[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,102,37,17,24,13,26,24,24,0,0,0,8,0,35,43,34,41,60,19,17,0,8,0,34,16,16,16,32,14,13,15,74,80,89,81,86,79,69,0,0,7,0,1,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-44,-31,-37,-27,-30,0,0,7,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Rd1 {LiveBook: 14 Games. D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bd3 h6 11. e4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Rc1 c5 14. dxc5 Nd7 15. c6 Rac8 16. Bxb4 Qxb4+ {½-½ (55) Nepomniachtchi,I (2705)-Nakamura,H (2816) Baku 2015}) 8... Bd6 9. Bg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 a6 13. Bf5 Qe8 14. Qb3 b5 15. O-O Be7 {½-½ (98) Kveinys,A (2545)-Xu,Y (2518) Reykjavik 2017}) 9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 {White has an edge.} Nxd5 11. e4 (11. Nxd5 {looks sharper.} Bxd5 12. Bd3 f5 13. Bc4 Nf6 14. Be5) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 e5 14. Bb5 c6 15. Be2 Qc7 16. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 17. g5 Rad8 18. Kf1 b5 19. Rh4 a6 20. a4 Qa5 21. g6 hxg6 22. Ng5 Nf8 (22... Qxa4 $2 23. Qxa4 bxa4 24. Bc4 $18) (22... c5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 23. Rd3 $16 Bc8 (23... Qxa4 $2 24. Qxa4 bxa4 25. Rdh3 $18) 24. Qb3 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rb3f7]} Qc7 ({Don't blunder} 24... Ne6 $2 25. Rdh3 $18) 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rf3 (26. g4 $1 $14 Ne6 27. Rdh3) 26... Be6 $1 $11 {[%cal Re6b3]} 27. d5 cxd5 28. exd5 Rxd5 {And now ...Rd4 would win.} ({Wrong is} 28... Bxd5 $2 {[#]} 29. Rfh3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rfh3 {[%cal Bf3h3,Bh3h4,Bh4e4][%mdl 32] [#]} e4 $1 31. Rxe4 ({Avoid the trap} 31. Bxb5 $2 Rb8 $19) 31... Ra8 {aiming for ...Ra1+.} 32. g3 {Threatening Rxe6!} Qc5 {Strongly threatening ...Rf5.} 33. Re3 Ra3 34. Qb2 Qd6 35. Rh4 {The position is equal.} Ra4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 36. Rhe4 Qa3 37. Qxa3 (37. Qb1 {is interesting.} Qa1 38. Rb4 Qxb1+ 39. Rxb1 Ra5 40. c4) 37... Rxa3 38. Bg4 Rc5 39. Bxe6+ Nxe6 40. Rxe6 Raxc3 41. Rxc3 Rxc3 42. Rxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} b4 43. Rb6 b3 44. Kg2 Kf7 45. f4 g5 46. fxg5 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 b2 48. Kg4 Kg7 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Rb6+ Kg7 51. Rb7+ Kg6 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2018.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,147,16,0,9,18,28,13,15,1,43,10,36,0,0,-4,0,0,0,-27,-15,-53,-48,-45,-33,-94,-91,-67,-47,-62,-62,-62,-62,-69,-62,-87,-62,-66,-76,-77,-63,-63,-64,-65,-48,-65,-51,-36,-38,-30,-1,-2,-2,-2,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,0,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,8,0,0,0,8,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} (11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 h6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Nfd2 g6 17. Ba4 Qb7 18. Qf3 Nh7 {1-0 (92) Karjakin,S (2760)-Sevian,S (2634) Douglas 2018}) 11... fxe6 12. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 14 Games} Qb8 13. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. c3 Nd7 14. d4 Qb5 15. c4 Qb7 16. d5 Nd8 17. Nf1 c6 18. Ng3 cxd5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. exd5 {½-½ (42) Bernal Varela,N (2376)-Biedermann,T (2433) ICCF email 2017}) 13... Nd8 14. d4 exd4 15. Qxd4 c5 16. Qc4 Nd7 17. Be3 Bf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 18. Ra2 Re8 19. Nbd2 Nf7 20. Qb3 Qb5 21. Rd1 Nde5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Qa4 ({White should play} 23. h3 $15) 23... Qxa4 $17 24. Rxa4 Rac8 25. h3 g5 26. c3 d5 27. exd5 exd5 {[#] And now ...Nd3 would win.} 28. cxb4 Nd3 29. Bxc5 $1 Nxb2 ({Of course not} 29... Nxc5 $6 30. bxc5 Rxc5 31. Nf3 $14) 30. Raa1 Nxd1 31. Rxd1 Bc3 32. Nf3 d4 33. Nxg5 Rb8 34. Nf3 Bxb4 35. Bb6 $1 Re4 36. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} Re1+ 37. Rxe1 Bxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 38. Ne6 Re8 39. Nc5 Rc8 40. Nxa6 {[#] Black must now prevent Nc7.} Bxa5 41. Bxa5 Ra8 42. Bd2 {Nc5 is the strong threat.} Rxa6 {KR-KB} 43. g4 Kf7 44. Kg2 Kg6 45. Be3 h5 46. f4 hxg4 47. hxg4 Rf6 48. Kf3 Rf7 49. Bc5 Rf6 50. Bb4 Rf7 51. Ke4 Rb7 52. Bc5 Rb3 53. Be3 Rb4+ 54. Ke5 Kf7 55. Kf5 Rb5+ 56. Ke4 Kf6 57. Bd2 $1 Rc5 58. Be1 Rc4+ 59. Kf3 Rc5 60. Bh4+ Kg6 61. Be7 Ra5 62. Kg3 Kf7 63. Bd6 Kg6 64. Kh4 Ra1 65. Bc5 Rd1 66. f5+ Kf6 67. Be3 Rh1+ 68. Kg3 Rb1 69. Bc5 Rb5 70. Bd4+ Kg5 71. Be3+ Kf6 72. Bd4+ Kg5 73. Be3+ Kf6 74. Bd4+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,115,0,18,17,12,15,15,15,15,22,14,17,18,18,45,34,49,49,62,61,66,63,65,59,67,74,74,67,72,65,64,62,62,58,55,53,93,100,105,100,105,105,99,97,99,105,105,103,104,103,102,50,25,32,28,28,33,39,89,49,85,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,66,73,73,60,61,61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 8. Kf1 Ne6 {LiveBook: 164 Games} 9. d4 (9. h4 Nd4 10. Nb5 Be6 11. d3 Nbc6 12. Nbxd4 Bxc4 13. dxc4 cxd4 14. Bf4 e6 15. Rh3 {0-1 (35) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Saint Louis 2018}) 9... cxd4 10. Bxe6 Bxe6 11. Nxd4 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bc4+ 12. Ke1 Qd7 13. Be3 e5 14. Nb3 Bb4 15. Rc1 {0-1 (51) Karpeshov,O (2323)-Shomoev,A (2553) Kazan 2016}) 12. Nxe6 Qxd1+ 13. Nxd1 fxe6 14. Bd2 e5 15. f3 e6 16. Be3 Bb4 17. Nf2 Ba5 18. Ke2 Bb6 19. Rhd1 Bxe3 20. Kxe3 Ke7 21. Rac1 Rhd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 23. Nd3 Kd6 24. Nc5 Rb8 25. h4 Nb4 26. a3 b6 27. Nxe6 $1 ({Of course not} 27. axb4 bxc5 28. bxc5+ Kc6 $14) 27... Na2 28. Ra1 Kxe6 29. Rxa2 {KR-KR} Rc8 30. Kd2 Rd8+ 31. Ke2 Rc8 32. b3 Rc1 33. Rd2 (33. Kd3 $16) 33... Ra1 $14 34. a4 Rb1 35. Rd3 Rb2+ 36. Kf1 a6 37. Kg1 b5 38. Rd8 bxa4 39. bxa4 Ra2 40. Rh8 h6 41. Re8+ Kf6 42. Rb8 Rxa4 43. Rb6+ Kf7 44. h5 a5 45. Ra6 Ra2 46. Kh2 a4 47. Kh3 a3 48. g3 (48. Ra7+ $14 Kf6 49. Kg3) 48... Ra1 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 49. Kg4 a2 $1 50. Kf5 {Strongly threatening Ra7+.} Rf1 51. Rxa2 {[#] Ra3 is the strong threat.} Rxf3+ 52. Kxe5 Rxg3 53. Ra7+ Kg8 54. Kd6 g6 55. Ra8+ Kf7 56. Ra7+ Kg8 57. Ra8+ Kf7 58. Ra7+ {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,66,7,8,20,20,20,16,22,19,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,24,18,22,24,22,10,14,10,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 d5 11. Kb1 Re8 12. Bd3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bc5 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Nf6 15. Rde1 Ne4 {[#]} 16. Qf4 $146 {[%cal Rd3e4]} Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Kc1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Kf8 20. Kd2 h6 21. Ne5 Ng4 22. Nxg4 {The position is equal.} Bxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. c3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 {KB-KB} 25. Ke3 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Be6 28. f4 f6 29. g3 Ke7 30. a3 Bd7 31. Bc2 Be6 32. Bd3 Bd7 33. Bc2 Be6 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,94,28,35,34,39,31,93,76,60,76,62,77,66,58,53,6,50,47,63,0,58,62,68,76,72,76,76,68,68,76,69,85,151,88,155,116,166,150,133,0,57,52,63,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Nc6 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. e4 Bg4 13. d5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} Ne5 14. c4 b6 $146 ({Better is} 14... e6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 g5 16. Bxg5 Ng6 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Rg1 b6 19. Be3 Be5 20. Qd2 Bxh2 {1-0 (31) Ostenstad,B (2492)-Madsen,D (2287) Trondheim 2004}) 15. Nxe5 {White is better.} (15. Ng5 {is more complex.} Bxe2 16. Qxe2 h6 17. Nh3 Nd7 18. f4) 15... Bxe2 16. Qxe2 {[#] aiming for Nc6.} Bxe5 17. f4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 e6 19. e5 exd5 20. cxd5 Qd7 21. Qc4 (21. d6 $14) 21... Rad8 (21... Rfe8 $11) 22. d6 $14 Rfe8 23. Bb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2d4]} Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Qe6 25. Qa4 Qd7 26. Qa6 f6 27. Re2 $1 ({Much weaker is} 27. exf6 Rf8 $15) 27... Re6 ({Black should play} 27... b5) 28. a4 (28. Qc4 $142 Kh8 29. Rfe1) 28... Qf7 (28... g5 $142) 29. Rd2 fxe5 30. fxe5 Qg7 {[#]} 31. d7 (31. Rdd1 $1 $16 Rxe5 32. Qc4+ Kh8 33. Rf7) 31... Rxe5 (31... Qxe5 $11 32. Rdd1 (32. Qxa7 Rd6 $11) 32... Re7) 32. Qxa7 Qf6 {[%cal Rf6f1]} 33. Kg1 (33. Rxf6 $2 {is a self mate.