[Event "35th ECC Open 2019"] [Site "Budva MNE"] [Date "2019.11.14"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Paravyan, D."] [Black "Banusz, T."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.20 (15s)"] [PlyCount "83"] [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 "Molodezka"] [BlackTeam "Koge SK"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 { This allows a thematic breakthrough} (7... Bb7 {Better to keep control over d5} 8. Qc2 a6 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Nbd7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 c5 13. Nfg5 cxd4 14. Qh3 Nxe5 15. Nxe6 Qd7 16. Nxd4 Qxh3 17. gxh3 Be7 18. Nf5 O-O 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Ned6 Bxd6 21. Nxd6 Nc3 22. Nxb7 Nxe2+ 23. Kg2 Ng6 24. Be3 Nef4+ 25. Kf3 Ne6 26. Nd6 Red8 27. Rac1 h6 28. Kg3 Ne7 29. Kf3 Rd7 30. Nc8 Rxd1 31. Nxe7+ Kf8 32. Ng6+ fxg6 33. Rxd1 Ke7 34. Ke4 {White managed to convert his greater activity: 1-0 (63) Wei Yi (2736)-Van Foreest,J (2601) chess.com INT 2019}) (7... Be7 8. a4 b4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Ba6 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rxc4 N7b6 15. Rxc6 Qxa4 16. Rc2 O-O 17. Bg5 Rfc8 18. b3 Qd7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 {1/2-1/2 (39) Salem,A (2672)-Shankland,S (2725) chess.com INT 2019}) 8. d5 {[%CAl Rd5c6] Oddly enough, alternatives have also done well} (8. e5 Nd5 9. a4 Bb7 10. Ne4 a6 11. Nfg5 c5 12. Bh5 g6 13. Qf3 f5 14. Nxh7 Nxe5 15. dxe5 fxe4 16. Bxg6+ Kd7 17. Bxe4 Be7 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. exf6 Qc7 20. g3 Raf8 21. Bg5 Qe5 22. h4 b4 23. Rac1 Rfg8 24. Rxc4 Rxg5 25. hxg5 Qxg5 26. Rxc5 Qh6 27. Rd1 Ke8 {1-0 (27) Salem,A (2660)-Reshetnikov,A (2492) St Petersburg RUS 2018}) (8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Rd1 h6 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. Qd3 Nb8 16. Qe3 Nc6 17. Qf4 f5 18. h4 g6 19. Ne1 Be7 20. Nd3 g5 21. Bh5+ Kd7 22. Qe3 f4 23. Qh3 Nxd4 24. Nxf4 gxf4 25. Ba5 Qf8 26. Rxd4 Bc5 27. Rd3 Rg8 28. Bg4 Qf7 29. Qf3 Bc6 30. Bh3 Rg3 31. Qd1 Ke8 32. Rc1 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Bd7 34. Kf1 d4 35. Bg4 b4 36. Qxa6 Qe7 37. Bxb4 Qxh4 38. Rxc5 Rxc5 39. Bxc5 Qxg4 40. Qa8+ Kf7 41. f3 Qg8 42. Qe4 Qg5 43. Kg1 d3 44. Qxd3 Bc6 45. Qd6 Bd5 46. Qf8+ Kg6 47. Qg8+ Kf5 48. Qf7+ Kxe5 49. Be7 {1-0 (49) Abasov,N (2608)-Baglan,E (2341) Batumi GEO 2018}) 8... exd5 9. exd5 cxd5 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qxd5 Rb8 12. Bf4 Rb7 13. Rfe1 Be7 {0-1 (35) Lacunza,M (1855)-McMahon,P (2031) IECG email 1998}) 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nb6 (12... Rb8) 13. Qxb5+ ({Better is} 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Ne5) 13... Bd7 14. Qa5 O-O 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Be3 (16. Bf3) 16... Qc7 (16... Be6) 17. Nxd7 $16 Qxd7 18. Rad1 (18. Red1 Qc7 19. a4) 18... Qc7 19. Bf3 ({White should try} 19. Bd4) 19... Bf6 20. g3 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Bxb2 (20... Rce8 {was worth a try.