[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2868"]
[BlackElo "2846"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,133,-8,-3,-27,0,0,0,0,8,4,0,0,0,0,65,52,59,45,91,79,66,58,116,125,130,130,130,104,116,91,82,95,173,181,143,97,112,109,104,104,117,110,145,143,178,103,85,85,89,93,95,69,131,48,57,45,42,41,42,0,68,16,25,26,25,22,12,12,51,7,55,43,44,44,59,59,46,53,52,51,43,46,66,69,66,64,141,144,131,145,501,512,653,648,626,616,831,822,815,818,803,805,789,752,768,753,736,733,720,694,659,659,12841,12840,12845,12846]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. d3 Bh7 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 c6 {LiveBook: 144 Games} 11. Qb1 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White} (11. Qc2 Na6 12. Rab1 Rc8 13. Rfc1 Nd7 14. Qd1 b5 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Bc5 19. Qf1 {0-1 (44) Rapport,R (2698)-Grischuk,A (2750) chess.com INT 2017}) 11... Na6 12. Bc3 c5 13. cxd5 {The position is equal.} exd5 14. e4 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Re8 15. Re1 Nc7 16. Ra2 Bf8 17. Qa1 Ra6 18. e5 d4 {1-0 (47) Rzayev,B (2370)-Das,A (2466) Seville 2013}) 15. Re1 Qb6 16. a4 Nc7 (16... Nb4 $11) 17. axb5 $14 Qxb5 18. Ra4 Ne6 19. Qa1 Bd8 20. Ne5 dxe4 (20... d4 $1 $14 21. Bb2 g5) 21. dxe4 $16 (21. Nxe4 Ra6 $14) 21... Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Nec4 (23. Qxd4 $6 Bb6 $11) 23... Rb8 24. Qxd4 Bc7 25. e5 Rfd8 {[#]} (25... Nd7 $16) 26. Qa7 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra7c7]} Ne8 27. Qe3 Bf5 28. Bf1 Qd5 29. Nf3 Bd7 30. Ra2 Bc6 31. Bg2 Qd3 32. Qxd3 ({Much less strong is} 32. Nxa5 Qxe3 33. fxe3 (33. Rxe3 Rd1+ 34. Ne1 Bd7 $16) 33... Bxa5 $16) (32. Nd4 $1 $18 Qxd4 33. Bxc6) 32... Rxd3 $16 33. Nfd2 Bd7 34. Be4 Rc3 35. Kg2 Rb5 (35... Kf8 $14) 36. f4 ({White should try} 36. Bc2 $16) 36... Kf8 37. Re3 Rxe3 38. Nxe3 f6 39. Nd5 Bd8 (39... fxe5 $11 40. fxe5 (40. Nxc7 Nxc7 41. Bd3 Rd5 $11) 40... Bc6 41. Nxc7 Bxe4+ 42. Nxe4 Nxc7) 40. Nf3 (40. Nc3 $14 Rb8 41. Na4) 40... f5 $11 41. Nd4 $1 {[%csl LRb5,LRf5]} fxe4 42. Nxb5 Bxb5 43. Rc2 Bd7 44. Rc5 Kf7 45. Kf2 g5 46. Ke3 gxf4+ 47. gxf4 Ng7 48. Kxe4 Bf5+ 49. Ke3 Be6 50. Kf3 Nf5 51. Ke4 Nh4 52. Rb5 {And now Rb8 would win.} Bf5+ ({Black should play} 52... Bg4 $1 $14) 53. Kd4 $16 {Rb8 is the strong threat.} Nf3+ 54. Kc5 Nxh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... Ke6 $16 55. Rb8 Kd7) 55. Kd6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nf3 {[#] and the idea ...Nd4 leaves Black hopeful.} 56. e6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe6 57. Rb7+ Kg6 58. Kxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} Nd4+ 59. Ke5 Nf3+ 60. Ke4 Nd2+ 61. Ke3 Nf1+ 62. Ke2 Ng3+ 63. Kf3 Nf5 64. Rb8 Bh4 65. Rb6+ Kf7 66. Kg4 Bf2 67. Kxf5 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,111,27,19,8,52,-19,-16,-23,-29,-12,0,0,0,-17,-10,-113,91,91,82,97,82,81,164,20,110,110,106,78,89,66,104,64,54,28,78,88,148,142,153,148,156,116,394,394,377,378,427,418,398,400,499,488,1023,794,788,789,788,788,770,770,762,762,710,654,937,887,29986,29982,29982,29983,29983,29982,29984,29985,29985,29979,29967,29969,29965,29961,4890,4631,29985,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29982,29983,29983,29984,29987,29988,29988,29982]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Nh6 8. Nb3 Nf5 9. c3 Rc8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. g4 Ne7 11. Be3 $146 (11. Nh4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11. Nh4 c5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. f4 Nc6 14. Be3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nb6 16. Nd2 Bb4 17. Nf3 Nc4 18. Bc1 {½-½ (18) Kurnosov,I (2674)-Iordachescu,V (2621) Rijeka 2010}) 11... h5 $11 12. h3 hxg4 13. hxg4 Be4 14. Nbd2 c5 15. Kg2 cxd4 16. cxd4 {[#]} (16. Nxe4 $11 dxe4 17. Nxd4) 16... Qb6 $2 (16... Nf5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] keeps the pressure on. ( -> ...Qh4)} 17. Nxe4 (17. gxf5 Qh4) 17... Nxe3+ 18. fxe3 dxe4) 17. Nxe4 $16 dxe4 18. Ng5 {Black must now prevent d5.} Nd5 19. Rc1 Rd8 (19... Rc6 $16 {was called for.}) 20. Qb3 ({White should try} 20. Rh1 $18 Rxh1 21. Kxh1) 20... Qxb3 (20... Qxd4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 21. Rh1 (21. Bxd4 Nf4+ 22. Kg3 Nxe2+ 23. Kg2 Nf4+ 24. Kg3 Ne2+ 25. Kg2 Nf4+ 26. Kg3 Ne2+ $11) 21... Rxh1 22. Bxd4 Rxc1 23. Nxe4 Nf4+ 24. Kf3 Nxe2 25. Kxe2 a6) 21. axb3 Bb4 22. Nxe4 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Bf3 Rg8 25. Ng3 {Strongly threatening Bxd5.} Nxe3+ 26. fxe3 Bd2 ({Better is} 26... f5) 27. Rcd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Bxe3 28. Rfe1 Bf4 29. Rxe6+ Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Kf7 $16 {was worth a try.} 30. Ree1 Nf8) 30. Nf5 $18 Rh8 31. Bxb7 Rh2+ 32. Kf3 Bg5 33. Rd6 Rxb2 34. Bd5 {White threatens Rh1 and mate.} Rc8 (34... Rh2 $142 35. Ra1 Rh3+ 36. Kg2 Bf4 37. Kxh3 Bxd6 38. Rxa7 Bb4) 35. Be6 Rc3+ 36. Ke4 Re2+ 37. Kd5 Nb6+ {[#]} 38. Rxb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} axb6 39. Rh1 {[%cal Rh1h8]} Rxe6 40. Kxe6 {[%cal Rh1h8][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg8 41. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} Rxb3 42. d6 Rb2 43. Re1 Rd2 44. Re4 Kf8 45. d7 b5 46. Nd4 f5 47. gxf5 Bd8 48. Nxb5 Rb2 49. Nd6 Bc7 50. Rc4 {White mates.} Re2+ 51. Ne4 Bd8 52. f6 Re1 53. Rc8 {[%cal Rc8d8]} Rxe4+ 54. Kd5 Re1 55. Rxd8+ Kf7 56. Re8 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 19,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,22,17,41,33,35,14,20,15,25,14,28,22,28,4,8,-4,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Qc2 d4 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (6... c5 7. d4 Na6 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Qe8 13. Bf4 b5 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. Bxd6 {1-0 (54) Svidler,P (2765)-Bacrot,E (2725) Riadh 2017}) 7. d3 Nc6 8. a3 a5 9. e3 e5 10. exd4 exd4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Nbd2 $146 Bf5 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Re8 19. Bh3 Qd8 {Black wants to play ...Rxe4.} 20. Qe2 Rxe4 21. Qxe4 g6 22. Kf1 Kg7 23. Nd2 h5 24. Bg2 Ne5 25. h3 c6 26. Nf3 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,116,39,31,31,25,39,20,58,-31,-23,-60,0,-32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-23,-14,-6,-16,-22,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-7,-32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-103,-66,-93,-85,-680,-675,-678,-672,-671,-665,-643,-639,-948,-932,-918,-925,-918,-914,-875,-859,-1103,-1095,-1059,-1056,-996,-987,-1189,-1087,-1284,-1263,-1468,-1444,-1718,-1706,-1723,-1706,-1511,-1475]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Qc7 8. Bf4 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} Ne7 (8... f5 9. g4 Ne7 10. gxf5 Nxf5 11. Bd3 Rb8 12. Rg1 g6 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. b3 Bb4 15. Qd2 Qa5 {1-0 (45) Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Movsesian,S (2647) Riadh 2017}) 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} f5 12. Re1 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rb8 13. b3 Be7 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Bg5 c5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 {½-½ (31) Golding,A (1963)-Arkell,K (2502) Coventry 2015}) 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Rad1 ({Better is} 14. Bg5 $14) 14... Rh4 $15 15. Bg3 Qc6 ({Black should try} 15... Rb4 $15) 16. f3 (16. Qxd7+ $5 Qxd7 17. Rxd7 $11) 16... Rd4 17. Qe3 Be7 18. Bf4 Kf7 19. Ne2 Rxd1 $1 20. Rxd1 c4 21. c3 Bc5 22. Nd4 Qa4 23. Ra1 Rb8 24. Qd2 Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4 {[#] Qa7 is the strong threat.} Bd5 26. Qd2 Qb5 27. Rb1 Qa4 28. a3 Qb3 29. h3 Qa2 30. Qc1 Bc6 31. Kh2 Rb5 32. h4 Rd5 33. Ra1 Qb3 34. Bg3 Rd3 35. a4 Qb7 36. Qc2 Bxf3 37. gxf3 {[#] Black must now prevent Rf1.} f4 38. Be1 $1 Qxf3 {Threatens to win with ...Re3.} 39. Qg2 Qe3 40. Bf2 (40. Qg5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 40... Qxe5 $17 41. Re1 Qf5 42. Bd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Qe4 $17) 42... Rg3 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Qxg3 fxg3+ 44. Kxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} d6 45. Be3 e5 46. Bg5 Qc2 47. Rf1+ Ke6 48. Rf2 Qxa4 49. Rd2 Qa1 50. Re2 Qf1 51. Rf2 Qg1+ 52. Rg2 Qe1+ 53. Rf2 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 54. Kg2 a4 55. Bd2 Qe4+ 56. Kg3 d5 57. Bg5 d4 58. cxd4 exd4 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,58,0,-3,0,0,0,-9,0,-1,-4,-16,-13,-23,0,-19,0,-11,27,10,16,-23,-24,-21,-14,-15,-4,-3,0,-18,-24,-30,-21,-41,-42,-47,-26,-176,-207,-265,-266,-492,-478,-1541,-1486,-1502,-1429]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. a4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. E11: Bogo-Indian} a5 (8... b6 9. Na3 Bb7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Be1 a5 12. bxa5 bxa5 13. Ne5 Ba6 14. c5 f6 15. Nec4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 {1-0 (34) Fedoseev,V (2718)-Kuzubov,Y (2699) Riadh 2017}) 9. Bc3 b6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Ne4 10. e3 Nd7 11. Nbd2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Re1 Ba6 14. Bf1 Qc7 15. Qb3 Rfc8 {0-1 (40) Yuferev,O-Konnov,O Ekaterinburg 1996}) 10. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Na6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. e4 Nb4 13. Re1 Rc8 14. h4 Ba8 15. b3 c5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Ndf3 Ne4 18. Bb2 f6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 f5 21. Rad1 dxc4 22. bxc4 cxd4 $1 {aiming for ...Bb4.} 23. Nxd4 Bc5 24. Re2 Qd6 25. Qb3 {[#]} (25. Nb3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Nxg3 26. Re5 Qxd3 27. Rxd3) 25... Rcd8 $1 $19 26. Rd3 {[#]} Qg6 $1 27. Nf3 $2 (27. Bf3) 27... Nxg3 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. Red2 {[#]} (28. Re1 $142 Rxd3 29. Qxd3) 28... Bxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Bxf3 (29. Rxf3 Rxd2) 29... Ne4+ {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,58,22,18,18,25,28,20,20,0,0,0,16,4,31,24,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,39,34,59,0,8,0,0,-16,0,-245,0,0,0,-1093,-1070,-29989,-29990,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nf3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3} Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc6 {White has an edge.} bxc6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. Qc2 Qb6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Na4 Qxd4 17. Qxc6 Qe5 18. g3 Bb4 19. Nc3 Bb7 20. Qa4 Bc5 21. Bf3 (21. Bd3 $14 Qh5 22. Qf4) 21... Qf5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 22. Kg2 d4 23. Ne4 d3 24. b4 $2 (24. Qa5 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 24... Bxf2 $2 ({Black should try} 24... Bd4 $19 25. Rab1 Rbe8) 25. Kxf2 {[#] Re3 is the strong threat.} Rbc8 26. Rad1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Qd1 $11 Rc2+ 27. Kg1) 26... Rc2+ $19 27. Ke3 Bxe4 $1 {Black mates.} 28. Bxe4 Qf2+ 29. Kxd3 Rd8+ {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,68,25,19,14,22,0,79,76,67,79,70,63,77,69,71,47,54,29,50,41,70,65,64,64,64,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,65,64,69,41,41,41,41]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Rb8 13. b3 Rb4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 {LiveBook: 33 Games} 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Rad1 c5 {[#]} (16... Re8 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. Bc4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc3d5]} d4 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rb6 {[#]} 21. c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d4][%mdl 512]} Rf4 (21... dxc3 22. Rxd6) 22. Qe5 (22. Qd3 {with more complications.} Qd5 23. Rc1 Rb8 24. cxd4 cxd4 25. Qc4) 22... Qxe5 23. Rxe5 {White is slightly better.} c4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. cxd4 cxb3 26. axb3 Rxb3 27. Rxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rb1+ 28. Kh2 Rd1 29. Ra6 (29. Re8+ {feels hotter.} Kf7 30. Ra8 Kg6 31. Rxa7 Rxd4 32. Ra6+) 29... Rxd4 30. Rxa7 Rd3 31. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Rd2 32. Kg3 g6 33. f4 Rb2 34. Kf3 h5 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2846"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,196,21,42,30,43,40,83,68,63,63,42,0,66,29,32,4,46,40,55,41,52,43,50,34,44,49,117,68,102,106,127,116,145,144,141,93,159,174,216,232,204,133,233,196,243,229,247,155,166,118,138,147,149,152,285,92,154,62,69,47,138,146,158,170,341,324,336,329,274,293,302,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,0,9,0,62,62,62,0,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,11,62,0,62,0,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,0,62,62,69,28,35,35,61,46,61,61,69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nde2 Rc8 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 12. b3 {B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} (12. Nd5 b5 13. Qd2 Nxd5 14. exd5 Na5 15. b3 Nb7 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Nc5 19. h4 e5 {½-½ (43) Fressinet,L (2650)-Bacrot,E (2715) Agen 2017}) 12... b5 13. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a3 b4 14. Nd5 a5 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. e5 Qc7 18. exd6 exd6 19. Ra2 Rfc8 {1-0 (31) Hambleton,A (2471)-Kelly,J (2039) Madison 2017}) 13... Be6 14. Qd2 {White is better.} Ne5 15. f4 Ned7 16. Nd4 Nc5 (16... Bxd5 $11 17. exd5 Nc5) 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Rac1 Nc5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} b4 21. Rcd1 {aiming for e5.} Bc3 22. Qc2 Qc7 23. h4 h5 (23... Kh8 $14) 24. Kh2 Nd7 25. Bh3 $1 Rcd8 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. f5 Be5 28. Bf4 Bg7 (28... Bxf4 $142 29. gxf4 (29. Rxf4 Rdd8 $16) 29... Qd8) 29. Qd2 $16 Qb7 {[#]} 30. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe4 (30... dxe5 31. Qxd7) 31. fxg6 (31. exd6 exd6 32. fxg6 (32. Qxb4 Qxf5 33. Bxd6 Qe4 $16) 32... fxg6) 31... Qxg6 (31... fxg6 $16 {was worth a try.} 32. Rfe1 (32. Qxb4 dxe5 33. Rxd7 exf4 $17) (32. exd6 exd6 33. Rfe1 Qf5 $16) 32... Qf5) 32. exd6 $18 exd6 33. Qxb4 Re8 34. Qd2 Rde7 35. Rde1 Rxe1 36. Rxe1 Rxe1 37. Qxe1 Qc2+ {[#]} (37... Bf8 $16 {was called for.} 38. Qe2 a5) 38. Kh3 $2 (38. Qd2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd2c2] is the precise move to win.} Qxd2+ 39. Bxd2) 38... Be5 (38... Qf5+ $142 39. Kh2 d5) 39. Qd2 (39. Bxe5 $16 Qf5+ 40. Kg2 dxe5 41. Qe2) 39... Qb1 40. Bxe5 {Threatening mate with Qg5+.} dxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} (40... Qh1+ $1 $14 41. Qh2 Qe4) 41. Kh2 $16 e4 42. Kg2 e3 $2 (42... Kf8 43. Kf2 Ke8) 43. Qxe3 $18 Qxa2+ 44. Kf3 Qc2 45. Kf4 a5 {[#]} 46. Ke5 $2 (46. c5 $1 $18) 46... a4 $1 $11 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 47. bxa4 {Black must now prevent c5.} Qxc4 48. Qg5+ Kf8 49. Qd8+ Kg7 50. Qd4 Qc7+ (50... f6+ $11 51. Ke4 Qe6+ 52. Kf3 Qb3+ 53. Ke2 Qc2+ 54. Kf1 Qb1+ 55. Ke2 Qc2+ 56. Kf3 Qb3+ 57. Kf2 Qa2+ 58. Kf3 Qb3+) 51. Ke4+ $1 $14 Kg8 52. Kf3 Qc6+ 53. Qe4 Qc3+ 54. Kf4 (54. Kg2 $14) 54... Qc7+ 55. Kf3 (55. Kg5 $11 Qxg3+ 56. Kxh5) 55... Qc3+ 56. Kf2 Qd2+ 57. Kf3 Qc3+ 58. Kg2 Qb2+ 59. Kh3 Qa1 60. Kh2 Qa2+ 61. Kg1 $1 Qa1+ 62. Kf2 $1 Qb2+ 63. Ke3 (63. Qe2 $1 $14 Qf6+ 64. Kg2) 63... Qc3+ ({Black should play} 63... Qa3+ $1 $11 64. Kf4 Kf8) 64. Kf4 ({Better is} 64. Qd3 $1 $14 Qe1+ 65. Kf3) 64... Qc7+ (64... Qd2+ $11 65. Kf3 Qd1+ 66. Kf2 Kg7) 65. Kf3 (65. Kg5 $5 {[%cal Rg5h5]} Qxg3+ 66. Kxh5 $16) 65... Qc3+ 66. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Re3c3]} Qc6+ 67. Kf2 Qc2+ 68. Qe2 Qxa4 69. Qxh5 Qd4+ 70. Kg2 Qd2+ 71. Kh3 Qe1 72. Qd5 (72. Qg5+ {keeps more tension.} Kf8 73. Qd8+ Kg7 74. Qd4+ Kg8 75. Qg4+) 72... Qf1+ 73. Qg2 Qf5+ 74. Kh2 $1 Qg4 75. Qd2 Qf3 76. Qf4 (76. Qg5+ $14 Kh7 77. Kh3) 76... Qe2+ (76... Qxf4 $1 $11 77. gxf4 Kg7) 77. Kh3 Qc2 78. h5 Qd3 79. Kh4 {Hoping for Qb8+.} Qb1 80. Kg5 {Strongly threatening Qe3.} Qb5+ 81. Qf5 Qc4 82. h6 (82. Qg4 $14 Qc3 83. Kh4+ Kh7 84. Qf4) 82... Qc1+ {The position is equal.} 83. Qf4 Qc5+ 84. Kh4 {Threatens to win with Qg4+.} Kh7 85. Qxf7+ Kxh6 86. Qe6+ Kg7 87. Qg4+ Kh6 88. Qf4+ Kg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rc5h5]} 89. Qe4+ Kh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rc5h5]} 90. Qe6+ (90. Kh3 {feels hotter.} Kg7 91. Kg2 Qd6 92. Qg4+ Kh6 93. Qf3) 90... Kg7 91. Kg4 Qd4+ 92. Kh3 Qd3 93. Qe5+ Kg6 94. Qf4 Kg7 95. Kg4 Qe2+ 96. Kf5 {Qg5+ is the strong threat.} Qd3+ 97. Kg5 Qg6+ 98. Kh4 Qh6+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,53,21,25,16,18,21,18,25,35,0,44,0,29,24,49,22,25,-131,-135,-185,-190,-172,-31,-47,-43,-35,0,0,0,-41,0,0,4,-6,-9,-5,-14,-15,-6,-19,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6 6. Nc3 {A58: Benko/Volga Gambit: Lines with 5 bxa6} exd5 7. Nxd5 Be7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. e3 {White has an edge.} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Nc6 10. Nf3 Rxa6 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Rb6 13. e4 Na5 {0-1 (61) Zart,R (2198)-Feuerstack,A (2452) Germany 2014}) 9. Ne2 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Rxa6 11. Nc3 (11. Nf4 $5 {[%cal Rf1a6]}) 11... Rd6 12. Qf3 (12. Qb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3b8]} Nc6 13. Be2 $14) 12... Nc6 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Qa8 {[#] ...Ne5 is the strong threat.} 15. e4 $2 (15. Qf5 $11) 15... Nd4 $17 16. Qh5 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 {[#]} Qxe4 (17... g6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg6h5]} 18. Qf3 (18. Qg4 $2 h5 $19) 18... Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Rc6) 18. Bd1 $1 $15 Rg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Re4g2]} 19. Qh3 Ne2+ 20. Bxe2 $1 Qxe2 21. a4 Bf6 22. Be3 {The position is equal.} c4 $132 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 2080] Black has counterplay} 23. Qf5 Bxb2 24. Rad1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d2] And now Rd2 would win.} c3 {Black wants to play ...d6.} 25. Rxd7 Qc4 {White must now prevent ...c2.} 26. Qb5 Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,83,18,32,36,32,18,87,35,62,55,57,57,58,56,61,42,45,35,28,12,40,58,56,15,42,0,115,110,124,114,85,13,13,13,20,0,0,0,8,-46,-15,-13,-17,-27,0,0,0,0,89,82,62,64,60,83,478,483,464,442,452,444,449,420,1038,662,948,644,29986,29987]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. g3 Nbd7 (4... Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Rb8 9. b4 b5 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd7 13. Bg2 Qc7 14. Be3 a5 15. bxc5 Nxc5 16. Ra2 {0-1 (52) Ivanisevic,I (2638)-Kryakvin,D (2560) Minsk 2017}) 5. d3 g6 6. Bg2 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qc7 9. Nbd2 e5 10. a4 Rb8 11. Nc4 b6 12. h3 {½-½ (42) Tsifanskaya,L (2216)-Bar Shalom,O (2080) Ramat Aviv 2004}) 9. d4 Qc7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. a4 b6 11. d5 a6 (11... c4 $1 $11) 12. Nbd2 (12. c4 $16) 12... Bh6 13. Nc4 Bxc1 14. Qxc1 Kg7 15. Nh4 h6 16. Ne3 {[#] Nef5+! would kill now.} Rh8 17. f4 Rb8 18. c4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qc3 Re8 21. b3 bxc4 (21... b4 $11 22. Qc2 exf4 23. gxf4 Kh7) 22. Nxc4 $16 Rb4 23. Nf3 Qb8 24. fxe5 ({Better is} 24. Nfd2 $16) 24... Nxe5 $11 25. Nfxe5 {[#] aiming for Nc6.} Rxb3 26. Qd2 dxe5 27. Rf1 {Hoping for Qf2.} Rf8 28. d6 (28. Qc2 $11) 28... Qb4 29. Qxb4 cxb4 30. Nxe5 Be6 31. Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rb2 32. Nd4 Rd2 (32... Bc4 $11 33. Rfc1 Ng4) 33. Nxe6+ $16 fxe6 34. Ra7+ Kg8 $1 35. Bh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3e6]} Rxd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... e5 $16) 36. e5 $1 $18 {[%csl LRd6,LRf6]} Rb6 37. exf6 b3 38. Rg7+ Kh8 {intending ...b2.} 39. Rxg6 b2 (39... Kh7 $142) 40. Rxh6+ Kg8 41. Rb1 Rfb8 42. Rxb2 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,66,22,31,0,0,-2,14,14,10,7,46,-17,-8,-13,-6,-35,-43,-43,-29,-68,-61,-61,-72,-74,-83,-95,-79,-109,-118,-129,-121,-121,-118,-127,-123,-132,-127,-131,-126,-135,-139,-177,-156,-176,-154,-215,-211,-269,-255,-302,-300,-641,-609,-719,-749,-738,-738]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 {LiveBook: 792 Games} 7. Nf3 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} Bb4 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O {The position is equal.} Bxc3 10. bxc3 Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc5 11. Qa4 Re8 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Qb5 d6 14. Qxc5 dxc5 {½-½ (44) Harikrishna,P (2738)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 11. Qa4 (11. Be3 $14 Qa6 12. c5) 11... d6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nd4 {With the idea Nb5.} (13. c5 $5 {[%cal Rc5d6]} d5 14. Qf4 Qxf4 15. Bxf4 $11) 13... a6 14. c5 {[#] Hoping for cxd6.} d5 15. Bf4 Qxc5 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 b5 18. Be5 Bd7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. e4 {[#]} dxe4 $1 21. Bxe4 Rac8 22. Rad1 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Rd3 Rfc8 25. Rfd1 Kg7 26. Qb2 Qf5 27. Qd2 Rc5 28. Qe3 (28. h4 $17 {might work better.}) 28... Qe5 $19 29. Qf3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 ({Don't play} 30... Qxc3 31. Qg4+ Kf8 32. Qh5 $19) 31. Qa8 $2 (31. Qg4+ Qg5 32. Qb4) 31... Qe2 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Qd8 Rc2 33. Rf1 Rxa2 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,113,33,52,58,123,123,127,130,135,136,152,150,150,130,146,140,160,163,161,150,137,142,152,124,144,134,165,163,160,171,166,174,161,102,194,147,204,196,217,226,212,224,212,204,214,218,205,191,247,260,260,260,260,260,260,245,312,305,249,231,253,249,250,250,358,359,358,359,383,380,366,368,361,335,362,327,459,318,317,311,308,307,310,310,310,278,276,227,229,168,159,118,397,397,397,397,390,163,390,383,375,368,29964,29962]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 e5 {LiveBook: 312 Games. A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} (6... Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 e5 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 e4 12. Nd4 e3 13. f4 Ng4 14. Nc2 Ndf6 15. Qe1 Bf5 16. Nd4 Be4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Ne6 fxe6 19. Bxg7 {0-1 (60) Carlsen,M (2837)-Grischuk,A (2772) Riadh 2017}) 7. dxe5 dxe5 (7... Nfd7 $14) 8. Qxd8 $16 Rxd8 {White is better.} 9. Nxe5 Ng4 10. Nd3 Bxb2 11. Nxb2 Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 c5 14. Nd3 {1-0 (47) Gelfand,B (2729)-Radjabov,T (2728) Rishon Le Ziyyon 2006}) 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Rc1 Bf5 14. e4 Be6 15. a3 Nc6 16. h3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg4f6,Bf6h5,Bh5g3][%mdl 32]} 17. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Nh5 {[#]} 18. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxg3 (18... gxf5 19. exf5) 19. Rg1 Bd7 20. fxg6 Nh5 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nd5 (22. Kd2 $18) 22... Ne5 (22... Nd4 $16) 23. Ke2 c6 (23... Rac8 $16 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. cxd3 c6) 24. Rcf1+ $18 Ke6 {[#]} 25. Nc7+ $1 Kd6 26. Nxa8 Ng3+ 27. Ke3 Nxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Rxa8 29. Rg7 Rf8 (29... Rh8 $142 30. Nc4+ Nxc4+ 31. Bxc4 Bxh3 32. Rxb7 h5 33. Rxa7 h4) 30. Nc4+ Nxc4+ 31. Bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} b5 32. Be2 Bxh3 33. Rxh7 Be6 34. Rxa7 Rh8 35. Bd3 Rh3+ 36. Kd2 Kc5 37. Kc3 Bg4 (37... Kd6 $142 38. b4 Bc4) 38. b4+ Kb6 39. Rg7 Be6 40. Rg6 Bf7 41. Rf6 Bg8 42. Kd4 Rh1 43. e5 Bd5 (43... Rh4+ $142 44. Ke3 Bd5) 44. Rf1 Rh4+ 45. Kc3 Kc7 46. Rg1 Rh5 47. Rg7+ Kb6 48. Re7 Rh1 49. Bf5 Ra1 50. Bc8 {Strongly threatening Rb7+.} c5 51. Rd7 Rxa3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Bc6 $16 {was necessary.}) 52. Kb2 Ra2+ 53. Kb1 Bc4 54. e6 (54. bxc5+ $142 Kc6 55. Rh7) 54... Ra8 $2 (54... Ra4) 55. e7 Bf7 ({Avoid the trap} 55... Rxc8 $2 56. Rd8 $18) 56. Rd8 Kc7 $2 {[#]} (56... cxb4 $18 57. Be6 Ra7 58. Rb8+ Ka5 59. Bxf7 Rxe7) 57. Be6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 72%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,77,0,1,26,18,27,12,10,25,17,9,20,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,1,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-14,0,0,-20,27,32,39,37,28,35,96,95,115,90,106,108,101,91,109,90,73,87,93,95,247,255,263,235,247,216,1975,1796,1297,1137]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 {LiveBook: 65 Games} 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. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O O-O {The position is equal.