[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Menon, Gauri"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "1497"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 c5 4. b4 dxe3 5. fxe3 cxb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. a3 Bd7 8. axb4 e5 9. b5 e4 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Bd6 12. g3 Nf6 13. c5 Bc7 14. c6 bxc6 15. bxc6 Bg4 16. Ba3 Bf3 17. Rg1 Nd5 18. Bh3 Qg5 19. Bd7+ Kd8 20. Bc1 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bloomer, Josh S"]
[Black "Coons, James Jay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 e4 {Nxe4Nxe4 [%clk 1:59:15] Qxe4Nb6 [%clk 1:59:15] Bb3cxd5 [%clk 1:59:15] Qb4Re8 [%clk 1:59:15] a4a5 [%clk 1:59:15] Qb5Re5 [%clk 1:59:15] Bd2d4 [%clk 1:59:15] Qd3Rf5 [%clk 1:59:15] e4Rf6 [%clk 1:59:15] Bg5Qd6 [%clk 1:59:15] Bxf6Bxf6 [%clk 1:59:15] g3Nd7 [%clk 1:59:15] Bd5Ne5 [%clk 1:59:15] Qb3g5 [%clk 1:59:15] f4gxf4 [%clk 1:59:15] gxf4d3 [%clk 1:59:15] fxe5Qc5+ [%clk 1:59:15] Kh1Bxe5 [%clk 1:59:15] Bxf7+Kh8 [%clk 1:59:15] Qd5*} 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Christensen, Wade"]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Ne7 4. Ne2 d5 5. exd5 f3 6. gxf3 Ng6 7. d4 Qh4+ 8. Ng3 Bd6 9. Qe2+ Kd8 10. Qf2 Re8+ 11. Kd1 Bxg3 12. Qxg3 Qxd4+ 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Nc3 Nde5 15. Qg1 Qxg1+ 16. Rxg1 Nxf3 17. Rf1 Bg4 18. Be2 Ngh4 19. Bg5+ Nxg5 20. Bxg4 Ng2 21. Kd2 Ne3 22. Rg1 Nxg4 23. Rxg4 Nf3+ 24. Kc1 Re1+ 25. Nd1 g5 26. Rg2 Kd7 27. c3 Rae8 28. Rb1 R8e2 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 30. h3 Ne1 31. Ra1 Nd3+ 32. Kb1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ellis, James S"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 Bxc3 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qd3 Bg7 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3 Qc7 16. Rbd1 Kh8 17. Rfe1 Be5 18. h3 Nf6 19. Nc4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Ba6 21. Qc2 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 b5 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Sheshappa, Sameeth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bxe4 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. Re1+ Be7 13. Qe3 Be6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Qe2 Qe6 17. Qf1 Qd6 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Qe2 Nd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Bxb8 Rxb8 22. Nc3 b6 23. Nxd5 Rb7 24. Rad1 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Menon, Gauri"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 c5 4. b4 dxe3 5. fxe3 cxb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. a3 Bd7 8. axb4 e5 9. b5 e4 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Bd6 12. g3 Nf6 13. c5 Bc7 14. c6 bxc6 15. bxc6 Bg4 16. Ba3 Bf3 17. Rg1 Nd5 18. Bh3 Qg5 19. Bd7+ Kd8 20. Bc1 f5 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Black "Engelen, Mark S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O {Qe7*} 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Black "Engelen, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O {Qe7*} 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Hutton, Henry"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "1723"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,48,-8,6,47,-20,0,-7,0,-16,-11,-22,-22,-14,0,-18,-19,-6,29,0,0,-33,-41,-47,59,0,0,9,104,76,81,89,94,94,87]} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 {LiveBook: 81 Games} b6 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} (9... Qe7 10. a5 e5 11. Rd1 a6 12. d5 Nc5 13. Be3 Nb3 14. Ra4 c5 15. d6 Qe8 16. Rxb4 cxb4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 {1-0 (36) Dominguez Perez,L (2734)-Jakovenko,D (2738) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 CBM 167 [Marin,M]}) 10. e4 $146 (10. Rd1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. Bxc6 Rc8 12. Bg2 Nb8 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Rd1 Na5 15. e4 Nb3 16. Rb1 Nxc1 17. Rbxc1 {1-0 (34) Ftacnik,L (2552)-Haring,V (2146) Slovakia 2017}) 10... Bb7 11. e5 Nd5 {The position is equal.} 12. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc2h7] [#]} ({But not} 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bg5 Qc7 $17) 12... g6 13. Nce4 Be7 14. Qxc4 c5 15. Nd6 Bxd6 $1 16. exd6 Re8 17. Ra3 Rc8 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qh4 Nf8 (19... h5 $1 $15) 20. Qh6 {next Ne4 is good for White.} Qd7 $1 21. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now Rd1 would win. White is pushing.} Rcc8 (21... Rc6 $11 {remains equal.}) 22. Rd3 {[#] aiming for Rxd5!White is better.} f5 23. Rxd5 $1 {Black must now prevent Nf6+.} fxe4 24. Rdd1 Bd5 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 41%.} *

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Hutton, Henry Cecil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,16,0,0,0]} 1. c4 {Marin,M} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a4 Bb4 8. O-O {LiveBook: 82 Games} O-O {[%mdl 32768] Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)? E01: Catalan: Early deviations} {Predecessor:} 9. Qc2 $146 Qe7 10. a5 e5 11. Rd1 a6 12. d5 Nc5 13. Be3 Nb3 14. Ra4 c5 15. d6 Qe8 16. Rxb4 cxb4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 {1-0 (36) Dominguez Perez,L (2734)-Jakovenko,D (2738) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 CBM 167 [Marin,M]} 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Dejong, Calvin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,55,47,48,23,67,75,179,170,210,216,463,470,508,490,500,476,475,465,467,465,512,501,583,575,599,588,733,725,715,720,820,795,1008,1011,1015,1027,1054,1059,1056,1042]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Nc6 (3... Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Rc1 Rac8 12. b3 Nb4 13. Nh3 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Nh5 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. Kf2 e6 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 {½-½ (30) Ma,Q (2629)-Yu,Y (2759) Hangzhou 2018}) 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Bg7 7. f4 Ned7 8. Nh3 c6 9. Be2 O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Nf2 $1 e6 $146 {[#]} (11... a5 $16) ({Predecessor:} 11... cxd5 12. cxd5 {½-½ (57) Lupulescu,C (2618)-Safarli,E (2626) Al Ain 2012}) 12. dxc6 $1 $18 {Hoping for e5.} bxc6 13. e5 Ne8 $2 (13... Nd5 14. cxd5 exd5) 14. Bxc5 {White is clearly winning.} Qa5 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Qxd6 Rd8 17. Qa3 Qxa3 18. bxa3 Bf8 19. Rd1 Ba6 20. Nfe4 Bxa3 21. c5 Bxe2 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Kxe2 Bb4 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Kf8 26. Kc2 Ke7 27. Kb3 Ba5 28. Ne2 {Precision: White = 96%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mulyar, Michael"]
[Black "Venkat, Abhyudhaya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,136,14,14,10,20,13,9,6,17,21,16,45,38,38,38,45,43,40,47,45,44,43,51,53,34,58,36,45,22,31,22,41,38,52,37,55,42,65,45,46,14,15,27,26,0,68,66,116,114,109,108,115,108,110,0,114,14,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,44,45,66,66,66,59,73,22,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} Bd6 (9... Qe7 10. Bc2 Rd8 11. a3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 Qxa3 13. c5 b6 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Rb8 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 {1-0 (35) Aronian,L (2793)-Carlsen,M (2832) Stavanger 2017 CBM 179 [Aronian,L]}) 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 exd4 13. Nxd5 {LiveBook: 20 Games} Nxd5 14. exd5 {Bg5 is the strong threat.} Nf6 15. Rae1 h6 16. Nxd4 Nxd5 {[#]} 17. Nf5 $146 Bf4 18. Ne7+ Kh8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxd2.} 19. Nxd5 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Qxd5 21. Qb4 {[%cal Rb4f8]} Be6 22. Bc4 Qc6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rc1 Qd5 25. Rfd1 Qf5 26. Qb6 ({Of course not} 26. Qxb7 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Qxa2 $15) 26... e5 27. h3 Rae8 28. Qe3 Rf7 29. Rd2 Qf4 30. Re1 Qb4 31. Red1 Qf4 32. Rd8 Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kh7 34. Re8 Rc7 ({Black should try} 34... Rd7 $11 35. Qe1 Rd2) 35. Qd3+ $14 e4 36. Rxe4 ({Don't play} 36. Qxe4+ $6 Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Rc2 $11) 36... Rc1+ 37. Re1+ $1 Kh8 38. Qd8+ Kh7 {[%cal Rc1e1] [#]} 39. Qd3+ (39. Rd1 {with more complications.} b5 40. Qd3+ Kh8 41. g3 Qc7 42. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 43. Kg2) 39... Kh8 $1 40. Rxc1 (40. Qf1 $16 Rxe1 41. Qxe1) 40... Qxc1+ $16 {KQ-KQ} 41. Kh2 Qb2 42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Qd3+ Kh8 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qb6 Qxa2 46. Kg3 Qd2 47. Qxb7 Qd6+ 48. f4 Qd3+ 49. Qf3 Qg6+ 50. Kh2 Qc2 51. f5 (51. Qe3 $16) 51... a5 52. h4 a4 {The position is equal.} 53. bxa4 Qxa4 54. Kh3 Qd4 55. Qg4 Qd3+ 56. Kh2 Qd6+ 57. Qg3 Qf6 58. Qf4 Qc3 59. Qg4 Qe5+ 60. Kh3 Qc3+ 61. g3 Qc6 {[%cal Rc6h1]} 62. Qe2 (62. Kh2 {is more complex.} Qc2+ 63. Kh3 Qc6) 62... Qd5 63. Qf1 Qe4 64. h5 Qe8 65. Qf3 Qe1 66. Kg4 Qb4+ 67. Qf4 Qe1 68. Qf3 Qb4+ {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kelleher, Jeff"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,25,-17,4,-54,-47,-49,-50,-51,-38,-48,-45,-57,-20,-25,-21,-29,-39,-76]} 1. d4 {Lieb,H} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 d6 {LiveBook: 201 Games} 6. Rc1 {E30: Nimzo-Indian: Leningrad Variation} (6. e3 $11) (6. e3 exd5 7. cxd5 Nbd7 8. Bb5 Qa5 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nge2 f6 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 O-O 14. O-O Bf5 15. e4 Bg6 16. Bxe5 fxe5 {1-0 (65) Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Wojtaszek,R (2727) Huaian 2016}) 6... exd5 $15 7. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. cxd5 O-O 8. e3 a6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nge2 Ne5 11. Bb1 h6 12. Bh4 Ng6 13. Bg3 Nh5 {0-1 (127) Lieb,H (2305)-Ionescu,C (2475) Berlin West 1987 EXT 2013 [Lieb,H]}) 7... Qxf6 8. Qxd5 O-O 9. e3 Nc6 10. a3 Be6 (10... Bxc3+ $5 11. Rxc3 Be6 $15) 11. Qf3 {[#] Threatens to win with Qxf6.} Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 Qd8 13. Bd3 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liang, Yingming"]
[Black "Bloomer, Josh S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,61,-29,-86,-85,-97,-108,-112,-109,-139,-117,-139,-144,-170,32767,32767,32767,32767,-177,-182,-143,-184,-181,-194,-191,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,-221,-301,-198,-231,-227,-243,-235,-233,-231,-256]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 {Qxd4Qxd4 [%clk 1:52:05] Nxd4Bg7 [%clk 1:52:05] c3Bd7 [%clk 1:52:05]} 6. O-O 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ritz, John Alan"]
[Black "Tarjan, James"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B13"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,19,-1026,620,-1253,801,-1237,822,-1236,426,430,1544,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 Bc5 (2... d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nb8 11. a5 Nbc6 12. axb6 cxb6 13. Nf3 Na5 14. O-O h6 15. Ba3 Kg8 {0-1 (43) Giri,A (2782)-Caruana,F (2816) Leuven 2018}) 3. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 3. dxc5) 3... h5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Qxh5 Bxg5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (5... Rxh5 $19 6. Be2 Rh8 7. Bxe7 Kxe7) 6. Nf3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] C01: French: Exchange Variation} (6. Qxh8 $18 Bc1 7. Qxg8+ Ke7 8. Qxg7 Bxb2 9. h5) 6... b5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (6... Rxh5 $19 7. Nxg5 {[#]} Rxh4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 7. Bxb5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Less strong is} 7. Qxg5 Qxg5 8. Nxg5 Nc6 $16) (7. Qxh8 $18 Bh6 8. Qxg8+ Ke7 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bxb5) 7... a6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (7... Rxh5 $19 8. Nxg5 Nc6 9. Bxc6 dxc6) 8. a4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (8. Qxh8 $18 Bc1 9. Qxg8+ Ke7 10. Qxg7) 8... Kf8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (8... Rxh5 $19 {and all is fine.} 9. Bd3 Be7) 9. Qxh8 $18 Qf6 (9... Bh6 $142 10. Bd3 Nc6) 10. Qxg8+ $2 (10. hxg5 $18 Qg6 11. Bd3) *

