[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Bailleul, Adrien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,47,-27,0,0,0,0,54,68,110,110,110,110,116,40,153,140,147,130,141,149,139,161,178,209,218,208,245,238,327,323,324,276,478,452,437,398,1042,1042,1025,1036]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 d5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 {[#]} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 a5 8. O-O Na6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Na3 Nd5 11. Bd4 f6 12. e4 Ndb4 {0-1 (49) Rapport,R (2735)-Shankland,S (2731) Saint Louis 2019}) 6. b4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} a5 7. Nbd2 axb4 (7... Qc7 $11) 8. cxb4 $14 {White is slightly better.} e5 {[#]} 9. Bg5 $1 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 (11. Bb5 $16) 11... e4 (11... Qc7 $14) 12. Nd4 $16 Ne5 13. O-O b6 14. N2b3 bxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. bxc5 Ba6 17. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nd3 19. c6 Qd6 20. Rfb1 Rfb8 $2 (20... Ne8 {was called for.} 21. Bh4 h6) 21. Rxb8+ Rxb8 22. a5 Rb2 $2 {[#]} (22... Ne8 23. a6 Ra8) 23. Qxb2 $3 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nxb2 24. a6 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Coste, Thierry"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,56,8,8,0,0,-10,14,-9,0,-11,-20,-39,-33,-60,-49,-57,-69,-68,-53,-56,-58,-62,-62,-58,-43,-72,-5,-100,-104,-105,-93,-107,-108,-195,-168,-161,-179,-207,-197,-245,-242]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nxc6 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} bxc6 11. Na4 {11.Na4 is better than 11.Be5.} Nd7 12. g4 {The position is equal.} Be6 13. c3 {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... f6 14. Ba6 Nb6 15. Bb7 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Bd7 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. h3 e5 20. dxe5 fxe5 {½-½ (30) Gustavsson,S (2005)-Hammar,B (2232) Sibenik 2014}) 14. g5 Bf7 $1 15. Bg3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nd7 18. Bf2 Re8 19. Bf3 Qc7 20. Qd2 Qa5 21. b3 Rad8 (21... Nb6 $17 22. Nxb6 Bxc3) 22. Rfd1 {[#]} (22. Bd4 $11 {remains equal.}) 22... Nb6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb6a4]} 23. Bd4 Nxa4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qd4+ (25. bxa4 $17 {was necessary.} c5 26. Kf2) 25... Kg8 $19 {Black is clearly better.} 26. bxa4 c5 27. Qd2 Qxa4 28. Rab1 d4 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Derieux, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,31,56,96,102,202,182,260,249,247,235,263,253,284,266,262,244,248,235,551,552,585,514,602,580]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Qd3 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... a6 6. a4 c6 7. Nbd2 d6 8. Nb3 Nd7 9. Bd2 Ngf6 10. Na5 Qb6 11. c4 O-O {1-0 (35) Fridman,D (2645)-Warakomski,T (2468) Germany 2011}) 6. Qxb5 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4.} Bc6 (6... Qb6 $16 7. Qxc5 Qxc5 8. dxc5 Na6) 7. Qxc5 $18 Na6 (7... d6 {is a better defense.} 8. Qc4 Nf6) 8. Qa3 {White has a decisive advantage.} Qb6 9. c3 Nh6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Qb3 Qa6 13. Qc4 Bb5 $2 {[#]} (13... d6 14. Qxa6 Rxa6) 14. Qxc7 {White is clearly winning.} d6 15. c4 Ba4 16. c5 {Black got outplayed after the opening. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Mas, Victor"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:31]} Be7 {[%emt 0:09:52]} 9. b3 {[%emt 0:08:23]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:06:33]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 11. e3 {[%emt 0:06:14]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 12. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 13. Bb2 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:13:07]} 14. Re1 {[%emt 0:08:33]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 15. Qe2 {[%emt 0:08:29]} a4 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 16. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:03:44]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. b4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 18. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 19. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 20. Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 21. Rad1 {[%emt 0:09:22]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 22. Qh5 {[%emt 0:06:49]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 23. Rc1 {[%emt 0:03:36]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 24. Ng4 {[%emt 0:05:23]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:06:40]} 25. Rc2 {[%emt 0:04:59]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 26. Rce2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:08:39]} 27. Bc1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rac7 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 28. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:05:29]} 29. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 30. Ne3 {[%emt 0:02:31]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 31. Qg4 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 32. h4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 33. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 34. Nf1 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Qxa3 {[%emt 0:06:18]} 35. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 36. Qh6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 37. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 38. Re3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 39. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 40. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 41. Rae3 {[%emt 0:30:53]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:31:03]} 42. Qf1 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Qxh4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 43. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 44. Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 45. R1e3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 46. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 47. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rcc5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 48. Ree4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 49. Qh3 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Rce5 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 50. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 51. Qxh4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 52. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 53. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:01:04]} 54. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxg3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 0-1

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Mota, Pankit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,97,39,57,32,74,66,83,88,83,31,13,14,104,97,102,100,101,95,94,125,108,35,39,39,105,82,75,72,117,63,49,29,58,58,67,59,60,55,214,214,211,208,208,208,204,197,188,190,302,300,302,295,295,295,295,292,288,288,288,288,345,313,431,431,390,390,756,756,749,741,707,694,652,581]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bh4 {[#] C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines.} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nh5 15. Bb1 g5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. Nxg3 Qg7 18. Qd3 Nb4 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Be8 {0-1 (42) Cuenca Jimenez,J (2516)-Naumann,A (2545) Berlin 2015}) 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Bxd6 {White is better.} Qxd6 17. Ng3 (17. Bb1 $16) 17... Nf4 $14 18. Bb1 Rf6 (18... e5 $11) 19. Re1 $16 Bd7 20. Ne5 Raf8 21. Ng4 Qb4 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. b3 (23. Qc2 $16) 23... Nxd4 $14 24. Kh1 Qb6 (24... Bc6 $14) 25. Nh5 Nxh5 26. Qxh5 Rxf2 27. Rf1 (27. Qe5 $16) 27... Nf5 28. Bxf5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 exf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 30. Qf3 Qe6 31. h3 Bc6 $2 {[#] Black cannot hold the game after this.} ({Black should try} 31... Qe5 $14) 32. Qxf5 $18 Qe2 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Qf2 ({Don't take} 34. Qf5+ Kg8) 34... Qe7 35. Kh2 Qd6+ 36. Qf4 Qc5 (36... Qe7 $142 37. Qf5+ Kg8) 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. Qe5 {[#] Threatening mate with Rf7!} Qc2 40. Qf5+ Qxf5 41. Rxf5 {KR-KB} Kg6 42. g4 a5 43. Kg3 d4 44. Rxa5 Kf6 45. h4 g6 $2 (45... d3 46. Rf5+ Ke7) 46. Kf4 {White is clearly winning.} Ke6 47. g5 hxg5+ 48. Rxg5 Kf6 49. Rc5 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Parnali, S Dharia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,61,4,4,13,23,16,15,0,39,42,41,60,52,81,266,274,374,359,440,436,525,534,530,521,536,501,717,719,825,812,1039,988,1283,1274,1274,1049,5555,2172,29984,29984]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. d3 Be7 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. Nc4 f6 11. f4 b5 12. Ne3 exf4 13. Nf5 {is cutting edge theory. A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} b4 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne4 {The position is equal.} fxg3 {was the old line (15...Ne6).} 16. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4c7]} gxh2+ 17. Kh1 Ne5 18. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Black must now prevent d4. White is in control.} O-O $146 {[#]} (18... Rc8 $16) ({Predecessor:} 18... Rc8 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nxc5 Ne6 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Qa4+ Ke7 24. Qxb4+ Qc5 {½-½ (42) Navara,D (2702)-Gopal,G (2550) Caleta 2014}) 19. d4 $1 $18 ({Less strong is} 19. Nxc5 Rac8 $11) 19... Ng4 20. Bxc7 Bc6 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Bd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Skewer} Qb7 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Qf3 h5 25. Rxc5 g6 26. Qf4 Qd7 {[#]} 27. d5 $1 Bxd5 28. Rd1 g5 29. Qg3 Rc8 30. Rdxd5 Rxc5 31. Nxc5 {White took control after the opening. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 18%.} (31. Rxd7 {leads to mate.} Rc1+ 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Qe1 Rxe1+ 34. Bf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kg2 h1=Q+ 36. Kg3 Qh2#) 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sahil, Tickoo"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,10,12,8,11,0,5,0,4,1,2,-23,-21,-16,-32,-41,-28,-29,-27,-46,-41,-50,-44,-29,-22,-47,-44,-59,-31,-41,-34,-61,-81,-123,-116,-109,-122,-235,-231,-241,-217,-391,-379,-338,-327,-322,-325,-439,-451,-445,-445,-752,-734,-822,-796,-733,-399,-400,-399,-377,-386,-405,-405,-398,-389,-394,-382,-393,-393,-377,-346,-768,-760]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} O-O 7. c3 c5 {[#]} 8. Qb1 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Rc1 a6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. exd4 h6 11. Bh4 Nbd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 {1-0 (26) Miquel,J (1235)-Vontina,M (772) LSS email 2013}) 8... Nc6 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. Bg5 cxd4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd4 h6 13. Bf4 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 {And now ...e5! would win.