[Event "35th ECC Open 2019"] [Site "Budva MNE"] [Date "2019.11.15"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Rodshtein, M."] [Black "Jones, G."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D87"] [WhiteElo "2653"] [BlackElo "2663"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2019.11.10"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "MNE"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1306"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.11.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.11.18"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"] [BlackTeam "Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova"] {[%evp 0,112,27,25,22,1,40,39,60,51,39,34,41,48,40,51,51,32,34,60,31,31,93,50, 46,23,26,29,18,18,25,25,27,22,23,34,28,24,51,12,38,43,43,39,54,50,56,45,59,59, 60,49,61,51,85,76,97,79,79,33,31,64,31,57,44,33,67,78,62,0,82,104,137,107,109, 107,137,107,108,107,148,107,107,0,0,0,67,87,78,60,66,47,47,90,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,-36,-60,-1835,-2870,-28383,-29968,-29969,-29970] -The Safest Grunfeld Reloaded(Delchev-Chess Stars 2019)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 { Not following any Delchev recommendation} (10... e6 {The main Delchev recommendation}) (10... Qc7 11. Rc1 e6 {The backup Delchev recommendation}) 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qd2 (12. Bb5 Rc8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. d5 e6 15. c4 a6 16. Ba4 exd5 17. exd5 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 b5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Rxc5 Qd7 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Qb4 Rc8 24. Qb3 Rd8 25. Nc3 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Qc6 27. Qxc6 Bxc6 28. d6 f6 29. h4 Bd7 30. a3 Re8 31. Bc5 Re4 32. Bb4 Rxh4 33. Re1 Rd4 34. Re7 Bf5 35. Re8+ Kf7 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. f3 h5 38. Rb7 Rd5 39. g3 g5 40. Kf2 Be6 41. Re7 Bf5 42. Rb7 Be6 43. Re7 Bf5 44. Ra7 Be6 45. Re7 {1/2-1/2 (45) Giri,A (2779)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2778) Saint Louis USA 2019}) 12... Qd7 {A are move with some logic as ..Rd8 will increase the preesure on the d-file while ..Qc7 would invite harassment with Bf4} (12... e6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. f3 Qe7 (14... Na5 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bd3 Qe7 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. h4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Rd8 24. Qe3 Nc6 25. Bc2 a5 26. Ba4 Qb4 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. a3 Qd6 29. d5 Ba8 30. dxe6 Qxe6 31. Qc3 Qd6 32. Kf2 Re8 33. Rc2 Qe7 34. Qe3 Qd6 35. Rc3 b5 36. Qc5 Qxc5+ 37. Rxc5 Rb8 {1-0 (129) Bluebaum,M (2610)-Warmerdam,M (2472) Karlsruhe GER 2019}) 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. h4 Rfd8 17. Qe3 h5 18. Kf2 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Na5 20. Bd3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qa3 23. Bb5 Qb4 24. Qd3 Qe7 25. Qd2 Qd6 26. Qe3 Qb4 27. Qd3 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 (27) Bluebaum,M (2619)-Shevchenko,K (2556) Katowice POL 2019}) 13. Bb5 {This pin is one of the drawbacks of ..Qd7} Rad8 {Bravely inviting the following advance is risky} (13... Qd6 14. Rfd1) 14. d5 Qc7 {A nice shuffle showing that Qd2 is also inconveniently under xray} 15. Bxc6 {Giving up the potentially useful light bishop this way in an interesting idea} (15. c4) (15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Ne5 17. c4 f6 18. Rc3 $5 {The rook lift fuels the kingside attakc} Nf7 19. Qc1 Bc8 20. Re1) 15... Bxc6 16. Bh6 (16. c4 e6 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Bh6 f6 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Rc3 ) 16... e6 {Black starts to undermine the pawn centre} (16... Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Bb7 18. c4 {Reinforcing the centre leaves a passive Bb7} (18. f4 f5) 18... e6 19. Rfe1 (19. Nf4) 19... Qe5 20. Ng3 Qg7 21. Qh4) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. c4 exd5 19. cxd5 Bb7 20. Rfd1 (20. Rfe1) (20. f3) 20... Qe7 (20... Qe5 {Looks active but gives White a chance for force an uncomfortable ending for Black} 21. Qc3 (21. f3) 21... Qxc3 22. Nxc3 (22. Rxc3 Rfe8 (22... g5 23. Ng3 $16) 23. f3 f5) 22... Rfe8 23. f4 (23. a4) 23... b5 24. e5) 21. f3 $1 Kg8 {Getting the king out of checking range is useful but does not increase Black's activity level} (21... Rfe8 22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. Ng3) 22. Nf4 { The knight is nimble and starts useful probing while the Bb7 is reduced to exerting long range pressure. The queenside majority is also nothing special} Qe5 23. a4 {Holding up the queenside majority keeps Black passive and keeps all options open for White} Rd6 {An usual blockade on the dark squares with major pieces} 24. Nd3 Qd4+ (24... Qe7 25. Qa2) 25. Kh1 {} f5 {A typical undermining blow} (25... Qg7) 26. Qa2 {the xray is uncomfortable for Qd4} Qg7 27. a5 {Playing the whole board} g5 28. a6 Ba8 { White is command and needs to find a good plan} 29. Nb2 {This passive retreat gives away all the advantage and a new game begins} (29. Qc4 {Is hard to meet with one idea being Nxc5 giving the knight for 2 pawns but the central passers then take over } Rfd8 (29... fxe4 30. fxe4) (29... Qh6 {Allows the big sac} 30. Nxc5 bxc5 31. e5 Rdd8 32. d6+ Kh8 33. d7 g4 34. e6) (29... Re8 30. Re1 Qf7 31. Rcd1) (29... Rh6 {Is again met strongly by the sac} 30. Nxc5 bxc5 31. d6+ Qf7 32. Qxc5 Rd8 (32... fxe4 33. d7 Rd8 34. Qxg5+) 33. Qc8 Qd7 34. Qxd7 Rxd7 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rxa8) (29... h5 {Is too slow} 30. Rf1) 30. Re1 Qh6 31. Rcd1 g4 32. Qc3) (29. Re1 g4 30. Rcd1) 29... fxe4 30. Nc4 Rdf6 (30... Rh6 31. fxe4) 31. fxe4 {The situation is not clear at all now} Rf2 {Infiltration has replaced the blockade} 32. Qa1 Qg6 (32... Qf7 33. Ne5 Qf4 34. Re1 Qh4) 33. Re1 (33. Qe5 {Keeps control. Black is essentially playing without Ba8} h6 (33... R2f6 34. Nd2) 34. Kg1 Re8 35. Qc3 Re2 36. Nd2) 33... Qh5 (33... Qf7) 34. Ne5 (34. Ne3 g4 35. Nf1 {Secures the kingside}) 34... R8f4 35. Qc3 g4 36. Kg1 Ra2 37. Ra1 Raf2 38. Rac1 Ra2 39. Ra1 Raf2 40. Rad1 Ra2 41. Rf1 {No draw} Rxe4 42. Nd7 {} (42. Nc6 $18) 42... Rxg2+ {Desperation} 43. Kxg2 Re2+ 44. Rf2 Bxd5+ 45. Kg1 Rxf2 46. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 47. Ke1 (47. Ke3) 47... Bf3 48. Qc4+ Kg7 49. Qc3+ Kg8 50. Nf6+ Kf7 51. Rd7+ Kg6 52. Rg7+ Kf5 53. Qd3+ Kxf6 54. Rxh7 {} (54. Qc3+ Kf5 55. Qd3+) 54... Qg1+ 55. Kd2 Qd1+ 56. Kc3 (56. Ke3 Qe1+ 57. Kf4 Qe5#) 56... Qc1+ {White won the opening battle so Black has some repairs to make 0-1 (56) Rodshtein,M (2653)-Jones,G (2663) Budva MNE 2019 TWIC 1306 [Yip] The finishing tactics are nice} 57. Kb3 (57. Qc2 Qxc2+ 58. Kxc2 Be4+) 57... c4+ $1 58. Qxc4 Bd1+ {mates} (58... Qb1+) 59. Kb4 Qb2+ 60. Qb3 Qxb3# 0-1 [Event "35th ECC Open 2019"] [Site "Budva MNE"] [Date "2019.11.13"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Mikhalevski, V."] [Black "Jones, G."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2663"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2019.11.10"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "MNE"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1306"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.11.