} Re1+ 34. Rf1 Rxf1#) (33. Qa6 $14 Rf5 34. Rfd1) 33... Qc6 $11 {The position is equal.} 34. Rb1 Re7 35. Qxb6 Qxb6 36. Rxb6 Rexd7 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 38. a5 c4 39. a6 {Threatens to win with Rb8+.} c3 40. Rc6 Ra7 41. h3 (41. g4 {looks sharper.} c2 42. Kg2 Rxa6 43. Rxc2 Kg7 44. Rc7+) 41... c2 42. Rxc2 {Strongly threatening Rc6.} Rxa6 43. Kh2 Ra7 44. Rc1 Kg7 45. Rc2 Kg8 46. Rc1 Kg7 47. Rc2 Kg8 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,127,0,0,0,-25,-11,-20,0,-39,14,-12,22,10,14,-3,6,8,17,2,17,16,17,0,0,0,0,0,10,7,10,8,12,12,37,33,30,29,32,21,15,20,26,25,41,38,46,45,43,42,47,45,38,24,27,18,18,18,22,18,13,10,12,0,5,0,4,0,6,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34,34,27,30,31,17,37,55,50,0,0,0,50,52,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nc2 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Nc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be6 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd7 11. Bg2 h5 12. d4 cxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O-O {1-0 (51) Jobava,B (2713)-Mastrovasilis,D (2580) Minsk 2017}) 9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 Be7 11. Re1 Be6 (11... Bg4 $15 12. Qd2 cxd3 13. Qxd3 Rd8) 12. dxc4 O-O (12... Rd8 {is more complex.} 13. Qe2 Nc5 14. Rd1 Rxd1+ 15. Nxd1 Bg4) 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Na4 Qd8 16. b3 Re8 17. Bc3 Nc5 18. Bxf6 Qxd1 $1 19. Raxd1 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxe7.} gxf6 20. Nc3 {[%cal Ba4c3,Bc3e2,Be2d4][%mdl 32]} f5 21. Ne2 Bf6 22. Ned4 Rad8 23. Bh3 f4 (23... Kf8 {feels hotter.} 24. Nxf5 a5 25. Nce3 Bc3 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rc1 Bf6) 24. Nxe6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nxe6 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. Kf1 b5 28. cxb5 cxb5 29. gxf4 Re4 30. f5 Kg7 31. Rd5 a6 32. Rd6 Rh4 33. Ne3 a5 34. Ra6 a4 35. bxa4 bxa4 36. Kg2 Rd4 37. Kf3 h5 38. Ra5 Rh4 39. Kg2 Rf4 40. Kg3 Rb4 41. Nd5 Bh4+ 42. Kg2 Rd4 43. f6+ Kg6 44. Kf3 Bg5 45. h3 h4 46. Rb5 Bxf6 47. Ke3 Rd1 48. Nf4+ Kg7 49. Ra5 Rh1 50. Kf3 Rh2 51. Nh5+ Kg6 52. Nf4+ Kg7 53. Rxa4 Be5 54. Kg4 Rxf2 {The position is equal.} 55. Nd3 Rg2+ 56. Kf5 Bg3 $1 57. Nf4 Rf2 58. Kg4 Bxf4 59. Rxf4 Rxa2 60. Kxh4 $11 {KR-KR} Ra6 61. Rg4+ Kh7 62. Rf4 Kg7 63. Rg4+ Kh7 64. Rf4 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,108,12,4,12,12,15,5,0,0,17,9,10,16,37,37,31,31,51,60,78,80,73,78,53,68,87,0,0,0,0,-77,-52,-139,-128,-134,-134,-133,-153,-156,0,-49,-52,-151,-145,-156,-119,-129,-127,-124,-121,-122,-119,-129,-122,-109,-119,-120,-103,-166,-150,-154,-168,-178,-141,-198,-193,-189,-104,-100,-95,-170,-175,-162,-100,-115,-114,-139,-135,-439,-439,-430,-429,-416,-402,-650,-554,-29977,-29978,-6295,-5193]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Qxd5 9. Bd3 (9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bxc7 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Nd7 12. h4 Rac8 13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Kg1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e5 {½-½ (31) Ding,L (2769)-So,W (2799) Berlin 2018}) 9... Qa5+ 10. Kf1 Ba6 11. Bxc7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6b4,Bb4a2,Ba2c1][%mdl 32]} 13. Bg3 Nb4 14. Qe2 Rfc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rac8 15. Ne1 Rc6 {0-1 (32) Shishkin,V (2513)-Thesing,M (2425) Baia Sprie 2010}) 15. a3 Qa4 16. Kg1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Na2 17. h3 (17. Rxa2 $2 Rc1+ 18. Ne1 Qc2 $19) 17... Nc1 18. Qf1 Qc2 19. Kh2 {[%cal Ra1c1]} Ne2 20. Be5 $1 {Black must now prevent Re1.} Qxb2 {[#]} 21. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nc3 (21... exd5 22. Bxb2) 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rd1 ({White should try} 23. Nd4 $1 $16) 23... Qxa3 $11 24. Rd7 Nd5 $1 25. Nd4 (25. Qa1 $11 Nf6 26. Rb7 (26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qd4 Qb4 $11)) 25... Bf6 $17 26. Bg3 (26. Bxf6 $1 $15 Nxf6 27. Rb7) 26... Bxd4 27. exd4 Qa4 28. Rd6 Rc6 ({But not} 28... Qxd4 29. Rxe6 Nf4 30. Re7 $11) 29. Rd7 {Strongly threatening Be5.} Rcc8 ({Stronger than} 29... Qxd4 30. Qa6 $11) ({Better is} 29... Rc2 $1 $17 30. Rd6 Qe8) 30. Rd6 $15 Qe8 31. Qa6 (31. Qe2 $15) 31... Rc6 $1 $17 32. Ra1 Rxd6 33. Bxd6 Qd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7d6]} 34. Be5 {[#]} Nb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4a6]} 35. Qe2 Nc6 36. Bg3 Qd5 37. Qa6 Nxd4 38. Rc1 Nf5 39. Rc8+ (39. Rc7 $17) 39... Rxc8 $19 40. Qxc8+ Kf7 41. Qc7+ Kf6 42. Bf4 (42. Qxa7 $17 {is a better defense.} Nxg3 43. fxg3) 42... e5 43. Bc1 h6 (43... Qd6 $19 44. Qxa7 Qc5) 44. Bb2 $17 Qc5 45. Qb8 (45. Qd8+ $17 Kg6 46. Qd7) 45... a5 $19 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} ({Don't take} 45... Qxf2 46. Bxe5+ Ke6 47. Bf4 $17) 46. f4 {[#]} Kg6 (46... Nd4 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Kf5.} 47. Qe8 Qb5 48. Qd8+ Kg6 49. Bxd4 exd4 50. Qxd4 Qc6) 47. Bxe5 $17 Qc6 {And now ...Ne3 would win.} 48. Qa7 h5 49. h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Qa6 $17) 49... a4 $19 50. Qa6 Kh7 51. Qd3 Qg6 52. g3 (52. Bd4 $142 Nxh4 53. Qe2) 52... Nh6 53. Qc4 Ng4+ 54. Kh3 Qb1 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,97,16,10,0,0,-49,0,0,0,0,0,-46,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-7,19,25,26,20,16,0,58,0,18,19,52,43,100,95,81,73,118,111,119,108,107,107,112,112,108,104,118,126,140,138,208,131,133,113,153,158,156,162,139,139,351,323,355,352,325,336,487,436,556,603,759,750,837,825,866,935,871,842]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Be7 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 {LiveBook: 20 Games. The position is equal.} 12. Re1 (12. Be3 h5 13. Ne2 Be7 14. f4 f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Rad1+ Ke8 17. f5 {½-½ (32) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Karjakin,S (2760) Batumi 2018}) 12... b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. b3 Bf5 14. Bb2 Bxc2 15. e6 Ke8 16. Na4 Rg8 17. Nc5 Rc8 {0-1 (62) Liepold,S (2168)-Londyn,R (2426) Germany 2017}) 13. g4 Be7 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Rad1 Kc8 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Nf4 Bf8 18. Bc1 g6 19. Re2 Bg7 20. Rde1 Kb7 21. e6 fxe6 22. Nxe6 Bf6 23. c3 c5 ({Better is} 23... Bh4 $11) 24. Bf4 ({White should try} 24. g5 $1 $14 Bh8 25. Bf4) 24... Bxe6 (24... Bh4 {looks sharper.} 25. Kg2 Bb5 26. Re5 Bc6+ 27. Kg1 Rac8) 25. Rxe6 Rf8 26. R1e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening Bh6. White fights for an advantage.} Rf7 {[#]} (26... g5 $14 27. Be5 Bh8) 27. g5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Bd8 28. h4 b5 29. c4 bxc4 30. Be3 Rb8 31. Bxc5 Kc8 32. Bd4 Rb5 33. Rc6 Kd7 34. Rxc4 c6 35. a4 Rb3 (35... Rb7 $16 36. b4 Re7) 36. Bxa7 Rxb2 37. Bd4 Rd2 38. Be3 Rd5 39. Rb4 Bc7 40. Kg2 Rf8 $2 {[#]} (40... Re7 $16 41. Rec4 Re6) 41. Rb7 $18 c5 42. a5 Kc6 43. a6 Ra8 (43... Rc8 $142 44. Re6+ Rd6) 44. Re6+ {White is clearly winning.} Bd6 45. Rxh7 Rxa6 46. Rxg6 c4 47. Rg8 Rf5 48. g6 {[%cal Bg5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} Be5 49. g7 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,110,18,30,13,29,33,37,31,39,41,28,13,46,16,30,26,27,20,38,0,8,13,8,6,16,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,22,27,26,-22,-21,-28,-33,-33,-41,-87,-70,-79,-41,-52,-46,-51,-51,-93,-82,-100,-96,-268,-264,-239,-161,-154,-150,-299,-274,-289,-280,-338,-349,-335,-318,-381,-376,-411,-401,-494,-500,-579,-573,-568,-570,-558,-552,-670,-579,-592,-507,-700,-762,-727,-729,-750,-747,-911,-725,-798,-779,-779,-779,-1233,-1216,-1318,-1255,-29980,-1137,-992,-954]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Bd3 (5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (58) Kovalev,V (2648)-Grandelius,N (2652) Sharjah 2018}) 5... Ne5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 6. Be2 $146 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} ({Predecessor:} 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. Be2 Bd7 8. d3 e6 9. O-O Bc6 10. Na3 b5 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nc2 O-O {0-1 (41) Macovei,A (2343)-Harsha,B (2445) Tarvisio 2017}) 6... Nxf3+ 7. Bxf3 e5 8. d4 {White is slightly better.} Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 b6 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd7 13. a4 a6 14. b4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rfc8 16. h3 b5 17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Nb3 {[%cal Bd2b3,Bb3a5,Ba5c6][%mdl 32]} Qc2 19. d5 Qxd1 20. Rexd1 Rc4 21. Na5 Rxb4 22. Rdc1 Ra4 23. Nc6 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Kf8 25. g3 Bd3 26. Bg5 h6 (26... Nxd5 $5 27. Nxe7 Nxe7 $15) 27. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 28. Ra3 Bb5 29. Bg4 Bd8 30. h4 Bb6 31. Rf3 $2 {[#]} (31. Kg2 $17) 31... Be2 $19 32. Rb3 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Bxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Ra3 (34. Na5 $17) 34... Bd7 35. Na5 Ke7 36. Rc3 Rc8 37. Rb3 Bb5 38. Rb2 Rc3 39. Nb3 g6 40. g4 Rh3 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rh2+.} 41. Nd2 Rxh4 42. Kg3 Rh1 43. Rc2 Kd7 44. Nf3 Rb1 45. Nd2 Rb4 46. Kf3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 47. Ke3 a4 48. Ra2 Ke7 49. Ra1 Bd7 50. Kf3 h5 51. gxh5 gxh5 52. Ra3 f5 53. exf5 Bxf5 54. Nf1 Be4+ (54... Rb3+ $142 55. Rxb3 axb3 56. Kg2 b2 57. Nd2 b1=Q 58. Nxb1 Bxb1 59. Kh3 Bd3 60. Kg2 e4 61. Kg3 e3 62. Kf4 e2 63. Ke3 e1=Q+ 64. Kxd3 h4 65. Kd4 h3 66. Kd3 h2 67. Kd4 h1=Q 68. Kc4 Qd2 69. Kb3 Qhxd5+ 70. Ka4 Q2a5#) 55. Ke2 Bxd5 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,94,12,16,9,30,0,9,-23,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,3,9,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-8,-12,-10,-23,-30,-89,-81,-81,-85,-103,-101,-140,-58,-562,-560,-5687,-5808,-1083,-837,-29983,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29982,-29982,-29981,-29983,-29984,-29981,-29981]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (8. h4 b6 9. Qb1 h6 10. g4 Bb7 11. Rh3 Nd7 12. g5 h5 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Nd5 {1-0 (24) Nepomniachtchi,I (2768)-Bacrot,E (2678) Batumi 2018}) 8... b6 9. Nxd5 exd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. d4 {The position is equal.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. h3 Rc7 14. Rc2 Qa8 15. dxc5 bxc5 {1-0 (72) Papin,V (2475)-Kotanjian,T (2481) Tashkent 2018}) 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O Be6 13. Bb5 Qb6 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 h6 19. h3 Bf8 20. Bd3 g6 21. Bf6 Rd7 22. Bb5 Ra7 23. Ba1 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qb2+ Kg8 26. Be2 a4 27. Bf3 Rd8 28. Qf6 axb3 29. axb3 {aiming for Rxd5!} Rad7 30. Qc3 Rc8 31. Ra1 d4 32. exd4 {[#] d5 is the strong threat.} Rxd4 33. Rab1 Rb4 {Hoping for ...c4.} 34. Bd5 (34. Qf6 $11 {remains equal.}) 34... Bxd5 $17 35. Rxd5 c4 36. Rbd1 Rxb3 37. Qe5 {intending Rd6.} c3 (37... Rb2 $17 38. Qf4 Rb1) 38. Qe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Rd6 $15 c2 39. Rc1) 38... Rb1 $19 {And now ...c2 would win.} 39. Kh2 {Black must now prevent Rd8+.} Rxd1 40. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} c2 41. Rd7 Qb8+ {Black mates.} 42. g3 Qb3 43. Rd8+ Rxd8 44. Qxd8+ Kg7 45. Qd4+ {[#]} Kh7 $1 46. Qf4 Kg8 47. Qd2 Qb2 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,100,40,24,48,47,39,32,40,33,44,37,33,42,49,44,55,67,66,-15,77,81,87,-211,-194,-198,-5,-11,-5,-7,-6,-54,-46,-39,-56,-49,-49,-113,-110,-120,-120,-121,-116,-119,-98,-118,0,-121,-102,-129,-129,-130,-131,-175,-173,-197,-193,-177,-121,-126,-102,-102,-102,-121,-90,-90,-92,-92,-82,-98,-89,-86,-78,-586,-575,-579,-589,-831,-811,-711,-583,-578,-562,-780,-772,-1184,-1162,-29987,-2444]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 Ba6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (7... Bb7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 c5 14. Nbd2 cxd4 15. Bc7 Qe8 16. exd4 {1-0 (57) Lalith,B (2575)-Melkumyan,H (2650) Abu Dhabi 2016}) 8. Qa4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Bxc4 10. Qxc4 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nbd7 13. Qc6 Rc8 14. Ne4 g5 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {1-0 (70) Malakhatko,V (2543)-Tilicheev,V (2389) St Petersburg 2011}) 10. O-O a6 {Black wants to play ...b5.} 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 b5 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Ne5 c5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Qb1 (16. b4 $14 Rc8 17. Qb3) 16... Qe8 (16... Qc8 $11 {keeps the balance.} 17. Nd3 Rc4) 17. Nxd7 $1 $16 Nxd7 18. Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18. b4 $16 Rc8 19. Nxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} axb5 20. Bxb5) 18... Rxc1 $19 19. Rxc1 Qa8 $2 ({Black should play} 19... e5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5f4]} 20. Bg3 f5) 20. Bf3 $11 Rc8 {White must now prevent ...Rxc1+.} 21. Rd1 Nf6 {[%cal Rb7e4]} 22. Ng5 h6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nf3 Qe4 25. Be5 ({White should try} 25. Qxe4 $15 Nxe4 26. Ne1) 25... Qxb1 $1 $17 26. Rxb1 Ne4 27. Ne1 f6 28. Bg3 Rd8 29. Nf3 Rc8 30. Ne1 $1 e5 31. f3 Nd2 32. Rd1 {[#]} Nc4 $1 33. Rd7 Bc5 34. b3 Nxe3 ({Much less strong is} 34... Bxe3+ 35. Bf2 $15) 35. Bf2 Nf5 ({Better is} 35... Bd4 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rc1.} 36. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 37. Kf1 Rc1) 36. g4 Nd4 37. Kf1 Ne6 38. h4 Bxf2 39. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nf4 40. Rd6 a5 41. Ra6 {[#]} Rd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8d2] ...Rd2+ is the strong threat.} 42. Rxa5 Rd2+ 43. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Kg1 $17 {keeps fishing.}) 43... Nh3 $19 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rd2f2]} 44. Nd3 Rxd3 45. Rxb5 Rxf3+ {KRN-KR} 46. Ke1 Rf2 47. a4 Ra2 48. a5 Nf4 49. Kd1 e4 {( -> ...e3)} 50. Kc1 e3 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 48%.} (50... Ne2+ $142 51. Kd1 Nc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 52. Kc1 Nxb5 53. a6 e3 54. a7 Nxa7 55. Kb1 Rd2 56. Kc1 g5 57. b4 Nb5 58. hxg5 hxg5 59. Kb1 e2 60. Kc1 e1=Q#) 0-1

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,103,27,35,21,55,39,50,57,64,71,132,58,53,28,33,29,39,27,8,8,37,7,20,14,43,48,77,53,56,78,85,62,264,135,135,125,137,132,129,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,15,24,16,6,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-89,0,-33,0,0,0,0,72,46,1231,1221]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Bb3 Ne7 6. c3 {B06: Modern Defence} (6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nd7 8. c3 a6 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Nf1 c5 11. Ng3 Bb7 12. Bf4 e5 13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4 {0-1 (40) Grandelius,N (2653)-Dubov,D (2677) Germany 2017}) 6... b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1 Nd7 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} O-O 10. Nf1 c5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 11. Ng3 Qc7 12. Bg5 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rae8 13. Qd2 {½-½ (42) Muse,M (2391)-Michna,M (2376) Germany 2018}) 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. Bh6 Na5 {[#]} (14... Qd8 $142) 15. Bxg7 (15. Nh5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Bh8 (15... gxh5 16. Qg5) 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Ng3) 15... Kxg7 $14 16. Rad1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Ng8 20. Ng5 Rcd8 21. Qf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rd5 22. c4 Rd7 23. h4 ({Of course not} 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Qc1 Qc7 $11) 23... Rfd8 24. Rd6 $1 Rxd6 25. exd6 Rxd6 $2 {[#]} (25... Qd7 $1 $14) 26. Nxf7 (26. Nh5+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} gxh5 27. Qg3) 26... Rd7 $16 27. Ne5 Rd4 {[#]} 28. Qg5 $1 Qe7 {[#]} 29. Nf3 ({White must play} 29. Nh5+ $1 $16 Kf8 30. Nf4) 29... Qxg5 $11 30. Nxg5 Bc8 31. Nxe6+ Bxe6 32. Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kf7 33. Re4 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd2 35. Re2 Rd3 36. Re3 Rd2 37. Re2 Rd4 38. Ne4 h6 39. Kg3 Ne7 40. Kf3 Nf5 41. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32]} Rd3+ 42. Kf4 Rxb3 43. g4 Nxh4 {Threatens to win with ...Rd3.} 44. Nd6+ Kf6 {And now ...Rf3+ would win.} 45. Ne8+ Kf7 46. Nd6+ Kf8 47. Ke5 (47. g5 $11 Rf3+ 48. Kg4 hxg5 49. Kxg5) 47... Ke7 (47... Rf3 $17 48. Rd2 g5) 48. f4 Nf3+ (48... Rd3 $5 {[%cal Rd3d6]} 49. Nb5 Kf7 $15) 49. Kd5+ Kd7 50. Nf7 Nd4 (50... h5 $11) 51. Rh2 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Nc6 $14) 52. Ne5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,19,24,17,35,38,35,34,39,35,32,29,46,31,29,33,45,45,41,44,63,37,54,62,58,62,57,37,42,20,27,13,14,6,7,14,0,10,14,7,0,0,21,23,70,69,75,75,169,187,237,242,396,388,390,389,381,383,957,933,1568,1395,29982,29983,29989,29990,29991,29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Bd3 (5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (58) Kovalev,V (2648)-Grandelius,N (2652) Sharjah 2018}) 5... Ne5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 6. Be2 $146 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} ({Predecessor:} 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. Be2 Bd7 8. d3 e6 9. O-O Bc6 10. Na3 b5 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nc2 O-O {0-1 (41) Macovei,A (2343)-Harsha,B (2445) Tarvisio 2017}) 6... Nxf3+ 7. Bxf3 e5 8. d4 {White is slightly better.} Be7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Be2 Bc7 13. f3 Ke7 14. a4 h5 15. h4 Rhd8 16. Nc4 Ne8 17. Be3 b6 18. Bf2 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 19. O-O g6 20. Rfc1 Nd6 21. Ne3 f5 22. Nd5+ Bxd5 23. exd5 c4 24. Be3 Kd7 25. Rab1 Rf8 26. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} f4 27. Bf2 e4 28. fxe4 Rae8 (28... Nxe4 $16 {might work better.} 29. Bxc4 Bd8) 29. bxc4 $18 Nxe4 {[#]} 30. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black must now prevent Bb5+.} Nxc3 $2 (30... Nxf2 {was worth a try.} 31. Bb5+ (31. Kxf2 Re3 $16) 31... Kd8) (30... bxc5 31. Bb5+) 31. Rxc3 Rxe2 {[#]} 32. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c7]} Bd8 {[#]} 33. c6+ $1 Kc8 $2 {[#]} (33... Kxd6 34. c7 Bxc7) 34. a5 $1 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5b6][%mdl 544]} Rxf2 (34... bxa5 35. c7) 35. Kxf2 Rf5 36. c7 {White mates.} Bxh4+ 37. Kf3 Rd5 38. axb6 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,103,8,9,13,16,16,16,18,8,81,92,129,137,137,132,132,131,132,139,133,142,138,139,165,169,174,164,171,179,197,196,351,262,470,450,441,449,529,529,703,714,683,625,610,584,575,475,466,436,480,286,285,259,272,258,477,484,465,438,420,361,521,395,378,306,369,248,222,229,260,150,312,316,309,301,302,306,749,733,958,837,1338,808,29992,29974,29974,29975,29972,29972,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Nc3 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White} h6 7. d4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Bh7 10. Qc2 a5 11. Rad1 Na6 12. a3 {½-½ (45) Vachier Lagrave,M (2793)-Aronian,L (2797) Caleta 2018}) 7... Be7 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 a5 15. Ne5 a4 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. bxa4 Ra7 {0-1 (36) Kupfner,F (2200)-Schmidlechner,A (2217) Austria 2015}) 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 Bg4 (10... Bxd3 $11 11. Qxd3 Bb4) 11. Ne5 $16 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 {[#]} 13. h3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qxg6 Rf7 17. Ne2 (17. Qxe6 $2 Nf8 $19) 17... Nf8 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Rad1 Bc5 20. Kg2 Qh4 21. Bd4 Be7 $2 (21... Bxd4 22. Nxd4 dxc4 23. Qxc4 a6) 22. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} ({Not} 22. Bxa7 Ra8 $16) 22... Bb4 $2 (22... dxc4 23. Qxc4 (23. bxc4 Bb4 $18) 23... b5) 23. cxd5 $18 exd5 24. f5 h5 25. Rf4 Nh7 {If Black can now play ...Ng5 this consolidates a bit.} 26. Ng3 c5 27. gxh5 Qd8 28. Bb2 d4 29. e6 Rfc7 30. Qc4 {Black must now prevent e7+.} b5 31. e7+ (31. Qxb5 $142 Nf6 32. Rf3) 31... bxc4 32. exd8=Q+ ({Resist} 32. exd8=B Rxd8 33. bxc4 Nf6 $18) (32. exd8=N $6 c3 $18) 32... Rxd8 33. bxc4 d3 $2 {[#]} (33... Nf6 {was called for.} 34. exd4 cxd4 35. Rfxd4 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Be7) 34. h6 $1 gxh6 35. Rg4+ Kf8 36. Ne4 Ng5 (36... d2 $142 37. a3 Ba5) 37. Nxg5 hxg5 38. Rxg5 d2 39. Kf3 Rh7 40. Rg3 Rdd7 41. Be5 (41. Ke2 $18) 41... Rh5 $2 (41... Rh4 $16 {is a better defense.} 42. Bf4 Kf7) 42. Kg4 Rdh7 43. Bf6 R5h6 44. Bg5 Ra6 $2 (44... Rd6 45. h4 Rd3) 45. e4 Rxa2 46. Rd3 Rc2 47. Bxd2 {White threatens Bh6+! and mate.} Rxc4 48. Rd8+ {White mates.} Kf7 49. Bxb4 Rxe4+ 50. Kf3 Re7 51. Bxc5 Rxh3+ 52. Kg4 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,78,54,74,37,91,78,88,81,98,97,140,81,143,81,174,153,214,223,215,217,212,164,1452,1453,1350,1322,1133,0,0,-30,-69,-46,-54,-287,-270,-359,-280,-369,-102,-85,-91,-328,-316,-569,-288,-487,-350,-444,-444,-865,-876,-1232,-1224,-1164,-1303,-2464,-2406]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 {E71: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 h3} Na6 9. Nge2 Nd7 (9... c6 10. Ng3 Nc5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. h4 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nb6 14. Nc3 Be6 15. b3 a4 {1-0 (36) Ding,L (2777)-Amonatov,F (2636) Riadh 2017}) 10. Qd2 Ndc5 11. Ng3 c6 12. Be2 cxd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. cxd5 a4 (13... Nc7 $14) 14. h4 $16 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 15. h5 Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... a3 16. bxa3 f6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Rb1 Kf7 19. Nb5 Qe7 {1-0 (19) Gholami,A (2295)-Makhnev,D (2449) Hamedan 2018}) 16. Kf1 a3 17. b3 (17. bxa3 $142 Qa5 18. Rb1) 17... Qa5 (17... Qb6 $142) 18. Rc1 ({Better is} 18. Nb5 Qxd2 19. Bxd2) 18... f6 (18... Qb4 $16 {was necessary.}) 19. Kg2 Nb4 (19... Qb4 $16 {might work better.} 20. f3 Rc7) 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bh6 {Black must now prevent Bxg7.} Rf7 22. Rh2 (22. Bxg7 $6 Rxg7 23. Rh2 (23. Qh6 Nbd3 $17) 23... Kf7 $16) 22... Bxh6 $2 (22... Re8 23. Rch1 (23. Bxg7 Rxg7 24. Qe3 Kf7 $16) 23... Bh8) 23. Qxh6 $18 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Rh6h8]} Rg7 24. Rch1 {Qxg7+! would kill now.} Rf8 25. Qc1 $2 (25. g5 $18 Qd8 {[#]} 26. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf5 27. exf5) 25... Nbd3 $11 26. Qd2 Nf4+ 27. Kg1 Kf7 {aiming for ...Nxb3!} 28. Rh7 $2 (28. Rh8 $15) 28... Rc8 {...Nxb3! is the strong threat.} 29. Bc4 b5 (29... Bxg4 30. Rh8 $17) 30. Nge2 g5 $2 (30... bxc4 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Nxf4 $19) (30... Rxh7 $19 31. Rxh7+ Kg8) 31. Nxf4 $17 gxf4 32. g5 $2 (32. Rxg7+ $17 {was the only defense.} Kxg7 33. f3) 32... Rcg8 $19 ({But not} 32... bxc4 33. Qd1 $19) ({Weaker is} 32... fxg5 33. Qe2 $11) 33. Be2 $2 (33. Bd3 b4 34. Ne2) 33... Kf8 34. Kf1 $2 ({Not} 34. Rxg7 Rxg7 35. Rh8+ Ke7 $17) (34. Qc2) 34... fxg5 35. f3 b4 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Nd1 {[#]} (36. Na4 $142 Bxa4 37. Rxg7 Kxg7 38. bxa4) 36... Nxb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Qc2 (37. axb3 a2) 37... Nd4 38. Qc1 b3 39. axb3 a2 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 43%.} 0-1