} 15. O-O Re8 16. Nb3 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. f4 Rab8 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. b4 Rbc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 21. Qb2 {[#]} Bg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6d3]} 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Rad1 (23. a4 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 23... Ne4 $19 24. Kh1 Rxc3 25. Rf3 $2 (25. a4) 25... Rec8 26. h3 Rxf3 27. gxf3 Ng3+ 28. Kh2 Nh5 29. Qd2 Rf8 30. Re1 (30. Qe1 $142 Nxf4 31. b5) 30... Rxf4 31. Nxe6 Rxf3 {[#] ( -> ...Rf2+)} 32. Qd4 Rf2+ 33. Kg1 Rxa2 34. Qxb6 axb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 35. Rd1 Rb2 36. Rxd5 Rxb4 37. Rd7 Re4 38. Rd6 Kf7 39. Nc7 Nf4 40. Rd7+ $2 (40. h4) 40... Re7 {Black took control after the opening. Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Black "Doyen, Remi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:10:32]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 6. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 9. e4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} b4 {[%emt 0:06:38]} 10. e5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 11. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:24:15]} 12. bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 13. Ba4 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 14. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:08:38]} 16. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 17. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rxb1 {[%emt 0:06:41]} 18. Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 19. Rxb8 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Nxb8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 20. c4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 21. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 22. Ke2 {[%emt 0:03:20]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:49]} 23. Bc6 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 24. Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:02]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 25. Ba6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 26. dxc5+ {[%emt 0:01:37]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 27. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 28. Be8 {[%emt 0:09:24]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 29. f4 {[%emt 0:05:00]} exf4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 30. Bxf4+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 32. f4 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 33. Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 34. Bd5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 35. Kd3 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Bg1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. Bxa5 {[%emt 0:07:33]} Bxh2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 37. a3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:05:40]} 38. Bb4+ {[%emt 0:01:16]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. c5+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 40. Ba5+ {[%emt 0:07:54]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 41. Bd2 {[%emt 0:33:09]} h6 {[%emt 0:09:22]} 42. f5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 43. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 44. fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 45. Bh1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 46. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:08:28]} 47. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 48. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg1 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 49. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne7+ {[%emt 0:00:50]} 50. Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 51. Bxf4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 52. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:05:45]} 53. Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 54. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 55. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 56. Bd2+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 57. a5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 58. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 59. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 60. Bb5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Bg1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 61. Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Na8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 62. Bf6 {[%emt 0:05:08]} Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 63. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bg1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 64. Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 65. Kc8 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Nb6+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 66. Kd8 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Bg1 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 67. Bg3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Be3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 68. Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Na8+ {[%emt 0:01:08]} 69. Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nb6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 70. axb6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kxb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dalaud, Dorian"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,68,27,48,29,50,41,41,42,72,50,43,45,69,65,61,44,72,66,62,83,62,66,58,74,73,-20,23,6,90,38,70,39,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-138,-136,-140,-135,-140,-135,-127,-132,-128,-128,-355,-343,-319,-310,-29981,-29982]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. cxd5 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3.} Nxd5 9. e4 Nb6 {[#]} 10. Be3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Be2 Bg4 11. e5 Na6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Bg5 Nc7 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Qa3 f6 16. Bh4 Kh8 17. Ne4 Bd5 18. Nc5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Qxd4 20. exf6 exf6 {0-1 (25) Bhat,V (2495)-Graf,A (2643) Cappelle-la-Grande 2009}) 10... Bc4 11. Qe2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Na6 13. Rad1 Qd6 14. h4 Rad8 15. Qe2 Qe6 16. h5 Qg4 17. h6 Bh8 18. Qc2 Nc7 19. Ne5 ({White should play} 19. Nh2 $16 Qh5 20. Nf3) 19... Qh5 (19... Bxe5 $5 20. f3 Qh5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 $11) 20. Qb3 Ne6 (20... Bxe5 $11 {remains equal.} 21. dxe5 Ne6) 21. Nxf7 (21. Nf3 $16) 21... Kxf7 $14 22. f4 Qxh6 23. Rf3 Qh5 (23... Rd6 $2 24. e5 $18 (24. f5 Qh4 $18)) 24. f5 {[%mdl 64] aiming for Rh3. Pin} Ke8 $1 {[%cal Re6d4]} 25. Qxe6 {Strongly threatening Rh3.} Rd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 26. Qb3 gxf5 27. Rxf5 (27. Rdf1 $11) 27... Rxf5 $17 28. exf5 {Hoping for Qg8+.} Qg4 29. d5 Bxc3 $1 30. Bxb6 axb6 {[%cal Ba7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 31. bxc3 {[#]} b5 $1 32. f6 $2 (32. Qc2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 32... Qe2 $19 (32... Rxf6 33. Qc2 $19) 33. Rf1 Qe3+ ({Inferior is} 33... cxd5 {[#]} 34. c4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) ({Less strong is} 33... Rxd5 34. fxe7 Qe3+ 35. Rf2 $19) ({Not} 33... Rxf6 34. Rxf6 exf6 35. dxc6 $17) (33... exf6 34. dxc6 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 $15) 34. Rf2 $2 (34. Kh2 $19 Rxd5 35. Rf3 Rh5+ 36. Rh3 Rxh3+ 37. gxh3 Qf2+ 38. Kh1 Qxf6 39. Kg2) 34... Rxf6 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Jeet, Jain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,125,5,9,4,0,10,10,15,6,17,13,40,5,6,5,17,4,14,13,16,16,17,19,20,8,1,8,10,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,0,-5,-14,-2,-35,-18,-32,-13,-20,0,0,15,10,14,0,0,0,17,21,22,16,33,21,40,46,79,79,75,75,83,83,83,73,81,79,87,73,69,85,66,77,79,77,85,74,107,72,122,54,121,113,140,95,203,100,165,168,172,116,157,166,138,129,199,184,268,162,1875,571,1797,1610,29972,29974,29966,29970,29980,29981,29981,29981,29982,29981]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3).} 8. Nc3 c5 9. Bb2 a6 {The position is equal.} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Ne4 {[#]} 14. Qf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qd2 exf3 17. Qxd6 Qg5 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Rfd8 20. e4 fxg2 {½-½ (48) Chiburdanidze,M (2545)-Dautov,R (2606) Lippstadt 2000}) 14... b5 15. dxc5 Ndxc5 16. Bb1 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. Bd4 Ba3 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Qd3 Rxc2 21. Bxc2 Rc8 22. Ne1 g6 23. Bb1 Bd6 24. Nf3 b4 25. Bb2 Nc3 26. Re1 Qe4 27. Qf1 Nxb1 28. Rxb1 Qe8 29. Qd1 Qe4 30. Ra1 Rc2 31. Bd4 Rc8 32. Ne1 Bc6 33. Qd2 Bb5 34. Rd1 Bf8 35. Ba1 Bg7 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Qb2+ f6 38. Rd4 Qe7 39. Rxd5 Qc7 {[#] aiming for ...Qc1!} 40. Qd2 Qc3 {Strongly threatening ...Qxd2.} 41. f3 Qxd2 42. Rxd2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc1 43. Kf2 Ra1 44. e4 Kf7 45. g3 a5 46. Rb2 f5 47. e5 (47. exf5 $16 gxf5 48. Rd2) 47... Ke6 (47... g5 $14) 48. f4 Bc6 49. Nf3 Bd5 (49... Bxf3 $16 50. Kxf3 Rc1) 50. Rd2 (50. Ng5+ $18 {is more deadly.} Ke7 51. Nxh7) 50... h6 (50... Bxf3 $16 {was worth a try.} 51. Kxf3 h6) 51. Nd4+ $18 Ke7 52. Nxf5+ (52. Ke3 $18) 52... gxf5 $16 53. Rxd5 Rxa2+ $18 {[#] KR-KR} 54. Ke3 $1 Rxh2 (54... h5 $16 {was necessary.}) 55. Rxa5 Rb2 (55... Rg2 {was called for.}) 56. Ra7+ Ke8 $2 (56... Ke6) 57. Kd4 (57. e6 $142 Rxb3+ 58. Kd4) 57... Rxb3 58. e6 Rxg3 59. Ke5 {White mates.} Ra3 60. Rb7 Re3+ 61. Kf6 {[%cal Rb7b8]} Kd8 62. Rxb4 Kc7 63. Rd4 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,133,35,38,13,14,14,0,11,0,-24,-18,-14,-19,-126,-121,-112,-116,-113,-114,-149,-72,-91,-78,-90,-86,-88,-75,-92,-95,-95,-93,-97,-79,-87,-34,-22,-14,-54,-55,-61,-63,-63,-59,-169,-177,-187,-181,-187,-167,-160,-153,-191,-191,-191,-198,-198,-198,-204,-192,-185,-160,-167,-8,-206,-206,-206,-179,-567,-567,-543,-310,-361,-212,-394,-387,-575,-537,-633,-608,-581,-557,-480,0,-525,-347,-564,-564,-635,-613,-560,-387,-713,-731,-722,-692,-959,-897,-1002,-822,-1415,-1314,-5903,-5907,-29971,-29974,-29979,-29980,-29983,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29983,-29983,-29993]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8. Re1 Bg7 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 8...b5.} 9. Bxc6 {C79: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 d6.