[Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.13"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Martin Duque, Jesus"] [Black "Suarez Uriel, Adrian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2438"] [BlackElo "2360"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,62,35,28,39,36,37,33,34,16,54,45,37,34,58,29,25,14,20,8,4,14,16,15, 24,4,4,0,14,6,0,-4,-9,-14,-15,0,0,0,0,-160,-135,-133,-138,-133,-137,-677,-677, -12839,-673,-12840,-12840,-12835,-12831,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Qc7 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} 7. O-O b6 8. a4 Nf6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Be3 {[#]} c4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. a5 Ba6 11. Nc3 c4 12. Re1 cxd3 13. cxd3 Rfd8 14. axb6 axb6 15. d4 c5 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bb7 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Qe3 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rd1 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 (21) Turoczi,P (2162)-Tassone,R (2221) ICCF email 2019}) 10. Nc3 cxd3 11. cxd3 Ba6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rfd1 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rac8 16. Ndb5 Qb8 17. Qb3 Bb7 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nxa7 Rd3 $1 { [%CAl Rd3e3]} ({Not} 20... Qxa7 $2 21. Bxb6 Bd5 22. Qb5 $18 (22. Bxa7 Bxb3 23. a5 Bc4 $17) (22. exd5 Qb7 $18)) 21. Bxb6 {[#] aiming for Qb5.} (21. Qxb6 $2 Nd7 $17) 21... Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 22. Qc4 ({But not} 22. fxe4 $2 {[#]} Bxe4 $1 23. Qb5 Bxc3 $19) 22... Rxf3 {[%CAl Re4c3]} 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 $2 (24. Nc8 $11 Bxb2 25. Rd1) 24... Qxb6+ $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Kh1 {Strongly threatening Nc8.} Bxb2 26. Nc8 Re3 27. Qa8 {[%mdl 8192] Now White is beyond hope.} (27. Nxb6 $17 Rxe4 28. Rb1) 27... Qe6 $19 28. Nxe7+ Kg7 29. Qg8+ Kh6 30. Qf8+ Kh5 {( -> ...Rxh3+!)} 31. Nxg6 {[#]} Rxh3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Demolition. Weighted Error Value: White=0.95/Black=0.05} 0-1 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.13"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Moroni, Luca Jr"] [Black "Dardha, Daniel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A50"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2503"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,72,63,69,70,68,63,104,96,106,97,149,87,177,173,160,171,203,204,224, 226,227,223,212,230,220,225,225,162,229,247,231,193,207,213,195,214,277,251, 238,239,252,139,181,37,27,40,63,43,65,0,0,0,4,-75,-51,-63,-15,-29990,-29991, -29991,-29992,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 Ne7 6. e4 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6).} Ng6 7. Nge2 {[#]} Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bc5 8. a3 a5 9. Rb1 O-O 10. b4 Be7 11. Be3 Ne8 12. c5 axb4 13. axb4 bxc5 14. bxc5 {0-1 (46) Volkov,S (2580)-Rakhmanov, A (2627) Yaroslavl 2018}) 8. Qa4 {White is better.} Bb7 9. h4 Bd6 (9... Nh5 $142) 10. g3 ({White should try} 10. Nb5 $1) 10... c6 (10... h6 $16 {was called for.}) 11. h5 $18 Ne7 12. h6 gxh6 13. Bxh6 (13. Rxh6 Neg8 $16) 13... Rg8 14. g4 b5 15. cxb5 cxd5 16. g5 Nxe4 17. fxe4 d4 {[#]} 18. Bh3 dxc3 (18... Qb6 $142) 19. Nxc3 Qb6 20. O-O-O O-O-O 21. Kb1 Kb8 22. Rhf1 Bc5 {intending ...d5.} 23. Rf6 (23. Rxf7 Qg6 $16) (23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Bxd7 Qd6 $11) (23. Bxd7 Bd4 $14) 23... d6 24. Rxf7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} d5 {With the idea ...d4.} 25. Rf6 ( {Inferior is} 25. Rxh7 Qg6 $11) ({White should play} 25. Qc2 $18 {Na4 is the strong threat.} Bb4 26. Bg7 (26. Rxh7 dxe4 27. Bg7 Bxc3 $14) (26. Na4 Qg6 $11)) 25... Qc7 $16 26. exd5 (26. Rc1 $1 $18 {Hoping for b6!} Be3 27. Rc2 (27. Rf7 $2 Bxc1 28. Qb4 Bd2 $19)) 26... Nxd5 $14 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Rc1 {aiming for g6.} Qe7 $1 {[#]} 29. Qc2 (29. Rc6 $1 $14 Bb6 (29... Be3 30. Rc7) 30. Bf5) 29... Be3 $11 30. Re1 Bd4 31. Rff1 {[#]} (31. a3 $11 {remains equal.}) 31... Qb4 $1 $17 32. Bf5 $1 ({Not} 32. Rc1 $2 {[#]} Be4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 32... Rc8 $40 { [%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 33. Qe2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Bxc8 $11 Rxc8 34. a3) 33... Qa4 {[%csl Gd5][%CAl Ra4a2] Black mates.} 34. b3 Bxb3 35. Bxc8 Rxc8 36. Bf8 Bc2+ {Never resign too early! Weighted Error Value: White=0.44/ Black=0.12} 0-1 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.13"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Subelj, Jan"] [Black "Blohberger, Felix"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2418"] [BlackElo "2477"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 27,29,0,2,0]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 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 {[#]} 15. Qe4+ $146 {Not much happened in this game. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Qe3+ 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 "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.13"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Brilej, Jaka"] [Black "Basso, Pier Luigi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2268"] [BlackElo "2553"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,83,-22,-35,-36,-29,-17,-64,-70,-56,-3,-43,-10,-26,-23,-99,-106,-86, -37,-97,-96,-141,-136,-123,-102,-148,-45,-35,-34,-57,-21,-34,-41,-39,-17,-33, 116,68,174,185,230,203,206,166,132,127,352,331,330,285,411,415,439,351,366,342, 2528,2212,1778,803,772,766,2509,2443,1492,810,29986,29986,29986,29989,29991, 29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 Qe6 {C45: Scotch Game.} 9. Nd2 $1 {9.Nd2 scores better than 9.g3. } a5 10. Qe4 Nb4 {Black is slightly better.} 11. Kd1 {[#]} Bb7 $146 (11... Bc5 $15) ({Predecessor:} 11... d5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. c3 Nd5 14. Bd3 Qxe4 15. Nxe4 Be7 16. Kc2 h6 17. Bd2 O-O {1-0 (62) Ponkratov,P (2632)-Adhiban,B (2654) Moscow 2019}) 12. a3 Nd5 13. Be2 c5 {aiming for ...Nc3+!} 14. Qc4 (14. Bg4 $11 Qg6 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. Bf3) 14... Qxe5 $17 15. Re1 O-O-O 16. Qb5 (16. Bf3 $15 Qd6 17. a4) 16... Qd4 17. c3 Qxf2 {[%CAl Rd5e3]} 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. Nxa5 Qxg2 ({ Black should try} 19... Bd5 $17 {White must now prevent ...Re8.} 20. Bf3 Bxf3+ 21. gxf3 Qxf3+ 22. Kc2 Qf5+ 23. Qd3 Qxd3+ 24. Kxd3 d5) 20. Nxb7 $15 Qxb7 21. a4 {[%CAl Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} d5 22. a5 Nc4 23. Qa4 Bd6 (23... Nxb2+ $2 24. Bxb2 c4 25. Bc1 $18) 24. a6 Qa7 (24... Qb6 $15 {stays ahead.}) 25. Kc2 { [%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Nb6 ({Black should play} 25... Ne5 $1 $14) 26. Qc6 $18 Rde8 27. Bg4+ Kd8 28. Bg5+ f6 {[#]} 29. Bh5 $1 $40 { [%CAl Re1e8][%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Rxe1 {Loses the game.} (29... Re4 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 30. Rxe1 {White wants to mate with Re8+.} Nd7 31. Bd2 g6 ({Weaker is} 31... Ne5 {[#]} 32. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (32. Qb7 $2 Qxb7 33. axb7 c6 $19) 32... fxe5 33. Bg4 Ke7 34. Qd7+ Kf8 35. Be6 Be7 36. Qc8+ Bd8 37. Qxd8#) (31... h6 $142 32. Re6 (32. Qxd5 Qxa6 33. Qf7 Ne5 $14) (32. Bg4 Nb8 $14) 32... Rf8) 32. Bg4 {[%csl Gg4][%CAl Rc6d7]} f5 33. Be2 {White threatens Bb5 and mate.} c4 34. Bf3 Qb6 $2 (34... h6 35. Bxd5 Nb8) 35. Qa8+ Nb8 36. Bxd5 (36. Qxd5 $142 h6 37. Qe6 Nxa6 38. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd7 39. Qg7+ Be7 40. Rxe7+ Kd8 41. Bxh6 Qf2+ 42. Re2 Qxe2+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 43. Bxe2) 36... c6 37. Bxc4 {Re6 is the strong threat.} Kc7 38. Be3 c5 39. a7 f4 { [#]} 40. Bxf4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection. White mates.} Bxf4 41. Re7+ Kd8 42. Rb7 {[%mdl 64] Pin. Weighted Error Value: White=0.23/Black=0.56} 1-0 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.13"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Kuhn, Clement"] [Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2240"] [BlackElo "2600"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,80,18,20,17,20,18,22,15,13,12,16,11,12,12,8,9,8,6,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, -70,-22,-34,-25,-32,-33,-41,-33,-227,-227,-227,-227,-221,-227,-220,-216,-216, -209,-439,-431,-413,-382,-529,-509,-497,-524,-516,-512,-45,0,0,0,-230,-217, -373,-370,-694,-726,-705,-686,-1351,-1295,-5114,-2366,-2174,-2159]} 1. e4 { Giri,A} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Bc2 {[#] B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O b5 9. e5 Ne8 10. e6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Nc7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxh7 Kxh7 {0-1 (36) Nepomniachtchi,I (2775)-Giri,A (2779) Zagreb 2019 CBM 191 [Giri,A]}) 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. d3 {The position is equal.} Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. a4 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. g3 Bh6 14. Nc4 Bxc1 15. Rfxc1 Be6 16. Bb3 Rd7 17. Ra3 Rad8 18. Ne3 (18. Rd1 $11) 18... Bxb3 (18... c4 $5 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 (20. dxc4 Rd2 $15) 20... Rxd3 $15) 19. Rxb3 Nf6 20. Rd1 Qc6 21. h3 b6 {Hoping for ...Nxe4!} 22. Nc4 $2 (22. Ra3 $15) 22... Qxa4 $19 23. Ra3 {[#]} Qxc4 {[%mdl 512]} 24. dxc4 Rxd1+ 25. Kg2 R1d2 26. Qe1 R8d3 27. Ra1 $2 (27. Rxa7 Nh5 28. Qc1 (28. Rxe7 $2 Rxg3+ 29. Kh2 Rgd3 $19)) 27... h5 28. b4 h4 29. g4 Nh7 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Qb1 Ng5 {Threatens to win with ...Rg3+.} 32. Ra2 $2 (32. Qb8+ $19 Kh7 33. Qxe5 Nxh3 34. Rf1 Rg3+ 35. Qxg3 hxg3 36. Rh1 gxf2 37. Kxh3) 32... Rd1 (32... f6 $5 {[%CAl Rd2d1]} 33. Rxd2 Rxd2 $15) 33. Qb8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rd8 (33... Kh7 $5 34. Qf8 $8 Nxh3 35. Qxf7+ Kh6 36. Qf8+ (36. Rxa7 { is a self mate.} Nf4+ 37. Qxf4+ exf4 38. Ra2 f3+ 39. Kh2 Rxc3 40. Rd2 Rxd2 41. e5 Rc1 42. g5+ Kxg5 43. e6 Rxf2+ 44. Kh3 Rh1#) 36... Kg5 37. Qxe7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kxg4 38. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh5 39. Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg4 40. Qe6+ (40. Rxa7 $2 Nf4+ 41. Qxf4+ Kxf4 $19) 40... Kg5 41. Qe5+ Kg4 42. Qe6+ (42. Rxa7 $2 Nf4+ 43. Qxf4+ Kxf4 $19) 42... Kg5 43. Qe5+ Kg4 $11) 34. Qb7 {[#]} ({Don't go for} 34. Qxe5 $2 Rg1+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Kxg1 Nf3+ 36. Kf1 Nxe5 $19) (34. Qxa7 $11 Ne6 35. Qxe7) 34... R1d7 $1 {[%CAl Rd7b7]} 35. Qb1 (35. Qc6 Ne6 36. Kh2) 35... Ne6 36. f3 $2 (36. Rc2) 36... Nf4+ { Black is clearly winning.} 37. Kh2 Rd3 38. Rf2 Rd1 39. Qb7 Rc1 (39... Re1 $142 40. Qb3 Rdd1 41. Qxd1 Rxd1) 40. Qb2 Rdd1 {[%csl Gc1][%CAl Rd1h1] Weighted Error Value: White=0.75/Black=0.11} 0-1 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.13"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Suarez Uriel, Adrian"] [Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2360"] [BlackElo "2600"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,52,25,28,21,7,15,0,-5,0,-23,-23,-26,-27,-25,-33,-20,-21,-24,7,8,0,-22, 0,0,27,27,39,33,84,45,75,89,122,116,106,117,145,130,433,112,127,-457,-475, -29996,893]} 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h4 { B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Nc6 7. h5 h6 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} e5 9. Nb3 Be6 {[#]} 10. Bf3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 10. f4 Na5 11. f5 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bd7 13. Bf3 Qb6 14. Qd3 Bc6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. O-O-O {1-0 (67) Zeynalov,T (1709)-Shahlarov,F (1798) Sivas 2019}) 10... Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb8 14. Qd3 Nbd7 15. Qf5 Rc8 16. O-O-O Qc7 17. Kb1 Rfe8 18. Nd2 Bd8 (18... Nc5 $14) 19. c4 e4 20. Bxe4 Re5 21. Qf3 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxc4 23. Nxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qc2+ 24. Ka1 Bf6 25. Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Don't go for} 25. Nxc8 $2 Rxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Qxf6 Nxf6 $19) (25. Rb1 $1 $16 {Hoping for Rhc1.