[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,79,18,15,5,11,3,11,11,11,14,20,-13,-13,-6,12,-30,-18,-18,-14,-17,0,-29,-16,-24,-28,-22,-8,-7,18,18,19,15,46,51,68,80,50,78,353,328,664,664,474,249,652,160,1383,1250,2051,1731,1976,1950,1944,1932,1871,1835,1741,1651,1566,1463,29964,29967,29967,29967,29965,29968,29962,29962,5214,5206]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e3 b6 7. Bc4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Re1 Qe8 12. a4 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qc2 a5 16. Nc4 Nh5 17. f3 {½-½ (17) Van den Doel,E (2607)-Safarli,E (2676) Hoogeveen 2018}) 7... Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a4 {The position is equal.} a6 10. Re1 c5 11. Bf1 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. e4 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qc7 16. Bd3 Rfd8 {½-½ (68) Dengler,P (2272)-Simonenko,S (2440) Passau 2000}) 13. Qb3 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Bc4 Ndf6 16. Bf1 Rb8 17. e4 Nxg3 18. hxg3 cxd4 19. cxd4 d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 20. e5 Ne4 21. Rad1 e6 22. Bd3 Nxd2 23. Rxd2 g4 24. Nh4 b5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Qg5 $16 {is a better defense.} 25. Rc2 Rfc8) 25. Bc2 (25. axb5 axb5 26. Bb1 (26. Qxb5 Ba8 $11) 26... Qg5 $16) 25... Qg5 $2 (25... Rc8 26. Qd3 (26. axb5 Qa5 $16) 26... Re8) 26. Qd3 $18 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7]} Rfc8 27. axb5 (27. Qh7+ $142 Kf8 28. Re3) 27... axb5 $2 (27... h5 28. f4 gxf3 29. Qh7+ (29. Nxf3 Qg6 $18) 29... Kf8) 28. Rf1 $2 (28. f4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} gxf3 29. Rf1 Rxc2 30. Rxc2) 28... b4 $2 (28... h5 $16) 29. f4 gxf3 30. Qh7+ Kf8 {[#]} 31. Rxf3 {Played: Nh4-g6} 1-0

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. d4 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc5 12. Qe2 bxa4 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Be7 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Rxa4 O-O 17. Rh4 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Nd2 h6 20. Ndc4 Qb5 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Qe3 Bf8 23. Ng4 Nce4 24. Nxh6+ Kg7 25. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 d6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Bb3 Nh5 13. d4 Nhf4 14. Ng3 Qf6 15. Be3 Be6 16. Bc2 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Qf3 g6 19. Nf1 Qf6 20. Nh2 g5 21. Rad1 Qg7 22. Kh1 c5 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. g3 Nxh3 25. Qh5 c4 26. Bxa7 Rxa7 27. Rd2 g4 28. Bd1 Qg6 29. Nxg4 Qxh5 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Bxh5 Raa8 32. Kg2 Rad8 33. Red1 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Kg7 35. Ng4 Ng5 36. f3 Re8 37. a5 Re7 38. Ne3 Rc7 39. Rd6 Rc5 40. Bg4 Bxg4 41. fxg4 Nxe4 42. Nf5+ Kg8 43. Rd7 Ng5 44. Rxb7 Rxa5 45. Nxh6+ Kf8 46. Nf5 Rb5 47. Rxb5 axb5 48. Nd6 Ke7 49. Nxb5 Ke6 50. Kf2 Ne4+ 51. Kf3 Nc5 52. Na3 Kd5 53. Nc2 e4+ 54. Kf4 Nd3+ 55. Kf5 Nxb2 56. Ne3+ Kc5 57. Kxe4 Na4 58. Nd1 Nb6 59. Ne3 Na4 60. Nd1 Nb6 61. g5 Nd7 62. Ne3 Kb5 63. Kd5 Nb6+ 64. Kd4 Nc8 65. Nxc4 1-0

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Ngf3 c5 7. c3 Qc7 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. e4 Bxg3 11. hxg3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qf5 16. Qxf5 exf5 17. Nd4 Be6 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Kf2 Rac8 20. Rhe1 Rd6 21. Re5 Rb6 22. Rb5 Rxb5 23. Nxb5 a6 24. Nd4 g6 25. a4 Kf8 26. a5 Rc5 27. Ke3 Ke7 28. Kd2 Kd6 29. b4 Rc8 30. Rd1 Ke7 31. Re1 Kd6 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Kd3 e5 34. c4 Ke6 35. Kc3 h5 36. Rd1 g5 37. c5 f4 38. gxf4 gxf4 39. Rd6+ Kf5 40. Rh6 Rg8 41. Rxh5+ Ke6 42. Rh6+ Kd7 43. Rd6+ Kc7 44. Rd2 Kc6 45. Kc4 Rg5 46. Rd6+ Kc7 47. Kd5 Rxg2 48. Kxe5 Rh2 49. Rb6 Rh4 50. Kf5 Rh8 51. Kxf4 Rf8+ 52. Ke4 Re8+ 53. Kf5 Re1 54. f4 Rf1 55. Ke5 1-0

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,97,0,25,18,30,0,3,0,18,17,36,35,35,41,41,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,2,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,22,31,18,41,37,78,43,80,43,40,20,25,20,50,52,52,52,52,11,60,20,34,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-477,-477,-477,-468,-442,794,721,839,753,560,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Nd2 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} Be6 9. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} (9. Nc4 Nc6 10. Ne3 Ne7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Bf3 g6 13. Qd3 Bg7 14. Rd1 Rc6 15. b3 Qc8 {1-0 (48) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Korobov,A (2652) Riadh 2017}) 9... Nc6 10. O-O Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Rc8 11. Bc4 Be7 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Nc4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nxe5 Bxb3 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. cxb3 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 {0-1 (59) Uuriintuya,U (2158)-Vucinic,G (2408) Senta 2018}) 11. Nc4 Nd4 12. a5 Qc7 13. Nb6 Rd8 14. Be3 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qc6 $1 16. f3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nbxd5 Bxd5 19. Rfd1 O-O 20. Bb6 Bc5+ 21. Bxc5 $1 Qxc5+ 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Bc6 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. fxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} f6 26. Ke3 Kf7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 $16 {KR-KR} 28. Ra4 Rc8 29. c4 Kg6 30. Rb4 Rc7 31. b3 Kg5 32. Rb6 h5 33. Rd6 Kg4 34. Kd3 Kf4 35. b4 h4 36. c5 h3 37. gxh3 Kf3 38. h4 f5 39. exf5 e4+ 40. Kd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40. Kc2 $11) 40... e3 $19 41. f6 {next Kd3 is good for White.} e2 42. fxg7 e1=Q $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Rxg7 $19 43. Rf6+ Kg2) 43. Rf6+ $18 Kg2 44. g8=Q+ Kxh2 45. Qg5 $2 (45. Qa2+ $18 Kh1 46. Qd5+ Kh2 47. Qd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh3 48. Qxc7 Qa1+ 49. Ke4 Qxf6 50. Qxb7 Qxh4+ 51. Kd3 Qg3+ 52. Kc4 Qg4+ 53. Kc3 Qg3+ 54. Kc2 Qg6+ 55. Kb2 Qf6+ 56. Kc2 Qg6+ 57. Kb2 Qf6+ 58. Kb3 Qe6+ 59. Ka3 Qe3+ 60. Ka4) 45... Qxb4+ $11 {The position is equal.} 46. Kd3 {[#] Threatening mate with Rf2+.} Qb3+ 47. Kd4 Qb4+ 48. Kd3 {Rf2+ would kill now.} Qb3+ 49. Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 Bb7 12. Be3 exd4 13. cxd4 Ne7 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Bg5 Ng6 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Ne4 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Nc5 22. Bd5 Ne7 23. Rac1 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Nb3 25. Rxc7 Nxa5 26. e6 Nc4 27. Rdd7 Nxe3 28. exf7+ Kh8 29. Ng5 Rb6 30. Re7 Nd5 31. Re8 Rb8 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Rb7 1-0

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,63,8,25,47,20,2,9,27,20,-20,28,48,56,31,34,23,40,31,57,52,45,51,60,62,71,59,36,50,59,53,64,26,38,37,31,0,32,0,22,29,62,33,33,10,41,0,0,0,117,101,496,490]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} O-O 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Re8 11. h3 (11. Rhe1 Bg4 12. Qe2 a6 13. h3 Bd7 14. g4 Bf8 15. Qf1 g6 {½-½ (30) Vachier Lagrave,M (2774)-Yu,Y (2763) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 11... d5 12. Rhe1 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c5 13. c4 d4 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Rxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (72) Van Foreest,J (2584)-Paravyan,D (2525) Moscow 2017}) 13. Qe2 {Threatens to win with Bxe4.} Bd6 14. c4 dxc4 $1 15. Bxc4 {And now Bg5! would win.} Bd7 16. Bd5 {Strongly threatening Qc4.} Bc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qc4 Qf6 19. Rd4 Nc5 20. Rd2 Rab8 21. c3 Re4 22. Rd4 Ree8 23. Rdd1 Re4 24. Rd4 Ree8 25. Rdd1 Re4 26. Bd4 {aiming for Rxe4.} Qh6+ 27. Re3 Qg6 28. Rxe4 Nxe4 29. Bxa7 Bf4+ 30. Be3 Bxe3+ (30... Nxf2 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 31. Qxf4 Nxd1 32. Qxc7 Re8 33. Kxd1 h5) 31. fxe3 $16 Qxg2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Nd6 $16 32. Qg4 (32. Qxc6 Qxg2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. b4 Qxa2 $11) 32... Qh6) 32. Qb4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,104,27,64,38,33,39,43,43,63,58,69,60,64,45,62,50,60,50,49,37,50,47,71,48,46,33,54,11,18,0,10,0,0,0,0,-31,-38,-45,0,-27,-38,-37,-29,-25,-32,-71,-74,-132,-139,-131,-139,-267,-210,-311,-304,-294,-303,-300,-187,-423,-422,-412,-411,-368,-385,-335,-342,-452,-461,-459,-459,-457,-444,-448,-456,-664,-655,-652,-631,-2620,-1030,-5801,-5417,-29965,-5281,-29962,-29963,-29964,-29965,-29965,-29966,-29966,-29968,-29967,-29969,-29969,-29970]} 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c3 Bg4 (5... Nf6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. Na3 Rb8 9. b4 b6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. d5 a6 12. h3 Rc8 13. Be3 Re8 14. g4 b5 15. Ng3 cxb4 16. cxb4 {0-1 (53) Hjartarson,J (2536)-Yu,Y (2760) chess.com INT 2018}) 6. h3 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} Bxe2 7. Qxe2 Nc6 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Nf6 9. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. f4 b5 13. Nf3 {½-½ (45) Boldyrev,A-Aronian,L Bratislava 1993}) 9... Nd7 10. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} O-O 11. Nc2 Rb8 12. d3 Qc7 13. a4 a6 14. Ne3 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. f5 e6 18. Ne3 (18. fxe6 {keeps more tension.} fxe6 19. Nf4 Qe8 20. h4 b4 21. Bd2) 18... b4 19. Bd2 Nde5 20. g4 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rb2 22. Rab1 Qb8 {Played: Rb2-a2} 0-1

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,99,8,0,7,11,16,14,16,7,8,10,8,7,10,9,6,0,4,0,0,7,13,8,16,4,14,4,22,21,41,25,22,21,21,23,43,39,57,49,97,96,100,91,87,73,71,68,68,46,41,1,4,-91,-87,-122,-108,-104,-108,-367,-376,-442,-372,-375,-302,-282,-221,-205,-73,-73,-70,-91,-91,-443,-442,-514,-232,-329,-301,-300,-245,-347,-244,-260,-263,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxa2 Nc6 13. c4 Nd4 14. Be3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 c6 16. Nc3 {[#]} Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qd7 17. a4 {½-½ (33) Grischuk,A (2750)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 17. h3 Qe6 18. Rac1 h6 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. Re1 Rcb8 21. Re2 Bd8 22. Rec2 Bb6 23. cxb5 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 cxb5 25. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Kh7 26. Ng3 g6 27. f4 Ne8 28. f5 Qe7 29. Qf3 Rb7 30. Nf1 Nf6 31. Ne3 g5 32. Rc3 a5 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. h4 (34. Qe2 $11) 34... gxh4 $17 35. Qf2 {[#]} Nh5 $1 36. Nd5 Qg5 37. d4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Qf3 $17 Nf6 38. Nxf6+ Qxf6 39. Rb3) 37... Rxa3 $3 $19 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with ...b4.} 38. dxe5 (38. Rxa3 Qxc1+) 38... dxe5 39. Kh2 Rxc3 40. Rxc3 b4 41. Rb3 {[#]} Ng3 {Played: Qg5-g3} 0-1