} Bxc6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. exd6 {The position is equal.} O-O {[#]} 12. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. dxc7 Qxc7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Nd4 Be5 15. h3 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Bf4 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Na3 {½-½ (60) Kasimdzhanov,R (2683)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Riadh 2017}) 12... Qxd6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nd2 (14. Be3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14... Rad8 $1 $17 15. Qc2 {[#]} Nxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512] White must now prevent ...Ne2+!} 16. Nb3 (16. bxc3 Qxc3) 16... Rfe8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 17. Bg5 Rd5 (17... Rxe1+ $142 $1 18. Rxe1 Re8) 18. h4 h6 19. Bxh6 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Bxh6 21. bxc3 b5 22. Re4 Bg7 23. c4 Rd8 24. Qe2 {[#]} b4 (24... Rd1+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Kh2 (25. Qxd1 Qxe4) 25... Rb1 26. cxb5 axb5) 25. h5 gxh5 26. Rh4 Re8 27. Qxh5 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Qg6 (28... Qd6+ {feels hotter.} 29. f4 Kf8 30. Qf5 Qe6 31. Qc5+ Qe7) 29. Qxg6 ({Better is} 29. Qf3 $15) 29... fxg6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. c5 Bc3 31. Rc4 Re2 32. a3 Rc2 {Threatens to win with ...Be5+.} ({Reject} 32... Rxf2 $6 33. axb4 Be5+ 34. Kh3 $11) ({Not} 32... bxa3 33. Rxc3 a2 34. Rc4 $16) 33. Nd4 {[#]} b3 $1 {[%cal Rb3b2] Strongly threatening ...b2.} ({And not} 33... Rxf2 34. axb4 Ba1 35. Kg3 $11) 34. Nxc2 b2 35. Rxc3 {Hoping for Rb3.} b1=Q $19 {KQ-KRN} 36. Nb4 a5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 37. Nd5 Kg7 {aiming for ...Qf5.} 38. Nf4 Qe4 $2 (38... Qe1 $19 39. Rf3 Qe5) 39. g3 $2 (39. Nxg6 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qd4 40. Rg3) 39... Qe1 40. Rf3 Kh6 41. Nd3 $2 (41. g4) 41... Qc3 42. a4 Qc4 43. Ne5 Qxc5 (43... Qxa4 $142 {...Qd4 is the strong threat.} 44. Rf7 g5) 44. Re3 $2 (44. Ng4+ Kg7 45. Ne3) 44... Qd4 45. f4 (45. Kh3 $142 Qxa4 46. Ng4+ Kg7 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Rxc7) 45... Kg7 46. Ng4 Qd1 47. Kh3 {White hopes to continue with Re7+.} Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qd1 49. Kh3 Qh1+ 50. Nh2 c5 51. Rc3 Qd5 52. Nf3 Qd1 53. g4 $2 (53. Rxc5 Qxf3 54. Rxa5) 53... Qxa4 54. Kg3 Qb4 55. Re3 c4 56. Re6 Qb3 57. f5 gxf5 58. gxf5 c3 59. Rg6+ Kf8 {Black mates.} 60. Rc6 c2 61. f6 Qb8+ 62. Kg4 Qb4+ 63. Kg3 Qb2 64. Rc8+ Kf7 65. Rc7+ Kxf6 66. Rc6+ Ke7 67. Re6+ {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Colin, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,6,7,12,20,22,20,28,46,33,52,23,4,13,25,0,0,0,0,-1,9,21,45,6,23,45,38,37,91,89,59,-16,0,0,18,12,33,16,11,21,76,66,64,69,66,75,65,53,78,15,175,160,180,170,182,98,181,159,194,166,189,168,250,240,377,364,340,221,272,250,29986,29986,29984,29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Bd3 {[#] B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... O-O 7. O-O c5 8. d5 e6 9. c4 Re8 10. Rb1 Na6 11. a3 exd5 12. exd5 Nc7 13. b3 b5 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Bc3 Na8 17. Rfe1 Nb6 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Qc1 {½-½ (19) Dubov,D (2703)-Svidler,P (2737) St Petersburg 2018}) 7. O-O Nf4 8. Bc4 {The position is equal.} b5 9. Bb3 Qd7 10. Nb1 Qg4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg4g2]} 11. Bxf4 Qxf4 12. g3 Qg4 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Re1 a6 15. Nbd2 e5 16. c3 exd4 17. cxd4 Nd7 18. a4 Bb7 ({Black should try} 18... Rb8 $14) 19. axb5 $1 $16 cxb5 20. Bd1 (20. Rac1 $14) 20... Qe6 21. h4 Qe7 22. Bb3 Qd8 23. h5 Qb6 24. Qe3 Rae8 (24... a5 $11) 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Qg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nf6 $1 27. e5 dxe5 28. dxe5 Nh7 $1 {[%cal Rh7g5]} 29. Qf4 (29. Qh4 $16) 29... Re7 $2 (29... g5 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 30. Qg4 Qh6) 30. Ne4 $1 $18 g5 31. Nexg5 Nxg5 32. Qxg5 (32. Nxg5 $18 {e6 is the strong threat.} Qg6 33. Rad1) 32... Qc6 (32... Re6 $16) 33. Re3 Rfe8 {intending ...Rxe5.} 34. Rae1 Qh6 35. Qf5 Qh7 (35... Bc8 $142 36. Qe4 Qh5) 36. Qg4 $1 Kf8 {[#]} (36... Qh6 $142 37. Nh4 Qc6) 37. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6f7]} f5 38. Qh4 Bxb2 39. Qg5 {aiming for Nh4.} Rg7 $2 {[#]} ({Wrong is} 39... Qh3 $2 {[#]} 40. Re5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (39... Bd4 $18) 40. e7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rexe7 41. Rxe7 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,93,24,16,10,20,12,17,2,8,0,20,0,14,14,44,18,79,14,24,3,14,13,17,4,10,-12,37,25,39,36,43,25,48,54,69,39,76,77,96,81,95,103,108,101,124,102,117,123,131,120,132,109,129,139,138,141,183,97,108,107,108,108,99,106,212,206,214,199,383,382,367,328,473,245,2332,2181,2001,2020,29992,1806,1270,568,542,518,499,490]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. h3 Bh5 5. c4 e6 {[#]} 6. Qb3 $146 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} ({Predecessor:} 6. d4 c6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 Ngf6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (35) Grachev,B (2645)-Sjugirov,S (2650) Sochi 2017}) 6... Nc5 7. Qc2 c6 8. d3 {The position is equal.} Nf6 9. O-O a5 10. Be3 Ncd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 Qc8 {[#]} (12... Bc5 $11) 13. Nc3 (13. Nh4 $1 $16) 13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bd6 15. Rac1 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Qb8 16. Bd4 O-O 17. e4 {[%cal Re4d5]} Be5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 {[%cal Re4d5]} dxe4 20. dxe4 Qa7 21. Kg2 a4 22. Qc2 (22. Qb4 {is more complex.} a3 23. f4 axb2 24. Rc2 Ng6 25. Rxb2 Rfd8 26. e5) 22... Ned7 23. f4 Nb6 24. Rfd1 Rfe8 25. Rd2 Re7 26. Rcd1 Rae8 27. Rd8 Qa5 28. R1d4 g6 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Bf3 ({Much weaker is} 30. Nxa4 $6 Nxe4 31. Bf3 (31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Qxe4 Nxa4 $11) (31. Nxb6 Nxg3 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 32. Kxg3 Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kf3 Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kf2 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 $11) 31... Nxa4 $11) 30... a3 31. b4 Qa7 32. Qd3 Na4 33. e5 (33. Nxa4 $18 Qxa4 34. Qc4) 33... Nxc3 $16 34. Qxc3 Nd5 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} b6 (36... b5 $16) 37. Qc6 $18 Qb8 38. Rd7 {And now Qf6 would win.} Qc8 $2 (38... Qa8 39. Qxa8 Rxa8) 39. b5 Qa8 40. Kf3 {e6! is the strong threat.} Qa5 (40... Qa4 {might work better.} 41. Rd5 Rf8) 41. Qc4 (41. Rc7 $142 Qa8 42. Kf2) 41... Re6 $2 (41... Qa8+ 42. Kf2 Re6) 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Qc8 {White wants to mate with Rg8+.} Kh6 {[#]} 44. Rg8 (44. Rh8 $142 $1 Re8 45. Qxe8 Qc3+ 46. Kg4 f5+ 47. Kh4 Qb4 48. Qd8 Qc5 49. Rg8 Qe7+ 50. Qxe7 g5+ 51. fxg5#) 44... Qb4 {White is clearly winning.} 45. Qf8+ (45. g4 $142 f5 46. Qf8+ (46. Qxe6 Qe4+ 47. Kf2 Qc2+ 48. Ke1 Qc1+ 49. Kf2 Qd2+ 50. Kg3 Qe3+ 51. Kh2 Qd2+ 52. Kh1 Qc1+ 53. Kh2 Qd2+ 54. Kg1 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 56. Kh1 Qf1+ 57. Kh2 Qxf4+ 58. Kh1 Qe4+ 59. Kh2 Qf4+ 60. Kh1 Qe4+ 61. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 46... Qxf8 47. g5+ Kh5 48. Rxf8) 45... Qxf8 46. Rxf8 Re7 47. Ra8 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Stets, Dmitry"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,26,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.23"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Bogdanov, Egor"]
[Black "Le Goff, Ronan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,108,-6,-1,-17,0,0,0,0,-6,-8,11,4,21,3,13,11,8,4,16,16,74,75,79,75,89,78,77,47,56,60,54,50,69,71,71,33,43,43,43,38,39,39,39,34,29,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. cxd4 Bb4+ $1 {6...Bb4+ scores better than 6...d6.} 7. Nbd2 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit.} d6 8. Bb5 Nde7 9. O-O dxe5 10. dxe5 {[#]} Bxd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. h3 a6 12. Ba4 Bf5 13. a3 Bc5 14. Re1 h6 15. Bc2 Ba7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Qd3 18. b4 Nd4 19. Ne1 Qb5 20. Ndf3 Ne6 21. Qc2 Rad8 {½-½ (21) Zhou,Y (2432)-Erdos,V (2610) Daventry 2019}) 11. Bxd2 Bg4 12. Bg5 {And now Bxc6+ would win.} Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 a6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 14. Ba4 O-O 15. Rac1 Rac8 {[#]} (15... Ng6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. h3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ng6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Nxe5 20. Rc3 $1 f6 21. Bf4 Rf7 22. Bxe5 fxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 23. Rd5 Rb8 24. b3 Rbf8 25. Rxe5 Rxf3 26. Rxf3 Rxf3 {KR-KR} 27. Kg2 Rc3 28. Re6 a5 $1 {The position is equal.} 29. Re5 a4 $1 30. bxa4 Ra3 31. a5 Rxa2 32. Rc5 Ra3 33. h4 c6 34. h5 Kf7 35. f3 Ke7 36. Kg3 g6 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Kf4 Kd6 39. Rg5 Ke7 40. Kg4 Kf6 41. f4 Kf7 42. Rc5 Ra1 43. Kf3 Ra4 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. Rxc6 Ra3+ 46. Ke4 Ra4+ 47. Kf3 {aiming for a6.} Rxa5 48. Rxg6 Kf7 49. Rb6 Rc5 50. Kg4 Ra5 51. Rb4 Kf6 52. f5 Ra1 53. Rb6+ Kf7 54. Kg5 Rg1+ {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,127,30,26,19,19,19,27,22,25,20,41,41,47,43,93,-35,102,108,79,100,95,43,138,162,133,91,105,138,137,144,404,295,282,285,258,282,252,152,152,152,152,111,91,107,102,99,100,89,85,85,89,92,118,132,131,124,111,131,162,168,189,202,198,182,188,204,184,171,150,137,276,302,284,287,409,403,415,415,427,425,416,402,458,447,447,456,457,456,531,377,431,424,432,412,531,508,550,530,479,0,533,525,668,498,496,0,654,633,594,493,905,894,856,829,821,690,6133,6318,5724,5640]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Bf4 Qb6 4. Qd2 d5 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. f3 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6).} e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 {Hoping for h5.White has an edge.} h6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. c5 Qd8 {[#]} 11. Nh3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] White has the initiative. An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11. b4 Be7 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Nh3 a5 14. b5 e5 15. Be2 Ne8 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 {½-½ (46) So,W (2776)-Krishna,C (2445) Douglas 2018}) 11... Ng8 12. O-O-O (12. Bg3 $16) 12... Qa5 (12... b6 $1 $15 {stays ahead.}) 13. h5 $16 Bh7 14. g5 O-O-O 15. Bh2 (15. Qh2 $16) 15... Bf5 (15... e5 $1 $14) 16. g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f7]} fxg6 17. Nf4 {Threatens to win with e4.} g5 18. Ng6 Bxg6 19. hxg6 b6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (19... Re8 $16) 20. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White threatens Qxa5 and mate.