} Rd8 26. Rhc1) 25... Rxh5 $1 $19 {[%csl Gc2][%CAl Rf6b2][%mdl 512]} 26. Rb1 {[#]} (26. Qxf6 $19 Nxf6 27. Rhg1 Qxc1+ {[%mdl 64] Clearance} 28. Bxc1) 26... Re5 $4 {[%mdl 40960] Weighted Error Value: White=0.75/Black=0.10. Loss on time!?} (26... Qxb2+ $3 {[%mdl 512] avoids the disaster.} 27. Rxb2 Rxh1+ 28. Qd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bc1 Rdxc1#) 0-1 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.13"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Basso, Pier Luigi"] [Black "Kuhn, Clement"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2553"] [BlackElo "2240"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,82,83,84,66,72,35,48,48,69,25,97,16,12,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,11,13,9,0,0,0,2, 2,3,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 h6 9. dxe5 $1 {9.dxe5 scores better than 9.h3.} dxe5 10. h3 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} c6 11. c5 Qe7 12. b4 {[#] White is slightly better.} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nh5 13. Bc4 Rd8 14. Qb3 Nf8 15. Rad1 Be6 16. b5 Nf4 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Qa4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 { 1/2-1/2 (45) Moldobaev,E (2490)-Mamadshoev,M (2315) Yerevan 1996}) 13. Qc1 a5 ( 13... bxc5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 14. bxc5 Re8) 14. a3 ({Inferior is} 14. Bxh6 axb4 15. Nd1 Nxc5 $17) ({Better is} 14. b5 $16) 14... bxc5 $11 {The position is equal.} 15. bxc5 Re8 16. Bxh6 Nxc5 {With the idea ...Nb3.} 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qe3 Nb3 19. Rab1 a4 20. Nxa4 Rxa4 21. Qxb3 Qxa3 22. Qxa3 Rxa3 23. Ng5 Ra4 24. Ra1 Rd4 25. Ra7 Nxe4 26. Nxf7 {Nd6+ is the strong threat.} Bd7 27. Rd1 Nc3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 28. Rxd4 Nxe2+ 29. Kf1 exd4 30. Rxd7 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kf6 31. Nd6 Ke6 {[#] White must now prevent ... Ra8.} 32. Nxe8 {Strongly threatening Rd6+.} Kxd7 33. Kxe2 Kxe8 {K3P-K3P} 34. Kd3 c5 35. h4 Ke7 36. Ke4 Ke6 37. g4 Kf6 38. f4 Ke6 39. h5 gxh5 40. gxh5 Kf6 41. Kd3 Kf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.13"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Blohberger, Felix"] [Black "Brilej, Jaka"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2477"] [BlackElo "2268"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,73,14,24,10,12,17,13,19,19,28,0,0,-10,14,19,15,25,20,7,69,71,68,76, 147,39,140,164,123,0,9,0,0,0,66,64,64,39,33,21,77,68,82,78,81,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8, -3,-183,-112,-103,-110,-108,0,0,0,-112,0,0,748,744]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Be7 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 {The position is equal.} 9. cxd5 exd5 {[#]} 10. Ne5 $146 (10. Rc1 { is more complex.} Bb7 11. h3 c5 12. O-O c4 13. Qc2) ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. Rac1 Nf8 13. Ne5 Ng6 14. Qa4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. b4 { 1-0 (37) Donchev,D (2490)-Radev Iordanov,N (2325) Sofia 1984}) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. O-O Nc7 13. Rad1 Ne6 14. Bg3 Qc7 ({Black should try} 14... g6 $11) 15. f4 $14 g6 16. Qc2 Bc5 (16... Qd7 $142) 17. f5 ({Only move:} 17. Kh1 $1 $16) 17... Bxe3+ (17... Ng7 $1 $14 18. e6 Qb7) 18. Kh1 $1 $16 (18. Bf2 $6 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 gxf5 $11) 18... gxf5 19. Qxf5 (19. Rxf5 $16 Qe7 20. Rf6) 19... Qe7 $1 $11 {[#]} 20. Rxd5 $1 Nf4 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qxe3 $14 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Qf4 a5 ( 24... Bd7 $11) 25. Bh4 Qe6 26. Rf3 Ra7 27. Bf6 (27. Bg5 $16) 27... Rxf6 $11 28. exf6 {Black must now prevent Rg3+.} Qxe2 29. h3 Qe6 {Hoping for ...Rf7.} ({ Wrong is} 29... Qxb2 $2 30. Rg3+ Kf7 31. Rg7+ Kxf6 32. Rxa7 $18) 30. Qg5+ Kh8 { aiming for ...Rf7.} 31. Qh6 $2 {[#]} (31. f7 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Qxf7 32. Qd8+ Qg8 33. Qf6+ Rg7 34. Rg3) 31... Qe1+ (31... Qg8 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Rf7.} 32. Qe3 Rf7 33. Qxb6 Rf8) 32. Kh2 $17 {[%CAl Rh6f8]} Qe5+ 33. Kg1 {[%CAl Rh6f8]} Qe1+ 34. Kh2 $1 {[%CAl Rh6f8]} Qe5+ 35. Kg1 $1 {[%CAl Rh6f8] [#]} Qe1+ ({Better is} 35... Rf7 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rf7f6]} 36. Re3 Rxf6 37. Rxe5 Rxh6 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Rxc8 Kf6) 36. Kh2 $1 $11 {[%CAl Rh6f8]} Rf7 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Qe8 $11 37. Rg3 d4) 37. Re3 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0. 22/Black=0.30. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.13"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Dardha, Daniel"] [Black "Subelj, Jan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2503"] [BlackElo "2418"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,63,14,19,4,104,98,104,100,103,106,102,93,94,81,145,162,125,29,100,96, 104,91,128,77,166,185,159,119,164,179,182,186,437,412,637,637,618,615,611,600, 1300,1262,29987,29988,29997,1082,1006,695]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} c4 (10... Bb7 $11) 11. Nxc4 $1 $16 dxc4 12. Be4 {[#] White is better.} g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Ba6 14. Bxa8 c3+ 15. Kg1 cxb2 16. Rb1 Ba3 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. Rxb2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 {1-0 (45) Goormachtigh,J (2156)-Beukema,C (1767) Vlissingen 2017}) 13. Be5 f6 14. Bg3 $1 f5 15. Bxa8 {Hoping for Qf3.} Bb4+ (15... f4 $142) 16. Kf1 {Black must now prevent Qh5.} f4 {[#]} 17. Qc1 Bd6 (17... fxg3 $11 {remains equal.} 18. hxg3 ( 18. Qxc4+ $2 Kg7 $19) 18... Kg7) 18. Qxc4+ Kg7 {[#]} 19. Kg1 $1 Qf6 {[#]} 20. Qe2 Na6 {[#]} (20... h5 $16) 21. Be4 $1 h6 22. Rc1 {And now exf4 would win.} Nc7 {[#]} 23. Bb1 $1 Rf7 {[#]} (23... fxg3 24. hxg3) 24. Qc2 $1 Bb7 $2 (24... Kf8 25. Qd2 (25. exf4 gxf4 26. a3 Bb7 $16) 25... fxg3 26. hxg3 Rd7) 25. exf4 $18 gxf4 {[#]} (25... Bxf4 $142 26. h4 Kf8 27. hxg5 Qxg5) 26. Bh4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qxh4 27. Qg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 {Threatens to win with ...Rf6.} 28. Qxd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 29. Rxc7 {Intending Qg6+ and mate.} Qg4 {[#]} 30. Bh7+ $1 Kg7 (30... Kh8 31. Qd8+) 31. Rxf7+ (31. Qe5+ $142 Kxh7 32. Rxf7+ Kg8 33. Qe8#) 31... Kxf7 32. Qg6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.73} 1-0 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.13"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Martin Duque, Jesus"] [Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2438"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,119,25,43,27,27,14,1,0,0,0,9,11,17,4,0,0,0,-47,-41,-30,-28,-42,-40, -95,-113,-102,-95,-93,-77,-92,-29,-53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0, -2,-2,0,33,30,39,28,48,40,43,55,120,8,8,8,6,7,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 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. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. d5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 8.h3 at the moment. B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System.} Nb4 9. a5 e6 $1 10. Be3 exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Nd4 {Threatens to win with Ra4.} Bd7 13. Bf3 Re8 {[#]} 14. Ra3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Bg5 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Rfe1 Qf8 18. Na4 Nfd5 19. c3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 {1-0 (58) Korobov,A (2652) -Vitiugov,N (2721) Czech Republic 2017}) 14... Rb8 15. Rb3 c5 {[%csl Ba5,Bd4]} 16. dxc6 $1 bxc6 {aiming for ...c5.} 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. Ra3 (18. Bg5 $15) 18... c5 $17 19. Nb3 Bf5 20. Na1 Qd7 21. Na4 h6 (21... Qc7 $17) 22. Nb6 $11 Qe6 (22... Qc7 $1 $15) 23. Re3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qa2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 24. Ra3 {[%CAl Ra3a2]} Qe6 25. Re3 Qa2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Ra3 {[%CAl Ra3a2]} Qxb2 27. Nc4 Qd4 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Nxd6 Nfd5 30. Nxe8 { [%CAl Bd6e8,Be8f6,Bf6e4,Be4g3,Bg3f1][%mdl 32]} Nxf4 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Ne4 Re8 33. Ng3 Bxc2 34. Nxc2 Nxc2 35. Ra4 Nb4 36. Rb1 d3 37. h4 ({Don't blunder} 37. Raxb4 $2 Bxb4 38. Ne4 {[#]} Rc8 $1 $19) (37. Rbxb4 {leads to mate.} Re1+ 38. Nf1 Ne2+ 39. Bxe2 dxe2 40. h4 exf1=Q+ 41. Kh2 Bd6+ 42. Rf4 Qxf2 43. Ra3 Bxf4+ 44. Kh3 Rh1+ 45. Kg4 Rxh4#) 37... Nfd5 ({Better is} 37... Rb8 $1 $14) 38. Nf1 ( {White should play} 38. Bxd5 $16 Nxd5 39. Re4 Rxe4 40. Nxe4) 38... Nc3 { The position is equal.} 39. Raxb4 Bxb4 40. Rxb4 {Strongly threatening Rb3.} Re1 41. Rb3 (41. g3 {is interesting.} d2 42. Rb6 d1=R 43. Bxd1 Rxd1 44. Rxa6 Ra1 45. Kg2) 41... Ne2+ 42. Kh2 {Hoping for Nd2.} Nd4 ({Of course not} 42... Rxf1 43. Rxd3 Nf4 44. Rd6 $16) 43. Rxd3 Nxf3+ 44. gxf3 {Black must now prevent Ne3.} Rxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 45. Rd6 Rxf2+ 46. Kg3 Ra2 47. Rxa6 Ra4 48. Kh3 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Kg3 f6 51. Ra8 Kg6 52. a6 {[%CAl Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Kf5 53. a7 Ra3 54. Kg2 Ra1 55. Kf2 Kf4 56. Rf8 Ra2+ 57. Ke1 Rxa7 58. Rxf6+ Ke3 {[%CAl Ra7a1]} 59. Kf1 Ra2 60. Kg1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/ Black=0. 06} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.13"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Moroni, Luca Jr"] [Black "Suarez Uriel, Adrian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D90"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2360"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,96,12,27,27,30,34,50,35,57,56,76,69,66,54,47,51,65,47,56,72,50,18,25, 8,14,12,27,27,22,12,14,13,53,-13,-14,-16,0,-12,-12,-20,0,-121,-115,-203,-200, -268,-205,-333,-322,-356,-360,-342,-320,-284,-316,-430,-405,-460,-512,-454, -436,-462,-452,-458,-457,-513,-508,-616,-529,-671,-547,-539,-516,-545,-545, -537,-531,-497,-482,-475,-466,-435,-338,-332,-322,-311,-304]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bf4 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines.} Nc6 {[%CAl Rc6d4]} 8. e3 O-O {[#]} 9. h4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Be2 Nb4 10. O-O N4d5 11. Be5 Bg4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ne4 c6 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. a3 {1/2-1/2 (47) Kamsky,G (2695)-Anand,V (2715) Monte Carlo 1994}) 9... Bf5 10. h5 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 (14. Nxd1 {feels hotter.} Rae8 15. f4 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Rc1) 14... Rae8 $1 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rd4 {[#] Strongly threatening Rdh4.} (16. f4 { is interesting.} f6 17. exf6 Rxe3+ 18. Kf2 Re6 19. Be2) 16... Rxe5 17. g4 Bd7 18. Bg2 Kg7 19. Bxb7 c5 20. Rf4 Rb8 21. Bf3 Nc8 22. g5 ({White should try} 22. b3 $14) 22... Rxb2 $11 {White should prevent ...Nd6.} 23. Rfh4 $1 {[%CAl Rh4h8] Rh8 is the strong threat.} Nd6 24. Rh8 {[%csl Gh8][%CAl Rh1h7]} Rxg5 {And now . ..Be6 would win.} 25. Rd8 {[#]} Nc4 $1 26. Nd1 ({Of course not} 26. Rxd7 Ne5 $17) (26. Ne4 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Rd5 27. Rhh8 Rb1+ 28. Ke2 Rb2+ 29. Ke1 Rb1+ 30. Ke2 Rb2+ 31. Ke1) (26. Ne4 Rd5) 26... Rd2 $17 { Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} 27. Rdh8 (27. Ba8 $17) 27... Rxa2 28. Be2 Be6 29. R8h7+ (29. Bxc4 {was necessary.} Bxc4 30. Nc3 Ra1+ 31. Kd2 Rxh1 32. Rxh1) 29... Kf8 $19 30. Rh8+ Ke7 31. Rb8 Bd5 32. e4 Be6 33. f4 Rg2 34. Bf3 Rg3 35. Be2 Kf6 36. Kf2 Rd3 37. Ke1 Rd4 38. e5+ Kf5 39. Rf1 Re4 {[%csl Ga2][%CAl Re4e2]} 40. Rf2 Nb6 41. Nc3 Ra1+ 42. Kd2 Rxf4 43. Bd3+ Kxe5 44. Re2+ Kf6 45. Ne4+ Kg7 46. Nxc5 Ra2+ 47. Ke1 Rxe2+ 48. Kxe2 Bg4+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.33/Black=0.14} 0-1 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.13"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Subelj, Jan"] [Black "Martin Duque, Jesus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2418"] [BlackElo "2438"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,58,4,18,25,28,19,37,0,38,2,36,25,39,33,38,17,36,20,20,28,32,37,27,34, 72,63,81,62,96,93,174,175,179,170,174,143,143,152,153,116,163,153,152,152,221, 212,213,209,225,212,216]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 {[%CAl Bb1c3, Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Nd4 5. Bd3 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Ne7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. Bc2 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Ba4 e5 12. f4 d6 { 1/2-1/2 (70) Melkumyan,H (2654)-Ladva,O (2522) chess.com INT 2018}) 6. Nxd4 { B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines.} cxd4 7. Ne2 e5 8. f4 {White is slightly better.} d6 9. Bc2 Nf6 10. d3 Be7 11. Ba4+ Nd7 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Bc6 Rb8 14. Nf5 Nf6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. O-O h6 17. Qe1 Bb7 18. Ba4 Kh8 19. Bd2 Ng8 (19... Nd7 $16) 20. fxe5 $18 Qxe5 21. Bf4 Qe6 22. Qg3 Rbd8 23. Rae1 Ne7 24. Qf2 Qg6 25. Qxd4 {White is clearly better.} f5 26. Bg3 Nc6 (26... Qg5 $16 27. Qf2 (27. Bxd6 Qg6 $17) 27... fxe4 28. Qxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rxf8+ Kh7) 27. Qd5 Na5 28. exf5 Qf6 29. Qe6 {aiming for Qxf6.} Qxb2 {[%csl Gb7][%CAl Rb2g2] Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.18} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.13"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Brilej, Jaka"] [Black "Dardha, Daniel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2268"] [BlackElo "2503"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 27,64,35,37,23,81,77,81,83,85,83,79,60,64,67,100,89,90,69,101,99,99,80, 94,93,108,108,121,112,174,142,140,46,47,30,33,31,29,30,35]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 Nf6 6. N1c3 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Nc2 Bb7 14. Bd3 d5 15. Qe2 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.} f5 (15... dxe4 $11 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5) 16. exf5 $16 e4 {[#]} 17. f6 $1 {White is better.} Ng6 {[#]} 18. Qe3 $1 Qxf6 19. g3 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... b4 20. Be2 bxc3 21. bxc3 O-O 22. Rb1 Bc8 23. O-O Bh3 24. Rb6 Qe5 25. f4 Qc7 {1-0 (54) Minasian,A (2479)-Esen,B (2420) Moscow 2006}) 20. Be2 Rae8 21. O-O-O Ne5 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Kb1 Nc6 24. Nb3 {Strongly threatening Nc5.} Rfd8 25. a3 Ne5 26. h4 Bc6 27. g4 b4 (27... Rd6 $16 {was necessary.}) 28. g5 ({Resist} 28. axb4 $6 Ba4 $11) ({Not} 28. Bxa6 Ra8 $17) 28... Qd6 29. axb4 ({Only move:} 29. cxb4 $16 Ba4 30. Rd4) 29... Ba4 $14 30. Nc5 Bxd1 31. Rxd1 {Nb7 is the strong threat.} Qg6 $1 32. Qf4 Nf3 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.14} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.13"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Kuhn, Clement"] [Black "Blohberger, Felix"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2240"] [BlackElo "2477"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,100,1,0,0,24,-13,-14,-19,-13,-13,-22,-14,-10,-10,-9,-17,-13,-26,-27, -28,-34,-24,-30,-31,-30,-70,-43,-50,-50,-48,-26,-35,-24,-50,-33,-29,-25,-13, -11,-35,-28,-57,-60,-107,0,-29,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-32,-32,-47,-28,-28,-28,-28, -28,-28,0,-28,0,-58,-41,-45,0,0,0,-49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,4,3,0,0,0,0,3,57,0,0,0, 32,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nd2 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} f6 7. Ngf3 g5 8. Bg3 h5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...h4.} 9. h3 e6 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Bd3 Nge7 {[#]} 13. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Kb8 16. Nc5 Rde8 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Nh4 19. Nxh4 gxh4 {1-0 (36) Acsinte,M (2235)-Cernousek,L (2460) chess.com INT 2020}) 13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Kf7 15. O-O-O Qf4+ 16. Kb1 Qf5 17. Rhe1 b6 18. Nc1 Rae8 19. Re2 Qxd3+ 20. Nxd3 Ng6 21. Nd2 Nf4 (21... Nce7 {seems wilder.} 22. Rde1 Nf5 23. g3 Nd6 24. Kc2 Re7) 22. Nxf4 gxf4 23. Nf3 Ne7 24. Nh4 Rhg8 25. Rd3 Ng6 26. Nf3 {[#]} Ne7 (26... e5 $1 $17 {[%CAl Re5e4] aiming for ...e4.} 27. dxe5 Nxe5 28. Nxe5+ Rxe5) 27. Nh4 $11 Rg5 28. Rf3 Ng6 29. Nxg6 Rxg6 30. Rxf4 Rxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 31. Rf3 b5 32. Kc2 a5 33. Kb3 Rg1 34. Rfe3 Re7 35. Rf3 Re8 36. Rf4 (36. Rfe3 $11) 36... Rb8 $15 37. Re5 b4 {Hoping for ...a4+!} 38. Rxh5 a4+ 39. Kc2 b3+ 40. axb3 axb3+ 41. Kd3 Rb1 42. Rh7+ Kg6 43. Rfh4 {Black must now prevent R4h6+.} e5 44. dxe5 fxe5 45. R7h6+ (45. R4h6+ {with more complications.} Kf5 46. Rd6 Rf8 47. Rxd5 Rxb2 48. Re7) 45... Kg7 46. Rh7+ Kf6 47. R4h6+ Kg5 ({Better is} 47... Kf5 $11) 48. Rh5+ (48. h4+ $14 Kg4 49. Rg6+ Kh3 50. Rhg7 (50. Rg3+ Kh2 $11)) 48... Kf6 49. R5h6+ Kg5 50. Rh5+ Kf6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.13"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"] [Black "Basso, Pier Luigi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C49"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2553"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,46,4,8,13,4,1,1,3,3,7,6,4,3,4,4,0,3,0,2,5,6,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {[%CAl Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7g6][%mdl 32]} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. d4 Re8 {The position is equal.} 12. Bc2 {C49: Four Knights: 4 Bb5 Bb4.} Bb6 13. h3 d5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd8 Bxd8 18. Re1 Rxe5 19. Bf4 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 19... Re7) 20. Bxe4 Be7 21. Bc2 Be6 22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. axb3 Bc5 { A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.14"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Suarez Uriel, Adrian"] [Black "Basso, Pier Luigi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2360"] [BlackElo "2553"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,59,0,11,-19,-19,-30,-29,-79,-83,-74,-80,-81,-80,-95,0,-7,9,0,107,41, 209,189,137,138,340,275,693,731,760,677,1566,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. b4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Bb6 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd5 { Black has an edge.} Nxc3 9. Nxc3 dxc3 10. Bg5 Ne7 $1 11. O-O {[#] White wants to play Nh4.} O-O $146 (11... h6 $17 12. Be3 d6) ({Predecessor:} 11... h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Re1 Qe8 14. Bb3 a5 15. Bf6 a4 16. Bc4 Ng6 17. Qd3 d5 18. exd6 { 1-0 (38) Dubov,D (2702)-Karjakin,S (2752) Moscow 2020}) 12. Re1 Qe8 13. Bb3 h6 {[#]} (13... a5 $11) 14. Bf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ng6 $2 {[#]} (14... gxf6 $2 15. exf6 d5 16. fxe7 $18) ({Better is} 14... Nf5 $1 $14) (14... Nf5 15. Qd3) 15. Qd3 $1 {Qxg6 would kill now.} Kh8 ({Black should try} 15... d5 $18 16. exd6 Be6 ) 16. Qxc3 $16 gxf6 $2 (16... a5 $16) 17. Qd2 Kh7 (17... Nxe5 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. Bc2 Ng6 20. Rxe8 Bxf2+ 21. Kf1 Rxe8 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Ng5 Re7 26. Qxe7 Bh4 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qf7#) (17... Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Kh7) 18. exf6 $18 Qd8 {[#]} 19. Ng5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 {[#]} (19... hxg5 20. Qxg5) 20. Ne4 (20. Nxf7 $1 $18 Qxf6 21. Qxh6 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1) 20... Kh7 $11 {And now ... d5! would win.The position is equal.} 21. Qd5 {Qh5! is the strong threat.} c6 $1 {[%CAl Rc6d5]} 22. Qh5 Bxf2+ $1 23. Kxf2 {White threatens Ng5+ and mate.} d5 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Re7 Qd6 ({Inferior is} 25... Nxe7 26. Qxh6 Qb6+ 27. Kf1 (27. Kf3 $2 Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 28. Kxe3 Nf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Kf4 Nxh6 $19) 27... Qa6+ 28. Kg1 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Qg1+ 30. Rxg1 Ng6 31. Qh7#) 26. Qxg6+ fxg6 27. Rg7+ Kh8 28. Rh7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 29. Rg7+ Kh8 30. Rh7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black escapes into a draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.32/Black=0.57} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.14"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Blohberger, Felix"] [Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2477"] [BlackElo "2600"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,120,32,47,-72,14,16,7,0,7,10,8,0,0,0,0,-44,12,10,0,-19,-14,-14,6,-29, -27,-14,-14,-14,-9,-22,0,-16,-14,-21,-18,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,-14,0,-31, 0,0,0,-79,-75,-81,-91,-90,-88,-116,-62,-67,-8,-104,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,4,1226,80,96,62,123,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1560,-378,-392,-322,-1451,-1402, -1737,-2100]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. O-O-O e6 9. f4 b5 10. f5 {B96: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4, lines other than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7.} (10. a3 $14) 10... e5 {[#]} ({Black should try} 10... b4 $1 $17 {[%CAl Rb4c3]} 11. fxe6 bxc3 12. exd7+ Nxd7) 11. Nd5 $11 {[%CAl Rd5c7]} Nxd5 12. exd5 {The position is equal.} Nb6 {[#]} 13. Qh5 $1 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nc6 Qf6 16. g4 {[#]} Qh6+ $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} (16... Bd7 $15 17. Bg2 h6) ({Predecessor:} 16... h6 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 (18) Dorfman,J (2584)-Fressinet,L (2646) Aix les Bains 2007}) 17. Qxh6 gxh6 18. Bg2 Rg8 19. Bf3 Bd7 20. Na5 h5 21. h3 f6 22. b3 Rc8 23. Kb2 Ke7 24. c3 h4 25. Rd3 Rc5 26. Rhd1 Nc4+ 27. Nxc4 bxc4 28. Re3 cxb3 29. axb3 a5 30. Ra1 Rb8 31. Kc2 Kf8 32. Ra3 Kg7 33. Re1 Rbc8 (33... h5 $5) 34. c4 a4 { With the idea ...axb3+.} 35. Kd3 (35. Kd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35... axb3 $17 36. Ra7 R5c7 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 38. Kc3 Rb7 (38... b2 $1 $17 39. Rb1 Rb7 40. Rxb2 Rxb2 41. Kxb2 h5) 39. Kb2 $1 $15 Ba4 (39... h5 $15) 40. Be4 (40. Rb1 $11) 40... Kf8 (40... Kh6 $1 $17) 41. Ra1 $11 Rb4 42. Kc3 b2 43. Ra3 b1=Q 44. Bxb1 Rxb1 45. Rxa4 {KR-KR} Rh1 46. Kb4 {Threatens to win with Kb5.} Rxh3 47. c5 dxc5+ 48. Kxc5 {Black should prevent Kd6.} Kg7 49. Kd6 Rg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (49... Rd3 $11) 50. Ke6 $2 (50. Ke7 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} h3 51. g5 Rxg5 52. d6) 50... h3 $16 {Strongly threatening ...h2.} 51. g5 (51. Ra2 {keeps more tension.} Rg2 52. Ra1 Rxg4 53. Rh1 Rg3 54. d6) 51... fxg5 {[#] Hoping for ...h2.} 52. d6 (52. Ra7+ $1 $16 Kh6 53. f6) 52... h2 $11 53. Ra7+ Kh6 54. d7 h1=Q $1 {[%CAl Rh1c6]} ({Don't go for } 54... Rd3 $2 55. Ra1 $18) 55. d8=Q {Intending Qf8+ and mate.} Qc6+ 56. Kf7 $1 Rf3 {And now ...Qg6+ would win.} 57. Qf8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. Kg8 $11 Rxf5 58. Rxh7+ Kg6 59. Rg7+ Kh6 60. Rh7+ Kg6 61. Rg7+ Kh6 62. Rh7+) 57... Kh5 $19 58. Kg8 Kg4 59. Rf7 $2 {[#]} (59. Qd8) 59... Rxf5 $3 {[%mdl 576] ( -> ...Qe6!). Remove Defender, Decoy} 60. Rxf5 (60. Qd8 Rxf7) 60... Qg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. What a bad dream for White. Weighted Error Value: White=0.67/Black=0.14 } 0-1 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.14"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Dardha, Daniel"] [Black "Kuhn, Clement"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E90"] [WhiteElo "2503"] [BlackElo "2240"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "164"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,164,38,53,27,61,22,73,72,65,36,46,50,47,21,68,73,72,35,56,0,80,52,66, 85,75,70,72,69,74,62,74,67,68,0,0,0,41,14,27,0,37,18,47,43,59,20,26,29,55,16, 29,12,27,21,26,20,68,66,64,63,80,65,80,80,77,66,78,52,42,37,39,43,60,59,149, 152,300,293,493,459,476,433,376,-151,-161,-317,-300,-316,-300,-293,-273,-286, -281,-264,-260,-850,-494,-469,-33,-693,-693,-660,-659,-635,-623,-882,-572,-502, 0,0,0,-29971,-29972,-29972,-29974,-12840,-12841,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982, -29983,-1891,-12832,-12831,-12826,-2736,-12831,0,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975, -29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29994,-29991,-29991, -29992,-29992,-29993,-29996,-12849,-29997,-12850,-29997,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Bc2 {[#] E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3.} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nh5 9. d5 Nb6 10. Qe2 f5 11. a4 Bd7 12. a5 Nc8 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 15. Ne4 Rf8 {1-0 (33) Nguyen,D (1601)-Hoang,L Ho Chi Minh City 2017}) 9. Re1 h6 (9... exd4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 10. Nxd4 Ne5) 10. b3 {White is better.} Re8 11. Ba3 Qd8 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. g3 Qf6 {[#]} 14. Nd5 $1 Qd8 (14... Qxf3 $2 15. Bd1 $18 (15. Nxc7 exd4 16. Bd1 Ne5 $14)) 15. Kg2 c6 16. Ne3 (16. Nc3 $1 $14) 16... Nf8 (16... exd4 $11 17. Nxd4 Ndf6) 17. d5 Qf6 18. Bd1 c5 19. Ng1 Qg5 20. h4 Nf4+ $1 21. Kf1 Qe7 22. Bb2 (22. gxf4 $6 exf4 23. Nc2 Bxa1 $15) 22... Nh3 23. h5 (23. Kg2 $14 Nxg1 24. Kxg1) 23... Nxg1 24. Kxg1 Qg5 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. b4 Nd7 27. Bc3 h5 28. Ng2 Qe7 29. a4 {[%CAl Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rf8 30. a5 Kh7 31. Rb1 Bh6 32. Qc2 Rf7 33. Nh4 cxb4 34. Bxb4 Nc5 35. Bxc5 dxc5 36. Kg2 Qg5 37. Nf3 Qf6 ({Don't blunder} 37... Qg4 $2 38. Rh1 $18) 38. Qb2 Bg7 39. Rf1 Bd7 40. Qd2 Bh6 41. Qc3 Re8 42. Rb2 Qd6 43. Ne1 h4 ({Black should play} 43... Bc8 $14) 44. Rh1 hxg3 (44... h3+ $16 45. Kg1 (45. Kh2 Bc8 $16) 45... Bc8) 45. Qe3 $18 ({ Don't do} 45. Qxg3 $6 Kg7 $18) 45... Qf8 (45... g5 46. Qxg3 Ree7) 46. fxg3 Qg7 47. Nf3 {Hoping for Qxh6+!} g5 48. Nh2 $2 {[#]} (48. Qxg5 $18 {Threatens to win with Qh4.} Ree7 49. Rh5) 48... Bh3+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 49. Kg1 $2 (49. Kxh3 {was forced.} g4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 50. Nxg4 Bxe3 51. Nxe3) 49... g4 $1 $19 50. Qe2 {[%CAl Rh2g4]} Ref8 51. Nxg4 {[#]} Rf1+ $1 52. Kh2 {[#] } Rxd1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 53. Qxd1 Bxg4 54. Qb1 (54. Rxb7 Bxd1 55. Rxg7+ Kxg7 56. Rxd1) 54... Rf7 {And now ...Kg8 would win.} 55. Rf1 Bc8 $2 (55... Rxf1 $19 56. Qxf1 Be3) 56. Rbf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. Rxf7 $15 Qxf7 57. Qd3) 56... Rxf2+ 57. Rxf2 Be3 58. Rf5 Qg4 59. d6 Bxf5 60. exf5 e4 $2 (60... Qh5+ $19 61. Kg2 Qe2+ 62. Kh3 Qf3) 61. Qxb7+ $11 Kh6 {( -> ...Qe2+)} 62. Qb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White is on the road to losing.} (62. Qf7 $11) 62... Qh5+ 63. Kg2 Qf3+ 64. Kh2 Bd4 65. d7 Bxb2 66. d8=Q Qf2+ 67. Kh1 Qe1+ (67... Qxg3 $142 68. Qd2+ e3 69. Qg2 Be5 70. Qe2 Qh3+ 71. Kg1 {[#]} Bh2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} 72. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 73. Kxh2 e2 74. Kg2 e1=Q 75. f6 Kg6 76. f7 Kxf7 77. Kf3 Kf6 78. Kf4 a6 79. Kf3 Kf5 80. Kg2 Kg4 81. Kh2 Kf3 82. Kh3 Qh1#) 68. Kg2 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 69. Kh3 Qh5+ 70. Kg2 Qf3+ (70... Be5 $19 71. Qf8+ Kg5 72. Qe7+ Kxf5 73. Qd7+ Kg5 74. Qd8+ Kh6 75. Qf8+ Bg7 76. Qf4+ Kg6 77. Qxe4+ Qf5 78. Qe8+ Kh7) 71. Kh2 $1 Be5 72. Qf8+ Kg5 73. Qg8+ Kxf5 74. Qf7+ Kg5 75. Qe7+ Qf6 76. Qxc5 Kg4 77. Qxa7 Qh4+ 78. Kg1 Qxg3+ 79. Kf1 Qd3+ 80. Kg2 Qf3+ 81. Kg1 e3 (81... Kg3 $142 82. Qg7+ Bxg7 83. c5 Qg2#) 82. Qd7+ Kg3 {[%csl Gg3][%CAl Rf3g2] Weighted Error Value: White=0.57/Black=0.52} 0-1 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.14"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Martin Duque, Jesus"] [Black "Brilej, Jaka"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "2438"] [BlackElo "2268"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,79,-14,14,12,17,12,15,14,26,13,45,36,57,41,77,83,91,88,93,88,119,106, 126,108,110,100,99,81,99,15,23,15,46,37,38,41,41,38,45,0,45,42,64,20,55,51,62, 37,49,37,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-6,-52,-8,-49,0,0,9,0,760,752]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Bg4 6. Be2 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4.} Nd7 7. Nfd2 Bxe2+ 8. Kxe2 {The position is equal.} Ngf6 9. f3 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne5 10. a4 g5 11. Na3 g4 12. f4 Ned7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 f5 15. exf6 exf6 {0-1 (50) Ryan,J (2293)-Turner,M (2521) Dublin 2020}) 10. a4 Bc5 11. c3 O-O-O 12. b4 Bd6 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Be3 b6 15. Nbd2 Nf8 16. b5 Kb7 17. bxc6+ Kxc6 18. Rhb1 Ne6 19. Rb5 (19. a5 $16) 19... Nd7 $11 20. Nb3 f6 21. Rd1 Ndf8 22. Rb1 Nd7 23. Rd5 Ndf8 24. Rb5 Nd7 $1 25. g3 Rhe8 26. Rd5 Ndf8 27. Rbd1 Ng6 28. a5 Ne7 29. axb6 axb6 30. Bxb6 {[%CAl Rb3a5] [#]} Nxd5 31. Nba5+ Kd7 32. exd5 Bxb6 33. Nxb6+ Kc7 34. Nbc4 {[#] Threatens to win with d6+.} Nc5 35. d6+ $1 Kd7 {aiming for ...Rb8.} 36. Nb6+ $1 Ke6 37. Nac4 (37. d7 $5 Re7 38. Nc6 Rdxd7 39. Nxd7 Rxd7 40. Nd8+ Ke7 41. Nc6+ Kf7 42. Rxd7+ Nxd7 43. f4 $11) 37... e4 38. f4 Nd3 39. Ra1 Rxd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Rb8 $11) 40. f5+ $1 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.11} 1-0 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.14"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Moroni, Luca Jr"] [Black "Subelj, Jan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2418"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,118,27,27,23,27,26,26,19,25,27,31,27,29,28,27,-121,-121,-121,-123, -125,-123,-121,-116,-108,-79,-89,-106,-123,-108,-111,-90,-267,-267,-337,-333, -325,-316,-335,-291,-323,-277,-357,-331,-332,-333,-363,-360,-346,-353,-404, -343,-483,-504,-490,-490,-450,-269,-254,-240,-233,-237,-241,-228,-225,-209, -216,-132,-132,-124,-137,-135,-222,-222,-231,-26,-26,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24, -9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-8,-8,-8,-9,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. g4 { D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} Nxg4 9. Qxd5 Qxd5 {9...Qc8 is more fashionable.} 10. Nxd5 {White has an edge.} Bb4+ 11. Nxb4 Nxb4 12. Rc1 c6 13. a3 Nd5 14. Bg3 (14. Ne2 $11 {remains equal.}) 14... Ngxe3 $1 $17 15. fxe3 {And now Kf2 would win.} Be4 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. Rg1 {[#]} Be4 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 17... O-O 18. Kf2 Be4 19. Bc4 f6 20. h4 g6 21. Ke2 Kg7 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Kd2 Rfe8 {0-1 (56) Davtyan,A (2418)-Arjun,K (2483) New Delhi 2019}) 18. Kd2 f6 19. b4 a6 {[%CAl Ba7a6,Ba6a5][%mdl 32]} 20. Bc4 Kd7 21. h4 b5 22. Bf1 (22. Bxd5 $17 Bxd5 23. Ra1) 22... a5 $19 23. Bh3+ f5 24. Be5 Rhg8 25. Ra1 g6 ({Don't take} 25... axb4 26. axb4 Nxb4 27. Rxg7+ Ke6 28. Rga7) 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. Bf1 Rga8 28. h5 f4 ({Don't do} 28... Rxa3 29. Rxa3 Rxa3 30. hxg6 $19) ({ Less strong is} 28... gxh5 29. Rg7+ Ke6 30. Rxh7 $17) 29. Bxf4 Rxa3 30. Rxa3 Rxa3 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Bh6 (32. Bh3+ $142 Ke8 33. Rg5 Ra2+ 34. Ke1) 32... Ra2+ 33. Ke1 b4 {White must now prevent ...b3.} 34. Bc4 Ra1+ (34... Rc2 $142 35. Bb3 Rb2) 35. Kf2 Rxg1 36. Kxg1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Bc2 37. e4 Bxe4 38. Bd2 {White hopes to continue with Bxd5.} Nc3 39. Kf2 c5 40. dxc5 Kc6 41. Bf7 Kxc5 42. Bh6 {[#]} (42. Ke1 $17) 42... Nd5 $1 43. Bg7 {[#]} b3 $2 (43... Kc4 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Kd3.} 44. Ke2 Kb3) 44. Kg3 $1 $11 Kd6 45. Kh4 Ke7 46. Bg8 Ne3 47. Kg5 Bd5 48. Bxd5 {The position is equal.} Nxd5 49. Kxg6 {KB-KN} Kd6 50. Kf5 Kc5 51. Ke4 Kc4 {( -> ...Nc3+)} 52. Ba1 Nb4 53. Bg7 Nc2 54. Bb2 Ne1 55. Ke3 Nd3 56. Bg7 Kb4 57. Kxd3 Ka3 58. Ke4 b2 59. Bxb2+ Kxb2 {And White is the lucky defender. Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.14"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Subelj, Jan"] [Black "Suarez Uriel, Adrian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2418"] [BlackElo "2360"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,66,4,31,-14,0,-12,24,20,54,-27,58,38,104,111,177,170,179,159,176,167, 165,103,147,139,177,160,151,115,209,202,235,236,251,252,346,371,365,339,314, 335,514,481,448,484,572,595,593,595,812,684,1970,1729,29988,29989,29994,1801, 29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Qe2 { B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines.} Ng6 8. g3 Qc7 {[%CAl Rg6e5]} 9. Re1 { White has an edge.} Bd7 10. h4 (10. b3 $14) 10... Be7 (10... f6 $11) 11. h5 Nf8 ({Better is} 11... c4 $1 $14 12. hxg6 cxd3 13. gxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qxd3 Rhf8) 12. Na3 $16 {[%CAl Bb1a3,Ba3b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32] [#]} f5 $146 (12... a6 $16) ({ Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. Nc2 O-O-O 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Ncxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Be8 17. Nf3 f5 18. exf6 gxf6 {1-0 (41) Ponkratov,P (2579)-Nukin,A (2343) Voronezh 2009}) 13. Nb5 $18 Qb6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 O-O-O 16. Ne5 (16. a4 $18) 16... Nxe5 $16 17. Qxe5 Rg8 18. b4 cxb4 19. c4 ({Inferior is} 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. cxd4 Bc6 $11) 19... Be8 (19... g6 $16) 20. c5 $18 Qc6 21. Bb2 Bxh5 22. Qxd4 Bf3 23. Qxb4 {[#] Threatens to win with Bb5.} a6 24. a4 {Strongly threatening Bb5!} Bh1 {[%csl Gh1][%CAl Rc6g2]} 25. Bf1 g5 (25... Nd7 $142 26. Rxe6 h5) 26. d4 Kb8 27. d5 Qxd5 28. c6 Qxc6 29. Rac1 Qf3 {Black hopes to continue with ...Nd7.} 30. Bf6 Rd7 31. Qb6 {Threatening mate with Bd4.} e5 32. Rxe5 Ng6 {[#]} 33. Re3 (33. Re8+ $142 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe8 34. Bd4 Qg2+ 35. Bxg2 Re1+ 36. Rxe1 Bxg2 37. Re8+ Rd8 38. Rxd8#) 33... Nf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.62} 1-0 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.14"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Brilej, Jaka"] [Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2268"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,14,71,67,74]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Qd2 e5 7. Nge2 exd4 {[%mdl 32768] [#] Loss on time!? C41: Philidor Defence. Predecessor:} 8. Nxd4 $146 d5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. e6 Ne5 11. exf7+ Nxf7 12. Nb3 c6 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Kb1 b5 15. Bd4 Nfe5 16. f4 Bh6 17. g3 {0-1 (28) Korneev,O (2594)-Chatalbashev,B (2550) Koge 2015} 0-1 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.14"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Kuhn, Clement"] [Black "Martin Duque, Jesus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2240"] [BlackElo "2438"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "152"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,152,39,45,40,54,32,29,18,40,20,30,24,28,32,28,0,0,-8,57,43,39,16,29, -1,0,0,-3,-37,-23,-14,-26,-129,-71,-154,-155,-165,0,-50,18,15,12,21,24,27,56, 57,63,56,68,59,52,44,41,37,99,100,105,85,93,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-34,-30,-20,-26, -31,-52,-39,-462,-456,-438,-418,-807,-793,-835,-854,-755,-516,-504,-467,-560, -556,-658,-645,-638,-575,-652,-608,-585,-527,-672,-662,-666,-770,-691,-702, -859,-833,-779,-725,-869,-840,-837,-771,-843,-809,-742,-911,-975,-954,-811, -937,-938,-934,-1005,-1006,-1123,-1131,-1072,-1087,-1068,-1016,-2058,-1887, -7124,-7533,-6520,-6552,-7120,-6544,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29984,-29984, -29989,-29990,-29992,-29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} b5 7. Bc2 Nge7 8. a4 {axb5 is the strong threat.White has an edge.} b4 {[#]} 9. d3 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. h3 a5 14. Bb3 Be5 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 {1-0 (44) Saydaliev,S (2384)-Nigmatov,O (2447) Tashkent 2020}) 9... Ng6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Nc4 d6 13. d4 Qc7 (13... bxc3 $11 14. bxc3 exd4 15. cxd4 Bg4) 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Qe2 a5 16. Bb3 Rb8 { aiming for ...bxc3.} 17. Qc2 Kh8 18. Ncd2 f5 $1 {[%CAl Rf5f4]} 19. Bg5 fxe4 20. Qxe4 (20. Bxe7 $11 {remains equal.} Ncxe7 21. Ng5) 20... Bf5 (20... bxc3 $142 21. Bxe7 Rf4) 21. Qc4 (21. Qe3 $142) 21... bxc3 $17 22. bxc3 Bd6 (22... e4 $1 $19 {[%CAl Re4f3]} 23. Bxe7 Ncxe7) 23. Ba2 e4 (23... h6 $15 24. Be3 Nd4) 24. Nxe4 $11 Nce5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Ng3 (26. Nxc5 Bxh2+ 27. Kh1 Bf4 $17) 26... Bd7 27. Bb1 Bf4 28. Bxg6 {And now Bxf4 would win.} Bxg5 29. Be4 Bf4 30. Rab1 Qe5 31. Bd5 Qd6 (31... Rxb1 $14 32. Rxb1 Bf5) 32. Rxb8 $16 Rxb8 33. Rd1 Qe5 34. Bf3 ({Of course not} 34. Qxc5 $6 Bxa4 35. Rf1 Bc2 $11) ({White should play} 34. h3 $16) 34... Be6 $11 35. Qe4 Bb3 36. Rb1 c4 37. Ne2 Bxh2+ 38. Kf1 {Threatens to win with g3.