[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2020"] [Site "Caleta ENG"] [Date "2020.01.25"] [Round "5.65"] [White "Rakshitta, Ravi"] [Black "Panjwani, R."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2267"] [BlackElo "2444"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2020.01.21"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1317"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,26,27,18,30,-12,33,21,27,12,26,24,14,6,4,12,11,11,11,0,29,43,39,37,31, 14,32,22,36]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rac1 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Nd2 ({ Relevant:} 13. Qe3 Rfe8 14. h3 Rac8 15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bf8 17. Rd2 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 d5 19. Kg1 Ne5 20. Qe3 Ng6 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Qf3 Ne5 23. Qf4 Ng6 24. Qf3 Ne5 25. Qf4 Ng6 {1/2-1/2 (25) Xu,X (2545)-Sargissian,G (2677) Moscow 2018}) 13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rfd8 15. Nde4 Ne8 {} 16. h4 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qe3 Qb7 17. Qf3 Rab8 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. e4 Qb7 20. Qe2 b5 21. Kg1 Nef6 22. h3 h6 23. a3 bxc4 24. Qxc4 Rdc8 25. Qe2 a5 26. Na2 d5 27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Nxc1 Bg5 31. h4 Bf6 32. Bxf6 N7xf6 33. Qc4 Ne7 34. Nd3 Nfd5 35. b4 axb4 36. Nxb4 Qa8 37. Nxd5 Nxd5 38. Qb3 Qa5 39. Nf3 Qc5 40. Kg2 Nc3 41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Qf4 f6 43. Qe3 Qc6 44. Kh2 e5 45. h5 Nb5 {Heinig,W (2328)-Meier,G (2608) Saarbruecken 2009 0-1 (64)}) 16... Qb7 17. Kg1 h6 18. Qe3 b5 19. Nd2 Nb6 20. cxb5 axb5 21. a3 b4 22. axb4 d5 23. Nf3 Bxb4 24. Nb5 Nd7 25. Nbd4 Nef6 26. Nc6 Rdc8 27. Nxb4 Qxb4 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Nd7 30. Qd4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Qa3 32. Ra1 Qxa1+ 33. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 34. Bxa1 h5 35. f3 e5 36. Kf2 f6 37. b4 Kf7 38. g4 g6 39. Ke3 Ke6 40. Kd3 g5 41. hxg5 h4 42. Ke3 fxg5 43. Bb2 Kd6 44. b5 Nf6 45. Kf2 Nh7 46. Ba3+ Kc7 47. Bb2 d4 48. e3 d3 49. e4 Kd6 50. b6 d2 51. b7 d1=Q 52. b8=Q+ Kd7 53. Qb5+ Kd8 54. Bxe5 Qd2+ 55. Qe2 Qxe2+ 56. Kxe2 Ke7 57. Ke3 Nf8 58. Bh2 Ng6 59. f4 gxf4+ 60. Bxf4 Ke6 61. Kf3 h3 62. Bb8 Nf8 63. g5 Nd7 64. Bh2 Nc5 65. Bg1 Nd7 66. Bd4 Kf7 67. Kg3 Kg6 68. Be3 Ne5 69. Kxh3 Kh5 70. Kg3 Nf7 71. Kf4 Nxg5 72. Kf5 Nxe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2020"] [Site "Caleta ENG"] [Date "2020.01.26"] [Round "6.64"] [White "Panjwani, R."] [Black "Sowray, P."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D25"] [WhiteElo "2444"] [BlackElo "2272"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2020.01.21"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1317"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,47,30,30,26,15,18,0,45,41,56,62,66,37,51,39,37,44,38,25,30,25,23,33, 30,39,47,47,59,54,59,54,95,115,134,118,118,131,130,140,219,218,224,216,236,229, 252,213,252,242]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bb5 O-O ({Relevant:} 9... Nd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nc6 Qc8 15. Ne4 Bb6 16. Qb4 Kf7 17. g4 Bg6 18. Qe7+ Kg8 19. Rd1 Be8 20. Qxe6+ Bf7 21. Qe7 Be8 22. Qe6+ Bf7 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Qxf7+ {1-0 (24) Nikolov,M (2543)-Hristodoulou,P (2233) Porto Rio 2015}) 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Qd7 {} 12. Ne5 {White has an excellent position already} ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 Bg6 13. Qc4 Rfb8 14. Bb2 Rb4 15. Qc1 Rb5 16. Nc4 Qc8 17. Nfe5 c5 18. a4 Rxb3 19. Na5 Rb6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. dxc5 Ra6 22. cxd6 Rxa5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qc3 Rd5 25. dxc7 Qd7 26. Rab1 Rc8 27. Rb8 Kg7 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Rc1 Rd7 30. Qc6 Rd2 31. Qb5 e5 32. e4 {1-0 (32) Ivanov,M (2480) -Straka,J (2323) Orlova 2010}) 12... Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Nb3 {Black has real compensation for the broken queenside structure} Nb4 15. Qc3 Rab8 { Bringing another piece into play seems logical but makes matters worse} (15... Nd5 16. Qd4) 16. Nc5 {The knight comes into play with useful tempo gain} Qc8 17. e4 {Strands the Nb4 on the queenside by denying the ..Nd5 retreat} (17. f3) 17... Na6 18. Be3 {Locks down c5 and the queenside} (18. Nb3 c5 19. Be3 $18) 18... Bg6 (18... Nxc5 {Trading off the knight does not help much} 19. Bxc5 Rd8 20. Bxa7 {Picks off a P to start with} ({or} 20. f4)) 19. f3 { Both Black minor pieces have dismal roles} f5 {Making a desperate bid for some kind of activity makes matters worse} 20. exf6 Rxf6 (20... gxf6 {Makes little difference} 21. Nd3 (21. Rfd1)) 21. Rfd1 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Qa6 23. Rd2 {Taking no chances.} (23. Rd7 {Is another way to go} Qb5 (23... Bf7 24. Rxc7) 24. a4 Qxb2 25. Qxb2 Rxb2 26. Rd8+ Kf7 27. Rf8#) 23... Re8 24. Qe5 Rf7 25. Qxe6 Qc8 (25... Rxe6 26. Rd8+ Rf8 27. Rxf8#) 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Rad1 {Resistance is futile} 1-0 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2020"] [Site "Caleta ENG"] [Date "2020.01.28"] [Round "8.37"] [White "Panjwani, R."] [Black "Kaidanov, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2444"] [BlackElo "2546"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2020.01.21"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1317"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,16,26,26,19,0,6,6,41,54,43,55,38,34,36,15,13,14,21]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 {The Anti-Meran} b6 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bb2 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. h3 ({Relevant:} 12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Bb1 Bf8 15. Ne5 dxc4 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. bxc4 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bd6 21. g3 c4 22. Qc2 g6 23. Rd4 Rc8 24. Bc3 b5 25. Qb2 b4 26. Bxb4 c3 27. Bxd6 cxb2 28. Bxc7 Rdxc7 29. Rb4 Rc1 {0-1 (29) Gelfand,B (2703) -Ivanchuk,V (2710) Jerusalem 2018}) 12... Rad8 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Bb1 Bd6 {} 15. e4 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rfe1 Bb4 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 c5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nd2 cxd4 20. Bxd4 e5 21. Bb2 e4 22. Rc1 Qd6 23. Red1 Qe6 24. b4 Ne5 25. Bd4 Rd6 {1/2-1/2 (25) Latronico,N (2448)-Serradimigni,R (2500) ICCF email 2015}) 15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf8 {Black has a solid but rather cramped position} 18. Qe2 {A useful retreat that anticipates ..c5 hitting the queen} ( 18. Qg4) 18... c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Be4 {Trading light bishops limits Black's counterplay} Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Ng6 (21... f6 {Shortening the long diagonal limits White's attack potential}) 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qe7 24. g3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Qg4 (26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bc3 Qd7 28. Kg2 a5) 26... Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qg5 28. Qe2 f6 {Driving off the active Be5} (28... Qf5) (28... h5) 29. Bd6 Qf5 (29... Kf7) 30. Bxc5 bxc5 {This structure favors White a little} 31. g4 (31. Kg2 {A useful improving move}) 31... Qb1+ 32. Kg2 (32. Kh2 e5) 32... e5 33. Qe3 Qxa2 34. Qxc5 Qxb3 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. c5 Qd5+ 37. Kh2 a5 (37... Qd2 {Ensures equality with perpetual coming soon} 38. Qf5+ (38. Kg2 Qd5+) (38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+) 38... Kg8 39. c6 (39. Qe6+) 39... Kf7 40. c7 g6 41. Qf3 e4 42. Qg3 Qc2 43. Kg2 (43. Qd6 Qxf2+) 43... Qc6 {White cannot make progress}) 38. c6 Qc5 ( 38... Qd2 {Now fails} 39. Qf5+ Kg8 40. c7) 39. Kg1 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 Qc4 1-0 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2020"] [Site "Caleta ENG"] [Date "2020.01.29"] [Round "9.30"] [White "Panjwani, R."] [Black "Muzychuk, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2444"] [BlackElo "2539"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2020.01.21"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1317"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. c5 ({Relevant:} 8. Bf4 d5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Nxa5 Bxa5 13. b4 Bb6 14. O-O Bd7 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Be2 Bc6 17. b5 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Kf1 Nxf4 21. exf4 g6 22. g3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Bc5 26. a4 b6 27. h4 h5 28. Bf3 f5 29. Bc6 Kf7 30. Ke2 Kf6 {1/2-1/2 (30) Malakhov, V (2667)-Wang,H (2726) China 2019}) 8... Bc7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 b6 11. O-O Be5 12. a4 Rb8 {} 13. Be3 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nb5 bxc5 14. Nxc5 a6 15. Nc3 d5 16. e4 dxe4 17. N3xe4 Nd4 18. Nd3 Bb7 19. Nxe5 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Be3 Rb4 22. Ra3 Qd6 23. Rd3 Qxe5 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Rb8 27. Rc1 h5 28. Rc6 Rb4 29. Be3 Rxa4 30. Kg2 Nf6 31. h3 Nd5 32. Bd2 Ra2 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rb8 a5 35. Kf3 a4 36. Be3 a3 37. bxa3 Rxa3 38. g4 hxg4+ 39. hxg4 Kg6 40. Rb5 f6 41. Rc5 Rb3 42. Ra5 Nxe3 {Wojtaszek,R (2749)-Vidit,S (2689) Doha 2016 0-1}) 13... Ng4 14. Bd2 bxc5 15. Nxc5 Rxb2 (15... Bd4 {Gives sharp but equal play, for example} 16. Nd3 Nge5 17. Bf4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 e5 19. Be3 Rxb2 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Nb5 a6 (21... Ba6) 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Rxe2) 16. Nd3 Rb8 17. Bxc6 {Concrete exchanging play with the idea of playing against the weakened queenside structure} (17. h3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nf6 19. Rc1) 17... Bxc3 (17... dxc6 18. h3 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nf6 20. Qc2) 18. Bxc3 dxc6 19. h3 (19. Rc1 Re8) 19... Nf6 (19... Nh6 20. Qc2 Qd5 21. Be5 Rb7 22. Rfd1 f6 23. Rac1 Nf7 24. Bf4 Qh5 25. Nc5 Re7 26. Kg2 e5 27. g4 Qg6 28. Qxg6 hxg6 29. Bg3) 20. Be5 {Clears the c-file with tempo so Rc1 