[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Harsha Bharathakoti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,89,41,40,50,51,29,28,14,17,27,20,16,21,0,8,-11,-15,-10,8,8,8,10,10,14,12,11,11,11,19,22,41,39,31,30,33,33,39,37,45,42,36,41,63,50,57,64,61,58,120,104,115,106,106,111,108,110,108,58,176,175,264,285,258,274,313,263,415,433,549,544,546,541,563,540,662,668,1099,1001,29983,29984,29992,29993]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bf4 c6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 (5... Bg7 6. Bh6 Bxh6 7. Qxh6 Qa5 8. Bd3 c5 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxb5 Rb8 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. O-O Rxb2 14. e5 Qxc3 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Rab1 Rb6 {1-0 (25) Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) chess.com INT 2018}) 6. Nf3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} Qa5 7. e5 (7. Bd3 {with more complications.} e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Be3 h6 10. h3) 7... dxe5 8. dxe5 {White has an edge.} Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Ng4 9. Ne4 Qxd2+ 10. Nexd2 Bg7 11. Nc4 b5 12. h3 Nxf2 13. Kxf2 bxc4 14. Bxc4 {½-½ (46) Hamdouchi,H (2520)-Marin,M (2548) Sitges 1999}) 9. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 10. Bxd2 cxd5 11. O-O-O e6 $1 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Kb1 Nb6 17. Ng5 Be7 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. Bh6 Rg8 20. h4 Rc8 21. g3 Rc6 22. Rd3 b5 23. Rf3 Rc4 24. Re1 b4 25. Bg5 Rc6 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kxc1 h5 28. Kc2 Rf8 (28... a5 $14) 29. Kb3 $16 Kd7 30. Bh6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rh8 31. Bd2 Rf8 32. Bg5 Bxg5 33. hxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ke7 ({Black should play} 33... Kc6 $1 $14) 34. Nd6 Nb6 (34... a6 {was necessary.} 35. Ka4 Nb6+ 36. Kxb4 Nd7) 35. Kxb4 $18 Nd7 36. Nc4 Rb8+ 37. Ka5 Nc5 (37... Rb7 $142 38. Rc3 Nb8) 38. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Ne4 {[#]} 39. Nd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxg5 (39... Nxd6 40. exd6+) 40. Rc3 Kd7 41. f4 Nh3 42. b5 g5 43. Ka6 g4 44. Kxa7 Rh8 45. b6 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Stany, G.A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,79,27,14,52,52,43,50,62,62,68,60,58,53,72,59,59,55,79,81,91,92,84,90,90,89,303,316,312,300,812,813,790,754,772,235,228,89,89,97,97,89,157,150,167,166,714,707,1032,1032,1022,1032,1032,1037,1022,1025,1027,1027,1026,-89,1026,1014,986,976,868,675]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 Qc7 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (9... b6 10. Rc1 e6 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. e5 Nc6 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Ne7 15. Nd2 Nd5 16. Nc4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 {½-½ (53) Korobov,A (2678)-Artemiev,V (2704) Poikovsky 2018}) 10. O-O b6 11. Qd2 Nd7 {White is slightly better.} 12. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bh6 Bb7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qe3 Nf6 15. d5 e6 16. d6 Qc6 17. e5 {½-½ (58) Najdorf,M (2515)-Franco Ocampos,Z (2360) Mar del Plata (Estadio José M 1979}) 12... Ne5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Bd3 Qd6 16. Bc4 f5 17. Bf4 Be5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Rce1 Rad8 $2 (20... b5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 21. d6+ $1 $18 (21. Rxe7 Bxd5 22. Qe2 a5 $11) 21... Kh8 22. Rxe7 Qg4 $2 (22... Qf4 23. Qxf4 Rxf4) 23. Rxb7 {White threatens Qh6 and mate.} Qxc4 24. Re1 Rf7 25. Rxf7 $2 (25. Rbe7) 25... Qxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 26. Re7 (26. h4 $18 {has better winning chances.} Qf6 27. d7) 26... Qf6 $16 27. h3 {Black must now prevent Qh6.} ({Wrong is} 27. Qh6 $2 Qxe7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. h3 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxf2 $19) 27... Rxd6 28. Qe3 $1 a5 (28... Rd1+ $142 29. Kh2 Rd8) 29. Rb7 {Intending Qe8+ and mate.} Qf8 30. Qe4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Rf6 $2 {[#]} (30... Rd8 31. Qe5+ (31. Rxb6 Re8 $16) 31... Kg8) 31. Re7 $1 $18 Qh6 32. Re8+ Rf8 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Rxf8+ ({Weaker is} 36. Qe6+ Kg7 $16) 36... Qxf8 37. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {[#]} 38. c4 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 39. f4 Ke6 40. g4 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popov, Ivan"]
[Black "Raahul V S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,79,31,34,29,69,72,69,46,71,58,72,61,86,96,93,87,90,93,92,94,195,195,202,147,157,146,197,168,169,98,85,85,95,96,100,87,169,91,86,77,136,87,138,140,253,272,407,397,372,192,435,346,708,683,862,851,1219,1203,1106,772,803,803,795,790,768,784,685,632]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Bxc6 (5. Ba4 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bc2 d6 9. d5 Na5 10. O-O Nc4 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. a4 {0-1 (48) Caruana,F (2816)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Leuven 2018}) 5... dxc6 6. d4 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} exd4 7. cxd4 Bg7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Re1 {1-0 (30) Stock,J (2203)-Hundack,R (2085) Germany 2018}) 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rad1 Qd7 14. Be5 Rad8 15. Rfe1 Qe7 16. Qc1 c5 (16... Rfe8 $16) 17. d5 $18 Bc8 18. Bh2 b6 19. e5 Ne8 (19... Ng8 $16 {was worth a try.} 20. Bg3 Bf5) 20. Ne4 Bb7 21. d6 (21. Qc4 $1 $18) 21... cxd6 $16 22. exd6 Qd7 23. Qf4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Bxb2 {[#]} (24... Nf6 $16 25. Qe2 Qb5) 25. Rb1 (25. Qb1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb1b2]} Bc3 26. Re3) 25... Bc3 26. Re3 $36 {[%mdl 3072] White has strong compensation. White has strong initiative.} Ba5 (26... Bb4 $142) 27. Qh4 {Strongly threatening Bf4.} Qf5 ({Black should try} 27... Nxd6 28. Ng5+ Kg7 29. Be5+ f6 30. Bxd6 fxg5 31. Bxf8+ Rxf8) 28. Rd1 Qf6 {[#]} (28... Ng7 $16) 29. Qa4 $1 $18 Ng7 (29... Bc3 $142 30. d7 (30. Qxa6 Ng7 $16) 30... b5) 30. Be5 Qf5 31. g4 (31. d7 $142 f6 32. g4) 31... Qc8 $2 (31... Qd7 {keeps fighting.} 32. Qxd7 Rxd7) 32. d7 Qa8 $2 (32... Qb7 33. Bf6 b5 34. Qxa5 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Qc3+ Kg8 38. Qxc5 Re8) 33. Bf6 {White is clearly winning.} Rb8 34. Be7 Rg8 35. Qf4 b5 36. Qxf7 {And now Re6 would win.} Rgf8 37. Bxf8 Rxf8 38. Qd5 Qxd5 39. Rxd5 c4 40. Nd4 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tukhaev, Adam"]
[Black "Siva Mahadevan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,90,11,5,8,3,20,0,3,0,9,10,14,13,33,14,0,0,0,-5,-15,-15,-16,-14,0,-9,4,-32,-27,-57,-50,-99,-107,-89,-57,-142,-130,-228,-225,-250,-123,-206,-131,-350,-361,-316,-275,-255,-257,-271,-264,-267,-260,-262,-257,-224,-189,-207,-179,-340,-340,-547,-548,-540,-533,-506,-513,-547,-462,-447,-460,-454,-443]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e5 6. Qd3 a6 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. c4 b5 9. Nc3 bxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qd3 {LiveBook: 17 Games} (11. Qc6+ Bd7 {½-½ (13) Jones,G (2651)-Wojtaszek,R (2738) Batumi 2018}) 11... h6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Ne1 O-O 15. Nc2 $146 Qb6 16. Ne3 Rac8 17. Rb1 Qb7 18. Bd2 Bd8 19. Ncd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bd7 21. Nc4 Be7 22. Na5 Qb6 23. b4 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 24. Rdc1 {Black should prevent Nc6!} f4 {And now ...Bf5 would win.} 25. Ra1 Bh4 26. Be1 Bf5 27. Qb3 ({Better is} 27. Qe2 $15) 27... e4 $1 $40 {[%cal Re4e3][%mdl 128] Strongly threatening ...e3. White is in trouble.} 28. Nc6 {[#]} (28. Rc6 $17 Qb5 29. a4) 28... Rce8 $1 $19 29. Qc4 e3 (29... f3 $19 {is more deadly.} 30. gxf3 Bh3) 30. Qd4 (30. f3 $17 e2+ 31. Qd4 Qxd4+ 32. Nxd4) 30... Qb7 {Threatens to win with ...Bg6.} 31. Qa7 $2 (31. f3 $17 {was the only defense.} Bf6 32. Qxf4) 31... Qxa7 32. Nxa7 exf2+ 33. Bxf2 Bf6 34. a4 Bxa1 35. Rxa1 Be4 36. b5 axb5 ({But not} 36... Bxd5 37. bxa6 f3 38. Nb5 $19) 37. Nxb5 Bxd5 38. Nc7 Re5 {Hoping for ...Bc6.} 39. a5 $2 (39. Nxd5 Rxd5 40. a5) 39... Bc6 40. a6 $2 (40. Rc1 Be4 41. a6) 40... Rc8 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Bb6 Re2 42. Rc1 Be4 43. Rc4 Bd3 {( -> ...Re1+)} 44. Rxf4 {[#]} Bxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Nxa6 {[#]} Rc6 $1 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,83,18,0,0,0,24,17,12,-8,0,-8,32,20,8,0,0,1,4,0,29,20,23,13,12,27,26,47,58,12,22,27,17,23,25,30,27,23,41,47,99,92,96,95,93,81,119,100,135,121,256,177,328,316,403,385,556,413,758,767,1281,1220,1317,1259,2198,957,29979,29981,29964,5218,29982,29983,29983,29984]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 8. Bh4 Bb6 (8... g5 9. Bg3 Bb6 10. Nbd2 g4 11. Nh4 Nh5 12. Nc4 Qg5 13. Qc1 Ne7 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. f3 {1-0 (54) Ivanchuk,V (2726)-Le,Q (2737) Huaian 2017}) 9. a4 $146 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxc6.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. Nc4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne7 12. d4 Nxe4 13. dxe5 d5 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Nd2 Nxg3 16. fxg3 {1-0 (27) Mchedlishvili,M (2626)-Michalik,P (2529) Plovdiv 2012}) 9... a6 {The position is equal.} 10. Bc4 (10. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 11. Nbd2 $11) 10... g5 11. Bg3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} Nh5 13. Re1 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Kg7 15. Bd5 Rb8 16. Nc4 Ba7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 f5 {[#] And now ...fxe4 would win.} 20. Ne3 fxe4 21. Nxg4 exf3 22. Qd3 Qd7 $1 ({Not} 22... h5 $2 23. Re6 $18) 23. gxf3 h5 (23... Rxb2 24. Qc3 $16) 24. Qd2 Rf5 25. Nh2 Re8 (25... Qf7 $14) 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qf7 28. Re4 d5 29. Re3 Qf6 30. Rd3 Kg6 (30... c5 $16) 31. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4a5][%mdl 32]} a5 $2 (31... Kg7 {might work better.} 32. g4 hxg4) 32. bxa5 $18 c5 33. dxc5 c6 (33... d4 $142 34. Rxd4 Bxc5) 34. Qc2 Kh6 (34... Re5 $142 35. Rxd5+ Kg7) 35. g4 Re5 36. gxh5 {Strongly threatening Ng4+.} Re1+ 37. Kg2 {Threatens to win with Ng4+.} Qf5 38. Ng4+ Kxh5 39. Qc3 Re7 40. Re3 (40. Rd1 $142 Rh7 41. Ne5 Kh6 42. Nxc6 Kg6 43. Rh1 g4 44. Rxh7 Kxh7 45. Nxa7) 40... d4 41. Qxd4 Bxc5 42. Qh8+ {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lalith Babu M R"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,132,44,82,20,64,61,74,62,129,107,139,41,41,41,24,25,32,16,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,22,27,4,97,92,85,98,116,102,111,68,188,157,190,80,80,-340,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,80,77,75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,301,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9. Be3 c6 {E90: Königsindisch (Klassisches System)} (9... Nc5 10. Nd2 c6 11. Be2 a4 12. h4 Qa5 13. f3 a3 14. Qc2 axb2 15. Qxb2 h5 16. g5 Nfd7 17. O-O f6 18. Kg2 Qd8 19. Nb3 fxg5 20. hxg5 {½-½ (67) Nepomniachtchi,I (2757)-Grischuk,A (2766) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. Be2 Rc8 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. Weiß steht etwas besser.} 12. g5 $146 (12. h4 $16) ({Vorgänger:} 12. a3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nc5 14. a4 Ne8 15. h4 f5 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. h5 {0-1 (31) Simantsev,M (2500)-Alikulov,E (2355) Cheliabinsk 2016}) 12... Nh5 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. a3 Nc7 (14... Be8 $14) 15. Qxh5 $16 b5 16. cxb5 (16. dxc6 $16 Bxc6 17. Rg1) 16... Nxb5 $14 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nc7 20. Bb6 f5 21. gxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne4 Qf4 (22... Qf3 $2 23. Qxf3 Rxf3 24. Nxd6 $18) 23. Qg4 $1 ({Nicht} 23. Ng5 $2 h6 $19) 23... Nxd5 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Qxd5 {Und weiter mit Sc3 wäre nett.} Rc1+ 26. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 27. Qd1 Qc6 28. Qd3 $1 (28. Qg4 $2 Rf4 $19) 28... Qc1+ 29. Qd1 Qc6 30. Qd3 $1 ({Aber nicht} 30. Qg4 $2 Rf4 $19) 30... d5 31. Be3 dxe4 32. Qc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat gut koordiniertes Spiel.} Qg6 (32... Qxc3+ $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.} 33. bxc3 Rb8) 33. Qxa5 $16 Qg2 34. Rf1 Qxh3 35. Qd5 Qg4 36. a4 h6 (36... Rc8 $14) 37. Rh1 $1 $18 Rc8 38. Bxh6 (38. Kd2 $18 {und Weiss behält klar die Oberhand.}) 38... Bxh6 $16 39. Rxh6+ $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KDT-KDT} Kg7 40. Rc6 Qg1+ 41. Ke2 {Droht Matt per Dd7+.} Qg4+ 42. Kd2 e3+ 43. fxe3 Qb4+ 44. Kc1 $1 Qe1+ 45. Kc2 $1 {Beabsichtigt Dd7+ und Matt.} Qe2+ {[#]} 46. Kb1 $1 {jetzt Dd7+ und aus.} Rxc6 47. Qd7+ Kf8 {( -> ...Dc2+)} 48. Qxc6 {Schwarz muss nun e4 beachten.} Qxe3 $16 {KD-KD} 49. Ka2 e4 50. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Qd4 51. a6 e3 {[#]} 52. Qb5 (52. Ka3 $1 $16) 52... Ke7 $11 53. Ka3 Qd6+ 54. b4 Qd4 55. Qb7+ Kd6 56. a7 Qa1+ 57. Kb3 e2 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 58. Qb8+ Kd7 59. Qb5+ Kc7 60. Qxe2 {zielt auf Dh2+ ab.} Qxa7 61. Qe5+ Kb6 62. Qd6+ Kb5 63. Qd5+ Kb6 64. Qd6+ Kb5 65. Qd5+ Kb6 66. Qd6+ Kb5 {Precision: Weiß = 70%, Schwarz = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Babujian, Levon"]