} 9. Re1 d6 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Ne4 Nbd7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 d5 {½-½ (43) Hewson,B (2059)-Burrows,M (2147) Douglas 2015}) 12. Rad1 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 {[%cal Rg5e7]} Nf6 15. Qd3 e6 16. c4 Qc7 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. b4 Rac8 19. Rc2 b5 20. c5 Nd5 21. a3 h6 22. Bd2 Red8 23. Qb3 Ne7 24. Bf4 Nf5 25. g4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Bxd6 a6 (27... e5 $14) 28. Rd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Bg7 29. Qe3 a5 30. Red1 axb4 31. axb4 Ra8 32. h3 Ra4 33. Bg3 Rxd2 34. Qxd2 Kh7 $2 (34... Ra3 $16) 35. Qd7 $18 Qf3 36. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Rxb4 {[#]} 37. c7 $1 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Bd4 $2 {[#]} (37... Rc4) 38. Qxd4 $1 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,91,-26,-30,-43,0,-5,2,-47,-39,-39,-46,-54,-50,-48,-35,-132,-140,-260,-266,-258,-242,-265,-250,-228,-238,-235,-229,-197,-185,-183,-158,-241,-254,-246,-233,-275,-254,-256,-265,-337,-337,-333,-332,-310,-303,-319,-319,-401,-395,-554,-535,-541,-521,-604,-604,-700,-652,-1011,-970,-3784,-2778,-12839,-12839,-12840,-12840,-12841,-12841,-12846,-12844,-12847,-2223,-12841,-12838,-12845,-12840,-12843,-12841,-12848,-12848,-12849,-12849,-12850]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 {LiveBook: 15 Games. C33: King's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nc3 and 3 Bc4} (6... cxd5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O f3 11. gxf3 Bh5 12. Bg5 Bg6 13. Qb5 Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 {1-0 (46) Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Ding,L (2766) Huaian 2016}) (6... cxd5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nc6 12. Qh4 Ne7 13. Bxf4 Qxc3 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Ne5 {1-0 (28) Morozevich,A (2605)-Anand,V (2715) Moscow 1995}) 7. Nf3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd6 {The position is equal.} 9. O-O {Hoping for Re1+.} O-O 10. d4 Bg4 11. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe1 Nd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 {0-1 (35) Torok,S (2326)-Szilagyi,Z (2296) Hungary 2005}) 11... Nd7 12. Nd2 $1 Qe7 {White must now prevent ...Be2.} 13. Qe4 {[#]} ({White should play} 13. Ne4 $15) 13... Qf6 $1 $17 14. Nc4 (14. Qd3 $17 Bf5 15. Qf3) 14... Rae8 $19 15. Nxd6 Rxe4 16. Nxe4 Qg6 17. Rxf4 {White wants to play Ba3.} Bf5 {[%cal Bg4f5,Bf5c2,Bc2b3,Bb3d5][%mdl 32]} 18. Ng3 Bxc2 19. Ba3 Bxb3 20. Bxf8 Bd5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} ({Stronger than} 20... Kxf8 21. axb3 a6 22. Raf1 $11) 21. Be7 (21. Bb4 $17 {was called for.}) 21... Qc2 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rc2g2]} 22. Rf2 Qxc3 23. Rb1 Nb6 (23... Qxd4 24. Rxb7 Bc4 25. Rb1 $19) 24. Bc5 g6 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. Rxb6 Qa1+ ({But not} 26... Qxd4 27. Rxb7 Bxa2 28. Rbb2 $19) 27. Nf1 Qxd4 ({Don't play} 27... Bxa2 28. Rxb7 Qxd4 29. Rbb2 $19) 28. Rxb7 Bxa2 29. h4 h5 30. g3 (30. Rbb2 $142 Bd5 31. g3) 30... Bd5 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Re7 c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 32. Ne3 Be6 33. Ng2 Qg4 34. Rf6 Qxg3 35. Rfxe6 fxe6 36. Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} c4 37. Re3 Qc7 38. Re2 c3 39. Rc2 Qc5+ 40. Kf1 Qd4 (40... Qb5+ $142 41. Kf2 Qf5+ 42. Nf4 Qxf4+ 43. Kg1 Qd4+ 44. Kh2 Qxh4+ 45. Kg1 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 {[#]} Qd2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 47. Rxd2 cxd2 48. Kg3 d1=Q 49. Kf2 Qd3 50. Ke1 Qc2 51. Kf1 h4 52. Ke1 h3 53. Kf1 h2 54. Ke1 h1=Q#) 41. Ne1 Kf7 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. Ng2 Kd5 44. Ne3+ Ke4 45. Nd1 Qd3+ 46. Ke1 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2868"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,89,35,2,31,47,76,61,76,44,44,40,46,44,51,52,70,60,63,38,39,35,58,31,82,18,23,14,22,0,0,0,22,0,0,-6,-5,-18,-12,-74,-89,-125,-20,-14,-15,-14,0,-47,-18,-25,-5,-8,-14,-11,0,0,0,0,68,49,133,110,540,519,1835,1818,29988,29989,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995,29998,29999]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} 9. Bd3 {LiveBook: 10 Games} a5 (9... Nbd7 10. e4 b4 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Qc2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. O-O Re8 16. Bd2 {½-½ (62) Grigoryan,K (2570)-Iniyan,P (2404) Badalona 2017}) 10. O-O b4 {[#]White is slightly better.} 11. Na4 $1 Ba6 12. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. e4 Bb5 13. Be3 Na6 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Nc4 {0-1 (47) Mazurek,R (2172)-Fromme,E (2142) Hessen 2016}) 12... Bb5 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nc5 Qb6 16. a4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 (17. Nxd3 {seems wilder.} Rfd8 18. Qc2 Qb7 19. Nfe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 c5 21. dxc5 Qe4 22. Qc4) 17... Nxc5 18. Rxc5 {Threatens to win with Ne5.} Nd7 19. Rc4 Qa6 (19... Rc7 $14) 20. Qc2 (20. Qe4 $16) 20... Rc7 $1 $11 21. Rc1 {[%cal Rc4c6]} Rfc8 22. Qb1 Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 23. R4c2 Qd3 24. Qa2 Nd7 {[%cal Bb6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 25. Rd2 Qa6 26. Rcd1 Qa8 27. Qa1 (27. Rc1 $11) 27... c5 $17 28. dxc5 Bxb2 ({Black should try} 28... Nxc5 $17 29. Bxg7 Nxb3) 29. Qxb2 $11 Nxc5 30. Ne5 Ne4 31. Rd4 Nc3 {Strongly threatening ...Rc5.} 32. R1d3 Qa6 33. Nc4 f6 {Hoping for ...Nxa4!} 34. Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kg7 36. Qd2 Qa7 (36... Qe6 $11) 37. Qd3 Qc5 (37... Rc5 $14) 38. Ra8 Qc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Ra7 $16 {is tougher.} 39. Rxa7 Qxa7) 39. Qd8 $18 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rd8f8]} Kh6 (39... g5 $142 40. Kh2 (40. Nxa5 Ne2+ 41. Kh2 Qc1 $11) 40... Ne2) 40. Qf8+ Kh5 41. Rxa5+ {White mates.} e5 42. g4+ Kg5 {[#]} 43. Nxe5 $1 {[%cal Re5f3][%mdl 512]} Ne2+ (43... fxe5 44. Qf4+) 44. Kh2 {[%cal Re5f3]} fxe5 45. Rxe5+ {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 35,63,52,56,53,93,75,92,50,77,91,74,68,63,66,72,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,7,0,0,0,33,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Kb1 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0} Rb8 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bc5 Rfd8 17. g4 h6 18. Bb3 (18. h4 f5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Ng3 Qf7 21. Bb3 Rd7 {0-1 (39) Duda,J (2724)-Nakamura,H (2781) Caleta 2018}) 18... a5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 19. Rg1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 19. h4 a4 20. Bxa4 f5 21. Nf2 Rxb2+ 22. Kxb2 {0-1 (29) Bakhmatsky,V (2454)-Golubev,M (2476) Lvov 2017}) 19... Rd7 20. h4 Rbd8 21. a4 Nf4 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Be3 c5 25. g5 (25. Bxh6 $16 Bxh6 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Nxd7+ Qxd7 28. Qxe5) 25... h5 $11 26. Qe2 c4 27. Rd1 Nd4 28. Qd2 Rd8 29. c3 Ne6 30. Qe2 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qc6 32. Ka2 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,98,0,13,12,18,-41,-28,-37,-32,-40,-40,-38,-34,-31,-38,-37,-24,-46,-35,-66,-59,-127,-119,-200,-59,-64,-56,-66,-54,-62,-64,-130,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-12,-112,-16,-20,-23,-273,-263,-242,1590,-12,626,618,572,554,543,479,12840,12836,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29993,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Ngf6 5. O-O c6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. a3 a5 12. Rb1 {A54: Old Indian Defence with Nf3, but without e4} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nf8 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Bg4 15. c5 Ne6 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 e4 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxe2 {0-1 (38) Khailaev,M (2288)-Iuldachev,S (2526) Tashkent 2008}) 13. h3 (13. b4 $11) 13... Nb6 $15 14. b3 {Black has an edge.} a4 15. Nxa4 Nxa4 16. bxa4 e4 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. Nd2 Qxa4 19. Rb3 Bf5 20. Be3 b5 21. cxb5 (21. Rc1 $15) 21... cxb5 $17 22. Qc6 (22. Rb2 $17) 22... Be6 (22... Bxa3 23. Qxb5 Bd7 24. Qb7 $17) (22... Rab8 $19 23. Qc3 Be6) 23. Rbb1 $15 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Nd5 {aiming for ...Rab8.} 24. Nxe4 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Qxa3 26. Rd3 (26. Qxb5 $15 Qxe3+ 27. Kh2) 26... Qa2 (26... Qa5 $17 27. Nd6 Reb8) 27. Nc3 $11 Qc2 28. Qxb5 Rac8 {Strongly threatening ...Bc4.} 29. Nd5 Bf8 30. Rb2 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qe1 {...Rc1! is the strong threat.} 32. Nc7 (32. Rb1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qf2 33. e4) 32... Re7 ({Black should play} 32... Rxc7 $17 33. Qxe8 Rc1) 33. Nxe6 Rxe6 34. Qd7 $2 (34. Rb1 $11 {and White is okay.} Qxe2 35. Rb2) 34... Rc1 $19 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Re1g1]} 35. h4 {Hoping for Rb8.} Rf6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... g5 $19 36. Rb7 Qf2 37. Qxf7+ Qxf7 38. Rxf7 Kxf7) 36. Qd5 $2 {[#]} (36. Rb8 $18 Rc4 37. Rxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh7 38. Ra3) 36... Bd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... g5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Rd4 (37. hxg5 $2 hxg5 38. Qxg5+ Rg6 $19) 37... Bd6) 37. Qa8+ $18 Kh7 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re1g3] [#]} 38. Rxd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd6 {[#]} 39. Rb8 $1 Qg1+ (39... Rc4 $142) 40. Kh3 {White wants to mate with Be4+.} Qxe3 41. Be4+ {White mates.} g6 42. Rh8+ Kg7 43. Qf8+ Kf6 44. Qxd6+ Kg7 45. Qf8+ Kf6 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Rg8+ Kh7 {[#]} 48. Bxg6+ $1 fxg6 49. Rh8+ Kg7 50. Qf8# {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,105,8,23,18,30,21,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-62,-47,-47,-51,-50,-50,-81,-80,-167,-75,-76,-75,-104,-105,-102,-52,-87,-82,-218,-217,-225,-225,-376,-370,-324,-315,-279,-230,-475,-471,-462,-181,-166,-168,-132,-50,-50,-48,-47,-47,-46,0,-42,0,0,0,-262,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1701,1800,1709,1668,389,1649,1640,1464,1251,1385,2141,1330,1272,1264,1013,0,943,0,907,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a4 a6 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. b4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b5 {White is slightly better.} (12. Nc4 Qe8 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Nh5 15. g3 Rd8 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Kg2 Ne7 {½-½ (34) Hou,Y (2651)-Jakovenko,D (2709) Sharjah 2017}) 12... axb5 13. axb5 Bxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Rxa1 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Nf1 $146 (16. d4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 {1-0 (30) Lewis,M-Cirovic,Z IECG email 2005}) 16... c5 17. c4 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7b8,Bb8c6,Bc6b4][%mdl 32]} 18. Kh2 Nb8 19. Qc2 Nc6 20. Bb2 (20. Qc3 $17 {was called for.} Qa8 21. Bb2) 20... Ra2 (20... Nb4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb4c2]} 21. Qc3 Rb1) 21. Qb1 $17 Qa8 22. Ng3 Nb4 $1 23. Rd2 Qa4 24. Nh5 Rf7 25. Re2 (25. Bc3 $17) 25... Qb3 $1 $19 26. Ne1 Rf1 27. Nxg7 $2 (27. Rd2) 27... Kxg7 28. Bxe5+ dxe5 29. Qxb3 Rxe2 30. Qc3 $2 (30. d4 Rexe1 31. Qg3+ Kh7 32. Qh4) 30... Nc6 (30... Rexe1 31. Qxe5+ Kg8 32. Qxe6+ Kh7 33. Qe7+ Kg6 34. Qxc7 $11) 31. Qa3 Rexe1 $2 (31... Nb4 $2 32. Qa7 $19) (31... Nd8 32. Qxc5 Nf7) 32. Qxc5 {[#]} Nd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8f7]} (32... Rh1+ 33. Kg3 $17) 33. Qxe5+ {[#]} Kh7 (33... Kf8 $1 $17 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxh6 Kd7) 34. Qxc7+ $15 Nf7 35. c5 h5 36. Qe7 Rc1 {aiming for ...e5.} 37. d4 (37. e5 $5) 37... e5 38. d5 Kg6 {White must now prevent ...Rc2.} 39. d6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. c6 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 39... Ng5 $2 (39... Rh1+ $19 40. Kg3 Rxc5) 40. Qe8+ (40. Qxe5 $2 h4 $19) 40... Kh6 41. Qh8+ (41. Qxe5 h4 42. Qh8+ Nh7 43. Qg7+ Kxg7 44. g4 Rf2#) 41... Kg6 {...h4 is the strong threat.} 42. Qg8+ ({Avoid the trap} 42. Qxe5 $2 h4 $19) 42... Kh6 $1 {( -> ...h4)} 43. d7 Nf3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Nxe4 $11 44. Qe6+ (44. Qh8+ Kg6 $11) 44... Kh7 45. Qe7+ Kh6 46. Qe6+ Kh7 47. Qe7+ Kh6 48. Qe6+) 44. Kg3 $18 {Intending Qe6+ and mate.} (44. gxf3 Rh1+ 45. Kg3 Rhg1+ 46. Kf2 Rxg8 47. Ke2 Rxc5 48. Ke3 Rc3+ 49. Kd2 Ra3 50. d8=Q Rxd8+ 51. Kc2 Rg8 52. Kc1 Rg2 53. Kb1 Rxf3 54. h4 Rf1#) 44... h4+ 45. Kg4 {White threatens Qe6+ and mate.} Nh2+ 46. Kxh4 {Threatening mate with Qg5+.} Rf4+ 47. g4 {Qe6+ would kill now.} Nf3+ 48. Kg3 Rg1+ 49. Kf2 Rd1 50. Qh8+ Kg6 51. Qg8+ Kh6 52. Qh8+ Kg6 53. Qg8+ $2 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 50%.} ({White must play} 53. Qe8+ $18 Kh6 54. Ke3 Re1+ 55. Kd3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,9,2,6,4,0,0,0,0,-6,-5,-8,0,-22,-12,-12,21,20,14,13,14,12,12,10,12,11,13,14,27,29,29,27,26,21,19,22,12,12,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,-41]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Qc2 (5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 O-O 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rfd1 a6 13. a4 Rc8 14. b4 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 {1-0 (59) Bu,X (2730)-Cheparinov,I (2710) Riadh 2017}) 5... h6 6. Bxf6 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Bxf6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. e3 c5 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Bxc4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Nb5 e5 15. Nxd4 exd4 {[#]} 16. Qe4 $146 Qf6 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Bf5 19. g4 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 21. Rd7 Rf7 {The position is equal.} 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 {KR-KR} 23. Rc1 Re8 24. f4 Re7 25. Kf2 Rd7 26. Ke3 Kf6 27. h4 e5 28. fxe5+ Kxe5 29. Rf1 Ke6 30. Ke4 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2846"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,113,8,-2,31,23,17,18,16,25,22,0,41,37,31,39,43,22,10,12,0,0,99,111,131,129,124,-13,-24,-22,-26,-149,-168,-223,-223,-223,-225,-209,-161,-176,-64,-260,-263,-253,-252,-303,-307,-287,-250,-243,-220,-238,-206,-251,-214,-212,-189,-245,-200,-255,-255,-270,-204,-234,-212,-212,-187,-237,-213,-202,-181,-267,-255,-395,-401,-374,-329,-309,-323,-345,-358,-335,-314,-331,-322,-318,-314,-300,-300,-618,-608,-654,-646,-627,-617,-580,-575,-570]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Nce2 Nc6 10. c3 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Nce5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h5 11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd4 Rc5 14. b4 Rxc3 15. Bb2 Rc4 16. Nxe6 {1-0 (33) Ponomariov,R (2717)-Vallejo Pons,F (2712) Bilbao 2014}) 11. O-O Ng6 12. f4 Nh4 13. Bh1 O-O 14. f5 e5 15. Nc2 $1 b5 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Ng3 Rc8 18. Qd2 Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White should prevent ...Nc4. Black is more active.} 19. b3 Qc7 (19... Nd7 $11 {remains equal.}) 20. f6 $16 Bxf6 21. Rxf6 gxf6 {[#]} 22. Qf2 (22. Bf2 $1 $16 {Intending Nh5 and mate.} Ng6 23. Qh6) 22... Nd7 $11 (22... Qxc3 $6 23. Nh5 $16) 23. Nh5 Ng6 {Hoping for ...Rfe8.} (23... Qxc3 24. Qxh4 Rfe8 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Qxf6 $18) 24. Bh6 (24. Rf1 $11) 24... Nf4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf4h3]} ({Don't go for} 24... Qxc3 $2 25. Nxf6+ Kh8 26. Nxd7 $18) 25. Bxf4 (25. Nxf4 $142 exf4 26. Bxf8 Nxf8 27. Nd4) 25... exf4 $19 26. Qxf4 Qxc3 27. Rf1 Qc5+ ({Much less strong is} 27... Qxc2 28. Nxf6+ Kh8 29. Nxd7 $15) 28. Ne3 {[#]} Qg5 (28... Kh8 $1 $19 {Strongly threatening ...f5!} 29. Nxf6 Nxf6 30. Qxf6+ Kg8) 29. Qf2 $2 ({Only move:} 29. Qxg5+ $15 fxg5 30. Nf5) 29... Rc3 30. Nf5 Rxh3 31. Bg2 Rc3 32. Qd4 Rc1 33. Qxd6 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qc5+ 36. Qxc5 Nxc5 37. Nxf6+ Kh8 38. Ke3 Rd8 39. Bf1 Bc8 40. Nd4 h6 41. Be2 Kg7 42. e5 Be6 43. Nh5+ Kf8 44. Nf4 (44. Nf6 {is a better defense.}) 44... Re8 45. Nc2 (45. b4 {was the only chance.} Bxa2 46. bxc5 Rxe5+ 47. Kf3) 45... Bc8 46. Kd4 Ne6+ 47. Nxe6+ Bxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} ({Don't take} 47... fxe6 48. Bf3 $19) 48. Nb4 Rd8+ 49. Ke3 a5 50. Nc6 Rd5 51. Bf3 Rc5 {White must now prevent ...Rc3+.} 52. Nxa5 Rxe5+ 53. Kd4 $2 (53. Kf4 Re1 54. Nc6) 53... Rg5 {Black is clearly winning.} 54. Nc6 Bxg4 55. Bh1 Bd7 56. Ne5 Be8 57. Nd3 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,40,13,10,25,18,65,0,6,7,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,-19,-31,-33,14,-15,-15,-74,-103,-63,-23,-132,-137,-108,-138,-965,-963]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Qb6 6. Nc3 {LiveBook: 30 Games. D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... e6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. e3 Be7 9. Nf3 Bxh4 10. Nxh4 Nf6 11. Bd3 Qd8 {½-½ (58) Yu,Y (2753)-Wang,H (2698) Danzhou 2017}) 7. Nf3 {White wants to play e4.} (7. dxe5 Qxb2 8. Qc1 Ba3 $17) 7... Nc6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 8. e3 ({Stronger than} 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qxb2 $17) (8. Nxd5 $14 Bb4+ 9. Nxb4 Qxb4+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2) 8... exd4 $11 9. Nxd4 {With the idea Bb5.} Qxb2 10. Nxd5 Bb4+ $1 11. Nxb4 Qc3+ 12. Ke2 Qxb4 13. Rb1 Nxd4+ 14. exd4 Qa5 {...Qh5+ is the strong threat.} 15. Ke3 g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Bg3 Nf6 18. Bd6+ {[#]} (18. Qd2 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qd8 19. f3 (19. Qb4+ Kg7 $15)) 18... Kg8 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Bf5.} 19. f3 {[#]} Bf5 $1 ({But not} 19... Qxa2 $6 20. Qe2 $11) 20. Rb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Qb3 $17) 20... Qc3+ {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2846"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,90,35,39,35,39,39,41,39,57,52,56,61,68,70,70,70,70,74,82,63,63,64,67,74,74,68,67,67,122,86,82,83,89,89,166,156,141,126,146,155,199,158,210,210,191,190,202,204,201,129,208,167,296,296,250,97,114,5,8,30,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Qc7 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. h3 Nh5 10. Nb3 e5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. d5 Nb4 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Bc4 a5 15. Nbd2 Bd7 16. a3 {½-½ (89) Fedoseev,V (2674)-Kokarev,D (2638) Sochi 2015}) 8. h3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. d5 Ne5 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Re1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. a4 Nh5 12. Nc4 Bd7 13. Bg5 Be8 14. Qd2 Nf4 15. Bc2 b5 {½-½ (33) Jahnz,F (2270)-Von Herman,U (2377) Berlin 2014}) 11... Ne8 12. a4 Nd6 13. Nc4 e6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Bc4 {Black must now prevent dxe6.} exd5 16. Bxd5 Rd8 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Be3 Rb8 19. a5 Be6 {[%cal Re6d5]} 20. c4 Bxd5 21. cxd5 b5 ({Better is} 21... Rbc8 $14) 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra6 Be7 24. Qb3 Qd7 (24... Rb7 $16) 25. Rxb6 $18 Qa7 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Qc3 {Strongly threatening b4.} Qc7 28. Rc1 Bd6 (28... Rb5 $16 29. Ra1 Qb8) 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 30. Qxc5 Bxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 32. Rc8+ $1 Kg7 {[#]} 33. Re8 $1 f6 (33... Kf6 {was necessary.} 34. f3 Rd2) 34. Re7+ Kh6 {[#]} 35. d6 $2 (35. h4 $1 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 35... Rd2 36. d7 (36. Re6 $16) 36... g5 $1 $11 37. Kf1 Kg6 38. Ke1 (38. g3 $14) 38... Rd4 {The position is equal.} 39. f3 h5 40. g3 g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h3]} 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Ke2 gxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Rd3+ 44. Ke2 Rd4 45. Ke3 Rd1 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,40,16,15,-3,0,-7,-6,0,-8,-11,0,-16,-18,-29,0,-11,29,-10,-14,-10,0,0,121,113,377,387,513,494,1375]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} Nxd4 (6... Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 Ne7 9. g4 d5 10. g5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qc1 c5 {½-½ (33) Bok,B (2591)-Adhiban,B (2674) Berlin 2015}) 7. Bxd4 Nf6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. O-O d5 10. c4 dxc4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Be6 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Qc1 c5 {½-½ (73) Afifi,A (2326)-Velicka,P (2451) Cairo 2001}) 11. Bxc4 Qe7 12. Qc1 Rd8 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Re1 Ng4 15. h3 Ne5 16. Bf1 Qd6 17. Rd1 Nd3 (17... Qe7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. Bxd3 $1 $16 Bxd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (18... Bxd3 $16 19. Bxg7 Kxg7) 19. Nc4 $18 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Bxd3 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 28%.} (20... Qd5 $142 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qxa7 Qe4) 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,59,57,26,41,32,36,12,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,-43,0,-26,-31,-29,-29,-37,-29,-33,-25,-37,-23,-36,-16,-16,-16,-18,-7,-7]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} d4 11. Nb3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} dxc3 12. bxc3 {White is slightly better.} a5 13. a4 b4 $1 {[#]} 14. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. d4 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. dxe5 {0-1 (27) Volokitin,A (2628)-Svidler,P (2765) Riadh 2017}) 14... Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 bxc3 17. Bxc3 Bb4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Rec1 Qd6 20. Bb1 Rfd8 21. Qe3 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} ({Not} 21... Nxd3 $2 22. Rd1 $18) 22. Nd2 Nf8 23. Nc4 Qe7 24. Ra3 Ne6 25. Rac3 Nd4 26. Nd2 c6 27. Nf3 Nxf3+ 28. Qxf3 {The position is equal.} Rd4 29. Qe2 g6 30. Ba2 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,43,6,60,50,81,87,110,98,218,235,222,220,291,300,309,305,304,305,323,316,299,319,302,304,294,296,298,291]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nc7 {LiveBook: 13 Games} (9... Nxc3 $11 10. Bxc3 (10. dxc3 Qc7 $11) 10... Qc7) 10. Na4 $14 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (10. Rc1 b6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Na4 Bb7 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Be4 Bf6 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. Bxh7+ {½-½ (64) Bacrot,E (2697)-Ganguly,S (2652) Berlin 2015}) 10... b5 {[#]} 11. Nxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc5 12. Rc1 {White is better.} Qd6 $146 (12... Qe7 $16) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Bxf2+ 13. Rxf2 Ne7 14. Qc2 Ncd5 15. e4 Nb6 16. Qc7 Ng6 17. h4 Qxc7 18. Rxc7 {1-0 (25) Solak,D (2501)-Brkic,A (2312) Nova Gorica 2002}) 13. Qc2 $18 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Na6 {[#]} 14. d4 $1 $40 {[%mdl 640] White goes for the king.} Ba3 {Threatens to win with ...Bxb2.} (14... Bxd4 15. Nxd4) 15. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc2h7,Bf3g5,Bg5e4,Be4d6][%mdl 32] White has a decisive advantage.} g6 {White should prevent ...Bxb2.} 16. Ne4 ({Resist} 16. Bxc6 $6 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 (17. Bxa8 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Qxd4 $16) 17... Rb8 $18) (16. Qxc6 $6 Rb8 $18) 16... Qe7 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Qxc6 Rb8 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. Nxd6 Nb4 {Now ...Rd8 and Black clings on.} 21. a3 Nd5 22. e4 {Precision: White = 92%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,21,49,58,29,33,110,77,96,5,9,19,95,88,92,85,109,100,112,112,105,36,28,0,31,-14,0,-24,-33,-60,0,0,0,-89,-21,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-143,0,0,78,73,53,54,62,79,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 b6 (2... d6 3. e3 e5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Bb2 h6 11. Nd2 {1-0 (54) Carlsen,M (2837)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2729) Riadh 2017}) 3. g3 g6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qc7 12. e3 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Qe2 a6 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Kg1 Qb7 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 Ne4 19. Nd4 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 {½-½ (48) Martinez Duany,L (2495)-Gopal,G (2580) Benasque 2017}) 5... d6 6. e5 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} dxe5 7. Nxe5 {aiming for Bg2.} Nbd7 (7... Bb7 $14) 8. Qf3 {White is better.} Rb8 {White must now prevent ...Bb7.} 9. Nc6 (9. Bc4 $16 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rc4f7]} Nxe5 10. Bxe5) 9... Bb7 $11 10. Bxf6 Bxc6 (10... Nxf6 $11 11. Bb5 Nd7) 11. Qxc6 $16 exf6 {[#]} 12. Bb5 $1 Rc8 13. Qd5 Be7 14. Nc3 Rc7 15. Ba6 (15. O-O $16) 15... Nb8 $14 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. O-O Kg7 18. Rfe1 f5 19. Qf3 {White wants to play Nd5.