[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,60,-3,0,-14,-18,-27,-19,-16,-12,-16,-2,-2,0,-30,0,-8,0,-16,-21,-33,
-29,-38,-29,-45,-10,-82,-54,-54,-62,-64,-56,-105,-104,-93,-75,-71,-70,-90,-83,
-84,-77,-88,-52,-121,-78,-75,-27,-89,-91,-83,-100,-103,-43]} 1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3
g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 {A02: Bird's Opening.} d5 7. Qe1 O-O 8.
a4 {[#] The position is equal.} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... c5 9. Na3 e6 10.
Rb1 Qe7 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. h3 Nc6 13. g4 d4 14. Nc4 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 (61) Freiberger,
J (2222)-Pfreundt,J (2394) Werther 2018}) 9. c3 Nd7 10. d4 Na5 11. b4 Nc4 12.
e3 c5 13. Rf2 Rc8 14. Rc2 Nf6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Ne5 {[#] And now Nxc4 would
win.} Nd6 17. Rb2 (17. Nd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 17... Ba6 18. Nd2 Nfe4 19.
Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Ng4 Qa5 {[#] White must now prevent ...cxd4.} 21. Bd2 Bc4 22. Nf2
Nd6 23. Qb1 Qa6 24. g4 e6 25. Be1 f5 26. h3 ({White should play} 26. g5 $15)
26... h6 27. Qd1 g5 28. dxc5 (28. fxg5 $1 $11 hxg5 29. gxf5) 28... Rxc5 $17 {
Black is better.} 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Rab1 Ne4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/
Black=0.12} (30... Nf7 $17) 1/2-1/2
[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sheng, Joshua"]
[Black "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 13,153,23,28,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-18,-15,-59,0,
-41,0,0,53,-123,-129,-132,-102,-107,-91,-97,-86,-92,-91,-96,-89,-87,-21,-97,-9,
-371,-312,-556,-549,-541,-537,-620,-618,-616,-615,-861,-314,-288,-287,-280,
-278,-233,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-44,-44,-44,-8,-29,0,-43,0,-35,-42,-35,-8,-15,-7,
-7,-7,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,
-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-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]} 1. c4 c6
2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Rc1 {D52:
Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation.} Ne4 9. Ndxe4 dxe4 10.
Bh4 Qxa2 $1 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Be2 Na4 $1 13. O-O Bxc3 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender}
14. bxc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxe2 {[#]} 16. Qa3 $146 {[%csl Gh4][%CAl Ra3e7]} ({
Predecessor:} 16. f3 Qd3 17. Qe1 exf3 18. Rxf3 f6 19. Rc3 Qg6 20. e4 O-O 21. e5
f5 22. Be7 {1/2-1/2 (42) Basso,P (2600)-Czerw,D (2286) Skalica 2020}) 16... f6
17. f3 c5 $1 18. Qxc5 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 exf3 20. Rce1 $1 {[%CAl Re1e3]} fxg2+ 21.
Kxg2 Qd2+ (21... Qh6 $5 {[%CAl Rh6h4]} 22. Bg3 a5 $11) 22. Kg1 Bd7 ({Black
should play} 22... Qd3 $11) 23. Re4 $2 (23. Qd6 $14 O-O-O 24. Bg3) 23... Qh6 $1
$17 {[%CAl Rh6g6] Threatens to win with ...Qg6+.} 24. Bg3 Kf7 25. d5 e5 $1 26.
Qc7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rhd8 27. Rxe5 Kg8 28. Re7 Bh3 29. Rfe1 Qg6 (29...
Qg5 $17 30. Qf4 Qg6) 30. d6 (30. Qxb7 $11 {remains equal.} Rdb8 31. Qc7) 30...
h5 (30... b6 $1 $17 31. Qc6 h6) 31. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Qxb7 $11 {
and White has nothing to worry.} Rab8 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. R1xe4) 31... h4 $19 32.
Rg1 (32. R1e3) 32... Bg4 {aiming for ...Bf3+.} ({Not} 32... hxg3 33. Rxg3 Bg4
34. h3 $15) 33. Qxb7 {And now Be1 would win.} hxg3 34. Rxg3 {intending h3.}
Rab8 35. Qd5+ Kh8 36. h3 {[#]} Rb1+ $2 (36... Rxd6 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Rb7 (37.
Qxd6 Bf3+) 37... Rxd5 38. Rxb8+ Kh7 39. cxd5 Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40.
