[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,86,-12,-8,0,4,4,0,-4,0,0,0,18,12,12,12,0,37,14,42,31,34,19,40,39,50,56,63,52,94,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-22,-22,-22,-38,0,-38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nd2 O-O 7. Qf3 {D00: Damenbauernspiele} a5 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 8. Ne2 Na6 (8... a4 9. a3 Nd7 10. g4 b5 11. h4 b4 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. c3 Be7 14. g5 Ba6 {0-1 (42) Alvarado Diaz,A (2425)-Howell,D (2644) Douglas 2016}) 9. c3 Nc7 10. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Re8 11. g4 ({Viel schlechter ist} 11. Qh5 g6 $17) 11... Ne6 12. O-O-O b5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12... Nf8 13. Ng3 Bxg3 14. Qxg3 a4 {1-0 (73) Delchev,A (2450)-Spasov,V (2525) Bulgaria 1995}) 13. Rdg1 g6 14. h5 Ng5 15. Qg2 b4 16. c4 Ba6 17. Kb1 Ra7 18. Nc1 {Droht hxg6 und aus.} dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Bf8 21. Rd1 (21. hxg6 $16 fxg6 22. Qxc6) 21... a4 $11 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 22. Ne2 a3 23. b3 Qd5 24. Qxd5 $1 cxd5 25. Nd2 Bd6 26. Rc1 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Bxc7 28. Kc2 Kg7 29. Kd3 f5 30. gxf5 gxf5 {[%cal Bg6f5,Bf5e4][%mdl 32]} 31. Rc1 Bd6 32. f4 Ne4 {[#] Weiss muss nun ...Sf2+ beachten.} 33. Nxe4 (33. Nf3 {looks sharper.} Kf6 34. Rc6 Rg8 35. Ne1 Ke6 36. Rb6) 33... fxe4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} 34. Kd2 Kf6 35. Rg1 h6 36. Rg2 Rc8 37. Rg1 Be7 38. Rg2 Bd6 39. Ng1 Rc3 40. Rg8 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Rd3+ 41. Ke2 Rc3 {[#] Und ...Tc2+ würde nun gewinnen.} 42. Kd2 $1 Rd3+ 43. Ke2 Rc3 {Precision: Weiß = 79%, Schwarz = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,129,-38,-11,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,9,0,20,15,30,0,71,0,55,64,56,57,67,83,92,83,64,82,94,97,100,82,129,133,104,101,12826,2455,2249,12814,1469,1132,12534,8562,12795,5180,2228,12,12,26,12831,12832,12832,12833,12833,12826,12827,12828,12831,0,12625,12820,12831,5161,145,38,12827,7799,12836,12836,12837,12836,12839,12838,12846,12847,12847,12843,12843,12844,12844,12844,12845,12845,12847,12847,12847,12848,12848,12849,12850,29987,12851,29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. e5 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} Nd5 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. a4 a6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Qb1 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Reject} 14... cxd4 $6 15. Nxd4 h5 16. axb5 $16) ({Predecessor:} 14... g4 15. Nh4 cxd4 16. axb5 d3 17. Bxg4 a5 {1-0 (41) Grischuk,A (2780)-Karjakin,S (2753) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 15. axb5 h4 16. Bxc4 {aiming for bxa6.} hxg3 17. fxg3 {Threatens to win with bxa6.} cxd4 18. bxa6 Bc6 (18... Bxa6 $6 19. Rxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxa6 20. Bxa6 $16) 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Qd3 Bd5 $1 21. Kh1 {And now Bb5+ would win.} Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qd5 23. Qb5+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Nd7 {Hoping for ...Ke7.} 24. Nf3 $1 Ba7 25. Qa4 O-O-O 26. c4 Qe4 (26... Qc5 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. Rfe1 ({Much worse is} 27. Nxg5 Rxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Rh8+ 29. Nh3 Rxh3+ 30. gxh3 Qe2+ 31. Kh1 Qe4+ 32. Kh2 Qe2+ 33. Kh1 Qe4+ 34. Kh2 $11) (27. Rae1 $1 $16 {[%cal Re1e4]} Nc5 28. Rxe4 Nxa4 29. Nxg5) 27... Nc5 (27... Qa8 $11) 28. Rxe4 $14 Nxa4 29. Nxg5 Nc3 30. Rf4 Ne2 {[%cal Re2g3]} 31. Rf3 Rd7 32. h4 Bd4 33. Rd1 Nxg3+ 34. Rxg3 {Strongly threatening Rh3.} Bxe5 35. Rxd7 Bxg3 36. Rd4 Rxh4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Kb8 $16) 37. Rxh4 $18 Bxh4 38. Nxf7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kb8 39. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Ka7 40. g5 Kxa6 41. Kg2 Kb6 42. g6 $1 Bf6 43. Ng5 Kc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Ka5 $11) 44. Kf3 $18 ({Not} 44. Nxe6 Ba1 $11) 44... Kd7 45. Ne4 Bb2 46. Kg4 Bg7 47. Kg5 Kc6 48. Kg4 Kd7 49. Kf4 Ke7 50. Kg5 (50. Ng3 $142 Bh6+ 51. Kg4) 50... Kd7 {[#]} 51. Nc5+ ({Better is} 51. Nf2 $1 $16) 51... Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Ke7 $14 52. Ne4 Kd7) 52. Nd3 Kc6 53. Kf4 Kd6 {[#]} 54. Ke4 $1 Ke7 55. Nf4 Kf6 56. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32] White wants to mate with Nh5+.} Ke7 57. Nh5 Bc3 58. g7 Kf7 59. c6 {c7 would kill now.} Ba5 60. Kd4 Bd8 61. Kc4 Ba5 62. Kb5 Bd8 63. Nf4 Bc7 {[#]} 64. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bg3 (64... Kxe6 65. g8=Q+) 65. Kb6 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,69,10,16,34,29,29,29,27,26,20,0,12,0,47,15,22,22,29,-8,0,0,144,143,133,136,150,131,133,126,133,132,175,170,233,236,256,245,395,420,400,362,497,438,428,430,420,410,488,457,472,387,454,444]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4][%mdl 32] B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d3 {LiveBook: 45 Games. The position is equal.} a5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... d6 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Na3 Rb8 13. Qa4 Bxd3 14. Rad1 Bb5 15. Nxb5 cxb5 16. Qxa7 {½-½ (31) Zhigalko,S (2638)-Gelfand,B (2737) Heraklio 2017}) 11. Bf4 e6 12. Qd2 h6 13. h4 Re8 14. c4 d6 15. Nc3 Ra7 16. Na4 (16. exd6 {NOTEXT} e5 17. Be3 Rb7 18. Bxc5 g5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. d4) 16... g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 {[#]} (19... Bxe5 $11 20. Nxc5 Rg7) 20. Nf3 $1 $16 (20. Nxc5 e4 $11) 20... Bf6 21. Nxe5 Rh7 {Threatens to win with ...Bxe5.} 22. Qf4 Bg5 23. Qg3 Rg7 24. Qf3 (24. Nxc5 $6 Be7 $14) (24. Nxc6 $2 Qd7 $17) 24... Qd6 25. Re2 (25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. Nxc6 Bd7 $15) 25... Bf6 {[#]} (25... Rh7 {was called for.} 26. Rae1 (26. Qxc6 Qxc6 27. Nxc6 Bd7 $11) 26... Bb7) 26. Rae1 $1 $18 ({Not} 26. Qxc6 $2 Qxc6 27. Nxc6 Bb7 $19) 26... Rg5 27. Qe3 ({Stronger than} 27. Qxc6 Qxc6 28. Nxc6 Bd7 $11) 27... f4 (27... Rg7 $142 28. Qxc5 Qd8) 28. Qxf4 Rf8 {[%cal Be8f8,Bf8f7,Bf7g7,Bg7g5][%mdl 32]} 29. Re3 Rf7 30. Rg3 Rxg3 31. Qxg3+ Rg7 32. Qe3 Rg5 {[%cal Rg5e5]} 33. Nf3 Rf5 34. Nc3 Bd4 35. Ne4 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,85,18,31,17,17,20,20,11,20,5,5,7,10,10,25,6,6,8,14,22,7,23,9,18,20,19,72,39,41,31,42,29,33,22,22,21,21,21,31,32,35,20,99,100,78,19,30,47,44,19,32,0,0,0,3,2,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 8. Bd3 Bf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O (10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 Qd7 12. O-O-O f6 13. Bf4 O-O-O 14. b3 Bf5 15. Be2 {0-1 (104) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Yu,Y (2760) chess.com INT 2018}) 10... Qd7 ({Avoid the trap} 10... Bxa2 $2 11. b3 $18) 11. Bg5 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O-O 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qf4 Ne5 14. Qxf6 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Qa4 16. a3 Qc4 17. Qd4 {1-0 (31) Ayats Llobera,G (1919)-Morais Carreras,J (1989) Llinars del Valles 2014}) 12. Qf4 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 O-O-O 14. Rhe1 Ne5 15. Kb1 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qe3 Kb8 18. f4 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Rhe8 20. Rd4 Qh4 (20... Qf6 $11) 21. h3 (21. f5 $5 {[%cal Rd4h4]} Qxh2 22. fxe6 $14) 21... Qf6 22. Re4 a6 23. b3 Re7 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Qxe6 Qxc3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 26. Qe7 Rc8 27. f5 Qg3 28. Re2 Qf4 (28... h5 $11) 29. g4 $16 h5 30. Re4 ({Better is} 30. Qe3 $16 Qxe3 31. Rxe3) 30... Qf1+ 31. Kb2 Qxh3 32. Qxg7 {[#] And now f6 would win.} Qf3 33. Qd4 {Black must now prevent Rf4.} hxg4 34. Rf4 Qe2 35. Rxg4 Rf8 36. f6 Qe5 {The position is equal.} 37. Qxe5 dxe5 $11 {KR-KR} 38. Re4 Rxf6 39. Rxe5 Rf7 40. Re4 Rf6 41. Re5 Rf7 42. Re4 Rf6 43. Re5 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,56,23,35,14,35,14,0,9,40,36,41,43,36,26,35,28,45,34,36,36,35,35,40,42,43,42,40,41,50,34,47,16,29,47,44,41,50,52,51,0,57,46,59,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg2 Nge7 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Nf3 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} (6. e3 O-O 7. Ne2 Nxd5 8. cxd5 Ne7 9. O-O d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nf5 12. Ne2 Qf6 13. Rb1 a5 14. b3 Bd7 15. Bb2 Qh6 16. e4 Ne7 17. Bd4 b6 18. Qc1 Qh5 19. Nf4 {0-1 (39) Ivanchuk,V (2738)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2732) Leuven 2017}) 6... O-O 7. O-O d6 8. e3 a6 9. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. d4 Ba7 10. h3 Nf5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b3 {0-1 (44) Sanchez Saez,F (2233)-Pikula,D (2437) Bad Ragaz 2016}) 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d4 exd4 13. exd4 Ba7 $1 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. Re1 c6 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Re3 f6 19. Rae1 Bf7 20. Bg3 Bb8 21. d5 cxd5 22. cxd5 Ba7 23. Nd4 h5 24. gxh5 ({Better is} 24. R3e2 $14) 24... Bxd4 (24... Bxh5 $11 25. Re6 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Nf5) 25. Qxd4 $14 {Qg4 is the strong threat.} Bxh5 {Threatening ...Nf5.} 26. Re6 (26. Qh4 $14 Bf7 27. Qg4) 26... Nf5 $11 {The position is equal.} 27. Qf4 Nxg3 28. fxg3 Bf7 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,44,20,20,14,16,22,20,6,20,-8,2,14,17,20,27,33,58,50,63,63,76,56,348,353,341,356,442,404,841,928,1641,1645,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 b6 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (6... O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. c3 d6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nc4 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Be4 Rd8 16. Qe2 Ne7 17. Bc2 {0-1 (60) Mamedyarov,S (2762)-Svidler,P (2742) Novi Sad 2016}) 7. c3 O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Bd3 Ba6 {The position is equal.} 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. O-O Nc7 11. Re1 d5 12. Ne5 Re8 13. f4 Qd6 14. Qf3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 {½-½ (60) Schumacher,H-Cuellar,J Haifa 1976}) 10... Nc7 11. h4 b5 12. h5 b4 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. c4 $36 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 2080] White fights for an advantage.