[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kapnisis, Spyridon"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,59,35,37,36,25,66,60,67,54,58,56,91,93,94,93,97,74,94,85,89,91,132,62,57,40,61,60,99,73,73,71,85,7,12,0,83,0,27,0,83,0,31,0]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4][%mdl 32]} Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Nb3 cxd4 8. Nbxd4 Bc5 9. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32] C05: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7, 5 f4 and 5 Bd3 sidelines} Qb6 10. Be2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (10. h4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Be7 12. Qc2 Qc6 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Bb5 Bd8 15. Bd2 a6 16. Bd3 Nb8 17. Qc2 {1-0 (34) Pap,M (2496)-Gorodetzky,D (2350) Veliko Gradiste 2016}) 10... O-O 11. O-O f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 12. Kh1 $1 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Be7 14. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd3 f5 15. h3 Rf7 16. g4 Nf8 17. Qe2 {½-½ (65) Van den Berg,A (2207)-Van de Groep,W (1970) Vlissingen 2010}) 14... a5 15. Bd3 f5 16. Be3 Nb8 17. g4 Nc6 18. a3 Bd7 19. Rg1 Rac8 20. gxf5 (20. Rg3 $16) 20... exf5 $14 21. Ng5 {aiming for Nxh7!} Bxg5 22. Rxg5 Ne7 23. Qe2 Rf7 24. Rbg1 Rc6 25. Bb5 (25. h4 $16) 25... Rc7 $11 26. Bd3 (26. Bxd7 $11 Rxd7 27. h4) 26... Rc6 $1 $16 27. Bb5 ({White should play} 27. h4 $16) 27... Rc7 $11 28. Bd3 (28. Bxd7 $11 Rxd7 29. Bd2) 28... Rc6 $16 29. Bb5 (29. R5g3 $16) 29... Rc7 $14 30. Bd3 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Greet, Andrew N"]
[Black "McNab, Colin A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,113,25,12,16,18,21,21,21,20,18,0,0,8,8,16,6,6,16,11,11,14,16,18,18,4,15,17,16,11,24,6,11,6,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,-27,-27,8,-36,-37,-96,-45,-20,-6,-63,-66,-70,-70,-83,-99,-78,-43,-58,-59,-47,-6,-89,0,-61,-68,-241,-235,-235,-216,-212,-208,-191,-117,-183,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 5. e3 e5 6. Be2 Ne7 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. O-O Nf5 11. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd5 c6 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 (42) Pedersen,E (2400)-Andreasen,P (2275) Denmark 1995}) 11... Re8 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. Nd5 Ne4 14. Qc1 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 c6 16. Nf4 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Bf3 g5 (19... Be6 $5) 20. Nh5 Nxh5 21. Bxh5 Kf8 22. Rd4 Re4 23. Rd2 g4 24. h3 gxh3 25. g3 Re6 26. Kh2 Ke7 27. Rd4 Be4 28. Bg4 c5 (28... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 29. Be2 c5 $17) 29. Rd2 Rf6 30. Rad1 (30. Rc1 $15) 30... d5 ({Black should play} 30... Rg8 $17 31. Bh5 Rg5) 31. cxd5 $15 Rfd6 32. Rc1 (32. Rb2 $11) 32... Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. f3 Rd2+ 35. Kxh3 Bc2 36. Bc8 b6 37. Kg4 Bg6 38. e4 (38. Ra1 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 38... a5 ({Better is} 38... Rxa2 $17 39. Rd1 Ra3) 39. Bb7 (39. Ra1 $11) 39... Rxa2 40. f4 $2 ({White should try} 40. Bd5 $15) 40... f6 $19 41. Bd5 Rh2 {And now ...Bh5+ would win.} 42. Kf3 Bh5+ 43. Ke3 Re2+ 44. Kd3 {[#] aiming for Rh1.} Rg2 $2 (44... Bg4 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Rg2.} 45. Rc2 Re1) 45. Rh1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxg3+ 46. Kd2 Be8 {Threatens to win with ...h5.} (46... Bg6 $5 47. f5 $8 Be8 48. Rxh7+ Kd6 $11) 47. Rxh7+ Kd8 48. Rb7 b5 49. Rb6 a4 50. bxa4 bxa4 51. Rxf6 a3 52. Ra6 Kc7 53. f5 {[#] Strongly threatening f6.} Bb5 54. Ra8 Rd3+ 55. Kc2 Rf3 56. f6 Rxf6 57. Rxa3 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Petr, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,71,14,17,6,10,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,23,4,29,12,17,12,14,11,27,12,12,17,11,0,14,10,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 {D83: Grünfeld: 4 Bf4 Bg7 5 e3 0-0} 7. cxd5 (7. c5 c6 8. Bd3 Bc8 9. Bg3 b6 10. b4 Nh5 11. Bh4 a5 12. cxb6 axb4 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Rxc6 {½-½ (31) Wojtaszek,R (2750)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2767) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 7... Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. b3 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ {LiveBook: 8 Games} 11. Kxd2 c6 12. Bc4 (12. Nf3 {looks sharper.} Rd8 13. Bc7 Rc8 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. Bc4) 12... Bxc4 13. Rxc4 Nd7 14. Nf3 {[#]} f6 $146 (14... Nb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6c4]}) ({Predecessor:} 14... a5 15. a4 Nb6 16. Rc5 Nd7 17. Rc4 Nb6 18. Rc5 Nd7 19. Rc4 {½-½ (19) Savina,A (2429)-Lagno,K (2530) Chita 2015}) 15. Bg3 a5 16. Rb1 Rfc8 17. Ne1 Bf8 18. Nd3 e6 19. a4 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 {The position is equal.} 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Rbc1 (22. Ke2 $5 {[%cal Rb1c1]}) 22... b6 23. Ke2 Rd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf7 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. e4 Kd7 28. Bf4 Kc6 (28... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5f4]} 29. Bd2 Rc8 $11) 29. Be3 f5 30. f3 h5 31. h4 Rd8 32. Bg5 Rd7 33. Bd2 Rd8 34. Bg5 Rd7 35. Bd2 Rd8 36. Bg5 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pritchett, Craig W"]
[Black "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,162,37,25,68,44,50,44,41,41,41,41,43,39,49,15,20,19,33,26,22,0,0,-93,-88,-112,0,-15,-8,-117,-76,-136,-95,-131,-72,-83,-67,-129,-89,-85,-76,-97,-72,-83,-60,-72,-63,-65,-54,-91,-92,-100,-112,-92,-66,-61,-62,-106,-104,-101,-78,-154,-149,-169,-92,-256,-182,-252,-164,-189,-177,-247,-182,-165,0,-208,-214,-258,-257,-306,-320,-304,-324,-323,-314,-298,-318,-314,-302,-293,-264,-320,-311,-321,-318,-439,-438,-438,-431,-421,-411,-422,-400,-406,-382,-398,-391,-417,-412,-432,-420,-431,-418,-435,-415,-412,-292,-409,-385,-435,-394,-593,-522,-1895,-1663,-2704,-674,-12834,-12835,-12835,-12835,-12836,-12836,-12834,-12834,-12835,-12836,-2437,-5497,-12839,-12838,-12838,-12837,-12841,-12840,-12841,-12840,-29982,-12847]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5 Bxe5 9. Be2 Bg7 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} 10. O-O Nh6 11. Bf4 O-O {White is slightly better.} 12. Qd2 Nf5 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Rfe1 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bd7 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Be3 {1-0 (38) Nikolaidis,I (2538)-Shavtvaladze,N (2383) Athens 2006}) 15. Re4 Bd7 16. Rae1 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bf1 Qa5 19. b4 (19. a3 $11 {remains equal.}) 19... Qb6 $17 20. Bg5 e5 ({But not} 20... Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxa2 22. R1e2 $15) (20... Rac8 $17 21. Rc1 h6) 21. dxe6 $1 $11 fxe6 {White must now prevent ...h6.} 22. Nd1 (22. a4 $11) 22... d5 23. R4e2 (23. Ne3 $142) 23... Rac8 24. Qd3 Rf8 (24... Qd6 $142 25. Ne3 Nd4) 25. Rc2 $17 Rc4 26. Qd2 (26. Ne3 $15) 26... Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Rc8 28. Qd2 Kh8 29. Bd3 Nd6 30. Be7 Nc4 (30... Re8 $5 {[%cal Re8e7]} 31. Qg5 Qc6 $15) 31. Qg5 Qd4 32. Bf1 Qd2 33. Qxd2 Nxd2 34. Bc5 Nxf1 35. Kxf1 e5 36. Nc3 Bc6 37. f3 Ra8 38. Re2 (38. a4 $142) 38... Kg8 39. Rd2 Kf7 (39... d4 $19 40. Ne4 Bd5) 40. Ke2 $2 {[#]} (40. Ne2 $17) 40... Ke6 41. Rc2 (41. Kf2 {was worth a try.}) 41... Bh6 42. Nb1 Kd7 43. Nd2 (43. Be3 {is a better defense.} Bf8 44. a3) 43... Ra3 44. Nb1 Ra8 45. Nd2 $1 d4 46. Nb3 Ra3 47. Bb6 Bd5 48. Rc7+ Kd6 49. Ra7 Bc4+ 50. Ke1 Rxa7 51. Bxa7 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Kd5 52. Bc5 Be3 53. Nd2 Bxa2 54. Ne4 h5 55. h4 Bc4 56. Nf6+ Ke6 57. Ne4 Bd3 58. Ng5+ Kf6 59. Bd6 Bc4 60. Bc7 Kf5 61. Ne4 Bd3 62. Nc5 Bc2 63. Ke2 Bf4 64. Bd8 Bh6 65. Be7 Bb1 66. Bd8 (66. Kd1 {was called for.}) 66... Bc1 67. g3 Bb2 68. Be7 (68. Bg5 $142) 68... Bc3 69. Nd3 Ke6 70. Bc5 Kd5 (70... Bxd3+ $142 71. Kxd3 Be1) 71. Bf8 Bxd3+ 72. Kxd3 {KB-KB} Be1 73. Be7 Bxg3 74. Bd8 Be1 75. Be7 Ke6 76. Bd8 Bxb4 77. Bc7 Bd6 78. Bd8 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 79. Bg5 b3 80. Bc1 Bb4 81. f4 Bc3 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Pritchett, Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,9,19,12,24,12,9,-1,0,-16,37,34,90,25,50,52,56,59,81,72,83,72,66,75,105,79,79,65,86,82,123,146,151,182,169,168,211,209,200,204,178,187,198,214,287,267,357,246,368,332,439,387,574,489,800,759,1043,700,1029,1021,1243,1212,1259,1246]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 (5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qc7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 Qb6+ 14. Bd4 Qc7 15. Be5 Qb6+ 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. Be5 {½-½ (17) Lu,S (2620)-Zhou,J (2613) Xinghua 2017}) 5... Qc7 6. O-O {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} Be7 7. c3 d5 8. e5 {The position is equal.} Nd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 9. d4 b6 $146 ({Black should play} 9... O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Na3 Qb6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nb5 Bd7 {0-1 (52) Feliciano Ebert,V (2200)-Terao,J (2290) Rio de Janeiro 2017}) 10. Na3 $14 h6 (10... a6 $14) 11. h4 (11. Nb5 $16 Qb8 12. c4) 11... Bb7 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Bf4 Ba6 14. Nd6+ Qxd6 15. Qxa6 Qc7 16. Qe2 c4 17. h5 b5 18. Nh2 Nb6 19. Qg4 Kd7 20. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} (20. Qxg7 $2 Rag8 $19) 20... Rag8 21. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Na5 22. b4 ({Don't do} 22. axb5 $6 Nxb3 23. Ra2 Qb7 $14) 22... Nb3 23. a5 ({Inferior is} 23. axb5 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 Kc8 $15) 23... Na4 24. Rxa4 $1 bxa4 25. Bxd5 $1 g5 26. Bc1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Ke8 27. Bg2 Qd7 28. Qe2 Qb5 (28... Nxc1 $142 29. Rxc1 Kf8 30. Qxc4 Kg7) 29. Ng4 Kd7 30. Bb2 Rc8 (30... Kc7 $142 31. Ne3 Rd8) 31. Rd1 {White is clearly winning.} a3 (31... Rcd8 $142 32. d5 Kc7) 32. Bxa3 $18 Qa4 33. Bb2 Ke8 34. d5 exd5 35. Bxd5 Kf8 36. Qf3 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petr, Martin"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,105,36,41,53,40,54,62,49,63,56,61,42,80,68,113,109,127,121,139,132,170,150,231,137,138,149,147,150,150,146,150,150,150,141,133,140,123,109,145,95,99,20,17,22,146,44,120,124,122,116,125,117,115,92,83,68,68,70,75,75,82,82,82,83,86,22,22,22,22,22,36,22,132,131,163,171,395,397,527,528,477,465,662,651,1336,1521,1414,1270,1411,1262,5616,5536,4594,4618,29969,29968,29981,29982]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. f4 (5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. b4 a6 8. Nbd2 Nxe5 9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. Ne5 Ngf6 11. c4 a5 12. Nb3 axb4 13. Qb5 Be7 {0-1 (53) Topalov,V (2760)-Nakamura,H (2779) London 2016}) 5... e6 6. Be3 $1 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} d4 7. Bf2 Bxc5 8. Nd2 {White is slightly better.} Nge7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7d5,Bd5e3][%mdl 32]} 9. a3 Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nf5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qf3 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 {1-0 (33) Solozhenkin,E (2443)-Arkell,K (2411) Hersonissos 2017}) 10. Qf3 g5 11. g3 gxf4 12. gxf4 Ne3 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Ne2 Qa5 15. c3 {Hoping for cxd4.} dxc3 (15... Be7 $16 16. Rg1 (16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxe3 Nf5 $16) (16. cxd4 Nd5 $16) 16... Qa4) 16. bxc3 (16. Nxc3 $18 Nf5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Nde4) 16... Nf5 $16 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne4 Qe3 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Qxe3 Nxe3 21. Kd2 ({Much less strong is} 21. Nxb7 $6 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Bc6 $14) 21... Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Nxb7 f6 24. Nc5 Rd8 25. Nd4 ({White should try} 25. Kc2 $16) 25... fxe5 $11 26. fxe5 {next Ke3 is good for White.} Nxe5 (26... Bc8 $11) 27. Rhf1 (27. Kc2 $1 $16) 27... Nc6 ({Black should play} 27... Bc8 $1 $14) 28. Nxd7+ $16 Rxd7 29. Rxf5+ Ke7 30. Re1+ Kd8 31. Kd3 Rg8 32. Rf6 Nxd4 33. cxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rg4 34. Re4 Rg2 35. Rh4 Ra2 36. Ra6 Ra1 37. Ke4 (37. Kc2 $16) 37... Re1+ $11 38. Kf5 Rf7+ 39. Kg5 Rg1+ 40. Kh6 Rd7 (40... Rg2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 41. Rf4 $16 Kc8 {[#]} 42. h4 $1 Kb7 $2 (42... Rh1 {might work better.