[Black "Karthik Venkataraman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,83,60,21,9,16,20,15,95,95,106,129,109,77,103,70,122,112,111,118,125,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,0,-31,-39,-16,-18,-25,-4,-124,-124,-126,-124,-113,-56,-60,-60,-41,18,22,12,18,15,14,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 {LiveBook: 17 Games} h6 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} (9... Re8 10. Qc1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5 Bf5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Nd2 e4 15. Nf1 h6 16. Ne3 Qe6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {½-½ (34) Ragger,M (2646)-Postny,E (2633) Austria 2013}) 10. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Na5 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Rfe1 Ne4 14. Nd2 Ng5 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. e4 Bd7 17. f4 gxf4 18. gxf4 {1-0 (42) Emeljanov,A-Shvartz,A (2320) Podolsk 1990}) 10... e5 11. Be3 Ng4 (11... dxc5 $11 12. Bxc5 Re8) 12. cxd6 $16 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Be6 14. Nh4 Na5 15. c5 Rc8 (15... Qc8 $14) 16. Bd5 {Black must now prevent Bxe6.} Qd7 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Qd3 (18. d7 $16 Rcd8 19. Qa4) 18... Rxc5 $11 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. Nf5 e4 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Qd4 b6 23. Qa4 Rxc3 24. Nf5 {Threatens to win with Qd4.} Rc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 25. Qa3 $1 Rc5 26. g4 h5 27. h3 ({Don't blunder} 27. Qb2 $2 Qg6 $19) (27. Rc1 $11 Rxc1 28. Qxc1) 27... hxg4 $17 28. hxg4 {[#]} g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f5]} 29. Qb2+ {[#]} f6 (29... Re5 $1 $17 30. Ng3 Nc4) 30. Ng3 $15 Kg7 {Strongly threatening ...Nc4.} 31. Rf4 Rxd6 ({Black should try} 31... Nc4 $15 32. Qb3 Re5) 32. Rxd6 $11 Qxd6 33. Nxe4 Qe5 34. Qd4 Rd5 35. Qxe5 (35. Qa4 {looks sharper.} Rd8 36. Rxf6 Qb2 37. Kf2 Qe5 38. Kg2) 35... fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN. The position is equal.} 36. Rf6 Rd2 37. Kf2 Rxa2 {...Ra4 is the strong threat.} 38. Rd6 Nb3 39. Rd7+ Kf8 40. g5 Ra4 41. Nf6 Nc5 42. Nh7+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Sergey"]
[Black "Nayak Rajesh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,50,61,21,20,39,44,43,31,0,20,0,0,-5,0,0,20,3,3,-31,-19,-49,-43,-31,-34,-83,-87,-82,-85,-89,-81,-90,-75,-68,-73,-109,-104,-110,-37,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nge2 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. h3 {B06: Modern Defence} Nf6 7. d5 (7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 Nxe4 9. dxe5 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bxe5 12. O-O-O Qf6 {½-½ (37) Danin,A (2559)-Onischuk,V (2610) Dresden 2017}) 7... Ne7 8. g4 {White is slightly better.} c6 9. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Bg2 Ba6 12. Qd2 {0-1 (46) Wagner,F (2158)-Cedikova,K (2159) Bayern 2007}) 9... O-O 10. Ng3 cxd5 11. exd5 Ne8 12. Qd2 f5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...f4.} 13. gxf5 Nxf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Qh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. O-O-O Bh6 20. Kb1 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Raf8 22. Qb5 R8f7 23. b3 Rf2 ({Better is} 23... Kg7 $17 24. Qe2 Rf2) 24. Rhf1 $1 $15 Qe4 25. Rxf2 {The position is equal.} Rxf2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 26. Rc1 Rf7 27. Qe8+ $1 Kg7 28. Qe6 Qb4 29. Kb2 Rf6 30. Qe7+ Rf7 31. Qe6 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vignesh N R"]
[Black "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,103,60,70,73,71,23,44,33,58,36,77,77,90,96,91,68,136,125,151,151,152,147,154,100,163,172,174,137,150,126,189,183,193,197,183,187,204,182,173,129,153,139,152,139,160,155,156,150,144,144,195,120,203,200,239,255,239,222,238,153,265,148,258,243,239,254,336,335,647,649,618,560,538,498]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0} (14... Qc7 15. Bc5 Rfd8 16. Qh4 h6 17. g4 Nf4 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Qe7 Qa5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qxa7 Qxa7 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Be3 Rxa2 24. Kb1 {1-0 (45) Guseinov,G (2654)-Asadli,V (2470) Nakhchivan 2018}) 15. g4 Qc7 16. Bc5 Nf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Qe3 $146 (18. Bd6 $5 {[%cal Rd6c7]} Qb7 19. g5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 18. Bd6 Qb6 19. h4 f5 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Nc3 Nd4 22. Rg1 Kh8 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 (64) Babaev,R (2387)-Alford,P (2277) Dos Hermanas 2004}) 18... Qa5 19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. Bxa3 Nd4 21. Rhf1 f5 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Nd6 Rf8 (23... Re6 $14) 24. c3 Ne2+ 25. Kc2 Nf4 26. Rg1 Rf6 27. Rg5 (27. Bc5 $142) 27... Raf8 (27... Rg6 $16 28. Rdg1 (28. Rxf5 Ng2 $16) 28... Bf6 29. Rxg6+ hxg6) 28. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Re8 29. Ne3 h6 30. Rgg1 Rf7 (30... Nh3 $16) 31. Nc4 {aiming for Nd6.} Re6 {[#]} 32. Rd8+ $1 Kh7 33. Nd6 Rff6 34. Rd7 Nh5 35. Nf7 e4 36. Nd8 (36. Rxa7 Rg6 $14) 36... Re8 37. Be7 Rg6 38. Rxg6 Kxg6 39. fxe4 (39. Nxc6 $6 exf3 40. Rd2 Bf6 $11) 39... fxe4 40. Nxc6 Nf4 (40... a6 $16 {was called for.} 41. Bh4 Kf5) 41. Kd2 ({White should try} 41. Bd6 $18 Ng2 42. Kd2 (42. Rxa7 Ne3+ 43. Kc1 Bf6 $18)) 41... Kf5 (41... a6 $16 42. b3 Kf5) 42. Rxa7 Bf6 {If Black can now play ...e3+ this consolidates a bit.} 43. Ra5+ Ke6 {[#]} 44. Bc5 $1 Nd3 45. Nd4+ Kf7 (45... Bxd4 $16 46. Bxd4 (46. cxd4 Nxb2 47. d5+ Kf5 $16) 46... Nxb2) 46. Nf5 (46. b4 $18) 46... Re5 (46... Ke6 $16) 47. Nd6+ ({Weaker is} 47. Nxh6+ Kg6 $14) 47... Kg6 48. b4 Re6 {[#]} 49. Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nb2 $2 (49... Nxb4 50. Nxf6 (50. Bxb4 Rxe4 51. Ra6 Kf5 $18) 50... Nc6) (49... Rxe4 50. Kxd3) 50. Nxf6 {White is clearly winning.} Nc4+ 51. Kd3 Nxa5 52. Nd7 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 27%.} ({Less strong is} 52. bxa5 Kxf6 53. Kc4 Re8 $18) 1-0

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bakunts, Rafael"]
[Black "Ziatdinov, Raset"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,44,37,33,32,35,0,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O c4 8. b3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (8. Ne5 Qb6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Na4 Qa5 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 Bf5 14. Ba3 O-O 15. Qc1 Qb5 {1-0 (50) Schreiner,P (2463)-Trussevich,S (2272) Trieste 2018}) 8... cxb3 $1 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 9. axb3 Bb4 10. Ba3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bb2 Qb6 12. e3 Bf5 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nb4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4 {0-1 (44) Fischdick,G (2300)-Fomina,T (2260) Moscow 1994}) 10... O-O 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 {The position is equal.} 12. Qd2 a5 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Rac1 Re8 16. e3 Re7 17. Nb5 Bc2 18. Na7 Rcc7 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Na7 Rcc7 21. Nb5 Rc8 22. Na7 Rcc7 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akash G"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,110,75,84,80,81,66,129,117,127,104,145,149,167,66,75,90,84,85,60,29,33,0,22,16,12,27,26,23,52,-36,-25,-48,-41,-34,0,-31,-27,-56,-56,-101,-108,-108,-104,-105,-106,-124,-144,-137,-130,-141,-140,-187,-174,-156,-157,-298,-152,-176,-175,-178,-176,-169,-175,-176,-131,-135,-112,-148,-167,-189,-171,-262,-288,-298,-298,-431,-428,-383,-393,-485,-479,-481,-507,-497,-483,-403,-329,-534,-524,-1711,-1708,-5081,-4133,-29985,-29986,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qg3 b6 7. Nh3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Nf4 {C16: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5: Lines without ...c5} Bf8 (9... O-O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 g5 12. Nd3 f4 13. a4 Nb8 14. b4 a6 15. Bd2 Qf7 16. a5 b5 {½-½ (33) Saglione,E (2529)-Mary,P (2537) ICCF email 2011}) 10. a3 O-O-O (10... c5 $14) 11. b4 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd3 Kb7 12. b4 g5 13. Nfe2 f4 14. b5 Nb8 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bxf4 {½-½ (35) Eberth,Z (2205)-Mokcsay,R (2265) Aggtelek 1993}) 11... c6 12. Bd2 Kb7 13. O-O Ne7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 14. b5 (14. Rfb1 $18) 14... cxb5 $14 15. Rfb1 Nc7 16. a4 b4 17. Nb5 {Hoping for Nd6+.} Nc6 18. c3 Nxb5 19. axb5 Na5 20. cxb4 Nc4 21. Ra2 g6 22. Nd3 (22. Be1 $14) 22... Qxb5 23. Qh4 Qd7 ({Not} 23... Nxd2 $2 24. Rxa7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxa7 25. Ra1+ Kb7 26. Qxd8 $18) 24. Nc5+ Bxc5 25. bxc5 Ra8 26. Qh3 Rhb8 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Bb4 Ra2 30. Qh6 {[#]} Rb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2b1]} 31. Rxb2 Nxb2 32. h4 Nc4 33. Bf8 Ka6 34. Kh2 Qf7 35. Bg7 (35. Bd6 $17) 35... Qg8 (35... b5 $19 36. Bf8 Ka5) 36. Bf6 Na5 37. Qc1 Kb7 38. Be7 Nc6 39. Bd6 Qg7 ({But not} 39... Nxd4 $6 40. Qc7+ Ka6 41. Qd7 $15) 40. Qb2 Qd7 41. Bc5 Qc7 {White must now prevent ...Nxe5!} 42. Bd6 Qd8 43. g3 {[#]} (43. Kh3 {was worth a try.}) 43... Qa8 $1 $19 44. h5 gxh5 45. Qd2 (45. Kg2 $142) 45... Qa4 46. Qh6 Nxd4 47. Qxh7+ Ka6 48. Qxh5 Qc2 49. Qe8 Qxf2+ 50. Kh3 {intending Qa4+.} Qc2 51. Qa8+ (51. Kh4 $142) 51... Kb5 52. Qa3 {Qb4+ would now be nice for White.} Qb3 53. Qa1 Ne2 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rb3g3]} 54. Qe1 Nf4+ 55. Kh2 Qc2+ {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sardana, Rishi"]
[Black "Abu Sufian, Shakil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,66,25,29,1,9,-4,0,-64,-67,-58,-17,-17,-17,-18,-16,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-14,9,-14,-6,-16,-13,-20,0,-3,0,-4,-11,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. b3 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} (11. O-O a6 12. Na4 Rab8 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nb6 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rf2 b5 17. c5 Qa7 18. Rc1 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Qc7 {1-0 (50) Caruana,F (2807)-Kasparov,G (2812) Saint Louis 2017}) 11... e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 12. O-O d5 13. Nxc6 $146 ({White should play} 13. cxd5 $11 exd5 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Rc1 (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qc3 $17)) ({Predecessor:} 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qc3 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Bd4 {0-1 (19) Bagamasbad,E-Bolico,J Greenhills 1996}) 13... Qxc6 $15 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 {The position is equal.} exd5 16. Rc1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c2,Bc2e2][%mdl 32]} (16. cxd5 Qc3 $17) 16... d4 17. Bf2 Rfd8 18. Qd3 Qc5 19. Rfe1 a5 20. Rc2 Bf6 21. Rce2 a4 22. g4 axb3 23. axb3 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. cxb5 Rab8 25. h4 h6 ({Don't blunder} 25... Qxb5 $2 26. Qxb5 Rxb5 27. Re8+ (27. g5 Bg7 $14) 27... Kg7 28. g5 $18 (28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. Bxd4+ Kf8 $11)) (25... Rxb5 $2 26. Re8+ (26. g5 Bg7 $16) 26... Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Kg7 28. g5 $18) 26. f4 Qxb5 (26... Qd5 {is interesting.} 27. g5 hxg5 28. hxg5 Bg7 29. Re7 Rf8) 27. Qxb5 Rxb5 28. g5 {[#] Re8+ is the strong threat.} hxg5 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kh7 31. hxg5 Bg7 32. Rd8 Rxb3 33. Bxd4 Bxd4+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thipsay, Praveen M"]
[Black "Jeet, Jain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,91,0,11,12,12,1,15,14,27,17,8,19,14,0,0,0,0,-73,-74,-74,-66,-62,-68,-56,-60,-224,-222,-212,-208,-220,-209,-209,-209,-207,-222,-262,-267,-295,-296,-493,-494,-480,-450,-462,-455,-617,-617,-587,-581,-720,-717,-637,-598,-720,-720,-688,-688,-687,-647,-812,-798,-868,-864,-693,-678,-1081,-993,-963,-897,-736]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bg5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} (13. Na3 exd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bc2 b4 16. Nb1 Re8 17. Nbd2 b3 18. Bb1 Qd7 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Nh5 {1-0 (37) Topalov,V (2772)-Nakamura,H (2787) Saint Louis 2014 CBM 162 [Szabo,Kr]}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 {The position is equal.} Re8 {[#]} 16. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. d5 Ne7 17. Nh2 Bc8 18. Kf1 Ng6 19. Ng4 Kg7 20. f3 Nxg4 21. fxg4 {½-½ (76) Asrian,K (2575)-Blehm,P (2479) Yerevan 1999}) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Nd2 Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 19. Kh2 Rbd8 20. Qf3 {[#]} (20. Nf3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qd6 21. Qe2) 20... Qxf3 $1 $17 21. Nxf3 Nxe4 22. Nxe5 Kg7 23. Nxf7 Rd2 24. Be5+ $2 {[#]} (24. f3 $1 $15 Rxb2 25. Be5+ Rxe5 26. Nxe5) 24... Rxe5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Nxe5 {f3 is the strong threat.} Bxf2 26. Red1 Bg3+ 27. Kg1 {aiming for Rxd2.} Bxe5 28. Rxd2 Nxd2 29. Bc2 Nc4 30. Ra7 Bd5 31. b3 $2 (31. Bb3) 31... Ne3 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Bd3 Nxg2 33. Bxb5 Nf4 34. Bf1 Bxb3 35. Ra3 Be6 36. c4 h5 37. Kf2 Bd7 38. Ra5 Kf6 39. Ra6+ c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 40. Ra3 Bd4+ 41. Kf3 Ke5 42. Kg3 h4+ 43. Kh2 Bf2 44. Ra5+ c5 45. Bg2 Bg3+ 46. Kg1 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arjun Kalyan"]