} Bf6 ({Black should try} 19... a6 $15 20. Bc4 b5) 20. Nd5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd5c7]} Bxa1 21. Rxa1 (21. Nxc7 $11 Qxc7 22. Rxa1) 21... Rc6 (21... Rc8 $17 {With the idea ...Nc6.} 22. Re1 Nc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6) 22. Re1 Re6 23. Qc3+ Kg8 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Kf7 {...g5 is the strong threat.} 26. Bc4 {[#]} (26. Qe5 $11 Qf6 27. Qc7+ Qe7 28. Qe5) 26... Re8 ({Better is} 26... Qd4 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Qxc3.} 27. Qxd4 cxd4 28. Bxe6+ Kf6) 27. Qe5 {[%cal Rf4e6]} Qd7 (27... Qc8 $11) 28. Nxe6 $1 $16 Rxe6 29. Qxb8 Qxd2 30. Qxa7+ Kf6 31. Bxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame} (31. Qxh7 $14 Qxc2 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Bxe6+ Kxe6 34. Qe8+ Kf6 35. Qc6+ Kg7 36. Qb7+ (36. Qxb6 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. f3 Qe2+ 39. Kh3 Qf1+ 40. Kh4 Qxf3 $11) 36... Kh6 37. Kg2 (37. Qxb6 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. f3 Qe2+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kh1 Qxf3+ 42. Kg1 Qe3+ 43. Kf1 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 Qe3+ 45. Kg2 Qe2+ 46. Kg1 Qxa2 $11)) 31... Qe1+ $11 {The position is equal.} 32. Kg2 {Hoping for Qf7+.} Qe4+ $1 33. Kg1 Qe1+ $1 34. Kg2 {And now Qf7+ would win.} Qe4+ $1 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qe4+ {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,97,20,21,-2,5,-2,0,-14,2,-18,-10,-10,-2,-6,0,-15,-12,-16,-15,-12,-7,-8,0,-19,0,0,0,0,47,0,24,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-12,-24,-15,-31,-20,-47,0,-18,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,-61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bb3 e5 9. Nbd2 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} b5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (9... h6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ng3 Qd7 12. Nh4 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Nhf5 Rfd8 16. Qa4 Bf8 {0-1 (28) Benjamin,J (2556)-Erenburg,S (2600) ICC INT 2010}) 10. a4 b4 11. Nc4 Rb8 12. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Bd5 Na5 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. Nc4 Nc6 {½-½ (40) Bell,I-Colucci,P ICCF email 2002}) 12... Be6 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nfd2 Nf6 16. a5 Qc7 17. Ra1 Rfd8 18. Qc2 h6 19. a6 Ne7 20. Ne3 Bxb3 21. Nxb3 bxc3 22. bxc3 d5 23. Nd2 Qd7 24. Nf3 Nc6 25. Qa4 d4 26. cxd4 exd4 27. Nc4 Nb4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qxa4.} 28. Qxd7 (28. Qd1 {looks sharper.} Ne8 29. Nfe5 Qc7 30. f4 f6 31. Ng6) 28... Nxd7 29. Red1 Re8 30. Ne1 Re6 31. Ra5 Rc8 32. f4 Nb6 33. Nd2 c4 34. dxc4 Nxc4 35. Rc1 Rec6 36. Nxc4 (36. Rxc4 $11 Rxc4 37. Nxc4 Rxc4 38. Ra4) 36... Rxc4 ({Black should try} 36... d3 $1 $15 37. Nxd3 Nxd3) 37. Rxc4 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 38. Ra4 Rc1 $1 39. Rxb4 Rxe1+ {KR-KR} 40. Kf2 Rxe4 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Rb7 $1 d3 43. Rxa7 {And now Rd7 would win.} d2 44. Rd7 {Strongly threatening a7.} Rxf4+ 45. Ke2 $1 {[#] Threatens to win with a7.} Ra4 $1 46. Rxf7 Rxa6 47. Rd7 Re6+ 48. Kf2 Rf6+ 49. Kg3 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,105,5,8,16,16,8,30,16,28,25,29,-51,-7,-17,60,41,48,25,32,29,27,36,51,50,52,3,11,-22,-4,-24,0,0,0,0,0,-94,-115,-89,-88,-116,-102,-116,-113,-119,-95,-105,-100,-179,-143,-135,-113,-166,-50,-107,-118,-117,-104,-154,-119,-154,-150,-145,-135,-155,-4,-190,-188,-329,-285,-278,-104,-337,-336,-406,-428,-594,-594,-594,-594,-612,-569,-1779,-1713,-29980,-29979,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 {E34: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5} 8. Bd2 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. g4 Qg6 11. a3 a4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 12. Qc4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd5 {[#]} 14. Rc1 $146 (14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Bg2 {½-½ (100) Morozevich,A (2760)-Karjakin,S (2782) Moscow 2013}) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. Bd2 f6 15. Rc1 {½-½ (44) Kasparov,G (2812)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2017}) 14... f6 15. Rg1 Bd7 16. g5 (16. h4 $11) 16... Kh8 17. Bd2 Na5 (17... fxg5 $11 18. Rxg5 Qf6) 18. Qc2 $14 Qh5 19. gxf6 gxf6 20. Bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rg3 Bc6 22. Qd2 Raa8 23. Rc5 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Rxg8 25. Nh2 {[#] Threatens to win with e4.} Qf5 26. Ng4 {aiming for Nh6.} Qb1+ 27. Rc1 Qg6 28. f3 (28. Qh6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28... f5 $17 29. Ne5 Qg3+ 30. Kd1 f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening ...Ne3+. Black is in control.} 31. Kc2 Be8 32. Kb1 Qf2 33. h4 Qxh4 34. Ka2 (34. Qa5 $17 {was necessary.}) 34... Rg1 35. Qa5 Qe7 36. Nd3 (36. Rb1 $17) 36... Bc6 (36... b6 $19 37. Qa8 Kg7) 37. Bh3 (37. Nxf4 $1 $15 Qg5 38. Qa8+ Qg8 39. Qxg8+ Kxg8 40. Nxd5 exd5 41. Kb1) 37... Rxc1 38. Nxc1 e5 39. dxe5 Qxe5 40. Qc5 {[%cal Rc5f8] [#]} Kg7 $1 41. Qg1+ Kf7 42. Qh2 h5 $2 (42... Qg5 $17 {With the idea ...h5.} 43. Nd3 h5) 43. Nd3 $2 (43. e4 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 43... Qg5 $19 44. Qf2 (44. Bc8 $142) 44... Ne3 45. Qh2 Qg3 $2 (45... Bd5+ $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 46. Ka1 Qg3) 46. Qh1 $2 (46. Be6+ $17 {is the only way for White.} Kf6 47. Qxh5 Kxe6 48. Qe5+ Kf7 49. Qxc7+ Kg8 50. Nxf4) 46... Bb5 47. Nc5 {and if Be6+ works, White does fine.} Qg5 48. Ne4 Qd5+ 49. Ka1 {Now Nc3 and White clings on.} Bxe2 50. Nc3 Qxf3 51. Qh2 Bc4 52. Nb1 Qg3 53. Qh1 Nc2# {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2868"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,89,29,24,27,17,30,24,36,49,37,13,18,0,0,-17,-18,-65,-65,-66,-60,-86,-78,-93,-59,-95,-89,-87,-65,-74,13,13,13,-32,-13,-9,-10,-33,-29,-26,-35,-23,-25,-93,-89,-141,-130,-142,-143,-201,-209,-200,-133,-151,-105,-179,-82,-75,-58,-58,-58,-192,-177,-173,0,0,0,-178]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. a4 Re8 10. b4 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 {LiveBook: 33 Games} Qd7 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ne7 14. Nf1 {½-½ (31) Hracek,Z (2591)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2693) Baku 2016}) 14. Nf1 {[#]} Ne7 $146 (14... d5 15. Ng3 Rd8 16. exd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (63) Carlsen,M (2834)-Kramnik,V (2787) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. c4 c6 17. a5 d5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 dxe4 20. dxe4 c5 $1 21. bxc5 Qc7 22. Qc3 Rc6 23. Reb1 Nd7 24. Rd1 Rxc5 25. Qb4 {Threatens to win with Rxd7!} Ngf8 26. Nf5 Rxc4 ({Black should try} 26... Nf6 $1 $17) 27. Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rc6 28. Nd6 Nf6 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Nxe5 Re7 31. Nexf7 Rxf7 32. Nxf7 Kxf7 33. Rab1 (33. Ra4 $11) 33... Rb8 $1 $17 34. Rd6 (34. e5 $142 N6d7 35. Rbc1) 34... N6d7 $1 (34... Nxe4 $6 35. Rxa6 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Nd7 36. Ra7 $11) 35. e5 Ke7 (35... Nxe5 $6 36. Rdb6 $11) 36. Kf2 (36. Rd5 $17) 36... Ne6 $19 ({But not} 36... Nxe5 37. Rdb6 $17) 37. Ke2 Ndc5 (37... Nxe5 {[#]} 38. Rxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nd8 39. Rab6 $11) 38. Rb4 Rf8 39. g4 (39. h4 $17) 39... h5 (39... Rd8 $19 {is more deadly.} 40. Rd2 Rxd2+ 41. Kxd2 Nd8) 40. gxh5 $17 Rh8 41. Rd5 Rxh5 42. Rc4 (42. h4 $15) 42... Nd7 $19 ({Stronger than} 42... Rxh3 43. Rdxc5 Rh2+ 44. Kd3 $11) 43. Rb4 Ndc5 ({Weaker is} 43... Rxe5 44. Rxe5 Nxe5 45. Rxb7+ Nd7 46. Ra7 $11) (43... Nxe5 44. Rxb7+ Kf6 45. Rb1 $11) 44. Rc4 $1 Nd7 45. Rb4 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,57,15,32,14,8,8,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,115,115,115,114,114,114,114,114,110,104,109,100,110,104,102,104,113,115,110,108,91,67,71,69,68,15,19,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. a4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. Na3 b6 9. c4 Bb7 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Rc1 e6 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. Nfe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rac8 {½-½ (48) Svidler,P (2747)-Nakamura,H (2793) Zuerich 2017}) 6... a5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Re1 c5 9. Be3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. Nb5 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. c3 Rc8 12. Na7 Ra8 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. Na7 Ra8 15. Nb5 Rc8 {½-½ (15) Aronian,L (2799)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. dxc5 e5 13. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} (13. cxb6 $2 d4 $17) 13... d4 14. Bxf6 Bxg2 (14... Bxf6 $11 15. Ne4 Be7) 15. Bxg7 $16 ({Don't do} 15. Kxg2 $6 Bxf6 16. e4 bxc5 $11) 15... Kxg7 16. Kxg2 {Hoping for e4.} ({Much worse is} 16. cxb6 $6 Qc6 $11) 16... Qc6+ 17. e4 dxc3 {[#]} 18. Qd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6]} ({Don't play} 18. bxc3 $6 Rfd8 $11) 18... Qf6 19. cxb6 {[%cal Bc5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Rfd8 20. b7 Rab8 21. Qb5 {Threatens to win with Red1.} Rd2 22. Rf1 Qe7 23. Qxa5 Rxc2 24. bxc3 {Rab1 is the strong threat.} Rxb7 25. Rab1 {[#] Strongly threatening Rxb7.} Ra7 26. Qb4 Qxb4 27. cxb4 (27. Rxb4 $14 Rxc3 28. Ra1) 27... Rxa4 $11 28. b5 {aiming for b6.} Raa2 $1 29. b6 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,89,-16,-9,-63,-10,-35,35,49,46,20,9,17,101,91,106,112,104,89,93,84,139,124,177,203,148,77,84,50,41,7,73,48,78,54,54,54,59,13,13,0,0,0,0,-90,-88,-75,-86,-80,-74,-118,-108,-113,154,-107,-109,-115,-123,-370,0,-700,0,-67,327,324,1538,1468,1229,906,2241,1218,12836,12836]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 Nc6 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 (10. Bd2 Qc7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 O-O-O 16. b4 {½-½ (36) Shirov,A (2683)-Fridman,D (2594) Tallinn 2017}) 10... c4 $1 {LiveBook: 8 Games. The position is equal.} 11. Be2 (11. b4 $11 cxb3 12. Qxb3) 11... Be7 $146 (11... b5 $15 12. Nc5 Nxd4 13. Nxd7 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bxd7) ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc7 12. b4 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Na5 14. Qc2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Nb2 {0-1 (45) Al Sayed,M (2431)-Barua,D (2541) Doha 2003}) 12. O-O O-O (12... b5 $15 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 O-O) 13. b4 $14 cxb3 14. Qxb3 Qc7 15. Bd3 f5 (15... b5 $11 16. Nb2 Nb6) 16. exf6 $1 $16 Nxf6 17. Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rb8 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Rf3 Qe7 (19... Na5 $142 20. Qb2 g6) 20. Raf1 Bc7 (20... Qd8 $16 {was worth a try.} 21. Rh3 g6) 21. Nxc8 $18 Rfxc8 22. Bf2 ({Better is} 22. Qb1) 22... Ne4 $16 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Bh4 Qe8 (24... Qxh4 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Nf7+ Kg8 27. Nd8+ Kh8 28. Qe8#) (24... Qd6 $1 $11 25. Re3 Qd5) 25. Re3 Na5 26. Qa2 Bxe5 $1 27. fxe5 b5 28. Be1 Qc6 29. Qe2 Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Rxe4 (31. Bd2 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 31... Nc4 $17 32. Rh4 Nxa3 33. Qh5 h6 {aiming for ...Qc4.} 34. Rg4 {Threatens to win with Qxh6.} Qc4 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Rf8f1]} 35. h3 Qf1+ 36. Kh2 {Black must now prevent Qxh6.} Qf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5h5]} 37. Qh4 {[#] Qe7 is the strong threat.} ({Avoid the trap} 37. Qxh6 $2 Qxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Qc1 Qf4+ 39. Qxf4 Rxf4 $19) 37... Nc4 $1 38. Bg3 $2 (38. Rg3 $17) 38... Rf7 $2 ({Black should play} 38... Ne3 $19 39. Rf4 Qg5 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Qf4+ Qxf4 42. Bxf4 Nc4) 39. Bf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Qd8+ $11 Rf8 40. Qe7) 39... Kh7 $2 (39... h5 $19 40. Rg5 Qxf4+ 41. Qxf4 Rxf4 42. Rxh5 a5) 40. Qd8 (40. Bc1 $11) 40... a5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... h5 $1 $15 {stays ahead.} 41. Rh4 Rf8) 41. Bxh6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg4 $2 (41... Nxe5 42. dxe5 Qxe5+ 43. Rg3 (43. Bf4 Rxf4 44. Qh4+ Kg8 $17) 43... Qd5) (41... gxh6 42. Qg8#) 42. hxg4 {White is clearly winning.} gxh6 43. Qe8 Ra7 44. Qxb5 Ne3 45. Qd3+ {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2846"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,96,31,39,22,31,13,21,18,29,26,24,10,49,-12,-6,-18,-10,-19,0,0,29,8,11,20,16,10,8,10,46,43,67,64,68,69,70,75,68,73,73,66,51,52,48,41,42,42,188,184,158,164,159,133,132,124,397,387,1368,1306,1319,1316,1211,1083,1148,1070,960,-8,-8,-8,-8,-29966,-29968]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. e4 d6 9. Re1 a6 10. b3 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} (10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. b3 Qb8 15. f4 Rfe8 16. g4 Nc5 17. Bf2 g6 {0-1 (33) Ding,L (2777)-Yu,Y (2751) Huaian 2017}) 10... Nbd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Bb2 Rfe8 14. Rc1 Rac8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 15. h3 Qb8 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. Rcd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Kh2 h5 18. h4 d5 19. f3 Bd6 20. f4 e5 21. Nf5 exf4 22. Nxd5 fxg3+ {½-½ (34) Barglowski,F (2337)-Grabarczyk,B (2462) Grodzisk Mazowiecki 2006}) 17... Ba8 18. Kh2 h6 19. f4 Nh7 20. e5 (20. Rd2 $14) 20... Bxg2 $11 21. Kxg2 dxe5 22. fxe5 Qb7+ 23. Kh2 f6 (23... Bb4 {feels hotter.} 24. Ne4 Ng5 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. exd6 e5) 24. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} (24. exf6 {keeps more tension.} Nhxf6 25. Nf3 Bb4 26. a3 Bxc3 27. Bxc3 b5 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Ne5) 24... Qxf3 25. Nxf3 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. Rxe5 Ng5 28. Kg2 Red8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. h4 Rd2+ 31. Re2 Rxe2+ 32. Nxe2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Ne4 33. Kf3 Nc5 34. Nf4 Kf7 35. h5 Bd6 36. Bd4 Bxf4 (36... a5 $14) 37. Kxf4 $14 {KB-KN} ({Don't take} 37. gxf4 $6 Nd7 $16) 37... Nd7 38. g4 g6 39. Ke4 gxh5 40. gxh5 Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... Nf6+ $16 {is a better defense.} 41. Kf3 Nd7) 41. b4 $18 Kf7 $2 (41... Kd8 42. Kd3 Ke7) 42. c5 bxc5 43. bxc5 Nb8 44. Be3 Nd7 45. c6 Nf6+ 46. Ke5 $2 ({White has to play} 46. Kd4 $18 {aiming for c7.} Ke7 47. Kc5 (47. Bxh6 Kd6 $16)) 46... Ng4+ $11 47. Kd4 {And now c7 would win.} Nxe3 48. c7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (48. Kxe3 $11 Ke7 49. Kf4) 48... Nf5+ {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,76,24,14,29,12,24,28,31,14,20,26,22,16,21,15,25,25,22,35,33,35,21,0,44,-25,0,-23,0,-107,-104,-123,-129,-88,-87,-259,-244,-327,-141,-346,-238,-277,-270,-232,0,-70,-48,-85,-28,-20,0,-110,43,-3,0,-194,226,-133,-25,-44,-66,-57,0,-557,0,-1667,-1667,-29983,-29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 {LiveBook: 8 Games. D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bf4 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Rfe8 12. Qc2 {½-½ (12) Aronian,L (2805)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 6... Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 {White has an edge.} c6 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 {[#]} 10. Bxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bd6 $146 (10... bxa6 11. Qxb8) ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf5 11. Be2 Bd6 12. Rc1 Re8 13. O-O Bg4 {0-1 (55) Wiedersich,J (2150)-Lange,P Germany 1995}) 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O h5 13. Qc2 g6 14. Rfe1 Bf5 15. Bd3 Ne4 16. g3 Bg4 17. Nd2 (17. Bxe4 $14 dxe4 18. Nd2) 17... f5 18. Bf1 h4 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 19. Bg2 (19. Ncxe4 $1 $11 fxe4 20. f3) 19... hxg3 $17 20. hxg3 Kg7 $1 21. Nf1 Rh8 22. f3 $2 (22. a4 $17 {might work better.}) 22... Nxg3 $19 23. fxg4 Qh4 (23... fxg4 $19 {has better winning chances. ...Qh4 is the strong threat.} 24. e4 (24. Nxg3 Bxg3 25. Ne2 Bh2+ 26. Kf1 Qf6+ 27. Nf4 Rbf8 $19) 24... Qh4) 24. g5 $2 (24. Ne2 $17 Nxf1 25. Kxf1) 24... Rh5 ({Not} 24... Qxg5 25. Nd2 $15) 25. Ne2 Nxe2+ $1 26. Qxe2 Rxg5 $2 (26... Rbh8 $19 27. Qf2 Qxg5) 27. Qf2 ({White has to play} 27. Nd2 $1 $11 Rh8 28. Kf1) 27... Qh5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 28. Nd2 $1 Rh8 $40 {[%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} (28... Bg3 $17 29. Qe2 Bxe1 30. Rxe1 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 Ra8) 29. Kf1 $11 Bg3 30. Qf3 (30. Qg1 $11 {remains equal.}) 30... Qh2 $2 ({Much weaker is} 30... Bxe1 $6 31. Rxe1 Qg4 32. Qxg4 $11) (30... Rg4 $1 $17 31. Rec1 Bd6) 31. Re2 Rh4 {Strongly threatening ...Rhg4.} 32. a4 $2 (32. Nb3 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 32... Bd6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32... Rhg4 $19 {avoids the disaster. White must now prevent ...Bh4.} 33. Bh1 Qh6) 33. a5 $2 (33. Qf2 $1 $18) 33... Rg3 ({Black should try} 33... Rhg4 $17 34. a6 {[#]} Rxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Qxg2 Rxg2 36. Rxg2 Qh1+ 37. Rg1 Qh3+ 38. Kf2 Qh4+ 39. Ke2 bxa6) 34. Qf2 $1 {Hoping for Nf3.} Rhg4 35. Qg1 $1 {[%cal Rg1h2]} Qh6 (35... Qh8 $1 $15) 36. Ra3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. a6 $11 {and White is okay.} bxa6 37. Rxa6) 36... f4 $2 (36... Bxa3 $19 37. bxa3 f4 38. exf4 Rxf4+ 39. Ke1 Rxa3 40. Re7+ Kf6 41. Rxb7 Qh4+ 42. Kd1 Rf2) 37. e4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rb3 $11 fxe3 38. Rbxe3) 37... Bxa3 $19 38. bxa3 {[#]} f3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 28%, Black = 38%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,109,35,22,18,20,29,28,32,23,26,18,25,9,8,8,64,52,49,0,2,18,19,0,0,0,29,30,63,0,0,-85,-63,-81,-86,-366,55,-28,-18,-29,197,195,252,257,266,241,315,309,302,302,303,282,265,279,237,191,622,614,584,179,174,171,542,519,485,152,908,192,195,186,208,199,211,0,177,0,486,456,1510,1482,1464,1385,1284,1078,1073,1073,1050,1050,1589,1435,1241,1130,1083,942,1612,999,29981,29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 b5 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 (10. Qc2 Bb7 11. c5 Ne8 12. Bb2 Nc7 13. b4 a5 14. a3 Ne6 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. f4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 {1-0 (48) Caruana,F (2786)-Kamsky,G (2762) Tashkent 2012}) 10... bxc4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Bb7 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. c5 Rae8 13. a3 Qc7 14. b4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 {1-0 (50) Ghaem Maghami,E (2540)-Jonkman,H (2402) Abu Dhabi 2017}) 11. bxc4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 $1 13. Rb1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 {Black must now prevent Nc6.} Ne5 (14... Bb7 $11) 15. Be2 $14 {Threatens to win with f4.} Bb7 16. Na4 Qd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 17. f3 {Hoping for Nb6.} Rad8 18. Ba3 Bh6 19. Rb3 {Nb6 is the strong threat.} Rfe8 20. Nc5 Ba8 21. Nxa6 (21. Qc1 $1 $14) 21... Nc4 $11 22. Nc7 (22. Bc1 $11 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Bb5) 22... Qe5 23. Bxc4 Bxe3+ 24. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Rxe3 $17 {was the only chance.} Qxe3+ 25. Rf2 Rxd4 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. Bxb3) 24... Qxc7 $2 {[#]} (24... Nh5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh5g3] ( -> ...Ng3+)} 25. f4 (25. Re1 $2 {leads to mate.} Ng3+ 26. Kh2 Nf1+ 27. Kh1 Qh2#) 25... Ng3+ 26. Kh2 Nxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Bxf4+ 28. Kh1 Qxc7) 25. Qc2 ({Better is} 25. Bxf7+ $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 26. Rxe3) 25... Bf4 26. Ne2 Rc8 $2 (26... Rd2 $11 27. Qc3 Bd5 28. Nxf4 Qxc4) 27. Rc3 $18 Be5 {[#]} (27... Bc6 {was necessary.}) 28. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Qd2 Rd7 31. Qe3 Bb8 32. Rb1 Bd5 33. Nc3 Bc4 34. Ne4 {Strongly threatening Rxb8!} Rd3 $2 (34... Bxa2 35. Nc5 Bxb1 36. Nxd7 (36. Qe6+ $2 Kg7 $19) 36... Nxd7) 35. Qc5 Bxa2 {[#]} 36. Ra1 $2 (36. Rxb8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe4 (36... Rxb8 37. Qxe7+) 37. fxe4 Rxb8 38. Qf2+ Ke8 39. Qxa2) 36... Nxe4 37. fxe4 Be6 $2 (37... Kg8 {is tougher.} 38. Rf1 Rdd8) 38. Rf1+ Kg8 39. Bb2 $2 (39. Bc1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} h5 40. Bg5) 39... Bd6 $2 (39... Rf8 $16 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 40. Qc2 $2 (40. Qb5 {[%cal Rb5e8]} Rxh3+ 41. gxh3) 40... Rb3 41. Ba1 Rf8 {[%cal Rf8f1]} 42. Rd1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Rfb8 43. Rf1 Rf8 {[%cal Rf8f1]} 44. Rd1 $2 (44. Rg1 $18) 44... Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Rfb8 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 45. Qd2 Rb4 (45... Ra3 $142 46. Qd4 Rxa1 47. Rxa1 Bf4) 46. Qh6 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rh6g7]} Kf7 47. Qxh7+ Ke8 48. Qxg6+ Bf7 49. Qf5 {[%cal Rf5c8]} Rcb8 50. e5 R4b5 51. Rf1 Bc4 52. Qg6+ Kd7 53. Rd1 Be2 54. Re1 Rb1 55. Rxb1 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,89,0,0,0,-26,-38,-169,-153,-192,-183,-182,-156,-165,-166,-164,-106,-110,-109,-99,-98,-116,-116,-114,-117,-130,-113,-121,-112,-110,-110,-100,-99,-152,-111,-118,-117,-191,-186,-284,-277,-327,-327,-325,-320,-433,-424,-449,-428,-359,-346,-964,-928,-1236,-769,-2360,-1822,-12830,-12831,-12828,-12814,-12834,-669,-12835,-6008,-12838,-12838,-12835,-12835,-12835]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2 Re8 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32]} 11. g4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} (11. Bg3 Nb6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. h3 Bd7 14. O-O Re7 15. Rab1 Rae8 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 a6 18. Qc2 Ne4 {½-½ (43) Moskalenko,V (2540)-Kiriakov,P (2555) playchess.com INT 2006}) 11... Nf8 12. h3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a5 13. Bf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Be7 15. Rg1 Ng6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qd3 b5 18. Kf1 Nh4 {½-½ (51) Sahil,T (2162)-Jovic,S (2255) Novi Sad 2017}) 13. Rg1 {The position is equal.} Ne6 14. f4 {[#]} ({White should play} 14. Kf1 $15) 14... Bxf4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Bh7+ (15. exf4 Nxd4) 15... Kh8 16. exf4 Nxd4 17. Qd3 Nxe2 18. Nxe2 Qa5+ (18... Qb6 $19 19. Bf2 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 Nxh7) 19. Qd2 $17 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 {[#] Strongly threatening Bd3.} Nxh7 21. Rac1 Bd7 22. Nd4 Re4 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Rxf4 25. Rc5 Rf3 26. Rc3 Rxc3 27. bxc3 ({White should try} 27. Kxc3 Rc8+ 28. Kb3) 27... Ng5 28. Bxg5 hxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 29. Rf1 (29. Re1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 29... f6 $19 30. Rf5 (30. Re1 {was necessary.}) 30... Rd8 31. Kd3 Kg8 32. Kd4 Kf7 33. Kc5 Rc8+ 34. Kb4 Rc4+ 35. Kxb5 Rxc3 36. a4 $2 (36. Rxd5 Ke6 37. Rd4) 36... Ke6 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Ka6 Rxh3 38. a5 Ra3 39. Rf1 d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} 40. Re1+ Kd6 41. Re8 d3 42. Rg8 Ke5 43. Rxg7 d2 44. Rd7 Ra2 45. Kb5 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2846"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,90,0,4,16,9,27,15,41,37,39,15,17,22,17,16,20,22,22,14,25,7,30,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,10,-5,0,-104,-80,-141,-99,-81,-59,-70,25,32,3,18,15,0,0,0,208,0,0,0,39,57,102,112,104,108,151,104,136,136,138,129,152,79,89,79,94,86,29992,97,29992,29993,29995]} 1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4][%mdl 32]} Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. d3 e5 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Nd5 Kh8 {B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3} (10... Qd7 11. a4 f5 12. c3 Bf7 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Re1 Ng6 16. h4 d5 17. h5 dxc4 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. dxc4 Qc7 {½-½ (19) Maiwald,J (2453)-Vorobiov,E (2575) Dresden 2015}) 11. c3 Qd7 12. a4 f5 {The position is equal.} 13. a5 Bg8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rae8 14. Qa4 Rd8 15. a6 bxa6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Rxa6 Nc8 20. Bh3 Bxd5 21. exd5 h5 22. Rc6 Rfd8 23. Bg2 Kh7 {½-½ (23) Bravo Lutz,S (2187)-Koehler,R (2262) Germany 2006}) 14. Nxe7 Nxe7 15. Qa4 Rad8 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6+ Rxf6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nd2 Ng6 20. b4 Qg7 21. Kh1 cxb4 22. Qxb4 d5 23. Rab1 Rd7 24. Qc5 Rc6 25. Qa3 (25. Qxa7 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rxc3 26. Rb3) 25... e4 $1 $17 26. d4 ({Better is} 26. Nb3) 26... f4 27. c4 f3 28. Bh3 Be6 (28... Rdc7 $1 $15 29. cxd5 Bxd5) 29. Bxe6 $11 Rxe6 30. cxd5 Rxd5 31. Qc3 Rc6 32. Qe3 Rxd4 $2 {[#]} (32... Qxd4 $11 {and Black is okay.