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ritz, John Alan"]
[Black "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 (1... e6 2. d4 Bc5 (2... d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nb8 11. a5 Nbc6 12. axb6 cxb6 13. Nf3 Na5 14. O-O h6 15. Ba3 Kg8 {0-1 (43) Giri,A (2782)-Caruana,F (2816) Leuven 2018}) 3. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 3. dxc5) 3... h5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Qxh5 Bxg5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (5... Rxh5 $19 6. Be2 Rh8 7. Bxe7 Kxe7) 6. Nf3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] C01: French: Exchange Variation} (6. Qxh8 $18 Bc1 7. Qxg8+ Ke7 8. Qxg7 Bxb2 9. h5) 6... b5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (6... Rxh5 $19 7. Nxg5 {[#]} Rxh4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 7. Bxb5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Less strong is} 7. Qxg5 Qxg5 8. Nxg5 Nc6 $16) (7. Qxh8 $18 Bh6 8. Qxg8+ Ke7 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bxb5) 7... a6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (7... Rxh5 $19 8. Nxg5 Nc6 9. Bxc6 dxc6) 8. a4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (8. Qxh8 $18 Bc1 9. Qxg8+ Ke7 10. Qxg7) 8... Kf8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (8... Rxh5 $19 {and all is fine.} 9. Bd3 Be7) 9. Qxh8 $18 Qf6 (9... Bh6 $142 10. Bd3 Nc6) 10. Qxg8+ $2 (10. hxg5 $18 Qg6 11. Bd3)) 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. h3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nxe4 8. Bxf7+ Rxf7 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Nc3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Ng5 Rd7 13. Ne6 Qe7 14. Nxc7 d4 15. N3d5 Qf7 16. Bxd4 Rxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. O-O Bxh3 19. f3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 Bf5 23. c3 Bc5 24. Re1 Rd8 25. b4 Bf8 26. a4 h5 27. Kg1 Rc8 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Rd1 Rc7 *

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wiewel, Jeff"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,78,-19,-4,-51,-46,-52,-58,-36,-38,-58,-51,-46,-44,-39,-33,-37,-23,-92,-88,-64,-50,-123,-143,-139,-134,-142,-136,-192,-192,-197,-192,-187,-175,-169,-157,-184,-204,-216,-214,-252,-252,-236,-217,-229,-234,-380,-371,-404,-405,-425,-431,-408,-400,-438,-433,-475,-418,-405,-412,-405,-404,-444,-437,-513,-498,-585,-587,-830,-809,-781,-730]} 1. d4 {Lieb,H} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 d6 {LiveBook: 201 Games} 6. Rc1 {E30: Nimzo-Indian: Leningrad Variation} (6. e3 exd5 7. cxd5 Nbd7 8. Bb5 Qa5 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nge2 f6 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 O-O 14. O-O Bf5 15. e4 Bg6 16. Bxe5 fxe5 {1-0 (65) Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Wojtaszek,R (2727) Huaian 2016}) 6... exd5 7. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. cxd5 O-O 8. e3 a6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nge2 Ne5 11. Bb1 h6 12. Bh4 Ng6 13. Bg3 Nh5 {0-1 (127) Lieb,H (2305)-Ionescu,C (2475) Berlin West 1987 EXT 2013 [Lieb,H]}) 7... Qxf6 8. Qxd5 {Black is slightly better.} O-O 9. e3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 10. a3 Be6 11. Qf3 {[#] aiming for Qxf6.} Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 Qd8 13. Bd3 (13. Qd1 $11 {remains equal.}) 13... Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 14. Qd1 Qb6 15. Qc2 (15. b3 $15) 15... Nxd3+ $17 16. Qxd3 Qxb2 {Hoping for ...Qa1+.} 17. Ne2 Rad8 18. O-O (18. Qc2 $17 Qxc2 19. Rxc2) 18... d5 $19 19. cxd5 Rxd5 20. Qc2 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Bf5 22. Rc3 b6 23. Nf4 Rd2 24. h3 Rfd8 25. g4 Be4 26. f3 Bc6 27. Rf2 (27. h4 $142) 27... g5 28. Nh5 R2d3 29. Rfc2 Bxf3 30. Kf2 Bc6 31. e4 Kf8 32. e5 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd2+ 34. Ke1 Rd4 35. Nf6 Ke7 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Re3 h6 37. Ke2 Ke6 38. Ng8 Re4 39. Nxh6 Rxe3+ {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Miller, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,31,3,6,-12,27,27,35,39,60,60,54,59,61,54,74,85,867,861]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O Ne7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbc6 7. d3 d6 8. Rb1 Nd4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 9. Nd2 $146 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3} ({Predecessor:} 9. b4 c6 10. b5 Bg4 11. bxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 Bxf3 13. exf3 Qd7 14. Bd2 Ne6 15. Ne2 Rab8 16. Qa4 Nf5 17. Bh3 {0-1 (51) Li,S (2558)-Bai,J (2369) Manila 2013}) 9... c6 10. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} f5 11. b5 {White is slightly better.} c5 12. e3 Ne6 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Qa4 b6 15. Qxa7 e4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (15... Bb7 $16) 16. Qxb8 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Koepcke, Richard"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,90,9,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,4,0,2,0,0,-6,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-28,-33,-25,-69,-70,-66,-65,-102,-107,-98,-97,-105,-81,-83,-81,-80,-80,-73,-72,-85,-79,-85,-62,-61,-64,-56,-52,-75,-72,-83,-81,-82,-82,-102,-100,-158,-176,-168,-160,-435,-445,-414,-424,-586,-579]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4d2][%mdl 32]} 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Bd2 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bg7 8. Bg2 Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (8... O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 Na5 11. b3 c5 12. e4 Bd7 13. Rae1 Qc7 {½-½ (90) Onischuk,A (2667)-Caruana,F (2817) Saint Louis 2017 CBM 178 [Yermolinsky,A]}) 9. d5 Na5 10. b3 c5 11. dxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rc1 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Rfe1 Bd7 {0-1 (41) Brasoy,A (1950)-Mihajlov,S (2178) Norway 2018}) 11... Nxc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. e3 Rac8 16. Nd4 Bg4 17. Nd5 Kf8 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Re1 Bd7 20. h3 e6 21. Nc3 a6 22. Red1 Ke7 23. Bf1 Rc7 24. Ne4 Be8 25. b4 Nc6 $1 26. Nxc6+ Bxc6 27. Nd2 Ba4 28. Nb3 Bb2 29. Rb1 Bxb3 (29... Ba3 {is more complex.} 30. b5 axb5 31. cxb5 Rc2 32. Nd4 Rxa2 33. Ra1 Bxd1 34. Rxa2 Bc5) 30. axb3 Bc3 31. b5 axb5 32. cxb5 d5 33. Rbc1 Rdc8 34. Rc2 Ba5 (34... Be5 {looks sharper.} 35. Ra2 Rc3 36. Ra7 Rb8 37. Rd3 Rc2) 35. Rxc7+ Rxc7 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 36. Ra1 Bb6 37. h4 Rc8 38. h5 f5 39. hxg6 hxg6 {[%cal Bh7g6,Bg6g5,Bg5f4][%mdl 32]} 40. Ra2 g5 41. g4 {[#]} (41. Kg2 $142) 41... f4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 42. exf4 gxf4 {...Rc1 is the strong threat.} 43. Ra4 $2 (43. Rd2 $17) 43... e5 $19 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 44. Bg2 Kd6 45. Ra2 e4 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rudolph, Joziah"]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,65,0,0,13,10,45,-7,-2,-35,-10,-49,-45,-42,-20,-17,-14,-15,-5,-12,-8,-24,-22,-27,0,-12,-12,-30,0,-55,-54,-283,-283,-826,-821,-819,-829,-760,-166,-808,-804,-29995,-137,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nf6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O {LiveBook: 20 Partien. D35: Damengambit (Abtauschvariante)} Bd6 11. Be5 Qe7 12. Qf5 $146 ({Besser ist} 12. Bxf6 $14 Qxf6 13. e4) ({Vorgänger:} 12. Rab1 a5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne5 Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. a3 a4 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 {1-0 (80) Bacrot,E (2594)-Karpov,A (2696) Cannes 2000}) 12... Nbd7 $11 13. Bg3 Rfe8 14. Rac1 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Qd6 16. Qf4 Qb4 17. Rc2 Nf8 18. Ne5 Ng6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Rfc1 Re7 21. a3 Qb3 22. Qd6 Rae8 23. Qc5 (23. a4 $11) 23... a6 $15 24. Nb1 $2 {[#]} (24. Kf1 $15) 24... Rxe3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Weiss muss nun ...Te1+ beachten.} 25. Qa5 $2 {[#]} ({Jedoch nicht} 25. fxe3 $2 Qxe3+ 26. Rf2 Ng4 $19) (25. Rf1 Re2 26. Rd2) 25... Qxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Rxc2 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Ng4+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Weiss ist in Schwierigkeiten.} ({Schwächer ist} 27... Rxb1 28. f3 $11) 28. Kh3 f5 {[%cal Re1h1]} 29. Kh4 Rh1+ 30. Kg5 {[#]} Kh7 $1 {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 31. Rxc6 Rh5+ 32. Kf4 Re4+ 33. Kf3 Nh2# {Precision: Weiß = 42%, Schwarz = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bloomer, Josh S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,69,-35,-12,-12,-4,-9,10,0,24,0,20,-2,-6,-18,-22,-22,0,-6,63,8,82,62,83,81,78,81,68,-40,-6,-30,52,55,191,188,221,222,366,363,490,462,486,472,472,461,683,669,847,618,995,980,955,917,913,897,1827,1783]} 1. d4 {L'Ami,A} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 d6 8. Ne2 {E24: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: Unusual Black 5th moves and 5...c5 sidelines} (8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Bb2 dxc3 10. Bxc3 O-O 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. f4 b6 13. Ng3 Qe7 14. O-O Nc5 15. Rf3 f6 {0-1 (34) Volkov,S (2580)-Inarkiev,E (2684) Yaroslavl 2018}) 8... b6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 $1 {The position is equal.} Na5 11. Nc1 $1 g5 $146 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 11... Ba6 12. Nb3 Bxc4 13. Nxa5 Bxf1 14. dxc5 Ba6 15. Nc6 Qd7 16. Qxd6 bxc5 {1-0 (28) Merry,A (2269)-Jedynak,R (2453) Douglas 2014 CBM 162 Extra [L'Ami,A]}) 12. Bf2 Qc7 13. Nd3 e5 14. h4 {[#] Strongly threatening hxg5.} g4 15. h5 Rg8 16. Bh4 Nh7 (16... Nxh5 $11 17. Bf2 g3 18. Rxh5 gxf2+ 19. Kxf2 (19. Nxf2 exd4 20. cxd4 cxd4 $11) 19... Bb7) 17. f4 (17. dxe5 $14 gxf3 18. exd6 (18. Qxf3 dxe5 19. Rd1 Bg4 $17) (18. gxf3 Ng5 $11) 18... Qxd6 19. Ne5 (19. gxf3 Ng5 $11) 19... Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1) 17... f6 (17... cxd4 $11 18. Rc1 Qc6 19. fxe5 Ng5) 18. Be2 Be6 19. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} O-O-O 20. d5 Bd7 21. Ne1 ({White should play} 21. Nf2 $14) 21... Rdf8 22. Nc2 exf4 ({Better is} 22... Qd8 $1 $11) 23. Rxf4 $14 f5 (23... Qd8 $1 $14) 24. Ne3 fxe4 {[#]} 25. Qf1 $1 ({Worse is} 25. Rxe4 Ng5 $11) 25... Kb8 (25... Rxf4 $142 26. Qxf4 Ng5) 26. Be7 $18 Re8 27. Rf7 {White is clearly winning.} Ng5 28. Bxg5 $1 Rxg5 29. Qf6 Reg8 (29... Rgg8 $142 30. Nf5 Rd8 31. Nxh6 (31. Qxh6 Rh8 $18) 31... Rh8 32. Bxg4 Rhe8) 30. Rf1 Nb3 31. Qe7 Kc8 32. Rf8+ Kb7 33. Rxg8 Rxg8 34. Qh7 Rg5 35. Rf7 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 13%.} 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Dean, Jim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-39,-14,-23,1,10,35,-88,-75,-84,-43,-41,0,-66,0,-54]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 (4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. c3 e6 8. Qb3 Bd6 9. Bg3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Qd6 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qa6 O-O {0-1 (36) Caruana,F (2816)-Grischuk,A (2766) Paris 2018}) 4... e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} axb4 7. cxb4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bd7 8. Nd2 b6 9. cxb6 Bxb4 10. Bc7 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc8 11. Rb1 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 {1-0 (24) Martini,B (2323)-Vass,V (2220) Hungary 2003}) 11. Ngf3 {[#] And now b7 would win.} O-O 12. Bd3 Ra3 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 13. Qe2 Bc3 14. Rc1 {Black must now prevent 0-0.} e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32] [#] Strongly threatening ...e4.} 15. Bb1 (15. O-O $14 {was the only good move.} e4 16. Nb1 exf3 17. gxf3) 15... e4 16. Nd4 Bg4 17. Qb5 $1 Bd7 (17... Bc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8a6]} 18. N4b3 (18. Bxb8 Ba6 $17) 18... Ba6 $14) 18. Qe2 Bg4 19. Qb5 $1 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mulyar, Michael"]