[Black "Pranav Vijay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,177,20,20,51,50,51,56,37,46,80,23,34,48,51,38,47,33,43,0,2,0,0,0,-2,0,22,0,0,8,4,-25,-40,-95,-100,-98,-97,-109,-105,-94,-103,-100,-95,-93,-66,-69,-66,-77,-72,-67,-32,-311,-310,-307,-306,-308,-300,-321,-263,-274,-274,-262,-259,-4132,-217,-217,-217,-217,-217,-217,-217,-217,-217,-400,-318,-422,-422,-327,-297,-422,-422,-415,-414,-7271,-6623,-6115,-6383,-5972,-6014,-3426,-222,-429,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-20,-20,0,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,0,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-32,-20,-40]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c2][%mdl 32]} Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 g6 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} (12... Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bh4+ 22. Kf1 Be6 23. Ra2 f5 24. Rah2 g5 {½-½ (37) Yu,Y (2760)-Lenic,L (2662) chess.com INT 2018}) 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {White is slightly better.} 15. Rxa4 Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... a5 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Bc4 Bd7 18. Ra2 a4 19. O-O Rab8 20. Qd3 {1-0 (51) Smith,A (2136)-Zapolskis,A (2294) London 2016}) 16. g3 (16. Ne3 $1 $16) 16... Ne7 17. Bg2 Bc6 18. Ra5 Bb5 19. b3 Rfb8 20. c4 Bd7 21. Qd3 Nc6 22. Ra3 a5 23. O-O Rd8 24. Qc3 Rab8 25. f4 Qe7 26. f5 {[#]} d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. fxg6 ({White should play} 27. f6 $1 $15 Qc5+ 28. Qe3) (27. cxd5 Nd4) 27... hxg6 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Nd4!} 28. exd5 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e2]} 29. Qd2 Nxc2 30. d6 Bf5 31. Qxc2 Qxd6 ({Much worse is} 31... Rxd6 $6 32. Qb2 $11) 32. Qa2 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 34. Qf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2e3]} Qxf2 35. Rxf2 e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32] White must now prevent ...e3.} 36. h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Rf1 $15) 36... e3 $1 $19 {[%cal Re3f2]} 37. Re2 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Re8 $1 39. b4 Bd3 ({Weaker is} 39... axb4 40. Raxe3 Rxe3 41. Rxe3 $19) 40. Rxd3 Rxd3 41. bxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rd2 42. Bf3 $2 (42. Re1) 42... Re6 $2 (42... Rb8 43. Kg2 Rbb2 44. Rxd2 exd2) 43. g4 Ra6 44. Kg3 Rxe2 ({Don't take} 44... Rxa5 45. Rxe3 Kg7 46. Bd5 $17) 45. Bxe2 Rxa5 {KR-KB} 46. Kf4 Ra3 47. h4 $2 (47. g5) 47... Kg7 48. g5 f6 49. gxf6+ Kxf6 50. Ke4 (50. h5 {was the only defense.} g5+ 51. Ke4) 50... Ra8 51. Kxe3 {[#]} Rh8 $1 52. c5 (52. Bg4 $142) 52... Rxh4 53. c6 {[#]} Ke6 $1 {[%cal Re6d6]} 54. Bd3 g5 55. Bg6 Rc4 $2 (55... Rh8 56. Be4 Rh3+ 57. Kd4 Kd6) 56. Be8 g4 $2 ({Better is} 56... Rf4 $19 {Hoping for ...Kd5.} 57. Bh5 Kd6) 57. Bd7+ $11 Kd6 {aiming for ...g3.} 58. Kf2 $1 Rc3 {...g3+ is the strong threat.} 59. Bxg4 Kxc6 60. Ke2 Kd5 61. Kd2 Kd4 62. Bd7 Rc7 63. Be6 Re7 64. Bc8 Rh7 65. Ke2 Ke4 66. Kd2 Re7 (66... Ra7 {feels hotter.} 67. Bg4 Ra3 68. Bc8 Kd4 69. Ke2 Re3+) 67. Bg4 Kd4 68. Kc2 Rg7 69. Bf5 Rg3 70. Kb2 Rc3 71. Bg6 Kc4 72. Bf7+ Kb4 73. Bg6 Rg3 74. Bf5 Rg2+ 75. Ka1 Kc3 76. Bb1 Rg7 77. Ba2 Rg2 78. Bb1 Kb3 79. Bf5 Re2 80. Bb1 Rb2 81. Bf5 Ra2+ 82. Kb1 Rf2 {[%cal Rf2f1]} 83. Be6+ Kc3 84. Ka1 Rf1+ 85. Ka2 Rf6 86. Bg8 Rf2+ 87. Ka1 Kb4 88. Bh7 Ka3 89. Bb1 Rf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 61%, Black = 61%.} (89... Rb2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Pranesh M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,154,16,29,39,17,22,34,105,0,13,11,10,0,0,0,-18,-8,-4,-16,53,39,47,51,58,56,71,15,15,22,11,14,14,20,22,18,27,6,6,6,25,5,8,3,64,64,64,64,64,43,64,51,83,0,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,125,80,80,64,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,495,480,485,80,80,80,431,368,368,308,373,222,2239,1969,1743,1468,29975,29976,29974,29975,29975,29975,29980,29981,29981,29981,29984,29985,29985,29986,29987,29986,29987,29986,29987,29986,29987,29988,29988,29988,29989,29990,29990,29991,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29993,29993,29993,29994,29995,29995,29995,29995,29995,29996,29997,29997,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 a6 7. Nbd2 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} (7. Bf4 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bd6 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nc3 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Nd7 12. e3 Nb6 13. Qb3 f5 14. h4 a5 15. a3 c6 16. h5 {1-0 (55) Vitiugov,N (2729)-Fedoseev,V (2684) Karlsruhe 2017}) 7... Nbd7 8. O-O {LiveBook: 17 Games} b6 9. Ne5 {White is slightly better.} Bb7 10. cxd5 Nxe5 $146 {[#]} (10... Nxd5 $14 11. Nc6 Nb4 12. Nxb4 Bxg2) ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxd5 11. Nc6 Bxc6 12. Qxc6 N7f6 13. a3 Qd7 14. Qc2 b5 15. Nf3 Rfc8 {1-0 (24) Hoenick,A (2141)-Arias Castanedo,J (1863) Calvia 2014}) 11. dxe5 (11. d6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd6e7]} Bxg2 12. dxe7 Qxe7 13. dxe5 Bxf1 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Nxf1 (15. Kxf1 Rad8 $14)) 11... Nxd5 $11 12. a3 {e4 is the strong threat.} c5 13. Rd1 {aiming for e4.} b5 $1 14. e4 Nb6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nd6 Bxd6 (16... Rad8 $11) 17. exd6 $14 ({Of course not} 17. Rxd6 Nc4 $15) 17... Qc6 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Rac1 (20. f4 $16) 20... Rxd6 $11 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Bxc5 Qd8 23. Qd1 {Threatens to win with Qxd8+.} Nd7 24. Bd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} h6 25. h4 Nf6 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 (26... Qxc8 {with more complications.} 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Qd4 f5 29. exf5 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 exf5 31. a4 Qc6+) 27. Qa1 (27. e5 {keeps more tension.} Nd5 28. Bc5 a5 29. Qd4 Bb7 30. Be4) 27... Bb7 28. Bxf6 (28. a4 {feels hotter.} Nxe4 29. Bxg7 Qd2 30. Qd4 h5 31. Qxd2 Nxd2 32. Bxb7 Kxg7 33. axb5 axb5 34. b4) 28... Qxf6 (28... gxf6 $11 29. Qc3 Kg7) 29. Qxf6 $14 gxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd3 Kd7 33. f4 (33. Bf1 $16) 33... e5 ({Black should try} 33... f5 $11) 34. Bh3+ $14 Kd6 35. b4 Ke7 36. Ke3 Kf8 37. Bd7 Kg7 (37... Ke7 $14 38. Bf5 Kd6) 38. Bg4 Kf8 39. Bd1 Kg7 40. Bb3 Kf8 41. Bd5 Bc8 42. Kf3 Kg7 43. Bc6 Kf8 44. f5 h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Ke7 $16) 45. Ke3 Ke7 46. Kd3 $2 (46. Bd5 $18 {Hoping for Bb3.} Kf8 47. Bb3) 46... Kd6 $16 47. Ba8 Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Bd7 $16) 48. Bd5 $18 Kf8 49. Kc3 Kg7 50. Kb3 (50. Bc6 $142 Kf8 51. Kd3) 50... Kg8 $2 (50... Kf8 51. a4 Ke7) 51. Bc6 Kf8 52. a4 bxa4+ 53. Kxa4 {White mates.} Ke7 {[#]} 54. Ka5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Kd6 55. Kb6 a5 56. bxa5 Ba6 57. Bb7 Be2 58. a6 Bxa6 59. Bxa6 {KB-KP} Ke7 60. Be2 Kf8 61. Bxh5 {KB-K3P} Kg7 62. Be2 Kh6 63. Kc6 Kg7 64. Kd6 Kh8 65. Ke7 Kg7 66. g4 Kh8 67. Kxf7 Kh7 68. Kxf6 Kh8 69. Kxe5 Kg7 70. Kd6 Kh7 71. e5 Kh8 72. e6 Kg7 73. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Kh7 74. e7 Kg7 75. Bh5 Kh7 76. f6 Kg8 77. g6 {[%cal Re7e8]} Kh8 78. e8=Q# {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rahul Srivatshav P"]
[Black "Michelle Catherina, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,130,16,65,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-14,-20,-20,-18,-75,-73,-102,-96,-177,-176,-166,-99,-128,-122,-157,-169,-172,-141,-193,-8,-10,-5,-8,-12,-22,-25,-28,-35,-36,-29,-31,-26,-62,-25,-36,-25,-58,-52,-57,-46,-44,-44,-49,-39,-51,-39,-39,-39,-39,-44,-51,-46,-56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,0,0,0,-230,-224,-250,-224,-386,-385,-387,-322,-466,-367,-391,-376,-670,-597,-599,-599,-670,-670,-670,-670,-5289,-5265,-2052,-930,-1000,-930,-5484,-5459,-5085,-859,-4698,-1728,-4134,-2012,-5629,-5629,-5197,-5181,-4132,-1851,-5467,-5459]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 Nxd4 5. Bxd4 d5 6. e3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} Nf6 (6... Ne7 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. d3 Qg5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Bxc3 Bg4 12. Qd2 O-O-O 13. d4 {½-½ (24) Jobava,B (2687)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Tbilisi 2017}) 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. f3 $146 (9. Nc3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O Bg6 12. fxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qg4 {1-0 (43) Li,R (2568)-Esipenko,A (2523) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... c5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Nc3 exf3 13. Qxf3 Ng4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 14. h3 (14. g3 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 14... Nh2 $17 15. Qh5 {Threatens to win with Nd5.} Nxf1 16. Nd5 (16. Rxf1 $17 {was called for.} Qe5 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. d4 cxd4 20. Nd5) 16... Qe4 $1 $19 17. Rxf1 {Black must now prevent Qg5.} Qg6 ({Black should play} 17... Be6 $1 $19 18. d3 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6) 18. Qf3 Be6 19. e4 Qg5 20. Qc3 Rfe8 21. h4 {[#]} (21. Rf3 $17) 21... Qe5 $2 (21... Qg3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg3h2]} 22. Qxg3 Bxg3) 22. Qxe5 $11 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxd5 $1 24. Bxd5 Rxe5 25. Bxf7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Kh8 26. Bd5 Re7 27. h5 Rd8 28. Rf3 b6 29. Kf2 h6 30. d3 Kh7 31. Bf7 Rd6 32. Ke3 Rf6 33. Bg6+ $1 Kg8 34. Bf5 Kf8 35. g4 Ke8 36. Rf2 Kd8 37. Rc2 a5 38. a3 Rc7 (38... Rd6 $15) 39. e5 Rf8 40. Ke4 Re8 41. Rc4 Rf8 42. Rc1 Re8 43. Rc2 Rf8 44. e6 Ke7 45. d4 $2 (45. Ke5 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 45... Rfc8 $19 46. d5 {[#] aiming for Ke5.} Kd6 $1 47. Rc3 $2 (47. Rb2 {keeps fighting.}) 47... b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4c3][%mdl 32]} 48. Re3 Rb8 49. Rc3 (49. Kd3 $142) 49... Rbb7 50. Rc1 c4 51. Rc3 $2 (51. b4 axb4 52. axb4) 51... cxb3 {Black is clearly winning.} 52. Rxb3 b4 53. a4 Rc3 54. Rxc3 bxc3 {KR-KB} 55. Kd4 Rc7 56. Bc2 Rc5 57. e7 Rxd5+ 58. Kc4 Re5 59. Kxc3 Kxe7 (59... Rxe7 $142 60. Kb2 Re3) 60. Kd4 Kd6 61. Bf5 Re2 62. Kc4 Rb2 63. Kc3 Rb4 64. Bc2 Rxg4 65. Kb3 Ke5 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Raghunandan, Kaumandur Srihari"]
[Black "Mrudul Dehankar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,85,41,37,33,38,38,44,45,42,42,49,39,45,45,43,36,29,143,25,40,22,24,24,97,95,86,73,89,68,113,88,105,92,82,71,129,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-52,-72,-455,-460,-427,-403,-474,-307,-845,-825,-810,-768,-29997,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. O-O d6 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 a5 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} 13. d5 (13. Rad1 Ng5 14. Ne1 Nh3+ 15. Kh1 Qh4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qh5 18. Nd2 Ng5 19. f4 {1-0 (61) Yu,Y (2760)-Wan,Y (2500) China 2018}) 13... e5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 {White is slightly better.} 15. Qxd2 Nc5 16. Qc2 c6 17. b4 Nd7 $1 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Rfd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] White has good play.} Rf6 $146 {[#]} (19... Qg5 $11 20. g3 Qh6) 20. f3 ({Better is} 20. c5 $1 $16) 20... Qe7 21. Bf1 Kh8 22. Bc3 f4 (22... Rg6 $11) 23. exf4 $16 Rxf4 24. Qd2 Rf6 25. Qe3 a4 26. Rd2 Raf8 {[%cal Rc6f3]} 27. Be2 Rh6 {White should prevent ...Qh4.} 28. Rad1 Qh4 (28... Rf4 $142) 29. Rxd6 ({Only move:} 29. h3 $16 Qe7 30. Rd4) 29... Qxh2+ $11 30. Kf1 Qh1+ $1 31. Kf2 Qh4+ 32. Kf1 {[#] Hoping for Rxh6.} Qh1+ 33. Qg1 {Black must now prevent Rxc6!} Bxf3 $1 34. Bxf3 ({But not} 34. gxf3 $2 Rxf3+ 35. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 36. Ke1 Qxc3+ 37. R6d2 e4 $19) (34. Qxh1 $11 Rxh1+ 35. Kf2 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Bxe2+ 37. Kxe2) 34... Rxf3+ $15 35. gxf3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Ke2 $17 Qxg1 36. Rxg1 Rxc3 37. Rxd7) 35... Qxf3+ $19 36. Ke1 Qxc3+ 37. Kf2 Qc2+ 38. Ke1 $2 (38. R6d2 Qe4 39. Re2 Qh4+ 40. Kf1 Qh3+ 41. Ke1) 38... Qe4+ 39. Kf2 Rh3 {( -> ...Rf3+)} 40. Qg5 Qf3+ {Black mates.} 41. Ke1 Rh1+ 42. Kd2 Rxd1+ 43. Kc2 Qb3# {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Audi Ameya"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,81,30,22,19,16,26,31,23,27,14,26,17,22,18,20,16,45,48,49,38,43,49,52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36,0,0,-79,-76,-233,-221,-224,-210,-214,-204,-206,-191,-220,-221,-213,-227,-235,-217,-222,-218,-862,-844,-829,-817,-12830,-6395,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-12845,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29985,-29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Nd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} g6 12. Be2 Bg7 (12... Rc8 13. c4 Bg7 14. O-O O-O 15. Na5 Qc7 16. Rac1 e4 {1-0 (52) Duda,J (2737)-Karjakin,S (2773) chess.com INT 2018}) 13. O-O b6 14. c4 O-O 15. h3 Qc7 16. Rac1 {[#]} Rae8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Kh7 {½-½ (66) Kujala,A (2635)-Kukk,R (2584) ICCF email 2014}) 17. g4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. b4 (19. Bd1 $14) 19... cxb4 $11 20. c5 hxg4 21. hxg4 dxc5 22. Bxc5 Qd7 (22... e4 $5 {[%cal Rc7g3]} 23. f4 (23. Bxa6 exf3 24. Rxf3 Nxg4 $15) 23... Qd8 $16) 23. Rfd1 e4 24. Qf4 (24. Bxf8 $11 Bxf8 25. Rc4) 24... Nxd5 $17 {[%cal Bf6d5,Bd5c3,Bc3e4,Be4d2][%mdl 32]} 25. Qg3 $2 {[#]} (25. Bc4 $17 Nxf4 26. Rxd7) 25... Qb7 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Nc3.} 26. Bxf8 Bxf8 27. fxe4 Nc3 28. Re1 Nxe4 ({Weaker is} 28... Qxe4 29. Bf3 $15) 29. Qf3 Re6 {[%cal Be8e6,Be6d6,Bd6d3][%mdl 32]} 30. Bc4 {[#]} Qa7+ $1 31. Kg2 Nd2 32. Qd5 Rd6 33. Qe5 $2 (33. Qxf7+ Qxf7 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Rc7+ Kf6 36. Re8) 33... Qb7+ 34. Kh3 Nxc4 35. Rxc4 Rd3+ 36. Re3 Qh1+ 37. Kg3 Qg1+ 38. Kf3 Qf1+ (38... Rd2 $142 39. Kf4 Qh2+ 40. Rg3 Rf2+ 41. Ke3 Re2+ 42. Kd3 Rxe5 43. Re3 Rxe3+ 44. Kxe3 Qxa2 45. Kd3 Qb3+ 46. Kd4 Qd1+ 47. Ke4 b3 48. Ke5 Qd6+ 49. Ke4 b2 50. Rb4 Qxb4+ 51. Ke3 Qxg4 52. Kd2 b1=Q 53. Ke3 Bb4 54. Kf2 Qbg1#) 39. Kg3 Rxe3+ 40. Qxe3 Qxc4 41. Qe4 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rathanvel, V S"]