} 43. Rc6+ Kd8) 43. Raf6 $18 Rd1 {[#]} 44. h5 $1 Kc7 45. Rg4 Rh1 (45... Re1 $142 46. Rg7 Ree7 47. Rxe7 Rxe7) 46. Rf5 Ra1 47. Rg7 Rxg7 48. Kxg7 Rxa3 49. Kxh7 {KR-KR} a5 50. h6 {[%cal Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} a4 51. Rg5 Rd3 52. Kg7 a3 53. h7 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Greet, Andrew N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,95,11,33,8,15,12,19,22,14,0,31,25,31,44,47,18,18,11,20,0,9,-27,59,74,67,74,62,64,87,72,125,77,101,102,172,166,205,202,298,165,172,133,153,122,128,54,120,53,47,54,150,142,110,37,129,123,138,138,138,138,141,123,168,168,665,637,739,640,645,624,2372,2428,1129,2371,29984,29985,29985,29986,29991,29992]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Be1 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (10. Bf4 g5 11. Be3 f5 12. Nc3 Nd6 13. b3 Bf6 14. Qc1 h6 15. h4 Nf7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Na4 Qe7 {1-0 (36) Giri,A (2771)-Carlsen,M (2832) Leuven 2017}) 10... f5 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. b4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Nb3 Qe7 13. Nc1 Ndf6 14. Nd3 Bd7 15. c5 Bc7 16. b4 Be8 17. a4 Ng4 {1-0 (40) Civin,T (2383)-Cerjak,A Stare Mesto 2003}) 12... Qe7 13. Rab1 b5 14. c5 {[#] Black must now prevent Nxe4.} Bc7 15. Nb3 g5 16. Nc1 g4 17. Nh4 Qg7 18. f3 Ng5 19. Bf2 (19. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4g5]} Ne4 20. e3 $11) 19... Nh3+ (19... f4 $11) 20. Bxh3 $1 $14 gxh3 21. Kh1 $1 a5 22. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} Nf6 23. Nd3 Bd7 (23... Kh8 $142) 24. Rg1 axb4 25. axb4 Ra4 (25... Qh6 $16) 26. Be3 Rfa8 27. Bf4 Bd8 (27... R4a7 {is a better defense.} 28. Qc1 Bc8) 28. Be5 (28. Qc1 $142) 28... Ra2 29. Qd1 {Threatens to win with g4!} Qh6 30. Nf4 Nh5 31. Qf1 (31. Nxh3 $16 Kf8 32. Ng2) 31... Be8 (31... Nxf4 $1 $14 32. gxf4+ Kf7) 32. Qxh3 (32. Nxh3 $16 Nf6 33. Bf4) 32... Nxf4 $1 33. Bxf4 Qh5 (33... Bg5 $1 $14) 34. Qf1 $16 Bf6 35. Qd1 (35. Qf2 $16) 35... h6 (35... Qf7 $14) 36. Ng2 Kh7 37. Bd6 Bg5 38. Nf4 Qf7 39. Be5 Qd7 40. h4 Be7 $2 (40... Bxf4 41. gxf4 Bg6) 41. Qf1 $18 Bf7 {Black hopes to continue with ...Qd8.} 42. Qh3 Rg8 43. g4 Bf8 44. gxf5 exf5 45. Rxg8 Kxg8 46. Rg1+ {White mates.} Kh7 47. Qg3 Qa7 {[#]} 48. Nh5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 57%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McNab, Colin A"]
[Black "Kapnisis, Spyridon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,140,11,11,11,17,8,13,20,17,17,14,4,6,-29,-16,-65,-52,-68,-67,-130,-127,-131,-129,-148,-98,-90,-93,-96,-103,-102,-102,-100,-100,-104,-85,-93,-56,-77,-84,-84,-84,-98,-103,-98,-90,-95,-88,-133,-83,-88,-80,-112,-41,-183,-181,-137,-8,-10,0,-150,-97,-136,-135,-123,-83,-96,-90,-93,-39,-100,-7,-10,0,-1,0,-123,-123,-116,0,0,0,-114,-119,-105,-117,-112,0,0,0,-109,-6,-16,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 10. Bg5 {D74: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 0-0)} (10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Rb1 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Qa4 Qc7 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Rxb7 Qxb7 17. Nd6 Qc7 18. Qxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxc6 {1-0 (47) Vachier Lagrave,M (2745)-Salem,A (2564) Caleta 2014}) 10... f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qd6 11. d5 Na5 12. Nd2 f5 13. Qa4 b6 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 e4 16. Qc4 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rf7 {1-0 (40) Strikovic,A (2508)-Del Rey,D (2373) Burgas 2001}) 11. Be3 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 12. Nd2 f5 $1 13. f3 exf3 14. Nxf3 Be6 15. Qd2 Na5 16. Bh6 Nc4 17. Qf4 Bd5 $1 18. Nd2 (18. Bxg7 $15 Kxg7 19. Rfd1) 18... Bxh6 $17 19. Qxh6 Bxg2 $1 20. Kxg2 Re8 21. Nxc4 Qd5+ $1 22. Kf2 {Black must now prevent Ne5.} Qxc4 23. Qd2 Re4 24. e3 Rae8 25. Rfe1 Qe6 26. Rab1 g5 27. d5 Qd6 28. Rb4 b6 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} ({Much weaker is} 29... fxe4 $6 30. Kg2 $11) 30. Qd1 h6 31. Qb3 Kg7 32. Qb5 a5 33. Re2 h5 34. Rd2 h4 (34... Qc5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc5e3]} 35. Qxc5 bxc5) 35. Qc6 (35. Rd4 $1 $15) 35... hxg3+ $19 36. hxg3 Kf6 (36... Qe5 $1 $17 37. Rd3 Rg4) 37. Qa8 $1 $11 Kg7 38. Qc8 (38. Qc6 $1 $11) 38... Re7 (38... Qe5 $142 39. Qd8 Rg4 40. Qd7+ Kg6 41. Qc6+ Kh5) 39. c4 Qe5 40. Re2 Qe4 {And now ...g4 would win.} 41. Qd8 g4 {...Qf3+ is the strong threat.} 42. Kg1 Qe5 (42... a4 $1 $17) 43. Kf1 ({White should try} 43. Kg2 $1 $15) 43... Kf7 (43... a4 $1 $17) 44. Rf2 Qe4 45. Qc8 $1 Kg6 46. Kg1 (46. Rf4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Qb1+ 47. Kg2) 46... Qe5 $1 $17 {[%cal Re5g3]} 47. Kf1 Qa1+ 48. Kg2 Qe5 49. Kf1 Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8c8]} 50. Qd7 Rh8 $1 {[%cal Rh8h1]} 51. Ke2 {[#]} Rh3 ({Black should play} 51... Rh1 $1 $17 52. Qe6+ Qxe6 53. dxe6 Kf6) 52. Qc8 $11 Rh8 (52... Rh7 $11) 53. Qd7 $17 {[#]} Rh7 (53... Rh1 $1 $17 {( -> ...Qb2+)} 54. Qe6+ Qxe6 55. dxe6 Kf6) 54. Qc8 $11 Qb2+ (54... b5 $5 {[%cal Re5b2]} 55. Qg8+ Rg7 56. Qe6+ Qxe6 57. dxe6 b4 $15) 55. Kd3 $1 Qb1+ 56. Kc3 Qe4 57. Kd2 $1 Re7 (57... b5 $5) 58. Qg8+ Rg7 59. Qc8 b5 (59... Qe5 $5 {[%cal Re5b2]} 60. Kd3 Re7 61. Qg8+ Rg7 $11) 60. Rf4 Qe5 (60... Qb1 $11) 61. e4 ({Better is} 61. Qe6+ $1 $14 Qxe6 62. dxe6) 61... Qd4+ {The position is equal.} 62. Ke2 Qxc4+ 63. Ke1 Qc1+ 64. Kf2 Qc2+ 65. Kg1 Qd1+ ({And not} 65... fxe4 66. Qxg4+ Kh7 67. Qh5+ Kg8 68. Qe8+ Kh7 69. Rh4#) 66. Kg2 Qe2+ 67. Kg1 Qe1+ 68. Kg2 {aiming for Qe6+.} Qe2+ 69. Kg1 Qe1+ 70. Kg2 {Threatens to win with Qe6+.} Qe2+ {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Small, Simon W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,118,23,20,15,22,22,-20,-24,-24,32,8,15,14,14,0,0,1,39,18,64,56,46,55,44,41,41,44,50,45,42,-8,152,36,19,-5,-16,-58,-58,-73,-82,-116,-115,-100,-82,-114,-116,-126,-126,-124,-118,-130,-109,-255,-260,-256,-245,-242,-237,-227,-164,-433,-428,-407,-418,-446,-446,-343,-416,-391,-364,-748,-736,-961,-977,-919,-903,-879,-854,-645,-509,-473,-472,-807,-997,-1126,-1169,-1056,-1006,-772,-931,-848,-750,-29972,-29972,-29972,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29974,-29975]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 10. O-O-O b5 (10... Qa5 11. Kb1 b5 12. h4 Bd7 13. g4 b4 14. Ne2 Ne4 15. Qe1 Rb8 16. Nc1 Nc3+ 17. bxc3 bxc3+ {1-0 (96) Najer,E (2679)-Korobov,A (2695) Poikovsky 2017}) 11. Qf2 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Na4 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxa4 bxa4 13. Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a3 Rb8 14. Qg3 Kf8 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qc7 17. Qf2 {1-0 (83) Aseeva,M (2155)-Mekhtiev,S St Petersburg 1997}) 13... a3 14. b3 Nb4 (14... O-O $11) 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Bb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qb7 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Bc5 Bb5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Bxb5+ $1 axb5 21. c3 Nc6 22. Qb6 Na7 23. f5 O-O 24. Rhe1 Rac8 25. Qd6 Qc7 $2 {[#]} (25... Nc6 $11) 26. Qxc7 (26. fxe6 $16 {aiming for Qxc7.} Qxc3 27. exf7+ (27. Qxa3 Qc2+ 28. Ka1 fxe6 $11) 27... Rxf7 28. Re2) 26... Rxc7 $14 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Rd3 Nc6 29. b4 h6 30. Re2 Rf4 31. h3 g5 32. Rde3 Kg7 33. g3 Rf8 34. Rd2 Kg6 35. Rd1 h5 36. Nd4 (36. h4 $17 {might work better.}) 36... Nxd4 $19 37. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc4 38. Rxa3 Rxb4+ 39. Ka1 Rf2 40. Ra8 $2 {[#]} (40. Ra6) 40... Ra4 41. Rxa4 bxa4 {KR-KR} 42. Rd3 g4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Ra3 Rf3 45. Rxa4 $2 (45. Kb2) 45... Rxg3 46. Ra8 Rd3 47. Kb2 Rxd4 48. a4 Kf5 49. a5 Kxe5 50. Kb3 Rd1 51. Kb2 (51. Rg8 $142 Rb1+ 52. Ka3) 51... Rh1 52. Rg8 Kf4 53. Rf8+ Ke4 54. Rg8 Kf3 55. Rf8+ Kg2 56. Re8 g3 {[%cal Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32] Black mates.} 57. a6 Rh7 58. Rxe6 Kh2 59. Kc3 g2 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Willliams, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,118,15,14,15,4,10,14,20,15,37,-7,4,-2,32,31,25,25,31,10,9,7,41,19,48,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,46,53,8,147,8,16,-15,-18,-60,-64,-80,-81,-119,-100,-102,-75,-139,-123,-135,-110,-113,-120,-144,-125,-293,-291,-286,-283,-255,-270,-249,-168,-530,-530,-503,-536,-989,-970,-1113,-974,-2561,-2141,-1861,-1717,-12833,-12835,-12832,-12832,-12840,-12837,-12841,-12835,-12835,-12836,-12836,-12837,-12837,-12837,-12838,-12838,-12839,-12839,-12839,-12840,-12841,-12842,-12841,-12842,-12845,-12846,-12847,-12847]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 10. O-O-O b5 (10... Qa5 11. Kb1 b5 12. h4 Bd7 13. g4 b4 14. Ne2 Ne4 15. Qe1 Rb8 16. Nc1 Nc3+ 17. bxc3 bxc3+ {1-0 (96) Najer,E (2679)-Korobov,A (2695) Poikovsky 2017}) 11. Qf2 Na4 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxa4 bxa4 13. Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a3 Rb8 14. Qg3 Kf8 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qc7 17. Qf2 {1-0 (83) Aseeva,M (2155)-Mekhtiev,S St Petersburg 1997}) 13... a3 14. b3 Nb4 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Bb6 Qb7 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Bc5 Bb5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Bxb5+ $1 axb5 21. c3 Nc6 22. Qb6 Na7 23. f5 O-O 24. Rhe1 Rac8 25. Qd6 Qc7 (25... Rfe8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26. Qxc7 (26. fxe6 $16 {Strongly threatening Qxc7.} Qxc3 27. exf7+ (27. Qxa3 Qc2+ 28. Ka1 fxe6 $11) 27... Rxf7 28. Re2) 26... Rxc7 $11 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Rd3 Nc6 29. b4 h6 30. Re2 Rf4 31. h3 g5 32. Rde3 (32. g3 $142 Re4 33. Rde3) 32... Kg7 $17 33. g3 Rf8 34. Rd2 Kg6 35. Rd1 h5 36. Nd4 $2 {[#]} (36. h4 $17) 36... Nxd4 $19 37. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc4 38. Rxa3 Rxb4+ 39. Ka1 Rf2 40. Ra8 $2 {[#]} (40. Ra6 {is more resistant.}) 40... Ra4 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Rxa4 bxa4 {KR-KR} 42. Rd3 g4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Ra3 Rf3 45. Rxa4 Rxg3 46. Ra8 Rd3 47. Kb2 Rxd4 48. a4 Kf5 49. a5 Kxe5 50. Kb3 Rd1 51. Kb2 Rh1 52. Rg8 Kf4 53. Rf8+ Ke4 54. Rg8 Kf3 55. Rf8+ Kg2 56. Re8 g3 {[%cal Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 57. a6 Rh7 58. Rxe6 Kh2 59. Kc3 g2 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kapnisis, Spyridon"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Program Activation Required} e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 (3... Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. a5 Bxf4 13. gxf4 Nd5 14. e3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Kh1 Qe7 18. Rg1 g6 19. Rg5 {½-½ (80) Aronian,L (2793)-Kramnik,V (2808) Leuven 2017}) 4. Na3 g6 $146 ({NOTEXT:} 4... Bxa3 5. bxa3 c6 6. Bb2 Nf6 7. Qc2 b5 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rfd1 O-O 11. d3 cxd3 12. Rxd3 {½-½ (33) Mista,A (2562)-Sargissian,G (2666) Warsaw 2012}) 5. Nxc4 Bg7 6. Rb1 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Ne7 7. b4 a6 8. Bb2 Bxb2 9. Rxb2 Nbc6 10. Nf3 Nf5 11. e3 Nd6 12. Nce5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 f6 14. Nd3 O-O 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. d4 Ra7 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. O-O e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Rd2 a5 21. Rc1 Qe8 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Qc3 Ra7 24. Rb2 b6 25. Nd3 Bd7 26. Nf4 Ne4 27. Qc4 Nc5 28. h4 Qe5 29. Rd2 Ra4 30. Qe2 Be6 31. Rcd1 Bf7 32. Bd5 Ne4 33. Bxf7 Nxd2 34. Bxg6 Ne4 35. Rd7 Qa1+ 36. Kg2 Rxa2 37. Rxh7+ Kg8 38. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Greet, Andrew N"]
