[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Taher, Yoseph Theolifus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 26,108,23,15,15,16,20,22,31,19,21,12,24,0,0,-18,-12,-24,0,0,-14,-6,-16,-25,32,19,68,-8,41,47,39,26,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-8,-17,-17,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 d6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 c6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bb3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Re8 {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} (10... Nc5 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. Nf1 Rfe8 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nh4 Ne6 15. Nhf5 Bf8 16. Qf3 d5 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Rad1 {½-½ (38) Asrian,K (2635)-Frolyanov,D (2525) Dresden 2007}) 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Bc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} d5 15. Qf3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Ne6 17. Nhf5 Qc7 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Ng4 Nxg4 $146 20. hxg4 f6 21. Nf5 Rad8 22. g3 a5 23. Kg2 Bc5 24. Rh1 Rd7 (24... Ng5 $11 25. Qe2 Bf7) 25. Bb3 $14 Ng5 {[#]} 26. Qe2 ({White should play} 26. Nh4 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Bf7 27. Qf5 Bxb3 28. axb3) 26... b6 27. a4 Bf7 28. Bxf7 Rxf7 29. f3 (29. Qc4 $14) 29... Rd7 $11 {The position is equal.} 30. Bd2 Red8 31. Rad1 Nf7 32. b4 Bf8 33. bxa5 bxa5 34. Bc1 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Rxd1 36. Qxd1 g6 37. Ne3 Bc5 38. Nc4 Kg7 39. Qd3 Qa7 40. Bd2 Qc7 41. Kf1 Qa7 42. Ke2 Qc7 43. Kd1 Qa7 44. Kc2 Qc7 45. f4 Qc8 46. fxe5 fxe5 47. g5 Qe6 48. Kb1 Bb6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 49. Nxb6 Qb3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 50. Kc1 {Strongly threatening Qe3.} Qxb6 51. Qc4 Nd6 52. Qe6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qc5 53. Qe7+ Kg8 54. Qe6+ Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gomez, John Paul"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 21,67,0,3,0,23,27,25,-12,8,0,26,27,20,27,65,23,45,48,45,30,33,0,17,11,14,-55,-54,-57,-58,-60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-690,-697,-677,-648,-904,-891,-1016,-754,-1008,-958,-969]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. g3 Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. O-O a5 12. d5 $146 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd2) 12... e5 13. Be1 f5 14. Nd2 {White has an edge.} Nef6 15. Qc2 g6 16. e4 f4 17. b4 Ra7 18. Bh3 axb4 19. axb4 Nh5 20. Nf3 Bc8 21. Be6+ Kh8 22. Bc3 Ndf6 23. Ra1 (23. Ng5 $11) 23... Rxa1 $15 24. Rxa1 Bxe6 25. dxe6 Qe7 ({Better is} 25... fxg3 $15 26. fxg3 (26. hxg3 Ng4 $17) 26... Qe7) 26. Ra7 $1 $11 {And now c5! would win.} fxg3 27. hxg3 {c5! is the strong threat.} Qxe6 28. Rxc7 {Hoping for c5.} Nf4 29. gxf4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. c5 $11 bxc5 30. bxc5) 29... Qg4+ $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack. Black is clearly winning.} 30. Kf1 Qxf3 31. fxe5 dxe5 {aiming for ...Ng4.} (31... Nxe4 32. Bd4 $17) 32. Re7 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Ng4 34. Bxe5+ {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Bersamina, Paulo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 19,72,-16,0,-43,-46,-58,-56,-49,-51,-43,22,1,0,0,0,-4,-8,-19,-14,-29,0,-23,-16,-35,0,0,0,-49,0,0,0,-30,-26,-61,0,-71,-73,-66,-49,-64,-66,-94,-16,0,-15,-29,204,0,60,-704,-705,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. h3 h6 (5... d6 6. c3 a6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. O-O Be6 12. Bc2 c5 13. Re1 h6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Qc1 Rfe8 16. a4 a5 17. c4 {½-½ (26) Wei,Y (2706)-Bu,X (2698) Shenzhen 2016}) 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3h5][%mdl 32] C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} a6 7. c3 d6 8. Bb3 Be6 9. Bc2 Ba7 10. Nf1 d5 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ng3 Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. O-O Qf6 14. Nh5 Qe7 15. Re1 {½-½ (47) Gomez Barrera,G (1883)-Benitez Galeano,A (2139) Asuncion 2018}) 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Re1 Nf4 (14... f6 $15) 15. Bxf4 (15. d4 {seems wilder.} Nxg2 16. Kxg2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Bxh3+ 19. Kh2) 15... exf4 16. Nh5 Bxh3 $1 {aiming for ...Qg4.} 17. Nxf4 Bg4 {Hoping for ...Qf5.} 18. d4 Qd6 19. Nd3 f6 20. Re4 h5 21. Qe2 Bf5 22. Re3 Bg4 23. Re4 Bf5 24. Re3 Bg4 25. Qf1 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7d5,Bd5f4][%mdl 32]} 26. Nd2 c6 (26... Nd5 $15 27. Ree1 Kb8) 27. Nc4 (27. Nb4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27... Qc7 $17 28. Nc5 Nd5 29. Re4 Kb8 30. Rae1 Ka8 ({Black should play} 30... Bf5 $1 $17 31. R4e2 (31. Ne6 Bxe6 32. Rxe6 c5 $15) 31... Bc8) 31. Ne3 $1 $36 {[%cal Re3d5][%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nf4 32. Qc4 {Threatens to win with Nxa6!} Bb8 $2 {[#]} (32... Bc8 $11) 33. Nf1 $2 (33. Nxa6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nh3+ (33... bxa6 34. Nxg4) 34. Kf1) 33... h4 {[#]} (33... Nd5 $11) 34. Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34. Nxa6 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} bxa6 35. Rxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 34... h3 $3 $19 {[%cal Bh4h3,Bh3g2][%mdl 544]} 35. Rxc7 hxg2 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rh8h1]} 36. Nh2 {[#]} Bf3 $1 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Pascua, Haridas"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 14,70,41,15,25,22,18,14,9,8,13,14,22,17,17,25,37,37,54,46,43,20,13,13,21,21,14,12,0,0,27,25,53,20,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,129,129,122,74,114,81,116,122,252,125,126,0,275,0,125]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 {LiveBook: 618 Games} Rb8 {D74: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 0-0)} (8... e5 9. Nxd5 e4 10. Nd2 Qxd5 11. e3 f5 12. b3 Be6 13. Ba3 Rfd8 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 {0-1 (91) Duda,J (2737)-Grischuk,A (2766) chess.com INT 2018}) 9. e3 Nxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nb6 10. b3 e5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Bxe5 15. Rac1 c6 {1-0 (56) Minko,V (2252)-Bahlke,P (2013) Hofheim 2013}) 10. bxc3 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qd7 13. e4 Na5 14. Bf4 Rbc8 15. Rac1 e6 16. h4 h6 17. e5 c5 18. dxc5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Qa4 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Nh2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 h5 22. Nf3 Qc4 23. Qe3 Qxa2 24. Bh6 Nc4 25. Qf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with Bxg7. Black is under pressure.} Bxh6 26. Qxh6 {[#] Threatening mate with Ng5.} Qa8 {And now ...Nxe5 would win.} 27. Qf4 Rc5 {White must now prevent ...Nxe5.} 28. Kg1 Qb8 (28... Rd8 $11) 29. Qh6 $16 {Ng5 would kill now.} Rxe5 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Rd4 Qc7 32. Rcd1 Nb2 (32... Ne5 $16) 33. R1d2 (33. Rd7 $18 Qc8 34. R1d4) 33... Nc4 34. Rd1 (34. Rd7 $16 Qb8 35. Rd1) 34... Nb2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb2d1]} 35. R1d2 (35. Rd7 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Qc8 36. R1d4) 35... Nc4 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Adhiban, B.."]
[Black "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 16,99,-30,-33,0,-23,6,-24,0,-30,-38,-104,-66,-81,-68,-75,-96,-135,-114,-105,-80,-71,-68,-108,-69,-83,-74,-70,-58,-56,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-27,-23,-4,-4,-9,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,14,29,16,27,0,43,0,46,33,210,210,166,202,390,375,765,756,577,1245,1187,1232,1158,904,1698,2314,1635,1032,29978,29972,29977,29978,29982,29980,29983,29984,29992,29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 (5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 12. Qc4 b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qd6 Re8 15. Bg5 b4 16. Qxb4 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxg5 {½-½ (33) Vidit,S (2711)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2780) chess.com INT 2018}) 5... c6 6. Bg5 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} dxc4 7. e4 b5 8. e5 Nd5 9. h5 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Bf5 10. h6 Bf8 11. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a4 b4 12. Nxd5 cxd5 {1-0 (51) Petersons,I (2316)-Procopi,J (2215) ICCF email 2014}) 11... Nd7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 (13. Nxd5 $15 cxd5 14. Nh4) 13... c3 14. bxc3 bxc3 15. Na3 f6 16. Bc1 e6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. O-O Bb4 19. Ng5 O-O {Hoping for ...Bd6.} 20. g4 {[#]} c2 $1 {[%cal Rc2d1][%mdl 512]} 21. Nxc2 Nc3 22. Qd2 Nxe2+ (22... Bxc2 $1 $15 23. Qxc2 Nb6) 23. Qxe2 $11 Bxc2 $1 24. Qxc2 Qxd4 25. Qe4 (25. Qd1 {with more complications.} Qxd1 26. Rxd1 Ne5 27. Rb1 a5 28. Nxe6 Rf7 29. Ng5) 25... Qxe4 26. Nxe4 Nf6 (26... Ne5 {keeps more tension.} 27. g5 c5 28. Ra2 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Ne1+) 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28. Be3 a5 29. Rac1 Rc8 30. Rfd1 Rf7 31. Kg2 e5 32. Rc4 Rb7 33. Rdc1 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Kf3 (34. Bxc5 Rbc7) 34... Kf7 35. Ke4 Ke6 36. Rd1 $1 Rd7 $2 (36... Rf7 $14) 37. Rxd7 $18 Kxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRB} 38. Kd5 $1 Rf8 $2 (38... Rc6 39. Bxc5 Bd2) 39. Bxc5 Bxc5 $2 (39... Rb8 40. Kxe5 Be1) 40. Rxc5 Rxf2 41. Rxa5 {KR-KR} Ke7 42. Kxe5 Re2+ 43. Kf4 {Threatens to win with Re5+.} Kf6 44. Ra6+ Kf7 45. Ra7+ Kg8 46. a5 {White mates.} Ra2 47. Kg5 Rc2 48. Rg7+ Kh8 49. Rb7 Rc5+ 50. Kh4 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Chen, Qi b"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 17,96,13,4,-66,-56,-89,-111,-96,-97,-65,-96,-69,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,35,18,36,30,135,-97,-91,-95,-64,-66,-69,-77,-68,-75,-68,-65,-105,-131,-103,-131,-135,-218,-96,-115,-121,-107,-113,-175,-18,-303,-305,-311,-304,-297,-289,-366,-362,-321,-141,-320,-314,-296,-316,-398,-417,-402,-391,-392,-382,-489,-450,-1178,-1172,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Be3 ({White should play} 10. Nh2 $11) 10... g4 11. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Nbd2 {0-1 (37) Tan,J (2466)-Naroditsky,D (2619) chess.com INT 2018}) 11... Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Qxh4 14. hxg4 Be6 (14... h5 $15 15. gxh5 Qxh5 16. Qxh5 Rxh5) 15. Bxe6 $11 fxe6 16. Nd2 O-O-O 17. b4 d5 18. Re3 e4 19. dxe4 d4 20. cxd4 Rxd4 {[#]} (20... Nxd4 $11 21. g3 Qg5) 21. Qe2 $2 (21. b5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5c6] is forced if you want to stay better.} Ne5 22. Qe2) 21... Rxb4 $17 22. Rc1 Nd4 ({Much weaker is} 22... Rxa4 23. Nb3 $11) 23. Qd3 Rd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...Nb3 would win. Black is more active.} ({But not} 23... Rxa4 $2 24. Nc4 $18) 24. Qc3 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Rc3c7]} Qe7 25. e5 Kb8 26. Ne4 $1 a5 27. Nc5 Rd5 28. g3 Rb6 {Threatens to win with ...Rc6.} 29. Nd3 {[#]} ({Not} 29. Qxa5 $2 Rc6 $19) (29. Qa3 $17 Kc8 30. Kg2) 29... Rb3 (29... Rc6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc6c3]} 30. Qb2 Qd7) 30. Qe1 Qa3 31. Ra1 Qf8 {aiming for ...Nc2.} 32. Nf4 (32. Qd1 $17 {was called for.}) 32... Rxe5 $2 (32... Nc2 $19 33. Rxb3 Nxe1 34. Nxd5 Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Kg2 Nxe5) 33. Rxe5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Qd1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Rexe3 34. fxe3) 33... Nf3+ $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kg2 Nxe1+ 35. Raxe1 Qg8 36. g5 hxg5 37. Nxe6 Qg6 (37... Rb2 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. White must now prevent ...Qf7.} 38. Rf5 Qh7 39. Rf8+ Ka7 40. Nxg5 Qd7) 38. Rxa5 $2 (38. Nd4 $17 {was the only chance.} Rb4 39. Re8+ Ka7 40. Nb5+ Rxb5 41. axb5) 38... g4 39. Rc5 c6 40. Rg5 Qf6 41. Rg8+ Ka7 42. Nf4 Qc3 43. Re3 Qc4 44. Ree8 (44. Rxb3 $142 Qxg8 45. Re3) 44... Rb1 {( -> ...Qf1+)} 45. Ra8+ Kb6 {Black mates.} 46. a5+ Kb5 47. Rg5+ c5 48. Rxc5+ Qxc5 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 20,127,54,44,74,64,63,65,77,91,127,122,117,122,148,153,139,150,238,232,314,316,289,254,228,129,129,128,133,121,173,181,194,166,169,161,133,112,120,115,113,123,117,114,134,93,147,101,162,162,158,162,162,158,162,97,132,80,156,160,148,92,131,129,154,90,110,110,144,132,165,157,149,136,150,65,64,64,72,12,362,315,352,345,435,410,682,667,792,469,2094,1843,29976,29977,29972,4382,3238,3615,29966,29968,29969,29969,29981,29982,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. O-O c6 10. e4 e5 11. Nh4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. E11: Bogo-Indian} (11. Rad1 Nb6 12. b3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 a5 15. Qe3 Nbd7 16. Bg4 Rfe8 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Kg2 Qc7 {½-½ (29) Matlakov,M (2490)-Nguyen,N (2567) Vung Tau 2008}) 11... g6 12. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rad1 Ne8 13. Qe1 Ng7 14. f4 f6 15. b3 Re8 16. Rd2 Nf8 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. d5 c5 {1-0 (33) Avrukh,B (2430)-Backlund,A (2185) Zagan 1995}) 12... exd4 13. Qxd4 {White is slightly better.} Nc5 14. Rad1 Ne8 15. b4 Ne6 16. Qf2 a5 17. b5 Bd7 18. Rfe1 cxb5 (18... Rd8 $16 19. Nf5 Qf6) 19. cxb5 $18 Rc8 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. f5 Bxb5 22. Qb6 (22. fxe6 $18 fxe6 23. Qb2) 22... N6c7 $16 23. Nxc7 $1 ({But not} 23. Qxa5 $6 Nxd5 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 $11) 23... Nxc7 24. Rxd6 Na8 (24... Qe7 $16) 25. Qd4 $18 ({Don't play} 25. Rxd8 $6 Nxb6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11) 25... Qc7 26. e5 {[%cal Rf5g6]} Qc3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Bxb7 {[%cal Rf5g6]} gxf5 29. Nxf5 Nc7 30. Nd4 Rb8 31. Be4 {Hoping for Rb1.} Ba4 32. Re2 h5 (32... Rc4 $142) 33. Kf2 Bd1 (33... Rc5 $16) 34. Rd2 Bg4 35. Rc6 Rxc6 36. Nxc6 Rb5 37. Ke3 (37. Bd3 $18 Rc5 38. Rc2) 37... Kg7 38. Rc2 ({Better is} 38. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3b5]} Rd5 39. Ke4) 38... Ne6 {[#]} ({Black should try} 38... Rb1) 39. Bd3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd3b5]} Rd5 40. Rc3 (40. Bc4 $142 Rc5 41. Bb3) 40... a4 41. Bc2 Nc5 42. a3 (42. Nb4 $142 Rxe5+ 43. Kd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 42... Be6 43. Rc4 Nd7 44. Rxa4 Rc5 45. Be4 Rc1 {Threatens to win with ...Nc5.} 46. Kd2 Rf1 {intending ...Nc5.} 47. Ra8 (47. Ra5 $16) 47... Rf2+ $14 48. Ke3 Rxh2 49. Nd4 ({White should play} 49. Ra5 $16) 49... Bg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (49... Nxe5 $11 50. Ra7 (50. Nxe6+ fxe6 51. a4 Ra2 $11) 50... Kf6) 50. e6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 51. Ra7 e5 52. Nf3 Rg2 (52... Ra2 $142 53. Nxe5 Rxa3+ 54. Rxa3 Nxe5) 53. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rxg3+ 54. Kf4 Rc3 (54... Rg1 $142 55. Nxg4 hxg4 56. Rxd7+ Kf6 57. Rd6+ Ke7) 55. Nxd7 Bxd7 56. Rxd7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} Kf6 57. Rd3 (57. a4 $142 Ra3 58. Bc6 Ke6 59. Rh7 Kd6 60. Be8 h4 61. Rxh4 Kc5 62. Bd7) 57... Rc4 58. Rd6+ Ke7 59. Ra6 {White mates.} h4 60. Ke5 Rc3 61. Ra7+ Kd8 62. Kd6 Ke8 63. Bd5 Kf8 64. Rf7+ {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 d6 4. Qd2 a6 5. f3 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Bxd4 Nf6 8. Nd5 Nbd7 9. a4 e5 10. Bc3 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Nf6 12. Qd2 d5 13. Bb4 Be6 14. O-O-O Qd7 15. b3 Qc6 16. Qc3 Rc8 17. Qxc6+ Rxc6 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bd2 O-O 20. Bd3 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bxb5 Ra8 23. Ne2 e4 24. c3 Rcc8 25. Ba4 exf3 26. gxf3 Nxc3 27. Nxc3 Bxc3 28. Bxc3 Rxc3+ 29. Kb2 Rxf3 30. Rc1 Rb8 31. Rc3 Rf2+ 32. Ka3 h5 33. Re3 Kg7 34. h3 Rd8 35. Bb5 Ra8+ 36. Ba4 Bd7 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Cuhendi, Sean Winshand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 28,75,64,54,75,68,58,43,44,0,0,0,10,8,53,47,47,42,137,79,68,66,54,67,73,72,70,72,133,94,85,85,139,21,114,85,131,54,53,0,0,0,0,0,48,59,230,0,414,-14]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. a4 Nc5 13. Qc2 {E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} a5 (13... Qe7 14. Rfe1 Nfxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Bd2 Qxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Bxd4 20. Qe4 Be5 {½-½ (42) Caruana,F (2770)-Berg,E (2587) Malmo 2012}) 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Rfe1 {LiveBook: 6 Games. White is slightly better.} Qc8 16. g4 $146 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 16. Kh2 Re5 17. f3 Rh5 18. h4 h6 19. Kg1 Re5 20. Nde2 b6 {0-1 (69) Itkis,B (2470)-Borge,N (2455) Yerevan 1996}) 16... h5 17. g5 Nh7 18. h4 Bh3 19. f3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nf8 21. Ndb5 Nfe6 22. Nd5 {Hoping for Ndxc7!} Be5 (22... b6 $14) 23. Bxc5 (23. Rf1 $142) 23... dxc5 $16 24. Na7 $1 {[%cal Ra7c8]} Qd8 {[#] And now ...Nd4 would win.} 25. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf6 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27. Nb5 $1 Be7 (27... c6 $142) 28. Qc1 c6 29. Nc3 Rbd8 {[#]} (29... f6 $142) 30. f4 (30. Ne2 $1 $16) 30... Rd7 (30... Rd4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Rf1 Red8 32. Rf2 ({White should play} 32. Ne2 $16) 32... Bd6 $14 {[%cal Be7d6,Bd6c7,Bc7e5][%mdl 32]} 33. Kg1 ({Better is} 33. f5 $14 Nd4 34. Qe3) 33... Bc7 $11 34. f5 Nf8 35. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Be5 {Threatens to win with ...Bd4.} 36. Ne2 Rd4 $2 (36... Re8 $14) 37. Kg2 $2 (37. Nxd4 $18 Bxd4 38. Qb3) 37... b6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Rxc4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 38. b3 Rc2) 38. Qb3 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 36%, Black = 28%. . Loss on Time!?} (38. Nxd4 $18 Bxd4 39. Qd3) 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Garcia, Jan Emmanuel"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 18,136,31,22,33,0,2,25,16,13,31,0,25,22,25,27,21,29,29,27,21,0,60,51,62,55,61,66,63,56,60,58,48,45,31,28,65,49,55,49,47,10,59,21,21,16,16,17,16,16,66,36,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-6,-1,0,-15,-20,-13,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-20,-15,-76,-76,-76,-76,-170,-170,-175,-173,-166,-163,-193,-193,-199,-193,-191,-189,-186,-202,-806,-716,-29975,-29976,-29973,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. Ne5 {LiveBook: 12 Games. D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (10. Nc3 Re8 11. Rc1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 cxd4 13. Nb5 Qa5 14. Nxd4 Qxa2 15. Bc3 Qa6 16. Nf5 Rad8 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bxd5 Qxe2 20. Qxe2 Rxe2 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 {½-½ (22) Adhiban,B (2671)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2537) Hamedan 2018}) 10... Bh5 ({Don't go for} 10... Nxd4 $2 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. e3 $18) 11. Nxc6 (11. dxc5 {is interesting.} Bxc5 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Re1) 11... bxc6 12. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qd7 14. Rac1 Rab8 15. h3 Bb4 16. g4 Bg6 17. f4 Ba5 {1-0 (31) Khadempour,F (2173)-Fochtler,E (2272) Wuerttemberg 2000}) 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. Qxd4 {aiming for Nxd5!} Bf6 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Rfd1 {[%cal Rc3d5] Threatens to win with Nxd5.} Qa6 {[%cal Rh5e2]} 18. Re1 Rad8 19. Bf1 Nb6 (19... Rb8 $11) 20. e3 $14 Qb7 21. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4b2,Bb2d3,Bd3c5][%mdl 32]} Bxb2 22. Nxb2 Bf3 23. Nd3 Rd6 24. Nc5 Qe7 25. Bg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 h5 27. h4 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Red1 Rf6 30. Qe2 (30. Rc4 $5) 30... Qf5 31. Rd4 Re4 32. Rcd1 g6 33. b4 Kg7 34. a4 Qe5 35. b5 (35. Qc2 $14) 35... Rxd4 $11 36. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 37. Rd2 Qe4+ 38. f3 Qxa4 39. Rxd5 Qb4 40. Qc2 c4 41. Rd4 Qa3 42. Kf2 Re6 43. e4 Rf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 44. f4 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 45. Rxc4 {Strongly threatening Ra4.} axb5 46. Rc8 Ra6 47. Qc3+ (47. Kg2 $11) 47... Qxc3 $17 48. Rxc3 {KR-KR} b4 49. Rc8 (49. Rb3 $17 {was called for.}) 49... Rb6 $1 $19 50. Rc2 b3 51. Rb2 Kf6 52. Kf3 Ke6 53. Ke3 {[#]} Kd6 $1 54. Kd3 Kc5 55. Kc3 Rb4 56. e5 $2 ({Avoid the trap} 56. Rxb3 $2 Rxb3+ 57. Kxb3 Kd4 $19) (56. Kd3 f6 57. Rb1) 56... Rc4+ 57. Kxb3 Rb4+ {Black mates.} 58. Kc3 Rxb2 59. Kxb2 {KP-KP} Kd4 60. Kc2 Ke3 61. Kc3 Kf3 62. Kd4 Kxg3 {K3P-K3P} 63. Ke4 Kg4 64. Ke3 Kxh4 65. f5 gxf5 66. Kf4 Kh3 67. Kxf5 {[#]} Kg3 $1 68. Kf6 Kf4 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Docena, Jerad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 22,129,54,46,61,46,46,30,62,60,66,54,54,54,54,54,90,100,100,68,97,84,89,74,116,53,101,82,82,77,98,56,62,39,48,43,64,33,28,26,43,17,144,121,133,70,74,56,85,69,305,343,296,134,435,340,466,459,885,885,942,921,820,242,243,233,248,228,196,182,220,149,260,198,546,209,783,469,632,609,1179,1152,1355,1131,1192,1110,1220,1276,1216,1101,1073,997,894,0,728,719,856,703,676,669,648,651,601,593,1249,1196,1143,1054,1020,1020]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} Nc5 9. f3 a5 10. h4 h5 11. g5 Nfd7 (11... Nh7 12. Kd2 Bd7 13. Nh3 c6 14. Nf2 cxd5 15. exd5 f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxc5 dxc5 {0-1 (37) Vallejo Pons,F (2705)-Radjabov,T (2741) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 12. Nh3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nb6 13. Qd2 c6 14. Nf2 cxd5 15. exd5 Bf5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 {0-1 (47) Debashis,D (2472)-Firouzja,A (2456) Doha 2016}) 13. Qd2 Ndc5 14. Nb5 b6 15. Nf2 Bd7 16. Rg1 Kh7 17. O-O-O f5 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Rg2 Qe7 (19... Bxh4 $6 20. Rh1 $11) 20. Kb1 Rg8 21. Rdg1 Raf8 22. Qd1 Bh8 23. Bg5 (23. Bc1 $16) 23... Qf7 24. Rh2 Bg7 25. Qc1 Re8 26. Rg3 Qf8 27. Bf1 Bh6 28. Bh3 Bxg5 29. hxg5 Kg7 30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Rh4 Kf7 (31... Re7 $11) 32. f4 $16 Ke7 33. Rf3 (33. Na7 $16 {Strongly threatening Nc6+.} Nab8 34. Nd3) 33... exf4 $14 34. Nd4 (34. Qxf4 Ne5 $17) 34... Ne5 35. Rhxf4 Nxf3 $2 (35... Qg7 $1 $14) 36. Rxf3 $18 (36. Rxf8 Rgxf8 37. Ne6 Ne5 $15) 36... Qg7 37. Rf6 (37. Ne6 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Qh8 38. Nd3 (38. Qf4 Ref8 $11)) 37... Rgf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Kd8 $16 {is more resistant.}) 38. Ne6 Qh8 39. e5 $1 (39. Nxf8 Rxf8 40. e5 dxe5 $14) 39... dxe5 (39... Nc5 $142 40. Nxc7 (40. Nxf8 Rxf8 41. Qf4 dxe5 $16) 40... Rxf6 41. gxf6+ Kd7 42. Nxe8 Qxe8) 40. Ne4 $1 (40. Nxf8 Rxf8 41. Re6+ Kd8 $11) 40... Nc5 41. N6xc5 (41. Nxf8 Rxf8 42. Nxc5 Rxf6 $16) 41... bxc5 42. Qe3 $2 (42. Qd2 {White wants to mate with d6+.} Rxf6 43. gxf6+ Kf7 44. d6 (44. Qxa5 g5 $16)) 42... Rxf6 43. gxf6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} ({Worse is} 43. Qxc5+ Rd6 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) 43... Kf7 {intending ...g5!} 44. Qxc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} g5 45. Qxc7+ Kg6 46. f7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} ({Much less strong is} 46. Qxa5 $6 h4 $16) 46... Rf8 47. Qe7 Kf5 $2 (47... Qg7 {is tougher.}) 48. Nxg5 $2 (48. Nc5) 48... h4 $2 (48... Qg7 49. a3 Kg4) 49. a3 Kg4 50. Ka2 ({Weaker is} 50. Ne4 Kf4 $18) 50... h3 {[#] ...h2 is the strong threat.} 51. Nh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rb8 (51... Qxh7 52. Qxf8) 52. Qg5+ Kf3 53. Qh4 Kg2 54. Qg4+ Kh2 55. Ng5 {White threatens Nf3+ and mate.} e4 56. Qf4+ Kg1 57. Qg4+ $2 (57. Qg3+ $18 Kh1 58. Qf2) 57... Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (57... Kh2 $11 58. b4 axb4 59. Nxe4 b3+ 60. Kb1 Qh7) 58. Qd1+ $1 {White is clearly winning.} Kg2 59. Qd2+ Kg3 60. Nxe4+ Kf3 61. Ng5+ Kg4 62. Ne6 {Intending Qf4+ and mate.} Qf6 63. Qh2 Rh8 64. Qg1+ Kh4 65. Qg8 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Nava, Roderick"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 21,62,56,54,54,52,29,41,23,16,-5,33,-11,-14,-18,-16,-25,0,0,0,0,15,16,35,39,37,26,51,-157,-162,-169,-169,-302,-310,-318,-312,-314,-316,-292,-286,-392,-383,-568,-559]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} 10. g4 h5 (10... c6 11. O-O-O cxd5 12. exd5 a4 13. Nxe5 Qa5 14. Nd3 a3 15. b3 Nfe4 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nb5 {1-0 (44) Nepomniachtchi,I (2714)-Ponomariov,R (2714) Beijing 2014}) 11. g5 Nfd7 {LiveBook: 5 Games. White is slightly better.} 12. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Rg1 Nba4 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. b3 Nb6 17. Nd2 {½-½ (52) Valenzuela Fuentealba,L (2442)-Henriquez Villagra,C (2524) Santiago de Chile 2018}) 12... c6 13. b3 Nb6 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. Rg1 Rc8 16. f3 Kh7 17. h4 f6 18. Be2 fxg5 19. hxg5 Rf4 20. Rd1 cxd5 21. exd5 Rd4 22. Nde4 Bf5 23. Qc1 (23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Nb5 Nxd5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]}) 23... Bxe4 24. Nxe4 $2 {[#]} (24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nxe4 Nxd5 $17) (24. fxe4 $14 {is the one way to stay ahead.} Qe7 25. Rf1) 24... Nxd5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Bxd4 (25. cxd5 Nxe4) 25... exd4 26. cxd5 (26. Nxc5 $142 Rxc5 27. Bd3 Qe7+ 28. Kf2) 26... Nxe4 $19 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 27. Qf4 Nc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Bd3 Qe7+ (28... Nxd1 29. Kxd1 Qc7 30. Rh1 $15) 29. Kf2 {[#] White wants to play Rde1.} Rf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8f4]} ({Don't do} 29... Nxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rc3 31. Kf1 $17) ({Less strong is} 29... Nxd5 30. Qe4 $17) 30. Qd2 Be5 (30... Nxd1+ $2 31. Rxd1 Be5 32. Be4 $19) 31. Rde1 (31. Bb1 $142 Bh2 32. Rge1 Nxd1+ 33. Rxd1) 31... Qf7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Amartuvshin, Ganzorig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 10,127,-2,4,33,41,39,38,35,38,46,45,60,52,64,60,53,60,62,60,49,32,52,22,35,31,29,26,56,35,48,45,51,54,67,8,8,8,154,20,20,7,52,41,146,124,137,85,381,399,369,352,306,212,192,108,107,88,87,99,85,85,85,85,86,88,95,87,331,325,315,62,36,0,318,318,302,85,85,85,85,85,12848,12851,12847,12847,12841,84,12846,12849,29941,29941,29940,12848,29945,29941,29949,29947,29949,29952,29951,29951,29950,29949,29941,29946,29943,29942,12643,9352,12844,12847,7075,5531,12420,10628,6129,6129,4627,4627]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 d5 6. Nc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. Threatening exd5. B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5} (6. Bg2 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 bxc6 9. Bxe4 Bb7 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Bf3 O-O-O 12. Ke2 e5 13. c4 e4 {0-1 (40) Vitiugov,N (2721)-Van Wely,L (2653) Jurmala 2016}) 6... dxe4 7. Nxc6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rd1d8]} Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 {White is slightly better.} bxc6 9. Nxe4 Bb7 10. Bd3 O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nf6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Ke2 h5 13. h4 Bd6 {½-½ (37) Wen,Y (2608)-Sorokin,A (2511) Moscow 2018}) 11. Ke2 c5 {Threatens to win with ...c4!} 12. f3 Nf6 13. Nxf6 gxf6 14. Be3 h5 15. a3 Kb8 16. Rab1 Bd6 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 f5 19. Ra1 h4 $1 20. Bxa7+ Kc7 21. Bd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 22. Bc5 (22. Bc3 $14) 22... Bxc5 $11 23. bxc5 Rh5 (23... e4 $11 24. fxe4 hxg3) 24. Ke3 (24. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4h5]} fxg4 25. fxg4) 24... e4 25. Be2 f4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 26. Kxf4 Rd2 (26... exf3 $14 27. Bxf3 Bxf3 28. Kxf3 Rxc5) 27. Ke3 $16 Rxc2 28. fxe4 (28. Rhb1 $142 $1 hxg3 29. hxg3) 28... Rc3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Rhxc5 $16 {is a better defense.} 29. Bd3 (29. gxh4 f5 $14) 29... Rb2 30. gxh4 Rh5) 29. Kd4 $1 $18 Rhxc5 30. Rhf1 f5 31. exf5 Rc2 32. Bd3 ({Better is} 32. Ba6 $1 $18) 32... Rd5+ $16 33. Ke3 Rc3 {And now ...hxg3 would win.} 34. Rfd1 $1 {Strongly threatening f6.} hxg3 35. hxg3 {Black must now prevent f6.} Rxf5 36. Kd4 Rfc5 37. Rf1 Bc8 38. Rae1 Rc6 $2 (38... Kb6 $16) 39. Rf7+ $18 Kd6 40. Rf6+ $2 ({White must play} 40. Bb5 $1 $18 R6c5 41. Rh1) 40... Kc7 $14 41. Rf7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Re7+ $14 Kd8 42. Rxc6 Rxc6 43. Rg7) 41... Kd6 $18 42. Bb5 $1 R6c5 {and the idea ...Rc1 leaves Black hopeful.} 43. Rf6+ $2 (43. Rh1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh1h6] and the rest is easy. Rh6+ would kill now.} Be6 44. Rh6 Rxb5 45. Kxc3 Rb3+ 46. Kd2) 43... Kc7 $16 44. Re7+ Kb8 45. Rf8 {Ba6 is the strong threat.} Rc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (45... Rc1 $16) 46. Rxc7 $1 $18 Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRB} 47. Ba6 $1 Rg7 48. Rxc8+ {KRB-KR} Ka7 49. Rc3 Kxa6 {KR-KR} 50. Rb3 Ka5 51. Ke5 (51. Ke4 $142 Rg8 52. Rf3 Kb4 53. Kf4 Kc5 54. g4 Kd5 55. Rb3 Rf8+ 56. Kg5) 51... Ka4 52. Re3 Kb5 53. Kf5 Rg8 54. g4 Rf8+ 55. Kg5 Rg8+ 56. Kf4 Rf8+ 57. Kg3 Rg8 58. Rc3 Kb4 59. Rc7 {White is clearly winning.} Kb5 60. Kf4 Rf8+ 61. Ke5 Kb6 62. Rc1 Rg8 63. Kf5 Rf8+ 64. Ke6 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 20,154,-23,-20,-20,-17,-13,-27,-15,-8,-11,-14,-16,-14,-8,-8,-7,-7,-7,-17,-14,-16,-14,-14,-3,-11,-11,-12,-11,-12,-11,-13,-14,-11,-8,-8,-8,-8,-4,-4,-4,-8,-8,-16,-2,-2,-2,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,0,-4,-2,-3,0,-8,-8,-9,0,-15,-4,-14,0,-8,-3,-3,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-54,-14,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-8,-8,-14,-16,-16,-14,-14,-14,-14,-45,-52,-14,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-80,-80,-580,-580,-29977,-29978,-29984,-29982,-29982,-29983]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. c4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Qc7 11. Bg2 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Qe2 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 {½-½ (107) Caruana,F (2802)-Nakamura,H (2786) chess.com INT 2017}) 8... Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rc8 12. Be3 b6 13. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Qa4 Qd7 15. Rad1 Na5 {½-½ (43) Yashmetov,M (2365)-Bykov,O (2383) Lipetsk 2018}) 13... Qxd3 14. exd3 Ba3 15. d4 exd4 16. Bxc6+ Rxc6 17. Nxd4 Rxc3 18. Nb5 Rd3 19. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bc5 21. Nxa7 Bxa2 22. Nc8 Bxe3 23. fxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} b5 24. Nd6+ Ke7 25. Nxb5 Rb8 26. Rd2 Be6 27. Nd4 Rb1+ 28. Kf2 Bh3 29. e4 g6 30. Nf3 h6 31. Ra2 Rf1+ 32. Ke3 Rh1 33. Ra7+ Kf6 34. Ra6+ Kg7 35. Ra2 Be6 36. Rd2 Ra1 37. Nd4 Bg4 38. Nc6 Re1+ 39. Kf4 Bc8 40. Nd4 Ba6 41. Nc2 Rb1 42. Nd4 Ra1 43. h4 Ra3 44. e5 Bc4 45. Rc2 Ra4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bd3.} 46. Ke4 g5 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. Rf2 Kg6 49. Rh2 (49. Rf6+ $11 Kh5 50. Nf5) 49... Be6 50. Rh8 Ba2 51. Rd8 Ra3 52. g4 Bb1+ 53. Kd5 Ra5+ 54. Kd6 Ba2 55. Nc6 Ra4 56. Ne7+ Kh7 57. Ng8 $1 f5 58. Nf6+ Kg6 {Hoping for ...Rd4+.} 59. gxf5+ Kxf5 {...Rd4+ is the strong threat.} 60. Rf8 Ra6+ 61. Kc5 Kxe5 62. Ng4+ Ke4 63. Nf2+ Ke3 64. Ng4+ Kd3 65. Nf2+ {[#]} (65. Re8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 65... Ke2 $1 $17 66. Kd4 Ra4+ 67. Ke5 Ra5+ 68. Kd4 Bb1 69. Nh1 Ra4+ 70. Ke5 Re4+ 71. Kd5 Rg4 {And now ...Be4+ would win.} 72. Nf2 Rg3 73. Ke5 Re3+ 74. Kd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (74. Kd6 $17 {is more resistant.}) 74... Rf3 $19 75. Rxf3 Kxf3 {Black mates.} 76. Nd1 Bc2 77. Nc3 g4 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Ervan, Mohamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Bf4 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 d6 11. h3 c5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bh2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nc3 Qc7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Ne4 Ne5 21. Qh5 f6 22. Bg3 Qb7 23. Nd2 b5 24. Qe2 {Writing ineligible, draw after 87 moves} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Miciano, John Marvin"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 13,67,6,12,-12,-6,-12,-6,-17,-12,-18,-10,-38,-39,-36,-31,-42,-45,-29,-8,-47,-41,-42,-43,-68,-66,-115,-92,-128,-133,-118,-103,-121,-83,-79,-92,-116,-128,-114,-116,-107,-116,-158,-171,-195,-123,-216,-183,-206,-191,-822,-808,-1164,-1106,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 a6 7. a3 d6 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 8. Qe2 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} (8. O-O O-O 9. Ne2 Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. c3 b5 12. Bb3 Bb6 13. a4 Bb7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 {½-½ (42) Safarli,E (2657)-Khairullin,I (2652) Skopje 2015}) 8... O-O 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Be3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10. c3 Re8 11. O-O Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. b4 Ba7 15. c4 Qd7 {0-1 (34) Lenhardt,S (2012)-Gegenfurtner,J (2289) Bamberg 2018}) 10... Bxd5 11. Bxd5 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 (12. fxe3 {is more complex.} Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c4 b5 15. O-O) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c4 $1 f5 15. O-O g5 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. Rac1 b6 18. d4 e4 19. g3 Qf6 $1 20. Qc3 Rae8 21. Rce1 h5 22. Kh1 Re7 23. f3 exf3 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Nxf3 ({Don't play} 25. Qxf3 Kg7 $15) 25... g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 26. Re1 {[#]} Qd8 $1 27. Re6 Kg7 ({Not} 27... gxf3 28. Rxg6+ Kf7 29. Re6 $16) 28. Ne1 {[#]} h4 ({Better is} 28... f4 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...Qg5.} 29. Qd3 Qg5) 29. hxg4 (29. Qe3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 29... fxg4 $19 {aiming for ...hxg3.} 30. Kg1 Qg5 {Strongly threatening ...hxg3.} 31. Qe3 $2 (31. Ng2) 31... Qf5 32. Kh2 Qf1 {( -> ...Qh3+)} 33. Nd3 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Rf1# {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Garma, Chito"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 14,75,19,10,33,41,77,90,77,65,80,43,46,32,56,18,34,22,18,4,14,2,6,13,96,0,10,4,15,0,0,-7,-2,-9,-9,-7,0,-13,-9,-4,0,-12,-12,-11,-19,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,283,283,29982,29982,29981,29982]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be3 {LiveBook: 91 Games. B55: Sicilian: 2...d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 f3} Nh5 (8... b5 9. Na3 a6 10. cxb5 d5 11. bxa6 dxe4 12. Bb5 Nd5 13. Bc5 Nf4 14. O-O Bxb3 15. Qxd7+ Qxd7 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. axb3 Rxa6 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 {½-½ (27) Vitiugov,N (2721)-Duda,J (2710) Czech Republic 2018}) 9. Nc3 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. Nd5 Nhf6 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Qd2 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Rc8 15. Rac1 Qd7 {1-0 (60) Koch,B-Kuebart,E Jena 1953}) 10. Na5 {White is better.} Rb8 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Rd1 Rfd8 15. Be2 Rbc8 {[%cal Rb6c4]} 16. Rc1 Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g2]} 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. O-O Qh4 (18... g5 $11) 19. b4 (19. Nxb7 $16 Rd7 20. Nxd6) 19... Rd7 $11 20. Rfd1 h5 21. Bf1 Qf6 22. Rc2 Rdc7 23. Rdc1 Nd7 24. Qxd6 Ne5 {aiming for ...Rd7.} 25. Qd2 b6 26. Nb3 Qg5 {...Nxf3+ is the strong threat.} 27. Qf2 Bxc4 28. Nd2 {[%cal Rd2c4]} b5 {[#]} 29. a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd8 (29... bxa4 30. Nxc4) 30. h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} ({Reject} 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Qe2 (31. Nxc4 $2 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 Nxc4 $19) 31... Nd3 $17) 30... Qg6 $1 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Nxc4 34. Rxc4 {KQR-KQR} Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Qf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35... Rb1 $11) 36. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5f6]} Qxe5 $2 (36... Qg6 $18 37. Rxf4 a6) 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Qc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Wang, Shixu B"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 21,72,37,12,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,0,-16,-24,-18,-37,-38,-39,-27,-161,-163,-141,-155,-161,-131,-169,-168,-169,-168,-174,-188,-192,-177,-331,-322,-820,-412,-413,-413,-783,-769,-752,-754,-29988,-29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nd7 {D91: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bg5} 10. O-O Nb6 11. Qc2 O-O {LiveBook: 19 Games. White is slightly better.} 12. Bg3 (12. Rfb1 Bd7 13. a4 a5 14. Bg3 Bc6 15. e4 Qd7 16. Rxb6 cxb6 {½-½ (101) Tomashevsky,E (2696)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2795) Moscow 2017}) 12... Rc8 13. a4 a5 14. Rfb1 c5 15. Rb5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. Rxa5 Na8 18. Rd5 Nb6 {[%cal Ba8b6,Bb6d5,Bd5e3][%mdl 32]} 19. Ra5 $146 Re8 20. Ra7 e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 21. Nb5 Bc6 22. Rd1 Qe7 $1 23. a5 Nd5 {Threatens to win with ...Qc5.} 24. e4 (24. Bxc4 $11 {and White is okay.} Qc5 25. Qb3) 24... Ne3 $1 $19 {[%cal Re3c2]} 25. fxe3 Bxb5 26. Rd5 Ba6 ({Don't do} 26... Bc6 27. Bxc4 Bh6 28. Qd3 $17) 27. Qb2 {[#]} Bh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6e3,Bg7h6,Bh6f8,Bf8c5,Bc5e3,Be3f2][%mdl 32]} 28. Bf2 Rcd8 29. Qb6 Bf8 30. Rxa6 Rxd5 ({Resist} 30... bxa6 31. Qxa6 Rxd5 32. exd5 $17) 31. Ra7 $2 (31. exd5 {is the only way for White.} bxa6 32. g3) 31... Rd7 32. Bxc4 $2 (32. Qb5) 32... Qc5 33. Bd5 Qxc3 34. h3 (34. g3 $142 Bc5 35. Qb5 Bxe3 36. Bxe3 Qxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kg2) 34... Bc5 35. Qb5 {[#]} Bxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Qe1+)} 36. Kh2 Bxf2 {Accuracy: White = 23%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Lye, Lik Zang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 21,64,13,22,-12,0,0,0,-53,-45,-82,-62,-63,18,0,32,16,31,0,29,42,51,41,65,26,46,52,33,-145,-161,-235,-240,-246,-229,-523,-525,-622,-629,-765,-778,-772,-725,-29978,-29976,-2154,-1790]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 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 10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Qxc4 (11. Bxc4 a6 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Kb1 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 {0-1 (31) Karjakin,S (2773)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 2018}) 11... a6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 12. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. g4 b5 13. Qe2 c5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Kb1 Nc6 {½-½ (37) Gustafsson,J (2646)-Ragger,M (2572) Rijeka 2010}) 12... b5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. e4 (14. Ne4 $11) 14... c5 $1 $15 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 15. d5 c4 16. Qc2 e5 (16... exd5 $1 $15 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nd7) 17. g4 $11 Bd6 18. h4 Nbd7 19. Kb1 Nc5 20. Be3 Rb8 21. Ne2 $1 Ke7 22. Bg5 Rhc8 {[%cal Bh8c8,Bc8c7,Bc7c3][%mdl 32]} 23. h5 Qa5 24. Bd2 $2 {[#]} (24. Nc1 $14 {stays ahead.}) 24... b4 $1 $17 25. g5 (25. Be1 $142) 25... Nxh5 $19 26. Bh3 Rc7 27. Qxc4 $2 (27. Be1 {might work better.} c3 28. b3) 27... Na4 28. Qb3 {[#]} Rc3 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Qxb8 Bxb8 31. Nxc3 Qb4+ 32. Kc2 Qb2+ {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Quizon, Daniel"]
[Black "Xu, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 23,76,-15,-16,-16,-20,-17,4,0,0,-1,0,6,8,18,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-20,-64,0,-88,-71,-175,-165,-194,-189,-225,-218,-230,-228,-281,-268,-289,-284,-279,-252,-441,-443,-666,-486,-582,-596,-557,-546,-704,-479,-610,-390,-711,-708]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nd4 9. Qd2 d6 10. Nd1 Rb8 11. c3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 b6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 13. Qd2 {B26: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines with early Be3} Ba6 14. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f4 Qc7 15. Bf2 f5 16. Re1 e5 17. Ne3 Bb7 18. Rad1 Rbd8 19. b4 exf4 20. gxf4 cxb4 21. cxb4 {1-0 (55) Kornasiewicz,S (2335)-Bastian,H (2375) Germany 1998}) 14... f5 15. Nf2 {The position is equal.} Qd7 16. Rfd1 Nc6 17. Bh6 d5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. d4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Rbd8 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 21. exf5 Rxf5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 22. g4 Rff8 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 23. d5 Ne7 (23... Qf7 $15 24. dxe6 Qxe6) 24. d6 (24. c4 $11) 24... Nd5 $1 $17 25. Bxd5 (25. c4 $17 Bxc4 26. b3) 25... Qxd6 $19 26. Ne4 Qxd5 27. Qxd5 exd5 28. Ng3 Rf4 29. h3 d4 30. cxd4 cxd4 ({But not} 30... Rfxd4 31. Rxd4 cxd4 32. Re1 $19) 31. Re1 Rd7 32. Re4 $2 {[#]} (32. Ne4) 32... Rf3 33. Kg2 (33. Ne2 $142 Bb7 34. Rxd4) 33... Rd3 34. Rf4 Bb7+ 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. Ke1 Rxb2 37. Rd1 Rxa2 38. Rfxd4 $2 {[#]} (38. Rdxd4 Re7+ 39. Kd1) 38... Re7+ {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Black "Montoya, Edsel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5 Nb8 9. c5 Na6 10. cxd6 cxd6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. a4 Ne8 13. Nc4 Rc8 14. b3 e4 15. Bb2 f5 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. b4 Na6 18. Qb3 b6 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. e3 Nf6 21. Bf1 Nc7 22. b5 Nce8 23. a5 Rb8 24. axb6 axb6 25. Na4 g5 26. Naxb6 f4 27. Nxd7 Nxd7 28. Na5 fxg3 29. fxg3 Qf7 30. Bxg7 Nxg7 31. Nc6 Rb7 32. Bg2 Nc5 33. Rxc5 Qf2+ 34. Kh1 dxc5 35. d6+ Kh8 36. Rf1 Qxf1+ 37. Bxf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kg2 Rbf7 39. Qb2 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Turqueza, Mari Joseph"]
[Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 17,58,38,125,40,35,40,93,102,105,101,94,0,0,0,27,-118,-102,-118,-123,-128,-111,-184,-183,-181,-179,-192,-181,-245,-263,-356,-335,-437,-454,-454,-422,-447,-453,-537,-549,-524,-522,-658,-482]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. e4 cxd4 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} 7. e5 Ng8 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O Nge7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (9... Rb8 $14) 10. Ne4 $146 {[%cal Re4d6]} ({Predecessor:} 10. b4 Bb7 11. b5 Na5 12. Bb2 Nf5 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 {0-1 (109) Keymer,V (2419)-Kunin,V (2590) Heusenstamm 2016}) 10... Ng6 $1 11. Bg5 Qb8 (11... Qc8 $14) 12. Nxd4 Ncxe5 13. f4 Bxc4 14. Rf2 (14. fxe5 $16 {Hoping for Rf2.} Bxf1 15. Qxf1 (15. Bxf1 Qxe5 16. Qd2 h6 $11)) 14... Nd3 $11 {aiming for ...h6.} 15. Rd2 h6 16. Rxd3 (16. f5 $11 {keeps the balance.} hxg5 17. fxg6) 16... hxg5 17. Nxg5 {Rc3 is the strong threat.} Bxd3 18. Qxd3 {And now Ndxe6! would win.} Bc5 {White must now prevent ...Nxf4!} 19. b4 {[#]} (19. Rd1 $17) 19... Nxf4 $1 $19 20. gxf4 {[#]} Qxf4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} 21. bxc5 {Threatens to win with Nh3.} Qxg5 22. Re1 (22. Rd1 $142) 22... bxc5 23. Nf5 {[#] With the idea Nd6+.} O-O $1 24. Ng3 d5 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. Qc3 Rac8 26. Re5 Qf4 27. Ne2 Qf6 28. Qg3 c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 29. Nd4 c3 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Black "Jacutina, John Merill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 21,71,7,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,-41,0,0,0,-16,51,51,51,53,42,45,44,35,38,25,101,94,297,287,281,255,304,298,470,461,461,468,645,683,657,658,840,842,830,823]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 9. h3 O-O 10. Nh4 Nb6 {D18: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3} (10... Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Rd1 Rad8 14. Bd2 Ba5 15. Rac1 c5 16. d5 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxb3 18. Bxb3 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Nb6 21. Rxc5 Nxa4 {1-0 (45) Ponomariov,R (2706)-Najer,E (2687) Dortmund 2016}) 11. Bb3 a5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qf3 g6 14. g4 fxg4 15. hxg4 c5 16. dxc5 Nbd7 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. g5 {1-0 (30) Kashlinskaya,A (2419)-Goryachkina,A (2432) Vladivostok 2014}) 12... Bd3 {The position is equal.} 13. Rd1 Bc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5,Be5d6][%mdl 32]} Bxc3 16. bxc3 b5 17. Qe2 Nd6 18. e5 {[#] And now Bg5 would win.} Nd5 19. exd6 {Hoping for Qg4.} Qxh4 20. Bd2 b4 $1 21. cxb4 Qxd4 (21... axb4 $11 22. Qe5 Rfb8) 22. bxa5 $14 Qc5 $1 23. Rdc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qxd6 24. Qc4 Rfc8 25. Rab1 h6 26. Rb3 e5 (26... Ne7 $11 {keeps the balance.} 27. Rd3 Nd5) 27. Rb7 $16 Qe6 $2 (27... Nc7 $16) 28. a6 $18 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Kh7 29. a5 c5 30. a7 f5 (30... e4 {was necessary.} 31. Rcb1 Rc6) 31. Rcb1 {White is clearly winning.} Rc6 {[#]} 32. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin} Ne7 (32... Qxh6 33. Qxd5) 33. Qxe6 Rxe6 34. Be3 Nd5 35. Bxc5 Ra6 36. Rb8 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Young, Angelo"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 13,68,-18,-10,-25,-13,-37,-33,-47,-26,-57,-60,-50,-58,-65,-62,-78,-64,-47,-46,-95,-55,-92,-72,-108,-79,-130,-127,-125,-93,-110,-110,-114,-103,-116,-107,-235,-245,-258,-249,-297,-281,-279,-283,-277,-279,-483,-488,-511,-517,-710,-688,-652,-621,-1069,-1061,-1275,-1090]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c3 Be7 6. a4 b4 7. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. cxb4 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Bxb4 9. a5 Na6 10. Bg5 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. Nc3 d5 12. Ne5 Nd7 {1-0 (54) Martorelli,A (2219)-Caprio,G (2430) Civitanova Marche 2012}) 10... Rb8 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Nc3 c5 13. Rfd1 Nb4 14. Qb1 c4 15. Bf4 d6 16. Qc1 a6 17. h3 Qc7 18. Bd2 Bc6 19. Ne1 ({White should play} 19. Na4) 19... Bxg2 $17 20. Nxg2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb4c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b3,Bb3d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32]} 21. d5 Nxa5 {White must now prevent ...Nb3.} (21... Nxd5 $6 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Bc3 $11) 22. Qc2 Nb3 (22... exd5 23. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd5 24. Rxa5 $15) 23. Rxa6 {[#]} Qb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7a6]} (23... exd5 $6 24. Be3 $11) (23... Nxd5 $6 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Be3 $11) 24. Ra4 (24. Ra3 $17) 24... Nd4 $19 ({Weaker is} 24... Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. Rxc4 $11) ({Less strong is} 24... exd5 25. Be3 $11) 25. Qb1 Nxd5 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 26. Nxd5 Nxe2+ (26... Qxd5 27. Nf4 $19) 27. Kh2 Qxd5 ({Much less strong is} 27... exd5 28. Rb4 $19) 28. Be3 {[#]} Rxb2 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 29. Qxb2 $2 (29. Qa1 Qb5 30. Ra7) 29... Qxd1 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rd1g1] Black is clearly winning.} 30. Ra1 c3 {[%cal Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 31. Qa2 c2 32. Qa4 Nc3 33. Qa7 Bf6 34. Nf4 Nb5 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Pangilinan, Stephen Rome"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 15,97,61,66,54,57,57,66,66,105,85,86,72,72,79,90,95,100,70,68,47,76,16,84,84,97,102,95,103,120,119,205,205,210,212,208,187,188,170,256,171,187,183,243,177,393,381,381,383,362,360,495,497,446,258,298,301,251,220,216,219,197,212,199,199,397,397,722,676,772,669,581,480,1093,1227,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} 8. d5 e5 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 9. Nh4 g6 {White is slightly better.} 10. e4 Ng8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf8 11. f4 Bg7 12. f5 O-O 13. Qe2 Ne8 14. Bd2 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 {1-0 (30) Romanishin,O (2433)-Winiarski,M (2209) Warsaw 2016}) 11. Nf3 Bf6 12. Be3 Ne7 13. b4 a5 14. a3 Ba6 15. Nb5 O-O 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Qc1 Re8 18. Rb1 (18. bxa5 $16 bxa5 19. Be3) 18... Bc8 (18... Nf6 $11) 19. bxa5 Nc5 20. axb6 cxb6 21. Qc2 f5 22. Ng5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} h6 (22... fxe4 $16 23. Nxe4 (23. Bxe4 Bh6 $16) 23... Nf5) 23. Ne6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6d8]} Nxe6 24. dxe6 Bxe6 25. Bb4 Nc6 26. exf5 Nxb4 (26... Bxf5 {might work better.} 27. Qd1 Nd4) 27. axb4 ({Don't play} 27. Rxb4 $6 Bxf5 28. Qd1 e4 $16) 27... Bxf5 28. Be4 Rf8 (28... d5 $142 29. Bxf5 (29. cxd5 Rc8 $16) 29... gxf5) 29. Qd3 Ra2 $2 (29... Bxe4 30. Qxe4 d5 31. cxd5 (31. Qxg6 dxc4 32. Qe6+ Kh8 $16) 31... Qd7) 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Qd5+ Kh7 32. Nxd6 Rh5 {Threatening ...e4.} 33. c5 Ra7 34. Rfd1 (34. Qe4 $142) 34... bxc5 35. bxc5 e4 36. Qxe4 Rxc5 {[#]} 37. Nb7 $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} Re5 {[#]} 38. Qxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg6 39. Nxd8 {Black must now prevent Nc6.} Ra2 $2 (39... Ra6 40. h4 Re4) 40. Rd6+ Kf5 $2 (40... Bf6 41. Ne6 Ra7) 41. Rb7 {Hoping for Rf7+.} Re1+ 42. Kg2 Be5 43. Rf7+ Kg5 (43... Ke4 $142) 44. Re6 Bc3 45. Rc6 {White mates.} Bd4 46. h4+ Kh5 47. Rf5+ Kg4 48. Rf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh5 49. g4+ {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Black "Bilguun, Sumiya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 9,44,0,10,0,14,12,17,4,46,47,55,33,50,38,52,29,28,32,56,0,22,-479,-470,-629,0,0,0,-327,-336,-539,-533,-1768,-1720,-1566,-1549,-29989,-29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. d4 (3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bc1 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be2 Nf6 11. O-O e5 12. Bc4 Be7 13. Qd3 O-O 14. b3 Qc7 15. Qg3 Nh5 {0-1 (49) Dubov,D (2703)-Artemiev,V (2706) Sochi 2018}) 3... cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 Nf6 6. Bd2 $146 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} ({Predecessor:} 6. Bc4 d6 7. f4 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Qe2 d5 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 {0-1 (29) Eriksen,M (1875)-Hansen,T (2440) Tromsoe 2009}) 6... g6 7. e5 Ng4 $1 {[%csl LRe3,LRe5]} 8. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g4] The position is equal.} d6 9. exd6 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Qa5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. d7 (14. Bc4 $1 $14) 14... Nb4 15. dxc8=Q $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (15. a3 Bxd7 16. Rxd7 Bxc3 $17) (15. Bc4 $11) 15... Raxc8 $19 16. Nge2 {[#]} Qf5 $2 ({Stronger than} 16... Nxa2+ 17. Nxa2 Qxa2 18. Qa3 $16) (16... Qxa2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Nd4 {[#]} (17. Nxa2 $2 {leads to mate.} Rxc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 18. Kb1 Rxb2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 19. Kc1 Nxa2#) 17... Bxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Rxd4 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qxb2 20. Rxb4 Qxb4) 17. Rd2 $1 $11 {a3 is the strong threat.} Rfd8 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks.} (17... Bg5 $2 18. f4 $18) 18. Qg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18. Qe3 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rxd2 19. Qxd2) 18... Qxf2 $19 {( -> ...Qe1+)} ({Don't blunder} 18... Bg5 $2 19. f4 $18) 19. Qg3 $2 (19. Nd4 Qe3 20. Qe2 Bxd4 21. a3 Nxc2 22. Kxc2 Rxc3+ 23. Kb1) 19... Qf5 20. Rd3 Nxd3+ 21. cxd3 Rxd3 22. Qg4 Bg5+ {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Liu, Yan"]
[Black "Schain, Randolph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 14,89,38,37,51,36,81,89,92,91,95,68,77,82,114,93,175,144,144,145,144,147,279,264,264,224,253,245,241,247,287,289,364,366,347,305,422,412,413,391,393,312,323,324,317,317,325,322,327,322,329,320,363,344,369,352,379,375,622,606,613,609,604,575,796,781,1049,1039,1019,1072,893,938,1102,1064,5513,5030,5010,5014]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 {LiveBook: 590 Games} Qc7 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Rfd1 Qa5 13. Qd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rfc8 15. f3 a6 16. g4 Kf8 17. a4 Qb4 18. Qc2 Qc5 19. a5 h5 {0-1 (52) Jobava,B (2690)-Shimanov,A (2641) chess.com INT 2018}) 9. Nc3 Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. Qd2 Bf5 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. e4 Bd7 14. f4 Ne8 15. Ne2 f5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 {½-½ (55) Steiner,S (2233)-Kratschmer,H (2056) Lienz 2007}) 10. d5 Ne5 {White is better.} 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. d6 exd6 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Qxd6 Rfe8 (14... Rae8 $16) 15. Qxe7 Rxe7 16. Ba3 Rd7 17. Bxc5 Rd2 (17... Be4 $16 {was necessary.} 18. Rad1 (18. Bxa7 Rd2 $16) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 a6) 18. Bxb7 $18 Rb8 19. Be3 Rxe2 20. Bf3 Rxe3 21. fxe3 e4 22. Be2 ({Worse is} 22. Nxa7 exf3 23. Rxf3 Be4 $17) 22... Ng4 23. Bxg4 $1 Bxg4 24. Rac1 ({Not} 24. Nxa7 Bxa1 25. Nc6 (25. Rxa1 Bd7 $18) 25... Rb6 $18) 24... Rd8 25. c5 Bh6 26. Rc3 Be2 27. Nd6 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bg7 29. Rc2 ({Stronger than} 29. Nxe4 Bxc3 30. Nxc3 Rd2 $17) 29... Be5 30. Nxe4 f5 31. Nf2 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. Nd3 Bc7 34. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Kd5 35. b5 g5 $2 {[#]} (35... Ba5 36. a4 Re8 37. Nf4+ Ke5) 36. Nb4+ {White is clearly winning.} Ke6 37. Nc6 Ra8 38. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5b6][%mdl 32]} h5 39. a5 f4 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. b6 axb6 42. axb6 Kd7 43. Na7 Be5 44. c6+ {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Ke6 45. c7 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Song, Yuxin"]
[Black "Priasmoro, Novendra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 b5 5. Bb3 b4 6. Nce2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Nf4 Nxf4 9. Bxf4 a5 10. c3 bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Nf3 d6 13. O-O Bg4 14. h3 dxe5 15. dxe5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Na6 18. Rd7 e6 19. Rd6 Nc5 20. Bc2 Rfc8 21. Be3 Na6 22. f4 Bf8 23. Rd7 Nc5 24. Rdd1 Rab8 25. Rab1 Be7 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Rb1 Rxb1+ 28. Bxb1 Na4 29. Bd2 Ba3 30. Be4 c5 31. Bc6 Nb6 32. Kg2 Nc4 33. Be3 f6 34. Bb5 Nxe3+ 35. fxe3 fxe5 36. fxe5 Bb2 37. c4 Bxe5 38. a4 Kf7 39. Bd7 Kf6 40. Kf3 Kf5 41. Bc6 Bc3 42. Be8 Bd2 43. Ke2 Bc1 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. Bf7 Kd6 46. Bg8 Ke7 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. Kf3 h5 49. Ke4 Bb2 50. Kf4 Be5+ 51. Kf3 Bd6 52. Ke4 Bf8 53. Kf4 Bh6+ 54. Ke4 g5 55. Kf3 Ke5 56. Bf7 g4+ 57. hxg4 h4 58. Be8 h3 59. Bc6 h2 60. Kf2 Bg5 61. Bh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Nguyen, Anh Khoi"]
[Black "Bai, Adelard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 25,87,45,33,19,20,12,13,18,8,18,84,84,86,94,97,87,106,90,111,112,112,112,116,119,116,111,168,168,168,164,155,138,319,318,323,281,279,277,439,441,738,725,729,695,698,680,1085,1062,1022,983,940,939,1225,1221,1166,1135,1588,1562,1411,1372,1721,1723,1702,1591]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 {D16: Slav Defence: 5 a4: Lines with 5...Bg4 and 5...Na6} 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 (12. Ne5 b6 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. Qg3 Bb7 15. Bh6 {0-1 (41) Bosiocic,M (2600)-Yu,Y (2765) Batumi 2018}) 12... Nfd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ne5 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd5 16. Ra3 Bd7 17. Bxd5 exd5 {1-0 (62) Nguyen,V (2462)-Tong,T (2191) Ho Chi Minh City 2018}) 16. Qe4 Rb8 17. Bd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} Ng6 (17... g6 $11) 18. Nc6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} ({Reject} 18. Nxg6 $6 hxg6 19. h3 Bb7 $11) 18... Bb7 {Hoping for ...Qd6.} 19. Nxd8 Bxe4 20. Nxe6 $1 ({Much weaker is} 20. Bxe4 Rfxd8 21. d5 exd5 $11) 20... fxe6 21. Bxe4 Ne7 22. Bc2 Rbc8 23. Bb3 Nd5 24. Re1 Kf7 25. a5 b5 (25... Rc6 $16 26. axb6 axb6) 26. Re5 $18 Rfd8 {[#]} 27. f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} g6 (27... Nxf4 28. Rf5+) 28. Rf1 Kf6 $2 {[#]} (28... h5 $16 29. Rfe1 Rc6) 29. g4 $1 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nc7 30. g5+ Ke7 31. Rc1 Rd6 {[#]} (31... Rf8 $142 32. Kg2 Kd7) 32. d5 $1 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 544] White is clearly winning.} Rd7 (32... Rdd8 $142 33. Re2 Ne8 34. Rxe6+ Kd7) (32... Nxd5 33. Rxc8) 33. dxe6 Rd3 34. Ba2 Kd6 35. e7 Kd7 {[#]} 36. Rxc7+ $1 Kxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} (36... Rxc7 37. e8=Q+) 37. Rc5+ Kd7 38. Rxc8 {KRB-KR} Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Kxe7 40. Rc7+ Kd6 41. Rxa7 Rd2+ 42. Kg3 Rxb2 43. Bg8 b4 44. Bxh7 {Precision: White = 94%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Nouri, Alekhine"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2013"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 9,75,2,-3,-25,-18,-47,-28,-114,-118,-129,-119,-126,-114,-133,-122,-143,-88,-88,-100,-85,-73,-77,0,18,95,33,47,13,22,0,0,0,0,-67,-59,-69,-65,-64,-63,-53,0,0,150,143,122,-301,-323,-316,0,-207,-201,-214,-200,-206,-197,-209,-205,-248,-237,-1177,0,-914,-814,-1728,-1343,-1637,-1600,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nd5 (5. d4 exd4 6. Nd5 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bf6 Bxf6 9. Nxf6+ Kf8 10. Qd2 a6 11. Bc4 Nf5 12. Nd5 Nd6 13. Bd3 Kg7 14. O-O-O Re8 {1-0 (47) Navara,D (2726)-Movsesian,S (2653) Prague 2016}) 5... Bg7 6. d3 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} Nxd5 7. exd5 Ne7 8. Qe2 $146 (8. O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Nf5 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 {½-½ (32) Schulz,P (2110)-Ratay,M (1767) Braunfels 2017}) 8... c6 $17 9. d6 Nf5 10. Bc4 Nxd6 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qa5+ (12... Qc7 $142 13. O-O Re8) 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} a5 15. a4 b5 (15... h5 $17 16. Bc3 Nf5 17. Bxe5 d6) 16. h5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh5g6]} e4 (16... bxa4 $11 17. Rxa4 Nf5) 17. Ng5 (17. hxg6 $16 exf3 18. Qxf3 hxg6 19. Qh3 Re8+ 20. Kf1) 17... exd3 $14 (17... Bxb2 $6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Ra2 $16) 18. cxd3 Qd8 19. Qg4 {hxg6 is the strong threat.} Nf5 ({Don't go for} 19... Bxb2 $2 20. hxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bg7 21. Qh5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qh3 (21. axb5 $11 Re8+ 22. Kf1) 21... Re8+ $15 22. Kf1 d5 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Ne3+!} 23. Qh7+ Kf8 {Threatens to win with ...Qf6.} 24. Nf3 b4 (24... Qf6 $15 25. Bc3 d4) 25. g4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Ng3+ (25... Qf6 $1 $11 26. gxf5 Bxf5) 26. fxg3 $16 Qf6 27. Bf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Bd1 $16 {is forced if you want to stay better.}) 27... Bxg4 $19 28. Ng5 Qf5 $2 (28... Re2 $19 29. Rh4 Ke7 30. Rxg4 Rh8 31. Qxh8 Bxh8) 29. Bc2 $2 (29. Rh2 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qxd3+ 30. Kg1 Bd4+ 31. Rf2 Bxf2+ 32. Kg2 Bf3+ 33. Kh2 (33. Nxf3 Re2 $15) 33... Bg1+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 34. Kxg1 Qd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Kf1 Qd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kg1 Qd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kf1 Qd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kg1) 29... b3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c2][%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} (29... Bxb2 30. d4 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) 30. Bb1 {aiming for Rh2.} Bd4 $1 ({Don't take} 30... Bxb2 31. d4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]}) 31. Rh2 {[#] Black must now prevent Rf2!} Ra7 $1 $40 {[%cal Ba8a7,Ba7e7,Be7e1][%mdl 160] Black attacks with force.} 32. Rf2 {[#]} Rae7 $1 {[%cal Re7e1] And now ...Re1+ would win.} 33. Qh6+ Bg7 34. Qh4 $2 (34. d4 Bxh6 35. Bxf5 gxf5 36. Rc1) 34... Re1+ 35. Kg2 R8e2 36. Ne4 f6 37. Nc3 {[#]} Bh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Kf3 (38. Qxh3 Qxh3+) 38... Re3# {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Black "Concio, Michael Jr."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 Bb7 8. axb5 axb5 9. Rxa8 Bxa8 10. Qe2 O-O 11. c3 d6 12. d4 h6 13. Nbd2 b4 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bc2 bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd7 17. Nc4 Bc5 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. Bxe3 Rb8 21. h3 Nf8 22. Ra1 Qe6 23. Nd2 Ne7 24. Bb3 Qg6 25. Ra6 Bc6 26. Ba4 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Bxa8 28. Qc4 Qd6 29. Bc2 Ne6 30. Qa2 Qc6 31. Bb3 Bb7 32. Qa5 Ng6 33. Qb4 Bc8 34. g3 Qb7 35. Qc4 Qa6 36. Qxa6 Bxa6 37. h4 Ngf8 38. Ba4 Nh7 39. Bb3 Nhf8 40. f3 Nd7 41. Nf1 Kf8 42. Bc1 Bxf1 43. Kxf1 Ke7 44. Ba3+ c5 45. Ke2 Kd6 46. Ke3 g5 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. Kd3 g4 49. fxg4 Ng5 50. Bc1 f6 51. Bd5 Nb6 52. c4 Kc7 53. Bd2 Nh3 54. Ba5 Ng5 55. Ke3 Nh7 56. Kf3 Nf8 57. g5 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.10"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Orio, Rogelio L."]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 13,80,24,31,1,9,0,13,0,20,-17,-4,-14,-24,-167,-105,-98,-108,-104,-82,-89,-86,-144,-140,-240,-235,-256,214,206,222,225,190,92,86,82,102,33,85,0,67,-93,0,-93,-30,-72,-13,-28,0,-251,-248,-1282,-1255,-1331,-1316,-1231,-1230,-29986,-29987,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29994,-29996,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. c4 e6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O {LiveBook: 30 Games} 8. Bd3 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} (8. h3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7 {½-½ (10) Barbosa,O (2592)-Ortiz Suarez,I (2588) Arlington 2014}) 8... d6 9. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e4 Nh5 11. Be3 c5 12. d5 e5 13. Qc2 Nf4 14. g3 Nh5 15. Nb5 Ndf6 {0-1 (56) De La Cruz,M-Martinez,A (2181) Valencia 2000}) 9... Nbd7 10. Qd2 {The position is equal.} a6 (10... e5 $5 11. dxe5 dxe5 $15) 11. h4 e5 12. Bg5 exd4 13. Nd5 (13. Nxd4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qe8 14. O-O) 13... Bxd5 (13... Nc5 $19 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6) 14. cxd5 $17 Nc5 15. Qc2 Qe8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. O-O-O (17. Rd1 $142) 17... b5 18. g4 (18. Rhe1 $17) 18... a5 19. e5 dxe5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... Nxd3+ $19 {avoids the disaster.} 20. Qxd3 dxe5) 20. Qxc5 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} b4 21. Bb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5e8]} (21. axb4 $6 axb4 22. g5 Be7) 21... Qc8 22. Rdg1 (22. axb4 Qxg4 23. Nd2 axb4 $17) (22. g5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5f6] is more deadly.} Bg7 23. a4 (23. axb4 Qf5 $11)) 22... bxa3 $16 23. bxa3 a4 24. Qc6 (24. Nd2 $16) 24... Bg7 ({Black should play} 24... Qd8 $14) 25. h5 ({White should try} 25. Nd2 $16) 25... Rb8 (25... Qd8 $1 $11) 26. Kd2 $2 (26. Nd2 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 26... Rb6 (26... Qd8 $1 $17 {And now ...e4 would win.} 27. h6 Bh8) 27. Qc4 (27. Qc5 $11) 27... Qb7 ({Better is} 27... Qd8 $17 28. hxg6 (28. Bxa4 Qf6 $19) 28... hxg6) 28. Bxa4 {[#] Black must now prevent h6.} Rb2+ (28... Rf6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf6f3]} 29. Ke2 Rf4) 29. Bc2 $11 Qb6 {aiming for ...e4.} (29... d3 $5 30. Kxd3 (30. Qxd3 Rd8 $11) 30... Rd8 $16) 30. Ne1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. h6 $11 {and White stays safe.} Bf6 31. g5) 30... e4 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...d3.} ({Weaker is} 30... Qa5+ 31. Ke2 $17) 31. Kc1 $2 (31. h6 Bh8 32. Ke2) 31... d3 32. Nxd3 exd3 33. Qxd3 Ra2 {( -> ...Re8)} 34. Rf1 Re8 {Black mates.} 35. hxg6 Ra1+ 36. Bb1 Qb2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kd1 Rxb1+ 38. Qxb1 Qxb1+ 39. Kd2 Qb2+ 40. Kd1 Re2 {Accuracy: White = 13%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Xu, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,75,16,27,24,21,27,23,10,8,12,16,18,37,0,14,20,16,0,5,0,0,0,0,-15,13,18,25,-89,0,0,110,129,455,452,413,428,453,451,480,483,556,543,606,592,846,856,821,812,1096,907,902,884,892,893,781,854,842,839]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. b3 a6 6. g3 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} Bb7 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Re8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (10... Qe7 11. d4 Rac8 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 {0-1 (52) Wei,Y (2734)-Wang,H (2710) Tianjin 2018}) 11. Rfd1 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... e5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 {1-0 (22) Ostrovskiy,A (2423)-Peng,D (2341) Saint Louis 2018}) 12. d4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 Nf8 15. Qc2 f5 $1 16. f4 exf3 17. Bxf3 c5 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} exd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Nb4 cxb4 (21... Bxg3 {is more complex.} 22. hxg3 cxb4 23. Qf2 Ne6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qxf5 Nc5) 22. Bxb7 Rad8 23. Bxa6 (23. Bg2 $11) 23... Bxg3 ({Black should try} 23... Rxe3 $17 {...Bc5 is the strong threat.} 24. Bd4 (24. Qxf5 $2 Re2 $19) 24... Re4) 24. hxg3 $11 Rxd1+ (24... Qxg3+ $11 {remains equal.} 25. Qg2 Qxe3+ 26. Kh2 Qf4+ 27. Kg1 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Qh6+ 29. Kg1 Qe3+) 25. Rxd1 $16 Rxe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Qxg3+ $16 {is more resistant.} 26. Qg2 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Qh6+ 28. Qh2 (28. Kg1 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qh6+ 30. Kg1 Qe3+ $16) 28... Qc6+ 29. Kg1 Qg6+ 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Re2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Kf3 Rxb2) 26. Qf2 $18 Rxg3+ 27. Kf1 f4 {White is clearly winning.} 28. Rd5 Ne6 29. Be5 Qf7 {[#]} 30. Bxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc3 (30... Nxf4 31. Rd8+) 31. Be3 Qc7 32. Bxb6 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc6 34. Bc8 {Threatening mate with Bxe6.} Rc2 35. Qxc2 Nf4+ 36. Kf1 {White threatens Rd8+ and mate.} Nxd5 37. Qf5 {[%cal Rf5f8]} Nf6 38. Bd4 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D62"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,53,27,34,20,39,28,37,26,31,22,20,30,21,25,24,21,16,9,20,5,17,6,11,0,24,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bd3 {D62: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: 7 Qc2 c5 8 cxd5} h6 (12... Ne4 13. O-O Bg4 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Qa5 Nc5 17. Qa3 Qg5 18. Rfc1 Bh3 19. Bf1 Ne4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 {1-0 (78) Maghsoodloo,P (2636)-Mousavi,S (2458) Khomein 2018}) 13. O-O Bg4 14. Nd4 Rac8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 15. Qd2 Ne6 16. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. h3 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Qg5+ 18. Kh2 Nxd4 19. f4 {1-0 (40) Corke,A (2223)-Gunina,V (2394) Belfort 2005}) 16... Ng5 17. f3 Bd7 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bb1 Re8 21. Re1 Bc6 22. a3 Ne6 23. Nd4 Qf6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nxd4.} 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Bd3 Re8 26. Bf1 Qe5 27. Bd3 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,153,36,52,39,43,50,41,44,42,43,50,34,56,59,59,59,58,60,61,63,62,57,86,75,94,91,106,56,112,37,41,50,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,92,92,105,92,126,125,115,59,66,74,126,127,131,97,229,130,164,158,142,128,134,0,156,152,144,135,411,432,425,425,410,410,410,314,426,414,576,411,455,448,664,664,646,643,646,614,616,616,600,597,571,508,515,585,585,571,649,623,581,312,491,485,603,603,598,585,712,704,632,625,853,838,1093,562,569,0,881,869,892,0,839,837,805,606,599,0,839,808,816,816,1091,1070,1238,1223,5156,5156,3323,3004]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 Ng6 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (7... c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Nb3 c4 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Re1 b4 12. Nf1 Be7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Be3 O-O 15. h4 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. cxb4 Nxb4 {1-0 (35) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Paris 2018}) 8. Nb3 Bg4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. h3 Bxf3 {White is slightly better.} 10. Bxf3 Be7 11. Bg4 c5 12. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32]} Qb6 13. f4 {[#]} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ngf8 14. Kh2 {½-½ (33) Fogarasi,T (2429)-Gyimesi,Z (2518) Budapest 2000}) 14. cxd4 O-O 15. Kh2 f5 16. Be2 Nb8 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Qd2 a6 20. g4 Nh4 21. Kg3 Qd8 {[#]} (21... h6 $14) 22. Nc5 (22. g5 $1 $16 Ng6 23. h4) 22... Bxc5 $1 $14 23. Rxc5 Ng6 24. gxf5 Rxf5 25. Bg4 Nge7 26. Kh2 Qd7 27. Bxf5 Nxf5 28. Bf2 Rf8 29. b4 Qe8 30. Rfc1 h6 31. a4 Nce7 32. Rc7 (32. Qd1 $16) 32... Qxa4 33. Rxb7 Ng6 (33... Rc8 $142) 34. Rb6 $16 Re8 35. Rcc6 Nf8 (35... Qb3 $16) 36. Qc2 (36. Rxa6 $18 Qb3 37. Rc1) 36... Qa3 {[#]} 37. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3a3]} Qa1 38. Qc1 Qa2 39. Qc2 Qa1 40. Qd2 Ng6 41. Rcc6 Nf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Qb1 $16) 42. Rxa6 $18 Qb1 43. Rc1 Qe4 44. Ra3 Ne7 45. Qe3 Qf5 46. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Nfg6 47. Bg3 Qf8 48. Rb3 Nf5 (48... Rb8 $142 49. b6 Rb7) 49. Qd2 Rb8 50. b6 Kh7 51. Rc7 Qd8 52. Qb4 h5 53. Rf3 Ra8 54. Rc2 Rb8 55. b7 Qd7 56. Rb2 Qc6 57. Qc5 Qa6 58. Qc7 Qa1 (58... Nxd4 {keeps fighting.} 59. Rfb3 (59. Qxb8 Nxf3+ 60. Kg2 Qa1 $11) 59... Nxb3 60. Qxb8 Qd3) 59. Qc3 Qa7 60. Qb4 Qa6 61. Bf2 Qf1 {intending ...Ngh4.} 62. Qe1 Qa6 63. Qb1 Qa4 64. Rb6 Qd7 65. Qb5 Qc7 66. Qb1 $2 (66. Qb3 $18) 66... Qf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66... Qd7 $11 67. Ra3 Nge7) 67. Ra3 Qf8 68. Rf3 Qf7 69. Rc3 Nfe7 70. Be3 Nf5 71. Bf2 Nfe7 $1 72. Qc1 {White is clearly winning.} Qf5 73. Be3 Qf8 74. Rc7 Qf7 75. Qc2 Qf8 {[#]} 76. Rxe7 $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qxe7 77. f5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,97,12,24,24,16,14,48,16,25,21,35,40,38,41,34,42,23,34,48,49,70,66,102,97,155,98,121,64,82,80,86,89,94,81,87,88,81,90,89,90,84,87,91,56,45,27,84,83,78,62,82,87,65,0,0,0,81,0,652,32,39,32,32,32,32,32,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Re8 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Na6 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 13. h3 Nc7 14. a4 b6 {[#]} 15. Rae1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qd3 Nd7 {½-½ (45) Rodshtein,M (2688)-Rasik,V (2466) Czech Republic 2017}) 15... a6 16. Qd3 Nd7 17. f4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Nxb5 20. Qxb5 Nf6 21. Qd3 Ra4 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 22. b3 Rb4 {[%cal Rf6e4] [#]} 23. Bf2 $1 Nh5 (23... Qb8 $142) 24. g3 (24. Qf3 $142) 24... Qa8 25. Kh2 ({White should play} 25. Qf3 $16) 25... Bd4 $14 26. Re2 Bxf2 27. Rfxf2 {Strongly threatening f5.} Rd4 28. Qf3 {aiming for f5.} Nf6 29. e5 Nxd5 30. Ne4 dxe5 31. fxe5 Rf8 32. Nxc5 {Hoping for Nd7.} Nc7 33. Qe3 Rd1 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rd1h1]} 34. Ne4 {Ra2 is the strong threat.} Kg7 (34... Qa1 $11 {remains equal.}) 35. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Ne6 36. Ra2 Qd5 $1 37. Ra7 {[%cal Rf3f7] Threatening mate with Qxf7+!} Kh6 38. Qe3+ (38. b4 $14) 38... Kg7 $11 39. Qf3 ({Better is} 39. b4 $11) 39... Kh6 $1 $16 40. Qg4 (40. b4 $16) 40... Nc5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Kg7 $11) 41. Ra5 $2 ({And not} 41. Qh4+ Kg7 $11) (41. Qf4+ $18 Kg7 {[#]} 42. e6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Qxe6 43. Nxc5) 41... Re1 $1 $14 {[%cal Re1e4]} 42. Rxc5 Qxe4 43. Qxe4 Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 44. h4 Kg7 45. Rf4 ({White should try} 45. Rb5 $1 $14) 45... Rxf4 $11 {The position is equal.} 46. gxf4 Rb8 47. Rc3 Rb4 48. Kg3 h5 49. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,138,-26,-26,-27,-26,-26,-26,-18,-36,-26,-26,-27,-28,-31,-32,-33,-43,-43,-50,-33,-35,-34,-33,0,0,0,0,40,13,31,27,0,33,17,-90,-111,-102,-102,-93,-100,-116,-107,-112,-100,-108,-105,-127,-127,-124,-73,-73,-52,-156,-148,-154,-139,-129,-52,-68,-62,-44,-22,-8,0,-158,-66,-70,-46,-110,-53,-136,-136,-227,-227,-227,-131,-139,-139,-138,-117,-150,-150,-150,-150,-150,-150,-564,-554,-562,-562,-561,-562,-561,-560,-553,-547,-539,-402,-581,-503,-867,-844,-741,-691,-850,-791,-1220,-1195,-1137,-1062,-1431,-936,-1403,-1384]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7 9. Bg2 Ne7 10. O-O h6 11. Re1 {C02: French: Advance Variation} Qc7 12. Rb1 Nc8 13. h4 (13. Nf1 Bb5 14. Bf4 Be7 15. h4 Nb6 16. Ne3 O-O-O 17. h5 Rdg8 18. Bh3 Be8 {1-0 (54) Motylev,A (2686)-Savchenko,B (2608) Moscow 2014}) 13... Nb6 14. Nf1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ba4 15. Qe2 O-O-O {[%cal Be8c8,Bc8b8,Bb8a8][%mdl 32]} 16. Bf4 Be7 17. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Ne3 Rdg8 {1-0 (41) Paakkonen,T (2290)-Fraser,S (2084) Finland 2011}) 17... Rdg8 18. Bg3 Kb8 19. Ne3 Ka8 20. Bh3 Qd8 21. Ng2 Nd7 22. Nh2 g5 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 23. h5 $1 Re8 24. f4 f6 25. Nf3 Rhg8 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. exf6 Nxf6 28. Ne5 (28. Qxe6 Ne4 $17) 28... Ne4 29. Bh2 $1 Nb3 30. Qe3 (30. Ne3 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 30... Nbd2 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Ref8.} 31. Rbd1 Bxd1 32. Rxd1 Nb3 33. Ne1 Bd6 34. Bg2 Nf6 $1 35. N1f3 Na5 36. Rf1 Nc6 37. Qe2 Nxe5 (37... Nd7 $142 38. Ng6 Bxh2+ 39. Nxh2 e5 40. Bxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} exd4) 38. Nxe5 Nd7 39. Rf3 (39. Ng6 $1 $15 Bxh2+ 40. Kxh2) 39... Nxe5 40. Bxe5 Bxe5 41. Qxe5 Qe7 ({Black should play} 41... Qb8 $17 42. Rf6 Qxe5 43. dxe5 a6) 42. Re3 {next Bxd5! is good for White.} Qf7 43. Rf3 Qg7 {Hoping for ...Qxe5.} 44. Rf6 $1 Qe7 45. Rf2 $2 ({Better is} 45. Kh2 $11) 45... a6 (45... Rgf8 $1 $17 46. Rxf8 Rxf8 47. Bxd5 Qf7) 46. Re2 Qf7 47. Qg3 (47. Kh2 $15) 47... Ka7 (47... Rc8 $17) 48. Re5 ({White should try} 48. Qe5 $15) 48... Ref8 49. Qe1 (49. Kh2 $17) 49... Qf4 $19 50. Qe2 Rf6 (50... Qc1+ $1 $19 51. Kh2 Rf4 52. Rxe6 Rgf8) 51. Rxe6 $17 Rxe6 52. Qxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Rd8 $1 53. Qe7 Rd6 54. Qe5 {[#]} Qxe5 $1 55. dxe5 {KR-KB} Re6 56. h6 $2 (56. Bxd5 $17 {was the crucial defense.} Rxe5 57. Bg2 (57. Bxc4 Re4 $17)) 56... Rxh6 57. Bxd5 b5 58. Bf7 {[#] And now e6 would win.} Rc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6c5]} 59. e6 Rc7 60. Kf2 Kb6 61. Ke3 Kc5 62. Ke4 (62. Be8 {is a better defense.}) 62... Kd6 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 63. Kd4 (63. Kf5 $142 Rc5+ 64. Kf6) 63... Rc8 64. Ke4 Rc5 65. Kd4 {Strongly threatening e7!} Rd5+ 66. Ke4 Re5+ 67. Kd4 Re2 68. a4 Rxb2 69. axb5 axb5 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bilguun, Sumiya"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,82,-7,0,-26,-20,-28,-31,-34,-35,-40,-10,-8,12,0,0,0,0,-77,-64,-82,-18,-23,-34,-22,-40,-66,-62,-50,-37,-121,-126,-109,-100,-155,-156,-162,-136,-164,-165,-163,-100,-98,0,-166,-166,-168,-165,-389,-389,-923,-625,-635,-628,-632,-632,-608,-608,-636,-602,-580,-594]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Qc7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Nc5 {B93: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 f4} 12. Qe1 Bd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (12... Re8 13. b4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Bd7 15. Bd2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Rac8 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Rc1 {½-½ (31) Zubov,A (2626)-Santos Ruiz,M (2509) Sitges 2017}) 13. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qg3 Be6 15. Qxe5 Bd6 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qh4 Ng4 18. Bd2 Rac8 19. a5 {½-½ (66) Hjorth,J (2106)-Stone,G (2193) ICCF email 2013}) 13... Rac8 {Black has an edge.} 14. Bd2 Rfe8 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Qg3 Be6 17. Qxe5 Bd6 18. Qg5 {e5 is the strong threat.} h6 19. Qh4 $1 Ng4 20. Qh5 (20. Rad1 $11) 20... Qd8 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} (20... Nxd3 21. cxd3 b5 22. d4 $11) 21. h3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g4]} g6 (21... Nf6 $17 22. Qh4 Be7) 22. Qh4 $11 Qxh4 23. Nxh4 Ne5 24. Bxh6 Nexd3 25. cxd3 Nxd3 26. Nd5 (26. Rad1 $15 Be7 27. Nd5 (27. Rxd3 Bc4 $15) 27... Nxb2 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Rd4) 26... Bxd5 $1 $17 27. exd5 Rc2 {Hoping for ...Ree2.} ({Of course not} 27... Nxb2 $6 28. Rab1 $11) 28. Rf3 ({White should play} 28. Nf3) 28... Nf2+ $1 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} (28... Nxb2 29. Rb3 $15) 29. Kg1 Re4 30. Be3 Nd3 {And now ...Rxe3! would win.} 31. Bg5 {[#]} Bc5+ (31... Nxb2 32. Raf1 $17) (31... Nf4 $1 $19 32. Bxf4 Bxf4) 32. Kh2 Bd6+ (32... Rd4 $17 33. Rd1 Rxd5 34. Rdxd3 Rxg5 35. Rd8+ Bf8) 33. Kg1 $19 {[#]} Nf4 $1 ({Don't take} 33... Nxb2 34. Rb3 $15) 34. Bxf4 Bxf4 35. Rd1 $2 (35. g4) 35... Bd6 36. g4 $2 (36. Rc3 Rxc3 37. bxc3 Rxh4 38. Rb1) 36... Ree2 {( -> ...Bc5+). Black is clearly winning.} 37. Rc3 Rxb2 38. Nf3 Rg2+ 39. Kh1 Rg3 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Ng5 {White hopes to continue with Rf1.} Bf4 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 b4 11. d4 Bg4 12. dxe5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 dxe5 14. Qg3 b3 15. Bd1 Qd6 16. Qxg7 Rg8 17. Qh6 Rd8 18. Bf3 Qe6 19. Qe3 Nb7 20. Qe2 Nc5 21. Be3 Ncxe4 22. a5 Ng5 23. Bxg5 Rxg5 24. Nd2 Kf8 25. h4 Rg7 26. Nf1 Bd6 27. g3 Qf5 28. Ne3 Qc8 29. Nc4 e4 30. Nxd6 cxd6 31. Bxe4 Qc5 32. Bg2 Re8 33. Qxa6 Rxg3 34. Rxe8+ Nxe8 35. Qb6 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Qd5+ 37. f3 Nf6 38. Qd4 Qe6 39. a6 Nh5 40. a7 Qg6+ 41. Kh1 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 14,76,-8,-9,14,24,16,0,0,-11,12,-39,-24,-39,-47,-51,-35,-45,-50,-45,-68,-62,-19,-28,-17,-25,0,-11,0,-36,12,8,4,12,16,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-31,-41,-55,-49,-123,-60,-189,-177,-1086,-1083,-1021,-1035,-29980,-29981,-29990,-29990,-29990,-452]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2d4,Bd4b5][%mdl 32]} Be7 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (6... Nc6 7. Be3 Nd5 8. Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Nbc3 Qxg2 10. Rg1 Qf3 11. Nb5 Rb8 12. dxc5 Bd7 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nb5 {0-1 (54) Kramnik,V (2808)-Caruana,F (2808) Stavanger 2017}) 7. Nbc3 O-O 8. O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games} cxd4 {The position is equal.} 9. Nxd4 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. Re1 h6 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Nb3 Rd8 13. Qe2 {0-1 (54) Polakhare,A (1957)-Isha,S (2145) Abu Dhabi 2018}) 10. Ndb5 Nc6 11. Bg5 Bf5 12. Bxf6 (12. Qe2 $11) 12... Bxf6 $15 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. c4 a6 16. Nbc3 f5 17. Ng3 Nd4 18. Re1 Bd6 {[#]} 19. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bc7 (19... Bxc5 20. Rxe5) 20. Nge2 Kh8 21. Qd3 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 e4 23. Rad1 Qe7 24. Qe3 Qe5 25. g3 Rad8 26. a3 h6 27. b4 Rxd1 28. Nxd1 Rd8 29. Qc1 Qf6 30. Nb2 Rf8 31. Nc4 f4 32. Qb2 (32. Nd6 $15) 32... Qf5 ({Black should try} 32... Qe6 $17 33. Qc3 e3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Nxe3 fxe3 35. Qxe3 Qf7) 33. Qc2 (33. Qe2 $1 $15) 33... Qh3 $1 $40 {[%cal Rf4g3][%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 34. Qe2 $2 ({Don't blunder} 34. Qxe4 $2 fxg3 35. hxg3 Bxg3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) (34. Ne3) 34... fxg3 35. fxg3 {[#]} Bxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Rd1 {[#]} (36. hxg3 Qxg3+) 36... Bxh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 37. Kh1 (37. Qxh2 Qg4+) 37... Bg3+ 38. Kg1 Bf2+ {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 54%.} (38... Qh4 $142 39. Rd2 {[#]} Bh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Kh1 e3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Qxh2 Rf1+ 42. Kg2 Qxc4 43. Qd6 e2 44. Qxh6+ gxh6 45. Rd8+ Qg8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} 46. Rxg8+ Kxg8 47. Kh2 e1=Q 48. Kg2 Qf2+ 49. Kh3 Rh1+ 50. Kg4 Rh4#) 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Liu, Yan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 14,74,53,35,38,20,20,17,25,0,7,-81,-77,-91,-83,-90,-10,-10,-6,-9,-13,-14,-13,-17,-8,-28,-15,-17,-20,-40,-35,-56,0,-23,0,-24,-21,-34,-32,-26,14,42,26,26,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-3,-3,-3,-3,-4,-4,-3]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. h3 Kh8 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} 8. Nc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nd7 9. a5 Nb4 10. Ne2 c5 11. Ng3 Nb8 12. c3 N4c6 13. Qa4 Be6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 {1-0 (31) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Lubbe,N (2447) Douglas 2018}) 9. a5 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 f5 12. Neg5 (12. Ng3 $11) 12... Bg8 $17 13. a6 b6 14. Bb5 {[%cal Bc4b5,Bb5c6,Bc6b7][%mdl 32] [#]} Nd4 (14... Nb8 $1 $17) 15. Nxd4 $11 exd4 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Bd2 Qd6 19. Bb7 Bf7 20. Rc1 Bh5 21. c4 dxc3 22. bxc3 c6 23. d4 Nc7 24. Qa4 Bxf3 25. gxf3 b5 26. Qb4 Qxb4 27. cxb4 {Hoping for Bf4.} Ne6 28. Rxc6 Nxd4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 29. Rd6 {The position is equal.} Rbd8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Kh1 Nc2 32. Bf4 Nxb4 33. Be3 {aiming for Rb1.} Bd4 34. Rd1 Nc2 35. Bg5 Re8 36. Rd2 h6 {And now ...b4 would win.} 37. Bf4 b4 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 80%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 15,62,15,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,26,0,0,0,0,0,26,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,1,-18,-14,-24,-13,-30,-26,-31,-39,-23,-29,-43,0,0,-7,-22,0,0,-11,-6,10,5,8,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 O-O 8. Qxc4 Nb6 {LiveBook: 8 Games. D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5 Nf3} 9. Qc2 (9. Qc5 Bf5 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Qxc7 Nd5 12. Qxb7 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Qd6 14. Qb3 Qxf4 15. Nc3 Rab8 16. Qa3 {½-½ (32) Van Wely,L (2647)-Giri,A (2791) Amsterdam 2015}) 9... Bf5 10. Qb3 a5 11. a4 Be6 12. Qd1 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. Nc3 Nbd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 {0-1 (61) Kukla,P (2168)-Havlikova,K (2285) Czechia 2012}) 13. Nbd2 Bd5 14. Qc2 f5 15. Rd1 Rc8 {Threatening ...c5.} 16. Ne1 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Ng5 ({Wrong is} 16... Bxd4 $2 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 $18) 17. Nb3 Ne6 18. e3 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Qd5 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Qc4 22. Ne1 Qxc2 23. Nxc2 Nc4 24. Nd4 Rfd8 {And now ...e5 would win.} 25. b3 Bxd4 26. exd4 {The position is equal.