} Ne6 15. Be3 d5 16. c5 Ne4 17. O-O-O f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Qc8 $14) 18. Nxe4 $18 fxe4 {[#]} 19. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5g6]} Rf6 20. Qg4 Nf8 (20... Qa5 $142 21. Nd7 Nf8 22. Nxf6+ exf6) 21. Bh6 {aiming for Bxg7.} Bxh6+ 22. Rxh6 {White wants to mate with Qh4.} Qc8 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,110,0,0,7,0,16,0,-1,-20,18,0,0,0,3,-19,0,-40,-54,-55,-56,-50,-41,-50,-69,-60,-46,-47,-42,-44,-41,-40,-32,-32,5,6,0,2,34,35,37,-39,-37,-57,-62,-77,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,12,-127,8,8,83,8,8,5,33,0,58,58,53,-310,-298,-452,-446,-1202,-1169,-1037,-1031,-972,-885,-1467,-1424,-29949,-10818,-29975,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. h3 c5 7. dxc5 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bc7 Rd7 10. Bh2 Rd8 11. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nc6 12. Bc4 (12. a4 Bd7 13. Be2 Rac8 14. a5 h6 {½-½ (36) Kamsky,G (2668)-Almasi,Z (2696) Reykjavik 2017}) 12... b6 13. O-O-O $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. a4 Bb7 14. Nb3 Ne4 {½-½ (60) Appel,R (2526)-Seger,R (2372) Germany 2015}) 13... Bb7 14. Rhe1 Nd7 15. Kc2 a6 16. Ng5 Nce5 17. Bf1 b5 18. Nb3 (18. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nc6 19. g4 $15) 18... Rac8 19. Na5 Ba8 20. f4 h6 21. fxe5 {Hoping for e6.} hxg5 22. e6 fxe6 {White must now prevent ...c4.} 23. c4 $1 b4 24. Nb3 Be4+ 25. Kc1 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Nxa5 Ne5 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Nb3 Rc8 29. Rd1 Bf6 30. Be2 (30. Bxe5 $14 Bxe5 31. Rd2) 30... Bxg2 $15 31. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 32. Bg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4e6]} Kg7 (32... Kf7 $17) 33. Rg1 Ba8 34. Bxe6 Rc7 35. Nd2 Bc6 36. Bd5 Bd7 $1 37. Rxg5 Bf6 38. Rg3 Ra7 39. Ne4 {[#]} (39. Kb1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39... Rxa2 (39... Bh4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 40. Rg4 Bxg4 41. hxg4 Rxa2 42. Nxc5 Bf2) 40. Nxc5 $11 Bc8 (40... b3 $11 {remains equal.} 41. Nxb3 (41. Nxd7 Bxb2+ 42. Kd1 Bc3 $11) 41... Bxb2+ 42. Kb1 Be5 43. Rxg6+ Kxg6 44. Kxa2 Bxh3) 41. Be4 ({Better is} 41. Nd3 $16) 41... g5 42. Nd3 {Threatens to win with Kc2.} b3 $1 43. c5 Ra4 (43... Ba6 $11) 44. Bd5 $14 Ba6 45. c6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. e4 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 45... Bxd3 $19 46. e4 (46. Bxb3 $142 Ra5 47. h4) 46... Bxe4 47. c7 (47. Bxb3 $142 Ra1+ 48. Kd2) 47... Bxd5 48. c8=Q Rc4+ 49. Qxc4 Bxc4 50. h4 Kg6 51. Kd2 Bxb2 52. Rxg5+ Kh6 {Black mates.} 53. Rc5 Bf7 54. Rb5 Bf6 55. h5 b2 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,110,28,24,22,21,26,24,31,35,0,0,-16,-16,-16,-16,-24,-15,-14,-2,-8,-8,-66,-64,-50,-58,-87,-83,-89,-95,-118,-107,-125,-106,-129,-125,-131,-134,-154,-142,-182,-97,-83,-82,-80,-86,-88,-62,-90,-62,-68,-65,-68,-56,-107,-87,-135,-115,-125,-100,-91,-74,-91,-33,-96,-100,-136,-133,-158,-136,-193,-139,-153,-143,-113,-139,-105,-130,-117,-137,-129,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-614,-604,-1201,-1266,-1724,-1625,-2730,-2096,-1770,-1159,-29981,-29982,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29982]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. Nf3 (4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nxd5 6. cxd5 O-O 7. a3 Bc5 8. d3 c6 9. Nf3 Re8 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. O-O d5 {½-½ (114) Howell,D (2676)-Artemiev,V (2691) Riadh 2017}) 4... d6 5. a3 Bc5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 6. e3 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} c6 7. d4 Ba7 8. Nc3 {White has an edge.} Nd7 9. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd3 Ngf6 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Re8 12. Bc2 Qe7 13. a4 h6 14. Ba3 Qe6 15. Nh4 g6 16. Nf3 Bb8 {½-½ (16) Popov,P (2219)-Spassov,L (2418) Albena 2010}) 9... Bb8 10. d5 {White wants to play dxc6.} Ngf6 11. dxc6 Nxe4 12. cxd7+ Bxd7 13. b3 Bc6 14. Bb2 Qb6 15. Qc2 ({White should play} 15. Be2 $11) 15... Nc5 $15 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Be2 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bc6 19. O-O-O Qd8 20. Rg3 Qh4 21. Rdg1 g6 22. f4 Qxh2 23. Kd1 Bc7 24. Nf3 Bxf3 (24... Qh6 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...Be4.} 25. Ng5 Qg7) 25. Bxf3 $17 Qxc2+ $1 26. Kxc2 Rab8 27. Rh3 Kg7 28. Rgh1 Rh8 29. b4 Nd7 30. Rd1 Rhd8 31. Kb3 (31. bxa5 $15 f6 32. Bc3) 31... h5 32. Rd5 b6 33. Ka4 Nf6 34. Rd2 Ng4 35. Bc6 Kh6 (35... f6 $17 36. f5 gxf5) 36. Kb5 (36. Rg2 $1 $15 Kg7 37. Kb5) 36... f5 37. Bc3 Rf8 38. Bf3 Rbe8 (38... Nxe3 39. fxe5 dxe5 40. Rd7 $15) 39. Rg2 (39. Bc6 $17 {was worth a try.} Rb8 40. Rf3) 39... Bd8 ({Don't play} 39... Nxe3 40. Rxg6+ Kxg6 41. Bxh5+ Kf6 42. Bxe8 $15) (39... exf4 $19 40. exf4 d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. cxd5 Bxf4) 40. Kc6 Bf6 ({And not} 40... Nxe3 {[#]} 41. Rxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg6 42. Bxh5+ Kg7 43. Bxe8 $11) 41. Bxg4 fxg4 42. Rxg4 exf4 43. Bxf6 Rxf6 ({Not} 43... Rxe3 44. Bg5+ Kg7 45. Rxe3 $16) 44. Rxf4 Rxf4 ({Better is} 44... Ref8 $17 45. Rxf6 Rxf6) 45. exf4 $11 axb4 46. axb4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Re4 47. Rc3 $1 Rxf4 {aiming for ...g5.} 48. Kxb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Kxd6 $11 Rd4+ 49. Ke6) 48... g5 $19 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 49. Kc6 g4 50. b5 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 51. b6 h3 52. b7 Rf8 53. Kxd6 h2 {Black mates.} 54. Rc1 g3 55. Rh1 Kg5 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,72,18,23,12,29,0,0,0,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,697,690,676,620,519,505,502,501,477,293,279,283,420,283,264,271,277,265,264,265,485,444,399]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3 Nc6 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} 9. Be2 (9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Qa6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Bd3 Ba3 15. O-O Qd6 16. Nh4 O-O 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Ng3 Qh4 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. Ng3 Qh4 {½-½ (20) Anand,V (2782)-Karjakin,S (2760) London 2017}) 9... exd4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Bg5 Qg6 {The position is equal.} 11. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1e1,Be1e5][%mdl 32]} dxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. Qc2 h6 16. Rab1 {0-1 (36) Foglieni,M (2021)-Fantinel,T (2429) Bratto 2016}) 12. Bd3 Qd6 $1 ({Don't go for} 12... Qe6 $2 13. Re1 $18) 13. Re1+ Be7 14. c5 Qxc5 {Strongly threatening ...Be6.} 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Re5 Qd6 17. Bb5+ $1 Kf8 $1 (17... Bd7 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Qb3 $14) 18. Qe2 f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 19. Rd1 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf5 21. Rxd6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} cxd6 22. Nd7+ Kf7 ({But not} 22... Bxd7 $6 23. Bxd7 c2 24. Qxc2 $16) 23. Qc4+ Be6 24. Qf4+ $1 Nf5 25. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4f5][%mdl 32]} Rad8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... c2 $11 26. gxf5 Bxa2) 26. gxf5 $18 Bxd7 27. Bc4+ d5 28. Bxd5+ Kf6 29. Qd6+ $1 Kxf5 30. Bc4 Rhe8 {Hoping for ...Re1+.} 31. Bd3+ $1 Kg5 (31... Kg4 $142 32. Qg3+ Kh5) 32. h4+ Kh5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Re1+.} 33. Qg3 $1 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rg3g5]} Bg4 {...Re1+ is the strong threat.} 34. f3 Rd4 {[#]} 35. Kf2 $1 c2 $2 (35... Re7 36. fxg4+ Rxg4) 36. Bxc2 Rf8 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 63%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,55,10,10,17,9,14,9,8,9,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c5 {E11: Damenindisch (Bogoljubow-Variante)} (8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Nc3 Nh5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nhf6 17. e3 Qb8 18. Bf1 Rc8 {½-½ (56) So,W (2788)-Karjakin,S (2760) London 2017}) 8... c6 9. Nc3 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 $1 {LiveBook: 4 Partien. Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Ne4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11... Ba6 12. Qc2 Bc4 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be3 f5 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. f4 g5 {½-½ (19) Romanishin,O (2466)-Horvath,C (2549) Zalakaros 2015}) 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Bb5 (14... Qc8 {is more complex.} 15. Bd2 Bc4 16. cxb6 axb4 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. axb4 Qb7) 15. e4 (15. Bd2 {is interesting.} axb4 16. axb4 Qc7 17. h4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qb7 19. Bg5) 15... axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qc2 Nd5 20. Bd2 Bf6 21. h4 h6 22. Ra3 Qe7 23. Qa2 Rd8 24. Ra7 Rd7 25. Ra8+ Rd8 26. Ra7 Rd7 27. Ra8+ Rd8 28. Ra7 {Precision: Weiß = 81%, Schwarz = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,75,18,15,22,17,40,0,10,11,62,76,98,-9,-20,-21,0,0,12,-33,64,79,113,108,92,15,143,131,133,151,135,153,347,340,343,333,390,390,399,405,389,398,398,395,509,509,493,492,498,506,510,508,476,381,615,601,622,610,773,759,691,670]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 (5... b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bc3 c5 12. Rc1 e6 13. Qa4 a6 14. Qa3 Qb8 15. dxc5 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 bxc5 17. Nd2 a5 18. a4 Qb7 {1-0 (35) Nakamura,H (2793)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Zuerich 2017}) 6. d5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} e6 7. Nc3 (7. O-O d6 8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. Nd2 Re8 11. e4 Rb8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. h3 {0-1 (44) Nakamura,H (2785)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Paris 2017}) 7... b6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Re8 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. Re1 d6 12. e4 Qc8 $146 ({Better is} 12... Bxe2 $11 13. Qxe2 a6) ({Predecessor:} 12... Bxe2 13. Rxe2 a6 14. a4 Nbd7 15. h3 {½-½ (82) Grigoriants,S (2603)-Bezold,M (2509) Berlin 2015}) 13. a4 c4 14. b4 (14. Nb5 $16 Bxb5 15. axb5) 14... cxb3 $1 $11 15. Bb2 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Nh5 17. Rc1 {[#] And now Nb5 would win.