836"] [BlackElo "2703"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,76,24,21,75,68,55,56,50,53,41,46,82,59,77,54,86,73,63,16,53,40,43,45, 55,48,42,43,36,32,32,35,24,34,35,33,42,40,43,34,39,29,21,40,35,34,42,35,35,35, 49,30,45,34,26,24,42,24,24,22,22,22,18,18,17,19,14,15,15,0,12,7,14,13,11,11,11, 11,9]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. Bf4 { [%emt 0:00:14]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:31]} O-O {[%emt 0:00: 18]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 9. Rc1 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 10. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 11. Ne5 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 12. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} 13. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:04:32]} 14. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 15. fxe5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 16. Bxf1 {[%emt 0:01:17]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 17. e3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:01: 04]} 18. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 19. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 20. c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 21. Qd2 {[%emt 0: 00:28]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 22. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 23. Bxh5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a4 { [%emt 0:00:40]} 25. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 26. h3 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. g4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 29. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Ra8 { [%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. h4 {[%emt 0: 00:48]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 32. Rxf8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 33. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. h5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qe7 { [%emt 0:00:18]} 35. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 36. Qf2 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "9.7"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2829"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,69,24,18,25,25,8,8,14,24,27,41,40,56,80,74,67,67,65,65,82,89,82,90, 102,75,67,65,92,77,80,71,52,51,57,17,17,12,23,-29,-29,-33,-37,-74,-81,-92,-114, -126,-148,-124,-74,-85,-65,-71,-4,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-19,-14,-18,-22,-18,-18,-18, -22,-18,-22,0,-18]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 6. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Nc3 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:14] } 11. b3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc8 { [%emt 0:00:12]} 13. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 14. Rd3 {[%emt 0: 01:27]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 15. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:05:17]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 16. g4 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 17. Nxh4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bxh4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 18. f4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. a4 {[%emt 0:01: 01]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 20. Ne2 {[%emt 0:02:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 21. c4 { [%emt 0:00:10]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 22. g5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:03] } 23. Re3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 24. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be1 { [%emt 0:01:02]} 25. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 26. Nxc3 { [%emt 0:01:13]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 28. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:57]} 29. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 30. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. h4 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 32. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 33. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 34. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "9.8"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A31"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2881"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,82,36,36,36,41,-12,66,28,45,0,11,0,10,9,5,12,14,9,9,6,20,25,23,26,25, 0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,-15,-110,-117,-110,-108,-120,-122,-112,-112,-133,-137,-135, -151,-136,-135,-161,-146,-159,-133,-154,-154,-213,-222,-208,-210,-291,-254, -381,-379,-444,-438,-618,-609,-624,-622,-1178,-1123,-1187,-1191,-1117,-1090, -992,-840]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nxd4 Qxd5 6. Nc3 { A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4.} Qa5 7. e4 (7. Nb3 $14 Qc7 8. e4) 7... Bd7 ({Better is} 7... Nxe4 $1 $11 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a6) 8. Bd2 {[#] Hoping for Ndb5.White is slightly better.} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... e5 9. Ndb5 Qd8 10. Bg5 Bb4 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. Nc4 Nc6 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Be6 { 1/2-1/2 (31) Wirthensohn,H (2395)-Steiger,W Baden 1992}) 9. Ndb5 {[#] And now Nd5 would win.} Rc8 10. Rc1 e5 11. Bc4 {With the idea Qb3.} a6 {[#]} 12. Nd5 $1 Qd8 13. Nbc3 Nd4 14. Bb3 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bc6 16. O-O Bc5 17. Qg4 O-O 18. Kh1 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 {Black must now prevent Bg5.} f5 20. Qg5 (20. Qh5 {keeps more tension. } Qd7 (20... fxe4 21. Nc3) 21. f3 Bd6 22. Bc3 fxe4 23. fxe4 Qb5 24. Rfd1) 20... fxe4 21. Qxe5 (21. Nc3 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 21... Rf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing. White is now going downhill.} 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxc8 Rxd5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 25. g3 Bxb2 26. Bf4 b5 27. Re1 Rd4 28. Kg2 Rc4 29. Rd1 Bf6 30. Rd2 Kf7 31. g4 (31. Rd7+ $17 Ke8 32. Rd5) 31... Bd4 $19 32. Re2 Bc5 33. Rd2 Ke6 34. h4 (34. Bc7 {was called for.}) 34... a5 {[%CAl Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} 35. h5 a4 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. h6 (36. Rb2 $142 b4 37. h6) 36... gxh6 37. Bxh6 b4 38. Bf4 b3 39. axb3 axb3 40. Rb2 Rc3 41. Rb1 Kd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.42/Black=0.07} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2881"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,101,0,17,14,14,13,18,0,16,13,13,8,2,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,24,8, 36,16,40,28,34,20,50,12,29,22,33,42,34,35,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,64,53, 64,0,47,47,129,122,258,251,264,262,260,222,353,343,378,381,380,373,520,336,320, 301,362,358,362,362,362,362,362,362,928,886,779,475,475,438]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Qb6 7. Nb3 Bg4 8. a4 {[%CAl Ba2a4, Ba4a5][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} a6 9. a5 Qd8 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rc8 13. Nc5 Nxa5 14. c3 Qb6 15. Qa4+ Nc6 16. Nxb7 Ne4 17. Bxa6 Qxb2 18. O-O Nxc3 19. Qxc6+ Rxc6 20. Bb5 Qxb5 21. Ra8+ {1-0 (21) Csonka,B (2498)-Ioannidis,E (2411) Chess.com INT 2021}) 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. c3 e6 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Qf3 Bd6 17. Kf1 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Nd7 19. Kg2 g5 20. Qg3 Rc8 21. Rhe1 Qc7 22. Nd2 Qxg3+ 23. fxg3 Ke7 24. Nf3 f6 25. Bf5 Nf8 26. c4 { And now cxd5 would win.} (26. Bc2 {seems wilder.} Kd6 27. h4 gxh4 28. gxh4 Nd7 29. h5) 26... Kf7 27. cxd5 exf5 28. dxc6 fxg4 29. hxg4 ({Don't blunder} 29. cxb7 $2 gxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Rb8 $19) 29... Rxc6 {Strongly threatening ...Rc2+.} 30. Rac1 Ng6 31. d5 Rcc8 32. Nd4 {With the idea Nf5.} Rhd8 (32... Rxc1 $11 33. Rxc1 Ke7) (32... Ne5) 33. Ne6 $14 Re8 34. b4 ({Better is} 34. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 35. d6 Nf8 (35... Rc2+ 36. Kf1) 36. Nc7 Ng6 37. Ne6) 34... Ne5 {[#] aiming for ...Nd3. } 35. Nxg5+ $1 Ke7 {[#]} ({Black should try} 35... Kg8 $1 $14) 36. Ne6 $1 $36 { [%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} g5 {[#] A mistake that costs the game.} ( 36... Rxc1 $16 37. Rxc1 Kd6) 37. Nc5 $1 $18 Red8 38. Rcd1 Kf7 39. Rd4 ({ Inferior is} 39. Nxb7 Rc2+ 40. Kg1 Rh8 $17) 39... Rc7 (39... Nd7 {might work better.}) 40. Re2 Rd6 41. Ne4 Rdd7 {[#]} 42. Nxg5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg6 (42... fxg5 43. Rxe5) 43. Nf3 Nxf3 44. Kxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc1 45. d6 Rc6 46. Re7 Rdxd6 47. Rxd6 Rxd6 48. Rxb7 Rd3+ $2 (48... Rd4 49. Rb8 Rc4) 49. Ke4 {White is clearly winning.} Rxg3 50. Kd5 Rxg4 51. Kc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.25} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "10.2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2829"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,83,12,14,42,22,35,34,30,28,27,37,25,31,40,31,18,7,0,6,2,0,0,0,12,4, 13,2,2,10,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 {7.Ne5 is setting a new trend.} dxc4 8. Qxc4 b5 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} 9. Qb3 Be6 10. Qd1 {[#]} c5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Nbd7 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. e4 Bc4 13. Re1 e5 14. b3 Be6 15. Bb2 Bg4 16. f3 h6 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. fxg4 {1/2-1/2 (36) Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Svidler,P (2723) Moscow 2019}) 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. dxc5 b4 13. Nb5 Bd5 14. Nbd4 Qa5 15. a3 {The position is equal.} Qxc5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bd2 bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rad8 19. Qc1 Qxc1 20. Bxc1 Rd7 21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Nxd7 Bxf1 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Kxf1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc8 25. Be3 Bxb2 26. Rxa7 Bf6 27. Rb7 h5 28. Bf4 Ra8 29. Rb8+ (29. e4 {is more complex.} Ra1+ 30. Ke2 Ra2+ 31. Kf3 Ra3+ 32. Ke2) 29... Rxb8 30. Bxb8 {KB-KB} Kg7 31. h3 Kg8 32. f3 e6 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Be7 35. e4 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. exf5 exf5 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Bf4 Ke6 40. Bd2 Kd5 41. Bc1 Bd6 42. Bd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "10.3"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2703"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,106,24,18,72,65,37,37,28,29,24,27,45,39,39,40,27,48,51,-5,-5,-20,38, 14,23,24,24,-85,-12,0,89,50,11,0,64,44,21,25,35,11,13,11,18,13,0,-14,1,-5,-9, -9,2,-31,-31,-18,20,-1,7,-61,-33,-85,-25,-26,-31,-118,-124,-131,-114,-108,-47, -32,-43,-20,-41,-19,-13,-182,-178,-152,-154,-157,-136,-137,-180,-193,-195,-211, -155,-157,-155,-175,-106,-110,-99,-106,-99,-140,-150,-153,-143,-201,-195,-220, -211,-264,-270,-309,-247,-261,-279]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} cxd4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxe4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 10. Ba3 {[%emt 0: 00:41]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:09:34]} 11. Qg3 {[%emt 0:03:33]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 13. Qh3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Bd7 { [%emt 0:04:11]} 14. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. Rab1 { [%emt 0:01:51]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 16. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00: 11]} 17. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 18. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 19. c3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 20. Ba3 {[%emt 0: 00:28]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 21. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 22. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 23. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Nf4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 25. Bc1 {[%emt 0: 01:02]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 26. h4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 28. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kd7 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 29. Rbe1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 30. Rf3 { [%emt 0:00:11]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00: 07]} 32. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 33. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 34. Qxg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00: 06]} 37. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 38. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 39. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 40. Bf6 { [%emt 0:00:36]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 41. Bxh4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 42. Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 43. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 44. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 45. Rh8 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 46. fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a5 {[%emt 0:00: 08]} 47. g4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 48. Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 49. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 50. Rg7+ { [%emt 0:00:03]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 51. Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a4 {[%emt 0:00: 05]} 52. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 53. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "10.4"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2836"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,62,0,13,0,2,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,4,4,4,5,6,11,11,13, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 {The position is equal.} 8. c4 {With the idea Bg5. D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Nc6 ({Don't blunder} 8... dxc4 $2 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bxb7 $18) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 {[#]} 13. Ba5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rc8 15. Rc1 b6 16. a3 Qc7 17. Qd5 {1/2-1/2 (17) Andersson,U (2635)-Sax,G (2580) Skelleftea 1989}) 13... Bxb3 14. Bxd8 Bxd1 15. Bxe7 Bxe2 16. Bxf8 {[#] Strongly threatening Rfe1.} Bxf1 17. Bxc6 Kxf8 (17... Bh3 {is interesting.} 18. Bxb7 Rxf8 19. Bg2 Be6 20. b4 Rb8) 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Kxf1 {aiming for Be4.} Rxb7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 20. b3 Rc7 21. Rd1 Rc2 22. Rd5 Rxa2 23. Rxe5 Rb2 24. Ra5 Rxb3 25. Rxa7 g6 26. h4 h5 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Ra8 Rb2 29. Ra7 Rb3 30. Ra8 Rb2 31. Ra7 Rb3 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "10.5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2731"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,89,0,0,0,0,0,53,-9,-3,-8,0,0,0,-21,21,30,98,33,44,37,44,36,38,35,53, 30,34,36,37,39,35,29,36,29,97,79,92,99,97,75,127,95,107,106,244,139,149,144, 178,178,178,140,172,168,212,195,188,181,194,188,181,178,222,186,315,315,494, 466,389,389]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Re1 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 {[#]} (13... Nxe4 $2 14. Nxe4 Rxe4 15. Bd5 $18) (13... Na5 $11) 14. d5 $146 (14. Qb1 $14) ({Predecessor: } 14. Qb1 c5 15. a3 Nc6 16. d5 Ne7 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. Nf1 Bd7 19. Ng3 c4 20. Nd4 { 0-1 (46) Antolak,J (2306)-Szczepkowska,K (2415) chess24.com INT 2021}) 14... Nd3 $11 15. Re2 Nh5 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Re3 Nxb2 (17... Nhf4) 18. Qc2 Nc4 (18... Na4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 19. Bxc4 (19. Nxc4 $16 bxc4 20. Qxc4 (20. Bxc4 b5 $11)) 19... bxc4 $14 20. Qxc4 b5 21. Qd4 Nf4 22. Rae1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ng6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Bd7 $1 27. Nb3 Qf6 (27... Rc8 $11) 28. Nc5 $16 Rd8 29. Qe4 (29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Re8+ Kh7 $11) 29... g6 30. g4 ({Reject} 30. Nxd7 $6 Rxd7 31. g3 Rc7 $11) 30... Kh7 ( 30... b4 $142) 31. Re7 Bc8 32. Rc7 Kg8 {[#] This costs Black the game.} (32... h5 $16 {might work better.}) 33. Kg2 ({White should play} 33. Rc6 $1 $18 { [%CAl Rc6f6]} Qa1+ 34. Kg2) 33... h5 34. Qf3 Kg7 35. Ne4 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 hxg4+ 37. hxg4 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bd7 38. Nc5 Bxg4+ 39. Kxg4 {[#] Threatens to win with Ne6+.} Rxd5 {KRN-KR} 40. f4 Kh6 41. Kf3 ({Don't play} 41. Nxa6 f5+ 42. Kh4 Rd4 $16) 41... f5 42. Ke3 ({Much less strong is} 42. Nxa6 $6 Rd3+ 43. Ke2 Rd4 $16) 42... Rd6 (42... Rd1 $142 43. Nxa6 Re1+ 44. Kf3 Rf1+ 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 46. Kf2 Rh1) 43. Ra7 Rc6 (43... Kh5 {was called for.} 44. Rxa6 Rd8) 44. Kd4 Rd6+ 45. Ke5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.29} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "10.6"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Pichot, Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2533"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,71,0,5,0,-4,-9,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,-8,5,0,0,0,0,11,22,25,21,26,22,0,26,14, 22,18,18,7,47,54,55,52,70,52,60,60,94,103,92,86,171,99,229,223,261,258,311,245, 246,154,155,159,289,263,730,722,719,714,731,731]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. d3 {A06: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5.} Be7 7. Nbd2 Bh7 8. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O 9. c4 a5 {[#]} 10. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qc2 Na6 11. a3 c6 12. Qc3 Nc5 13. Ne5 Ne8 14. d4 Nd7 15. Nd3 Bf6 16. c5 { 0-1 (33) Swallow-Welling,G (2330) Wijk aan Zee 1991}) 10... Nbd7 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Bc3 Qe7 13. Qb2 c6 14. b4 axb4 (14... e5 {seems wilder.} 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. N4f3 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 axb4 20. axb4 Be4) 15. axb4 e5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. d4 {[%CAl Rd4e5]} exd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. c5 Bc7 20. N4f3 { [%CAl Rf3e5]} Neg4 21. Bd4 Ne4 22. h3 Ngf6 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. b5 Re8 25. Ra1 Kh7 26. Kf1 cxb5 (26... Bb8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 27. Qxb5 (27. Ra7 $18) 27... Rb8 {A mistake that costs the game.} (27... Bxf3 $16 {is a better defense.} 28. Bxf3 Be5) 28. Ra7 $18 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Qe6 30. Bd3+ ({Weaker is} 30. Rxb7 Qxh3+ 31. Ke1 Rxb7 $16) 30... Kg8 31. Rxb7 Qxh3+ 32. Ke2 Qc8 (32... Rxb7 $16 33. Qxb7 Qd7) 33. c6 Ra8 $2 (33... Qd8 34. Bc2 Ra8) 34. Bxf6 {White is clearly winning.} gxf6 35. Qxd5 {[#] And now Bc4 would win.} Ra5 36. Qd7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.26} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "10.7"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2860"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,79,18,16,7,18,12,8,0,23,8,78,29,66,61,66,41,58,56,44,48,57,37,64,67, 176,181,168,165,190,181,248,248,247,233,269,253,302,327,321,285,293,300,297, 299,302,302,306,337,339,381,381,381,352,327,340,247,247,205,294,289,292,310, 339,322,397,381,357,357]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 {[%CAl Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} a6 7. Nc4 Nbd7 8. Be2 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} b5 9. Ne3 Qc6 10. O-O {The position is equal.} Bb7 11. a4 b4 {[#]} ( 11... Be7 $11 {remains equal.}) 12. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc4 bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Nfe5 Be7 15. Bf3 O-O 16. Bg5 Ra7 17. Bf4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 {1-0 (33) Hindermann,F (2260)-Boros,D (2501) Dresden 2007}) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Rd8 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nc4 Nb6 18. Bg5 Be7 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} (18... Nxc4 $14 19. Qxc4 Rd5) 19. Bxe7 $18 Kxe7 {[#]} 20. Na5 $1 {[%CAl Ra5b7]} Qc7 21. cxb4 Nd5 {[#]} (21... Rd5 $142 22. b5 Rc8) 22. Rac1 $1 {[%CAl Rc1c5]} Rb8 23. Qg3 ({Stronger than} 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. bxc5 Rxb3 $11) 23... Rxb4 24. Qxg7 Rbb8 25. Qg5+ Kd7 {[#]} 26. Qh5 $1 Kc8 27. Nc4 { Threatens to win with Nd6+.} Kb7 28. f4 Ka7 29. f5 Rhd8 30. fxe6 ({Don't blunder} 30. Qxh7 $2 Rh8 $19) 30... fxe6 31. Rf7 Rd7 32. Rcf1 {And now Rxd7 would win.} Rbd8 33. Qxh7 Ne7 34. Nd6 {aiming for Qh6.} Nf5 35. h3 c4 (35... Nxd6 $142 36. exd6 Qxd6) 36. Rf4 Nxd6 37. exd6 Qxd6 38. Qe4 ({Worse is} 38. Rxc4 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40. Kh1 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qd6+ 42. Kh1 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 $11) 38... e5 39. Rxd7+ Rxd7 40. Qe3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.21} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.24"] [Round "10.8"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,82,34,27,34,35,-19,31,24,24,24,36,33,40,45,35,39,50,32,33,16,24,27, 17,25,18,16,25,19,43,43,48,61,71,28,26,33,31,24,28,23,27,17,23,24,21,18,22,20, 35,20,58,38,38,38,51,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 {White is slightly better.} Be6 10. Nxe6+ (10. g3 Bb4 11. Bd2 Ke7 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. Nxe6 Kxe6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rad8+ 17. Ke3 Ne5 18. Rac1 Rd7 19. f4 f5 20. Bxf5+ Kxf5 21. Rc5 Re8 22. Rf1 b6 23. Rb5 Rd3+ 24. Ke2 Rd7 25. Rf3 Kf6 26. fxe5+ Ke6 27. Rc3 Kf5 28. Re3 {1/2-1/2 (42) Nepomniachtchi,I (2789)-So, W (2770) chess24.com INT 2021}) 10... fxe6 11. Bg5 h6 $1 {[%mdl 4] 11...h6 is setting a new trend.} 12. O-O-O+ Ke7 $1 13. Bxf6+ gxf6 14. Nxe4 Bg7 15. Ng3 f5 16. Bd3 {Hoping for Rhe1.} Nc6 17. Rhe1 {And now Nxf5+ would win.} Be5 18. Nxf5+ exf5 19. f4 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Rad8 20. fxe5 Rhf8 21. Re3 Rd5 {[#]} 22. Rf1 $146 (22. Bc2 $5 {[%CAl Rd1d5]} Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 22. Rh3 Nxe5 23. Bc2 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Rf6 25. Ke2 Rb6 26. b3 Ra6 27. Bb1 f4 28. Rh5 Re6 29. Bf5 Ra6 30. Bb1 Re6 31. Bf5 Ra6 32. Bb1 {1/2-1/2 (32) Radjabov,T (2765) -So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2020}) 22... f4 23. Rh3 Nxe5 24. Re1 Rf6 25. Be4 Rc5+ 26. Kb1 b6 27. b4 Rc4 28. a3 {aiming for Rh5.} Rd4 29. Bb7 Kd6 30. Kc2 a5 31. Kc3 Rc4+ 32. Kb3 {Rh5 is the strong threat.} Rd4 33. Rh5 Rd3+ {The position is equal.} 34. Ka4 Nc4 35. Rc1 Rxa3+ 36. Kb5 Ne3 37. Rc6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} ({Much weaker is} 37. Kxb6 axb4 38. Rhc5 b3 $17) 37... Ke7 38. Re5+ Kf7 39. Rc7+ Kf8 40. Be4 axb4 41. Kxb4 Ra5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "11.1"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 27,28,0,0]} 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 {[#] Predecessor:} 15. Qe3+ $146 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Be6 16. Nc3 Qc6 17. Nb5 Bc5 18. Qc3 O-O 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rd8 22. Qb4 a5 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. axb5 {1/2-1/2 (32) Wei,Y (2732)-Grischuk,A (2777) Chess.com INT 2020} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D24"] [WhiteElo "2860"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "165"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,165,22,43,43,48,47,64,6,20,12,28,9,20,21,26,0,-4,-9,52,56,50,17,35,13, 16,21,10,4,41,43,62,80,71,78,55,0,122,129,125,110,127,123,137,137,173,173,155, 155,153,37,57,57,59,22,27,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,39,39,70,75,125,21,23,24,36,31,117,8,8, 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,37,37,52,52,29949,764,29950,29952,29952, 29954,29954,29955,29954,29946,29955,29945,29945,29946,29946,29950,29948,29947, 29949,4137,29978,29979,29979,29980,29979,29980,29980,29978,29978,29978,29979, 29977,29976,29976,29976,29978,29979,29976,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29980, 29982,29975,29983,29984,29987,29986,29988,29987,29989,29990,29990,29990,29991, 29992,29992,29992,29992,4145]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.} Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. a4 (8. Be2 $14) 8... Qd7 {[#]} 9. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 Nd5 15. Ra3 {0-1 (45) Carlsen,M (2863)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020}) 9... Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxa3 11. Rxa3 a5 12. h4 Nc6 13. h5 h6 (13... Nxd4 $11 14. h6 gxh6) 14. Rh4 $14 Bb7 15. Qc1 Nb4 16. Rg4 (16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Ba6 $11) 16... f5 17. exf6 $1 gxf6 18. Bxc4 {Bxb4 is the strong threat.} ({But not} 18. Bxh6 Qf7 $17) 18... Nxc4 (18... e5 $5 {[%CAl Rd7g4]} 19. Rg6 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 O-O-O $14) 19. Qxc4 Ba6 20. Qc5 Nd3+ { [#]} 21. Rxd3 $1 Bxd3 {[#]} 22. Bxh6 $1 Qd6 ({Don't blunder} 22... Qxa4 $2 23. Bg7 $18) (22... O-O-O $11 {keeps the balance.} 23. Rg7 Qd6 24. Qxa5 Qc6) (22... e5 23. Rg7) 23. Bg7 $1 $36 {[%CAl Rg7h8][%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qxc5 24. dxc5 Rg8 25. h6 $1 e5 26. Rg3 $1 Bh7 27. Bxf6 Rxg3 28. fxg3 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Ra6 29. Bxe5 (29. Bg7 $16) 29... Rxh6 $14 30. Bxc7 Rh1+ 31. Kd2 Rb1 32. Kc3 Rc1+ 33. Kd4 Rc2 34. Bxa5 Rxb2 35. Bd2 Bf5 36. a5 Bg4 37. Bf4 Rxg2 {[#]} 38. Ne5 ({White has to play} 38. Nd2 $1 $16) 38... Bc8 39. c6 Ra2 40. Nc4 Be6 ({Black should try} 40... Ke7 $1 $14) 41. Nb6 (41. Nd6+ $16 Kd8 42. Nb5) 41... Rxa5 $11 42. c7 Ra6 $1 {[%CAl Ra6b6]} 43. Kc5 Kf7 44. c8=Q (44. Kc6 {looks sharper.} Ra3 45. Nd7 Rc3+ 46. Nc5 Ke7 47. Bg5+) 44... Bxc8 45. Nxc8 {next Kd5 is good for White.} Kg6 46. Nd6 Kh5 47. Nc4 Kg4 48. Ne5+ Kh3 49. Kd4 {Threatens to win with Ke4.} Ra3 50. g4 {aiming for Ke4.} Ra4+ (50... Ra5 { is more complex.} 51. g5 Ra4+ 52. Ke3 Kh4 53. Kf3 Ra1) 51. Ke3 {Hoping for Kf3. } Kh4 52. Kf3 {And now Bd2 would win.} Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This move loses the game for Black.} (52... Ra5 $14 53. Ng6+ Kh3) 53. Ng6+ $1 Kh3 54. Bd6 Ra6 55. Nf4+ Kh2 56. Bc5 Ra5 57. Be3 Rb5 58. Bf2 Rb3+ 59. Ke4 Rb5 60. Nd5 Rb2 61. Bd4 Rg2 62. Be5+ Kh3 63. Nf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White mates.} Kxg4 64. Nxg2 Kh3 65. Ne3 Kh4 66. Bf4 Kh3 67. Kf3 Kh4 68. Bg3+ Kh3 69. Bf2 Kh2 70. Nd1 Kh1 71. Be1 Kh2 72. Bg3+ Kh1 73. Nf2+ Kg1 74. Bf4 Kf1 75. Bh2 Ke1 76. Ne4 Kf1 77. Nd2+ Ke1 78. Ke3 Kd1 79. Kd3 Ke1 80. Bg3+ Kd1 81. Nc4 Kc1 82. Bf2 Kd1 83. Nb2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.22} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "11.3"] [White "Pichot, Alan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2533"] [BlackElo "2761"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,64,28,32,60,48,0,0,0,0,-45,1,-84,-66,-106,-95,-213,-154,-152,-137, -160,-153,-227,-233,-312,-308,-367,-366,-398,-7,0,5,14,12,-187,-192,-397,-368, -453,-448,-452,-423,-446,-438,-427,-421,-424,-426,-442,-409]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 f5 10. exf6 $1 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} gxf6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 10...Nxf6.