[Event "17th Capechecs Matches 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.10.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,112,0,-16,9,-12,-6,-21,0,-2,-6,-11,0,0,14,0,0,0,7,0,7,8,11,0,8,8,8,5,5,7,24,28,29,16,33,23,43,36,84,74,81,76,76,86,86,86,86,86,94,86,95,89,81,68,103,76,76,33,33,33,33,32,32,34,112,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29969,5609,29990]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} (6... Nc6 7. b3 a5 8. Bb2 a4 9. a3 axb3 10. cxb3 Nb8 11. e4 c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. d4 b6 14. Re1 Nc6 {½-½ (33) Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2698) Germany 2019}) 7. e4 a4 8. a3 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 9. e5 Nd7 10. Re1 f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f5) 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nf1 e5 13. Be3 Re8 14. c3 Nf8 15. d4 e4 16. N3d2 Ne7 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 c6 19. Qd2 Neg6 20. Bg5 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Bf5 23. h4 Qd7 24. Ne3 $1 h6 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Bh3 Qf6 27. Ne6 $1 Re8 {[%cal Rf8e6] [#]} 28. Nc5 $1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 b5 30. Qe3 Ne7 31. Nd3 Kf7 32. Kg2 (32. Ne5+ {is interesting.} Kg8 33. h5 g5 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Bg4) 32... Ke8 33. Qe5 (33. Nc5 {with more complications.} Kf7 34. Qe2 Ke8 35. Qh5+ Qg6 36. Qd1) 33... Qxe5 34. Nxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Kd8 35. Kf3 Kc7 36. Kf4 Kd6 {[#]} (36... Ng8 $14) 37. h5 (37. Nf7+ $1 $16 Kc7 38. Bf5) 37... Ne6+ $11 38. Bxe6 (38. Ke3 {feels hotter.} Ng5 39. Bg4 Ng8 40. Bd7 Ne7 41. Kf4) 38... Kxe6 {KN-KN} 39. g4 Kf6 40. Kf3 Ke6 41. Ke3 Kf6 42. Kf4 g6 43. Nd7+ Ke6 44. Ne5 Kf6 45. Nd7+ Ke6 46. Nc5+ (46. Ne5 {seems wilder.}) 46... Kf6 $1 47. Nd3 Ke6 48. Nb4 g5+ 49. Ke3 Kd6 50. Nd3 Nc8 51. Ne5 Nb6 52. Nf7+ Ke6 53. Nxh6 Nc4+ 54. Ke2 Nxb2 55. Nf5 {h6 is the strong threat.} Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55... Kf7 $11) 56. h6 Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Capechecs Matches 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.10.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,78,1,16,14,18,24,14,30,18,30,42,20,22,20,18,26,35,7,20,0,0,0,0,-19,-27,-21,-25,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. a4 Nf6 {1-0 (49) Nechaeva,M (2406)-Sukhareva,E (2151) Moscow 2017}) 12. O-O {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} b6 13. a4 $146 (13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qh2 h6 19. Nd2 b5 20. Qe5 Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Nf3 {½-½ (52) Mamedyarov,S (2774)-Ding,L (2805) Zagreb 2019}) 13... Bb7 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. Rfe1 h6 16. h3 Qc7 17. a5 bxa5 18. Rxa5 Rfc8 19. Qa2 Qf4 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 20. d5 exd5 21. e5 {[#] Qb2 is the strong threat.} Ne4 $1 22. e6 (22. Rxa7 {is interesting.} Rxa7 23. Qxa7 Nc5 24. Qa3 g6 25. Bf1) 22... fxe6 23. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 24. Qxe6+ Qf7 {The position is equal.