[Black "Petr, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,117,22,29,33,37,36,33,8,43,18,30,30,30,30,32,29,26,27,28,29,35,22,32,25,23,28,28,25,73,69,87,87,87,88,143,101,97,97,179,179,179,161,165,156,167,159,150,170,244,162,260,255,179,179,169,154,176,154,260,260,252,207,200,199,271,174,411,404,399,384,588,458,798,721,939,782,998,866,832,791,769,451,451,440,720,671,29955,29956,29953,29954,29961,29961,29963,29962,29955,29954,5777,5591]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Be7 (9... a6 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. a4 Be7 13. g3 Bh5 14. O-O O-O 15. Ng2 Rad8 16. Nf4 Kh8 {½-½ (34) So,W (2822)-Caruana,F (2817) chess.com INT 2017}) 10. g3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Qb6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Kf2 O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Kg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. a3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 {1-0 (61) Burdalev,K (2259)-Itkis,H (2048) Pardubice 2011}) 14... Rad8 15. Be1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 e5 17. Bf2 exd4 18. exd4 Qxb3 19. Bxb3 Nb6 20. Rhe1 Rfe8 21. Re2 Bb4 22. Rce1 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Nbd5 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Nc7 26. a3 Ba5 27. d5 Bb6 (27... cxd5 $142 28. exd5 (28. Bxa7 dxe4 29. Bf2 Ne6 $14) 28... a6) 28. dxc6 bxc6 29. Rc2 Nb5 (29... Bxf2 $16 30. Kxf2 (30. Rxf2 Ne6 $16) 30... Rb8) 30. Bxb6 $18 axb6 31. Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd2+ 32. Kh3 Rxb2 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Bxf7 {[#] And now Rc6 would win.} Nd4 (34... Nd6 {was worth a try.} 35. Bxg6+ Kxg6) 35. Rc3 Re2 (35... Rf2 $142) 36. Rd3 Nc6 {Hoping for ...Ne5.} 37. Bxg6+ Kxg6 {KRN-KR} 38. Rd6+ Kh5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Ne5.} 39. Rxc6 Rxe4 (39... Re3 $16 40. Rxb6 Rxa3) 40. Rxb6 {KR-KR} Ra4 41. Rb3 g5 42. Kg2 Kg6 (42... g4 $142 43. Rb5+ Kh6) 43. Rf3 Ra8 $2 (43... Rd4 44. Rf2 Ra4) 44. g4 Ra4 45. h3 Ra8 (45... Re4 {keeps fighting.} 46. Rc3 Ra4) 46. Kf2 Ra7 (46... Re8 $142 47. a4 Ra8) 47. Ke2 Ra8 48. Kd2 Ra7 49. Kc2 Ra8 50. Kb2 Rb8+ 51. Rb3 Ra8 52. Rb4 Rh8 (52... Kf7 $142 53. a4 Ke7) 53. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rxh3 54. a5 Kf6 55. a6 Rh8 56. a7 Ra8 57. Ra4 Ke5 58. Kc3 Kd5 59. Kd3 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Williams, Simon K"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,112,26,26,21,21,22,22,39,18,32,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,45,43,36,39,43,37,56,20,19,22,40,0,0,0,0,-58,22,-31,-24,-132,-133,-128,-134,-180,-131,-133,-101,-95,-70,-143,-118,-170,-56,-56,-45,-143,-146,-144,-52,-251,-253,-256,-220,-222,-225,-229,-225,-503,-77,-75,-16,-219,-220,-220,-158,-247,-39,-43,-43,-43,-42,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 d6 7. Bd3 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} c5 8. c3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bh2 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Re8 12. Re1 Bf8 (12... a6 13. a4 Nf8 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. Bxa6 Bxa4 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. Nc4 {1-0 (82) Giri,A (2755)-Tomashevsky,E (2731) Moscow 2016}) 13. Qc2 h6 14. a4 Qc7 $146 15. Re2 Bc6 16. Rae1 Qb7 17. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rac8 18. Qb3 a5 19. b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Nd5 21. Rc1 N7f6 22. Bb1 Qc7 23. c4 Qb7 24. Ne1 Nb4 $1 25. Nd3 d5 26. Nxb4 (26. Nb2 $11) 26... Bxb4 (26... dxc4 $15 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Qxc4 axb4) 27. Qf3 (27. Rec2 $11) 27... Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 28. Rec2 (28. Qd3 $11) 28... Ba3 $17 29. Rd1 dxc4 30. Qe2 c3 31. Qd3 Bb4 32. Be5 g6 33. Re2 (33. Qf3 $15 Nd5 34. Ba2) 33... Nd5 34. Qg3 (34. Ba2 $17) 34... Kh7 (34... Qg5 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Qxg3.} 35. Qxg5 hxg5) 35. h4 $1 $15 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5g4][%mdl 32]} 36. Bc2 ({White should play} 36. Qf3 $1 $15 Kh6 37. Be4) 36... Red8 $17 37. Qf3 {White threatens Qxh5+ and mate.} f5 ({Black should try} 37... Kg8 $17 38. Qg3 Qe8) 38. g4 $2 (38. g3 $15) 38... hxg4 $19 39. Qg3 Bd6 40. h5 {[#]} Bxe5 $1 41. hxg6+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 ({Don't do} 41... Kxg6 42. Rxe5 Qf6 43. Rde1 $17) 42. Rxe5 $2 (42. Qxe5+ Kxg6 43. Qxe6+ Qxe6 44. Rxe6+ Kf7 45. Rde1) 42... Qf6 $2 (42... Rh8 $19 {has better winning chances. Strongly threatening ...Rh3.} 43. Rde1 Rh3) 43. Rde1 $17 Nc7 (43... Rd6 $17 44. R5e2 Rcd8) 44. Bxf5 $2 (44. Bb3 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Re8 45. Qxc3) 44... exf5 $19 45. Re7+ Kxg6 46. Rxc7 c2 $2 ({Avoid the trap} 46... Qxd4 $2 47. Re6+ Qf6 48. Rxf6+ Kxf6 49. Qxc3+ Ke6 50. Rxc8 $18) ({Better is} 46... Rxc7 $19 47. Qxc7 Rxd4) 47. d5 $15 Rxc7 48. Qxc7 Rxd5 {Hoping for ...Rd1.} 49. Qxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} g3 50. fxg3 {The position is equal.} Qd6 51. Qb3 Rd3 52. Qg8+ Kf6 53. Kh2 Rd2+ 54. Kh3 Rh2+ 55. Kxh2 {Qe8 would kill now.} Qd2+ 56. Kh3 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Re1e6]} Qxe1 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Program Activation Required} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. a4 {E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} (11. Re1 Rb8 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Qb3 Nd3 14. Nc6 bxc6 15. Qxb8 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Nh5 17. e5 d5 18. Ne2 Qh4 19. Qxc7 Bxh3 20. Qxc6 {½-½ (41) Mareco,S (2635)-Adhiban,B (2666) Doha 2016}) 11... Rb8 12. a5 Ne5 13. b3 Nfd7 $146 ({NOTEXT:} 13... c5 14. Nde2 Nc6 15. Bf4 Nd4 {1-0 (59) Arkell,K (2408)-Agrest,I (2273) chess.com INT 2017}) 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Qc2 Ne6 16. Rfd1 Nc6 17. Nde2 Bd7 18. Qd2 Qc8 19. c5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Bxh3 21. Be3 Bg4 22. f3 Be6 23. Ra3 Ne5 24. Nf4 Bd7 25. Nfd5 Qd8 26. Ra2 Be6 27. Rb2 h5 28. Nf4 Bd7 29. Ncd5 Bb5 30. Rc2 c6 31. Nc3 Qxa5 32. Na4 Qd8 33. Nb6 Qe7 34. Ne2 Rbd8 35. Nd4 Bd3 36. Rc3 Bb5 37. Rcc1 d5 38. exd5 Nd3 39. Nxb5 Nxc1 40. Qxc1 Qxe3+ 41. Qxe3 Rxe3 42. Na3 Rxb3 43. Nac4 Bf8 44. Kh2 Bc5 45. Na4 Rxd5 46. Nxc5 Rxc5 47. Rd8+ Kh7 48. Nd6 Rb2 49. Nxf7 Rcc2 50. Kh3 Rxg2 51. Kh4 Rgd2 52. Re8 Kg7 53. Ne5 Kf6 0-1

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pritchett, Craig W"]
[Black "McNab, Colin A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,78,0,0,1,10,11,12,13,18,4,20,2,23,22,21,25,33,28,30,20,24,3,33,27,31,-47,-53,-70,23,31,30,-155,-145,-172,-110,-114,-100,-118,-126,-123,-122,-200,-159,-192,-70,-95,-78,-64,-62,-137,-121,-115,-108,-162,-151,-581,-571,-574,-558,-617,-7,-879,-879,-1264,-1203]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. Bf1 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 e5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Re8 16. Red1 Nb6 {1-0 (48) Malakhov,V (2694)-Bologan,V (2661) Dubai 2014}) 8... e5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a4 {The position is equal.} Qc7 11. Be3 Ng4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Rd8 12. Qc1 Nf8 13. h3 Ne6 14. Rd1 Rxd1 15. Qxd1 Bd7 16. a5 Bf8 17. Ng5 Nh5 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 {1-0 (76) Holub,L (2110)-Mrnka,J Czechia 2003}) 12. Bg5 Nc5 13. h3 h6 14. Bd2 ({Don't play} 14. hxg4 hxg5 15. Nxg5 Rd8 $15) 14... Nf6 15. Qc1 Kh7 16. b4 Ne6 17. Bd3 Nh5 18. Rb1 Nef4 19. Bf1 f5 20. exf5 ({White should play} 20. Qa3 $14) 20... gxf5 $15 {And now ...e4 would win.} 21. g3 Nd5 (21... e4 $15 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Qxf4 24. gxf4 Bxc3) 22. Qd1 $11 e4 23. Nxd5 $2 (23. Ng5+ $1 $11 Kg6 24. Ngxe4 fxe4 25. Nxe4) 23... cxd5 $17 24. Nh2 {[#]} Qf7 (24... Nxg3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Bg2 (25. fxg3 Qxg3+) 25... f4 26. fxg3 f3) 25. Be2 Nf6 {[%cal Bh5f6,Bf6d7,Bd7e5][%mdl 32]} 26. Bf4 Be6 27. Nf1 Rac8 28. Ne3 (28. a5 $17) 28... Rfd8 $1 $19 29. Qd4 b6 (29... Nd7 $19 30. Qxa7 d4) 30. Be5 $15 Nd7 31. Bxg7 Qxg7 32. Qxg7+ (32. Red1 $15) 32... Kxg7 $17 33. Red1 Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for ...d4. Black is on the roll.} 34. Rd2 (34. Rd4 $17) 34... d4 $19 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4e3][%mdl 32]} 35. Rbd1 $2 (35. Ng2 $17) 35... dxe3 36. Rxd8 Rxc2 37. Kf1 {[#]} Bc4 $2 ({Better is} 37... f4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 38. fxe3 (38. gxf4 Bxh3+) 38... Bxh3+ 39. Ke1 fxg3) 38. R8d7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38. R1d7+ $11 Nxd7 39. Rxd7+ Kf6 40. Bxc4 Rxc4 41. fxe3) 38... Kf8 $1 39. Rd8+ {[#]} Ke7 $1 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,70,11,13,-12,-5,-8,-7,-19,12,-4,24,14,16,13,12,0,21,0,0,-8,0,-24,-23,-33,-16,-22,-14,-33,-28,-28,0,-7,0,-62,-70,-69,-57,-77,-69,-87,-56,-61,-70,-67,-76,-52,-26,-84,-78,-91,-89,-89,-83,-102,-102,-134,-134]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 9. Nd2 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} (9. h3 Bh5 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nd7 12. Qf3 Re8 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. b3 Qa5 {½-½ (50) Wan,Y (2482)-Lan,Z (2354) Beijing 2017}) 9... Bxe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be6 10. Ne4 Bc7 11. Nc5 Bc8 12. Bf3 f5 13. Re1 b6 14. Nb3 a5 15. c3 a4 16. Nd2 Be6 {1-0 (27) Gelemerov,J-Nenkov,L (2294) Radomir 2009}) 10. Qxe2 Re8 11. Qf3 {The position is equal.} Bc7 12. Nb3 (12. Qd3 {keeps more tension.} Qd6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Be3 b5 15. a4) 12... Qd5 (12... Nd7 {feels hotter.} 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Rfe1 Nc4 15. Nc5 Qd6) 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. Rfe1 f5 16. a4 f6 17. Kf1 Kf7 ({Reject} 17... Bxh2 $6 18. g3 $16) 18. h3 Bd6 19. Rac1 h5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Re1 Rc8 22. Ke2 Nd8 23. Kd3 Ne6 24. Nc1 (24. c3 $11) 24... Rc4 $15 25. Ne2 Rxa4 26. b3 Ra6 27. Nc3 Nc7 28. Ne2 b5 29. Bf4 Bxf4 30. Nxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} h4 (30... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 31. Nxh5 Ne6 $15) 31. Kd2 (31. g3 $1 $11) 31... g5 $17 32. Nd3 {[#]} Ne6 $1 33. Nc5 Rc6 34. Nxe6 Rxe6 35. Rxe6 Kxe6 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petr, Martin"]
[Black "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,197,0,-10,0,3,-18,-10,-13,-3,0,24,-14,-4,-14,-12,-25,0,-5,11,1,21,-9,0,0,-3,-11,-20,-20,-17,-29,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,49,-18,-7,-16,-7,-10,31,29,52,0,0,0,7,0,-21,-2,0,0,0,0,50,0,0,0,0,-47,0,0,0,-44,0,0,0,-12,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,1,25,15,25,24,43,8,17,8,12,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,8,33,8,42,36,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,0,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79]} 1. e4 c5 2. Be2 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d3 e6 (5... g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. Qe1 c4 9. Na3 cxd3 10. Bxd3 Nd7 11. Be3 b6 12. Rd1 a6 13. Bc4 b5 14. Bd5 Bb7 15. f5 Nf6 {½-½ (36) Bernadskiy,V (2526)-Zubarev,A (2556) Lutsk 2016}) 6. O-O {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} Be7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 7. Qe1 O-O 8. Kh1 {The position is equal.} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Rb8 9. Nc3 Nd4 10. Bd1 b5 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 {½-½ (37) Rendle,T (2378)-Lee,R (2147) England 2015}) 9. Be3 Bb7 10. c3 e5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg1 Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 (13... Nxe5 {is more complex.} 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. c4 f5 16. Nc3 Bg5) 14. Na3 Bg5 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Nc2 Rad8 17. a3 Qe6 18. b4 {[#]} (18. Be3 $5 {[%cal Re3g5]} Be7 19. Qg3 $11) 18... c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Be3 (19. dxc4 Rxd1) 19... cxd3 20. Bxd3 Bf4 (20... Bf6 {is interesting.} 21. Qe2 Ne7 22. c4 Nc6 23. Bd2 Nd4) 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Rxf4 Qb3 23. Rb1 Qe6 24. Bf1 Rfe8 (24... Qd6 $5 {[%cal Rd6f4]} 25. Qf2 Qd2 $11) 25. Qf2 ({Better is} 25. Bb5 $14) 25... Ne5 $11 26. Nd4 Qc8 27. Bb5 Rf8 28. Qe3 a6 29. Be2 (29. Ba4 $1 $14) 29... Ng6 30. Rf2 Rde8 31. Rbf1 Bxe4 32. Qg3 f5 {With the idea ...f4.} 33. Qh3 b5 34. Kg1 Ne7 35. Bd1 Rf6 36. Bb3+ Kh8 37. Qe3 Nd5 (37... Nc6 $5 {[%cal Re4g2]} 38. Re1 Nxd4 39. Qxd4 Qb8 $15) 38. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 39. Qg5 {[%cal Rd4f5]} Qxc3 40. Nxf5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg5g7] [#]} Rff8 41. h4 (41. Rc2 $5 {[%cal Rc2c3]} Qf6 42. Qxf6 Rxf6 43. Nd4 $11) 41... Bc4 42. Rf3 Qb2 43. R1f2 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. Rf4 g6 (45... h6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 46. Qg3 Bd5 $11) 46. Nh6 Rxf4 47. Rxf4 Qxg5 48. hxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 49. Kh3 Re3+ 50. Rf3 Be6+ 51. Kg3 Re4 52. Rd3 Kf8 53. Rd6 Ke7 (53... a5 $5) 54. Rxa6 Re2 55. Ra7+ Kd6 56. Rxh7 Re3+ 57. Kh4 {Threatening Rg7.} Rxa3 58. Rg7 Rb3 59. Rxg6 {And now Rf6 would win.} Rxb4+ 60. g4 Rb1 61. Rg7 {Strongly threatening g6.} (61. Nf7+ $5 Kd5 62. Nd8 Rh1+ 63. Kg3 $11) 61... Rh1+ 62. Kg3 b4 63. Rb7 b3 64. Nf5+ Kc6 65. Rb8 Kc7 66. Rb4 {White wants to play g6.} Bf7 67. Nd4 (67. g6 $5 Bxg6 68. Rxb3 $14) 67... Rd1 68. Kf4 Kd6 69. Nxb3 Rf1+ 70. Ke3 {Nd4 is the strong threat.} Rb1 71. Rd4+ Ke5 72. Re4+ Kd5 {aiming for ...Re1+.} 73. Nd2 Re1+ 74. Kf3 Rxe4 75. Nxe4 $16 {KB-KN} Bg6 76. Nf6+ Ke6 77. Kg3 Kf7 78. Nh5 Bb1 79. Kh4 Bc2 80. Nf4 {Threatens to win with Kh5.} Bg6 81. Nd5 Ke6 82. Ne3 Kf7 83. Nf5 Ke6 84. Nh6 Ke5 85. Ng8 Ke6 86. Nh6 (86. Kg3 $16) 86... Ke7 (86... Ke5 $1 $11) 87. Kg3 {White is better.} Kf8 88. Nf5 Kf7 89. Nh4 Bb1 90. Nf5 Kg6 91. Kh4 Bc2 92. Ne3 Be4 93. Nc4 Kg7 94. Nd6 Bd3 95. Kg3 Kg6 96. Kf4 Bc2 97. Nc4 Bb1 98. Ne5+ Kg7 99. Kg3 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Greet, Andrew N"]