[Black "Oen, Grant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,41,33,30,33,22,24,20,116,114,123,124,323,314,747,723]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nb8 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nd4 {E11: Bogo-Indian} Nf6 15. Nc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rb8 16. e4 e5 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. Qc2 g6 19. c5 Bc6 20. b4 a6 21. a4 Qd7 {1-0 (77) Socko,B (2621)-Shkapenko,P (2406) Gorzow Wielkopolski 2014}) 16. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} Rb8 17. Re3 b6 (17... Ng4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. Nd4 $16 {[%cal Bc2d4,Bd4e6,Be6f8,Bf8d7][%mdl 32]} Bd7 {[#]} 19. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ng4 $2 (19... Bxe6 $16 20. Bh3 Kh8) 20. Nxf8 $18 Nxe3 $2 (20... Qxf8 21. Re4 Nf6) 21. Nxd7 ({Less strong is} 21. fxe3 Rxf8 22. Rf4 Bf5 $16) (21. Qxe3 Qxf8 22. Qd2 a4 $16) 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Langreck, John"]
[Black "Tarjan, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,112,25,39,0,0,0,9,0,0,-4,0,0,21,20,27,0,15,-12,0,-23,-36,-29,-12,-10,0,0,16,16,16,9,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,-26,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12847,-12847,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d5 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Nh3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nf3 {A90: Dutch Defence: Miscellaneous and Modern Stonewall (with ...Bd6)} b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Ne4 (10... Na6 11. Rac1 Ne4 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nf4 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rfd1 Rad8 {1-0 (48) Leko,P (2707)-Agdestein,S (2606) Berlin 2015}) 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Nf4 Rac8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c7,Bc7e7][%mdl 32]} 14. Nd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qa4 a5 15. Nd3 c5 16. dxc5 Ndxc5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (19) Flumbort,A (2372)-Arnold,L (2408) Paks 2001}) 14... c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. e3 Rc7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nf4 Ndf6 19. Nd2 Re8 20. f3 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Rce7 {Black wants to play ...g5.} 22. Rfe1 $1 d4 23. exd4 cxd4 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Kf2 Rd7 26. h4 Ba6 27. Bf1 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Nd5 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 30. Qd3 Qxa2 (30... f4 {looks sharper.} 31. gxf4 Qxa2 32. Qe2 Kf7 33. Re1 Qd5) 31. Qxf5 Rf7 32. Qe4 Qxb2 33. Rxd4 {[#] Threatening mate with Rd8+.} Rxf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Qxf3 {[%cal Rd4d8]} Qxd4 {KQ-KQ} 35. Qa8+ (35. Qb3+ {is more complex.} Kf8 36. Qb8+ Kf7 37. Qc7+ Kf8 38. Qc8+) 35... Kf7 36. Qb7+ Kf6 37. Qc6+ Kf5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Kg4.} 38. Qc8+ Ke4 39. Kg2 Qd5 40. Qc2+ Ke3+ 41. Kg1 Qd4 42. Qb3+ Ke2+ 43. Kh2 h5 44. Qb5+ Ke1 {Hoping for ...Qf2+.} 45. Qe8+ Kf1 46. Qb5+ Ke1 47. Qe8+ Kd2 (47... Kf1 $5 48. Qb5+ $8 Ke1 $11) 48. Qb5 Qe3 {Threatens to win with ...Qe2+.} 49. Qb2+ Ke1 50. Qxg7 Qe2+ 51. Kh3 a5 52. Qa1+ Kf2 {( -> ...Qg4+)} 53. Qd4+ $1 Kf1 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Re2g2]} 54. Qa1+ $1 Qe1 55. Qf6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Qa2 $11 Qe5 56. Qc4+ Ke1 57. Qc1+ Ke2 58. Qg5 Qe6+ 59. Kh2) 55... Kg1 $19 56. Qa1 Qxa1 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 60%, Black = 53%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shibut, Macon"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,109,-11,25,32,27,-8,7,0,28,20,35,-8,0,-13,-8,-8,-4,-28,-22,-36,-27,-35,-12,-44,-29,-37,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,3,-80,-84,-92,-42,-42,-42,-43,-47,-47,-43,-120,-103,-116,-47,-33,-27,-54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-34,-30,-34,-41,-41,-39,-27,-314,-314,-468,-466,-455,-445,-448,-446,-503,-267,-488,-436,-749,-742,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (8. h3 b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 c4 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. O-O h6 15. d4 Nc6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. d5 Ne7 18. Nh2 Ng6 19. Ng4 Qe7 20. Qf3 Nxg4 {1-0 (20) Amin,B (2590)-Al Qudaimi,B (2398) Doha 2011}) 8... b5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Bc2 Re8 10. Nf1 {White has an edge.} Bf8 11. Ng3 g6 12. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O Bg7 13. a4 Bd7 14. h3 h6 15. Be3 {1-0 (40) Horner,J (2380)-Bradbury,N (2305) Southport/ Merseyside 1983}) 12... Bg7 13. Nh2 d5 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. hxg4 d4 $1 16. Bd2 dxc3 17. bxc3 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Ba4 (18. cxb4 Nd4) 18... Bd7 19. cxb4 Nxb4 20. Bb3 $1 Nc6 21. Qf3 Qf6 22. Ne2 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Bf8 24. O-O Nb4 25. Rfc1 Rec8 26. d4 exd4 27. Nxd4 Nd3 28. Rc2 (28. Rc3 $11 Nc5 29. Rac1 Nxb3 30. Nxb3) 28... c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 29. Ne2 Ne5 {White must now prevent ...c4.} 30. Bd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5a8]} Nxf3+ 31. Kg2 Bxg4 {aiming for ...Rab8.} 32. Bxa8 Rxa8 33. Bc3 (33. Nf4 $15) 33... Re8 34. Nf4 {[#]} Rxe4 (34... Ng5 $1 $17 35. Nd5 Bf3+ 36. Kg3 Bd6+ 37. e5 Bxe5+ 38. Bxe5 Rxe5) 35. Nd5 $15 Bg7 36. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b8]} h5 (36... h6 $15 37. Nf6+ Bxf6 38. Bxf6 g5) 37. Nf6+ $1 $11 Bxf6 $1 38. Bxf6 {White wants to mate with Rb8+.} Kh7 {Strongly threatening ...Ne1+.} 39. Rxc5 Re6 40. Bc3 {And now Rb7 would win.} Nh4+ 41. Kg1 g5 42. Rb8 f6 43. Rf8 Kg7 44. Rfc8 Rd6 45. R5c7+ Kg6 (45... Kh6 $5 46. Rh8+ $8 Kg6 47. Rg8+ Kf5 48. Rc5+ Ke6 $11) 46. Rg8+ $1 Kf5 47. Rc5+ Ke6 {( -> ...Rd1+)} 48. Re8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. f4 $1 $11) 48... Kf7 $19 49. Re3 (49. Re1 $142 Nf3+ 50. Kg2 Nxe1+ 51. Bxe1) 49... Rd1+ 50. Be1 Nf3+ 51. Kf1 {If White can now play Rcc3 this consolidates a bit.} Ra1 ({Less strong is} 51... Nxe1 52. Rxe1 Rd2 53. a4 $17) 52. Rcc3 Bh3+ ({Not} 52... Nxe1 53. Rxe1 Rxa2 54. Ree3 $17) 53. Ke2 g4 ({Weaker is} 53... Rxe1+ 54. Kxf3 Rg1 55. Ke4 $17) 54. Rc7+ (54. Rxf3 $142 gxf3+ 55. Kd2) 54... Kg6 55. Bc3 Bf1# {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Luchan, Jason"]
[Black "Shepherd, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,73,0,0,-6,0,-9,-2,-12,-17,-15,-12,-11,-15,-31,-6,-30,-43,-33,-17,-31,-4,-59,-50,-57,-70,-83,-80,-74,-64,-75,-69,-70,-74,-64,-43,-35,7,0,7,9,11,-41,0,0,198,187,1916,29963,1748,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d3 Be7 9. Nbd2 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} Rc8 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ng3 Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b5 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Re2 d5 15. a3 Nc6 16. e5 Ne8 17. Qd3 a6 18. Bg5 {1-0 (39) Bu,X (2714)-Nolte,R (2489) Beijing 2008}) 12. Qe2 b5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf4 a6 15. h4 Bf8 16. Rad1 Qb7 17. Nh2 Ne5 18. Bc1 ({White should play} 18. Bxe5 $11 dxe5 19. Nh5) 18... c4 19. d4 $1 Nd3 20. Rxd3 cxd3 21. Qxd3 b4 22. Bd2 bxc3 23. Bxc3 d5 24. e5 $1 Nd7 (24... Ne4 $5 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Rxe4 Qd5 $17) 25. Nh5 f5 (25... Qb5 $15 26. Qg3 Kh8) 26. exf6 Nxf6 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Re3 Bd6 29. Ng4 Qg7 $2 {[#]} (29... Kg7 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 30. Ne5 $1 Qh7 $2 (30... Bxe5 31. dxe5 Qh7) 31. Rg3+ Kh8 32. Ng6+ Kg7 $1 33. Ne5+ Kh8 34. Ng6+ Kg7 35. Nf8+ Kxf8 36. Qxh7 Bxg3 37. Bb4+ {Ra8*} 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,57,28,5,16,5,39,21,27,0,0,0,11,11,11,7,9,9,13,0,0,-18,-11,-15,-6,-12,0,0,0,0,50,25,39,35,29,42,39,27,52,0,0,0,9,-4]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 g6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Re8 9. Nf1 {LiveBook: 13 Games} d5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. f4 Bg4 13. Qb3 Rxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 c5 17. Qxb7 {½-½ (40) Alekseev,E (2662)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2718) St Petersburg 2011}) 12... Re8 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 13. Ng3 Bg4 14. Qb3 dxe4 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Bg5 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 18. Bxf6 a4 19. Qb4 {[#] Bxg7 is the strong threat.} (19. Qc2 {looks sharper.} Bxc4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rxe4 Bxa2 22. Rxa4 Qe6 23. Re4) 19... Bxf6 20. Nxe4 Be7 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxb7 {Threatens to win with Nd6.} Qxa2 23. Qc6 Red8 24. Qxc7 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qe6 26. Qb7 Ra5 27. Ng3 a3 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Qe4 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tarjan, James"]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,74,0,0,0,-6,-6,0,-22,3,5,0,2,43,52,39,57,129,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-26,-29,-39,-33,-7,-7,-6,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 b6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rad1 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Na5 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Qb7 16. f4 a6 17. Ba1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. d3 Qg6 {0-1 (47) Caruana,F (2807)-Aronian,L (2799) Saint Louis 2017}) 12... Rfd8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Ne1 a6 14. f4 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nb4 15. g4 Bxg2 16. Qxg2 Ne8 17. f5 Qc6 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Ne4 {0-1 (39) Sielecki,C (2391)-Brandenburg,D (2522) Netherlands 2012}) 15. f5 Na5 {Hoping for ...Bxg2.} 16. cxb5 exf5 17. Rxf5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 19. a4 Qe6 (19... Nb3 $14) 20. Re5 ({White should play} 20. Bxf6 $16 Bxf6 21. Rxc5) 20... Qd7 $11 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nd3 Nb3 23. Nc3 Qa6 24. Nc1 {[#] And now Qxa6 would win.} Qxe2 25. N3xe2 Nxc1 26. Bxc1 Bd6 27. Rf5 {The position is equal.} Rxa4 28. Bb2 Be7 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Rxc5 Ra2 31. Nc3 Bxc3 32. Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} g6 33. h4 (33. d4 {is interesting.} Rb8 34. d5 Rbb2 35. e4 Rg2+ 36. Kh1) 33... Rdxd2 34. Rxd2 Rxd2 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Rc6 f5 37. Re6 Ra2 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dean, Jim"]