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.25"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,143,19,17,30,22,22,17,19,10,18,5,7,0,18,0,10,12,15,0,19,9,19,16,13,15,15,21,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,40,12,17,0,0,-46,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,1,0,0,0,71,67,57,56,92,10,23,6,8,9,31,17,106,108,114,116,161,74,70,16,16,23,16,18,18,14,31,30,29,0,10,0,29,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,8,8,8]} 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. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 Be7 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} (17... Nc5 18. Nh2 h6 19. Be3 h5 20. Qf3 Nh7 21. Qe2 Qc7 22. Ngf1 Rab8 23. Nd2 Bc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 {1-0 (42) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Amin,B (2704) Brest 2019}) 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Nh2 h5 20. Qd2 Nc5 {With the idea ...h4.} 21. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor (2):} 21. Nf3 Nfd7 22. Ra3 Bf6 23. Rea1 Nb6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qc1 Nbd7 {½-½ (25) Rook,D (2487)-Jacot,L (2510) GER email 2016}) 21... Nh7 22. Be3 Nf6 {Threatening ...h4.} 23. Bh6 Nfd7 24. Qe2 Bf8 25. Qe3 Kh7 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Nf3 Qd8 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Ra1 Bb7 31. Ng5+ Kg7 32. f4 exf4 33. Qxf4 Qf6 34. Qe3 Qe5 35. Nf1 {[%cal Bg3f1,Bf1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3d4][%mdl 32]} Re8 36. Nf3 Qf6 37. Rd1 Ne5 38. N1d2 Bc8 39. Nxe5 Qxe5 40. Nf3 Qg3 41. Qd4+ f6 42. Qf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Bd7 44. Ra1 Rb8 45. Nd4 b4 46. Ra7 {Threatens to win with Ne6+.} b3 47. Bd1 {[#] Hoping for Ne6+.} Kf8 (47... Kh6 $1 $11) 48. Be2 $16 Nxe4+ 49. Ke3 Nxc3 50. Bxc4 (50. Rxd7 $16 Nxd5+ 51. Kd2 (51. Ke4 Nc3+ 52. Kf3 d5 $14) 51... c3+ 52. bxc3) 50... Re8+ 51. Kd3 Ne4 52. Bxb3 Nc5+ 53. Kc4 {Black must now prevent Bc2.} Bf5 (53... Rc8 $11) 54. Nxf5 gxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} 55. Bd1 $1 Re4+ 56. Kc3 (56. Kb5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 56... Re3+ 57. Kd2 (57. Kc2 $14) 57... Rd3+ $11 58. Kc2 {b4 is the strong threat.} Rxd5 59. Bxh5 Ne4 60. Bf3 Rc5+ 61. Kd3 Rb5 62. Kc2 Rc5+ $1 63. Kd3 Rb5 64. Bxe4 fxe4+ {The position is equal.} 65. Kxe4 Rxb2 {KR-KR} 66. g4 Rh2 67. Kf5 Rxh3 68. Kxf6 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Rh6+ 69. Kf5 d5 70. g5 Rb6 71. Rd7 d4 72. Rxd4 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.25"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,122,13,0,14,4,4,6,14,0,45,-6,-9,-2,-9,-14,18,-8,14,-16,35,0,0,-16,-16,-16,-11,-12,-17,-20,38,0,7,-22,307,301,293,287,292,-43,-49,-40,-45,-44,-50,-44,0,0,0,-45,-49,-54,-47,-52,0,-194,-164,-227,-223,-240,-193,-188,-181,-182,-95,-190,-178,-169,-193,-191,-180,-193,-159,-216,-214,-211,-200,-222,-221,-411,-407,-397,-358,-5110,-5431,-6103,-3847,-2824,-2354,-5857,-6191,-29971,-29975,-29972,-29973,-29977,-29978,-29977,-29979,-29979,-29981,-29981,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} 7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O Bb4 {The position is equal.} 9. Ne5 Nc6 $146 (9... O-O {seems wilder.} 10. Nd3 Be7 11. b4 Nc6 12. Rb1 a5) ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. f4 c5 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 {0-1 (37) Sokolov,I (2573)-Vitiugov,N (2709) Porto Carras 2018}) 10. f4 (10. Nxc6 $14 Bxc6 11. f3) 10... O-O $11 11. Bd2 Na5 12. Ba2 Qe7 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Qe2 Nc6 ({Black should try} 14... c5 $11) 15. Rac1 Nb4 16. Nxb4 Bxb4 17. Be1 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 ({Don't play} 18... Qxc5 $6 19. Nd5 $14) 19. Bh4 e5 (19... Qe8 $11) 20. b4 (20. Bd5 {looks sharper.} Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxh4 23. Nxb6 Rad8 24. Rc7) 20... Bxb4 21. fxe5 Bxc3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Qxe5 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qg4+ Qg5) 22. exf6 $18 (22. Rxc3 Qxe5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 22... Bxf6 {[#]} 23. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 24. Rc7 $2 ({White must play} 24. Rf1 $18 Be4 25. Bxf6) 24... Qe4 $15 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Rc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4e4]} Qe5 $1 26. Qg4+ $1 Kh8 {White must now prevent ...Rg8.} 27. Qd4 Kg7 {aiming for ...Rfd8.} 28. Qg4+ $1 Kh8 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 f5 {Threatens to win with ...Rac8.} 31. Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7b7]} Bc8 ({Better is} 31... Bc6 $15 32. Rc7 Bxa4 33. Bxf7 Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Rxf7 Kg8 35. Rxf5 b5) 32. Bf6+ $2 (32. Re7 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 32... Kg8 $19 33. Rd4 (33. Rc7 {was worth a try.}) 33... Be6 34. Bb1 Rac8 {Strongly threatening ...Rc1+.} 35. Bd3 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Ra8 (36... Rc6 $19 37. Bxa6 Bc8) 37. Rh4 {[#]} (37. Bxa6 $17 Rc2+ 38. Kg3) 37... b5 $1 38. g4 (38. axb5 axb5) 38... Rd1 39. Ke2 {[#]} Rxd3 $1 40. Kxd3 fxg4 41. axb5 (41. a5 $17) 41... axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 4128] Endgame KRB-KRB} 42. Rh5 {[#]} b4 $1 43. Rb5 {[#]} b3 $1 44. e4 $2 (44. Rg5+ Kf8 45. e4) 44... h6 45. Be5 Kh7 46. Rb8 $2 (46. Bf4) 46... Rxb8 47. Bxb8 {KB-KB} h5 48. Bg3 Kg6 49. Bh4 f5 50. exf5+ Kxf5 {Black mates.} 51. Bg3 Kg5 52. Be5 Kh4 53. Ke3 Kh3 54. Kf2 h4 55. Kg1 Bc4 56. Kh1 g3 57. hxg3 hxg3 58. Kg1 Kg4 59. Kg2 Bd5+ 60. Kg1 Kf3 61. Kf1 g2+ {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,74,23,0,0,0,10,0,0,-10,0,-58,-51,-85,-107,-100,-102,-100,-93,-94,-102,-96,-107,-216,-212,-271,-244,-286,-279,-262,-263,-308,-308,-272,-291,-289,-269,-235,-221,-206,-216,-224,-185,-162,-184,-361,-280,-318,-298,-375,-378,-525,-526,-568,-531,-564,-550]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nb3 b5 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} 12. a3 Nd7 (12... Rb8 13. g4 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. g5 Nd7 16. Rf3 Re8 17. Rh3 g6 18. Qe2 Bf8 19. Rd1 {1-0 (28) Alekseev,E (2632)-Potkin,V (2597) Tallinn 2016}) 13. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. g4 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 15. Kh1 a5 16. g5 g6 17. Qd2 a4 18. Nc1 f6 19. h4 fxg5 20. hxg5 {½-½ (33) Didi,J (2125)-Adamek,J (2220) Ostrava 2007}) 13... Nb6 {The position is equal.} 14. e5 d5 15. Rad1 (15. Bf2 $11) 15... Nc4 16. Bc1 {[#]} a5 $1 17. Kh1 Ba6 18. Ne2 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Nbd4 {[#]} Na2 $1 {[%cal Ra2c1]} 21. b3 (21. Rfe1 $17) 21... Nxc1 $19 22. Nxc1 Nb2 $1 {[%csl LRd1,LRf1]} 23. Rde1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 25. Nce2 a3 26. Ra1 Bc5 27. Qe3 Rfc8 28. f5 Qb6 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Bh3 Re8 31. Qd2 {intending Nxe6.} Kh8 32. c3 $2 (32. Bg4) 32... Qa6 33. Nf4 {[%cal Rd4e6]} Bxd4 $1 34. Qxd4 g5 35. Bf1 Qa7 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Ne2 Qxd4 37. Nxd4 Rec8 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,130,21,18,42,47,57,56,45,11,121,13,61,67,63,67,62,64,99,48,57,33,43,30,62,0,37,38,118,67,76,56,79,77,91,108,363,368,431,193,266,250,254,99,99,100,85,70,72,24,56,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,15,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,-12,-8,-8,-8,-8,-4,-15,-15,-17,0,-339,-278,-278,-278,-193,-8,-52,-52,-52,-52,-1520,-1304,-29978,-29979,-29972,-5073,-1712,-1712,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29990,-29990,-29988,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29989,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 g5 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} (6... g6 7. Ne2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 Qe7 10. e5 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Rd8 14. Qe1 {0-1 (62) Moiseenko,A (2667)-Wang,Y (2690) Riadh 2017}) 7. Ne2 h5 8. Na3 Nc6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Bh6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 g4 11. O-O Rg8 12. Kh1 Qg5 13. a5 h4 14. Ng1 {1-0 (33) Pisk,P (2313)-Sandhu,M (2330) Austria 2010}) 9. O-O Bh6 (9... h4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 10. Bb5 (10. Ng3 $1 $16) 10... a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qa5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Ra7 14. Nc4 ({White should try} 14. e5 $16 Qd8 15. Rad1) 14... Qg6 $1 $14 15. f3 O-O 16. Rae1 h4 17. f4 (17. b3 $14) 17... c5 18. dxc5 {aiming for f5.} Bb5 (18... Qxe4 $14 19. fxg5 Bg7) 19. Nd2 (19. f5 $16 exf5 20. exf5) 19... gxf4 20. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b5]} h3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg6g2]} 21. Rf2 Bc6 22. cxd6 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} cxd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... f5 $16 23. Nd4 Bxe4) 23. Qb6 $18 f3 24. Ng3 ({Not} 24. Nxf3 Rb7 $18) (24. Nd4 $142) 24... Bxd2 (24... Raa8 $142 25. Nxf3 (25. Qxc6 fxg2 26. b3 Rfc8 $16) 25... Rfc8 26. gxh3 Rab8 27. Qxa6 Bf4) 25. Rxd2 Qg5 26. Rf2 $2 (26. Rxd6 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Rd7 27. Rxd7 (27. Rxc6 Rd2 $17) 27... Bxd7 28. gxf3) 26... Qc5 $16 27. Qxc5 dxc5 28. Rxf3 (28. gxh3 {keeps more tension.} a5 29. Rxf3 Rd8 30. Nh5 Rd4 31. h4) 28... hxg2 29. Rf2 Rd8 30. Rxg2 (30. Nh5 $14) 30... Kf8 $11 31. Rge2 Rd4 32. Rc1 Rad7 33. Kf2 Rd3 34. Re3 Rd2+ 35. Re2 R2d3 36. Rcc2 Ke7 37. Re3 Kf6 38. e5+ Kg5 39. Rxd3 Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 40. Ke2 Rd4 41. Ke3 Rf4 42. Rd2 Rxc4 43. Rd6 Bd5 44. Rxa6 Rc2 45. Rb6 Rxh2 {And now ...Rh3 would win.} 46. Ne4+ Bxe4 47. Kxe4 {KR-KR} Re2+ 48. Kd3 Rxe5 {Threatens to win with ...f5.} 49. a4 Rd5+ 50. Kc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (50. Ke3 $11 {and White is okay.}) 50... e5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5e4]} 51. a5 e4 52. Rb8 {[#]} c4 $2 ({Better is} 52... Rd1 $1 $19 {...f5 is the strong threat.} 53. a6 Ra1) 53. Kb4 {next a6 is good for White.} Re5 $1 54. a6 {Strongly threatening a7.} e3 55. a7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Rb5 $15 Rxb5+ 56. Kxb5) 55... e2 56. a8=Q e1=Q+ 57. Kxc4 {KQR-KQR} Re4+ (57... Qe2+ $142 58. Kb3 Re3+ 59. Ka2 Qc4+ 60. b3 Re2+ 61. Ka3 Qc5+ 62. b4 Qc3+ 63. Ka4 Ra2+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 64. Kb5 Qd3+ 65. Kc5 Rc2+ 66. Kb6 Qd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 67. Kb5 Qc4+ 68. Ka5 Ra2+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 69. Kb6 Qd4+ 70. Kc6 Rc2+ 71. Kb5 Qc4+ 72. Ka5 Ra2+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 73. Kb6 Qd4+ 74. Kc6 Rc2+ 75. Kb5) 58. Kd5 Kf4 {( -> ...Qd2+)} 59. Rh8 Qd2+ {Black mates.} 60. Kc5 Qb4+ 61. Kc6 Re6+ 62. Kd7 Qd4+ 63. Kc7 Qc5+ 64. Kd8 Rd6+ 0-1

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.26"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,94,14,39,10,12,18,11,11,8,0,0,0,0,0,12,-21,-4,-28,8,-14,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-71,-73,-73,-73,-73,-85,-79,-61,-233,-229,-230,-226,-234,-233,-226,-231,-335,-329,-318,-302,-387,-361,-413,-334,-322,-282,-494,-494,-590,-537,-575,-564,-525,-484,-647,-656,-656,-633,-656,-652,-642,-632,-1133,-1083,-1201,-1007,-12841,-12842,-12842,-1336,-1293,-1240,-12839,-12837]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a5 8. h3 c6 9. Ba2 {C41: Philidor Defence} (9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nfd7 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qf3 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Nd7 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Qe2 f6 17. f4 {½-½ (40) Motylev,A (2659)-Sarana,A (2573) Yaroslavl 2018}) 9... exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Qf3 {The position is equal.} Qb6 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. Bxb3 Be6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ba2 Rad8 16. Qg3 Qd7 {½-½ (33) Brozyna,M (2098)-Raczynski,K (2096) Kudowa-Zdroj 2018}) 15... Nh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 16. Qf3 {Threatens to win with Bxe6.} Nf6 17. Qg3 Nd7 18. Rad1 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Rfe8 20. f4 Bf6 21. e5 (21. Rd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21... dxe5 $17 22. f5 Kh8 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Qf2 Nf6 25. Bb6 $2 ({White should try} 25. Nxf6 $15 Bxf6 26. Bb6) 25... Nxe4 $19 26. Bxc7 Nxf2 27. Kxf2 Bc5+ 28. Ke2 {[#]} Bd4 $1 29. f6 (29. Rc1 $142) 29... Re6 (29... Bxb2 30. Rd7 $11) 30. fxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rf5 f6 32. g4 Kg6 33. h4 h6 ({Worse is} 33... Bxb2 34. Rd7 $14) 34. Kf3 $2 (34. b4 {was necessary.} axb4 35. a5) 34... c5 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Ke4 Rc6 36. Rdf1 Rxc7 37. Rxf6+ Kh7 38. g5 hxg5 39. hxg5 Kg7 40. Re6 Rh8 41. Rff6 Rh4+ 42. Kd5 Rd7+ 43. Kc4 Be3+ 44. Kb5 Rb4+ 45. Kxa5 Bd2 (45... Rxb3 $142 46. Rg6+ Kf8 47. Rgf6+ {[#]} Kg8 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 46. Rg6+ Kf8 {[%cal Rb4b3]} 47. Rgf6+ Rf7 {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,133,14,18,12,22,18,26,21,14,16,6,0,0,-8,11,9,29,23,27,9,14,14,15,0,0,0,0,0,19,9,10,20,12,24,39,14,8,25,16,0,1,0,0,-16,-8,-11,0,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,4,0,18,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-18,-8,-8,-8,6,-15,134,0,8,8,8,8,42,8,127,127,127,127,614,610,1746,1689,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29980,29981]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nf1 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 d5 {1-0 (53) Vachier Lagrave,M (2774)-Aronian,L (2758) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 7... h6 8. Bb3 O-O 9. h3 {White has an edge.} Re8 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Be6 11. Bc2 d5 12. exd5 $1 Bxd5 13. b4 Bf8 14. a4 Qd7 15. Nf1 b5 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. axb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Be3 Qc8 18. axb5 {1-0 (50) Annaberdiev,M (2496)-Jumabayev,R (2602) Ashkhabad 2017}) 17... axb5 18. Be3 Qc8 19. Nd2 Qb7 20. Nge4 Nxe4 21. dxe4 Be6 22. Qe2 Ra8 23. Bd3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rb8 25. Nf1 Ne7 26. h4 Qc6 27. Bd2 Nc8 28. Ne3 Nd6 29. f3 Nc4 30. Nxc4 bxc4 31. Bc2 Ra8 32. Qd1 Qb6+ 33. Kf1 Rxa1 34. Qxa1 Be7 35. Be1 Qe3 36. Qd1 Qa7 37. Ba4 Qa8 38. Bf2 Kf8 39. Ke2 Bd6 40. Kd2 Ke7 41. Bc2 (41. Ke1 {keeps more tension.} Qc8 42. Qb1 Qa6 43. Qc2 Qc8 44. Qb2) 41... Qa2 42. Qb1 Qxb1 43. Bxb1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} Bd7 44. Be3 Bb5 45. Bc2 Kd7 46. g3 Be7 47. Bd1 c5 48. bxc5 Kc6 49. f4 exf4 50. gxf4 Bxh4 51. Bf3 Kc7 52. Bh5 g6 53. Be2 h5 54. Bd4 Be7 55. e5 Ba6 {[#]} (55... h4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 56. Ke3 (56. f5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 56... Bb5 {[#]} 57. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for e6.} Bg5+ ({Much weaker is} 57... gxf5 $6 58. Bxh5 Bg5+ 59. Ke2 $18) 58. Kf2 Bh4+ 59. Kg1 (59. Kg2 $5 {[%cal Re5e6]}) 59... gxf5 (59... Kd7 $1 $11) 60. Bxh5 $16 f4 61. Bxf7 Kd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... f3 $16 62. Bd5 Bc6 63. Bxc4 Be4) 62. Bd5 $18 Kd7 63. Kg2 Bc6 64. e6+ {White mates.} Kc7 65. Be5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kb7 66. Bxc6+ Kxc6 {[#]} 67. Bd6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,2,8,-3,0,0,-17,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,-45,31,10,2,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-3,8,8,8,0,23,10,8,0,20,6,100,85,101,101,110,114,589,592,575,579,562,556,538,517,485,512,1037,933,29996,29997]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. g3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} (6. Bb2 O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rfe8 12. Rfe1 Rad8 13. g3 Bb4 14. a3 Bd6 15. b4 dxc4 16. e4 e5 17. Bxc4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. Nf5 Nf3+ 20. Kh1 Qf8 {½-½ (54) Maghsoodloo,P (2671)-Saric,I (2694) Malmo 2019}) 6... O-O 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Bg4 {Strongly threatening ...e4.} 9. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. d4 Rc8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 {0-1 (29) Awiszus,T (1475)-Kaulich,P (1697) Ditzingen 2008}) 9... Bh5 {...e4 is the strong threat.} 10. g4 Bg6 11. d4 exd4 (11... Nbd7 {looks sharper.} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. cxd5 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Be5) 12. Nxd4 ({White should play} 12. Qxd4 $11 Na6 13. cxd5) 12... Ne4 (12... dxc4 $15 13. bxc4 Na6) 13. Bb2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Qe7 16. e4 Rd8 {next ...Be5 is good for Black.} 17. Qc2 ({Don't play} 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Bh2+ 19. Kxh2 Rxd1 $17) 17... Na6 18. Rad1 Nc5 {[%cal Rg6e4]} 19. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 20. exf5 Qg5 21. Rfe1 h5 22. gxh5 Qxh5 23. Rd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} f6 (23... Bf8 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. Qd2 $16 Bc7 25. Re7 Bb6 {[#]} 26. Qe3 $1 {And now Rg4! would win.} Qxf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26... Rxd4 $16 27. Bxd4 Qxf5) 27. Rf4 {Played: Re7xg7} 1-0