[Black "Kapnisis, Spyridon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,84,5,17,-16,0,0,12,5,5,0,4,0,28,41,62,54,31,-114,-117,-114,-114,-110,-105,-118,-113,-106,-114,-125,-118,-147,-110,-143,-119,-159,-145,-124,-146,-202,-187,-182,-182,-200,-204,-182,-117,-87,-112,-141,0,-116,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 dxc4 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} 10. bxc4 e5 {LiveBook: 9 Games. Threatens to win with ...e4.} 11. Ng5 exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qe7 12. Nb5 h6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Nh3 Rac8 {0-1 (40) Polgar,Z (2560)-Tiviakov,S (2575) Moscow 1993}) 12. exd4 h6 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Bc2 Nf8 15. Nb5 Be4 16. Ba4 Ng4 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Ne5 ({But not} 18. Bxe8 $2 Bxf3 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 $19) (18. g3 $14 {stays ahead.}) 18... Nxe5 $17 19. dxe5 Qg6 $1 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg6g2]} 20. f3 Red8 $1 $40 {[%cal Rd8d1][%mdl 128] Black attacks with force.} 21. Qc1 Bd3 22. Rf2 Ne6 23. Bc2 Nc5 24. Rd2 Qg5 25. Qe1 Bxc4 26. Rad1 Rxd2 ({Don't do} 26... Bxa2 27. f4 $15) 27. Rxd2 Bxa2 28. Rd4 (28. Ba3 $17 {keeps fighting.} Rd8 29. f4) 28... Rd8 $1 $19 29. f4 Qe7 30. f5 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Qg5 (31... Qd7 $19 32. Qc3 Bb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Bxc5 Bxc2 34. Qxc2 Qc6) 32. Be3 $17 Qg4 33. Qd2 Bb3 {[#]} (33... Qh4 $17 {White must now prevent ...Bb3.} 34. f6 Bd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. fxg7 Ne4) 34. h3 {[#]} (34. e6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. f6+ Bxc2 37. f7) 34... Qh5 (34... Qc4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc4c2]} 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Bxb3 Qxb3 37. Bxc5 bxc5) 35. Bxb3 $11 {The position is equal.} Nxb3 36. Qd8+ Kh7 {...Qe2 is the strong threat.} 37. e6 Qe2 38. exf7 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rd8g8]} Qxe3+ 39. Kh1 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rd8g8]} Qe1+ 40. Kh2 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rd8g8]} Qe5+ 41. Kh1 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rd8g8]} Qe1+ 42. Kh2 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rd8g8]} Qe5+ {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Pritchett, Craig W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,101,36,13,34,17,38,31,33,9,21,-6,33,32,25,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,8,0,0,-35,-22,-119,0,-25,0,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,40,18,80,76,108,73,93,99,359,272,286,272,770,626,603,629,542,385,377,343,333,335,594,344,938,891,1192,1184,1176,1156,1906,1772,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 a6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. h3 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} Rfe8 14. b3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bf8 {[#]} 15. Nde2 $146 {White is slightly better.} (15. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4g5]} h6 16. f4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 15. Rc2 Rad8 16. Bc1 Qb8 17. Bb2 Qa8 18. Rce2 Ne5 19. Kh2 Qb8 {1-0 (38) Epishin,V (2640)-Ulybin,M (2545) Elista 1995}) 15... Nc5 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Qb1 Qb8 18. g4 Qa8 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 19. Ng3 $1 h6 20. Bd4 Ncd7 {[%cal Bc5d7,Bd7e5,Be5g6,Bg6h4][%mdl 32]} 21. a4 Qb8 22. Qa2 Be7 23. Qe2 Bc6 24. Rb1 Ne5 25. f4 Ng6 $1 26. Be3 {[#]} (26. f5 $11 Ne5 27. Rf1) 26... Nd7 ({Black should play} 26... d5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 27. e5 {[#]} (27. cxd5 Nxf4) 27... Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. cxd5 exd5 29. fxe5 Qxe5) 27. Red1 Nc5 (27... d5 $5) 28. Qd2 Bf8 29. Re1 Nh4 30. Bh1 Nd7 31. Qf2 Be7 32. Red1 Red8 33. Rf1 Bf6 (33... b5 $11 {remains equal.}) 34. Nce2 $16 Be7 35. Nd4 {Threatens to win with Nh5.} Ba8 36. Nh5 {Strongly threatening g5.} Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Rf8 $16) 37. g5 Ng6 38. f5 Rf8 $2 (38... Nxe4 39. Bxe4 Bxe4) 39. f6 gxf6 40. gxf6 Bd8 41. Bxh6 Nxe4 42. Bxe4 Bxe4 43. Rbe1 Rc5 $2 (43... d5 44. Bxf8 Qe5) 44. Ng3 {[%cal Bh5g3,Bg3e4,Be4f6][%mdl 32]} Ba8 $2 (44... Bd3 45. Bxf8 Bxf1) 45. Bxf8 $18 Nxf8 46. Qf4 {Black must now prevent Qg4+.} Qb7 47. Ne4 Nh7 48. Rf3 {White threatens Qh6 and mate.} Kh8 49. Qh6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh6g7] White mates.} Bxf6 50. Nxf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh6h7]} Rg5+ 51. Kf2 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McNab, Colin A"]
[Black "Williams, Simon K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,66,12,16,13,12,14,14,-2,23,16,14,-17,-16,-60,-8,-20,-44,-75,-68,-70,-70,-102,-102,-93,-88,-103,-101,-97,-76,-82,-72,-291,-289,-341,-332,-341,-341,-441,-369,-380,-343,-722,-197,-544,-537,-1207,-1173,-1427,-1435,-1401,-1431,-982,-402,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29993,-29995,-29996]} 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 {A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black} fxe4 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. dxe4 {The position is equal.} Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 11. b3 Qe8 (11... Nh5 $15) 12. Bf4 Qh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... d6) 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Qd3 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 15. Rad1 Rf7 16. Nd4 {Threatening Nf3.} g4 17. h4 Raf8 18. Qe3 Nh5 {Hoping for ...Nxg3!} 19. Na4 Be7 20. Nb2 $2 {[#]} (20. Nc2 $17 {was necessary.}) 20... c5 $19 21. Nb5 Qxb2 22. Rxd7 Bc6 ({Inferior is} 22... Qxa2 23. Rxb7 a6 24. Ra7 $16) 23. Rxa7 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Qd4 25. Qe2 $2 (25. Qxd4 cxd4 26. a3) 25... Qg7 $2 (25... Nxg3 26. Qxg4+ Rg7 27. Qxe6+ Kh8) 26. Qc4 $2 (26. e5) 26... Qe5 27. Qe2 Nxg3 28. fxg3 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Qxg3+ 30. Qg2 Qxh4 (30... Qe3+ $142 31. Kh1 g3) 31. e5 {[#]} (31. Rxe7 $19 Qxe7 32. Qxg4+ Kh8 33. Qd1) 31... Bg5 {Black mates.} 32. Qe2 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Be3 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McNab, Colin A"]
[Black "Small, Simon W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,66,32,-14,-10,-10,-22,-19,-29,-70,-71,-62,-78,-92,-77,-126,-118,-108,-121,-106,-72,-75,-72,-287,-293,-338,-346,-347,-333,-415,-394,-370,-357,-697,-201,-494,-486,-1152,-1145,-1277,-1355,-1285,-1308,-952,-422,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29993,-29995,-29996]} 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 {A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black} fxe4 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. dxe4 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Ne5 11. b3 Qe8 12. Bf4 Qh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... d6) 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Qd3 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 15. Rad1 Rf7 16. Nd4 {Black should prevent Nf3.} g4 17. h4 Raf8 18. Qe3 {intending Qg5+.} Nh5 {...Nxg3! is the strong threat.} 19. Na4 Be7 20. Nb2 $2 (20. Rd2 $17 {was called for.}) 20... c5 $19 21. Nb5 Qxb2 22. Rxd7 Bc6 ({Stronger than} 22... Qxa2 23. Rxb7 a6 24. Ra7 $16) 23. Rxa7 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Qd4 25. Qe2 $2 (25. Qxd4 cxd4 26. Rd7) 25... Qg7 $2 (25... Nxg3 26. Qxg4+ Rg7 27. Qxe6+ Kh8) 26. Qc4 $2 (26. Kh2) 26... Qe5 27. Qe2 {[#]} (27. Rxe7 $142 Rxe7 28. Qd3) 27... Nxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. fxg3 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Qxg3+ 30. Qg2 Qxh4 (30... Qe3+ $142 31. Kh1 g3) 31. e5 {[#]} (31. Rxe7 $19 Qxe7 32. Qxg4+ Kh8 33. Qh5) 31... Bg5 {Black mates.} 32. Qe2 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Be3 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kapnisis, Spyridon"]
[Black "Petr, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,70,30,13,22,18,36,32,33,31,54,28,91,96,89,96,92,84,96,78,95,70,82,86,96,86,97,63,64,62,82,62,70,31,37,24,90,41,108,100,89,95,87,95,95,101,112,92,69,-782,-770,-916,-899,-1997,-1916,-1873,-1867,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 Be6 5. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Qd7 6. e4 g6 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} (6... Nd4 7. Nge2 Bg4 8. h3 Bf3 9. O-O g6 10. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 11. Kg2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 Bg7 14. b4 {1-0 (36) Maletin,P (2598)-Stukopin,A (2523) Taganrog 2014}) 7. h4 h5 8. Nge2 Bg7 {White is slightly better.} 9. Nd5 f6 10. d4 $146 (10. Be3 {keeps more tension.} Nh6 11. O-O Ng4 12. Bd2 O-O 13. b4) ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 Nh6 11. Qc1 Nf7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Ne5 15. Qc3 c6 16. Nf4 {1-0 (38) McNab,C (2433)-Eggleston,D (2239) Hastings 2007}) 10... Nge7 (10... O-O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 11. Nxe7 $16 Nxe7 12. d5 Bf7 13. Bh3 Qd8 14. Be3 c6 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Qd2 a6 17. O-O-O cxd5 18. cxd5 b5 19. Kb1 b4 20. Ne2 a5 21. f3 f5 22. Bg5 Be8 (22... Qd7 $11) 23. f4 fxe4 (23... Qd7 $14) 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Nd4 {[#] Black must now prevent Ne6.} Bd7 26. Ne6 Bxe6 27. Bxe6+ Kh7 28. g4 {Threatens to win with gxh5.} b3 {...bxa2+ is the strong threat.} 29. axb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. a3 $14 Rf3 30. gxh5 gxh5 31. Rhf1 (31. Qe2 Kh8 $18)) 29... a4 $1 $19 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 30. b4 a3 31. gxh5 axb2 32. hxg6+ Kxg6 33. Bxe7 Ra1+ {Black mates.} 34. Kc2 Qc7+ 35. Kb3 Rf3+ {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Williams, Simon K"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,75,37,33,-5,-4,-24,-37,-38,-46,-64,-21,-75,-6,-17,-25,-20,0,-4,0,-14,21,0,0,0,22,-14,70,0,5,-30,0,-30,-31,-54,-50,-56,0,-88,-110,-85,-39,-42,-38,-45,-13,-6,-11,-45,-41,-46,0,-2,0,0,0,-50,-47,-43,-41,-38]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Nc6 11. Be2 Qd6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Ne5 h5 {0-1 (39) Karjakin,S (2783)-Adams,M (2761) Shamkir 2017}) 6... Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O c6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 10. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Rfe1 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 {0-1 (40) Li,D (2488)-Ni,H (2675) China 2017}) 10... Qc7 11. f4 (11. g3 {is interesting.} h6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Ne2 Rfe8 14. Re1) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. h3 Qe7 14. Qf3 (14. f5 $11 {remains equal.} Bd7 15. e4) 14... Rd8 ({Black should play} 14... O-O-O $17) 15. Rae1 {[%cal Ba1e1,Be1e2,Be2g2,Bg2g5][%mdl 32]} O-O 16. g4 Bb8 17. Re2 Ne8 18. Rg2 f5 19. g5 hxg5 20. Rxg5 Nd6 21. Qh5 Ne4 (21... Rf6 $11) 22. Ndxe4 ({Better is} 22. Ncxe4 $14 fxe4 23. Be2) 22... dxe4 $11 23. Bc2 Rf6 24. Kh1 Bf7 25. Qh4 Rg6 26. Rfg1 {[%cal Bf1g1,Bg1g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Rdd6 (26... Bd6 $15) 27. Qf2 (27. Bb3 $11) 27... Rxg5 $17 28. Rxg5 Rf6 29. Qg2 Be6 30. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3h5][%mdl 32]} Bd6 ({Don't play} 30... Bxa2 $6 31. b3 $14) 31. Ng3 $1 Qd7 32. Nh5 {[%cal Rg5g7]} Rf7 33. Rg6 Kf8 ({Much worse is} 33... Bxa2 34. Nf6+ Rxf6 35. Rxf6 $11) 34. Bb3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Bxb3 35. axb3 Bc7 36. Qd2 {[#] Threatens to win with Qb4+.} Bd8 37. Kh2 Kg8 38. Qg2 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "McNab, Colin A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,138,16,16,-8,12,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,0,0,0,0,0,41,41,75,42,156,144,227,40,32,31,58,72,56,-8,0,0,8,0,13,0,9,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,27,94,35,24,0,0,0,0,0,214,204,177,20,148,158,204,227,218,211,202,185,183,8,8,8,8,8,66,66,79,73,118,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nde2 a5 11. h3 {A42: Modern Defence: Averbakh Variation} (11. b3 a4 12. Rb1 axb3 13. axb3 Nc5 14. b4 Ne6 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Qb3 Ng4 17. Bd2 c5 18. Nd5 Ne5 {½-½ (33) Xiong,J (2647)-Mamedov,R (2678) Atlantic City 2016}) 11... Nc5 12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Rxf6 18. Rfe1 Kf8 {1-0 (48) Bernasek,J (2470)-Kleissl,H (2320) Fuegen 2006}) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Qf6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Rf7 20. Qe3 Rdd7 21. Qd2 Rfe7 22. Rxe7+ Qxe7 23. g4 Bd3 24. Re1 (24. a3 $5 {[%cal Rb2b4]} a4 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Qd4+ Kg8 27. Rxf1 $11) 24... Qf7 ({Black should try} 24... Qf6 $14) 25. b3 $16 Re7 (25... Qf6 $16) 26. Nd1 $2 (26. Rxe7 $18 Qxe7 27. a3) 26... Rxe1+ $14 27. Qxe1 Qf6 28. Qxa5 Ne6 29. Qc3 (29. Qb4 $14) 29... Nf4 30. Bf1 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Kf7 32. Qe3 g5 33. Qe4 Kg7 34. Qc2 Nxh3 35. Ne3 Qa1+ 36. Kg2 Nf4+ 37. Kh2 Qe5 38. Qf5 Ne2+ (38... h6 $11) 39. Kg2 (39. Qxe5+ $1 $16 dxe5 40. Nf5+ Kf6 41. Nd6) 39... Nd4 40. Qd3 c5 41. b4 Qf4 {aiming for ...Qf3+.