}) 21. Bf4 Qc5 22. Qxc5 ({Much worse is} 22. Qxa7 Bd4) 22... Rxc5 23. Bd6 {[%csl LRc5,LRf8]} Rcc8 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Bg4 Rb8 {} 26. Rd6 g6 27. Rc6 c3 (27... Rb7 28. Kf1 Kg7) 28. Bd1 Rb7 29. Bb3 Kg7 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. g4 h6 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5 g5 34. f3 Rd7 35. Rd1 Rb7 {} 36. f4 {[%mdl 512]} f6 (36... c2) (36... gxf4 37. g5) 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. Be6 Re7 39. Bf5 Na8 40. Rdd6 (40. Rd8 Nc7 {} 41. h6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Decoy} Kxh6 42. Rh8+ Kg7 43. Rh7+ Kg8 44. Rxe7 c2 45. Rxc2) 40... Nc7 41. Rxf6 Nd5 42. h6+ {Accuracy: White = 80% (26/7/36), Black = 34% (11/10/34).} 1-0 [Event "35th ECC Open 2019"] [Site "Budva MNE"] [Date "2019.11.12"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Rapport, R."] [Black "Hammer, J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.20 (15s)"] [PlyCount "105"] [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 "Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova"] [BlackTeam "Koge SK"] {[%evp 11,105,-30,0,-52,43,4,41,9,71,12,51,34,80,20,59,22,49,9,77,-10,19,0,65, 0,75,48,77,50,98,61,77,53,86,57,82,75,96,54,119,104,105,108,125,80,167,83,190, 137,156,157,160,137,137,130,131,131,131,131,131,131,133,126,126,126,126,126, 126,126,175,140,195,186,199,194,182,197,203,188,196,174,488,472,435,434,429, 412,489,298,502,502,2504,2269,2140,2005,2149,2164]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. c4 c6 7. e4 (7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2 d4 9. Ne4 f5 10. Ned2 c5 11. b4 Nbc6 12. bxc5 e4 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ngxe4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 {0-1 (27) Petrosian,T (2598)-Cheparinov,I (2709) St Petersburg 2018}) 7... dxe4 (7... d4 $15) 8. dxe4 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 {White is slightly better.} Be6 (9... c5) 10. b3 (10. Nc3) 10... f6 11. Nc3 Kf7 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nd7 12. Ba3 Bf8 13. Rd2 Ng8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 {1-0 (72) Maze,S (2279)-Dunis,A (2347) Marseille 2001}) 12. Ne1 (12. Be3) 12... Na6 13. Nd3 Rhd8 14. Be3 Rd7 ( 14... Bf8) 15. Rd2 (15. Nb2) 15... Rad8 16. Rad1 h5 ({Black should try } 16... Nc8) 17. h3 ({And not} 17. Bxa7 Bh6) (17. Bf1) 17... b6 ( 17... Bf8 {remains equal.}) 18. f4 Bh6 19. Kf1 h4 (19... Nc7) 20. gxh4 (20. Ke2 {seems wilder.} exf4 21. gxf4 Kg7 22. Ne1 Rxd2+ 23. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 24. Kxd2 g5 25. f5) 20... exf4 21. Nxf4 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Bd7 24. Ke2 Bg7 ({Better is} 24... Nb4) 25. Nd3 c5 26. Nd5 Nc6 27. Bc3 (27. Kf2) 27... Nab8 (27... Nd4+ 28. Kf2 Nb8 {'+/-'}) 28. Kf2 (28. h5 {is more deadly.}) 28... Bc8 29. Kg3 (29. h5) 29... Nd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. h5 gxh5 32. Bf3 f5 33. Bxh5+ Kf8 34. Bg6 fxe4 35. Bxe4 Nd7 36. Kf4 Bh6+ 37. Kf3 Nc5 38. h4 Nxd3 39. Bxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Bb7 (39... Kf7 {was necessary.} 40. Bg6+ Kg7) 40. Ke4 Be3 (40... Bg7 41. Kf5 Kf7) 41. Ke5 Bf2 42. h5 Kg7 43. Ne7 Kh6 44. Be4 Ba6 45. Bg6 b5 (45... Kg5 {is tougher.} 46. Nc6 d3) 46. c5 d3 47. Kf4 {[%CAl Re7f5] } Kg7 48. b4 Be1 49. a3 { [%CAl Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} Bd2+ (49... Kf8 {was worth a try.}) 50. Ke4 { White is clearly winning.} Bxb4 (50... Bc1 51. Kxd3 Bxa3) 51. axb4 d2 52. Nf5+ Kh8 53. Ne3 {Accuracy: White = 57% (25/10/44), Black = 41% (22/5/45).} 1-0 [Event "St Louis Winter A 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2019.11.15"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Oparin, G."] [Black "Erdos, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2613"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.20 (15s)"] [PlyCount "164"] [EventDate "2019.11.