} Na6 (17... Qg4 $15) 18. Nb5 $14 Qg4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nxd6 (20. f3 $16 Qd7 21. Nxb3 (21. Qxb3 Nf4 $14)) 20... Red8 ({But not} 20... b2 $6 21. Nxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rb1 $16) (20... Nf4 $1 $11 21. f3 (21. Nxe8+ Rxe8 22. f3 Qg5 $11) 21... Qg5) 21. h3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qg5 22. Nf3 Qf4 23. e5 {Strongly threatening Re4.} Nc5 $2 (23... Rxd6 $16 24. exd6 Nc5) 24. Rc4 $18 Qh6 25. Rh4 Kg8 26. g4 b2 {[#] aiming for ...Qc1.} 27. gxh5 Qc1 28. Re1 Qxd1 29. Rxd1 Nd3 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rd4 Nc1 32. Rb4 Ne2+ 33. Kg2 Nc3 34. Re1 b1=Q $2 (34... Nxd5 35. Rb5 Nc3 36. Rxb2 Nxa4) 35. Rbxb1 {White is clearly winning.} Nxb1 36. Rxb1 f6 37. Rc1 fxe5 38. Rc6 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,92,14,20,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,-29,-23,-19,-32,-22,-52,-43,-78,0,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-74,-49,-72,-82,-154,-171,-214,-231,-206,-206,-183,-172,-460,-449,-477,-477,-439,-351,-332,-327,-732,-731,-700,-713,-693,-702,-681,-664,-801,-754,-1173,-1079]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Nf3 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} Ba4 {LiveBook: 32 Games} (10... Ne7 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. O-O Nbc6 13. Bb2 a6 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Qf2 Bb5 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Rc8 {1-0 (35) Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Wang,H (2709) Riadh 2017}) 11. Ra2 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. Bd3 Nh6 13. Bb2 Nf5 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Bxd4 Qb5 17. e6 fxe6 18. Bxg7 {½-½ (58) Van den Doel,E (2485)-Barsov,A (2465) Dieren 1998}) 12. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} a6 13. Be3 Nbc6 14. Bd3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bb5 16. O-O Nf5 17. Bf2 h5 18. a4 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Rc8 20. a5 d4 $1 21. Ra1 Qd7 22. Qf3 Qd5 (22... Rc3 $17) 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Rfc1 Kd7 25. Be1 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Kf2 Ne3 28. Kf3 Nc2 29. Ra2 Nxe1+ 30. Rxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc3 31. Rae2 (31. Rd1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31... Rxd3+ $17 32. Kf2 Rh7 33. b5 (33. Re6 $142) 33... axb5 34. Rb2 Kc6 $1 35. Re6+ Kc5 36. Rb6 Ra3 $1 37. Rxf6 $2 (37. R2xb5+ Kc4 38. Rb4+ Kc3 39. R4b5) 37... d3 $19 38. f5 Kd4 39. Rb4+ {[#]} Kc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b4]} 40. Rxb5 Rd7 41. Rc5+ $2 (41. Rfb6 Ra2+ 42. Ke3 Re7+ 43. Kf4) 41... Kd4 {Black is clearly winning.} 42. Rc1 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 d2 44. Rd1 Kd3 45. Re6 {[#]} d4 $1 46. f6 Ra3 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 94%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d4 d6 8. Be2 Bf5 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} 9. d5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} Nb4 {Threatens to win with ...Nc2+.} 10. O-O a5 11. a3 Na6 $1 12. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf1 Nc5 14. b4 Nce4 15. Nd2 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 {0-1 (29) Gawehns,K (2476)-Kerekes,J (2313) IECC email 2001}) 12... Bd7 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bd7 15. Nf3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,77,15,17,28,27,10,17,85,56,58,64,89,58,72,66,76,70,74,67,95,95,86,89,101,100,118,131,133,112,131,100,93,85,83,81,81,66,83,66,76,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,113,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. c4 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 d6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. d4 Ne4 11. Rc1 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} Nxc3 12. Bxc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Be4 13. Qe2 {[#] White has an edge.} a6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Qc7 14. Rfd1 Qb7 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nf6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 {½-½ (40) Howell,D (2667)-Swiercz,D (2645) Saint Louis 2017}) 14. Rfd1 Qb8 (14... Re8 $11) 15. Bh3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rd8 17. Bg2 Ra7 18. h4 b5 19. Ba5 Rc8 20. Qe2 b4 21. a3 bxa3 {[#]} 22. Qa2 $1 cxd4 23. exd4 e5 24. dxe5 ({Reject} 24. Qxa3 $6 exd4 25. Rb1 h5 $11) 24... Nxe5 25. Qxa3 Nc6 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Rd3 Re7 28. Rcd1 Re6 29. Bd2 h5 30. Bf4 {[%cal Rf4d6]} Be5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Re1+ 34. Kh2 $1 Re2 ({Better is} 34... Rf1 $14) 35. Kg2 ({But not} 35. Qxa6 $6 Rxf2+ 36. Kg1 Rf3 $11) ({White must play} 35. Rf6 $16) 35... Qa8+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 36. Rd5 Qe8 $1 {[%cal Re8e4] [#] ( -> ...Qe4+)} 37. b4 {Strongly threatening Qf3.} Qe4+ 38. Qf3 {Hoping for c5.} Qxc4 39. Qd3 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,88,-46,-39,-44,-39,-78,-45,-45,-27,-28,8,0,8,0,0,-34,-20,-35,-24,-24,-23,-30,-27,-30,-27,-25,19,25,93,-17,-15,-130,-136,-118,-83,-217,-199,-239,-238,-238,-239,-241,-230,-242,-212,-235,-111,-183,-193,-246,-257,-231,-255,-243,-242,-223,-270,-370,-356,-318,-227,-233,-217,-2076,-2074,-1984,-1933,-1483,-1466]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. Bf4 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} (12. h4 Rfc8 13. Bd2 b4 14. N1h2 Qd8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qd2 a5 18. h5 c4 19. Nd4 Nc6 20. Nhf3 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 cxd3 22. cxd3 {1-0 (63) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 12... Rfc8 13. Ne3 {With the idea Nxd5!} Qd8 14. h4 {Black is slightly better.} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... a5 15. Bh3 h6 16. h5 Nb6 17. Ng4 a4 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. Nfh2 d4 20. Bg2 {1-0 (50) Dolgaeva,E (1879)-Karamov,S (1785) Kazan 2016}) 15. c3 b4 16. c4 Nb6 17. Rad1 Rc7 18. Ng4 Qf8 19. Qe3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qe2 Rd8 22. b3 a5 23. Nh2 Kh8 24. Qh5 Qg8 (24... Kh7 $11) 25. Ng4 (25. Nf3 $16) 25... Bf8 $11 {Strongly threatening ...g6.} (25... dxc4 26. Nf6 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) 26. c5 (26. Nh2 $11 {remains equal.}) 26... Nd7 {[%cal Bb6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32] ...g6 is the strong threat.} (26... Bxc5 $2 27. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qh7 28. Bxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 29. Qg5+ Qg6 30. Qxd8 $18) 27. Nh2 Nxc5 28. Qe2 (28. Rd2 $17) 28... Ba6 $19 29. Nf3 Qh7 {[%cal Rc5d3]} 30. Bf1 {[#]} Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Rc1 (31. dxe4 Bxe2) 31... Rc3 32. Nxd4 {[#]} Bc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4]} ({Less strong is} 32... Bxd3 33. Qxd3 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 $17) (32... Rxd3 33. Be3 $11) 33. Qe3 Rxc1 (33... Bb6 $19 {has better winning chances. White must now prevent ...Rdc8.} 34. h5 Rdc8) 34. Qxc1 {[#]} (34. Rxc1 $17 {was necessary.} Nc3 35. a4) 34... Nc3 $1 ({Don't take} 34... Bxd4 35. dxe4 Bxf1 36. Kxf1 $17) 35. Be3 (35. Ne2 $142 d4 36. Nxc3 bxc3 37. Rd1) 35... Bxd3 36. Nxe6 fxe6 37. Bxc5 Bxf1 38. Kxf1 d4 ({Resist} 38... Nxa2 39. Qd2 $17) 39. Bd6 Qf5 40. Kg2 Rc8 41. Qd2 d3 42. Re3 $2 (42. Rc1) 42... Ne4 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Qxd3 Qxf2+ 44. Kh3 Rc3 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,65,18,24,32,30,33,26,36,34,20,20,18,30,38,13,14,9,11,18,13,22,12,12,62,30,31,5,4,4,4,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Re8 {Hoping for ...e5. D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 {[#] Nb3 is the strong threat.} Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c2] White has an edge.} 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 $1 15. Qxd3 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4g5]} ({Wrong is} 15... e4 $2 16. Qb1 $18) 16. Nxd5 Nxg5 {[#]} 17. exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. b4 Qd8 18. bxc5 {½-½ (45) Aronian,L (2805)-Nakamura,H (2781) London 2017}) 17... Bxd4 18. b4 Qd8 19. Qb3 Ne6 20. O-O Nc7 21. Ne3 Qf6 22. c5 b6 {The position is equal.} 23. Ne4 Qe6 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. Nf5 bxc5 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. bxc5 {Strongly threatening Rd7.} Na6 28. Rd5 g6 29. Nd6 Rd8 30. Rfd1 Nxc5 31. Nxf7 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Kxf7 33. Rxc5 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,112,-7,-14,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-6,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,41,42,44,28,38,13,35,34,45,15,45,37,31,31,20,0,45,16,36,-44,-41,-37,-36,-41,-37,-33,-25,-25,-23,-58,-23,-35,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-6,-108,-61,-583,-585,-409,-644,-640,-511,-560,-558,-611,-589,-588,-422,-414,-285,-450,-66,-64,-64,-79,-67,-79,-79,-80,-79,-79,-79,-80,-80,-80,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Bb2 e5 5. g3 (5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d3 Nc6 7. e3 f5 8. g3 Nf6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O f4 11. Nd5 fxe3 12. fxe3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. e4 Bd7 15. a3 {0-1 (31) Bacrot,E (2708)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Paris 2017}) 5... Nc6 6. Bg2 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Nd2 Be6 11. a3 Qd7 12. b4 $146 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Ba3 a5 15. Rb1 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. Na4 (16. Ncxe4 f5) 16... Ra6 17. Nxe4 b5 18. cxb5 Qxb5 19. Bb2 Ned5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rc1 (21. Nac3 {is more complex.} Qd7 22. Qb3 Rc8 23. Qb2 f6 24. Rfc1) 21... Bd7 22. Nac3 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Qe5 24. d4 Qe7 25. Qa1 Bf5 26. f3 (26. d5 $1 $14) 26... Qa7 $15 27. e3 Nd5 {Threatens to win with ...Bxe4.} 28. Ra3 Rc8 29. g4 Bxe4 30. fxe4 Nb4 31. d5+ Kg8 {And now ...Nc2 would win.