[Black "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,79,29,34,29,22,14,24,30,36,26,32,22,31,30,32,33,26,16,31,6,19,14,71,59,54,66,68,58,63,40,139,132,282,282,271,281,281,281,281,281,281,275,254,185,368,299,339,298,352,325,403,64,70,79,81,0,69,71,59,0,0,0,66,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} h5 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Nxc6 {White has an edge.} Bxc6 13. Ne2 d5 14. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd7 15. f4 Bb5 16. g3 g6 17. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bg2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 {0-1 (32) Manik,M (2411)-Gupta,A (2619) Kolkata 2018}) 17... Bxe2 18. Bxe2 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 (19... Nxc5 $11 20. Qe3 Rc8) 20. c4 $16 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Nb6 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Bf3 {[%cal Rf3d5]} Rd8 23. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4h5,Bh5g6][%mdl 32]} O-O (23... hxg4 $14 24. hxg4 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Ke7) 24. gxh5 Nb4 (24... Qc4 $16 {might work better.}) 25. Qg2 $18 (25. Qxd8 Qc2+ 26. Ka1 Rxd8 $15) 25... Qc4 26. b3 Qxf4 27. hxg6 f5 28. exf6 (28. Bxb7 Qxe5 29. Rhg1 f4 $16) 28... Qxf6 {[#] And now ...Rxd1+ would win.} 29. Bxb7 Kg7 30. Be4 a5 $2 (30... Nd5 {keeps fighting.} 31. Bxd5 (31. Rdf1 Nc3+ 32. Kc2 Qd4 $11) 31... Rxd5) 31. Rhf1 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Qe5 {intending ...Rf4.} 33. a3 Rf4 34. Rd7+ $2 (34. axb4 $18 Rxe4 35. bxa5 (35. Rd7+ Kg8 $16)) 34... Kg8 $14 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rd7+ Kg8 37. axb4 Rxe4 38. Rd8+ (38. Qb2 $1 $14 axb4 39. Qxe5 Rxe5 40. h4) 38... Kg7 $11 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Re1+.} 39. Rd7+ (39. Rd1 $11 axb4 40. Rd7+ Kg8 41. Rd8+ Kg7 42. Rd7+ Kg8 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rd7+) 39... Kg8 $14 40. Rd8+ {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 40%.} (40. Qb2 $1 $14 Re1+ 41. Ka2 axb4 42. Qxe5 Rxe5 43. Rb7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sidhant, Mohapatra"]
[Black "Rakshitta Ravi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,67,47,24,47,16,12,0,20,18,60,38,80,67,67,67,61,80,80,73,70,75,69,63,54,52,73,56,71,56,210,194,572,574,570,566,563,544,576,569,905,637,905,627,623,609,5697,5425,29998,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4g3][%mdl 32]} Qd7 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} (11... f6 12. c3 Kh8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Ne4 b4 16. d4 bxc3 17. bxc3 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 {½-½ (42) Caruana,F (2808)-Carlsen,M (2832) Stavanger 2017}) 12. Ne4 Kh8 13. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. c3 f6 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Rad8 16. axb5 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxb5 18. Ba4 Qb6 19. Qxb6 cxb6 20. Bd2 h6 21. Rad1 b5 22. Bc2 a5 23. Ng3 Bc5 24. Nf5 {½-½ (24) Skeels,J (2342)-Masek,J (2404) GER email 2016}) 13... f6 {The position is equal.} 14. c3 f5 15. Ng3 Qd6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Qe2 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Nf4 19. Bxf4 $1 exf4 20. Nf1 $1 Bf6 21. d4 b4 22. N1d2 bxc3 23. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32]} Na5 24. Bc2 c5 $2 (24... g6 $14) 25. Qb5 $18 ({Much less strong is} 25. Bxf5 $6 cxd4 26. cxd4 Bxf3 $16) 25... Nb7 $2 (25... Bd8 {is more resistant.} 26. dxc5 Qc6) 26. Re8 Be7 27. Qa4 cxd4 28. cxd4 Qa3 {intending ...Qxa4.} 29. Qd7 Rxe8 30. Qxe8+ Bf8 31. Bb3 {[#] White wants to mate with Qf7.} Nd8 32. Qxd8 {Ne5 is the strong threat.} Be4 33. Ne5 {White threatens Ng6+! and mate.} f3 {[#]} 34. Ng6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 82%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wagh Suyog"]
[Black "Kiran, Manisha Mohanty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,49,9,2,15,20,25,8,22,26,17,28,37,42,44,44,152,152,144,143,152,145,144,134,143,141,263,282,268,272,268,274,254,270,1078,1074,1050,1006,29980,1504]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 {LiveBook: 43 Games} Re8 {D95: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3 0-0 6 Qb3} (7... e6 8. O-O b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Qa4 a6 12. Bd2 b5 13. Qa3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Rfc1 Qd7 {½-½ (89) Bogdanovich,S (2593)-Bernadskiy,V (2570) Omelnyk 2017}) 8. O-O e6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 10. b3 e5 11. cxd5 exd4 12. Nxd4 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bb2 Ne5 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Qc5 Bc6 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bf3 Re5 20. Rfd1 Ne7 21. Qc7 b6 22. Qxe5+ {1-0 (21) Eineder,L (1844)-Eberle,A (1695) Germany 2007}) 13. Ndb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for d6. White has some pressure.} Nxd5 ({Black should try} 13... Nf8 $1 $14) 14. Nxd5 $16 Bxa1 15. Ndc7 {[%cal Bd5c7,Bc7e8,Be8d6][%mdl 32]} a6 16. Nxe8 axb5 17. Nd6 b4 18. Rd1 $1 {Threatens to win with Bc4.} Be5 (18... Qe7 $16) 19. Nxc8 $18 Qxc8 {[#]} 20. Bg4 $1 f5 {[#]} 21. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxa2 $2 (22... Qf8 23. Qxd7 Kh8) 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxd7 Ra1 25. Qe8+ {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jubin Jimmy"]
[Black "Barath Kalyan M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,50,41,38,77,60,91,95,97,98,97,74,75,63,108,93,118,103,117,116,180,178,202,195,394,404,393,396,385,398,29996,29997,29997,29998,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. e3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Ne2 c5 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} 11. O-O Qh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. f3 Nd6 13. Bd2 a5 14. Bc3 Qg5 15. Qd2 a4 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rfe1 {1-0 (18) Bocharov,D (2614)-Obukhov,A (2446) Voronezh 2007}) 12. f3 {aiming for g3.} Ng5 {White is better.} 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Qc1 Nf7 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 15. Qe1 Qe7 16. Bc3 d6 17. Qg3 Nh6 18. Nf4 Nd8 (18... e5 $16 19. Nd5 Qf7) 19. Rad1 $18 Kh8 20. Bb1 Rg8 $2 (20... cxd4 {was necessary.} 21. exd4 (21. Rxd4 e5 $16) 21... Rg8) 21. dxc5 dxc5 22. Rd6 e5 {[#]} 23. Rxh6 $1 {[%csl Gg3,Gh6][%cal Rf4g6][%mdl 512]} exf4 $2 {[#]} (23... gxh6 $18 24. Bxe5+ Qxe5 25. Ng6+ hxg6 26. Qxe5+ Rg7) 24. Rxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Kxh7 25. Bxf5+ Kh6 26. Qg6# {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 15%.} 1-0

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gomes, Mary Ann"]
[Black "Satkar, Chirag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,14,-4,17,16,20,18,24,0,0,0,25,-62,-25,-12,-30,-112,-120,-135,-148,-150,-150,-150,-145,-136,-129,-140,-87,-94,-51,-134,-89,-86,-47,-47,-51,-126,-99,-107,-108,-72,-81,-107,-106,-107,-113,-117,-108,-178,-178,-178,-178,-4958,-4954,-4942,-4934,-4942,-4942]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 a5 (4... O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d3 Ne8 10. Nd2 Nc7 11. a3 a5 12. Nd5 Be6 13. e3 Rb8 14. Rb1 b5 15. cxb5 Bxd5 16. bxc6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qe8 {½-½ (41) So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 5. e4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 5. c4 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O e5 8. Nc3 c6 9. d3 Na6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nd2 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. Na4 Qd6 16. d4 {0-1 (47) Korley,K (2420)-Mandiza,F (2390) Charlotte 2018}) 5... d6 6. a4 {A05: Übergänge in verschiedene Eröffnungen} O-O 7. d3 e5 8. Bg2 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Ne8 12. Nh4 Bf6 13. Nhf3 Bg7 14. d4 (14. Nc4 $11) 14... exd4 15. Nc4 {[%cal Rf3d4]} Ne5 16. Nfd2 (16. Nfxe5 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.} dxe5 17. f4) 16... c5 $1 $17 17. f4 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Re1 {[#]} a4 $1 21. e5 d5 ({Besser ist} 21... Rb8 {...Lxc4 ist eine echte Drohung.} 22. Ba3 axb3 23. cxb3 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Nc7) 22. Qf3 Bc6 23. Nd2 (23. bxa4 $15 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Bxa4 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Bxd5) 23... Nc7 24. bxa4 Rxa4 25. Rxa4 Bxa4 26. Ba3 {[#]} (26. Qa3 $15 Bxc2 27. Qxc5) 26... Ne6 $1 ({Ein No Go ist} 26... Bxc2 $6 27. Bxc5 Qb8 28. Bxd4 $11 (28. Bxf8 Bxf8 29. Ra1 Bb4 $11)) 27. Nb3 c4 28. Bxf8 Bxf8 29. Qxd5 cxb3 30. cxb3 {Droht stark Dxd8.} Qxd5 31. Bxd5 Bb5 32. Rd1 (32. Ra1 $17) 32... Be2 $19 33. Rd2 d3 34. Bxe6 $2 (34. Bc4 Bc5+ 35. Kg2) 34... Bc5+ {Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} (34... fxe6 $2 35. Rxe2 dxe2 36. Kf2 $19) 35. Kg2 fxe6 36. b4 Bxb4 {Precision: Weiß = 39%, Schwarz = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Srijit Paul"]
[Black "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,94,32,34,24,23,6,18,14,29,24,32,0,4,-16,0,7,26,0,0,0,9,14,23,9,14,-3,16,15,67,68,80,68,69,70,58,44,50,51,52,6,115,128,122,100,124,45,45,47,56,53,49,54,47,15,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} Kh8 9. Re1 f6 $1 10. a5 Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. Ne4 a5 15. Be3 a4 {½-½ (35) Vocaturo,D (2600)-Buhmann,R (2633) Germany 2017}) 11. c3 Be6 12. Qa4 Bg8 13. Na3 Qe8 14. Nc2 Qh5 15. Qb3 Rfd8 16. d4 exd4 17. Ncxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. Be2 Qg6 20. Qd1 {[#] Strongly threatening Bh5.} Nb4 ({Black should try} 20... Re8 $11) 21. Bh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qd3 22. cxb4 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxd4 24. Bf4 Bxb2 25. Bxc7 Bxa1 26. Bxd8 (26. Rxa1 {keeps more tension.} b6 27. Bf3 g5 28. Bxb8 Rxb8 29. Rc1) 26... Bb3 (26... Be5 $11) 27. Rxa1 $16 Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. Bf3 b6 {[#]} 29. Ra3 (29. Rc1 $1 $16) 29... Bc4 $14 30. Rc3 Bb5 31. Rc7 bxa5 32. bxa5 a6 33. Kh2 g6 {The position is equal.} 34. Ra7 Rd2 35. Kg3 Ra2 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Ra7+ Kh8 38. Ra8+ Kg7 39. Ra7+ Kh6 40. Bd5 Ra3+ 41. f3 {aiming for Bg8.} Bd3 42. Bg8 g5 43. Rd7 Bb1 44. Bc4 Rxa5 45. Rd6 Kg7 46. Rxa6 Rxa6 47. Bxa6 f5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aaryan Varshney"]
[Black "Kadam Om Manish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,85,10,10,22,-16,14,0,64,32,43,32,58,59,52,43,45,49,45,37,81,80,103,119,118,115,102,112,152,150,176,172,181,175,246,246,243,238,256,255,254,247,251,258,323,264,385,371,412,421,424,402,403,404,478,472,656,641,640,620,780,734,834,794,822,832,730,719]} 1. d4 {Atalik,S} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rc1 Re8 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} 12. Re1 (12. Bf4 Na6 13. Ne5 c6 14. h4 Ba3 15. Rc2 Bd6 16. e3 Rc8 17. Rd2 Nc7 18. g4 Bb4 {1-0 (56) Sokolov,I (2603)-Rodshtein,M (2695) Douglas 2017}) 12... Ba3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Na6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ne5 Bb4 16. Rf1 Bd6 17. Qc2 Nb4 18. Qb2 Qe7 {½-½ (46) Parligras,M (2587)-Atalik,S (2565) Kragujevac 2015 EXT 2016 [Atalik,S]}) 13. Rc2 a6 (13... Bf8 $11) 14. Bf4 (14. e4 $5) 14... Bd6 15. Qc1 Nc6 16. Bg5 Be7 17. a3 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. e3 Na5 20. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4b2,Bb2d3][%mdl 32] [#] Threatens to win with b4.} c6 21. b4 Nc4 22. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 23. Nxc4 Rb8 24. Nb2 Qd6 25. Nd3 Rbc8 26. Bh3 Rc4 (26... Rc6 $142 27. Qd2 Re7) 27. Rxc4 $18 dxc4 28. Qxc4 Qd5 29. Qxd5 Bxd5 30. Rc1 Be4 31. Nb2 Kf8 32. Bg2 Bxg2 (32... Bg6 {keeps fighting.} 33. Na4 Rb8) 33. Kxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Be7 34. Rc6 Rb8 35. Nc4 Bd8 36. e4 Ke7 37. d5 {White is clearly winning.} f6 38. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} b5 39. Ne3 a5 40. e5 fxe5 41. fxe5 axb4 42. axb4 Kf7 43. Nf5 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kushagra Mohan"]