} Qxe4 $1 ({Don't go for} 38... Bxa4 $2 39. Rxb8+ Qxb8 40. g3 $18) 39. Bxe4 {Strongly threatening g3.} Be5 40. Bc6 Rb6 41. Bb5 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} (41. Be4 $15) 41... Bxa4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 576] Pin} 42. f4 Bf6 ({ Inferior is} 42... Bxb5 43. fxe5 Rb7 44. Nd4 $14) (42... Rxb5 $2 43. Ra1 $19) 43. g4 (43. Bxa4 $142 Rxb1+ 44. Kf2) 43... Rxb5 44. Ra1 Bb3 45. g5 Bxg5 46. Nd4 Rd5 47. Re1 {[%CAl Re1e8] [#]} h5 $1 48. Re8+ (48. fxg5 Rxg5) 48... Kh7 49. fxg5 Rxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 50. Ne6 Rf5+ 51. Kg2 g6 52. Kg3 a4 53. Re7+ Kh6 54. Re8 g5 55. Ra8 Re5 56. Ra6 Kh7 57. Nf8+ Kg7 58. Ne6+ Kf7 59. Nd8+ Ke8 60. Ne6 Kd7 61. Nd4 Re3+ 62. Kf2 Rxc3 63. Ra7+ Kc8 64. Nc6 Rd3 65. Ne7+ Kd8 66. Nc6+ Ke8 67. Ra8+ Kf7 68. Ne5+ Kf6 69. Nxd3 cxd3 {KR-KB} 70. Ke3 Bc2 71. Ra5 h4 72. Rd5 h3 {Black mates.} 73. Rd6+ Kf5 74. Rh6 Kg4 75. Kf2 d2 76. Rf6 d1=R {Weighted Error Value: White=0.51/Black=0.20} 0-1 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.14"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"] [Black "Dardha, Daniel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2503"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,74,0,0,-31,-25,-22,-35,-34,-24,-37,-29,-38,0,0,45,36,32,26,46,41,65, 71,74,0,0,0,0,0,10,-13,-8,-10,-10,-35,-11,-109,-18,-222,-220,-218,-223,-217, -229,-217,-233,-233,-137,-79,-62,-223,-230,-267,-255,-267,-267,-267,-267,-775, -774,-804,-231,-790,-760,-1191,-1175,-1090,-1030]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Qc2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} b5 7. a4 c6 8. g3 {Black is slightly better.} Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 {[#]} 12. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nh4 a6 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Nf1 f5 15. e4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qf4 Kg7 18. Ne3 {1-0 (34) Khruschiov,A (2499) -Barsov,A (2513) Dresden 2008}) 12... cxb3 13. Nxb3 a5 {[%CAl Ba7a5,Ba5b4, Bb4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 14. Ne1 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Nb6 16. Rxb4 axb4 $11 17. Nc5 Qxd4 18. Nxb7 Qc3 19. Bxc6+ Ke7 {With the idea ...Rhc8.} 20. Qxc3 bxc3 21. Nc2 Rhc8 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 22. Bf3 (22. Nb4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22... Ra2 ({Better is} 22... Ra4 $17 {aiming for ...Nc4.} 23. Rc1 Nc4) 23. Nb4 $2 (23. Rc1 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 23... Rb2 $19 24. Nc6+ Kf8 $1 25. Rc1 c2 {White must now prevent ...Rb1.} 26. Kg2 Nc4 $1 27. Nc5 Na3 ( 27... Nd2 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rd2f3]} 28. Nd3 Nb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 28. Nd3 $17 Rb1 29. Ncb4 $2 {[#]} ({White should try} 29. e3 $15) 29... Rc4 $1 $19 {[%CAl Rc4b4]} 30. Na2 {[#]} e5 $1 31. e4 Rd4 32. Ne1 Rd1 33. Rxc2 (33. Nxc2 Rdxc1 34. Nxc1 Nxc2 35. Nd3) 33... Nxc2 34. Nxc2 Rg1+ 35. Kh3 Rbf1 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Nc3 Rxf2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Ne2 Rb1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.63/Black=0.11} 0-1 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.14"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Basso, Pier Luigi"] [Black "Blohberger, Felix"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2553"] [BlackElo "2477"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,74,35,41,41,41,39,39,48,12,12,18,46,10,11,2,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36,-107, -100,-125,-119,-177,-147,-228,-209,-181,-200,-278,-266,-416,-394,-403,-381, -811,-811,-670,-354,-896,-957,-941,-870,-995,-976,-2153,-1972,-1931,-2054, -1960,-1940,-29979,-29976,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29988,-29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 c4 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 7...Nc6. D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3.} 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O Bb4 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nd2 O-O {[#]} 11. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. e4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Bg3 Qd7 17. Be5 {0-1 (50) Roshka,Y (2455) -Pantzar,M (2424) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 11... Qb8 12. b3 {[%CAl Rb3c4]} b5 13. bxc4 dxc4 (13... bxc4 {is interesting.} 14. Rab1 Qd6 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Bf3 Nb6) 14. e4 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 b4 16. Qc2 c3 17. Nb3 a5 18. Bxf6 (18. d5 $1 $14 Bg4 19. f3) 18... Nxf6 $17 {White is now going downhill.} 19. Nc5 Qb6 20. Rab1 (20. Rfe1 $17) 20... Rfd8 21. Rfd1 {[#]} (21. Qxc3 $17 Bxa2 22. Rb2) 21... Rxd4 $3 $19 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 22. Rxd4 Qxc5 23. Rbd1 {Black must now prevent Rd8+.} g6 24. Rd8+ (24. Bf3 $142 Rb8 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kg7 27. Rd1) 24... Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kg7 26. Rd1 $2 (26. Bd1 Bc4 27. Qb1) 26... a4 27. Rc1 Qd4 28. e5 $2 (28. Bb5) 28... Ne4 {...b3! is the strong threat.} 29. Bf3 Nc5 30. Bd1 Qxe5 {[%CAl Re5e1]} 31. h4 Bf5 32. Qe2 Qxe2 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece } 33. Bxe2 c2 34. g4 {[#]} b3 $1 {Black mates.} 35. axb3 (35. gxf5 b2) 35... axb3 {[%CAl Ba4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 36. gxf5 b2 37. f6+ Kxf6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.93/Black=0.12} 0-1 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.15"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Suarez Uriel, Adrian"] [Black "Blohberger, Felix"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2360"] [BlackElo "2477"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,137,29,30,32,22,17,14,16,19,28,13,12,0,0,0,38,11,25,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,-38,-8,-8,-8,-8,-12,-4,-1,-7,-33,-6,-15,-89,-91,-100,-87,-109,-108,-117, -84,-99,-79,-91,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-15,146,-15,0,-11,134,134,134,134,134,134, 175,170,177,172,149,99,108,52,48,22,22,18,18,18,22,22,152,194,183,158,284,0,0, 0,19,18,19,0,192,183,173,17,18,17,40,17,36,8,6495,7018,29981,29982,29982,29983, 29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29984,29984,29984,29984,29970,29977,29977,29977, 29978]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 { B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation.} 7. Bc4 Nf6 {[#]} 8. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Ge5] [%CAl Rc4f7]} e6 {The position is equal.} 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 (10. Nxc6 Qc7 $15) 10... Qc7 11. a4 Bd6 12. d4 a6 {[#]} 13. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Bg3 Bb7 15. O-O c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Ra1 { 0-1 (66) Dobrikov,M (2332)-Pubantz,J (2295) Willingen 2020}) 13... O-O 14. O-O Nd5 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Rfe1 b4 17. a5 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bc4 (19. Nd3 {seems wilder.} Bd6 20. Qh5 Ne7 21. Qh3 Rad8 22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. Nxb4 Nf5 24. Nd3) 19... Bd4 (19... Rfd8 {is more complex.} 20. Bd3 Rac8 21. Rad1 h6 22. Bc1 Bd6) 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxb4 Bxb2 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. c4 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Ba8 25. Rc1 (25. h3 $11) 25... Qxa5 $17 26. c5 Bd5 27. h4 Rc8 28. Qe3 Qa4 29. h5 h6 30. c6 Qa5 ( 30... Qh4 $17 {Threatening ...a5.} 31. c7 Qe7) 31. Qa7 $11 Qc7 32. Qxa6 Rd8 33. Qa1 f6 34. Ng6 Kf7 (34... Bxc6 $2 35. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd7 36. Rc1 $18) 35. Qa4 Rb8 $2 ({Better is} 35... Rc8 $11) 36. Qa3 $2 (36. Nf4 $16) 36... Be4 37. Qe3 Bxg6 (37... Bxc6 $11 38. Qc5 Rc8) 38. hxg6+ $16 Kxg6 39. Qxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qf4 40. Qe1 Qe5 41. Qd1 Rc8 42. Qg4+ Qg5 43. Qe4+ ({ Reject} 43. Qxc8 $6 Qxc1+ 44. Kh2 Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 Qf4+ 47. Kg1 Qc1+ $11) 43... Qf5 44. Qe7 ({White should play} 44. Qc4 $16) 44... Qe5 $1 $14 { [%CAl Re5e7]} 45. Qd7 Rc7 {[%CAl Rc7d7]} 46. Qd3+ (46. Rd1 {is interesting.} Kh7 47. Qd3+ f5 48. Rc1 Qe6 49. Qb5) 46... Kf7 $1 47. g3 h5 48. Rd1 Qe6 {[#]} ( 48... Qe8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 49. Qd7+ $3 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Qe7 ({But not } 49... Rxd7 $2 50. cxd7 Kg6 51. d8=Q $18) 50. Qf5 $36 {[%CAl Rf5h5][%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} g6 (50... h4 $16) 51. Qb5 $2 ({White has to play} 51. Qd5+ $1 $18 Qe6 52. Qd8) 51... Qe6 $11 52. Rc1 Kg7 53. Qb8 Qd6 54. Qe8 Qe5 $2 { [#]} (54... h4 $11 55. gxh4 Qb4) 55. Qd8 $1 $18 h4 56. Rd1 $2 (56. gxh4 $18 { White wants to play Rb1.} Kf7 57. Qd3) 56... Kh6 $11 57. Qf8+ Rg7 58. gxh4 { Strongly threatening Qb4.} g5 59. h5 {Threatens to win with c7!} g4 $2 { [%mdl 8192] [#] This costs Black the game.} (59... Qf4 $11) 60. c7 $1 $18 { [%CAl Rc7c8]} ({Not} 60. Rd7 Qe1+ 61. Kg2 Qe4+ 62. Kh2 Qe5+ 63. Kg1 Qe1+ 64. Kg2 Qe4+ 65. Kh2 Qe5+ 66. Kh1 Qe1+ 67. Kg2 $11) 60... g3 {[#]} 61. Qxg7+ $3 { [%mdl 576] Promotion. White mates.} Kxg7 62. c8=Q gxf2+ 63. Kf1 Qb5+ 64. Kxf2 Qb2+ 65. Kf3 Qb3+ 66. Ke2 Qb5+ 67. Kd2 Qd5+ 68. Kc1 Qg5+ 69. Rd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.25/Black=0.42} 1-0 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.15"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Dardha, Daniel"] [Black "Basso, Pier Luigi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "2503"] [BlackElo "2553"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,115,0,-2,-8,-8,-13,-11,-5,-9,-10,-7,-23,-14,-44,-37,-43,6,7,4,-12,85, 92,142,133,132,129,135,128,140,138,159,172,176,151,147,87,72,0,179,136,166,183, 170,150,150,172,141,160,281,194,179,154,156,152,154,162,162,158,148,155,143, 150,137,132,127,129,137,131,138,141,131,136,138,133,158,145,179,168,144,159, 203,205,203,140,134,153,156,143,241,233,311,319,352,335,702,633,961,906,883, 806,4088,2536,1185,1058]} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 {7.Bc4 is more fashionable.} Bg7 8. Bc4 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4.} O-O 9. d3 a6 10. Qa3 {The position is equal.} b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ng5 b5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 14. Bb3 Nb6 { [%CAl Rf6d5]} 15. d6 $1 e6 16. Nge4 Nfd5 (16... Nbd7 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} f6 {aiming for ...b4.} 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Be3 Bxb3 20. Qxb3 {Hoping for Bxb6.} (20. axb3 f5 $14) 20... Nd5 21. Bc5 $1 {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Qd7 22. d4 Kf7 23. a4 b4 24. Nd2 Bf8 25. Nc4 a5 26. Re2 Ra6 27. Rae1 Kg7 {1-0 (51) Berkes,F (2644)-Fodor,T (2505) London 2016}) 22. Nc3 Nf4 23. d4 {Black must now prevent g3.} Qd7 24. Ne2 (24. g3 $142 Nh3+ 25. Kg2) 24... Nd5 25. Nc3 (25. a4 $16) 25... Nf4 $18 26. Re3 Bf8 27. g3 Nh3+ 28. Kg2 Ng5 {[%CAl Bh3g5,Bg5f7,Bf7d6,Bd6b5,Bb5c3][%mdl 32]} 29. h4 Nf7 30. Rae1 {[%CAl Re3e6]} b4 (30... Nxd6 $16 31. Bxd6 (31. Rxe6 Nc4 $16) 31... Bxd6) 31. Qxb4 ({Not} 31. Bxb4 Rab8 $16) 31... Nxd6 32. d5 {[%CAl Re3e6]} Rab8 33. Qf4 {[%CAl Re3e6]} Nb5 34. Bxf8 Nxc3 35. dxe6 ({Don't play} 35. Rxc3 Qxd5+ 36. Kg1 Rxf8 $16) 35... Qb7+ {[#]} 36. Qf3 $1 Qxf3+ 37. Rxf3 Ne4 38. Ba3 {And now e7 would win.} Rxe6 39. Rd3 Rc6 {intending ...Rc2.} 40. Re2 Rbc8 41. f3 Rc2 {[#]} 42. Rde3 Nf6 43. Kf2 Nd5 44. Rd3 Nb6 45. Bb4 Rxe2+ 46. Kxe2 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc4 47. Bc3 Re8+ 48. Kd1 Ne3+ 49. Kc1 f4 50. gxf4 Ng2 (50... Re6 $16 51. Be1 Ng2) 51. Rd6 Nxh4 52. Rxa6 Nxf3 53. a4 {[%CAl Ba2a4, Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Re4 $2 (53... Rc8 54. a5 Nd4) 54. a5 {White is clearly winning.} Rxf4 55. Ra8+ Kf7 56. a6 Ra4 57. b3 Ra2 58. Kb1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.20} 1-0 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.15"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Martin Duque, Jesus"] [Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2438"] [BlackElo "2600"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,69,10,10,-29,17,10,20,16,14,8,25,12,16,0,0,0,0,2,107,108,110,94,121, 72,56,58,76,62,88,72,97,56,85,46,67,69,128,4,15,0,19,0,0,0,0,-33,-30,-47,0,-28, 0,0,0,-68,-60,-39,0,-31,0,-42,0,-50]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7. } Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 $1 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bb3 b6 12. f4 Bb7 { [#]} 13. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bc2 Rfe8 14. b3 b5 15. Bd3 bxc4 16. bxc4 Rac8 17. Bd2 Nb6 18. e5 Nfd7 19. f5 {1-0 (42) Edouard,R (2645)-Sebag,M (2438) Europe Echecs INT 2020}) 13... d5 (13... Nc5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14. cxd5 $16 Bc5 15. Be3 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 {[#]} 17. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 18. h3 Ng6 19. Qf2 Qe5 20. Kh1 Rfe8 21. Nf5 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 {Qh6 is the strong threat.} Bc8 {[#]} (22... Qf4 $14) 23. Rf1 ({Much worse is} 23. Qxb6 $6 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Nf4 $11) (23. d6 $1 $16) 23... Bxf5 $11 24. gxf5 {Hoping for d6.} Ne7 $1 25. Qh6 Kh8 $1 26. d6 $1 { [%CAl Rd6e7]} ({Reject} 26. Rg1 Rg8 $17) 26... Ng8 27. Qh5 {And now d7 would win.} (27. Qh4 $5 {[%CAl Rd6d7]} Qxd6 28. Rd1 $11) 27... Qxd6 28. Rg1 Ra7 { [%CAl Ba8a7,Ba7e7,Be7c7][%mdl 32]} 29. Qg4 {[%csl Gg1][%CAl Rg4g7]} Qf8 30. Qh4 Rae7 31. Bd5 (31. a4 $11) 31... Rc7 32. Bb3 Rce7 33. Bd5 Rc7 34. Bb3 Rce7 35. Bd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.23/Black=0.17} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.15"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Martin Duque, Jesus"] [Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2438"] [BlackElo "2600"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,69,5,8,0,8,5,13,9,0,4,14,0,4,0,23,8,0,0,79,83,101,91,106,63,69,46,68, 50,89,83,92,70,75,66,68,62,114,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-14,-51,0,-15,-15,-16,-13, -58,-57,-54,0,-36,0,-36,0,-53]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bb3 b6 12. f4 Bb7 {[#]} 13. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bc2 Rfe8 14. b3 b5 15. Bd3 bxc4 16. bxc4 Rac8 17. Bd2 Nb6 18. e5 Nfd7 19. f5 {1-0 (42) Edouard,R (2645)-Sebag,M (2438) Europe Echecs INT 2020}) 13... d5 (13... g6 $11) 14. cxd5 $16 Bc5 15. Be3 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 { [#]} 17. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 18. h3 Ng6 19. Qf2 Qe5 20. Kh1 Rfe8 21. Nf5 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Bc8 {[#]} (22... Qf4 $14) 23. Rf1 ({Don't play} 23. Qxb6 $6 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Nf4 $11) (23. d6 $1 $16) 23... Bxf5 $11 24. gxf5 {d6 is the strong threat.} Ne7 $1 25. Qh6 Kh8 $1 26. d6 $1 {[%CAl Rd6e7]} ({Reject} 26. Rg1 Rg8 $17) 26... Ng8 27. Qh5 {Strongly threatening d7.} Qxd6 28. Rg1 Ra7 (28... Qf4 $15) 29. Qg4 { [%csl Gg1][%CAl Rg4g7]} Qf8 30. Qh4 Rae7 31. Bd5 Rc7 32. Bb3 Rce7 33. Bd5 Rc7 34. Bb3 $1 Rce7 35. Bd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.16} * [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.15"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Moroni, Luca Jr"] [Black "Kuhn, Clement"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E70"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2240"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 22,57,14,15,21,0,0,-15,0,11,19,0,0,0,0,-29,97,89,76,0,98,103,114,105, 301,292,763,755,1308,1246,2046,1984,1985,1904,1900,1889,2861,2723]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 Re8 11. f3 c5 12. Bg5 Qc7 {is the legacy move (12...h6). E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2.} 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. f4 h6 {The position is equal.} 15. Bh4 b5 16. b3 bxc4 17. bxc4 Rb8 {[#]} 18. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Qc2 Rb6 19. Rae1 Ra6 20. Re2 Kh8 21. Ref2 Qa5 22. Rb1 Qc3 23. Qe2 Ra3 24. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (40) Papenin,N (2583)-Persson,C (2563) ICCF email 2014}) 18... Ba6 {[#]} (18... Rb6 $11) 19. e5 $1 $16 dxe5 {[#]} 20. f5 Rb6 (20... g5 $11 21. f6 Nxf6 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Qxg5 Nh7 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Kg8) 21. fxg6 fxg6 {With the idea ...g5.} 22. Ne4 ({Weaker is} 22. Qf2 Rf8 $15) 22... Rb4 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (22... Bc8 $16) 23. Qe2 $18 ({Less strong is} 23. Qf2 Rf8 $16) 23... Reb8 $2 (23... Rb6 24. Be1 Rbb8) 24. Qg4 {White is clearly winning.} Nf8 25. d6 Qd7 {[#]} 26. Rxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Rxf8 27. Qxd7 Bc8 28. Qc7 Be6 29. d7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.54} 1-0 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.15"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Subelj, Jan"] [Black "Brilej, Jaka"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2418"] [BlackElo "2268"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,51,16,19,139,154,222,222,383,352,455,362,463,356,475,459,427,351,566, 471,471,464,443,449,445,427,631,625,633,624,597,593,728,636,735,731,29990, 29991]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8. Bf4 Nge7 9. Bd6 Qb6 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} (9... a6 $11 { remains equal.} 10. Bc4 b5) 10. Na3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation. } Na5 {[#]} (10... a6 $16) 11. e5 $1 $18 Nf5 $2 {[#]} (11... Nac6 12. Bc4 a6) 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qe2 Bf8 13. Rfe1 Be7 14. Rad1 O-O 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nxd4 a6 17. Bc4 Qc5 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. Bxb3 {1/2-1/2 (42) Meissner,H (2280)-Schramm,C (2245) Germany 1993}) 12... Nc6 13. Bc4 a6 14. Rc1 Qd8 15. Qb3 {[%csl Gb3][%CAl Rc4f7]} Nh6 16. Re4 b5 $2 (16... Bf8 {was called for.} 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bxd6) 17. Bd5 Na5 18. Qb4 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Rc7 Rb8 ( 20... Nxd6 $142 21. exd6+ Kf8) 21. Nxd4 Nf5 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Re1 Rg8 24. Qf4 Bf8 25. Qxf5 {White threatens e6! and mate.} Rg6 {[#]} 26. e6 $1 {[%csl Gf5] [%CAl Re6f7] White took control after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.25/Black=1.18} 1-0 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.15"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Brilej, Jaka"] [Black "Suarez Uriel, Adrian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2268"] [BlackElo "2360"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,120,12,32,14,41,30,65,32,46,43,41,5,12,-16,-1,-19,4,4,32,8,0,8,16,14, 67,56,81,87,81,33,26,10,84,0,60,8,10,8,19,-23,-22,-20,-19,-19,-12,-37,-4,-45, -37,-32,-25,-25,-25,-23,0,-6,0,-14,-14,-15,-9,-73,-21,-19,0,-16,-8,-45,-27,-32, 0,-11,-13,-28,0,-9,0,0,0,-28,-17,-13,-27,-205,-204,-193,-171,-435,-392,-413, -613,-588,-561,-764,-747,-856,-836,-1356,-470,-983,-956,-1020,-934,-1152,-838, -812,-775,-1865,-1816,-1746,-1702,-1595,-1633]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. f3 h5 6. Be3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} Nbd7 7. Qd2 {[#]} Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... c6 8. a4 g6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Re8 11. O-O a5 12. h3 Bf8 13. f4 exd4 14. Bxd4 {1-0 (34) Anand,V (2779)-Strikovic,A (2510) Villarrobledo 2006}) 8. Nc1 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Nb3 Nfd7 12. Qf2 Bg5 13. O-O-O a5 14. Kb1 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qe7 16. Nd2 a4 (16... Nc5 $11) 17. a3 $14 Nc5 18. Be2 Rad8 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 g6 ( 20... f5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. Nf3 ({White should play} 21. Qh6 $16) 21... Kg7 (21... Bg4 $11) 22. Qe5+ (22. h3 $14) 22... f6 $11 23. Qg3 Bf7 24. Nh4 (24. Rxd8 {keeps more tension.} Rxd8 25. e5 f5 26. Re1 Nbd7 27. Bd3) 24... Qe5 25. Qxe5 fxe5 26. Nf3 Rde8 27. Kc1 c6 28. Kd2 Bc4 29. Bd3 Bxd3 30. cxd3 Nbd7 31. Ke3 b5 32. Rhf1 Kh6 33. Ne2 Rf6 34. h3 Rd6 35. Ne1 (35. g4 $11) 35... Kg7 (35... Nb6 $17 {And now ...Nc4+! would win.} 36. Rc1 Nb3) 36. Nf3 Nb6 { Strongly threatening ...Rxd3+!} 37. Nc3 Re7 38. Rd2 Kh6 39. Rdd1 g5 40. Rd2 Kg6 41. Rdd1 Rd8 42. Rd2 Re6 43. Rdd1 Nb3 44. Na2 c5 45. Nc3 Nd4 46. Ne2 $2 { [#] White does not recover from this.} (46. h4 $11) 46... Nxf3 $1 $19 47. gxf3 {[#]} Red6 $1 {[%CAl Rd6d3] aiming for ...Rxd3+!} 48. Rg1 $2 {[#]} (48. Nc3) 48... Nc4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 49. dxc4 Rxd1 50. Rxd1 {Black is clearly winning.} Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} 51. Nc3 Rh1 52. cxb5 Rxh3 53. Nb1 Rh4 (53... g4 $142 54. Nc3 Rxf3+ 55. Ke2 h4) 54. Nc3 (54. Nd2 $142 Rf4 55. Kf2) 54... Rf4 55. Nd5 Rf7 56. b6 Rb7 57. Kf2 Kf7 58. Nc3 Rxb6 59. Nxa4 Rb5 60. Kg3 Ke6 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.61/Black=0.27} 0-1 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.15"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Kuhn, Clement"] [Black "Subelj, Jan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2240"] [BlackElo "2418"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,112,9,38,8,6,6,19,21,28,33,21,21,36,30,33,0,25,0,0,-34,-39,-28,-34, -37,-43,-53,8,-58,-59,-61,-57,-49,-15,-89,-69,-64,-76,-156,-96,-106,-115,-306, -304,-341,-267,-296,-298,-312,-308,-262,-275,-297,-260,-270,-273,-268,-260, -273,-279,-313,-312,-329,-345,-400,-385,-744,-744,-720,-720,-683,-625,-6929, -6408,-5310,-4133,-12837,-11830,-29968,-29969,-29972,-29973,-29981,-29982, -29982,-29983,-29983,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985, -29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29988,-29988,-29988,-29990,-29991]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} Bf5 7. Ngf3 e6 8. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Bd6 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 8... Qc8.} 9. Qxb7 Bxf4 10. Qxc6+ Kf8 11. Ne5 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rb8 13. Qc5+ Kg8 14. Qxa7 Rxb2+ 15. Kc1 Rc2+ 16. Kd1 h5 17. Nc6 Qe8 {1-0 (52) Gorodetzky,D (2461)-Parligras,M (2638) Riga 2019}) 12. Qb7 { [%csl Ge5][%CAl Rb7f7]} Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Qb4+ Kg8 15. Qd4 Qb8 16. c4 Nxe5 {aiming for ...Nc6.} 17. cxd5 Kh7 (17... exd5 $15 18. Be2 Bd3 $1 19. Bxd3 Qxb2 $1) 18. Be2 (18. f4 $11 Ng4 19. d6) 18... Rd8 $15 19. O-O Rxd5 20. Qc3 Qd8 21. Nb3 (21. Bxh5 $11 Rc8 22. Qg3) 21... Rc8 22. Qe3 Rc2 23. Rfd1 {[#]} (23. Bxh5 $142 Qh4 24. Be2) 23... Rxb2 ({Better is} 23... Ng4 $1 {[%CAl Rg4e3]} 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxa7 Be4) 24. Bxh5 {[#] White wants to play Qxe5!} Rxa2 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Rac1 $2 {This costs White the game.} ({Not} 25. Qxe5 $2 Rxe5 26. h3 Rxa1 $19) (25. h3 $17 {was necessary.} Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1) (25. h3 Rxa1 ) 25... Nd3 $19 26. Ra1 Rb2 27. Nd2 {[#]} Nxf2 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Qxf2 Rdxd2 ({ Resist} 28... Rbxd2 29. Qe1 $19) 29. Rxd2 Rxd2 30. Qe3 g6 31. Bf3 Qb6 32. Qxb6 axb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. Ra7 Kg7 34. Rb7 Rb2 35. g4 Bd3 36. Bc6 g5 37. Bd7 $2 {[#]} (37. h3) 37... Rg2+ $3 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 38. Kxg2 Be4+ { [%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Kg3 Bxb7 {KB-KB} 40. h4 gxh4+ 41. Kxh4 Kf6 42. g5+ Ke7 43. Bb5 Be4 {Black mates.} 44. Kh5 Bg6+ 45. Kh6 e5 46. Kg7 e4 47. Be2 Ke6 48. Bc4+ Kf5 49. Kh6 e3 50. Bd3+ Ke5 51. Bb5 Kd4 52. Kg7 Kc5 53. Be2 b5 { [%CAl Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 54. Bd1 b4 55. Kf6 Kd4 56. Be2 b3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.84/Black=0.10} 0-1 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.15"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"] [Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,119,49,31,39,41,50,31,26,23,37,10,23,20,55,55,73,63,69,65,61,32,48, 14,69,14,63,0,0,-4,-5,-43,-39,-41,88,93,92,90,83,85,101,105,105,93,116,106,106, 7,152,143,146,115,131,131,149,152,149,133,148,148,141,136,137,129,128,123,275, 79,92,87,310,260,264,264,247,204,339,262,261,262,576,576,518,268,2200,2010, 1775,1454,6379,6068,3850,3487,6644,12353,2883,6399,29965,6331,29963,12633,6420, 6170,29967,12768,6287,4134,1930,2991,29986,29987,29986,29987]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System.