} Ne5 $1 27. Bb2 Nd7 28. c6 bxc6 29. Rac1 Nb8 30. Re1 Kf7 31. Rc5 Rd5 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Nguyen, Anh Khoi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 21,144,36,39,34,34,35,24,18,25,16,35,41,38,0,0,0,0,0,7,18,24,17,17,16,17,17,14,14,7,0,6,6,40,0,60,60,67,58,79,73,68,66,58,49,58,56,123,18,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,46,8,8,0,0,0,8,0,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,9,16,8,9,9,8,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6 7. O-O {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} Bg7 8. c4 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Rc8 11. Be3 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 {½-½ (26) Karjakin,S (2760)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2729) Riadh 2017}) 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 {LiveBook: 91 Games} 12. Nd4 Nd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nc5 15. Qb1 Ne6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rfd1 Qa5 18. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Qh5 19. Rd2 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Qe5 21. Rd4 {[#]} Rf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e4][%mdl 512]} 22. b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} ({But not} 22. f3 $2 {[#]} Rxf3 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 23. gxf3 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 Qxf3+ 27. Kh2 Qh5+ 28. Kg2 (28. Kg1 $2 Qg4+ 29. Kh2 e5 $19) 28... Qg4+ 29. Kh2 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 Qg4+ 31. Kh2 Rf8 $19) (22. Bxf4 Qxd4) 22... Bxe4 23. Qe1 Rf7 ({Of course not} 23... axb5 24. f3 $16) 24. Qd2 h5 ({Reject} 24... axb5 $6 25. f4 $18) 25. a4 axb5 26. cxb5 Rcf8 27. Rc7 Qf5 (27... d5 $11 28. Rxb7 g5) 28. f3 $14 Bxf3 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Qe5.} 29. Rf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f5]} Qb1+ 30. Rc1 Qb3 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. gxf3 Rxf3 33. Bf2 Kf7 (33... e5 $1 $14) 34. Rc7 ({White should play} 34. Qh6 $16) 34... Qb1+ 35. Qe1 Qf5 36. Rc3 Qxh3 37. Rxf3+ Qxf3 38. a5 Qg4+ $1 39. Kh2 Qc4 40. b6 e5 41. Qe3 Ke8 42. Qf3 e4 {The position is equal.} 43. Qg2 Kd7 44. Qxg6 Qd5 45. Be1 Qa2+ 46. Kh3 Qe2 47. Bg3 Qf3 48. Kh4 e3 {With the idea ...e2.} 49. Qxh5 Qh1+ 50. Kg5 Qd5+ 51. Kh4 Qh1+ 52. Kg5 Qd5+ 53. Kh6 Qxh5+ $1 54. Kxh5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Threatens to win with Kg5. KB-KP} Kc6 $1 55. Kg4 Kb5 56. Be1 d5 57. Bc3 e5 58. Kf3 d4 59. Be1 Ka6 60. Ke4 Kb5 61. Kd3 Kc5 62. Bg3 Kb5 $1 63. Bxe5 Kxa5 64. Bxd4 Kb5 65. Bxe3 {KB-KP} Kc6 66. Ke4 {Black must now prevent Ke5.} Kd7 67. Kd5 Kc8 68. Bf4 Kd7 69. Bg3 {And now Bh4 would win.} Kc8 70. Ke6 {Hoping for Bh4.} Kd8 71. Kf7 {Bh4+ is the strong threat.} Kd7 72. Bc7 {aiming for Bh2.} Kc8 $1 73. Ke7 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 68%.} (73. Kf6 Kd7 74. Ke5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "302"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 20,302,14,11,30,49,34,37,37,39,48,42,27,15,16,17,18,20,22,10,8,12,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,6,2,0,8,12,6,4,4,5,16,11,21,32,33,35,22,22,16,16,86,34,110,98,99,26,15,23,97,97,112,127,122,118,125,75,80,46,46,46,47,52,175,175,171,101,173,177,171,167,179,173,164,166,147,147,193,195,188,199,199,190,220,176,186,167,150,129,199,199,199,107,108,108,181,87,123,124,112,29,49,20,52,20,25,62,97,131,173,100,108,93,101,8,95,102,102,8,27,52,20,28,29975,29977,29978,8,8,8,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,158,158,158,158,158,158,151,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,186,181,186,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. O-O Qd7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 9. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Rd8 10. Qe2 e5 11. Nc3 {LiveBook: 10 Games} exd4 12. exd4+ Be7 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bg5 O-O {[%cal Rf6d5] [#]} 15. Rae1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qxc4 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Bxb7 {½-½ (42) Kraemer,M (2570)-Luther,T (2541) Austria 2016}) 15... Rfe8 16. Qxc4 {Black should prevent Bxf6.} Nbxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Bxb7 c6 20. Ba6 $1 Nf5 21. Qf4 g6 22. Bc4 c5 23. b3 Qb7 24. f3 Re7 25. Re4 Rde8 {[%cal Re7e4]} 26. Rfe1 Kg7 27. Kf2 Qd7 28. Kg2 Qb7 29. Re5 Nd4 30. R1e4 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 33. Bd5 Qd7 34. g4 a5 35. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qb7 36. Qf6 Qd7 (36... Qc7 $11 {remains equal.}) 37. h4 (37. Qb6 $16) 37... Ne6 (37... Nc2 $14) 38. Bxe6 $1 $16 fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 39. h5 ({White should play} 39. Qf4 $16) 39... gxh5 $1 $11 40. Qg5+ Qg7 (40... Kh8 $1 $11) 41. Qxh5 $16 Qe7 42. Qe5 Kf7 43. Kg3 h6 44. f4 Kg6 45. f5+ Kf7 46. fxe6+ Qxe6 47. Qxc5 Kg6 (47... Kg7 $14) 48. Kf4 $1 $18 (48. Qxa5 Qe3+ 49. Kg2 Qe2+ 50. Kg1 Qxg4+ 51. Kf1 Qf3+ 52. Ke1 Qe4+ 53. Kd2 Qf4+ 54. Ke2 Qe4+ 55. Kd2 Qf4+ 56. Kd3 Qf3+ 57. Kd2 Qf4+ $11) 48... Qa6 49. Qc2+ (49. Qh5+ $1 $18 Kg7 50. Qe5+ Kg6 51. Qe4+ Kf6 52. Qd4+ Kg6 53. Qe4+ Kf6 54. Qd4+ Kg6 55. Qe4+) 49... Kf6 (49... Kg7 $16) 50. Qf5+ Kg7 51. Qe5+ Kg6 {intending ...Qf1+.} 52. Qe4+ Kf6 53. Qd4+ Kg6 54. Ke3 Kg5 55. Qf4+ Kg6 56. Qf5+ Kg7 57. Qd7+ Kf6 58. Qd8+ Kg7 59. Qd4+ Kf8 60. Kd2 Qc6 (60... Qe6 $16 61. Qc5+ Kf7 62. Qh5+ (62. Qxa5 Qd6+ 63. Ke2 Qh2+ 64. Kd3 Qh3+ 65. Kc2 Qg2+ 66. Qd2 Qxg4 $16) 62... Ke7) 61. a4 $1 Qf3 62. Kc2 (62. Qh8+ $18 Kf7 63. Qh7+ (63. Qxh6 Qg2+ 64. Kc1 Qxg4 $16) 63... Ke8 64. Qg6+ (64. Qxh6 Qd5+ 65. Ke2 Qg2+ 66. Kd3 Qd5+ 67. Ke2 Qg2+ 68. Kd3 Qd5+ 69. Ke2 $16) 64... Ke7 65. Qh7+ (65. Qxh6 Qxg4 66. Qe3+ Qe6 $16) 65... Ke8 66. Qg6+ (66. Qxh6 Qd5+ 67. Ke2 Qg2+ 68. Kd3 Qd5+ 69. Ke2 Qg2+ 70. Kd3 Qd5+ 71. Ke2 $16) 66... Ke7 67. Qg7+ (67. Qxh6 Qxg4 68. Qe3+ Qe6 $16) 67... Ke8 68. Qe5+ (68. Qxh6 Qd5+ 69. Ke2 Qg2+ 70. Kd3 Qd5+ 71. Ke2 Qg2+ 72. Kd3 Qd5+ 73. Ke2 $16) 68... Kf7 69. Qh5+ (69. Qxa5 Qxb3 70. Qf5+ Kg7 $16) 69... Ke7 70. Qxa5 Qxb3 71. Qc5+ Kf7 72. a5) 62... Qe2+ $16 63. Kc3 Qe1+ (63... Qe6 $16 {is a better defense.} 64. b4 Qe1+ 65. Kb2 Qe2+ 66. Kb3 Qf3+ 67. Kc4 axb4 68. Kxb4 Qb7+ 69. Kc4 Qf7+ 70. Kb5 Qe8+ 71. Kb4 Qe1+ 72. Kb5 Qe8+ 73. Kb4 Qe1+ 74. Kc5 Ke8) 64. Qd2 (64. Kd3 $18) 64... Qe5+ 65. Kc4 Qe6+ 66. Kc5 (66. Kb5 $16) 66... Qxb3 $11 67. Qxh6+ Kg8 68. Qg6+ (68. Qf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4c4]} Qb7 69. Qg5+ Kh7 70. Qd2 $16) 68... Kh8 $1 69. Qe8+ Kh7 70. Qb5 Qc3+ 71. Qc4 (71. Kb6 $18 {aiming for Qd7+.} Qb4 72. Ka6 (72. Qxb4 $2 axb4 73. a5 b3 $19)) 71... Qb2 $16 72. Kc6 Qb4 73. Kd5 (73. Qxb4 $2 axb4 74. Kc7 b3 $19) ({Better is} 73. Qb5 $1 $16) 73... Qd2+ (73... Qb7+ $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 74. Ke5 Qb2+ 75. Kf5 Qf2+ 76. Ke4 Qg2+ 77. Kf5 Qf2+ 78. Ke4 Qg2+ 79. Ke5 Qb2+ 80. Ke4 Kg6) 74. Qd4 Qc1 75. Ke5 ({White should try} 75. Qd3+ $1 $16 Kh6 76. Qa6+ Kg7 77. Qb7+ Kf8 78. Qb8+ Kg7 79. Qa7+ Kg6 80. Qa6+ Kg7 81. Qe2) 75... Qc7+ 76. Ke6 {Black must now prevent Qd7+.} Qc6+ 77. Ke7 Qc7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (77... Qf3 $11) 78. Qd7 $1 Qe5+ 79. Kd8+ $2 (79. Kf7 {mates} Qg7+ 80. Ke6 Qxd7+ 81. Kxd7 Kh6 82. Kc6 Kg5 83. Kb6 Kf6 84. Kxa5) 79... Kh6 $11 80. Kc8 Qb2 $2 (80... Kg5 $11) 81. Qe6+ $18 Kg5 82. Qf5+ Kh4 83. Qh5+ Kg3 84. Qxa5 Kxg4 85. Qc5 Qh8+ 86. Kc7 Qg7+ 87. Kc6 {Intending Qg1+ and mate.} Qg6+ 88. Kb5 {Hoping for Qg1+.} Qe8+ {[#]} 89. Qc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6e8]} Qe5+ 90. Kb6 Qb8+ {[#]} 91. Ka6 $1 Kh3 92. a5 Kh2 93. Qb7 Qd6+ 94. Ka7 Qc5+ 95. Qb6 Qe7+ 96. Ka8 {Strongly threatening a6.} Qe4+ 97. Qb7 Qd3 98. a6 {And now Qc6 would win.} Kg1 99. Qb6+ Kh2 100. a7 $2 (100. Kb8 $18 Kg2 101. a7 Qg3+ 102. Qc7 Qg8+ 103. Qc8 Qg3+ 104. Ka8) 100... Qd5+ {The position is equal.} 101. Qb7 Qd4 102. Qc7+ Kh1 103. Kb8 Qh8+ 104. Kb7 Qb2+ 105. Kc6 Qc3+ 106. Kd7 (106. Kb7 Qb3+ 107. Ka8 Kg1 $18) 106... Qg7+ 107. Kc8 Qf8+ 108. Qd8 Qc5+ 109. Kb7 Qb4+ 110. Qb6 Qe7+ 111. Ka8 (111. Qc7 Qb4+ 112. Qb6 Qe7+ 113. Ka8 Qf8+ 114. Qb8 Qc5 $18) 111... Qf8+ 112. Qb8 Qc5 113. Qb7+ Kg1 114. Qg7+ Kh1 {[%cal Rc5c8]} 115. Kb8 Qd6+ 116. Kb7 (116. Qc7 Qf8+ 117. Qc8 Qd6+ 118. Qc7 Qf8+ 119. Kb7 Qb4+ 120. Qb6 Qe7+ 121. Ka8 Qf8+ 122. Qb8 Qc5 $18) 116... Qd5+ 117. Kc7 Qc5+ 118. Kd8 (118. Kb8 Qd6+ 119. Qc7 Qf8+ 120. Kb7 Qb4+ 121. Kc8 Qf8+ 122. Kb7 Qb4+ 123. Ka8 Kg1 $18) 118... Qd6+ 119. Qd7 Qb6+ 120. Kc8 Qc5+ 121. Kb7 Qb4+ 122. Ka6 Qa3+ 123. Kb6 {Threatening mate with Qd5+.} Qe3+ 124. Kb7 Qb3+ 125. Kc7 Qg3+ 126. Qd6 Qg7+ 127. Kb6 Qb2+ 128. Kc6 Qc3+ 129. Qc5 ({Weaker is} 129. Kb7 Qb3+ 130. Kc7 Qf7+ 131. Qd7 Qf4+ 132. Kb6 Qf2+ 133. Kb7 Qb2+ 134. Kc7 Qe5+ 135. Kb6 Qb2+ 136. Qb5 Qd4+ 137. Qc5 Qb2+ 138. Kc6 Qf6+ 139. Kd7 Qf7+ 140. Kc6 Qe6+ 141. Kc7 Qf7+ 142. Kd8 Qg8+ 143. Ke7 Qg7+ 144. Ke6 Qg8+ 145. Kd6 Qg6+ 146. Kd5 Qg2+ 147. Ke5 Qg7+ 148. Kd5 Qd7+ 149. Ke5 Qe8+ 150. Kd5 $18) 129... Qf6+ $1 130. Kb5 $1 ({Not} 130. Kb7 Qf7+ 131. Kb6 Qb3+ 132. Kc6 Qe6+ 133. Kc7 Qf7+ 134. Kc6 Qf6+ 135. Kd7 Qf7+ 136. Kc6 Qe6+ 137. Kc7 Qf7+ 138. Kc6 $18) 130... Qb2+ 131. Ka6 Qa2+ 132. Kb6 ({Less strong is} 132. Kb7 Qb2+ 133. Ka6 Qa2+ 134. Kb6 Qb3+ 135. Kc6 Qe6+ 136. Kc7 Qf7+ 137. Kd6 Qf6+ 138. Kd5 Qf7+ 139. Kc6 Qg6+ 140. Kb7 Qf7+ 141. Kb6 Qb3+ 142. Kc6 Qe6+ 143. Kb5 Qb3+ 144. Ka6 Qa4+ 145. Kb6 Qb3+ $18) 132... Qb3+ 133. Kc7 Qf7+ 134. Kd8 Qf6+ 135. Qe7 Qd4+ 136. Ke8 Qh8+ 137. Qf8 Qe5+ 138. Kf7 Qd5+ 139. Kg6 Qg2+ 140. Kh7 Qe4+ 141. Kg8 Qc4+ 142. Qf7 Qg4+ 143. Kh7 Qe4+ 144. Kg7 {Threatens to win with Qh5+.} Qd4+ 145. Kg6 Qd3+ 146. Kg5 Qd2+ 147. Kg4 Qd4+ 148. Kg3 Qg1+ 149. Kh4 Qf2+ 150. Kh3 Qg2+ 151. Kh4 {Qh5 is the strong threat.} Qf2+ {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Bersamina, Paulo"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 9,96,6,11,5,15,-8,0,-35,-35,-27,-31,-31,-27,-27,-35,-41,-28,-57,-44,-49,-43,-70,-56,-60,-59,-59,-58,-80,-58,-60,-58,-69,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-89,-96,-100,-87,-111,-104,-122,-111,-111,-100,-174,-160,-174,-175,-183,-189,-181,-127,-221,-215,-362,-286,-316,-319,-304,-246,-431,-431,-616,-616,-605,-604,-576,-579,-562,-553,-669,-664,-727,-733,-871,-850,-1543,-1407,-1483,-1407,-1688,-1457,-1622,-1519,-1929,-1819]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. b3 (3. Nf3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. d4 e6 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. a3 O-O 13. Qd3 a6 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Rfd1 Rdc8 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 R5c6 20. a4 b4 21. Na2 a5 {0-1 (51) Hess,R (2574)-Wojtaszek,R (2727) Douglas 2018}) 3... e5 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Qe8 7. d3 Bc7 8. Rc1 Ba5 9. Ba3 d5 10. Bxf8 Qxf8 {1-0 (27) Cuenca Jimenez,F (2130)-Delgado Palomeque,R Burguillos 2008}) 7. d4 e4 8. Qc2 {[%cal Rc3e4] The position is equal.} Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Bxc3 d5 11. e3 Nbd7 12. a4 Nf8 13. c5 Bf5 14. b4 Ne6 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. h4 Bg4 17. Bf1 Nc7 18. Qb2 a6 19. Rb1 Qf5 20. Qc2 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6g5][%mdl 32]} 21. Be2 Re6 22. Rb2 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Qf3 24. Rf1 g5 {Threatens to win with ...Ng4.} 25. hxg5 hxg5 {And now ...Ng4 would win.} 26. Ng1 Qg2 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4.} 27. Qe2 Kg7 28. Rb1 (28. Kd1 $17 {was called for.}) 28... Rh8 $19 29. Kd2 {[#]} Rh2 $1 30. b5 axb5 31. Ba5 Nce8 ({Black should try} 31... Nfe8 $19 32. Bxc7 Nxc7) 32. Bd8 (32. axb5 $17 Nh5 33. Bd8) 32... bxa4 33. Rxb7 (33. Kc3 {was worth a try.}) 33... Kg6 34. Kc3 Ng7 35. Rb2 Nf5 36. Kb4 $2 (36. Rfb1) 36... Re8 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Bb6 (37. Bc7 $142 Rc8 38. Be5) 37... Rh1 {[%cal Bh2h1,Bh1g1,Bg1g2][%mdl 32]} 38. Rbb1 {[#]} Nxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. fxg3 {[#]} Rxg1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Qxg2 (40. Rxg1 Qxe2) 40... Rxg2 41. Bc7 Ng4 42. Rfe1 Re7 43. Bd6 Rb7+ 44. Ka5 Rxb1 45. Rxb1 a3 46. Ra1 Nxe3 47. Kb6 Nc2 48. Ra2 e3 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Lye, Lik Zang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 19,128,56,36,33,36,27,34,35,42,26,38,29,29,22,22,11,15,18,36,0,0,2,13,14,21,0,19,26,64,24,48,49,83,72,73,70,87,80,82,81,81,82,112,90,75,71,71,71,97,41,48,50,61,58,64,8,8,8,8,6,6,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-36,-44,-56,-35,-37,-25,-54,-8,-52,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-547,-539,-767,-767,-5310,-4961,-3089,-2995,-2204,-2027,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29984]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} Nf6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. cxd5 cxd5 (8... exd5 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Kh2 O-O {½-½ (32) Svidler,P (2768)-Karjakin,S (2753) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Qb3 Qb6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 11. Qxb6 Nxb6 12. Ne5 Bb4 13. g4 Bg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 {1-0 (62) Zelovic,V (2374)-Szczepaniak,A (2302) ICCF email 2008}) 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rac1 Nfd7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rc2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rc4 19. a3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Rac8 21. b3 R4c7 22. e3 Nf6 {Strongly threatening ...Ne4.} 23. f3 Nbd7 24. Kf1 Ne8 25. Ke2 f5 26. Kd2 Kf7 27. Bf1 Nd6 28. Bb4 Rxc2+ 29. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 30. Kxc2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KNN} Nc8 31. Bb5 Nb8 32. a4 a6 33. Bd3 Nc6 34. Be1 (34. Bc5 $16) 34... f4 $14 35. Kd2 Nd6 36. Bf2 g5 37. h4 (37. exf4 $14 gxf4 38. h4) 37... gxh4 $11 38. Bxh4 b5 39. Bf2 fxe3+ 40. Kxe3 bxa4 41. bxa4 Nb4 42. Bb1 Nc4+ 43. Kf4 Nb2 44. a5 Nc6 45. Kg5 Nxa5 46. Bg6+ Ke7 47. Bc2 Nc6 ({Better is} 47... Nac4 $15) 48. Kg6 Kf8 {Threatens to win with ...a5.} 49. Kh7 $1 a5 {And now ...a4 would win.} 50. g5 a4 51. Bg3 {Threatening Bd6+.} Nc4 52. Bxa4 Nxd4 53. g6 {Black must now prevent Be1.} Nxf3 54. Bf4 Nd4 {aiming for ...e5.} 55. Bd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Bg5 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 55... e5 $19 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 56. Bg5 Ne6 57. Bc1 e4 $1 58. Bg4 {[#]} e3 $1 59. Be2 {[#]} Ke7 $1 {[%cal Re7f6]} 60. Bxc4 dxc4 {Black mates.} 61. Bxe3 c3 {[%cal Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 62. Bc1 Kf6 63. Be3 c2 64. Bc1 Ng5+ {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Ervan, Mohamad"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Rb1 f6 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Be6 11. b5 Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bc4 14. Re1 Bd3 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Be4 Bxb1 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Qxb1 Bd6 19. Rf1 Qd7 20. Bf5 Qf7 21. a4 Nc8 22. Qc2 Ne7 23. Bd3 f5 24. Ne2 Qh5 25. f4 Nd5 26. Bb2 Nb4 27. Qc3 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Rbd8 29. Qc4 exf4 30. gxf4 Be7 31. Rf2 Rd7 32. Qe6 Rfd8 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rg2+ Qg6 35. Nd4 Bc5 36. Rxg6+ hxg6 37. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Song, Yuxin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 17,121,27,32,26,67,62,131,132,160,150,180,154,146,166,151,122,137,140,137,131,133,124,336,340,331,331,278,174,163,161,284,191,280,288,264,160,171,171,160,149,256,246,279,289,450,427,409,391,461,479,478,478,477,478,477,477,477,477,472,460,455,430,387,379,781,770,539,539,827,778,2074,2097,12847,8520,5197,5418,29967,29968,29967,29966,29965,29969,6087,4878,29971,29973,29972,29972,29978,29978,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29991,29990,29992,29993]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. b3 c6 6. Qc2 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Bd6 7. Bb2 Qe7 (7... a6 8. d4 O-O 9. Bd3 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Ne2 Qd6 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qc3 Qd6 16. f3 Bd7 17. Kf2 {1-0 (34) Wei,Y (2734)-Wang,H (2710) Tianjin 2018}) 8. Be2 Ba3 9. Bxa3 Qxa3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 10. d4 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rfd1 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 {1-0 (51) Karthikeyan,P (2497)-Maheswaran,P (2240) Chennai 2018}) 11. O-O c5 (11... O-O $14) 12. cxd5 $16 exd5 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Rxd4 Nb6 15. e4 Be6 16. exd5 Nbxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Ng5 Rc8 $2 (19... O-O $16) 20. Bc4 $18 Qe7 {intending ...Bxc4.} 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qe2 Rc6 23. Qe5 $40 {[%mdl 128] [#] Hoping for Qb8+. Black is in trouble.} Kf7 (23... O-O {is a better defense.} 24. Rd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Kh8) 24. Rd6 Rxd6 (24... Rhc8 {keeps fighting.} 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Bxe6+ Ke7 27. Bxc8 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Kxd6 29. Bxb7 a5) 25. Rxd6 ({Weaker is} 25. Qxd6 b5 $14) 25... Rd8 26. Bxe6+ Kf8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32]} g6 (28... Qd1+ $16 29. Kg2 Qc2 30. Qb8+ Ke7) 29. g4 h6 30. h4 g5 (30... b5 {was worth a try.} 31. b4 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qd8) 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qxg5 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qd4 {Threatening ...Qe4+.} 34. Qf5 Ke7 35. g5 Qe4+ 36. Qxe4 Nxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 37. Bd5 Nxg5 38. Bxb7 a5 39. Kg3 Ne6 40. Bd5 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxe6.} Nd4 $2 (40... Nc5 41. Kf3 Kd6) 41. Bc4 Kd6 42. Kf4 Kc5 43. Ke4 a4 44. Bg8 axb3 45. Bxb3 Nc6 46. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Nb8 47. f5 Nd7 48. Be6 Nf6+ 49. Ke5 Ng4+ 50. Kf4 Nf6 51. Kg5 {White mates.} Ne4+ 52. Kg6 Kd6 53. f6 Nxf6 54. Kxf6 Kc5 55. Ke5 Kb4 56. Kd4 Ka3 57. Kc5 Ka4 58. Kb6 Kb4 59. Bb3 Ka3 60. Kb5 Kb2 61. Kb4 {Precision: White = 92%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Taher, Yoseph Theolifus"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 19,81,0,18,12,18,10,23,0,0,-39,-42,-46,0,-60,5,-93,-88,-82,-90,-99,-79,-96,-83,-62,-10,-76,-86,-86,-88,-77,-89,-84,-91,-154,-150,-151,-23,-29,-38,-36,-42,-37,-38,-19,-21,-24,-22,-18,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9,-9,62,62,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Qc8 {LiveBook: 255 Games} 11. Qd2 {B74: Sicilian Dragon: Classical System with 9 Nb3} (11. Kh1 Rd8 12. Bg1 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Bd3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bf5 16. Qe2 f6 17. exf6 exf6 18. Rae1 b6 19. Qf3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 f5 21. Re2 Qd7 22. Rfe1 {1-0 (67) Alekseev,E (2715)-Maslak,K (2544) Moscow 2008}) 11... Rd8 12. Rad1 Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bg4 13. Nd4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Ng4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. b3 Qb7 18. f5 Nd7 {½-½ (36) Fajs,B (2449)-Joppich,U (2451) ICCF email 2010}) 13. h3 {White has an edge.} b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] Hoping for ...b4.} 14. Bf3 Bc4 15. Rfe1 e5 (15... b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 16. Nd5 e6 $11) 16. f5 (16. Qf2 $11) 16... gxf5 (16... b4 $1 $15 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Ne7) 17. Bg5 (17. exf5 $11 d5 18. g4) 17... b4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 18. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 19. exd5 Ne7 20. Nd4 Qc5 $36 {[%mdl 2112] Pin. Black is on the roll.} 21. Kh1 e4 (21... Re8 $15 22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. dxc6 e4) 22. Be2 (22. Bh6 $11 {remains equal.} Ne8 23. Qg5) 22... Nfxd5 23. Rf1 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 f6 26. Bc1 {[#]} (26. Bd2 $142 Kh8 27. g4) 26... Nc7 $1 27. Bf4 {[#]} Ne6 (27... Rbc8 $1 $17 28. Rxb4 Ncd5) 28. Bc4 $11 Kf7 {...d5 is the strong threat.} 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Bxd6 Rb6 31. Bxe7 Kxe7 32. Rxf5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nd4 33. Rh5 Nxc2 34. Rxh7+ Kd6 {With the idea ...Rc6.} 35. Rxa7 Ke5 36. Ra6 Rxa6 (36... Rb7 $11) 37. Bxa6 $14 Kf4 38. Kg1 ({White should try} 38. h4 $1 $14) 38... Kg3 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 39. Bc8 Ne3 40. a4 bxa3 $1 41. bxa3 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Priasmoro, Novendra"]
[Black "Pascua, Haridas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 35,37,0,10,0]} 1. d4 {Iotov,V} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Nc3 Bf6 14. Bf4 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} Nba6 15. Re1 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bc8 16. Nd6 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Be6 18. a4 Nc5 19. h4 Qd7 20. a5 Bg4 21. f3 Be6 {0-1 (36) Buhmann,R (2653)-Ponomariov,R (2706) Dortmund 2016 CBM 174 [Iotov,V]}) 16. Bh3 Qd8 17. Bg2 Qd7 18. Bh3 Qd8 $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 19. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Garma, Chito"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bf3 a5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. c3 Na6 14. a4 Nd7 15. Be2 Nc7 16. f3 Bg5 17. Bf2 f5 18. g3 Qe7 19. Re1 Qf7 20. c4 b6 21. Nc1 Na6 22. Na2 Ndc5 23. Nc3 Qd7 24. Bf1 Rae8 25. Ra3 Qd8 26. Nb5 Nb4 27. Bg2 Re7 28. Be3 Bxe3+ 29. Raxe3 f4 30. Ra3 Ref7 31. g4 h5 32. Kh1 hxg4 33. fxg4 f3 34. Bxf3 Nbd3 35. Rf1 e4 36. Nd4 Qg5 37. Nf5 exf3 38. Rxd3 Nxd3 39. Qxd3 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Wang, Shixu B"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 28,44,34,20,34,45,58,60,104,10,10,10,11,10,12,7,4,4,44]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. h3 Qe7 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 11. b3 Rd8 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Ne2 Bf5 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Games} Bxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bg6 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qe2 a6 18. Rad1 {0-1 (48) Mastrovasilis,A (2535)-Korobov,A (2698) Dubai 2014}) 16. Bxd4 Qg5 17. Qf3 Rd6 18. Qf4 (18. h4 $16 Qg6 19. Rfc1) 18... Qxf4 $11 {The position is equal.} 19. exf4 Ng3 20. fxg3 Bxd3 21. Rfe1 Be4 22. Rac1 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Quizon, Daniel"]
[Black "Gomez, John Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {DEFAULT} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Black "Turqueza, Mari Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 31,58,0,16,29,19,0,24,9,7,11,9,0,0,0,4,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+ c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. e4 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} Nxc3 13. bxc3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qc8 15. Qe2 Ba6 16. Rd1 Bxd3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 17. Rxd3 Nd7 18. Bf4 Qb7 {[#]} 19. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Re1 Rad8 {½-½ (34) Dokhoian,Y (2575)-Godena,M (2425) Aosta 1989}) 19... Nxe5 {The position is equal.} 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Bg3 Rad8 22. Rad1 Rfe8 23. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Bf8 24. h5 Qf7 25. Bh4 Rd7 26. Rg3 Red8 27. Rgd3 Re8 28. Rg3 Red8 29. Rgd3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Montoya, Edsel"]
[Black "Chen, Qi b"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 20,106,20,-8,53,52,63,51,53,60,57,52,57,57,55,0,62,70,89,81,91,88,68,72,74,64,99,98,109,82,87,68,109,41,56,52,87,85,85,-40,-43,-43,-42,-53,-31,-51,-57,-38,-54,-64,-89,-142,-131,-153,-153,-174,-174,-181,-138,-141,-120,-92,-90,-88,-85,-83,-68,-185,-154,-262,-137,-216,-92,-93,-8,-8,-8,-8,-11,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29982,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Re1 Nc5 11. f3 {LiveBook: 17 Games} Bd7 {E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} ({Better is} 11... Nfd7 $11) (11... c6 12. b4 Ne6 13. Be3 a5 14. b5 Qc7 15. Rc1 Nc5 16. Qd2 Nfd7 17. f4 Nb6 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Qf1 {1-0 (35) Matlakov,M (2694)-Grigoriants,S (2563) Tallinn 2016}) 12. Be3 $14 a6 13. Qd2 Rb8 {White is slightly better.} 14. Bf1 Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne6 15. a4 a5 16. Rad1 Nh5 17. Nde2 Bc6 18. Bh3 Nc5 19. Qc2 {1-0 (44) Bergraser,V-Atabek,F France 1981}) 15. b4 Na4 16. Nxa4 Bxa4 17. Rac1 (17. Ne2 $14) 17... Bd7 (17... Nd7 $1 $11) 18. Ne2 Be6 19. Nf4 Nd7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Be2 b6 22. Red1 Kh8 23. Kg2 Rf8 24. h4 Qe8 25. Rh1 Ra8 26. g4 (26. c5 $16) 26... a5 27. b5 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6g8,Bg8e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} 28. h5 gxh5 29. e5 (29. Rh4 $16) 29... dxe5 $15 30. g5 Qg6 {And now ...Rad8 would win.} 31. Kh2 Ng8 32. Bd3 Qf7 33. Be4 Rad8 34. Qc2 Ne7 35. Rcd1 (35. c5 $142) 35... Nf5 $17 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 ({Don't do} 36... Nxe3 37. Qd2 $17) 37. Bc1 Rd4 38. Kg2 h4 39. c5 bxc5 40. Qxc5 Kg8 41. b6 cxb6 42. Qxb6 a4 43. Re1 ({White should play} 43. Qb8+ $15 Qf8 44. Qc7) 43... Bf8 44. Qb5 (44. Qb7 $17) 44... Bd6 (44... Nd6 $19 45. Qxe5 {[#]} Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. Rxe4 h3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 47. Kf2 h2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 45. Kh3 (45. Rh1 $17) 45... a3 (45... Ng3 $19 46. Qb7 Nxe4 47. Qxf7+ Kxf7 48. fxe4 Rc4 49. Kxh4 a3) 46. Qb3 Kg7 (46... Ng3 $17 47. Bxa3 Nxe4 48. Rxe4 Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Kxh4 Rxe4+ 50. fxe4 Qxe4+ 51. Kh5 Qh1+ 52. Kg4 Qg2+ 53. Kh5 Qh2+ 54. Kg4 Qf4+ 55. Kh5 Qf7+ 56. Kh4 Bc7) 47. Bxa3 $11 Bxa3 48. Qxa3 {Black must now prevent Qa5.} Nd6 {aiming for ...Qf4.} 49. Bc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Qe3 $11) 49... Qf4 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rf4g3] Black mates.} 50. Rg1 Rd2 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rd2h2]} 51. Rg2 {[#]} Rxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Qxd6 (52. Rxc2 Qg3#) 52... Qxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 53. Kxh4 Rc4+ {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 40%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Black "Young, Angelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 13,107,24,50,31,71,38,43,54,44,14,13,20,6,24,41,43,44,38,26,23,57,41,41,37,47,39,31,0,20,18,33,2,16,-4,0,-12,4,-8,36,14,21,38,154,163,246,231,270,280,310,345,410,397,451,391,499,499,486,426,639,632,627,625,504,380,358,376,363,362,349,351,697,704,615,702,701,690,693,682,636,637,989,989,4598,1191,29969,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. d4 Nfd7 {LiveBook: 9 Games. A24: English Opening vs King's Indian: Lines without ...Nc6} (7... Nbd7 8. h3 Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. a4 Ne5 13. b3 Nfd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Bf1 Nc6 16. Rb1 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bg2 Re5 20. Bxc6 Bxh3 {½-½ (96) So,W (2760)-McShane,L (2674) Las Vegas 2015}) 8. Be3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} 9. b3 Ne7 {White is slightly better.} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rc1 Nf5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 Nc5 14. b4 Ne6 15. e3 c6 16. Ne4 {½-½ (26) Sibilio,M (2381)-Indelicati,G (2202) Castellaneta 2000}) 11... Nf5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 c6 14. Ne4 Re8 15. c5 Nf8 16. Rd1 h5 17. Bh6 Qe7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc3 Be6 20. e3 Bd5 21. Nfd2 Red8 22. Bh3 Nh6 23. Re1 Nf7 24. f4 b6 25. a4 Rab8 26. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} bxc5 27. Nxc5 a5 (27... Ne6 $14) 28. bxa5 $16 Qa7 (28... Ne6 $142 29. Bxe6 Bxe6) 29. a6 $18 h4 30. Rab1 hxg3 31. hxg3 exf4 32. gxf4 Nd6 33. Qd4 {[#] Hoping for Ne6+!} Qe7 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. e4 Bf7 (35... Rd8 $142 36. a7 Kg8) 36. e5 Ne8 37. Nde4 fxe5 38. Qxe5+ Qxe5 39. fxe5 Nc7 40. Ng5 Bc4 41. e6 Kf6 $2 {[#]} (41... Nxa6 42. Nxa6 Bxa6) 42. Nd7+ Nxd7 43. Ne4+ ({Weaker is} 43. exd7 Kxg5 44. a7 Rd8 $14) 43... Ke7 44. exd7 Bxa6 45. Nc5+ Kf7 46. Bg2 g5 47. Bxc6 Rd8 48. Re8 (48. Nxa6 $142 Nxa6 49. Re8 Rxd7 50. Bxd7) 48... Nxe8 49. dxe8=Q+ {White mates.} Rxe8 50. Bxe8+ Kxe8 51. Nxa6 {KN-KP} Kd7 52. Nb4 Kd6 53. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kc5 54. a6 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Jacutina, John Merill"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 19,201,21,17,0,0,-1,8,10,12,6,11,-22,-22,-45,-56,-90,-94,-91,-98,-118,-104,-110,-102,-111,-88,-104,-109,-113,-105,-113,-109,-95,-100,-97,-78,-82,-67,-93,-76,-100,-25,-33,-27,-33,-17,-28,-31,-31,-9,-18,0,0,0,0,13,-250,-224,-279,-264,-260,-262,-221,-90,-90,-97,-83,-32,-98,-20,-20,-20,-91,-96,-96,-82,-82,-59,-99,-97,-113,-99,-112,-96,-180,-175,-177,-136,-332,-321,-597,-582,-609,-606,-592,-585,-561,-401,-355,-353,-329,-343,-342,-343,-329,-314,-320,-316,-358,-352,-403,-391,-375,-238,-359,-380,-293,-218,-202,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,0,-40,-40,-47,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-73,-47,-97,-79,-192,-192,-1702,-85,-84,-84,-85,-62,-76,-41,-150,-143,-170,-125,-200,-194,-179,-79,-158,-120,-120,-104,-120,-104,-200,-200,-200,-200,-200,-200,-200,-178,-174,-104,-104,-104,-200,-200,-200,-200,-200,-200,-200]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} h6 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 11. Be3 Re8 12. f4 {The position is equal.} Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ne7 13. g4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. f5 Nc6 16. Bxe4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rxe5 {½-½ (66) Dvirnyy,D (2481)-Ernst,S (2587) Hoogeveen 2010}) 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Qd2 Ba5 15. Bf2 (15. f5 {keeps more tension.} Qh4 16. f6 Bc7 17. h3 Rad8 18. Bf5) 15... Qd7 16. a3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bf5 18. Be2 Na5 19. Rae1 Be4 20. Qb2 Re6 21. Qb4 Nc6 22. Qb2 Rg6 23. Bg3 Ne7 24. Bh5 Rb6 25. Qa2 {Rxe4! is the strong threat.} Nf5 26. c4 Bd3 ({Stronger than} 26... Nxd4 27. Bf2 $16) 27. c5 Rf6 28. Rf3 Be4 29. Rf2 Qa4 (29... Qc7 $17 30. Bf3 Nxd4 31. Bxe4 dxe4) 30. Rd2 $1 $11 Re8 ({Don't blunder} 30... Nxd4 $2 31. Bd1 $18) 31. Bf2 Ne7 32. Qb2 Qd7 33. Bg3 Re6 34. Be2 a6 35. Bd1 Nf5 36. Qb4 {next Ba4 is good for White.} R8e7 37. Rde2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Bg4 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 37... h5 $1 $19 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 38. Ba4 Qc7 39. Qd2 h4 40. Bf2 Qc8 (40... Rg6 $19 {is more deadly.} 41. Be3 Nxe3 42. Rxe3 Bxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 41. Bc2 $17 h3 $1 42. g3 Qe8 (42... Qd7 $17) 43. Bb3 (43. Bd1 $15) 43... Nh6 (43... Rg6 $17) 44. a4 $11 Ng4 45. f5 (45. Bd1 $11) 45... Bxf5 $17 {[%cal Re6e2]} 46. Rxe6 Bxe6 47. Qf4 Qd7 48. Bc2 Re8 49. Re2 Qc8 50. Qd6 Bd7 51. Bd3 (51. Re7 $17 Rxe7 52. Qxe7) 51... Rxe2 $19 (51... Bxa4 52. Rxe8+ Bxe8 53. Qxd5 $15) 52. Bxe2 Nf6 53. a5 $2 (53. Bd1 $17 {was called for.}) 53... Bb5 54. Bd1 $2 (54. Qe5 Bxe2 55. Qxe2) 54... Qf5 55. Qb8+ Kh7 {( -> ...Qb1)} 56. Qe5 Qd3 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Rd3f1]} 57. Qe1 g6 58. Be3 Qe4 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Re4g2]} 59. Qf2 Qb1 60. Qc2 Qa1 61. Qc1 Qxa5 {[%cal Ra5e1]} 62. Bd2 Qd8 63. Bg5 Qe8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 64. Qe3 Ne4 65. Bf4 {[#]} g5 $1 66. Be5 (66. Bc7 $142) (66. Bxg5 Nxg5) 66... f6 67. Bc7 Qc8 68. Ba5 Qe6 $2 (68... Kg7 $19 {White must now prevent ...Qe6.} 69. Qf3 Qc6) 69. g4 $15 Kg7 70. Qxh3 Bc4 71. Qa3 Bb5 72. Qf3 Bd7 73. Qb3 Bc6 74. Qf3 Qe7 75. Qe3 Bd7 76. Bf3 Qe6 77. Qb3 Bb5 78. Qe3 Bc4 79. Qe1 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5g4][%mdl 32]} 80. Bc7 (80. Bd8 $17) 80... fxg4 $19 81. Be5+ $2 {[#]} (81. Bxe4 dxe4 82. Be5+ Kh6 83. Qf2) 81... Kg8 $2 (81... Qxe5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 82. dxe5 gxf3) 82. Bxe4 $17 dxe4 83. Qxe4 Bd5 84. Qe1 Qf5 {And now ...Qc2 would win.} 85. Bd6 (85. Qa5 $1 $15 Kh7 86. Qc7+ Qf7 87. Qxf7+ Bxf7 88. Bc7) 85... Be4 86. Qe3 {[#]} Kf7 $1 87. Qb3+ (87. Bc7 $17) 87... Bd5 $19 88. Qe3 Qf6 (88... a5 $19 {Strongly threatening ...a4.} 89. Qe7+ Kg6 90. Qe8+ Bf7) 89. Qe2 ({White should play} 89. Qd3) 89... Qxd4+ 90. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 91. Kxf2 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 92. Be5 {[#]} (92. Ke3 $17) 92... Ke6 $1 $19 {[%cal Re6e5]} 93. Bc3 a4 94. Ke3 a3 95. Kd4 Bb3 96. Ba1 Kd7 (96... a2 $19 97. Kc3 Bd5) 97. Kc3 $17 Be6 98. Kb4 (98. Kc2 $17) 98... a2 $19 {Black is clearly better.} 99. Ka3 Kc6 100. Bf6 Kxc5 101. Kb2 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Cuhendi, Sean Winshand"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 11,87,2,3,-12,-12,-16,-6,-18,-30,-31,-38,-26,0,-7,0,-17,-7,-4,0,0,0,0,52,50,50,50,50,53,52,56,52,51,115,106,117,109,114,101,102,97,101,93,95,87,68,79,141,129,145,131,158,162,192,189,191,195,181,183,173,148,146,106,128,113,398,424,483,427,730,732,729,719,820,699,2216,2104,2368,2273]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 (3... c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. a3 Qxc5 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nf3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Qd2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Be3 {1-0 (48) Nabaty,T (2692)-Almasi,Z (2702) Batumi 2018}) 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Nf3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Qb6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. Rb1 Bg4 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 9. b4 O-O 10. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Qd8 11. a4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 {½-½ (34) Mousavi,S (2458)-Matinian,N (2506) Khomein 2018}) 10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 h6 12. h5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 {[#] Strongly threatening hxg6.} Nxh5 14. Bh2 $1 {Threatening g4.} d4 15. Na4 Qb5 16. Nc5 Qxe2+ (16... b6 $5 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 17. Nd3 Bh8 $11) 17. Kxe2 {Black must now prevent g4.} b6 18. Nd3 {g4 is the strong threat.} Bh8 19. exd4 Ng7 20. c3 Ne6 21. f3 a5 (21... h5 $14) 22. b5 $16 cxb5 23. Rxb5 Rfc8 24. Kd2 Nc7 25. Rxb6 Nd5 26. Rb3 a4 27. Ra3 Nb6 28. Nb2 e6 (28... f6 $142) 29. Kd3 Bg7 {[#]} 30. c4 $1 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Bf8 31. c5 Rd8 32. Rc1 ({Worse is} 32. cxb6 Bxa3 33. Nc4 Bc5 $17) 32... Rd7 33. Ke4 h5 34. Nc4 Nd5 35. Nd6 Rb8 36. Rc2 Rb1 {aiming for ...Re1+.} 37. Rxa4 {Threatens to win with c6.} Rc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... h4 $16 {was necessary.}) 38. Ne8 $18 Re1+ {White is clearly winning.} 39. Kd3 Rd7 (39... Rc8 $142) 40. Nf6+ Nxf6 41. exf6 Rd1+ 42. Ke2 R1xd4 43. Rxd4 Rxd4 44. c6 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Pangilinan, Stephen Rome"]
[Black "Garcia, Jan Emmanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 14,126,-28,-139,0,0,0,0,3,-16,-19,-19,-15,-12,-13,-4,-8,-52,-61,-69,-68,-114,-116,-107,-92,-100,-58,-182,-186,-175,-77,-85,-90,-86,-11,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-14,-14,-16,-1,-6,-1,-7,0,-1,-2,-2,-2,-8,-8,-8,-6,-8,0,-3,-3,-77,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-25,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-654,-599,-1406,0,0,0,-1390,-1308,-1106,-1132,-1124,-881,-669,-658,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984]} 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. c4 c5 6. d4 cxd4 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 7. Nxd4 d5 8. Nd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (8. cxd5 $11 Qxd5 9. Nc3) 8... Nc6 (8... e5 $1 $17 {[%cal Re5d4]} 9. N4f3 d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) (8... e5 9. N4f3 d4 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6 12. Bc3 Re8+ 13. Be2 Qe7 14. Kf1 {0-1 (40) Bortnyk,O (2581)-Ponkratov,P (2607) Tallinn 2016}) 9. Be2 $11 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. f4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Be6 13. Rb1 {0-1 (62) Ali,G (2012)-Amato,G (1972) England 2015}) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O Nc3 14. Qe1 Bf5 15. Nc4 Qf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 16. f4 Rac8 17. Ne5 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Rc2 19. Qf3 Rd8 {aiming for ...Rdd2.} 20. Rad1 ({Better is} 20. Rfc1 $15) 20... Rxd1 $19 21. Rxd1 Qa6 (21... Rxa2 $19 {is more deadly.} 22. Qd5 b6) 22. e4 Bc8 23. f5 Qe2 (23... Qb5 $17 24. Nc4 Rxa2) 24. Qxe2 Rxe2 25. Rc1 Rxe4 26. Rxc8 {Black must now prevent Nf3.} Rxe5 27. fxg6 $1 hxg6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 28. Rc7 b5 29. Rxa7 f5 30. Ra5 Re2 31. Kf1 Rb2 32. Rxb5 Rxa2 33. Re5 Kf6 34. Re2 Ra1+ 35. Re1 $1 {[%cal Re1a1]} Ra2 {Threatening ...Rb2.} (35... Ra5 {is interesting.} 36. b4 Rb5 37. Rb1 e5 38. Kf2 f4) 36. Re2 Ra5 37. h4 {[#]} (37. b4 $11 Rb5 38. Rb2) 37... Rb5 ({Black should try} 37... Ra1+ $1 $17 38. Kf2 Rb1) 38. Rb2 e5 39. Kf2 Rb4 40. g3 e4 41. Ke3 g5 42. hxg5+ $1 Kxg5 43. Ke2 Kh5 44. Ke3 Kg4 45. Kf2 $1 Kh3 46. Rb1 Rd4 47. b4 Rd2+ 48. Ke3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Ke1 $11 e3 49. Rb3) 48... Rd3+ $19 49. Kf2 Rd2+ 50. Ke3 Rd3+ 51. Kf2 $1 Rf3+ 52. Ke2 Rxg3 53. b5 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 54. b6 Rg2+ 55. Kf1 {And now b7 would win.} e3 {Black mates.} 56. Rb3 Rf2+ 57. Ke1 {[#]} Kg2 $1 58. b7 f3 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rf2f1]} 59. Kd1 Rd2+ ({Inferior is} 59... Rf1+ 60. Kc2 $11) 60. Kc1 f2 {[%cal Rf2f1]} 61. Rxe3 Rd8 62. Re2 Kf3 63. Rxf2+ Kxf2 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Docena, Jerad"]
[Black "Nouri, Alekhine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2013"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 14,66,21,16,115,113,107,119,128,131,135,116,143,129,143,141,160,145,154,134,146,141,160,166,164,163,181,170,188,189,381,392,389,93,103,103,92,89,102,93,85,73,110,0,121,16,24,23,12,-8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 2. c3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Na3 {LiveBook: 155 Games. B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} c4 $146 (8... a6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 8... Be6 9. d4 Bxb3 10. Qxb3 cxd4 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 e6 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 {½-½ (32) Abasov,N (2587)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2733) Antalya 2017}) 9. Nxc4 $16 Nxc4 10. Bxc4 {White is better.} Bf5 11. d4 e6 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. O-O Be7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qd2 h5 17. Rfe1 h4 18. h3 Rh6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nd5 21. Re4 g5 $2 {[#]} (21... Nf4 {keeps fighting.} 22. Qb5 Rc7) 22. Nxg5 $18 Rg6 23. Rg4 $2 (23. Nf3 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 23... f5 $16 24. Re1 Ne7 25. Ne4 ({But not} 25. Rxh4 Rxg5 26. Qf3 Qc6 $11) 25... fxe4 26. Qxe4 ({Much worse is} 26. Rgxe4 Qd5 $11) 26... Rxg4 27. hxg4 Kg7 28. g5 ({White should play} 28. Qxb7 $16 Rb8 29. Qxa7) 28... Rh8 (28... Nd5 $11) 29. Qxe6 (29. Qxb7 $16 Rb8 30. Qf3 (30. Qxa7 Rxb2 31. d5 Kf8 $14)) 29... Qxe6 $11 30. Rxe6 Ng6 31. c4 {The position is equal.} Rf8 32. d5 Rf4 33. b3 Rd4 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 30%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Schain, Randolph"]
[Black "Nava, Roderick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. c3 Nf6 9. e4 O-O 10. Qc2 d5 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd2 Qb7 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Rac1 a5 17. Bd4 Qc7 18. Re1 c5 19. Be3 Rbc8 20. Kh1 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. fxe4 c4 23. b4 Rd3 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. bxa5 Qxa5 26. e5 Bd5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 28. Qg2 Qa5 29. Qb2 e6 30. Rc2 Qd5+ 31. Rg2 h6 32. h4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Bxg5 Bxe5 35. Qf2 Bxc3 36. Rf1 f5 37. Kh2 Kf7 38. Qf4 Be5 39. Qg4 Rh8+ 40. Bh4 Rd4 41. Rxf5+ exf5 42. Qxf5+ Kg8 43. Qg6+ Bg7 44. Rf2 Rhxh4+ 45. gxh4 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Amartuvshin, Ganzorig"]
[Black "Orio, Rogelio L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3 Re8 9. Rb1 a6 10. d5 Ng4 11. Bf4 c5 12. Ne1 Nde5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Bh2 Ned7 15. f4 Rb8 16. e5 Nh5 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Qxh5 b5 19. Nf3 Nf8 20. Ng5 f6 21. Nf7 Qc7 22. e6 Nxe6 23. Nh6+ Bxh6 24. dxe6 Bxe6 25. Qxh6 Bf5 26. Nd5 Qd7 27. Rbe1 bxc4 28. Ne3 Bd3 29. Rf3 Kh8 30. Rf2 Rg8 31. f5 Qb5 32. Rc1 Rg7 33. Nd5 Qb7 34. Nxf6 exf6 35. Bxd6 Re8 36. Qxf6 Qd5 37. Bf8 Rxf8 38. Qxf8+ Rg8 39. Qf6+ Rg7 40. Re1 Qf7 41. Qxf7 Rxf7 42. f6 h5 43. Re5 Kh7 44. Rxh5+ Kg6 45. Rxc5 Bb1 46. h4 Bxa2 47. h5+ Kh6 48. g4 Rf8 49. Rh2 Rd8 50. g5+ Kh7 51. Rc7+ Kh8 52. g6 c3 53. Rg2 Bg8 54. f7 Rd1+ 55. Kh2 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Bai, Adelard"]
[Black "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. e3 Be7 8. O-O Qc8 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. b3 Qc7 11. Bb2 d6 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. e4 Rac8 16. Nd4 Qb8 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. h4 g6 19. g4 h6 20. Rc2 Bf8 21. Rcd2 d5 22. Nc2 Qf4 23. Bc1 Nxg4 24. Rd3 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Ndf6 26. Rg3 Qxh4 27. Rh3 Qxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 dxe4 30. Ke2 g5 31. Na4 b5 32. Nb6 Rc7 33. Bb2 Ng4 34. Ne3 Nxe3 35. Rxe3 f5 36. Be5 Rf7 37. Nd7 Bg7 38. Bxg7 Kxg7 39. Ne5 Rc7 40. Rd7+ Rxd7 41. Nxd7 Rc8 42. Rc3 Rc7 43. Nb6 h5 44. Ke3 f4+ 45. Kd4 f3 46. Bf1 b4 47. Rc2 Kf6 48. Ke3 g4 49. c5 g3 50. Bh3 Rg7 51. Rc1 g2 52. Rg1 Rg3 53. Nd7+ Ke7 54. Ne5 Rxh3 55. c6 Bc8 56. Kf2 Rh1 57. Nc4 Kd8 58. Nd2 e3+ 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Concio, Michael Jr."]