[Black "Jaeel Atharva"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,77,22,8,20,20,19,18,15,15,19,3,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,-14,-19,-10,-10,-10,-53,-54,-65,-65,-65,-65,-66,-65,-65,-76,-69,-55,-58,-18,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bf4 e6 8. Bd3 Ngf6 9. O-O Be7 10. c4 O-O {B18: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 sidelines} 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Qe2 (12. a4 a5 13. Re1 Re8 14. Re3 b5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 {½-½ (75) Sutovsky,E (2622)-Motylev,A (2660) Poikovsky 2016}) 12... Re8 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. a3 a5 15. Rab1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. c5 Qa6 16. Qc2 b6 {½-½ (30) Au Cardero,R (2344)-Rowies,A (2405) ICCF email 2011}) 15... a4 16. Ne5 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. h4 Rad8 19. h5 gxh5 20. Nxh5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 {...Rxd1+ is the strong threat.} 22. Rf1 Ncd7 23. Bg5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 {[%cal Rh5f6]} Qd4 25. Qb5 (25. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Qc7 $11) 25... Qd7 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. Be3 f5 29. Rc1 Bf6 30. Rc2 Rd3 31. Kf1 Rb3 32. Bc1 {The position is equal.} Kf8 33. c5 $1 Ke7 34. c6 {[#] aiming for c7.} bxc6 35. Rxc6 Bxb2 36. Bxb2 Rxb2 37. Ra6 Rb1+ 38. Ke2 Rb2+ 39. Ke1 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bharath Subramaniyam H"]
[Black "Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,86,12,-5,37,29,35,30,33,16,50,10,44,33,41,25,53,39,88,53,50,53,61,54,50,59,54,55,50,39,112,99,106,94,91,76,68,64,106,111,155,162,158,159,152,142,408,404,304,268,319,-184,-179,-174,-158,-155,-98,-247,-243,-221,-185,-220,-196,-554,-556,-594,-569,-564,-559,-586,-561,-1790,-1326,-1326,-1260,-1207,-1197]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nd7 7. g3 {LiveBook: 50 Games} Qf6 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} (7... g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. f4 {½-½ (11) Fedorov,A (2572)-Tomczak,J (2600) Suwalki 2018}) 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. Bd2 Ne7 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9... d4 10. Nb1 Bd6 11. Bg2 e5 12. a4 Ne7 13. h4 h6 14. Na3 Rd8 15. Bh3 {1-0 (36) Bouhallel,R (2302)-Beuselinck,S (2104) Belgium 2003}) 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O (11. a3 $5 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Bc5 12. O-O $11) 11... Bc5 12. Kh2 Qg6 13. Rae1 Rae8 14. f4 f5 15. e5 b5 16. Nd1 {[%cal Bc3d1,Bd1e3,Be3c2][%mdl 32]} Rc8 17. c4 Nb6 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 18. Bc3 {And now b4 would win.} b4 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. Ne3 a5 {[#]} (20... d4 $14) 21. Nc2 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent d4.} dxc4 22. dxc4 Rd7 23. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Bxe3 24. Nxe3 Rcd8 25. Rd1 Na4 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rd1 Qe8 28. Rd6 {Strongly threatening c5.} Qd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Nc5 $16) 29. Qd1 $18 Nb6 30. Qd4 Nec8 {[%cal Be7c8,Bc8d6,Bd6f7][%mdl 32]} 31. Bxc6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Much less strong is} 31. Rxd7 $6 Qxd7 32. Qc5 (32. Qxd7 Nxd7 33. Bxc6 Nc5 $16) 32... h6 $18) (31. c5 $18 {was the only winning move.}) 31... Nxd6 $19 32. Bxd7 Nf7 33. Nxf5 Qxd7 (33... exf5 $142 34. e6 Nxd7) 34. Nd6 {[#]} (34. Qxd7 $17 {might work better.} Nxd7 35. Nd4) 34... Qc6 $1 35. c5 Nd7 36. Ne4 Nd8 37. f5 $2 (37. Qd6 {nothing else works.}) 37... exf5 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Ng5 Ne6 39. Qc4 Ndf8 40. a3 Qxc5 41. Qb3 Qf2+ 42. Kh1 Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Qd2+ {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 39%.} 0-1

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kunal, M.."]
[Black "Arpan, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,0,16,8,20,21,43,38,62,62,82,37,48,37,37,19,19,11,17,12,16,16,13,0,3,-33,-46,-43,0,0,0,-18,0,-11,-24,-40,46,37,52,0,107,99,100,93,196,270,521,504,968,993,1007,977,2176,885,5845,29956,29985,2344,1405,1046,972,895,29996,29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 (5. d3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 {½-½ (8) Morozevich,A (2656)-Chigaev,M (2593) Cheliabinsk 2018}) 5... d6 6. O-O {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} e5 7. c3 g6 8. Rd1 {White is slightly better.} Bg7 9. d4 Qe7 10. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d5 Nb8 11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 O-O {0-1 (50) Dzhangobegov,V (2315)-Murtazin,R (2050) Kazan 2016}) 10... dxc5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nc4 b6 13. Ne3 Na5 {[%cal Bc6a5,Ba5b7,Bb7d6][%mdl 32]} 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nb7 16. a4 Nd6 17. Nd2 f5 18. a5 {[#] Threatens to win with axb6.} Bb7 19. a6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bc8 20. Nc4 Bd7 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. b4 Rfe8 (22... cxb4 $15 23. cxb4 e4) 23. bxc5 $14 bxc5 24. Qc4 ({White should try} 24. Be3 $14) 24... Bf8 (24... Rab8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. Be3 $16 Rab8 26. Rdb1 Kh8 (26... Rxb1+ $16 27. Rxb1 Bc8) 27. Rb7 $18 Rxb7 $2 (27... Ra8 28. Ra5 (28. Qh4 Be7 $18) 28... Rec8) 28. axb7 Rb8 (28... Qb6 $142 29. d6 Qb2) 29. Ra6 Qc7 30. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c7]} Bxd6 31. Qd5 (31. Bg5 $142 Rf8 32. Qd5) 31... Be7 32. Bh6 Be8 33. Rxa7 (33. Qe6 $142 Rd8 34. Rxa7 Qd6 {[#]} 35. Bg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. b8=Q Bd7 38. Bf1) 33... Qd6 34. Qxd6 Bxd6 35. Bd5 Rd8 36. Bg5 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Deshmukh, Anup"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,82,8,8,8,27,0,4,-16,0,2,12,4,10,9,9,0,3,12,45,6,11,-2,-2,-28,-11,-46,-28,-37,0,-37,-24,-33,-31,-28,-31,-17,0,0,-6,-21,-13,-23,-16,-101,-100,-252,-247,-337,-342,-321,-222,-235,-205,-206,-225,-366,-351,-364,-360,-439,-347,-501,-504,-493,-445,-439,-407,-550,-538,-540,-540,-532,-524,-654,-656]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 (2... Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 Re8 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Bb6 9. Ba3 Bf5 10. d4 e4 11. h3 h6 12. g4 Bh7 13. Ng3 d5 14. h4 {1-0 (38) Mamedyarov,S (2801)-Anand,V (2768) Saint Louis 2018}) 3. a3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. b4 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... d6 6. f4 g6 7. b5 Nb8 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Nh3 Qe7 11. Nc3 Bg7 {1-0 (34) Savchenko,B (2540)-Vlasenko,M (2400) St Petersburg 2012}) 6. Bb2 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} d6 7. b5 Ne7 8. f4 {The position is equal.} Bg7 9. fxe5 Nd7 10. exd6 Bxb2 11. dxe7 Qxe7 12. Ra2 Bg7 13. Nh3 Ne5 14. Nf4 O-O 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Rc2 c6 17. h4 Bd7 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7e8,Be8f7][%mdl 1056] Black has compensation.} 18. Nc3 Be8 19. Nd1 Bf7 20. Ne3 Rfd8 21. Qb4 Qf6 22. O-O Bf8 23. c5 Rd4 24. Qa5 ({Much worse is} 24. Qxd4 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qxd4 $17) 24... Rad8 25. bxc6 Nxc6 26. Qc3 (26. Bxc6 $11 {remains equal.} bxc6 27. Rb1) 26... Bg7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with ...Qe7. Black is really pushing.} 27. Rb2 $2 {[#]} (27. Bxc6 $17 Qxc6 28. Qa5) 27... Qe7 $1 $19 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Nfg2 R4d7 30. Qc1 Bxb2 31. Qxb2+ Kg8 32. Qc3 (32. d3 $142) 32... Rxd2 33. Nf4 Qe4 34. Nh5 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rc3g7]} Qd4 35. Nf6+ (35. Qxd4 $142 R8xd4 36. Nf4) 35... Kh8 36. Qxd4 R2xd4 37. g4 Kg7 38. Nh5+ gxh5 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Nxf5+ {[#]} Kf8 $1 40. Nxd4 Rxd4 41. g5 Rg4+ {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Srija, Seshadri"]
[Black "Gukesh D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,74,9,12,15,67,66,59,64,70,63,165,160,165,169,143,77,76,77,66,0,106,115,89,127,126,-41,-22,-81,-94,-205,-192,-440,-418,-377,-349,-1602,-1527,-1919,-1845,-2078,-1497,-1489,-1384,-1227,-992,-982,-975,-920,-793,-2214,-1931,-1824,-1105,-1070,-1055,-1220,-764,-677,-852,-805,-783,-897,-892,-1588,-1129,-1498,-934]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Ne7 6. f4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} c5 (6... Qb6 $11) (6... Nd7 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. Nb3 a5 9. a4 f6 10. Be2 Ng6 11. O-O Be7 12. c4 fxe5 13. c5 {1-0 (68) Zvjaginsev,V (2633)-Turov,M (2600) Yaroslavl 2018}) 7. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Ngf3 Nec6 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. a3 Bxc5 10. b4 Nxb4 11. axb4 Qxb4 12. Rb1 Qc3 13. Rb3 Qxc2 14. Qxc2 Bxc2 15. Bxc5 Bxb3 16. Nxb3 {1-0 (33) Zakurdjaeva,I (2288)-Darwish,M (2120) Dubai 2009}) 7... d4 8. Bf2 {White is slightly better.} Nd5 9. Nb3 $1 Nxf4 ({Black should try} 9... Bxc5 $14 10. Nxc5 (10. Bb5+ Nc6 $11) 10... Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5) 10. Bb5+ $18 Nc6 11. Qf3 Nd5 12. Nxd4 (12. Ne2 $142 d3 13. Ned4 (13. cxd3 Bg6 $16)) 12... Qa5+ $16 13. c3 {Strongly threatening b4.} Bxc5 14. Nxf5 (14. b4 $14 Bxb4 15. cxb4 Ndxb4 16. Kf1 (16. Bxc6+ Nxc6+ 17. Kf1 Nxe5 $11) (16. Nxf5 Nd5+ 17. Kd1 exf5 $11)) 14... Bxf2+ (14... Qxb5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 15. Nxg7+ Ke7 16. Bh4+ Kd7 17. Qxf7+ Kc8) 15. Kxf2 O-O 16. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 17. Nd6 $2 (17. Ne3 $16) 17... f6 $1 $15 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 18. Qg4 (18. Qe2 $11 fxe5+ 19. Kg3) 18... fxe5+ $17 19. Ke1 (19. Kg3 $17 Rf6 20. Nf3) 19... Qc5 $19 (19... Rf1+ 20. Kd2 $11) 20. Ne4 $2 (20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Nf7+ Rxf7 22. Qxf7) 20... Qb6 21. Ne2 Qxb2 22. Rd1 $2 ({But not} 22. Qxe6+ $2 Kh8 $19) (22. Rc1 Rad8 23. Rd1 (23. Qxe6+ $2 Kh8 $19)) 22... Ne3 {Black is clearly winning.} 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 {[%cal Re3g2] [#]} 24. Rd7 Qb1+ 25. Kd2 Qxe4 26. Qe7 Nf5 27. Qb4 Qe3+ 28. Ke1 Rfb8 29. Qa4 Rb1+ 30. Rd1 Rab8 {( -> ...R8b2)} 31. Qc2 Rxd1+ ({Don't go for} 31... R1b2 $2 {[#]} 32. Qxb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rg8 33. Qb4 $18) 32. Kxd1 Rd8+ 33. Ke1 Nh4 34. Rg1 h6 35. a3 Rf8 36. Qa4 Rf2 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Re3e2]} 37. Qc4 Rxe2+ {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bhambure, Shantanu"]
[Black "Sai Agni Jeevitesh, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,22,27,29,37,24,37,30,41,18,123,106,126,60,71,60,54,40,48,45,48,49,49,49,60,53,58,36,87,31,119,87,106,103,116,113,98,0,114,0,90,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. O-O Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. cxd5 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} exd5 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. f4 {The position is equal.} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rac8 14. Ndf3 c5 15. Qe2 Rc7 16. Rfd1 cxd4 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Nxd4 {1-0 (59) Indjic,A (2587)-Zawadzka,J (2419) Minsk 2017}) 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bb5 Nf6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Ba3 (18... a6 $11 {remains equal.} 19. Be2 b5) 19. Bxa3 $16 Qxa3 20. Nd7 (20. g4 $16) 20... Rfd8 $14 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Rfd1 Rc5 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Be2 Rc8 25. Bg4 Rc7 26. Be6+ Kf8 27. Qe1 a5 (27... Qc3 $14) 28. f5 (28. h3 $16) 28... Qd6 ({Black should play} 28... Qc2 $14) 29. Qh4 Qe5 30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. Qh5+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Ke8 33. Qh5+ Kf8 $1 34. Qh6+ {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 35%.} ({White should try} 34. Qh3 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kumar, Gaurav"]