} 11. Qh5+ Kd8 12. Qf3 $1 {[#] The position is equal.} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. Ng5 {1/2-1/2 (13) Greig,S (2215)-Sesko,M (2243) ICCF email 2019}) 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. c3 (14. Qe2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14... f5 $17 15. Nf2 Rg8 16. O-O (16. g3 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 16... c5 { And now ...Bb7 would win.} 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Qxd5 Qg6 {Hoping for ...Bb7.} 19. Rd1 (19. g4 $17 Bb7 20. Qd3 (20. Qe5 Kc8 $19)) 19... Rg7 $1 $19 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 20. g3 Bb7 $1 {[%CAl Rb7d5]} 21. Qe5 Rc8 22. c4 h5 $2 (22... Re7 $1 $19 23. Qc3 Bg7) 23. Bd2 $11 {Strongly threatening Ba5+.} Re7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 24. Ba5+ Ke8 $1 25. Qh8 { [#] Now White is beyond hope.} (25. Qd6 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qxd6 26. Rxd6) 25... Kf7 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Bg7.} 26. Bc3 (26. Nh3 Bh6 27. Qc3 (27. Bd8 $2 Bg7 $19)) 26... Bh6 27. Rd6 Qxd6 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. Qh7+ Ke8 29. Qh8+ Bf8 30. Qxh5+ {[#]} Kd8 $1 31. Ba5+ {[#]} Rc7 $1 { ...Qc6! is the strong threat.} 32. Rd1 (32. Qxf5 Qc6) 32... Qe6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/Black=0.25} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,83,29,-14,-1,-5,-10,-23,-12,-9,2,0,7,1,23,12,0,0,31,29,21,17,38,-22, -26,-20,0,-4,53,57,60,0,0,-8,-8,-11,-23,-14,-8,-13,31,-91,-89,-78,-60,-48,-56, -47,-53,-105,0,0,0,0,0,0,93,93,236,279,325,311,527,527,468,486,440,256,379,383] } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 10. Rd1 Kc8 (10... Be7 {is interesting.} 11. a4 a5 12. Ng5 Ke8 13. b3 Rd8) 11. g4 { [#] Black must now prevent Rxd7.} Ne7 {Black has an edge.} 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 c5 {13...c5 is a critical line.} 14. f5 h6 (14... b6 {seems wilder.} 15. Nc3 h5 16. Kf2 hxg4 17. hxg4 Rh2+) 15. Nf3 {[#]} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bc6 16. Kf2 b6 17. Nc3 Bxf3 18. Kxf3 Nc6 19. Bf4 Nd4+ 20. Ke4 Nxc2 21. Rac1 Nd4 { 1-0 (35) Hablizel,F (2301)-Popov,V (2110) ICCF email 2014}) 16. Kf2 Nb4 17. Na3 Bc6 18. c3 Nd5 19. Nc2 (19. c4 $14 Nb4 20. Nb5) 19... b5 $11 20. Ne3 Nb6 21. b3 Kb7 ({Better is} 21... Be7 $11) 22. c4 $1 $14 a6 23. Bb2 (23. h4 $14) 23... Be7 $11 24. Rac1 h5 25. g5 Bxf3 26. Kxf3 {Threatens to win with Rg1.} Bxg5 27. Rg1 Bh6 (27... Bxe3 $5 28. Kxe3 Rhg8 $11) 28. Rc2 (28. e6 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 28... Rhd8 $17 29. Ke4 Rd7 (29... Kc6 {feels hotter.} 30. Rgg2 Re8 31. Nd5 bxc4 32. bxc4 Rad8) 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Rxc5 Rxa2 32. Rc2 (32. Rg2 $15) 32... Bxe3 (32... Re7 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Nd7.} 33. Ra1 {[#]} Rxb2 $1 34. Rxb2 Nd7) 33. Kxe3 $11 Nd5+ 34. Ke4 $1 Nb4 35. Rcg2 Nd3 $2 (35... Nc6 $11 { remains equal.}) 36. Bd4 $16 Rxg2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (36... Ra3 $16 {was worth a try.}) 37. Rxg2 {KRB-KRN} c5 38. Be3 c4 $2 (38... g6 { might work better.} 39. fxg6 fxg6) 39. bxc4 $18 bxc4 40. Rxg7 Kc6 {intending .. .Rd5.} 41. Rh7 (41. f6 $142) 41... Nxe5 (41... Nb4 {is a better defense.} 42. Rh6+ (42. Rxh5 c3 $16) 42... Kc7) 42. Rh6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/ Black=0.32} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "11.5"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2836"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,123,41,28,31,35,23,37,35,9,22,50,34,12,9,13,12,38,39,43,25,66,42,98, 98,99,50,48,43,52,47,44,45,33,9,35,8,8,8,68,68,68,68,69,68,68,68,68,68,68,68, 68,60,61,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31, 31,0,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,47,0,31,8,22,4,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,-8,8,8]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Be6 9. Bg5 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Rc8 10. Qa4 {And now cxd5 would win. was the old line (10.cxd5).} Qd7 11. Bxf6 {White is slightly better.} gxf6 12. e3 {[#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... d4 13. exd4 exd4 14. c5 Bxc5 15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Bxc6+ Kf8 17. Nd2 Kg7 18. Qb5 Bb6 {1/2-1/2 (30) Nakamura,H (2787)-Anand,V (2784) Zuerich 2016}) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nc3 d4 16. exd4 Rxb2 17. Rfd1 Bb4 18. Na4 (18. dxe5+ {is more complex.} Ke7 19. Nd5+ Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rc8 21. exf6+ Kxf6 22. Rd4) 18... Rxa2 {[#]} (18... Rd2 $14) 19. d5 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rd5e6]} Bg4 { White must now prevent ...Rxa1.} 20. Rxa2 (20. Bh3 {is interesting.} Bxh3 21. Rxa2 Rc8 22. Rb2 Rc4 23. Rdb1) 20... Bxd1 21. Nb2 $1 {[%csl Ba7,Bd1]} Be2 $1 22. Rxa7+ Kd6 23. Rxf7 Ra8 {Hoping for ...Ra1+.} 24. Rxf6+ (24. Be4 {keeps more tension.} Kc5 25. Kg2 Kd4 26. Bf3 Ra2 27. Nd1) 24... Ke7 25. d6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} (25. Re6+ {with more complications.} Kd8 26. Be4 Ra1+ 27. Kg2 Bf1+ 28. Kf3) 25... Kxf6 26. Bxa8 Bxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} (26... Bc3 $1 $11 27. Na4 Bd4) 27. Na4 $14 Bd3 28. Nc3 h6 29. Be4 Ba6 30. Kg2 Bc5 31. Nd5+ Kf7 32. Nc7 Bc8 33. f3 Bb6 34. Nd5 Bc5 35. g4 Be6 36. Nc3 Bb4 37. Ne2 Kf6 38. h4 Be1 39. Ng3 Bc4 40. g5+ hxg5 41. Nh5+ Ke7 42. hxg5 Bd2 43. g6 Bh6 44. Kg3 Be6 45. Kh4 Bd2 46. Kg3 Bh6 47. Kf2 Bc4 48. Bf5 Bb3 49. Kg3 Bc4 50. Kg4 Bb3 51. Ng3 Bf4 52. Ne4 Bd5 53. Nc3 Bc4 54. Ne4 Bd5 55. Nc5 Be3 { The position is equal.} 56. Nd7 (56. Be4 {seems wilder.} Bc4 57. Nd3 Kf6 58. Kh5 Be6 59. Nb4) 56... Bd4 57. g7 Bg8 58. Kg5 {Strongly threatening Kg6.} Kf7 59. Be4 Kxg7 60. Nf6 Be6 {...Be3+ is the strong threat.} 61. Ng4 Bxg4 62. fxg4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "11.6"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E73"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2742"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,63,24,21,34,-16,37,8,8,-6,5,-13,-13,11,18,18,20,25,87,56,85,62,118,32, 37,48,68,97,110,109,68,68,52,52,52,78,65,66,121,116,147,147,147,140,140,83,148, 66,37,38,53,0,-8,14,140,176,165,154,162,158,203,192,191,188,379,376]} 1. d4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O { [%emt 0:00:03]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 8. d5 { [%emt 0:00:15]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:55]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:10] } 10. Ng5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} exd5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 11. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a6 { [%emt 0:00:44]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nbd7 $4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} (12... Qc7) 13. Bxd6 $18 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 15. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:41]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 16. cxb5 { [%emt 0:00:23]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ra3 {[%emt 0: 00:25]} 18. Qd2 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 19. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 20. Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 21. Bxd2 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 22. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ree2 {[%emt 0: 00:28]} 23. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 24. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 25. Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Na7 { [%emt 0:00:21]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 27. Nxc8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd4 {[%emt 0: 00:22]} 28. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:03] } Be5 $4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} (29... Ne2) 30. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Ne2+ {[%emt 0: 00:13]} 31. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bg3 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 32. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "11.7"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E61"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2703"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,102,14,10,16,74,64,80,78,85,75,89,77,81,69,101,104,169,74,142,126, 125,103,140,131,204,140,137,128,131,112,144,124,184,143,249,135,130,92,95,73, 84,78,80,73,142,134,128,136,112,0,0,-225,-221,-222,-224,-218,-225,-225,-220, -220,-207,-757,-708,-756,-517,-510,-509,-511,-456,-499,-501,-495,-476,-476, -447,-423,-425,-602,-437,-666,-625,-1027,-1015,-29968,-29966,-29972,-29973, -5643,-5627,-5639,-5539]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. Nd2 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System.} e5 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} (8... g5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 9. Bg3 Nh5) 9. e3 $16 {[#]} Re8 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A top novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Qd7 10. Be2 Nh7 11. O-O f5 12. f4 e4 13. Qc2 Na6 14. a3 Nc7 15. b4 Ne8 16. Rab1 Qf7 {1-0 (51) Agrest,E (2596)-Pavlovic,M (2481) Berlin 2015}) 10. Bd3 {White is better.} Qb6 11. O-O a6 12. Qc2 Nh7 13. f4 f5 14. g4 {[%CAl Rg4f5]} e4 15. Be2 (15. Ndxe4 $1 $18 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Qxe4) 15... fxg4 (15... Bf6 $142) 16. Ncxe4 Bf5 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Rab1 Ndf8 ( 18... Qc7 $16 19. b3 Nhf8) 19. Kh1 Qc7 20. Rbe1 b5 21. Rg1 h5 22. b3 b4 (22... Qd7 $16 23. Rb1 b4) 23. Nf2 Qf7 (23... Bxd3 $16 24. Qxd3 (24. Nxd3 Bc3 $16) 24... Qf7) 24. h3 ({Better is} 24. e4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Re4f5]} Bc8 25. e5 dxe5 26. Nfe4) 24... Bxd3 25. Qxd3 {aiming for Nde4.} g5 26. hxg4 {Hoping for Nde4.} gxh4 27. g5 Ng6 28. Nde4 Rad8 (28... Red8 $142) 29. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 ({But not} 29... Nxf6 $2 30. gxf6 Qxf6 31. Rxg6 $18 (31. Qxg6 Qxg6 32. Rxg6 Kf7 $16)) 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Re2 ({White should play} 31. Ref1 $16) 31... Nhf8 $11 32. Kh2 $2 {[#] White is now going downhill.} (32. f5 $11 {and White is okay.}) 32... Ne5 $1 $19 {[%CAl Re5d3][%mdl 512]} 33. fxe5 {[#]} Qf3 $1 34. Rg2 {Strongly threatening e6.} Bxe5+ 35. Kg1 h3 36. Nxh3 Qxh3 37. Qc2 $2 (37. g6) 37... Kg7 38. Ref2 Qxe3 {Threatens to win with ...Qe1+.} 39. Qf5 Qe1+ 40. Rf1 Bd4+ 41. Kh1 {[#] Qf7+ is the strong threat.} Qh4+ $1 42. Rh2 Qe4+ 43. Qxe4 Rxe4 44. Rxh5 Ng6 45. Rh2 (45. Rd1 $142 Be5 46. Rg1) 45... Be5 46. Rhf2 (46. Rh3 $142 Nh4 47. Rd3) 46... Nf4 47. Rf3 Kg6 48. Rg1 Ne2 49. Rd1 Rh4+ 50. Kg2 Rh2+ 51. Kf1 Ng3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.84/ Black=0.20} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "11.8"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2881"] [BlackElo "2829"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,102,24,18,42,13,10,24,5,-9,-10,9,-1,-20,17,16,22,-11,-10,0,5,9,9,15, 10,0,41,8,30,13,30,1,27,13,16,24,9,15,3,6,9,19,37,50,113,86,146,126,139,147, 160,164,170,164,176,149,191,189,187,185,180,166,212,230,317,253,286,286,264, 274,312,185,217,219,217,217,211,216,211,216,241,148,106,148,148,121,103,85,249, 185,196,176,241,159,225,344,542,53,58,73,43,35,20,-19,0]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00] } e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00] } 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 { [%emt 0:00:09]} 7. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Ne4 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 10. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 11. a4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} a5 {[%emt 0: 00:33]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 14. Ng3 {[%emt 0:04:07]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 15. d4 { [%emt 0:02:13]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 16. d5 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Ncb8 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 17. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} f4 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 18. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 20. b3 {[%emt 0: 01:18]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 21. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 22. d6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 23. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd7 {[%emt 0: 00:42]} 24. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 25. b4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 26. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 27. b5 { [%emt 0:00:38]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 28. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nab8 {[%emt 0: 00:14]} 29. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 30. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 31. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 32. Qc4 { [%emt 0:00:13]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 33. Qxc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0: 00:06]} 34. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Nc7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 36. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 37. Rd3 { [%emt 0:00:17]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 38. Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bh4 {[%emt 0:00: 32]} 39. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} (39. Ra3) 39... Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 40. Bc3 $6 { [%emt 0:00:29]} (40. d7 N8xd7 41. Ne6 $18) 40... Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 41. Rd1 { [%emt 0:00:13]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 42. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 43. Red2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} (43. Rd5 Qb1+ 44. Kg2 Nxd5 45. Nxd5 Ng6 (45... Qxb5 46. Rxe5)) 43... e4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (43... N8d7) 44. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 45. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. b6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 47. d7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 48. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} (48. fxe3 fxe3 49. R2d3) 48... e2 {[%emt 0:00:06] } 49. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 50. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 51. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "12.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2829"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,80,10,22,18,20,14,24,8,19,21,29,-18,8,-31,-26,-20,-9,-14,0,0,0,-13,12, 0,14,20,17,18,32,30,35,27,23,7,14,8,14,0,13,0,43,27,27,27,27,27,27,6,34,0,31, 24,46,24,55,35,34,35,35,35,34,11,10,12,34,34,34,34,34,40,41,34,34]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 {D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Be7 (6... Bb4 7. a3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 Be4 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Bd5 12. Qc2 Be4 13. Qc1 Re8 14. O-O e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 {1/2-1/2 (56) Aronian,L (2781)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2021}) 7. e3 O-O 8. c5 {White has an edge.} ({Reject} 8. Qxb7 Nb4 $15) 8... Rb8 9. Bb5 {[#]} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nh5 10. Qa4 Nxf4 11. exf4 Qc8 12. O-O Bf6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. b3 Qb7 15. Rac1 Qb5 16. Qxb5 Rxb5 { 0-1 (74) Vrana,F (2252)-Ernst,M (2155) Austria 2019}) 10. Qa4 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 f6 (11... g5 $5 12. Bg3 $8 g4 $11) 12. Rhc1 Qd7 13. b3 Rfc8 14. h3 g5 15. Bh2 a6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. g4 Bg6 19. h4 h6 20. Bg3 Kf7 21. Kc3 Ke8 22. Nd2 Kd7 23. Rh1 Rh8 24. Rh2 Rh7 25. hxg5 (25. b4 {looks sharper.} gxh4 26. Rxh4 Rbh8 27. Rg1 Ra8 28. Rgh1) 25... hxg5 26. Rxh7 Bxh7 27. Rh1 Bg6 28. f3 Rg8 29. e4 dxe4 30. Nxe4 Kc8 31. Rh6 Kb7 32. Nd2 Kc8 33. Nc4 Bf8 34. Rh2 Bg7 35. f4 gxf4 $1 36. Bxf4 Rh8 37. Rxh8+ {White is slightly better.} Bxh8 38. g5 Bg7 39. gxf6 Bxf6 40. Nd2 Bf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "12.2"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2703"] [BlackElo "2881"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,88,14,25,10,16,9,14,0,1,2,5,0,18,17,22,19,26,3,20,4,0,0,10,0,0,-24, -16,-26,-24,-25,-16,-22,-11,-26,-22,-51,-22,-24,-15,-13,-22,-23,-12,-15,-12, -12,-13,-14,-13,-19,-15,-60,-46,-60,-15,-15,-18,-20,-16,-31,0,-10,-4,-8,-9,-8, -8,-4,-6,-4,-4,-12,-3,-1,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4a5][%mdl 32] C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} (6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nc4 f6 10. Rb1 a5 11. Bd2 b6 12. Be3 Be7 13. b3 Nc5 14. a4 Ne6 15. Qe2 c5 16. c3 Qd7 {0-1 (70) Firouzja,A (2728)-Carlsen,M (2863) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 6... Nd7 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 6...0-0.} 7. Nc4 f6 8. c3 Nb6 9. Na5 O-O 10. O-O {[#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qe8 11. d4 Bd6 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. b4 Qf7 { 1/2-1/2 (67) Le,Q (2709)-So,W (2770) chess24.com INT 2020}) 11. b4 Bd6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. Qc2 Nc8 15. a3 b6 16. Nab3 Ne7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ng6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Nd4 d5 21. Rae1 Rfe8 22. Qd1 Rbd8 23. Qf3 dxe4 (23... Ne5 { keeps more tension.} 24. Qg3 c5 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Rxf6 Qxd3 28. Qxd3 Nxd3 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rd6 Re1+) 24. Nxe4 ({Of course not} 24. Qxe4 Bg4 $17) 24... Bd5 25. Nf5 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Qxd3 28. Qxc6 Qd7 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. h4 Ne5 31. Qf4 Qf7 32. h5 h6 33. Nxh6 $1 Qxh5 34. Nf5 {With the idea Nxg7!} Qg4 35. Qh2+ {The position is equal.} Kg8 {Black wants to play ...Rd1.} 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. Qxe5 $1 {[#] Black must now prevent Nd5.} Rd2 {[%csl Gd2] [%CAl Rg4g2]} 38. Qh2 {Strongly threatening Nf5.} Kxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 39. Qc7+ Qd7 40. Re1+ Kf7 41. Qc4+ Qd5 42. Qc7+ Qd7 43. Qc4+ Qd5 44. Qc7+ Qd7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "12.3"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,62,28,27,40,33,43,41,40,37,29,47,33,39,0,0,-24,-14,-23,13,0,0,-24,0,0, 0,0,14,21,54,50,41,34,33,15,30,3,0,8,75,16,12,16,26,0,0,-9,-7,-10,-7,-15,0,0,0, -19,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Nge7 5. Bc4 d5 6. exd5 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} Nxd5 7. Re1 f6 8. d4 {[#] White is slightly better.} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nb6 9. Bb5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Nxc6 Bb7 15. Nxd8 Bxf3 {1/2-1/2 (40) Winkler,T (2619)-Kruse,H (2537) ICCF email 2007}) 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be6 11. Qh4 (11. Qe4 $5 {[%CAl Re1d1]} Qd7 12. Rd1 $11) 11... Qb6 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Nc3 Bf7 14. Be3 Qc6 ({Avoid the trap} 14... Qxb2 $2 15. Qa4+ b5 16. Nxb5 $18) 15. f4 Be7 16. Bf2 O-O 17. fxe5 Rae8 18. Qe4 Qa6 19. e6 Bg6 20. Qe2 {Black must now prevent Qxa6.} Qc6 21. Qb5 Bxc2 22. Qxc6 (22. Rac1 {seems wilder.} Qxb5 23. Nxb5 Bb4 24. e7 Rf7 25. Rxc2 Bxe1 26. Bxe1 Rfxe7 27. Bb4) 22... bxc6 23. Bxa7 Bf5 (23... Ra8 $11 24. Bf2 Rfe8) 24. a3 (24. a4 $16) 24... Ra8 $11 25. Bf2 Rfe8 26. Re2 Bd6 {The position is equal.} 27. Rae1 Be5 28. Bg3 Bd4+ 29. Bf2 Be5 30. Bg3 Bd4+ 31. Bf2 Be5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "12.4"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,67,-3,2,0,7,7,2,0,21,4,6,6,13,5,10,8,19,11,35,26,52,43,49,52,42,45, 32,31,29,30,33,39,59,56,59,59,50,52,58,58,57,52,53,45,350,345]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. g3 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3 ({Reject} 14... Bxa3 15. Bxa3 Qxa3 16. Ra1 $16) 15. Qxc3 {The position is equal.} c5 16. Qc2 {[#]} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rc8 17. a4 Ne4 18. Nd2 Ndf6 19. f3 Nd6 20. Qb1 cxd4 21. exd4 Qd7 22. Qa1 Nf5 {0-1 (40) Vazquez Igarza,R (2572)-Yu,Y (2738) Caleta 2017}) 17. exd4 Rc8 18. Nd2 Qd6 19. Bf3 Qb8 20. Qd3 Qa8 21. Be2 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Qf5 Ned7 24. Bf1 h6 25. Qf4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qc7 Qc8 29. Qxc8+ Bxc8 30. b4 Ba6 31. f3 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. a4 Kd6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33... Ne8 $14) 34. c5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.31} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "12.5"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2836"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,115,9,18,0,4,14,0,14,13,13,17,13,17,2,14,14,21,16,15,8,7,17,14,9,22, 17,19,21,55,47,81,43,68,63,90,80,103,102,129,111,112,123,120,126,157,147,158, 162,167,163,183,192,192,189,207,200,210,98,124,103,152,160,155,157,151,151,235, 220,221,243,241,219,263,246,251,283,286,290,280,274,280,277,418,406,271,129, 135,0,0,0,6622,5397,29978,29977,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29983, 29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. Bc3 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations.} c5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. dxc5 $5 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. Leaves trodden paths.} bxc5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nd2 Nbd7 {[#]} 14. Rc1 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 14. Ndc4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Rc8 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Rad1 Qe6 18. Ba1 Bc6 19. Ne5 Ba8 20. Rfe1 {1/2-1/2 (35) Li,D (2562)-Mendonca,L (2417) Caleta 2020}) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qb6 16. e3 Rac8 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Bc3 Nf8 20. e4 {Hoping for exd5.} d4 {[#]} 21. Nc4 $1 Qa6 (21... Qe6 22. Ba5) 22. Ba5 Rd7 23. Bd2 Ne6 24. Qd3 Re8 ({But not} 24... Qxa2 $2 25. Ra1 $18) 25. f4 Bf8 ({Wrong is } 25... Qxa2 $2 26. Ra1 $18) 26. Bf1 Rdd8 27. Na5 Qxd3 28. Bxd3 Ba8 29. Bb5 d3 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. Rc3 Nd4 {White must now prevent ...Nf3+.} 32. Rxd3 Bxe4 33. Rc3 $1 f5 34. Kf2 Rd8 35. Nc4 g6 36. Rd1 (36. Rcc1 $18) 36... Nc2 $16 37. Ne5 Nb4 38. Rc4 Bg7 {intending ...Bxe5.} 39. Ke2 Bc2 40. Rxc5 {Strongly threatening Rc1.} Bxe5 (40... Bf8 $16 41. Rc4 Bxd1+ 42. Kxd1 Nd5) 41. fxe5 $18 Bxd1+ 42. Kxd1 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf7 43. Ke2 Nd5 44. Bg5 Rd7 45. Rc6 {e6+ would kill now.} Nc7 46. Rd6 Ke8 {and the idea ...Rxd6 leaves Black hopeful.} 47. Kd3 Rxd6+ 48. exd6 $18 {KB-KN} Nb5 (48... Ne6 $142) 49. Bf4 Kd7 {[#]} 50. Kc4 (50. b4 $1 $18) 50... Nxd6+ $16 51. Bxd6 ({Better is} 51. Kd5 $16 Ne4 52. Be5) 51... Kxd6 {KP-KP} 52. Kd4 Kc6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... g5 $11) 53. Ke5 $18 a5 54. a3 {White mates.} Kc5 55. h4 Kc6 {[#]} 56. Kf6 $1 {[%CAl Rf6g7]} Kd5 57. Kg7 Ke4 58. Kxh7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.28} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "12.6"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2731"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "140"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,140,15,19,9,18,8,12,7,25,9,14,-3,-6,12,7,0,11,-22,-12,2,-12,-4,0,0,35, 43,89,105,106,92,106,101,111,106,83,103,64,0,0,0,67,36,100,104,102,106,119,129, 113,34,39,48,48,40,64,65,93,0,95,110,96,102,95,93,99,91,100,91,98,96,102,96,97, 75,164,162,170,152,179,179,218,211,260,260,193,193,193,193,193,67,67,67,307, 130,181,24,24,8,8,8,8,8,100,8,24,24,24,24,20,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0, 8,0,8,0,8,0,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 (4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 dxe5 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 e6 12. Nxe5 exd5 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Qb5+ Kf8 15. f4 Be6 16. O-O Kg8 17. Rad1 h5 18. Kh1 h4 19. h3 Rh5 20. Qe2 Rf5 {0-1 (50) Mamedyarov,S (2764)-Giri,A (2763) Chess.com INT 2020} ) 4... Nb6 5. Bb3 d6 6. exd6 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} Qxd6 7. Nf3 c4 8. Bc2 Qe6+ 9. Kf1 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Na3 cxb3 12. axb3 O-O {[#]} 13. d4 $146 ({Predecessor: } 13. h4 h5 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. Nc4 Nd5 16. Rh3 Nc6 17. Rg3 b5 18. Nxf7 {1/2-1/2 (18) Carradori,D (2168)-Klochan,P (2256) ICCF email 2014}) 13... Nc6 14. h4 h5 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Qe1 Nd5 17. Rd1 b5 18. c4 {[%CAl Rc4d5]} bxc4 19. bxc4 Ba6 20. Kg1 $1 Nf6 21. d5 Qd6 22. dxc6 Qxa3 23. Ra1 (23. Ne5 $14) 23... Qb2 $11 24. Bxg6 Bxc4 {[#]} (24... fxg6 $11 25. Rxa6 Ng4) 25. Rb1 $1 Qa2 (25... Qe2 $1 $14 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Qxe2 (27. Bxh5 Qxe1+ 28. Rxe1 a5 $11) 27... Bxe2) 26. Bxf6 $16 exf6 {[#]} 27. Ra1 $1 Qb2 28. Bf5 Rfe8 29. Qc1 (29. Qa5 $1 $16) 29... Qxc1+ $1 $14 30. Rxc1 Be6 31. Nd4 Bh6 32. Rc2 Bf4 33. g3 ({White should try} 33. Nxe6 $16 fxe6 34. Bg6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 33... Be5 (33... Bd5 $1 $11 { keeps the balance.} 34. Kh2 Bxh1 35. gxf4 Be4) 34. Nxe6 $16 fxe6 35. Bg6 Re7 36. Kg2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} a5 37. Bxh5 a4 38. f4 Bc7 39. Be2 e5 40. f5 e4 41. Bc4+ Kg7 (41... Kf8 $16) 42. Rd1 $1 $18 Kf8 43. Rd7 a3 44. g4 Rxd7 45. cxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ke7 46. Be6 a2 47. Bxa2 {And now g5 would win.} Kxd7 48. g5 fxg5 {[#]} 49. hxg5 ({White has to play} 49. Be6+ $1 $18 Kd6 (49... Kd8 50. hxg5) 50. hxg5) 49... Bf4 $1 $14 50. g6 Be5 {[#]} ({Black should play} 50... Ra3 $1 $14) 51. Bd5 (51. Be6+ $1 $18 { and the rest is easy.} Kd8 52. Rc5) 51... Rh8 $16 {Threatens to win with ... Rh2+.} 52. Kg1 ({Don't do} 52. Bxe4 $6 Rh2+ 53. Kf3 Rxc2 $14) ({Better is} 52. Be6+ $18 Kd6 53. Rd2+ Kc6 54. Rd5) 52... e3 $11 53. Re2 Rh5 54. Be6+ Ke7 55. Rg2 Bg7 (55... Bd4 $11 56. Kf1 Rh1+ 57. Ke2 Rb1) 56. Ra2 (56. Kf1 $16) 56... Bd4 {( -> ...e2+)} 57. Kg2 Kf6 58. Kf3 Rh3+ 59. Ke4 {The position is equal.} Rh4+ 60. Kd3 {Rc2 is the strong threat.} Bc5 61. Rg2 {aiming for g7.} Rd4+ 62. Kc3 {Strongly threatening g7.