[Black "Gatica, Jose Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,85,0,21,-18,0,-15,-12,-27,14,21,19,11,79,77,70,66,112,17,89,38,86,10,50,24,22,23,59,45,152,149,148,136,183,172,166,136,121,110,156,155,131,131,198,161,266,262,266,266,256,254,363,351,360,343,350,342,29980,29981,29980,29981,29982,29983,29983,29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Qd2 h6 9. Nf3 exd5 10. e3 c6 {D91: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bg5} 11. Be2 a5 12. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 10 Games. The position is equal.} 13. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Rfc1 f5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Rxc5 g5 17. Rd1 f4 18. h3 Qd6 19. Rc3 {0-1 (41) Rapport,J (2282)-Van Wely,L (2667) Karlsruhe 2018}) 13... Be6 14. Nd3 Nd7 15. Rac1 f5 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Nac5 b6 (17... Nxc5 $11 18. Rxc5 a4) 18. Nxe6 $16 Qxe6 19. Qc2 Rfc8 20. Bf3 (20. Nf4 $16 Qf7 21. g4) 20... Kh8 (20... g5 $11 {remains equal.}) 21. g3 (21. g4 $16) 21... Bf8 22. Qd2 (22. Nf4 $16 Qf7 23. h4) 22... Kg7 23. Rc2 Nf6 24. Rfc1 Ne4 25. Qe2 c5 ({Black should try} 25... h5 $14) 26. Nf4 Qc6 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Rcd2 Be7 31. Qc4 {[#] Black must now prevent Ne6+.} Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Rb8 (32... Re8 $16 {might work better.} 33. Rd5 Rb8) 33. Nd5 $18 Bf6 (33... Bd8 $142 34. b3 Rb7) 34. Nxf6 Kxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 35. Qc3+ Kf7 36. Qxa5 Ra8 (36... Rc8 $142 37. Qc3 Qe6) 37. Qc3 c4 38. b3 Rc8 {If Black can now play ...cxb3 this consolidates a bit.} 39. bxc4 Qxc4 $2 {[#]} (39... f4 $18 40. exf4 e3) 40. Rd7+ {White mates.} Ke6 41. Qg7 $1 {[%csl Gd7,LRg6,LRh6][%cal Rg7e7]} Qc5 42. Qf7+ Ke5 43. Re7+ {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Proleiko, Julian"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,79,33,22,22,22,25,29,21,22,18,18,25,9,13,0,8,11,10,9,22,15,168,154,149,143,146,120,134,156,150,147,320,488,464,454,689,679,689,671,574,523,755,743,616,598,966,953,937,883,935,896,1768,1237,1897,1861,5143,5143,3103,2273]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 {D11: Damengambit (Slawische Verteidigung)} Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. h4 {LiveBook: 9 Partien} Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Qa5 14. a3 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 f5 $146 17. c5 e5 18. b4 Ke7 19. Bc4 Nf8 20. Kc3 Rd8 21. Rad1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss steht aktiver.} Ne6 $2 {[#]} (21... exd4+ $11 {und Schwarz steht sicher.} 22. Rxd4 Ne6 23. Rxd8 Nxd8) 22. d5 cxd5 23. Bxd5 b6 24. Kc4 bxc5 25. bxc5 Nc7 26. Bc6 Ke6 $2 (26... Rd3 $16 {war angesagt.}) 27. Rxd8 $18 Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS. Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} 28. Rb1 Rd2 (28... Nd5 $142 29. Bxd5+ Rxd5) 29. Rb7 $1 {[%csl LRa7,LRc7]} Na6 {beabsichtigt ...Tc2+.} 30. Rxa7 Nb8 31. Be8 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Re8f7] [#]} Rc2+ 32. Kb3 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Re8f7]} Rxc5 33. Rxg7 Rc1 34. Rxg6+ Ke7 35. Bb5 Rh1 36. Rh6 Rh2 37. Rh7+ Kd6 38. g6 {[%cal Bg5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} Rxf2 39. g7 Rg2 40. Bc4 {Precision: Weiß = 82%, Schwarz = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bloomer, Josh S"]
[Black "Luchan, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 8,91,27,36,25,31,40,34,36,23,37,34,15,0,50,38,35,43,44,39,41,55,49,35,46,-8,31,33,40,33,50,38,31,41,70,87,93,104,103,70,78,68,115,133,125,0,0,0,122,126,135,120,109,97,193,130,141,137,146,128,136,129,139,0,127,147,141,146,191,188,177,191,186,190,265,273,310,273,299,357,445,500,886,1096,1428,1706]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 Re8 11. d5 Nc5 12. Rb1 a5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. Bf1 {LiveBook: 5 Games E69: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4 c6 9 h3} Reb8 (15... a4 16. b3 axb3 17. axb3 cxd5 18. cxd5 Rec8 19. Qe2 b5 20. Rec1 b4 21. Na4 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Rxa4 {1-0 (68) Ruggeri Laderchi,G (2493)-Lanc,A (2518) ICCF email 2011}) 16. Qc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qf3 Ne8 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. h4 b6 20. Bh3 Ra7 21. Bg5 f6 22. Be3 Nc7 {½-½ (46) Williams,R (2333)-Conterno,D (2316) ICCF email 2013}) 16... Rf8 17. b3 Ne8 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Na4 Bf6 21. Nxc5 Bc8 22. Nf3 Ng7 23. Qh6 Qe7 24. Nd3 c5 25. Ndxe5 Ne6 $1 ({Not} 25... Bxe5 $2 26. Ng5 $18) 26. Nd3 Ng5 27. Nde5 Ne6 {White should try} 28. Ng4 $16 Bg7 29. Qc1 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Bxg4 (30... Bxd4 $16 {is a better defense.} 31. e5 Bxg4 32. hxg4 Qc7 (32... Ra6 $16)) 31. Nc2 (31. Nb5 $18 Bd7 32. e5) 31... Be6 32. Ne3 Bd4 33. Bg2 Ra7 34. Nc2 Bg7 35. Ne3 ({White should play} 35. Na3 $16) 35... Bd4 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. cxd5 Qd6 38. Qf4 Be5 39. Qd2 Bd4 40. Kh2 f5 41. exf5 Rxf5 42. Re6 Qd7 43. f4 Qf7 44. Rbe1 g5 $18 (44... Rf6 $142 45. Re8+ Kg7) 45. d6 Qg7 46. Re7 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hutton, Henry Cecil"]
[Black "Shibut, Macon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,50,29,28,27,29,34,16,34,41,41,6,7,12,22,0,0,0,20,-48,-57,-50,67,-137,14,0,10,0,20,0,0,0,0,-29,190,180,242]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Qd2 e5 7. Nge2 exd4 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} 8. Bxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Ne5 {White has an edge.} 10. Nf4 a6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. h4 h5 13. Be2 Rb8 14. Kb1 Re8 15. Ncd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 c6 17. Nf4 d5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. dxc6 Qc7 20. Qd6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 {½-½ (21) Oikamo,T (2460)-Pesonen,S (2286) ICCF email 2010}) 12... Rb8 13. Nfd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Be6 15. Kb1 c6 16. Nf4 Bc4 17. Qxd6 (17. Bd4 $11) 17... Qa5 $15 18. Qa3 $1 {[%cal Ra3a5]} Qc7 (18... Qxa3 $15 19. bxa3 Bh6) 19. c3 $2 {[#]} (19. Qc5 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 19... Rfd8 $2 (19... b4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4a3]} 20. cxb4 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Nc4) 20. b3 ({Don't do} 20. Qxa6 $6 g5 $16) 20... g5 21. bxc4 bxc4+ 22. Kc2 gxf4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bd4 Bf8 $2 {[#]} (24... Nd3 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 25. Qxa6 $18 c5 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 41%.} (25... Rb8 $142 26. Rb1 Rxb1 27. Kxb1 c5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cori, Jorge"]
[Black "Bloomer, Josh S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,143,-20,-29,-35,-50,-41,-43,-22,-22,0,-3,-3,-16,0,0,0,-30,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,14,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,-104,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,16,1,20,18,17,0,3,0,6,0,14,0,9,9,18,12,15,17,47,47,47,48,242,225,211,204,195,34,39,16,16,45,25,41,28,81,1112,484,29954,29955,29965,29957,29962,29963,29960,2770,1443,0,29962,29962,29948,12792,29965,29967,29961,29965,12818,1931,29976,29970]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. h3 {D29: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 Qe2 with early ...Nbd7} (11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Be7 15. e4 Qb7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Rad1 Nb6 19. R5d2 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. e5 Qc6 23. Kf1 {½-½ (23) Postny,E (2618)-Nielsen,P (2681) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 11... Bd6 12. Bc2 O-O 13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Rc8 15. a3 h6 16. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. Be1 Nc4 18. Bb3 Bh2+ {½-½ (54) Stanke,J (2320)-Brodowski,P (2320) Germany 2006}) 16... Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Nb3 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Rd4 Rac8 (21... Nd5 $5 22. Nxd5 exd5 $15) 22. Rad1 {Black must now prevent e5.} Qc7 23. Bb3 Qe5 24. Qe3 g5 25. Kg1 Kh7 26. f3 Rg8 27. Bc2 {White wants to play Rd5.} Rgc8 28. Bb3 Kg7 29. Qd2 Nh5 30. Rd7 R5c7 31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. R1xd6 Nf6 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Kf2 Rd7 35. Rb6 (35. Rxd7 $11 {remains equal.} Nxd7 36. Ke3) 35... Rc7 (35... Ng8 $1 $17 36. a4 Ne7 37. axb5 Nc8 38. Rxa6 Bxa6 39. bxa6 Rd2+ 40. Ne2 Nb6) 36. Ke3 Nd7 37. Rd6 Kf8 38. Rd1 Ke7 39. g3 Nb6 40. Rh1 Nc4+ 41. Bxc4 $1 Rxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 42. h4 Rc8 43. Rh2 Rd8 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Rh6 Rc8 46. Rh7 Kf6 47. Rh2 Rd8 48. Ne2 Rc8 49. Nd4 Rc7 50. Rh6+ Ke7 $1 51. Rh8 Rc8 52. Rxc8 Bxc8 $14 {KB-KN} 53. e5 Bb7 $2 ({Black should try} 53... f5 $1 $14) 54. Nb3 $1 $18 Bd5 55. Nc5 a5 56. f4 $2 ({Only move:} 56. Ne4 $18) 56... gxf4+ $14 57. gxf4 Kd8 58. Kd4 Kc7 $1 59. f5 Kc6 60. f6 Kc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60... a4 $16) 61. b4 (61. Ne4 $142 Bxe4 62. Kxe4) 61... axb4 (61... Kb6 $18 62. Nd7+ Kc6) 62. axb4 Kc6 63. Nd3 Bf3 64. Nf4 Bg4 {[#]} 65. Ke3 (65. Ng6 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bh5 (65... fxg6 66. f7) 66. Ne7+ Kb6 67. Nc8+ Kc6 68. Ke4 Bg6+ 69. Kf4 Bb1 70. Ne7+ Kc7 71. Kg5) 65... Kd7 $18 66. Kd4 (66. Kf2 $18 Bd1 67. Kg3) 66... Kc6 {[#] Black hopes to continue with ...Kb6.} 67. Ng6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be2 (67... fxg6 68. f7) 68. Ne7+ Kb6 69. Ke3 Bd1 70. Kf4 Be2 {[#]} 71. Kg5 (71. Ng6 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kc7 (71... fxg6 72. f7) 72. Nh8) 71... Bd1 72. Nc8+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,29,29,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-3,-7]} 1. d4 {Marin,M} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 {D53: Damengambit (Hauptvariante, Abweichungen)} Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. g3 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} c6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 10. Bg2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Rxc4 e5 {[#]} 14. Nxe5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14. Rc3 exd4 15. Nxd4 {½-½ (25) Kramnik,V (2785)-Radjabov,T (2744) Kazan 2011 CBM 143 [Marin,M]}) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stukopin, Andrey"]
[Black "Huang, Andy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,77,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,10,6,12,-83,-10,-32,27,11,30,23,66,70,60,72,66,74,67,38,36,12,16,10,8,8,8,4,7,0,0,6,14,15,64,67,66,68,71,62,142,81,105,66,147,130,485,470,29996,29997]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. h3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} (6. d3) 6... Bh5 7. cxd5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} cxd5 8. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qc7 9. Nc3 a6 10. d3 Bd6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc6 13. e5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 {1-0 (21) Blohberger,F (2282)-Wischounig,L (1659) St Veit 2017}) 9. Bxf3 Qd7 10. d4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 Rac8 14. Qa4 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Qe8 16. Qb5 Qd7 17. e4 (17. Kg2 $11) 17... dxe4 (17... Nxd4 $17 18. Rxd4 Rxc3 19. Qxd7 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Rxd7) 18. Nxe4 $11 Nxe4 (18... a6 $15 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6) 19. Bxe4 a6 20. Qa4 Bf6 {[%cal Rf6d4]} 21. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6]} exd5 22. Rxd5 Qe6 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Kg2 Bf6 25. Re1 {And now Bxh7+! would win.} g6 26. Qd1 {Threatens to win with Bxg6!} Rd8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 27. Qb1 {Black must now prevent Bxg6.} Qd7 28. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Nd4 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Be3 Kg7 31. h5 Nc6 {Hoping for ...Rxd1.} 32. h6+ Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...Rxd1.} 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. b4 Qe7 ({Better is} 34... Bd4 $1 $14) 35. Bc5 (35. Bxc6 $142 $1 bxc6 36. Qd3) 35... Qe6 36. Qd3 Bg5 {[#]} (36... b6 $14) 37. a4 $1 $16 Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37... Bf6 $16 {is a better chance.} 38. b5 Nd8) 38. Qd4 $1 $18 Bxh6 (38... Bf6 $18 39. Bxb7 Nd7) 39. Qd8+ {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. a3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. f4 Bg4 7. Nf3 Nd4 8. Be3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nh5 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 Bh4+ 12. Kf1 c6 13. Rg1 d5 14. Bb3 O-O 15. Qd2 f5 16. Ng3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 g6 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Qb4 Qf6 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Kg2 a5 23. Qxa5 g5 24. Rh1 Qg6 25. Qc5 Nf6 26. fxg5 Rc8 27. Qxd4 Rxc2+ 28. Kf1 Qxg5 29. Bb3 Rc7 30. Qf4 Qg7 31. Qh6 Rd8 32. Qxg7+ Rxg7 33. Bc4 Rxg3 34. Re6 Nd5 35. Kf2 Rg7 36. Rhe1 Rgg8 37. R6e5 Nf4 38. Bxg8 Nxd3+ 39. Kf1 Nxe1 40. Bd5 Nd3 41. Rxf5 Nxb2 42. Bxb7 Nc4 43. Rc5 Nxa3 44. Be4 Rd4 45. Ke2 Nc4 46. Rc7 h5 47. Rh7+ Kg8 48. Rxh5 Kg7 49. Bd3 Nd6 50. Ke3 Rb4 51. Rd5 Nf7 52. Be4 Kf6 53. Kf4 Rb6 54. Kg4 Ne5+ 55. Kf4 Ng6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,61,13,9,26,29,36,12,11,6,34,26,25,12,20,13,22,11,33,28,41,37,39,47,50,42,50,23,31,0,0,0,27,44,42,33,44,15,25,0,1,-21,0,-3,0,-1,0,0,-9,-46,-29,-37,-18,-39]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 (4... Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Re8 9. a3 a5 10. h3 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qc2 e4 {1-0 (41) Caruana,F (2822)-Karjakin,S (2782) Stavanger 2018}) 5. Qb3 O-O 6. Be2 {LiveBook: 15 Games. A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. d3 {White is slightly better.} Re8 9. a3 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bf8 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Qc2 d5 12. b4 {1-0 (59) Havlikova,K (2264)-Richterova,N (2146) Ceske Budejovice 2018}) 10. Bd2 Bf8 11. Rad1 d6 12. Rfe1 g6 13. Qc2 a5 14. Bc1 Bg7 15. d4 e4 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. Bf1 Bc8 18. d5 Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8a6,Ba6c5][%mdl 32]} 19. Nb3 Qe5 20. Nd4 Ng4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Re5h2] [#]} 21. f4 exf3 22. gxf3 {Hoping for Ncb5.} Nf6 23. Qg2 Na6 24. Nce2 Bd7 25. Ng3 (25. e4 {is more complex.} Nh5 26. b3 Nc5 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Na6 29. Bd2) 25... Nh5 26. Qf2 Nxg3 27. hxg3 a4 28. e4 Nc5 29. Bg2 Qe7 30. Be3 Qf8 31. Kh2 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Proleiko, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,105,26,28,-24,132,135,120,134,125,118,128,79,89,80,91,89,112,70,200,127,123,120,116,120,186,190,345,365,372,372,660,641,658,700,785,583,1108,1091,29985,29986,29986,29987,29985,218,193,12,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-93,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,3,8,8,31,0,0,0,29988,29989]} 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. Nge2 Re8 11. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. e4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} (13. Bf5 $142) (13. Rae1 c5 14. Kh1 a6 15. h3 Nh5 16. Bf2 Bh4 17. g3 Be7 18. g4 Nhf6 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. h4 Kh8 {0-1 (38) Koch,M (2143)-Klundt,K (2351) Hofheim 2013}) 13... Nf8 $2 ({Black should play} 13... dxe4 $1 $11 14. fxe4 c5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6) 14. e5 $16 N6d7 15. Bxe7 {White is better.} Qxe7 16. f4 Ne6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... a6 17. Ng3 Ne6 18. Nf5 Qf8 19. Nd6 Reb8 20. Qf2 {1-0 (32) Schwander,L (2127)-Dogan,M (1946) Porec 2015}) 17. f5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxe5 19. Qf2 c5 20. Ndb5 {Threatens to win with Rfe1.} Qe3 (20... Rad8 $14) 21. Nd6 Qxd3 22. Nxb7 {aiming for Rad1.} d4 23. Rad1 Qa6 (23... Qe3 $16 {might work better.}) 24. Nd6 $18 Re5 $2 (24... Nf6 25. Ncb5 (25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Nb1 Re2 $16) 25... Re7) 25. Nce4 Qxa2 26. f6 Qe6 $2 (26... g6 27. Qf4 Kh7) 27. fxg7 f5 28. Nxf5 Rxe4 29. Nxh6+ Kxg7 30. Nf5+ Kh7 31. Rd3 Ne5 32. Rh3+ Kg8 33. Qg3+ $2 (33. Rh6 {mates} Ng4 34. Qh4 Nxh6 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Nxd4+ Qf7 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Qg5+ Kf8 39. Rxf7+ Kxf7 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Qxe4) 33... Rg4 34. Nh6+ $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 34. Rh6 $18 Qxf5 35. Qh3) 34... Qxh6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Qxe5 (35. Rxh6 Rxg3) 35... Qxh3 $1 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh3g2]} 36. Qd5+ Kh7 37. Rf7+ Kh8 38. Qxa8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rg8 {( -> ...Qe3+)} 39. Qe4 {White wants to mate with Qe5+.} Qe3+ 40. Qxe3 dxe3 {KR-KR} 41. Re7 Rd8 {[%cal Rd8d1]} (41... Rg4 {with more complications.} 42. Rxe3 a5 43. Kf2 Rb4 44. Re2 Rb3) 42. Rxe3 Rd2 43. b3 Rb2 44. h4 a5 45. Kh2 {[#]} (45. h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 45... a4 ({Black should try} 45... b5 $1 $17) 46. bxa4 {Strongly threatening Re6.} Rb4 47. Kh3 {And now Ra3 would win.} Rxa4 48. Re8+ Kg7 49. Rb8 Rb4 50. h5 c4 51. g4 Rb5 {Hoping for ...c3.} 52. Rb7+ Kh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Kg8 $11 53. Rb8+ Kg7 54. Rb7+ Kg8 55. Rb8+ Kg7) 53. Kh4 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Black "Dean, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,122,32,0,33,24,34,23,27,-10,-11,-23,21,-25,-10,-8,-8,-8,-10,-21,-28,-52,-19,-19,0,0,0,8,0,5,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,0,-7,97,89,103,114,74,15,36,32,32,14,14,10,14,0,0,0,69,79,137,68,69,73,205,218,251,61,73,59,168,91,142,66,339,331,300,58,81,70,101,87,309,380,325,239,552,526,621,568,29990,29991,29991,29992,29998]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 (5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 Nd7 7. Bd3 f6 8. b4 Be7 9. Bb2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bf6 12. O-O Nh6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 {1-0 (70) Jakovenko,D (2735)-Fedoseev,V (2706) Poikovsky 2018}) 5... Nc6 6. Nf3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bd3 Nge7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Re1 {LiveBook: 15 Games} O-O 11. Bb2 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qd3 $146 Kg7 15. c4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 e5 17. Nc3 Nd4 {Threatens to win with ...Nxf3+.} 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qe2 Bg4 (19... Qh4 $5 {[%cal Rf8h8]} 20. Qf3 Bd7 $15) 20. Qf1 $1 Qd2 21. Na4 Qc2 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Bc1 Qc3 24. Be3 Rxa3 25. Rxa3 Qxa3 26. Qc4 Bf5 27. h3 Qd3 28. Qc7+ Qd7 29. Qxb6 Rc8 30. Qa5 Rc3 31. Kh2 Qc7 32. Qa4 Qd7 33. b5 Bc2 34. Qh4 Qxb5 35. Qh6+ Kf7 (35... Kg8 $11) 36. Qh7+ $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Ke6 37. Qg8+ Ke7 38. f4 (38. Bd2 $16 Rd3 39. Qg7+ Ke6 40. Qg8+ Ke7 41. Qg7+ Ke6 42. Bh6) 38... Qb3 $11 39. Qh7+ Qf7 40. Qh4 {aiming for fxe5.} e4 $1 41. Qf2 Qd5 42. Bd4 Rc4 43. Bb2 g5 (43... Qb5 $11 44. Ba1 Rc6) 44. fxg5 $14 Qxg5 (44... fxg5 $142 45. Qf6+ Kd7) 45. Qb6 ({White should try} 45. Re3 $1 $16) 45... Qf4+ 46. Kh1 Bd3 (46... Kf7 $16) 47. Qxb7+ $18 Ke6 48. Ba3 $2 (48. Qa8 $18) 48... Qc7 49. Qb5 Qg3 (49... Qd8 $1 $14) 50. Qe8+ (50. Rg1 $1 $18) 50... Kf5 $16 {[#]} 51. Rg1 (51. Bb4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Qf2 (51... Rxb4 52. Qc8+) 52. Qb5+ Ke6 53. Qb8) 51... Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Rc7 $1 $14) 52. Qd7+ $18 Kg6 {[#]} 53. Bf8 $2 (53. Bd6 $1 $18 Qg5 54. Bf8) 53... Qc7 54. Qg4+ Kf7 {[#]} 55. Bh6 $1 {Black must now prevent Rb1.} Qc8 $2 (55... e3 $16 {was worth a try.}) 56. Qg7+ Ke6 57. Ra1 Qc7 $2 (57... e3 {is tougher.} 58. Bxe3 Be4) 58. Qg4+ Kd5 59. Bf4 Qc3 60. Qd7+ Kc4 61. Qc6+ Kb3 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Titus, Andrew"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,115,17,18,36,-18,16,2,40,0,0,0,50,19,44,22,19,19,46,29,35,4,13,0,0,-25,-25,-43,-21,-42,-42,-58,-43,-42,-40,-46,-43,-44,-26,-60,-47,-120,-129,-122,-77,-158,-133,-160,-148,-170,-167,-234,-163,-185,-187,-174,-175,-161,-166,-665,-257,-748,-315,-309,-229,-304,-205,-227,-231,-292,-295,-277,-239,-259,-257,-287,-277,-276,-222,-206,-206,-269,-241,-353,-339,-464,-452,-760,-758,-1005,-1004,-932,-891,-5381,-5381,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29991,-29993]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Bg2 Bd7 {B72: Sizilianisch (Drachen-Variante)} 10. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Rc8 11. Nxc6 (11. Qd2 $14) 11... bxc6 $146 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} (11... Bxc6 {is more complex.} 12. a4 Nd7 13. Nb5 Bxb2 14. Ra2 Bg7) ({Vorgänger:} 11... Bxc6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rfe8 17. c3 {1-0 (49) Sasikiran,K (2661)-Swapnil,S (2526) Stockholm 2017}) 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. Ne2 Qa6 15. c3 Red8 16. b3 h5 17. g5 Nh7 {[%cal Bf6h7,Bh7f8,Bf8e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 18. Rac1 c5 19. c4 Bc6 20. Qc2 Qb7 21. h4 Nf8 22. Ng3 Ne6 23. f4 Nd4 24. Qf2 e6 25. Kh2 a5 26. Rb1 Re8 27. Qd2 Qb4 28. Ne2 {[%cal Re3d4]} e5 29. Ng3 (29. Qxb4 $15 axb4 30. Rd2) 29... exf4 $17 30. Bxf4 Re6 31. Qf2 ({Lieber} 31. Qxb4 axb4 32. Rd2) 31... Rce8 {[%cal Rc6e4]} 32. Re1 Qb8 33. Kh1 f6 34. Rbd1 (34. Re3 $142) 34... fxg5 35. Bxg5 Rf8 36. Qd2 Nf3 37. Bxf3 Rxf3 38. Re3 $2 {[#]} (38. Qg2 Rc3 39. Rc1) 38... Qf8 $2 (38... Rxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Rxg3 Rxe4) 39. Rde1 $2 {[#]} (39. Kg2 Rf7 40. Qe2) 39... Be5 (39... Rxe4 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Rxe4 Rxg3) 40. Kg2 $19 Rf7 41. R1e2 a4 42. bxa4 Bxa4 43. Qd5 Qe8 44. Qd3 Bc6 45. Rf3 Bd4 46. Re1 Rxf3 47. Qxf3 Bg7 48. Re2 Qd7 49. Kh2 Re8 {[%cal Be6e8,Be8f8,Bf8f3][%mdl 32]} 50. Rf2 (50. Nf1 $142) 50... Qe6 51. Qd3 Bd4 52. Re2 (52. Be3 $142 Be5 53. Qd1) 52... Rf8 53. Rg2 Be5 54. Qe2 {[#]} Bxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 55. Rg1 (55. Qxe4 Bxg3+) 55... Rf3 {( -> ...Dg4)} 56. a4 Qg4 57. Qe1 Ra3 58. Qf2 {Precision: Weiß = 23%, Schwarz = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Webster, Dex"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,52,35,15,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,-1,-5,-8,-8,-37,-21,-33,-22,-33,-26,-15,-20,-64,-55,-54,-44,-60,-40,-110,-110,-130,-129,-137,-117,-545,-546,-540,-540,-670,-653]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} (5... c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Nb3 c4 8. Nbd2 Qa5 9. c3 b5 10. Be2 b4 11. Nb1 Nb6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Kh1 Be7 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. cxb4 Nxb4 {1-0 (37) Mamedov,R (2659)-Wang,H (2729) Dubai 2014}) 6. Ngf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. C05: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7, 5 f4 and 5 Bd3 sidelines} c5 7. c4 Bb7 8. cxd5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Be2 cxd4 9. O-O Bc5 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Nb3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. a3 Qe7 {1-0 (30) Kalisky,V (2225)-Pcola,P (2368) Slovakia 2000}) 8... Bxd5 9. Bc4 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 11. Ne3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. O-O {With the idea Qf3.} Bc5 14. Ndc2 Nc6 15. Kh1 O-O 16. b4 ({Avoid the trap} 16. Qxd7 $2 Rfd8 $19) 16... Be7 17. Rb1 Rac8 18. Nf5 ({Much worse is} 18. Qxd7 Rfd8 $17) 18... Rfd8 19. Be3 Qb8 20. Nfd4 Nb6 21. Qg4 {[#]} ({White should play} 21. Bg1 $15) 21... Nc4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc4e3]} 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Qf3 Rcc8 24. Nd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Rf2 $17) 24... Nxe3 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. Qxe3 {[#]} Qb6 $1 26. Rbc1 Rxc1 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 94%.} 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Do, Vincent"]
[Black "Hungaski, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,62,32,43,32,70,54,62,39,64,25,25,25,26,-19,61,72,68,15,77,47,51,-8,18,-75,-57,-128,-116,-127,-122,-121,-105,-121,-132,-145,-162,-211,-211,-293,-295,-445,-449,-435,-407,-485,-453,-629,-626]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 c6 8. a4 a5 9. Be3 exd4 {LiveBook: 7 Partien. C41: Philidor-Verteidigung} 10. Qxd4 (10. Nxd4 Nb6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Qf3 Bf8 13. Rad1 Nbd7 14. Rfe1 Ne5 15. Qe2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nd7 17. Nf3 {0-1 (76) Can,E (2571)-Kuzubov,Y (2635) Izmir 2016}) 10... Ne8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... Qc7 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Rad1 Qb4 13. Bb3 Nc5 14. Bxd6 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ncxe4 17. Rd4 Nc5 18. Ne1 Nxb3 19. cxb3 c5 20. Rd6 b5 21. h4 {0-1 (21) Rodriguez Lopez,R (2275)-Starostits,I (2404) Madrid 2015}) 11. Rad1 Qc7 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 12. Bf4 (12. Qd2 {seems wilder.} Ne5 13. Be2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nf6 15. Rfe1) 12... Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. Bb3 Be6 15. Rd2 Nc4 (15... Bxb3 $11 16. cxb3 Nd7) 16. Bxc4 $1 $14 Bxc4 17. Rfd1 (17. Re1 $14) 17... f6 (17... f5 $11) 18. Rd4 Be6 19. Nd2 ({Günstiger ist} 19. Re1 $14) 19... f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 20. e5 (20. Nf3 $11) 20... d5 21. Nb3 (21. Rd3 $15) 21... g5 22. Bh2 f4 23. R4d2 Bb4 24. Nd4 Ng7 25. Rd3 Bf7 26. g4 Bg6 27. Rf3 Rae8 28. Re1 (28. Nce2 {kämpft weiter.}) 28... Ne6 $19 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Re2 Rfe8 31. Na2 Rxe5 {Precision: Weiß = 19%, Schwarz = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miller, John"]