[Black "Rakesh Kumar Jena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,124,20,46,27,41,27,54,39,44,45,44,41,46,41,43,40,57,53,54,31,47,10,49,0,52,14,13,0,7,0,64,66,41,48,64,58,58,64,95,100,133,129,211,211,214,205,235,216,201,148,130,20,183,178,375,129,129,126,126,106,123,110,156,146,119,87,80,0,0,0,0,0,0,-196,-187,-187,-196,-186,-193,-191,-162,-187,-164,-6485,-6485,-6187,-2700,-12848,-6460,-29941,-29938,-29941,-12809,-29944,-29943,-11775,-6448,-11131,-6460,-6448,-6087,-5443,-5197,-29970,-29973,-29939,-12822,-29974,-29976,-29976,-29979,-29986,-29987,-29985,-29986]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} d6 2. d4 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 Ne8 {LiveBook: 35 Games. B06: Modern Defence} (6... dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. h3 Nb6 9. Bb3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. e6 Bxe6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14. c3 Qd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Nbd2 Nf4 17. Ne4 Nd3 18. Rb1 {½-½ (96) Short,N (2678)-Adhiban,B (2655) Riadh 2017}) 7. c3 Nc6 8. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O d5 9. Bb3 h6 10. h3 Be6 11. Na3 a6 12. Nc2 Qd7 13. a4 Kh7 14. Nce1 {1-0 (53) Paszewski,M (2307)-Ruotanen,H (1911) Katowice 2017}) 8... d5 {White has an edge.} 9. Bd3 f6 10. O-O fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 c5 13. c4 e6 14. Nc3 Nc7 15. Bd2 b6 16. Rae1 Bb7 17. Kh2 Qd7 (17... Ba6 $11) 18. h4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Rad8 20. Bc1 Qc6 (20... Bd5 $11) 21. f4 $1 $14 Rd4 {aiming for ...Rxc4!} 22. b3 a6 {Hoping for ...b5.} 23. a4 Bh6 {[%cal Rf8f4]} 24. g3 Rf5 25. Rf2 Bg7 26. Bd3 Rf8 (26... Nd5 $16 27. Nxd5 Qxd5) 27. Be4 $18 Nd5 {[#]} 28. Nxd5 $1 exd5 29. Bg2 Qe6 30. Bh3 Qe7 31. Bb2 (31. Qc2 $16) 31... Rb4 $2 (31... Re4 $11 32. Qf1 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 a5) 32. Qd1 Rd8 $2 (32... Bh6) 33. Bc3 $2 (33. f5 $18 {and the rest is easy.} gxf5 34. Bxf5 Rxh4+ 35. gxh4 Qxh4+ 36. Kg2 d4+ 37. Kf1) 33... Re4 $16 {[#]} 34. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 {[%cal Bd5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 35. Rd2 Rxd2+ 36. Qxd2 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Ba5 Bf8 39. Bd8 (39. Qd7 $16) 39... e3 $1 $11 {[%cal Re3d2]} 40. Qd3 Qe8 41. Bd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7e8]} Be4 42. Qxb5 $2 (42. Bxe8 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Bxd3 43. Kg2 c4 $19) (42. Qxe4 $11 {and White is okay.} Qxd7 43. Bf6) 42... Qxd8 $19 43. Qc4+ Kg7 44. Qxe4 {Bb5 is the strong threat.} Qxd7 45. Qxe3 Qd5 46. Qc3 Be7 47. Kg1 $2 (47. Qc2) 47... Qd4+ 48. Qxd4 cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KP} 49. Kf2 h5 50. Kf3 Kf7 51. Ke4 Bc5 52. Kd3 Ke6 53. Kc4 Kf5 54. b4 Bb6 55. Kd3 Ke6 56. Kc4 Ba7 57. b5 Bb6 58. Kd3 Kd5 (58... Bc5 $142 59. Kc2 Ba7 60. Kb3 Kd5 61. Ka3 d3 62. Kb3 Bd4 63. b6 Bxb6 64. Kc3 Bf2 65. Kxd3 Bxg3 66. Ke3 Bxh4 67. Kf3 Bd8 68. Ke3 Ke6 69. Kf2 h4 70. Ke2 h3 71. Kf2 Bh4+ 72. Kg1 Bg3 73. Kf1 Bxf4 74. Kf2 g5 75. Kf3 Kxe5 76. Ke2 h2 77. Kd3 h1=Q 78. Kc4 Qc6+ 79. Kb4 g4 80. Ka3 Qb5 81. Ka2 Bc1 82. Ka1 Qb2#) 59. Kd2 Kc5 {Black mates.} 60. Kd3 Kxb5 61. Ke4 Kc4 62. e6 Bc5 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 44%.} 0-1

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moksh Amit Doshi"]
[Black "Karthik Sai Ch"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,86,36,36,36,34,36,36,29,33,41,39,34,40,36,53,46,43,43,43,43,43,44,60,56,53,45,56,0,13,13,13,13,39,37,31,35,39,30,30,30,35,35,52,16,52,36,55,43,74,74,89,74,191,185,201,149,237,228,189,192,191,154,172,111,541,540,502,502,420]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Ne5 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} (6. Qb3 b5 7. c5 a5 8. Be2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Rfc1 Ne4 13. Qd1 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 {½-½ (56) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Andreikin,D (2712) Huaian 2017}) 6... Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. cxd5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 {LiveBook: 47 Games} 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. Rc1 e6 13. Be2 Be7 {[#]} 14. Ba5 $146 Rc8 15. Rxc8+ $1 Qxc8 16. Kd2 {[#] Strongly threatening Rc1.} Qc5 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Rc1 O-O 19. Bd4 Qd7 20. Qc3 Bd8 21. b3 f6 22. Kd1 Bg6 23. Qc8 (23. f4 $14) 23... Qxc8 24. Rxc8 fxe5 25. Bxe5 Bb6 26. Bg4 Bf5 27. Bxf5 exf5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. Rc3 Kf7 29. Ke2 Re8 30. f4 g6 31. Kd3 Re7 32. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} g5 33. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3f4][%mdl 32]} gxf4 34. gxf4 Rd7 35. a4 a5 {[#]} (35... Bd8 $16) 36. b5 $1 $18 Ke7 37. Rc2 Kf8 (37... Ke6 $16 38. Rg2 Bc5) 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Bd4 Bd8 40. b6 Ke6 41. Bc5 (41. Ra8 $18) 41... Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Be7 $16 {is a better chance.}) 42. Ra8 Be7 43. Rxa5 Ke6 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 77%, Black = 28%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Swati Ghate"]
[Black "Jay Kundaliya"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,32,6,11,4,20,20,23,8,20,-16,-24,-26,-45,-64,-16,-164,-138,-154,-140,-172,-164,-170,-156,-148,-114]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} h6 (6... O-O 7. e4 Bg6 8. Nh3 h6 9. O-O Bh7 10. Kh1 a5 {0-1 (63) Rapport,R (2698)-Grischuk,A (2750) chess.com INT 2017}) 7. e4 Bh7 8. Qe2 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Ngf3 a5 10. a3 c5 11. a4 Na6 12. O-O Nb4 {1-0 (69) Bezold,M (2520)-Braeuer,F (2319) Austria 2015}) 9... Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4c2][%mdl 32]} 10. e5 Nd7 11. Ndf3 f6 12. d4 (12. exf6 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bxf6 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14. O-O-O) 12... Nb4 {Black is clearly better.} 13. Kf1 Nxc2 14. Rd1 {[#]} fxe5 $1 15. dxe5 Nc5 16. Nh3 Nb4 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 68%.} *

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nandhidhaa, P V"]
[Black "Thipsay, Bagyashree Sathe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,65,24,24,17,21,40,18,68,68,95,78,145,129,143,75,206,211,216,247,321,312,219,96,90,-3,51,39,239,199,150,99,141,0,169,203,302,287,409,324,525,507,487,497,653,638,5731,5790]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 dxe4 8. Qe2 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} Nbd7 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 (10. Qxe4 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. d4 O-O 13. Rd1 a5 14. a4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Nd5 {½-½ (25) McShane,L (2671)-Anand,V (2811) London 2011}) 10... Nf6 11. Bg2 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bd6 12. O-O h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qb6 13. d3 O-O 14. a4 a5 15. Be3 Qxb2 {0-1 (40) Medvegy,Z (2295)-Turov,M (2425) Budapest 1997}) 13. h4 Qc7 14. d4 O-O-O 15. Bg5 Rde8 (15... Kb8 $142) 16. c4 $16 Qd7 17. Qc2 (17. Rfd1 $142) 17... Kb8 (17... Ng4 $16) 18. b4 $18 Ng4 19. c5 Bc7 {[#]} 20. b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxb5 21. c6 (21. Rab1 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 21... Qxd4 $16 {[#]} 22. Rad1 (22. Rab1 $1 $16) 22... Qb6 ({Black should play} 22... Qa4 $11 23. Qxa4 bxa4) 23. Rd7 $1 $36 {[%mdl 3072] White has compensation. White is more active.} Ne5 $2 (23... f6 $1 $14 24. Bf4 e5) 24. Be3 $18 Qa5 25. a4 (25. Rb1 $142) 25... b4 ({Much weaker is} 25... Nxd7 $6 26. cxd7 Rd8 27. Qe4 $14) ({Avoid the trap} 25... bxa4 $2 26. Bd2 $18) (25... bxc6 {[#]} 26. axb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kc8 27. Rd2) 26. Rd4 (26. Rb1 $16) 26... Nxc6 $2 ({Don't go for} 26... bxc6 $2 27. f4 $18) (26... Bb6 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 27. cxb7 Ng4) 27. Rc4 Qa6 (27... Rd8 {might work better.}) 28. Rb1 Ba5 (28... Rc8 $142) 29. Bxc6 bxc6 $2 (29... Rc8) 30. Rxc6 {White is clearly winning.} Qb7 31. Qc5 Bb6 32. Qd6+ Bc7 {[#]} 33. Bxa7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 64%, Black = 17%.} 1-0

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Surendran N"]
[Black "Suvradeepta, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,49,76,86,89,146,63,120,112,106,116,131,117,168,178,187,187,201,191,351,354,371,360,377,315,309,303,311,332,459,458,491,343,306,270,245,229,364,406,505,502,455,472]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 (5. dxc5 e6 6. e4 Nb4 7. Qa4+ N4c6 {0-1 (7) Williams,S (2282)-Melander,B (2252) ICCF email 2009}) 5... Nb6 6. d5 {D06: Damengambit (Seltene Züge)} Bg4 (6... e6 $142) 7. Be3 $146 (7. h3 $16 Bxf3 8. Qxf3) ({Vorgänger:} 7. Nc3 e5 8. Be3 N8d7 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Rc1 Nc8 11. O-O O-O 12. Nb5 b6 13. a4 {1-0 (27) Jordan,W-Flitney,A Melbourne 1982}) 7... N8d7 (7... e6 $14) 8. a4 $16 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] Weiß steht besser.} g6 9. a5 Nc8 10. Qb3 Bg7 {[#]} (10... Bxf3 $16 {ist wohl besser.} 11. gxf3 Nd6) 11. Nfd2 $1 $18 {Und weiter mit h3 wäre nett.} (11. Qxb7 Nd6 $17) 11... f5 12. f3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat starke Initiative.} (12. Qxb7 Nd6 $15) 12... Bh5 13. Be2 {Droht g4 und aus.} (13. Qxb7 Rb8 $15) 13... h6 $2 (13... O-O {kämpft weiter.} 14. g4 f4) 14. g4 ({Nicht} 14. Qxb7 Nd6 $14) 14... f4 15. Bxf4 (15. gxh5 fxe3 16. Nc4 (16. Qxe3 Bxb2 17. Ra4 Bd4 $11) 16... g5 $14) 15... g5 16. Bg3 (16. gxh5 gxf4 17. Nc3 (17. Qxb7 Nd6 $11) 17... Nd6 $16) 16... Bf7 17. Nc4 ({Schwächer ist} 17. Qxb7 Nd6 $18) 17... O-O 18. Nc3 e6 19. Qxb7 Ne7 20. Rd1 exd5 21. exd5 Ng6 22. Bc7 Qe8 (22... Bxc3+ $142 23. bxc3 Qf6) 23. Nd6 Qe3 {[#] ...Sf4 ist eine echte Drohung.} 24. Nf5 Bxc3+ 25. Kf1 {Precision: Weiß = 72%, Schwarz = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Niraj, Saripalli"]
[Black "Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 35,72,62,85,50,54,51,63,16,36,22,20,28,24,8,19,20,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,-449,-448,-678,-729,-1749,-1290,-1647,-1603,-1581,-1492,-1194,-925,-1852,-930,-2429,-2335]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 {[%cal Bc1e3,Be3f2,Bf2h4][%mdl 32]} Bb6 13. Nd2 c5 14. N4f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 d4 {C56: Two Knights: 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4} 16. Bf2 Bc6 17. Bh4 (17. a4 a5 18. f5 Qd5 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qxg7 O-O-O 21. Qf6 Rhg8 22. Bg3 c4 23. Kh1 {0-1 (38) Jones,G (2661)-L'Ami,E (2618) Wolvega 2014}) 17... Qd5 18. f5 Kd7 {[%cal Be8d7,Bd7c8,Bc8b7][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Games} 19. e6+ Kc8 20. exf7 {f6 is the strong threat.} Qxf7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Kb7 21. Qg5 Rhf8 22. a4 a5 23. Rae1 {0-1 (33) Westerberg,J (2412)-Belyakov,B (2456) Pardubice 2014}) 21. a4 {[#] Hoping for Ne5.} a5 22. Ne5 Qd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e5]} 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. c4 Kb7 25. b3 Rae8 26. Rae1 Qd7 27. Qd3 c6 28. f6 gxf6 29. Rxf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. Bxf6 $11 Rhf8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Bg5) 29... Bd8 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Rh6 (30. Ref1 $142 Bxf6 31. Rxf6) 30... Bxh4 31. Rxe8 Qxe8 32. g3 Bg5 33. Rxh7+ Rxh7 34. Qxh7+ Qe7 35. Qf5 Qe3+ 36. Kg2 Bd8 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ikramul, Haq Siam"]
[Black "Bhatt, Jalpan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,5,61,32,49,20,27,26,24,20,39,7,34,15,50,50,52,6,38,32,27,5,25,6,18,0,27,6,25,10,19,13,13,16,17,12,22,21,19,23,23,23,23,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,255,248,572,587,585,554,554,532,612,656,692,704,704,697,910,922,1107,1069,6220,5941,29987,29988,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 4. Nf3 Ne4 (4... h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. c3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 c5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 {0-1 (43) Mamedyarov,S (2801)-Giri,A (2782) chess.com INT 2018}) 5. Bf4 g6 (5... e6 $11) 6. c4 {D03: Damenbauernspiele} (6. Bd3 {is interesting.} c6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c4 O-O 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3) 6... c6 {Schwarz will ...e5! spielen.} 7. Nbd2 $146 (7. cxd5 {keeps more tension.} cxd5 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3) ({Vorgänger:} 7. cxd5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. Qd2 cxd5 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bg7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 {0-1 (36) Mundet Riera,J (2155)-Nogue,A (2238) Banyoles 2004}) 7... Nxd2 8. Qxd2 {und nun wäre cxd5 stark für Weiss.Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} Nf6 9. a3 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Nh4 (13. h3 {with more complications.} f6 14. Rac1 Qd7 15. Bh2 Rac8 16. Nh4) 13... e6 (13... Bd7 {looks sharper.} 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Rac1 Rac8) 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Rac1 Nf6 16. h3 Nh5 17. Be5 Re8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Qb3 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Re7 21. Rfd1 Qd6 22. g3 h5 23. h4 Ne8 24. Bf1 Nf6 25. Bg2 Rae8 26. d5 {[%cal Rd5c6]} c5 27. Qb5 b6 28. b4 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Rc8 29. Qa6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz steht unter Druck.} Rec7 $2 {[#]} (29... Rcc7 $11) 30. bxc5 $18 Rxc5 $2 (30... Qf8 {leistet mehr Widerstand.} 31. c6 Ne8) 31. Qxc8+ Rxc8 32. Rxc8+ Kg7 {[#]} 33. Rc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d6]} Qxa3 34. d6 Qb3 35. Bf3 Nd7 36. Rc7 $1 {[%csl LRa7,LRd7]} Ne5 37. Be2 Qa2 38. Kf1 f4 39. exf4 Nc6 40. Rxc6 {Weiß setzt Matt.} Qa4 41. Bf3 Qb3 42. Kg2 {Precision: Weiß = 59%, Schwarz = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Srihari L R"]