} 33. Nxe4 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Re6) 33. Rfc1 $2 (33. Nxe4 Re6 $17) (33. Rxb7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qe5 (33... Qxb7 34. Qxd4+) 34. Rxa7) 33... Rd3 34. Qe1 $1 e3 35. Rxc6 bxc6 36. Rb8+ Nf8 37. Nxf3 {Black must now prevent Qb4.} Qf6 38. Qe2 Ra3 {Threatening ...exf2.} 39. fxe3 Rxa5 40. Kg2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Rd5 41. Nd4 (41. Ra8 $142) 41... Rd8 $16 42. Rxd8 Qxd8 43. Nxc6 Qd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (43... Qd5+ $16 44. Qf3 Qd2+ 45. Kh3 (45. Qf2 Qxf2+ 46. Kxf2 a6 $16) 45... Qd7+ 46. g4 Ng6) 44. Qf3 $2 (44. exd4 {mates} Ng6 45. d5 h5 46. d6 h4 47. Ne7 Kg7 48. Qg4 h3+ 49. Kxh3 Kf6 50. Qf5+ Kg7 51. Qxg6+ Kh8 52. Qh6#) 44... Qd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Qd2+ $16 45. Kh3 (45. Qf2 Qxf2+ 46. Kxf2 a6 $16) 45... Qd7+ 46. Kg2 Qd2+ 47. Kh3 (47. Qf2 Qxf2+ 48. Kxf2 a6 $16) 47... Qd7+ 48. Kg2 Qd2+) 45. Qxd5 a6 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,89,12,7,19,-3,0,0,0,-5,-8,-12,0,-13,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,2,4,4,0,16,14,14,11,29,22,43,43,34,13,40,34,45,16,36,19,59,49,62,57,125,20,33,15,45,0,39,15,26,0,83,79,140,158,42,12,34,34,39,42,38,7,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 6 Games. A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} Nf6 7. Be2 (7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 Ne7 9. g4 d5 10. g5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qc1 c5 {½-½ (33) Bok,B (2591)-Adhiban,B (2674) Berlin 2015}) 7... O-O 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Nxd4 9. Bxd4 d5 10. c4 dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be6 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Qc1 c5 {½-½ (73) Afifi,A (2326)-Velicka,P (2451) Cairo 2001}) 11. Bxc4 Qd6 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qxd6 Nxd6 15. Be2 c5 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Nc3 Be6 18. e4 b6 19. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Kf8 20. Kf2 Nb7 21. Nb5 Ke7 22. f4 Nd6 23. Nc3 Rac8 24. g4 f6 25. f5 Bf7 26. Ke3 Ne8 27. h4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 (28... c4 $14) 29. Rf1 (29. Rxd8 $16 Kxd8 30. g5) 29... gxf5 $11 30. exf5 Nc7 31. Bc4 Be8 32. g5 {[#] Threatens to win with Ne4.} b5 33. Bg8 Bh5 (33... Bc6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 34. Bxh7 Rd4) 34. Bxh7 $16 {And now Bg6 would win.} c4 (34... Rd4 $142) 35. bxc4 bxc4 36. Rc1 Rd3+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Kg1 {Strongly threatening Ne4.} Rd4 39. Re1+ Kf8 $1 40. Ne4 Nd5 41. gxf6 {[%cal Bg5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32] Bg6 is the strong threat.} c3 42. Bg6 c2 {aiming for ...Rd1.} 43. Ng5 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Re1e8]} ({But not} 43. Bxh5 Rxe4 44. Rc1 Nf4 $17) 43... Ne3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (43... Rg4+ $11 44. Kf2 Bxg6 45. fxg6 Nxf6) 44. Ne6+ Kg8 45. f7+ {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,104,16,77,38,40,40,41,13,6,6,12,9,7,3,20,10,28,28,35,35,26,31,18,24,28,27,48,25,25,25,25,23,19,17,19,15,26,20,18,2,10,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-4,-5,-23,-32,-21,-10,-75,-58,-66,-58,-58,-49,-116,-113,-124,-112,-112,-87,-185,-184,-183,-98,-163,-129,-122,-124,-157,-137,-388,-305,-1116,-1144,-1075,-1135,-806,-624,-1135,-1054,-1119,-1106,-1092,-1068,-1004,-973,-1006,-957,-895,-814]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. a3 Bg4 {LiveBook: 13 Games. B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} (6... Nc6 $11) (6... Nc6 7. Be3 b6 8. e5 Ng4 9. Bg1 Nh6 10. Bd3 f6 11. Be4 Bb7 12. e6 f5 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. d5 {1-0 (68) Anand,V (2782)-Petrosian,T (2601) Riadh 2017}) 7. Be2 (7. h3 $5 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Bxf3 8. Qxf3 $11) 7... Bxf3 (7... Nc6 8. d5 Nb8 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 c6 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Bd4 Nb6 14. b3 {½-½ (63) Anand,V (2783)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Saint Louis 2017}) 8. Bxf3 {[#] Strongly threatening e5.} e5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8... c6 9. Be3 Na6 10. Qd2 b5 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 b4 14. exf6 bxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxf6 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Bxc6 {1-0 (39) Borkowski,A-Ambrose,A Monmouth 2004}) 9. fxe5 (9. dxe5 {is interesting.} dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Bg5) 9... dxe5 10. d5 c6 $1 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. Bg5 Nd4 14. O-O-O Rac8 15. Kb1 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Kg7 18. c3 Nc6 19. Rd3 Ne7 20. Rhd1 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc7 23. Kc2 b6 24. Be2 Bg5 25. g3 Re7 26. Bc4 f5 27. Kd3 Bc1 28. Kc2 Be3 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Bb5 Bg1 31. h3 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 32. Be2 (32. Bd7 $11) 32... Bf2 33. g4 fxg4 34. hxg4 h4 35. Rd1 (35. Bf1 $15) 35... Bg3 $17 36. Kd3 h3 37. Ke4 h2 38. Bf3 (38. Kf3 $17 {was necessary.} Bf4 39. Kg2) 38... Rf7 $19 39. Ke3 Bf4+ (39... Kh6 $19 40. b3 Kg5) 40. Ke2 (40. Kf2 $17 {might work better.}) 40... Kf6 41. Kf2 Kg5 42. c4 {[#]} Bc1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Rxc1 $2 $17 {[%mdl 8192] KRB-KR} (43. Kg3 $17 {was worth a try.} Bxb2 44. Bd5) 43... e4 $1 $19 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4f3][%mdl 32]} 44. Kg2 $2 (44. Kg3 Rxf3+ 45. Kxh2) 44... exf3+ {Black is clearly winning.} 45. Kxh2 Kxg4 {KR-KR} 46. Rg1+ Kf4 {[%cal Rf7h7]} 47. Rg8 Rd7 48. Kg1 Rd1+ 49. Kf2 Rd2+ 50. Kf1 Rxb2 51. Ra8 Ke3 {[%cal Rb2b1]} 52. Re8+ Kd4 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,68,10,4,5,10,14,12,20,10,33,0,0,-7,-6,-13,-8,0,0,-20,0,0,0,0,11,12,39,0,0,0,0,20,16,12,28,0,16,16,10,0,0,-5,0,-6,0,0,10,0,0,-56,-52,-145,-171,-430,-366,-594,-594,-565,-562]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} (6. d3 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qb8 10. a3 Re8 11. Rfc1 Bh5 12. Qc2 a5 13. b3 h6 14. Qb2 {0-1 (67) Pantsulaia,L (2612)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 6... cxd5 7. Qb3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Qb6 8. Qxb6 {The position is equal.} axb6 9. Nc3 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be7 10. Nd4 O-O 11. Ndb5 Nc6 12. d4 h6 13. f3 Bh5 {½-½ (57) Thompson,B (2299)-Stanila,E ICCF email 2015}) 10. d3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rfc1 O-O 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bf6 15. Kf1 Ra6 16. e4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nc5 18. Be2 Ra5 19. Rab1 {[#] And now b4 would win.} Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxa2 21. Rxb6 Rc8 22. Be3 Na5 23. Rb4 h6 24. e5 Na4 25. Rg4 Kf8 26. c4 Nc5 27. Rd1 Nab3 28. Rf4 {Black must now prevent Bh5.} Ke8 29. Bh5 Rc7 30. Rg4 (30. Kg2 $11) 30... g6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 31. Bxh6 {[#]} ({Better is} 31. Bxg6 $15 fxg6 32. Rxg6) 31... Rd7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd7d1]} 32. Rg5 $2 (32. Rxd7 Kxd7 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Rxg6) 32... Ne4 33. Rxg6 $2 (33. Rxd7 {keeps fighting.} Kxd7 34. Rg4 Ned2+ 35. Kg2 gxh5 36. Rf4) 33... Rxd1+ $19 34. Bxd1 {Rg8+ is the strong threat.} Ned2+ {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,94,67,62,58,91,91,83,60,76,72,83,80,90,66,91,3,4,5,10,10,42,-12,0,0,8,8,8,7,0,2,11,0,0,-58,-50,-58,-40,-39,-26,-85,0,0,0,0,0,-193,-184,-225,-213,-205,-208,-194,-144,-192,-168,-221,-187,-182,-176,-167,-122,-136,0,-241,0,0,0,0,0,0,-38,-329,-335,-340,-361,-768,-762,-783,-783,-1954,-12835,-9906,-5029,-2672,-1773,-1432,-1413]} 1. d4 c6 2. e4 d6 3. c4 Nd7 (3... e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 Bh6 7. Qd2 Bxf4 8. Qxf4 Qf6 9. Qe3 Ne7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O-O c5 12. e5 dxe5 {½-½ (42) Zvjaginsev,V (2659)-Kamsky,G (2741) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 4. Nc3 h6 5. g3 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... g5 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Nge2 Nf8 8. f4 Qb6 9. fxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Bg4 11. Qd2 {1-0 (56) Rakhmangulova,A (2248)-Malakhova,E (2337) Zhitomir 2017}) 6. Nge2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O {White is better.} h5 9. d5 c5 10. h4 a6 11. a4 Bh6 12. a5 (12. Bxh6 $16 Nxh6 13. b3) 12... g5 $1 $11 13. hxg5 Bxg5 14. f4 Bh6 15. Bh3 (15. Qe1 $14) 15... Ngf6 16. Kg2 h4 17. Rh1 $1 {White wants to play Bxd7+.} ({Of course not} 17. gxh4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 $17) 17... Rg8 18. Bxd7+ $1 Nxd7 19. f5 Bg5 20. Kf3 hxg3 21. Kg2 (21. Nxg3 $11 b6 22. Nge2) 21... Bxc1 $15 22. Qxc1 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6g4,Bg4e3][%mdl 32]} (22... b5 $5) 23. Qh6 Bd7 24. Rh3 (24. Nxg3 $11 b5 25. Kf3) 24... Qe7 (24... b5 $17 25. axb6 (25. Rxg3 Ke7 $17) 25... Ke7) 25. Rxg3 $11 O-O-O 26. Rh1 $1 Ng4 27. Qh4 $2 (27. Qc1 $11) 27... Ne3+ $19 28. Kf3 Qxh4 29. Rxh4 {Black must now prevent Rxg8.} Nxc4 30. Rh7 Rgf8 ({Don't play} 30... Nxa5 31. Rxf7 Nc4 32. Rxg8 $17) 31. Rgg7 Be8 32. Ng3 (32. Nd1 {was worth a try.}) 32... Nxa5 33. Nh5 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 34. Nf6 b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 35. Nd1 Nb3 (35... Ba4 $17 36. Ne3 Bb5 37. Rxf7 Rxf7 38. Rxf7 c4) 36. Ne3 $2 {[#]} (36. Nxe8 $11 {and White stays safe.} Rdxe8 37. Ne3) 36... Nd4+ $2 (36... Bb5 $1 $19 {...Nd2+ is the strong threat.} 37. Kg4 Nd4 38. Rxf7 Rxf7 39. Rxf7 c4) 37. Kf2 $1 $15 Bb5 38. Rxf7 Rxf7 39. Rxf7 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] Hoping for ...a4.} 40. Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Nh7 $1 $15) 40... a4 $19 41. Nh7 {And now f6 would win.} Rd7 42. Rxd7 $2 (42. Ra8+ Kb7 43. Rh8) 42... Kxd7 {KBN-KNN. Black is clearly winning.} 43. f6 Ke8 44. Ng5 a3 45. bxa3 bxa3 46. f7+ Kf8 47. Ng4 {[#]} Be8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 53%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,150,27,40,-4,0,-25,7,2,8,8,19,13,9,12,14,14,36,32,32,0,40,0,0,0,0,0,35,44,43,33,39,25,18,0,0,0,0,-16,-20,-62,0,-13,0,-4,248,234,246,237,271,260,264,235,230,230,198,204,232,85,122,80,69,70,213,201,225,163,241,100,102,64,95,0,875,471,861,855,864,789,757,610,748,46,46,47,47,47,47,48,49,28,47,35,31,35,59,59,59,18,17,14,55,52,59,44,40,0,59,59,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,71,71,71,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,8,8]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 c5 7. c4 Ne4 {LiveBook: 60 Games} 8. Qc2 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (8. O-O Nc6 9. h3 Bf5 10. e3 Nf6 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Rac1 Qa5 16. a3 Rfe8 {1-0 (33) Kramnik,V (2783)-Caruana,F (2811) Zuerich 2015}) 8... Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Nh4 (10. Qc1 {with more complications.} Na6 11. d5 Nc3 12. Kf1 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Ng5) 10... Nxg3 11. Nxf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. e4 Nxh1 12. exf5 Nc6 13. Bxh1 cxd4 14. a3 d3 15. Qb1 Bc3 {0-1 (27) Galperin,P (2332)-Budnikov,O (2422) Lutsk 2018}) 11... Nxf5 12. Bxb7 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Rd1 Na6 15. Bxa8 Rxa8 16. O-O Re8 17. e3 Nb4 18. Qe4 Bf6 19. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Na2 20. Qc6 Rb8 21. Ne4 Bg7 22. Qd7 Bf8 $1 23. Rd3 Qb6 24. a5 Qa6 25. f4 Nb4 26. Rd2 Nc6 (26... Qc6 $1 $15 27. Qxc6 Nxc6) 27. Ng5 {aiming for Rxd6!} Qc8 28. Rxd6 {Strongly threatening Qxc8.} Nxa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... h6 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 29. Qxc6 (29. Qxc8 Rxc8 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 $15) 29... exd6 30. Qxc8 Rxc8) 29. Qxc8 $18 Rxc8 30. Ra6 Nxb3 31. Rd1 ({Less strong is} 31. Rxa7 Nd2 $16) 31... Rc7 32. Ra3 Rb7 33. Ne4 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rb4 34. Rd8 a5 35. Rc8 (35. Nc3 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 35... e6 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Ne8+ Kh6 {[#]} (37... Kg8 $14) 38. Rc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7f7]} Bg7 39. Rxf7 Bc3 (39... Bb2 {keeps fighting.} 40. Ra2 Nd2) 40. h4 (40. Nd6 $18) 40... Kh5 $16 41. Rxh7+ Kg4 42. Kg2 (42. Rh6 $16) 42... Bd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Bb2 $11 43. Ra2 Nc1 44. Rxa5 Rxc4) 43. Nf6+ $18 Kf5 44. Rf7 {[#] Threatening mate with Kf3.} Bxe3 45. Kf3 {[%cal Rf6h7]} Nd2+ 46. Ke2 Nxc4 47. Rxe3 $2 ({White has to play} 47. Nd5+ $1 $18 Kg4 48. Nxe3+ Nxe3 49. Kxe3) 47... Nxe3 $14 48. Kxe3 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Rb3+ 49. Kd2 {Black must now prevent Nd7+.} Kxf4 50. Nd7+ Kg4 51. Rh7 Rb5 52. Ne5+ Kf5 53. Nc4 {Threatens to win with Nd6+.} Kg4 54. Rh6 a4 55. Kc3 Rb3+ 56. Kc2 Rb4 57. Rxg6+ Kxh4 58. Kc3 Rb3+ 59. Kc2 Rb4 60. Ne5 a3 61. Rxe6 Ra4 62. Kb1 a2+ 63. Ka1 Kg5 64. Rc6 Kf5 65. Rxc5 Ke4 66. Nc6 Kd3 67. Rh5 Re4 68. Kxa2 Kc4 69. Ne5+ Kd4 70. Nf3+ Ke3 71. Ng5 Re5 72. Rh3+ Kf4 73. Nf7 Re7 74. Nd6 Re1 75. Kb3 ({White should play} 75. Rh8 $16) 75... Re3+ {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,55,20,-2,31,30,46,27,56,62,69,20,35,20,108,109,118,120,117,118,118,91,129,122,161,161,171,182,282,254,280,279,267,236,266,237,306,385,535,354,363,348,1298,1309,29990,29991]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 h5 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} (7... b5 8. Qd2 b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. b3 Bb7 12. a3 Qc7 13. axb4 d5 14. Bf2 Bd6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bg3 {1-0 (36) Nakamura,H (2781)-Grandelius,N (2647) Caleta 2018}) 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. a4 b6 {White has an edge.} 10. Bc4 {And now Bxe6! would win.} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne5 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Kh1 h4 15. Rad1 {0-1 (39) Owczarzak,J (2328)-Moranda,W (2545) Polanica Zdroj 2009}) 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nxe6 Qc4 (12... Qc6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 13. Nxf8 $16 Rxf8 14. Qxd6 {e5 is the strong threat.} Kf7 15. O-O-O $36 {[%mdl 3072] White has strong compensation. White is really pushing.} Re8 16. h3 (16. Bxb6 $2 Re6 $19) 16... Re6 17. Qf4 Ne5 {[#]} 18. g4 $1 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Ng6 19. Qh2 b5 (19... Bb7 {keeps fighting.}) 20. g5 Nd7 {[#]} 21. Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c4]} Qc6 22. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Re8 23. Rhd1 bxa4 {next ...a3! is good for Black.} 24. Rd6 (24. Rxa4 Nb6 $16) 24... Qb7 25. Qe2 {Black must now prevent Qc4+.} Ndf8 26. f5 ({Not} 26. Qxh5 a3 $16) 26... Ne5 $2 (26... Be6 27. fxg6+ Kg8 28. Qxh5 a3) 27. Qxh5+ $18 g6 28. Qh8 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2868"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,85,20,0,60,44,59,22,31,29,25,21,30,0,32,0,25,20,27,25,56,39,55,55,44,32,44,40,41,46,37,36,44,43,51,36,75,38,87,77,91,96,85,66,88,56,107,90,135,137,143,149,244,236,241,241,244,230,241,231,283,269,318,318,350,363,350,313,334,340,414,443,1487,1496,1488,1413,29995,29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 {LiveBook: 226 Games. B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} Nb4 ({Black should try} 6... Nf6 $11) (6... g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd4 Nd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rac1 Qa5 {1-0 (49) Karjakin,S (2760)-Amonatov,F (2636) Riadh 2017}) 7. Bxd7+ $14 Qxd7 8. Qe2 {White is slightly better.} g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Qb5+ Nc6 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nf6 {½-½ (49) Ligart,T (2205)-Kassay,K (2016) Hungary 2014}) 10... Nc6 11. c4 Nf6 12. h3 O-O 13. Nc3 a6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bd2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. b3 Qd8 18. Nd5 e6 19. Nc3 {[%cal Bd5c3,Bc3a4,Ba4b6][%mdl 32]} Nde5 20. Be3 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qe7 22. Na4 {aiming for Nb6.} Rab8 23. Nb6 Rd8 24. Rd2 Re8 25. Rcd1 Rbd8 26. a3 Qc7 27. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4a5][%mdl 32]} a5 (27... Bc3 $14) 28. bxa5 $16 Bc3 {[#]} 29. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c7][%mdl 512]} exd5 30. Bb6 Qc8 (30... Ne5 $16 31. Qxc3 (31. Bxc7 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 Bxd2 $15) 31... Qxc4) 31. Qxc3 $18 d4 32. Bxd4 Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Qc7 34. f3 Re6 35. Qb4 Ra8 36. Rd5 ({Don't do} 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Qxa5 $18) 36... h5 37. Rb5 ({Not} 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Qxa5 $18) 37... Ra7 38. c5 dxc5 39. Rxc5 {[%cal Bb5c5,Bc5c7,Bc7a7][%mdl 32]} Qb8 40. Rd7 Re8 (40... Ra8 $142 41. Rcc7 Qa7+ 42. Kf1 Qa6+ 43. Kg1 Qa7+ 44. Kh1 Rf8) 41. Rcc7 Rf8 42. Qb3 {[%cal Rd7f7]} b6 43. Rxa7 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,43,29,20,36,25,27,-18,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,101,98,161,155,123,125,278,288,282,280,436,363,357,362,323,322,304,314]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} (7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Be2 a6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nb3 Rd8 15. Bg5 d4 16. h4 Be6 17. Bd3 a5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 {½-½ (34) Giri,A (2752)-Van Wely,L (2657) Amstelveen 2017}) 7... Bd7 8. O-O-O {aiming for Ndb5.} a6 9. h3 {White has an edge.} Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be7 10. g4 h6 11. Be2 b5 12. a3 Rc8 13. h4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 {0-1 (58) Manolaraki,Y (2073)-Grigoriadis,A (2363) Heraklio 2009}) 10. Qg3 Rc8 {White must now prevent ...Rxc3!} 11. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} Rxc3 12. fxe5 Nxe4 13. Qf3 {[#]} d5 {[#]} (13... Rxe3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Qxe3 d5) 14. Bd3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with Rdf1. White is on the roll.} Be7 (14... Rc7 $16) 15. Rdf1 $18 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf3f7]} O-O 16. bxc3 Qa5 $2 (16... Nxc3 $16 17. Kd2 Qc7) 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Rc8 (18... Qxc3 {keeps fighting.} 19. Kd1 Bc5) 19. Bd2 Qxa2 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 20. Kd1 {[%cal Bc1d1,Bd1e2,Be2f2][%mdl 32]} Rc7 21. Ke2 Qc4+ 22. Kf2 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,102,29,28,23,25,16,28,29,21,12,34,32,28,-7,5,8,19,0,3,0,23,26,24,32,45,45,48,52,59,63,54,52,73,72,93,65,80,56,88,55,146,146,277,277,264,262,231,195,330,262,273,265,322,306,429,425,378,366,338,360,421,419,531,541,716,704,688,650,1027,985,1003,885,1834,1846,1700,1697,29936,12698,29958,29954,29953,29958,12835,12814,5110,756,2257]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. Nc2 d6 {LiveBook: 38 Games. A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 10. Qd2 (10. Bd2 a6 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. b3 c6 13. Be3 Nfg4 14. Bd4 c5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nd5 Rb8 17. h3 {0-1 (42) Anand,V (2775)-Adams,M (2710) London 2012}) 10... Bf5 11. Ne3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. f3 Bxc2 12. Qxc2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (41) Klibor,L-Hoen,R Grossenbrode 1972}) 11... Ne4 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3 Bf5 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. e3 Ne5 17. Qxf5 Nxc4 18. e4 Qe6 (18... Nxb2 {NOTEXT} 19. Rb1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Nd3 21. e5 Nf2+) 19. Qxe6 Rxe6 20. Rb1 d5 21. b3 Nb6 22. Rd1 Rae8 23. Bf4 dxe4 24. fxe4 Be5 25. Rbc1 c6 26. Be3 Bf6 27. Bf2 R6e7 28. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Re5 (28... Nd7 $14) 29. Bd4 $16 R5e6 (29... Bg5 $16 {was necessary.}) 30. Bxf6 $18 Rxf6 31. a5 Nc8 32. Rd7 b6 (32... Nd6 {was worth a try.} 33. a6 bxa6) 33. e5 Rfe6 34. a6 ({Don't do} 34. Bxc6 $6 Ne7 $16) ({Much less strong is} 34. Rxc6 $6 Rxe5 35. Rcc7 bxa5 $16) 34... Rxe5 {If Black can now play ...c5 this consolidates a bit.} 35. Bxc6 Rf8 (35... Kg7 $142 36. Rc7 Rd8) 36. Bb7 Ne7 37. Bf3 Nc8 38. Kf2 Rfe8 39. Rcc7 Ra5 40. Bd5 Ne7 41. Rxe7 Rxe7 42. Rxe7 Rxd5 43. Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kg7 44. Rb7 Rb5 45. a7 Ra5 46. Ke3 h5 47. h4 Ra3 48. Kd4 Kf6 49. b4 Kf5 50. Rxf7+ Ke6 51. Rb7 (51. Rh7 $142 Kf6 52. Kd5) 51... Kf5 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,84,13,14,4,0,19,0,0,0,47,-52,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-13,-13,-13,-17,-15,-19,-33,-20,-22,-8,-8,-9,-49,-33,-53,-52,-45,-38,-44,-53,-50,-8,-37,-51,-74,-6,0,0,0,23,24,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 d6 9. d5 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 e5 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} 11. b4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} a5 12. a3 (12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Nb3 Ra8 14. a4 Bc8 15. a5 Na6 16. Nb5 f5 17. Ra3 f4 18. axb6 cxb6 19. Nd2 Bg4 20. Bf3 Bh3 21. Bg2 Bg4 22. Bf3 Bh3 23. Bg2 {½-½ (23) Tomashevsky,E (2711)-Rapport,R (2692) Sharjah 2017}) 12... Nd7 13. Nb3 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ba6 14. Qd3 f5 15. e4 f4 {1-0 (54) Benko,P-Pomar Salamanca,A Malaga 1973}) 14. c5 bxc5 15. bxc5 (15. Nxa5 $14 Qc8 16. e4) 15... a4 ({Don't go for} 15... dxc5 $2 16. d6 $18) (15... Nxc5 $2 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qb3 $18) ({Black should play} 15... Ba6 $15) 16. c6 $11 axb3 17. cxb7 Rb8 {White must now prevent ...Nc5.} 18. Qxb3 Nc5 19. Qc2 Rxb7 20. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 21. Rxb1 Qa8 22. a4 e4 23. Nb5 Qxa4 24. Qxa4 Nxa4 25. Rc1 Rb8 26. Nxc7 Bf6 27. Rc6 Nc3 28. Bf1 {[#]} e3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. fxe3 Be5 $1 30. Ne6 Nxd5 31. Kf2 Nf6 {aiming for ...Ng4+.} 32. Bh3 Ne4+ 33. Kg2 g6 34. g4 {[#]} fxg4 (34... g5 $1 $17 {And now ...h5! would win.} 35. gxf5 h5) 35. Bxg4 Kf7 36. Rc7+ Kf6 37. Rxh7 Rb3 38. Nf8 (38. Nc7 $14 g5 39. Nd5+ Kg6 40. Rc7) 38... Rxe3 {The position is equal.} 39. Nd7+ Kg5 40. Bf3 Nf6 41. h4+ Kf5 42. Nxf6 Kxf6 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,157,14,14,16,22,22,20,16,37,0,37,12,16,9,27,23,37,20,18,30,25,9,48,53,59,59,53,55,70,60,72,50,66,52,66,66,71,61,62,57,54,52,62,40,87,54,133,133,126,128,126,128,145,150,129,141,197,205,193,192,191,192,195,195,190,61,164,66,64,58,170,168,162,169,253,260,260,260,260,260,260,260,260,256,249,235,235,235,235,235,292,289,268,249,379,235,406,397,388,315,417,429,666,468,397,320,611,268,591,300,255,0,578,0,572,525,520,214,511,493,457,235,235,239,247,214,260,260,260,260,260,214,656,643,661,646,613,600]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 O-O {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 8. d4 Nf5 9. c3 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 d6 11. Re1 d5 {LiveBook: 81 Games} 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Nf3 c6 {[#]} 14. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd3 Nh4 15. g3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 {½-½ (45) Mamedov,R (2658)-Kramnik,V (2783) Shamkir 2015}) 14... a5 15. Qb3 Re8 16. Bg5 f6 {...Rxe1 is the strong threat.} 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. h3 Rb8 19. c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} dxc4 20. Bxc4+ Kh8 21. Bd3 Bd7 22. Qf7 Rf8 23. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7]} g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h5]} 24. Qxa5 Qxa5 25. Bxa5 Nd5 26. Bd2 Kg7 27. Bc4 Nc7 28. a5 Rfe8 29. Rxe8 Bxe8 30. Ne1 Bf7 31. b3 Rd8 32. Nc2 Bd5 33. Bc3 c5 ({Better is} 33... Kf7 $14) 34. Ne3 $16 Bxc4 35. bxc4 cxd4 36. Bxd4 Ne6 37. Bc3 Kf7 38. Rb1 Nc5 (38... Rd7 $16 39. Nd5 f5) 39. Nd5 $18 f5 40. Rb6 Rd7 41. Nf6 Rd8 42. Nxh7 Be7 43. Bf6 (43. Bb4 $1 $18) 43... Rd1+ $14 44. Kh2 Nd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7b6]} 45. Rxb7 {Threatens to win with Bxe7.} Nxf6 (45... Bxf6 $14 46. a6 (46. Nxf6 Kxf6 47. Rc7 Ke6 $11) 46... Be5+ 47. g3 Ke6) 46. Ng5+ $18 Ke8 47. a6 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Ra1 (47... Rd8 {might work better.}) 48. a7 Bd6+ 49. g3 Nd7 {[#]} 50. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d6][%mdl 512]} Bxc5 51. Rb8+ $1 Ke7 52. a8=Q Rxa8 53. Rxa8 Bxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} 54. Ra6 Nf8 55. h4 Be3 56. Nf3 Kf7 57. Kg2 Nd7 (57... Kg8 {is a better defense.