} Qxd2+ (20... cxd5 21. Qxa5) 21. Rxd2 {[%cal Rf1a6]} Nxc5 {[#]} 22. Nc7 $1 (22. dxc5 exd5 23. cxb6 axb6 $11) 22... Bd6 23. Bxd6 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Rxd6 24. Ne8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Not} 24. dxc5 Rxd2 25. Kxd2 Kxc7 $17) 24... Nb7 25. Nxd6+ Nxd6 26. Bh3 Kd7 27. e4 Ne7 28. d5 cxd5 29. exd5 Nxg6 30. Rc2 Nf4 31. dxe6+ Ke7 32. Rc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 33. Rd7 Nxh3 34. Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} ({Don't do} 34. Rxh3 $6 Rc8+ 35. Kd1 Nf5 $14) 34... Nf4 {[#]} 35. Re1 $1 Re8 36. e7+ $1 Kf7 37. Rd7 a5 38. Re5 Ng6 39. Rb5 Nxe7 (39... Nh4 $16 {was called for.} 40. Rd3 (40. Rxb6 Nxf3 41. Rd5 g6 $16) 40... Rxe7) 40. Rxb6 $18 h5 41. Kd2 h4 (41... Rh8 $142 42. Rb5 Kf6 43. Rd6+ Kf7) 42. Ke2 Rc8 43. Rbb7 Re8 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. Rd4 Ng6 46. Rb5 Rc8 47. Rxg5 Rc2+ 48. Kg1 Kf6 49. Rg2 Rc1+ 50. Kh2 {And now Rd6+ would win.} Ke5 51. Ra4 Nf4 52. Rxa5+ Kf6 53. Ra6+ Kf5 54. Ra5+ Kf6 55. Rd2 g5 56. Ra6+ Kf5 57. Ra5+ Kf6 58. Rb5 {White is clearly winning.} Rf1 59. Rb3 Ng6 (59... Ra1 $142 60. Rb6+ Ke7) 60. Kg2 Re1 61. Rb6+ Kf5 62. Rb5+ Kf6 63. Rd6+ Kf7 64. Rf5+ {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Duboue, Peio"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,84,29,14,46,14,27,29,26,35,38,26,116,-44,-37,-43,-43,-55,-51,-34,0,0,0,0,58,62,72,64,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-24,0,0,76,65,66,-144,-136,-123,-129,-120,-112,-112,-104,-261,-271,-250,-253,-539,-526,-529,-520,-568,-572,-549,-569,-564,-564,-557,-549,-523,-508,-531,-494,-702,-687,-1704,-1657,-29975,-29976]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 {C01: French: Exchange Variation.} 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O Ne7 {White has an edge.} 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Bf4 Nf8 {[#]} (10... Nf6 $11) 11. Bf1 $146 (11. Nb5 $16 {Nc7+ is the strong threat.} cxb5 12. Bxb5+ Nd7 13. c3) ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne6 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Rb1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qd7 16. h4 Rae8 17. Re2 {1-0 (30) Kovchan,A (2563)-Gorovets,A (2422) Kiev 2011}) 11... Ne6 $15 12. Be5 O-O 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bg3 Be4 15. Nd2 f5 16. f3 Nxd4 (16... Bd6 $11 17. Bh4 g5) 17. fxe4 $14 fxe4 {Threatening ...Bd6.} 18. Bg2 Ng6 19. Rf1 ({White should try} 19. Ndxe4 $1 $14 dxe4 20. Rxe4) 19... Bd6 $11 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Nf1 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxd6.} Bxg3 22. Nxg3 Qc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...Nxc2+. Black fights for an advantage.} 23. Kh1 Rf8 24. Qg1 Qd6 (24... Qb6 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. Qxd4 $16 Qxg3 26. Ne2 $2 (26. Nxd5 $1 $14 {stays ahead.} cxd5 27. Qxd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 28. Qxe4) 26... Qf2 $17 27. Qxf2 Rxf2 28. Bf1 Nh4 {Strongly threatening ...Nf3.} 29. Nd4 c5 30. Nf5 $2 {This costs White the game.} (30. Nb5 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 30... Nxf5 $19 31. gxf5 Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 32. b4 $2 (32. Rd1 {was worth a try.} e3 33. Rxd5) 32... c4 33. Rd1 {[#]} e3 $1 34. Rxd5 e2 35. Bxe2 Rxe2 {KR-KR} 36. Rc5 b5 37. a3 a6 38. Kg1 Ra2 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Rc7+ (40. Rc6 $142) 40... Kf6 41. Rc6+ Kxf5 42. Rxa6 c3 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Black "Jolly, Jean-Francois"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,24,22,12,24,16,41,31,52,0,5,6,0,2,19,19,27,27,57,37,35,33,24,29,43,20,15,27,20,16,19,18,19,20,111,60,35,0,-3,-13,-4,-22,-14,-95,-82,-97,-92,-110,-99,-120,-75,-95,16,20,27,31,28,13,18,31,38,0,15,14,26,32,58,23,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. Qb3 O-O 6. Be2 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} d6 7. O-O Nd7 {[#]} 8. Qc2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 Bf6 10. Be3 g6 11. Bh6 Bg7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qd1 Nf6 14. h3 {1-0 (28) Jorgensen,B (2251)-Rasmussen,H (1757) Helsingor 2019}) 8... Nb6 9. a3 Be6 10. d3 f5 11. b4 Bf6 12. Bb2 Kh8 13. Nd2 g5 14. Rac1 g4 15. Rfe1 Bg7 16. Bf1 Qg5 17. Nb5 Rac8 18. d4 {Threatens to win with d5.} a6 19. d5 {[%mdl 64] Nc3 is the strong threat. Double Attack} axb5 20. dxe6 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Nd5 (21... Nxc4 $11 22. Bxc4 (22. Qxc4 Nd8 $11) 22... Ne7) 22. b5 ({White should play} 22. Red1 $16 Nde7 23. b5) 22... Nce7 $14 23. b6 cxb6 {aiming for ...b5.} 24. Qb3 Rc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 25. Rcd1 Qf6 26. Rd2 (26. a4 $1 $11) 26... Qxe6 $17 27. Red1 Rd8 $1 28. a4 {[#] With the idea Na3.} Nc7 $1 29. Ba3 {[%cal Ra3d6]} d5 30. a5 {[#]} Ra8 (30... b5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 31. Nb6 d4 32. Qxe6 Rxe6 33. exd4 exd4) 31. Bxe7 Qxe7 32. Nxb6 Rxa5 33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Qxd5 Rc8 36. g3 Bf6 37. Rb1 Rc7 38. Bc4 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Rd5g8][%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qd8 $1 39. Qe6 Rc6 {The position is equal.} 40. Qf7 Rc7 41. Qe6 Rc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6e6]} 42. Qf7 Rc7 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Besson, Bastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,91,34,42,42,27,52,0,0,-8,0,-9,0,-2,21,5,5,2,34,0,0,26,52,31,60,39,93,94,97,64,165,167,234,190,220,183,184,186,168,170,204,203,254,234,375,374,388,385,418,393,1019,911,866,829,800,790,748,728,689,518,593,556,561,555,756,737,708,570,565,557,29987,29988,29988,29987]} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. e4 a6 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Rd1 Rb8 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.} 12. a4 Ne5 {[#]} 13. Qe2 $146 (13. c5 $1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13. c5 Bd7 14. f4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Rxd6 Bf8 18. Rd2 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 {1-0 (48) Mielke,K (2559)-Boyd,S (2449) ICCF email 2009}) 13... c5 {The position is equal.} 14. Nc2 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. b3 Nc6 17. Rb1 Nd7 18. Qe1 Qe7 19. Be3 Nde5 20. Nd5 Qf8 21. Qd2 Red8 22. Kh1 h5 (22... b5 $14) 23. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll. White leaves nothing to chance now.} Ng4 24. Bg1 h4 (24... b6 $14) 25. gxh4 $18 Bxd5 (25... Ne7 $142 26. h5 Nxd5 27. cxd5 Bc8) 26. cxd5 Nd4 27. h3 Nf6 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Bf3 Qe7 30. Qg2 {Strongly threatening h5.} ({Resist} 30. Bxd4 $6 Nxe4 31. Qg2 Bxd4 $16) ({Much less strong is} 30. Qxd4 $6 Nh5 $16) 30... Kh7 31. Rxd4 Nh5 (31... b5 $142 32. axb5 Rxb5) 32. Bxh5 $1 gxh5 33. Rd3 Bh6 34. e5 Qxh4 $2 {[#]} (34... f5 35. exf6 Qxf6 36. Qe4+ Qg6) 35. Qe4+ Kh8 36. e6 Bg7 37. Qf3 fxe6 38. dxe6 Rf8 39. f5 Rbe8 {Black hopes to continue with ...Rxe6.} 40. Re3 Qg5 41. Rf1 Be5 42. Re4 Re7 {[#]} 43. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxe5 44. Bc5 {[%mdl 64] Skewer} Ree8 45. Bxf8 Rxf8 46. f6 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.24"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Suarez Uriel, Adrian"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,96,33,31,37,22,22,34,20,43,-16,-14,-53,-48,-49,-68,-37,-35,-94,-74,-153,-142,-177,-175,-186,-116,-190,-179,-193,-65,-66,-57,-146,-108,-114,-123,-218,-122,-124,-118,-180,-168,-176,-143,-148,-151,-175,-102,-99,-132,-133,-114,-131,-115,-267,-57,-170,-143,-179,-172,-156,-146,-830,-794,-785,-708,-660,-343,-306,-318,-312,-261,-290,-256,-461,-379,-1473,-989,-29970,-29970,-29970,-29972,-29974,-29975,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {is recently more successful than 7.Qd2. Played by Liren Ding in September 2019. B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2.} Bd6 8. O-O-O Be5 $1 9. g3 {White is slightly better.} Nge7 {[#]} 10. Qg4 $146 (10. Qe2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe2 O-O 11. f4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 e5 14. Rd1 exf4 15. e5 f3 16. Qxf3 Qxe5 {1-0 (49) Caruana,F (2813)-Movsesian,S (2677) Douglas 2016}) 10... O-O $11 {White must now prevent ...Bxd4.} 11. f4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 d5 {Hoping for ...e5.} 14. e5 (14. Qf3 $15) 14... b5 $17 15. h4 (15. Qh3 $142) 15... Nf5 16. Rd2 b4 17. Nb1 a5 ({Black should try} 17... d4 $19 18. Bd3 Bb7) 18. h5 (18. Bd3 $17) 18... h6 $19 19. Bd3 a4 ({Black should play} 19... d4 $19 20. Bxf5 exf5) 20. Bxf5 $1 $15 exf5 21. Qf3 (21. Qe2 $1 $15) 21... Be6 22. a3 Rab8 23. Rd4 (23. Rhd1 $17) 23... bxa3 (23... Rfc8 $19 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Rc7c2]} 24. Rh2 bxa3 25. Qxa3 Rb3) 24. Qxa3 $17 Rb3 $1 $40 {[%cal Rb3a3][%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 25. Qd6 (25. Qxa4 $17 Rfb8 26. Qa2) 25... Qa7 $19 26. Rhd1 Rxg3 27. Qb4 Ra8 28. Qe1 {[#]} a3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Nxa3 $17 Rxa3 30. bxa3 Qxa3+ 31. Kd2 Rc8 32. Qg1 $2 (32. Ke2 $17) 32... Qf3 $2 (32... Bd7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd7a4] Strongly threatening ...Ba4.} 33. Rd3 Qb4+ 34. c3 Qxf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Qe3 Qh2+ 36. Qe2 Qh4) 33. Qh2 (33. Rc1 $15) 33... Qc3+ 34. Ke2 Qxc2+ 35. R1d2 Qb1 {...Bd7 is the strong threat.} 36. Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Rd1 $17 Qb3 37. Qf2) 36... Rc1 $19 37. Qg2 Rh1 38. Re2 Rxh5 39. Qg1 Qb6 40. Kg3 Kh7 41. Qe3 Rh1 ({But not} 41... Qd8 42. Rg2 $17) 42. Rd3 $2 (42. Kg2 Rh4 43. Qf2) 42... Qb1 {Threatens to win with ...Qf1.} ({Not} 42... Qd8 43. Rh2 $17) 43. Rg2 $2 (43. Rh2 Rg1+ 44. Rg2) 43... h5 44. Qe2 h4+ {Black mates.} 45. Kf2 g6 ({Worse is} 45... h3 46. Qh5+ Kg8 {[#]} 47. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 48. Rg8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ke7 49. Qh4+ Kd7 50. Qd8+ Kc6 51. Rc3+ Kb5 52. Qb8+ Ka4 53. Qa8+ Kb4 54. Qa3+ Kb5 55. Rb8# {[%mdl 64] Skewer}) 46. Rg5 Kg7 47. Rd2 Rh2+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 48. Rg2 Qb6+ {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,82,42,52,43,84,45,97,39,52,41,56,39,142,137,157,136,158,164,160,165,274,273,272,260,276,273,380,385,515,519,495,475,501,354,385,299,265,193,221,220,224,204,189,194,200,208,205,200,193,193,233,247,508,504,490,506,481,451,485,474,1168,1150,1116,920,1159,1153,1455,1512,1618]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O d6 9. f3 {C45: Scotch Game.} Be6 10. g4 {[#]} Nd7 $146 {[#]} ({Black should play} 10... Nxd4 $14 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Nd7) ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qe7 12. Be2 Rfd8 13. g5 Ne8 14. f4 f6 15. h4 c6 16. Bf3 Bc7 {1-0 (33) Sanal,S (1777)-Asan,E (1817) Konya 2012}) 11. h4 (11. Nf5 $1 $16) 11... Nde5 {Strongly threatening ...Nxd4.} 12. Be2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 {White now steadily converts the win.