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,108,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,-15,-22,-32,-27,-31,-18,-35,26,-11,0,-16,0,-36,-32,-86,-88,-94,-90,-112,-112,-129,-64,-115,-77,-135,-130,-112,-135,-128,-92,-94,-82,-79,-70,-71,-56,-81,-79,-69,-77,-71,0,0,10,-20,-30,-4,0,-12,-21,-76,33,0,225,0,35,-25,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,13,7,90,91,84,84,85,0,100,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Nc3 a6 {C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack} 9. g3 (9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O b4 11. Na4 Qd5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bc4 Qd6 14. d5 e5 15. Rhe1 e4 16. Nd4 {1-0 (40) Carlsen,M (2832)-Grischuk,A (2750) chess.com INT 2017}) 9... b5 10. Bg2 {Black must now prevent Ne5.} Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qc1 Qf6 16. Nf4 {½-½ (40) Krzyzanowski,M (2377)-Sadzikowski,D (2433) Suchedniow 2012}) 14... Bf6 15. dxc5 Qc7 (15... Ra7 $15) 16. Qd2 Qxc5 17. Nf4 Rd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 18. Nd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (18. Qc1 $5 {[%cal Rf4h5]} Nd7 19. Nh5 $11) 18... Qe7 19. Qe3 (19. Qxb4 $15 Qxb4 20. Nxb4) 19... Nd7 $17 20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nb6 $1 22. Nf3 Nd5 (22... Nc4 $17 23. Qe2 Nxb2) 23. Qh6 (23. Qe2 $15) 23... Bg7 24. Qh5 (24. Qd2 $142) 24... Qb7 25. Qh4 Rac8 26. Re2 b3 27. cxb3 Qxb3 28. Nde5 {Nxf7! is the strong threat.} h6 29. Rc1 Qb7 30. Nc6 Re8 31. Rec2 Rc7 32. b4 Kf8 ({Black should play} 32... Bf8 $17 33. Qd4 Rec8) 33. Qc4 Rec8 34. Qc5+ Kg8 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Bf8 37. Qd4 (37. Qc4 $11) 37... Bg7 ({Much worse is} 37... Qxb5 $6 38. Na7 $11) (37... Ba3 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra3c1]} 38. Ra1 Qxb5) 38. Qd3 {Hoping for Ne7+!} (38. Ne7+ $5 Nxe7 39. Rxc7 Bxd4 40. Rxb7 Rxc1 41. Nxd4 $11) 38... Qb6 $2 {[#]} (38... Kh7 $11) 39. Qe2 $2 (39. Ne7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe7 40. Rxc8+ Kh7 41. R8c6) 39... Kf8 40. Nce5 (40. Rc5 $14) 40... Kg8 41. Rc6 Rxc6 42. bxc6 Ne7 {[%cal Re7c6]} 43. Qc4 Qc7 44. Qc5 Nd5 45. Nd7 Bf8 (45... Qd8 $11) 46. Nxf8 $16 Rxf8 47. Nd4 Qe5 48. Nf3 (48. c7 $16 Rc8 49. Nb5) 48... Qe4 {[#]} (48... Qc7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 49. Rc4 (49. c7 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Rc8 50. Qb5) 49... Qe2 $11 {The position is equal.} 50. Qd4 Ne3+ 51. Qxe3 Qxc4 52. Qxh6 Qxc6 53. Qg5+ Kh7 {Threatens to win with ...f6.} 54. Qh5+ Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.26"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,62,5,50,22,56,21,27,11,24,0,0,0,11,0,71,74,70,52,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-113,-102,-124,-97,-159,-163,-516,-529,-499,-497,-761,-728,-29991,-453,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Qc1 {E65: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c5 7 0-0 without d5 by White} (11. Bd2 Qb4 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Nd5 Qxb3 14. axb3 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Nb4 16. g4 Nf6 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Ne5 Rfd8 {½-½ (33) Nurmamedov,A (2341)-Tutisani,N (2468) Moscow 2019}) 11... Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bf5 12. Nd2 Rac8 13. Nb3 Qa6 14. h3 Nf6 15. Nxc5 Qxc4 16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Qd2 Bh6 19. Nxb7 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 {1-0 (48) Just,J (1980)-Seyb,N (1823) GER email 2013}) 12. Bd2 {aiming for Nd5.} Qb4 13. Nd1 {White has an edge.} Qb6 14. Nc3 Qb4 15. Nd1 Qb6 16. Nc3 Be6 (16... Qb4 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. Na4 $16 Qa6 18. Nxc5 Qxc4 19. Nxe6 (19. Nxb7 $14 Rdc8 20. Nc5) 19... Qxe6 $11 20. e3 Rac8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 21. Bc3 Nb4 22. Qb1 Qb6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qe4 {[#]} (24. Rc1 $11) 24... Nf6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 25. Qh4 Rc2 26. a3 ({White should play} 26. Ne5) 26... Nd3 27. b4 $2 {[#]} (27. Rad1) 27... Rxf2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 28. Rxf2 {Hoping for Re2.} Qxe3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 29. g4 (29. h3 $142 Qxf2+ 30. Kh2) 29... Ne4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 30. Qxe7 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 {[#]} Qe3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.26"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,77,33,43,20,56,49,40,33,60,62,87,81,88,82,79,82,81,89,91,79,85,86,86,86,86,81,89,22,12,12,12,12,20,4,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Qe7 10. Qb3 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} bxa3 11. Qxa3 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... d6 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Nc6 {½-½ (15) Garcia Ilundain,D (2510)-Lalic,B (2590) Benasque 1995}) 12. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Qxa3 13. Rxa3 d6 14. Nd2 Rfd8 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Rd7 18. Rd1 Kf8 19. Ne4 Na5 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Rd4 Rc7 22. Nxd6 ({White should play} 22. Nc3 $16) 22... Nxd6 $11 {The position is equal.} 23. Rxd6 Rxc4 24. Rxb6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc2 25. b4 Rxe2 26. Rc6 Re7 27. Kg2 Rb8 28. Ra4 g6 29. Kf3 h5 30. h4 Rb5 {Threatening ...Rf5+.} 31. Rc4 Rf5+ 32. Rf4 {White wants to play Rxf5.} Rd5 33. Ra2 Rd3+ 34. Kg2 Rb3 35. Ra6 Kg7 36. Rc6 Rb7 37. Rcc4 Ra3 38. Rf3 Ra4 39. Rff4 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.26"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 b6 5. Nc3 a6 6. d5 d6 7. a4 e5 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. e4 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nc4 Ne8 12. Be3 Bg5 13. Be2 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 g6 15. O-O Ng7 16. Rb1 Qg5 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. b4 f5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Qd2 Ra7 21. Na5 Qe8 22. Nc6 Rc7 23. f3 f4 24. Nd1 Nf6 25. Nb2 Qf7 26. Nc4 Nge8 27. Qa5 g5 28. Nb6 Ng7 29. Bc4 g4 30. Nxe5 Qh5 31. Nxc8 Rfxc8 32. Nd3 gxf3 33. gxf3 Qg5+ 34. Kh1 Nfh5 35. Rg1 Qh4 36. Rg2 Kh8 37. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.26"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,61,47,61,35,41,21,21,29,53,66,60,55,68,71,53,61,72,54,48,58,155,173,173,185,257,243,264,244,224,235,293,237,828,335,1711,1588,29982,29983,29983,29984,29987,29988,29993,29970,6331,6195,29983,935]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. h4 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 {The position is equal.} exd5 12. g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qe2 Qa5+ 13. c3 Be6 14. g5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 hxg5 16. hxg5 {½-½ (69) Szabo,K (2523)-Movsesian,S (2723) Mainz 2010}) 12... hxg5 13. hxg5 Rh4 14. Qd2 $1 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Kf8 16. O-O-O $1 Bf5 {Threatens to win with ...Rc8.} 17. f4 {Black must now prevent Bd3.} Bd6 (17... Qc7 $14) 18. Kb1 $1 $16 Qc8 ({Don't blunder} 18... Rxf4 $2 19. Rh1 $18) ({But not} 18... Bxf4 19. Qf2 $18) 19. Bd3 Bxd3 (19... Kg8 {was necessary.} 20. Bc3 Rh3) 20. Qxd3 $18 {Strongly threatening g6.} Rh3 {[#]} 21. Bxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 22. Qxd5 Rh2 23. c3 Be7 $2 {[#]} (23... Qc5) 24. f5 (24. g6 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 25. Rxg6+ $3 {[%mdl 576] Clearance} Kxg6 26. Rg1+ Kh6 27. Qf7) 24... Qc7 $2 (24... Qc5 25. f6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6) 25. f6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 26. fxe7+ Qxe7 27. g6 Re8 {[#]} 28. Rge1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf6 (28... Qxe1 29. Qxf7#) 29. Rxe8+ {Played: g6-g7} 1-0

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.26"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,117,20,18,5,5,5,0,0,10,0,0,0,21,0,-5,-25,-13,-15,-10,-26,18,0,17,10,18,17,10,8,17,22,80,-12,-18,-8,-12,-19,77,0,0,-18,0,-1,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,84,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nb6 13. Qg3 Nxc4 {1-0 (29) Topalov,V (2760)-Caruana,F (2823) Saint Louis 2016}) 10... Qe8 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. Bb3 f6 13. Bh4 Qg6 14. Qe2 Kh8 15. Bg3 e5 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bg4 19. Qe4 Rf5 {[#]} (19... Qxe4 $11 20. Rxe4 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Rae8) 20. Qd4 (20. Bg3 $1 $16) 20... Bxe5 $11 21. Rxe5 {Threatens to win with Bc2.} Bf3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rg6g2]} 22. g3 Qh5 {[#]} (22... Rxe5 $11 23. Qxe5 Qc6) 23. Rxf5 (23. Re7 $1 $16 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rd4g7][%mdl 512]} Rf6 24. Bd1) 23... Qxf5 24. Bc4 Re8 25. Bf1 Qe5 26. Bg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qe4+ 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 29. Rd1 h6 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rb8 b6 32. Rb7 $1 Rc4 33. Rxa7 Rxc3 34. a4 Rc5 35. h4 Kg6 36. Kf3 Kf5 37. Ra8 Rc3+ 38. Ke2 Rc2+ 39. Ke3 Rc3+ 40. Kd4 Rc5 41. Ra7 Kg4 42. a5 g6 (42... Rxa5 $11 {remains equal.} 43. Rxc7 g5) 43. axb6 ({Better is} 43. a6 $16) 43... cxb6 {The position is equal.} 44. Rb7 Rc6 45. Rf7 Kh3 46. Kd5 Rc5+ 47. Ke4 b5 48. Rf6 b4 {Hoping for ...Rb5.} 49. Rb6 Rc4+ 50. Ke3 Rg4 51. h5 gxh5 52. Rxh6 Rg5 53. Rb6 Re5+ 54. Kf4 Re2 55. Rxb4 {Threatening mate with Kf3.} Rxf2+ 56. Kg5 Kxg3 57. Rb3+ Rf3 58. Rxf3+ Kxf3 59. Kxh5 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.26"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,106,31,25,17,19,19,6,11,30,32,86,33,31,0,0,0,7,0,47,0,25,-9,29,22,20,20,65,33,79,71,85,80,87,79,82,87,93,81,89,87,75,73,78,80,98,73,98,68,98,80,110,82,69,74,114,114,114,114,126,0,0,9,82,82,82,0,66,0,99,-116,-106,-285,-277,-551,-543,-1099,-1096,-1099,-1050,-1297,0,0,0,0,0,-916,-262]} 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. c4 c6 12. Qc2 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} Bb7 13. Nc3 exd4 14. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} b4 15. Na4 {[#]} Re8 $146 {[#]} (15... c5 $14 16. Nf5 Re8) ({Predecessor:} 15... c5 16. Nf5 {1-0 (76) Shirov,A (2665)-Dragun,K (2665) Czech Republic 2016}) 16. Nf5 (16. c5 $1 $16) 16... c5 $14 17. Bf4 Bf8 {[%cal Rb7e4]} 18. f3 Ne5 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Bg5 Re6 21. Ne3 (21. Qe2 {looks sharper.} Rae8 22. Bc2 Nc6 23. b3 g6 24. g4) 21... Ng6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Re5 24. Bd2 Rh5 25. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Re8 26. Bc4 Bc8 27. f5 Ne5 28. Be2 Rh4 29. g3 Rxh3 30. Kg2 {[#]} Rh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Bxh6 gxh6 32. b3 Qd8 33. Qd2 Bg7 34. Rh1 Qf6 35. Nb6 Nd7 36. Nxc8 Rxc8 37. Bxa6 Ra8 {[%cal Bc8a8,Ba8a5,Ba5c5][%mdl 32] [#]} 38. Bb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5d7]} Ne5 39. Rh5 Qe7 40. Rh4 (40. Re1 $16) 40... Bf6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf6h4]} 41. Rhh1 Bg5 (41... c4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42. Qe2 $16 Ra5 43. Rh5 (43. Rh2 $16) 43... Kg7 ({Better is} 43... Qb7 $11 44. Bd3 Nxd3 45. Qxd3 (45. Rxd3 Qa6 $11) 45... Rxa2+ 46. Kh1 Qe7) 44. Rdh1 (44. Kh1 $14) 44... f6 (44... Qb7 $11 45. Bd3 Nxd3 46. Qxd3 Rxa2+ 47. Kf3 Qe7) 45. Ba4 $2 (45. Rb1 $16 {keeps the pressure on.}) 45... c4 $1 $17 46. Qf2 $2 (46. Ra1 $17) 46... c3 $19 47. Qb6 $2 (47. Qe2 {was called for.} Qc7 48. Qc2) 47... Rc5 48. Rxg5+ hxg5 (48... fxg5 $2 49. Bb5 $19) 49. Qxb4 c2 50. Qd2 Nc4 $2 (50... Ng4 $19 51. Qe2 c1=R 52. Rxc1 Rxc1) 51. bxc4 $11 Qxe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 52. Kh2 {And now Bb3 would win.} Rxc4 53. Bb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (53. Re1 $11 Rd4 54. Qf2) 53... Qxh1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Promotion. Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 42%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,92,5,6,0,0,0,41,37,40,30,40,41,46,30,43,30,49,25,25,10,28,-7,56,49,73,65,91,95,125,109,124,132,119,-40,273,261,277,291,267,-35,-19,-62,-6,-10,-6,-6,-6,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-93,-94,-210,-208,-328,-323,-356,-345,-322,-352,-343,-330,-353,-352,-480,-464,-440,-387,-362,-314,-312,-263,-409,-297,-272,-271,-1564,-1316,-1133,-947,-845,-806]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (6. Bc4 {feels hotter.} Ngf6 7. a4 Qc7 8. Nc3 e5 9. Qd3) (6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 e5 10. Qd3 g5 11. Bg3 Nf6 12. h4 g4 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. h5 Be6 {0-1 (23) Duda,J (2729)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2775) Paris 2019}) 6... Ngf6 7. O-O e6 (7... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 8. Qe3 Be7 $11) 8. c4 {White is slightly better.} Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. b3 Qc7 11. Ba3 b6 12. Rfd1 {[%cal Ra3d6]} Nc5 13. e5 Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... dxe5 14. Qxe5 {½-½ (108) Carlsson,P (2463)-Bobadilla Viera,J (2302) Roquetas de Mar 2019}) 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Bb2 (15. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Nd7 16. Ne4 $14) 15... e5 ({Black should try} 15... Bb7 $11) 16. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} e4 17. Nd5 Qb8 {[#]} 18. Nd4 $1 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bd6 20. b4 Na4 21. Ba3 $2 ({White must play} 21. Nc6 $16 Qb7 22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. Bxf6) 21... a5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (21... Be6 $15 {stays ahead.}) 22. c5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} bxc5 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Rab1 $2 (24. Bxc5 $18 Nxc5 25. Rac1) 24... Qd6 $1 $15 {[%cal Rd6d5]} 25. Nb5 Qd8 ({Black should play} 25... Qe5 $15) 26. Bxc5 $11 Nxc5 27. Qe3 {[#]} Nd3 $1 28. Bxd3 exd3 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Rxd3 Bd7 31. Qe5 (31. Rbd1 $11 Nf6 32. Nf5) 31... Nf6 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Re8.} 32. Nc7 (32. Nf5 $17) 32... Ng4 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Qd6 (33. Qc5 $142 Nxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 34. Qxf2 Qxc7 35. Nd5) 33... Nxf2+ 34. Kg1 Nxd3 35. Nxa8 Be6 36. Qxd8 Rxd8 37. Nc7 Bxa2 38. Rd1 a4 {Played: Rd8-d7} 0-1