} 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Nd2 Re8 27. Rb1 Re7 28. Nc4 Kg8 29. Nd6 Bc6 30. Rc1 Be8 31. Nxe8 Raxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 32. Rca1 Ra8 33. Kf1 Rb7 34. R1a2 Rc8 35. Rxa7 Rc1+ 36. Ke2 Rbb1 37. Ke3 Re1+ 38. Kf4 Rb6 39. R7a6 Rxa6 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Capechecs Matches 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.10.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,127,21,31,12,10,19,12,2,21,0,57,55,62,47,39,0,28,-28,0,0,0,0,33,0,57,39,39,32,34,31,50,31,27,14,22,4,99,83,202,185,187,180,230,114,111,110,125,104,210,144,158,155,262,158,479,479,575,557,669,180,287,0,669,669,668,668,823,267,251,270,254,256,233,233,473,476,467,466,460,452,426,383,29974,29975,29976,29977,29975,29975,29974,29975,29976,29977,29986,29987,29988,29979,29979,29980,29990,29991]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bd2 Bg7 16. Qc1 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} d5 17. Bg5 (17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qd5 22. Qc2 Rxe5 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 {½-½ (41) Antipov,M (2582)-Jumabayev,R (2603) Bastia 2017}) 17... Qc8 18. dxe5 {The position is equal.} Nxe4 19. Bf4 $146 {[%cal Rg3e4]} ({Predecessor:} 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe5 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 {½-½ (21) Unzicker,W-Portisch,L Santa Monica 1966}) 19... f5 ({Black should try} 19... Nec5 $11) 20. exf6 $1 $14 Ndxf6 21. a4 c5 22. Bd3 c4 23. Bc2 (23. Bxe4 $142 Nxe4 24. Bh6) 23... Nxg3 (23... b4 {keeps more tension.} 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Nd4 Nd7 26. Bh6 Be5) 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Bxg3 Ne4 26. Bf4 (26. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 27. Nd4 $11) 26... Qf8 ({Better is} 26... b4 $11) 27. Be3 b4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Nd4 Qd6 30. a5 Qd5 31. Qe1 Rf8 (31... Rd8 {seems wilder.} 32. Rd1 bxc3 33. Qxc3 Rd7 34. Qc2 Qf7) 32. Ra4 (32. Nc2 {is interesting.} bxc3 33. bxc3 Re8 34. Ra2 Bc6 35. Bd4) 32... Bxd4 (32... bxc3 $1 $11 33. bxc3 Be5) 33. cxd4 $16 b3 (33... Bc6 $16 34. Rxb4 Bb5) 34. Qc1 Rc8 35. Rb4 Ba8 36. Qa1 (36. Qc3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 36... Bc6 37. Rb6 Bb5 38. Qa3 Qd8 (38... Re8 $16) 39. Qb4 Qf8 40. Qc3 $1 Qf7 (40... Qf5 $16 41. Rb7 Qd5) 41. Rd6 {Threatens to win with Bh6.} Rf8 $2 (41... Qe7 $16 42. Rd5 Rf8) 42. d5 $18 Qg7 {White must now prevent ...Qxc3.} 43. Bd4 Qf7 {[#]} 44. Re6 $2 (44. Qg3 $1 {[%mdl 512] White threatens Qe5 and mate.} Qf5 45. Re6) 44... Re8 (44... Rd8 $142 45. Qe3 Rxd5 46. Rxe4 Qd7) 45. Rd6 $2 (45. Rxe8+ $18 Qxe8 46. Qg3) 45... Qc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (45... Rf8 $11) 46. Qg3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatening mate with Rxg6+!} Re7 47. Be5 Qc8 {[#]} 48. Bc3 $2 (48. Qg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf8 49. Bc3) 48... Qc7 {[#]} 49. Rxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Clearance} hxg6 {[#]} 50. d6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} Qd7 {...Re6 is the strong threat.} 51. dxe7 Qxe7 $2 (51... Kf7 {was called for.} 52. Bb4 Qd1+ 53. Kh2 Qd5 54. Qf4+ Qf5) 52. Qxg6+ Kf8 53. h4 e3 54. Qh6+ Ke8 55. Qxe3 Qxe3 $2 (55... Bc6 $18 56. Qh6 Kd7) 56. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB. White mates.} Kf7 57. Kf2 Bc6 58. g4 Be4 59. Kg3 Bd3 60. Kf4 Ke6 61. h5 Kf7 62. e4 Be2 63. Kf5 Bd1 64. h6 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Capechecs Matches 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.10.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,73,24,17,18,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,22,-89,-86,-89,-89,-62,-62,-92,-83,-94,-33,-41,-41,-37,-14,-14,-10,-16,-14,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 9. Rd1 (9. Rc1 Rd8 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Be2 e5 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Qb2 e4 16. Nd2 {1-0 (47) Ding,L (2805)-Giri,A (2779) Saint Louis 2019}) 9... Rd8 10. Qb3 a5 $146 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 10... Qg6 11. h3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Bd7 14. Bd3 Qh5 15. a3 Qa5 16. b4 {1-0 (61) Esipenko,A (2593)-Leko,P (2669) Moscow 2018}) 11. a3 a4 12. Qc2 Ba5 13. Be2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. dxe5 {[#]} (15. Nxe5 $11 {remains equal.} Bf5 16. Bd3 Rxd4 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Qc1 Qxe5+ 19. Qe3 Qxe3+ 20. fxe3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3) 15... Rxd1+ $1 $17 16. Qxd1 {[#]} Bxc3+ $1 17. bxc3 Qe7 $1 18. Qc1 Bg4 19. Be2 Bxf3 (19... Nxe5 $17 20. Nxe5 Bxe2 21. Kxe2 Qxe5) 20. Bxf3 $15 Nxe5 {aiming for ...Nd3+.} 21. Be2 $1 Rd8 22. O-O Qc5 23. Qb2 b6 24. Ra1 c6 25. Qb4 {The position is equal.} Qxb4 26. cxb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd2 27. Kf1 $1 b5 28. Rc1 Ra2 29. f4 Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4e3]} 30. Bxc4 bxc4 {KR-KR} 31. Rc3 f5 32. h3 h5 33. Rxc4 Rxa3 34. Kf2 Rb3 35. Rxc6 Rxb4 36. Ra6 h4 37. g3 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Capechecs Matches 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2019.10.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,151,14,24,14,6,7,29,14,18,0,62,63,52,59,66,34,38,35,31,38,38,33,60,45,101,97,297,51,48,0,292,73,440,436,419,395,688,61,60,65,68,39,48,10,21,10,6,5,47,0,26,19,40,44,56,58,104,99,123,88,81,52,57,20,104,96,97,83,83,83,86,91,92,41,196,210,183,0,83,83,116,38,29,0,0,0,0,-265,-265,-265,16,-121,306,290,262,243,287,4,4,-37,-26,-26,-27,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,4,4,4,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bd2 Bg7 16. Qc1 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} d5 17. Bg5 {White wants to play dxe5.} (17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qd5 22. Qc2 Rxe5 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 {½-½ (41) Antipov,M (2582)-Jumabayev,R (2603) Bastia 2017}) 17... Qc8 18. dxe5 {White has an edge.} Nxe4 19. Bf4 $146 {[%cal Rg3e4]} ({Predecessor:} 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe5 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 {½-½ (21) Unzicker,W-Portisch,L Santa Monica 1966}) 19... f5 (19... Nxg3 $11 20. Bxg3 c5) 20. exf6 $1 $14 Ndxf6 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Qd7 24. Be3 Qd6 25. b4 Rad8 26. Bd4 Bf8 (26... Bc8 $14) 27. Qg5 Be7 $2 {[#]} (27... Bg7 $16 {was necessary.