} (13... Bxd4 $14 14. Qxd4 Qf6) 14. Bxb6 $16 axb6 15. a3 Ra5 16. f4 f6 17. g5 f5 (17... Kh8 $142 18. Kb1 Bg8) 18. exf5 $18 Bxf5 19. Bc4+ Kh8 {[#]} 20. h5 $1 Qd7 21. h6 Rd8 22. Rde1 b5 23. Bxb5 Qf7 24. Qe3 Rf8 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qe7 {Threatening mate with Qxf7.} Raa8 27. hxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rh6 Bg6 29. f5 Bxf5 30. Rf6 Qxe7 31. Rxe7+ Kg8 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Rxc7 Rc8 $2 (33... c5 {was necessary.} 34. Rc6 Bg6 35. Rxd6 Rf2) 34. Rxc8+ {White is clearly winning.} Bxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 35. Kd2 Kf7 36. Ke3 Bf5 37. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ke6 (37... Bc8 $142 38. b4 Ke6) 38. a5 Kd7 39. Ne4 Kc7 40. c3 c5 41. b4 cxb4 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,49,20,14,24,10,14,0,15,0,14,14,17,-18,-14,-14,-14,-14,-20,-22,-4,-19,0,0]} 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. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15. Nbd2 Rc8 {C91: Closed Ruy Lopez: 7...d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4.} 16. h3 Bh5 {The position is equal.} 17. Bb2 Nfd7 18. a4 bxa4 19. bxa4 cxd4 20. g4 {[#] Threatens to win with a5.} Bg6 21. a5 Nd5 {[#]} 22. exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. Nxd4 Nf4 23. Ne2 Bg5 24. Nxf4 Bxf4 25. Nf3 h5 26. Bb3 hxg4 27. hxg4 Qe7 28. Bd5 {½-½ (38) Sax,G (2570)-Balashov,Y (2550) Germany 1998}) 22... Bxc2 23. Qe2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Bf6 {And now ...d3 would win.} 24. Bxd4 Nc5 {aiming for ...Nd3.} 25. Ra3 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,27,37,22,50,23,31,31,38,35,43,29,14,44,52,44,55,47,44,7]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6 {B01: Scandinavian Defence.} 7. Ne5 (7. Bc4 $5 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Qb6 8. h3 $11) 7... Qb6 8. Qf3 $1 c6 9. O-O-O {aiming for g4.} Nbd7 10. Nc4 Qd8 {next ...Bg4 is good for Black.} 11. h3 Nb6 {[#] White is slightly better.} 12. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne5 Bb4 13. Rg1 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qd5 15. Qxd5 Nfxd5 16. Bd2 f6 17. Nf3 g5 18. Re1 {½-½ (33) Mignon,F (2408)-Woelk,R (2306) ICCF email 2008}) 12... Bg6 13. Ne5 $1 {Black must now prevent h4.} Bb4 14. Nxg6 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.25"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Le Goff, Ronan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,101,26,25,27,31,28,30,25,28,21,32,7,36,10,18,14,15,17,11,11,20,10,11,0,13,0,7,0,6,4,8,0,11,10,17,10,16,18,14,0,1,0,10,0,0,0,0,4,13,0,4,5,8,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,51,35,179,178,187,0,0,0,89,102,1741,1729,1577,904,11811,6079,5073,1341,6183,6079,6203,6184,6143,6143,5225,5218]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Nb6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 e6 6. Nxf5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} exf5 7. Bg2 {[#]} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nf6 8. e3 c6 9. b3 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Bb2 a5 13. a3 Qd7 {0-1 (30) Blohberger,F (2434)-Bluebaum,M (2644) Moscow 2019}) 8. O-O {White has an edge.} Nf6 9. c3 g6 10. f3 Bg7 11. e4 fxe4 12. fxe4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 O-O 15. Bg2 Qd7 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Qf3 Nd5 18. Bd2 f5 19. Rae1 Nf6 20. Qd3 Qf7 21. b3 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Bf3 h5 26. Qd3 Kh7 27. Qe3 Qd7 28. Kg2 a6 29. h3 Nd5 30. Qe2 Qd6 31. c4 Nf6 32. Be3 Ne4 33. Bxe4 fxe4 34. Qf2 Qd7 35. g4 Kg8 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Kg3 Qe6 38. Qf4 b5 (38... Kh7 $11) 39. cxb5 $14 cxb5 {[#]} ({Better is} 39... axb5 $14 40. Qg5 Qf7) 40. Qg5 $1 $18 Qf7 41. Bf4 $2 (41. Kh4 $18) 41... Kh7 $11 42. d5 Qg6 {[#]} (42... Bf6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 43. Qh6+ Kg8) 43. d6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd6d7] And now d7 would win.} Bf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Qf7 $16 44. Qe7 Qg6+ 45. Qg5 Qf7) 44. Qxg6+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 45. d7 h4+ 46. Kg4 Bd8 47. Be3 (47. Bd2 $142 Kf7 48. Kf5) 47... a5 48. Bf2 Kf7 49. Bxh4 Bxh4 50. Kxh4 Ke7 51. Kg4 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 69%.} 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.25"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Jeet, Jain"]
[Black "Martin Duque, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,107,35,24,35,24,30,25,38,34,34,23,62,50,113,92,107,85,75,26,57,26,43,0,33,17,5,-46,-53,-41,-36,-30,0,0,0,0,72,-51,0,-45,-55,-84,-95,-82,-83,-79,-82,-64,-82,-100,0,-29,0,0,0,-437,-327,-286,0,-228,0,-263,0,1,16,0,0,43,43,30,272,291,278,277,251,251,292,287,278,268,370,369,326,257,441,371,895,338,645,637,1325,1264,1848,891,29978,29979,5198,4132,1730,1672]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 {is currently scoring better than 6...g6. C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} 7. Re1 g4 8. Nfd2 h5 {White has an edge.} 9. Nf1 h4 10. d4 {[#]} Rh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bg7 11. Bg5 Rh5 12. Qc1 Qe7 13. Bd5 Bd7 14. b4 exd4 15. b5 Ne5 16. Rd1 c6 17. bxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (74) Praggnanandhaa,R (2530)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) Kolkata 2018}) 11. Na3 Qe7 (11... Bh6 $14) 12. d5 Nb8 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Qa4 Kd8 15. b4 Bh6 16. Nc2 Nf8 17. Nce3 N8h7 18. Nf5 ({Better is} 18. c4 $11) 18... Bxf5 $1 $15 19. exf5 Bxc1 20. Raxc1 Ng5 21. Be2 Rh8 22. Qd1 a5 (22... g3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. a3 {[#]} (23. Bxg4 $16 axb4 24. f4) 23... axb4 (23... g3 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 24. axb4 {[#]} g3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. fxg3 hxg3 26. Nxg3 Qf8 $1 27. Qd3 Qh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6h2][%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 28. Nf1 Rg8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 29. Ng3 Rh8 (29... Qh4 $17) 30. Nf1 $1 $11 Ke7 {Strongly threatening ...Rag8.} 31. Qc4 Rac8 {White must now prevent ...Nh3+!} 32. Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32. Rc2 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 32... Nh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Kh1 ({Reject} 33. gxh3 Qxh3 34. Kh1 Rhg8 $19) 33... Nf2+ 34. Kg1 {[#]} Nh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Kh1 $1 {[#]} ({Not} 35. gxh3 $2 Qxh3 36. Kh1 Rhg8 $19) 35... Nf4 $2 ({Black should play} 35... Ne4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re4f2][%mdl 512]} 36. gxh3 (36. Qxe4 Nf2+) 36... Qf4) 36. Bf3 Qg5 37. Ra7 Ng4 38. Bxg4 Qxg4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg4g2]} 39. Ra2 Qxf5 $2 {A mistake that costs the game.} (39... Kd7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 40. Rf2 $18 Rh4 41. g3 $1 {[%csl LRf4,LRh4]} Qd3 {[#]} 42. Qa2 $1 Rg4 {Hoping for ...Nh3.} 43. Rxf4 ({Resist} 43. gxf4 $6 Rcg8 $18) 43... Rxf4 44. gxf4 Qxc3 45. Qe2 f6 46. fxe5 dxe5 $2 (46... fxe5 {is a better defense.} 47. Nd2 Rf8) 47. Qe4 {Re3 is the strong threat.} Ra8 $2 (47... Rf8 48. Re2 Kd8) 48. Ng3 $2 (48. Re3 Qa1 49. Qh7+ Kf8 50. Kg1) 48... Kd6 $2 (48... Kd8 49. Rf1 Ra1 50. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 51. Kg2 Qb2+ 52. Ne2 Ke7) 49. Re2 Ra1+ 50. Kg2 Qc1 51. Qf3 (51. Qg6 $142 Kxd5 52. Rc2 Qg1+ {[#]} 53. Kh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 51... Qg1+ 52. Kh3 Ke7 53. Rf2 Ra6 {[#]} 54. d6+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,36,-10,13,29,33,0,0,4,18,-22,-7,-62,-24,-39,0,-56,-3,0,0,-31,-43,-44,-31,-47,-45,-35,-8,-44,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O e4 6. Ne1 $1 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} h5 7. d3 {[#]} e3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 8. fxe3 {The position is equal.} h4 9. exd4 hxg3 {[#]} 10. hxg3 $146 (10. d5 $1 $11 Bg4 11. Be3 gxh2+ 12. Kh1) ({Predecessor:} 10. Bf4 gxh2+ 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. e3 Ne6 13. Nf3 Nf6 14. Nc3 Be7 15. Ne5 Nh5 16. Qf3 Nhxf4 17. exf4 {½-½ (34) Jahncke,G (2325)-Yankelevich,L (2411) Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 2017}) 10... Nxd4 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Qd2 (12. Qa4+ $11 c6 13. e3) 12... Bb4 (12... Bc5 $15 13. e3 Nf5) 13. Rf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} c6 14. Nc2 ({Much worse is} 14. Qf4 Nf6 $17) 14... Nxc2 15. Qxc2 Bc5 16. e3 Nf6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 17. d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c5]} Be7 (17... Bd6 $5 {[%cal Rd6g3]} 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Be6 $11) 18. d5 Bd7 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Bogdanov, Egor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,53,54,27,58,8,14,9,54,0,0,0,0,0,15,6,0,-46,19,16,27,29,166,149,373,371,617,617,595,599,1313,1313,1252,1243,1245,1222,1955,2028,1986,2031,1839,1863]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 {E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2.} 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 11. Nge2 (11. Nf3 $14) 11... Nbd7 $11 {[#]} 12. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O c4 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Kh1 Nc5 15. Ng3 Re5 16. Bh4 Bd7 17. f4 Ree8 18. Rae1 {½-½ (90) Rios,C (2513)-Golubov,S (2460) Voronezh 2019}) 12... c4 13. bxc4 Ne5 14. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nfd7 15. f4 Nxc4 (15... Nxd3 $15 16. Qxd3 f5) 16. Bxc4 {Threatens to win with Bd3.} Qxc4 17. f5 Be5 (17... Nc5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 18. Be7 $1 $18 Re8 $2 {[#] Now Black is done in.} (18... f6 $16) 19. f6 $1 Kh8 $2 {[#]} (19... Nxf6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6) 20. Qh6 $1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh6g7][%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Rg8 {[#]} 21. Rf3 $1 Nc5 {...g5 is the strong threat.} 22. Bf8 {Threatening mate with Bg7+.} Bxf6 23. Rxf6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Be6 24. Bxd6 {Rxf7! would kill now.} Nd7 25. Raf1 Rg7 26. dxe6 Nxf6 27. Be5 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Jolly, Jean-Francois"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,53,9,8,33,8,26,6,0,0,0,0,26,28,26,31,22,27,36,41,78,18,41,48,47,55,97,35,118,117,96,93,146,138,144,146,134,121,503,495,1012,987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qb3 Ne4 {[%cal Rc5d4] The position is equal.} 11. e3 Nc6 12. Ne5 Nd6 (12... Ng5 {feels hotter.