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,105,26,18,29,12,61,62,50,39,47,45,52,56,54,50,73,43,80,85,100,91,85,53,48,30,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,0,0,-55,-39,-58,-52,-59,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,8,8,8,8,9,16,8,8,6,15,3,3,7,15,21,16,16,16,16,107,3,3,3,16,18,34,3,3,0,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,3,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bxb4 cxb4 9. a3 bxa3 10. Rxa3 d5 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} 11. Ne5 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qe7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Qa4 f6 16. Nf3 N8c6 17. e4 Rad8 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 {½-½ (32) Ma,Z (2465)-Bu,X (2713) China 2017}) 12. Nc3 Qe7 {White is slightly better.} 13. Qa1 a5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Na4 Qd8 16. c5 Nd7 17. Rb3 {[%cal Ra4b6]} b5 18. Rxb5 Ba6 19. Rb3 Bxe2 20. Re1 Bc4 21. Rc3 Rb8 22. Qa3 Qc7 23. b3 Bb5 24. Nb2 Ra8 25. Qa1 Nb8 26. Qd1 (26. Nc4 $5) 26... Nc6 27. Qd2 (27. Bf1 $11 Bxf1 28. Kxf1) 27... Rab8 28. f4 Qd8 29. Rd1 Ba6 (29... Qf6 $15) 30. Qe3 $1 $11 Rb4 31. Nc4 $1 dxc4 32. Bxc6 Qc7 33. Bf3 cxb3 34. Rxb3 Bb7 35. c6 Bxc6 {Hoping for ...Qb6.} 36. Rxb4 Bxf3 37. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qxc1+ 38. Qxc1 axb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 39. Qc4 $1 Rb8 40. Qc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7b8] [#]} Ra8 {Strongly threatening ...Bd5.} 41. Qb6 Bd5 {And now ...b3 would win.} 42. Qxb4 h5 (42... Ra1+ $11 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Ke1 g6) 43. h4 (43. f5 $16) 43... g6 44. Qd6 Kg7 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. f5 gxf5 47. Qf6 Bf3 48. Kf2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Ra3 $1 {The position is equal.} 49. Qg5+ Kf8 50. Qd8+ Kg7 51. Qg5+ Kf8 52. Qd8+ Kg7 53. Qg5+ {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,45,8,18,7,9,12,0,0,-26,12,0,0,0,12,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-15,-22,-15,-20,-16,-21,0,0,0,-12,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. O-O a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. h3 h6 9. Bb3 Be6 10. Bc2 d5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Re1 Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rfe8 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 {½-½ (31) Andriasian,Z (2585)-Anton Guijarro,D (2666) Riadh 2017}) 13. Nf1 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. dxe4 {The position is equal.} Qxd1 15. Bxd1 {[#]} Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. Be3 (16. Rxe4 Rxd1) 16... Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Nc5 18. Bc2 Rfe8 19. Rae1 Kf8 20. b3 Bd5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. N3d2 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,207,15,27,0,9,0,9,0,14,21,16,14,9,-17,-23,-28,-14,-30,-7,-13,0,0,11,4,7,0,0,0,7,0,11,0,16,11,11,9,12,11,20,11,11,0,4,0,11,2,2,2,8,0,6,20,34,0,25,2,13,8,10,10,21,8,8,8,8,8,29,8,15,16,15,17,14,18,35,8,8,22,66,66,66,68,69,0,325,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,12,12,12,12,12,12,37,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,58,58,58,53,58,58,58,53,53,12,12,0,53,53,58,0,0,0,0,0,19,5,12,5,53,53,53,12,12,12,12,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d5 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Bg2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Qd5 9. Qxd5 exd5 10. a3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} Bxd2+ 11. Nbxd2 a4 12. O-O Be6 13. Rfc1 Ke7 14. e3 Rhc8 {[#]} 15. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bf1 Ra5 16. Rc3 Kd6 17. Rac1 h6 {1-0 (63) Skembris,S (2560)-Fyllingen,R (2295) Gausdal 1993}) 15... axb3 16. Nxb3 Ne4 17. Nfd2 Nxd2 (17... Na5 {seems wilder.} 18. a4 b6 19. Bf3 f6 20. Kg2 f5) 18. Nxd2 Na5 19. Rab1 c6 20. a4 Ra7 21. e4 Rd8 22. Rb4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Bd5 (23... Kf8 {is interesting.} 24. Bf3 h6 25. Be4 g6 26. Nf3 Kg7) 24. Bxd5 (24. Bxh7 g6 $17) 24... Rxd5 (24... cxd5 {looks sharper.} 25. Rb5 Rd7 26. Re1+ Kd8 27. Ra1 Ra6) 25. Ne4 Ra8 26. Nc5 Rb8 27. Rcb1 {[%cal Rc5b7]} Kf6 28. Kg2 g6 29. Kf3 Rf5+ 30. Kg2 {[#] Black must now prevent Nd7+.} Rd5 31. Re1 Rbd8 32. Re4 h5 33. h4 ({Don't go for} 33. Nxb7 $2 Rb8 $19) 33... Kg7 34. Re7 Kf8 35. Re4 Re8 36. Kf3 Rf5+ (36... Red8 {keeps more tension.} 37. Rf4 Kg7 38. Kg2 Rb8 39. Ne4 Rc8) 37. Rf4 {Hoping for Rxf5.} Rxf4+ 38. Kxf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Re2 39. f3 Re7 40. g4 hxg4 41. fxg4 f6 42. Ne4 Kg7 43. h5 Rd7 44. h6+ Kxh6 45. Nxf6 g5+ 46. Kf5 (46. Ke5 $5 {[%cal Rf6d7]} Rf7 47. Ke6 $16) 46... Rf7 $1 47. Ke6 $1 {[%cal Re6f7]} Kg6 48. Nd7 {[#] Threatens to win with Ne5+.} Rf4 49. Kd6 {aiming for Kc5.} b5 $1 50. Ne5+ (50. axb5 $14 cxb5 51. Kc5 (51. Rxb5 Rxd4+ 52. Kc5 Rxd7 $11)) 50... Kh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Kf6 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 51. Ke6 $2 ({Inferior is} 51. Nxc6 Rf6+ 52. Kc5 Nxc6 $11) (51. axb5 $18 cxb5 52. Ke6 (52. Rxb5 Rxd4+ 53. Ke6 Nc6 $16)) 51... bxa4 52. Rxa4 Nb3 53. Nxc6 {Rb4 is the strong threat.} Rxg4 54. Rb4 (54. Kd5 {with more complications.} Nd2 55. Ne5 Rf4 56. Ra2 Ne4 57. Rh2+) 54... Nxd4+ (54... Nd2 {feels hotter.} 55. Rb2 Nc4 56. Rb5 Rf4 57. Ne7 Re4+) 55. Nxd4 {KRN-KR} Rf4 56. Ke5 Kh5 57. Rb1 Rf2 58. Rb8 Kg4 59. Ke4 Rf4+ 60. Ke3 Rf7 61. Rb1 Re7+ 62. Kf2 Kf4 63. Rb5 g4 64. Ne2+ Ke4 65. Ng3+ Kd3 66. Nf5 g3+ 67. Kxg3 Re8 68. Kf4 Rf8 69. Rd5+ Kc4 70. Rd1 Kc5 71. Ra1 Re8 72. Rc1+ Kd5 73. Ne3+ Kd6 74. Nc4+ Kd5 75. Ne3+ Kd6 $1 76. Rc2 Rf8+ 77. Ke4 (77. Nf5+ $14 Kd5 78. Re2) 77... Re8+ 78. Kd4 Ra8 79. Re2 Rd8 80. Nd5 Rh8 81. Nf4 Rh4 82. Re6+ Kd7 83. Rf6 Rg4 {The position is equal.} 84. Kc5 Rg5+ 85. Nd5 Rg1 86. Rd6+ Ke8 87. Re6+ Kf7 88. Rf6+ Kg7 89. Rf3 Rg6 90. Nf4 Ra6 91. Kd5 Kf6 92. Ne6+ Kg6 93. Nc7 Rb6 94. Ke5 Rb1 95. Nd5 Re1+ 96. Ne3 Re2 97. Ke6 Kg5 98. Rf5+ Kg6 99. Re5 Ra2 100. Nf5 Ra6+ 101. Nd6 Rb6 102. Re1 Kg5 103. Ke5 Kg4 104. Rg1+ {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,26,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 $146 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,53,38,44,41,45,39,53,33,34,27,39,33,20,19,38,3,3,12,12,3,3,4,4,4,4,4,9,6,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,7,26,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 {A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous} (7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 a5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. a3 Qe8 11. e3 Rb8 12. Qe2 h6 13. Rfd1 Be7 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 {0-1 (39) Kojima,S (2403)-Hou,Y (2686) Honolulu 2015}) 7... O-O 8. d5 Na6 9. Nd4 {White is slightly better.} Nc5 10. Ncb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. dxe6 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 dxe6 {½-½ (27) Tichy,V (2256)-Priehoda,V (2361) Czechia 2009}) 10... Be5 11. Nf3 a6 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. dxe6 {aiming for Bxb7.} (13. b4 {seems wilder.} Nce4 14. dxe6 d6 15. f3 Nc3 16. Qc2) 13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 dxe6 15. cxb5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 {Threatening Be3.} Nb3 $1 $132 {[%cal Rb3a1][%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 17. Rb1 Rxa2 18. Nd7 Nxd7 19. Rxd7 Rf7 20. Rxf7 Kxf7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 21. Bf4 Ra5 22. Rd1 Rxb5 23. Bxc7 Nc5 24. Be5 Ne4 25. f4 {Threatens to win with Rd7+.} Nf6 26. Ra1 Rd5 27. Ra6 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,67,12,1,-15,0,0,16,7,20,29,54,10,16,0,8,-22,-24,-3,45,40,43,39,50,-25,-21,-22,190,185,214,208,207,66,213,227,204,229,229,223,229,227,229,214,227,212,555,388,387,387,445,442,442,442,439,435,411,372]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Bb7 7. Qe2 Nc6 {Strongly threatening ...Nb4.} 8. c3 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} a5 9. Nc4 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a4 10. e5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Na5 12. Ncd2 Be7 13. h4 Nc5 14. Rd1 Qd7 15. Be3 O-O-O 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 {0-1 (50) Petrosian,T (2654)-Grigoryan,A (2571) Yerevan 2014}) 10. Bg2 {The position is equal.} Ba6 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bf4 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 13. Ne3 b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 14. c4 Bb7 {Hoping for ...g5.} 15. h4 Bc5 16. O-O h6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Nd5 (18. Nc2 $14) 18... exd5 $11 19. cxd5 Ba6 $2 {[#]} (19... Nd8 $11) 20. Qc2 $18 Ncxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Re1 (22. Bxe5 $18 O-O 23. Re1) 22... O-O (22... f6 $14 23. d6 cxd6 24. Bxa8 O-O 25. Bd5+ Kh8) 23. Rxe5 Qd6 24. Rc1 Bb6 25. Ree1 Qd7 26. d6 cxd6 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. Qc6 Qa7 $2 (28... Qxc6 {is a better chance.} 29. Rxc6 Bd4) 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 {[#] Black must now prevent Re7!} Rc8 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Qxe8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ Kg8 34. Qc6 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,101,38,6,28,19,20,25,20,25,25,20,17,14,14,10,21,16,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,26,25,23,29,0,32,33,15,-7,-6,-8,0,0,0,-12,-27,-13,0,0,34,36,81,74,63,30,21,26,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,10,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 8. Bg5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 {White has an edge.} 10. e4 Nb4 11. Qc3 c5 12. a3 N4c6 13. d5 Na5 14. Nbd2 Ba6 {[#]} 15. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ne5) 15... Nd7 16. e5 exd5 17. Bxd5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qxe5 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Rfe1 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Kf8 21. Ne4 g6 22. f4 Bb7 23. Rad1 Bc6 $1 24. f5 {Ng5 is the strong threat.} Ba4 25. Rd2 Re8 26. Rde2 Nb7 27. Ng5 Nf6 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Nhf3 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Nd6 31. Ne5 a5 32. Rf2 Kg7 33. Nexf7 Nde4 34. Rf1 Nxc3 35. Ne5 {Black must now prevent Ne6+.} Ne2+ 36. Kf2 (36. Kg2 $5 {[%cal Rg5e6]} Nd4 37. Nxc4 $11) 36... Nd4 {The position is equal.} 37. Nxc4 Bb5 38. Rc1 Ng4+ 39. Ke1 $1 Bxc4 40. Rxc4 Nxh2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KNN} 41. Rc3 Kf6 42. Ne4+ Ke5 43. Nxc5 {Threatens to win with Nd7+.} bxc5 44. Rxc5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ke4 45. Rxa5 Kf3 46. a4 Kxg3 47. Rd5 Nhf3+ 48. Kd1 Nc6 49. Rd6 Nfe5 50. Ke2 Kf4 51. Rf6+ {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,0,4,-10,-8,-6,-2,-13,-13,-4,4,4,4,12,10,9,10,-8,0,-9,0,1,0,-8,0,-14,-7,-14,-3,-19,-24,-56,-27,-32,-38,-39,-16,-25,-27,-30,-8,-12,0,-27,-12,-27,-27,-28,-18,-20,-19,-20,-20,-20,-28,-28,-20,-20,0,-20,0,-20,0,-20]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Bg3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} O-O 7. Ngf3 Qc7 8. Ne5 (8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Rd1 Bxg3 11. hxg3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qa4 Bg4 15. Nf3 Qe6 16. O-O Rfd8 {½-½ (30) Zhou,J (2617)-Vallejo Pons,F (2694) China 2018}) 8... Nbd7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 9. f4 b6 10. Bd3 a5 $146 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 10... Bb7 11. Qf3 Rac8 12. O-O a6 {1-0 (30) Esipenko,A (2593)-Podetti,D (2163) Skopje 2018}) 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. Bh4 a4 14. a3 Raa8 {[%cal Ba6a8,Ba8c8,Bc8c5][%mdl 32]} 15. Qf3 Qb7 16. Ndc4 Qc7 17. Nd2 b5 18. Nd3 Rac8 19. Kh1 Qb7 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Rad1 Rfc8 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Rfe1 h5 25. h3 g6 26. Qe2 Kg7 27. Qd3 Qe7 28. Qd4 Kg8 29. Kg1 h4 30. Rf1 Nh5 31. Rfe1 Ng3 32. Qd3 Qf6 33. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Qe7 34. Nd2 Qf6 35. Nf3 Qe7 36. Nd2 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,111,16,27,18,19,27,23,36,20,20,17,17,0,9,14,89,94,87,78,79,74,107,99,310,302,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,313,317,304,302,313,247,300,233,226,220,239,231,214,161,161,161,167,166,170,163,170,170,204,163,397,374,370,364,342,353,437,414,423,422,638,631,779,760,806,761,830,809,1898,2071,1870,1789,4933,1774]} 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. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Qc1 Kh7 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} 18. a4 c5 (18... Nb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. b3 Nbd7 22. Bd3 c6 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. Be3 d5 25. dxe5 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 {½-½ (34) Leko,P (2691)-Oparin,G (2609) Linares 2018}) 19. d5 c4 {White has an edge.} 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Qd2 Nc5 22. Ra3 Reb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22... Nfd7 23. Nf1 Nf6 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Ne3 h5 26. b4 Qc8 27. g3 Bh6 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Rea1 {½-½ (29) Kover,W (2201)-Dillenburg,A (2378) ICCF email 2011}) 23. Rea1 bxa4 (23... Nfd7 $11) 24. Qe2 $16 a5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Bxa4 Ra7 27. Nd2 Ba6 $2 (27... h5 $16 {might work better.}) 28. Bc6 $18 Rxb2 29. Rxa5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qb6 {intending ...h5.} 30. Ngf1 h5 {If Black can now play ...Bh6 this consolidates a bit.} 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. fxe3 Bh6 33. R5a2 ({And not} 33. Rxa6 Rxa6 34. Rxa6 Rxd2 $11) 33... Rb6 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Ke2 Ng8 36. Rb1 Rxb1 37. Nxb1 Ne7 38. Nfd2 Nc8 {[#]} 39. Ra4 {Played: Ra2xa6} 1-0