}) 28. Qh6 $2 ({White must play} 28. Rxe7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] White threatens Rg7+ and mate.} Rxe7 (28... Qxe7 29. Bf6) 29. Bc5 {[%mdl 64] Skewer}) 28... Bf8 29. Qg5 $2 (29. Qd2 $14) 29... Be7 $1 $18 {[%cal Re7g5] [#]} 30. Qe3 $2 ({Weaker is} 30. Qh6 Bf8 $14) (30. Rxe7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is the precise move to win. White wants to mate with Rg7+.} Qxe7 31. Bf6) 30... Bf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Bf6 $16 {is tougher.} 31. Qxe8+ Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kf7) 31. Qxe8 Rxe8 32. Rxe8 Bc6 $2 (32... Qd7) 33. Bc5 $2 (33. Rb8 $18) 33... Qxc5 $1 $14 34. bxc5 Bxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} 35. Re1 Kf7 $1 36. g3 Bxc5 37. Bb3 c6 38. Kg2 Bd7 39. g4 Be7 40. f4 Bf6 41. Re3 h6 42. Kf3 g5 43. f5 Bc8 44. Bc2 Bd7 45. Ke2 c5 46. Kd2 c4 (46... a5 $1 $11) 47. Bd1 $16 d4 48. cxd4 Bxd4 49. Re1 Kf6 50. Bf3 Be5 51. Bd5 (51. Rd1 $16) 51... Bf4+ $2 ({Black should try} 51... b4 $14 52. Re4 c3+ 53. Kc2 a5) 52. Kc2 $18 Be5 53. Kd2 $2 ({White should play} 53. Bb7 $18) 53... c3+ (53... Bf4+ $11 54. Kc2 Bg3) 54. Kc2 $16 b4 55. Rd1 (55. a3 $16) 55... a5 56. Bb3 Bc6 57. Rd8 a4 58. Bc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58. Bd5 $11 {and White is okay.} Ke7 59. Bxc6 Kxd8 60. Bxa4) 58... Be4+ $19 59. Bd3 Bg2 $2 (59... Ke7 $19 {Threatens to win with ...b3+!} 60. Bxe4 Kxd8) 60. Re8 (60. Rh8 $11 Bd5 61. Rxh6+ Kf7 62. Rb6 b3+ 63. axb3 axb3+ 64. Rxb3 Bxb3+ 65. Kxb3) 60... Bd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60... Bd5 $17 {and life is bright.} 61. Kb1 b3 62. axb3 axb3) 61. Re6+ $18 Kg7 62. Rg6+ Kf7 63. Rxh6 $2 (63. Rd6 $18 Bc5 64. Rxh6) 63... Bd5 $11 64. Ra6 b3+ 65. axb3 axb3+ 66. Kb1 c2+ (66... Ke7 {with more complications.} 67. Ra4 Be5 68. Ra6 Bf4 69. Ra7+ Kf6) 67. Bxc2 $1 {The position is equal.} bxc2+ 68. Kxc2 Be4+ 69. Kd2 {Hoping for Ra4.} Bg2 70. Rh6 Bg7 71. Rh5 Kf6 72. Kd3 Bd5 73. h4 gxh4 74. Rxh4 Kg5 75. f6 Kxh4 76. fxg7 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Capechecs Matches 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.10.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,108,10,27,20,23,12,20,15,28,-4,32,29,43,11,79,80,95,55,95,81,100,20,33,25,23,28,24,18,41,32,52,43,69,87,80,87,82,7,97,82,110,108,115,119,115,97,108,22,111,67,152,150,147,133,133,39,181,178,181,170,167,194,316,255,461,529,486,477,512,0,232,0,497,451,1272,954,1741,1658,1593,1220,1024,959,300,0,0,0,0,-382,-364,-29965,-29959,-29969,-12241]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nxd7 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Qxd7 11. O-O Bxg3 12. hxg3 {The position is equal.} Qe7 13. Qe2 $146 (13. Qh5 {seems wilder.} g6 14. Qh6 Bd7 15. f4 c4 16. Be2) ({Predecessor:} 13. Rc1 e5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. c4 d4 16. Nb3 Qd6 17. Be4 Rd8 {1-0 (52) Nguyen,N (2629)-Gholami,A (2422) Doha 2016}) 13... Rd8 14. f4 Bd7 15. Nf3 (15. Bc2 {is more complex.