} 32. Rc3 Re8 33. Qa4 Qe7 34. Rc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7e7]} Qxc7 35. Qxe8+ Kg7 36. e5 dxe5 {...Ra7 is the strong threat.} 37. Be4 (37. h4 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 37... Ra7 {Hoping for ...Qd6.} 38. Bxg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. h4 $15) 38... fxg6 $19 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40. d6 Qg7 41. Qe8 Qd7 42. Qxe5 Qxg4+ 43. Kh1 Qc4 {[%cal Rc4f1]} 44. Rf8 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf8h8]} Rg7 45. e4 (45. Qe8 {was the only chance.} Qc6+ 46. e4 Qxe8 47. Rxe8) 45... Nd3 $2 (45... Nc6 $19 46. Qe8 Rg8 47. Rf7+ Kh8) 46. Qe8 $15 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf8h8]} Qc1+ 47. Kg2 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf8h8]} Qd2+ 48. Kg1 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf8h8]} Qe3+ 49. Kf1 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf8h8]} Qe1+ 50. Kg2 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf8h8]} Qe2+ 51. Kg1 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf8h8]} Qd1+ $1 52. Kg2 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf8h8] [#]} Qd2+ (52... Nf4+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 53. Rxf4 Qxd6) 53. Kg1 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf8h8] The position is equal.} Qc1+ 54. Kg2 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf8h8]} Qd2+ 55. Kg1 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf8h8]} Qc1+ 56. Kg2 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf8h8]} Qd2+ {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,81,18,25,22,31,19,31,3,10,4,8,6,14,23,33,40,36,50,42,35,50,48,50,47,52,53,67,62,124,131,127,114,111,125,147,149,147,125,153,116,153,146,159,99,99,91,91,91,252,91,99,0,0,0,0,0,50,35,35,35,35,35,35,35]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Bg5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Rd1 Qb6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 Nbc6 13. g3 b6 {[#]} 14. Bg2 $146 Rb8 15. O-O Ba6 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Rd7 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Kf8 21. Rc7 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd8 23. Nc3 ({Don't play} 23. Rxc6 Rxd1+ 24. Kg2 Rd2 $11) 23... Nb4 ({Black should try} 23... Ne5 $14) 24. Rxa7 $16 Rd2 25. Rb7 Rxb2 26. Rxb6 Rc2 27. Rxb4 Rxc3 {KR-KR} 28. a4 Ra3 29. Rb8+ Ke7 30. Ra8 g5 31. a5 (31. g4 $142) 31... g4 32. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Kf6 33. a7 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 {aiming for f3.} Ra2 35. f3 (35. h4 $16) 35... Rxe2+ $11 36. Kf1 Ra2 37. fxg4 h6 38. h4 {White is slightly better.} Kg7 39. Ke1 {Kd1 is the strong threat.} e5 40. Kd1 {Threatens to win with Kc1.} e4 41. Ke1 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,50,4,0,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-35,-31,-26,-40,-27,-36,-32,-32,-41,-32,-26,-36,-37,-121,-114,-162,-45,-49,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} Nb6 7. Qc2 Be6 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 8. Ng5 Bg4 (8... Qd7 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 g6 11. Nc4 Nxc4 12. bxc4 Bg7 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. d4 {1-0 (36) Shimanov,A (2641)-Akobian,V (2647) chess.com INT 2018}) 9. Nxc4 Bxe2 10. Ne5 Bh5 $1 {LiveBook: 30 Games} 11. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} e6 12. b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Bd6 13. Bb2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. d4 O-O 14. bxc6 Rc8 15. Qb3 bxc6 16. Nxc6 {½-½ (25) Bredenhof,B (2181)-Paulson,I ICCF email 2012}) 13... Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6c2]} 15. Qb3 Rc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Rac1 O-O 18. Bxc6 Qxd2 19. Nf3 Qd3 20. Nd4 {[#]} ({White should play} 20. Bb5 $15 Qe4 21. Bb2) 20... Ng4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg4e5]} 21. Rc3 Qd2 (21... Nxe5 $19 22. Rxd3 Bxd3) 22. Nf3 $15 Qd8 (22... Qe2 $5 {[%cal Rg4e5]} 23. Bb5 Qe4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 $17) 23. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Nd5 $1 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Qb6 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,47,12,0,7,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,-2,-11,-2,-23,-2,-4,7,7,18,7,7,14,14,14,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. c3 cxd4 9. cxd4 {LiveBook: 46 Games} e5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (9... Nc6 10. h3 Nh5 11. Nb3 e5 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. d5 Nb4 14. Be3 Qd8 15. Bc4 a5 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. a3 {½-½ (89) Fedoseev,V (2674)-Kokarev,D (2638) Sochi 2015}) 10. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nc4 Nc6 12. Be3 Bg4 13. Bc5 Re8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 b6 16. Ba3 b5 17. Nd6 {1-0 (32) Zhuravliov,V (2485)-Sokolov,S (2370) Cheliabinsk 1991}) 10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Ng4 12. N4f3 $1 (12. N2f3 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Qh4 $15) 12... Nc6 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Bf4 Nge5 16. Ncxe5 {The position is equal.} Nxe5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Be2 Qb6 19. Qd2 Nd3 20. Bxd3 {[#] aiming for Nf3.} Bxd4 21. Be3 Be6 22. Bf1 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Rac8 24. a3 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,74,-25,-24,-32,9,0,6,0,-1,-26,-26,-153,0,-5,0,-17,17,10,14,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-9,-13,-6,-64,-68,-92,-56,-99,-35,-15,-31,-26,-2,-3,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-3,-2,-10,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Ngf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bg3 b6 9. e4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Be7 10. e5 Nh5 {LiveBook: 34 Games} 11. Nf1 {Black has an edge.} (11. Qe2 c4 12. Bc2 b5 13. a3 a5 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Qxh5 g6 16. Qe2 f5 17. exf6 Qxf6 {½-½ (72) Kamsky,G (2676)-Jakovenko,D (2710) Sochi 2017}) 11... cxd4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Bb7 12. Ne3 Rc8 13. a3 Na5 14. Qe2 Bc6 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. h4 cxd4 17. cxd4 {½-½ (40) Costa Trillo,V (2281)-Conde Poderoso,A (2364) ICCF email 2015}) 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 g6 14. Ne3 f5 15. exf6 (15. f4 $1 $11) 15... Bxf6 $2 {[#]} (15... Bb4+ $17 16. Kf1 Qxf6) 16. Be2 Nxg3 17. hxg3 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Qd2 Be6 20. O-O d4 21. Nc4 Bg7 22. Rae1 Qc7 23. b3 Rae8 24. Na3 Bf5 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Qc3 28. Qxc3 ({White should try} 28. Rd1 $1 $11) 28... dxc3 $15 29. Nc2 Bh6 30. f4 g5 ({Better is} 30... Rd8 $17 31. Re3 Bg7) 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Rf3 gxf4 33. gxf4 {The position is equal.} Re2 34. Rxc3 Bxf4 35. Kf1 Rd2 36. a4 Kg7 37. Ne3 Bxe3 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,31,23,33,23,12,18,48,0,8,0,0,0,7,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4g3][%mdl 32]} d5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6... a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nc4 d6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Ne3 Re8 11. h3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Rb8 14. O-O {1-0 (47) Ponomariov,R (2694)-Sjugirov,S (2650) Riadh 2017}) 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Ne4 Bb6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Re1 Re8 13. d4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Nf6 $146 {[%cal Re5d4] The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... e4 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Nh4 f5 {½-½ (29) Andreev,E (2462)-Ponizil,C (2464) Czech Republic 2016}) 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,99,-8,-8,0,-15,0,-10,-8,-8,11,14,14,26,43,46,65,57,112,106,116,117,122,102,104,67,62,29,88,73,81,69,80,54,66,34,88,89,68,94,89,45,41,22,48,38,37,27,54,54,120,105,108,106,122,110,147,127,142,137,106,118,118,129,267,278,278,270,241,25,33,10,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. d4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} cxd4 (7... Nxd4 8. Be3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne7 10. Rad1 O-O 11. Bxc5 Qc7 12. Bxd6 Qxc4 13. Bxe7 Re8 14. e5 Rxe7 {1-0 (24) Grischuk,A (2750)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2795) chess.com INT 2017}) 8. Nb5 Nge7 9. Bb3 {[%cal Rf3d4]} O-O 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Na5 11. Be3 a6 12. c4 Qc7 13. Rc1 b6 14. Qd2 Nxb3 15. axb3 {½-½ (43) Nichols,S (2229)-Toth,B (2632) FICGS email 2010}) 11. Nxd4 a6 12. c3 b5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qd2 e5 (14... Bd7 $14) 15. fxe5 $16 dxe5 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Qc2 h6 (19... Nc8 $11) 20. a4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 g5 22. b4 Ng6 23. Bc5 {axb5 is the strong threat.} Rd8 ({Better is} 23... Ra8 $14) 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. axb5 axb5 26. g3 Bf8 27. Be3 g4 28. Nd2 Qd7 29. Kf1 h5 30. Ke2 h4 (30... Qc6 $14) 31. Qd3 Qc6 32. Nb3 Qb7 33. Kd2 Qa8 {[#]} 34. Na5 $1 h3 35. Kc2 Nh8 36. Kb2 Nf7 37. Nb3 Be7 (37... Qc6 $16) 38. Nd2 $18 Bg5 39. Bxg5 Nxg5 40. Qe2 $2 (40. Qxb5 $18 Qd8 41. Kc2) 40... Qa7 41. Qxg4 Qe3 {The position is equal.} 42. Nf3 Qxf3 43. Qxg5+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Kf7 44. Qxe5 {[#] Black must now prevent Qf4+.} Qe2+ 45. Ka3 Qxh2 46. Qh5+ Kg7 47. Qg4+ Kf7 48. Qf4+ Kg6 49. Qg4+ Kf7 50. Qf4+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,74,17,23,22,16,19,27,30,28,20,39,20,18,19,18,10,12,11,18,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,39,41,41,38,27,27,68,64,66,34,46,25,77,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 (8... Bd6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. d5 Nc5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 {½-½ (83) Korobov,A (2652)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Huaian 2017}) 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Qg4 f5 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 {[#]} Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd6) 14. Bf4 Bd6 {[#] Hoping for ...g5.