} 42. Kf1 Qh2 $2 ({Don't capture} 42... cxb4 $2 43. Qxd4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd4 44. Nf5+ Kf6 45. Nxd4 $18) (42... Kh8 $11) 43. Qe4 $1 $18 b6 44. Nd5 $2 (44. b5 $18) 44... Qh3+ (44... h6 $11) 45. Ke1 $16 {Threatening mate with Qe7+.} Nf3+ 46. Ke2 {White wants to mate with Qe7+.} Ne5 47. bxc5 $1 bxc5 48. Ne3 {Threatens to win with Qd5.} h5 {[%cal Rh5g4] [#]} 49. gxh5 $2 (49. Qb7+ $1 $18 Kg6 50. Qe4+ Kg7 51. Qb7+ Kg6 52. Qe4+ Kg7) 49... Qxh5+ $11 50. Kd2 {Strongly threatening Nf5+.} Qf7 51. Ke1 Nf3+ (51... Qg6 $11 52. Nf5+ Kf8) 52. Ke2 $14 Nd4+ 53. Kf1 Qd7 {[#]} 54. Qg4 (54. Kg2 $1 $16) 54... Qxg4 $11 {The position is equal.} 55. Nxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Kf7 56. Ne3 Ke6 57. Kg2 Nc6 58. Kf3 Ke5 59. Kg4 Kf6 60. Nd5+ Kg6 {And now ...Ne5+ would win.} 61. Nb6 Ne5+ 62. Kg3 Kf5 63. a4 {a5 is the strong threat.} Nc6 64. f3 Na5 65. Kf2 g4 66. fxg4+ Kxg4 67. Ke3 Kf5 68. Kd3 Ke5 69. Nd5 Kf5 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,92,-2,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-21,-23,-27,-47,-40,-55,-65,-60,-66,-72,25,12,29,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,35,32,150,127,99,50,48,47,40,40,49,39,50,32,44,17,58,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-14,-10,-22,0,0,8,8,22]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3 c4 9. Be2 Nf5 {LiveBook: 66 Games} (9... Qa5 $5 {[%cal Ra5c3]} 10. Bd2 O-O $11) 10. Nh3 {[%cal Bg1h3,Bh3f4,Bf4h5][%mdl 32] C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} (10. Bd1 Nc6 11. Ne2 h5 12. Qh3 Bd7 13. Ng3 O-O-O 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Qg3 h4 16. Qf3 Qa5 17. O-O Rde8 18. a4 f6 19. Rb1 Nd8 20. exf6 {½-½ (20) Gharamian,T (2651)-Szabo,G (2543) Cappelle-la-Grande 2015}) 10... Qa5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Nf4 Bd7 13. Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qh3 O-O-O 14. g4 Nfe7 15. Qe3 Rdf8 16. O-O Rhg8 17. Nh5 f6 {0-1 (45) Vogt,L (2510)-Bunzmann,D (2390) Schwaebisch Gmuend 1998}) 13... O-O-O 14. Qh3 {White wants to play g4.} Rhg8 15. g4 Nfe7 16. Qe3 Rdf8 17. f4 f6 18. O-O Be8 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Kh1 Bd7 (20... Nd8 $17 21. Ng3 f5) 21. Be1 Rg6 22. Bh4 Rh6 23. f5 Rxh5 $1 24. gxh5 Nxf5 25. Rxf5 exf5 26. Bf3 Re8 27. Qd2 {[#]} f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Qxf4 {Black must now prevent Rb1.} Qxc3 29. Rd1 $1 {With the idea Bg3.} Qe3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 30. Qxf6 Qxa3 {Strongly threatening ...Rf8.} 31. Bxd5 Qa5 (31... Qf8 $14) 32. Qd6 ({But not} 32. Bxc4 $6 Qxh5 33. Rd2 Qf5 $11) 32... Qc7 {[#]} 33. Qxc7+ (33. Qc5 $1 $16) 33... Kxc7 $14 34. Bg3+ Kc8 35. Bxc4 Bg4 36. Rd2 Bxh5 37. Kg2 Bg4 38. c3 a6 39. Bd5 ({White should play} 39. Rf2 $14) 39... Ne7 $11 {The position is equal.} 40. Be4 (40. Bf3 {feels hotter.} Bxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Kd7 42. Ke4 b5 43. Rf2) 40... Nf5 41. Bxf5+ Bxf5 {KRB-KRB} 42. c4 Re3 43. Rf2 Be4+ 44. Kh3 $1 Bf3 45. Kh4 Rc3 46. Kg5 h5 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pritchett, Craig W"]
[Black "Greet, Andrew N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,82,-7,6,7,2,22,20,11,26,-6,0,0,0,0,15,-48,-22,-25,-11,-23,-31,-29,-7,-22,0,0,59,45,66,58,44,75,33,70,56,51,41,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,-149,-105,-377,-364,-435,-377,-709,-663,-770,-750,-695,-681,-669,0,-672,0,-614,-659,-617,-645,-636,-605]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Nbc6 8. f4 {C19: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 Nf3 and 7 a4} Bd7 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7e8,Be8g6][%mdl 32]} 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 {The position is equal.} f6 (10... Qc7 11. Bd3 Na5 12. O-O Nc4 13. Bc1 Nb6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Qh5 g6 {1-0 (26) Oparin,G (2604)-Goganov,A (2592) Sochi 2017}) 11. Bd3 c4 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. O-O Be8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rdf8 14. exf6 gxf6 {½-½ (36) Cicak,S (2385)-Guenthner,O (2295) Brno 1995}) 14. g4 (14. Nh4 $11) 14... Bg6 (14... h5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 15. exf6 gxf6 $11) 15. f5 exf5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Nh4 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Rhg8 18. Kh1 {[%cal Rg4f5]} fxg4 (18... Kb8 {feels hotter.} 19. gxf5 Bf7 20. Bf4+ Ka8 21. Qd2 Nc8) 19. Nxg6 Rxg6 (19... hxg6 $11 20. Rxf6 g3) 20. Bxg4+ $14 f5 21. Rxf5 Nxf5 22. Bxf5+ Kb8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rf6.} 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qg4 Ka8 25. Rf1 Qxa4 26. Qxg6 a5 27. Bg5 Rh8 28. Qg7 Rb8 (28... Rc8 $5 {[%cal Ra4c2]} 29. Qd7 Rh8 $11) 29. Bf4 Re8 30. Rb1 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rg7b7]} Re7 $1 $36 {[%cal Re7g7][%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 31. Qf8+ (31. Qg6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31... Ka7 $17 32. Bb8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Qf5 $17 {only move.} Qa2 33. Rf1) 32... Ka6 $19 33. Be5 {With the idea Qa8+.} Qxc2 34. Rf1 $2 (34. Qa8+ Na7 35. Rf1 Qe4+ 36. Kg1) 34... Qe4+ 35. Kg1 {[#]} Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qe3+ 37. Kh1 {And now Rf6+ would win.} Qe4+ 38. Kg1 $1 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 {Threatens to win with Rf6+.} Qxe5 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Qa8+ Kb6 {( -> ...Qe4+)} 41. Rb1+ Kc6 $1 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petr, Martin"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,63,9,11,0,4,-10,17,16,17,7,3,0,17,1,1,0,-7,-4,-1,0,0,-4,-7,0,20,23,16,17,19,18,25,23,23,22,25,11,9,9,9,0,10,0,9,0,10,0,0,0,10,0,2,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ne5 {D05: Colle System with ...e6} (8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. Ng3 f5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bc5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Ne2 a5 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Nf4 Rxf4 20. exf4 {0-1 (59) Halkias,S (2585)-Zhigalko,S (2671) Doha 2016}) 8... Nc6 9. Nd2 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nb4 10. Be2 c5 11. a3 Nc6 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. exd4 Qc7 14. f4 Ne7 15. Qf3 Rac8 {1-0 (55) Terentiev,V (2355)-Chernyshov,K (2569) Voronezh 2004}) 10. Qf3 Ng6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rfe1 Nh7 13. e4 Ng5 14. Qe3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qg5 18. Rad1 (18. h4 $5 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Qd5 19. g3 $11) 18... Qf4 19. Qxf4 Bxf4 20. d5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Rfe8 {[%cal Re8e1] [#]} 22. Kf1 Rxe1+ (22... Bxh2 $6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. g3 $16) 23. Kxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re8+ ({Don't play} 23... Bxh2 $6 24. g3 $16) 24. Kd1 Bd6 {The position is equal.} 25. Bc3 f6 26. a4 a6 27. Bd2 Kf7 28. c4 Ke6 ({Much weaker is} 28... Bxh2 $6 29. Rd7+ Kg8 30. g3 $16) 29. Rd3 Rh8 ({Of course not} 29... Bxh2 $6 30. Re3+ Kd7 31. Rxe8 $16) 30. h3 c6 31. Re3+ Kf7 32. Rd3 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 30%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kapnisis, Spyridon"]
[Black "Pritchett, Craig W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,57,8,1,13,13,12,8,12,11,18,0,6,-8,-9,-14,-11,-18,-17,-50,-21,-35,26,0,68,63,152,41,45,57,93,93,100,126,132,118,415,392,454,437,429,424,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. c4 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Qe7 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} (8... Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. Rac1 f5 13. h3 Rf7 14. Bb1 Raf8 15. a4 Rf6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe4 Bxb2 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {1-0 (69) Bacrot,E (2695)-Cornette,M (2586) chess.com INT 2017}) 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Na4 dxc4 12. bxc4 e5 13. c5 e4 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Ne5 exd3 16. Nxd3 Rac8 17. f3 Nd5 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. e4 Nb4 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 {1-0 (40) Marin,M (2550)-Grecescu,G (2423) Brasov 2011}) 10... a5 {The position is equal.} 11. Rc1 Na6 12. Ne5 Nb4 13. Bb1 Ne4 14. Nb5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nc5 16. Bd4 dxc4 17. Rxc4 Qg5 (17... g6 $15) 18. f3 Bd5 ({Black should try} 18... Qe7 $11) 19. Rc3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Nba6 ({Better is} 19... Bc6 $14) 20. Qc2 (20. e4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4d5]} Bc6 21. Qe2) 20... g6 21. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Bb7 22. f4 ({Reject} 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Nxc7 Rac8 $15) 22... Qe7 23. Qe2 Nb4 24. f5 exf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Rfd8 $16) 25. exf5 $18 Nc6 26. f6 Nxd4 {[#]} 27. Qe3 $1 (27. fxe7 $2 {perishes.} Nxe2+ 28. Kf2 Rfe8 $19) ({Weaker is} 27. Nxd4 Qd7 $11) 27... Qd7 {[#]} (27... Ne2+ $18 28. Kf2 Nxc3 29. fxe7 Rfe8 30. Nxc3 Rxe7) 28. Qh6 $1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh6g7]} Nce6 29. Rh3 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Greet, Andrew N"]
[Black "Williams, Simon K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,97,13,23,0,14,-14,-11,-18,-8,-13,-8,-11,-6,-11,0,-47,-50,-40,-55,-48,-42,-33,-34,-43,-33,-58,-51,-58,-46,-99,-89,-100,-42,-31,-59,-37,-26,-54,-39,-66,-25,-55,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,14,32,60,85,77,27,49,0,11,11,147,133,134,90,158,122,350,372,372,370,282,325,300,435,1235,1000,756,365,725,692,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. a3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. c5 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} (8. Bg5 b6 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Ba2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Rxc1 15. Qxc1 Bxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 {½-½ (47) Krasenkow,M (2635)-Istratescu,A (2667) Saint-Quentin 2014}) 8... Ne4 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 {The position is equal.} b6 11. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. cxb6 axb6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. c4 Bd6 15. cxd5 exd5 {1-0 (32) Priehoda,V (2385)-Vaznonis,V (2377) Plovdiv 2010}) 11... Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 12. c6 Nf6 $1 13. Ne5 Ne4 14. Qc2 f6 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qd3 Qxc6 {White must now prevent ...Ba6!} 19. Bf4 Qe4+ 20. Qe3 Ba6 21. Ng5 (21. Kd2 $15) 21... Qxg2 $17 22. Kd2 Bc4 ({Better is} 22... Bxg5 $17 23. hxg5 Qd5) 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 (24... Rf7 $5 {[%cal Rg2f2]} 25. Raf1 Qf3 $15) 25. Rh2 Qg4 26. Qe3 $1 Rae8 {Strongly threatening ...Bd6!} 27. Be5 Bf6 ({Black should play} 27... f4 $15 28. Qh3 Qh5) 28. f4 $1 $11 Bxe5 29. fxe5 f4 30. Qe4 Qe6 (30... Rc8 $5 {[%cal Rg4g3]} 31. Qd3 b5 $15) 31. Rf2 Qb3 32. Raf1 Qxa3 33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34. Rxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qa2+ 35. Qc2 Qd5 36. Qf5 {And now Qf7 would win.} h6 37. Qg6 Qa2+ (37... Rc8 $11) 38. Ke1 $1 $16 Qa1+ 39. Kf2 Qb2+ {[#]} (39... Rd8 $142) 40. Kg1 $1 Qc1+ $2 (40... Rg8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 41. Rf1 $18 Qe3+ {[#]} 42. Kg2 $1 Rg8 43. e6 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Qxc3 44. e7 Qe3 (44... Qd2+ $142 45. Rf2 Qe3) 45. Qf7 Qe4+ 46. Rf3 (46. Kh3 $142 Qa8 47. Qf8) 46... a5 $2 (46... Kh7 47. Qf5+ Qxf5 48. Rxf5 Re8) 47. Kh3 g5 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. Qh5+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,60,47,55,56,64,62,37,48,38,50,43,39,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,48,33,33,33,33,33,33,35,45,25,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Rc1 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} Nxc3 (10... Be6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Qb6 15. Rfc1 Rxc3 16. Rxc3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 {1-0 (33) Gupta,A (2633)-Laylo,D (2471) Olongapo City 2015}) 11. Rxc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} e6 12. O-O {White is slightly better.} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Rc1 Ne7 {1-0 (35) Brousek,J-Brazdil Czechoslovakia 1982}) 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bb5 Rfc8 16. Qa4 a6 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Rxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 bxc6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Bd6 Bf8 22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 {KR-KR} Kf8 24. Ra5 Rb8 25. Rxa6 Rxb2 26. Rxc6 Rxa2 {The position is equal.} 27. h4 h5 28. g3 Kg7 29. Kg2 Rb2 30. Kf3 Kf6 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McNab, Colin A"]