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1306"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.11.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.11.18"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 12,164,75,15,68,-7,39,-39,22,0,17,-33,-12,-62,-21,-52,-10,-52,-19,-62,9, -73,-51,-102,-30,-58,-16,-93,-63,-112,-37,-113,-96,-124,-84,-129,-108,-156,-75, -118,-90,-111,-75,-122,-73,-160,-107,-184,-124,-182,-184,-208,-185,-200,-103, -207,-190,-195,-180,-196,-192,-265,-192,-378,-362,-493,-493,-568,-437,-524, -468,-635,-638,-1148,-1148,-1124,-842,-894,-525,-535,-550,-542,-541,-543,-481, -576,-569,-576,-574,-562,-555,-549,-541,-711,-576,-1322,-1327,-2018,-1972, -6447,-1358,-2359,-2359,-2046,-1908,-2384,-1829,-1766,-2130,-2306,-2328,-1843, -2159,-1632,-1536,-1996,-1826,-1538,-1533,-1802,-1580,-2611,-2629,-2550,-3258, -6166,-1282,-1117,0,-927,-1132,-1223,-1216,-1802,-1422,-15321,-15322,-15322, -15322,-15322,-15322,-15322,-15322,-15322,-15322,-29971,-29973,-29972,-29975, -29976,-29982,-29985,-29985,-29985,-29986]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Qb3 (8. Be2 Bg7 9. d4 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. e4 Bg4 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. d5 Na5 15. Nd2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 c4 17. Nf3 b5 18. Rfd1 {1-0 (36) Artemiev,V (2757)-Fedoseev,V (2671) Izhevsk 2019}) 8... Bg7 9. Ba3 Qa5 10. Rb1 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. O-O b6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. c4 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Rac8 {1-0 (78) Vaganian,R-Palatnik,S Tbilisi 1973}) 10... b6 11. Bc4 (11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O) 11... O-O 12. O-O Ba4 (12... Bc6) 13. Qb2 Nd7 (13... Bc6 {might be stronger.} 14. d4 Nd7) 14. d4 Rfc8 15. Nd2 (15. Rbc1) 15... b5 (15... Bc6) 16. Nb3 (16. Bd3 $11) 16... Bxb3 17. Bxb3 {} e6 (17... Rab8) 18. Bd1 Rab8 19. Qb3 ( 19. Be2) 19... Bf8 20. Bc1 (20. Bb2) 20... a6 (20... b4 21. c4 Nb6) 21. e4 (21. Bd2) 21... Nb6 22. Bf4 Rb7 23. Bf3 (23. Rc1) 23... Na4 24. Rfc1 Qd8 ({Black should play} 24... Rd7 25. Be5 c4) 25. Be3 (25. h3) 25... Rbc7 26. d5 c4 27. Qc2 (27. Qd1) 27... exd5 ({Black should try} 27... Bg7 28. Qd2 Rd7) 28. Rd1 (28. exd5 Bc5 29. Re1) 28... Bg7 ({Not } 28... Qf6 29. Bd4) 29. Rxd5 (29. Bd4 {was worth a try.}) 29... Rd7 ( 29... Qe7 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Qa3) 30. Rxd7 (30. Bg5 {keeps fighting. } Rxd5 31. Bxd8 Rdxd8 32. g3) 30... Qxd7 31. Rd1 Qe7 32. Bd4 Be5 ({Better is} 32... Bxd4 33. cxd4 Qa3) 33. g3 (33. Bxe5 {might work better.} Qxe5 34. Rd4) 33... Bxd4 34. cxd4 Qa3 35. Bg4 Rd8 36. Qd2 (36. d5) 36... Nb2 37. Qg5 (37. Rf1) 37... Re8 38. Rf1 {intending e5.} Rxe4 39. Qd8+ Qf8 40. Qd7 Qe7 41. Qc6 Nd3 42. d5 { Threatens to win with d6.} Re1 43. Bh3 Kg7 { Strongly threatening ...Qa7.} 44. d6 Qa7 45. Qg2 Rxf1+ 46. Qxf1 Qd4 {White must now prevent ...c3.} 47. d7 {If only White now had time for Qe2....} Ne5 48. Qe2 Nxd7 49. Bxd7 Qxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 50. Qe5+ f6 51. Qc5 g5 52. a4 Kg6 53. a5 g4 54. h3 gxh3 55. Kh2 Qf5 56. Qe3 Qe5 57. Qf3 h5 58. Qc6 Qe1 59. Kxh3 Qf1+ 60. Kh4 Qe2 {[%csl Gh5][%CAl Re2g4]} 61. Kh3 Qf1+ 62. Kh4 Qxf2 { [%CAl Rf2h2]} 63. Qe8+ Kf5 {[%CAl Rf2h2]} 64. Qxh5+ Ke4 65. Qh7+ f5 66. Qb7+ Kd3 67. Qxa6 b4 68. Qd6+ Kc3 (68... Qd4+ 69. Qxd4+ Kxd4) 69. a6 Qf3 ( 69... b3 {...b2 is the strong threat.