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,131,0,-4,-1,-4,-3,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-10,-10,-10,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,18,15,16,18,21,21,21,14,16,19,17,25,38,40,84,75,99,87,97,107,135,135,153,151,158,145,202,170,170,179,346,346,346,346,346,346,339,339,318,325,530,522,497,488,516,500,468,302,449,285,195,143,143,143,143,143,165,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,333,330,313,327,303,296,361,312,29968,29970,29970,29971,29971,29971,29969,29971,29962,29966,8204,7560,29962,12851]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bb5 7. dxc5 {C02: French: Advance Variation} Bxc5 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 Qc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (10... Qd7 11. O-O Ne7 12. a5 Bc7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Re1 Nbc6 {1-0 (29) Areshchenko,A (2709)-L'Ami,E (2634) Legnica 2013}) 11. a5 Qe4+ 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Bc7 14. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 Nc6 {0-1 (51) Tokhirjonova,G (2115)-Nodirjanova,N (2140) Tashkent 2014}) 14... Ne7 15. Bg5 Nbc6 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nc3 Rhd8 19. Rhd1 d4 20. Nb5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxd4 {White wants to play a6.} Rac8 23. a6 bxa6 24. Rxa6 Ke8 25. Ra5 f6 26. f4 Ng6 27. g3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rd7 28. Nf5 {Nd6+ is the strong threat.} Rc2+ 29. Ke1 {Strongly threatening Rxd7.} Rdc7 30. Rd2 Rc1+ 31. Ke2 Ne7 32. Nd6+ Kf8 33. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c7]} Rc8 34. Rxa7 {aiming for Rdd7.} Nc6 {And now ...Rb8 would win.} 35. Rb7 $1 Re8+ 36. Kf3 $1 Nd8 (36... Re7 $16 37. Rb6 g6) 37. Rc7 Rf1+ 38. Kg2 Rb1 $2 (38... Rfe1 {was worth a try.} 39. Nc3 Rc1) 39. Nd6 $18 Re7 40. Rxe7 Kxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 41. Nf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke8 42. Nxg7+ Ke7 43. Nf5+ Ke8 $2 (43... Ke6 {might work better.} 44. g4 (44. Rxd8 Kxf5 45. Rd5+ Ke4 $18) 44... Nb7) 44. Re2+ Kf8 45. Nd6 Nc6 46. b5 Nd4 47. Re8+ Kg7 48. Re7+ Kg6 49. g4 (49. f5+ $18 Nxf5 50. Nxf5 Kxf5 51. Rxh7) 49... Rb2+ $16 50. Kf1 {Threatens to win with h4.} h5 51. h3 $1 Nf3 52. Nf5 $2 ({Better is} 52. gxh5+ $18 Kxh5 53. Re2) 52... hxg4 $11 53. hxg4 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Re7g7]} Nh2+ 54. Ke1 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Re7g7]} Nxg4 55. Nd6 Nh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (55... f5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 56. Re2 $1 $18 {[%cal Re2b2]} Rb1+ {[#]} 57. Kd2 $1 Nf3+ 58. Kc3 Kh5 59. Rb2 Rxb2 $2 (59... Rc1+ $18 60. Kb3 Nd4+ 61. Ka2 Kg4) 60. Kxb2 {KN-KN} Kg4 61. b6 Nd4 62. Kc3 Nc6 63. f5 Kf4 64. Kc4 Ke5 65. Kc5 Nd8 {[#]} 66. Nf7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,56,13,11,7,65,68,97,54,48,6,93,54,63,66,53,1,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,-6,-19,0,-23,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 (5... O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8. dxe4 a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nb3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bb6 13. Nc4 Nxe4 14. Nxb6 cxb6 {½-½ (43) Sethuraman,S (2673)-Giri,A (2780) Douglas 2018}) 6. exd5 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O dxe4 8. dxe4 a5 9. a4 Qe7 10. h3 Ne8 11. Re1 Nd6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Nf1 {0-1 (36) Caruana,F (2816)-Aronian,L (2764) Leuven 2018}) 6... Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. b4 Bb6 9. a4 O-O 10. Qe2 a5 11. b5 e4 12. dxe4 Ne5 13. Ba3 {½-½ (29) Poljak,D (2447)-Lyukmanov,V (2415) ICCF email 2015}) 8... O-O 9. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bb6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 10. a4 {[#] Threatens to win with a5.} a5 ({Black should play} 10... Bf5 $11) 11. b5 $14 e4 12. Ba3 Bc5 13. dxe4 Ne5 (13... Bxa3 $11 {remains equal.} 14. bxc6 Bb2) 14. Nxe5 (14. Bxc5 {keeps more tension.} Qxc5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. O-O Qxc3 17. Rc1) 14... Qxe5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qe2 (16. O-O $14) 16... Re8 $11 17. f3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Nb3 Qa3 21. Rb1 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Rd1 f5 24. Rd4 {The position is equal.} Qxc3+ 25. Qd2 Qa1+ 26. Qd1 Qc3+ 27. Qd2 Qa1+ 28. Qd1 Qc3+ {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,100,0,2,0,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-27,-28,-19,-10,-9,-14,-9,-43,-49,-81,-81,-73,-68,-100,-97,-109,-102,-82,-88,-147,-65,-68,-43,-38,-38,-113,-106,-158,-35,-56,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-18,-16,-16,-17,-15,-16,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Rc1 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4} (11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 bxc5 15. Rb1 a6 16. Na3 Qc7 17. f4 Rd8 18. Qc2 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 {1-0 (38) Karjakin,S (2782)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Stavanger 2018}) 11... Bb7 12. Qd2 e6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. f3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} cxd4 15. cxd4 Qd6 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Na5 18. Bd3 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 {[#]} Rc8 $146 20. Qd2 e5 21. d5 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Qe3 Rc2 24. a3 Ba6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 25. Ng3 Qc5 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. d6 Rc8 28. a4 Bc4 29. a5 bxa5 30. d7 Rd8 31. Rc1 Be6 32. Ra1 Rxd7 33. Rxa5 ({White should play} 33. Nf1) 33... f6 (33... Rd1+ $17 34. Kf2 Rd2+ 35. Kg1 Ra2 36. Rxe5 a5) 34. Nf1 Rd1 35. Kf2 $1 {[#]} a6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Ne3 (36. g4 $15) (36. Rxa6 Rxf1+) 36... Rd2+ $17 37. Kg1 (37. Kg3 $142) 37... Rd6 ({Black should try} 37... Ra2 $17 38. Rc5 h5) 38. h4 Kf7 39. g4 Bd7 40. g5 Bb5 41. Kf2 Ke6 {Strongly threatening ...Rd2+.} 42. gxf6 {The position is equal.} Kxf6 43. Nd5+ Kf7 44. Nc7 Rb6 45. Ke3 h6 46. Kf2 h5 47. Kg3 Be2 48. Kf2 Bb5 49. Kg3 Be2 50. Kf2 Bb5 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,105,7,0,0,0,0,-11,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,33,41,43,40,47,46,32,31,39,47,47,47,47,30,40,45,45,57,39,47,39,39,33,45,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bxc3 16. bxc3 {[#]} h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rg6 17. Kh2 Ne7 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 {1-0 (79) Karjakin,S (2773)-Nakamura,H (2777) Saint Louis 2018}) 17. Ne4 Rg6 18. g4 {aiming for Bg5.} hxg3 $1 19. fxg3 Bd5 {[#] ...Bxe4 is the strong threat.} 20. g4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Ne7 22. e6 f5 23. Re5 Nd5 24. Rxf5 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Rxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 26. Rdf1 {[#] Hoping for Rf8+.} Kd7 $1 27. Rf7+ Re7 28. h4 Rh8 29. h5 Ke8 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 {KR-KR} 31. Kg2 g6 32. hxg6 {And now Rf7+ would win.} Rg8 33. Rf7+ Ke6 34. Rxc7 {Threatens to win with g7.} Rxg6 35. Kg3 Rg5 36. Kh4 Rc5 {The position is equal.} 37. g5 Rxc3 38. g6 {Black must now prevent g7.} Rxc2 39. Kg5 Rg2+ 40. Kh6 Rh2+ 41. Kg7 Ra2 42. Kf8 ({But not} 42. Rxb7 $6 Rxa3 43. Kh8 Rg3 $16) 42... Rxa3 43. Rxb7 Rf3+ 44. Rf7 Rb3 45. Rc7 Rb8+ 46. Kg7 Kd5 47. Rxa7 c5 48. Kf7 c4 49. g7 c3 50. Rc7 Kd4 51. Rxc3 Kxc3 52. g8=Q Rxg8 53. Kxg8 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,41,12,14,6,14,35,20,24,20,25,36,0,0,0,14,14,20,6,4,0,23,0,23,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 (10. h4 d5 11. Kb1 Re8 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. Rde1 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Rxe3 15. Qxe3 Nf6 {½-½ (28) Aronian,L (2780)-Caruana,F (2827) Batumi 2018}) 10... d5 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. h4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd6 {[#]} 14. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rde1 Re8 15. Ng5 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. Bc5 Be6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 {½-½ (40) Krivic,D (2520)-Moll,R (2622) ICCF email 2013}) 14... Rd8 15. cxd5 (15. c5 {keeps more tension.} Qg6 16. Qc3 h5 17. Ne5 Qh7 18. Bd4) 15... Qxd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nb3 Bf5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Nb3 Bf5 21. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,65,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-38,0,0,0,-12,0,-14,-2,-2,-2,-2,-4,-5,-3,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. Ne2 b6 12. Bg5 c5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. Nc3 Bb7 {[#]} 14. Rfd1 $146 {[#] Black must now prevent Nb5.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Rad1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 c6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. f4 Bxg5 18. fxg5 {½-½ (47) Grischuk,A (2750)-Giri,A (2778) London 2015}) 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 {Strongly threatening Nd5.} c6 16. Rd3 Be7 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Rad1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ke7 21. Kf1 h4 22. f4 {The position is equal.} f6 23. Ne4 Ke6 24. Nd6 Ne7 25. f5+ Nxf5 26. Nxf5 Kxf5 27. exf6 gxf6 {KR-KR} 28. Rd7 Ra8 29. Rc7 Rd8 {...Rd2 is the strong threat.} 30. Ke2 Re8+ 31. Kf1 Rd8 {Hoping for ...Rd2.} 32. Ke2 Re8+ 33. Kf1 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,92,32,35,64,64,52,51,52,64,58,58,43,46,43,41,64,44,43,70,52,55,40,65,37,35,47,39,39,40,51,42,60,41,54,52,50,46,40,39,30,31,54,47,29,39,110,39,45,21,18,18,18,18,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Rd8 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 {LiveBook: 10 Games} (11. Be2 Ne4 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. a4 Ne7 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bf3 Nxf4 18. exf4 Bxe5 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. fxe5 {½-½ (49) Carlsen,M (2835)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 11... d4 12. Nb3 Qb6 {White is slightly better.} 13. Na4 $1 {[%csl LRb6,LRc5][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Bb4+ $1 14. axb4 Qxb4+ 15. Nd2 Qa5 16. Qb3 e5 17. Bg5 {Hoping for Bxf6.} Nb4 $1 18. Be2 {[#] aiming for 0-0.} Bd7 $146 {[%cal Rd7a4]} 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ra1 dxe3 21. fxe3 {Black must now prevent 0-0.} b5 22. O-O bxa4 23. Qc3 {And now Ne4 would win.} f5 24. Nf3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} f6 25. Nh4 Nc6 26. Qa3 e4 27. Bd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Ne5 28. Bxa4 Qxa4 29. Qxa4 Bxa4 30. Rxa4 f4 31. Rxf4 Rd1+ $1 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ $1 33. Kxf1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rb8 34. b4 Nxc4 {The position is equal.} 35. Nf5 Rb5 36. g4 h5 37. h3 (37. Rxa7 {is interesting.} hxg4 38. Nh6+ Kf8 39. Rf7+ Ke8 40. Rxf6 Nxe3+ 41. Kf2) 37... hxg4 38. hxg4 Ne5 39. Rxa7 Rxb4 40. Kg2 Rb1 41. Re7 Rb2+ 42. Kh3 Rf2 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. Re7+ Kg8 45. Re8+ Kh7 46. Re7+ Kg8 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,105,14,12,7,6,10,13,19,9,16,30,6,3,0,4,4,4,2,7,7,10,8,37,36,51,40,52,50,75,82,73,81,100,91,91,77,109,111,92,67,62,34,34,33,43,44,44,8,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,125,115,139,128,112,112,225,225,192,216,218,197,161,135,135,135,135,136,136,136,137,153,5196,5093,5093,2413,29940,5159,29958,12835,29966,29949]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O dxe4 8. dxe4 a5 9. a4 Qe7 10. h3 Ne8 11. Re1 Nd6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Nf1 {0-1 (36) Caruana,F (2816)-Aronian,L (2764) Leuven 2018}) 6... Qxd5 7. Bc4 (7. Qb3 O-O 8. O-O Qd6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qa4 Ne7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Ng6 13. Bc4 {½-½ (34) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Eljanov,P (2703) Batumi 2018}) 7... Qd6 8. b4 Bb6 9. Nbd2 O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games} 10. a4 Bf5 11. Ba3 {Threatens to win with b5.} e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} ({Avoid the trap} 11... Bxd3 $2 12. b5 $18) 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxd6 cxd6 $146 15. O-O-O Rac8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...Ne5. Black is not keeping still} 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Kb2 Bxf2 {aiming for ...e4.} 20. Rxe5 Bh4 21. Rd1 $1 Bf6 22. Re3 Rc7 23. b5 Rfc8 {[%cal Rf6c3]} 24. Bb4 h5 25. Kb3 b6 26. Rdd3 g6 27. Re4 Bg7 28. Rde3 f5 29. Re8+ (29. Re6 {feels hotter.} g5 30. Rg6 g4 31. Rg5 f4 32. Re2) 29... Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf7 31. Ra8 g5 32. c4 {And now Bd6 would win.} Be5 33. h3 g4 34. a5 f4 {...f3 is the strong threat.} 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Rf8+ Ke6 37. Bd2 f3 (37... Rf7 $11 38. Rxf7 Kxf7) 38. gxf3 $16 g3 39. axb6 $1 axb6 40. Be3 $1 Rd7 (40... Rb7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 41. Re8+ $18 ({Much less strong is} 41. Bxb6 $6 Rd3+ 42. Ka4 g2 $16) 41... Kf5 42. Bxb6 Rd3+ {[#]} 43. Kb4 $1 Rxf3 44. Rf8+ Ke4 {[#]} 45. Rxf3 $1 Kxf3 $16 {KB-KB} 46. Bg1 Kg2 47. Bc5 {Black must now prevent b6.} Kf3 {intending ...g2.} 48. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening Kb5.} Ke4 $2 (48... g2 $16 49. Bg1 Ke2) 49. b7 $18 g2 50. Kb5 (50. Bg1 $142 Kf5 51. Kb5) 50... Bf4 51. Bg1 Bg3 52. Kc6 Be5 53. Kd7 {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,121,32,20,35,30,33,32,19,19,38,-8,-5,-6,-10,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,45,64,67,60,64,64,72,77,80,96,104,104,110,111,65,55,41,60,71,61,68,56,0,68,0,57,55,69,85,83,0,63,0,70,73,74,72,95,95,100,89,110,86,79,85,111,102,104,104,103,103,103,103,114,104,110,40,29,0,110,0,50,15,15,15,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Bc6 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 11. Ba3 cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. dxc5 Bxc3 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Bb2 Bd5 16. Qa3 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Qe6 18. Bxf6 exf6 {½-½ (28) Fressinet,L (2702)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2705) Baku 2015}) 12. cxd4 Re8 {White is slightly better.} 13. Ne5 Qa5 14. Qb3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bc4 Rf8 17. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qe4 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Re4g2] [#]} 18. Rf2 Nd7 19. Rd1 b5 (19... Qf5 {looks sharper.} 20. Bxe7 Rfe8 21. Bg5 Nb6 22. Bd3 Be4) 20. Be2 Qa4 21. Qxa4 bxa4 22. Rc1 Bd5 23. Ba6 Rab8 24. Rd2 Be6 25. Bxe7 Rfe8 {[#]} 26. Bd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6b8]} Rb6 27. Bf1 Bf5 28. Bc7 Rb7 29. Ba6 Rb4 30. Ba5 Rbb8 31. Bc7 {Threatens to win with e4.} Rb4 32. Ba5 Rbb8 33. h3 h5 34. Bc7 Rb4 35. Ba5 Rbb8 36. Bc7 Rb4 37. Bd6 Rb6 38. Bc8 Nf6 {White must now prevent ...Ne4.} 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. Be5 Ne4 41. Rd7 a6 42. Bd4 Rbb8 43. Rc6 Re6 44. Rcc7 Rf8 45. Rd5 Ng3 46. Kf2 h4 47. Kf3 a3 48. Rdd7 (48. Ra5 $16) 48... Ne4 $14 49. Rd5 ({Better is} 49. Rc2 $11) 49... Ng3 $16 50. Rdd7 ({White should play} 50. Ra5 $16) 50... Ne4 $14 51. Ke2 Rg6 52. Kf1 Rb8 53. Rb7 Rc8 {( -> ...Rc1+). The position is equal.} 54. Rdc7 Rc6 55. Rxc6 Rxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 56. Rb8+ Kh7 57. Rh8+ Kg6 58. Rg8+ Kh6 59. Rh8+ Kg6 60. Rg8+ Kh6 61. Rh8+ {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,121,12,8,-9,0,0,6,-7,-13,-11,-12,-12,0,0,0,0,8,5,12,-14,0,0,17,-19,15,14,16,16,10,8,18,16,25,19,30,22,28,0,0,-102,15,15,15,15,23,15,25,16,89,89,89,89,89,90,89,88,88,88,88,88,88,90,104,104,104,104,104,91,91,91,91,91,91,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,90,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,0,89,0,89,89]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Be2 (5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. h4 b6 9. Qb1 h6 10. g4 Bb7 11. Rh3 Nd7 12. g5 h5 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Nd5 {1-0 (24) Nepomniachtchi,I (2768)-Bacrot,E (2678) Batumi 2018}) 5... O-O 6. O-O {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. b3 Nxc3 $146 (9... Ncb4 {is interesting.