[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.21"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2856"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,61,0,0,0,27,9,7,0,12,12,18,17,14,6,7,8,6,10,6,6,8,6,5,7,5,0,20,14,16, 0,56,83,127,120,145,151,234,239,226,226,356,362,504,504,890,864,952,927,858, 812,875,812]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 $1 7. Be3 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line. E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} Bd6 { [#]} 8. Qc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nfd2 O-O 9. Nxc4 Ne7 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. e4 f6 12. Be3 Nb6 13. Nbd2 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 {1-0 (47) Mulyar,M (2385)-Zeng,S (1863) Philadelphia 2018}) 8... b5 9. b3 {The position is equal.} Bb7 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nb4 12. a3 Nbd5 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Nbd2 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. Qa4 c5 18. Qxa7 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 cxd4 20. Ra2 ({Not} 20. Qxd4 Be5 21. Qe3 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Qa5 $17) 20... Qe7 (20... Ne5 $11) 21. a4 $1 $14 {[%CAl Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5b6, Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} ({Reject} 21. Qxd4 Bxa3 22. Rc6 Bc5 $11) 21... Rfd8 (21... Rb4 $142) 22. Qxd4 $16 Rb4 23. Qc3 {White is more active.} Nb6 (23... Ne5 $16 { is a better defense.}) 24. a5 $18 Qa7 25. Qe3 {[#] aiming for Rc6.} Be7 (25... Rc8 {was necessary.} 26. Rca1 Bc5 27. axb6 Qxb6) 26. Rcc2 Bg5 27. Qc5 {White is clearly winning.} ({Less strong is} 27. axb6 Qxa2 28. Rxa2 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Rxb6 $16) 27... Be7 {[#]} (27... Qe7 $142 28. Qxe7 Bxe7 29. axb6 Rxb6) 28. axb6 $1 Qxa2 (28... Qd7 29. Qc7) 29. Qxe7 Qxc2 30. Qxd8+ Kh7 31. b7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.29 (precise)} 1-0 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.21"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 26,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,9,8,6,18,0,0,7,20,22,10,0,0,0,10,0,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 {The position is equal.} Rc8 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 {[%CAl Od4d5]} Qc7 18. Ne5 Re7 19. Qh4 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Qd8 20. f3 h6 21. Qf2 Rec7 22. h4 Rc3 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Qd6 25. Qd4 R3c5 { 0-1 (73) Aronian,L (2773)-Grischuk,A (2777) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 20. Rd3 { Black should prevent Rf3.} a5 {[%CAl Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 21. Rg3 {[#] aiming for Qxf6.} Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 {Dancing on a razor blade.} a4 $1 24. Bd1 {Black must now prevent Qh4.} f6 25. Nd3 Qd6 26. Nc5 Rxc5 27. Qa8+ Kf7 28. dxc5 Qxd1+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 29. Kh2 {[#] And now Qh8 would win.} Qd4 30. c6 Rc7 31. Qh8 $36 {[%csl Gh8][%CAl Rg3g7][%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} f5 32. Qxh7 b4 ({Don't play} 32... Qf6 33. Qh5+ g6 34. Qe2 $14 (34. Qh7+ Qg7 $11)) 33. Qh5+ Ke7 34. Qh8 Kf7 35. Qh5+ Ke7 36. Qh8 Kf7 {An interesting draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) / Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.21"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Grandelius, Nils"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2672"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,31,17,24,10,22,0,0,9,9,6,8,-13,0,-50,0,-8,0,0,-10,-22,-22,-6]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bg5 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} Be6 8. Be2 (8. c5 {seems wilder.} g6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. Qb3 Ra7 11. Be2) 8... g6 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. O-O Bg7 11. c5 O-O {[#]} 12. b4 $146 (12. Qd2 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. a3 f5 13. Qd2 h6 14. Rad1 g5 15. Rfe1 g4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 d4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Bxe5 { 0-1 (46) Mchedlishvili,M (2639)-Dominguez Perez,L (2726) Leon 2012}) 12... f5 ( 12... g5 $15) 13. Qd2 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Qf6 {[%CAl Rc6d4]} 14. Rfd1 g5 {Threatening ...g4.} 15. Nxg5 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 {A balanced but interesting game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.21"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,84,4,10,12,16,19,6,8,15,18,16,17,35,45,33,45,42,5,50,48,45,44,58,58, 54,60,48,56,69,58,58,53,78,91,81,85,90,37,37,40,37,35,79,13,9,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,-29994,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Nc3 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Bd6 { This bishop pair is nice.