[Black "Miciano, John Marvin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. f3 O-O 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. e5 Ne8 10. f4 b5 11. c5 dxc5 12. dxc5 Be6 13. Bd3 f5 14. Nf3 Nb4 15. Bb1 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 c6 17. Ng5 Bc8 18. a3 h6 19. Nf3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Rxd5 Nc7 22. Rd2 Be6 23. Rhd1 Rfc8 24. Nh4 Bf7 25. g4 e6 26. gxf5 exf5 27. Rd7 Ne6 28. Ba2 Bf8 29. b4 a5 30. Bd5 axb4 31. Bxa8 Rxa8 32. axb4 Ra4 33. Bd2 g5 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Nxf5 Bg6 36. Ne3 Bg7 37. Bc3 Ra2 38. R1d2 Ra3 39. Kb2 Ra8 40. Ng4 Bf7 41. c6 Bf8 42. R2d6 Bxd6 43. Nh6+ Kg7 44. Rxf7+ Kxh6 45. exd6 Nf4 46. c7 Nd5 47. Bg7+ Kg6 48. Rf8 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,33,0,13,-4,25,6,11,0,31,19,25,29,36,4,4,5]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 f5 9. Nh3 O-O 10. Nf4 {E25: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...c5 6 f3 d5 7 cxd5} Nxc3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 11. Qd2 Nd5 12. Nxd5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 12. e3 Nc6 13. Bc4 Nxf4 14. exf4 Qe7 15. Qe3 Rd8 16. Bb2 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qh3 {1-0 (39) Volkov,S (2614)-Naumkin,I (2473) Livigno 2011}) 12... exd5 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. e3 Be6 15. Bb5 Na5 16. Rb1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,143,14,16,11,17,18,20,21,25,23,70,52,52,55,73,78,97,104,110,98,102,104,110,97,93,40,40,40,40,42,41,40,38,38,35,35,29,25,40,33,39,22,70,69,71,70,66,46,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Bd7 13. Bg5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} Rfd8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} 16. Rxd8+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Na5 Rac8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Nb7 h6 19. Nd6 Rb8 20. Be3 Bb6 {½-½ (78) Giri,A (2785)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 16... Bxd8 17. Rd1 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 19. Rd6 c5 20. c4 $1 Rb8 21. Rc6 Be7 22. Rc7 Bd6 23. Rxa7 Rb4 24. Ra8+ Kh7 25. Rd8 Be5 26. Nxc5 {Threatens to win with Nd3.} Rxc4 {[#] ...Rc1+ is the strong threat.} 27. Nb3 (27. Nd7 $16 Bd6 28. Nf8+ Bxf8 29. Rxf8) 27... Ra4 $14 28. Rd2 g5 29. Rc2 Bg7 30. Nd2 Kg6 31. Nc4 h5 32. Kg2 f5 33. h3 Bf6 34. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} g4 35. h4 Rb4 36. Kf1 e5 37. Ke2 Kf7 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. e4 f4 {The position is equal.} 40. Rb2 (40. Rd2 {looks sharper.} Rb1 41. Nd6 Rb8 42. Nf5 Rb4 43. Rc2) 40... Rxb2 41. Nxb2 $11 {KB-KN} Be7 42. Ke2 f3+ 43. Kf1 Bc5 44. Nc4 Bd4 45. a4 Kd7 46. Na3 Kc6 47. a5 Bc5 48. Nc4 Bd4 49. Na3 Bc5 50. Nc4 Bd4 51. a6 Kc7 $1 52. a7 Bxa7 {White must now prevent ...Bd4.} 53. Nxe5 Kd6 54. Nd3 $1 Bd4 55. Ke1 Bc3+ 56. Kf1 Bd2 57. Kg1 Ke6 58. Kh2 Kd6 59. Kg1 (59. Nf4 {keeps more tension.} Ke5 60. Nxh5 Be1 61. Kg1 Bc3 62. Nf4) 59... Ke6 60. Nf4+ Bxf4 61. gxf4 {KP-KP} Kf6 62. Kh2 Ke6 63. f5+ Kf6 64. Kh1 Ke5 65. Kg1 $1 Kf6 66. Kh2 Ke5 67. Kg3 Kf6 68. Kf4 Ke7 69. e5 Kf7 70. Ke4 Ke7 71. Kf4 Kf7 72. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,47,25,19,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-3,0,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Ne4 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} 7. Qc2 f5 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 e5 10. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ba3 e4 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. c5 dxc5 13. Rad1 Re8 {0-1 (32) Bologan,V (2640)-Anton Guijarro,D (2679) Poikovsky 2017}) 10... Nc6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4 b6 14. dxe5 Be4 15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qe8 ({Much worse is} 16... dxe5 $6 17. Ne6 $16) 17. Qxe8 Raxe8 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Bf4 Nxc4 20. Nb5 Re2 21. Nxa7 {The position is equal.} Be5 22. Bh6 Bg7 23. Bf4 Be5 24. Bh6 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,28,4,19,0,2,0,7,7,0,0,12,0,0,14,27,0,0,0,0,-11,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Qd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (5... Nc5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 Re8 10. Bb5 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bf4 a6 16. Bd3 Qd7 {½-½ (16) Matlakov,M (2704)-Li,C (2724) Qinhuangdao 2018}) 6. Nb3 {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4} Be7 7. Bd3 c5 $146 {[#] Hoping for ...c4.} ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. c4 Rd8 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Bc4 Qc6 13. Bf4 {1-0 (66) Degraeve,R (2322)-Gatineau,Y (2368) Riga 2018}) 8. c4 dxc4 $1 9. Bxe4 {Black must now prevent Qxd7+.} Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 {Na5 is the strong threat.} cxb3 11. axb3 Nc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 {The position is equal.} 13. Be3 Be6 14. Ke2 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,83,2,-10,28,14,14,11,33,-7,11,13,16,9,20,12,28,28,28,17,33,19,49,39,48,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-19,-37,-1,-52,-60,-63,-36,-34,-26,-141,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. f3 Bh5 6. Ne2 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Nbd7 7. O-O Bg6 8. c4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} e6 9. Nbc3 Be7 10. c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Nf4 {1-0 (55) Iotov,V (2603)-Gopal,G (2575) Enschede 2009}) 10... e5 11. Ng3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 14. Bxf5 Nhf6 15. Re1 O-O 16. b4 Rfe8 17. e4 exd4 18. Qxd4 {[%cal Re4d5]} Qe5 19. Qd2 {And now Bxd7 would win.} dxe4 $1 20. Bxe4 Qc7 21. Rad1 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Nf8 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Ne6 26. Rc1 Ra3 27. Bf5 (27. Bd3 $11) 27... Nf4 $15 {aiming for ...Rxc3!} 28. Kf2 Rb3 29. Rd4 g5 30. Rc2 (30. g3 $11 Ne6 31. Rc4) 30... N4d5 (30... Re5 $17 31. Bc8 Rxb4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 32. Rxb4 Nd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kg3 Nxb4) 31. Nxd5 $11 {The position is equal.} Nxd5 {[#]} 32. b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re5 ({But not} 32... Rxb5 $2 33. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxd5 34. Bd7 $18) 33. bxc6 bxc6 ({Wrong is} 33... Rxf5 $2 {[#]} 34. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf6 35. c7 $18) 34. Be4 Nc3 35. Rd6 Rxc5 36. Rxc6 Nxe4+ 37. fxe4 Rxc2+ (37... Rcb5 {looks sharper.} 38. h4 gxh4 39. Rh6 h3 40. Rxh3 Rxh3 41. gxh3 Rb3) 38. Rxc2 {KR-KR} Kg7 39. Rc6 f6 40. Rc5 Kg6 41. e5 fxe5 42. Rxe5 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lye, Lik Zang"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,65,2,2,-11,-11,-10,-17,-14,-7,-11,0,-3,91,96,99,95,106,107,118,112,133,133,133,133,162,170,168,181,199,162,162,147,289,278,270,259]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 {[%cal Bf1d3,Bd3f5,Bf5h3][%mdl 32]} Qa5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. O-O c4 11. Bf5 Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bh3 Kg7 14. a3 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} (14. Rfb1 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Bg3 Kg8 18. a3 Bf8 19. b3 cxb3 20. Nxb3 Qd8 21. Be5 Rc8 {1-0 (40) Korobov,A (2652)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Huaian 2017}) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Bf4 Ba4 19. Qb2 Qd5 20. Qb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Rae1 Re6 21. f3 f6 {0-1 (68) Tan,Z (2461)-Kosintseva,N (2551) Ningbo 2010}) 20... b5 21. Qd6 Rad8 (21... Qxd6 $11 22. Bxd6 Rad8) 22. Be5+ $16 Rxe5 23. Qxe5+ Qxe5 24. dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rd5 25. Ra2 Bb3 26. Rb2 Rd3 27. Rc1 Kf8 {[#]} 28. Kf1 $1 Ke7 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. Rd2 Kxe5 31. Rxd3 exd3+ (31... cxd3+ $16 {was necessary.} 32. Kd2 a5) 32. Kd2 $18 a5 33. f3 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 53%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Nguyen, Anh Khoi"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 24,106,43,48,47,40,61,82,57,62,79,86,98,98,98,76,92,68,75,56,62,61,62,54,63,66,56,71,81,68,46,33,35,29,25,-1,0,-20,-20,-37,-20,-20,0,0,0,-15,-10,-8,0,-35,-12,-18,0,-13,-6,-13,0,-6,12,12,16,24,64,88,74,30,32,0,89,63,119,102,108,62,120,0,179,186,209,79,70,39,63,-89,12]} 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 c6 8. c4 Na6 9. Nbd2 Qe8 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bc3 {A87: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3} g5 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} Qg6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Rae1 Bf5 16. Qd2 Rf7 17. Re3 {Black must now prevent d5.} Qg6 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. d5 c5 20. a3 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Bxc3 21. Qxc3 {1-0 (39) Dreev,A (2625)-Motwani,P (2425) Berlin 1991}) 21. b4 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qg7 23. Qb3 Bd7 24. Nd2 Rd8 25. Ne4 Nb8 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Qc3 Bf5 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Nc3 Nd7 30. f4 gxf4 31. gxf4 Nb6 32. Bf1 Nc8 33. Ne2 Bd7 34. Ng3 Rg8 35. Rf3 Kf8 36. Bd3 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 37. Kh1 Bh3 {[#] And now ...h4 would win.} 38. Bf1 Bg4 39. Rf2 h4 40. Ne4 Nb6 41. h3 Bd7 42. Kh2 Ba4 43. f5 Nd7 44. Nc3 Nb6 $1 45. Ne4 (45. Be2 $14) 45... Nd7 $1 $16 46. Rb1 Nb6 ({Black should try} 46... Rfg7 $14) 47. f6 Ke8 48. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Kd8 {[#]} (48... Kd7 $1 $14) 49. Rb1 (49. Be2 $1 $16) 49... exf6 $2 (49... Kc7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 50. Nxd6 $18 Re7 51. Nf5 (51. Rxf6 $18 {Threatens to win with Rb2.} Re3 52. Nb7+ Ke7 53. Rh6) 51... Re4 $16 52. Rc1 Bd7 53. Bd3 $2 (53. Nd6 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Re3 54. Rf4 (54. Rxf6 Kc7 $16)) 53... Re5 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 56%. . Loss on time!?} (53... Bxf5 $1 $17 54. Rxf5 Re3) 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 18,86,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,5,36,23,36,33,37,37,41,40,40,40,52,24,18,18,13,22,20,0,0,0,0,-16,-17,-23,-13,-13,-13,-28,-14,-20,-19,-55,-18,-28,-16,-190,-179,-177,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. a4 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} (9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Nec3 Nb6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qd3 Qc7 {0-1 (57) Giri,A (2782)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Leuven 2018}) 9... b4 10. Nd5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd3 Rb7 14. O-O Qc8 15. b3 Rc7 16. Rfc1 Nd7 {½-½ (37) Kovalev,V (2639)-Zhigalko,A (2578) Minsk 2018}) 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. c4 O-O 13. O-O Na6 14. b3 Nc5 15. f3 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Ra2 Nc7 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Nc1 Bc6 20. h4 N7e6 21. Bh3 Bd7 22. Kh2 Nb7 23. Nd3 Bc8 24. Rff2 Rde8 25. Bb6 Kh8 26. Nc1 g6 27. Rfe2 f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. f4 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} exf4 30. Bd4+ $1 Kg8 31. Rd3 Nbc5 32. gxf4 $1 Qxh4 33. Rg3+ $1 Kf7 {Strongly threatening ...Rg8.} 34. Bf2 $1 Qxf4 {...Rg8 is the strong threat.} 35. Be3 Qh4 {Threatens to win with ...Ne4.} 36. Qd5 $1 (36. Bxc5 $2 Nxc5 37. Rf3 (37. Qd5+ $2 Be6 $19) 37... Qf6 $19) 36... Ne4 37. Qxf5+ Nf6 $1 {aiming for ...Nd4.} ({Don't go for} 37... Ke7 $2 38. Rg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxg7 39. Bg5+ Qxg5 40. Rxe4+ Ne6 41. Qxg5+ $18) 38. Qxa5 $2 (38. Qf2 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qh5 39. Qf3) 38... Rg8 $19 39. Rf3 {[#]} (39. Bf2 $2 Rxg3 40. Qa7+ Kg6 $19) 39... Rg6 $2 ({Black should try} 39... Bb7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb7f3]} 40. Rxf6+ Kxf6 41. Qf5+ Kg7) 40. Bf2 $11 {The position is equal.} Qh6 $1 41. Be3 $1 {[%cal Re3h6]} (41. Qxb4 $2 Ng5 $19) (41. Qa7+ $2 Kg8 $19) 41... Qh4 42. Bf2 Qh6 43. Be3 $1 {[%cal Re3h6]} ({Don't blunder} 43. Qxb4 $2 Ng5 $19) ({But not} 43. Qa7+ $2 Kg8 $19) 43... Qh4 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 23,118,17,18,15,27,-26,25,20,28,27,31,0,0,0,65,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,-102,-104,-117,-127,-122,-66,-120,-117,-116,-116,-108,-116,-105,-88,-126,-129,-143,-125,-194,-186,-197,-197,-197,-197,-197,-197,-197,-197,-285,-285,-277,-277,-270,-263,-212,-197,-256,-197,-197,-197,-29940,-29943,-29947,-29946,-29950,-29951,-29950,-29955,-29957,-29960,-29961,-29962,-29970,-29962,-29963,-29964,-29972,-29973,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29977,-29979,-29977,-29978]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 Nf6 8. f4 Nxd4 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} (8... d6 9. Qf3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f5 Be7 14. O-O Qc5+ 15. Kh1 h5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. a4 {1-0 (32) Grischuk,A (2783)-Cori Tello,J (2641) Tbilisi 2017}) 9. Qxd4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Bf3 h5 12. h3 h4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rad1 (14. Qd3 $142) 14... Bc5 (14... Bxa3 $142 $1 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. bxa3 O-O) 15. Qxc5 $11 Qxc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Rd6 $146 Nh5 18. e5 Bc8 (18... Bc6 $11) 19. Rd4 Ng3 20. Rf2 g5 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 gxf4 23. Rfe2 f6 24. exf6 Rf5 25. c4 (25. Rd4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... Bb7 $17 26. Rxe6+ dxe6 27. Bxb7 bxc4 ({Black should try} 27... Kd7 $17 28. Bxa6 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxf6 30. Rd2+ Kc7) 28. Bxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} (28. Rxe6+ $15 Kf7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Rxa6) 28... c3 29. Rxe6+ Kd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7e6]} ({Of course not} 29... Kf7 $6 30. Bc4 $11) 30. Re7+ {[#]} Kd6 $1 31. bxc3 f3 32. gxf3 Rxf3 33. Rg7 Rxf6 (33... Rxh3 $6 34. f7 $11) 34. Bb7 (34. a4 $17) 34... Rhh6 $19 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 35. Bg2 Rhg6 36. Rh7 {[#]} Rf4 $1 37. Rh5 Rg3 38. Rd5+ Ke6 {aiming for ...Rxg2+!} 39. Rc5 (39. Rb5 $142) 39... Rf8 40. Rc6+ Kd7 {Hoping for ...Rxg2+.} 41. Rb6 Rfg8 ({But not} 41... Rxc3 42. Rb4 $17) 42. Rb2 Rxc3 43. Ra2 (43. Kh2 $142) 43... Rgg3 44. a4 Ra3 45. Rxa3 $2 (45. Rb2 $19) 45... Rxa3 {KR-KB. Black mates.} 46. Kf2 Kd6 47. Bf3 Ke5 48. Bg4 Rxa4 49. Ke3 Ra3+ 50. Kd2 Kf4 51. Bd7 Ra6 52. Bg4 Ra2+ 53. Kd3 Rg2 54. Bc8 Rg8 55. Be6 Rd8+ 56. Kc2 Rd6 57. Bg4 Rg6 58. Bd7 Rg7 59. Be6 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 21,65,27,65,58,93,95,94,89,85,79,100,117,117,115,104,103,112,104,104,108,99,102,143,123,191,168,308,315,308,308,309,296,358,374,358,341,372,368,378,367,377,360,601,599,954,941]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 9. Rb1 e5 {A87: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3} (9... c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Rb8 12. a3 Bb7 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd4 e5 15. Bxa7 Ra8 16. Bb6 e4 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Qb3 Qf7 19. c5 {1-0 (38) Pelletier,Y (2541)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Zuerich 2017}) 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nd4 c6 {LiveBook: 8 Games. White has an edge.} 12. b4 Rc8 13. b5 Nc5 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Bf4 Bxc4 {Threatens to win with ...Nfe4.} 16. Bxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nfe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxf8 Nc3 $146 {Hoping for ...Bxd4.} 19. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2c3]} Bxd4 {[#]} 20. e3 $1 {[%cal Re3d4]} Bxf1 21. Rxf1 c5 {[#]} 22. Bd6 $1 ({Stronger than} 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Qb3+ Kxf8 $15) 22... Bf6 (22... Qe6 $16) 23. Bb7 $18 Rc6 (23... Rd8 $142 24. Bc7 (24. Bxc5 Qb5 $16) 24... c4) 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Be7 ({Not} 25. Qb3+ Kg7 $17) 25... Bg7 26. Bd8 h5 27. Ba5 Ne4 {intending ...Ng5.} 28. f3 Ng5 29. Kg2 c4 30. Bc3 Bf8 31. Qd2 Kf7 $2 (31... Ne6 32. Rd1 a6) 32. Qd4 a6 33. h4 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ervan, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 24,89,47,42,56,67,83,77,86,72,180,179,181,101,125,122,124,108,168,117,254,247,332,377,394,394,389,387,365,226,215,210,384,366,392,389,377,377,389,381,367,330,592,608,527,504,905,2008,1880,1774,1767,1566,1406,1229,2583,2429,29977,29978,29978,29979,29980,29978,29987,29988,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. f3 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Rae1 {LiveBook: 5 Games. E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6} (13. Rab1 Rf6 14. Be1 Qh6 15. Kh1 d6 16. Bf2 Raf8 17. c5 dxc5 18. dxc5 Ne5 19. Be2 Rg6 20. Bg1 Qg5 21. Bb5 {0-1 (63) Duda,J (2660)-Kovalenko,I (2680) Tallinn 2016}) 13... d6 14. e4 {[%cal Re4f5]} Qf6 {[#]} 15. exf5 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 15. f4 Rae8 16. exf5 exf5 17. Bxf5 g6 18. Bh3 Na5 19. Qa4 Bc6 20. Qb4 Be4 {½-½ (66) Arencibia Rodriguez,W (2526)-Hamilton,R (2251) Montreal 2013}) 15... exf5 16. Re2 g6 (16... Bc8 $16) 17. Rfe1 $18 Qf7 18. Bg5 ({White should try} 18. Qa4 $18) 18... Rfe8 19. h4 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 Ba6 (20... Na5 $16 {was necessary.}) 21. Kh2 (21. g4 $1 $18) 21... Kg7 (21... Rf8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 22. h5 $1 gxh5 23. f4 $1 h6 24. Bh4 Na5 25. d5 Rf8 26. Qe3 {Strongly threatening Qg3+.} Kg8 27. c5 Bxd3 $2 (27... Bc4) 28. Qxd3 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {[#]} 30. cxd6 $1 cxd6 31. Qxf5 Nc4 {[#] intending ...Ne3.} 32. Bf2 $1 Nd2 $2 (32... Na3 33. Qf6 Nc2 34. Qxh6 Ne3 35. Qxd6 Ng4+ 36. Kg3 Nxf2 37. Kxf2 Qa4 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Qf6+ Kg8) 33. Bd4 Ne4 34. Kh3 b5 (34... Nxc3 $142 35. Qf6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qd7+ 36. Kh2 Nb5) 35. Qe6+ Qxe6+ 36. dxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kf8 37. Kh4 Ke7 38. f5 a5 39. Kxh5 b4 40. cxb4 {White mates.} axb4 41. Kxh6 Ng3 42. Kg6 Ne2 43. Be3 Nc3 44. Bg5+ Ke8 45. f6 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Bersamina, Paulo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 17,107,39,48,60,73,75,93,68,81,74,84,75,77,78,74,81,124,112,114,94,128,121,180,121,111,126,128,119,117,115,125,123,127,133,140,145,127,124,130,130,134,106,120,97,118,92,115,119,149,149,149,149,149,149,149,149,149,129,140,114,131,114,127,127,135,145,183,185,188,164,180,182,237,218,386,357,466,422,619,275,270,257,302,222,383,525,484,483,2035,1994,4710,2143]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. b3 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} (8. Ne5 Ne7 9. Qb3 c6 10. Rd1 Nf5 11. g4 Nxg4 12. Nxg4 Qh4 13. h3 h5 14. Ne5 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Qxd4 {0-1 (67) Ding,L (2718)-Wang,C (2485) China 2013}) 8... Ne4 9. Bb2 f5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Rc1 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. e3 b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc1 Nb4 13. Rd1 Ba6 14. Ne1 Bb7 15. a3 Na6 {0-1 (46) Dizdar,G (2509)-Henrichs,T (2475) Austria 2017}) 10... g5 11. e3 g4 12. Ne1 Ne7 13. Nd3 c6 14. h3 gxh3 15. Bxh3 Ng6 16. Ne2 h5 17. Nef4 Nxf4 18. gxf4 (18. exf4 $6 h4 $11) 18... Qh4 19. Kh2 {[%cal Bg1h2,Bh2g2,Bg2f1,Bf1f2][%mdl 32]} Nf6 (19... Rf6 $16) 20. Qe1 ({White should play} 20. Rh1 $18) 20... Ng4+ $16 21. Kg2 Rf6 {[#] And now ...Rg6 would win.} 22. Rh1 $1 Rg6 23. Kf1 dxc4 24. bxc4 ({Reject} 24. Rxc4 $6 b6 $11) 24... b6 25. f3 Qxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nh6 27. Kf2 Ba6 28. Rc1 Nf7 29. Bf1 Rh6 30. Ba3 {[%cal Bb2a3,Ba3b4,Bb4e7][%mdl 32]} Rd8 31. Bb4 h4 32. Be7 Rc8 33. Rxh4 Rxh4 34. Bxh4 c5 35. dxc5 bxc5 36. Be7 Bf8 37. Bxf8 Kxf8 38. Rc3 Rc7 39. Ne5 Nxe5 40. fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bb7 41. Ra3 Bc6 42. Be2 Ke7 43. f4 Bd7 44. Bf3 Be8 (44... Bc8 $142 45. e4 fxe4) 45. Kg3 $18 Bg6 $2 {[#]} (45... Kf8 46. Ra6 Ke7) 46. Kh4 Be8 47. Kg5 Bd7 (47... Bf7 $142 48. e4 fxe4) 48. Bd1 (48. e4 $142) 48... Bc8 49. Bh5 Bd7 50. Bg6 Rb7 $2 (50... Bc6 {was worth a try.} 51. Bh5 Bg2) 51. e4 fxe4 {White is clearly winning.} 52. Bxe4 Rc7 (52... Rb2 $142 53. Rxa7 Kd8) 53. Rh3 Kd8 54. Kf6 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Pascua, Haridas"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "275"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 13,275,-7,26,-21,0,-30,2,12,18,16,0,0,18,0,14,10,22,23,8,20,14,11,29,21,34,26,35,20,41,27,23,6,10,15,13,0,0,6,34,37,54,28,103,101,127,137,132,113,136,8,9,0,56,48,337,336,287,-45,-45,-45,-49,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,0,0,0,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,0,0,0,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-88,-62,-64,-70,-72,-55,-55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 {LiveBook: 9 Games. D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Qd1 Nfd5 13. Ne4 Qc8 14. Neg5 Rd8 15. e4 Nc7 16. Bf4 Nb5 17. d5 cxd5 18. Rc1 {½-½ (79) Yu,Y (2751)-Grischuk,A (2772) Huaian 2017}) 8. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Qc2 Nd6 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. e4 f5 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Re1 {0-1 (26) Vaibhav,S (2530)-Yu,Y (2667) Sharjah 2014}) 8... a6 9. c5 b6 {Black has an edge.} 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11. Qa3 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Rfe8 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Na4 Qb5 16. g4 Be6 17. Nc3 Qb6 18. e3 c5 19. Rfd1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Ne5 22. Qb3 Nc4 23. Rb1 Qa5 24. Bg3 Bd7 {aiming for ...Ba4.} 25. Qb7 Ba4 (25... Bxd4 $5 26. Qxd7 (26. cxd4 Bc6 $11) (26. Bxd5 Nxe3 27. Rxd4 Nxd5 $15) 26... Bxc3 $11) 26. Nb3 Qxc3 27. Qxa6 (27. Rbc1 $5 {[%cal Rc1c3]} Qb2 28. Bxd5 $14) 27... Ra8 (27... Bxb3 $11 28. Rxb3 Qc2 29. Rxd5 Nd2) 28. Qb7 $16 e6 29. Rdc1 Qf6 30. Nc5 Bf8 {[#]} 31. Nxa4 (31. Rxc4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 32. Nxa4 Rxa4 33. Qb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 31... Rxa4 $11 32. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4d5,Bd5e6][%mdl 32]} Rxa2 (32... Nd2 $1 $11) 33. exd5 Bc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Nd6 $14 34. Qb3 Rd2) 34. dxe6 $18 Bxf2+ 35. Bxf2 $2 (35. Kh1 $18 Bxg3 36. exf7+ Qxf7 37. Bd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rg2+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 39. Kxg2 Ne3+ 40. Kxg3 Nxd5 41. Qxf7+ Kxf7 42. Rb5) 35... Qxf2+ $15 36. Kh1 Rxe6 37. Rxc4 Re1+ 38. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kg1 {[#]} Ra1+ $1 43. Bf1 Qe3+ 44. Kg2 Qd2+ 45. Kg1 Qe3+ ({Black should play} 45... Rxf1+ $1 $17 46. Kxf1 Qd3+ 47. Kf2 Qxc4) 46. Kg2 $11 Qd2+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} ({Black should try} 46... Ra2+ $11 47. Kh1 Qg3 48. Qc8+ Kg7) 47. Kg1 $17 Rxf1+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 48. Kxf1 Qd3+ 49. Kg2 {Qb8+ would kill now.} Qxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 50. Qb8+ Kg7 51. Qe5+ f6 52. Qe7+ Qf7 53. Qe4 Qa2+ 54. Kf3 Qb3+ 55. Kg2 Qb2+ 56. Kf3 Qc3+ 57. Kg2 Qe5 58. Qd3 h5 59. Qd7+ Kh6 {And now ...Qe2+ would win.} 60. Qd2+ Qg5 61. Qd4 h4 ({Better is} 61... hxg4 $1 $15 62. hxg4 Qe5 63. Qd2+ Kh7) 62. Qf2 $11 {The position is equal.} Qd5+ 63. Kg1 Qd1+ 64. Kg2 $1 Qd5+ 65. Kg1 Qg5 66. Kg2 $1 f5 67. Qd4 {[%cal Rd4h8]} Qe7 68. Qf4+ Qg5 69. Qd4 {[%cal Rd4h8]} Kh7 70. Qd7+ Kg8 71. Qe8+ Kg7 72. Qd7+ Kf8 73. Qc8+ Kf7 74. Qc4+ Kg7 75. Qc7+ Kh6 76. Qe5 {[%cal Re5h8]} Qd2+ 77. Kg1 Qd1+ 78. Kg2 Qd2+ 79. Kg1 Qc1+ 80. Kg2 Qc2+ 81. Kg1 Qc1+ 82. Kg2 Qd2+ 83. Kg1 Kg5 84. gxf5 Qd1+ 85. Kg2 Qc2+ 86. Kg1 Qc1+ ({Don't play} 86... Qxf5 87. Qe7+ Qf6 88. Qe4 $17) 87. Kg2 Qc6+ 88. Kf2 gxf5 89. Qe7+ Qf6 (89... Kh5 {is interesting.} 90. Qf7+ Kg5 91. Qe7+) 90. Qe3+ (90. Qb4 {is more complex.} Kh5 91. Qc5 Kh6 92. Kf3 Kh5 93. Kf2) 90... Kg6 91. Qe8+ Kg7 92. Qd7+ Kh6 93. Qd2+ Kg6 {Threatens to win with ...Qe5.} 94. Qb4 Kh5 95. Qb3 Qd4+ 96. Kf3 Qe4+ 97. Kf2 Kg5 98. Qc3 Qe7 99. Kf3 Qe4+ 100. Kf2 Qf4+ 101. Kg2 Qd6 102. Qb3 Qd2+ 103. Kf3 Qf4+ 104. Kg2 Qe4+ 105. Kf2 Kf4 106. Qb8+ Qe5 107. Qb6 Kg5 108. Qd8+ Kh5 {Hoping for ...Qg3+.} 109. Qd3 Qf4+ 110. Ke2 Kg6 111. Qb3 Qe4+ 112. Kf2 Qf4+ 113. Kg2 Qe4+ 114. Kf2 Kg5 115. Qc3 Qe7 (115... f4 {looks sharper.} 116. Qg7+ Kf5 117. Qh7+ Ke5 118. Qe7+ Kf5) 116. Kf3 Qb7+ 117. Kf2 Qd7 118. Kf3 Kg6 119. Qb3 Qf7 120. Qb6+ Qf6 121. Qb3 Kh5 122. Kf2 Qe5 123. Qf7+ Kh6 124. Qf8+ Kg6 {White must now prevent ...Qh2+.} 125. Qg8+ Qg7 126. Qe6+ Qf6 127. Qg8+ Kh6 {...Qd4+ is the strong threat.} 128. Qb3 Qd4+ 129. Kf3 Qe5 {( -> ...Qg3+)} 130. Kf2 (130. Kg2 {seems wilder.} f4 131. Qd3 Qg7+ 132. Kf1 Qg5 133. Ke2) 130... Qh2+ 131. Kf1 Qd6 (131... Qg3 $5 {[%cal Rg3b3]} 132. Qe6+ Kh5 133. Qxf5+ Kh6 $11) 132. Kf2 Qc6 133. Qe3+ Kg6 134. Qb3 Kf6 135. Qb2+ Ke6 136. Qb3+ Qd5 137. Qb6+ Ke5 {Strongly threatening ...Qd4+.} 138. Qe3+ {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Xu, Yi"]
[Black "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 18,109,58,41,40,34,39,36,37,37,38,22,38,39,37,45,47,45,69,18,21,0,0,0,30,39,29,39,151,139,128,122,160,149,170,167,210,212,206,204,217,202,298,296,334,324,332,337,333,265,376,233,256,234,263,0,304,306,391,379,364,364,465,461,976,968,969,946,757,683,617,606,585,565,471,376,467,446,789,777,888,712,1330,1299,6498,6103,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 {C41: Philidor Defence} Re8 8. O-O Bf8 9. h3 Nbd7 10. b3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (10. Re1 c5 11. Nf5 Ne5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5 Qd8 {½-½ (32) Oparin,G (2602)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Moscow 2017}) 10... g6 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Qd2 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c6 13. a4 a5 14. Kh2 Qb6 15. Rad1 {0-1 (33) Morris,P (2405)-Hodgson,J (2545) Dublin 1991}) 13. Rae1 Nc5 14. Kh2 c6 15. a4 Bd7 16. f4 Qc7 17. Qf2 Rad8 {[#]} 18. Re2 ({White should try} 18. e5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Nh5 (18... dxe5 19. fxe5) 19. Nf3) 18... Bg4 19. Rd2 Rxe4 20. Qg1 $1 Re7 (20... Bh5 21. Nxe4 Ncxe4 22. Bxe4 $18) 21. hxg4 Nxg4+ 22. Kh1 Ne3 (22... Rde8 $14) 23. Re1 $16 Rde8 {[#]} 24. Nd1 $1 {[%cal Bc3d1,Bd1b2,Bb2d3,Bd3f2][%mdl 32]} Nxg2 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Kxg2 ({Don't take} 26. Qxg2 $6 Ne4 $14) ({Much less strong is} 26. Rxg2 $6 Qe4 $14) 26... Ne4 27. Re2 d5 28. Nf3 Bxb2 29. Nxb2 c5 (29... Qd8 $142 30. Nd3 Nd6) 30. Nd3 $18 b6 31. Nf2 Qb7 32. Qe1 f5 33. Ne5 Nf6 (33... Nd6 {was called for.} 34. g4 Rf8) 34. Kg1 {Threatens to win with Neg4.} Kg7 35. Qa1 Re7 36. Qe1 $2 (36. g4 $18) 36... h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Re8 $1 $11) 37. Nf3 Ne4 38. Nxe4 fxe4 39. Ne5 g5 40. c4 Kh7 (40... e3 $142 41. Rxe3 d4) 41. cxd5 gxf4 42. gxf4 Rg7+ 43. Rg2 Qxd5 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7 45. Qg3+ Kf8 46. Qe3 Ke7 47. Nc4 b5 (47... Qd3 $142 48. Kf2 Qc2+ 49. Nd2 Kf6) 48. axb5 {[%cal Ba4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} a4 49. Kf2 Kd8 50. b6 h5 51. Qc3 Qd4+ 52. Qxd4+ {White mates.} cxd4 53. bxa4 h4 54. Ne5 h3 55. Ng4 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Black "Cuhendi, Sean Winshand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 14,159,25,-2,4,0,13,-22,-19,-19,-8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,17,0,6,-15,0,0,0,-35,-18,-39,-8,-25,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,5,10,6,37,37,52,35,207,203,280,91,99,96,306,142,166,58,62,27,97,62,77,81,129,60,187,191,198,188,281,207,254,247,261,263,248,231,464,464,464,459,464,457,489,464,464,464,464,415,554,554,554,466,464,464,464,464,464,464,464,459,29949,29958,29956,29960,29969,29970,29970,29971,29970,29972,29973,29974,29974,29974,29974,29975,29974,29975,29975,29976,29977,29978,29978,29978,29978,29977,29975,29976,29977,29975,29974,29975,29979,29980,29980,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29982,29984,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29986]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 a5 8. Rb1 {LiveBook: 34 Games. A24: English Opening vs King's Indian: Lines without ...Nc6} Bd7 (8... Re8 9. Nd2 c6 10. a3 d5 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Be6 13. b5 Nbd7 14. Qc2 Bf8 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. cxd5 cxd5 {0-1 (108) Narayanan,S (2532)-Gledura,B (2613) Stockholm 2018}) 9. Bg5 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qc8 10. Qc1 Bh3 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bd8 13. Qh6 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 f6 15. Nh4 Qd7 {0-1 (65) Mastrovasilis,A (2357)-Solak,D (2460) Kavala 1999}) 10. Bxf6 {The position is equal.} (10. Bd2 {is more complex.} Nc6 11. a3 Re8 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. b4) 10... Qxf6 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. a3 Qd8 13. e3 Qc8 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Ne7 16. Re1 Bh3 17. Bh1 e4 18. d4 f5 19. Nb3 g5 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Ra1 Ng6 22. Rxa8 (22. Bg2 {seems wilder.} Bg4 23. b5 Ne7 24. Bf1 Bh5 25. Qb2) 22... Rxa8 23. Bg2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 h5 25. b5 Re8 26. Nd2 Ra8 27. Rf1 Re8 28. Qd1 Qf7 29. Kh1 h4 $2 ({Black should play} 29... Ne7 $14) 30. g4 $1 $18 h3 31. Rg1 $2 (31. gxf5 $18 Qxf5 32. Qh5) 31... f4 $16 32. Ncxe4 Bh6 $2 {[#]} (32... d5 $16 33. cxd5 (33. Nxg5 Qf6 $16) 33... Qxd5) 33. Re1 (33. b6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 33... d5 34. Nc3 ({Better is} 34. cxd5 $18 {Strongly threatening Qb3.} Qxd5 35. Qb1) 34... dxc4 $14 35. Qf3 fxe3 (35... Bf8 $11 {remains equal.}) 36. Qxf7+ $16 Kxf7 37. fxe3 Bg7 38. Rf1+ (38. Nxc4 $16 Kg8 39. Rc1) 38... Ke6 (38... Kg8 $1 $14) 39. Nxc4 $18 Ra8 40. Kg1 Nf4 (40... Nh4 {was necessary.} 41. d5+ Ke7) 41. Kf2 Rf8 {[#] And now ...Nd5+ would win.} 42. Ke1 $1 ({Less strong is} 42. exf4 Bxd4+ 43. Ke2 Bxc3 $14) 42... Ng2+ 43. Ke2 Rxf1 44. Kxf1 Nxe3+ $2 (44... c6 45. bxc6 bxc6) 45. Nxe3 Bxd4 46. Ned1 Be5 47. Ne4 Bxh2 48. Nxg5+ Kd5 49. Nxh3 Kc5 50. Nc3 Be5 51. Ng5 c6 52. Nge4+ Kb6 53. bxc6 Kxc6 54. Ke2 b5 55. Na2 Kd5 56. Kd3 Ke6 (56... Bg7 $18 57. Nac3+ Kc6) 57. Nac3 {White mates.} b4 58. Ng5+ Kf6 59. Nce4+ Kg6 60. Kc4 Bd6 61. Nf3 Be7 62. Ne5+ Kg7 63. Nc6 Bf8 64. Nxb4 Kf7 65. Ng5+ Kf6 66. Nf3 Bh6 67. Kd5 Bf8 68. Nd3 Bh6 69. Nf2 Bf4 70. Ne4+ Kf7 71. Nc5 Kf6 72. Nd7+ Kf7 73. Ke4 Bh6 74. Nb6 Kf6 75. Nd5+ Kg6 76. Ke5 Bg7+ 77. Ke6 Bh6 78. Ne7+ Kh7 79. Kf7 Bf4 80. Nf5 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Chen, Qi b"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 dxc3 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. bxc3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. a4 Kd7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. Bd3 b4 21. cxb4 Rxb4 22. Rxb4 Bxb4 23. Bb5 Bc3 24. Be3 Bd5 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 Ke6 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. f4 Kf5 29. Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Amartuvshin, Ganzorig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 31,113,57,57,28,36,28,47,46,46,37,32,16,20,25,31,0,0,0,0,-70,-74,-64,-66,-64,-60,-66,-60,-60,-60,-77,-20,-25,-21,-25,-35,-35,-35,-35,-33,-27,-18,-21,0,-27,-11,-8,-14,-14,-14,-16,-16,-37,-21,-29,-31,-27,-34,-42,-42,-56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Be6 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2} 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qd6 {LiveBook: 62 Games} (16... O-O 17. d6 Qb6 18. c4 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Bh3 Nh7 21. f4 {1-0 (60) Vidit,S (2715)-Van Foreest,J (2629) Riadh 2017}) 17. a4 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... b5 18. Qa5 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra1 O-O 21. Rfd1 {1-0 (67) Mantovani,R (2353)-Straub,P (2123) Lido Estensi 2003}) 18. a5 Rab8 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Re2 b6 21. b3 bxa5 22. Qxa5 Rb4 23. Ra1 e4 24. c4 Rxb3 25. Qxa6 (25. Rae1 $11) 25... Qxa6 $15 26. Rxa6 Rc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3c1]} 27. Bh3 Rxc4 28. d6 Rc1+ 29. Kg2 {White wants to play d7.} Rd1 30. Rc6 Re5 ({Black should play} 30... g6 $17) 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. d7 Nxd7 {[#] aiming for ...f5.} 33. Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Rxe4 34. Bf5+ g6 35. Bxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd4 36. Bc6 Ne5 37. Bb5 c4 38. Rc5 f6 39. Rc7+ Kh8 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Rc7+ Kf8 42. f4 Rd2+ 43. Kf1 Ng4 44. Bxc4 Ne3+ 45. Ke1 $1 {[%cal Re1d2]} Rc2 (45... Nxc4 $15 46. Rxc4 Rxh2) 46. Rf7+ $11 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack. The position is equal.} Kg8 47. Be6 Ng2+ 48. Kd1 Ne3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 49. Ke1 Ng2+ 50. Kf1 Ne3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 51. Kg1 Rg2+ 52. Kh1 Re2 {[%cal Re2e1]} 53. Rxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kg7 {[%cal Re2e1]} 54. Rf7+ Kh8 {[%cal Re2e1]} 55. Rf8+ Kg7 {[%cal Re2e1]} 56. Rf7+ Kh8 {[%cal Re2e1]} 57. Rf8+ {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Garcia, Jan Emmanuel"]
[Black "Bilguun, Sumiya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 18,34,35,17,16,-2,14,14,28,30,15,-56,-35,-31,-41,-50,-18,-25,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 Bb4+ (5... c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8. bxc4 Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 Ba3 10. Qc1 Bxb2 11. Qxb2 Nc6 12. Be2 Qb4 13. O-O-O {½-½ (57) Short,N (2698)-Duda,J (2706) Heraklio 2017}) 6. Nbd2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Nbd7 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. Bd3 f5 (8... O-O 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 f5 12. O-O Nf6 13. b4 {1-0 (39) Garcia,J (2396)-Bilguun,S (2249) Quezon City 2014}) 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O {LiveBook: 10 Games} Qf6 11. Bxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b4 O-O 12. b5 g5 13. g3 Qg7 14. Rc1 Ndf6 15. Ne5 cxb5 16. cxb5 Bd7 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 g4 {½-½ (18) Leitao,R (2604)-Zambrana,O (2479) Santos 2008}) 11... dxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Qh5+ (14. Nxe4 $1 $11 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qxb2 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. f4) 14... g6 $15 15. Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 16. Qg5 O-O 17. f3 exf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Liu, Yan"]
[Black "Quizon, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 24,69,18,40,59,41,61,32,26,36,41,39,55,54,66,71,62,68,69,74,63,55,56,50,82,82,79,63,48,17,88,64,100,94,68,68,133,-71,-79,-112,-114,-121,340,274,619,628,29989,29990]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. e3 Bg4 10. Qc2 Bf5 (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ng5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. dxc5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 dxc5 15. Nc3 Qd3 16. Rad1 Qf5 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. h4 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 {½-½ (21) Tomashevsky,E (2710)-Yuffa,D (2527) Sochi 2017}) 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. Qc2 Bf5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} 13. Qc1 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Nf6 14. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. d5 Nb4 16. Ne1 h5 17. a3 Na6 18. Nd2 Rb8 19. a4 e5 20. dxe6 Qxe6 {1-0 (40) Vukic,M (2455)-Damljanovic,B (2525) Brezovica 1988}) 14... Be4 {White is slightly better.} 15. d5 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Na5 17. Nd2 b5 18. e4 bxc4 19. bxc4 Rb8 {White must now prevent ...Rxb2!} 20. Bc3 Nd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} Qb6 24. Rab1 Qc7 25. Rbe1 Qb6 26. e5 dxe5 (26... Qb4 $11 27. Qd3 dxe5) 27. fxe5 $16 Qb4 {[#]} 28. Qd3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Qb2 $1 {[%csl LRa2,LRe5]} 29. Nf3 $1 {Strongly threatening Nf4.} Qxa2 {[#]} 30. Ra1 $2 (30. e6 $1 $16 {[%cal Re6d7] and life is bright.} fxe6 31. Qe4) 30... Qxc4 $17 31. Qd2 Nb3 $1 {[%csl LRa1,LRd2] [#]} 32. Qh6 $1 {[%mdl 512] White wants to mate with Ng5!} Qg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({And not} 32... Nxa1 33. Ng5 Nf6 34. exf6 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Rb1+ 36. Ne1 Rxe1+ 37. Kxe1 Nc2+ 38. Kd2 exf6 39. Qxh7#) (32... f6 $17 {stays on course.} 33. Ne3 Qe4 34. exf6 Rxf6 35. Qxh7+ Kxh7 36. Ng5+ Kh6 37. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 38. Rxf1 Rb4) 33. Rxa7 Rbd8 $2 ({But not} 33... Nd4 34. Ng5) (33... Nxe5 34. Nxe5 Qd4+ 35. Qe3 Nd2) 34. Nf4 $18 ({Weaker is} 34. Ng5 Qh5 $18) 34... g5 35. Nh5 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Nava, Roderick"]
[Black "Priasmoro, Novendra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. exd5 Na6 10. Nf3 Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. O-O a6 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Rxb2 18. Ng5 Bf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Nd1 Re2 21. Ne3 Nce8 22. Nxf5 Qd7 23. Ng3 Re5 24. Ra3 Qe7 25. f4 Rxg5 26. fxg5 Nd7 27. Nf5 Qe2 28. Re3 Qb2 29. Re4 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 14,170,20,21,16,24,26,10,17,18,20,10,21,16,18,10,12,9,33,0,0,-14,-14,-25,-39,-44,0,0,85,74,68,-15,-15,-19,-8,-9,-10,-13,-5,-16,0,-25,-27,-39,-37,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,75,0,16,-14,-23,-29,0,0,110,108,397,44,40,39,37,39,245,245,240,232,244,243,216,226,247,235,257,229,227,225,236,235,231,229,210,143,143,71,71,20,20,20,20,0,20,16,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,20,15,0,8,0,0,0,7,7,7,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,0,8,7,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,8,8,0,8,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Qc1 (5. Qb3 Nc6 6. e3 d5 7. Nbd2 Nh5 8. Bh4 h6 9. g4 Nf6 10. h3 Bd6 11. Rg1 Bd7 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. Rxg3 cxd4 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. exd4 {½-½ (31) Wang,C (2514)-Wang,H (2732) China 2016}) 5... cxd4 6. Bxf6 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} gxf6 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. e3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... d5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Qd2 Na5 13. Rac1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 {½-½ (61) Aikhoje,O (2260)-Spence,D (2198) Brentwood 2008}) 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3 O-O 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. b4 Ne7 15. Rac1 Rc7 16. Ne2 (16. b5 $5 {[%cal Rc3a4]} Rcc8 17. Rfd1 $11) 16... Bc6 17. Ng3 Bh6 18. Qe2 Rfc8 19. Ra1 Kh8 20. Nd2 {Hoping for Nc4.} Bd5 (20... Be8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. Qh5 $16 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bg7 22. Nf3 (22. e4 $14) 22... Ng8 $11 23. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh5h7]} Nf6 24. Qh4 Kg8 25. Nh3 Bc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Nf4 Qd8 28. Rfd1 Rc2 29. Nd3 Qb6 30. h3 h6 31. Nh5 Nxh5 32. Qxh5 R8c3 (32... d5 $11) 33. Nf4 (33. Ne1 $1 $16) 33... Qd8 34. Qf3 d5 35. Kh1 Kh8 36. Rg1 Rb3 (36... Qf6 $11 {remains equal.}) 37. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent gxf5.} Bxd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37... Qh4 $16 38. Raf1 Qg5) 38. Qd1 $2 ({White must play} 38. gxf5 $1 $18 e5 39. Rad1 exf4 40. Rxd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 38... Bxa1 $14 39. Qxc2 Rxa3 {...fxg4 is the strong threat.} 40. gxf5 e5 $2 {[#]} (40... exf5 $14 41. Qxf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qe8) 41. f6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] White wants to mate with Ng6+!} Ra6 {intending ...Rc6.} (41... exf4 $2 42. Rg7 $18) (41... Qxf6 42. Qc8+) 42. Rg7 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rc2h7]} e4 43. Rxf7 {Intending Ng6+ and mate.} Rxf6 44. Rc7 ({Don't take} 44. Rxb7 $6 Be5 $16) 44... Qd6 45. Rxb7 Rf8 46. Qc7 ({Less strong is} 46. Rxa7 Be5 $14) 46... Qxc7 47. Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rf6 48. Rxa7 ({Resist} 48. Nxd5 $6 Rxf2 49. Rxa7 Be5) 48... Be5 49. Nxd5 Rxf2 50. Re7 Rf5 51. Re6 ({White should try} 51. Rd7) 51... Kg7 $16 52. Ne7 ({White should play} 52. Kg2 $16) 52... Rh5 $1 $11 {aiming for ...Kf7.} 53. Nc6 Rxh3+ 54. Kg2 Rg3+ 55. Kf2 Rf3+ 56. Ke2 Bg3 57. Rxe4 Rf2+ 58. Kd3 {Threatens to win with Rg4+.} h5 59. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} h4 {The position is equal.} 60. b6 Rf6 61. b7 Rxc6 {KRB-KR} 62. Rg4+ Kf6 {[#]} 63. Rxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512] KR-KR} Rb6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} (63... hxg3 64. b8=Q) 64. Rg4 Rxb7 65. Rxh4 Rb3+ 66. Ke2 Rb5 67. Kf3 Ke6 68. Rh6+ Ke7 69. Kf4 Rb4+ 70. e4 Rb5 71. Ra6 Rc5 72. Ke3 Rb5 73. Rc6 Ra5 74. Kd4 Kd7 75. Rc4 (75. Rb6 {feels hotter.} Ke7 76. Ke3 Ra3+ 77. Ke2 Ra2+ 78. Kf3) 75... Kd6 76. Rb4 Kd7 77. Ke3 Ke6 78. Kf4 Kf6 79. Rb6+ Ke7 80. Rh6 Kf7 81. Rb6 Ke7 82. Rb7+ Ke6 83. Rb2 Ke7 84. e5 Ra1 85. Rb7+ Ke6 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Concio, Michael Jr."]