} 58. Ne5 Kg7) 58. Rd6 Nf8 $2 (58... Nf6 59. Ne5+ Kg7) 59. Ne5+ Kg7 60. Kf3 Bc5 61. Rc6 Ba3 (61... Be7 $142 62. Ke3 Bd8) 62. Kf4 Bb4 63. Nf3 Ba3 $2 (63... Kh6 64. Ne5 Kg7) 64. Ng5 (64. h5 $142 Bb4 65. Nh4 gxh5 66. Nxf5+ Kf7 67. Kg5) 64... Be7 $2 (64... Bb4 65. g4 Bd2+ 66. Kf3 Kh6 67. Nf7+ Kg7) 65. Rc7 Kf6 {Hoping for ...Bd6+.} 66. Rc6+ $2 (66. Ke3) 66... Kg7 67. Nf3 Ba3 $1 68. Nd4 Bb2 69. Nb5 (69. Nxf5+ $142 gxf5 70. Kxf5) 69... Kf7 $2 (69... Kh6 {keeps fighting.} 70. Nd6 Kh5) 70. Nd6+ Ke7 {[#] intending ...Ne6+.} 71. Nc4 (71. Nxf5+ $142 $1 gxf5 72. Kxf5) 71... Bd4 72. Kf3 Ne6 73. Ra6 Bc3 74. Ne3 {Strongly threatening Nd5+.} Bd4 75. Nd5+ Kf7 76. Kg2 Nc5 $2 (76... Bc5 77. Kh3 Bf2) 77. Ra7+ {White is clearly winning.} Ke6 78. Nf4+ Kf6 79. Rc7 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,118,1,10,15,19,19,-5,35,27,62,55,56,53,66,68,62,55,83,61,173,176,161,82,87,51,51,56,51,37,47,35,35,46,37,28,39,27,16,22,15,0,22,12,16,15,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,39,1,24,18,22,0,0,4,114,120,195,131,120,70,70,78,70,70,157,149,174,166,190,182,241,240,240,240,234,227,220,164,191,70,164,79,79,79,79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. g3 Bxc3 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3} 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 {LiveBook: 8 Games} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nxc3 9. Rxc3 O-O 10. Bg2 Be4 11. O-O d6 12. Re3 Bb7 13. d5 {½-½ (104) Mamedyarov,S (2747)-Tomashevsky,E (2728) Huaian 2016}) 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O (10. Qa4 {seems wilder.} dxc4 11. Qxc4 Bd5 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. O-O) 10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Rxc4 Bd5 13. Rc3 a5 14. Qc2 Na6 15. a3 $1 c5 16. Rd1 (16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nh4 Bxg2 $11) 16... cxd4 (16... Qe7 $14) 17. Nxd4 $18 {Black must now prevent e4.} (17. Rxd4 $6 Qe7 $16) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 (18. Nxe6 $1 $18 Qe7 19. Nxf8) 18... Qe7 19. Qe4 Nc5 20. Qc6 Rab8 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Na6 $1 23. b5 Nc5 24. Qf3 {Threatens to win with Nc6.} Qf6 25. Qxf6 (25. Nc6 {feels hotter.} Ra8 26. Rc2 Rfe8 27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Rd6) 25... gxf6 26. Nc6 Ra8 27. Rc4 f5 28. g4 fxg4 29. Rxg4+ Kh8 30. Kf3 Rg8 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. Rd6 Ra3+ 33. e3 Nd3 34. Ke2 Nb2 35. Ne5 Na4 $1 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Rd7 Kf6 (37... Ra2+ $11 {keeps the balance.} 38. Kf3 Kf6) 38. f4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rd7f7]} ({But not} 38. Nxf7 $6 Ra2+ 39. Kf3 Nc5 $14) 38... Kf5 {[#]} (38... Kg7 $16 {was necessary.} 39. Rxf7+ Kg8) 39. Kf3 ({Don't do} 39. Rxf7+ $6 Ke4 $16) (39. Nc4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4a3]} Nc5 40. Rxf7+ (40. Nxa3 Nxd7 41. Kf3 Kg6 $11) 40... Kg6 41. Rc7 (41. Nxa3 Kxf7 42. Nc4 Nd7 $16)) 39... f6 40. Nc4 Rb3 41. Rxh7 Kg6 42. Re7 Rxb5 (42... Nc5 $14) 43. Rxe6 Rh5 44. Kg3 b5 {[#]} 45. Nd6 $1 b4 (45... Nc5 $142 46. Re7 Rd5) 46. f5+ Kg7 47. h4 b3 48. Re7+ Kf8 49. Re8+ Kg7 50. e4 ({White should try} 50. Kg4 $18 Rh7 51. Rb8) 50... b2 (50... Nc5 $1 $14) 51. Rb8 (51. Re7+ $18 {is more deadly.} Kf8 52. Rf7+ Kg8 53. Rb7) 51... Rh8 52. Rb7+ Kf8 53. Nc4 ({White should play} 53. Kh3 $16) 53... Rg8+ $11 {The position is equal.} 54. Kh3 Rg1 $1 55. Nxb2 Rb1 56. Rb4 Nxb2 57. Rb7 Rh1+ 58. Kg2 Rxh4 {And now ...Nc4 would win.} 59. Rxb2 Rxe4 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2846"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,96,-2,-14,-2,-7,-3,-13,-9,-28,-18,-39,-22,-43,-38,-64,0,-12,0,0,-4,-18,54,0,18,13,20,0,134,140,143,150,153,135,216,149,291,300,330,352,350,366,449,449,523,449,449,449,621,615,587,503,629,508,485,365,1089,0,984,466,457,457,29997,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 e5 4. c4 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nc3 {LiveBook: 54 Games} Bf5 10. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nc2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 {½-½ (35) Benidze,D (2469)-Salgado Lopez,I (2615) Kocaeli 2015}) 10... Qd7 11. Re1 Bh3 12. Bh1 h6 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Ba3 Nec6 (15... a5 $15 16. Qb3 Nec6) 16. Nd2 $11 a5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rab8 (18... Ra6 $11) 19. Qa4 (19. Ne4 $14) 19... b5 20. cxb5 Nd4 21. Bc6 Qg4 (21... Qe6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22. Bxd6 $16 Nxe2+ 23. Kh1 Nd4 24. Bxf8 ({But not} 24. Qxa5 $6 Nxc6 25. bxc6 Rb2 $11) 24... Rxf8 (24... Bxf8 $16 {was worth a try.} 25. Rxe5 (25. Qxa5 Qf5 $16) 25... Nxc6 26. Qxg4 Bxg4 27. bxc6 Bg7 28. Rexa5 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Kf8) 25. Qxa5 Nxc6 (25... Nc2 $16) 26. bxc6 $18 Qf5 27. Kg1 Qxd3 28. Rac1 e4 29. Re3 Qd4 30. Nxe4 Qb2 31. Qd2 Qb6 32. c7 Rc8 33. Qd6 Qb2 34. Rce1 {Threatens to win with Qd8+.} Be5 35. Qe7 Bd4 $2 (35... Rxc7 36. Nf6+ Bxf6 37. Qxc7 Kg7) 36. Nd6 $2 (36. Rf3 $18 Rf8 37. Rd3) 36... Rf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Bxe3 $11 37. Qxf7+ (37. Qxe3 Rxc7 38. Ne8 Qb7 $11) 37... Kh8) 37. c8=Q (37. Rf3 $142 {Qxf8+! would kill now.} Qa2 38. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf2+ 39. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Rxf7+ 41. Qxf7+ Kxf7 42. Ra1) 37... Bxc8 38. Rf3 {White threatens Qxf8+! and mate.} Bc5 {[#]} (38... Bf5 $18 39. Nxf5 gxf5 40. Rxf5 Qd2) 39. Rxf7 $2 (39. Qxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] mates} Kxf8 40. Rxf7+ Kg8 41. Re8#) 39... Bxf2+ $11 {The position is equal.} 40. Kh1 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rf7f8]} Bb7+ $1 41. Qxb7 Qxb7+ 42. Rxb7 Bxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 43. Ne4 Rf7 44. Rb6 Kg7 45. Re6 {Nd6 is the strong threat.} Bb4 46. Kg2 Re7 47. Rxe7+ Bxe7 48. Kf3 Kf7 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2868"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,99,19,37,29,26,9,6,11,15,17,14,0,0,14,0,-7,66,65,70,70,79,82,76,21,61,49,64,42,73,65,74,63,81,64,67,60,75,75,75,75,110,97,89,61,108,100,81,104,125,101,150,170,159,151,205,206,211,216,301,285,268,286,443,454,393,394,383,382,375,375,497,476,1052,1133,926,881,29969,29971,29975,29976,29976,29977,29976,29976,29975,29974,29978,29979,29988,29987]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 Bg4 {LiveBook: 26 Games. B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} (6... g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. h3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Rac1 Nde5 13. b3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 {1-0 (66) Karjakin,S (2760)-Korobov,A (2652) Riadh 2017}) 7. Nd4 g6 8. Nc3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. f3 Be6 10. Qd4 Nf6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Be2 {½-½ (59) Skoberne,J (2492)-Esen,B (2488) Novi Sad 2009}) 8... Bg7 {The position is equal.} 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Be6 11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 Qa5 (13... Rb8 $11) 14. Bd2 $14 Rfb8 15. b3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Rxb6 17. c5 ({White should try} 17. Rae1 $16) 17... Rbb8 18. cxd6 exd6 19. Rac1 Re8 20. Bf3 Rac8 21. Rfd1 d5 {[#]} 22. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd7 23. Be2 Ra8 24. Na4 Rec8 25. g4 f6 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Be3 h5 28. Rc2 ({Don't do} 28. gxh5 Bxh3 29. Bd4 (29. hxg6 Re8 $17) 29... Bxd4+ 30. Rxd4 gxh5 $11) 28... hxg4 29. hxg4 Bg7 30. Rdc1 d4 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Bxb3 (32... Bd5 $16 33. Rd6 dxe3 34. Rxd5 Nf6) 33. axb3 $18 dxe3 34. Rxg6 Nf6 35. g5 Ne4 {intending ...Rf8.} 36. Kg2 Nd2 (36... Re8 $142 37. b4 (37. Bxa6 Nd2 $16) (37. Rxa6 Rf8 $16) 37... Rb8) 37. Nc5 Kf7 38. Rxa6 Rxa6 39. Nxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} ({Less strong is} 39. Bxa6 Ke7 $18) 39... Bf8 {If Black can now play ...Bd6 this consolidates a bit.} 40. b4 Ke6 41. Kg3 Bd6 (41... Kd5 $142 42. b5 Kd6) 42. Nc5+ Kd5 43. Kg4 Bxc5 44. bxc5 {KB-KN. White mates.} Ne4 45. Kf3 Nxc5 46. Kxe3 Ne6 47. Bf3+ Kd6 48. Ke4 Ke7 49. Ke5 Nd8 50. Bd5 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2846"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,79,-2,1,0,-6,-31,0,0,4,-20,-9,-37,-47,-37,-36,-41,-42,-35,-37,-99,-97,-75,-95,-97,-71,-64,-50,-52,-43,-44,-43,-47,-33,-56,-16,-20,-23,-31,41,22,48,30,94,68,82,67,70,50,50,44,314,324,355,355,531,530,530,523,575,573,477,413,1174,1169,29986,4627,1636,2099,29995,29991,29997,29998]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. g3 e6 5. Nh4 Be4 6. f3 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} Bg6 7. Bg2 c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5d4][%mdl 32]} 8. Nxg6 {The position is equal.} hxg6 9. e4 Nc6 10. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. e5 Nd7 11. f4 g5 {1-0 (44) Grischuk,A (2772)-Ding,L (2777) Huaian 2017}) 10... Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. e5 {[#]} (14. exd5 $15 Nxd5 15. c4) 14... Ng8 $1 $17 15. c4 dxc3 16. Nxc3 Ne7 17. f4 Nf5 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Kd1 Ba3 20. Rb1 a5 21. h4 Rc5 22. Bh3 Ne7 23. Nd4 Nc6 ({Better is} 23... Rhc8 $15) 24. Nc2 $14 Rxc2 25. Kxc2 Nb4+ {[#]} (25... Rc8 $11) 26. Kd1 $1 $16 Rc8 27. Bf1 Rc2 28. h5 gxh5 29. Rxh5 {Hoping for Bb5+.} g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Kc6 $14) 30. Rh7 $18 Ke7 {[#]} 31. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c2][%mdl 512]} Rc7 (31... Rc8 {was necessary.}) (31... Nxd3 32. Kxc2) 32. Bxg6 Kf8 33. Ke2 Nxa2 34. Rbh1 Nc1+ 35. Kf3 {Rh8+ is the strong threat.} Nxb3 (35... Ke8 $142 36. b4 Bxb4 37. Rxf7 Rxf7 38. Rxc1 Kf8 39. Bxf7 Kxf7 40. Rc7+ Kf8 41. Rxb7 Bxd2) 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Bd3 (37. R1h6 $142 Nxd2+ 38. Kg4 Rc8 39. R8h7+ Kf8 40. Rxf7+ Kg8 41. Rxb7 Bc5 42. Bf7+ Kg7 43. Rg6+ Kh7 44. Bxe6+ Rc7 45. Rxc7+ Be7 46. Rxe7+ Kxg6 47. Bf5+ Kh6 48. Rh7#) 37... Nxd2+ 38. Kg4 {[%csl Gd3,Gh8][%cal Rh1h7]} Ne4 39. Bxe4 dxe4 40. f5 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,81,28,33,8,22,3,42,39,35,26,37,38,49,22,28,13,24,18,29,36,30,14,16,0,0,8,6,10,7,7,33,23,29,30,23,22,76,80,75,80,113,12,61,66,59,60,121,17,14,0,0,0,75,0,48,44,97,38,85,98,580,300,295,282,595,527]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O a6 {LiveBook: 25 Games} (9... Bxa2 $2 10. b3 $18) 10. b3 $146 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 Qd7 12. b3 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. h3 Qf7 15. Be2 h5 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. f3 Qg6 {½-½ (69) Topalov,V (2757)-Anand,V (2786) Linares 2005}) 10... h6 11. Be2 Qd7 12. Kb1 {White is slightly better.} Bf6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. c4 Rfe8 17. Bf3 Rab8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b5,Bb5c5,Bc5c2][%mdl 32]} 18. c5 d5 19. h4 b6 20. Rhe1 bxc5 21. Qxc5 {[%cal Rf3d5]} Rb5 22. Qa3 Qc6 23. Qb2 a5 24. c4 Rc5 25. cxd5 Bf5+ {[%cal Be6f5,Bf5h7,Bh7c2][%mdl 32]} 26. Ka1 Qd7 (26... Qb5 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. Qd4 Rc2 28. g4 Bh7 {[#]} 29. Rxe8+ (29. g5 $1 $16 hxg5 30. hxg5) 29... Qxe8 $14 30. d6 cxd6 31. Qxd6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Rc8 (31... Qf8 $14) 32. Qd4 ({White should play} 32. Bb7 $16 Bc2 33. Rc1 (33. Bxc8 Bxd1 34. Qxd1 Qxc8 $16)) 32... Qe7 $11 33. h5 (33. Bb7 {NOTEXT} Re8 34. Bc6 Rc8 35. Bd5 Qxh4 36. f4) 33... Bc2 34. Rc1 {Threatens to win with Kb2.} Rd8 {[#]} (34... a4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 35. Bd5 (35. bxa4 Rd8 $14) 35... axb3 36. Bxb3 Bf5 37. Rxc8+ Bxc8) 35. Qb2 (35. Qc3 $1 $16 Bh7 36. Rd1 (36. Qxa5 Qf6+ 37. Rc3 Rc8 $17)) 35... Bd3 36. Qc3 f5 (36... Qg5 $14) 37. Rd1 (37. Qxa5 $16 {Black must now prevent Rc7.} Qf6+ 38. Qc3) 37... fxg4 38. Bxg4 Be4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Bb5 $16 {is a better chance.} 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 39. Re1 Qb7 40. Qxa5 Rd5 $2 (40... Ra8 41. Be6+ Kh8) 41. Be6+ {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,57,29,11,37,19,21,0,16,6,23,32,66,43,49,24,70,68,81,75,227,258,353,287,256,252,673,672,660,660,972,972,972,972,972,972,960,945,876,589,3797,3797,2545,2387,29963,2290]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. e3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O {LiveBook: 16 Games} b6 $146 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} ({Predecessor:} 8... Be6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. Na4 Bf5 13. Qb2 e6 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 {1-0 (59) Nepomniachtchi,I (2721)-Ivanchuk,V (2731) Beijing 2013}) 9. h3 Bb7 10. e4 dxe4 {The position is equal.} 11. Nxe4 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. c5 a5 14. Rd1 Qb8 15. Bh6 Rd8 16. Ng5 bxc5 $2 {[#]} (16... a4 $16) 17. Nxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 {[#]} 18. Bc4+ $1 e6 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 18... Ke8 $2 19. Qb3 $18) 19. Bxe6+ $1 $40 {[%mdl 640] White has strong attack.} Kxe6 $2 (19... Ke7) 20. Qc4+ Ke7 {And now ...g5 would win.} 21. Re1+ Be5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Qh4+ Kf7 24. Bf4 Rd5 25. Qxh7+ Kf6 26. Re3 Ra7 27. Rae1 {Bxe5+ would kill now.} Bc8 28. Bxe5+ Rxe5 29. Qh8+ {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 34%.} (29. Qh4+ $142 Ke6 30. Qf4 Ke7 31. Rxe5+ Qxe5 32. Qxe5+ Kf7 33. Qh8 g5 34. Qh7+ Kf6 35. Qxa7) 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,65,26,28,40,40,124,126,103,110,121,124,117,117,133,116,169,162,188,186,196,182,181,177,271,268,272,258,350,347,333,332,518,503,1115,1118,1117,1115,1115,1062,1032,971,989,967]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qf3 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} (9. Bf4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. b3 Re8 13. Na4 c5 14. c4 d4 15. e5 Nd7 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Bg3 g6 18. Qd2 {0-1 (46) Kasimdzhanov,R (2683)-Movsesian,S (2647) Riadh 2017}) 9... Be7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Bf4 Bh4 13. Qf3 $1 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bg5 14. Na4 {[#]} Qf6 $146 ({Black should play} 14... Bxf4 $14 15. Qxf4 Nf6) ({Predecessor:} 14... Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Qc7 16. e5 Nf6 {1-0 (85) Bobras,P (2531)-Bai,J (2519) Germany 2015}) 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Bxa6 Rb8 19. b3 Nd6 (19... Nf6 $16) 20. Bd3 $18 f5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 21. exd5 cxd5 22. a4 Ne4 23. Rfe1 e5 (23... Rf7 {was worth a try.} 24. a5 (24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qg3 Qxg3 $16) 24... Ra7) 24. a5 (24. Bxe4 $6 fxe4 25. Qe2 Qe7 $16) 24... Qf6 25. a6 ({Resist} 25. Bxe4 $6 fxe4 26. Qe2 Ra8 $18) 25... Nc3 {and if ...e4 works, Black does fine.} 26. a7 Ra8 27. Ra6 Qe7 (27... Qf7 {was called for.} 28. Rxe5 Rxa7 29. Rxf5 Rxa6 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Bxh7+ (31. Bxa6 Rxf3 32. gxf3 Kf7 $18) 31... Kxh7 32. Qd3+ Rg6 33. Qxc3 Rgf6) 28. Bxf5 {White is clearly winning.} Qc7 (28... Ne4 $142 29. Rea1 Kh8) 29. Be6+ Kh8 {[#]} 30. Qxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf8 31. a8=Q {[%cal Ra8f8]} Qc5 {[#]} 32. Qxf8+ $3 Qxf8 33. Rc6 {Precision: White = 94%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,101,0,9,-25,-25,-36,-29,-28,-19,-45,-40,-91,-90,-84,-91,-91,-46,-89,-68,-138,-74,-150,-135,-128,-118,-157,-85,-81,-91,-129,-120,-108,-110,-116,-116,-200,-106,-106,-70,-66,0,-91,-92,-91,-97,-91,-96,-144,-98,-232,-162,-166,-147,-160,-158,-165,-19,-35,0,0,17,13,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,8,7,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,7,8,8,8,7,7,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 g6 6. b4 {D05: Colle System with ...e6} c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... b6 7. a4 Bg7 8. Ba3 Qc7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O c4 11. b5 Re8 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Rfe1 {0-1 (41) Lopukhin,A (2361)-Volkov,S (2618) Taganrog 2015}) 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O {Black has an edge.} O-O 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. e4 (10. a4 $15) 10... Nxe4 $17 11. Nxe4 Bf5 12. Nfd2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 e5 14. d5 (14. dxe5 $15 Bxe5 15. Bf3) 14... Nxd5 ({Better is} 14... Qxd5 15. f3 Qc6) 15. Bf3 (15. Bxc4 $142 Rc8 16. Bg5 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nxc3 18. Qe3) 15... Nf4 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. g4 Bc8 ({Black should try} 17... Bd7 18. Bxf4 exf4) 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nd6 Be6 20. Nxb7 {[#]} Bxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Bxg4 {Bf3 is the strong threat.} Qxb7 22. Rd7 {[#]} (22. Qe2 $17 {was necessary.}) 22... Qc6 (22... Qb5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb5g5]} 23. Qd1 Bxc3) 23. Rad1 Qf6 {Strongly threatening ...Qg5.} 24. Bf3 Rac8 (24... Qg5+ $15 25. Kf1 Rad8) 25. Rc1 {[#]} (25. Rxa7 $11 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Bxc3 27. b5) 25... a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. bxa5 Qg5+ 27. Kh1 Qxa5 28. Qd2 Rcd8 29. Rc2 (29. Rxd8 $17 Rxd8 30. Qxf4) 29... Rxd7 30. Qxd7 Bxc3 31. Bd5 Be5 32. Rxc4 Qe1+ ({But not} 32... Qxa2 33. Rc8 $17) (32... f3 $19 {( -> ...Qe1#)} 33. Bxf3 Qxa2) 33. Kg2 $15 f3+ 34. Bxf3 Qb1 35. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Qb6 36. Bd5 Qf6 {The position is equal.} 37. a5 Rd8 38. Rc8 Rxc8 39. Qxc8+ Kg7 40. Qc4 Qg5+ 41. Kf1 Bxh2 42. a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6a7] Black must now prevent a7.} Bb8 43. Bxf7 Ba7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...Qf6. Black is fighting back} 44. Bd5 {Threatens to win with Qc7+.} Qe7 45. Qc3+ Kh6 46. Qh3+ Kg7 47. Qc3+ Kh6 48. Qc1+ Kg7 49. Qb2+ Kh6 50. Qd2+ Qg5 51. Qxg5+ {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,155,17,10,20,4,22,10,43,41,38,39,45,42,42,50,58,41,35,40,77,96,140,137,118,118,135,135,118,110,111,92,85,76,216,231,198,135,158,146,254,261,234,154,286,278,328,150,156,158,150,153,143,120,137,120,104,71,77,80,183,170,241,240,293,282,329,300,254,0,323,322,329,329,321,318,364,354,344,315,314,0,329,315,329,329,577,266,103,264,253,142,413,272,483,452,402,386,376,373,362,268,355,80,80,75,29979,29980,29980,29981,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29984,29984,29985,29985,29982,29981,0,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29987,29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Rb8 14. b3 Be6 15. h4 {[#] LiveBook: 18 Games} Rb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... g6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bg2 Rfd8 18. O-O a5 19. Qe2 {½-½ (61) Balogh,C (2643)-Moiseenko,A (2715) Ningbo 2011}) 16. Rc1 (16. Qd2 {feels hotter.} a5 17. Rd1 Be7 18. Bh3 Bf6 19. Qe2) 16... a5 17. Bh3 (17. Bg2 {looks sharper.} Be7 18. O-O Qd7 19. Qd3 Bd8 20. Nce3) 17... Bxd5 18. cxd5 Na7 19. Bf1 Qb8 20. Ne3 Bd8 21. Ba6 Rc7 22. O-O Rxc1 23. Qxc1 g6 24. Nc4 Bb6 25. h5 Bd4 26. Kg2 Qd8 27. f4 exf4 28. Qxf4 Qe7 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Qh4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Re8 (30... Qxh4 $16 31. gxh4 Nc8) 31. Qxe7 $18 Rxe7 32. Kf3 ({Less strong is} 32. Nxa5 Rxe4 33. Nc6 Bc5 $14) (32. Nxd6 $18 Bc5 33. Nb7) 32... Bc5 33. Nxa5 f5 (33... Kf8 $16 34. Rh1 Kg7) 34. exf5 gxf5 35. Kg2 Re3 (35... Bb6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 36. Nb7 Rc3 37. Nxc5 (37. Rxf5 $18 Kg7 38. Nd8) 37... Rxc5 $16 38. Rxf5 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra5 39. Bc4 Rxa2+ 40. Kh3 Nc8 41. Rf4 Kg7 42. Bb5 Nb6 43. Rxb4 {Bc6 is the strong threat.} Nxd5 {[#]} (43... Rd2 $16 {is a better defense.}) 44. Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4d5]} Nc3 (44... Ne3 $142 45. Rxd6 Ra8) 45. Bc4 Kf6 46. Rxd6+ Ke5 47. Re6+ Kd4 48. Rd6+ Ke5 $1 {[%cal Re5d6]} 49. Rd3 Ne4 50. Rd5+ Kf6 51. Kg4 Nf2+ 52. Kf3 Nh3 53. Ke3 Rg2 {[#]} 54. Kf3 $2 (54. Rd6+ $1 $18 Kf5 55. Rd5+ Kg4 56. b4) 54... Rb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... Ra2 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 55. g4 Rc2 56. Rf5+ Kg6 57. Bf7+ Kh6) 55. Rd6+ Ke5 56. Re6+ Kf5 $2 (56... Kd4 {was necessary.} 57. Re4+ Kc5) 57. Re8 (57. g4+ $142 Kg5 58. Kg3) 57... Ng5+ 58. Ke3 Rg2 59. Bd3+ (59. b4 $18) 59... Kg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59... Kf6 $16 {might work better.}) 60. Be2+ Kxg3 $2 (60... Kf5 61. g4+ Kf6 62. Rf8+ Ke7) 61. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rg1 62. b5 Rb1 63. Rg8 Kh4 64. Bd3 Rb4 65. Rd8 $2 (65. Rg6 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 65... Ne6 $16 66. Rd6 Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66... Nc7 $16) 67. Rd4+ Rxd4 68. Kxd4 {KB-KN} Na4 69. Bc2 Nb6 70. Kc5 Nd7+ 71. Kc6 Ne5+ 72. Kc7 Nc4 73. Bd3 Nb2 74. Bc2 Nc4 75. Bb3 {White mates.} Nd2 76. Bd5 Nb1 77. b6 Nc3 78. Bc6 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2846"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,69,2,8,-29,-19,-14,31,17,42,0,4,-26,32,17,20,-58,-14,-48,-35,-45,0,-237,-252,-248,-235,-261,-268,-323,-81,-85,-41,-27,0,0,0,-320,-333,-335,-325,-324,-316,-416,182,187,448,445,414,397,29990,29991,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29990,29989,29978]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 dxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (6... c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 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}) 7. bxc4 c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Rg1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Rfd1 Qd7 12. Rac1 {½-½ (12) Meskovs,N (2495)-Mirzoev,A (2535) Innsbruck 2017}) 8... Nc6 {Black has an edge.} 9. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} a6 10. g5 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8d6,Bd6e4][%mdl 32]} 11. h4 Nd6 12. h5 f5 ({Black should play} 12... f6 $11) 13. Be2 Rb8 14. a4 (14. Qc2 $11) 14... Bd7 15. d4 cxd4 16. exd4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 $2 (17. Kf1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 17... fxe4 $19 18. Nd2 Qa5 (18... Bxg5 19. Nxe4 Bf4 20. d5 $11) 19. Qb3 Rxf2 {Hoping for ...Rbf8.} ({Don't play} 19... Bxg5 20. O-O-O $19) 20. Qe3 Rf5 $2 (20... Rbf8 $19 {is more deadly.} 21. O-O-O Qxa4 22. Nxe4 R8f3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Qxf2 Rxf2 24. Nxf2 Ba3) 21. O-O-O $17 Qxa4 22. Nxe4 Nb4 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Ra4c2]} 23. Rd2 Rc8 {[#] And now ...Nd5 would win.} 24. Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. d5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 24... Rcxc5 $1 $19 ({Much less strong is} 24... Bxc5 25. dxc5 Rfxc5 26. Qa3 $19 (26. Qd4 $2 e5 $19)) 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Qg3 {With the idea g6.} Bxg1 27. Qxg1 {aiming for g6.} Qc6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27... Qb3 $19 28. Bd4 Na2+ 29. Rxa2 Qxa2) 28. Qd4 $1 $40 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7][%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Rf7 $2 {[#]} (28... Rxg5 29. Qxd7 Rg1+ 30. Bd1 Qxc4+ 31. Kb1 Qa2+ 32. Kc1 Qc4+ 33. Kb1 Qa2+ 34. Kc1 Qc4+) 29. g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f7]} hxg6 30. hxg6 Re7 $2 (30... Qh1+ $18 31. Bd1 Re7) 31. Qh4 {White mates.} Na2+ 32. Kb1 Nc3+ 33. Bxc3 Qb6+ 34. Kc1 Qg1+ 35. Bd1 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,88,41,35,17,8,3,17,10,20,21,24,-8,-4,-12,-12,-13,-1,-10,-10,-17,-8,-75,-81,-105,-99,-99,-103,-102,-93,-186,-178,-173,-52,-399,-395,-824,-445,-447,-640,-580,-422,-29985,-29986,-29989,-565,-1252,-852,-758,-758,-1071,-1040,-7557,-7437,-5078,-2226,-29968,-29969,-6307,-6283,-5169,-972,-3118,-2527,-4432,-3361,-5308,-5302,-29972,-29973,-29986,-5210]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Re8 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 11. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Nf1 g6 15. Bg5 {½-½ (37) Bruzon Batista,L (2643)-Nakamura,H (2792) Tbilisi 2017}) 11... Nd6 12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 $1 f5 ({Much worse is} 17... Qh4 $6 18. g3 $16) 18. Nc4 Qh4 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. c4 (20. f3 $11) 20... Nb4 $17 21. Re3 Nd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 22. Qd2 f4 23. Rh3 Qf6 24. Rf1 {[#]} (24. f3 $17 Nxb2 25. Qxb2) 24... d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. cxd5 Rad8 (25... Qf5 $19 26. Bc3 Rad8) 26. Rh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. f3 $1 $15 Nxb2 27. Qxb2) 26... Qg6 $19 27. Re5 $2 (27. Rh3 Rxd5 28. Ba3) 27... Nxe5 28. dxe5 f3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rg6g2]} 29. g3 {[#]} Qe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Kh1 (30. dxe6 $19 Rxd2 31. Ba3) 30... Rxd5 31. Qc2 Qc6 (31... Red8 $142 32. Qxe4 Qh3 33. Rg1 Qg2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Rxg2 Rd1+ 35. Qe1 Rxe1+ 36. Rg1 Rxg1+ 37. Kxg1 Rd1#) 32. Qb1 Rd2 33. Bc1 Rd3 34. Be3 Rxe5 {White must now prevent ...Qd7.