} 70. Qb8 Qd2) 70. Kg5 {[%mdl 8192] } (70. Qe5+ Kb3 71. Kg5) 70... b3 71. Qe5+ Kc2 72. a7 b2 73. Qxf5+ Qxf5+ 74. Kxf5 b1=Q {( -> ...Qb7)} 75. a8=Q {KQ-KQ} c3 76. Qd5 Qf1+ 77. Kg5 Qd3 78. Qa2+ Kd1 {Black mates.} 79. Qa1+ Ke2 80. Kh4 c2 81. g4 Qh7+ 82. Kg5 Qe7+ { Accuracy: White = 33% (24/20/72), Black = 68% (43/23/75).} 0-1 [Event "35th ECC Open 2019"] [Site "Budva MNE"] [Date "2019.11.13"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Efimenko, Z."] [Black "Rapport, R."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B49"] [WhiteElo "2601"] [BlackElo "2752"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.20 (15s)"] [PlyCount "138"] [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 0,138,25,16,58,64,46,40,21,31,32,37,88,60,65,65,64,73,64,29,55,59,63,37, 34,28,40,0,41,42,27,37,29,35,31,35,34,34,27,33,21,25,27,4,-8,8,23,4,24,30,49, 51,65,60,56,50,46,48,45,30,26,31,38,36,21,20,20,18,31,30,28,18,13,17,19,19,19, 0,0,4,25,6,8,17,12,5,7,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,0,-43,-36,-50,-41,-46, -51,-46,-48,-46,-40,-76,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-75,-53,-15,-175,-113, -133,-175,-206,-218,-249,-215,-211,-212,-582,-605,-605,-624,-638,-673] merged with black repertoire} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5 Rb6 15. Qd3 d6 (15... O-O 16. b3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Qg3 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. a4 g6 24. a5 Rc6 25. Bf3 Rc7 26. Qd6 Nd5 27. Qxa6 Ra7 28. Qc8+ Kg7 29. a6 Rc7 30. Qb8 Ra7 31. Qc8 Rc7 32. Qb8 Ra7 33. c4 Nb4 34. Bb7 Rxa6 35. Bxa6 Nxa6 36. Qe5+ Qf6 37. Qd6 {1-0 (37) Perunovic,M (2618)-Perunovic,M (2439) Kragujevac SRB 2016}) 16. Bc3 O-O 17. b3 ({Relevant:} 17. Rad1 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Be5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. b3 h6 (21... Qc7 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 Rfb8 24. Rd3 Kf8 25. Rfd1 Ke7 26. Rc3 Rc6 27. Bf3 Rc7 28. Kf1 Rb6 29. Ke2 Rd6 30. Rc4 Nd5 31. a3 Nb6 32. Rg4 Rxd1 33. Kxd1 g6 34. Rh4 h5 35. g4 hxg4 36. Rxg4 a5 37. Kd2 e5 38. Kc3 Rc8 39. Rh4 Kd6 40. Rh7 Rc7 41. Rh8 c4 42. b4 Na4+ 43. Kd2 axb4 44. axb4 c3+ 45. Ke3 Rc4 46. Rd8+ Ke7 47. Rb8 f5 48. Bd5 Rd4 49. Bb3 Nb2 50. b5 Rd2 51. b6 g5 {1-0 (51) Burg,T (2526)-Lindberg,B (2391) Lund SWE 2019}) 22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Qa5 Rfb8 24. Rd3 Nd5 25. Bf3 c4 26. Rd4 cxb3 27. cxb3 Rb5 28. Qxc7 Nxc7 29. Rc1 Nd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Ra4 a5 32. Kf1 Re8 33. f3 Kf8 34. Kf2 Re6 35. Rc7 Re7 36. Rc8+ Re8 37. Rc2 Re6 38. h4 h5 39. Rc8+ Re8 40. Rc3 g6 41. Rd4 Re5 42. Kg3 Ke8 43. Rc8+ Kd7 44. Rf8 Re7 45. Rf4 Ke6 46. Ra8 Rd7 47. Ra6+ Ke7 48. Rd4 Rd6 49. Ra7+ Rd7 50. Ra6 Rd6 51. Ra7+ Rd7 {1/2-1/2 (51) Nguyen,T (2548)-Mihok,O (2541) Radenci SLO 2019}) 17... d5 (17... Qc6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bf3 Qb5 20. Bxd5 Qxd3 21. cxd3 exd5 22. Rfe1 dxe5 23. Bxe5 Re6 24. Rac1 Re8 25. Bf4 Bf8 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Be3 Rc8 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Ke2 Ke8 30. b4 c4 31. dxc4 Bxb4 32. cxd5 Rxc1 33. Bxc1 exd5 34. Bb2 g6 35. Bd4 {1/2-1/2 (35) Perske,T (2456)-Mihok,O (2541) Radenci