[Black "Taher, Yoseph Theolifus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 15,85,60,70,29,40,16,37,4,11,-7,13,-46,-22,-47,-51,-50,-28,-23,7,21,8,-6,-12,-12,-14,-14,-30,-33,46,39,117,62,91,75,83,68,79,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-10,-28,-20,-26,0,-12,0,-12,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 g6 6. Nc3 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} Bg7 7. e4 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 e5 (10... c5 11. d5 e5 12. Re1 Nh5 13. g3 {1-0 (58) Nakamura,H (2791)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2819) chess.com INT 2016}) 11. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d5 Nh5 12. Bc2 Bh6 13. b4 Ng7 {1-0 (41) Olaizola Ortega,L (2283)-Fernandez,E (2277) Barcelona 2000}) 11... dxe5 12. b4 Nh5 13. Ne2 ({White should play} 13. Qd2 $11) 13... Re8 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. a3 Nf8 16. c5 Bc8 17. Bb5 Rd8 18. h3 bxc5 19. bxc5 Rb8 20. a4 a6 21. Bc4 Ne6 (21... Be6 $15 22. Bxa6 Bxh3) 22. Bxe5 $14 Qxc5 (22... Nxc5 $14 23. Ned4 Bb7 24. Bxg7 Nxg7) 23. Bxg7 (23. Qc3 $16) 23... Nhxg7 24. Rac1 Qa3 25. Rb1 Bd7 26. Bxa6 (26. Rxb8 $16 Rxb8 27. Nc3 (27. Bxa6 Bxa4 28. Qc1 Qd6 $11)) 26... Bxa4 $11 27. Qc3 Qxc3 28. Nxc3 Bb3 29. Ne5 Nd4 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Nxc4 Nge6 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Rb1 Rd8 34. Ne3 Ra8 35. Nc4 Ra6 36. Nd5 Kg7 37. e5 Ra4 38. Nde3 h5 39. h4 Nf4 40. Kh2 {The position is equal.} Nde6 41. Rb8 Nd5 42. Nxd5 {[#] aiming for Nde3.} Rxc4 43. f4 $1 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Wang, Shixu B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 20,117,32,13,27,12,29,13,27,15,13,17,39,0,8,8,10,0,0,-3,-24,-29,-20,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,40,34,34,53,48,91,112,233,78,97,70,98,82,80,62,89,-53,31,31,33,29,35,35,37,0,52,52,52,52,52,52,52,53,92,0,59,0,42,28,172,166,129,102,111,104,90,0,126,75,135,206,799,782,723,775,962,938,1009,997,1304,1254,2991,2504,2036,1878]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Be6 8. a5 a6 9. Nbd2 Qd7 10. c3 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} (10. Bb3 Bxb3 11. Nxb3 d5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. c4 Qd6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. d4 exd4 16. Nfxd4 Bb4 17. Rf1 Rfe8 {1-0 (38) Hector,J (2556)-Grandelius,N (2658) Lund 2018}) 10... Rfe8 11. Qb3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Rab8 12. Nf1 {White has an edge.} Bxc4 13. dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qxc4 Qe6 14. Qxe6 fxe6 15. Bd2 Rbd8 16. Ng3 d5 17. Reb1 {½-½ (40) Ljubicic,A (2501)-Sergiev,S (2341) ICCF email 2010}) 13... Nd8 14. Qc2 Ne6 15. Ne3 g6 16. b3 c6 17. Nf1 Bd8 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Ba3 Bc7 20. Rd2 Rbd8 21. Rad1 Nc5 22. Ng3 h6 23. h3 Kg7 24. Qb1 Rd7 25. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Ne6 26. b5 c5 27. b6 Bd8 28. Qc2 Nf8 29. Nh4 Qe6 30. Rxd6 Qxc4 (30... Rxd6 $16 {was necessary.} 31. Nhf5+ (31. Rxd6 Qxc4 32. Qd2 Ne6 $16) 31... gxf5 32. Nxf5+ Kg8 33. Nxd6 Be7 34. Nxe8 Nxe8) 31. Qc1 $2 (31. Nhf5+ $18 {is more deadly.} gxf5 32. Nxf5+ Kg8 33. Nxh6+ Kh8 34. Nf5 Rxd6 35. Nxd6) 31... Rxd6 $16 {[#]} 32. Nhf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 33. Nxf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 34. Nxd6 Qa4 {Strongly threatening ...Be7.} 35. Bxc5 (35. Nxe8 $16 Qxe8 36. Bxc5) 35... Ne6 ({Black should play} 35... Nxe4 $15 36. Nxe8 Bg5) 36. Nxe8 $14 Nxe8 37. Bb4 Bg5 38. Qb1 Nf6 39. Rd6 Kg7 (39... h5 $11) 40. g3 {And now h4 would win.} h5 $1 41. h4 Bh6 42. Kg2 Qb5 43. Qd3 {aiming for Qxb5.} Qa4 44. Qb1 Qb5 45. Qa2 (45. Qf1 $14 Qe8 46. Qc4) 45... Nf8 46. Kg1 Ng6 (46... Ne6 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 47. Qc2 $18 Qc4 48. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qa2 49. Qf3 Qb1+ 50. Kg2 (50. Rd1 $16 Qc2 51. Rd3) 50... Bf4 (50... Nxe4 $11 51. Rd7 Nf6) 51. Qe2 (51. Qd3 $142 Qa2 52. Kf1 (52. Rxf6 Kxf6 53. Qf3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Qb1 $11)) 51... Bh6 (51... Nxe4 $142 52. Rxg6+ Kxg6 53. gxf4 exf4) 52. Rd8 (52. Rd1 $16 Qb3 53. Rd6) 52... Ng4 $2 (52... Bf4 53. Rd1 Qb3) 53. Rd1 {White is clearly winning.} Qb3 54. Rd7 Qb1 55. Bc5 Bf4 56. Rxb7 Nf6 57. Qc4 Kh6 58. Qxf7 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rf7g7]} Qxe4+ {[#]} 59. f3 $1 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Jacutina, John Merill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 9,84,41,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,61,-23,0,9,14,6,13,16,21,15,20,20,20,20,20,20,18,16,15,12,18,19,30,16,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,11,8,8,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-7,-11,-11,-22,-22]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Nbd7 4. c4 a6 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 6. Nf3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (6. d4 c6 7. Nf3 cxd5 8. Ne5 Qf5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Nc3 b5 11. b3 h5 12. bxc4 e6 13. cxb5 Ng4 {1-0 (25) Li,C (2613)-Smerdon,D (2530) Parramatta 2010}) 6... Qg4 7. d3 Qxg2 8. Rg1 Qh3 9. Nc3 e6 $146 (9... Nh5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9... c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Qe2 h6 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. O-O-O e6 {0-1 (30) Canfell,G (2325)-Smerdon,D (2403) Melbourne 2004}) 10. Bg5 (10. Qe2 $14) 10... Bd7 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. Rg3 Qh5 $1 {Strongly threatening ...exd5.} 13. Ne5 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Be8 $1 {[%cal Re6d5]} 15. Ng4 Nh5 {[#] ...f6 is the strong threat.} 16. Bxd8 {Black must now prevent Bg5.} Nxg3+ 17. hxg3 {aiming for Bg5.} Kxd8 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rh1 h5 21. Ne5 g5 22. f4 Rg8 {The position is equal.} 23. fxg5 Bxg5 24. d4 Be7 25. Kf2 Rf8+ 26. Ke3 Bd6 27. Nd3 Rg8 28. Rh3 Bg6 29. Nxd6 cxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Nf4 Bf5 31. Rxh5 Rxg3+ 32. Kf2 Rg4 33. Ke3 Rg3+ 34. Kf2 Rg4 35. Ke3 Rg3+ 36. Kf2 Rg4 37. Ke3 Rg3+ 38. Kf2 Rg4 39. Kf3 Rg8 {[#] Hoping for ...Bg4+.} 40. Rh6 Kd7 41. b4 Rg1 42. c5 d5 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Song, Yuxin"]
[Black "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 17,179,45,58,32,39,19,35,14,12,10,26,14,26,20,41,25,58,21,76,9,2,3,14,0,0,0,-4,-27,-27,-36,0,-29,-29,-29,-22,-29,-25,-58,-57,-95,-50,-40,-44,-36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,10,0,87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-16,-16,-14,-2068,-1616,-1256,-1252,-1462,-147,-147,-147,-145,-145,-146,-147,-185,-147,-182,-177,-222,-166,-501,-17,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. c3 Nd7 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Ngf6 8. O-O {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} O-O 9. Nxf6+ (9. h3 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 a5 11. a4 Qc7 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Rd8 15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Ne5 c5 17. Rac1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qd6 19. Nc4 Qd7 20. Bxa5 Rf8 21. Be4 e6 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Bb4 Bxd4 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Rfd1 Rb8 26. Nb6 {1-0 (26) Lagno,K (2529)-Khotenashvili,B (2502) Huaian 2016}) 9... Nxf6 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 10. Bf4 {White is slightly better.} Qb6 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rfe1 Be6 {½-½ (30) Manfroi,A (1852)-Lantini,M (2128) Montesilvano 2013}) 13... Nd5 14. Bg3 b6 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Qe2 Rfe8 (17... Rfd8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. Ba6 (18. Bb5 $16) 18... Bxa6 $1 $11 19. Qxa6 b5 20. Ne5 Qb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6a6]} 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Re2 e6 23. f4 a5 24. Rd6 (24. Bf2 $5 {[%cal Rf2b6]} Nd5 25. Rd4 $11) 24... Nd5 25. Rd7 Re7 26. Rxe7 Nxe7 27. Rd2 Nd5 28. Kf2 h5 29. Kf3 Bxe5 30. fxe5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc4 (30... g5 {is more complex.} 31. Bf2 Kh7 32. g4 Kg6 33. a3 Rh8) 31. Rd4 Rxd4 32. cxd4 $11 {KB-KN} Kf8 33. Be1 a4 34. a3 Ke7 35. Ke4 Kd7 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Kc6 38. Bb4 Nb6 39. Ba5 {Hoping for Bxb6.} Nc4 40. Bc3 g5 41. d5+ $1 exd5+ 42. Kd4 Nb6 {Threatens to win with ...Nc4.} 43. Bb4 Nd7 44. Be7 Nb8 45. Bb4 Nd7 46. Be7 Nb6 47. Bxg5 Nc4 48. Bc1 Na5 49. Be3 Nb3+ 50. Kc3 Kd7 51. Bf2 Ke7 52. Be3 Ke6 53. Bd4 Kd7 54. Bf2 Ke8 55. Bg1 Kf8 56. Bf2 Ke7 57. Be3 Kd8 58. Bb6+ Kc8 59. Be3 Kc7 60. Bg1 Kc6 61. Be3 Na5 62. Bd4 Nb7 {[#]} (62... Kd7 $11) 63. Kb4 (63. e6 $1 $16 {[%cal Re6f7]} fxe6 64. g5) 63... Nd8 64. Kc3 Ne6 65. Kd3 Ng5 66. Kc3 Ne4+ 67. Kd3 Ng5 68. Kc3 Nf3 69. Kd3 Nh2 70. Ke3 Nxg4+ 71. Kf4 Nh6 72. Kg5 Ng8 73. Kf5 Kd7 74. Bc5 Ne7+ 75. Kf6 Nc6 {next ...d4 is good for Black.} 76. Kxf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (76. Bf2 $11) 76... Nxe5+ $19 77. Kf6 Kc6 78. Ba7 {[#]} Nd7+ $2 (78... Nd3 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 79. Bd4 b4 80. axb4 Kb5) 79. Ke6 $17 Nc5+ 80. Ke5 Nd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 81. Kd4 Nxb2 82. Bc5 {[#]} Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 83. Be7 (83. Kxd3 Kxc5) 83... Nc1 84. Kc3 Nb3 {And now ...d4+ would win.} 85. Bf6 d4+ $2 ({Better is} 85... Kc5 $19 86. Be7+ Kb6) 86. Bxd4 $11 {The position is equal.} Nxd4 87. Kxd4 Kd6 88. Kd3 Kd5 89. Kc3 $1 Kc5 90. Kd3 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "Nouri, Alekhine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2013"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 12,73,24,-6,-3,-20,21,-18,91,60,76,82,104,62,66,61,71,43,67,64,66,45,92,72,92,86,97,55,160,162,178,169,166,167,157,170,180,180,181,184,238,212,236,214,382,359,380,355,408,409,401,403,391,380,480,476,473,458,488,492,706,687,671,590]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 a6 (4... Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1 Qc8 9. d3 g6 10. Bg5 Bg7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bh6 Bc6 13. Nd5 {0-1 (55) Jones,G (2677)-Xiong,J (2651) chess.com INT 2018}) 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. d3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} e6 7. Nc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Be7 8. a5 {The position is equal.} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qc7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. Re1 {0-1 (46) Ivanov,A (2311)-Dzhagarov,R (2146) Voronezh 2007}) 9. h3 g5 (9... Nb8 $11) 10. Qe2 b5 11. axb6 $1 Nxb6 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. Bd2 Nfd7 14. Nd1 Bf6 15. Ba5 Qb8 16. c3 Bc6 17. Ne3 Ra7 18. O-O Rb7 19. Rfb1 Na4 {[#]} (19... O-O $14) 20. Bd5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Bxd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. exd5+ ({Reject} 22. Rxa4 $6 dxe4 23. Qxe4+ (23. Rxe4+ Kf8 $11) 23... Kf8 $14) 22... Kf8 {Hoping for ...Nxc3!} 23. Rxa4 Kg7 24. Qc2 Re8 25. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2e4,Be4g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Rb5 (25... Kg8 $142 26. b4 Be5) 26. Ne4 Be5 27. c4 f5 $2 {[#]} (27... Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Qxb2 29. Qxb2 Bxb2 30. Nxd6 Ra8) 28. Ng3 $18 ({Weaker is} 28. cxb5 axb5 29. d4 fxe4 $18) 28... Rxb2 29. Nxf5+ Kg6 30. Rxb2 Qxb2 31. Qxb2 Bxb2 32. Nxd6 Re2 33. Kf1 {White is clearly winning.} Rc2 34. Ne4 Bd4 35. Bd2 Ne5 (35... Nf6 $142 36. Rxa6 Kg7 37. Nxf6 Rxd2) 36. Rxa6+ Kf7 37. Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Turqueza, Mari Joseph"]
[Black "Docena, Jerad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. b4 e5 8. Bb2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nd7 13. f4 Bf6 14. Nf3 b6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Be4 exd4 17. Bxa8 Nf8 18. Bc6 Re6 19. b5 Ng6 20. f5 Rxc6 21. fxg6 Rc5 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. Nxd4 Kg8 24. Nc6 Qxd1 25. Raxd1 Be6 26. Rfe1 Kf7 27. Nxa7 Rxc4 28. Rc1 Bc3 29. Nc6 Kf6 30. Rf1+ Kg5 31. Kh1 Bd5 32. Rfd1 Be6 33. a4 Bf6 34. Rxc4 Bxc4 35. Rd7 Bb3 36. a5 bxa5 37. Nxa5 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Pangilinan, Stephen Rome"]
[Black "Gomez, John Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 21,84,-29,-22,-34,-22,-36,-16,-37,-8,-8,-18,-18,-13,-60,-57,-110,-46,-54,-57,-75,-64,-52,-56,-131,-134,-145,-156,-195,-184,-245,-251,-250,-247,-253,-248,-252,-253,-249,-200,-230,-218,-272,-246,-246,-243,-301,-310,-314,-301,-360,-360,-352,-347,-347,-351,-422,-387,-480,-481,-581,-470,-6704,-6233,-5402,-5343]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ng3 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (10. Nc3 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. Rad1 g6 16. h3 Qb8 17. Bb1 Rd7 18. Ba2 Rcd8 19. Bg5 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Bxe6 {½-½ (37) Yeoh,L (2471)-Bortnyk,O (2580) Yerevan 2017}) 10... b6 11. a3 Bb7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. b4 {The position is equal.} Rc8 13. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Nd5 16. Qe4 g6 17. Rad1 Bf6 {0-1 (38) Djordjevic,D (2202)-Cerovic,D (2327) Belgrade 2012}) 13... Qd6 14. Bc2 Ba6 15. Re1 Bc4 16. Rc1 b5 17. Ng5 Rfd8 $36 {[%cal Rc6d4][%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 18. Nh5 ({White should play} 18. Nf3 $15) 18... g6 (18... Nxd4 $17 {...Ne2+! is the strong threat.} 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6) 19. Nxf6+ $15 Bxf6 20. Ne4 {[#]} Qe7 $1 {[%cal Rf6d4]} 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qg4 (22. Re4 $15) 22... Nxd4 $17 23. Bd1 {[#]} Nf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Bxf3 Qxb2 25. Bb7 (25. Ra1 $142) 25... Rb8 $19 ({Inferior is} 25... Qxa3 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Rb1 $11) 26. Bf3 Qxa3 27. Rb1 a5 28. bxa5 Qxa5 29. h4 Qa7 30. h5 Rd2 31. Re3 Rbd8 32. Qg5 Qd4 33. h6 f6 34. Qg3 e5 35. Be4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 {[#]} Kf7 $1 37. Rxd1 Qxd1 38. Bf3 Qd6 39. Kg1 b4 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Qh4 Be6 41. Be4 (41. Qe4 $142 b3 42. Rxb3 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Bxb3 43. Qb7+ Kf8 44. Qxb3) 41... Qd1+ 42. Kh2 g5 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Miciano, John Marvin"]
[Black "Schain, Randolph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. O-O Qc7 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Qc2 b6 12. e4 Ne5 13. Nd2 e6 14. f4 Ned7 15. g4 exd5 16. exd5 Re8 17. Nf3 h5 18. g5 Nh7 19. Nh4 Nhf8 20. Kh1 Kh7 21. f5 Bxc3 22. fxg6+ fxg6 23. Qxc3 Ne5 24. Bf4 Qg7 25. Rae1 Bd7 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 dxe5 28. Be4 Be8 29. Rf6 Rb7 30. Qf3 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Qxf7 32. Qxf7+ Bxf7 33. Nf3 Nd7 34. d6 Be6 35. Bc6 Nb8 36. Nxe5 Kg7 37. h4 Nxc6 38. Nxc6 Kf8 39. Ne5 Ke8 40. Kg2 Bf5 41. Kf3 Bc2 42. Kf4 a5 43. Nf3 Kd7 44. Ke5 Bxa4 45. Nd2 Bc2 46. Nf1 Bd3 47. Ne3 a4 48. Nd5 Kc6 49. Ke6 Bf5+ 50. Ke7 b5 51. Nc3 bxc4 52. Nxa4 Kb5 53. Nc3+ Kc6 54. Ne4 Kd5 55. Ng3 c3 56. bxc3 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Black "Garma, Chito"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 f5 12. f4 Nf7 13. Nf3 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. O-O Re8 16. Bd4 Bh6 17. Ne1 d5 18. c5 Nd7 19. Rc2 Nb8 20. Rd2 Nc6 21. Bb5 Qa5 22. Nc2 a6 23. Ba4 Re7 24. Re2 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxc5 26. b4 Qxc3 27. Nxe6 Qxb4 28. Bb3 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Bxd5 Qd7 32. Qb3 Rf8 33. Rd1 Qc7 34. Be6 Kh8 35. Rd7 Qxf4 36. Rd1 Ng5 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Orio, Rogelio L."]
[Black "Montoya, Edsel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 d6 5. c3 O-O 6. Nd2 Nc6 7. h4 e5 8. Bg5 h6 9. d5 hxg5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. h5 gxh5 12. Bxh5 g4 13. Qc2 Nxh5 14. Rxh5 f5 15. Ne2 Be6 16. O-O-O Qe8 17. Rdh1 Qg6 18. f3 Kf7 19. fxg4 Qxg4 20. Nf3 Rh8 21. Ng5+ Ke7 22. Nh7 Rag8 23. Ng1 e4 24. Qf2 Be5 25. Ne2 Qxg2 26. Qh4+ Kd7 27. Nf4 Qg7 28. Rh6 Bf7 29. Qh3 Qg4 30. Qf1 Qf3 31. Qe1 Rg3 32. Nh5 Bxh5 33. R6xh5 Qxe3+ 34. Qxe3 Rxe3 35. Rxf5 Kc8 36. Rf7 Rg3 37. a4 Rg7 38. Rf8+ Rxf8 39. Nxf8 Rg8 40. Rf1 Kd8 41. Ne6+ Kd7 42. Nd4 Bxd4 43. cxd4 Ke6 44. Kd2 Rg3 45. Rh1 Rd3+ 46. Kc2 Rxd4 47. b3 d5 48. Rh7 Kd6 49. Rh6+ Kc5 50. Rh7 Kb6 51. Rh6 a5 52. Re6 Rd3 53. Re8 Rh3 54. Rb8+ Ka7 55. Rc8 Kb7 56. Re8 Rh2+ 57. Kc1 Kb6 58. Rb8+ Kc5 59. Rb7 e3 60. Rxc7 Rh1+ 61. Kc2 e2 62. Re7 e1=Q 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Young, Angelo"]
[Black "Bai, Adelard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bg2 Be7 10. c3 h5 11. Qd4 Ng6 12. c4 h4 13. g4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Qc7 15. Nc3 Ne5 16. Qa4 a6 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. g5 Nfd7 19. Rfd1 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxf4 21. Rxd7 Kxd7 22. Nd5 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 Qe5 24. Nb6+ Kc7 25. Nxa8+ Rxa8 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. Qxh4 g6 29. Qc4 Qc7 30. Qd4+ Bd6 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qf6+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qf6+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qd4 Qd7 37. Bg4 Qc7 38. e3 Be5 39. Qb4+ c5 40. Qe4 Kf8 41. b3 Bd6 42. Bf3 b5 43. Qa8+ Kg7 44. Qxa6 Qe7 45. Qxb5 Qe5 46. Kg2 Qxg5+ 47. Kf1 Qf5 48. Bg4 Qb1+ 49. Kg2 Qxa2 50. Qd7 Qa8+ 51. Bf3 Qf8 52. Bd5 Qe7 53. Qg4 Qe5 54. Bc4 Qe7 55. Qf3 Qg5+ 56. Kf1 Qf6 57. Qg4 Qa1+ 58. Ke2 Qb2+ 59. Kf3 Qf6+ 60. Kg2 Qe5 61. Kg1 Qa1+ 62. Kg2 Qe5 63. Qf3 Qg5+ 64. Kf1 Qf6 65. Qd5 Qa1+ 66. Kg2 Qf6 67. f4 Qe7 68. Kf3 Qd7 69. Ke2 Qe7 70. Kf3 Qd7 71. Kg2 Qe7 72. Qf3 Qf6 73. Qd5 Qe7 74. Kf3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,53,0,0,0,20,8,17,18,13,18,41,33,33,22,36,38,40,10,144,139,155,139,143,152,150,137,146,137,275,268,271,271,579,562,1106,1074,1752,1560,3370,3269,2592,2419]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 g6 7. Nxc6 {B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} bxc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Bg2 Bb7 (8... Qc7 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Ba6 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Qd4 e5 14. Qd2 Nd7 {½-½ (58) Wang,H (2722)-Wojtaszek,R (2727) Douglas 2018}) 9. b3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. b3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxa1 13. Bg5 Bg7 14. Nc3 Bxc3 15. Bxe7 {0-1 (25) Hamdoun,K-Iaali,A (1698) Soviet Alumni 2016}) 9... Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Qc8 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Rad1 c5 14. Rfe1 e6 15. e5 Ng4 (15... Ne8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. exd6 $16 Bd4 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Ne4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Bxb2 {[#]} 19. c3 $1 Ba3 20. Qf4 f5 {[#]} (20... Kg7 $16) 21. Ng5 $1 $18 c4 {White must now prevent ...Bc5.} 22. b4 Bb2 $2 (22... Qb6 23. Rxe6 a5) 23. Nxe6 {White is clearly winning.} Bxc3 24. Nxd8 Qb5 {[#]} 25. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} Nxf2 (25... Qxa4 26. Qxc4+) 26. axb5 Nh3+ 27. Kf1 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,88,10,22,6,16,12,0,8,22,6,26,8,25,25,27,6,1,-8,-17,-37,-26,-44,-41,-47,-56,-93,-114,-122,-114,-133,-112,-172,-173,-247,-247,-287,-287,-263,-291,-340,-312,-327,-330,-364,-227,-422,-402,-419,-421,-414,-412,-416,-394,-389,-373,-459,-467,-728,-717,-1079,-1070,-987,-985,-951,-940,-1264,-1365,-1329,-825,-689,-599]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 11. Bxf6 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Nc3 c5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Kg1 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 {½-½ (39) Ponomariov,R (2686)-Hou,Y (2658) Shenzhen 2018}) 11... Bxf6 12. Nbd2 c5 13. dxc5 {Black should prevent Ng5!The position is equal.} Rc8 14. Nb3 Bd5 15. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nfd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Be7 17. Qd3 a6 18. Rfd1 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 {0-1 (42) Klachkou,T (1965)-Aliakbarov,A (2270) Brest 2018}) 15... a5 16. e4 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Rxc5 18. a4 b4 19. e5 Be7 $1 ({Stronger than} 19... Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Qc2 $16 (21. Qd3 Qc7 $11)) 20. Nd4 Qb6 $1 21. f4 Rcc8 {And now ...Bc5 would win.} 22. Kh1 Rfd8 23. Nb5 Nc5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qc2 (25. Qe3 $17) 25... g6 26. Qe2 {[#]} (26. h3 $142) 26... Nb3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb3a1]} 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qf2 29. Qb1 Qd2 30. h4 Nc5 31. Kh2 Nd3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has strong attack.} 32. b3 $2 {[#]} (32. Nd6 Nxb2 33. Qe4) 32... Nxf4 $1 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rd2g2][%mdl 512]} 33. Qe4 (33. gxf4 Qxf4+) 33... Nxg2 34. Qxg2 Qe3 35. Nd6 Qxe5 36. Nc4 Qf5 37. Qa8+ Kg7 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Nxa5 (38. Qg2 $142 Qd3 39. Nxa5) 38... Bd6 39. Nc4 Qc2+ 40. Qg2 {[#]} Bxg3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack, Pin} 41. Kh3 (41. Kxg3 Qxb3+) 41... Qxb3 {( -> ...Be5+)} 42. Nd2 Qd3 43. Qxg3 Qxd2 44. a5 Qc3 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,93,36,31,31,31,24,33,28,32,29,29,28,25,29,33,33,33,26,35,29,33,35,62,55,68,59,72,22,22,22,27,23,21,21,22,27,22,26,198,194,213,220,195,203,354,349,343,328,347,328,288,266,271,271,423,423,408,403,486,379,5469,5377,4802,535,534,529]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Nd7 9. e4 c5 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Bd3 {[%cal Bf1d3,Bd3b5,Bb5d7][%mdl 32] E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. Qb5+ Qd7 (14... Bc6 15. Qb1 O-O 16. O-O Ba4 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Bd2 h6 19. Qb2 Rfd8 20. Bb4 Rc7 21. Qd2 Rdc8 22. Ba6 Rd8 23. Bd3 Rdc8 24. Ba6 Rd8 {½-½ (24) Jakovenko,D (2709)-Tomashevsky,E (2722) Novi Sad 2016}) 15. Ne5 Qxb5 {LiveBook: 23 Games} 16. Bxb5+ Kf8 17. f3 Ne8 18. Bd7 Rd8 19. Bc6 Bc8 20. Be3 f6 21. Nd3 $146 Bd7 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Ke2 Nd6 24. Rhc1 Kf7 25. a4 Nb7 26. g4 Na5 27. Rc3 Rb8 28. Rb1 Rbb7 29. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rbc7 30. Rbc1 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 a6 32. f5 exf5 33. gxf5 g6 $2 {[#]} (33... b5 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 34. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5e6] e6+ is the strong threat.} gxf5 {[#]} 35. Nf4 $1 {And now e6+ would win.} fxe5 36. dxe5 {[%cal Bd4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Kg7 $2 (36... Bb4) 37. Bxb6 Bb4 38. e6 Rd6 39. Rc7+ Kf8 40. Be3 Nc6 41. Rxh7 Nd4+ (41... Ke8 $142 42. h4 Nd8) 42. Bxd4 $1 Rxd4 43. Kf3 Kg8 44. Rd7 Rc4 $2 (44... Re4 45. Nd5 Rxe6 46. Nxb4 Re4 47. Nxa6 Rxa4) 45. Nd5 {White wants to mate with Nf6+.White is clearly winning.} Kf8 46. Rd8+ (46. Rf7+ $142 Ke8 47. Rb7 Rc3+ 48. Ke2 Rc2+ 49. Ke3) 46... Kg7 47. Nxb4 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,37,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,-1,13,17,13,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Bb6 8. h3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Ne7 9. Re1 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. Nf1 Bc7 (11... d5 12. Ng3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Be6 15. Bb3 {½-½ (29) Anand,V (2760)-Carlsen,M (2843) Stavanger 2018}) 12. Ng3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} d5 13. Bb3 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... h6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Qc2 {0-1 (54) Aryan,C (2436)-Ganguly,S (2648) Doha 2015}) 14. d4 dxe4 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 Nxe5 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,126,12,11,6,0,0,10,0,12,3,0,0,15,10,20,0,24,18,39,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,66,0,0,0,61,60,67,73,66,11,11,15,17,15,13,-14,26,17,10,8,16,17,22,29,25,27,27,27,27,26,27,27,49,29,26,16,23,15,20,3,8,8,8,0,0,0,5,6,6,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,14,13,16,8,18,18,18,11,15,12,11,22,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. a3 Be7 5. e3 (5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nxd5 7. cxd5 c6 8. e3 cxd5 9. Ne2 d4 10. exd4 exd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. O-O {1-0 (40) Dubov,D (2703)-Artemiev,V (2706) Sochi 2018}) 5... Nf6 6. Nxe7 $146 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} ({Predecessor:} 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nxd5 9. cxd5 c6 10. Ne2 d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 {1-0 (59) Stocek,J (2566)-Srinath,R (2270) Marianske Lazne 2018}) 6... Qxe7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 c5 9. Ne2 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ng3 Nc6 12. Bb5 Rd8 13. O-O Nc7 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. f4 Nd5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nxe3!} 16. Qc2 exf4 17. exf4 Re8 (17... Qa7 $11) 18. Rac1 ({Better is} 18. Rfe1 $14 Qxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 20. Kf2) 18... f6 $11 19. h3 Qa7 (19... Ba6 $11 20. Rfe1 Qb7) 20. Qxc5 $14 Qxc5+ 21. Rxc5 a4 22. bxa4 (22. b4 $1 $14) 22... Rxa4 $11 23. Rxc6 Nxf4 24. Rd6 h5 25. d3 Ne2+ 26. Nxe2 Rxe2 27. Rf2 Re1+ 28. Kh2 {[#] Black must now prevent Rd8+.} Kf7 29. Bc3 Re6 30. Rd8 Re8 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. Bb4 Kf7 33. Rc2 Be6 34. Rc7+ Kg6 35. d4 Ra8 36. Kg3 Rd8 {The position is equal.} 37. Re7 Bd5 38. h4 Rc8 39. Bc5 Rb8 40. Bb4 Rc8 41. Rd7 Bc6 42. Ra7 Be4 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Ke3 Bxg2 45. Bf8 Bd5 46. Rxg7+ Kf5 47. Rd7 Be6 48. Rh7 Kg4 49. Be7 Rc3+ 50. Kd2 Rf3 51. Rh6 Kxh4 52. Bxf6+ Kg4 53. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bf5 54. Be5 Ra3 55. Ra6 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 56. a5 h3 57. Ra8 Be4 58. Rg8+ Kf5 59. Rf8+ Kg6 60. Rh8 Rxa5 61. Rxh3 Ra2+ 62. Kc1 Kf5 63. Rh4 {Threatens to win with Rf4+.} Bd3 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lye, Lik Zang"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,90,22,16,16,-9,0,0,-2,-7,-11,-20,-10,-12,0,-6,0,-21,-6,-16,-15,-25,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,8,26,20,9,17,34,19,18,38,54,23,55,28,39,0,0,0,8,7,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Ne5 Bxg2 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} 10. Kxg2 d6 11. Nf3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} c5 12. b3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 d5 14. cxd5 Qxd5+ 15. Nf3 Qe4 16. Be3 Rd8 17. Qb1 {[#]} Qb7 $146 18. Kg1 h6 19. Bd4 Nc6 20. Bc3 Qa6 21. Qe4 Rac8 22. Rfc1 Ba3 23. Rc2 Qb5 24. Qg4 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rg4g7]} Bf8 25. Rac1 Ne7 26. Kg2 Rc5 27. Bb2 Nc6 28. Rxc5 bxc5 29. Qc4 Qb7 30. Bc3 Nd4 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Qc7 Qd5 33. Qxa7 e5 34. Rc4 g5 {And now ...g4 would win.The position is equal.} 35. h3 h5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White must now prevent ...g4. Black is not holding back} 36. Kh2 d3 37. Qe3 d2 38. Qxg5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Bg7 39. Nxd2 $1 Qxd2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Qxh5 Qxa2 41. Rg4 {White wants to mate with Qg5.} Qa7 42. Rxg7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} Kxg7 43. Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 44. Qh5+ Kg7 (44... Kg8 $5 45. Qg5+ $8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 46. Qxd8 Qxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 47. Kh1 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ 49. Kh1 Qf1+ 50. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 45. Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 21,81,39,44,24,41,37,114,91,84,90,87,87,88,90,76,77,76,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-5,-26,-48,-24,-5,-45,-25,-21,-15,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 10. Rc1 cxd4 (10... e6 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. e5 Nc6 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Ne7 15. Nd2 Nd5 16. Nc4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 {½-½ (53) Korobov,A (2678)-Artemiev,V (2704) Poikovsky 2018}) 11. cxd4 e6 {LiveBook: 5 Games. White is slightly better.} 12. h4 Bb7 13. e5 {[#]} h5 $146 (13... Nc6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc6 14. h5 Ne7 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. hxg6 fxg6 {½-½ (33) Gonzalez Garcia,J (2509)-Safarli,E (2597) Zuerich 2009}) 14. Rg1 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7g6][%mdl 32]} 15. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5]} hxg4 16. Rxg4 Ne7 17. h5 gxh5 {[#]} 18. Rg1 $1 Rc8 {[#]} 19. Bd3 ({Better is} 19. Ng5 $1 $16 Rxc1 20. Bxc1) 19... Rxc1 $11 20. Bxc1 {[#]} Ng6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] Threatens to win with ...Bxf3. Black has good play.} 21. Be3 {Hoping for Ng5.} (21. Bxg6 fxg6) 21... Qc7 22. Ng5 Qc3+ 23. Qd2 Qa1+ 24. Qd1 Qxd1+ 25. Kxd1 h4 26. Ke2 Bd5 27. f3 b5 28. a3 a6 29. f4 Rc8 30. f5 exf5 31. Bxf5 Rc3 {...Bh6 is the strong threat.} 32. e6 Ne7 33. exf7+ Bxf7 34. Be6 Bxe6 35. Nxe6 Nf5 36. Nxg7 Nxg7 37. d5 {Black must now prevent Rxg7+!} h3 {Strongly threatening ...h2.} ({Don't go for} 37... Rxa3 $2 38. d6 $18) 38. Bd4 ({White should play} 38. d6 $1 $11 h2 39. Rh1) 38... Rc2+ (38... h2 $1 $15 39. Rh1 (39. Rxg7+ Kf8 $17) 39... Rxa3) 39. Kf3 {The position is equal.} Rg2 $1 40. Rxg2 hxg2 41. Kxg2 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 19,43,6,44,34,55,23,24,20,14,7,24,-63,68,-85,60,0,0,-37,-5,3,3,0,0,0,12,-16]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 c6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Qe2 Nd7 {LiveBook: 16 Games. B01: Scandinavian Defence} (10... Bxc2 11. O-O Bg6 12. Rfe1 Qd7 13. Rad1 b5 14. Bb3 Na6 15. d5 cxd5 16. Bc3 Be4 17. Bxf6 Rg8 18. Ng5 {1-0 (26) Negi,P (2638)-Van Wely,L (2691) Leon 2012}) 11. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Rhe1 f5 14. d5 cxd5 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bxd5 Qb6 17. Bf4 Bf6 18. Bb3 {½-½ (33) Zajic,M (2415)-Savic,M (2522) Paracin 2014}) 11... Bg6 12. Rae1 Qc7 {White has an edge.} 13. Nh4 {Bxe6! is the strong threat.} O-O-O 14. g3 Nb6 15. Ba5 (15. Bb3 $11) 15... Bh6 ({Black should play} 15... Rxd4 $15 16. Bb3 Rd7) 16. Rb1 $2 {[#]} (16. Bb3 $14) 16... Rd7 (16... Rxd4 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Re4.} 17. Bb3 Bg7) 17. Qf3 (17. Rbd1 $14) 17... Bg7 $11 18. Bb3 Rhd8 19. Nxg6 {The position is equal.} hxg6 20. c3 f5 21. h4 c5 22. dxc5 {Accuracy: White = 18%, Black = 30%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Xu, Yi"]
[Black "Adhiban, B.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 16,150,35,0,0,0,0,8,8,15,40,41,41,12,18,8,13,12,92,97,110,109,105,106,104,73,62,55,111,56,59,72,98,93,158,165,204,86,96,136,135,136,116,108,346,189,202,208,217,226,217,217,217,222,220,227,226,221,203,198,242,243,279,268,245,269,309,291,343,337,341,323,339,324,335,320,334,306,417,416,467,418,416,364,376,0,391,337,470,529,503,489,486,463,1468,1481,1088,994,766,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,75]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 8. c3 (8. Nb3 g5 9. Ne1 Qc7 10. f4 c5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Qxc5+ 13. Kh1 d4 14. Nd3 Qc7 15. fxg5 {0-1 (32) Shirov,A (2636)-Nakamura,H (2763) Douglas 2018}) 8... Qc7 9. b4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} a5 10. Nb3 axb4 11. cxb4 Nc8 12. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd2 Be7 13. a4 Ncb6 14. Na5 O-O 15. Ne1 {0-1 (43) Visser,H (2255)-Dvirnyy,D (2513) Porto Mannu 2018}) 12... b5 13. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1d3,Bd3c5][%mdl 32]} Ncb6 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 g6 16. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Be7 (16... h5 $1 $11) 17. h5 $1 $16 Nf8 18. Nbc5 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 ({But not} 19. bxc5 $6 Nc4 $14) 19... Na4 20. Nd3 Qe7 21. Be3 Kd7 (21... Qh4 $14) 22. Qc1 (22. Qc2 $16) 22... gxh5 23. Bxh6 Rg8 24. f4 Nh7 (24... Rg3 $142 25. Bg5 Qe8) 25. f5 Rg4 26. f6 (26. Ra2 $1 $18 {is more deadly.}) 26... Qe8 {[#]} 27. Nc5+ $1 Kc7 {[#]} 28. Nxa4 $1 Rxa4 29. Qc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qd7 $2 (29... Ng5 $16 {was necessary.}) 30. Rf3 (30. Rac1 $142) 30... Ng5 31. Bxg5 $1 Rxg5 32. Rc1 {And now Qxb5 would win.} Kb7 33. Rfc3 {Black must now prevent Qe7.} Ra6 34. Qe7 Qxe7 35. fxe7 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rg8 36. Rf1 Re8 37. Rxf7 Kc7 38. Rh7 Kd7 39. Rxh5 Rxe7 40. Rh8 Rg7 41. Rf3 Ra7 42. Kf2 Kc7 43. Re8 Kb6 44. Rxe6 Rg4 45. Rd3 Rf4+ 46. Kg3 Rf1 47. Rg6 Raf7 48. Rc3 Rc7 49. Rg4 Ra7 50. Rg6 Rc7 51. Re3 Ra7 52. Kg4 Ra8 53. Kg5 Rd1 54. e6 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Rxd4 (54... Rf1 $142 55. e7 Re8) 55. e7 Re8 56. Kf6 Rf4+ 57. Ke5 $2 (57. Ke6 $18) 57... Re4+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 58. Rxe4 Rxe7+ 59. Kd6 Rxe4 {KR-KR} 60. Kd7 Rc4 61. g4 d4 62. Rd6 d3 63. g5 Rg4 64. Rxc6+ Kb7 {Strongly threatening ...Rd4+.} 65. Rd6 Rxg5 66. Rxd3 Kb6 67. Re3 Rh5 68. Kd6 Rg5 69. Re6 Rg3 70. Kd5+ Kb7 71. Kc5 Rxa3 72. Re7+ Ka6 73. Re6+ Kb7 74. Kxb5 {Hoping for Re7+.} Rg3 75. Rf6 Kb8 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 55%.} (75... Rg1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Liu, Yan"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 21,40,25,12,-5,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,11,16,12,14,8,19,22,22]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qa4 Qc8 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Nd5 {The position is equal.} (12. Rfd1 Bg7 13. Nd5 Kh8 14. e3 f5 15. Rac1 e4 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. exd4 Rd8 18. f3 exf3 19. Bxf3 {0-1 (25) Mekhitarian,K (2546)-Le,Q (2715) Douglas 2018}) 12... Bg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd8 13. Rfd1 f6 14. Rac1 Ne7 15. Qa3 Rf7 16. Nd2 c6 17. Ne4 Nf5 18. e3 {½-½ (40) Farago,S (2410)-Schneider,A (2385) Budapest 1991}) 13. Qxc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} bxc6 14. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16. Rac1 e4 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Rfe8 20. Nc3 Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 16,44,45,22,38,22,59,45,51,60,99,81,86,90,93,65,78,66,51,46,83,78,87,92,88,107,95,90,86,40,58]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 19 Games. A88: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 c6} (9. d5 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 Qe7 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Qd2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {0-1 (70) Sarana,A (2543)-Mamedyarov,S (2791) Sochi 2017}) 9... Qc7 10. c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. c5 Qe7 14. e4 h6 15. Re1 fxe4 16. Nh4 Qf7 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxf2+ {½-½ (42) Jedlicka,A (2198)-Miesbauer,J (2272) Czech Republic 2017}) 10... h6 11. cxd6 exd6 12. d5 c5 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. a4 c4 15. Nf3 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32] [#]} 16. Nd4 $1 Nc5 17. Bf4 Nce4 18. Ndb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Qc5 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Be3 Qb4 22. Qc2 Rac8 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Nava, Roderick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 22,97,66,56,83,74,97,74,72,51,39,48,50,40,46,10,24,20,41,43,39,7,21,22,32,30,33,0,39,43,62,62,86,52,52,50,36,36,36,37,68,61,69,32,127,115,119,114,186,177,172,179,316,114,223,190,195,85,179,180,169,166,157,141,161,173,154,115,128,144,218,203,242,246,418,399,448,441]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. h3 Nh6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bb5 f6 10. O-O Nf7 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 11. exf6 Bxf6 (11... exf6 12. Re1 g5 13. b3 Qa5 14. Bd2 g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Be2 Rad8 17. Nh4 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Qc7 19. Nf4 Ng5 20. Nf5 Qd7 21. Qg4 Nxd4 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Qh5 {1-0 (23) Stefansson,H (2530)-Manik,M (2407) Pardubice 2017}) 12. Re1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qd6 {White is slightly better.} 13. Be3 a6 14. Bf1 b5 15. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. a4 b4 18. Ne2 {0-1 (50) Tworzydlo,P (2137)-Dubinski,M (2217) Poland 2015}) 15... e6 16. g3 Qd8 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. b3 Rc8 19. Bg2 Nd6 20. Bh6 Re8 21. g4 b4 22. Na4 Ne4 23. Qd3 a5 24. Be3 Qc7 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Qd8 27. Rc2 Na7 {[%cal Bc6a7,Ba7b5,Bb5c3][%mdl 32]} 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Nc5 Nb5 30. Bf1 Nc3 31. Bf4 {[%cal Be3f4,Bf4e5,Be5d6][%mdl 32]} Bb5 32. Bg2 Bc6 (32... e5 $1 $14 33. dxe5 Qxc5) 33. Be5 $16 Be7 34. a4 Bf8 (34... Rf8 $16) 35. Qf4 Be7 36. Bd6 Bd8 {[#]} (36... e5 $142 37. Bxe5 Rf8) 37. Qe5 $2 (37. Bf1 $1 $18) 37... Bd7 (37... Bh4 $16 38. Bc7 (38. Nxe6 Qd7 $15) 38... Rf8 39. Qxe6+ (39. Nxe6 Rf7 $14) 39... Qxe6 40. Rxe6 Bxf2+ 41. Kh2 Be8) 38. Re3 Qc6 39. Kh1 (39. f4 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 39... Bf6 (39... Bc8 $16) 40. Qxf6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Threatening mate with Be5. Black is in trouble.} Qxd6 41. Rf3 {[#] And now Qf7+ would win.} Qe7 42. Qe5 Ne4 43. Nxe4 dxe4 44. Re3 Rf8 45. Kg1 ({Don't take} 45. Bxe4 $6 Rxf2 46. Rf3 (46. Qxa5 Qf6 $11) 46... Rxf3 $14) 45... Qf6 (45... Qf7 $16 46. Re2 Bc6) 46. Qxf6 Rxf6 47. Rxe4 Kf8 $2 (47... Bc6 {was worth a try.}) 48. Re5 Rf4 49. Be4 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Pascua, Haridas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 23,69,45,70,42,43,19,45,22,43,44,43,43,44,10,4,0,0,-18,-12,-24,-14,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,136,0,198,216,227,232,490,291,1883,1827,2261,2242,5297,5281]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. d5 Na5 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} 10. Bg5 c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Rc1 Bd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. e4 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Qe2 h6 16. Bd2 b4 17. Nd5 {0-1 (59) Matlakov,M (2704)-Iljiushenok,I (2516) Sochi 2018}) 13... h6 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bd2 Ne5 16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. exd3 Bf5 18. d4 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. a4 bxa4 21. bxa4 d5 22. Re1 Rb2 23. Nb5 {Threatens to win with Bc3.} Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 ({But not} 24... Bxe4 $6 25. Bc3 $16) 25. Bc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ra2 26. d5 Qb6 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Qa5 (28... Qxd4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 29. Nxd4 e6) 29. Qe5 (29. Nc3 $16 Ra3 30. Qe5 (30. Nxe4 Rxa4 31. Qe5 Bxe4 $11)) 29... Bh3 $2 (29... Rxa4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 30. Nd4 Bg4) 30. Nc3 $18 ({Worse is} 30. Qxe4 Rxa4 31. Qd3 Rb8 $11) (30. Qxe7 Rxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Kxf2 Qd2+ 32. Re2 Qxc1 $17) 30... Rd2 31. Qxe7 f5 $2 (31... Qd8 {was worth a try.} 32. Qxe4 Qb6) 32. Rb1 (32. Qe6+ $142 Kh7 {[#]} 33. Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe4 34. Qe7+ (34. Qxh3 Qa7 $11) 34... Kg8 35. Rc6) 32... Rb2 $2 (32... Qa6 33. a5 Qf6 34. Qxf6 Rxf6) 33. Qe6+ {White is clearly winning.} Rf7 34. Rxb2 {Qg6+ would kill now.} Qxc3 35. Qg6+ {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Chen, Qi b"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 19,82,0,0,0,14,14,14,11,18,11,21,10,13,10,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,38,36,31,31,29,27,31,8,8,8,17,8,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,39,0,46,-27,-29,-29,-33,-58,-67]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 {LiveBook: 24 Games} 11. Nf3 {[%cal Bg5f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4][%mdl 32]} Nc5 (11... Nf8 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Nc4 Ne6 {½-½ (54) Saric,I (2689)-Caruana,F (2827) Batumi 2018}) 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. g3 Qd7 15. Kg2 {[#]} Rad8 $146 16. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Bc5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 a6 19. h5 Ng5 20. Rh1 Nf7 21. Rh4 Nh6 22. Ra4 Qe6 23. Qe2 Rd7 24. Ra1 Rdf7 25. Rf1 a5 26. Nc4 b6 27. f4 exf4 28. gxf4 f5 29. e5 Rd7 30. Ne3 Nf7 {[%cal Bh6f7,Bf7d8,Bd8e6,Be6g7,Bg7h5][%mdl 32]} 31. Rh3 Nd8 32. Rg3 Qh6 33. Kh1 Ne6 34. Qh2 Rd4 35. Rgf3 c5 36. Nd1 g6 37. Nc3 Ng7 ({But not} 37... Qxh5 $2 38. Rh3 $18) 38. Ne2 Rd7 39. Rg1 (39. hxg6 $14 Qxh2+ 40. Kxh2) 39... Nxh5 $11 40. Rh3 {[#] Strongly threatening Rxh5.} Kh8 41. Rg5 Rg8 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 16,44,39,15,33,38,66,47,46,44,86,42,125,65,65,65,95,44,73,52,76,-54,61,16,31,-186,58,43,49,-43,79]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 8. a4 (8. Nb3 g5 9. Ne1 Qc7 10. f4 c5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Qxc5+ 13. Kh1 d4 14. Nd3 Qc7 15. fxg5 {0-1 (32) Shirov,A (2636)-Nakamura,H (2763) Douglas 2018}) 8... Qc7 9. Nb3 {LiveBook: 52 Games} Nc8 {The position is equal.} 10. a5 a6 11. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Na7 15. Ne1 {1-0 (24) Tokhirjonova,G (2328)-Ivanova,K (2129) Bhubaneswar 2016}) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Na7 13. Qe2 Nb5 {[#]} (13... Be7 $14) 14. Bd2 (14. Nh4 $1 $16) 14... Be7 15. Rac1 Qd8 16. Ne1 ({White should try} 16. Bxb5 $16 {Threatens to win with Bd3.} axb5 {[#]} 17. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 16... h5 17. Nd3 Nf8 18. Nbc5 (18. Bxb5 $16 axb5 19. Ndc5) 18... Rb8 (18... Nxd4 $15 19. Qe3 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Nf5) 19. Rfd1 (19. Bxb5 $5 cxb5 20. Qe3 $14) 19... Ng6 20. Ne4 $2 (20. Qe3 $14) 20... Bg4 $2 ({Worse is} 20... Nxd4 21. Qe3 $11) (20... Qxd4 $19 21. Re1 Rd8) 21. f3 $14 Bf5 $1 22. g3 (22. Bxb5 $1 $14 cxb5 23. Qe3) 22... Nc7 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black =  5%.} (22... Bxe4 $1 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 23. Qxe4 Qxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Nxd4) 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Garcia, Jan Emmanuel"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 11,116,0,27,2,20,15,19,19,24,4,20,26,25,23,31,23,79,73,86,64,64,59,72,73,43,43,37,47,38,35,70,69,52,0,12,12,15,0,14,15,27,21,41,32,33,23,36,27,40,25,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,49,49,49,37,45,40,60,53,144,-406,-390,-425,-422,-464,-435,-501,-502,-702,-695,-670,-657,-634,-582,-565,-441,-1312,-963,-1534,-1259,-1778,-1844,-1710,-1484,-1276,-1047,-4401,-2818,-2514,-2083,-29974,-29974,-29966,-6091,-29981,-29982,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29987]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 c6 6. c4 Be7 {LiveBook: 157 Games} 7. Nh4 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} (7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Qxb3 10. axb3 exd5 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bg6 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nd4 Bc5 {0-1 (63) Karthikeyan,M (2604)-Xu,Y (2533) Bhubaneswar 2018}) 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 {The position is equal.} Bg6 10. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nc3 Nd7 {½-½ (74) Vunder,Y (2171)-Timofeev,A (2320) St Petersburg 2002}) 10... Nxd5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. e4 Nc7 13. d4 g5 (13... O-O $11) 14. Nc3 $16 Nd7 15. Be3 e5 16. d5 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Rfd1 c5 20. a3 Kf8 21. Na4 b6 22. Qe2 ({Better is} 22. b4 $14) 22... Ne8 {[%cal Bc7e8,Be8d6,Bd6b5,Bb5d4][%mdl 32]} 23. b4 Nd6 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rdc1 Qa5 26. Nb2 Nb5 27. Nc4 Nd4 28. Qe3 ({Not} 28. Nxa5 Nxe2+ 29. Kh2 Nxc1 $17) 28... Qc7 29. Rab1 f6 30. Bf1 Rb8 31. Qc3 Kf7 32. Qa5 (32. Kh2 {feels hotter.} Rxb1 33. Rxb1 Rb8 34. Rxb8 Qxb8 35. Qa5) 32... Qxa5 33. Nxa5 Rxb1 34. Rxb1 {And now Rb7 would win.} Rb8 (34... Nb6 {seems wilder.} 35. Kg2 Rc8 36. Rc1 Ke7 37. Ba6 Rc7) 35. Rxb8 Nxb8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 36. Nb7 Nd7 37. Kg2 Ke7 38. Bd3 Nb3 (38... Nf8 $14) 39. Bc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. d6+ $16 {is forced if you want to stay better.} Kf8 40. Bb5) 39... c4 $19 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 40. Kf1 Nd4 41. Ba4 Nb6 42. Bc6 c3 43. Ke1 c2 {[%cal Rc2c1]} 44. Kd2 Nc4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 45. Kc1 Nxa3 {( -> ...Ne2+)} 46. d6+ Ke6 (46... Kf8 $2 47. d7 $19) 47. d7 (47. Bd5+ $142 Kd7 48. Kb2) 47... Nxc6 48. d8=Q Nxd8 49. Nxd8+ {KN-KN} Kd7 50. Nb7 Kc6 51. Na5+ Kb5 52. Nb3 Kb4 53. Kb2 Nb5 54. Kxc2 Nd4+ 55. Nxd4 exd4 56. f4 gxf4 {[%cal Bg5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32] Black mates.} 57. e5 fxe5 58. h4 f3 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Bilguun, Sumiya"]