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.11.18"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"] [BlackTeam "Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova"] {[%evp 0,122,19,25,25,27,36,42,40,28,16,8,16,0,0,1,17,18,28,-4,2,-14,-14,-11, 10,1,23,2,3,12,13,13,13,5,26,26,26,26,26,-17,26,26,26,30,33,-23,-31,-68,-14,11, 11,-11,-12,-19,13,-23,-23,-34,-43,-47,-36,-53,-34,-57,-51,-78,-70,-75,-78,-122, -122,-127,-127,-134,-129,-132,-132,-157,-155,-187,-192,-210,-204,-207,-170, -159,-159,-159,-159,-200,-170,-199,-170,-167,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-216, -214,-205,-205,-206,-198,-206,-205,-200,-205,-190,-190,-195,-241,-261,-265, -273,-285,-295,-294,-333,-366,-366,-366,-388,-364] -The Safest Grunfeld Reloaded(Delchev-Chess Stars 2019)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 Qb6 (7... a5 {Delchev recommends flank action} 8. cxd5 a4 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Ne5 Bf5 {[Delchev]}) 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Bd2 { This is a very topical line now} Bf5 (9... dxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qa4 Bf5 12. Rfe1 (12. Rfd1 a5 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. Qc2 Qxd4 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Nb5 Qc8 18. Na7 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qc8 20. Na7 Qc7 21. Nb5 {1/2-1/2 (21) Karjakin,S (2750) -Nepomniachtchi,I (2774) Saint Louis USA 2019}) (12. Qa3 Re8 13. Na4 Qa6 14. Rfe1 Nbd7 15. Bb4 Nd5 16. e4 Nxb4 17. Qxb4 Bg4 18. Nd2 Qb5 19. Qxb5 cxb5 20. Nc3 Bxd4 21. Nxb5 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Be5 23. Nc4 Rec8 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. f4 Nd3 26. Re3 Nc5 27. f5 gxf5 28. h3 f4 29. gxf4 Bd7 30. Nd4 Rab8 31. e5 e6 32. Kh2 b5 33. Rd1 b4 34. Bf3 a5 35. Bh5 a4 36. Rg1+ Kh8 {0-1 (92) Mamedyarov,S (2765) -Nepomniachtchi,I (2775) Paris FRA 2019}) 12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ba5 Qa6 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Bf1 c5 {1/2-1/2 (38) Tomashevsky,E (2718)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2776) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019} 17. Nd2 (17. dxc5 Bxb2 {1/2-1/2 (17) Ding Liren (2813)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) Wijk aan Zee NED 2019}) 17... Nc6 18. Nxe4 Qxa5 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 20. dxc5 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Be5 22. f4 Bc7 23. e3 Red8 24. g4 Kg7 25. Kf2 h6 26. h4 Rd5 27. Red1 Rad8 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Rc1 f5 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Ng3 e6 32. Ke2 Bd8 33. Bg2 Rd7 34. h5 Be7 35. e4 Bh4 36. Rc3 Nc6 37. exf5 Nd4+ 38. Kf1 Nxf5 {1/2-1/2 (38) Tomashevsky,E (2718)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2776) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2019}) (9... Be6 10. Na4 Qxb3 11. axb3 Na6 12. Rfc1 Ne4 13. Ba5 Rdc8 14. e3 g5 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 g4 17. Bf1 dxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. Bg2 Rab8 20. d5 Bd7 21. Bc3 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rd8 23. h3 gxh3 24. Bxh3 Rd6 25. e4 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rb6 27. b3 e5 28. Rf3 Kg7 29. Ra5 h6 30. Bd7 Rd6 31. Bb5 Nc7 32. Ba4 Na6 33. Rf5 f6 34. f4 exf4 35. gxf4 Kg6 36. b4 Nxb4 37. Bd1 Na6 38. Bh5+ Kh7 39. e5 Rb6 40. Rb5 Rg8+ 41. Kf2 Rxb5 42. cxb5 Nc7 43. d6 Nxb5 44. Rxf6 Rd8 45. Rf7+ Kg8 46. Rxb7 a6 47. Rb6 c4 48. Rxa6 c3 49. Rc6 {1-0 (49) Rapport,R (2700) -Howell,D (2682) Caleta ENG 2018}) 10. Na4 Qxb3 11. axb3 {White has an edge.