[Black "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,70,-9,7,0,8,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-60,-40,-56,-67,-85,-84,-78,-87,-95,-100,-88,-91,-157,-153,-156,-130,-129,-112,-119,-119,-182,-163,-138,-139,-283,-282,-462,-463,-568,-568,-558,-581,-582,-583,-767,-760,-762,-740,-808,-812,-786,-802]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 6. g3 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} (6. e3 Bb4 7. d4 Nd7 8. Qc2 Ngf6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. b4 e4 {0-1 (47) Caruana,F (2808)-Anand,V (2786) Stavanger 2017}) 6... Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg2 h6 9. O-O Bb6 10. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. h3 Re8 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Rb1 a5 {½-½ (43) Mchedlishvili,M (2609)-Van der Weide,K (2502) Dresden 2007}) 10... d5 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 11. Qc2 Re8 12. e4 d4 13. Na4 Bc7 14. Bd2 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 15. c5 (15. Nh4 $11) 15... b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 16. Nb2 a5 17. bxa5 Na6 18. a4 Nd7 19. axb5 cxb5 20. c6 Ndc5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 21. Rfb1 (21. Nh4 $142) 21... Re6 $1 $17 22. Nd1 {[#]} Rb8 $1 23. Rb2 Qe8 24. Qb1 Qxc6 25. Ne1 (25. Bh3 $17) 25... Re8 26. f4 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Bxb4 {[#]} (27. Qc1 $17 {was necessary.}) 27... Na4 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra4b2]} ({Weaker is} 27... Rxb4 28. Rxb4 Nxb4 29. Qxb4 $11) (27... exf4 28. e5 $11) 28. Rb3 $2 (28. Rc2 Qb5 29. Rc1 (29. Rc4 $2 N4c5 $19) 29... exf4 30. Bd2) 28... Be6 {Black is clearly winning.} ({Not} 28... Nxb4 29. Rxb4 Ba6 30. fxe5 $15 (30. Raxa4 $2 Qxa4 31. Rxa4 Rxb1 $19)) 29. Nc2 {[#] Now Rba3 and White clings on.} Bxa5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. fxe5 (30. Bxa5 Rxb3) 30... Bxb3 31. Qxb3 Nxb4 32. Qxa4 Qxa4 33. Rxa4 Nxc2 34. Rxa5 Rb1 35. Bf3 Ne3 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "McNab, Colin A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,118,36,35,44,31,14,24,8,41,38,62,62,62,57,56,62,70,70,75,20,33,20,42,34,24,35,33,39,46,39,47,40,38,34,22,19,7,0,0,0,0,0,32,40,67,16,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 c6 6. Bh6 Bxh6 7. Qxh6 Qa5 8. Bd3 c5 9. d5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} Nbd7 10. Nf3 c4 11. Bxc4 Qc5 12. Bd3 Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Ng4+ {LiveBook: 7 Games} 14. Ke2 (14. Kg3 Nxh6 15. Rhe1 O-O 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 {1-0 (39) Vachier Lagrave,M (2768)-Peralta,F (2574) Tromsoe 2014}) 14... Nxh6 15. Nb5 $146 {[%cal Bc3b5,Bb5d4,Bd4c6][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 15. h3 O-O 16. Kd2 f6 {1-0 (51) Gurevich,D (2461)-Rasik,V (2452) Olomouc 2016}) 15... O-O 16. h3 a6 17. Nbd4 Nc5 18. b4 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Bd7 20. Rhc1 Rfc8 21. Nd2 b5 22. Nc6 ({White should try} 22. a4 $16) 22... Kf8 $1 $11 23. a4 e6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra5 exd5 26. exd5 Nf5 27. Nb3 Ne7 28. Nxe7 Kxe7 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Kd2 Kf6 31. Nd4 Ke5 32. Nxb5 Bxb5 33. Rxb5 $11 {KR-KR} Kd4 34. Rb7 Rf8 35. Rc7 (35. b5 $14) 35... h5 {The position is equal.} 36. Rc4+ Kxd5 37. Kc3 Rb8 38. Rc7 f6 39. h4 g5 40. hxg5 fxg5 41. Rg7 Rc8+ 42. Kb3 g4 43. Rg5+ Kd4 44. Rxh5 Rc3+ 45. Ka4 {[#] Strongly threatening b5.} Rxd3 46. b5 {And now b6 would win.} d5 47. Rg5 Rd1 48. Rg6 Rb1 49. Ka5 Rb2 50. g3 Rb3 51. Kb6 Rxg3 52. Kc6 Ke5 53. b6 Rc3+ 54. Kd7 Rb3 55. Kc7 Kf4 56. b7 Rxb7+ $1 57. Kxb7 d4 58. Rd6 Ke3 59. Rg6 d3 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Willliams, Simon K"]
[Black "Kapnisis, Spyridon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,100,57,53,60,31,73,12,31,8,8,14,14,14,12,6,11,12,22,31,31,37,20,8,37,0,10,-35,-39,-48,-36,-170,-164,-275,-254,-284,-284,-361,-374,-345,115,114,114,125,117,-42,-43,-203,-203,-225,-216,-253,-112,-107,-110,-150,-124,-138,-129,-206,-220,-275,-277,-260,-246,-303,-296,-5509,-5506,-2081,-1008,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29978,-29978,-29979]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nc6 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. O-O g5 13. b4 Bxb4 14. Bb2 g4 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3} 15. Nd4 Kb8 $1 16. Ncb5 ({Better is} 16. Rb1 $16) 16... Nxd4 $11 {The position is equal.} (16... Rhg8 17. Rc1 a6 18. Rxc6 bxc6 19. Na7 Kxa7 20. Qd3 Nd5 21. a3 c5 22. Qxa6+ {0-1 (33) Hillarp Persson,T (2539)-Jepson,C (2425) Sweden 2016}) 17. Bxd4 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Bc3 $1 19. Rb1 {Black must now prevent Bc6.} Bxd4 20. exd4 {White wants to play Bc6.} Rd6 $146 ({NOTEXT:} 20... Ka8 21. Re1 Qc7 22. Qa4 {½-½ (39) Andersen,L (2116)-Rulfs,E (2099) Chessfriend.com 2005}) 21. Qb3 Rb6 22. Qd3 Qe4 23. Qg3+ Ka8 24. a4 a6 25. Rfe1 Qd5 26. Qc3 (26. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Rb1b6]} Qd8 27. Rxb6 Qxb6 28. Rb1 $14) 26... axb5 27. axb5 Kb8 28. Rec1 (28. Ra1 $1 $15 g3 29. Qxg3+ Qd6 30. Qb3) 28... Qd6 $19 29. Qa5 (29. Qb3 $142 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Kxc8 31. Qxf7) 29... Rc8 $1 ({But not} 29... Qxd4 $2 30. Ra1 $18) 30. Rxc8+ Kxc8 31. Qa8+ Kd7 32. Rc1 {And now Qc8+ would win.} Nd5 $2 (32... Qxd4 $19 33. Qf8 Ke6 34. Qc8+ Ke7 35. Re1+ Re6 36. Rxe6+ fxe6 37. Qxb7+ Nd7) 33. Qc8+ $16 Ke7 {...Qe6 is the strong threat.} 34. Re1+ Kf6 {aiming for ...Qb4.} 35. Re5 $2 (35. Qh8+ $1 $16 Kg6 36. Qg8+ Kf6 37. Re5) 35... Ne7 $1 $15 {[%cal Re7c8]} 36. Qxg4 $2 ({White has to play} 36. Qh8+ $1 $15 Kg6 37. h4 gxh3 38. Qf8) 36... Ng6 $19 37. Rf5+ Kg7 38. h4 h5 (38... Qd7 $19 {is more deadly.} 39. Qe4 Rxb5) 39. Rxh5 $17 Qf4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 40. Qg5 Qxg5 41. Rxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 42. Rc5 (42. Rh5 $17) 42... Nxh4 $19 43. f4 {[#]} Kg6 $1 44. Kf2 {intending g4.} Nf5 45. Rd5 Rd6 46. Rxd6 $2 (46. Rc5) 46... Nxd6 47. Kf3 Nxb5 (47... f5 $142 48. b6 Nc8) 48. Ke4 f5+ {Black mates.} 49. Ke5 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50. Kxd4 {[#]} Kh5 $1 {Precision: White = 18%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Greet, Andrew N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,92,-16,0,-9,-12,-20,-7,-16,-8,-20,-14,-7,0,-27,-27,-50,-54,-43,-54,-58,-50,-49,-43,-52,-47,-60,-48,-41,-52,-46,-45,-43,-54,-64,-13,-13,-7,-6,-5,-10,-13,-10,-3,-3,0,-20,-10,-73,-59,-130,-79,-80,-80,-81,-81,-82,-8,-8,-8,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-1,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Be6 12. Qb3 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} (12. Rac1 Bd6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. a3 Rfe8 15. Na4 b6 16. Nc3 Reb8 17. Rcd1 c5 18. Qc2 c4 19. e4 Qg6 20. Nh4 {0-1 (45) Dreev,A (2651)-So,W (2808) chess.com INT 2017}) 12... Rfd8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Rac1 (13. Ne5 $5 Be7 14. Nd3 $11) 13... Bd6 14. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4c5,Bc5d3,Bd3e5][%mdl 32]} Ne7 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Qc3 ({Wrong is} 16. Nxb7 $2 Bxb7 17. Qc3 Bc8 $19) 16... b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Ng6 17. b4 b6 18. Nd3 Bd7 19. Nfe5 Bb5 20. Nxg6 Qxg6 {1-0 (33) Kiselev,S (2500)-Kostin,A (2393) Tula 1999}) 17. Nd3 Bd7 18. Nde5 Bb5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. a3 c5 $1 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Nd3 $1 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 c4 24. Nc1 $1 Rdb8 25. Rc2 b4 26. axb4 Rxb4 27. Rd1 Ra1 28. Kf1 Rb1 ({Black should try} 28... Rb5 $15) 29. Nd2 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd2b1]} R1xb2 30. Rxb2 Rxb2 {[#]} 31. Nxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 32. Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rb1 33. Rd1 Nc6 34. Ke2 Rb2+ 35. Kf3 (35. Ke1 $11) 35... f6 36. Re1 (36. h3 $15) 36... Ne5+ (36... Rd2 $142 37. g4 c3) 37. Kg3 $17 c3 38. f4 Nc4 39. Ne2 Rc2 (39... Nxe3 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Rd2.} 40. Nxc3 Nxg2) 40. Nd4 $11 {The position is equal.} Rd2 {Hoping for ...c2.} 41. Kf3 c2 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nb2.} 42. Rc1 Na3 43. Nb3 Rd3 44. Nd4 Rd1 45. Nb3 $1 Rd3 46. Nd4 Rd1 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,153,0,0,-1,8,8,14,13,14,14,16,12,14,13,20,3,25,26,62,69,64,59,70,61,85,90,89,85,83,71,83,75,193,48,71,38,91,32,59,33,41,49,38,-3,-3,-55,-56,-32,-47,-33,-6,-63,-20,-35,0,-39,-42,-33,16,0,12,12,14,18,27,0,0,0,0,0,32,35,115,112,126,25,104,145,250,275,422,326,329,315,331,302,302,302,302,271,290,269,259,84,274,232,209,202,268,247,548,514,521,512,491,493,497,564,558,550,617,609,853,847,858,789,760,781,704,793,689,0,710,0,734,756,743,733,709,703,1392,1362,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 (5... b5 6. Re1 Bb7 7. a4 b4 8. Bc4 Ngf6 9. d3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Ng3 d5 {1-0 (50) Vachier Lagrave,M (2783)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2766) Leuven 2017}) 6. c3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d3 e6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf4 {0-1 (27) Malar,P (2104)-Liptak,T (2108) Slovakia 2013}) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Rac8 15. Bd3 e5 16. d5 Nc5 {[%cal Bd7c5,Bc5a4,Ba4c3][%mdl 32]} 17. Bf1 Na4 18. b3 Nc3 19. Qd2 b4 20. Bb2 Qc5 21. Rac1 Bd8 22. h3 Bb6 {[#]} 23. a3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} a5 {[%cal Rb7d5]} (23... bxa3 24. Bxc3) 24. Bd3 Qc7 25. Nf5 h6 (25... Qd8 $16) 26. a4 (26. N3h4 $1 $18 Nh5 27. Bb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 26... Kh7 $14 27. Nh2 Bc5 (27... Rh8 $14) 28. Rc2 (28. Ng4 $16 {Threatens to win with Nxf6+.} Nxg4 29. hxg4) 28... Qb6 29. Bc1 {Strongly threatening Nxg7!} Ng8 $1 30. Ng4 {[%cal Rf5h6]} Qd8 31. g3 Rc7 32. h4 (32. Bb2 $11) 32... h5 $15 33. Nh2 $1 Bc8 34. Ne3 $1 Nf6 35. Nc4 (35. Bb2 $11) 35... Ra7 36. Qg5 Kg8 37. Kh1 Ba6 {aiming for ...Bxc4.} 38. f3 Bc8 (38... Bd4 {feels hotter.} 39. Rg2 Qc7 40. Bb2 Raa8 41. g4 Nh7) 39. Be3 {Black should prevent Bxc5.} (39. Nf1 {is more complex.} Qc7 40. Qd2 Nb1 41. Qh2 Nc3 42. Nfe3) 39... Bxe3 40. Qxe3 Ree7 41. Nf1 Ba6 42. Nb2 Bxd3 43. Nxd3 Rec7 44. Rg2 Rab7 45. Qg5 Kh7 ({Black should try} 45... g6 $14) 46. Ne3 {And now g4 would win.} g6 47. Nb2 (47. g4 $16 Rb8 48. Rh2) 47... Qe7 (47... Rc8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 48. Nbc4 $16 Rc5 (48... Ra7 $16 49. Ra1 Ra8) 49. g4 $1 $18 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4h5][%mdl 32]} Ne8 (49... Nfxd5 $142 50. Nxd5 Nxd5) 50. gxh5 Qxg5 51. Rxg5 Rbc7 52. Kg1 Nxa4 {Black hopes to continue with ...Nc3.} 53. bxa4 Rxc4 54. Nxc4 Rxc4 55. hxg6+ fxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRR-KRN} 56. Kf2 $2 (56. h5 $1 $18) 56... b3 $2 (56... Nf6 $16) 57. Rb1 Rc2+ {[#]} 58. Kg3 $1 Rc3 59. h5 gxh5 $2 (59... Nf6 {is tougher.}) 60. Rxh5+ Kg7 61. Kf2 Nf6 62. Rhh1 Rc2+ 63. Ke3 Rc3+ 64. Ke2 Rc2+ 65. Kd3 Ra2 66. Rxb3 Rxa4 67. Rb6 Ra3+ 68. Ke2 Ra2+ 69. Ke3 Ra3+ 70. Ke2 Ra2+ 71. Ke3 Ra3+ 72. Kf2 Ra2+ 73. Kg3 Ra3 74. Rh4 Ne8 75. Rb7+ Kg6 76. Rg4+ Kh6 77. Re7 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pritchett, Craig W"]
[Black "Petr, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,68,8,6,14,11,18,9,3,0,-2,-26,4,-71,-71,-90,-52,-52,-27,-35,-29,-25,-32,-18,-12,-34,-32,-47,-48,-37,-31,-43,-52,-107,-98,-91,-91,-98,-108,-107,-98,-202,-183,-224,-237,-223,-226,-281,-247,-268,-252,-376,-364,-476,-326,-587,-584,-592,-594,-878,-878]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} c5 6. Nf3 Be7 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (6... Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Bb7 12. Nd1 f6 13. c3 Rc8 14. Bd3 Na5 15. Qe2 fxe5 16. fxe5 cxd4 17. cxd4 {1-0 (38) Grischuk,A (2761)-Caruana,F (2808) Paris 2017}) 7. Be3 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 8. Qd2 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 9. O-O-O c4 10. f5 (10. Bxc4 $5 dxc4 11. d5 exd5 12. Qxd5 $11) 10... b5 $1 11. Bg5 (11. Nxb5 $11 Rb8 12. f6 gxf6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6) 11... b4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 12. Nb5 O-O $146 ({NOTEXT:} 12... Qa5 13. Bxe7 Qxb5 14. Bd6 Nb6 15. Qg5 Rg8 16. f6 {0-1 (28) Celis,K (2090)-Caceres,D (2113) Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2014}) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Qg5 Rb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 16. Nd6 Nb6 $1 17. Qxe7 (17. b3 {is interesting.} Qc7 18. Be2 Ba6 19. Qg4 Nd8 20. Ng5) 17... Nxe7 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. Be2 h6 20. Nh3 c3 21. b3 {[#]} ({White should try} 21. bxc3 $15 Na4 22. cxb4) 21... Nbc8 $1 22. Nxc8 Rbxc8 ({Of course not} 22... Rfxc8 $6 23. Nf4 $11) ({But not} 22... Nxc8 23. g3 $11) 23. Rhf1 Rxf1 24. Rxf1 Nf5 25. Rd1 (25. Rf4 $17) 25... Rf8 26. Bf3 Nh4 27. Ng1 {[#]} g5 $1 28. h3 Kg7 29. Rf1 Bb5 30. Rd1 (30. Rf2 {might work better.}) 30... Nxf3 $19 31. gxf3 Rf4 32. a3 $2 (32. a4 bxa3 33. Kb1) 32... a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 33. axb4 axb4 34. Kb1 Kg6 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petr, Martin"]