} h6 16. Rae1 a5 17. g4 b6 18. dxc5 Rab8 19. cxb6 Rxb6 20. b3) 15... Be8 (15... c4 $11 16. Bc2 f5) 16. g4 $16 f6 17. g5 Bh5 18. gxf6 Qxf6 19. Qf2 (19. dxc5 $6 e5 $11) (19. Qc2 $16) 19... cxd4 $11 20. cxd4 Rac8 21. Rac1 Bg6 22. Qd2 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Ne7 24. g4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nc6 26. Kf2 h6 27. a3 (27. g5 $16 hxg5 28. Nxg5) 27... a6 (27... Rf8 $11) 28. Rh1 Rf8 29. g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} hxg5 30. Nxg5 {[%csl Gg5,Gh1][%cal Rd3h7]} Qf5 31. Qxf5 exf5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. Ke2 (32. Rc1 $1 $16) 32... Rf6 (32... Rc8 $11) 33. Kd3 Na5 ({Black should play} 33... Rg6 $14) 34. Rc1 $1 Nc4 35. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Nxa3 {[#]} 36. Rc7 ({White should try} 36. Rc8+ $1 $16 Rf8 37. Rc7) 36... b6 (36... g6 $14) 37. Rd7 $18 Nb5 38. Rxd5 Nd6 {[#]} 39. Re5 $1 b5 (39... Kf8 $142 40. Ne6+ (40. Nh7+ Kf7 $16) 40... Kg8) 40. b4 Rh6 $2 (40... Nc4) 41. d5 Kf8 42. Kd4 Rg6 43. Kc5 Nb7+ 44. Kd4 Nd6 45. Re6 Rh6 (45... Rxe6 $142 46. Nxe6+ Ke7 47. Nxg7 Kd7) 46. Kc5 Nc4 47. Rxh6 gxh6 {KN-KN} 48. Ne6+ Ke7 49. Nd4 Nd6 50. Nc6+ $2 (50. Kc6 $18) 50... Kd7 $11 51. Nb8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 52. Nxa6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Kb6 $11 Ne8 53. Nc6+ (53. Nxa6 Kd6 $15) (53. Kxa6 Nc7+ 54. Kb6 Kd6 $11) 53... Kd6 54. Nd4 (54. Kxa6 Kxd5 55. Kxb5 Nd6+ 56. Kb6 Nc4+ 57. Kb7 Nxe3 $11)) 52... h5 $19 {And now ...h4 would win.} 53. Nc7 $2 (53. Kc6 $19 h4 54. Nc5) 53... h4 54. Ne6 h3 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 32%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Capechecs Matches 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.10.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 a5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Nc3 d4 9. Nb5 Nd5 10. Bd2 e5 11. c4 Nf6 12. e3 dxe3 13. Bxe3 Bb4 14. Nc3 Re8 15. a3 Bf8 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. Ndb5 Bd7 19. Bf4 Nxc4 20. Bxc7 Qc8 21. Qd4 Nxb2 22. Reb1 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Re7 24. Bd6 Re6 25. Bxf8 Qxf8 26. Rxb2 Rd8 27. Qc4 b6 28. Re2 Rc8 29. Qa2 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 h5 31. Rd1 Qc5 32. h3 Re8 33. Qb2 h4 34. g4 Qc4 35. Nd6 Qa4 36. Rc1 Rd8 37. Qxb6 Rd7 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qb1+ g6 40. Nc4 Rc7 41. Ne3 Rd7 42. Qb2 Ne4 43. Rc4 Rd1+ 44. Nxd1 Qxc4 45. Bxe4 Qxe4 46. Ne3 Qf3 47. Qb3 Kg8 48. Qb8+ Kh7 49. Qa7 Kg8 50. Qxa5 Qxh3 51. Qa8+ Kg7 52. Qg2 1-0

[Event "17th Capechecs Matches 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.10.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. e4 f4 8. a3 O-O 9. Nge2 f3 10. gxf3 Nh5 11. Rg1 g6 12. Be3 Bh4 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. Nf5 Bf6 15. Nb5 Kh8 16. Nh6 a6 17. Nc3 Bh4 18. Bf1 Nd7 19. Qc2 Rb8 20. O-O-O Qa5 21. Qa4 Qd8 22. Kb1 Nf6 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. fxg4 Bd7 25. Qc2 b5 26. f3 b4 27. axb4 cxb4 28. Ne2 b3 29. Qc3 Bf6 30. g5 Nxe2 31. Bxe2 Bg7 32. c5 dxc5 33. Qxc5 Bb5 34. Bd3 Rxf3 35. Rge1 Qa5 36. Qa3 Bxd3+ 37. Rxd3 Qxe1+ 38. Bc1 Rxd3 39. Qd6 Rc8 0-1