} 13. f4 Nh3+ 14. Kh1 cxd4 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. exd4 Rd8) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4][%mdl 32] [#]} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Be6 17. Rfc1 Rab8 18. Qc3+ Kg8 19. Nb3 Qxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxc4 21. Na5 Bd5 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Rfc8 24. Rac1 Rxc6 25. Bxc6 Rc8 {½-½ (25) Howell,D (2685)-Gelfand,B (2735) Tallinn 2016}) 17. Rfc1 (17. Qa4 $16) 17... a5 18. Qa4 Ra6 19. Nb3 Qe5 20. Qa3 (20. Bxc6 $2 Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Qxc6 Bb7 $17) (20. c5 $16 Nb5 21. Bxc6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Rxc6 22. Qxb5) 20... a4 (20... Nf7 $1 $14) 21. Nd4 $1 $16 Bd7 22. c5 Nf7 ({Black should play} 22... Nf5) 23. Rab1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Rb7. Black is under strong pressure.} Rb8 {[#]} 24. Qd3 $1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 ({Don't take} 25. Qxb1 $6 Qc7 $11) 25... Bc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25... Ra8 $16) 26. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Qc7 {[#]} (26... Qh5 $142 27. Rb8 Qg4) 27. Qxa6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Duboue, Peio"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,92,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,13,13,4,12,0,0,-19,-19,-19,-18,-18,-18,-35,-20,-67,-61,-56,-61,-59,-9,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Bg4 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 12...Bg6. Played by Pentala Harikrishna in December 2019.} 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Be2 Na5 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qe6 18. a4 c5 19. O-O Rac8 20. Rfe1 Nb3 21. Rad1 Ba5 22. Qb5 c4 23. Nf3 Qd6 {1-0 (43) Wan,Y (2499)-Wen,Y (2588) Shenyang 2019}) 18. Nd7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qc6 $1 {aiming for ...cxd4.} 19. dxc5 ({But not} 19. Nxf8 cxd4 20. O-O dxe3 $17) 19... Rfe8 {And now ...Bc7 would win.} 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. O-O bxc5 {[#] Hoping for ...d4!} 22. Qf3 Nc4 23. Rad1 Re5 24. Bf4 Rf5 {White must now prevent ...Raf8.} 25. Qg4 Qg6 {Strongly threatening ...Qxg4.} 26. Bg3 {The position is equal.} Rxa2 27. Rfe1 Ra8 28. Re7 Qxg4 (28... b6 {seems wilder.} 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Rd7 Ra3 31. Re1 Nd2) 29. hxg4 Rf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Rxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} b6 32. Rd7+ Kf8 33. f4 Ra3 34. Rd3 Ra7 35. f5 h6 36. Bf4 Ke8 37. g5 hxg5 38. Bxg5 Rd7 39. Rxd7 Kxd7 {KB-KN} 40. f6 gxf6 41. Bxf6 Ke6 42. Bg7 Kf7 43. Bh6 Nd6 {White should prevent ...Ne4.} 44. Bf4 Nb5 45. Bd2 Nd6 46. Bf4 Nb5 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Suarez Uriel, Adrian"]
[Black "Jeet, Jain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,152,14,15,5,21,15,29,26,48,34,44,43,46,25,28,29,43,37,34,15,20,15,38,18,27,17,20,20,34,10,20,0,0,0,10,13,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-44,-52,-94,-96,-98,-102,-470,-466,-446,-442,-377,-222,-157,-83,-93,-82,-156,-73,-82,-91,-193,-183,-433,-415,-1014,-151,-151,-151,-151,-151,-151,-151,-151,-87,-216,-8,-183,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd2 {8.a3 is setting a new trend. C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nc3 {[#] White has an edge.} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qd7 11. Nd5 Rae8 12. a4 Bd8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Re1 d5 {½-½ (67) Blomqvist,E (2539)-Bacrot,E (2679) chess.com INT 2020}) 11. Bd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Nb6 13. Qe2 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qg4 Bf6 17. a4 Qc8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qxc8 Rfxc8 20. g4 h6 21. b3 Re8 22. Ba5 Ra7 23. Bb4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re2 25. Ra8+ Kh7 26. Rc8 Rxc2 27. Bxd6 $1 Rc3 28. Rxc7 Rxd3 29. Bf4 g5 30. Rc6 Kg7 31. Bc7 Rxb3 32. Ba5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Kf1 $17) 32... Ra3 $19 33. Bd2 Ra2 34. Bb4 Ra4 (34... Rb2 $142 35. Ba3 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 b4) 35. Bd2 d3 ({Black should play} 35... Ra1+ $1 36. Kg2 Ra2) 36. d6 $17 Rc4 37. Ra6 ({White should try} 37. Rb6) 37... Rd4 (37... b4 $142 38. d7 Rd4) 38. Rb6 Rd5 39. Kg2 (39. Kf1 $17) 39... Be5 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Bf4.} 40. Kf3 $2 {[#]} (40. Kf1) 40... Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4d2][%mdl 512]} 41. Ke4 (41. Bc3+ $142 f6 42. Rb7+ Kg8 43. Rb8+ Kf7 44. Rb7+ Kg6 45. Ke4) (41. Bxf4 gxf4) 41... Rxd6 $2 (41... Bxd2 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 42. Kxd5 Bc1) 42. Bc3+ f6 43. Rxd6 Bxd6 44. Kxd3 $17 {KB-KB} Kf7 $1 45. Bd2 Bc5 (45... Ke6 $142 46. Bc1 Kd5) 46. f4 {[#]} (46. f3 $17) 46... Ke6 $2 (46... gxf4 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Bd6.} 47. Bxf4 Kg6) 47. f5+ $2 {[#]} (47. Ke4 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 47... Kd5 $2 (47... Ke5 $1 $19 48. Bc1 (48. Bc3+ $2 Kf4 $19) 48... Bd4) 48. Bc3 $11 {The position is equal.} Be7 49. Bb2 Kc6 50. Bd4 Kb7 51. Ke4 {Strongly threatening Kd5.} Kc6 52. Kd3 Bd8 53. Bb2 Kc5 54. Ba3+ b4 55. Bb2 Kb5 56. Kd4 Kc6 57. Kc4 Be7 58. Bd4 Kc7 59. Be3 Kc6 60. Bd4 Kc7 61. Kd5 Kd7 62. Ba1 Bd8 63. Bb2 Be7 64. Bd4 b3 {...Ba3 is the strong threat.} 65. Kc4 Kc6 66. Kxb3 Kd5 67. Bc3 Ke4 68. Kc4 Kf3 69. Kd5 {Black must now prevent Ke6.} Kg3 70. Ke6 Bc5 71. Bxf6 Kxh3 72. Be5 Kxg4 73. f6 h5 74. f7 {Intending Bd6 and mate.} Bf8 $1 75. Bd6 Bg7 76. Be5 Bf8 {White happily takes the draw. Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.26"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,37,2,12,-10,-2,-13,11,18,13,2,20,18,19,12,17,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-4,0,-12,-12,-33]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 b6 5. e3 Be7 6. h3 O-O $1 {The main line 6...0-0 scores better than 6...Bb7.} 7. Nbd2 d6 {[#] The position is equal.} 8. e4 $146 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} ({Predecessor:} 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Re8 11. Bh2 Bf8 12. Re1 Qc8 13. Qb1 Ba6 14. Bb5 Rd8 15. Rc1 Bb7 {1-0 (52) Wen,Y (2605)-Wan,Y (2486) Shenzhen 2017}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qe2 Nc7 {[%cal Ba6c7,Bc7e8,Be8f6][%mdl 32]} 12. O-O Qd7 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. Rc3 Nce8 15. a4 Qb7 16. Bg5 Bf8 17. Ne1 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rg3 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,66,31,28,29,39,0,1,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-29,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-5,-31,-21,-36,-48,-48,-45,-35,-39,-48,-33,-33,-11,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} Be6 {[#]} 11. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ba4 Nd7 12. Nf1 Nb6 13. Bc2 d5 14. Ne3 f5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bb3 Kh7 17. d4 e4 {0-1 (53) Thipsay,B (2093)-Michelle,C (2226) Managiri 2019}) 11... exd4 12. cxd4 {[#] Hoping for d5.} Bxb3 13. Qxb3 a5 14. a3 Nd7 15. d5 Nc5 (15... a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 16. Qc2 Ncb8 $11) 16. Qc2 Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Nd7 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Rab1 Qa4 22. Qxa4 Nxa4 23. b4 Nc3 24. Bxc3 Bxc3 25. Re3 axb4 26. axb4 Bf6 27. b5 b6 28. Rc1 Re7 29. Rc4 {The position is equal.} Ra2 30. Rb3 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Ra2 32. Kg1 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Ra2 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.26"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,112,-40,-40,-43,-56,-52,-56,-64,-72,-75,-59,-98,-88,-94,-86,-92,-89,-85,-66,-63,-63,-64,-71,-71,-71,-71,-74,-74,-75,-103,-103,-103,-101,-104,-102,-112,-106,-107,-114,-116,-89,-85,-88,-81,-79,-88,-81,-81,-81,-97,-79,-79,-74,-87,-71,-208,-208,-219,-219,-205,-220,-209,-118,-114,-121,-297,-347,-326,-339,-370,-350,-370,-369,-330,-327,-287,-384,-370,-320,-306,-304,-422,-389,-471,-470,-448,-405,-419,-420,-1027,-1193,-1238,-1080,-1417,-1410,-1365,-1374,-1349,-1336,-1265,-1168,-1097,-986,-29997,-29998]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. a3 Nc6 {[#]} 4. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Ng3 b6 8. h4 h5 9. Nd5 e6 10. Nf4 {1-0 (36) Aflalo,S (2091)-Roxo,A (1837) Lisbon 2019}) 4... Nf6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nge2 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 {Black is slightly better.} Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qf5 10. b4 O-O 11. bxc5 Bxc3 ({Much worse is} 11... Qxc5 12. Bb2 $11) 12. dxc3 Rd8 13. Qb3 Ne5 {[%mdl 1024] Hoping for ...Be6. Black has strong compensation.} 14. c4 Bd7 {White must now prevent ...Bc6.} 15. Be2 Bc6 16. O-O {[#]} Qe4 $1 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Re4g2][%mdl 512]} 17. f3 Qxh4 18. Qc3 Qg3 {Threatens to win with ...Ng4!} 19. Qe1 Qxe1 20. Rxe1 Nd3 21. Bxd3 Rxd3 22. e4 Rad8 23. Bb2 h5 24. Rac1 Kh7 25. Bc3 g5 26. Kf2 Kg6 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. Kxe3 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} h4 29. a4 f6 30. a5 a6 31. Be1 e5 32. Ke2 {[#]} (32. Bc3 $17) 32... f5 $1 $19 33. exf5+ Kxf5 34. Bd2 e4 {...exf3+ is the strong threat.} 35. Be3 Kg6 (35... exf3+ $19 36. gxf3 h3) 36. f4 $17 g4 37. Bf2 $2 (37. Rf1 $17 {might work better.}) 37... g3 $19 38. Be3 Kf5 39. Rh1 Kg4 40. f5 Rf8 41. Rd1 Rxf5 42. Rd6 {[#]} h3 $1 {[%cal Rh3h2] aiming for ...h2.} 43. Rg6+ Kh4 44. gxh3 Kxh3 45. Rh6+ Kg2 46. Rh4 Rf1 47. Rh7 Rb1 48. Bd4 Rb3 49. Re7 (49. Be5 $142 Ra3 50. Rg7) 49... Ra3 50. Rg7 Rxa5 51. Be5 Ra2+ 52. Ke1 Ra3 53. Rg8 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 54. Ke2 a4 55. Ra8 Rd3 56. Ra5 Bd7 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.26"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Colin, Vincent"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,117,67,73,14,20,-9,0,-16,13,-33,25,0,19,-14,0,0,9,-1,18,-15,-18,-24,-14,0,0,0,25,16,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,0,-4,0,-8,-18,-12,-19,-9,156,156,156,152,165,165,165,165,191,157,256,251,252,252,252,251,252,251,251,251,282,227,220,216,195,191,277,271,265,317,254,72,87,89,472,466,1200,1042,985,640,1203,754,775,755,764,695,682,724,631,607,505,466,29961,470,29973,29971,29975,29976,29996,29988,29988,29973]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 c6 5. O-O Bf5 6. b4 {B01: Scandinavian Defence.} (6. Nh4 $16) 6... e6 {[#]} 7. b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. a3 Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Bf3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. g3 {0-1 (33) Rojo Lynch,E (1911)-Munoz,F (1934) Buenos Aires 2012}) 7... Be7 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Qd8 9. Nh4 Bg6 (9... a6 $15) 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Rb1 Qc7 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rc7h2]} 12. g3 O-O 13. Bf3 Nbd7 14. Qe2 cxb5 15. Rxb5 Rab8 16. a4 Rfc8 17. Re1 b6 18. Rb1 Qc4 19. Bb2 Qxe2 20. Bxe2 Bb4 21. Nb5 Bxd2 22. Red1 Ba5 23. Nxa7 Rxc2 24. Bb5 Rb7 25. Nc6 Bc3 26. Ba3 Nd5 27. Rbc1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bf6 $2 (28... N7f6 $11) 29. Ba6 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra6b7][%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Rc7 30. Bd6 Nc5 ({Don't blunder} 30... Bg5 $2 31. f4) 31. Bxc7 Nxc7 {[#]} 32. Bb5 $1 g5 33. Na7 {aiming for a5!