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,156,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,20,14,14,22,37,39,74,69,75,14,18,14,41,47,86,45,27,8,14,23,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-3,-5,0,-6,0,-5,0,-46,-45,-50,-52,-88,-85,-84,-77,-81,-79,-615,-85,-82,-80,-85,-84,-85,-68,-61,-7,-46,-33,-33,0,-33,-33,-33,-33,-70,-65,-65,-65,-66,-65,-65,-65,-58,0,0,0,-32,-32,-50,-25,-50,-50,-72,-72,-64,-50,-50,-50,-146,-149,-146,-150,-142,-114,-151,-113,-113,-108,-143,-131,-214,-214,-389,-389,-380,-339,-370,-356,-383,-369,-361,-363,-598,-520,-511,-494,-809,-759,-1038,-1005,-1446,-1422,-1212,-986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 11. a4 Nb6 12. a5 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 {The position is equal.} Rc8 15. f3 (15. Bb6 Qe8 16. Nc1 d5 17. exd5 Bb4 18. d6 Qd7 19. Nd3 Bxd6 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Rxd7 Bxc3 23. bxc3 {½-½ (30) Salgado Lopez,I (2624)-Cheparinov,I (2711) Germany 2019}) 15... Qc7 16. Bb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nc1 Rfe8 17. Bb6 {1-0 (45) Kravec,P (2108)-Puskar,P (2240) Liptovsky Mikulas 2016}) 16... Qc6 17. Nc1 Rfe8 18. N1a2 Be6 19. Nb4 Qc4 20. Nd3 ({White should play} 20. Na4 $1 $16) 20... Bd7 $11 21. Kh1 h5 22. Bf2 Be6 23. Ra4 Qc7 24. Nb4 Bd7 25. Raa1 Qc4 26. Nbd5 (26. Nca2 {seems wilder.} d5 27. b3 Qb5 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Bf5 30. Nc3) 26... Nxd5 27. Nxd5 Qxc2 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Qxd6 Rce8 $1 30. Rd2 Qb3 31. Rad1 Bc6 32. Qc5 f6 33. h4 Kh7 34. Qb6 Qf7 35. Bc5 Re6 36. Qb3 f5 37. exf5 Qxf5 38. Qe3 e4 {[%cal Re4f3]} 39. f4 Qg4 40. Rd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Kg1 $17) 40... Qxh4+ $2 (40... Rg6 $1 $19 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rg4g2]} 41. R1d2 Qxh4+ 42. Kg1 Rg3) 41. Kg1 $17 Qg4 {Hoping for ...Rf6.} 42. R1d2 Qf5 43. Bb4 Rf6 {Played: Qf5-g6} 0-1

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,91,29,40,22,25,22,36,32,36,29,39,35,24,-4,-7,0,0,0,8,-19,5,-11,-10,-20,-16,-20,18,0,15,0,0,0,31,-20,7,-24,-2,-28,0,-6,-9,-6,-3,-52,-11,-8,18,0,0,-14,-8,-8,0,0,0,-49,-43,-165,-133,-185,-191,-264,-256,-268,-240,-262,-265,-273,-256,-304,-279,-406,-411,-365,-225,-228,-189,-454,-437,-665,-662,-29993]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} (7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Qb3 Ba5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. b3 Rac8 {0-1 (44) Rodshtein,M (2684)-Wang,H (2726) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 7... Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. g3 {White is slightly better.} dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qe7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. f4 Nb6 13. Bd3 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rd8 14. e4 Bc7 15. Be3 {½-½ (88) Chiku Ratte,O (2278)-Malakhovets,S (1923) Quebec 2018}) 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Qf3 Rd8 16. Be2 cxd4 17. exd4 Nbd5 18. Bd2 Bb4 19. Rad1 a6 20. Be1 Kg8 21. Bf2 Rc8 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 22. Rc1 (22. Na4 $14) 22... Kh7 23. Nb1 Qd7 24. a3 Be7 25. Bd3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Re1 Nb6 28. Nd2 Qd5 29. Qd1 Kg8 30. Ne4 Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 31. Qe2 Nd6 32. Nc3 Qb3 33. h4 (33. Bb1 $5 {[%cal Rb1a2]} Nc4 34. d5 Qxb2 35. dxe6 Qxe2 36. exf7+ Kxf7 37. Rxe2 $11) 33... Bf8 34. Bb1 {[#]} (34. Rb1 $15) 34... Nc4 $1 $19 35. Nd1 {[#]} (35. Ne4 $17 Qxb2 36. Nxf6+ gxf6 37. Be4) 35... Nxa3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Hoping for ...Bb4. Pin} 36. Bxg6 (36. Qd3 $142 Qxd3 37. Bxd3) (36. bxa3 Qxb1) 36... Nc2 ({Much less strong is} 36... fxg6 37. bxa3 Bxa3 38. Qe3 $17) 37. Bxc2 Rxc2 ({Weaker is} 37... Qxc2 38. Ne3 $17) 38. Qe3 Qxe3 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} ({Don't play} 38... Qd5 39. Qd3 $17) 39. Nxe3 Rxb2 40. Nc4 Rc2 41. Ne5 (41. Ne3 $142 Rd2 42. f5) 41... b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 42. Ra1 Ne4 {And now ...b4 would win.} 43. Be1 b4 {Threatens to win with ...b3.} 44. Rxa6 $2 (44. Nd3) 44... b3 45. Ra8 (45. Rb6 $142 b2 46. Nd3) 45... b2 46. Nd7 {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.28"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,111,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,23,16,19,9,7,12,9,25,39,32,34,6,10,10,40,38,46,31,35,21,27,13,11,20,30,44,58,47,60,54,54,33,23,35,61,-24,-21,-22,-22,-20,-34,-61,-48,-53,-60,-52,-67,-128,-138,-128,-132,-126,-112,-108,-43,-216,-109,-109,0,-172,-109,-95,-81,-95,-95,-91,-100,-210,-29,-195,-8,-12,-9,-11,-10,-10,0,-18,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bc1 Ngf6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Nd2 Be6 (13... O-O 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Bf3 Ne6 16. Nb3 Ng5 {1-0 (30) Vachier Lagrave,M (2774)-Wei,Y (2721) chess.com INT 2019}) 14. Re1 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... O-O 15. Bf3 Qa5 16. Nf1 b5 {½-½ (47) Sadhwani,R (2409)-Nguyen,T (2546) Pardubice 2018}) 15. Bf3 O-O 16. Nf1 Rab8 17. a5 b5 18. axb6 Qxb6 19. b3 Rfc8 {[%cal Rc5b3]} 20. Bd2 Qc6 21. Qe2 Bd8 22. Ng3 a5 23. Red1 Na6 24. Nd5 Nb4 25. c4 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qd7 {next ...Nc2 is good for Black.} 27. Be4 Nxe4 28. Qxe4 ({Much weaker is} 28. Nxe4 Nc2 $17) 28... Na6 {[%cal Bb4a6,Ba6c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32]} 29. Bxa5 (29. Qf5 $14 Qe7 30. Rdb1 (30. Bxa5 Nc5 $14)) 29... Bxa5 $11 30. Rxa5 Nc5 $36 {[%mdl 2112] Double Attack. Black has the initiative.} 31. Qf5 Qc7 32. Rb5 Nxb3 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Qg4 Nd4 35. h4 (35. h3 $15) 35... Qxc4 $17 36. Kh2 {With the idea Nf5!} Qc2 37. Rf1 Kh7 {aiming for ...f5.} 38. h5 Qc8 (38... Qc5 $17 39. Rd1 Ra8 40. Qe4+ Kh8) 39. Qd1 $2 (39. Qxc8 $15 Rxc8 40. Ne4) 39... Rb4 (39... Rb5 $19 40. f4 Kg8 41. fxe5 dxe5) 40. f4 f5 (40... Kg8 $17 {...Qc5 is the strong threat.} 41. Qe1 Qb8) 41. Qd2 $2 {[#]} (41. fxe5 $11 dxe5 42. Qe1) 41... Rc4 (41... Qc5 $1 $19 42. fxe5 Nb3) 42. fxe5 dxe5 {Hoping for ...Kh8.} 43. Qe3 {[#]} f4 $1 44. Qd3+ Kh8 45. Ne4 {[#]} (45. Ne2 $17 {might work better.}) 45... Rc2 $2 ({Black should try} 45... Nf5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5e3]} 46. Rd1 Rc2) 46. Qh3 $2 (46. Nd6 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qg4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 47. Qh3) 46... Qxh3+ $2 ({Black should play} 46... Qb7 $19 47. Rf2 Rxf2 48. Nxf2 Qxd5 49. Qc8+ Kh7) 47. Kxh3 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN. The position is equal.} Re2 48. Nd6 Re3+ 49. Kh2 $1 Re2 50. Kh3 Kg8 51. Rb1 Kf8 52. Rb7 Re3+ 53. Kh2 $1 Re2 {Threatens to win with ...f3.} 54. Kh3 Re3+ 55. Kh2 $1 Re2 {And now ...f3 would win.} 56. Kh3 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.28"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,150,45,41,16,42,41,36,19,18,18,40,32,43,38,77,23,32,42,81,60,56,47,52,56,79,81,87,51,53,52,52,48,58,54,71,33,36,19,17,0,0,0,3,5,19,-34,-49,-37,0,-33,-44,-55,-72,-66,-68,-66,-62,-78,-79,-68,-47,-137,-118,-157,-162,-170,-162,-162,-162,-185,-170,-229,-192,-260,-216,-276,-273,-273,-272,-308,-308,-2947,-265,-830,-278,-262,-160,-178,-193,-304,-301,-281,-220,-674,-681,-391,-185,-185,-107,-100,-108,-208,-91,-90,-72,-72,-72,-290,-287,-333,-259,-360,-204,-193,-188,-1702,-310,-1809,-225,-225,-225,-308,-225,-362,83,-225,-225,-271,-225,-225,-225,-291,-291,-288,-283,-624,-616,-614,-598,-1946,-545]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. e5 {B06: Modern Defence} Nd7 {[%cal Rd6e5]} 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 {White is slightly better.} Nf8 $1 10. O-O Nf6 11. Re1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qd7 12. Qe2 b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. Nf3 Kf7 14. Bd2 Kg8 {0-1 (37) Velcheva,M (2281)-Minasian,A (2585) Dubai 2004}) 13. Nb1 (13. Nd1 $16) 13... h6 14. Nf3 Kf7 15. a3 Nd5 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Bc4 a5 18. c3 Nd5 19. Nbd2 Bf6 20. Bd3 a4 21. Ne4 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 (22. Nxf6 exf6 23. Qxe3 g5 $15) 22... Rb8 23. h4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxb2 25. Qa8 g5 26. h5 g4 27. Nh2 Rg8 28. Nf1 (28. g3 $11) 28... Rb3 $15 29. Rec1 Nh7 30. Bg6+ Kg7 31. Qe4 Nf8 $1 32. Qxg4 {Be8+ is the strong threat.} Kh8 $1 33. Nd2 Nxg6 34. hxg6 Rb5 35. Ne4 Rf5 36. Qd1 (36. Rcb1 $15) 36... Qc6 ({Much worse is} 36... Rxg6 37. Qxa4 Qxa4 38. Rxa4 $15) 37. f3 Rxg6 38. Rxa4 {[#]} Bg5 {Played: Rf5xf3} 0-1