Kh2 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qf2+ 43. Rg2 Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44.
Kg1 Bxh3) 37. Kh2 Rb2+ 38. Rg2 Rxg2+ 39. Qxg2 {[#]} Rxd6 $2 (39... f5 $1 $19
40. c5 Qh6) 40. Qxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rd2+ 41. Kg3 $1 Qd3+ 42. Kh4
{[%csl Ge7][%CAl Rg4g7]} Qh7+ 43. Kg3 {White threatens Re8+ and mate.} Rd3+ 44.
Kh2 {Re8+ would kill now.} Rd2+ (44... Rd8 {with more complications.} 45. Re2
g5 46. h4 a5 47. Rf2 a4) 45. Kg3 Rd3+ (45... Rd8 {looks sharper.} 46. Re4 a5
47. c5 a4 48. Kg2 Qh6) 46. Kh2 {White wants to mate with Re8+.} Rd8 47. Re2 a5
(47... g6 {with more complications.} 48. Qe6 Qc7+ 49. Kg2 Qf4 50. Qg4 Qd4) 48.
c5 {The position is equal.} g6 49. Qf4 Qf7 50. Qh6+ Kg8 {Hoping for ...g5.} 51.
Rg2 {[%CAl Rg2g6]} Qc7+ 52. Rg3 g5 {( -> ...Rd2+)} 53. Qg6+ Qg7 54. Qxg7+ Kxg7
$11 {KR-KR} 55. Ra3 Ra8 {White should prevent ...Kf7.} 56. c6 Kg6 57. Kg3 a4
58. c7 Rc8 59. Rxa4 Rxc7 {next ...f5 is good for Black.} 60. h4 $1 Rc3+ 61. Kg2
f5 {...g4 is the strong threat.} 62. hxg5 Kxg5 63. Kf2 Rh3 64. Kg2 Rb3 65. Kf2
f4 66. Ra8 Rb5 67. Rg8+ Kf5 68. Rf8+ Ke4 {Threatening ...Rb2+.} 69. Re8+ Re5 (
69... Kf5 {is interesting.} 70. Rf8+) 70. Rxe5+ Kxe5 {KP-K} 71. Kf3 Kf5 (71...
Kd4 {keeps more tension.} 72. Ke2 f3+ 73. Kf2 Kc4 74. Ke1 Kb3) 72. Kf2 Ke4 73.
Ke2 f3+ 74. Kf2 Kf4 75. Kf1 Ke3 76. Ke1 f2+ 77. Kf1 Kf3 {And White is the
lucky defender. Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.25} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 13,74,17,50,-72,0,-52,-45,-72,-36,-204,-193,-175,-16,-23,-38,-39,0,22,0,
-391,-378,-389,-371,-377,-385,-391,-385,-385,-386,-344,-376,-377,-371,-353,
-301,-284,-303,-338,-338,-303,-286,-992,-984,-972,-973,-959,-957,-1203,-1156,
-2015,-1806,-5025,-4772,-5153,-5141,-5133,-5133,-29988,-29989,-29988,-29989,
-29989,-29990]} 1. e4 {Tsesarsky,I} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O
c6 6. Ba4 Qa5 7. d3 Bb4 {[#]} 8. Bg5 $146 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies
other than 4...Bb4.} (8. Nxd4 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} exd4 9. e5 dxc3
10. exf6) ({Predecessor:} 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. cxb3 Be7 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Rc1 O-O 12.
h3 d6 13. d4 Re8 14. Re1 Bf8 15. Bg5 Nd7 {1-0 (52) Gallagher,J (2545)-Mitkov,N
(2475) Pula 1997 CBM 057 Extra [Tsesarsky,I]}) 8... d6 (8... Nxf3+ $17 9. Qxf3
Bxc3 10. bxc3 (10. Bxf6 $2 Bxb2 11. Rab1 Bd4 $19) 10... Qxa4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12.
Qxf6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rf8 13. Qxe5+ Kd8) 9. Nd2 (9. Bxf6 $11 gxf6 10.
Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Qxa4 12. Nc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 13. Nxa8) 9...