[Black "McNab, Colin A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,77,54,50,55,26,19,17,16,-77,-35,-41,-18,-64,-64,-55,-64,-54,-64,-63,-64,-60,-50,-50,-52,-52,-59,-50,-49,-99,-88,-112,-18,-21,14,29,33,29,55,51,43,47,46,17,60,70,70,69,72,73,75,36,93,91,92,31,107,94,761,860,864,868,770,740,1751,2277,1100,1077]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. f3 Bg7 7. h4 h5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (7... b5 8. g4 Nb6 9. h5 Rg8 10. Nh3 b4 11. Nd1 a5 12. a3 bxa3 13. Rxa3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Ra8 16. c4 {½-½ (54) Caruana,F (2757)-Kramnik,V (2810) Zuerich 2013}) 8. Nh3 b5 9. Ng5 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. f4 $146 (10. a3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10. a4 b4 11. Nd1 a5 12. Nf2 e5 13. c3 d5 14. Be2 Qe7 15. O-O Rd8 16. Rac1 {½-½ (23) Szabo,G (2541)-Chatalbashev,B (2561) Pleven 2010}) 10... b4 11. Nd1 c5 12. e5 cxd4 $1 13. Bxd4 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. e6 Nde5 16. exf7+ Nxf7 17. Bxg7 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Kxg7 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Bd3 Bb7 21. a3 {[#]} bxa3 ({Black should play} 21... b3 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Rd8.} 22. cxb3 Rd8) 22. Rxa3 $11 e5 (22... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Rb7g2]} 23. Ne3 Rd8 $15) 23. Rg1 e4 {...Rd8 is the strong threat.} 24. Be2 Nh6 25. g4 hxg4 26. Bxg4 Rd8+ 27. Ke1 a6 28. Ne3 Rd6 29. h5 Nxg4 30. Rxg4 Bc8 31. hxg6 Re7 (31... Bxg4 $14 32. gxf7 Bd7) 32. Rf4 $16 Kxg6 33. Rf8 ({White should try} 33. Nc4 $16 Rc6 34. Rg3+ Kh7 35. Kd2) 33... Rc6 {[#]} ({Better is} 33... Be6 $14) 34. Nd5 $1 Re5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Rg7 $16) 35. Rg3+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kh7 36. Nf6+ Rxf6 37. Rxf6 Rh5 38. Rf7+ Kh6 39. Rf8 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kapnisis, Spyridon"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,63,49,58,18,60,48,64,40,46,41,57,54,64,78,76,68,64,58,70,21,21,20,15,16,20,14,19,11,11,11,12,11,11,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 Bd7 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. b4 {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} (11. Qd2 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 e6 16. Rfd1 Be5 17. g3 Qe7 18. Rbc1 Rad8 19. Re1 b6 20. Bf1 Qb7 21. Bg5 Rd7 22. Bh6 Bg7 23. Rcd1 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 f5 25. Bh3 fxe4 26. fxe4 Rdd8 27. Qe3 {½-½ (27) Rodshtein,M (2689)-Mista,A (2593) Drancy 2016}) 11... b6 12. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a3 Rc8 13. Qd3 Bc6 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 Kg8 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Qe3 Rfd8 {1-0 (28) Mosquera,M (2390)-Beltran,C (2225) Santa Rosa 2011}) 12... Bc6 13. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 Nf6 18. Bf3 {[#] Strongly threatening e5.} e5 19. f5 b5 {The position is equal.} 20. cxb5 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Qxb5 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Qxd6 Ra6 25. Qc5 Rb6 26. h3 Re8 27. Qxb5 (27. Rc4 {keeps more tension.} Qxc5 28. bxc5 Rc6 29. Rfc1 Rec8 30. Be2) 27... Rxb5 28. Rc4 Reb8 29. Rc5 Rxc5 30. bxc5 Rc8 31. Rc1 Rc6 32. h4 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Greet, Andrew N"]
[Black "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,131,19,0,162,189,148,141,157,76,92,29,30,22,72,17,26,20,10,35,29,6,53,47,85,75,93,36,40,22,48,-14,12,11,15,-19,-43,-30,-17,-31,-39,-37,143,150,135,128,133,-30,-20,-57,12,12,71,73,61,62,178,196,306,274,286,270,326,324,311,222,225,218,226,221,239,231,198,191,271,264,275,271,275,177,162,0,270,264,264,262,310,228,532,425,522,495,543,368,666,684,3154,3410,5338,4789,3661,365,5435,4602,8575,5169,12836,11894,5933,588,29972,29973,29979,29981,29981,29982,29983,29984,29985,29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. c4 a5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6... c6 7. a4 Bf5 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Nd2 Bf5 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nf3 {½-½ (37) Grachev,B (2628)-Rakhmanov,A (2662) Sochi 2016}) 7. b5 c5 8. dxc5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nfd7 $2 (8... Ng4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 9. Ba3 d4) 9. Ba3 $18 Bxa1 10. Qxa1 Nf6 11. Qd4 $146 ({White should try} 11. cxd5 {Black must now prevent e4.} Nxd5 12. Bc4) ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qd7 14. Qb2 {½-½ (24) Georgescu,T (2452)-Petrisor,A (2402) Mamaia 2015}) 11... Be6 12. h4 (12. Ng5 $16) 12... dxc4 $1 $11 13. Nxc4 Nbd7 14. h5 (14. Be2 $1 $16) 14... Nxh5 15. Ng5 Ndf6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 {[#]} 18. g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ng7 (18... Nxg4 19. Bh3) 19. Bg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2b7][%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Nd5 20. O-O (20. b6 $16) 20... Ne8 $14 21. Bb2 a4 22. Be5 (22. Bd4 $14) 22... Rac8 23. Na5 Rd7 24. Rc1 Nd6 25. Bf1 Nf7 26. Bb2 Rdc7 27. e4 Nf6 $2 (27... Rxc5 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. exd5 exd5) 28. c6 $16 bxc6 29. b6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c7]} (29. Nxc6 Kf8 $11) 29... Rd7 30. b7 $2 ({White must play} 30. Nxc6 $16 Ra8 31. Nxe7+ Rxe7 32. Bxf6) 30... Rb8 $1 $11 31. Ba6 Nd8 (31... Nxe4 $15 32. Rxc6 Nfd6) 32. Be5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nxb7 (32... Rbxb7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 33. Nxb7 Nxb7) 33. Bxb8 $16 Nxa5 34. Bc8 Rd2 ({Better is} 34... Rd4 $14) 35. Bc7 $18 (35. Bxe6+ $6 Kf8 $16) 35... Nxe4 (35... Nb7 $142) 36. Bxa5 ({But not} 36. Bxe6+ Kf8 $18) 36... Rxf2 37. Bxe6+ Kg7 38. Bc3+ (38. Rxc6 Rf3 $18) 38... Kh6 39. Re1 Rc2 40. Rxe4 Rxc3 41. Rxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} Re3 42. Bb3 Kg5 43. Kf2 Rd3 (43... Rh3 {was worth a try.} 44. Re4 e5 45. Rxe5+ Kxg4) 44. Re4 e5 45. Bc4 Rc3 46. Be2 ({Resist} 46. Rxe5+ $6 Kxg4 47. Rc5 Kf4 $18) 46... Ra3 47. Bc4 (47. Rxe5+ $142 Kf4 48. Re7) 47... Rc3 48. Ke2 ({Don't play} 48. Rxe5+ $6 Kxg4 49. Rc5 Kf4 $16) 48... Kf6 49. Kd2 Rg3 50. Kc2 h5 $2 (50... Ra3 51. Kb2 Ra8) 51. gxh5 gxh5 52. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Rh3 53. Kb2 Kf5 $2 (53... Ke7 54. Rxe5+ Kd6) 54. Re1 e4 55. a5 Rg3 56. a6 Rg7 {[#]} 57. Kc3 $2 (57. Bf7 $1 {[%mdl 512] a7 would kill now.} Rg2+ (57... Rxf7 58. Rf1+) 58. Kc3 Rg3+ 59. Kb4 c5+ 60. Ka4) 57... h4 $2 (57... Ke5 58. Ra1 Ra7 59. Ra5+ Kd6 60. Rxh5 Rg7) 58. Kd4 {White threatens Rf1+ and mate.} Re7 59. Kc5 h3 60. Kb6 Kf4 61. Bf1 (61. a7 $142 Re8 62. Kxc6) 61... h2 {[#]} 62. Bg2 $1 {White mates.} Kg3 63. Bh1 e3 64. Re2 Rh7 65. a7 Rh8 66. Bxc6 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,120,40,47,58,41,62,45,69,69,72,24,97,57,92,74,102,100,99,99,113,87,117,118,114,112,119,77,94,99,118,115,125,120,146,140,184,141,110,108,170,133,147,94,101,79,73,83,72,54,41,41,43,41,41,41,38,44,41,26,20,7,7,7,13,0,0,-18,35,52,90,87,77,83,114,-75,-75,-77,-76,-74,-72,-107,-81,-77,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-62,-54,-58,-52,-26,-16,-16,-16,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 b5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c3 e6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 h6 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (7... O-O 8. a4 bxa4 9. Rxa4 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qe2 d6 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfa1 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Rxe4 18. Nxe4 a5 19. Qb5 Ra6 20. h3 Rb6 {½-½ (20) Radjabov,T (2673)-Mamedyarov,S (2646) Baku 2005}) 8. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Bh4 d5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 c5 13. Nf3 c4 14. Bc2 a5 15. O-O {½-½ (55) Roels,F (1941)-Mollekens,R (2054) Antwerp 2011}) 8... Bxf6 9. a4 bxa4 {White is slightly better.} 10. Qxa4 O-O 11. Nc4 Nc6 (11... Bxf3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 12. gxf3 d5) 12. O-O d6 13. Ra2 g5 14. Rfa1 Bg7 15. Qd1 f5 16. Nfd2 g4 17. Na5 Nxa5 18. Rxa5 Rb8 19. R1a2 h5 20. Bxa6 Ba8 21. Bc4 Qe7 22. Qe2 d5 23. Bd3 e5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Nf1 Rbe8 (25... Bb7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 26. Qd2 h4 27. Bc4 (27. g3 $142) 27... c6 $16 28. Bd3 Bb7 29. Ra7 Bc8 30. Ba6 Be6 31. Qd4 f4 32. Qxe5 Bxe5 33. exf4 Rxf4 34. Bd3 Rf6 35. Ra1 (35. Ra8 $5 {[%cal Ra8e8]} Kf8 36. g3 $14) 35... Ref8 36. Re1 Bd6 {And now ...Bc5 would win.} 37. b4 $1 c5 38. Ra6 Bc8 39. Ra5 c4 ({Better is} 39... Bc7 $11 40. Rxc5 Bb6) 40. Be2 $14 Be6 41. Ne3 g3 42. fxg3 hxg3 43. hxg3 $2 (43. Rd1 $16 {stays on course.}) 43... Bxg3 $17 44. Rf1 {[#]} Rxf1+ $1 45. Nxf1 Bf2+ 46. Kh2 Rf6 47. g4 Be1 {Strongly threatening ...Rf2+.} 48. Ng3 $1 ({Don't capture} 48. Ra8+ $2 Rf8 $19) 48... Bxc3 49. Kg2 Bxb4 50. Rb5 Be1 {[#] aiming for ...Rf2+.} 51. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf5 52. gxf5 Rxf5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 53. Bf3 {The position is equal.} c3 54. Rxd5 c2 {( -> ...Rxd5)} 55. Rd8+ Rf8 (55... Kg7 $5 56. Rc8 $8 Kf6 $11) 56. Bd5+ Kg7 57. Rd7+ Kh6 (57... Kh8 $5 58. Rc7 $8 Rf5 $11) 58. Rc7 Rf2+ 59. Kh3 Re2 {Hoping for ...Re3+.} 60. Kg4 Ba5 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pritchett, Craig W"]
[Black "Williams, Simon K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,74,24,36,44,33,41,33,29,49,40,50,0,0,-4,133,140,160,156,252,165,158,144,145,146,192,185,183,197,180,27,31,16,20,-145,-110,-97,-100,-93,-110,-112,-73,-84,-41,-254,-270,-277,-265,-270,-235,-255,-264,-264,-260,-287,-255,-494,-523,-504,-352,-833,-825,-1383,-1332,-1144,-466]} 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3d5][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 d6 7. d4 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} b5 (7... Bd7 8. d5 Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 f5 12. Ne1 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. Nd3 g5 15. exf5 Qxf5 16. Nf2 b5 17. Qe2 c6 18. Nfe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 bxc4 20. Nxd6 {0-1 (53) Gopal,G (2579)-Caruana,F (2827) Caleta 2017}) 8. Bb3 exd4 9. cxd4 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 10. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Re1 O-O 11. a4 Bg4 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 {½-½ (24) Dmitriev,A (1983)-Lebedenko,N (2089) Petrozavodsk 2012}) 10... dxe5 11. dxe5 (11. Nxe5 $14 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1) 11... Qxd1 $11 12. Rxd1 Nd7 (12... Ng4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13. Bd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Ndb8 14. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4g5][%mdl 32]} Be6 (14... O-O $16 {keeps fighting.} 15. Bf4 b4) 15. Be3 b4 16. Ne4 {Black must now prevent Bxe6.} Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Nd7 18. Rc1 Ncxe5 19. Nxe5 ({Resist} 19. Rxc7 $6 O-O $16) 19... Bxe5 20. Rcd1 $2 {[#]} (20. Rxe5+ $18 Nxe5 21. Bd4) 20... O-O-O $11 21. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f7]} Rhf8 $1 22. Bc5 $2 (22. Nxh7 $11 Nf6 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24. b3) 22... Nxc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Nxf7+ Ke7 26. Nxe5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Kd6 27. Nc4+ $2 (27. f4 $1 $15) 27... Kd5 $19 28. b3 Nd3 29. Kf1 Nc1 30. Ke1 Nxa2 31. Kd2 Kd4 32. f3 Nc3 33. h4 $2 (33. f4) 33... Nb1+ 34. Kc1 {[#]} Na3 $1 {[%cal Ra3c4]} 35. Nd2 $2 (35. Na5) 35... c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 36. g4 c4 37. Ne4 Ke5 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 65%.} (37... c3 $142 38. Nd6 Nb5) 0-1