} Rd2 63. Rxd2 exd2 64. Kxd2 {KB-KB} Bf8 65. Kd3 Kg7 66. Kc2 (66. f6+ $5 Kxf6 67. Bh3 $11) 66... Be7 67. Kd3 Bf6 68. Kc2 Be7 69. Kd3 Bf6 70. Kc2 Be7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/Black=0.24} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "12.7"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Pichot, Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2533"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,121,9,21,23,30,17,32,24,28,24,37,33,48,26,31,34,34,16,12,18,22,-13,31, 21,39,46,78,95,99,37,43,13,64,31,47,0,68,49,89,83,107,100,100,106,124,59,169, 166,204,187,184,154,161,147,152,152,164,168,150,135,155,143,154,175,177,173, 148,152,179,122,143,68,180,177,204,200,197,167,215,195,220,219,224,199,205,213, 221,186,189,205,253,253,258,249,289,273,293,291,369,360,406,356,356,356,364, 349,397,397,409,391,389,353,778,762]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 { [%CAl Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. a5 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Bg7 7. O-O a6 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. d3 b5 10. axb6 $1 Nxb6 {[#]} 11. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. e5 Nfd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd6 exd6 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Nc4 a5 17. c3 Bc6 18. Re1 Ra6 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bh4 f5 21. Bxd5+ Bxd5 22. f4 {1-0 (22) Arjun,K (2477)-Bhambure,S (2367) Arandjelovac 2021}) 11... a5 12. Qg5 Nfd7 13. Qh4 Nb8 14. Bh6 Nc6 15. Nd5 f6 (15... Nxd5 {looks sharper.} 16. exd5 Nb4 17. Ng5 f6 18. Bxg7 fxg5 19. Qh6 Nxc2 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 22. Ra2 Bb7) 16. c3 Be6 17. Ne3 Bf7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd2 (19. d4 $16) 19... Rb8 $14 20. f4 Nd7 (20... d5 $11) 21. Ndc4 Nb6 22. Nd2 ({But not} 22. Nxa5 Nxa5 23. Rxa5 Nd5 $1 $15) 22... Nd7 23. Rfb1 Rb7 24. Bd1 ({Much weaker is} 24. Ng4 Qb8 $11) 24... Qb8 25. Ba4 Rc8 26. Ndc4 Nd8 27. Nd5 (27. Bd1 $16) 27... Nf8 $2 ({Black should play} 27... Bxd5 $14 28. exd5 Nb6) 28. Re1 $18 Be6 29. b3 Qa7 30. Re3 Nf7 31. Rae1 Rcb8 32. Kh1 Rxb3 33. Bxb3 Rxb3 34. Qf2 a4 35. Qa2 Nh6 36. R3e2 Bxd5 37. exd5 Ng8 38. Rc2 Qa8 39. Ne3 (39. Nd2 $18 Rb7 40. c4) 39... f5 40. Rb1 (40. Ra1 $16) 40... Rxb1+ (40... c4 $1 $14) 41. Qxb1 Nf6 {[#]} 42. c4 Qa5 43. Kg1 N8d7 44. Kf2 Qb4 45. Qa1 h5 46. Ke2 Qa5 47. Rb2 h4 48. Rb5 Qa8 49. Qe1 a3 50. Ra5 Qb8 { intending ...Qb2+.} 51. Qa1 ({Stronger than} 51. Qxh4 Qb2+ 52. Kf1 Qd4 $15) 51... Qh8 52. Rxa3 Qh5+ 53. Kd2 h3 {and the idea ...hxg2 leaves Black hopeful.} 54. g3 Qf3 {...Qf2+ is the strong threat.} 55. Qf1 Qxf1 56. Nxf1 {KRN-KNN} Kf7 57. Ne3 Nf8 58. Ke2 e6 59. Ra7+ Ke8 60. Kf3 e5 $2 (60... exd5 61. cxd5 N8d7) 61. g4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.21} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "12.8"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2860"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,64,0,28,19,12,18,20,0,0,0,1,0,0,9,16,16,17,17,17,17,17,20,18,20,19, 10,10,10,7,7,7,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} Bxf3 {The position is equal.} 14. Bxf3 {[#] Hoping for e5.} Bxd4 15. e5 {Strongly threatening Rb5.} Na6 16. Rxe7 Rad8 { And now ...Bc5 would win.} 17. e6 fxe6 {Threatens to win with ...Bc5.} 18. Qe1 {Threatening Bc3.} Bf6 19. Rxa7 {Ba5 is the strong threat.} Rxd2 {[#]} 20. Rxa6 Qxa6 21. Qxd2 Qb6 22. g3 Bd4 {[#]} 23. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23. Kg2 Rxf3 24. Kxf3 Qb7+ 25. Ke2 Qe4+ 26. Kd1 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Qe4+ 28. Kd1 Qb1+ 29. Ke2 Qe4+ {1/2-1/2 (29) So,W (2770)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2784) chess24.com INT 2020}) 23... Rf6 24. Kg2 (24. Rc1 {feels hotter.} Rf7 25. Kg2 Qb2 26. Rc2 Qb3 27. Rc4) 24... Qb2 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. Rb1 Bd4 27. Rb8+ Rf8 28. Rxf8+ (28. Rb7 {is more complex.} Rf7 29. Rb4 Bc5 30. Re4 Re7 31. g4) 28... Kxf8 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Kg2 Kf8 {A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "13.1"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2860"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,63,37,24,35,21,27,33,31,31,64,30,30,28,32,28,33,22,34,25,17,0,0,-20, -15,-20,-8,-8,-6,-13,-11,-15,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} 8. d4 {[#] Hoping for exd5.} dxe4 { [%CAl Re5d4]} 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 {White is slightly better.} 10. dxc5 Qe7 {[#]} 11. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Re1 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Rxe4 O-O 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. Nd2 Nxc5 {1/2-1/2 (24) Grandelius,N (2691)-Mamedov,R (2645) Douglas 2019}) 11... Bb7 12. Qe2 {[%CAl Rd2e4]} Ng6 13. Nb3 O-O 14. a4 Rab8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nd4 {The position is equal.} Bd5 17. Nxb5 Qxc5 18. Na3 Qc6 19. c4 Be6 20. b3 Nh4 21. Qe3 Bg4 22. Bd1 Qe6 {[#] White must now prevent . ..Bxd1.} (22... Qd7 {looks sharper.} 23. Qd2 Bxd1 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. Rxd1 Nc5) 23. h3 Bf3 24. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rxb3 $1 26. Qxb3 Qxh3 27. Nc2 exf3 {[%csl Gf3][%CAl Rh3g2]} 28. Ne1 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "13.2"] [White "Pichot, Alan"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2533"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,66,5,18,-7,0,-45,-39,-39,-33,-31,-27,-41,-6,-121,-104,-122,-135,-158, -158,-191,-205,-243,-239,-248,0,-277,-227,-216,-224,-225,-225,-225,-214,-218, -225,-234,-235,-238,-237,-305,-296,-300,-270,-338,-314,-305,-278,-311,-217, -477,-484,-590,-595,-611,-602]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Nh3 {8.h4 is becoming the main line. C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} Nbc6 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. Bd2 { [#] Black is slightly better.} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qa4 11. Qf4 Ng6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Ng5 Nd8 14. h4 Bd7 15. Rh3 Rc8 16. Rf3 Be8 {0-1 (40) Raddatz, M (2084)-Ziger,S (2238) Triesen 2000}) 11. cxd4 Qa4 12. O-O Qxd4 13. Nf4 (13. Qxd4 $11 Nxd4 14. a4) 13... h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 14. Qg3 h4 ({But not} 14... Nxe5 $6 15. c3 $11) 15. Qh3 Nxe5 16. Be3 Qa4 {[#] Hoping for ...g5.} 17. Be2 N5c6 {Threatens to win with ...e5.} (17... Qxc2 18. Rac1) 18. Bg4 Ne5 $2 (18... f5 $19 19. Bd1 e5) 19. Rfe1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19. Be2 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 19... Kg8 20. Bd2 Nxg4 ({Don't take} 20... Qxc2 21. Rxe5 Qxd2 22. Nxe6) 21. Qxg4 Qxc2 22. Qe2 Nc6 23. Nd3 h3 24. Rac1 Qa4 25. Ne5 hxg2 {...Qh4 is the strong threat.} 26. Rc3 Qh4 {[%csl Gh8][%CAl Rh4h2]} 27. h3 Qh5 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. Qe3 Ba6 {aiming for ...Bf1.} 30. Kxg2 Bc4 {White must now prevent ...d4!} 31. Qg3 $2 {[#]} (31. Qc5) 31... d4 $1 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Rxc4 (32. Rcc1 Bd5+) 32... Qd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kh2 {And now Rxd4! would win.} Qxc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.57/Black=0.20} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "13.3"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,72,24,21,38,5,39,37,48,68,34,30,30,53,44,46,52,35,35,26,19,26,23,22, 22,23,18,18,83,85,85,18,49,70,71,64,118,92,120,107,98,110,104,88,199,187,214, 200,205,171,155,147,137,79,79,73,105,61,71,0,0,0,0,0,236,245,258,328,331,331, 331,286,330,352,351]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc3 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} 11. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 13. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 14. f4 { [%emt 0:00:15]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 15. c4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00: 15]} 16. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 18. O-O {[%emt 0:01:10]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 19. f5 { [%emt 0:00:17]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 20. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} f6 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 21. Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Qh6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 23. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 24. Bf3 { [%emt 0:01:05]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 25. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rag8 {[%emt 0:00: 37]} 26. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Kh1 { [%emt 0:02:28]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 30. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0: 00:04]} 31. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be8 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 32. Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Qf8+ $2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (33. Qxe5 Qa4 34. f6 Rf7 35. Re1 $18 h6 36. Qb8 Rf8 37. f7) 33... Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Qf6+ $2 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Qf8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Qf6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "13.4"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "2836"] [BlackElo "2761"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,103,24,21,24,-22,7,-17,-23,-29,11,-14,35,11,25,10,36,14,23,24,30,25, 28,22,22,30,27,28,27,10,24,23,24,0,-8,-6,-2,-12,-10,-12,-11,-11,-18,-20,-10,-6, -4,0,-10,-10,23,7,19,-2,-20,-13,1,-11,-13,-19,-1,-16,0,-19,-32,-13,-19,-30,-31, -15,-24,-22,-22,-51,-62,-22,-22,0,0,-70,-68,-86,-76,-81,-81,-78,-87,-83,-83, -112,-83,-135,-113,-101,-90,-85,-89,-84,-83,-83,-83,-83,-84,-68,-82,-93]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00] } 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4+ { [%emt 0:00:01]} 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0: 00:11]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:37]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 8. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Re8 {[%emt 0: 02:18]} 10. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:02:44]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:50]} 13. Bxf3 { [%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. a4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:19] } 15. e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 16. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bd7 { [%emt 0:00:37]} 17. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 18. Bxf6 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 19. Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Qxg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 21. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:52]} c6 { [%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 23. Qf3 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} Qxf3+ {[%emt 0:01:34]} 24. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 25. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rbc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 28. Ke3 { [%emt 0:00:01]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00: 19]} 30. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rec8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 31. c4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 32. Rxb7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Rdd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 34. Rxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:58]} Kh5 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} 35. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Rb6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Rfc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 37. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 38. Rb1 { [%emt 0:00:14]} Rcc2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 39. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rcf2 {[%emt 0: 00:42]} 40. Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. a5 {[%emt 0:04:19]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 42. g4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 43. Rg6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Ra3+ {[%emt 0:01:04]} 44. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0: 00:08]} 45. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 47. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 48. Re6 { [%emt 0:00:06]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 49. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ra3+ {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 50. Kc4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 51. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Kxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 52. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 53. Rg8 { [%emt 0:00:24]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 54. g5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 55. g6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 56. g7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg6 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 57. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 58. Kb4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 59. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 60. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 61. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 62. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 63. Kb4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "13.5"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,60,28,22,21,22,23,18,21,23,22,24,16,27,26,18,15,11,4,28,20,31,25,35, 33,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,-3,0,-15,0,-9,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Be3 {B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations.} Nf6 9. Nc4 b5 10. Nb6 Rb8 11. Nxc8 Qxc8 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O b4 14. Nd5 Nxe4 15. a4 bxa3 16. Rxa3 Nf6 { White should prevent ...Nxd5.