} 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 {White is slightly better.} 9. c4 Qd6 10. Be2 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. O-O Re8 12. d5 Ne5 13. c5 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Qf6 15. b3 Bf5 16. Rad1 Qa6 {1-0 (48) Bertel,M (1943)-Hervas,F (1974) IECC email 2017}) 11. d5 Bg4 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfe1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Rfe8 15. Bg4 Rad8 16. Bh3 Be5 (16... b5 $11) 17. Kh1 (17. g3 $14) 17... b6 18. Re2 ({ White should try} 18. Rad1 $14) 18... b5 $1 $11 19. cxb5 Nb6 20. Rc1 (20. g3 { is interesting.} Nxd5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxe5 Qxb5 23. Bg2) 20... Nxd5 21. Bxc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qb8 {[#]} (21... Qf6 $1 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 22. Qc2 (22. Bxa7 $2 Nf4 $19) 22... Nf4) 22. Bxa7 $1 $16 Qxa7 23. Rxe5 Qxa2 24. g3 $1 Qb3 25. Bf1 e6 26. Kg1 Rc8 27. Ree1 Red8 28. Qd4 (28. Rxc8 $16 Rxc8 29. Ra1) 28... Rc2 (28... Nc3 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 29. Qe3 (29. Rxc3 Qxb2 30. Rxc8 Qxd4 $17) 29... Qxb2) 29. Rxc2 Qxc2 30. Bc4 Qa4 31. b3 Qa8 32. Ra1 $36 { [%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qb8 33. Bf1 h5 34. h4 Nb6 35. Qe4 Nd5 36. Bc4 Nf6 37. Qc6 Qe5 $2 {[#]} (37... Kg7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 38. Rf1 $2 (38. Ra8 $1 $18 {[%CAl Ra8d8]} Rxa8 39. Qxa8+ Kg7 40. b6 Qe1+ 41. Kg2) 38... Kg7 39. b6 Nd7 $2 (39... Rd6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 40. Qc7 Nd5 41. Bxd5 Rxd5) 40. b7 Nb8 41. Qc8 {[%CAl Rc8d8]} Rd2 42. b4 Nd7 (42... Rb2 {was necessary.} 43. Bd3 Rxb4) 43. Qd8 Rd4 44. Rc1 Nb8 $2 (44... Rd2 {is tougher.} 45. Qc8 Qf6) 45. Qa5 $18 Qd6 46. Qc5 Rd1+ $2 (46... Qxc5 47. bxc5 Rd7) 47. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 48. Bf1 {Black must now prevent Qe5+.} Qd8 49. b5 {[%CAl Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Qf8 50. Qc8 Qd6 51. b6 Qf8 52. Qc7 (52. Qc3+ $142 Kh7 53. Qc7) 52... Qe8 53. Qe5+ (53. Bc4 $142 Kg8 54. Qc8 Qf8 55. Bb5 Kg7 56. Be8 Qd6 {[#]} 57. Bxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd1+ 58. Kh2) 53... Kg8 54. Bb5 Qf8 55. Qc7 Kg7 56. Bd7 Na6 57. Qe5+ Kh7 58. Bc8 f6 59. b8=Q fxe5 60. Qa7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/Black=0.76} 1-0 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.15"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Basso, Pier Luigi"] [Black "Martin Duque, Jesus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "2553"] [BlackElo "2438"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,74,17,37,36,29,26,28,28,68,60,50,33,54,29,21,32,24,14,20,0,0,0,-4,0,0, 0,0,0,0,-18,-15,-27,-33,-26,-31,-46,-25,-48,-12,-7,0,-93,-97,-156,-156,-291, -286,-449,-392,-675,-669,-678,-665,-838,-803,-2122,-2088,-2012,-1817,-5281, -2863,-2566,183,-2572,-2310,-3606,-1462]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 6. Nc3 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} Bg7 7. Qc2 { Recently 7.d5 got a lot of attention.} O-O 8. O-O {White has an edge.} c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bf4 d5 {[#]} 11. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rfd1 Na6 12. Be5 Qe7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qb3 d4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 {1-0 (40) Zeller,F (2424)-Schmittdiel,E (2425) Wuerttemberg 2007}) 11... exd5 12. Rfd1 Na6 13. Ne1 Qe7 14. Rac1 ({Wrong is} 14. Bxd5 $2 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 $19) 14... d4 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Na4 Rfc8 17. Be5 Qe7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qc4 Rc6 $36 { [%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 20. a3 Rac8 21. Rc2 Nb8 {[%CAl Ba6b8,Bb8d7, Bd7e5][%mdl 32]} 22. Nd3 {[%CAl Ra4c5]} Nd7 23. b3 Kg7 24. Qd5 R8c7 25. Qf3 ( 25. Nab2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... c4 $17 26. Nb4 (26. bxc4 $142 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Nb4) 26... Ne5 27. Qg2 (27. Qe4 $17 cxb3 28. Rxc6 Nxc6 29. Qxe7 Bxe7 30. Rc1) 27... cxb3 $19 28. Rcd2 (28. Rxc6 $142 Nxc6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 29. Nd5 Qxe2 30. Qf1 Qxf1+ 31. Kxf1) 28... Rc1 29. Nd5 $2 ( 29. Qf1 Rxd1 30. Qxd1) 29... Qxa3 30. Nxc7 Rxc7 31. Nb2 Rc2 {[#] aiming for ... Qxb2.} 32. Nd3 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Nxd3 34. Rxd3 Qc1+ 35. Qf1 Qxf1+ 36. Kxf1 b2 37. Rd1 d3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.85/Black=0.04} (37... a5 $142 38. g4 a4) 0-1 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.15"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Blohberger, Felix"] [Black "Dardha, Daniel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2477"] [BlackElo "2503"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,28,4,0,-8,-8,-18,-19,-5,-13,-13,-4,-6,-5,-7,-14,1263,-58,-6]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. e4 d5 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3.} 8. Bg5 dxe4 9. Nxe4 {[#]} Nbd7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Be7 10. N4c3 Nc6 11. h3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nf4 c6 15. Rd1 Bf5 {0-1 (41) Fernandez de Bobadilla,G (2243)-Tabatabaei,M (2635) Sitges 2019}) 10. N2c3 h6 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Be3 e5 13. dxe5 {[#] Hoping for Qxd8.} Qd4 {[%mdl 8192]} 14. Qd2 $2 ({White should play} 14. Qxd4 $18 c5 15. Qf4) 14... Qxd2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.88/Black=0.06} (14... Qxe5 $15 15. Be2 Bg4 16. Bxg4 Nxg4) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Suarez Uriel, Adrian"] [Black "Dardha, Daniel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2360"] [BlackElo "2503"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,94,35,35,12,13,-8,-5,-59,-46,-64,-67,-122,-61,-95,-80,-81,-76,-83,-32, -69,80,12,12,0,14,-17,-40,-31,-28,-92,-89,-93,-86,-87,-46,-42,0,0,-12,-53,-52, -97,-93,-169,-176,-193,-164,-195,-183,-204,-177,-188,-193,-200,-159,-247,-241, -410,-404,-507,-494,-516,-483,-426,0,-491,-490,-515,-518,-639,-633,-962,-938, -1350,-1339,-1482,-1508,-29957,-10502,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29987, -29988,-29988,-744]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} dxc6 7. d4 exd4 {[#]} 8. e5 $146 ({White should try} 8. cxd4 $11 Bg4 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nc3) ({ Predecessor:} 8. cxd4 Bg4 9. e5 Bc7 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bxe5 13. a4 Nf6 14. Ra3 {1/2-1/2 (31) Giri,A (2797)-Rapport,R (2726) Shenzhen 2019}) 8... Bc7 $15 9. Bg5 Ne7 10. Re1 (10. cxd4 $15 cxd4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qxd4) 10... Bg4 (10... dxc3 $1 $17 11. Nxc3 h6) 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bh4 dxc3 13. bxc3 Qd5 ({Better is} 13... Bxf3 $17 14. gxf3 O-O) 14. Qa4 Bf5 (14... Bxf3 $15 15. Nxf3 Qe6) 15. Bxe7 (15. Rad1 $1 $16 Qe6 16. Nb3) 15... Kxe7 $11 16. Rad1 Rhd8 17. Nc4 {[#]} (17. Ne4 $5 {[%CAl Rd1d5]} Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Bxe4 20. Qe2 $14) 17... Bc2 $1 18. Qxc2 Qxc4 19. e6 (19. Rd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 19... Rxd1 $17 20. Qxd1 {White threatens Qd7+ and mate.} fxe6 21. Qb1 b6 22. Qg6 Kd7 23. Qxg7+ Kc8 24. Ne5 Qd5 25. c4 {Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} Qd2 { [%CAl Rd2e1]} 26. Nf3 (26. Kf1 $17) 26... Qxa2 $19 27. Rxe6 {Hoping for Re7.} Kb7 $1 28. Qd7 Qa1+ ({Not} 28... Rd8 29. Qxc6+ Kb8 30. g3 $16 (30. Re7 Qa1+ 31. Ne1 Rc8 $16)) 29. Ne1 {[#]} Qa4 30. Re7 {[%csl Ge7][%CAl Rd7c7]} Rc8 31. Qe6 Qd1 32. Rd7 {[#]} (32. g3 $17) 32... Qb1 $1 33. f4 $2 (33. Re7) 33... a5 34. f5 {And now f6 would win.} a4 {...a3 is the strong threat.} 35. Rd3 Ra8 {White must now prevent ...a3.} 36. Rd7 {Threatens to win with f6.} Rc8 {Strongly threatening ...a3.} 37. Rd3 {intending f6.} Qc1 38. Qe2 Qf4 39. g4 Qxc4 40. Ng2 Rd8 41. Re3 Qc1+ 42. Ne1 Rd2 43. Qf3 a3 {( -> ...a2)} 44. f6 a2 {Black mates.} 45. f7 a1=Q 46. f8=Q Qxe1+ 47. Rxe1 Qxe1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.86/ Black=0.21} 0-1 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Martin Duque, Jesus"] [Black "Blohberger, Felix"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2438"] [BlackElo "2477"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,83,26,50,21,22,0,0,-42,-46,-67,-58,-66,40,27,22,30,56,60,38,46,172, 181,199,152,231,162,193,182,171,150,196,180,190,189,197,186,243,227,248,242, 243,229,247,257,262,213,414,274,337,327,477,462,491,445,474,396,424,421,577, 552,710,602,656,671,692,691,853,668,1325,1304,1626,1039,983,980,845,821]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Bd3 {B06: Modern Defence.} Ngf6 {[#]} 7. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. h3 O-O 8. e5 Ne8 9. e6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Ndf6 11. h4 c5 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. Kf1 Qb4 {0-1 (27) Stefanova,A (2462)-Arizmendi Martinez,J (2491) Linares 2020}) 7... Ng4 {[%CAl Rd6e5]} 8. e6 {The position is equal.} fxe6 9. Bd2 e5 $1 {[%CAl Re5d4]} 10. h3 {[#]} Nxf2 11. Kxf2 $14 { Threatens to win with Ng5.} exd4 12. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} O-O 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Kg1 $1 {Strongly threatening Neg5.} Rxf3 { This move loses the game for Black.} 15. gxf3 $18 {Black must now prevent Ng5.} ({Much less strong is} 15. Qxf3 $6 Ne5 $16) 15... Ne5 16. Be2 Be6 (16... Qg8 $16 {was worth a try.} 17. h4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4) 17. Qf1 Qg8 18. b3 Rf8 19. Re1 Bd5 {...Bxe4 is the strong threat.} 20. Bd1 c5 21. Rh2 c4 22. Rf2 c3 (22... Nc6 $142 23. a3 cxb3) 23. Bc1 Nf7 {[%CAl Be5f7,Bf7h6,Bh6f5,Bf5h4][%mdl 32]} 24. f4 Nh6 25. Bg4 Nf5 26. Kh2 h6 27. Qe2 e6 $2 (27... Nh4 {is a better defense.} 28. Ng3 e5) 28. Bf3 Nh4 29. Bh1 ({Resist} 29. Nxd6 Nxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Bxf3 $18) 29... e5 (29... Nf5 $142 30. Rg2 Qf7) 30. Qg4 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 g5 32. Bxb7 Qf7 33. Bxa6 {White is clearly winning.} d5 34. Rff1 exf4 35. Bd3 f3 36. Rf2 Bf6 37. Kh1 h5 38. Qe6 Qg7 39. Qxd5 Rd8 {[#]} 40. Qxd8+ $3 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Decoy} Bxd8 41. Re8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg8 42. Rxg8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.26/Black=0.48} 1-0 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Moroni, Luca Jr"] [Black "Basso, Pier Luigi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2553"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,15,32,25]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bf4 {[#] 8.b3 is setting a new trend. Predecessor:} Rb8 $146 { E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6.} 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. c5 e5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nde4 { 1-0 (36) Grischuk,A (2777)-Sanal,V (2581) chess.com INT 2020} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Moroni, Luca Jr"] [Black "Basso, Pier Luigi"] [Result "*"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2553"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 14,15,30,20]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bf4 {[#] 8.b3 is setting a new trend. Predecessor:} Rb8 $146 { E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6.} 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. c5 e5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nde4 { 1-0 (36) Grischuk,A (2777)-Sanal,V (2581) chess.com INT 2020} * [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Subelj, Jan"] [Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2418"] [BlackElo "2600"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 9,74,24,27,21,26,18,22,18,29,32,64,72,60,56,54,57,69,64,75,47,77,83,98, 104,91,80,97,100,120,126,129,102,138,108,103,104,113,111,110,107,125,106,105, 27,24,24,35,0,0,0,0,0,11,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29980]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 a6 5. Be2 b6 6. Nc3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Ngf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Bb7 9. O-O {[#]} g6 $146 ({ Predecessor:} 9... e6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nge5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 (35) Carlsen,M (2862)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2784) chess24.com INT 2020}) 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 {[#] Rd1 is the strong threat.