[Event "17th Capechecs Matches 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.10.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,58,0,14,23,26,46,43,54,33,52,45,43,0,39,0,0,0,6,0,7,-68,-54,-448,-440,-661,-652,-644,-643,-642,-208,-702,-363,-1122,-1098,-1927,-1778]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f4 f6 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} (13... Rad8 14. Nf3 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Rad1 g6 17. Rfe1 Rd6 18. Qf2 Qg7 19. Bc2 Qe7 20. Qg3 Nh5 21. Qg4 Nf6 {0-1 (43) Harikrishna,P (2726)-Polgar,J (2685) Dubai 2014}) 14. exf6 gxf6 15. e4 d4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 15... Rae8 16. Rae1 Qf7 17. Bb5 Kh8 18. Qf2 a6 19. Bd3 Rg8 20. exd5 exd5 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 {½-½ (36) Schwarzkopf,C (2205)-Beckmann,K (2120) Germany 1990}) 16. Rf3 Rad8 17. Rh3 Kh8 18. e5 f5 19. c4 Rg8 20. g3 Rg4 21. Kf2 Rdg8 22. Rg1 (22. Ke1 $11) 22... Nf8 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf8g6][%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening ...Ng6. Black has some pressure.} 23. Qd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Only move:} 23. Qf1 $1 $15) 23... Ng6 $1 $19 {...Nxf4! is the strong threat.} 24. Be2 {[#]} (24. Rf1 $142 Nxf4 25. gxf4) 24... Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Bxg4 (25. gxf4 Rxg1) 25... Nd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Zwischenzug} ({Less strong is} 25... fxg4 26. gxf4 gxh3 27. Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. Qxh3 $15) 26. Ke2 fxg4 $2 (26... Nxb2 27. Qf1 d3+ 28. Ke1 Rxg4) 27. Rh5 $2 (27. Kxd3 gxh3 28. Rf1) 27... Qg7 28. Qf1 $2 (28. Rf1 Qg6 29. Rg5 Qxg5 30. Kxd3) 28... Rf8 29. Kxd3 Qg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 15%, Black = 22%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Capechecs Matches 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.10.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,88,31,40,36,35,29,50,15,15,8,15,15,15,15,12,12,19,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,10,0,25,36,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,68,0,201,217,167,151,356,297,362,327,1286,437,1051,131,120,0,0,0,0,0,12827,11565,6898,6199,12829,12830,12830,12831,12824,12831,12831,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} Bd6 (7... Ne5 8. Qg3 h5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bf4 Ne7 11. O-O-O Kf7 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 13. f4 h4 14. Qe3 Qc7 {1-0 (35) Ding,L (2811)-Shankland,S (2705) chess.com INT 2019}) 8. O-O-O Be5 9. Nxc6 {White is slightly better.} bxc6 10. Bd4 Nf6 11. Bxe5 Qxe5 12. Qg3 Qxg3 13. hxg3 d5 14. Bd3 Ke7 15. f3 $146 h6 16. Na4 Rd8 17. Rhe1 Rb8 (17... a5 {is interesting.} 18. c3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Nc5 Raa8) 18. c4 (18. Nc5 {feels hotter.} a5 19. g4 Ra8 20. b3 Kd6 21. Na4) 18... dxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nxe4 21. fxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} e5 (21... Rb4 $5 22. b3 $8 e5 $11) 22. Nc5 a5 23. Kc2 Be6 24. Kc3 h5 25. a3 Rh8 26. Nxe6 fxe6 {KR-KR} (26... Kxe6 $11 27. c5 Ke7) 27. c5 ({Better is} 27. b4 $14) 27... Rh6 $2 {[#]} (27... a4 $11) 28. b4 $1 $18 axb4+ 29. Kxb4 Rg6 $2 (29... Rh8 $16) 30. Rd3 Rg4 31. Re3 g5 $2 (31... Kd7 32. Ka5 Kc7) 32. a4 (32. Ka5 $142 h4 33. a4 hxg3 34. Kb6) 32... h4 (32... Kd8 $142 33. Ka5 Kc7) 33. gxh4 $2 (33. Ka5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} hxg3 34. Kb6) 33... gxh4 $16 34. Re2 {And now Ka5 would win.