SLO 2019}) 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Be5 Rd8 20. Rad1 (20. Qg3 Bf6 21. Rfd1 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qb8 23. Qxb8 Rdxb8 24. Bf3 Nf6 25. Rd3 Kf8 26. Rad1 Ke7 27. h4 h6 28. g3 Rc8 29. Rc3 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. Rc4 Rc7 32. Ra4 Ra7 33. Ra5 Nd5 34. a3 Kc6 35. b4 cxb4 36. axb4 Kb6 37. Bxd5 exd5 38. Rxd5 Rc7 39. h5 Rxc2 40. Rd4 g6 41. Rf4 gxh5 42. Rxf7 h4 43. gxh4 Kb5 44. Rb7+ Kc6 45. Rh7 Rc4 46. Rxh6+ Kd5 47. Rxa6 Rxb4 48. h5 Ke5 49. Kg2 Kf5 50. Ra5+ Kf6 51. Kg3 Rc4 52. h6 Kg6 53. Ra6+ Kf7 54. f4 Rc5 55. Kg4 Rb5 56. Ra7+ Kg8 57. f5 Rb1 58. Kg5 Rg1+ 59. Kf6 Rb1 60. Re7 Ra1 61. Rg7+ Kh8 62. Re7 Kg8 63. h7+ Kh8 64. Kf7 Ra6 65. Re6 Ra7+ 66. Kf6 Ra1 67. Kg6 Ra6 68. Kf7 Ra7+ 69. Re7 Ra6 70. Re3 Ra7+ 71. Kg6 Rg7+ 72. Kf6 Rg1 73. Ke7 Ra1 74. f6 Ra7+ 75. Kf8 Ra8+ 76. Kf7 Ra1 77. Rd3 Ra2 78. Kf8 Kxh7 79. f7 {1-0 (79) Burg,T (2519)-Jovanic,O (2515) Dublin IRL 2019}) 20... Bd6 21. Qg3 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qb8 23. Qxb8 Rdxb8 24. Bc4 ({Predecessor:} 24. a3 Nc3 25. Rd2 Kf8 26. Bc4 Ke7 27. Rd3 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Nd4 29. Rd2 a5 30. a4 Rd6 31. f4 Rbd8 32. g3 h6 33. Rff2 g5 34. Kg2 g4 35. h3 h5 36. c3 Nf5 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Re2 Rd1 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. Kf2 Nd6 41. Re3 Nxc4 42. bxc4 Rd2+ 43. Ke1 Rd6 44. Re5 Rd3 45. f5 Kd6 46. fxe6 fxe6 47. Rg5 Rxg3 48. Kd2 Rg1 49. Rg8 g3 50. Ke2 Ke5 51. Rc8 Kf4 52. Rxc5 Ra1 53. Rc8 g2 {Andrijevic,M (2321)-Miladinovic,I (2576) Belgrade 2013 0-1 }) 24... Nf6 25. Rfe1 Kf8 26. f4 g6 27. h3 h5 {Taking more kingside space is useful. Black's separated queenside pawns are not weak} 28. g3 a5 29. Kg2 Ke7 { Covering d-file entry points is useful} 30. Kf3 Rh8 {Hinting at ..h4} 31. Rd2 Rd6 {Swapping off a pair of rooks before White can double rooks takes away any ideas of a rook invasion on the d-file} 32. Rxd6 Kxd6 33. Rd1+ Ke7 34. Bb5 Rg8 $5 {Now hinting at a kingside breakthrough with ..g5} 35. h4 {Kills the kingside idea but White remains with a static structure} Rb8 36. Bc4 Nd7 { The knight gets ready to do some probing with one idea being ..Nb6 harassing Bc4} 37. Bd3 Nb6 38. Be4 {} Nc8 {The nimble knight gets a workout in the search for a useful outpost} 39. Bd3 Na7 40. Ke3 Nc6 41. c3 {Preventing ..Nb4/ Nd4 ideas} Na7 42. Rb1 Nc8 43. a3 Nb6 {Preparing ..a4 or ..c4. Black is the only one doing anything postive in this ending so far} 44. c4 {Putting another pawn onto a light square must be considered an achievement for Black} Nc8 45. Kd2 Nd6 46. Kc3 Nf5 {/\..Nd4 woud be uncomfortable, not to mention tying White down to defending the g-pawn} 47. Bxf5 gxf5 {Now Black has the g-file to work with to press the g-pawn} 48. Re1 (48. b4 axb4+ 49. axb4 cxb4+ 50. Rxb4 { Black has many ways to hold the position} Ra8 (50... Rxb4 51. Kxb4 Kd6 52. Kb5 Kc7 53. c5 f6 {The pawn ending is also equal}) (50... Rg8 51. Rb7+ Kd6 52. Rxf7 Rxg3+ 53. Kd4 Rf3 54. c5+ Kc6 55. Ke5 Re3+ 56. Kf6 Re4 57. Re7 Kxc5 58. Rxe6 Rxf4) 51. Rb7+ Kd6 52. Rxf7 Kc5 53. Rc7+ Kd6 54. Rg7 Kc5) 48... Kd6 {The rook ending remains balanced} 49. Re3 Kc6 50. Kd2 (50. Rd3 Rg8) 50... Rd8+ (50... a4 51. bxa4 Ra8 {Is similar to the game}) 51. Ke2 {} a4 {The only clear way to make progress} (51... Rd4 52. a4) 52. bxa4 Ra8 {Black will regain the pawn and