} Bd4 (33... Nxb5 $16 {was worth a try.} 34. axb5 (34. Nxb5 Nxa4 35. Rc8+ Kh7 $16) 34... Ne4) 34. Rc4 e5 35. Nc6 Nxb5 36. axb5 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} Ne6 37. Kg2 f6 38. Ra4 Bc5 39. Ra7 g4 40. f3 gxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Kh7 (41... Ng5+ $142 42. Kg4 Nf7) 42. Ke4 Ng5+ 43. Kd5 Nf3 44. Nb8 $2 (44. h4 $18 {is more deadly.}) 44... Nd4 $16 45. Kc4 Nc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for Black.} (45... Nf5 $16) 46. Nd7 $18 Na3+ {[#]} (46... Bg1 $142 47. Nxf6+ Kg6) 47. Rxa3 $1 Bxa3 48. Nxb6 {KB-KN} e4 49. Nc8 Bb2 50. Nd6 Kg6 51. b6 {And now b7 would win.} e3 {White must now prevent ...Be5.} 52. b7 e2 53. b8=Q {White wants to mate with Qe8+.} e1=Q 54. Qxb2 Qf1+ (54... Qa5 $18 55. Qd4 Kh7 56. Qe4+ Kh8) 55. Kc5 (55. Kd5 $142 Qf3+ 56. Ke6 Qe3+ 57. Kd7 Kh7 58. Qb7 g6 59. Kd8+ Kh6 60. Qd7) 55... Qg1+ (55... Kh5 $18 56. Qc2 Kg4) 56. Kd5 {White mates.} Kg5 57. Qe2 f5 58. h4+ Kg6 59. Qe6+ {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.26"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Jeet, Jain"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,131,0,0,0,0,4,12,45,20,22,16,21,12,20,0,28,0,19,-10,56,47,56,37,51,54,50,40,36,18,51,47,59,50,46,8,75,0,0,0,0,-17,-17,-22,-34,-49,12,16,24,31,32,0,7,7,47,48,77,75,81,74,157,152,154,57,141,143,226,254,267,274,348,148,155,125,196,188,213,214,208,201,283,215,286,195,201,126,220,216,331,262,314,328,334,325,266,256,388,388,387,339,405,398,749,747,739,732,697,697,710,628,1185,1135,993,978,29959,29960,11106,6110,1535,1473]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O a6 {B34: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: sidelines.} 9. Bg5 b5 10. a3 h6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bh4 d6 12. f4 Bb7 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. Bf3 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nd7 15. Qe2 Nb6 16. Nd1 Nc4 17. c3 a5 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 b4 20. Bf2 bxc3 21. Nxc3 {0-1 (51) Onischuk,V (2427)-Efimenko,Z (2612) Poltava 2006}) 15. Qd2 (15. e5 $5 Nh7 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. a4 $14) 15... Nh7 16. Nd1 g5 (16... a5 $11) 17. fxg5 $14 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. Qxg5 e6 20. Qh5 Ne5 21. Ne3 Ng6 22. c3 Qh4 23. Qxh4 Nxh4 24. Rad1 Red8 (24... Nxf3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 25. gxf3 Red8) 25. Rd3 (25. Bh5 $16 Ng6 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Nd4) 25... Nxf3 $11 26. gxf3 Kf8 27. a4 bxa4 28. Na5 Ba8 29. Nac4 Rc6 (29... Rb8 $15) 30. Ra1 Ke7 31. Rxa4 Bh6 32. Rb4 Rh8 33. Nb6 Bg5 34. Nxa8 {Strongly threatening Rb7+.} Rxa8 35. Rb7+ Kf6 36. Ng2 a5 (36... Bh6 $142) 37. f4 $16 Bh6 {[#]} 38. Rxd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd6 (38... Rc4 $1 $14) 39. e5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6 (39... Kf5 $16 40. exd6 Ra6) 40. exd6 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8 41. d7 Kf6 {[#]} 42. Kg1 (42. c4 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 42... Ke7 $16 43. Kf2 Kd6 (43... Rxd7 $16 {is a better defense.} 44. Rxd7+ Kxd7) 44. Ra7 $18 Kc6 {Hoping for ...Kb6.} 45. Rxa5 Rxd7 46. Ke2 Rd8 (46... Kd6 $142 47. Rh5 Bg7) 47. Ra7 Rf8 48. b4 Kb6 49. Ra2 Kb5 (49... Rh8 $16) 50. Ra5+ Kc4 (50... Kb6 {was called for.} 51. c4 Rd8) 51. Rc5+ Kb3 52. b5 Bg7 53. c4 Bd4 54. Rc6 Kb4 (54... Kc3 $142 55. h4 Ra8) 55. Ne3 Bc5 56. Ng4 Rh8 57. b6 Rb8 $2 (57... Bxb6 58. Rxb6+ Kc5) 58. Ne5 {Threatens to win with Rxc5!} Bxb6 59. Nd7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rh8 60. Nxb6 Rxh2+ {KRN-KR} 61. Kf3 Kc3 62. Rd6 Kb4 63. Nd7 Kxc4 64. Ne5+ Kc5 65. Nxf7 Rh3+ 66. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.27"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,37,24,23,20,37,4,14,12,13,0,13,0,0,9,37,36,32,0,0,0,25,25,68,4]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxg6 {The position is equal.} hxg6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Kb1 a6 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. Bd3 Na5 16. Qa4 {[#] Black must now prevent Nxd5!} (16. Nxd5 $5 Qxc1+ 17. Bxc1 Nxb3 18. Nc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 19. Nxa8 $14) 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 {[#]} dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qxc4 18. Qxc4 dxc4 19. e4 b5 20. Be3 Bd6 21. f4 Bb4 22. Nd1 f5 23. b3 cxb3 24. axb3 {0-1 (38) Krasenkow,M (2611)-Poetsch,H (2522) Groningen 2019}) 18. d5 O-O-O 19. e4 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 69%.} ({White should try} 19. dxe6 $1 $14 Nb6 20. Qc2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.27"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Jeet, Jain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,74,11,22,22,22,18,26,22,21,18,25,20,8,-18,-30,-14,19,25,42,31,204,214,182,180,183,133,188,118,315,170,214,206,210,204,202,180,173,127,137,144,137,129,171,184,184,150,148,135,448,449,448,25,277,0,427,410,29997,29998,29998,0,29998]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 Be6 9. Bd3 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O {White has an edge.} Nc6 12. Rc1 d4 13. Nce4 Be7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Nd5 16. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7]} g6 17. Qh6 $40 {[%mdl 128] [#] Threatens to win with Nh5! White mounts an attack.} Nxf4 $146 {[#]} ({Black should try} 17... f5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 17... Qe7 18. Nh5 f5 19. Bd6 Qf7 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 dxe3 23. fxe3 Bxa2 {1-0 (49) Lutz,C (2591)-Zumsande,M (2315) Bad Zwesten 2000}) 18. Rh5 $1 $18 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rh6h7][%mdl 512]} Re8 ({Weaker is} 18... Nxh5 19. Nxh5 Qf6 20. Nxf6+ Kh8 21. Qxh7#) 19. exf4 Qf6 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. Rb5 (21. Rg5 $18) 21... Qxf4 $2 (21... Qg7 $16 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7) 22. Rxb7 (22. Ne4 $142 a6 23. g3 (23. Rxb7 Qe5 $18)) 22... Qf6 23. f4 {aiming for f5!} Qg7 {[#]} 24. Qh4 $1 Bd5 25. f5 g5 {[#]} 26. f6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh4 27. fxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nh5+ Kh6 29. Nf6 Ne5 30. Nxd5 ({Don't take} 30. Nxe8 $6 Bxb7 31. Rf6+ Ng6 $16) 30... Nxd3 31. Rbxf7 Rad8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Re1 $16 {is tougher.}) 32. R1f6+ Kh5 33. Rf5+ $2 (33. Ne7 $18 {White wants to mate with Rh7+.} Rxe7 34. Rxe7) 33... Kh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Kg6 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 34. R5f6+ Kg5) 34. R5f6+ (34. Ne7 $142 {R5f6+ would kill now.} Rd6 35. Rf3 Rxe7 36. Rxe7 Nxb2 37. Re2) 34... Kh5 $1 {Hoping for ...Re1+.} 35. Ne7 Nxb2 (35... Rxe7 $18 36. Rxe7 Kg5) 36. Rh7+ Kg5 37. Rhf7 $2 (37. Rf5+ {mates} Kg4 38. Rg7#) 37... Nd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 51%.} (37... Rxe7 $11 38. Rf5+ Kg6 39. R5f6+ Kg5 40. Rf5+ Kg6 41. R5f6+ Kg5) 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.27"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Colin, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,38,13,20,16,10,6,49,47,54,49,41,41,80,0,30,0,5,-4,0,0,0,-26,-26,-44,-47]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Qc2 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 9. b4 {[#] D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3.} dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Bb2 Rfc8 13. c5 a5 14. cxb6 Nxb6 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Nd2 Nfd7 {0-1 (48) Shen,Y (2475)-Kretchetov,A (2234) Las Vegas 2014}) 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} a5 12. bxa5 Qxa5 13. Bd2 Qa3 14. Bc1 Qa5 15. Nd2 Na6 {[#] aiming for ...Nb4.} 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. a3 e5 18. Ne4 exd4 {...Ng4 is the strong threat.} 19. exd4 Be6 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.27"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Duboue, Peio"]
[Black "Dalaud, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,65,23,29,36,21,33,24,19,15,21,4,16,8,8,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,12,11,28,26,23,23,21,22,32,32,34,11,20,14,14,13,20,17,15,13,20,13,13,13,65,70,59,70,127,133,289,285,393,393]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Be3 cxd4 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nxf5 Qxf5 {White has an edge.} 9. Bd3 Qd5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...0-0-0.} 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Be2 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 13. Bxd1 Nd5 14. Bd2 e6 {[#]} 15. Kf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Be2 Be7 16. g3 Rd8 17. Be1 Nb6 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. a4 Nd3 20. a5 Na8 21. Nc4 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 {½-½ (38) Tiviakov,S (2588)-Smith,B (2453) Zagreb 2016}) 15... Be7 16. Ke2 e5 (16... Rd8 {is more complex.} 17. a4 a6 18. g3 h5 19. Bc2 g5) 17. a4 Nf4+ 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Bb3 f6 20. Nd2 Bc5 21. Nc4 Kc7 22. Bc2 Re8+ 23. Kf3 Ne5+ 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bxh7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rh5 26. Be4 Rxh2 27. Rd1 b6 28. Bf5 {[#] Threatens to win with Rd7+.} Rh5 ({Better is} 28... Bd6 $11) 29. Bg4 $14 Rg5 30. Rd7+ Kc6 (30... Kb8 $1 $14) 31. Rxa7 $16 Bd6 $2 (31... f5 $16) 32. Bd7+ $18 Kd5 33. Rb7 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 75%.} 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.27"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,76,0,0,0,0,-18,-12,-11,-10,-18,-26,-81,-78,-77,-78,-82,-80,-167,-120,-115,-117,-133,-133,-139,-131,-194,-185,-192,-178,-184,-181,-167,-150,-157,-137,-135,-144,-140,-106,-157,-145,-157,-168,-214,-83,-127,-114,-164,-108,-204,-216,-439,-438,-417,-398,-514,-500,-896,-898,-889,-881,-888,-879,-1370,-1360]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. O-O {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} Bb7 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 {The position is equal.} Nd7 11. f4 Be7 {[#]} 12. Qh5 $146 (12. a4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qc2 f6 14. Nf3 c5 15. Bh3 f5 16. exf5 exf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. dxc5 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 {½-½ (44) Paunovic,D (2495)-Korneev,O (2671) Seville 2006}) 12... O-O $17 13. f5 exf5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bh3 (15. Qxf5 $17 {was called for.} Qxf5 16. Rxf5) 15... Qd8 {Strongly threatening ...c5.} ({Don't do} 15... g6 16. Qh6 $17) 16. Rxf5 Bc8 {[#] And now ...g6 would win.