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Greet, Andrew N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "270"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,270,0,0,0,0,0,6,10,0,14,12,8,8,12,4,16,16,15,25,22,10,8,10,22,0,20,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,23,13,13,16,14,17,22,11,22,7,45,35,38,46,43,35,37,28,201,194,170,61,47,12,17,9,31,27,26,7,12,0,0,0,18,18,18,28,20,0,0,0,7,0,9,0,29,10,43,0,0,0,0,0,69,8,55,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,250,281,273,284,284,210,186,0,257,0,186,111,148,146,143,165,157,47,178,145,150,137,147,62,63,36,180,28,28,28,602,592,583,274,260,241,266,237,247,237,216,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,57,64,64,64,57,57,57,57,57,57,58,58,58,61,61,61,58,61,58,61,61,64,57,57,57,61,61,63,57,57,57,58,32,32,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,7,20,0,28,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,28,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 Bd7 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Rc8 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} 13. Bd3 (13. Bb3) 13... Bc5 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Bf4 $146 (15. Bd2 {seems wilder.} O-O 16. Na5 Bd4 17. Rab1 Ba4 18. b3) ({Predecessor:} 15. h3 O-O 16. Bd2 Bc6 17. a4 Rfd8 18. a5 Bc7 19. Rad1 e5 20. a6 {½-½ (45) Muminova,N (2324)-Repkova,E (2332) Baku 2016}) 15... Bc7 (15... Ba4 {looks sharper.} 16. Bd6 Kd7 17. Bb4 Rhd8 18. c4 Kc7) 16. Bxc7 Rxc7 17. Nd4 g6 18. c3 Ke7 19. f4 Kd8 20. Rad1 Kc8 21. Nf3 (21. Be4 $5) 21... Ba4 22. Rd2 Rd8 23. g3 Rcd7 24. Nd4 Rd6 (24... Bc6 $5) 25. Bf1 (25. Be4 $5) 25... a6 26. Bg2 Kc7 27. Bf3 h5 28. Kf1 R8d7 (28... Bc6 $5 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 $11) 29. Kg2 Bc6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Rde2 c5 32. Nf3 Kd8 33. Ne5 Rb7 34. h3 Ke7 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Nd7 37. Nc4 Rd5 38. Kf3 Nb6 39. Ne5 Na4 $2 (39... Nd7 $11) 40. c4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Rd6 41. b3 (41. Rh1 $18) 41... Nb6 $1 $14 42. Re3 (42. f5 $5 gxf5 43. gxf5 $16) 42... Nd7 43. Nd3 Kf6 44. Rh1 a5 45. Rh7 Ke7 46. Nf2 Nf6 47. Rh8 a4 48. g5 Nd7 49. Ne4 Ra6 50. Nc3 axb3 51. axb3 Rb8 52. Rh7 (52. Nd5+ $5 Kd6 53. Rxb8 Nxb8 54. Nc3 $11) 52... Kf8 53. Nb5 Rd8 54. Re2 Nb8 55. Nc7 (55. f5 $5 gxf5 56. g6 fxg6 57. Nc7 $11) 55... Rad6 56. Rh8+ Ke7 57. Rh7 {Black must now prevent f5!} Rd3+ (57... Nc6 $11 58. Kg4 Nd4) 58. Kg4 (58. Kf2 $1 $14 Kf8 59. f5 exf5 60. Ne8 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 58... Kf8 59. Nd5 (59. Nxe6+ $5 fxe6 60. Rxe6 $16) 59... Nc6 60. Nf6 Ke7 61. Nd5+ Kd6 62. Nf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nd4 63. Ra2 {Threatens to win with Ne4+.} Kc6 $2 (63... Nf5 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 64. Ne4+ Kc7) 64. Rxf7 $18 {[%cal Ra2a6]} Rxb3 65. Ra6+ Rb6 66. Raa7 Rb4 {[#]} 67. Ra6+ (67. Nd5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc4 (67... exd5 68. Rf6+) 68. Ne7+ Kb5 69. Nxg6) 67... Rb6 68. Raa7 {White threatens Rfc7+ and mate.} Rb4 $1 {[#]} 69. Rfc7+ (69. Nd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] Threatening mate with Ra6+.} Rxc4 (69... exd5 70. Rf6+) 70. Ne7+ Kb5 71. Nxg6) 69... Kb6 $16 70. Nd7+ Rxd7 71. Rxd7 Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 72. Rdb7+ Kc6 73. Rg7 Rc1 74. Rxg6 Rg1+ 75. Kh3 ({White should play} 75. Kh4 $1 $16) 75... Kd5 $1 $14 76. Ra3 Ke4 (76... e5 $14) 77. Rf6 $2 ({White must play} 77. Rg3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg3g1]} Rh1+ 78. Kg4) 77... e5 $11 78. Rg3 Rh1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (78... Rxg3+ $11 79. Kxg3 c4 80. fxe5 c3) 79. Kg2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg2h1]} Rh8 80. fxe5 (80. g6 $142) 80... Nf5 81. Rh3 ({Don't take} 81. Rc3 $6 Rg8 $16) 81... Rg8 {[#]} 82. g6 $1 Kxe5 83. Ra6 {aiming for Rh5.} Kf4 {[#]} 84. Rc6 $2 (84. Kf2 $1 $18) 84... Kg5 $14 85. Rxc5 Rxg6 86. Rf3 Rf6 87. Ra3 Kg6 88. Kh3 Rf7 89. Ra6+ Rf6 90. Ra1 Re6 91. Kg4 Ng7 92. Rg5+ Kh7 93. Ra7 Rg6 94. Kh4 Kh6 95. Re5 Rc6 96. Ra8 Rc4+ 97. Kh3 Kg6 98. Ra6+ Kf7 99. Kg3 Rd4 100. Kf3 (100. Rg5 {is interesting.} Rd3+ 101. Kg4 Rd4+ 102. Kh3 Rd3+ 103. Kg2) 100... Rc4 101. Rb5 {Hoping for Rb7+.} (101. Rg5 {is more complex.} Rc7 102. Rgg6 Ne8 103. Rh6 Kg7 104. Rhe6) 101... Rc7 102. Ke4 Re7+ 103. Kf4 Ne6+ 104. Kg4 Ng7 105. Ra4 Re6 106. Rb7+ Kg6 107. Ra8 {Rg8 is the strong threat.} Ne8 108. Rd8 Nf6+ 109. Kf4 Re4+ 110. Kf3 Re5 111. Ra8 Rf5+ 112. Ke3 Re5+ 113. Kd4 Rd5+ 114. Kc4 Rf5 115. Ra1 Rf4+ 116. Kc5 Rg4 117. Rf1 Rg5+ 118. Kd6 Ne4+ 119. Kc6 Nf6 120. Re7 Rf5 121. Rd1 (121. Rg7+ $5 Kxg7 122. Rxf5 $14) 121... Rg5 122. Kd6 Rg4 123. Re5 Ra4 124. Rg1+ Rg4 125. Rf1 Ra4 {The position is equal.} 126. Ke7 Ra7+ 127. Kd8 Ra8+ 128. Kc7 Ra7+ 129. Kc6 Ra6+ 130. Kb7 (130. Kb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5a6]} Rd6 131. Kc5 $14) 130... Rd6 131. Re7 Nd5 132. Re2 Nf6 133. Rc2 Re6 134. Rc6 Re7+ 135. Kb6 Rf7 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Williams, Simon K"]
[Black "Petr, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,71,43,19,18,0,15,0,8,0,4,10,8,8,46,53,67,30,66,26,89,96,81,37,52,38,91,93,107,93,93,99,172,166,168,165,168,170,176,160,166,166,283,277,296,279,289,286,282,280,406,406,446,430,1252,1253,1366,1390,2540,1393]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. Bg5 cxd4 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (8... Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Qe2 a6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Rhe1 c4 13. Be4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bb7 15. Qg4 O-O-O 16. Bf4 {0-1 (67) Sutovsky,E (2675)-Roiz,M (2658) Netanya 2009}) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 {[#]} 10. Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bc5 {The position is equal.} (10... Qxd4 11. Bb5+) 11. Nb3 {Bb5+ is the strong threat.} Bb4+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bb6 12. Qg4 Bd7 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Ba7 15. Qg7 Ke7 16. Qg4 {1-0 (33) Lubbe,N (2254)-Berchtenbreiter,M (2137) Dresden 2008}) 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qh5 Qc7 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Rad1 {Strongly threatening Rxd7.} a6 (16... O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. Bxd7+ $16 Rxd7 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Rd1 Qa4 (19... Qc6 $14) 20. Qf3 Qb5 21. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Qb6 {[#]} 22. Qg3 $1 Bd8 (22... Kf8 $16) 23. c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qc7 24. Qg7 Rf8 25. Qxh7 f5 26. Qg7 Be7 27. h3 Bxc5 {[#]} (27... Qc6 {was called for.} 28. Qg3 Bd8) 28. Rc1 $1 ({Not} 28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Qg5 f6 $16) 28... b6 29. Nxc5 bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 30. b4 c4 31. Qd4 Rg8 (31... Qd8 $142 32. Qxc4 Rg8) 32. Rxc4 Qb7 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rb7g2]} 33. g3 {And now Qd6 would win.White is clearly winning.} Qd7 (33... Rg6 $142 34. Qd6 e5 35. Qxe5+ Re6 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qh4+ Ke8 38. Qh8+ Ke7) 34. Qc3 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Rg6 36. Qh8+ {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McNab, Colin A"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Program Activation Required} d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nc4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. c3 Qc7 12. a4 Rad8 {A08: King's Indian Attack} 13. Qb3 Ba6 (13... h6 14. a5 e6 15. Bd2 Nce7 16. axb6 axb6 17. Ra7 Ra8 18. Rea1 Rxa7 19. Rxa7 Ra8 20. Qa4 Rxa7 21. Qxa7 {½-½ (78) Bocharov,D (2560)-Svidler,P (2727) Berlin 2015}) 14. Qa3 $146 ({NOTEXT:} 14. Ng5 e6 15. a5 Nxa5 16. Nxa5 bxa5 {0-1 (61) Suleymanyants,O (2268)-Antipov,M (2584) Kolomna 2016}) 14... Rd7 15. Bd2 Rfd8 16. Bh3 e6 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Rad1 h6 19. Bc1 Red8 20. Qb3 Qb8 21. Qc2 Ndb4 22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. Qe2 Nxd3 24. Bxe6 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Re7 26. Bf4 Qb7 27. Bxf7+ Rxf7 28. b3 Qd5 29. h4 Bb7 30. Ncd2 Bc3 31. Qe6 Qxe6 32. Rxe6 Bxd2 33. Rxg6+ Kh7 34. Rxh6+ Kg7 35. Nxd2 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Pritchett, Craig W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,103,13,12,25,16,14,0,0,-15,-10,-16,-16,-18,-8,-18,-18,-15,0,0,15,-16,-18,-32,-35,-43,-32,-78,-8,0,0,2,23,38,106,96,96,97,118,100,122,139,243,243,235,241,232,236,280,275,280,185,279,272,287,309,254,275,295,248,363,358,372,363,360,306,345,330,637,647,645,641,639,641,518,430,432,391,524,623,575,561,575,557,1221,992,1588,1658,1487,1528,1205,1124,1670,1633,2186,1640]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 c5 4. Bg5 d5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} (6... Nc6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qb1 cxd4 12. exd4 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. a4 Nf4 15. Bc2 O-O 16. Re1 Nc6 17. Nf1 Nh5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 {1-0 (34) Romanov,E (2636)-Pavlidis,A (2463) Skopje 2014}) 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bd3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7 12. O-O f5 13. g4 fxg4 14. Nh2 Nf6 15. Be2 O-O 16. Bxg4 Bd7 17. Ndf3 cxd4 18. exd4 Ne4 19. Bh5 Qa5 20. Bg6 Ba4 {0-1 (20) Eiti,B (1813)-Hanninger,S (2171) Kemer 2009}) 8... Nxf6 {The position is equal.} 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. f4 Bd7 11. a4 a6 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. O-O Bc6 14. Ndf3 O-O 15. a5 Bb5 16. g4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne4 18. h4 f6 ({Black should play} 18... cxd4 $17 19. exd4 f6) 19. Ng6 $11 Rfe8 20. Nd2 c4 21. Qc2 f5 (21... Nxd2 $14 22. Qxd2 Rab8) 22. Nxe4 $16 dxe4 23. h5 fxg4 24. Qg2 Qf7 25. Qxg4 Qf5 {[#]} (25... Rab8 $16 {might work better.} 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Qe7) 26. Qxf5 $1 $18 exf5 27. Ra4 Rac8 28. Ne5 g5 29. hxg6 (29. Rxc4 g4 $16) 29... Re6 30. Kh2 (30. Nxc4 $6 Rxg6+ 31. Kf2 Rc7 $16) 30... Kg7 (30... Bxe5 {was worth a try.} 31. fxe5 Rxg6 32. Rxf5 Rc7) 31. Rg1 (31. Nxc4 $6 Kxg6 32. Rg1+ Kh7 $18) 31... Bxe5 32. fxe5 Rxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 33. Rb4 Rc7 34. Rg3 Rg4 (34... Rg5 $142 35. Rb6 Re7) 35. Rxg4+ fxg4 {KR-KR} 36. Kg3 h5 37. Kh4 Rf7 38. Rb6 (38. Rxc4 Rf3 $11) (38. Kxh5 $2 g3 $19) 38... g3 $2 (38... Kh7 39. b3 (39. Kxh5 $2 g3 $19) 39... cxb3 40. Rxb3 (40. Kxh5 $2 g3 $17) 40... Kg8) 39. Kxg3 Rf3+ 40. Kh4 Rxe3 {intending ...Rf3.} 41. Rxb7+ Kf8 42. Rb6 Rf3 {[#] Hoping for ...e3.} 43. Rg6 $1 e3 44. Rg1 {White is clearly winning.} Rf2 45. Re1 Rxb2 46. Rxe3 Rb5 47. Kxh5 Rxa5 48. Kg6 Ke7 49. Kf5 Ra1 50. Ke4 Rd1 51. Rh3 a5 52. Kd5 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "150th Dundee Grandmaster Chess"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Kapnisis, Spyridon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,115,59,52,56,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-72,-76,-75,-85,-70,0,0,0,0,13,10,23,19,44,23,45,19,26,18,35,8,35,12,22,30,51,46,50,50,90,0,0,0,116,0,0,0,-25,-45,0,-60,-31,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1 Be7 9. Re3 e4 {C74: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 f5} 10. Nd4 ({White should try} 10. Na3 $14) (10. Na3 Nf6 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Qb3 O-O-O 13. Nf7 Qf5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd8 Bxd8 16. f3 Re8 17. Nc2 {0-1 (27) Poetsch,H (2494)-Timman,J (2610) Germany 2015}) 10... Qd7 $11 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bc2 Nf6 13. Bxd3 exd3 14. Rxd3 O-O $1 15. Rf3 Ng4 $1 16. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rxf8+ Rxf8 {1-0 (33) Hoffmann,A-Karl,H (2345) Lugano 1982}) 16... Bh4 {And now ...Rxf3 would win.} 17. Be3 (17. Rxf8+ $11 {remains equal.} Rxf8 18. f3) 17... Rxf3 $1 $17 18. gxf3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 {[%cal Bf2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} Re8 ({Better is} 19... Qe7 $15 20. e4 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Rb8) 20. e4 $1 $11 Bg5 21. Nd2 Qh3 22. Nf1 Bf4 23. Qe2 Re6 24. Kh1 Rg6 25. Re1 Rg5 26. Rd1 Rg6 27. b4 h6 28. a4 Kh7 29. a5 Rg5 30. d5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 Be5 {[#]} 32. Rd3 (32. b5 $1 $16) 32... Bf4 33. Rd5 ({White should play} 33. c4 $11) 33... Be5 $16 {[#]} 34. Rd3 ({White must play} 34. b5 $1 $16) 34... Bf4 $11 35. c4 c6 36. Rd1 Qe6 37. Rb1 (37. Ne3 $11) 37... Qg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rg5g1]} 38. Qf2 $1 Qf6 39. b5 {The position is equal.} cxb5 40. cxb5 Rxb5 41. Rxb5 axb5 42. a6 {Strongly threatening e5.} Qa1 43. a7 b4 44. Kg2 {aiming for e5!} b3 45. Qb6 Qa2+ 46. Kg1 Be5 47. a8=Q Qxa8 48. Qxb3 Qa7+ 49. Kg2 $1 Qd4 50. Qe3 Qd1 51. Qd2 Qb1 52. Ne3 Qb3 53. Nf5 Qe6 54. h4 (54. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Bc3 55. Qd5 Qxd5 56. exd5 $11) 54... Qg6+ 55. Kh3 Qg1 {( -> ...Qh1+)} 56. Qg2 Qxg2+ 57. Kxg2 h5 58. Kh3 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