} 15. Re2 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qd6 17. Re5 (17. Qxd6 {feels hotter.} cxd6 18. Bxe6 Re8 19. Rae1 Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxe6 Kg8 22. Rxd6 Rc8 23. Rd7) 17... Bd7 18. Rae1 Rf6 19. h4 h6 20. Bb3 a5 21. Qe3 {[%cal Rb3e6]} b5 22. d5 a4 23. dxe6 axb3 24. exd7 Qxd7 25. axb3 f4 26. Qf3 Rd8 27. b4 c6 28. h5 Rf5 {[#]} (28... Kh7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29. R1e4 (29. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Rxe5 30. Rxe5) 29... Qd1+ $11 {The position is equal.} 30. Qxd1 Rxd1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 31. Kh2 Rd5 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 {KR-KR} 33. Kg1 c5 34. bxc5 Rxc5 35. Rxf4 Rxc3 36. Rf8+ Kh7 37. Rb8 Rc1+ {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,79,20,34,16,19,18,17,13,21,18,19,19,27,22,29,18,18,11,16,15,36,28,26,26,35,54,81,81,90,64,71,69,110,98,106,114,122,109,187,193,194,193,210,199,202,191,197,191,218,193,256,227,430,429,418,413,428,428,421,418,417,412,503,375,400,397,386,377,853,847,789,756]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Bg4 (3... c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qh5 e6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. h4 Qe7 11. a3 Ba5 12. Rh3 O-O-O 13. Re3 {½-½ (39) Rapport,R (2707)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Riadh 2017}) 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Nbd7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 5... c6 6. Nd2 Nbd7 7. Ngf3 e6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qa5+ 10. c3 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 {0-1 (30) Koenig,D (2327)-Volke,K (2486) Deizisau 2001}) 6. Nf3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} e6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. O-O {The position is equal.} c6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Bc7 14. Ne4 a5 15. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3c3][%mdl 32]} Rfd8 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Rd3 c5 {Threatening ...cxd4.} 18. Rc3 {[%cal Re4c5]} ({Reject} 18. Nxc5 $6 Bb6 $11) 18... b6 19. Rc1 h6 20. Qe2 Rb8 21. g3 Rf8 22. Kg2 Rfd8 23. a3 b5 (23... Ra8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 24. Nxc5 $18 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Rc4 {[#] Strongly threatening Na6.} Nxc5 27. dxc5 ({Much less strong is} 27. Rxc5 $6 Bb6 $16) 27... Rd5 28. b3 Rbd8 29. Qe4 Kh8 (29... Rb8 $142 30. c6 Rbb5) 30. h4 g6 $2 (30... Kg8 31. Nd4 Qd7) 31. Qe3 Kg7 32. Rxb4 Qe8 33. c6 Rb8 34. Rxb8 Qxb8 35. Rc4 Rb5 36. Rc3 Rb4 37. Qd3 Rb5 38. Qd7 {[#] Nd4 is the strong threat.} Kf8 $2 (38... Rd5) 39. Nd4 {Rf3 would kill now.} Rxe5 40. Rf3 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,37,0,0,27,21,25,29,26,0,0,-6,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb3 {D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5 Nf3} (9. Nb5) 9... e6 10. Nc3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nc6 11. Bd2 {White has an edge.} Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 {[#]} Qc7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Qe7 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 {½-½ (17) Ivanchuk,V (2769)-Sutovsky,E (2687) Amsterdam 2012}) 14. c4 Rd8 15. Qc1 Bd7 16. Qe3 Ne7 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,55,6,12,0,16,17,15,20,17,0,9,0,4,-1,0,0,0,0,27,31,51,30,110,104,191,193,186,185,285,287,343,300,386,371,456,445,425,406,397,395,422,404]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c3 c6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Re1 c5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 9. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. e3 Qc7 10. b3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Rc1 Be6 15. Rc2 Rad8 16. c4 {1-0 (33) Ernst,S (2532)-Van Haastert,E (2454) Paramaribo 2015}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 a5 {The position is equal.} 11. Nb1 Nb8 {[%cal Bd7b8,Bb8c6,Bc6b4][%mdl 32]} 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. Bg5 Nb4 15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Be3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nc6 18. Qb3 Bxe5 (18... Nxe5 $11 19. dxe5 Bxe5) 19. dxe5 $16 {[%cal Bd4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Be4 (19... Nxe5 $16 20. Bxd5 Qc7) 20. Bxe4 $18 ({Much less strong is} 20. Qxb7 $6 Bxg2 21. Qxc6 (21. Kxg2 Nxe5 22. Red1 e6 $16) 21... Bh3 $16) 20... dxe4 {[#]} 21. e6 $1 ({Resist} 21. Qxb7 $6 Qc8 $16) 21... Qc8 (21... Kg7 {might work better.} 22. exf7 (22. Qxb7 Qd6 $16) 22... Qc8) 22. Bh6 f5 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Qxb7 Ne5 25. Qd5 Ng4 26. h3 Nf6 27. Qe5 Qh6 28. Kg2 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,83,33,37,28,30,29,35,35,0,28,39,32,17,14,7,83,70,72,83,75,67,67,61,66,56,66,67,75,75,66,74,64,66,139,139,178,147,220,220,220,220,220,183,168,161,161,161,161,112,112,112,29945,6532,29974,29973,29975,29975,29975,29977,29974,29974,29963,29967]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 (8... h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Ng3 Rd8 16. exd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (63) Carlsen,M (2834)-Kramnik,V (2787) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9. Nbd2 (9. Re1 b5 10. Bb3 h6 11. Nbd2 b4 12. a5 Rb8 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Bc2 b3 15. Bb1 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 {0-1 (46) Anand,V (2783)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... h6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Re8 $1 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Nf1 c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Ne3 $146 b5 17. axb5 (17. c4 {feels hotter.} Bb6 18. Bd2 Bc7 19. b3 bxa4 20. bxa4 Ne7 21. Nd5) 17... axb5 18. c4 Bc6 (18... Bb6 $11 {remains equal.} 19. Rxa8 Qxa8) 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Qxd8 $1 Rexd8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 c4 {Hoping for ...Bxf2+!} 23. Bd2 {Threatens to win with Ra5.} Bd4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Bc3 Rd8 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 ({Black should play} 27... Rxd5 $14 28. Nxg6 Kf7 29. Bxd4 Rxd4) 28. Rxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} ({Much less strong is} 28. Bxe5 $6 Rxd5 29. Bc3 Kf7 $14) 28... Re8 29. f4 g5 {[#]} (29... Rf8 $16 {was necessary.} 30. g3 Rf5) 30. Rxe8+ $1 $18 Bxe8 31. fxg5 hxg5 {KB-KB} 32. g4 Kf7 33. Kf2 Ba4 34. Ke3 Bd1 35. Kd4 Bf3 36. Kxc4 {Kc5 is the strong threat.} Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Bg2 $16 37. Kc5 Bxh3) 37. Bxg7 Bg2 {[#]} 38. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5] White mates.} gxh4 39. Be5 Bf3 40. g5 Kf7 41. b4 Kg6 42. d6 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,172,-12,-28,-24,-27,-17,-37,0,-21,22,17,46,17,32,12,12,11,7,0,0,-26,-34,-39,-67,-214,-212,-200,-23,-157,-158,-116,-120,-520,-520,-520,-493,-439,-64,-718,-695,-613,0,0,0,-66,-64,-53,5,-34,-24,-34,7,2,6,2,2,0,8,8,20,2,8,8,8,8,12,8,8,8,13,13,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,136,125,136,13,136,15,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,125,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,136,125,136,136,136,19,19,20,20,22,136,125,136,136,136,136,136,125,136,136,136,95,136,18,136,136,136,18,136,136,136,18,20,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 Re8 9. Bg2 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} a5 10. O-O Na6 11. h3 (11. Nf4 c6 12. b3 Nc7 13. Ra2 Bd6 14. f3 c5 15. Nce2 b6 16. g4 Ba6 {0-1 (47) Adly,A (2599)-Carlsen,M (2840) Doha 2016}) 11... c6 12. g4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nc7 13. Ng3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ne6 14. f4 h6 15. Bf3 Nh7 16. b3 Nef8 17. Ra2 Ng6 {½-½ (17) Soppe,G (2025)-Borghi,H (2360) Buenos Aires 1983}) 14. f4 b5 15. e4 {[%cal Re4d5]} dxe4 16. Ncxe4 Ra6 17. f5 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Be3 Nxe4 $1 20. Nxe4 Bb7 21. Qc2 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 22. Bc5 Qc7 23. Rac1 (23. Qf2 $15) 23... Rc6 $1 $19 {And now ...Ne3! would win.} 24. Qf2 Rc8 $2 (24... Bf8 $1 $19 25. Rfe1 Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Rxe4 (26. Bxe4 $2 {loses.} Rxc5 27. Rcd1 Nf4 $19) 26... Nf6) 25. b4 (25. Rfd1 $1 $11 Nf4 26. Bf1) 25... axb4 $17 26. axb4 Nxb4 27. Bxe7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Be3 $17) 27... Rxc1 $19 ({Weaker is} 27... Qxe7 28. f6 $15) 28. Bxb4 Rxf1+ ({Less strong is} 28... Rc2 29. Nd2 $15) 29. Qxf1 Qc4 $2 (29... Bxe4 $1 $19 30. Bxe4 Qa7+ 31. Qf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rc4) 30. Nf6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Qxc4 $15 Rxc4 31. Nd6 Rxb4 32. Bxb7) 30... gxf6 31. Bxb7 {[#]} Qxf1+ $2 (31... Qd4+ $1 $19 32. Kh1 Rc4) 32. Kxf1 $11 Rc4 33. Bd2 (33. Be1 $1 $11) 33... b4 $1 $15 {[%cal Rb4b3][%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 34. Ba6 $1 {[%cal Ra6c4]} Rd4 (34... Rc6 $1 $15 35. Bd3 b3) 35. Ke2 b3 36. Bd3 Ra4 (36... b2 $5 {[%cal Rd4d3]} 37. Bb1 Rc4 $11) 37. Bc3 Ra2+ 38. Ke3 Rh2 39. Bxf6 Rxh3+ 40. Kd2 Rg3 41. g5 Rf3 42. Be4 Rf2+ 43. Kc3 Re2 44. Bd5 b2 45. Ba2 {next Bb1 is good for White.} Rf2 46. Bb1 Rg2 (46... Rh2 $1 $11) 47. Bc2 $16 Rh2 48. Kxb2 h6 49. gxh6 Rxh6 50. Bd4 Rc6 51. Kb3 Rc8 52. Be4 (52. f6 $16) 52... Rc7 (52... Kh7 $1 $11) 53. Kb4 (53. f6 $16) 53... Rc8 (53... Kh7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 54. Bd5 Rc7 55. Kb5 Rc1 56. Bc4 Rc2 57. Kc5 Rc1 58. Kd5 Re1 59. Be5 Rd1+ 60. Ke4 Re1+ 61. Kf4 Rc1 62. Bb3 Rb1 63. Ba2 Rb5 64. Ke4 Ra5 65. Bd5 Ra4+ 66. Bd4 Ra5 67. Ke5 Ra6 68. Bb7 Ra4 69. Bc5 ({White should play} 69. f6 $16) 69... Ra5 $11 70. Kd6 {aiming for f6.} Kg7 $1 71. Bd4+ Kg8 (71... Kh6 $11) 72. Bd5 Ra4 73. Bc3 {Strongly threatening Ke7.} Ra3 74. Bf6 Ra7 75. Be7 Ra5 76. f6 Ra1 77. Bc6 {Bd5 is the strong threat.} Ra7 78. Kc5 (78. Be4 $16) 78... Ra6 (78... Kh7 $1 $11) 79. Kb5 $16 Ra1 80. Kb6 ({White should try} 80. Bd5 $16) 80... Ra2 (80... Kh7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 81. Kc7 Rd2 {[#]} 82. Bd7 (82. Bc5 $1 $16) 82... Kh7 $11 {The position is equal.