} 17. Rf3 Bxh3 18. Qxh3 Qc8 19. Qh5 (19. Qxc8 $17 {is a better defense.} Raxc8 20. Kg2) 19... Qe6 $19 20. Rf4 g6 21. Qe2 f5 22. Qc2 Bd6 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Rf2 c5 25. d5 Qe1+ 26. Rf1 (26. Kg2 $142 f4 27. Bxf4 Qxa1 28. Rf1 Qxf1+ 29. Kxf1) 26... Qe4 $17 27. Qg2 Be5 28. Bd2 Qxg2+ (28... Rad8 $19 29. Bh6 Bxc3 30. Qxe4 fxe4 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Bxf8 Bxa1 33. Bxc5 a5) 29. Kxg2 Rad8 30. Bh6 Rf7 (30... Bxc3 $19 31. Rab1 Bg7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Rxb5 Rxd5) 31. Rad1 (31. Rab1 $17) 31... Bxc3 $19 32. d6 $2 {[#]} (32. Be3 {was the only defense.}) 32... Bd4 33. Rde1 c3 34. Re7 b4 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Rfe1 (35. Rc7 $142 a5 36. Kf3) 35... Rxe7 36. dxe7 Re8 37. g4 Kf7 38. Bf8 c4 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.28"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Duboue, Peio"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,96,61,69,53,74,19,138,66,58,60,75,38,79,65,79,79,101,92,100,96,86,53,86,65,78,43,62,52,35,23,33,0,0,0,0,0,47,13,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29980,29981,29981,29982,29995]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Bb6 9. O-O d6 10. Na3 {C45: Scotch Game.} Bd7 11. f4 {[#]} (11. Nc4 $16) 11... d5 $146 {[#]} (11... Nxd4 $11 {remains equal.} 12. Bxd4 Rad8) ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Nc2 Qe7 14. d5 Bxe3+ 15. Nxe3 Nd8 16. Re1 f6 17. Rc1 Rc8 {½-½ (63) Federzoni,E (2118)-Cordeiro,M (2217) Florianopolis 2020}) 12. exd5 (12. Ndc2 $1 $16) 12... Nxd4 $14 13. Bxd4 Nf5 {[%cal Rf5d4]} 14. Bf2 (14. Bxb6 {seems wilder.} Qxb6+ 15. Rf2 Qc5 16. Qd3 Rfe8 17. Bh3) 14... Rae8 15. Nc4 Bb5 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Re8 19. Qd1 Nd6 20. Bd4 Qg6 21. b3 h5 22. Bf3 h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 23. Bh5 Qh6 24. Be5 hxg3 25. hxg3 Ne4 26. Qf3 Nd2 (26... Nf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6h5]} 27. g4 Bd7 $14) 27. Qh1 Bd3 (27... Rxe5 {with more complications.} 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qxh6 Nf3+ 30. Kf2 gxh6 31. fxe5 Nxe5 32. Ke3 Ke7) 28. Rd1 (28. Re1 {keeps more tension.} Be4 29. Qh2 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Qxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Bxf3 32. c4) 28... Rxe5 $1 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qxh6 gxh6 31. fxe5 Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 32. Kf2 Nxe5 33. Ke3 Bf5 34. c4 Kf6 35. Rf1 h5 36. Kd4 Nd3 37. Rxf5+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Kxf5 38. Kxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame b4 is the strong threat. KP-KP} Kg4 39. b4 Kxg3 {Strongly threatening ...h4.} 40. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b6]} bxc5 41. bxc5 {K3P-K3P} h4 {White must now prevent ...h3.} 42. d6 cxd6 43. cxd6 {KPP-KPP} h3 {Threatens to win with ...h2.} 44. d7 h2 45. d8=Q {Intending Qc7+ and mate.} h1=Q {And now ...Qd1+ would win.} 46. Qg5+ Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Kf3 $11) 47. Qe3+ Kf1 48. Qc1+ Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 79%.} 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,20,13,7,7,0,1]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O Nf6 8. d4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6.} 10. e3 O-O {[#] An uneventful encounter.} {Predecessor:} 11. Qe2 $146 Rc8 12. Rd1 Qd7 13. Bd2 Rfd8 14. Be1 Ne8 15. Rac1 f5 16. Bg2 Nf6 17. Na4 {0-1 (35) Rapport,R (2747)-Carlsen,M (2882) Saint Louis 2019} 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.28"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Colin, Vincent"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,11,15,21,36,18,1,30,39,40,80,40,35,47,52,24,25,16,31,16,47,56,57,29,24,10,13,21,12,0,0,0,0,-9,-10,-6,-18,-96,0,-38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-58,-58,-140,0,-365,-241,-204,-189,-164,-31,-1047,-1029,-1745,-237,-229,0,-1033,0,-231,-231,-302,-260,-29990,-29991,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3.} g6 7. e5 Bg7 8. Re1 {The position is equal.} Nh6 9. Be4 {[#]} Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. d3 d6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. h3 Nf5 13. Bf4 h6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Ne4 Qb6 {1-0 (41) Safarli,E (2601)-Ismagambetov,A (2528) Moscow 2019}) 10. d3 d6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Nxd4 (12. Nd5 {is more complex.} O-O 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Nd2 Qd8 15. c3) 12... cxd4 13. Nd5 O-O 14. a4 e6 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bxh6 (16. Bd2 {with more complications.} Qd8 17. a5 Be6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Qf3) 16... Bxh6 17. a5 Be6 18. Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6a8]} Rab8 19. Qf3 Bd2 20. Re2 $1 {[%cal Re2d2]} Bxa5 21. Rxa5 {And now Nc4 would win.} Qxb6 22. Rxe5 Qxb2 {( -> ...Qc1+)} 23. g4 (23. h4 $11) 23... Rbc8 (23... b5 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Rbc8.} 24. Kg2 Rbc8) 24. c4 $1 $15 Qc1+ 25. Kg2 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Rxb5 Qd1 {aiming for ...Rc1.} 28. Kg3 ({Better is} 28. h3 $11) 28... Rc3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 29. Rb4 {[#]} (29. Rbb2 $15) 29... Rd8 (29... h5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 30. h3 (30. gxh5 Rc5) 30... Kg7) 30. Qf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. h3 $11) 30... Qg1+ 31. Bg2 Rxd3+ 32. f3 Rf8 (32... Rc8 $1 $19 33. Qf4 h6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Rxe6 fxe6) 33. h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Qe5 $15) 33... Bd5 $1 $19 34. Kf4 Qc1+ $2 (34... Rc3 35. Kg5 {[#]} Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qxd4 Qh2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 35. Kg3 Qg1 $2 (35... Re3 36. Qf4 Qc3) 36. Kf4 $1 Qc1+ $2 (36... h6 {[%cal Rg1h2]} 37. Kg3 Bxf3 38. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 39. Kxf3 d3) 37. Kg3 Re3 38. Reb2 Qg1 39. Kf4 $2 (39. Rb1 $19 Re1 40. R1b2 Bxf3 41. Qxd4) 39... Re6 40. Qxd4 Qh2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.28"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,113,25,14,16,12,8,2,27,20,26,47,50,71,71,114,111,94,97,85,33,62,52,55,33,40,29,25,26,28,19,10,22,31,31,21,20,38,28,37,32,35,31,28,23,37,23,25,14,16,10,16,8,11,10,21,21,21,17,50,58,61,54,85,81,121,110,183,119,127,118,156,117,162,162,150,155,156,166,150,151,162,155,151,151,197,186,196,200,250,231,227,235,252,251,401,434,345,351,407,537,514,501,763,527]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6.} exd5 8. Nh4 Qd7 9. Nc3 {The position is equal.} O-O {[#]} 10. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a4 c5 11. d4 Ne4 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Na3 Bf6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nc4 {1-0 (26) Hillebrand,C (2040)-Lochte,S (1934) Bad Woerishofen 2013}) 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 {Strongly threatening e5.} Bc5 13. e5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Ng4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 15. Ne4 (15. f4 $16) 15... Nxe5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Rd5 f6 18. Rxc5 Na6 19. Rc3 Rfd8 20. Bf4 Nd3 $1 {[#] ...g5 is the strong threat.} 21. Bxc7 Rd5 22. Nf3 Nxb2 23. Bf4 Nd3 24. Be3 Nac5 25. Rb1 a6 26. Nd4 Re8 27. h3 h6 28. Ra3 Re4 29. Ne2 Rc4 30. Rc3 Rxc3 31. Nxc3 Rd6 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Rc8 Nd7 34. Rc7 N3e5 35. Ne4 Rc6 36. Ra7 f5 37. Nd2 {And now f4 would win.} Nf6 38. Nb3 {aiming for Nd4.} Kg6 (38... Nh5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 39. Nc5 (39. Nd4 $18 Rc4 40. Ne6 (40. Rxa6 Nd3 $16)) 39... Nc4 $16 40. Bd4 a5 41. Nd3 Kh7 42. Ne5 Rd6 43. Bc3 Nd2 44. Nf7 Rd5 45. Rxa5 Nb1 46. Rxd5 Nxd5 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 47. Bb2 Nbc3 48. a3 Na4 49. Bd4 Ndc3 50. Bxc3 Nxc3 {KN-KN} 51. Ne5 g5 52. Nd7 Na4 (52... Kg7 $142 53. Nb6 Kf8) 53. Kf3 Kg7 54. Ke3 Kf7 55. Kd4 Ke7 56. Nc5 Nb2 (56... Nb6 $142 57. Ke5 f4 58. gxf4 Nc4+ 59. Kd5 Nxa3 60. fxg5 hxg5) 57. Nd3 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "19th Rochefort Open 2020"]
[Site "Rochefort"]
[Date "2020.02.28"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Jolly, Jean-Francois"]
[Black "Martin Duque, Jesus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,128,22,22,24,22,25,25,25,14,14,14,17,11,13,0,5,0,47,31,42,42,31,29,31,33,48,0,42,43,55,40,40,50,47,48,54,47,80,62,66,74,182,173,172,78,49,41,53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,40,31,62,22,70,55,209,66,75,75,64,29,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-12,-17,0,0,-6,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-12829,-12828,-12841,-12842,-12845,-12842,-12844,-12845,-12845,-12845,-12846,-12846]} 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 Nc5 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4.} 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Be3 Nfd7 {[#] White has an edge.} 20. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Rf1 Bf6 21. Nh2 h5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ne2 Bg7 24. Nf3 Qe7 25. Bg5 Bf6 26. Be3 {1-0 (67) Zhigalko,S (2625)-Kelires,A (2523) Batumi 2018}) 20... h5 ({Don't go for} 20... Bxh4 $2 21. Nxh4 Qe7 22. Nf3 $18) 21. Ng5 Bf8 22. Rf1 Bg7 23. f3 Qc7 24. Nh1 f6 25. Nh3 $1 Nb6 {[%cal Rb6a4]} 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. g4 Bc8 29. Qg2 Qd7 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 30. N3f2 Ra2 31. gxh5 $1 gxh5 32. Ng3 Qf7 33. Nd1 Nba4 34. Bc1 Nd3 35. Bxd3 $1 cxd3 36. Kh1 Qg6 (36... Nc5 $16) 37. Rg1 $18 Kh7 {[#]} 38. Nxh5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg2+ $16 (38... Qxh5 39. Qxg7#) 39. Rxg2 Bh8 {White must now prevent ...Ra1.} 40. Be3 ({White should play} 40. Nf2 $14) 40... Ra1 $11 41. Rg1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rb1 42. b4 f5 43. exf5 $1 Bb7 44. Ng3 Bxd5 45. Ne4 Bg7 46. Kh2 Bb3 $2 (46... Ra1 $14) 47. Ndf2 (47. f6 $18 Bf8 48. f7 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Bxf7 49. Ng5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 50. Ne6+ Kh8 51. Nxf8) 47... Rxg1 $14 48. Kxg1 d5 49. Ng5+ (49. Nc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5b3]} Bc2 50. Nd7 $16 (50. Ncxd3 Nxc3 51. Bg5 e4 $11) (50. Nfxd3 Nxc5 51. Nxc5 Bxf5 $14)) 49... Kg8 50. Nxd3 Nxc3 51. Ne6 Bc2 52. Nxg7 {Hoping for Ne1.} Bxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 53. f6 Kf7 54. Bg5 d4 55. f4 exf4 {And now ...Ne4 would win.} 56. Nh5 f3 {Threatens to win with ...Ne4.} 57. Kf2 Be4 {Strongly threatening ...Nd1+.} 58. Ng3 Bd5 59. Nf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59. h5 $11) 59... Ne4+ $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack. Black is clearly winning.} 60. Kg1 f2+ 61. Kh2 Kg6 62. Kh3 Bc4 63. Kg2 Bxf1+ 64. Kxf1 d3 {Never resign too early! Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