[Black "Mohammad Minhaz Uddin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,67,16,12,27,24,40,42,51,56,70,71,66,68,81,53,82,59,120,109,131,122,174,172,216,235,223,189,200,167,185,158,196,193,282,269,402,400,624,619,588,520,625,608,736,731,735,723,733,725,702,711]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. O-O e5 9. e4 Bg4 10. Qc2 {LiveBook: 9 Games. E11: Bogo-Indian} Nc6 11. d5 Nb4 12. Qc3 {White is slightly better.} Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a5 13. h3 Bd7 14. Rfc1 Na6 15. b3 Nc5 16. Qe3 h6 17. a3 Nh7 {1-0 (36) Lopez Martinez,J (2607)-Nielsen,R (2338) Heraklio 2017}) 13. Bxf3 c5 14. a3 Na6 15. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qc7 16. Bg2 Rfe8 17. Kh1 cxb4 (17... Nb8 $14) 18. axb4 $16 Qb6 19. Rab1 Rac8 (19... h5 $16 {was called for.}) 20. f3 Rc7 {[#]} 21. Rfc1 $1 Nd7 22. Bf1 h5 23. Kg2 h4 24. Qa3 ({Don't play} 24. gxh4 $6 Rcc8 $16) 24... Kh7 25. Rb2 ({Don't do} 25. gxh4 $6 Rg8 $16) 25... h3+ (25... Nab8 $142 26. c5 (26. gxh4 Rec8 $16) 26... dxc5) 26. Kh1 $18 Qf2 (26... Nab8 $142 27. c5 dxc5) 27. c5 {[#] aiming for Nc4.} dxc5 (27... Nb6 $142 28. Bxh3 Qd4) 28. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5a6][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} c4 {intending ...c3.} 29. Nb1 Qc5 30. bxa6 b5 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Nc3 Rb8 33. Bxh3 Nf6 34. Rcb1 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamdar Udit"]
[Black "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,93,-14,-22,12,20,13,14,17,19,17,0,37,31,35,30,95,76,150,133,131,130,127,108,118,0,127,131,149,148,139,140,151,146,131,154,212,206,201,198,205,176,254,227,322,311,325,298,303,251,241,239,200,111,339,228,275,58,58,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Ne5 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} Qc7 8. Qf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rae1 Bf5 14. d3 Nd7 {½-½ (45) Pirs,M (2537)-Antonov,N (2415) ICCF email 2014}) 11... O-O 12. b3 Nd7 13. Nxd7 $1 Bxd7 (13... Qxd7 $6 14. Nb6 $16) 14. Ba3 {[%cal Bc1a3,Ba3c5,Bc5d4][%mdl 32]} Bf5 (14... c4 $1 $11 15. Bxd6 Qxd6) 15. Bxc5 $16 Be4 (15... Bxc5+ $142 16. Nxc5 Qd6) 16. Qg3 Rfe8 17. d3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Bf5 18. Bd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rg3g7]} Bg6 19. Bc5 Bf5 $1 20. Qf2 Re6 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Nc5 Rg6 (24... Re8 $16 25. b4 (25. Nxa6 d4 $16) 25... Qf6) 25. Qe3 h5 26. b4 (26. Nxa6 $6 Qa3 $16) 26... Qd8 27. Kh1 h4 (27... a5 $142) 28. Re1 $18 Kh7 (28... Be6 $142 29. Qe5 Qf6) 29. Qe7 Qxe7 30. Rxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rg4 31. Rxf7 Rxf4 {[%cal Rf4f1]} 32. Kg1 $1 Kg6 {[#]} 33. Rc7 (33. Rb7 $1 $18) 33... h3 $2 (33... Rxb4 $16 34. Rxc6+ Kf7) 34. Rxc6+ Kh5 {[#]} 35. Ne6 $2 ({Stronger than} 35. Nxa6 hxg2 36. Kxg2 Kh4 $11) (35. a3 $1 $18) 35... Rg4 $14 36. g3 (36. Rxa6 Rxg2+ 37. Kf1 Bxe6 $17) 36... Bxe6 $1 {The position is equal.} 37. Rxe6 {Strongly threatening a3.} Rxb4 38. Rxa6 $11 {KR-KR} Rb1+ 39. Kf2 Rh1 40. g4+ Kh4 41. Ra8 Rxh2+ (41... Kxg4 $5 42. Ra4+ $8 Kh5 $11) 42. Kf3 Rxc2 43. Rh8+ Kg5 44. Rxh3 g6 45. Rh8 Rd2 46. Ke3 Rxa2 47. Kd4 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Subhayan Kundu"]
[Black "Ritviz, Parab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,140,35,29,21,45,28,54,54,45,43,47,53,50,51,58,44,58,28,32,22,46,17,26,23,24,27,27,-2,-16,-16,-9,-40,-47,-43,-45,-40,-46,-44,-27,-9,-18,-36,-34,-41,-46,-83,-80,-119,-108,-153,-153,-173,-107,-273,-253,-250,-243,-286,-278,-274,-248,-273,-197,-206,-142,-163,-146,-265,-133,-216,-146,-178,-118,-102,0,0,0,0,66,75,76,81,203,198,191,128,145,107,147,154,153,129,141,141,181,169,499,493,576,570,537,-58,0,0,380,-201,-174,-197,-189,-254,-256,-273,-260,-422,-430,-368,-264,-290,0,0,0,0,0,-1254,-1093,-12840,-12839,-12840,-12840]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32] C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} (8. Nc3 Qd7 9. a5 a6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. h3 Bf6 15. Qf3 Qb5 {0-1 (58) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Wang,H (2709) Huaian 2017}) 8... Qd7 9. c3 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Rfe8 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. Nb5 Bd8 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 {1-0 (75) Sawlin,L (2359)-Kollars,D (2534) Karlsruhe 2018}) 10. h3 {White is slightly better.} Bh5 11. Nc2 Rae8 12. Ne3 Nd8 13. Nf5 Ne6 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. b4 c6 16. Bb3 Bd8 17. Be3 a5 18. b5 Bc7 19. b6 Bb8 20. Qc2 d5 21. Rad1 Nh5 22. Nxh5 Bxh5 23. g4 Bg6 24. Qa2 {[%cal Re4d5]} Rd8 25. Nh4 Rfe8 26. f3 d4 27. Bd2 dxc3 28. Bxc3 Nf4 29. Kh2 Qe7 $1 {[%cal Re7h4]} 30. Ng2 Nxd3 31. Re2 Nb4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb4a2][%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 32. Qb2 Qf6 (32... Rxd1 $19 33. Bxd1 Bd6) 33. f4 $2 (33. Rf1 $17) 33... Rxd1 $1 $19 34. Bxd1 Nd3 35. Qb1 Nxf4 36. Rf2 Qe7 37. Bxa5 Qc5 38. Be1 Rd8 {...Nd3 is the strong threat.} 39. Bf3 Ne6 {And now ...Ng5 would win.} 40. a5 (40. Nh4 $17 {was worth a try.}) 40... Nd4 (40... Ng5 $1 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Qa3.} 41. Qb3 Rd4) 41. Bd1 (41. Nh4 $17) 41... Nb5 {Threatens to win with ...Bxe4!} 42. Qb3 Nd6 (42... Bd6 $19 43. Nh4 Bxe4 44. Qxf7+ Kh8) 43. Bc2 Qc4 (43... Nxe4 $17 44. Bxe4 Bxe4 45. Qxf7+ Kh8 46. Qxb7 Bd5) 44. Qxc4 $11 Nxc4 45. Nh4 Nd6 (45... Kf8 $11) 46. Nxg6 $14 hxg6 47. Bb4 Nb5 (47... Nc4 $16 {was called for.}) 48. Bb3 $18 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rd7 49. Bc4 ({White should play} 49. Be6 $18 fxe6 50. Rf8+ Kh7 51. Rxb8) 49... Nd6 50. Bd3 Kf8 51. Rc2 $1 Ke8 52. a6 bxa6 53. Rxc6 Nb5 54. Bc4 $1 Rd4 $2 (54... Rd8 {is tougher.}) 55. Rc8+ Kd7 56. Rxb8 Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 57. Ba5 $2 (57. b7 $1 $18 Rxb4 58. Rd8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxd8 59. b8=Q+ Kd7 60. Qb7+ Kd8 61. Qb8+ (61. Qxa6 Rb2+ 62. Kg1 Rb1+ 63. Kf2 Nd4 $16) 61... Kd7 62. Qb7+ (62. Qxe5 Nd6 $16) 62... Kd8 63. Qxf7) 57... Rxe4 (57... Nd6 $1 $15 58. Ra8 Nb7 59. Rxa6 Rxe4) 58. Rb7+ $11 Ke6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (58... Kc8 $11 {and Black is okay.} 59. Rxf7 Ra4 60. Rf8+ Kb7 61. Rf7+ Kb8 62. Rf8+ Kb7 63. Rf7+ Kc8 64. b7+ Kb8) 59. Ra7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (59. Re7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe7 60. b7) 59... Nd6 60. Rxa6 Re2+ 61. Kg3 (61. Kg1 $142 Rb2 62. Be1) 61... Rb2 $19 62. Be1 f5 63. g5 $2 (63. Kh4 {keeps fighting.}) 63... Rb3+ 64. Kh4 e4 65. Bg3 {Threatening b7!} Kd5 $2 ({Black should try} 65... Nb7 $19 {aiming for ...e3.} 66. Bf2 Kd5) 66. Bxd6 $1 $11 Kxd6 67. b7+ $1 Ke5 68. Rxg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68. Ra5+ $11 Kd6 69. Ra6+ Ke5 70. Rxg6 Rxb7 71. Ra6) 68... Rxb7 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 69. Kg3 f4+ 70. Kg4 Rf7 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shahil Dey"]
[Black "Phadke Sohan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,67,12,15,14,6,29,22,45,46,54,42,63,43,27,30,62,54,88,56,75,85,87,96,121,18,28,12,18,14,94,0,22,0,5,-20,86,-42,0,0,0,-161,-132,-144,-16,-25,-21,-21,-18,-20,-14,-14,-22,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 {LiveBook: 53 Games} Nf6 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} 7. d3 Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Ne4 O-O 10. Be3 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7 12. c3 Rd8 13. Qc2 b6 14. f4 Ba6 15. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. e5 Na5 {½-½ (48) Vallejo Pons,F (2711)-Gelfand,B (2734) Almaty 2016}) 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. O-O-O Bd6 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Nxc5 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Be7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Nb3 ({Much weaker is} 15. Nxb7 Qc7 $17) 15... Be6 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. d4 ({Reject} 17. Qxa7 $6 Qc8 $11) (17. Qxe5 $16 {Hoping for Ned4.} Bf6 18. Qf4) 17... Bg5 $11 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Bf5 (19... Bf6 $11) 20. Nc3 (20. fxg5 $16 {Strongly threatening Nc3.} Re8 21. Qf3 Bxc2+ 22. Ka1 Bxd1 23. Rxd1) 20... Bf6 21. d5 Rc4 22. Nd2 Re8 (22... Bd4 $11 23. Qf3 Rc8) 23. Qf3 {[#]} ({Better is} 23. Nxc4 $16 Rxe3 24. Nxe3) 23... Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. bxc3 Qa5 {And now ...Re2! would win.} 25. Nb3 $2 (25. Rhe1 $11 Rc8 26. c4) 25... Bxc2+ $1 $19 26. Kb2 Bxb3 (26... Bxd1 $17 27. Rxd1 Qb6) 27. axb3 $11 Bxc3+ 28. Qxc3 {The position is equal.} Re2+ 29. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2e2]} Rxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Qc5+ 31. Kb2 Qf2+ 32. Kb1 Qf3 33. Kb2 Qf2+ 34. Kb1 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 28%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Soham Datar"]
[Black "Navalgund, Niranjan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,51,-40,-22,-54,-52,-62,-39,-65,-15,-16,71,31,36,16,102,101,105,49,40,31,41,32,47,-21,152,0,0,0,0,0,0,-100,85,-108,-105,-304,-297,-475,-429,-5152,-4894,-29993,-29994,-29999]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. Bb2 (4. d3 e5 5. a3 a5 6. b5 Ne7 7. e3 dxe3 8. fxe3 Nf5 9. g4 Nd6 10. Rg1 Be6 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. d4 {½-½ (33) Ding,L (2777)-Giri,A (2772) Wenzhou 2017}) 4... e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 5. Qb3 c5 6. b5 $146 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} ({Predecessor:} 6. bxc5 Na6 7. d3 Nxc5 8. Qc2 Ne7 9. g3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Nh4 Bd7 {0-1 (30) Lang,S (2269)-Teske,H (2518) Forchheim 2003}) 6... e4 7. Ng1 $1 {[%cal Bf3g1,Bg1h3,Bh3f4][%mdl 32]} f5 8. e3 {Black is slightly better.} d3 9. Nh3 Be6 (9... Nf6 $11) 10. Nf4 Bf7 11. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} fxg4 (11... Nf6 $1 $11) 12. Bg2 {aiming for Nc3.} Nf6 13. Bxf6 (13. Nc3 $16) 13... Qxf6 $14 14. Nc3 $1 {Rc1 is the strong threat.} Bd6 15. Bxe4 Nd7 $1 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4,Bc4a3][%mdl 32]} 16. Bxb7 ({Better is} 16. Nxd3 $14 O-O-O 17. O-O-O) 16... O-O $2 {[#]} (16... Rb8 $11 17. Nfd5 Qd8) 17. Bxa8 $2 ({Much weaker is} 17. Nxd3 $6 Rab8 $11) (17. Nfd5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd5f6]} Bxd5 18. Bxd5+ Kh8 19. O-O-O) 17... Rxa8 $11 18. O-O-O Bxf4 19. exf4 {And now Rhe1 would win.} Nb6 20. Nd5 (20. Rhe1 $11 {remains equal.}) 20... Qa1+ $17 21. Qb1 Qd4 22. Ne3 $2 (22. Qb3 $17 {might work better.} Nxd5 23. cxd5) 22... Nxc4 $19 23. Rdg1 (23. Rde1 {was called for.} Rb8 24. Nf5) 23... Rb8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b5,Bb5b1][%mdl 32] [#] ( -> ...Na3)} 24. Rxg4 (24. a4 $142 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Qc4+ 26. Kd1) 24... Na3 25. Qb2 Rxb5 26. Qxd4 Rb1# {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sudhanshu Ranjan"]
[Black "Sahil, Tickoo"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,34,0,21,14,18,-14,0,0,4,0,2,0,52,55,79,85,82]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Nf4 {E42: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...c5 5 Ne2} (9. Ng3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nc7 12. Be2 Ba6 13. O-O d5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 {0-1 (36) Kasimdzhanov,R (2676)-Heinemann,T (2484) Germany 2018}) 9... Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 11. Qc2 {The position is equal.} (11. Bd3 {is more complex.} Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. Qc2 g6 14. a4) 11... Nxc3 12. Qxc3 (12. bxc3 {with more complications.} Bb7 13. Bd3 g6 14. O-O Re8 15. Rfd1) 12... Qf6 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qd2 d6 15. O-O Rad8 16. b4 {0-1 (32) Jabbar,T (2211)-Disconzi da Silva,R (2368) Curitiba 2009}) 14... Rfd8 15. O-O Rac8 (15... cxd4 $11 16. Rxd4 Qg5) 16. Nh5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rh5f6]} Qg5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rg5g2] [#]} 17. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd5 *

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gandhi, Anish"]