} 83. Kd8 Kg6 84. Ke8 Rf2 85. Bb5 Rxf6 86. Bd3+ Kg7 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,73,22,15,10,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-10,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 {LiveBook: 12 Games. D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3} 11. Bd2 Rd8 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 12. Rfc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rac1 Ba7 14. a4 Bb8 15. axb5 Nd4 16. exd4 Bxf3 17. Qe5 Qb7 18. bxa6 {1-0 (39) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2649)-Fedorovsky,M (2442) Basel 2015}) 12... cxd4 {The position is equal.} 13. exd4 {[#] Threatens to win with d5.} Be7 $1 14. d5 exd5 15. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6] Black must now prevent Bxf6.} O-O 16. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Qd6 18. Re1 Nd4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Rad1 Re4 22. Qd2 $1 Qg6 {[#] ( -> ...Rxe1+)} 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qc2 26. Qd4 h6 27. h4 Qc7 28. h5 Rd8 29. Qe3 Qc2 30. Qe5 Rd1 31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ {KQ-KQ} 32. Kh2 Qb3 33. f3 a5 34. Kg3 a4 35. Qd4 Qc2 36. Qe5 Qc6 37. Qb8+ {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,71,7,15,9,17,13,15,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,18,22,27,19,33,14,14,0,41,31,70,68,68,64,64,68,66,35,54,29,34,33,285,289,537,525,445,420,1167,1167,1146,1126,1095,1092,1190,1144,29975,2069,6427,6225]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4c5][%mdl 32]} Bf5 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Qd1 {LiveBook: 5 Games. D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} dxc4 11. Na4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b6]} Qd8 12. Nc5 {The position is equal.} Qc8 13. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Qc2 Nfd7 15. Nxc4 Bxd4 16. Rd1 Bg7 17. Na5 Qe5 18. Nxb7 {1-0 (34) Lenic,L (2584)-Tratar,M (2486) Ljubljana 2008}) 13... Bh3 14. Qxc4 Bxg2 $1 15. Kxg2 Nbd7 16. Ncd3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. b3 Rd8 19. Bb2 a5 20. Rad1 a4 21. e4 Nb6 22. Qb4 Qc7 23. Bd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nd7 24. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6f7]} Bxd4 25. exf7+ Kxf7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...c5.} 26. Qxd4 axb3 27. axb3 Nf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 27... Qd6 $14 28. Qc3 Qe6) 28. Qh8 $18 Ke8 $2 (28... e6 29. Ne5+ Ke8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 29. Nc5 {And now Ne6 would win.} Kf7 30. e5 Qc8 {[#]} (30... Rd5 $142 31. e6+ Nxe6 32. Qxh7+ Ng7) 31. e6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe6 32. Qxh7+ Ng7 33. Rde1 {White threatens Rxe7+! and mate.} Rg8 34. Re6 Qd8 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Re3 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,109,20,29,28,34,30,27,29,68,0,0,-30,-31,-52,-40,-51,-55,-64,-71,-56,-20,-24,-12,-16,-9,-10,-4,-8,0,-9,-7,-22,-25,-114,-110,-125,-95,-75,-19,-22,-9,-69,-63,-127,-120,-162,-166,-150,-143,-181,-177,-189,-176,-170,-118,-112,-104,-311,-286,-299,-306,-370,-382,-379,-384,-361,-354,-298,-353,-328,-289,-479,-489,-452,-421,-372,-307,-273,-269,-239,-171,-209,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3g5,Bg5e4][%mdl 32]} d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Bf5 {LiveBook: 50 Games. D74: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 0-0)} (8... e5 9. Bg5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 f6 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. Be3 e4 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 exf3 15. Nxf3 Na5 16. Qb4 {0-1 (48) Yu,Y (2744)-Jobava,B (2687) Tbilisi 2017}) (8... Nb6 9. e3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e4 c6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Rb1 cxd5 15. exd5 Nbc4 16. b3 Nd6 17. Nce2 b5 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Rc1 {1-0 (41) Grischuk,A (2728)-Svidler,P (2738) Moscow 2008}) 9. Ng5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 {[%cal Re5d4] White has an edge.} 11. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d5 Na5 12. e4 Bd7 13. Qe2 Qe7 {½-½ (13) Paunovic,D (2423)-Popovic,P (2451) Kragujevac 2015}) 11... Rb8 12. dxe5 (12. Bd5 $1 $14 Qe7 13. e4) 12... Nxe5 $11 13. Ne4 h6 14. Rd1 Qc8 $1 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Nc5 {[%cal Rg2b7]} b6 17. Nd3 Nxd3 18. exd3 Bh3 19. d4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 g5 21. Be3 Qf5 22. a4 c6 23. Ra2 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 24. Rad2 (24. h3 $11) 24... h4 $17 {Hoping for ...h3+.} 25. Qc4 h3+ 26. Kg1 Re6 ({Black should try} 26... b5 $17 27. axb5 cxb5) 27. d5 $11 Re4 28. Qe2 (28. Qf1 $1 $11) 28... c5 $15 ({But not} 28... Bxc3 29. Rd3 $11) 29. d6 ({Better is} 29. c4 $15) 29... Bxc3 $17 30. Rd5 Re5 31. Rxe5 Bxe5 32. g4 Qe4 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Re4g2]} 33. f3 Qxa4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} 34. Bxg5 Bd4+ (34... f6 $19 35. Bh4 Re8) 35. Kf1 f6 36. Bf4 $2 (36. d7 $17 Qc6 37. Be3) 36... Re8 $19 37. Qd3 {[#]} Kg7 $1 38. Re1 {[#]} Qa2 $1 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Ra2g2][%mdl 512]} 39. Bd2 Rxe1+ 40. Kxe1 Qe6+ 41. Kd1 Qxd6 42. Qe4 Qd7 43. Kc1 $2 (43. Qf4) 43... a5 44. Qf4 Qe6 45. Qh6+ Kf7 46. Qxh3 a4 {...Qc4+ is the strong threat.} 47. Qh7+ Ke8 {aiming for ...Qc4+.} 48. Qd3 Qb3 $2 (48... Kd7 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Qb3.} 49. Qa6 Qc6) 49. Qe4+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Kd8 50. Qa8+ Kd7 51. Qb7+ Kd6 52. Qb8+ Kc6 53. Qa8+ Kd6 (53... Kb5 $5 54. Qe8+ $8 Ka6 55. Qa8+ Kb5 56. Qe8+ Ka6 57. Qc8+ Ka7 58. Qc7+ Ka8 59. Qc8+ Ka7 60. Qc7+ Ka6 61. Qc8+ Ka7 $11) 54. Qd8+ Kc6 {( -> ...Bb2+)} 55. Qc8+ {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,39,28,22,22,0,14,7,11,17,20,15,13,8,14,8,23,18,22,9,16,5,17,25]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8. dxe4 a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Re8 11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd4 {[#]} 14. Nf3 $146 Qxe4 15. Re1 Qc6 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Be3 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 18. Rc1 Qb5 19. Rc2 Ra6 20. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "211"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,211,41,32,0,14,14,5,-23,-12,-6,-18,-30,-12,-57,-47,-107,-85,-151,-131,-176,-135,-123,-137,-195,-214,-233,-72,-79,-66,-77,-70,-81,-71,-78,-64,-68,-70,-74,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-77,-70,-78,-70,-70,-79,-70,-70,-72,0,-73,-72,-78,-70,-104,-104,-134,-153,-139,-133,-105,-119,-628,-632,-618,-604,-586,-582,-555,-524,-1043,-760,-1062,-1030,-827,-969,-898,-865,-674,-496,-552,-540,-451,-154,-154,-154,-154,-154,-154,-154,-154,-154,-154,-154,-534,-500,-524,-525,-544,-502,-254,-253,-1784,-1754,-1738,-1747,-1609,-1515,-29979,-29975,-29975,0,-29967,-29968,-29967,-29970,-29968,-29969,-29969,-29969,-29971,-29970,-29974,-29969,-29977,0,0,0,-29979,-29980,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29982,-29983,0,-29982,-29949,-7139,-12574,-12796,-8564,-29980,-1468,-6372,-6071,-1433,0,-4649,-2671,-1273,0,-494,-182,-150,-99,-339,0,-342,-342,-328,0,-334,-327,-327,-310,-29981,-29955,-29958,-29957,-29952,-29957,-29974,-8406,-29967,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nh4 (5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. Be2 Rab8 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nd2 {0-1 (79) Andreikin,D (2712)-Artemiev,V (2691) Huaian 2017}) 5... Bg6 6. g3 {D06: Queen's Gambit: Symmetrical and Baltic Defences} c6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 8. Bg2 {White is slightly better.} dxc4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. e4 Qa5 11. h3 e5 12. d5 cxd5 13. exd5 {1-0 (42) Denayer,E (2245)-Fiebig,T (2453) Belgium 2010}) 10... Qa5 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. Rc1 Nb6 13. h4 O-O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 14. a3 (14. e3 $15) 14... Qxa3 15. e3 (15. Nb1 $142 Qa5 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. bxc4) 15... Qxb3 $17 (15... cxb3 16. Ra1 $11) 16. Qe2 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qb5 18. Qd1 (18. Rc2 $17) 18... g5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 19. Qa1 gxh4 $2 (19... Nfd5 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 20. Rb1 Nxc3 21. Rxb5 Nxb5 22. hxg5 e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 20. Rb1 $17 Qf5 21. e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f5]} Nxe4 22. Rf3 Qxf3 $1 23. Bxf3 Nxd2 24. Qxa7 Nxb1 25. Qxb6 Rd6 ({Much weaker is} 25... Nd2 26. Bxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxc6 27. Qxc6+ Kb8 28. Qb6+ Ka8 29. Qa6+ Kb8 30. Qb6+ Ka8 31. Qa6+ Kb8 32. Qb6+ $11) 26. Qxb1 hxg3 27. fxg3 Rhd8 28. Qb6 R8d7 ({Don't play} 28... Rxd4 29. Bxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd1+ 30. Kh2 $11) 29. Qc5 Rxd4 30. Be2 $1 R7d5 31. Qf8+ Kc7 $1 32. Qxf7+ Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7f7]} 33. Qxe6 (33. Qf8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 33... b5 34. Qe3 Kb7 35. Qa3 Rd2 36. Kf2 Rc2 $1 {And now ...Rdd2 would win.} 37. Ke3 Rdd2 38. Qe7+ Kb6 39. Bh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Bf1 $17) 39... g6 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Bg4 (40. Bxg6 Re2+) 40... Rd3+ 41. Kf4 Rf2+ 42. Kg5 c3 {[%cal Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 43. Bd7 {intending Qd8+.} c2 ({Not} 43... Rxg3+ 44. Kh6 $17) 44. Qd8+ Kc5 45. Qe7+ Rd6 46. Qe3+ Kb4 47. Qe1+ Rfd2 48. Bxc6 Kb3 49. Be4 {If only White now had time for Qe3+....} Kb2 $2 (49... b4 $19 {is more deadly.} 50. Qf1 R2d4 51. Bxc2+ Kxc2 52. Qf2+ Kc3 53. Qe1+ Kb2) 50. Bxc2 $17 {Hoping for Qb1+.} Kxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 51. Qe4+ Kc3 52. Qe3+ Kc4 {...b4 is the strong threat.} 53. Qe4+ Kc5 {Strongly threatening ...b4.} 54. Qe3+ R2d4 55. Qc3+ $2 (55. g4 $17 {is more resistant.