} 35. h4 Qd7 {( -> ...Qh3+)} 36. Kh2 {[#]} Rxe3 $1 37. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd2+ 38. Kh3 h5 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rd2g2]} 39. Rg1 f2 (39... Qd7+ $142 40. g4 f2) 40. Rf1 Qxe3 41. Qc2 Rf5 42. Qc8+ Rf8 43. Qe6+ Kh7 44. Qe5 Qf3 {Precision: White = 13%, Black = 61%.} (44... Qe2 $142 45. Qa1 Qf3 46. Kh2 e3 47. Qb1+ Kh8 48. Qd3 e2 49. Qxf3 Rxf3 50. Kg2 e1=Q 51. Rxe1 fxe1=Q 52. Kxf3 Kg8 53. a4 Qd1+ 54. Ke3 Qxb3+ 55. Kf4 Qxa4+ 56. Kf3 Qd1+ 57. Kf4 {[#]} g5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 58. Ke4 a5 59. Kf5 Qd5+ 60. Kf6 g4 61. Ke7 Kg7 62. Ke8 Kf6 63. Kf8 Qf7#) 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,-6,7,-8,0,-7,0,-10,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-21,0,12,14,33,27,41,23,32,25,32,0,0,0,0,-18,-20,-31,129,112,105,93,426,444,573,414,581,397,385,399,905,910,995,976,1052,1061,1143,1130,1081,1097]} 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. g3 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c6 8. Nc3 Qb6 9. e3 Nf6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 {½-½ (41) Hansen,T (2428)-Rasmussen,E (2287) ICCF email 2005}) 6. Ne3 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Re8 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Na6 11. Nec2 Bc5 12. b3 Nb4 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. Ne3 Bh5 15. a3 Na6 16. Ndf5 Bg6 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Ng4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Re6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 $2 {[#]} (20... Bxb4 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 21. Qc1 Kg8 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6) 21. Rxa8 $1 $16 Qxa8 22. Qd2 {Qh6+ is the strong threat.} Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Qd8 $16 {is a better chance.}) 23. Nxf6 $18 Qd8 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Bf3 Nc2 26. Qh4 Qa5 $2 {[#]} (26... Nd4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4) 27. Nxh7+ {White is clearly winning.} Ke8 28. Nf6+ Kd8 29. Bg4 Kc7 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Qh6 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,67,42,52,186,193,188,176,212,189,249,232,239,223,301,266,268,255,248,293,288,289,254,272,297,283,295,277,278,278,261,275,303,299,291,104,329,307,508,478,592,596,580,539,831,807,889,820,29990,29991,29994,29993,29993,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. e5 Ne8 {A43: Schmid Benoni} 7. h4 d6 8. e6 fxe6 9. h5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} exd5 ({Black should try} 9... gxh5 $14 10. Rxh5 Nf6) 10. hxg6 $18 hxg6 11. Qxd5+ e6 12. Qd3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qf6 $146 (12... Rf6 {is a better defense.} 13. Bg5 d5) ({Predecessor:} 12... Rf5 13. Nh4 Nc6 14. Nxf5 gxf5 {1-0 (40) Yermolinsky,A (2560)-Khmelnitsky,I (2490) Modesto 1995}) 13. Ne4 Qf5 {[#]} 14. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4f5]} Qf7 15. Qh3 d5 16. Nf3 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh3h7]} Qf5 {...Qxh3 is the strong threat.} 17. Qh7+ ({Stronger than} 17. Nxc5 Qxh3 18. Rxh3 e5 $11) 17... Kf7 {[#]} 18. Neg5+ $1 ({Weaker is} 18. Nxc5 Rh8 $16) 18... Ke7 19. Bd3 Qf6 {Strongly threatening ...Rh8.} 20. Qh2 ({Don't blunder} 20. Bxg6 $2 Rh8 $19) 20... Rh8 21. Nh7 {Hoping for Bg5.} Qf7 22. Nfg5 Qg8 23. Bxg6 {And now Bf7 would win.} Bc3+ 24. bxc3 Qxg6 25. Qg3 $2 (25. Be3 $18 {is more deadly.}) 25... Nc6 $2 (25... Nd7 $16 {was necessary.}) 26. Bf4 {[%cal Bc1f4,Bf4d6,Bd6f8][%mdl 32]} Nf6 $2 (26... Na5 27. O-O-O Nc4) 27. Bd6+ Kd7 {[%cal Rf6h7]} 28. Nf8+ Rxf8 29. Bxf8 Ne4 30. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 31. Kf1 {White threatens Qg7+ and mate.} Qe5 32. Rh7+ {White mates.} Ke8 33. Qg6+ Kd8 34. Qg8 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,101,21,7,9,16,16,-6,4,-4,8,0,-1,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,7,14,22,31,33,36,60,64,130,87,72,76,71,74,72,81,61,48,32,43,74,68,68,67,67,30,33,34,33,33,36,22,35,22,49,12,13,8,9,8,11,8,52,51,68,65,126,6,7,8,16,16,20,17,22,0,11,0,20,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 10. Re2 b6 11. Re1 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bb7 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Be3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 d6 15. a4 a6 16. c3 Qd7 17. a5 b5 18. Bg5 {½-½ (18) Motylev,A (2675)-Giri,A (2772) Tbilisi 2017}) 13... Re8 14. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} d6 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Nf1 c5 17. c3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Nf6 20. Ne3 g6 21. Qb3 Rac8 22. a4 Re7 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rxa5 Be4 25. Bf1 Qb7 (25... Rc7 $14) 26. Qa3 {[#] Hoping for Ba6.} Rd8 27. Nc4 Bd5 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Ne3 Qe4 30. Qd3 Qxd3 $1 31. Bxd3 Be4 32. Bxe4 Nxe4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 33. f3 Nf6 34. b4 Rd7 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Ke2 Rb7 37. b5 Ke7 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. d5+ Ke7 40. Kd4 Nd7 41. Nc4 Nc5 {And now ...Nb3+ would win.} 42. Kc3 Rc7 43. Ra3 Nd7 {Strongly threatening ...Nb6.} 44. Kd4 Nf6 {[#]} (44... Nb6 $14 45. Nxb6 axb6) 45. Na5 ({White should play} 45. Nxd6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] Black must now prevent Rxa7!} Rd7 (45... Kxd6 46. Ra6+) 46. Nc8+ Kd8 47. Nxa7 Rxd5+ 48. Kc4) 45... Rc5 $11 {The position is equal.} 46. Nc6+ Kf8 47. Nxa7 {Threatening b6.} Rxd5+ 48. Kc4 Rc5+ 49. Kd4 Rd5+ 50. Kc4 Rc5+ 51. Kd4 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,59,-4,0,0,-16,-7,0,0,13,0,6,0,21,14,21,29,33,16,38,16,37,33,90,59,56,64,70,64,98,81,472,451]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15. Nc4 Nd7 {LiveBook: 17 Games. A70: Modern Benoni: 6 e4 g6 7 Nf3} (15... Bb7 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Bd2 Bxd5 18. Ba5 Qb7 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Qc2 Nf6 22. Rd1 Nc6 23. Qa4 Nxa5 24. Qxa5 Qa8 25. b3 h6 {½-½ (25) Kozul,Z (2604)-Cvitan,O (2533) Rijeka 2009}) 16. Bf4 Ndf6 17. Ne3 Nh5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 17... Rb8 18. Rb1 Nc7 19. Bf1 Rb4 20. Bg5 h6 21. a3 Re4 22. Bh4 Nb5 23. Bd3 Re8 24. a4 Nc7 25. Qb3 Bd7 26. Bg3 Bf8 27. Nd2 Qa8 28. Bc4 {½-½ (28) Camacho Dominguez,F (2187)-Ramos Verdu,J (2100) ICCF email 2012}) 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. h4 Rb8 20. b3 Bxg5 21. hxg5 f6 22. gxf6 Qxf6 23. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nc7 24. Rc4 Nf4 25. Qd2 Bd7 ({Black should play} 25... Nxd3 $14 26. Qxd3 Bd7) 26. Ng4 Bxg4 27. Rxf4 Qa1+ 28. Bf1 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 {[#] Hoping for Qf4.} Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Qd4 $16 {is tougher.} 30. Qxd4 cxd4) 30. Qf4 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,118,30,7,29,22,31,19,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-20,-26,-39,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-39,-31,-41,-62,-63,-54,-16,-86,-86,-86,-88,-99,-93,-96,-96,-95,-95,-92,-92,-120,-104,-92,-93,-92,-97,-208,-208,-208,-212,-220,-191,-201,-208,-184,-89,-89,-91,-92,-94,-165,-156,-232,-234,-225,-212,-408,-422,-408,-326,-433,-432,-423,-417,-420,-430,-419,-402,-441,-433,-873,-1062,-1102,-1139,-977,-1095,-1262,-1261,-1080,-1147,-1108,-1065,-972,-891,-825,-722,-6107,-6087]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. d5 Nb8 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} 9. Bd3 e6 10. dxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd2 exd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. a5 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 {½-½ (58) Rizouk,A (2524)-Movsziszian,K (2479) Barcelona 2015}) 10... Bxe6 {The position is equal.} 11. Nd4 d5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd4 (14. exd5 {seems wilder.} cxd5 15. Ne2 Qd6 16. c3 c5 17. Rb1) 14... dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxg7 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Nxf2 $1 18. Bxf8 Nxd1 19. Rxd1 {aiming for Bh6.} Kxf8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Nc5 Bxc2 22. Rd7 Rb8 23. Rxc7 Rxb2 24. Rxc6 Rb4 25. a5 (25. Rxa6 $11 Rc4 26. Nd7+ Ke7 27. Nb6) 25... Rb5 $17 26. Nxa6 Be4 27. Rc8+ Kg7 $1 {Hoping for ...Bb7.} 28. Nc5 Bf5 29. Rc7 Rxa5 30. g4 Bb1 31. Kh2 Ba2 32. g5 h6 33. h4 Bd5 34. Kg3 (34. Nd7 $17) 34... Ra3+ $19 35. Kh2 Ra2+ 36. Kg3 {[#]} Rg2+ $1 37. Kf4 {[#]} Rf2+ $1 38. Ke3 Rf5 (38... Rf3+ $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 39. Kd4 Rf5 40. gxh6+ Kxh6) 39. gxh6+ $17 Kxh6 {And now ...Kh5 would win.} 40. Nd3 Rf3+ 41. Kd4 (41. Ke2 $17) 41... Be6 $19 42. Ne5 (42. Nc5 $17) 42... Rf4+ 43. Ke3 Rf5 ({Not} 43... Rxh4 44. Nxf7+ Bxf7 45. Rxf7 $15) 44. Nd3 $2 (44. Nf3) 44... Kh5 45. Nf4+ Kxh4 46. Re7 g5 47. Ne2 Kg4 48. Nd4 Rf1 49. Re8 Bd5 50. Ke2 Rf4 {Black is clearly winning.} 51. Ke3 (51. Kd3 $142) 51... f5 52. Rf8 Re4+ 53. Kd3 Re5 54. Nc2 Be4+ 55. Kd4 Rd5+ 56. Kc4 Rd7 57. Nd4 Rc7+ 58. Kb4 f4 59. Rg8 Bd5 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2868"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,88,0,0,5,5,11,0,12,0,0,0,37,0,0,0,39,37,46,64,38,39,39,39,39,35,83,100,131,134,113,0,192,197,188,183,201,188,197,114,141,141,123,114,114,106,106,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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. Nf3 Bxb5 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} 10. Bxb5+ Nc6 11. O-O Nge7 12. Bd3 Bb6 13. Kh1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qd7 14. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rb1 h5 15. a4 a5 16. bxa5 Bxa5 17. f5 Nxf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 {½-½ (145) Pacher,M (2471)-Videki,S (2400) Austria 2015}) 14... Rc8 15. Qd2 Nf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. a4 a6 18. Ba3 Nd8 19. b5 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nxd4 O-O 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. Qd3 g6 24. Qxa6 Rc4 25. Rfd1 Ne6 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Qb7 (27. Qd6 $16) 27... Qc6 $2 (27... Rxf4 $11 28. Rxd5 Re4) 28. Qxc6 $18 Rxc6 29. Rxd5 Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. a5 Ra8 {[#]} 31. h4 ({Better is} 31. h3 $1 $18) 31... Rc4 32. g3 Rc2 33. a6 {Black must now prevent Rd7.} Ra7 34. Rb5 {Hoping for Rb7.} Kg7 35. Rb7 (35. Rba5 $16) 35... Rxb7 $11 {The position is equal.} 36. axb7 {KR-KR} Rb2 37. Ra7 Kh6 $1 38. b8=R Rxb8 39. Rxf7 Kh5 40. Kg2 {[#] e6 is the strong threat.} Kg4 41. Rxh7 Rb2+ 42. Kf1 Kxg3 43. Rg7 Kxf4 44. Rxg6 Kxe5 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,139,15,0,0,0,0,0,20,29,42,31,22,29,35,18,45,48,61,55,57,35,70,35,28,-3,93,104,92,99,99,71,157,172,145,144,179,170,159,35,27,22,167,164,218,202,233,85,290,212,275,207,406,114,75,112,94,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-41,-54,-91,0,0,6,0,94,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,137,122,145,116,145,145,145,144,145,144,144,144,144,106,144,0,144,144,992,426,992,426,912,887]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. a3 c6 (9... e5 10. e4 d4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nc4 b5 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Qd2 {1-0 (48) Anton Guijarro,D (2666)-Ni,H (2671) Riadh 2017}) 10. h3 Bh5 11. e4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} dxe4 12. dxe4 {[#]} Be5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 13. c3 $146 (13. Bxe5 Nxe5) ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc1 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e5 16. Nc4 b5 {1-0 (55) Lai,H (2308)-Gormally,D (2489) Amsterdam 2015}) 13... Rad8 14. Qc2 Bc7 15. a4 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 e5 17. a5 h6 18. Nh4 Qe6 19. b4 Nf8 20. c4 Qd7 21. Nb3 Ne6 22. g4 Nxg4 (22... Bg6 $1 $11) 23. hxg4 $16 Bxg4 24. f3 Qe7 25. Qf2 ({But not} 25. fxg4 $6 Qxh4 26. Bf3 Ng5 $15) 25... Qxb4 (25... Nf4 $142) 26. Re3 Bh5 {[#]} 27. Ba3 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra3b4][%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Qxc4 28. Bf1 Qa4 {[#]} 29. Bf8 {[#]} (29. Nf5 $1 $16 {Hoping for Be7.} c5 30. Bxc5) 29... Qxa1 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Nxa1 Bxa5 (30... Rxf8 $11 31. Nb3 b6) 31. Ba3 Bb6 (31... Rd1 {keeps fighting.}) 32. Qe1 $18 Nf4 {intending ...g5.} 33. Bc1 (33. Nb3 $18) 33... Re6 $2 (33... g5 $16) 34. Kh2 Red6 35. Be2 g6 $2 (35... Nxe2 {might work better.} 36. Qxe2 Bxe3 37. Bxe3 (37. Qxe3 Rd1 $16) 37... b6) 36. Nc2 $2 (36. Ra3 $18 {is more deadly.}) 36... Nxe2 $16 37. Qxe2 {Strongly threatening Rb3.} Rd1 38. Ng2 ({Better is} 38. Kg3 $16) 38... Rxc1 $11 39. Rd3 Rxd3 40. Qxd3 {[#]} Bxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Qxf3 Rxc2 42. Qf6 Bd4 43. Kh3 Rf2 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Nh4 b5 (45... Rf4 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Bf2.} 46. Qc7 b5 47. Qxc6 b4) 46. Kg3 $1 b4 {aiming for ...b3.} 47. Nf3 Bb6 (47... Rxf3+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} 48. Kxf3 b3) 48. Qe7 (48. Qd1 $16) 48... b3 49. Qxe5+ Kh7 50. Qe7 Kg7 51. Qe5+ Kg8 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qxc6 {Black must now prevent Qc3+.} b2 54. Qc3+ Kh7 55. Qb3 Kg8 {And now ...Re2 would win.} 56. e5 Re2 57. e6 Bc7+ (57... fxe6 {feels hotter.} 58. Qb5 Kf7 59. Qd7+ Kf6 60. Qd6 Bf2+) 58. Kh3 Rxe6 (58... fxe6 $11 59. Qb5 Kf7) 59. Qxb2 $16 Bb6 60. Qc2 a5 61. Qc4 Kg7 62. Kg2 Kg8 63. Qc3 Re2+ 64. Kf1 Re6 65. Qc4 Kg7 66. Qc3+ Kg8 $1 67. Ne5 a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (67... Bd8 $16) 68. Nd7 (68. Qc8+ $142 Kh7 69. Nd7) 68... Rd6 (68... Bd8 $142 69. Qc8 Re8 70. Nf6+ Bxf6 71. Qxe8+ Kg7 72. Qxa4 Be5) 69. Nf6+ (69. Qc8+ $142 Kh7 70. Qe8 Rd1+ 71. Ke2 Rxd7 72. Qxd7) 69... Kf8 (69... Rxf6+ $142 70. Qxf6 Bc5) 70. Qb4 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,61,7,8,3,14,-1,0,0,-2,-32,29,16,37,34,36,29,33,25,50,64,65,64,52,10,20,-50,-42,-42,-44,-30,-34,-33,-9,-12,-12,-44,-7,-40,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Rb7 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 13. b3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Qd3 Be6 14. b3 Nd7 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. a4 Qb8 17. axb5 axb5 {1-0 (35) Vidit,S (2693)-Areshchenko,A (2652) Linares 2017}) 13... Nd7 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. Nc3 Be6 16. a4 Ng4 (16... b4 $15 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Ng4) 17. axb5 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 axb5 19. Rfd1 Qc8 20. Bf1 Rc7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 22. Rxd5 Rxc2 23. Rxb5 {Threatening Bc4.} (23. Ra7 {NOTEXT} Rc3 24. Qb6 Bd8 25. Qxb5 Qg4 26. Rxd6 Qxe4 27. Qb7) 23... d5 24. exd5 ({White should play} 24. Qd3 $11) 24... Bc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 25. Rxc5 $1 Qxc5 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 {KRR-KRB} 27. Bc4 Rd8 28. Kg2 Kf8 29. Kf3 f5 30. Ra6 Rcxd5 31. Bxd5 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,59,20,21,19,18,30,39,39,39,39,39,39,39,32,56,55,59,56,60,62,64,60,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,97,111,104,104,104,104,57,102,96,96,89,89,85,118,69]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. h3 e6 9. Be3 b6 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 10. e5 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 {½-½ (63) Caruana,F (2799)-Grischuk,A (2782) Saint Louis 2017}) 10... dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bb7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. f4 c5 15. Bf3 Be6 16. c4 d4 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 {0-1 (38) Esposito,L (2229)-Gual Pascual,A (2397) Barcelona 2016}) 12. Bf3 {White is slightly better.} Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. a5 b5 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Bf4 Bb7 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Bg4 f5 20. Bf3 c6 21. b4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Be5 Bf8 24. c3 Bc8 25. Bd1 Qf7 26. Bc2 h5 27. Kf1 {White is better.} Kh7 28. Bf4 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qe6 30. Qxe6 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,157,31,25,29,30,36,34,70,9,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,3,0,-16,0,-16,-25,17,0,27,0,55,59,55,62,61,64,95,85,86,83,96,97,94,94,94,94,94,104,105,103,103,0,0,0,0,0,115,115,216,227,234,219,216,231,210,233,179,0,16,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,131,131,131,131,131,131,221,205,209,214,211,203,211,197,781,774,769,757,29989,1114,1753,5077,4133,1003,1003,926,764,552,3797,2499,2560,501,456,0,2083,584,1884,453,342,0,1283,1298,1231,1213,1077,1066,29976,29977,12850,675,666,653,590,555,603,379,451,0,879,808,593,555,29971,6531]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 h6 8. Bh4 g6 {B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7} 9. Qe2 {LiveBook: 6 Games. With the idea e5!} e5 (9... Bg7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. f4 Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. f5 g5 15. Bg3 Nc5 16. h4 {0-1 (32) Hovhannisyan,R (2640)-Artemiev,V (2653) Martuni 2016}) 10. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qc4+ d5 12. Nxd5 b5 13. Qc6 exd4 14. Qxa8 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 Bg7 16. e5 {1-0 (31) Kapnisis,S (2514)-Tzoumbas,A (2343) Peristeri 2010}) 10... Be7 {White has an edge.} 11. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nb6 12. Bd3 (12. Bxf6 $14 Bxf6 13. Nd2) 12... Be6 $11 13. a5 Nbd7 14. Bc4 Rc8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. O-O g5 17. Bg3 O-O 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Nd2 Rc6 20. Ra4 Nc5 21. Rb4 h5 {aiming for ...h4.} 22. h3 h4 (22... Qg6 $11) 23. Bh2 $14 Qg6 24. f3 Nh5 25. Nc4 Nf4 26. Bxf4 gxf4 27. Rb6 Rxb6 28. axb6 Qe8 29. Nxd6 Qc6 30. Nc4 Nd7 31. Kh2 Rd8 32. Rd2 Kf8 33. Qd1 ({Better is} 33. b3 $1 $16) 33... Ke8 $1 $11 34. Nd6+ Kf8 35. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qxc4 (35... Ke8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 36. Qe2 Rc8) 36. Rxd7 $16 Rxd7 (36... Qc8 $16 37. Rc7 Rxd1 38. Rxc8+ Rd8) 37. Qxd7 $18 Qf1 38. Qxe6 ({But not} 38. Qxb7 $6 Qf2 $16) 38... Qf2 39. Qf5+ ({Stronger than} 39. Qxe5 Qg3+ 40. Kh1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qg3+ 42. Kh1 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Qg3+ $11) 39... Ke8 {intending ...Qg3+.} 40. Qg6+ Kf8 41. Na4 $2 ({White should try} 41. b3 $18) 41... Qxc2 $11 42. Qf5+ Ke8 43. b3 Qf2 44. Qc8+ Kf7 45. Qc1 {[#]} Ba3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. Qc3 (46. Qxa3 Qg3+) 46... Bd6 47. b4 Qd4 (47... Ke7 $11) 48. Qc8 $16 {Strongly threatening Nc5.} Qf2 49. Qxb7+ Kf6 50. Qxa6 Qg3+ (50... Kg6 $16 51. Qc4 (51. Qc8 Qg3+ 52. Kh1 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qg3+ 54. Kh1 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 Qg3+ $11) 51... Qg3+ 52. Kg1 Qe1+ 53. Qf1 Qxb4) 51. Kg1 $18 Qe1+ 52. Qf1 Qxb4 {[#]} 53. Qd1 $1 Ke7 54. Kh2 Qb5 $2 (54... Kd7 55. b7 Kc7) 55. Nc3 Qb2 56. Nd5+ Ke6 57. Qe1 (57. Qa4 $142 Bc5 58. Qc6+ Kf7 59. Qxc5 Qb1 60. Qd6 Kg7 61. Qf6+ Kh7 62. Qg5) 57... Bc5 58. Qxh4 Qc1 59. Qf6+ Kd7 60. Qf7+ Kc6 61. h4 Qe1 {[%cal Re1h4]} 62. Qe8+ Kd6 63. Qd8+ (63. Qg6+ $142 Kd7 64. g3) 63... Kc6 64. Qe8+ Kd6 {[%cal Re1h4]} 65. Qg6+ Kd7 {[%cal Re1h4]} 66. Qg4+ (66. Kh3 $142 {Black must now prevent h5.} Qh1+ 67. Kg4 Qxg2+ 68. Kf5 Qh3+ 69. Kxe5 Qxh4 70. Qe6+ Kd8 71. Qf7 Bxb6 72. Qg8+ Kd7 73. Qe6+ Kd8 74. Qxb6+ Ke8 75. Nf6+ Qxf6+ 76. Kxf6 Kd7 77. Qc5 Kd8 78. Ke6 Ke8 79. Qe7#) 66... Kc6 {[#] ( -> ...Qg1+)} 67. Qg6+ $2 ({White has to play} 67. Qg5 $1 $18) 67... Kb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (67... Kd7 $11 68. g3 Bd6) 68. Kh3 Qh1+ 69. Kg4 Qxg2+ 70. Kf5 Qxf3 71. b7 Ba7 72. Nc7+ (72. Qe8+ $142 Ka5 73. b8=Q Bxb8 74. Qxb8 Qh5+ 75. Ke6 Qg4+ 76. Kf7 Qh5+ 77. Kg7 Qg4+ 78. Kf8) 72... Kb4 73. Qd6+ Kb3 74. Qxe5 {Threatens to win with Qb5+.} Bb8 75. Qd5+ Kc2 76. Na6 $2 (76. Ne6 $18 {Nd4+ is the strong threat.} Qh3+ 77. Kg6) 76... Qh3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (76... Qh5+ $11 77. Ke6 Qg6+ 78. Ke7 Qxa6) 77. Kg5 f3 78. Nxb8 f2 79. Qc5+ {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 54%.} (79. Qa2+ $142 Kd1 80. Qxf2 Qb3 81. Nd7 Qxb7 82. Nf6 Qg7+ 83. Kf5 Kc1 84. e5) 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2846"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,115,29,9,11,9,8,6,6,4,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,8,-47,-32,-43,-30,-32,-31,-41,-37,-54,-37,-37,-37,-41,-37,-32,-30,-37,0,0,0,0,17,21,15,-45,0,-16,9,-17,38,-29,0,-30,66,7,84,77,86,23,93,0,0,0,81,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,26,26,26,52,37,37,37,33,0,109,73,248,245,255,258,250,252,341,330,355,352,6090,6121,2991,2987]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} O-O 9. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 31 Games} (9. h3 Re8 10. b4 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Be3 Bxc4 14. dxc4 Qe6 15. Bxa7 Nxa7 {1-0 (47) Karjakin,S (2760)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Riadh 2017}) 9... a5 10. Nf1 {The position is equal.} Be6 11. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Bd2 {½-½ (37) Bronnikov,A (2201)-Baroin,B (2189) ICCF email 2012}) 11... Qd7 12. Be3 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Ne7 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. g3 Ng6 17. Kg2 c6 18. Qb3 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 19. c4 ({White should play} 19. h3 $11) 19... d4 $15 20. Nf5 c5 21. h3 Qc7 22. Nh2 Nf8 23. Ng4 {aiming for Nxf6+.} N6h7 24. Qc2 h5 25. Nh2 g6 26. Nh4 $1 Ne6 27. Qd2 Kg7 28. Rf1 Qe7 29. Qe1 Qg5 30. Kh1 Rf8 31. Rg1 (31. Ng2 $11) 31... Kh8 32. Qe2 Ra6 33. Rdf1 Rb6 (33... Qe7 $11) 34. Rg2 (34. Ng2 $14) 34... Qh6 35. N2f3 f6 (35... Qg7 $11) 36. Qc2 (36. Ng1 $14) 36... Rb4 (36... Rg8 $1 $11) 37. Ng1 $1 $16 Rg8 {[#]} 38. Ne2 (38. f4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 38... Qg5 (38... Nd8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39. Nf3 Qh6 40. Nh4 Qg5 41. Kh2 (41. f4 $16 Nxf4 42. Nxf4 (42. Nf3 Nxg2 43. Nxg5 Ne3 $17) 42... exf4 43. Nf3 (43. Rxf4 Qe5 $11)) 41... Nhf8 $11 {[%cal Bh7f8,Bf8d7,Bd7e5][%mdl 32]} 42. f4 exf4 $1 43. Nxf4 Nxf4 44. Rxf4 Nd7 45. Rf1 Rf8 46. Rgf2 Ne5 47. Ng2 {[%cal Bh4g2,Bg2f4,Bf4d5][%mdl 32]} Qh6 48. Nf4 {Nd5 is the strong threat.} Rb6 49. Nd5 Re6 50. Nxf6 ({Don't go for} 50. Rxf6 $2 Rexf6 51. Nxf6 (51. Rxf6 $2 Rxf6 52. Kg2 Rf3 $19) 51... Qg7 $19) 50... Re7 (50... Qe3 $11 {remains equal.}) 51. Nd5 Ref7 $2 (51... Rxf2+ $16 {might work better.} 52. Rxf2 Rd7) 52. Rxf7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Rxf7 53. Rxf7 Nxf7 54. Qf2 Ne5 {[#]} 55. Qf6+ $1 Kh7 56. Qe7+ ({Worse is} 56. Qxe5 Qd2+ 57. Kh1 Qd1+ 58. Kh2 Qe2+ 59. Kg1 Qe1+ 60. Kh2 Qf2+ 61. Kh1 Qf1+ 62. Kh2 Qf2+ 63. Kh1 Qf1+ 64. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 56... Qg7 $2 (56... Kg8 57. Nf4 (57. Nf6+ Kh8 $11) 57... Qg5 58. Qxg5 Nf3+ 59. Kg2 Nxg5 60. Nxg6 Nf7) 57. Nf6+ Kh6 58. Qxe5 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,82,-25,-27,-30,0,0,0,-6,-6,-6,-4,-16,-10,-35,22,22,39,50,33,33,63,55,48,56,98,48,115,116,107,107,114,117,103,119,139,124,210,125,139,75,55,66,172,92,113,-188,-177,-229,-221,-225,-229,-227,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. b3 g6 (2... d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. a4 e5 10. Nc4 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. a5 Nh5 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. c4 f5 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Nd2 fxe4 17. dxe4 {1-0 (76) Andreikin,D (2708)-Artemiev,V (2692) Sochi 2017}) 3. Bb2 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32]} 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qf3 Nb4 6. Na3 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} Bg7 $1 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 7. e6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rf3f7]} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Qc3+ f6 10. Qxc5 {½-½ (31) Venkatesh,M (2520)-Akash,G (2404) Chennai 2012}) 8. c3 N4c6 9. Qe3 dxe6 10. Qxc5 e5 11. Qe3 Nd7 12. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} f5 ({Black should try} 12... Nb6 $15) 13. h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nf6 14. h6 Bf8 15. Bb5 Ng4 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. O-O-O Nxh6 18. Nf3 Nf7 (18... e4 $14 19. Bxc6 bxc6) 19. Bxc6 $1 $16 Bxc6 20. Nxe5 Bg7 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Nc4 a5 23. Ba3 a4 (23... Bf6 $16 {was necessary.