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.28"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,129,4,10,-9,13,-14,57,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-50,5,0,0,-23,-35,-55,-55,-42,0,0,0,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,5,5,25,27,29,26,27,20,27,27,24,22,24,5,13,11,52,30,101,70,56,32,32,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,81,84,122,25,20,0,31,0,125,43,43,43,43,43,241,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. d4 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (10. a3 Rc8 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 b5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 b4 15. Qd3 dxe5 16. dxe5 Nb6 17. Nd6 Rc7 {0-1 (37) Amin,B (2689)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Riadh 2017}) 10... d5 11. e5 Ne4 $146 ({Black should play} 11... Nd7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11... Nd7 12. h4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Nb1 a5 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. Bf4 Rc8 {1-0 (71) Korley,K (2352)-Hujbert,F (2456) Budapest 2014}) 12. h4 (12. Nxe4 $14 dxe4 13. Rxe4) 12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 (13. cxd4 {is interesting.} f5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ng5) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Qd5 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. c4 Qb7 19. b3 Bf6 (19... Rad8 $15 20. Bb2 Nf6) 20. Bb2 Rad8 21. Re3 Nc5 22. Nf3 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Rd6 24. b4 Nd7 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Qb3 h6 27. Rd3 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Nf6 29. a3 Qe7 30. Ne5 Qc7 31. Qe2 Rd8 32. Qe3 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Qxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 34. c5 bxc5 35. Qxc5 Qa4 36. Qe3 h5 37. Kh2 Qd7 (37... a5 $1 $11) 38. Rc5 Qb7 39. Qe2 g6 40. Rc1 Rd5 41. Qe3 Kg7 42. Re1 (42. Rc5 {seems wilder.} Rd1 43. Qc3+ e5 44. Rc6 Kh7 45. Qc5) 42... Qd7 43. Rc1 Qb7 44. Qc3+ (44. Rc5 {looks sharper.} Rd1 45. Qc3+ e5 46. Rc6 Kh7 47. Qc5) 44... e5 45. Re1 Qb6 46. Kg1 Qf6 47. Qe3 a6 48. Qe4 Qd6 49. Kg2 f6 (49... a5 $11) 50. Rc1 $16 f5 51. Rc7+ (51. Qc4 $16) 51... Qxc7 $11 52. Qxd5 {KQ-KQ} e4 53. a4 Qc3 (53... e3 $1 $11) 54. b5 (54. Qb7+ $16 Kh6 55. Qa8 (55. Qxa6 Qf3+ 56. Kg1 e3 $11)) 54... axb5 $1 $14 55. axb5 {Hoping for b6.} Qb2 56. Qd7+ Kh6 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 56... Kf8 $14) 57. Qd8 $2 (57. Qe8 $1 $18) 57... e3 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 58. Qf8+ Kh7 59. Qf7+ Kh6 60. Qf8+ Kh7 61. Qe7+ Kg8 62. Qe6+ Kg7 63. Qxe3 Qxb5 64. Qe7+ Kg8 65. Qe6+ {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.28"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,99,0,0,-11,0,-3,12,14,18,17,14,0,0,0,0,0,17,12,18,-35,-14,-86,-77,-75,22,18,26,0,0,0,0,-83,0,-21,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,236,214,423,136,129,0,0,-27,43,40,68,42,41,33,131,131,145,150,160,151,256,268,297,293,406,410,397,399,391,391,29978,29979,29979,29980,29979,29980,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Bb7 9. Ne5 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} Nbd7 (9... c5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Kh1 Ne4 12. Bb5 Rc8 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. dxc5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Rxc5 16. Ba4 Rxe5 {½-½ (36) Adly,A (2599)-Radjabov,T (2710) Doha 2016}) 10. f4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 {The position is equal.} dxe4 12. Bc4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bd5 14. Qb3 c6 15. Bd2 f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rc8 16. Bb4 Bxb4 17. Qxb4 {½-½ (30) Ermel,F (2054)-Bonvini,A (1880) Florianopolis 2019}) 16. Rf5 Qd7 17. Raf1 ({Better is} 17. e6 $11 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 (18. exd7 Bxb3 19. axb3 g6 $15)) 17... g6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 18. exf6 (18. R5f4 $11 fxe5 19. dxe5) 18... gxf5 $17 19. fxe7 {[#]} Rf6 (19... Rf7 $1 $17 20. Bb4 a5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 cxd5) 20. Be1 $11 Rg6 21. Bh4 Rg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h4]} 22. Bg3 Re8 23. Rc1 (23. Bxd5+ $11 {keeps the balance.} cxd5 24. Rc1) 23... Qe6 ({Don't play} 23... Qxe7 $6 24. Bxd5+ cxd5 25. Qxd5+ Qe6 26. Qb5 $11) (23... Rxe7 $17 24. Bxd5+ Qxd5 25. Qxd5+ cxd5) 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rc7 Kf7 26. Qc3 Rxe7 27. Rc6 Qd7 28. Rd6 Qb5 {[#]} 29. Qc8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rg6 $2 (29... Rg5 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 30. Qxf5+ $18 Kg8 $2 (30... Ke8 {was called for.}) 31. Rxd5 $2 (31. a4 $18 Qe8 32. Qxd5+ Qf7 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Be5+ Rxe5 35. Qxe5+ Kh6 36. Qxe4) 31... Qe8 $16 {[#]} 32. Bf4 (32. Rd6 $1 $16) 32... Rf7 $11 33. Qe5 Re7 ({Black should play} 33... Qxe5 $11 34. Rxe5 Rc6) 34. Qh5 $14 Qc8 {White must now prevent ...Qc1+.} 35. h3 Reg7 36. Rg5 {And now Rxg6 would win.} Rxg5 (36... Qf5 $1 $14 37. h4 (37. Rxf5 $2 {leads to mate.} Rxg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kf1 Rg1+ 39. Kf2 R7g2#) 37... Rxg5 38. Bxg5 Rf7) 37. Bxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Rg6 38. Bf4 Qe6 39. d5 Qe8 (39... Qf6 $16 {might work better.}) 40. Qf5 $18 Rg7 41. d6 Rf7 42. Qg5+ Rg7 43. Qd5+ Rf7 {[#]} 44. a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxa4 $2 (44... h5 $18 45. Qxh5 Qe6) 45. Qg5+ {White mates.} Kf8 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Be5+ Kh6 48. Qh4+ Kg6 49. Qg4+ Kh6 50. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.28"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,77,45,46,72,44,148,145,216,230,224,199,189,192,216,147,259,226,236,0,226,204,233,179,221,190,378,372,502,269,294,279,391,275,257,254,318,330,488,232,233,179,178,174,183,165,160,160,165,170,169,154,177,179,202,200,295,295,365,359,327,332]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. O-O-O Kb8 $146 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} ({Predecessor:} 10... Nb4 11. Ne1 Nf6 12. a3 Nc6 13. f3 Na5 14. Bf4 Nc4 15. Qxe7 Bxe7 16. h4 h6 17. Ng2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 {½-½ (41) Stevic,H (2605)-Rozentalis,E (2604) Austria 2015}) 11. Bg2 Nf6 {[#]} (11... Nb4 $14) 12. Ne5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Nb4 (12... Qe6 $16) (12... Nxe5 13. dxe5) 13. a3 $18 Nc6 14. Rhe1 Qe8 15. Bf4 h6 16. Qe3 Qe6 (16... Bd6 $16 17. Kb1 (17. Nxd5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qa4 $16) 17... Be4) 17. Nb5 Rc8 18. Nc3 $2 (18. Qb3 $18 Nxe5 19. dxe5 (19. Bxe5 Qb6 $16)) 18... Ne7 $2 (18... Rd8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 19. Qe2 Bh7 20. Kb1 Bg8 21. Bg3 Ne8 $2 (21... Rd8 22. f4 Ka8) 22. Qb5 Rd8 23. Qa4 Qc8 24. Nd3 a6 (24... f5 $142 25. Nc5 (25. Nb5 a6 $16) 25... Nd6 26. gxf5 (26. Bxd6 cxd6 27. Nd3 fxg4 $14) 26... c6) 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Nf6 27. Bg2 Bd6 (27... Ka7 {was called for.} 28. Nb4 c6) 28. Ne5 (28. Nc5 $142 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1) 28... Nd7 29. Nxd7+ Rxd7 30. Bxd6 cxd6 31. Be4 {[#] Threatens to win with Bf5.} Bh7 32. Bxh7 Rxh7 33. Rd3 Rh8 34. Rc3 Qd8 35. Rce3 d5 36. Qb4 Ka7 (36... Qc8 {is a better defense.} 37. f4 Qc4) 37. Re7 Rxe7 38. Rxe7 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rb4b7]} Qc8 39. Rxf7 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.28"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,96,41,18,34,30,17,38,33,-12,0,-25,0,0,0,0,27,20,30,31,27,28,40,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,30,27,29,15,18,20,25,8,8,0,4,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-327,-320,-29993,0,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Qc7 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. d4 Qc7 13. h3 Bf8 14. Nf1 h6 {½-½ (42) Brodsky,M (2515)-David,A (2305) Berlin 1993}) 12. Nf1 h6 13. h3 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations} 15. d4 cxd4 $146 (15... Bd7 16. d5 c4 17. b4 cxb3 18. axb3 Nb7 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. Ra3 a5 21. Qe2 Ra6 22. Rc1 {1-0 (42) Schroeder,J (2461)-Fressinet,L (2707) Helsingor 2015}) 16. cxd4 exd4 {White is slightly better.} 17. Nxd4 d5 18. Qf3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 $1 Qxc6 20. Re2 dxe4 (20... d4 {seems wilder.} 21. Bf4 g5 22. Bd6 d3 23. Bb3 Ra7) 21. Nxe4 Bb7 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Rxe8 (24. Be3 {looks sharper.} Kg7 25. Rd1 Rad8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rd2) 24... Rxe8 25. Be3 Bd5 26. b3 Rc8 27. Bd3 Be6 28. Rd1 Kg7 29. Bd4 Bc5 30. Bb2 Bb4 31. Be4 Bc3 32. Bc1 a5 33. Rd3 Be5 34. Bd2 f5 35. Bd5 Rc2 36. f4 Bf6 37. Bxa5 Rxa2 38. b4 Ra1+ 39. Kh2 Rb1 40. Bxe6 fxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 41. Rd7+ Kg6 42. Rd6 Kf7 43. Rb6 Bd4 44. Rxb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44. Rb7+ $11 {and White is okay.} Kg6 45. g3) 44... Bg1+ $1 $19 45. Kg3 $2 (45. Kh1 $19 Be3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 46. Kh2 Bxf4+ 47. g3 Rb2+ 48. Kg1 Bxg3 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Re7) 45... Rb3+ 46. Kh4 {[#] White wants to play Kh5.} Kg6 $1 {Black mates.} 47. Bb6 Bh2 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Rh2g3]} 48. Bf2 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.28"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,92,18,37,27,28,-10,0,-4,-9,-20,0,-13,7,-57,-54,-46,-43,-46,-44,-80,-72,-69,-81,-64,-29,-83,-92,-97,-91,-172,-114,-102,-110,-110,-123,-120,-89,-90,-89,-98,-93,-85,-100,-138,-138,-146,-138,-168,-170,-181,-152,-157,-157,-225,-167,-255,-229,-255,-179,-594,-575,-800,-704,-657,-533,-593,-688,-12841,-831,-29987,-29988,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 a6 9. h3 b5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. cxb5 {E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} (11. Qc2 bxc4 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Na4 a5 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. Nxc4 Bb5 16. Rfc1 Rfb8 17. b3 Bf8 18. Bd2 Qe6 19. Nxa5 {½-½ (44) Jumabayev,R (2614)-Ismagambetov,A (2545) Almaty 2017}) 11... axb5 12. b4 Bb7 13. Re1 {The position is equal.} Qe7 14. Rb1 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rfd8 15. Qe2 c6 16. Be3 Ra3 17. Rec1 Rda8 18. Nd2 Nf8 {½-½ (31) Heck,N (2270)-Solonar,S (2326) Bruchkoebel 2002}) 15. bxc5 Nxc5 16. Be3 (16. Bg5 $11) 16... Ncxe4 $15 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qb3 Rfb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 19. Qxb5 Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b5]} (19... Rxa2 $6 20. Qb4 $14) 20. Qb4 Qxb4 21. Rxb4 Nd5 22. Rb3 (22. Rb5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22... Nxe3 $17 (22... Rxa2 $6 23. Reb1 $14) 23. Rbxe3 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} ({Of course not} 23... Rxa2 $6 24. Rb3 $11) 24. Nd2 (24. Ng5 $17) 24... f5 ({Don't take} 24... Rxa2 25. Nxe4 Bd4 26. Rd3 $15) ({Black should play} 24... Bh6 $19 25. R3e2 Ba6 26. Nxe4 Bxe2 27. Rxe2 Bg7) 25. Rb3 Bd5 26. Rxb8+ Rxb8 27. Nb3 h5 28. Bf1 Ra8 29. Rd1 Bf7 30. Rd2 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. g4 (31. gxh4 Be5) 31... Be5 32. Rc2 Kg7 33. Rc5 Bd6 ({Don't play} 33... Rxa2 34. Rxe5 Bxb3 35. gxf5 $15) 34. Rc2 Kf6 35. Be2 Ke5 36. Bb5 (36. Nd2 $17 {might work better.}) 36... Ra3 37. Kg2 (37. Bc6 {is a better defense.}) 37... Bd5 38. Be2 Bb4 39. Nc1 $2 (39. Bc4 {is more resistant.}) 39... f4 $19 40. Kh2 f3 41. Bb5 Ba5 42. Nb3 Bb6 43. Be8 {[#]} g5 (43... Bxf2 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Bb5 (44. Rxf2 e3) 44... Bg3+ 45. Kg1 Bxb3 46. Rc3 Rxa2 47. Rc1 e3 48. Rb1 e2 49. Bxe2 fxe2 50. g5 Bd5 51. Rf1 exf1=N 52. Kxf1 Kf4 53. Kg1 Ra1#) 44. Rb2 Bxb3 {Black mates.} 45. axb3 Ra1 46. Rc2 Rf1 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.28"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,117,45,20,7,11,6,15,11,18,8,18,-27,-27,-52,-66,-54,-56,-73,0,0,0,0,0,-53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,41,30,24,58,58,67,63,80,65,81,76,93,104,230,216,285,279,280,222,225,225,293,290,250,233,306,308,273,278,274,155,151,137,614,623,29993,563,562,560,553,553,533,540,552,552,578,578,576,570,566,543,644,608,616,616,1975,1884]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 {B77: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 Bc4 sidelines} (12. h4 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Bxa4 h5 15. Bb3 Bc6 16. O-O Qb8 17. Bc4 a4 18. b3 Rc8 19. Rae1 a3 20. f4 Ng4 21. Rd1 {0-1 (31) Fedoseev,V (2683)-Mamedov,R (2650) Hengshui 2019}) 12... a5 13. O-O Rc8 14. Kh1 {The position is equal.} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qc7 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Rfd1 f5 17. Qxd6 Bxc3 18. bxc3 a4 19. Bxa4 bxa4 20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 fxe4 22. fxe4 Rxc3 {½-½ (29) Ayza Leon,D (2042)-Amigo Villalta,J (2098) Barcelona 2002}) 15. Rae1 Bc6 16. f4 e5 17. Be3 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Nd5 Nxe4 (19... Nxd5 $17 20. exd5 Bb5) 20. Qxb4 $11 {[#]} Nc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Qe4 (22. Qxc5 $11 e4 23. Ne3) 22... Bd7 (22... Qh4 $15) 23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Qf4 Rxe1 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Rxe1 {Threatens to win with Re7.} Bc6 27. c3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rb8 28. Qe6 Bd7 29. Qe7 Qxe7 30. Rxe7 Bf5 31. Bc4 h5 32. Re2 Ra8 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 33. Kg1 Ra4 34. Ne3 Be4 35. Bb3 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Bh6 37. Bc2 Bb7 (37... Bxc2 $16 38. Nxc2 Ra7) 38. Bxg6 $18 Ba6 39. Rd2 (39. Bxh5 Bxe2 40. Kxe2 (40. Bxe2 Ra8 $14) 40... Bf4 $14) 39... h4 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Bd3 c4 42. Nf5+ ({Worse is} 42. Bxc4 Bxe3+ 43. Kxe3 Bxc4 $11) ({Don't play} 42. Nxc4 $6 Ra2 $18) 42... Kf6 43. Be4 (43. Nxh6 cxd3 44. Ng4+ Ke7 $16) 43... Bf4 44. Rf8+ Ke5 45. Re8+ Kf6 46. Ne3 (46. Nxh4 $18 Bc1 47. Bd5) 46... Bxh2 $16 47. Ra8 {aiming for Ng4+.} Ra2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Bg1+ $16 48. Kf3 Bxe3) 48. Ng4+ $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kg5 49. Nxh2 (49. Kf3 $142 Bc8 50. Rxc8 h3 51. Rc5+ Kh4 52. Nf6 Ra5 53. Rxa5 Be5 54. Rxe5 hxg2 55. Rh5#) 49... Kf4 {White is clearly winning.} 50. Bc6 Rxb2+ 51. Kg1 Rb6 52. Bf3 Ke3 53. Rd8 Rb3 54. Ng4+ Kf4 55. Rd4+ Kg5 56. Nf2 Bb5 57. Ne4+ Kg6 58. Kf2 Ba6 59. Rd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.29"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,80,12,6,-13,-13,-20,-11,-47,-28,-57,11,0,0,3,10,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,22,25,0,18,19,25,34,30,15,65,3,69,3,0,-36,24,15,30,0,7,0,28,29,73,53,56,39,40,37,79,63,60,60,70,33,33,33,35,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 Nh5 8. Be5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} f6 9. Bg3 g6 10. Bh4 {The position is equal.} (10. Qe2 Bd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Kf7 15. O-O-O Qc7 {1-0 (24) Carlsen,M (2837)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2689) Riadh 2017}) 10... O-O 11. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. g4 Ng7 12. Bg3 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 {0-1 (47) Guilliard,J (2073)-Hahn,A (1829) Lauffen am Neckar 2011}) 11... c4 (11... e5 $15) 12. Bc2 b5 13. e4 Qe8 14. Bg3 Bd7 15. Re1 Qf7 16. Nf1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 f5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Qd2 Qf6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qc6 22. Nh2 Bc5 23. Nf3 (23. b4 $14 Bb6 24. a4) 23... Be6 ({Black should try} 23... a5 $1 $11) 24. Nd4 (24. b4 $14 Bb6 25. a4) 24... Qb6 25. Rad1 Rad8 (25... Bxd4 $1 $15 26. cxd4 b4) 26. a3 a5 27. Qh6 Rf7 28. Rd2 ({Stronger than} 28. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qxe6 $19) 28... Re8 29. Bd1 Bf8 30. Qe3 (30. Qf4 {looks sharper.} Bc8 31. Bf3 Rd7 32. Nc2 Bb7 33. a4) 30... Rd7 {[#]} 31. Nxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe3 (31... Bxf5 32. Qxb6) 32. Nxe3 Bc5 33. Ng4 Bxg4 {White is slightly better.} 34. Bxg4 Rdd8 35. Bf3 d4 36. cxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Bxd4 38. Bc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6e8]} Rxe5 39. Rxe5 Bxe5 40. Bxb5 Bxb2 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.29"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,133,0,0,16,23,20,20,22,0,0,2,29,30,43,42,76,53,132,140,217,218,219,219,219,219,219,212,210,204,207,183,183,183,183,183,183,183,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,237,214,0,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,0,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,268,431,431,531,531,509,504,487,470,12841,12841,12841,12836,12846,12847,12847,12847,12848,12848,12850,12850,12851,29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nd7 {E39: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5 5 dxc5 0-0} 15. Bf4 {Strongly threatening Ng6!} Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 {The position is equal.} 17. Rfe1 Bxe5 $146 (17... Rb8 18. Rad1 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 b6 21. c5 Ba6 22. c6 {½-½ (43) Nakamura,H (2781)-Caruana,F (2799) London 2017}) 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Rd8 20. Rb1 Rd3 21. Rc5 g6 {[#]} (21... Rd7 $14) 22. Rc7 $1 $16 Rxc3 {[#]} (22... Kg7 $16) 23. Rd1 $1 $18 ({Don't do} 23. Bxb7 $6 Bxb7 24. Rbxb7 Rf3 $16) 23... Kg7 24. h4 {Played: Rd1-d8} 1-0