} Nbd7 (11... Na6 12. Rfc1 Ne8 13. Ba5 Rdc8 14. e3 Be4 15. Be1 Nd6 16. Nc3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. Be2 Nb6 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Ne4 e5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Nd5 25. Rc4 Rab8 26. Rxa6 Rxb2 27. Rxa7 Rd8 28. Rd4 Rb4 29. Rxb4 Nxb4 30. Ng5 Rf8 31. Rc7 h6 32. Nf3 Re8 33. Nd4 h5 34. Kg2 Kf8 35. Nxc6 Nxc6 36. Rxc6 Ra8 37. Rc2 Ra4 38. f4 Ke7 39. Kf3 Ra1 40. e4 Ra3+ 41. Kg2 Ra4 42. e5 h4 43. Kh3 hxg3 44. hxg3 Ra1 45. Kg4 Rg1 46. Rc7+ Ke6 47. Rc6+ Ke7 48. Ra6 Rh1 49. Ra7+ Ke6 50. Ra2 Ke7 51. Ra6 Rg1 52. Ra7+ Ke6 53. Ra6+ Ke7 54. Ra3 Ke6 55. Kg5 Rh1 56. Ra6+ Ke7 57. Ra7+ Ke6 58. Ra6+ Ke7 59. g4 Rb1 60. Ra7+ Ke8 61. Kf6 Rb4 62. Ra8+ Kd7 63. f5 Rf4 64. Ra7+ Ke8 65. Re7+ Kd8 66. Rxf7 Rxg4 67. fxg6 Ke8 68. Re7+ Kd8 69. Ra7 {1-0 (69) Shengelia,D (2531)-Jones,G (2688) Batumi GEO 2019}) 12. Rfc1 Be4 13. Be1 {This odd retreat is common but hard to explain. The bishop comes home and keeps out of the way of the other pieces until there is something useful to do} (13. e3 a6 14. Ba5 Re8 15. Be1 {A thematic retreat} e6 16. Bb4 Rac8 17. h3 h5 18. Bd6 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Nc3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nb6 22. Ne2 e5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Nf4 Rce8 25. Rc2 R5e7 26. cxd5 Nbxd5 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Rd1 Rd7 30. Rc5 Red8 31. Rd4 Ke7 32. b4 Rd6 33. b5 R8d7 34. bxa6 bxa6 35. b4 Ke6 36. Kf1 Rb7 37. Ke2 Rb5 38. Rc7 a5 39. bxa5 Ke5 {1/2-1/2 (39) Mikhalevski,V (2578)-Zherebukh,Y (2631) Greensboro USA 2019}) 13... e6 {Black is content to remain solid and make useful building moves} ({Predecessor:} 13... Ne8 14. e3 Nd6 15. Bb4 a5 16. Be1 e6 { 1/2-1/2 (76) Chandra,A (2464)-Zierk,S (2488) Saint Louis 2016}) 14. Nc3 (14. Bb4 {feels stronger.}) 14... Nb6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 (15... Nxe4) 16. Ng5 Rxd4 { Black has a pawn but e4 will likely fall.} 17. Ba5 {And now Bxb6 would win.} Nbd7 {White gets a chance to press now} (17... Rdd8 {Reinforcing Ra8 guards against the Bxb6 threat}) 18. Bc3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} (18. Bb4) 18... Rd6 19. Bb4 (19. b4) 19... Rd4 (19... c5 20. Bc3 Rb6 21. Ra3) 20. Bc3 Rd6 21. b4 {The e4-pawn can wait as White takes more useful space} a6 (21... h6 22. c5 (22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxc3) 22... Rd5 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rd2) 22. b5 { Energetic play but Black has the upper hand now} ({Don't play} 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxc3) (22. Rc2 {Is promising} Rd8 23. c5 Rd5 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Re5 27. Bg2) 22... cxb5 23. cxb5 Rd5 (23... Rb6 $5) 24. bxa6 (24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxb5 26. Ra5 Bxc3 27. Rxb5 axb5 28. Rxc3 $15) 24... Rxg5 25. axb7 {The passer still does not give White enough for the piece} Rxa1 ({Black should try} 25... Rf8 {Hoping for ...Rb5.} 26. Ra5 (26. Bb4 Re8 27. Rc7 Rb5) 26... Rxa5 27. Bxa5 Rb8 28. Rc8+ Bf8 $17) 26. Rxa1 {Threatens to win with Ra8+.} Nb8 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Rc1 $1 {[%CAl Rc1c8]} ({Much worse is} 28. Bxe4 Rb5) 28... Rd5 29. Bxe4 Rd8 30. Rc8 Kf8 {Black is only slightly better} 31. b4 Ke7 32. b5 {White is pushing too hard} ({Better is} 32. Rc7+ Rd7 33. Rc8) (32. Bd3) 32... Be5 { The dark square blockade cannot be broken} 33. f4 {} Bd6 34. b6 { White cannot recover now} (34. Bc6 Nd7 (34... f6) 35. Kf2 Bb8) 34... Nd7 35. Rc7 (35. Bd3) 35... Bc5+ 36. Kg2 {aiming for Bc6.} Bxb6 37. Rc8 Ba7 38. h4 Bb8 39. Rc6 e5 40. fxe5 Nxe5 41. Rc8 h5 42. Bc2 Ng4 43. Bb3 Rf8 44. e4 Ne5 45. Bd5 Nd7 46. Bb3 Bd6 47. Ba2 Ne5 48. Bb3 Rd8 49. Ba2 (49. Kf2 {keeps fighting.}) 49... Kd7 50. Rc1 Rb8 51. Bd5 Ke7 52. Rf1 Rf8 53. Rc1 Ng4 54. Rc3 Be5 55. Ra3 Nf6 56. Bc6 Rd8 57. Rb3 Rd2+ 58. Kf1 Bb8 59. Ra3 (59. e5 {is a better defense.} Ng4 60. Ke1) 59... Rc2 {Black is clearly winning.} 60. Ba4 Rc7 61. e5 Nd7 {An interesting passed pawn fight} 0-1