remain with other targets to attack} 53. Rb3 Rxa4 54. Kd3 f6 {The three weak pawns are not enough(g3,a3,c4) as Black tries to create something with ..e5} 55. Rc3 e5 56. fxe5 fxe5 { The ending is equal} 57. Ke3 Kd6 58. Rd3+ Ke6 59. Rc3 Ke7 60. Kf3 e4+ 61. Kf4 Ke6 {} 62. Rb3 {Suddenly it is over} (62. g4 fxg4 (62... hxg4 63. h5 g3 64. Rxg3 Rxc4 65. Rh3) 63. Kxe4 g3 64. Kf3 Ke5 65. Kxg3 Kd4 66. Rf3 Kxc4 (66... Rxc4 $11) 67. Rf5 Rxa3+ 68. Kg2) 62... Rxc4 63. Rb6+ Kd5 64. Rf6 (64. Kxf5 Rc2 { The e-pawn is the fastest pawn while Kd5 is well placed to support the c, e-pawn tandem} 65. a4 Rf2+ 66. Kg5 e3 67. Rb8 e2 68. Re8 c4) 64... Rc1 65. a4 Rf1+ (65... c4) 66. Ke3 c4 67. Ke2 (67. Kd2 Rf2+ 68. Kc1 e3 69. Rf8 c3 70. Rd8+ Ke4 71. Re8+ Kf3) 67... c3 68. Kxf1 c2 69. Rxf5+ Kd4 0-1 [Event "St Louis Winter A 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2019.11.16"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Erdos, V."] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D24"] [WhiteElo "2613"] [BlackElo "2712"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2019.11.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1306"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.11.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.11.18"] [SourceQuality "2"] {merged with black repertoire} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 ({Relevant:} 5... Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Ne4 f5 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qg6+ Kh8 15. Qxh6+ Kg8 16. Qg6+ Kh8 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Qg6+ {1/2-1/2 (18) Lenic,L (2644)-Aronian,L (2758) Batumi 2019}) 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qd7 12. Qf4 {This position has been topical lately} g5 (12... Nb4 13. Nc3 f5 (13... O-O-O 14. Qxf7 Rdf8 15. Qh5 Rf5 16. Qh3 N4d5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Be3 g5 19. Ne1 h5 20. g4 Rff8 21. gxh5 g4 22. Bxg4 Rfg8 23. f3 Na4 24. Rd2 Qb5 25. Ng2 Nxb2 26. Bxe6+ Kb8 27. Bxd5 c3 28. Rc2 Qd3 29. Bxg8 Qxc2 30. Qe6 {1-0 (30) Greenfeld,A (2513)-Risting,E (2357) Teplice CZE 2019}) 14. exf6 gxf6 15. d5 e5 16. Qh4 O-O-O 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qa6+ Bb7 21. Rxd7 Bxa6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Be3 Kb7 24. h3 Rd5 25. g4 Bd3 26. Nh4 c5 27. Rc1 c4 28. Nf5 Bf8 29. b3 cxb3 30. axb3 a5 31. Ng3 Bg6 32. h4 Ba3 33. Ra1 Bb4 34. Rc1 Ba3 35. Ra1 Bb2 36. Ra4 Bc3 37. h5 Bd3 38. h6 Bb4 39. Ra2 Bg6 40. Kg2 Rd3 41. Rb2 Bf7 42. Nh5 f5 43. Nf6 f4 44. Bc1 Bg6 45. Ra2 Rd1 46. Ba3 Bc3 47. Bb2 Bxb2 48. Rxb2 Rd3 49. f3 Kc6 50. Rc2+ Kd6 51. Ra2 Ke6 52. g5 Kf5 53. Rxa5 Rxb3 54. Ng4 Rb2+ 55. Kg1 Kxg5 56. Nxe5 Kxh6 57. Ng4+ Kg7 58. Ra7+ Kf8 {1/2-1/2 (58) Li,D (2523)-Narayanan,S (2616) Changsha CHN 2019}) (12... h6 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15. Qg3 g6 16. Bd2 N6d5 17. Ne1 a5 18. Nc3 Nb6 19. Be3 N4d5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bd2 a4 22. bxa4 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Qxa4 24. Qc3 Qc6 25. Qb2 Kf8 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. Bb4 Bxb4 28. Qxb4+ Kg7 29. Qe7 Rc8 30. h4 Be4 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qf4 h5 33. Bf3 Bd5 34. Qg5 Nd7 35. Bxh5 Qb4 36. Nc2 Qc3 37. Be2 c5 38. h5 cxd4 39. hxg6 { 1-0 (39) Mchedlishvili,M (2610)-Jumabayev,R (2602) St Petersburg RUS 2018}) 13. Nxg5 (13. Qg3 O-O-O 14. d5 