} 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f6 {[#]} 18. Nc6 $1 {[#]} Qe8 $146 (18... Bxf4 19. Nxd8) ({Predecessor:} 18... Bxf4 19. Nxd8 Rfxd8 20. gxf4 c5 21. a4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Nb6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 {½-½ (31) Elyoseph,H (2428)-Schmidt,T (2433) ICCF email 2019}) 19. Qf3 f5 20. b4 e5 ( 20... Nf6 $11 {feels stronger.}) 21. dxe5 $14 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Rac1 c6 24. Nb1 Rf6 25. Nd2 a5 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. Rc5 {[%CAl Od2c4] [#] Black must now prevent Nc4!} Ra6 28. Qe3 Re6 {Hoping for ...Bd6.} 29. Qb3 Kh8 30. e4 (30. e3 $16) 30... f4 31. Nf3 Ra8 32. Rdc1 h6 {Inhibits Ng5.} (32... Ra6 $1 $14 { should be considered.}) 33. g4 (33. Nxe5 $16 Rxe5 34. Rxc6) 33... Bc7 $11 34. Qc2 {[%CAl Rc5c6]} Bb6 35. Rxc6 Rxa2 $1 36. Qxa2 Rxc6 37. Rxc6 Qxc6 38. e5 b4 39. Qf7 Qc5 {Prevents Qf8+.} 40. Kh3 {Strongly threatening g5.} Qxf2 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Ng5+ $1 hxg5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.21"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"] 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 2. b3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf5 { [%emt 0:01:20]} 3. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00: 08]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. O-O { [%emt 0:00:11]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 7. d3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:17] } 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} a5 {[%emt 0:06:38]} 9. a3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} c6 { [%emt 0:00:50]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:07:09]} 11. e4 {[%emt 0: 00:59]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:06:28]} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 13. a4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:12:02]} 14. Rac1 {[%emt 0:10:24]} Bc5 { [%emt 0:05:02]} 15. e5 {[%emt 0:13:59]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 16. Nf1 {[%emt 0: 02:27]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:11:19]} 17. Ne3 {[%emt 0:07:56]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 18. Kh1 {[%emt 0:06:17]} b5 {[%emt 0:10:28]} 19. Nd4 {[%emt 0:12:35]} bxa4 { [%emt 0:06:05]} 20. bxa4 {[%emt 0:10:20]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 21. Ra1 { [%emt 0:00:22]} Na6 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 22. Nb3 {[%emt 0:05:35]} Be7 {[%emt 0:04: 49]} 23. f4 {[%emt 0:05:51]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 24. f5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 25. Qf3 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:12:59]} 26. Nxc5 { [%emt 0:03:09]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be7 {[%emt 0:07: 52]} 28. Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 29. g4 {[%emt 0:13:39]} f4 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 30. g5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 31. Bxc8 {[%emt 0: 01:04]} fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. e6 {[%emt 0:04:39]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 33. Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 34. Bxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh8 { [%emt 0:00:29]} 35. Ba3 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 36. Bc5 {[%emt 0: 00:03]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 37. Qg4 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 38. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 39. Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Re8 { [%emt 0:00:50]} 40. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 41. Bxb6 { [%emt 0:50:43]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 42. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0: 01:54]} 43. Bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:21:26]} 44. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00] } Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 45. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd2+ {[%emt 0:04:12]} 46. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 47. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0: 00:09]} 48. Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 49. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:00] } Re6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 50. Qh7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 51. Qf7 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Re4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 0-1 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.21"] [Round "6.6"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2702"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:11]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00: 05]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 6. O-O { [%emt 0:00:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 7. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:11] } 8. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 9. Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bb8 10. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:45]} 11. h3 {[%emt 0:18:21]} Re8 {[%emt 0: 06:52]} 12. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:06:19]} 13. c4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:10:55]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:11:40]} c6 {[%emt 0:06:15]} 15. Nc3 { [%emt 0:00:27]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 16. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:08: 52]} 17. Bf1 {[%emt 0:07:11]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:05:28]} 18. d5 {[%emt 0:05:35]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:06:06]} 19. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 20. g3 {[%emt 0: 01:04]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 21. Nd2 {[%emt 0:04:25]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:07:50]} 22. Nb5 {[%emt 0:06:36]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 23. Qxg5 {[%emt 0:08:57]} hxg5 { [%emt 0:00:09]} 24. b4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} b6 {[%emt 0:13:44]} 25. Rab1 {[%emt 0: 02:12]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 26. Re3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 27. Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra8 { [%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:09:23]} 30. Nc3 {[%emt 0: 00:07]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. b5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rda8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 33. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd8 { [%emt 0:08:22]} 34. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 35. Bd1 {[%emt 0: 00:04]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 36. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 38. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ra3 { [%emt 0:03:01]} 39. Ndb1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. a4 {[%emt 0: 00:07]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 41. Nd2 {[%emt 0:50:18]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:50:55]} 42. Nf1 {[%emt 0:08:12]} N8e7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 43. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rh8 { [%emt 0:00:27]} 44. Bg4 {[%emt 0:08:06]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 45. Nxg4 { [%emt 0:09:55]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 46. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00: 25]} 47. Ra1 {[%emt 0:05:28]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 48. Nb1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Nb3 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 51. a5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} bxa5 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 52. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 53. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ndb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 54. Na5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 55. Nf5 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 56. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 57. Nxh4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 58. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 59. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 60. Ng6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ndb6 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 62. Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 63. Ne6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 64. Na7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 65. Rc6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 1-0 [Event "84th Tata Steel Masters 2022"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2022.01.21"] [Round "6.7"] [White "Shankland, Sam"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2612"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2022.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Tiebreak "Direct encounter+Number of black games"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 20,55,31,10,33,36,41,30,37,36,64,49,43,57,42,30,58,26,27,8,8,15,17,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb4 $1 Qb8 { B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} 12. h4 {And now h5 would win.} h5 13. Be2 a6 {White has an edge.} 14. Nc3 Be7 15. g3 {White is more active.} b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 O-O 18. a4 {Black should prevent 0-0.} f5 19. Bxh5 {aiming for Bg5.} Bxb5 {The position is equal.} 20. Bxg6 {[#] Threatens to win with Bg5.} Bd8 {[#] Hoping for ...Ba5.} 21. Qb3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 21. Bd2 Qb7 22. Qb3 Qb6 23. Qc3 Qb7 24. Qb3 Qb6 25. Qc3 Qb7 { ½-½ (25) Arjun,K (2503)-Ivic,V (2571) Riga 2021}) 21... Ba5+ 22. Bd2 Bxd2+ $1 23. Kxd2 Qa7 {[%csl Ba4,Bf2] [#] ( -> ...Qd4+)} 24. Qe3 ({Avoid the trap} 24. Qxb5 $2 Rab8 25. Qd3 Qxf2+ 26. Kd1 Qxb2 $19) 24... Qa5+ 25. Qc3 Qb6 26. Qe3 Qa5+ 27. Qc3 Qb6 28. Qe3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0. 03 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2