}) 55... Kb6 $19 56. Qc8 b4 57. g4 Kb5 58. Qe8+ Kc4 59. Qe2+ $2 (59. Qa4) 59... Kb3 60. Qf3+ Kb2 61. Kh6 b3 62. g5 Rd2 63. Qe4 R2d4 $2 (63... Ra6 64. Qc4 Rdd6 65. Kh7 Ka2 66. Qf7 Re6 67. Kh6 b2 68. Qf2 Ka1 69. Qd4 Rec6 70. Qe5 Ra3 71. Qe4 Rc1 72. Qb4 Rh3+ 73. Kxg6 b1=Q+ 74. Qxb1+ Kxb1 75. Kf5 Rc5+ 76. Kg4 Rb3 77. Kh5 Rg3 78. Kg6 Rgxg5+ 79. Kf6 Rce5 80. Kf7 Rgf5+ 81. Kg6 Rf3 82. Kh7 Rg5 83. Kh6 Rg1 84. Kh7 Rh3#) 64. Qe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64. Qf3 $11 R4d5 65. Qf1) 64... Kb1 65. Qe1+ Rd1 66. Qe4+ Ka2 67. Qa4+ Kb2 68. Qe4 R1d5 69. Qe3 Ka3 70. Qc3 Ka4 71. Qc4+ $1 Ka3 72. Qc3 Ka2 73. Qc4 Rd4 74. Qf7 Rh4+ 75. Kg7 Rhd4 76. Kh6 R6d5 77. Qa7+ Kb1 78. Kxg6 b2 79. Kh6 Kc2 (79... Rh4+ $142 80. Kg6 Rg4 81. Kf6 Rgxg5 82. Qc7 Rdf5+ 83. Ke6 Rc5 84. Qf4 Ra5 85. Qd4 Ra6+ 86. Kf7 Ka1 87. Ke7 Rh5 88. Kd8 Rh7 89. Qd5 b1=Q 90. Qd4+ Qb2 91. Qd1+ Ka2 92. Qd5+ Qb3 93. Qd2+ Ka3 94. Qc1+ Kb4 95. Qe1+ Kc4 96. Qe4+ Kc5 97. Qf5+ Qd5+ 98. Qxd5+ Kxd5 99. Ke8 Ra8#) 80. Qc7+ Kd2 81. Qb7 Kc2 $2 (81... Kc3 $19 82. Qc6+ Kd2) 82. Qc6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (82. Qc7+ $11 Kb1 83. Qh7+ Rd3 84. Qe4 Rd6+ 85. g6) 82... Kd1 83. Qb7 {[#]} Rh4+ $2 (83... Rd6+ $1 $19 84. g6 Kc1 85. Qc8+ Kb1) 84. Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (84. Kg7 $1 $11 Rd2 85. Qb3+ Ke1 86. g6) 84... Rd2 $2 (84... Rd6+ 85. Kg7 Rh2) 85. Qb3+ Ke2 (85... Ke1 $142 86. Kg7 Rg4 87. Qe6+ Kf1 88. Qf5+ Rf2 89. Qb5+ Ke1) 86. Qb5+ $2 (86. Kg7 $17) 86... Ke3 $2 ({Black should play} 86... Ke1 $19 {aiming for ...Rc4!} 87. Kg7 Rd7+ 88. Kg6 Rh2) 87. Qb3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (87. Kg7 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 87... Kf2 88. Qb6+ Ke2 89. Qb5+ $1 {[#]} Ke1 $1 90. Qb3 {[#]} Rc4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with ...Rc6+.} 91. Kh7 $2 (91. Kg7 $19) (91. Qxc4 b1=Q+) 91... Rc3 92. Qxc3 b1=Q+ 93. g6 Qf5 94. Qg3+ Ke2 (94... Kf1 $142 95. Kh6 Rd3 96. Qc7 Qh3+ 97. Kg7 Rd7+ 98. Qxd7 Qxd7+ 99. Kg8 Kf2 100. g7 Kf3 101. Kf8 Qf5+ 102. Ke7 Qg6 103. Kd7 Qxg7+ 104. Kc6 Ke4 105. Kc5 Qc7+ 106. Kb4 Kd3 107. Kb5 Kc3 108. Ka6 Qb8 109. Ka5 Qb7 110. Ka4 Qb4#) 95. Kh6 Rd3 $2 (95... Kf1 {mates} 96. g7 Qe6+ 97. Kh7 Qe4+ 98. Kh6 Qh1+ 99. Kg6 Rg2 100. Qxg2+ Qxg2+ 101. Kf7 Qd5+ 102. Kf8 Qf5+ 103. Ke8 Qg6+ 104. Kf8 Qf6+ 105. Kg8 Kg2 106. Kh8 Qh6+ 107. Kg8 Qh5 108. Kf8 Qf5+ 109. Kg8 Kf3 110. Kh8 Qh3+ 111. Kg8 Qf5 112. Kh8 Qh5+ 113. Kg8 Ke4 114. Kf8 Qf5+ 115. Ke7 Qg6 116. g8=Q Qxg8 117. Kd6 Qd5+ 118. Kc7 Ke5 119. Kb6 Kd6 120. Ka7 Kc7 121. Ka6 Qh5 122. Ka7 Qa5#) 96. Qh2+ $11 {The position is equal.} Ke1 97. Qg1+ Ke2 98. Qh2+ Kf1 99. Qh1+ Kf2 100. Qh2+ Kf3 {White must now prevent ...Qf8+.} 101. g7 $1 Qe6+ 102. Kh7 Rd7 103. Qh1+ Kf2 {( -> ...Qf5+)} 104. Qh4+ Kf3 105. Qh5+ Kg2 106. Qg6+ {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,33,25,28,38,25,29,30,45,8,39,0,34,0,28,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Bf4 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Nb5 Rc8 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} (11... d5 12. Nc7 Bxc4 13. Nxa8 Qxa8 14. Rc1 Bb5 15. Re1 Qb7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc5 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. a3 {1-0 (51) Bluebaum,M (2588)-Jumabayev,R (2606) Berlin 2015}) 12. Nd6 Rc7 13. Rc1 Nh5 14. Be3 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qb8 15. Bf3 Nf6 16. Bf4 e5 17. Be3 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Re8 19. Rfd1 {1-0 (45) Ulko,J (2469)-Dvalishvili,P (2490) Moscow 2009}) 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,102,20,-4,22,27,47,13,79,83,111,54,59,67,66,59,61,45,62,55,100,78,80,104,73,50,45,38,45,50,79,87,80,61,78,82,86,82,83,68,81,12,15,11,8,0,0,-44,0,-283,-287,-283,-275,-237,-101,-126,-108,-102,-130,-110,-114,-127,-126,-163,-162,-155,-148,-163,-134,-143,-22,-22,-22,-22,-19,-15,0,-22,-22,-29,-29,-22,-22,-22,-22,-25,-22,-274,-265,-605,-601]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d5 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. Be2 e6 8. e4 {LiveBook: 133 Games. E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} (8. O-O Re8 9. e4 exd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Rxe4 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Bf4 Na6 {½-½ (56) Nakamura,H (2785)-Mamedyarov,S (2800) Paris 2017}) 8... Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Re1 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. h3 exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. g4 Bc8 13. Kg2 a6 14. a4 Rb8 15. Bf4 {1-0 (42) Lorparizangeneh,S (2485)-Asgari,M (2177) Hamedan 2017}) 10... Re8 (10... exd5 $11 11. cxd5 (11. exd5 Re8 $14) 11... Re8) 11. e5 $16 dxe5 {[%cal Re6d5]} 12. d6 Na6 $1 13. Nxe5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Bf3 Qb6 16. Re2 h6 17. Bf4 Rad8 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Be5 f6 20. Bg3 e5 21. Rd1 Nb8 22. Bd5 Be6 23. f4 Qxd6 24. fxe5 ({Of course not} 24. Bxb7 Qb6 $15) 24... fxe5 25. Bh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4d8]} ({Much worse is} 25. Bxb7 $6 Qe7 $11) 25... Rd7 26. Ne4 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qb6 27. Rf1 (27. Rf2 $1 $16) 27... Bf5 28. Qd3 Rf8 $1 29. Ref2 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6b4,Bb4d5,Bd5f4][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...Nb4.} 30. g4 Nb4 31. Qg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Qh3 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Nxd5 32. gxf5) 31... Nxd5 $19 32. gxf5 Nf4 33. fxg6+ Qxg6 (33... Kg8 $19 34. Qg4 Rd4) 34. Qxg6+ $17 Kxg6 35. Kh1 b6 36. b3 Rd4 37. Nc3 Rd3 38. Ne4 {[#]} Kf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 39. Re1 {[#]} Rf7 $1 40. Bg3 Rfd7 41. Rff1 R7d4 (41... h5 $17 42. Bf2 Rf3 43. Ng3+ Kg4) 42. Bxf4 $1 $11 exf4 43. Ng3+ $1 Kg5 (43... Kg4 $5 44. Ne2 $8 Re4 45. Rg1+ Kf5 46. Rxg7 Kf6 $15) 44. Ne4+ $1 Kf5 45. Ng3+ $1 Kg4 46. Ne2 Re4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White must now prevent ...Bd4. Black has some pressure.} 47. Rg1+ Kh4 48. Nxf4 $1 Rxf4 49. Rxg7 Rf2 {aiming for ...Kh3.} 50. Kg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50. Rxa7 $11 {and White is okay.} Kh3 51. Rh7) 50... Rxa2 $19 51. Rf1 $2 (51. Rf7) 51... Rxb3 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,111,25,16,23,12,8,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,13,8,13,13,13,0,31,24,23,22,22,22,30,21,33,13,13,14,15,13,16,14,44,40,44,8,10,16,35,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,-2,-2,-2,-9,0,-9]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rfd1 {LiveBook: 6 Games. D06: Queen's Gambit: Symmetrical and Baltic Defences} Rc8 11. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rab1 a6 12. h3 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Nhf6 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. b4 b5 {1-0 (43) Ehlvest,J (2610)-Shishkov,A (2270) Tallinn 1998}) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. c5 Qc7 14. b4 Nd7 15. Ne2 b6 16. Qa6 Nb8 17. Qa4 Nd7 18. Qa6 Nb8 19. Qd3 Nd7 20. Qc3 a5 21. a3 $1 axb4 22. axb4 Ra8 23. Nf4 Ra4 24. Nd3 bxc5 25. bxc5 Rfa8 26. Ra1 Bf6 27. g3 g6 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. Ra1 Qa7 31. Rxa4 Qxa4 32. Qb2 Qc4 33. Qa3 Qb5 34. h4 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Qc3 Nf8 {The position is equal.} 37. Nd2 Ng6 38. Qb3 {Black should prevent Qxb5.} Qa5 39. Nf3 Qa6 40. Nfe1 e5 41. dxe5 Nxe5 42. Nxe5 Bxe5 43. Qc2 Bf6 44. Qf5 Qc4 45. Nd3 Qe4+ 46. Qxe4 dxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 47. Nb4 Be7 48. Nxc6 Bxc5 49. g4 Kf6 50. f3 Bxe3 51. fxe4 Ke6 52. Kf3 Bc5 53. Na5 Ke5 54. Nc4+ Kd4 55. Ne3 Ke5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxe3.} 56. Nf5 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,107,-28,-22,-32,-16,-37,-34,-43,-8,-16,-10,-8,-9,-9,0,-7,0,-3,0,0,0,0,4,8,0,0,10,0,1,-26,-25,-55,-28,-40,0,-54,0,-31,0,-7,-15,-21,-9,-9,0,-12,0,-15,-14,-35,-10,-57,-48,-61,-44,-231,-69,-160,-134,-196,-77,-192,-177,-189,-99,-107,-110,-254,-159,-271,-260,-212,-121,-93,-105,-114,-137,-513,-502,-481,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 (5... h5 6. h3 e5 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Bxe7+ Kxe7 13. Ng5 {0-1 (65) Gupta,A (2610)-Kovalenko,I (2635) chess.com INT 2018}) 6. Nxc6 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} dxc6 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 7. Nd2 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bc5 8. O-O Be6 9. c4 Qb6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Be3 {0-1 (29) Frank,P (2154)-Kainz,J (2007) Feffernitz 2005}) 8. b3 Be6 9. Bb2 Nd7 (9... Qa5 {feels hotter.} 10. c3 h5 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Qc2 Rd7) 10. O-O O-O 11. e3 Qc7 12. Qe2 a5 13. a4 Rad8 14. Rad1 b5 15. Ra1 f6 16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. Bc3 b4 18. Bb2 Nb6 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. e4 Bc5 21. Nf3 Bf8 22. Nd2 Bc5 23. Nf3 Bf8 24. Nd2 Bc5 25. Bf3 Rd6 26. Nf1 Rbd8 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Bg4 Bf7 29. Ne3 g6 30. Rd1 Bd4 31. Bh3 c5 32. Qb5 Ra8 33. Bc1 $2 {[#]} (33. Bxd4 $15 cxd4 34. Rd2) 33... h5 $2 (33... c4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Rxd4 (34. bxc4 Be8) 34... exd4) 34. Bf1 (34. Bg2 $1 $15) 34... Kg7 $1 $17 35. Qe2 {[#]} (35. Re1 $17 {might work better.}) 35... Qc6 (35... c4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qxh5 (36. bxc4 Nxa4) 36... gxh5 37. Nf5+ Kg6 38. Nxd6 cxb3 39. cxb3 Bxb3) 36. g4 {[#]} (36. Bg2 $17) 36... Rh8 $1 $19 37. Qf3 hxg4 (37... c4 $19 38. gxh5 Rxh5) 38. Qxg4 $17 {Threatening Nf5+.} Be6 39. Qg3 (39. Nf5+ $17 Kf7 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. Ne7+ Kf7 42. Nxc6) 39... Kf7 40. Bg2 (40. Bb5 $17 Qc8 41. Kh1) 40... c4 $19 41. bxc4 {intending Nf5.} Nxc4 ({Better is} 41... Nxa4 $19 42. Qf3 Nc3) 42. Nf5 $17 Qxa4 43. Nxd4 exd4 44. Bf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Qc7+ $17 {is more resistant.} Qd7 45. Qxd7+ Bxd7 46. f4) 44... Ne5 $19 45. Bf4 Bg4 $2 {[#]} (45... Qxc2 $19 46. Rxd4 Nc6) 46. Bxe5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] The position is equal.} Bxd1 (46... fxe5 47. Qxe5) 47. Bc4+ Kg7 {[#]} 48. Bxf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf6 49. Qd6+ Kg7 {Hoping for ...Qe8.