} 10. Qb1 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Rd1 Nc6) ({Predecessor:} 9... b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. Qb1 Bf6 {0-1 (61) Mazi,L (2361)-Antal,G (2546) Aschach 2016}) 10. dxc3 b6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 Bb7 13. g3 Rad8 14. Bf4 Qc8 15. h4 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. e5 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Bd8 19. Bd3 h6 20. Be4 Bc7 21. Qd3 Ne7 22. h5 Bc6 23. c4 Qa8 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. g4 Qa8 26. Kg2 g5 27. Qd7 (27. hxg6 $11 Nxg6 28. Kg3) 27... Qd8 (27... Nc6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 28. Kg1 Nb4) 28. Qxd8+ $11 Bxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 29. Bd2 Nc6 30. Bc3 Bc7 31. Kf1 f6 (31... Nb4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32. exf6 $16 Kf7 33. Ke2 e5 34. Kd3 Kxf6 35. Ke4 Ke6 36. Nd2 Nb8 37. Kd3 Nd7 38. Ne4 Nf6 39. Nxf6 $1 Kxf6 {KB-KB} 40. Ke4 {Kd5 is the strong threat.} Ke6 41. b4 Bd6 42. b5 Bc7 43. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bd6 44. a5 Bc7 45. a6 Bd6 46. Bd2 Be7 47. Ba5 Bd8 (47... bxa5 $2 48. b6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 48. Bc3 Bc7 49. f3 Bd6 50. Be1 Bb8 51. Bd2 {Strongly threatening Bxg5.} Bd6 52. Be3 Be7 53. Bc1 Bd6 54. Bd2 Be7 55. Ba5 {Black must now prevent Bxb6!} Bd8 ({Don't go for} 55... bxa5 $2 {[#]} 56. b6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 56. Be1 Be7 57. Bf2 Bd6 58. Bg3 Bc7 59. Be1 (59. Ke3 $16) 59... Bd6 (59... Bb8 $11 {remains equal.}) 60. Bd2 Be7 61. Be3 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,151,12,17,60,53,45,54,64,62,108,111,133,129,145,78,130,58,64,70,67,36,44,43,48,41,47,47,35,17,11,0,14,18,14,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,39,79,0,8,15,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,12,7,12,8,0,0,0,0,0,24,11,29,0,29,29,25,29,34,39,266,269,281,273,373,369,353,338,587,802,781,748,748,696,870,824,827,814,953,898,1663,882,720,709,817,997,917,934,959,910,875,708,868,917,679,0,154,0,154,162,171,0,171,171,171,171,171,0,1596,0,0,0,0,8,29959,29960,5921,4870,29978,29979,29979,29979]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Qb6 6. Qb3 {LiveBook: 170 Games. D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... c4 7. Qc2 Nh5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Be2 Ng7 11. Bg3 Bf5 12. Qc1 e6 {1-0 (41) Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2812) Leuven 2017}) 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Bc7 {White is slightly better.} cxd4 9. exd4 e5 10. Bxe5 ({But not} 10. dxe5 $6 Bc5 $11) ({Much worse is} 10. Bxb6 exd4 11. Ne2 d3 $14) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. g3 (12. Bb5+ $142 Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. Ne2) 12... O-O (12... f6 $142) 13. Be2 (13. Bg2 $16) 13... g6 $14 14. Bxh5 gxh5 15. Ngf3 f6 16. b4 Be7 17. e6 Bxe6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. N2b3 f5 20. f4 Bf6 21. Kd2 Rfe8 22. Rhe1 Re4 23. h4 Kf7 24. Re3 Ra3 25. Nc2 Ra8 26. Nbd4 Kg6 27. Rd3 Rae8 28. Re1 (28. a4 $16) 28... Rxe1 29. Nxe1 Ra8 30. Ndc2 Rxa2 31. Rxd5 Bc6 32. Rd6 Kf7 33. Rd3 Ke6 34. Kc1 Be4 35. Re3 $1 Kd6 36. Kb1 Ra8 37. Kb2 Kc6 38. Na3 Rd8 39. Kc1 b5 40. Nf3 h6 41. Nc2 Ra8 42. Nfd4+ Kb6 (42... Bxd4 $5 43. Nxd4+ Kd5 $11) 43. Kb2 Rd8 44. Nb3 Be7 45. Ncd4 {aiming for Nxf5!} Bd6 $2 {[#]} (45... Bf6 $1 $14) 46. Nc5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc5 47. bxc5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ka7 48. Nxb5+ Kb8 49. Nd6 Rg8 $2 (49... Kc7 50. Nxe4 fxe4 51. Rxe4 Kc6 52. Re6+ Kxc5 53. Rxh6 Kc4 54. Rxh5 Rd2+ 55. Ka3 Rd3) 50. Nxe4 fxe4 {KR-KR} 51. c4 Kc7 52. Kc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d4]} Kc6 53. Kd4 Rd8+ 54. Kxe4 Kxc5 55. Rb3 Rd7 56. Rc3 Rd2 57. Kf5 Kb4 58. Rc1 Rg2 59. Kg6 Rxg3+ 60. Kxh5 Rf3 61. Kxh6 Rxf4 62. Kg5 Rf2 63. h5 $2 ({White must play} 63. c5 $18 Rg2+ 64. Kh6) 63... Rg2+ $2 ({Black should try} 63... Kc5 $1 $11) 64. Kf6 $2 ({White should play} 64. Kh6 $16) 64... Rf2+ $2 (64... Rh2 $11) 65. Kg6 Rg2+ 66. Kf6 Rf2+ 67. Kg7 $1 Rg2+ 68. Kh7 Kc5 {[#]} 69. h6 $2 (69. Rb1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb1b7]} b6 70. Rb5+ Kc6 71. Rb1) 69... b6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (69... Re2 $11) 70. Kh8 $2 (70. Rb1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb1c1]} Rg4 71. Rc1) 70... Rg6 $11 71. h7 Rg2 72. Rb1 {Rb5+ is the strong threat.} Rg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (72... Rg6 $11) 73. Rb5+ Kc6 74. Rf5 Rxc4 75. Kg7 Rh4 76. Rf6+ {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,154,27,37,37,29,21,40,21,68,66,46,54,62,0,20,0,0,0,31,0,11,-10,31,24,30,40,120,77,98,71,72,25,30,-37,-27,-193,-189,-187,-67,-118,-109,-126,-111,-106,-122,-156,-152,-167,-160,-161,-87,-94,-87,-131,-95,-87,-97,-109,-113,-118,-92,-90,-89,-94,-89,-110,-74,-85,0,-133,0,-166,-159,-159,-119,-151,-20,-450,-452,-436,-431,-382,0,-372,-306,-419,-392,-362,-178,-178,-225,-241,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-450,-292,-292,-292,-292,-292,0,0,-292,-299,-2397,-1929,-408,-8,-426,-299,-2477,-2412,-2405,-2278,-2266,-2266,-2331,-2284,-2233,-2233,-2233,-2075,-1800,-1676,-29971,-29970,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29977,0,-29976,-29969,-29969,-29969,-12792,-7401,-29990,-29991]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O d6 {LiveBook: 201 Games} 7. Bc4 {C63: Ruy Lopez: Schliemann/Jaenisch Defence} Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 $1 9. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qd7 10. Nd5 O-O-O 11. Qd3 Kb8 12. Bd2 Be7 13. b4 Rdf8 14. b5 Nd8 {½-½ (69) Navara,D (2730)-Azarov,S (2589) Czech Republic 2016}) 10. g4 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Bg6 12. Be6 (12. g5 $14 Nh5 13. Be6) 12... c6 13. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qe7 14. Bb3 Bf7 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Qg3 b5 17. f4 Bxb3 18. axb3 g6 (18... exf4 $14 19. Qxf4 (19. Bxf4 b4 $14) 19... Qe6) 19. b4 Qe6 20. Qf3 exf4 21. Bxf4 Nd7 22. e5 (22. Ne2 $11) 22... d5 $15 23. Rd4 $2 (23. Ne2 $11 Bxb4 24. Nd4) 23... Bg7 $19 24. Bg3 Bxe5 (24... Nxe5 $19 25. Bxe5 Bxe5) 25. Rd3 (25. Rd2 $1 $15 Bxg3 26. Qxg3) 25... Bxg3 $17 26. Qxg3 O-O 27. Re1 Qf6 28. Rd2 Rae8 $1 {[%cal Re8e1]} 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rf2 Qe5 (30... Qd4 $19 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Re3) 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. Ne2 c5 33. bxc5 Nxc5 34. Nd4 Kg7 35. Kg2 Ne6 (35... Re4 {looks sharper.} 36. Nc6 Ne6 37. Kg3 h5 38. c3 d4) 36. Nxe6+ Rxe6 {KR-KR} 37. Rd2 Rd6 38. Kf3 Kf6 $1 39. c3 Ke5 (39... a5 $17) 40. Re2+ $11 Kf6 41. Re8 $2 (41. Rd2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 41... d4 $1 $19 42. cxd4 Rxd4 43. Ra8 Rd6 (43... Rb4 $17 44. Kg3 Rxb2 45. Rxa6+ Ke5) 44. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Kf4 $11) 44... Kg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 45. Rh8 Rd7 46. Ra8 Rd6 47. Rh8 $1 h6 48. b4 Rc6 49. Kd5 Rc4 (49... Rc3 $142 50. Ra8 Ra3) 50. Ra8 Rxb4 51. Rxa6 Rb3 $2 (51... h5 $1 $19 52. gxh5 gxh5) 52. h4+ $1 $11 Kxg4 {Hoping for ...g5.} 53. Rxg6+ Kh5 54. Rb6 $1 b4 55. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Kc4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rb2 56. Kd3) 55... Rh3 56. Rb5+ {[#]} Kg6 $1 57. Rb6+ Kg7 58. Rb7+ Kf8 59. Kf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59. Ke5 $1 $11) 59... Rxh4 $19 60. Kf6 $2 (60. Ke5) 60... Ke8 61. Ke6 Re4+ $2 (61... Kd8 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Kc8.} 62. Kd6 Kc8) 62. Kf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (62. Kd5 $11 Rh4 63. Ke5) 62... Rc4 $1 63. Rb6 $2 (63. Ke6 Re4+ 64. Kd5) 63... h5 64. Ke6 Kd8 65. Kd6 Kc8 66. Kd5 Kc7 67. Rh6 Rh4 68. Kc5 Kd7 69. Kd5 b3 70. Rh7+ Kc8 71. Kc6 Rc4+ 72. Kd5 Rb4 73. Kc6 Rc4+ 74. Kd5 {[#]} b2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 75. Kxc4 b1=Q 76. Rxh5 Qc2+ 77. Kd4 Qd1+ {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,82,31,23,45,29,52,53,36,15,22,30,29,16,22,16,27,0,0,-16,-20,-23,-26,-25,0,-15,-13,-12,-14,-3,0,-43,7,6,8,8,28,0,15,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Bc6 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 11. Ba3 cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. dxc5 Bxc3 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Bb2 Bd5 16. Qa3 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Qe6 18. Bxf6 exf6 {½-½ (28) Fressinet,L (2702)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2705) Baku 2015}) 12. cxd4 Re8 {White is slightly better.