[Black "Mehdi Hasan Parag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,103,22,26,22,19,25,29,21,42,33,75,67,60,63,60,60,118,93,126,97,180,164,174,165,166,179,161,133,282,139,558,545,565,547,579,563,741,585,745,749,720,462,476,479,472,460,475,458,690,470,465,453,451,450,465,460,460,460,447,439,496,479,490,481,599,600,573,390,609,585,689,452,1100,1085,1221,1367,1251,849,1408,1408,1299,1336,1222,994,1762,1671,1625,1545,12835,12835,12836,12835,12835,12835]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Nd7 8. Nb3 g5 (8... Bg6 9. a4 a5 10. c3 Nf5 11. Ne1 Be7 12. Nd3 O-O 13. f4 b6 14. g4 Nh4 {1-0 (41) Rodshtein,M (2678)-Riazantsev,A (2662) Sochi 2018}) 9. Ne1 {White has an edge.} Bg7 10. f4 gxf4 11. Nd3 ({Much worse is} 11. Rxf4 c5 $15) 11... Ng6 12. Nxf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Qb6 (13... Qe7 $14) 14. Kh1 {[#]} O-O-O $146 15. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} c5 (15... Qc7 $16) 16. a5 Qc7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Kb8 ({Don't blunder} 18... cxd4 $2 19. Rc1 $18) 19. Qe2 Rc8 {[#]} (19... a6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 20. Rac1 (20. a6 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 20... Qd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... a6 $16 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qd8) 21. a6 $18 b6 22. Qf3 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Rf3b7]} Qc7 23. Bb5 Bf8 24. Rfe1 h5 25. d5 {And now d6 would win.} Bg4 26. d6 Bxf3 27. dxc7+ Rxc7 28. gxf3 Bg7 29. Rcd1 Kc8 (29... Nf8 $142 30. Bg5 Ng6) 30. Bxd7+ Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Kxd7 32. Rg1 Bf8 33. Nd2 Kc6 34. Ne4 c4 35. Rc1 b5 36. b3 Ba3 37. Rc2 Kd5 38. bxc4+ bxc4 39. Nc3+ Kc5 (39... Kc6 $142 40. Nb1 Bc5) 40. Be3+ {White is clearly winning.} Kb4 41. Ne4 Rc8 (41... Kb5 $142 42. Nc3+ Kb4) 42. Bxa7 Kb3 43. Rc3+ Ka4 44. Bd4 Bb2 {[#]} 45. Rxc4+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc4 46. Bxb2 Rc8 47. a7 Kb3 48. Bd4 Rg8 49. Bb6 Kc4 50. Bc7 Ra8 51. Bb8 Kd4 52. Kg2 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jayachandra Srinivas Vellanki"]
[Black "Saurabh Anand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,74,-24,-20,-17,-22,-19,13,-37,-38,-37,-34,-58,-54,-66,-35,-39,-33,-37,-32,-54,-34,-29,-29,-29,-38,-41,-27,-33,-20,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-2,0,-7,-2,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7220,-6411,-5589,-3130,-29970,-29966,-29978,-29981,-29977,-29978]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 a6 (5... O-O 6. Na3 e4 7. Nc4 Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O a5 10. d3 d5 11. Nd2 a4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 {½-½ (45) Jobava,B (2687)-Yu,Y (2744) Tbilisi 2017}) 6. Bxc6 $1 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} dxc6 {[%cal Bd7c6,Bc6d5][%mdl 32]} 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 {The position is equal.} exf4 9. Nxf4 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qh5 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c6 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Ne2 {½-½ (44) Schneider,I (2488)-Van Foreest,J (2466) Germany 2015}) 12. Nc3 c6 13. Ne2 f6 14. Nf4 Qd7 {[#] ...Bg4 is the strong threat.} 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Rf3 Rf7 17. Raf1 Raf8 18. Qf5 Qxf5 (18... Re7 {is interesting.} 19. g4 h6 20. Qh5 Rd7 21. Qg6 Qe4) 19. Rxf5 Be5 (19... Bb4 {is more complex.} 20. R5f2 b5 21. g4 a5 22. Kg2 Rb7) 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KP-KP} 23. d4 Kf6 24. Kf2 Kf5 25. Kf3 $1 h5 26. h4 a5 27. a3 b6 28. c3 b5 29. a4 g6 30. g3 e4+ 31. Kf2 $1 Kf6 32. Kg2 Ke6 33. Kh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33. Kf2 $11) 33... Kd6 $1 $19 34. g4 c5 35. dxc5+ Kxc5 {Black mates.} 36. Kg3 bxa4 37. bxa4 Kc4 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 71%, Black = 56%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gaikwad, Siddhant"]
[Black "Kulkarni, Vinayak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,129,-28,-18,-16,21,29,63,-11,104,0,33,0,0,0,44,-18,2,-38,-46,-46,-54,-72,-29,-31,-27,-37,-34,-39,-44,-37,-35,-35,-39,-45,-14,-11,-14,-18,-12,-19,-9,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-40,-40,-40,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,-18,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. c4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} Qd6 (6... bxc3 $5 7. Nxc3 Qa5 $11) (6... bxc3 7. Nxc3 Qa5 8. Bd2 e6 9. Rb1 Nf6 10. Bb5 Qd8 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Ba4 Qc8 14. Bg5 O-O 15. Rc1 {½-½ (91) Christiansen,J (2492)-Agdestein,S (2586) Drammen 2018}) 7. Bb2 Bg4 8. Nbd2 $146 ({White should try} 8. d5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 8. d5 O-O-O 9. Nbd2 Nb8 10. Qa4 e6 11. Ne5 Nh6 12. Ne4 Qa6 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. Nxg4 Nxg4 {1-0 (31) Bolding,K (2335)-Jancu,J (2230) France 1998}) 8... e5 (8... e6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 9. dxe5 (9. d5 $16) 9... Qh6 10. Qc2 O-O-O 11. Be2 f6 12. Qe4 (12. Ne4 $14) 12... Qg6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qxg6 hxg6 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. h3 Bf5 17. g4 Rhe8 18. gxf5 {[#] Black must now prevent Rhe1.} Rxe2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. fxg6 Bf4 21. g7 Ne7 22. Kc2 Rxf2 {With the idea ...Nf5.} 23. Rhf1 Rxf1 24. Rxf1 Rg8 25. Ne4 f5 26. Nd4 fxe4 27. Rxf4 {[#] Threatens to win with Rf8+.} Rxg7 28. Rxe4 Nc6 29. Nxc6 bxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 30. Kb3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] aiming for ...Rg3+.} 31. Re5 Rg3+ 32. Kb2 a4 {next ...Kb7 is good for Black.} 33. c5 {The position is equal.} Rg2+ 34. Kb1 a3 35. Re4 Rb2+ 36. Ka1 Kb7 37. h4 Ka6 38. h5 Rh2 (38... Kb5 $5 39. Rh4 $8 Rf2 $11) 39. Rxb4 Rh1+ 40. Rb1 Rxh5 41. Rc1 Kb5 42. Kb1 Kb4 43. Rc2 Rh4 44. Rc1 Kb5 45. Rc2 Rg4 46. Rc1 Rb4+ 47. Ka1 Ka4 48. Rc3 Rd4 49. Kb1 Rb4+ 50. Ka1 Rg4 {( -> ...Rg1+)} 51. Kb1 Kb4 52. Rc2 Kb5 ({Resist} 52... Rg1+ 53. Rc1 $17) 53. Rc1 Rf4 54. Rc2 Rb4+ 55. Ka1 Rc4 (55... Rd4 {keeps more tension.} 56. Kb1 Rd3 57. Kc1 Kb4 58. Kb1 Re3) 56. Rxc4 Kxc4 57. Kb1 Kxc5 {Hoping for ...Kb4. KPP-KP} 58. Kc2 Kc4 59. Kd2 Kd4 {White should prevent ...Kc4.} 60. Kc2 c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4,Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} (60... Ke3 $5) 61. Kd2 $1 c4 (61... Kc4 $5) 62. Kc2 c3 63. Kc1 Kd3 64. Kd1 c2+ 65. Kc1 Kc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 61%, Black = 48%.} (65... Kd4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mulay, Pratik"]
[Black "Dahale, Atul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,78,14,0,0,1,0,0,17,23,70,72,87,87,90,94,88,77,111,90,69,35,45,45,28,26,53,54,87,75,74,32,29,0,20,-53,-72,-79,-82,-81,-85,-85,-42,-101,-91,-136,-71,-97,-96,-135,-136,-243,-251,-259,-251,-645,-259]} 1. e4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 a6 9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 Bd7 11. Be3 Ne8 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc7 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} 14. Nd5 (14. Kh2 Ne6 15. Nde2 Na5 16. b3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. b4 Nc4 19. Ba7 bxa4 20. Bxb8 Qxb8 21. Nd5 {0-1 (46) Alekseev,E (2632)-Mamedyarov,S (2674) Istanbul 2005}) 14... Ne6 {[%cal Rg7d4]} 15. Nxe6 fxe6 {The position is equal.} 16. Nb6 $1 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Be8 17. Qd2 e5 18. a5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qd3 g5 21. Bf3 {0-1 (51) Loew,G (2273)-Hirn,O (2212) Fuerth 2015}) 17. a5 Nd4 18. Rc1 Be6 19. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 20. f4 Nc6 21. Qd2 Rf7 22. b5 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Qd3 Bd7 25. Qb3 Rbf8 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. bxa6 bxa6 28. Qb6 e5 (28... g5 {is more complex.} 29. fxg5 Qa4 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Qxa6 Qa3) 29. fxe5 ({White should try} 29. f5 $11) 29... Bxe5 $15 {[%cal Bg7e5,Be5g3,Bg3f4][%mdl 32]} 30. c5 dxc5 {[#] Hoping for ...d3.} ({But not} 30... Bxg3 $6 31. c6 $14) 31. Qxc5 Bxg3 32. Rxf7 Qxf7 (32... Rxf7 {seems wilder.} 33. Qc8+ Kg7 34. Qxd7 Rxd7 35. Bf1 Bf4) 33. Qd5 (33. Rf1 $1 $15 Bf2+ 34. Kh1) 33... Bf4 $17 34. Qxf7+ Rxf7 {KRB-KRB} (34... Kxf7 $142 35. Rc6 Be3+ 36. Kf1 d3) 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Bf3 d3 37. Kf2 (37. Rd8 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 37... Bc7 $19 38. Ke3 Bxa5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bb6+.} 39. Ra8 $2 (39. Rc6) 39... Bb4 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 56%.} (39... Bb6+ $142 40. Kxd3 Rxf3+ 41. Kc4 g5 42. Rxa6 Be3) 0-1

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ansh M Shah"]
[Black "Utsab Chatterjee"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,158,-4,-7,-5,-10,-5,-20,-16,-28,-18,-8,-2,-4,0,0,2,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,30,22,23,0,0,-6,0,0,5,0,35,20,21,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,10,10,5,8,66,72,89,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-4,-6,-6,-8,-8,-8,-9,-8,-31,-17,-33,-8,-58,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-77,-82,-78,-79,-62,-72,-86,-91,-600,-584,-2039,-2108,-1379,-4859,-5102,-4906,-1281,-905,-884,-875,-872,-865,-29981,-29982,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29989,-29981,-29981,-29980,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29983,-29982,-29982,-29984,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29989]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} 10. Rd1 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 cxd4 12. Rxd4 Qc7 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Rh4 Ne5 15. Be2 Qc6 16. Rh3 Rac8 17. Rc1 {0-1 (44) Tibensky,R (2427)-Timoscenko,G (2500) Slovakia 1999}) 11. Nb5 {[%cal Bc3b5,Bb5d6,Bd6c4,Bc4e5,Be5d3,Bd3f4][%mdl 32]} Qc6 {The position is equal.} 12. Bf1 Nbd7 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qxc5 Bxc5 15. b3 a6 16. Nd6 Bd5 17. Nc4 Ne4 18. Bb2 b5 19. Nce5 Ndf6 20. Nd3 Be7 21. Nf4 Bb7 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Ne5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 {Strongly threatening Rc7.} Bc5 25. Nfd3 Bb6 26. Be2 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Nb4 Bb7 29. Nbc6 Kf8 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 Ke8 32. Nb4 Nc5 (32... a5 $1 $11 33. Nc2 Nd6) 33. Bd4 $1 $14 {And now Nc4 would win.} Nxa4 {[#]} 34. Bxb6 (34. Bd1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd1a4]} Nc5 35. Nc4) 34... Nxb6 $11 35. Bxa6 Bxa6 36. Nxa6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} Ne4 37. Nb4 f6 38. Ned3 Nc3 39. Nc2 Nc4 40. Nc5 Ke7 41. f3 Kd6 42. Nd3 f5 43. Kf2 e5 44. Nde1 Nb2 45. g4 Nbd1+ 46. Kg2 Nd5 47. e4 Nf4+ 48. Kg3 fxe4 49. fxe4 Nc3 50. Kf3 Nh3 51. Ne3 (51. Na3 $11 {remains equal.}) 51... Ng5+ $17 52. Kg2 {[#]} Ke6 $1 53. Nd3 Ncxe4 54. Nf5 g6 55. h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Ne3 $17) 55... gxf5 $19 56. gxf5+ Kxf5 57. hxg5 Nxg5 {KN-KN} 58. Kg3 Ne6 59. Nb4 Nd4 60. Nd5 e4 61. Ne3+ Kg5 {( -> ...Nf5+)} 62. Ng2 Nf5+ {Black mates.} 63. Kf2 Kg4 64. Ne1 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 65. Nc2 h4 66. Kg2 h3+ 67. Kh2 Kh4 68. Nb4 Nd4 69. Nd5 Nf3+ 70. Kh1 Kg3 71. Ne3 Ng5 72. Kg1 Kf3 73. Nf5 e3 {[%cal Be4e3,Be3e2][%mdl 32]} 74. Nd4+ Ke4 75. Ne2 Kd3 76. Nf4+ Kd2 77. Kf1 Nf3 78. Nxh3 e2+ 79. Kf2 Nh4 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "1st Gujarat GM Open 2018"]
[Site "Ahmedabad"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Umang, Kaisary"]
[Black "Ramnathan, Balasubramaniam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,52,50,31,52,25,42,35,53,21,73,61,59,39,116,0,0,-16,-5,10,68,78,89,85,447,446,424,374,441,436,421,429,406,420,359,195,29995,29996,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nf6 9. h3 b6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (9... h6 10. Bf4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. a3 Bd6 14. Qd2 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Be6 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. Nfd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qb6 19. b4 Bd7 20. Re3 g5 21. Re7 Rfe8 22. Qe5 Rf8 23. Qe3 Rfe8 {½-½ (23) Tarlev,K (2564)-Annaberdiyev,B (2214) Mersin 2018}) 10. c3 Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... c5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Ne5 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Nd2 Nfd7 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Ndf3 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Nd7 18. Nc6 Qe8 19. f4 {1-0 (19) Roselli Mailhe,B-Matonte,M Piriapolis 1987}) 11. Nbd2 c5 {White is slightly better.} 12. Ne5 a6 (12... Nbd7 $11) 13. Ndf3 Nc6 14. Bf4 Bd6 {[#]} (14... Ne4 $14) 15. Rc1 (15. Bg5 $1 $16) 15... Qc7 $11 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 {Threatens to win with Ng5.} Rad8 ({Black should try} 17... b5 $11 18. dxc5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 bxc4) 18. Qe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent Nxf7. Black is under strong pressure.} b5 19. Nxf7 {[%cal Be5f7,Bf7d8,Bd8e6][%mdl 32]} Bxf4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... Rxf7 $16 {is a better chance.} 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7) 20. Nxd8+ $18 bxc4 21. Qxc4+ Kh8 22. Ne6 Qb8 23. Nxf8 Bxc1 24. Qf7 ({Weaker is} 24. Rxc1 Qxf8 25. dxc5 Qa8 $18) 24... Bh6 25. d5 (25. dxc5 $142 Na5 26. Nd7) 25... Nd8 $2 {[#]} (25... Nd4 $18) 26. Re8 $1 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rf8g6][%mdl 512]} Nxf7 (26... Nxe8 27. Qxe8) 27. Ng6# {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