} 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Qh4+ Bh5 52. Qf4+ Kh7 53. Qf7+ Kh6 54. Qf4+ {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,58,-10,0,-17,0,0,0,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,12,17,25,0,0,0,0,0,-30,-43,-92,439,474,1641,1616,1521,1525,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} (10. a3 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Bg5 Ba6 13. Qe3 Rd7 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. a4 Qf8 16. a5 b5 17. g4 h6 {1-0 (54) Caruana,F (2811)-Cornette,M (2611) chess.com INT 2018}) 10... Qd6 11. O-O-O a5 12. g4 a4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 13. Kb1 Be6 14. Ne2 b5 15. Ng3 Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ne8 16. Rdg1 c4 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 {0-1 (39) Kraus,O (2024)-Molina Rodriguez,B (2140) Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2014}) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qg5 Nd7 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 $1 19. gxf5 a3 {Strongly threatening ...axb2.} 20. b3 $1 h6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 21. Qg3 Kh7 22. Rhg1 {[%cal Bh1g1,Bg1g5,Bg5f5,Bf5f7][%mdl 32]} Qf6 23. h4 gxf5 24. Qh3 f4 25. Rg5 {Hoping for Rdg1.} Qe6 26. Rf5 Rg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26... Kh8 $17 {stays on course.}) 27. Ng5+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 {[#]} (27... Rxg5 $142 28. hxg5 Qg6) 28. Rxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf7 29. hxg5+ Kg7 30. Qh6# {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,82,46,21,48,45,55,47,60,36,33,0,27,19,37,27,12,12,42,31,25,16,50,44,55,36,44,0,78,43,40,53,43,50,52,22,36,52,61,66,114,119,106,104,84,0,6,6,0,10,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} a6 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 {LiveBook: 12 Games. White is slightly better.} Re8 (13... Rc7 14. Nd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qa8+ 16. f3 Rd8 17. e4 e6 18. Nc2 Ne8 19. Ne3 h5 {1-0 (43) Karjakin,S (2785)-Salem,A (2656) Doha 2016}) 14. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qc7 16. e4 Qb7 17. f3 h5 18. Qe2 e6 19. Qf2 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. exd5 Nxd5 {½-½ (38) Pribyl,J (2392)-Stocek,J (2592) Tatranske Zruby 2005}) 14... Qc7 15. Nd5 Qb8 16. Bh3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 e6 19. Ne3 Ng5 20. Bg2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 f5 22. Nd3 Qb7+ 23. f3 Nf7 24. Nf4 Rc5 25. Nd3 Rc7 (25... Rcc8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26. h4 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Qd4 Qb7 30. Rc1 e5 31. Qc3 $1 ({Much weaker is} 31. Qd5 Qa7 $11) 31... Nf6 {[#]} 32. Nb4 $1 f4 33. gxf4 Nh5 34. Ned5 (34. fxe5 $16 Nf4+ 35. Kf1 Nxe5 36. Qc7 Qxc7 37. Rxc7 Nxf3 38. Nbd5 Nd2+ 39. Kf2 Ne4+ 40. Kf3) 34... Nxf4+ $11 {The position is equal.} 35. Nxf4 exf4 36. Rc2 Nh6 $1 $132 {[%cal Rh6f5][%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 37. Rd2 {Nd5 is the strong threat.} Qe7 38. Nd5 Qxh4 39. Nf6+ Kf7 40. Nxe8 Qg3+ 41. Kf1 Qh3+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,191,8,7,8,5,6,6,5,17,29,24,20,22,25,41,43,27,37,23,35,29,35,46,35,28,32,41,31,37,60,33,42,22,22,23,22,23,27,0,0,0,25,0,5,7,6,0,0,0,52,58,85,75,73,76,70,41,102,0,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,105,3,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,156,0,105,104,495,494,584,574,541,507,465,217,230,0,0,0,0,0,22,22,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} 7. d3 (7. a3 Be7 8. d4 c5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 {½-½ (41) Eljanov,P (2720)-Wojtaszek,R (2737) Germany 2017}) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} c5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be4 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd7 14. Bg5 {1-0 (24) Khalifman,A (2614)-Shevchenko,K (2538) Moscow 2018}) 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O Qd7 14. Re1 Be7 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Rde8 19. f4 h6 20. Bh4 Qg4 21. Bg3 Ne7 22. h3 (22. Rf1 {seems wilder.} g6 23. h3 Qe6 24. Rf3 Rc8 25. Bh4) 22... Qg6 23. Bh4 (23. Qf3 {is more complex.} Rc8 24. Bh4 Nf5 25. Bf2 Ne7 26. Rd2) 23... Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Ng6 25. Bg3 Ne7 26. Bh4 Ng6 27. Bg3 Ne7 28. Bf2 b6 $1 29. g4 Rc8 30. f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rc4 31. e6 f6 (31... Rfc8 $11) 32. Bd4 $14 Ra4 33. Re2 Rc8 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Kf3 Nc6 (35... Ra3 $14) 36. Kf4 (36. Kg3 $16) 36... Ke7 (36... Ra3 $1 $11) 37. h4 (37. Kg3 $14) 37... Kd6 38. Kg3 Ra3 39. Rde3 Ne7 40. Rf3 Rf8 (40... Rc4 $11) 41. Ref2 (41. Be3 $16) 41... Nc6 $11 42. g5 Ra4 43. Rf4 Ra3 44. gxh6 gxh6 45. Kg4 Nxd4 46. Rxd4 Rxc3 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} ({Black should play} 46... h5+ $1 $11 47. Kxh5 Rh8+ 48. Kg4 (48. Kg6 Rxc3 49. Kxf6 Rg3 $11) 48... Rg8+ 49. Kh5 Rh8+ 50. Kg4 (50. Kg6 Rxc3 51. Kxf6 Rg3 $11) 50... Rg8+ 51. Kf4 Rh8) 47. Rfd2 $2 ({White has to play} 47. Kh5 $16) 47... Rc5 (47... h5+ $11 {keeps the balance.} 48. Kxh5 Rh8+ 49. Kg4 Rg8+ 50. Kf4 Rcg3 51. Rxd5+ Kc6 52. Rd6+ Kc5 53. R6d5+ (53. R2d5+ $2 Kb4 $19) 53... Kc6 54. Rd6+ Kc5 55. R6d5+ (55. R2d5+ $2 Kb4 $19) 55... Kc4 56. R5d4+ Kc5 57. Rd5+) 48. Kh5 $16 Rh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Rg8 $16) 49. Kg6 $18 h5 50. Kxf6 Rf8+ {[#]} 51. Kg6 $1 b5 52. Re2 (52. f6 $142) 52... Ke7 {[#]} 53. Kg5 $2 (53. Rf4 $1 $18) 53... Rg8+ $1 $11 54. Kf4 Kf6 55. e7 Re8 56. Re6+ Kf7 57. Re5 ({White should try} 57. Kg5 $14) 57... Rxe7 {The position is equal.} 58. Rexd5 Rxd5 59. Rxd5 {KR-KR} Rb7 60. Rd6 b4 61. Ra6 b3 62. axb3 Rxb3 63. Rxa7+ Kf6 64. Ra6+ Kf7 65. Kg5 Rg3+ 66. Kxh5 Rg1 67. Kh6 Rf1 68. Kg5 Rg1+ 69. Kf4 Rf1+ 70. Kg4 Rg1+ 71. Kh5 Rf1 72. Kg5 Rg1+ 73. Kh6 Rf1 74. Ra5 {aiming for h5.} Kf6 75. h5 Rh1 76. Rb5 {Strongly threatening Rb6+.} Rh3 77. Rc5 Rh1 78. Ra5 Rh3 79. Ra1 Rh4 80. Rf1 Rh2 81. Rf3 Rh1 82. Rf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2a2]} Rh3 83. Rf1 {Rg1 is the strong threat.} Rh2 84. Rg1 Kxf5 85. Rg6 {And now Rg1 would win.} Rh3 86. Ra6 {Black must now prevent Rg6.} Rh1 87. Rb6 Rh3 88. Rb5+ Kf6 89. Kh7 Ra3 90. Rb7 Kg5 91. h6 {Threatens to win with Kg7.} Ra6 92. Rb5+ Kf6 93. Rb7 Kg5 94. Kg7 Rg6+ 95. Kf7 {Hoping for h7.} Rf6+ 96. Kg7 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,79,0,-5,2,0,0,6,11,11,7,0,8,6,8,9,5,0,0,-33,4,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,41,15,22,22,43,39,48,47,56,47,99,97,91,97,97,89,87,89,97,91,114,114,123,114,247,233,316,288,371,227,895,883,1075,1031,29985,29986,29979,29980,29998,29999]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 {LiveBook: 16 Games. A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (8. Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bb5 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Be6 15. Rac1 Rac8 {1-0 (55) Carlsen,M (2834)-Giri,A (2752) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 8... b6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. d4 {The position is equal.} Nc6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Be6 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 {½-½ (51) Alekseev,E (2622)-Abdusattorov,N (2498) St Petersburg 2017}) 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rac1 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Bd3 h6 (16... Nb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c2]} 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 $11) 17. Qe2 Nb4 18. Bb1 $1 a5 19. h3 Qa6 20. Qd2 Qb7 21. Ba1 Bf8 22. Qb2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} f6 23. Nh4 {[#] a3 is the strong threat.} d4 24. exd4 cxd4 25. Qe2 Bf7 (25... Re8 $14) 26. Rxc8 $16 Qxc8 27. Bxd4 Qe6 28. Be3 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qd5 30. Qe2 Bc5 31. Nf5 {[#] Hoping for Qg4.} Bf8 32. Qg4 {Threatens to win with Nxh6+.} g5 (32... Kh8 $16 33. Nd4 Qd8) 33. Nd4 $18 h5 34. Qc8 Qc5 35. Qd8 Qc3 $2 (35... Qe7 36. Qc8 Qe5) 36. Be4 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Nf5+ {White mates.} Kg8 39. Bd4 Qc1 40. Nh6+ {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,61,-12,-17,-21,0,0,0,-10,-12,-24,-18,-38,-36,-29,-27,-35,-30,-35,-38,-41,-50,-36,-29,-39,-28,-43,-12,-6,-8,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Qd2 {B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch Variation)} Be6 11. c3 Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc7) 12. h3 Rad8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bd3 Bf5 15. Bg3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qe6 17. a3 b6 18. b4 d4 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Qa6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 {The position is equal.} cxb4 23. axb4 Bxb4 24. Qxa7 Bc5 25. Kh2 h5 26. h4 Rc8 27. Qb7 Qf5 28. Rd2 Re8 29. Qc6 Rc8 30. Qb7 Re8 31. Qc6 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,33,41,0,38,20,38,-20,-15,-22,-5,-6,-6,-7,-4,-7,0,-9,25,26,30,18]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. O-O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games. B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (8. Ng1 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. h3 Be6 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Ne2 Nb6 {0-1 (29) Olszewski,M (2532)-Gashimov,V (2733) Warsaw 2010}) 8... Nbd7 9. Kb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 a5 11. f4 b4 12. Na4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. Kb1 a4 15. f3 Qa5 {½-½ (32) Adams,M (2630)-Hodgson,J (2565) Dublin 1993}) 9... O-O 10. Bh6 ({White should try} 10. h3 $14 Bxf3 11. gxf3) 10... e5 $11 11. Ne2 c5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f3 Bd7 {[#] And now ...c4 would win.} 16. c4 b4 17. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,29,7,16,23,19,18,17,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,10,-33,-11,-37]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. Nf3 (4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nxd5 6. cxd5 O-O 7. a3 Bc5 8. d3 c6 9. Nf3 Re8 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. O-O d5 {½-½ (114) Howell,D (2676)-Artemiev,V (2691) Riadh 2017}) 4... d6 5. a3 Bc5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 6. e3 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} Nf6 7. d4 Nxd5 8. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. cxd5 exd4 9. exd4 Bb6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 O-O {½-½ (44) Morley,P (2368)-Biedermann,T (2433) ICCF email 2017}) 8... Nf6 9. cxd6 cxd6 10. Be2 {[%cal Bf1e2,Be2b5,Bb5c6][%mdl 32]} O-O 11. O-O Bf5 12. c5 Nc6 13. cxd6 Ne4 14. Bb5 {next Bxc6 is good for White.} Re8 15. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