[Black "Molner, Mackenzie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,51,34,28,-46,-38,-48,-40,-57,-48,-59,-56,-187,-172,-177,-169,-180,-173,-181,-147,-161,-154,-166,-102,-127,-125,-127,-139,-122,-83,-497,-491,-789,-782,-766,-746,-808,-816,-828,-829,-793,-787,-814]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 {LiveBook: 196 Partien} 7. e5 {D91: Grünfeldindisch (5.Lg5)} (7. d5 $11) (7. d5 b5 8. d6 Bb7 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. a4 Qd7 12. dxe7 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Nd7 14. axb5 h6 15. Be3 Bc2 16. Rc1 Ba4 17. Bxc4 {½-½ (50) Fedoseev,V (2718)-Dubov,D (2683) St Petersburg 2017}) 7... cxd4 $15 8. Nxd4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Ng4 10. Bxc4 Bxe5 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. h3 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 {0-1 (66) Trachtmann,M (2339)-Boric,M (2364) Germany 2008}) 8... Ng4 9. Bxc4 {Schwarz muss nun Lb5+ beachten.Schwarz steht etwas besser.} Nxe5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nd5 {[#]} ({Lieber} 11. Qe2 $15) 11... Nbc6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 12. Nb3 a6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz bestimmt, wo es lang geht.} 13. Be2 Be6 14. Nc3 O-O 15. O-O Bxb3 16. Qxb3 {[#]} b5 (16... Nd4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd4b3]} 17. Qd1 Rc8) 17. Rfd1 Nd4 18. Qb4 Nec6 19. Qc5 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4c3,Bc3b2][%mdl 32]} 20. Bf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Bf1 $17 {leistet mehr Widerstand.}) 20... bxc3 {Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} 21. Bxc6 (21. bxc3 $142 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3) 21... cxb2 22. Rab1 Rc8 23. Bxe7 Rxc6 24. Qxc6 Nxc6 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Kf1 {Precision: Weiß = 31%, Schwarz = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grabinsky, Joshua"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,102,-16,-9,-36,-25,-25,-18,-79,-54,-49,-44,-41,-28,-34,-43,-55,-43,-71,-86,-104,-84,-90,-82,-122,-116,-99,-110,-131,-132,-139,-43,-139,-102,-116,-66,-87,-23,-25,-29,-47,-39,-54,-40,-69,-86,-77,-57,-78,-12,-197,-147,-252,-255,-222,-193,-192,-172,-213,-172,-325,-314,-424,-465,-451,-466,-461,-447,-495,-250,-238,-238,-310,-298,-335,-306,-491,-485,-813,-788,-741,-681,-1338,-5609,-5501,-5501,-5410,-5197,-6398,-6287,-5697,-5589,-6494,-6490]} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Bb4 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 7. Qb3 {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} (7. O-O Nge7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. Rb1 h6 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bg3 e5 13. Qd3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15. Bd5 Qe7 16. Nd2 {0-1 (55) Ohtake,S (2546)-Schueppel,R (2541) ICCF email 2007}) 7... Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 (9. Be3 $11) 9... a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ng6 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. Qc2 a6 12. a3 Bd6 13. Qd2 Bxg3 14. fxg3 Qc5+ {0-1 (72) Peter,V (1810)-Wierzbicki,J (1451) Berlin 2011}) 10. Nd5 exd5 11. exd5 Ng6 12. Bg3 a5 {...Nce7 is the strong threat.} 13. dxc6 bxc6 {[%cal Bb7c6,Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 14. a3 Be7 15. Nd4 Bf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 16. Rfd1 {Hoping for Nxc6!} d5 17. Be2 c5 18. Nb5 {[#]} Be6 $1 19. Bf3 {[%cal Rf3d5]} c4 20. Qc2 Be5 (20... Ne5 $17 21. Bxe5 Bxe5) 21. Qd2 (21. Nc3 $1 $15) 21... Bxg3 22. hxg3 {[%cal Rf3d5]} Rb8 23. a4 {[%cal Rf3d5]} Rb7 (23... Qb6 $17) 24. Qc3 $11 Rd7 25. Rd2 Qb6 26. Rad1 {[%cal Rf3d5]} Rfd8 27. Nd4 Ne5 28. Be2 Bg4 29. f3 Bf5 (29... Be6 $17 {With the idea ...Nc6.} 30. Kf1 h6) 30. Kf1 $2 (30. Qe3 $11 {and White is okay.} Qf6 31. Qf4) 30... Bd3 31. f4 (31. b3 $17) 31... Bxe2+ $19 32. Rxe2 Nd3 33. b3 Qf6 34. Rc2 h6 35. bxc4 $2 (35. Nc6 {is a better defense.} Qxc6 36. Rxd3) 35... dxc4 36. Ne2 {intending Qxf6.} Qb6 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rb6f2]} 37. Nc1 Nb4 38. Rxd7 Rxd7 39. Rd2 Rxd2 (39... Nd5 $142 40. Qe5 Ne3+ 41. Ke2 Ng4 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ g6 44. Rxd7 Qf2+ 45. Kd1 Ne3+ 46. Qxe3 Qxe3 47. Rxf7+ Kg8) 40. Qxd2 Qf6 41. Kf2 c3 42. Qe3 c2 43. Ne2 $2 (43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ g6 45. Qc4) 43... Qc6 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Qa3 (44. Qd4 $142) 44... c1=Q 45. Nxc1 {[#]} Qxc1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. Qxc1 Nd3+ 47. Ke3 Nxc1 48. Kd4 Ne2+ 49. Kc5 Nxg3 50. Kb5 Ne2 51. Kxa5 Nc3 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,55,72,64,126,156,131,56,57,66,29,22,17,0,0,0,-4,-34,-32,-51,-51,-52,-56,-70,-63,-69,-54,-59,-48,-70,-67,-85,-42,-44,0,0,38,20,72,66]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. c4 Nbd7 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} (6... e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 Bh7 12. Be3 Qa6 13. Rad1 Nbd7 14. h3 Rad8 15. Rfe1 Bb4 {1-0 (38) Matlakov,M (2694)-Mchedlishvili,M (2601) Doha 2016}) 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 e6 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Bxe4 ({Black should try} 10... Nxe4 $14 11. Nd4 Ndf6) 11. Nxe4 $16 Nxe4 {[#]} 12. Qe2 (12. Nd4 $1 $16 Nd6 13. Re1) 12... Nef6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd6 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Qd2 {½-½ (34) Jasim,A (2318)-Coleman,J (2206) Abu Dhabi 2005}) 13. Rd1 Qb6 $1 14. b4 Qxb4 15. Bb2 Bc5 16. Rab1 Qa4 $1 ({Reject} 16... Qe4 $6 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 {[#]} 18. Rxd7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} (18. Bxg7 Rg8 $11)) 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne5 O-O 19. Bxb7 Rad8 20. Kg2 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qa5 22. Bf3 Bb6 23. h4 Qc5 24. Rd2 Rd8 25. Rc2 Qf8 26. a4 Bd4 27. Nc6 {[%mdl 1024] aiming for Rc4. White has compensation.} Rd6 (27... Rd7 $11) 28. Qb5 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,83,25,15,42,40,45,47,56,52,58,11,16,12,15,16,11,14,39,29,45,41,70,52,71,79,81,65,60,34,76,29,47,33,66,52,53,13,60,30,52,16,18,8,34,34,39,28,33,25,31,35,35,32,35,2,4,-8,-9,-20,0,0,0,0,0,-6]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. b3 b6 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Ke7 12. Be2 Rd8 13. Ne5 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b5 14. a4 Bb4 15. Rac1 Ne8 16. Nd3 Bd6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 {1-0 (55) Anand,V (2762)-Lazarev,V (2478) Bastia 2000}) 14. Nd3 Ba6 15. Bf3 Bxd3 16. Bxa8 {[#] aiming for Nc4.} Be2 {Strongly threatening ...Bb4.} 17. Bf3 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 g6 19. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} h6 20. h4 Na6 21. a3 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Kf1 Nc7 24. Ke2 Nb5 25. Ra1 Nd6 26. Rh1 Rg8 27. Rh6 Nd7 28. Kd3 Nb5 29. Nc4 Rd8 30. Kc2 Nd6 31. Nd2 Rc8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxe3+.} 32. Kb1 Nb5 33. Ka2 Bd6 {...Rc2 is the strong threat.} 34. Nc4 a4 35. Bd1 axb3+ 36. Bxb3 Bc5 37. Rh5 Rg8 {The position is equal.} 38. Rh1 Nd6 39. Rd1 Nxc4 40. Bxc4 Nf6 41. Bb5 Rh8 42. Rd7+ {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hungaski, Robert"]
[Black "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,119,81,74,83,93,101,93,131,112,155,139,177,97,107,91,186,19,25,4,84,0,77,70,132,116,125,95,127,120,151,153,162,156,161,137,407,247,254,260,260,254,297,286,310,234,260,230,220,215,241,225,249,235,310,287,300,296,289,269,330,329,510,427,389,420,397,408,602,380,380,306,307,298,297,295,320,303,295,279,368,370,395,402,395,381,506,493,611,595,653,634,783,784,787,784,775,772,740,738,29980,29980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 f5 8. exf5 gxf5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Na6 {E87: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6...e5 7 d5} (10... a6 11. Nh3 Nf6 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. g3 b5 14. h4 Kh8 15. h5 Bh6 16. Nf7+ Qxf7 17. Bxh6 Rg8 18. Bd3 bxc4 19. Bxc4 {1-0 (33) Biolek,R (2446)-Fedorov,A (2555) Czechia 2015}) 11. Bd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bd7 12. Nge2 Qe8 {White is better.} 13. Rde1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. g3 Nc5 14. Bc2 Kh8 15. h3 Nf6 16. g4 Qf7 17. b4 Na6 18. a3 {0-1 (29) Szucs,V (2216)-Kubala,J (2166) Slovakia 2008}) 13... Nc5 14. Bc2 a5 15. Rhg1 Nf6 16. Ng3 (16. h3 $18) 16... Qg6 $16 17. Nh1 Qf7 {[#]} (17... e4 $16) 18. Nf2 $2 ({White should try} 18. g4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 18... Na6 $1 $11 {Strongly threatening ...f4.} 19. Bg5 Kh8 (19... Nb4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20. g3 (20. g4 $16) 20... Rae8 (20... Nb4 $11 {remains equal.}) 21. a3 Qh5 (21... Nc5 $14) 22. h3 $16 Ng8 23. Kb1 Qf7 24. g4 Nc5 25. Be3 $1 Ne7 26. Bxc5 dxc5 {[#]} 27. Nd3 $1 fxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Ng6 $16) 28. fxg4 Ng6 29. Nxc5 Bc8 30. N5e4 Qf4 31. Qd3 Qh6 32. Rg3 Qh4 33. c5 Nf4 {[#]} 34. Qe3 $1 Rd8 35. d6 c6 36. Bb3 Bh6 {Black wants to play ...Ng2.} 37. g5 Bg7 38. Nf6 Bf5+ 39. Ka1 Ng6 40. Rf1 Bxf6 (40... Nf4 $142 41. Rfg1 (41. Qxe5 Qxg3 42. Qxf5 Ng6 $18) 41... Bg6) 41. Rxf5 Bg7 42. Rxf8+ Rxf8 43. Rg4 Qh5 (43... Qf2 $142 44. Qxf2 Rxf2) 44. Bc2 Nf4 45. Qg3 {Black must now prevent Rh4.} Qxh3 46. Qxh3 Nxh3 47. Ne4 Nf4 48. Rh4 Ne6 49. Bb3 Nf4 50. Rh1 Rd8 51. Bc4 a4 52. Kb1 Bf8 53. Nf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh1h7]} h6 54. Ng4 e4 55. gxh6 {[%cal Bg5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Nd3 56. Bxd3 exd3 57. Ne5 Kh7 58. Nf7 Rd7 59. Ng5+ Kg6 60. h7 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Molner, Mackenzie"]
[Black "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,59,-30,-35,-30,-53,-15,-7,0,0,0,-23,0,0,0,7,17,0,5,0,0,0,62,54,56,9,5,0,32,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. e5 dxe5 {B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn} 12. fxe5 Nfd7 (12... g5 13. exf6 gxh4 14. Be2 Qa5 15. O-O Nd7 16. Kh1 Qg5 17. Qe1 Nxf6 18. Nf3 Qg7 19. Ne5 {½-½ (35) Radjabov,T (2748)-Wojtaszek,R (2744) Shamkir 2018}) 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 {[#] LiveBook: 269 Games. aiming for 0-0.} Bc5 $1 {...0-0 is the strong threat.} 17. Bg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3e5]} Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 $1 {[#]} O-O $146 20. Bd6 $1 f5 21. Bxf8 Nxf8 ({Don't blunder} 21... Kxf8 $2 22. Nd6 $18) 22. Nd6 Nbd7 23. g4 fxg4 24. O-O Qc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5e3]} 25. Rd4 e5 ({Black should play} 25... b6 $11) 26. Bc4+ $14 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kh7 27. Bd3+ (27. Rd3 $5 {[%cal Re3c5]} Ng6 28. Rf7 $11) 27... Kg8 28. Bc4+ Kh7 29. Bd3+ (29. Rd3 $5 {[%cal Re3c5]} Ng6 30. Rf7 $11) 29... Kg8 30. Bc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,37,0,0,0,0,0,-13,20,25,10,-22,-14,-5,841,840]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O d6 9. a4 Be7 10. Kh1 {B80: Sizilianisch (Scheveninger System)} O-O 11. f4 Rb8 12. Be3 Re8 (12... Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 h6 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Nd4 Rbc8 17. Rad1 Qc4 {1-0 (33) Adams,M (2745)-Giri,A (2790) Shamkir 2015 CBM 166 [Gormally,D]}) 13. e5 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 {...Sc4 ist eine echte Drohung.} 15. Bf4 Nfd7 16. Qe2 g5 {[#]} 17. Nxe6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 17. Be3 h6 18. Ne4 Nc5 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxf6 Kg7 21. Raf1 Ncd7 22. Qf2 Nf8 23. Nb5 axb5 24. Bb6 Qd7 25. Bd4 bxa4 {1-0 (25) Hamdouchi,H (2522)-Teran Alvarez,I (2392) Dos Hermanas 2002}) 17... fxe6 18. Qh5 Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (18... gxf4 $11 19. Qxe8+ Nf8 20. Rxf4 Qd7) 19. Be4 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "Markzon, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,38,66,51,33,60,55,46,49,67,56,88,74,78,25,20,-6,-10]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} Nbd7 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O h6 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} 11. Bh4 b6 12. Bc4 Bb7 {LiveBook: 7 Games. White is slightly better.} 13. Nd2 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14. Qe2 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nf1 Ng6 {1-0 (50) Yu,Y (2750)-Atabayev,S (2437) Ashkhabad 2017}) 14. Qe2 g5 15. Bg3 Nc5 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. f3 Ne6 18. Bxe6 ({Better is} 18. Ba2 $16) 18... Qxe6 $11 19. Nc4 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mulyar, Michael"]