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.29"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,92,12,11,11,18,14,28,26,29,12,18,6,7,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,-8,20,0,0,-10,-7,0,-31,-29,0,0,0,0,0,-164,-175,-167,-175,-199,-204,-204,-189,-202,-196,-207,-198,-179,-181,-316,-276,-360,-336,-337,-337,-341,-324,-316,-244,-516,-237,-6203,-6203,-6079,-5883,-5173,-1845,-1252,-1130,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 g6 8. a3 Bg7 9. Rb1 Nge7 10. b4 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} O-O 11. d3 h6 (11... f5 12. Bg5 Rae8 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qa4 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 b6 {½-½ (47) Csonka,B (2472)-Aczel,G (2538) Budapest 2019}) 12. Be3 {White has an edge.} b6 13. Nd5 f5 14. Qa4 {Black must now prevent Nxe7+.} Rae8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rad8) 15. h3 Kh7 16. Qd1 Rf7 17. b5 Nd8 {[%cal Bc6d8,Bd8e6,Be6f4][%mdl 32]} 18. a4 Ref8 19. Nh2 Ne6 20. f3 g5 21. a5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Nf4 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rf2 Ra8 25. Nf1 Ra3 26. Rb3 Qa7 27. Ng3 $2 (27. Qc2 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 27... Qa4 $19 28. Rfb2 fxe4 29. fxe4 Ra1 $1 {[%cal Ra1d1]} 30. Rb1 Ra2 31. Bxf4 Qd4+ $1 (31... gxf4 32. Nf5 $11) ({Stronger than} 31... Rxf4 32. Ne2 $11) (31... exf4 32. Nf5 $11) 32. Kh1 {Strongly threatening Bd2.} exf4 33. Nf5 Qf2 $40 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rf2g2][%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 34. Qg4 (34. Qf3 {was necessary.}) 34... Be5 {aiming for ...Re2.} 35. Rg1 {[#] Threatening Qh5!} f3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with ...fxg2+.} 36. d4 (36. gxf3 Qh2#) 36... Bxd4 37. Nxd4 fxg2+ ({Weaker is} 37... cxd4 38. Rxf3 Rxf3 39. Qxf3 $17) 38. Qxg2 {And now Nf5 would win.} cxd4 39. Rd3 $2 {[#]} (39. Qxf2 {only move.} Rfxf2 40. Rc1) 39... Re2 (39... Qh4 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Qxa2 Qxe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Kh2 Qxd3) 40. Rxd4 $2 (40. Qxf2 Rfxf2 41. Rc1) 40... Qe3 41. Qg4 Rf3 42. Qd7+ {[#]} Kg8 {Played: Kh7-g6} 0-1