g4 15. Qxg4 Rhg8 16. Qh3 Nxd5 17. Bxc4 Ncb4 18. Bh6 a6 19. Nbd4 Kb8 20. a3 Nc6 21. Nxc6+ Qxc6 22. Bf1 Qa4 23. Rd4 Qc2 24. Rc1 Qxb2 25. Rdc4 Qxa3 26. Bd2 Nb6 27. R4c3 Qa2 28. Rxc7 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Qxd2 30. Qxh7 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Nxc8 32. Rb1 Qf4 33. Bxa6 Nb6 34. Bxb7 Kxb7 35. Qd3 Bc5 36. Qd7+ Kb8 37. Qd8+ Kb7 38. Qd7+ Kb8 39. Qd8+ Kb7 40. Qd7+ Kb8 41. Qd8+ Kb7 {1/2-1/2 (41) Dubov,D (2703)-Matlakov,M (2700) St Petersburg RUS 2018}) 13... Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Ne7 15. d5 Nbxd5 (15... O-O-O 16. Nc3 Nexd5 17. Qh5 Rdg8 18. Bf3 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. Rxd7 Nxh5 22. Rf7 Rf8 23. Re7 Re8 24. Rf7 Ref8 25. Re7 Re8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Ne4 Ng7 28. Bf4 e5 29. Be3 Nf5 30. Rd1 Kc6 31. Nc3 Rg8 32. Kf1 h5 33. g3 Nxe3+ 34. fxe3 Nc8 35. Nd5 Rg7 36. Nb4+ Kc5 37. Nd5 Nd6 38. Nc3 Kc6 39. Rd5 Re7 {1/2-1/2 (118) Lokander,M (2397)-Hillarp Persson,T (2562) Eskilstuna SWE 2019}) 16. a4 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nc3 Rg8 17. Qd2 Rxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Nxc3+ 19. f3 Nxd1 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. Bxd1 Ng6 22. Be3 Nxe5 23. Be2 Bd5 { 0-1 (23) Zabolotnov,E (2255)-Kardashevskiy,E (2428) St Petersburg 2019}) 16... Rg8 17. Qd2 a6 18. Nd4 O-O-O 19. f3 {This natural defensive move to restrict the impact of Bb7 gives Black a free attack} (19. g3) 19... Ng6 {Threatening simply ..Nh4 and the g-pawn} (19... c5 20. Nc2 Ng6) 20. Bxc4 c5 21. Nc2 (21. Ne2 Qc6 (21... Qc7 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Qc2 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Nxe5 $17) 22. Qg5 (22. Bb3 Ndf4) 22... Ngf4 23. Bxf4 {Giving the queen to slow the attack is a slower death} Rxg5 24. Bxg5 Rg8 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Be7 Qg6 27. Ng3 c4 28. Bf6 Qc2 29. b4 h5 {White can only defend a horrible position}) 21... Nh4 {Attacking g2 and f3} 22. Ne1 {} (22. Bf1 Nxf3+) 22... Rxg2+ {The Ne1 turns out to be overloaded} 23. Qxg2 (23. Nxg2 Nxf3+ $19) 23... Nxg2 24. Nxg2 Qc7 25. Bh6 Qxe5 26. Rac1 Rg8 27. Bf1 Qf6 28. Rxc5+ Kb8 0-1 [Event "35th ECC Open 2019"] [Site "Budva MNE"] [Date "2019.11.12"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Vallejo Pons, F."] [Black "Papp, Ga"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E09"] [WhiteElo "2694"] [BlackElo "2589"] [PlyCount "127"] [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 "Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova"] [BlackTeam "Koge SK"] {merged with white repertoire} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 {White will try to make something out of the space advantage} Ne8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qa4 ({ Relevant:} 13. Qd1 Qc7 14. Nb1 b5 15. Bf1 b4 16. a3 a5 17. axb4 axb4 18. Bd3 Qb6 19. Bf4 Nc7 20. Nbd2 Ra8 21. Rc1 Rfc8 22. h4 Ba6 23. Bb1 Nb5 24. Nb3 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Rc8 26. Ng5 Nf8 27. Qh5 Bxg5 28. Bxg5 Nxd4 29. Be3 Be2 30. Bxd4 Qxd4 31. Qxe2 Qb6 32. Qe3 Qb8 33. h5 Nd7 34. Kg2 h6 35. Nd4 Qa7 {1-0 (35) Howell,D (2694)-Akobian,V (2625) Douglas 2019}) 13... Nc7 14. Bf1 a5 15. Bd3 Ba6 16. Bb1 {Relocating the bishop in the hope of generating a kingside attack using the b1-h7 diagonal} Re8 17. Nf1 {} Nf8 {The knight is passive but h7 is