[Black "Shepherd, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. Qe2 Rxd5 20. axb4 cxb4 21. Nc3 Qd6 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. f3 Nd3 24. Be3 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1 Rd8 27. Qc2 a5 28. Ra4 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Martinez, Isaac"]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,71,14,22,20,15,0,0,7,13,0,0,2,8,0,9,0,0,0,60,-52,-81,-46,-75,-149,-148,-168,-147,-485,-397,-472,-361,-573,-581,-575,-577,-616,-662,-657,-625,-686,-686,-686,-686,-686,-686,-686,-686,-686,-672,-2214,-2208,-2192,-2160,-2154,-2114,-2479]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. e3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} Bf5 8. Bd3 (8. Qd2 Nf6 9. f3 h5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. Nge2 b5 13. O-O O-O 14. a3 a5 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nc5 {1-0 (41) Yu,Y (2759)-Xu,Y (2536) Hangzhou 2018}) 8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. f3 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nh5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rad1 {0-1 (49) Malyshev,G (2019)-Piskovets,N (2181) Kaliningrad 2013}) 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 c5 $1 15. d5 Nh5 16. d6 Bf6 17. Rad1 Nxf4 (17... Qb6 $11 18. Qd2 Qa6) 18. Rxf4 (18. Nxf4 $14 Be5 19. Nfd5) 18... Be5 $15 19. Rff1 Re6 20. Nb5 ({Better is} 20. Qh3) 20... a6 $17 21. Nc7 ({Don't blunder} 21. Qf3 $2 Rf6 $19) 21... Rxd6 22. Qxd6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (22. Nd5 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 22... Bxd6 $19 23. Nxa8 Be5 24. b3 (24. Rf3 $142 c4 25. Nc3) 24... Qh4 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. h3 Qxe4 26. Rxd7 Qxe2 27. Rdxf7 Qe3+ 28. R7f2 Bg3 29. Nb6 Qd4 30. Nc4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5c4,Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 31. Nd2 c4 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. Ne4 Bxf2+ 34. Nxf2 c3 35. Re1 c2 36. Kf1 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iwu, Okechukwu"]
[Black "Tarjan, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c3 e5 9. h3 Bd7 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. Be3 Nh7 16. b4 b6 17. a4 Kh8 18. f3 Ng5 19. Qf1 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Nh5 f4 22. Bf2 Nxh3+ 23. Kh2 Nxf2 24. Qxf2 e4 25. Nxg7 e3 26. Qe1 Qxg7 27. Qh4 Qg5 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. Rd5 Bf5 30. g4 Rxd5 31. Bxd5 Rd8 32. c4 Bg6 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. b5 Bf7 35. Bxf7 Kxf7 36. a5 Rd2+ 37. Kf1 Ke6 38. axb6 axb6 39. Ra8 Rf2+ 40. Ke1 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cori, Jorge"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 8,26,26,27,18,20,14,16,19,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,-179,109,-275,20] d4d5Nf3Nf6c4c6e3Bg4Nc3e6h3Bh5Qb3Qb6Bd2Nbd7Be2Be7Na4Qxb3axb3Ne4Nc3Bxf3gxf3Nxd2Kxd2O-Of4Nf6c5 a6 [%clk 1:26:28]} 1. b4 {Nd7 [%clk 1:24:40] h4 [%clk 1:47:37]} f5 {h5 [%clk 1:47:30] Kf7 [%clk 1:22:25]} 2. f3 {Bf6 [%clk 1:20:26] Nd1 [%clk 1:46:21]} g5 {hxg6+ [%clk 1:43:29] hxg6 [%clk 1:19:49] Nf2 [%clk 1:43:29] Rh8 [%clk 1:19:24] Nd3 [%clk 1:43:29] Rxh1 [%clk 1:19:00] Rxh1 [%clk 1:43:27] Rh8 [%clk 1:18:39] Rxh8 [%clk 1:40:36] Bxh8 [%clk 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Hungaski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Qf5 d6 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Qh5 d5 10. a3 Bf8 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d3 Na5 13. Bd2 Nb3 14. Rd1 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Qe6 16. g4 f5 17. gxf5 Qxf5 18. Rg1+ Bg7 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stukopin, Andrey"]
[Black "Menon, Gopal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,82,12,62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,49,882,880,1227,1226,1123,502,643,634,892,2182,1466,874,1811,1660,1527,1510,1449,1349,1375,1113,1041,1039,798]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. h4 Bd7 10. f3 h6 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} 11. Be3 h5 12. Bg5 Ne5 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. f4 Neg4 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 15. Rh3 ({White should try} 15. Be2 $14) 15... b5 $11 16. a3 $1 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... O-O 17. Be2 Rfe8 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 {0-1 (41) Kasimdzhanov,R (2640)-Sasikiran,K (2666) Vlissingen 2004}) 17. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 18. exf5 O-O 19. Be2 exf4 20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. Rhd3 Rfe8 22. Qf2 Rac8 23. Bxf4 Qc5 24. Be3 Qc6 25. Bg5 a5 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Nd5 {[#]} ({Much weaker is} 27. Rxd6 Qc4 $15) 27... Bxh4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. g3 (28. Qxh4 Qxc2#) 28... Bg5+ 29. Kb1 $1 Qc5 30. Qh2 {Threatens to win with f6!} f6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Don't blunder} 30... Bh6 $2 31. Rc3 $18) (30... b4 $14) 31. Rc3 $18 {White is clearly winning.} ({Worse is} 31. Rh1 b4 $11) 31... Qa7 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rh1 (33. Re1 $142 Ra8 34. Ne7+ Kf7 35. Qh5+ Kf8 36. Qh1) 33... Bh6 {[#]} 34. Nxf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 35. Qxh6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame White threatens Qh8+ and mate. KQR-KQR} Qg7 36. Qd2 {Strongly threatening Qd5+.} Qc7 37. Qd5+ Kf8 38. Qe6 Kg7 39. Qe4 Rg8 40. Qxg4+ Kf8 41. Qd4 Qe7 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Karp, Eli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "1961"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,59,25,29,72,49,93,93,87,87,174,164,163,166,185,163,211,111,264,257,275,261,375,341,363,298,341,313,399,367,467,476,473,423,739,692,1302,1302,1272,1248,3389,2815,29991,48]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 Be7 10. Bd3 {LiveBook: 30 Games. C02: French: Advance Variation} g6 ({Not} 10... Nfxd4 $2 11. Nxd4 Nxe5 12. Be2 $18) 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Bxf5 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Na4 Qd8 13. Rc1 O-O 14. h4 h5 15. Nc5 a5 16. b5 Na7 17. a4 Rb8 {1-0 (25) Lagarde,M (2615)-Giroyan,G (2407) Cannes 2018}) 12... gxf5 13. O-O a5 (13... a6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 14. b5 $18 Na7 15. a4 Qd8 16. Ne2 Nc8 17. Nf4 (17. Bh6 $18) 17... O-O $2 (17... h5 $16) 18. Nh5 Kh8 19. h4 Bxh4 (19... Be8 $142 20. Bg5 Nb6) 20. g3 Be7 21. Kg2 Rg8 22. Rh1 Rg6 23. Rh3 Qg8 24. Qe2 Nb6 25. Bf4 Rc8 {[#]} (25... Rg4 $142 26. Bh6 Qg6) 26. Nf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf6 (26... Bxf6 27. exf6) 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Rah1 Be8 {[#]} 29. Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg5 30. Rxh7+ $2 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 19%.} (30. Bxg5 {mates} Qxg5 31. Rxh7+ Kg8 32. Rh8+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ f6 34. R1h7+ Kg6 35. Qxe6) 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,27,-9,-8]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. c4 Nb6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Be3 d5 12. c5 Nc4 13. Bc1 b6 14. cxb6 {LiveBook: 10 Games. B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3} (14. b3 N4a5 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Bf4 Be4 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Nb7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 {1-0 (37) Efimenko,Z (2643)-Bortnyk,O (2533) Wroclaw 2014}) {Predecessor:} 14... Nxb6 $146 15. Bf4 f6 16. Bb5 Na5 17. Re1 a6 18. Bf1 g5 19. Bg3 Qd7 20. b3 Nc6 21. Rc1 Rfc8 {1-0 (31) Rios Parra,A (2303)-Avila Pavas,S (2217) Medellin 2018} *

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,114,-22,-4,-46,-36,-41,-39,-60,0,0,0,0,8,-39,-37,-74,-79,-70,-65,-39,-7,0,0,-12,6,21,9,-7,0,-10,-10,-9,-9,-10,-12,-12,-12,-10,-10,-37,-32,-79,-24,-46,-46,-39,-22,-38,-45,-46,-51,-51,-49,-127,-104,-113,-118,-77,0,-75,0,-84,-79,-116,-152,-183,-83,-82,-70,-229,-220,-151,-108,-137,-146,-301,-300,-285,-268,-270,-240,-301,-266,-452,-452,-29985,-29986,-29985,-838]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32] Finkel,A} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. c4 Nb6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Be3 d5 12. c5 Nc4 13. Bc1 b6 14. cxb6 axb6 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Partien} 15. Qb3 $146 {B04: Aljechin-Verteidigung (Moderne Variante)} ({Vorgänger:} 15. b3 Nd6 16. Bb2 Ne4 17. Nb5 Na7 18. a4 Nxb5 19. Bxb5 Rc8 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. Ba6 Ra8 22. Qe2 Bh6 {0-1 (33) Nay,O (2595)-Yin,H (2496) Shanghai 2000 CBM 076 [Finkel,A]}) 15... e6 16. Bxc4 Na5 17. Qd1 {Schwarz steht etwas besser.} Nxc4 ({Lieber} 17... dxc4 $15 18. Bg5 Qd7) 18. Qe2 $11 h5 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bf4 g5 21. Bh2 Qd7 22. b3 Na3 23. Rfc1 b5 24. Ne1 $1 e5 25. Qd2 Rfc8 26. dxe5 d4 27. Nd1 fxe5 28. Qxg5 Qe6 $1 29. Nf3 Nc2 30. Bxe5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rg5g7]} Qg6 31. Qxg6 Bxg6 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Rab1 (33. Rxc2 $5 Rxc2 34. Nxd4 Rcxa2 35. Rxa2 Rxa2 36. Nc3 $15) 33... Rxa2 34. Rb2 Raa8 ({Besser ist} 34... Rxb2 $17 35. Nxb2 Rc3) 35. Ne5 Bh7 {[%mdl 1024] Schwarz hat Kompensation.} 36. f4 d3 {Droht stark ...d2.} 37. Nf2 d2 38. Rd1 Ne3 39. Rbxd2 Nxd1 40. Rxd1 (40. Rd7+ $15 Kf6 41. Rxd1 (41. Rxh7 Nxf2 42. Kxf2 Rc3 $15)) 40... Rd8 41. Rc1 Rac8 42. Ra1 Ra8 43. Rc1 Rac8 44. Ra1 Rd2 45. g4 Rcc2 $1 46. Rf1 Re2 (46... hxg4 $1 $19 {bietet bessere Gewinnchancen.} 47. hxg4 Be4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 47. gxh5 $17 Rb2 48. h6+ $2 (48. Nf3 $1 $15) 48... Kxh6 $19 49. Nfg4+ Kg7 {...Tg2+ ist eine echte Drohung.} 50. f5 {[#] beabsichtigt f6+.} Kf8 $1 ({Viel schwächer ist} 50... Rxb3 51. Ra1 $15) 51. Nd3 $2 (51. Nd7+ $17 {war einen Versuch wert.} Ke7 52. Nde5 (52. f6+ $2 Kxd7 53. Rd1+ Ke6 $19)) 51... Rxb3 52. Nf4 Reb2 53. Ne6+ {[#]} Ke8 $1 ({Auf keinen Fall} 53... Ke7 54. Ng5 $17) 54. Ng5 {Und weiter mit Sf6+ wäre nett.} Bg8 {( -> ...Tg3+)} 55. Re1+ $2 (55. Ne4 {kämpft weiter.}) 55... Kf8 56. Re5 (56. Ne3 $19 b4 57. Ne4) 56... Rg3+ 57. Kh1 Rd3 {Precision: Weiß = 44%, Schwarz = 62%.