} Kd7 35. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Kc7 36. a6 {aiming for Rb2.} Rg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Rf4 $11) 37. Rf2 $18 Kb8 38. Ka5 Rb3 39. Rf8+ Ka7 40. Rf7+ Ka8 {[#]} 41. a7 $1 h3 42. gxh3 $2 (42. Ka6 $18 {Threatening mate with Rf8+.} Ra3+ 43. Kb6 Rb3+ 44. Kxc6 hxg2 45. Rg7) 42... Rb5+ $11 {The position is equal.} 43. Ka6 Ra5+ $1 44. Kb6 Ra6+ $1 45. Kxa6 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Capechecs Matches 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2019.10.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,155,15,23,19,25,20,12,16,23,24,18,20,44,18,33,31,50,41,77,54,70,48,55,37,37,43,42,45,41,68,48,50,63,0,97,92,113,113,113,113,113,113,113,113,121,113,114,65,50,45,50,50,52,50,72,52,72,46,46,45,111,112,120,31,61,26,33,33,85,95,75,67,86,67,67,68,68,31,31,22,30,30,30,30,31,0,31,0,31,12,12,12,12,14,14,15,86,0,86,86,68,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-433,-8,-8,0,-5945,-5338,-29973,-29974,-29973,-29975,-29975,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29982,-29983,-29982,-29983,-29982]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 ({Predecessor:} 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O e6 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 a6 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 {1-0 (40) Antipov,M (2589)-Steinberg,N (2532) St Petersburg 2018}) 4... Ngf6 5. Bd3 $146 (5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd5 13. e6 N7f6 14. c4 bxc4 15. exf7+ Kxf7 {0-1 (31) Mamedov,R (2701)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2771) Astana 2019}) 5... e6 6. O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} a6 7. Bc2 b5 8. d4 {The position is equal.} Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4d6][%mdl 32]} Rc8 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 $1 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Bg5 O-O 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nd6 Bxf3 $1 17. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7]} Ng6 $1 18. Nxc8 ({Don't play} 18. gxf3 Ndxe5 19. Rxe5 Rfd8 $15) 18... Ndxe5 19. Rxe5 Rxc8 20. Rg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bd5 21. a4 (21. Qd2 $14) 21... Qf4 (21... f5 $1 $11) 22. Rg3 $16 bxa4 23. Qxa6 ({But not} 23. Bxa4 $6 c4 $14) 23... Rb8 24. Bxg6 ({Not} 24. Bxa4 Rxb2 25. f3 (25. Qc8+ $2 Nf8 $19) 25... Qb8 $15) 24... hxg6 25. Qxa4 Qxa4 26. Rxa4 Rxb2 {[%cal Rb2b1][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 27. h3 c4 28. Rb4 Rc2 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. Rg4 {[%cal Rg4h4]} g5 31. Rxg5 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc2 33. f3 g6 34. Rc8 Kh6 ({Black should try} 34... Kg7 $14) 35. h4 Rxc3 36. Rg4 (36. Rc7 $16) 36... Rc2 37. Kg3 Re2 38. Rd4 Kg7 (38... Rb2 $14) 39. Rc7 Ra2 40. Rd1 Ra8 41. Rd2 Kf6 42. Kf2 Rh8 43. Rd4 Ke5 44. Ke3 Ra8 45. Rd2 Ra3+ 46. Kf2 f5 47. Kg3 Rb3 48. Rc8 Ra3 49. Re2+ Kd4 50. Kf4 c3 51. Kg5 Kd3 52. Rf2 Ra4 (52... Ra1 $11 {remains equal.}) 53. g3 (53. f4 $1 $16) 53... Ra1 (53... e5 $11) 54. Kxg6 Rg1 55. h5 ({Better is} 55. Kf6 $1 $14) 55... Rxg3+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 56. Kf6 {And now Rh2 would win.