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.29"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,187,-6,-10,-2,-21,-18,-12,-18,-38,-41,-41,-42,-44,-27,-29,-29,-21,-21,-60,-22,-33,-20,-26,-29,-63,-50,-63,-45,-63,-54,-86,-72,-93,-62,-76,-76,-76,-76,-111,-65,-97,-61,-41,-21,-21,-21,-14,-21,-21,0,-68,-66,-74,-34,-108,-13,-14,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,0,14,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,529,0,0,0,0,-1,-1,-1,0,0,521,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,0,-13,53,53,53,53,345,333,362,933,761,688,12827,12302,12828,12828,12829,5614,12835,12835,12836,12836,12838,12839,12842,12842,12843,12843,12843,12844,12845,12845]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. c3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 e5 8. d3 Nc6 9. a3 b5 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (9... h6 10. b4 b6 11. b5 Ne7 12. c4 a6 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Bb2 Bh3 16. Bh1 Ne8 17. a4 Nc7 {0-1 (34) Amin,B (2704)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2780) Abidjan 2019}) 10. h3 a5 11. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 a4 12. d4 Nd7 13. Bf1 Na5 14. Nbd2 exd4 15. cxd4 c4 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. Qc2 {½-½ (40) Johansson,K (2457)-Kahl,F (2435) ICCF email 2014}) 11... b4 {The position is equal.} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nbd2 Be6 15. Nc4 Qd8 16. Nfd2 Rb8 17. Ne3 h5 18. Ndc4 Bh6 19. Qe2 h4 20. g4 Bf4 21. Nd5 Bg5 22. Rad1 Re8 23. Nce3 Ne7 24. c4 b3 25. Nc3 Nc6 26. Nb5 Nd4 27. Qd2 Bf4 28. Qc3 Qd7 29. Qxa5 Ra8 30. Qc7 Red8 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 32. Nc3 Rda7 33. Rb1 (33. Ned5 $11) 33... Kf8 $15 34. Kf1 Bd7 35. Ned5 (35. Nb5 $15) 35... Bc6 (35... Bxa4 $6 36. Nb6 $11) (35... Bd2 $1 $17 36. Red1 Bxc3 37. bxc3 Ne6) 36. Nb5 $1 $11 Bxd5 (36... Ra5 {seems wilder.} 37. Red1 Bxd5 38. exd5 R8a6 39. Nxd4 cxd4 40. Ra1 Rxa4 41. Rxa4 Rxa4 42. Be4 Ra7) 37. exd5 Rd7 38. Nxd4 exd4 39. Ra1 Rda7 40. Bf3 Bd2 41. Reb1 Ba5 42. Bd1 Rb8 43. Ra3 Rab7 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. g5 f6 46. gxf6+ Kxf6 47. Bg4 Bb4 48. Raa1 Ra7 49. Bf3 Kg5 50. Be4 Rf8 51. Rg1 {aiming for Kf1+.} Kh6 52. Kf1 g5 53. Ke2 Raf7 54. Rg2 Ba5 55. Rag1 Rf4 56. f3 Rg8 57. Rg4 Rxg4 58. fxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rf8 59. Bf5 Re8+ 60. Be6 Rf8 61. Bf5 Kg7 62. Be4 Ra8 63. Rf1 Bc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (63... Ra7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 64. Rb1 $2 (64. bxc3 $18 dxc3 65. d4 cxd4 66. Kd3) 64... Bb4 65. Ra1 Kf6 66. Rf1+ Ke7 67. Ra1 Ba5 68. Bf5 Bc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68... Bb4 $11) 69. Rb1 $2 (69. bxc3 $18 dxc3 70. d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 69... Bb4 70. Ra1 Kd8 71. Kd1 Kc7 72. a5 Bxa5 73. Ra3 Kb6 74. Bd7 (74. Rxb3+ $2 Bb4 $19) 74... Ra7 75. Be6 (75. Rxb3+ $2 Bb4 $19) 75... Re7 76. Ke2 (76. Rxb3+ Bb4 $17) 76... Re8 77. Kf3 ({Much worse is} 77. Rxb3+ Bb4 $17) 77... Ra8 78. Ke2 ({But not} 78. Rxb3+ Bb4 $17) 78... Ra7 79. Kf3 ({Much weaker is} 79. Rxb3+ Bb4 $17) 79... Rb7 (79... Bc3 $11 80. Rxb3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bb4) 80. Ke4 $14 Bb4 81. Rxb3 Ka5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (81... Kc7 $14) 82. Kf5 $18 Ka4 83. Rxb4+ $1 cxb4 {KR-KB. White is clearly winning.} 84. c5 $1 Kb3 85. cxd6 Kxb2 86. d7 Rb8 87. d6 (87. Kf6 $142 Kc2 88. d6 Kxd3 89. Ke7) 87... Rf8+ 88. Ke5 Kc3 89. Bc4 b3 {[#]} 90. Bxb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxb3 {[#]} 91. Ke6 $1 {[%cal Re6e7]} Rh8 92. Ke7 Rh7+ {[#]} 93. Kd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8c8]} Kc3 94. Kc8 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.29"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,77,13,11,22,10,47,11,10,23,19,5,13,0,0,0,0,-9,0,4,0,0,0,0,8,15,70,33,22,23,34,24,26,24,35,30,98,12,59,7,14,0,0,0,0,0,15,-8,0,-20,0,-48,-43,-43,-14,-14,-3,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Bd7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (10... Rb8 11. h3 Bd7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f3 Nh5 15. a5 Ng3 16. Bd3 f5 17. Qe1 f4 18. Bc4+ {½-½ (37) Karjakin,S (2752)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2780) Abidjan 2019}) 11. f3 Rb8 12. Nb3 Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. a5 Be6 14. Bb6 Qc8 15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Ra4 Ned7 17. Rc4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxd5 19. exd5 {½-½ (34) Korman,J (1661)-Berteau,F (1859) Differdange 2007}) 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Bd4 Be6 17. Bf1 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qf2 Qc5 20. Rd2 Qb4 21. Nd1 b5 (21... Qc5 $11) 22. c3 Qa5 23. b4 Qc7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bxb5 Ne5 (26... Ra1 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. h3 (27. f4 $16 Nc6 28. Ne3) 27... g5 $11 28. Be2 (28. Kh2 $14) 28... f6 29. Qd4 Ra1 30. Kf2 Nc6 31. Qe3 Ne5 32. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Bc4 33. b6 Qc6 34. Qd4 {[#] Threatens to win with b7!} (34. Rb2 $5 {[%cal Rb6b7]} Qb7 35. Rb4 $14) 34... Bxe2 35. Rxe2 Nc4 (35... Ra4 $5 {[%cal Ra4d4]} 36. Qd5 Qxb6+ 37. Ne3 Ng6 $15) 36. Kg3 {The position is equal.} Qxb6 37. Ne3 Qxd4 38. cxd4 Nxe3 39. Rxe3 {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.29"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,24,16,19,23,27,5,75,0,25,0,75,0,34]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} Bd7 9. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qc2 e6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. Be5 f6 14. Bg3 f5 15. Nd2 g6 {½-½ (29) Aronian,L (2756)-Yu,Y (2736) Riga 2019}) 9... Bf5 (9... e6 $11 {remains equal.}) 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qd1 Bf5 12. Qa4+ Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.29"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,124,8,-1,0,0,-9,-12,29,0,14,0,8,-23,10,0,0,0,12,-116,-21,-62,-62,-63,0,-11,-16,-8,76,83,74,27,34,39,36,-233,-214,-228,-206,-216,-215,-376,-250,-238,-251,-242,-243,-223,-204,-192,-180,-136,-107,-101,-127,-152,-141,-141,-141,-144,-141,-404,-385,-5622,-6187,-5106,-5065,-29979,-29980,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,0,-29988,0,-29991,-1225,-1005,-971,-757,-452,-699,-641,-29965,-1620,-963,-900,-630,-362,-342,-341,-406,-406,-406,-384,-29964,-29963,-4845,-4845,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. c3 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O g6 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} 11. cxd4 e5 12. d5 Rc8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc5 13. Bf1 Ne8 14. b4 Nd7 15. a4 f5 16. a5 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Ndf6 18. Bg5 {1-0 (40) Saric,I (2632)-Tejedor Fuente,E (2361) Linares 2017}) 13. a4 Nc5 14. Bf1 a5 15. Bb5 h6 16. Qe2 Nh7 17. Nh4 Ng5 18. b3 (18. Ra3 $11 {remains equal.}) 18... Kh7 (18... Nh3+ $1 $17 19. Kh1 f5 20. Nxg6 Rf6 21. exf5 Rxf5) 19. Ba3 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 (20... Nh3+ $1 $15 21. Kg2 Nf4+ 22. gxf4 Qxh4 23. Bxc5 Bxd5+ 24. f3 Rxc5 25. fxg6+ Kh8) 21. Bc4 $1 $11 e4 {White must now prevent ...Nh3+.} 22. Rad1 $1 Nd3 (22... Nh3+ $11 23. Kh1 Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. gxf4 Qxh4) 23. Bxd3 $16 exd3 24. Qxd3 {Nc4 is the strong threat.} (24. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Rf2f4]}) 24... Nh3+ 25. Kf1 $1 {Hoping for Nc4.} Rc3 26. Qb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Qe2 $14 {was forced to keep a grip.}) 26... Ba6+ $1 $19 ({And not} 26... Bxd5 27. Bb2 $16) 27. Nc4 Bxc4+ 28. bxc4 {aiming for Rd3.} Rxa3 29. Re6 $2 (29. Kg2 {was forced.} Nf4+ 30. Kh1) 29... Ra1 30. Qc2 Rxd1+ $1 31. Qxd1 Ng5 32. Re3 Re8 33. Nxf5 Rxe3 34. Nxe3 Qd7 35. Qb1+ Kg8 36. Qxb6 Qh3+ $1 37. Ke2 {[#]} Qh5+ $1 (37... Ne4 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qe8 $15 (39. Qb1 Qh5+ 40. g4 Qg6 $17)) 38. g4 Qxh2 39. Qxa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Qb8+ $17 Bf8 40. Qb1) 39... Ne4 40. Kf3 $2 (40. Qe1) 40... Qh1+ 41. Ke2 Nc3+ 42. Kd2 Qf3 43. Qd8+ {[#]} Kh7 $1 44. Kc1 Qxf2 45. Qb6 Qe1+ 46. Kc2 Qe2+ 47. Kc1 Qe1+ 48. Kc2 Qf2+ 49. Kc1 Nxa4 (49... Ne4 $142 50. Qb4 Qxe3+ 51. Kc2 Qe2+ 52. Kc1 Be5 53. a5 Nc3 54. Qb7+ {[#]} Kg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 55. Qb1+ Nxb1 56. a6 Qd2+ 57. Kxb1 Qb2#) 50. Qb1+ Kg8 51. Qb8+ Qf8 52. Qa7 (52. Qxf8+ $142 Kxf8 53. Kc2) 52... Qf4 {And now ...Nc5 would win.} 53. Kc2 Qe4+ (53... Qh2+ $142 54. Kd1 Nc3+ 55. Kc1 Qg1+ 56. Kd2 Qf2+ 57. Kc1 Ne4 58. Qb8+ Kh7 59. Qb4 Qxe3+ 60. Kc2 Qe2+ 61. Kb3 Qd1+ 62. Ka2 Nc3+ 63. Qxc3 Bxc3 64. c5 Qc2+ 65. Ka3 Qb2+ 66. Ka4 Qb4#) 54. Kd2 Bc3+ 55. Ke2 Nc5 56. Qb8+ Kh7 {Threatens to win with ...Qd3+.} 57. Qc7+ Bg7 58. Qxd6 Nd3 59. Kd2 $2 (59. c5 $19 Ne5 60. Qa6) 59... Nf4 60. Qa3 {[#]} Qf3 $1 {( -> ...Qe2+)} 61. Qe7 Qe2+ 62. Kc1 Nd3+ {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.29"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,51,15,32,8,38,27,11,-10,-8,-33,0,-3,17,4,0,16,0,18,4,0,0,0,0,0,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O {Black must now prevent Nb5. D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} cxd4 10. e5 (10. Nb5 Qe7 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Nxa7 Bc5 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. Qd3 Nc6 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Rad1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 Bxd4 {½-½ (30) Grachev,B (2621)-Inarkiev,E (2693) Mali Losinj 2019}) 10... Qd8 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Nxd4 Be7 $146 (12... Qc7 $5 {[%cal Rc7c4]} 13. Qc2 Qxe5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc7 13. Nf6+ Kh8 14. Qb3 Bc5 15. Nb5 Qxe5 16. Rae1 Qxf6 17. Nc7 b6 18. Nxa8 {0-1 (37) Baikov,V (2418)-Grigoriants,S (2560) Moscow 2010}) 13. Nb5 Nc6 14. Qh5 Qa5 15. f4 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 18. Qe2 b5 19. Bxb5 Bb7 20. Bd3 Rad8 {The position is equal.} 21. Rad1 Qb6 22. Nc3 Rd4 23. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5d4]} Rd5 24. Nc3 Rd4 25. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5d4]} Rd5 26. Nc3 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.30"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,66,14,24,13,22,18,20,11,6,-22,-15,-24,-24,-30,-33,-31,-8,-14,-7,-14,6,0,0,0,0,0,24,31,45,17,43,25,83,87,82,75,70,67,77,81,77,84,65,82,77,0,29,0,63,0,18]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 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. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O Bd6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nf3 b6 15. e4 Bxg3 16. hxg3 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bb7 {1-0 (55) Nguyen,N (2620)-Magalashvili,D (2508) Batumi 2018}) 12... e5 13. e4 d4 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. O-O dxc3 16. bxc3 Qe7 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bd5 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Kh1 f6 21. f3 Qf7 {[%cal Re6d5]} 22. c4 Kh8 23. Bf2 Qe7 24. Rb1 Bc8 (24... Bxf2 $11 25. Qxf2 Rd6) 25. Bxb6 $16 axb6 26. Qb2 Rd6 27. Nc1 {[%cal Bb3c1,Bc1e2,Be2c3,Bc3b5][%mdl 32]} Nd4 28. Ne2 Ne6 29. Nc3 Nc5 30. Nb5 Rdd8 31. Nc3 Rd6 32. Nb5 Rdd8 33. Nc3 Rd6 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.30"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,93,5,7,0,18,20,34,6,12,16,13,15,16,-26,-25,-17,-25,-59,-31,-64,-45,-75,-33,-34,0,0,20,0,65,67,102,60,78,72,57,65,75,-61,24,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,170,170,168,168,187,52,56,58,324,310,693,592,488,241,654,435,562,475,483,33,789,691,1035,1010,3304,2678,2253,2331,29978,29978,29985,29986,29986,29982]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. d4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Qa5+ (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Qb6 11. Bd3 Be5 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 {0-1 (62) Mamedyarov,S (2801)-Giri,A (2782) chess.com INT 2018}) 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. dxc5 {White is slightly better.} Nxc3 11. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 12. Qd2 Qxc5 13. Qxc3 $146 (13. Bxc3 {is interesting.} O-O 14. O-O Bf5 15. Bd4 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Bxb4 17. Rfc1) ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxc3 O-O 14. O-O Qb6 15. Rfc1 Be6 {½-½ (36) Drazic,S (2508)-Novikov,I (2611) Korinthos 2000}) 13... Qxc3+ 14. Bxc3 f6 15. O-O-O Kf7 16. Kb2 Re8 17. Rd4 Bf5 18. Rc1 Re4 19. Rxe4 Bxe4 (19... dxe4 {keeps more tension.} 20. Nd2 Rd8 21. h3 h5 22. Kc2 Ba3) 20. Bd4 Rc8 (20... Bxf3 $1 $11 21. gxf3 a6) 21. Bxa7 $14 c5 22. b4 {[%cal Ra7c5]} c4 23. a3 $1 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} g5 24. h3 h5 25. b5 (25. Bd4 $16) 25... Ke7 (25... Ra8 $15 26. b6 Bb8) 26. a4 Ra8 27. b6 Kd7 28. a5 Bxf3 29. gxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kc6 30. Kc2 Kb5 $2 (30... Rd8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 31. Rd1 $18 Kc6 {[#]} 32. a6 $1 {Strongly threatening e4.} Be5 {[#]} 33. Rb1 (33. h4 $1 $18) 33... Bd6 34. Kc3 {Threatens to win with e4.} Be5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Kc5 $1 $14) 35. Kb4 Bd6+ $2 (35... Bc7 36. e4 (36. bxc7 Kxc7 37. Kb5 Rxa7 $16) 36... Bxb6 37. exd5+ Kxd5 38. Bxb6 Rxa6) 36. Ka5 Be5 37. Rc1 (37. Rb5 $142) 37... h4 $2 (37... Kc5 38. Rc2 Bd6) 38. Rb1 Bc3+ 39. Ka4 Be5 {Black hopes to continue with ...Bb8.} 40. Rb5 $2 (40. e4 $18) 40... f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... c3 $14 41. Rb1 Kc5) 41. e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe4 (41... dxe4 42. Rxe5) 42. fxe4 g4 43. exd5+ Kd7 44. d6 {[%mdl 64] Promotion} Bxd6 45. Rd5 {White mates.} g3 46. b7 gxf2 47. Bxf2 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.30"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,31,43,27,27,21,35,36,43,-31,-37,-124,-35,-44,-28,-37,-37,-37,-7,-4,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 a6 7. Qc2 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 {White is slightly better.} 10. Ne4 $146 (10. O-O $14) ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Ne5 Qe8 13. Ne4 Nd5 14. Nxd7 Nb4 15. Ndf6+ gxf6 {1-0 (34) Kortschnoj,V (2605)-Short,N (2655) Monte Carlo 1993}) 10... Nd5 $1 $15 11. Rd1 (11. Neg5 $15 g6 12. Be4) 11... Nb4 (11... Nxf4 $17 12. exf4 f5) 12. Qb1 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. O-O c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Karpov Trophy 2019"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2019.10.30"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,128,6,27,14,26,18,30,0,18,-57,-18,-17,-11,-19,-20,-21,-29,-19,-14,-7,-20,-43,-19,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,33,0,1,10,10,10,37,23,23,23,25,28,175,201,213,191,167,183,183,8,169,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-59,-60,-94,-98,-259,-259,-231,-15,-16,-17,-41,-48,-212,-166,-176,-165,-110,-110,-1253,-1096,-874,-828,-1100,-278,-367,-365,-1427,-468,-509,-428,-404,-140,-184,-201,-1129,-1147,-1130,-1077,-1030,-482,-1263,-1109,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29979,-29980]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Qd8 7. Nc2 Nc6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} O-O 10. Qe2 b6 11. Rd1 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Rad1 cxd4 13. Ncxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qd5 15. f3 Qc5 16. Kh1 Rad8 {0-1 (61) Feuerstack,A (2441)-Koch,T (2474) Magdeburg 2019}) 11... Qc7 12. c4 (12. dxc5 $11 bxc5 13. Na3) 12... cxd4 13. Ncxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bb7 15. Be3 Rad8 16. h3 h6 17. Rac1 Rd7 18. Nb3 Rfd8 19. c5 {Threatening cxb6.} Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2]} 20. f3 bxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Qa4 $1 23. b3 Qa3 24. Rcc1 Rd5 (24... Nd5 $11 25. Bc5 Qa5) 25. Bc4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Bd5 28. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black should prevent Qc2. White has some pressure.} Qxa2 29. Qc1 {White wants to mate with Qc8+.} Kh8 $1 30. Bd4 {White threatens Bxf6 and mate.} Qxb3 (30... Ng8 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 31. Bc2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc2b3]} Qb7 32. Bxf6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} gxf6 33. Qxh6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 34. Bh7+ ({Weaker is} 34. Qxf6 Qc7 $11) 34... Kh8 35. Bd3+ $2 ({White has to play} 35. h4 $1 $18) 35... Kg8 $11 36. Qxf6 Qb6+ 37. Kf1 Qe3 38. Qc3 Kf8 39. Qa3+ Kg7 40. Qc3+ (40. Qa1+ $11 e5 41. Be2) 40... e5 $15 {...a5! is the strong threat.} 41. Qc2 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5a4]} 42. Qe2 $2 (42. Be2 $17 {was called for.}) 42... Qd4 $19 43. Qd2 {[#]} Bc4 $2 (43... f6 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...a4.} 44. Ke2 Qg1 45. Qxa5 Qxg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Ke1 Qg3+ 47. Kd2 Qf4+ 48. Kc2 Bxf3 49. Qc7+ Kh6 50. Qh7+ Kg5 51. Qg6+ Kh4) 44. Qg5+ $11 Kf8 45. Bxc4 Qxc4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 46. Kf2 $2 (46. Kg1 $1 $15) 46... Qd4+ $19 47. Ke2 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 48. Qh6+ (48. Qc1 $19) 48... Ke7 {Threatens to win with ...Qc4+.} 49. Qa6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Qc1 $17) 49... Qb2+ 50. Ke3 a3 {And now ...a2 would win.} 51. Qc6 Qd4+ $2 (51... Qb3+ 52. Kf2 a2 53. Qc7+ Kf6 54. Qd8+ Ke6 55. Qe8+ Kd6 56. Qd8+ Kc5 57. Qc7+ Kb4 58. Qd6+ Kc3 59. Qxe5+ Kc2) 52. Ke2 Qa7 (52... Qb2+ $2 53. Ke3 $19) 53. Qd5 $2 (53. Qc3 Qa6+ 54. Kd2) 53... Qa6+ (53... Qb6 $142 {White must now prevent ...Qb2+.} 54. Qc4 Qb2+ 55. Kf1 a2 56. Qc7+ Kf6 57. Qd8+ Ke6 58. Qc8+ Kd6 59. Qf8+ Kc7 60. Qe7+ Kc6 61. Qe8+ Kc5 62. Qe7+ Kc4 63. Qxf7+ Kc3 64. Qc7+ Kd3 65. Qd6+ Kc2 66. Qc6+ Qc3 67. Qa4+ Kb2 68. Qb5+ Kc1) 54. Kf2 Qb6+ 55. Kg3 Qg6+ $2 (55... Qe6 $19 56. Qc5+ Qd6) 56. Kh2 $17 {White wants to play Qb7+.} Qd6 57. Qb7+ $2 (57. Qe4) 57... Kf6 $19 58. Qa8 e4+ 59. Kg1 Qd4+ (59... Qc5+ $142 60. Kh1 e3 61. Qh8+ Ke7 62. Qh4+ Ke8) 60. Kf1 (60. Kh1 $142 Qd1+ 61. Kh2 Qd6+ 62. Kh1) 60... Qd3+ 61. Ke1 e3 {Black mates.} 62. Qh8+ Ke7 63. Qh4+ f6 64. Qb4+ Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 48%.} 0-1