} 17. Bxa6 Qd7 18. Bc4 Nxd5 {[#]} 19. Qxd5 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 19. Bxd5 Rxb2 20. Qf3 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Bb3 Bf6 23. g3 Qe7 24. Kg2 d3 25. Qxd3 {1-0 (61) Povarenkov,S (2230)-Frijling,J (2157) ICCF email 2013}) 19... Nb4 {The position is equal.} 20. Qd1 d5 21. Ra7 Qc6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bc5.} 22. Rxe7 {Hoping for Bb3.} Qxc4 23. Rxe5 Nxc2 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rxb2 $11 {KRR-KRR} 27. Rf2 Rb1+ 28. Rf1 Rb2 29. Rf2 Rb1+ 30. Rf1 Rb2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "13.6"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,70,24,18,49,42,37,29,24,27,40,44,90,92,88,64,99,21,56,24,18,-17,5,5,9, -6,-18,-30,-10,-34,-10,-14,-14,-16,-34,-34,-22,-31,-10,-10,-56,-64,-60,-55,-60, -69,-51,-52,-51,-77,-62,-71,-100,-78,-86,-123,-127,-127,0,-232,-275,-283,-149, -314,-424,-436,-279,-452,-463,-480,-334,-415,-561]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} a6 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 7. f4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 8. e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb7 { [%emt 0:00:12]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 10. Bxd4 { [%emt 0:00:26]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 11. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} 12. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} 15. Bxb7 { [%emt 0:00:39]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 16. a4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00: 19]} 17. axb5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 18. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 19. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. c4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 21. c5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:21] } 22. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:05:14]} 23. Ra1 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Ne7 { [%emt 0:00:26]} 24. h3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 25. Qe2 {[%emt 0: 02:30]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 26. c4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qb2 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 28. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:01:06]} 29. h4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 30. h5 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 31. Be1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qb1 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 32. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb1 {[%emt 0: 00:02]} 34. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 35. g4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "13.7"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2881"] [BlackElo "2742"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,110,0,12,0,0,0,31,0,8,7,9,-2,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-81,-76,-83,-86,-63, -67,-74,-54,-54,-46,-55,-51,-43,-48,-51,-27,-113,-114,-121,-121,-118,-119,-120, -120,-120,-113,-138,-138,-141,-161,-135,-115,-114,-114,-131,-122,-128,-132, -128,-134,-133,-65,-64,-11,-16,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} (6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 e5 8. Qd3 b5 9. Nc3 bxc4 10. Qxc4 Qc8 11. Qd3 Qb7 12. O-O h6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nc4 Qc6 15. b3 Nf6 16. Ne3 Rc8 17. Bd2 Be7 {1/2-1/2 (41) Carlsen,M (2863)-Svidler,P (2723) chess24.com INT 2020}) 6... Ngf6 7. O-O g6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 7...e5.} 8. e5 {White is slightly better.} dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bg7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rd1 {[#]} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Bf3 Nh5 15. Be3 Bxe5 16. Bxb6 Nf6 17. Re1 Nd7 { 0-1 (55) Grischuk,A (2777)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2784) chess24.com INT 2020}) 12. Qc3 Qb6 {With the idea ...Ne4.} 13. Nc4 Qe6 14. Qe3 b5 15. Na5 {[#]} (15. Bf3 $11 Qxc4 16. Nd2 (16. Bxa8 Ng4 $14)) 15... Nb6 $1 $17 16. Qxe6 Bxe6 17. Be5 Rac8 18. c3 Na4 (18... Ne4 $5 {[%CAl Rg7e5]} 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15) 19. b3 { [%CAl Rb3a4]} Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 20. Bf3 Nfd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. c4 bxc4 23. bxc4 (23. Nxc4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nxc4 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5) 23... Nxc4 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxa5 26. Nd2 Nc6 27. Nb3 Rfd8 28. Rc5 Nb4 29. Kf1 Rxc5 30. Nxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc8 31. Rc1 { aiming for Ne6+!} Rc6 32. a4 e5 33. Ke2 f5 34. Kd2 Kf7 35. Rc4 Nd5 (35... Rd6+ $17 36. Ke1 Rb6) 36. Nd3 $15 Rxc4 ({Black should play} 36... Re6 $15) 37. Nxe5+ $11 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack. The position is equal.} Ke6 38. Nxc4 {KN-KN} Nf6 39. Kc3 $1 Kd5 40. Kb4 Ng4 41. Ne3+ Nxe3 42. fxe3 {Strongly threatening Ka5. KP-KP} Ke4 43. Ka5 Kxe3 {And now ...f4 would win.} 44. Kxa6 {K3P-K3P} f4 45. a5 g5 $1 46. Kb6 g4 $1 47. a6 {Threatens to win with a7.} f3 48. gxf3 gxf3 {KPP-KPP} 49. a7 f2 50. a8=Q f1=Q 51. Qe8+ Kf2 52. Qf7+ Kg2 53. Qxh7 Qg1+ 54. Kc6 Qxh2 55. Qxh2+ Kxh2 {And White is the lucky defender. Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "13.8"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2829"] [BlackElo "2703"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,101,22,68,45,50,32,38,29,22,20,26,22,42,42,61,11,47,35,40,0,-8,0,0, -19,-19,-24,-24,-65,-63,-63,-65,-70,-70,-71,-67,-69,-74,-66,-59,-94,-100,-96, -81,-85,-64,-91,-105,-98,-79,-79,-73,-73,-73,-73,-73,-73,-73,-81,-81,-81,-78, -143,-143,-144,-148,-172,-162,-162,-172,-173,-173,-173,-173,-229,-229,-399, -356,-464,-429,-424,-383,-375,-376,-352,-368,-5519,-5435,-1815,-1810,-2372, -1803,-5939,-5869,-29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 {A58: Benko/Volga Gambit: Lines with 5 bxa6.} Bg7 7. g3 O-O 8. Nf3 { White is slightly better.} Qa5 9. Bd2 d6 10. Bg2 Nbd7 $5 {[%CAl Bb8d7,Bd7b6, Bb6c4,Bc4d2][%mdl 4] A promising side line.} 11. O-O Nb6 12. Qc2 Qxa6 13. e4 Nc4 {[#]} 14. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bc1 Ng4 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Be1 Bd7 20. Bf1 Ne5 21. Be2 f5 22. f4 Nf7 23. Bd3 Nh6 24. Bd2 fxe4 {1/2-1/2 (24) Poobesh Anand,S (2360)-Michelakis,G (2432) Mumbai 2004}) 14... Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Ng4 16. a4 Qa5 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. h3 Ne5 21. Rfd1 Ra3 22. Bf1 Qb4 23. Qc3 Qb7 24. Qe3 Ra2 25. Be2 Rb8 26. Kf1 Nd7 27. Nf3 Qb4 ({Much weaker is} 27... Qxb3 $6 28. Qxb3 Rxb3 29. Bc4 $14) 28. Bc4 Rba8 29. Qd3 Rb2 {Strongly threatening ...Raa2.} 30. Rc2 Raa2 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Re1 Ra2 33. Bb5 Ne5 34. Nxe5 Bxe5 35. Re2 (35. Bc4 $142) 35... Ra1+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 36. Kg2 Qa3 $1 {[%CAl Ra3c1] ... Qc1 is the strong threat.} 37. Qc2 Rc1 $1 {[%CAl Rc1c2]} 38. Qa2 Qb4 39. Bc4 Qc3 $1 40. Re3 Qd4 $1 {[%CAl Rd4d1] And now ...Qd1 would win.} 41. Bf1 (41. Be2 $142) 41... Kg7 $19 42. Qe2 $2 (42. Be2 {was called for.}) 42... Qa1 $1 43. Qa6 Qb2 44. Qe2 {[#] If White can now play Qxb2 this consolidates a bit.} Rc2 { [%CAl Rc2e2]} 45. Qf3 {[#] and the idea Re2 leaves White hopeful.} Qa1 $1 46. Bd3 Rc1 47. Re2 $2 (47. Kh2 Bd4 48. Re2) 47... Rh1 {[%csl Gh1][%CAl Ra1g1] Black is clearly winning.} 48. Qe3 Qf1+ 49. Kf3 Qxh3 {( -> ...Qh5+)} 50. Qg5 Rd1 51. Re3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.38/Black=0.11} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "14.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2703"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,103,19,27,33,49,27,13,18,11,16,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,21,30,22,31,0,7,15, 20,6,14,14,18,5,25,6,25,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0, 0,0,0,11,11,8,15,13,14,23,24,379,150,231,97,181,179,223,236,353,346,432,358, 425,414,507,466,521,502,805,793,29991,29992,29992,29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} c5 7. Bxc4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} cxd4 8. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} Ne5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 {[#]} 10. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O a6 11. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. f4 Nc4 14. Kh1 Bb4 15. f5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 {1-0 (26) Schwerteck,M (2154)-Klaus,D (1994) Tuebingen 2007}) 10... Ng6 11. Bg3 Bb4 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 Qb6 16. a4 e5 17. c4 Qc5 18. Kf1 Rfd8 19. f3 a6 {[#]} 20. Bf2 $1 Qc6 21. Na3 Nf8 22. c5 Ne6 23. Nc4 Rxd1+ $1 24. Qxd1 Rd8 25. Qc1 Nd7 26. Na5 Qc7 27. Nxb7 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender, Decoy} Qxb7 28. c6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qb3 {Threatens to win with ...Qd3+.} 29. cxd7 Qd3+ 30. Kg1 Rxd7 31. Qf1 (31. h3 {feels hotter.} Rc7 32. Qd1 Qxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rc4 34. Bg3) 31... Qd6 32. Be3 h5 33. h4 Nf8 34. a5 Ng6 35. g3 Rc7 36. Rc1 Rd7 37. Rc5 {aiming for Rd5.} Qe6 38. Kg2 Qa2+ 39. Qf2 Qa3 40. Qe2 {Black must now prevent Rc8+.} Rd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Qb4 $1 $11) 41. Bf2 $2 (41. Rc8+ $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kh7 {[#]} (41... Nf8 42. Bc5 Qc3 43. Rxf8+ Kh7 44. Bf2 Rd2 45. Rc8) 42. f4 $1 Nxh4+ 43. gxh4 $18) 41... Kh7 (41... Rd8 $16 { was worth a try.} 42. Qxa6 Rd2) 42. Rc7 (42. Rc6 $18 {is more deadly.}) 42... Qxa5 (42... Qd6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 43. Rxf7 $18 ({Inferior is} 43. Qxd3 Qxc7 44. Qxa6 Qc2 $11) 43... Rd2 44. Qe3 Qa2 (44... Nh8 {might work better.} 45. Rf5 g6 46. Qa7+ Kg8) 45. Rf5 Qc2 46. Rxh5+ Kg8 47. Rg5 Kh7 48. h5 Nf8 49. Rxe5 Nd7 (49... Qd3 $142 50. Qxd3 Rxd3) 50. Re7 Nc5 {[#]} 51. Qg5 $1 {[%csl Ge7][%CAl Rg5g7]} Rxf2+ 52. Kh3 {[%csl Ge7][%CAl Rg5g7] Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.43} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "14.2"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2829"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,120,33,51,34,27,2,14,-2,-6,-12,-4,-34,0,-9,57,55,57,63,77,72,92,81, 81,87,78,78,77,50,46,35,43,52,43,9,75,65,70,61,81,2,10,0,0,0,3,-125,-119,-124, -122,-112,-120,-160,-163,-156,-106,-162,-163,-164,-162,-143,-111,-175,-147, -147,-130,-136,-141,-121,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-40,-8,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40, -40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-101,-83,-75,-81,-89,-40,-81,-40,-40,-40,-318,0,-40, -40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-4133,-3485]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Nb6 9. Bb3 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} a5 10. Re1 {The position is equal.} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 {[#]} Bg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Kh8 13. Nbd2 f6 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. Be3 Ba7 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Nh4 Bf7 19. Bxf7 Rxf7 {1/2-1/2 (41) Cejkova,M (1998)-Johnsen,S (1853) Prague 2020}) 13. Bc2 ({Don't play} 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Re8 $1 $17) 13... Qd7 (13... Re8 $11) 14. Nh4 $1 $14 ({Reject} 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. d4 (15. Qxe5 $2 Rfe8 $19) 15... Bxc2 $17) 14... Rad8 {[%CAl Rg6d3]} 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nd2 Nd5 {White should prevent ...Nf4.} 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bb3 Qf5 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Bb5 (20. Ng3 {is more complex.} Qc8 21. Bb5 Bh4 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Bc4) 20... Na7 21. Be3 Nxb5 22. axb5 Qd7 23. Bc5 a4 (23... Nd5 $11) 24. d4 exd4 25. Bxd4 Nd5 26. Red1 (26. Rxa4 $16 Rfe8 27. Qc4) 26... Rfe8 $11 27. c4 Nf4 28. Qf3 Qf5 29. Ng3 (29. Nc3 $11 Ne6 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Be5) 29... Nxh3+ $1 $17 30. Kf1 Qxf3 31. gxf3 Ng5 32. Be5 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 c6 34. Rd7 (34. f4 $17 {was called for.} Ne6 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. f5 gxf5 37. Nxf5) 34... Nxf3 $19 35. Bc3 cxb5 36. cxb5 b6 37. Ne4 (37. Ra7 $17) 37... a3 38. bxa3 Bxa3 39. Nd6 Bxd6 40. Rxd6 {[#]} Re6 (40... Rb8 $1 $17 41. Rc6 f6) 41. Rxe6 $11 fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 42. Ke2 Ng5 43. Bd4 Ne4 44. Kf3 Nd6 45. Bxb6 Nxb5 46. Kg4 Kf7 47. f4 Nd6 48. Bd4 Nf5 49. Bb2 Kg8 50. Kg5 Kh7 51. Bc3 (51. Kg4 $15) 51... Nd6 $17 {aiming for ...Ne4+.} 52. Bb2 Nf7+ 53. Kg4 Kh6 54. Bc3 Nd6 55. Be5 Nc4 56. Bd4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Better is} 56. Bc3 $15) 56... Nd6 $2 ({Black should play} 56... g5 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rg5f4] ... gxf4 is the strong threat.} 57. f5 e5) 57. Be5 $15 Nf5 58. Bc3 Ne3+ 59. Kf3 Nd5 60. Be5 {[%mdl 8192]} (60. Bb2 $15) 60... Nf6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0. 44/Black=0.24} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "14.3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2881"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,103,27,28,20,17,38,15,27,20,31,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, -6,-1,-16,-22,-20,-20,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 d5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Nf3 Rxe1 14. Qxe1 Nd6 15. Bd3 Bf5 {The position is equal.