} Rh3 57. Kg5 Rg3+ 58. Kh4 Rg1 59. h6 {aiming for Rh2.} Rh1+ 60. Kg5 {Hoping for Rc7.} Rg1+ 61. Kf6 Rh1 62. Kg7 Rg1+ 63. Kh8 Bb3 64. Rg8 Rh1 65. h7 c2 {[#]} 66. Rxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc2 {KRB-KR} 67. Rg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (67. Kg7 $11) 67... Bd1 $2 ({Black should play} 67... e5 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...f4.} 68. Kg7 Bd1) 68. f4 Ke3 {White must now prevent ...Bg4.} 69. Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69. Rg1 $11 Rxg1) 69... Kxf4 70. Rg6 {[#]} Rxh7+ $1 {Black mates.} 71. Kxh7 {KR-KB} e5 72. Rg1 Bg4 73. Kg6 e4 74. Rf1+ Kg3 75. Kf6 e3 76. Ke5 e2 77. Rh1 Kg2 78. Ra1 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Capechecs Matches 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.10.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,59,64,37,52,27,35,18,21,19,19,16,35,11,19,0,102,105,104,69,69,62,65,69,120,73,91,71,80,90,131,131,126,98,94,0,362,363,358,364,347,132,139,135,29988,29988,29989,29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Ne7 8. O-O (8. Bg5 {with more complications.} d6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. O-O) 8... O-O {C46: 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves} 9. Qd3 (9. Bg5 d6 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Bb3 Qd7 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Ba4 f6 14. Be3 Nc8 15. Qd3 Nb6 16. Bb3 c5 17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 {½-½ (41) Ganguly,S (2615)-Mamedyarov,S (2757) Doha 2014}) 9... d6 10. Bg5 h6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Kh8 11. Rfe1 h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Be3 Ng6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Be2 Qf6 {0-1 (30) Nilsson,C (1931)-Olesen,P (2005) Walbrzych 2018}) 11. Be3 g5 12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Ng6 14. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2d4,Bd4f3][%mdl 32]} Ne5 (14... Bxb2 $11 {remains equal.} 15. Bxh6 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Qh4 17. Bxf8 Ne5) 15. Bxe5 $1 $16 Bxe5 16. Rf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qh4 17. g3 Qg5 18. Nd4 Kh8 ({Black should try} 18... Bxd4 $14 19. Qxd4 Bh3) 19. Nf3 ({Weaker is} 19. Rxf7 Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Qg7 $17) 19... Qg7 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Raf1 {[#] Qe3 is the strong threat.} Bh3 22. Qe3 Qg5 23. Qc3+ Qe5 {Hoping for ...Qxc3.} 24. Qe3 (24. Qd2 $16 Qg5 25. Qc3+ Qe5 26. Qxe5+ dxe5 27. Rd1) 24... Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Much worse is} 24... Bxf1 $6 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Kxf1 $16) (24... Qg5 $1 $11 25. Qd4+ Qe5 26. Qxe5+ dxe5) 25. Rxf7+ $18 Rxf7 26. Rxf7+ Kg6 {...d5 would now be nice for Black.} 27. Rf2 $2 (27. Rxc7 $18 {and the rest is easy. Threatens to win with Bf7+.} Rf8 28. c3) 27... Qxb2 $16 28. Qf4 {White threatens Qf7+ and mate.} Qe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28... Kh7 $16) 29. Qf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg5 30. Bf1 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