} 13. Ne5 Qa5 14. Nxc6 Qxa3 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 e6 17. Rb1 Nc6 18. Rxb7 {[#] aiming for Qd6.} Qxa2 19. f4 {And now Bf3 would win.} Red8 20. Qe1 Rab8 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Bf3 Ne7 23. Qc3 Rc8 (23... a5 {with more complications.} 24. Qc7 Re8 25. Qd7 Kf8 26. Rd1 Qb3) 24. Qd3 Nd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 26. Rd1 Rc5 27. Qd4 Qc4 {The position is equal.} 28. Ra1 a5 29. h3 Qxd4 30. exd4 {KR-KR} Rc4 31. Rxa5 Rxd4 32. g3 h5 33. h4 Rd2 34. Ra7 d4 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Rd8 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rd3+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Kf3 Rd3+ 41. Kf2 Rd2+ {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,93,17,14,22,15,10,10,18,0,-4,-3,-2,-39,0,-8,0,0,-2,-9,-15,-12,12,-12,-13,-14,-4,-30,-13,-33,-35,-33,-22,-27,-16,-20,-17,-33,-11,-15,0,-4,11,0,0,-10,-7,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-6,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 {LiveBook: 8 Games} g5 13. Bg2 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bf6 14. c3 h6 15. Bd2 {0-1 (36) Vachier Lagrave,M (2819)-Nakamura,H (2791) chess.com INT 2016}) 14. c3 Bf8 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. Nf1 Bg7 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5d6,Bd6c4][%mdl 32]} 19. Nc1 Nf5 20. Bd2 b6 21. Nd3 f6 22. Qb3 c6 23. a4 Nd6 24. Qd1 Bg4 25. f3 Bf5 26. Nf2 Nc4 27. b3 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Re8 29. Qc1 Nxd2 30. Qxd2 {The position is equal.} Qe7 31. Bf1 Qd6 32. Bd3 Bd7 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Qe6 35. Qxe6+ Bxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 36. Nd1 Bf8 37. Kf2 f5 38. f4 Kf7 39. Ne3 Kf6 40. Ng2 Ba3 {Hoping for ...Bb2.} 41. Ke2 Bf7 42. Kd2 Bd6 43. Ke3 Bh5 {Threatens to win with ...Bd1.} 44. Be2 Bf7 45. Bd3 Bh5 {White must now prevent ...Bd1.} 46. Be2 Bf7 47. Bd3 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,37,54,36,65,11,19,37,70,63,73,59,47,56,41,49,133,15,24,0,10,-50,-57,-62,-64,-44,-47,-64,-25,-27,-22,-56,-54,-48,-56,-68,-70,-76,-60,-68,-61,-100,-99,-98,-31,-68,-71,-72,-50,-48,-64,-59,-52,-59,-29,-18,-14,-14,-11,-50,-55,-88,-87,-94,-91,-95,-83,-143,-144,-143,-113,-121,-131,-122,-125,-216,-192,-295,-293,-385,-377,-410,-257,-471,-175,-693,-693,-702,-683,-699,-682,-5622,-3529]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. f3 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4... g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nh3 O-O 7. Nf2 d6 8. Be2 Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. c3 a5 {1-0 (67) Karjakin,S (2773)-Duda,J (2737) chess.com INT 2018}) 5. e4 c4 6. a4 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} exd5 7. exd5 (7. e5 $14) 7... Bb4+ $1 $11 8. c3 {The position is equal.} Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Bc5 10. d6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re2e7]} Qxe2+ 11. Nxe2 b4 12. Nd2 Ba6 (12... O-O $14) 13. cxb4 (13. Be5 $1 $16) 13... Bxb4 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Rc1 (15. Kf2 $11) 15... Re8+ $15 16. Kd1 $1 Bxc3 $1 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Bg3 Ne3+ 19. Ke2 Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 20. Ne4 Nxf1 21. Kxf1 Na5 22. Kf2 Nb3 {aiming for ...f5.} 23. Rc2 Bb7 24. Nd2 Bd5 25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Kg1 Bc6 ({Of course not} 26... Nxa4 $6 27. Ra1 $11) ({Black should try} 26... Nd3 $17 27. Rb1 a5) 27. Rb2 Nxa4 28. Rc2 Nc5 {White must now prevent ...Ba4.} 29. Ra2 Re2 30. Kf1 Re6 31. Rb1 h5 32. Ra5 Nb7 33. Rxh5 Nxd6 34. Ra5 Nb7 35. Ra3 d5 36. Bf2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 37. Rb6 a4 38. Bd4 (38. f4 $142) 38... Na5 $17 39. f4 Bd7 40. Rxe6 fxe6 41. Nf3 Rb8 42. Ne5 (42. Ra2 $17 {might work better.}) 42... Be8 $19 43. Ra2 {[#]} (43. Nf3 {is a better defense.}) 43... Rb1+ $1 44. Ke2 Nb3 45. Be3 Kh7 46. h3 $2 {[#]} (46. Kf2) 46... Bb5 $2 (46... d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 47. cxd4 Bb5) 47. Kf2 $2 {[#]} (47. Nf3) 47... d4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 48. Bxd4 (48. cxd4 c3) 48... Nxd4 49. cxd4 c3 {Threatens to win with ...Rb2+.} 50. Nf3 Rb2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,89,43,36,76,75,62,72,68,62,66,74,82,75,168,190,192,189,176,168,221,207,266,261,244,239,312,274,504,576,492,477,654,702,947,920,830,907,856,896,919,908,874,628,615,572,1050,740,719,721,700,527,575,596,557,403,400,383,398,361,724,395,375,366,387,389,470,407,406,366,510,472,579,573,612,583,1239,1100,962,535]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 d5 (5... Nf6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. a5 Qc7 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Bc4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Bb3 dxe4 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nxe4 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. h4 Qd6 17. h5 {0-1 (42) Sutovsky,E (2700)-Ivanchuk,V (2768) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011 CBM 145 [Marin,M]}) 6. h3 {B06: Modern Defence} dxe4 7. Nxe4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nd7 8. Nf3 Ngf6 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. Bc4 Qd6 11. O-O Be6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Re1 {0-1 (41) Horvath,A (2536)-Pap,G (2544) Hungary 2015}) 8. Ng3 {White is better.} Be6 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Be2 Nd5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Qc1 h6 (12... a5 $16 {was called for.}) 13. c4 $18 Nf6 14. O-O Nbd7 15. a5 g5 (15... Nf8 $142 16. a6 b6) 16. Bd3 g4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. Nh4 Nh5 $2 {[#]} (19... Nf8 20. f3 Be6) 20. Nxh5 Bxh5 21. Nf5 Bf6 22. Re1 Kd8 23. Qe3 Nf8 24. Nxe7 Qd7 25. Nf5 Ng6 26. Bh2 Bg4 27. Nd6 Bg5 28. Qe4 Nh4 29. Nxf7+ Qxf7 30. Qxg4 Rf8 31. Bg3 Nf5 32. Bxf5 Qxf5 33. Qxf5 Rxf5 34. a6 b5 35. Re6 bxc4 $2 {[#]} (35... Rf6) 36. Rd6+ Ke8 37. Re1+ Kf8 38. Rxc6 Rb5 39. Rxc4 Rxb2 40. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Ra2 41. Rc6 {White is clearly winning.} Rd8 42. d6 Ra4 43. Rb1 Rd7 44. Rb7 Rxa6 45. Rc8+ {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 31%.} ({Weaker is} 45. Rxa6 Rxb7 46. Be5 Bd8 $16) 1-0

[Event "10th LCC GCT Finals 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,57,33,23,28,20,18,21,20,20,27,25,30,34,91,82,83,90,102,77,81,75,94,108,111,109,209,146,372,234,540,498,505,513,600,568,1142,490,425,0,1146,1120]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Bc6 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 11. Ba3 {[%cal Bc1a3,Ba3b4,Bb4d2][%mdl 32]} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. dxc5 Bxc3 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Bb2 Bd5 16. Qa3 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Qe6 18. Bxf6 exf6 {½-½ (28) Fressinet,L (2702)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2705) Baku 2015}) 12. cxd4 Re8 {The position is equal.} 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Bb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qf5 (15... Qa4 $14) 16. Bd3 $16 Qh5 17. e4 e6 18. h3 Rad8 19. Rfe1 {Black must now prevent Bf1.} a5 20. Bd2 a4 21. Qb1 Rc8 (21... Bh6 $16) 22. Be2 Bf6 $2 (22... Bh6 $16 {was called for.} 23. Ng5 Qh4) 23. Rcd1 Red8 $2 (23... Nb8 {is tougher.} 24. Rc1 Nd7) 24. Ng5 Qh4 25. g3 Qh6 {[#]} 26. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxh3 {[#]} (26... Kxf7 27. Bxh6) 27. Bf1 (27. Bg4 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 27... Qh5 $18 28. Be2 ({Weaker is} 28. Nxd8 Bxd8 29. Bc4 Qg4 $18) (28. Nh6+ $142 Kg7 29. Be2 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 (30. Bxh5 Bxb1 31. Rxb1 gxh5 $16)) 28... Qh3 {[#]} 29. Bg4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