Bxc3 $15 10. bxc3 {Black is slightly better.} Ne6 11. Nc4 $2 Qxa4 $19 12. Nxd6+
Kd7 $2 ({Better is} 12... Ke7 $19 13. Nf5+ Kf8 14. Bxf6 gxf6) 13. Nxf7 $11 Nxg5
14. Nxh8 Ke7 ({Black should play} 14... Qa5 $15 15. Qd2 Ne6) 15. f4 $1 {
[%CAl Rf4g5]} exf4 {White must now prevent ...Bg4.} 16. h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (
16. e5 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Ng4 17. Rb1) 16... Ne6 $1 $19
17. e5 Ng8 18. d4 {[#] next Qd3 is good for White.} Qc4 19. Qf3 Nh6 20. Qe4 Bd7
21. Qxh7 {[#]} Rxh8 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qxh8 Qxc3 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4.}
23. Rad1 Qxc2 {aiming for ...f3.} 24. Qb8 Nf5 {[%mdl 64] ( -> ...Ne3!). Double
Attack} 25. Qxb7 Ne3 {[%csl Ge3][%CAl Rc2g2][%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Not}
25... Nxh4 26. Qb4+ c5 27. Qd2 $17) 26. Qb4+ c5 {[%csl Ge3][%CAl Rc2g2]} 27.
Rd2 (27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Nxf1 29. Kxf1 Nxd4 30. Kf2) 27... cxb4 28. Rxc2 Nxc2
29. d5 Ned4 30. Rf2 a5 {[%CAl Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 31. Kh1 a4 32.
e6 Be8 33. Rxf4 b3 34. axb3 axb3 35. Rg4 b2 {Black mates.} 36. Rxg7+ Kd6 37.
Rb7 Nb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.57/Black=0.18} 0-1
[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 11,100,-19,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-2,-33,-34,-20,-22,-28,-28,-27,-39,-41,-30,
-2,45,57,195,183,184,179,175,143,301,282,410,401,771,517,703,660,1014,976,
29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29965,154,230,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7
3. e4 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 e6 7. Be3 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...
g6:4 Bg2 Bg7.} Nge7 8. h4 h5 9. Nge2 Nd4 10. Qd2 Nec6 11. f4 a6 12. O-O {[#]}
Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. Rae1 Bd7 14. Kh2 Qe7 15. Ng1 Bf6 16. Bf2
O-O-O 17. Nh3 Qg7 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. fxg5 {1/2-1/2 (30) Stutz,R (1830)-Ranker,K
(1925) Bayerisch Eisenstein 2014}) 13. Rae1 {[%CAl Ba1e1,Be1e2,Be2f2][%mdl 32]}
O-O 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Bg7 ({Better is} 17... Bd7
$14) 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[#]} 20. Rf6 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qd8 $2 {[#]} (
20... Qc7 $16 {is a better defense.} 21. Ne4 Qe5) 21. Ref2 $1 $18 Ra7 (21...
Qc7 {was worth a try.} 22. Qg5 e5) 22. Ne4 Qd4 (22... e5 $142 23. Qg5 (23. Rxc6
Bb7 $16) (23. Nxc5 Bf5 $16) 23... Qe7) 23. Qg5 a5 24. g4 Rh8 25. Qf4 {[%CAl
Rf6f7]} hxg4 26. Rxf7+ Rxf7 27. Qxf7+ Kh6 28. Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}
Kg7 29. Qc7+ $2 (29. h5 {mates} Qxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Rxh5 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qd8+ Kf7
33. Nd6+ Kg7 34. Qe7+ Kh6 35. Qf8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 36. Ne8 Rh1+
37. Kxh1 g5 38. Qg7#) 29... Kh6 $16 30. Kh2 $2 ({Not} 30. Qxa5 Qxd3 31. Qe1 Kg7
$11) (30. Qf7 $18 g3 31. Nxg3 (31. Qf4+ Kh7 $18)) 30... e5 $11 {White must now
prevent ...g3+!The position is equal.} 31. Qf7 g3+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 32. Kxg3
Qxd3+ 33. Qf3 Qxf3+ 34. Rxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bf5 35. Nxc5 Rd8 36.
Nb7 Rb8 37. Nd6 Rxb2 38. Nxf5+ gxf5 39. Rxf5 Rxa2 40. Rxe5 {KR-KR} a4 41. Re6+
Kh5 42. Rxc6 Rc2 43. Rc5+ Kh6 44. Kg4 a3 45. Rc6+ Kh7 46. Kh5 a2 47. Rc7+ Kg8
48. Ra7 Rxc4 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. Ra7+ Kg8 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw.
Weighted Error Value: White=0.26/Black=0.38} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Charlotte Holiday GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 {[%emt 1:30:30]} e5 {[%emt 1:30:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Bd3 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]}
1/2-1/2