secured} ({Predecessor:} 17... Nb5 18. Qd1 Na7 19. h4 Nf8 20. N1h2 Bb4 21. Bd2 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 f5 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. a4 Nc6 25. Ra3 Qe7 26. Ng4 Rc7 27. Rc3 Rec8 28. Qf4 Nd8 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Qe3 Nf7 31. Nge5 b5 32. axb5 Bxb5 33. Nxf7 Qxf7 34. Ne5 Qe8 35. Qd2 a4 36. Re3 Qe7 37. Kh2 Nd7 38. Nxd7 Qxd7 39. Re5 Qf7 40. Kg2 Qf6 41. Qe3 Re8 42. Qc3 Rf8 43. Qe3 Bd7 44. h5 Rb8 45. Qd2 a3 46. b4 Ra8 47. g4 {Berczes,D (2493)-Moradiabadi,E (2597) Cleveland 2015 1/2-1/2 (62)}) 18. Qd1 Qd7 19. h4 a4 20. a3 Bc4 21. Bc2 b5 { Black has quite a reasonable position but I was shocked to see the Stockfish10 evaluation} 22. Ne3 {Not the only way to continue but the plan is to get a kingside attack going} (22. N1h2 $5 {Sending pieces to the kingside while Bc4 is cut off from the defence leads to a massive attack} Na8 {Black has no real way to generate meaningful queenside activity to distract White from the attack} (22... Bb3 {Only loses a pawn} 23. Bxb3 axb3 24. Bg5 Na8 25. Qxb3) 23. h5 f5 (23... h6 {Stopping h5-h6 invites something much worse} 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Qd2 {The kingside collapses} f5 (25... Kg7 26. Ng4 {The finish is brutal} Bg5 27. Nxg5 hxg5 28. Qxg5+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Nh6#) 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Ng4 Bg7 28. Nfe5 Qe7 29. Nxh6+ Bxh6 30. Qxh6 {White has two pawns for a piece but the Bc4/Na8 are not really in the game}) 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Ng4 Nb6 26. Nfe5 Qe7 27. h6 { White has a crushing attack}) 22... Na8 23. Ng5 (23. Bd2 Nb6 24. Bc3) (23. Bb1 {This little retreating move gives a strong attack} Nb6 24. h5 h6 25. Ng4 $40 {The attack is hard to stop}) 23... Bb3 24. Bxb3 axb3 25. Qxb3 {Black gives a pawn to slow down the attack but has no real compensation} Nb6 26. Nf3 Nc4 27. Bd2 Rc7 28. Bc3 (28. Bb4 Bxb4 29. Qxb4 Ra8) 28... Ra8 29. Nc2 Qc8 30. Re2 Nd7 31. Nb4 (31. Bb4 {Trading off the dark bishops makes it easier to control the dark squares like c5} Bxb4 32. Nxb4 Nb8 33. Ne1 (33. Rc1) 33... Nc6 34. Qd1 Nxb4 35. axb4 Rxa1 36. Qxa1 h6 37. Nd3 {The extra pawn is doubled but Black is postionally busted} Qb8 38. b3 Nb6 39. Ra2) 31... Ndb6 32. Be1 (32. Kg2) 32... Na5 {} 33. Qd1 (33. Qd3 {Switching to a direct attack with the Ng5 threat is strong} Nd7 {/\..Nf8 to defend h7 might be best but Black is suffering} (33... Nc6 34. Ng5 g6 35. Nxc6 Rxc6 36. b3 Rxa3 ( 36... Bxa3 37. Rea2 Bf8 38. Rxa8 Nxa8 39. Qxb5) 37. Rxa3 Bxa3 38. Ra2 b4 39. Kg2) (33... h6 34. b3) 34. Kg2 h6 35. b3) 33... Nc6 34. Nd3 (34. Nxc6 Rxc6 35. Kg2) 34... Nc4 35. Rc1 Qb8 36. Rec2 Qa7 (36... Qb6) 37. b3 Nxd4 (37... Nxa3 {Loses a piece} 38. Rxc6) 38. Nxd4 Qxd4 39. bxc4 bxc4 40. Bb4 (40. a4 {Is strong} Rb7 (40... Rca7 41. Nf4 Qxe5 42. a5) 41. Nf4 Qxe5 42. Bc3 Qe4 43. a5) 40... Bxb4 41. axb4 Ra3 42. Ne1 (42. Rd2 h6 43. Nf4 Qxe5 44. Rb1) 42... Rxg3+ 43. Kf1 Qxd1 44. Rxd1 Rb3 {Black has avoided an immediate catastrophe but remains in a bad ending} 45. Ra2 g6 (45... h5) 46. Nc2 Rb7 47. Ke2 Kg7 48. Rda1 (48. Rd4) 48... Rh3 (48... h5 49. Ra8) 49. Ra7 Rxa7 50. Rxa7 Rxh4 {There is no hope now} 51. b5 d4 52. b6 d3+ 53. Kd2 dxc2 54. Kxc2 Rh3 55. Ra1 Rb3 56. Rb1 Rd3 57. b7 Rd8 58. b8=Q Rxb8 59. Rxb8 g5 60. Kc3 h5 61. Kxc4 h4 62. Kd4 h3 63. f3 h2 64. Rb1 1-0