}) 24. Qe6 ({Better is} 24. Nb6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb6a8]} Ra7 25. Nxa4) 24... axb3 25. Qxc6+ (25. axb3 $142 {Rde1 is the strong threat.} O-O 26. Bxe7) 25... Kf8 26. axb3 {Hoping for Bb4.} Ne5 {[#]} ({Black should play} 26... Rxa3 $1 $14 27. Nxa3 Ne5) 27. Bxe7+ (27. Nxe5 $1 $18 Bxe5 28. Kb2) 27... Kxe7 28. Rhe1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Rde1 $16 {is forced if you want to stay better.} Ra1+ 29. Kb2 Rxe1 30. Rxe1) 28... Ra1+ $19 29. Kc2 (29. Kb2 $142 Rxd1 30. Qc5+ Kf7 31. Nxe5+ Bxe5 32. Rxd1) 29... Qd3+ 30. Kb2 Rxd1 31. Qc7+ {[#]} Qd7 $2 (31... Kf6 $1 $19 {( -> ...Nxc4+)} 32. Rxd1 Re8 33. Qb6+ (33. Nxe5 $2 Rxe5 34. b4 Re2 $19) 33... Kg5 34. Qe3+ Qxe3 35. dxe3 Nxc4+ 36. bxc4 Bf8) 32. Rxe5+ $11 {The position is equal.} Bxe5 33. Qxe5+ Kf7 34. Qxh8 {Threatens to win with Ne5+.} Rxd2+ $1 35. Nxd2 Qxd2+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 36. Ka3 Qxf2 37. Qxh7+ Kf6 38. Qb7 {aiming for b4.} Qc5+ 39. Qb4 Qa7+ 40. Qa4 Qc5+ 41. Qb4 Qa7+ {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2846"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,66,54,55,112,66,41,49,47,42,34,33,34,0,12,0,35,-19,-18,-56,-54,-62,-14,-9,-8,-20,0,-46,-30,-30,-30,-28,-22,-22,-22,-21,-20,-26,-25,-45,-35,-45,0,-25,0,-69,-64,-737,-725,-718,-729]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (6... c6 7. d3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Qb2+ f6 14. a3 e5 15. e3 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Qf7 17. Ne4 {½-½ (54) Pantsulaia,L (2612)-Inarkiev,E (2689) Riadh 2017}) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. d4 Bf5 10. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ndb4 $146 (10... e6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 10... Kg8 11. Qd2 Be4 12. Rd1 Qd6 13. Qb2 {½-½ (49) Fridman,R (2479)-Warmerdam,M (2361) Germany 2016}) 11. Na3 a5 12. Qc1 Be4 13. Rd1 e6 14. Qb2 {[#] Hoping for d5+.} Qf6 15. Rd2 Rfd8 16. Rad1 a4 17. Nb5 (17. Nc4 $14) 17... axb3 $11 18. axb3 Ra2 19. Qc3 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Nd5 21. Qb2 Ra8 {[%cal Bd8a8,Ba8a5,Ba5d5][%mdl 32]} 22. Kh1 Ra5 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Rd5 25. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Re3e4]} Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Rxd4 27. Rc2 $1 Rd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 28. Kg2 e5 29. Rc5 Re6 30. Bd5 Re7 31. Qc3 ({White should try} 31. Qc1 $11) 31... Nd4 $1 $15 {Strongly threatening ...b6.} 32. Qe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32. Bxb7 $15 Nxe2 33. Qc4) 32... Qd6 $19 33. b4 b6 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,60,31,8,23,15,10,0,27,21,31,28,43,0,8,0,0,-21,-1,-19,-26,-21,-18,-12,-9,-19,-16,-71,-57,-247,-248,-250,-245,-227,-225,-216,-213,-394,-383,-372,-363,-441,-431,-420,-429,-428,-432,-526,-442,-769,-734]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} (7. Qc2 c5 8. d5 b5 9. e4 bxc4 10. Rd1 d6 11. Na3 Nbd7 12. Nxc4 Ng4 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Rab1 Nge5 15. Nfxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 {½-½ (42) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Artemiev,V (2691) Riadh 2017}) 7... c5 8. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. Nc3 d6 10. e4 Nc6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Rad1 Nd4 13. Qe3 Qa5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 {0-1 (29) Ererdem,G (2173)-Ipatov,A (2624) Adana 2015}) 8... b5 9. cxb5 {The position is equal.} Bxd5 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. e4 a6 12. Re1 d6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 {White wants to play b6.} axb5 17. Nxb5 Nd5 18. a4 Nb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] And now ...Nc2 would win. Black is pushing.} 19. Bf4 (19. Re2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19... g5 $17 20. Rad1 $2 ({Better is} 20. Bxg5 $15 Nc2 21. Nxf7 (21. Bxe7 Re8 $11)) 20... Rxd1 $19 21. Rxd1 {aiming for Rd8+.} N8a6 ({Stronger than} 21... gxf4 22. Rd8+ Bf8 23. a5 $11) 22. Bxg5 {[#] Hoping for Nc4.} Bxe5 23. Bxe7 Bxb2 24. Rb1 $2 (24. Rd7) 24... Nd3 25. Nd6 Nab4 26. Ne4 Re8 27. Rxb2 Rxe7 28. Re2 {Black is clearly winning.} Kg7 29. Re3 Nc2 30. Rxd3 (30. Re2 $142 f5 31. Nc3) 30... Ne1+ {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 90%.} (30... Rxe4 $2 31. Rc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,172,9,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,-11,-4,-14,-5,-18,-5,-11,0,0,0,-20,-7,-24,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,2,9,0,58,66,75,64,69,68,70,69,137,126,160,150,216,9,36,0,20,-181,-180,-172,-89,-94,-106,-106,-56,-61,-25,-99,-101,-94,-82,-95,-89,-99,-93,-145,-145,-142,-132,-145,-149,-227,-216,-210,-211,-249,-177,-169,-103,-228,-226,-554,-100,-93,-100,-95,-32,-40,0,0,0,-17,-19,-41,-34,-63,-10,-66,-31,-85,-56,-56,-56,-72,-72,-91,-91,-342,-92,-119,-124,-367,-349,-29963,-29964,-29966,-29969,-29972,-29972,-29971,-29973,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29967,-29965,-29968,-29965,-29969,-29967,-29969,-29970,-29971,-29972,-29974,-29974,-29974,-29976,-29975,-29982,-29983,-29978,-29979,-29993,-29967,-4929,-4752,-29985,-29986,-29979,-29970]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Re8 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 8. Na4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 {The position is equal.} 10. Bg5 f6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Qd7 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bd2 Bf8 13. Re1 b6 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Qa4 {½-½ (40) Nepomniachtchi,I (2733)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2692) Antalya 2017}) 11. Bd2 {And now e4 would win.} Bf8 12. Rc1 Be6 13. a3 a5 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Nc5 Bxc5 $1 16. Qxc5 Red8 17. Rfd1 Nde7 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 b6 20. Qc3 Ra7 21. Ra1 Rda8 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Rc1 Nd8 24. e4 Bg4 25. Be3 Ne6 26. Nd2 Bh5 (26... Nd4 $11 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Qb3+ Kf8) 27. Bh3 $14 Bf7 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Qb5 30. f5 Nf8 (30... Nd8 $1 $14) 31. d4 Qe2 32. Bf4 ({Weaker is} 32. Bf1 Qg4+ 33. Kf2 (33. Kh1 Nxf5 34. d5 Nd6 $17) 33... g6 $11) 32... g6 (32... Ra2 $16 {was called for.} 33. Bf1 Qg4+ 34. Qg3 Qxg3+ 35. hxg3 g5) 33. fxg6 $2 (33. d5 $1 $18 Nd7 34. Qg3) 33... Nfxg6 34. Bg3 Ra2 35. Nf3 $2 (35. Be1 $1 $11) 35... Qxe4 $19 36. Re1 Qa8 ({Black should try} 36... Nd5 $19 37. Qb3 Ndf4 38. Qxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxe4 Nxh3+ 40. Kf1 Ra3) 37. Nh4 $17 Nd5 38. Qf3 Ra3 39. Qe4 Nxb4 {White must now prevent ...Qxe4.} 40. Qxa8+ (40. d5 $1 $11 Nxd5 41. Nxg6 hxg6 42. Be6) 40... Rxa8 41. Nf5 c6 42. Nh6+ Kg7 43. Nxf7 Kxf7 44. Bd6 (44. Be6+ $142 Kg7 45. Rb1) 44... Nd5 45. Be6+ Kg7 46. Rc1 Nge7 47. Bxd5 (47. Bxe7 $17 {keeps fighting.} Nxe7 48. d5 cxd5 49. Rc7) 47... Nxd5 $19 48. Rxc6 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra4 49. Bc7 Kg6 ({Much less strong is} 49... Rxd4 50. Bxb6 Nxb6 51. Rxb6 $17) 50. Bd8 b5 (50... Kf5 $19 51. Kf2 Ra2+ 52. Kf3 Rxh2 53. Bxb6 Rh3+ 54. Kf2 h5) 51. Rd6 (51. Rc5 $17 Rxd4 52. Rxb5) 51... Rxd4 $19 52. Bxf6 $2 (52. h3 {is a better chance.}) 52... Rd1+ $2 (52... Rg4+ $19 {has better winning chances.} 53. Kf2 Nxf6) 53. Kf2 $17 Kf5 54. Bh8 b4 (54... h5 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...b4.} 55. Rd8 Rd2+ 56. Ke1 Rd3 57. Rf8+ Ke6 58. Re8+ Kd6) 55. Rh6 $1 $15 Nc3 56. Rxh7 Rd8 57. Rh5+ Ke4 58. Rh4+ Kd3 59. Bg7 Rg8 (59... Ne4+ $15 60. Kf3 Nd2+ 61. Kg3 Ne4+ 62. Kf3 Re8) 60. Be5 (60. Rg4 $11) 60... Re8 {aiming for ...Ne4+.} 61. Bg7 ({Better is} 61. Rd4+ $15 Kc2 62. Rxb4) 61... Re2+ 62. Kf1 Re7 63. Bh8 Ne4 64. Rh3+ Kc2 65. Rh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65. Rh4 $17) 65... Rc7 $2 (65... Nc3 $1 $19 66. Rb6 b3 67. Bxc3 Kxc3) 66. Rb6 b3 67. h4 $2 {[#]} (67. Ba1 $17 {is a better defense.}) 67... Nc3 $1 $19 68. Be5 $2 (68. h5 $19 b2 69. h6 b1=Q+ 70. Rxb1 Nxb1 71. Ke2) 68... Rc5 69. Bd4 Rc4 70. Bf6 b2 71. Kg2 b1=Q 72. Rxb1 Nxb1 73. h5 Rc5 74. h6 Rh5 75. Bg7 {[#]} Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3e4]} 76. Kf3 Nd5 77. Kg4 Rh1 78. Kf5 Kd3 79. Ke5 Rh5+ 80. Ke6 Ke4 81. Kf7 Kf5 82. Bf8 Nf6 83. Kg7 Rg5+ 84. Kf7 Rg2 85. Be7 Nh7 86. Bc5 Rg6 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 42%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,198,25,23,36,34,25,23,29,0,10,0,0,0,0,-17,-17,-17,-11,-19,-14,-13,-24,-14,-13,-10,0,-3,0,-27,-27,-29,-20,-33,-27,-29,-30,-30,-17,-30,-30,-60,-29,-51,-27,-91,-83,-97,-75,-58,-29,-56,-67,-55,-36,-31,0,-15,0,0,0,-90,-85,-85,-85,-79,-80,-82,-86,-103,-97,-162,-31,-21,-29,-50,-60,-83,-76,-81,-83,-94,-66,-71,-72,-141,-139,-302,-309,-305,-288,-301,-310,-306,-314,-300,-269,-341,-311,-292,-298,-550,-529,-946,-1029,-972,-987,-843,-731,-2014,-1587,-3021,-3900,-1409,-1191,-1102,-154,-154,-154,-154,-8,-154,-154,-599,-255,-29961,-255,-255,-154,-154,-154,-181,-181,-217,0,-154,-154,-6243,-5932,-599,-2337,-29949,-29950,-29953,-29952,-29955,0,-29946,-12842,-29944,-12468,-29955,-29959,-29955,-29938,-12835,-85,-12849,0,-11667,-8600,-8395,-6036,-3179,-1749,-29959,-29959,-29962,-29962,-29962,-29960,-29960,-29961,-29960,0,-29954,0,-29965,-29966,-29964,-29967,-29963,-29968,-29967,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29971,-29972,-29970,-29971]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. c3 Qb6 {A43: Schmid Benoni} (6... g6 7. e3 b4 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Be2 bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Ne4 Qf5 14. Ng3 Qf6 15. Ne4 Qf5 16. Ng3 Qf6 17. Ne4 {½-½ (17) So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 7. e4 g6 8. a4 b4 {White has an edge.} 9. Nbd2 (9. a5 $5 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Qb7 10. Bc4 $11) 9... Bg7 10. a5 Qb7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd3 d6 13. O-O Na6 14. Nc4 {0-1 (40) Romero Holmes,A (2523)-Hamitevici,V (2429) Paleochora 2012}) 12... d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rfe1 Rb8 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Qe3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb2 18. h3 Bb7 19. Reb1 Rxb1+ $1 20. Rxb1 Rb8 21. Ra1 Bc8 22. Ra2 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6e8,Be8c7][%mdl 32]} 23. Qd3 Bd7 24. Qc2 Ne8 25. Bd3 Qd8 26. Nc4 Nc7 27. Qd2 (27. Rb2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27... Rb3 $17 28. Rc2 {[%cal Ba2c2,Bc2c1,Bc1e1][%mdl 32]} Nb5 {[%cal Rg7c3]} 29. e5 Na3 30. Rc1 Nxc4 31. Bxc4 Rb8 32. Qf4 Be8 33. Re1 dxe5 (33... Ba4 {looks sharper.} 34. a6 Bc2 35. Qe3 Qf8 36. Qe2 Bf5) 34. Nxe5 {aiming for Nc6.} Qd6 35. Qe3 (35. g3 $11) 35... Qxe5 36. Qxe5 Bxe5 37. Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Kf8 39. Kg3 Bb5 40. Re4 (40. Bxb5 $17 {keeps fighting.} Rxb5 41. a6) 40... Bxc4 (40... f5 $19 41. Rf4 Bd7) 41. Rxc4 $19 {KR-KR} Rb5 42. Ra4 Ke8 43. Kf3 Kd7 44. Ke3 Kd6 45. g4 Rb3 46. Kd3 Kxd5 47. Rf4 (47. g5 $142) 47... f6 $17 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 48. h4 $2 (48. g5 $17 {is a better defense.}) 48... Ra3 $19 49. h5 Rxa5 50. hxg6 hxg6 51. g5 f5 ({Don't do} 51... fxg5 52. Re4 $19) 52. Rh4 Ra2 53. Ke3 Rc2 54. Rh6 Rxc3+ 55. Ke2 $2 (55. Kd2 Rf3 56. Ke2) 55... Ke4 56. Rxg6 Rc2+ 57. Ke1 Kf3 58. Re6 Rxf2 59. Rxe7 Rg2 60. Kf1 Rxg5 61. Re5 Kg4 62. Rxc5 Rg6 $2 (62... f4 $19 {is more deadly.} 63. Rc8 Ra5) 63. Ra5 $17 a6 64. Kf2 Rb6 (64... f4 $17 {next ...Rb6 is good for Black.} 65. Ra1 Rh6) 65. Ra2 (65. Ra4+ $1 $11 f4 66. Ra1) 65... f4 66. Kg2 $2 (66. Ra3 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 66... Rh6 $19 67. Ra3 $2 {[#]} (67. Ra4 $19) 67... Rf6 $2 (67... f3+ $1 68. Kf2 (68. Rxf3 Rh2+) 68... Rh2+ 69. Ke1 Kg3 70. Rxa6 Rh1+ 71. Kd2 f2 72. Rg6+ Kh2 73. Rh6+ Kg1 74. Rg6+ Kh2 75. Rh6+ Kg2 76. Rg6+ Kf1 77. Rf6 Rg1 78. Ke3 Rg3+ 79. Kd2 Kg1 80. Ke2 Rg7 81. Rf8 Re7+ 82. Kd2 f1=Q 83. Rg8+ Qg2+ 84. Rxg2+ Kxg2 85. Kd3 Re5 86. Kd4 Ra5 87. Ke4 Kg3 88. Kd4 Kf3 89. Kc4 Ke3 90. Kb4 Rf5 91. Kc4 Re5 92. Kb3 Kd3 93. Kb4 Rf5 94. Kb3 Rf4 95. Kb2 Rb4+ 96. Ka3 Kc3 97. Ka2 Kc2 98. Ka3 Rf4 99. Ka2 Ra4#) 68. Kf2 Rb6 69. Ra2 Rh6 {( -> ...Rh2+)} 70. Ra3 Kf5 71. Ra5+ Kg4 72. Ra3 $1 Rf6 73. Ra4 $2 (73. Ra1 $17) 73... Kf5 $1 74. Kf3 {[#]} Ke5 $1 {[%cal Re5d5]} 75. Ra1 Kd4 76. Rd1+ Kc3 77. Ra1 Kd4 $2 (77... Kb3 78. Ke2 f3+ 79. Kf2 Kc3 80. Ra4 Kb3 81. Ra1 Kb4 82. Rb1+ Ka3 83. Ra1+ Kb3 84. Ke1 f2+ 85. Kf1 Kb4 86. Rb1+ Ka3 87. Ra1+ Kb3 88. Rb1+ Ka3 89. Ra1+ Kb3 90. Rb1+ Kc4 91. Rc1+ Kb4 92. Rb1+ Kc4 93. Rc1+ Kb4 94. Rb1+) 78. Ra5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (78. Rd1+ $11 Kc4 79. Ra1) 78... Kc4 79. Ra1 Kb3 80. Ke2 f3+ 81. Kf2 Kc3 82. Ra4 Kc2 {...Kc3 is the strong threat.} 83. Ra5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (83. Ra3 $17 Kb2 84. Ra5) 83... Kb3 84. Ra1 {[#]} Kb4 $1 85. Rb1+ Kc4 86. Ra1 Kb3 87. Ke1 f2+ 88. Kf1 Kc3 89. Ra4 Kb2 90. Ra5 Kc2 91. Ra3 Kb2 92. Ra5 Kc3 $2 (92... Kc1 {mates} 93. Ra2 Kb1 94. Ra4 Kb2 95. Ra5) 93. Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (93. Ra4 $11 Kb3 94. Ra1) 93... Kb3 {Black mates.} 94. Rb1+ Ka2 95. Rb4 Ka3 96. Rb1 a5 97. Ra1+ Kb4 98. Rb1+ Kc3 99. Ra1 Rf5 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,91,22,35,-18,0,-6,0,-9,20,26,208,203,970,941,862,26,13,38,32,21,11,22,50,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-8,48,49,39,54,51,52,70,70,99,93,126,126,183,72,66,69,72,0,0,0,123,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Bb3 Na5 12. h4 b5 13. h5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. hxg6 {B78: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 Bc4 Bd7 10 0-0-0 Rc8} (15. Kb1 Re8 16. h6 Bh8 17. Nde2 Qa5 18. Bd4 Qa3 19. Qc1 Rb7 20. Ka1 Qa5 21. Qd2 Reb8 22. Rb1 Rc8 {½-½ (118) Shankland,S (2632)-Cvitan,O (2535) Biel 2014}) 15... fxg6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 16. Bh6 (16. Kb1 $14) 16... Qb6 $11 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rb6b2]} 17. b3 {Hoping for Bxg7.} Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qa5 19. Kb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Nd5 Rf7 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. Qe3 Qxa2 22. Qc3 cxb3 23. Nxb3 {½-½ (60) Ivekovic,B (2084)-Muskardin,M (2192) Zagreb 2011}) 19... Rfc8 $2 {[#]} (19... Rf7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 20. Nd5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd5f6][%mdl 512]} cxb3 $2 (20... Kf7 21. Nxf6 cxb3 22. axb3 Kxf6 23. Qf4+ Kg7 24. Rxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Rh1+ Qh5 27. Rxh5+ gxh5 28. Qxe7 Rd8 29. Qxd6 a6 30. Qxa6 Rf8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qxh5+ Kg7 34. Qg5+ Kh8) (20... Nxd5 21. Qxh7+) 21. axb3 Kf7 22. Qd2 $2 (22. Nxf6 $18 Kxf6 23. Qf4+ Kg7 24. Rxh7+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Rh1+ Qh5 27. Rxh5+ gxh5 28. Qxe7) 22... Qxd2 $11 23. Rxd2 h5 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Ra1 Rb7 26. Rd3 g5 27. Rc3 Rh8 28. Ra5 h4 29. Nc6 h3 (29... Rc8 $11 30. Nxa7 Ra8) 30. gxh3 $1 $14 Rxh3 31. e5+ dxe5 32. Nxe5 Bf5 33. Nc6 Rh2 34. Nxa7 e6 35. Nc6 Rd7 (35... g4 $16) 36. Ne5 (36. b4 $18 {is more deadly.}) 36... Rd5 $16 37. Rxd5 exd5 {[#]} 38. Ng4+ ({Better is} 38. Nc6 $1 $16) 38... Bxg4 $1 $11 39. fxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Strongly threatening b4. KR-KR} d4 {[#]} (39... Rg2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 40. Rd3 ({White should play} 40. Rc4 $1 $16) 40... Ke5 {The position is equal.} 41. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Rg2 42. b5 {And now b6 would win.} Rxg4 43. b6 {Intending b7 and mate.} Rf4 44. c4 dxc3+ 45. Rxc3 {Threatens to win with b7.} Rf8 46. Rb3 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,110,50,42,0,41,-7,8,-7,-5,-2,-16,-31,-28,-89,-94,-86,-89,-95,-95,-125,-111,-122,-104,-100,-91,-191,-129,-256,-260,-236,-148,-140,-136,-232,-146,-208,-168,-206,-222,-214,-228,-192,-199,-697,-126,-91,-22,-27,-22,-26,-29,-26,-24,-30,-30,-27,-26,-26,-27,-22,-29,-20,-17,-17,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-39,-23,-60,-35,-54,-12,-28,-32,-54,-52,-58,-61,-105,-78,-80,-80,-80,-80,-106,-20,-80,0,-78,-39,-220,-230,-244,0,-172,0,-233,0,-87,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Nge7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7f5,Bf5g3][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 158 Games} 6. Bg5 {D08: Albin Counter Gambit} (6. b4 Ng6 7. Bb2 a5 8. b5 Ncxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxc4 12. e3 Be6 13. Be2 {0-1 (30) Wojtaszek,R (2749)-Morozevich,A (2676) Doha 2016}) 6... Bg4 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bh4 {The position is equal.} g5 9. Bg3 Nf5 10. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. e6 Qxe6 13. Qxc7 Nxg3 14. hxg3 {0-1 (36) Eriksen,D-Smeby,O Hammerfest 1994}) 10... Qe7 11. Qe4 (11. Ne4 $1 $11 O-O-O 12. O-O-O) 11... h5 $17 12. h3 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Bd7 14. e3 dxe3 15. Qxe3 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Be2 (17. O-O-O $17 {was called for.}) 17... O-O-O ({Black should play} 17... Bh6 $19 18. Qd3 Nxe5) 18. Qc3 (18. Nb3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 18... Bg7 $19 19. O-O-O Nxe5 20. Qc2 Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 21. Bd3 (21. Rhe1 $17) 21... Kb8 {aiming for ...Qe3.} 22. Rhe1 (22. Kb1 $17) 22... Qf6 23. Ne4 Qh6+ $1 24. Kb1 Nd4 25. Qf2 Qb6 $1 26. Neg5 $2 (26. c5 Qb3 27. Bc2 Nxc2 28. Qxc2 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxc2+ 30. Kxc2) 26... Rhe8 $2 (26... Nxf3 $19 27. Qxb6 Nxe1) 27. Nxf7 $17 Nxf3 (27... Qb3 $17 28. Bg6 (28. Nxd8 Rxe1 29. Nc6+ bxc6 $19) 28... Nxf3 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. gxf3 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Ka2 Be6) 28. Qxb6 $11 axb6 29. gxf3 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxd3 31. fxg4 hxg4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Re8+ Ka7 33. Rg8 Bf6 34. Rg6 Rf3 35. Rxg4 {Threatening Rf4.} Rf1+ 36. Kc2 $1 {With the idea Rf4.} Rf2+ 37. Kd3 Bxb2 38. Rf4 Rg2 39. Rf3 Bxa3 40. Ng5 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 41. Ne4 Bb4 42. Rf2 Rg1 43. Ke2 Ka6 44. Kf3 b5 45. Rb2 c5 46. cxb5+ Kxb5 47. g4 Kc6 48. g5 Kd5 ({Better is} 48... b5 $17 {...Ba5 is the strong threat.} 49. Kf2 Rh1) 49. Re2 (49. Ng3 $11) 49... b5 (49... Rf1+ $1 $17 50. Kg2 Rf7 51. Nf6+ Kc4 52. Re4+ Kd3) 50. Nf6+ (50. Kf2 $1 $11 Ra1 51. g6) 50... Kd4 51. Ng4 $2 ({White has to play} 51. Re4+ $15 Kc3 52. Re5) 51... Rf1+ $19 52. Nf2 Rg1 53. Ng4 {[#] Black should prevent g6.} Rf1+ (53... Bc3 $142 $1 54. Re4+ Kd5 55. Ne3+ Kd6 56. Nf5+ Kc7 57. Re7+ Kc6 58. Re6+ Kd5) 54. Nf2 $1 Rg1 $2 (54... Bc3 $19 {White must now prevent ...b4.} 55. g6 Kd5 56. Rd2+ Kc6) 55. Nh3 {[#]} (55. Ng4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 55... Rf1+ {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 42%.} ({Black should try} 55... Rh1 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh1h3]} 56. Re4+ Kc3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,124,6,13,8,35,0,0,7,7,0,50,0,10,7,37,37,37,37,37,33,27,0,28,0,15,12,46,38,91,81,79,92,171,170,171,155,175,168,180,170,177,166,160,145,143,154,176,179,178,168,198,196,183,182,191,182,182,182,182,182,182,185,182,100,199,181,176,83,95,51,51,51,51,51,100,0,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,0,0,0,81,0,0,0,81,88,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. c4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. d4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} O-O (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Bc3 Bb4 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15. Qxb4 Rxb4 {0-1 (41) Karjakin,S (2760)-Wei,Y (2739) Medias 2017}) 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Bg4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Nbd2 (13. Nc3 $5 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Nd6 14. Ne2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qg5+ 16. Ng3 $14) 13... Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Bb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bb4 15. a3 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 {1-0 (39) Zhao,X (2504)-Krivec,J (2264) Doha 2016}) 15. h3 Be6 16. b4 ({Reject} 16. Qxc6 Rc8 $17) (16. Qc3 {feels hotter.} d4 17. exd4 Bd5 18. Nc4 Re8 19. Ne3) 16... Rc8 17. Bd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Qd6 (17... Re8 {keeps more tension.} 18. Nf3 Qd7 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Qc3 f6) 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 Qd7 20. Nf3 Bf5 21. Qc3 Rb8 22. Qe5 f6 (22... Rbe8 $5 {[%cal Re8e5]} 23. Qd6 Rd8 $14) 23. Qg3 Be4 24. Nd4 Rb4 (24... Rfc8 $14) 25. Qd6 $16 Qxd6 26. cxd6 c5 (26... Kf7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 27. Ne6 $18 {Black must now prevent d7.} Rb6 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 29. Rfd1 c4 30. Rac1 $1 {aiming for d7.} Ke8 31. Rd4 Rb5 32. f3 Bd3 33. e4 dxe4 34. d7+ ({Much less strong is} 34. fxe4 $6 Kd7 $16) 34... Kd8 35. fxe4 Ra5 36. Re1 Re5 37. Kf2 h5 38. Rd5 Rxd5 39. exd5 {KR-KB} c3 40. Ke3 Bg6 41. Kd4 c2 42. Kc3 (42. h4 $1 $18) 42... Kxd7 (42... Be4 $16) 43. Kd2 $1 Bf7 44. Kxc2 (44. Re3 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 44... Bxd5 $16 45. g3 Bxa2 46. Ra1 Be6 47. Rxa7+ Ke8 48. Rxg7 (48. h4 $16) 48... Bxh3 (48... Bf7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 49. Kd3 Kf8 50. Ra7 (50. Rb7 {seems wilder.} Bg4 51. Ke4 Be6 52. Ke3 Bf5 53. Kf3) 50... Bg4 51. Ke4 Bh3 52. Kf4 Bg4 53. Ra5 (53. Rh7 $16) 53... Kf7 $11 54. Rc5 {Rb5 is the strong threat.} Kf8 {[#]} (54... Kg7 $11) 55. Ke4 (55. Rc7 $1 $16) 55... Kf7 56. Kd5 {And now Ke4 would win.} Kf8 {[#]} (56... h4 $11 57. gxh4 Kg6) 57. Rc7 $1 $16 Bh3 58. Kd6 Bg4 59. Rh7 Kg8 60. Re7 Kf8 61. Re4 (61. Ra7 $16) 61... Kf7 $11 62. Rf4 Bh3 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2868"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,49,8,0,8,0,31,4,22,16,33,33,60,60,50,58,51,54,79,54,62,48,95,101,118,103,121,98,325,324,316,319,324,317,329,323,345,361]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d6 4. c4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O {LiveBook: 9 Games} Bf5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf3 Bd7 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. h3 c5 14. Qd2 h5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 {1-0 (38) Karjakin,S (2773)-Kasparov,G (2812) Saint Louis 2017}) 9. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qc1 Qe7 11. Ba3 Nb4 12. Nc3 {½-½ (73) Cvek,R (2430)-Inarkiev,E (2545) Pardubice 2002}) 9... h6 10. a3 Re8 {The position is equal.} 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bf5 15. b4 a5 16. Bc3 Na6 17. Nb3 axb4 18. axb4 Qg5 19. Kh2 h5 20. Qd2 Be4 $2 {[#]} (20... Rad8 $16) 21. f3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf3e4] White has a decisive advantage.} Bf5 22. e4 Qxd2 23. Bxd2 ({Less strong is} 23. Nxd2 Bd7 $16) 23... Bd7 24. c5 dxc5 25. b5 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 24%.} ({Weaker is} 25. bxc5 Reb8 $16) ({Not} 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. bxc5 Bf8 $16) 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,134,4,10,2,10,16,13,5,10,16,10,9,14,-31,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,-14,0,-17,-16,-14,0,0,0,-31,-31,-45,-49,-61,-64,-73,-62,-95,-94,-94,-86,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,-104,0,-104,-104,-104,-72,-79,-81,-66,-67,-62,-50,-42,-42,-48,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Qa5+ (6... e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nd7 10. b4 Bxg5 11. hxg5 Ne7 12. Nc3 a5 13. Nb5 axb4 14. Nd6+ Kf8 {½-½ (52) Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Laznicka,V (2647) Riadh 2017}) 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ne2 Ne7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. O-O Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qa6 10. c4 Nf5 11. g3 c5 12. b3 Nc6 13. dxc5 {0-1 (27) Gusain,H (2438)-Donchenko,A (2553) Moscow 2017}) 10. Nf3 Qa6 11. Qd1 Be7 12. g3 c5 13. c3 Nc6 14. Be3 Rc8 (14... cxd4 {feels hotter.} 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Nce7) 15. Qd2 cxd4 16. Nexd4 Ncxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 g6 19. a4 Qc4 20. Rfc1 O-O 21. b3 Qc7 22. Kg2 a6 23. Nf3 Kg7 24. Rc2 Rfd8 25. Rd1 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Qe2 Qb7 28. Kh2 b4 29. cxb4 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Rc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 31. Qe2 Qxb4 32. Rd3 Rc1 33. Qd2 Qxd2 34. Rxd2 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc3 35. Kg2 Rxb3 36. Rc2 Rb7 37. Rc8 Ba3 38. Ng5 Bb2 39. f4 Ba3 40. Kf3 Be7 41. Kg2 Rd7 42. Kf3 Bd8 43. Ke2 Bb6 44. Rb8 Ba7 45. Rc8 Rb7 46. Kf1 Bd4 47. Kg2 Re7 48. Rc6 Rd7 49. Rc8 Bb6 50. Rb8 Ba7 (50... Bc7 {looks sharper.