[Black "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. a5 a6 9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Nf1 Nh7 12. Ne3 Ng5 13. b3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Nd4 15. Qd1 Bg5 16. c3 Nb5 17. Bb2 c6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ng4 Qf7 20. Rf1 Qg6 21. Kh1 Rf7 22. Qe2 h5 23. Nh2 c5 24. Rad1 Raf8 25. d4 exd4 26. cxd4 cxd4 27. Bxd4 Rf4 28. Be3 Nc3 29. Qc2 Nxd1 30. Bxf4 Nxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Bxf4 32. Nf1 Rf7 33. Rf3 Be5 34. Nd2 Bf4 35. Qc8+ Rf8 36. Qc3 h4 37. Qd3 Rf7 38. Nc4 Qg5 39. Qf1 Rf6 40. Qe2 Bg3 41. Rxf6 Qxf6 42. Qd1 Qf4 43. Nd2 Qe3 44. Nc4 Qg5 45. Qc2 g6 46. Nd2 Qxa5 47. Qc8+ Kg7 48. Qxb7+ Kh6 49. Nf1 Qa1 50. Qf7 Be5 51. Qf8+ Kg5 52. Qf3 Qe1 53. Qg4+ Kf6 54. Qf3+ Ke7 55. Qd3 a5 56. Kg1 Kf6 57. Qf3+ Kg7 58. Qd3 Kh7 59. Kh1 Qf2 60. Nd2 Qe1+ 61. Nf1 Kg7 62. Kg1 g5 63. Qd2 Qxe4 64. Qxg5+ Kf7 65. Qd2 Qd4+ 66. Qf2+ Ke8 67. Ne3 Bg3 68. Qf3 Bf4 69. Qc6+ Kd8 70. Qa8+ Ke7 71. Qa7+ 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Amartuvshin, Ganzorig"]
[Black "Nguyen, Anh Khoi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 23,99,64,78,37,40,8,66,9,34,35,84,91,120,76,107,85,114,100,103,86,165,164,279,284,289,303,368,372,333,168,163,14,29,-21,79,78,95,-152,224,209,233,230,394,375,316,217,288,233,230,247,260,253,269,259,265,267,259,253,275,268,301,258,384,422,356,391,557,691,633,635,586,591,672,610,1472,1458,2472,2280]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Re8 9. d5 Nh5 10. g3 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} Bf8 11. Ne1 Ng7 12. f3 (12. Nd3 f5 13. f3 Be7 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. c5 fxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 {½-½ (39) Postny,E (2606)-Vovk,A (2636) Fagernes 2017}) 12... Be7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Bf2 f5 14. Ng2 Nf6 $146 (14... Rf8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... a5 15. Rb1 Rf8 16. a3 b6 17. b4 h5 18. exf5 Nxf5 {0-1 (45) Lewis,A (2281)-Littlewood,P (2358) Torquay 2009}) 15. g4 (15. exf5 $14 Nxf5 16. g4) 15... fxg4 16. fxg4 Rf8 17. h3 c6 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Qd3 a6 20. c5 Kh8 21. Rcd1 Nge8 (21... cxd5 $16 22. exd5 Rc8) 22. Ne3 $18 dxc5 (22... b5 {was called for.} 23. cxb6 Qxb6) 23. Bg3 cxd5 24. Nexd5 Bd6 25. Bh4 c4 26. Qg3 (26. Qxc4 Be6 $18) (26. Qd2 $142) 26... Bc6 27. Qf2 ({Better is} 27. Kh2 $18 {Nxf6 is the strong threat.} Bxd5 28. Nxd5) 27... Qa5 {Strongly threatening ...Nxd5.} 28. Qg2 {[%cal Rd5f6]} (28. Bxf6+ Nxf6 29. Qh4 (29. Nxf6 $2 Bc5 $19) 29... Qc5+ 30. Kh2 Nxd5 $15) 28... Nd7 (28... Bxd5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Qb6+ 31. Kh1 Rc8) 29. Kh1 $16 b5 {[#]} 30. Be7 $2 (30. Rxf8+ $1 $16 {and life is bright.} Bxf8 31. Ne7 Bxe7 32. Bxe7) 30... Bxd5 $2 (30... Rxf1+ $17 {keeps the pressure on.} 31. Qxf1 b4) 31. Bxf8 $18 Nxf8 32. exd5 {Threatens to win with Rf7.} ({Don't play} 32. Rxd5 $6 Qc7 $16) 32... Kg8 $2 (32... g5 {is a better defense.} 33. Rf7 Ng6) 33. Ne4 Qc7 34. Qf2 Qe7 35. Qe3 Nd7 {[#]} 36. g5 $1 Nc5 {intending ...Nxe4.} 37. Nxd6 Qxd6 38. b4 Nd7 39. Bg4 Ng7 40. Rf3 {[%cal Bf1f3,Bf3c3,Bc3c6][%mdl 32]} Rd8 41. a3 Rc8 42. Qe4 c3 (42... Rf8 $142 43. Rxf8+ Nxf8) 43. Qc2 Nf5 44. Rxc3 ({Less strong is} 44. Bxf5 gxf5 45. Rxc3 (45. Rxf5 Rc4 $18) 45... Rxc3 $18) 44... Rf8 (44... Rxc3 $142 45. Qxc3 Nb6) 45. Bxf5 {White is clearly winning.} gxf5 46. Rc6 Qe7 47. Re6 Qf7 48. Qg2 Kg7 49. Rg1 {g6 would kill now.} Qh5 50. g6 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Concio, Michael Jr."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 20,85,50,61,54,34,88,94,119,120,120,118,123,121,122,116,132,81,121,102,125,120,132,106,146,154,150,159,151,142,214,143,211,170,167,152,149,164,160,149,149,164,163,161,183,180,175,167,305,199,490,484,475,469,478,493,827,810,1059,1023,1388,1088,4132,1733,29982,29983,29983,11556]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. c3 Ngf6 8. Nxf6+ {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} Nxf6 9. Bf4 Bd6 (9... Nd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bg3 h5 12. Re1 h4 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. c4 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qb6 16. c5 dxc5 17. d5 O-O-O 18. Qxf7 Rhf8 19. Qxe6 Qxb2 20. Bf5 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Rxf6 22. Bg4 {½-½ (22) Gharamian,T (2626)-Miton,K (2605) Germany 2018}) 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nd7 12. Bg3 $146 ({Of course not} 12. Bxg7 Rg8 $15) ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bc6 14. Rxg7 Qf6 15. Qg4 O-O-O 16. Bxh7 {1-0 (29) Firouzja,A (2475)-Wang,Y (2445) Moscow 2016}) 12... O-O (12... h5 $14) 13. O-O $16 f5 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. f3 Qd7 16. Rfe1 b6 17. Qf4 Rf7 18. Rad1 ({White should play} 18. Bf2) 18... Re8 19. Qe5 b5 20. Qc5 a6 21. Rd2 Bd5 22. b3 g5 23. c4 Bc6 24. Rde2 g4 25. fxg4 Ne4 (25... Be4 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 26. Qe5 Rd8 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Rd2 bxc4 29. bxc4 Qc6 30. gxf5 exf5 31. d5 Qh6 32. Bf4 Qg7 33. Qb2 Qg4 (33... h5 $142 34. Re3 h4) 34. Rf2 Qg6 $2 (34... h5 35. h3 Qg7) 35. Re3 $18 Rg7 {[#]} 36. Bxc7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc7 37. Rg3 Qxg3 (37... Rxc4 $142 38. Rxg6+ hxg6) 38. hxg3 Rxc4 {[#]} 39. d6 $1 Rc6 (39... Rxd6 40. Qb8+) 40. Rd2 Rd7 41. Qf6 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Bc6 43. Re2 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 37%.} (43. Qg5+ $142 Kf8 44. Rb2 Rxd6 45. Qxc1 Re6 46. Rb6 Bd5 47. Qc5+ Kg7 48. Qd4+ Kg6 49. Rb8) 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Ervan, Mohamad"]
[Black "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 19,76,0,3,-12,8,0,0,-4,0,-21,-18,-40,-36,-74,-71,-64,-52,-109,-98,-110,-109,-102,-44,-150,-141,-175,-162,-195,-189,-254,-258,-289,-300,-425,-484,-487,-473,-457,-441,-424,-423,-414,-280,-323,-337,-266,-127,-223,-230,-231,-208,-345,-345,-329,-329,-1622,-1579,-1733,-1681]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. O-O d6 8. a3 Ba7 9. b4 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} Re8 (9... Bf5 10. d3 Qd7 11. Re1 Bh3 12. Bh1 Ng4 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4 Rae8 15. c5 dxc5 16. dxc5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 {½-½ (51) Ponomariov,R (2743)-Kobalia,M (2651) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 10. d3 Ne7 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 11. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Rb8 12. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. Bb2 c6 14. Ndc3 Nf6 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. exd4 {½-½ (78) Bauer,P (2255)-Szentmihalyi,T Zalakaros 1997}) 12... Be6 13. d4 Qc8 14. a5 c6 15. Rd1 Ng6 16. Bh1 Bg4 {Strongly threatening ...exd4.} 17. f3 Be6 18. d5 (18. Na4 $1 $15) 18... cxd5 $17 19. cxd5 Bd7 20. Ra2 Ne7 ({Black should play} 20... b6 $17 {Threatens to win with ...bxa5.} 21. Bd2 b5) 21. Kf2 (21. Bg2 $15) 21... b6 $1 22. Qa3 Qc4 {[%cal Re7d5]} 23. axb6 Rxb6 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 24. b5 (24. Bd2 $142) 24... Nexd5 $19 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. bxa6 (26. f4 $142 Nf6 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Nc3) 26... Bb5 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Nc3 Qc6 29. Nxb5 Rxb5 30. Bg2 Qb6 31. Bf1 {[#]} Rb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3a3]} 32. Qa4 {[%cal Ra4e8] [#]} Rd8 (32... Rc8 $1 $19 33. Kg2 Qb8) 33. Bc4 (33. Kg2 $17) 33... Rb4 ({Much less strong is} 33... Rxe3 34. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 35. Kg2 $17) 34. Qc2 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4,Bd4e3][%mdl 32]} 35. Bd3 {[#]} (35. Be2 {was the only chance.}) 35... e4 $1 36. fxe4 d4 37. Bb2 $2 (37. Kg2 dxe3 38. Ra3) 37... dxe3+ 38. Kg2 Rxd3 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Taher, Yoseph Theolifus"]
[Black "Turqueza, Mari Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 10,89,38,15,34,14,31,32,30,12,6,12,29,39,36,34,30,34,37,33,29,25,33,24,45,28,37,34,50,-12,-6,-30,-30,-30,-30,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-81,-93,-94,-94,-94,-102,-118,-125,-117,-109,-138,-83,-89,-41,-86,-10,-163,-175,-172,-178,-177,-158,-167,0,0,0,-51,0,0,542,542,528,488,284,0,209,173,326,322,294,309]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. a3 {LiveBook: 21 Games. B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nh5 11. g3 Bg5 12. Ncd5 Bxe3+ 13. Bxe3 Ne7 14. Bg5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 Nf6 18. Bb3 {½-½ (57) Bacrot,E (2725)-Yu,Y (2751) Riadh 2017}) 6... Nd4 7. h3 Be6 8. O-O $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nd5 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qg4 Qe7 {1-0 (32) Okhotnik,V (2468)-Favarel,A (2074) Creon 2008}) 8... Nf6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxf6 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 {And now Bxe7 would win.} Bxf6 12. b4 Rc8 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Qe2 Kh8 15. Rab1 Qd7 16. b5 b6 17. Nc3 g6 18. a4 Rce8 19. a5 (19. Ra1 $14) 19... bxa5 $11 20. b6 Rb8 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qg4 Bd2 23. bxa7 Qxa7 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Nb1 {[#]} Be3 $1 {[%mdl 512] White must now prevent ...Rxf2!} 26. Qd1 (26. fxe3 Rxf1+) 26... Bh6 $1 27. Na3 d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 28. Qa1 Qb4 29. c3 Qa4 30. Re1 d4 ({Better is} 30... c4 31. dxc4 dxe4 32. Rxe4 Rb8) 31. cxd4 $17 Bd2 (31... cxd4 32. Rb1 $11) 32. Rb1 Bb4 (32... cxd4 $6 33. Qb2 $11) (32... Qxd4 $17 33. Qxd4 exd4) 33. dxc5 $2 (33. d5 $1 $11 Qxa3 34. Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 35. Qxe6+ Rf7 36. Qe8+ Rf8 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ Rf7 39. Qe5+ Kh6 40. Qe8) 33... Qxa3 $19 34. Qxe5+ Kg8 35. Qxe6+ Kg7 36. Qd7+ Rf7 $2 (36... Kh6 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Qa2.} 37. Qe7 Bxc5 38. Qh4+ Kg7 39. Rb7+ Rf7 40. Rxf7+ Kxf7 41. Qxh7+ Kf8 42. Qh8+ Ke7) 37. Qd4+ $11 Kg8 38. c6 ({White should try} 38. Qd8+ $11 Kg7 39. Qd4+ Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qd4+) 38... Bd6 (38... Qa2 $15 39. Rc1 Qd2 40. Qd8+ Bf8) 39. e5 Bc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Bc7 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 40. Qd8+ $18 Kg7 {Strongly threatening ...Qa2.} 41. c7 Qa2 (41... Bxf2+ $142 42. Kh1 Bh4 43. Qxh4 Qc5) 42. Rc1 $2 (42. c8=Q $1 $18 {Intending Qg8+ and mate.} Qxb1+ 43. Kh2 Bxf2 44. Qg8+ Kh6 45. Qgf8+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf8 46. Qxf8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg5 47. Qxf2) 42... Qxf2+ $2 (42... Rxf2 $11 {and Black is okay.} 43. Kh1 Rxg2 44. Qf6+ Kh6 45. Qf4+ (45. Qh4+ Kg7 $11) 45... Rg5 46. Qxg5+ {[%mdl 64] Promotion} (46. c8=Q $2 Qg2#) 46... Kxg5 47. Rxc5 Qf2) 43. Kh1 Qe3 $2 {[#]} (43... Qf4 {was necessary.} 44. Rb1 (44. Rxc5 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kh1 Qf1+ 47. Kh2 Qf4+ 48. Kh1 $11) 44... Bb6 45. Qf6+ (45. Rxb6 Qxe5 46. Rb1 Rxc7 $11) 45... Rxf6 46. exf6+ Kf7) 44. Rb1 $1 (44. Rxc5 $2 {gets mated.} Rf1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. g3 Qf2#) 44... Be7 45. Qe8 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Cuhendi, Sean Winshand"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 13,85,25,20,0,8,10,4,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,6,0,19,-21,-22,-21,0,-43,-40,-43,-35,-42,-47,-49,-25,-29,-26,-29,-15,-59,-60,-194,-188,-196,-191,-240,-203,-220,-222,-220,-216,-213,-216,-223,-204,-215,-213,-217,-217,-259,-250,-253,-245,-213,-184,-193,-193,-199,-177,-198,-197,-214,-216,-222,-222,-221,-222,-227,-203,-229]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. d3 e6 6. e4 d6 7. a4 b4 {LiveBook: 44 Games} 8. b3 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Re1 Be7 11. a5 Rd8 12. a6 Ba8 13. Bf4 O-O 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nfxe5 Qc8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 {0-1 (53) Naiditsch,A (2705)-Fedorchuk,S (2648) Riadh 2017}) 8... Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Nc6 11. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 Bf6 14. Nfe5 Qc7 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nxc6 dxc4 {0-1 (16) Lomsadze,D (2352)-Gulsoy,M (1978) Canakkale 2018}) 11... Nd7 12. Nc4 Re8 13. Rae1 Rc8 14. Ba1 Ba6 15. Qd1 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Qc7 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 (20... Nd4 {feels hotter.} 21. Qd2 Rcd8 22. Qc1 g6 23. Nf3 Kg7) 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Red8 23. a5 Rd2 24. Bf3 (24. f4 $15) 24... Rxc2 $19 25. Rd1 Kf8 26. Ra1 Rc3 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8 29. a6 Rd3 30. Ra5 Rxe3 31. Kf2 Rxb3 {White must now prevent ...Nd7.} 32. Rxc5 Ra3 33. Rc8+ Ke7 34. Rc7+ Kd6 35. Rxa7 {Black is clearly better.} b3 36. Rb7 Rxa6 37. Rxb3 Ra2+ 38. Ke3 Nd7 ({Resist} 38... Rxh2 39. Rb6+ Kc5 40. Rc6+ Kb4 41. Rc7 $17) 39. h4 Nc5 40. Rb5 Ra3+ 41. Ke2 Rc3 42. Rb6+ Kd7 43. Rb4 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Priasmoro, Novendra"]
[Black "Miciano, John Marvin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 15,194,13,30,27,35,-18,14,5,31,27,33,20,47,47,45,0,14,5,14,-11,-1,-12,0,-6,0,-24,34,18,17,-22,-8,-70,-75,-79,-77,-77,-68,-77,-56,-76,-69,-72,-76,-90,-63,-96,-93,-115,-94,-94,-87,-105,-79,-77,0,-145,-131,-148,-141,-214,0,-141,-110,-143,-70,-91,-80,-81,-38,-50,-33,-49,78,65,158,-14,-25,-29,-36,-86,-40,-67,0,-64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-123,-105,-366,-373,-353,-152,-139,-127,-166,-155,-173,-147,-204,-117,-201,-195,-213,-214,-218,-202,-210,-214,-213,-177,-360,-360,-348,-303,-324,-357,-341,-306,-373,-340,-362,-358,-503,-501,-531,-525,-493,-489,-573,-585,-575,-566,-527,-500,-677,-661,-781,-772,-985,-981,-1053,-987,-973,-666,-757,0,-961,-879,-1189,-1166,-819,-933,-29951,-6452,-29986,-5414,-4929,-4453,-29961,-2087,-29990,-1022,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29974,-29985,-29975,-29984,-29978]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 (4... Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Rd1 e5 8. c3 Re8 9. Na3 Bf8 10. d3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ne4 f5 {1-0 (65) Artemiev,V (2706)-Morozevich,A (2656) Sochi 2018}) 5. O-O g6 6. c3 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} Bg7 7. d3 d6 8. a3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. b4 O-O 10. h3 $146 (10. b5 $14 Ne7 11. c4) ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Kh2 Rad8 15. b5 {0-1 (60) Horvath,G (2213)-Skomorokhin,R (2405) Hungary 2015}) 10... a6 (10... c4 $5) 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Nbd2 Rd8 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. Rab1 Nd4 16. Qb2 h6 17. Ngf3 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 b5 19. Nd2 Rac8 20. c4 Ne8 (20... Nh7 $11) 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Qc2 Nc7 23. Rfc1 (23. cxb5 $11 Nxb5 24. Nc4) 23... Ne6 $15 24. Bf1 Nd4 25. Qd1 h5 26. Nf3 Bf6 27. Ne1 h4 28. g4 $1 Bg5 29. Qd2 f6 30. Qa5 Qd6 31. Ng2 Rf8 32. Kh1 Kg7 33. Qd2 Nf3 34. Qd1 Nd4 (34... Bxe3 $1 $17 35. Nxe3 Nd4) 35. Be2 (35. Qd2 $1 $11) 35... Rb8 36. Qd2 Ne6 37. Qc3 (37. Rb2 $17) 37... Nd4 $2 (37... b4 $19 38. axb4 cxb4) 38. Bd1 (38. Qd2 $1 $11) 38... Rfc8 39. Qd2 {[#]} Qe7 (39... Ne6 $1 $17 40. Bb3 b4) 40. Rb2 bxc4 {Strongly threatening ...Rxb2.} 41. Rxc4 Bb5 42. Rc3 Bc6 43. Qc1 Rb5 (43... Bxe3 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 44. Nxe3 Rxb2 45. Qxb2 Qa7) 44. Rxb5 $16 Bxb5 ({Black should try} 44... Bxe3 $14 45. fxe3 Nxb5 46. Rxc5 Qd7) 45. a4 $2 (45. f4 $16 exf4 46. Bxd4 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 45... Bd7 $11 46. Qa3 Qd6 47. Kg1 {[%cal Bh1g1,Bg1f1,Bf1g2][%mdl 32]} Rc7 48. Kf1 Rc8 ({Black should play} 48... Ne6 $15) 49. Rc1 (49. Kg1 $11) 49... Bxe3 (49... Ne6 $15) 50. fxe3 Ne6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 51. Nxh4 Rh8 52. Nf3 Rxh3 53. Kg2 Rh8 {[%cal Bh3h8,Bh8d8,Bd8b8][%mdl 32]} 54. Qc3 {[#]} (54. Qb3 $11 {remains equal.}) 54... c4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 55. dxc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Bc2 $17) (55. Qxc4 Rc8) 55... Nc5 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 56. Nd2 Bc6 (56... Rh4 $19 {is more deadly.} 57. Kg3 g5) 57. Bf3 $17 Bxa4 58. Rb1 Rd8 59. Nf1 Rb8 60. Ra1 (60. Rxb8 $17 Qxb8 61. Qa5) 60... Qb6 ({Better is} 60... Bc6 $19 61. Qc2 Qc7) 61. Ra2 (61. g5 $17 {is a better defense.}) 61... Qb4 $19 62. Qxb4 Rxb4 63. Nd2 Kf7 64. Be2 g5 65. Kf3 Ke7 66. Ra1 $2 (66. Nf1) 66... Bc6 67. Ra2 Kd7 68. Bd1 Kc7 69. Bc2 Kb6 70. Ke2 Bd7 71. Kf3 a5 72. Bd1 (72. Nb1 $142 Rxc4 73. Nd2) 72... a4 73. Ra1 Bc6 74. Ra2 Ka5 75. Bc2 Rb7 76. Nb1 Kb4 77. Ke2 Kxc4 78. Kd1 Kb4 79. Nd2 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 80. Ra1 Ra7 81. Kc1 a2 82. Kb2 Na4+ 83. Kc1 Nc5 84. Kb2 Bd7 85. Nb3 Na4+ 86. Kc1 Be6 87. Nd2 Rh7 {( -> ...Rh1+)} 88. Bd1 Rc7+ (88... Rh1 $142 89. Rxa2 Bxa2 90. Kc2 Re1 91. Bf3 Rxe3 92. Bg2 Be6 93. Bf3 Nc5 94. Kc1 Nb3+ 95. Kc2 Nxd2 96. Kxd2 Rxf3 97. Ke2 Bxg4 98. Kd2 Kb3 99. Kd1 Kc3 100. Ke2 Kc2 101. Ke1 Kd3 102. Kd1 Rf1#) 89. Bc2 Rc3 90. Kd1 Bxg4+ (90... Nb2+ $142 91. Kc1 Nd3+ 92. Kd1 Bxg4+ 93. Nf3 Bxf3+ 94. Kd2 Kc4 95. Ba4 Nb4 96. Bb5+ Kb3 97. Ba4+ Kb2 98. Rxa2+ Nxa2 99. Ke1 Bxe4 100. Bd7 Rxe3+ 101. Kf2 Rf3+ 102. Ke1 f5 103. Bb5 Nc1 104. Kd2 f4 105. Kd1 Nd3 106. Bc6 Rf1+ 107. Ke2 Rf2+ 108. Kd1 Kc3 109. Bxe4 Rd2#) 91. Ke1 Be6 (91... Rxc2 $142 92. Nb3 Kxb3 93. Kf1 Bh3+ 94. Kg1 Kb2 95. Re1 a1=Q 96. Rxa1 Kxa1 97. Kh1 g4 98. Kg1 g3 99. Kh1 Rc1#) 92. Kd1 Nb2+ {Black mates.} 93. Kc1 Nd3+ 94. Kd1 Nf2+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 95. Kc1 g4 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 96. Kb2 g3 97. Rg1 g2 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Garma, Chito"]
[Black "Gomez, John Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 19,64,0,5,-14,-12,-28,-29,-27,-26,-23,-26,-30,-35,-32,-35,-44,-44,-36,-33,-55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. Qe2 dxe4 {C45: Scotch Game} 8. Bxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Bxe7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. O-O (11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Bxc7 Bxc2 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Rc1 Bf5 15. O-O {½-½ (43) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis 2017}) 11... Bf5 12. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c3 O-O-O 13. Be3 Bd3 14. Re1 Rhe8 15. Nd2 {½-½ (35) Schmid,H (2211)-Michalczak,T (2361) Schwaebisch Gmuend 2006}) 12... Bxc2 13. Rc1 Bxb1 14. Raxb1 Kd7 15. Rc2 a5 16. Rbc1 Ra6 17. a4 Rb8 18. Rd1+ Bd6 19. Rd3 c5 (19... Rb4 $15) 20. Bxc5 $11 {The position is equal.} Rc6 21. g3 Kc8 22. Rdc3 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxd6.} Be5 23. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Rxc3 24. Bxc3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Threatens to win with ...Rb4. KR-KR} 26. Rc5 Kb7 {And now ...Kb6 would win.} 27. Rxa5 Kb6 28. Ra8 Ra2 29. Rb8+ Ka5 30. Rc8 Kb6 31. Rb8+ Ka5 32. Rc8 Kb6 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Bersamina, Paulo"]
[Black "Quizon, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. g4 Nc5 10. g5 Nxd3+ 11. cxd3 Nd7 12. h4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. h5 Nc5 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Nce2 e5 17. Nf5 d5 18. exd5 Qe6 19. Ne3 Nxd3+ 20. Kf1 Bc5 21. f5 Qd6 22. Nc3 Bxe3 23. Bxe3 O-O-O 24. f6 g6 25. Bb6 Qxb6 26. Qxd3 Qd4 27. Qh3+ Kb8 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Rh2 h6 30. gxh6 Qf4+ 31. Kg1 Qxf6 32. Qe3 Qf4 33. Re1 Qd4 34. Rf2 Qxe3 35. Rxe3 Rxh6 36. Rxe5 Rdh8 37. Rg2 Rh5 38. Reg5 Rxg5 39. Rxg5 Rh5 40. Rxg6 Bxd5 41. Rxa6 Kb7 42. Rd6 Bc6 43. Rd2 Rf5 44. Rf2 Rh5 45. Kf1 b4 46. axb4 Rh4 47. b5 Bd7 48. Rf7 Kc8 49. Rf8+ Kb7 50. Rd8 Kc7 51. Rg8 Kb7 52. Rg7 Kc8 53. Ke2 Rb4 54. Kd3 Bxb5+ 55. Kc2 Bc6 56. Na2 Rh4 57. Rg3 Rf4 58. Nc3 Rb4 59. b3 Rf4 60. Kb2 Rf3 61. Rg6 Kb7 62. b4 Rf2+ 63. Kb3 Rf5 64. Rd6 Rh5 65. Rd4 Kb6 66. Kc4 Rg5 67. Rh4 Rf5 68. Rh6 Rf4+ 69. Kb3 Kb7 70. Ne2 Bd5+ 71. Ka4 Bc6+ 72. Rxc6 Rxb4+ 73. Ka3 Rb3+ 74. Kxb3 Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Black "Montoya, Edsel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 15,101,12,22,0,-13,-8,4,0,55,29,75,78,99,107,114,79,98,67,142,101,106,23,106,103,117,88,148,143,154,132,130,137,157,90,172,158,159,155,277,249,265,241,399,407,368,364,379,359,371,360,373,333,330,283,375,357,387,355,550,539,578,459,687,678,662,655,630,539,533,518,508,426,486,438,447,410,537,537,522,537,589,610,873,816,861,817,781,780]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 a6 6. Ng3 O-O 7. Be2 c6 8. a4 a5 {LiveBook: 15 Games. E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2} 9. h4 (9. O-O e5 10. d5 Na6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Bd3 Ndc5 14. Bc2 Nb4 15. Qd2 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 {½-½ (45) Nosenko,A (2496)-Miroshnichenko,E (2642) Alushta 2008}) 9... h5 10. Bg5 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 11. Qd2 Re8 $146 (11... e5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc7 12. Rc1 Re8 13. f4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. d5 {0-1 (56) Wanger,T (1801)-Koszo,A (1829) Miskolc 2010}) 12. Rd1 c5 {[#]} 13. d5 $1 Nh7 14. Bh6 Bf6 15. Nf1 Ne5 16. Ne3 e6 ({Better is} 16... Ng4 $1 $14 17. Nxg4 Bxg4) 17. g3 exd5 18. cxd5 ({White should play} 18. Nexd5 $16 {next f3 is good for White.} Bg4 19. O-O) 18... Bd7 (18... Ng4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 19. Nxg4 hxg4) 19. O-O $16 Bh3 20. Rfe1 Qc8 (20... g5 $142) 21. Nb5 Ra6 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Bg4 24. Be2 (24. Rc1 $142) 24... Be5 (24... Bxe2 $16 25. Qxe2 (25. Rxe2 Bxh4 26. Qf4 Be7 $14) 25... Nf8) 25. f3 $18 Bd7 26. Bf4 Bxb5 (26... Qd8 $16 27. Rb1 Qb8 28. Bxe5 Rxe5) 27. Bxb5 Bd4+ 28. Kh2 Ra8 $2 (28... Qa8 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Nf6) 29. Bxd6 Rd8 30. Be7 Qc7 31. Bxd8 Rxd8 32. Bc4 Kg7 33. Kg2 Nf6 34. f4 Ng4 35. e5 Qd7 36. e6 fxe6 (36... Qxa4 {is a better defense.} 37. e7 Rb8) 37. Rxe6 Qxa4 38. b3 Qd7 (38... Qb4 $142 39. Qd3 Nf6) 39. Rde1 {Strongly threatening Re7+.} Bf6 40. Qxa5 b5 41. Qxb5 Qxb5 42. Bxb5 Rxd5 43. Bc4 Rd2+ 44. R6e2 Rd6 45. Be6 Nh6 46. Ra2 {White is clearly winning.} Bc3 47. Re3 Bd4 48. Re4 Kf6 49. Bc4 Ng4 50. Kf3 Rd7 {[#]} 51. b4 $1 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Black "Song, Yuxin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 13,151,6,5,12,7,9,4,-32,-13,-18,-18,-31,-11,-14,-6,-17,0,-13,16,-33,0,0,7,-1,0,0,17,-23,-8,-12,-13,-14,-12,-9,101,89,92,53,121,120,114,118,109,113,111,111,241,132,135,91,194,98,97,106,122,83,90,69,98,16,40,34,41,34,34,41,41,0,50,0,50,50,62,18,18,16,21,14,19,18,21,19,16,15,21,15,19,10,135,19,16,21,14,14,51,36,39,21,27,0,0,0,0,0,8,10,8,8,8,8,8,8,12,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,75,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 b5 7. a4 b4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. c4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} bxc3 9. bxc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Bb7 (10... Rb8 11. Qc2 c5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 {0-1 (54) Roos,D (2383)-Epishin,V (2567) Vaujany 2012}) 11. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 {0-1 (27) Anic,D (2430)-Jackson,S (2110) Metz 1991}) 11... Rb8 12. Ba3 c5 13. e3 Re8 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Rec1 e5 16. Qd1 Bc6 17. c4 exd4 18. cxd5 Bxd5 {Strongly threatening ...dxe3.} 19. exd4 Rbc8 20. Nf1 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3c4,Bc4d6][%mdl 32]} Qb7 21. a6 Qa8 22. Ne3 Be4 23. Nc4 cxd4 (23... Rc7 $11) 24. Bxe7 $16 Rxe7 25. Nd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rd8 (25... Rce8 $1 $14) 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Nxd4 Nb6 28. Qd3 Qd5 29. Rd1 $1 Rc8 {[#]} (29... Red7 $16 {was necessary.}) 30. Re1 (30. Qb1 $1 $18) 30... Rce8 31. Rad1 {aiming for Qc2.} Na4 (31... f5 $16) 32. Nb5 (32. Qc2 $18 Nac5 33. Nb5) 32... Qxd3 33. Rxd3 f5 34. Rde3 {Hoping for Nd6!} Kf8 35. g4 Nec5 36. Nd6 ({White should play} 36. Bb7 $16) 36... Rxe3 37. fxe3 Re6 38. Nxf5 g6 39. Nd4 Rxa6 40. Bd5 Kg7 41. Rf1 Rf6 42. Rc1 Rd6 43. Bf3 Ne6 44. Nxe6+ Rxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 45. Rc7+ Kf6 46. Kf2 Re7 47. g5+ Ke6 48. Rc6+ Ke5 49. h4 Nb2 50. Ke2 Rd7 {[#]} (50... Na4 $11 {remains equal.}) 51. Rc5+ (51. Rc2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc2b2]} Nd3 52. Bg4) 51... Kd6 52. Rc2 Na4 53. Rc6+ Ke7 54. Bg4 Rb7 55. Kf3 Nb6 56. Rc5 Kd6 57. Ra5 Re7 58. e4 Rf7+ 59. Kg3 {And now e5+ would win.} Re7 60. Bf3 Nc4 61. Rd5+ Kc6 62. e5 a5 63. Rxa5+ Kb6 64. Ra8 Nxe5 65. Bd5 Kc5 66. Ba2 Kd4 67. Ra4+ Ke3 68. Bb1 Nc6 69. h5 gxh5 70. Kh4 Rb7 (70... Nd4 $11) 71. Ra1 (71. Be4 $16 Rb6 72. Bxh7) 71... Rb5 {The position is equal.} 72. Bxh7 {Black must now prevent g6.} Nd4 73. Ra3+ Kf2 74. Be4 Ne6 $1 75. Rf3+ Ke2 76. Bd3+ {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Jacutina, John Merill"]
[Black "Docena, Jerad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 16,30,16,9,36,45,40,0,48,27,22,20,24,0,25,0,20]} 1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Ne2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 cxd4 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} 9. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 14 Games} Qb6 (9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bg4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rac8 13. a4 a6 14. c4 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. a5 {1-0 (32) Granda Zuniga,J (2672)-Bekker Jensen,S (2456) Escaldes 2016}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 {White is slightly better.} 11. c4 Qc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. Qd2 Rd8 {1-0 (67) Kraft,V (2404)-Hilverda,A (2293) Bayern 2013}) 12. Bd4 Qa5 13. Bc3 Qc5 14. Bd4 Qa5 15. Bc3 Qc5 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Bai, Adelard"]
[Black "Wang, Shixu B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Ne2 e5 9. a3 Qb6 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. b3 Nc6 13. axb4 exd4 14. Kh1 Qxb4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxb3 17. Nd2 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rfb1 Nd7 20. Bf1 Ra6 21. f4 g6 22. Nf3 Rfa8 23. Rxa6 bxa6 24. Nd4 Rc8 25. c5 Rxc5 26. Bxa6 Bh3 27. Nf3 Rc2 28. Ne1 Rc3 29. Nd3 Bg4 30. Re1 Ra3 31. Bc4 Nc5 32. Nxc5 dxc5 33. Rb1 Ra4 34. Bd5 Rb4 35. Ra1 Bf3+ 36. Kg1 Bxe4 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Ba2 Bxa8 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Nouri, Alekhine"]
[Black "Young, Angelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2013"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nd5 Qd8 8. h4 h5 9. c3 e6 10. Nf4 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Nh3 Ne5 14. Bc2 Bb7 15. Ng5 Qc7 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Ba6 18. Re1 Rac8 19. Bb3 Qc5 20. Bc2 Nfg4 21. Bg3 Nc4 22. Nb3 Qe7 23. Rb1 Bb7 24. Nd4 d5 25. e5 Na5 26. f4 Nc6 27. Ndxe6 fxe6 28. Bxg6 Rf8 29. Bxh5 Nh6 30. Bg6 d4 31. cxd4 Rcd8 32. Be4 Nxd4 33. Bxb7 Qxb7 34. Qh5 Rf5 35. Qg6 Rxg5 36. fxg5 Qf7 37. Qxf7+ Nxf7 38. Re4 Rd5 39. Rbe1 Kh7 40. Kf2 Nf5 41. Bf4 Kg6 42. h5+ Kxh5 43. g4+ Kg6 44. gxf5+ Kxf5 45. g6 Nh8 46. Ke3 Kxg6 47. Rd4 Rxd4 48. Kxd4 Bf8 49. Ke4 Nf7 50. Rg1+ Kh7 51. Rc1 Bc5 52. b4 Bxb4 53. Rc7 Kg6 54. Rxa7 Bc5 55. a4 Bf2 56. Ra6 Nd8 57. Be3 Bxe3 58. Kxe3 Kf5 59. Rxb6 Nf7 60. a5 Nxe5 61. Rb5 Kf6 62. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Schain, Randolph"]
[Black "Pangilinan, Stephen Rome"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Bf4 c6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. e4 Bh7 11. Qe2 Bb4 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Nb6 17. Rab1 Qd7 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. Re4 Rac8 20. Rbe1 c5 21. Be5 f5 22. R4e2 cxd4 23. cxd4 Nc4 24. Qf3 Rc6 25. c3 Nxa3 26. g4 Rf8 27. Bf4 Qd5 28. Qg3 fxg4 29. Bc1 Nc4 30. Re4 h5 31. Qh4 Rf7 32. Re5 Nxe5 33. Rxe5 Qf3 34. Rxh5 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Rf5 37. Qd8+ Rf8 38. Qh4 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Kf7 41. Ba3 Re8 42. Rg5 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 Qh3 45. Rxg7+ Kxg7 46. Qg5+ Kh7 47. d5 exd5 48. Qf5+ Kh8 49. Be7 Qh6 50. Qxd5 Re6 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "Orio, Rogelio L."]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d6 2. c3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. h4 exd5 9. exd5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. f3 f5 13. Ng3 Bf6 14. Qa4 b5 15. Qf4 Be5 16. Qxh6 Bxg3+ 17. Kd2 Rf6 18. Bxb5 f4 19. Ne2 Bf2 20. a3 Bf5 21. Rae1 Qb7 22. Nd4 Be3+ 23. Rxe3 fxe3+ 24. Qxe3 cxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxb5 26. c4 Qa5+ 27. b4 Qxa3 28. Qxf6 Qxb4+ 29. Ke3 Nd7 30. Qd4 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 32. g4 Bd3 33. Kd4 a5 34. h5 gxh5 35. Rxh5 a4 36. Rh1 a3 37. Kc3 a2 38. Ra1 Be2 39. f4 Ra3+ 40. Kb2 Rb3+ 41. Kc2 Bd3+ 42. Kd2 Bxc4 43. Rc1 Rb1 44. Rxc4 a1=Q 45. f5 Qb2+ 46. Rc2 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,134,32,31,63,53,59,54,52,59,55,28,26,15,16,8,8,14,10,0,0,0,0,-12,0,-28,-4,-9,9,11,0,-46,-21,-54,-25,-38,-33,-28,-33,-37,-33,-35,-25,-51,-22,-56,-57,-54,-43,-54,0,-56,0,-50,-41,-43,-31,-49,-55,-58,-53,-50,-28,-36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,-27,-28,-40,-40,-41,-34,-94,-87,-69,-18,-89,-87,-76,-44,-44,-42,-37,-58,-77,-57,-80,0,0,-9,-69,-14,-126,-41,-41,-41,-41,0,-11,-11,-49,-49,-49,-49,-48,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O a6 6. Qc2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Nbd7 7. a4 {LiveBook: 39 Games} Nb6 8. a5 {White is slightly better.} Nbd5 9. Qxc4 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd7 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bb5 12. Qb3 Bxe2 13. Re1 Bb5 14. Nd4 {1-0 (40) Tomashevsky,E (2714)-Rabiega,R (2514) Berlin 2018}) 10. axb6 $1 cxb6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. d4 b5 13. Qb3 Be7 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Bg5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb6 18. e3 Qb7+ 19. Kg1 Ne4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qc2 Nd6 22. Nd3 Qc7 23. Nc5 a5 24. Rfb1 Qc6 25. Qd3 h6 26. Qf1 Rfc8 27. Qg2 Qb6 28. Na4 Qd8 29. Nc5 Rab8 30. Na6 Ra8 31. Nc5 Qb6 32. Na4 Qa7 33. Nc5 Rab8 34. Qf3 Nc4 35. Ra2 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 36. Rb4 a3 37. Qd1 Rxc5 38. dxc5 Qxc5 39. Qb3 Qc6 {next ...Rd8 is good for Black.} 40. Rxc4 Qxc4 41. Rxa3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd3 42. Ra1 Rc8 43. Rd1 Qe2 44. Rd7 Rc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 45. Qb1 {[%cal Rd7d8] [#]} Rf5 46. Qf1 Qc2 47. Rd3 (47. g4 $15 Rc5 48. Qd3 Qxd3 49. Rxd3) 47... Kh7 48. Rd7 h5 (48... Qxc3 $15 49. g4 Rg5) 49. h3 (49. Qe1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 49... Qxc3 $17 50. e4 Qc6 51. Qd3 Rf3 52. Qxf3 Qxd7 53. Qxh5+ $15 {KQ-KQ} Kg8 54. Qc5 {[#]} Qb7 ({Black should play} 54... Qd1+ $1 $17 55. Kg2 Qd3 56. Qc8+ Kh7) 55. Qb4 $11 Qa6 56. Qc5 ({White should try} 56. Qe7 $11) 56... Qa4 (56... Qa1+ $15 57. Kg2 Qa4) 57. Qc8+ Kh7 {...b4 is the strong threat.} 58. Qd7 $1 Kg6 59. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Qa1+ 60. Kh2 b4 {Threatens to win with ...Qe1.} 61. h5+ Kh7 {White must now prevent ...Qe1.} 62. Qxf7 Qf6 63. Qa7 $1 b3 64. Qb6 {The position is equal.} b2 65. f4 Qc3 {And now ...Qc2+ would win.} 66. Qxe6 Qd2+ (66... b1=Q $5 67. Qg6+ $8 Kh8 68. Qe8+ Kh7 69. Qg6+ Kh8 70. Qe8+ Kh7 71. Qg6+ $11) 67. Kh3 b1=Q {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,25,14,9,8,18,14,20,2,8,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (8... g6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Rhe1 h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 13. d4 a6 14. a3 Bd7 15. d5 Na7 16. Nd4 {½-½ (65) So,W (2799)-Caruana,F (2784) Berlin 2018}) 9. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 15 Games. The position is equal.} 10. Re1 a6 11. Bf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. a3 Re8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. Bf1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 {0-1 (34) Oberlaender,R (769)-Gomgar,J (1588) LSS email 2012}) 11... Nc6 12. h3 Re8 13. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,35,20,29,16,19,16,40,19,24,0,0,0,0,0,6,8]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Qxe7+ Bxe7 8. O-O {C01: French: Exchange Variation} O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Bf4 c6 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (11... Bg4 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Nb3 a5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Nbd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 {1-0 (33) Carlsen,M (2838)-Meier,G (2630) chess.com INT 2017}) 12. Bg5 {[%cal Bf4g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b6 13. Re2 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 15. Rae1 Kf8 {½-½ (40) Lyansky,Y (1810)-Schiller,R Philadelphia 2012}) 13. Bh4 Kf8 14. a4 a5 15. c3 Bd6 {The position is equal.} 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Nf1 Ndf6 18. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,87,11,11,4,6,-6,16,14,29,10,12,15,128,138,166,169,131,142,179,167,177,159,212,218,214,197,186,183,184,180,203,162,252,199,184,185,225,131,135,97,134,144,126,78,75,55,77,71,59,66,66,63,149,135,260,271,233,191,472,470,894,931,739,939,1445,1378,5908,5743,2661,2451,29992,29993]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 c6 {LiveBook: 31 Games} 10. Nd2 {C80: Open Ruy Lopez: Sidelines and 9 Nbd2} Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. Qh5 Be6 13. c3 Qd7 14. Bg5 Bf5 15. Rfe1 Bg6 16. Qh4 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 O-O {½-½ (28) Short,N (2655)-Timman,J (2635) El Escorial 1993}) 12. Qf3 {The position is equal.} Bg6 13. e6 fxe6 14. Rfe1 Qf6 {[#]} (14... Qd7 $11) 15. Bxd5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 576] Pin} O-O-O (15... cxd5 16. Qxd5) 16. Bxe6+ Kb7 17. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Bc5 18. Qxc5 Rxd2 19. Bg8 {Hoping for Re7+.} Bf5 (19... Qd4 $16 {is a better defense.