can press the c-file and c6-pawn} Ra8 {Keeping the rook passive is an odd decision} (20... Rb6 {Gives complex play} 21. Qc2 Qd5 (21... c5 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxc5 (23. Nxc5 e5) 23... e5 24. h4 Ba6 25. a5 Rb7 26. Rfb1 e4 27. Nf4 Re8 28. Qe3) 22. Rfd1 Bb7 23. a5 c5 24. f3 Rb5 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Ra4) 21. Qc2 Qe7 22. Rfd1 (22. Rfc1) 22... Rd8 23. Qc5 {Intent on squeezing the queenside} (23. a5) 23... Qe8 {} (23... Kf8 24. Qxe7+ Kxe7 25. Rac1) 24. Bxf6 {Breaking up the kingside is not hard to find} gxf6 25. Nf4 {Black is suffering on every part of the board as the good knight vs bad bishop matchup is self-explanatory} Ba6 (25... Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 {Simplifying does not help Black} e5 (26... Bd7 27. Nh5) 27. Nh5 Qf8 (27... Bf5 28. Nxf6+) (27... Qe6 28. Rd8+) 28. Nxf6+ Kg7 29. Qxe5) 26. Nh5 Kh8 27. Nxf6 Qf8 28. Qe5 {The attack plays itself} h6 29. Ne8+ f6 30. Nxf6 Qg7 31. Rxd8+ (31. Qxe6) 31... Rxd8 32. Rb1 Qg5 33. Qxe6 Qg6 34. Rb4 Bxe2 35. Qe7 Rc8 36. Rb7 Bd3 37. Qe5 1-0 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2020"] [Site "Caleta ENG"] [Date "2020.01.30"] [Round "10.18"] [White "Idani, P."] [Black "Panjwani, R."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2444"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2020.01.21"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1317"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.02.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,24,30,12,31,8,14,25,16,12,5,-10,0,-18,15,14,7,8,15,15,37,26,30,36,32, 19,69]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. h3 ({ Relevant:} 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Ba4 Re8 10. Nf1 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. h3 Nc6 13. Ne3 h6 14. Nh2 Be6 15. Nhg4 h5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bb3 Bg5 18. Rf1 Kg7 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Nd5 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Ne7 22. Qb3 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 (23) Sasikiran,K (2673)-Wang,H (2737) Poikovsky 2019}) 7... Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nbd2 { } Kh8 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. Ba4 Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. Nf1 b5 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. Ng3 Rc8 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. a3 Be6 18. b4 Nb3 19. Bxb3 Bxb3 20. Rab1 Ba4 21. Rec1 Qe7 22. Qa2 c4 23. d4 Qb7 24. d5 Rf8 25. Nh2 Ng8 26. Qd2 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. f4 Ne7 29. Nh5 Qxd5 30. Qe2 Bh8 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Rb2 Qf7 33. Bc5 Rg8 34. Rf1 Nd5 35. Qf3 Rg5 36. Ng3 Rcg8 37. Nxf5 Nf4 38. Ne3 Qg6 39. Kh1 { Firouzja,A (2682)-Sevian,S (2666) chess.com INT 2019 0-1 (109)}) 10. Ba4 Qe8 11. Bc2 Ng8 12. d4 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Nxh6 14. Nc4 f6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Nh2 g5 17. Ne3 Ne7 18. f3 Nf7 19. Rf2 h5 20. Nhf1 h4 21. Nd5 Rc8 22. Nfe3 c6 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Rd1 Rcd8 25. Qe1 Bc8 26. Rfd2 Nh8 27. Qf2 Ng6 28. dxe5 dxe5 29. Nf5+ Bxf5 30. exf5 Nf4 31. Qxa7 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Qc7 33. b4 Kh6 34. Qa5 b6 35. Qa4 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Qxd8 37. Qxc6 Nh5 38. Be4 1/2-1/2