} 51. Rb7 Re7 52. Kf2 Bd8 53. Rb8 Ba5) 51. Rc8 Bb6 52. Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b6]} Bd8 (52... Bc5 {seems wilder.} 53. Kf1 Ba7 54. Rb3 Rc7 55. Rb2 Bd4) 53. Rc8 d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 54. Ne4 d3 {[#] Threatens to win with ...d2.} 55. Rc1 Rd4 56. Kf3 $1 Ba5 57. Ke3 d2 58. Rd1 Rd5 59. Nxd2 {The position is equal.} f6 (59... Kf8 $5) 60. exf6+ Kxf6 {[#] Hoping for ...Kf5.} 61. Ne4+ Kf5 62. Rb1 e5 63. fxe5 Kxe5 64. Nf2 Bc7 65. Kf3 Ke6 66. Rb3 Rf5+ 67. Kg2 Ra5 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2846"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,93,7,0,12,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,2,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. c3 d5 13. Bf4 c6 14. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 5 Games. The position is equal.} g6 15. Bd3 Ng7 16. h3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Nf3 Qb6 {[#]} 19. Qd2 $146 Re8 20. Be5 Qd8 21. Re1 Bxe5 (21... Be7 {looks sharper.} 22. Bh2 f6 23. Qe2 Ng7 24. Qd2 Qd7) 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Nxe5 Qe7 24. Nd3 Nd6 25. Qf4 Kg7 26. Qe5+ Qf6 27. Kf1 Nc4 28. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 29. Ke2 h5 30. g3 Kf5 31. f3 g5 32. g4+ hxg4 33. hxg4+ Kf6 34. b3 Nd6 35. Nf2 Ke6 36. Kd3 f5 37. c4 dxc4+ 38. bxc4 b5 39. cxb5 cxb5 40. Nd1 fxg4 41. fxg4 a5 42. Ne3 Kf6 43. Nd5+ Ke6 44. Nc7+ Kd7 45. Nd5 Ke6 46. Nc7+ Kd7 47. Nd5 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,87,-2,-3,-37,-30,-37,-4,-24,-5,-10,-20,-11,-15,-33,26,19,25,0,23,18,20,0,0,0,3,0,0,-3,0,-10,-6,-19,-11,-42,0,0,0,-14,0,-2,39,31,184,183,183,198,184,184,180,204,270,207,246,195,293,285,291,284,390,389,490,486,503,435,29982,29983,29979,29974,29990,29991,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. d3 dxc4 {LiveBook: 8 Games. The position is equal.} 9. dxc4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. Qxc4 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Qf4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Be7 13. Nd2 {½-½ (84) Khismatullin,D (2628)-Moskalenko,A (2531) Sochi 2017}) 9... Bf5 10. Qb3 Bc5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Na4 Qxb3 13. axb3 Bb4 14. Nd4 Be4 (14... Bg6 $15) 15. Bxe4 $11 Nxe4 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Be7 18. Nc2 f5 19. f3 Nef6 20. b4 Kf7 21. b3 a6 22. Kf2 e5 23. Nc3 Nf8 24. Bc5 Ne6 25. Bxe7 Kxe7 26. h4 h6 27. Na4 g5 28. Ne3 Nd4 $2 {[#]} (28... Ng7 $1 $14) 29. Rxd4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} exd4 (29... Rxd4 30. Nxf5+) 30. Nxf5+ Kf7 31. Nxh6+ Kg6 {And now ...gxh4 would win.} 32. hxg5 d3 33. gxf6 {aiming for Ng4.} Kxh6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 34. Nc5 dxe2 (34... Kg6 $142 35. Nxd3 (35. Nxb7 Rdb8 $18) 35... Kxf6) 35. Kxe2 Kg6 {[#]} 36. Ne4 $1 ({Less strong is} 36. Nxb7 Rdb8 $16) 36... Rh8 37. g4 Rad8 38. Ra5 Rh2+ 39. Ke3 Rb2 (39... b5 $18 40. Rxa6 Rb2 41. Rxc6 Rxb3+ 42. Kf4 bxc4) 40. Rg5+ {White mates.} Kh6 41. Rg7 Rxb3+ 42. Kf4 Rdd3 43. g5+ Kh5 44. Ng3+ {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,101,-29,-22,-32,-39,-44,-48,-46,-37,-59,-55,-47,-43,-50,-43,-35,-24,-57,-17,-19,0,18,16,0,16,0,0,-150,-120,-120,-121,-214,-210,-209,-208,-211,-29,-14,-16,-52,-18,-144,-90,-112,-93,-101,-17,-23,-23,-137,-137,-170,-133,-131,-125,-129,-129,-114,31,34,57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. a3 Nc6 3. b4 Nf6 (3... cxb4 4. axb4 Nxb4 5. d4 d5 6. c3 Nc6 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Na3 Bf5 9. Nb5 Rc8 10. Nxa7 Nxa7 11. Rxa7 e5 12. Nf3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Nb5 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 {1-0 (27) Carlsen,M (2837)-Inarkiev,E (2689) Riadh 2017}) 4. b5 Nd4 5. c3 Ne6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 6. d3 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} g6 7. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nf3 d6 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O {0-1 (102) Wansink,J (2428)-Telepnev,I (2474) ICCF email 2012}) 7... Bg7 8. Bg2 {Black is slightly better.} O-O 9. Ne2 a6 10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. O-O d6 12. Nd2 b5 13. Bb2 Ng4 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bb7 16. Qb3 Qa8 17. f3 Nf6 18. Qxb5 (18. Rfc1 $11) 18... Rb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 19. Qd3 Rb6 (19... Bxe4 $2 20. fxe4 Rxb2 21. e5 $18 (21. Nc4 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Nxd4 $14)) 20. Nc4 (20. Bc3 $17) 20... Ba6 $19 21. Nxb6 {Hoping for Qd2.} Bxd3 22. Nxa8 Bxe2 $2 (22... Rxb2 $19 23. Nc3 Ng4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. fxg4 Bxd4+ 25. Kh1 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Bxc3) 23. Rfb1 $1 $11 Rxa8 24. a4 Bd3 25. Rc1 (25. Rd1 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Bc2 26. Rd2 Bxa4 27. f4) 25... Nd7 (25... Bh6 $142 {Threatens to win with ...Be3+.} 26. Re1 Bd2) 26. e5 $17 dxe5 27. dxe5 Ndc5 ({Not} 27... Bxe5 $2 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. f4 $18) (27... Rb8 $17 28. Bc3 Nxe5) 28. f4 $11 Rb8 29. Ba3 (29. Bc3 $11) 29... Nb3 $17 30. Rab1 {And now Rb2 would win.} Bxb1 31. Rxb1 {[#]} Ned4 $1 32. Bxe7 Bf8 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 (33... Rxf8 $17 34. Bd5 Na5) 34. Bd5 $1 $14 Rb4 35. a5 (35. Kg2 $14) 35... Ne2+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 36. Kf2 Nc3 37. Rxb3 Nxd5 38. Rxb4 Nxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KP} 39. Ke3 Ke7 40. Ke4 h5 41. h3 Kd7 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Ke7 44. f5 gxf5+ 45. gxf5 {KN-K3P} Kd7 46. Kf4 Nd3+ 47. Ke4 Nb4 48. Kf4 Nd3+ 49. Kg5 Nxe5 50. Kf6 Nc6 {White must now prevent ...Ke8.} 51. Kxf7 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,57,14,56,14,51,0,50,40,43,33,45,41,58,21,58,57,82,21,38,0,0,0,0,10,118,61,95,68,102,92,325,289,336,334,313,308,385,391,430,439,610,419,1569,1525]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Kf8 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} 8. Nb5 Bc7 {LiveBook: 10 Games} (8... Bb6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Nge7 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Qg3 f6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 {½-½ (49) Inarkiev,E (2683)-Vallejo Pons,F (2705) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 9. Qg3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qc5+ Nge7 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. Nf3 a6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. O-O {0-1 (104) Asgarizadeh,A (2424)-Mirzoev,A (2556) Urmia 2015}) 9... Nc6 {The position is equal.} 10. f4 (10. Nf3 $14) 10... a6 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. Bb2 {[%cal Bc1b2,Bb2d4,Bd4c5,Bc5b4][%mdl 32]} Nge7 13. Bd3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nf5 14. Qf2 (14. Bxf5 $5 exf5 15. Ne2 $14) 14... Bd7 15. Nf3 Nce7 16. g4 ({White should try} 16. a4 $16) 16... Ne3 $11 17. Bxd4 (17. Nxd4 $5 {[%cal Rf2e3]} Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. O-O-O $11) 17... Nxg4 18. Qh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nh6 19. Bc5 Nhg8 (19... Bb5 $11) 20. a4 (20. O-O-O $16) 20... a5 21. Ke2 axb4 22. Bxb4 Rxa4 $2 {[#]} (22... Ke8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 23. Rxa4 $18 Bxa4 24. Ra1 b5 25. Ra3 Ke8 {intending ...Nc6.} 26. Nd4 Qb6 27. Qf2 Qb7 28. Kd2 Nh6 {[#]} (28... h5 $142 29. f5 exf5) 29. Nxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 45%, Black = 10%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,95,0,-8,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,40,0,0,0,10,0,6,0,15,13,16,18,19,15,21,11,16,14,29,8,32,5,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. a3 Bf8 18. Rac1 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Rb8 20. b4 Bf5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 {½-½ (36) Artemiev,V (2691)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 10... c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bg5 Bd6 13. Rfe1 {[#] LiveBook: 5 Games. Strongly threatening Rxe8+.} Rxe1+ 14. Rxe1 Bd7 15. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ne2 Be5 16. c3 Qc7 17. Ng3 Re8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxe8+ Bxe8 {1-0 (63) Bagi,M (2421)-Meszaros,T (2416) Hungary 2015}) 15... Qb8 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. b3 c5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Rd8 20. Qc3 g6 21. Qa5 (21. h4 {is more complex.} Rb8 22. a4 Rb7 23. h5 Kg7 24. g3) 21... Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 23. Re7 Ne4 24. Rb7 Rd6 25. Bd3 Nc3 26. a4 Kg7 27. h4 h6 28. f3 Re6 {The position is equal.} 29. f4 Rc6 30. Bb5 Re6 31. Kf2 h5 32. Bd3 Kf6 33. Kf3 Na2 (33... Nd1 {with more complications.} 34. g3 Re3+ 35. Kg2 Re6 36. Rc7 Re7) 34. a5 bxa5 {aiming for ...a4!} 35. Rb5 Rc6 36. Rxa5 Nb4 37. Ke3 Nxd3 38. cxd3 {KR-KR} Kf5 39. Kf3 Ke6 40. Rb5 f6 41. b4 cxb4 42. Rxb4 Rc3 43. Ke3 Rc2 44. Rb6+ Kf5 45. g3 Rg2 46. Kf3 Rd2 47. Ke3 Rg2 48. Kf3 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2846"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,81,31,35,31,35,21,49,0,11,-40,-35,-25,0,0,13,29,29,21,66,53,52,58,54,39,58,37,65,64,49,56,72,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-18,-30,-11,-8,-15,-14,0,0,4,13,26,0,97,82,135,134,229,229,228,228,225,196,281,275,285,277]} 1. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Re1 Ne4 {A62: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation without early ...Nbd7} (10... a6 11. a4 b6 12. Bf4 Ra7 13. e4 Bg4 14. Qc2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 h6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Rxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxe5 Nbd7 19. Bf4 g5 {0-1 (49) Dziuba,M (2584)-Navara,D (2732) Czech Republic 2017}) 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 12. Qc2 Re8 {White is slightly better.} 13. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Rab1 Nd7 15. Qa4 h6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. e4 {1-0 (32) Lei,T (2444)-Gomes,M (2354) Chengdu 2015}) 13... Bg4 14. Nd2 Na6 15. a3 (15. h3 $11 Bc8 16. Nf3) 15... b5 $15 16. Rb1 c4 17. b4 cxb3 18. Nxb3 Rc8 19. Qa2 Qd7 20. Bb2 Rc2 21. Qa1 $1 Rxb2 22. Rxb2 Nc7 23. Re3 Nxd5 24. exd5 {Hoping for Qc1.} Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qe7 26. Qc1 (26. e4 $16 {Strongly threatening Qc1.} Qg5 27. Qb1 Bxb2 28. Qxb2) 26... Bxb2 $11 27. Qxb2 {And now Qc3 would win.} Qxe3+ 28. Kf1 Bf5 {( -> ...Bd3+)} 29. Nc1 a5 30. Ne2 Bd3 {White must now prevent ...b4!} 31. Ke1 $1 {aiming for Qd2.} Bc4 32. Bf1 h5 (32... Bxd5 $6 33. Qxb5 Qe5 34. Kd2 $16 (34. Qxa5 Qa1+ 35. Kf2 Qf6+ 36. Kg1 Qf3 $16)) 33. Qc3 Qe4 34. Qxa5 Qxd5 (34... Qb1+ $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 35. Kf2 Qf5+ 36. Ke1 (36. Nf4 g5 $11) 36... Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Qf5+ 38. Ke1 (38. Nf4 g5 $11) 38... Qb1+) 35. Qc3 Qh1 (35... Qe6 $142) 36. h4 $16 d5 {[#]} (36... Qe4 $16 37. Kf2 Qf5+ 38. Qf3 Qb1) 37. Qe3 $1 $18 ({Weaker is} 37. Qf6 Qe4 $14) 37... d4 38. Qxd4 Qf3 {[#]} 39. Qc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3f3]} Qf5 (39... Bxe2 $142 40. Qxf3 Bxf3) 40. Bg2 Qb1+ 41. Kf2 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,49,41,40,54,37,31,32,33,23,45,30,33,29,27,22,29,11,45,23,32,13,28,0,0,0,41,56,54,37,56,30,46,12,12,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 {LiveBook: 169 Games} Be6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 c6 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. Re1 Kh8 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Bf4 d4 17. cxd4 {1-0 (38) McShane,L (2640)-Sethuraman,S (2646) Riadh 2017}) 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Ne4 h6 {White is slightly better.} 11. b4 a6 $146 12. a4 Re8 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Be3 Ne7 16. Rad1 Ng6 17. h3 Qd7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 $1 19. bxc5 b5 (19... Rb8 {seems wilder.} 20. a5 Ree8 21. d4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qc6) 20. cxb6 cxb6 21. d4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Rxe1+ $1 23. Nxe1 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Qc6 24. Qxb6 Qxa4 25. Rb1 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 44%, Black = 59%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,64,4,4,-4,7,3,14,11,6,-18,-21,-156,-132,-228,-97,-98,-35,-298,-275,-289,-290,-283,-283,-268,-253,-319,-304,-327,-329,-375,-363,-370,-354,-386,-347,-357,-328,-436,-377,-380,-380,-363,-362,-394,-398,-1101,-1018]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 {LiveBook: 5 Games. C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (10... Rb8 11. f4 Be7 12. b3 d6 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rae1 Nc5 16. e5 Qd8 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {0-1 (55) Hou,Y (2652)-Aronian,L (2799) Tbilisi 2017}) 11. Kh1 Bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... g5 12. Bg3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Qh5 Kg7 15. Rae1 d5 16. f4 Nxg3+ 17. hxg3 Qxe1 18. fxg5 Qxf1+ 19. Bxf1 {1-0 (38) Cvek,R (2504)-Ponizil,C (2478) Czech Republic 2018}) 12. bxc3 d5 {The position is equal.} 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Qf3 g5 15. Bb5 {[#]} (15. Bg3 $11) 15... Bg4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rg4f3][%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} ({Resist} 15... gxh4 16. Bxe8 Nxe8 17. Qxd5 $15) 16. Qd3 (16. Qe3 $17 gxh4 17. Bxe8 Qxe3 {[#]} 18. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 19. fxe3) 16... c6 (16... gxh4 $19 {is more deadly.} 17. Bxe8 Rxe8) 17. Bxc6 {aiming for f3.} Be2 (17... gxh4 $17 18. f3 Bd7 19. Bxa8 Rxa8) 18. Qd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18. Rfe1 $15 Bxd3 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Bxa8) 18... Bxf1 $19 ({Inferior is} 18... gxh4 19. Rfe1 $11) 19. Rxf1 gxh4 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Qxh4 Kh7 22. Qf4 Rg8 23. Qf5+ Rg6 24. f3 Qe2 {[%cal Re2f1]} 25. Rg1 Qc4 26. g4 Kg7 27. Qe5 Rg5 28. Qg3 Nh5 29. Qe1 Qf4 30. Qd1 Nf6 31. Re1 h5 32. h4 $2 (32. gxh5 Rxh5 33. Qe2) 32... Rg6 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,92,39,43,43,48,34,32,32,46,16,23,23,20,22,12,0,20,0,0,-18,-20,-31,-16,-86,-77,-115,-62,-70,-50,-83,-24,-23,-24,-20,-20,-20,-20,-33,-10,-72,-10,-10,-10,-12,-14,-14,-4,-7,0,-3,-3,-31,36,-31,-31,-31,-31,-32,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-4270,-44,-4134,-8,-4134,-53,-64,-3953,-4134,-4134]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. Nxg6 {D06: Queen's Gambit: Symmetrical and Baltic Defences} hxg6 7. g3 c6 8. Qd3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rad8 13. cxd5 exd5 {1-0 (67) Giri,A (2749)-Buhmann,R (2582) Germany 2013}) 13. Qc2 Qa6 14. Rb1 dxc4 15. bxc4 Qxc4 16. Rxb7 Bb4 17. Rd3 Nd5 {[%cal Rd5c3]} 18. Bd2 N7b6 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qb3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 (21. Qxc4 $11 dxc4 22. Rxc3) 21... Qxe2 $17 22. Rcc7 Rab8 (22... Qxd2 $17 23. Rxf7 Qh6) 23. Bg5 $15 Rxb7 24. Rxb7 Rc8 (24... Qe1+ $17 25. Kg2 Qe4+ 26. Qf3 Rd7 27. Qxe4 dxe4 28. Rxd7 Nxd7) 25. Rxa7 $11 Rc2 26. Qe3 Rxa2 27. Qxe2 Rxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Rb7 Nc4 {aiming for ...f6.} 29. Rb8+ Kh7 {White must now prevent ...f6.} 30. Rb7 $1 Nd6 31. Rd7 Ne4 32. Be3 f6 33. Re7 Nd2 34. Rxe6 Nf3+ 35. Kf1 Re1+ 36. Kg2 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Rd6 (37. Bxd4 Rxe6) 37... Nf5 38. Rxd5 Rxe3 (38... Nxe3+ {is interesting.} 39. fxe3 Re2+ 40. Kf3 Rxh2 41. g4 Rc2) 39. Rxf5 $1 {[#]} Rxg3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. fxg3 gxf5 $15 {K3P-KPP} 41. Kf3 g5 {Hoping for ...g4+.} 42. Ke3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42. h4 $11) 42... Kg6 $2 (42... g4 $1 $19 43. Kd4 Kg6) 43. Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (43. h3 $15) 43... Kf7 $2 (43... Kh6 $1 $19 44. h3 Kg7) 44. Ke3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. h4 $11) 44... Ke6 $2 ({Black should try} 44... g4 $19 45. Kf2 Ke6) 45. Kf3 Kd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Ke7 $15 46. h4 Kf7) 46. h3 $19 Ke5 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 44%.} 0-1

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,202,0,18,0,8,-11,0,-1,7,17,22,0,0,0,0,-4,-9,-3,0,-15,14,27,0,0,32,57,52,41,58,46,39,37,85,79,70,57,100,0,0,-11,-8,0,0,-100,-92,-92,-95,-91,-87,-85,-25,-25,-25,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-12,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-34,-33,-33,-33,-33,0,-33,-33,-39,-33,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-33,-47,-33,-40,-33,-34,-33,-33,-33,-37,2,10,14,14,102,102,102,90,102,90,102,90,102,90,102,90,102,90,102,90,102,0,102,90,102,90,102,90,102,90,102,90,102,90,102,0,102,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,95,95,102,102,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} h6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 9. Qe2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. Nd4 Qe7 10. Bg3 Bd7 11. Nb5 Bb6 12. Bd6 Qd8 13. Ba3 Bc7 14. Be2 Ne7 15. Nxc7+ Qxc7 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Nd4 O-O 18. O-O Rfd8 19. Nxc6 {½-½ (19) Rahman,Z (2472)-Sengupta,D (2586) New Delhi 2018}) 9... Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bd7 12. e4 {exd5 is the strong threat.} dxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. g4 Qc7 15. g5 O-O-O {Black wants to play ...hxg5.} 16. gxh6 gxh6 17. O-O-O f5 18. Ng3 Bd6 19. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} e5 20. Qd3 Bc5 {[#] aiming for ...e4.} 21. Nxf5 e4 22. Qxe4 {Threatens to win with Rxd7.} Rhe8 23. Qg4 $1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rh5 Rf8 {[%cal Re5f5]} 26. Rxd7 (26. Bd3 $16) 26... Qxd7 $11 27. Ne7+ Rxe7 28. Rxc5+ Kb8 29. Qxd7 (29. Qg3+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} Ka8 30. f3 (30. Rd5 Qa4 $17)) 29... Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 30. f3 Rg7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 31. Bf1 Re8 {Strongly threatening ...Re1+.} 32. Rd5 h5 ({Black should play} 32... Re1+ $17 33. Rd1 Rge7) 33. Kd2 h4 34. a4 a6 35. Rd4 h3 36. gxh3 Rg1 37. Be2 Rh1 38. Re4 Rd8+ 39. Kc2 Rxh3 40. a5 Rh2 41. b4 Rf2 42. Kb3 Rd2 43. Bc4 Rxf3 44. Re5 Rff2 45. Bd5 Ka7 46. Kc4 {Hoping for Re7.} Rf8 47. Kb3 Rc8 48. Bc4 Rc7 49. Rg5 Rh2 50. Re5 Rh4 51. Bd5 Rh3 52. Bc4 Rg3 53. Rf5 Re7 {White must now prevent ...Ree3.} 54. Rc5 Ree3 55. Bf7 Re2 56. Bc4 Ree3 (56... Re1 {NOTEXT} 57. Rc8 Rh3 58. Bd5 Rd1 59. Bc4 Rb1+) 57. Bf7 Rg2 58. Ka3 Re1 59. Kb3 Rb1+ 60. Kc4 Rg4+ 61. Kd3 Rb2 62. Be6 Rg6 63. Bf5 Rg5 64. Kc4 Rf2 65. Be4 $1 Rg4 66. Re5 Re2 67. Kd3 Re1 68. Re7 Rexe4 (68... Kb8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 69. Rxe4 {KR-KR} Rg7 70. Rf4 Rh7 71. Rg4 Rf7 72. Rh4 Rg7 73. Kc2 Rf7 74. Kb2 Rg7 75. Kb3 Rf7 76. Ka3 Rc7 77. Kb3 Rf7 $1 78. Re4 Rh7 79. Re3 Rg7 80. Rf3 Rh7 81. Rg3 Rf7 82. Rh3 Rg7 83. Rh5 Rf7 84. Rh3 Rg7 85. c4 Rg5 86. Rd3 Rh5 87. Kc3 Rg5 88. Rd5 Rg3+ 89. Kd4 Rb3 {[#]} 90. Kc5 $1 Rc3 91. Rh5 Rc1 92. Rh4 Rb1 93. b5 (93. Rh8 $16) 93... axb5 {The position is equal.} 94. cxb5 b6+ 95. axb6+ Kb7 96. Rh7+ Kb8 97. b7 Rg1 98. Kb4 Rg6 99. b6 Rxb6+ 100. Ka5 Rxb7 101. Rxb7+ Kxb7 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,113,27,-4,35,25,21,-8,-10,-10,-15,-17,-14,-17,-18,-84,-85,-72,-58,-73,-85,-56,-64,-97,-101,-125,-14,-3,-14,-14,-4,-53,-57,-95,106,-117,0,0,0,-64,7,8,8,8,120,120,116,9,6,10,9,18,58,59,62,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,35,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nf3 e6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... Nc6 7. Bf4 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Rc8 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 Ne5 12. Qe3 g6 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. Bh6 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 {½-½ (63) Predke,A (2595)-Andreikin,D (2712) Moscow 2018}) 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bf4 {[%cal Re5d6]} Qb6 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rb6f2]} 9. Qd2 {[%cal Re5d6]} dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nc6 12. Bg3 $146 (12. Na4 $1 $11 Qb4 13. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 14. Bc3) ({Predecessor:} 12. Na4 Qb4 13. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 14. Bc3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 {0-1 (49) Dos Santos,J-Jacobs,F Hengelo 2002}) 12... Qxb2 $17 13. Rb1 {[%cal Ba1b1,Bb1b3,Bb3c3,Bc3c5][%mdl 32]} Qa3 14. Bd3 Bb4 15. Rb3 Qa5 16. O-O O-O 17. a3 Bxc3 (17... Be7 $17 18. Re1 Rd8) 18. Rxc3 e5 19. Qe3 g6 20. Rc5 Qxa3 21. Bh4 {White threatens Bf6 and mate.} Kg7 $2 (21... Re8 $1 $17) 22. f4 $2 {[#]} (22. Bg5 $16 Re8 23. Bh6+ Kg8 24. Qg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc5 25. Qf6) 22... exf4 (22... e4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4d3]} 23. Rxc6 (23. Bxe4 Qxe3+) 23... bxc6 24. Qxe4 Qc5+ 25. Bf2 Qd5) 23. Rxf4 $11 f6 $1 24. h3 (24. Rd5 $1 $11) 24... Bf5 ({Black should try} 24... Bd7 $1 $15 25. Rd5 Rad8) 25. Rcxf5 gxf5 26. Rxf5 {Threatens to win with Rh5.} Qe7 {[#]} (26... Qd6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. Qg3+ $1 $16 Kh8 {[#]} 28. Qf4 (28. Rh5 $1 $16 {White wants to mate with Qg6.} Qg7 29. Rxh7+ Qxh7 30. Bxh7 Kxh7 31. Qc7+ Kg6 32. Qxb7) 28... Rae8 $11 29. Bxf6+ {[#]} Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Rxf6 {Hoping for Rf7.} Qe3+ 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Bxa6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} (32. Kf2 $5 {[%cal Rf2e3]} Re7 33. Bxa6 $16) 32... Kg7 33. Rd6 bxa6 34. Rxc6 {KR-KR} a5 35. Kf2 Ra3 36. Ke2 Rg3 37. Ra6 (37. Rc7+ {is more complex.} Kg6 38. Kf2 Ra3 39. h4 a4 40. Rc5) 37... Rxg2+ {The position is equal.} 38. Kd3 Rg3+ 39. Kd4 Rxh3 40. Rxa5 Rh4+ 41. Kd3 Kf6 42. c4 Ke6 43. Kc3 h5 44. Ra6+ Ke5 45. Ra5+ Ke4 46. Kb4 Rh1 47. Rg5 Kf4 48. Rg8 h4 49. c5 h3 50. Rh8 h2 51. c6 Rb1+ 52. Kc5 h1=Q 53. Rxh1 Rxh1 54. c7 Ke5 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 55. Kc6 Rc1+ 56. Kd7 {[#]} Rxc7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 57. Kxc7 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Memorial Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,109,23,16,13,13,25,26,24,15,18,0,16,-13,16,3,7,4,34,31,41,57,44,12,14,17,21,0,0,2,2,8,5,5,61,58,61,61,61,61,52,58,53,41,60,50,64,60,63,65,206,195,203,192,179,118,113,72,72,14,19,48,26,41,83,0,11,11,18,11,12,12,12,3,3,3,7,7,7,4,5,6,8,10,12,4,8,4,7,8,13,14,20,8,12,0,0,0,622,579,2745,1618]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Qb3 {LiveBook: 7 Games. E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} c5 7. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3h4,Bh4f5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 8. dxc5 {White has an edge.} Bxc5 9. O-O h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Na5 10. Qc2 Nxc4 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 {1-0 (44) Bachmann,A (2621)-Urkedal,F (2549) Stockholm 2016}) 10. Rd1 e5 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Nh4 Nd4 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. e3 Nc6 16. Nf5 Qe6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nd5 {And now b4 would win.} Bxf5 19. gxf5 Qxf5 20. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Nxd5 $1 21. bxc5 Nde7 (21... Nf6 $11) 22. cxd6 $14 Ng6 {[%cal Be7g6,Bg6h4,Bh4g2][%mdl 32]} 23. Qe2 Nh4 24. Qg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qxg4 25. hxg4 {Strongly threatening Be4.} Nxg2 26. Kxg2 b6 27. c5 Rfd8 28. Rb1 bxc5 29. Rb5 e4 (29... Rab8 $14 30. Rxc5 Rb6) 30. Rxc5 $18 Nb4 {intending ...Nd3.} 31. Ba3 a5 32. Rd2 (32. Rc7 $18) 32... Rd7 $16 33. Re5 Ra6 34. Kg3 (34. Rxe4 $16 Rdxd6 35. Rxd6 (35. Bxb4 axb4 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 $16) 35... Rxd6 36. Bxb4 axb4 37. Rxb4) 34... Raxd6 $11 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 36. Rxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rb6 37. Ra4 (37. Bxb4 $16 Rxb4 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. Ra6) 37... Nxa2 38. Rxe4 Nc3 39. Rc4 Rb3 40. Bd6 f6 41. Kf4 Kf7 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Bf8 Kf7 44. Bc5 Nd5 45. Rd4 Ke6 46. Ra4 Rc3 47. Ra6+ Kf7 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. Bd4 {Black must now prevent Rd7.} Rc2 50. Ke4 Nb4 51. f4 Nc6 52. Rb7 Nxd4 53. exd4 Re2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (53... Kf8 $11) 54. Kf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5g6]} Rd2 {[#]} 55. Kg6 $1 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