} 20. Re7+ Kb8 21. Qxd4 (21. Qxc6 Rd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 22. Re1 Rxa1 $15) 21... Rxd4) 20. Re7+ $18 Bd7 21. Be6 $1 {[%cal Re6d7]} Qxb2 {[%cal Rb2a1]} 22. Rf1 Rd8 23. c3 Qc2 24. h3 g5 (24... Qd3 $142 25. Rxg7 Qd6) 25. Qxg5 Qxc3 26. Rxh7 Kc7 27. Qf4+ ({White should try} 27. h4 $18) 27... Kb6 $16 28. Bxd7 R8xd7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 30. h4 c5 31. h5 c4 32. g3 Ka5 33. Kg2 Qd3 $1 34. Qf3 Qd6 (34... Qd2 $14) 35. Rh1 Ka4 {[#]} (35... Qh6 $16 {was necessary.} 36. Qc3+ Kb6) 36. Rh4 $1 $18 Qh6 37. Rg4 Qc1 $2 (37... Rd6 38. Qf5 Rf6 39. Qc2+ Kb4) 38. Qc6 $1 {[%csl LRa6,LRd7]} Rd1 (38... Rd8 $142 39. Qxa6+ Kb4) 39. h6 {[%cal Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Rg1+ 40. Kh2 Rf1 41. Rf4 Ka5 42. h7 Qb2 43. Qc7+ Kb4 {[#]} 44. Rxc4+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Lye, Lik Zang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,55,16,18,7,25,8,18,0,30,20,41,19,22,0,47,22,19,6,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,12,0,-11,-11,-13,-8,-14,20,-13,-15,-16,0,-28,0,-24,0,-22,0,-30]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e5 d4 4. exf6 dxc3 5. fxg7 cxd2+ 6. Bxd2 {B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation and lines with early Nc3} Bxg7 {LiveBook: 28 Games} 7. Nf3 (7. Qf3 Nc6 8. O-O-O Qd6 9. Bc3 Qh6+ 10. Kb1 Bd7 11. Bxg7 Qxg7 12. Qg3 {½-½ (12) Jovanovic,Z (2540)-Markus,R (2613) Biograd 2018}) 7... Qd5 8. c3 {White has an edge.} Nc6 9. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qc4 Be6 11. Qf4 O-O-O 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Nd2 h5 14. Qg5 Be5 15. f4 {0-1 (32) Barczi,T (2070)-Horvath,L (2208) Hungary 2012}) 9... Qe4+ 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Rd3e4]} Qd5 12. Be2 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 $14) 11... Bf6 12. Qd3 Qe6 (12... Qxd3 {is more complex.} 13. Bxd3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Be6 15. a3 Bd5) 13. Qc4 (13. O-O {keeps more tension.} Bf5 14. Qd1 Rg8 15. Re1 Rd8 16. Qb3) 13... O-O-O 14. Qxe6+ Bxe6 15. h4 Bd5 16. Rh3 Rhg8 17. g3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bd6 20. Kf2 Be6 21. Rhh1 Bg4 22. Bc4 e5 23. h5 Be6 24. Be2 Bg4 25. Bc4 Be6 26. Be2 Bg4 27. Bc4 Be6 28. Be2 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,74,18,32,5,14,15,13,12,15,14,19,2,8,4,28,5,40,26,14,13,17,11,9,10,50,45,45,46,52,45,45,44,47,44,46,47,27,0,0,0,1,0,0,-75,-62,-112,-110,-109,-119,-189,-165,-880,-855,-940,-922,-930,-783,-1216,-1197]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} 7. Bf4 (7. Nc3 O-O 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd4 c5 11. Ndb5 d6 12. Bf4 Bf8 13. a4 a6 14. Na3 Nh5 15. Bd2 Nd7 {1-0 (47) Ponomariov,R (2686)-Hou,Y (2658) Shenzhen 2018}) 7... O-O 8. Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 10. Qc1 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bh8 11. Nb5 Na6 12. Bh3 c5 13. Nd6 Bc6 14. Ne5 Ba4 15. b3 {0-1 (37) Mulyar,M (2388)-Shabalov,A (2533) Chicago 2016}) 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. e3 Qd6 14. Rb1 Nbd7 15. b4 Ba6 16. Rd1 Bc4 17. Nd2 Bd3 18. Rb3 Bf5 19. Qb2 b5 20. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} a6 21. a5 $1 h5 22. h4 Kg8 23. Rc1 Nf8 24. Nf3 Rac8 25. Ne2 Ne6 26. Ne5 Ng4 27. f3 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Qb8 29. f4 c5 $1 30. Rbc3 (30. Nc3 $11 {remains equal.}) 30... cxb4 $17 31. Qxb4 Rc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b4]} 32. Qd6 Bg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 33. Kf2 (33. Nd4 $17 {is a better defense.} Qxd6 34. exd6 Nxd4 35. exd4) 33... Qc8 $1 $19 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxe2.} 34. Bf3 $2 (34. Rxc4 dxc4 35. Nd4) 34... Bxf3 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Kxf3 Nc5 36. Rxc4 dxc4 37. Nc3 Rd8 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Adhiban, B.."]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 12,134,27,25,49,57,63,44,38,45,47,38,41,11,14,6,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-5,-19,0,0,0,-50,-41,-53,-40,-40,-39,-28,-37,-46,-31,-43,-41,-51,-26,-59,-45,-59,-56,-52,0,-45,0,-49,-47,-37,-36,-52,-46,-44,-43,-43,-27,-32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-31,-23,-31,-38,-40,-40,-90,-89,-70,-7,-89,-89,-82,-75,-75,-75,-74,-66,-58,-56,-113,0,0,-6,-60,-8,-100,-15,-25,-10,-25,0,-8,-8,-38,-38,-38,-38,-43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O a6 6. Qc2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Nbd7 7. a4 {LiveBook: 39 Games} Nb6 8. a5 {White is slightly better.} Nbd5 9. Qxc4 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd7 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bb5 12. Qb3 Bxe2 13. Re1 Bb5 14. Nd4 {1-0 (40) Tomashevsky,E (2714)-Rabiega,R (2514) Berlin 2018}) 10. axb6 $1 cxb6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. d4 b5 13. Qb3 Be7 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Bg5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb6 18. e3 Qb7+ 19. Kg1 Ne4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qc2 Nd6 22. Nd3 Qc7 23. Nc5 a5 24. Rfb1 Qc6 25. Qd3 h6 26. Qf1 Rfc8 27. Qg2 Qb6 28. Na4 Qd8 29. Nc5 Rab8 30. Na6 Ra8 31. Nc5 Qb6 32. Na4 Qa7 33. Nc5 Rab8 34. Qf3 Nc4 {And now ...Nd2 would win.} 35. Ra2 $1 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 36. Rb4 a3 37. Qd1 Rxc5 38. dxc5 Qxc5 39. Qb3 Qc6 {...Rd8 is the strong threat.} 40. Rxc4 Qxc4 41. Rxa3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd3 42. Ra1 Rc8 43. Rd1 Qe2 44. Rd7 Rc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 45. Qb1 {[%cal Rd7d8] [#]} Rf5 46. Qf1 Qc2 47. Rd3 Kh7 48. Rd7 h5 (48... Qxc3 $15 49. g4 Rg5) 49. h3 (49. Qe1 $11) 49... Qxc3 $17 50. e4 Qc6 51. Qd3 Rf3 52. Qxf3 Qxd7 53. Qxh5+ {KQ-KQ} Kg8 54. Qc5 {[#]} (54. Qe5 $15) 54... Qb7 (54... Qd1+ $1 $17 55. Kg2 Qd3) 55. Qb4 $11 Qa6 56. Qc5 (56. Qd2 $11) 56... Qa4 (56... Qa1+ $15 57. Kg2 Qa4) 57. Qc8+ Kh7 {Strongly threatening ...b4.} 58. Qd7 $1 Kg6 59. h4 $1 Qa1+ 60. Kh2 b4 {aiming for ...Qe1.} 61. h5+ Kh7 {Hoping for ...Qe1.} 62. Qxf7 Qf6 63. Qa7 $1 b3 64. Qb6 {The position is equal.} b2 65. f4 Qc3 {Threatens to win with ...Qc2+.} 66. Qxe6 Qd2+ (66... b1=Q $5 67. Qg6+ $8 Kh8 68. Qe8+ Kh7 69. Qg6+ Kh8 70. Qe8+ Kh7 71. Qg6+ $11) 67. Kh3 b1=Q {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 13,103,0,0,-4,2,0,0,-3,12,1,27,30,20,-15,23,-17,-18,-46,-9,-22,0,0,3,-19,-20,-21,-17,-20,-16,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,14,17,16,23,0,10,0,20,16,14,16,16,18,20,16,16,17,53,40,39,16,8,8,48,43,85,39,179,164,208,216,201,219,226,216,193,196,769,599,828,817,695,600,822,822,924,858,1362,1198,7226,8241]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} 7. h3 (7. Be2 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Na4 Bg4 11. Rc1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Nc5 Rb8 14. Rc4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 {1-0 (53) Caruana,F (2822)-Karjakin,S (2782) Stavanger 2018}) 7... Bc5 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 8. Be3 Bb6 {The position is equal.} 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qe7 11. Na4 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Rd8 13. Qe1 h6 14. a3 a6 15. Rc1 Qd6 16. b4 Re8 17. Qc3 Bd7 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Rf2 b6 20. Nb3 Bd7 {½-½ (20) Kratochvil,J (2221)-Los,A (2223) ICCF email 2013}) 11. Rc1 h6 12. Na4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Qc2 c6 15. a3 Qd6 16. b4 Be6 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Qc3 Rad8 19. Rc2 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 Bc8 21. Rfc1 Nd7 22. Bg4 Nf8 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Nc5 Re7 25. Kf1 Rd8 26. Ke2 Ne6 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 28. Rc5 f6 29. g3 Red6 30. R1c3 Kf7 31. b5 cxb5 32. Rxb5 b6 33. f4 Ke6 34. a4 a6 35. Rb4 f5 36. Rcb3 Rb8 37. Ke3 exf4+ 38. gxf4 fxe4 39. dxe4 g6 40. h4 h5 {[#]} ({Black should play} 40... Rc6 $14) 41. Rc3 $1 $18 Rd1 42. Rc6+ Rd6 43. Rbc4 b5 44. e5 Rxc6 45. Rxc6+ {KR-KR} Kf7 $2 {[#]} (45... Kd5 46. Rd6+ (46. Rxa6 bxa4 47. Ra5+ Ke6 $16) 46... Kc5) 46. a5 {White is clearly winning.} b4 {White should prevent ...b3.} 47. Rb6 Rc8 48. Rxb4 Rc3+ 49. Ke4 Ra3 50. Rb7+ Ke8 51. Kd5 Kf8 52. e6 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 34,100,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-47,-52,-56,-54,-59,-32,-88,-79,-128,-138,-127,-94,-102,-109,-102,-112,-100,-102,-104,-108,-110,-99,-151,-149,-297,-264,-291,-296,-300,-274,-391,-384,-376,-335,-623,-569,-633,-621,-596,-597,-647,-640,-650,-580,-619,-597,-568,-577,-2490,-1467,-29973,-2716,-29975,-29971,-5410,-934,-29983,-29984,-29989,-29990]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Rd8 (15... a4 16. Rd1 Nd6 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bd5 19. Nc5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 {½-½ (85) Svidler,P (2757)-Giri,A (2793) Moscow 2016}) 16. Bb2 a4 17. Rfc1 Nd6 18. Nde4 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Bb3 19. Qe2 Nf7 20. Nd2 Be6 $1 {[%cal Bb3e6,Be6g4,Bg4f5][%mdl 32]} 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. dxc4 {[#]} c6 $146 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Nd5 ({Better is} 24. c5 $15) 24... Bc5 $1 $17 (24... cxd5 25. cxd5 Qa6 26. Qxa6 $14) 25. Nb4 Bg4 26. f3 Bf5 27. Ra1 Qe6 28. Bc3 e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 29. f4 {[#]} Rd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e3][%mdl 512]} 30. Bd2 (30. Nxd3 exd3) 30... Nd6 31. Nxd3 exd3 32. Qf3 (32. Qf1 $142 Rc8 33. Rc3) 32... Be4 33. Qf2 (33. f5 $17 Qe8 34. Qf4) 33... Bxg2 $19 ({But not} 33... Nxc4 $2 34. Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc4 35. Rc1 $18) 34. Qxg2 {[#]} Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4d2]} ({Weaker is} 34... Bxe3+ 35. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 36. Qf2 $11) ({Not} 34... Nxc4 35. f5 $17) 35. Kh1 Rb8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 36. Bb4 (36. f5 $142 Qxf5 37. Rcb1) 36... Bxb4 37. axb4 Rxb4 38. c5 $2 (38. Kg1 d2 39. Rd1) 38... d2 39. Rd1 Qd5 {...Nf2+ is the strong threat.} 40. Kg1 Qxc5 41. Qe2 Rb3 42. Rxd2 Rxe3 43. Rd8+ Kf7 44. Qa2+ Ke7 {( -> ...Re2+)} 45. Re8+ Kxe8 46. Qg8+ Kd7 (46... Ke7 $142 47. Qxg7+ Kd8 48. Qg8+ Kc7 49. Kh1 Nf2+ 50. Kg2 Nd3 51. Qxh7+ Kd6 52. Rf1 Qc2+ 53. Kg1 Re1 54. Qa7 Rxf1+ 55. Kxf1 {[#]} Qf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 56. Qxf2 Nxf2 57. Ke2 a3 58. Kxf2 a2 59. Ke3 a1=Q 60. Kd3 Qf1+ 61. Kd2 c5 62. Kc3 c4 63. Kd2 Qd3+ 64. Ke1 c3 65. Kf2 c2 66. h4 c1=Q 67. Kg2 Qdf1+ 68. Kh2 Qh1#) 47. Qxg7+ Kc8 48. Kh1 Nd6 {White must now prevent ...Qd5+.} 49. Rd1 Qc2 50. Qf8+ Ne8 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 98%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 20,50,-8,-16,0,0,0,0,12,13,12,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,11,24,48,40,72,72,63,66,104,0,52,0,99,0,50]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. b4 O-O 10. e3 c6 11. Be2 {LiveBook: 90 Games} b6 {D91: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bg5} (11... Be6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. Na4 b6 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rd2 c5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Qa3 Bf8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 {0-1 (38) Jovanovski,S (2422)-Bogosavljevic,B (2618) Belgrade 2016}) 12. O-O Bb7 13. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qb3 Na6 14. b5 cxb5 15. Nxb5 Nc7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Rac1 Qd6 18. Rc3 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 {0-1 (53) Martin,A (2215)-Khodadadi,F Ruhrgebiet 1997}) 13... Re8 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Rfd1 a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Rab1 h5 18. g3 Re6 19. h4 Bf6 20. Bf1 Ba6 21. Bh3 Re8 22. Qc2 Nf8 23. Qb3 (23. Nd2 $16) 23... Nd7 $1 $14 24. Qc2 Nf8 25. Qb3 Nd7 $1 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 19,74,-26,-18,-13,-23,-32,-23,-14,0,-30,-40,-34,-12,-20,-33,-30,0,0,0,6,18,-14,-14,-58,-74,-45,-48,-79,-59,-58,-45,-56,-38,-48,-19,-77,-58,-28,-61,-85,-51,-258,-254,-410,-404,-460,-431,-547,-513,-539,-542,-909,-875,-1613,-1606,-1582,-1522]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} d6 7. O-O Ba7 8. Re1 O-O (8... Ng4 9. Re2 Qf6 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Qe1 Rg8 12. Nf1 h5 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Bd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 {0-1 (29) Amin,B (2709)-Adhiban,B (2682) Zagreb 2018}) 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Bg3 Nh7 12. Nbd2 Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h5 13. h4 g4 {0-1 (28) Paehtz,E (2474)-Grigoriants,S (2576) Minsk 2017}) 13. d4 h5 {aiming for ...h4.} 14. h4 g4 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh2 $1 Ne7 17. Kh1 Bxf2 (17... Ng6 $5 {[%cal Rg6h4]}) 18. Rf1 Bxg3 19. Rxf6 Nxf6 20. Qe2 Kg7 21. Nhf1 (21. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Re3g3]} Bf4 22. Qc5 $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 21... Bxh4 22. Qe3 {Hoping for g3.} Ne8 23. Ng3 Bxg3 24. Qxg3 Ng6 25. Qe3 Bd7 26. Bd5 Rb8 27. a5 (27. Nc4 $11) 27... Nf6 $17 {[%cal Be8f6,Bf6h5,Bh5f4][%mdl 32]} 28. Rf1 h4 29. Kg1 {[#]} Nh5 $1 ({Much weaker is} 29... Nxd5 $6 30. exd5 f6 31. Qc5 $11) 30. Qa7 $2 {[#]} ({Don't blunder} 30. Qg5 $2 Nhf4 $19) (30. Nc4 $15) 30... Nhf4 $1 $19 31. Qc5 $2 ({And not} 31. Bxb7 g3 $17) (31. Qe3) 31... c6 32. Bc4 Rbd8 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Re1 Rh8 34. Nf1 g3 35. Ne3 h3 36. Bf1 hxg2 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 37. Bxg2 Nd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Taher, Yoseph Theolifus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 Re8 11. d5 a6 12. a4 Bf8 13. Rxe8 Qxe8 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Bf4 c6 17. Ra3 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Nc6 20. Re3 Qd7 21. c3 Rd8 22. Ng5 Ne5 23. Bg3 Qc7 24. b3 Rc8 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Rf3 Rd8 27. Rxf7 Rxd5 28. Rxc7 e4 29. h4 e3 30. fxe3 Rd3 31. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Liu, Yan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 10,71,31,-15,55,59,62,62,71,57,55,53,48,47,60,60,64,57,66,54,61,38,40,39,49,31,47,47,55,52,53,57,53,49,57,55,68,45,83,47,48,54,38,58,152,120,130,83,87,87,82,85,94,94,93,54,70,64,53,46,54,46,63,79]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 {LiveBook: 60 Games. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 h5 13. Ne2 Be7 14. f4 f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Rad1+ Ke8 17. f5 {½-½ (32) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Karjakin,S (2760) Batumi 2018}) 6... Be7 ({Black should play} 6... exd4 $11 7. Bf4 Be7) 7. dxe5 $14 Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Ne4 8. Be3 Nc5 9. Bxc5 Bxc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qd5 d6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6 Rb8 {0-1 (68) Sandipan,C (2560)-Kayumov,S (2436) Hyderabad 2005}) 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nd5 d6 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Bg5 Qe6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 Nxd6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rfe1 {Be7 is the strong threat.} f6 16. Bf4 Kf7 17. Re3 Rb8 18. b3 Rb4 19. c4 Rb7 20. Rae1 Nf5 21. Re4 g5 22. Bd2 h5 23. h3 Kg6 24. Bc3 c5 25. Re8 Rxe8 26. Rxe8 g4 (26... Nd6 $1 $14 27. Rf8 Kg7) 27. hxg4 hxg4 28. Ne1 Nd6 29. Rf8 Bf5 30. Rxf6+ Kg5 31. Be5 {And now f4+ would win.} Bb1 32. f4+ Kh5 {White is slightly better.} 33. Bxd6 cxd6 34. Rxd6 {Strongly threatening Nd3.} Bxa2 35. Nd3 Rxb3 {[#] White must now prevent ...g3.} 36. Nxc5 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 13,116,0,0,0,9,0,0,-2,20,13,14,-23,-10,-27,-27,-18,-25,-45,-51,-56,-52,-54,-19,-22,-16,-24,-27,-82,-80,-65,-82,-73,-65,-153,-66,-41,-27,-18,0,-8,-26,-45,-27,-46,-33,-29,-30,-31,-28,-37,-33,-38,-38,-59,-58,-59,-61,-57,-58,-113,-107,-118,-109,-166,-161,-138,-106,-95,-104,-170,-175,-233,-213,-232,-243,-257,-228,-295,-295,-271,-300,-279,-287,-280,-287,-243,-260,-302,-212,-329,-315,-1150,-1131,-1191,-1158,-5381,-4987,-29956,-11231,-5439,-5360,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 d5 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 7. Bb5+ Bd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Bxd7+ (8. Qe2 a6 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. e4 Be7 11. exd5 exd5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Bd6 14. c3 {½-½ (21) Ivanisevic,I (2629)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2611) Kallithea 2009}) 8... Nxd7 {The position is equal.} 9. c4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. exd4 Bb4 11. O-O Bxd2 12. Qxd2 O-O 13. c5 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 {1-0 (51) Behrens,H (2305)-Tomczak,R (2305) Germany 1990}) 10... e5 11. N4f3 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Bb4+ 13. Ncd2 e4 14. Nd4 Qa6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with ...Ne5. Black has some pressure.} 15. Qe2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Qa5+ 17. Kd1 O-O 18. Qb5 Qc7 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. Kc2 (20. Qxb7 $11 Rab8 21. Qc7) 20... Nc5 $17 21. Kb1 Nd3 22. Rc2 {[#]} Rac8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c2] aiming for ...Rxc2.} 23. f3 (23. Qb3 $15) 23... a6 ({Black should play} 23... Rxc2 $17 24. Nxc2 Rc8) 24. Qb3 $15 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qe5 26. a3 Rd8 27. g3 Qe8 28. fxe4 Qxe4 (28... Nc5 {keeps more tension.} 29. Rf1 Nxe4 30. Rf4 Nd6 31. Qd3 b5) 29. Rd1 Nf2 {...Qxc2+ is the strong threat.} 30. Qxe4 Nxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 31. Rc1 Nd2+ 32. Ka2 Rd7 33. b3 g6 34. Kb2 Ne4 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Kc2 {[#]} (36. Rc2 $15) 36... Re7 $1 $17 37. Nf3 Nd6 38. Rb8 (38. Rd8 $17 {might work better.} Nf5 39. Kc3) 38... Rxe3 $19 39. Nd4 Re8 40. Rxe8 Nxe8 $17 {KN-KN} 41. a4 (41. Kd3 $17) 41... Kf6 $19 42. b4 (42. Kc3 {was worth a try.}) 42... Ke5 43. Kd3 Nd6 44. Nc2 f5 45. Nd4 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5f4][%mdl 32]} 46. Nf3+ Kd5 47. Nd4 f4 48. gxf4 gxf4 49. Ne2 Ke5 50. Nd4 h5 51. a5 (51. b5 $142) 51... Ne4 52. b5 $2 (52. Nf3+ Kd5 53. h4) 52... Nc5+ 53. Kc4 Ne6 54. bxa6 bxa6 55. Nxe6 Kxe6 56. Kd4 Kf5 57. h3 h4 58. Kd3 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Black "Xu, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 16,66,29,15,32,39,25,33,35,18,23,-8,19,-54,-55,-62,-86,-95,-51,-33,-6,-6,-7,-3,-8,-74,0,0,0,-70,-92,-115,-114,-260,-251,-243,-246,-248,-150,-310,-293,-350,-366,-889,-853,-1332,-1268,-1173,-1128,-6307,-5302,-29993,-29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. a3 d6 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} 8. f4 Be7 9. Qf3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} e5 {The position is equal.} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. fxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f5 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. O-O-O e4 14. Qf4 O-O 15. Be2 Bd6 {0-1 (24) Solodovnichenko,Y (2531)-Naiditsch,A (2697) Brest 2018}) 11... dxe5 12. Bc4 O-O 13. h3 Be6 14. Qe2 ({White should try} 14. Bxe6 $11 fxe6 15. Qe2) 14... Nh5 $1 $15 {[%cal Rh5g3]} 15. Qxh5 Bxc4 16. Qf3 Bh4+ 17. Bf2 f5 {Hoping for ...fxe4.} 18. Bxh4 Qxh4+ 19. Qf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2h4]} Qg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 20. Qc5 (20. h4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qg4 21. Qf3) 20... Qh4+ (20... Bb5 $1 $17 21. Nxb5 Qh4+ 22. g3 Qxg3+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 axb5) 21. Qf2 $11 Qg5 (21... Qh6 $11 22. Qc5 Qh4+ 23. Qf2) 22. Qc5 $15 Bb5 $1 23. Nxb5 {Strongly threatening Nd6.} Qh4+ (23... Qxg2 $6 24. O-O-O $11) 24. Kd2 {[#]} (24. g3 $17 Qxg3+ 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 cxb5 27. Rhf1) 24... Qg5+ $1 $19 (24... cxb5 25. Rae1 $17) (24... Qxe4 25. Nd6 $16) 25. Kc3 {[#] Nd6 is the strong threat.} Qg3+ $1 ({Much less strong is} 25... cxb5 26. Kb3) ({Don't take} 25... axb5 26. Kb3 $17) 26. Kb4 {aiming for Nd6.} cxb5 27. Ka5 $2 (27. c3 $17) 27... Qxg2 28. exf5 Rac8 ({Less strong is} 28... Rxf5 29. Rhd1 $15) 29. Qxe5 $2 (29. Qd6 Qxc2 30. b3) 29... Qxc2 30. Rac1 Qd2+ 31. Rc3 Rc4 32. Qe6+ Kh8 {( -> ...Qd8+)} 33. Qe7 Rb8 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 24,30,8,6,13,8,7,6,17]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 a6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Be7 {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3} 13. Bb2 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} b5 (13... Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 {½-½ (31) Bu,X (2725)-Ni,H (2670) China 2018}) 14. Be2 Bb7 15. Nd2 Rfd8 {Predecessor:} 16. Nb3 $146 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rc1 Nd7 19. Rd1 Nb6 20. Rxd8+ {½-½ (19) Borges Feria,Y (2427)-Pina Vega,S (2313) Havana 2014} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Amartuvshin, Ganzorig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 16,82,0,0,10,-5,-5,-13,0,0,0,0,48,47,47,49,89,81,131,77,74,52,99,96,99,82,89,76,127,122,137,135,132,120,131,122,134,131,125,128,125,122,110,117,135,125,149,146,171,171,288,302,294,293,270,259,268,255,241,0,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. h3 e5 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Be3 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Qe7 (9... c6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Rfe1 Nf4 13. Bf1 Qf6 14. Nd2 Rd8 15. a3 Bf8 16. b4 Nc7 17. Nb3 Nce6 18. Rad1 Re8 {½-½ (103) Cramling,P (2453)-Hillarp Persson,T (2542) Lund 2018}) 10. a3 c6 11. b4 Nh5 12. O-O Nf4 13. Qc2 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 b6 {½-½ (48) Szabo,M (2237)-Bormida,A (2216) LSS email 2014}) 14. Bxf4 $1 exf4 15. Rae1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qf6 16. e5 Qe7 17. c5 (17. Nd5 $142 cxd5 18. cxd5) 17... Nc7 $16 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. Bc4 Kh8 20. Bxe6 Bxe6 21. Qxf4 h6 ({Black should try} 21... b6) 22. h4 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Qxg5 25. Nxg5 Bc4 26. f4 {And now Rf3 would win.} Bxf1 27. Rxf1 a5 28. Ne6 Rf7 29. Ne2 axb4 30. axb4 Ra2 31. N2d4 Rb2 32. Ng5 Rd7 (32... Rf8 $142) 33. Ra1 $18 {[#] Strongly threatening Ra8+.} ({Weaker is} 33. Nxf5 Rdd2 $16) 33... Bh6 34. Ra8+ ({Not} 34. Nxf5 Bxg5 35. fxg5 Rdd2 $11) 34... Kg7 35. Nxf5+ Kg6 36. Nxh6 Kxh6 {KRR-KRN} 37. Ra3 $2 {[#]} (37. Rg8 $18) 37... Rxb4 38. Rf3 Kg6 {The position is equal.} 39. e6 Rd1+ 40. Kf2 Rb2+ 41. Kg3 Re1 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Nava, Roderick"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 21,96,13,17,0,20,24,15,19,18,14,11,13,31,11,18,20,19,13,20,20,13,14,14,14,18,7,85,82,139,72,70,41,49,54,54,0,0,-24,-45,-39,-52,-41,-36,-64,-8,-133,-129,-116,-129,-126,-113,-103,-103,-277,-282,-287,-285,-272,-276,-296,-281,-4132,-4132,-1875,-1746,-1268,-1358,-929,-460,-29970,-29972,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29997,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. h4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17. Qb3 Qg3 18. Ne2 Qxh4 19. Bf2 Qf6 20. Rfd1 b6 {½-½ (119) Karjakin,S (2773)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Saint Louis 2018}) 7... c5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. d5 Qd6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Be2 Nd7 {LiveBook: 25 Games} 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c4 14. Qa4 Rfc8 15. Be3 $146 a6 16. Bg4 b5 17. Qd1 Rd8 18. f4 Nc5 19. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qc7 $1 20. Qd4 Nd3 21. Rc2 Rab8 22. h4 Qb7 23. Bf3 Rd7 (23... f6 $11) 24. a4 Rbd8 (24... Qc7 $142) 25. axb5 (25. Ra2 $142) 25... Qxb5 $16 26. h5 e6 {[%cal Re6d5]} 27. hxg6 hxg6 {[%cal Re6d5]} 28. Be4 (28. Qb6 $14 Qxb6 29. Bxb6) 28... Qb3 $11 {[%cal Rd7d5] White must now prevent ...Rxd5.} 29. Bxd3 (29. Re2 {is more complex.} exd5 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. Rd2 Rc8 32. Rc1) 29... cxd3 30. Qxd3 {Threatens to win with d6.} Rxd5 31. Qe2 Bf8 32. c4 Rc8 ({Better is} 32... Rd3 $15 33. Bf2 Bb4) 33. Rfc1 (33. Rc3 $11 Qxc3 34. cxd5) 33... Rd3 $17 {[%cal Bd5d3,Bd3c3,Bc3c5][%mdl 32]} 34. Bf2 Ba3 35. Ra1 a5 36. c5 Rc3 37. Rca2 $2 (37. Rxc3 $17 {might work better.} Qxc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Qe1 Qxe1+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 39. Bxe1 Bxc5+ 40. Kf1) 37... Bxc5 $19 38. Bxc5 R3xc5 ({Less strong is} 38... R8xc5 39. Rb2 $17) 39. Qe1 Qb6 40. Kh2 {[%cal Ra2a5] [#]} Kg7 $1 41. Rxa5 $2 (41. Qe3) 41... Rh8+ 42. Kg3 Qb3+ 43. Kg4 {[#]} Rh2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. g3 Rcc2 (44... Rxa5 $142 45. Rxa5 Qc2) 45. R1a3 (45. Qd1 $19 Rhd2 46. R1a3) 45... Qb7 {Black mates.} 46. Qf1 Rcf2 47. Ra7 Qe4 {[%csl Ge6,Gg6][%cal Re4f5]} ({And not} 47... Rxf1 48. Rxb7 Rh8 49. Raa7 $16) 48. Qd3 Qf5+ {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Chen, Qi b"]
[Black "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Nxd5 Kf8 13. Bxc6 Rxc6 14. Nc3 Bb4 15. Bd2 Qxd4 16. O-O-O Qc4 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. a3 Be7 19. Rhe1 a5 20. Kb1 Kg8 21. g5 Nh5 22. Re4 Qc5 23. Be3 Qf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. Ra4 f4 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. Rxf4 Bxg5 28. Rg4 Bh6 29. Rd7 f5 30. Rg1 b6 31. Ne2 e5 32. Re7 e4 33. Nd4 Rf6 34. Re5 Bf4 35. Rxf5 Kf7 36. Re1 Rxf5 37. Nxf5 Kf6 38. Nd4 Re8 39. c3 g5 40. Kc2 Ke5 41. Nf3+ Kf5 42. Nd2 Rh8 43. Nxe4 Rxh3 44. a4 Kg4 45. Rg1+ Kf5 46. Re1 Kg4 47. Rg1+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Miciano, John Marvin"]
[Black "Bilguun, Sumiya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 19,129,28,35,12,33,12,23,12,43,42,39,38,37,28,29,0,11,-7,0,0,-8,0,11,16,20,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,8,-48,32,-72,0,-68,0,0,7,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,63,72,106,85,143,78,107,104,80,71,53,35,22,0,49,-17,-8,-8,-8,-8,-12,-21,0,-23,-6,-27,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 d6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. d4 a6 {LiveBook: 63 Games} 11. a4 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} Rb8 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Rfd1 $146 {White has an edge.} Ndf6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Qc8 17. Nf4 Rd8 18. d5 e5 19. Nh5 Ne8 {With the idea ...g6.} 20. g4 g6 21. Ng3 Bh4 22. Kg2 Nf6 23. f3 Qd7 24. Bc3 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. a5 b4 27. Bb2 (27. Be1 $11) 27... Qb5 (27... Ra8 $15) 28. Qc4 (28. Qxb5 $14 {stays ahead.} Rxb5 29. Kh3 Bxg3 30. Kxg3) 28... Rd7 (28... Qxc4 $17 29. bxc4 Rd7) 29. Nf1 (29. Qxb5 $11 Rxb5 30. g5 Bxg5 31. f4) 29... Ra7 (29... Qxc4 $15 30. bxc4 Ra7) 30. Nd2 $11 Qb7 31. Qd3 h5 ({Of course not} 31... Qxd5 $6 32. Qxd5 Nxd5 33. Nc4 $16) 32. gxh5 Nxh5 33. Nc4 Qd7 34. Rg1 Re8 35. Qe4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bd8 36. Qg4 Qe7 (36... Be7 $1 $11) 37. Kh1 $14 Nf6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Qg2 Nxd5 39. f4 (39. Rad1 $142 $1 {[%cal Rd1d5]} Qe6 40. f4) 39... Nc3 $16 {[#]} 40. Bxc3 $1 bxc3 {[#]} 41. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g6]} g5 42. Rgf1 Qf6 {next ...e4 is good for Black.} 43. Qc6 Rf8 44. a6 {[#]} ({White should try} 44. Rf2 $14) 44... d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Qxd5 Rxa6 46. Rxa6 Qxa6 47. Qd3 Bf6 {...e4! is the strong threat.} 48. Qxc3 Rb8 49. Kg1 Rd8 50. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Kg7 51. Rd1 Rxd1+ 52. Qxd1 Qc6 53. Kf2 Qe4 54. Nd6 Qh4+ 55. Kg1 {Strongly threatening Ne8+.} Be7 {White must now prevent ...Bxd6.} 56. Nc4 Qe4 57. Qd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7e7]} Bf8 58. Kf2 Qh4+ 59. Kg2 Qe4+ 60. Kg3 Kg8 61. f6 Qh4+ 62. Kg2 Qe4+ 63. Kg3 Qh4+ 64. Kg2 Qe4+ 65. Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Nguyen, Anh Khoi"]
[Black "Garma, Chito"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 18,49,17,23,27,27,17,6,50,29,37,58,87,85,86,47,139,138,156,179,585,577,739,738,811,808,1059,1068,1183,1135,1469,1470,29995,29996]} 1. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Ncxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Nc3 Re8 10. b3 {LiveBook: 116 Games. A52: Budapest Gambit} a6 (10... a5 11. Na4 Bf8 12. Bb2 d6 13. Nc3 c6 14. Qd2 Qh4 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. e4 a4 18. Rae1 axb3 19. axb3 {1-0 (55) Giri,A (2782)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) chess.com INT 2018}) 11. Bb2 d6 12. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Qg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd7 13. Rad1 Qg5 14. Nd5 Bh3 15. Nf4 Bf5 16. Qc3 a5 17. a3 Be4 18. Kh1 {½-½ (56) Ulgun,A-Buhlmann,W ICCF email 2015}) 13. Kh1 Qh4 14. Nd5 Re6 15. g3 $1 {[%cal Rg3h4]} ({Don't go for} 15. Nxc7 $2 Rh6 $3 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 15... Qd8 16. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5,Bf5f6,Bf6g7][%mdl 32]} Nc6 ({Black should try} 16... Nd7 $1 $14) 17. f5 $16 Re8 {[#]} 18. f6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf6g7][%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Nb4 $2 (18... g6) 19. Nxb4 $18 Bxb4 20. fxg7 Qd7 21. Bd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7]} Qh3 22. Rf4 Qh5 23. Raf1 Re5 24. Rxf7 Bh3 {[#]} 25. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Gomez, John Paul"]
[Black "Jacutina, John Merill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 17,81,33,60,33,37,34,49,50,60,54,53,43,122,122,145,162,153,89,75,33,50,32,54,51,68,52,24,50,63,-21,-21,-27,0,0,0,0,93,58,52,49,91,122,78,0,0,0,0,0,227,146,233,194,183,192,192,196,297,326,320,316,465,445,673,645,842,839]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nc6 9. Be3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} Ng4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Rd1 ({But not} 10. Neg5 f5 $15) 10... f5 11. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Qe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bf6 12. Be2 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qe8 14. O-O b6 15. b4 Bb7 16. Rf2 Rd8 {½-½ (25) Huzman,A (2597)-Maletin,P (2429) Moscow 2004}) 12. Bf4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Ndb5 exf4 ({Black should try} 14... c6 $14) 15. Nxc7 $16 Qf7 16. Nxa8 {aiming for h3.} Bc5 17. Nd5 (17. Rd2 $142) 17... Nxf2 {[#]} 18. Qxf2 $1 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qh5 20. Be2 Qh4+ 21. g3 fxg3+ 22. hxg3 Qe4 23. Rhe1 (23. Rh4 $1 $14 Qc2 24. Nac7 Qxb2 25. Ne7+ Kf7 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Rd7+ Kf6 28. Rhd4 (28. Nd5+ Ke6 $16) 28... Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Rxc7 30. Rd5) 23... f4 24. gxf4 Rxf4+ (24... g5 $5) 25. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 26. Bf3 Qh4+ (26... Qh2+ $11 {remains equal.} 27. Ke3 Qe5+ 28. Be4 Bf5 29. Rd8+ Kf7) 27. Ke3 Bf5 28. Bd5+ Kf8 29. Rf1 ({Of course not} 29. Bxb7 $6 Qe7+ 30. Kf4 Qxb7 $11) 29... g6 30. Rd4 ({Better is} 30. Rf4 $16 Qh3+ 31. Bf3) 30... Qg3+ $11 31. Bf3 Qe5+ 32. Be4 {Black must now prevent Kd3.} Qg3+ $2 (32... Kg7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 33. Kd2 Qg5+ (33... Ke7 $16) 34. Kc3 $18 Qe3+ 35. Bd3 {Threatens to win with Nc7.} Kg7 {[#]} 36. Rd1 $1 {Nc7 is the strong threat.} h5 (36... Qg3 {keeps fighting.} 37. Rd2 h5) 37. Nc7 h4 {Now ...h3 and Black clings on.} 38. Nd5 Qf3 (38... Qg3 {might work better.} 39. Kb4 Bg4) 39. Re1 {White is clearly winning.} h3 (39... Bxd3 $142 40. Rxd3 Qf5) 40. Re3 Qg2 41. Bxf5 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Wang, Shixu B"]
[Black "Bersamina, Paulo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 17,71,33,27,11,27,-25,0,0,3,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-16,-16,-19,-23,-19,-23,-32,-28,-18,-18,-23,-6,-25,0,-8,0,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,64,27,62,58,69,84,85,0,8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 e5 {LiveBook: 39 Games} 10. f4 {E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6} (10. f3 Nc6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bd3 Na5 16. e4 Ba6 17. Qe2 Qd7 {0-1 (40) Wang,H (2717)-Wang,Y (2718) Huaian 2016}) 10... Re8 11. Re1 $146 (11. fxe5 $142 dxe5 12. a4) ({Predecessor:} 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. d5 e4 13. Be2 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Nb3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Ba6 17. Ba3 Ne5 {0-1 (57) Nazaretyan,T (2131)-Panarin,M (2538) Tyumen 2012}) 11... c5 12. d5 Qe7 13. g3 e4 14. Bf1 Bc8 15. h3 h5 16. Bg2 Bf5 17. a4 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6a8,Ba8c7][%mdl 32]} 18. a5 bxa5 19. Nb3 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Rxa4 Nb6 21. Ra1 Qd7 22. Kh2 $1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 23. Nd2 {[%cal Bb3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} a4 24. Ba3 Rab8 25. Rb1 Na8 26. Qc2 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 h4 28. Nf1 hxg3+ $1 29. Nxg3 Bg6 30. Qb2 Nc7 31. Qb7 Re7 ({Black should try} 31... Ra8 $11) 32. Qa7 Kh7 33. Rb7 Qc8 {Black wants to play ...Nb5!} 34. Rb8 Qd7 35. Rb7 (35. Qb6 $16) 35... Qc8 $11 36. Rb8 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Pascua, Haridas"]
[Black "Nouri, Alekhine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2013"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 11,87,2,4,-14,32,18,19,13,45,35,64,22,41,41,77,49,63,33,25,16,23,16,36,12,52,50,66,66,65,65,67,62,65,70,103,86,112,89,92,84,125,121,131,87,93,76,168,170,169,160,210,199,215,150,175,130,137,127,299,291,296,295,279,275,314,305,290,280,274,213,353,353,500,502,467,443,432,431]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Rb1 Nge7 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 7. h4 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3} h5 8. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} O-O 9. e3 {The position is equal.} Nf5 10. b5 Nce7 11. Nge2 Nh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c6 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Be6 14. Ba3 Qc7 {1-0 (75) Wahls,M (2568)-Berndt,S (2478) Germany 2000}) 12. Qb3 c6 13. e4 Be6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa3 Qd7 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Qa6 Qc8 18. Qxc8 Raxc8 19. Rb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rd7 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Ba3 c5 22. Rb1 Bc6 23. Nb5 Rb8 24. Nec3 Nc8 25. Bh3 f5 26. Bc1 Ng4 27. f3 Nf6 28. exf5 gxf5 (28... Bd7 $16) 29. Bxf5 $18 Bxf3 30. Bg5 {[#] Rf1 is the strong threat.} Ng4 31. Be6+ Kh8 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. Rf1 ({Don't do} 33. Nxa7 $6 e4 $11) 33... Rf8 34. Be7 Rf7 $2 (34... Bh6 $16 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. Bxf8 Bf3) 35. Nxd6 Rxe7 36. Rxf3 e4 37. Ncxe4 Bd4+ 38. Kg2 Be5 39. Rf8+ Kg7 40. Re8 Rd7 (40... Rxe8 $142 41. Nxe8+ Kf8) 41. Re6 Rd8 (41... Bxd6 $142 42. Nxd6 (42. Rxd6 Rxd6 43. Nxd6 Ne5 $16) 42... Rd8) 42. Nf5+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf7 43. Ng5+ Kf8 {[#]} 44. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Clearance. Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Quizon, Daniel"]
[Black "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 14,65,31,34,43,0,42,7,56,54,121,10,123,114,218,216,185,214,218,151,172,150,159,22,0,2,0,0,67,14,29,18,41,0,45,45,70,77,439,403,610,606,597,606,598,576,1194,997,1482,5402,2683,1053,2540,2468]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f3 b5 6. Qd2 Nd7 7. h4 h5 {B06: Modern Defence} 8. O-O-O {LiveBook: 19 Games} (8. Nh3 Bb7 9. Ng5 e6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Ne2 Ngf6 12. Nf4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Kb1 Rb8 15. Be2 O-O 16. Ba7 Rbd8 {1-0 (37) Sjugirov,S (2654)-Chigaev,M (2599) Sochi 2018}) 8... Nb6 9. a3 c6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nf6 10. Kb1 c6 11. Nh3 Bxh3 12. gxh3 Nfd7 13. f4 a5 14. e5 b4 {0-1 (44) Kramer,J (2128)-Wohl,A (2362) Naujac sur Mer 2013}) 10. Bd3 d5 11. Nge2 Nh6 (11... a5 $14) 12. Nf4 (12. Bg5 $16) 12... e6 (12... a5 $11) 13. g4 hxg4 {[#]} (13... e5 $16 {was necessary.}) 14. h5 $1 $18 g5 {[#]} 15. Ng6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h8]} fxg6 16. Bxg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. e5 (18. hxg6 $16 Qg7 19. Rdf1) 18... Qg7 $11 {White must now prevent ...gxh5.} ({Not} 18... Qxf3 $2 19. Rdf1 $18) 19. hxg6 gxf3 20. Qg5 Ra7 ({Better is} 20... Ng8 $11) 21. Rh5 (21. Rh3 $14) 21... Ng8 {Threatens to win with ...Rxh5.} 22. Rdh1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rxh5 23. Qxh5 Nc4 {Strongly threatening ...c5!} 24. Qxf3 {Hoping for Rh7.} Qf8 25. Qh5 $1 {[%mdl 1024] g7+ is the strong threat. White has compensation.} Qf4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Kd8 $16 {is tougher.}) 26. Kb1 $18 Rg7 (26... Rd7 $142 27. g7+ Kd8) 27. Qh8 {White is clearly winning.} Nd2+ 28. Ka2 Qf8 29. Rh7 Re7 30. g7 Qf7 {[#]} 31. Bg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg6 32. Qxg8+ Kd7 33. Rh8 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "Turqueza, Mari Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 15,64,2,9,-45,-15,-47,-44,-51,-48,-57,-45,-60,-57,-56,-38,-99,-96,-95,-97,-124,-109,-103,-93,-120,-68,-100,-97,-102,-112,-123,-135,-130,-104,-128,-43,-45,-40,-33,166,-8,-10,-35,-26,-15,-13,-15,0,-13,-4,-4,-8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d5 8. d3 Bd7 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Games. ...dxe4 is the strong threat. B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} 9. Nc3 ({White should try} 9. a4 $11) 9... dxe4 (9... Bxc3 $5 10. bxc3 dxe4 $15) 10. dxe4 Bxc3 $1 {Black is slightly better.} 11. bxc3 Bb5 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Re1 Ba4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nf6 14. Ne5 Ba4 15. Rb1 b6 16. Rb2 {0-1 (29) Pereira,G (1964)-Quintiliano Pinto,R (2443) Caioba 2016}) 14. c4 Bxc2 15. Bb2 ({White should play} 15. a4 $15) 15... Nf6 $17 16. Rac1 {[#]} Ba4 $1 17. Ne5 O-O 18. Bc3 Nd7 19. Ng4 {[%cal Rg4h6]} f6 (19... h5 $17 20. Ne3 e6) 20. f5 Bc6 21. e5 h5 ({Much worse is} 21... gxf5 $6 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. exf6 $11) 22. exf6 exf6 23. Ne3 g5 24. Nf1 Rde8 (24... Rfe8 $17 25. Re6 Nf8 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Bxf6 Rd3 28. Bxg5 Re4) 25. Re6 $1 $15 Ne5 26. Ng3 Bd7 $2 (26... Nd3 $15 {stays ahead.} 27. Rxe8 Rxe8) 27. Rxe8 $2 (27. Rd6 $18) 27... Bxe8 $11 28. Ne4 Bc6 29. Nxc5 Re8 {The position is equal.} 30. Ne6 Be4 31. Bxe5 Bxf5 32. Bxf6 Rxe6 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Song, Yuxin"]
[Black "Garcia, Jan Emmanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7 8. Bf1 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 d5 12. Bf4 Nh4 13. Nd2 c6 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Be2 Re8 16. Nxh4 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Bxh4 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qd2 Be7 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Qe3 Bf8 22. Qe5 Rc8 23. h3 a5 24. Qh5 b5 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. hxg4 f6 27. g5 fxg5 28. Bxg5 Kf7 29. a3 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Ra1 Ke6 32. Bf4 Kf5 33. Be5 bxc3 34. bxc3 Ke4 35. Re1+ Kd3 36. Re3+ Kc4 37. Rh3 h6 38. Rg3 g5 39. f4 gxf4 40. Bxf4 Ra8 41. Rh3 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Kf1 Ra1+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 Rc2 46. Bxh6 Ba3 47. Bg7 Bb2 48. Rh6 Bxc3 49. Rxc6+ Kd3 50. Rc5 Rc1+ 51. Kf2 Ke4 52. Kg3 Be1+ 53. Kg4 Rc4 54. Rxc4 dxc4 55. d5 Bb4 56. Kh5 Bd6 57. g4 Kxd5 58. g5 Be5 59. Bf8 c3 60. g6 c2 61. Ba3 Bg7 62. Kg5 Kc4 63. Bc1 Kd3 64. Kf5 Ke2 65. Ke6 Kd1 66. Bg5 Bc3 67. Kf7 Bd2 68. Bxd2 Kxd2 69. g7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Concio, Michael Jr."]