} 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Bf4 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... c6 18. Qe2 Qe7 19. Re1 Re8 20. Kf1 Qxe2+ 21. Rxe2 Rxe2 22. Kxe2 Be7 23. Bb8 {1/2-1/2 (23) Fargere,F (2492)-Le Roux,J (2522) Sautron 2011}) 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 c6 20. Re1 f6 21. Qe2 g5 22. Bg3 Ng7 23. Qf3 Qf5 24. Qxf5 Nxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. f3 Kf7 26. Kf2 h5 27. h3 Re8 (27... a5 {seems wilder.} 28. a4 h4 29. Bh2 Ra6 30. Bc7 Ng7) 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 {KB-KN} 29. Bb8 a6 30. g4 Ng7 31. f4 hxg4 32. hxg4 gxf4 33. Bxf4 Kf7 34. Kf3 Kg6 35. Be3 Ne6 36. Bf4 b5 37. Be3 a5 38. Bf4 a4 39. Be3 $1 Nc7 40. b3 axb3 41. axb3 Ne6 42. Ke2 (42. Kg3 {feels hotter.} Ng5 43. Bxg5 fxg5 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Ke2) 42... Ng5 43. Bxg5 Kxg5 {KP-KP} (43... fxg5 {looks sharper.} 44. Kd2 Kf6 45. Kc1 Ke7 46. Kb2 Kd6) 44. Kf3 b4 45. cxb4 f5 46. gxf5 Kxf5 47. b5 $1 {[%CAl Rb5b6]} cxb5 {KPP-KPP} 48. b4 $1 Kg5 $1 {[%CAl Rg5f5]} 49. Kg3 $1 Kf5 50. Kf3 Kg5 $1 {[%CAl Rg5f5]} 51. Kg3 $1 Kf5 {[#] ( -> ...Ke4)} 52. Kf3 {An uneventful encounter. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "14.4"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,47,24,21,35,-4,37,33,48,46,46,46,46,46,52,44,44,38,40,40,28,31,50,39, 30,-14,16,-8,20,-1,7,22,1,19,16,5,16,11,42,22,24,0,41,41,41,35,41,35,41,40]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0: 00:01]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:22]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} b6 {[%emt 0:00: 11]} 10. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 13. cxb6 { [%emt 0:00:25]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 14. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00: 10]} 15. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 16. f3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 17. h3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 18. Rfd1 { [%emt 0:00:27]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 19. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Rca8 {[%emt 0:00: 20]} 20. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Na4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 21. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 22. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Na4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 23. Rb3 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "14.5"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,84,12,14,-7,17,0,0,-25,13,19,9,14,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0, 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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Bg4 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c6 10. c3 Qc7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Rfe8 13. a4 {C01: French: Exchange Variation.} a5 14. Bf5 {[#]} Bg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... b5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Bd3 Reb8 17. Rec1 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. g3 Qc7 20. Nh4 Qb6 { 0-1 (47) Lang,H-Funk,O Wiesbaden 1988}) 15. Qd3 (15. Bxg6 {is more complex.} hxg6 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 Nf8 19. Nef3) 15... Bf4 (15... Bxf5 {seems wilder.} 16. Qxf5 h6 17. Bxf6 g6 18. Qd3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Nxf6 20. Ne5 Re8 ) 16. Bxg6 {The position is equal.} hxg6 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Re1 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 Ne4 21. Nef3 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Nf8 23. g3 Qd6 24. Kg2 Ne6 25. h4 g5 26. h5 Qf4 27. Qe2 Qf5 28. Nf1 g4 29. Nh2 Qxh5 30. Qxg4 Qxg4 31. Nxg4 $11 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Kf8 32. Kf3 Ke7 33. Ne5 Ng5+ 34. Ke3 Ne4 35. g4 g5 36. f3 Nd6 37. b3 f6 38. Nd3 b6 39. Ke2 Ke6 40. Ke3 Ke7 41. Ke2 Ke6 42. Ke3 Ke7 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "14.6"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2836"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,103,26,28,35,0,25,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,20,21,61,68,56,61,41,43,84,8, 71,0,0,-69,-77,-71,-18,-24,-24,-36,-49,-41,-37,-43,-50,-25,66,56,65,62,121,126, 122,165,165,99,76,54,66,66,49,81,76,24,405,431,400,360,663,636,5361,408,1451, 1355,1215,1525,1213,1612,1424,1419,1608,1518,1518,1244,1619,1095,1602,1584, 1718,1189]} 1. e4 {Lukacs,P} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bf4 Ngf6 {outshines the older 10... Qa5+.} 11. O-O-O Be7 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line.} 12. Qe2 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} O-O 13. Kb1 {[#]} a5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Qa5 14. Ne5 Rad8 15. Rd3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Bd2 Qb5 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Nh5 Rg8 {1/2-1/2 (35) McShane,L (2619)-Johannessen,L (2525) Malmo 2003 CBM 097 [Lukacs,P]}) 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 a4 17. g4 Nd5 ({Much weaker is} 17... Nxg4 $6 18. Rhg1 $14) 18. Bd2 Qb6 {Hoping for .. .Ba3.} 19. c4 Ba3 $1 {[%csl Ga3][%CAl Rb6b2]} 20. Be1 Nf4 21. Qc2 Rfd8 22. h5 ( 22. g5 $16 {aiming for gxh6.} hxg5 23. hxg5) 22... c5 (22... f6 $11) 23. Bc3 ( 23. g5 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rg5h6]}) 23... cxd4 $11 24. Rxd4 (24. Bxd4 $11 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qe4) 24... Rxd4 $15 25. Nxd4 {Black should prevent Qe4.} Bb4 ( 25... Rd8 $17 26. Rf1 Bb4) 26. Bxb4 $11 Qxb4 27. a3 Qc5 28. Qe4 {[#]} Rd8 $1 29. Nf3 Qd6 30. Ka1 b6 ({Black should try} 30... Qc7 $11) 31. g5 $1 $14 hxg5 32. Nxg5 {Threatens to win with h6.} f5 (32... Kf8 $14) 33. Qb7 $16 Rd7 {[#]} 34. Qa8+ Rd8 {[#]} 35. Qxa4 (35. Qa7 $1 $18 {[%CAl Ra7f7]} Rd7 36. Qxa4) 35... Qe7 36. Nf3 {c5! is the strong threat.} (36. Rg1 {feels hotter.} Ne2 37. Re1 Qxg5 38. Rxe2 Kh7 39. Re3) 36... Qb7 $1 {[%CAl Rb7f3] [#]} 37. Rd1 $1 Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Kh7 39. Qb3 ({Better is} 39. Ka2 $16) 39... Kh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A mistake that costs the game.} (39... Qc6 $11) 40. c5 $18 Nd5 41. Ne5 Qc7 $2 (41... Kh7 42. Nc4 b5) 42. Qg3 {[%csl Ge5,Gh5][%CAl Rg3g6]} Kxh5 43. Qh2+ (43. cxb6 $142 Qc1+ 44. Ka2) 43... Kg5 44. Nf3+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf6 45. Qxc7 { [%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Nxc7 46. cxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Na6 47. b4 Ke7 48. Kb2 Kd6 49. Kc3 Kc6 50. Nd4+ Kxb6 51. Nxe6 g6 52. a4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/Black=0.49} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "14.7"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2731"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,49,30,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} Bxf3 14. Bxf3 { [#] Strongly threatening e5.} Bxd4 15. e5 Na6 {[%CAl Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5d3,Bd3e1] [%mdl 32]} 16. Rxe7 Rad8 {aiming for ...Bc5.} 17. e6 fxe6 {[#] ...Bc5 is the strong threat.} 18. Qe1 {[#]} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Bf6 19. Rxa7 Rxd2 20. Rxa6 Qxa6 21. Qxd2 Qb6 22. g3 Bd4 23. Kg2 Rxf3 24. Kxf3 Qb7+ 25. Ke2 Qe4+ 26. Kd1 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Qe4+ 28. Kd1 Qb1+ 29. Ke2 Qe4+ {1/2-1/2 (29) So,W (2770) -Vachier Lagrave,M (2784) chess24.com INT 2020}) 19. Bc3 {Hoping for Bxd4.} Nd3 20. Bxd4 $1 Nxe1 21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Rd7+ {The position is equal.} Kg8 ({Don't blunder} 22... e5 $2 23. Bxe5+ Rf6 24. Bxf6+ Kg8 25. Rxd8+ $18) 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rd7+ Kg8 ({Don't go for} 24... e5 $2 25. Bxe5+ Rf6 26. Bxf6+ Kg8 27. Rxd8+ $18) 25. Rg7+ {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0. 02/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "14.8"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Pichot, Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2860"] [BlackElo "2533"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,93,0,2,20,14,16,31,20,48,36,27,23,41,30,45,40,43,11,8,16,28,25,39,38, 29,32,73,0,4,4,26,26,34,30,30,30,34,25,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,228,215,326,150,264, 264,260,235,236,236,236,243,929,469,469,469,469,469,469,469,469,469,469,469, 465,465,406,398,696,651,591,576,1670,1473,6070,6070,6113,6113,12842,12824]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ngf6 6. O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Bf1 {White is slightly better.} Nc5 9. Nc3 (9. f3 {seems wilder.} O-O 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Nb3) 9... O-O 10. Nb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2 Qc8 14. Ra4 Qb8 15. Bg5 b5 16. Ra2 a6 17. Nd5 Re8 {1-0 (42) Arribas Lopez,A (2536)-Sorm,D (2354) Madrid 2015}) 12. f3 Be6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. c3 e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. b4 a5 18. b5 (18. Rxa5 $16 Rxa5 19. bxa5) 18... d5 $11 19. Be3 Qd6 20. Bd4 Rfc8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. Ra4 b6 24. Qf6 Qc5+ 25. Rd4 a4 $1 26. h4 a3 27. bxa3 Rxa3 $2 {[#] White now steadily converts the win.} (27... Qxc3 $11 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 30. Rxd5 (30. Rf4+ Kg7 $11) 30... Re8 31. Qxb6 Qe3+ 32. Qxe3 Rxe3) 28. h5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rh5g6] Strongly threatening hxg6.} gxh5 (28... Re8 { was worth a try.} 29. h6 Qf8) 29. Kh1 (29. Re5 $18 Rxc3 30. Kh2 (30. Rxh5 Rc1 $11)) 29... Rxc3 ({Wrong is} 29... Qxc3 $2 30. Rxe6 Qxd4 31. Qxd4 $18) (29... Qf8 $16 {might work better.}) 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Rxd5 Qc7 $2 (33... Qf8 34. Bd3 Qf7) 34. Qe6+ Kh8 {[#] White should prevent ...Qf4.} 35. Rd7 $1 {Threatening mate with Qf6+.} Qf4 {Hoping for ...Rxf3!} 36. Qe7 { [%csl Gd7][%CAl Re7h7]} Qh6 37. Qe5+ Kg8 38. Bd3 Rxd3 39. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rf8 40. Rd6 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ $2 (41... Qc5 42. Qe6+ Kh8 43. Rxb6 Qd4) 42. Qxf4 {White is clearly winning.} Rxf4 43. Rxb6 Kg7 44. Rb8 Rb4 45. b6 {[%CAl Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} h4 46. b7 h5 47. f4 {[%mdl 64] Promotion. Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.36} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "15.1"] [White "Pichot, Alan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2533"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,50,31,36,76,81,104,104,105,116,104,91,100,0,0,-66,7,-181,-175,-444, -443,-876,-913,-880,-820,-789,-761,-919,-695,-1015,-608,-601,-594,-585,-570, -464,-308]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 $1 Bb7 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} 10. c4 $1 { [%CAl Rc4d5]} Bb4+ 11. Ke2 $1 {[#]} O-O $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] White is better. New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Ba6 12. Kf3 Nb6 13. c5 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 Nd5 15. a3 Qa5 16. Rb1 Bxc5 17. b4 Nxb4 18. axb4 Bxb4 {1-0 (31) Requejo,O (2235)-Rivera,G (1784) Lima 2012}) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ng5 f6 14. Nf3 (14. exf6 $1 $16 {Strongly threatening Qd3.} gxf6 15. Nf3) 14... fxe5 $11 {Threatens to win with ...e4.} 15. fxe5 (15. Qb3 $11 Rab8 16. Kd1) 15... Rf5 (15... Rac8 $15) 16. Be3 $2 {[#] This costs White the game.} (16. Qd4 $11 {and White is okay.} Qc2+ 17. Bd2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Qe4+ 19. Qe3) 16... d4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 17. Bxd4 $2 {[#]} (17. Rc1 Ba6+ 18. Kf2 dxe3+ 19. Kg3 Rxf3+ 20. gxf3) 17... Raf8 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 18. Qb3 (18. Rc1 $142 Rxf3 19. gxf3 (19. Rxc7 {gets mated.} Ba6+ 20. Rc4 Bxc4+ 21. Qd3 Bxd3+ 22. Kd1 Rxf1+ { [%mdl 64] Back Rank} 23. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 19... Bxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Kd3) 18... Rxf3 19. gxf3 Bxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Kd3 Qb7 {( -> ... Be4+)} 21. Kc2 Bxh1 22. a3 Qe4+ 23. Bd3 Rc8+ (23... Qxd4 $2 24. Rxh1 Ba5 25. Kb1 $19) 24. Kb1 Qxd4 25. axb4 Qxe5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.72/Black=0. 53} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "15.2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2860"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,49,0,29,27,33,25,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} Bxf3 14. Bxf3 { [#] Black must now prevent e5.} Bxd4 15. e5 {White is slightly better.} Na6 { [%CAl Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5d3,Bd3e1][%mdl 32]} 16. Rxe7 Rad8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qe1 {[#] } Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Bf6 19. Rxa7 Rxd2 20. Rxa6 Qxa6 21. Qxd2 Qb6 22. g3 Bd4 23. Kg2 Rxf3 24. Kxf3 Qb7+ 25. Ke2 Qe4+ 26. Kd1 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Qe4+ 28. Kd1 Qb1+ 29. Ke2 Qe4+ {1/2-1/2 (29) So,W (2770)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2784) chess24.com INT 2020}) 19. Be3 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxd4.} Nd3 20. Bxd4 Nxe1 21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Rd7+ {The position is equal.} Kg8 ({But not} 22... e5 $2 23. Bxe5+ Rf6 24. Bxf6+ Kg8 25. Rxd8+ $18) 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rd7+ Kg8 ({Wrong is } 24... e5 $2 25. Bxe5+ Rf6 26. Bxf6+ Kg8 27. Rxd8+ $18) 25. Rg7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "15.3"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2836"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,28,24,18,24,8,22,15,22,12,40,18,62,-5,4,0,52,29,19,29,29,16,16,25,25, 16,25,25,32,25,32]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 6. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nbd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Qxd4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00: 01]} 11. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 13. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 14. Qd4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "15.4"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,128,14,19,16,28,0,47,65,88,87,93,79,75,95,115,118,122,122,99,107,118, 102,106,121,109,102,114,97,107,118,115,97,123,49,69,13,27,28,17,41,92,31,13,0, 0,0,0,0,0,-167,0,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,118,99,90,0,0,0, 90,70,75,39,61,48,198,0,0,0,551,0,0,-22,-15,-83,0,0,0,-97,-82,-97,-80,-398, -112,-112,-112,-719,-128,-29971,-29974,-29973,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29970, -29970,-29970,-29970,-29970,-29972,-29972,-29970]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} O-O 10. Nb3 Qc7 $5 { [%mdl 4] A promising side line.} (10... Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qb2 12. Bc1 Qc3+ 13. Bd2 Qb2 14. Bc1 Qc3+ 15. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 (15) Grischuk,A (2810)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Beijing 2014}) 11. Nxc5 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 12. Na4 a6 { [#] Black wants to play ...b5.} 13. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd2 b5 14. Nb2 Bb7 15. f3 Rac8 16. c4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 {1-0 (41) Korobov,A (2652)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2729) Riadh 2017}) 13... b5 14. Nb2 Bb7 15. f3 Qa5 16. Qb3 e5 17. d5 Rfc8 18. Be2 Bf8 19. O-O Nc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nd3 Rc7 22. Nxe5 Rac8 {[%CAl Rc7c3]} 23. c4 Qd2 24. Qd3 (24. Qd1 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rd1d2]} Qf4 25. Ng4) 24... Qf4 $14 {[#]} 25. d6 $1 Rc5 $1 $11 {[#]} 26. d7 $1 Rd8 27. Ng4 {g3 is the strong threat.} Rc7 (27... h5 $14 28. g3 Qg5) 28. Qc3 (28. g3 $16 Qg5 29. h4) 28... Bg7 $14 29. e5 Rcxd7 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Bxb5 Rd2 32. a4 $2 {[#]} (32. Rc2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 32... h5 $2 ({Black should play} 32... Rxg2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Kxg2 Qxg4+ 34. Kf2 (34. Kh1 $2 Qf4 $19) 34... Qf4 ) 33. Nf6+ (33. Qe3 $1 $11 Qxg4 34. Qxd2 (34. fxg4 $2 {loses.} Rxg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Kh1 Rg3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 36. Bc6 Bxc6+ 37. Rxc6 Rxe3 $19) 34... Rxd2 35. fxg4 Rxg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kh1 Rf2+ 37. Kg1 Rg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kh1 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 Rg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 33... Bxf6 $15 34. exf6 Qg5 {[%csl Gd2][%CAl Rg5g2]} 35. Rf2 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Rd2+ (36... Rc8 $1 $15 37. Qxc8+ Bxc8 38. Rxc8+ Kh7) 37. Be2 $11 Rxe2+ 38. Kxe2 {Strongly threatening Kf1.} Qxg2+ {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Double Attack. KQR-KQB} 39. Kd3 Qxf3+ 40. Kc4 {Hoping for Qxf3.} Qe2+ (40... Qf4+ $11 {keeps the balance.} 41. Kb5 Qxh2) 41. Kb4 $16 Qxh2 42. Qd4 (42. Rd1 $1 $16 { [%CAl Rd1d8]} Qb8 43. Ka3) 42... Qb8 $11 43. Ka3 Qg3+ (43... Qf8+ $11 44. Kb2 Qb8) 44. Rc3 $16 Qe1 45. Re3 (45. Kb4 {is more complex.} Qb1+ 46. Ka5 Qf5+ 47. Rc5 Qe6 48. Rb5) 45... Qc1+ 46. Kb4 {Threatens to win with Re7.} Bc6 (46... Bh1 $14) 47. Rc3 $2 (47. Re7 $1 $18 {And now Qd8+ would win.} Qb1+ 48. Kc5 Bxa4 49. Qxa4 Qf5+ 50. Kd6 Qxf6+ 51. Kd7) 47... Qb2+ $11 48. Ka5 Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] } 49. Qc4 $2 (49. Qb4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rb4b2]} Qxb4+ 50. Kxb4) 49... Bd5 50. Qc5 ( 50. Qd3 {is interesting.} Be6 51. Rc5 Kg8 52. Qd8+ Kh7 53. Qd3) 50... Be6 51. Ka6 (51. Rf3 $11 {remains equal.}) 51... Qe2+ ({Better is} 51... Qg2 $17) 52. Ka7 h4 53. Qd4 {[#]} (53. a5 $11) 53... g5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 54. a5 h3 {aiming for ...h2.} 55. Re3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ( 55. Rc5 $17 Qg2 56. Qd3+ Kh6 57. Qd8) 55... Qg4 $2 (55... Qc2 $19 56. Rc3 Qg2) 56. Qd3+ Kh6 57. Re1 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. Qd8 $17) 57... Qf5 $2 (57... h2 $19 { is more deadly.} 58. Qb1 Bd5) 58. Qd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58. Qxf5 $17 Bxf5 59. Kb8) 58... Qc5+ {Black mates.} 59. Kb8 Qc8+ 60. Ka7 Qc7+ 61. Ka8 Bd7 {[%CAl Rd7c6]} 62. Rc1 Bc6+ 63. Rxc6 Qxc6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 64. Kb8 Qg2 { Never resign too early! Weighted Error Value: White=0.57/Black=0.51} 0-1 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "15.5"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D79"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2761"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,85,-7,1,9,-33,-23,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,65,63,57,58,60, 60,63,52,61,58,59,53,95,94,98,95,98,92,112,103,106,106,101,101,136,136,136,136, 136,136,135,122,111,106,125,125,123,130,144,136,164,136,359,356]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Ng4 9. Nxg4 Bxg4 10. Nc3 Nc6 {[%CAl Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 11. h3 Bd7 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5).} 12. e4 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} dxe4 ({Wrong is} 12... Bxd4 $2 13. exd5 Rc8 14. Bh6 $18) 13. d5 {[#]} Ne5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Nb4 14. Qb3 a5 15. a3 Nd3 16. Nxe4 Nxc1 17. Raxc1 a4 18. Qb4 Ra6 19. Qxb7 Rb6 {1/2-1/2 (72) Milovanovic,M (2358)-Staal,J (2435) ICCF corr 1988}) 14. Nxe4 Bb5 15. Re1 Nd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 16. Re3 Nxc1 ({Much weaker is} 16... Bxb2 $6 17. Bxb2 Nxb2 18. Qb3 $16) 17. Rxc1 Bh6 ({Not} 17... Bxb2 $2 18. Rb1 $18) 18. f4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Rac8 20. Kh2 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Qd8 (21... Bg7 $11) 22. Qc5 a6 23. Nc3 Qd6 24. Qxd6 exd6 25. Nxb5 axb5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. Rb3 Ra8 27. a3 Ra5 28. Bf1 Bg7 29. Bxb5 Bd4 30. Kg2 h5 31. Kf3 Kg7 32. g4 hxg4+ 33. hxg4 Ra8 34. Bd7 b6 {[#]} 35. Rb4 $1 {[%CAl Rb4d4]} Bg1 {[#]} 36. Re4 $1 Ra7 37. Bc6 f5 38. Re2 fxg4+ 39. Kxg4 Bd4 40. a4 Kf7 41. Be8+ Kf8 42. b3 Kg7 $2 (42... Re7 $16 43. Rxe7 Kxe7 44. Bxg6 Kf6) 43. Re6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.16} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "15.6"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2881"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,103,18,19,22,11,8,11,17,18,29,20,14,18,23,19,25,22,47,47,47,41,43,33, 81,64,93,95,127,119,96,102,110,110,124,107,153,136,129,121,133,136,151,95,163, 0,12,0,0,0,119,99,135,122,110,131,99,56,57,57,58,58,59,59,51,51,58,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,108,108,29971,29973,29973,29973,29974,29975,29975,29976,29978,29977,29977, 29977,29977,29978,29979,29980]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nd5 d6 8. c3 Rb8 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} 9. a4 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Bf6 {The position is equal.} 11. Re1 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 b5 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. h3 h6 17. Rc1 a6 {1/2-1/2 (35) Mary,P (2114)-Sorcinelli,A (1753) LSS email 2012}) 12. Bd2 Ne7 {[%CAl Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 13. Bc4 Ng6 14. b4 b6 15. b5 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. c4 Nf4 18. Qb3 g5 {And now ...g4 would win.} 19. Be3 g4 20. Nd2 h5 21. Nf1 h4 22. Qd1 Bg7 23. Bc1 (23. Qxg4 $2 Rg6 $19 ) (23. Bxf4 $6 exf4 24. Qxg4 h3) 23... Rg6 24. Ne3 $1 Qd7 25. Nf5 Bf6 26. a5 Kh7 27. axb6 axb6 28. Be3 (28. Bxf4 $142 exf4 29. Ra6) 28... d5 (28... Ne6 $16) 29. Bxf4 $2 (29. cxd5 $6 Nxd5 30. Qb3 (30. exd5 Qxf5 31. Ra7 Kg8 $15) 30... Nb4 $14) (29. g3 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rg3f4]} Nh3+ 30. Kf1) 29... exf4 $11 30. cxd5 Bxa1 31. Qxa1 Re8 (31... h3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32. Nxh4 $16 Rg5 33. g3 $1 ({Don't play} 33. Qf6 $6 Qxd5 34. Qxf4 (34. Nf5 $2 Qxf5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 35. Qa1 Qe5 $19) 34... Kg8 $14) 33... f3 34. h3 ({Much worse is} 34. Qf6 $6 {[#]} Rxd5 $1 35. h3 (35. Nf5 $2 Qxf5 36. Qxf5+ Rxf5 $19 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 35... Qe6 $1 $11 ) 34... Rh5 35. Nf5 (35. Qc1 {is interesting.} gxh3 36. Qf4 Rxd5 37. Ra1 Rde5 38. Kh2) 35... Rxf5 36. exf5 {Black must now prevent Rxe8.} Rxe1+ 37. Qxe1 { Hoping for Qe5.} Qxd5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 38. Qe7 $1 Qxf5 39. hxg4 Qd5 40. Qf6 ({White should try} 40. g5 $1 $14) 40... Kg8 $1 $11 41. Qf5 Qb3 42. Qxf3 Qxb5 43. Qd5 Qe8 (43... Qb1+ $1 $11 44. Kg2 Kg7) 44. g5 $16 Qe6 $2 { [%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for Black.} (44... Qe1+ $16 45. Kg2 Qe7) 45. Qxe6 {White mates.} fxe6 {KP-KP} 46. f4 Kf7 47. Kf2 b5 48. Ke3 Kg6 49. g4 b4 50. Kd2 e5 51. fxe5 Kxg5 52. Kc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0. 28} 1-0 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "15.7"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2829"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,28,24,18,22,22,22,22,29,19,21,10,50,7,9,5,29,25,25,17,34,22,22,22,22, 22,22,22,22,22,22]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 6. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nbd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. exd6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 11. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 12. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 13. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 14. Qd4 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Crypto Cup Prelims 2021"] [Site "Chess24"] [Date "2021.05.25"] [Round "15.8"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "2703"] [BlackElo "2742"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "151"] [EventDate "2021.05.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NET"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,151,17,30,18,16,12,18,10,20,10,31,0,8,9,0,-6,35,0,0,0,38,45,121,0,0, 0,0,-75,-83,-115,-130,-121,-120,-108,-111,-131,-107,-125,-119,-129,-129,-161,0, -183,-127,-129,-130,-122,0,-122,-62,-61,-52,-39,-26,-32,-15,-15,-14,-15,0,0,0, -2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,8,8,8,14,8,19,19,19,19,19,8,8,8,19,8,19,19,19,19, 19,19,19,19,19,8,8,8,8,8,19,19,19,8,19,8,19,8,19,19,19,19,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Be2 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3.} (11. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 $19) 11... Na5 12. Qb1 Bg7 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 {[#]} 15. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. h4 h5 16. O-O Kg7 17. c4 Rc8 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Qe4 f6 20. Nd3 Nxc4 21. Nc5 {1-0 (66) Shchekachev,A (2515) -Razafindratsima,T (2341) Europe Echecs INT 2021}) 15... Bc6 16. Qb4+ Kg7 17. O-O Rc8 18. Ne5 (18. d5 $5 exd5 19. Rad1 $11) 18... b6 19. Rad1 Qg5 {[%csl Gc6] [%CAl Rg5g2]} 20. g3 Rhd8 ({Better is} 20... Rhe8 $14) 21. Qb2 ({Only move:} 21. f4 $16 Qf5 22. d5) 21... Ba4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 22. Rd2 Qe7 23. d5 (23. Rc1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23... f6 $17 24. Ng4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. d6 Qf7 (26... Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Rxg4 28. Qd2 $14) 27. Ne3 Rc5 28. Rc1 Rdc8 29. Re1 e5 30. f4 Re8 $2 (30... Qe6 $19 31. Nf1 Bd7) 31. Rf2 $2 (31. Ng4 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Qd7 32. Qb4) 31... Qd7 (31... Re6 $19 32. Ng2 e4) 32. fxe5 Rcxe5 33. Rxf6 Qb5 ({Black should try} 33... Kxf6 $17 34. Nd5+ Kf7 35. Rxe5 Qxd6 36. Qf2+ Kg7 37. Rxe8 Bxe8 38. Qd4+ Kf7 39. Qf2+ Ke6 40. Qe3+ Kxd5 41. Qxe8 Kc5 42. Qc8+ Kb5 43. Qe8+ Kb4) 34. Qd4 {[#]} (34. Qf2 $11 Rxe3 35. Rxe3 (35. Rf7+ Kg8 $11) 35... Rxe3 36. Rf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. Rf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 39. Rf8+ Kg7 40. Rf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 34... Qc5 $1 35. Rf4 {Threatening Qxc5.} Qxd4 36. Rxd4 { Threatens to win with d7.} Bd7 37. Rc4 Rc5 38. Rxc5 {The position is equal.} bxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 39. Rb1 Bc6 40. Nc4 Kf6 41. Na5 $1 { [%CAl Ra5c6]} Bd5 (41... Rc8 {is interesting.} 42. Nxc6 Rxc6 43. Rd1 Rc8 44. Rd5 c4) 42. Nb7 Bxb7 ({Wrong is} 42... Bxa2 $2 {[#]} 43. d7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} ) 43. Rxb7 {KR-KR} Rd8 44. Rxh7 Rxd6 45. Rxa7 Rd2 46. a4 Ra2 47. a5 (47. Rc7 { looks sharper.} Rxa4 48. Rxc5 g5 49. Rd5 g4 50. h4) 47... c4 {...c3 is the strong threat.} 48. Rc7 Rxa5 49. Rxc4 Ra2 50. Rf4+ Kg7 51. Rf2 Ra4 52. Kg2 g5 53. Rb2 Kg6 54. Rb6+ Kg7 55. Kf3 Kf7 56. h3 Kg7 57. Re6 Kf7 58. Re4 (58. Re3 { looks sharper.} Kg6 59. g4 Rf4+ 60. Ke2 Rb4 61. Re6+) 58... Ra6 59. Rd4 Kg6 60. Ke4 Re6+ 61. Kd3 Ra6 62. Rc4 Ra3+ 63. Rc3 Ra4 64. Ke3 Rb4 65. Rd3 Ra4 66. Rd6+ Kf5 67. g4+ Ke5 68. Rd3 Kf6 69. Rd6+ Ke5 70. Rh6 (70. Rd3 {feels hotter.}) 70... Ra3+ 71. Kf2 Ra2+ 72. Kg3 Ra3+ 73. Kg2 Ra2+ 74. Kg3 Ra3+ 75. Kg2 Ra2+ 76. Kg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2