} Bg7 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qxe7 Re8 16. Qb4 Re6 17. Rd2 ({But not} 17. Bxb6 $2 Qc6 $19) 17... Qe8 18. Rad1 (18. Bxb6 $2 Qc6 $19) 18... h5 19. Qf4 ({Don't blunder} 19. Bxb6 $2 Qc6 $19) 19... Rc8 20. Rd6 Rxd6 21. Qxd6 Ng4 22. Bxg4 ({Much worse is} 22. Bxb6 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Qxe2 $15) 22... hxg4 23. Qxb6 Ba8 24. Qxa6 Rb8 25. Qc4 Rxb2 {[#]} 26. Nb5 ({White should try} 26. Nd5 $1 $16) 26... Qe4 $11 27. Qxe4 Bxe4 28. Bd4 (28. h3 {seems wilder.} gxh3 29. gxh3 Bxc2 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Nd6) 28... Rxc2 {The position is equal.} 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Ra1 Rc5 31. Nd6 Bc6 32. a5 { next a6 is good for White.} Kf6 33. f3 gxf3 34. gxf3 Bxf3 35. Rf1 {aiming for Ne4+.} Rg5+ 36. Kf2 Ba8 37. Ke3+ Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.06. An unexpected result.} (37... Ke7 $11 38. Nxf7 Rxa5) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Brilej, Jaka"] [Black "Kuhn, Clement"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2268"] [BlackElo "2240"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 24,84,-10,-24,-13,-51,-45,-54,0,-60,-60,-46,-50,-59,-52,-59,-52,-59,0, -8,0,-68,-65,-68,-70,-120,-112,-254,-74,-344,-327,-291,-240,-315,-311,-214, -125,-128,-128,-130,-128,-174,-168,-232,-214,-210,-8,-20,0,0,212,0,0,-47,0,0,1, 6,13,23,9,0,91]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 {[%CAl Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 13. h5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 13.Rh3 at the moment.} b4 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 14. Ne2 a5 15. Kb1 Ba6 ({Black should try} 15... Qb6 $15) 16. Nc1 (16. f5 $1 $11) 16... Bxd4 $15 17. Qxd4 Qc7 {[#]} 18. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Bd3 Rfb8 20. h6 g6 21. Nb3 a4 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Rh3 Rc8 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 {0-1 (39) Schnider,G (2425)-Tratar,M (2454) Austria 2019}) 18... Rfc8 19. Rh2 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Ra6 (20... Nc5 $15) 21. Nd3 Rc6 {[%CAl Rc6c2]} 22. Rc1 (22. Qf2 $11) 22... Rc4 23. Qf2 a4 24. Qe1 Nc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 25. Rh1 (25. Nxc5 $17 {was called for.} Qxc5 26. Qf2) 25... Qb8 $2 (25... Nxd3 $19 26. cxd3 Rc2) 26. Qh4 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Nxc5 $17 R4xc5 27. Qf2) 26... b3 $19 27. Nxc5 bxa2+ ({Not} 27... R4xc5 28. cxb3 Qb4 29. Rxc5 $17) 28. Ka1 { [#] Black must now prevent h6.} R4xc5 ({Much less strong is} 28... R8xc5 29. Qe7 $19) 29. Qf2 a3 ({Better is} 29... Rc4 $19 30. Rhg1 Qb4) 30. b3 $17 Qb4 { ( -> ...Qc3+)} 31. Rh3 Qe4 {[%CAl Rc5c2]} 32. Rh2 Rc3 33. Qd2 (33. Re1 $142 Qxc2 34. Qxc2 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Rxc2 36. Rd1) 33... d4 $19 {Threatens to win with . ..d3.} 34. Kxa2 Qd5 $2 (34... h6 $19 35. Rf2 Qd5) 35. Qg2 $1 $11 {[%CAl Rg2d5]} Qb5 36. Rd1 Rd8 $2 {[#]} (36... f5 $11 37. Rxd4 fxg4 38. Qxg4 Rxc2+ 39. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 40. Kxa3 Kf7) 37. Qe4 $2 ({Only move:} 37. Rxd4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rf8 ( 37... Rd5 38. g5) 38. Rd6) 37... Qc5 38. Rdd2 h6 (38... d3 $5 {[%CAl Rd8c8]} 39. Qg2 Qb4 40. Rxd3 Rcxd3 41. cxd3 Qxf4 $11) 39. g5 hxg5 {...Re3 is the strong threat.} 40. h6 g6 {aiming for ...g4.} 41. h7+ Kh8 {Hoping for ...g4.} 42. fxg5 {And now Qf4 would win.} Qd5 {Whites escaped into a draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.46/Black=0.45} (42... d3 $1 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Kuhn, Clement"] [Black "Suarez Uriel, Adrian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2240"] [BlackElo "2360"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "153"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,153,26,46,46,59,35,32,65,43,64,136,55,54,43,78,74,90,55,62,63,56,54, 80,40,25,20,42,55,39,31,28,35,55,27,33,0,33,20,20,8,8,5,7,7,8,0,10,0,6,-53,-45, -57,-56,-63,-56,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-79,-79,-94,-40,-260,-253,-251,-251, -243,-220,-209,-180,-210,-161,-273,-268,-199,-127,-112,-103,-112,-331,-350, -274,-362,-327,-177,-53,-53,-38,-38,-38,-45,-24,-24,-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,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8, -8]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. b3 e6 5. O-O c5 6. c4 Nc6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. e3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. d4 Bf6 13. Qd2 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White.} Rc8 14. dxc5 {aiming for Bxf6.} Bxb2 15. Qxb2 {White is slightly better.} bxc5 16. Rfd1 {[#]} Qb6 $146 (16... Re8 $14) ( {Predecessor:} 16... Rc7 17. Nh4 d4 18. Rac1 Rd7 19. Rxc5 dxe3 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Nf5 exf2+ 22. Qxf2 Re8 {0-1 (41) Thiede,L (2139)-Koelle,T (2287) Playchess. com INT 2020}) 17. Rac1 ({White should try} 17. Rxd5 $16 c4 18. Rd2) 17... Rfd8 18. Rd2 a5 19. Ne5 Ne7 20. Qa3 Qb4 21. Qxb4 cxb4 22. Rcd1 f6 23. Nd3 g5 24. Nc1 Kf7 25. Ne2 Rc5 26. Nd4 Bc8 27. Bf3 Bd7 28. Ne2 {[%CAl Rf3d5]} Bb5 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. Kg2 Rdc8 31. g4 (31. a3 {is more complex.} bxa3 32. Ra2 g4 33. Be2 h5 34. Rxa3 Rb8 35. h3) 31... Rc1 32. Kg3 Rxd1 (32... h6 {keeps more tension.} 33. h3 R8c5 34. Rxc1 Rxc1 35. Rd1 Rc5) 33. Rxd1 Rc5 34. h3 Nc8 (34... Nc6 {is interesting.} 35. Nf5 Be6 36. Bg2 Kf8 37. Nd6 Ke7) 35. Ne2 Be6 36. Rc1 (36. Kg2 $11) 36... Rxc1 $15 37. Nxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Nd6 38. Ne2 Ne4+ $1 39. Bxe4 dxe4 {KB-KN} 40. Nd4 Bd5 41. Kg2 Ke7 42. Kg3 Kd6 43. Kg2 Bb7 (43... Kc5 $17) 44. Kg3 $2 ({White should play} 44. Kf1 $1 $15) 44... Ba6 $19 45. f4 exf3 46. Nxf3 Bd3 47. Nd2 Kc5 48. Kf3 Kb5 49. Kg3 (49. h4 $142) 49... a4 50. Kf3 a3 (50... Bc2 $19 51. Kf2 axb3 52. axb3 Kb6) 51. Kg3 Kc5 52. Kf3 Kd5 $2 ( 52... f5 $17) 53. Kg3 Ke5 54. h4 gxh4+ 55. Kxh4 Be2 (55... Ba6 $19 56. Kg3 Be2) 56. Kg3 $15 h5 57. gxh5 Bxh5 58. Kf2 f5 59. Ke1 f4 60. exf4+ {The position is equal.} Kd4 61. f5 Kc3 62. Nc4 $1 Kc2 {[#] White must now prevent ...Kb1.} ( 62... Bf7 $5 63. Na5 $8 Kb2 $11) 63. Na5 Kb2 64. Nc6 Kxa2 65. Nxb4+ Kxb3 66. Kd2 $1 Kb2 67. f6 Bg6 68. Nd3+ Kb3 69. Nc1+ Kc4 70. Na2 Kd4 71. Kc1 Kc4 (71... Ke5 {feels hotter.} 72. f7 Bxf7 73. Kb1 Kd6 74. Ka1 Kc5) 72. f7 Bxf7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bg6.} 73. Kb1 Bg6+ 74. Ka1 Kb3 75. Nc1+ Kc2 76. Ka2 Kxc1 77. Kxa3 {And White is the lucky defender. Weighted Error Value: White=0. 26/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"] [Black "Brilej, Jaka"] [Result "*"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2268"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "1"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 1,1,12]} 1. e3 {Not much happened in this game.} * [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Blohberger, Felix"] [Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2477"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,40,27,29,57,55,57,64,64,57,58,64,70,81,95,58,63,42,70,42,42,38,41,49, 38,38,60,12,12,7,8,6,14]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qd2 d5 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System.} 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 {White is slightly better.} 9. Ng5 c5 10. c3 ({Much weaker is} 10. Nxe4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 ( 11. Bxd4 Nc6 $11) 11... Qxd4 $15) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Nxe4 Bf5 {[#]} 13. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Bc4 Rad8 15. f4 Qb4 16. b3 a6 17. a3 Qa5 18. O-O b5 19. Bd5 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 {1-0 (75) Shubin,K (2462)-Barrionuevo, P (2259) Chess.com INT 2020}) 13... Be6 14. Be2 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. O-O Nxd4 17. Rfd1 {[%CAl Re3d4]} Nc6 18. Ne4 Qxd2 {The position is equal.} 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Rxd2 Rfd8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.07} * [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Blohberger, Felix"] [Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2477"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,40,17,16,52,59,60,44,56,59,44,51,66,73,80,61,78,45,63,40,44,37,41,41, 40,42,60,15,15,7,8,8,18]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qd2 d5 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System.} 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 {White is slightly better.} 9. Ng5 c5 10. c3 ({Don't play} 10. Nxe4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 (11. Bxd4 Nc6 $15) 11... Qxd4 $11) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Nxe4 Bf5 {[#]} 13. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Bc4 Rad8 15. f4 Qb4 16. b3 a6 17. a3 Qa5 18. O-O b5 19. Bd5 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 {1-0 (75) Shubin,K (2462)-Barrionuevo,P (2259) Chess.com INT 2020}) 13... Be6 14. Be2 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. O-O Nxd4 17. Rfd1 {[%CAl Re3d4]} Nc6 18. Ne4 (18. Qc2 $5 {[%CAl Rd1d8]} Qc7 19. Ne4 $14) 18... Qxd2 {The position is equal.} 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Rxd2 Rfd8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Dardha, Daniel"] [Black "Martin Duque, Jesus"] [Result "*"] [ECO "E41"] [WhiteElo "2503"] [BlackElo "2438"] [Annotator "RC"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. Nf3 {[%emt 1:30:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} e6 { [%emt 0:00:41]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:02: 05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bd3 { [%emt 0:00:58]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:47]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. dxe5 {[%emt 0:05:53]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} h6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Bxc3 { [%emt 0:00:07]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. Nd2 {[%emt 1:14:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00: 00]} 13. O-O {[%emt 1:10:51]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 14. b3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} a5 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 15. Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 16. Qb2 {[%emt 0: 12:58]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 18. f4 {[%emt 0:02:25]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 19. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Be6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 20. Nh1 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} * [Event "FE Carnevale GM Elite 2021"] [Site "Bassano del Grappa"] [Date "2021.02.16"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Dardha, Daniel"] [Black "Martin Duque, Jesus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E41"] [WhiteElo "2503"] [BlackElo "2438"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2021.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,40,44,38,56,32,21,33,32,20,39,39,55,35,41,40,54,32,64,45,77,35,47,31, 60,35,41,36,40,-36,28]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. Bd2 {is the legacy move (7.0-0).} e5 {[%CAl Re5d4] E41: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...c5 5 Bd3, including Hübner Variation.} 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 h6 {White is slightly better.} 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qe7 12. Nd2 O-O {[#]} 13. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O-O Nb4 14. Qb1 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Rd8 16. Qc2 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. g4 Bc6 19. Qf5 {1-0 (38) Lesiege,A (2505)-Vulicevic,N (2320) New York 1993}) 13... Be6 14. b3 a5 15. Ne4 Ne8 16. Qb2 f5 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. f4 { [%CAl Rf4e5]} e4 19. Be2 Be6 20. Nh1 (20. Rfd1 $14) 20... Nf6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.22/Black=0.12} (20... a4 $1 $15) 1/2-1/2