[Black "Ervan, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. d4 Nc6 12. dxc5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxc5 14. Bf4 Ke7 15. Rd2 Rhd8 16. Rad1 Rxd2 17. Bxd2 f6 18. Bc3 Rc8 19. Kg2 e5 20. f4 b4 21. Be1 Ke6 22. c3 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Nb4 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Re1 Kd5 26. Rd1+ Ke4 27. Nc1 Nc2 28. Rd7 Ne3+ 29. Kf2 Nd5+ 30. Ke2 Nxc3+ 31. bxc3 Be3 32. Nb3 Rxc3 33. Nd2+ Bxd2 34. Rxd2 g5 35. Kf2 h5 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Montoya, Edsel"]
[Black "Priasmoro, Novendra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 20,197,20,0,62,62,67,50,60,49,51,40,70,71,76,82,79,88,134,133,144,112,165,168,172,164,157,145,226,215,203,198,217,207,285,272,334,351,397,327,350,331,504,501,487,346,379,329,362,368,367,350,405,410,408,391,419,104,110,109,109,109,109,95,104,97,139,84,84,84,100,97,100,100,100,74,74,74,76,73,74,72,100,100,125,112,116,78,125,78,134,78,100,100,132,74,134,78,112,0,134,78,132,100,100,48,100,50,90,41,89,66,83,30,85,62,100,20,20,8,16,8,8,8,45,16,16,16,91,69,70,16,18,14,22,8,8,8,10,8,22,0,45,45,45,45,54,54,54,54,52,52,56,56,62,62,70,70,70,70,70,70,731,54,54,0,618,68,29983,29984,29980,29981,29991,29992,29992,29991,29991,29992,29992,29989]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Re1 Nc5 11. f3 {LiveBook: 17 Games} Bd7 {E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} (11... Nfd7 $11) (11... c6 12. b4 Ne6 13. Be3 a5 14. b5 Qc7 15. Rc1 Nc5 16. Qd2 Nfd7 17. f4 Nb6 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Qf1 {1-0 (35) Matlakov,M (2694)-Grigoriants,S (2563) Tallinn 2016}) 12. Be3 $14 a6 13. Qd2 Rb8 {White is slightly better.} 14. Bf1 Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne6 15. a4 a5 16. Rad1 Nh5 17. Nde2 Bc6 18. Bh3 Nc5 19. Qc2 {1-0 (44) Bergraser,V-Atabek,F France 1981}) 15. b4 Ne6 16. Rac1 h5 17. Nb3 Nh7 18. Red1 Nhf8 19. Bg2 b6 20. Nd5 Ba4 (20... Nh7 $16) 21. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4f5] Strongly threatening f5.} Nh7 22. Rf1 Bxb3 23. axb3 Nef8 (23... c6 $16) 24. c5 bxc5 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. Bxc5 Qd8 27. Rfd1 {Black must now prevent Ne7+!} Kh8 28. Qa2 Ne6 29. Bf2 c5 30. e5 (30. Qxa6 Nf6 $18) 30... Qc8 {[#]} (30... a5 {was called for.} 31. Nf6 Bxf6 32. Rxd8 Bxd8) 31. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bf8 (31... cxb4 32. Rxc8) 32. Bf1 Qc6 33. Bxa6 Red8 34. Bf1 {[%cal Ba6f1,Bf1g2,Bg2c6][%mdl 32]} Ra8 35. Qc4 Ra4 36. Bg2 Qe8 37. Qc2 cxb4 38. Nf6 $2 (38. Nc7 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Nxc7 39. Rxd8 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} (39. Qxc7 Rxd1+ 40. Rxd1 b3 $18) 39... Qxd8 40. Qxa4) 38... Nxf6 $16 39. Bc6 {[#]} Ra2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Qxa2 Rxd1+ 41. Rxd1 Qxc6 42. exf6 Qc3 43. Qd2 (43. f5 $142 gxf5 44. Qe2) 43... Qxf6 44. Qd5 Kg8 45. Qe5 Qxe5 46. fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Bg7 47. Rb1 Bxe5 48. Rxb4 Kg7 49. Kg2 g5 50. Kf3 Kg6 51. Ke4 Bc3 52. Rc4 Bb2 53. Rc8 Bf6 54. Be3 Bg7 (54... g4 $142 55. Rg8+ Bg7) 55. Rb8 (55. h3 $142) 55... Bf8 56. Rb7 Bg7 57. Kd5 (57. h3 $142) 57... Bf8 (57... g4 $142 58. Ke4 Bf6) 58. Ra7 ({White should play} 58. h3) 58... Bg7 59. Rb7 Bf8 $1 60. Rb1 (60. h3 $142) 60... Ba3 (60... g4 $142 61. Rb6 Be7) 61. Rf1 Bb2 62. Kd6 (62. Rf2 $16 Bf6 63. Ra2) 62... Ba3+ (62... Ng7 $14) 63. Kd7 Bb4 64. Bb6 Ba3 65. Ba5 Bb2 66. Bb4 (66. Kc6 $16) 66... Bd4 (66... g4 $11) 67. Ke7 Nc7 68. Bd2 (68. Kd6 $16 Ne8+ 69. Kd5) 68... Nd5+ $11 69. Kd8 Nf6 70. Re1 Ng4 71. Re2 Nf6 72. Kc7 Kf5 73. Kd6 Kg6 (73... Kg4 $11 {remains equal.}) 74. Bc1 Kf5 75. Ra2 (75. Bb2 $14 Bxb2 76. Rxb2) 75... Ne4+ 76. Kc6 Bf2 77. Kd7 Kg4 78. Ke7 f5 79. Ke6 Bg1 80. Ke5 Nc5 81. h3+ Kxh3 {Threatening ...Kg4.} 82. Kxf5 Kxg3 83. Ra3+ ({Don't take} 83. Kxg5 $6 Kf3 $16) 83... Kg2 84. Kxg5 Ne4+ 85. Kxh5 Bf2 86. Kg4 {aiming for Ra2.} Nf6+ 87. Kf5 Nd5 88. Bd2 Nb6 89. Bf4 Nd5 90. Bg5 {Ke4 is the strong threat.} Nb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (90... Be1 $14 91. Rd3 Nb6) 91. Ra2 $2 ({Only move:} 91. Ke4 $1 $18) 91... Kf3 $14 92. Ra3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (92. Rd2 $14) 92... Kg2 $18 {[#]} 93. Ke4 $1 Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (93... Nd7 $14 94. Be7 Nc5+ 95. Kd5 Nd7) 94. Ra2 $1 {White mates.} Kg1 95. Bf4 Kf1 96. Kf3 Be1 97. Ra1 Nb2 98. Bd2 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Ra1e1]} Nd3 99. Ke3 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Pangilinan, Stephen Rome"]
[Black "Cuhendi, Sean Winshand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 21,138,-51,-21,-33,-15,-15,-20,-45,-2,-18,-8,-38,-7,-14,1,-63,-11,-32,-7,-14,-24,-20,-12,-79,-74,-66,-70,-81,-82,-104,-104,-112,-106,-106,-110,-99,-99,-157,-151,-150,-156,-200,-150,-150,-150,-150,-150,-150,-150,-177,-150,-150,-150,-157,-157,-174,-75,-597,-597,-762,-677,-641,-334,-995,-985,-849,-697,-4919,-4326,-2462,-14,-2150,-2131,-4938,-4012,-29969,-29972,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29972,-29971,-29972,-29972,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29973,0,-29971,-29972,-29971,-29972,-29970,-29961,-29974,-29977,-29976,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Nc3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} (7. d3 O-O 8. Nf3 Qe7 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Na7 11. d4 e4 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Nd2 f6 14. Nec4 f5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 {0-1 (23) Sviridov,V (2513)-Motylev,A (2659) Yaroslavl 2018}) 7... Nxc3 8. Bxc3 O-O 9. Bc4 Qe7 10. b4 Be6 11. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d3 Rad8 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Nf3 Rfe8 14. Qc2 f6 {1-0 (63) Ruiz Ruiz,L (2069)-Prohens Lopez,A (1673) Eivissa 2015}) 11... Bxc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Qxc4 a5 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 13. b5 {[#]} Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for ...Nc2+.} 14. Bb2 (14. Bxd4 exd4) 14... Qg5 15. Kf1 $1 {And now h4 would win.} Ne6 16. h4 Qe7 17. Nf3 Rad8 18. Rd1 (18. a4 $11) 18... Nc5 (18... Bxa3 $15 19. Bc3 Qc5 20. Nxe5 Bb4 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. Qxc5 Nxc5) 19. d4 $11 exd4 20. Rxd4 Ne6 21. Rd3 Bc5 22. Ng5 (22. a4 $11 {remains equal.}) 22... Nxg5 $17 23. hxg5 Qxg5 24. Rh3 Qf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 25. Rg3 g6 $1 (25... Qxd3+ $2 {too greedy.} 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. Rg7+ Kh8 30. Rxc7+ Bd4 31. Bxd4+ Rxd4 32. exd4 $18) 26. Ke2 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 28. Kxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8+ 29. Kc4 ({White should play} 29. Kc2) 29... Rd2 30. Bc3 Rc2 31. e4 Bd6 32. Kb3 Bxg3 33. Kxc2 Bxf2 34. Bxa5 {KB-KB} Bg3 35. Bc3 Kf8 36. a4 b6 $1 37. a5 bxa5 38. Bxa5 Kg7 (38... Ke7 $19 39. Kd3 h5) 39. b6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Kd3 $17 {stays breathing.}) 39... cxb6 $19 40. Bxb6 Kh6 41. Kd3 Kh5 42. Kc4 $2 (42. Ke2) 42... Kg4 43. Kd5 Be1 44. Kd6 {intending Ke7.} Bb4+ 45. Kd7 Bc3 $2 (45... Kf4 $19 {White must now prevent ...Bc3.} 46. Ke8 Kxe4 47. Kxf7 Kf5) 46. Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Bc7 $11) 46... f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 47. Kf7 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 48. exf5 Kxf5 49. Kg8 h5 50. Kh7 Bd2 51. Bd8 Be3 52. Be7 Bf4 53. Bd8 Bg3 54. Kh6 Bf4+ 55. Kh7 $1 Bg5 {Black mates.} 56. Bb6 Be7 57. Bf2 Bf8 58. Kg8 Bd6 59. Kh7 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4,Bg4h3][%mdl 32]} 60. Kh6 h4 61. Kh5 {[#]} Bg3 $1 62. Be3 g4 63. Bc5 h3 64. gxh3 gxh3 65. Bg1 Kf4 66. Bh2 Kf3 ({And not} 66... Bxh2 67. Kh4 $11) 67. Bg1 Bf2 68. Bh2 Kg2 69. Bf4 Bg3 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Docena, Jerad"]
[Black "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 21,101,-60,-60,-91,-60,-59,-56,-60,-55,-42,22,25,27,33,27,0,0,0,30,33,41,48,48,48,56,56,58,45,97,98,90,100,91,72,93,95,95,62,76,91,92,61,64,56,56,60,166,158,207,188,204,172,164,172,157,160,213,199,222,221,393,391,569,547,752,749,614,575,4951,4950,4606,4606,2133,2143,1216,918,4574,4574,2095,2081,29992,11581]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. a3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. b4 a6 14. c5 g5 15. b5 axb5 16. Bxb5 g4 17. Bxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (47) Svidler,P (2751)-Kulaots,K (2571) Tallinn 2016}) 12... Rc8 (12... dxc4 13. d5 $11) 13. c5 Qf6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 14. b4 a6 15. Na4 Nxd4 (15... Rcd8 $15) 16. Nxd4 $11 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Rfd1 Be5 19. Nb6 Rc7 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Re8 22. Bf3 Bc3 23. g3 Kg7 24. Kg2 Rb8 (24... Bf6 $14) 25. Rd6 $16 Ra8 26. Rb3 Be5 27. Rd5 (27. Rb6 {keeps more tension.} Ra7 28. Re3 Bd4 29. Re2 a5 30. Rd6) 27... Bf6 28. Rbd3 Re8 29. Kf1 Bb2 30. Rd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Re7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. Ke2 Kf6 33. Kd2 Ke5 ({Better is} 33... Be5 $14) 34. Bg2 {aiming for Kc2.} a5 35. f4+ Kf6 36. Rb3 Bd4 37. Kd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3d4]} ({And not} 37. bxa5 Rxc5 38. Bxb7 (38. Rxb7 Rxa5 39. Bf1 Rxa3 $15) 38... Rxa5 $11) 37... Bg1 {[#]} 38. Kc4 $1 (38. bxa5 Rxc5 39. Bxb7 Rxa5 $15) 38... axb4 (38... Ke7 $16 39. Kb5 (39. bxa5 Rxc5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Kb4 Rc7 $11) 39... Kd8 40. Kxa5 Re7) 39. axb4 $18 b6 40. c6 Bxh2 $2 (40... Ke7 41. h3 Kd8) 41. Kd5 Ke7 (41... Rc8 $142 42. Kd6 Rd8+ 43. Kc7 Rd2) 42. Re3+ Kd8 {[#]} 43. Kd6 $1 Ra7 44. Rc3 Kc8 45. c7 {Threatening mate with Re3.} Bxg3 46. Rxg3 {White threatens Re3 and mate.} Rxc7 {KRB-KR} 47. Re3 {[%cal Re3e8]} Rd7+ 48. Kc6 Rc7+ 49. Kxb6 Rc4 50. b5 Rxf4 51. Bc6 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 37%.} (51. Rd3 $142 Re4 52. Rc3+ Kd7 53. Bxe4 Kd6 54. Rd3+ Ke5 55. Bc6 Kf4 56. Kc5) 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Young, Angelo"]
[Black "Schain, Randolph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Ne8 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 b6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. g3 Nd6 15. O-O-O a6 16. h5 g5 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 g4 19. Bd3 f5 20. e5 Nb7 21. Kb1 e6 22. Qg2 Kh8 23. dxe6 Rb8 24. Bxf5 Qe8 25. Bxg4 Bxe6 26. Rhg1 Rg8 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Qg6 Qh3 29. Rg3 Qh4 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Bai, Adelard"]
[Black "Orio, Rogelio L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O Rb8 10. a5 b5 11. axb6 Rxb6 12. Nd2 Nb8 13. Nc4 Rb4 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. e5 Ng4 16. Ne4 f5 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. exd6 exd6 19. Nexd6 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Nf2+ 21. Rxf2 Qxf2 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. Nb7 Rd7 25. d6 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Bc3 27. Qd5+ Kg7 28. Bc4 Qxf4 29. Nc5 Qxd6 30. Qg8+ Kh6 31. Nxd7 Nxd7 32. Qd8 Bf6 33. Qa5 Bc3 34. Qxa6 Qd2 35. Qe6 Ne5 36. Bb3 Ng4 37. h3 Nf2+ 38. Kh2 Ne4 39. Rf1 Ng5 40. Qe7 Qd4 41. Qf8+ Kh5 42. Qe7 Kh6 43. Qe2 Qd6+ 44. g3 Ne4 45. Qe3+ Kg7 46. Kg2 Bd4 47. Qd3 Qe5 48. Rd1 Bc5 49. Re1 h5 50. Bd5 Qc3 51. Qxc3+ Nxc3 52. Bc6 Kf6 53. h4 Bd6 54. Kf3 g5 55. hxg5+ Kxg5 56. Re6 Bc7 57. Be8 f4 58. Rc6 Bb8 59. gxf4+ Kf5 60. Bg6# 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,64,30,27,27,26,26,25,33,32,25,28,33,7,7,8,7,8,22,6,27,14,10,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,-22,-35,-28,-16,-16,-16,-15,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d8,Bd8e6][%mdl 32]} 9. Qf4 Qb8 10. Rd1 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} Qxf4 11. Bxf4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nd8 12. Rac1 {White has an edge.} Ne6 13. Be3 d6 14. b3 Ng4 15. Bd2 Rc8 {[#]} 16. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nd5 Nf6 17. Bc3 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. cxd5 {1-0 (52) So,W (2822)-Ashwin,J (2492) chess.com INT 2017}) 16... Bxg2 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Kxg2 Nf6 19. Be3 Kf7 20. f4 Nd7 21. Bd4 (21. Ne4 {keeps more tension.} h6 22. Bd2 e5 23. e3 Nc5 24. Nf2) 21... Bxd4 22. Rxd4 a6 23. Ne4 h6 24. Nf2 Rc5 25. Nd3 Ra5 26. a4 Rc8 27. Ra1 b5 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Ne5+ dxe5 30. Rxd7 bxa4 31. Rxa4 Rxa4 32. bxa4 Ra8 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,93,0,5,0,13,8,8,0,0,-3,6,14,29,20,33,30,86,0,0,0,0,0,8,7,52,51,49,43,61,50,53,56,46,51,61,98,85,110,106,107,111,75,185,88,108,101,109,117,150,121,87,68,97,95,85,66,75,15,16,21,60,79,184,90,220,175,370,340,361,351,624,609,575,556,1517,1039,1853,1770,2425,2325]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 c5 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} 8. dxc5 d4 {LiveBook: 45 Games} 9. Qf3 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 10. e3 h6 11. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 12. O-O-O e5 13. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Re3d4] [#]} d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bg4 14. Qg3 d3 15. f3 {½-½ (76) Riazantsev,A (2654)-Inarkiev,E (2707) Geneva 2017}) 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. Rxd3 Qa5 (15... Qxd3 $11 16. Bxd3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rfc8) 16. Qg3 (16. Qxb7 $16 {aiming for Qb5.} Rab8 17. Qc6) 16... Qxc5 $11 17. e4 Be6 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Qc6 20. f3 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Rc8 22. Kb1 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Qd6 Qe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 26. Nb5 Rd8 27. Nxa7 Rd2 28. Nb5 b6 (28... Rxg2 $16 29. Nd6 Rf2) 29. g3 (29. a4 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 29... Rf2 30. Nd6 Rxf3 31. Rc1 Nd7 32. Rc6 Re3 33. Ka2 Re2 34. Nc8 Rxe4 35. Rxe6 Rd4 36. b4 (36. Kb1 $16) 36... Kf7 $11 37. Rc6 e4 38. Rd6 Rd3 {[#]} (38... Rxd6 $16 39. Nxd6+ Ke6 40. Nxe4 Kd5) 39. Kb2 (39. Rxd3 $1 $18 {is more deadly.} exd3 40. Kb3) 39... Ne5 (39... Rxd6 $16 40. Nxd6+ Ke6 41. Nxe4 Kd5) 40. Rxd3 $18 exd3 $2 (40... Nc4+ 41. Kc2 exd3+ 42. Kxd3 Nxa3 43. Nxb6 Ke6) 41. Nxb6 {KN-KN} Ke6 42. Kc3 Kf5 $2 (42... g6 43. a4 Kd6) 43. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Ke4 44. a5 {[#] And now b5 would win.} g5 45. Na4 Ke3 46. Nb2 d2 47. a6 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,83,26,40,2,31,20,20,18,20,20,12,22,47,38,67,78,69,77,73,73,81,62,54,43,97,67,102,102,151,147,152,153,199,173,304,293,304,281,300,283,368,306,349,345,377,381,365,355,416,345,425,418,399,373,379,383,393,389,878,871,854,856,850,832,836,928,859,839]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3h2][%mdl 32]} h6 7. Bh4 Be7 {[%cal Bc5e7,Be7g5,Bg5f4][%mdl 32] C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} 8. Bg3 d6 9. a4 a5 {LiveBook: 8 Games. White has an edge.} 10. c3 g6 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bh2 Bg5 13. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4e3,Be3d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} Bf4 {[#]} 14. d4 $146 Qe7 15. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Kg7 16. g3 Bg5 17. Bf1 Kh7 18. Nc4 Ng7 19. Qc2 Bf6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 20. Rad1 Ne8 (20... exd4 $14 21. Nxd4 (21. cxd4 Ne6 $11) 21... Bd7) 21. Ne3 Bg7 22. Nd5 Qe6 {[#]} 23. g4 $1 exd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 c6 (25... Qd7 {might work better.} 26. Bb5 c6) 26. Nb6 $18 Rb8 27. Qd2 Qe7 28. Qxa5 Qc7 29. Qb4 Qd8 30. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5d6][%mdl 32]} Be6 31. exd6 Nf6 32. Bg2 h5 33. gxh5 Nxh5 34. d5 cxd5 35. Nxd5 Qg5 {Black hopes to continue with ...Bxh3.} 36. h4 Qf5 37. Ne7 Qf6 $2 {[#]} (37... Qg4 38. Qxg4 Bxg4) 38. Be5 {White is clearly winning.} Qxe5 39. Rxe5 Bxe5 40. Bd5 Nf4 41. Bxe6 fxe6 42. Qe4 {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,78,20,29,16,24,31,37,35,31,10,12,20,29,0,0,0,0,0,1,-13,-13,-13,-5,-19,-3,-43,-33,-39,-43,-59,-51,-58,-67,-69,-72,-79,-56,-78,-76,-56,-64,-231,-250,-246,-242,-248,-248,-252,-234,-252,-241,-249,-248,-258,-237,-258,-252,-246,-237]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qc1 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} Qc8 (10... Qb8 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Bh6 f6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b3 Rf7 15. Qb2 Qf8 16. Rd2 Rd8 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 {½-½ (35) Vidit,S (2721)-Naiditsch,A (2700) Hungary 2017}) 11. Rd1 Re8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Nd5 {White has an edge.} Nd7 13. Bh6 f6 $146 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 13... a5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ng5 Nd4 16. Rxd4 exd4 17. Qf4 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 {0-1 (26) Winterberg,L (2372)-Barath,M (2321) Lueneburg 2018}) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3 Nd8 16. Nd2 Nf7 17. c5 c6 18. Ne3 f5 19. b4 Nf6 20. Nec4 Bd5 21. f3 Qc7 22. e4 fxe4 23. fxe4 Be6 24. Qc3 Rad8 25. Ne3 Rd4 26. Nc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2d4]} Rd7 $1 {...Red8 is the strong threat.} 27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. Qxc4 Red8 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Rf1 Ng5 31. h4 $2 {[#]} (31. Qc3 $1 $15 Ng4 32. h4) 31... Ngxe4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Bxe4 {[#] aiming for Qc3.} Qg4 $1 {[%csl LRe4,LRg3]} 33. Qc3 Qxe4 ({Resist} 33... Nxe4 34. Qxe5+ Kg8 35. Ne3) 34. Re1 {[#]} Rd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c3]} 35. Qxe5 Qxe5 36. Rxe5 Rxg3+ 37. Kf1 {intending Re7+.} Kf7 38. Nd4 Rg4 39. Ne6 Rxb4 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 94%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xu, Yi"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,62,27,27,19,16,16,29,42,3,17,7,13,12,35,13,15,15,16,19,53,50,57,20,39,6,3,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,16]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 8. Nxd4 d6 (8... d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. b3 Bf5 12. Re1 Bb4 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 O-O 15. Nf1 {0-1 (86) Naiditsch,A (2721)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2695) Batumi 2018}) 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Nxc6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 {LiveBook: 12 Games} bxc6 13. Bf4 Bf5 14. Na3 Rc8 15. Re1 {[#]} Be6 $146 16. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Bd6 17. Be3 c5 18. Rad1 a6 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Kd7 21. Bxc5 $1 Rhe8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rxe1+.} 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Bxd6 cxd6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR. The position is equal.} 24. c5 d5 25. Rxd5+ Kc6 {[%cal Re8e1] [#]} 26. Rd1 Re4 $1 27. g3 Rxa4 28. Rd6+ Kxc5 29. Rd7 a5 30. Rxf7 Rg4 31. Kf1 a4 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,90,0,0,0,0,22,0,1,-43,-51,-51,-47,-54,-40,-37,-40,-41,-42,-41,-45,-54,-55,-55,-55,-58,-58,-84,-70,-57,-55,-82,-79,-79,-79,-130,-81,-69,-63,-70,-74,-109,-87,-105,-82,-61,-67,-184,-131,-193,-187,-193,-154,-443,-420,-439,-420,-440,-209,-427,-408,-577,-579,-532,-512,-627,-626,-620,-589,-689,-645]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} Be7 11. O-O-O $146 (11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 b5 14. Bg4 Nf6 15. Qc6+ Kf8 16. Bh3 g6 17. O-O Kg7 {0-1 (56) Nisipeanu,L (2672)-Giri,A (2782) Dortmund 2018}) 11... Nd7 12. g3 {LiveBook: 6 Games. The position is equal.} b5 13. f4 Nb6 14. Na5 Qc7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 16. exd5 exf4 17. Nc6 O-O 18. gxf4 Bf6 19. Qf5 {[#] Black must now prevent Bd3.} Qd7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Bg4 Nc5 22. Rhe1 Rfe8 23. Bf3 g6 24. Kb1 Bh4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rf1 Kg7 27. Kc1 Bf6 28. Bg4 ({Better is} 28. Rd1) 28... h5 29. Bf3 Kh6 30. a3 Bg7 31. Rg1 Kh7 32. f5 Kh6 ({Much weaker is} 32... gxf5 $6 33. Bxh5 Bh6+ 34. Kb1 $11) 33. fxg6 fxg6 34. c3 (34. Rf1 $15) 34... g5 (34... Nd3+ $19 35. Kb1 g5) 35. Kd2 (35. Kc2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 35... g4 $19 36. Bg2 Bf6 37. Rf1 $2 (37. Nd4 $17) 37... Bg5+ 38. Kd1 Nd3 39. Nd4 Nxb2+ 40. Kc2 Nc4 41. Nf5+ (41. Kd3 {was called for.} Re3+ 42. Kc2) 41... Kg6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Re2+.Black is clearly winning.} 42. Rf2 Re5 43. Kd3 {and the idea Be4 leaves White hopeful.} Rxf5 44. Be4 Ne5+ 45. Kc2 Nf3 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Amartuvshin, Ganzorig"]
[Black "Adhiban, B.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]

{[%evp 9,106,5,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-18,-17,-14,-18,-15,13,-8,-19,-47,-16,-19,-8,-17,-15,-27,11,12,23,-12,1,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,24,7,65,12,12,7,115,7,11,6,6,0,0,0,62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-38,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,4,20,21,19,19,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} d6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Be7 4. e4 Bg5 5. Nd2 Ne7 6. Ngf3 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} Bh6 7. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. a3 a5 10. Rb1 Na6 11. b3 g6 {½-½ (29) Sundararajan,K (2400)-Shyam,S (2507) Kolkata 2014}) 7... O-O 8. O-O a5 9. c5 Na6 10. cxd6 cxd6 11. Nc4 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Nc5 13. Nfd2 {Black should prevent Nxe5.} b6 14. f3 f5 (14... b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 15. Na3 Bd7 $11) 15. Nb3 Ng6 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Bd3 Rf6 19. Bxg6 Rxg6 20. Rf2 a4 21. Nd2 Bd7 22. Ne4 Rb8 23. a3 Rb6 24. Qd2 Rb3 25. f4 {[#] And now fxe5 would win.} exf4 (25... Qh4 $11) 26. Qxf4 ({Better is} 26. Rxf4 $14 Bb5 27. Re1) 26... Qe7 $11 27. Re1 {Strongly threatening Ree2.} Rd3 (27... h6 $11) 28. Qc1 (28. Rff1 $16 Rxd5 {[#]} 29. Nxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 28... Qh4 29. Qc2 Rf3 ({Wrong is} 29... Rxd5 $2 30. Qc4 $18) 30. g3 Rxf2 31. Qxf2 h6 (31... Qd8 $11) 32. Qf3 (32. Nxd6 $1 $14 Qd4 33. Qxd4 cxd4 34. Nc4) 32... Qd8 33. Qf4 Qa8 34. Rd1 ({Much worse is} 34. Nxd6 Qxd5 35. Nc8 Bxc8 $17) 34... Kh7 35. Qf7 Bh3 36. Re1 Qa5 37. Qf2 Qa8 38. Qf3 Qb8 39. Qc3 Bf5 40. Re3 Qb5 41. Qd2 {The position is equal.} Qc4 42. Nc3 $1 Qd4 43. Qf2 Bd3 {White must now prevent ...Rf6.} 44. Rf3 Rg4 45. h3 Qxf2+ $1 46. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd4 47. Rf4 Rxf4+ 48. gxf4 {KB-KN} Bc2 $1 49. Ke3 Kg6 50. Nb5 Bb3 51. Ke4 Bc2+ 52. Ke3 Bb3 53. Ke4 Bc2+ {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,64,7,20,37,28,36,29,35,16,30,9,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,17,-14,-14,-13,-12,-21,-21,-110,-115,-343,-341,-347,-318,-316,-330,-707,-707,-685,-677,-677,-671,-669,-627]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3 Be6 9. Bc2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} d5 10. exd5 Bxd5 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 h6 13. b4 {[#] LiveBook: 7 Games} Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ba7 14. a4 b5 15. Bb2 Qb8 16. Nf1 Qb6 {0-1 (68) Hou,Y (2673)-Eljanov,P (2760) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 14. a4 g6 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. Bd2 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 17. b5 Ne7 18. Bb3 axb5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. axb5 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Nf8 22. c4 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. d4 Ne6 25. Qc1 (25. Ned2 $11 {remains equal.}) 25... Nxd4 $17 ({Don't do} 25... Bxd4 26. Rd1 $11) 26. Qxf4 $2 (26. Qd1 $17) 26... f5 $19 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Qxh6 Re6 {[%mdl 64] Pin} ({Worse is} 28... fxe4 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Bg7 33. Qf4+ Bf6 34. Rxe4 $11) 29. Rd1 $2 (29. g3) 29... fxe4 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Qe3 Rd6 31. Qxe4 {[#]} Bxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Kxf2 {[#] Hoping for Qxg6+!} Qf6+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 74%.} ({Weaker is} 32... Rxd1 33. Qxg6+ Kh8 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qg6+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Kf7 37. Qh5+ Ke6 38. Qg4+ Kf6 39. Qh4+ Kg6 40. Qg4+ Kh6 41. Qe6+ Kh7 42. Qe4+ Kh8 43. Qe5+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ Kh6 45. Qe6+ Kg7 46. Qg4+ Kh6 47. Qe6+ $11) 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Xu, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,113,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,23,-10,28,19,32,29,31,34,68,66,83,73,70,71,72,62,63,73,65,29,47,50,62,48,80,15,33,0,77,60,74,18,11,10,49,40,39,47,48,8,8,8,365,365,350,334,350,341,558,309,309,306,306,274,293,283,275,276,258,252,229,251,197,179,339,345,338,330,311,292,320,270,1279,1311,1966,902,766,722,5065,312,4823,4671,6111,5285,1541,1127]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} 7. d3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. d4 c4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32]} f6 14. exf6 {[#]} Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rxf6) 15. Nc2 Na5 16. Ba3 Be7 17. Ne3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Be6 19. Ra2 Qd6 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Bf3 Bf7 22. g3 a6 23. Rae2 Kh8 24. Bg4 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nf5 Qd8 27. Qa1 (27. Rxe8 $16 Bxe8 28. Re6) 27... Rxe2 $11 28. Rxe2 (28. Bxe2 b4 $15) 28... Bg6 (28... b4 $11) 29. Ne7 $16 Be4 {Hoping for ...b4.} 30. f3 (30. Qa3 $16) 30... Qxe7 $11 31. Qxa5 Qg5 32. Qb4 $36 {[%cal Rb4f8][%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Ra8 33. Qxb5 h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 34. fxe4 Qxg4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 35. Re1 h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Rf8 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 36. Qxd5 $18 Rf8 {( -> ...Qf3)} 37. e5 $1 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} ({Don't take} 37. Qxc4 hxg3 38. Qe2 Qg5 $18) 37... hxg3 {[#]} 38. Qg2 $1 Rf3 $2 (38... Kg8 39. Qxg3 Qf5) 39. e6 Re3 40. Qa8+ Kh7 41. Rxe3 {Qe4+ would kill now.} Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qd2+ 43. Kxg3 {Intending Qe4+ and mate.} ({But not} 43. Kf3 Qf2+ 44. Kg4 (44. Ke4 Qg2+ 45. Kf4 g5+ 46. Kxg5 Qxa8 $17) 44... Qxe3 $16) 43... Qxe3+ {KQ-KQ} 44. Qf3 Qxe6 {[#]} 45. Qh5+ $1 Kg8 46. Kf4 Qf6+ $2 (46... Qb6 {keeps fighting.} 47. Qd5+ Kh7 48. Qxc4 Qd6+ 49. Kf3 Qxh2 50. Qd3+ Kg8) 47. Ke4 Qf1 48. Kd5 Qd3 49. Qe8+ Kh7 50. Qe1 g5 $2 (50... Qh3 51. Kxc4 Qxh2) 51. Kc5 Qc2 52. Qe7+ (52. d5 $142 Qf5 53. Qe6 Qf2+ 54. Kxc4) 52... Kg6 53. Qe6+ Kh5 54. Qh3+ Kg6 55. d5 {White is clearly winning.} Qd3 56. Qe6+ Kh5 57. Qe5 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,98,33,60,16,47,41,58,31,54,35,52,35,41,54,67,68,55,65,33,7,24,9,6,17,6,8,8,12,12,-8,7,10,18,0,2,-29,-29,-22,-19,-33,-55,-66,-47,-80,-79,-143,-170,-230,-230,-261,0,-308,-283,-345,-345,-348,-342,-525,-445,-445,-631,-626,-604,-601,-583,-575,-565,-752,-752,-744,-738,-732,-718,-837,-829,-708,-668,-659,-640]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 b6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. h3 {A62: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation without early ...Nbd7} (12. Bf4 Ra7 13. e4 Bg4 14. Qc2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 h6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Rxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxe5 Nbd7 19. Bf4 g5 {0-1 (49) Dziuba,M (2584)-Navara,D (2732) Czech Republic 2017}) 12... Nbd7 13. e4 Qc7 14. Bd2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Bd2 Re7 16. Rad1 Rae8 17. Kh2 h6 18. Bc1 Qb8 19. b3 Kh7 20. Bb2 {1-0 (51) Juhasz,B (2220)-Lutring,A (2015) Aggtelek 1996}) 14... h6 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. Bf1 g5 17. Qc2 Nf8 18. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Ng6 19. b5 a5 20. Bg2 Bd7 21. Nd1 Qc8 22. g4 h5 23. Nxg5 hxg4 24. hxg4 Nxg4 25. Ne3 Qd8 26. Nxg4 Bxg4 27. Rb3 Be5 28. Nf3 Bxf3 $1 29. Rxf3 Kg7 30. Qc1 Rh8 31. Ree3 Qe7 32. Rf5 {[#]} Rbg8 $1 (32... Qh4 33. Rh3 $16) 33. Kf1 (33. Rd3 $142) 33... Nh4 $17 34. Rxe5 ({Avoid the trap} 34. f4 $2 Kf8 $19) (34. Rg5+ {was worth a try.} Qxg5 35. Rg3 Qxg3 36. fxg3 Nxg2 37. Kxg2) 34... dxe5 $19 35. Rg3+ {[#]} Ng6 $2 (35... Kf8 $1 $19 36. Bg5 f6 37. Bxh4 Rxh4 38. Rxg8+ Kxg8) 36. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Qd1 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 36... exf4 37. Bxf4 Kf8 {[%cal Bg7f8,Bf8e8,Be8d7][%mdl 32] And now ...Qf6 would win.} 38. Bd2 Nh4 39. Bh6+ (39. Bg5 $142 Qe5 40. Qf4 Qxf4+ 41. Bxf4) 39... Ke8 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Qf4 Rxg3 (40... Nxg2 41. Qb8+ Qd8 42. Qe5+ Kd7 43. Qf5+ Kc7 44. Rxg2 $17) 41. Qb8+ Qd8 42. Qe5+ Kd7 43. Bf4 {[#]} Rh6 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Rf6.} 44. Bxh6 Rxg2 45. Bf4 Rg6 {White must now prevent ...Rf6.} 46. Ke2 c4 47. Bg3 {[#]} Rxg3 $1 48. Qxg3 Ng6 49. Qh3+ Ke7 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,18,0,16]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O-O b5 11. a3 Be7 12. g4 h6 13. Bh4 Rb8 14. Be1 g5 15. f5 Ne5 16. h4 Nfxg4 17. hxg5 Bxg5+ 18. Bd2 {1-0 (64) Grischuk,A (2769)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2780) Douglas 2018}) 6... Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bc1 Nf6 {LiveBook: 64196 Games} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,117,10,21,17,17,15,10,44,20,22,0,46,54,42,-27,-27,-40,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,209,207,212,10,27,6,4,8,6,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,51,0,67,54,57,46,53,40,39,37,50,56,85,44,96,100,93,93,98,94,77,76,93,97,92,93,110,109,150,144,345,339,504,501,500,500,489,488,447,454,447,380,748,747,730,575,5135,5056,29979,29980,29980,29981,29977,29975]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 c4 10. Qc2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (10. Qd1 Rc8 11. b3 Na5 12. Ne5 cxb3 13. axb3 Rxc1 14. Qxc1 Nxb3 15. Qb2 Nxa1 16. Qxa1 Bd6 17. Qxa7 O-O 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 {½-½ (77) Yu,Y (2751)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Huaian 2017}) 10... Rc8 11. e4 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 {LiveBook: 7 Games. next d5 is good for White.} Na5 14. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nbd2 b4 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 h6 17. g4 f5 {0-1 (99) Kaasen,T (2382)-Mikalsen,E (2287) Oslo 2018}) 14... exd5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Rxd5 Nc5 17. Nd4 Qe8 18. Bd2 Nab7 {[%cal Ba5b7,Bb7c5,Bc5e6][%mdl 32]} 19. Na3 ({White should try} 19. Nc3 $14) 19... a6 $11 20. Nac2 Ne6 (20... Be6 $15) 21. Rd1 ({White should play} 21. Nf5 $14) 21... Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Nc5 23. Nb4 Ne6 24. Rg4 f5 $2 (24... Nc7 $11) 25. exf6 $1 $18 Bxf6 26. Nd5 $2 (26. Bd5 $1 $18) 26... Nc5 $11 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28. Qxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rd4 {And now Bb4 would win.} Bc6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 30. Bf1 Bf3 31. Re1 Rxe1 32. Bxe1 Kf7 (32... g5 $11) 33. Bc3 (33. Bb4 $14 Ne6 34. Rd7+ Kg8 35. h4) 33... Bc6 (33... g5 $11) 34. Rh4 Rh6 35. Rf4+ Kg8 36. h4 Re6 37. Bb4 Re5 {With the idea ...Ne6.} 38. Rd4 {Black must now prevent f4.} Nb7 39. a4 h6 (39... Rd5 $14 40. axb5 axb5) 40. axb5 axb5 41. Bg2 Bxg2 42. Kxg2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc5 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Bc3 Re2 45. Kf3 Rc2 46. Rb8 Na4 {[#]} 47. Bd4 $1 ({Resist} 47. Rxb5 $6 Nxc3 48. bxc3 Rxc3+ 49. Ke4 Rc2 $14) 47... Rd2 $2 {[#]} (47... Nxb2 $16 48. Rb7 (48. Rxb5 Nd1 $18) 48... Kg8 49. Rxg7+ Kf8) 48. Ke3 $1 $18 {[%cal Re3d2]} Rd3+ (48... Rc2 {was worth a try.} 49. Rxb5 c3) 49. Ke4 Rb3 50. Rb7 Kg8 51. Rxg7+ Kf8 52. Rh7 Nxb2 53. Rxh6 Nd1 $2 (53... c3 54. Rc6 Nc4) 54. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Rd3 55. Rb6 Rd2 56. h6 Kg8 57. Rb7 {White mates.} Nxf2+ 58. Kd5 Rxd4+ 59. Kxd4 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,30,0,-18,-16,-19,0,-4,18,3,16,13,13,10,15,0,41]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxf6 8. Ne2 d6 9. Qd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal. C28: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nc6} Qg5 10. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. g3 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 f5 12. f4 Rf8 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Bd5 c6 16. Bg2 Bg4 {1-0 (61) Liiva,R (2425)-Gyimesi,Z (2545) Parnu 1996}) 10... Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Be6 12. Bb3 Ne7 13. Raf1 g5 14. h4 {[#] And now hxg5 would win.} Kd7 15. d4 {Hoping for d5.} f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,37,27,9,56,47,64,68,93,85,126,68,60,69,109,83,90,83,82,97,136,131,128,106,290,280,266,218,233,220]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Bb7 5. Qe2 c5 6. e5 {LiveBook: 8 Games. A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} Ng4 7. d4 cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... d6 8. d5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxe5 Nd7 11. Qg3 e5 12. Bd3 g6 13. O-O {1-0 (51) Prusikin,M (2540)-Petrik,T (2452) Steinbrunn 2005}) 8. Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} Nh6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. h4 (10. Rd1 $16) 10... Nc6 11. O-O-O Qb8 12. Nf3 Bg7 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 13. Ne4 {[#] Black must now prevent Nd6+.} O-O 14. Nd6 f6 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 15. Rh3 f5 16. Rg3 Nd8 $2 {[#]} (16... Kh8 $16) 17. Nd4 $18 Kh8 18. f4 Nf7 19. N4b5 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,41,0,-11,5,14,18,16,32,22,38,35,50,18,17,0,6,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Bc3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (7. Qc2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 O-O 15. Rac1 {½-½ (23) Kuzubov,Y (2647)-Vitiugov,N (2730) Linares 2018}) 7... dxc4 8. Ne5 {LiveBook: 9 Games} O-O 9. Nxc4 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... b5 10. Ba5 Qe8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. O-O Nd5 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 {1-0 (73) Dorfman,J (2595)-Saric,A (2455) Cannes 2006}) 10. O-O Bb7 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Bd2 c5 {Strongly threatening ...Bxg2.The position is equal.} 14. Bf4 Qc8 $1 15. Nd6 Bxd6 $1 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Bxd6 c4 18. Qxc4 Rfc8 19. Qb3 Qc6 20. Bf4 Qc4 21. Qxc4 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,85,0,0,0,14,11,22,2,13,20,20,11,16,14,26,9,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,19,15,20,21,20,28,28,28,28,25,18,18,18,18,19,28,23,21,21,21,21,21,21,24,16,18,24,24,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 d4 (5... O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qd3 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Qc3 Nf6 16. Qe5 Rac8 17. Nh4 Bxg2 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Kxg2 {½-½ (45) So,W (2778)-Kramnik,V (2792) Paris 2018}) 6. e3 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} c5 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Nc6 9. Re1 O-O 10. b3 Re8 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 11. Ba3 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxa3 12. Nxa3 e5 13. c5 Nd5 14. Qd2 f6 15. Nb5 Be6 {½-½ (41) Sommerbauer,N (2444)-Szabo,K (2541) Austria 2013}) 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. a3 e5 14. b4 Qc7 15. Nbd2 Bf5 16. Qc2 Rd8 17. c5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nc3 20. Ree1 a5 21. Qb2 axb4 22. axb4 Nd5 23. Ra4 b5 24. cxb6 $1 Qxb6 25. b5 Rb8 26. Rc4 {Nh4 is the strong threat.} Nc3 27. Rxc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} Qxc6 28. Nxd4 $1 exd4 29. Bxc6 Rxe1+ 30. Kg2 Re6 31. Qb3 Nxb5 $1 ({Don't go for} 31... Rxc6 $2 32. bxc6 Rxb3 33. c7 $18) 32. Bd5 Rf6 33. Qb4 Rf5 34. Bc4 Re8 35. g4 Rfe5 36. Bb3 R8e7 {The position is equal.} 37. h4 g5 38. Bd5 Nc3 39. Bf3 Ne2 40. Be4 Kg7 41. Kf3 Ng1+ 42. Kg2 Ne2 43. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,113,22,25,19,21,11,18,14,21,10,25,17,26,0,14,0,0,-16,0,-11,-11,0,90,86,147,110,111,97,102,29,25,39,94,89,85,90,94,99,93,40,40,41,41,41,41,41,43,34,34,33,30,30,30,19,32,0,0,0,35,6,6,8,15,0,0,0,20,4,8,11,25,9,9,0,0,0,19,7,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-14,-14,-14,-8,-14]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3c4][%mdl 32]} Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 12. b4 Nh5 13. Nf1 Qe8 {[#]} 14. Ra2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nf4 {1-0 (63) Karjakin,S (2773)-So,W (2810) Saint Louis 2017}) 14... Nf4 15. Kh2 Qf7 (15... Qg6 {with more complications.}) 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Kh8 18. Ng1 d5 {And now ...d4 would win.} 19. Qc2 d4 20. Nc4 $1 dxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxd3 (21... Rad8 $11 {remains equal.} 22. Rd2 Nd4) 22. Qxd3 $16 Nxb4 ({Black should try} 22... b5) 23. Qd2 Nxa2 24. Nxe5 Qxf2 25. Re2 (25. Ng6+ $16 Kg8 26. Re2) 25... Qf6 $11 26. Ngf3 Rad8 (26... b5 $14) 27. Qxa2 $16 Kh7 28. Qb1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} b6 29. Qc2 c5 30. Qb1 (30. h4 $16) 30... b5 $14 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qxb5 Qf4+ $1 33. g3 Qc1 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qf1.} 34. Kg2 Rb8 35. Qc4 Rb1 {( -> ...Qh1+)} 36. Qxc1 Rxc1 37. Kf2 c4 38. Re1 Rc2+ 39. Re2 Rc1 40. Ng4 c3 41. Ne3 $1 Rb8 42. Ne1 Rf8+ 43. Nf3 Rb8 44. Nc2 Rb2 45. Nfe1 Rd1 46. Ke3 g5 {The position is equal.} 47. Rf2 Rbb1 48. Re2 Rb8 49. Nd4 Rbb1 50. Nec2 Rg1 51. Kf3 Rbf1+ 52. Rf2 Rxf2+ 53. Kxf2 Rd1 {[#] Hoping for ...Rd2+.} 54. Ke3 Rh1 55. Nxe6 Rxh3 56. Kf3 $1 Rh2 57. Ned4 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,145,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-14,-9,-15,-52,-51,-54,-50,-52,-19,-39,-11,-12,-13,-13,-10,-10,-12,-18,-12,-14,-20,-18,-10,-15,-12,-13,-13,-31,-8,-22,0,-31,-10,-15,-3,-18,-19,-20,-19,-37,-14,-74,-72,-83,-81,-72,-74,-72,-40,-77,-14,-18,-18,-34,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6][%mdl 32]} 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nf1 Nc5 11. Bxc6 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} bxc6 12. d4 {LiveBook: 33 Games} Ne6 (12... exd4 13. cxd4 Ne6 14. Ng3 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Qd2 Bg4 18. Bh6 Bxf3 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. gxf3 {1-0 (52) Anand,V (2759)-Caruana,F (2816) Leuven 2018}) 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qa4 Qe8 15. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. N1d2 a5 16. Nc4 Nc5 17. Qc2 f5 18. Nfd2 a4 {0-1 (40) Vishnu,P (2340)-Sethuraman,S (2424) Chennai 2008}) 15... c5 16. Qxe8 Rxe8 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 ({Don't play} 17... fxe6 $6 18. Be3 $16) 18. c4 Bxc4 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Rec1 Bd3 21. Bxc5 Bxe4 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rxc7 Rec8 24. Rxc8+ (24. Rd7 {seems wilder.} Bf5 25. Rd5 Rcb8 26. b3 Rb5 27. Rad1) 24... Rxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Ne3 Bd3 26. Rd1 e4 27. f4 Ke7 28. Kf2 h6 29. h4 a5 30. Ke1 a4 31. Kd2 Bc4 32. b3 axb3 33. axb3 Bxb3 34. Rb1 Be6 35. Rb7+ (35. Rb5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35... Kd6 $17 36. g4 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. hxg5 (37. fxg5 hxg5) 37... hxg5 38. f5 Bd7 39. Ra7 Rd8 (39... Rc5 $17 {Threatening ...f6.} 40. Ra6+ Bc6) 40. Ra5 $11 {[#]} Bb5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with ...Kc5+.} 41. Nc2 $1 (41. Rxb5 Kc6+) 41... Kc5+ 42. Ke3 {Hoping for Na3.The position is equal.} Kb6 43. Ra1 Bd3 44. Ne1 Rd5 45. Ra8 Rd6 46. Rf8 f6 47. Re8 Kc5 48. Rc8+ Rc6 49. Rb8 Rd6 50. Rc8+ Kb6 51. Rc3 Ba6 52. Kxe4 Rd2 53. Kf3 Rd1 54. Kf2 Rd4 55. Kg3 Be2 56. Nf3 Rd3 (56... Ra4 {is interesting.} 57. Re3 Bc4 58. Nd4 Ra7 59. Re8 Kc5) 57. Rxd3 Bxd3 {KB-KN} 58. Kf2 Kc5 59. Ke3 Bc2 60. Ne1 Bb1 61. Nf3 Kd5 62. Nd4 Ba2 63. Ne6 Bb3 {White must now prevent ...Bd1.} 64. Nf4+ Kd6 {Strongly threatening ...Bd1.} 65. Nd3 Bc2 66. Nf2 Ke5 67. Nh3 $1 Ba4 (67... Bd1 $5 68. Nf2 $8 Bc2 $11) 68. Nf2 Bb5 69. Nh3 Ba6 70. Nf2 Bf1 71. Nd1 Bc4 72. Nf2 Bf1 73. Nd1 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,104,25,29,63,32,82,61,62,58,134,73,93,69,90,95,215,14,156,22,29,25,27,14,38,27,30,19,26,-46,26,27,20,0,46,29,23,14,28,25,17,5,7,-89,-80,-85,-94,-95,-84,-187,-165,-241,-254,-242,-229,-262,-262,-230,-187,-336,-336,-443,-474,-692,-496,-560,0,-672,-672,-667,-651,-624,-618,-462,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. a3 a6 8. f4 d6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. O-O-O {B82: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 f4} O-O 11. Be2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd7 12. Rhg1 b5 13. g4 b4 14. axb4 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nf5 Bxb4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 {1-0 (41) Motylev,A (2680)-Rosen,E (2369) Helsingor 2017}) 12. g4 {White is slightly better.} Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. g5 Nd7 15. Rhg1 (15. Qh5 $142) 15... b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. f5 $1 {Black must now prevent Bxg7!} Ne5 (17... Rxd4 $16 18. Rxd4 d5) 18. Qh3 $2 (18. Bxe5 $1 $18 dxe5 19. f6) 18... Re8 {[#]} (18... d5 $1 $11) 19. Bh5 {[#]} (19. f6 $1 $16) 19... Rxd4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Rxd4 Qc5 21. Rdd1 {aiming for f6.} g6 {[%cal Re6f5]} 22. Be2 exf5 23. Nd5 fxe4 24. Qc3 (24. Nxe7+ $11 Rxe7 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3) 24... Qxc3 ({Black should play} 24... Nd3+ $1 $15 25. Bxd3 Qxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Bxa6 Qf5) 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. bxc3 Re6 (26... Nf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3g1]} 27. Bxf3 exf3 $11) 27. Rgf1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kg7 28. Rd4 Bb7 29. Rfd1 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5c4][%mdl 32]} 30. Rf1 Bc6 31. c4 (31. Kd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 31... dxc4 $17 32. Kd2 Nf3+ 33. Bxf3 exf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 34. Rf2 {[#]} (34. h4 $17) 34... h6 $1 $19 35. gxh6+ (35. h4 {keeps fighting.}) 35... Kxh6 36. Rxc4 f5 37. Rc5 Kg5 38. Ra5 Be4 39. c4 (39. Ke3 $142) 39... Kf4 40. c5 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 41. Ke1 (41. Ra1 $142 g4 42. Kc3) 41... Bd3+ 42. Kd2 Be4 43. Ke1 $1 g4 44. Ra3 Bd3+ 45. Kd2 Bb5 46. Rb3 Ke4 $2 (46... Kg5 $19 {And now ...f4 would win.} 47. Rb2 Kf4) 47. Re3+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kd5 {Threatens to win with ...Re4.} 48. Rxe6 Kxe6 49. Ke3 Be2 50. h4 $1 {Hoping for c6.} gxh3 51. Rh2 Bf1 52. Rd2 ({Don't blunder} 52. Kxf3 $2 Bg2+ 53. Ke3 a5 $19) 52... Bb5 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,102,42,44,27,35,25,39,18,12,14,44,41,43,43,38,28,56,54,54,45,36,24,17,0,10,-27,-24,-51,-47,-36,-26,-41,-50,-70,-70,-65,-81,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nbd7 5. d4 e6 6. h3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Bh5 7. c4 c6 8. cxd5 cxd5 (8... exd5 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Kh2 O-O {½-½ (32) Svidler,P (2768)-Karjakin,S (2753) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Qb3 Qb6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 11. Qxb6 Nxb6 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. g4 Bg6 $1 14. Bf4 Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bb8 15. Rac1 Ke7 16. Nxg6+ hxg6 {0-1 (35) Askarov,M (2404)-Fominykh,M (2298) Dagomys 2004}) 15. Rfc1 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Ke7 18. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 19. a5 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Rxc4 21. Ra3 Kd7 22. a6 b6 23. f3 Bc2 24. Bf1 Ra4 25. Rxa4 Bxa4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 26. g5 Ne8 27. e4 Nd6 28. exd5 {Black is better.} exd5 29. Kf2 Bb5 30. Bxd6 Bxf1 $17 {KB-KB} 31. Be5 Bxh3 32. Bxg7 Kc6 33. Ke3 Bf1 34. Kd2 Bxa6 35. Be5 Bc8 36. Kc2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 37. Kb3 Kb5 38. Bc7 a4+ 39. Kb2 Kc6 40. Bd8 b5 41. f4 Kd7 42. Ba5 Ke6 43. Ka3 Kf5 44. Bc7 Ke4 45. Bd6 Bd7 46. Bc7 Kd3 47. Ba5 Ke3 48. Bc7 Ke4 49. Bd6 {[#]} f6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50. Be7 (50. gxf6 Be8) 50... Kf5 51. Bd8 Be8 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,131,8,15,28,-16,0,0,4,11,2,0,0,0,0,0,8,-2,8,-6,0,0,29,18,72,27,37,18,43,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,13,7,0,20,20,18,19,19,20,28,0,0,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,12,0,53,58,53,14,89,95,80,68,69,102,54,79,75,97,90,82,53,77,56,84,127,61,118,72,191,0,27,27,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,8,29968,29972,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. d3 Re8 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 11. Rc1 Bf8 12. Ne4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne4 Rb8 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 f6 16. a3 Qd7 17. b4 Bf7 18. Qc2 Rbc8 19. Rc1 a6 20. Nd2 Nd5 {1-0 (52) Eljanov,P (2711)-Ganguly,S (2650) Riadh 2017}) 12... Nd4 {The position is equal.} 13. e3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bh3 15. Re1 c6 16. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 {0-1 (38) Zalahoras,N (2191)-Kalaitzoglou,P (2199) Kallithea 2009}) 16... Qe7 17. a3 Rad8 18. b4 Nd7 19. Red1 Bf5 20. Qe2 Qe6 21. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Be7 22. Nd2 {[%cal Be4d2,Bd2c4,Bc4a5][%mdl 32]} Qg6 (22... Nf6 $11) 23. h5 Qg5 24. Nc4 h6 25. Na5 Rb8 26. Rc2 a6 27. Bc1 {And now e4 would win.} Be6 $1 28. e4 Qf6 29. Be3 Bd8 30. Bg4 Nf8 31. Nc4 Bc7 32. d4 exd4 33. Bxd4 Qg5 34. Bxe6 Nxe6 35. Be3 Qe7 36. Qg4 Kf8 37. Rcd2 {Black must now prevent f4.} Rbd8 38. Qf5 Kg8 39. Kg2 Rxd2 40. Rxd2 Rd8 41. Bc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nxc5 42. bxc5 Rxd2 43. Nxd2 Qd8 44. Nf3 b5 ({Black should try} 44... Bb8 $11) 45. cxb6 $1 $14 Bxb6 46. g4 Bd4 (46... Qd6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 47. g5 hxg5 48. Nxg5 Qe8 49. f4 $1 g6 50. hxg6 fxg6 51. Qh3 Bf6 {[#] With the idea ...Bxg5.} 52. Qb3+ $1 Kh8 53. Ne6 Qf7 54. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qe8 55. Kg3 (55. Kf3 $16) 55... Qc8 ({Better is} 55... a5 $1 $14) 56. a5 Kh7 (56... c5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 57. Nc5 $2 (57. e5 $18 Be7 58. Nd4) 57... Qc7 58. Kg4 {Hoping for e5.} Qc8+ 59. Ne6 {next e5 is good for White.} Qd7 60. e5 Be7 61. f5 gxf5+ 62. Kxf5 {White threatens Qh3+ and mate.} Bf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (62... Bb4 $11) 63. Qh3+ {White mates.} Bh6 64. Kf6 Qd2 65. Qf5+ Kh8 66. Kg6 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,129,23,30,39,32,36,33,37,74,68,59,60,79,78,78,80,98,87,104,62,77,81,60,64,125,82,92,64,130,130,180,123,212,214,216,225,275,277,266,109,232,221,226,122,168,68,101,82,103,97,121,126,257,258,250,259,253,250,255,197,162,194,188,178,212,193,220,138,145,150,150,122,333,323,349,350,354,354,330,268,743,736,722,717,656,617,12790,12796,12797,12799,12799,12799,12799,12799,12800,12795,12796,12799,12804,12799,12798,12798,12762,12577,12514,12360,12298,12277,12277,12107,7413,6962,6923,6785,6209,5815,5815,5800]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 b6 {LiveBook: 26 Games. D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} (7... b5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nc4 Be7 14. Rxa4 Nc5 15. Ra2 O-O 16. Na5 Qb6 17. Nxb7 Nxb7 {1-0 (29) Vidit,S (2711)-Xiong,J (2651) chess.com INT 2018}) 8. Ba3 Nbd7 9. d5 exd5 {White is slightly better.} 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {[#]} 14. Rd1+ $146 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Ne5 Ke8 15. Nd2 {1-0 (57) Smirnov,P (2589)-Kozionov,K (2437) Kazan 2017}) 14... Ke7 15. Nbd2 Be6 16. Ne5 {aiming for Nc6+.} Rc7 17. Ndc4 b5 18. Na5 Bd7 (18... Ke8 $14) 19. a4 h5 20. f3 Rh6 ({Black should try} 20... h4 $14) 21. e4 $16 Ne8 22. Bc1 (22. Nd3 $18) 22... Rb6 (22... Rd6 $16 23. Nd3 bxa4) 23. Bg5+ $18 f6 24. Ng6+ (24. Rxd7+ Rxd7 25. Nxd7 Kxd7 $11) 24... Kd8 25. Be3 (25. Nxf8 $6 fxg5 26. axb5 (26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Rdc1 Rc7 $16) 26... axb5 $16) 25... Bd6 26. Nf4 (26. axb5 $18 {is more deadly.} axb5 27. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 26... Rb8 (26... Bxf4 $16 27. Bxf4 Rc8 28. axb5 Rxb5) 27. axb5 ({Don't do} 27. Nxh5 $6 bxa4 28. Nc4 (28. bxa4 c4 $16) 28... Rxb3 $16) 27... axb5 28. Nxh5 ({White should play} 28. Nd5 $18) 28... Be5 29. Rac1 (29. Ra2 $18) 29... Ra8 $14 30. b4 $1 ({Reject} 30. Bxc5 $6 Rxa5 31. Bb6 Ra6 $11) 30... cxb4 31. Bb6 $1 {Threatens to win with Nc6+.} Kc8 32. Bxc7 Nxc7 (32... Bxc7 $16 {was necessary.} 33. Nc6 Bxc6) 33. Nb3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb3c5]} Be6 34. Nc5 b3 35. Nxe6 b2 36. Nxc7 ({Worse is} 36. Nexg7 bxc1=N 37. Rxc1 b4 $11) 36... bxc1=Q 37. Rxc1 Bxc7 38. Nxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kb7 39. Nf5 Bb6+ 40. Kf1 Ra2 41. Nd6+ Ka6 42. Rc6 {Nc8 is the strong threat.} Rf2+ $2 (42... Ka5 $16) 43. Ke1 Rxg2 {[#]} 44. Nc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8b6]} Kb7 45. Rxb6+ Kxc8 46. Rxb5 Rxh2 $2 {KR-KR} (46... Kd8 47. h4 Rc2) 47. Rd5 {White is clearly winning.} Kc7 48. Rd2 Rh8 49. Kf2 f5 50. exf5 Rh5 51. Rd5 Kc6 52. Re5 Kd6 53. f4 Rh3 54. Re8 Kd7 55. Re3 Rh5 56. Kg3 Rxf5 57. Kg4 Rf8 58. Kg5 Rg8+ 59. Kh6 Rf8 {[#]} 60. Re4 $1 Rh8+ 61. Kg6 Rg8+ 62. Kf7 Rg4 63. Rd4+ Kc6 64. Ke6 Kc5 65. Rd5+ {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. h4 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 8. h5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Qa4 {[%emt 0:19:23]} Ndb4 {[%emt 0:11:04]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:03:51]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:19:18]} 11. d3 {[%emt 0:11:23]} Qxa4 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 12. Nxa4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 13. dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 14. Rb1 {[%emt 0:06:58]} Na3 {[%emt 0:07:08]} 15. Ra1 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:06:35]} 16. h6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 17. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:05:01]} 18. Nxb2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nxb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 19. Nh4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:13:03]} 20. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:02:25]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 21. Be3 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:07:20]} 22. Bd5+ {[%emt 0:10:35]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 23. Bxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Na4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 25. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rhc8 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 26. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:08:18]} 27. g4 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 28. g5 {[%emt 0:12:31]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 29. Rxb8 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Nxb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} N8d7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 31. a4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 32. Rb7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 33. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 34. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 35. gxf6 {[%emt 0:08:06]} exf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 36. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 37. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 38. Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 39. Nf4 {[%emt 0:02:21]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 40. Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Nd5 {[%emt 0:09:04]} Nxh6 {[%emt 0:07:56]} 42. Nc7+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 43. e4 {[%emt 0:09:16]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 44. Ne6+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 45. Ng7+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 46. Ne6+ {[%emt 0:08:21]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 47. Nc7+ {[%emt 0:01:14]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 48. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 49. f3 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 50. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Nfe5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 51. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 52. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:04:40]} 53. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 54. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:48]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 55. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 56. f4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:54]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 8. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 10. e3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:02:20]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 13. Bh4 {[%emt 0:02:55]} g5 {[%emt 0:07:00]} 14. Bg3 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 15. Rad1 {[%emt 0:12:57]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 16. hxg3 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 17. Rd2 {[%emt 0:26:46]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:21:10]} 18. Ne5 {[%emt 0:15:06]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:12:31]} 19. Qa4 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 20. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. e4 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 22. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:12:40]} 23. Re1 {[%emt 0:05:32]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 24. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 25. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Qxd3 {[%emt 0:10:25]} 27. Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g4 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 28. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} 29. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 30. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 31. b4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 32. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 33. f3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 34. fxg4 {[%emt 0:03:47]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxg2+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 36. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 37. Ke1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 38. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 39. Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 40. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bf3 {[%emt 0:03:06]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 42. Be2 {[%emt 0:12:07]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 43. bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 45. Be4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 46. Kd1 {[%emt 0:06:54]} Bb3+ {[%emt 0:03:00]} 47. Kc1 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 48. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 49. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 50. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 51. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 52. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:58]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 53. Be4 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 54. Rf3+ {[%emt 0:02:33]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 55. g4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Re2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 56. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:02:51]} 57. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 58. g5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:11:04]} 59. Rf8 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 60. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:54]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 61. Bb5 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:01:44]} 62. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 63. Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 64. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 65. g6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} 66. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 67. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rg3+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 68. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 69. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rg3+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 70. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Asian Continental-ch Open 2018"]
[Site "Makati City"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,113,35,19,18,28,18,18,18,18,9,20,22,25,0,9,0,0,-25,-22,-11,-14,-8,32,46,143,107,102,103,93,44,26,21,75,87,86,83,97,99,93,34,34,34,38,35,37,35,35,35,48,37,33,35,47,44,41,0,0,0,41,2,8,8,15,0,0,0,12,2,7,11,28,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-16,-14,-6,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3c4][%mdl 32]} Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 12. b4 Nh5 13. Nf1 Qe8 {[#]} 14. Ra2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nf4 {1-0 (63) Karjakin,S (2773)-So,W (2810) Saint Louis 2017}) 14... Nf4 15. Kh2 Qf7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Kh8 18. Ng1 d5 {White must now prevent ...d4.} 19. Qc2 d4 20. Nc4 dxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxd3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 22. Qxd3 {Hoping for Qc3.} Nxb4 (22... b5 $1 $14) 23. Qd2 Nxa2 24. Nxe5 Qxf2 25. Re2 Qf6 26. Ngf3 Rad8 (26... b5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. Qxa2 $16 Kh7 28. Qb1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} b6 29. Qc2 c5 30. Qb1 ({White should play} 30. h4 $16) 30... b5 $1 $14 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qxb5 Qf4+ $1 33. g3 Qc1 34. Kg2 Rb8 35. Qc4 Rb1 {[#] ( -> ...Qh1+)} 36. Qxc1 Rxc1 37. Kf2 c4 38. Re1 Rc2+ 39. Re2 Rc1 40. Ng4 c3 41. Ne3 $1 Rb8 42. Ne1 Rf8+ 43. Nf3 Rb8 44. Nc2 Rb2 45. Nfe1 Rd1 46. Ke3 g5 {The position is equal.} 47. Rf2 Rbb1 48. Re2 Rb8 49. Nd4 Rbb1 50. Nec2 Rg1 51. Kf3 Rbf1+ 52. Rf2 Rxf2+ 53. Kxf2 Rd1 {aiming for ...Rd2+.} 54. Ke3 Rh1 55. Nxe6 Rxh3 56. Kf3 $1 Rh2 57. Ned4 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