} (57... Rc3 $142 58. Nf3 Rxf3 59. Ne3 Re2 60. f6 Bc4 61. Rg5 Rfxe3 62. Kg1 Rxh3 63. f7 Rhh2 64. Rg8+ Kxf7 65. Rg5 Rhf2 66. Rh5 Rc2 67. Rh7+ Kg6 68. Rg7+ Kxg7 69. Kh1 Rf1#) 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Molner, Mackenzie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,116,29,8,27,20,56,33,44,5,75,18,36,0,0,0,0,-22,-12,-17,-8,-8,-12,-27,-35,-29,-12,-72,-79,-160,-29,-45,-19,-30,-18,-34,-17,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-24,-31,0,0,0,-21,0,0,0,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-45,-70,-75,-77,-74,-75,-74,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,3,10,0,0,0,38,48,50,17,17,14,27,64,99,-481,-360,-2138,-1976,-2185,-1907,-12839,-12835,-12840,-12839,-12840,-12840]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. a3 {LiveBook: 184 Games} a5 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (7... g6 8. d3 Bg7 9. Be3 Ne6 10. h4 h6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Na2 O-O 14. b4 cxb4 15. Nxb4 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qxa3 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxh6 Bxf3 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 {½-½ (43) Adhiban,B (2655)-Karjakin,S (2753) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 8. Na4 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Na6 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Qb5 e6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6+ Ke7 14. Qc4 Qc7 15. Bg2 {½-½ (47) Suich,P-Langer,M (2280) Irvine 2010}) 9. d3 Rb8 {White is slightly better.} 10. Qc2 b6 {[#]} 11. O-O (11. d4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 11... Bd6 12. d4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. e3 O-O {Black wants to play ...Ba6.} 15. Rd1 Ba6 16. Rxd4 Qe7 17. Nc3 Be5 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. Bd2 (19. e4 $11) 19... Bd3 $17 20. Qb3 (20. Qc1 $142) 20... b5 (20... Na6 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Nc5.} 21. f4 Bf6) 21. Be1 a4 22. Qa2 $1 Bc4 23. Qb1 f5 24. Qc2 Bb3 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qe2 Bc4 27. Qc2 Bd3 28. Qd2 Bc4 29. Qc2 Bd3 30. Qd2 Bc4 31. Qc1 Na6 {[%cal Bc7a6,Ba6c5,Bc5d3,Bd3e1][%mdl 32]} 32. Nxa4 Qc7 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 33. Nc3 Nc5 {And now ...Nb3 would win.} 34. Qc2 $1 Bd3 35. Qd1 Bc4 36. Qh5 Nd3 37. Rb1 Nxe1 38. Rxe1 g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h5]} 39. Qf3 {[#]} Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2b2]} 40. a4 {[#]} Bxc3 ({Black should play} 40... b4 $1 $17 41. Nb5 Qd7) 41. bxc3 $11 Bd5 42. e4 fxe4 43. Qe3 Rd3 44. Qe2 $1 bxa4 45. Bxe4 Bxe4 46. Qxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd7 47. c4 a3 48. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Rb1.} Rd4 49. Qa8+ Kg7 50. Rc1 h5 51. Rc3 Kh7 52. h4 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 53. c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Qxa3 $16 {stays on course. Qa8 is the strong threat.} Rxc4 54. Rxc4 Qd5+ 55. Kg1 Qxc4 56. Qe7+ Kg8 57. Qxe5) 53... Ra4 $19 54. Qf3 $2 (54. Rd3 Qxd3 55. Qxa4) 54... a2 {Black is clearly winning.} 55. c6 Qc7 56. Rd3 e4 57. Rd7+ {[#]} Qxd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 58. Qb3 (58. cxd7 exf3+) 58... Qd4 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Black "Curcio, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,58,35,14,75,75,72,53,51,38,63,34,58,43,68,63,68,60,63,31,48,18,141,132,126,118,123,117,135,130,137,133,108]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 h5 12. Nd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Bxd5 13. exd5 Rc8 (13... g6 14. Be2 Bg7 15. O-O a5 16. a4 O-O 17. Bb5 Qc7 18. c4 b6 19. h3 Nc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 {½-½ (49) Carlsen,M (2842)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Biel 2018}) 14. Na5 Qc7 15. c4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} b6 (15... e4 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. Nc6 $16 Nb8 17. Nxb8 (17. Nb4 {looks sharper.} g6 18. Rc1 Bg7 19. Be2 O-O 20. O-O) 17... Rxb8 18. b4 Be7 {[#]} 19. Be2 $146 O-O 20. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rfc8 21. Rac1 Qb7 22. Rfd1 g6 23. Kh1 Nd7 24. f4 f5 (24... exf4 $11 25. Bxf4 Qc7) 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. d6 Bf6 29. Bxc5 Rd8 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 29%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,57,81,70,76,54,79,46,60,68,89,89,114,107,121,88,320,324,317,335,453,315,317,302,269,232,211,213,213,226,223,212,270,241,202,189,421,411,779,779,965,960,29982,29983,29980,29981]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. h4 h6 6. Bf4 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} d6 7. Qd2 Nd7 8. O-O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is better.} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. Be2 e5 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 {½-½ (36) Svane,R (2586)-Repka,C (2513) Moscow 2018}) 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. c5 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Bg4 {[#]} 12. Qe3 $1 ({But not} 12. cxd6 $6 Nxf3 13. gxf3 Bxf3 $11) 12... h5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} c6 $2 (14... Kf8 $16) 15. Rxd6 $18 Qa5 16. Qd4 f6 17. Ba4 O-O 18. f3 Bc8 19. Rd1 {Hoping for Rxf6!} Kh7 20. Bb3 Qc7 21. Qf2 Qe7 22. Kb1 Re8 23. Qg3 Nf7 24. R6d2 {aiming for Bd6.} f5 $2 (24... Ne5 25. Rd6 Rf8) 25. Rd6 Nxd6 (25... Bf6 $142 26. e5 Nxe5 27. Rxf6 Qxf6) 26. Rxd6 Bf6 {[#]} 27. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf8 (27... Bxe5 28. Qxg6+) 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Qg5 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,36,42,16,52,37,24,0,0,0,0,-8,8,12,9,9,11,6,6,1,18]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} Bg7 7. Re1 (7. d4 Ne4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. b3 b5 15. Nd2 {0-1 (29) So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 7... d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} c6 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne5 Nh5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bg5 Qg4 15. Be3 Rfe8 {½-½ (30) Skytte,R (2413)-Glud,J (2535) Denmark 2015}) 12... Nxe4 {The position is equal.} 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 (14. Rxe4 {with more complications.} Nf6 15. Re1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Re8 17. Qa4) 14... c5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. dxc5 Qxd1 $1 17. Rexd1 {c6 is the strong threat.} bxc5 $1 18. Rxc5 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tarjan, James"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,86,4,0,16,9,11,4,0,-8,0,-3,3,6,18,29,30,0,25,19,28,0,25,18,65,0,0,-15,-22,-15,-14,-15,-17,-14,6,10,0,0,61,47,65,78,66,59,84,37,41,41,83,33,40,0,60,66,62,68,62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1443]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Bg2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Bc6 7. O-O Nd7 (7... Nf6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. a4 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Qb3 Rc8 12. a5 Nd5 13. Nd2 Nb8 14. Nxd5 exd5 {0-1 (38) Hillarp Persson,T (2546)-Grandelius,N (2668) Ronneby 2018}) 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 Ngf6 10. d3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} O-O 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. Qb1 $146 Rfd8 15. Qa1 Qb7 16. Rc2 Bf8 17. Rfc1 Nd5 18. a3 N5b6 19. Ne1 (19. b4 $5) 19... Bd5 20. e4 Bc6 21. d4 ({Better is} 21. b4 $14) 21... c4 $1 $11 22. a4 cxb3 (22... bxa4 $2 23. bxc4 Re8 24. c5 $18) 23. Nxb3 Bxe4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxc2.} ({Not} 23... bxa4 $2 24. Na5 $18) 24. Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b7]} Qd5 25. Nc6 Bxg2 26. Nxg2 {[#]} Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Rxc6 Nxa4 (27... bxa4 $11 28. Rc7 Qa8) 28. Ba3 $1 $14 Ndb6 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Ne3 Qd8 31. d5 Nxd5 32. Nxd5 exd5 33. Qd4 a5 34. Rd1 h6 (34... Qe8 $11 35. Rdc1 (35. Qxd5 b4 $11) 35... b4) 35. Qxd5 Qxd5 36. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Rb8 {White should prevent ...b4.} 37. Ra6 ({White should play} 37. Rc1 $1 $14) 37... Nc3 $11 {The position is equal.} 38. Rc5 b4 39. Rcxa5 {aiming for Ra8.} Kh7 {White must now prevent ...b3.} 40. Ra8 Rb6 {...b3 is the strong threat.} 41. R8a6 Rb8 {And now ...b3 would win.} 42. Ra8 Rb6 {Hoping for ...b3.} 43. R8a6 Kg8 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 60%, Black = 49%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} (43... Rb8 $11 44. Ra8) 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Markzon, Gregory"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,94,47,45,10,14,7,2,-85,-87,-90,-85,-91,-91,-148,-142,-145,-139,-136,-131,-127,-117,-142,-97,-102,-99,-182,-101,-102,-102,-157,-120,-168,-159,-180,-180,-168,-130,-167,-158,-171,-156,-208,-209,-205,-201,-207,-189,-199,-187,-202,-141,-230,-137,-196,-156,-156,-156,-164,-142,-151,-151,-143,-140,-313,-292,-306,-283,-275,0,-293,-288,-349,-334,-333,-285,-361,-351,-381,-383,-424,-410,-542,-518,-539,-567]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Ne7 5. h4 (5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 Nbc6 7. Be2 h6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bd3 {1-0 (60) Onischuk,A (2681)-Ipatov,A (2665) Saint Louis 2018}) 5... h6 6. Nf3 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} d5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 7. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. e5 Nd7 8. Bf4 c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. Qxd4 exd5 11. Nxd5 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 {1-0 (44) Esipenko,A (2523)-Li,R (2568) Saint Louis 2017}) 7... dxe4 $1 8. Nxe4 {The position is equal.} Nbc6 9. Be5 (9. Qa4 $11) 9... Nxe5 $17 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Nc6 12. Nc5 (12. h5 $142) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nd3 Bg7 15. g3 Ke7 16. Bg2 Rd8 17. f4 Rb8 18. b3 (18. h5 $17) 18... h5 (18... b5 $19 19. cxb5 Rxb5) 19. Ke2 Bd4 20. b4 ({White should play} 20. Ne5) 20... Bd7 21. b5 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 22. Nb4 c5 23. Nc2 Bg7 24. Rd3 e5 {Hoping for ...Bg4+.} 25. Ne3 exf4 26. Nd5+ (26. gxf4 $17 Bd4 27. Kd2) 26... Kf8 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Re8+.} 27. gxf4 Bf5 28. Rd2 Re8+ 29. Kf2 Bd4+ 30. Kg3 Re6 31. Rhd1 (31. Bf3 $17) 31... b6 (31... Rbe8 $19 32. Bf3 Re1) 32. Bh3 (32. Bf3 $17) 32... Bxh3 33. Kxh3 Rbe8 34. Kg3 Re2 35. Kf3 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} Re1 $1 37. Rc2 $2 (37. Rd3 $17) 37... Rf1+ 38. Kg2 Rg1+ 39. Kf3 Rf1+ 40. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2f1]} Rd1 41. Kf3 Rd3+ 42. Kg2 Ra3 43. Re2 Ra4 44. Rc2 Kg7 45. f5 Bf6 46. Rf2 Bxh4 47. f6+ Kh6 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "119th US Open-ch 2018"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shawkat, Saif"]
[Black "Bloomer, Josh S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,68,43,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,35,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32,36,41,-27,39,49,41,-6,52,26,69,0,0,-8,0,32767,32767,32767,32767,-43,-33,-29,32,-42,-40,-175,-70,-150,-72,-56,-79,-86,-35,-24,-9,-519,-527,-559,-514,-854,-671]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 exd4 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} (8... c6 9. Qc2 Ng4 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Rad1 f6 12. Bh4 Kh8 13. h3 Nh6 14. Rfe1 Nf7 15. a3 Nc7 16. b4 Ne6 17. d5 {1-0 (65) Wojtaszek,R (2738)-Demchenko,A (2672) Batumi 2018}) 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. f3 c6 11. Bf2 Nc7 12. Qb3 Nh5 13. Rfd1 Nf4 14. Bf1 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qg5 15. Kh1 Qh5 16. Nce2 Be5 17. Nxf4 Bxf4 18. g3 {1-0 (46) Vidit,S (2459)-Kerigan,D (2097) Kemer 2009}) 15. g3 Nfe6 16. Nde2 (16. Rd2 $14) 16... b6 17. Bg2 Ba6 18. Qa4 Bb7 (18... d5 $5) 19. Rd2 Nc5 20. Qd1 {[#]} (20. Qa3 $1 $14) 20... d5 $1 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Nf4 Bc6 25. Rc1 Qb7 (25... Bh6 $15) 26. Bd4 (26. b4 $14 Ba4 27. Qf1) 26... Bh6 27. b4 {[#]} ({White should try} 27. Rc3 $15) 27... Ne6 (27... Ba4 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra4d1]} 28. Qf1 Ne6) 28. Nxe6 (28. Be3 $142) 28... Rxe6 (28... Bxd2 $19 {is more deadly.} 29. Qxd2 Rxe6) 29. f4 Bxg2 30. Rxg2 Rd8 (30... Bf8 $5 {[%cal Ra8d8]} 31. Bb2 Qe4 $15) 31. Rd2 Red6 32. Be3 $2 {[#]} (32. Rcc2 $11) 32... Rxd2 $19 33. Bxd2 Qd5 34. Rc2 Bg7 35. h3 Bd4+ 0-1

